Chapter 18: The Battle of the Long Pavilion
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The time of morning exercise is also the most comfortable time of Zhong Hao's day. Because after exercising every morning, he had to be supervised by Xu to read and practice calligraphy at home for the rest of the time.
Now Zhong Hao's exercise has improved a lot, and he can already run to the side of the long pavilion in one go. After resting in the pavilion for a while, Zhong Hao will slowly walk back.
Zhong Hao's next goal is to be able to run to the long pavilion in one go, and then run back.
Every time he passed by the small building in the backyard of Zuiyun Tower, Zhong Hao couldn't help but think of the gentle and sad girl Ye Yihan who was better than snow in white. Occasionally, I can imagine how beautiful the song "When Will the Bright Moon Come" be sung by her Tankou.
Zhong Hao had been looking forward to hearing the elegant guzheng come out again, but unfortunately Zhong Hao hadn't heard it recently.
I don't know what Miss Ye is doing now, Zhong Hao couldn't help but think about it.
Zhong Hao has been running every day recently, and he has never heard Miss Ye playing the guzheng, but every day when he goes to the long pavilion near the Wannian Bridge, Zhong Hao will meet the old man dressed in silk and satin, and his graceful bearing is playing against people under the pavilion.
The old man came here every morning to play chess, and Zhong Hao heard his chess friends who watched the game call him Cui Lao. Every time I see Cui Lao, there are always two sturdy domestic servants standing behind him, and there is always a small servant cooking tea on a small red clay stove next to him, it seems that Cui Lao seems to have a very high status.
Cui Lao seems to have some fixed chess friends, at least the old man in black, Zhong Hao has seen many times playing against Cui Lao. Zhong Hao is quite interested in Go, and when he runs to the side of the long pavilion every day, he always stops to watch the game for a while, and then takes a break before walking back.
Today, Zhong Hao met the old man in black playing against Cui Lao again.
Cui Lao's chess skills are very high, Zhong Hao only watched for a while, and then saw that the old man in black was in danger again and again. It seems that the battle is fierce in the middle of the strangulation, but in fact, the old man in black has been ambushed by Cui Lao. Seeing that the old man in black had not yet seen the danger, he still wanted to seize the star position in the southeast corner.
As soon as this son falls, the old man in black will no longer have the power to return to the sky, Zhong Hao couldn't help but shout: "You can't fall there, if you fall, you will lose." ”
Cui Lao looked up at Zhong Hao, and when he saw that it was a young scholar, he couldn't help but laugh and scold: "Young man, don't you understand 'watching chess without saying anything'?" Recently, Zhong Hao came to see Cui Lao play chess every day, and Cui Lao had some impressions of this young scholar.
Zhong Hao couldn't help but be a little surprised, and hurriedly saluted and apologized: "Kid Meng Lang, just now I saw that this old man made a mistake, and he was about to lose everything, so he shouted out without holding back, I'm really sorry, and I hope Elder Cui will forgive me." ”
Cui Lao smiled: "I see that you are also a person who understands chess, even if Lao Zhang's son can fall right in this game of chess, he will not be able to return to the sky." I still know Lao Zhang's chess strength, and I always want to seek stability, but he can't get it back in this game. Young man, do you dare to play this game for Lao Zhang? ”
The old man in black stood up and said with a smile: "My chess skills have already been thoroughly explored by Cui Lao, let the young man try it." ”
Zhong Hao was also a Go master in his later life, and few of his friends could play him. Zhong Hao has read a lot of chess games, and he remembers that a few games of chess are somewhat similar to this game, and he can't help but feel a little itchy. Seeing that the old man who was called Lao Zhang by Cui Lao stood up and gave up his seat, he did not shirk at the moment.
Zhong Hao combined the chess game in front of him, and dropped a few words with reference to the chess game in his mind, and quickly broke Cui Lao's encirclement, and the two entered a fierce strangulation battle.
Cui Lao's way of playing chess pays attention to the right fit and wins by surprise. Originally, Zhong Hao often watched Cui Lao play chess and knew something about Cui Lao's chess path. But in the upright strangulation battle with Cui Lao, he was careless for a while, but he was still cut off by Cui Lao's sudden tricks. Although Zhong Hao resisted hard, he was still impacted, divided, and chased by Cui Lao with his black chess pieces into several pieces, and each one was broken, and Zhong Hao had to throw in the towel.
Cui Lao won the first game, happy like an old child, and smiled proudly: "The young man's chess skills are slightly higher than Lao Zhang's chess skills, but they are not my opponents." Haha, do you think you're using Lao Zhang's endgame, and I have the lead? If you are not convinced, come again. Cui Lao wished that Zhong Hao would play a few more games with him, play chess with those fixed old men all day long, and always win by himself when he came down, it was boring for a long time. Today, I met Zhong Hao, who was not afraid of tigers with newborn calves, and wished that he would play a few more games with him.
Zhong Hao was also a chess fan in his later life, but there were few friends around him who were high in chess, and he had never been able to compete with him, and he was a master for a long time. After coming to the Great Song Dynasty, he was busy and had never played chess, but now he was hooked by Cui Lao and became addicted to chess, but he wanted to kill him.
Cui Lao asked Zhong Hao to take the lead in black, but at this time, there were no rules for sticking to the eye, and the black was quite advantageous. The two of you came and went, and soon they fought. It's okay to compete head-on with Zhong Hao's chess strength, but he can't prevent Cui Lao's strange tricks one after another, and he was soon killed by Cui Lao, and he was in danger. Although Zhong Hao rescued again and again, he was always led by Cui Lao's nose, and he was careless, he didn't see Cui Lao's ambush, and he lost again.
Zhong Hao silently deduced Cui Lao's chess move in his heart, knowing that if he played with Cui Lao head-on, it would be difficult for him to play Cui Lao. Fortunately, I have learned a lot of wonderful chess games summarized in later generations, and I have learned a lot of wild ways. So in the third game, Zhong Haojian went sideways, all of which were strange tricks learned from some chess games, and Cui Lao couldn't parry it for a while, and he couldn't help but laugh and scold: "How can there be such a play?" The game will be neutral and peaceful, and you are all a wild way to make trouble, which is really detrimental to Sven. ”
Zhong Hao played a few games of chess with Cui Lao, and he already knew Cui Lao's temper: although Cui Lao's identity was respected, he had no frame at all when playing chess, and he was witty and easy to get along with. In addition, Zhong Hao came from later generations, so he was less in awe of the identity of people in this era. At the moment, he also said politely: "The game is the game, how can there be so many words, winning is the real ability." As he spoke, he grabbed the refreshments on the small table next to Cui Lao and ate them, and drank a cup of tea from time to time. I didn't eat anything in the morning, and Zhong Hao was really hungry by now.
Cui Lao's identity is respected, and few young people can be as free and natural as Zhong Hao in front of his powerful aura. Cui Lao saw that Zhong Hao could talk and laugh freely in front of him, but he admired him very much.
However, although Cui Lao laughed and scolded Zhong Hao's chess move as a wild way to make trouble, he really couldn't resist Zhong Hao's attack.
Zhong Hao made a very quick decision on trade-offs, and when he saw a helpless chess piece, he gave up decisively. Sometimes he even sacrificed a few sons to open a way for the dragon to survive, and survived with a broken arm, which was decisive and abnormal. Cui Lao struggled to support it, but finally lost.
Zhong Hao saw that the sun was hanging, and the time for him to come out was not short, and he was afraid that he would be reprimanded by his aunt when he went back, so he got up and said goodbye to Cui Lao.
Cui Lao was not convinced when he lost, and he didn't let Zhong Hao go back, Zhong Hao was helpless, so he had to make an appointment with Cui Lao to fight again tomorrow.