The room was sunny and spacious, and there was a wall with windows open all over, and a lot of sunlight was sprinkled in, and two people sat in the sun to play games, and one of the people watching the chess next to them stood up and said, "Fa Sheng is here, come and sit." This person is Liang Xiu, and the two people who play chess, Chen Fan, also know each other, Lu Zifeng and Shi Zhongkai.

Several people said hello, and Chen Fan and Liang Xiu sat on the side.

"It seems that I'm late, so Brother Liang has been waiting for a long time."

"Luckily, we just arrived. Little two, tea. ”

"Thank you." Chen Fan looked back, and saw that Hou Feng didn't come in, guarding outside the door, there was someone here, but it was not good to send the gift to Liang Xiu immediately, anyway, he was not in a hurry, thinking of Lu Xian, not only said: "Have you ever visited Dean Lu later?" ”

"Not yet, this is not Dean Lu's nephew Lu Zifeng, if you have something, you can let Zifeng take it around."

"Oh, nothing special, I just want to get together."

"Then why don't we invite Dean Lu here today?"

"Okay, how do you make an appointment? Do we go to his house, or do we let people pass? Liang Xiu's words were in Chen Fan's arms, but he didn't know whether to let people shout in the past, or to run in person, so he immediately consulted.

"Whatever you ask me to do, just send someone over."

"Okay." Chen Fan immediately wrote an invitation post, and used the joint name of Liang Xiu and Chen Fasheng to invite Dean Lu to come to Cuixiang Pavilion for a gathering.

"Hou Feng." Hou Feng, who was at the door, heard Chen Fan's call and walked in.

"You go to the Plum Garden to invite Dean Xialu, this is a post written, please gather him in Cuixiang Pavilion today."

"Okay." Hou Feng stretched out his hand to take the post, turned around and prepared to leave.

"Wait." Chen Fan thought about it, stopped Hou Feng, who was about to leave, and said to Liang Xiu: "Brother Liang, are you free tomorrow?" If Dean Lu has something to do today, I plan to continue the appointment tomorrow. ”

"Yes, no problem."

"Hou Feng, you hand over this post to Dean Lu, if you refuse, ask him to meet tomorrow."

"Yes." Hou Feng went out of the private room to ask Dean Lu.

"Yesterday, it was rare for Fa Sheng to ask someone to come to meet me, it just so happened that I had always wanted to get together with you, but I didn't have your address in Gusu, so many days, I thought you were blasphemy." Liang Xiu said jokingly.

"No, I can say that I have settled in Gusu now, living in Luoyi Lane by the Gusu River, entering from the south alley, the second house is, you have time to play."

"Are you planning to live in Gusu for a long time?"

"Yes, these days I have been busy apprenticing and learning the Taoist scriptures. What about you? ”

"School is about to start, and I'm getting my homework ready. I didn't stay in Tianshui Academy for two years, and I still have one year to graduate, to see if I can enter Guozi Academy, or recommend officials. ”

"Oh, what's the difference between the two?"

"Guozixue is the highest institution of learning in our dynasty, and the head of teaching needs to be above the third grade, even if it is a direct lecture and an assistant teacher, it must be above the fifth grade to be able to serve, and it is basically not a problem to be recommended as an official when entering Guozixue; Another way is to rely on talent and fame to be recommended, that is mainly to participate in parties, rely on poetry and talk to win literary fame, and be recommended as an official by a person above the third grade. ”

It seems that my father is an official, and it is not easy to become an official, I don't know if there is any credit for my grandfather? Chen Fan's thinking jumped out and thought of his father, so when it came to him, I don't know if there are still connections to use.

"What did you learn at Tianshui Academy?" Chen Fan decided to change the topic he was interested in, which could increase the kind of experience he had seen.

"Mainly scriptures, theories, strategies, poems, in the first year of Tianshui Academy, I also learned some piano, chess, etiquette, but unfortunately there is no kendo, law, arithmetic, if you come, it will be good to learn chess in the future."

"I've taken root in the Taoist temple now, let's study it for three years first. By the way, if it's convenient, can you lend me the books you learned at Tianshui Academy? ”

"That's fine, later, you can have someone come to my house to pick it up. By the way, what about Yajun who was with you last time? Why didn't you ask him out? I can shout Lu Lang and Shi Lang together today, and there are many people and it is lively. ”

"I went to make an appointment, but I didn't find anyone. He I met on the way to Gusu, and he also had a companion named Yuying at that time, and the two of them were going back to Gusu, so they took our boat, and when they arrived in Gusu late at night, they had a meal together. During the banquet, Yajun played a song, but unexpectedly met Dean Lu, and coincidentally participated in the Plum Garden party. You all know what happened later, after the plum garden dispersed, he and Yuying went back to the Nanfeng Pavilion and never saw each other again. This time, when my eldest brother went to make an appointment, he only saw Yuying, and I heard Yuying say that Yajun was not from the Nanfeng Pavilion, and he had already left, and he didn't know where to go. Since guessing that Master Jia and Yuying and Yajun are in a group, Chen Fan wants to clear up the relationship with Yajun, especially today, he went to the study to buy "Rotten Kepu", but he didn't expect the second child of the study to say that this is a legendary chess game, and when it was not sold, Chen Fan began to guess Yajun's identity again, and today I just took this opportunity to tell Liang Xiu about the process of knowing Yajun, so as to show that he is not familiar with Yajun, so as not to be suspected of being a group in case of an accident with Yajun in the future.

"Oh, Yuying is from the South Wind Pavilion, so is Yajun a servant?"

"I don't know about this, the jade shadow who is with him should know, but I haven't asked, if you want to know, I can help you inquire."

"No, just ask."

"Do you know where there is a "Rotten Kepu" for sale?" Chen Fan was a little sorry that he didn't buy a chess game in the library today, and wanted to find Liang Xiu to confirm it.

""Rotten Kepu" is available in the Gaomen and Chess Academy of the Northern Wei Dynasty, but I don't have it, if you want "Grass and Trees Spectrum", I have it."

"Oh, I'm in the study today, and I heard the second child in it say that "Rotten Kepu" and "Grass and Wood Spectrum" are legendary chess games, how can you have "Grass and Wood Spectrum"?"

"The Spectrum of Plants and Trees" was written by Xie An, a famous man in my south, and has always been mastered by the high masters of the south, so in my Liang country, many people have read it, and it is not unusual. "Rotten Kepu" originated in the north, and it was only circulated among the high gates in the north, and few people in the south knew about it. ”

That's good, it seems that it is normal for the original owner to have "Grass and Tree Spectrum", Chen Fan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but he became more and more curious about the origin of Yajun, and then asked: "By the way, I heard that Puming Temple has "Rotten Kepu", but I don't know if it's true or not, I don't know if Brother Liang has heard of it?" ”

"This has never happened, you can ask Dean Lu later. In addition, during this time, the safety of the house should be careful, Gusu has a snitch, stealing from large households, making people panic, the government is arresting, and I don't know when there will be results. ”

"Oh, then my family is not a big family, don't steal from a small family like us. Does the government have any suspicions now? ”

"Not yet, but I heard that the Iron Palm Divine Electric Huo Leng has been dispatched, this person is invincible with an iron palm, his eyes are like gods, as long as the thief leaves clues, it will be difficult to escape the eyes of this god. ……”

The two were chatting, and suddenly a greeting came from outside the door, interrupting the conversation between Liang Xiu and Chen Fan.

"Ah Xiu, you're here." It was a young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, who looked quite steady.

When Liang Xiu saw it, he stood up and said, "I've seen my cousin." ”

"I've seen Liang Langjun." The two people who were playing chess saw Liang Xiu's cousin, and they also got up to say hello, Chen Fan had already stood up with Liang Xiu, and when he saw Lu Zifeng and Shi Zhongkai greeting, they also saluted.

"Hmm." Liang Xiu's cousin nodded towards Lu Zifeng and Shi Zhongkai, and then asked Liang Xiu, "Who is this?" ”

"This is Chen Fasheng, Chen Fasheng who wrote "Nineteen Roads"."

"Oh, I've heard that in Dean Lu of Meiyuan, he also wrote "Drinking" and "Persuading Alcohol and Quit Drinking", both of which are good poems and have spread in Gusu."

"Thank you." Seeing Liang Xiu's cousin's praise, Chen Fan arched his hand and expressed his gratitude.

"Well, Ah Xiu, I just saw your guard outside, come and say hello to you, Chang Jing is here to tell a story today, don't miss it."

"Okay, thank you, cousin."

"Come on, I'll go to the private room next to me first, and our classmates happen to be having a party here today."

"Okay, cousin, go slowly."

Seeing Liang Xiu's cousin go out, Chen Fan asked, "Who is Chang Jing?" ”

"Fa Sheng only came, I don't know, Chang Jing is a famous storyteller in Gusu, his storytelling is different from others, others tell stories, generally according to the book, talk about some classic works to those ignorant children, his storytelling, but about today's world events, as well as anecdotes, can not be found in the books, and this talent is high, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are all fine, more proficient in metaphysics, is a real talent, I didn't expect him to come to Cuifang Pavilion to tell the book, Fa Sheng, you are lucky, his book is worth listening."

"Oh, isn't he usually here to tell stories?" Chen Fan is not very interested in listening to books, but he is still very concerned about the world's major events, this storyteller is equivalent to doing the work of a news broadcaster, and he can go to him to listen to books in the future.

"Yes, he usually tells stories in Yichun Garden and Nanfeng Pavilion, and he rarely comes to Cuifang Pavilion anymore, and it is said that those two places spent a lot of money to invite him."

Chen Fan knew that Nanfeng Pavilion, although Yichun Garden had not heard of it, but when he heard the name, it should be the Red Mansion, but he didn't expect that in these two places, there were actually people who said books, not only a little curious, but asked at the moment: "Isn't it common to say that books are in teahouses and restaurants, why are there also those two places?" ”

"Fa Sheng doesn't know, these two places are the fastest gathering place for news in the world, and they are also the fastest dissemination place, and people with power and money like to run there. Telling stories there is listened to, and the news quickly spreads among the powerful, which is much more influential than those ignorant people, so there are often people who like to go there to collect, probe, and spread news. It is said that the Nanfeng Pavilion also has a special information transmission channel, which communicates between the Nanfeng Pavilion in various places, and some people also go to the Nanfeng Pavilion specifically to find out the news. ”