Qin Shi

There was nothing left or right, Yingyu went back to the house and read "Gou Jian's Extermination of Wu" by the side of the case, but read Gou Jian's "holding his hand and conspiring with him" to Zhong Jin, but read these words over and over again. It took three or four times to catch my heart.I barely read a few lines to the left, only to hear a blunt "wow", and the bamboo scroll has been thrown on the ground.

The wooden door opened quietly, and Yi Qing, who was standing beside Wei Yang, frowned.

Yingyu raised her head, and it happened to be the two people who behaved intimately that fell into her eyes.I saw her holding his arm, leaning against his stalwart body, one is a delicate and delicate woman, the other is a elegant scholar in elegant clothes, it is really a match made in heaven!

Feeling dry in her chest, Yingyu got up and walked to the two of them, grabbed Yi Qing's arm and pulled it, causing the woman in Tsing Yi to cry out in surprise, and the scholar in white was stunned.When she closed her eyes and opened them again, she suppressed the anger in her eyes and said indifferently, "Thank you, Mr. Lao."

Wei Yang collected himself, bowed his hands to Yingyu and left.

"What's wrong?" After a while, Yi Qing asked cautiously.

Yingyu led her to the couch, and seeing that she had no intention of sitting down, she just stretched out her hand and tugged at the skirt of her shirt: "And you don't talk."

"I have nothing to say." Yingyu replied lightly.

"Which one who doesn't have eyes is annoying you again? Just tell me, and I'll teach him a lesson for you."

Seeing Yi Qing's serious face, Yingyu stretched out her finger and tapped her forehead, "It's you who don't have long eyes." After speaking, seeing her still closed eyes trembling slightly with thick eyelashes, she thought to herself Isn't it just "not long-eyed" at this moment?The corner of the mouth raised an arc in an inexplicable manner.There are bitterness, astringency, and sweetness in this smile, and more of it is pity.

"Ah? It's me again?" Yi Qing asked in surprise.

"What do you mean it's you again?" Yingyu sat down on the couch leisurely, Yi Qing rolled her eyes, "When did I ever worry about you?"

"Princess Gujing Wubo, I guess the only thing that can annoy the princess is mere mere things?"

But within a few days, her face has returned to the original level, I really don't know if it's better for Yi Qing to be open-minded or lacking.Thinking of how she asked the question knowingly, Yingyu became annoyed again, "Look at how promising you are, I really don't want to talk to you." Pulling Yi Qing's sleeve, she brought her to her side: "Why don't you tell me when your eyes are better? "

The other party pursed his lips, and the words in his mouth were sticky, "I don't see you asking me, and you don't even care about a single word, so how can I mention it?"

"That's my fault?" Yingyu pinched Yi Qing's face, "Don't hide it from me in the future, do you understand?"

Seeing Yi Qing nod her head obediently, the restlessness in Yingyu's heart finally dissipated a little.

At night, the two lay side by side on the couch, chatting about the day's affairs one after another.

"Sister, what do you think of Wei Yang? Does it catch your eye?"

"Although I don't say that the talent is through the latitude and longitude, it is indeed a pillar of talent."

Yi Qing thought for a while, then hooked Yingyu's arm sideways and asked in a low voice, "How is it better than me?"

Yingyu paused, and rubbed Yi Qing's head with a light smile, "You are a bird in the sky, and he is a fish in the water."

"What's your opinion?"

"That pool of sea water is a piece of heaven and earth. Within this universe, he is as free as he wants. And you, you are an elf roaming in the universe. You are self-willed and reckless, and no one can restrain you..."

Yi Qing was silent for a moment and asked in doubt: "It sounds like it's not much different?"

Yingyu closed her eyelids slightly, pressed Yi Qing's forehead into her arms, and patted her on the back: "Sleep. Be good."

The person in his arms took a deep breath, took a comfortable position and stopped talking, but the frown between his brows did not relax.

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The next day, after a few people washed and had a meal, Bai Xue proposed to go to Dong Xiangchun's chess room to play a game.Everyone readily agreed.

The place where the game is played is the Yangxin Hall on the third floor of the main building of Dongxiangchun, which is close to the courtyard garden.

The Hall of Mental Cultivation is a quiet place exclusively for guests to chat with each other.Dozens of green jade cases are arranged in an orderly manner in the hall, and each case is equipped with a mahogany chessboard with exquisite workmanship.On the north wall hangs a huge specially made wooden chessboard, with two female chess girls standing on both sides forever.On ordinary days, officials and scholars would come to the Yangxin Hall to play chess in twos and threes after drinking and discussing fiercely.If there is a request from an outstanding master or player, the deacon of Yangxin Hall will arrange an explanation of the market.At this time, the scattered chess players will stop fighting, appraise the big game carefully, and applaud when they encounter something exciting.If it is said that debates and exchange of rumors are the foundation of Dong Xiangchun's foothold, then the game in the Hall of Mental Cultivation is Dong Xiangchun's soul.

The most conspicuous thing in the Hall of Mental Cultivation is a thick copper plate standing on a jade shelf under the big plate.Eight big characters are engraved on the copper plate-those who destroy the six kingdoms in a row will be rewarded with ten thousand gold!It's amazing.Scholars in the Warring States Period knew nothing about chess. In the game of chess, scholars often compared their opponents and themselves to two countries fighting each other to fight for life and death.In the hall, there are often sighs such as "Zhao Guo is dead" or "Chu Guo won the three cities", which is the judgment of the general situation of both parties.After a long time, Dong Xiangchun turned this custom into a rule outside of chess, which made the competition of players more intense.Players enter the hall and take their seats, and the chess boy brings a copper tripod. In the tripod, there are round copper plates engraved with the characters of the Seven Great War Kingdoms and more than [-] small and medium-sized princes.The player reaches out and grabs a copper plate, the country name on it is the code name of his side.If both sides touch the big country, the onlookers will cheer and shout: "Yan Chu fights, good!" If one side is a big country and the other is a small prince, people will shake their heads and sigh for the small prince. If the small prince wins, People will redouble their excitement and shout hello.If there are scholars from that country in the hall at this time, they will happily invite the winner and guests to drink, and will regard this as a hint of the country's luck.Dong Xiangchun set the rules, but whoever destroys the "Six Great War Kingdoms" and "unifies" the world will be rewarded ten thousand gold!However, no one has been here for decades, even the three great powers in a row, so the reward announcement engraved on the copper plate can never be removed.It is precisely because this kind of game rules and the turbulent world trend are indistinctly coincident, so the temptation of the intertwined stimulation of the national fortune and the way of chess cannot be replaced by other gatherings or even debates.

When everyone came to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, there were already more than [-] people in the hall fighting each other.

"Why don't you give it a try?" Bai Xue said.

Yingyu, who was dressed in men's clothes, shook her head, "I don't know how to play chess, and Qinger's eyes are not clear, so the two of us can just watch."

The rest of Jing Jian saw Wei Yang but smiled and said nothing, and didn't shirk, walked straight to the side of the female deacon and said, "Which seat wins?" The female deacon respectfully led Jing Jian to the front of the middle case and said: "This gentleman has already wiped out three small princes in a row, and his killing is fierce, unrivaled." Jing Jian cupped his hands and said with a smile: "I would like to fight this gentleman. I wonder if he is willing to fight?" The middle-aged scholars in the seat are Sitting alone drinking, he said with a reserved smile, "How difficult is it to fight? You just have to let your son fight." Jing Jian laughed heartily and said, "If you lose a battle, it's not too late." The middle-aged scholar nodded and said with a smile: "Of course." Jing Jian turned his head and looked at Yingyu, and said to the deacon: "Please settle the big plate." The female deacon agreed excitedly, then turned to Qi Tong and said, "Serve the big plate, and set up the case."

In a moment, a crystal green long chessboard was listed in the center of Yangxin Hall.After the two parties sat down, the beautiful female chess player brought a bronze tripod and asked them to name it.The middle-aged scholar reached into the cauldron, took out a copper plate, hit it on the case, and couldn't help shouting excitedly, "Okay! Chu State!" The reader couldn't help sighing softly.The middle-aged scholar said humanely: "The big country gives way first, sir, please take the black chess." The implication is that he naturally chose the white chess.Jing Jian laughed and said: "Being respectful is worse than obeying orders." Then he stretched out his hand and hit a sunspot crisply to the top three on the left. Before he retracted his hand, the middle-aged scholar had already hit a sunspot on the bottom right with a "pop!" star position.Jing Jian thought for a while, and then hit a sunspot to the bottom three on the left.At this time, there were four chess boys on the big board, two standing on the wooden ladder and two standing on the ground.The female deacon in front of the chess case reported the chess loudly: "The black chess is three-three on the upper left, the white chess is on the lower right and the star is on the lower right, and the black chess is on the left and three-three-!" The chess boy then pressed the special chess pieces with short nails into the reported Location.

As soon as the three-handed chess was played, the onlookers under the big board buzzed and discussed, most of them sighed for "Lu Guo", and one person loudly said: "Lu Guo is too defensive!" Jing Jian remained calm.

With the increasing number of chess pieces on the big board, we can see that the "Chu Kingdom" has a broad situation, but the "Lu Kingdom" has seized four major corners, and a team of "Lu Army" in the middle is fleeing.Obviously, if the "Lu Army" escaped, the "Chu State" would lose its land and power. If the "Chu State" captures the "Lu Army", there is no doubt that "Lu" will be destroyed.The Hall of Mental Cultivation was silent, and all the viewers were worried about "Lu Guo".A Lu scholar in a bright red gown was sweating on his brow and rubbing his hands repeatedly.At this time, the "Lu Army" saw the end of the mountain, but suddenly turned around and attacked the chasing soldiers who were not serious about "Chu State", and cut off the pursuers' return route in one fell swoop. After more than ten rounds of fierce fighting, they actually wiped out a group of "Chu Army" that was separated from the base camp. !

"Okay! Long live the Lu Kingdom!" The sweaty forehead scholar of the Lu Kingdom shouted excitedly, and the hall burst into applause and cheers.Several scholars in yellow clothes from the state of Chu couldn't help sighing and stomping their feet, as if they were mourning a concubine.The scholars of the State of Lu shouted loudly: "Deacon, serve the wine! Each gentleman has a wine, and Lu Guo Taishan delicious wine!" After a while, a group of maids floated in, and each scholar had a wine in his hand. Taishan fine wine.The scholars of the State of Lu raised their jubilees and said with a smile: "For the immortality of the Lu State, do it!" Following the rules of celebrating the winners, everyone raised their honors to echo: "For the immortality of the Lu State, do it!" drink up.

The middle-aged scholar bowed his hands to Jing Jian and said: "Mr. is proficient in chess, I admire you, and I will ask you to teach me tomorrow." Turning around, he bowed deeply to several Chu scholars, feeling very ashamed. went upstairs.

After watching the whole game, Wei Yang smiled and said: "How stupid is Chu State?" Yingyu looked back: "Sir, don't you think 'Lu State'?" Raising eyebrows: "With such a review, sir must be a master of chess?" Wei Yang said with a smile: "I haven't seen the battle yet, so what is the level?" Jing Jian stood up and clasped his fists, "Can I have a game with sir?" "Big plate?" Jing Jian said boldly: "Big plate."

Wei Yang turned his head and smiled, "Junior Sister, how are you doing?"

Without waiting for Yi Qing to answer, Bai Xue said happily, "Please take your seat, both of you. Settle down immediately." After speaking, she walked lightly towards the moon door behind the hall.

As soon as the two sat down, the maid poured Zhao wine for them.Wei Yang and Jing Jian raised their titles to face each other at the same time, and drank them all in one gulp.Just at this moment, the big plate and the chessboard were placed properly, the female deaconess stood awe-inspiringly three feet above the long table, and the scholars of the Hall of Mental Cultivation gathered around the big plate and lamented today's adventure.Yi Qing squeezed Yingyu's palm, knowing her aggressive words, couldn't help but chuckle a few times.The chess boy brought a bronze tripod and asked them to name it, Jing Jian found out "Wei Guo", the hall applauded suddenly, but Jing Jian was startled, and then smiled faintly.Wei Yang touched it casually, but a "Qin Kingdom" came out.The onlookers couldn't help sighing.Yi Qing's remarks from yesterday flashed across Wei Yang's mind, and he couldn't help laughing.

"Dare to ask, sir, where does the laugh come from?" Jing Jian clapped his hands and looked serious, very concerned about the opponent's "Qin Guo" laughing.

As soon as Wei Yang took the long case, he was full of pride, "People say that Qin is weak, so how can you tell me that Qin will become strong in my hands?"

Superintendent Jing let out a long breath, "Sir, don't you know that the State of Wei in my hands is stronger?"

"The trend of strength and weakness has no fixed rules. The strong can become weak, and the weak can become strong. The way to change is all human-made. How do you know that Wei Guo will not shrink and become weak?" Wei Yang's eyes sparkled with determination. .

Jing Jian was also very excited when he heard the words, and said with emotion: "Qin is a weak country, sir."

Wei Yang stared at the chessboard and didn't give in, a sunspot hit the central Tianyuan with a "pop!".The female deaconess reported loudly: "The Qin State occupies Tianyuan—!" The onlookers were in an uproar, and they all gathered around the chessboard.

Jing Jian let out an "Ah" in surprise, "What are you going to do, Mister? I promise you to start again, don't make fun of Qin Guo."

Wei Yang was very calm, "The land of the center radiates to the four poles, and the majestic vision is the first point of the general trend. How can you play with Qin?"

"If I occupy the land, won't the master's power be empty?" Jing Jian picked up a white stone and hit it to the lower right corner.

The female deaconess reported loudly: "White's first move, the bottom three on the right—!"

Everyone praised and nodded.Yingyu behind Wei Yang leaned on Yi Qing's side and whispered about the chess game, but Yi Qing was nervous and excited.

Wei Yang said indifferently: "There is no potential for potential, and there is no real ground for the ground. Take the ground with the potential, the potential will expand, and the ground will shrink." Picking up a sunspot, "crack!" hit the star on the right bit.

"Black chess, right hand constellation—!"

In an instant, nine hands had been placed on the big chessboard.Black's five hands all occupy the top, bottom, left, right, and middle five-star positions, and white's four pieces occupy the square corners.Jing Jian stared at the chessboard and saw that the sunspots formed a big "ten" across the world. He clasped his hands solemnly and said, "Mr. plays chess. He holds a high position and has no foundation. Why did he turn Qin into a real place? Could it be that he deliberately lost Qin?" ?” With urgency, he should be more concerned about his own "Wei Guo".

Wei Yang couldn't help laughing and said: "Is there any reason? If there is a high position, is there no real ground? Just look at your Wei country."

Most of the onlookers were Wei people, and they all echoed, "Sir, but the next one!" "Wei must win!"

Jing Jian stopped talking and began to drive "Wei Guo" to attack the field. "Qin State" moved around well, trying to avoid fighting.After dozens of rounds, the corners of "Wei Guo" were all occupied, but upon closer inspection, they were all shrunk below the third line. "Qin State" has developed a broad and profound trend from the periphery of the fourth line, and inexplicably made "Wei State" significantly lag behind "Qin State" on the ground!

Buzzing, buzzing... the whole Hall of Mental Cultivation was in commotion.The officials and scholars of the Wei State sighed anxiously, and deliberately commented loudly in an argumentative tone, in order to give "Wei State" some inspiration and warning.The black-faced "Wei State" was calm and contemplative, and suddenly broke into the hinterland of "Qin State".

"Okay!" As soon as the plate was loaded, the hall applauded in unison.Yingyu stared at the chessboard unblinkingly, she had already forgotten the matter of telling Yi Qing about the situation of the chessboard, and she couldn't help frowning at the sight of Qin Guodan.

"Qin State" did not panic, but suddenly cut into the frontier of "Wei State". If the "Wei State" is infiltrated, the field may be searched and wiped out.After thinking for a long time, "Wei Guo" had no choice but to return troops to resist.But with such a return to defense, "Qin State"'s defense line with slight gaps has thus become an impregnable fortress.Wei Yang abandoned the scattered "Qin soldiers" who had infiltrated the frontiers of "Wei State", seized the upper hand, and suddenly launched a fierce attack on the "Wei Army" who had previously penetrated into the hinterland.Because the "Qin State" occupied the central Tianyuan from the start, no matter which direction a group of "Wei Jun" fled, they were forced from the center to the surrounding iron walls.After dozens of rounds, the "Wei Army" was surrounded on all sides and finally fell into a desperate situation.

Yangxin hall was stunned and silent, not even a sigh.

"Okay!" Yingyu clapped her hands with a crisp sound.

With the shouts of good cheer, a heavy sigh finally spread hummingly. "Wei's luck is not good." "This style of play is really incredible." "Qin has good luck, let's look ahead."

Jing Jian stood up and bowed his hands solemnly, "Mr. Chess has a high level of skill, and I am convinced that I lost."

Only then did Yi Qing ask loudly with a smile: "Everyone here, are you not convinced?" The strong self-confidence in the words can be seen at a glance.

There was applause, and one person said loudly: "Warring States pays attention to advocating strength, and I wait for the people of Wei to accept it!" After the words fell, the Yangxin Hall burst into applause.Another person said loudly: "This gentleman is brilliant in chess, can you give me some advice on the theory of chess just now, so that I can break through the barriers?"

Jing Jian also cupped his hands and said with a smile: "I also have the same intention, and I would like to hear your opinion."

Seeing that the people in the hall were sincerely asking for advice, Wei Yang stood up with a smile.In the atmosphere of the Warring States Period, there has never been any extra self-effacing politeness. If you have opinions and cover up, you will be scorned by everyone, and a group of celebrities will even disdain to be self-effacing.Wei Yang stepped forward calmly, pointed to the big chessboard on the wall and said, "The way of Go is formed by the intersection of Heaven and Human Way. In ancient prehistoric times, Dayu dredged it, and the vast wilderness appeared on the earth. So Dayu established the system of wells, drawing The cultivated land is an infinite square that expands ninety-nine. Among them, ditches are criss-crossed, and residential houses are dotted on it, which is like a chess game in the human world. Later, there are sages who watch the sky in the middle of the night and feel the stars in the sky. The earth and canals form a square. Fascinated by daydreams, it becomes a whimsy. Remotely sensing the stars in the sky on the ground in longitude and latitude, it is regarded as a grand pattern with a myriad of phenomena. Spiritual thinking becomes skill, interweaving warp and latitude on wood, and playing with stones at the intersection is the beginning of chess. Afterwards, conquer and conquer. The siege of the city and the land, the life and death of the world are becoming more and more intense, and the way of chess also has the rules of life, death, capture, and siege, and the way of chess is completed as time goes by.

The whole audience was silent, as if they were listening to a esoteric discourse from an alien.

Bai Xue asked: "Why is this chess called 'Wei'?"

Wei Yang eloquently said, "Everything in the world and everything in the world are surrounded by rings. People are surrounded by officials, officials are surrounded by officials, officials are surrounded by kings, kings are surrounded by countries, countries are surrounded by the world, and the world is surrounded by the universe. Encirclement, the universe is surrounded by creations, and creations are finally surrounded by the spirit of all living beings. The wider the encirclement, the greater its power. The momentum is big, the encirclement is big, and the encirclement is big. This is the way of chess, and it is also the way of heaven and humanity. Chess masters, with Encircling the ground is the goal, but it must be based on taking advantage of the situation. Zizi pivots to become a power. If the power is strong, the ground will be surrounded, and if the power is weak, the ground will be broken. If it is a chess game just now, if the "Qin State" is everywhere with the "Wei State" Tangled and entangled, the "Qin State" is difficult to support. If the power surrounds the ground, and the power and the ground grow together, the "Qin State" will win by itself. What is the reason? If there is no power in chess, the country will not be able to control the structure. If there is power in chess, Then the sons and sons are orderly. If the people have laws to follow, soldiers have camp rules to follow. Masters rule chess, just like wise kings rule the country, and famous generals rule the army."

Yingyu pondered, and bowed deeply as she left the table, "Sir, you are truly a great talent in the world. I wonder if you can have a long night drink with me, sir?"

Wei Yang said with a smile: "Since you meet a bosom friend, you should drink to your heart's content."

"Okay! Please come to my residence." Yingyu made a request, and then waited for Wei Yang to move.

"This gentleman, you can't go." Suddenly, a cold voice came from the entrance of the hall.

All eyes in the hall turned to the door of Yangxin Hall.I saw a general with a sword walking in high-spirited, cupped his hands to Wei Yang and said: "The last general is ordered by my uncle and wife, please go back to the mansion to discuss important matters." Wei Yang said calmly: "Who are you from the mansion of the uncle?" The one raised his head high again, "The last general is new here, so please forgive me for not being able to get to know the concubine." Wei Yang thought for a while, and smiled at Yingyu and the others: "We meet unexpectedly, and I feel the sound very much. It's a chance, I will meet later." Yingyu said calmly, "So, I hope there will be a time later."

It wasn't until Wei Yang's back disappeared that Yingyu withdrew her cold gaze and landed on Yi Qing beside her.

"What... are you going to do?" Yi Qing asked.The voice is deep and astringent.

The author has something to say: In the next chapter, the conflict between the two broke out again. . .Each other's problems are fully exposed