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With Shen Xi's insistence, Hui Niang dismissed the plan to ask the juren to come back to tutor Chen Xi, but after that, she wanted to do something for Chen Xi.

At the end of March, just as the spring in western Fujian was in full swing, Hui Niang helped Chen Xi find a few young people who participated in the palace examination, and asked Chen Xi and Shen Yongzhuo to go out for spring with them. In addition to combining work and rest, they could also make friends with these people and discuss knowledge by the way.

Because these young people are young and promising, they are all popular candidates for the head of the government trial.

On March 30th, Chen Xi took the five taels of silver secretly handed him to him by Hui Niang in his arms, and got off the door with Shen Yongzhuo and went to the place where he made an appointment in the south of the city.

According to Hui Niang's opinion, if you have a good chat with the students who were taking the same exam, you can invite them to dinner, but you especially remind Chen Xi not to drink alcohol.

Five taels of silver can be regarded as a huge sum of money in this era, and it is more than enough to have a big meal at any restaurant in Tingzhou Fucheng.

It was the spring scene at the end of March. Chenxi was walking on the streets of Fucheng. The spring breeze of Hexi was blowing, and the fragrance of flowers was swaying. The willow trees by the Ting River were hung with green branches, and the wind swayed slowly. Willow catkins brushed across the water, like a beautiful girl combing her long hair towards the Ting River. Peach blossoms are currently in their prime, clusters, like igniting rouge, which is reflected on both sides of the Ting River, dazzling red and intoxicating.

After spending all day studying at home, Chen Xi felt that he was almost turning into a nerd.., when he came out and saw the pink and green willows, he felt refreshed and happy.

Walking and stopping on the road, enjoying the beautiful scenery along the way, Chenxi felt relaxed like never before. However, Shen Yongzhuo seemed a little absent-minded. Maybe he was forced by his mother to study and was too nervous. He had never had a good rest on weekdays, and he was a little depressed after coming out.

Chen Xi wanted to talk to Shen Yongzhuo several times, but Shen Yongzhuo even ignored him.

"Brother, are you thinking about Miss Lu's family? Actually, there is one thing I've wanted to tell you long ago. I lied to you about Miss Lu's family."

Shen Yongzhuo sighed lightly: "I knew it a long time ago."

Chen Xi asked in surprise: "Do you know? Then why are you still upset?"

As soon as he asked, Chen Xi couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly. Why did he be confused again?

Isn't this obvious? Now Shen Yongzhuo is not worried that Miss Lu's family is a slutty face, but he is also worried that he won't pass the house exam this time and that he will regret the marriage.

"Brother, look at it, where are there no friends in life? Just talking about this city, there are so many good girls, and we can't meet a couple of people on a trip. In addition, during the Lantern Festival and temple fairs, you can always see the shy daughter in the city and outside the city. Most of them have beautiful maids around you, and you are afraid that you won't find a suitable partner?"

Chen Xi just told the scene he imagined. In fact, many of the ladies are pestering three-inch golden lotus these days, and they are inconvenient to walk and almost never go out of the door. Who would show up on the street for nothing?

"Really?" Shen Yongzhuo was skeptical.

Chen Xi smiled and pointed to the distance: "Here, there is nothing there?"

Shen Yongzhuo looked in the direction of Chen Xi's finger. Sure enough, there were two girls looking out at the window at the end of the street, and they were also pointing. The girl was cheerful and lively, with a bright smile on her face, and seemed to be chattering something in her mouth. Another girl was a little embarrassed. She covered her face with a small fan, but also looked up at the distance.

"The country is beautiful and the fish are falling and the geese are falling!"

Shen Yongzhuo was stunned and murmured to himself. After all, he came from a small county town. He had never had the chance to go out for a trip when he arrived in the palace town. He had never seen such a beautiful and beautiful scenery.

Chen Xi smiled secretly. In fact, the small building is not another place. It is the Qinlou Chu Pavilion, which is called by the people. There are official prostitutes who entertain people with their senses and emotions.

In the Ming Dynasty, official prostitutes belonged to the Jiaofangsi, and most of the women in it came from wealthy families who were in distress. Because their ancestors offended the emperor or important officials, their families were confiscated by the court, and all the female relatives were sold into prostitutes. Because they had been raised in the Jiaofang for many years, these official prostitutes were often proficient in both piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

Unlike brothels like yi, the madams dare not offend these official prostitutes too much, worried that one day their ancestors would rebel, and did not force them to accompany the guests to bed. Therefore, they often just talk, sing songs, and talk about poetry. Literary and elegant people also like this kind of women.

Most of these official prostitutes belong to music. The Jiaofangsi of the Ming Dynasty was a subordinate department of the Ministry of Rites. The Ministry of Rites had independent judicial power over music, which fully protected the identity and status of the music group.

Compared with the previous dynasty, the official prostitutes had relatively stable, rich and free living space, and had independent, independent and distinctive personality, which won the favor of the majority of literati. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, brothel fanaticism and narrow-minded worship even appeared.

"Brother, stop looking, we can't get in there." Chen Xi reminded.

Shen Yongzhuo's face was full of confusion: "Where is that? From the outside, it should be a place for business. There should be no problem with our travels in the past?"

When Chen Xi approached and told the real identities of the two women, Shen Yongzhuo's face suddenly changed, and then he began to speak silently.

What a dull gourd

Chen Xi used to think that he was so introverted, but after seeing Shen Yongzhuo, he realized what it means to be higher than the mountain. Since he came out to see the scenery and would learn to be a friend, he should give up the truth for the time being, but he was deeply thinking about life.

Chen Xi thought to himself, it would be better to come out by himself if he had known it, so that he would have saved the delay of being criticized by Wang and Shen Yongzhuo's study.

Finally, I left the city gate and came to the date location, but it was a second-floor teahouse on the north bank of Tingjiang, the southern suburbs.

Because the official road at the north gate connects wealthy places such as Ganzhou and Ji'an in Jiangxi, you can pass Yanping Prefecture and Jianning Prefecture to Zhejiang to the north, so the north is relatively prosperous, while the south of the city seems to be relatively deserted.

Not far from the south of the city, there are endless mountains. Standing in front of the teahouse, your eyes crossing the vast river water, and you will see the mountains and mountains, and the scenery is so beautiful.

The two brothers came upstairs, and several scholars were gathering together to drink tea and play chess, but no one carried the four treasures of the study with them. Perhaps these people were busy preparing for the exam, so they were very difficult to come out to relax, so today they only talked about Fengyue and didn't ask questions.

Chen Xi came forward to report his name. These people were polite and gave him a respectful salute and briefly introduced himself.

"We are playing chess, two young masters of the Shen family, I wonder if you are good at this?" One of them, a scholar named Su Tong, asked generously. This man was only twenty years old and his ancestors had a senior official like a governor. Although no one in the clan is now an official, he can be regarded as a child of aristocratic families, and the scholars of the association respect him very much.

In this case, Su Tong took the airs of the principal and automatically coordinated the gathering.

Shen Yongzhuo looked at the chessboard and then lowered his head embarrassedly.

To say that playing Go is a skill that scholars in this era should be proficient in. Confucius' Analects of Confucius said: "The Master said: It is difficult to eat all day long and have no intention. Is there anyone who doesn't play games? Is it just a wise man." But Shen Yongzhuo only learned from his father when he was a child, and his chess skills can only be considered an introductory master at most.

In order to avoid losing their ambitions to play, after Shen Yongzhuo entered school, Li put away the chessboard, bamboo flute, guqin and other utensils at home. It was impossible for the Shen family's father and son to play chess by themselves, let alone proficient.

Seeing Shen Yongzhuo avoiding his eyes, Su Tong looked at Chen Xi with anticipation again.

"I will give it a little, but I don't get it well." Chen Xi said with a smile.

"It's just right, come on, our little prodigy can play chess, who will play chess game with him?"

Chen Xi is the youngest candidate to register for this year's government examination, and those who will be young and vigorous. They are young and promising in the mouths of relatives and neighbors. Now they meet a ten-year-old "genius", of course they are unwilling to accept it. Now some people want to "learn" through chess.

"You hold on to your second son, Brother Shen, don't say I'm bullying you." A fat young man named Song sat down and was a little arrogant. This man has only passed the county exam in this year and his grades are still very low. However, although his talent is not very good, he is a good player in Go.

At this time, Go is usually white first and black, and there is no point in the past. The black chess will win. At the same time, the capstone system is implemented, and two black and white are placed in the diagonal star position respectively to limit the advantage of the first move to the maximum extent.

When the two sat down face to face, the scholar named Song not only asked Chen Xi to go first, but also gave him the word "天" without the purpose of posting. Chen Xi felt a little bullying. But Chen Xi still patiently made a move. As a result, Fatty Song had lost his position in a lot of ways, and others laughed and drove him down.

Fatty Song stood by the chessboard and didn't understand why he was not as good as a child after learning Go for so many years? But he was not a petty person, he just felt that he was not good at chess skills.

After that, a few more came. Chen Xi was playing chess seriously and did not intend to show off. The winner was 55 and he was too lazy to think too much when he played quickly. He made friends with chess, and the most important thing was his friendship outside the chess board.

Although Chen Xi only exerted 40% of the skills, it made the people present admire him. These people generally have a good family background, so they have the time to study Go. In their opinion, Chen Xi is just a child of a merchant. They have such superb chess skills at the age of ten, which makes them feel incredible.

During the chess game, the teahouse kept adding tea and water, and served dried fruits and snacks. After the game was finished, the downstairs began to talk about Yue Quanzhi, and someone wanted to go downstairs to listen to the book.

Su Tong smiled and said, "It's just a storytelling. What's the good thing about it? I have a complete book about Yue in my family. Just look back and take it to read it."

A scholar named Deng sighed: "In another half a month, it will be a trial in the mansion. After today, where can I still have time to see those things?"

Everyone was lamenting the tension in their studies, and Su Tong suddenly suggested: "Everyone, I heard that some people had teeth selling some Nanman women to come to our Tingzhou to sell. They looked very beautiful. Let's go and see how?"

Everyone found it interesting when they heard it and wanted to go and see it together.

"Brother Shen, are you going?"

Su Tong finally asked Chen Xi. Although Shen Yongzhuo was the eldest brother, he had not spoken much since he arrived, and it was better for Chen Xi to have a close relationship with these people.

Chen Xi nodded: "Okay." He also wanted to see what these so-called southern barbarian women who were trafficked looked like.

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