At night, the palace plum garden is crowded with rare liveliness.

According to the terrain of the terrain, combined with the characteristics of the plum garden, the garden designer decorates the mountain with plum, leans on the mountain to plant plum, the plum is beautiful in the mountain, and the mountain is secluded because of the plum, which is unique. There are more than 5,000 plum plants planted in the garden, and there are many varieties. There are also viewing spots in the park, such as Tianxin Terrace, Xixin Spring, Qingfenxuan, and Zhaohe Pavilion.

The plum garden is famous for its plum blossoms. The plum blossoms of the plum garden have a history of more than 70 years of cultivation, there are thirty or forty varieties of existing varieties, the famous ones are the white and pure jade butterfly plum, the green calyx plum with flowers such as jasper calyx such as jade, the palace powder plum with red face and light makeup, the cinnabar plum with rouge dripping, the ink plum with strong and bright ink, and the dragon plum with curly branches and so on. And there are elegant shapes, upside-down branches, dead trees and old trunks, sparse shadows and horizontal slanted plum pile art bonsai.

The famous jade butterfly plum with plain white and clean, the green calyx plum with flowers such as jasper and calyx like jade, the palace pink plum with red face and light makeup, the cinnabar plum with rouge dripping, the ink plum with strong and bright ink, and the dragon plum with twisted branches and poles and like a swimming dragon. There are also elegant shapes, upside-down branches, dead trees and old trunks, and sparse shadows and oblique plum pile art bonsai.

And built a huge rock landscape, green trees and abrupt boulders intersperse, flowing water murmuring, reflecting the blue sky and white clouds, and the mountains are integrated.

The Plum Garden banquet presided over by the eldest prince can be regarded as the highest standard banquet in the court today except for the emperor Lao'er, although the emperor has not yet set up a prince, but the court will see what the prince has done, and they all agree that Zhu Shan is the future co-master of the world in Xuanling.

So this also caused this Plum Garden banquet to be unusual, all the officials who received the invitation basically mean that they will have something to do in the future or have done something in the officialdom, after all, the eldest prince is famous for not raising mediocre ministers and treating sages politely.

He once stripped an idle waste official who was eating and waiting for death in his hands and sent him back to his hometown, and he also saw a down-and-out scholar at the gate of the city, and after a few small talks, he took the scholar under his command and knighted the high-ranking official.

In addition to some bigwigs who are really well-known in the court, such as Lu Wenhai, such as Ji Ming, such as Zhu Xiu, these people don't want to come and don't bother to come, and other officials have basically relied on this banquet to divide the court into a three, six, nine and so on.

But all the officials with some ambitions talked around at this banquet and made new friends, for the sake of the present troubles, and to pave the way for the future to be prosperous.

There are also officials who do nothing and drink on their own, but someone comes to accompany them.

Some people are busy running around, and some people are silent and speechless.

The so-called high status, connections and popularity, at a glance.

Zhu Zhiwen dressed up after returning to the palace today, wearing a blue gauze robe, a surprisingly long hair with purple and white ribbons to make a slightly complicated hairstyle, the hair was smeared with some rose essence, exuding a charming fragrance, and a jade hairpin made of jade was inserted in the hair, simple and luxurious.

Lao Zheng has rarely appeared since he returned to the palace, his original task was to protect Zhu Zhiwen, since he entered the palace, it is not so important, after all, there are not many fools who will not take it seriously as the Qi refiner of Qin Tianjian. Trespassing on the palace? It is estimated that it was dismantled before entering the door.

Zhu Zhiwen walked into the plum garden alone, and surprisingly, Zhu Qing didn't seem to come.

It stands to reason that as long as he is a prince, he should be a stammering existence in the eyes of everyone, but today, those officials who usually have a "warm" attitude towards him seem to have changed their faces, and they all pretend not to see him, and no one greets him.

He smiled slightly, this is also easy to understand, after all, this is a banquet opened by the eldest prince, not a "chance encounter" with officials in the palace, if you say the wrong thing and stand in the wrong line, it will be related to a good future in the future.

When I saw him before, I thought that there would be one more boat and one more way, but now when I see him, I dislike him This boat is too small and too broken, I am afraid that it will not be able to carry the appetite of these people, let alone the giant building ship of the great prince.

Zhu Zhiwen has never cared about this, so he wanders around by himself, enjoys the scenery everywhere, occasionally folds off a few blooming plum blossoms and puts them on the tip of his nose to smell gently, or drinks alone and waters the flowers.

The huge and lively banquet seems to be the only one who is outside, and he is the loneliest outsider.

Pretend to be at ease.

In the middle of the plum garden, there is a line of pavilions called Range Rover Pavilion, a glance at the world's famous attractions, but it is used to collect the package, the meaning of the famous places does not come to me to take myself, the spirit is extraordinary!

The two pavilion pillars at the entrance are engraved with a couplet, the pavilion is in danger of the shore, and the forest is close to the city.

Where did the shore come from? The plum garden is deep and deep? It is inexplicably written.

Under the Range Rover Pavilion, there was a man in a golden robe, shaking a wine glass in his hand, and watching Zhu Zhiwen's every move from a distance with deep eyes.

Next to Zhu Shan, the second prince Zhu Kang, who was silent in a black gilt dress, stood silent.

Zhu Zhi has been watching Zhu Zhiwen for a long time, but he refuses to go over to say hello, just observing Zhu Zhiwen's every move here, and also to see who dares to talk to Zhu Zhiwen among the civil and military officials here.

"Ahem!" Zhu Kangxing coughed twice with some cold.

Zhu Zhi opened his arms and walked towards Zhu Zhiwen with the momentum of a king who had the world in mind, and said loudly: "Isn't this the third brother, why are you here alone to enjoy the flowers?"

Zhu Zhiwen saw Zhu Zhi who came to him, and also opened his arms to hug him, and he said with a smile: "Big brother." ”

After Zhu Zhi and Zhu Zhiwen hugged, he patted Zhu Zhiwen on the shoulder again, and said with a proud face: "You kid has long heard that you have returned to the palace, and you don't come to see the eldest brother, are you putting up a fight with the eldest brother?"

Zhu Zhiwen smiled and said: "Isn't this tormenting me, eldest brother, how dare you? It's just that I've been unwell recently, so I rarely go out." ”

"Feeling unwell?" Zhu Zhi continued, "Then don't get cold outside, just now the eldest brother didn't see you early because he didn't entertain you well, and he went to the Range Rover Pavilion with me, and it happened that there were two chess gentlemen from the Hanlin Academy playing against each other, and you have always been interested in chess, and you also gave them pointers." ”

Zhu Zhiwen smiled bitterly, "Isn't it embarrassing me again? I'm just interested, where can I have the ability to guide these real chess players?"

Although he said so, he still followed Zhu Shan to the Range Rover Pavilion.

There are not many people in the Range Rover Pavilion at this time, only a few people, but they are all young talents in the court today, and the pillars of the future.

The others were also very knowledgeable, knowing their status and ability, and they didn't come to toast the eldest prince with a snake, and they all looked for opportunities within their own capabilities.

Playing against the two, one is a long-aged white-haired and bearded old man named Shen Jing, a former great player, with the reputation of "chess fairy", it is said that when he was young, he played chess like an immortal waving his sleeves and spreading clouds, and every step was full of fairy spirit.

The other is a young Confucian named Han Gong, in recent years, the people who have shocked the chess world in the city, just entered the capital and killed all the famous people of the major chess halls, and later challenged the Hanlin Academy of chess to be edicted, so far there has been no defeat. Because playing chess is rampant and undisciplined, it is like a ghost hooking a ghost, so it also has the titles of "crazy life" and "ghost hand".

Shen Jing plays chess slowly and logically, one step counts as nine moves, and he often has to ponder for a long time when he falls, and it has been a long time.

The Han Palace is completely different, he plays chess quickly, basically Shen Jing followed in an instant, and he didn't think much about it.

He came late, at this time this game of chess was nearing the end, Zhu Zhiwen looked at the chess game, Shen Jing's white chess move was like raising a dragon, the regulations were clear, and the rules were moderate, but there was no way to cut off this dragon, after all, if there was no chess power to do the dragon slaying, it would only be swallowed by the dragon in turn.

Han Gong's black chess is really as disorganized as outsiders say, one in the east and one in the west, chaotic and scattered and difficult to see the connection, if people who don't know him will probably only treat him as a stinky chess basket that plays chess pieces randomly.

The chess game between the two lasted for a while, and when everyone couldn't see the name, Shen Jing suddenly put the chess pieces back into the chess box and surrendered, he got up and hugged his fists and said: "The future is terrifying, I lost the game!"

Although Han Gong was arrogant and domineering in the chess game, but when he played the chess game, he was like a completely changed person, and he also got up and saluted back: "It's the younger generation who has worn out Mr.'s physical strength by relying on his youth." ”

Zhu Zhi hurriedly clapped his hands and praised: "Okay, good! Mr. Ghost Hand really lives up to his reputation! Some doubts in today's chess world have finally been dispelled." ”

In the chess world, there have always been two theories about whether the highest player in today's Xuanling chess is a ghost or a chess fairy, the two sides insist on a word, and they do not give in to each other, and they quarrel so much that they have nothing to do with it, and even the parties do not care about it, a group of people seem to have violated their own vital interests, and no one is willing to take a step back.

But after today's battle, there may be some changes in the narrative.

"I've seen Your Highness!" Han Gong saw Zhu Shan's hurried salute and immediately explained, "Don't say that, Mr. Shen and I have just talked about a game, it's too early to talk about the high, and to say that there is a gentleman with the highest chess skills in this Xuanling who has never played with him, then it can never be said that he is the first in chess." ”

Zhu Shan, who had never been interested in these, immediately changed the topic, he pointed to the chessboard and said, "I am not good at chess and I can't help but want to ask, why is this game over?"

He asked the question that most people wanted to ask, but Han Gong didn't explain, but Shen Jing picked up a chess piece and put it up in order not to embarrass him.

When dozens of chess pieces were finished, everyone was shocked!

It turned out that the blackspots on the chess game, which were originally unconnected, were all connected, like a murderous dragon slaying knife, cutting off the white dragon that Shen Jing had carefully cultivated, which was terrifying!

This time, even Zhu Zhiwen was full of praise, and he was amazed!

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Xiaomeng Immortal Tomb

Luo Lanqing was sitting and talking with Xiao Meng, and Luo Lanqing asked: "Sometimes I'm curious, like the kind of people and things that tamper with other people's memories at will and make up stories, I can understand, but without tampering with other people's memories, you don't even know about people and things in the dream." ”

Xiaomeng played chess quickly, snapping, "Most of the dreams are subconscious, and some of them are my own understanding, such as the prince of the Zhu family, after all, I have been with Yuan Xi for a long time, and I know more or less about some of their troublesome housework, and I have always liked to know a thing or two about things in the chess world." ”

Luo Lanqing nodded, among the few people back then, Xiaomeng's chess skills were extremely high.

He asked curiously, "Then who is the number one chess player today?"

Xiao Meng said slowly: "If Xuanling's words are counted as monks, it is Zhang Shi, if not, it is a young man hiding in Qin Tianjian, the water in the Middle Earth is a little deep, and the national teacher and the sect master of Xuantian Sect are not bad." Beiyan ......"

"Stop, stop!" Before she finished speaking, she was stopped by Luo Lanqing, "I didn't ask you in detail, I asked who is the strongest in the whole world!"

Xiao Meng glanced at him, dropped another chess piece, and said, "What do you care about this? It's not you anyway!"

Luo Lan was speechless and had nothing to say. He shook his head helplessly, it was true that he was not good at chess, but he was good at fighting, extremely good!

Xiaomeng continued: "Come again, I'll let you have nine sons this time, and add two more sons." ”

Luo Lanqing didn't mind and continued to the next game.

Xiaomeng was sighing in her heart while playing chess, if she said that chess was the strongest, then there was only one Zhang Daoling who had fallen, and she was the best in ancient and modern times, but it was all the past, but she is now a tiger and a monkey in the mountain is called the king.