"How many children will be allowed this time?" Emperor Jianxi seemed to speak to himself.

"Don't let it." Chen Yicong said softly.

Emperor Jianxi looked at the young man in front of him and laughed lightly. Chen Yicong had already grabbed a chess game at this time, and Emperor Jianxi looked at the young man's palm and said softly, "Double." ”

The boy let go of his hand, and the chess pieces landed on the chessboard with a low, crisp sound.

"It's seven sons, Grandpa Huang, you guessed wrong." Chen Yicong said with a little smile, "This time it's still me who is black." ”

Emperor Jianxi raised his hand lightly and motioned for Chen Yicong to continue.

The teenager played chess with two fingers, accounting for the opening of the small eye.

Nineteen horizontal and vertical carved lines, the confrontation and encirclement of sunspots and whites.

Huang Chongde put a new cup of tea on the left hand side of each of them, but the two never clinked glasses.

Time passed slowly, Huang Chongde looked at the hot tea in the hands of his grandfather and grandson, and when the steaming tea gradually cooled, he stepped forward to replace the old tea with a new one.

Dozens of back and forth like this, Huang Chongde did not slack off in the slightest.

Emperor Jianxi raised his eyes and glanced at the young man.

Chen Yicong's eyes were bright, with an undisguised battle intent, at this time he had already fallen and was waiting for Emperor Jianxi to take over.

And on the chessboard, the sunspots are already a big victory.

Chen Yicong noticed Emperor Jianxi's gaze, and also raised his eyes to look at the emperor's grandfather.

"Concession." Young vocal voice.

Emperor Jianxi's eyes drooped slightly, and a light smile appeared on his face, "Are you waiting for me to admit defeat?" ”

Chen Yicong didn't answer—it didn't seem that he needed to answer anymore, and the pieces on the chessboard had already given his answer.

"Your chess skills have indeed improved," Emperor Jianxi's face was flat, "Who has been teaching you recently?" ”

"Once upon a time, it was Hu Yishu, Master Hu." Chen Yicong replied in a low voice, "But there is only Master Zhang in the past few months." He told his son that the way of playing is not a simple chess game, and there are many truths in it. ”

"No wonder." Emperor Jianxi exhaled slowly, his eyes stared at the chessboard, "You start with one or three small stickers, then five hangs, seven tops, and eleven presses...... As soon as it came up, it provoked a big avalanche.

"I can see your desire to win."

Emperor Jianxi's gaze slowly blurred, and he gently played with the white son in his hand, "This kind of opening is very open." ”

As soon as Chen Yicong wanted to say something, Emperor Jianxi continued, "In the past two years, he seems to have been a lot quieter than before. But I know that he has never been the kind of hermit who is tired of hearing about the world, and even if he is dormant, all he does is wait for an opportunity......

"He does have the spirit of a gentleman, and he can be used." Emperor Jianxi said softly.

Chen Yicong frowned slightly, a little surprised by Emperor Jianxi's words.

"Playing chess, it is indeed as he said, between square inches, there is a world of its own......"

Speaking of this, Emperor Jianxi's hand stopped, and he suddenly picked up the white piece and landed steadily in the northwest corner of the chessboard.

Chen Yicong was stunned for a moment - this move of the imperial grandfather was far from his expectations.

"The so-called rigidity is easy to break, and softness lasts forever." Emperor Jianxi's voice was still a little sluggish, but every word hit Chen Yicong's heart, "...... The indomitable spirit is certainly brave, but the flaws that can be left behind are innumerable. ”

Chen Yicong's back straightened suddenly.

The situation of the black man on the chessboard was suddenly very urgent, he reluctantly pulled out the central tendon and forcibly filled the two wings, but the white chess had already gained momentum, and there was no retreat at this time.

All of a sudden, there were six or seven places on the chessboard to fight at the same time, and Chen Yicong only felt that he was overstretched left and right, and he no longer had the energy to take care of the overall situation.

After that, it was the simple strangulation of the young man by the elders - Emperor Jianxi changed the past Huairou, and his methods were so fierce that Chen Yicong couldn't resist it at all.

“…… It's me who lost. ”

Under the offensive of Emperor Jianxi, Chen Yicong raised his sleeves to wipe the sweat on his forehead, and threw himself in defeat.

He vaguely felt that perhaps just as his mother and father could never understand Emperor Jianxi in his heart, he himself was as ignorant of the other side of the imperial grandfather.

"A chess player, although he has lost a hundred battles, his heart will not die." Emperor Jianxi's expression didn't change much, "Your masters have probably told you about this truth." ”

"Yes." Chen Yicong nodded.

"But that's not right." Emperor Jianxi said softly, "This is the way of playing chess, the way of being a minister, but not the way of being a king." ”

Chen Yicong looked up again with some surprise - but Emperor Jianxi didn't look at him.

The elderly emperor was already a little exhausted after such a long game. Huang Chongde drew a few pillows and bedding and piled a hill behind Emperor Jianxi that he could lean on.

"The opponent loses one game of chess, and the next game; Even if a minister is deposed, there is always a possibility that he will be reused in the future...... Whether it is advancing or retreating, it is only between him and his cheering. ”

Emperor Jianxi leaned on the cushion, looked past Chen Yicong, and looked at the map of Zhou Jin behind him.

"But if you are a king, small mistakes, big mistakes, big mistakes, God will not give you the opportunity to lose a hundred battles." Emperor Jianxi said softly, "So at the beginning, you have to rush to win."

"Wenchen and military generals like to say those righteous words, and they will sacrifice themselves for righteousness at every turn, and what they know cannot be done...... Don't be led astray by this spirit. ”

"Erchen doesn't understand." Chen Yicong said softly, "Isn't it wrong to know that you can't do it?" If you see the future stormy, then you will not move forward? ”

Emperor Jianxi laughed, "Of course you have to move forward!" ”

He looked at Chen Yicong, "But you have to know that you are not going forward for what you are sacrificing for righteousness, or for what to prove the truth...... You've got to win the endgame.

"It's not easy to kill and become a benevolent...... The hard part is to win.

"Don't ...... Spending the wrong effort. ”

This time, Chen Yicong did not answer.

He felt that Grandpa Huang's words were a little strange and seemed to have some truth, but it always sounded like something was wrong......

Emperor Jianxi looked at the map not far away.

"Chen Yicong, I ask you ......" Emperor Jianxi's voice suddenly fluctuated a little, "When the Jin people invaded, if you sat in my position, would you seek war or peace?" ”

Huang Chongde on the side immediately looked at Emperor Jianxi's face.

Emperor Jianxi seemed to have a thousand words in his eyes that he couldn't say, but he just looked at the prince eagerly.

Chen Yicong frowned, but he didn't think about it for a long time - although Emperor Jianxi's words just now made him feel a little confused about what answer the imperial grandfather wanted to hear, but he already had the answer to this question in his heart.

"Naturally, it's war." Shizi's voice cooled slightly, "The thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in my Great Zhou must not fall into the hands of the Jin people. ”

"Good boy, good boy......"

The corners of Emperor Jianxi's mouth rose slightly, and he seemed to want to say something more, but he coughed violently because of excitement.

Huang Chongde hurriedly stepped forward to stroke Emperor Jianxi's back.

Emperor Jianxi gently pushed Huang Chongde's hand away, "You all go down, leave Chen Yicong here alone, I ...... I want to be alone with my grandson for a while. ”