On the day, there was no news from Niannu's side, and the four idiots said, "Master, are you?" Why didn't Miss Niannu invite you on the boat? ”

Zhou Xuan smiled and said: "What's the hurry, that female assassin of the Falcon Gate must be familiar with Nian Nu first, and then he will let Nian Nu come forward to invite me to take my life." ”

That night, Fenghua's Zhou Jiajun defeated the three chess players of Baoxin Duhufu in three straight games, so that after five rounds of fighting, only Zhenhai Duhufu and Fenghua Duhufu remained undefeated, and two days later, Zhenhai and Fenghua met each other, and Zhou Xuan was about to face off against Huang Xingjian, the strongest chess player in this Lantern Festival chess battle.

On the morning of the 22nd, the Nian slave girl of "Meixianglou" sent an old man to invite Zhou Qicha Gongzi to meet, saying that there was a new sister who was both beautiful and artistic, and would juggle and illusion, and greatly admired the talent and name of Zhou Qicha Gongzi.

Zhou Xuan said to the old mangtou: "Go back and tell Miss Niannu that I want to play chess tonight, and I will meet you at 'Meixianglou' tomorrow, and ask Miss Niannu not to get off the boat." ”

After the old man left, Zhou Xuan smiled and said to the three idiots and the four idiots: "It's not very stable on the boat, it's better to be in the 'Mei Xianglou', the third and fourth, do you have any good ways to prevent the female assassin of the Falcon Gate from killing me as soon as he sees me?" ”

The four idiots said: "No way, the people in the Falcon Gate have always been known for their decisive shots, and they floated away when they missed, and their kung fu of escaping was very strong, and the third brother chased the black harrier for dozens of miles last time." ”

Zhou Xuan asked: "Third child, what do you do with the corpse of the black harrier when you kill him?" ”

The three idiots said: "I dug a pit in a secluded place and buried it." ”

Zhou Xuan asked: "Is there anything left on the black harrier?" ”

The three idiots said: "I have thrown his knife into the river, and I have put another Falcon Gate six-pointed star earth silver chain in my bag. ”

Zhou Xuanxi said: "Very good. If you give me the silver chain, and when I reveal it to the female assassin, she will surely think that it is the Black Harrier's, and will find a way to kidnap me, and then ask the Black Harrier about her whereabouts, hehe, as long as she does not cut people as soon as they meet, she will not be afraid. ”

The plan has been decided. The three of them took care of themselves and prepared for tonight's chess battle. The opponent is a chess player selected by the Anhua Metropolitan Protectorate. Led by Qi Yaowen, who ranked eleventh among the eighteen great chess players, Gu Liuquan said solemnly: "Young Master Zhou, this Qi Yaowen must not be underestimated, although he is ranked outside the tenth, his strength should be within the tenth, he is young, Chinese New Year's Eve is thirty years old. Seven years ago, Lao Yu played three games with him in Guangling, Lao Yu won two wins and one loss, at that time Qi Yaowen had not yet become one of the great chess players, but Lao Yu predicted that he would become a big chess player in less than two years, and sure enough, the following year he defeated famous players in the Guangling chess battle one after another, occupying the sixteenth place of the eighteen chess players. The old decay was also squeezed to the last place. He hasn't played against him in these years, but I heard that he won nine games with Shijie in Kaifeng last year and won 5-4. The strength is strong, and Zhou Gongzi is a rival. ”

Gu Liuquan put out the three games of chess with Qi Yaowen seven years ago to Zhou Xuan, Zhou Xuan carefully studied for an hour, this Qi Yaowen is a typical ancient fighting style of chess, the layout and officials are relatively rough, and Zhou Xuan half a year ago is almost the same, but now Zhou Xuan's strength has grown a lot better than before, of course, Qi Yaowen must have improved over the years, otherwise he would not be able to defeat Shi Jiezhi.

Zhou Xuan knew in his heart that he had more ways to deal with the force-fighting chess players, who were too rigid and easy to break, and the chess was not delicate enough.

Gu Liuquan wanted to continue to fight, but he lost two battles in the first two battles, but Mr. Zhou Xiaojian won two battles and two wins, he was ashamed to speak, and he had to wait for Zhou Xiaojian to lose.

In the afternoon, Hu Shang Abu came to see Zhou Xuan and said that with the help of Gu Changshi, he had opened four shops in Jinling West Market, dealing in colorful glazed ware, Fanghua Yongzhu Frost, Dashi Carpet and Xuanjing.

Zhou Xuan said with a smile: "Brother Abu is really rich and good, he opened four shops in less than ten days after coming to Beijing, congratulations." ”

Abu, who was full of beard, smiled: "This is all the care of Gongzi Zhou and the help of Gu Changshi, otherwise how can a contemptible outsider gain a foothold in Jinling!" Zhou Gongzi, the other three shops are very familiar, but how to price this Xuanjing and how to make the people of Jinling enthusiastically come to buy? Please also ask Zhou Gongzi for advice. ”

Zhou Xuan asked: "Brother Abu, you tell me the truth, what is the cost of the top-grade Xuanjing?" ”

Abu said: "How dare you hide it from your son, it takes about 30 taels of silver to make a high-grade Xuanjing, and about 20 taels of medium-grade one." ”

Zhou Xuan said: "Wow, your cost is too high!" ”

Abu hurriedly said: "It will come down in the future, the mirror maker is not skilled, but the cost of fifteen taels of silver is always required, after all, it is necessary to choose good wood to make a shelf." ”

Zhou Xuan said: "In this way, the price of the high-grade Xuanjing is three hundred taels, and the price of the medium-grade is one hundred taels." ”

Abu was secretly speechless, and said in his heart: "Gongzi Zhou, you are ruthless enough, ten times the profit, will anyone buy this?" ”

Zhou Xuan said: "Jinling is a high-ranking official

Don't worry about not being able to sell it, the key is publicity, so let's send someone to announce that the mirror is a royal and tribute, it's okay, someone comes to question it, you just hit my name. ”

Abu is overjoyed, with the queen's nephew coming forward, what problem can't be solved!

In the sixth round of the Lantern Festival chess battle that night, Zhou Xuan faced Qi Yaowen, who ranked eleven in the top ten, which was very unfavorable, Zhou Xuan was the back hand, this chess battle, when he met the master, Zhou Xuan guessed the back hand, and it was extremely difficult to play, and it was very difficult to win against Shi Jiezhi last time, Qi Yaowen's chess strength was better than Shi Jiezhi, and Zhou Xuan faced the strongest opponent since the war.

The three idiots are the first to end the game, he is almost invincible among the class C chess players, every time it is a big victory, after watching the game for a while, I came to see Zhou Xuan and Qi Yaowen's chess, and glanced at the chessboard a few times, Zhou Xuan's black chess disadvantage is obvious, only by his magical reversal skills.

Zhou Xuan's strategy in this game is improper, he saw from Qi Yaowen and Gu Liuquan's three games of chess that Qi Yaowen is fighting chess style, but he didn't expect Qi Yao to meet the guidance of a master three years ago, the chess style has changed greatly, the flow of water does not compete for the first, and then the control, Zhou Xuan is unexpected, it is originally a disadvantage of the backhand, and there has been no chance of counterattack, chess to the stage of big officials, Zhou Xuan has fallen behind more than four sons, seeing that Qi Yaowen's official skills are skillful, he can't get it back, so he simply admits defeat, this kind of chess is meaningless to stick to it, and he is tortured by the opponent in vain, I can only hope that the second time I will face Qi Yaowen, I will be hateful.

Although Zhou Xuan lost, Fenghuajun still won, and Zhou Xiaojian of the second station and Zhou Sanqi of the third station defeated their opponents respectively.

Zhou Xuan is victory is happy to lose, without any frustration, said: "Chess is grown in defeat, today I did grow knowledge, I didn't expect Qi Yaowen to be this kind of chess style, powerful, but his chess still has weaknesses, next time against him, it will be easy to play." ”

On the morning of the 23rd, Zhou Xuan was preparing to enter the palace to paint a portrait of Xiao Zhouhou and Princess Qingle, and the palace sent someone out first, saying that the queen mother was going to Jiming Temple today to make incense, and the portrait was postponed to tomorrow.

Zhou Xuan was going to deal with the female assassin of the Falcon Gate and Wei Jue today, and he didn't have the heart to paint a portrait, and after learning the news, he was in his arms, and when Shen Shi waited until the afternoon, he took Laifu and four Fenghua military officials to the "Meixiang Building" on the bank of the Qinhuai River.

Came to the "Meixiang Building", before the time arrived, a carriage suddenly galloped from the side, and Zhou Xuan's carriage staggered past, Zhou Xuan's horse was frightened and staggered, and the two carriages collided.

Laifu's big voice immediately roared: "I'm blind, and I don't want to see whose carriage this is, does the famous Zhou Qicha Gongzi know?" is famous, the emperor's relatives and relatives, which one is not respected, which one is not admired? ”

The carriage drilled out a businessman with a meaty face, snorting wine and saying: "What Zhou Qicha, Zhou Bacha, I have never heard of it, what are you doing with such a lot!" Didn't you just touch the car and didn't hurt anyone, do you want to blackmail me for money? What else do you say about the royal relatives, are there so many royal relatives? Walking all over the street? ”

Zhou Xuan jumped out of the car and said loudly: "What, you dare to doubt the identity of my emperor's relatives, is it tolerable or unbearable?" Left and right, call me. ”

The four government servants are all from the government soldiers, with strong physiques and agile skills, and they will beat the businessman and the coachman, so that the businessman's face is full of blood, and the government officer shouted: "Quickly beg for mercy from my son-in-law, otherwise you will be sent to Dali Temple to be beaten." ”

The merchant cried out, "I beg for mercy, I beg for mercy." ”

The two government officials grabbed him and came to Zhou Xuan, and with a hard push, the merchant knelt down with a "plop".

Zhou Xuan waved his hand and said: "Forget it, it's not like a drunken person, get out, my son is in a good mood today." ”

The businessman with a meaty face who was kneeling on the ground suddenly rushed forward, grabbed Zhou Xuan's robe, and shouted: "It's too much to deceive people, I'll fight with you!" ”

Zhou Xuan retreated sharply, and the silk fish bag on his belt was pulled off by the merchant, and the fragments of utensils inside were scattered all over the ground.

Zhou Xuan said angrily: "I don't know whether you are alive or dead, tie me up and send it to the yamen." ”

The two government officials cut the merchant's hands and tied him up, and the other government official hurriedly came over to pick up things for Zhou Xuan, broken silver, incense sachets, and gentle jade...... There is also a silver chain, and the pendant is a black six-pointed star the size of a pigeon's egg.

The government servant shook the six-pointed star silver chain, walked over and said loudly: "Childe, do you see what is missing?" ”

Zhou Xuan snatched the six-pointed star silver chain, stuffed it into his sleeve pocket, and said: "Bad luck, I came to find Miss Niannu but met such a drunken guy, forget it, lose your interest, go back first, and come back tomorrow." ”

"Meixianglou" came from the voice of Niannu's surprise: "Zhou Qicha Gongzi is here, don't go, don't go, Niannu is downstairs." ”

A window facing the street opened, and the enthusiastic Niannu poked his head out to greet him.