Chapter 13 The Challenge of the Magistrate
"Cao Xiaopang, what luck did you have? Have you won so much silver?" A young man in China who was also holding a fan appeared in front of Cao Xiaozhong with two Xiaosi.
The young man in Huayi dresses very beautifully and looks much more sexy than Li Fei. He is a real young man.
After Zeng Aniu's reminder, Li Fei learned that this person was the son of Zhang County Magistrate's family, named Zhang Yuanming.
A county magistrate dressed so beautifully. Judging from his clothes, I am afraid that he would not be able to get the money without twenty or thirty taels of silver. Is it because the material was too rich in the prosperous Tang Dynasty during the Xuanzong period, or the county magistrate had a wide range of wealth and was too easy to make money.
"Hey, what's wrong with your eyes? Did someone beat you? It's so miserable!" Zhang Yuanming noticed the panda eyes that Cao Xiaozhong was shot out by Li Fei again, and immediately laughed.
Cao Xiaozhong's face twitched. He hated others calling him Cao Xiaopang the most, especially from Zhang Yuanming's mouth, and Zhang Yuanming even laughed at him.
"Zhang Xiaoniao, what does it have to do with you? I'm lucky today, so I will naturally win money! But you must have lost badly!" Cao Xiaozhong said angrily. Zhang Yuan called him Cao Xiaopang, and he called Zhang Yuan to Zhang Xiaoniao.
The three words Zhang Xiaoniao were called out from Cao Xiaozhong's mouth, which made Zhang Yuanming extremely unhappy. The two of them were rivals, and they mocked each other when they met and slandered each other, which became a habit.
Cao Xiaozhong was really guessing correctly. Zhang Yuanming lost money and lost a full 100 taels. He thought that Desheng Qilou would be able to defeat Mr. Ji, who had hired a master from Chang'an City, but he did not expect that Mr. Ji would turn defeat into victory in the end.
Zhang Yuanming was very angry, but he had more opportunities to trouble Cao Xiaozhong. His target this time was Li Fei.
After a cold snorting, he walked towards Li Fei in diameter and noticed that Li Fei had an eye like Cao Xiaozhong.
"You are the son-in-law from Lin County Cheng's family, have you won money? I heard that you came from a remote river and asked the island. Do you also play Go? Hey, your eyes are the same as Cao Xiaopang's, but it is very suitable for you." Zhang Yuanming asked several questions in succession, especially the last sentence, which made people feel that there was no place for friendship.
Li Fei didn't know what the county magistrate wanted to do, so he replied calmly: "I won some by chance. Although I came from Liuqiu, there were many Han people in Liuqiu. My ancestors were also authentic Han people. Go was also spread in Liuqiu, so I learned some."
"A mere island with more savages. The higher the chess skills you can have, at most you will only have some fur, which is not enough to praise." Zhang Yuanming shook his head and said, his tone was shaking, and he looked down upon him.
"It's not entirely true. Liu Qiu is not far from the Central Plains. Whenever the Central Plains is in chaos, many people always go to Liu Qiu to seek refuge. Among them, there are many experts in chess and bring many top chess scores in the Central Plains. If you have talent, it may not be difficult to learn a good chess skill, such as me---" Li Fei said this, his face was a little shy and he didn't know what modesty was.
In fact, Li Fei was making a trap, and he could see that the county magistrate Zhang Yuanming was not only unfriendly to Cao Xiaozhong, but also unfriendly to him.
Li Fei could understand that the magistrate Zhang County was transferred to Xunyang County for only two years. Although he was the magistrate, he was an outsider after all. However, the magistrate Lin and the magistrate Cao County were always large families in Xunyang County. The local power was greater than that of the magistrate Zhang. When he picked up the group, he naturally did not obey the magistrate Zhang. The magistrate Zhang County has always wanted to attack the Lin family and the Cao family. As the magistrate Zhang County, the relationship between Zhang Yuanming and Cao Xiaozhong was not much better.
In the past, there was no man in the Lin family, so Zhang Yuanming couldn't make trouble for Lin Shiyue, a woman. Now that Li Fei is the son-in-law of the Lin family, he is considered a member of the Lin family. As the county magistrate, it is his responsibility to help his father attack the Zhang and Cao families. It is not surprising that he wants to find fault with him when he meets him today.
Another thing Li Fei didn't know was that Zhang Yuanming actually favored Lin Shiyue's beauty. County Magistrate Zhang had personally gone to the Lin family to marry Lin Shiyue for his son, hoping to join forces with the Lin family to suppress the Cao family. Even though Lin Shiyue was most likely to be a stone girl who could not have children, but his identity and beauty were there, and he also brought benefits behind it. If he wanted children, the Zhang family could not afford to support his three wives and four concubines.
It’s a pity that Lin Siming is not stupid and does not intend to be used by the magistrate of Zhang County. Moreover, Lin Siming’s son died at birth, and only Lin Shiyue had one daughter. He just wanted to find his son-in-law to continue the Lin family’s incest. How could he marry his daughter to Zhang Yuanming?
Although the proposal for marriage has not been completed, Zhang Yuanming was moved by Lin Shiyue's beauty. In addition, he had asked for marriage, and for some reason, he forced Lin Shiyue to give him a "mark". No matter which man married Lin Shiyue, he would be extremely unhappy.
In short, I was trying to find Li Fei for trouble.
Since Li Fei heard this, of course he had to fulfill Zhang Yuanming's satisfaction.
Sure enough, when Li Fei said that he was very good at chess, Zhang Yuanming looked disdainful and contemptuous.
"Haha, everyone will say big talk. If you think you are superb in chess skills, it is better for us to kill a few games," Zhang Yuanming glanced at Li Fei's waist, which was bigger after putting in the silver, and continued: "How about ten taels of silver per game."
"Okay, then let's kill a few games!" Li Fei smiled and put aside Zeng Aniu who was planning to dissuade him. How could he let go of such a good opportunity? After all, no matter what, the county magistrate's chess power cannot surpass the two masters, Mr. Zhou and Mr. Ji, so he has nothing to worry about.
Immediately walked to a nearby chessboard with Zhang Yuanming.
"Is anyone going to bet?" Li Fei shouted loudly before playing chess.
Before everyone present could disperse, they looked at the boss who had just started the gambling game.
Not every game of chess has people to play bets. At least we need to confirm whether the two players who play chess have colluded. Most of them are willing to play bets when two respected people play chess.
The gambling boss was stunned for a moment, but he didn't think Li Fei would collude with Zhang Yuanming. Of course, he had to open the gambling market if he had the chance to open the gambling market, so he waved his hand.
"Open the gambling market!"
"Young Master Zhang wins the bet, and you will lose seven in ten."
"Young Master Li won the bet, and you will lose 12 more than ten."
The gambling boss smiled. He made a lot of money in the game between Mr. Zhou and Mr. Ji just now. You should know that the odds are allowed to change by the gambling boss, mainly to attract gamblers to place bets. It depends on the courage and specific operations of the gambling boss.
The owner of the gambling market knows the identities of Zhang Yuanming and Li Fei, and is obviously more optimistic about Zhang Yuanming.
Before Li Fei and Zhang Yuanming had even put a piece of chess piece, the bet owner directly beat the odds of one side to 10 to 70, which immediately aroused dissatisfaction among many people who wanted to bet, and they called the bet owner to bet a bad-hearted businessman. However, those who wanted to bet were obviously more optimistic about the county magistrate Zhang Yuanming.
They also knew Li Fei's "Legend" that came from Liu Qiu. They didn't know how to cure Lin Shiyue's only daughter, Lin Shiyue, but at the same time, they also ruined Lin Shiyue's innocence. As a result, they were forcibly tied up by Lin Shiyue as their son-in-law.
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Chapter completed!