Sun Long said not to touch Qian Yiqian, of course Zhang Wen disagreed, but he couldn't easily deal with Sun Long, he didn't look at the face of the monk and looked at the face of the Buddha, Sun Long was the spokesperson of the inner palace in Zhejiang.

Zhang Wen at least had to figure out why Sun Long didn't let Qian Yiqian move. It's not as good as the tiger's den, but the tiger. Zhang Wen is more courageous, and he has always been bigger. So he agreed to go to "that place" with Sun Long.

"That place" is on the bank of the West Lake, the most prosperous area. Surrounded by restaurants, green buildings, silk shops, jewelry stores, money villages, and on the lake are buildings and boats, and those who spend money to have fun in these places are princes and grandchildren, eunuchs, and rich people.

Zhang Wen wore a satin suit and looked like a gentleman. Sun Long is only in his thirties, with a slender body, a white face and no beard, and he looks like a romantic genius. Sun Long pointed to a door and said, "Let's go in from here." ”

This is an inconspicuous door, and it is even a little shabby compared to the large open restaurant façade next to it. Zhang Wenyan raised his head and glanced at the plaque, which read: West Lake Chess Hall.

Sun Long walked in front, Zhang Wen and Xuan Yue followed behind, and walked into the chess hall together. Sun Long didn't even bring a single entourage.

Entering the foyer, there is a small courtyard inside, which is very elegantly furnished. There are no red lanterns, no mahogany furniture, the color is very simple, and the unpainted wooden windows seem to have the fragrance of the original wood.

As a literati, Zhang Wen felt very comfortable and comfortable in such an environment, and under the careful tasting, not only the color here is elegant, but the key is quiet, and the hustle and bustle of the market outside the door seems to be outside the floating dust, and it disappeared all of a sudden.

At this moment, a woman walked over. Zhang Wen only glanced at it, and immediately felt good. How to say it, this woman looks like she is about thirty years old, but her whole body is elegant and warm, dignified and not rigid.

The face looks very ordinary, but the smell is very warm, just like the big sister next door.

The woman smiled and slowly made a blessing, gently shook the handkerchief in her hand, and said, "The slave family has seen Sun Gong, you haven't been here for some days...... This prince is ......"

Zhang Wen paid attention to observation, and as soon as Sun Long walked into this courtyard, the anxiety on his face slowly subsided. Sun Long pointed at Zhang and asked, "Oh, this is Xu Gongzi, a friend of our family." The old friendship, the relationship between our family and the Xu family, still started from the time of Xu Gongzi's father. ”

Zhang asked, my father has been dead for more than ten years, how did you know your father as a eunuch?

The woman smiled lightly, looked at Zhang Wen, did not look away for a long time, and her eyes suddenly lit up. However, she quickly regained her unfazed smile and said softly: "The slave's name is Jingshu, and it is the first time I saw Xu Gongzi, so it is polite." ”

"Miss Jingshu doesn't need to be polite." Zhang Wen bowed slightly.

Jing Shu turned back to Sun Long and smiled: "This Xu Gongzi you brought is a good-looking person and can listen to his words." With that, his face flushed slightly.

Zhang Wen knows that a woman in her thirties can't seem to be called a girl.

Sun Long said: "Our family can see that you and Xu Gongzi can talk very well, the first time Xu Gongzi came here, you will take him around these places outside, and send Xu Gongzi to our family's study after an hour." ”

Jing Shu nodded and said, "The people brought by Sun Gong himself, the slave family will definitely be waiting for them." ”

Sun Long looked at Zhang and asked, "Xu Gongzi will relax first, and then we will play something else later." ”

Zhang asked, "Okay." ”

Jing Shu glanced at Xuan Yue, who was following Zhang Wen without saying a word, knowing that it was a bodyguard, Jing Shu didn't say anything, just smiled lightly, and then said to Zhang Wen: "Xu Gongzi, please, please forgive me for taking care of the inappropriate places." ”

Zhang Wen casually replied: "Where, where." ”

So under the guidance of Jing Shu, Zhang Wen and Xuan Yue passed through a corridor and entered the courtyard of the second entrance from the entrance hall due north. The second courtyard looks much larger, with a pond in the middle, rockeries and stone paths, and scattered flowers and trees around. Zhang didn't ask much, just kept an eye on it.

At this time, Jingshu pointed to a hall on the north side of the courtyard and said, "This is the Chess Pavilion." We are a chess hall, so naturally there will be chess games. If Xu Gongzi likes chess, why don't we go and have a look first. ”

Zhang Wen nodded and said, "Well, the tired girl will lead the way." ”

Walking into the threshold of the hall, I saw that it was like a theater, with many people sitting on tables and chairs drinking tea and eating snacks, and there were private rooms on the pavilions on both sides. Unlike the theater, instead of a play, a large chessboard hangs in the center. Next to the chessboard stood two young women in high-necked dresses, each holding a long pole and placing black and white pieces.

At this time, a crisp voice upstairs said loudly: "Kuroko is in the same position." ”

The woman on the left side of the chessboard gracefully held up a huge sunspot and placed it in the corresponding position in the upper left corner.

Zhang Wen suddenly understood that these people were all watching chess. But he paid attention to the expressions on the faces of the people in the observation hall, they were all nervous, and Zhang Wen had some doubts in his heart: If winning or losing is none of their business, why are they nervous, just take it as appreciation?

A young man in Tsing Yi passed by with a plate, nodded and said, "Sister Jingshu is good." ”

This place is really exquisite, and the clothes on the body of a small guy are also very neat.

Jingshu asked, "Is there any room in the private room upstairs?" ”

The little guy glanced at Zhang Wen, bent over and said, "There is still a spare place, and the small one will lead the way." ”

Zhang Wen followed Jing Shu, walked upstairs, and walked to the stairs, Zhang Wen couldn't help but ask, "Did these chess friends make bets?" ”

Jing Shu nodded sideways and smiled: "Xu Gongzi has good eyesight, where have you played such a chess game?" ”

Zhang asked, "I haven't seen it in the world." It's just that the chess players in the hall looked nervous and very engaged, so they guessed. If it has nothing to do with their own gains and losses, few chess players can be obsessed with it. ”

Jing Shu looked a little surprised when she heard this, looked at Zhang Wen a few more times, and said, "Xu Gongzi is young, but he has such knowledge, but he doesn't know where to excel?" ”

Zhang asked: "I am just a businessman in Xia, and I have purchased a degree in the palace, and I have participated in a share in Xia." ”

Jing Shu immediately smiled and said: "The people who come here are not only wealthy businessmen from all walks of life, big landowners from various states and counties, and there are not many officials in the yamen, but there are still few young and promising talents like Xu Gongzi. ”

Zhang Wen smiled, noncommittal. Looking at this woman's calm demeanor, you know that you have seen many people, so it is better to take her words as a compliment.

At this time, he had already walked to the pavilion, and Zhang Wen noticed that the wooden floor was very clean. The little guy who led the way opened a wooden door, bowed down and said, "Childe, please come in, this place is quiet, and you can see it clearly from a high position, I hope it is in line with Childe's wishes." ”

Zhang Wen nodded, gently lifted his robe, and stepped over the threshold into the private room. There are two large windows on the outside side of the private room, so that you can have a panoramic view of the hall in front of the desk.

Jingshu introduced the situation in the chess hall with a smile, and her voice was very good, smooth, unhurried, and sounded very comfortable.

"Today's game of chess is the most exciting game of the month, Jiangnan small chess saint Guo Bailing faces Lin Fuqing, the national player of the Beijing Division, which is rare to see." Jing Shu introduced fluently, "Guo Bailing is sixteen years old this year, he has long been famous in Jiangnan, he met today's first assistant Ye Xianggao at the age of eleven, Ye Ge Lao San was defeated by Guo Bailing, and the two of them took chess as their friends in previous years; And the special trip to Hangzhou to face off against the 100-year-old national player Lin Fuqing, not to be underestimated, I heard that after he resigned and retired, he liked to play chess the most, and he had not met an opponent for ten years......"

They are all legends, but I didn't expect to be able to watch the duel of legends live in this little-known chess hall, which made Zhang Wen also interested, and couldn't help but take a few more glances at that game of chess. Zhang Wen has a certain attainment in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but he can only say that he can do everything, but most of them are not refined. He is not very proficient in this chess way, and he can only say that he can play as a pastime, and compared with the national players, he can only be regarded as an entry-level player.

So Zhang Wen looked at it for a while, some of his heads were big, and the layout on both sides was very deep, and he couldn't see who was more dominant at all.

At this time, Jingshu reminded: "If Xu Gongzi is interested, he can also press a bet now, it looks even more interesting." ”

"It's halfway through the round, can I still place a bet?"

"Yes, but if you win, you won't win that much."

Zhang Wen touched his sleeves, he didn't bring much silver today, and Cao An was not by his side; And he understood that betting in this place was not a matter of ten taels or twenty taels, so he smiled a little awkwardly: "I'll just take a look." ”

Jingshu saw Zhang Wen touching his sleeves, smiled knowingly, understood Zhang Wen's situation, and said with a smile: "How much bet Xu Gongzi wants to bet, just say a word, you are the one brought in by Sun Gong, don't worry." ”

Zhang Wen shook his head and said: "I think it's better to forget it, I have also done gambling money, but I never have the intention of winning, I just want to throw a lot of silver into it to play, so I should go to the restaurant to drink and listen to music to have fun." ”

Jing Shu smiled sweetly and said, "Xu Gongzi is really an interesting person. ”

Zhang Wen sat and looked at the chessboard for a while, he knew the rules of Go, and he also knew a lot of layouts and techniques, but he didn't understand too advanced techniques. This has something to do with the time spent, assuming that Zhang Wen's hobby is Go, not Danqing, it is estimated that the paintings he draws are not so decent.

Jingshu, who is the sister next door, is naturally an empathetic woman, and he has seen that Zhang Wen is not very interested, so he said: "There are other fun in the chess hall, if this game of Go is not in line with Xu Gongzi's wishes, how about we go somewhere else to see?" ”

"It's fine." Zhang Wen stood up and suddenly asked, "How much silver do you usually have to bet on here?" ”

Jing Shu said lightly: "The chess players downstairs are generally one thousand or two. ”

One thousand taels...... Zhang Wen was taken aback, what kind of chess skill is this, it is clearly a big gamble! Seven coins of silver can buy a stone of rice, (a stone of rice is about one hundred and twenty catties, and one catty in the Ming Dynasty is heavier.) Needless to say, what is the number of a thousand taels of silver.

Zhang Wen concealed the exclamation in his heart and said calmly: "When I was doing business with Sun Gong, a thousand taels of silver was not a big amount, but it was a bit too much for betting on entertainment. ”

Jingshu was noncommittal, and took Zhang Wen into the courtyard of Sanjin, the layout of this courtyard was not so elegant, there were red lanterns hanging under the eaves, people came and went, many beautiful maids shuttled back and forth, and Yingying Yanyan was dazzled.

"Xu Gongzi may not like it very much here, it's all a variety of shallow and easy bets. Leaf play, dominoes, horse tags, mahjong tiles, pressed treasures, cockfights, duck fights, cricket fights, quail fights...... There can still be bullfighting in the side courtyard......"

Zhang Wen pretended to be interested and said: "It's really everything, I want to take a look at it." ”

Zhang Wen never gambled, but now that he realized that this place was unusual, he wanted to see how much gambling could be made here.

For gambling, the government is strictly prohibited, in the early days of this dynasty, people who catch small gambling are tortured by cutting off their hands and feet, and now, although they are repeatedly banned, the government can't control so much, but this kind of big gambling must be cracked down. The gambling in this chess hall starts at 1,000 taels of silver, which is really rare, and why the government doesn't care, of course, it has something to do with it.

Jingshu smiled and looked very confident, she knew that not to mention men, even eunuchs would always have something to like when they arrived at this place.

Zhang Wen has already understood what kind of place this is, to make it clear, it is actually a "gold cave", as long as you have money, no matter how much, you can spend it here.