Chapter 13: The Plague of Innocence
The Jiang family is in the east of the city, the Tan family is in the west of the city, no one knows why this is the case, there is a rule of chess called 'the king does not see the king', perhaps it is to follow this principle, the two major chess players intentionally or unintentionally chose opposite positions when they settled in the capital.
The day is already bright, after breakfast, after drinking morning tea, Tan Ziqiang is in the garden to trim the flowers and plants, originally these things are in charge of the gardener, but Tan Ziqiang has always regarded gardening as a cultivation of the mind, so in addition to official duties and study Go, he spends most of his time using these flowers and plants.
Straightening his waist, Tan Ziqiang wiped the sweat on his forehead, with a satisfied smile on his face, in front of him, several chrysanthemums are budding and waiting to be released, depending on the situation, it will not take two days at most, and he can drink and appreciate chrysanthemums, and he will be endowed with poetry.
"Too old, too old, it's not good!" The old housekeeper Tan Fu ran over panting, still screaming in a panic as he ran.
What's wrong?
Tan Ziqiang frowned slightly-this old housekeeper has been in the Tan Mansion for more than thirty years since he settled in the capital, he is honest, calm and capable, and it will definitely not be a trivial matter to make him so flustered.
Soon, Tan Fu came to Tan Ziqiang, "Master, it's not good, Jiang Yongnian broke in with more than a dozen people, and kept asking us to hand over people, and now he is guarding the hall in the front yard, master, what should I do?" ”
"What? In broad daylight, Lang Lang Lang Qiankun, he dared to fight with open fire, and broke into private houses, is there any royal law? ! Thirty years ago, two people participated in the imperial chess battle presided over by Emperor Jiande himself, the two sides played ten games with the rules of seat and empty respectively, and the total score was evenly divided between five to five. Jiang Yongnian was able to win the first imperial chess battle with a slight advantage of winning one more game, and thus won the title of "the first product in the world" and entered the Hanlin Academy, becoming the first person in the big surrounding chess, and he only lost one more game of chess, so he had to condescend to others, and he was a 'second-grade chess player' for more than 30 years. In the past 30 years, he has also wanted to find countless opportunities to compete with Jiang Yongnian in chess, but Jiang Yongnian is wise to protect himself, knowing that he has no certainty of winning against himself, so he is free from fighting and hanging, and does not pay attention to his invitations to fight on various occasions, and because of his special identity, if he challenges him head-on, he will play ten chess battles, once he loses, he will be ruined and ruined, and the danger of his family will be ruined, and the cost is too great, and he does not dare to try it easily, so he let the plaque of "the first chess player in the world" hang in front of the Jiang family until now. Now, he doesn't go to Jiang Yongnian for trouble, but Jiang Yongnian actually brings people to the door to make trouble, is there any reason for this?
ordered to go down and asked Tan Fu to immediately gather his subordinates to do a good job in case the Jiang family made trouble, Tan Ziqiang himself changed his clothes and walked quickly to the front yard living room under Tan Fu's guidance.
In the hall, the Tan and Jiang families are facing each other on the left and right, Tan Sunlu, the eldest son and second son of Tan Ziqiang who are led by the Tan family, Tan Sunhu, the Jiang family is led by Jiang Dingshan and Jiang Dinghai, Jiang Yongnian's two sons, there are more than a dozen families standing behind each side, everyone is angry, and there is a big fight if they don't agree with each other, and when Jiang Yongnian arrives, he sits on the chair in the middle of the living room with his eyes slightly closed, and the paper fan shakes gently, as if what is happening in front of him has nothing to do with him.
"Father!" Seeing that when the family arrived, Tan Sunlu and Tan Sunhu shouted respectfully, with an angry expression on their faces, showing that they had something to say.
Tan Ziqiang raised his left hand and shook it gently, signaling the two of them not to speak in a hurry, glanced at everyone in the Jiang family, and finally set his eyes on Jiang Yongnian, who pretended to be fine, "Master Editor, it's so elegant, I don't know how many people you want to bring to me to enjoy the flowers or want to taste tea?" Suppressing the anger in his heart, he asked lightly.
Jiang Yongnian snorted coldly, "Tasting tea and appreciating flowers, I don't have that interest." I just want you to hand over Tan Yi. ”
"Tan Yi?" Tan Ziqiang was stunned, Tan Yi is the second son of the eldest son Tan Sun Lu, that is, his grandson, smart and clever, very young in the game of Go showed a very high talent, only seven years old, has reached the strength of his own nine sons undefeated, and to the weak crown, chess strength is advancing by leaps and bounds, for the young generation of chess talents, and Jiang Chunan of the Jiang family, Zheng Xiding of the Zheng family, Dong Kaitai of the Dong family and known as the four sons of Kyoto, among the four, Tan Yi is the youngest and the strongest chess power, is the most promising to win the crown in this imperial chess battle, The person who entered the Hanlin Academy and was called the national hand, so the Tan family had high hopes for him, and even regarded him as the successor of the head of the Jiang family in the future, Tan Ziqiang didn't understand, why did Jiang Yongnian look for him?
"But I don't know what the editor is doing with my grandson?" Tan Ziqiang asked in a deep voice - although I don't know what the other party is for, but this kind of frame is obviously not a good thing, besides, the Jiang family and the Tan family are also everyone in the chess world, if you want people, you want people, is it easy to bully my Jiang family?
"Joyama, show him the letter!" Jiang Yongnian commanded.
So Jiang Dingshan handed the letterhead left by his daughter to Tan Ziqiang, Tan Ziqiang unfolded the scroll to watch, and after reading it, Rao is face turned blue and his hands trembled.
"Dad, what's written on it?" Seeing that his father's face changed after reading the letter, Tan Sunlu knew that his son must have caused some big trouble, so he was so shocked that his father hurriedly came to his father and asked in a low voice.
Tan Ziqiang didn't say anything, handed the letter to his son, and asked him to read it himself, Tan Sunlu took the letter and glanced at it, and was immediately taken aback, his head buzzed, as if he had been given a blow to the head, "No, Yi'er won't do this kind of thing, this must be a misunderstanding!" He muttered to himself.
"Whatever it is, get him right away!" Tan Ziqiang also didn't believe that his grandson would abduct a woman and elope and abscond, but the top priority was to get things straight.
The Tan family acted immediately, but the result was what Jiang Yongnian expected - Tan Yi's shadow was not found, and the family only brought back a letter.
The letter was written to Tan Sunlu, asking his father for instructions with his eyes, Tan Ziqiang nodded with a blushing face, and Tan Sunlu tore open the envelope and read the letter paper in his hand.