Chapter 849
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Different from Luo Xue Yan, even though Prince Rui intimately let everyone in the Shen family call him 'Jing Xing' and Luo Xue Yan did so, Shen Xin's heart could not get over this hurdle. Males and females were different. Females could rely on their intuition to judge if a person was friendly or malicious, but males could not rely on intuition. Especially Shen Xin, he was more willing to rely on evidence to do things.
Prince Rui looked up and casually placed the book on the table. Shen Xin saw that it was a military book and it was a very obscure military book. Ordinary old generals would read it and Prince Rui was only twenty two years of age. To read such a book, either he was putting on an act or this person was deeply hidden.
Before Prince Rui came to visit, in Shen Xin's eyes, Prince Rui was only relying on the name of Emperor Yong Le's younger brother and was an idle prince who acted unbridled and arrogant. But after that day of competition with Shen Qiu, looking at Prince Rui again, Shen Xin felt that this person was not that simple.
Perhaps this was a man's intuition.
"General Shen accompany me to play a game of chess." He did not call him 'Master Shen' or any other intimate terms as he felt that there was some meaning of separation.
Shen Xin said, "I do not know how to play chess."
"War chess." Prince Rui raised his hand and took the chessboard from the other side and placed it on the table. He gave Shen Xin a jar of white pieces and kept a jar of black pieces for himself. He said, "General Shen and I use the chessboard as the country, the chess path as the boundary and the pieces as the soldiers. How about a game?"
When Shen Xin heard about military matters, he became excited and seeing that the other party was only young, he felt displeased from being looked down upon and said, "Come then."
Both of them arranged the pieces and started to play chess.
Different from Prince Rui's appearance, Prince Rui's chess style surprised Shen Xin. The other party had a ruthlessness that was not commensurate with his age. Originally war chess was very tiring and one had to seriously think about every step as pulling one's hair would affect the whole body. But when Prince Rui played chess, it was as if he did not use any extra time to think. Instead, he would move wherever he wanted to and was very casual. And when one looked at the seemingly casual move, one would discover that the other party's move was very ingenious.
Shen Xin's chess skills were usually not bad, but when compared to Prince Rui, he actually fell into a disadvantageous position. Shen Xin even had an illusion that he had already played chess with Prince Rui before. Otherwise, how could Prince Rui seem to know in advance where his next chess piece would land?
The match was over, and the result was, as expected, Shen Xin had lost.
Prince Rui said, "You have lost."
Shen Xin waved his hand and said, "Again!"
"It's still the same." Prince Rui said.
"What do you mean?" Shen Xin frowned.
"You've lost," he said.
Shen Xin had lived for so long and Emperor Wen Hui had to give him enough face. Other than Luo Xue Yan, there was no one who dared to speak to him like this. His face immediately turned angry and was about to get angry when he saw Prince Rui lightly speaking, "One fear that General Shen did not come to Prince Rui's residence today for a game of chess." His lips hooked up as he asked, "What is the matter?"
Shen Xin's angry words were stuck in his throat.
Prince Rui seemed to have a kind of ability to provoke one's heart and then change the topic without a trace, as if he did not say anything just now. This kind of ability was really like a person, and that was the Marquis of Lin An, Xie Ding. Every time Xie Ding and Shen Xin had a dispute, he would have this cynical look. Shen Xin had an honest character and was easily serious, but he was played around by that scoundrel Xie Ding.
Suddenly thinking of Xie Ding, he thought of his motive for coming to Prince Rui's residence. When Shen Xin thought of this, he did not even have the mood to get angry at Prince Rui. He looked straight into Prince Rui's eyes and did not let go of the slight smile on Prince Rui's face as he slowly asked, "Previously when you were competing with Shen Qiu in the Shen mansion, where did you learn the move of pressing the dagger against Shen Qiu's neck?"
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