Duanmu Fei had to pull Han Xing to meet Duanmu Heng:

"Big brother."

"Cousin Heng."

When the cousins pretend to be well-behaved, they are particularly likable and cute.

Tao Zihuai was three or four steps away from Duanmu Heng, of course, he also saw Duanmu Fei, looking her up and down, and a look of disagreement flashed in his eyes.

This little girl seems to be only about eleven or twelve years old, with a silly smile on her face, she is clearly a pampered child raised in the family, Duanmu Heng dares to boast that he is not as good as this little girl, and he is not afraid of killing people!

Baoqin blessed Duanmu Heng on the side and explained: "Duanmu Gongzi, everyone Li asked the slave maid to invite Ling Mei over, and they also wanted to ask Ling Mei to see if they could solve the last two games of chess. ”

Duanmu Fei didn't plan to solve the chess game, she came to see the chess game, anyway, she saw the chess game, and remembered it, just go back and silently come out of the chess game, why solve it in public?

If you're not careful, wouldn't it be miserable to let yourself go to a girls' school?!

The more Duanmu Fei thought about it, the more he felt that this was the reason, and he was about to speak, but he was suppressed by Tao Zihuai's voice: "I wonder what Brother Duanmu thinks of these last two chess games?" What he meant was to ask Duanmu Heng if he could break the game confidently.

Tao Zihuai looked at Duanmu Heng provocatively, and Duanmu Heng did not shy away from it, and shook his head.

"Brother Duanmu just said that Ling Meicai is a step above you, so is she confident that she can break these two games?" The corners of Tao Zihuai's mouth curled slightly, and he said mockingly, "We are all classmates, I know that Brother Duanmu loves his sister, but I advise Brother Duanmu to be cautious in his words and deeds in the future, so as not to make people feel that Brother Duanmu is ashamed." ”

Tao Zihuai really doesn't look down on Duanmu Heng, in order to make a name for his cousin, he does not hesitate to belittle other people's sisters, and even has to put his own reputation into it, I don't know what to say, what is the difference between this and "cheating"? !

In the final analysis, the talent of this Duanmu Fourth Girl is just relying on her first grandfather and the noble concubine in the palace!

The others around whispered to each other.

There are also people present who have heard that Duanmufei's chess strength is extraordinary, but there is a way, seeing is believing, hearing is false, thinking about Duanmufei at that time, maybe she was not yet ten years old, those who heard it couldn't help but doubt her chess ability, maybe the official Shangshu You Junji was just coaxing children to praise casually.

But there are also people who have seen her defeat Beiyan Yelu on the chessboard, and they have also seen her set up that unfathomable endgame, and they feel that her chess strength can be seen.

Everyone had different expressions, or suspicion flashed in their eyes, or showed curious expressions, or waited and watched, or frowned, and they all looked at Duanmu Heng and Duanmu Scarlet.

Duanmu Heng looked calm, he didn't even move his eyebrows, what he said was true, he had a clear conscience, and naturally there was nothing to be excited about.

On the contrary, a flash of dissatisfaction flashed in Duanmufei's eyes, her eldest brother is not something that any cat or dog can ridicule!

"Hug Qin girl," Duanmufei didn't bother to argue with Tao Zihuai about anything, anyway, the facts are the best answer, "Everyone Li is kind, then I will be disrespectful." ”

As he spoke, Duanmu Fei walked lightly towards the first game of chess.

It's really twists and turns, and the climax is repeated! Han Xing watched it with relish from the sidelines, and next, it was Cousin Scarlet's turn to kill the Quartet!

Han Xing followed him in a hurry, like a little follower.

The other people around also surrounded curiously, including the Tao brothers and sisters, who all wanted to see how capable Duanmu Fei was.

After Duanmu Fei sat down, he glanced at the first game of chess with a smile, and without hesitation, he picked up a sunspot from the chess box and landed directly.

The student of Guozijian sitting opposite her dealt with it skillfully, and seemed to have memorized the chess games behind him by heart.

The black and white pieces continued to fall on the chessboard, and in less than ten pieces, the first game ended at an incredible speed, and the white pieces conceded defeat.

This was followed by the second, third, and fourth innings......

Unconsciously, the water pavilion fell silent, everyone seemed to have forgotten to speak, and their eyes involuntarily focused on Duanmu Fei.

If they hadn't said it with their own eyes, they couldn't believe that a little girl who was only eleven or twelve years old played chess, and that kind of calmness and confidence seemed to come easily, and every child fell without hesitation, as if there was no need to think at all.

Every game is the same, and the game is broken in less than ten pieces, and this overwhelming advantage is speechless.

There was only the crisp sound of falling in the water pavilion, and when the white son in the fifth game of chess conceded defeat in just half a cup of tea, there was an uproar all around.

Just now, Tao San girl also broke the fifth game, but it was intermittent, and it took a lot of tea to work hard, and there was no momentum like Duanmu Fei at all.

This can be seen by others, and of course Tao Zihuai can also see it, his face is a little stiff.

He said to himself in his heart that this Duanmu Fourth Girl is indeed good at chess. However, this chess game is for stability, not for speed, and my sister has also broken five games, so she may not lose to this Duanmufei.

The next sixth inning is key.

The sixth and seventh games are not simple, and there are many students who are good at chess, and they have also gathered around to ponder and discuss just now, but they have no clue for a while, and the changes contained in these two games of chess are too profound, one link after another.

It's no wonder that his sister couldn't solve this game......

Tao Zihuai looked at Duanmu Fei's soft and delicate side face with a slight gaze, and the corners of his mouth hooked a disapproving arc.

He didn't believe it, even the students of their country couldn't solve the chess game, how could a little girl who was not as good as cardamom be able to solve these two chess games!

Duanmu ignored the stunned, sighing or suspicious gazes around him, and immersed himself in the world of black and white chess pieces, full of interest.

This "Dragon Atlas" really lives up to its name, and the first five games can't be compared with the last two games at all.

Duanmu's scarlet eyes were shining, and one son after another landed on the chessboard.

One, two, three, four, five.

When the fifth black disc landed on the chessboard, the situation in which the black and white pieces were originally restrained by each other suddenly changed.

Kuroko carved out a way to survive in the chaos.

Duanmu Fei didn't look at the person opposite, staring at the dotted chessboard with burning eyes, however, the student sitting opposite her was restless, and felt a fierce murderous aura from the black spot that was approaching step by step, as if he was on the battlefield of the Jin Ge Iron Horse.

The speed of Duanmu Scarlet is getting faster and faster, on the contrary, the student's reaction is getting slower and slower, sweating like rain, his expression is gradually in a trance, and the whole person seems to be a magic barrier.

"Smack!"

Another sunspot fell, hitting the point like a sharp blade.

The student froze, relaxed his shoulders abruptly, and threw himself in the fold.

Duanmufei won again, and in less than a cup of tea, he cracked the game.

So, can she crack the seventh game?!

The other people around couldn't help but talk to each other, and there was a commotion around them again, and everyone looked at Duanmufei's eyes becoming more and more complicated.

In fact, at this time, it doesn't matter whether Duanmufei can crack the seventh chess game or not, even the sixth game that Tao San didn't crack easily.

There is no doubt that she is already the first chess player among these noble ladies present!

Duanmufei didn't care about other people at all, she just wanted to solve the last game quickly, how could she give her eldest brother a long face, she couldn't let others think that her eldest brother was bragging for her, right?!

Also, her chestnuts are almost ripe!

Afraid that Hanxing would abandon herself to steal chestnuts, Duanmu was even more anxious, and this impatience was also directly reflected in her chess style, one son was more aggressive than the other.

If Duanmu Fei in the sixth game is a general who leads thousands of troops and horses and gallops on the battlefield, she is a lonely knight at this moment, with invincible heroism.

Even if you witness it with your own eyes at this moment, it still makes people have a strong sense of disobedience, and it is unbelievable that this style of chess comes from a delicate boudoir girl.

When Bai Zi once again surrendered, everyone couldn't help but feel that this was really the case-

Sure enough, Duanmu Fei won again!

Duanmu Fei stood up generously under the burning gaze of everyone, raised his eyes to look at Tao Zihuai a few steps away, and said with a smile: "These two games of chess are not difficult to break. ”

Duanmu's crimson face smiled like spring flowers blooming, bright and brilliant, as if the room was also lit up.

Tao Zihuai's face was stiff, and he only felt that his face was hot, as if he had been slapped in the face in public.

Although Duanmu Fei did not name her name, Tao Zihuai and the others around her knew that her words were for Tao Zihuai.

Tao Zihuai's lips trembled almost imperceptibly, and his face sank like water.

"Fourth sister, your chess skills have improved again." Duanmu Heng praised it, and then said to Tao Zihuai seriously, "Second son Tao, as I said, the sister is far better than me. ”

Duanmu Heng is just always seeking truth from facts, but when he heard this in Tao Zihuai's ears, it was like mocking him.

Tao Zihuai's cheeks instantly turned red, and his whole body tightened.

The third girl Tao who was standing next to Tao Zihuai smiled slightly, and responded decently: "Miss Duanmu is really worthy of her name. ”

Compared with her brother, this Tao San girl seems to have a gentle and quiet temperament.

Duanmu smiled at Duanmu Heng obediently, and his innocent expression seemed to say, big brother, look, she is not lazy and has not abandoned her studies!

Duanmu Heng looked at the little girl's big eyes that seemed to be able to speak, and there was a hint of a smile in her eyes.

He was about to say something, Duanmu Fei's eyes suddenly caught a glimpse of the maid hugging the qin and walking out of the next room, and he suddenly felt bad in his heart, and said before Duanmu Heng: "Big brother, our chestnuts are almost roasted, I'll go first......"

Before the words fell, she had already pulled up Hanxing and ran away.

Chestnut?! Not only Duanmu Heng, but even a few classmates next to him didn't react, how could this have something to do with roasted chestnuts?

Everyone either looked at the back of Duanmu Fei and Hanxing leaving in a daze, or looked at each other suspiciously, and when Baoqin walked to Duanmu Heng, Duanmu Fei had already run away.

Baoqin didn't find anyone, so he had to return for a while: "Master, the fourth girl of Duanmu has left." ”

There was a silver charcoal basin in the corner, and the air was warm and dry, like a spring day.

On the side by the window, there are three women sitting side by side, either drinking tea, twisting Buddhist beads, or closing their eyes to recuperate, all three of them have a good bearing.

Hearing what Baoqin said, Li Yu, who was wearing a blue-gray crane pattern carved silk gown, couldn't hide her surprise and pinched the Buddha beads in her hand and raised her eyebrows.

"I'll just say it," Qi opened his warm eyes, hooked his lips and smiled, "This little girl from the Duanmu family is smart and talented...... I'm afraid that it is no less than the Chu girl in the Xuanguo Mansion, she is good at everything, that is, she is a little lazy, I guess she is afraid that you will take a fancy to her, so if you have to let her come to the women's school to take classes, she will simply slip away first. ”

Qi almost touched Duanmufei's thoughts, and Li Yan couldn't help but laugh when she heard it.

Qi also said something similar before, but Li Yu still didn't believe it at that time, she had seen the endgame that Duanmu Fei had put in the hunting palace the year before, and she also felt that this little girl had a bit of talent and aura in the chess path, but she never thought that her chess path had reached this point, and it was not an exaggeration to call her a "genius".

What surprised her even more was that this little girl was so young, but she didn't care about the worldly fame.

Zhong Yu, who was drinking tea on the side, raised his head from the tea at some point, and the pastel teacup in his hand paused in mid-air.

Zhong Yu's eyes flashed slightly, thinking of the song "Lan Feng Yin" adapted by Duanmu Feixin, the scenes that happened in Luhua Pavilion that day, and her apprentice Fu Yingxuan......

Zhong Yu put the teacup on the square table next to her, and the teacup and saucer made a slight collision sound, causing the other two to look at her.

Zhong Yu raised his eyes and looked at the two, and said: "As far as I can see, the fourth girl of Duanmu is indeed extremely talented and has learned well, but the fly in the ointment is that her temperament is really a little short...... There is no dust under the eyes, and people are treated harshly. ”

In Zhong Yu's opinion, Duanmufei did not come to visit the three of them, which is equivalent to once again verifying his opinion of her. This little girl believed that she had learned from others, so she lost her humility and did not pay attention to her elders at all.

Talented people can't go far.

Qi knew Zhong Yu's knot with Duanmu Fei, but he didn't intend to convince the other party, but said softly: "Ah Yu, this little girl is very interesting, she has seen people's hearts for a long time, and you will know it everywhere with her." ”

"Yes, it's been a long time." Zhong Yu echoed meaningfully, and as she spoke, she stood up, "I'm going to solve the question." ”

Zhong Yu left for a while, and Qi looked at her back and smiled without saying a word.

There was a lot of noise in the water pavilion, and those boys and girls were still gathered around the last two games of chess, discussing in twos and threes.

Zhong Yu's appearance immediately attracted everyone's attention, and also made the originally noisy hall instantly quiet.

Zhong Yu stopped in front of a large red lacquer carved case, raised his hand and made a gesture, and the maid put a piece of silk paper on the case.

Zhong Yulang said: "This remnant score was obtained by accident last year, whoever can complete this piece will come and see me for a while." The time limit is half an hour. ”

After Zhong Yu finished speaking concisely, he turned around and left, elegant and calm.

Many girls' families gathered around, and after looking at the remnant score, after a while, people dispersed one after another.

Many of the sons and girls present are the children of official eunuchs, and they are all calligraphy and painting on the qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, but they can play the piano, but it does not mean that they can compose music, that is, there are people who are good at composing music, so they have to find a quiet place to try playing the music.

The third girl Tao stared at the remnant score for a long time, silently memorized it, and then said to Tao Zihuai beside her: "Second brother, I want to find a quiet place to refer to the details." ”

Miss Tao's eyes shone brightly.

About 40 girls came to register for the exam today, and after the morning exam, quite a few have been eliminated.

This is the first time that the women's school has recruited students, and the number of places is no more, no less, only twenty, and the third girl Tao knows that with her performance, she has already won nine out of ten if she wants to enroll, but this is not enough.

She was born in a poor family, and her family was a family heirloom, and her parents and grandparents studied for several generations, and it was not until her father's generation that she became a jinshi.

She is no better than the girls of those powerful families, since they were born, they have been high above the sky, like the stars and the moon.

And she, if she doesn't want to be oblivious to everyone, if she wants to win back a city, if she wants to make the three of them look at her differently, she has to be even better.

Tao San went to the side hall next door, and Duanmu Heng also said goodbye to a few classmates, he planned to find the two unconscious sisters.

After leaving the Water Pavilion, Duanmu Heng randomly found two maids to inquire, and knew that Duanmu Fei and Hanxing went to the warm pavilion on the other side of the lake.

Duanmu Heng was silent on his face, but he smiled in his heart: these two girls will find a good place...... Also, when it comes to eating, drinking, and having fun, the two of them have always been the most compatible, and they are also the most "attentive".

Duanmu Heng originally thought that the two cousins were eating chestnuts around the fireside, but when they got there, they found that it was not only the two of them in the warm pavilion, but also a strange girl wearing a cloak embroidered with lilac birds and phoenixes, with her back to her.

"Fourth girl Duanmu, are you leaving that hot spring village in the northern suburbs?!" The girl asked aggressively at Duanmu Fei, who was sitting on the railing bench.

"......" Duanmu Fei looked at Zhang Ruoling a few steps away a few steps inexplicably.

Zhang Ruoling didn't give Duanmu Fei a chance to speak, and continued: "Duanmu Fourth Girl, even if my father was wrong at the beginning and caused the girl to fall, he didn't have any intention, girl, you first pounced on my parents, and now you are bullying people and forcibly buying my family's Zhuangzi, which is too deceitful!" ”

The more Zhang Ruoling spoke, the more excited and indignant she became.

The hot spring village in the suburbs of Beijing is the property of the public high school, and her grandmother told her before that she would be given a dowry in the future, but now she has been "bought" away.

Although she didn't know why her family suddenly sold Zhuangzi, the Zhang family was not short of silver, it must be because Duanmu was bullying!

My mother and father broke down, and there was a lot of trouble in Beijing, and until now, all kinds of rumors have not subsided, so that she doesn't dare to go out this month......

Even, as long as she stays in the capital for a day, this kind of criticism will not stop.

She had already admitted it, and she just wanted to go back to Huaibei after her father took care of himself, but she didn't expect her father to retreat with her again and again, this Duanmufei still refused to give up, and even her dowry had to be taken away!

The corners of Duanmu's eyes twitched, and it was inevitable that he had a feeling that if he had a father, he would have a daughter.

She said patiently: "Miss Zhang, the elders of the Zhang family are all in Beijing, if the girl has any questions, she should ask her own parents, instead of coming to me as an outsider." ”

Han Xing said unhappily to the palace maid on the side: "Bengong and cousin eat chestnuts here, don't let cats and dogs come over, spoil the appetite of Bengong." ”

Congzhen knew her master's temperament best, and knew that she was already on the verge of breaking out, so she hurriedly took two steps forward, blocking between Duanmufei and Zhang Ruoling, and stretched out her hand to Zhang Ruoling to make a petition, "Miss Zhang, please." Don't embarrass the slaves. ”

Zhang Ruoling frowned, looked at Congzhen with her head high, refused to leave, and said aggressively: "Fourth girl Duanmu, if the girl doesn't tell me why she came today, I won't leave......"

Han Xing frowned, becoming more and more displeased.

This is still a family girl, how is it different from such a sloppy scoundrel?! If you don't solve your own family affairs at home, you have to hold on to an outsider, it's inexplicable!

"Second sister!"

At this time, a female voice as clear as a song came from behind Duanmu Heng, and before Duanmu Heng could turn around, he saw a girl wearing a snow-blue rabbit fur cloak walking past him unhurriedly, and walked straight to the warm pavilion in front.

The fourteen-year-old girl has a lovely face of jade snow, her fair and delicate skin glows like jade in the winter sun, her posture is elegant, and her temperament is graceful.

Isn't this Cousin Lan?! Duanmu's scarlet eyes lit up, and he said in his heart: Cousin Lan can just come and eat chestnuts with them.

"Fifth sister." Zhang Ruoling looked at Zhang Lan who came over, and her expression was a little subtle.

Zhang Lan gave Han Xing and Duanmu a courtesy decently, and then looked at Zhang Ruoling with a smile, a pair of dark jade-like apricot eyes were bright and clear, "Second sister, it turns out that you are here, let me and my mother look for it for a while, let's go quickly, so as not to worry about my mother." ”

Zhang Ruoling's eyes were dark, her cherry lips were pursed, and she looked at Zhang Lan who was smiling at her a few steps away without blinking.

She is not a fool, how can she not understand that the other party is clearly using her second aunt Chu to press herself!

Her fifth cousin has always liked to pretend, and she looks at intimacy on weekdays, but in fact, she has always looked down on herself in her heart.

yes......

The biological mother of the family is the daughter of the dignified Chu family, and she is just the daughter of a prisoner......

"What if I don't go?" Zhang Ruoling said slowly.

Zhang Lan looked at Zhang Ruoling with a pair of beautiful apricot eyes, and then looked at Duanmu Fei, her eyes were bright, her expression was gentle and peaceful, and she said meaningfully: "Second sister, my mother often teaches me not to be strong. ”

Zhang Ruoling's face was hot, and she was ashamed and annoyed: Zhang Lan said it lightly, it was her mother-in-law who was righteous with her father, if this happened to Zhang Lan, could she still be so calm? ! Can she still say such cool words?!

No, this can't happen to Zhang Lan at all, although both of them are daughters of the Zhang family, their situations are completely different.

She is a concubine, and she is a concubine.

She has her own mother to teach, but what about herself......

"Yes, I'm a concubine, not as good as your fifth sister...... So you can dictate to my sister! Zhang Ruoling said stiffly, word by word cold, word by word more indignant.

Zhang Ruoling's heart was extremely aggrieved, and the dissatisfaction that had been suppressed in her heart for a long time was completely out of control at this moment, gushing out violently like a volcanic eruption.

Since she was a child, she was raised under the knees of the Qi family, and when she was a child, she and her eldest brother were two children in the long house, and she had no sense of difference between her and her eldest brother at all.

Although she knew that she had another mother, her mother treated her and her eldest brother as if they were her own children, and she was strict in her love, and their brother and sister were not bad.

It wasn't until she grew up that she heard her sister in the third room muttering privately with her nursing mother, saying that she was a concubine and really regarded herself as a concubine, and that she was just relying on her grandmother and her biological mother's surname Tian to be fluttering, and she knew that her biological mother was a concubine, she was a concubine, and she was born inferior.

She is unwilling, why did she give birth to an aunt's belly, why is her mother-in-law not her own mother!

Gradually, she went back to her biological mother less and less, and she stayed with her grandmother all the time, trying to please her.

Whatever her mother told her to learn, she learned; She will do whatever her mother tells her to do......

She thought that her mother-in-law had no children and no daughters under her knees, so she could treat herself as her own daughter and pass herself under her name, and she would definitely honor her well in the future and treat her as a real mother!

But all her hopes and visions for the future were destroyed by Duanmufei, she worked hard for more than ten years, but was destroyed by Duanmufei in just three months.

Her world collapsed all at once......

Before the righteousness, she begged her grandmother several times, but her grandmother did not anger herself, but she did not follow herself in everything as before, and her grandmother and herself seemed to suddenly have an invisible barrier, no matter how hard she begged, her grandmother was unmoved.

My grandmother said that there are no regrets when flowers bloom and fall, and fate comes and goes like water, and her fate with the Zhang family is over.

She regards her grandmother as her own mother, but her grandmother is not, in the final analysis, it is because she is not her mother's daughter, and her grandmother will leave her and her father decisively!

Yes, I'm a concubine!

After all, a concubine is just a concubine, and the mother-daughter relationship for more than ten years can't withstand Duanmufei's provocation......

Duanmufei, and Zhang Lan, she wrote down this account, she won't just forget it.

Zhang Ruoling's eyes seemed to have two clusters of flames lit, she glared at Duanmu Fei and Zhang Lan fiercely, took her skirt, and turned to leave.