When the officials of the scattered dynasty passed through the Imperial Street and each dispersed, Cai You ran back like a flying step. Judging from his agile appearance, he obviously often ran back and forth on this street.

Wu Haogu asked with a smile: "Brother Anju, have you ever met a husband today?"

"My husband has never been seen," Cai You didn't care, and replied with a smile, "but he met His Highness Duan by chance."

"King Duan is..."

Wu Hao's ancient saying ends here. Cai You knew what he wanted to say, and laughed and said, "It's getting late, so go to Xiyuan, otherwise you will miss the time. What's the point? Let's talk about it on the way."

"Okay, let's go together."

Cai You took the Wu Haogu brothers to an intersection. Sure enough, a carriage was parked on the side of the road. The three of them got on the carriage and walked slowly towards Baoning Cidi.

"Does Brother Chongdao know what His Highness Duan likes the most on weekdays?"

On the way to Baoning to give the title, Cai You and Wu Haogu talked about Duan King Zhao Ji.

Wu Haogu said with his fingers: "Calligraphy, painting, Cuju."

Wu Haogu's answer made Cai You's eyes lit up, and he smiled and said, "No, not bad... it must be what your tall brother told you?"

In fact, Gao Qiu did not tell Wu Haogu about the preferences of Duan Zhao Ji. This was learned by Wu Haogu from later historical books.

“That’s right.”

Cai You nodded and smiled, "The talent of His Highness Duan is unique in this dynasty, not to mention that he has never been able to do it since ancient times. Although calligraphy, painting, and Cuju are hard to say, it is a great way for ordinary people to spend their entire lives, and it is amazing to be able to understand. However, this Duan King is only sixteen or seventeen years old and is proficient in it.

Moreover, Duan Wang’s talent is more than this, including music, chess, equestrians, bows and arrows, poetry and prose, and he is truly a talented person!"

I just don't want to be an emperor...

Wu Haogu sighed in his heart, and then thought: Cai You has thoroughly studied Duan Zhao Ji, and his ability to be an official is really powerful.

Unfortunately, I can't do anything...

Along the way, Wu Haogu and Cai You were still discussing King Duan’s preferences, and the more they talked, the more excited they became.

But Wu Haowen shook his head secretly. If it weren't for one of his brothers and the other was Cai Jing's son, he would have left long ago.

How could a civil servant in the Song Dynasty be determined to curry favor with the prince?

Xiyuan, also known as Baoning Cidi, is located in Tianbo Gate and is a garden-like mansion.

This is the mansion given to Wang Shi and Princess Bao'an (daughter of Emperor Yingzong of Song, who was later named Princess of Shu Kingdom). It was built in the second year of Emperor Yingzong of Song Dynasty (1065). The palaces, corridors, pavilions and pavilions in the garden are staggered, ponds and lakes are sparkling, and a large number of precious flowers and trees, as well as green pines and bamboos.

"Today, except for some older relatives and nobles, most of the people who come to Xiyuan are young talents. Ji Yizhi, Li Shimei, Mi Yuanhui, Imperial College Supervisor, and Hu Kanghou, Ph.D., will all come."

Cai You smiled and said to Wu Haogu, brothers Wu Haowen: "In addition, the military situation in the west has been urgent these days, and most people will discuss it."

The military situation in the west is the Battle of Hengshan. Now is the most critical time. Empress Dowager Xiaoliang of Xixia is mobilizing large troops and will fight to the fullest day.

This battle that concerns the gains and losses of Hengshan also had a great impact on the courts of Song and Xia countries.

The disastrous defeat of the Song army in Yongle City and Lingwu more than 20 years ago caused the Xining New Policy, which was already struggling at that time, to suffer a severe blow. It can even be said that the main reason for the subsequent failure of the New Party - if the two battles were won, the Xixia would be destroyed, and the status of the New Party, which achieved a great victory in the country, would naturally be difficult to shake!

The authority, which was already in danger in the Western Xia, was consolidated by the great victory of Yongle City and Lingwu.

Nowadays, history seems to be repeating itself.

In the Song Dynasty, the new party of **** needed to consolidate its position with the victory of the Battle of Hengshan. In the Xixia, the niece of the two empress dowagers, Empress Dowager Xiaoliang, also needed a decisive victory to consolidate its power.

Therefore, the ongoing Battle of Hengshan was not the battle of survival in the Western Xia, but the battle of survival in the Western Xia Liang family and the Xin Party of the Song Dynasty!

In this case, you have to be careful when speaking and you cannot sing a counter-tone with the ruling new party.

Wu Haogu nodded and smiled, "The Battle of Hengshan is a great victory, so what else can I discuss?"

As the two were talking, they suddenly heard someone laughing behind their backs: "It turns out that Brother Chongdao can still predict that the enemy will win thousands of miles away."

Wu Haogu quickly turned around and saw Ji Yi, a young man dressed in the same literati dress, who had met in Panjiayuan the day before yesterday.

"Brother Yizhi was joking," Wu Haogu hurriedly pulled his brother forward to see the ceremony, "This is my brother's good writing. He is a student of Kaifeng Prefecture - the second brother. This is the Ji Yizhi Ji Daguan I told you."

After introducing Ji Yi, Wu Haogu suddenly discovered that the person who came with Ji Yi was actually a "foreign scholar". This person's face was like pink, his hair and eyes were golden in color, his nose bridge was very high, his eye sockets were slightly sunken, and his chin was very wide, which looked like a typical white man.

It might not be strange to see a white man in Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty, but now there are almost no white people on the streets of Kaifeng, Tokyo, the Song Dynasty. Not to mention this kind of blonde white man, even the black-haired Arab Wu Haogu has never seen it.

However, this "foreign scholar" spoke in a standard Kaifeng accent: "In the lower Wang Fu, I sacrificed my life in the Taixue school."

It turns out that he is one of the six thieves!

Wu Haogu then remembered that later history books did record such a Western-looking figure... Look at his appearance, he should be a mixed-race. Maybe his father bought a Germanic or Slavic concubine from an Arab merchant?

"It turned out to be Wang Jiangming (Wang Fu's name)," Wu Haogu knew that the other party was a future treacherous minister, so of course he was unwilling to commit crimes, so he quickly gave a bow.

When Wang Fu heard that Wu Haogu called his name, he thought he had really heard of his name (he did), and also praised Wu Haogu's few words. Then Wu Haogu introduced Wu Haowen to Wang Fu - Wu Haogu was really lucky today, and he met two future treacherous ministers in one day!

As for Cai You, he had known Wang Fu for a long time, and the two of them also exchanged greetings. Then Cai You led everyone to walk into the gate of Xiyuan.

However, as soon as he entered the door, he was stopped by two guards and said that he wanted to see the invitation. Cai You, Wang Fu, Ji Yizhi and others had invitations, but Wu Haogu and Wu Haowen brothers did not, so they all stopped them outside the door. So Wu Haogu could only ask Ji Yi and Cai You to send a message to Gao Qiu, and he and his brother were waiting outside the door.

I don’t know how big this West Garden is. The Wu brothers waited for a long time and never saw Gao Qiu come out. Just when I was a little impatient, I suddenly heard a ringtone ringing.

A few riders took a horse from a distance to a nearer level and stopped in front of the Xiyuan Gate.

A few men in brocade robes jumped off the horse, one of whom was about sixteen or seventeen years old, with beautiful facial features, fair skin, and tall figure seemed to have a noble status, and under the escort of the rest, he walked into the door.

Wu Haogu knew that the person who came was very identifiable, so he hurriedly pulled his younger brother aside, but the young man still noticed the picture in Wu Haogu's hand and stopped.

"Are you a painter or a painter?"

The young man pointed at Wu Haogu and asked.

"The little official has good eyesight," Wu Haogu said with a smile, "I am both a painting merchant and a painter."

"Oh, did you send a painting to Prince Wang?" the young man asked, staring at the scroll in Wu Haogu's hand.

"No," Wu Haogu replied, "I'm here to send a painting to Gao Qiu, the clerk of the Prince Consort's mansion."

"Gao?" asked the boy, "What kind of person is it?"

This was not what Wu Haogu said, but a person who was close to him. However, Wu Haogu misunderstood, unfolded the scroll in his hand and said, "This person is Gao Qiu."

The boy looked up and blurted out, "Good painting! Good man!

Who painted this painting? Is the one who painted Cuju is Gao Qiu?"

Wu Haogu couldn't understand the other party's origin, but knew that he must be a noble person, so he replied in detail: "This painting is indeed a photo taken below. The one in Cuju painting is Gao Qiu from the Prince Consort's Mansion."

"By the way, who are you? Where are you doing it?"

"In Xiawu Haoqiu, Wujia Painting Chai Acting on Panlou Street."

The young man nodded gently and said to a brocade-robed man beside him: "Panlou Street, Wujia Painting Zhai, Wu Haogu... I wrote it down."

"No." The big man replied.

The young man looked at Wu Haogu again and said with a smile: "I have made an appointment with someone today. I won't talk to you anymore. Let's look for you next time."

After saying that, he walked into Wang Shi's Baoning Award with the man.

"Brother," Wu Haowen asked his brother in a low voice, "Who is he? Why don't he even keep a name?"
Chapter completed!