Living in a thatched cottage in Hedong always leads to many inconveniences in life, especially the Zhao Dahu and his wife, who always fight to the earth, making Ye Chunqiu feel restless when he sleeps.

Every now and then, the Ye family would send some things. Ye San has been having a lot of fun with the shopkeepers recently, and Ye Chunqiu was too lazy to pay attention to these things. He was thinking about the house trial, so he stopped walking and was even more lazy to go to the Taoyuan.

But on the afternoon of the third day, someone came from Taoyuan. It was the servant who initially mocked Ye Chunqiu. The servant brought some gifts and said, "The villain has seen the young master Chunqiu. Is the young master still studying hard? My master is looking forward to the young master Chunqiu going to Taoyuan day and night. I wonder when the young master Chunqiu has free time?"

Ye Chunqiu had forgotten this matter and never thought that the old man was still thinking about him. He couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "I want to study, and the exam is about to begin. If my father knew that I was competing with others here, he would have to beat me to death."

The servant's face suddenly turned gloomy. The master's endgame could not be solved no matter what. He had reached the point of thinking day and night. He was looking forward to trying again with this young man. Now that he didn't come, he said that he had something to do. Damn, what did you do long ago? When you drove you away, didn't you have to rely on the master to study chess skills?

"This...it only takes time to see you, it won't take much time." The servant looked at Ye Chunqiu pitifully with a bitter face.

Ye Chunqiu shook his head and said, "This is not true. It would be fine if he passed the imperial examination. If he failed, wouldn't the relatives blame your master for saying that your master has abandoned my studies?"

The servant couldn't help but feel disappointed, so he had to say, "Then I'll bother you and say goodbye."

He left the house with a disappointed look on his face and couldn't help but mutter: "What awesome, do you think your Ye family..."

He didn't know that Ye Chunqiu, who was in the thatched cottage, heard a real thing.

This person is so mean. If you don’t meet your master, you will say bad words and your character is corrupt.

As soon as he thought of this, Ye Chunqiu couldn't sit still, so he pushed open the wooden door and called the servant: "Let's wait."

The servant was about to leave, but when he heard Ye Chunqiu call him, he came back excitedly: "Young Master Chunqiu... Could it be..."

Ye Chunqiu looked at him with a little cold eyes. He hated such a bad slave who looked down on others the most, and said, "Since your master is looking forward to learning chess skills with me, I can't come to visit me in person. Why don't you like this? I'll draw a few endgames and see with your master."

The servant was shocked. The man surnamed Ye refused to go. It was really difficult to explain when he went back. Now Ye Chunqiu is willing to use letters to discuss, and he can finally give the master some comfort, so he happily said: "This is the best, and it will be a blessing for Master Chunqiu."

Ye Chunqiu wanted to laugh in his heart, you idiot, your master was going to die for a terrible endgame and was reluctant to eat. Now I will give him a few endgames. This is obviously a tiger and wolf medicine. You are still very happy. Do you really think you have picked up some cheap things?

Uneducated...it's really scary.

Of course...it's okay to let you, the evil servant, remember a little lesson.

Ye Chunqiu did not say anything, and returned to the cottage to prepare a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, drew a few endgames, and wrote another letter. He was naturally extremely polite in the letter, saying that he was ashamed and could not ask for help in person, and hoped to forgive him.

If you cheat others, you will cheat others, but your etiquette must be thorough.

He handed the letter to the evil servant, who smiled happily and hurriedly thanked him, and then said goodbye happily.

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The next morning, Ye Chunqiu got up with a fight. It was rare today. Zhao Dahu and his wife who lived nearby did not quarrel. Ye Chunqiu got up until the end of the day.

After he washed up, he saw a few strong men carrying vine sedan chairs slowly coming from a distance. When the vine sedan chair approached, the old man came out of the stopped sedan chair. The old man looked tired and his eyes were deep. It was obvious that he had not had a good sleep in the past few days. He saw Ye Chunqiu who was washing in front of the hut. His eyes lit up and he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "But is Ye Xianniang? How is his nephew doing his homework? Oh... I just passed here and came along the way to take a look."

He also passed by this place... Ye Chunqiu wanted to laugh. Ye Chunqiu certainly understood the purpose of the old man. He had already fascinated him with an endgame, but now he has sent a few more pairs, but I am afraid that the old man will be crazy at this time.

Ye Chunqiu said with a surprised look: "Sir, come from afar, but the boy is unable to meet him. It's really damn."

The old man was speechless. The young man was polite, but he always seemed to be so hiding from thousands of miles away. He couldn't get along. He said embarrassedly: "I wonder if my nephew has free time now? Why don't you and I play a game of chess."

"Ah..." Ye Chunqiu looked surprised and regretful, and said, "I still have to read books. The mansion test is getting closer and closer. The boy is really unsure, but..." He continued in embarrassment: "But if the gentleman really wants to do it, as a younger generation, he should be with him even if he occasionally loses some of his studies."

It sounds very nice, but it is a very soft nail. Do you want to play chess? It doesn’t matter, I won’t study anymore, can I play with you?

Is there any sincerity? Of course it is very sincere.

But... the old man's old face couldn't help but twitch. He was a big man who was embarrassed to let a young scholar do his job and play chess with him?

If it is spread, it will make people thrust the backbone. The old man said embarrassedly: "Ah... no... no... I just said it casually. You are a good student. Don't let your father, brother and grandparents down. I just said that it's just a way to this place. Uh... it's important to take care of your career."

He said this, but he couldn't move. He felt itchy and his mind was full of those endgames that made him unable to stop.

But he was not easy to bother, so he gritted his teeth and said, "I have worked hard, and I still have to visit my old friends and say goodbye."

He left with great emotion, feeling mixed with regret.

Ye Chunqiu was a little reluctant. He hadn't been obsessed with anything, but he knew that he was like the feeling of being addicted to a certain kind of hobby. Ye Chunqiu almost wanted to call the old man, but the old man who was away was supported by the evil servant he carried with him. The evil servant said, "Master, this Ye family..."

I couldn't hear the words afterwards, but Ye Chunqiu knew that the man couldn't speak good things, and couldn't help but smile. It's more important to be hungry, and whether his master can solve those endgames, what does it have to do with me?

...

The old man had already gotten into the vine sedan chair, his face was depressed and he had a crazy urge. He looked at the boy who had returned to his house and knew that he was going to return empty-handed today. He seemed to have to think hard again tonight. Thinking of this, he was inexplicably irritated. Why can't he be able to solve it? It's better...

He thought, and said, "Lai Fu."

"What are the instructions for the master?"

The old man sat in the sedan chair and dusted the dust on his mourning clothes, and said quietly: "Go back home, oh, these days, you will go to Nanjing. I will write a book and ask Brother Songshan for some chess skills."
Chapter completed!