A few days had passed since the wedding, and in the scorching summer of July, Ah Sheng was still screaming hot even though he was holding a cattail fan and blowing hard all day.Cicada perched tirelessly on the willow tree and croaked, which complemented the sound of frogs.

Xun Yu wanted to go to the street to buy some pens, inks, papers and inkstones, but the housekeeper didn't understand these scholars' utensils, so he always bought these things himself.

In fact, Ah Sheng really wanted to go to the market in the town, and she hadn't been out of this courtyard for some time.But in front of Tang Si, she could no longer pull Xun Yu's sleeves like before, and begged him to take her out pitifully, so she could only pretend to say unintentionally: "I don't have any light summer clothes to wear."

How well Xun Yu knew her, he understood what A Sheng meant when he heard it, and promised with a slight smile, "Then I'll take you to tear some pieces of cloth."

Seeing this, Tang Si knew that her husband had agreed to A Sheng's cryptic request to go to the town, so she was a little annoyed, and immediately looked at Xun Yu with dissatisfaction: "Since your husband wants to take the maid out, why don't you also take the concubine with you?" ?”

Xun Yu never probed into Tang Si's mind, so he didn't know what his wife was displeased with, "I want to go with you as a wife, so it's better."

Although the streets of Yingchuan are not as bustling and bustling as Luoyang, they are full of everything that one expects to find.A Sheng curiously picked up a bracelet from an old woman's stall and gestured. Although the bracelet was only a cheap product, the fake red gemstones adorned on it shone brightly under the sun, sparkling dazzlingly when moved.

A Sheng liked it so he couldn't help picking it up and looking at it carefully, but Tang Si's disdainful voice came from next to his ear: "There is nothing in the house, but you want to pick such cheap and low things, you are really a vulgar servant." She was condescending. Looking at A Sheng intently, his eyes were full of contempt and sarcasm as the noble mistress scolded the servant girl.

Ah Sheng endured it and didn't answer the conversation to argue with her. If she had used her usual temper, she would have refuted it long ago.But ever since Xun Yu and Tang Si got married, she tried her best to suppress her temper, no matter how Tang Si pushed her away, she always treated her calmly without saying a word.Tang Si only thought that she had recognized her humble status, but she didn't know that A Sheng had cursed back thousands of times in her heart, all because of Xun Yu.

She knew Xun Yu's difficulties, so she didn't want to embarrass him.Such a pure and elegant person, A Sheng didn't want him to worry about these mundane things, so he pretended to be indifferent and turned a blind eye to Tang Si's sarcasm, and turned a deaf ear to it.

"Buy it if you like it. I think this little bracelet is quite interesting." Seeing that Ah Sheng liked it, Xun Yu also picked up the bracelet and asked her mother-in-law for the price, "How do you sell this?"

"Five cents a piece."

Xun Yu took out five cents from his sleeve and handed it to his mother-in-law. Ah Sheng happily put the bracelet on his wrist, which made his skin whiter and exuded a sense of agility that is unique to Jiji women.

Seeing this, Tang Si felt sour, and suggested to Xun Yu: "It's already noon, why don't you go for a walk in front, I also want to buy some silk and satin cloth."

Xun Yu naturally nodded in agreement. When the three of them walked forward, they saw a middle-aged short-bearded man with a white jade chessboard in front of him in the chess hall in front of him. If anyone can break it, I am willing to chop off an index finger for him, and I will never study chess again."

This is a well-known chess idiot in Yingchuan, who is not good at studying because of Nongsang, and spends all day studying and playing chess. At this moment, he has been surrounded by spectators from three floors inside and outside, but no one dares to challenge.

A Sheng couldn't help looking at the endgame board, but more than a dozen black and white pieces were entangled with each other, the situation was extremely complicated, no matter which side could take advantage of it, it seemed that it was a dead game that could never be won or lost.

"I dare you to give it a try." The onlookers couldn't help looking away, and saw a young man in green shirt standing confidently at the periphery of the crowd, holding an ink paper fan.

There was a clever and clear light in his eyes, as if he could see through people's hearts at will, but it was different from Cao Cao's sharp-edged, but more restrained, with a bit of coldness, but he still looked at him carefully from the sidelines A Sheng felt cordial.

Seeing this, the crowd automatically moved out of the way for him, and the chess-crazed man saw that he was just a handsome young man who had not reached the weak crown, and immediately sneered with disdain: "Nowadays, even a young child dares to come to challenge him, is it really true that what a certain person said is just a joke? "

As he said that, he emphasized it again loudly, deliberately to let the young man in green shirt hear clearly: "If this mess is solved, I am willing to chop off my index finger and never touch the chessboard again. But if you are just bluffing and can't solve it, you have to Chop your index finger off me. Do you still dare to challenge now?"

The young man in blue was not afraid, he just glanced at the seventeen chessboard in front of him, tilted his head slightly and thought about it, and his eyes immediately showed a confident light.The index finger and middle finger picked up a white piece, and with a flick of the sleeve, the white piece landed on the board and sealed all the black pieces, who were already surrounded by heavy siege and had no way out, and there was no way to turn back. Chance.Hearing Xun Yu who was beside him secretly praise "Good", Ah Sheng couldn't help but look at the young man again.

His demeanor reveals a strategizing style, and the style of a conspirator who lifts the weight as lightly as possible. If he is on the battlefield where swords are drawn and swords are drawn, he must be a person like Zhang Liang and Chen Ping.

The folding fan in his hand was unfolded with a "wow", and he looked at the chess-crazed man with a slight smile, completely ignoring the latter's stupefaction, and his tone seemed to be joking: "May I ask if this brother's promised finger can be fulfilled?"

"Impossible! This game doesn't count." The chess-crazed man turned from stupefied to furious. The endgame he had carefully laid out for five years was confident that no one could break it, but now it was easily resolved by this young man. He suddenly Feeling extremely unwilling, he actually wanted to break the rules without grace.Hearing a "snap", he overturned the chessboard vigorously, and the chess pieces slid to the ground one after another and scattered on the ground.The crowd of onlookers suddenly exploded, criticizing his ugly behavior one after another.

The young man was not annoyed at all when he saw this scene, instead he raised the corners of his thin lips indifferently, as if he didn't pay attention to the chess-crazed man at all.He turned around and bowed politely to the man, and said lightly: "There is no irreversible chess game in this world. I would like to persuade my brother that it is better to learn morality than learning art. It is much more useful than swearing off your index finger."

The crowd immediately roared with laughter, the chess-crazed man was ashamed, knowing that he was wrong, he did not dare to look up at the clear-eyed young man in green shirt.He didn't even care about the chessboard on the ground, and covered his face with his hands in resentment to escape everyone's sight.

Young Master Qingshan glanced at the back of the fleeing man with great interest, and was about to leave when Xun Yu stopped him with a smile: "Guo Fengxiao is here all right?"

Hearing this, the young man in green shirt known as Fengxiao stopped and turned his head. Seeing that it was Xun Yu, he cupped his hands and said with a smile, "Wen Ruo is a newlywed, and Yan Er is as good as glue, and you don't have to worry about her beauty being coveted if you take your new wife to the street." .”

The words in his mouth seemed to be a bit of a joke, and he seemed to be a handsome person who did not stick to the rules of the gentry, but Xun Yu seemed to be familiar with his nature for a long time, and praised him without any surprise: "Fengxiao's chess skills are already the world's most advanced chess player." Wushuang, I think the great Confucian Ma Rong may not be able to compare with him."

"Jia He dared to see Yan and Old Master Ma said that chess is originally related to the art of war, and Jia just studied the art of war a little bit."

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