The soil is wet with water, the bases of the pillars are covered with sweat, and the sky and the earth are like steamers, making people inevitably feel depressed.
On an ancient tea-horse road in Wuling Kingdom that has been abandoned for many years, five horses walked slowly.
There was a sudden rainstorm. Even if they were wearing raincoats, the soybean-sized raindrops still hurt their cheeks. Everyone whipped their horses and looked for shelter. Finally, when they saw a pavilion halfway up the mountain, they all dismounted.
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As a result, I saw a young man in green shirt sitting cross-legged on a bench in the pavilion. There was a large bamboo box at his feet. There was a chessboard and two small celadon chess jars in front of him. There were more than 20 black and white chessboards on the chessboard.
The chess pieces were not very frightening when they saw them. They raised their heads and smiled slightly, and then continued to twist the pieces and place them on the chessboard.
A strong man with a sword glanced at the other party's green shirt and soles. There were no water stains on them. He must have rested here early to escape the heavy rain. He simply waited until the rain stopped before setting off on his way, and then he made his own score here.
An old man with a good temperament stood at the door of the pavilion. The rain would not stop for a while, so he turned around and asked with a smile: "I have nothing to do. Master, do you mind talking about it?"
The young man in green shirt thought for a while, stretched out his palm to pick up the black and white chess pieces on the chessboard, but instead of putting them back into the chess jar, he piled them between himself and the chessboard, nodded and said with a smile: "Okay."
A pair of boys and girls looked at each other and smiled.
There was also a woman wearing a hat on her head sitting on the bench opposite. Before sitting down, she put a handkerchief on her head.
The old man grabbed a handful of white coins and said with a smile: "Since I have lost a lot of years, let me guess first."
Chen Pingan twisted out a black stone. The old man put seven white stones in his hand on the chessboard. The old man smiled and said: "Young Master, go first."
Unknowingly, Chen Pingan had changed his sitting posture, no longer crossing his legs, just like an old man, sitting sideways, holding his sleeves with one hand, and twisting the pieces on the chessboard with the other.
The young man whispered in the girl's ear: "Looking at his demeanor, he looks like a master who is good at playing chess."
The girl smiled and said: "No matter how good your chess skills are, can you be comparable to our grandfather?"
The boy likes to compete with the girl, "I think this person is difficult to deal with. Grandpa said it himself, as long as the master of chess has learned chess since childhood, except for the immortals on the mountain, the age around the age of the weakest is the most capable of playing.
After 20 years, the older you get, the more of a drag it becomes.”
The girl sneered and said: "The people Grandpa talks about are only for those young geniuses who are destined to become chess and waiting for orders. Ordinary people are not included in this category."
The old man thought for a moment. Even though his chess skills were great and he was well-known throughout the country, he still did not rush to play chess with strangers. He was afraid of new things and strange things. The old man raised his head, looked at the two juniors, and frowned.
The young man smiled and said: "I know, I just watched the chess without saying a word."
On the chessboard, after less than thirty moves were played, the boy and girl looked at each other in confusion.
It turned out to be a bad chess player who had memorized some initial moves.
Not to mention Grandpa, a great national player, even if the two of them go into battle, with two or three more men, they can still kill the opponent and make them lose their armor.
The old man held back his laughter.
In fact, the old man didn't care about the opponent's chess skills, so he still played patiently with the young man in blue shirt.
During the rainy season, it is a blessing to meet a chess friend on the road to a foreign country.
The young man looked up at the rain curtain outside the pavilion and surrendered.
The old man nodded and helped review the game. This foreigner in blue shirt who was on a study tour was actually quite good at chess. Even the old man looked at him with high regard, almost mistakenly thinking that he had met a real outsider. However,
They soon lost their strength and were defeated like a mountain. It was a pity. During the review, the two of them were chatting. The young man claimed that his surname was Chen and that he was from the south. This time he traveled north, he wanted to go to the eastern entrance of Dadu.
The Green Eagle Kingdom, and then went to the upper reaches of Dadu. The old man's surname was Sui, and he had resigned and returned to his hometown. This time he went to Dazhuan Capital City, because the Emperor Zhou of Dazhuan established a grass and tree gathering every ten years, together with the Wuling Kingdom
, Go masters from more than ten countries, including the Jinfei Kingdom, can go to Dazhuan Capital to try it. In addition to the priceless set of treasures inlaid in the study room, Emperor Zhou of Dazhuan gave out a set of nine pieces in total and gave them to nine people respectively.
This chess record is the dream of chess players, as a reward for those who win the championship.
Chen Pingan asked: "When will this grass and tree gathering be held and ended?"
The handsome young man, the grandson of the old man surnamed Sui, was the first to say: "The Beginning of Autumn will begin, when the chess players from all over the world are waiting for orders, and the famous masters who have entered Duan will gather in the capital, and under the arrangement of the Great Seal Wei chess master and his three disciples, they will select the chess players from all over the world.
The seed chess players were left in the air for the first three rounds, and the remaining chess players drew lots and fought against each other. A hundred people were screened out, plus the twenty seeds from various countries who were left in the air for three rounds. The real master contest began on the first day of winter. Dazhuan Capital has heavy snowfall every year.
The first snow will come, and only ten people will be left to play chess. The set of treasures and the chess book that Emperor Zhou took out are the treasures of these people, but they still need to be ranked, and the five people who win are
, there is a person who can play a game of chess with Wei Qisheng, and he is very lucky. Not only can he be lucky enough to play against Qisheng, but even if he loses, he can advance to the next round."
Chen Ping'an asked: "The chess skills of Wei Qi Sage are significantly higher than everyone else's?"
The handsome young man nodded and said: "Of course, Wei Qisheng is the real protector of the country in the Great Seal Dynasty, and his chess skills are invincible. My grandfather was lucky enough to play a game with Wei Qisheng twenty years ago, but unfortunately he lost to Wei Qisheng later.
A young disciple of Wei Qi Sheng failed to make it into the top three. It was not that my grandfather was not good at chess, but that the young man was too strong at chess. At the age of thirteen or fourteen, he had the 70% true biography of Wei Qi Sheng. Ten years ago
The Dazhuan Caomuji. If this disciple of the Dazhuan National Master had not been in seclusion and could not participate, otherwise he would never have allowed Chu Yao of Lanfang Kingdom to win the first place. The Caomuji held ten years ago was the most boring one. There were many top chess players.
I didn’t even go to the imperial edict, so my grandfather didn’t participate.”
Chen Pingan asked: "Can those who practice Taoism on the mountain also participate?"
Talk about something with your hands.
There is a world of difference between the mountains and the mountains.
The so-called national players of the secular dynasty, who are waiting for orders to play chess, almost never have a chance of winning when they meet the mountain qigong practitioners who are really good at chess. The most terrifying thing is that some of the exquisite formulas of the mountain are almost never recognized by the monks on the mountain, and the monks on the mountain have
Solving life-or-death problems is often even more confusing.
The old man surnamed Sui smiled and said: "The gods on the mountain are all people in the clouds and mist. For ordinary people like us, they are extremely rare. Moreover, monks who like to play chess are even rarer. Therefore, all the Dazhuan Jingcheng Caomuji
, there are very few people who practice Taoism. Although the proud disciple of Wei Qisheng is also a person who practices Taoism, he just makes extremely fast moves every time he plays chess. He probably doesn’t want to take advantage of him. I once had the honor to play chess with him, and it was almost me.
As soon as the move was made, the young man followed the move very neatly. Even so, I was still convinced that I lost."
Chen Pingan asked: "Mr. Sui, have you heard that there is something strange in Dazhuan Capital City recently?"
The old man looked puzzled, shook his head, and said with a smile: "I would like to hear the details."
Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "It's just some rumors heard from the rivers and lakes, saying that there is a big river outside Dazhuan Jing City and floods are constant."
The young man looked disapproving and said: "You are talking about the Yuxi River, right? There is nothing to worry about. With Wei Qisheng, the real protector of the country, sitting in charge, can some abnormal floods flood the capital? There are really monsters in the water.
I don't think Wei Qisheng is responsible for the trouble. The master with such godlike swordsmanship only needs to take a trip to the Yuxi River, and the world will be at peace."
Chen Ping'an smiled and said, "You still have to be careful. Mr. Sui, are you going for that set of treasures embedded with your favorite piece?"
The old man shook his head, "The gathering of experts this time at the Grass and Trees Fair is no better than the previous two. Although I am a little famous in my country, I know that I can't make it into the top ten. Therefore, I went to Dazhuan Capital this time, just hoping to make friends with chess and meet a few people.
Just having tea with an old friend from another country, and buying some new chess records along the way, I'm already satisfied."
The Mi Li woman who had been silent all this time said softly: "Dad, I think this young master is right. The flood in Yuxi River is strange. It is right under the nose of Dazhuan Capital. If Wei Qisheng and the female Martial God can really solve it easily, how can it be done?
It has been delayed until now because I am afraid that the Yuxi River will be in trouble, but Emperor Zhou is unwilling to cancel the Caomuji because of his face. If another accident happens..."
The woman did not continue speaking. If her father insisted on going, her words would become unfavorable words.
In fact, she did not agree with this trip to the Great Seal Dynasty to participate in the Caomu Festival. The old man naturally did not want to miss the grand event. In order to reassure the younger generation in the family, he took a step back and hired a well-connected martial artist to escort him.
, I have been friends with him for many years, and he is a famous martial arts master in Wuling Kingdom. He has indeed taken care of me along the way. The man with the sword is named Hu Xinfeng. He plans to escort them to Dazhuan Capital City and visit several people in Jinfei Kingdom during Caomuji.
A good friend from all walks of life.
The Caomuji held in Dazhuan Capital is a grand event held once every ten years. Not only is the showdown between national players from all over the country fascinating, but the gambling style in the streets and alleys of the city has also swept the city. Generals, ministers and dignitaries like to bet on the Caomuji.
The shortlisted masters, the rich but not expensive people in Dazhuan, bet on wild chess other than Caomuji, and the amount was not small. It was rumored that every time Dazhuan Caomuji in Beijing, there would be an astonishing amount of tens of millions of silver. The capital's
Ordinary people, who are well-off, also like small gambling for fun, and lose a few taels of silver in the streets. It is not surprising for a moderately wealthy family to bet dozens or hundreds of taels of silver. Da Zhuan, the large and small Taoist temples in the capital,
There were many nobles and scholars from the vassal who came from far away places. If they could not spend money directly, they would bet on elegant objects and then resell them later, which would make a lot of money.
The young girl said aggrievedly: "Auntie, if we didn't go to Dazhuan Capital, wouldn't we have traveled such a long and unjust way, more than a thousand miles?"
The girl has selfish motives. She wants to meet the great disciple of Dazhuan Imperial Master who defeated her grandfather in the past. The immortal man who followed the imperial master to practice Taoism. Now she is only in her early twenties and she is also a woman.
It is said that the two princes of the Zhou family were jealous of her, and some of her friends in the boudoir who liked to talk with each other hoped that she could see with her own eyes whether the young fairy was really as beautiful and charming as the rumors.
. She has already spread the word that she will definitely find a chance to have a few words with the fairy when she arrives at the Caoshu Festival in Dazhuan Capital City.
The man with the sword had been standing guard at the entrance of the pavilion. A martial arts master was so hard-working and uncomplaining that he served as a retinue for an old man who had long since lost his official status. The round trip took less than half a year, which is not something ordinary people can't do. Hu Xinfeng turned around and said with a smile:
"In the Yuxi River outside Dazhuan Capital City, there are indeed some mythical and supernatural sayings that have been circulating in the rivers and lakes in recent years. Although they are not accurate, Miss Sui's words are not bad. Brother Sui, we should be careful during this trip.
some."
The old man was a little embarrassed.
Even a martial arts hero like Hu Xinfeng said this, and the old man was inevitably worried. But he was unwilling to just go back home.
The woman with her hair tied up in a woman's bun sighed softly. She was always a little uneasy. Regarding this trip to Dazhuan Capital with her father, nieces and nephews, she had made several divination privately.
The hexagrams are all weird, and there are good fortunes entwined in the midst of great dangers. In short, there are uncertain fortunes and misfortunes, which makes it really difficult for her to figure out the deep meaning. In fact, according to common sense, the Dazhuan Dynasty has been at peace for a long time, and its national power is at its peak. It is different from the Daguan Dynasty in the south.
To be continued...