At night, she slept with Chun'er, and Chun'er's health was not good, so Shen Ao didn't want to disturb her, so she squinted and deliberately pretended to be asleep when she got into bed.

When he woke up the next day, the sky was clear and cloudless, Shen Ao stretched his waist and went to work after breakfast.

This kind of life is a little boring, until the Lantern Festival arrives, it is said that early in the morning, Xichun Bridge is already crowded with people, Hangzhou household registration is many, coupled with the noise of these days, there are many people who have bought Hangzhou Shizisheng, gambling plus joining in the fun, no one is far behind.

Under the Xichun Bridge is a small river, the name is a little strange, but although the river takes a small character, it is not small at all, the two banks are long mentioned, rows of willows caress with the wind, the river is turbulent, clear to the bottom, behind the willow trees are rows of attics, street shops, wine flags, tea flags are waving in the wind.

Xichun Bridge is the most famous gold cave in Hangzhou, the left side of the bridge is a row of wine shops, gambling stalls, cross the bridge is the Goulan Qinglou, the girls of the Qinglou woke up early, pushed open the window facing the Xichun Bridge, saw the crowd below, kept throwing eyebrows to the attic; These are all low-level Qinglou girls, and the real art and name are disdainful of showing up, but they will also put a layer of bead curtains in front of the window, and watch the excitement through the bead curtains.

Wanhualou is not on the right side of the bridge, but on an isolated island in the lower reaches of the river, the isolated island is actually formed by the accumulation of river sediment, the Wanhualou in the island is five stories high, and the bottom is a rock base paved with boulders, although there are only five floors, from the embankment on both banks, it is very tall.

To Wanhualou, you need to go to the river to sit on the painting boat, but now on this bridge, there is a boy with a paper fan with a few strong men guarding, this boy brother is born with oily hair and powder, seeing many people pay attention to him, more and more high-spirited, handsome and upright, but his face is powdered, somewhat sick.

In fact, the scholar powder is also a fashion in the south of the Yangtze River, as early as the Jin Dynasty has been popular, that is, to the Northern Song Dynasty today, many poems in the description of handsome young people are always indispensable to the word powder.

In the wine shop next to the river embankment, it is extraordinarily quiet, there are many van soldiers and miscellaneous servants guarding here, and the top floor is a wing room with a wide field of vision, looking down from here, the countless attic ridges are connected together, and there is a pleasant feeling of overlooking from a high place. The people here have already arrived, and there are really a lot of people coming, up to the pacification envoy Li Wen, followed by the transfer envoy Jiang Bing, in addition to the punishment envoy Jin Shaowen, the promotion envoy Zhou Wen, these four people are the biggest leaders of the Liangzhejiang Road, sitting in the best position, near the window, you can see the whole picture of Xichun Bridge.

After that, there are officials at all levels of the Creation Bureau, the Municipal Shipping Division, the Hangzhou Prefect's Yamen, and the Yamen of the two counties, which are dazzling, standing or sitting, but fortunately this wing room is spacious enough, otherwise I am afraid that the officials at the level of the county order will not even have a place to stand.

Everyone held their breath, surprisingly silent, each with their own thoughts, drinking tea to hide the embarrassment.

The Great Song Dynasty set up four divisions of the yamen to manage the road, there was a plan to divide power, and there would inevitably be some dirtiness between the chief officials of each department, so it was rare for these four adults to get together, on the surface they were happy, but in fact, they all had their own wishful thinking in the bottom of their hearts.

For example, the transport envoy Jiang Bing and the pacification envoy Li Cohen have long been dirty, and the pacification envoy should be the chief officer of the road, but who is Jiang Bing? is the nephew of the current Empress Dowager Qinci, a relative of the emperor, and is in charge of the Suzhou Yingfeng Bureau, the Hangzhou Creation Bureau and the Hangzhou City Bo Division, where do you need to see Coco Li's eyes. Besides, in the eyes of the emperor, Jiang Bingnai is a first-class celebrity, so what is Coco Li, his status in the entire Jiangnan is also extraordinary, that is, when he enters the court, those Dazai and Shaozai see him, who dares to show him face?

Such a situation makes Coco Li's position quite embarrassing, although the pacification envoy of the two Zhejiang roads is good, but he is pressed by this transfer envoy, he is disgraced, very uncomfortable, and some dirtiness is inevitable, and the secret competition between the two yamen is also a well-known thing, although the two of them smiled and saluted, but as soon as they sat down, they each put on a cold face.

The two of them didn't speak, where did the rest dare to speak, but it was the one who raised Zhou Wen to enliven the atmosphere and deliberately said a joke, but no one laughed, Zhou Wen was unhappy in his heart, so he stopped talking.

As for the torture envoy Jin Shaowen, he didn't know what he was thinking, as if he was thinking about something, and no one tried to provoke him.

After half an hour of silence, and a few teas were drunk, the people downstairs were already impatient, and they said noisily: "Why hasn't County Lieutenant Shen come yet?" Could it be that you are timid? ”

"What a Bianjing talent, hum, I'm afraid that I'm scared of my courage now."

When there were different opinions, they heard someone say: "People are coming!" Here it comes! ”

While talking, Shen Ao rode an old horse with a boy behind him, and came over slowly; The people along the way all made way for him, and the Xichun Bridge was already in front of Shen Ao's eyes.

Shen Ao said that he was wearing a regular clothes, with a Confucian ribbon on his head, and appeared with a smile, he said that he had a special bath, the clothes were ice blue fine silk, and the snow-white piping embroidered with elegant bamboo leaf patterns and the mutton fat jade hairpin on his head complemented each other, skillfully highlighting the extraordinary figure of a handsome noble son.

Seeing so many people cheering, Shen Ao smiled slightly, and his smile was quite a bit of a merry young man's hand, and his chin was slightly raised, revealing a hint of arrogance.

Hmph, aren't you crazy? Dude is going to be crazier than you guys!

As for the boy behind him, it is the little monk Shi Xiaohu, Shi Xiaohu has grown his hair now, and his face is becoming more and more cute, but between those eyebrows, there is a temperament that is not commensurate with his age.

The two of them arrived at the Xichun Bridge in full view of everyone, and then fell off their horses, got on the bridge, and stopped Shen Ao with a powdered face Xiucai shaking a paper fan.

The pink-faced boy put away his fan, saluted Shen Ao, and said, "Is the person who came Shen Ao Shen County Lieutenant?" ”

Shen Ao didn't look at him at all, showing the identity gap between himself and him, his eyes fell behind Xichun Bridge, and he said lightly: "Lord Ben is." ”

Seeing Shen Ao's attitude, the pink-faced boy was ashamed and angry, forcibly suppressed his anger, and said with a smile: "Does Shen County Lieutenant know that he wants to cross this bridge, but there is a famous hall, you must know that Xue Fangfang was martyred here, and since then, every day there will be inkers who come to mourn her, in order to remember this fierce woman, since Shen County Lieutenant is on the bridge, and it is the right time for him, why not write a poem to open the eyes of the students." ”

Shen Ao smiled slightly: "I don't know what to do?" ”

The pink-faced boy said: "How about the theme of Xichun Bridge?" ”

Shen Ao nodded, and fell silent; To make this poem for the occasion, what is most needed is to be anxious, which Shen Ao does not lack, his IQ is not low, plus there are poems from later generations, sometimes you can also take some good words and phrases to appropriate, and after reading the book for so long, I finally have some experience in composing poems, and I don't have to copy the poems of later generations.

Seeing him frowning, everyone laughed and said: "It seems that this first pass has stumped the county lieutenant, haha, what is the first talent in Bianjing, and it is not as good as our first talent in Hangzhou." ”

Shen Ao ignored their nonsense, thought for a moment, and said loudly: "The water outside the Xichun Bridge is like the sky, and the five are vying to see the ferry. Pu wine is half drunk, and the hairpin is red and pink. ”

The first half of this poem is to render the scenery of Xichun Bridge, talking about the beautiful and lively scene of Xichun Bridge, the third sentence and the sound of Xichun Bridge, the last sentence has changed suddenly, the hairpin head red powder refers to the name of the fierce suicide, a short poem of four words, the history and scenery of Xichun Bridge. This poem is naturally not as good as the good sentences that have been passed down through the ages. But as a poem for the occasion, it is already considered superior. After all, time is short, this is extremely rare, even if Li Bai is resurrected, he may not be able to make poems in a short time.

In terms of quality, Shen Ao's poems are naturally not as good as those famous poets, but when it comes to fast poetry, he is also a master, and his quick thinking is the same potential that art thieves have, not to mention that Shen Ao is familiar with the past and the present, and his vision is much broader than that of people in this era.

Shen Ao wrote a poem, and the ridicule was immediately silenced, but a few people began to shout.

The pink-faced boy chewed Shen Ao's poem, was silent for a moment, first smiled bitterly, and then saluted Shen Ao and said: "The county lieutenant is a great talent, the student class has an axe, and he has eyes that don't know Mount Tai, and he hopes to forgive his sins, please cross the bridge." ”

After that, the pink-faced boy glanced at the two strong men behind him, and the two strong men immediately separated and made a gesture of invitation to Shen Ao.

Shen Ao paced across the bridge loudly, and then said to a person watching from the side of the road: "I don't know how to get to this Wanhualou?" ”

After all, Shen Ao is the county lieutenant, although the man is full of wanting to see Shen Ao's jokes, he doesn't dare to be presumptuous in front of Shen Ao, and hurriedly points to a simple trestle on the river embankment: "After crossing the trestle bridge, board the painting boat, and go down the water, you can land in Wanhualou." ”

Shen Ao walked to the trestle bridge, this trestle bridge is very simple, but there is a kind of dilapidated beauty, the wooden stake into the water, has grown a lot of moss, so that people can see, there is a unique poetry; At the head of the trestle bridge, there was indeed a painting boat parking, but just approaching here, Shen Ao found that a person was blocking his way.

The man, who was about thirty years old, dressed in a black gown with a scruffy robe and greasy hair, placed a small case under the willow tree by the trestle, on which he placed black and white chess pieces, and his eyes fell on the chess game, motionless.

Shen Ao suddenly understood that this was the second level, paced over, and said, "If I don't play against you, won't I be able to cross this trestle?" ”

The man didn't move suddenly, waited for a while, and then slowly dropped a sunspot, then shook his head again, raised his eyes, and glanced at Shen Ao, the eyes were pitch black, and there were no waves in the ancient well, as if Shen Ao was regarded as air, only nodded his head, and said lightly: "Please also ask the county lieutenant for advice." ”

There was a stirring in the crowd, and they all said: "Even Mr. Liang, a chess idiot, is alarmed, haha, Mr. Liang is out of the horse, this Shen Ao will definitely not be able to get on the trestle." ”

Shen Ao only has a slight understanding of Go, and his level is limited, and when he heard those people praise this person called Mr. Liang, he understood in his heart that he was afraid that this Mr. Liang's chess skills were very powerful! What should I do if I play against him?

Shen Ao's dark eyes turned quickly, and then laughed and said: "Mr. Liang, this adult doesn't have much time, so I won't play with you, it's better like this, I'll set up a chess game for you to crack, if you can't break this chess game, you will lose, okay?" ”

Seeing his arrogant appearance, Mr. Liang didn't look at himself, but his face was unmoving, he didn't care at all, his dark eyes glanced at Shen Ao, and said slowly: "Then, please give me advice." ”

Shen Ao smiled, and then began to place the chess pieces, and after a while, a delicate game was set, and he took out a fan from his waist, and said neatly: "Please Mr. Liang crack it." ”

Mr. Liang first looked at this chess game, and at first he didn't care, but then, he frowned again, thinking that the chess game was not so simple, and later, he actually sighed, as if he had lost his soul, a trace of horror flashed in his eyes, and all his body and mind fell into this exquisite game.

Shen Ao handed the fan to Shi Xiaohu and said to Shi Xiaohu: "Come, fan me the wind." ”

Shi Xiaohu pursed his lips: "Okay, I'll only be your scholar, why do you want to fan the flames." ”

Shen Ao glared at him angrily: "Do you want to eat rock sugar gourd?" ”

Shi Xiaohu immediately took the fan and carefully fanned Shen Ao on the side.

Shen Ao crossed his legs with a smile and looked at this Mr. Liang, without the slightest worry on his face; The chess game he put out is a chess game studied by later generations according to the ancient chess book "The Theory of Fa Yang", in which the clever tricks such as "Golden Rooster Reading Power" and "Mouse Stealing Oil" are interlocked, and the largest "inverted boots" in history are also designed. This chess game, even in later generations, was discussed by many high-level chess players for several days and nights before it was finally broken; No matter how clever a chess player in this era is, it is impossible to find a way to crack it without ten days and half a month.

Shen Ao is sure that even the first chess player in the Great Song Dynasty will never be able to break the game in a short period of time.