When Fang Guohuan heard this, he said in his heart: "It turned out that they were two guests who stayed overnight, but they also had such a chess interest. Suddenly, he was surprised: "These two people say that they will play chess, and they don't put a cloth on the table, but they use their mouths to talk about the number of paths on the chessboard, is it a game of blind chess?" When I listened carefully, I heard that the two people next door continued to talk about the chess road with their mouths, and they were about to go, as if they were on the verge of a match.

There are ten horizontal and vertical on this pattern, and what the two people said is subject to the horizontal first and the vertical last, such as three? Three, seven? The position of the chessboard was indicated, and the conversation was false, but it was not chaotic.

Fang Guochuan was surprised at this time and said: "I have heard that there are masters in chess who can memorize the chess path strongly, but they can become blind chess, and the complex changes in this game of Go are sometimes confused by the people who play against them, I don't know how these two people can play the blind moves on Go so smoothly?" After listening carefully for a while, Fang Guolian was particularly surprised, the two people next door talked about each other, responded to each other, and killed in the middle of the game, Fang Guolian's chess reached the realm, and he heard the chess path of the two people clearly, and from the chess situation arranged by these two people, they were two rare masters.

At this time, Dan Wen said: "Am I this one to seven? How about the thirteenth place to eat tightly? The other person pondered for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Brother Liu is also too greedy, how can I let you go to that place lightly? Fang Guolian said secretly: "This is a wonderful hand, and I will also respond to this position." Guowen The previous person was slightly surprised: "Siege Wei to save Zhao!" I didn't expect to slow down here, but you grabbed the first move and lost! It's a loss! There was some remorse in his words.

Fang Guochuan sighed at this time: "The chess strength of these two people has reached the realm of big chess, this blind chess move is really incredible, thanks to my chess realm, I can barely understand it, even if Jian Liang and I try to play this blind chess method, we can't walk as freely as the two of them, but it's also strange, how did the two of them achieve this kind of chess?" ”

At this time, the two people in the next room finished a game of blind chess, and the previous person lost a glance and a half, and then the two laughed, no longer spoke, and immediately became silent, obviously resting. Fang Guohuan said respectfully: "Such a chess master can't be ignorant, it's late at night, it's inconvenient to disturb each other, let's go and see you tomorrow morning." ”

I am afraid that the two of them got up early and left, and missed each other, Fang Guohuan stayed awake all night, and waited until the sky was getting brighter, when he heard the sound of the two people getting up and talking next door, Fang Guohuan hurriedly straightened his clothes, went out of the room, came to the door next door, coughed lightly, knocked on the door, and said, "Are the two seniors up?" The younger generation Fang Guolian asked to see. ”

I heard someone in the room say, "Your Excellency, did you go to the wrong door?" We have no acquaintances here, and we do not know Your Excellency. Fang Guohuan hurriedly said: "The junior is a passer-by guest who stayed in the store last night, and he lives next door. Because it was late last night, I didn't dare to disturb it, and I beg to see you this morning. The people in the house heard the way: "It turns out that he is also a good chess player, the door is not latched, come in." Fang Guochuan was overjoyed when he heard this, so he pushed open the door and walked in gently.

This room is divided into two beds, east and west, and at this time there is an old man sitting at each end, his eyes are level, and he does not pay attention to Fang Guohuan who came in. Fang Guohuan was stunned at first, and then realized: "Ashamed! It turned out to be two blind old men. Then he bowed and said, "I've seen two seniors." ”

At this time, the old man on the east bed said: "Your Excellency is a chess person, you don't need to be polite, we two old people chatted last night, and the voice was a little louder, but it made you noisy, right?" Fang Guohuan hurriedly said: "The two seniors are easy to 'hand talk' for 'oral warfare', don't give birth to a wonderful realm, and the chess power is so high that it is difficult to find in the world, which makes the younger generations admire it. ”

When the two old men heard this, their expressions moved, and the old man on the west bed was surprised: "Last night, the two of us responded with oral chess, can Your Excellency understand from beginning to end?" ”

Fang Guochuan said: "Although the two seniors used their mouths to show the chess move, but it is as clear as playing on the table, which is amazing, and the younger generations try their best to listen and think, so that they can barely keep up with the progress of the chess situation, especially the two seniors in the seventy-three and one hundred and twenty-four chess, they are clever moves, and today, there are few chess players who can make it." ”

When the two old men heard this, they were all surprised, and the old man on the east bed was stunned and said: "This kind of blind chess skill, except for the two of us old decay, if the others do not show it on the chessboard while listening, it is difficult to know the changes on the chess path after thirty moves, so it seems that Your Excellency is a master of chess, disrespectful!" Disrespectful! He arched his hand as he spoke.

Fang Guochuan also bowed to himself and said: "The seniors have won the award, and the younger generations have been obsessed with this way since childhood, so they are familiar with its changes, but this blind battle technique is the first time in life, and it is difficult to listen to it, not as smooth as the two predecessors, by the way, I dare to ask the two seniors with their surnames." ”

The old man on the east bed responded: "Since Your Excellency is a chess person, it is inconvenient for us to hide our own name and surname, and the old man Liu Anshun is." The old man on the west bed said, "The old man is the king." When Fang Guohuan heard this, he hurriedly said respectfully: "It turned out to be Senior Liu and Senior Wang, and it is a blessing for the younger generation to meet today." ”

Fang Guochuan then said: "The art of blind battle is really a must, the ever-changing chessboard, even those who are on the verge are sometimes obsessed with themselves, and the two seniors can memorize the chess path and play the game verbally, which is really incredible, I don't know how to learn it?" Besides......"

Fang Guolian saw that Liu Anshun and Wang Fazhi were blind and couldn't see things, and he was especially curious how the two of them knew about the changes in chess.

At this time, Liu Anshun said: "This blind battle of chess, only the two of us in the world can go through and deserve it, since it was accidentally listened to by Your Excellency, and can understand it, it should be fate, it doesn't hurt to talk about it." The two of us are good, because they like the elegance of chess, they often play games for fun, and they become addicted to it for a long time, and they don't want to stop, and the work of the day is spent on chess. Thirty years ago, the two of us were in a game when we got to the top of our game, forgetting the day and night, and I don't know how many games we had played together, so that we ran out of energy and blinded our eyes. When Fang Guochuan heard this, he was taken aback and said: "It turns out that the eyes of the two seniors are tired in chess!" ”

Liu Anshun continued: "The disuse of my eyes made the two of us very painful at that time, if we can't play chess again in this life, life will be boring." In addition to grief, the two of us comforted each other, tried to show the chess path orally, laid out the layout, and played blind chess. ”

Fang Guolian was secretly surprised: "These two people don't want to play chess, and they are so good at chess that it is really difficult to find in the world, and it is also convincing." Wang Fazhi said lightly at this time: "The ever-changing chess situation, it is really difficult to remember very much on the chess road, in the first year, the brain is chaotic, can not be a game, but the two of us insist on achieving the blind chess method, for a long time, the chess road is familiar, the mind is calm and the brain is clear, slowly seem to put the chessboard in the brain as clear, black and white chess is imaginative, especially able to take care of the overall situation, know the beginning and the end, can be described as the heart, the brain into its image." ”

Liu Anshun sighed and said: "This kind of blind chess oral game has been learned by the two of us, fighting casually, walking in response, since the chess cloth, the game is much easier, no matter sitting and lying down, you can become a chess game, and respond to it, for 30 years, it is endless." Wang Fazhi smiled bitterly at this time: "Things in the world, good and bad are indistinguishable, although we were tired and blind in chess, but we unexpectedly achieved this kind of stunt, one loss and one gain, but there are such benefits." ”

Liu Anshun said: "I can't see everything, my mood is not disturbed, and I can be more dedicated in chess, my two chess strength is very long, much higher than before, and I have experienced the fun of chess at a higher level, and I have no regrets in this life." After speaking, Liu Anshun and Wang Fazhi's faces flashed with gratifying smiles, showing infinite happiness.

Fang Guochuan knew that Liu Anshun and Wang Fazhi had reached the realm of big chess because they had been practicing blind chess for many years, and they had more respect than the world's famous masters, and they exclaimed at the moment: "The two predecessors dedicated themselves to chess and learned the art of blind chess, which is to add a unique skill to chess, and should make the chess people respectful." ”

Liu Anshun said: "Chess is the art, elegant and wonderful, the body and mind are not devoted, it is difficult to appreciate its different realm, although there are many people in the world who are good at this way, but it is a vassal elegance, leisure time is just fun, although there are people with their clear minds and wisdom, cultivation temperament, but also only regard chess as a kind of 'small art', so there are few people who have obtained its mystery in ancient and modern times." ”

Wang Fazhi continued: "The wonder of chess lies in the fact that all kinds of changes between yin and yang can show the truth of everything, and Ming chess is the Ming world, which is how many chess players are obsessed with it and can't know." Your Excellency's voice is clear, although the old man does not know your face, but when Your Excellency just came in, he and I felt particularly strong in chess, and the cultivation of chess should be above the two of us, so I stated everything to repay the feeling of knowing each other. ”

Liu Anshun said: "The two of us have been blind for many years, and we perceive everything around us with our own minds, which is more real and real than what ordinary people see with their eyes. The two of us have fun at chess, and never play against others, because it is difficult to find good players in the world, and there is no one who can speak against blind chess. I met you by chance today, and I can understand my blind chess skills, which really makes the two of us feel gratified. After that, Liu An was silent with Wang Fazhi. Fang Guochuan sighed with emotion, and also bowed down and retired.

Back in the room, Fang Guochuan sighed to himself: "I didn't expect that when I returned to Jiangnan, I was fortunate to meet such a master of chess, and I appreciated this kind of blind chess method, and the chess path is extensive. Thinking about the murderous ghost chess of the national eunuch Li Ruchuan, the kind of Three Kingdoms chess that three people walked together when they happened overseas, and the rumored palace chess of the Wu Ma clan that used yin and yang to calculate all the chess paths, they are all strange methods of chess, and this change is really incredible. Master once said, 'Chess player, Tao also.' 'Enlightenment of chess is what chess players are pursuing. ”