In the private room on the second floor of the Juxian Building in the imperial capital of Dayu, two people are playing against a red sandalwood chessboard.

And there was a sign hanging at the door of their private room, which read the words "Sit and do not disturb".

Between these square inches, the black and white chess pieces seem to land calmly on the chessboard, but their momentum wrestles with each other like sharp blades.

On the opposite side of the chessboard, the two men were dressed in blue and gray Confucian shirts and black hats.

However, this person's body is slightly burly, and his beard looks quite a martial artist's momentum.

And his sitting posture was also very casual, not at all as solemn and serious as the one opposite him.

Looking at the person on the other side of the chessboard, he was a middle-aged man in his thirties.

This person was also wearing a Confucian shirt, but the Confucian shirt he was wearing was white, and the snow-white Confucian shirt was dusty as if it had just fallen from the clouds.

And he didn't wear the hat that everyone likes to wear on the top of his head, he just spread out a green silk and hastily combed a bun on the top of his head, and there was a wooden hairpin stuck in the bun.

The shape of the wooden hairpin is also very simple, and there are not many details of the carving, but one section of the tip of the wooden hairpin is jet black.

And this jet-black color spread like a flame to a third of the wooden hairpin.

The other part of the wooden hairpin is a spherical shape, and this spherical part is carved out, and this hollow is inlaid with a transparent bead.

The sunlight shines through the beads, and there is a Tai Chi pattern on his figure.

But if you look closely, the beads are completely transparent in color, and there is no trace of texture.

At this time, the white-clothed Confucian was picking up a white piece from the chess jar, and then gently clamped it with two fingers and sent it to the upper right corner of the chessboard.

As he fell, a string of completely transparent beads appeared on his wrist.

But judging from this degree of transparency, this string of flowing beads is probably carved from fine crystal.

Looking at the face of the man in white, although it is also angular, it is not the national face of an ordinary man, and his complexion is fair, and his facial features are delicate with a hint of handsomeness.

The most striking thing is his complexion, which is white, but rather rather pale and lifeless, but rather holiness and tranquility.

And his eyes like distant stars were staring at the white pieces that had fallen on the chessboard.

"I said Lao Fan, you guy just has a clean disease, you have to choose Juxian Building to talk, and no colleague in your mansion can have the honor to visit it now, and we are now privately betting on who has the honor to be the first to be invited by you!"

The bearded Confucian smiled and placed a sunspot on the chessboard.

"Don't think about it, you don't have this chance!"

The Confucian surnamed Fan said with a smile, he didn't care at all that it would offend people.

"It's useless for you to say this, you, as the "first beautiful man" recognized by my Emperor Yu, have already become the hearts of those young ladies who are waiting for words, and even many deep resentful women often ask me about your hobbies! ”

The bearded Confucian said with a smile.

"Did you betray me?"

The Confucian surnamed Fan was not annoyed by the other party's ridicule, but asked with great interest.

"Who do you think of me Han Dong, how could I do such a thing as betraying my friends! However, for the sake of my friends, I am also eager to help! ”

The bearded Confucian named Han Dong had a sly smile on his face.

"If one day my Fan Wensu's reputation starts to stink, you friends will be mainly responsible."

The Confucian scholar surnamed Fan once again placed a chess piece on the chessboard, and suddenly, the situation that was evenly matched before immediately changed dramatically.

"If you want to say that you weren't like this when you were a child, we didn't do much like peeing and working in the mud, but now how did you become this virtuous?"

Han Dong pouted and looked incomprehensible.

"If you knew what the world really is, you would understand how difficult it is for us to live!"

Fan Wensu said as he picked up a towel on the table and checked his hands.

"Gotta get it! Don't fool me with the so-called world full of small animals that are too small to see, I only believe that seeing is believing! ”

Han Dong immediately waved his hand and motioned for Fan Wensu to stop talking about the things that he looked weird and confused.

"By the way, a few special people have recently approached me to ask me about you!"

Han Dong dropped a sunspot, and the situation on the chessboard was immediately leveled by him again.

"Oh? Who are they? ”

"The first is Lord Kong Yunkong, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, the second is Uncle Liu Guo of the Dynasty, and the last one is Lord Qi Huaqi, the envoy of Zhenhai Jiedu who recently entered Beijing to report on his work."

Han Dong said three famous big names in one breath.

"Actually, if you want to say that this Lord Kong and Uncle Liu Guo asked about your situation, I can still understand it, after all, Master Kong is the head of the Confucian scholars who have entered the court as an official today, he appreciates your talent, is optimistic about your future, and it is normal for him to want to promote you, plus his granddaughter Kong Xinyi is the first talented woman in the imperial capital, and you are also a talented woman, and her appearance is right."

"What kind of girl? You mean I'm no better than a little girl? ”

Fan Wensu put the chess pieces in his hand back into the chess jar and said.

"Don't don't, don't be angry, Lao Fan, although you are the first beautiful man in the imperial capital, there is no doubt about it, but you are just exploring flowers at the time of the imperial examination, there are two more in front of you! And that Kong Xinyi is recognized as the first talented woman, so I can't be wrong when I talk about the appearance of a talented woman! ”

Han Dong's words made Fan Wensu speechless, after all, he is indeed just Tanhualang, not the champion and not the leader.

"As for Uncle Liu Guo's inquiry about you, this is also expected by everyone, the daughter of Uncle Liu's family is famous and high-spirited, and now she is in her teens but still unwilling to marry, she once said that she will not marry if she is not a unicorn talent in this life, which makes Uncle Liu Guo have a headache."

"In that case, Uncle Liu Guo should go to find that champion Gongcai!"

Fan Wensu also heard a little about the daughter of this uncle who was above the top.

It is said that although the daughter of the uncle is beautiful, but it is not the character of a gentle lady, it is said that she has always been a smug character on weekdays, and she is more well-known that she does not like women on weekdays, but she loves to dance with knives and guns, so she often mixes with a group of warriors.

"Come on, the champion is nearly forty years old, and he already has a family, even if Uncle Liu Guo's daughter takes a fancy to him, Uncle Liu Guo is afraid that he will not agree."

Han Dong sneered at the champion duke, in fact, it is no wonder that Han Dongduo, the champion duke, disagreed, in fact, Fan Wensu's imperial examination at that time had another inside story at that time.

It is said that according to the results of the palace test at that time, Fan Wensu should be the champion, but later Emperor Shengheng saw that Fan Wensu was particularly fond of white and too handsome, so he thought that he must be a merry person who attracted bees and butterflies, so he transferred him to the third place in the position of Tanhua.

"Then you said that the last one is Lord Qi of Zhenhai Festival?"

Fan Wensu didn't expect that the envoy of Zhenhaijiedu, one of the feudal towns, would inquire about him as an idle official in the imperial court.

You must know that the Dayu Dynasty has a clear rule that the vassal kings of the feudal towns are not allowed to make friends with the court officials in private, and once they are found, they will be severely punished.

"Yes, I also felt very strange at the time, knowing that if His Majesty knew about this, he would be punished."

Han Dong was also surprised by the behavior of Qi Hua, the envoy of Zhenhai Jiedu.

"But since he dared to come to me so blatantly to ask about your situation, I'm afraid that he had already informed the court of this matter before, and I guess His Majesty should already know about it."

Han Dong expressed his opinion.

"Do you know what he inquired about me? Could it be that he also has a daughter in the boudoir? ”

Fan Wensu actually didn't have a good impression of the festival envoys of the feudal towns, because his master Tai Jizi once said this paragraph: Han died in his relatives, and Dayu will die in the feudal town.

Although he is now ranked above the Dayu court, he is anxious to solve the hidden dangers of the feudal town, so that the Dayu Dynasty can continue.

"That's not true, although Qi Hua is also in his forties, he only has two sons and no daughters."

"Then why did he ask me what I was doing, could it be that he still wanted to pull me to be his staff? I think that my dignified member of the Rite Department and Ancestral Department will not be subservient to a feudal town. ”

Fan Wensu said disapprerovingly.

This ancestral hall is subordinate and the Ministry of Rites, which is in charge of ancestral rituals, sacrifices, astronomy, omissions, national taboos, temple secrets, divination, medicine and monks' books.

These functions may not seem very important, but in fact they are needed to perform the calendars and rituals of every country.

It can be said that the weight of the ancestral hall is as heavy as Mount Tai.

And Fan Wensu was originally a Taoist background, so he was exceptionally promoted to serve in the ancestral hall by Emperor Shengheng.

In addition, during the imperial examination, Emperor Shengheng felt that it was a bit indebted to deprive him of his ranking as the champion, so he was promoted to a foreigner within two years.

"Qi Hua shouldn't be so self-aware, I heard that this Qi Hua has a young sister who is now twenty-eight years old, and she is also in the boudoir, it is said that this Qi Hua has always been pampered by this young sister as a daughter, so he is likely to inquire about you for this young sister."

Han Dong told the news he knew.

"My master once told me before I went down the mountain that it was a sadness that a man was too handsome, and I didn't understand it before, but now I understand it."

Fan Wensu raised his head and sighed, then put down a chess piece.

"You can easily get beaten when you talk, don't you know?"

Han Dong touched his beard, and couldn't help but angrily slap a sunspot on the chessboard.

"But these three families are not ordinary families, I estimate that if someone goes to ask His Majesty the Emperor to ask for a kiss, you will have to marry the daughter of this family."

Han Dong thought of his friend in front of him wearing a big red robe, and then riding on a horse and being watched by the whole city, which seemed to be not bad.

I guess this guy with a clean disease is going crazy.

"Your Majesty has a lot of opportunities, how can you have time to care about such trivial matters!"

Fan Wensu said disapprerovingly.

"But then again, although the emperor is still singing and dancing recently, it looks like a country and a people's peace, but it is said that the three counties in the north have been captured at the same time, and the situation in the north has been eroded to the point of no return, according to the imperial court's newspaper, many places in the north have now been emptied, a large number of people are pouring in to the south, and the officials in the south are still anxious, and Your Majesty has been worried about this matter recently!"

Speaking of the situation in the north, Han Dong's face also showed a worried look.

"Speaking of the situation in the north, I thought of the Pengzhou Army, such iron-blooded soldiers didn't even get an obituary from the imperial court in the end, which really chilled the hearts of all the soldiers."

Fan Wensu had also heard about the Pengzhou Army before, and when he heard that the Pengzhou Army and the grassland tribes were fighting to the death and finally died, he couldn't help but feel his blood surging.

But he later heard that the desperate resistance of the Pengzhou army was due to the fact that the Beisi and the military department wanted to use them as scapegoats, which made his enthusiasm extremely cold.

At that time, he also discussed with his friends in the imperial history how to impeach the military department and the inaction of the North Division.

But before they could finish writing the impeachment recital, Emperor Shengheng issued an order to condemn the two officials of the Ministry of War, and then the matter was uncovered without pain.

And the officials in the court who originally wanted to write a letter to impeach the Ministry of War and the North Division also immediately died down, after all, none of the officials who could gain a foothold in the court was not a good hand at observing words and seeing the wind and steering.

And Fan Wensu's impeachment recital was finally suppressed and not sent to Emperor Shengheng.

"I've also heard that the grassland barbarians are talking about wanting to come south and plunder my imperial capital?"

Fan Wensu wiped his hands with a towel again, picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip and said.

"According to the news from the military department, the grassland tribe does want to loot my imperial capital, but I heard that due to the death of Xianbei Khan and Tugu King, these two tribes have now fallen into chaos, so the army of the grassland tribe is still repairing and rectifying for the time being, and has not gone south for the time being."

Han Dong whispered to Fan Wensu what he knew.

"That doesn't make sense! It stands to reason that they have already broken through the three counties of the border fortress, and they should rely on the speed advantage of their cavalry to immediately go south so that they can have a chance to break through the imperial capital, and they stop like this, once a large number of reinforcements from all over the country reach the imperial capital, even if they finally integrate their troops, it is impossible to capture the imperial capital. ”

Fan Wensu felt that the grassland tribe's approach this time was very unreasonable.

"It's true that as you said, so now the Northern Division and the Ministry of War have judged that the target of the grassland tribe's attack this time is not the imperial capital, and their delay in attacking is to trick us into gathering a large number of reinforcements to the imperial capital, so that they can not be stopped when they attack the real target again."

Han Dong tilted his head and touched his beard and said.

"But even so, I'm afraid that the Ministry of War and the North Division will have to transfer a large number of reinforcements to the imperial capital for garrisoning, otherwise once the grassland tribe really attacks the imperial capital, the imperial capital will inevitably be in danger at that time, which can be described as a good yang strategy!"

Fan Wensu said with a sigh.

"Judging from the style of the grassland tribe's attack this time, the commander of the grassland tribe this time is likely to be a group of crazy people like Wolf Juting, these guys can do everything."

At the mention of Wolf Dwelling, Fan Wensu's face became cold.