Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 1277 Playing Chess Scientifically
  After brewing his emotions for a while, Yan Lu was mentally prepared and coughed lightly, "Uncle Master...are you still thinking about the chess game with Zifang?"

The old man glanced at him again and replied impatiently, "No matter what, I'm not free!"

He simply refused without even thinking about asking. This is the style of retired Old Master Xun.

It cannot be said that Master Xun did not care about his descendants, but at his age, which can be called the birthday of a living person, it would not be an exaggeration for his disciples to disturb him and say something treasonous.

At his age, the ethos of the Qin Dynasty was relatively strong. If he were placed in a later dynasty where the ethos of respecting the elders was stronger, the emperor would really want to kowtow to him when he came.

Yan Lu choked, so naturally he didn't dare to be dissatisfied, but just smiled awkwardly.

Xunzi saw that this man was so shameless that he still refused to leave, so he had to repeat again, "I told you I have no time! Leave quickly!"

Seeing that the heat was almost done, Yan Lu pretended to sigh and turned around to leave, but before taking a step forward, he said, "East five, south twelve."

At first glance, this statement may sound confusing, but it is actually the direction of the move in Go, which is similar to the later chess terms such as Rook, Five, and Eight.

Needless to say, this move is naturally aimed at the chess game that Xunzi is currently pondering.

With one move, Xunzi's dead end chess situation immediately regained its vitality.

Old Master Xun's eyes immediately moved away from the chessboard.

After thinking about it for a long time, he actually came up with this move. However, this game could not be won by taking the path of death, so he continued to deduce it silently.

But how did Yan Lu know to take this step?
  It's not that Xunzi looked down on his nephew, but that Yan Lu really had mediocre achievements in Go. Maybe for ordinary people, he could be called a master, but for Xunzi, it was really not good enough.

Not to mention his talent, let’s talk about the most crucial point - Yan Lu doesn’t like this kind of game where the winner is determined.

"Did you come up with this?" Xunzi asked first, and then immediately denied it, "No...what are you planning?"

Although Xunzi asked Yan Lu, his mind was already thinking about Zhang Liang.

Generally speaking, the only person who dared to trick Master Xun was Zhang Liang, a lawless master, and Yan Lu... would never do it.

Yan Lu was also smart. When he saw the thinking expression on his junior uncle's face, he immediately guessed that the other party had already begun to think about his third junior brother, and quickly interrupted his thoughts:

"Uncle Mingjian, it is indeed not the idea of ​​my nephew, but the guidance of an expert."

"Advice from an expert?" As soon as these words came out, Xunzi's thoughts were immediately interrupted, and he turned his interest to the so-called expert, "Sang Hai has a chess expert come to him recently?"

Yan Lu shook his head with a smile and replied, "That's not true. There is a new boy in the academy. He is young, but he is very good at chess. He is almost invincible in this huge academy."

"Oh!" Xunzi heard that a young genius had emerged. He had no doubts. Instead, he was very happy, stroking his beard. "The art of chess is about young people becoming talented. If you don't become a national player at the age of thirteen, you will almost have no hope for life. The group of people in the Three Provinces Academy What use can an elm head do?"

"Let me see this young genius in person!"

Having said this, Old Master Xun's face became obviously happier.

Geniuses are good. The younger the genius is, the more fresh and new ways they can bring surprises to him.

"Uh..." Yan Lu looked embarrassed when he heard this and did not respond immediately.

Xunzi saw this and asked, "What's the problem?"

"My uncle has his destiny, and my nephew dare not disobey it. However, that young man may have been young and has a strange temper, but he has a requirement to play chess with others..."

"Well..." Xunzi frowned at first, then relaxed immediately. Without waiting for Yan Lu to finish speaking, he waved his hand and said, "It's normal for geniuses to have some quirks. Just find someone to come to you. No matter what the request is, as long as it doesn't violate benevolence and justice. If you can do it, everyone should do it."

"Yes." After hearing this, Yan Lu smiled and really turned around and left the chess room.    ……………

"You're sure everything has been arranged, right?"

Outside the bamboo forest, Tianming, who was about to confront the confused old man Zhang Liang said, nervously pulled the third master to confirm again.

Although he is a little naive, he is not really stupid and will not really believe the nonsense that his opponent is an old man.

Tianming was now very worried about failing this matter. After all, Zhang Liang had already told him that this matter was related to his personal safety.

Young Master Tian Ming can ignore whether Zhang Liang's goal is achieved or not, but he cannot let his guard down.

Looking at the nervous Tianming, Zhang Liang put on a warm smile and tried to ease the situation, "Don't worry, just follow what I teach you."

"Of course, don't forget to be as polite as possible."

It’s okay for Tian Ming, who has the character of a young genius, to be a bit wild and uninhibited. Xunzi himself didn’t value these trivial things, but it shouldn’t be obvious at a glance that he was an ignorant fool.

The flaw was so big that Xunzi could easily see through it.

"I know, I know!" Although Tianming was very nervous, after hearing Zhang Liang's lecture, he responded impatiently.

At this time, Yan Lu walked out of the forest.

Without telling what happened in the chess room before, Yan Lu nodded directly to Zhang Liang, indicating that the plan would be successful.

Seeing this, Zhang Liang pushed Tianming, "It's your turn, Ziming."

"Okay, okay..." Tianming was still very nervous, feeling uneasy as if he had prickly heat all over his body, and he walked to Yan Lu's side nervously.

Yan Lu looked at Tian Ming's virtue and didn't know whether to cry or laugh - the child was very interesting, but if things went wrong, he would definitely be unlucky.

"Zifang, are you sure there's nothing wrong?" Yan Lu couldn't help but check with Zhang Liang.

"Everything has been arranged, senior brother, just continue to implement it." Zhang Liang's attitude was naturally the same.

"Ha..." Yan Lu shook his head and sighed softly when he saw this, but he didn't bother anymore and led Tianming towards the inside of the bamboo forest.

Seeing the two people walking away, Zhang Liang also followed them. After watching the two people enter the chess room from a distance, he looked at the sky and the window pane of the chess room, and found a suitable place to stand.

Today, he was going to stab his uncle in the butt with a knife - open his eyes and let him see what scientific chess playing is!

………………

Songhai City, seaside.

Although the imperial court has issued the strictest sea ban, it may be troublesome for a coastal city to go to sea, but it is still very simple to see the sea.

There are various excellent sea-viewing spots.

Gu Xun was at one of them at this time.

Given his status, no one dared to stop him even if he ran to the port, but that place was preparing to welcome the return of the mirage, and there were too many people and too noisy.

(End of this chapter)