Watching Cao Yi and the others leave, Shen Yan had a puzzled expression on his side, and said to the attendant beside him: "Do you say that the surname Cao is pretending or is he really amnesia?" It doesn't look like it, does it? But looking at what he did after he got well, he did look like a fool, so there shouldn't be a fake, right? ”

He originally deliberately ridiculed and disgusted Cao Yi, and even deliberately said, "I heard that Cao envoy is high-minded, and the moon is sometimes scattered in the martyrs' pension, and there are very few people who are sent home", "Qingfeng Lou earns a thousand taels of silver every day, if there is any difficulty in Brother Cao's family, be sure to inform the younger brother, the younger brother will be given a thousand taels of silver, and the Shen family is only a little bit of silver." Such words are just to make the other party angry, who knows that Cao Yi's words are sincere and peaceful, there is no reaction, and he can't see any complicated expressions, he seems to have punched in the air, confused, I feel that I have been acting for so long The other party as the protagonist did not have the expected reaction at all, but he was extremely uncomfortable! It's like sometimes you want to quarrel with someone very much, but the other party doesn't give you a chance, and the more you think about it afterwards, the more angry you become, not to mention that you don't play well, and you don't even have a chance to play.

At this time, in the carriage where the Cao family had left, Red Sleeves also looked at Cao Yi opposite with a somewhat puzzled expression, his expression was a little hesitant, as if he wanted to say something but didn't know what to say. Cao Yi looked at the micro-expression of the red sleeves and felt very funny, and there was no shortage of thoughts about teasing the red sleeves, pretending not to see the anxious posture of the red sleeves, leaning back on the cushion, closing his eyes and recuperating, just observing the red sleeves with his slightly open eyes occasionally.

I saw Red Sleeves purse his lips, and then clenched his fists with both hands on his chest, as if he was cheering himself up, and he mustered up the courage to say something to Cao Yi, Cao Yi suddenly opened his eyes, looked at Red Sleeves and said with a smile: "Red Sleeves, just say what you want, is it possible that you are still afraid that the son will not succeed?" ”

Red Sleeves was frightened by Cao Yi's sudden opening of his eyes and opening his mouth to speak, and he screamed out, and then opened his mouth and looked at Cao Yi blankly, his expression was a little confused, very cute. After a while, he reacted, only to hear Red Sleeves ask in a low voice, "Childe...... Did you really forget that Shen Yan? ”

Cao Yi nodded: "I really don't remember, but it seems that this person seems to have a gap with me before"

Red Sleeves looked at Cao Yi with a strange expression, as if he was hesitating whether to say it or not, or thinking about how to say it. Seeing this, Cao Yi touched the head of the red sleeves, and the red sleeves' little face instantly turned red, and said coquettishly: "Childe is bullying people again!" ”

Then he relaxed and said softly: "Childe and that Shen Yan were scholars who were in private classes before. At first, the relationship was good, and they were even introduced by the head of the family to become imperial merchants, and the two families were considered world friends, and later ...... Later......"

Red Sleeves didn't say the following words for a long time, Cao Yi hurriedly said, "Red Sleeves, it's okay for you to say it, Childe listen!" ”

Even so, Red Sleeves only promised for a long time before he said it, "Later, Gongzi had a conflict with Shen Yan in the Golden Wind Building because of the fish mystery, and there was a gap from then on......" After speaking, he lowered his head, looking like he had done something wrong and didn't dare to look at Cao Yi.

However, Cao Yi's expression was still the same, and he laughed self-deprecatingly: "It seems that I used to be a gentleman, and I saw that I came from ancient wealth and wealth, and it was really a thousand-year-old truth." ”

When the carriage was about to arrive at Cao's Mansion, Red Sleeves raised his head: "That son...... Mid-Autumn Festival Jinling Poetry Club, will you go? ”

"In previous years, would I have gone?"

"I went, but before the son, he would prepare poems in advance, and then go over to watch the performance and enjoy the lanterns......"

"It's to prepare, but it's not poetry......" Cao Yi didn't know what he was thinking, and a mysterious smile appeared on his face.

There are still ten days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, according to the red sleeves' notice, many talents will prepare poems in advance, there have always been a lot of talents who seek fame to participate, in addition to the top families in Jiangcheng Mansion, and the talents who have long been famous can be invited, other scholars will go to Hefu at this time to send famous cards to send their poems in order to win the favor of Confucianism and celebrities. In addition, every year, many famous prostitutes in Qinglou are also proud to be invited by the Jinling Poetry Society, like the fish Xuanji fish mentioned by Red Sleeves before, everyone also receives invitations every year.

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In the early morning of autumn, the weather in the east has just revealed a warm light, Cao Yi went to run and practice martial arts with Liu Baiqing after a simple wash as usual, nearly a year of insisting on exercising has made Cao Yi's body stronger, and now Cao Yi is working hard for a few days. After breakfast, Cao Yi went out with Red Sleeves and Liu Baiqing, which was quite a feeling of going out to have fun with the ancient unscrupulous second ancestor.

It is said to be lounging, but it is actually a site selection for the subsequent sale of Taibai drunk and Qinglian restaurants, but after a look, either the location and conditions are too good, the price is too expensive and not easy to put down, or the location is not very good, a bit of chicken ribs. I just watched it all morning, and when I was tired, I just found a teahouse to sit down and eat a small snack. However, every time I watched Red Sleeves take out his delicate little purse from his clothes and pay with broken silver or copper coins, it always gave Cao Yi the illusion of scanning the code to pay in modern times, and he didn't need to bring anything when he went out, but the difference is that someone is helping you pay now.

In the afternoon, Cao Yi continued to watch in the city, but the interest and motivation at this time were not very sufficient, Cao Yi thought that if there was really no suitable restaurant for him to open, then sell the wine during the Mid-Autumn Festival Jinling Poetry Meeting.

I happened to pass by the Confucius Temple and Jiangning Mansion School, and I thought it was very interesting to see the talents of this era reading poetry and books one by one, and they were full of mouths. Thinking about the best money for students in modern times, I don't know how students in this era are.

There is a crooked neck tree at the mouth of the alley leading to the Qinhuai River in the Confucius Temple, Cao Yi saw two old people playing chess there when he passed by, and there was a tea stall next to it. The two old men who played chess were very good at chess, and he thought that it was really ancient, and he casually saw that the two old men had such a high level, just like the table tennis water products of the old man in the modern Chinese community, and he couldn't help but smile when he thought of this. However, Cao Yi's smile happened to be seen by one of the old men facing him, with a thoughtful look.

After a while, I saw a small servant walking towards this side and said a few words to an old man, who nodded and said to the other in embarrassment: "Lu Gong, there is an urgent matter at home, this game of chess ......"

"Blind wins and loses without score, is it good to count it as a draw?"

"So good......

The two said a few words, and then an old man said goodbye and left, and the other began to collect the son, Cao Yi drank the tea in his mouth, and was about to leave, but the old man spoke: "This son has just shown a smile when watching chess, and has always had a lot of experience in this way. ”

Gotcha, there is no opponent, just catch one.

"Forehead......" Cao Yi was stunned for a moment, looked at the sky again, bowed and said, "Then it is better to be respectful than to obey your fate."

He naturally had a lot of exchanges when he sat down opposite the old man to help clean up the chess pieces together, similar to the question and answer of "Who is the son", Cao Yi just answered simply, the surname Cao Yizi Zhaozheng, has not yet been admitted to Jiangning Mansion Xueyunyun.

After finishing the chess, the old man asked Cao Yi to take the black first on the grounds that Cao Yi was still young, but Cao Yi was not polite, and put it on with a snap.

"First hand Tengen!? This opening ......" The old man glanced up at Cao Yi, then frowned, and followed to play chess pieces. In this way, you come and I have about dozens of hands, the old man's brows are wrinkling deeper and deeper, Cao Yi's last few hands, flying and jumping, and the chess style is fierce. Where can I manage the chess moves of "being greedy and not winning", "entering the boundary slowly", and "attacking the other and taking care of me", which is completely a chess style of opening and closing, only attacking but not defending, and the posture of killing the master with a random punch. The old man spoke: "Childe's chess skills, dare to ask who learned from whom?" ”

"Look at the chess game and figure it out for yourself."

"Oh, no wonder ......"

After this sentence, there were no longer many old men, the two played silently, the blacks on the chessboard gradually became imposing, and the whites were killed. After about a stick of incense, the old man threw himself into the fold. Then he raised his head and looked at Cao Yi seriously for a moment: "Childe's chess strength is indeed superb, it's just a means to play chess...... the old man considered his words.

Cao Yi smiled while packing up the chess pieces and said, "One move is not enough to see wisdom......

The old man was stunned, groaned slightly, and then shook his head and smiled: "What Childe said is that I am obsessed."

In the second set, the old man was in the black, and he was stable and stable, but Cao Yi was fast, and he didn't think about it at all, and he didn't say that he focused on the overall situation, so as not to worry about losing big because of small things, but he was fighting everywhere, and he would not eat at all, and he would rather have a tragic pair between the two sides, and he would not give up the gains and losses of a place. Coupled with the old man's chess style, the point is up to the point, and he will not be stalked and lose his demeanor, but Cao Yi is not at all, one after another small means and aggressive play, gradually killed the sunspot into a crush, and the second game was still lost by the old man, but at this time the sky was about to darken, Cao Yi also made a full number of courtesies after cleaning up the chess game, and left.

On the way back, Red Sleeves looked at Cao Yi from time to time, his eyes bright. Cao Yi touched the head of the red sleeves and said, "What's the matter, why are you looking at Gongzi me like this?" ”

"Childe, you are so amazing, you can do everything so well!" After speaking, as if to recognize himself, he nodded as he spoke.

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On the second day, Cao Yi did not visit Jiangning City again, but went straight to the place where he played chess yesterday. Sure enough, seeing that the old man surnamed Lu yesterday was playing chess with someone, the old man noticed Cao Yi and said hello.

Not long after, after the old man finished a game with his friend, he smiled and waved to Cao Yi who was watching the game next to him, first introducing him to the friend who was fighting, and then naturally Cao Yi and the person greeted each other. People in this era have a lot of time every day, so basically after every game of chess, it is also necessary for friends to review or show off. Where to win, where to lose, to put it thoroughly, natural chess skills will also go up.

Cao Yi, who was bored in his previous life, played music, and this kind of thing is also easy to do, and even added a few sentences "If this is the case, you won't lose...... If this step is taken like this, the other party has several possible ways to deal with it...... "Cao Yixing hasn't played chess with someone for a long time, and when he said it, he also sprinkled a few sticks of incense time, and deduced all the possibilities of the previous game. Among them, there are quite a lot of wonderful foreshadowing, which is subtle at first sight, and after a few hands, the more thought-provoking it feels.

A fifteen-year-old boy gave two grandfathers in their fifties to teach chess skills, and the two old men nodded frequently, and the red sleeves couldn't help but feel funny when they looked at this picture, and laughed out loud, so frightened that they quickly covered their mouths and nodded to the two old men to apologize.

Although Lu Lao's face was red, he also showed a frank attitude, "In the past, Mr. Changli once said, 'There is a precedence in hearing the Tao, and there is a specialization in the art industry'. ”

Then asked Cao Yi if he was interested in playing a few games with them, and Cao Yi naturally smiled and nodded in agreement. Cao Yi naturally wins more and loses less, and changes his style every time he plays a game, after all, there are detailed records and cracking methods for various chess games in modern times, and Cao Yi himself loves this, and he also spent a lot of time playing music at that time, so he put it in the Great Yan Dynasty, which made him quite a bad taste and satisfaction of bullying the ancients.

For the next four or five days, Cao Yi came over every day to watch or play chess, and became familiar with several old people who played chess by the Qinhuai River in the Confucius Temple. The old man surnamed Lu should have a good family background, is a truly learned person, well-informed, and deeply understands the learning of Confucius and Mencius, Confucianism and Taoism. But he will never be full of words, nor will he be a saint at every turn, and he is extremely philosophical in his words and things.

Cao Yi also likes to talk to this old man, first, he doesn't know each other too well, so he doesn't have to worry too much; Second, the old man is very knowledgeable, and it is estimated that he has been a big official before, so he has a unique vision for some things, can look at problems from a high angle, and has a high acceptance of new things and remarks.

And most of the identities who play chess with the old people should be similar, they are all learned people, some of them are well-off, some are a little poor, Cao Yi has been sitting next to them to watch them play chess and chat, and sometimes he can interject and chat a few words. Of course, there are also some more pedantic and stubborn old sour Confucians who will also make some criticisms of his statement. Cao Yi often laughs it off, after all, the times are different, and it is normal for some views to be different.

It's August 13 on this day, and two days later is the Mid-Autumn Festival, when Cao Yi was playing chess with Lu Lao, Lu Lao asked him if he wanted to participate in the Jinling Poetry Club, Lu Lao naturally had a way to get him an invitation, maybe Cao Yi had an appetite for him, and he also had the idea of helping a gang, but he couldn't say that he could bring it up, but he just wanted Cao Yi to see more, and the original intention was naturally good. When Cao Yi said that there was an invitation, Lu Lao just nodded with an "oh", after all, Cao Yi walked around with the maid guards every day, and his family background must not be much worse. Moreover, in ordinary communication, Cao Yi treats people and things with extraordinary grace, and he is neither humble nor arrogant in his words and deeds, which can also be seen. Although the occasional remarks are a bit deviant, when you think about it, there is a truth in it.

Like the prince of heaven and earth, Cao Yi naturally recognized it, but when the topic was discussed, he put forward the view that the people are precious, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light. And judging from the usual communication, Cao Yi seems to not only think so, but also do so.

As for the statement that it is useless to be a scholar, Lu Lao also laughed and scolded the kid and pretended to moan, but when he returned home and thought about it carefully, scholars are not out of office, one cannot farm, and two cannot do business, so he really deserves this statement.