Chaos in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chapter 9 You Lose

"Hongye, where is the next move for black chess?" Wei Yiqing pointed to the delicate chessboard in front of him.

The maid Hong Ye smiled and shook her head: "Miss, you guessed wrong again."

After speaking, according to the game record sent by the servant in his hand, he dropped a black chess piece among the large white chess pieces.

Wei Yiqing frowned slightly: "Why did this move of black chess fall here? This is a chess theory that a three-year-old child understands!"

"The lone army goes deep, isn't this sending sheep into the tiger's mouth? But the few wonderful moves before black's chess are like everyone's, weird, weird..."

At this time, another servant rushed into the outside room, and Hongye quickly handed over the paper in her hand. The servant drew a small hollow circle on the paper, representing the white chess point, and then hurriedly turned and went downstairs to watch the next move. up.

Hongye compared the paper, and placed another white piece on the chessboard in front of Wei Yiqing.

Wei Yiqing took a closer look, thought for a while, and suddenly laughed: "Wonderful, it's just as I expected, the sunspot that died just now must have a deep meaning!"

As Wei Yiqing's personal maid, Hongye often plays chess with the young lady. Although her chess skills are not high, she also understands the theory of chess.

She also carefully analyzed the situation between black and white, and murmured: "Miss, I see that the black chess is in disarray, and it seems that it is about to be strangled by the white chess at the corner, and the winner will be decided after only twenty moves." Now, I don't know who this black man is, and it's really bad."

Wei Yi shook his head with a smile, pointed at the place where the black and white chess pieces strangle fiercely, and said: "Otherwise, within five moves, all the white chess pieces here will definitely be wiped out!"

Besides, above the stands, Guan Ziyang knelt and sat beside the chessboard, not disturbed by the noisy discussions under the stands, and stared at the chessboard.

Although everyone is not optimistic about black chess, he is confident, with five more moves, the avalanche will be established, and the opponent is already on the verge of rushing into the trap, and can no longer stop the car.

At this time, Chang Rong looked triumphant, looked at Guan Ziyang and said sneeringly: "The common people are common people after all, and their family education is low. Your family must not even have Fan Taishou's "Chess Pieces"? Otherwise, how could you play? Play chess like a three-year-old child, hahaha..."

Then he looked contemptuous again: "Otherwise I'll lend you a few chess books, and you go home and study hard for three years before you come to talk with me? Hahaha..."

Guan Ziyang held a sunspot in his hand, raised his head halfway with a sneer, squinted his eyes upwards, and said, "Oh... is it... I really don't have the book you mentioned at home, but Mr. Chang, you lost!"

The tone of the three words 'you lost' suddenly became very ruthless, and when the words were finished, the sunspot fell!

This sunspot is connected with the 'Little Lamb' sent into the 'Tiger's Mouth' before, forming a double play, which is a must-take chess!

Both sides of the opponent's chess pieces are at risk, and the opponent can only save one side in his next move. No matter which side of chess Chang Rong saves, this time, half of his previous [-] moves of white pieces will be lost.

At this point in the situation, Chang Rong was powerless to recover. Even if he persisted, the remaining dozen or so white pieces would have to be surrounded by black pieces in a few moves, and the loss would only be worse!
As the servant drew a solid black dot on the chess record carved on the gate board, a man who was closer to the field suddenly shouted: "It's doubles! It's doubles!"

After a few breaths, more onlookers saw clearly the situation of the black doubles lore in the chess record, and suddenly, the whole audience boiled like hot water.

Some raised their hands and clapped vigorously, shouting: "Miaoqi! Miaoqi!"

Some of the children of the common clan shouted: "Young brother Guan family is doing great! You really give us the pride of the common clan!"

Some people with high chess skills commented with their friends: "The black chess seems to be a magical move, but it is actually a game that he set up from the very beginning. He is really sophisticated. It is hard to imagine that this is played by a teenager!"

Chang Rong was sitting upright on his knees, but when he saw clearly his situation on the chessboard, he sat down on the ground and murmured dejectedly: "I lost, I actually lost!"

Seeing his son's tragic defeat, Chang Zhen hurriedly asked Chang Rong's school boy to help him out.

Seeing that Chang Rong was defeated, Li Fengnian would miss this good opportunity to beat the dog in the water...

He rushed to the stage quickly, and helped Chang Rong who had fallen to the ground before the book boy.

He pretended to comfort him and said: "Nephew Chang Xian, don't worry, it's just a hand-to-hand discussion, so there is no need to be so discouraged, victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs, besides, the children of the Guan family are originally from the common people, they don't practice martial arts, so naturally they put all their energy into it. Spending on these side-door trails, you won’t lose your status as a nobleman if you lose!”

He also deliberately put the intonation of "common family" and "gentry family" very heavily...

He said comforting words in his mouth, but the smile on his face couldn't be held back anyhow, with a 'Puff' sound, he laughed out loud!

He secretly said in his heart: "I lost even a chess game with a son of the common clan, and I lost face at home. Besides, Wei Yiqing likes rhythm and hand-talking the most. Let's see if your old Chang family will come to Wei's family to propose marriage in the future!"

Chang Zhen is furious at the moment, but he can't do it, otherwise people will say that his Chang family has no grace and can't afford to lose.

He rushed up and snatched Chang Rong from Li Fengnian.

"Hmph!" He stopped talking and helped his distraught son get off the big platform.

Li Fengnian gave his son Li Chengkang a wink, and Li Chengkang understood.

He stepped forward to bow to Wei Xuan and said: "The melody is not like talking with hands, the outcome is judged by the winner. My nephew heard that Qianyuan once studied under Mr. Ruan Zhongrong, so I am bold today, and I want to invite Miss Yiqing to sit in on the screen and be the referee." , I wonder if it is possible?"

Wei Xuan already knew that Li Fengnian and Chang Zhen's purpose of bringing their son here was for their precious daughter.

Although the Chang and Li families are both gentry, Li Chengkang and Chang Rong are also the sons of the two families, that is, members of the clan.

But neither of them had awakened their blood. After the Wei family became a gentry, everyone was a lower-class gentry. It would be a disadvantage for Wei Yiqing to marry any of them.

According to the marriage tradition of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Wei Yiqing is a descendant of blood, she can marry a descendant of a middle-class gentry, or a descendant of a low-class gentry, so that she is "rightly matched".

Therefore, Wei Xuan is very resistant to Chang and Li's coming to propose marriage. Although Wei Xuan is not happy at this moment, the four surnames in the middle of Shu are old-fashioned gentry, and the power in the middle of Shu is intertwined. His Wei family has just joined the gentry, and he still needs to get them. Only by the recognition and support of the four surnames can one's family become stronger quickly, and now it must not be offended.

After the same festival, Wei Xuan replied: "Although Ai Nv Yiqing has a good temperament, she is only ten years old after all. Let her be a tailor. I am afraid that she has limited knowledge, and making a tailor will only make you laugh!"

Li Fengnian took over the conversation at this time: "Hey, brother Xuan is wrong, in today's grand ceremony, Ling Ai is the real protagonist, and Ruan Zhongrong's master student of 'Miao Da Octave' can't even compete with two children! "

Wei Xuan couldn't refuse, and said helplessly: "Brother Fengnian won't give up, then I will immediately arrange for my little girl to come here to listen to my nephew's wonderful voice."

Guan Ziyang also got off the big platform at this moment, taking a rest at the side.

Qing Chan helped him hold his shoulders, and said with a smile: "Xiao Langjun, I just heard from below that many women onlookers said that they were fascinated by the young master's demeanor and movements when he played chess!"

Hei Nuer said excitedly: "The young master is really capable, that young master of the Chang family is crying so sadly, I really laughed to death, he was so arrogant just now!"

"By the way, there is also that old man Changzhen, who was so angry that he blew his beard and stared at him, wishing he could beat his son up in public! Hehehe..."

Guan Ziyang closed his eyes and rested his mind, and said lightly: "It's just a hand-to-hand conversation, there is nothing to be happy about. What the children of the noble family are really better than us is martial arts!"

A quarter of an hour later, the servants of the Wei family built a half-circle screen on the corner of the stand. The screen was made of sandalwood, covered with snow-white gauze silk, and a few branches of cold plums were dotted on the silk. It was very delicate. Although the screen was beautiful, no one watched it. .

Because what is even more eye-catching is the slim figure behind the screen!

She was sitting sideways, her side face was reflected on the snow-white gauze, her eyelashes fluttered, her nose was slightly straight, her lips were pretty, her figure was slender, and the lines of her face were perfectly outlined on the gauze...

Just like the Zhemei Fairy in that painting, with just a silhouette, she is so beautiful...

As Wei Yiqing appeared behind the screen, there was another commotion at the scene, but it was different from when Guan Ziyang appeared, Guan Ziyang was a man of the common clan, and the women off the court could boldly show their love regardless of their reserve.

Although the men in the field admired her beauty, it seemed a kind of blasphemy to even praise her.

The beautiful white swan of the gentry is always in the sky, but the toad of the common people can only stay at the bottom of the well.

Seeing that Wei Yiqing was present, Li Chengkang came to the center of the stand first, took a flute from the hand of the book boy, bowed to Wei Yiqing and said: "Miss Wei is able to show up and give advice on Chengkang's rhythm. Only the hole flute."

After finishing speaking, the flute sounded, and the audience suddenly fell silent.

Although Li Chengkang was only in his teens, he was already in love when he grew up in a noble family, and he had already had sex with several maidservants around him.

Because he himself is obese, he hates fat people very much. He secretly decided that the object of his father's proposal of marriage is a fat lady, and he must refuse!
Unexpectedly, as soon as the beautiful figure behind the screen appeared, he was overjoyed, and this beautiful and slender woman captured his attention in an instant.

So he played very hard, only hoping to be favored by a beautiful woman...

Li Chengkang did have a bit of real talent, a masterpiece of Cai Yong in the Eastern Han Dynasty "Recalling the Old Man in the Empty Mountains" fluttered under his flute...

The whole song is divided into six sections, beginning with overtones, fresh and elegant, making people miss their old friends spontaneously in the tranquility of empty mountains and valleys.

In the next few paragraphs, with a slow and steady rhythm, the continuous sound of the piano expresses the deep affection of missing the people in the hometown.

It was a time of troubled times, the world was in chaos, people from the north crossed to the south, people from Shu fled to the east...

The living people saw the disappearance of relatives and friends around them, and they all felt sad and missed. Li Chengkang's song brought back many people's memories of the deceased, and many listeners at the scene couldn't help crying!

Guan Ziyang was startled: "This Fatty Li has something! It's not easy!"

At this moment, no one noticed that three bullock carts came unknowingly to the outermost part of the crowd.

A middle-aged man got out of one of the bullock carts. He said to the nearby cattle driveway: "The music has arrived before the people arrive. The Wei family knows that Duke Huan always loves music, so it took a lot of effort to welcome him with music."

Another middle-aged man in the bullock cart next to him showed his head and said with a smile: "Lu Shangshu's words are wrong. When it comes to rhythm, Lu Shangshu is already the ninth grade of "Qin Pin", but Huan's Dongxiao is still there. Wandering outside the product, in front of Lu Shangshu, how dare I claim to like temperament."

A person also walked out of the third ox cart: "Lu Shangshu and Huan County Duke, both of them are famous musicians in the world, so there is no need to be too modest. Jian's pentameter is incomplete. I don't know if I can interpret this song for Jian."

The two laughed at the same time: "Xi Shi is often a master of talk, a true man of elegance, only people like us who are difficult to improve in martial arts, there is no other way, so we have to send our love elsewhere! Hahaha..."

(End of this chapter)