Chapter 33： Yan Shi

The next day, Shen Jian went to Guanyi Pavilion on time to play games with Baoguanren. The Baoguan invited him into the side room with extra diligence, tea and snacks, and then set the chessboard.

Shen Jian heard that Ji Wenzhao and Bao Guanren had also played a game of chess, and couldn't help being full of guard and cautious in playing chess. Bao Guanren's stinky chess at the beginning was considered to be a trick to lure the enemy, and he did not dare to act rashly. After a quarter of an hour, he realized that the Baoguan was a stinky chess basket-there were endless mistakes. Once he recognized this, he immediately killed the Baoguan Ren without mercy.

After the game was over, Shen Jian wanted to leave, but the Bao Guanren dragged him to stop, and had to keep him for dinner-is this going to continue playing chess? Shen Jian refused to follow, and kept going out. Go, followed by the entangled Baoguan, and when they arrived at the door, two people were standing in front of the sign. A young man pointed to Guanyi Pavilion and said: "Look! This is where he wants to get out of the game. !"

The other was a woman wearing a drapery hat, looked up, and said nothing.

The young man frowned and said, "This place looks so ordinary, why did he choose this place?"

Guanren Bao became anxious when he heard that he let go of Shen Jian and went up and said, "This young man can't say that! I'm here in Guanyi Pavilion, Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger, many masters have played here for decades. Last year, Mr. Ji was here to solve this problem. During the game, there were a lot of people, and some people handed the "Life and Death Tribulation" here. This is not an ordinary place. If the son wants to play chess, the ideal place is the Guanyi Pavilion!"

Shen Jian was watching, feeling that the talking teenager's thin face was too pale, and his eyebrows were more delicate.

The young man frowned and listened to the Bao official's bragging, Yu Guang saw Shen Jian staring at her, his eyes widened, and he looked angrily, and said, "What kind of scorpion, is there such a stare at people!"

Roetous! Shen Jian smiled, showing his white teeth, and the young man was taken aback.

The official Bao said hurriedly: "You can't say that about the second son of Shen! The second son of Shen is..." Shen Jian pulled him, and the official Bao immediately realized that the name of the Zhenbei Houfu can't be said casually! Busily said: "Master of chess! You just beat me to the bottom, you may not have been able to play the young man. If you don't believe the young man, you can play with me! If you have beaten me, you can challenge the second young man..."

Shen Jian remembered how Bao Guanren tricked himself into playing chess with him, and couldn't help laughing. He usually smiles at Mimi, when he laughs loudly, with obvious smile lines on his lips, and his smile is bright and contagious. He saw the young man's stunned eyes, and Shen Jian saluted: "My son forgive me, I am rude."

The young man pondered for a moment and said: "If you are really a master, then play against me once, let me see if this Guan Yi Pavilion is worthy of me... Brother!"

Guanren Bao understood: "Could it be that Young Master Ji and Young Master are the same school! Please come in quickly! Come to the side..." He said, letting in.

The woman wearing the drapery shook her head vigorously, and the boy did not take a step forward when she pulled her. The boy gave up, turned his head angrily and said to Shen Jian: "My sister won't let me inspect this Guanyi Pavilion. Forget it, if you come on February 2nd, I will fight you too!" Expensive tone.

Shen Jian smiled and nodded and said, "Shen Jian, I'm waiting here."

The woman turned and left, and the boy turned around as he walked and said, "Don't be stage fright!"

Shen Jian laughed: "No, no."

The official Bao said unhappily: "He should have played with me first. This person is not polite at all!"

Shen Jian laughed again and said to the official Bao: "I should be satisfied if you catch it today. How can I succeed every time."

Guan Ren turned into a smiling face again: "Second Young Master Shen, can't it be..."

An angry shout came: "You rascal! It's been a few days, so you won't be home! Are you looking for a fight?" A fat old woman took the cane in one hand, and was helped by a maid and walked angrily, next to her. There was also a woman with an angry expression on her face.

As soon as the Baoguanren saw him, he turned around and ran into the Guanyi Pavilion, yelling: "This is not the game of Ji Guoshou is coming, so busy..."

The old woman continued to yell: "You have said that since last year! Always busy! You never go home! You ran away in the second year of the second grade. It has been half a month. No relatives visit or welcome visitors. Who The owner of the house dare to do this! You thick-skinned, anyway, you are no longer raised, I will kill you!..."

The woman changed her expression, and said nervously, "Mother, it's better to start lightly..."

They walked past Shen Jian into Guanyi Pavilion.

Shen Jian let out a sigh of relief. For the first time, he felt that his mother, who always yelled, was actually quite gentle.

A few days later, in the East Palace, someone mentioned to the prince: "His Royal Highness, Ji Wenzhao is in Beijing again, and he will be relieved in Guanyi Pavilion on February 2nd..."

The prince interrupted: "I said that this person is narrow-minded and can't make a big deal, so don't mention it anymore."

Another person changed the subject and said: "On the night of Lantern Festival, the third prince and the fifth princess went to Guanyi Pavilion to meet the princes of the Zhenbeihou Mansion. This is because they have met again since they came back from hunting at the end of last year."

Another person added: "That night, the four princes also went to the Lantern Market, bought a few books outside the Guanyi Pavilion, and didn't go in."

It was also said: "The eldest son of Ping Yuanhou also used some snacks with the third prince in Guanyi Pavilion..."

The prince interrupted impatiently: "The grasshopper after autumn, how long have you done the winter hunting?"

Everyone talked about Dongshou's related matters. The prince was basically satisfied with the progress, and finally exhorted: "Don't forget, the assassin must be very hardworking, and it's best to make people feel that it is related to the Zhenbei Houfu."

February 2nd.

Like last year, Shen Zhuo was going to watch the game at Yige Pavilion, while Shen Jian would go because he inexplicably responded to the game of a strange boy. Shen Wen pestered Yang to let her take a look, saying that he had just started to learn chess and wanted to see the game of Ji Guoshou. When the time comes, I will dress up as a small servant and follow my brothers.

Yang felt sorry for her and didn't go out during the Lantern Festival. Thinking that Guan Yi Pavilion was just a place to play chess, Shen Jian and Shen Zhuo accompanied him, so she reluctantly agreed.

The four princes had already reported the trip, and as soon as the palace gate opened, they drove out and went straight to Guanyi Pavilion. When I got there, I asked for a very advanced seat, and wanted to take a good look at Ji Wenzhao's methods.

Shen Jian said that he would like to wear casual clothes this time. Shen Zhuo naturally had no objection. Shen Wen once again dressed up as a fat little servant. Su Wanniang was afraid of being recognized by the Baoguan, so she smeared her face a lot darker, and her clothes were especially dull. Naturally, she did not wear the uniform of the maidservant in the Zhenbeihou Mansion.

When they arrived, the outside of Guanyi Pavilion was already full of people, and several people got out of their carts and horses and walked in all the way.

As if intentionally, Shen Jian separated from everyone and slowly fell behind. Shen Zhuo didn't notice, Shen Wen also walked a little slower, and distanced himself from Shen Zhuo. They entered the gate one after another, like a few groups of people.

The Guanyi Pavilion was full of people. Seeing this enthusiastic scene, Shen Zhuo left Shen Wen behind, thinking that Shen Jian would naturally take care of her. He plunged himself into the crowd and squeezed forward to find a seat. When I arrived in the front row, I saw Zhang Yunming fanning the fan comfortably, and there was a space beside him, so he immediately sat next to Zhang Yunming.

Zhang Yunming frowned: "This is not for you!"

Shen Zhuo turned his head and smiled: "I'll sit there, what can you do?"

Zhang Yunming grinned: "Do you dare to go for a walk out of the city after this incident"

Shen Zhuo also laughed: "What's so scary about walking?"

Zhang Yunming closed the fan and snorted: "Then you sit here!"

Shen Wen stood outside the door, waiting for Su Wanniang to find a buddy for a private room. She looked left and right bored, and saw that Shen Jian did not walk in directly, but was talking with a teenager outside the door. Shen Wen was silly when he saw the boy, and almost blurted out the word "Second Sister".

In his previous life, Ji Wenzhao became an assistant to the prince. At about this time, he married the granddaughter of his teacher Yan Jing in a high-profile manner in the capital. This is Yan Jing's attitude toward the old age of many students and handed over all the official contacts to Ji Wenzhao.

At that wedding, Ji Wenzhao invited civil and military officials, and Zhenbeihou was also invited. Zhenbeihou was not in the capital, and Ji Wenzhao was considered a young man, so Shen Yi took Shen Jian to Hexi.

Shen Wen didn't know the specifics, but only knew that it was in Ji Mansion where Shen Jian met the bride's cousin Yan who had sent the bride to him. He heard that it was a three-game play in the garden. After returning, Shen Jian asked Shen Yi to face his mother and said that he wanted to marry Yan Jing's granddaughter, Yan Shi. At that time, the relationship between the prince and the Zhenbeihoufu was not tense, and if he didn't come to Shen Wen then he would not marry the officials of the East Palace. But Yan Jing was considered a prominent civil official in the court, and his granddaughter married the prince's chief staff. Zhenbeihou was a military attaché and was looked down upon by civilian officials. Yang thought it was impossible, but when asked, he said yes.

After the Yan family got married, they got along well with Shen Jian. They usually don't have a yard for two people. It is said that two people often play chess together. Soon, Lord Hou knew that Shen Jian was still in contact with the third prince after Shen Yi left, and that the border gate and Bei Rong changed frequently, so he asked Shen Jian to go to the border gate to assist his father and brother.

Yan's loneliness, often go to chat with Liu's. Only then did people discover that she was speaking recklessly and going straight. Once she told Liu that she liked Shen Jian when she first saw him, and felt that he was tall and tall, not as weak as a civil official. Then he added a sentence, "Of course Shen Yi has a good figure", making Liu's face a big blush.

Shen Wen happened to hear that, and in his heart he severely despised Yan, thinking that she was born in a scholarly family, but she read poetry and books in vain and spoke so carelessly.

After Ji Wenzhao's death, Yan's cousin, Ji Yan, was taken back to her natal family because she had no children, and she never remarried.

The Zhenbei Hou Mansion was copied and killed. Before the Yan family committed suicide, he tied a bundle of his favorite chess and ancient books, marking the Ji Yan family, who was given to Ji Wenzhao's wife.

Because Ji Wenzhao was once an important staff member of the prince, the censors read the books and did not see anything, so they passed them to Ji Yan. After receiving it, Ji Yan discovered the secret letter hidden in it because his sisters from Yan's childhood knew the idiom. According to records, she cried and knelt to beg her grandfather to contact the minister, condemning the prince to kill the loyal minister injustice, causing harm to the country and the people. Yan Jing was already very old, only shook his head and sighed. At that time, the third prince was dead, the fourth prince was disabled, and the fifth prince was a teenage boy. How could he change for a prince?

Ji Yan soon died of depression. At that time, the capital moved south, and the northern army was everywhere. Ji Yan left his last words and asked someone to try to bury her remains with Ji Wenzhao. Shen Wen wondered if someone helped her fulfill this wish in the end.

Shen Wen looked at the door outside Shen Jian with a smile on his face, wearing a blue-to-black long dress, but with a jasper-inlaid belt around his waist, which did appear to be straight back, but the man in the Beihou Mansion Isn't it all like this? Because he has practiced martial arts since he was a child, even Shen Xiang has such a tall and heroic figure, this Yan family has never seen the world! Shen Wen sighed.

Yan's eyebrows have a single eyelid, and the corners of his eyes are raised slightly. Although there is an unspeakable charm, the eyebrows are normal, otherwise you can't pretend to be a man. Seeing her looking up and down, she knew what she was thinking, and her second brother didn't even notice it.

Shen Wen suddenly panicked: She originally thought that she could change everything when she came. If the incident happened as before, for example, Shen Yi married the Liu family, it was because he did not intervene.

The death of Concubine Chen made her feel helpless for the first time. But after all, it was because he was not in the deep palace, and he was beyond reach. Shen Wen believed that if Concubine Chen was by her side, she could still protect her.

But now, Ming Ming Ji Wenzhao is not married in the capital, he is not yet married! Yan's family met Shen Jian just like in the previous life.

Shen Wen's palms are cold: Is there really such a thing as fate, if it is really like that, will all his arrangements be too fateful?

Shen Wen didn't dare to move, just like watching the wheel of fate turn, watching Shen Jian and the young man walk over together while talking and laughing.

Shen Jian saw Shen Wen in a daze by the door, touched the top of her head and said, "Why are you standing stupid?"

Shen Wen said tightly: "Sister Wanniang is going to find a place."

Shen Jian smiled and said, "It's great, I'm also trying to find a place..."

Su Wanniang came back and motioned to Shen Wen to follow her, and Shen Jian said: "Give us your part. Let's go play chess."

Su Wanniang asked strangely: "Don't you watch Master Ji play chess?"

Shen Wen saw that Yan Shi, who was dressed as a teenager, showed a deeply guarded look at Su Wanniang. There was no way, Su Wanniang was so good-looking, even if her face was darkened, she was also a black beauty.

Before Shen Jian had time to speak, Yan said, "I have seen a lot of things to see!"

Shen Jian hurriedly introduced, "Oh, this is the grandson of Mr. Yan, Ji Wenzhao's mentor, Master Yan." Then he said to Yan, "This is my sister and her..."

Shen Wen said solemnly: "Sister Wanniang!"

Shen Jian smiled: "Well, sister Wanniang."

Yan raised his chin slightly to look at Shen Jian: "Do you still want to play chess? It's too late to regret now." He looked like a proud young man.

Shen Jian laughed: "Why should I regret coming, let's go play chess."

Su Wanniang hurriedly led Shen Wen to lead the way, and the four people walked into a side room. Now people are watching Ji Wenzhao playing chess outside, there are many empty side rooms.

Shen Jian and Yan Shi sat at the chess table, while Shen Wen and Su Wanniang sat in the corner.

Shen Jian and two of them started to grab and guess the child, and Yan said casually: "Why are you here so late? We have been here long ago. I have been waiting for you outside for a long time."

Shen Jian uttered a loud voice and asked: "You came with that lady"

Yan's face was wary again, and said: "That's mine...Cousin, don't have any thoughts, she already has someone."

Shen Jian smiled bitterly, and said as he settled down: "I haven't seen what she looks like, why do you want to think about her, who do you think of me?"

Yan glanced at Su Wanniang from the corner of his eyes, and asked in a low voice, "What family do you come from? Did you grow up with... that housekeeper?"

Shen Wen cursed Yan's "shameless" in his heart. Why did the girl dare to ask her that after wandering for thousands of years, she didn't develop such courage.

Shen Jian thought that the other party was a teenager, naturally not concealed, glanced at Shen Wen, lowered his voice and said, "That's my sister, pay attention to what you say. I was born in a military commander's family. . My eldest brother doesn’t have any common room, don’t talk about us."

Yan's eyes flickered, and Shen Wen watched her look up and down Shen Jian again, and again scolded shamelessly in her heart several times.

They played chess for a while, and Shen Wen could see that Yan's chess skill was not known how much higher than Shen Jian, and pressing Shen Jian did not give him a chance to breathe. Shen Jian fought hard, but couldn't escape the various traps set up by the Yan family. But the strange thing is that after an hour, the two of them stopped, and when they did the calculation, they were not bad, and the two sides were even!

Shen Wen deeply sighed in his heart that Yan's calculations were extraordinary and his brain was abnormal. Suddenly, she couldn't figure out whether her words were so straightforward, because she was shameless or fearless.

Shen Jian knew that there was confusion behind the ending, and Yan said dissatisfied: "You're so boring, you don't try to play chess! What's this? Make a tie, come again!"

Shen Jian nodded and said, "Well, let's go down again!"

The two started again, and Su Wanniang felt that something was wrong. Looking at Shen Wen, Shen Wen shook her head very slightly, beckoning her not to disturb them.

Yan seemed to ask unintentionally: "You look so young, do you have a kiss?" He snapped, especially loud.

Shen Jian smiled: "What makes me look younger than me? You are younger than me."

Yan's eyebrows raised: "That's why I think you are big! Come on, it's the lady who has appointed someone."

Shen Jian laughed again, and said, "I haven't set a kiss yet."

Yan also took a picture and asked with his eyes down, "Is there a suitable family."

Shen Jian looked at Yan Shi: "How old are you like a matchmaker"

Yan's cheeks were slightly red, and he rolled his lips and said, "I think you look like a dog, and I want to tell you my sister."

Shen Jian laughed again: "In matters of marriage, the words of a matchmaker ordered by parents, but I haven't heard that my brother will come forward. Are your parents alive?"

Yan nodded and said: "They are all there, but they said they can't control...My sister, she is so smart, I have to...I will help her find a wishful one, otherwise, if she is not happy, she can make a fuss."

Shen Jian chuckled and said, "Your sister is funny, what do you want to find for her?"

Yan Shi glanced at Shen Jian from the corner of his eyes, and said: "She said she likes martial arts, she has a strong body, unlike those literati, she has a guilty heart and shortness of breath..."

Shen Jian laughed and said while playing chess: "You have to be careful. People say that the martial artist is rude and has no idea. If your sister is born smart and smart, she may be blamed for a husband who is not familiar with style in the future. Yeah!"

Yan bit his lower lip and said, "I think you are pretty good. You are handsome and love to talk and laugh. Although she is a bit temperamental if she wants to marry my sister, she has a good mind, knows everything, and reads a lot. You can also play chess."

Shen Wen blushed for Yan, he didn't know what to say, is there such a shameless person!

Shen Jian smiled and said: "My mother is also a temperamental person. As long as the person is good, there is nothing to fear. It's just that the parents should come forward in this matter."

Yan stopped for a moment and said, "It's mainly because you like it. My sister is very similar to me. What do you think of me?"

Shen Wen really wanted to kneel down for her, but he could only maintain a bored expression.

Shen Jian said as he went down, "The son is open-minded, speaking frankly, and looking at the son's chess skills, we can see that the son is a man of profound mind, and in time, he should have great success. If a woman can do this, she will be a hero of the middle school."

Yan's face finally blushed, the corner of his mouth was slightly raised, and a chess piece was put down, the move was soft, and he whispered: "The son has won the prize."

Shen Jian raised his eyes to look at her and smiled with white teeth: "Hey, are you embarrassed?"

Yan seemed to hold back a smile and said, "It is natural to be embarrassed to be praised."

Shen Jian laughed again: "I just like you: I dare to say anything."

Shen Wen bit his cheek and watched as he sold himself completely to the second brother who was paid for by someone else. This is because Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai can't dismantle them by themselves, they can only get angry.

Yan said: "My... my sister is the second daughter of Yan Jing's second son, and in Yan's family it is Yan Wu. All the women in our Yan family are clever and able to maintain their families, so they don't like their husbands and concubines to marry children. You What's the situation at home"

Shen Jian became more serious, and said in a low voice: "I am Shen Jian, the second son of Zhenbeihou. In my family, neither grandfather nor father have concubines. The children are all concubines, and the family style is innocent. It's just..." He sighed slightly, "You too. Go and ask your parents, Yan Jing's official name is aside, and Yan's mansion is the home of scholars. Maybe they don't want to get married with our mansion."

Yan gave Shen Jian a deep look and whispered: "You can ask your parents to ask someone else, and let the elders make arrangements for the rest."

Shen Jian smiled: "Well, my eldest brother got married last year, and my mother and grandmother have been talking about my marriage. If it's decided, forget about their concerns."

Yan's face was full of smiles: "My family is also...my sister's marriage is also a big deal for my parents."

Shen Jian smiled and said: "If we really do this, we can all become filial children."...

What Shen Wen can do is not to stick out her tongue and make vomiting. She is completely speechless. Isn't this Yan from this era? Didn't the descendants pass through it? She originally thought Shen Jian was a scheming one, but Being so led by Yan's nose, I can't say "marry" without knowing it. This is simply "marrying" oneself.

They played extremely slowly in the second game. After the marriage was settled, the two of them focused on playing chess, repeatedly fighting each other, gaining and losing each other, and even after playing for nearly two hours, Shen Wen was already sleepy. But when it comes to the end, the two are still tied!

Shen Jian knew that it was wrong, and looked at Yan with surprise: "The young master's chess skills are so superb, which is really admirable. Such a draw is more difficult than winning." In fighting, the goal is not to win the chess, but to maintain the final game. How much calculation is needed for a tie!

Yan Shi showed a slightly proud look: "Dare you come here again!"

Shen Jian slammed the chessboard: "Is there anything you dare to come back!"

The two went up and down again.

Shen Wen was desperate to save the second brother who fell into the radical general law, so he could only say to Su Wanniang: "You go outside and have a look."

Su Wanniang knew that looking at the second son like this, this side hall was no longer available, and she had to find another one to see if she could lead Ji Wenzhao.

During the period when Shen Jian and the others were playing chess, Ji Wenzhao also started his chess game early. Just like last year, he invited people to play, and after sweeping everyone, he solved the "life and death robbery" that had been hanging up for a year. No one came up to disrupt the situation this year. After the dissolution, Ji Wenzhao triumphantly bid farewell to everyone.

The four princes have been sitting obsessively watching Ji Wenzhao play chess, and won't wake up until Ji Wenzhao is over. I recalled the various moves of the talent in my mind, but I also remembered to look for Su Wanniang in my heart.

He looked left and right for a long time, the crowd gradually thinned out, and suddenly he saw a dark-skinned woman standing in an inconspicuous shadow. The four princes immediately recognized Su Wanniang. He was not surprised that Su Wanniang put on makeup. Instead, he felt that since Su Wanniang was helping the person behind the scenes, she naturally had to pretend to be often. He was about to get up to say hello, but saw Su Wanniang winking and turned into a side hall.

The fourth prince knew that it was not a wink to himself, and when he was puzzled, after seeing Ji Wenzhao joking with a few people, he walked casually into the side hall where Su Wanniang had entered.

Something exploded in the fourth prince's mind. He thought of the figure that came out of Guanyi Pavilion on the night of the Lantern Festival, and Su Wanniang followed it. That figure is Ji Wenzhao! No wonder I saw him last year and felt that he was a bit familiar!

The four princes were excited and frightened: What was excited was that he really guessed it right! The departure of Ji Wenzhao last year was indeed a chess move, and Su Wanniang was the one in the game. What is frightening is that Ji Wenzhao is so knowledgeable and talented, Su Wanniang will not fall in love with him...

The fourth prince stood up with the hand of Ding's attendant, signaled the direction, and walked towards the side hall. He was about to walk to the door of the side hall, and saw that another woman with a veil had already reached the door. The fourth prince was shocked, afraid that the plot of Ji Wenzhao and Su Wanniang would be spied on, so he hurriedly coughed lightly.