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Wei Ci held a weak candle in his right hand and walked silently through the corridor.
The moonlight elongated his shadow on the door.
"Master?"
Wei Ci stopped in his tracks and saw a figure sitting upright in front of him.
Master Yuanjing tilted his head and waved at Wei Ci. "Zixiao, come to me."
Seeing the cloak draped over Master Yuanjing's shoulders, Wei Ci went forward and sat beside him. He placed the lamp aside.
"How long has Master been waiting here?"
Wei Ci did not need to ask to know that Master Yuanjing was waiting for him.
"It's not important." Master Yuanjing said plainly with a hint of a smile. "Zixiao is not a reckless person. I've heard about today's assessment from Youmo and Shaoyin. Hitting someone with a book in public, even when you were three or five years old, you wouldn't have done this. "
Wei Ci's face was slightly red. He lowered his head and admitted his mistake, "Your disciple knows his mistake. Please punish me, Master."
Master Yuanjing shook his head and asked, "Why should I punish him? I don't think you did anything wrong. On the contrary, you played very well. "
It wasn't as if he had beaten someone to death. That scholar's actions were indeed too much. Who wouldn't be infuriated?
Master Yuanjing nagged, "I'm not here to scold you today. I just want to tell you that it's okay to be more casual. Your personality is too serious, and your thoughts are heavy. You like to keep everything to yourself and hide it from everyone. To put it bluntly, other people aren't like roundworms in your stomach, how would they know what you're thinking? "
Wei Ci remained silent with his head lowered. No one knew if he heard it or not.
Master Yuanjing massaged his numb leg and said casually, "There are some things that you should say if you want to say them."
"Your disciple … does not dare to say."
Wei Ci had a lot of things he wanted to say, but he could not say them no matter how hard he tried.
Master Yuanjing smiled. "Zixiao, there are many taboos for strategists. One of them is not to use your own heart to guess the intentions of others. I know why you don't dare to say it. From what you can see, you already have the answer in your heart, so there's no need to say it. Isn't that so? "
Wei Ci remained silent.
Master Yuanjing smiled helplessly. "I don't deny your ability to read people's minds, but I'm afraid you'll miscalculate one person."
Even though Master Yuanjing did not name the person, Wei Ci had a tacit understanding with this teacher. He knew who it was.
"Only by thoroughly understanding it can we have a flawless plan." Master Yuanjing pouted his lips at Wei Ci and teased, "In the future, we'll see each other all the time. If you treat her with the prejudice you had in the past, I'm afraid that the truth will be revealed even faster. The past is gone like smoke. You should observe everything around you with a new attitude. Don't be blinded by the past. If you can't do this, you'll still lose, and lose even more miserably. "
Wei Ci's expression finally changed. He looked at Yuan Jing with some shock and avoidance in his eyes.
Master Yuanjing laughed softly and said, "I'm old, but I'm not blind yet."
After a long time, Wei Ci broke the silence.
"Teacher, I want to leave for a few days."
Master Yuanjing said, "Because you want to escape?"
Wei Ci shook his head and smiled bitterly. "If I were so cowardly and unable to face reality, I would have moved to Zhongzhao with my people. Why would I stay in Langye and come to Shangjing? It was an accident to meet her. It's not that I can't accept it, but when I saw her in her teens, I didn't have any determination. Instead, I felt a little lost. It was as if … I never knew her. "
Wei Ci, who had always been a man of few words, was now like a child. He poured out all the thoughts that he had been suppressing in his heart for a long time in front of Yuan Jing.
Master Yuanjing played the role of a listener.
He could vaguely guess Wei Ci's experience, but he didn't expect that this child had so much conflict and pain in his heart.
"If you feel uncomfortable, leave for a while and sort out your thoughts," Master Yuanjing said.
Wei Ci shook his head and said, "I'm fine. You don't have to worry. Now that I look at it, many things are different. People are different too, especially her … If I continue to be tied down by the memories of the past, I'm afraid my life will be worse than before. "
His goal was to leave his name in the annals of history as an honorable strategist, not as a lowly one.
Not only was she ridiculed and criticized by the later generations, but it also became a stain on her.
He used to think that the former caused him pain, but when the sword pierced his throat, he suddenly realized that the latter was even more unacceptable.
Master Yuanjing looked at Wei Ci for a long time and sighed. "It's good that you think this way. Get to know people again. Old people have new faces."
Wei Ci secretly clenched his fist. "I understand."
On the other side, Liu She returned to the Feng Residence in a carriage with exhaustion.
The rankings of the assessment had already been arranged. He made a copy of the list and stored it in a letter. He sealed it and presented it to the Emperor. As for whether the Emperor would read it or not, that was not something he could interfere with.
The results would be released in three days. After the release of the results, it would be the Qionglin Banquet. As the General Evaluation Officer, he had to show up.
After that, there was basically nothing for him to do.
The guest room was brightly lit. Liu She saw his daughter's maid, Taxue, waiting at the door with a lantern in her hand.
"Lanting didn't come back tonight?" He gathered his cloak to block the cold wind from the outside world.
Seeing Liu She return, Taxue's face lit up and she walked forward.
"Master, your servant has been waiting for you here on Langjun's orders."
Liu She frowned and said seriously, "Why is Lanting looking for me?"
Liu She had always valued his daughter. She must have something important to tell him and could not be delayed.
"Langjun didn't say. He just asked me to tell you that Langjun is waiting in your room."
Liu She nodded as he walked. He wondered why his daughter was looking for him.
At the door of the room, there was indeed a lantern in the room. Jiang Pengji was reading a book under the candlelight.
"Father." Jiang Pengji looked up when she heard the noise.
"I heard from Taxue that you were looking for me?"
Liu She hurriedly closed the door to prevent the cold wind from blowing away the warm air in the room.
"Father, you haven't submitted your resignation report, have you?" Jiang Pengji asked.
"Of course not. I plan to submit it after the Qionglin Banquet." Liu She sat opposite Jiang Pengji and saw that she was holding a Universal Geographical Map. "Lanting, do you have any good suggestions?"
"Father, you want to be a rich man, but I'm unfilial. I'd like to ask you to work hard for a while longer."
Liu She raised his eyebrows. "You're not going to submit the report?"
Jiang Pengji shook her head and whispered, "That's not the case. I want you to try your best to take over Chongzhou."
Chongzhou?
Liu She thought about it and understood. "You want to take the opportunity to gather troops?"
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