Chapter 9: Beyond the Game of Chess

Smart people don't keep their heads down, they put all their attention on the chessboard in front of them, and the people around the chessboard are sometimes more exciting.

During the period of deduction, Wen Xiaocheng has already understood the identities and roles of these people who surround him. Among the six or seven people around, there were two who were obviously stall owners' nurses, one of them won a game, and he didn't leave with the reward of 100 yuan, giving a move to the old man who was in the game, and the one next to him had just ended, but he lost, and he was babbling on the side, telling the old man that he couldn't jump off the horse, and he lost so much just now. These two tricks must be in the same group, and there are a few people next to them who are really thinking about the chess game, but they are outsiders, and the old man with glasses who is playing off the field is obviously going to become a victim.

Sure enough, after three or five steps, the old man was forced into a corner, and said with his conscience that the old man's chess strength was not bad, at least the first eight moves were not wrong, but when he took the ninth step, he counted one step less, and he was greedy for merit and rushed forward, and was ambushed by the enemy. At this time, the two "nurseries" next to them came into play, encouraging the old man to play another game.

"Old man, if you don't listen to me, the cannon will sink to the bottom! You can't jump off the horse at this time, just this step! I'll be on fire for you! You fool the old man who is setting up a stall and don't leave, we have to win back the thirty yuan today!"

The stall owner was not in a hurry: "What else do you say! Take 10 yuan and fight for 100, I will lose all this deal! The big guy testified, did he win my 100 yuan just now? Our little fight is not called gambling, it is just that the big guys sum up the total together, ponder and ponder the endgame, old man, you will win me in two or three more steps, your hometown is a big business, you don't care about the dozen yuan, I lose a hundred ah! Old man, forget it, chess has been played to this extent, if you don't win, you can win, I'm a stall on the ground, you won't be able to bear a hundred yuan if you win?

The stall owner said pitifully, but the two Tuo Ke next to him did not relent, "Don't be afraid of people fighting when you come out to set up a stall, why don't you say when the old man loses your money? Look at us to understand the game thoroughly, we want to run? How can there be such a cheap thing? Change the chess game, we don't agree! Old man, we help you, just this endgame, you have to let this kid pay a hundred yuan for anything! Go home and buy ribs for your little grandson to eat!"

The old man with glasses is polite, he must be an intellectual, he has squatted here in the afternoon, and he has lost three games in a row, and he doesn't care much about 30 yuan, but he is indeed a little unwilling, and he is being played by a few people, and he is also hesitating. Counted a few moves, but I didn't expect that the other party could use the cannon to counter this move, if you follow the side cannon next to you to the bottom, it is indeed a good move, but the next chess path, is still not very clear.

"Uncle, can I play? I can also play chess. Wen Xiaocheng, who was standing on the side, asked.

The stall owner looked up, and with a height of 1.76 meters, he was a half-sized child, and his body was dirty, and he seemed to be a junior high school student. Doing tricks and taking money are all customers, a kid who doesn't know the height of the sky, but it's okay, he can earn ten yuan is ten yuan.

"Do you have any money?"

Wen Xiaocheng was a little embarrassed, "I only have five yuan, let's play five yuan, I lost five yuan to you, if I win, you can give me fifty." ”

Wen Xiaocheng is not without money in his pocket, the children of the poor are in charge early, grandma goes to the county to sell sugar gourds, and comes back very late, Xiaocheng is responsible for buying vegetables when he gets out of school, and even sometimes he has to help grandma buy goods, and he goes to the market on the sixth day to wholesale some big hawthorns from the mountain farmers, so he often carries more than ten or twenty yuan in his pocket. He has ten dollars, and he is sure to win, but to break this endgame, he can only use five dollars.

In addition to the chess game, there is also a game.

The stall owner had two accomplices. Listening to their conversation, this afternoon, the old man won 30 yuan, and the other two were all trusted, regardless of winning or losing, that is to say, it is very likely that so far, this gang has only had an income of 30 yuan, and maybe there are others in the urn, but looking at the current time, it is not yet three o'clock in the afternoon, and the estimated number of people is not too much. If you win 100 yuan against them, you will lose 70, and I'm afraid you won't be able to go. And now there is a stupid old man waiting to be slaughtered, and he had an income of 30 yuan before, so it should be acceptable to let himself win 50. Turning their faces on the spot means telling everyone that they have no credit, because the victory or defeat of 20 yuan is not worth it.

The stall owner didn't want to be Liwen Xiaocheng, but the old man who saw that he was still hesitating, thinking about earning 5 yuan for the child is a matter of minutes, and he can hook the old man to continue playing. Don't look at the ten yuan and ten yuan is not a lot of money, but the stall is afraid of people breaking off, as long as there are people around, there is no fear of no money! There are always people who want to pay ten yuan to try.

"Okay, look at your child, I won't bother with you, let you!" said the stall owner as he resumed the game.

"Uncle, since you say I'm small, then I have to win the draw, right?"

The heart of the stall was shocked, but after thinking about it, it was also too much for himself, this chess game is endlessly changing, and the next game has to be 23 moves in a row, and one step can not be wrong, if it is not for memorizing the ancient score, ordinary people can't do it at all. 23 steps sounds simple, each step has at least 2 choices, or even more, it is a thousand ways to calculate, to say less there are hundreds of thousands of possibilities, to find a single way to win among these hundreds of thousands of possibilities, how easy is it to say? It's like playing a Rubik's Cube, if you don't learn the formula, you can only rely on your own research to restore the six sides, it is almost impossible.

"Okay, if you make peace, you win!" said the stall owner.

The two sides negotiated, and the old man with glasses also gave up his position, and killed a trip to bite the gold halfway. The old man does not mean to underestimate Wen Xiaocheng, heroes come out of teenagers, chess is not divided between young and old, and the masters of the youth group are not nothing.

Wen Xiaocheng sat down, the first three steps were basically a fixed formula, and there was no suspense. From the fourth step, the two accomplices next to him began to point fingers, but the old man who had just been deceived frowned and did not speak, as if he was still thinking about the chess game just now.

"Don't get on the horse, he can pad the cannon, I planted it last time!"

Wen Xiaocheng listened to persuasion, rooked seven and drew four, and defeated the black chess army. It is impossible to talk nonsense in every sentence, at least this step is right, first build confidence, and then at the critical time, lead your way of thinking. Just like all kinds of scams, before committing fraud, you often have to say two words of truth to seek your trust.

Wen Xiaocheng was not disturbed and continued the chess game. All 23 steps had already been deduced in his mind, and he didn't need to think about it at all, but he still pretended to think about every step and didn't act easy.

The game continues......

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This world is not as pure as we imagined, it is obviously a matter between the square inches of the chessboard, but when people are in the game, it is inevitable to consider outside the chess game. Being able to solve problems on the board depends on intelligence, and being able to observe changes outside the board requires wisdom.