Zhang Cao heard Zhang Yuan say that he wanted to play chess, so he asked, "Your eyes are already better?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "It's not good yet. ”

Zhang Cao rolled his eyes and said, "How can you play chess with me if your eyes are not good!" ”

Zhang Yuan asked rhetorically: "Haven't the third brother heard of blindfolded chess?" ”

Blindfolded chess, also known as blind chess, does not look at the chessboard, and relies entirely on oral mental arithmetic, which requires a strong memory.

Zhang Cao was very interested: "Have you learned to play blind chess?" ”

Zhang Yuan said "um", but Wu Ling on the side was stunned: When did the young master learn blind chess, the young master has never touched the chess pieces at all these days, whether it is a chess piece or a Go piece.

Zhang Cao smiled: "Jiezi, I haven't seen you for more than two months, you are really arrogant, dare to play chess with me to bet on the outcome of the game, hehe, you haven't forgotten that you learned chess and Go with me." ”

Zhang Cao is right, Zhang Yuan chess and Go are all learned from Zhang Cao, Zhang Cao is very smart, sheng flute string pipe, kick and play chess, Lao drum singing, Bo Lu fighting cards, all kinds of gentlemen will learn as soon as they learn, and then learn to be fine, in chess, Zhang Yuan has never won Zhang Cao before, and even the draw is less.

Zhang Yuan's tone was flat: "This time, that time, the third brother only said whether he wanted to go down or not." ”

Zhang Cao also felt that Zhang Yuan's demeanor and tone were different from the past, so he looked at Zhang Yuan again, smiled "hey", and asked: "Did you get some chess secret score recently and learned a few tricks, is it "Dream into the Divine Machine" or "Variety Chess Score"?" ”

Seeing that Zhang Yuan was silent, and was not panicked by the embarrassment of Dao Po's plan, Zhang Cao couldn't guess where Zhang Yuan's confidence came from, so he turned his head and ordered: "Wang Kedian, you go back and ask the little guys to give me chess and chess sets and move here quickly." He asked Zhang Yuan again: "You said that you want two people to read to you, what kind of book do you read?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Of course, it is the Four Books and Five Classics, and the Eight Strands of Shiwen. ”

Zhang Cao was choked with a "uh", and then laughed, laughing and saying: "Jie Zi, you are really good, I thought of studying when my eyes were broken, and I wanted to show off my talents, hahahaha, I laughed to death." ”

Zhang Yuan was speechless and listened to Zhang Cao's wild laughter.

Zhang Cao laughed for a while and said, "Okay, if you win against me in chess, I will arrange two literate and hyphenated Qingke to come to you every day to listen to your dispatch, what you want to read and what to read, until your eyes are better, it's interesting enough——"

Speaking of this, Zhang Cao paused, squinted at the little Xi Nu Wuling beside Zhang Yuan, and continued: "But if you lose, give me Wuling, hehe, this kid is very stubborn, I like it." ”

Wu Ling only felt a chill on his back on the hot day, the young master of Xizhang was so prostitute, Zhang Sangongzi was already sixteen years old, I was afraid that he would also learn that tune, Wu Ling shouted: "No, no, young master, don't agree." ”

Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "Third brother, you first said that you wanted to see my blindfold, I lost, I only gave you this green cloth blindfold, nothing else, if the third brother refuses to play, then please give way, I want to go back." He knows Zhang Cao's surname very well, it is as steady as fishing, and he is not afraid that Zhang Cao will not take the bait.

Zhang Cao laughed angrily: "What do I want your blindfold to do, you are cursing my eyes to be sick, damnable!" It's disgusting! After thinking about it, he said: "Okay, anyway, even if I win, you can't be the master to give me Wuling, your mother will go to the ancestral hall to cry, saying that Xizhang bullied Dongzhang again, so let's do it, if I win, I will throw your blindfold into the Demoromi River, and you will not be allowed to wear an eyepatch in the future. ”

Zhang Yuan nodded and said, "That's okay, that's it." ”

Wuling helped Zhang Yuan sit back on the big bluestone under the stone arch, and whispered: "Young master, you can't play chess against him, and now the sun is so dazzling, it's not good to take off the blindfold." ”

Wu Ling didn't believe that the young master could play blind chess, and even if he could, he couldn't play Zhang Cao.

The footsteps on the bridge suddenly rose, Zhang Cao's surname was anxious, how dare the people who were slacking off in what he ordered, they all ran, the yellow rosewood chess table, the beech chess board, the double-sided chess pieces carved from wenge wood, and two ebony official hat chairs, the branches and cushions, and soon the hem was correct under the arch bridge full of cobblestones.

Zhang Cao smiled and sat down on the right side of the chess table, and Wu Ling also helped Zhang Yuan to come over and sit at the other end.

Zhang Yuan knows Zhang Cao's chess path very well, he is good at using cannons, attacking and killing sharply, what is the head cannon, the heartwarming cannon, and the hand cannon, the firepower is very fierce, but the defense is sloppy, in the past, Zhang was unable to fight back because he was attacked, so he couldn't catch the loopholes in Zhang Cao's defense, and now, of course, it's different-

Zhang Yuan, who was wearing a green cloth blindfold, slowly spoke:

"Pawn 7 into 1."

Wang Kefan on the side pushed a red soldier on Zhang Yuan's side all the way.

Zhang Cao was stunned, Zhang Yuan's chess path was learned from him, the first hand at the beginning was generally the first gun, and the back hand was the screen horse, this entry bureau has never seen Zhang Yuan go down, the entry bureau is also known as the immortal guidance, both offensive and defensive, quite complicated, where did Zhang Yuan learn this immortal to guide the way, this kind of opening is not easy to master, Zhang Yuan is messed up.

"Cannon two flat five."

Zhang Cao set up the Zhonggong cannon he is good at, since Zhang Yuan is attacking slowly, then he will take the lead in attacking, he used to win Zhang Yuan in the past, so he didn't put Zhang Yuan in his eyes at all, and now Zhang Yuan is blindfolded, I'm afraid that if he can't take a few steps, he will even be confused about where his chess pieces are, haha, he wants to see Zhang Yuan make jokes, and make fun of it-

"Horse 8 into 7."

"Horse two into three."

"Horse 2 into 3."

"The car is one and two."

……

In the afternoon of midsummer June, the blazing sun steamed up a piece of water vapor on the water surface, there was a baking smell, the grass and trees on both sides of the bank were wilted, there were two teenagers who couldn't understand chess, and wanted to play in the water barefoot, and jumped straight on those pebbles, hot, and hurried back to the shade of the arch bridge.

The chess game continued, Wang Keyan moved the red chess pieces according to what Zhang Yuan said, and reported Zhang Cao's move to Zhang Yuan——

At this time, Zhang Yuan's mind is clear, more than two months can not see the eye, it is definitely a kind of extreme cultivation, the heart is extremely quiet, like a newly sharpened blade, in this state of mind to listen to Zhang Cai, Wuling reading, listen to it once can remember, four books and five classics, heard into recitation, now playing blind chess, you can imagine a good big chessboard in your mind, the red and black chess pieces are scattered, the chess pieces move as in the present, until more than 50 moves of chess, not chaotic at all, and the latter strike, double rook and chain horse has been forced to the black side of the palace, showing a winning trend.

Zhang Cao's brows tightened more and more, the folding fan in his hand fanned "whoosh", his eyes stared at Zhang Yuan, he couldn't believe that this was Zhang Yuan's blindfolded chess, he seemed to be unable to hold it, and he had no chance to make peace if he wanted to.

After a few more steps, Zhang Yuan forced the palace with two horses, and the black general was captured.

Zhang Cao stared at the chessboard motionlessly, Wang Keyan and Pan Xiaofei looked at each other, not daring to make a sound, Yan Kegongzi was arrogant and hot-tempered, this time he lost to the blindfolded Zhang Yuan in chess, he would definitely be furious, you have to pay attention, don't get angry.

With a "bang", Zhang Cao lifted the yellow rosewood chess table to the right, the chess table overturned, and thirty-two wenge chess pieces rolled to the ground, Zhang Cao shouted: "I'm angry with me!" He glared at Zhang Yuan, who was sitting still, and rushed away angrily.

Those young people followed most of the way, only Wang Kedian, Pan Xiaofei and a few domestic servants who moved chess sets did not leave, and those few domestic servants were cleaning up the chess table and looking for chess pieces in the rocky beach.

Losing his temper was a sign of incompetence, Zhang Yuan shook his head and slowly walked home holding Wu Ling's shoulder.

Xiao Xi Nu Wuling was diligent, he never thought that the young master could win Zhang Cao blindfolded, the young master really seemed to have changed a person.

Wang Kexian followed up and said: "Young Master Jiezi, your chess is really exquisite, and winning is not ambiguous at all, which is really admirable." ”

Wang Kedian's chess strength is not weak, otherwise Zhang Cao would not have asked him to play chess, Wang Kedian spoke with the tone of Suzhou and Kunshan, soft-spoken, extremely gentle, if you only listen to the voice, you will definitely think that Wang Kedian is a woman, and Wang Kedian also plays the role of Dan in the troupe-

These young voices of the "Dining Class" are Zhang Cao's eldest father Zhang Rulin (Shaoxing people call their grandfather the eldest father) bought from Suzhou a few years ago, Zhang Rulin is a third-class jinshi of Wanli Yiwei Branch, who has been an official for many years, was impeached and dismissed five years ago, and was disheartened and lazy about the official career.

Zhang Yuan said: "The third brother must be annoyed, I won by luck, and apologize to the third brother on my behalf." ”

Wang Kedian said: "Although the young master Yanke is displeased, he will definitely not break his promise-Young Master Jie Zi is easy to go." ”