Chapter 121: Dragon and Phoenix among men
"Hahaha."

Master Nie stroked his white beard and laughed loudly, "Then I won't hide anything. I met you in the mansion today and set up a chess game. In fact, I wanted to see what kind of husband Wan He would marry."

Seeing that Xu Qing remained calm, Master Nie understood that this guy had seen through his purpose.

"I wanted to use my chess style to understand my friend's personality, but unfortunately my friend only has a vague understanding of these things, so I can't see anything... There is always something that I don't understand in my heart. From the previously reported "Farewell to My Lover on the 15th Full Moon Night" to "Bodhisattva Man", these brilliant poems have one thing in common, that is, the artistic conception of the poems is different."

Master Nie slowly expressed the confusion in his heart.

"The full moon night of the 15th is full of homesickness, while Bodhisattva Man is full of nostalgia for revisiting an old place... The same is true of other poems written by you. If you read them carefully, they are all different from your own experiences and experiences."

When the news of the poetry gathering and Zuiyuange masterpieces came out, Master Nie just thought that the two poems were written by Lu Wanhe.

Considering that Lu Wanhe was treated coldly by the Xu family and missed the reunions and celebrations of the Lu family in the past, the mood of this poem is barely acceptable.

But when Master Nie investigated Xu Qing in recent days, he found out that this spoiled young master of the Xu family had never left Suzhou and had never experienced any setbacks or difficulties... Moreover, after losing his memory, he should have forgotten his earlier memories. How could he have created such a masterpiece?
"Ah."

Xu Qing put down a piece, not knowing how to respond to the question from the old man in front of him.

When he was copying the poems, he didn't think about the poet's age and experience. It was not easy to find poems that fit the theme and various requirements.

It is normal that it is now discovered by some Confucian scholars who have some culture and can understand the meaning of poetry.

"My dear friend, I heard that Wan He was not living a happy life in Wan He, and the situation only improved after you lost your memory. From beginning to end, everything that happened to you is intriguing. Even if I have seen thousands of people and thousands of faces, I still can't see through you."

Master Nie calmly made a move, sealing Xu Qing's energy point in the middle of the board, blocking his retreat.

"There are no outsiders in this room, so I can talk to you about my innermost thoughts. I am a famous middle-aged man. I was the top scholar in the imperial examination during the reign of the previous emperor, but I was not given a high position because of some jokes. I traveled around the country in anger. After Empress Dowager Xu became favored, the previous emperor persuaded me to let go of my worries and promised me an important position in the Tai Academy."

Master Nie said amiably, "So if you really count it, I am also blessed by the Queen Mother, which gave me my current fame and status. So I am not very interested in whether the ruler's surname is Li or Xu, and I do not respect the orthodox Confucian royal doctrine as others have said."

Xu Qing moved his eyes slightly. What Master Nie said calmly would cause a stir in the folk academic circles if it were spread.

After all, one advantage of the royal family's elimination of all schools of thought and the exclusive promotion of Confucianism is that the Confucian school highly values ​​orthodoxy in the world, and even if a collateral descendant of the same surname comes to power, he must have a legitimate reason and be justified.

Otherwise, you will be despised by the world and your country will not be stable.

"My dear friend, I want to hear a reasonable explanation from you."

Xu Qing deliberately asked: "What if I can't tell it?"

Master Nie knew that Xu Qing was deliberately provoking him, but he didn't get angry. Instead, he stroked his beard and smiled.

"Although Wan He is my registered disciple, she is my disciple after all. Besides, this child has lost her mother and father, and is extremely weak... I beg the Xu family to show mercy and cancel this marriage and let her go."

It seems that Master Nie felt that by spreading those poems, he might be using Lu Wanhe to do things for him.

That's why he would use the method of playing chess to talk to himself and express his thoughts in a tactful way.

Compared with the attitudes of others, this great scholar has already taken the lowest posture of an inferior, and there is no threat in any of his words.

But the other party would never think that Xu Qing copied out the nouns and poems that did not match his experience because of his memories of his past life. No matter what he said now, with Master Nie's vision and knowledge, he would probably doubt his identity after losing his memory.

In this case, it is better to break before building...

……

Just as Master Nie was carefully observing Xu Qing's every word and action, he suddenly saw the young master of the Xu family put down the black chess piece in his hand and instead hold the two corners of the chessboard with both hands.

"Ok?"

Xu Qing suddenly exerted force and flipped the entire chessboard to the right, causing the rare and exquisite priceless chess pieces to scatter all over the floor.

Master Nie and Minister Sui behind him were both frightened by Xu Qing's sudden action.

In particular, the calm expression on Minister Sui's face disappeared, and was replaced by an expression of shock, anger and lingering fear.

"Xu Qing! What do you want to do? Do you know that destroying a chess game midway is an insulting act of a hooligan? It is disrespectful!"

Minister Sui was anxious and angry, and kept accusing Xu Qing of being treacherous.

My teacher's reputation and status are so precious. If this incident on the chessboard gets out, I'm afraid outsiders will laugh at my teacher for bringing shame upon himself and inviting a wolf into the house.

After all, Xu Qing's notoriety and bad deeds are obvious to all, and he doesn't behave like a gentleman at all.

"Although I don't understand the advanced chess games, I also understand the deployment of troops on the chessboard, but Mr. Nie should also abandon his old ideas and get to know me in a new way."

Xu Qing looked straight at Master Nie and said solemnly, "After all, I am different from others. Since the current trend of the chess game is not in my favor, I can just discard all the chess pieces and start a new game."

"interesting."

After a long silence, Master Nie realized the meaning of Xu Qing's action and raised his hand to ask Minister Sui behind him to be quiet.

Mr. Nie is well aware that watching chess is like watching people. In his mind, playing chess can best reflect personality and cultivation.

The situation just now was extremely tense. If it were any other famous person, they would definitely rack their brains to fight on the chessboard. Those who can remain calm and deal with it with ease are masters who have tempered their character.

But Xu Qing, a young man in his early twenties, was able to think of a way to break the game outside the chessboard and eliminate the gap in chess skills and experience between the two. This was beyond his imagination.

This shows that my vision is narrow.

"The reason why Mr. Nie thinks that writing poetry requires temperament and experience is because Mr. Nie is not like me, who can write famous poems at a young age relying on passion and imagination."

Xu Qing paused meaningfully, deliberately leaving a blank for thought in his words, as if he was hinting at something.

As a result, even someone like Master Nie began to doubt his own life experiences over the years, feeling that his previous views were like a frog in a well, unable to recognize the true elite.

(End of this chapter)