Chapter 33: The Guanhai of the Capital and the Martial Saint Coming from the East (8)

Zhu Houxi said: "I also like to play chess, and I have the protection of Jinyi Guard, are you still afraid of his assassination?" Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoIt is better to set up a chess arena on Gulou Street, so that the people can also watch the game together, and I want to have fun with the people. Seeing that he had made up his mind, the ministers had no choice but to say: "The emperor is sage." Zhu Houxi said: "Lord Wang, please prepare your Mr. Qin Yu, be sure to win glory for my Ming Dynasty." ”

After Nangong Yu returned home, he told Qin Yu about this, Qin Yu was not surprised, and said: "Do you remember the first time you saw me after you came back, I was studying the chess game? Nangong Yuqi said: "Why did he send you a chess game?" Qin Yu said: "He said in the letter that he would come to play against me, he has seen my 'Demon Star' chess game, and it is unfair to me if he is against it, so he sent his cracked chess game to me to see, I have been reading it for half a year, and there has been no way to crack it, Akiyama Mu's chess skills are unique and spicy, and he should still be above Huanglongshi." ”

Nangong Yu said: "Do you have the confidence to win him?" Qin Yu smiled: "Of course not, in the past, I would definitely try my best to study the method of cracking, but now it doesn't matter, whether I win or lose, I don't care." Of course Nangong Yu knew why she didn't care, a woman who was immersed in happiness wouldn't care about other things. Nangong Yu smiled and kissed her on the face, and said, "I'm just like you, if I don't go to other chess games, it's okay." But this chess game was arranged by the emperor, and it was to be played in public in the downtown area, if you lose, it will damage my Ming momentum. ”

Qin Yu smiled and sighed: "I finally came out of the chess game, and now I have to go back, is Xianggong willing to be trapped in the chess sea with the slave family for a few days?" Nangong Yu laughed and said: "I should accompany you." ”

For the next half a month, Nangong Yu accompanied Qin Yu to practice chess every day, he was a master himself, and soon helped Qin Yu find his state. In order to find the artistic conception, Qin Yu combed his hair back and changed into a feather robe, but whenever he wanted to talk to Nangong Yu seriously, he couldn't help laughing, the relationship between the two was not what it used to be, and any etiquette was superfluous.

On this day, Dongying's delegation arrived in the capital and sailed directly to the official post. The attitude of the common people towards the Dongying mission is also different, some are generous, some are cursing, and they are all very curious, and they all gather in front of the official post to see the demeanor of the martial saint. Nangong Yu, as the reception figure of the Ming Dynasty, led the brocade guards and ceremonial officials to wait for the frame.

'Martial Saint' Akiyama Maki has a good reputation in Toei, and even if he comes to apologize in his personal name, he is sincere enough. The envoys were all Akiyama's entourage, and they all wore kimonos. At this time, a young couple wearing Hanfu walked out of the carriage, it was Xiao Yunxi and Zhu Qing. The Daming welcome group all saluted and said, "I've seen the princess." Nangong Yu also took two quick steps and said with a smile: "Brother Xiao, princess, you are also back." Xiao Yunxi smiled and said, "I've seen the prince." Nangong Yu said: "Don't be polite to me, will you leave when you come back this time?"

Xiao Yunxi let him look at his Hanfu and said, "Don't go, I'll have time to drink with the prince in the future." Nangong Yu laughed and said, "That's good, what about Lord Martial Saint?"

As he spoke, a short and thin little old man stepped down from another carriage, if it weren't for Xiao Yunxi calling him a master, Nangong Yuzhen didn't believe that this thin old man who was not amazing was the first person in Dongying martial arts, Qiu Shan Mu.

Akiyama Makaki has gray hair, white eyebrows, a kind smile on his face, and a folding fan with a handle hanging from the belt of his kimono, but not a katana. Nangong Yu knew that people should not be good-looking, so he stepped forward and said: "Lord Martial Sage, I have admired the name for a long time, and the younger generation is polite." Akiyama Mu bowed slightly and said in Chinese: "The old man has also admired the name of the prince for a long time, and now the prince is still a legend in Kyoto." Nangong Yu knew that he was referring to the kicking of the hall, and said with a smile: "Don't dare to be, please enter the official post to rest." ”

After the group entered the official post and sat down to serve tea, Akiyama Mu got up and bowed to everyone, and said: "The old man came to play chess just to shhh, I Dongying did something very bad along the coast of your country, and the old man came to apologize in his personal name." Nangong Yu said: "The war between the two countries is not about the people, and the predecessors actually don't use it." Akiyama Mu nodded and said: "The old man understands, but the old man is already in his last years, and he just wants to do more good deeds for the rest of his life, and seek good fortune for Dongying, even if it is only the effect of fireflies, the old man has no hesitation." ”

Nangong Yu said with a smile: "It's one thing to have an effect, it's another thing to do it or not." The younger generation understood that if Toyotomi Hideyoshi was also as peace-loving as his predecessors, the people of the two countries would not be deeply involved in the war. Akiyama Mu sighed: "I hope that one day in the future, you and I can resolve our hatred, live in peace, and truly sit together and play chess." ”

Nangong Yu smiled bitterly in his heart, he knew that Toyotomi Hideyoshi had set the invasion of China as a 'thousand-year national policy', which would be completed by generations of successors, and the current war may have just begun, so he said: "The day of the game is set for the morning after tomorrow, and the location is the high platform of Gulou Street, is there anything wrong with Mr. Akiyama?" Akiyama said: "No problem, thank you prince." ”

Nangong Yu got up and said, "Then don't disturb Mr. Akiyama's rest, and take his leave." ”

Xiao Yunxi and his wife went out of the official post with him, and Nangong Yu asked, "Brother Xiao wants to go home to have a look?" Xiao Yunxi sighed: "I don't know if I will be kicked out." Nangong Yu said: "I haven't seen each other for so many years, how angry the old man is, it should be gone." Let's go back and check it out. Xiao Yunxi nodded and said, "Okay, let's go back when we enter the palace and see the saint." The princess and I should explain to the Holy Lord about running away from home. ”

The result of their meeting was that the two families were happy, Zhu Houxi canonized Xiao Yunxi as the 'Kangning Concubine', the Xiao family also re-accepted Xiao Yunxi, and Zhu Qing also lived in the Xiao family.

This day is the day of the game between the two. There were a sea of people under Gulou Street, and the people of the whole city came to cheer for Qin Yu, and the chess masters led by Huang Longshi also became Qin Yu's think tank.

After a while, Tan Mian personally led the Jinyi guards, surrounded the emperor, and sat on the balcony on the second floor of the teahouse opposite the high platform, and the two could be seen playing chess.

In the middle of the high platform are chessboards and chess pieces, and at the top is a large chessboard made of iron walls, with magnets under the chess pieces, and someone will follow the chess, which is convenient for Zhu Houxi to watch.

Qin Yu, who was wearing a feather suit, slowly ascended to the high platform and bowed to Akiyama Mu opposite. Akiyama did not start playing chess immediately, but bowed deeply to the audience and said, "The old man made a special trip to express his apologies and condolences for the war disaster around the coastal area of your country on the pretext of playing chess. Although Lao Yu only represents me personally, I believe that there are still many people in Dongying who also do not like war and love peace. I'm so sorry. After speaking, he bowed deeply.

The audience burst into warm applause. Bowing does not mean humiliation, and sometimes bowing can earn the respect of others more than arrogance.

Subsequently, Akiyama Mu and Qin Yu knelt in front of the chessboard, Qin Yu held white, Akiyama Mu held black, both of them are at the top of their game, and they seem to be peaceful after the start, but every move is very meaningful, hiding countless back moves. It's like two martial arts masters, who are already competing in will and layout before they fight. In the middle of the game, they began to fight each other, fighting each other, the two sides were inseparable, attacking each other, lifting each other, killing a thousand enemies, and losing eight hundred, but no one gave in, one city after another captured each other's positions, and people who knew chess were addicted, and they all knew that as long as either side could not withstand it first, it would lead to total failure. can go down from the middle plate to the end, the two of you and I have never stopped, and in the end, the crossword is counted, and Akiyama Mu narrowly defeated the two sons.

The audience sighed in regret. Akiyama Mu bowed his head and said, "I have conceded." Qin Yu said with a smile: "Mr. is very good at chess, and he is convinced." The two exchanged pieces and prepared for the second game.

Huang Longshi found Nangong Yu and said puzzledly: "Lord Wang, why doesn't Mr. Qin Yu use the demon star that he is good at?" Nangong Yu said in a low voice: "I have deduced countless chess games sent by Qiu Shan Mu with my insiders, and found that it is impossible to break the layout of Qiu Shan Mu by playing the 'Demon Star' with a white child, so I simply attacked him and fought hard." In the words of the demon star, only sunspots can succeed, you take a good look at this game. ”

In the second game, Qin Yu used sunspots and the consequences were very different, suppressing Akiyama Mu everywhere from the beginning, and even made two 'demon stars' in succession at the fifty-third hand, and achieved a big advantage in the middle game. Akiyama Mu admitted defeat in advance and sincerely admired Qin Yu's chess skills. Zhu Houxi, who was sitting opposite, patted the long case and praised: "Good!"

Huang Longshi also praised: "Sure enough, as soon as the 'Double Demon Star' came out, no one was invincible, and it won clean and beautiful." But in the third game, I changed back to Baizi, what should I do?" Nangong Yu sighed: "It seems that we still have to fight." ”

At this time, Akiyama Mu had already landed the first seed in the Flying Star Position, but Qin Yu remained motionless, as if thinking about something, and suddenly stood up and said, "I am not feeling well, please ask my husband to fight for me." ”