Lu Jing traveled all the way, and met many people who took the initiative to come over to say hello, and he responded with a smile when he said a few words of encouragement.

When he got out of the Hanlin Academy, Lu Jing breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't expect that in the end, this errand would fall into his hands.

When Shen Liang and Lu Zheng saw him come out, they hurriedly greeted him and asked for details.

Seeing that he was so impatient, Lu Jing shook his head and smiled, and said as he walked, telling a few people about the fact that he was going to fight on behalf of the Hanlin Academy.

After hearing this, Shen Liang smiled and said: "Great, since it is the elder brother who comes forward, he must avenge the younger brother and teach those despicable villains a good lesson." ”

Lu Jing thought about it and told him all the inside information about this matter, as well as the serious consequences he would face if he failed.

Shen Liang's expression suddenly became ugly when he heard this, although he was very confident in Lu Jing's talent, but he also knew that the matter was big, in case he was accidentally defeated, he could only bear the stigma and leave gloomily, after being silent for a long time, Fang frowned and asked: "How could the Hanlin Academy let the elder brother fight, did they deliberately push the elder brother out?" ”

Lu Jing shook his head and said: "There are only a few people who have this thought, most of them are out of public intentions, and my participation in this battle can be regarded as the expectation of the public, and I took the initiative to ask for it." ”

Shen Liang was both admired and worried when he heard this, so he could only say some auspicious words to encourage Lu Jing.

Lu Jing didn't brush him off, chatted with him for a few words, sent him back halfway, and then returned to the mansion with Lu Zheng, Wu Ze and others.

When Lin Daiyu saw Lu Jing returning, she hurriedly asked what happened in the Hanlin Academy.

Lu Jing told Daiyu about the battle post sent by Prince Qianxiang to the Hanlin Academy, and that he was going to compete with him in three days.

After hearing this, Lin Daiyu was extremely worried, although Lu Jing said it lightly, but she noticed that this matter was extraordinary, and in full view of everyone, if she was defeated, it would be difficult to gain a foothold in Beijing.

Lu Jing saw that she was worried, so she joked: "Why don't you pretend to be my scholar and follow me when the time comes, if I can't think of it for a while, Mrs. can also remind me." ”

When Daiyu heard this, she nodded seriously and said, "This plan is very good, the concubine is pretending to be her husband's scholar." ”

Lu Jing laughed and said: "I'm joking, don't take it seriously, madam, with your stunning appearance, if you act as my scholar, others may misunderstand that I like male style." ”

Daiyu slapped his arm dissatisfiedly, and said coquettishly: "Don't talk nonsense, the concubine is serious, I can make it ugly, so that others can't tell the difference." ”

Lu Jing shook his head and smiled: "Madame can't be ugly no matter how she turns in, and she doesn't need a scholar." Then he told her the venue of the competition.

Daiyu was a little regretful and a little worried when she heard this, Lu Jing hurriedly comforted Daiyu and told her that as long as she was on the scene, it would be the greatest support for herself.

Although Daiyu heard that her heart was sweet, she was still uneasy, so she sent someone to inquire about the affairs of Guozijian in detail and help Lu Jing make some preparations.

Because Mu Zhengnan went to the Hanlin Academy with great fanfare, many scholars in Beijing came to inquire about the decision and response of the Hanlin Academy.

Therefore, on the second day, the Hanlin Academy announced the candidates for the competition with Mu Zhengnan: last year's new champion, Lu Jing, a bachelor in the Hanlin Academy, and told everyone the date and venue of the competition.

The scholars and the people of Beijing were hoping that the Hanlin Yuan would teach these Fanbang scribes a good lesson, and when they saw that they had sent last year's champion, they were all relieved and looked forward to the arrival of November 20 as soon as possible.

Many clever people even began to book the pavilions around Qionghua Building that day in advance, and Lu Jing also asked Lu Zheng to book a few boxes when he saw this.

Emperor Yuan Yong has been paying attention to this matter and knew that Lu Jing was going to take the literary exam, so he granted Lu Jing a few days off and asked him to prepare well at home.

At present, the topic is undecided, and Lu Jing can only flip through the books at home and practice poetry writing.

At the right time on the 18th, Jin Yue personally came to Lu Mansion to inform him of the content and form of the competition.

There will be a total of five competitions, the first is a couplet, which will be sent by each of the nine vassal states such as Qianxiang Kingdom, Hanhai Kingdom, and Zhenzhen Kingdom, plus one person sent by Hanlin Academy and Guozijian to form an eleven examiner group, responsible for writing questions and reviewing, and then see who is quick to think, and the right one is fast and good.

In the second competition, the examiners also asked questions and evaluated the merits.

The same is true for the third debate.

In the fourth game of Go, both sides put on their own endgame, and the opponent breaks the game, and the endgame must be solved by themselves, if it cannot be solved, it will be judged as a failure.

In the fifth session, the examiner group will ask questions and mark the papers.

After telling Lu Jing the title, Jin Yue stuffed him with a few unique chess games when he left, and told him that these chess games were all borrowed, and he still needed to return them after reading them.

After Lu Jing sent Jin Yue away, he saw that four of the questions were all made by the examiner, and they were all scientific examination questions, so he didn't need much preparation, so he began to prepare the endgame chess score.

After Daiyu knew the problem, she also helped Lu Jing look through those unsolved chess games and find a way to solve them.

The next day, Lin Ruhai, Shen Liang, Zhao Xian and others also came to help, and Shen Liang also brought Cao Huan, the first Go master of Guozijian.

A few people found a few ancient scores, tried to solve a few hands, and found that they couldn't break the game, so they abandoned it.

Seeing that there will be a competition tomorrow, the chess game has not been decided, and several people are a little anxious.

Seeing this, Lu Jing persuaded: "Don't worry, there is time, if you really can't solve it, it doesn't matter." ”

Shen Liang hurriedly said: "If you can't solve it, does my brother want to put those endgames that have been solved, and bet that he doesn't know how to solve them." ”

Lu Jing shook his head and said: "No, the possibility of being cracked like that is too great, and you can only put an unsolvable endgame in order to guarantee a high probability of not losing, but you will not win." ”

Shen Liang nodded as if he didn't understand after hearing this, and continued to fiddle with the chess game.

Lu Jing thought about it, instead of wasting time to crack those difficult ancient scores, it was better to create a subtle endgame by himself, so he told Daiyu and Lin Ruhai the idea of the Zhenlong chess game.

Several people were a little surprised after hearing this, this kind of cracking method that needs to be put to death and reborn is really difficult to think of, and it also requires courage.

So according to Lu Jing's idea, combined with the chess games that everyone usually studied, he began to set up chess, and invited a few national players, and after everyone worked together to study, it was finally preliminarily set up as a chess game.

Daiyu saw that this was not very safe, and set up some tricks and traps, even if the first step was solved, there were still thorns below.

On the 19th, when the drum was changed, the chess game was completely formed, although the chess games were different, Lu Jing still named him Zhenlong Chess Game, recorded the chess game and the method of cracking, and then put it away.

That night, Shen Liang, Zhao Xian, Cao Huan and several others rested in Lin Ruhai's mansion.

After Lu Jing and Daiyu packed up the chess game, they also blew out the lamp and fell asleep.

In the Honglu Temple State Guesthouse, the delegation of the Qianxiang Kingdom gathered in one place.

Mu Zhengnan saw that the chess score was still not set at this moment, so he said: "There is no need to solve it, in my opinion, the other party may not solve those endgame ancient scores." ”

Ishikawa Yoshi, the deputy envoy of the Akane Mission, said: "Then how will the prince set up tomorrow?" ”

Mu Zhengnan pondered for a while and said: "Just put a hundred eyes to kill the game!" ”

Ishikawa Yoshishi was puzzled: "But we can't solve this situation?" ”

Mu Zhengnan shook his head and said: "It's okay, I'll take a gamble tomorrow to see if the other party is also putting the endgame that he can't solve, if so, it's naturally a draw, if not, I'll try my best to crack the game, if I can solve it, and he can't solve it, then the two cancel each other, and it should also be sentenced to a draw, although I can't win, but it's very likely that I won't lose." ”

Ishikawa Yoshimi didn't have enough time, so he could only act according to Mu Zhengnan's plan.

Then Mu Zhengnan drove everyone else out, leaving Ishikawa alone.

When Ishikawa Yoshishi saw that a few of King Beijing's men were leaving, there was resentment in his eyes, so he reminded: "If you have worked them for so long, the prince should also give some rewards." ”

Mu Zhengnan sneered and said: "It's all greedy and incompetent, don't pay attention to it, when I came here, I found that this so-called Heavenly Empire is weak everywhere." ”

Ishikawa nodded and said: "That's right, just looking at the people of King Beijing and Prince Nan'an actually helping us against their emperor, you can see that there is a big problem in their court." ”

Mu Zhengnan shook his head and said: "That's not the case, let's try again and again in Beijing, if the Qianchao is strong, it will inevitably overwhelm people with momentum, how can we care about winning or losing a few games." ”

Ishikawa Yoshishi saw that he despised the Qianchao too much, and hurriedly reminded: "Even if the Qianchao is weak, it is stronger than us, and the Qianchao has always flaunted the country of etiquette, and has always paid attention to the courtesy before the soldiers, and now it ignores us, there is also this reason." ”

Mu Zhengnan sneered: "What kind of salute before the soldiers, I think it's just a strong inward, and I can't afford to send troops." ”

Ishikawa sighed, shook his head and stopped talking about the topic, but asked, "What if the prince loses tomorrow?" ”

Mu Zhengnan stared at him dissatisfiedly for a while, and then said: "Incompetence will be won or lost tomorrow, we will win this game, and now we have tested out that the internal worries of the Qianchao are serious, and it is a sick tiger, so we can only roar a few times and wave the majesty on our mouths, so that we will have a lot less scruples, and we can get benefits from it and strengthen ourselves." In his speech, Mu Zhengnan unabashedly revealed his ambitions.

Seeing this, Ishikawa Yoshishi sighed deeply, although the little prince is extremely smart and wise, but the desire for power is too strong and the ambition is too great, which is not a good thing after all.

The two didn't talk speculatively, and Mu Zhengnan didn't want to talk to him anymore, so he sent him back, and then blew the lamp to rest, recuperate, and wait for tomorrow.