On December 25, the Imagawa family's year-end assessment meeting was still held at the castle tower of Sunpu Castle. In the morning, according to the custom, everyone will change into a noble and elegant kimono, put some powder on their faces, and accompany Imagawa Yoshimoto to perform the tea ceremony, singing, and singing praises of virtue. Yu Qiuping is now a little fond of such a palace tea party. It's boring, but boredom also has the benefit of being boring. Don't take it too seriously, you can be in a daze when others talk, and you can take a closer look at the samurai who usually kill decisively, which one has the most interesting appearance - of course it is Asahina Taehyung - and live like a clown.

In the afternoon, the biggest reward at the meeting was given to Sena Toshi and Akihei Rain for their efforts to win over Oda on the Owari border and buy the hearts of the people. The other two tasks that Yu Qiuping carried out, the border survey and the envoy to Asai, could not be publicized at the congress because they were secret. But the fact that Yu Qiuping himself was able to become Imagawa Yoshimoto's quick son-in-law made everyone talk about it.

And the banquet in the evening was still a buffet according to Yu Qiuping's proposal. The scene is still as lively as last year, and after eating for a while. Sena Toshitoshi took Yu Akihei and had dinner in a small room with all the people of the Asahina faction.

When Woo Akihei came in, Sekiguchi was playing Go with Asahina Taehyung. The Sekiguchi clan is holding white and is strangling the great dragon of Asahina Taehyung. Even if you get lucky, the right side will be surrounded by a large piece of space by the Sekiguchi clan, and it is estimated that it will be over.

"Matsuchiyo, your skills are not as good as people." Asahina Tai sighed on the side, "When you were young, you were smart and didn't want to study hard, but now when you meet a veteran like Sekiguchi-sama, you won't have a problem." ”

"Big brother! Don't say cool things! Watching chess without saying a word, a true gentleman! Asahina Taehyung muttered impatiently, and suddenly saw Yu Qiuping coming, so he hurriedly beckoned, "Boy, boy! Didn't you tell me before that you were rough at Go, come and show me it! ”

said that it was a rough game of Go, but in fact, Yu Qiuping was modest. In his previous life, he started learning Go in kindergarten and played amateur 5 dan in the sixth grade. Although this is still a lot worse than his demon classmates who are only five dan in the first and second grades, but Yu Qiuping, who has mastered a lot of stereotypes and changes, asks himself and the non-top masters of ancient times, these amateur samurai players still have some confidence to play against each other.

"Sekiguchi-sama," Yu Qiuping smiled, "Do you mind making a move?" ”

"Haha, Momiji, please." Sekiguchi didn't care at all, "Let's see how Momiji breaks the game." ”

Yu Qiuping picked up a black piece from the chess box and slowly rubbed it in his hand—a gesture he usually made when thinking. After calculating the various changes in his mind, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and hit a backhand on a break point near the side of the white chaser.

As soon as this trick came out, everyone was surprised.

"Don't run? Don't want this dragon anymore? Sekiguchi was surprised. However, as he gradually counted a few steps, cold sweat seeped out slightly from his forehead. This one, after a few moves of exchange, there will be a black double to eat a hand, and the black piece that already has an eye will live. And if he had to twist the sheep's head if he wanted to avoid doubles—but then as soon as Yu Qiuping jumped at the dragon's head, just on the way to twist the sheep's head, he would have to lift the seed first, and the dragon would run away—or run towards the edge he wanted to fence, which would make a mess of the real space.

"Wonderful hands." While everyone was pondering and meditating, no one noticed that Imagawa Yoshimoto had appeared behind everyone and exclaimed at Yu Qiuping's hand.

"The Great Hall!" "Your Highness!" There was an exclamation all around, "Aren't you still there—" Asahina Taiheng looked out of the window at the main hall in surprise, and there was indeed a Imagawa Yoshimoto sitting on the main seat.

"Shadow Warrior, it looks quite realistic." Imagawa Yoshimoto laughed.

"This is the Shadow Warrior that the Great Hall was looking for before! I heard that I have been with the main hall for ten years? Sena said.

"Indeed." He nodded to Hinatai and said, "At that time, I found a loyal and brave samurai who looked like His Highness, so I recommended him to His Highness. ”

"You can't even see it from afar, and others can't see it." Imagawa Yoshimoto laughed and continued to look at Yu Qiuping's hand, "It's really a second, a backhand blow." Pass, chase selflessly, and don't bother to make up for the breakpoint? ”

"Your Highness's reproach is that if you accidentally lose everything." Sekiguchi shook his head with some annoyance.

"I don't know if I can cut love," Imagawa Yoshimoto pointed to the chessboard, "Let me and Yuqiu reopen the game." I don't know if this kid is so capable. ”

"It's an honor to see His Highness make a move!" Sekiguchi Hiroshi and Yu Qiuhei began to pack up the chessboard, and after a while, Bian finished cleaning up. Yu Qiuhei and Imagawa Yoshimoto sat opposite each other on either side of the chessboard. Sena Shijun, Asahina Brothers, Sekiguchi Shihiro, as well as Itami Yasukiyoshi, Okuhira Sadakichi and other juniors, all came around to watch.

"I wonder what rules Japan uses?" Yu Qiuping really doesn't know what the Japanese rules are in this era.

"It's better to use Mingguo's." Imagawa Yoshimoto said with a smile.

"Uh..." Yu Qiuping had to admit that he couldn't clearly remember what the rules of the Ming Kingdom were at that time. Seems to be a white move? When judging a winner or a loser, is it a difference between a number or a number?

"Before playing, I didn't learn chess in the Ming Kingdom, but in Nanyang," Yu Qiuping made a perfect excuse, "The rules of the people in the countryside may not be the same as those in the Central Plains, Your Highness don't mind." ”

"It's okay, Yuqiu, please talk about it." Imagawa Yoshimoto looked at Akihei playfully.

"It's better not to put a diagonal on the four star squares, but to start directly with black. In the end, it is not a number, but a calculation, on the chessboard 361, how many sides occupy. Black moves first, and wins with 185 meshes. White is 177 meshes. Yu Qiuping said.

As soon as this statement came out, everyone except Imagawa Yoshimoto was shocked. The three of Sekiguchi Hiroshi and Asahina Taichao and Sena Clan Jun immediately began to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this method.

"Sticking to the four and a half eyes - how did you get it?" Sekiguchi asked.

"This..."Yu Qiuping replied stubbornly, "There are many Han national players who have been to Nanyang, and everyone has learned from each other and thinks that this number is the most suitable. ”

"I see, this is really a big breakthrough in Go. This method has not yet been introduced to Japan. Thank you Momiji for your advice today, and I have contributed a lot to the progress of Japanese Go. Sekiguchi's emotion made Yu Qiuping blush even more.

"Don't say much, please." Imagawa Yoshimoto made a "please" gesture to Yu Qiuping.

Yu Qiuping grabbed a handful of chess pieces from the chess box, held them in his hand, and sent them to Imagawa Yoshimoto. "Your Highness, please guess first."

"No, just let it go." Imagawa Yoshimoto smiled confidently, "If you can win more than half, even if you win Yuqiu!" ”

Imagawa Yoshimoto's words aroused Yu Qiuping's fighting spirit. was so underestimated, but it made him feel very unhappy!

"Then it's disrespectful!" Yu Qiuping's eyes flashed, and he landed a black chess piece on the star position close to him. Imagawa Yoshimoto is also in the star position in the opposite corner. Yu Qiuping fell in the other corner of his own eyes, and Imagawa Yoshimoto made up for the last star.

Yu Qiuping smiled at the corner of his mouth, dropped his third son, and made his best start - China Stream.

"Oh?" Imagawa Yoshimoto seemed to sense the deep meaning of this layout, "What's the name of this move?" ”

"China Stream." Yu Qiuping proudly reported the name of the motherland in later generations.

"In that case—" Imagawa Yoshimoto groaned slightly—and that was the only hesitation hesitation he had in the game—"then hit your little eye!" ”

Next, the battle between the two sides was extremely fierce, completely out of the basic path, and it dazzled several juniors such as Hinai Taehyung. It seems that the battle is not over here, but the two sides are already fighting in another place. The difference between Imagawa Yoshimoto and Yu Qiuping is that Yu Qiuping pays attention to actuarial calculations, and every time before falling, he has to calculate in detail a variety of changes in each situation, and his moves are impeccable; And Imagawa Yoshimoto relied on his sense of chess, raising his hand and dropping, but in an instant, the moves opened and closed.

I have to say that Yoshimoto Imagawa's chess sense is really good. Down to the middle game, Yu Qiuping couldn't find the opponent's loopholes once, and only took advantage of two less rigorous places, but Imagawa Yoshimoto immediately counterattacked, chasing and hitting the black chess that Yu Qiuping had scored, and the moves were so strong that Yu Qiuping couldn't cope with it, and he frequently fell into long exams.

Until the end, Yu Qiuping and Imagawa Yoshimoto had three pieces of chess strangled each other together, and their clever moves fell out, and it was difficult to distinguish them. There are already two pieces of chess that have gone into the robbery. And Yu Qiuping calculated at this moment that as long as he was looking for robbery, after five exchanges near the breakpoint, and then pounced from the opposite tiger's mouth breakpoint formed by the two pieces of the third piece, the third robbery would be formed.

This means that—

There will be a rare chain of three calamities - there are three tribulations on the chessboard, and if the two sides do not give in to each other, they will raise the pieces in turn, and the game will never end.

This is a great omen.

Is... It's been a day...

Yu Qiuping scolded secretly. It's at this time... In 1560...

In 1582, before the Honnoji Incident, the two national players of Japan didn't have a series of three calamities under the Honnoji Temple...

"I threw in the towel." Yu Qiuping threw himself in the towel and didn't dare to go any further.

As soon as the Sekiguchi clan wanted to persuade the group, Yu Qiuping's son had already fallen on the chessboard. Imagawa Yoshimoto didn't seem to be surprised, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, staring at Yu Qiuping.

"Huh! Momiji, it's a pity, there was a lot to be done just now. There is clearly chess there. Although Sekiguchi didn't calculate the three tribulations, he also saw at a glance that the third piece of chess was by no means simple.

"However, to be able to go down to the last moment with His Highness, Momiji is really amazing." Sena Shijun exclaimed, "We usually play against the main hall, but we can only admit defeat in the middle game." ”

When everyone around heard this, they laughed, but Imagawa Yoshimoto and Yu Qiuping didn't laugh, but looked at each other.

You really can't count, do you?

No... I'm afraid.

"Okay, don't say anything else." Imagawa Yoshimoto suddenly stroked his palms and laughed, "Asahina, Okupei, Itami, you three go and call the three adults Okabe, Iio, and Katsuyama here, and you don't have to come back." ”

Yu Qiuping, Asahina Taichao, Sena Toshi, and Sekiguchi Shihiro, who were left behind, were tightened, knowing that this was the rhythm of talking about business.

"That's right, it's going to talk about the big moves of the family." Imagawa snorted and snapped his fingers, his index finger reaching west.

"Shangluo."