Wife is an enemy general

001.

But Li Mu is just thinking about it, now that a person as big as Qianqian is lying on the bamboo fence of the duck cage and looking towards this side, it is impossible for them to treat this person as if he does not exist.

When the person next to him grabbed his hand, he laughed enough.

Zhong Xiuyuan got up, wiped his tears and walked towards the duck cage, entered the duck cage again, opened the duck cage again, and let the money locked in the duck cage out of the duck cage.

Seeing Qian Qianqian walking towards him following Zhong Xiuyuan, Li Mu turned around silently, not looking at Qian Qianqian with a very wonderful face.

"What on earth are you here for? If you have something to say, just tell me!" Zhong Xiuyuan stole a glance at Li Mu, who was pretending to be calm, and the smile on the corners of his eyes and brows involuntarily deepened.

Qian Qian didn't say anything, he glanced at Li Mu next to him, and became more and more awkward.

Ever since he heard what that surnamed Qin said yesterday, he has been moved to worship Li Mu as his teacher.

But he just had a conflict with Li Mu before, and he has such a bad relationship with Zhong Manlu. If he wants to learn martial arts with Li Mu at this time, wouldn't it make Zhong Manlu laugh at him?

Qian Qianqian felt awkward, but the more he got along with Li Mu, the more he admired Li Mu, especially after knowing about Zhong Xiuyuan.

When asked by Zhong Xiuyuan, he hesitated for a while, but finally shook his head, insisting that he was fine.

"I just saw the beautiful scenery in the mountains, so I thought about going up for a walk." Qian Qianqian patted the duck feathers on his body.

After a moment of silence, he couldn't help but asked again: "I just thought about it carefully, and there didn't seem to be any great people in this mountain before. Who did you learn this skill from?"

Li Mu heard this person making noise again, and couldn't help but quicken his pace a little.

Unaware of the money, it was still endless, but Zhong Xiuyuan saw Li Mu's avoidance, and followed him to quicken his pace and walked up the mountain.

They don't know what Qianqian wants to do, but according to Qianqian's current status, they naturally can't say the words of seeing off guests.

Zhong Manlu, who was yawning on the mountain after cooking breakfast, was serving bowls to the dining table, looked at Qianqian who was following behind Li Mu and Zhong Xiuyuan, her eyes widened instantly.

Seeing Qian Qianqian, Zhong Manlu was also unresponsive. Although his eyes were bruised, he did not lose his momentum, "Eat, that's just right, I'm hungry too, give me a bowl too."

Zhong Manlu looked at the bowl in his hand, and almost couldn't hold back the bowl and slammed it on Qianqian's head, but thinking about what Li Mu said before, he resisted the urge to hit people in the face.

The morning sun hits, and the morning light dissipates.

In the town at the foot of the mountain, Boss Shi came out of the house after waking up and washing up, heading for the room where Qian Qianqian lived next to him.

After knocking on the door for a while, he pushed the door open before the door could be answered, "Xiao Jin, get up and eat..."

As soon as he entered, he saw that there was no one in the house.

The smile on Boss Shi's face froze for an instant. He quickly walked out the door, went downstairs, and asked the person guarding downstairs where the money was going.

After learning that Qianqian went up the mountain again, the smile on his face couldn't hold back anymore.

"When I heard the young master go out in the morning, he still yelled that he wanted to go to the mountain to learn from his teacher." The servant waiting outside the inn said.

"It's just nonsense!" Boss Shi flicked his sleeves and strode out, about to go up the mountain.

Master Qin, who was already sitting downstairs having breakfast, saw this, and said with a smile, "Where are you going, Boss Shi, in such a hurry?"

Boss Shi paused when he heard this, and he turned to look at Master Qin next to him.

"It's all good things you did, and you still have the face to ask me." Boss Shi scolded, "You know that he will be the head of the Jin family in the future. You don't know how to let him learn better when you work by his side, but you teach him all the time. These evil spirits are crooked, if Brother Jin finds out about this, you will feel better!"

In fact, Boss Shi's wealth is not much different from Master Qin's, but because he had a relationship with Jin Youcai in his early years, he has always been called a brother to Jin Youcai.

When it comes to the outside world, he has always regarded himself as the elder of Qianqian.

The few people who work with Qian Qianqian are already used to it, but they don't necessarily respect him much.

On the one hand, it's because everyone doesn't like this person's attitude, and on the other hand, it's also because this person sometimes does some unscrupulous things.

Although everyone's hands may not be very clean, but some things still have a bottom line, but he is a completely different kind of person. For money, he can do anything.

"Hahaha..." Master Qin didn't argue with him, but continued to laugh.

If it wasn't because Boss Shi wanted to target Li Mu, he didn't have to make such a bad move. Besides, he could trust Li Mu's character. Even if he let Qian Qian stay by Li Mu's side, he didn't think Li Mu would take Qian Qian to his side.

At most, he couldn't bear his noise, beat him up again, and then threw him down the mountain...

Thinking of this, Master Qin paused for a moment with the hand holding the teacup, feeling inexplicably worried.

In addition to his willful personality, Qian Qian is also very vocal, sometimes even his father, Jin Youcai, can't stand it.

Seeing Master Qin's smiling face, Boss Shi felt very angry, but he had nothing to do with Master Qin.

After another cold snort, he walked into the inn and went upstairs.

Seeing this, several people who were having breakfast on the ground floor of the inn got up one after another and followed them upstairs.

These few people are all with Boss Shi, although they are all one of the people who are close to the Jin family, but they are assigned to each other here, and they are one with Master Shi.

Several people went upstairs, closed the door, and after confirming that no one else was eavesdropping, Master Shi sat down on the upper seat and looked at the people below with a serious face, "How is the matter going?"

The next person stood up and replied, "That batch of goods has already arrived at the customs, but..."

"But what?" Master Shi's face turned cold.

"Recently, there has been strict investigation at the gate, so I dare not act rashly now." The man said again.

Since Daning started to do business with several neighboring countries, they have been transporting some smuggled goods through this channel. It was very smooth before, but recently the people above started to check these, and the goods in their hands were delayed. up.

"This batch of goods must be smuggled back in a way, and there must be no mistakes, do you understand?" Boss Shi said after a moment of contemplation, "If something goes wrong, your lives will not be enough to accompany you."

"Yes, I will definitely solve it as soon as possible and bring the goods back." The person at the bottom said again.

Boss Shi glanced at him, turned his thoughts, and thought of other things.

"The emperor of Daning is now nine years old. In two years, it will be the age of the draft. You all need to be vigilant. The relationship that needs to be cleared must be cleared up. Don't be reluctant to pay money." Master Shi said suddenly.

Although the current little emperor has only sat on the throne for a short time, and this person is not warm yet, but even so, he is still an upright Emperor of Daning.

If they could get in touch with the little emperor, then they wouldn't have to look at the Jin family's face at all.

Moreover, the little emperor is young, and the former emperor Lin Hong's body is not as good as before. If they can turn around with the help of the draft, they will live a tight life in the future.

"Yes." The next few people replied, "I heard that the daughter of Boss Shi's family is well-known for being smart and beautiful, and she will definitely be selected for inclusion in the palace in the future. At that time, Boss Shi will have to take care of her."

Hearing this, Boss Shi finally felt better.

"There is also the matter of selecting the source of tribute supply, how is it going now?" Boss Shi asked again.

"This..." Several people hesitated, "Boss Shi, you also know that the Jin family is responsible for this matter, we..."

"Idiot!" Boss Shi yelled at the case, but after thinking about it, the Jin family was in charge of this matter, and they were just helping by the side. There was no way to make decisions for the Jin family for a while, so he sat down again, "This matter The money has been collected, and there can be no mistakes."

Those things were agreed upon, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"By the way, Boss Shi, that guy is here." One of them said.

"The one?"

"It's Lord Ma, who is in charge of taxes."

"he?!"

Mr. Ma, Ma Yi, the tax collectors, those who do business have more or less contacts with this person.

But this Ma Yi is a person who doesn't care about oil and salt, and his methods of doing things have always been strict and upright, which makes them who want to curry favor and walk around quite overwhelmed.

But Ma Yi has been in contact with Jin Youcai of the Jin family, which makes Boss Shi and the others envious.

After asking the person about the specific situation, Boss Shi pondered for a while, and after explaining this and that, he immediately found someone to look for Ma Yi.

Ma Yi seldom interacts with outsiders on weekdays, but this time is an opportunity to get close to him, "If we can make friends with him, we will be able to explain this matter in the future."

What they are doing secretly now is tax evasion, hiding the truth from both the Jin family and the tax manager. There is nothing they can do for the Jin family, but if they can make friends with Ma Yi, this matter will be simple in the future .

Not long after Boss Shi sent his people out, he followed him with anxiety.

After Boss Shi left, the town was quiet for several days.

But there was still a lot of noise in the mountains.

I don't know what is wrong with this money. Since that day, I have been running up the mountain before dawn every day. I have to stay on the mountain until it is dark before going down the mountain.

I didn't even say what I wanted to do when I went up the mountain, so I wandered around with Li Mu and Zhong Xiuyuan every day, and when it was time to eat, I took a bowl to scoop it up by myself.

Li Mu, Zhong Xiuyuan, and Yun'er could still bear their temper and let him make trouble beside them, but they felt that he was a little noisy.

Slowly, Zhong Manlu couldn't stand it any longer. At first, he was able to bear it. Later, he didn't even take his bowl for meals, showing an attitude of seeing off guests.

Qian Qianqian himself is only a half-grown child, Zhong Manlu doesn't welcome him, so he just wants to provoke Zhong Manlu, this back and forth, every day in the mountains, we can see these two people at odds.

He said that he would strike when he was on fire, the two were evenly matched, and Qian Qianqian's injuries hadn't healed quickly, so most of the time he was beaten by Zhong Manlu.

Zhong Manlu also learned how to be smart, so he followed what Li Mu said before, and just picked some places where it hurts but would not leave any injuries. For several days in a row, he beat people with money and money. Got snot and tears all over his face.

Qianqian, with snot and tears all over his face, was beaten, but he was not discouraged, on the contrary, he became more determined in his impulse to worship Li Mu as his teacher, and became more noisy and pestering.

This back and forth, the whole mountain can be said to be restless, and the sky is turned upside down.

The mountain was so lively that Li Mu couldn't afford to mess with it, and he could hide it. For several days in a row, he took the little white ducks he raised to release the ducks in the mountain.

Strange to say, it has been more than three months since these little white ducks hatched. During these three months, he has been taking good care of them, and the food they eat every day is more exquisite than those ducks at the bottom of the mountain. much.

But after so many months, these ducks have not grown at all.

Compared with the ducks that were bought at about the same time as them, their growth stopped completely after they became half-sized ducks.

Li Mu tried several methods, but these ducks still didn't grow up.

Zhong Xiuyuan went up from the mountain, and after seeing that Li Mu was not at home, he knew that Li Mu must have gone to the mountain to hide for leisure under the pretext of letting the ducks go.

Avoiding the money, Zhong Xiuyuan walked towards the peach grove in the mountain of his home.

When I found Li Mu, Li Mu was leaning against the peach blossom tree and dozing off. A flock of white ducks squatted beside him. These ducks were all asleep. This scene looked very warm.

At this point in July, the peaches in the mountains have begun to bear fruit, and small peaches the size of thumbs have grown.

Some of them bear so much fruit that the branches are bent down, which is very gratifying to look at.

Zhong Xiuyuan walked over, put his clothes on the man, and sat down beside him.

It was evening, and the evening wind was blowing slowly.

The breeze is mixed with bursts of peach fragrance or grass fragrance, which drives away the heat and makes people feel refreshed.

The days in the mountains were leisurely, and after sitting leisurely for a while, Zhong Xiuyuan calculated that the time was almost up, and after packing all the ducks in a basket, he woke up Li Mu, and led the yawning man back to the mountain.

When they returned to the mountains, the mountains became more and more noisy.

Before Li Mu could get a headache from the noise, he saw a stranger standing in the yard of his house.

002.

Wearing a navy blue scholar's robe and a silver belt, the man is standing with his hands behind his back, with a deep profile, seemingly unfathomable.

The man was slightly older than Li Mu and Zhong Xiuyuan, but he was only in his twenties and thirties.

He stood in the courtyard with his hands behind his back, facing Li Mu's house, beside him, Boss Shi and several others were all standing, as if they were talking to him.

Qian Qianqian was also standing in front of him at this moment, and he respected this person very much, and he was no longer the wayward and noisy person he was in front of Li Mu and the others.

"Uncle Ma, why are you here?" Qian Qianqian looked at Ma Yi, who was not much older than him, but who he wanted to call his uncle.

"I heard that you found a long-lost authentic calligraphy work here..." While speaking, Ma Yi glanced at Boss Shi, who was nodding and bowing beside him. As soon as he arrived here, he knew he had been fooled.

Boss Shi greeted him with a smile, and said a little embarrassedly: "I heard that before, so I immediately sent someone to send a message to Mr. Ma, but it turned out to be a misunderstanding."

Although Ma Yi is very strict in officialdom, he is a fanatic.

Over the years, he has traveled all over Daning just to collect some authentic works of famous paintings, and he is quite well-known in this circle.

He would appear on this side before, because he heard that someone in Qingmu had collected a famous painting, so he also looked for it, wanting to take a look.

As a result, on the way back, he heard Boss Shi say that Qianqian had found an equally precious authentic work here, and he immediately came towards this side, and it was only when he went up the mountain that he realized that there was no such thing at all.

"Why are you here?" Ma Yi ignored Boss Shi next to him.

Speaking of this matter, Qian Qianqian immediately became interested. He pulled Ma Yi and wanted to tell him about Li Mu, but before he could speak, he saw that Li Mu and Zhong Xiuyuan had returned, "Uncle Ma, hurry up!" Come, let me introduce these two to you."

"The two of them are amazing. This one is called Li Mu, and this one is Zhong Xiuyuan. I came here to learn from them... I just came to see." Long road and turned a corner.

Ma Yi looked at Li Mu and Zhong Xiuyuan, nodded slightly, and greeted them.

"This is Ma Yi, my uncle." Qian Qianqian approached Li Mu excitedly, "He just likes those books and paintings."

Ma Yi didn't mind Qian Qianqian saying that about him, but just smiled.

Before Li Mu could speak, Boss Shi stood up and flattered him and said, "Master Ma is very famous in our circle, he is a famous collector, and he himself can write well, and the words he draws are even better. Thousands of dollars are hard to find."

Boss Shi is just a businessman, he is not interested in the names of these famous paintings.

The people around knew that his words were just complimenting Ma Yi, but Qian Qianqian immediately said: "Why didn't I know that you also like these things?"

As soon as Qian Qianqian said this, the atmosphere in the courtyard was instantly awkward.

Boss Shi's face twitched several times, "Hahaha... I was the one who was abrupt, I just entered the industry because I admired Mr. Ma's name."

"Oh." Qianqian was no longer interested in him.

Boss Shi said again: "I heard that Mr. Ma has gained a lot from this line of work. I don't know if I'm lucky enough to observe it."

The people next to him heard the words and quickly responded, expressing their hope that they could take a look.

Ma Yi didn't have a good impression of Boss Shi, but when he mentioned his favorite calligraphy and painting, he immediately became energetic.

He touched the painting tube hanging on his waist with his hand, and his face showed a bit of satisfaction.

In this business, he spent a lot of effort and tongue-in-cheek to make the other party buy this painting.

However, this line of work is indeed worthwhile. This painting is the work of a great painter that has been lost for a long time, and it is rarely seen on the market today.

"I want to watch it too." Money and money are the most exciting things.

Hearing Qian Qianqian's words, and seeing the expectant eyes of the people next to him, Mrs. Ma was very helpful, and took the painting tube next to him and opened it.

Zhong Xiuyuan gave Zhong Manlu a look, and told him to move the table out of the room.

At this moment, the sky is getting dark, and there is no light in the house, so it might as well be bright in the yard.

After Zhong Manlu moved the table out, Mrs. Ma carefully spread out the painting he got on the table, and then proudly stood by with his hands behind his back, letting everyone go forward to watch it.

Li Mu also took advantage of the moment he opened the painting, and took a look at it, but after just this one look, he lost interest.

The painting was a splash-ink landscape painting, black and white paper and ink outlined an ethereal mountain and forest scene, this painting was indeed beautiful, but to Li Mu there was nothing other than beauty.

It's not that he doesn't know how to appreciate it, but because he is used to watching the realistic video images of the world he was in before, and he really can't feel any artistic conception when he looks at this thing again.

If he wanted to forcibly agree, he could say a few words, but he really didn't think it was so good.

Li Mu was not interested in this thing, but Zhong Xiuyuan's eyes lit up after seeing the painting.

Zhong Xiuyuan stayed in the camp all year round, he didn't have much interest in other things, but he had a preference for this painting.It's just that he has been in the military camp all year round and rarely comes into contact with these things.

"Good, good, good!" Boss Shi wrote three good words in a row at a glance, attracting everyone's attention, "This painting really deserves to be a famous painting, and the pen and ink are really just right."

Hearing Boss Shi's relentless praise, the smile on Mrs. Ma's face deepened a bit, and he also changed his opinion of Boss Shi quite a bit.

"Oh, then tell me specifically, what's so good about this being just right?" Ma Yi loved this thing all his life.

"With just a few strokes of brush and ink, the outline of this mountain forest is vivid and lifelike." Boss Shi said.

"That's right, such accomplishments are worthy of everyone's handwriting." Another person next to him said.

Master Qin had also finished reading the painting at this moment. Although he and Boss Shi were at odds, even he couldn't help agreeing with what Boss Shi said now.

Qian Qianqian also leaned over to have a look, he probably had no interest in these things like Li Mu, after looking at it for a while, he shrank back resentfully.

Seeing everyone's expressions of admiration, Ma Yi was in a happy mood, "It's still not as good as this mountain. No matter how lifelike the mountains and forests on this paper are, they are fake. Only the real mountains and forests are real."

While talking, he went forward to roll up the painting, ready to store it in the painting tube.

Seeing this, Zhong Xiuyuan showed a bit of reluctance in his eyes.

He just glanced at this painting, and he didn't even have time to taste the tea carefully. The painting is different from other things, and he can see something at a glance, so he can't help feeling a little regretful.

"Do you like it?" Li Mu was about to move the table back into the room, when he saw Zhong Xiuyuan next to him still reluctantly looking at his painting tube, feeling a little uncomfortable for no reason.

"It's a very good masterpiece." Zhong Xiuyuan looked away.

He likes it a little bit, but that's all.

To be honest, his current situation is not suitable for taking care of these pens, inks, papers and inkstones.

"Oh, you also think this is a good work?" Ma Yi looked at Zhong Xiuyuan.

Zhong Xiuyuan originally just bowed his head to Li Mu for a few words, but now that Master Ma spoke, he couldn't help but look over.

Upon seeing this, Boss Shi clasped his fists and said, "Lord Ma, don't argue with a villager like him. Can a villager like him see what's good or bad? It's just nonsense."

"It's a masterpiece." Zhong Xiuyuan ignored Boss Shi and clasped his fists at Ma Yi, "Although the time for observation is short, the artist's brushwork has been revealed, which is impressive."

Ma Yi smiled, and still said the same thing, "It's better to be in this mountain."

Everyone responded, but Zhong Xiuyuan said: "This mountain is good, but this does not prevent this painting from being a good painting."

"How to say?"

"A painting is a painting, and a mountain is a mountain." Zhong Xiuyuan said, "Although this painting depicts a forest, it may not be a painting of a mountain."

Li Mu stared at Zhong Xiuyuan who rarely talked a lot beside him, he was not very interested in these things, but it was Zhong Xiuyuan's words that made him a little dizzy.

What's so good about a broken painting?

Master Ma stopped laughing, but beckoned to Zhong Xiuyuan, and Fu took out his beloved painting and put it on the table for Zhong Xiuyuan to look at, "Then take a look at it again." , you can tell me how this painting is."

Seeing that Ma Yi took out the paintings he had put away again, Boss Shi and the others had the ugliest faces among the crowd.

They originally planned to bring Ma Yi here, trying to make friends with him, but not for Zhong Xiuyuan and Ma Yi to develop a friendship.

If Zhong Xiuyuan fell into the eyes of Mr. Ma, wouldn't it be that they lifted a rock and shot themselves in the foot?

"I think it's getting late, Mr. Ma, why don't we rest first and discuss tomorrow?" Boss Shi said.

Old Master Qin took a step forward and stood in front of Boss Shi, "It's already getting late, if your lord is interested, why don't you ask Li Mu to arrange for you to stay in this mountain temporarily, so that you can play in this mountain for two days before leaving? The air in this mountain is clean and nourishes people very well.”

"Impossible." Boss Shi hurriedly said: "Where is a place for people to live in this mountain? In my opinion, adults should follow us down the mountain and live in the town at the foot of the mountain. Although this town is not big and crude, but after all It's better than this mountain."

Let Mr. Ma live on this mountain for one night, and it is uncertain what will happen the next day.

"Yes, Mr. Ma is so honorable, how can he live in this poor mountain village?" Another person next to him also said.

"It doesn't matter." Master Ma is in a good mood, he loves the mountains and rivers very much, and he is delighted to see a masterpiece, so he likes the mountains and rivers even more.

"This..." Boss Shi's face turned ashen.

"You guys go down the mountain on your own. I will stay in this mountain for a day or two. Besides, my golden nephew also said that this mountain is good?" Ma Yi didn't want to leave anymore.

Qian Qianqian originally wanted to find an excuse to stay in this mountain, but now that Ma Yi said this, he hurriedly said before everyone else: "Yes, yes, then I will live in this mountain with you too, okay?" Yes, we can take care of each other together."

"But the poor and the poor in this mountain are not inhabited at all..." Boss Shi was about to say something, but Qian Qianqian said first: "Okay, if you are bored, go down quickly! It's getting dark."

Boss Shi was furious, and he had to lose the money because it wasn't his son, otherwise he would have already slapped him.

He has no eyesight at all, and he always talks nonsense with his mouth, trying to ruin his good deeds.

"Boss Shi, let's go!" Master Qin smiled and looked at Boss Shi who was vomiting blood in anger.

003.

Watching Boss Shi and his party go down the mountain, except for Zhong Xiuyuan and Ma Yi, the rest of the people on the mountain also dispersed.

Zhong Xiuyuan was still standing at the table looking at the painting with Ma Yi, while Li Mu on the side had already called Zhong Manlu over, asking him to clean up the other room at Uncle Hong's house across the street later.

Suddenly there are two more people, but there is only one empty room in this mountain, so Yun'er can only sleep with them at night, squeezed.

After the accommodation was arranged, Li Mu was thinking about dinner, and Ma Yi and Zhong Xiuyuan were talking loudly in the courtyard.

"...Since you like it too, let's make a bet, whoever wins the painting will get it, how about it?" Ma Yi said.

I don't know what Zhong Xiuyuan said to him, but this person is a little excited at the moment, a little less calm than before, and looks a little childish.

Zhong Xiuyuan hesitated, "A gentleman does not take what others like, this..."

"Hahaha..." Ma Yi laughed heartily, obviously admiring Zhong Xiuyuan very much, "Don't talk too much, you haven't taken it from me yet!"

Zhong Xiuyuan pursed his lips, showing that gentle smile.

Seeing that Zhong Xiuyuan was still silent, Ma Yi said again: "Let's just play chess, and whoever wins the painting will get it." Chess is one of the best, "I may not lose to you."

Listening to Ma Yi's words and seeing Ma Yi's mysterious appearance, Qian Qian couldn't bear it anymore, "Uncle, aren't you teasing him?"

This Ma Yi said that he is also an interesting person. He is very fond of famous books and paintings. Over the years, he has traveled all over the country in Daning, and he is almost obsessed. Almost everyone in the capital knows about this.

Ma Yi loves calligraphy and painting, but what he is most proficient in and best at is not writing and painting, but playing chess.

He became famous at a young age, and no one could solve a game of chess, even the former emperor Lin Shang was alarmed.

He is an official, and he won it back by playing chess with the former emperor.

However, he is outstanding in this line of work, but he always likes to dig into this calligraphy and painting, which makes many people gnash their teeth with hatred and regret it.

At this moment, Ma Yi and Zhong Xiuyuan said that they want to play chess, which is obviously teasing and bullying.

"Hey, why am I teasing him? It took me a lot of energy and time to get this painting. If he wants to take it away from me, he must have a certain ability." Ma Yi took it for granted.

He loves this painting so deeply, how could it be easily sold to others?

"Hmph, who doesn't know that you play chess—" Zhong Xiu is far from knowing these things, but he knows everything about money.

Before he finished talking about money, Ma Yi raised his hand to stop him, "It's just a false name, don't talk nonsense. Besides, I'm giving him a chance. If I don't give him a chance, he won't even have a chance."

Ma Yi's words have come to this point, and Zhong Xiuyuan can't refuse anymore, "That's good."

Qian Qianqian wanted to say something on behalf of Zhong Xiu, but Ma Yi stopped them.

The two of them chatted happily here, but the sky has gradually darkened.

Naturally, chess is not suitable for playing at night, so after a hasty dinner, everyone fell asleep early.

But both of them seemed to be quite concerned about this matter. Early the next morning, Ma Yi sent someone down the mountain to buy a chess set, and then set it up in the yard of Li Mu's house.

A pot of peach blossom wine, a chessboard, two people each hold one side.

The two made a bet, and Boss Shi and his party who came up to the mountain early in the morning the next day heard about it, but all of them sneered.

"He's really a villager in the mountains, he's not sensible at all." Boss Shi stood behind Ma Yi, watching the chess game, and the sarcasm on his face became more and more clear.

On the chess game, both of them were focused on the direction on the chessboard and no one paid any attention to him. Boss Shi said a few more sarcasm, and stopped talking after making fun of himself.

At the beginning, Zhong Xiuyuan didn't know what the phrase "play with him" before Qianqian meant, but after he failed to win a single game all day, he finally came to his senses.

In the evening, when collecting the pieces on the chessboard, Zhong Xiuyuan showed a bit of bitterness on his expressionless face, Ma Yi really had a bad temper.

He knew that he liked the painting, so he intentionally acted like he was reluctant to part with it, but in the end it just made him unable to touch it.

"It's okay, it's okay, you might win tomorrow." Ma Yi giggled.

Money on the side rolled his eyes, and his heart was already on Zhong Xiuyuan's side, "Don't bet with him, you can't win, if you like this thing, next time I meet a good-looking one, I'll keep it for you."

Money is generous, but Zhong Xiuyuan can't quench his thirst.

He likes painting and calligraphy, but not necessarily that much, but after what happened yesterday, his appetite has been completely whetted, and he is really reluctant to let him go now.

It's as if the delicacies that have been fed to the mouth are suddenly withdrawn, even if the stomach is not necessarily very hungry, the mouth is still greedy.

"By the way, your peach blossom wine is very good. I will give you two jugs when I leave. If there are still good things to say next time, I can let you have a look." Ma Yi took a sip of the peach blossom wine in his glass, eyes With some appreciation.

In the next two days, the two of them set up a table in the yard almost at dawn. After a few days, Zhong Xiuyuan learned fast, but his chess skills were still not as good as others.

If this person is allowed to fight against him on the battlefield, he has a lot of confidence that he will be able to easily defeat the opponent.

But this go game was taught by his master at home when he was a child, and since then he has been in the barracks, and go has fallen. Now, although he has been secretly thinking about the opponent's game, there is still a gap in the end.

Zhong Xiuyuan lost for three days in a row, but he himself could afford to lose, but Boss Shi and the others next to him couldn't spit ivory out of their mouths, and they kept yelling about the mountain villager who wanted to grow phoenix hair.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and it was the evening when the sun was setting. At the end of a game of chess, Zhong Xiuyuan stopped making moves, "I'm willing to bow down."

Take advantage of your own strengths, and if you lose, you will lose.Zhong Xiuyuan lost calmly, but he was slightly regretful.

He likes this painting, on the one hand because it is really well drawn, on the other hand, because he is a little fascinated by the scenery in the painting.

In that painting there are layers upon layers of mountains, but if you look closely, you will find that among the mountains with different heights and distances, there are faint houses and cooking smoke.

Naturally, this painting is not about their mountain, but it has some similarities with his and Li Mu's home in the mountain, hidden in the mountain, leisurely and contented.

"It would have been better to admit defeat earlier." Boss Shi said coolly.

Ma Yi didn't think so, but he liked Zhong Xiuyuan a little bit.

He could tell that Zhong Xiuyuan had put in a lot of effort in this game of chess, if he was given a year or two to specialize in this game, then he might not be able to win so easily.

After getting to know Zhong Xiuyuan, Ma Yi felt less teasing and more sincere in wanting to make friends, "The reason why I dare to boast is because I played tricks, you don't have to worry about it. I can see that you are not proficient in chess, but I feel that if you can study carefully and spend more time, you will surely win me. "

Zhong Xiuyuan cupped his fists, he knew himself.

"Your Excellency, you don't have to belittle yourself to comfort him. How can such a mountain villager compare with your talent?" Boss Shi laughed.

Li Mu, who carried the duck back to the yard, quietly watched what happened here.

Hearing Boss Shi's taunts again and again, Li Mu stepped forward and stood beside Zhong Xiuyuan.

"You're back." Zhong Xiuyuan looked at Li Mu who was beside him. He had been focusing on playing chess for the past few days, and he had somewhat neglected Li Mu.

"How do you play this game?" Li Mu said in a low voice.

Zhong Xiuyuan paused his hand as he was about to take away the chess pieces, "You don't know how?"

Go is very prosperous in both countries, Zhong Xiuyuan never thought about whether Li Mu could play it.

"How?" Li Mu asked again.

"Why do you also want to win my painting?" Ma Yi, who was sitting beside him comfortably drinking peach blossom wine, smiled when he saw Li Mu staring at the painting tube he was putting on his hand.

There are no more messy activities in the court in this mountain, and he found someone who can understand his favorite paintings, and played chess with them for a few days, drank good wine, and he was really in a good mood .

When he looked at Li Mu, there was something in his eyes.