"Yuzi catalpa is all the way to Rao, and it is the most suitable for eaves and rain and bamboo."

Hearing Li Xiangping's crepe coming, the embroidered piano girl was stunned for a moment, and then pursed her lips and smiled:

"Mr. Li is very literate, that's okay, according to your orders, let's start the boat now, and I'll take the two gentlemen to have a good look at the place where the gold powder of the Six Dynasties gathers."

"Actually, what I'm better at is the routine of "two little bees, flying into the flowers". ”

Li Xiangping looked at the beauty in front of him with a smile, but he had such a sentence in his heart.

He said to himself, "What are you pretending to be with me here?" Didn't I just look at the strangeness of your painting boat, and the chessboard of unknown origin, so I deliberately recited this poem?

Feign! You just continue to pretend with me here, what I just read was just a poem by Xiao Du in the Tang Dynasty, and there are these two sentences on the catalpa. If I hadn't seen these two sentences just now, how would I have thought that this is a chessboard used by "Danghu"?

Since you dare to call yourself an embroidered qin, and you also put such a strange piece of chessboard in such a conspicuous place, can you not know this poem?

Thinking of this, Li Xiangping secretly glanced at Zhao Daokai, as a dead friend who grew up together, Zhao Daokai understood in his heart, and then the two of them treated it as if it was nothing, and regarded today as an ordinary act of drinking flower wine, and prepared to deal patiently with several beauties on the boat.

The painting boat began to swim on the Qinhuai River, because he was worried about this chessboard, Li Xiangping was a little absent-minded, looking at the scenery on both sides of the river, he said to Zhao Daokai:

"It's strange, I think the scenery in this area is average, and there is nothing special, why can there be a big reputation here?"

Hearing Li Xiangping's question, Zhao Daokai, who had been in Jinling for a while, said with a smile:

"You don't understand this, the reason why the entertainment industry on the banks of the Qinhuai River was so developed in ancient times was purely because of the good location, you see, ......" Zhao Daokai pointed to a place on the shore:

"That place is the former Jiangnan Gongyuan, and every year there are twenty or thirty thousand people who come here to take the imperial examination. Xiangping, if you think about it, there are twenty or thirty thousand people, and they are all the kind of readers who have spending power and like to pursue what kind of life mood, so this demand is definitely leveraged. ”

Li Xiangping showed a smile: "So that's the case." ”

Zhao Daokai nodded: "And this kind of demand, a group of very business-minded mothers have long recognized it and know that this is a quite promising industry and industry." So they vigorously cultivated the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, as well as poems and songs of the "daughters", so as to attract Jiangnan scholars and those who came to the Gongyuan to take the exam. Over time, this generation has become a famous red light district in the Ming and Qing dynasties, leaving many moving legends and fragrant stories, well, if you don't have enough energy, you can't go there at all. ”

Li Xiangping echoed with a smile: "Yes, yes, not only is it impossible to go shopping if you don't have enough energy, but I heard that in ancient times, when you visited Qinglou, you can't just have money, you have to have a little culture, only those so-called literati are the most popular, right?" ”

"That's that," Zhao Daokai and Li Xiangping sang and harmonized:

"I think that those famous prostitutes on the banks of the Qinhuai River back then can be said to have long since gotten rid of the low-level interest of selling meat, they like to wear lead powder, and sometimes they don't even bother to paint makeup, so they see customers without makeup. The dress does not pursue revealing or gorgeous, and is mainly elegant and simple. Hey! It is precisely this kind of homely routine that has won the favor of guests. And the more famous prostitutes who can vote for the literati, the easier it is to become famous and mix up the top brands. What literati like is nothing more than engaging in cultural entertainment, reading poetry and writing, playing the piano and painting. So Qin Huai Bayan and the Qin Huai Five Uniques you just talked about, they are basically all female Wenqing or above the cultural level, and if it is low, there is no way to communicate or play at all. ”

Li Xiangping nodded: "That's right, the reason why Ma Xianglan in Qinhuai Bayan is the top brand is because she is a master of painting orchids, calligraphy and lyrics." Gu Hengbo published a collection of poems by himself, not losing to those ladies at all, Dong Xiaowan's cultural level is also very high, she took the initiative to write a book, she checked and copied it on the side, and carefully negotiated it. Liu Ru is even more incredible, she is very good at poetry, and often makes Qian Qianyi, the leader of the literary world in the early Qing Dynasty, feel ashamed. The foundation of literature and history is also good, Qian Qianyi may make mistakes in the things used to cultivate history, she can point it out dialectically from the side, so she is nicknamed "Liu Confucian" by Qian, so if you want to be famous on the banks of the Qinhuai River back then, it is absolutely impossible to have no ability or personality, take those young model Internet celebrities now, if they are allowed to travel to the banks of the Qinhuai River to beg for a living, it is estimated that many people will not be able to adapt. ”

Zhao Daokai laughed: "That's not necessarily, modern people travel back, then they must bring back the set of heaven and earth, I said Xiangping, do you dare to say that those literati in ancient times, they must not like the routine of heavy makeup and black stockings?" ”

While chatting there, the two paid attention to the beautiful woman who accompanied them. The two of them talked so much there, and to put it bluntly, they just wanted to spy on the reaction of the embroidered girl and judge what she was from.

It's a pity that the efforts of the two were in vain, during the two of them, although the beauty named Xiuqin has been accompaniing, but she barely spoke throughout the whole process, just smiling and accompanying the two---- it is the kind of very professional, flawless smile, people don't know what she is thinking, let alone see her bottom line from her expression.

Seeing that all kinds of temptations were ineffective, Li Xiangping and Zhao Daokai glanced at each other again, and then nodded at the same time, knowing that if they wanted to find out the details of this person, they might eventually fall into Go. Just as the rain outside was getting heavier and heavier, everyone took the opportunity to leave the deck and return to the boat.

Zhao Daokai was the first to lose his breath, and after returning to the room, he didn't go around the bend, pointed to the chess set that was suspected to be an antique, and pretended to say to the beautiful woman named Xiuqin inadvertently:

"Since the beauty is called Xiuqin, and there is a pair of Go here, then you must play Go?"

Regarding this problem, the costume beauty named Xiuqin did not hide it, she smiled at Zhao Daokai:

"A little bit, I studied for a while a long time ago."

"Yo! Beauty can actually play Go, there are not many beauties who can play Go these years, what is the level of the embroidered piano girl? Hehe, hey, let me tell you something, my brother, he's a Go master......"

Zhao Daokai pointed at Li Xiangping with his hand, and then pretended to be interested: "He has also been formally practiced since he was a child, and the standard children's skills happened to meet today, why don't you two have a plate?" ”

"Oh?" Xiuqin's gaze turned to Li Xiangping, I don't know what's going on, maybe it's because I feel good, Li Xiangping always thinks that this beauty looks at her eyes a little strange:

"It turns out that Mr. Li has received formal training, so no, no, with my level, I will definitely not be able to get down to Mr. Li."

Although the beauty said it politely and there was nothing wrong with her attitude, Li Xiangping was a little embarrassed.

Li Xiangping's Go is indeed a child's skill, with his close professional level, of course, he can be called a master among the general public. However, you must know that it is precisely because he is a boy that he failed to rush three times in a row when he was a child, which left a shadow on him in Go, and he felt very ashamed, and regarded this incident as a great shame, and even a regret in his life.

So to tell the truth, Li Xiangping is actually very taboo for others to say that he is a Go master, especially in the face of people who are not very familiar with him, he is not very willing to mention Go.

However, today's situation is different, not to mention that this painting boat is full of a kind of weirdness, just the chessboard that is suspected to have witnessed the "Ten Rounds of Danghu", which is attractive enough for Li Xiangping, and successfully aroused his curiosity, and now if he wants to solve the mystery in his heart, it seems that he can only use the topic of Go as an entry point.

So naturally, after returning to the boat, everyone started to talk about Go as the main topic.

The atmosphere of the chat was quite good, and everyone talked about the topic of Go, and several people talked about the origin of Go, from ancient Chinese Go to modern Go, and then from modern Go to Go AI, which has recently brought a subversive revolution to Go.

After everyone chatted, Li Xiangping was a little impressed by this ancient costume beauty named Xiuqin, because of the chessboard, Li Xiangping deliberately introduced the topic to the ancient chess, and it was precisely because of the ancient chess that Li Xiangping found a strange thing.

The beauty in ancient costume named Xiuqin, her knowledge of ancient chess is quite rich, no matter what topic Li Xiangping is involved in, she can tell it eloquently, such as a few treasures.

From "Yao System Go" to the first national player Yi Qiu with written records, from the "Thirteen Chapters of the Book of Chess" to the first human Go master "One Son Solves Two Signs", she can pick up any topic.

Especially for the Go of the Ming and Qing dynasties, from the three major schools of Go in the Ming Dynasty to the nine major players in the Qing Dynasty, from "Ten Rounds of the Week" to "Ten Rounds of Danghu", this beauty called Xiuqin is even more familiar, she casually said a lot of chess stories in the Ming and Qing dynasties, many of which are unheard of by Li Xiangping.

Li Xiangping was amazed in his heart.

Not only that, what makes Li Xiangping feel strange is not only this, Li Xiangping noticed during the chat: In addition to being very familiar with ancient chess, this embroidered qin girl is not very familiar with modern Japanese Go, as well as the world chess pattern in recent decades.

"Strange, what kind of person is this beauty? How do I feel, she's a bit like someone who has just crossed over from ancient times......"

At this moment, Li Xiangping's brain opened up and he had such a strange idea, and while generating this strange idea, he became more and more interested in the beauty in front of him.

Just when Li Xiangping shook his head slightly, trying to drive this unreliable idea out of his mind, Zhao Daokai repeated the old words again:

"Hehe, I see that the two of you have a good conversation, why don't you two go on the next game?"

Li Xiangping didn't speak, but just turned his inquiring gaze to the beauty.

The beauty was not hypocritical, she said to Li Xiangping with a smile: "Since Mr. Li wants to play chess, then I will accompany you to talk about a game." ”

She waved her hand, and the other two girls dressed as maids in ancient costumes brought out another set of chess sets.

A brand new modern chess set.

"Huh? Why not use this set of chess sets? ”

Li Xiangping pointed his finger at the chess set that was suspected to be an antique.

When Li Xiangping finished saying this, he suddenly felt that the beautiful woman's eyes looking at him became more and more strange:

"Does Mr. Li want to try this catalpa? But I advise you, it's better not to try, or you'll regret it. ”

The beauty said this is equivalent to not saying it, and Li Xiangping even thinks that she said it on purpose.

You must know that as a man, the more beautiful women say things they can't do, the more they actually have no reason to back down most of the time, not to mention that Li Xiangping's main purpose today is to run for that chessboard, so next:

"Hehe, don't regret it, don't regret it, what's the matter, isn't the embroidery girl reluctant to use this chessboard to entertain guests?"

"You really don't regret it?"

"Of course."

However, just a few minutes later, Li Xiangping finally regretted it a little.

Of course, strictly speaking, Li Xiangping is not called regret, he actually has no time to regret it.

Because when his hand just touched the piece of catalpa, Li Xiangping immediately felt that the world was spinning, and then next,

Then Li Xiangping fell unconscious.