In the quiet hall with excellent lighting, there are twelve chess tracks on the chessboard made of fine apricot wood. The 12 chess pieces are divided into two groups of black and white, arranged on the left and right. One owl is large and five scattered pieces are small.
This is the popular game of six games in the world, with six white, six black and twelve chess pieces. The two sides compete to win a game. They are just happy to win, and they forget to eat and sleep and are still addicted to it.
Yan Le, an official in Xianyang County, picked up a betting chip that functioned like a sieve and threw it gently. Depending on the pros and cons of the betting chip, different numbers of chips appeared. Based on this number, he started playing chess.
Black's owl, surrounded by scattered stones, moves forward and approaches the "fish" on White's chess path. As long as the "fish" is eaten, White can get a gambling chip. When six chips are accumulated, he will win.
, this is the origin of "better".
However, watching Yan Le's chess moves, Zhao Gao, the commander of CRRC who was sitting opposite him, started laughing.
He threw the treasure with his backhand and picked up the white owl, but instead of saving the "fish", he killed the scattered people around the black owl and soon ate them all...
The winner was decided, Zhao Gao was packing up the chips and said: "My son-in-law, when you see a profit in doing things for others, remember to think about it. Your move just now is like seeing a bait."
Dead fish!”
Holding the eaten black owl in his hand, Zhao Gao narrowed his eyes and said meaningfully: "You really have to learn from that black man on this point. He is a cunning man who refuses to swallow the bait even when he is handed it to his mouth.
loach!"
Yan Le quickly lowered his head: "My son-in-law, remember this!"
Zhao Gao's is Yan Le's "uncle", that is, his father-in-law. A year ago, Zhao Gao's daughter got a hairpin. He ignored the concubines who came to propose marriage, but Wang and Sun ignored him and married his daughter to Xianyang Doushi Zuo.
Li Yanle is really shocking.
Yan Le was also stunned. This marriage was a turning point in his life. In the past year, not only had his official position been promoted by two levels, but no one in the Xianyang County Temple dared to disrespect him.
He knew that his uncle had taken care of all this, so he couldn't help but be grateful. Zhao Gao said that he was almost forty years old and still had no children, so he only regarded Yan Le as his son-in-law. Yan Le also treated him like his own father and was determined to do it.
Zhao Gao worked hard.
One of the tasks that Zhao Gao recently gave him was to use a colleague to instigate Mai Hui, the concubine of the Zuo who was also an official in the Xianyang County Temple, to attack the new brown sugar shops in Nanshi!
A series of incidents started from this.
Zhao Gao originally only planned to involve Heifu in this lawsuit and compete with Mai Hui for profit, but when things got serious, he would surely disappoint the emperor.
It is okay for officials to secretly let their family members do business. The emperor also understands that when the water is clear, there will be no fish. Sometimes, officials who are greedy for money are better to control than officials who have no hobbies. That's why Wang Jian desperately requested a house for his family when he conquered Chu.
Pond, so that the emperor can feel at ease.
But openly striving for profit is a short-sighted person who ignores laws and regulations and will be rejected.
Unexpectedly, Heifu happened to be having a banquet at Bazhong's mansion at that time, which was an unexpected surprise.
Zhao Gao was good at guessing the emperor's heart, and because he was good at writing, familiar with laws, and often drafted edicts, he had a good understanding of the policies that the empire was about to implement. He knew that the Ba Widow Qing Dynasty might prosper and then decline, and be evicted, and Ba Zhong
Just like a frightened bird, if you want to make friends in Xianyang, even if you can't let your family stay in Bajun, you can at least gain a foothold in the local area.
Heifu, a recently popular minister of the emperor, has become a key investment target of Bashi.
Zhao Gao watched all this silently in the dark. If Heifu relied on Ba Shi's power to solve the matter, and the two sides had entangled interests, and even muddleheadedly pleaded with the emperor for Ba Shi, that would be really wonderful...
Unfortunately, Heifu is very good at using his "power" and solved the matter perfectly with just one letter written to Sima Xin without leaving any clues.
Zhao Gao could only hope that Heifu, because of his humble background, could not resist the temptation of huge profits and accepted explicit or implicit bribes from Ba Shi.
Dianke, one of the Nine Qings, was responsible for managing barbarian relations and border tribal affairs, and Ba Zhong was also under his jurisdiction. The emperor favored the Ba Widow Qing family but was wary of it. Dianke's followers secretly monitored Ba Zhong all the time.
Every move should be reported to the emperor at any time.
Therefore, Zhao Gao knew that sooner or later this matter would reach the emperor's ears, and it would be up to him to see how Heifu would defend himself.
The emperor hates it when his close ministers associate with nobles! Just imagine that Lang Wei, who is around him, is easily corrupted by others with money, used by others, and makes speeches on his behalf. What is the difference between Zhao Guo, Guo Kai, and Qi's Hou Sheng?
the difference?
But what surprised Zhao Gao was that early the next morning, when Dianke Xingren reported the matter to the emperor, the emperor only replied with three words.
"I know it!"
…
Zhao Gao has been driving for the emperor for twenty years and is very familiar with his verbal habits. The meaning of these three words is that everything is as usual and we will not deal with it for the time being.
Now Zhao Gao understood the emperor's plan. Heifu did not intercede for Bashi and passed the test smoothly.
Only then did Zhao Gao praise Hei Fu full of praise in front of his son-in-law.
"Although Heifu comes from Guizhou Province, he is smart and steady, knows how to use force, and understands that there must be dead fish under the bait. If it were me, I wouldn't necessarily do better than him!"
Zhao Gao was filled with admiration, but Yan Le felt chills running down his spine. Zhao Gao was a deep-minded person, and the more he praised someone, the deeper his fear and hatred became.
And now, the degree of Heifu's praise and praise from Zhao Gao is second only to Meng Yi who once sentenced Zhao Gao to death!
Why is this happening? Looking back, Zhao Gao found that his wariness of Hei Fu stemmed from the inexplicable murderous intention outside the king's tent in Chen County...
He could be sure that at that moment, the light flashing in Heifu's eyes, the sudden rapid breathing, and the lightly clenched fists showed that he had murderous intentions! Although it was only for a moment, it was noticed by the sensitive Zhao Gao.
At that time, Zhao Gao thought it was a coincidence. When this black man met him for the first time, there was no grievance or enmity. Why would he have murderous intentions?
Until last month, the emperor ordered the ministers to discuss the title. He thought he would be the best, but unexpectedly, a black man came out halfway! It was almost exactly the same as what he proposed!
When Zhao Gao received the emperor's edict of promotion, he felt not honor and pride, but unreasonable anger.
And a deep sense of crisis!
"It would be fine if the memorial was written by Li Si, the court captain. How could a southern barbarian be able to guess His Majesty's thoughts!?"
Therefore, Zhao Gao began to make trouble for Hei Fu. He did not expect to make him lose the emperor's heart in one go, but at least he wanted to test out the depth of this person...
Among the twelve curves in the game, there are "evil paths" that are unfavorable for playing chess, but Heifu, either out of intuition or instinct, took the "good path" impartially.
Zhao Gao's temptation failed.
He lowered his head, looked at the black and white Owls tightly held in his hands, and fell into deep thought.
There are also sayings about the Gate of Life, Gate of Death, Mutual Prosperity and Mutual Inhibition on the Six Gambling Boards, which also have an impact on the gambling situation.
Zhao Gao believed that he was a white owl who slowly transformed from a loose child, a mother who suffered torture, and a humble official background. He gritted his teeth, made military exploits and regained his freedom, and through continuous self-improvement through civil and military training
, from an illiterate commoner to one of the top three calligraphers in the world, entering His Majesty's sight.
Twenty years of official career and eight thousand days and nights of hard work, he never slacked off for a day. Even in the details of marrying and choosing a son-in-law, he deliberately selected Yan Le, a capable but low-status clerk, to give the emperor a kind of: Zhao
Gao never had the impression of being clique-y.
His efforts paid off. If Li Si was the emperor's most important minister, then Zhao Gao was the emperor's most trusted minister.
But now, facing Hei Fu, Zhao Gao only had four words left in his heart.
"The future life is to be feared!"
Seeing that Zhao Gao was silent, Yan Le said cautiously: "Uncle, that black man can only escape the blame by chance. If it doesn't work once, then the second time, why don't you let me..."
"No need!"
Zhao Gao said flatly: "This matter ends here. This boy is very resourceful. It would not be good if he acted rashly and made him wary."
A gentle move didn't work? No matter what, Zhao Gao was not in a hurry. A skilled hunter is always waiting for the best opportunity.
"Although I am wary of this son, I am not worried that he can surpass me! How can the closeness of the ministers be determined overnight?"
While saying these words indifferently, Zhao Gao walked to the quietly burning charcoal basin, put the black owl in his hand that had been pinched to pieces, and threw it into the fire!
When the flames gnawed away at the sunspots and light flickered in his eyes, Zhao Gao showed a sinister smile.