Chapter 554: Circumstantial Evidence

"Oh, it's not a child of the family, listening to this surname, I thought it had something to do with the Tan family. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info "Emperor Xuande sighed softly, his tone was flat, but he couldn't see any meaning.

"Uh....., Qingcheng and Luoyang are thousands of miles apart, Tan Xiaotian should have nothing to do with the Tan family." Cui Shilang was slightly stunned, he had never thought about it in that direction, but the emperor would have this question, which was enough to show that he still had a deep impression of the Tan family, otherwise he would not have thought of the Tan family when he heard a name.

"Well, that's right. By the way, you said that he was accepted as an inner disciple by the Zheng family at the age of eight because of his excellent grades and outstanding performance, and now he is only eight and a half years old, in other words, he has only been in the Zheng family for half a year? Nodding, Emperor Xuande asked, for the relationship between Tan Xiaotian and the Tan family was just a flash of thought, he didn't take it to heart, but he was a little surprised that Tan Xiaotian had been in the Zheng family for such a short time but could achieve such results today - Jiang, even if the Dong family would not do their best, they did not dare to be a little light about the princess's selection of teachers, and the representatives sent out must be internal disciples with considerable strength, in terms of age, I am afraid that the inner disciples of that level will have to enter at least three or four years, right? The Zheng family dared to run for election with Tan Xiaotian, who only had half a year's qualifications, did they have absolute confidence in the child's strength or didn't care about the final result? ...... The so-called unpredictable power, and the so-called companion is like a tiger, because the emperor's mind is difficult to guess, and the likes and dislikes of many things are only in a thought, and when put on ordinary people, this may just be a little bit of an extreme and quirky personality, no big deal, but he is also a decision-maker who holds the supreme power of the Great Zhou, and a casual sentence can determine a person's life.

"It's less than half a year, strictly speaking, if you start with the apprenticeship ceremony, then Tan Xiaotian has become an inner disciple of the Zheng family for less than a month." Since I can't guess the emperor's mind for the time being, then telling the truth is the best choice, so that even if something goes wrong, it won't fall on me, otherwise it is possible to lose my head if I take on the crime of bullying the king.

"Less than a month? Hehe, it seems that although this Tan Xiaotian is young, he is extraordinary, I don't know what Jiang Hanlin thinks of him? "I heard that the entry time is less than a month, and Emperor Xuande's suspicion suddenly turned into curiosity, because logically, even if the Zheng family is bold, he will never dare to launch a newcomer who has just started to fool things, so the truth is more likely to have absolute confidence in Tan Xiaotian's strength, and from a professional point of view, Jiang Dingshan's evaluation is obviously more weighty, but Jiang Dingshan's position is not enough to participate in the level of the court, and it is too time-consuming to send someone to Xuan at this time, so he simply asked Cui Shilang directly, Because there must have been an in-depth communication between the two before making the final recommendation decision.

"Back to the emperor, Jiang Hanlin spoke highly of Tan Xiaotian, saying that his chess talent far exceeded ordinary people, and he was only seen in the past 20 years of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Cui Shilang replied cautiously.

"Really? How is that compared to Tan Yi back then? After listening to Cui Shilang's relay, Emperor Xuande said curiously - the four princes of the capital were coquettish for a while, and Tan Yi was the youngest but the most famous in chess, and now Jiang Dingshan said that Tan Xiaotian's chess is the only one seen in the past 20 years, so who is higher in chess compared to these two people? (Chess talent is different from chess power, the higher the ability is not necessarily the stronger the chess ability, the chess talent is more reflected in the chess player's imagination, conception and grasp of the timing, and the chess power is a consideration of comprehensive strength, so if the chess power is concerned, Tan Xiaotian, who is only eight years old at this time, will definitely not be the opponent of Tan Yi, who is already an adult, but the comparison of chess talent is another matter).

"This ......, this is not clear for the minister." Cui Shilang was stunned in his heart, and replied hesitantly - what is the relationship between Tan Yi and Jiang Dingshan, how many people here don't know, when the Tan and Jiang families faced each other head-to-head and the Tan family left Xi'an, the sudden reason was that Tan Yi abducted Jiang Dingshan's daughter Jiang Li'er, let me ask, even if Tan Yi's chess is high, what good words can you get from Jiang Dingshan? It's more likely that you don't even want to mention the name, right? As the emperor, the Supreme of the Ninth Five, you don't have to worry about anything when you speak, you think that a play is a play, even if Jiang Dingshan is unhappy, he can only hold it in his heart and dare not express it

But what about yourself? If you really ask this kind of question in front of Jiang Dingshan, even if people don't turn their faces and send off guests on the spot, a few big eyes will definitely be indispensable.

"Oh, hehe, that's right." Emperor Xuande is such a smart person, what he asked just now was just a whim, and he didn't think much about it, at this moment, he saw Cui Shilang's expression was strange, and his answer was slurred, and his brain turned, and he figured out the reason, knowing that his question was very inappropriate, but he was the emperor, and only others apologized to him and admitted his mistakes, and he never needed to apologize to others.

"Hehe, Your Majesty, speaking of this Tan Xiaotian, he once had a relationship with the minister." The benefits of the old minister are reflected in this situation, Zhang Bonian saw that the emperor's turn was too blunt, and his face was a little ugly, so he immediately stood up to catch the conversation, and with him, the atmosphere of the topic was greatly different.

"Really? What is the situation, Zhang Aiqing said let's hear it. Someone was willing to divert the topic, and Emperor Xuande was happy to borrow the slope to get off the donkey, and immediately asked.

"Hehe, speaking of which, this is what happened not long ago, that **** received a letter from Zheng Xinyu, saying that he was going to bring a genius chess boy to see me ......", Zhang Bainian is very attached to the old feelings, Lin Baoliang entrusted him to take care of Tan Xiaotian, he really took it to heart, and now told him what happened before and after meeting Tan Xiaotian that day, and Emperor Xuande also nodded frequently, quite appreciative- Zhang Bonian talked about Tan Xiaotian's visit to himself in front of the full hall of civil and military affairs at this time, which is equivalent to publicly saying that this child is covered by himself, so even if Tan Xiaotian is exaggerated and not so good, this face must be given.

"Speaking of that child's chess talent, he doesn't dare to judge lightly for the minister's sparse chess skills, but there is one thing that should confirm Jiang Hanlin's judgment from the side."

"Speaking of that child's chess talent, he doesn't dare to judge lightly for the minister's sparse chess skills, but there is one thing that should confirm Jiang Hanlin's judgment from the side." Seeing that the emperor was interested in this topic, Zhang Bonian's interest in talking also came up, so he even told his granddaughter about the chess fight with Tan Xiaotian in the suburbs - of course, he also knew about the fight between the two of them that day, but he was embarrassed to make it public. (To be continued.) )