There is a teahouse called Geshuixuan across the two streets of Qingping Building, which is elegantly decorated and has the style of ivory tower.

Because there is a chess game on the second floor, there are often literati and guests playing games here, or meeting friends with tea, and many people are famous here, which is quite popular with literati.

For example, Yu Zijie, who has been in the limelight recently, became famous in Qingping County after a casual hand-to-hand conversation with Feng Xiaochen, a well-known local talent, here, and later intensified, and the limelight has a tendency to overshadow Feng Xiaochen.

At this time, another game of more attention was being played on the second floor of Ge Shui Xuan, and the two sides of the hand talk were Junjie Luoxi, a young man who had just emerged in the local area, and a young foreign talent who called himself Xiaoyu Gongzi.

Because the two of them are equal in chess, and they are still evenly matched, the atmosphere is a little tense and stagnant.

The spectators on the second floor are all quiet, a little chess power in the heart to deduce the geometric odds of the two sides, there is a relaxed complexion, a smug or a bamboo posture, no ideas on the frowns, and some completely incomprehensible will make their eyes play dumb riddles, more bets on who wins or loses, the road can be understood.

There is a faint sound of the piano from the third floor, and it is mostly an elegant tune of mountains and flowing water, which does not affect the player's thinking.

On the third floor, it is a young woman in a pale yellow dress who plays the piano recently, and is honored as the grandson of the grandson in Geshuixuan, it is said that she came from Luojing, specifically to see the tide of Zangpu, has always been covered with light gauze, and her temperament is elegant and dusty, and she has the style of everyone.

As for the listeners, they are recognized as talented and heroic in Qingping County, and the number is not large, and most of them come quietly, otherwise they will attract everyone to admire, and they will inevitably have a bad reputation of vanity or pompousness.

It is rare for literati and scholars to cherish feathers, and it is rare for people to follow arbitrarily.

Now, there are only three listeners on the third floor, Yu Zijie, who has been in the limelight recently, Tingyuan, the second genius of Qingping, and Xiang Ziqian, a talented son who is good friends with him.

All three of them tasted the tea and did not speak.

At the end of the song, Gongsun everyone pressed the strings with their hands, looked up at the three of them, and smiled like the wind blowing a pool of water, "The game of chess on the second floor seems to be quite interesting, can the three sons be interested in watching it?"

All three of them were slightly stunned.

Yu Zijie said with a smile, "Since Gongsun is invited, there is no reason to shirk it." ”

Tingyuan frowned slightly, but he was a little hesitant.

Xiang Ziqian saw the situation and said with relief, "Sympathy for each other, nothing to do with people's words, besides, there is no reason to break the contract if the beautiful woman invites her." ”

Ting Yuan glanced at Gongsun and everyone, and then nodded in agreement.

The four of them went downstairs together.

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Under Ge Shui Xuan, an ordinary carriage slowly stopped at this time, driven by a middle-aged man with a grim face, and a white-clothed monk sat on its side.

The white-haired young man poked out of the carriage and saw the small white building called Ge Shui Xuan, and his brows were tangled together, "Here, why don't you find a place to live first?"

The white-clothed monk had already jumped down from the carriage, looked around, and said with a smile, "Come, Xiao Xi, come down, this is a good place, these days on paper, it's time to go to the battlefield to train and practice." ”

"It's so elegant, it really doesn't match me. Ning Junxi was very reluctant, and he didn't want to get out of the car.

"Hurry up. Sisi pushed the boy who was stuck in the carriage, got out of the carriage, turned his head and blinked.

Frostfall followed out of the carriage, looked around, and frowned slightly.

Ning Junxi was pushed so much that he staggered out of the carriage, he was used to taking a few steps forward, and he didn't care very much about patting his shirt, "This look is a place of elegance, and there are a large number of literati who write poems, and there are many rights and wrongs." ”

"Try your hand, I'll be gone in the next few days, and I can't find your head. Li Chan smiled and shook Ning Junxi's shoulder, "You don't want to fight with me, I won't keep my hand." ”

"I'm not afraid of embarrassing you. Ning Junxi shrugged his shoulders, raised his head and looked at the three-story building again, "Anyway, how can I be qualified?"

"If I say qualified, that's qualified. Li Chan raised his head and took a sip of the wine in the gourd, and threw the gourd to the man in black who was driving, "No, go and get me the gourd wine." ”

No eyes fell on Ning Junxi.

"Wow. Ning Jun had no choice but to throw a piece of broken silver over, "Come back and go directly to us." ”

Nodding his head, he disappeared into the crowd in an instant.

"I heard that there is a Gongsun family in this city recently, well, it seems to be the Gongsun family of Luojing, I can't say that something interesting will happen. Li Chan said casually, seeing Ning Junxi turning his head to stare at a place with a slight frown, he patted Ning Junxi's head, "What are you looking at?"

Ning Junxi shook his head slightly, "Let's go." ”

......

There are several dead ends near Ge Shui Xuan, in which there are many sacks of sundries, and there will also be beggars to settle in them, in short, some messy.

There was a tattered beggar hidden behind a sack, and his eyes glanced out into the street, consciously or unconsciously.

When he saw that the ordinary carriage was being led by the man to feed the horses, he withdrew his gaze and frowned slightly.

After a few breaths, he didn't want to stay any longer, and was ready to leave.

It's just that, the next moment, he froze in place.

Because, at some point, a dagger was held against his neck.

"A good man spares his life. The beggar did not dare to move, but begged for mercy in a low voice.

"Who are you, why are you here?" asked the man in black with a wine gourd pinned to his waist.

"I'm just a beggar for food. The beggar said with a bitter face.

A line of blood flashed, and a bloody finger fell to the ground.

The beggar was dumbfounded, and instantly clenched his fingers and screamed again.

"Say!" It was only a short time, and Wu put the dagger against the beggar's neck, and his voice was still cold and indifferent.

"I ...... I'm just a ......" The beggar was covered in cold sweat and opened his mouth intermittently, but before he could finish speaking, something was unplugged in his mouth, and he choked at once.

"If you talk nonsense any more, you will rot and die in an hour. "No indifference.

The beggar's gaze suddenly cooled, and he narrowed his eyes and said nothing.

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The local governance of the Yuanzhen Dynasty was divided into three levels: prefectures and counties.

As the center of Qingping County, Qingping City is also the place where the vassal kings are stationed, and the city gate is extremely heavily guarded.

Not long ago, there were three carriages that had not been inspected, so Shi Shiran walked in.

The first driver was a middle-aged man with a halberd on his back, wearing heavy armor, like an official family.

The second carriage was driven by a young girl in a green shirt, with an ordinary appearance and even a wooden appearance, and she had no face all the time.

The third carriage was driven by a plump woman, who was just right, especially against the backdrop of the slender waist that was held by Yingying, and it made people's hearts tremble.

Not long after the carriage entered the city, a man in black blocked the carriage and whispered a few words to the middle-aged man with the halberd on his back.

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The first floor of Geshuixuan is quite noisy, and most of them are elegant people with wine and poems, but it is really hard to say that a few people have a little bit of real learning.

Li Chan instructed Frost Fall to have some refreshments on the first floor, and led Ning Junxi down the stairs to the second floor.

There are soundproof doors between the first and second floors, which have little impact on each other.

Ning Junxi was welcomed into the second floor by the guys, feeling that there were quite a lot of people inside, but they were quite quiet, and couldn't help but look at Li Chan strangely.

Li Chan made a gesture of calmness and quietness, and whispered, "It is estimated that there is another good game, and your kid is not bad." ”

Ning Jun grinned and was noncommittal.

The two walked through the crowd back and forth, and saw the confrontation between the two armies on the chessboard, which happened to be a delicate situation that was ready to be launched and moved, and the secret road was really a good game of chess.

The chess players on both sides obviously also saw the situation clearly, played more and more cautiously, and only after a while did they fall cautiously and cautiously, the onlookers were a little jumpy to try, eager to replace one person to break the game, some frowned, meditated, but at a loss, there are also some uneasy, obviously some impatient gamblers, and there are still quiet or calm, but there are not many.

What Ning Junxi noticed, the first one was a woman in a pale yellow dress with a refined temperament, who was really conspicuous in the crowd, and then there were three young handsome people with the same good temperament, all of whom consciously avoided these four people for a distance, not like fear, but more like admiration.

Of course, Ning Junxi didn't care much about this, he just felt a little bored.

He played against the skeleton predecessors in the funeral world for a year, although the process made him lose face, but in the end it was barely on the dividing line between qualified and unqualified, the so-called condescending, at first glance, this game of good chess felt good, and a closer look found that it was not particularly difficult to solve.

However, in Li Chan's opinion, Ning Junxi is still just a chick on paper, Ning Junxi naturally didn't dare to say it like this, he didn't dare to let Li Chan misunderstand how talented he was in chess, it was a joke.

When Ning Junxi quietly looked at the woman in the yellow dress, the woman seemed to be aware of it, turned her head to look at Ning Junxi, and smiled slightly.

Ning Jun was stunned for a moment, smiled back with embarrassment and dignity, quickly retracted his gaze, pretended to continue watching chess, frowned, and looked bitter and hateful.

When Luoxi made a preemptive posture and first began to press the border, Li Chan turned his head to look at Ning Junxi and said in a low voice, "Do you see what the doorway is?"

"If you eat from the east, you can cut off a quarter of the qi in an instant, and then go around in a big circle and slowly circulate, and you shouldn't lose too badly. Ning Junxi replied in a low voice.

"North Point Jia eats, then double eats, what do you think?" Li Chan said with a smile.

Ning Junxi pondered for a while, and said uncertainly, "It's possible to turn defeat into victory, but the risk is slightly greater?"

"Look at it again. Li Chan clicked the chess game.

Ning Junxi frowned slightly, and thought for a while, "Draw?"

Li Chan laughed, "Boy, remember, don't think about winning or losing on paper, you want to draw." However, this draw is not to let you not care about winning or losing, but trying to take control of the whole situation in your own hands, so that you can see a little further regardless of the final winner or defeat. ”

"Hmm. Ning Jun replied, not very understandable.

"Then how many more can you afford now?" Li Chan asked again.

Ning Jun blinked and hesitated, "If you eat Tian Yuan, you can give birth to seven sons at most, and if you don't eat it, you will be defeated within twenty sons." ”

"Look. Li Chan lifted his chin.

Luo Xi quickly ate Tianyuan's son, and Xiaoyu Gongzi followed the pawn, and the chess ended to the end, but the pawn fell faster and faster.

Soon the seventh son fell, and the winner was not determined until the tenth son fell, and it was not to Ning Junxi's expectation that Xiaoyu Gongzi narrowly defeated half of the son.

There was a whisper in the crowd, and they all returned to their respective positions, but they all nodded to the four people that Ning Jun had noticed, and some people were still unsatisfied, discussing where they should go, and they could take one more step, but they didn't say anything.

Luo Xi and Xiao Yu Gongzi finished a game of hand talks, but they didn't have the harmony between each other, they exchanged a few words, and wanted to make an appointment to enjoy the tide of Zangpu together on the autumn equinox, and the four people that Ning Jun noticed also stepped forward to say hello to the two, and after a few guests, Luo Xi and Xiao Yu Gongzi left with their hands.

Ning Junxi and Li Chan were only a little interested in the chess game, so they found a place to sit down and waited for the next game to start.

The four of them stood in place and talked a few more words, and the three men seemed to be about to go upstairs, but they saw the woman in the yellow dress coming to the place where Ning Junxi and Li Chan were.

"The little girl Gongsun Zhi has seen her son and her predecessors. The woman gave a blessing.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and even the three people who went upstairs paused, looking at the woman in the yellow dress with a surprised expression.

This woman has been coming to Geshuixuan for nearly a month, and everyone only knows that she is called Gongsun everyone, but she didn't expect to hear the name of her boudoir today, and it was Gongsun Zhi's family.

Ning Junxi looked at Li Chan in some surprise, inexplicable.

Li Chan was indifferent, "It turned out to be the girl of the Gongsun family, but is there anything else?"

"The little woman just listened to the exchange between the senior and the son to break the game, and thought it was very wonderful, and she cheekily came to learn a thing or two with this son, I don't know if I can appreciate it?"

"Huh?" Ning Junxi was a little surprised, this girl is not a cat's ear, and her hearing is too sharp.

Li Chan immediately said happily, "Appreciate the light, boy, go ahead, don't be ashamed." ”

"I, I, I ......" Ning Jun was dumbfounded, seeing Gongsun Zhi staring at him with burning eyes, and everyone present was also staring at him, his face was a little unbearable, and he coughed dryly, "Since Gongsun is invited, I will be brave in playing, but I am still shallow in chess, and I hope that Gongsun will stay." ”

Gongsun Zhi smiled lightly, "Childe, please." ”

Ning Jun sat up and went to the chess table, and his smile became a little reluctant, he was actually afraid to talk to people, he really lost too badly when he practiced chess with the skeleton senior.

Most of the people on the second floor flocked over again when they heard that it was probably another good move, and the three young people who had originally planned to leave also poured back, full of interest.

Gongsun Zhi sat opposite Ning Junxi, stretched out his hand and asked, "Childe, please." ”

Ning Jun was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but be embarrassed when he saw a box of sunspots on his right hand.

The way of Go, Yizhou and the north of the unified specification is the sunspot first, and the south of Yizhou is the white first, this cultural custom, is naturally the most appropriate to follow the local customs.

However, the others didn't care that Ning Jun took advantage of this little advantage, and even took it for granted, after all, although Gongsun everyone gave the impression that they were quite accomplished in music and rhythm, they were not ordinary people in chess, otherwise there would not be a good story with Feng Xiaochen until Tianming.

However, Ning Junxi quickly made a decision that surprised everyone, giving up the middle position, and instead landed on the third row of the tenth column.

This is the opportunity to give up the first step on his own initiative.

It's not stupid, it's crazy.

There was a whisper in the crowd.

Gongsun Zhi glanced at Ning Junci and knew that Ning Junxi was deliberately giving in, so he also fell on the fourth line of the tenth column, which was considered to have given Ning Junxi a person to check and balance each other.

The two of them walked decently, with a smooth start, camping step by step, neither rushing for quick success, nor eye-catching fairy hands, but just falling crisply, which made the viewers feel a little bored.

......

The autumn wind sweeps away the fallen leaves and rolls up the mille-feuille yellow sand.

A blue shadow swept quickly through the trees, leaped to its feet, somersaulted backwards, and slammed a palm on the head of a man chasing after him.

The man twitched, then fell limp, and went down.

The man in blue fell to the ground steadily, and was instantly besieged by the chaseman.

"Hey, I said you, the old lady doesn't want to open the killing ring, but don't get an inch. The man in the blue shirt scolded loudly, but it was a woman's voice, and it turned out to be a woman disguised as a man.

"Offended the Xiao family, didn't run for your life, but swaggered through the market, don't you think that my Xiao family has no one?"

"Robbed the people's daughter, and injured the elderly, you are still reasonable. The woman dressed as a man said disdainfully, "A group of people who have chased me for more than a month, and they all take me for being stupid." ”

"Don't leave your mouth alive, get on!" the man sneered, raising his knife and calling aloud.

The woman dressed as a man had no fear, flipped the fan, and swept away.

It's just that after this person and the person who attacked and killed the first person made a hard move, his heart sank.

Little Grandmaster!

She underestimated the strength of the person she attacked, but she didn't expect that the little Xiao family would be willing to send a famous little grandmaster after sending so many qi refiners.

This time, she may be slaughtered!

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In the woods, which are not dense, a sloppy old man in a yellowish shirt and a handsome boy in a brocade robe walk slowly while nibbling on a cucumber.

"Old knife, you say, I took off the shell of the golden cicada this time, how many layers of skin can I take off when I go back?" The brocade boy finished gnawing the cucumber in three or two, looking at the funny appearance of the sloppy old man, he didn't want to laugh at all, but couldn't cry or laugh a little.

The sloppy old man, because he was missing two front teeth, gnawed the cucumber like a dog, and when he nibbled it, he was like a mouse gnawing corn.

"This time, the young master is doing the right thing, and the county lord won't blame him too much. The sloppy old man suddenly narrowed his eyes, stretched out his arm, waved his hand, and then wiped the corners of his mouth.

"I can't tell her. Brother Jinyi sighed lightly and wiped his face, "Old knife, you say, how can you make the old girl willingly peel off this stubble?"

The sloppy old man grinned and didn't speak.

Brother Jinyi didn't have a good breath, "I told you that you don't know, play the piano to the cow." ”

The sloppy old man laughed more and more embarrassed.

Brother Jinyi rolled his eyes and didn't want to pay attention to him.

However, the brocade boy quickly ignored him, "Old knife, have you smelled it...... The smell of blood?"

The sloppy old man pointed shyly ahead.

The brocade boy pouted and walked a few more steps, and then he froze in place and muttered, "Good girl, so ruthless?"