The day after Su Mei came to Gangneung, she began to take the initiative to serve Lan Jing'an's daily life. Lan Jing'an is not a difficult master to serve, but she is very picky about those who serve closely. During this time in Jiangling, in addition to Biluan, she only promoted two maidservants into the main hall to serve her, one was renamed Siying by her, and the other was renamed Sizhu by her.

And Yunniang, the maid Yunniang who was selected by her to be a stand-in in Jizhou at the beginning, also followed Su Mei to the Chengjing Palace. Lan Jing'an also changed her name to Siyun. After Su Mei arrived, Bi Luan, under the instruction of Lan Jing'an, handed over many matters related to the management of the maids of the Chengjing Palace in Su Mei's hands.

Lan Jing'an had been self-enclosed in this Chengjing Hall for nearly two months, and he actually wanted to go out for a walk. Now that Su Mei and Siyun have arrived, she asked Su Mei to put makeup on her and try her best to smear it like Siyun. followed behind Biluan as Siyun and cautiously walked out of the Chengjing Palace.

Because she covered it up well, and she didn't even notify Feng Shen and the others, Lao Du and the others didn't know that the maid who bowed her head and followed behind Biluan was Lan Jing'an. Bi Luan didn't quite understand why Lan Jing'an did this, but thinking that Jiangling City was full of people from the army, and it was the safest, so he also agreed to accompany Lan Jing'an to make a fool of himself.

Lan Jing'an walked out of the Chengjing Palace, and the first place he went to was the Changshi Mansion. Biluan's reputation is very loud in Jingzhou, and when the Changshi Mansion heard that it was the Biluan girl next to the big secretary who was looking for the master, he hurriedly went to the government to invite Zhang Xun back to the house. Zhang Xun thought that Lan Jing'an had something important, and Tuo Biluan looked for him, and quickly rushed back.

When he entered the main hall, his wife was standing there chatting with Biluan. Mrs. Changshi naturally didn't dare to snub Biluan, and wanted to invite Biluan to take a seat, but Biluan pushed it as her own servant. But how could Mrs. Changshi really think that Biluan was a maidservant, so she could only stand in the main hall with her and wait for Zhang Xun to come back.

Biluan took Lan Jing'an to salute Zhang Xun, and then asked Zhang Xun if it was convenient for him to go to the study to speak. Zhang Xun knew that there was a secret, so he hurriedly invited her to the study. Waiting for Biluan to take Lan Jing'an into the study, he closed the door. Lan Jing'an raised his head, looked at Zhang Xun's study, and smiled at Zhang Xun: "Sir's study is really elegant." ”

Zhang Xun was stunned when he heard Lan Jing'an's voice, he walked up to Lan Jing'an and took a closer look, only to find that the handmaid who had been following Biluan and stood with her head bowed was actually the chief secretary. He hurriedly saluted Lan Jing'an, and lowered his voice and said, "You came with Biluan alone?" If there is anything to do in the temple of Chengjing, you can just call me over. No one around you is too adventurous. ”

Lan Jing'an smiled: "Sir, don't worry, Chengjing Hall is fine." The reason why I came alone with Biluan was because I wanted to visit Mr. Aota, whom you talked about earlier. You also know that the people of Xia Guo are guarding the door of my palace every day, and I don't want to make people angry. What's more, I'm still recuperating, and it's not good to walk around swaggeringly after all. ”

Zhang Xun said helplessly: "You, I really don't know how to praise you." Lan Jing'an smiled slyly: "Sir, you are scolding me in your heart." I heard it all. And he said, "I knew that it would be good for her to come to my house secretly." It's best not to let her take a fancy to any of the treasures in my study, or else I'll have to let this girl scavenge for me. ”

Zhang Xun couldn't help but stroke his beard and laughed: "Da Si Ming is really not afraid of anything, and he will do his best when the ministers go to the Chengjing Palace to play chess in the future." ”

This time it was Lan Jing'an's turn to make a bitter face. Since Lan Jing'an lived in the Chengjing Palace, every time he saw Zhang Xun, he would be dragged by him to play the next game. Although she hasn't played chess for a long time, her level is still there, and she has the ingenuity to integrate the art of war she has learned into her chess style.

Later, Zhang Xun somehow improved his chess skills, and the two won or lost completely. In order to motivate himself, Lan Ji'an made a promise to Zhang Xun that if he lost every three games, he would give him a treasure in the palace, and the baby was chosen by him.

There are not too many things in the Chengjing Palace, and most of them are old products of the Qianzhou Dynasty that were handed over from Jingzhou, and one is given away, and one is missing. If Lan Jing'an loses a few more months, it is estimated that his hall will be turned into a snow cave.

She was also curious and asked Zhang Xun how he could improve so much in a short period of time. Zhang Xun said that he had the guidance of a master in the world to make great progress in chess. This person is not only good at chess, but also a great talent that is not born in the world. Zhang Xun recommended that when Lan Jing'an is free, he must meet this person.

Lan Jing'an saw that Zhang Xun admired this Mr. Qingtian in every way, and was extremely curious about this person. Zhang Xun once said to her that there are wise people in the world, there are great Confucian scribes, there are people who are well versed in power and scheming, and there are people who are open-minded and transparent, but there are those who have both three and do not promote them, only Qingtian has one ear. Hearing this kind of words, how could Lan Jing'an not be curious to meet this person?

But according to Zhang Xun, this Mr. Qingtian does not like to meet outsiders, and at first acquaintance, he will feel that he has a strange temperament. Lan Jing'an is not surprised, those who are truly talented do have the qualifications to be arrogant, and it is normal for their personalities to be different from ordinary people.

Lan Jing thought about it for a long time, and waited for Su Mei and the others to arrive, and the first thing she did was to ask Zhang Xun to take her to visit this Mr. Qingtian once. Zhang Xun knew that Lan Jing'an was eager to seek talent, especially this person was also admired by himself, so he gladly agreed.

Zhang Xun asked her again if she needed to change her clothes, after all, Lan Jing'an and Bi Luan were now dressed as maids in the deep palace, and they were afraid that they were not suitable for meeting guests. Lan Jing'an asked him to find two sets of men's clothes for himself, and he made do with them in Zhang Xun's study. Then take a carriage out of the city to find Mr. Aota. As the carriage drove all the way in Jiangling City, Lan Jing'an listened to Zhang Xun tell about his past with Mr. Qingtian all the way.

Mr. Qingtian, surnamed Guo, named Leshan, the word Yuliu, the number Qingtian layman, Yingchuan Yangzhai people. It is precisely because he is also from Yuzhou that Zhang Xun, who is also from Yuzhou, has heard his name earlier. Mr. Qingtian was already in his old age at that time, and he was one round older than Zhang Xun.

The Yang Zhai Guo family was originally a big family of Dayong, but as early as when Mr. Qingtian was weak, he was defeated because he was convicted of raiding his family. The first time Zhang Xun heard about Mr. Qingtian's reputation was when his family was undefeated. At the beginning, everyone praised Dr. Guo Yu Liu Zhen for his level, good calligraphy and painting, literary style, young and more intimate to the emperor's summons, and the prospects are really limitless.

Zhang Xun was just a teenager at that time, and when he saw that the elders and teachers in the family were proud of being able to get a pair of Guo Yuliu's calligraphy and paintings, he was envious. Later, the Guo family was defeated, and Mr. Qingtian was also considered to have experienced the warmth and coldness of the world, been imprisoned, worked as a doorman, and passed through business, but no one remembered his former scenery.

Zhang Xun was the only one who never forgot this figure he had admired when he was a child, and knew that he would occasionally make some calligraphy and paintings to give to the monk who had a good relationship with him, so he went to visit Zhiyuan when he had time. After several times, Zhang Xun gradually had the opportunity to meet Mr. Qingtian. In this way, he and Mr. Aota slowly became acquainted.

Compared with Mr. Qingtian, Zhang Xun can be regarded as a late bloomer. He was nearly half a hundred years old before he was recommended to become an official. At that time, it was the late period of Emperor Wei's reign, and his enthusiasm met the corrupt officialdom, and he suddenly cooled down. He didn't have the money to bribe Shangguan and transfer around, but he was just tossing and turning in this Jingyu land, even if he had an official title, he still needed to cultivate it himself to make a living.

At that time, Mr. Qingtian, although he had accumulated some family assets, he was not even qualified to grow crops. Neither of them was a proud person, but they came closer.