The content of the third assessment quickly spread throughout Qufu City, and is spreading throughout the vassal states at an even faster speed. Confucian leader Yan Ziyuan will play against Xu Xiaoli, the winner of the second round of chess.

This news shook all countries, and for a while, the eyes of the world were focused on this small and small Qufu City.

And in Xianyang, Qin State, the young King of Qin sat in the study with a somewhat gloomy look, and there were three cronies of the court standing beside him.

The young man Gan Mao looked at the two colleagues on the left and right, the young general Li Xin was silent as always, the last Wu Kui rebellion was actually an opportunity for the King of Qin to help him ascend the throne, but there were changes, the princes changed frequently, and Bai Lang of the Tiger Prison Pass became the one who was lost, and there would be no major war for a while, and it was impossible to help him ascend to the throne in the short term. Zheng Qingsong, who was standing on the other side, had a very good relationship with Gan Mao, and the experience of the two in their official careers was very different, Gan Mao became famous at a young age, and his career was prosperous, but Zheng Qingsong worked hard for many years, and finally climbed to his current position.

Bai Lang is currently the common political enemy of the three of them, which is understandable, but if Bai Lang is dismissed one day, who should govern the DPRK and China? Gan Mao's vision is very long-term, in his vision, if the DPRK wants to gain a foothold, there must be an ally in the military circles, and this ally is undoubtedly Li Xin.

The silent three people all lowered their heads, their minds were uncertain, they all understood the reason why King Qin summoned the three of them this time, the leader of Confucianism, Yan Ziyuan, and Xu Xiaoli of Liucheng Academy played against each other, and the news had already spread to the court. Compared with Gan Mao and Zheng Qingsong, Li Xin is much calmer, he is now the commander of the forbidden army, responsible for the personal safety of King Qin, political affairs, and he doesn't have to worry about it.

King Qin looked at the three people who bowed their heads, and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "The scale of the scholar group sent this time is unprecedented, and even Fang Xiangguo's only son has been dispatched, but in exchange for such a result, don't you have anything to say?" ”

In the eyes of many vassal states, the Qin State was bound to win this Confucian event, but unexpectedly, a student from a small academy in the country was born. After paying so much effort but ending up in vain, it is no wonder that King Qin is angry.

Zheng Qingsong raised his head, looked at the young King Qin, and said, "Yan Ziyuan wants to find an heir, and where this heir comes from is the most important thing. ”

King Qin asked, "What does Doctor Zheng mean?" ”

Zheng Qingsong continued: "What my country has done in the past 20 years has long violated the dogma of Confucianism. Although Yan Ziyuan didn't say it, he would never choose to accept a disciple of my Great Qin as a closed disciple, let alone inherit the mantle. ”

King Qin took a deep breath, and there was some fierceness in his eyes: "In that case, why didn't you say it when you were discussing it in the court earlier?" ”

Zheng Qingsong didn't seem to be afraid of King Qin's anger, and said bluntly without being humble or arrogant: "Fang Xiangguo is very insistent in the court, and Qingsong people are humble and light, and it is not good to speak out against it. In addition, the expansion of the scale of the scholar group can be regarded as a statement to the princes that our country is still a believer in Confucianism. ”

King Qin frowned and said, "Listening to what Doctor Zheng means, do you think that the current position of Doctor Shang is too low?" There are nine doctors under Xiangguo, you Zheng Qingsong are among them, you are humble and light-hearted! Hehe! ”

Gan Mao saw that King Qin's anger came up, and hurriedly rounded the field: "The king is angry, the matter has failed now, and it is too late to hold him accountable." There is a very interesting thing here, and I don't know if the king is willing to listen. ”

King Qin calmed down his anger a little, glared at Zheng Qingsong, and asked, "Doctor Gan, please speak." ”

Gan Mao said slowly: "Before the start of this conference, one of Yan Ziyuan's disciples came out of the school, and now he is traveling to various countries, if he can take it into his pocket, he can also stop the loss a little. ”

King Qin asked with some confusion: "Yan Ziyuan still has disciples who have not yet graduated?" ”

Gan Mao was a little embarrassed, and said with a little amusement: "Don't say that it is the king, in fact, including the ministers, I was also puzzled when I heard about it just now, it stands to reason that the thirty-six disciples of Yan Ziyuan have already been born in various countries, and there should be no left." But in fact, there is a person who has been under Yanziyuan's door for more than 30 years. This person's name is Min Qiu, and he entered Yan Ziyuan's sect at the age of not being confused, practiced for 30 years, and only recently got Yan Ziyuan's permission to become a teacher. Because the practice time is too long, many Confucian students laugh at him for being Min Laoru. ”

King Qin frowned: "Gan Mao, according to what you said, this person is now over seventy years old, recruiting such an old man into my court, wouldn't it make other princes laugh at our country?" ”

Gan Mao scratched his head in embarrassment and said: "The other princes also have the same idea as the king, and there are even rumors that he was expelled from the division because his ideas did not agree with Yan Ziyuan, so for the time being, no princes are willing to recruit him." But there is a very strange place here, Yan Ziyuan has always had an excellent temper, and he advocates education without class, and in his later years, his temper is more docile, and he wants to be expelled from the school, how much fault did Min Qiu make? Therefore, Chen boldly guessed that not only was Min Qiu expelled from the school, but on the contrary, the past thirty years were Yan Ziyuan's tempering of him. ”

King Qin nodded and said softly: "Since this is the case, this matter will be followed up by you, if you are really talented, it is okay to recruit into the court." ”

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Lu Guo, Qufu.

When he heard that the next round was still a game of chess, Chen Ziyou was only slightly surprised at first, but when he heard the opponent he was about to face, he was really startled.

Yan Ziyuan is the first person in the Chinese chess world, and there are countless people who want to sit and discuss with him, but it is a great honor to really be able to sit down and play against him, even for many national players.

Yan Ziyuan ascended to the top of the chess world at the age of 40, and then created the first nineteen chessboards, which in the eyes of the Go world, this is a handiwork that will surely be remembered for eternity. And it was such a god-like character who took the initiative to play against Xu Xiaoli.

Chen Ziyou was lying on the bed, closing his eyes and pondering, and at this moment, there was a knock on the door.

Chen Ziyou frowned, sat up, and walked to the door.

Fang Wenlong looked at Chen Ziyou with a smile on his face, the previous failure didn't seem to have dealt him too much blow: "Brother Xu, don't you invite me in to sit down?" “

Chen Ziyou didn't know what Fang Wenlong was doing here, so he turned sideways slightly and made a gesture of please.

The two sat down, and Fang Wenlong took the lead in speaking: "First of all, congratulations to Brother Xu for winning the first place in this conference, after that, I think all the vassal states will hear about your reputation." ”

Chen Zi said angrily: "Lucky to win Brother Fang, why bother?" But I don't know what happened to classmate Fang here this time? ”

Fang Wenlong put away his smile and said with some envy: "Wenlong is not good at learning and art, and he is convinced to lose." This time, I came here because I wanted to remind Mr. Xu. ”

Chen Ziyou looked at Fang Wenlong and didn't speak quietly.

Fang Wenlong was stunned for a moment, and then smiled awkwardly: "In terms of this qi cultivation kung fu alone, Wenlong can't compare to it." I said straight to the point, Xu will play directly against Mr. Yan in the next round, Mr. Yan's reputation in the chess world, I think Brother Xu has already heard of it. ”

Chen Ziyou nodded lightly and said, "The first nineteen chessboards, dominating the chess world for fifty years." ”

"So does Brother Xu know about Mr. Yan's chess style?"

Chen Ziyou shook his head: "Mr. Yan doesn't have many chess games. ”

Fang Wenlong said: "That's right, Mr. Yan is famous in the chess world, but he became famous very early, and the game games handed down are naturally rare. The three major schools of chess in the Great Zhou Dynasty, the style school is represented by the style of Yan Guoguo, this school is the most supporter, the chess style is extremely strange, the layout is wonderful, the sky is dark in the middle game, and it is often not until the end to get a glimpse of the whole picture. The mountain faction is represented by Qi Guotian Dayou, and the chess style is steady, so Tian Dayou has the title of immovable like a mountain. And this third school is represented by Mr. Yan, Mr. Yan is a unity, twenty years when Feng Zizi just became famous, the gimmicks in the market said to replace Mr. Yan's position in the chess world, and then Feng Zizi went to Qufu, and Mr. Yan played ten games, which took three months, and finally only one game, and the remaining nine games were all lost. Later, someone asked Feng Zizai's feelings after the game for a few months, and Feng Zizai said that he and Mr. Yan were evenly matched, and the layout was difficult to see. Someone asked, why did Feng Zizai lose nine out of ten games, and Feng Zizi only left four words 'invincible'. ”

The end is invincible.

Chen Ziyou pondered these four words repeatedly.

Fang Wenlong continued: "It's really difficult to evaluate Mr. Yan's chess style, my family background Brother Xu must know something. My father is also a national player of Daqin, and he has practiced under Mr. Yan, and I am fortunate to have played a few games with Mr. Yan, and naturally there is no victory, but it is just a few games, my father has expanded it by virtue of his memory, and the chess game has been collected at home. ”

After saying that, Fang Wenlong took out a few pieces of paper from his arms and handed them to Chen Ziyou.

Chen Ziyou took it and spread it out on the table.

The two looked at the chess game on the paper together, Chen Ziyou looked at it for a long time, and said, "In this first game, your father should have been a teenager at that time, right?" ”

Fang Wenlong was stunned for a moment, and then said with some reverence: "Brother Xu has good eyesight!" It's just a moment to guess that yes, my father practiced under Mr. Yan at the age of nine, and this game of chess was played by my father and Mr. Yan when he was fifteen years old. But I don't know how Brother Xu can see it? ”

Chen Ziyou smiled, pointed to a few moves in the chess game and said: "These moves are too naïve, and some of them are taken for granted. ”

Fang Wenlong looked at the few moves he pointed to puzzled, he had been exposed to this chess game since he was a child, and every move could be said to be remembered in his heart, but he never felt that there was anything wrong with these moves.