In the twelfth lunar month of winter, the weather is cold, the ground is freezing, and the sky is white ※

On Xiaowang Mountain in the western suburbs of Yinghe City and on both sides of the meandering Qinghe River, the trees are hung with bunches of crystal clear snow and frost, and the eucalyptus branches are particularly beautiful.

The cement path was cleanly swept, and neat rows of snow were piled up on both sides of the road, as if two low walls were built.

The grassland is silvery white, with occasional stubborn withered grass standing against the remaining patches of snow. Withered and yellow stems peeking out from the snow, they gaze at the snowy scenery of the Cangshan Mountain trickling in the surrounding fields.

A white Aoba turned from the road with few vehicles and drove onto the cement path, driving slowly and slowly towards the courtyard house a few hundred meters away.

The driver was Chen Chaojiang, and Xu Zhengyang was sitting in the back seat. He squinted his eyes as if he was taking a nap.

Although the nationally famous old man who lives in this courtyard house invited Xu Zhengyang to his home on the day when the new Guxiangxuan store opened, Xu Zhengyang was hesitant at first and never came. Not that

He thought he was the only god in the world, so he was aloof and arrogant. But it was because he really didn't want to sit with the old man, and he was mentally conflicted, or in other words, a little jealous and afraid.

What is certain is that if the old man invites another person, at least in this country, no matter what status the person is, they will come to this courtyard as a guest in the shortest possible time and have sex with this old man.

Able to have a conversation.

It is a pity that the person invited by this old man is an unattractive young man. Although he is a little famous in the countryside, he has also been on TV and newspapers.

A rural boy who is somewhat famous in the antique world. Even so, he is not really a famous person, let alone a big shot.

However, this seemingly ordinary rural boy actually delayed time and again, and even declined, so he did not accept the old man's invitation to be a guest in this courtyard house. I don't know those people in Haihe City.

If the senior officials found out that Xu Zhengyang had never come, would they come to his door in anger and slap him to wake him up?

The old man didn't seem to be angry or express any dissatisfaction.

It seems that he is confident enough that Xu Zhengyang will come to his house as a guest one day, it just depends on the time.

"But" the old man couldn't bear it at first and got a little angry. This little guy really doesn't intend to accept my invitation to be a guest? Seeing that the new year is approaching, did this kid forget that I invited him?

So after Li Bingjie and Li Chengzhong went to see Xu Zhengyang several times as before, yesterday Li Chengzhong finally sent a message to Xu Zhengyang on behalf of Mr. Li again: "Come to my house tomorrow to talk with me, an old man, and play two games of chess."

Xu Zhengyang Lixuan agreed, looking ashamed.

He didn't want to come before, but then he said, "He really forgot about it."

I wonder if the old man is very angry? Will he let a group of tough men with guns attack me in anger? Xu Zhengyang grinned and said with shameless whims: Or, look at it, old man.

He fell in love with me and wanted to get to know me well and let me be his grandson-in-law?

Xu Zhengyang wasn't sure about anything else, but he knew one thing well. If he hadn't become a god and was still the ordinary, ordinary country boy who exchanged scum for millet, then even if Li Bingjie went there every day

Looking for him, even if he lived at home and slept on the same bed in the same room, this old man would not even think of looking at Xu Zhengyang, let alone inviting him as a guest.

The reason why Xu Zhengyang was invited, apart from Li Bingjie, should be that the old man was still a little curious and confused?

After all, what happened to Xu Zhengyang in the past six months and Xu Zhengyang's experience are enough to make too many people wonder and speculate.

Xu Zhengyang scratched his head out of habit, took out a cigarette and lit one.

At this time, the vehicle had already arrived at the entrance of the courtyard. At the signal of two men with stern faces and wearing black coats, the Audi cylinder drove to the flat ground paved with stone bricks on the right side of the door.

"Go in after smoking this cigarette." Xu Zhengyang said softly.

Chen Chaojiang, who was about to open the car door and get out of the car, was startled for a moment, then sat down and lit a cigarette. Normally, Chen Chaojiang, who would not feel the slightest nervousness even if Mount Tai collapsed in front of him, felt a surge of emotion in his heart at this time.

It's hard to calm down from the ups and downs. After all, we are in a different place today, and the old man we are going to see is really special.

However, seeing that Xu Zhengyang was still in the mood to light up a cigarette at this time, Chen Chaojiang couldn't help but admire Xu Zhengyang. He became a god, but it was different. His mentality was indeed strong enough!

In fact, Xu Zhengyang didn't think so much. He just thought that the old man couldn't smoke or drink, so when he entered his room, he had to be polite, respectful and caring, and couldn't smoke. In this case, why not before entering,

Overcome the addiction to smoking first?

It's that simple.

The two men in black at the door were a little strange. What were the people in the car doing? They didn’t get out of the car yet...

Li Chengzhong walked out of the courtyard gate, walked to the car with a little doubt in his eyes, lowered the rear window, Xu Zhengyang smoked a cigarette and said with a smile: "Brother Li, I will finish smoking this cigarette before I go in."

Li Chengzhong hesitated for a moment, then said in a dumbfounded voice: "Okay, okay."

After saying that, Li Chengzhong turned around and walked into the courtyard.

The two guards at the door became even more strange.

After smoking, Xu Zhengyang took the rosewood box he brought, opened the car door and walked out, followed by Chen Chaojiang.

Two guards conducted a routine check on the two people, and as a result, four cold-edged daggers carried by Chen Chaojiang were found. Fortunately, when the daggers were found, Li Chengzhong had already walked up to him and said: "It doesn't matter.

, he is engaged in sculpture.

"If it weren't for these words, God knows who those two stern-faced guards would have treated Chen Chaojiang as and tortured him.

Chen Chaojiang gritted his teeth. His expression was much colder than that of the two guards, but he did not refuse the other party to take away his dagger. But at this moment, Xu Zhengyang suddenly had a very mischievous thought in his heart: No matter how much you search, you can't find it.

I have a piece of stuff that can be used as a brick. The guy slapped the old man on the head, "Bah, bah, what are you thinking about? Did you eat the courage of an ambitious leopard?" Xu Zhengyang secretly cursed and cursed himself.

Stepping into the courtyard, Xu Zhengyang looked around at the scene in this courtyard house, and suddenly regretted that his new house was built as a bungalow. In fact, it should be built in the style of this courtyard house, with green bricks and blue tiles. "Well

, No, it’s probably impossible to buy this kind of blue bricks now, and the tiles are all red..

In fact, as early as the early stages of construction of the new house, Xu Zhengyang strongly advocated that instead of building a building, it should be built in the shape of a courtyard. Naturally, he had not seen the architectural style of this courtyard at that time. He just had a deep understanding of the courtyard in his heart.

He has a special liking for buildings, but he doesn't like buildings very much. And long before he became a god, he especially liked the way Zhao Laoguang's house was built.

As for the Siheyuan courtyard where he is now, Xu Zhengyang has seen it many times in the final decision book, and the more he looks at it, the more he likes it.

When he followed Li Chengzhong unhurriedly to the courtyard, Li Chengzhong pointed to the door of the main room and said: "Zhengyang, Mr. Li is in the house. You go over. Chaojiang can't go. Let him come to my room."

Xu Zhengyang nodded and walked towards the house.

Chen Chaojiang, with his expression still stern, followed Li Chengzhong to a room in the west room without saying a word.

Xu Zhengyang originally thought that there should be several tough men in black clothes in the main room. Shi Hai stared at him closely, but never wanted to enter the room. Only the old man in simple clothes and Li Bingjie in light clothes sat next to each other.

On the colorful couch.

In front of the old man and Li Bingjie, there was no coffee table, only a small brown square table with a chessboard painted on it and black and red chess pieces already placed.

"Hello, Grandpa." Xu Zhengyang walked forward with a smile and bowed slightly politely.

"It's not easy to invite you here. Do you want me to say something like "Peng Jun Sheng Hui"? The old man joked with a kind face.

"Grandpa, what you said is ruining my life. To be honest, I really don't dare to come." Xu Zhengyang smiled naively and handed over the gift he had brought with him somewhat embarrassedly. "Grandpa, you also know that I am not a countryman."

I don’t have much culture, and I don’t know much about etiquette. This, this is an inkstone that we bought online in our store. Master Gu said it was a Duan inkstone from the early Song Dynasty. I don’t know much about it. I think you can write well with calligraphy.

This should be good,”

The old man did not refuse. He took the rosewood box from Xu Zhengyang with a smile, and gestured with a smile: "Sit down."

Xu Zhengyang sat down on the single sofa opposite the old man with some restraint. He looked at Li Bingjie and saw that Li Bingjie was staring at him intently. Unfortunately, her eyes were empty and indifferent, as if she didn't care about this person's appearance at all.

The old man put the rosewood box beside him, opened it sideways, took out the Duan Inkstone inside, nodded with some satisfaction and looked at it carefully.

But I saw that the Duan Inkstone was in the shape of an emerald green irregular oval, the stone was smooth and delicate, with a leafy welcoming pine carved on it, surrounded by auspicious clouds, soaring cranes, a jade plate in the clouds, and a sika deer lying under the tree.

, standing next to an old longevity star with a kind face, bowing slightly and reaching out to touch the sika antlers.

The entire Duan Inkstone is meticulously carved, with smooth, delicate and subtle lines, simple and exquisite.

The old man smiled and praised: "What an inkstone. A poet in the Song Dynasty once wrote a poem praising Duan inkstone. "The ancient Duanxi inkstone is strange in the world. The purple flowers spit out rainbow colors in the middle of the night. This square inkstone is even more exquisitely carved from emerald stone, which is rare among Duan inkstones.

"It's a great gift."

"As long as you like it." Xu Zhengyang said with a naive smile, but he was wondering how much this inkstone was worth. As soon as that old guy Yao Chushun heard that he was going to pick a gift for Mr. Li, he immediately took it out.

He bought such an inkstone, but he didn’t say how much it was worth.

Xu Zhengyang also asked how much this thing was worth at that time. After all, he also felt that he could get something cheap as a gift to Mr. Li. Yao Chushun said: "Don't talk about money, talking about money is vulgar." Xu Zhengyang was speechless, but

Thinking about it, since he knew it was a gift for Mr. Li, Yao Chushun should be aware of it.

The old man put the Duan Inkstone back into the rosewood box, closed the box, and as if there was no previous conversation, he waved his hand gently and said, "Play a game of chess."

"I, I can't play this game well. I learned it from others when I was a child, but I have some thoughts that I have never played chess before." Xu Zhengyang scratched his head and said.

"It doesn't matter. Anyone who has played chess with me knows that this old guy is a bad chess player.

"The old man smiled kindly.

Xu Zhengyang chuckled and said, "Well, then please give in to me."

"Give chess?" the old man asked.

"No, no, no," Xu Zhengyang waved his hands quickly and said, "Anyway, you will die when you are about to die. Don't boil the toad in warm water, otherwise you will kill me and turn me into a bare commander."

The old man couldn't help but laugh twice, waved his hand and said: "You, you, okay, red comes first and black comes later. If you lose, you won't be ugly."

Xu Zhengyang was startled for a moment, thinking that this old man could actually speak this rural dialect, but he didn't ask any more questions, so he lowered his head humbly, picked up the chess pieces, and put them on the cannon.

The old man took his time and followed the ordinary chess path to mount his mount.

The old man and the young man concentrated on placing the chess pieces step by step. Next to them, Li Bingjie's eyes finally fell on the chessboard from Xu Zhengyang's face.

Time passed bit by bit, and there were two piles of chess pieces captured by the two people on the edge of the square table.

Xu Zhengyang thought to himself that this old man is really a bad chess player. Even I, a master who is not even an expert in chess, can't make a decisive move. Should I give him two moves?

The old man secretly marveled in his heart. He didn't expect that Xu Zhengyang, a boy from the countryside, could have such a superb chess skill. His chess moves seemed to be ruthless and rough, but in fact he was meticulous, linking each link, step by step, and playing steadily.

two-person act

"Zhengyang, what do you think of Bingjie's condition?" The old man suddenly asked, without raising his head, still staring at the chessboard, as if thinking about the next move.
To be continued...