At the peak of the chess sect, the wind is light and light. The white cranes are long, and the white clouds are long.

In this way, Deng Yan lived with Lao Dao, and occasionally went to the Qianshan chess table to watch people play.

Nineteen lines carved into a huge chessboard, all people in it, are in the hand, falling, although the chess tournament has not officially begun, but everyone is also in high spirits.

It can also be said that it is a pleasure to do the other.

Only this huge chessboard is unsettled.

Seeing thousands of people sitting tirelessly in pairs, with a rigorous expression between raising their hands and falling pieces, they had already calculated the next three or even ten chess moves. There are also those who are undecided, scratching their ears and cheeks with sad faces, calculating in their hearts whether this son should fall, how the other party will fall, and where will their next son fall? It can be said that they are puzzled. The mind is greatly consumed, and there are not a few people who are carried away when they think about it, and there is another touch of color between black and white on the chessboard, in addition to the bright red, the residual temperature has not disappeared.

"Ahh

Deng Yan thought, do these people really like to play chess so much, and Shizun said, chess players, Zhiye.

Although Shizun said so, Deng Yan didn't think so.

Besides, this Zhang Youqi, when he plays against others, he always urges the other party to play quickly when he falls, and when the opponent falls, he will let people take it back, and he will fall again, and no one will be willing to play chess with him anymore. I had no choice but to walk with Deng Yan among thousands of chess players and watch them play.

"Brother Deng, why don't we play the next game?" Zhang Youqi asked Deng Yan seriously. I saw Deng Yan shake his head and smiled, "Forget it, in fact, I'm not interested in playing chess." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Youqi had no choice but not to mention it again, but stopped with Deng Yan and looked at the two people sitting on the ground next to him and the chessboard between them.

The chessboard is black and white, the advantage of sunspots is obvious, white can only escape and escape, and sunspots are blocked and surrounded, as if the overall situation has been decided.

Looking at the two people playing again, the look on their faces is the same as the situation of the black and white chess pieces on this chessboard. The person holding the sunspot has a calm expression, as if he has already seen through everything on the chessboard. Those who hold the white child look anxious and dry, their brows are furrowed, and their hands tremble slightly.

Seeing that he was undecided, Zhang Youqi suddenly said: "Let him surround and cut him off from behind." ”

The two of them, including Deng Yan, all turned their heads to look at him. Suddenly, the person holding the white child stretched out his hand and rubbed it twice on the chessboard, got up and said, "No!" and turned his head and walked away.

The messy chess pieces on the chessboard had already been scattered, Zhang Youqi wondered in his heart, why this person suddenly lost his temper, Deng Yan was also puzzled, and listened to the other person.

"Don't worry, he did it on purpose. "The person holding the sunspot slowly sorted out the chaotic chess pieces on the chessboard.

Deng Yan frowned and said, "Why?"

"Because then he doesn't have to lose. ”

Seeing that this person had sorted out the chess pieces, he got up and left, Zhang Youqi pursed the corners of his mouth, and Fang Cai was really frightened.

"Zhang Youqi, do you dare to play a game with me?" Yu Bugui said in a loud voice, walking towards this side.

Deng Yan didn't speak, glanced at the look on Zhang Youqi's face beside him, and said, "Forget it! ”

Zhang Youqi thought for a moment, then nodded.

However, Yu Bugui had already come to him, and said: "I have been determined by the chess sect, and in a few days I will be the chess student of this chess sect, oh! By the way! I forgot, you haven't passed the chess student assessment yet!"

Yu Bugui looked at him with a smile, and his face was full of smiles, without hiding his disdain at all.

Zhang Youqi's hands trembled slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Let's play!"

I saw Yu Bugui shaking his head and saying with a smile: "You are no longer qualified to play chess with me, if you have the ability, you can become a chess student first, I will wait for you." ”

Yu Bugui glanced at Deng Yan next to him disdainfully, and then turned around and left.

Zhang Youqi didn't speak, his body was trembling, and he was not surprised that he was able to pass the chess student assessment, so he suddenly sighed and said, "Let's go, don't look at it." ”

Deng Yan nodded, and on the way back to the small courtyard, he couldn't help but ask, "What is a chess student?"

"You don't know?" Zhang Youqi seemed to be a little surprised, Deng Yan didn't know anything, and said softly: "There is an endgame in the chess sect, I heard that it was laid by two chess masters, and if you want to become a chess student, you have to solve at least three backgammon."

"If you untie the backgammon path, you will directly become a chess player. ”

"If you solve the fifteen chess path, you can become the chess guard of the chess sect. But no one has been able to solve the game of backgammon yet. ”

"Then how many have you unraveled?" Deng Yan was a little curious.

Zhang Youqi suddenly looked lost and said: "I don't have a son." ”

Deng Yan was stunned, and then smiled: "It's okay, take your time!"

Zhang Youqi grinned and did not speak.

The atmosphere fell silent for a moment, and when the two returned to the small courtyard, they saw Lao Dao and the young monk sitting at the stone table.

"Master!"

Deng Yan's face did not change, and he walked towards them with a smile, while Zhang Youqi was worried, because the young monk in front of him was the white chess master of this chess sect.

The young monk didn't stay long, got up and said, "The little monk still has something to do, so I won't bother a few." Then he bowed his head and left.

Zhang Youqi hurriedly saluted.

"The master walks slowly. Deng Yan said, and then looked at Lao Dao, "Is there something wrong with this master?"

Lao Dao glared at him and said, "After talking about the affairs of my family, I don't know why, I always feel that this monk has any purpose?"

"What purpose?" Deng Yan said: "I'm afraid that people know Brother Lang earlier than us, what purpose can they have?"

Lao Dao didn't refute this, but still said: "Knowing each other early doesn't mean anything, the main thing is that it feels a little wrong." ”

"What did he say?" Deng Yan said disapprerovingly: "Could it be that you are too suspicious?"

"Bastard! Nothing big or small. Lao Dao raised the stick and knocked it, but he didn't use force, and then said: "This monk has been asking about the current whereabouts of the family, and he wants to fool the teacher first, but the monk suddenly asked, whether the family is still in Jinshen City, you see, he said whether it is still there, doesn't it mean that he knew it before, how did he know?

After listening to Shizun's words, Deng Yan pondered carefully, and then nodded slowly: "Reasonable!"

"Nonsense! When did what the master said make no sense?" The old man raised his hand, but Deng Yan had already flashed, "What does this mean?" People just ask about Brother Lang's whereabouts, besides, people and Brother Lang are friends, what other bad intentions can there be!"

Lao Dao shook his head and said lightly: "I don't know, I don't think it's right anyway." ”

Zhang Youqi watched the pair of masters and apprentices discuss, and did not interject on the side, his heart was very chaotic at the moment, but fortunately, the pair of masters and apprentices did not reject him for thousands of miles.

After the young monk left the small courtyard, he went straight back to his residence.

At the edge of this mountain, a simple thatched hut is the chess field.

On the edge of the chess game, someone sat on the ground, watching the situation on the chessboard in front of him, one of his hand bones was placed in the chessboard on the side of the chessboard, gently twisting the chess pieces in his two fingers, and the waterfall rumbling in his ears did not seem to disturb his thoughts.

And this person is Sima Xiaoyun, the great prince of the Jin God Dynasty in the Southern Regions, and also a close friend of the white chess master.

"Friend, I've been waiting for a long time!" the young monk walked over with a smile and said, "My friend is determined, and it seems that he is confident in this game of chess." ”

Sima Xiaoyun smiled: "Is the white chess master making fun of me?"

"How dare you!" said the young monk, "The eldest prince is serious. ”

Then the two laughed.

The young monk came to the other side of the chessboard, sat down cross-legged, and said softly, "Did Li Zhenlang have a festival with the eldest prince?"

Sima Xiaoyun shook his head and said, "No." ”

The young monk nodded.

Sima Xiaoyun said: "The white chess master is worried, since this person is friends with you, then I will naturally not do anything, but this person has become Sima Xiaoge's person, this, I'm afraid the white chess master doesn't know yet, right?"

The young monk frowned, the expression on his face was solemn, he shook his head, and said, "I just talked to that Dao person, and I didn't mention this matter. ”

"Then do you believe it or not?" Sima Xiaoyun said with a smile, "It won't be long before he comes to kill me." ”

The young monk was speechless, but he could tell that the great prince of the Jin God Dynasty was not joking.

is also a close friend, and naturally knows that the eldest prince must have placed someone next to the seventeenth prince, so he did not immediately refute this.

"You know, too. Sima Xiaoyun suddenly sighed, and said solemnly: "Father, I'm afraid that it won't last long, and then my Southern Regions will inevitably be in chaos, although I am the eldest prince of the Jin God Dynasty, but because of physical reasons, I am not suitable to inherit the throne, I know this very well." ”

Sima Xiaoyun looked at the young monk opposite seriously, and said lightly: "I have no objection to other princes taking over the throne, but this throne must not be handed over to Sima Xiaoge!"

The young monk didn't speak immediately, but he nodded, and then said, "Forgive the chess monk for bluntly saying that among the many princes in my Southern Regions, those who can inherit the throne, except for the eldest prince, you, the rest of the princes are not candidates. ”

Sima Xiaoyun smiled bitterly: "If it is really suitable, I will not give up, but I know my own situation, even if I sit on this throne, it will be three years at most, and after three years, my Southern Region will fall into the battle for the throne again, why bother?"

"This ......," the young monk could feel the helplessness in the heart of the great prince, and said, "Is it true that there is no cure for it?"

"Nope. Sima Xiaoyun shook his head and said with a smile: "Congenital terminal disease, it is rumored that it will appear in every generation of my royal family, and this generation is my Sima Xiaoyun." ”

Sima Xiaoyun looked at Ya Wuzhong and said softly: "In my royal family, every generation of people who have this congenital terminal disease will not live for two or five years, and I still have three years to go, and in these three years, I must stabilize the Southern Regions, so, will you help me?"

Sima Xiaoyun turned his head and looked at the young monk opposite again, and it didn't take long for the young monk to nod.