Shen Zeru and Shen Jihe were all looking at the box of gold and silver, speechless for a while.

"It's necessary to find a way to connect with the officials of the Yandu Household Department." Shen Jihe said, proposing a solution to the problem. Shen Zexue has already inquired that Shi Lun in Yandu Hubu Langzhong is a chess idiot, and he claims to be the best in the world in chess skills.

"Chess? No. 1 in the world? Shen Zeru chuckled, that smile was indescribable. I forgot to say that Shen Zeru's attainments in chess skills are much stronger than his ability to couplet, if there is a chess game, then things are much easier, the three of them muttered in the embassy for most of the night, and a plan was gradually formed.

Not long after, when Fang Congzhe, Xu Shenxing and others were discussing the matter of jointly sending troops with Xiyan, in order to ease the tense atmosphere and enhance the friendship between Dayong and Xiyan, Shen Zeru persuaded Fang Congzhe and proposed a chess competition to the Xiyan mission.

Because of Shi Lun, a chess idiot who is known as the number one in the world, Xiyan naturally agreed, and Sima Zhen also sent his subordinates to build momentum in Yandu. Gradually, this was originally an ordinary chess competition, developed into a grand event in Yandu, and became one of the things that the people are most concerned about, the people of Yandu naturally hope that Xiyan can compare Dayong, and it is best to kill Dayong's limelight.

Playing chess is about people's hearts and layouts, which is actually a process of accumulation of knowledge and experience, and has little to do with talent. In general, the older a person gets, the higher his chess skills will be, and the more unmarked the layout will be. There are only a very few talented people who can become masters of chess at a young age, such as Su Hai, a native of Jizhou in the early years of Da Yongnian, who won the title of Doctor of Chess at the age of fifteen. However, it is difficult to produce such a person in a hundred years, so Shen Zeru is not too nervous about this chess competition.

Before the competition began, he met Shi Lun, an old man in his fifties, with white hair, bright eyes, presumably years of playing chess and hard thinking, and a few long wrinkles on his face.

Dayong and Xiyan are popular in chess, and this chess competition is naturally a chess competition. This competition was not held in the embassy, not in the protocol, but in the main hall of Sima Zheng! This is still Sima Zheng's own request, it turns out that Sima Zheng is also very good at chess, and when he heard that Shen Zeru and Shi Lun were going to open a chess game, he naturally wanted to take a look. So the Xiyan officials and the Great Yong envoys all stared closely at the two people sitting in the middle of the main hall.

On the white jade chessboard, nine vertical and ten horizontal staggered, displaying the round chess of red and black, Shen Zeru and Shi Lun sat opposite each other, one west and one east, and the expressions of the two were very serious. Chess is the way, and playing chess is the way, and neither of these two people dares to be contemptuous.

I saw Shi Lun stretch out his palm upwards and say to Shen Zeru, "Please." This is to show the sincerity of the master's family, Shi Lun asked Shen Zeru to hold the red son first, Shen Zeru did not push back, picked up a "cannon" and moved it to the chessboard, and made the first move.

Shi Lun saw that Shen Zeru started a "cannon" first, thought about it for a while, and without much hesitation, he picked up a "horse" and went up, when the head cannon was against the screen horse, which was the most complicated chess opening game at the moment.

In the blink of an eye, the two of them have played for fifteen or sixteen rounds, and many officials can't see clearly what the two sides are. Such words, I feel that they are in the clouds, I don't understand what they are talking about at all, I just feel that the chess pieces on both sides of the red and black sides are changing back and forth, and when I look at it again, Shen Zeru and Shi Lun's expressions are quite solemn, and he thinks it is lively.

Shi Lun's expression was solemn, and he was nervous, the two of them had already played sixteen or seventeen times, and he couldn't see the layout of the middle-aged man opposite, was it the end of the start or the middle game first? He couldn't tell the difference, he just felt that the time to think in the middle was getting longer and longer, and the chess pieces were playing slower and slower, and the other party seemed to be at ease.

In fact, Shen Zeru was not having a good time, Shi Lun's killing became more and more powerful, and he felt that he was gradually getting harder. He looked at the chessboard, the red and black sides were evenly matched, and neither of them had the upper hand, and this stalemate had lasted for almost half an hour. Shen Zeru remembered the main purpose of coming to Xiyan this time, and remembered that he had to defeat Shi Lun in chess skills, only if he was a chess master, according to Shi Lun's character as a chess idiot, he would definitely take the initiative to find him, so that the interaction between the two would be logical.

Shen Zeru took a deep breath, then closed his eyes, and recalled that when he was in Jingzhao, he was idly making up the chess game, which had not yet been completed, and he didn't even have a name, but now when he was in this game, he remembered it. Phoenix Nirvana, born after death, endlessly, he has a decision.

Immediately, he picked up a "soldier" and made a "sacrifice" move, and then moved the "horse", or "sacrifice", several in succession, all of them were such actions, one by one to Shi Lun's "general" side, the surrounding officials let out a burst of gasp, and someone shouted: "He is killing himself." The Xiyan official laughed contemptuously: "Eager to win, I'm still too young." ”

Shi Lun ignored the voices of the officials around him, he felt strange, and he didn't dare to take it lightly, why were the two of them still in a stalemate, why did the other party suddenly seem to be going to death as if he couldn't think about it?

But before he could react, after a few "offerings" in succession, Shen Zeru's chess style changed, and he moved a few chess pieces, and a red "cannon" had already come behind the "general"! Ma Dingjiang, killing the king, so far, the chess game has been decided, and the red son wins.

And all of this is just a matter of a moment.

Shen Zeru smiled, endlessly, going forward and successively, it is precisely because of the death in front that there is a glimmer of life in the back, and it is precisely for the glimmer of life in the back that there is a disregard for life and death in the front! So it was, and he thought he could name it "Endless Chess".

Chess is like life, he was thoughtful, and began to have a sense of identity and mission for Shen Huashan's approach.

Shen Zeru smiled, and the other officials also reacted, this means that Shen Zeru won? Da Yong won?

Shi Lun's face was pale, staring at the chess game, and he understood Shen Zeru's number of games, it turned out that this was the case, and he was born after death! He immediately laughed and gave Shen Zeru a deep look: "Shi Mou's chess skills are not proficient, he is willing to bow to the wind, and he is willing to bow to the wind." He and Shen Zeru looked at each other and smiled, leaving the palace officials looking at each other: What is the situation?