Chapter 13: Investigating
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When the spring breeze was strong in March, Ji Wenzhao entered the South Gate of the capital in a carriage. He looked out from the window of the carriage. The streets in the capital are wide and there is a constant flow of people. It is much more lively than the cities in Jiangnan where he has lived. But there was a slight smile on his face, and he didn't pay attention to the prosperity: he was a person who came in time, he will start a game of chess here, a game of life, which will cover thousands of people in this world, he He is a chess player holding the universe, and he has no losers.
After half a month, Ji Wenzhao, who had a good rest in the capital, stepped into the gate of Guanyi Pavilion with his head high.
Just as Shen Wen did it, he inquired about several teahouses and their proprietors for setting up bureaus, and found that the patrons of Guanyi Pavilion were the most generous and enthusiastic. His teahouses had no sense of status, as long as Claiming to be a chess player, no matter what kind of background or life experience, he can set up a chessboard in the teahouse to invite others to play, and even run his own arena with only a small amount of silver. Ji Wenzhao knew that the name "national player" would bring him a lot of convenience, so he planned to meet with the official Bao and set up a "Wenzhao Terrace". Within the next month, he would compete in the name but actually challenge the chess players in Beijing and even nearby cities.
He wore a gown with a lead-grey background and a light grey moire pattern, which looked stable and luxurious, and should be immediately admired by people. He is in his twenties and looks good. It is just when he is full of spirits and has a chic and open-minded temperament. When he enters the door, he expects people to look up at him.
But no one looked up.
The door is a cubicle. It should be a spacious place for the buddies to come to meet the guests, but now there are tea tables full of them, and each tea table is set up with a chess board. It seems that there are many people playing chess, and everyone is busy. With.
Okay, Ji Wenzhao said to himself that the atmosphere is also very good. Fang wanted to ask which of the proprietors who came to him was the proprietor, and he heard someone say loudly: "This Ji Wenzhao is really deceiving too much. !"
Ji Wenzhao was taken aback, then turned to look, a middle-aged man pushed up and said: "Out of this difficult and difficult situation, I want to belittle others and raise myself!"
Another person at the table said: "You can’t say the same thing, dude, you see, I have benefited a lot from the various speculations about this game over the past month. It can be said that Ji Wenzhao has set a precedent for this game. Dealing with difficulties can make people progress more than usual."
Another person said: "It's right, you and I usually play chess, but I fight for a moment to win or lose. Where can we really survive from the dead? Ji Wenzhao plays chess for danger but not for stability. If you are in such a life and death game, you can see him. He is fierce. If you can solve it, you will be prepared when you play against him in the future."...
Ji Wenzhao heard it inexplicably, and hurriedly asked the guy in front of him: "What they were talking about about the'Ji Wenzhao's Bureau'"
The guy looked at him, and said with a smile: "The guest must have just entered Beijing. Ji Guoshou's life and death game has been hanging with us for more than a month, and all the chess players in the capital have visited..."
Ji Wenzhao couldn't figure it out even more: "What! Ji Wenzhao's chess game is hanging in your teahouse! Why don't I know!" I'm still Ji Wenzhao!
The guy gave a proud look: "Of course it's hanging in this teahouse! This is the outer tearoom. It turned out to be an aisle. The chess game of Ji Guoshou was hung on the front wall of the main teahouse inside. It was already full of people. There are tables outside..."
Ji Wenzhao heard it, and walked inside after passing the guy. The guy shouted behind him: "Guest officer, there are no seats in there!"
Ji Wenzhao ignored it and entered the inside. This was the hall. On the front wall at the end, there was indeed a chessboard hung. The hall was full of people, but it was not noisy. Most people were playing games quietly, even talking very quietly. A guy smiled carefully and whispered: "Sorry, guest officer, this is full, or else, you go to the side hall or outside..."
Ji Wenzhao shook his head, pointed inside and said: "I don't drink tea, I just want to see that game of chess."
The guy immediately nodded and said, "Of course, I will lead you over. You are not the only one to do this. We have people here every day. They come to see the chess game. At the table, you can play chess while drinking tea here, and you can also meet many chess friends..."
Ji Wenzhao was too lazy to deal with this silly guy, staring straight at the game of chess in the distance, walked up to take a closer look, when the fire broke out, he blurted out: "What kind of bad character is this!"
The yelling guy immediately retorted: "How can you care about these subtleties? The national player Ji is a great talent, a genius! My brain is all used for chess, wherever I have time to practice calligraphy, I was the most annoyed to practice calligraphy when I was young. Sitting there, I can’t write a few, I really understand him..."
Ji Wenzhao said viciously: "You don't understand him!"
The guy immediately raised his hand and said, "Of course, they are national players. Who am I? I am a teahouse guy! Look at the chess games that people play, but the characters are not well written, and everyone is stunned. of"
Ji Wenzhao had already begun to watch the game, but he was still distracted and retorted: "Who said his handwriting is not good!" His handwriting is very good, OK?
The dude seemed to be used to seeing people like Ji Wenzhao who change his mind immediately, and then echoed: "Look at you, and say that he is good. This word, to be honest, can’t really say it..."
Ji Wenzhao could no longer hear what the guy was talking about. He looked at the sinister layout and began to think about how the white chess could survive if Black went first. Step by step, he figured out in his mind...No, this can't be done, if so... I have to find a chessboard...
He suddenly raised his head, the hall was still full, and the awkward man saw him from a distance and glanced around, hurriedly trot over: "Guest, you are tired, you said "Look", but you have been standing here for an hour. Many people talk to you and you don’t care about others, including our boss, but our boss says that you are someone who really loves chess. He asks if you can play chess with him if you have time." He asked carefully. In case the other party leaves in anger.
Ji Wenzhao came back to his senses and asked, "Where is your boss?"
The guy's eyes brightened: "You agree to play chess with him! Great, you come with me! Our boss is in the small side hall over there..."
He led Ji Wenzhao out of the hall, to a side hall, and said happily in front of the hidden door: "My boss, I have found someone who wants to play chess with you!"
"Really!" As soon as the door opened, a chubby man smiled and greeted Ji Wenzhao with his hands and fists: "Please come in, please come in! It is a great honor to be in the Xuanzi Le Ting under the surname Bao Ming..."
Ji Wenzhao didn't speak, and entered the room with a cold face. The Baoguan didn't care, took out a few copper plates from his sleeves and gave them to the guy. The guy said "thank you" loudly and ran away.
When Ji Wenzhao saw a table in the middle of the hall, there was a half-played chess game on the table, a few chairs next to it, and tea and snacks on the wall table, and he immediately felt hungry. There was a plea in his heart, and the expression slowed down on his face.
Bao Guanren smiled and asked Ji Wenzhao to sit down, hurriedly tidying up the flags on the chessboard, and said: "Thank you, the officials, for playing chess with me. A man of chess, I don’t know the official name of Gao surname..."
Ji Wenzhao said: "My surname is Ji, my name is Wenzhao, and the characters are Xiu Ming."
Bao Guanren nodded: "Oh, Ji Guanren..." He stopped, and the chess piece in his hand landed on the chessboard with "slap", his eyes widened: "Ji Wenzhao, Ji Xiuming! Ji national player!"
Ji Wenzhao nodded solemnly, and the official Bao almost shed tears. He put his hands together and said, "Hey, you can count it! Otherwise, what can I do!"
Ji Wenzhao was inexplicable again, frowning to look at the official Bao. The official Bao took out a small bag from his arms and continued: "Since someone gave me your chessboard, my business has been very hot here. But if I can't do the things that people care for, wouldn't it take a big advantage? I feel so panicked! This is life-saving..."
Ji Wenzhao understood, and his heart moved: "Someone gave you that chessboard" why it belongs to his own name
The official Bao nodded his head again and again, just about to hand over the small bag, suddenly stopped, and carefully asked: "Are you Ji Xiuming?" To show respect, he wanted to call the other party's words.
Ji Wenzhao said arrogantly: "Of course it is!"
The official Bao asked again: "It's the national player Ji Wenzhao"
Ji Wenzhao frowned: "Exactly!" After he said, he took out a stamped letter from his arms with "Hengshan Wenzhao" on it, which he had always used. But Guanren Bao still hesitated, and his small eyes blinked vigorously: "This, I haven't read the real seal...or else, how about you and me."
Ji Wenzhao became impatient: "I will play with you and make you fifty! Only half an hour short."
Guan Bao's face lightened, and he nodded and said: "Thank you, thank you, is it enough for 50 more than 30..."
Ji Wenzhao waved his hand: "Hurry up! Don't guess anymore, let's get off first if you hold the black." He wanted to see what was in the package.
Guan Ren did not turn down and started to play. Ji Wenzhao hardly looked at the board and played quickly, but he was thinking about this: Someone used his name to release the game and attracted a lot of attention. It seems to be expected. I will ask what happened when I saw it. It must be a person who doesn't know himself wants to see himself, but he doesn't want others to know, that's the twists and turns. If you want to be so concealed, it's probably not a good thing. But this person is able to make such a life and death game, which shows that he is thinking very much. Maybe he is a superb chess player he has not met and wants to invite himself to the game...
While thinking about it, he stretched out his hand and took the snack from the note and put it in his mouth. Seeing that the official Bao was only looking at the chessboard without raising his head, he shouted: "Come on with a cup of tea."
The official Bao still didn't look up, but followed Ji Wenzhao out loudly: "Hurry up, hurry up! A cup of tea!"
Hey guy ran in, put a new teacup for Ji Wenzhao, poured tea, and whispered: "Our Dong family is fine, you take your time, it doesn’t matter if you eat all the snacks, he will also send someone to you. "He winked at him and left.
Ji Wenzhao is depressed: This is taking me to cheat to eat and drink!
After a while, the game was over. The chessboard was white, and Bao Guanren’s black eyes were left with two consecutive eyes, but Bao Guanren looked at the chessboard with nostalgia and asked: "Can you please let Jiguanren be generous? Can you give me seventy sons in one round?"
Ji Wenzhao categorically said: "No!"
The official Bao sighed, unwillingly opened the package, took out a fan and a letter from it, and when he was about to give it to Ji Wenzhao, he suddenly said: "If I say that this fan is a trigram, the official will Guess what's the hexagram"
Ji Wenzhao only felt a chill on his back. He hesitated and said, "Could it be... Ge Gua?"
Bao Guanren clapped his hands and said: "It's Ge Gua! It seems that the official is really Ji Wenzhao! He has a heart-to-heart relationship with your friend!" He handed over the fan and letter without any further explanation, and smiled flatteringly. Said: "I read the fan, but not the letter."
Ji Wenzhao opened the fan and looked at the simple hexagrams on the fan, his coldness spread from his back to his chest. He put the fan and the letter in his arms, got up and saluted: "Thank you, Baoguan, for spreading the letter for me."
Officer Bao let out a sigh of relief: "You're welcome, I can be considered to have completed what others have entrusted. Oh, there is one more thing," he mysteriously lowered his voice: "When will the season official give the answer to the chess game? Of course, if the official doesn’t want to say it, it’s okay, but can you tell me privately, I’m really curious..."
Ji Wenzhao pretended to cough deeply, and said: "Or...for the time being...Don't tell me..." I don't know how to tell you.
The official Bao was disappointed, but suddenly remembered something, and said with a smile: "The butler of the big prince left me a letter, saying that if one of the officials comes to accept the board, he will tell the official, Said that the quarter official could go to the Grand Prince’s Mansion at any time. The eldest prince praised the officials’ talents very much. The housekeeper also said that if the officials are busy, he can visit on behalf of the eldest prince and just send him a message."
Without this chess game, this would have been what Ji Wenzhao privately wanted to achieve by playing the ring. Now he hasn't played against the chess players in Beijing. With this game alone, he has made a name for himself and has been invited by the great prince. But now he doesn't want to visit him. First of all, if the prince asks how to solve this famous chess game in Beijing, how can he say that he did not come up with it by himself, at least he has to figure out the answer first, and then go to accept it. Furthermore, if someone knows his thoughts so closely, this person is definitely not the eldest prince, and he has to see who this person is before making plans.
Thinking of this, Ji Wenzhao said to the official Bao: "I have only arrived in Beijing now, and I don't know if I want to stay here for a long time."
The official Bao quickly nodded and said, "I understand, then I won't talk too much." Ji Wenzhao turned around and left, and the official Bao was full of flattering smiles on his fat face: "The official Ji can come to Guanyi Pavilion at any time, I Free refreshments can be provided to the quarter officials, and the special hall is set up, so that people will never disturb the officials’ thinking, but..."
When Ji Wenzhao saw him mention these offers, he was afraid that he was pulling himself to play chess again-his chess was so bad, he really humiliated his chess skills, and hurried to the door. The Baoguan hurriedly said, "In the future, the season officials If you are playing against someone, can you choose Guanyi Pavilion? If it is a private game, especially with this master who sent the chess board, can you let me watch I don’t ask the official to play against me — just once Enough, I can tell everyone in the future that the season official played a chess game with me, and see if any of them dare to refuse to play chess with me!-I just want to watch the season official play chess. Okay."
Ji Wenzhao looked at the child's sincere expression in Bao Guanren's eyes, and nodded and said: "If I play against someone, I will definitely choose you Guanyi Pavilion. If you are playing chess here, both public and private, Bao Guan can be on the sidelines." It was exactly what he wanted, and you are the proprietor, who can drive you out
The Bao official smiled, Ji Wenzhao whispered: "I also ask the Bao official not to tell others that I got this package."
The official Bao nodded his head like smashing garlic: "I know, when the master sent the chessboard, he also said to keep it secret, I will definitely not say. You see, for so long, no one knows that the chessboard is not for me. of."
Ji Wenzhao thanked him again and left the door of the side hall. Slowly walked through the hall, glancing at the chess game set by the people around him, to see if someone had solved the problem. As soon as he walked out of the hall, a screaming voice came from behind him: "This guest officer, our owner sent you tea and snacks, thank you for playing chess with him!" He strode all the way, this is for his boss to play chess. Well, Ji Wenzhao was really scared of him. He waved his hands again and again, and walked across the table like flying away, and walked out the door before the chatty buddy caught him.
When he returned to his residence, Ji Wenzhao opened the letter. After reading it, he naturally knew that this was an invitation to meet at the Moon Pavilion outside Xiangye Temple at noon on April 4th. Thinking about coming to the other party, it took so much thought, shouldn't be to murder his own life, so I decided to meet this expert in my heart.
After making up his mind, he ordered the next person to prepare food, took out the chessboard, set the life and death situation, and sat down to ponder it. It was too shameful that the game hadn't been solved when he couldn't go to see that person. So for nearly a month, Ji Wenzhao spent most of the time sitting in the house, studying hard, and not paying much attention to the major events in the city: the eldest prince Shili Hongzhuang married the granddaughter of the Taifu Lu.
Where the dowry passed, the road was full of onlookers. Watching the excitement is on the one hand, on the other hand, it is also for being happy. Many of the dowry of one load and one load are rare books and various kinds of stationery. Although it cannot be said how much money is worth, it shows the bride's extraordinary scholarly family background, and even improves the style of the great prince a lot.
Because Shen Wen, Shen Xiang, the eldest prince and the fourth princess were filthy on the night of the Lantern Festival, no people in the Hou Mansion went to watch the marriage, but on the night of the wedding, Shen Wen told Su Wanniang that she was going to see the eldest prince’s wedding night.
Su Wanniang was shocked that Shen Wen did not have the shame of her daughter's family at all, but also worried about Shen Wen, because after all, this time she went to the Grand Prince's Mansion, which is not the same as the Wanhualou Guanyi Pavilion that Shen Wen went to before. And language. When Shen Wen was leaving, Su Wanniang told her to be careful. After Shen Wen left, she seriously considered asking a Bodhisattva to make offerings. When she was too frightened, she might have a place to kneel and pray.
Shen Wen didn’t go to see the eldest prince’s wedding night, she thought that it was the night of great joy, the eldest prince’s mansion was crowded and chaotic, she could try to find the eldest prince’s study. Good to listen to the wall in the future.
Shen Wen is not nervous at all, the child's center of gravity is low, and she moves quickly. Although she has no endurance, she is confident that she can run faster than anyone else in a short time. With Su Wanniang there, she doesn't need to find the way by herself anymore, let Su Wanniang inquire about the direction of the Grand Prince's Mansion. She rushed all the way in that direction, and after nightfall, you could see bright lights and loud voices from a long distance away. Naturally, it was the residence of the eldest prince.
When he ran nearby, Shen Wen rested on the roof of a private house for a while before he touched the shadow of the courtyard wall of the Great Prince and climbed up the wall silently. She sat on the top of the wall for a while, closed her eyes and explored the surroundings with consciousness, and found that there was no one in the hidden place, so she remembered the characteristics of her surroundings, slid off the wall and entered the courtyard.
Not long after he left, Shen Wen heard footsteps in front of him and hurriedly hid behind a rock.
"Is there enough wine for the banquet in front of me? There are a lot of guests today."
"I'll go to the wine cellar to get it."...
With the sound of footsteps away, Shen Wen hesitated to go to the wine cellar and heard someone say: "Girl Yushu from the East Yard wants a supper."
Someone replied: "I don't know if everyone is busy."...
If I can't find the study room, maybe I should go to the kitchen. The guests in the compound today will definitely have to eat... Shen Wen thought.
After walking into the courtyard again, I heard two people talking in the distance: "...Are you going to your Highness's study?"
"Yes, after a while, your Highness may pass by."
"His Royal Highness is really working hard, not to accompany the bride on the wedding night."
"Heaven's desire is overwhelming. Besides, it's only about half an hour. The bride must be able to wait..."
After they bid farewell to each other, Shen Wen was happy, and naturally followed the one who was going to the study.
Several guards stood outside a courtyard, and the man greeted them and entered the courtyard. Shen Wen could not step forward, so he hid in the corner. Not only the few standing people, but also the guards walking around.
There was a voice in the distance, and five or six people gathered around the eldest prince, talking and laughing all the way.
The prince was dressed in red, and his face was full of joy under the illumination of the lantern. Everyone entered the courtyard, and then they entered the house again listening to the sound, and the surroundings became quiet.
Shen Wen slowly circled the periphery of the courtyard, and finally waited for a gap between the walking people and touched the dark courtyard wall. She was about to lift her breath to jump on the wall, suddenly alert, and squatted down again. Sure enough, there was a shadow on the wall lightly passing, it seemed that there were not only bright whistles, but also dark whistles.
Shen Wen also knew that he could do something to provoke these people, but it was not yet a critical moment, and there was no need to seduce the snakes. She had found a place anyway, so she decided to stop here tonight and go home to sleep. She held her breath and waited for the patrol to reappear so that she could leave the courtyard where she was hiding.
At this moment, a black shadow flashed past his waist, hiding in the shadow of the courtyard wall not far from Shen Wen. Although this black shadow could be regarded as agile, his movements were much slower than Shen Wen's, but Shen Wen was still vigilant, not knowing whether this was a secret whistle or someone who stepped on a little like himself.
The black shadow stopped for a while, got up suddenly, and was about to go up. Shen Wen had already heard the slight rustling sound of the secret whistle coming over, in line with the principle of the enemy’s enemy as his friend, and in case this stupid person alarmed the checkpoint. I was too unlucky to worry, so I closed my eyes and urged a dead leaf with consciousness, and lightly hit the black shadow on the shoulder.
In ancient China, there are many stories about people flying arrows, hitting oxen in the air, or twisting flowers to hurt people. For example, when a woman slaps the back of the head, the hairpin flies out and takes the other's life. The enemy put his hand outside the coffin and shattered the stone inside. In fact, these are the use of energy by consciousness. Some people call this kind of spiritual power internal force, which is not entirely accurate. People in later generations emphasized the practice of strength, but gradually ignored the concentration of the mind, so that the magical skills were gradually lost.
Shen Wen's current consciousness is far less powerful than when she was a soul. If there is an object, it is easier to use your mind to reinforce the existing frequency, or to make an instant effort, such as smashing a decayed lock cylinder, than to move the object out of thin air and lastingly. With so many years of cultivating consciousness through meditation, she could only move a leaf, and couldn't lift a small stone. It's much worse than she was able to remove heavy books from the shelf when she was a ghost.
But this leaf was enough, and the dark shadow immediately leaned over. The secret whistle on the wall just came up, stood there for a moment, and then slowly left.
Shen Wen stopped staying, seeing the reappearance of neutral, hurried out. She remembered her way very accurately. She reached the wall of the courtyard where she came in a few twists and turns, turned on the top of the wall, and heard a low voice in the darkness of the courtyard: "Thank you..."
Shen Wen didn't dare to delve into it, without looking back, he jumped off the wall and rushed into the residential alleys in the middle of the night. She came out this time to fear that people could see her figure. Not only did she cover her head and face, and wore dark clothes, she also wore bulging clothes. In the eyes of others, she was like a small black ball, hidden in the shadows.
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When the spring breeze was strong in March, Ji Wenzhao entered the South Gate of the capital in a carriage. He looked out from the window of the carriage. The streets in the capital are wide and there is a constant flow of people. It is much more lively than the cities in Jiangnan where he has lived. But there was a slight smile on his face, and he didn't pay attention to the prosperity: he was a person who came in time, he will start a game of chess here, a game of life, which will cover thousands of people in this world, he He is a chess player holding the universe, and he has no losers.
After half a month, Ji Wenzhao, who had a good rest in the capital, stepped into the gate of Guanyi Pavilion with his head high.
Just as Shen Wen did it, he inquired about several teahouses and their proprietors for setting up bureaus, and found that the patrons of Guanyi Pavilion were the most generous and enthusiastic. His teahouses had no sense of status, as long as Claiming to be a chess player, no matter what kind of background or life experience, he can set up a chessboard in the teahouse to invite others to play, and even run his own arena with only a small amount of silver. Ji Wenzhao knew that the name "national player" would bring him a lot of convenience, so he planned to meet with the official Bao and set up a "Wenzhao Terrace". Within the next month, he would compete in the name but actually challenge the chess players in Beijing and even nearby cities.
He wore a gown with a lead-grey background and a light grey moire pattern, which looked stable and luxurious, and should be immediately admired by people. He is in his twenties and looks good. It is just when he is full of spirits and has a chic and open-minded temperament. When he enters the door, he expects people to look up at him.
But no one looked up.
The door is a cubicle. It should be a spacious place for the buddies to come to meet the guests, but now there are tea tables full of them, and each tea table is set up with a chess board. It seems that there are many people playing chess, and everyone is busy. With.
Okay, Ji Wenzhao said to himself that the atmosphere is also very good. Fang wanted to ask which of the proprietors who came to him was the proprietor, and he heard someone say loudly: "This Ji Wenzhao is really deceiving too much. !"
Ji Wenzhao was taken aback, then turned to look, a middle-aged man pushed up and said: "Out of this difficult and difficult situation, I want to belittle others and raise myself!"
Another person at the table said: "You can’t say the same thing, dude, you see, I have benefited a lot from the various speculations about this game over the past month. It can be said that Ji Wenzhao has set a precedent for this game. Dealing with difficulties can make people progress more than usual."
Another person said: "It's right, you and I usually play chess, but I fight for a moment to win or lose. Where can we really survive from the dead? Ji Wenzhao plays chess for danger but not for stability. If you are in such a life and death game, you can see him. He is fierce. If you can solve it, you will be prepared when you play against him in the future."...
Ji Wenzhao heard it inexplicably, and hurriedly asked the guy in front of him: "What they were talking about about the'Ji Wenzhao's Bureau'"
The guy looked at him, and said with a smile: "The guest must have just entered Beijing. Ji Guoshou's life and death game has been hanging with us for more than a month, and all the chess players in the capital have visited..."
Ji Wenzhao couldn't figure it out even more: "What! Ji Wenzhao's chess game is hanging in your teahouse! Why don't I know!" I'm still Ji Wenzhao!
The guy gave a proud look: "Of course it's hanging in this teahouse! This is the outer tearoom. It turned out to be an aisle. The chess game of Ji Guoshou was hung on the front wall of the main teahouse inside. It was already full of people. There are tables outside..."
Ji Wenzhao heard it, and walked inside after passing the guy. The guy shouted behind him: "Guest officer, there are no seats in there!"
Ji Wenzhao ignored it and entered the inside. This was the hall. On the front wall at the end, there was indeed a chessboard hung. The hall was full of people, but it was not noisy. Most people were playing games quietly, even talking very quietly. A guy smiled carefully and whispered: "Sorry, guest officer, this is full, or else, you go to the side hall or outside..."
Ji Wenzhao shook his head, pointed inside and said: "I don't drink tea, I just want to see that game of chess."
The guy immediately nodded and said, "Of course, I will lead you over. You are not the only one to do this. We have people here every day. They come to see the chess game. At the table, you can play chess while drinking tea here, and you can also meet many chess friends..."
Ji Wenzhao was too lazy to deal with this silly guy, staring straight at the game of chess in the distance, walked up to take a closer look, when the fire broke out, he blurted out: "What kind of bad character is this!"
The yelling guy immediately retorted: "How can you care about these subtleties? The national player Ji is a great talent, a genius! My brain is all used for chess, wherever I have time to practice calligraphy, I was the most annoyed to practice calligraphy when I was young. Sitting there, I can’t write a few, I really understand him..."
Ji Wenzhao said viciously: "You don't understand him!"
The guy immediately raised his hand and said, "Of course, they are national players. Who am I? I am a teahouse guy! Look at the chess games that people play, but the characters are not well written, and everyone is stunned. of"
Ji Wenzhao had already begun to watch the game, but he was still distracted and retorted: "Who said his handwriting is not good!" His handwriting is very good, OK?
The dude seemed to be used to seeing people like Ji Wenzhao who change his mind immediately, and then echoed: "Look at you, and say that he is good. This word, to be honest, can’t really say it..."
Ji Wenzhao could no longer hear what the guy was talking about. He looked at the sinister layout and began to think about how the white chess could survive if Black went first. Step by step, he figured out in his mind...No, this can't be done, if so... I have to find a chessboard...
He suddenly raised his head, the hall was still full, and the awkward man saw him from a distance and glanced around, hurriedly trot over: "Guest, you are tired, you said "Look", but you have been standing here for an hour. Many people talk to you and you don’t care about others, including our boss, but our boss says that you are someone who really loves chess. He asks if you can play chess with him if you have time." He asked carefully. In case the other party leaves in anger.
Ji Wenzhao came back to his senses and asked, "Where is your boss?"
The guy's eyes brightened: "You agree to play chess with him! Great, you come with me! Our boss is in the small side hall over there..."
He led Ji Wenzhao out of the hall, to a side hall, and said happily in front of the hidden door: "My boss, I have found someone who wants to play chess with you!"
"Really!" As soon as the door opened, a chubby man smiled and greeted Ji Wenzhao with his hands and fists: "Please come in, please come in! It is a great honor to be in the Xuanzi Le Ting under the surname Bao Ming..."
Ji Wenzhao didn't speak, and entered the room with a cold face. The Baoguan didn't care, took out a few copper plates from his sleeves and gave them to the guy. The guy said "thank you" loudly and ran away.
When Ji Wenzhao saw a table in the middle of the hall, there was a half-played chess game on the table, a few chairs next to it, and tea and snacks on the wall table, and he immediately felt hungry. There was a plea in his heart, and the expression slowed down on his face.
Bao Guanren smiled and asked Ji Wenzhao to sit down, hurriedly tidying up the flags on the chessboard, and said: "Thank you, the officials, for playing chess with me. A man of chess, I don’t know the official name of Gao surname..."
Ji Wenzhao said: "My surname is Ji, my name is Wenzhao, and the characters are Xiu Ming."
Bao Guanren nodded: "Oh, Ji Guanren..." He stopped, and the chess piece in his hand landed on the chessboard with "slap", his eyes widened: "Ji Wenzhao, Ji Xiuming! Ji national player!"
Ji Wenzhao nodded solemnly, and the official Bao almost shed tears. He put his hands together and said, "Hey, you can count it! Otherwise, what can I do!"
Ji Wenzhao was inexplicable again, frowning to look at the official Bao. The official Bao took out a small bag from his arms and continued: "Since someone gave me your chessboard, my business has been very hot here. But if I can't do the things that people care for, wouldn't it take a big advantage? I feel so panicked! This is life-saving..."
Ji Wenzhao understood, and his heart moved: "Someone gave you that chessboard" why it belongs to his own name
The official Bao nodded his head again and again, just about to hand over the small bag, suddenly stopped, and carefully asked: "Are you Ji Xiuming?" To show respect, he wanted to call the other party's words.
Ji Wenzhao said arrogantly: "Of course it is!"
The official Bao asked again: "It's the national player Ji Wenzhao"
Ji Wenzhao frowned: "Exactly!" After he said, he took out a stamped letter from his arms with "Hengshan Wenzhao" on it, which he had always used. But Guanren Bao still hesitated, and his small eyes blinked vigorously: "This, I haven't read the real seal...or else, how about you and me."
Ji Wenzhao became impatient: "I will play with you and make you fifty! Only half an hour short."
Guan Bao's face lightened, and he nodded and said: "Thank you, thank you, is it enough for 50 more than 30..."
Ji Wenzhao waved his hand: "Hurry up! Don't guess anymore, let's get off first if you hold the black." He wanted to see what was in the package.
Guan Ren did not turn down and started to play. Ji Wenzhao hardly looked at the board and played quickly, but he was thinking about this: Someone used his name to release the game and attracted a lot of attention. It seems to be expected. I will ask what happened when I saw it. It must be a person who doesn't know himself wants to see himself, but he doesn't want others to know, that's the twists and turns. If you want to be so concealed, it's probably not a good thing. But this person is able to make such a life and death game, which shows that he is thinking very much. Maybe he is a superb chess player he has not met and wants to invite himself to the game...
While thinking about it, he stretched out his hand and took the snack from the note and put it in his mouth. Seeing that the official Bao was only looking at the chessboard without raising his head, he shouted: "Come on with a cup of tea."
The official Bao still didn't look up, but followed Ji Wenzhao out loudly: "Hurry up, hurry up! A cup of tea!"
Hey guy ran in, put a new teacup for Ji Wenzhao, poured tea, and whispered: "Our Dong family is fine, you take your time, it doesn’t matter if you eat all the snacks, he will also send someone to you. "He winked at him and left.
Ji Wenzhao is depressed: This is taking me to cheat to eat and drink!
After a while, the game was over. The chessboard was white, and Bao Guanren’s black eyes were left with two consecutive eyes, but Bao Guanren looked at the chessboard with nostalgia and asked: "Can you please let Jiguanren be generous? Can you give me seventy sons in one round?"
Ji Wenzhao categorically said: "No!"
The official Bao sighed, unwillingly opened the package, took out a fan and a letter from it, and when he was about to give it to Ji Wenzhao, he suddenly said: "If I say that this fan is a trigram, the official will Guess what's the hexagram"
Ji Wenzhao only felt a chill on his back. He hesitated and said, "Could it be... Ge Gua?"
Bao Guanren clapped his hands and said: "It's Ge Gua! It seems that the official is really Ji Wenzhao! He has a heart-to-heart relationship with your friend!" He handed over the fan and letter without any further explanation, and smiled flatteringly. Said: "I read the fan, but not the letter."
Ji Wenzhao opened the fan and looked at the simple hexagrams on the fan, his coldness spread from his back to his chest. He put the fan and the letter in his arms, got up and saluted: "Thank you, Baoguan, for spreading the letter for me."
Officer Bao let out a sigh of relief: "You're welcome, I can be considered to have completed what others have entrusted. Oh, there is one more thing," he mysteriously lowered his voice: "When will the season official give the answer to the chess game? Of course, if the official doesn’t want to say it, it’s okay, but can you tell me privately, I’m really curious..."
Ji Wenzhao pretended to cough deeply, and said: "Or...for the time being...Don't tell me..." I don't know how to tell you.
The official Bao was disappointed, but suddenly remembered something, and said with a smile: "The butler of the big prince left me a letter, saying that if one of the officials comes to accept the board, he will tell the official, Said that the quarter official could go to the Grand Prince’s Mansion at any time. The eldest prince praised the officials’ talents very much. The housekeeper also said that if the officials are busy, he can visit on behalf of the eldest prince and just send him a message."
Without this chess game, this would have been what Ji Wenzhao privately wanted to achieve by playing the ring. Now he hasn't played against the chess players in Beijing. With this game alone, he has made a name for himself and has been invited by the great prince. But now he doesn't want to visit him. First of all, if the prince asks how to solve this famous chess game in Beijing, how can he say that he did not come up with it by himself, at least he has to figure out the answer first, and then go to accept it. Furthermore, if someone knows his thoughts so closely, this person is definitely not the eldest prince, and he has to see who this person is before making plans.
Thinking of this, Ji Wenzhao said to the official Bao: "I have only arrived in Beijing now, and I don't know if I want to stay here for a long time."
The official Bao quickly nodded and said, "I understand, then I won't talk too much." Ji Wenzhao turned around and left, and the official Bao was full of flattering smiles on his fat face: "The official Ji can come to Guanyi Pavilion at any time, I Free refreshments can be provided to the quarter officials, and the special hall is set up, so that people will never disturb the officials’ thinking, but..."
When Ji Wenzhao saw him mention these offers, he was afraid that he was pulling himself to play chess again-his chess was so bad, he really humiliated his chess skills, and hurried to the door. The Baoguan hurriedly said, "In the future, the season officials If you are playing against someone, can you choose Guanyi Pavilion? If it is a private game, especially with this master who sent the chess board, can you let me watch I don’t ask the official to play against me — just once Enough, I can tell everyone in the future that the season official played a chess game with me, and see if any of them dare to refuse to play chess with me!-I just want to watch the season official play chess. Okay."
Ji Wenzhao looked at the child's sincere expression in Bao Guanren's eyes, and nodded and said: "If I play against someone, I will definitely choose you Guanyi Pavilion. If you are playing chess here, both public and private, Bao Guan can be on the sidelines." It was exactly what he wanted, and you are the proprietor, who can drive you out
The Bao official smiled, Ji Wenzhao whispered: "I also ask the Bao official not to tell others that I got this package."
The official Bao nodded his head like smashing garlic: "I know, when the master sent the chessboard, he also said to keep it secret, I will definitely not say. You see, for so long, no one knows that the chessboard is not for me. of."
Ji Wenzhao thanked him again and left the door of the side hall. Slowly walked through the hall, glancing at the chess game set by the people around him, to see if someone had solved the problem. As soon as he walked out of the hall, a screaming voice came from behind him: "This guest officer, our owner sent you tea and snacks, thank you for playing chess with him!" He strode all the way, this is for his boss to play chess. Well, Ji Wenzhao was really scared of him. He waved his hands again and again, and walked across the table like flying away, and walked out the door before the chatty buddy caught him.
When he returned to his residence, Ji Wenzhao opened the letter. After reading it, he naturally knew that this was an invitation to meet at the Moon Pavilion outside Xiangye Temple at noon on April 4th. Thinking about coming to the other party, it took so much thought, shouldn't be to murder his own life, so I decided to meet this expert in my heart.
After making up his mind, he ordered the next person to prepare food, took out the chessboard, set the life and death situation, and sat down to ponder it. It was too shameful that the game hadn't been solved when he couldn't go to see that person. So for nearly a month, Ji Wenzhao spent most of the time sitting in the house, studying hard, and not paying much attention to the major events in the city: the eldest prince Shili Hongzhuang married the granddaughter of the Taifu Lu.
Where the dowry passed, the road was full of onlookers. Watching the excitement is on the one hand, on the other hand, it is also for being happy. Many of the dowry of one load and one load are rare books and various kinds of stationery. Although it cannot be said how much money is worth, it shows the bride's extraordinary scholarly family background, and even improves the style of the great prince a lot.
Because Shen Wen, Shen Xiang, the eldest prince and the fourth princess were filthy on the night of the Lantern Festival, no people in the Hou Mansion went to watch the marriage, but on the night of the wedding, Shen Wen told Su Wanniang that she was going to see the eldest prince’s wedding night.
Su Wanniang was shocked that Shen Wen did not have the shame of her daughter's family at all, but also worried about Shen Wen, because after all, this time she went to the Grand Prince's Mansion, which is not the same as the Wanhualou Guanyi Pavilion that Shen Wen went to before. And language. When Shen Wen was leaving, Su Wanniang told her to be careful. After Shen Wen left, she seriously considered asking a Bodhisattva to make offerings. When she was too frightened, she might have a place to kneel and pray.
Shen Wen didn’t go to see the eldest prince’s wedding night, she thought that it was the night of great joy, the eldest prince’s mansion was crowded and chaotic, she could try to find the eldest prince’s study. Good to listen to the wall in the future.
Shen Wen is not nervous at all, the child's center of gravity is low, and she moves quickly. Although she has no endurance, she is confident that she can run faster than anyone else in a short time. With Su Wanniang there, she doesn't need to find the way by herself anymore, let Su Wanniang inquire about the direction of the Grand Prince's Mansion. She rushed all the way in that direction, and after nightfall, you could see bright lights and loud voices from a long distance away. Naturally, it was the residence of the eldest prince.
When he ran nearby, Shen Wen rested on the roof of a private house for a while before he touched the shadow of the courtyard wall of the Great Prince and climbed up the wall silently. She sat on the top of the wall for a while, closed her eyes and explored the surroundings with consciousness, and found that there was no one in the hidden place, so she remembered the characteristics of her surroundings, slid off the wall and entered the courtyard.
Not long after he left, Shen Wen heard footsteps in front of him and hurriedly hid behind a rock.
"Is there enough wine for the banquet in front of me? There are a lot of guests today."
"I'll go to the wine cellar to get it."...
With the sound of footsteps away, Shen Wen hesitated to go to the wine cellar and heard someone say: "Girl Yushu from the East Yard wants a supper."
Someone replied: "I don't know if everyone is busy."...
If I can't find the study room, maybe I should go to the kitchen. The guests in the compound today will definitely have to eat... Shen Wen thought.
After walking into the courtyard again, I heard two people talking in the distance: "...Are you going to your Highness's study?"
"Yes, after a while, your Highness may pass by."
"His Royal Highness is really working hard, not to accompany the bride on the wedding night."
"Heaven's desire is overwhelming. Besides, it's only about half an hour. The bride must be able to wait..."
After they bid farewell to each other, Shen Wen was happy, and naturally followed the one who was going to the study.
Several guards stood outside a courtyard, and the man greeted them and entered the courtyard. Shen Wen could not step forward, so he hid in the corner. Not only the few standing people, but also the guards walking around.
There was a voice in the distance, and five or six people gathered around the eldest prince, talking and laughing all the way.
The prince was dressed in red, and his face was full of joy under the illumination of the lantern. Everyone entered the courtyard, and then they entered the house again listening to the sound, and the surroundings became quiet.
Shen Wen slowly circled the periphery of the courtyard, and finally waited for a gap between the walking people and touched the dark courtyard wall. She was about to lift her breath to jump on the wall, suddenly alert, and squatted down again. Sure enough, there was a shadow on the wall lightly passing, it seemed that there were not only bright whistles, but also dark whistles.
Shen Wen also knew that he could do something to provoke these people, but it was not yet a critical moment, and there was no need to seduce the snakes. She had found a place anyway, so she decided to stop here tonight and go home to sleep. She held her breath and waited for the patrol to reappear so that she could leave the courtyard where she was hiding.
At this moment, a black shadow flashed past his waist, hiding in the shadow of the courtyard wall not far from Shen Wen. Although this black shadow could be regarded as agile, his movements were much slower than Shen Wen's, but Shen Wen was still vigilant, not knowing whether this was a secret whistle or someone who stepped on a little like himself.
The black shadow stopped for a while, got up suddenly, and was about to go up. Shen Wen had already heard the slight rustling sound of the secret whistle coming over, in line with the principle of the enemy’s enemy as his friend, and in case this stupid person alarmed the checkpoint. I was too unlucky to worry, so I closed my eyes and urged a dead leaf with consciousness, and lightly hit the black shadow on the shoulder.
In ancient China, there are many stories about people flying arrows, hitting oxen in the air, or twisting flowers to hurt people. For example, when a woman slaps the back of the head, the hairpin flies out and takes the other's life. The enemy put his hand outside the coffin and shattered the stone inside. In fact, these are the use of energy by consciousness. Some people call this kind of spiritual power internal force, which is not entirely accurate. People in later generations emphasized the practice of strength, but gradually ignored the concentration of the mind, so that the magical skills were gradually lost.
Shen Wen's current consciousness is far less powerful than when she was a soul. If there is an object, it is easier to use your mind to reinforce the existing frequency, or to make an instant effort, such as smashing a decayed lock cylinder, than to move the object out of thin air and lastingly. With so many years of cultivating consciousness through meditation, she could only move a leaf, and couldn't lift a small stone. It's much worse than she was able to remove heavy books from the shelf when she was a ghost.
But this leaf was enough, and the dark shadow immediately leaned over. The secret whistle on the wall just came up, stood there for a moment, and then slowly left.
Shen Wen stopped staying, seeing the reappearance of neutral, hurried out. She remembered her way very accurately. She reached the wall of the courtyard where she came in a few twists and turns, turned on the top of the wall, and heard a low voice in the darkness of the courtyard: "Thank you..."
Shen Wen didn't dare to delve into it, without looking back, he jumped off the wall and rushed into the residential alleys in the middle of the night. She came out this time to fear that people could see her figure. Not only did she cover her head and face, and wore dark clothes, she also wore bulging clothes. In the eyes of others, she was like a small black ball, hidden in the shadows.
When the spring breeze was strong in March, Ji Wenzhao entered the South Gate of the capital in a carriage. He looked out from the window of the carriage. The streets in the capital are wide and there is a constant flow of people. It is much more lively than the cities in Jiangnan where he has lived. But there was a slight smile on his face, and he didn't pay attention to the prosperity: he was a person who came in time, he will start a game of chess here, a game of life, which will cover thousands of people in this world, he He is a chess player holding the universe, and he has no losers.After half a month, Ji Wenzhao, who had a good rest in the capital, stepped into the gate of Guanyi Pavilion with his head high.Just as Shen Wen did it, he inquired about several teahouses and their proprietors for setting up bureaus, and found that the patrons of Guanyi Pavilion were the most generous and enthusiastic. His teahouses had no sense of status, as long as Claiming to be a chess player, no matter what kind of background or life experience, he can set up a chessboard in the teahouse to invite others to play, and even run his own arena with only a small amount of silver. Ji Wenzhao knew that the name "national player" would bring him a lot of convenience, so he planned to meet with the official Bao and set up a "Wenzhao Terrace". Within the next month, he would compete in the name but actually challenge the chess players in Beijing and even nearby cities.He wore a gown with a lead-grey background and a light grey moire pattern, which looked stable and luxurious, and should be immediately admired by people. He is in his twenties and looks good. It is just when he is full of spirits and has a chic and open-minded temperament. When he enters the door, he expects people to look up at him.But no one looked up.The door is a cubicle. It should be a spacious place for the buddies to come to meet the guests, but now there are tea tables full of them, and each tea table is set up with a chess board. It seems that there are many people playing chess, and everyone is busy. With.Okay, Ji Wenzhao said to himself that the atmosphere is also very good. Fang wanted to ask which of the proprietors who came to him was the proprietor, and he heard someone say loudly: "This Ji Wenzhao is really deceiving too much. !"Ji Wenzhao was taken aback, then turned to look, a middle-aged man pushed up and said: "Out of this difficult and difficult situation, I want to belittle others and raise myself!"Another person at the table said: "You can't say the same thing, dude, you see, I have benefited a lot from the various speculations about this game over the past month. It can be said that Ji Wenzhao has set a precedent for this game. Dealing with difficulties can make people progress more than usual."Another person said: "It's right, you and I usually play chess, but I fight for a moment to win or lose. Where can we really survive from the dead? Ji Wenzhao plays chess for danger but not for stability. If you are in such a life and death game, you can see him. He is fierce. If you can solve it, you will be prepared when you play against him in the future."...Ji Wenzhao heard it inexplicably, and hurriedly asked the guy in front of him: "What they were talking about about the'Ji Wenzhao's Bureau'"The guy looked at him, and said with a smile: "The guest must have just entered Beijing. Ji Guoshou's life and death game has been hanging with us for more than a month, and all the chess players in the capital have visited..."Ji Wenzhao couldn't figure it out even more: "What! Ji Wenzhao's chess game is hanging in your teahouse! Why don't I know!" I'm still Ji Wenzhao!The guy gave a proud look: "Of course it's hanging in this teahouse! This is the outer tearoom. It turned out to be an aisle. The chess game of Ji Guoshou was hung on the front wall of the main teahouse inside. It was already full of people. There are tables outside..."Ji Wenzhao heard it, and walked inside after passing the guy. The guy shouted behind him: "Guest officer, there are no seats in there!"Ji Wenzhao ignored it and entered the inside. This was the hall. On the front wall at the end, there was indeed a chessboard hung. The hall was full of people, but it was not noisy. Most people were playing games quietly, even talking very quietly. A guy smiled carefully and whispered: "Sorry, guest officer, this is full, or else, you go to the side hall or outside..."Ji Wenzhao shook his head, pointed inside and said: "I don't drink tea, I just want to see that game of chess."The guy immediately nodded and said, "Of course, I will lead you over. You are not the only one to do this. We have people here every day. They come to see the chess game. At the table, you can play chess while drinking tea here, and you can also meet many chess friends..."Ji Wenzhao was too lazy to deal with this silly guy, staring straight at the game of chess in the distance, walked up to take a closer look, when the fire broke out, he blurted out: "What kind of bad character is this!"The yelling guy immediately retorted: "How can you care about these subtleties? The national player Ji is a great talent, a genius! My brain is all used for chess, wherever I have time to practice calligraphy, I was the most annoyed to practice calligraphy when I was young. Sitting there, I can't write a few, I really understand him..."Ji Wenzhao said viciously: "You don't understand him!"The guy immediately raised his hand and said, "Of course, they are national players. Who am I? I am a teahouse guy! Look at the chess games that people play, but the characters are not well written, and everyone is stunned. of"Ji Wenzhao had already begun to watch the game, but he was still distracted and retorted: "Who said his handwriting is not good!" His handwriting is very good, OK?The dude seemed to be used to seeing people like Ji Wenzhao who change his mind immediately, and then echoed: "Look at you, and say that he is good. This word, to be honest, can't really say it..."Ji Wenzhao could no longer hear what the guy was talking about. He looked at the sinister layout and began to think about how the white chess could survive if Black went first. Step by step, he figured out in his mind...No, this can't be done, if so... I have to find a chessboard...He suddenly raised his head, the hall was still full, and the awkward man saw him from a distance and glanced around, hurriedly trot over: "Guest, you are tired, you said "Look", but you have been standing here for an hour. Many people talk to you and you don't care about others, including our boss, but our boss says that you are someone who really loves chess. He asks if you can play chess with him if you have time." He asked carefully. In case the other party leaves in anger.Ji Wenzhao came back to his senses and asked, "Where is your boss?"The guy's eyes brightened: "You agree to play chess with him! Great, you come with me! Our boss is in the small side hall over there..."He led Ji Wenzhao out of the hall, to a side hall, and said happily in front of the hidden door: "My boss, I have found someone who wants to play chess with you!""Really!" As soon as the door opened, a chubby man smiled and greeted Ji Wenzhao with his hands and fists: "Please come in, please come in! It is a great honor to be in the Xuanzi Le Ting under the surname Bao Ming..."Ji Wenzhao didn't speak, and entered the room with a cold face. The Baoguan didn't care, took out a few copper plates from his sleeves and gave them to the guy. The guy said "thank you" loudly and ran away.When Ji Wenzhao saw a table in the middle of the hall, there was a half-played chess game on the table, a few chairs next to it, and tea and snacks on the wall table, and he immediately felt hungry. There was a plea in his heart, and the expression slowed down on his face.Bao Guanren smiled and asked Ji Wenzhao to sit down, hurriedly tidying up the flags on the chessboard, and said: "Thank you, the officials, for playing chess with me. A man of chess, I don't know the official name of Gao surname..."Ji Wenzhao said: "My surname is Ji, my name is Wenzhao, and the characters are Xiu Ming."Bao Guanren nodded: "Oh, Ji Guanren..." He stopped, and the chess piece in his hand landed on the chessboard with "slap", his eyes widened: "Ji Wenzhao, Ji Xiuming! Ji national player!"Ji Wenzhao nodded solemnly, and the official Bao almost shed tears. He put his hands together and said, "Hey, you can count it! Otherwise, what can I do!"Ji Wenzhao was inexplicable again, frowning to look at the official Bao. The official Bao took out a small bag from his arms and continued: "Since someone gave me your chessboard, my business has been very hot here. But if I can't do the things that people care for, wouldn't it take a big advantage? I feel so panicked! This is life-saving..."Ji Wenzhao understood, and his heart moved: "Someone gave you that chessboard" why it belongs to his own nameThe official Bao nodded his head again and again, just about to hand over the small bag, suddenly stopped, and carefully asked: "Are you Ji Xiuming?" To show respect, he wanted to call the other party's words.Ji Wenzhao said arrogantly: "Of course it is!"The official Bao asked again: "It's the national player Ji Wenzhao"Ji Wenzhao frowned: "Exactly!" After he said, he took out a stamped letter from his arms with "Hengshan Wenzhao" on it, which he had always used. But Guanren Bao still hesitated, and his small eyes blinked vigorously: "This, I haven't read the real seal...or else, how about you and me."Ji Wenzhao became impatient: "I will play with you and make you fifty! Only half an hour short."Guan Bao's face lightened, and he nodded and said: "Thank you, thank you, is it enough for 50 more than 30..."Ji Wenzhao waved his hand: "Hurry up! Don't guess anymore, let's get off first if you hold the black." He wanted to see what was in the package.Guan Ren did not turn down and started to play. Ji Wenzhao hardly looked at the board and played quickly, but he was thinking about this: Someone used his name to release the game and attracted a lot of attention. It seems to be expected. I will ask what happened when I saw it. It must be a person who doesn't know himself wants to see himself, but he doesn't want others to know, that's the twists and turns. If you want to be so concealed, it's probably not a good thing. But this person is able to make such a life and death game, which shows that he is thinking very much. Maybe he is a superb chess player he has not met and wants to invite himself to the game...While thinking about it, he stretched out his hand and took the snack from the note and put it in his mouth. Seeing that the official Bao was only looking at the chessboard without raising his head, he shouted: "Come on with a cup of tea."The official Bao still didn't look up, but followed Ji Wenzhao out loudly: "Hurry up, hurry up! A cup of tea!"Hey guy ran in, put a new teacup for Ji Wenzhao, poured tea, and whispered: "Our Dong family is fine, you take your time, it doesn't matter if you eat all the snacks, he will also send someone to you. "He winked at him and left.Ji Wenzhao is depressed: This is taking me to cheat to eat and drink!After a while, the game was over. The chessboard was white, and Bao Guanren's black eyes were left with two consecutive eyes, but Bao Guanren looked at the chessboard with nostalgia and asked: "Can you please let Jiguanren be generous? Can you give me seventy sons in one round?"Ji Wenzhao categorically said: "No!"The official Bao sighed, unwillingly opened the package, took out a fan and a letter from it, and when he was about to give it to Ji Wenzhao, he suddenly said: "If I say that this fan is a trigram, the official will Guess what's the hexagram"Ji Wenzhao only felt a chill on his back. He hesitated and said, "Could it be... Ge Gua?"Bao Guanren clapped his hands and said: "It's Ge Gua! It seems that the official is really Ji Wenzhao! He has a heart-to-heart relationship with your friend!" He handed over the fan and letter without any further explanation, and smiled flatteringly. Said: "I read the fan, but not the letter."Ji Wenzhao opened the fan and looked at the simple hexagrams on the fan, his coldness spread from his back to his chest. He put the fan and the letter in his arms, got up and saluted: "Thank you, Baoguan, for spreading the letter for me."Officer Bao let out a sigh of relief: "You're welcome, I can be considered to have completed what others have entrusted. Oh, there is one more thing," he mysteriously lowered his voice: "When will the season official give the answer to the chess game? Of course, if the official doesn't want to say it, it's okay, but can you tell me privately, I'm really curious..."Ji Wenzhao pretended to cough deeply, and said: "Or...for the time being...Don't tell me..." I don't know how to tell you.The official Bao was disappointed, but suddenly remembered something, and said with a smile: "The butler of the big prince left me a letter, saying that if one of the officials comes to accept the board, he will tell the official, Said that the quarter official could go to the Grand Prince's Mansion at any time. The eldest prince praised the officials' talents very much. The housekeeper also said that if the officials are busy, he can visit on behalf of the eldest prince and just send him a message."Without this chess game, this would have been what Ji Wenzhao privately wanted to achieve by playing the ring. Now he hasn't played against the chess players in Beijing. With this game alone, he has made a name for himself and has been invited by the great prince. But now he doesn't want to visit him. First of all, if the prince asks how to solve this famous chess game in Beijing, how can he say that he did not come up with it by himself, at least he has to figure out the answer first, and then go to accept it. Furthermore, if someone knows his thoughts so closely, this person is definitely not the eldest prince, and he has to see who this person is before making plans.Thinking of this, Ji Wenzhao said to the official Bao: "I have only arrived in Beijing now, and I don't know if I want to stay here for a long time."The official Bao quickly nodded and said, "I understand, then I won't talk too much." Ji Wenzhao turned around and left, and the official Bao was full of flattering smiles on his fat face: "The official Ji can come to Guanyi Pavilion at any time, I Free refreshments can be provided to the quarter officials, and the special hall is set up, so that people will never disturb the officials' thinking, but..."When Ji Wenzhao saw him mention these offers, he was afraid that he was pulling himself to play chess again-his chess was so bad, he really humiliated his chess skills, and hurried to the door. The Baoguan hurriedly said, "In the future, the season officials If you are playing against someone, can you choose Guanyi Pavilion? If it is a private game, especially with this master who sent the chess board, can you let me watch I don't ask the official to play against me just once Enough, I can tell everyone in the future that the season official played a chess game with me, and see if any of them dare to refuse to play chess with me!-I just want to watch the season official play chess. Okay."Ji Wenzhao looked at the child's sincere expression in Bao Guanren's eyes, and nodded and said: "If I play against someone, I will definitely choose you Guanyi Pavilion. If you are playing chess here, both public and private, Bao Guan can be on the sidelines." It was exactly what he wanted, and you are the proprietor, who can drive you outThe Bao official smiled, Ji Wenzhao whispered: "I also ask the Bao official not to tell others that I got this package."The official Bao nodded his head like smashing garlic: "I know, when the master sent the chessboard, he also said to keep it secret, I will definitely not say. You see, for so long, no one knows that the chessboard is not for me. of."Ji Wenzhao thanked him again and left the door of the side hall. Slowly walked through the hall, glancing at the chess game set by the people around him, to see if someone had solved the problem. As soon as he walked out of the hall, a screaming voice came from behind him: "This guest officer, our owner sent you tea and snacks, thank you for playing chess with him!" He strode all the way, this is for his boss to play chess. Well, Ji Wenzhao was really scared of him. He waved his hands again and again, and walked across the table like flying away, and walked out the door before the chatty buddy caught him.When he returned to his residence, Ji Wenzhao opened the letter. After reading it, he naturally knew that this was an invitation to meet at the Moon Pavilion outside Xiangye Temple at noon on April 4th. Thinking about coming to the other party, it took so much thought, shouldn't be to murder his own life, so I decided to meet this expert in my heart.After making up his mind, he ordered the next person to prepare food, took out the chessboard, set the life and death situation, and sat down to ponder it. It was too shameful that the game hadn't been solved when he couldn't go to see that person. So for nearly a month, Ji Wenzhao spent most of the time sitting in the house, studying hard, and not paying much attention to the major events in the city: the eldest prince Shili Hongzhuang married the granddaughter of the Taifu Lu.Where the dowry passed, the road was full of onlookers. Watching the excitement is on the one hand, on the other hand, it is also for being happy. Many of the dowry of one load and one load are rare books and various kinds of stationery. Although it cannot be said how much money is worth, it shows the bride's extraordinary scholarly family background, and even improves the style of the great prince a lot.Because Shen Wen, Shen Xiang, the eldest prince and the fourth princess were filthy on the night of the Lantern Festival, no people in the Hou Mansion went to watch the marriage, but on the night of the wedding, Shen Wen told Su Wanniang that she was going to see the eldest prince's wedding night.Su Wanniang was shocked that Shen Wen did not have the shame of her daughter's family at all, but also worried about Shen Wen, because after all, this time she went to the Grand Prince's Mansion, which is not the same as the Wanhualou Guanyi Pavilion that Shen Wen went to before. And language. When Shen Wen was leaving, Su Wanniang told her to be careful. After Shen Wen left, she seriously considered asking a Bodhisattva to make offerings. When she was too frightened, she might have a place to kneel and pray.Shen Wen didn't go to see the eldest prince's wedding night, she thought that it was the night of great joy, the eldest prince's mansion was crowded and chaotic, she could try to find the eldest prince's study. Good to listen to the wall in the future.Shen Wen is not nervous at all, the child's center of gravity is low, and she moves quickly. Although she has no endurance, she is confident that she can run faster than anyone else in a short time. With Su Wanniang there, she doesn't need to find the way by herself anymore, let Su Wanniang inquire about the direction of the Grand Prince's Mansion. She rushed all the way in that direction, and after nightfall, you could see bright lights and loud voices from a long distance away. Naturally, it was the residence of the eldest prince.When he ran nearby, Shen Wen rested on the roof of a private house for a while before he touched the shadow of the courtyard wall of the Great Prince and climbed up the wall silently. She sat on the top of the wall for a while, closed her eyes and explored the surroundings with consciousness, and found that there was no one in the hidden place, so she remembered the characteristics of her surroundings, slid off the wall and entered the courtyard.Not long after he left, Shen Wen heard footsteps in front of him and hurriedly hid behind a rock."Is there enough wine for the banquet in front of me? There are a lot of guests today.""I'll go to the wine cellar to get it."...With the sound of footsteps away, Shen Wen hesitated to go to the wine cellar and heard someone say: "Girl Yushu from the East Yard wants a supper."Someone replied: "I don't know if everyone is busy."...If I can't find the study room, maybe I should go to the kitchen. The guests in the compound today will definitely have to eat... Shen Wen thought.After walking into the courtyard again, I heard two people talking in the distance: "...Are you going to your Highness's study?""Yes, after a while, your Highness may pass by.""His Royal Highness is really working hard, not to accompany the bride on the wedding night.""Heaven's desire is overwhelming. Besides, it's only about half an hour. The bride must be able to wait..."After they bid farewell to each other, Shen Wen was happy, and naturally followed the one who was going to the study.Several guards stood outside a courtyard, and the man greeted them and entered the courtyard. Shen Wen could not step forward, so he hid in the corner. Not only the few standing people, but also the guards walking around.There was a voice in the distance, and five or six people gathered around the eldest prince, talking and laughing all the way.The prince was dressed in red, and his face was full of joy under the illumination of the lantern. Everyone entered the courtyard, and then they entered the house again listening to the sound, and the surroundings became quiet.Shen Wen slowly circled the periphery of the courtyard, and finally waited for a gap between the walking people and touched the dark courtyard wall. She was about to lift her breath to jump on the wall, suddenly alert, and squatted down again. Sure enough, there was a shadow on the wall lightly passing, it seemed that there were not only bright whistles, but also dark whistles.Shen Wen also knew that he could do something to provoke these people, but it was not yet a critical moment, and there was no need to seduce the snakes. She had found a place anyway, so she decided to stop here tonight and go home to sleep. She held her breath and waited for the patrol to reappear so that she could leave the courtyard where she was hiding.At this moment, a black shadow flashed past his waist, hiding in the shadow of the courtyard wall not far from Shen Wen. Although this black shadow could be regarded as agile, his movements were much slower than Shen Wen's, but Shen Wen was still vigilant, not knowing whether this was a secret whistle or someone who stepped on a little like himself.The black shadow stopped for a while, got up suddenly, and was about to go up. Shen Wen had already heard the slight rustling sound of the secret whistle coming over, in line with the principle of the enemy's enemy as his friend, and in case this stupid person alarmed the checkpoint. I was too unlucky to worry, so I closed my eyes and urged a dead leaf with consciousness, and lightly hit the black shadow on the shoulder.In ancient China, there are many stories about people flying arrows, hitting oxen in the air, or twisting flowers to hurt people. For example, when a woman slaps the back of the head, the hairpin flies out and takes the other's life. The enemy put his hand outside the coffin and shattered the stone inside. In fact, these are the use of energy by consciousness. Some people call this kind of spiritual power internal force, which is not entirely accurate. People in later generations emphasized the practice of strength, but gradually ignored the concentration of the mind, so that the magical skills were gradually lost.Shen Wen's current consciousness is far less powerful than when she was a soul. If there is an object, it is easier to use your mind to reinforce the existing frequency, or to make an instant effort, such as smashing a decayed lock cylinder, than to move the object out of thin air and lastingly. With so many years of cultivating consciousness through meditation, she could only move a leaf, and couldn't lift a small stone. It's much worse than she was able to remove heavy books from the shelf when she was a ghost.But this leaf was enough, and the dark shadow immediately leaned over. The secret whistle on the wall just came up, stood there for a moment, and then slowly left.Shen Wen stopped staying, seeing the reappearance of neutral, hurried out. She remembered her way very accurately. She reached the wall of the courtyard where she came in a few twists and turns, turned on the top of the wall, and heard a low voice in the darkness of the courtyard: "Thank you..."Shen Wen didn't dare to delve into it, without looking back, he jumped off the wall and rushed into the residential alleys in the middle of the night. She came out this time to fear that people could see her figure. Not only did she cover her head and face, and wore dark clothes, she also wore bulging clothes. In the eyes of others, she was like a small black ball, hidden in the shadows.
