Chapter 84

Gongsun's poetry and book heirloom, the ancestors have produced several great Confucians, three emperors, in the past when in the court, and the Zhou family and the head of the Hanlin Qingliu.

It's a pity that the people in the clan withered later, and the momentum of the court was not as good as before.

Until this generation, the eldest grandson of the Gongsun family, Gongsun Xi, was famous for his talent since he was a child.

Just when everyone thought that the Gongsun family would rise again, that champion Lang actually put a good future and resigned. He only stayed in Beijing for three years, and then left the place that I don't know how many people longed for and returned to Lingchuan.

When Shen Heng mentioned this old matter, Rong Jin still had something to hide, so he asked more.

Shen Heng seemed to think of something, and laughed a little helplessly: "He is free by nature, he doesn't like restraint, and he hates the tacit rules of officialdom......"

When Gongsun Yu left, Shen Heng had just reached high school, and he still had a bit of a youthful spirit, and he couldn't fully understand his choice. It wasn't until he later became an official that he gradually understood.

It's just that the Gongsun family has been a famous family in Xuanzhou for hundreds of years, even if it is not as good as before, it is still enough for Gongsun Yu to indulge in the landscape and live a life unrestrained.

But for Shen Heng, this is not the case.

He has always followed the rules, and he is a son who is no more secure in the eyes of his parents and teachers, and he can't do such deviant things.

The courtyard of Gongsun's house is not very large, but it is very exquisite from the layout and furnishings to the bricks and tiles. Compared with the Summer Garden of the Lu family in Huzhou, it is more elegant and elegant.

Under Shen Heng's arrangement, Rong Jin temporarily lived in another courtyard and quietly waited for the lockdown ban to be lifted.

Shen Heng went to Lingchuan to have serious business to do, went out early in the morning and returned in the evening, and the two of them probably couldn't see each other all day, let alone say a few words.

He was afraid that Rong Jin would be bored, so he took her to the study on the first day.

Rong Jin has also gained a lot of knowledge in the past year, but it is the first time he has seen such a battle, and countless books are divided into categories and placed on the whole seven or eight boxwood bookshelves, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a mountain of books and a sea of books.

The room was filled with incense, and the sunlight shone through the bamboo curtains on the tall bookshelves, and she looked at the slightly yellowed pages, and even her breathing was lighter.

It wasn't until I heard Shen Heng talk about it and knew that those really important precious classics were placed in the library building of Gongsun Clan's ancestral mansion, and this place was just Gongsun Xi's idleness, that he breathed a sigh of relief.

Rong Jin is inconvenient to go out, and spends most of his day in this study.

She has no interest in the Four Books and Five Classics, but fortunately, this grandson and grandson appreciate the elegance and vulgarity, in addition to those classic books, there are also many landscape travelogues, strange stories, and even books.

Rong Jin was very happy to see it.

Occasionally, when she was tired or drowsy in the afternoon, she would sit by the window and play a game of chess slowly.

The long and thrilling winter days are gradually fading, and the early spring is approaching, and the daylight seems to be a lot warmer, and the flowers and trees in the courtyard faintly draw out tender green shoots, full of vitality.

Rong Jin stared at the chessboard with her cheeks in a daze, she twisted a white jade chess piece in her hand, hesitating where to land this piece better.

A slender finger appeared in the field of vision, tapped it at the vertical and horizontal points of the warp and weft, and a casual voice sounded: "This."

Village. ”

Rong Jin didn't care about being happy that the chess game was solved, and was startled by this sound first, and the chess pieces between his fingers failed to hold it steady, and fell straight down.

The man reacted quickly, and his bony hand grabbed the chess piece first.

Rong Jin then looked at it, and what caught his eye was an extremely handsome man.

This face is a little too bright for a man.

The face seems to be powdered, the lips are dotted with Zhu, and the slightly raised peach blossom eyes seem to be smiling, as if they naturally have a romantic flow.

But the natural casualness in his body is just right to reconcile this flamboyance, and it does not look feminine.

Rong Jin shook his head, and after smelling the faint smell of wine and fat powder on his body, he immediately became vigilant: "Are you?" ”

"You live in my house, look at my chess games, and don't know who I am?" The man's eyebrows were slightly raised, as if he was smiling.

Rong Jin was stunned, and then realized that the person in front of him was the one who had been famous for a while, and then he resigned and returned to his hometown

Zhuangyuanlang, Gongsun Xi.

She hurriedly got up and saluted, and said softly: "It's me who was rude, and I hope my son will forgive me." ”

When listening to Shen Heng mention it, Rong Jin also secretly thought about what kind of person Gongsun Xi would be, but until now, it is still difficult to associate the person in front of him with him.

Gongsun Xi's gaze didn't stay on her for too long, and asked casually: "Are you from Qinghuai?" ”

Rong Jin was silent for a moment, but still explained: "...... I encountered some difficulties, but fortunately Shen Gongzi came to my aid and left me here for a few days. ”

"Oh-" Gongsun Xi didn't know whether he believed it or not, and leaned lazily against the window, signaling that she didn't have to be restrained: "You can do it yourself, I'm just here to avoid the limelight." ”

Rong Jinduo glanced at him.

With Gongsun Clan's reputation in Xuanzhou, ordinary officials are polite when they see it, what can make Gongsun Xi say the words "avoid the limelight"?

It was only at this time that Rong Jin found that Gongsun Xi's shirt was stained with some dust, and the original delicate embroidery was scratched out of the thread somewhere-

If you guess correctly, I'm afraid this person will not go to the main gate when he returns to his home.

Gongsun Xi followed her line of sight, shook his head helplessly, raised his hand and pressed the acupoint on the corner of his forehead and said, "Tired, help me pour a cup of tea." ”

Rong Jin saw that he was suffering from a hangover, so he didn't say much, got up and poured him a cup of tea.

Gongsun Xi only took a sip, frowned and said with disgust: "Yunping is also tired now, I haven't come here for a long time, and he doesn't know how to change some new tea." ”

He disliked it, but he didn't bother to toss at this time, he drank it slowly and methodically with a teacup, and glanced at the chess game from time to time.

After looking at it for a while, he suddenly asked, "Who taught you this chess?" ”

Rong Jinluozi's hand paused slightly, and he said lightly: "But what's wrong?" ”

"It's nothing," Gongsun Xi put the empty teacup on the window edge casually, thoughtfully, "It's just that I think your chess style is too sharp, and it doesn't seem like a woman often has ......."

It's also far from her gentle and gentle appearance.

But it gave him a sense of déjà vu.

After a hangover, his mind ached faintly, and Gongsun Xi thought for a while, and finally remembered where this familiarity came from.

Earlier, Shen Yu had just arrived at the Lingchuan Mansion and asked about Fengtian Sect, and after arranging it, the second thing he did was to let Gongsun Yu go.

Although Gongsun Xi and Shen Yu had dealt with each other before, they didn't have any friendship, and when they received the summons, they only felt confused, and they annoyed Shen Xiang when they had done something inappropriate.

After meeting, Shen Yu asked, has his chess skills been unfamiliar over the years?

Gongsun Yu became more and more unclear, so he played a game of chess with Shen Yu in the clouds.

He has been good at chess since he was a child, and he is good at calculation, it stands to reason that it is not difficult to win against Shen Yu, and at the beginning he also thought about whether to secretly let go, so as not to lose Shen Xiang ugly.

But the precise calculation was torn out by Shen Yu's fierce chess style, if he hadn't reacted in time, he would almost have been destroyed and killed without leaving a piece of armor.

He didn't dare to think of anything to let him go, so he went all out, and finally narrowly won half of the way.

Since returning to Lingchuan, Gongsun Xi has been accustomed to the days of touring the mountains and rivers, and there is nothing to worry him about, and he may not have had such a stretched experience for a long time.

And Shen Yu's next words shocked him even more.

Shen Yu slowly put away the chess pieces and said lightly: "The famous sword is in the high pavilion, day after day, it will also rust and be dilapidated. ”

"Before you completely lose your sharpness, come back to Beijing with me."

Gongsun Yu did not accept Shen Yu's invitation, but he was poked in the heart by his understatement, no matter how good the atmosphere is, it will ruin the interest if you think about it.

He stayed in Tianxianglou last night, listened to his confidante play a tune for a night, and when he returned home today, he heard that Shen Yu came to visit, and immediately turned around and came to the other courtyard.

In order not to reveal his whereabouts, he didn't even go to the front door.

The battle on the chessboard has reached the endgame, Rong Jin lowered his eyelashes, and said calmly: "I can't talk about serious learning, but I have a hammer in the east and a mallet in the west, and I will ponder it slowly." ”

Gongsun Xi didn't delve into that specious feeling, dusted off his sleeves, and left a sentence before going back to his residence to rest: "When it's free another day, let's come to the next game." ”！