Monument Yangmen

Chapter 25 Zhao Pu is getting old...

If there is nothing to go to the Three Treasures Hall, Zhao Pu usually visits, and there must be something important to tell Yang Yansi, and Yang Yansi can get some useful news from him every time.

Zhao Pu himself is a Pixiu, so he also knows that it is absolutely impossible to get back the gold and silver sent to Yang Yansi, but every time he sees Yang Yansi's face, he gets angry.

Yang Yansi and Zhao Pu bickered for a while, and then began to ask, "You don't always visit the door for no reason, do you have something to mention?"

Zhao Pu chuckled, "I thought you boy would refrain from asking... It's okay if you want to know, 3000 taels."

puff!
Yang Yansi felt that Zhao Pu was talking loudly, and shook his head decisively, "No money! I won't give it if I have it."

Zhao Pu was furious, "Stinky boy, when others ask me to do something, they always kneel down and beg me, offering ten thousand taels of gold, but I don't care. You brat is shameless!"

Yang Yansi knew that Zhao Pu's words were correct.With Zhao Pu's status today, those who ask him to do things can break through the threshold of his family.Moreover, with Zhao Pu's money-greedy nature, the amount of bribes offered was too small to be ignored.

"Master Xiang, we are also neighbors. As the saying goes, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, and it is right to help each other."

Looking at Yang Yansi's harmless smiling face, Zhao Pu's teeth itch with anger.

"You also know that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. If that's the case, why do you want to blackmail me with 2000 taels of gold?"

Yang Yansi corrected: "Master, you can't calculate it like this. Others learn to paint, at most they just learn a little bit of skills. You are old, but you even took away the right to create. Use 2000 taels of gold to buy a chance to be famous in history, what a loss." It's a kid, okay?"

When Zhao Pu thought about it, it was also the same reason, and his mood immediately improved a lot.

Zhao Pu knew that Yang Yansi was right. Although he didn't read much, he knew the existing painting skills, and he didn't have sketching skills at all.

With his eyesight, he can see the potential of sketching as a painting technique.

As the founder of a school of painting skills, it is inevitable that his name will remain in history.

Although, with his current status and the important events he has participated in, it is almost certain that his name will remain in history.

However, who would think too little of this kind of thing?
Zhao Pu was persuaded by Yang Yansi in his heart, but he was not forgiving in his mouth.

"Stinky boy, it's simply arguing. How do you know that this kind of painting skills can be famous in history? Well, it's because of your saying that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. This old man will tell you frankly. It has something to do with your participation in the Taixue assessment."

"Oh?!"

Zhao Pu continued: "Originally, it was ordered by the King of King Jijiu, that you must take part in the assessment tomorrow and pass nine assessments in one day before you can enter Taixue. I don't know where your luck came from, that old man Shen Lun knows After this incident, the assessment rules have been changed. The nine assessments remain unchanged, but you are allowed to take one examination every three days."

"Shen Lun..."

Zhao Pu nodded, "Although Shen Lun does not agree with the old man's political views, he still behaves according to the rules. Allowing you to take the test every three days is considered a chance for you. You will take the first test in three days, take it well Get ready!"

Yang Yansi remembered Shen Lun in his heart, and continued to ask, "What is the first test, kid?"

"chess!"

"Chess?" Yang Yansi frowned when he heard the chess game assessment.

His Go skills are only at an amateur level, thanks to the fact that he once had a tablemate who liked Go, otherwise he would definitely know nothing about Go.

With his level, it is very difficult to defeat those people who often study chess in Taixue, and he must find another shortcut.

While Yang Yansi was thinking about countermeasures, Zhao Pu had already left the other courtyard of Yang's Mansion with the support of Anan.

Outside the courtyard of the Yang Mansion, Anan waited by Zhao Pu's side, wondering: "Master, you seem to be very tolerant of that kid..."

Zhao Pu was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head and smiled, "When you get old, your heart softens."

Anan said with a smile: "Looking at it, it doesn't seem like you have softened your heart. It's just a little indulgent and pampering..."

Zhao Pu said with a straight face: "You slave, trying to figure out what the old man is thinking. How could the old man spoil that little bastard?"

Anan smiled lightly, and did not expose Zhao Pu again.

He knew in his heart that Zhao Pu and Yang Yansi would bicker as soon as they met, but in fact Zhao Pu enjoyed the process of bickering.

If someone else dared to provoke Zhao Pu's anger like Yang Yansi, the corpse would probably be hung at the gate of the city to dry soon.

With Zhao Pu's character and status, it was too easy to kill a person.Even if you are the heir of an official family.

In fact, after Anan's reminder, Zhao Pu also felt a little bit.

Although he has two sons and daughters, they are not by his side.Under his planning, the two sons are now in high positions and are officials in other places, and the only little grandson is also brought by his son.

Because of his stubbornness in the early years, the two daughters became monks in a rage.They only go back to the mansion to see their old couple during the holidays.

His children and grandchildren were not by his side, so he unconsciously placed his affection for his children and grandchildren on Yang Yansi.

This is also the reason why once he found out about the Yang family or Yang Yansi, he would come to deliver the news.

Thinking of his children and grandchildren, Zhao Pu felt a little gloomy, pushed Anan away, and walked in the field alone.

Old Zhao Pu enjoyed all the glory and wealth in his life, and he was like a fish in water in the court, receiving all the favors.However, since his two daughters became nuns, he has never enjoyed family happiness again.

Looking at the arched back of the high-spirited old man in the court in the past, Anan suddenly shed two lines of tears.

Sir, I am really old!

Perhaps, in the future, I should take the master to the next door more often.

While Anan was thinking about how to relieve Zhao Pu's worries, Yang Yansi was flipping through books in the small building.

After searching for a long time among the books sent by the Yang family, they only found an introductory book of Go and a few fragments of Go.

Carefully reading the introductory book called "Go Chronicles", Yang Yansi found in it that the Go skills of the Song Dynasty were obviously different from those of later generations.

For him, the basics are the most important.

He didn't want to make jokes because of some basic problems when playing chess three days later.

The remaining few fragments are of little use to Yang Yansi.

As night fell, when Yang Yansi was still reading at night while holding candles, Niutou returned to the other courtyard.

"It's just to dig for some gold and silver. Why have you been here for so long?"

Niutou lowered his head, hesitatingly said: "This subordinate also thought it was just digging some gold and silver. Who knew that a secret passage was found in that house. The secret passage leads directly to the underground waterway of Bianjing City."

Yang Yansi put down the book in his hand, raised his head and asked, "Did you find anything in the waterway?"

Niutou stared, "It's not just a discovery, it's a big discovery."

(End of this chapter)