Chapter 37: Fighting Chess
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On the clear water is an ancient stone bridge that has been around for hundreds of years, and on the left side of the stone bridge is the full moon building that is famous in the capital and respected by the nobles.
The Moon Full Building is not an ordinary teahouse, but a large village covering an area of several acres. The full moon building is hidden in the layers of verdant green, standing on the bridge and looking at it, there is a sense of mystery of isolation, whether it is the noble sons of vassal elegance in the capital, or the scholars who are full of wealth or the ministers who are officials in the court, the full moon building is a good place for recreation and entertainment.
Su Ximei didn't know much about Yuemanlou, and it was only when she came in that she knew that she had to pay a pledge of fifty taels of silver, and when they went out, the silver would be returned.
The four of them walked along the stone path, on both sides of the stone path were half-zhang high stone walls, on the stone wall there were carved hollow flowers, and on the other side of the wall could be faintly seen a pot of pearl boxwood bonsai, surrounded by rhododendrons in full bloom.
Bypassing a Taihu Lake stone rockery, what catches your eye is a clear spring. The spring is surrounded by a bamboo forest with a chessboard carved in stone, making it a relaxing place for guests to play chess.
On the lotus pond through which the clear spring dingdong passes through are three bamboo gardens, and on the white jade in the bamboo garden are the long pianos made of golden silk nanmu.
The children of the families in the capital who are full of poetry and books often come here to fight the piano and perform the wine order.
At the end of the lotus pond is a three-storey pavilion with green eaves.
The roof beams are carved with lifelike white lotus, lotus pods and the unreachable full moon, which makes people can't help but feel a kind of solitary and lofty in their hearts.
The pavilion is flat in all directions, and when you walk in, you can see that there is a lot to do. The roof is hollowed out, and when you look up, you can see the clear blue sky and clouds, or the vast starry night of ink blue. There are windows on all four sides of the wings, which are directly opposite the main hall on the first floor.
At this time, there were two people in the main hall playing chess with concentrated expressions, and there were brightly dressed servants of the Moon Full Building standing on the side. On the sandalwood table beside the servant lay two wooden barrels, filled with bamboo sticks.
The thickness of the bamboo skewer is different and the color is different, and the head of the bamboo skewer indicates the font size of the wing.
The servants of the Moon Full Building led Su Ximei's master and servant to the Weiyi wing room on the second floor, and the wings here are all sorted according to the hour. As soon as they sat down, Biluo spring tea was served on the table, and their table was right next to the window, so they could see the two people fighting chess in the main hall at a glance.
The servant stood beside Su Ximei with a smile and said earnestly: "The chess game has begun, and you can only bet on one game." ”
Bet?
Su Ximei glanced at the two people who were fighting chess downstairs and the wooden barrel on the table on the tree next to her, and probably understood that the Moon Full Building was not just a place to drink tea and chess and listen to music, but also a gambling house under the guise of elegance.
Su Ximei turned her head to look at the servant and smiled slightly.
"I don't know if the little brother can talk about the rules here, our master and servant are here for the first time." Her voice is soft, clear and pleasant.
The servant's face couldn't help but be moved.
Su Ximei was wearing a moire brocade short gown with an aqua blue feather gauze skirt today, and a strand of translucent white light gauze covered her face as if nothing.
I don't know what kind of stunning color is under this veil?
The servant, who was different from the other teahouse gambling houses, quickly covered his mind and replied respectfully: "Our moon full building collects the amount of bets according to the order of the wings, and the end of the word B in this room is the bet gold of fifty taels of silver, and our moon full building will draw a share from the hands of the winner of each game." ”
It turns out that the size of the full moon building gambling is to look at the size of the wing, once the wings are selected, the guests who come here must bet according to the size of the wings, as for whether to win or lose it depends on their luck.
And no matter how a fight comes down, there will be a loser and a winner, and the full moon floor will take a certain share from the winner, which can not only calm the loser's grievances, but also quietly make money.
This gambling method is much more sophisticated than ordinary gambling houses.
In fact, if you think about it a little carefully, you will find that no matter who wins or loses in this gamble, Moon Man Lou is the biggest winner.
It seems that the owner of the building is really ...... Something special.
Su Ximei looked at the servant's eyes with a gentle and delicate smile, motioned him to bow forward slightly, and gently spat out a sentence in his ear. The servant's eyes lit up when he heard this, but there was a hint of surprise and uncertainty in it, Su Ximei nodded with a smile, and there was a hint of firmness in her eyes, it was not just a joke.
The moon full building opened the door to do business, and there was no rule that women could not play chess, and the servant nodded and walked out with his feet raised after a little hesitation. The two downstairs are still facing off, the sunspot and the white, you advance and I retreat, killing each other very happily, but only dozens of times, the sunspot will be declining, and he will be defeated and retreated.
There was no suspense in this game, and Bai Zi won.
In the meantime, there is a song of the female fuqin, the rhyme is harmonious, and the tune is tactful, just like a boat on the lake with high mountains and flowing water.
At the end of the song, someone came on the stage to announce that the next chess fight would be a showdown between the distinguished guests of the Weiyi Wing and the Shenjia Wing.
The distinguished guest in the Shenjia wing room suddenly appeared in the main hall, and the distinguished guest was a fair-skinned and handsome young man, showing his golden identity in his gestures.
Someone exclaimed: "That's Pan Lang, the eldest prince of Zhongyong Bofu." ”
There was an uproar in the hall.
The eldest prince of Pan is handsome and free, and he is the best among the scholars of the country, and the important thing is that he has a very good relationship with the Fang family's eldest son Erlang, and the Fang family's eldest son Su Hao is called a brother and sister.
From this point of view, maybe the outstanding sons and daughters of the country's eunuchs and scholars will all come to the full moon building today.
You must know that if you can climb any of them, the future is limitless!
The ladies in the room widened their eyes and poked their heads into the hall to look at the handsome figure in the hall. But I don't dare to be too blatant, after all, they are all daughters who have not left the cabinet, how can they stare at others so directly regardless of their identity.
Su Xin glanced lightly at the shy and timid ladies of the various families, and sneered lightly, "The Pan family is just a loyal and brave uncle with three generations of hereditary titles, and now two generations have passed, and once this last generation passes, the Pan family will not be a climate." ”
Jiang Qiman hurriedly returned to the table and sat down, echoing the response: "Pan Lang is not as good as the eldest prince of Su, Zhongyong Bo is just a title with no real power, and it is only hereditary for three generations. ”
Jiang Qiman is the concubine of Jiang Qian, the young Zhan of Zhan Shifu. However, Jiang Qiman was born to Jiang Qian and his stepwife, while Su Xin's mother Zheng has not been corrected to this day. Therefore, Jiang Qiman looked down on Su Xin in his heart.
But Prince Su is different, he is the only son of the Prime Minister's Mansion, not to mention that the Zheng family presides over the Su family, it doesn't matter whether the eldest son of Su is a descendant or not, sooner or later this huge family business belongs to the eldest prince of Su alone.
And more importantly, Princess Ling jumped off the cliff and didn't even find a corpse, and King Ling will inevitably support Concubine Su in order to win over the Su family, so the identity and status of Prince Su are not the same.