There are guests eating in the inn, some people drinking tea and drinking, and some people watching the excitement.

Liu Chonghu is playing chess, here is a lively one worth watching, he and another middle-aged man sit at a table, there are chessboards and black and white chess pieces on the table, at this time the black chess on the chessboard has died, Liu Chonghu is naturally the one who holds the white son.

The middle-aged man rubbed his chin a few times, and finally sighed deeply, admitting defeat and saying: "Liu Gongzi has profound chess skills and deserves his reputation. ”

"It's overrated. Liu Chonghu smiled faintly.

"It's just that I don't know what I know, and I hope Liu Gongzi can tell me. The man was also a loser, and although he was defeated by the young man, he was still not angry or annoyed, but was not ashamed to ask.

"Absolutely. Liu Chonghu smiled and explained.

Many guests who knew how to play chess around also watched, nodding from time to time, Yuan Lai and his party found a nearby table to sit on, Liu Wen went to arrange accommodation, and Yuan Li, the accompanying subordinate, still sat next to the young master.

Since seeing Yuan Lai's performance in Shouyang Tower, Yuan Li admired his little young master even more from the bottom of his heart. He is also a perceptive person, when he heard Liu Chonghu's name, he was also stunned, and then saw Yuan Lai's somewhat surprised appearance, so he asked a guest next to him without saying anything.

It turned out that the two guests were playing against each other, and on the one hand, the white chess was on the verge of death, and it happened that Liu Chonghu and his party entered the inn, and the white chess player knew Liu Chonghu again, knowing that this Shencheng genius was powerful, so he asked Liu Chonghu to take charge of the game for himself.

"Huh, didn't you say that he was taken to the capital by Tu Su?" Yuan Lai said a little strangely.

"I heard that he rejected Dean Tu's kindness and said that he would be admitted with his real strength or something...... Hey, young master, he is also going to take the Beizong exam, isn't that your opponent?" Yuan Li also reacted.

Yuan Lai smiled, didn't care, just said slowly: "Genius, there is always a little bit of arrogance, disdain to go through the back door, and want to break in in a dignified manner, which is understandable." ”

Yuan Lai bared his teeth and said, "The young master is also a genius, so he is also arrogant?"

Yuan Lai shook his head and said leisurely: "We are not geniuses, and we don't have that lofty spirit, do you think I really plan to be admitted in a dignified manner? ”

"......" Yuan Li was a little speechless, and said in her heart that her young master did not have the consciousness of being a genius, and the one who could make that poem could not be a genius?

"So, we are different from others, not a level, he takes his bright road, let's go through our dark little back door, the well water does not interfere with the river water, okay, let's get ready to eat." ”

Xu is leaving Shencheng has a kind of pride in the sea and leaping into the sky with a fish and letting the birds fly, maybe it is the feeling of watching Huang Tingjing in the afternoon, in short, Yuan Lai is in a good mood now, and he is happy to chat with Yuan Li.

However, this is the kind of annoying thing in the world, and when you are in a good mood, something will always come to you.

"Hey, isn't this the little son of the Yuan family? Why do you go to the capital?"

A middle-aged man who looked like a butler who was cruising outside the crowd suddenly saw him and came over and shouted.

His voice was not small, and it immediately attracted the attention of several guests.

Yuan Lai frowned slightly, and said, "You are ......"

"I am a member of the Liu family, and I met you last time I accompanied my son-in-law in Shouyang Building. The man pointed to Liu Chonghu in the crowd.

It turned out to be someone from the Liu family.

"Oh. Yuan Lai smiled politely and nodded, and he didn't plan to have any communication with Liu Chonghu and his party.

It's just that he doesn't want to pay attention to people, but people want to pay attention to him, and the housekeeper suddenly said: "The two poems of Yuan Xiaogongzi that day are really beautiful, and my son-in-law also said that the writing is really good, and I have always regretted that I couldn't witness the demeanor of Yuan Dacaizi, and I didn't expect to meet it today." ”

As soon as the words fell, a guest asked curiously: "You are the author of "Chrysanthemums"?"

"Is it Yuan Lai who cut off the Wuyi Zhulang?"

Without waiting for Yuan to answer, the housekeeper of the Liu family said: "Exactly, this is the talented son of the Yuan family who is famous in Shencheng, and even Master Wang invited him upstairs that day!"

This voice was obviously a little higher, and it immediately attracted more people's attention.

"The poem "Chrysanthemum" is quite heroic, I have always wanted to see the author after reading it, but I didn't expect Yuan Xiaogongzi to be so young, he is really a young genius!"

"Yesterday on the road, I just heard that Wuyi Lane broke Shencheng, and I was curious about who had such a great ability to make Wang Xie and his two talented people bow down, but I didn't expect it...... You're so young!"

"That's it, it's really a young genius......"

People who walk outside are often very good at pretending to be big-tailed wolves, no matter what they think in their hearts, they will pick out good words to say, otherwise how can there be that sentence "Lu Yao knows the horsepower and sees the hearts of the people for a long time"?

The sedan chair was carried by everyone, and Yuan couldn't help but feel a little unhappy when he saw that the gang of people showed their appreciation.

Being praised and admired is of course a pleasant thing, but he is not really as young as this skin, naturally he will not be frivolous, and of course he will not be dizzy with joy after being praised for a while, what he noticed is that this housekeeper of the Liu family has some bad intentions, he is obviously raising Yuan Lai's reputation, the higher he lifts, the worse he falls, this truth Yuan Lai understands can no longer understand, so he is a little unhappy.

Don't look at the politeness of this housekeeper's words, but the eyes are really not very sincere, it seems to be a little unkind, Yuan Lai guessed the reason with a turn of his mind, probably this Liu Chonghu Liu Gongzi is a recognized genius of the younger generation of Shencheng, and the Liu family must be proud of it, he came out of Shouyang Tower a few days ago, and accidentally "turned the tide" and "relieved Shencheng from danger" , coupled with his previous fame catalyzed, this story is also very legendary, Shouyang Lou Wenbi after his fame spread all over Shencheng, and even with the merchants and the poems spread all over the Jiangnan and even the entire Qiguo.

And Liu Chonghu, who was no worse than the original in terms of literary comparison, was overshadowed by his light.

In fact, Liu Chonghu's credit is greater than the original, Liu Chonghu took Shencheng students to survive two rounds of competition, and only then waited until Yuan Lai shot to win the last game, and even if he accounted for one of the three poems in the last game, the evaluation was second only to "Chrysanthemum", and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the biggest hero.

But it's a pity that he has long been a genius, and people will only take it for granted when a genius does something.

And Yuan Lai is a "fool", so people will only be surprised at what he has done.

That's the difference between a genius and a fool.

Yuan Lai treats others with himself, and thinks that even if the other party doesn't have a bad feeling for him, he won't have a good impression of him, right?

Even if he Liu Chonghu is a gentleman, his family can't be a gentleman, right?

At the very least, this housekeeper is not a gentleman, so he wants to elevate Yuan Lai, and then he can make some small requests, such as asking for a poem, asking for a word, etc., so that it seems that he has the measure of adult beauty, and there is a chance to make Yuan Lai ugly, why not?

The inn was not very big, and there were not many guests, but the uproar here immediately attracted everyone's attention, and naturally it also attracted Liu Chonghu and others who had just finished talking about chess and listening to chess.