Chapter 22: Chess
"Book of War?" Although the old alliance leader is a person from the rivers and lakes, why is there a military book at home, is it really as rumored that Chu Tao once really led troops to fight?
Rong Le asked tentatively, "Did your grandfather ever lead soldiers to the battlefield?" ”
After a little thought, he said: "I don't know, I arrived at my grandmother's house at the age of seven...... Yu Qiongyao hammered her hand, turned to face Rong Le, and was also suspicious, and said in wonder: "Don't say it, my grandfather really disappeared for a few years, and even my grandmother doesn't know where he went." My grandfather suddenly came home on a rainy day when I was about eleven years old, my grandmother closed the door and had a big quarrel with my grandfather, and I ignored my grandfather for half a month, and I forgot how they reconciled. ”
Rong Le counted that ten years ago was the year when the war between Tanguo and Linchuan ended, and asked, "Did your grandfather tell him where he went?" ”
Yu Qiongyao scratched her head, laughed twice, and said, "I forgot...... You also know, I've always been a rough person, plus it's been a long time, it's normal to not remember, normal. ”
Rong Le was about to continue asking, when he saw two disciples dressed in light blue green trees holding umbrellas outside the window and walking into the Wutong Courtyard. It should be the guiding disciple of the Jade Dust Pavilion who has arrived. Rong Le didn't continue to ask, just called Bai Wei to walk out with an umbrella. After everyone arrived, they walked in the direction of the Jade Dust Pavilion.
The Jade Dust Pavilion is next to the Jade Plum Pavilion, and it has already been walked through once yesterday and is not so raw. Rong Le, Yu Qiongyao and Bai Wei walked side by side, on the way, Yuan Xiang ran over, ran into Lin Qingqing again, and the five of them got together again, and walked all the way to the Jade Dust Pavilion with a smile and a smile.
Before everyone arrived at the Jade Dust Pavilion, Gu Mowei was already standing at the door waiting for everyone, and when everyone stood firm, they made a salute, and everyone hurriedly returned the salute, and after a set of etiquette was over, Gu Mowei made a "please" gesture and led everyone into the inner room of the Jade Dust Pavilion.
Rong Le observed Gu Mowei, he was dressed in a light blue green shirt like an ordinary disciple of the Jade Dust Pavilion, with a silver crown in his hair, and a jade pendant on his waist that symbolized the identity of the disciple of the Jade Dust Pavilion's steward.
"The autumn rain is merciless, cold to the bones, the most can make people sick, and I hope everyone will add more clothes to prevent colds"
"This is the daily residence of the disciples of the Jade Dust Pavilion, as early as a few days ago, the room was emptied, and this square chessboard was prepared, each side of the chessboard has a different game of checkmate chess, please limit the time of one stick of incense to solve this game, in order to win."
"Chess is also life. Life is like chess, the layout of the chess game, the middle game, and the final game, life is like this, every thought and step is cause and effect. When he was young, he was prepared for life, or literature, or martial arts, or businessmen, or officials, or pinned his affection on the rivers and lakes; When he was middle-aged, he fought for what he thought, businessmen took profits, officials took names, and people in the rivers and lakes took righteousness; When a person is about to die, he can end the game, and let go of his obsession to enjoy his old age in peace. This is life in chess. ”
“……”
Gu Mowei walked back and forth between the square chessboards, chattering for a long time like a private school teacher, and Rong Le didn't have the heart to listen, just looked at the several chessboards in front of him, figuring out what to do next.
"If you solve the chess game, there will be a special junior and disciple test, and after passing the test, you can go back to the room for a short rest, and prepare for another test in the afternoon, and the assessment location is the same as in the Jade Dust Pavilion."
"There are three chess rooms on the left and right of the examination room, there are sixty-three chessboards, and the candidates are divided into three teams to follow me into the chess room, arrange seats to sit down, light the cigarette on their side, and then they can land."
"I hope that you will be like a broken bamboo and enter my Silver Snow Peak smoothly, and at that time, you can come to the Jade Dust Pavilion to call me a senior brother, and we will talk about chess again, waiting." Gu Mowei leaned over again, and after everyone returned the salute, they arranged the seats in turn.