Chapter 22: Why don't you shake
"Big brother let me."
"That's not true, the eldest brother thinks that the younger sister can challenge the chess god this year." Feng Heng looked at Feng Jiaxian, his eyes were full of stars, his sister was the best.
"Chess God? You mean the chess god of the Yue Kingdom? He doesn't seem to have been here for three years, since he was defeated by the crown princess. Feng Jiaxian thought for a while and said.
Last time, my grandmother mentioned the crown princess, and she was always looking for opportunities to make meritorious contributions. If the chess god comes, she may be able to follow the example of the crown princess.
If you win the chess god, maybe you can get the emperor or the queen mother's marriage, now the crown prince and the second prince already have a concubine, she can't marry the royal family, so as long as the grandmother goes to the queen mother to talk about it, the queen mother is likely to give her and the prince of Xinguo a marriage.
"I heard that this time the queen mother's birthday, he will come with the envoys, this time I am afraid that he will be ashamed, he must be prepared, and the crown princess is pregnant, it is unlikely that she will meet the challenge." Feng Hengdao.
Three years ago, it was also around the birthday of the Queen Mother, and the young chess gods of Yue killed all the younger generation of Anguo, but they were defeated by the crown princess, which was very happy.
The crown princess was not married to the crown prince back then, and she had no reputation, and her background was even more average, and after she became famous in the first war, she was favored by the royal family, and finally became the crown princess.
"If you can get the guidance of the chess master, then you can definitely win him." Feng Hengdao.
The chess saint is a native of Anguo, and his chess skills were the best in the world when he was young, but he travels all the year round, and it is not easy to see, and it is said that he has a short temper, and he may not have the opportunity to play against him when he sees it.
Feng Jiaxian shook his head, a little disdainful: "This is not necessary, when I was a child, my mother got me all kinds of chess games, and those are my teachers." β
She has always believed that talent is the most important thing in chess.
She is now the teacher of Princess Jingyang, if she wins the chess god, then she is not only the first in the capital, but it is not an exaggeration to say that she is the first strange woman in the world. Those rumors that are unfavorable to her will also disappear quickly under the operation of the Hou Mansion.
After breakfast the next day, she set off for the girls' school, and when she saw Su Yanshang on the way, she was very surprised: "Today is a chess class, and cousin Yanshang is finally going to study with her sisters?" β
"I didn't study with my sisters, after all, I didn't have any foundation, and my cousin Jiaxian didn't teach me piano, let alone chess, and I didn't understand anything, so I won't be ashamed."
He Caizhang looked proud: "It's good if you know, don't keep following us, anyway, you won't be able to learn anyway." β
"You're behind the others, Cousin Caizhang." Su Yanshang said, walking in the direction of the gate.
The other sisters who were walking together couldn't help but laugh, but He Caizhang was angry but couldn't stop the laughter.
It's nice to have a carefree girl's life!
Today she doesn't take chess lessons, but she also goes to play chess.
On that day, the male and female intermediary asked Su Yanshang if she could play chess, and she naturally knew how to play chess, but why did she play it? She didn't have time to waste here. When I was about to refuseβ
"Mr. Xu rents a shop, and he only looks at the people who are destined."
A flash of lightning flashed in Su Yansheng's mind. When I was very young, my grandfather once received a friend, and after playing chess for a few days and nights, the two seemed to have made a deal, and my grandfather said that he was bound to win, and the result was a draw of fifteen games, and the old man was only willing to rent rather than sell......
The memory is blurred for a long time, but later when her mother gave her the shop as a dowry, she said that the lease period of the shop was fifteen years, and if she could not continue to rent the shop, it would be good to close it.
She didn't care too much, she didn't care so much about those industries since she was a child. So when Mrs. Yi took all her property, she even felt that it was more worry-free for someone to help her take care of her.
"The girl plays chess in the style of a friend of mine." The old man sitting opposite, trembling with chess pieces in his hands, said.
Playing chess was the only thing her grandfather personally taught her, and she learned from him, so she naturally had his style.
Since then, Su Yanshang has also become more sure that the old Xu in front of him is the friend who played chess with his grandfather back then.
Xu Lao's hand shook a chess piece in front of Su Yansheng, and half an hour later, Su Yanshang opened the needle bag, pulled out a few silver needles, and quickly pricked the needle on several acupuncture points on Xu Lao's hand, stopping the hand that was shaking with the chess piece.
"What are you doing?" Xu Lao's eyes widened and he looked at the other party in surprise.
"I want you not to tremble."
Hearing the conversation between the two, the boiling water boy turned his head around, and saw that Xu Lao's hand was not shaking, and there were several long needles inserted on it, and he said in surprise: "Sir, your hand-"
"You...... You...... How can it be that you cheat! Old Xu's face turned red instantly.
"I can heal you." Su Yanshang said firmly.
"Who cured you? It's rude, just as rude as the old man! β
It can't be her grandfather!
Su Yanshang was stunned, she just made the trembling hand no longer tremble, she was able to cure the other party, how could the other party react like this?
"Old man, you are sick, I can cure your disease, you can't hide the disease!" Su Yanshang persuaded him.
"You're sick, I'm not." Xu Lao glanced at the chessboard, lifted it in disgust, the whole chessboard was messed up, and there was a pain of pinprick in his hand, and he used his other hand to pull out the needle indiscriminately.
"You've won! Hmph, come again, you can't cheat this time, you know? Xu snorted angrily.
"......" Su Yanshang glanced at the needles lying messily on the ground, a little confused.
The newly opened chess game was only carried out with a stick of incense, and it was determined that Xu Lao's hand was not shaking, and the boy who was boiling water on the side was surprised: "Sir, your hand is really not shaking!" β
At this call, Mr. Xu threw the chess pieces in his hand: "You won again, you cheated again, come again, I won't believe the old man." β
In another game, Xu Lao deliberately took the initiative to shake his hands, but the frequency of shaking was much slower than usual, and it took a lot of effort: "You little girl, what did you do to me?" Why can't my hands shake on their own? β
"I'm cured!" Su Yanshang was a little skeptical, after all, the needle was pulled out, where could the effect be so good?
"But if I don't shake, I'm playing the wrong chess, how can I win you? You get it back for me! β
Su Yanshang glanced at Xiao Tong, and the other party looked dazed.
"I haven't lost in all these years." Xu Lao recalled, "The only time I draw, although it was fifteen rounds, it was also counted as one, and I rented out my shop, except for that time, I never lost. You get it back for me! β
"I can't."
"Why?"
Su Yanshang muttered and did not speak.
"Can you get this out of the way and get it back?"
"I can't be cured in one go, if you look at it tonight, it may continue to shake."
"Then you come back tonight to play chess with me." Old Xu's eyes flashed.
"I'm a girl, and it's not easy to come out at night. Also, how many games have I won, does it count? β
Xu Lao: "Of course not, you cheated." Come back tomorrow! β
The next day, Su Yanshang continued to play chess with Xu Lao, but Xu Lao's hands still did not tremble. Su Yanshang won again.
"Hurry up and get a doctor!"
Xu Lao's eldest son is Xu Chun, the prime minister of this dynasty, the word Mingze, who works in the official office, and heard that His Excellency Agarwood came to report that his father had hired a doctor, and immediately took leave and returned home.
Xu Lao often traveled, and when he returned to Beijing, he lived in the Agarwood Pavilion outside the city. His father didn't want to see a doctor even if he was killed, so why did he take the initiative to ask for a doctor today? His heart was pounding.
He hurried to the Agarwood Pavilion and asked Imperial Physician Zhou in his father's voice, "You really can't let my hands continue to tremble?" β
Ten years ago, it was Dr. Zhou who gave Mr. Xu a doctor, and he had seen several similar cases over the years, and he couldn't solve the problem every time he opened the medical book: "How was Mrs. Xu's hand disease cured?" β
"Don't blame her! Hmph, I didn't learn well at a young age, so I came to toss my hand. β
Dr. Zhou looked at Su Yansheng, and a storm was set off in his heart: the girl Su, who was very expensive, refreshed his cognition every time.
Listening to the child talk about playing chess, Xu Chun couldn't laugh and felt incredible, although his father no longer asked him to ask a doctor to diagnose and treat hand diseases over the years, but every time he met a famous doctor on a business trip, even if he was not a famous doctor, but he was good at treating incurable diseases, he went to ask for advice, but no doctor knew how to treat, and he had never even heard of such a disease. Unexpectedly, he was cured by a little girl.
The next day, Su Yanshang came again.
"I won again today, does that count?" Su Yanshang asked.
Xu Lao went back to his room irritablely, leaving Su Yansheng at a loss for what to do, so he had to leave.
After a session of acupuncture, Mr. Xu's hand did not tremble again for two days. In fact, Su Yanshang also wondered, it is said that it will take at least a month of treatment, or even longer.
Xu Lao was very depressed, called his eldest son to play chess with him, and won the result.
"You didn't let me? You are not allowed to let you Lao Tzu. Old Xu stared at Xu Chun with suspicious eyes.
"No, my son doesn't dare." Xu Chun knew his father and never let him.
"One more game."
The result is still Xu Laosheng.
"I hate you civil officials the most, you have a lot of flowers, you know how to make dramas to please people, and you can't see it." Xu Lao said depressedly.
If you want to say that he is the first in chess in the world, and his son is not bad, if his chess skills are not good because of his hand, he should lose to his son.
Xu Chun smiled helplessly: "My son really didn't let you!" β
Xu Lao glared: "Then how can I win?" My hands are like this. β
"Dad, your problem is your hands, not your brains."
Sounds reasonable.
The little girl who can win herself......
Xu Chun was also surprised when he heard what the boiling water boy said, and he didn't believe it very much: "She really won you?" β
Xu Lao was silent for a few breaths: "Go and go, invite her here, and talk about a game for you to see." β
Su Yanshang came, but did not play chess with Xu Lao.