Blood from Daming

Chapter 453 Competition
Next, Qunfang Pavilion announced the rules of the competition. Li Shishi of Qunfang Pavilion, who has won the final right for three consecutive years, and Su Xiaoxiao, the second daughter of Ziyan Tower, will be the seed contestants. In the area of ​​Su Xiaoxiao in Yanlou, the outcome of a game of chess determines who is eliminated from both sides of the game, and the last two players decide the title of chess leader through three games and two wins.

The results of the lottery came out soon. Li Shishi from Qunfang Pavilion, Su Xiaoxiao from Ziyan Building, Xue Susu from Xue Tao Pavilion, and Miss Dun from Xiaoxiang Academy played against the newcomers of Qinhuaihe respectively. , eight beautiful and talented women sat on the short table on the stage and prepared to play chess.

The guests in the audience were noisy and began to discuss the bets for the first round of the game. At this time, Chen Zhenhui, Zhu Gongzi, and Chen Zilong crowded a table with several people, and a middle-aged man dressed as a scribe said, "Dingsheng, you are a Westerner." Chess masters, please be kind and guide everyone to make a fortune."

Chen Zhenhui said: "Brother Wu, isn't it obvious who wins or loses in this match?"

The middle-aged man called Brother Wu said: "Dingsheng, Xue Susu, who is known as the most talented woman in the south of the Yangtze River, will participate in the competition this year. Everyone just wants you to observe Xue Susu's chess strength and see who she is against Li Shishi from Qunfang Pavilion." can win."

Chen Zhenhui nodded after hearing this, and then introduced to Mr. Zhu: "Mr. Zhu, this is brother Wu Yingji, a famous scholar in the south of the Yangtze River. This is Mr. Zhu, my good friend. He came here to watch the Qunfang Pavilion Chess Club just because of his reputation."

吴应箕和旁边几人也对朱公子久仰了一番，这时群芳阁棋会第一轮比赛的赌注被主办方用彩纸公布出来了，群芳阁李师师与对手的赌金是一千780两银子对100两银子，紫烟楼的苏小小与对手的赌金是一千650两银子对180两银子，薛涛馆薛素素与对手的赌金是三千980两银子对150两银子、潇湘书院的顿姑娘与对手的赌金是720五两银子对560三两银子。

As soon as the betting board was announced, the guests in the entire hall were talking about it. The three-time leader of Qunfang Pavilion Li Shishi, her opponent's bet was the 100 taels of silver in her own brothel. No guest followed suit. It is estimated that the chess player's brothel That is to use the 100 taels of silver to make a name for himself.

Su Xiaoxiao's betting money in Ziyan Building is about less than that of Li Shishi in Qunfang Pavilion, because Su Xiaoxiao lost to Li Shishi three times in a row. In addition to the 100 taels of silver in her own brothel, her opponent also followed up with 80 taels of silver. Yinzi, it seems that Su Xiaoxiao's chess skills have not been unanimously recognized by the guests present.

Girl Dun from Xiaoxiang Academy and her opponent only had 160 taels more in betting, which was very close. It seemed that the guests present had the most controversy over this game of chess, and it was also the most suspenseful game.

Xue Susu, the owner of Xue Tao Pavilion, and his opponents bet as much as 980 taels of silver versus 150 taels of silver. With Xue Susu's talent and name, and a little girl who came off the bench in Qunfang Pavilion, the outcome is naturally expected, but Xue Tao Xue Susu's gambling money in the hall is higher than the sum of Li Shishi in Qunfang Pavilion and Su Xiaoxiao in Ziyan Tower, which makes Li Shishi and Su Xiaoxiaoqing, a popular prostitute in Qinhuai River, so embarrassing.

As soon as Xue Susu's betting money in Xuetao Pavilion was released, Xue Susu became the focus of the Qunfang Pavilion Chess Club. Although Xue Susu is known as a "ten-talented girl", no one has heard or seen her play chess, so bet on her Jin's people are no longer gambling, they are here for Xue Susu.

Xue Susu's eyes kept sweeping towards the guests off the stage, many of them pretended to be affectionate, thinking that Xue Susu, the owner of Xue Tao Hall, was interested in him, and these people became emotional for a while, secretly reminding themselves whether the next round should be on Xue Susu Betting money, but Xue Susu's eyes stayed behind Chen Zhenhui's table, showing a sweet smile.

Someone in this hall noticed it, and the people at Chen Zhenhui's table felt it more clearly. The people at Chen Zhenhui's table looked at each other, and finally everyone locked their eyes on Chen Zhenhui, the suave and suave son of Jinling. It made me a little overwhelmed, and I thought that Miss Susu just took a look here, and it has nothing to do with me. Why are you guys who value sex and despise friends staring at me?

Xue Susu felt very relaxed after seeing Mr. Zhu, but Xue Susu wondered why Mr. Zhu would be together with Wu Yingji, a famous scholar in the south of the Yangtze River, and Chen Zhenhui, the son of Jinling. If Mr. Zhu returned from overseas, how would he be familiar with these people? From those friends who have mentioned him, it seems that Mr. Zhu hides many secrets that he does not know.

When Xue Susu was thinking wildly, the girl serving at the side brought dice to choose the color. Xue Susu gracefully asked her opponent to cast the dice. As a result, according to the pre-agreed rule of white single and black double, the little girl from Qunfang Pavilion cast a four-point even number. Naturally, Xue Susu won the right to execute the white first.

As the procuress of Qunfang Pavilion announced the start of the game, the four women who held white first took the first move. Now the most discussed game in the whole hall is Xue Susu's chess game against the little girl in Qunfang Pavilion, although everyone thinks that Xue Susu won. The stakes are even bigger, but the odds of the two players are as high as 26 times. Xue Susu also lost. In addition to the 100 taels of silver that Qunfang Pavilion won, the person who bet 50 taels of silver to bet on the little girl in Qunfang Pavilion will be deducted. Qunfang Pavilion's one out of ten draws is worth a lot of money.

However, these thoughts of seeing Xue Susu lose the game and someone win the game were the first to be shattered. The girl from Qunfang Pavilion who held the black and left was inexperienced and was not familiar with Xue Susu's formation. She was checkmate killed by Xue Susu after only fifteen moves. , This suddenly caused an uproar in the entire competition scene, Xue Susu's end so quickly is really shocking.

The little girl from Qunfang Pavilion left the stage with Xue Susu with tears in her eyes, but Xue Susu glanced at Chen Zhenhui's table before leaving the competition stage gracefully.

Chen Zilong jokingly said: "Dingsheng, Xue Susu is looking at you again, this Xue Susu is so sharp, it can't be taught by you, Dingsheng."

Chen Zhenhui said: "Zilong, don't talk nonsense. My brother went to meet Xue Susu for two years. Now that Xue Susu has withdrawn from the fireworks scene, you don't want to make her innocent."

Chen Zilong's face turned red and he lowered his head. Wu Yingji who was at the side asked, "Dingsheng, Xue Susu quickly defeated her opponent, is it because her chess skills are very superb?"

Chen Zhenhui thought for a while and said: "Just now, Xue Susu's late student also looked carefully. Xue Susu's formation is unheard of, but the secret combination of military tactics is really impeccable. It is normal to be killed by Xue Susu."

Wu Yingji asked: "Dingsheng, you mean Xue Susu picked up blind chess."

Chen Zhenhui nodded and said: "Xue Susu definitely picked up the opponent's blind chess, but Xue Susu's level is too late to tell. At least until now, Xue Susu's chess has not revealed any flaws."

While Chen Zhenhui was talking, Li Shishi from Qunfang Pavilion and Su Xiaoxiao from Ziyan Tower successively took down their opponents without any suspense. Only girl Dunwen from Xiaoxiang Academy was still playing. Chen Zhenhui glanced at the chess game to express her opinion Said: "Miss Dun from Xiaoxiang Academy is short of a soldier, I'm afraid it's in danger."

Zhu Gongzi, Chen Zilong, Wu Yingji and others present did not have any special reactions, but a fat man in a Chinese dress at the next table was a little anxious after hearing Chen Zhenhui's words. Everyone secretly wondered if this fat man was a girl from Xiaoxiang Academy. Bet heavily.

Next, let the chess-watching guests scream unlucky, Xiaoxiang Academy’s Dun Wen and his opponents almost stopped playing chess. For a whole hour, this chess will fall into an embarrassing situation, which makes the chess-watching guests unhappy. And Qunfang Pavilion, who presided over the game, was also a little anxious. There were still several rounds of games to come. If things went on like this, this chess game might not be able to choose an oiran until tomorrow.

Yes, in the past, it was just an entertainment and leisure game played by courtesans in the Qinhuai River, and everyone was not particularly competitive about the outcome of chess, but now when they compete in a large crowd, everyone's sense of honor for the outcome has increased, and their requirements for the quality of chess are even higher. It is too high, which makes the chess player who has not found the best response reluctant to move easily.

It was already noon. The two chess players took two or three moves. Although some people in the hall began to boo or urge the two players to move, but Xiaoxiang Academy's Dun Wen and his opponent still went their own way, playing chess step by step according to their own ideas. The two didn't violate the rules, and everyone really didn't know what to do for a while.

At this time, Qunfang Pavilion brought two five-round hourglasses that can control the flow. Under the coordination of the old bustard in Qunfang Pavilion, Dunwen of Xiaoxiang Academy and his opponent accepted the use of five-round hourglasses to control the progress of the game. One party had five rounds. The hourglass of the hourglass is finished, no matter what the chess situation is, the chess player who has leaked the sand will concede defeat.

As soon as Qunfang Pavilion announced the use of an hourglass to calculate the time of the game, the guests watching chess in the whole hall were very excited. Now, seeing how these two women spend time, many people gathered around and stood by the stage to watch, even Chen Zhenhui crowded to the edge of the stage Watch the fun.

Because there is not much sand in the two five-round hourglasses, Dunwen and his opponent's moves are obviously accelerated. The woman with white pawns moves proactively. The queen was sent to Dunwen's horse mouth, and the situation was reversed when he lost the queen. Dunwen took advantage of his opponent's impromptu mistakes and won the victory in this long game of chess.

(End of this chapter)