Five, the adoptive father, the golden lion king

It is something that many people dare not imagine that being able to be accepted as an adopted son by the Fenghua Jiedushi who dominates the country. It means the beginning of his success. So Lin Dai never thought that Zhou Xuan might refuse. Nian Xujing waited for Zhou Xuan to fall to the ground in surprise and called him "adopted father".

But things were not as Lin Dai expected. Zhou Xuan's smile froze there, and his body was kneeling behind several cases and motionless.

The atmosphere in the tea room was extremely awkward for a moment.

Fairy Jingyi quickly said, "Dad, Mr. Zhou and his nephew, Heishan, are sworn brothers. My father takes Mr. Zhou as his adopted son. Isn't it a mess of his generation?"

Lin Hanyun didn't dare to speak. When she saw her sister speak, she also started to cheer: "That is, will Heishan call Zhou Xuan Di or Uncle Xuan in the future?"

Lin Dai also thought Zhou Xuan was worried about this and did not agree immediately. He smiled heartily and said, "What's the matter? You are still brothers with Heishan, it doesn't matter."

Zhou Xuan’s ability is to be able to deal with it freely in an awkward situation, and smiled and said, “Master Protector, I have a story to tell.”

"Oh?" Lin Dai's face became unnatural and he said patiently: "Please speak with Mr. Zhou."

Zhou Xuan bowed to Fairy Jingyi and said, "The last time Xiaosheng told Fairy Jingyi that Xiaosheng was not from Tang, but lived here from Australia, tens of thousands of miles away in the southern sea—"

Lin Hanyun interrupted and said, "Yes, Daddy, Zhou Xuan is so pitiful, and his relatives and friends are gone."

"Shut up!" Lin Duhu scolded his daughter sternly, then realized that his tone was too stiff, and forced a smile, saying to Zhou Xuan: "Young Master Zhou, please continue."

Zhou Xuan sighed and said, "There is no need to say about Xiaosheng's parents. It's sad to mention it. Here we only talk about Xiaosheng's adoptive father, surnamed Xie Huixun. He has long golden hair and excellent martial arts skills. He is known as the "Golden Lion King". His adoptive father loves Xiaosheng very much. When the disaster came, it was his adoptive father who sacrificed his life to rescue Xiaosheng, avoiding the enemy's pursuit, and fled to the sea after thousands of miles of hardships. He could escape as long as he got on the sea boat. However, his adoptive father was seriously injured and left--"

Zhou Xuan's voice was emotional and low, and was extremely contagious: "So, whenever I think of resurrected father, the young man's heart was like a knife, and he wanted to follow his adoptive father underground!"

Lin Dai is a smart person. He knew that Zhou Xuan did not want to recognize him as his adoptive father. As for whether the story of the "Golden Lion King" is true or false, there is no need to investigate it. Anyway, you can just step down from the stage. He immediately said in a deep voice: "Mr. Lin doesn't know that Mr. Zhou has such sad things. It's Lin that he is taking the liberty. He will never mention the matter of his adoptive father and adopted son."

In order not to be someone else's adopted son, Zhou Xuan brought out all the "Golden Lion King" Xie Xun. He was tired and said, "It is actually a blessing for Xiaosheng to be able to worship the Lord of the Protector, but Xiaosheng is a person who values ​​love. Xie Xun's adoptive father died for Xiaosheng. Xiaosheng could not recognize others as his adoptive father anymore. If the Lord of the Protector does not abandon him, Xiaosheng would be willing to keep the rituals of his son and nephew and call him the Lord of the Protector as his uncle."

Lin Dai thought: "On uncle, please uncle. Zhou Xuan is now closely related to Lord Li, so Lin cannot offend him." Zhan Yan smiled and said: "With this nephew, Lin is lucky - Hanyun, please pay homage to your brother."

Lin Duhu wanted to use the rituals of brothers and sisters to restrict the relationship between Zhou Xuan and Lin Hanyun to a certain extent, so he rushed to let Lin Hanyun worship his brother.

Lin Hanyun was too unhappy. She thought that Zhou Xuan would be fine if she didn't recognize her father, but she recognized her uncle. Her generation was still promoted twice in a row, and her nephew and grandson became elder brother. This was unbearable for Miss Lin Er, who was good at serving as an elder. She shouted: "Zhou Xuan is a fellow Heishan, he should call me aunt, aunt!"

Lin Dai shouted, "Yun'er, don't be rude to your brother, please see you quickly."

Zhou Xuan saw Lin Dai's anxious look and found it very funny, thinking to himself: "I'm not a priest. Lin Hanyun can tie me to death by calling me brother? Just shout, what should I do?"

Lin Hanyun stayed on the cushion and refused to get up.

Zhou Xuan stood up, bowed to Lin Dai first, and called out: "Uncle Lin."

Lin Dai smiled and bowed: "Nephew Xuan is exempted from the gift."

Zhou Xuan bowed to Fairy Jingyi who was standing quietly and said, "My little brother Zhou Xuan greets Sister Daoyun."

Fairy Jingyi's slim body trembled unconsciously, and bowed and said, "Young Master Zhou, the girl is already a person outside the world. You should not be called by the name of the world."

Lin Dai was afraid that Zhou Xuan would be frustrated in front of his eldest daughter, so he stopped calling Lin Hanyun a sister, and hurriedly said, "Daoyun, Zhou Xuan is now like our Lin family, he is a close relative. Didn't Hanyun call you sister in normal times?"

Fairy Jingyi had no choice but to shout softly: "Hello, Brother Xuan."

Zhou Xuan finally came to Lin Hanyun. Lin Hanyun stared at him with big angry eyes, her eyes threatening him to "shut up".

Zhou Xuan smiled and bowed, "Sister Hanyun, Brother Yu is polite."

Lin Hanyun's little face turned pale, and Zhou Xuan's "Brother Fool" made her get goosebumps all over her body. Wow, it's so disgusting!

Lin Dai urged: "Yun'er, please return the gift to Brother Xuan quickly."

Lin Hanyun suddenly stood up, stared at Zhou Xuan hatefully and said, "I want me to call you brother, unless you ask Lin Heishan to call you uncle!"

Lin Hanyun ran out of the tea room quickly, and heard the sound of wooden clogs gradually getting farther and farther away.

Lin Dai was both angry and embarrassed, and said to his eldest daughter angrily: "Daoyun, for your father, you are usually busy with military affairs, and you are in charge of the family affairs. Hanyun is so willful and rude, isn't it because you indulge her!"

Fairy Jingyi was scolded by her father in front of Zhou Xuan. She was ashamed and kneeled down to apologize. Under her veil, she heard a suppressed sob.

Zhou Xuan quickly said, "Uncle Lin, how can you blame Sister Daoyun? And Sister Hanyun is right. Sister Hanyun is innocent and straightforward. This is exactly what Brother Yonggu and I both appreciate."

Zhou Xuan was worried that Lin Hanyun would be punished and beaten, so he pushed Li Yonggu out to resist.

When Lin Dai heard this, he was relieved and shook his head and said, "Nephew Xuan is now his family. Otherwise, others would make people laugh at me and say that I, Lin, will not discipline my daughter."

After tasting tea for a while, Zhou Xuan said goodbye. Seeing Fairy Jingyi silently hurt herself, he said, "Sister Daoyun, I want to learn tea ceremony from my sister, don't know if it's okay?"

Lin Dai smiled and said, "Nether Xuan is so eager to learn, such as piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry, songs, fighting insects and fencing. None Xuan can't do that - Daoyun. You can also take the opportunity to ask your brother Xuan for poetry and songs."

Fairy Jingyi replied lightly: "Yes".

It was just the hour when Zhou Xuan returned to Qin's mansion, and the two young wives came to greet him together.

"Husband, have you drunk a lot of wine?" Qin Que asked reproachfully when he smelled Zhou Xuan's alcohol.

Zhou Xuan said: "I haven't had a few drinks, Lord Li returns to Beijing to see him off, so I have to be more interested."

Zhou Xuan talked about the fact that he recognized Lin Dai as his uncle and Lin Hanyun as his sister. Qin Que and Renzi were relieved. Miss Lin Er had already performed the wedding ceremony and followed their husband all day long, which would cause gossip.

After washing up, they returned to their rooms. Zhou Xuan drank Lushan Yunwu Tea, which was quite refreshing. He had a good rest these two days, so he really couldn't sleep. Thinking about coming to Jiangzhou, he didn't enjoy nightlife. He didn't know what the y-chant hall in Jiangzhou looked like. He had to go see it one day. In the Southern Tang Dynasty, this should be a reasonable and legal thing. Friends gatherings and greetings are inseparable from brothel songs. This is called a celebrity romantic.

Zhou Xuan thought about it all over again and became sleepy, so he raised the candle alone to the small study room, and put on the life-and-death questions on the chess pier to play.

The autumn night is silent, and jade chess pieces hitting the chess pier makes a clear and crisp sound. Zhou Xuan likes to hear this sound very much, it’s very poetic. Unfortunately, there is no one else present, otherwise he would have to recite a poem.

"Husband, I'm not asleep yet."

The sound of footsteps and a red gauze lantern, the two little wives came in. They really wanted to enter the bridal chamber together, advance and retreat together, and everything was done together.

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "Que'er is here just right, come and play a chess game with me."

Qin Que put down the red gauze lantern and smiled and said, "Que'er is not his husband's opponent, you can only bully him."

This sentence is a bit ambiguous, and Zhou Xuan's association ability is super strong. His slender eyes immediately lit up and he stared at Qin Que a little hotly.

The two started playing chess. This time, the three sons, with Qin Que's chess power, should be able to play, but somehow, Qin Que had no fighting spirit in front of Zhou Xuan. Often, when Zhou Xuan attacked, she retreated. With less than a hundred sons, Qin Que's situation was much behind.

"I can't get down, I can't get down to my husband."

Qin Que smiled and messed up the chess pieces on the plate.

Su Renzi, who had been sitting quietly, suddenly said timidly: "Husband, Renzi also wants to learn Go, my husband teaches me."

When Ernr saw Zhou Xuan and Qin Que sitting in chess, he couldn't understand anything, and he felt a little sad.

Zhou Xuanxi said: "Okay, I will teach you how long it will take to reach Qu'er's level? By the way, Qu'er, you can learn it together. I will teach you a more powerful layout. In our Australian country, Go has no seats, and the layout changes more and more complex."

Qin Que quickly responded enthusiastically. Although he couldn't be more interested in winning when playing chess with his husband, he could not lose to Sister Renzi in learning chess.

There was a drizzling autumn rain outside the window. A man and two women played Go in the study. The sound of "dingding" playing chess and the soft laughter of the girl were like the realm of a Chinese Studio. Zhou Xuan also had this kind of self-consciousness. So after explaining several layout patterns, he told the two little wives a story about "Xiao Xie and Qiu Rong" and said that this was written by him.

Qin Que and Ernine were very moved when they heard this. The two girls made an appointment and would never be jealous of each other. They would serve their husbands together.

Zhou Xuan Dale.

On August 12, the chess battle between Jiang, Shu and Qi began. The governor Xu sent Manager Ji to take Zhou Xuan into Xu's mansion early in the morning, and there were already many chess players in the "Wangyou Hall".

Judge Fan, Shu Prefecture Chief Secretary, Qi Prefecture Chief Secretary, and Qi Prefecture Chief Secretary were all there. Seeing Zhou Xuan coming, Judge Fan quickly came up. He knew that the Protector recognized his relatives and was particularly intimate with Zhou Xuan. He said, "Mr. Zhou, the house in Zhuquefang has been renovated. A tool has been prepared, servants and maids have been prepared. Mr. Zhou can move in at any time. Also, Mr. Zhou has given instructions. All the costs of Zhou's house in Zhuquefang will be arranged by the Protector's Mansion. When will Mr. Zhou move in?"

Zhou Xuan thought to himself: "Uncle Lin is really good to me. Not only did he give me a big house, but he also had all the expenses. It seems that the son-in-law doesn't have such treatment, haha." He said: "Let Lord Fan help Xiaosheng choose a good day."

Judge Fan said: "The officials have checked the almanac. It is suitable for moving to the land on the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th, and there are good signs of adding children to import them."

Zhou Xuan said: "Okay, then move to your new home in three days. I have worked hard these days. At that time, the young student must pay a few cups of respect to Mr. Fan."

Judge Fan said happily: "Young Master Zhou is polite. Although Mr. Zhou is dedicated to playing chess, all these matters will be handled by the officials."

Zhou Xuan thanked Judge Fan and went up to the third floor of "Wangyou Hall", but saw a group of chess players clamoring, saying "despicable tricks", "conspiracy and tricks", etc.

A guy with a horoscope with a bitter face had the biggest voice: "We have never heard of who Zhou Xuan is, who is Zhou Xuan, stand up."

Zhou Xuan thought to himself: "What's going on? Someone wants to find fault again?" He walked over and opened the folding fan in his hand, shook it twice, and said: "I am Zhou Xuan, who is looking for me?"

More than ten chess players present were watching Zhou Xuan. The guy with eight-character eyebrows and bitter-faced eyes looked Zhou Xuan up and down a few times and bowed, "I have met Mr. Zhou in Shang Zhanyuan."

It turns out that this person is Shang Zhanyuan, ranked 17th among the 18 chess players. But why doesn’t he look like a chess player, but rather a hawker who is not good at business? He really can’t behave like a person.

Zhou Xuan returned the liberty and said, "It turns out that he is a great chess player in Shang. I have long admired him. I wonder what advice does Shang Da chess player have?"

Seeing that Zhou Xuanyan was polite, Shang Zhanyuan also tried his best to say: "Mr. Zhou, I have something unknown. I want to ask Mr. Zhou. According to the rules of chess battle, the chess players with the highest chess skills in each state are ranked in Class A, second in Class B, and second in Class C, A vs. A, B vs. B, and C, and two in two, so that the disadvantages of the following four against the upper four will be avoided. The chess players in Jiangzhou should be led by Mr. Gu Liuquan Gu, but why is Mr. Gu in Class B, while Mr. Zhou is in Class A?"

Zhou Xuan smiled and asked, "The Shang Da Chess must be of Class A. Are you afraid that the young actor, the lower four, will you face your upper four?"

Shang Zhanyuan was simply saying, "That's right."

Gu Liuquan and Fu Yannian also arrived at this time. Gu Liuquan stepped forward and said, "Mr. Shang, this young master Zhou's chess power is really better than me, and I have no words."

Shang Zhanyuan stretched out his bitter face and said sarcastically: "In order to help Jiangzhou win this chess battle, Mr. Gu did not hesitate to demote himself and surrender himself to the nameless. This painstaking effort really makes me admire him."
Chapter completed!