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Cold ice can't break the water, and dead wood can meet spring again.

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All my hopes have been disappointed, although it is not impossible to think of a way to open the stone gate, but the situation is different now and before, at this time the bandits must be on the way, they may come here at any time, if we can't think of a way to open the stone gate in time, then our current situation will become extremely passive, and the words on the stone plate are completely unknown. It takes a lot of time to unravel it, but what we need most now is time.

"Is there no other way?" Zhao Yan looked at me and said.

"Time is pressing, this stone gate is the only way to get out of here in my gate first, if you go to find other ways, I'm afraid it's unlikely in time." My expression was solemn.

"But we don't know what it means, and now that the bandits are on their way here, we don't have time for any guessing games." What Cui Li said is not unreasonable, now in addition to the stone gate in front of us, time is our biggest problem.

"I..." Wang Ningshuang looked like she wanted to speak and stopped.

"Miss Wang, what did you think?" I asked.

"It's nothing, I just think it might have some effect, but..."

"You mean, what time is it now, the bandits will attack at any time, weren't you pretty good before? Why do you talk slowly now? Cui Li seemed to be really anxious at this time.

"Miss Wang, just say what you have, maybe it will really have an effect on us." I looked at Wang Ningshuang and said.

"I just suddenly remembered that my father would often go to the 'Ningxiu Pavilion' recently." Wang Ningshuang said slowly.

"'Ningxiu Pavilion'? What are you going to do there, sir? Isn't this 'Ningxiu Pavilion' for those who visit the palace? It's not like I've never been there before. Zhao Yan asked suspiciously.

"That's right, Daddy didn't go to 'Ningxiu Pavilion' very often before, only recently, and I asked Daddy curiously one day why he always went to 'Ningxiu Pavilion' alone recently. Dad didn't deny it, but told me why he went to 'Ningxiu Pavilion'. Wang Ningshuang looked at us.

"What did Master Wang do when he went to 'Ningxiu Pavilion'?" I suddenly felt that this might really have something to do with the stone gate in front of me.

"Look...... Book ......," Wang Ningshuang said word by word.

"What!! Reading!!! How is this possible? The master doesn't read books in his own library, why do you want to go to the 'Ningxiu Pavilion' to read books? How is this possible? Zhao Yan has more and more questions.

"The books that Daddy reads are not in the Library..."Wang Ningshuang replied.

"What kind of book is the book that Master Wang is reading?" I seem to have the answer in my mind, but I still can't be sure.

"'The Battle of the Three Generals.'" As soon as Wang Ningshuang spoke, the answer in my heart gradually became clear.

"What!! Three...... Will...... It...... War ......, what are you kidding??? This...... How is this possible??? Cui Li couldn't believe what he heard: "Cheng Yin, this is ...... Finally...... What's going on? Did I hear me right? “

"Cui Li, Miss Wang is right, I also saw this 'Battle of the Three Generals' when I was in 'Ningxiu Pavilion'." My words rang out.

"What??? You said you also saw the 'Battle of the Three Generals' when you were in the 'Ningxiu Pavilion'? This...... How is this possible, how can I get more and more confused the more I listen to it, what the hell is going on? ”

Mr. Ouyang's words echoed in his ears:

Once upon a time, there was a general who led a large army to press in, passing through a city, and after a few days of fighting, the defenders of the city could no longer afford to continue to defend the city. In fact, he could have fled the city, but he didn't, and still led the remnants of his old army to stand on the tower. Its heroic spirit shocks the Quartet...

What does this stone gate have to do with the battle of the three generals? My mind is in a mess right now, and I don't know how to think about it.

"Focus, kid, don't be distracted while playing chess!"

The voice was repeated again and again in my head.

When I opened my eyes, it was the same table-style chessboard again.

By the bright light, I saw a middle-aged man sitting across from me, with a serious expression that didn't seem to smile, wearing a striped shirt and a mechanical watch in his right hand. It's so familiar and so strange.

"Kid, what are you thinking, remember that all you have in mind is the game right now." The man's voice was deep and powerful.

What are you thinking? I also always ask myself what I was thinking? But there are always no answers, and I often don't even know what I'm thinking. I don't know all the answers, but I still need to keep thinking, where is the answer?

Looking at the middle-aged man in front of me, with a necklace with the word "Shu" hanging on his head and neck, my heart was full of many doubts, but I had no way to ask, I could only quietly watch them play, the chess pieces of Go kept changing on the chessboard, sometimes I felt that the chessboard of Go was like a battle situation, it looked like a smooth flow, but in fact, the wind was surging, a move often determines the outcome of a game of chess, every move must be extremely cautious, a millimeter of error, a thousand miles wrong.

"Kid, what are you thinking, remember that all you have in mind is the game right now." The man's voice was deep and powerful.

I repeated this phrase over and over again in my head, and yes, all I could think about now was how to open the stone door in front of me and nothing else. At this point I have to concentrate all my attention, to think, to think......

The chessboard is like a sea of stars, but it will guide me in the direction of my way. I looked up and smiled, and there seemed to be some answer in my mind. Maybe the answer was already in my mind, but I didn't focus on looking for it.

[Note 2] Jingzhou, it is generally believed that during the Eastern Han Dynasty, Jingzhou originally had seven counties: Nanyang County, Nan County, Jiangxia County, Lingling County, Guiyang County, Wuling County, Changsha County, after the Battle of Chibi, the seven counties of Jingzhou were divided by Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Sun Quan, Cao Cao occupied the largest Nanyang County in the north of Jingzhou, Sun Quan got Jiangxia County and Nan County, and Liu Bei got four counties in the south of Jingzhou (Changsha, Lingling, Guiyang, and Wuling). Liu Bei's military security was not conducive to development, so he proposed to Sun Quan twice to borrow the southern county of Jingzhou, and Eastern Wu Lusu persuaded Sun Quan to temporarily lend the southern county to Liu Bei, so Liu Bei had five counties of Jingzhou (Nanjun, Changsha, Lingling, Guiyang, and Wuling).

------ Baidu Encyclopedia.