The people in the chess academy are all old acquaintances, and they have been playing chess for more than ten years, so they have long known the roots, and this Shi Budo's chess strength is almost the same as theirs, and he is an opponent he has never encountered, so he is naturally the best candidate for competition.

Shi Budo has these people to feed him, and naturally his chess strength has grown greatly, and the chess edict has made Lin Duowen recommend Shi Budo to enter the chess academy.

Lin Duowen said that it was not the time yet, anyway, it was still early, so it was better to wait until those chess players who were recommended from all over the country came here before making plans.

Lin Duowen was relieved of Shi Budo's strength, but he was ready to make a splash and let Shi Budo enter the court, so that not only Shi Budo's face would be bright, but his own recommender would also have face.

Half a month later, the recommended people near the capital arrived, and many of them were chess players recommended by Guogong and raised at home. Although they hadn't heard the news yet, they also knew that this was the time to grow face, so they asked their own chess players to come to the capital. 、

Lin Duowen has already prepared, he held a literary meeting in his early years, and now it is naturally simple to hold this chess meeting.

He held a chess meeting, in the name of meeting friends with chess, no matter what, he could come to play chess, and all the expenses for tea and snacks were his.

As the Marquis of Dingbei, who is now a saint, there are naturally many people who come to participate in this chess club, and many of them come to eat and drink.

So Lin Duowen rented another room, and the front yard was for those who were not very good at chess, and they basically played chess in the front yard, and those who were recommended were to play chess in the wing room near the atrium.

The backyard is the place where these chess players and Shi Budo play, Lin Duowen told Shi Budo not to win all the time, to give these people face, these people's chess skills can be seen from the chessboard, but the character is not necessarily.

These people are also regarded as people of the country, even if Shi Budo is prosperous in the future, if these people are interested in looking for trouble, they will also bring a lot of trouble to Shi Budolu.

Shi Budo said that he would pay attention to this, and when he played chess in the past, someone would give him the silver and let him lose.

Hearing Shi Budo's words, Lin Duowen smiled and asked people to bring the silver, Shi Budo looked at the silver and said to Lin Duowen: "Master Hou, you are like a reinvention to me, why am I embarrassed to ask for your money?" ”

"You take it, I'm not a rich noble, a little heart, please don't dislike it."

"Master Hou, this, this ......"

"Take it, you don't have a place to use it now, but when you get married, you can't say."

After Shi Budo thanked him, Lin Duowen didn't say much.

In late September, the envoy of the Xuanwu Kingdom arrived in the capital, and this time the Xuanwu Kingdom paid tribute again after many years of absence, so it was a lot of excitement.

The envoy group of the Xuanwu Kingdom this time is not small, there are more than 300 people, and when these people enter the capital, they are holding treasures, including hundreds of kinds.

Lin Duowen was also in the crowd to greet him, and he knew that there were dipterocarp, crane tops, tortoiseshell and other items.

These items are not unusual, but as far as Lin Duowen knows, these are not the specialties of the Xuanwu Kingdom, and the Xuanwu Kingdom seems to have its own ideas now.

The team of envoys of the Xuanwu Kingdom naturally received a heavy hospitality, and the Son of Heaven personally set up a banquet in Haiyan Tower, accompanied by hundreds of officials.

At this banquet, it was as usual, and the envoy of the Xuanwu Kingdom did not look for trouble, but only complimented the saint.

When the Xuanwu Kingdom talked about it, it did not mention that there was no tribute in the past hundred years. They didn't mention it, and Yu Chao naturally didn't mention it either.

After the guests and hosts were happy, the envoy of Xuanwu Guo lived in the post house on the second day, the envoy of Xuanwu rented a good restaurant in the capital, set up a chess game, and said that as long as he could beat Xiuce, he would win a thousand taels of silver.

In order to prevent some people from wasting their time on the show, this is another test.

This restaurant is three stories high, Xiu Ce is on the third floor, alone, there are nine people on the second floor, whoever wins, you can go to the third floor and Xiu Ce, as for the first floor, there are thirty tables, and by the way, everyone can enter the second floor.

There must be brave men under this heavy reward, and many people think that Xuanwu is a small overseas country and knows what to go, which is just Yelang's arrogance and sending silver for nothing.

Therefore, on the very first day, Jingcheng thought that he was a good chess player and made a move.

As for those who came in response to the edict, they did not move first, and waited for others to go to explore the truth and the truth.

On the first day, because none of the masters in the capital made a move, no one could go up to the second floor.

Although there was a fiasco on the first day, there were still most people in the capital who thought that the level of these chess players was not good, so they went up by themselves and could leave safely.

The second day, the third day, the fourth day, the fifth day, five days in a row, no one went up to the second floor, at this time the capital knows chess and understands, these thirty people chess skills are extraordinary.

So those who participated in the edict began to go up, and a small number of them went to the second floor, but they only went up to the second floor, and in the end they were not able to go up to the third floor.

After Lin Duowen waited for them to fail, he specifically asked them for a chess game, and gave Shi Budo a special study, and after Shi Budo read it, he told Lin Duowen that although he was not 100% sure that he was going to the third floor, he was still 70% sure.

Lin Duowen said that their goal was not to go up to the third floor, but to outperform Xiuce.

Shi Budo said that he had not seen Xiuce play chess and did not know his chess style, which was completely unsure.

Lin Duowen said that he could wait, and now that the chess players continue to enter the capital, naturally someone can go up to the third floor.

Shi Budo told Lin Duowen that this has to go up to the third floor, except for the edict of chess, I am afraid it will be difficult.

Lin Duowen asked Shi Budo to calm down for a while, this matter can be done slowly.

Sure enough, on the seventh day, a chess player made a move, and he naturally went to the second floor, and after a hard battle, he won with half an eye and went up to the third floor.

This time, someone specially placed a game on the big chessboard downstairs to show everyone how the victory and defeat were.

After the top went down, someone whispered downstairs and told the location below.

Lin Duowen and Shi Budo arrived here, and they blended in the crowd without attracting the attention of others.

The two of them played seventy hands, and they were evenly matched, and the people downstairs were naturally very happy when they saw this situation, thinking that this time the chess edict was going to win.

But at the seventy-eighth move, Xiu Ce took a strange move, and everyone was puzzled, and Shi Budo lost his mind and said: "It's not good, I'll lose the edict." ”

There was a person who spoke at the same time as Shi Budo, Lin Duowen looked at the person, this person can be described as ragged, and there is no place on his body without mud, like a beggar.

Lin Duowen walked over and asked, "Your Excellency, why don't you move and watch chess together." ”

The man looked at Lin Duowen and sneered: "I, a little beggar, if I stand next to Xianggong, won't I embarrass Xianggong." ”

"What's so embarrassing, this chess player only has the difference between winning and losing, and there is no difference between superior and inferior."

When the man heard Lin Duo say this, he had some doubts, and then said, "Your Excellency really doesn't mind me standing next to Your Excellency?" ”

Lin Duo smiled and stood beside the beggar, who didn't say anything, staring at the chessboard.

Sure enough, the situation of waiting for the edict took a turn for the worse, and Xiuce launched an offensive, killing the edict one after another, and finally didn't even close the game, admitting defeat in the middle game.

When the edict came down, his face was pale, and the envoy of the Xuanwu Kingdom stepped forward, comforted the edict, and said that he would set up a banquet to entertain the edict.

When the edict refused, he said that he was a little tired and was ready to go back to rest.

After the edict left, everyone realized that it was as difficult as climbing to heaven to take this silver.

So everyone dispersed, and Lin Duowen made a gesture of invitation, and said to the beggar: "Brother Tai, can you enjoy the light, go to the contemptible place to sit down, and drink a cup of tea." ”

The beggar nodded, and after Lin Duo smelled it, the carriage waiting outside hurriedly stepped forward, and after getting into the carriage, Lin Duowen asked what this person's surname was.

"Xiaosheng Liu Shufu, I don't know what this prime minister is called?"

Lin Duowen said his name and surname, and after Liu Shufu heard it, he was surprised and said, "Master Hou, it's a small faux pas." ”

"No need to be polite, Brother Liu's chess skills are good, this time is also in response to the edict?"

Hearing this, Liu Shufu couldn't help but tell what had happened with resentment.

Liu Shufu is a person from Longyou Mansion, and his chess skills are also outstanding among them, but because Liu Shufu is not attached to the powerful, he has always been down.

After this edict was issued, Liu Shufu also recommended himself, but the magistrate refused to recommend Liu Shufu because he had no backstage, so Liu Shufu could only come to the capital alone to see if there was a chance to enter the chess academy.

When Lin Duo heard this, he sighed and said that the saint has always wanted to select the virtuous and the able, but when he came to this place, he repeatedly failed to fulfill the saint's will.

Liu Shufu said yes, how many talents, if they don't have a good background, they will not have the opportunity to be promoted.

Lin Duowen didn't want to say anything, and when he arrived at home, he asked Liu Shufu to wash up, change into new clothes, and have lunch.

After lunch, Liu Shufu and Shi Budo began to play against each other, these two can be said to meet good talents, chess opponents, and they are very happy to kill.

In the end, the two ended in a draw, and Shi Budo said that if he met Liu Shufu in the past, he could only fail the way.

Liu Shufu said that this game was conceded by Shi Budo, and he should have lost.

Lin Duowen smiled and said that there was no big problem with the outcome between them, as long as they could beat Xiuce.

Hearing this name, the two of them looked serious, and Shi Budo said to Lin Duowen: "Master Hou, as far as today's game is concerned, my chances of winning are less than thirty percent. ”

Liu Shufu said that he was the same, unless Xiuce made a stupid move, then he still had a chance.

Seeing that the two of them had no confidence, Lin Duowen was a little embarrassed, and asked them if they needed any help, and if he could help them, he would definitely help.

The two said that there was no way, this chess power could not be flown in a day or two, if it was a year later, the two of them were confident that with the help of Lin Duowen, they would be better than Xiuce.