Start with the humble bridegroom

Chapter 26

Blindfold Chess is also called Blindfold Chess, but in the Zheng Dynasty, it had a lofty title - "Ghost and God Game".

With the names of Mrs. Gong and Gu Lingchuan and the gimmick of "Ghost and God Bureau", the interior of the West Building lobby and the corridors on the second floor on both sides were crowded with spectators who came from all over the South Star Building.

The number of bettors increased, and the start of the chess game was pushed back another quarter of an hour.

Huo Bingcheng listened to Zhang Zhe's suggestion and put his ten tael silver note on Master Gong.

The west building of the Nanxing Building actually has a special room for the Bureau of Ghosts and Gods.

Those are two independent wing rooms separated on both sides of the hall. The three sides of the wing room are solid walls, only the side facing the hall has doors and windows, and the only thing that can enter these two rooms are two sets of walls inside the hall. moving stairs.

There is only a low couch and a few stools in the room, not even a table, and there will be a maid standing in front of the door and window, one is to pass the chess moves to the people in the room, and the other is to supervise whether the people in the room are cheating.

Moreover, the doors and windows of the special room are obliquely facing the direction of the hall door, and those sitting in the room cannot see the huge chessboard on the front wall of the hall.

From the perspective of Zhang Zhe in the private room on the second floor, he happened to see the back of Gu Lingchuan and the front of Mrs. Gong.

This Master Gong is a man in his early forties, and he is also a very special-looking person.His face was chiseled, extremely square, his forehead was smooth and clean, and his half-gray hair was combed casually, directly tied into a bun.He was wearing a half-worn gray robe, and he looked a little serious, which was in stark contrast to Gu Lingchuan who was talking and laughing freely.

In front of the two car ladders, a maidservant stood on each side of the car ladder. She searched the two of them briefly, but found nothing else, and then helped them up the car ladder.

Over there, after Gu Lingchuan got on the car ladder, before entering the special room, he bowed his hands to Mrs. Gong in a dignified manner.But Mr. Gong ignored it, turned around and entered the room.

There was a burst of muffled discussions in the hall.

Gu Lingchuan sneered in his heart, Master Gong's rudeness was just an outside trick to disturb his mood, so don't pay attention to it.

In the modern world, the order of playing Go is black first and then white, but the order of chess in ancient times was white first and then black.Gu Lingchuan guessed the first move, holding Bai first.

Only the maidservant in front of Gu Lingchuan's gate said in a clear voice: "Young Master Gu, the white chess has six pieces in the west and five in the north!"

And the maidservant in front of Mrs. Gong's door over there waited for ten breaths before hearing Mrs. Gong's first move.

"Mr. Xiuyan, the black chess moves east, thirteen, and south six!"

In the room next to Zhang Zhe and Huo Bingcheng, someone laughed in a low voice immediately: "The first move is so slow, this Master Gong is probably timid."

Gu Lingchuan's answer was very fast, but within a short time, the maid in front of his door said: "Mr. Gu, the white chess moves from west to west and eleven to the north."

Several boys in Tsing Yi in the hall used special poles to hold bowl-sized black and white chess pieces with tail nails and inserted them on the big chessboard.

After another ten breaths, the second son fell to Mrs. Gong's side.

Gu Lingchuan's return was still very fast, not even taking a breath.

Master Gong's third hand waited for another ten breaths before falling.Most of the people in the hall now thought that Mrs. Gong was still a bit older, and that his memory might not be as good as Gu Lingchuan's, and that he had already fallen into a disadvantage just after the start of the battle.

Huo Bingcheng was a little anxious, and pulled Zhang Zhe to analyze in a low voice: "Brother, this Mr. Xiuyan is probably really old. Just now, the momentum of the battle has been lowered by three points of the opponent, which is very bad!"

"Brother Jiyuan, don't worry." Zhang Zhe saw a little trick, "If my guess is correct, the next step of Master Xiuyan will still be after ten breaths. Not only that, every step after that will be ten breaths! "

Huo Bingcheng was puzzled and asked, "Why?"

"I took a look at that book, and this person said something very clearly," Zhang Zhe pointed at Mr. Gong in a low voice, "Blindfolded chess, the biggest secret is one word!"

"Which word is it?"

"stable!"

Huo Bingcheng took a closer look, and couldn't help nodding his head in praise: "The victory in the game of ghosts and gods really depends on this word of stability. It's really incisive!"

Gu Lingchuan's movement slowed down from the No.12 hand, from one breath to three breaths, and then to five or six breaths.And Mrs. Gong has always been ten breaths, steady like an old dog.

After thirty moves, everyone in the hall realized how powerful Master Gong is.On the chess game, the black and the white sides can't see any general trend yet, but every step of Heizi's is extremely steady.

Starting from the hands, Gu Lingchuan began to fall into long thoughts, while Mrs. Gong was still ten breaths and one son.The chess moves are simple and unpretentious, but there is a brilliant general trend contained in it.

In the hall, many people's faces changed.Master Gong's ten breaths and one move are still going on, but Gu Lingchuan's chess moves have obviously been disturbed by the opponent's steady ten breaths, and they are a little scattered.

"A good fighter has no great achievements!" Huo Bingcheng patted the window lattice in a happy mood, drank the wine in his glass, and then smiled at Zhang Zhe, "Master Gong has really brought stability to the extreme. You see, you see, it is clear that you can immediately take away the calamity of the white chess, but you still lose one piece in ten breaths, and you are not moved at all. If I were Gu Lingchuan, I would have lost my position at this moment. This kind of opponent is really ruthless Terrible!"

Zhang Zhe was holding a cup of tea, and kept making moves on the small chessboard on the table, showing the game between the two sides.

In fact, Zhang Zhe couldn't see why Huo Bingcheng and the audience said that Bai had lost the game.Because in his opinion, some of Gu Lingchuan's chess moves seem to be a little subtle.

However, Mrs. Gong's frighteningly stable move also made Zhang Zhe feel depressed.

"This hand-talking scene is really exhausting," Zhang Zhe shook his head with a wry smile, and threw down the chess piece in his hand, "In order to survive in this world, I'd better abandon it."

Huo Bingcheng turned his head when he heard the words, and was about to joke with Zhang Zhe, but saw Zhang Zhe drinking tea.

"Believe me, what are you drinking that tea for? Why don't you continue drinking!"

When Zhang Zhe heard him ask about alcohol, he couldn't help but think of some ridiculous things he did because he was drunk these days.He shook his head resolutely: "Drinking is a mistake. I have sworn to only drink five glasses of wine a day! Any extra drink will be considered a broken oath."

"Faith is such a big determination, but I don't know if it's a big oath?" Huo Bingcheng walked back to the table and insisted on filling Zhang Zhe's glass again.

"Impossible!" Zhang Zhe hastily protected the wine glass, "This is a huge oath! It cannot be broken!"

Where Huo Bingcheng believed him, he almost pointed the wine pot at his mouth.Zhang Zhe's heart turned sharply, and he lied in a hurry: "This oath involves my younger brother's future, brother, please don't fool me!"

Only then did Huo Bingcheng withdraw his hand in surprise: "My dear brother, this oath is too hasty. How can you swear by the five cups with a bright future?"

Zhang Zhe heaved a sigh of relief, but he was secretly laughing in his heart. He had never considered becoming an official in this Zheng Dynasty. The so-called future was really a cloud to him, and it would be best to make an oath.

This game of ghosts and gods has been played for a long time, from about one o'clock in the noon to nearly four o'clock, Gu Lingchuan's thinking time is getting longer and longer, and because he has misremembered the location of the game many times, he has been fined three eyes.

Finally, after a long thought, Gu Lingchuan chose to surrender.

Everyone in the hall made loud noises, some were beating their chests and feet, and some were enjoying themselves.The west building, which was still as quiet as night just now, suddenly filled the sky with boiling.

The old man who served as the judge walked up to the wooden platform with a smile, and he waved his hand towards the bottom to stop the noise of the crowd.

"Everyone, do you still remember that five years ago, Luo Nanyin, a chess player from the Southern Wu Dynasty, talked with me about ghosts and gods in Wuling on the river, and was defeated in the end. This strange person who defeated Luo Nanyin is Mr. Xiuyan!"

There was a commotion in the west building.

When Huo Bingcheng heard the news, his face flushed with excitement.He grabbed Zhang Zhe and said, "Then Luo Nanyin is one of the top three chess players in Southern Wu and Beishan provinces! Mr. Gong's chess skills are so good, he can be called the leader of the ghosts and gods in our province!"

Amid the applause and cheers of the crowd, Mrs. Gong was invited onto the wooden platform with a straight face.

According to past practice, this is to ask the winner to replay for the public.

But who would have thought that after Mr. Gong came to the stage, he didn't even look at the big chessboard behind him, but said loudly to the upstairs: "Just now I heard that only Taolin Huo Bingcheng got the most from this game. Huo boy Now, the prodigal son of the Zhang family is also here?"

In the private room upstairs, Huo Bingcheng and Zhang Zhe looked at each other.

As a student of Taolin Academy, Huo Bingcheng naturally couldn't ignore the inquiry of the master of Fuqu Academy.He felt that something was wrong, so he signaled Zhang Zhe not to stand out for the time being, and he went forward and saluted Mrs. Gong through the window.

"Master Gong, the student dares to ask if there is any misunderstanding between Master and Xinzhi?"

A trace of displeasure appeared on Mrs. Gong's rigid face: "What kind of man is a timid one? Now that you're here, why don't you dare show your face. Meng Xiaowan's marriage to you is truly the most unforgivable thing in the world!"

Zhang Zhe's scalp exploded, and his smile stopped.

"You can say your wife's name too?!"

(End of this chapter)