Before the banquet started, Su Jian had had several drinks with others. Now his face was a little red, but he was not drunk, but because everyone congratulated him on becoming a father, he felt happy and a little bit carried away.
After introducing Zhuo Jiu, he introduced Li Lin and Song Zhan, "This is my brother-in-law Li Lin and Li Jingyuan, and this one is Song Zhan and Song Qingzhan, the new top scorers in the previous term."
The two of them nodded and gave a common courtesy: "Master Zhuo."
Zhuo Jiu returned the greeting and said with a smile: "I have heard about you two a long time ago, but we have never had the opportunity to meet each other. Now it is a happy event for Zijian's family. I know that you two are here, so I came here to meet you. They all say that seeing is better than hearing a hundred times. Song Your Excellency is very handsome."
Having said that, he did not ignore Li Lin: "Young Master Li is also a great person among men."
Song Zhan smiled and said: "Young Master Zhuo is so ridiculous. How can we and the other two compare to Mr. Zhuo?"
"Master Song is trying to offend me with these words." Zhuo Jiu laughed, "We, sir, call you young master by words. What do you two think?"
"Okay." Song Zhan responded, "Then I'll just call you Brother Wen Li."
Zhuo Jiu responded with a smile: "Brother Qingzhan, brother Jingyuan."
The two of them roughly understood that Mr. Zhuo was probably looking for Song Zhan.
After all, Mr. Song has a bright future. He was born as a scholar, married to the daughter of the Minister of the Ministry of War, and now he has joined the Metropolitan Procuratorate. It is said that his superiors admire him very much. It can be said that he has a bright future, and it is inevitable to have a good relationship with him. .
As for Li Lin, perhaps in the eyes of many people, he was just a lucky guy who married a noble princess out of love. On the surface, he was polite to him, but in fact, he was not very sincere.
But Li Lin didn't care about that. When someone talked to him, he answered with a smile. No one talked to him, so he felt at ease.
The group had just sat down. After a while, many people poured into the waterside pavilion. Zhuo Jiu saw a chessboard on the table and asked in surprise: "Were you two playing chess just now?"
Song Zhan nodded: "I have nothing to do, so I got off."
Zhuo Jiu also became interested when he heard this: "I wonder how I can show off Brother Qingzhan's chess skills? Why don't you and I play a game?"
Song Zhan said with a smile: "It is said that Brother Wen Li has extraordinary chess skills and is no match for me. Why don't we let Jing Yuan play a game with you? Jing Yuan's chess skills are far superior to mine."
Due to various reasons, many people looked down upon Li Lin. He didn't care, but every time Song Zhan saw him, he would feel sorry for him. Speaking of Li Lin's talent and learning, he was far beyond his reach. If it weren't for the original With Li Lin's guidance, how could he have won the top prize?
It's just that Li Lin has no plans to become a scholar, so he can just relax and enjoy the green mountains and green waters.
However, people also need to know that Li Jingyuan is not just a skinned person, right?
Since Mr. Zhuo has bumped into him, consider yourself unlucky.
Song Zhan thought this, and he couldn't guess what Zhuo Jiu meant when he came to him and wanted to play chess. Did he really want to associate with him and become friends in the future, or did he want to make him a superior? The former number one scholar stepped on his feet and became famous.
Then feel free to do it.
"Oh? Brother Jing Yuan is good at chess?" Zhuo Jiu was surprised, "Seriously?"
Li Lin could probably guess what Song Zhan meant by saying this, but at this point, if he said no, it would be a slap in Song Zhan's face, so he accepted his kindness and replied humbly: "It's just a little bit. If you only have one or two skills, it’s not that good.”
When Zhuo Jiu heard this, he became interested: "Well, how about you and I playing a game?"
"That's fine."
So the two of them sat down at the edge of the table, stretched out their hands to put the chess pieces on the table into the chess basket, and everyone around them sat down, ready to watch the chess game.
Zhuo Jiu asked: "Brother Jingyuan, is it better to use black stones or white stones?"
Li Lin said: "Anyone can."
Zhuo Jiu said: "How about I hold the white piece, and you hold the black piece? Who will move first?"
Li Lin nodded: "Yes, Brother Wen Li invites you first."
"please."
"please."
Zhuo Jiu was not sure about Li Lin's chess skills, but since Song Zhan said that his opponent was good at chess, he naturally would not take it lightly, and used twelve points to start the layout when making the move.
Li Lin then made the move, his expression still calm, and he didn't seem to think much when he made the move, as if he just dropped it randomly.
The people on the side felt that he was quite arrogant, and felt that Song Zhan's statement about his chess skills was not exaggerated. However, since they were watching chess, no one said anything, and they all sat quietly aside. .
Zhuo Jiu was always careful and considerate in his work. When he saw Li Lin playing chess casually, he didn't think anything else and still followed the original layout. However, as there were more and more chess pieces on the chess board, he felt something was wrong.
When he suddenly scanned the entire chess game, he discovered that the opponent's chess game had unknowingly taken shape, and his own layout was blocked by a few of the opponent's chess pieces.
If he continues like this, there is no need to wait until the chess piece is finished, and a large number of his chess pieces will be dead, and the rest will be unable to move, and he will be completely defeated.
Zhuo Jiu was stunned for a moment, but he accepted it quickly and immediately changed his strategy.
"Brother Jingyuan is indeed as Brother Qingzhan said. His chess skills are quite good. If I hadn't reacted, I might have lost in a while."
"There are always variables in the situation. Now that Brother Wen Li has changed his approach, the original result no longer exists."
"Well said."
The chess game in Luluoyuan was fierce, and more and more people were watching. Many people knew about Zhuo Jiu's chess skills, but few people knew that Li Lin was good at chess. Now seeing him and Zhuo Jiu The competition was evenly matched, and everyone speculated who would win in the end.
For this matter, someone even set up a bet to see who would win.
When the news reached the inner courtyard, Su Wan was talking to Princess Rujin. Su Luo was able to entertain the girls well, so she was free. When Princess Rujin came over, the two of them found a girl. The pavilion speaks.
As he talked, he also talked about Mr. Zhuo.
Princess Rujin was obviously a little worried: "I have to say that Mr. Zhuo is indeed not bad, but...it's just that I always feel..."
Su Wan asked her: "What do you think?"
Princess Rujin said: "I feel that he lacks some sincerity. My mother-in-law also thought of him well before and asked me to go out with him. He treated me very well and was attentive, but I am really I don’t think he has any feelings for me.”
"Probably just marry a suitable wife."
"A Wan, I envy you and Xian'er the most now, especially you. Your husband treats you so well." Princess Rujin sighed, "If he married me, he wouldn't If he doesn’t treat me well, he may just have no feelings.”
