The girls' eyes seemed to be glued to their backs even after they had wandered far away.
"I just said that this guy is the most pretentious. He can't hide it even with a hat on. He stole the limelight from all of us when he made a move." Several young people said pretending to be angry.
Ning Yunzhao smiled and said nothing, letting his companions laugh and joke, but soon stopped again.
This is not a riddle, but someone has laid out a chess game.
This lantern riddle is organized by the government, and whoever sends out the fewest lanterns in the end will receive additional rewards from the government, so some stall owners will try their best to devise tricky settings.
Now the stall owner has set up a chess game, and whoever can beat him will get a lamp.
This game of chess is much more difficult than guessing, so there are more people watching and fewer people get the lamp.
Several young people were not willing to miss this, and immediately stepped forward eager to do so.
"You have to think about it this time. You won't show up until we have finished playing." Everyone did not forget to tell Ning Yunzhao.
Ning Yunzhao smiled and stepped aside, watching everyone rush forward.
Although not many people won the game, there were many people watching, including men, women, old and young, some watching chess and others watching the fun.
In order to show his fairness, the stall owner also specially added a large chess board and had people set up the chess scene so that onlookers could see clearly, so that they didn't have to squeeze through.
Ning Yunzhao looked around and retreated to the side of a big tree, where he would not be crowded and could see the progress of the game.
At this time, the black and white pieces on the chessboard are inextricably fighting each other.
He only glanced at Ning Yunzhao and nodded. The stall owner invited a master. It was not easy for ordinary people to defeat him. Sure enough, after a moment, the challenger was defeated.
Someone else came on the scene next, but the slow one lost a cup of tea and the fast one lost in three or four steps. It wasn't until Ning Yunzhao saw his companion sitting over that the battle situation became more or less stable.
Ning Yunzhao also watched intently and frowned when he saw that his companion had dropped a piece.
"Wrong."
A female voice came from the side.
Ning Yunzhao was stunned for a moment, then turned around to look. Suddenly, a woman walked under the shadow of the trees on the other side and was looking at the chessboard over there.
She was also wrapped in a cloak, and her head and face were covered by a hat. She looked slim and slim, and not very old.
"On the tenth day, on the ninth day, it ends."
The soft voice continued.
Ning Yunzhao looked back at the chessboard and mentally changed the position of the white piece that his partner had just moved.
On the 10th, on the 9th, off, although it is different from what I thought, it is not bad.
However, what if the opponent deals with fifteen and six?
He thought in his mind and said it in his mouth.
"Fourteen pheasants, five." The female voice said immediately.
interesting.
Ning Yunzhao concentrated and looked at the chessboard.
"November, winter, three." He said.
As soon as he finished speaking, the female voice over there caught him immediately.
"Seventeen stars, five."
If someone were standing here at this time, they would find that the chess moves they were talking about were completely different from what was on the chessboard. Starting from the sentence "ten days and nine breaks", "fifteen days and six days", they started a new chess game.
On the chessboard in front of them, the black and white pieces were fighting, but the two people watching had another chess game where they were fighting, not in sight, but in their hearts.
Blind chess.
In ancient times, it was said that immortals drew sand as a path, and used black and white rows as a formation, which was called Yi Ping.
The game is square and still, while the chess is round and moving. It is also called Go.
Based on the law of heaven and earth, there is no one who can understand this play in this world.
"Yi Jing" says that there are nine qualities of Go: the first is to be absorbed in the spirit, the second is to sit and take a picture, the third is to be concrete, the fourth is to communicate with the secluded world, the fifth is to use wisdom, the sixth is to be clever, the seventh is to fight, the eighth is to be foolish, and the ninth is to use wisdom.
Stay humble.
Ning Yunzhao has been a proficient chess player since he was a child. He could watch chess without forgetting it at the age of eight. He was called a child prodigy and was once said to be able to enter the secluded world at the age of twenty.
It means that when the two are faced with a situation, the one who is higher will be able to respond well when seeing obstacles, whether to fight or not, with the intention of opening up the secluded world.
Ning Yunzhao has always been a very humble person, but he feels that although he is less than twenty now, he can already be regarded as a secluded person.
Ning Yunzhao, who had always thought so, was shaken at this time.
It seemed like he and the woman walked like this for nearly a hundred steps in a breath.
The outcome was still undecided, but the woman's offensive became more and more sharp.
"One day, four points." He said, looking at the chessboard in the distance.
There were black and white stones on the chessboard in the distance, but these chess pieces had nothing to do with him. Looking beyond these black and white stones, there was another arrangement on the chessboard.
"One day, five sticks." The female voice followed closely.
Ning Yunzhao's hand hanging by his side squeezed gently.
"Thirteen leap, seven." He said.
"Thirteen leap years, six." The female voice was neither urgent nor slow.
This voice is different from her chess style. Such a weak girl is like a fierce man wielding a big sword on the chessboard.
"Fourteen pheasants, six, standing." Ning Yunzhao was not impatient by her, and said slowly after thinking for a moment.
The female voice over there also paused for a moment.
"December, Friday, off." She said.
Ning Yunzhao looked at the chessboard in the distance without saying anything. There was laughter, a crowd surged, and the chessboard was disrupted. It turned out that someone finally won.
A pagoda lamp was taken off the hanging shelf, and a young man reached out to take it, laughing heartily in the face of the crowd's applause.
A smile also appeared on Ning Yunzhao's face.
"Thirteen leap days, five." He said.
After saying this, he saw the chessboard in front of him changing dramatically, and Ning Yunzhao felt a little relieved.
Except for the first glance, the two of them had exchanged hundreds of words, but he never looked at the woman again.
He respected the game and paid full attention to it, regardless of who was coming.
This time the wait was longer than before.
"December, Saturday." The woman said softly.
The chessboard changed drastically again, and Ning Yunzhao couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
This is really a difficult girl, just like his sisters, she is coquettish and clings to his sleeves and won't stop until she achieves her goal.
I wonder if she has a brother?
Ning Yunzhao looked at the chessboard with a solemn expression.
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"Seventeen stars, fourteen."
The woman on the chessboard is blocking the road with a long knife in her hand, and behind her are thousands of troops ready to move.
Ning Yunzhao stood with his hands behind his hands, hearing only the long cry of sad geese in his ears.
At that time, his life had just been cut off by the woman's arrow.
No, the vitality has not ceased, and there is more than one wild goose sending messages of reinforcements.
Ning Yunzhao raised his head and looked at several geese circling in the sky where light and darkness met. They chirped loudly, seeming to be afraid but also excited, urging him to try again.
Then try again.
"Sixteen phases, fifteen, rush." He suddenly raised his hand and threw the chess pieces in one direction.
The chess piece turned into a sharp arrow and rushed away with a sharp whistling. Just when it was about to pass the woman, the woman, who was shrouded in layers of white gauze and couldn't see clearly, swung the long knife in her hand.
"Fifteen glances, sixteen, break." She said gently.
The sound of the knife falling sounded, and the world in front of him instantly shattered.
Ning Yunzhao opened his eyes, and the sound of fighting and iron horses suddenly disappeared, replaced by talking and laughing, and the moonlight gleamed through the shadows of the trees.
Return to the human world.
It's really interesting.
A smile appeared on Ning Yunzhao's face. He turned his head and looked to his side, lifting his hood to reveal his face.
"My chess skills are superb and admirable," he said.
The woman was still standing under the shadow of the tree, three steps away from him, and looked over when he turned his head.
"Young master..." she said, and at the same time reached out and took off her hood.
This is a very polite girl.
But the next moment her voice stopped suddenly, and the words that should have been compliments were not uttered, as if she had seen something surprising. (To be continued)