Chapter 012: Guiyun Tea House
Since Master Qi is known as a chess idiot, he will definitely not live up to this title, seeing that someone is coming to challenge, of course he will not refuse, but happily said:
"Where is your son-in-law? I have ready-made chessboard pieces here, why don't you ask your son-in-law to come over and kill a game?"
"My son-in-law has never played such a vulgar chess game. Yun Yao's voice was faint, with undoubted certainty, and the person next to him was stunned, but it really looked like he had a few brushes.
"Oh, then in the eyes of your son-in-law, what is a non-vulgar chess game?" Qi Tianbao really became interested, so he asked.
"My son-in-law said that he wanted to play seven games of chess with Master Qi at the same time, set up seven different Zhenlong chess games, different moves, different ways, and whoever can win more in these seven games of chess will be considered the final winner. Yun Yao thought for a moment and said, "Master Qi, haven't you seen this novel way of playing?"
"One person, seven rounds at the same time?" Old Master Qi seemed to have heard something unbelievable, so he confirmed it again.
You must know that playing chess is a very brain-consuming thing, and there are many killer moves in the chess game, such as open guns and hidden arrows, killing machines step by step, and you will be trapped to death by the opponent if you are not careful. You need to keep seeing and dismantling moves, and you have to set traps for the other party in order to keep your own territory.
For a person like Qi Tianbao, who has excellent chess skills, the next game of chess is not a difficult task, and it is even easy to win, but playing seven games at the same time, and it is seven games with different numbers of different moves, which is far more difficult than him winning seven people in a row.
But the more this happened, the more excited he became, he really hadn't ignited his fighting spirit like today for a long time, not to mention, this mysterious son really aroused his interest.
"Okay! Seven games will be seven games! Come on, set up a game, please come out and meet your son." Qi Tianbao is also a bold person, and when he heard Yun Yao's affirmative answer, he immediately waved his hand and asked people to set the plate.
However, he originally thought that this mysterious son was going to come out to meet and play with him, but unexpectedly, Yun Yao spoke again: "Master Qi is not in a hurry, when you win my son-in-law, he will come out to meet you." ”
Qi Tianbao didn't expect this mysterious son's shelf to be so big, which made him even more curious. Although this is a bit of a loss of face for him, being able to play chess is nothing to him.
Soon, the entire lobby of Guiyunzhuang was emptied, leaving only the screen, and Gu Qingming, Lu Yingquan and Sisi sitting behind the screen.
Seven chessboards were placed in front of the screen from left to right, and Qi Tianbao sat opposite, as if he was going to play against Gu Qingming.
And in the same way, behind the screen, in front of Gu Qingming, there were also seven chessboards, which seemed to highlight Gu Qingming's mystery, so their plan was that Gu Qingming would not come forward, no matter what fell outside, someone would go out to take a look and come back and land on the chessboard behind the screen.
"This little boy, if your son doesn't come out, how can you play chess with me?" Qi Tianbao looked at Yun Yao and asked.
"Master Qi doesn't have to worry, there will be someone who will hold the son for my son-in-law and play against Master Qi. Yun Yao said, then retreated behind the screen and winked at Gu Qingming.
It didn't take long for seven more people to come out of the Guiyunzhuang wing, they were the chess players Gu Qingming was looking for, and they had been hiding in the wing, waiting for this moment.
In order to show that the mysterious son behind the screen is very powerful, so let Master Qi hold the three-handed white son and the four-handed black son, and the black son goes first, so the old man Qi has the upper hand.
When the game officially began, Master Qi devoted himself wholeheartedly, seemed to forget everything around him, and began to fall.
Gu Qingming is indeed good at chess, and his chess skills are very good. Because when Gu Qingming was young, General Gu taught him the methods and strategies of marching and fighting, which started from the chessboard.
How to hold the territory, how to see through the opponent's tricks, how to break through the encirclement of thousands of troops, how to win in a thousand shots, and understand the strategy of marching and fighting from the way of chess is the method used by General Gu to train Gu Qingming.
However, despite this, the way of playing chess is not Gu Qingming's strong point after all, no matter how superb he is, he can't play seven games with Master Qi at the same time, and he is guaranteed to win and not lose.
Therefore, Gu Qingming and Yun Yao adopted a little strategy - division of labor and cooperation.
The two of them each kept three games, with the chess skills of the two of them, it was not a problem to hold three games and fight against Master Qi's seven games, and the seven chess players they invited joined forces to play the last game at the same time.
Since Lu Yingquan had served tea before, he was afraid that he would be recognized by Master Qi, so the task of acting for Gu Qingming and Yun Yao was handed over to Sisi.
Sisi stood in the middle of the screen, looking at the people on both sides, and if anyone landed on the chessboard, she would go to the corresponding chessboard on the other side and place the same chess pieces in the same position.
Master Qi took the sunspot first, and after the son fell, Sisi walked behind the screen, and on Gu Qingming's chessboard, the sunspot fell, which was the place where Master Qi fell. And after Gu Qingming fell into Baizi, she went out again, and on the chessboard in front of Master Qi, she fell Baizi.
This may seem cumbersome, but it is actually reasonable. Because the seven rounds are played at the same time, it is quite difficult, both sides need time to think, and sometimes a pair of hands really can't take care of both, so the presence of Sisi is necessary.
She can ensure that every move is fair and open, so that the surrounding onlookers know what the two sides are falling, and ensure the integrity of the chessboard.
As time passed, the originally empty chessboard began to be full of chess pieces, and Master Qi looked solemn, walking back and forth between the seven chessboards seriously, playing against the people behind the screen.
And Master Qi didn't know that there were actually nine people playing against him.
Gu Qingming and Yun Yao were relatively relaxed, each of them only cared about three games of chess, and Lu Yingquan was sometimes on the side to help, so they were very leisurely. On the contrary, it is a bit difficult for the seven chess players.
Because as time passed, Master Qi's attention was all focused on the game of chess corresponding to the seven chess players, so the seven chess players had to concentrate on facing Master Qi's all-round attack.
In fact, this is also one of Yun Yao's strategies.
She knew what level of chess skills she and Gu Qingming had, and she also knew that they were on par with Master Qi, and the chess skills of those seven chess players were still much worse than those of Master Qi.
Therefore, she deliberately used those seven chess players to attract Master Qi's attention, she and Gu Qingming just had to play steadily, but those seven chess players kept giving Master Qi hope, making Master Qi feel that he had a better chance of winning in the last game of chess, so for the sake of safety, he would spend a lot of effort on this game of chess.
It is precisely because of this that Master Qi was restrained by the seven chess players, and the corresponding Yun Yao and Gu Qingming were much easier, plus they were only each Gu three games, and Master Qi was alone Gu seven games, they had a great advantage.
I don't know who told the story of the chess game in Guiyunzhuang, and soon, there were more and more people in Guiyunzhuang to see the excitement, and even the door was surrounded by water, and the lobby of the game was even more crowded.
But even so, behind the screen is still a clean place.
After all, this is a teahouse, and these chess players are also gentlemen, they are all attracted by this wonderful chess game, and they concentrate on watching the game, and no one pays attention to the origin of the people behind the screen.
This prosperous chess game started in the morning and lasted until noon. The shopkeeper of Guiyunzhuang specially instructed Xiao Er to go to Juxiangzhai next door to order a meal, and give it to these guests watching the game in the hall, so that they can eat enough and continue to watch chess.
But the people on both sides did not feel hungry at all, and devoted all their energy to this game.
Gradually, the time was getting longer and longer, and there were more and more chess pieces on the chessboard, and the sweat on Qi Tianbao's forehead continued to seep out, and he couldn't wipe it clean.
Similarly, Gu Qingming and Yun Yao didn't feel so relaxed, they deeply felt the title of "chess idiot" in this game, and it was not in vain.
The sun is setting, and at this time of the day, Master Qi should have left Guiyunzhuang a long time ago to inspect his shop. But today, he was trapped by this chess game and couldn't get out of it for a while, and the shopkeeper was also very surprised, not knowing what was going on.
For four hours, from the morning to the afternoon, the two sides did not stop at all, and this eye-catching chess game finally came to an end before the arrival of Shen Shi.
With a snap, Master Qi threw the sunspot in his hand into the chess box, sat on the chair dejectedly, took the sweat towel in the hand of the little guy next to him, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and said with a sigh: "The old man wins one and loses six, which can be regarded as losing, the son is good at chess, I don't know if the old man is lucky, and he will discuss one or two with the son another day?"
After listening to Master Qi's words, everyone turned their heads to look behind the screen, but no one answered behind the screen, Gu Qingming had already taken Lu Yingquan and Yun Yao to withdraw from the back door of Guiyunzhuang, and the seven chess players also took the money and left when Master Qi admitted defeat, leaving only Sisi still in place.
Seeing that no one answered, Master Qi couldn't help the curiosity in his heart, got up and walked behind the screen to look, but when he saw it, he was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "What about the person who just played chess behind here?"
Sisi smiled at Master Qi and said, "Master Qi, my son-in-law admires Master Qi's chess skills very much, so he specially left this letter for me to hand over to Master Qi, saying that he will be in the house in three days, waiting for Master Qi's arrival." Remember, Master Qi can only come alone, otherwise he won't be able to see my son-in-law. ”
After saying this, Sisi handed the letter that Yun Yao had prepared a long time ago to Master Qi's hand, and then bowed his hand slightly and turned to leave.
Master Qi watched people go to Guiyunzhuang in the empty building, and there was a sense of a dream in his heart, if it weren't for the fact that the chessboard full of chess pieces hadn't been removed, he probably really thought he was dreaming.
However, when he looked at the letter in his hand, he did not have the slightest suspicion, put it in his sleeve, and turned away.
Although this chess game was a sensation, no one doubted anything. After all, Master Qi has to challenge different people to play chess every day, and as a chess idiot, it is not surprising that such a thing happened to him.
What's more, in the hearts of everyone, to be able to win over Master Qi in such a way, it must be some kind of hermit master. Since he is a master, it is reasonable to be mysterious and not show his face.