As the time of the game approached, more and more people came to the arena, including the chess players who participated in the tournament and the escorts, adding up to thirty or forty people, in addition to the people related to the game, officials and people who came to watch the game, the whole hall became lively, but fortunately, the venue here was large enough that it did not look cluttered.

"It's coming, it's coming." The people near the door suddenly came with a whispered reminder, noticed the movement, everyone in the hall turned their eyes to the door, and the people standing near the door bowed their hands one after another, smiling, some of the people standing in the middle also consciously took a few steps back, making way for a road in the middle, which shows that the identity of the person who just arrived is extraordinary.

"It should be Jiang Dingshan who has arrived." Zheng Xing whispered to Tan Xiaotian - this competition is held by the Hanlin Academy, and it is Jiang Dingshan who is specifically responsible, and his arrival means that the competition is about to start.

Jiang Dingshan and his person Tan Xiaotian have long heard that in his impression, this is a genuine first-class chess player, although his attainments in chess are not as good as his father Jiang Yongnian, but his skills are profound, brave and good at fighting, and the people who can win him in Yilin today are afraid that they can be counted on ten fingers, plus as the son of the Jiang family, when Jiang Yongnian retires in the future, the position of the head of the Jiang family will definitely fall on him, with the entire Jiang family as the backing, Jiang Yongnian's connections and layout in the government and the opposition, plus his own strong strength, Even if he can't achieve Jiang Yongnian's control over the Great Zhou Yitan and can't get the title of 'the best product in the world', it is very possible to become the chief official who manages the chess in the Great Circle, so it is not difficult to understand everyone's awe of such a powerful person with a deep background and strong chess strength.

Even in the Zheng family of the four great families, it is not easy to meet a first-class chess player who has been a Hanlin and has the title of a national player, let alone Jiang Dingshan, a big master who is ranked in the top few even in the chess edict. Tan Xiaotian was very curious about this person who had only heard of his name before and had not seen him, so he stood beside Zheng Xing and craned his neck to look at the door.

There was more than one person who came in, and there were seven or eight of them. Each of them is wearing official uniforms, with bright clothes and hats, which is very eye-catching, but although there are many people, they are obviously divided into two parts, and the one who walks in the front is obviously the protagonist, and the one in the middle is white and beardless, holding a whisk in his arms, and his back is slightly hunched. The two accompanying officials on the left and right are taller than the one in the middle, one has big ears and an extraordinary bearing, and the other has a round face and short beard, full of kindness, and the three of them bowed to the greeting person while walking into the hall, and greeted and answered, but Jiang Dingshan couldn't tell which one was Jiang Dingshan for a while.

"Uncle Zheng. Which is Jiang Dingshan? Pulling Zheng Xing, Tan Xiaotian asked in a low voice.

"The one on the right in the red official suit." Zheng Xing replied in a low voice.

"Oh". Compared with the other two, Tan Xiaotian is more interested in Jiang Dingshan, a first-class master of chess to the third grade, and Jiang Dingshan's appearance is indeed very good, eight feet tall, with big shoulders and thick waist, and big ears. The eyes are blazing, and every move shows the bearing of the family characters.

"At the front is Gonggong Wei, who is the chief eunuch of the celebrant and the number two person in the palace stewards and eunuchs. The one on the left is Cui Tielin, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and the three of them are jointly responsible for the conduct of this selection competition. Zheng Xing then whispered to Tan Xiaotian.

"Why should three people be in charge of a competition? With Jiang Guoshou's ability and qualifications, isn't it enough to host such a competition of only about 20 people? "Tan Xiaotian is a little strange - the Go game is not like martial arts, the participants are well-trained Go teenagers, the so-called Wen Wu first, Wu Wu second, on the whole, the strength of the chess player may not be so easy to judge, but specific to a game of chess, similar to the appearance of the immortal robbery, Jinjing robbery and other difficult to decide the outcome of the chess game is almost one in ten thousand, so there is not much difficulty in management, Jiang Dingshan has been famous in Yilin for more than 30 years, what kind of game has not participated, what kind of big scene has not been seen, Twenty people, a dozen games of chess, one principal is not enough?

"Heh, the affairs of ordinary people, no matter how big they are, are small things, and the affairs of the emperor's family, no matter how small they are, if it is just an ordinary competition, any one of these three levels is enough to be competent, but this is to choose a teacher for Princess Crescent, who dares to ignore it? Therefore, the three of them have their own responsibilities, Jiang Dingshan is responsible for the evaluation of chess skills, Cui Shilang is responsible for conduct and etiquette, and as for Wei Gonggong, he is responsible for examining the character of chess players. Zheng Xing explained with a smile.

"Well, I understand that the officials of the Ministry of Etiquette assess the character and etiquette of chess players, after all, it is the princess's teacher who has to be chosen, just good chess skills and appearance, and bad manners are not enough, but what is the use of testing the character of chess players? I have studied chess with many teachers, and their personalities are different, and their chess skills are strong and weak, but it doesn't have much to do with whether they are a good teacher or not. The more Tan Xiaotian listened, the more confused he became.

"Haha, you've been in the capital for a long time, you should have heard of Princess Crescent, right?" Zheng Xing smiled and lowered his voice a little lower - royal affairs, it will be troublesome to talk nonsense.

"I've heard of some, it seems to be a very savage little girl." Tan Xiaotian also replied in a low voice after thinking about it.

"Hehe, that's right, but the best word to use to describe a princess is 'willful', but whether it's willful or savage, in short, they are very difficult people to get along with. It's okay if the children of ordinary people are like this, the problem is that she is a princess, so only others cooperate with her instead of her to adapt to others, and therefore there will be today's tryouts, because the teacher she used to find was either angry or had a nervous breakdown, so that His Majesty has no choice today, so he will adopt the proposal of the master to compete in the selection of talents among people of similar age, the main purpose is not to choose a person who can teach the princess to be a Go master, but to find someone who can make peace with the princess, so that she will not have nothing to do, People who make trouble everywhere, therefore, whether this person can make peace with the princess is the most important, as for the level of chess ability, it is secondary-the emperor does not plan to make Princess Xinyue a national player, in terms of chess strength, any inner disciple of any family is not enough to teach her? ”

", Father-in-law Wei has been in the palace for more than 30 years, and he has watched Princess Crescent Moon grow up day by day, and he knows the temperament of Princess Crescent Moon best, so he is one of the principals in this selection competition, which is to find a playmate among you who can be accepted by Princess Crescent, otherwise it will be nothing to be repaired by the princess every time you meet in the future, and it will be a big trouble to make the princess angry." (To be continued.) )