Volume 2 The Illusory Flower of the World Chapter 48 The Man Who Holds Chess
Outside Puzhou
Shuoyue sat on a crooked-necked tree on the side of the road outside Puzhou, and there was a small tea stall under the tree, and many people sat lively, but no one noticed that there was also a person on the tree overhead.
She secretly ran out of the Phantom Flower Palace with the master on her back half a month ago, although she had already left a note, hoping that the master would not be angry or something, but it was obviously useless, she could fully imagine the appearance of the master who was like thunder, after all, the master had always opposed her out of the Phantom Flower Palace.
But both horizontal and vertical are going to be angry, so it's better to play for a few more days.
It was so much fun outside!
In just half a month, she has already run seven or eight cities.
I have seen the sparks in the wilderness, the thousands of bright lights flying from the high-rise buildings in the city, the splendid high-rise buildings, the dilapidated and leaky low straw houses, the proud swordsmen, the protΓ©gΓ©s of the family who have self-denial rules, and the endless delicacies and snacks, and the first spicy spirits...... Everything made her feel so fresh! No matter how she looked at it, she felt that it was much more interesting than the empty broken stone hall of the Phantom Flower Palace!
She didn't want to go back so early, or she hardly wanted to go back.
The Phantom Flower Palace has been boring for more than ten years, and the most important thing is that the master is really too wordy! She is eighteen years old, and she still treats her as a child, she has to take care of everything, and she loves to chatter, which is really a bit annoying. But annoyance doesn't mean that she hates the master, because the master is the best person in the world to her, so good that he is impeccable, but the master is too good to nag.
When the master picked her up, she was just an abandoned baby no more than half a year old, and she was thrown directly on the side of the road. At that time, her master was just a fifteen-year-old girl, the previous palace master of the Phantom Flower Palace had just died, and when she was carried back, the Phantom Flower Palace was empty, like a huge tomb, she didn't like it here since she was a child, she always felt like she was locked up, and she could only see the corner of the sky in the backyard, but her master didn't think so, and always smiled and hugged her and pointed to the Phantom Flower Palace and said to her: "Ah Yue, this is our home." β
Although the master was only fifteen years old at that time, he still couldn't bear to fend for her on the side of the road, picked her up, and raised her with hard work. It is said in the book that the most common thing in the rivers and lakes is that crazy men and women love and hate each other, but I don't know if it's because of her, the master rarely goes out, and he hasn't liked anyone, and he hasn't been married until now. Also, if she marries with her, she will be a burden, how can her master bear to let her become a child under the fence?
Almost the whole body and mind are on her,
As she later said to Hana, "My master used to hug me like this." β
The master used to hug her a lot. The master is petite and thin, and he can easily hold her at first, and then she grows up a little, and it is a little difficult to hold her with both hands, but the master still holds her steadily, walking in the backyard of the Phantom Flower Palace,
As she grew up, she was very tall, a head taller than her master, and she no longer needed her master to hold her like when she was a child.
After all, she is no longer a child, she has her own ideas, and she begins to feel that the master has become nagging.
She wanted to prove to her master that she could make her own decisions and no longer worry about her.
She was tired of being disciplined.
Fortunately, now she only feels unrestrained, like a bird leaving the iron cage, the whole river and lake are her sky, and she can soar to her heart's content.
This feeling is so free!
There was a group of people around the tea stall watching the excitement, watching a Go competition.
I have to say, the New Moon this viewing
The location is unique, and you can see the competition at a glance from the tree, and even the subtle expressions on the faces of the people below can be seen clearly.
A rough wooden table was pitted with a pair of poorly made Go, which was a very difficult condition.
Two people sat at the table and staked a gold ingot.
On one side is a scholar who looks very literate and can sour his teeth, he is not gorgeous, but he is very clean and neat, even the cuffs have been carefully ironed, and his hair is meticulously combed, shiny. A white dress did not show the freedom of a gentleman, but made him wear a feeling of twisting, and the mouth full of people also made people's heads swell. There was also a group of companions around him, some of whom still had two or three books in their hands, and they seemed to be students who had just finished school in the nearby school.
He holds the sunspot, and every time he falls, he has to be entangled for a long time, and he can't wait to get a half-pillar of incense before he is willing to fall.
On the other hand, there was a young man in Tsing Yi sitting, tall and tall, calm and relaxed, holding the white son quickly and casually, but every step was aggressive, which made people can't help but secretly cheer.
He even leisurely took the time to drink tea and eat snacks, and he didn't seem to worry about losing at all.
In addition, there is also a group of tea guests watching the play, eating melon seeds and watching the excitement around the two.
Shuoyue looked at the young man attentively, compared to the scholar on the other side, he was more like a scholar who read poetry and books with a brilliant demeanor, with a faint bookish atmosphere, I have to say that in a group of people, it is very conspicuous.
Shuoyue watched it with relish for a long time, and she already had the bottom in her heart, and the scholar was going to lose.
The young man in Tsing Yi didn't seem very happy, he still had a calm face, and he didn't seem to care much about the outcome of the game.
But just because some people don't care doesn't mean everyone doesn't care.
The group of scholars was very concerned, and they looked a little embarrassed, as if they didn't expect that the promoted companions would lose. The readers love face in their bones, and they began to whisper, and Shuoyue couldn't hear what was said, but they could probably guess the content.
A moment later, one of them, when the scholar was about to fall, coughed twice, and the sunspot stopped, and he caught a glimpse of his companion's gesture, and the sunspot in his hand fell to another place.
One step to the death is a move to life.
Shuoyue wanted to laugh a little, the so-called true gentleman who watched chess without saying anything, didn't these scholars understand the truth after reading so many books?
After signaling like this a few more times, a smile appeared on the lips of the young man in Tsing Yi, and then he sighed imperceptibly.
Shuoyue looked at the chessboard, and Shiroko had a great advantage, although Kuroko was struggling, he still won steadily.
However, after the young man laughed, the speed of the fall became faster and faster, and there was no rule in the chaos, which was different from the seemingly random but murderous play in front of him, and now it was like this, it was simply chaotic.
Kuroko gradually gained the upper hand.
Shuoyue looked at the young man with some puzzlement, and always felt that he did it on purpose.
He deliberately wanted to lose.
After a dozen more steps, Kuroko narrowly won.
The young man in Tsing Yi dropped the white son in his hand, tilted his head back, and said indifferently: "I lost." β
Let the group of scholars happily take the bet.
The young man tilted his head and inadvertently met the eyes of the new moon sitting on the tree.
Shuoyue casually touched a handful of melon seeds from the tea stall and was stunned.
The young man had a pair of very clean eyes, his eyes were as gentle as a morning stream, and there was a kind of sympathetic warmth between his eyebrows.
After a few moments, the boy looked away.
However, the crowd of onlookers under the tree shouted in confusion.
"Hey, I said, I thought it was strange from just now, why is there a melon seed shell in the sky?"
"That said, I thought it was my delusion, you see my hat is full of melon seed shells!"
"How do I feel like I fell from this tree?"
β......β
Shuoyue quickly clapped her hands and slipped silently from behind the tree.
The young man laughed.
The back of the head of the young man in Tsing Yi was hit by a handful of melon seeds, which landed on him, he stopped, patted off the melon seeds on his body, fortunately it was not a melon seed shell, and looked at the culprit Shuoyue standing behind him.
"Something?"
"Why lose on purpose? You can win. β
Shuoyue rested enough and was ready to go to Puzhou City to play, and on the way, she happened to meet the young man who was just now, and before she could think of what to say, her body had already reacted, throwing a handful of melon seeds at him, and when she saw him, she didn't feel guilty at all, and asked casually with a smile.
"If the competition is not fair, there is no need to compare. β
"Why didn't they tell you about it?"
The young man said indifferently: "If he wants to win, let him win, what does it mean if he wins." β
Shuoyue wanted to laugh when she heard it, haha, this person is so interesting.
"Anything else?"
Shuoyue waved her hand and said, "It's gone, it's gone, let's go." β
The young man left, and he didn't pursue her for throwing melon seeds at him, looking at his back, Shuoyue laughed again.
It wasn't until the man was far away that she remembered that she had wanted to ask what his name was.
I didn't ask her now and didn't care, so I quickly left it behind and ran to Puzhou City to play.
The next day, she walked around the city of Puzhou and saw a very simple stall on the side of the street, with only a small wooden sign written with just two words: see a doctor.
Compared with the various promotional wooden signs with witty words and wonderful words in the surrounding stalls, it is simply shabby and terrible.
However, there were unexpectedly many people in line, and they lined up quietly for a long time, and they were all about to line up at the street corner.
Shuoyue curiously leaned in to take a look and saw a familiar face.
The boy I met yesterday sat behind the desk, writing down the prescription carefully.
The slender white fingers pinched the pen, and the eyebrows and eyes were extremely focused.
Was it a doctor?
Shuoyue felt that it was such a coincidence to meet again, and was about to pretend to be sick to play, the young man had already written the prescription and raised his head, and inadvertently met her gaze again.
Shuoyue felt that it was better not to pretend to be sick, it was embarrassing to be exposed, so it was good to say hello directly, and by the way, you could think of a way to have dinner.
She looked at him with a smile: "What a coincidence." β
The boy nodded and replied with a kind word.
Shuoyue walked over and unceremoniously sat down on the long wooden bench he was sitting on, and the boy looked at her and moved uncomfortably to the side.
"Help people see a doctor, I'll help you?"
"You're a physician too?"
Shuoyue calmly replied, "No." I don't know how to do medicine, so it's always okay to help you greet the next patient. β
β...... Don't bother. β
Shuoyue said very sincerely: "Yes, invite me to have a meal at the end." β
Seeing that the young man turned his head a little confused to continue the consultation, she laughed silently again.
Master, she seems to have made a friend!