"I haven't seen Tan Xiaotian either, but it is said that he is the youngest of the contestants this time, and it should not be difficult to recognize if you look closely." Thinking clearly about what he should do, Jiang Dingshan said with a smile - his father once told himself that those who do great things are not informal, if you want to achieve great things, you must know the truth of wanting to take first, and you can't hold all the benefits in your arms without leaving a little for others, that kind of approach seems domineering on the surface, but it can't last, because the essence of any cooperation is for interests, and without interests, who will be loyal to you? Once you can't maintain absolute strength, then the betrayal of those people can't be avoided, so although it is important to choose a teacher for Princess Crescent Moon this time, it is not a big deal for a big family like the Jiang family that has the absolute right to speak in the Great Zhou chess world, so as long as Tan Xiaotian can pass the first few rounds of elimination and enter the final interview stage, he doesn't mind secretly helping a little favor, so that the Zheng family can get this position, and he can show his own fairness (because he is not the next generation of the Jiang family's master to make profits for the Jiang family's players) , secondly, it can also make the contradiction between the Dong and Zheng families more intensified (Tan Xiaotian was snatched back by Zheng Jigong from Dong Yong, and the better Tan Xiaotian performs, the greater the Dong family's anger towards the Zheng family).

"Well, then I'm going to take a closer look." The words to be passed on have arrived, Father-in-law Wei smiled faintly, and turned his gaze to the participating teenagers standing in the audience, wanting to recognize which one was the young man who made the black-bellied daughter of Xiangye's family, as for Jiang Dingshan, he also turned his head over, he also wanted to see what the situation was with this unlucky guy who was worried about Xiangye's daughter and Princess Xinyue.

It is not difficult to find Tan Xiaotian from more than a dozen children, because at this age, the physical development of children is one or two years old, Tan Xiaotian is only eight years old, and the youngest of the participating teenagers sent by other families is also ten years old, so just glance around the crowd, and the eyes of the two people quickly fall on the youngest child in the crowd.

"Is that the one?" Gonggong Wei asked with a look in his eyes.

"Probably so." Jiang Dingshan replied uncertainly. The tone was a little absent-minded.

Feeling Jiang Dingshan's absent-mindedness, Father-in-law Wei was curious, turned his head to look at Jiang Dingshan, and saw that Jiang Dingshan's gaze was still on the youngest child, but his expression was a little confused, as if he was thinking about something.

"Jiang Hanlin. What happened to you? Gonggong Wei felt strange in his heart and asked in a low voice.

"Ah, oh, hehe, sorry, I just got distracted." Awakened by Grandpa Wei's voice, Jiang Dingshan's body shook slightly, and then he came back to his senses and apologized to Grandpa Wei.

"Oh. Is it? I don't know what Jiang Hanlin was thinking just now? Grandpa Wei asked with interest after smiling.

"Hehe, it's nothing, he looks like a smart kid." Jiang Dingshan smiled bitterly and shook his head, Father-in-law Wei didn't have much friendship with him, so he naturally wouldn't tell Father-in-law Wei about his heart-the moment he saw Tan Xiaotian, he inexplicably had a sense of intimacy, as if that child had something to do with him, but this feeling couldn't be explained or touched. The more I thought about it, the more chaotic my mind became. Unconsciously distracted, reason told him that this child could not have anything to do with him, and even if there was, it was the future Jiang family's competitor cultivated by the Zheng family, but the inexplicable feeling in his heart was real, what was going on? Let's think about it later.

Seeing that Jiang Dingshan didn't mean to speak. Gonggong Wei didn't ask any more, just smiled and didn't take it to heart.

The government-run competition has a fixed process for the government-run competition, and Cui Shilang first gave a speech, mainly talking about the importance of the competition. All aspects of the expectations of the contestants, etc., followed by Wei Gonggong spoke, what he said is nothing more than a set of words to encourage everyone to develop well, a few simple sentences, just a gesture, and finally Jiang Dingshan spoke, he is the official responsible for the specific rules and processes of the competition, and what he said is no longer empty words, the so-called words have something, every word said is related to the competition, although most of these contents have been informed in writing to the participants of the competition before, but repeatedly ordered, the rules will be said again before the game, Make sure all participants understand what they are going to do next and what is required to follow the procedures.

For the chess players participating in the competition, the most important thing is who the opponent is, because everyone knows that although the players in this competition are between the ages of eight and thirteen, but the strength level of each chess player is very different, specifically, it is normal for the strongest player to be the first to be different from the weakest, and the first few rounds of the game are to adopt the elimination system, so the opponent in the first round is very important, if you are lucky to meet the weakest, you may be able to easily pass the test, and if you are lucky, you will not meet the strongest. Then the road ahead is at the end.

Therefore, in order to ensure the fairness of the game, avoid the disputes that can occur and the private agreement reached before the game by the various families in order to seek the greatest interests, so this competition is very scheming in how to determine the way of the opponent, in short, it is a temporary lottery decision before the game, and the strength of the opponent is determined by their own luck, and no one can blame others.

The paper lots were prepared in advance, twenty pieces of paper with numbers written on them were placed in twenty envelopes in front of everyone, each of the same size, with no logo on the cover and thick paper to ensure that unless you look closely at the sun, you can find the note inside.

Jiang Dingshan personally did, the twenty envelopes were repeatedly sorted out and shuffled like shuffles, and they felt that it was almost enough to be washed symbolically twice by Gonggong Wei and Cui Shilang, so that no one could know the number on the paper lot in each envelope, so that it was neatly placed on a red lacquered tray, and then a small official came to everyone with a tray, and asked the teenagers participating in the competition to choose one, as for which one to choose, it was according to everyone's wishes, so that Even if someone has the ability to choose exactly the number they want, there is no way to predict who will get the number corresponding to them.

Soon, everyone got their own envelopes, and after the little official returned to the side after completing the task, Cui Shilang gave an order, and everyone opened the envelope together, took out the paper lot, and showed it to everyone.

"Nine", the lot that Tan Xiaotian caught was nine, and the number was very backward, but this is not playing dice to bet on the size, the size of the number is meaningless, the important thing is who the other person who caught 'nine'. (To be continued.) )