Entering the mansion, Chu Yanbai's face showed a slight embarrassment, and he ordered the slave to go to the bookkeeper to allocate a hundred ingots of silver to be boxed.

After a while, the dawn gradually shimmered.

He Nianqing assigned his retinue to enter the Chu Mansion to get the silver and carry it to the prefect.

The double horse is low, the New Year's celebration car is on the left, and a silver ingot box is placed on the right, and two hours later it arrived in front of Xu Xiangfu.

Get out of the car and hand over the post, the slave of the Xu Mansion handed over the letter with both hands, and after a while, a white and tender slave passed the word: "Lord Prefect, and come with the little slave." ”

He waved his sleeves for the New Year, and several warriors carrying boxes stepped back, waiting silently with long swords in their hands.

Two slaves came out of the Xu Mansion and took the silver ingot box and hurriedly crossed the vermilion threshold, bypassing the twisted white stone path of the snake, and when they glanced at it again, they were gone.

The little slave lowered his chin and took a tight step, walked across the white jade arch bridge, the flower beds beside him became ridges, the sunflower goose yellow, the camellia was like a drop of blood lotus petals, the ice cream flower was tender and fragrant, the plum Tuyan deceived the snow, the New Year's celebration glanced at the gods, the steps under his feet were fine, and the little slave opened a distance of five or six steps.

The little slave turned around and called out "Lord Prefect", and He Nianqing was like a nightmare, his body trembled, and he hurried a few steps to follow.

He Nianqing muttered in his heart, he has been an official in politics for decades, and it is the first time to visit the prime minister, and he has heard that the Xu Mansion is comparable to the palace Linlang, and it is true, the carving and painting building is more exquisite than the workmanship of the imperial court.

In the middle hall of the Xiangfu, I saw a few maids pouring out the ashes of yesterday, adding incense to the stove, rolling shutters to clean the library, and I couldn't find the figure of the Xiangye.

The little slave bowed and waved his hand and saluted: "Lord Prefect, Xiangye ordered you to wait here, today is the eighth day, Xiangye went to Hanyi Pavilion to play with others." As for when he will return, the little slave does not know ominous!"

He Nianqing held back anger in his chest, but his face was a Maitreya smile, and he replied: "Don't get in the way, don't get in the way, Xiangye is good Yaxing, I don't know if you can take me to leisurely watch, the contemptible people are quite interested on the road of game play, and ask Xiangye for advice on the 'black and white dragon' left by the chess saint Huang Xishi in the fragment of "Nineteen Ways of Game", and comprehend one or two. ”

The little slave looked stunned, didn't know what it meant, vaguely half understood, and responded tentatively: "The Xiangye game has always been leisurely, immersed, inconvenient to disturb, if the prefect has a difficult puzzle, you can wait for the return of the Xiangye to ask for advice." ”

The little servant took a jade sand pot and filled it with a cup of warm tea, and instructed a maid to prepare some soup.

Hanyi Pavilion, Xufu north to the rockery, facing the sun is located.

Although it is a rockery, but Xufu's is completely different from the usual rich courtyard, a radius of 300 steps, more than five zhang high, the purple red soil is taken in the suburbs of Youzhou, the rammed earth becomes a platform, the strange sand stone is carefully selected, the famous rivers from all over the country, some of them are still the colored spotted coral stones that are painted on the four coasts.

Xiangye Xu Chonghuan was playing against Jiang Liuyi, the ninth section of the national chess, only to see Jiang Liuyi looking down, raising his eyebrows slightly and asking Xu Chonghuan: "Xiangye, don't you want this 'deformed' sunspot?"

Xu Chonghuan refreshed himself and stared with bated breath, his face was shocked, and then he soothed his facial muscles and said: "Don't want it, don't want it, take care of the overall situation and give up his son, it's okay, vertical and horizontal nineteen chessboards, it doesn't hurt for you to occupy a few more whites!"

Jiang Liuyi smiled indifferently: "Xiangye is good-minded, and he is worthy of being a good talent who points out the country." ”

Jiang Liuyi raised the white piece and knocked it on the cross grid, blocking the black son's qi path, and the eight black pieces instantly became dead chess, and Tian Yuan picked up the hollow.

Xu Chonghuan took a sip of tea and continued to fall.

In front of Xu Xiangfu, he was cautious in his words and deeds, and he was polite and witty, but he must work the road of the game, Xu Chonghuan hated the behavior of deliberately giving way to the game, and said that he was respectful to the chess player.

Jiang Liuyi said: "I'll fight, see how you are!"

Xu Chonghuan smiled slightly, picked up the upper part of the side, took the upper right white child, and brought one corner of the sunspot to life.

Raised his hand and asked, "Master Jiang, it's time for you to fall down." ”

Jiang Liuyi saw that the upper right was out of breath, frowned and sighed: "Xiangye's move reversed the situation and equalized the chess game!"

Xu Chonghuan said with a smile: "This is called 'inverted boot posture', playing against the bachelor three times a month, and getting the nineteen mysteries of Huang Xishi, the chess skills have improved, and after getting familiar with each way, I will always understand one or two whimsical and terrifying operations." ”

Jiang Liuyi lowered his sleeves and raised his arms and said happily: "Congratulations to Xiangye for realizing the work of heaven and man, with his current chess strength, the eight-stage chess player is not your opponent." ”

Xu Chonghuan smiled, and the sunspot fell in his hand, killing and eating three hundred and twelve times, the sunspot was defeated, and the white son was only five more than the sunspot.

The two of them got up, stretched their waists in the warm sunlight, and stepped out of the Hanyi Pavilion.

Jiang Liuyi and Xu Chonghuan did not stop talking on the road, they kept chatting, and they chatted hotly on the road through the garden and the pavilion.

Jiang Liuyi raised his eyebrows with joy and said with a smile: "Xiangye, the flowers of the three pear gardens will bloom in March, and the annual recruitment of national scholars will be held as scheduled.

Xu Chonghuan rolled his eyes and replied: "Then see you in the third pear garden in March and ask for advice from a group of scholars." ”

"Xiang Ye is polite, I can't talk about asking for advice, if there is a trick that is understood by Xiang Ye, it is really the luck of our bachelors. ”

As for the middle hall of the Xu Mansion, Xu Chonghuan recruited a servant and ordered: "Send Master Jiang for me, and I will no longer go out of the mansion." ”

Jiang Liuyi waved his hand again and lowered his chest: "Xiangye doesn't need to, I wait for idle people, not better than Xiangye, work day and night, just leave by yourself." ”

Jiang Liuyi turned around and walked away, and the servant nodded and accompanied him out of the house, leading the white horse to whip away.

Xu Chonghuan entered the middle hall.

He immediately got up to meet him, like a frightened cunning rabbit.

"Xiangye, I'm back!" He Nianqing squinted and said with a wicked smile.

"What's the matter with Governor He's visit to the mansion?" said Xu Chonghuan coldly.

The officialdom of the New Year's celebration has been mixed for many years, and when he saw the wind making the rudder's oil cavity slippery, he still blurted out: "Xiangye is really brilliant, see you at home, there is indeed a small matter that needs help." ”

"Tell me!"

"Qingzhou Fujia Chu Yanbai's godson is imprisoned in Dali Temple, and he hopes that the prime minister will be accommodating, and the New Year is about to close, and he wants to have a comfortable year and escape the prison. ”

Xu Chonghuan seemed impatient and said: "Report your name, I'll go to inquire, if there is nothing else, you go to Qingzhou to take up a post, handle the affairs of the house, and the audit book will be free of those red tape, and you can send an envoy directly to the prime minister's mansion, and I will present it to the emperor after the year." ”

He can understand the New Year's celebration with his feet, he is humble and unwelcome, and he squeezed out two smiles and said softly: "I'm tired of the master, and I will retire first." ”

Out of Xu's Mansion, He Nianqing held back his anger, had nowhere to vent, kicked on the carriage and squeaked and swayed, jumped on the wheel of the carriage, and said angrily: "Go home!"

Seeing that the prefect of He was pale and gloomy, the groom hurriedly drove away and rushed to Qingzhou.

The messenger sent by the Chu Mansion was in the palace, and when he heard that the He Governor's Mansion was coming, he hurriedly picked up a bowl of Biluo tea and handed it to him.

He Nianqing said angrily: "The meat bun beats the dog, there is no return, go back and inform Master Chu, now Xiangye is a tiger and wolf appetite, I am uncomfortable with light power and wealth, let alone help, I have tried my best." ”