Xiao Jinglin's boat indeed came very soon. Although Xiao Jinglin didn't come today, the two boats stopped at the nearby river early in the morning.
Yun Qiuchen asked as usual: "The county master's painting boat is also very stable, shall we go up?"
The rest of the ladies from Kyoto looked at each other a few times, and then all looked at Yan Ningshuang at the same time.
Yan Ningshuang smiled: "Then go up." As she said that, she supported her maid's hand and walked to the painting boat first.
Zhao Yingqiu suddenly pressed her forehead and shook her body unsteadily. Yun Qiuchen, who was standing next to her, gave her a quick hand and asked with concern, "What's wrong with Miss Zhao?"
Yan Ningshuang also turned to look at it.
Zhao Yingqiu showed a weak smile: "I feel a little uncomfortable with the river wind blowing all afternoon. I didn't feel it before, but now I see the boat..."
When everyone heard the words, Zhao Yingqiu was afraid that she had thought about the time when she came to Yanbei to take a boat. At that time, her condition on the boat was not very good, and the whole person was languid.
Yan Ningshuang said, "Why don't you go back and rest first?"
Zhao Yingqiu nodded and said apologetically to everyone, "Then I'll go first, all sisters have fun."
Yun Qiuchen beckoned to his maid, Yinzhu, and said, "You go back with Miss Zhao, and then ask Doctor Yang to show Miss Zhao."
Zhao Yingqiu thanked him and left with Yin Zhu.
The rest followed Yan Ningshuang and Yun Qiuchen on the painting boat.
Xiao Jingxi's boat slowly sailed towards the lower reaches of the Liyang River, and another boat followed behind. People seem to really come to see the scenery of the river and mountains.
However, the boat in the back did not seem to affect the people on the boat in front. Pei Zhiyan invited Xiao Jingxi to play against him, and Xiao Jingxi readily agreed. The Xu couple and Ren Yaoqi sat quietly and watched chess.
Pei Zhiyan and Xiao Jingxi are both top-notch chess players. Pei Zhiyan's chess style seems to be sloppy, but in fact he likes the occasional sword and slanted moves, all of which contain traps. Xiao Jingxi's chess style has a calmness that does not match his age. . No matter what Pei Zhiyan did, Xiao Jingxi would not be taken away from his rhythm by him. It's just that when the right time comes, the killing move is unrelenting and the killing is decisive.
Although the two of them did not play chess very fast, the battle situation was very intense, attracting people watching chess even more than when they watched the dragon boat race before.
Ren Yaoqi had played against Xiao Jingxi before. Originally, she had secretly thought that if Xiao Jingxi met Pei Zhiyan, who would be better at chess and who would be lower in chess skills, and finally came to the conclusion that her husband might be slightly better. But look at this fight. Ren Yaoqi felt that his previous judgment might be a bit subjective. Although Xiao Jingxi had no obvious advantage over Pei Zhiyan, he never showed any defeat from beginning to end.
So Ren Yaoqi understood somewhat that Xiao Jingxi had more or less let her go when he was playing chess with her. Especially the draw that time. With Xiao Jingxi's calm chess style, it shouldn't be so easy to be fooled by her. After all, if Pei Zhiyan was second, no one would dare to be second, compared to the trick of trapping the enemy.
When the two sides were inextricably killed and the situation was stalemate, Pei Zhiyan smiled, looking at Xiao Jingxi with sincere appreciation. He joked leisurely: "Look at human nature from the style of chess. Young Master Xiao is so motionless even when he is playing chess, and he is invulnerable to swords and spears. Pei can't help but be a little curious. Hasn't Young Master Xiao ever been in a panic?"
Xiao Jingxi raised his eyes when he heard the words, and a white piece between his fingers turned lightly. He glanced at Ren Yaoqi, who seemed to be absent, and smiled, "Of course there is."
"Oh?" Pei Zhiyan showed a rare look of curiosity, and the Xu couple also looked at him and wanted to hear the following.
However, Ren Yaoqi's heart jumped when he saw him, and he was a little nervous, for fear that Xiao Jingxi would say something messy.
Xiao Jingxi gently placed the Baizi in his hand on the chessboard, another ingenious killing move, when everyone's attention was drawn to the chessboard, he slowly said, "Will you be nervous? Look at the right people and things, as long as you are a person, there will always be something you care about in your heart, and I naturally have it too.”
Pei Zhiyan glanced at Xiao Jingxi in surprise. Having a weakness is not something that can be brought up, especially someone in Xiao Jingxi's status and position will not admit it, because there is a weakness. It's like having a weakness.
Seeing Pei Zhiyan's gaze, Xiao Jingxi smiled slightly: "Avoiding one's 'weakness' is equivalent to denying oneself. This is the behavior of the weak."
Pei Zhiyan tilted his head and dropped a word, but his eyes were full of interest: "How does Young Master Xiao deal with his weakness? Do you want to overcome it?"
Xiao Jingxi thought for a while, but his voice still had a faint smile: "If you can overcome the customer service, if you can't, just face it. Since it is an indispensable part of yourself, then take it seriously." After a pause, he said again. Said, "And I don't think it's bad for a person to have one or two weaknesses. People are not sages, and the taste of being in a high place is not very good."
Ren Yaoqi listened, and could not help but stare blankly at Xiao Jingxi's profile, unable to look away.
Although Xiao Jingxi's expression was still light when he said these words, he had a particularly attractive temperament for some reason. Although he admitted that he had weaknesses, at this moment no one would doubt that the calm but confident young man in front of him was an absolute powerhouse.
Everyone present sighed a little when they heard the words, and it seemed that they all fell into their own thoughts because of Xiao Jingxi's words, and they were all mortals with weaknesses.
At this time, Xiao Jingxi turned his head and met Ren Yaoqi's gaze. The faint warmth and gentle smile in his eyes were conveyed to Ren Yaoqi with palpitating affection without reservation. He quickly turned his eyes back to pay attention to the chess game, but it still made Ren Yaoqi's heart beat uncontrollably, and he couldn't calm down for a long time.
A game went down to the end, and it was no surprise that it fell into a deadlock.
Xiao Jingxi and Pei Zhiyan looked at each other, Pei Zhiyan smiled slightly, and cast a piece like a chess pot: "I lost."
Xiao Jingxi raised his eyebrows: "This is a draw."
Pei Zhiyan shook his head and said leisurely: "It may not be easy for you to win against me now, it's just that I'm getting old... I might not be able to get it from you in a few years."
Xiao Jingxi couldn't help but smile when he heard the words, and joked, "Mr. Yipei means, it seems that in a few years, you won't have to take advantage of my age?"
Xu Wanli couldn't help laughing, and looked at Pei Zhiyan teasingly and said, "This reminds me of a child who always thinks that he will grow older than his brother in a few years, but he is growing, and so is his brother. Seriously, the more you live, the more you go back!"
Madam Xu also laughed.
Pei Zhiyan didn't care about the joke of this young man, and shook his head with a smile: "I mean, in a few years, even if I get old, I may not be able to win this little friend Xiao. Why do you force me to understand? admit it?"
Xu Wanli was stunned when he heard the words, and then said unwillingly: "What little friend? You are so messed up that people are in a mess!"
Xu Wanli is Xiao Jingxi's husband, and he is naturally older than him. Pei Zhiyan is Xu Wanli's brother-in-law, or his long-term acquaintance. In other words, Pei Zhiyan is also older than Xiao Jingxi.
Pei Zhiyan took a leisurely sip of the tea in his hand, and said indifferently, "I recognize my little friend, what does it have to do with you? You are still his husband. Otherwise, recognizing me at your age will be a gift from the old age. So-so, if you recognize him, you will inevitably feel like an old cow eating young grass."
Xu Wanli couldn't help but get furious when he heard it, and had a theory with Pei Zhiyan at the beginning.
Ren Yaoqi was very surprised to see Pei Zhiyan arguing with Xu Wanli with a relaxed expression and sharp words. She had never seen Pei Zhiyan getting along with a real best friend. It turns out that Mr. also has a childish side like a child? Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but feel very fresh.
All in all, this short tour of the painting boat was very pleasant, but it was a pity that Pei Zhiyan had to go back to the other courtyard to discuss with the other two officials how to write the book, so it was inconvenient to accept the invitation to stay for dinner. Back and forth, we stopped at the place where we originally boarded the boat.
And although the painting boat that had followed them had also returned, the distance was a little farther away.
Xiao Jingxi left some people down to take care of them, but when they were about to get into the carriage, they saw someone running to the bow of Xiao Jinglin's painting boat, waving to this side and shouting something, but unfortunately the distance It's a bit far away, so I can't hear it clearly.
A few people stopped, Xiao Jingxi beckoned to call a guard and asked him to take a boat over to meet him and see what happened.
Ren Yaoqi whispered to Xiao Jingxi: "Is there anyone here who knows medical skills? To be safe, it's better to let someone who knows medical skills come with me."
Ren Yaoqi's concerns are not unreasonable. The boat was moving smoothly on the river, but the people on the boat were panicking. The doctor might have been more effective in the past.
Xiao Jingxi nodded when he heard the words: "There are two doctors waiting, and they should be there now." Then he turned his head and ordered a few words.
When the boat was ready, a doctor with a medicine box came over.
A few guards and the doctor boarded the boat together, and rowed towards the painting boat at a very high speed. Xiao Jingxi himself did not go there. There were all those on the boat who were capable of martial arts and doctors, so it would not be of any help for him to go.
After a while, the boat that passed by was rowed back again, but the doctor was no longer on the boat, and the guard immediately reported to him as soon as he landed: "Sir, it was a young lady who suddenly fainted."