On the 10th day of August in the 17th year of Tianjian, in the afternoon, the sun was shining, on the last day of the Hudu County Go Trials, Yipin Teahouse, the elegant room was fragrant, and the fragrance of tea was mixed with a trace of fire, everyone was looking forward to the debate between Gong Qing and Feng Can, who would win in the end? Chen Fan decided to tie it, because there were too many audiences, and the tea guests who came in had already stopped what they were doing, quietly watched the two debaters, and continued to argue, for fear of hurting the friendship between classmates.

At this time, there was no other sound in Yacuri except for the voice of the fat man, and when Gong Qing made a statement on the frog at the bottom of the well, Ma Bo and the rich and noble son's eyes shifted from the chessboard to the two, and everyone's eyes shifted with the words of the two. Feng Can and Gong Yu also realized everyone's gaze at this time, and swept towards those guest officers. "It's not going to be a monkey show, is it?" It is estimated that a kind of realization suddenly rose in the hearts of the two of them.

This kind of realization made Gong Qing, who was ready to launch a counterattack immediately, hesitate a little, and it was this hesitation that made Chen Fan seize the opportunity to speak.

"Let's play chess, you have to argue again, this chess will not be able to fall until night." Chen Fan remembered in a faint voice. Of course, Chen Fan knew that his words alone would not be able to calm the dispute between the two.

Therefore, he continued: "I know, Feng Can said that you can play chess while eating, you don't approve of it, and I don't approve either, according to his statement, why didn't I see him eating while listening to his master's lectures, the reason is that his realm is high enough, it will not affect his listening to the class, he really has to have this ability, this reason has already been explained to the master." Thinking that if Feng Can really dared to tell his master about this, the master's iron-clad face, Gong Qing laughed.

"That's it, that's it, Feng Can, if you dare to talk about this with the master, whether you talk about winning the master or not, your reason is valid, how about it?" Feng Can immediately stopped squeaking, the master's ruler is not fun, let him tell the master this theory, is he stupid?

"Why does the Master get angry when he hears this, because the way of learning is learning, specialization, refinement, and thinking." Chen Fan continued, "If we are distracted, how can we concentrate on thinking, so when we study, we should concentrate and not have the mind to do other things. Chen Fan wanted to give a half-hearted example, but after thinking about it, forget it, talking too much, but instead he became preaching, of course, he had to appease the fat man a few words.

"However, Feng Can said that the realm is not divided into levels, grades, and industries, and anyone can measure and impact, which I agree with." When Feng Can heard this, a smile immediately appeared on his face, and he greeted Chen Fan with a smile, obviously asking Chen Fan to praise him a few more words.

Chen Fan looked at Gong Qing, saw Gong Qing's smiling face stiffened, and was a little funny in his heart, and said to himself: "Whether a person has grade or not does not affect people's thinking, 'Yao makes Go, Dan Zhu Shanzhi'." It can be seen that Go itself was created by people who are not good at Go, and after the development of later generations, there is the current division of grades, how can we restrict our own development because of the division of grades? So there's no point in continuing to argue, let's play chess. Chen Fan finally made a summary of this debate, and at the same time secretly thanked the original owner Chen Fasheng for leaving the "Lineage of the Five Emperors" on the bookcase, "Yao Zao Go, Dan Zhu Shanzhi" is the original text on the bamboo slip, and it is always not wrong to quote it.

"It seems that the main point of the debate is to jump out of the other party's circle and attack with his own impeccable theory, so that the other party cannot argue, although he is not good at scolding others, but he can reason by himself, and sometimes reasoning is also a kind of debate." Chen Fan further summarized and reflected, found his own strengths, understood his shortcomings, and felt that by listening to Feng and Gong's debate today, his debate talent has also increased greatly. Sometimes, what kind of friends you are with is also important.

Gong Qing is worthy of being Gong Qing who likes to scare people, "The reason is not clear, and the matter is not clear." You see, Fa Sheng, as soon as you say this, everyone will know what kind of mind to use to play chess next. After speaking, he glanced at Feng Can, saw that Feng Can didn't intend to refute, and then said: "If you have creative suggestions for Go without reaching the fourth grade, I will really obey you." ”

"Well, the implication is that if you don't practice fake tricks, no matter how high you sing in tune, you can't do it yourself, and it's useless." Chen Fan thought secretly in his heart, "It is estimated that Gong Qing has saved face for me, there are many people, and he didn't scold me, if he wants to scare, with his personality, maybe he will say that Yao is powerful, you are not him, how do you know that he has not reached the level of the fourth grade or something, it seems that he has to take some dry goods to convince him." In this era, being an official is a nine-product zhongzheng system, relying on recommendation, reputation is very important, and it is time for me to make a reputation. ”

"I do have some ideas about Go, and I want to improve it, but I don't know if it's possible? Otherwise, you can help me with my staff. Chen Fan felt that the timing was okay today, and immediately said.

"You don't really want to make constructive suggestions, do you?" Gong Qing probably didn't expect Chen Fasheng to really make suggestions, and said suspiciously.

"Well, if you look at the chessboard, there are currently seventeen lines in the vertical and horizontal directions, and if two lines are added to each and changed to nineteen lines in the vertical and horizontal directions, what do you think?" Chen Fan asked. As far as he knows, during the Northern and Southern Dynasties in China, Go was changed from 17 to 19 roads, and the society he is in now is similar to the era of the Northern and Southern Dynasties in China.

"Seventeen Road is not very good, why change it to Nineteen Road?" Feng Can interjected.

Gong Qing didn't refute it immediately, thought about it for a while, and said to Chen Fan: "What is the reason? ”

Chen Fan predicted that they would ask this question, in fact, everyone has inertia in thinking, and it is not easy to accept new changes when they are used to a thing. At the moment, he did not immediately say his reasons, but asked inspiringly: "You see, Go used to have thirteen roads, fifteen roads, and now seventeen roads, we are in this small county, and the outside world is even wider, do you think anyone has proposed to change the seventeen roads to nineteen roads?" ”

The two of them were dumbfounded, but Gong Qing was flexible, looked up at Ma Bo and the rich young man next to him, and saw that the two of them didn't mean to squeak beside him, so he thought about it and said: "We are in Hudu County, we can be sure that no one in the local area has proposed it, otherwise we wouldn't be ignorant." I don't know if anyone has raised the question of a big city like a county town. After speaking, he looked like Feng Can.

The fat man with a black belly immediately understood what Gong Qing meant, and then said, "Even if you are in Wu County, do you think you will know?" Sometimes it doesn't depend on money, it depends on connections. The fat man said this at a high level, obviously talking about Gong Qing, but in fact, he was poking at the rich and noble young man, and expressed his opinion on whether someone in Gusu put forward the Nineteen Roads Theory.

Ma Bo glanced at the rich young man, the rich young man probably saw the skills of Feng and Gong to scare people, and it is estimated that he really wants to start a fire, and he may not be able to please him when he talks about kung fu, so he is not angry, but he answered on the side: "In Xia Liangxiu, I happen to live in Gusu, I know a little about what you say, I don't know what the three of them are called?" ”

Seeing that this person took the initiative to talk, Gong Qing was not angry, but took the initiative to take over and said: "In Xia Gong Qing, these two are classmates and friends Feng Can and Chen Fasheng, please sit at will." ”

Liang Xiu and Ma Bo were not reserved, but sat down casually, Feng Can and Chen Fasheng saw Gong Qing come forward to speak, so they simply nodded politely to the two of them, and handed over the responsibility of speaking to Gong Qing.

Gong Qing saw the two of them sitting down, and said with a smile: "I don't know if I should call Liang Langjun or Liang Gongzi?" Chen Fan already knew that in this era, men are generally called Lang or Lang Jun, which can be used between people with equal status, or for subordinates to address the male host; The title of childe is rare, and is generally used for young men of noble birth. Chen Fan remembered that when his father introduced Aqing to Master Jia, he used the title of Gongzi, and he paid attention to the use of the word Gongzi at that time.

"Just call me by my name, Liang Xiu." Liang Xiu said a more casual title, giving people an easy-going feeling, "I see everyone discussing whether Go can be changed to 19 roads, in Gusu City, I have not heard anyone mention it, I dare to guarantee this." Without waiting for Gong Qing to ask, Liang Xiu automatically said what Gong Qing wanted to know.

Everyone looked at Chen Fan together, and the implication was self-evident, it was time for you to explain your thoughts.

Chen Fan thought for a while and said, "I'll write a nineteen-way theory, let's see if it makes sense, how about it?" "It's just what it's said, and it's likely to be forgotten, but if there is a text, it is equivalent to having physical evidence, if you forget what you said, look at the text and think of today's discussion, if someone copies it and spreads the article, it will also be beneficial to Chen Fan's reputation. Chen Fan just hopes to make a name for himself.

"Okay, just take a look at Fa Sheng's article, and I'll let the cousin prepare pen and ink." Feng Can immediately said that if this matter can be done, then the saying that there can be a realm without a product is the best witness, and Feng Can is still happy to make Gong Qing deflated, and immediately went to find the cousin.

After a while, Feng Can came with the cousin, as well as the four treasures of the study. "Write it here." A guest officer next to him said that they hadn't put anything on the table yet, and Chen Fan had a chessboard on the case, and there was not enough space to write. As for where to write, it didn't matter to Chen Fan, he immediately smiled and nodded in agreement, got up and walked over, Gong Qing, Feng Can, Liang Xiu, and Ma Bo also followed.

Chen Fan has been working on the manuscript in his heart just now, with the help of "Chengying", his understanding of classical Chinese has been greatly improved, but Chen Fan did not plan to write all of classical Chinese, a bold idea was born in his heart, and now according to the format of this era, write from right to left, from top to bottom, Go Nineteen Roads, time, place, and his own name, and start to write the text.