The eyes of the girls seemed to be glued to their backs even after traveling a long distance.
"It's just that this guy is the most pretentious, and he can't hide it even with a hat on. He stole the limelight from all of us when he made a move." Several young people said pretending to be annoyed.
Ning Yunzhao smiled without saying a word, let his companions laugh and joke forward, and soon stopped.
This place is not a riddle, but someone has set up a chess game.
This lantern riddle is undertaken by the government, and whoever sends out the least lanterns in the end will get an extra reward from the government, so some stall owners will rack their brains to make tricky settings.
Now the stall owner is setting up a chess game, and whoever wins will get a lamp.
Playing chess is much more difficult than guessing riddles, so there are more onlookers and fewer people get the lights.
The few young people would not miss this, and immediately stepped forward, gearing up for it.
"You have to think for yourself this time, and you will come out after we have played." Everyone did not forget to tell Ning Yunzhao.
Ning Yunzhao smiled and stepped aside, watching everyone rush forward.
Although there are not many people who win in the end, there are many onlookers, men, women, old and young, some watching chess and some watching the excitement.
In order to show his fairness, the stall owner specially added a large chessboard, specially for people to display the game scene, so that the onlookers can see clearly, so that they don't have to squeeze past.
Ning Yunzhao looked around and retreated to the side of the big tree, where he could see the progress of the game without being squeezed.
At this time, the black and white two sons on the chessboard are indistinguishable.
He just glanced at Ning Yunzhao and nodded. The stall owner invited a master. It was not easy for ordinary people to beat him. Sure enough, after a while, the challenger was defeated.
Then someone else came on. But if you are slow to make a cup of tea, you will lose in three or four steps quickly. It was not until Ning Yunzhao saw his companion sitting over that the battle situation changed somewhat.
Ning Yunzhao also watched intently, and couldn't help frowning when he saw that his companion had dropped a ball.
"wrong."
A female voice came from the side.
Ning Yunzhao froze for a moment, then turned his head to look. At some point, a woman came under the shadow of the tree on the other side. Also looking at the chessboard over there.
She was also wrapped in a cloak, and the hat covered her head and face, making her look slim and slender. Not very old.
"Ten days, nine, break."
The soft voice continued.
Ning Yunzhao looked back at the chessboard, and in his heart changed the position of the white piece that his partner moved just now.
Ten days. Nine, off. Although it is different from what I thought, it is also good.
However, what if the opponent responds to fifteen and six
He thought in his heart and said it out of his mouth.
"Fourteen pheasants, five." The female voice said immediately.
interesting.
Ning Yunzhao's mind was concentrated. Looking at the chessboard.
"Eleventh winter, three." He said.
As soon as he finished speaking, the female voice over there immediately caught up.
"Seventeen stars. Five."
If someone stood here at this time, they would find that the chess moves they said were completely different from those on the chessboard. From the beginning of the sentence of ten days and nine breaks, fifteen to six, they started a new chess game.
On the chessboard in front of them, black and white two sons are fighting, but the two onlookers are fighting on a chess board, not in sight, but in their hearts.
Blindfold.
In ancient times, it was said that immortals rowed sand as their way, and black and white ranks were like a formation, which was called Yiping.
The game is square and quiet, and the chess is round and moving, also known as Go.
There is no one in the world who can understand this play by following the law of heaven and earth.
The "Book of Arts" says that there are nine grades of Go: one is immersion, the second is sitting, the third is concrete, the fourth is secluded, the fifth is using wisdom, the sixth is ingenuity, the seventh is fighting strength, the eighth is foolishness, and the ninth is ignorance. keep clumsy.
Ning Yunzhao has a superb chess skill since he was a child, and he could watch chess without forgetting at the age of eight. He was called a child prodigy, and was once said to be able to enter the seclusion at twenty.
It means that when the two high-ranking people are in the game first, they can respond well when they see obstacles in the situation, whether to fight or not, and the intention is to open up the secluded.
Ning Yunzhao has always been a very humble person, but he feels that although he is not yet twenty, he can already be regarded as a master of seclusion.
Ning Yunzhao, who had always thought so, was shaken at this time.
It seemed that he and the woman walked nearly a hundred steps in one breath.
The outcome was not decided, and the woman's offensive became more and more sharp.
"One day, four points," he said, looking at the chessboard in the distance.
The black and white pieces are intertwined on the chessboard in the distance, but these pieces have nothing to do with him. Looking past these black and white pieces, there is another arrangement on the chessboard.
"One day, five sticks." The female voice followed closely.
Ning Yunzhao gently squeezed the hand hanging by his side.
"Thirteen leaps, seven," he said.
"Thirteen leap, six." The female voice was not in a hurry.
This voice is quite different from her chess style. Such a weak girl is like a fierce man wielding a big knife on the chessboard.
"Fourteen pheasants, six, stand." Ning Yunzhao was not impatient by her, and said slowly after thinking for a moment.
The female voice over there also paused for a moment.
"December, Friday, off," she said.
Ning Yunzhao looked at the chessboard in the distance and didn't speak. There was laughter, the crowd was surging, and the chessboard was disrupted. It turned out that someone finally won.
A pagoda lantern was pulled from a hanging shelf, and a young man reached out to take it, laughing heartily in the face of applause from the crowd.
A smile appeared on Ning Yunzhao's face.
"Thirteen leaps, five." He said.
After saying this, he saw the sky-shattering changes on the chessboard in front of him, and Ning Yunzhao breathed a sigh of relief.
Except for the first glance, the two of them have exchanged hundreds of words, but he didn't look at the woman again.
He respected this game, concentrated on it, and didn't ask anyone who came.
This time it took longer than before.
"December, six." The woman said softly.
Ning Yunzhao couldn't help but sigh inwardly as the chessboard changed drastically again.
This is really a difficult girl, just like his younger sisters, coquettishly clinging to his sleeves and shaking them to and fro.
I wonder if she has a brother
Ning Yunzhao looked at the chessboard with a solemn expression.
…
"Seventeen stars, fourteen."
The woman on the chessboard blocked the way with a long knife in her hand, and behind her were thousands of troops waiting to move.
Ning Yunzhao stood with his hands behind his back, and only heard the mournful geese crying in his ears.
At that time, the vitality that was shot by the woman with an arrow just now.
No, the vitality has not been lost, and there is more than one geese sending letters for signings.
Ning Yunzhao raised his head and looked at the geese circling in the sky where the light and dark intersected, and they honked loudly, seeming fearful but also excited, urging him to try again.
Then try again.
"Sixteen phases, fifteen, charge." He suddenly raised his hand and threw the chess pieces in one direction.
The pawn turned into a sharp arrow and rushed straight away with a sharp whistling. Just as it was about to pass the woman, the woman covered in layers of white gauze swung the long knife in her hand.
"Fifteen look, sixteen, stop." She said gently.
With the sound of the knife falling, the world in front of him instantly shattered.
Ning Yunzhao opened his eyes, and the voice of Jin Ge and iron horse stopped, replaced by chatter and laughter, and the moonlight and lights criss-crossed through the shadows of the trees.
Return to the world.
It's really interesting.
A smile appeared on Ning Yunzhao's face, he turned his head to look beside him, and lifted his hood to reveal his face.
"Miss' chess skills are superb, which is admirable." He said.
The woman was still standing under the shadow of the tree, three steps away from him, and looked at him when he turned his head.
"My lord too..." she said, reaching for the hood as well.
This is a very polite girl.
But the next moment her voice stopped abruptly, and the words that should have been compliments were not uttered, as if she had seen something surprising.