"Han Gang is so ruthless!"

Half a month has passed since the Shangyuan Festival, and the close officials who served Feng Jing in the public office belonging to the prime minister in the political affairs hall unexpectedly heard Feng Xianggong mention the now proud weapons supervisor Han Sheren in an angry tone.

As a small official in the government, he knows when to listen and when to pretend to be deaf. Even the atmosphere did not dare to breathe, the eyes looked at the nose, the nose and the mouth, and the mouth and heart, standing on the side of the table, except for the hands grinding the ink, the whole body did not move, and made a clay tire statue.

Feng Jinghun didn't treat the little officials around him as people, but he usually didn't talk to himself. It's just that Han Gang's handing over of the recommendation seal was full of murderous intentions, which made him twitch when he saw it - it turned out that in the name of making lamps, two officials in the military weapons prison were transferred to Guangnan East Road to take up posts.

This is a clear matter of human life!

Feng Jing didn't expect Han Gang to be so ruthless, deliberately using such a ridiculous reason to beat people to death.

Today is his Feng Jing's rotating palm print, Han Jiang Xiumu is at home, presumably Han Gang just saw this time and handed over the recommendation seal.

Now, if the recommendation seal is dismissed, when he comes back, it will definitely not be the time to pinch Han Jiang to rest. If it is shown to Han Jiang, it will definitely turn to the Son of Heaven. And once the lawsuit reaches the royal front, some of the small measures he did before will be exposed, which is not a good thing for Feng Jing.

However, the timing of this recommendation also represents one thing. It seems that Han Gang has found out who is standing behind the iron boat lantern, so he will provoke with the recommendation seal.

If you can't make it, you will be seen through, and when she thinks of it, Feng Jing panicked in her heart. The iron ship can't be built clearly, so Feng Jing will start, who would have thought that Han Gang would be able to come up with a plate armor?! I can't even calculate it! Now that I think about it, Han Gang wrote "Buoyancy Tracing the Source", which is obviously to dig a trap to lead people to jump down.

did the stupid thing of jumping into the trap, Feng Jing continued for half a month, and the depression in his heart did not dissipate, and the feeling of depression was even stronger now. That irrigation garden child is too deceitful!

Gritting his teeth fiercely, Feng Jing calmed down again, he can be at the level of prime minister, and he is by no means the kind of person who has no self-control. In fact, it's not a big deal to think about it, as long as this recommendation is approved, Han Gang's means of killing chickens and making an example of monkeys will have no effect on him Feng Dangshi.

Lu Huiqing suffered a lot. Han Gang was already taking advantage of the opportunity of setting up the Plate Armor Bureau, and was ready to take all the skilled craftsmen in the prison related to forging and armor in his hands. And if Bai Zhang goes again, as long as it takes a month or two, the ordnance supervisor will gradually get out of Lu Huiqing's hands.

As for him, Feng Jing, he is just a pawn, and it doesn't matter. He couldn't get in the arms superintendent, and it was nothing to change Han Gang from Lu Huiqing. When people die, Feng Jing can rest assured, and there is no shortage of obedient and useful dogs under his doors.

Thinking of this, he took a pen and circled it on the recommendation seal and approved it.

'It's just a pawn. ’

Speaking of pawns, Feng Jing remembered the elephant opera [ancient name of chess], he hadn't played for a long time. The DPRK likes elephant opera I heard that Sima Guang has been fine recently, and he changed the elephant opera from two countries to seven countries, and made a melee of the seven heroes of the Warring States, I really don't know if he is too idle.

"Have you ever played an elephant play?" Feng Jing asked the little officials beside him.

"If you go back to Xianggong, the villain has been down, but he is not fine."

"Elephant drama is the art of war, you can practice it!" Feng Jing raised his eyes and looked at the sky outside the hall, not knowing where he was looking, "As long as the chessboard is still there, the outcome is still unknown." Anyway, it's all over here......"

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Han Gang's family was sitting in the room, the brazier was very strong, and although the ice and snow were thick outside, the interior was as warm as spring.

Han Yunniang gave Han Gang a slap on the shoulder, Zhou Nan and Su Xin took care of their sleeping children, and Wang Yi stared at a chessboard on the table, and the four words 'Chu River Han Boundary' were painted in the center of the chessboard. The carts, horses, artillery, soldiers and elephants on both sides, plus five soldiers on one side, were arranged in their respective positions in an orderly manner.

"Most of the games are dramas, and they can learn to use soldiers. The chariots and horses still have Zhou tricks, and they have both Han official names. The Chinese army is heavy on all sides, and the sharp and oblique steps outside the river are light, but they laugh at themselves with their sorrows, and they are as strong as Liu Xiang and fight. ”

Han Gang held a sandalwood folding fan, gently tapped on the tabletop, and chanted verses.

Listening to her husband's voice, Wang Yi, who was concentrating on the chessboard, raised her head: "This is a poem written by an official?" ”

"This was written by Mr. Bochun, and he wrote a letter the day before yesterday. By the way, there is also this Yongxiang opera, and it comes with a chess score of 'Ninety-Nine Elephant Opera', which is placed together with Shao Kangjie [Shao Yong]. Han Gang pointed to the chessboard in front of Wang Yi, "This is the new elephant play after changing the rules based on the 'Ninety-Nine Elephant Opera' for the husband." ”

"It's all different." Wang Yi looked at the chessboard that Han Gang took out, and his little nose wrinkled, "There are no partial generals or generals, but there are two more soldiers?" Also, didn't the officials say that this rule is based on the 'Ninety-Nine Elephant Opera', why should two 'elephants' be put in Lu? And with the addition of cannons, isn't this the same as a big and small elephant play? ”

"Elephant play, elephant play, what is nothing without elephants? And they are all armor guards and generals, how can there be a reason for the generals to guard the Chinese military tent. Han Ganghalu smiled, "The thunderbolt cannon was invented for the husband, how can you not add it?" ”

However, on the chessboard that Han Gang took out, there were 'elephants' and no 'phases' - letting the prime minister protect the generals was tantamount to reversing the high and the low, and the severity was immoral. There will be no artillery either, and there will still be stone cannons on both sides.

"Then why don't you put the chess pieces in the grid?"

Han Gang is even more reasonable: "Elephant drama is the use of the art of war, how can there be a reason for the army to jump in the grid?" It's all about walking on the road. Or the rules of elephant play are reasonable. ”

"This chessboard has nine horizontal paths and ten vertical paths, it is a 'ninety elephant play', and it is no longer ninety-nine."

"Don't you see that Mr. Bochun's poems have Henkel Chuba? Of course, the Chu River Han Realm has to be painted, and with such a painting, of course, it will become ten paths. ”

Chess has not yet been finalized. Although there are many people who like to play chess from the emperor and the general, to the peddlers and pawns, there are many rules in the outside world, such as elephant plays, baby elephant plays, Cheng Hao's 'ninety-nine elephant plays', the 'eighty-eight elephant plays' that have been handed down from the Tang Dynasty to the present, and even the Seven Kingdoms Elephant Opera, which is based on the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period - Cheng Hao said in the letter that Sima Guang was ingenious, but after the design was designed, no one could be found to play.

These intricate rules are not even the same as the chess pieces, and they are even different from later generations. Just like the 'Ninety-Nine Elephant Play' on the chess score sent by Cheng Hao, it is also very different from Han Gang's memory from thousands of years later.

The Chu River Han realm is available, and there are also chariots, horses, pawns, and generals. However, there were no soldiers, but they were replaced by two generals, and the artillery and elephants were removed, and the pawns who crossed the river still walked diagonally. The most crucial difference is that the pieces actually walk in the grid, just like chess. This is also the same as the '88 Elephant Opera' that is both vertical and horizontal - the '88 Elephant Opera' in the Tang Dynasty not only moves chess in the grid similar to chess, but even the chess pieces are three-dimensional, and the images of rooks, horses, generals, and pawns are carved out - on the contrary, the folk elephant opera and baby elephant opera are like Go, walking on the line.

Because Han Gang is not used to the rules here, he always loses in chess. I lost in a hurry, so I changed the rules of chess according to my habits again, and I took them out today. Anyway, the rules in the world are all chaotic now, and no one can control if he sets himself to play at home - Han Gang has no idea of promoting it to the outside world.

But his careful thinking can't hide it from the person next to him.

"Official......" Wang Yi asked Han Gang narrowly, his big eyes flickering, "I suddenly made a new elephant show today, is it because I lost too many lottery heads the day before yesterday?" ”

As soon as Wang Yi asked, Zhou Nan next to him immediately covered his mouth with a handkerchief, and Su Xin and Yun Niang also turned their backs and laughed.

"Nonsense, losing is losing, winning is winning. How could I not be convinced? …… Once in a while, if you practice at home every day, of course you can't win. ”

Han Gang emphasized. However, his stupid tone made Zhou Nan and the others laugh even more.

Wang Yi couldn't help laughing: "Official chess products are the same as fathers." ”

"Say what?" Han Gang never recognized that his chess skills would be on the same level as Wang Anshi, "How can you ever play chess for your husband?!" The last time I played chess with my father-in-law last year, when he was about to lose, he directly disrupted the chess game. What else do you say, 'Don't disturb the truth with the drama, and you can win with fate.'" 'But the husband is about to win!' ”

"Good! Good! Wang Yi raised a hand and patted it falsely, coaxing Han Gang like a child, "The official will teach us how to play this Han elephant show." ”

Han Gang glared at Wang Yi, and couldn't hold back himself and laughed.

When it comes to chess, Zhou Nan is a famous player. In terms of Go, it is difficult to meet opponents in the teaching workshop, and it is said that it is not inferior to those chess players in the Hanlin Academy, and the chess is also first-class. Wang Yi's family history, Han Gang's mother-in-law Wu is a chess master, but when she encounters Zhou Nan, it is difficult to win.

However, in addition to losing to Zhou Nan, Wang Yi sat at home and looked at one. Under the influence of Zhou Nan and Wang Yi, Yan Suxin and Han Yunniang's skills in Go and Xiangqi have soared. Han Gang also had a few times with his wife and concubine in his spare time, and he said in advance that he was not allowed to stay, and then he lost in a row. Neither Go nor Xiangqi has won much.

As soon as the new rules came, Wang Yi lost two sets in a row. Changed to Su Xin's substitution, Han Gang easily won in more than 20 steps of the opening. Looking back at Yun Niang, Han Yun Niang shook her head, she couldn't win. Han Gang glanced at the big player in the family again, and Zhou Nan pursed his lips and smiled, and rose up to replace Su Xin.

"You're confident...... This time, I want to kill the flowers on the chessboard. ”

Han Gang said confidently, but as soon as the opening dozen steps passed, his situation took a sharp turn for the worse. After walking more than thirty steps on the defensive, a horse flew from the sky, and one more step would be checkmated. Han Gang pondered and meditated, but he couldn't think of a way to get through the difficulties. Raising his eyes to look at Zhou Nan, a pair of jade hands were gently knocking on the chess pieces, and the jade face of Tianxiang was full of leisurely bamboo in his chest.

It was when he was in distress that a rescue soldier suddenly came outside the door, saying that someone was asking to see him. Han Gang was relieved and stood up: "Come when your husband goes." ”

As he left, a crisp laugh rang out from the room.

After a moment, Han Gang came back with a smile. is no longer a smile without any scheming that only family members can see, but full of the depth of officialdom.

"Official?" Wang Yi's voice was soft.

"A heavy gift," Han Gang smiled meaningfully, "and it's almost ready." ”