Distance Drabbles Day 415:
30: games | two birds with one stone
86: Xiao Jingrui
This is the fifth minister of Southern Chu to play Jingrui at Weiqi since his arrival, and the only one to last longer than a shi against him. Not much longer though.
The minister shakes his head ruefully. โThe Marquis must have been pleased to have had such a good pupil.โ
Jingrui inclines his head, but over the ministerโs shoulder, he catches his newest fatherโs eye, sees the wry humor there.
Marquis Xie is a gentleman, so he does play, but not exceptionally well. His mother, though, is superlative. In this as in most things, Jingrui is his motherโs son.