In the backyard of Xingyuan, Ye Yu was playing against Cao Xueying in the pavilion, and a few words of laughter came from time to time, which showed that Ye Yu was in a good mood at the moment.

"I'm going to be a general!" Ye Yu used a head-on cannon to defeat Cao Xueying's army.

Cao Xueying saw that the chess pieces in front of her could no longer be made up, so she pursed her lips and said to herself: "You are always bullying people, and your chess piece layout is pressing step by step......"

"Well, you can't say that, but I gave you two carts and two horses, and only two cannons and five soldiers remained. You can't win in this situation, so who can blame you? ”

"Blame who? Of course I blame you, knowing that I'm not your opponent, you can't deliberately give way on this chessboard? ”

Ye Yu did not rush to answer Cao Xueying's question, but rearranged the chess pieces on the chessboard, and then said to himself: "The chess game can be started again, this generation, right is right, wrong is wrong, it is difficult to turn back......"

Having said this, Ye Yu raised his head and glanced at the other party, and then lowered his head and fiddled with the chess pieces: "The chess game is very cruel, I have no choice, and you have no choice, so the victory or defeat of this chess will never be conceded!" ”

Ye Yu's words made Cao Xueying's expression a little strange, but then she asked with interest: "Then you haven't lost?" ”

"Lost! And many times! ”

Ye Yu did not hide his shortcomings, he has indeed lost many times, no one is a natural chess saint, how can he win without losing?

Although he has an innate advantage in his memory, he played against Master Yuantong in Longshan Temple back then, and he didn't know how many times he won or lost the game as a teacher and friend! It was from that time that his chess skills soared.

Everyone in the world knows that he became famous in a war and did not meet an opponent, but he didn't know that a small Qingliu County had secretly nurtured the foundation for success.

Then Ye Yu sneered at himself: "Only if you lose, will you know that victory is not easy to come by, so for me, I can't lose ......."

Just as he was speaking, Beitangmo walked in from outside, saying that the prefect Shi Zhengzhi had come to visit.

"This Shi Zhengzhi is really here, let him in!"

"Yes!"

Not long after, Shi Zhengzhi was brought into the backyard by Beitang Mo. At this time, Cao Xueying had already avoided suspicion and left, and Ye Yu was the only one under the pavilion.

"Xiaguan meets Lord Ye!" Shi Zhengzhi came to the front and bowed his hands, his yellowish face was full of fatigue.

Ye Yu didn't get up, but said softly: "The affairs of the Shi Governor's Mansion are busy, and I have time to come here today, which is really surprising to the official, come, sit down and talk......"

"Thank you, sir!"

"Shi Zhifu has been looking good recently, it seems that people are in good spirits on happy occasions!"

Ye Yu's retort made Shi Zhengzhi look embarrassed, and sighed again: "Lord Ye, don't make fun of the lower officials, the lower officials haven't slept peacefully in the past half a month......

"What's the matter, the prince has put pressure on you?"

"Yes, the prince has an order, if there is no progress in the case, it is a trivial matter for Xia Guan to lose this black veil, I am afraid it will be difficult to save his life!"

"Hey, this is too alarmist, the prince enforces the law to a certain extent, how can he threaten with his life?"

"Yes, yes, it's the inappropriate words of the lower officials...... Under Ye Yu's reminder, Shi Zhengzhi realized that his words were wrong.

"However, as the prefect of Fuzhou, you have made no progress on the case for most of the month, isn't this your dereliction of duty? The only son of the prince died, if this grief is because you are not good for handling the case, you will be sure that this black yarn will not be able to protect it! ”

As soon as Ye Yu's words fell, Shi Zhengzhi had already knelt on the ground: "Please also ask Lord Ye to save the lower official!" ”

"In the place under your jurisdiction, the imperial prince died unexpectedly, and it is your duty as the prefect to investigate and solve the case, and this official just wants to intercede for you, do you think the prince will pay attention?"

"The lower officials don't have the luxury of asking Lord Ye to come forward to intercede, they just ask Lord Ye to make detailed strategies for the lower officials in the case, I don't know if Lord Ye can ......"

"This ...... I'm afraid something is wrong......"

Shi Zhengzhi saw Ye Yu's melancholy face, so he hurriedly begged: "Please also ask Lord Ye to help!" ”

"It's not impossible to promise you, and besides, the official also has some experience in this case. But you want to play a game of chess with this official, I don't know what you want to play? Ye Yu hesitated for a moment, and finally said his request.

"Of course the lower officials are willing!"

"But there has to be a rule for this game, I wonder if you can follow it?"

At this moment, Shi Zhengzhi was eager to learn, and he didn't think too much: "Please also ask Lord Ye to make it clear......"

Ye Yu immediately smiled: "In this game of chess, the official can't eat any of your chess pieces, but you don't have this limitation, so how about you and I play a game?" ”

"Isn't that ......?"

"Aren't you sure you'll win?"

Ye Yu's rhetorical question made Shi Zhengzhi squeeze out a smile and said: "Xiaguan's chess pieces are not reduced, and your chess pieces are destined to become fewer and fewer, my lord." Lord Ye has long heard of his superb chess skills, but under this kind of rule, there is no chance of winning in the end......"

"That's not necessarily, if you don't play this chess game to the end, no one knows the outcome. But there is another rule, that is, you need to pay the price for this advantageous condition! ”

"At what cost?"

"After the start, every step you take, you have to pay the official ten taels of silver, I don't know if it's okay?"

"This ......"

Shi Zhengzhi didn't expect that there were such strange rules for this game. However, Shi Zhengzhi thought about these two rules for a while, and immediately understood Ye Yu's intentions, this is asking for money from himself in disguise!

But what can be solved with money, it is not difficult!

Playing against this kind of rule, he can be said to be sure to win. After this game of chess, no matter how good Ye Yu is on the opposite side, it will only be a few hundred steps to solve the problem.

A few hundred steps is a few thousand taels, and he doesn't care about this little money. Although he is not a prefect of the palace, but the old man is a big salt merchant in eastern Zhejiang, and Hugh wants to say that a few thousand taels of silver, even hundreds of thousands of taels is not a big deal.

"What's the matter, Shi Zhifu has no confidence? If you win this game of chess, the official will help you, otherwise you won't have to talk about it! ”

"Well, of course not, since Lord Ye is gracious, then it is better for the lower officials to be respectful and obey their orders!"

"Red first black later, please!"

"Please!"

Then the two of them fought back and forth, because Ye Yu's sunspots couldn't eat red, so Shi Zhengzhi's reds were still good at layout at first, and they didn't fight at will wherever they passed until later.

Because Shi Zhengzhi thinks that as long as all these chess pieces of Ye Yu are eliminated, then the overall situation will be decided!

But it's a pity that after this fight, after more than a hundred steps of offensive and defensive fighting, Ye Yu's chess pieces almost didn't hurt his muscles and bones.

After more than a hundred steps, the chess pieces were almost as they were before the opening, and Shi Zhengzhi's forehead suddenly secreted fine sweat. The heart said that this chess game is too fucking weird, the chessboard is so big, and the result is that the pursuit all the way can't get what you want.

In these more than 100 steps, it's not that he can't eat Ye Yu's chess pieces, but it's definitely okay to insist on eating chess pieces. But every time he wants to eat a pawn, his big rear will be in danger of being checkmated.

In this way, in order to be able to save the danger, he had to give up the intention of eating chess pieces.

Moreover, in terms of Ye Yu's chess strength, every time he lays out and attacks, although he can't eat chess pieces, this kind of interlocking influence is enough to make Shi Zhengzhi unable to defend against it.

By the time this game of chess exceeded a thousand moves, Ye Yu's chess pieces had finally lost a lot, but the situation on the chessboard was still indistinguishable.

At this time, it was already afternoon, Shi Zhengzhi looked at the chessboard speechlessly, and said in his heart, why is the chess piece in front of him so unpalatable?

In this way, dozens of chess pieces were quickly chasing on the chessboard, and the generals came from time to time a few times, and after the two of them turned around more than 9,000 steps, Shi Zhengzhi's ups and downs were finally so sore that it was difficult to lift.

And that tired face is much older!

The most painful thing in the world is not how powerful your enemy is, but that you can kill him when you are so close that you are only one step away.

Playing chess to this point, in fact, Shi Zhengzhi knew very well in his heart that Ye Yu could completely control the changes in the entire chess game, and he could also end this game as soon as possible. But Ye Yu just deliberately detoured, playing hide-and-seek tricks, neither intending to be eaten, nor wanting to win this game so quickly.

Shi Zhengzhi came to visit in the morning, and until the night, the game still did not distinguish the winner or loser.

During this period, Ye Yu ordered someone to bring refreshments and reassured Shi Zhengzhi not to worry.

Shi Zhengzhi looked at Ye Yu with a calm face, and said in his heart, Can I not be in a hurry? At this point, he didn't know how many steps he had taken, and he just wanted to be able to end this pain as much as possible.

But he begged for mercy several times but was rejected by Ye Yu, claiming that this chess game has reached this point, and it is no longer a personal problem!

"My lord......" Shi Zhengzhi looked at Ye Yu with a sad face, hoping that Ye Yu could end this game.

Ye Yu shook his arm that was a little sour, and said to himself: "This official plays chess with a beginning and an end, this is the rule!" There is no winner or loser, and it generally cannot be ......"

"What about the unusual?" Although Shi Zhengzhi was already exhausted, he still heard the breakthrough point in Ye Yu's words.

"This is not ordinary, that is, the person who quits halfway has to pay ten times the price, what, are you willing?" Ye Yu looked at Shi Zhengzhi in surprise and asked in a surprised tone.

"Yes! Willing! ”

At this time, Shi Zhengzhi, who was suffering, was on the verge of collapse, not to mention the price of ten times, it was a hundred times, as long as he could end this game of chess, he was also willing.

"Okay, according to what we said in advance, one step is ten taels of silver, and you have taken nine thousand three hundred and sixty-two steps, which is converted into an integer, which is ninety thousand taels of silver, and then because you quit halfway and paid ten times the price, then it is nine hundred thousand taels of silver!"

"What! Nine hundred thousand taels! My lord, this ...... This ...... Ye Yu's calculation, but Shi Zhengzhi was so shocked that he almost lost his breath.

Ye Yu said seriously: "Yes, this is still to obtain integer calculations, as for the other fractions, forget it......"

Ye Yu, who was very generous, ordered someone to take a pen and paper, wrote a note on it, and then put it in front of Shi Zhengzhi: "Look at the official if there is a mistake in writing, if there is no mistake, sign it!" ”

"Lord Ye, this joke ......"

Ye Yu's smile stopped abruptly, and he said coldly: "Do you think this official is joking?" ”

"But Lord Ye, this ...... The amount of money that has been an official for a year is only ......"

"Hey, Master Shi, what you said is wrong, you don't have this 900,000 taels of silver, but it's not a big deal for your father-in-law!"

When Ye Yu said this, he smiled meaningfully: "Even if your father-in-law doesn't have it, someone will pay this account for you......"