Chapter 19: Blind Chess
"Listen to what? You're trying to lie to me. Yang Fan was not fooled, and rubbed himself again, really forcing the old man.
As soon as the old man turned around, he dodged Yang Fan's attack, he waved his hand and said, "Don't fight yet, someone is coming." ”
Yang Fan was swinging his fist at the old man, when he heard the old man say that someone was coming, so he also stopped his hand and pricked up his ears to listen, but the corridor was quiet, and there was no movement.
"Old man, what are you playing? There is no one at all. Yang Fan said loudly.
The old man didn't answer Yang Fan's words, but just waved his hand at Yang Fan.
The old man listened sideways for a while, and then the old man said to Yang Fan again, "Listen carefully, do you hear it?"
Yang Fan pricked up his ears to listen to the movement outside, and at the same time guarded against this old man's deception, this rash turned out to really hear the sound of footsteps coming from afar, getting closer and closer, and walking towards Yang Fan's confinement room.
"I need to hide, don't say I'm here. Otherwise, it's time for trouble. The old man confessed to Yang Fan, then leaned against the wall and hid.
After another moment, the footsteps stopped at the door of Yang Fan's confinement room.
A policeman said loudly: "Yang Fan, Yang Fan?"
"I'm here, what's the matter?" Yang Fan hurriedly leaned next to the iron gate and agreed.
"This is a meal specially prepared for you by the district warden, and you have taken it. A tray came in through the square hole in the iron door.
"Thank you, thank you. Yang Fan took the tray and thanked him repeatedly.
"No need, do you want to thank the warden or thank you. With that, the policeman turned and left.
As soon as the policeman left, the old man jumped up and reached out to lift the lid on the tray. "Let me see what's good?"
As soon as the lid was opened, the aroma inside suddenly floated out, only to see a green vegetable in the tray, a small fried meat, an egg, a chicken thigh, and two bowls of rice, and a two-tael wine bottle in the corner of the tray, and the aroma of the meal aroused Yang Fan's hunger.
"What a hearty meal, let me try it. The old man was not polite, he first grabbed the chicken leg and stuffed it into his mouth, and then his left hand was not idle, and he hit the wine bottle again, and the old man took the chicken leg and drank it to his mouth.
"Good wine, good wine, it turned out to be Moutai wine, I didn't expect your face to be so big, such a good wine is for you. The old man drank the wine in one go, then ate the chicken thighs in three or two bites, and then took a bowl of rice, and without using chopsticks, he directly grabbed the fried meat and eggs and ate it with rice.
Before Yang Fan came back to his senses, the old man ate a bowl of rice, and there was only one green vegetable and a bowl of rice left in the tray that was still full.
"Delicious, delicious. The old man ate his stomach in twos and threes, and then wiped his mouth with his sleeve.
"You!" Yang Fan was furious, "This is the food sent to me, how did you finish it?" ”
"Hey, hey. The old man also felt that he was too inferior, so he opened his mouth and smiled, "I'm really hungry, I haven't eaten anything delicious here for so many years, let alone wine." Young man, don't be angry, I've often heard people say that meat and wine are not good for people's health, and only green vegetables and white rice are the most nourishing. ”
The old man said with a swear in his eyes.
"Green vegetables and white rice raise people, why don't you eat green vegetables?" Yang Fan was so angry that he couldn't speak.
"You're still young, I have to give you the good ones, I'm an old bone, it doesn't matter. "The old man is not ashamed at all.
The old man's words made Yang Fan angry and wanted to hit him, but because the strength difference between himself and the old man was too far, he endured it.
Yang Fan hadn't eaten for a day and a night, he was really hungry, so in desperation, he had to pick up the rice and eat it with the vegetables.
After a bowl of rice, Yang Fan felt a little better in his stomach, but those meals had just been cushioned, and there was still some distance from being full.
Yang Fan still felt very hungry, but there was no food, so Yang Fan had to put down his chopsticks and sit there sighing.
"Boy, don't be angry, you have eaten the meal, why don't we practice again?" The old man leaned over again and said.
Only then did Yang Fan understand that he dared to do it with the old man just now, and he came to play with the old man.
So Yang Fan was completely deflated, "If you don't fight, you will fight yourself, but I haven't eaten enough, I want to save my energy, so as not to be hungry again for a while." ”
The old man saw that Yang Fan didn't fight with him, so he was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks and thought of a way.
The old man was anxious for a while, and then suddenly he came running again, "Boy, it's okay if you don't play, can you play chess? Don't say you don't even know this, three-year-old children on the street also know how to 'take the first shot, horse jump'." ”
"Chess?" Yang Fan heard the joy of chess, when he was in the orphanage, because other children were unwilling to play for Yang Fan, so Yang Fan often played by himself, and chess was his best partner at that time.
Because there are no children playing chess with Yang Fan, Yang Fan often plays with his left hand and his right hand.
"I can play chess, but there doesn't seem to be any chess here!" Yang Fan looked at the room with a black hole.
"It doesn't matter if you know how to play, it doesn't matter if you don't have chess, we play blind chess. Do you dare?" said the old man.
"Let's go down, who wouldn't dare?" Yang Fan patted his chest.
Xiangqi, also known as "Xiangqi", is said to have been introduced from ancient Persia, where chess was first called Chatulanga, developed into Shatlanz during the time of the great Persian pharaoh Kusi Lao I, and later introduced through the Silk Road.
During the Three Kingdoms period, some people already began to learn chess, which became popular in the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, and finally changed to the current Xiangqi in the Song Dynasty.
Chess, whether adults or children, you can see two or three people sitting around the street fighting on the street everywhere, which is the most popular game.
Although Yang Fan can play chess, this is the first time he has played blind chess.
"I'm an old man, and I'm holding red chess. "The old man took the red chess pieces as a deserved.
Yang Fan didn't argue, "Okay, you're red, you go first." ”
"Cannon two flat five. "The old man's first move was to use the first cannon, and he had the potential to attack in one fell swoop.
"Horse 8 into 7. Yang Fan jumped out of the left horse to see his pawn.
The old man didn't say much, and made another move, "Ma two into three." ”
"Car 9 Ping 8" Yang Fan drove his car out and launched an attack earlier.
Next, the two of them dispatched their troops separately to operate their chess pieces.
At first, Yang Fan could still remember the position of his chess pieces with his memory, but the number of moves of the two people was too much, and Yang Fan had some difficulty remembering.
Yang Fan took a step with his memory, but the old man was not happy.
"No, your cannon isn't here, you're on the wrong side. ”
"What's wrong? It's right here. Yang Fan was not happy either.
"Boy, don't be unconvinced, I'll give you a new one. The old man said, and then he repeated the steps taken by the two just now, "Cannon 2 equals 5, horse 8 into 7, horse 2 into 3, car 9 flat 8 ........."
The old man said quickly, to Yang Fan's surprise, the old man actually remembered all the steps that the two people walked just now, and finally the old man said that Yang Fan walked last on the cannon.
"Look, isn't your cannon here?" said the old man, hunched over.
"Yes, yes, I misremembered. Yang Fan's head was sweating.
Next, Yang Fan remembered a few more wrong moves, and the results were pointed out by the old man.
After a long time, Yang Fan stumbled to finish this game of chess with the old man, and the result can be imagined, the old man easily ate Yang Fan's veteran with a horse.
"Hahaha, you know it's amazing. The old man triumphed. "I'm not bragging to you, Lao Tzu's chess skills were first-class back then, and many masters were defeated in my chess, if it weren't for Lao Tzu having something to do at that time, I would have been a national player. Hahaha. ”
"Just you, return to the national player?" Yang Fan suddenly disdained, playing chess just now, Yang Fan saw that the old man's chess skills were not famous, but he was playing blind chess, Yang Fan was not used to it, and the old man's memory was very good, so he took up a lot of light.
"Come, come, come, let's go to the next game. "The old man is still addicted.
"Forget it, forget it, tomorrow, my head hurts. Yang Fan used his brain excessively just now, and he felt dizzy.
"Young people are really useless, they just play a game of chess and they can't do it. The old man complained about Yang Fan.
But no matter what the old man said, Yang Fan just didn't go down with him anymore, and the old man was so anxious that he jumped up and down until the police brought dinner, and the old man was born.
The police finished delivering the meal and were about to leave, but Yang Fan hurriedly called out to him.
"Officer, can you help me bring a message to the district warden?" Yang Fan said.
The policeman who delivered the meal hesitated for a moment and asked, "What's the matter, just talk about it." ”
"I'm born with a lot of food, and the amount of food you send is too small for me to eat, so you ask the district jail director to send me more. Yang Fan was afraid that the old man would finish his meal again.
"It's a trivial matter, I'll just give an explanation to the kitchen, and I don't have to trouble the district warden. When the policeman who delivered the meal saw this, he readily agreed.
"Thank you, thank you so much. Yang Fan thanked him repeatedly.
Seeing the police walk away, Yang Fan said to himself: "It's okay now, you don't have to starve anymore." ”
"Woohoo, woohoo. "What is this sound?
Yang Fan turned his head to look in the direction where the voice came, and suddenly burst out into an angry roar: "My food, put it down for me." ”
It turned out that the old man had secretly eaten Yang Fan's meal again while Yang Fan was talking to the police.
Yang Fan stepped forward to grab his own food, the old man hurriedly jumped up and down on the house with a tray, and the two of them chased after me, but the old man's mouth was not idle, and there was a small amount of food left in the blink of an eye.
"Give me meat, give me meat. Yang Fan's heart-rending screams came from the confinement room.