A scholar of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

"Many people used to say that the teacher is only half a step away from the emperor. If the teacher is willing to take a step forward, Li Tang Jiangshan can change his surname." Li Xiang asked. .

Fan Jian followed step by step, knowing that Li Xiang's question might offend Gu Qing, but after taking a look at Gu Qing's expression, he didn't seem to have changed much, as if he didn't care too much. As long as he has this idea, it is also very simple for Li Tangjiangshan to change his surname.

But Li Xiang didn't know that if Gu Qing really did this, Gu Qing would be cast aside by many people in the world, not to mention that Gu Qing never had any ambition to dominate the world. Fan Jian knew his patriarch very well. That's all.

Chapter 89 Playing Chess

"Let me tell you a story." Gu Qing whispered to Li Xiang: "There was a weasel who erected a monument on the cliff where the chickens were raised. Know if you are an eagle? "So, it waited at the bottom of the cliff every day to eat chickens that fell to death."

Li Xiang listened, and involuntarily slowed down.

Then Gu Qing walked forward and saw Fang Xuanling and Li Erzheng sitting on the stone table in the village playing chess together, stepped forward and said, "My father-in-law, teacher, you are playing chess."

Fang Xuanling nodded slightly, and after thinking about it, he glanced at Li Er's nervous expression and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister has won again!"

Li Er cleaned up the chessboard with a dark face, "It's really strange, you and I won a lot of chess games at the beginning, but now I haven't beaten you for several days in a row,"

"It's just that my chess skills have improved recently." Fang Xuanling said with a smile.

Gu Qing looked at Li Er's face, thinking in his heart that if you were the emperor, who would dare to win your chess, now you are no longer the emperor.

"I've seen Grandpa Huang, I've seen Mr. Fang." Li Xiang saluted respectfully.

Fang Xuanling looked at Li Xiang kindly and said, "How's your schoolwork going?"

"I've been delayed recently. I want to do business with Brother Gu Xiao." Li Xiang didn't hide anything, and scratched the back of his head in embarrassment.

"Come, I will give you some books." Fang Xuanling took Li Xiang away.

Li Er looked at Gu Qing and said, "Sit down and play a game of chess with me."

"Well, idle is idle." Gu Qing sat down and began to play chess with Li Er.

A few hours later, Li Er's face became more and more gloomy with five chess games in a row.

Gu Qing said with a smile: "Sorry, I won again!"

"Come again!" Li Er said after packing up the chessboard.

Fan Jian stood with sore legs, sat aside and watched the old and the young play chess, thinking that it was almost dusk, and went up to talk to Gu Qing to tell him that it was getting late, but was stopped by Wang Qin.

Fan Jian looked at the old eunuch and said, "It's getting late, my lord."

Wang Qin said in a low voice, "Don't be anxious, you see that His Majesty and Lord Gu are having a good time, so it's not good to disturb them at this time."

"But it's getting late, His Majesty and Gu Houye haven't eaten yet." Fan Jian said again.

Wang Qin recruited from a distance, and immediately a few servants came with cakes.

"It turns out that Wang Gonggong has been prepared for a long time." Fan Jian nodded and said.

"We are all servants, and sometimes we have to prepare some things in advance." Wang Qin made an inviting gesture and said, "The chess game between Your Majesty and Lord Hou will not be over for a while, can you take a step to speak."

Fan Jian looked back at Gu Qing, and followed Wang Qin to the river outside Li Erxing's house.

"The prince has something to say."

"The old slave just said it straight." Wang Qin looked at Fan Jian and asked: "I am the shadow of His Majesty, and you are also the shadow of Gu Qing. We are the same kind of people. You and I know some things well. I just want to ask How far Gu Qing will go to Jiangnan this time."

"What does the prince mean by this?"

Wang Qin said again: "There are some things that can't be fought, so don't pretend to be confused. I know that people from Xiao's family gave Gu Hou a list back then. One can imagine that Gu Hou was in a good mood when he saw the list. "

Hearing what the other party said, Fan Jian also understood in his heart that Wang Qin knew a lot and said: "The Patriarch has not handed over the roster. As for how the Patriarch will do things, it is not for me to ask."

"You're right. His Majesty actually has a copy of that roster. Don't think that only you can see some things. Many things in Jiangnan cannot be resolved overnight. Now that His Majesty has abdicated, it is not easy to intervene in these matters. Of course, Jiangnan's disease is If you want to get rid of it, but this matter can’t be compared to the five surnames back then, the royal family can overwhelm the five surnames, and Jiangnan is too far away from Chang’an, people’s hearts are fearful, what the royal family wants is the hearts of the people.”

"Eunuch Wang, the Patriarch hasn't handed over the roster yet. If the Patriarch really wants to hand it over as a servant, I can't say anything. As you said, Eunuch Wang, we are all servants, and we will take care of the master's affairs." Just do it, right?"

"Yes." Wang Qin nodded.

Fan Jian turned around and looked at Li Er and Gu Qing who were playing chess, and said in a low voice, "I don't know how long this game of chess will take."

Li Er stared at the chessboard, unable to make a move for a long time, looked at Gu Qing with a smug face and wanted to go up and beat up the kid, then took back the chess pieces in his hand and said: "Gu Qing, do you need to be so happy after winning a few games of chess? "

"Winning a game or two is naturally a secret joy, but I have won from the beginning to the end, and your Majesty has never won a game." Gu Qing said comfortably.

Li Er didn't expect Gu Qing's chess moves to be so weird, and he said: "Gu Qing, I have never played chess with you before, and you can know what kind of person a person is by watching his chess moves. Seeing that your chess moves are stable in the first game and then jumpy in the next game, I feel like I have changed my opponent every game."

"That's because I've watched a lot, and I'll learn it naturally." Gu Qing cleaned up the chessboard and said, "This is your Majesty's surrender."

"Who did you learn your chess skills from, Fang Xuanling? I know who Cheng Yaojin's gang of old guys are." Li Er said again: "But your chess skills are very different from Fang Xuanling's. .”

"As the saying goes, haven't you ever eaten pork and seen a pig run? Actually, I don't know how to play chess. I'll get used to it if I see a lot. Such a high, most of the time is memorized by rote, using the most stupid way."

"Your parents? I don't seem to have heard you mention your parents before." Li Er asked in a low voice.

Gu Qing smiled bitterly, "To tell you the truth, there are many chess masters in my hometown. Maybe they would thank you after seeing him."

"What do you mean by that?" Li Er asked.

"It's getting late, I'm going home too, I'll have a few tricks with His Majesty some other day." Gu Qing said.

Li Er watched Gu Qing leave with a dignified expression, and he returned to the chessboard and started to move again. He will repeat the chess game he played with Gu Qing again. Gu Qing's chess skills are not like playing chess with others by himself on weekdays. Gu Qing's chess has many variables and moves very It's strange and confusing, but the effect is very fast. Just like Gu Qing said that he can't play chess, he just imitates other people's chess games. How many ways of winning chess are there. .

Fan Jian followed Gu Qing's footsteps home and said, "Patriarch, Wang Qin asked about the Jiangnan list."

"I see." Gu Qing didn't say much and hurried home.

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Wang Qin came to Li Er's side and whispered, "Your Majesty, it's getting late."

"Have you said everything you need to say?" Li Er asked in a low voice.

"Say it." Wang Qin nodded.

Li Er said while reviewing the chess game: "What do you think of Fan Jian?"

"It's very similar to what the old slave used to look like, but it's really difficult to deal with. His speech is a bit sharp but he has a good position. It's not easy to be Gu Qing's right and left hand. The old slave also checked the origin of this Fan Jian. He was originally in the hands of King Wei. Those who work under him, at that time Gu Qing had just arrived in Chang'an, and the King of Wei had placed many servants for Gu Qing, and this Fan Jian was one of them." Wang Qin said with a smile.

"A man from Qingque?" Li Er asked suspiciously.

"That's right." Fan Jian nodded.

Thinking of Li Er looking at the chessboard and covering his forehead in distress, "I can't remember how the chess was played just now."

"Your Majesty, it's time to eat." Wang Qin whispered.