Although the losers of the 10th chess tournament did not advance to the finals, they were in the top ten, so they were also rewarded.
Li Tai prepared a badge made of copper for each of them. With this badge, they can directly participate in the next semi-finals. Instead of fighting hard in the preliminary rounds, they can just directly participate in the knockout rounds of the semi-finals.
At the same time, each of them will be prepared with a special top ten folding fan made of red sandalwood and bone and silk.
Of course, these gifts were distributed by He Qi, and Li Tai came to the chess court where Pei Xingjian was.
Although these failed players no longer played, Li Tai did not drive them away, but let them stay in the chess courtyard.
Servants will still deliver food and meals to them and help them clean their rooms so that these chess players can continue to watch the Final Four.
Under normal circumstances, the vast majority of people would choose to stay and see the end of the game.
Because they also want to see where those masters who have defeated them can go.
So when he saw that his clan brother failed in the imperial examination, Pei Yan was actually accompanying his clan brother.
I hope he can get out of this depressed atmosphere, but at this moment Li Tai came to the door.
Li Tai knocked on the door, and Pei Yan opened the door and saw Li Tai, with doubts in his eyes.
"The young man is Pei Yan, I guess. May I ask whether Pei Xingjian or Pei Shou are here?" Li Tai looked at Pei Yan and saluted.
"Who are you?" Pei Yan looked at Li Tai. In his memory, there was no memory of Li Tai at all.
"I am Li Qingque, and because of my good reputation as Mr. Pei, I came here to pay my respects!" Li Tai said calmly.
Because he was operating in the chess academy, Li Tai took neither his bodyguard Lu Anshou nor Bai He with him, and went alone to visit Pei Xingjian.
"Brother, this Li Qingque is here to visit you!" Pei Yan saluted Li Tai and went back to his room to call for help.
At this time, the majestic and heroic Pei Xingjian came over. Although he was confused when he saw Li Tai, he still invited Li Tai into the room.
Pei Yan made tea for Pei Xingjian and Li Tai. Because there is such a drink in the chess academy, and the hot water supply can be guaranteed at any time, anyone who has drunk tea, especially those who play chess, will more or less like it.
This tea drink.
All 128 people who entered the preliminary round were given two kilograms of tea cakes as a consolation prize for their participation.
"Li Langjun, are you looking for Pei?" Pei Xingjian asked in confusion as he looked at Li Tai.
"A certain generation of kings of Wei came here. The king of Wei liked him very much when he saw your rigorous chess style. He also knew that he was the governor of Pei, so he hoped to hire Mr. Lang as the official of the Palace of Wei." Li Tai said to Pei Xingjian.
"I also asked Brother Li to thank the King of Wei for me, but Pei wanted to try the imperial examination and see how popular I am in the world!" Pei Xingjian listened to Li Tai's words and refused to Li Tai.
"When the blue sky reaches the sky and the ambitions are fulfilled, the poems about angry horses in bright clothes will live up to the poem. There are many dangers and obstacles in the road ahead, and there will be times when the winds and waves will break!"
After listening to Pei Xingjian's words, Li Tai became even more interested in Pei Xingjian. He saluted Pei Xingjian and said, "Brother Pei has such great ambitions!"
Pei Xingjian heard Li Tai's poems and felt very fond of Li Tai.
After all, as a Tang Dynasty person, he must like poetry. Pei Xingjian felt that Li Tai could write poems out of his mouth, especially the passionate and uplifting style of the poem, which inspired him even more after he had just failed in the ten games of chess.
Thinking of this, Pei Xingjian said, "Li Langjun is so talented. I should offer tea instead of wine and give Brother Li a toast."
I wonder if Mr. Pei can make a suggestion, and if Brother Li can keep the calligraphy treasure and these poems, I will definitely treasure them!"
"If Brother Pei likes it, it will be a blessing for me!" Li Tai smiled even brighter when he heard this.
Pei Xingjian took one look and said to Pei Yan. Pei Yan quickly took out a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and Li Tai naturally wrote "Li Qingque's Poem to Pei Langjun" on the rice paper.
He quickly wrote down this impromptu poem, then decisively took out the Li Qingque seal and stamped it!
Pei Xingjian looked at Li Tai's red Li Qingque seal and knew that Li Tai was really called Li Qingque.
Otherwise, it was just a coincidence that I asked him to write poems. Who deceived others and brought his own seal.
In comparison, Pei Xingjian felt a little strange when he looked at Li Tai's handwriting. If it was neat, it was neat, and if it was strong, it was strong. But he didn't know why when he saw this handwriting, it felt a little less energetic.
God, there is a bit more craftsmanship.
"Brother Pei laughed at me. I have practiced calligraphy since I was a child, but unfortunately I have not been able to grasp the essence of it. Among my brothers and sisters in the family, I am the worst at calligraphy. Because of this, I was punished by Aye to copy all kinds of calligraphy. Unfortunately, I still
I can’t write it!” Li Tai couldn’t help but sigh.
"Brother Li, don't be discouraged. You have such a great talent, and you will definitely be able to show your ambitions in the future." Pei Xingjian advised Li Tai.
"Don't talk about these boring things!" Li Tai smiled calmly at Pei Xingjian and said, "I also like to play chess. How about you and I having a game?"
"If Brother Li is interested, then Pei will not show mercy!" Pei Xingjian said bluntly.
Li Tai smiled and started playing chess decisively.
For Li Tai, it didn't matter whether Pei Xingjian was willing to become his disciple or not since Pei Xingjian accepted the copybook he wrote himself to improve his seal.
This incident may become a time bomb for Pei Xingjian. As long as it is exposed, no matter who he is hanging out with, he may eventually come to him for some air.
As for it would be better if Li Chengqian took a fancy to Pei Xingjian. When he knew the news, he was quite looking forward to it.
Therefore, he was sincerely friends with Pei Xingjian, and Pei Xingjian unceremoniously displayed his ability as a strong player in Shiban chess, and directly killed Li Tai to pieces.
It's still the same, Li Tai can still fight Pei Xingjian at the beginning, but as he goes on, he gets more and more bloody.
This made Li Tai wonder how much water Qi Taizhao had put in when he was playing chess with Qi Taizhao.
However, by gaining pleasure from Li Tai, Pei Xingjian became happy with a smile on his face.
Just be happy that Li Tai is pregnant with you. One day, you will cry.
I even thought to myself that I would write in my diary when I went back today and write that Pei Xingjian played chess with me and beat me three times. I will remember this very well.
But no matter what, Li Tai and Pei Xingjian finally got to know each other, and after playing three games, Li Tai left decisively.
To be honest, Pei Xingjian still has a good impression of Li Tai. Looking at the poems he wrote to himself, although the handwriting is not very energetic, it is still neat.
At least based on this last sentence, I believe this poem has the capital to be passed down to future generations. It really makes people like it more and more as they read it!
Just when Li Tai was about to leave the chess court, he saw a man with a Central Asian appearance entangled with the guard at the door.
Li Tai walked over and asked, "This is the chess academy, how can it be so noisy?"
"I've met the King of Wei!" The two gatekeepers knew Li Tai after all. They pointed at the Central Asian and said, "This foreigner is so entangled that he wants to enter the chess court and disturb the chess player Yuan."
"I will leave the Tang Dynasty soon. I saw Yuan playing chess here after seeing the Shifan chess map, so I came over to express my gratitude to Yuan. After all, no one knows when we will meet again next time!" Belus
Open your mouth and say.
When Li Tai heard this, he nodded understandingly and said, "You are Belus, the envoy of the Sassanid Kingdom. You speak Chinese very well. Come with me, and I can take you to see Master Yuan."
"Thank you, King Wei!" Seeing that the matter was finally explained, Belus couldn't help but felt happy and thanked Li Tai, but he looked at Li Tai with confusion and said, "King Wei knows me?"
"I heard Master Yuan tell you about you!" Li Tai smiled calmly and said to Belus.
Li Tai looked at the two gatekeepers and said, "Zhang Erlang, Wang San, you have done a good job and are very responsible."
When the two of them heard Li Tai's words, they were both a little surprised. They didn't expect that two ordinary gatekeepers, He Dehe Neng, could actually make the King of Wei remember them.
For a moment, I felt a little bit proud. No one knows whether my loyalty to Li Tai has increased, but at least I continued to stand guard during the snowy day, and it didn't seem so cold anymore.
Li Tai naturally knew about Yuan Keshi's room, and quickly brought Belus to Yuan Keshi's room.
At this time, Master Yuan was also observing his opponent's chess moves with the Shifan chess records compiled over the past few days.
Seeing the arrival of Li Tai and Belus, Yuan Keshi was stunned, wondering why these two people came together.
Instead, Belus said to Master Yuan, "Yuan, it's really been a long time since I last saw you. I will be returning to China soon. I knew you were competing here, so I came here to say goodbye to you."
Belus took out a gold coin from his arms and said, "This is the lucky coin I have carried since I was a child.
Because I met Yuan you, I successfully met the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and even got permission from the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to send an envoy to our country.
Although this thousand-mile road made me understand that it would be extremely difficult for the Tang Dynasty to send soldiers to Sassanid, it at least gave my country a way to retreat in the Tang Dynasty.
The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty promised that if the Sasanian people could escape to the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty would be willing to give us a safe place for Sasanians to live in the north."
It is said that Li Tai was a little surprised when he heard what Belus said, but it was not that Li Shimin was very benevolent.
But I wonder if Xue Yantuo in the north has grown up eating the corpses of the East Turks after they were killed.
After all, if the Eastern Turks are said to be destroyed, they must be destroyed. In Li Jing's battle, even the Khan was able to capture and kill nobles wherever they should.
But the end of the top does not mean the demise of a nation. The grassland tribes will instinctively follow their original life inertia and start fighting and fighting, and then create a new and more enterprising top force.
And the current Xue Yantuo is very much in this trend. Although a generation has not fully grown up, there is no doubt that Xue Yantuo is gradually becoming stronger.
Therefore, perhaps in Li Shimin's impression, Sasanian was a small country, and their orphans were just used to check the flourishing Xue Yantuo.
After all, an ambitious grassland was not what Datang wanted to see. A divided grassland was the best grassland for Datang.
Master Yuan Ke was very moved when he heard Belus' words. He took off his jade pendant and gave it to Belus.
"This is my personal jade pendant. I hope I can exchange tokens with you. Seeing this token means meeting someone."
The two handed over their tokens solemnly. At this time, Belus completed his meeting with Yuan Keshi and was about to leave, but at this time he was pulled back by Li Tai.
At this moment, Li Tai said to Belus, "Prince Belus, please wait a moment."
"King Wei, do you have something else to do?" Bellus looked at Li Tai with some confusion and asked.
Li Tai smiled and said, "Prince Belus, if you send someone to the Tang Dynasty next time, it would be best to leave behind some of the best Sasanian guides, as well as some diplomats who are proficient in Chinese, and a person who can represent the Sasanian people."
Officials of Shan."
"This..." Belus heard Li Tai's words with a bit of incomprehension. It was precisely because he had personally walked the road from Sassanid to the Tang Dynasty that Belus did not feel at all that the Tang Dynasty had
The possibility of sending troops to rescue Sassanid.
However, Li Tai said, "It's very simple. Let's start with whether Sasan can survive this crisis.
If this crisis can be overcome, the Tang Dynasty and the Sasanians are willing to renew their relationship and send envoys to each other to maintain the stability of the Silk Road.
Taking ten thousand steps back, if the crisis Sasanian encounters this time is beyond imagination, then the more manpower and material resources you invest in Datang, the more Sasanian people you can save by preparing a retreat in the future.
So while Sasan still has enough cards, he can send some insignificant seeds of power over."
"Belus understands! Thank you King Wei for reminding you." After hearing Li Tai's words, Belus saluted Li Tai.
For Belus, who risked his life all the way to the Tang Dynasty for his country, any advice that was beneficial to the country was worthy of his attention.
However, Belus did not say any more and chose to say goodbye to Li Tai and Yuan Keshi.
Master Yuan Keshi looked at Li Tai curiously, and said with a little doubt: "What the King of Wei just said means that he hopes to establish long-term diplomacy with Sassanid?"
"Why not!" Li Tai said seriously, "The world is so big, do we have to limit our sights entirely to the Central Plains?
Since we have the opportunity to see the outside world, why should we refuse?
What’s more important is that the Sasanians have had contacts with my clan since ancient times, so now it seems like a good opportunity to enter.”
When Yuan Keshi heard Li Tai's words, he opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he closed his mouth.
Master Yuan Ke could feel that perhaps what he thought was completely different from what King Wei thought.
He only had a personal friendship with Belus, but King Wei seemed to have a very strong interest in the Sasanian Empire.
This kind of interest can even be said to be a kind of expectation, looking forward to the arrival of the Sasanian Kingdom.
It's just that Yuan Keshi has been to the Hehuang Valley, and he clearly knows that the distance between Sassanid and Chang'an is probably more than a thousand miles. As long as the officials in the Tang Dynasty are not crazy, I believe they will never send reinforcements to cover the distance of thousands of miles.