Chess halls and chess clubs are not a novelty in Dahua, but they are not common in the world either.
Although the Dahua Chess Hall is officially official, it is not a well-known place.
Although chess is an indispensable lesson for Chinese literati, most people only have a superficial understanding of it and do not study it in depth for the sake of leisure and entertainment.
Although it is popular among the people, only one in ten people are willing to take the time to study and study in chess clubs and chess halls.
And with the development of the times, fewer and fewer Dahua scholars are willing to study chess, and the chess players registered and certified in Dahua chess halls tend to be older.
A young man like Yang Shang who is a registered chess player and has been awarded the title of national player is a rare talent.
Therefore, Yang Shang is well treated in the chess hall and has a great reputation. The older generation of chess players regard him as a treasure. He is also the idol pursued by the young chess players in the Dahua Chess Hall.
After a bumpy ride, the carriage finally arrived at the chess hall.
Xia Shang didn't know that there was a Dahua Chess Hall here, but he had heard that Xifeng Street in the capital was also called Chess Street. The whole street was filled with tea houses and chess houses, and the people coming and going were all good players from all over Dahua.
The chess player.
When you reach this street, you can hear the crisp sound of chess pieces falling on the chessboard everywhere, and occasionally you can hear some arguments arising from discussions about chess games.
Standing at the entrance of Dahua Chess Hall, Xia Shang understood how this chess street was formed. It turned out that it was a chess-centered life naturally formed with Dahua Chess Hall as the center.
Xia Shang has not yet recovered. This is the first time he has experienced motion sickness and carriage sickness since he came to this world!
This feeling is really hard to put into words, it feels even worse than the chaos of Qi in the body.
Yang Shang hasn't figured it out yet. He thought about it all the way and couldn't figure out who could play chess to the point of vomiting. Could it be that he disliked the fact that his chess was so ugly and wanted to express his dissatisfaction in this radical way?
"Senior Brother Yang!" A clear voice came from the Dahua Chess Hall, and a young girl wearing white and blue flowers trotted out.
This girl is clean-looking and not gorgeously dressed, giving people the impression of a young girl leading the family. However, a dagger on her waist destroys this purity and makes her look even more wild.
This girl's name is Senior Brother Yang Shang, and she should also be a chess player at the Dahua Chess Hall.
Xia Shang squatted on the side, breathing heavily. He took a few breaths of the cold air in the heavy snow and felt much better.
The girl glanced at Xia Shang, ignored him, and asked hurriedly: "Senior brother, why are you back? I heard from people in the library that you were not invited to some small residence in the north of the city? I heard that senior brother may also represent the university.
Hua will attend the cultural conference between the two countries in two days’ time!”
Yang Shang smiled bitterly: "Junior sister, senior brother, I would like to represent Dahua in the cultural fair. Unfortunately, apart from my good chess skills, senior brother, I am not as good as other talented people in the past."
"That's it..." A trace of disappointment flashed across the girl's face, but it quickly disappeared, "That's good, senior brother is back at the right time, let's go to the teahouse on the street."
With that said, the girl pulled Yang Shang and started to leave.
Yang Shang frowned: "Junior sister, I came back to see the master for some business, this is not the time to play around with you."
"We are not playing around now!" the girl became serious. "The Japanese in the tea house on the street made a plan, saying that they wanted to challenge the master, and they said that the master would not leave unless he challenged him."
Yang Shang listened with disdain on his face: "What is the identity of master? How can you accept challenges from others at will?"
"But the opponent is not only very young, but also a woman! She has defeated more than a dozen people in a row in the teahouse. Some people in our chess hall are dissatisfied, and the result is disastrous. Now the news has spread, saying that the people in our Dahua Chess Hall are not the same
The opponent of the Japanese female chess player. Isn’t this forcing the master to challenge?”
"How dare a Japanese woman be so arrogant?"
"Senior brother, Master cannot take action in this game. If he wins, he will only win against a woman and a junior. If he loses, Dahua's face will be completely lost. Now only Senior Brother can take action on behalf of Master, otherwise there is no way to save it.
face."
Seeing this situation, Yang Shang had to change his original plan and turned back to Xia Shang: "Brother Xia, it seems that things have to change. Please follow me to the teahouse on the street."
"If you want to see something exciting, then go." Xia Shang didn't care.
"Who is this?" the girl noticed Xia Shang and asked.
"Xia Chunqiu, Brother Xia, will represent Dahua at the Cultural Conference between the two countries in two days."
The girl's eyes lit up, and she thought to herself that this handsome young man was really talented and well-educated, and he was actually one of the representatives of Dahua.
"Mr. Xia, my name is Lu Ling, just call me Ling'er."
Xia Shang handed over his hand and returned the gift.
Without further ado, the three of them headed towards the street.
There are obviously more people on the street
There was a lot of discussion, and you could tell what was happening in a teahouse ahead without asking.
The people walking on the street are either chess players or people obsessed with chess, and their faces are all ugly.
"To think that our great and mighty country is actually being ridden on our head by a Japanese woman to show off her power, but there is nothing we can do about it!"
"Yes, among hundreds of millions of people, can't you find a genius with superb chess skills? Is it possible that no one except the chess master Nie can subdue that woman?"
"Even if the chess master wins, so what? He just keeps the last fig leaf. If he loses..."
"Impossible! How could a chess master lose?"
"How is it impossible? Legend has it that twenty years ago, several Japanese chess players swept the Chinese chess world. The chess masters who were at their peak at the time only defeated two of them. Now, the chess masters are old and their chess skills are inevitable.
The ground has declined..."
"What happened back then has caused the Dahua chess world to lose its face. If we are swept away by a woman now, what dignity will we have to call ourselves chess players?"
"Why!"
Amidst the feeble sighs, the uneasiness is spreading.
Lu Ling shouted from the front: "Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Yang Shang, the close disciple of the chess master, comes to challenge!"
Hearing this, the crowd almost burst into excitement.
Yang Shang's name is known to everyone in the chess street. He is a close disciple of the chess master, the first person of the younger generation, and the successor of the future chess master. He almost represents the hope of the Chinese chess world.
It would be the most perfect ending for him to defeat the Japanese female chess player. As long as he can win, he can not only save the face of the Chinese chess world, but also let out a bad breath. At least it proves that there are powerful people among the younger generation of Dahua.
"That boy Yang Shang finally showed up!"
“Now there’s a good show to watch!”
"Let's see how long that Japanese girl can stay arrogant."
Now Xia Shang finally saw Yang Shang's fame, and the momentum was quickly gathered into the center of the crowd. The people spontaneously shouted Yang Shang's name, with a loud momentum that was comparable to the little fresh meat in Xia Shang's memory.
The crowd automatically moved out of the way, and Xia Shang followed Yang Shang to the teahouse smoothly.
In the center of everyone's sight, Xia Shang saw the so-called Japanese female chess player at a glance.
Xia Shang's eyes widened and he almost screamed: "Isn't that Jizi?!"