The girls' gazes seemed to be glued to my back even after they had walked so far.

"I knew this guy was the most pretentious. Even with a hat on, it couldn't hide his pretentiousness. He stole the limelight from all of us with just one move." Several young people said in pretended annoyance.

Ning Yunzhao smiled without saying anything, allowing his companions to move forward with laughter and jokes, but soon stopped again.

This is not a guessing game, but someone has set up the chessboard.

This lamp puzzle is organized by the government. Whoever sends out the least lamps in the end will receive an extra reward from the government, so some stall owners will rack their brains to come up with intricate settings.

Now the stall owner has set up a chess game, and whoever wins will get a lamp.

This chess game is much more difficult than guessing riddles, so there are many people watching but few people get the light.

There was no way the youngsters would miss this, so they immediately stepped forward with eagerness.

"You'd better think about it by yourself this time. You can come out after we're done playing." Everyone reminded Ning Yunzhao.

Ning Yunzhao smiled and stepped aside, watching everyone rush forward.

Although not many people won in the end, there were many people watching, men and women, young and old, some watching the chess game and some watching the excitement.

In order to demonstrate his fairness, the stall owner specially added a large chessboard and had people set up the game scene so that onlookers could see it clearly without having to squeeze in.

Ning Yunzhao looked around and retreated to a big tree nearby, where he would not be crowded and could still see the progress of the game.

At this time, the black and white pieces on the chessboard were in a fierce fight.

He just took a look at Ning Yunzhao and nodded. The stall owner invited a master, and it was not easy for ordinary people to defeat him. Sure enough, after a moment, the challenger was defeated.

Then someone else came on stage. But the slowest one was a cup of tea, and the fastest one lost in three or four steps. It was not until Ning Yunzhao saw his companion sitting over that the battle situation began to take shape.

Ning Yunzhao also watched intently, and when he saw his companion drop a bean, he couldn't help but frown.

"That's wrong."

A female voice came from the side.

Ning Yunzhao was stunned for a moment, then turned around to look. At some point, a woman came from under the shadow of a tree on the other side, also looking at the chessboard.

She was also wrapped in a shawl, with a hat covering her head and face, and she looked slender and slim. She was not very old.

"Ten days, nine, broken."

The soft voice continued.

Ning Yunzhao retracted his gaze to the chessboard, and mentally changed the position of the white piece that his partner had just moved.

Tenth day. Nineth day. Although it is different from what I thought, it is not bad.

However, what if the other party is expecting sixteen?

He thought in his heart and spoke out loud.

"Fourteen pheasants, five." The female voice said immediately.

interesting.

Ning Yunzhao concentrated his mind and looked at the chessboard.

"Eleven winter, three," he said.

As soon as he finished speaking, the female voice immediately took over.

"Seventeen stars. Five."

If someone were standing here at this moment, they would find that the moves they said were completely different from the moves on the chessboard. From the phrase "nine out of ten days are broken, and six out of fifteen days are in response", they started a new game of chess.

The black and white pieces were fighting on the chessboard in front of them, but the two people watching were also fighting on another chessboard, not in their sight, but in their hearts.

Blind chess.

It is said in ancient times that immortals drew paths on the sand, with black and white lines arranged like an array, which is called a chessboard.

The board is square and static, and the pieces are round and moving, so it is also called Go.

He created this play according to the laws of nature and heaven, and no one in the world can understand it.

The Art of Playing says that there are nine qualities of Go: one is to be absorbed in the art, two is to sit and contemplate, three is to be embodied, four is to understand the mysteries, five is to use wisdom, six is ​​to be clever, seven is to fight with strength, eight is to act foolishly, and nine is to keep to one's simplicity.

Ning Yunzhao had been an excellent chess player since he was young. When he was eight years old, he could remember chess games without forgetting them. He was called a child prodigy and was predicted to be able to reach the level of a hermit at the age of twenty.

It means that when the two people who are in a high position are faced with a situation, they can respond well when they see obstacles, and decide whether to fight or not, in order to gain a breakthrough.

Ning Yunzhao has always been a very humble person, but he feels that even though he is not yet twenty years old, he can already be considered a person of great knowledge.

Ning Yunzhao, who had always believed this, began to waver at this moment.

It seemed like in just one breath, he and the woman walked nearly a hundred steps.

The outcome was still undecided, and the woman's attacks became more and more fierce.

"One day, four points," he said, looking at the chessboard in the distance.

On the chessboard in the distance, black and white pieces were intertwined, but these pieces had nothing to do with him. When his sight passed over these black and white pieces, he saw another arrangement on the chessboard.

"Five sticks a day." The female voice followed closely.

Ning Yunzhao gently squeezed the hand hanging at his side.

"Thirteen, seven," he said.

"Thirteen, six." The woman's voice was neither hurried nor slow.

This voice is completely different from her style of playing chess. Such a weak girl, now on the chessboard, is like a fierce man wielding a big sword.

"Fourteen pheasants, six, standing." Ning Yunzhao was not impatient because of her. He thought for a moment and spoke slowly.

The female voice over there also paused for a moment.

"December, five, close," she said.

Ning Yunzhao looked at the chessboard in the distance without saying anything. There was laughter coming, and a crowd of people came. The chessboard was messed up. It turned out that someone finally won.

A pagoda lantern was taken down from the hanging rack, and a young man took it and laughed heartily at the applause from the crowd.

A smile also appeared on Ning Yunzhao's face.

"Thirteen, five," he said.

After saying this, he saw the chessboard in front of him changing dramatically, and Ning Yunzhao felt a little relieved.

Apart from the first glance, the two of them had exchanged hundreds of words up to now, but he had not looked at the woman again.

He respected the game and focused on it, not caring about who was playing.

This time the wait was longer than before.

"December, June." the woman said softly.

The chessboard changed dramatically again, and Ning Yunzhao couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

This girl is really a difficult one to get along with. Just like his sisters, she would act coquettishly and tug at his sleeves, shaking him around until she gets what she wants.

I wonder if she has a brother?

Ning Yunzhao looked at the chessboard with a serious expression.

…

"Seventeen stars, fourteen."

The woman on the chessboard blocked the road with a long sword in her hand, and behind her, thousands of troops were ready to move.

Ning Yunzhao stood with his hands behind his back, hearing only the long cries of mournful geese.

At that time, the chance of life was cut off by the arrow shot by that woman.

No, there is always life, there is more than one goose delivering the message of recruitment.

Ning Yunzhao raised his head and looked at a few wild geese circling in the sky, making loud cries that seemed to be afraid but also excited, urging him to try again.

Let's try again.

"Sixteen, fifteen, charge." He suddenly raised his hand and threw the chess piece in a direction.

The chess piece turned into a sharp arrow and rushed forward with a sharp whistling sound. Just when it was about to pass over the woman, the woman whose appearance was unclear and was shrouded in layers of white gauze swung the long sword in her hand.

"Fifteen, hope, sixteen, break," she said gently.

The sound of the knife falling was heard, and the world before his eyes shattered instantly.

Ning Yunzhao opened his eyes, and the sounds of fighting suddenly disappeared, replaced by laughter and the light of moonlight shining through the shadows of the trees.

Return to the world.

That's really interesting.

A smile appeared on Ning Yunzhao's face. He turned his head to look beside him and lifted his hood to reveal his face.

"The lady is an admirable chess player," he said.

The woman was still standing in the shadow of the tree, three steps away from him, and she looked over at the same time he turned his head.

"Young Master..." she said, while reaching out to take off her hood.

This is a very polite girl.

But the next moment her voice stopped abruptly, and the words that should have been praise did not come out, as if she saw something surprising.