Rebirth of the Great Power

This morning, after breakfast, Mu Yuan didn't ask Tian Yuan to set up the chessboard like before, but changed his clothes and said to Tian Yuan, "Today we're going outside to play chess."

"Really? That's great!" Tian Yuan's eyes lit up, and he said happily.

Beginners who have just learned Go can't wait to find someone to kill a few games, and Tian Yuan is no exception.Although it is possible to play chess with the young master in the mansion, the difference in chess strength between the two is too great. Even if Mu Yuan lets him nine pieces, he is completely powerless to parry and can only play guide chess.There is no shortage of beginners like him in the Qilou Chess Club outside. Only by playing a few games with opponents of the same level can you really know how much you are.

After studying the chess records for a period of time, Mu Yuan already knew it well, and wanted to find someone to try his hands directly. Although he didn't expect to meet any masters, it was still possible to get addicted to it.

The closest chess club to Mu Mansion is called "Qingyun Chess Club", which was the place where Mu Yuan often went to play chess.Today's Mu Yuan is a newcomer, so naturally he won't look far away, so he brought Tian Yuan and joined the Qingyun Chess Club.

Qingyun Chess Club is not outstanding among the many chess clubs in Qiantang. The place is not big. There are only five or six chess tables in the lobby on the first floor. Chess players who have produced so few coins use it.Most of the people who enter and leave the chess club are nearby chess players, and they are basically familiar faces.

So when Mu Yuanfang stepped into the chess club, someone greeted him with clasped fists: "Oh, brother Mu, it's been a long time. I heard that brother Mu was ill a few days ago, is he well now?"

Of course, Mu Yuan didn't recognize the other party, but he didn't show it. Instead, he saluted quite freely, and said lightly, "Thank you for your concern, I'm fine now."

The visitor said: "That's good."

While the two were exchanging pleasantries, someone suddenly patted Mu Yuan's left shoulder from the side. Mu Yuan looked sideways, and saw a tall, thin man with a mole on his face.

Seeing Mu Yuan looking at him, the man grinned and said with a smile: "Brother Mu has been gone for a while, I miss you very much."

When the person who was greeting Mu Yuan saw this man, he raised his brows and sneered, "Hey, it's Caitou Zhan. Why do you miss people, don't you just miss his purse?"

The mole-bearing man called "Caitou Zhan" said solemnly: "Brother Yang, what's the matter? Brother and brother Mu are just rivals in chess, friends in wine, how can others understand."

The one surnamed Yang chuckled twice, and said sarcastically, "That's nice to say, if you're capable, you're not going to play chess with Brother Mu."

Caitou Zhan suddenly became a little embarrassed, and argued: "Isn't adding a little lottery to a game of chess to stimulate the winning and losing spirit, and help each other improve their chess skills?"

Mu Yuan has already heard that this person named "Caitou Zhan" should be a professional chess player, and such people were also uncommon in Mu Yuan's era.

There are many people who play Go, but only one in a million can become a professional Go player.After becoming a professional chess player, there will be a game fee for playing chess, and bonuses for winning the game. Naturally, there is no need to worry about livelihood.It's just that those amateur chess players who can't become professional chess players but have certain chess skills and are unwilling to engage in other industries have another means of making a living, which is to play colorful chess.

The so-called color chess means that when playing chess, both parties place bets, and the winner can get the bets as agreed.Colored chess is further divided into pan lottery and sub lottery: pan lottery is determined by the outcome of a game of chess, no matter how many points you win or lose, all are the same; sub lottery is more complicated, firstly the betting amount of each piece is stipulated , After the end of the game, count the number of wins and losses as the final □.

Professional chess players generally don't hang out in the same chess club. Their methods are usually to look at the target first. In order to attract people to the bait, they will pretend that their chess skills are weak and lose a few games first, and wait for the opponent to relax their vigilance before playing. It's not uncommon for some ruthless and impatient chess players to lose a few taels of silver in the hands of skilled color chess players within a day.However, this kind of trick will be seen through after a few times. Most of the people who come and go in each chess club are familiar faces. After being fooled once, they will not be fooled again. new goals.It's just that each color chess player also has his own range of activities, and crossing the boundaries is not allowed.Most of the lottery players maintain a relatively good relationship with the operators of the chess club's chess building. As long as it is not too much, the chess club will not care about their behavior. Anyway, if they win the lottery, they have to pay a certain percentage of money to the chess club as a management fee.

Caitou Zhan is such a professional chess player, and Qingyun Chess Club is one of his activities.

Caitou Zhan's surname is Zhan, his first name is Hao, and his courtesy name is Hongshan. It is precisely because he makes a living playing chess that everyone calls him Caitou Zhan.

It is said that Caitou Zhan has appeared a lot in Qingyun Chess Club. Most of the chess players know him, so naturally few people will fall for him, but he can't stand the occasional newcomer.Under normal circumstances, as long as they have not known each other for a long time, old chess friends will not deliberately expose Caitou Zhan's tricks in front of new chess friends. After all, this is a way for people to make a living. As long as I came last time, I have learned to be good since then.

As for the person who is willing to play color chess with him knowing that the opponent is a professional color chess player, that is Zhou Yu playing Huang Gai-one is willing to fight, the other is willing to suffer, and others naturally cannot interfere.

Mu Yuan was like this before.

Those who can become professional chess players must have some skills, and their chess strength will not be too low, otherwise they will lose money if they steal chickens.There will always be some people who are willing to find a master to play chess, even if they have to pay some "tuition fees".

Among the resident chess players in Qingyun Chess World, Caitou Zhan is already considered a master.In the past, Mu Yuan's chess skills were not high, but his spirit was not small, and he liked to challenge the masters.One of the two is willing to fight, the other is willing to suffer, hit it off, and basically become a fixed opponent.Caitou Zhan's chess strength is naturally much higher than the original Mu Yuan's, but he understands the truth that he can't eat all he wants, and he will deliberately lose one or two games out of every ten games, so as to keep hanging on to this long-term customer.It's not that Mu Yuan has no self-knowledge, but it's his wish to play chess with the masters, and with the money not bad, they have always complemented each other.

This time, Mu Yuan was injured and recuperated at home for quite a while, coincidentally during this period Qingyun Chess Club had no new chess players visiting, Caitou Zhan couldn't find customers, and business was hard to do.Now seeing Mu Yuan again, I was really overjoyed, and I couldn't wait to speak: "Brother Mu hasn't come for a long time, the younger brother has no opponent, but I'm so lonely, how about playing a game first?"

Although Mu Yuan no longer recognizes this person, he can roughly guess some clues from the previous conversation between the two. He came to play chess, and the opponent's chess strength is naturally as high as possible. Naturally, he will not refuse, gently He nodded and said, "Okay."

Caitou Zhan excitedly greeted the manager of the chess club to make a chess table available.

Mu Yuan turned back to Tian Yuan and said, "Tian Yuan, you go get yours."

"Well, good." Tian Yuan responded, and before coming, the young master told him to find a chess friend with equal or slightly better chess skills to play against.

Not long after Tian Yuan left, the manager quickly vacated a chess table, and the two sat facing each other.The man surnamed Yang didn't leave, and followed the two of them to watch the battle.

The result of the guess is that Zhan Zhibai goes first.

Caitou Zhan took the white chess box, but was not in a hurry to make a move. He held a chess piece between his fingers, rolled his eyes and said, "Brother Mu, how about we change the game today?"

Mu Yuan raised his eyes: "Brother Zhan, what do you want?"

Caitou Zhan said: "We usually play lottery, and often the winner is decided in the middle of the game. Today, it's better to play the lottery. If you don't fight until the last moment and can't give up, wouldn't it be more fun. One piece is twenty coins, Mu Brother will not begrudge this little money."

Usually when Mu Yuan plays lottery chess with others, he usually only bets on the lottery. A game ranges from ten to thirty coins, and the win or loss can't exceed the set number.However, the odds of winning or losing a lottery are very different. A piece of [-] coins, as long as the winner or loser is more than [-] pieces, it will be a difference of hundreds of coins.

The chess player surnamed Yang knew Caitou Zhan's plan as soon as he heard it.It is well known that Mu Yuan is not as good as Zhan Hao in chess, but how much is the difference? Every time they play chess, even if Zhan wins, he is only two or three players. Judging by his appearance, there is still room for anyone else to play chess. Can't see how much it's worse.When he proposed the Zicai this time, he must have made up his mind to slaughter the last round. If Mu Yuan was not careful, he might output hundreds of Wen in one round.

Yang Peng and Mu Yuan had known each other for some time, and naturally knew that Mu Yuan's temperament was the most unbearable, Zhan Hao's last sentence, I am afraid that Mu Yuan would agree even if he hesitated, so he said: "Caitou Zhan , Twenty Wen for this piece is too big, I think five Wen is enough."

Zhan Hao was unwilling: "For Brother Mu, there is no difference between these five and twenty. Why should Brother Yang act like a villain?"

Yang Peng choked for a while, Mu Yuan smiled at him faintly, thanking him for his kindness, but the current Mu Yuan is no longer the former Mu Yuan.

Mu Yuan said: "Twenty Wen is twenty Wen, but I don't know if Brother Zhan has enough copper coins?"

Seeing the fish taking the bait, Zhan Hao was in a happy mood, and threw out a string of money: "Here is consistent money, Brother Mu, do you think it is enough?"

Mu Yuan nodded: "That's enough." He also took out a tael of silver and placed it on the table.

Zhan Hao's eyes lit up, he couldn't take his eyes off the ingot of silver for a long time, and said: "It's better to ask the chess club to be a middleman, and they will keep the silver temporarily."

Zhan Hao proposed this, because he was worried that Mu Yuan would renege on his debt, but he didn't know that Mu Yuan also had the same worry, so he naturally had no objection: "That's very good."

The two quickly recruited a steward, and they filled out the documents for each other, and handed over the copper plates and silver to him for safekeeping.

This movement has already attracted others.

As long as Caitou Zhan and Mu Yuan play lottery chess, as long as they have stayed in Qingyun Chess Club for a while, chess friends will be familiar with it, but they are just surprised that Mu Yuan dared to play Caitou Zhan, and it is still a heavy prize of [-] coins for one piece. .Everyone shook their heads and sighed that Mr. Mu's family was going to bleed a lot now, and they didn't know how far Caitou Zhan could do it.

In any case, just this kind of gambling game is enough to make people excited, so all the chess players who have no match at the moment gather around, wanting to see how the two play.

The chess game will officially begin soon.

The author has something to say: Seeing the last chapter, it seems that everyone’s focus is on five taels of silver, I’m really 233333

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