Today's Kyoto is quite quiet, and even the street vendors are much quieter than in the past, and from time to time they look up in the direction of the Imperial Palace, and they are concerned about the competition that is taking place there. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The competition with the people of Qi can be called a battle of honor, as a Jingguo person, driven by national self-esteem and a sense of national honor, everyone is quite concerned about this matter.

Some underground gambling houses even opened a handicap for this battle, and countless people in the bustling casinos waited for the news to come out of the palace.

Viscount Mansion, Li Yi got up early in the morning, he had to urge the two tailors to hurry up and work, and wait for the boring competition with the Qi people to end in two days, and his grounding period was just the end of the day, before entering the palace, he had to do these two things well.

At this time, on the top of the Golden Palace, on both sides of the chessboard, there were two people sitting cross-legged.

On one side was the Ma Zhongcheng, and on the other side was an old man with white hair and wrinkled face.

Today is the first battle of the literary test, and it is very important, even Emperor Jing can't sit firmly on the dragon chair, and he walks down from above, but he doesn't get too close, and looks at it from afar.

In addition to Emperor Jing, there are only a few people in the hall, including the two prime ministers, and a few old men who are not young, all of whom are famous Confucians in the dynasty.

On the other side, behind the old man, there were also several people standing, all of them were envoys of the Qi State, led by a young man who looked to be in his early twenties.

In order not to disturb the two people who were playing against each other, most of the officials were waiting outside the hall, and countless people were pacing in the square, and the expressions on their faces were faintly anxious.

Ma Zhongcheng is in the prime of life, it stands to reason that both chess strength and physical strength are at the peak of his life, even the chess saint Bai Yu does not dare to underestimate it, and he has taken a great advantage of the last old man.

However, not long ago, when the chess saint Bai Yu played against this old man, they also thought the same.

But the result is that Bai Yu has been in ink in three battles, and today, can Ma Zhongcheng turn the tide and win the first city for the country?

This belongs to the worries of the hundred officials and Emperor Jing, and it is not something that King Jin should worry about.

"This is a pastry made by the concubine at the catering bureau, but it's delicious, do you want to try it?"

Li Han, the king of Jin, held a delicate food box in his hand, squatted on the steps in the shade of a certain palace, and said to the little girl sitting there with a smile on his face.

"Thank you, Brother King Jin, Yongning is not hungry." The little girl glanced in the direction of the palace gate, shook her head and said.

"Then I'll put it here first, and I'll eat it when you're hungry." King Jin put the food box next to him and said cautiously: "Sister Yongning, I always bullied you in the past, it was all my fault, now I already know that I am wrong, if anyone dares to bully you in the future, you tell me, I will help you beat him!" ”

After thinking about it, he added, "If it's the royal brother of the King of Shu------ I can't beat it, but I'll tell Mr." ”

Princess Yongning didn't seem to hear his words, and muttered, "When will my brother come?" ”

King Jin scratched his head and said, "You mean, sir......, Mr. has been grounded by his father for half a month, and it seems that there are still a few days, and he will not come to the palace in these days." ”

The expression on Princess Yongning's face was a little disappointed, and she subconsciously hugged her arms tightly, only to remember that the beautiful sheep was gone.

King Jin glanced in a certain direction, scratched his head, and said: "There seems to be a lively scene in the Lizheng Hall today, and the Emperor Sister Shouning has already passed, do you want to go with me to see it?" ”

Seeing Yongning shaking his head, King Jin stood up and said, "Then I'll leave first......

Outside the Lizheng Palace, the officials were still pacing in the square, and a few small figures crowded at the door, poking out their heads to look inside, and it didn't take long for another curious head to appear.

In the hall, as the chess game progressed, Emperor Jing and everyone's brows furrowed.

The old man of Qi had no expression on his wrinkled face, and he was extremely calm when he took the chess pieces, and the clouds were light and the wind was light, but Ma Zhongcheng on the other side was pale, and beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on his forehead, and a chess piece in his hand was raised for a long time, but it never fell.

A hint of defeat flashed on Qin Xiang's face, this game of chess was about to be lost.

Ma Zhongcheng, who is enough to compete with the chess saint, only lasted for an hour under the hands of this old man, and in the end it was inevitable that he would lose the end.

In the game of masters, sometimes it is several hours at a time, and Ma Zhongcheng loses in an hour, which shows the difference in chess strength between the two.

If you lose another game tomorrow, three battles and two inks, this essay test will not need to be compared.

"I lost ......"

The chess pieces in Ma Zhongcheng's hand still failed to fall after all, his face was dejected, and the whole person seemed to have aged a little in an instant, stood up, and said in a hoarse voice.

Even if he won the chess, the old man on the opposite side didn't say a word, stood up and stood silently opposite the young man.

Hundreds of officials outside the hall rushed in, just looking at Ma Zhongcheng's expression, he had a conclusion in his heart.

Lost, sure enough, he still lost, only an hour later, the old man was so powerful!

Baiguan was heavy-minded, standing around, without saying a word.

"I won the first game by luck and conceded." The young man smiled and bowed his hand to the crowd.

Emperor Jing was disappointed in his heart, waved his hand, and said, "Let's disperse today, and tomorrow we will be here and continue the second Wenbi." ”

"Your Majesty the Emperor, slow down." At this moment, I heard the young man speak suddenly.

"What else is going on?" Emperor Jing looked back at the young man and said with a frown.

The young man smiled and said, "This time I proposed to compete with your country, just to exchange and learn, and I have no other intention, I really don't want to cause trouble to your country......

Baiguan's brows furrowed when he heard this, he didn't want to cause trouble to my country, didn't the meaning of the words of the third prince mean that if he continued to compete, would Jingguo continue to lose and continue to lose face, hearing his words, Baiguan only felt more ashamed and indignant than losing the competition.

"Could it be that the third prince thinks that you are really going to win?" Before Emperor Jing could speak, Qin Xiang snorted coldly and said.

The young man smiled and said: "Winning or losing, in fact, it doesn't matter, this competition is for exchange and learning, if you have to divide the superior, but you have lost your original intention, presumably everyone present, you don't want to divide the winner or loser, right?" ”

The young man said in one sentence, if this first game is won, where will they let this prince of Qi State talk so much here, the problem is that they have already lost one game, if they lose this next game, it will not only be their face, but the face of the entire Jingguo, what will the people think at that time, what will other countries think------ Qi Kingdom will sweep Jingguo with only a few people, is it a group of wine bags and rice bags in the Jingguo court?

"What do you want?" At this time, Emperor Jing was not suitable to speak, Qin Xiang pondered for a moment, looked at the young man and asked.

The young man looked at Emperor Jing and said: "As long as your country agrees to us a small condition, there is no need to conduct the subsequent competition, after the handover of the city, our envoys will leave Jingguo immediately, I don't know what His Majesty the Emperor wants?" ”

Although he didn't want to admit it, if he continued to compare, Jing Guo's loss of face would only be greater, and Emperor Jing looked at him and asked, "What are the conditions you said?" ”

"It's simple, just a small request." The young man smiled and said, "The number of envoys is large, and they have been in Kyoto for a long time, and the entanglement has been exhausted, so I just ask His Majesty the Emperor to give me some food, which is enough for the mission to return to China." ”

"Just food?" When the young man's voice landed, not only the expression on Emperor Jing's face was stunned, but the officials also showed an expression of disbelief.

The face of the country concerned still thought that the third prince of Qi would make any unreasonable demands, as long as it was a little excessive, even if His Majesty agreed, they would strongly oppose it.

But who would have thought that they had spent so much effort just asking for food......

For a while, the expressions of the hundred officials looking at the three princes of Qi immediately underwent some subtle changes, and they all said that the three princes of Qi were the most capable of all the princes of Qi State, and they were amazingly talented.

As if he hadn't noticed the strange eyes of the hundred officials, the young man casually pointed to the chessboard on the side and said, "The mission doesn't need much food, as long as His Majesty the Emperor sends someone to put one grain of rice in the first grid of this chessboard, two grains in the second grid, four grains in the third grid, and so on, only sixty-four squares on the chessboard need to be filled." ”

After the young man finished speaking, he looked at Emperor Jing with a smile and waited for his reply.

Emperor Jing didn't reply immediately, he looked at the chessboard on one side, and then at the young man, judging from the performance of the third prince of Qi State, he is definitely not an ordinary person, this competition, I don't know how long it has been planned, how could it end so hastily?

Relying on the grain full of sixty-four chessboards to return to Qi country, I am afraid that before they reach Qi country, they will already starve to death, right?

"What do you think?" Emperor Jing looked at the surrounding officials and asked.

Many officials were secretly happy in their hearts at the moment, and they didn't calculate that the three princes of Qi were actually fools, which was a great news for them, although some people suspected that there was fraud in this, but the other party just asked for some food, just give it to him, a few bags of grain, what kind of conspiracy could he play?

"Back to Your Majesty, since the Qi State envoy is so short of food, we naturally can't refuse, and we can't let the envoys of other countries starve, which is not in line with etiquette." Chen Bo, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, stood up and said with a smile.

"What Master Chen said is very true, if I refuse, it will seem that I am stingy."

"The third prince is not easy to come by, why not meet his request?"

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Things turned around, and the courtiers smiled and spoke, they could use some food to send away the difficult Qi people, and this deal was a good deal.

When the time comes, it can be said that the people of Qi are afraid, and they will go back to Qi after asking for some food, Your Majesty is merciful, and they have given them more, which not only saves face, but also sees the jokes of the people of Qi, why not?

"Where is Dr. Guozi's Accounting Department?" Emperor Jing pondered for a moment and suddenly asked.

When Zheng Saijiu heard this, he immediately stepped forward and said: "Back to Your Majesty, except for Dr. Han, all the doctors of arithmetic went to Li Xianzi's Mansion to ask for arithmetic, and they are not in the court. ”

The reason why this Dr. Han came with him today was nothing more than to ask for a serious holy decree from His Majesty, otherwise he would not even be able to enter the door of the Li family, Zheng Xijiu beckoned to the rear, and immediately a middle-aged man walked over quickly.

Emperor Jing regretted a little in his heart, if he knew that there was such a thing, he should have called Li Yi today, he had never let himself down, with him, why should he worry about these things?

"Do you know how much food they want?" Emperor Jing looked at Dr. Na Han and asked.

Dr. Han pondered for a moment and said, "Back to Your Majesty, it's only sixty-four squares, not many. ”

Dr. Han looked at the chessboard, as a doctor of arithmetic, he naturally thinks more than other officials, the growth relationship of multiples, sixty-four squares is actually a lot, but how big is the grain of rice, the number of rice in one stone is too much to count, even if it is less than sixty-four squares, ten stones are still not enough, and one hundred stones are not enough?

Jingguo is not short of those hundred and ten stone meters, and with this little thing, you can send the envoys of Qi State, and the cost-effective one can't be more cost-effective.

The courtiers rarely held the same opinion on this matter, and Emperor Jing suppressed the only trace of concern in his heart and said, "Since this is the case, then ......"

The face of the third prince of Qi still maintained a faint smile.

The expression on Baiguan's face was also relatively satisfied.

Everyone is happy, and everyone is well.

"Wait a minute......"

The harmonious atmosphere was suddenly broken by a voice, and after everyone was stunned for a moment, they turned their heads to look in the direction from which the sound came.

Li Han, the king of Jin, stood at the door of the palace, and saw that so many people in the hall were looking at him, and he couldn't help but feel a little worried, but he still forcibly mustered up his courage, interrupted Emperor Jing's words, and said: "Father, I can't promise them!" ”

In front of the envoys of the State of Qi and the civil and military officials, Emperor Jing's words were interrupted by the King of Jin, but he was not angry at all, but his face showed a thoughtful expression.

The expression of the third prince of Qi moved slightly, looking at the little fat man standing at the door of the hall, a trace of surprise appeared in his eyes.

"His Royal Highness the King of Jin, this is the court, don't mess around!"

The hundred officials reacted quickly, and they didn't care about the identity issue, and they all spoke out to stop it, this is a big bargain, you must not be disrupted by King Jin, and you may not be able to meet such a stupid prince next time.

Most of the officials were stopping King Jin, but a few of them changed their faces at the same time.

Qin Huan, the secretary of the household department, Yan Bing, the secretary of the military department, the priest of the country, and the doctor of arithmetic, no one knows better than them how many incredible things are contained in this fat head.

"Han'er, come and talk." Emperor Jing had a smile on his face, beckoned to King Jin and said.

Seeing that his father was not angry, King Jin put his mind at ease, walked over slowly, pointed to the young man, and said to Emperor Jing: "Father, don't be deceived by them, Mr. said, put the grain full of sixty-four chessboards, all the countries in this world combined, if you build a big warehouse to hold these grains, this warehouse should be three zhang long, two zhang wide, and high to the sun......"

The expression on the face of the third prince of Qi remained unchanged, but he sighed in his heart, and looked at the little fat man in front of him with serious eyes for the first time.

"Yes, there are so many ......," said the priest of the country, in a trembling voice.

The face of Dr. Han, who spoke just now, turned white, and he only felt that his eyes were a little black, if it was just King Jin, he still had a glimmer of hope in his heart, but the problem was that what he said just now was "Mr. said"......

Mr. King Jin, who is not the unpredictable Li Xianzi?

How could a person like King Jin, who swept the country at the age of a naughty boy and made several doctors of arithmetic extremely embarrassed, say unfounded nonsense?