Chapter 11 Bamboo Pavilion, blind chess, watching the rain
The small bamboo pavilion under the arch bridge has been built a long time ago. Because Zhang E has been sitting in meditation with blindfolded eyes recently, he has not seen the pavilion. Fortunately, it has not rained heavily, and the pavilion has not been washed away by the river. In the afternoon of the next day when Qiuling was brought,
Zhang E asked King Ke of Shengji to invite Zhang Yuan to play chess in the bamboo pavilion under the arch bridge.
The weather is particularly sultry today. Autumn Tiger. There are gray clouds accumulating in the distance in the sky. It is already the beginning of autumn. It is really abnormal for the weather to be so hot. It is estimated that there will be a heavy rain in the evening.
Zhang Yuan took off his blindfold when he got under the arch bridge. The blindfold is not sunglasses. It is uncomfortable to wear it all the time. Who wants to fumble around in the dark.
"Haha, meson."
Zhang E came over with a big smile. Seeing that Zhang Yuan was still accompanied by Xiao Xi Nu Wu Ling, he said, "Why is Xiao Wu still following me? Where is Qiu Ling?"
Before Zhang Yuan could answer, he leaned closer and said with a low smile: "Jie Zi, how is that beautiful maid serving you?"
Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "What a beautiful maid, you beat me till your whole body is bruised and purple. I feel sick just looking at her, so I have already given her to Fan Zhen."
Zhang E was stunned: "I'll give it away! Jiezi, you are more prodigal than me. A young maid like that costs a hundred taels of silver at least. It doesn't matter if there are some bruises on her body. After a few days, she will be as white and tender as ever."
Zhang Yuan said: "No more talking, I've given it away. Come, let's play chess." He walked into the bamboo pavilion.
Just give it away, and Zhang E doesn't care. He is a big spender, and it is common for him to throw away the things he spent a lot of money to buy when he gets tired of playing with them. He shook his head and said, "Qiu Ling is already yours, Zhang E."
, how you deal with it is your business, even if you take advantage of Lao Fan, Qiu Ling is still quite willing to have fun in bed." He then entered the pavilion.
Although the bamboo pavilion is small but elegant, it is built with newly cut green bamboo. You can smell the fresh fragrance of bamboo, but it does not match the surrounding environment. There are river beach gravels on the side and bridge arches on the top. Building a bamboo pavilion
The pavilion here is really nondescript, but Zhang E thinks it's good.
An exquisite chess table made of huanghuali wood and two round ebony eight-legged stools are placed on the chess table. Thousand-year-old torre wood chessboards and chess pieces produced in Yongchang Mansion are placed on the chess table. Four diagonal seats have been placed.
Zhang E asked: "Jiezi, do you want to bet on something?"
Zhang Yuandao: "No gambling."
Zhang E smiled and did not force a bet. What he was interested in now was how Zhang Yuan could play blind chess. Since Yao invented Go to teach his son Danzhu, he had never heard of anyone who could play blind chess.
Guess first, Zhang Yuan goes first with white.
Zhang Yuan turned his back and faced the water of the Toujiu River. He half-closed his eyes and said, "Go and be an official."
This first move is actually the star position Xiao Fei Gua, but this is how the ancient chess notation is written. Go is divided into four major areas, the northeast is the off position, the northwest is the upper position, the southeast is the entry position, the southwest is the flat position, and then
Then use nineteen characters to identify the nineteen paths. These nineteen characters are "Heaven, earth, people, time, official fight, Fangzhou, sun, winter, moon, leap, pheasant, looking at each other, loose guest". Because he had to play blind chess, Zhang Yuan sharpened his gun in front of the battle last night, and understood
and prepared a bit.
Zhang E nodded and said: "Okay, you really dare to play blind chess." Then he picked up a white stone and landed it on the point "Go to the position of official". This was the stone for Zhang Yuan, and at the same time he said: "Go."
"Everyone's day", this is the black man's three low traps.
Zhang Yuan was a little nervous at first, worried that he would lose track of this complicated Go player count. After all, it is extremely difficult to play Go blindly. Even the top professional chess players cannot play blindly. As far as he knows, there is only one person named Bao in later generations.
Yun’s amateur sixth-dan can play blind chess——
After dozens of moves, Zhang Yuan gained confidence. He could clearly remember the position of each chess piece. Go is different from chess. In Go, except for the piece being captured, the piece cannot be moved after it is placed. This is relatively easier to remember.
The difficulty lies in the large number of characters and the need to avoid robbing as much as possible. Robbing is too complicated and may cause memory confusion.
Zhang E, who was holding black, became more and more surprised as he played chess. Just like chess, Zhang Yuan also learned Go from him. In the past, Zhang E had to let Zhang Yuan have two pieces, but now it was a tie. With only fifty moves, Zhang E
Black's pieces have been completely defeated.
Zhang E stared at Zhang Yuan's back and scratched his head. He really couldn't understand how Zhang Yuan could be so sharp in Go?
If you are talking about chess, you can get a secret book and try to figure it out, and learn a few routines. It may be useful, but in Go, you can obviously not improve your chess skills by reading the secret book. It seems that Jie Zi is really calm and wise, and he has opened up his wisdom.
, which made Zhang E both envious and jealous. He blindfolded himself and sat in silence for half a month without any wisdom. He was so restless that his mouth blistered.
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The wind has picked up, and the dark clouds piled on the horizon have swelled up like blowing air. The color of the clouds gradually thickened and turned black. Lightning crackled, thunder rumbled, and a heavy rain was about to fall.
Two people quietly walked down the bridge and arrived at the pavilion. Zhang Yuan was carrying his back, and he didn't know who they were. But since the arrival of these two people, Zhang E's chess game has changed a lot, and the chess he plays is obviously better.
Better than Zhang E. Zhang E knew Zhang Yuan's chess strength in the past, and Zhang Yuan also knew Zhang E's chess strength. According to the measurement method of future generations, Zhang E's chess strength is equivalent to a weak second-level amateur, but now Zhang Yuan has the strength of a strong fourth-level amateur.
, you can let Zhang Yuan’s three sons——
"Someone has come to help Zhang E. His chess skills are about three levels weak."
Zhang Yuan did not break the point and continued the game. White already had an overwhelming advantage. At this time, he was not afraid even if Nie Weiping came.
Black clouds covered the entire sky, and it was as dark as a twilight night under the arch bridge. Zhang E and the others could hardly see the chessboard clearly, and they stared at it with their heads bent on the chessboard.
Zhang Yuan, on the other hand, was leisurely. He simply closed his eyes because he was worried that the bright lightning would dazzle his eyes.
Suddenly, there was a "swish" sound from far away, like a flock of ducks walking on the sand. When the heavy rain came, the originally lifeless Touji River suddenly became active, like a hidden dragon hidden on the surface, shaking its head and tail and beginning to emerge.
Wu Ling said softly: "Master, we can't stay here any longer, the water will rise soon."
Zhang E shouted: "No, I have to stay up late at night to finish this game."
Zhang Yuan did not want to mess around with Zhang E, a lunatic, and said: "Third brother, how many of you are fighting against me alone?"
Zhang E didn't say anything, but he heard another person laugh, and the person said: "Meson, you are really impressed by the scholars after three days apart. When did you learn this good chess move? I'm afraid I am no match for you."
Zhang Yuan turned around. After the rain came down, the sky got a little brighter. He saw two people standing next to Zhang Yuan. One was Pan Xiaofei, a vocal performer, and the other was a young man with clear features. He looked sixteen or seventeen years old and was tall.
He is of medium height, his cheekbones are slightly protruding, his chin is slightly pointed, and his eyes are very bright.
"Ah, it's the eldest brother Zongzi."
Zhang Yuan had not had time to remember this eldest brother, the eldest son, before he appeared. When he appeared in the Zhuting Pavilion, Zhang Yuan's memories of his two lives suddenly merged. Zhang Dai, Zhang Zongzi, Zhou Zuoren, Lin Yutang, and Huang Shang's highly respected masters of late Ming essays,
When Zhang Yuan was in college, there was a teacher who was an admirer of Zhang Dai. He said that Zhang Dai's "Looking at the Snow in the Pavilion in the Heart of the Lake" was the best article in the world. Because the teacher highly recommended it, Zhang Yuan also read many of Zhang Dai's essays.
What I admire most is Zhang Dai’s broad-minded and humorous temperament. Zhang Dai’s “Self-Inscribed Portrait” mocks himself:
"Achievements are in vain, wealth is like a dream, loyal ministers are afraid of pain, hoes are afraid of weight, I have been writing books for twenty years and can only cover the jar, is this person useful?"
This is Zhang Dai's seemingly broad-minded but sad sentiment after the fall of the Ming Dynasty. Now, Zhang Dai is only sixteen years old. He is a descendant of the Zhang family in Shaoxing and the eldest grandson of the eldest son of Xizhang. He is also a dandy with good taste——
"Young man is a son of a dandy, who loves prosperity very much, loves monasteries, beautiful maids, prostitutes, fresh clothes, good food, good horses, lanterns, pear orchards, propaganda, antiques, flowers and birds, and also enjoys tea. Orange abuse, book beetle poetry demon,——"
This is Zhang Dai at this time, Zhang Yuan's one-year-old clan brother.
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Are there any book friends who like Zhang Dai as much as Xiaodao?