Two days later, before dawn in the capital, the vendors had already gotten up to prepare for the day's trading, and in an alley, a man dressed in plain clothes, walked into the extremely prominent alley with light steps.

This person doesn't look very old, but he has gray hair on his sideburns, but those clear eyes seem to be able to see through the stubborn stones under the turbulent dark tide of the capital, and the prosperity of the streets does not enter his eyes. It was as if he was looking farther away, giving people the illusion that he was looking at the splendid mountains and rivers.

"Stop, whoever comes. In Yan Zhen's mansion, the guards who were guarding the door saw that this strange person was climbing the steps and shouted angrily.

If it weren't for the strict rule on weekdays, such as the house slaves of ordinary rich and noble families who saw such a rude person, they would have carried a broom and beat it out, and the guards who endured it again and again wanted to enter the door when they saw this uninvited guest boarding it. Such an arrogant person obviously didn't take the four princes in his eyes, and pulled out the sword on his waist.

The plain-clothed man looked at the plaque hanging on the door, and the majestic handwriting was gilded into three big characters in one go, and the pen of the three words did not stop, and he was stunned.

"Stop, this is the prince's honored guest, don't be rude. Just when the guards were about to draw their swords and face each other, a person came out of the gate, and the guards scolded: "Your guests are invited, but the prince has already gone to the morning court, and when he learned that Mr. was coming, he waited here for a long time." ”

"Since the prince is not here, it is boring to go in the next, so I will say goodbye in the next. The plain man turned and left, and soon disappeared into the alley.

Just after the uninvited guest disappeared, the guard complained to the merchant who came out to greet the guest, and said: "Why be polite to that rude person, our prince is the one he can see as soon as he wants to see him? ”

"Shut up, how does the prince teach you on weekdays, people can't look good, how can you judge a person's ability from a little bit. The merchant reprimanded the two guards: "There are capable people, what's so strange about being lonely." ”

"I'm wrong. The two guards broke out in a cold sweat, they had been on an errand in the palace for many years, and they knew how strict the prince in the palace was, so they hurriedly nodded and admitted their mistakes.

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At noon, Yan Zhen finally came back from the court meeting, took off his court clothes, handed them to the people around him, and after eating simply, he turned around and went back to the study to work. Yan Zhen didn't take a break from the crowded confidential documents on the desk, picked them up and read, and then picked up the pen and ink to correct them.

"Tuk Tuk!"

When Yan Zhen finished correcting ten books, there was a knock on the door outside the study, Yan Zhen frowned, and he didn't like to be disturbed when he was working. For a long time, there has been a rule, and people generally dare not break this rule.

Putting down the pen in his hand, a calm voice spit out from Yan Zhen's mouth, as majestic as ever: "Come in." ”

The person outside the door heard the voice, gently pushed the door open, and walked in with another person, this person was Yan Zhen's henchman Xiao Shunzi, who risked being blamed by Yan Zhen Xiao Shunzi stepped forward.

"What the hell is going on. Yan Zhen asked.

Xiao Shunzi said: "Back to the prince, this morning, after you went out, there was a person who came to visit. ”

"Oh, what people!" Yan Zhen wondered.

"I don't know, it's just that the prince had already gone to the early court at that time, and the business manager had invited him to wait inside, but this person refused and left. Junko replied.

"Who is it?" Yan Zhen was puzzled, but soon he remembered the eight words in the envelope that Qingqing gave him, and his face changed, could it really be this person.

"Did that man leave anything behind?" Yan Zhen asked.

The merchant seemed to hear a sentence, but it was very vague and I didn't know if he had heard it wrong. Xiao Shunzi thought for a while and said: "The two sides pursue profits, showing weakness and weakness." ”

Showing weakness leads to weakness, showing weakness leads to weakness, Yan Zhen's confused mind is cheerful, this is the crux of his problem, the situation he has worked so hard to create is not good if it drags on. If you want to quietly win a place among the eldest prince and the eighth prince, the difficulty can be imagined. However, how to show weakness and lead to weakness is the key.

"I'm going to go out. Yan Zhen put down the official case at hand and walked out of the study.

"The prince has to arrange for people to follow!" Xiao Shunzi asked.

"No!" Yan Zhen waved his hand and left the palace alone.

On the lively street, Yan Zhen changed into a silver-white suit and walked alone, seemingly walking aimlessly, but there was always a direction for him to go down. Finally, I stopped in front of a small courtyard on the corner of the street. Without hesitation, push the door and enter.

Under a tree that has long withered, a person sits under the tree, in front of him is a game of Go, the black and white characters on the chessboard are criss-crossed, one ring is linked to the other, the two sons are inseparable, and the murderous aura is coming at a glance. The black and white chess pieces are like two pythons, one side of each side, and they are deadlocked.

The lonely hermit was contemplating the situation, and unaware that someone had entered, with a chess piece between his middle and index fingers, and was about to put it down, when a breeze struck. I only heard a snap, but the red chess piece fell with the wind. The chess pieces fell in the middle of the two hideous pythons, and the situation changed greatly.

The situation has not ended, but the man in plain clothes has already swept all the chess pieces on the chessboard, looked back at the people who had walked in, and said: "Your Excellency has come to the door, no wonder I went to the chess game so early today." ”

"Sir, can you help me? Yan Zhen already knew from the chess game just now that this person was a rare talent, so he asked.

"It's not impossible to do it with one hand, but it's not what you want. The plain-clothed man replied, "This world is too small. ”

Yan Zhen's expression was shocked, and then, a chilling thought appeared in his heart. Calm the fluctuations in your heart, since you can't avoid it, then go on completely. If he hesitates now, he will permanently lose this opportunity: "This world is too small, it is better to add Dayan's positive piece of rivers and mountains, Mr. has the ability to hook and draw this splendid mountain and river for me." ”

"A pen can lead to ghosts and gods, and what is so difficult about the splendid mountains and rivers, but His Highness dares to accept this ghost and god pen. The plain-clothed man spoke amazingly.

Yan Zhen laughed, he did not reject the arrogant tone of this man he had never met, but appreciated: "How can I be afraid of a mere ghost and god pen, under the true dragon and the son of heaven, ghosts and evil are avoided." ”

"Well, today's alliance has been reached, and as long as the Lord does what is written on paper, he will be able to remove the two major obstacles. In the future, the laughing firmament will do its best to die and do his best to share the worries of the Lord" The laughing firmament took out a piece of paper from his arms, which was densely written: "These people are depressed, as long as the Lord is friendly with them and willing to use them, it will definitely be a great help to the Lord in the future." ”

It is full of names, some people that Yan Zhen doesn't know, but there is no doubt that these people are not reused, and Xiao Cangqiong is not in the court, but he has the situation of so many people. As the name suggests, it really opened Yan Zhen's eyes.

(End of chapter)