In the Imperial City Imperial Garden.

Zhao Zhen stood there with his hands behind his back, and there were Bao Yan, Pang Yu, Ouyang Chunhua, Zhao Lan, Wang Qi, Ge Qing and other teenagers in the garden.

Bao Yan sat at the table, holding a piano score in his hand and was reading, with a beautiful nine-stringed guitar on the table.

Pang Yu stood aside with a tangerine and watched... The nine-stringed zither was borrowed from the empress dowager. Just now, Zhao Zhen sent Pang Yu and Bao Yan to borrow the zither. In addition to the zither, the two of them also brought back a large basket of tangerines.

Zhao Zhen was walking in the yard, and the group of Imperial College students gathered in the yard to eat oranges.

When Nangong Ji brought Wu Mei and Bazi to the garden, he saw this scene.

When Zhao Zhen saw that everyone had arrived, he nodded to Bao Yan.

Bao Yan put down the piano score and started playing the piano.

Bao Yan plays a slow piano music. The melody of the song is very strange. At first, it doesn’t sound like it’s playing randomly. But when you listen carefully, it seems that there is a certain pattern in it. If you listen for a while, you may even feel that it’s a little nice.

Pang Yu and Ouyang Chunhua both thought it was not nice, while Zhao Lan and Wang Qi felt it was very interesting, but the expressions even more shocked at this time were Bazi and Wu Mei.

Wu Mei said, "This is the song that Lord Mo has been playing..."

"This tune is still very special." As a talented man, Bao Yan naturally has certain attainments in playing the piano. He tried to pluck a few strings, and his movements were a bit awkward. "Playing this kind of tune requires a nine-string zither...it is best if the piano is still bent."

"Curved?" Zhao Lan was curious, "Is there such a piano?"

"The piano that Master Mo used to play the piano is indeed curved, which is different from the piano commonly used by the Central Plains people." As soon as Wu Mei finished speaking, she heard a voice slowly say, "That kind of piano is called a fishtail qin. The strings are made of the tail fins of a special bitter-tail fish. The strings are harder than the silk strings of ordinary pianos and are louder, so the technique is very heavy when playing, which is especially suitable for playing on the water surface. The sound of the piano will change with the water surface."

Everyone followed the sound and saw that the person who spoke was that he had entered the garden at some point and was leaning against the rockery to tease a white peacock Yin Hou.

Everyone subconsciously stared at the white peacock, especially Zhao Zhen...

This white peacock is the only white one among the twenty peacocks in the palace. It looks particularly good-looking and its name is Tianyue, but it has a bad temper. Zhao Zhen heard Nangong say that Tianyue seems to like Yin Hou very much, and not only takes the initiative to get close to Yin Hou. Yin Hou said that it is a fool and it is also beautiful. Sure enough, Tianyue, who was originally hiding from people from afar, flew over today. Now he is standing on the rockery, with his beautiful tail at Yin Hou's hand, lowering his neck and let Yin Hou touch his head.

Zhao Lan brought the tea to flatter Yin Hou, and asked curiously, "Who Yin knew about this piano and had he heard this song?"

Mr. Yin took the teacup, shook his head, and said, "No, this is not the case, but I have seen this kind of piano before. It is a specialty of the Siliu Kingdom. The Heavenly Lord calls it a wicked piano."

"Siluo Kingdom?" Pang Yu was curious, "Where is it?"

Bao Yan touched his chin, "I have seen in the book that the Siliu Kingdom is on the sea, and there is also the Dongliu Kingdom. The Dongliu Kingdom is peaceful in life, and the Siliu Kingdom is very warlike. The two countries have a large-scale naval battle. Because the Dongliu Kingdom has a good relationship with the Tang Dynasty, they sent troops to help defeat the Siliu Kingdom. In addition, natural disasters led to the Siliu Kingdom almost destroyed and eventually became a territory of the Tang Dynasty. During the chaos at the end of the Tang Dynasty, Siliu broke away from the Tang Dynasty and took the opportunity to attack and annex the Dongliu Kingdom to strengthen its national strength. When the country was pacified, Siliu Kingdom was already strong in its troops, but later this country disappeared from the history books! I don't know what happened thirty years ago, and Siliu Kingdom disappeared..."

Everyone frowned, "Thirty years ago?"

At this time, Zhao Zhen smiled and said, "More than 30 years ago, Xiliu Kingdom once led a powerful naval army to attack the Song Dynasty."

Everyone was shocked.

Bao Yan was also confused, "I didn't see any records! If a large-scale naval battle broke out at that time, with the strength of our naval army at that time, it would be impossible for us to win without any harm..."

Zhao Zhen nodded, "I heard from Eunuch Chen. Many people don't know about this naval battle because the Song army did not sink, and none of the thousands of warships in Xiliu Kingdom were spared and all of them sank. Xiliu Kingdom's vitality was severely damaged. Their emperor, more than ten princes, more than half of the officials and almost all the generals died in this battle, so they sent the proton over to seek peace."

"Proton?" Pang Yu scratched his head, "It seems like he was listening to a book."

"What happened?" Bao Yan was very interested in the battle that year. "Why did there be such a big victory?"

Zhao Zhen looked at Mr. Yin, "Because the people of Xiliu didn't understand at all, the Song army was not in charge of the overseas seas, but the territory of the Hebangshui League, and the final decision was..."

When everyone saw Zhao Zhen looking at Yin Hou, they also turned their faces and looked over.

Yin Hou smiled, "The Porpoise Huang Yuelin."

Everyone was stunned.

"Ah! Aunt Huang?" Bao Yan clapped his hands, "Yes, the Yangtze River Porpoise Huang Yuelin disappeared because of a large-scale military ship overturn. It turned out that she killed Xiliu Kingdom?!"

"There is no record in history books." Zhao Zhen nodded to Eunuch Chen and signaled to him.

"The Emperor was at a loss for the navy of Xiliu Kingdom back then. Unexpectedly, our army had bitten the bullet and had not yet gone out to sea, the ships of Xiliu Kingdom began to sink." Eunuch Chen said, "At that time, the Emperor asked many things, and only then did he know that it was the Hegang Water Alliance who brought his men and horses to work with Xiliu Kingdom. The old slave still remembers the style of Huang Yuelin, the Yangtze River Plunder back then..."

Everyone's mouths were twitching - Zhan Zhao's aunts were all more coquettish, and they didn't see that one or two were as big as one except for making noise. Especially Huang Yuelin, her chubby eyes were not good.

Yin Hou was a little curious and asked, "What did she say to the Emperor back then?"

Eunuch Chen said, "The water war lasted for a long time. The emperor specially looked for the porpoise and wanted to ask her if she needed help. She also said that she had made contributions to defending the country and wanted to reward her..."

As she said that, the old man couldn't help but cover his mouth and laughed, "This is the first time I have seen someone refute the face of the emperor like this. Miss Huang was only in her twenties, just a fat girl, but she was extremely generous! She said, 'She is not defending her country. She is fighting for territory with the barbarians! The coastal area is the water alliance, and tens of thousands of fishermen rely on it to make a living, and compete for territory with her. No matter how he flows east and west, he will kill and feed the fish.'"

Everyone looked at each other - it was indeed Huang Yuelin's personality.

"But later Miss Huang asked the late emperor for an imperial edict to promise to protect the livelihoods of fishermen and the River Gangshui Alliance along the coast, and to pacify pirates in the future, and not compete with the people for profits, etc.." Eunuch Chen shook his head, "After winning, Huang Yuelin disappeared."

Zhao Zhen smiled faintly, "It should be Zhuge Luyi's help to ask for the imperial edict and disappearance."

Yin Hou nodded, "After the war, Yuelin and Xiaoyi came to the Demon Palace together."

Zhao Lan wondered, "Why did she hide after winning the battle and making such a great contribution? She didn't even have the chance to reward her."

Zhao Zhen looked at Zhao Lan and shook his head helplessly.

On the side, Pang Yu held his arms and looked at Zhao Lan, "I said, princess, did you pick it up? And you are such an honest royal family."

Zhao Lan glared at Pang Yu.

Zhao Zhen smiled faintly, "Although Huang Yuelin is just an ordinary man on the ground, she can defeat thousands of troops after going into the water. With her father's character, she will either use it for me, or it will be a disaster in the future... About half of the demons in the Demon Palace hide for this reason. People who are too capable will not be easy to think about some ordinary life."

"Then... what does this song have to do with Lord Mo this time?" Everyone looked back at Zhao Zhen.

"The proton sent by Xiliu Kingdom was Mo. Because the direct princes died in the naval battle, he finally found the only person in the royal family who was qualified to inherit the throne." Zhao Zhen said, "But he was also a polite person, liked to play the piano, and became a zither in the palace, and often played this tune... The person I and Uncle Jiu knew were the son of that person."

"Son?" Everyone was curious.

"If I remember correctly, his name is Mole, a very strange name. He was the same age as Uncle Jiu, and he was nine years old at that time. Although he was cowardly, I and Uncle Jiu agreed that he was pretending." Zhao Zhen said, "At that time, the emperor was about to let them go back. Moreover, the population of Siliu country was quite small. Everyone thought that Mole was weak and would not do anything even after returning to China."

"Don't those who are protons pretend to be weak?" Pang Yu asked.

"That depends on whether he pretends to be like him." Zhao Zhen said, "Mole has always pretended to be like him. It's a pity that he was determined to win or not by Uncle Jiu before leaving."

"Try?" Yin Hou was curious, "How to try?"

"A game of chess." Zhao Zhen said, "Uncle Jiu tried his ambitions with chess, which aroused his competitive spirit, and at the same time it should have also formed a bond."

"A game of chess makes a grudge?" Bao Yan was puzzled, "Did the prince beat him hard?"

Pang Yu curled his lips, "No matter how cruel it is, isn't it just a few black and white pieces? As for the fight?"

"It depends on how it goes." Yin Hou said slowly, "That boy Zhao Pu can indeed make people's temper."

Zhao Zhen smiled slightly, "I can only ensure that I can't win the ninth uncle."

Everyone was staring at Zhao Zhen. Looking at his proud look, they thought that it was the same. Zhao Zhen was more worthy of beating in this world than Zhao Pu.

"What exactly happened?" Bao Yan was still a more honest and honest child, and he was very curious.

Zhao Zhen said, "Mole's father was sick and said he wanted to go back to his hometown before he died. Mole was young again... His father was about to let them go. He talked about this with the old prime minister that day. It happened that I and Uncle Jiu arrived. The emperor liked him the most. He suddenly asked Mole if he could play chess, and then asked Uncle Jiu to play a game with him."

Everyone knew that the old emperor was suspicious by nature. He probably wanted to confirm for the last time before letting them go, whether Mole would become a threat in the future.

"This kind of chess is not easy to play." Wang Qi said, "If you lose intentionally, you will be considered to be ulterior motives and willing tolerate them. Even if you win, you must be careful when you return to the mountain. If you make a mistake, you may bring disaster to life."

Everyone nodded.

Zhao Zhen waved his hand and said, "To be honest, I was there at that time. I felt that my father just thought it was fun and letting the two children play chess. In fact, it is better to say that his father is trying Mole than to say that he is trying Uncle Jiu."

Everyone couldn't help but touch their chins. It was right. The late emperor was in poor health at that time. Instead of worrying about Mole, it was better to worry about Zhao Pu, a brother who might directly threaten his descendants.

"What did Zhao Pu do?" Yin Hou was also curious.

Zhao Zhen was amused and crying, "You also know what kind of virtue is Uncle Jiu playing chess."

Everyone looked at the sky. Zhao Zhen was essentially a very competitive person, but in real life, it was impossible to fight people at any time and anywhere. Ordinary people could not withstand his fight. So... Zhao Pu on the chessboard was like him on the battlefield. In addition to being good at plotting, he was even more aggressive than when fighting. Zhao Pu not only had to win chess, but also had to kill the opponent without leaving any armor. It can be said that the "chess quality" was so bad that ordinary people refused to play with him for the second time. Gongsun's chess quality was much better than Zhao Pu, and his chess skills were also good, but he was too honest and was often amused by Zhao Pu to throw the chessboard. Every time the two of them finished playing chess, they must be Gongsun holding the chessboard and beating Zhao Pu, and the chess pieces were flying all over the sky. The only one who could calm down and play chess with Zhao Pu... Thinking about it now, it turns out that this emperor was so patient and he was trained to play chess with Zhao Pu.

"The Ninth Prince killed Mole without leaving any armor when he started the game." Eunuch Chen also saw it back then, and recalled the chess game at that time. "But after Mole admitted defeat, the first emperor wanted to let him go... The Ninth Prince said something was wrong. He used the endgame to exchange Mole and then play, and he said Mole lied."

Everyone frowned - it was indeed a story of lying on firewood and tasting their courage to keep a low profile... Unfortunately, my efforts failed before leaving.

"What after that?" Bao Yan asked.

"After changing the baby, Uncle Jiu still won, and he killed Mole with a piece of armor." Zhao Zhen sighed, "The father said he was rude to make trouble, but Uncle Jiu didn't let anyone go, and it was still an endgame. He changed his chess piece with him and said, "If you don't show your true skills, don't think about leaving the palace."

Yin Hou suddenly became very interested, "Zhao Pu doesn't seem to be a type that ignores others' life and death. With his shrewdness, why don't Mole go?"

"I don't have the courage to laugh at him." Zhao Zhen smiled faintly, "In terms of situation, it is the one who should keep a low profile and pretend to be stupid than Mole. My father is right by my side. Even so, Uncle Jiu dares to come with Mole to really win and lose, but Mole retreats and Uncle Jiu laughs at him for being in a bad mood."

"This is also a great excitement for Mole?" Wang Qi was honest and felt that she was a very shameful and humiliated.

"Mole couldn't help it in the third game." Zhao Zhen said, "I started to act seriously, my nature revealed... My father's face turned ugly, and his father's face turned pale."

"What about the ending?" Everyone asked.

"Mole still lost in that set, but Uncle Jiu still changed his son and continued... three more games." Zhao Zhen laughed, "Mole finally showed his nature, but he still lost completely, and his expression was very annoyed. That was probably the first time I saw a second expression other than a smile appeared on his face."

Everyone couldn't help but sigh that Zhao Pu had been Shura since he was a child, and he saw that he was old at the age of three.

"Is Mole still let go?" Bao Yan asked.

"Yes." Eunuch Chen nodded, "At that time, the emperor had murderous intentions in his eyes, but the emperor who was watching the battle said something."

Everyone looked at Zhao Zhen, and that meant - what did you say?

Eunuch Chen looked at Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen shrugged.

Eunuch Chen smiled and said, "The emperor grabbed the Ninth Prince and went to have a meal and said, 'It's just average. It's all over the streets like this. Is it necessary to stay for so long!"
To be continued...