The ten-day exam is very tight in terms of time arrangement, and the candidates who passed the first round of written exams were just announced yesterday, and the second round of exams will start today.

Qufu City is still very lively, especially in the examination room, which is more lively than yesterday.

The 72 colleges recruit candidates from other places, not only those who have passed the first round of written examinations, but also some candidates who have excelled in the written examinations, if they are selected by the deans, will still have the opportunity to study in the 72 colleges. Therefore, no candidate will choose to leave directly, but continue to stay in the city.

And the content of today's assessment is indeed beyond everyone's expectations.

Chess.

Playing chess, also known as hand talk, is quite popular among literati and scholars, and Confucianism has always advocated that piano, chess, calligraphy and painting should be specialized, and it is also not expected to be infamous as a poor scholar after studying hard for ten years.

Many of the candidates are actually good at Go, but there are also those who are not good at it, so when they heard the content of the second round of assessment, 88 candidates who were able to carry out the second round of assessment were some with happy faces, and some were sad.

In order to consider the perception of the audience, the seventy-two academies set up a huge chessboard in front of each table where the game was played, and each move of the chess players would be updated on the board in time.

Fang Wenlong stood beside Chen Ziyou and said, "I really didn't expect that the content of this assessment would be this. ”

Chen Ziyou smiled lightly and said, "It's quite interesting." ”

After getting along in the past few days, Chen Ziyou's impression of Fang Wenlong has changed slightly, this person does not seem to be as arrogant and domineering as he imagined, and he is indeed proficient in Confucianism.

Fang Wenlong asked with a smile: "Looking at Brother Xu's reaction, it seems that he is quite confident in this assessment." ”

Chen Ziyou smiled but didn't answer, Fang Wenlong was also used to Chen Ziyou's style, and arched his fist with a smile: "The exam is about to start, I wish Brother Xu success." ”

Chen Ziyou also arched his fist and found a place to sit down.

Eighty-eight candidates sit down at random, randomly select their opponents, and play the first round, while the winner of the adjacent table competes in the second round.

As an intellectual sport, Go is deeply loved by the majority of people, from the princes and officials to the common people in the market, there are people who play chess when they have nothing to do.

Some people with extremely superb chess skills are known as national players, and they can even ask for an official position in China, and they are often passed into the palace by the lord of the country to play.

And to talk about the most famous national player in the Lu country, it is the Confucian leader Yan Ziyuan, who is said to have not tasted a defeat in 60 years, and has been awarded the title of "chess saint" in the chess world, and has the title of a hundred victorious chess players. There are also many game scores between Yan Ziyuan and other national players, which are admired and emulated by many chess players.

Chen Ziyou sat down very confidently, waiting for an opponent, the sport of Go, he had been in contact with his father since he was a child, and after coming to the era of new civilization, he also played a lot of games with monarchs. Even Zhongshan Bo and King Wei praised Chen Ziyou's deep chess strength and the style of a national player.

What's more, in this era, there are thousands of famous chess games in Chen Ziyou's mind? How can these Confucian scholars be matched?

But after Chen Ziyou sat down, he waited for a long time, and still did not wait for the opponent, he looked around with some wonder, many chess tables have already started, and even some fast players have already played to the middle game, which is the tense and intense moment.

Fang Wenlong, who is not far away, is also in the same situation as Chen Ziyou, Fang Wenlong's family history, and his father Fang Xiaoru is also a national player of the Qin State, not to mention that he won the first place in the first round of written exams, no wonder no one dares to choose him as an opponent.

Fang Wenlong sighed lightly, as if he had guessed this result, he was very helpless, glanced at Chen Ziyou from a distance, and smiled.

The chief examiner in charge of the invigilation was Luo Zhongzheng, the dean of Haoran Academy, who saw that there were still many chess tables without opponents on the field, and after looking at a few candidates standing in the corner, he came over with some anger and said angrily: "Why don't you sit down?" ”

When several candidates saw Luo Zhongzheng, they were startled by his angry shout, and had to reluctantly walk to the chess table.

One of the candidates quickened his pace, trotted to Chen Ziyou's chess table, sat down, and breathed a long sigh of relief.

Chen Ziyou saw that the opponent had finally come, and arched his fist and said, "Xu Xiaoli of Liucheng Academy." ”

The candidate glanced up at Chen Ziyou, and said with some disdain: "Handan Academy, Zhao Changcheng." ”

Chen Ziyou didn't pay attention to Zhao Changcheng's expression, just picked up a chess piece in his hand and prepared to throw it to the chessboard.

Zhao Changcheng said impatiently: "No need, you go first!" ”

Chen Ziyou retracted his hand in mid-air, smiled, put the chess pieces back into the chess jar, and gently picked up a black chess piece and played it on the chessboard.

Chen Ziyou is the first hand, and the star position in the upper left corner of the fall.

Zhao Changcheng was stunned for a moment, but it was not Chen Ziyou's first hand of chess, the first hand of the star position, it was a very conventional start, it can be said to be unpretentious, it can also be said that there is no novelty, but it is absolutely impossible to find fault. What surprised Zhao Changcheng was Chen Ziyou's technique, whether it was to grab the chess piece with his thumb and index finger, and then hand the chess piece between the index finger and the middle finger, and finally land, the whole process was done in one go, which is a very good-looking technique.

But this did not make Zhao Changcheng completely change his impression of Chen Ziyou, the first hand to fall into the star position, this is the habit of many beginners, in fact, among the contemporary national players, except for Tian Dayou, the national player of Qi State, has such a habit, the vast majority of national players have given up the method of falling into the star position.

Zhao Changcheng shook his head, smiled disdainfully, and put Bai Zi on Erer.

This two-two move made many people who were playing chess on the field shake their heads in unison.

Obviously, it was definitely not a good move, but after all, it was just the beginning, and the audience didn't say much.

On the contrary, Chen Ziyou was stunned by this hand, and the sunspot he had just picked up was suspended in the air for more than a minute, and he did not choose to fall.

Zhao Changcheng shook his head more and more impatiently, as if he looked down on this poor boy from a poor rural place.

Chen Ziyou pursed his lips, and finally shogi fell, and it was placed in the upper right corner of the star.

Zhao Changcheng continued to fall, two two.

Chen Ziyou still insists on the star position.

After such a few hands, Zhao Changcheng stopped first, frowned, and fell into two or two, which is a very provocative move, Zhao Changcheng used to fall so badly, many chess players will choose to fight head-on, but because they lose in the later calculations, they often lose. Chen Ziyou's disregarding style made Zhao Changcheng a little unexpected.

Successively fell two hands and two two, seeing that Chen Ziyou's third hand still fell on the star position, Zhao Changcheng finally stopped playing two or two, Chen Ziyou had already seized the upper left, upper right, and lower left three hand star positions, and Zhao Changcheng had to occupy the lower right star position with the third hand.

Chen Ziyou sneered in his heart.

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In other games, especially Fang Wenlong's table, which attracted the most attention, the young man sitting opposite Fang Wenlong was sweating profusely and his brows were tightly locked.

But in fact, this game had only started for a short time, and the confrontation between the two sides was mainly concentrated in the upper right corner of the chessboard, even so, the young man sitting opposite Fang Wenlong looked a little overwhelmed.

Fang Wenlong's family history, his father Fang Xiaoru is the right minister of the Qin State, and the reputation of Nuoda plus the first score in the written examination is understandable, not only the spectators outside the court, but even the deans of several colleges have gathered outside this big chessboard, paying attention to this game.

About 20 minutes later, the young man opposite Fang Wenlong raised and closed the hand of the chess, and after a few rounds of repeating, he finally lost, and the chess game had just entered the middle game, and Fang Wenlong's white chess had won a big victory.

Fang Wenlong smiled and saluted: "Accept." ”

The young man was still convinced by the victory and defeat this time, and he also replied: "Thank you for your advice." ”

The spectators outside the stadium are a little unsatisfied, the advantage of the white son is too great, but the opposite black son has no power to fight back, it is a completely crushing situation, no wonder the spectators feel that it is not enjoyable.

On the contrary, several deans nodded after reading it, although the young chess strength of the game with Fang Wenlong is not good, but it is also extremely stable, it is not a simple matter to quickly defeat such an opponent, but Fang Wenlong can defeat the opponent in just half an hour, and the depth of chess power is enough to imagine.