In the study.

Although it was Cai Youzhu who summoned him, he was not in a hurry to say anything else, "You will stay with the official for dinner before leaving, and now you will play two games with the official." ”

It didn't seem like a request, as he opened the game as he spoke.

Fortunately, Zhao Cheng accompanied him to play three sets.

Lost all three sets.

Cai You is not exempt from vulgarity, feeling that his kid's chess path is more neutral, and at the same time, he is happy because he won the chess game.

This is not Zhao Cheng pretending to be forced to deliberately let it, it is really impossible to get this goods.

The literati of this era paid attention to courtesy and neutrality in playing chess, so it was equivalent to dancing with shackles. Can't be aggressive pragmatism, this is really not a matter of style but rules, limited by the political environment of the entire Northern Song Dynasty, if the chess path is slightly biased, it is basically regarded as a eunuch or a warrior with no human rights. In other words, they will be regarded as outliers by these people.

The so-called use of hooligan means to kill the literati old master did not leave a piece of armor, and won the other party's appreciation and said with a smile, "This son is surprised", it is generally unlikely. For example, in social occasions in later generations, you offended a leader who was more than a dozen levels older than you and repeatedly offended him, and he also boasted that you had a character, which was basically impossible.

There are only two situations that can be a little more casual and presumptuous, one is that the identity is similar and the friends are very familiar, but even this can only be occasional, for example, if friends continue to challenge the bottom line, they will also lift each other's benches to confront each other.

There is also an objective fact that even if Zhao Cheng is really pragmatic, he can't beat Cai You.

Stalking is just a character, and it can't change the overall strategic situation. Stalking does have some advantages at the same level, but if it is not at the same level, it is completely useless, and it is difficult to say that it is even worse because it angers the other party.

In this way, in the three games of chess, one of them even caused Cai You to temporarily leave two hands to be embarrassed to kill, and was almost overturned by Zhao Cheng because of Zhao Cheng's "Uncle Liu's crying and courtesy" on the road to chess.

"Haha......"

After the three games were almost over, Cai You put down the chess pieces and smiled with satisfaction, he hadn't played so well for a long time. Zhao Cheng, who is super adaptable, also learned a lot of chess techniques and chess etiquette from him.

Then I left the study and went to the gazebo, where the dinner table was already opened.

During the banquet, there was another big man with thick eyebrows and big eyes and a tall body, and it seemed that he had made an appointment with Cai You in advance.

Cai You glanced at him casually, waved his hand casually, and said, "Don't be polite to Qin Dujian, let's sit at the table." ”

However, the big man still knelt down on one leg and said: "The last general, Qin Ming, see Zhizhou Xianggong." ”

Thunderbolt fire Qin Ming?

Zhao Cheng was also completely surprised, not really thunderous, but he didn't expect that this product would be on an errand in Chizhou during this period?

Qin Ming still looks very young in this year, and he has become a defense envoy, and he doesn't know if this guy is getting worse and worse for Mao in the follow-up years?

The defense envoy is a military rank, which is mostly used to calculate wages, and in principle has some relevance to his position, but it is not very important. The duties of the metropolitan supervisor are simply the chief general of the Chizhou Xiang Army. During this period, it belonged to the Zhongshu Menxia series, not the Privy Council series.

The duties of the governor in this period are a bit strange, and they can have a lot of power or no rights at all, depending on who the Lord Zhizhou is. According to the special politics of the Northern Song Dynasty, if Lord Zhizhou signed to disperse the Xiang army and deploy it everywhere, Qin Ming would become a business window rather than a military commander.

Because of the more Northern Song Dynasty literati general rules, a team was separated from the Detention Division, such as stationed in Guichi County, and the commander of those teams was Pei Zhixian instead of Qin Ming.

Cai You pointed to Zhao Cheng and introduced, "He is Zhao Cheng, a student of Weishan Academy." ”

Qin Ming casually glanced at him, especially disgusted by the white-body scholar, and a trace of disgust flashed.

Cai You saw the situation in his eyes, smiled and didn't say much, and introduced: "He is General Qin Mingqin, good at using mace, and has the courage of ten thousand people. ”

It was really a thunderbolt, Qin Ming's voice was particularly strong and he hugged his fists and said: "Xie Zhizhou is in love, Qin Ming will never give up." ”

"What does the Qin Metropolitan Eunuch think of the increasing number of cottages under Chizhou?"

Cai You had asked Zhao Cheng this question earlier, and now he had deliberately asked Qin Ming.

"Now that the last general is here, the governor of Zhizhou doesn't need to worry, he just needs to regroup the archers of the Xiang army, and in a year, the end will destroy the cottage in turn!"

Qin Ming clenched his fists and said loudly.

Cai You was noncommittal and looked at Zhao Cheng curiously.

In the garden behind the pavilion, a woman immediately applauded: "General Qin is brave and brave, and his temperament is like fire, and he is exactly the person urgently needed when the country is worried about internal and external troubles." ”

It was Miss Cai who was blatantly watching from the side, but she didn't sit at the table.

After all, she is the daughter of the Xianggong of Zhizhou, and she is still a peerless beauty, Qin Ming was immediately flattered and said: "I haven't been walking around in battle for a long time, but the last general still has self-confidence, and no one can survive seven days in the hands of the last general in the cottage under the rule of Chizhou." ”

Miss Cai glanced at Zhao Cheng and said with a pointed smile, "General Qin is loyal and brave, how can this make some people embarrassed?" ”

Qin Ming was even more proud, and looked at Zhao Cheng with slightly squinted eyes.

Cai You was not embarrassed, and even deliberately let this happen, so he twisted his beard and asked: "General Qin has been in Chizhou for a long time, and it is a good thing to have the heart to serve the country and be loyal and brave." However, have you ever had a detailed plan, such as finding out the situation of each cottage to know yourself and your opponent? ”

"This ......"

Qin Ming was a little embarrassed, "It's not involved yet, the last general thinks that this move is to startle the snake, if there is a government decree to authorize, only five hundred horse infantry troops can go straight to the surprise army." ”

Zhao Cheng couldn't help but say: "Ask the general, I don't want to startle the snake's suggestion, but I don't know if the general pointed out that the five hundred horse infantry army is a surprise soldier, which family and which village is the strange soldier?" ”

Miss Cai couldn't help but sigh.

Qin Ming waved his hand and said loudly: "You are a scholar doll who was scared by the bandits, how can you know about this military matter. ”

After glancing at Cai You and seeing that he didn't object, Zhao Cheng continued to clench his fists and asked, "I really don't understand it." It's just that logically I feel that in the case of cottages all over the mountains, the surprise of the 500 horse infantry army is in conflict with the logic of 'not fighting the grass and startling the snake'. In this case, unless there are 50,000 troops and all the cottages are sent at the same time, how can he be called a surprise soldier? ”

Qin Ming squinted his eyes and stared at him for a moment, and shouted one by one: "If you are a scholar, you can hide in the city, and you don't need to use words to go around in circles." ”

He is known as having sex like fire, and now he is also in a state of imminent seizure, and Zhao Cheng doesn't want to say it anymore.

Because Cai You is not a person who is easy to be fooled, if so, he was fooled by Qin Mingsu and the likes of Fang Cai to send troops half a year ago.

In view of this, Zhao Cheng did not speak again without saying anything.

"The little scholar who is full of economy and has a clever plan to calm the world, why didn't he continue?" Miss Cai asked curiously.

Qin Ming once again followed the meaning of the great beauty, looked disgusted, and squinted at Zhao Cheng and said: "Qin heard that Zhao Gongzi's stunt is a yang finger from the Dali royal family, fierce and domineering like thunder, Qin is not talented, loves martial arts like life, and wants to find an opportunity to learn from Zhao Gongzi?" ”

Zhao Cheng looked at Miss Cai in horror and thought, they really had a lot of exchanges in private, how much enmity do you have with a little lady and a scholar, and you leaked these things?

At this time, Cai You was curious, and looked at Zhao Cheng with a strange expression.