In the afternoon, it was drizzling in Jinling City, and Wei Qiao walked on the road with an umbrella, stepping on the stone slab under his feet, and the breeze was blowing. Feeling the faint warm breath in the air, his heart was as calm as a stream flowing quietly.

In the quaint houses on the side of the road, the windows are open, and from time to time people poke their heads out to look at the extremely rare rain and fog landscape in Jinling.

Wei Qiao walked step by step, the teahouse was bustling with people, they talked loudly, whispered, after tea and dinner, there are always a lot of idlers in Jinling.

Wei Qiao walked to the teahouse, took the umbrella, and looked up at the second floor.

On the railing, there happened to be a head sticking out, with a leisurely gaze and a smile on the corner of his mouth.

The eyes of the two seemed to meet like hearts, and then there was silence, silence.

Many people also felt the strangeness of the man in green clothes outside, holding an umbrella in his hand, raising his head, staring at the sky, motionless.

"Hehe, come up, I've been waiting for you for a long time."

Suddenly, there was a very friendly laugh from upstairs, as if I had seen an old friend.

Wei Qiao's indifferent face suddenly smiled, took the umbrella, and said with a smile: "There is something at home, and it is delayed." ”

The conversation between the two is like a pair of extremely familiar friends, meeting in a teahouse to chat, and the tone is flat revealing that the relationship between the two is extremely close and familiar.

The originally curious people smiled, and the teahouse became lively again.

Wei Qiao put away the umbrella, walked into the crowded teahouse, looked around, and walked towards the second floor.

There were many tables on the second floor, but at this time, there was only a young man leaning on the table leaning against the railing.

He was dressed in a light gray regular dress, with sparse patterns embroidered on the collar and sleeves, his hair pulled up, and his side face was sharp and angular, like a knife. The gaze is soft and indifferent, but a cold glow flashes from time to time.

There was a chessboard on the table, and all the chessboard were black chess, densely packed, as if something was deliberately displayed.

Wei Qiao put the umbrella aside, walked over with a light smile, sat down on the other side of the table, and rolled up his sleeves: "It's been a long time?" ”

Chen Ting's black chess piece fell lightly on the chessboard, stared at the chessboard and didn't move, and said lightly, "Soon, about half an hour." ”

Wei Qiao made a 'hmm' sound, looked at the chessboard, and explained, "Well, I was eating at my sister-in-law's, and you didn't say the specific time, so I came a little late." ”

Chen Ting blinked, looked up at him, and said as if it was true or false: "I thought you did it on purpose." ”

Wei Qiao looked at the chessboard, as if he hadn't heard clearly, and said casually, "Hmm." ”

Chen Ting's eyes seemed to be interested, he looked at Wei Qiao with a smile, his eyes flashed, and he picked up the black chess again: "I heard that you played chess with Master Yinkong?" ”

Wei Qiao stretched out his hand, followed suit, and shook his head, "No, he said he couldn't get down with me, so he didn't." ”

The corners of Chen Ting's mouth curled slightly, as if he was more interested, and looked at Wei Qiao and said, "Then what did you do in there?" ”

Wei Qiao threw the chess pieces into the black urn and said lightly, "I didn't do anything, I was very bad by Chen Zhuo in my heart, and I came out after a few casual words." ”

Chen Ting looked at Wei Qiao, tilted his head, his eyes blinked, and suddenly smiled again: "On who is the person who saw you on the Buddha's high platform, I used all my connections to find out what this person is." ”

Wei Qiao stretched out his hand and took a white chess piece, put it on the chessboard, and said silently: "I don't know, he said that he is from the palace." ”

Chen Ting raised his eyebrows, his eyes were slightly condensed, and he stared at Wei Qiao's face with a flash, as if he was examining the truth of his words.

"Hehe, you don't have to scare me. The Chen family has come to this point, and we will not back down in the next step, even if it is a sea of swords. ”

Chen Ting's eyes were still scrutinizing Wei Qiao's face, and after a long time, he shook his head with a smile.

Wei Qiao nodded, looked at the chessboard and said, "He said his surname is Cui, it's your turn." ”

Chen Ting's eyes narrowed slightly, staring at Wei Qiao's face, and then smiled faintly, looked down at the chessboard and said, "Brother Wei, the black chess will go first." ”

Wei Qiao shook his head and said, "I play white chess first." ”

Chen Ting raised his eyebrows, and the black chess in his right hand 'snapped', and said, "After three days, I will marry the third lady of the Zheng family." ”

Wei Qiao was noncommittal, the chess piece fell again, looked up at him, and said, "What does it have to do with the queen?" ”

Today's queen's surname is Zheng, and the Zheng family does not enter the court, but their business is all over the world.

Chen Ting shook his head, the chess pieces fell, and he said indifferently: "I don't know specifically, I heard that the queen hugged her when she was a child, and she also gave her a jade pendant." ”

Wei Qiao smiled, looked down at the chessboard, and said, "That's congratulations to Brother Chen." ”

Chen Ting smiled faintly, looked up at him, and said curiously: "Brother Wei, can you tell me what happened last night, I used a lot of connections, but I almost didn't find anything." ”

Wei Qiao shook his head and said, "Tell me about inviting me today." ”

Chen Ting looked at him fixedly, his eyes flashed, for a long time, he smiled, and said with the corners of his mouth curled: "Brother Wei, I'm quite curious about you now, if it weren't for the relationship between our two families, I wouldn't mind making you a friend." ”

Wei Qiao glanced up at him and said lightly: "Hurry up, it's a bit urgent to go back." ”

Chen Ting was stunned for a moment, then smiled indifferently, his eyes swept over the chessboard, and fell quickly.

Wei Qiao also pinched the chess pieces and fell, looking quite leisurely.

Chen Ting looked at Wei Qiao, his eyes flashed, and he suddenly smiled and said, "Brother Wei, let's make a bet, who loses, the Chamber of Commerce is late for a stick of incense, how about it?" ”

Wei Qiao frowned slightly, looked up at him, and said with a strange expression: "That's it?" ”

It's like saying, 'That's it,' you're bringing me? You can't be sick, right?

Chen Ting smiled faintly and said, "If Brother Wei doesn't think the stakes are enough, you can add more." ”

Wei Qiao nodded thoughtfully and said, "Well, how about another 10,000 taels?" ”

This time it was Chen Ting's turn to look strange, looked at Wei Qiao and smiled: "What? Brother Wei is very short of silver? ”

Wei Qiao lowered his head again, stared at the chessboard indifferently, and said slowly, "Recently, I have been short of money, make some pocket money." ”

Chen Ting smiled and said, "Since Brother Wei is so confident, it's okay." The rules of the game are one person to say one, and the last stroke is decided. ”

Wei Qiao nodded and said, "It's fair." ”

Chen Ting looked at the chessboard in front of him and said, "Okay, then the first game is this game." ”

Wei Qiao pinched the chess pieces in his hand and said, "Do you want to start over?" ”

Chen Ting shook his head and said, "That's it." As he spoke, the chess pieces fell.

Wei Qiao's chess pieces also fell, the two of them raised their heads and chests, sat straight, their faces were indifferent and meaningless, but their eyes were dignified and flashing.

From time to time, the chess pieces fell, and the two were silent from time to time.

Wei Qiao glanced at this Chen Da Shao, his behavior was indeed a little different from ordinary people, although he had put pressure on him from the beginning, Chen Ting remained steadfast. His chess moves are also erratic and extremely strange. If it weren't for Wei Qiao's 'well-informed', he might not be his opponent at all. What Chen Ting threw out, Wei Qiao didn't think much about it at all, because he knew that it seemed to be big, but it was not the real hole card of the Chen family.

Chen Dashao was playing chess, but his heart was also spinning. Peers, even some elders are not as stressful as Wei Qiao gives him. He was confident that everything could be controlled today, and everything he wanted to know could be taken out of Wei Qiao's mouth, but to his surprise, even if he used the matter of marrying the Zheng family to provoke the general, Wei Qiao was not fooled at all, he was calm as flowing water, and there was no trace of anger.

While the two were playing chess, their hearts were spinning.

Both of them wanted to get something out of each other's mouths, but they both understood that the other was not so easy, their fingers were playing on the chessboard, and the afterglow was not touching, and then they left with a sense of inspiration.

Wei Qiao and Chen Dashao's chess styles are very similar, they are both erratic and elusive chess moves. With the end of the foreshadowing, the two became more and more serious.

Soon, the situation got out of control, and both of them unhurriedly dropped their chess pieces, as if they didn't care about winning or losing, and let the situation slowly move towards an unpredictable situation.

Neither of them did step by step, nor did they lay out calmly. As if they were doing whatever they wanted, the situation slowly expanded and got out of control, but neither of them set out to save the situation, and the situation was completely out of control.

Now that they are out of control, the two of them will no longer be so serious.

Chen Ting glanced at Wei Qiao and said lightly, "Brother Wei, I heard that Lord Hubu Yu has not been in good health recently?" ”

Wei Qiao was puzzled, and said with an unmoved expression: "I heard that Lord Yuan of Dali Temple has also been sick recently. "It's all a gag.

Chen Ting looked at Wei Qiao's eyes flashing slightly, and then said with a smile: "I heard that the emperor ordered to increase the quota of Hanlin Academy. ”

These two things are completely out of bounds, but Chen Ting will definitely not talk to him about inconsequential things. He didn't know about the household, and he also knew Zhao Yuankui and Wu Fangyuan in the Hanlin Academy.

Wu Fangyuan? Wu Fangyuan is Chu Han's teacher, could it be that Chen Ting wants to involve the Chu family?

Wei Qiao's heart moved, and he smiled indifferently: "The household department is all fat, even if it is the emperor, the opinion of the cabinet must be considered." ”

The corners of Chen Ting's mouth curled slightly, and he said with a smile: "Brother Wei may not know that the Chang Pavilion of the cabinet is always from Ganzhou. ”

Wei Qiao raised his eyebrows, and looked up at Chen Ting with a flickering eye.

――Master Chu is also from Ganzhou.

Wei Qiao thought in his heart, he knew that the Chen family was probably also jealous of the Chu family, and muttered, "What else do you know?" ”

As soon as Chen Ting's chess pieces fell, he smiled chicly: "No." ”

Wei Qiao's eyes were cold.

Chen Ting smiled, waved his hand and said, "It's really gone, if there is, I don't have to look for you." ”

Wei Qiao nodded in his heart, estimating that Chen Ting was telling the truth, because the Jiang family's nail did not get any news.

Wei Qiao's fingers tapped on the chessboard, his eyes flashed, and after a long time, he raised his head and said in a deep voice, "According to my information, the Chu family has obtained the iron card for the winter clothes of the forbidden army this year, and the gap in the winter clothes of the garrison outside the customs will also be handed over to the Chu family to make up." ”

Chen Ting's eyes flashed suddenly, his body sat upright, and he said coldly: "Really? ”

Wei Qiao pinched the chess pieces, his face was cold, and he said indifferently: "Fake." ”

Chen Ting's eyes flashed coldly, and he stared at Wei Qiao in a hurry. If the Chu family really got these two things, the hidden power behind them would be too terrifying. If at the critical moment when the Chen family is going all out to deal with the Wei family, the Chu family is sitting on the profits of the fisherman and suddenly attacking, then the Chen family is estimated to have everything in vain, and they have worked hard for several years to make wedding clothes for the Chu family!

"Someone!" Chen Ting's face was indifferent, and he suddenly shouted coldly.

"The eldest son." A middle-aged man walked up to Chen Ting's side very quickly and said respectfully.

"Go check it out." Chen Ting looked at Wei Qiao with flickering eyes, squinted his eyes and said lightly.

"Yes." The middle-aged man also looked up at Wei Qiao lightly, and turned to leave.

(To be continued)