"I walked around the manor for a long time but didn't see anyone."
"In the house?"
"I went into almost every room, but didn't see anyone. There were tables, chairs, benches, pots, pans, and spoons everywhere. I even touched the table and it was spotless. I wouldn't believe it if no one cleaned it regularly."
"But where are the people?" Zhao Ji asked.
"I stood inside the manor and shouted, 'Is anyone there?' After a long while, no one answered. I was puzzled when I heard a 'crack' sound from somewhere inside the manor. It sounded like a stone falling. I didn't pay much attention at the time until another 'crack' sound reached my ears. That caught my attention. I stood there listening. When the sound came again, I followed it and found a bare stone wall standing there. It was about two or three meters long, standing alone there, looking very abrupt."
He gestured seriously with his hands.
Zhao Ji tilted his head and thought for a moment, then asked, "Is this stone wall something like a stone tablet?"
Zhang Shixun shook his head and said, "If it is a stone tablet, there is no text on it."
"Didn't you go and take a look behind the stone wall?" Gao Qiu asked.
Zhang Shixun spread his hands and said, "Of course I looked, and just like before, there's nothing."
"What happened next? Did the sound stop?" Li Bangyan couldn't help but ask.
"When I turned back to the front of the stone wall, the sound rang out again. This time I could hear it very clearly. It came from behind the stone wall."
Everyone's curiosity was completely aroused, and they all lowered their heads to think hard.
"Didn't you just come out from behind the stone wall?" Gao Qiu asked.
Zhang Shixun spread his hands and said, "Yeah, there's nothing behind it."
"Then turn back quickly." Zhao Ji said anxiously.
"I quickly turned back behind the stone wall. The sight that greeted me was so stunning that I froze in my tracks."
"What did you see?" Zhao Ji asked nervously.
"In the place that was deserted just now, two old men with white hair and beards suddenly appeared. They sat facing each other, their faces solemn. A white marble table was placed between them, and on the stone table was a chessboard. One of the old men gently stroked his long beard under his chin, and in his other hand, he held a chess piece, preparing to make a move..."
When Zhang Shixun said this, he clearly heard the breathing of several people become heavy, and he couldn't help but feel secretly happy in his heart. This was exactly the effect he wanted.
But his expression was extremely solemn. "I could hardly believe what I saw was real, so I pinched the back of my hand hard. It hurt! Then I rubbed my eyes hard and opened them again. The two old men were still sitting behind the stone table. The old man holding the chess piece dropped it with a 'pop' sound. The old man opposite smiled slightly and reached for the jade box containing the chess piece..."
"What was happening before my eyes was beyond common sense. I stood there, my heart churning like waves in the ocean, countless questions swirling in my mind."
"These two old men must be gods!" Li Bangyan said with certainty.
"This is the only explanation. If they are not gods, how could they appear out of thin air?" Cai Jing agreed.
"Not necessarily? Maybe it's a demon or monster?" Wang Fu said sarcastically.
This guy always goes against the grain.
He did it on purpose.
Zhang Shixun couldn't help but roll his eyes at him and asked, "Prince Wang, it was just past noon and the sun was shining brightly. What kind of demon or monster would come out to cause trouble at this time?"
Wang Fu was speechless and glared at Zhang Shixun fiercely.
"Zhang Shixun, are they really immortals?" Zhao Ji stood up with a trembling voice. He believed in Taoism and longed to see the "immortals".
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. Let me explain slowly." Zhang Shixun went over and helped him sit down, saying hypocritically, "I didn't speak a word to them from beginning to end, and they didn't even look at me. Therefore, I dare not say they are immortals."
"Go on, go on." Zhao Ji tried hard to suppress his anxious mood.
"I stood there to calm my turbulent thoughts, then slowly walked over and coughed softly, hoping to attract the two elders' attention. But they were still staring intently at the chessboard, oblivious to my movements. I coughed again, a little louder this time, but still they didn't react at all, not even blinking. I was unwilling to give up and wanted to make more noise, but then I thought, why rush? I still have time, so why not just watch the two elders' chess game first?
As soon as Zhang Shixun said the word "chess game", Zhao Ji excitedly asked: "Zhang Shixun, why don't you set out the chess game of the two elders so that we can discuss it together."
"Your Majesty's idea is very good. Zhang Shixun, please set out the chess game played by the two 'immortals' for us to appreciate." Wang Fu had long suspected that Zhang Shixun was talking nonsense. When he heard Zhao Ji make this suggestion, he immediately applauded in agreement.
When Zhang Shixun heard this, he became secretly alert. Song Huizong had a wide range of interests and was known to be proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. If he talked nonsense in front of him, he might be exposed.
Seeing Zhang Shixun hesitate, Liang Shicheng wanted to help him out and said, "Shixun may not remember it, right?"
With the ladder brought by Liang Shicheng, Zhang Shixun could have just let it go and said he couldn't remember it, but the authenticity of the story he told would have been greatly reduced.
"Please wait! Let me recall." Zhang Shixun said, closed his eyes, and began to search for famous games in the intelligent system.
This search turned up thousands of famous Go games.
He decided to use the "Blood and Tears" by Huang Longshi, a famous national player in the Qing Dynasty.
He opened his eyes and said to Zhao Ji, "My memory is not very good. If Your Majesty really wants to see it, I can only try to put it out, but I can't guarantee that it is correct."
"Okay! Just set out the chessboard for me." Zhao Ji rubbed his hands, looking very anxious.
The chessboard was ready, and Zhao Ji asked him to sit in front of it.
Zhang Shixun began to place his pieces, saying as he did so, "Sir, this game of handicap three is absolutely brilliant."
When Zhao Ji saw him put his first hand on Tianyuan, he couldn't help laughing: "Interesting, really interesting."
Zhang Shixun picked up the white piece again and said, "White's hanging is a common move, nothing much to say. Black advances, and White jumps to the center, instead of splitting two... I think this move, on the one hand, weakens the power of Black Tianyuan's piece, and on the other hand, supports the white piece in the lower right. What do you think, official?"
Zhao Ji frowned and thought for a while, then nodded and said, "This is a great move."
Zhang Shixun continued to move the chess pieces, quickly entering a fascinating scene: "Look, Your Excellency, at this point in the game, how would an average person play?"
Zhao Ji stared at the chessboard, frowned, and thought hard.
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