Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 26 Show talent, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting
Both Chen Zilong and Wang Yan were very preoccupied. Because of their insight into the real situation, they woke up alone when everyone was asleep, but Wang Kuanglan of Desire was unable to change the general situation, and his heart was extremely depressed.

Xia Wanchun is a big kid, and he sees and worries about his teacher Chen Zilong who is depressed all day long, so he always wants to make the teacher feel more relaxed.

Seeing that there was a new performer in Meixianglou today, he immediately agreed to it. Seeing this, Chen Zilong felt quite helpless, but he also knew that Xia Wanchun was only for his own good, and he couldn't refuse Li Zhenli's invitation, so he acquiesced.

Wang Yan saw that the time was still early, and he also saw the talented young man who was full of enthusiasm, so he stayed right away.

Everyone followed Li Zhenli to the lobby, and there were already many people seated inside, and they were all well-known wealthy sons and literati in the south of the Yangtze River.

When everyone saw a few people coming in, they didn't take it seriously at first, they just talked on their own, but when they saw that Chen Zilong, a famous poet with excellent poetry, was also among them, they changed their previous attitude and turned their eyes sideways.

Chen Zilong nodded slightly to the people he knew, and led a group of people to sit at the table and chairs arranged beside them in the eyes of everyone.

Wang Yan looked around for a while, and found that this Meixianglou was really different from other places, not like a brothel, but more like a gathering place for literati.

All the people sitting in the party are dressed in Taoist uniforms, brocade and gorgeous clothes, and have extraordinary appearances, so that Wang Yan, Liu Shun, and Qian Yifeng seem to be a bit inconsistent.

But he didn't care, he just joined in the fun.

The lobby is divided into two separate rooms by a roll of gauze curtains. The outer room is where Wang Yan and others are sitting, while the inner room is where the beauties perform.

After Wang Yan sat with the crowd for a while, he saw a figure swaying behind the gauze curtain, and then a brilliant zither sounded.

Just at the beginning, Wang Yan was attracted by the sound of the piano, and many literati in the outer hall, who were talking softly, suddenly became quiet along with the beating notes.

When Wang Yan was in Beijing, he had studied the melody. As soon as the zither sounded, he knew the extraordinary performance of the performer. With the ethereal sound, Wang Yan could not help but slowly fell into the world of zither sound.

When high mountains and flowing water meet bosom friends, the sound of guzheng is natural.

The skill of the performer is very superb, without a trace of craftsmanship, every stroke is as clear and provocative as a deep valley and secluded forest, every scrape is free and graceful like clouds and water, every shake is horrifying and torrential like a storm , Zheng sound is all natural.

Unknowingly, Wang Yan forgot the worries in his heart. Following the sound of the zither, he could see the top of a high mountain surrounded by clouds and mists, erratic, and also the flowing water, distant and clear.

A song of high mountains and flowing waters had come to an end before he knew it, and Wang Yan felt the slight sorrow and the sadness of death for a confidant.

The majestic ambition is in the mountains, and the ambition is in the flowing water!
At the end of the song, everyone sighed a lot. When they were amazed by the superb piano skills of the piano player, they suddenly felt a sense of bosom friend, as if they were Zhong Ziqi, whom the piano player was looking for so hard.

"The girl's piano skills are superb, she can be called a master, I, Zhu Guobi, admire it, and I invite the girl to see it."

"The late Wang Zhiping is so polite!"

"The sound of the girl's piano is fascinating. Cai Guoqian, who was born late, has a lot of research on the rhythm. I would like to become a bosom friend with the girl."

Apparently, this girl newly trained by Meixianglou to replace Li Xiangjun has aroused everyone's strong interest with just one song.

Wang Yan also learned from Xia Wanchun that those who were impatient to see the faces of the women in the inner court were not ordinary scholars, among them there were many princes of the Chinese government, ministers, and scholars.

Among these people, the highest official is Zhu Guobi, Duke Bao. This guy has married Kou Baimen, one of the eight beauties, but today he still comes to Meixianglou to join in the fun. It is conceivable that he is romantic.

Among these people, although Zhu Guobi's official position is high, the others are not bad. People like Wang Zhiping and Cai Guoqian are ministers' sons, so naturally they won't give in to anyone. What's more, this brothel is a place of jealousy, and the starting point of the conflict is harmless.

At this time, seeing that everyone in the outer hall wanted to see the young lady in the inner hall, Li Zhenli hurried out to appease her: "My lords, my lords, please be calm and don't be impatient."

When everyone saw Li Zhenli coming out, they quieted down and listened to her.

"Ms. Xu knows that I have outstanding people in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are many scholars. You are all talented celebrities and great talents." Li Zhenli first lifted everyone up, and then continued: "Everyone wants to see Mrs. Xu today, but Mrs. Xu Since I have no skills at all, I can't receive all of them, so I set up four competitions, namely piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting."

"This piano is for everyone to compose a song, chess is for a game against Mrs. Xu, and the book is for composing a poem." Li Zhenli explained to everyone: "Do you want to draw? Naturally, it is a painting. After the four competitions , Miss Xu will choose the best one to see."

"What do you all think?" Li Zhenli smiled.

Everyone heard that, of course, literati and refined scholars would not refuse such an opportunity to show their talents, and those young masters who lacked ink were unhappy, but they couldn't raise any objections. Just compare money to daddy!"

Seeing that everyone calmed down, Li Zhenli retreated back to the inner hall again.

Not long after, two young maidservants hung a large chessboard on the wall of the outer hall.

"My lords, who will play chess with Mrs. Xu from my family first?" A little maid bowed to everyone.

Hearing this, many young masters were in a commotion, and many people were already eager to try.

"Let me give it a try, let's play a game of chess with Mrs. Xu!" A literati in his 30s got up and said.

Seeing this person standing up, those young masters all quieted down in unison. Wang Yan couldn't help being curious when he saw this.

"This person is Song Zhengyu, a well-known scholar in Jiangzuo, with superb chess skills and few opponents!" Chen Zilong laughed at the side.

At this moment, the maidservant placed a small chessboard in front of Song Zhengyu's table, and after placing two black and white seats alternately at the four corners of the chessboard, she slightly raised her hand and said, "Please!"

The seat has been set, and it is not easy to stick to it. It is like a group of heroes competing for the deer. They must think about the Central Plains, and they must not be in a corner. Song Zhengyu insisted on the black first, and he already had a strategy in his mind. He picked up a sunspot and clicked it.

Seeing that he had settled down, the maidservant quickly put down a black coin on the corresponding place of the big plate on the wall, and after a while, the white coin of Mrs. Xu in the inner hall was also placed on the big plate.

Being lucky enough to watch Song Zhengyu, a well-known sage in Jiangzuo, play chess with others is an excellent conversation piece, not to mention playing chess with Mrs. Xu, a newcomer from Meixianglou. As soon as the chess game started, everyone concentrated their energy and held their breath to watch. Not daring to miss a single detail, even Wang Yan began to observe with interest.

There were black and white pieces on the big board constantly, Song Zhengyu held the black and went first, Xu Niangzi responded one by one, although she was calm, but after dozens of moves, Song Zhengyu still maintained the advantage of the first move, and after the two played dozens more moves , the first-hand advantage still has not been reversed.

After these dozens of moves, Wang Yan and others have seen that although Xu Niangzi's chess skills are superb, she is still slightly inferior to Song Zhengyu.

After more than a hundred moves in this way, the battle became more and more fierce. Although Xu Niangzi was amazing at times, she still couldn't break through the disadvantage. Song Zhengyu ate two white stones and was already in trouble. "Mrs. Xu is afraid that she will lose. Song Zhengyu is worthy of the name of a master." Everyone watched the situation nervously, and many people were already worried about Mrs. Xu.

When it was down to more than 150 hands, Xu Niangzi's disadvantage became more and more obvious. Song Zhengyu put down a sunspot quite proudly, and had already formed a pincer attack on Bai Zi, intending to cut Bai Zi's dragon in one fell swoop.

At this moment, Mrs. Xu was unable to support herself, and her defeat was set. Everyone was thinking hard about the countermeasures to see if there was a way to solve it, but Xia Wanchun who was at the side suddenly said: "There is room for both sides, why bother to fall in the middle!"

Hearing this, Wang Yan couldn't help being taken aback, and when he turned around, he saw Chen Zilong glaring at Xia Wanchun, and couldn't help but laugh in his heart. This kid is so talented that he is a genius, but he is really too restless.

Song Zhengyu was about to win, but he said that, and there were many changes. If he lost in the end, and the scholars all said that he was defeated by a young boy, wouldn't he be pissed off.

With this reminder, Xu Niangzi suddenly became cheerful, her chess strategy changed suddenly, and she clicked a clever piece, which not only opened up the white pieces, but surrounded a small group of black pieces.

Seeing this, Song Zhengyu couldn't help frowning, with a hint of anger on his face, he actually wanted to kill the dragon by force despite the besieged Heizi.

Now Mrs. Xu is in a dilemma again. If she goes to mention Heizi, although she can take advantage of the time, Dalong is in danger of being cut off.

Everyone also saw Miss Xu's predicament, and saw that he chose to pick up the child to relieve the difficulty, and continued to support the dragon, but Mrs. Xu neither lifted the besieged Heizi, nor solved the difficulty of the dragon, but picked up the white child. In the irrelevant lower left corner.

"Faint move! Faint move!"

Everyone was amazed when they saw it, they didn't mention it, and they didn't get out of trouble, the dragon was about to be cut off.

Seeing this, Song Zhengyu couldn't help smiling, picked up a black piece and was about to cut off the white piece, but suddenly stopped, and slowly took it back, not knowing what to do.

Seeing this, Wang Yan didn't understand, so Xia Wanchun on the side first took a careful look at Chen Zilong. Seeing that he was concentrating on the chess game, he quickly moved his body to approach Wang Yan, and whispered: "Surround Wei and save Zhao! Just now Song Zhengyu was angry and wanted to kill the dragon. already lost."

Everyone was still surprised for a while, they couldn't see the beauty of Xu Niangzi's stinky move just now, which made Song Zhengyu hesitate, but Wang Yan had already seen through the chess game under Xia Wanchun's advice.It turned out that Mrs. Xu's white piece just now had already trapped a group of blacks in the lower left corner, and Song Zhengyu was surrounded by a group of blacks attacking Baizi Dalong on both sides, and Mrs. Xu's disadvantage was reversed in an instant.

Song Zhengyu didn't make a move in the end, but threw the black pieces in his hand into the chess box helplessly, and sighed: "Alas~ One wrong step, the whole game is lost! Xu Niangzi's chess skills are amazing, she lost in the next game."

"Mr. Song is too modest. This slave had to be instructed by an expert to win against Mr. by chance." A clear and clear voice came from inside.

Hearing this, Song Zhengyu was suddenly embarrassed, his face turned red, and he almost suffocated old blood.If it was defeated by Mrs. Xu, it would be a good story of a gifted scholar and beautiful woman, but if it was defeated by a young boy, it would become a joke.

Everyone was surprised when they heard the conversation between the two. The chess game was full of twists and turns, and there was such an unexpected result.

A wonderful game made everyone very excited, but Wang Yan froze the moment he heard Mrs. Xu's voice.

(End of this chapter)