Chapter 152 A House of Six

The new emperor of Liyang ascended the throne after the importance of the rule of literature, especially the Hanlin, the latter’s love, simply to the point of no return, the first will be the Zhao family urn over the Yamen site moved to the right side of the center line between the Palace of Wuying Hall Baohe Temple, and then issued an imperial edict in the future, the Hanlin Academy of the Academy of the Ministry of Rites and presided over the examination together, the customary for the dynasty, so the “future of the non-Hanlin shall not be in the Cabinet! “The saying, in the capital dust clamor.

Today’s big housewarming ceremony in the Hanlin Academy can be described as a group of heroes, a dazzling array of scenes of the world! The Ministry of Rites, Jin Lanting, served in the Hanlin xiangfu first year, Li Jifu, both tanhualang is the game of the new Wu from the first, for the merits of the Song family from the local upwardly mobile into the Hanlin Yuan Song Keli, DongYuanPu university scholar’s son Yan Chi set, has been away from the sun is a third-grade official of the Ministry of the province of the left loose ride standing waiter Chen Wang, served as a right priest of the State Children’s Prison of the Sun Yin. In this set of the oldest person is not more than thirty years of young talent gathered before, in fact, there are many with the Hanlin Academy has a relationship with the important ministers and officials have been dispersed, for example, the Central Book of the Province of the first and second hand QiYangLongZhaoYuLing, recognized old HanLin from TantanWengWengHuanWen, in charge of the Hanlin Academy more than ten years of the newly appointed Ministry of the Ministry of Justice of the TianGuanYinMaoChun, the summer official title of the Ministry of the Ministry of War TangXiJianXianLuBaiJie, or solo, or together, really let this place is a very good, but also a good place. To, really is to make this brand new Hanlin courtyard fluffy, stained with the official gas noble gas and elegant taste immortal flavor.

At this time in the beginning of spring in the quiet courtyard, in a branch of young yellow small as jujube flowers under the green tung tree, all are enjoying a game of chess, the game is not what the chess wait for the imperial edict of the state, and not even in the capital to defeat three state players and the reputation of Wu from the first, but two of the dynasty and the field are feeling the character of the face of the people, the two age disparity between the two is very serious, a stone table and four stone benches, the table rests on an A stone table with four stone benches, a yellow pear chessboard with “old flavor” on the table, black and white boxes with white and black pieces on the left and right sides, and brocade cushions on the stone benches, the two playing chess are of course sitting and talking, but the remaining two benches are the pinnacle of worldly glory and honor, with the current Prince of Heaven, Zhao Zhuan, and the Empress, Yan Dongwu, sitting on the benches.

In addition to the handsome young man nicknamed “Little Bookcase” by His Majesty the Emperor, the opponents in the game of chess are also a citizen of Liyang who is still a commoner, none other than Fan Changhou, a native of Xiangzhou in the Guangling province, who is also known as the “successive Double Nine” together with Wu Congxian, and who has been better than him in previous matches. In the previous games, Fan Chang Hou had a higher level of skill, so he was also known as “Fan Ten Duan” in the world’s game forests. At the same time, because Fan Chang Hou was good at painting withered stones, wild plums and winter bamboo, among which wild plums were the best, with a high and noble bone, nowadays, Tai’an City already has the saying that Fan Chang Hou has a “tree that is unique in being the first in the world’s spring”, and his paintings are popular among the officials in the capital. Nowadays, there is already a saying in Tai’an City that Fan Changhou’s “one tree is the first in the world to have spring”, and his paintings can be said to be worth thousands of dollars a foot in the official circles in the capital and have no market. In the scout Wu from the first before the fame, hidden in the boudoir people do not know after the Fan Chang was the son of God specially called into the capital, the reason for this decree, because the real identity is the small bookcase of Chintian Supervisor, at the emperor’s behest and Wu from a breath from the first six games of chess, three slow, three fast, Wu from the first are lost cleanly and efficiently, then known as today’s chess world after the first person of the Fan Chang naturally into the emperor’s line of sight, His Majesty the emperor personally set! This game of chess is not small, if Fan Chang Hou won, then you can directly stay in the Hanlin Academy as Huangmen Lang, now the Hanlin Academy has been the world’s readers deservedly Dragon Court, watching the chess crowd are the most intelligent of the dynasty of the small handful of people, in fact, know very well that the Fan Chang Hou in the board of the win or lose and does not matter, can be simple in the heart of the emperor, Fan 10 paragraph has long won the outside of the chess game.

The little bookcase is probably outstanding talent but ultimately the child mentality, sitting without a sitting phase, crooked body, one hand resting on the cheeks, one hand falling like flying, almost in the long after Fan fell on the knocking in the disk. On the contrary, the plain clothes of Fan Chang Hou, in the matter of the manners of the world outside the highlander invariably fell into a disadvantage, but this disadvantage is located in a disadvantageous position, only for the oddity of Chintian Supervisory Supervisor, in fact, Fan Chang Hou meditate and concentrate on sitting upright, no matter picking up chess pieces slowly from the box of chess “movement”, or twisting the pieces in a long examination In fact, Fan Changhou was sitting calmly and quietly. Whether it was the “movement” of slowly picking up pieces from the box or the “immobility” of twisting the pieces during the long examination, both of them were very rich in the style of a Grandmaster, and in response to the aggressive attacks inside and outside of the board of the small bookcase, Fan 10th Duan’s response was not too hasty and not too slow, and the two of them could not see any signs of gain or loss in the opening game of more than 20 moves. Including Emperor Zhao Zhuan, those who can stand at the chess table, not to mention Wu Congxian, who is very good at chess, and even Chen Wang, who has never played against anyone before, certainly do not have a bad eye, and even the Empress Yan Dongwu, who was known as the “female scholar of Beiliang” in the old days, also watched the game with rapt attention and was quite focused.

Yan Ji Ji is standing behind the mother of the world sister, that trip to observe the border, only he halfway, and from Jibei into the LiaoXi army brigade parted ways, return to the capital alone, this matter let Yan Ji Ji reputation in the scholarly world is damaged, but there is the current uncle of the state this big amulet, so far no one dares to jump out to talk about it. Yan Ji Ji looked at the chessboard on the hook, quietly raised his head to look at the branches of the green spring joy of the old sycamore, emerged full of fatigue, if the trip to Liangzhou so that he and Kong Wuzhi great disappointment, then the trip to the north of the artichoke is to make Yan Ji Ji feel angry, artichoke north line of defense since the Han family is the Central Plains to resist the north of the Mang’s soldiers, although the Liyang more importance of the two Liao, but to be able to hold the power of the army in the north of the artichoke, none of the military generals are The Ministry of War carefully screened by the court has high hopes for the candidate, but Yan Ji set in the northern pass of Jizhou see what? It was retreating before the battle and actively shrinking the defense line! In the face of his rebuke, several border generals were ambiguous, while Gao Tingshu, who had been picking and choosing in Beiliang Road, was surprisingly silent, apparently having received authorization from some people in the capital. Yan Ji Ji retracted his sight, coldly looked towards Jin Sanlang who was not far away from his side, the latter was also keenly aware of the young uncle of state’s unkind gaze, but only reported an impeccable warm and elegant smile, Yan Ji Ji and his eyes, suddenly, Yan Ji Ji felt a tug on his sleeve, and lowered his head to see his sister pointing to a spot on the chessboard and softly smiling, “The young overseer seems to be playing a wonderful hand of chess, look at it, right? Do you think it’s right?”

Hearing the Empress’ praise, the child looked up and grinned brightly.

Yan Ji Ji sighed softly, no longer arguing with Lord Squire, but instead watching the game of chess.

Fan Chang queen’s backhand response is still not hot, which makes with Yan Ji Ji is the same as the royal relatives of Chen Wang suddenly some impressed, ordinary poor scholar can face the face of the sky, the peacock is too late to open the screen, such as Fan Chang queen this is always soothing and moderate, is not easy. Scholar Li Jifu is the Liaodong rich family sons, on poetry, not as good as the top of the list Gao Tingshu, on the qin and chess calligraphy and painting, but also far worse than Wu Congxian, so most of the dynasty and the countryside think that he is a little mute Scholarship Lang name does not live up to its reputation. In fact, in the poetry club founded by Jin Lanting, also rarely heard Li Jifu how to talk about, only a few days ago, the Ministry of Household Secretary Bai Guo open to borrow Li Jifu with the Hanlin Academy, let people realize that Li Jifu may not be as unpleasant as the surface. Today, the only person in the line can be compared with the size of the official hat Jin Lanting Chen Shaobao, only a few words with Li Jifu, Wu Congxian originally wanted to not show traces to go up with the left scattered riding standing minister to mix a familiar face, the results will soon be a cold field.

Compared to the people present, today Song Ke Li’s appearance is the most unexpected, dominating the literary world for dozens of years of the Song family two husband, can not be “very much grief and honor” four words, after the death of the posthumous name is only counted in the lower, Song Ke Li was even more from the Qing Gui Hanlin Academy down to the place as a county lieutenant. More and more familiar with the rules of the officialdom of the Jin Lanting is very curious, has been knocked down from the high branches in the mud to go to the Song family phoenix, how can return to the capital, is attached to which voltaic line? The clan nobles temporarily do not have this ability, Tantan Weng on the Song family has always been a bad view, resulting in a cadre of Zhang Lu old people will not have a good face on the Song Ke Li, also did not hear of the Central Minister of the Order of the Qi Yanglong and the Song family have any interactions. Jin Lanting pondered for a moment, shall not lead, also lazy to bother, a Song Ke Li’s ups and downs destined to not affect the overall situation, when Jin Lanting is indeed to the same in the Hanlin Academy when the Huangmen Lang Song’s eldest grandson took the initiative to show goodwill, it is difficult to personally send a few hundred knives homemade signboards familiar with the pronouncement, but now? Lord Squire can turn a blind eye to this person. In the Secretary full of small court, he JinSanLang can only be accompanied by the last seat, just “phoenix tail”, but here and now, but is deservedly phoenix head, with the HanLinYuan in the LiYang court rising, the status of the Ministry of etiquette is also bound to rise, he will be in charge of the Ministry of etiquette is a nail in the coffin, science and technology, the Ministry of etiquette will be the main HanLinYuan as a supplement! He will be the common “seat teacher” of all the readers during the Xiangfu years!

Jin Lanting smiled and bent his head down, looking down at the chess game, a hand on the Emperor’s gift of the waist on the goat fat jade belt, a hand quietly clenched.

The world of literature in my hands, why worry about the temple connections?

Wu Congxian is probably the one who cares the most about the victory or defeat of the game of chess, he looked at the Fan Changhou who has played with himself many times with a complicated expression, and his mind was bitter. After the Spring and Autumn relics Fan Chang, the word moon day number Buddha, in Xiangzhou is his heart how to pull out the thorn can not be pulled, regardless of how the two public private get along with how to talk to each other, Wu from the first know that they both despise this person and envy this person, despise the Fan Chang after the disregard for the imperial examinations, envy the Fan Chang after the “heavenly beings in the side, for its planning” of the superb The game of chess was a great success. Before and after his own defeat of the three major chess wait for the imperial decree, Wu Congxian did not mention this Fan Chang Hou once, but the well-informed capital is still quickly known Xiangzhou has a Fan 10-dan, His Majesty the emperor called Fan Chang Hou into the capital, and he had a relaxed atmosphere of the courtiers and ministers question and answer, Wu Congxian can only be able to hard to say a sentence that does not mean it, “I and that Fan Yuetian, the winners and losers of the half! “, but unfortunately still can not stop His Majesty’s curiosity, especially after his successive defeats to the child is simply the reincarnation of the chess fairy, according to JinSanLang said that the emperor almost every day, the Ministry of Ceremonies, asked that Fan ten paragraph when to come to the capital, can have the honor to treat, the previous one is that “I Cao not like the living world” prime minister ah! The previous one was the one who said, “I can’t get out of here, but what about the people?” The prime minister ah.

When Fan long after all alone to the capital, Wu Congxian went to the post office that night, “serious and long” for the Fan long after the child prodigy’s chess style, “the first hand layout seems to be scribbled, no heart and powerless, and the middle game down the scales, a sudden change, as if the land of rubble and ruins, suddenly rise a lofty tower, there is a lion from above to fight the rabbit. It is like a tall building rising out of the rubble and ruins, with the momentum of a lion wrestling a rabbit from above”. Of course, Wu Congxian is also aware of this kind of nebulous sayings, said the same as did not say, Fan Chang after listening to it is not useful at all. As for why only say first hand plate and not say close, not Wu from the first intention to hide, but Wu from the first and the child chess, there is no more than two hundred hands of the game, the most important face of the reputation of Wu from the first simply good embarrassed to say anything more.

Wu Congxian was not easy to make a splash in the capital, how would he like Fan Changqi to come to Tai’an City to take the limelight away from himself, and could not wait for Fan Changqi to lose his game. Simply put, today’s strongest nine players in the world of chess, Wu Congxian can lose to the rumored genius from the Qin Tianjian, which is just like the top martial arts player in the world losing to the land gods and goddesses, which does not damage his reputation, but he can never lose to Fan Changqi by too much, which is just like Li Chungang losing to Wang Xianzhi in the same year and later losing to Xu Fengzhi in the next. After that, Wang Xianzhi lost to Xu Fengnian, and after losing once, he lost completely.

Fan long after playing chess “slow”, but also only relative to the small bookcase of the Qin Tianjian rapid as lightning, an hour later, when Fan long after the continuous “long test” a dozen hands, the first time with the speed of thunder and lightning to play the winning hand, the face full of leisurely look of the child seems to be For the first time to see the opponent, no longer hold cheeks, no longer look around, sit straight back, but not look at the game, but staring straight at the low reach down and roll up the cuffs of the Fan long after. Even Wu Congxian couldn’t see the full essence of this hand, and the rest of the spectators who were watching the game were naturally in the clouds, among them, Jin Lanting couldn’t help but turn his head to ask Wu Congxian in a low voice, and the latter didn’t dare to speak out of turn.

Sun Yin stretched out his fingers and rubbed his earlobes before yawning. Song Ke Li narrowed his eyes and pursed his lips tightly. Chen Wang, on the other hand, was scrutinizing the young supervisor’s change in demeanor. Li Jifu, on the other hand, was cautiously looking towards His Majesty, who was leaning forward with his brows furrowed. Yan Ji Ji, whose mind was focused on the chessboard, bent down and exchanged pleasantries with his sister, Yan Dong Wu.

If we add the calm and collected authority Fan Changhou, not counting Emperor Zhao Zhuan, Empress Yan Dongwu, and the head of the Chintian Supervisor, there are as many as four people from the Northern Liang Province under the Qingtong tree in the Hanlin Academy today: Chen Wang, Sun Yin, Yan Ji Ji, and Jin Lan Ting. Jiangnan Road has Wu from the first, Guangling Road has Fan long after the two Liao Road has Li Jifu, the capital has Song Ke Li. With this view, it seems that the current son of heaven is more open-minded than the previous emperor to Northern Liang.

The emperor watched with interest as the little bookcase unprecedentedly showed a vicious expression to someone, and rounded off the conversation by saying: “For the time being, the two of you will fight again later. Little Bookcase, Fan Chang queen, try your best to make this game a famous game for the ages. If the finish is more colorful, I will let the palace’s saint of painting paintings for you to remember. I am going to attend a small court meeting soon, if I go late, I will be rambled on for half a day by Tan Tan Weng.”

Jin Lanting, who was dressed in a purple-robed official uniform, hurriedly bowed slightly to make way for His Majesty the Emperor and Empress Dowager.

The Emperor held the Empress’s hand and left with a smile on his face, sent off by Yan Chi Ji alone. Jin Lanting as the Ministry of Rites Minister also want to participate in that full of purple small court, just the emperor did not send word, he naturally not good to stick to the side of the emperor, after all, there are foxes and tigers suspected of power. In the three “family” took the lead to leave, he deliberately pulled on Wu from the first out of the Hanlin courtyard to walk a distance, originally the latter in the Ministry of Rites to observe the political, and compared to the Palace Examination ranking higher but silent Li Jifu, Jin Lanting is more optimistic about the same is the backbone of the Poetry Society Wu from the first, has been in the Ministry of the Ministry of Military Affairs, that is more than the Gao Tingshu a high regard.

Yan Dong Wu said softly, “Why do you value that Fan Chang Hou so much?”

The emperor turned his head to the empress winked, quietly said: “playing chess to win, just a small matter of pleasure, in fact, what nine paragraphs ten paragraphs, in the country how beneficial? However, King Zhao Xun of Jing’an still has a blind chess player Lu Yan, I am the head of a country, how can I not have a Fan 10-dan by my side?”

Yan Dongwu couldn’t help but say, “How can you be annoyed? Your Majesty, are you still a child?”

The Emperor said with a grimace, “Could it be that I am already old in your heart?”

Yan Dong Wu remembered that his younger brother Yan Ji Ji was still following behind him and coughed gently, the emperor laughed loudly and was not amused, deliberately slowing down his steps to let this brother-in-law who had touched the nose in Jibei and was holding his breath to follow him, before softly comforting, “I am not going to persuade you of anything about the matter of Jibei, I just want you not to be in a hurry. Listen to your sister said not willing to stay down in the Ministry of War, want to go where? The Ministry of Rites, or the Ministry of Appointments?”

Yan Dong Wu was about to speak, when the emperor slightly increased his force to hold her hand, she had to swallow her words back into her stomach.

Yan Ji Ji was obviously a little afraid of the increasingly imposing sister, hesitated for a moment before whispering, “Your Majesty, I want to come to the Hanlin Academy, there are many books here.”

The emperor glared, “When there are no outsiders, call out to your brother-in-law! But come to the Hanlin Academy no problem, but first from the small Huangmen Lang, otherwise I do not care to let you do the big yellow door, your temperament is too mild, and is not willing to fight for anything of the nature, surely you want to be ostracized by many old-timers cold, those old men of letters who have reached the age of old age, not quite the same as the officials of the six ministries, but do not care what you are the state uncle.”

Yan Chi Ji gave a hmmm.

The emperor turned his head to Yan Dong Wu smiling gently said, “You siblings talk more, I, an outsider ah, will not be in the way.”

Waiting for the Emperor to walk away accompanied by Song Tanglu, the number one eunuch in this dynasty, Yan Dongwu asked in a low voice, “Why didn’t you return the things I gave you to that person.”

Yan Chi Ji’s face turned slightly white as he said sheepishly, “I haven’t seen Feng Ge’er.”

She snapped, “Shut up!”

Yan Chi Ji, whose body trembled, carefully asked, “Or else I’ll secretly destroy it?”

Yan Dongwu almost instantly burst into a rage, then tried his best to suppress the fire, his face clouded over as he finally gritted his teeth and said, “Hide it!”

Yan Chi Ji hung his head in shame.

After Yan Dongwu calmed down, his tone slowed down and said appreciatively, “It’s good that you didn’t say anything about going to the Ministry of Ceremonies and the Ministry of Appointments just now.”

Yan Dong Wu stood face to face with this younger brother, helped him gather his lapel collar, and gently said, “You have to remember one thing, Wen Zheng Wen Zhong Wen Gong, this three Wen beauty posthumously, will be out of the Hanlin Academy!”

Yan Ji Ji timidly said, “Sister, I didn’t think that much, really.”

Yan Dongwu bent her fingers and knocked on this younger brother’s forehead, with some smiles, “You ah, stupid people have stupid blessings.”

Yan Ji Ji was about to speak, Yan Dong Wu obviously guessed what was in his mind and shook his head, “Don’t worry about what’s going on in the palace. Go back, I have an intuition that those young men in that courtyard right now will ……”

Saying this, the Empress Mother stopped talking and looked up at the sun, dazzling, so it was a bit harsh.

Yan Chi set back to the courtyard, under the green tung tree, that child is coldly asked, “Who do you learn chess from?”

Fan Chang Hou smiled and said, “Since I was four years old, I’ve been learning chess with the Ancient Records of the Ancients.”

The child pointed to the last move on the board, “The ancients could not play this move!”

Fan Chang Hou calmly said, “If my generation can’t beat the ancients, how can we face the future generations? Learning chess with the ancients is not a lie, but when it’s your turn to play, you mustn’t sit on the sidelines for a thousand years.”

The child snorted coldly and glanced at the remnants of the chessboard, “If it wasn’t for that change in the Qin Tian Supervisor and my mind being distracted, I wouldn’t even have given you a chance to play any winning or losing moves today! Tomorrow you will come to the Qin Tian Supervisor Star Picking Pavilion!”

Fan Chang Hou was noncommittal.

The old-fashioned child ran away with big strides, and only at this time was there a bit of boyishness that should be present at his age.

Since childhood in the small bookcase in the Qin Tian Supervisory Butt a fast run, it was not easy to find that the most heart close to the Empress Dowager, and the child with the people playing chess when the overbearing opposite, he met Yan Dong Wu is full of childish smile, just like a child meets the love of their own sister.

Yan Dongwu rubbed the little bookcase’s head and said compassionately, “It’s hard for you, His Majesty still wants you to play chess with someone after such a huge change in the Qin Tian Supervisory Bureau, I’ll help you scold him a few times later.”

Not long ago that tightly blocked in the change, only the guards died in battle there are more than eight hundred people, most of them are martial arts strong forbidden army not to mention, there are dozens of hanging pendant with koi fish bag of experts, especially the latter, in the previous escort “something” to the road to guangleng road on the way, more than one hundred by the imperial court Ministry of criminal justice recruited by the top of the rivers and lakes of the muckrakers, all mysterious! Zhao Hook has already suffered a heavy blow, this loss is like adding insult to injury. But compared to the real loss, the deaths of the Qi Practitioners within the Qintian Supervisor, that is simply nothing.

These so-called immortals in the world, there is no lack of masters of the Xuanxuan magic ability, but also has an indispensable effect on the court of Liyang, their existence, in itself, is a symbol of the majesty of the heavenly majesty of the magnificent deterrent.

The emperor, is the person to whom the heaven’s destiny belongs, and therefore follows the heaven’s will.

As a result, the northern faction of the Li Yang Fu Long Qi Practitioners, in that bloody battle, died to death!

Why would the current Emperor, who has always regarded the matter of Go as an “idle path”, hastily relocate the Hanlin Academy? And why did he personally campaign for Fan 10th dan, Fan Changhou? Or was it because he wanted to divert the attention of his subjects and try his best to suppress the ripples of turmoil that had affected the entire capital?

Yan Dongwu even witnessed the gentle and elegant “Fourth Prince”, locked himself in the imperial study for a whole night. When he came out, even the big eunuch Song Tanglu still dare not approach, is she had to personally come forward, for its blood drenched left hand bandage.

The little bookcase shook his head and said: ”Supervisor grandfather said, people are dying, I am not sad. If I didn’t still have to play three games of chess with someone for Grandpa Supervisor Zheng, otherwise it wouldn’t matter even if I died there.”

Then the child murmured in his mind that although the old man was dead, his disciple might have appeared.

This matter, he would not tell anyone, not even the Empress Sister.

Yan Dong Wu gasped and laughed, “No more obscure words, how old are you child, live well.”

The little bookcase hemmed and hawed, “I want to eat osmanthus cake.”

Yan Dong Wu took his little hand and walked inside the palace, “That will have to wait until fall, so ah, all the more reason to live well.”

In the Hanlin Academy, when Yan Ji Ji approached, he found that the atmosphere was a bit subtle, Chen Wang, the highest ranked official, and Li Jifu stood aside chatting idly, and that maniacal scholar Sun Yin, who had once fought a group of scholars with his tongue in the State Scholarship Academy, lay on his back on the stone table, and the ten-dan nationalist Fan Chang Hou was reviewing the game for him in detail.

Yan Ji Ji had stopped, suddenly found a single Song Ke Li smiled at himself, Yan Ji Ji will smile, walked forward.

Xiangfu two years spring, this day, this small courtyard, there are six people.

Chen Wang, Sun Yin, Song Ke Li, Fan Chang Hou, Li Jifu, Yan Ji Ji.