The carriage drove to the Xu Mansion of Chaoyang Fang, in addition to the main gate of the Xu Mansion, there is a gate in the east and west, which can be used for carriages and horses to enter and exit, and the carriage that Zhou Xuan and Dr. Qin took entered through the West Yuan Gate, drove through a courtyard more than 100 meters long, and stopped in front of a hanging flower gatehouse.

Zhou Xuan and his father-in-law got out of the car, Ji Steward led the two into the door of the weeping flower instrument, only to see that the courtyard was elegant, sparsely planted with plum trees and fine bamboos all around, a three-storey wooden building with warped corners and eaves sat in the north and faced south, each floor was five or six meters high, the three floors were as high as 20 meters in total, towering and beautiful, carved beams and painted buildings, surrounded by corridors, and thirty tall and straight corridor columns were arranged on the drum-shaped column base.

A large plaque has three big characters written on it - "Forget Worries Hall".

Xu Tingshi greeted him accompanied by two Qing guests: "Ah, Zhou Gongzi and Dr. Qin, today is a day off, no official duties, no cases, you can drink and write poems, talk about chess, and spend the whole day - please invite the virtuous son-in-law to come, one is to shock Dr. Qin, and the other is a wonderful way to thank Zhou Gongzi, please." "Su Ke entered the building.

Circling straight up to the third floor, I saw a hall of nearly 300 square meters, the two sides were separated into dozens of single grids with screens, each single grid was paved with a beautiful mat with dragon whisker straw weaving, a small mahogany case was placed on the mat, there were chess tables and chess pieces on the case, and some single cells already had chess players sitting in the game.

Zhou Xuan was pleasantly surprised, this is simply a Go competition venue, Lord Thorn Shi is really a super chess fan, is this a Go tournament, and how much is the bonus? Is there a lot of Ying's cup?

Xu Tingshi was very satisfied with Zhou Xuan's surprised expression, and said with a smug face: "The Go players in the entire Jiangzhou City are all here, and there are many famous players from other places who come here, to put it arrogantly, although there are many chess players raised by the Duhu Mansion, but there are very few who are skilled in chess, most of them are sheltered in the Lindu Guard, and eat mixed rice under the Lindu Guard-Zhou Gongzi, Xu will introduce you to this new chess master from Luzhou - Mr. Feng Yuanfeng, Mr. Feng is the most famous chess player in addition to today's ****** chess players, and he was originally under the door of Lord Lin of Luzhou Thorn Shilin, Mu Xu's name of chess love, special like-minded, Mr. Feng——"

The middle-aged man on the left side of Xu Tingshi took a step forward, arched his hand at Zhou Xuan and Dr. Qin, and said lightly: "In Xia Feng Yuan, I have seen Gongzi Zhou and Dr. Qin. Without waiting for Zhou Xuan to return the salute, he said to Xu Tingshi: "Although the name of the eighteen chess players is famous, there are also many people who sell their fame and reputation, and after helping the adults defeat Shu and Qi Erzhou this time, they are ready to travel to the world and compete with these eighteen players one by one, and they will definitely let the ****** chess players change their names and surnames and rearrange their seats." ”

This Feng Yuan looked like a celebrity and a man, and when he saw that Dr. Qin was just a junior official of the Medical Department, and Zhou Xuan was the son-in-law of a junior official, he was not very polite.

Zhou Xuanjian saw that the kind-hearted old man returned the courtesy, and the surnamed Feng didn't even look at it, and couldn't help but feel angry in his heart, thinking: "I Zhou Xuanqin, chess, calligraphy and painting are proficient in everything, and my talent is not indispensable, but I am still so polite, modest and cautious, and never proud and complacent, what's so great about your surname Feng, what is thirteen?" Crazy what? I'd like to see if you have the capital to be crazy? Asked Xu Tingshi: "Lord Xu, what does this person mean by defeating Shu and Qi Erzhou?" ”

Feng Yuan heard Zhou Xuan say "this person" to his face, and his face immediately put down.

Xu Tingshi had a very good impression of Zhou Xuan, yesterday he sent his three idiots out of Jiangzhou according to the good prescription Zhou Xuan said, and ordered a shrewd and capable steward, three loyal and reliable family members to accompany him, with a car of fighting cocks, and traveled around the 36 states of the Tang Kingdom to meet friends with chickens, and the house was much quieter all of a sudden, as if he had been cured of his illness for many years, and his mood was really happy.

Therefore, Xu Tingshi didn't pay attention to Feng Yuan's face at all, and said to Zhou Xuan cordially: "Zhou Gongzi doesn't know, on the 10th of this month, the three prefectures of Jiang, Shu and Qi under the jurisdiction of the Fenghua Metropolitan Protectorate will hold a Go match, each state will produce three chess players, two by two, and the winning state will participate in the triennial Tang State Ten Protectorate Fengyun Chess Battle in Kyoto in the name of Fenghua Metropolitan Protectorate, and the most outstanding chess player will become the palace chess edict, subordinate to the Hanlin Academy, and is the eighth grade, so the chess players from all over the country are moved by the wind." ”

Zhou Xuanxin exclaimed: "I didn't expect that there would be such a large-scale Go tournament in the Tang Kingdom, as the so-called national fortune is strong and chess is strong, it seems that the national strength of the Tang Kingdom is above the Northern Song Dynasty, the Southern Han Dynasty, and Wu Yue, haha, wonderful, I have a place to play, see if I can make a chess game to be edicted, accompany the emperor Li Yu to play chess, and the princess, the prince, well, and Xiao Zhouhou, see the famous queen in history, the beauty and beauty of the queen, uh, now it's not thin, it's over forty years old, there should be nothing to see." ”

"Lord Xu, is this Gongzi Zhou invited to play chess?"

Feng Yuan saw that Xu Tingshi had a good eye on Zhou Xuanqing, and thought, "What is the origin of this son-in-law of the medical department, why is Lord Xu so polite to him?" Well, Lord Xu is fond of chess, this kid surnamed Zhou must be playing chess well, hum, watch me destroy his prestige. ”

Xu Tingshi said with a smile: "Zhou Gongzi's intelligence makes Xu respectful, although he has not learned Zhou Gongzi's chess skills, he must also be a master." ”

Feng Yuanpi said with a smile: "Since you are a master, let me come first to comprehend and comprehend." His eyes squinted at Zhou Xuan, and the provocation was strong.

Zhou Xuan was very energetic when he abused his cousin Lu An in chess last time, but Feng Yuan's chess strength is definitely not comparable to Lu An, but don't be abused without abusing people, be cautious, and say with a smile: "Lord Xu is funny, Xiaosheng is obviously a low-hander but wants to say that he is a master, which makes Mr. Feng laugh, Mr. Feng came from Luzhou, not to find a low-handed competition like Xiaosheng, naturally he wants to compete with Mr. Gu Liuquan Gu-"

Cao Cao really ran the fastest, saying that Cao Cao Cao Cao was coming, and someone was saying: "Mr. Gu is here, Mr. Gu is here." ”

I saw a girl in a red dress with bright eyes and bright teeth accompanying the crane-haired and childlike Gu Liuquan to the third floor, and immediately several Xufu Qingke surrounded him, greeting respectfully, it seems that Gu Liuquan's status in Xufu Qingke is transcendent.

Feng Yuan's gaze immediately turned to Gu Liuquan, there was obvious jealousy in his eyes, he was suppressed by Dong Qiuke, one of the ****** chess players in the Luzhou Assassin Mansion, and he was depressed, so he switched to Jiangzhou, thinking that Gu Liuquan was old and decrepit, and his chess strength was definitely not as good as before, and if he could win the battle, he would become famous in one fell swoop.

Xu Tingshi likes to watch strong opponent duels, and immediately proposed to let Feng Yuan and Gu Liuquan play a game.

Feng Yuan pretended to be respectful and said, "It is really an honor to be able to ask the ancient chess master for advice. ”

Unexpectedly, Gu Liuquan said: "The old man is not feeling well today, and I just want to come and see the game of the sages-" He turned his head to the girl in the red dress beside him and said, "Didn't the third lady say that she wanted to find a master to try her chess skills, and this Mr. Feng is suitable." ”

The bright-eyed and bright-toothed girl immediately saluted Feng Yuan and said, "Please give me advice, Mr. Feng." ”

Feng Yuan was very annoyed, Gu Liuquan refused him in person, but let a young girl play against him, this was obviously humiliating him.

But I heard Xu Tingshi laugh and said: "Mr. Feng, this is the little girl Danyuan, and Xu is generally fond of Go, so Mr. will give her a few tricks." ”

Hearing that it was Miss Xu's third lady, Feng Yuan didn't dare to slack off, and said politely: "Don't dare, don't dare." I thought: "I heard that the ancient head is teaching the female son of Xufu to play Go, then this third lady is the apprentice of the ancient head, the ancient head let the female apprentice appear, naturally I want to try my depth, it seems that the ancient head is also very jealous of me, hum, I will defeat his apprentice first, and then fight the ancient head is not too late." ”