It has been two days since the chess competition started, and now there are only a few dozen people left, and among these dozens of people, the people that Su Wuming noticed before have basically advanced.

And after tomorrow, there will be fewer people left.

After returning home from the outskirts of Chang'an City, Hu Fei came, he just wanted to tell Su Wuming, Ma Dai and Gao Chen said the truth, the grain and grass at the border pass are indeed running out, but why there is a shortage of grain and grass, has not been investigated for the time being.

In fact, Su Wuming also knew that this matter was not easy to investigate, if it was so easy to be investigated, who would dare to withhold grain and grass? But even if it's not easy to investigate, there is a general direction, the grain and grass are allocated by the household department, and the person who can do things must be the person from the household department, but it is the person in the household department, but it is not easy to figure out, and at this time, Su Wuming is not convenient to meddle in the household department to investigate, after all, it is not the time to startle the grass and snakes.

The next day, the chess competition continued, one in the morning, and finally there were more than 30 people left, and Ma Dai was not able to support his body, and finally lost to his opponent, his opponent was a young man, very ordinary, no one paid attention to him from the beginning of the chess competition, but he fought all the way to the present, when he defeated Ma Dai, everyone noticed this young man, Ma Dai's chess skills are not top, and the chess skills of the people who beat him cannot be said to be very good, However, because Ma Dai is the oldest among all the talents who participated, the frequency of attention is relatively high, and because of Ma Dai's relationship, everyone naturally wants to pay attention to his opponents.

This young man's name is Chen Fan, he looks ordinary, and his personality is a little shy, and when he defeated Ma Dai and was talked about by everyone, he was still a little embarrassed and blushed.

Ma Dai was a little stunned, he knew very well what his failure represented, he failed in chess skills, and he couldn't become a chess saint, so there would be fewer opportunities to meet the saint, of course, it didn't mean that there was no, he got up slowly, glanced at Gao Chen not far away, and thought that it would all depend on Gao Chen.

Chen Fan didn't say anything to Ma Dai, and it wasn't until Ma Dai left that his face improved slightly, as if he wanted to comfort Ma Dai for a few words, but he didn't know how to comfort him, so in the end he was silent.

At noon, the sun was already a little scorching, but the scenery in the suburbs was good, and there were many trees, so there were a lot of shaded places, Su Wuming left the examination room and found his wife and Tang Xiong, and took out the food under a tree, so after eating and resting for a while, he walked into the arena again.

At this time, outside the arena, Ma Dai and Gao Chen were spying, Ma Dai's expression was very bad, Gao Chen was expressionless, and he said after a long time: "Brother Ma, after the chess skill is promoted, there is still a comparison of words, and we still have hope." ”

Hearing Gao Chen's words, Ma Dai smiled: "Brother Gao, don't worry, we people who crawled out of the pile of dead people still have this ability to bear, but it's just ......" Ma Dai glanced around, and then lowered his voice and said: "You and I have a heavy mission, so we can't be suspected, if the enemy finds out our purpose, I'm afraid that the lives of the two of us will be worried." ”

Gao Chen was slightly stunned, and then understood that the twists and turns that they General Guo sent to the capital could be stopped, which showed that the enemy's power was far beyond their imagination, so if they were detected by that group of people, they were afraid that the group would not mind solving them in this Chang'an City.

Gao Chen nodded: "Brother Ma, don't worry, you and I will pay more attention in the future, if there is nothing to do, it is better to see each other less." ”

Ma Dai also had this meaning, and after such a discussion, they separated, Gao Chen continued to enter the arena, and Ma Dai fought on the outside.

In such an afternoon, it was another fight, and the rest of the people were not bad at chess, so they were all deadlocked for a long time, until dusk and sunset, and finally there was a victory.

This time Su Wuming played very hard, fortunately he won in the end, and when Su Wuming got up, the other players also got up one after another, after the end of this game, there are only a dozen people left in the entire arena, if nothing else, maybe tomorrow or the day after tomorrow you can know who the chess saint is.

Among the remaining dozen or so people, everyone paid attention to each other, glanced at each other's opponents, and dispersed, Su Wuming's heart moved slightly, that Gao Chen also advanced after a fight, and Chen Fan, who defeated Ma Dai, also advanced, although he fought with the enemy for the longest time, he finally won.

After Chen Fan's victory, his face was still shy, as if he felt embarrassed to defeat others, but his opponent was not as generous as Ma Dai, thinking that Chen Fan's expression was too hypocritical, so after snorting coldly, he shook his hand and left.

After the man left, Chen Fan was very helpless, shrugged his shoulders, and looked up to see Su Wuming, at this time Su Wuming was looking at him, because Su Wuming was very curious about this Chen Fan, a person who looked so ordinary, his chess skills were so high, so there were only two possibilities, the first was that this person was really talented in chess, and the second was that this person was extremely deep.

Su Wuming should belong to the latter category of people, he doesn't have any talent in chess, but because he thinks a lot, he thinks more deeply and thoroughly, if he is kind-hearted, it is a good thing that the city is deep, but if his heart is like a poisonous scorpion, it is a bad thing.

Therefore, Su Wuming wanted to know what kind of person this Chen Fan was, but he couldn't see through it, everyone was pretending, and it was difficult to truly understand a person based on just one person's behavior.

When they looked at each other, Su Wuming didn't dodge, Chen Fan smiled at Su Wuming, and then left the arena.

In the twilight of spring, the falling flowers are colorful, and the suburbs are even more so, I don't know when, there are already cicadas, Su Wuming left the arena and returned to his wife to return home, but after returning to the house, Su Wuming's mood has been restless, and finally called Lin Yun and told him to investigate the person named Chen Fan.

Lin Yun only thought that Su Wuming wanted to know himself and know that he would win a hundred battles, and he didn't think about other aspects, so he happily accepted the order.

When the night was getting deeper, Su Wuming didn't feel sleepy, maybe tomorrow would be able to produce a chess saint, maybe the day after tomorrow, if someone really had bad intentions and hid a conspiracy, would it break out in the next few days?

At night, because of the spring breeze, you can faintly hear the sound of rustling leaves.

Somewhere in Chang'an City, a person is drinking tea, he seems to be waiting for someone, but he is not in a hurry, after a cup of tea, there was a knock on the door outside the house, the people in the house only said goodbye, the door squeaked open, and then walked in from the outside, such a person dressed in black, neither humble nor arrogant to the people in the house, and said: "The master asked me to ask, are the things to be prepared?" ”

The people in the room nodded slightly: "Go back and tell your master, that is, you are ready to act according to the plan." ”

The man in black had no choice but to answer, and without pausing for long, he turned around and disappeared into the night.

Not long after the man in black left, the people in the house slowly poured another cup of tea, and smiled lightly as they drank it, as if they had thought of something that could make them very excited.

The night of late spring became broken, and it was dawn inadvertently, Su Wuming got up and washed up, and then prepared to accompany his wife to the arena, and at this time, the housekeeper of Su Mansion welcomed Wen Tingyun, Wen Tingyun saw Su Wuming, and said with a smile: "Brother Su, you must take down this chess saint, today I, a talented man of Wen, give up the time to drink with a beautiful woman, and I will also support you." ”

Su Wuming shrugged his shoulders and smiled, he was very grateful for Wen Tingyun's behavior, because he only had women and wine to Wen Tingyun, but after leaving home, Su Wuming realized how ridiculous his gratitude was; Because the chess competition is almost over, so the women in the Qinglou also come here to watch, the Tang Dynasty is an unrestrained dynasty, for women walking on the street, it has never been cared for, so for a while, the field is full of all kinds of beauties.

After seeing this, Su Wuming shook his head in the house, Wen Tingyun couldn't find a girl in the Qinglou, so he came to cheer him up.

But no matter what, Su Wuming is not a person who would be angry with his friend's behavior, since he is a friend, he knows about his behavior, since he knew that he had these problems before, but he still became friends with him, then he had to think that he would often encounter these problems of their in the future.

After entering the arena, everyone drew lots between each other to compete, Su Wuming's opponent was a man in his twenties, handsome in appearance, and his temperament was also extraordinary.

At noon, their respective chess games were basically over, Hua Lang won by luck, and after he won, he went to observe the other people on the field, and now there are only eight people left on the entire field, except for Su Wuming, Yuan Zhongwen, Gao Chen and that Chen Fan, Sun Shi are more familiar to everyone, although the remaining three chess skills are high, but they have not attracted everyone's attention, and they think they are low-key people.

For this, Su Wuming didn't dare to be careless, because he knew very well that low-key people often have their unexpected abilities, but what Su Wuming didn't expect was that Chen Fan won very smoothly, it can be said that he was the first to defeat the opponent, on the contrary, that Sun Shi fought with the opponent for a longer time.

For this situation, Su Wuming was a little incomprehensible, thinking that the opponent had focused on Sun Shi, so he tried his best during the competition, while Chen Fan was less vigilant because the opponent despised him too much?

Or, this Chen Fan has always had hidden strength, and because at this time, he felt that there was no need to hide anymore, so he showed his strength?