Beijing·Peach Blossom Lane
In Su Zhai's house, the man of the house was not here, the mistress closed the door to thank guests, and no one she was familiar with was seen.
Of course, these outsiders did not include Zhou Yao, whom Ye Buhui had just met, and Du Chenglin, who had a half-master status.
Although Ye Bugui didn't socialize much with the officials' wives in the capital, the women's families of the nearby squire had met her and had several gatherings with her.
But after going there a few times, he found that he actually didn't like that kind of occasion. Ye Bugui stopped embarrassing himself and only did things related to playing chess every day.
Although he would miss Su Ziji from time to time and worry about him, in the rest of the time, in order to relieve his loneliness, he often invited Zhou Yao, the daughter of the Zhou family, to sit at home.
The current public opinion in the capital is still a little cautious about female family members making friends. Su Zi is not in Beijing, and Zhou's father and mother are more relieved and don't stop them.
Zhou Yao always brought her piano with her whenever she came here. Although Ye Buhui didn't like to play the piano and couldn't play it, he could still tell the good character when listening to the piano, and he admired Zhou Yao's piano skills very much.
It's strange that the two of them, one only likes to play chess and the other only likes to play the piano, can always get together, which makes Du Chenglin, who occasionally comes over, a little puzzled.
But the so-called close friends in the boudoir, or friendship, are so wonderful. They don’t need to be particularly similar. They just need to be comfortable with each other. You can talk about yours and I can do mine. Everyone can do their own thing, and they can still hug each other for warmth.
The light rain continued all night. When he got up in the morning, Ye Buhui asked people to clean up and waited for guests to come to the door. He looked out the window at the drizzle, silently lost in thought.
There was originally a fox accompanying her, but when she came back on the day she went to say goodbye, she found that the fox was missing. She searched around and couldn't find it. Because of her criminal record, she felt that the two foxes were afraid that they would go with her when they went to the dock. .
Sure enough, dinner was ready that night, which was delicious chicken legs, but the fox didn't show up.
This must have followed him to the dock and secretly boarded the ship.
In this regard, Ye Buhui had no choice but to sigh and secretly feel angry. When the fox came back with her husband, she would need to teach Xiaobai a lesson.
Regarding the big fox, Ye Buhui treated it according to the standards of a novice friend, so naturally it was not easy for him to scold everyone equally.
"So Xiaobai will be scolded twice when the time comes!" Ye Buhui thought angrily.
Not long after breakfast, distinguished guests came to the door one after another.
Zhou Yao came first, and Du Chenglin arrived a moment later.
Since he had come here once yesterday, Du Chenglin was not surprised when he came today and saw Zhou Yao playing the piano quietly. He didn't even bother him and just started playing chess with Ye Buhui.
Normally, Ye Buhui could barely fight Du Chenglin for a while, but today, Ye Buhui's condition didn't seem to be very good.
"I lost!" Ye Buhui looked at the endgame and admitted defeat with a wry smile. After a while, he couldn't help but confide his troubles to Du Chenglin.
"Uncle Du, I feel that my chess skills have not improved at all recently. No, it is not so much that I have not improved, but that I have regressed."
"Uncle Du, tell me, have I lost my spiritual energy because I always think about winning?"
"If you don't want to win when you play chess, why do you want to lose if you want to? You don't have to be so entangled." Du Chenglin laughed when he heard it: "Don't listen to those weird things that people say about having no chess in your heart and having chess in your hands. That's all nonsense. think."
"Maybe it's because of the influence of Sanskritism. They always pretend to be arrogant. In fact, no one can play chess."
"It is said that some warriors also learned this trick. Why did they have a sword in their hands without a sword in their hearts, and they said that this was the realm of the sword god, but they were hacked to death."
"In the same martial arts, a weapon can kill a person without a weapon, and a good weapon can kill a bad weapon. This is an iron law."
Du Chenglin smiled: "This is actually a normal situation for you. I have experienced it before. It has reached a bottleneck and has not been sorted out yet, so it seems that it has regressed. But once it breaks through, it will really enter the ranks of first-class chess players. , you can compete for the title of chess saint."
"It's actually a good thing that you didn't compete this year."
What is not mentioned later is that this so-called breakthrough is not that easy, and it can even be said that there is no pattern at all.
Some people may break through in the next moment, or they may stay at this place for the rest of their lives, unable to break through.
"So that's it." Ye Buhui thought thoughtfully.
They were having a conversation, and Zhou Yao just listened without speaking, playing the piano a little, with a calm expression on her pretty face. In fact, if you look closely, you can see a faint bitterness.
"You're already here, why are you so worried? You finally came out to take a breath and play, but you're still not happy, so why bother?" The mysterious voice in her heart was laughing at her.
Zhou Yao didn't want to come at first, but she had to come because the mysterious voice was coming.
Zhou Yao was already apologetic to Su Ziji for taking advantage of him, and to Su Ziji's wife Ye Buhui, she felt even more apologetic every time she was warmly entertained by him.
The couple are both such good people, but because of her selfishness, she was dragged into a pit that she shouldn't have fallen into, and was worried about by a mysterious voice that seemed to be connected with the demon clan. This kind of thing is all The reason why Zhou Yao didn't want to come over.
But she came anyway.
When he first met Du Qisheng, the mysterious voice said "Hey" and then laughed twice.
Although she didn't know what the other party was laughing at, Zhou Yao had a cold temperament, so she didn't ask.
At this moment, the taunting of the mysterious voice made Zhou Yao stop playing the piano.
It knew that this was a sign of Zhou Yao's anger.
From the beginning, when he was ridiculed by himself, he only cared about Shao Sisen's affairs, but now he was ridiculed by himself and could show a slight anger. This obviously sad mood was slowly being repaired, which stopped the mysterious voice from continuing to speak.
I don’t know if I suddenly have a conscience again and know not to poke people’s wounds.
At this moment, Du Chenglin frowned and turned his head to look in one direction.
Although they were separated by the city wall and so far away, the aura of a great demon suddenly rushed into the sky without restraint, and Du Chenglin noticed it immediately.
Even he noticed that the alchemists in the capital, who were always vigilant in this regard, were afraid that they would suddenly go out to investigate the situation.
"Fortunately, Liu Zhan is not in the capital." Du Chenglin thought happily: "Yu Qianzhi will definitely check it out. His methods are much gentler."
Almost at the same time, Zhou Yao, who had been playing the background role, also looked in the direction Du Chenglin was looking.
Just at this glance, the voice in my heart was surprised: "The evil spirit has actually leaked out. Something must have happened there. There is no need to stay here any longer. Go and say goodbye to the master and go take a look in that direction."
Zhou Yao could only obey his orders.
She found a reason to excuse herself to Ye Buhui and left in a hurry.
Du Chenglin frowned and stared at her retreating back without saying a word for a long time. He couldn't see through this girl. She seemed a little abnormal, but if he looked carefully, he couldn't feel the evil spirit.
"In the past two years, the heavenly secrets have been confused. Even though I don't practice this, I can still feel it. It has suddenly become a troubled time."
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I have a toothache and a swollen face. Go see a doctor. Chapter 3 may be posted in the afternoon. I apologize to everyone.
