The soothing music of the guzheng sounded in the teahouse, and everyone consciously stopped making loud noises.

After the guests asked for tea, they began to read the descriptions and rules of the new chess types on the table, and ordered the most military chess.

Some guests don't understand, and they don't want to spend money on chess students, Xiao Er will give a rough explanation, and chess students will also go over to give a brief explanation.

As long as there are female guests, Wang Sanni will come forward to receive them, say hello, arrange rooms, and introduce the beauty tea made by the tea house.

At the beginning of the afternoon, even the seats in the hall were full, and the late guests were disappointed.

Xu Lanyin has been staying in her own wing in the backyard. I felt that it was almost over, so I went to the third floor to visit the Qin family, the Min family, and the Hu family.

Qin Hongyu and Min Nan were playing checkers and were playing hard, and they didn't have time to talk to Xu Lan because of the cold. They smiled and said, "Sister Xu, don't bother us now, and I'll talk to you later." ”

Qin Ru is interested in Western chess and is studying seriously with chess students.

The Min brothers played military chess happily, Hu Wan and Zhu Zhuang were not interested in chess, and stood by the window to watch the excitement.

Xu Lanyin walked out of the Tang House, and met the chess idiot Lord Zhou with a young man in a fancy costume upstairs, this young man Xu Lanyin felt a little familiar. Shopkeeper Wu personally accompanied, and they also ordered a chess student, that is, Ding Xiaoran.

Of the six chess students, five were all ordered, and the guests may think that Ding Xiaoran is too young and his chess skills will not be good, and there is only one left, so he was ordered by Zhou Shu.

Zhou Shu felt that Xu Lan was familiar with her face, and said with a smile, "Last time I was with the girl of the Min family, I also said that checkers is a kind of chess played by children, is it you, girl?" ”

Xu Lanyin bowed to him and said with a smile, "Lord Zhou has a good memory. He said to the shopkeeper Wu, "Go and get busy, Lord Zhou, I'll greet you." ”

Zhou Shu smiled, "Thank you for giving me a membership card." He pointed to the young man beside him again, and said with a smile, "This is Lord Chai from the household department, and he came to Ningzhou Mansion to do business, so I brought him here." ”

Lord Chai of the household department, Xu Lanyin finally knew where that familiar feeling came from.

What a coincidence!

Xu Lanyin bowed to Chai Jun again, and said with a smile, "Lord Chai." ”

This is not only Zhao Xingchen's father, his cousin who turned a corner, but also Gu Wangchen's top boss. With so many titles, Xu Lanyin has enough energy to deal with it.

Chai Jun is thin and tall, handsome, noble and lazy, and he smiled at the corners of his mouth. Secretly, there are still such good-looking girls among the people, but it's a pity that they show up to open a tea shop.

A few people entered the Lanshe, and Xiao Er served a tea list.

Zhou Shu took it and looked at it, asked for two cups of blue waves and snow, and said, "Take out all the chess, military chess, and checkers for me to see." He added, "Western chess, as the name suggests, is a type of chess on the Western side, how do you know?" And military chess and checkers, where did they come from? ”

Xu Lanyin had already thought of an excuse, and he also communicated with the Qin family and Xu Lanzhou. "My brother and I have liked to play chess since we were children, and we have paid attention to all the records of chess. I accidentally saw it in a particularly old miscellaneous book, so I made it myself and learned it, but my qualifications were limited and I didn't play it well. Checkers was also seen in that book, and it was easy to play and suitable for children. Military chess, which I derived from the basis of back-to-earth chess, changed some rules. My younger brother likes military affairs, and later he added a few more characters to make the military chess a little more perfect than before, and named it military chess. However, military chess is like two armies against each other, unpredictable, and more rules and gameplay should be designed. We are stupid and can't think of it, and I hope someone superior can come up with some more. If you come up with it, we will give you a membership card for the tea house. ”

The last two sentences are both modest and advertising for the teahouse.

Zhou Shu said with a smile, "Miss Xu is too modest, how can you be stupid if you can create a new type of chess." ”

Xu Lanyin hurriedly smiled, "Lord Zhou has an overreputation. We are not creation, we are extensions. ”

Chai Jun couldn't bear to listen to their nonsense and looked around. The decoration style here is strange, and you can faintly hear the sound of the piano, which is pleasing to the eye and pleasant. Moreover, Xiao Er's dress is very unconventional and good-looking, and he has to admit that such a simple and neat dress does make the tea house more clean and makes people feel a little more good.

He glanced at Xu Lanyin a few more times, but she was a smart and clever little girl who didn't play cards according to common sense.

When the tea comes up, the aroma is overflowing.

Chai Jun said, "The blue waves and snow, the name is good, but it is actually a piece of incense." Looking at the white petals floating on top of the tea soup, he smiled again, "The name is also a bit appropriate." ”

All of Zhou Shu's attention was on the several kinds of chess that he had brought over, and said, "From simple to difficult, you can demonstrate." ”

Xu Lanyin and Ding Xiaoran first demonstrated the simplest checkers.

After they walked a few steps, Zhou Shu laughed out loud and said, "Although it is simple, the idea is novel and fun, and the chess pieces are also good-looking, which is indeed suitable for children to play." ”

As soon as he talked about the child, a little sadness appeared on Chai Jun's face. Nearly a year later, he has yet to recover from the pain of losing his son.

Zhou Shu's mind was on chess, and he didn't notice his emotional changes. Xu Lanyin has been keeping an eye on Chai Jun with her spare eyes, but she saw it.

Halfway through the checkers, Zhou Shu shouted to stop, it was too simple to arouse interest at all.

They played military chess again.

When Zhou Shu saw the name on the chess piece, he listened to the rules again, chuckled, and said, "Appropriate, straightforward, it's really like two armies facing each other." ”

Chai Jun was also attracted and said, "The real chess argument is a bit interesting. ”

After Xu Lanyin and Ding Xiaoran finished a game, Chai Jun put away his playfulness and said, "This military chess seems simple, but it is not easy to play well, you have to be bold and careful, and you have to use a lot of military wisdom." It's fun, it's intellectually inspiring, and there's really a lot more to play...... Not bad, not bad. ”

Zhou Shu nodded frequently. secretly said in his heart, it's a pity that Miss Xu is a woman, if she is a man, she will definitely make a lot of achievements in this life. Thinking that her brother was also involved, she asked, "How old is your brother and what is he doing?" ”

Xu Lanyin gave a general introduction to Xu Lanzhou's situation, and said with a smile, "He has been fond of martial arts since he was a child, and he has been learning strategy from Mr. Zhang of Ningzhou Mansion Academy these days. ”

Zhou Shu immediately said, "Let him go to the academy to find me on the twenty-day, and I will arrange for him to have a good husband and let him live in the academy to study temporarily." He's a talent, and I hope he can pass the exam. ”

Xu Lanyin smiled and thanked him. For more than a year, Xu Lanzhou has studied military chess thoroughly, and he is not afraid of Zhou Shu's suspicions. In this way, Xu Lanzhou has more hope for the martial arts test.

Finally, play chess.