In front of Xiahou Yuan's door, Cao Pi and Liu Ye exchanged a few polite words, and the group walked towards the main hall. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Xiahou Yuan's house occupies an area that is not as large as Cao's Mansion, but it is definitely not small, carved beams and painted buildings, bucket arches and cornices are not lacking, there are shallow ponds in several yards passing by, setting off the branches that have lost all the leaves on the side, it is conceivable that these courtyards should have green trees and rippling blue waves between spring and summer, which shows that Xiahou Yuan, the Yingchuan Taishou, is now very good. It is no longer the embarrassing scene of starving to death to support the adopted daughter.

A man who used to be very hungry, after he had money, he would eat every time he ate until he couldn't walk. A person who was once very poor, after having money, will definitely stuff a lot of cash in his pocket, which will give them an inexplicable sense of security.

The same is true for Xiahou Yuan, although it is already evening, and it is not long before the time for dinner, but the case in front of Cao Pi still has meat soup, roast pork (roast pork), and a mini celadon wine bottle and a wine bottle. There is wine in the wine bottle, and this taste is definitely the best wine shipped from the Zhong family estate.

Cao Pi's next seat is Liu Ye, between the two of them there is a square case made according to the style of the Hu bed, the Hu bed is also called "the bed", "the chair", "the rope bed", in fact, it is the oldest small horse bench, the height is not more than 50 centimeters. The feet of the bench can be folded, but the surface on which the person sits is not a plank, but a foldable cloth or a dense rope.

This kind of thing is not owned by the Central Plains, but from the Western Regions, which country Cao Pi does not know, but he knows who brought the Hu bed culture into the Central Plains, it is no one else, it is the emperor who broke out during the Yellow Turban Rebellion during his reign, the first emperor who experienced the decline of the Han Dynasty: the father of today, Emperor Ling of Han.

Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was very keen on foreign culture, at that time people outside the region were collectively called Hu people, so their products all have a Hu character, their cake is called Hu cake, their radish is called carrot, Hu bed, is also their product, but they are used to sit, in the Han Dynasty, there is no concept of stool, in the eyes of the Han people, the thing that can sit and lie is the bed, the Hu bed can sit but can not lie down, in the final analysis, it is worse than the things of the Han Dynasty, so it can only be called Hu bed.

Now the Hu bed between Cao Pi and Liu Ye is relatively large, much larger than the general easy-to-carry Hu bed, at least a little larger than the mahjong table in later generations, and the position of the sitting person is not a step or a rope, but a wooden board, take a closer look, this wooden board is not fixed, but just placed on it, and can be taken off at any time.

As soon as this thing was taken out, Cao Pi and Liu Ye were very surprised, and asked what this thing was for, and after Xiahou Yuan explained with a smile, the two of them were stunned.

It turned out that in the early years, Xiahou Yuan was not worried about his daughter alone, so he took his daughter to fight in the Quartet, during this period, it was inevitable to sleep in the open air, at that time the daughter was not very old, her body did not grow taller, and her weight was light.

Later, when his daughter grew up, Cao Cao's territory was fixed, and this thing was useless, and then Xiahou Yuan placed his daughter in Xudu, and this thing was also placed here.

At this point, it can be seen that Cao Pi's astonishment is that Xiahou Yuan's paternal love for this adopted daughter has simply broken through the sky, as for Liu Ye's astonishment, Cao Pi doesn't know.

Now this thing that Xiahou Yuan's beloved daughter sleeps on has a chessboard for Cao Pi and Liu Ye to play against each other, because this thing is easy to move, just enough to allow Cao Pi and Liu Ye to play chess while drinking wine and eating meat, which also reflects that Xiahou Yuan is very thoughtful in hospitality.

After the two sat down, Cao Pi asked Liu Ye to take the lead in white, and now Cao Pi's reputation for being proficient in chess has spread among the officials of Xu Du, Liu Ye is naturally not polite, although this time he was invited to come, and he didn't care too much about winning or losing, but he was also born in the end, and he has a lot of experience in the way of chess.

On the other hand, Cao Pi was not polite, he wanted to turn Liu Ye into his person, but now he has no resources, so naturally he can't take out the chips to make people work for himself, in this case, the first step is to make Liu Ye impressed by himself, how profound? Cao Pi felt that he would be impressed by the worst defeat he had ever experienced on the chessboard. So Cao Pi didn't have any concessions, as soon as he made a move, he was the most vicious killer in the seat system, pestering Liu Ye to fight at the beginning, not giving him any chance to run the territory, and gaining the upper hand with subtle changes in the fight, so that Liu Ye was restrained everywhere after 60 hands, less than 80 hands Liu Ye has seen sweat on his forehead, less than 90 hands have been difficult to move an inch, and less than 100 hands have thrown in to admit defeat.

In this process, Xiahou Yuan has been watching from the sidelines, without saying a word, which makes Cao Pi feel strange, he has a lot of clever moves, if Xiahou Yuan is really like what he said, he likes to watch chess and doesn't play well, he should not help but applaud, the natural reaction of chess lovers is rarely suppressed, but now his target is Liu Ye, and he can't care about what Xiahou Yuan thinks. ”

Liu Ye at this time in his heart has been impressed by the empty son in front of him, although the game can not explain everything, but at least it can show that this son is a thoughtful person, on the chessboard ring by ring killing moves have proved this, such chess skills from the hands of a ten-year-old child, absolutely worthy of the prodigy.

"Childe's chess skills are like a godsend, and if you practice hard for ten years, I'm afraid that the result will be the same as today." Liu Ye said with a wry smile.

"Sir's words are serious, the way of chess is just a pastime, and the invincibility on this seventeen-way chessboard cannot be exchanged for a real victory, so you don't need to care too much about the outcome of the chess game." Cao Pi said with a smile.

"Childe's words are reasonable, when I saw Childe's methods today, I really have a big heart, come, let's have a few more drinks!" Xiahou Yuan spoke at this time, and he was hastily open-minded, he really didn't look like a person who loved chess, but Cao Pi didn't care, and after a few more drinks with Xiahou Yuan, he said that he couldn't drink anymore, and wanted to go back to rest, Xiahou Yuan didn't keep it, and Liu Ye sent Cao Pi to the door, and instructed the guards to set up a carriage to send him back to Cao's Mansion, and at the same time borrowed a horse for pawning, let another person follow the carriage, and bring the horse back when he arrived at Cao's Mansion.

After Cao Pi and Dianman left, Xiahou Yuan immediately said to Liu Ye: "Thank you Ziyang today, I have two robes, which are made of the mink skin I hunted in my early years, and I will send someone to the house tomorrow." ”

Although Liu Ye is also a rich man in Yangzhou, but the southern craftsmen are not good at making robes, and the family has left their hometown, and the two have changed hands in the middle, and they have to buy real estate when they come to Xudu, and they really can't afford to buy a set of robes. It's just that today's shame and chess strength are not good, and the general didn't let the general see more of Childe's clever moves. ”

Xiahou Yuan laughed, and even said that it was okay, Liu Ye knew that he was done with his affairs, and he didn't have to stay longer, so he immediately said goodbye and left. Xiahou Yuan naturally called another carriage to send Liu Ye away.

On the carriage, Liu Ye thought about why Xiahou Yuan invited Cao Pi to play chess with him, saying that he Xiahou Yuan loved chess, but Liu Ye absolutely didn't believe it, because the reflection of watching chess had exposed everything.

"Xiahou Yuan..... is cautious, and should not be eager to please Cao Pi because Cao Ang died in battle and Cao Pi's status has risen..... It's a puzzling thing. "Rao is Liu Ye is smart, and he can't figure out the reason.

Similarly, Cao Pi was also confused in the carriage: "Xiahou Yuan obviously doesn't like to play chess, why do you want to do this?" Is it just to introduce Liu Ye to me? I'm afraid that he doesn't have such a far-sighted vision, if he has, he won't die at the hands of Huang Zhong, inexplicable! ”