"You also know that my chess skills are by no means material for going to the gambling house to set up the ring. Lu Yuanwai muttered.

"If that's the case, why do you need to go to a place like a gambling house to burn money? If you want to play chess, you can also find an elegant place, find a few friends, and play chess while drinking?" Jia Mengle said right, how could you go to a place like a gambling house when playing chess is such an elegant thing?

"Brother, you don't know, I'm not the material for playing chess, but I can't help it, I won't tell you, I'm also forced to be helpless!"

Lu Yuanwai took a sip of tea and continued, "There is a person in the palace, Huang Gonggong, who loves to play chess very much, and he can't find an opponent in the palace, so he wants to find someone to play chess outside the palace, but he is from the palace, and it is inconvenient to come out to find someone, so he asked Master Meng Xiaoyun, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion University, to help him prepare for a chess competition to be held on the Laba Festival next month......

"Meng Xiaoyun?" Before Lu Yuanwai's voice fell, Jia Mengle couldn't help but shout, he really had nowhere to find his iron shoes, and it didn't take any effort to get here, so he actually heard Meng Xiaoyun's news here.

"Yes, Scholar Wenyuan Pavilion, what, brother, do you know this person?" Lu Yuanwai looked at Jia Mengle's surprised appearance and couldn't help asking.

Jia Mengle felt out of his temper, hurriedly stood up and poured tea, and said with a smile, "No, where would I know such an adult? I have heard of it in Jinling City, and I heard that this adult has a deep attainment in calligraphy and painting, and has collected many famous paintings and calligraphy. ”

"Yes, this Master Meng is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Lu Yuanwai didn't suspect anything, and continued, "But his character is not as profound as his calligraphy and painting, he promised Huang Gonggong himself, but he handed over this tricky matter to me!"

"I'll leave it to you?" Guo Xueqin asked in surprise.

"Yes, leave it to me, and let me go to the folk chess masters, I really have no choice, so I thought of this method, set up a game in the gambling house, and recruit chess masters from all over the world. Lu Yuanwai said helplessly.

"Why, why does he want you to do it, how much money does he give you?" asked Guo Xueqin puzzled.

"Money? Girl, you're naïve, he will pay for it? All the expenses for the convocation, plus the food, drink, and Lazar during the competition, were given to me, not only did he not give money, but he also asked to make the scale of the competition bigger, and it was beautiful and lively. ”

"Why did he arrange you like this?" Guo Xueqin still didn't understand.

"He is an official!" Jia Mengle knows the mystery of this, the people in the government are looking for you to handle it, how can they give you money? Let you do it, you have to do it, do it well, if you don't do it well, your life will be sad.

"Brother is right, now this world is like this, I often help the people in the government pay the bills and eat, and sometimes I want to give me money when I go to the Qinglou. Lu Yuanwai said with a wry smile, "This kind of expenditure alone will cost at least three or four hundred taels of silver a year." ”

"How much money did you lose in this gambling house?" Jia Mengle asked sympathetically.

"It's been three months, at least five hundred taels of silver have been spent, and the chess players I found live in my house, and I have to pay at least three hundred taels of silver for living expenses!"

While they were talking, Xiao Er had already brought the meal, and after the three of them were seated, "Brother, it's rare to get together today, come, let's have a drink!" Lu Yuan saw the wine, and the gloomy cloud on his face had long disappeared.

The three of you have a cup, and I drank a cup, "Brother, I wonder if you can stay and help me finish this big game?"

Jia Mengle and Guo Xueqin looked at each other and smiled, they were worried that there was no clue to get close to Meng Xiaoyun, now it's okay, the chess tournament was done by him outside Lu Yuan, and he will definitely haunt Lu Yuanwai's house, so he will definitely have the opportunity to contact him.

"Alas, with short hands and soft mouths, it seems that I won three games of chess against you, but I lost myself to you. Jia Mengle said jokingly.

"No, brother, I don't mean to force it at all, if you have something to do, forget it, I'll find someone else. When Lu Yuanwai heard this, he hurriedly stood up and said.

"What's the big brother, since it's the eldest brother who has something, I will stay and make up the numbers. Jia Mengle readily agreed.

"Thank you so much, come, I'll toast you!" Lu Yuanwai was very happy, he finally found another chess master.

"Where are you doing? I'll send for you in a moment, and fetch your luggage, and take you to my house. Lu Yuanwai asked.

"It's not good......"

Jia Mengle wanted to say something, but was glared at by Lu Yuanwai, "I have already found thirty-nine chess players, plus you, a whole forty people, all living in my house, you don't want to be polite to me, go out, how can the inn have a good home, it's so decided, move to my house, you can go wherever you want, I will let the next person take you around the capital, just as a tour!"

Jia Mengle said that he couldn't help Lu Yuanwai, so he could only agree to come down, and after the three wines, meat, and rice were full, he hurried to the inn, took his luggage, and drove towards Lu Yuanwai's mansion. Lufu is located in the east of the city, although it is not a downtown area, but the layout is reasonable, standing by the mountain, the scattered houses and pavilions are hidden in the green trees, where is the household, it is clearly a paradise on earth.

"The master is back!" Lu Yuanwai led Jia Mengle and Guo Xueqin to the gate of Zhu Hong, the gatekeeper shouted and went straight to the backyard, Jia Mengle walked into the gate with Lu Yuanwai, there were more than 30 people in the yard, a group of five or six people, "Your chess game is too stinky, it should be two guns and five equals, this is amazing!"

"This is a bad statement, in my opinion, it should be the front rook into one, so that you can not only intercept the opponent's horse, but also create a killing move. ”

"No, you see, people and horses are three into two, and there is only one breath left!"

...... The people in the courtyard must have been invited by Lu Yuanwai, and they were discussing the same game of chess.

"The master is back!" shouted the janitor, and the crowd stopped and looked at Lu Yuanwai.

"I said, outside, I told you, even if we are enough, why do you need to spend money to invite such a stinky boy to come? I may have been playing chess for more time than him, and I have seen more chess games than he has seen, you are probably fooled again!" When Lu Yuanwai walked in with Jia Mengle, a thin old man in his fifties walked out of the corner and said slowly, obviously this is a demonstration to Jia Mengle, and he doesn't take Jia Mengle in his eyes at all.

"Yo, Brother Yu, although you are known as Yu Shengshou, but you are not ambitious, don't be convinced, I have seen this Jia Gongzi's chess skills, three chess, kill me so that I don't have a piece of armor. Lu Yuanwai said with a smile.

"Hmph, every time it's like this, what is the result? You may have been deceived again!" Yu Shengshou glanced at the people around him, sneering, and could see that he had fought against this group of people, and these people were almost defeated by his men.

"It seems that Brother Yu is really not convinced, why don't we have a game now?" Lu Yuanwai saw that the war was about to ignite, of course he wanted to see these two tigers fight, and it was indeed a pleasure to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.

"It's a mule or a horse, just pull it out and slip away, come on!" Yu Shengshou seemed to be suppressed for a long time, and couldn't wait to get the chessboard.

Jia Mengle didn't know what to do, playing chess was originally an elegant activity, but when he got here, it became a trick of you and I won, the winner is king, and the loser is the villain! Is it to fight or to dodge? Dodge, the days of the game are still long, how can they continue to mix in this Lu Mansion in the future? Everyone will definitely keep ridiculing and ridiculing themselves. Don't fight to dodge, looking at the arrogance of Yu Shengshou, it is difficult for anyone to swallow this breath when they see it.

"No, Brother Yu, I am only a shallow learner, where is your opponent......?"

"Hahaha, I've seen people with poor chess skills, but I've never seen people who don't dare to lose, since Lu Yuanwai has already invited you into this courtyard, it is impossible to chase you out, which one here has never lost chess? Yu Shengshou turned around with a sneer and said to Lu Yuanwai.

"Yes, yes, yes, brother, play, it doesn't matter, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, whether it is a win or a loss, everyone stays, and together we will finish the chess competition!" Lu Yuanwai hurriedly smiled and said to everyone, "Although we come from all over the world, we have come together because of chess, this is fate, from now on, whether it is chess or something else, please help each other, learn from each other, have time to go to the capital, if you don't dislike it, please come to my Lu Mansion as a guest." ”

Lu Yuan's foreign words have come to this point, and with the coaxing of everyone, where is Jia Mengle still the slightest reason to postpone? "I ......" He was about to put down his luggage, and at this moment, a young man came from the side, "Give it to me, childe, concentrate on playing chess." The young man took the package at once, making Jia Mengle a little uncomfortable.

"It's okay, just the next game, he will help you take care of the package!" Lu Yuanwai signaled, Jia Mengle helplessly walked to the chessboard and began to compete with this so-called holy hand.

The layman looks at the lively, the insider looks at the doorway, this Yu Shengshou, since he claims to be a holy hand, there are indeed two hits, otherwise how can he have the capital of arrogance and domineering? Yu Shengshou first used the "hook fish to kill the horse", Jia Mengle Ping's cannon double car as a guarantee, just solved, the other party used the "heaven and earth cannon", Jia Mengle repeatedly complained, can only give up the cannon to protect the car, and use the "Shijiao Cannon immediately", the bicycle kills directly, and the soldier kills the phase.

The whole audience was chess masters, watching the changes in the chess game, the birds were silent, and Yu Shengshou at this time no longer had the arrogance just now, and his forehead couldn't help but ooze sweat.

Jia Mengle showed no mercy at all, took advantage of the situation to pursue, and saw the two horses enter the position, forming a situation of "two horses coiling the nest".

"Alas, wonderful!" Yu Shengshou exclaimed sincerely, and then had to say, "I lost!"

The audience was in an uproar, and no one would have thought that the so-called chess saint would lose to this young man, and he would lose convincingly. Yu Shengshou was ashamed of himself, dropped the chess pieces, and walked towards Lu Yuanwai, "Forget it, I'd better go, you can find such a master, I believe that this chess competition belongs to him." ”

"How could Brother Yu be like this? Didn't you say it just now? You have to stay whether you win or lose, how can you ......?" Lu Yuanwai said regretfully.

"Senior Yu, this is your mistake, Lu Yuanwai not only needs me, but also needs you, I alone is not enough, besides, you didn't lose to me, you lost to yourself, you see that the chess tricks I used are all yours. Jia Mengle hurriedly walked over, he didn't want to leave because of a game of chess, because he had won.

"I ......"

"What am I, I just said, whether you win or lose, you must stay, you two are called chess opponents, and in the future, you two have to learn from each other, improve your chess skills together, and successfully complete the game. Lu Yuanwai couldn't help but say and stood up, "From now on, everyone must concentrate on studying and strive to win in the competition." ”

After Lu Yuanwai's strong retention, Yu Shengshou finally stayed, and everyone was excited about Jia Mengle's chess skills, and because of his modesty and generosity, he won everyone's love.