Chapter 297: Carp Gate

During the day, it is the normal study time, and the evening is the time for special training trainees, ordinary students either study on their own in the classroom, or rest and play in the dormitory or campus, while those who are lucky enough to become special training students go to the small classroom of their own tutor to receive special training.

The special training classroom is in the last row of the campus, and there is a considerable distance from the dormitory and other classrooms, and a circle of dwarf trees more than half a person high is planted as a fence around it, and a wooden sign is erected every ten steps, and the four big characters of 'no noise' are written on it with bright red dansha, so if you talk about seclusion, there is no place in Jiangdu Chess Academy that is quieter than here.

Lin Zicong and Tan Xiaotian came here for the first time, standing at the door of the tree wall, looking at the brightly lit classrooms, both children had a sense of facing mystery.

"Carp Gate? This is it, right? Raising his head, he vaguely recognized a flat forehead hanging high on his head by the moonlight, Tan Xiaotian asked Lin Zicong.

"Yes, that's right, this is it." Lin Zicong replied.

"It's obviously a courtyard, why is it called Liyumen?" Tan Xiaotian asked curiously, his age is the time when his thirst for knowledge is the strongest, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is 100,000, if there are unclear things, it is uncomfortable not to ask clearly, but if anyone can answer all his questions clearly, I am afraid that person will have to die of exhaustion first, right?

"Well, maybe this yard is shaped like a carp, right?" Lin Zicong was also on his first day of school, where would he know the origin of the name of this courtyard, but he had a good face and was reluctant to say that he didn't know in front of Tan Xiaotian. Scratching his head, he had an idea and made up a reason.

"Ah, really? Tan Xiaotian is suspicious - there is only a row of bungalows in this courtyard, and it should be right that the yard is flat, but the two of them are not living on a high place looking down on the overall situation, how can they see that the shape of this courtyard looks like a carp?

"Of course it's fake."

didn't wait for Lin Zicong to answer, someone behind him already answered first. The two men turned to look. Standing behind him was an eleven or twelve-year-old child, wearing the school uniform of the Jiangdu Chess Academy, and the flower ornament pinned to his chest was purple.

"Hello senior." Purple is the symbol of the highest grade, and when it appears here, it means that the other party is also a special training student, so this person must belong to the kind of people in the student elite, and the two of them bow down together according to etiquette to say hello, as for why they are called 'seniors', it is simple, they are freshmen who have just entered the school. The qualifications are the youngest, and there is basically no mistake in meeting anyone who is called a senior in the chess academy, just like calling an adult a teacher as long as he sees it, so even if he calls the wrong person, he will not be angry.

"Hello." The other party also nodded in return.

"Senior, what does 'carp gate' really mean?" After saying hello, Tan Xiaotian hurriedly asked

"Have you ever heard of the story of 'Fish Leaping Over the Dragon Gate'?" The senior asked rhetorically.

"Nope." Tan Xiaotian shook his head and looked at Lin Zicong, the other party was also at a loss, obviously he didn't know.

"Huh. Shaanxi Hancheng northeast a dragon gate, two Yu door, the local people call the name 'Longguan', Yu chisel mountain open. More than a mile wide, the Yellow River flows down from the middle, and the bank is not open to vehicles and horses. Every spring, there are yellow carp swimming upstream. Those who have passed are turned into dragons. The senior student smiled indifferently, then shook his head and began to recite, his voice frustrated and muffled. Very dedicated.

Hearing that the other party was dropping the book bag by quoting scriptures, the two of them also heard it clearly, but the meaning of this passage was not something that the two of them could understand, and the doubts in the eyes of Tan Xiaotian and Lin Zicong were not reduced by half because of the other party's quotations.

"To put it simply, the meaning of this passage is that the Yellow River flows through a place called Longmen in the northeast of Hancheng City, Shaanxi, according to legend, Yu had dug the mountain here to open the road when he controlled the water, so it is also called Yumen, the mountain is steep, relatively like the door, the river is here, straight down a thousand thousands, the water waves are undulating, such as the mountain is boiling. Every year in the late spring, there is the Yellow River carp upstream, the river is turbulent, it is difficult to succeed, but once successful, it can turn into a dragon and soar above the nine heavens. This is the place where the special trainees of the Jiangdu Chess Institute study and train, and it is the place where the elites of the Jiangdu Chess Academy gather, and every student who becomes a special trainee does not want to become famous and make some achievements. Got it now? After further explanation, the senior asked.

"I see, that means that this is a very special place, and those who are qualified to enter here will definitely be able to become great talents." Lin Zicong hurriedly replied.

"Hehe, it's really special to be special, but it's not necessarily true that those who are qualified to enter here will definitely be able to become great talents. If it is really that easy for a fish to leap over the dragon gate and turn into a dragon, then what is so strange about dragons? The senior student smiled faintly and said softly.

"Uh, didn't you say that you can become a dragon by jumping over the dragon gate?" Tan Xiaotian asked strangely - if you can't turn into a dragon by jumping over, then what is it called a dragon gate?

"Hehe, the door is here, standing here, your name is Tan Xiaotian, your name is Lin Zicong, enter this door, you are still called Tan Xiaotian, and you are still called Lin Zicong, aren't you?" The senior student smiled lightly, then asked rhetorically.

"Uh, you know both of us?" Tan Xiaotian and Lin Zicong were both stunned, they were sure that they had not seen this person before, let alone knew each other.

"Hehe, I've been a special training student for three years, and there is no one here I don't know, but the two of you are seeing it for the first time, and you are still freshmen who have just entered the school, so is there any other possibility besides the two new disciples accepted by Teacher Zhao?" The senior asked with a smile.

"Well, that's right." The two children looked at each other and nodded in acknowledgement.

"Hehe, let's get to know you, my name is Yu Youguo, and I am also a disciple of Teacher Zhao, not only your senior, but also a senior brother." The senior introduced himself with a smile.

"Uh, senior brother" I didn't expect such a coincidence, I met the same senior at the door of the special training base, and the two of them hurriedly saluted again.

"Hehe, okay, don't stand here, it's almost time for class, if you go in late, the teacher will punish you." Yu Youguo replied with a smile, stepped into the door, and said to the two people at the same time.

"Uh, Senior Brother Yu, you have been learning chess with the teacher for three years, and he will punish you for being late for a while?" The two of them hurriedly followed, and Tan Xiaotian asked curiously.

"Heh, if you make a mistake, you will be punished, and you will know the teacher's temper later." Yu Youguo replied with a smile. (To be continued......)