The Yan family's longevity banquet is rich and exquisite, each table has six cold dishes, eight hot plates, four soups, ten refreshments, the delicacies of the mountains and seas are not surprising, it is commendable that each dish is as delicate and exquisite as a work of art, whether it is the essence of color and fragrance, or the knife skills of the ingredients, the plating and decoration are exquisite to the extreme, and the beautiful people can't bear to put down the chopsticks. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The newly purchased Kunqu opera team also performed on the stage, first performing traditional repertoire such as "The Legend of the West Chamber", "Peony Pavilion", "Moon Worship Pavilion", "Single Knife Meeting", etc., and the low-turned-and tactful water mill singing tone aroused waves of warm applause from the audience. Later, he performed three self-created birthday songs, such as "Jing Ge Lao", "Da Dongliang", and "The Reincarnation of Wenqu Xing", all of which are some flattering words. Yan Song is an expert in Kunqu Opera, and he has been squinting and silent when listening to the play, until he hears the brilliant nose before he makes a "hmm" and hums a few tunes. Yan Shifan asked: "Dad, the last three tunes were made up by children, do you still like them?" Yan Song said lightly: "It's still a traditional tune, but your filial piety is rare, Dad leads your heart, and this kind of song of praise will not be on in the future, you are a cabinet member, not a screenwriter." Yan Shifan was bored, so he had to say yes.

At this moment, I suddenly heard someone singing loudly: "Grandpa Liu, Princess Kangning has arrived!" I saw a white-haired old eunuch and a young girl entering the courtyard together, followed by two little eunuchs, one of whom was holding a gold-lacquered tray with a blue brocade robe stacked on it. Everyone in the audience immediately stood up to greet them, and the degree of respect was no less than that of Yan Song. This Gonggong Liu is Liu Jin, the eunuch who holds the seal of the celebrant eunuch, and all the music must be approved by him before it can take effect, and he also manipulates Dongchang and Jinyiwei, and even Yan Song has to respect him for three points. Not to mention that Princess Zhu Qing of Kangning is a royal family, although she has no rights, even Yan Song and Liu Jin have to bow down when they see her, chanting Chitose. Yan Song thought that Liu Jin had come with a will, so he hurriedly stopped the church meeting, got up to meet him with Yan Shifan's support, and prepared to kneel down to listen to the order. Liu Jin hurriedly clasped his hands together and said with a smile: "The Sprinkle family has no will, please sit down." Yan Song said "oh oh" twice in the old state of the dragon bell, bowed down to Princess Kang Ning again, and said, "The princess is a thousand years old, and the minister Yan Song is polite." Zhu Qing hurriedly said: "Elder Ge doesn't have to be polite, please sit down quickly." Yan Song said: "East Building, please invite Gonggong Liu and the princess to take a seat." Liu Jin hurriedly said: "I can't help it, don't say that you are always a birthday star, how can you be a family member in normal times." Although the Sprinkle family has no will, there are two sentences to convey to the elder of the pavilion for the master. Yan Song said: "But the Holy Lord's message?" Liu Jin said: "No, long live the Lord wishes you good health and good health, and then I will be the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty for twenty years, and I also gave you a seven-star robe." Yan Song said in fear: "The old man must do his best to assist the saint and live up to the saint's grace." After kneeling down and bowing slowly three times, he took the robe. After getting up, he said: "Come on, enshrine the Taoist robe given by the Lord of Long Live in the retreat." A maid took the order.

Yan Song invited Liu Jin and Zhu Qing to sit down, Zhu Qing's eyes glanced at Xiao Yunxi from time to time, and said with a smile: "I don't know how to listen to the play, I will meet friends over there first." Yan Song and Liu Jin both said, "Princess, please take care of yourself." After Zhu Qing confessed, she walked towards Xiao Yunxi with a smile, and everyone at Nangong Yu's table got up and left with interest, so that the two of them could talk. When Nangong Yu and Wang Hanli were about to leave the table, Xiao Yunxi suddenly smiled bitterly in a low voice: "Junior brother, please don't leave. Nangong Yu said: "I don't know what the princess is going to say, it's inconvenient for us to listen." Xiao Yunxi smiled and sighed: "If you all leave, the little brother will be too embarrassed, and I don't know what to say when facing the princess little brother alone." Nangong Yu realized that the relationship between Xiao Yunxi and Zhu Qing was not as she imagined, and thought that it would be okay if she said something inconsequential, if the princess really hinted, it would not be too late to leave, so she answered and sat down again. Wang Hanli said: "I'll go over there." Then he got up and left. Xiao Yunxi whispered to Nangong Yu: "Thank you." Nangong Yu smiled slightly. At this time, Zhu Qing had already come to the front, and found that there was still an uninteresting one who had not left, so he looked at Nangong Yu with a displeased face, but after looking at his appearance, his expression eased a lot. The two of them stood up and saluted, "See Her Royal Highness Princess Chitose." Zhu Qing said: "Okay, let's sit down." After the two sat down, Zhu Qing glanced at Nangong Yu first, and saw that he turned his face to the side, looking like he was deliberately avoiding suspicion, so he asked in a low voice: "This palace wrote a letter to you, why don't you reply to me?" Xiao Yunxi said embarrassedly: "The villain doesn't know how to reply, so he delays." Zhu Qing said anxiously: "Let your father propose to my father." Xiao Yunxi said: "The villain has no power and no power in his family, how dare he climb the princess." Zhu Qing said: "Your family is a scholarly family, three generations of Confucianism, peach and plum in the world, even my father is very respectful, hey, do you mean to prevaricate me?" Xiao Yunxi hurriedly said: "How dare the villain, it is the good fortune of the villain to be favored by the princess in his previous life, how dare he not know how to lift." Zhu Qing sighed and said, "That's the best, this scene doesn't look interesting, you can go out for a walk with me." After speaking, she glanced at Nangong Yu and said, "If this friend of yours wants to go together, you can do it too, and you haven't asked the son's name yet." Nangong Yu saluted and said: "The villain Nangong Yu is, the villain has to wait for a friend, and it is inconvenient to go alone, so I have to thank the princess for her kindness." Zhu Qing said: "Okay, let's go." Xiao Yunxi sighed, had to agree, and left with Zhu Qing first.

Wang Hanli came back and said strangely: "That surnamed Xiao is really cheap and good, the princess looks up to him so much, he still seems to be unhappy, it would be good to replace it with me." Nangong Yu smiled and said: "The last sentence is your true words, I don't think Commander Xiao is a pretentious person, maybe there is something unspeakable." ”

When they spoke, the last part of the opera on the stage ended, and after the play left, Yan Shifan turned around and said to everyone: "The birthday banquet has come to an end here, thank you for coming to appreciate the light, and here is to invite Huang Longshi, the world's first national player, to play three games with Mr. Qin Yu, a new chess player." Friends who are not interested in chess can leave the house at will. "No one left, not everyone likes to play chess, it's just that they don't want to show that they are not interested in Ge Lao's hobby. The stage in the middle of the patio has been removed and replaced by a wooden pier, a green bamboo chessboard, and two futons. Another subordinate carried a pair of three-legged shelves in front of Yan Song, on which were fixed a large chessboard made of pure iron and two cans of chess pieces with magnetic plates at the bottom, and the height of the chessboard was just on par with Yan Song, making it easy to watch. Yan Song asked Yan Shifan to sit down on a chair, called Zhang Juzheng over, asked him to sit down next to him, and said, "I heard that Zhang Taiyue is also a chess master, and he just accompanies the old man to enjoy the chess game. Zhang Juzheng said: "Wansheng has talked with Mr. Qin Yu several times, and has never won a game, but as far as Wansheng knows, one of the guests present has won against Mr. Qin Yu." Yan Song was surprised: "There is such a character, what is the name?" Zhang Juzheng beckoned to Nangong Yu and said, "Little brother Nangong has come to see Elder Ge. Nangong Yu was taken aback, hurriedly came to the front, bowed to the end and said: "Junior Nangong Yu, I have seen Ge Lao, Liu Gonggong, Xiao Ge Lao, and Master Zhang." Yan Song stroked his beard and looked at him, nodded and said: "A talent, your surname is Nangong, but the Nangong family with money all over the world?" Nangong Yu said: "There is Lao Ge Lao asked, it is a small household." Yan Song smiled and said: "The richest man in the capital, and he can be said to be a small household." Zhang Taiyue praised your superb chess skills, and Mr. Qin Yu has been defeated by you, which is rare. Nangong Yu said: "It's not worth mentioning if you're lucky." Yan Song thought for a while and said: "That's it, please don't appear on the stage for Huang Longshi and Qin Yu first, and the old man will talk to Nangong Gongzi for a game first, throw bricks and lead jade, and make all the gentlemen laugh." ”

As soon as these words came out, the audience was silent, it was a very high honor to be able to play against Yan Song, and they were all jealous and envious of Nangong Yu. Nangong Yu said in fear: "How can the kid He De be worthy of playing against the elder of the pavilion, he really doesn't dare to fight." Yan Song said with a smile: "There is no value in the chess forest, the old man is just itchy, it is rare to meet you, a master of later life, why not play a game." Nangong Yu said: "This... He peeked at Zhang Juzheng, saw the latter bowed slightly, and agreed, and Liu Jin on the side also said: "Since the elder of the pavilion values you, the game is, don't let the elder of the pavilion down." Yan Song said with a smile: "I also hope that the junior brother Nangong will go all out, and he will be humble." Nangong Yu had no choice but to say: "That junior has the courage to accompany the elder pavilion to a few hands, and the elder Wangge will not hesitate to give advice." Yan Song bowed his head and said, "Go ahead, the old man will sit here and play chess." ”

Nangong Yu responded, took two steps back before turning around and sitting on the futon under the patio, Yan Song said: "The old man has more than half a hundred of you, and you should take the lead." Nangong Yu shook his head on the futon, exchanged chess pieces, and landed on the star in a regular manner with a black spot in his hand. After seeing the landing point, a family member walked back and took the sunspot from the three-legged frame and landed in the same position, Yan Song leaned over and pinched the white child, and landed on the opposite star. The man walked back again, and the white child fell on Nangong Yu's chessboard with a gourd drawing. At first, Nangong Yu saw that there was no one on the other side, as if he was playing chess with himself, and felt a little uncomfortable, but fortunately, he entered the state after a while and began to concentrate on coping.

After you came and I went back and forth for forty-five hands, Nangong Yu saw that Yan Song's chess path was rigorous and he was deeply in line with the rules, but he was too limited to the fixed style and rarely had brilliant skills. It turned out that Yan Song didn't know how to play chess before he was thirty-five years old, but Emperor Daojun liked it very much, and when he was interested, he would find someone to talk about a few games. In order to cater to the saint, Yan Song worked hard to learn chess, not only invited famous teachers, but also memorized a large number of famous chess scores, and became interested in playing chess over time, and became one of his three hobbies, usually difficult to meet opponents. The first is that he is really strong in chess, and the second is that others dare not easily win him even if they have the opportunity. There is a saying in the chess forest that says, "If you don't become a national player at the age of twenty-five, you will have no hope for life." It means that the talent of playing chess is far better than hard work, and if you have not become famous at the age of twenty-five, it means that the talent is average, and there is not much hope in this life. Nangong Yu is just the opposite, he doesn't memorize as many chess games as Yan Song, but he just has an excellent sense of chess, which even Qin Yu is ashamed of.

Nangong Yu was worried in his heart, he was sure that he would win with a big advantage, but should he win or not? If he wins, he is only afraid that Yan Song will lose face, and if he does not win, he is afraid that Zhang Juzheng's face will be dull, so he hesitates for a while.