(Foreword)

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

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I took a slight leap into the air and stood on the stone plate as well.

It is also very strange to say that this huge stone plate will not sink. And I didn't shake violently when I stood on it, as if I was standing on flat ground.

But I looked around but there was no sign of the board. How can this game be played without a chessboard?

"Mo Qifeng, where is the chessboard of the game?" I asked out loud.

"This hero, don't be impatient, he has been preparing the chessboard for a long time." Mo Qifeng said with a smile.

Been preparing for a long time? But there's nothing on this stone plate. Could it be that this chessboard is in the water?

"Your Excellency doesn't have to look around, this chessboard is at your feet."

What the? Don't... Actually, I was aware of it before, but there was no chess grid on this stone board. It's like a new canvas. If this is really a chessboard, how are we going to play chess?

I'm afraid this is not my own question, and everyone present has a puzzled look on their faces. But instead of being confused, only one person smiled.

"I said Mo Qifeng, you don't play around like this, let's start the game quickly." The smile on Fang Shuran's face looked very natural.

"But there's nothing on this, not to mention that there are no chess pieces to play chess, what kind of game is this," Cui Li also expressed disbelief.

"Fang Shuran, it's not that I'm playing tricks, but I still need your help in this matter." Mo Qifeng smiled again: "Of course, I haven't seen you for a long time, and I don't know if your iron folding fan skills have regressed." ”

"It's ridiculous, my folding fan is rigid and soft, how can I regress?" Fang Shuran shouted angrily.

"Good!! In that case, it couldn't be better! Mo Qifeng suddenly took out a three-foot sword from his long sleeves.

I saw him draw his sword, unsheathed, this sword, the sword is like a waterfall, flying straight down. Swinging vertically and horizontally on the stone plate, we were busy using our hands to cover the dust, but I suddenly felt that the stone plate was shaking, and in an instant, several horizontal and vertical lines appeared on the stone plate, and he jumped with his sword, and smashed the stone table and stone bench in the courtyard with a sword. It is nearly round and cut. Large and small cobblestones, staggered. Unfold and arrange in front of Fang Shuran. "I'm tired." Mo Qifeng withdrew his three-foot sword and said to Fang Shuran.

"It's a trifle!" Fang Shuran opened the folding fan vigorously and waved it.

After a while, a big character appeared on each round stone, either 'Mo' or 'Cheng'.

Fang Shuran waved his backhand again, and those cobblestones were blown onto the stone plate by the fan. All the cobblestones in front of me had the word 'Cheng' written on them.

Mo Qifeng also returned to the stone plate at this time.

"I said Mo Qifeng, you are just too idle, you can't set up a chessboard in your chess pavilion and play a good game. You don't have to make such a big move. Fang Shuran was a little disdainful.

However, at this time, Mo Qifeng didn't pay attention to Fang Shuran anymore, but looked at me and said, "Since the chessboard and chess pieces are all in place, then our game can begin." ”

"That's nature, so let's get started, please advise." I looked at the pieces next to me, and according to the rules of modern Go, black moves first. But our current chess pieces have no black pieces, they are only distinguished by our surnames. Who is the first to do this, and how to judge it?

"Your Excellency, don't hesitate, please do it first." Mo Qifeng's words were very atmospheric.

Since he has said so, I'm afraid it's disrespectful, so I'll strike first.

But there is another question, how to play this chess piece, although these chess pieces are not very big, is it a little inappropriate not to move the chess pieces yourself. However, looking at the previous one, Fang Shuran just used a folding fan to blow these chess pieces onto this stone plate. I might as well try it with my sword. Maybe he could be like him.

Thinking of this, I also pulled out the long sword at my waist and swung it hard, only to see the chess piece fly high. It landed in the lower right corner of the stone plate.

When I saw that the position of the chess pieces was slightly different from what I thought, it was also very close, and I estimated that after a while of running-in, I would be able to accurately land my chess pieces on this stone board.

But Na Mo Qifeng really didn't think so, maybe my chess move was too naïve in his eyes, and he didn't regard me as his opponent at all.

His moves seemed very casual, and we played chess against each other.

The game is just over the middle of the game, and it seems that the winner has already been slightly seen. Although I tried very hard to resist his attack, I was still helpless, but Cui Li and the blacksmith on the other side were not proficient in Go, and did not know that I had failed.

I glanced at the stone plate again, and the big picture was decided.

"Your Excellency's chess, though calm, is not subtle. The offense and defense are not as good as the offense and defense, but lòu dòng is full of people. I'm afraid it's a concession. "Mo Qifeng's comments are very accurate. I had a slight upper hand at the beginning, but I was in a hurry to win, but I couldn't attack it and defended it unfavorably. Halfway through the game, I was already hard to reverse. It seems that the outcome of this game is already very obvious.

I suddenly remembered the previous game against Li Ruina in the chess shop, and finally she put two pieces in the lower right corner of the board to admit defeat. Now it seems that I can only do that.

I looked around and there were exactly two cobblestones stacked on top of each other. It seems that this is the only way to go.

Just when I was about to swing my sword.

My head started to ache violently again. It felt like there was a force pulling me out of this plane.

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

My vision began to blur, and the voice of a middle-aged man kept repeating in my head.

After a while, I felt like I could open my eyes, and in front of me was the table-style chessboard, on which were scattered with black and white chess pieces---- Go.

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.

How many times has this man appeared in my dreams, who is he?

Why am I here? Who the hell am I?

Why does this dream always appear when I am always in trouble?

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What exactly are you trying to tell me? Who am I? Where am I?

My head hurt again. Why do I still feel pain in my dreams?

No one could answer my question, and I watched as the man in front of me pondered the game on the board. It seems that he must be in the same distress as I am at this time.

He never played chess, and the pieces were picked up in his hand and put back in the box.

Picked it up again...

Put it back again...

Over and over again, I knew that the pieces had finally landed on the board. The nervous look on his face suddenly relaxed.

I didn't play chess.

Is it me or not me? Actually, I don't know.

Just when I was hesitating.

"Kid, what are you thinking, remember that all you have in mind is the game right now." The man said suddenly, in a low and powerful voice.

I raised my right hand, yes I felt like it was me, and although I couldn't control my movements, I knew very well that I was the one who was playing against him.

But just like the spectators, watching them take and drop their children, the rhythm is so fast that people can't breathe. Although I couldn't understand what they were playing now, I knew very well that I was playing well and felt that I had surpassed the middle-aged man. Every time I finished a game, he always looked very difficult, rubbed the sunspot in his hand vigorously, and it didn't take long for him to throw the pieces in his hand into the chess box.

"Good." The man began to sort out the chessboard, "Although I was a little anxious at the beginning, I was very good at this hand, and then I played more and more calmly. ”

I watched him move the pieces quickly.

"Sure enough, three-and-a-half, you won. By the way, how many games have you won since you learned? ”

I didn't speak.

"Remember children, life is like chess, and strategizing can win a thousand miles!"

"Okay, how old is the child, don't talk about it, the meal is ready."

A woman's voice came from behind the door, so familiar and yet so unfamiliar.

Wait!!! Who is this woman, why do my dreams always stop abruptly here, I want to see what this woman looks like, who is she?

But at this time, it was the same as before, and my mind was brought back to the present. When I opened my eyes again, I was still on the stone plate. In front of me, I was still halfway through the chess game. It seems that there is no chance of winning.

That's not right!! I suddenly took a closer look at the chess game on the stone board, and it seemed that there was a way to solve the game that had seemed hopeless.

Countless chess games suddenly appeared in my mind, as if they had been in my memory for a long time, so clear that I didn't seem to need to deliberately recall them.

I knocked down the stacked cobblestone, and it seemed like there might still be some chance, so how could I just give up and start a new game again!!

Jingzhou, it is generally believed that during the Eastern Han Dynasty, Jingzhou originally governed 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 that the soldiers must fight for 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, 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

Since ancient times, the Chinese nation has divided the Han land into nine regions, the so-called "Kyushu". According to the records of "Shangshu Yugong", the order of Kyushu is: Jizhou, Chongzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Yuzhou, Liangzhou and Yongzhou. In the Zhou Dynasty, the two states of Xu and Liang were merged into Qingzhou and Yongzhou respectively, so there was no Xuzhou and Liangzhou.

------ Baidu Encyclopedia

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