Chapter 44: Chess and Painting

"The second round of the competition begins. The content of the competition is chess, the chess player, can best reflect a person's deep thinking and foresight, but also the most can see a person's sense of planning, people who can really play chess, do not count the gains and losses of the moment, will only plan carefully, in the end to the opponent a fatal blow. Ladies and gentlemen, come on! The old eunuch punctually announced that the game was about to begin, and then retreated back to his previous position.

The waiter soon came up to prepare the things that everyone needed to play chess, and the people on the stage also drew lots and found their opponents, this time Bai Li Jin's opponent was a son of a family, that person had also noticed Bai Li Jin's performance before, and now he saw that his opponent was him, and he couldn't help but mention the spirit of twelve points, even if he couldn't win Bai Li Jin, at least don't lose so badly.

Bai Lijin still looked very calm, as if nothing could attract his attention, and the competition in front of him didn't mean anything to him.

"Baili Gongzi, please advise." The son of the family picked up the black chess piece and dropped the first piece, and everyone in the audience was secretly sighing that Baili Jin missed the opportunity, but the main owner fell into the black chess without care, and there was almost no thinking in the middle. At this time, everyone in the audience sighed louder, and it was okay if someone seized the opportunity, then Bai Lijin didn't even think about it and fell directly, this competition, I'm afraid it will be hanging. Go requires patience and meticulousness the most, but Bai Li Jin's casual appearance does not look like he can play Go at all, but his opponent looks much more stable.

When the prince of the family saw Baili Jin's movements, his brows wrinkled invisibly, but he didn't have much amplitude, he just said softly, "Baili Gongzi, Go requires great patience, it seems a little unreasonable for you to do this." ”

"It doesn't matter, we have different teachers, and it's normal to play chess differently, just play at your own pace." Bai Li Jin said very quickly, the people who got off the stage no longer want to watch the competition between the two, according to Bai Li Jin's appearance, this competition will definitely lose. Bai Li Jin wished that everyone's eyes were no longer on his body, so that he could observe his little girl's expression, and the little girl who had just rested looked at him with a look that made him a little flustered, compared to the competition, he now wanted to know what the little girl was doing.

Lin Muzi noticed his scouting, stared at him, and asked him to have a good competition, Bai Lijin sat there as if he didn't see it, and kept laughing. Looking down, Bai Li Jin saw Lin Muzi eat the pastries on the plate at all, thinking about whether Lin Muzi came without even eating breakfast, as soon as this idea came out, he was a little unhappy with the current competition, according to the convention, you must wait for the four rounds of competition to end before you can leave Genting and go home, as for eating, it is even more impossible, except for a few officials around the pastries as decorations, the whole Genting has nothing else to eat except tea, Bai Lijin is a little distressed Lin Muzi's hungry stomach, Secretly speeding up the speed of his competition, before he wanted to slowly exhaust the patience of this prince, but now it seems that it can't be done, his Muzi is hungry.

The rules of the chess test are that as long as you end the competition with your opponent, you can go to the other person who won to continue the competition, knowing that there is only one person left. Bai Li Jin quickly ended the chess game in front of him, and saw that someone on the other side had finished the competition, so he quickly walked over and continued the competition.

"This Genting competition is fast, I think that little student is very good!" There was an official next to him and Prime Minister Lin Cheng talking again, Lin Muzi followed the official's line of sight, saw that it was Bai Lijin, and began to listen carefully to what his father was going to say.

Prime Minister Lin Cheng glanced at Baili Jin twice, and then laughed, "It's very good, this is Bai Li Jin, the owner of Baili Commercial Bank, a genius in the sky, not only has amazing business ability, but even literature is not bad at all, I remember that his godfather, who was the owner of Baili Commercial Bank before the name change, was the first in the Genting competition in which year, and the children taught by that person will not be bad!" ”

The person who was talking to Prime Minister Lin touched his beard, and he also looked like a memory, "Yes, his godfather was really amazing and glamorous at that time, at that time it was the first time I hosted this Genting competition, and I met such a character, and I have no regrets in this life!" I remember that when that person participated in the Genting competition, he was sixteen or how much, and he was still a little older than this Baili boy! ”

"It's sixteen." Prime Minister Lin Cheng took his words, "But I was still with the emperor at that time, and I didn't see such an amazing character!" Prime Minister Lin Cheng said with emotion.

The official also sighed, "It's a pity, that person participated in such a Genting competition, and then refused to participate in it, it was still a big regret in the world at that time!" That person is also affectionate, two months after the death of his wife, he also followed, not to mention the untimely death, and there are no children under his knees, so Bai Lijin, a godson, helps him guard this huge business house. Speaking of which, Bai Li Jin's child is also strange and pitiful, so long ago he had to crawl and roll by himself, and he would be pushed into the abyss if he was not careful, Bai Li Jin can have today's achievements, and that person has a spirit in the sky to bless him! ”

Prime Minister Lin nodded and stopped talking. The official also stopped talking and looked at the rest of the audience. Because the chess test ended too quickly, Prime Minister Lin Cheng had just ordered the painting test to be advanced to this meeting, and the waiters on the stage were preparing what they needed for the competition, and everyone participating in the competition also took advantage of this meeting to adjust their state. It was Lin Muzi who was curious about what kind of person Bai Lijin's godfather was.

"Because the second round ended early, the third round was advanced." The old eunuch stood on the stage on time again, "The content of the third round of the competition is the painting test, which can not only reflect a person's aesthetics, but also improve personal cultivation. In addition, the presence of poetry in paintings is also a great experience of painting spirituality. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the penultimate round of the competition, so please come on. ”

As soon as the old eunuch's official words were finished, the people below had already spread out the edict and were ready to paint. In order to ensure the fairness of this competition, all the things needed to paint are prepared by the officials who preside over the Genting competition, and everyone's things are the same, and there will be no unfairness, but those who are used to using good things are slightly dissatisfied with this, feeling that these things are too bad to show their true skills.

From the beginning of the painting test, the attention of the audience was on Bai Li Jin's body, and everyone thought that he couldn't play chess in the last game, but the result was that he ended the whole game early, so when the painting test began, everyone in the audience began to be curious about what Bai Li Jin planned to draw. The people in the audience were curious, but the main owner was looking around, as if this was not a competition, until someone was almost halfway through the painting, and Bai Lijin began to write. Bai Lijin's movements were extremely fast, and the things he drew were as if they had been sketched in his mind thousands of times, without stopping to think at all. Even the coloring is done in one go, without pause at all, and in this way, it is much faster than those who are still thinking carefully.

By the time everyone reacted, the three pillars of incense had already passed, and when the time for the painting test was up, everyone had to stop writing. Some of the people who hadn't finished painting also put down their pens with great grace and turned their heads to admire the finished works around them. The people who can participate in this Genting competition are the best among the young talents from all over the world, if they lose their demeanor in this kind of thing, then it will be difficult to participate in this competition again in the future, so the atmosphere on the field is not so dull, but there is a trace of inexplicable harmony.

Lin Chengxiang and the others looked at their appearance, and did not rush to say that they would collect the painting scroll and evaluate it immediately, let these people observe each other first, and refer to their attitude to evaluate the ranking of this painting test, after all, most literati and ink artists will not admit defeat easily, and only the works they choose to convince the public can convince the public, otherwise the results of the painting test will be easily criticized.

Suddenly, there was a sound of surprise from the crowd, and everyone who participated in the drawing test approached, and after a while, the sound of surprise became louder. Prime Minister Lin Cheng thought something was going on, and hurriedly walked over, and just when he reached the periphery of the crowd, he heard a noisy discussion:

"Brother Baili's painting skills are really superb, I admire and admire him!"

"Baili Gongzi deserves to be a famous teacher, and his painting skills make me ashamed!"

"Brother Baili's painting is really wonderful, the characters are vivid and lively, jumping on the paper, and the time to complete it is so short, it is not an exaggeration to call it the holy hand of the country!"

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The praise of everyone reached Prime Minister Lin Cheng's ears, but it made him curious about what Baili Jin was painting, which attracted everyone's admiration. I don't know who saw Prime Minister Lin and said, "The Prime Minister is here!" The crowd automatically separated, leaving a way to Bai Lijin's painting table, the owner of the painting is not in the seat now, I don't know where he went, but the painting is placed there to make people's eyes shine.

Prime Minister Lin walked in, picked up Bai Lijin's painting, and couldn't help but exclaim. Bai Li Jin only began to write after observing others with a stick of incense, that is to say, he only took two pillars of incense to complete the painting, and the painting was painted with the scene of the cloud top competition, but fortunately, it was relatively empty above the cloud top, so Bai Li Jin painted all the scenes into the painting, all the colors were no different from the scene, and the details of the characters were more vivid......

When Prime Minister Lin Cheng saw this painting, he was speechless for a long time, and after a long time, he slowly spoke, "This third round of painting is the first in the Baili Gongzi, do you have any opinions?" ”

"I don't have an opinion, I'm ashamed." The crowd responded in unison.