The master squinted his eyes and stared at the boy sitting opposite him.
There's something different about this kid.
Although the rhetoric was annoying, the master had to admit that the insights into Hachishogi contained in those words were indeed insightful.
It was the first time that a guy who had seen it at least once could explain Hachishogi so thoroughly.
"Young Master, please."
He stretched out his hand towards Ji Yuzhi and said with a smile.
But no matter what, the opponent is just a teenager. The master has been studying this art for many years, but he doesn't think he can be defeated by him.
The wooden board fell down at this moment, and the jade-faced child calmly pushed out his chess piece, so fast that he almost didn't think about it.
When the master saw this, he frowned and thought for a while, secretly thinking that this kid was young. No matter how fanciful his words were, his mind was definitely unstable. As long as he could win the first game, he would definitely panic and be beaten by himself.
Lead the way by the nose.
With this idea in mind, the master thought about it for a moment before seeing the determination on Ji Yuzhi's face when he pushed out the chess piece, and he had a certain idea in his heart.
He silently pushed out the four pawns A, B, C and D.
The wooden board was raised, everyone looked at it, and the master also looked nervous.
But what he saw on Ji Yuzhi's chessboard was a king chess piece.
The four soldiers kill the king, and the master wins.
When the master saw this, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this child was still a child after all. He was overjoyed and could easily guess his thoughts.
He just said that all the chess pieces have the opportunity for trial and error, but the king chess does not have the opportunity for trial and error. In other words, in his perception, the king chess is the strongest chess piece, and when he made the move, his expression
Sure enough, the master naturally guessed that the one he missed was the king chess piece.
Therefore, he fought with four soldiers.
…
It was probably because Ji Yuzhi's posture was too arrogant just now. Seeing that he was defeated, the onlookers around him started to boo.
The little elk's eyes were red and he looked straight at his brother.
Li Danqing curled his lips, but instead of booing like the people around him, he reached out and touched the little elk's head and said softly: "Don't worry, this meal can't be escaped."
Ji Yuzhi glanced at Li Danqing in surprise when he heard this, but at this time, the master beside him had already begun to urge him to make his second round of moves.
"Young master, you should hurry up, there are so many people waiting behind you?" Compared to the first son who was cautious before falling, the master at this moment obviously felt that he had a chance to win.
In the next two games of chess, the master used checkmate to kill Wen and Wen to kill Xia. He killed Ji Yuzhi until he was defeated step by step. Bu Bu guessed what Ji Yuzhi was thinking.
In the blink of an eye, the three chess pieces in Ji Yuzhi's hand - the king, the knight, and the wen - were all gone, leaving only the general and four pawns in his hand. On the other hand, among the masters, not a single piece was broken.
"Young Master, I accept the concession." Seeing this, the master cupped his hands and said with a smile, with a calm expression on his brows and a magnanimous attitude that was as knowledgeable as Ji Yuzhi's.
Ji Yuzhi lowered his head to sort out the remaining five shogi pieces in his hand, and said without raising his head: "I haven't been defeated yet, so why should I admit to giving in?"
The master frowned slightly. He originally wanted to leave a step for this kid, but he didn't expect that this guy didn't know how to show appreciation.
The kind smile on his face toward the younger generation seemed to solidify at that moment.
"In that case, let's continue." The master said,
The board fell again, and the master looked straight at the eight shogi pieces in his hand, thinking secretly in his heart that the opponent only had shogi pieces and four pawns left in his hand.
It is the safest. If the opponent loses a pawn, he can exchange it with him. If he loses a pawn, no matter how many, as long as he kills one pawn, he will be invincible.
With this thought in mind, the master pushed the chess piece in his hand onto the chessboard.
Ji Yuzhi on the opposite side also made a move at this time.
Then the boy pulled up the wooden board, and two shogi pieces fell into everyone's sight. The chess pieces were exchanged and both were removed from the chessboard.
The onlookers around were not surprised by this, they just sneered and thought that the boy with only four pawns left had no chance of winning.
Only Li Danqing nodded secretly.
When this situation fell into Ji Yuzhi's eyes, Ji Yuzhi frowned and felt a little unhappy in his heart.
The plank fell again, but this time, the master on the opposite side did not rush to make the move. Instead, he stared at Ji Yuzhi and said with a smile: "Young master, you still don't want to admit defeat?"
"You can't defeat the chess piece in my hand with only four pawns, right?"
Theoretically speaking, Ji Yuzhi does still have a chance to win, but...
This is extremely slim. From now on, every move he makes must not be wrong. Once one of the four pawns is lost, the king's chess in the master's hand will be bigger, and there will be no surprises in victory or defeat.
Ji Yuzhi was still thinking about the smile on Li Danqing's lips just now. He was a little unhappy. After hearing the master's words, he came back to his senses and looked at the master.
At this moment, a smile suddenly appeared on the little prince's lips.
"Hachishogi is actually a guessing game, but the rules are more complicated than guessing. The root of the complexity is that there are more combinations and more changes."
"I'm in the palace... no, I'm at home playing guessing games with my sister, and I've never lost because I know exactly what others are thinking. Of course, this is also because the guessing games themselves don't change much."
"Similarly, as long as the changes in Eight Shogi are reduced, the variables will also be reduced, and it will become easier to win. Of course, I can't limit your thinking to a small number of changes. But..."
Ji Yuzhi said at this time, pointed at the four pawns in his hand and said: "But I only need to promise that while keeping the four pawns, I will replace the shogi in your hand, which means that the rules will become simple.
Get up."
"The essence of Hachishogi is nothing more than mutual suspicion. You think what I think, and I think what you think. When I only have four pieces left, your thinking will also be limited by these four pieces."
"From now on, this game becomes a double-loop guessing game. The king is the fist, the four pawns are the paper that can kill the fist, and the single pawn is the scissors that can kill the paper and be killed by the fist at the same time."
"The two pawns and the literary hero are fists, the third pawn is paper that can kill fists, and the single pawn is scissors that can kill cloth and be killed by fists at the same time. Of course, there is an extra king who can kill everyone."
"The two circulations are independent of each other, but they overlap because of the king's chess. They are a little more complicated, but they never deviate from their origins."
Ji Yuzhi spoke slowly and calmly, but some others could understand what he said, and some others could not. But whether they understood or not, it did not prevent everyone from being shocked by the boy's determined tone at this time.
Ji Yuzhi said this and stretched out his hand to push out the chess piece he played this round.
The master's expression was solemn, and his brows were less contemptuous and more solemn.
He had to admit that Ji Yuzhi's words put a lot of pressure on him. Ji Yuzhi held four pawns in his hands. The fourth pawn could kill the king and the third pawn could kill cultural relics. He would definitely choose between the two.
That myself...
The master thought this, looked at the shogi in his hand, his heart was shuddered, and he simply
Pushing the armored pawn out, as long as the opponent plays three or four pawns.
According to the rules, if a single pawn kills many, then he can seal the victory with one victory, and even if he loses, he still has a way to advance or retreat.
"The child falls, get up!" the boy on the side said loudly.
The wooden board was lifted up, and the scene he saw shocked the master. What was placed on Ji Yuzhi's chessboard were the chess pieces of A and B.
Two pawns kill the widow.
The master lost this round.
The expressions of everyone around him changed slightly, and they suddenly realized that what the young man just said seemed to be true.
But most people still felt that this was just an accident, but they looked at the chessboard with a bit of caution.
The master frowned and looked at the remaining six chess pieces in his hand with a gloomy look.
He thought for a while, then pushed out another chess piece and looked at Ji Yuzhi with deep eyes.
At that time, a confident smile appeared on the face of the child, who was only about ten years old. He looked at the other person, and the smile in his eyebrows seemed to tell the other person that he had seen through the other person.
"Master must be thinking at this moment, you have three chess pieces, Wang, Wen, and Xia, but I only have four pawns in my hand. As long as one of the pawns is killed, there is no chance of victory. Just now, two pawns killed the few. It was a desperate move. At this moment, I should not
Dare to fight with two pawns again, so you expected that I should fight with three pawns or four pawns, but in fact..."
Ji Yuzhi smiled like this and placed the two pawns on the chessboard.
The wooden board was lifted at this moment, and indeed there was still a single pawn on the master's chessboard.
…
The spectators around him no longer looked down upon him just now, and all of them looked at the chessboard with bated breath.
The master lost another game and only had five chess pieces left in his hand. His expression became more serious. After the board fell, he thought for a long time before putting down a chess piece.
"What the master is thinking now is that I could predict your first two steps because I saw through your caution. At the same time, placing a single pawn will not cost you too many opportunities for trial and error. As long as you retain one pawn, you will be able to
If you have the ability to kill a group of people with a single pawn, if you retain the literary knight, you will still have the opportunity to kill two pawns or a single pawn."
"So according to my previous thoughts, you should still place orders at this moment. One is to test, and the other is to bet that I will change my formation."
"But it is naturally impossible for the master to use such a stupid method, so if I guessed correctly in this game, the piece you picked should be one of the Wen Xia and Wang chess pieces. You want to defeat my two pawns, or capture my three pawns. But after all,
what is it then?"
Ji Yuzhi paused after saying this, staring at the expressionless master. He suddenly smiled, pushed the four chess pieces onto the chessboard, and said, "I bet it's the king chess piece."
As soon as he said this, the wooden board immediately rose up, and the chess piece that landed on the master's chessboard was indeed the king's chess piece as he said.
As soon as the king's chess was lost, the offensive and defensive momentum was suddenly reversed.
The master then lost control and was led by Ji Yuzhi. Ji Yuzhi used three pawns to kill Wen Qi one after another. Two pawns killed a single pawn. Then he let out a long sigh and surrendered.
Everyone looked at this young man in horror, who had repeatedly anticipated the enemy's opportunities in the second half of the game and won easily, and most of them thought of only four words in their hearts -
This guy is so scary!
…
But after Ji Yuzhi won, he stood up without interest and concluded the game: "It's boring."
Everyone around him was dumbfounded when he heard this, but the master still had some magnanimity. He raised his hands and praised the child who was more than one or two rounds younger than himself: "There are people outside the world, and there is a world outside the world. I am arrogant."
Ji Yuzhi's face turned red at this moment, he waved his hand, and said with some embarrassment: "It was a calculation before, but winning Mr. Wang's chess piece is an element of gambling, and it is more or less a fluke..."
The master smiled kindly, feeling a little better in his heart, and said: "The eight shogi techniques are based on the psychology of both parties in the game. Being able to bet correctly is also a matter of skill."
Ji Yuzhi nodded, but did not say what was in his heart: This guy despised me because of my age. After being killed by me twice, he was anxious to win and wanted to eat both or three of my pawns in one go.
Pawn, in order to make my win better, so I expected from the beginning that he played the king piece.
A fool is a fool.
He always blames his failure on bad luck, but he doesn't know that everything has long fallen into the calculations of smart people.
Hey, maybe this is what the book says...
The most pure person has no friends, the most wise person has no friends.
The master looked at Ji Yuzhi, who looked well-behaved, and felt a little admiration in his heart. But if he knew Ji Yuzhi's true thoughts at this moment, he would probably spray blood three feet away.
…
Ji Yao finally had the sumptuous meal she had longed for.
Li Danqing looked at Ji Yao, who was in a state of chaos, and then looked at her petite figure. He secretly murmured in his heart: Where did these things go after she swallowed them?
The boss of Yuyulou is quite an honest person, and the meals presented to him on the table are extremely sumptuous. Li Danqing counted thirteen plates of dishes in detail, and the portions were huge.
But it only took a quarter of an hour, and Ji Yao ate most of it by herself.
And before that, they had already had a sumptuous dinner in the restaurant opposite...
No wonder Ji Yuzhi said it is not easy to support his sister...
"You lost on purpose? Right?" Just when Li Shizi was secretly wondering about Ji Yao's terrifying appetite, Ji Yuzhi suddenly looked at Li Danqing and asked.
Li Danqing was stunned when he saw Ji Yuzhi beside him frowning and looking at Li Danqing with an old-fashioned look.
Li Danqing blinked and said with a smile: "Of course! I defeated him in Yingshui County..."
"I am very smart."
But Li Shizi's gag didn't work in front of the teenage boy in front of him. Ji Yuzhi stared at Li Danqing and said crisply.
Such words, coming from the mouths of other children of this age, would seem childish, but coming from Ji Yuzhi's mouth, they seemed so natural.
"I'm smart in every sense of the word."
"Not only do you know, my father also knows, the Queen and the concubines also know."
"Two brothers are fighting fiercely for the throne. On the surface, they are deeply affectionate as brothers, but behind the scenes, they are bloody. They regard each other as a thorn in each other's side and a thorn in their flesh, but there is only one thing in which their goals are the same -
—I don’t want a second opponent to appear.”
"So, they targeted me everywhere in the palace, but my father turned a blind eye."
"We can hardly contact any foreign ministers, except you."
"You took us out of the palace and deliberately lost the game in a funny way. Sister Yin forced me to take action. Today was fine. The spectators didn't know my identity. But after a little investigation, the good guys found out.
It’s not a secret. In a few days, the news will probably spread throughout Wuyang City that the third prince of Wuyang is extremely smart.”
"The queen and concubines naturally don't want me to have such a reputation. They will knock on my door and even humiliate me."
"If by chance you happen to be here, you can take action to quell this matter for us. Sister A and I will be grateful to you."
"Then you can continue to use this trust and lead us to do some things you want us to do, so as to make my reputation even greater and make the queen and concubines more and more fearful of me."
"When a certain time comes, I will have no way out. I will either join in the fight between the two brothers or die in their hands. And at this time, you will tell me that you can help me through my identity.
, you can squeeze into the power struggle in Wuyang again and pave the way for your official career."
"Am I right?"
The look between Ji Yuzhi's brows gradually turned grim at that time.
It's hard to imagine that a teenage boy could say something like this in such a slow tone.
This makes Li Danqing feel a little ridiculous...
But it's so real.
He was stunned for a while before he came back to his senses. At this time, he also suppressed the smile on his face, stared at Ji Yuzhi in front of him, and asked with interest: "Since you know so clearly, it seems that
I'm disgusted by this, so why do you want to take action?"
Ji Yuzhi's face showed a calm look that was very inconsistent with his age, and he said softly: "Yesterday you saved my mother, I owe you a favor, and this is what I owe you."
"But I have no interest in participating in these things. I just want to read more books, learn skills, and when I grow up, I can take good care of my mother and sister..."
"This kind of life is already very good to me."
"So, I hope you will not come to Yanhuan Palace again in the future."
Li Danqing looked at the frowning boy in front of him and suddenly felt a little distressed.
Being smart doesn't mean being precocious.
If Ji Yuzhi's intelligence comes from talent, then his precocious remarks at this moment obviously come from experience.
And what kind of experience can make a teenage child be so wary and hostile to anyone around him?
Li Danqing could somewhat imagine it, but ultimately could not fully empathize with it.
…
"For those guys who are on top."
"Prince Li also has that knife that they can't see."
In Tianjian Division, after Yin Wujiang said these words, his turbid eyes were downcast, he reached out and poured himself another cup of tea, and then fell silent, just waiting quietly for Li Danqing's response.
a long time.
Prince Li, who was sitting on the opposite side, just whispered: "Of course I can make that knife."
"I have my revenge to avenge, and I have things to do that the old guy told me to do."
"But...that little brat Ji Yuzhi, forget it."
For the first time, a strange color appeared on the eyebrows of Tianjian Division Chief Siming, who was drinking tea silently.
"He's a good bargaining chip."
"Smart, and at the same time not attracting attention. Noble status. As long as we can gather enough power secretly, everything will be justified."
"And without him, we can't move forward..."
"Or are you going to choose one between Ji Fei and Ji Quan? Their house is not easy to enter, and it is already full of jackals. They are waiting for that day to come and share the fat of Wuyang and get one more
Dogs and the others will have to eat less. If you don't have enough strength, you won't be able to enter their house." Yin Wujiang said expressionlessly, and slowly put down the tea cup he had picked up, seeming a little unhappy.
"I don't care who takes the throne of the emperor in this world."
"No matter how lively the fight between Ji Quan and Ji Fei is, it has nothing to do with me."
"I just want to live well, and by the way, I will find out the old guy's death and make the person who deserves to pay the price pay the price."
"If a teenage child is involved for these reasons, what's the difference between me and Ji Qi and others?"
"I, Li Danqing, am not a good person, but... I don't want to be a bad person either."
Yin Wujiang was stunned when he heard this. After being silent for a while, he whispered: "Then... this road is much more difficult to walk."
At that time, Prince Li grinned at the old man, shrugged his shoulders and said, "Then just go wherever you go."
…
Li Shizi came back to his senses, and the drinkers in Yuyu Tower were noisy. He stared at the serious child in front of him, stretched out his hand and touched his head while the other person looked at him as if he wanted to kill him.
"Don't think about it. I'm not so bad as a teacher that I need to use a little brat like you to help me." Li Danqing said with a smile.
Ji Yuzhi sneered when he heard this and asked: "Then why did you lose the chess game on purpose?"
"I saw you holding a book every day, and I was afraid that you would become a nerd, so I gave you a chance to learn more." Li Danqing said casually.
But such words were obviously not enough to dispel Ji Yuzhi's doubts. He still asked with vigilant eyes: "But what does this have to do with me fighting against that guy?"
"Children with bigger farts will look sad every day."
"It's just that you said that your father didn't ask me to be your master. Since I did, I naturally have to let you feel what a child of this age should do." Li Danqing said calmly.
"Childish." Ji Yuzhi said coldly: "I have no interest in the things that children play with. If you have time to waste on this, you might as well let me read more books."
"here we go again."
"Books are just a matter of reading them. At your age, you should be competitive and high-spirited."
When Li Danqing said this, he muttered silently in his heart: Then he was severely beaten by society and put away his self-righteous face.
I just didn’t expect that the master was so superficial that he couldn’t even cure a little brat.
Thinking of this, he blinked at Ji Yuzhi and asked, "Don't you feel good about defeating that guy with your proud intelligence today?"
Ji Yuzhi frowned and asked in a deep voice: "My master's intelligence has long surpassed that of ordinary people. This kind of victory is a matter of course. Will you be happy to defeat an ant?"
"Is that so?" Li Danqing narrowed his eyes and smiled, and said to himself in some distress: "I originally wanted to take you to see the Jinyu House in Xicheng tomorrow."
"There are more interesting things than Hachishogi out there, such as tiger-wolf fights and star-killing games, which have complex rules, diverse gameplay, and multiple people fighting at the same time. If you are lucky enough to win, you can still have money to buy a lot of food.
…”
"Eat..." After hearing this, Ji Yao, who was looking down at the wind and rolling clouds, raised her head, looked straight at Ji Yuzhi, and raised her little fist again.
Ji Yuzhi was already a little moved, but when he saw this, he glared at Li Danqing angrily.
"Hmph! If I can't beat my sister!"
"I will never compromise with you..."
"By the way, come to the palace early tomorrow to pick us up."
"I don't want to play those boring things, I mainly want to win more money and let my sister have fun."