To The Land of Nevernight

"Who said the admiral scolded me bloody, and you, Wang Zifeng, heard it with your own ears?" General Li was ashamed at first, but then he reacted and said straightforwardly: "Whatever you say is what you say." The Holy Admiral called me to reward me for defeating the Liao army, what do you know?"

Wang Qin came over, he and Tang Shen exchanged glances.

Tang Shen: Brother, he scolded you just now, but I didn't reply to him, it's none of my business.

Wang Qin smiled, Tang Shen didn't understand what Wang Qin meant, but he thought he was right, Wang Zifeng had such a good relationship with him, so he wouldn't be angry with him.

Wang Qin smiled casually: "Since General Li said that the Holy Majesty gave you a reward, where is the reward?"

Li Jingde: "..."

You wait for a shitty civil servant, there is no good thing!

Vigorously waving his hand, Li Jingde took a big step: "Let's go, it's boring."

Li Jingde's unrestrained back disappeared into the garden of Qinzheng Palace, but Tang Shen felt that he seemed to be fleeing in a hurry.Facing other civil officials, Li Jingde dared to say a few words.Even if they are both of the second grade, he dared to put on a sack in the middle of the night and beat Meng Lang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites.But facing Wang Zifeng, he dared not.The household department is in charge of the military pay of the entire army. It is not that General Li has never resisted Wang Zifeng before, but the ending is not very beautiful.

Those who know current affairs are heroes, and General Li is a great man in the world, so naturally he is also very knowledgeable about current affairs.

Wang Qin was actually just passing by, how could he really follow Tang Shen or Li Jingde.It's just that when passing by the garden, he heard someone mention his name by chance, so he stopped and listened for a while.

Wang Qin looked at Tang Shen with peaceful eyes and a graceful expression: "How is Master Meng?"

This was to ask how Meng Lang and the Liao mission were going. Tang Shen said: "Mr. Meng and Yu Shilang cooperated sincerely, and it went smoothly."

Wang Qin: "It's always a good year."

Tang Shen understood: "Brother means..."

Wang Qin smiled: "Little Junior Brother, will you come to the Shangshu Mansion for a drink tonight?"

After Meng Lang formally received the Liao mission, Tang Shen had long since become an idler. He was very leisurely every day, and was just about to find Wang Qin to contact him.Hearing this, he said: "Okay, I'm going to bother Senior Brother again."

In the twelfth lunar month, Shengjing fell into the night very early, and the officials in the yamen all came down to the yamen with lanterns.

Tang Shen went home and changed into regular clothes, and came to the Shangshu Mansion.The chef of Shangshu Mansion prepared a table of Jiangnan dishes.In fact, Tang Shen didn't like to eat Jiangnan cuisine with a light taste in his previous life, but in this era, every time he came to Wang Qin's place, he was forced to eat some. In addition, the cook of the Shangshu Mansion was carefully selected by the Langya Wang family. The ones sent to Wang Qin's place were already excellent in craftsmanship.Following Wang Qin, Tang Shen gradually became blander.

After eating, Tang Shen understood his senior's elegant hobbies very well.

The entertainment activities of the ancients were actually not as few as modern people imagined, and certainly not many.After nightfall, because candles and oil lamps cost money, most people just went to sleep.But if you don't sleep, you can play horse-playing and leaf opera for entertainment, and elegant piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, everything is fine.

Wang Qin is really proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.Tang Shen, as half of his student, can be regarded as "arty", and learned a little bit everywhere.

The two came to the study room. This was a game of chess they hadn't finished playing half a month ago.

Tang Shen's head went dizzy when he saw this game of chess, and he begged for mercy directly: "Senior brother, I lost."

Wang Qin was surprised and said: "It's not over yet, why did the little senior brother say he lost?"

"With senior brother's eyesight, I should be able to see that I have already lost this game of chess. Why don't we play another game?"

Wang Qin sighed: "Little brother is too self-deprecating." After speaking, he began to accept his son again, "Then let's play another game."

Tang Shen said in his heart: You just have to watch me being killed by you?

What a joke!

In the past when Tang Shen and Wang Qin played chess, they both played rival chess, that is to say, two chess players of equal level played chess without giving up pieces to each other.But today Tang Shen said: "Brother, I want to play Rao Ziqi, how about you let me have five pieces?"

In Rao Ziqi, the side with the lower chess strength plays the black stones first, and Tang Shen asked Wang Qin to give him five pieces.

Wang Qin was surprised and said: "Why did my junior brother play Rao Ziqi?"

Tang Shen: "... In terms of playing chess, I am not as good as senior brother. We should have played Rao Ziqi before."

Wang Qin: "I don't think so."

Tang Shen: "..."

"I think, brother, let me be the fifth son."

Wang Qin looked at Tang Shen steadily, and said with a smile, "I respect my junior brother, and I think you and I should play rival chess."

Tang Shen thought to himself, I think you should respect and respect me more in other places, such as when will you take me to another promotion.But let’s forget about playing chess.However, that cannot be said.When Wang Zifeng uttered a word lightly, Tang Shen had already gone through three detours in his mind.

Wang Zifeng said that he respected him and felt that they were evenly matched and should play rival chess.

This is not just talking about chess, but also talking about other things.

How to respond?

After a while, the 19-year-old Tang Shen said: "I am nine years younger than senior brother, and I haven't been crowned yet, so what if senior brother lets me go." There was a hint of coquettishness in the words.But he said that the score is not bad, Tang Shen is only nineteen this year, and will be twenty after the Chinese New Year next month, which is equal to a minor in this era.

Wang Qin was nine years older than him, almost a generation behind in this era.As an elder, it seems that it is not uncommon for him to love his nephew for a while.

Wang Qin couldn't help laughing, he looked at Tang Shen blankly.After a long time, he sighed slowly, and said in a sad tone, "Jing Ze, you're really a bit confident..." His voice stopped.

Tang Shen asked, "What is it?"

Wang Qin picked up Bai Zi's chess box: "Yes, let's play Rao Ziqi."

Tang Shen: "???" Stop talking?

Wang Qin didn't speak anymore, and Tang Shen couldn't pry his mouth open to force him to speak.But judging from Wang Qin's later attitude, it shouldn't be a bad word.

Wang Qin gave up Tang Shen's five sons, and played Rao Ziqi again. This time, there was finally a rivalry between the two.

Tang Shen went down to the city first and took Wang Qin Sanmu.But immediately, Wang Qin broke Tang Shen's three chess veins and got the upper hand again and again.

Chess is like life.

A long time ago, when Tang Shen really played Go for the first time, Liang Song said so to him.

When playing chess, you can see a person's true temperament.For example, Liang Song, he advocates stability in chess, not aggressiveness, and a correct style of chess.Another example is Fu Wei, Tang Shen played a game with him, Fu Wei's chess was unpredictable, and he didn't bother to play with Tang Shen in the middle of the game, and left his seat to feed the birds. The reason was: "Jing Ze, Jing Ze , your chess really stinks!"

However, when playing chess with Wang Qin, Tang Shen couldn't understand him.

Sometimes Wang Qin is as stable as Mount Tai, and sometimes his troops are dangerous.He is like a fierce tiger lying quietly by the lake, sleeping lightly all day long. The green and gentle lake surface is as elegant and gentle as the others.However, the situation changed suddenly, the tiger suddenly woke up, roared in the mountains and forests, and frightened the birds.

Just when his opponent was still in shock, he calmed down again, took away all the white disciples, and smiled softly at Tang Shen: "Little brother."

After a while, Tang Shen came back to his senses and realized that he had lost again.

"Senior brother's chess strength is far superior to mine." The words were half rainbow fart, half sincere emotion.

"However, junior brother has not been crowned yet, and in another nine years, maybe I will not be as good as you."

Tang Shen: "..."

No, why do you, Wang Zifeng, still hold grudges?

This matter can't go on like this, Tang Shen keenly noticed what Wang Qin was very concerned about, he said: "Senior brother, I didn't say you are old."

"Ok?"

"Senior brother is in full bloom, handsome and elegant." Tang Shen said from the bottom of his heart, "In my heart, senior brother can be said to be a true god-like figure among all the officials in the Song Dynasty!"

Just 28, already a powerful minister of a country, put it in later generations, a proper young talent.

Tang Shen had actually thought about one thing.

Don Juan is fifteen this year, so he can talk about marriage.If you ignore Tang Juan's personal preferences for the time being and let Tang choose carefully, who is the best husband and wife in Song Dynasty?

As far as the officialdom is concerned, it is not the 25-year-old Su Wenyun, but the 28-year-old Wang Qin!

If she can marry Wang Qin, then the future will be smooth and smooth, and her life will be worry-free.

If not for being a man, Tang Shen would have been a little tempted.

Wang Qinxu looked at Tang Shen with his eyes open, Tang Shen's eyes were sincere, and his expression was like a child's.Wang Qin laughed softly, and he played another game of chess.

"Let's play another set."

Tang Shen silently played another game of chess with his senior brother.

"Life is like a chess game." An elegant voice sounded, and Tang Shen raised his head blankly, looking at Wang Qin.I saw Wang Zifeng holding the white chess pieces, while looking down at the chessboard, he said: "The chess game is like life, like the world, like the ups and downs of the officialdom. Junior brother, when you see Liao envoy, what do you see?"

Tang Shen sat down and said: "The Liao Kingdom is a country on horseback. All the people are soldiers, and the horses are strong. Perhaps as General Li said, ten or twenty years later, our Great Song Dynasty can also train such a team. A division of iron cavalry. But now, the Liao Kingdom already has such an iron-blooded cavalry. However, because of the system of the Liao Kingdom, their court is not as good as our Song Kingdom."

"How to say?"

"The officials facing the south and the officials facing the north have deep conflicts and are difficult to mediate."

Wang Qin made one move and intercepted Tang Shen's Sanmu Qi. After he took the pieces away, he said: "I also said that I want to play Rao Ziqi, my junior brother's chess strength is obviously increasing day by day."

Tang Shen thought for a while, is this a compliment to me?

He didn't let him think for too long, Wang Qin said: "You are an official in the south, playing Rao Ziqi with black pieces. An official in the north is like me, occupying most of the mountains and rivers of the Liao Kingdom. It is mighty and majestic."

Tang Shen asked in surprise, "Brother already knew?"

Wang Qin: "The Yinyin Division is not open for nothing."

Tang Shen was shocked and said, "Apart from the 'replacing coins with paper', the Yinyin Division actually secretly investigated Liao's government affairs?"

Wang Qin said strangely: "Junior brother be careful, when did I say that?"

Tang Shen immediately shut his mouth.

"The eldest prince and the second prince of the Liao Kingdom are like you. They came from humble backgrounds. Because they were at a disadvantage, they played black chess with black pieces. The third prince, Yeluhan, is like me. He came from a noble family, and won the favor of the prince and grand master and other Liao officials." Supported by him, but he is dull and brainless, sticking to the white queen."

Tang Shen: "..."

Tang Shen: "Brother, you said just now that Yin Yinsi does not inquire about the affairs of the Liao Dynasty."

Wang Qin: "Did I say that?"

Tang Shen said seriously: "You have."

Wang Qin stared at Tang Shen, frowning slightly.

In the past, Tang Shen might have changed his words and pretended that he had said something wrong.But this time, Tang Shen also looked back at Wang Qin intently, and did not succumb to the other party's lustful power.

After a while, Wang Qin suddenly smiled, stretched out his fingers and tapped Tang Shen's head lightly, and said with a hearty smile, "You are so proud of being favored!"