Chapter 369 Sweeping the chessboard with one piece, no one in the world dares to play against him!
"Hey~! Don't tell me if you see through!"
Xu Fengnian was overwhelmed by Zhou Jidao, and suddenly became a little anxious, put down the fruit plate in his hand, and said angrily, "I will invite her to be a guard for two days, and she will stay in Chao Ting for as long as you want. You can also envy her." come."
Nangong Pushe nodded slightly, and said coldly, "I promise you."
"This is the end~" Xu Fengnian glanced at Zhou Ji provocatively, but saw that Zhou Ji didn't pay attention to him at all, but lowered his head and fiddled with his own vine.
This is the first time Jiang Ni has seen Xu Fengnian deflated in front of others, the beaming joyful expression and Sweet Potato's aggrieved appearance are in stark contrast.
Zhou Ji still doesn't know the division of realms in this world, but he can clearly feel that Lao Huang's strength is far superior to Nangong Pushe's, while the maid Qingniao who looks cold and withdrawn beside Xu Fengnian, who is not moved by foreign objects, is only slightly inferior in strength. she.
It's a pity that this 'dandy' son knows nothing about it. Even if Zhou Ji tells the truth now, it will only increase Xu Fengnian's troubles, and he will fall into the state of 'great wisdom' who doubts everything again.
But this is also good, at least Nangong Pushe seeks benevolence, at least he can get the opportunity to enter Tingchao Pavilion.
While talking, there were muffled footsteps coming from outside the corridor. Looking from a distance, a fat man in armor ran all the way, wiping the sweat from his forehead, and knelt down in front of Xu Fengnian with a plop, hugging his thigh. There was a burst of crying.
Zhou Ji asked Lao Huang to know that this person was Chu Lushan, one of Xu Xiao's six adopted sons.
Watching Xu Fengnian put on the confidence of a riddleman and talk to Chu Lushan in riddles.
If he didn't know that he was being assassinated, he could only passively accept his moves, Zhou Ji would have been bluffed by him.
Shaking his head, Zhou Ji was fishing there with peace of mind. Xu Fengnian, who thought he had 'caught a fish', got up and closed his rod, and smiled this way, "Can you go to the brothel?"
Old Huang caught the key word, his ears suddenly pricked up, put down the fishing rod in his hand, and under his expectant eyes, he showed a brilliant smile.
"It doesn't matter~" Nangong Pushe looked as usual, and turned to look at the water surface of Chaohu Lake.
Xu Fengnian was about to say something when he caught a glimpse of Lao Huang's expectant expression, and said helplessly, "Old Huang, you are already your age, so forget it."
Lao Huang curled his lips with a look of grievance, shrank his body and sat back beside Zhou Ji, saw Xu Fengnian opened his mouth again and said "Old~", thinking that he had changed his mind and planned to stop him again, his pitiful eyes suddenly stared brightly Bright, and then the sparkle in his eyes dimmed again.
"Old Zhou, I heard from Lu Qiuer that there is an oiran in the Zijin Building in the city. He is both talented and beautiful, and he can dance with swords~ Will you go?"
After Xu Fengnian finished speaking, Chu Lushan and Nangong Pushe looked at Zhou Ji at the same time. Chu Lushan's eyes were mostly curious, wondering why his heir had brought a man back after traveling for three years.
Nangong Pushe's eyes were somewhat meaningful, and a faint smile was hidden in the calm eyes, as if asking: 'You have a wife, do you still want to go to the brothel? '
"Go, why not go?"
I also plan to take my wife with me.
Zhou Jiwen said with a smile, "When I came to this world, I haven't visited a brothel~"
Chu Lushan just learned from Xu Fengnian that the woman in white is his new guard. With her appearance, figure, and temperament, it is very good to be a "guard". Very suitable.
Seeing another stranger, seeing Zhou Ji wearing a plain moiré gown, with a handsome demeanor, his eyes suddenly became strange, "Is this also a 'new guard'?"
"His name is Zhou Ji. He is a friend I met on the way back. Thanks to him in the assassination outside the city, he saved my life several times."
Xu Fengnian shook his head, explained something casually, and halfway through speaking, he suddenly realized that the blood vessels on his forehead were throbbing, and he raised his foot and kicked Chu Lushan. "What are you thinking about all day long!"
With his strength, even if he lost his strength, he couldn't hurt Chu Lushan in the slightest, but Chu Lushan still made a gesture of dodging with an apologetic smile, taking the opportunity to take half a step away, and heaved a sigh of relief.
While hitting Xu Fengnian, he slapped his chest, saying that Zhou Ji saved the life of the prince, that is, he saved the life of Lu Qiuer. Zhou Ji is the friend of the prince, and will be his friend in the future.
After introducing each other, Xu Fengnian used the excuse that the fruit in Zijinlou was not fresh, and forcibly pulled the reluctant Jiangni, and a group of five people went out of the mansion towards the brothel in the city.
Jiang Ni followed behind Zhou Ji and Xu Fengnian, holding the fruit basket and eating the fruit in silence, thinking that after eating the fruit, she would be able to avoid disaster and not have to go into the brothel again.
But he didn't know that Xu Fengnian wanted to take her with him, not to tease her deliberately, but to prove his innocence in front of her, so that this little girl would know what he did and didn't do when he went to the brothel.
The relationship between the two was too restrained and too obscure, Zhou Ji watched Jiang Ni desperately stuffing things into his mouth, and couldn't help laughing, "You're eating so much fruit now, go in later and see It's delicious, do you still have a stomach to eat?"
Jiang Ni didn't expect Zhou Ji to talk to her, and recalled in her mind last night under the moon, that gorgeous female ghost without a shadow, swallowed the whole grape that hadn't come yet to be crushed, and desperately went along with it. With a flat chest, he forced a perfunctory smile.
"Don't scare her." Xu Fengnian glanced at Zhou Ji dissatisfiedly, then looked back at the fruit basket, only to realize that half of the basket of melons and fruits he was carrying had been eaten, and he laughed, "The fruit is gone without you!" I have to go in too."
"Then won't I just eat for nothing?" Jiang Ni stood there annoyed, seeing Xu Fengnian walking away, trotted after him with a look of resentment.
"Old Zhou, may I ask you something?" Xu Fengnian returned to Beiliang after traveling for three years, looked at the familiar and lively street scene around him, and asked casually, "About the gang of thieves I met outside the city, what do you do?" look?"
Zhou Ji asked with a strange expression, "What conclusion did you analyze?"
"They are from the state of Chu. They killed me a few times before, but they directly chose to surrender the last time. I think there must be something strange about it." Xu Fengnian's face sank like water, and he told Zhou Ji all the information he had guessed. "Xu Xiao has six adoptive sons under his command, each of whom holds a heavy army. Each of the six of them is suspected, and everyone has a motive."
These words should not be said to an outsider, but when facing Zhou Ji, Xu Fengnian always felt a sense of trust that seemed familiar. He had only known each other for a few days, but this sense of trust was as strong as Lao Huang and Jiang Ni who depended on each other for life.
While speaking, Jiang Ni chased up from behind, Chu Lushan led the horse a few steps behind with great eyesight, and his peripheral vision glanced at Zhou Ji and Nangong Pushe from time to time.
Zhou Ji frowned slightly after hearing this, pondered for a moment, looked up at Xu Fengnian and said, "Which dynasty is Chu?"
Xu Fengnian's expression froze, and he almost spat out a mouthful of old blood. Zhou Ji waved his hand and said with a smile, "I'm just joking. Lao Huang told me about the unification of Liyang."
"Although I don't know why you didn't practice martial arts, the passive situation you are facing now is only due to lack of strength."
Xu Fengnian stopped suddenly, and Jiang Ni, who was following him, almost bumped into his back. Chu Lushan and Nangong Pushe also stopped, and looked at them suspiciously.
"I didn't expect that you were also persuading me to practice martial arts." Xu Fengnian smiled and moved forward again, "I went to drink at Lao Huang's place last night, and Lao Huang also said the same thing."
"He always told me that you don't suffer from martial arts, and you can't be fooled by practicing martial arts." Xu Fengnian said quietly, "I know you are doing it for my own good, but I still don't want to practice martial arts. Because I don't want to inherit the North Star Army, and I don't want to be a Someone like Xu Xiao."
"Practicing martial arts is to protect yourself, which does not conflict with your ideas." Zhou Ji shook his head and sighed, "I heard from your analysis just now, every sentence is inseparable from 'chess pieces' and 'chess games', if you don't have enough strength As a support, how can you put your ideas into practice with only analysis on paper?"
Wants to be a chess player, but doesn't even have a chess piece that belongs to him. The chess game Xu Fengnian faces is not so much Go, but actually more like chess.
With a solitary old coach to deal with the opponent's five pawns, if the old coach doesn't even have the strength to catch the ball, he can only be limited everywhere and fall into a very passive situation.
"Then what do you think should be done?" Xu Fengnian looked at Zhou Ji and asked.
Interpersonal communication is the most taboo to talk shallow and deep.
Xu Fengnian knew this, and Zhou Ji knew it too.
It's as if Xu Fengnian felt familiar with Zhou Ji. When Zhou Ji saw this young man who was very similar to Fan Xian, he would also feel the familiarity of reunion after a long absence.
The two were once close friends. Seeing Xu Fengnian's difficult situation, Zhou Ji couldn't help but say a few more words.
"Turn the old man into a chariot into a horse into a cannon, into an existence that breaks the rules, no longer needs the chess pieces your father arranged for you, and no longer sees tricks and falls into a passive position."
Zhou Ji took a step forward and stepped up the stone steps in front of the brothel, holding a flower pot in one hand, and making a gesture of picking up chess pieces with the other, pointing at Xu Fengnian.
"Sweeping the chessboard with one piece, no one in the world dares to play against you!"
Xu Fengnian was shocked, and the name 'Wang Xianzhi' instantly appeared in his mind.
Wang Xianzhi sits in the Emperor Wudi City in the East China Sea, so it should be!
Nangong Pushe, Chu Lushan, and Jiang Ni also looked at Zhou Ji with dumbstruck eyes. Chu Lushan and Jiang Ni had never seen Zhou Ji make a move, but were intimidated by Zhou Ji's aura, but Nangong Pushe had once fought with Zhou Ji together. The enemy, even though he has never seen his details, but from the arrogance of overlooking all beings, he felt an indescribable shock.
Xu Fengnian shook his head, put away his thoughts of Fangfei, and reappeared his usual dandy look, "I was almost fooled by you, the big cake is pretty good, but I can't eat it~"
Xu Fengnian pursed his lips and looked towards the building. The shopkeeper at the door greeted him with an apologetic smile on his face. "Your Majesty is back. I haven't seen you for many years. The girls in the building miss you all the time~"
Chu Lushan stepped forward, squeezed the shopkeeper away, and said in a cold and indifferent tone, "Don't make noise, lead the way."
The shopkeeper dared to talk nonsense, and hurriedly nodded and bowed to lead the way.
It was dark now, and it was the busiest time for Goulan House. As the largest brothel in Liangzhou City, the charming laughter of Yingying and Yanyan could be heard everywhere in Zijin Building. Jiang Ni followed behind Xu Fengnian with a nervous expression. Some are curious and want to look around, and some shyly lower their heads.
On the contrary, it was Nangong Pushe, who was calm and unhurried all the way, with his usual expression.
Facing the whispered comments of some girls, she was not at all ashamed.
However, what these little girls talked about more was the flowerpot that Zhou Ji was holding in his hand.
In the flower pot, the branches and leaves stretched out. There was no wind in Mingming Building, and the vine buds were still swaying from side to side, as if they were looking around.
The shopkeeper invited everyone into a rather spacious and luxurious wing room, and Zhou Ji sat down generously, as if returning to his own home.
Xu Fengnian twitched the corner of his mouth when he saw this, and sat on the other side of the superior seat, gave him an annoyed look and said, "Didn't you say that you have never been in a brothel?"
Zhou Ji put the flower pot on the table, fiddled with the branches and leaves, and said without raising his head, "I mean, I have never been to the brothel here."
Both the first two main seats were occupied, Chu Lushan glanced at Zhou Ji, but did not rush forward, and served Xu Fengnian with drinks and food with a smile on his face.
Zhou Ji looked back at Nangong Pushe and Jiang Ni who were still standing, and motioned, "It's hard to come here, do you want to eat too?"
"No need." Nangong Pushe looked cold, turned his head to look around, and walked behind Xu Fengnian.
Jiang Ni hugged the fruit basket, looked at the exquisite dishes on the table, and asked hesitantly, "How much are these?"
"About a dozen or so?" Xu Fengnian wanted to offer a toast to Zhou Ji, but found that this guy not only doesn't drink, but always waters the flowers with good wine, secretly complaining about waste, and casually responded to Jiang Ni.
"Ten taels!"
I haven’t saved so much money after saving for so many years
Jiang Ni waved her hands again and again, shook her head and said, "No need, I ate fruit on the way, I'm not hungry, I won't eat."
"What are you afraid of? It's not that you spend money." Seeing Jiang Ni's pained look, Zhou Ji couldn't help laughing, "It's rare for your young master to treat guests. If you eat more, won't you earn your money back?"
Jiang Ni's eyes lit up when he heard this.
yes! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I usually suffer so much anger, and all the money I saved was fined back. Why don’t I eat more and get all the fine money back?
"Don't teach my Jiang Ni to be bad!" Xu Fengnian gave Zhou Ji an angry look, watched Jiang Ni come up to pick up the pastry, and even moved the plate so that the girl could eat it.
While talking, the bead curtains were swinging lightly, and the fragrant wind was approaching. A woman wearing a green tulle skirt and holding a cat in her arms came from behind the screen. It seemed that all the attention was on the white cat in his arms, and his tone was a little indifferent.
Zhou Ji was once a robber saint, coupled with his thousand years of cultivation, he was almost in the realm of immortality, so he naturally felt a trace of murderous intent hidden in the woman. Listening to her conversation with Xu Fengnian, coupled with the background of Chu Lushan, this woman named Yu Youwei's oiran is obviously here for Xu Fengnian.
(end of this chapter)