Kyoto City, inside the Moxiang Tea House.

Just after noon, the hall of Moxiang Tea House was already full of people. Just because this year's Flower Festival is also the day of the chess match of the tea house.

Although it is a chess game, the rules are that only young and beautiful women who have not been married can participate, for those who win the top three, in addition to the prize silver given by the tea house, they can also get the three princes who have never been married in the current dynasty, that is, Qu Jinglan has a chance to meet!

To put it bluntly, it is not only to take the silver, but also to have a "tryst" with the male god in the minds of the women, maybe he will be looked down upon by him, and it is impossible to say anything about the side concubine, even if it is a genuine princess. Qu Jinglan, as the prince, because of the garrison on the border in the early years, the marriage event was delayed, and the emperor intended to marry him, but he refused, saying that he would decide for himself.

Therefore, it was the emperor's idea to take the opportunity to hold a chess tournament to choose a daughter-in-law for him, and this Moxiang Tea House belonged to the royal family, so no matter what Qu Jinglan thought, it was a great opportunity for the girls and ladies who were still to be in the boudoir.

However, who knew that the prince of Ren Jing did not come to the competition site at all, and after the shopkeeper of Moxiang Tea House announced the top three, the young man who led the plane was "late".

Therefore, the hall on the first floor at this moment was different from the noisy Fang Cai, and everyone was embarrassed by the atmosphere, and they all looked silently at the two people in the center of the circular stage in front of them.

"Lord Jing, I don't know who this son is?"

The woman led by the audience was dressed as beautiful as a peach in three springs, elegant as a chrysanthemum in nine autumns, dressed in a pink gauze dress, trimmed her eyebrows and nose, and her eyes were clear. She is Wei Xueyao, the daughter of the Wei family who won the first place this time----.

"This king's golden house is hidden."

This king's entry into the house is hidden, just seven words, like a flat ground explosion thunder, which made everyone stunned on the spot! What the? When the dynasty was regarded as a god-like existence, King Jing did not marry for a long time, the reason was because he was a broken sleeve? How can it be? Look at the thin and tall man beside him, although his face is handsome, he is far worse than Qu Jinglan, I don't know how many grades! How could the prince be happy with such a person, and he was still a man? So, everyone couldn't help but start talking.

For Wei Xueyao, this kind of news is more like a slap in the face. Today, she dressed up carefully and came to participate in the chess match with confidence, just to make herself stand out and get into Qu Jinglan's eyes. When I was very excited to win the game, who would have thought ......

"......" was the same as everyone's surprise, and Shangguan Qingyue also looked at Qu Jinglan who was still there with a complicated expression.

Didn't this girl clearly say that she would just eat and drink? He wanted to blacken himself, but he didn't say that he had to drag her into the water with him! Last time he was digging a grave, and this time he was a stand-in, and sure enough, he didn't have any good errands for himself.

"This ......" The shopkeeper of Moxiang Tea Workshop was also incredulous when he heard this, and bowed down in embarrassment, "Lord Jing, today's game was personally ordered by the emperor to be held, so what should it be?" ”

"This king will explain to his father." Qu Jinglan raised his eyes, grabbed Shangguan Qingyue, who was about to turn around and leave, with a black face, and instructed the shopkeeper, "Prepare a few pastries and tea and send them to Wanyun Pavilion on the second floor." ”

"Lord Wang, please wait!" Seeing that Qu Jinglan was about to pull the man next to him away, Wei Xueyao gritted her silver teeth and opened her mouth to stop them.

"How?" Qu Jinglan raised his eyebrows and motioned for him to continue.

"Lord Jing, since today's chess match is the emperor's will, and the top three have already been released, if we don't do what we want, wouldn't it be disrespectful to the will?"

Wei Xueyao's words were reasonable, which attracted frequent echoes from everyone.

"And what do you want?"

"It's better for our top three to test their chess skills with this son, if they win all, we have nothing to say, and we can explain to the emperor......"

Wei Xueyao is in her chest, and she looks like she is bound to win. Why can an ordinary man suddenly get rid of them?

"Excuse me, whoever this king likes has nothing to do with anyone." Qu Jinglan lowered his face coldly, and suddenly raised his hand to interrupt Wei Xueyao's words, "Miss Wei, you have trespassed." ”

After saying that, he turned around and grabbed Shangguan Qingyue's arm and prepared to go upstairs.

"Hey, Lord Wang, wait." Shangguan Qingyue immediately grabbed Qu Jinglan's sleeve with his backhand, and lowered his voice, "What Miss Wei said is very true, the prince might as well agree, so as to block the mouths of the people." ”

was finished, and threw a big wink like Sister Lin at Wei Xueyao, which caused Wei Xueyao to hurriedly lower her head, her face full of embarrassment.

Hearing this, Qu Jinglan squinted his eyes slightly, "Are you okay?" ”

It is said that although Shangguan Qingyue had a mother who knew medical skills when she was young, she was stubborn and unlearned since she was a child, even if medical skills could be learned subtly through her mother, but about chess, even the three-year-old children on the street knew that she Shangguan Qingyue was not interested at all!

So why did she now agree to compete with Wei Xueyao and others? However, this time, starting from the Mint, although she was occasionally stubborn, the recent events and her performance did not help but make him notice the changes in various details.

Shangguan Qingyue's body, how many unknown secrets are there? So, he looked into her gaze, and there was a little more inquiry.

"So, who is this boy going to compete with first?" Seeing this, Wei Xueyao immediately asked. It seems that he still has a chance.

"Huh." Shangguan Qingyue winked at Qu Jinglan, sneered, and then said to Wei Xueyao, "This son is troublesome, in order to save time, the three of you can go together!" ”

"Together?"

Did you hear that right? He's going to play chess against three people at the same time? You must know that the chess skills of several young ladies are not covered in Canglang Country!

Shangguan Qingyue nodded, smiling, "Something?" ”

"No, no......" Wei Xueyao hurriedly waved her hand and said in a deep voice, "Then what if Gongzi loses?" ”

"Oh? So? Shangguan Qingyue turned his head and looked at Qu Jinglan, who was still coldly swaggering, "Then let our Jing Wang Ye not be humane." ”

"Poof......

Offstage, someone has already sprayed tea. They suddenly felt that this famous Jing Wang Ye seemed to have an opponent, but it was rare that he was still as stable as Mount Tai at this moment, so the gaze cast to Qu Jinglan was mixed with more admiration and great sympathy.

Shangguan Qingyue and the other three young ladies sat around the long table, and a chessboard was placed in front of each of the three young ladies, holding white zi, while Shangguan Qingyue held black. In ancient times, white followed black and black followed, so in the blink of an eye, several pieces fell on the three chessboards.

It is said that the chess field is like a battlefield, but when I saw the black and white dragons entwined and fighting, tossing and turning, I didn't realize that I had reached the middle game. However, at this time, except for the third official lady, who has gradually become inferior, Shen Rong'er, who is in second place, and Wei Xueyao, who is at the top of the list, still can't see which is stronger or weaker.

And the crowd of onlookers couldn't help but be amazed. I didn't expect that there would be such a chess player in Canglang China.

Seeing that one of them was brushed off, Shen Rong'er seemed to be a little anxious, so she began to quickly launch a fierce "encirclement attack".

With one-on-three, the man had little effort. On the contrary, after the other party fell every step, he and Wei Xueyao had to think about it.

This kind of technique is not common in Canglang.

"I said Miss Shen, if you land the chess pieces there, you will have to kill yourself."

When Shangguan Qingyue reminded Shen Rong'er, she happened to pick up a sunspot and slowly landed on Wei Xueyao's chessboard.

"What?"

Shen Rong'er was so frightened that a trace of cold sweat broke out on her forehead. Isn't it, I took a closer look at the overall situation again, and sure enough, as she said, if she falls, she will definitely die soon!

But if you don't put it in this position, then in the next step, you will be blocked alive! Unexpectedly, the momentary carelessness also made her lose completely!

But he was obviously looking at Wei Xueyao's chessboard, and just glanced at her, he could conclude like this, which showed that his skills were extraordinary.

"I'm sorry, I lost." Shen Rong'er was defeated, so she got up and retreated to the side.

Now, only Wei Xueyao is left.

To say that the heart is not in a hurry, that is false. The man in front of her, she really underestimated. But the most taboo thing about playing chess is to be anxious, so Wei Xueyao took a deep breath to stabilize her mind, and began to defend herself unwillingly, seeing that her vanguard was eaten and defeated, she immediately changed the number of offensive routes, so she divided the chess pieces into two groups, and began to attack the left and right sides of Shangguan Qingyue's sunspots respectively, presumably wanting to annihilate the opponent's main force in one fell swoop by flanking attacks.

Shangguan Qingyue looked at the chessboard, while gently tapping the edge of the table with the sunspot in his hand, and said happily: "Lord Wang, if I lose, you will want Miss Wei!"

As Lan Cuiping said before, it is actually not bad to let Wei Xueyao get her wish to marry this black king, at least she can be idle at home, and it is good to have a husband to accompany her, so that she will not always be so angry.

“……”

Looking at Shangguan Qingyue's appearance, Qu Jinglan approached her with a smile, "If you dare to lose, this king will strangle you to death first, and then ......"

"What's going on?" Shangguan Qingyue raised her head and glanced at him.

"And then make yourself inhumane."

"Ruthless enough." Hearing him say this, Shangguan Qingyue blushed a little, not only ruthless enough, but also changed enough...... State!

"Childe......" Wei Xueyao leaned back on the back of the chair a little proudly and breathed a sigh of relief, "Today's chess game, the general trend has been decided, but chess is like life, not to win if you want to win." ”

"That's right." Shangguan Qingyue picked up the chess pieces and continued to fall slowly, "However, Miss Wei only knows the reason of chess skills, and does she know the five skills of chess skills?" ”

"Five?" Everyone looked at each other. Playing chess is nothing more than self-cultivation?

"What is Wude, can this son give advice?" Most people are enthusiasts after all, but they have never heard of this theory.

"The five virtues are: to gain friends, to win people, to gain lessons, to gain understanding, and to gain longevity."

"Oh?"

"It's easier to understand with friends, although it's the first time we meet, as long as the lines are opposite to each other, no language is needed, and the more open minds between chess friends can be."

While speaking, Shangguan Qingyue decisively fell again.

"Win people, sit on the table and send comfortable feelings, relax and concentrate on the mind, win and be happy, and defeat can also be happy. You are a good swimmer, and you and I are the same people. ”

"What about the lesson?" Wei Xueyao raised her eyebrows and asked from the side.

"Learn lessons, start small, think big, there will be gains and losses, there will be gains and losses, and there will be gains and losses, and learn lessons from failures or mistakes."

"Does that realization begin with fun and then be reasonable?" Qu Jinglan's eyes lifted slightly, looking at her delicate side face.

Shangguan Qingyue bowed slightly, and paused slightly before letting go.

"Exactly. As the saying goes, if you get the Tao early, you get it early, and you get the Tao well. As I grew older, my experience deepened, I got more and more wide, and my understanding was born. And from the way of chess to achieve enlightenment, the transcendent attitude of life, will make people become calm, the pursuit of balance, open-minded and generous. ”

"What about longevity? Is it to live a long life? Another bystander scoffed.

"Hehe, playing chess is a rigorous thinking and reasoning exercise, and the day is long and leisurely, and it goes to the side of the chess game. Only when you are old and forget your worries, things, selflessness, and happiness can you live a long life......"

After that, Shangguan Qingyue tugged at the corners of his mouth and clicked on the last chess piece.

"Also, people tend to struggle in chess, which will make them very painful, for the reasons that one is that they can't ask for it, and the other is because they can't give it up. Chess is still like this, let alone life? ”

Wei Xueyao was too obsessed with Qu Jinglan to get it, but she made herself embarrassed.

“…… Miss Wei, you've lost! ”

"What...... Is it? Wei Xue Yao's eyes widened with an expression of disbelief.

"Hehe, if necessary, this pot is quite effective...... Shangguan Qingyue beat his already sore waist, "Alas, my old life is finally saved!" ”

"Shangguan Qingyue!"

Coming out of the Moxiang Tea House, it was just dark. After being tossed inside for more than half a day, Shangguan Qingyue had no interest in continuing to shop, so she ignored Qu Jinglan who called her behind her, and simply strode in the direction of Wei Mansion.

"You wait......"

When Shangguan Qingyue turned into an alley without pedestrians because of taking a shortcut, he happened to be blocked by Qu Jinglan.

"Is there anything else to do?"

Shangguan Qingyue closed her eyes, stood on her feet and sighed softly.

Qu Jinglan slowly walked in front of her, looked inexplicably observing her for a long time, and then said, "Angry? ”

"Heh, how dare Qingyue be angry with the prince?" Hearing this, Shangguan Qingyue couldn't help but sneer, and took a few steps back indifferently and replied, "You think too much, if it's okay, then I'll leave first." ”

Seeing that she deliberately distanced herself from him like she did last night, Qu Jinglan grabbed her wrist.

"Still saying it's out of gas? Except for my father, you are the first to dare to show this king. ”

Although Qu Jinglan's words were serious, there was a hint of amusement and helplessness in his tone.

After saying that, he then took out a few silver tickets from his cuffs and stuffed them into Shangguan Qingyue's hand, "Here is a thousand taels, you deserve it, keep it in case you need it." ”

Seeing this, Shangguan Qingyue paused slightly, and immediately understood the meaning of his words. Presumably in the carriage that day, he heard himself muttering about the loss of his pocket money.

"Lord Jing, to be honest, I am indeed quite short of money now, but ......" Shangguan Qingyue lowered his eyes, looked at a few silver tickets again, and then stuffed them back into Qu Jinglan's hand, "Many things can not be measured with money. So this time, I'm doing you a favor. ”

After returning the silver ticket, Shangguan Qingyue turned around and left, but before she took two steps, a sudden stabbing pain in her head made her stop suddenly.

How could it be, the picture in my mind just now was actually ......

"Lord, where is Sun Zhengyuan's mansion?" Shangguan Qingyue immediately returned and asked Qu Jinglan.

"Sun Zhengyuan's mansion?" Qu Jinglan glanced at her inexplicably, and she didn't know what she suddenly asked Sun Zhengyuan about, but he still replied truthfully, "It's not far from here, less than a mile." ”

Less than a mile? That is, it is not 500 meters?

"Quick, take me there!" Shangguan Qingyue hurriedly said to him, "I don't have time to explain now, in short, the demon fox is in danger!" ”