Eighty-one, and listen to the sound of the moonlight knocking chess
Eighty-one, listen to the sound of playing chess on a moonlit night
In the winter of last year, Chen Caozhi borrowed Xie An's original "Book of Gifts to King Hu" from Lu Na and copied it five times a day for half a month. He thought he had quite captured the charm of Xie's letter, but today I read Zhu Yingtai's
In these thirty-three words, the elegance and natural charm was beyond his reach. The writing was just like the person. This was the first time that Chen Caozhi found in a young nobleman the kind of elegance and natural charm that originated from the bones and blood and was soaked in the day after tomorrow.
The noble temperament imparted by Xi Xin was something that Lu Qian didn't have, He Zhu didn't have it, and Ding Chunqiu didn't have it. As for Gu Kaizhi, it wasn't that he wasn't noble, he was just infatuated and naive who didn't understand the world -
I think of Lu Weirui again. It seems that the pure and beautiful Lu Weirui cannot use these to measure her. Lu Weirui has the beauty of nature, just like the beauty of flowers cannot be compared with the beauty of architecture. I can only say that they are both beautiful.
Chen Caozhi stepped out of the thatched cottage and looked up. The moon on February 18th was rising above the treetops of the peach trees in the east. The clear light was spreading, the peach blossoms were quiet and beautiful, and the small stream was flowing silently. Only in the narrow gap, at the stone lei,
At the twists and turns, the sound of gurgling water is sent to the front of the thatched cottage.
It’s such a moonlit night that I can’t bear to go to bed!
Chen Cao said: "Shangzhi, Spring and Autumn, the moonlight is just right, how about the three of us go to visit the Zhu brothers together?"
Ding Chunqiu said: "I won't go, the people from Shangyu are too rude!" He then asked: "Zizhong, do you know how to go?"
Chen Cao said: "I know a little bit, but if I have Chunqiu with me, I will naturally be more courageous. Is it worth knowing how to play chess? Oh, no, then Chunqiu and I are just the enemies of the Zhu brothers."
Ding Chunqiu agreed, holding his breath in his heart, just in time to frustrate the Zhu brothers on the chessboard.
The moonlight is like water, cleaning the forest paths very clean. The light and shadow of the flowers and trees along the path have a beauty that is not seen during the day. Walking in such a forest under the moonlight, you will know that reading thousands of books may not necessarily be effective, and you will be rich in the world.
It is not necessarily happiness. The enjoyment and understanding of life are actually such a simple moment.
The Zhu brothers rented the farmhouse where Ding Chunqiu lived last year, which was only two miles away from Taolin Xiaozhu. Chen Cao and the other three walked leisurely along the stream and arrived there in less than a quarter of an hour.
Zhu's boy saw him at Chaifei and hurried to report the news. Soon, two brothers, Zhu Yingtai and Zhu Yingting, came to Chaifei. Zhu Yingtai saw the three people coming and asked, "Can the three of them play chess?"
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Liu Shangzhi said: "Two will play, and one will watch."
Zhu Yingtai curled her lips and muttered slightly: "What are you going to watch? Do you want to watch the excitement?"
Liu Shangzhi was embarrassed.
Chen Cao said: "Just watching the excitement, where is there no moon, where are there not idle people watching the excitement?"
The smile on Zhu Yingtai's lips stretched out, her smile was quite charming. Then her face became solemn, she took a step back and said gracefully: "Please."
Ding Chunqiu entered the hut on the left, looked left and right, and was greatly surprised. He had lived in these houses three months ago. The roofs did not leak, but the mud walls were patchy, and the appliances in the houses were very ordinary. At that time, he only had
I thought it would be a temporary stay, so I'd settle for it, but tonight I saw that this thatched house was completely brand new, with pepper mud walls, green onyx curtains, several tables were all made of wenge wood, with exquisite carvings, and the reed mat under my feet was as white as snow.
, there are dark patterns on the edge of the reed mat——
Ding Chunqiu even doubted his own eyes. Was this the farmhouse where he once lived? Looking out from the north window, the half-withered old cypress tree was growing its branches under the moonlight. Yes, it was the farmhouse where he once lived.
, but why did it become so elegant and elegant? Xu Miao said that the Zhu brothers just moved here yesterday, and Tu Jiaobi didn't move so quickly, right?
Chen Caozhi just looked at the room twice, and his attention was completely attracted by the chess game on the wenge wood table in front of the window. The thick torre wood chessboard and the black and white chess pieces were as smooth as jade, with a restrained luster.
Dazzling the eyes due to sunlight or lamplight, this is a good chess piece——
There were more than thirty chess pieces scattered on the chessboard. Zhu Yingtai must have started playing chess with his younger brother Zhu Yingting after receiving the reward from the servant who sent the message. Chen Caozhi stepped forward, waiting to take a closer look at the chess game and the two players.
What kind of chess skills do you have? Can I, an amateur third-dan player from later generations, be able to deal with it——
A slender white hand stretched out and touched the chessboard, messing up the chess pieces. Zhu Yingtai smiled and said: "Want to spy on the enemy and know yourself and the enemy?"
Chen Caozhi smiled faintly and thought to himself: "This Zhu Yingtai is indeed versatile and elegant, but his temperament is always a bit low. This kind of calculating temper is really a bit like a woman." He said: "There is only one set of chess equipment, and the player who plays chess is a bit like a woman."
There are two pairs, who comes first and who comes last?”
Zhu Yingting cupped his hands and said, "Brother Chen, I'll play a game with you first."
Ding Chunqiu couldn't stand Zhu Yingtai because he was too arrogant, so he said: "Zizhong will go first, and I will play chess with brother Yingtai later."
Zhu Yingtai didn't even look at Ding Chunqiu and said, "My chess skills are slightly better than those of my younger brother. If you want to play with me, you have to beat your younger brother first." Seeing that Ding Chunqiu was angry and about to say something angry, he held the chess ball in his hand.
Yu Ruyi gently lowered her head and said: "Don't be impatient for a moment. What's the point of talking in anger? Won't we be more relieved when we win in a row?"
Ding Chunqiu couldn't help but said: "Very good, very good. It makes sense."
Chen Cao said: "Then let Chunqiu and Brother Yingting play the game first. I'll just watch the game and get familiar with the chess moves. I haven't played chess for a year."
A trace of disappointment flashed in Zhu Yingtai's eyes, and she said: "Yingting, I don't want to play tonight, you must not lose."
Zhu Yingting said proudly: "Okay, please—brother, just watch."
Ding Chunqiu and Zhu Yingting sat opposite each other, Chen Caozhi sat on the left of Ding Chunqiu, Zhu Yingtai sat on the right of his younger brother Zhu Yingting, and Liu Shangzhi sat crosswise, with two lanterns shining brightly and the night breeze blowing.
, the old man rustled softly outside the window, the green onyx curtain indoors fluttered slightly, and there was a bronze incense burner in the southeast corner, burning a grade of agarwood.
Smelling the lingering fragrance, Chen Caozhi thought to himself: "After staying in this room for a long time, we have become incense smokers."
Zhu Yingting first put the more than thirty black and white chess pieces on the chess board back into the chess box, then put his hands on his knees, sat upright and said: "Please go first."
Ding Chunqiu was not polite, picked up a white stone and landed it on the Tianyuan position in the middle of the chessboard with a crisp sound.
Chen Cao was stunned. He remembered that the rules of Go in the Wei and Jin Dynasties were the same as those in the Tang, Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties, requiring seats to be placed. Why did Ding Chunqiu directly play on Tianyuan?
Zhu Yingting was obviously also surprised by Ding Chunqiu's move to occupy Tianyuan. He frowned and said, "How do you play chess like this!"
Ding Chunqiu became famous. His chess skills were actually quite poor. He had never played against strong opponents. He always played against the manager of Ding's villa. He made random plans, but he always won more than he lost. So he thought that his chess skills were very powerful. He immediately said:
"This is my chess style, Qian Tang. This is how Qian Tang plays chess."
Zhu Yingting sarcastically asked Chen Caozhi: "Brother Zizhong also plays chess like this?"
Chen Cao's way: "With the constraint of the seat, how can you play a treacherous and magnificent chess game? The seat is a stumbling block that hinders the development of chess skills." Heart: "It is best not to need the seat, so I know something
The complex formulas of small eyes, high eyes, and outer eyes can come in handy. I don’t believe that the Zhu brothers can be better than me in this aspect."
Zhu Yingting said: "There is no need to take a seat in handicap chess, but who is the first to play Tianyuan? Do you know how to play chess?"
Chen Cao said: "What can you tell from the first move of chess? The chessboard is so big that you can't play anywhere. Do you have to stick to the routine to play?"
Ding Chunqiu said: "Yes, the chessboard is so big that I can move it up and down, and there is no place I can't touch!"
Zhu Yingting was about to retort, when Zhu Yingtai, who was sitting above him, tapped the torreya chessboard with the jade ruyi in his hand and said: "Talk with your hands, talk with your hands."
Zhu Yingting said nothing more and concentrated on playing chess, hoping to defeat Ding Chunqiu on the chessboard.
Although Liu Shangzhi, who was watching the excitement, did not understand chess, he watched the moonlight enter the house, the green curtains were fluttering, the players were sitting opposite each other on the chessboard, the black and white chess pieces on the chessboard were intertwined, and the sound of the chess pieces being slapped on the chessboard was clear and sweet.
It makes people feel that even though they don’t understand chess at all, they are still very beautiful just looking at it.
Speaking of which, it is better if you don’t understand chess. Chen Caozhi, who knows chess, feels that it is not very beautiful at this time. After a few moves, Chen Caozhi knows that Ding Chunqiu is at the level of a beginner and has no idea about the layout of Go.
, it is known as entanglement and killing. Wherever Zhu Yingting's black chess is played, Ding Chunqiu's white chess will follow, with a fierce attitude of annihilating all black chess.
Zhu Yingting was stunned at first, frowning and followed a few moves, but Ding Chunqiu's moves were really bad. After a few moves, he was surrounded by the middle piece, and couldn't make two moves. He was dead before his eyes, but Ding Chunqiu was still alive.
Clashing left and right——
"No more moves." Zhu Yingting threw a chess piece in his hand into the chess case, shook his head and said to his brother Zhu Yingtai: "Brother, do you think there is still a way to play this chess?"
Zhu Yingtai also shook his head and said: "How dare you come out to play with such chess skills? Don't you feel ashamed? My two brothers are ashamed of you."
Ding Chunqiu's face turned red and he was speechless.
Chen Caozhi felt that Zhu Yingtai spoke too much, and said to Ding Chunqiu: "Chunqiu, just admit defeat in this round. Let me play the next round with Brother Yingting."
Ding Chunqiu moved his knees in frustration, but Zhu Yingting said: "I have lost interest tonight and can't stop."
Chen Caozhi rarely got angry, but this time he was a little annoyed. He said calmly: "This game only has about thirty moves. The chessboard is large and the variables are unpredictable. I will take over Chunqiu to play this game, so it is not impossible for me to win."
The Zhu brothers raised their eyebrows at the same time, with very similar expressions, looking very surprised.
Zhu Yingting asked: "This piece is already dead, why not?"
Chen Cao's way: "The chess piece can be used before it is completely dead. All four corners are empty, so why can't it be played?"
Zhu Yingting sneered and said: "Okay, let's see if your conversational skills are as good as your eloquence." He picked up a black chess piece and dropped it on the chessboard, blocking the white chess piece's escape, and then looked at Chen Caozhi provocatively.
, the meaning in his eyes is: "I want to see how you survive?"
