During the Spring Festival, Sima Letian and his wife served wine and invited the Xiao family to talk. Sima Letian's younger brother, Sima Yi and his wife from Dazhu Kingdom, and his wife Zhang Xuan accompanied them. The next day, the Xiao family also held a banquet to invite Sima Letian and his wife, and the original team members were the guests.
Zhang Xuanchengjian proposed to go to Badan Country or Fulao Country to exterminate demons after the Spring Festival, but Sima Yi told him that in Chaina country, there is a custom of newlyweds dressing up and parading on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. The royal family pays special attention to this, so the extermination of demons might as well be postponed. , it’s not too late to go after the cruise.
Sima Letian then said: "Zi'ang, the Badain Kingdom has sent a note, saying that it is sending an envoy to visit after the Spring Festival. You are now a first-class official of the imperial court. You usually do not participate in court meetings, and the courtiers are very unfamiliar with you. You might as well take advantage of this opportunity." Please attend the meeting with the Bataan envoy so that everyone can get familiar with you, and you can also learn about the situation in Bataan."
After hearing this, Zhang Xuan had no choice but to temporarily put down his thoughts of going to a foreign country to slay demons. In the following days, he took turns having wine and writing with the princes for fun.
The princes had a noble status and were always conceited. Although Zhang Xuan suddenly became a prince-in-law, they still thought that Zhang Xuan, who was born in the countryside, was a bit vulgar. Apart from his ability to subjugate demons, he was far from them in terms of literature and Han. Therefore, he always shows off his literary talents in the process of getting along.
It is true that these princes, who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths, were taught hand-by-hand and mouth-to-mouth by Hanlin Academy bachelors from the day they knew how to read. When they grew up, their writing skills were by no means comparable to that of ordinary young people. In addition, the masters in the Hanlin Academy often flattered them, and they even thought that their level was so good that they could surpass others by several blocks.
However, what they didn't know was that although Zhang Xuan was born in a rural area, he was by no means an ordinary person. He had studied with the teacher Zhang Kuanren for several years, which was nothing special. What was special was that he had successively absorbed several great masters and possessed all the necessary skills. After having the foundation of a master, his mind is extremely smart and he can apply the knowledge he has learned before. In addition, he has done some research on ancient writing, and his knowledge of ancient writing can throw the princes off the streets.
Therefore, in the face of the princes' intentional and unintentional provocations, Baguio couldn't help but worry about Zhang Xuan, but Zhang Xuan always responded calmly with a smile. Not only did he answer the questions raised by the princes one by one, but he also often confused the princes. He was stunned for a while.
Faced with such an embarrassing situation, the princes couldn't help but curse their mothers, deeply regretting that they shouldn't have shot themselves in the foot.
After returning to his mansion, Baguio asked with wide eyes: "Zhang Xuan, all the knowledge you displayed was learned from the teachers who taught you the Six Arts?"
Zhang Xuan responded with a smile: "Yao Yao, you are looking down on me! Those teachers who teach the six arts focus on art, not merit. In addition to the enlightenment teacher's teachings, I also have my own writing skills. Exploration. This shows that I am a very smart person!”
Baguio rolled her eyes at him, as if she was dissatisfied with his boasting, and then said: "It seems that I have to inform my father and ask him to provide you with an opportunity to discuss literature and ethics with a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and tell my father that you are a complete scholar in both civil and military affairs." Just so that he can take a good look at you again."
"Haha, that's not my ambition. Why do I need those false reputations?" Zhang Xuan responded calmly, "I can just brag to you at home. There is no need to brag to strangers."
Baguio looked at him carefully and saw that his attitude was quite serious, so he no longer insisted on promoting his literary talent.
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Zhang Xuan and Baguio, clad in red and colorful clothes, rode on tall horses and paraded through the streets under the covert protection of several palace guards. For this parade, the royal family specially invited famous drummers from the theater troupe to play at the front, attracting many people to stop and watch.
This is the day when many newlyweds parade in the streets in the imperial city. Those men and women who like to watch the excitement come to the streets early in the morning, specifically waiting to watch the newlyweds pass by, and by the way, they can ask for some wedding gifts such as wedding candies, which are also good to get. With some joy, I saw a pair of beautiful people coming out of the palace. The groom had a jade tree in the wind, and the bride was in awe. They couldn't help but cheer, and gradually gathered around them, running back and forth to watch.
Seeing this, Zhang Xuan smiled at the onlookers and threw out a handful of happy gifts, making those people pick them up in a hurry.
During the journey, I occasionally met other newcomers who came out for a cruise. The newcomers felt a little ashamed because they did not have such a big battle, so they all gave way and waited for Zhang Xuan and his wife to go far away before moving on.
Zhang Xuan funded Bai Lang to open a chess hall a few days ago. During this tour, he planned to pass by the entrance of the chess hall in order to understand the operation of the chess hall.
However, Bai Lang's chess hall is located in a narrow, secluded alley. Zhang Xuan and Baguio were followed by many people watching the excitement. It was not smooth when walking to the chess hall. Several palace guards had to Shouting loudly to disperse the crowd blocking the road.
Arriving near the chess hall, Zhang Xuan dismounted, helped Baguio off the horse, and prepared to enter the chess hall on foot.
Unexpectedly, when he looked up, he saw Bai Lang arguing with a charming woman in a hurry.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Xuan couldn't help but wonder. Bai Lang is an unsmiling old man, and the people who open his chess hall are all well-behaved people who come to learn and play chess. Why did he get into an argument with this woman for no reason? Could it be that there is some obscure relationship between them?
While thinking wildly, Zhang Xuan had already arrived in front of Bai Lang and asked in a deep voice: "Why are you arguing here?"
Bai Lang, who was preoccupied with arguing with the woman, turned to look at Zhang Xuan when he heard Zhang Xuan's inquiry, and said with a wry smile: "Zi'ang, this unreasonable woman is making trouble in my chess hall, please give me a break." Comment!"
When the woman heard what Bai Lang said, she immediately became unhappy and said with wide eyes, "Why do you mean I'm making trouble in your chess hall? Old man, you set the rules yourself, but you don't abide by them. If I don’t want to admit defeat, who else should I look for to judge!”
Zhang Xuan saw that the two of them were arguing their own reasons and couldn't argue with each other, so he said: "You two, this street is not the place to argue. If you have something to do, you might as well go to the chess hall to argue. How about it?"
The woman Bai Zhangxuan glanced at it and said angrily: "We just tore it out from the chess hall. Now if we tear it back again, nothing will come out of it."
Zhang Xuan smiled and said: "That's different! You guys came out of the chess hall before and didn't understand it clearly, just because I wasn't here. Now that you have me, you can definitely explain it clearly. If you can't understand it clearly, I won't leave. Got it!"
The woman looked at Zhang Xuan and then at Baguio beside Zhang Xuan. She seemed to think that this distinguished person would keep his word, so she reluctantly agreed and followed Bai Lang and Zhang Xuan into the chess hall.
After the two sides sat down and talked calmly, Zhang Xuan finally understood the whole story and couldn't help but smile.
It turns out that after Bai Lang opened the chess hall, in order to show off his superb chess skills and attract more customers, he hung a sign in front of the door: This hall welcomes the world's chess heroes to come and play. Which hero can win the hall? After two games of chess, the owner is willing to give up his place without taking any money!
After the signboard was put up, it really attracted many chess masters who wanted to compete with Bai Lang in the ring. However, those people's chess skills were not as good as Bai Lang's and they all failed.
Later, this woman in red clothes came to the door. Without saying a word, she played chess with Bai Lang and agreed to win two out of three games.
As a result, the women won both games. According to the agreement, the kick-off was successful.
As a result, Bai Lang fell into embarrassment.
