Lin Duowen said yes, this must be pressure on the five people, after all, if one of the five loses, they all lose.

Chu Jishan didn't say anything more, and then Lin Duowen returned to the house, and saw that the five people hadn't slept yet, and they were still playing music, so he told the five people about it.

To Lin Duowen's surprise, the five of them were full of confidence, thinking that this time the five of them had a chance of winning against one person, and if any of them lost, it would prove that none of them were Xiuce's opponents.

Lin Duo heard that they were full of confidence, and said to the five people, "Since this is the case, then you should prepare well." ”

The next day, Lin Duowen was summoned again, the sage was playing chess with the second prince, Lin Duowen naturally did not dare to make a sound, this game of chess was played for half an hour, and finally ended with the second prince losing a glance.

The sage looked at the chessboard and said, "Xuanjun, Xuanjun, I have talked with my hands for more than 30 games, and you have lost a son every time." ”

"Who dares to beat the saint in this hand."

"Isn't it a draw?"

"Sage, are you willing to draw?"

When the sage heard this, he looked at the second prince and said, "I am not as you think, fighting to win step by step, I hope you can understand the way of humility and self-defense, whether you win or lose." ”

"The words of the saint, the son can understand, but he can't do it, the son of the weak crown of the year, all he wants is the word victory or defeat, if the saint wants the son to understand the void, wouldn't it make the son embarrassed."

The second prince said neither humbly nor arrogantly, and Concubine Ya, who was on the side, shook her head and said, "Xuanjun, whatever you say, whatever the sage says, you will do it." ”

"There is no need to be like this, Xuanjun's temperament is like this, I am marrying a good name for him."

When the sage said this, he said to Lin Duowen, "Is there an eyebrow in the matter? ”

After Lin Duowen told the sage about the five people, the sage looked at the second prince and said, "No, the Marquis of Dingbei played a game of chess for me." ”

The sage said to Lin Duowen: "This chess game is set in the Renshou Palace, Xuanjun, you go and see these five future national players." ”

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The second prince said yes, and the sage let them go down.

The second prince and Lin Duowen left here together, on the way, the second prince and Lin Duowen talked about things, the second prince was amiable and had no shelf, which made Lin Duowen a lot easier.

When they arrived in the backyard, the second prince saw that the five of them were playing chess, so he said to them, "Let me meet these five national players today." ”

Lin Duowen introduced the identity of the second prince, and the five of them hurriedly knelt on the ground and saluted the second prince.

"Get up, what's there to kneel into." After finishing speaking, Lin Duowen asked people to set up five tables of chess pieces, and the second prince stood in the middle, so he didn't have to guess first, naturally the second prince played first.

The second prince is like flying, but the five chess players are grinding, and the next step will be a long time.

This is in the middle of the game, and the fight begins, and Lin Duowen is also nervous.

Zhu Ji's salary is in a weak position, Shi Budo and Fan Shimin are inseparable from the second prince, Liu Shufu has a slight upper hand, and only Huang Shilong suppresses the second prince.

Huang Shilong was proud, and continued to pick up his fan, which was about to open, Lin Duowen glanced at Huang Shilong, Huang Shilong understood and put the fan down.

followed the end, Huang Shilong lost with half a son, and Zhu Jixin and Shi Budo won one son, Liu Shufu won two sons, and only Fan Shimin won a series of three tribulations and became a draw.

After the five of them finished, they pleaded guilty to the second prince. After hearing this, the second prince smiled and said: "If you don't beat me, how can you beat that Xiuce, I tested this time, just to know, how is your chess strength, and now it seems that the five of you have some ability." ”

After the second prince finished speaking, he looked at Huang Shilong: "Huang Shilong, why did you defeat half of my son." ”

"Your Highness, it's a small fan that can't be opened, and it's a mess, so it's bad."

Hearing Huang Shilong say this, the second prince smiled and said, "That day, you have to take the fan, don't lose it then." ”

"Your Highness, rest assured, we will definitely live up to the expectations of the saint when the time comes."

The second prince nodded and said that he could also go back to the palace to make a report, but when he left, the second prince told the five of them that since all five of them played like this, then they had to gather five chess styles, so that Xiuce could be tired of dealing with it when the time came.

The five of them nodded, and the second prince said that if Lin Duowen wanted to wait for the edict, he would just go to the chess academy to find it, and anyone in the chess academy would have to help.

After the second prince left, the five of them breathed a sigh of relief, and Lin Duowen also found out that among them, Fan Shimin had the highest chess ability, followed by Huang Shilong.

Therefore, the second time I found a chess edict, and when I was fighting, I tried to deal with Huang Shilong as seriously as possible.

In the afternoon, the second prince came to the door again, this time the second prince brought five servants, all five of whom were holding trays with two chess boxes on them.

The second prince asked the five people to send it to Fan Shimin, and then asked them to open the lid and say to them, "Look at this Yunzi." ”

The five of them picked it up and touched it, this Huang Shilong, Liu Shufu and Shi Budo are all from civilian backgrounds, so they naturally don't understand. But Zhu Jixin has some family background, but he has been in contact with a lot of chess pieces, he said: "The start is mellow, warm in winter and cool in summer, simple in appearance, introverted and dignified." This is the former Yongchang official kiln Yunzi. ”

The second prince nodded, and at this time Fan Shimin spoke: "There is a saying among the people, Yongchang Yunzi is the world, and the Li family's official kiln is Yongchang, if the small one does not admit his mistake, this should be fired by Li Dezhang, the ancestor of the Li family." ”

Master Fan gave gifts to the prefect all day long, and he has seen a lot of treasures, and Fan Shimin has seen a lot of them.

The second prince smiled and said, "Yes, but I just know that this is fired by Li Dezhang, and I don't know what is valuable about this thing." ”

The second prince's words are naturally the opposite, even if others sent the second prince, the second prince didn't know at the time, and he would have investigated and learned later, otherwise he would have come to give it to them.

However, if the second prince said that this is precious, he would be suspected of boasting, so Fan Shimin said, "Back then, Li Dezhang used 70 catties of black lead, 30 catties of purple stone, and 20 catties of jade as materials, plus coral powder and agate powder, and repeatedly developed it. ”

Fan Shimin said this, and continued: "When Li Dezhang was alive, it was hard to find, but now in the national dynasty, it is already a gold medal. ”

Hearing this price, the other four people were speechless, especially Liu Shufu didn't have a tael of silver this year, he thought that he would not even have enough money for half a game of chess pieces for his whole life.

"Of course, these dozen sets of chess pieces, there are advantages and disadvantages, this hundred is as white as an egg, and black as a crow is the top grade. Nowadays, these five pairs are all of the highest quality, and the price is even more difficult to measure. ”

When Fan Shimin said this, they didn't dare to ask for such a valuable item, but the second prince smiled and said: "The so-called sword to accompany the hero, these Yunzi stay in the palace, it is only to increase loneliness, in your hands, it is useful." ”

The second prince didn't say anything, everyone knew that it was the second prince who told them that this time they could only win and not lose.

A few days later, news came from the Xuanwu Kingdom, saying that he had agreed to this game.

The sage decreed that this chess game would be held in Renshou Hall on the first day of the winter month.

In the following days, the Xuanwu Kingdom did not set up a chess game, and the five people also lived in the chess academy, and all the chess edicts were not allowed to pass on the chess games they played daily.

Because these five people know Xiuce's chess style, and Xiuce doesn't know anything about the five people's abilities.

Lin Duowen was also worried in his heart, this time he played chess, and he naturally had a light on his face if he won, if he lost, he really had to apologize.

While Lin Duowen was waiting, a literary meeting was held in the capital, which was held by the people who participated in the Spring Festival.

Why is this meeting held, that is, it should have been everyone's attention, but now they have been robbed of the limelight by chess players.

But now that the capital is full of discussions about the chess warriors' war, how could the scribes be willing, so they hope to hold this literary meeting to let the world pay attention to them.

Li Changji, who got the news, also participated, he mainly wanted to see the talents in the world, although he thought that except for Zhou Shuitian, there were no more people in the world like him.

This literati and humanities meeting was held in the stone boat of the Rouge River, and there were quite a few people who attended the meeting, and after everyone sat down, they looked at each other and looked at each other carefully.

Most of the people who participated in the cultural meeting were commoners, so everyone was dressed similarly, even if there were one or two noble young masters, they were not uninteresting, and they risked great disapproval to ridicule the poorly dressed civilians.

Therefore, Li Changji was among them, but he didn't feel any embarrassment, he looked at these people, most of them he saw stupidity, and a few people had the grace of a scholar. As for the heroism of Confucianism, Li Changji has not seen any of them.

He was a little disappointed that all the scribes had arrived, and after sitting down with each other, they did not meet their friends in writing, but guessed the topic of this temple examination.

This is not so much to guess the topic, it is better to show off the talent, one of the students said that there was a palace test question in the past Emperor Wu was to say that the Yu Dynasty learned the Thirteen Classics, set the Thirteen Classics, promulgated the scholars, and the students studied the Thirteen Classics, and tried to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the Thirteen Classics in this collection.

When the student said this, he talked about it, saying that there was something to discuss about the commentary on the Thirteen Classics, everyone listened, and some of them didn't know what the student was talking about.

After this student showed off, Xie Yuan of Zhili Mansion was not unwilling, and said that there was still a question when Emperor Wu was in power, which was to study the mistakes of the version of "Yu Gong", and asked the candidates to revise the old version of "Justice", "Interpretation", and the Stone Scripture in the past dynasties.

This involves the ability to study the scriptures and interpret the scriptures, which is more difficult than just studying the advantages and disadvantages of the commentary.

This Xie Yuan also talked about how to write an article if he was present, this is even more profound, involving modern and ancient texts, many people are in the clouds.