Bachelor

Chapter 228
Huang Jin is also considered invincible in the palace, full of confidence, and considers himself to be one of the best masters in the world.And although he knew that Sun Dan was a well-known talent in the world, most of Sun Dan's talents were shown in his poems, books and articles, and he had never heard of his research on Go.

Ever since he met Sun Dan, Huang Jin has been firmly suppressed by him in every aspect. With the emperor, Sun Dan has a higher status than himself.Huang Jin was also dissatisfied in his heart, determined to frustrate Sun Dan's spirit in his own strong point.

Hearing Huang Jin's words "See how I humiliate you", Sun Dan was aroused by him to be competitive, and said with a smile: "Since you want to compete with me on the black and white screen, let's play a few games , Let’s see who is humiliating whom? However, it’s not interesting if we just do it, why not make some money.”

Hearing Sun Dan's words, Huang Jin smelled a strong conspiracy, and felt a little hesitant.

Sun Dan chuckled: "Eunuch Huang, what are you afraid of? You and I are both major shareholders of the Lu Family Bank. Are you still short of money?"

Huang Jin snorted: "Our family is not short of money, tell me, how much is a game?"

Sun Dan: "Who is Eunuch Huang? If you are like a small townsman with a few big money, you will lose your face. Otherwise, you will lose your face in one round of ten taels."

Huang Jin: "Okay, ten taels is ten taels, our family is afraid that you will fail."

Bi Yun, Qiao Yu, and Sun Henian, who were locked together in the same courtyard, were all taken aback when they gambled so heavily.In the Ming Dynasty, the style of writing was at its peak. Piano, chess, calligraphy and painting were the four arts of a gentleman. Go also has the effect of developing intelligence. Ordinary scholars would play a few moves.These three people are all very talented people, and they also played music when they were young, but they were also abandoned due to busy work.Now locked in the yard, bored and tired from quarreling, seeing that Sun Dan and Huang Jin were about to play chess, they surrounded him enthusiastically.

During the reign of Zhengde, the skills of chess players were greatly improved, and three famous schools of Go were formed: one was the Yongjia school with Bao Yizhong as the crown, and Li Chong, Zhou Yuan, and Xu Xisheng attached; the other was Cheng Ruliang as the crown , the Xin'an School attached to Wang Shu and Fang Ziqian; the first is the Jingshi School headed by Yan Lun and Li Fu.

These three factions have different styles and layouts with different emphasis on offense and defense, but they are all famous players at that time.Driven by them, Go, which had long been monopolized by literati and bureaucrats, began to develop among the citizens, and a group of "little people in the alleys" emerged.Through frequent folk competitions, they further popularized the game of Go.

With the prosperity of Go entertainment activities, there are also a large number of Go records compiled by some folk chess artists, such as "Suitability Record", "Shishi Xianji", "Sancai Tuhui Chess Record", "Xianji Arsenal" and "History of Games" , "Yi Wen" and other chess records.

It was from this time that this elegant game began to become a kind of gambling.However, most of the ordinary people in Shengdou play a game with a few copper coins, which is just for fun.It's really rare to see two rounds like Sun Dan and Huang Jinshi. This is the first time Qiao Yu and others have seen it, and they were a little surprised.

However, this was still the beginning. Later, as the two gradually became more popular, the lottery became bigger and bigger, which opened the eyes of the three of them.

In the first game, Sun Dan played with the black queen, because he hadn't played chess for a long time, his hands were a little raw, and he was not used to the rules of ancient Go, so it was a bit difficult at the beginning.

Although Huang Jin is a bit nasty, his chess style is very ruthless, very belligerent, and he fights fiercely with Sun Dan as soon as he gets started.

This probably has something to do with the ancient period rules.

The ancient rules of Go adopt the white stone first and the seat system, that is, four stones are placed on the positions of the four stars on the corners of the chessboard, two black and one black each, similar to the current diagonal star layout.Another rule is to return the chess head, that is, every time you break the opponent's piece of chess, the opponent will post a piece to you when you finally calculate the outcome. Therefore, the more the opponent is broken by you, the greater your profit.

The reason why Huang Jin's chess style is so fierce has a lot to do with this rule. The layout of diagonal stars and the benefits of breaking make fierce battles inevitable.

If he didn't pay attention, Sun Dan was strangled to kill a big dragon by Huang Jin, and his forehead was slightly sweating.

Although the three onlookers looked at each other disliked each other, they nodded at the same time: "Huang Jin's chess is very good, with a rank of nine. Although Huang Ban's chess is still at the stage of fighting strength, it can also be rated as sixth. Taste."

Sun Dan was not in a hurry, and while Huang Jin was fighting slowly, he gradually became familiar with the rules of ancient Go, and then analyzed his opponent's style of chess.

To be honest, although Huang Jin's chess style is fierce, his level is not very high, which is the level of the early amateurs of later generations.However, he only fights with others, and he can't talk about the layout. If he can overwhelm him in the layout, he will be able to beat him in the mid-game strangling and closing.

It is also understandable that the ancients paid more attention to the middle game than the layout. This has something to do with the ancients' understanding of Go. The ancients mostly used brute force to play chess, and did not make strategic arrangements in advance.

From this point of view, if Huang Jin is placed in later generations, his true level is only a quasi-amateur beginner, and he has major technical flaws, so it is not impossible to deal with it.

His level can kill all directions in the palace. I don't know if the level of the ancients is too low, or everyone is afraid of his power and deliberately gives way.

According to Sun Dan, the latter is more likely.

In the first game, Sun Dan was lucky enough to get back a few hands in the back of the officials, and finally lost with one and a half regrettably.

The three onlookers felt a great pity.

Bi Yun has a calm personality and no expression on his face.It was Qiao Yu who slapped his thigh, "Unfortunately, Sun Dan suffered a small loss at the beginning of this round. If he didn't get confused at the beginning, in my opinion, with Sun Dan's chess strength, he should be able to win a few games."

Sun Henian: "Otherwise, I think Sun Dan's chess moves are soft and weak. First of all, he is weaker than Eunuch Huang in terms of morale. He is timid before fighting. Although the officials behind him are also very fierce, they are pushed by others. The trapped beast is still fighting."

Qiao Yu thought that Sun Henian was not pleasing to the eye, so he gave him a hard look: "What do you know, Huang Ban's chess is always aggressive and ruthless, unlike Sun Dan's calm and calm, first of all, it is one level lower in the pattern."

As soon as Sun Henian ate and drank Qiao Yu, his face flashed green, and he finally restrained himself from speaking.

Huang Jin shrilled triumphantly: "Give me the money, give me the money, Sun Dan, you are a cow, you are usually very leathery, our family finally has something better than you."

Sun Dan was not angry either, he threw a money ticket over, and slowly put the chess pieces back into the box: "Come again." He had already thought of a way to deal with Huang Jin, and if he wanted to deal with him, he had to plan at the beginning Alright, let him fall into his own trap unknowingly.

Huang Jin sneered: "If you don't give up, it's up to you."

Then came the chess guessing game. Sun Dan guessed the white piece right, so he went first and took the lead.

He smiled and clicked a white stone on the star position in the right corner of his side. According to the established rules, at first these stones should be clicked on the star position in front of the opponent to show respect.Sun Dan's point is already a naked provocation.

Huang Jin blushed with anger, and slapped down a chess piece: "Wait."

Sun Dan: "What did Eunuch Huang say?"

Huang Jin: "Sun Dan, you and I are both very wealthy people, what's the point of a game of ten taels. Let's increase the price, 50 taels a mu."

Hearing this, both Qiao Yu and Sun Henian took a breath of air, but Bi Yun still looked calm, as if he had great confidence in Sun Dan.

The level of these two seems to be very close at the moment, but even so, after each round, it is a matter of winning or losing. This is also 200 taels of cash, enough for ordinary people to eat for a year.

Sun Dan laughed loudly: "It's up to you, give you a word, and see how I humiliate you in this round."

In the second round, Sun Dan did not start a mid-game strangle with Huang Jin as soon as he came up, but started the layout leisurely.

In the beginning, he suffered a little loss in some areas. Although everyone sighed, Huang Jin was even more triumphant and couldn't stop laughing.

But gradually, not only Huang Jin, but also the people around him could see that Huang Jin's strangulation was getting weaker and weaker, and was gradually restrained by Sun Dan's pre-arranged back move.The seemingly useless chess pieces laid down by Sun Dan are now gradually connected into a rope, slowly wrapping around Huang Jin's throat.

Huang Jin's powerful and skillful chess moves are completely useless, but are gradually restrained by Sun Dan's big appearance.

Qiao Yu and Sun Henian could see it clearly, and they both cheered at the same time: "Wonderful, Sun Dan's chess is feminine and secretive, and ordinary people really can't guess his chess moves."

"Unexpectedly, chess can be played like this."

That Huang Jin played chess at an extremely fast speed before, making one piece after another.Now he is caught in the long exam, and he can't take it for a long time, and his face is covered with beads of sweat.

Sun Dan chuckled: "Huang Ban, do you still need to go down?"

Huang Jin said angrily: "Why don't you play this game, this game is only half done."

Sun Dan: "You have already lost this game, even if you forcefully support it to the end, you will lose with thirteen eyes."

"Yes, Heizi should lose Thirteen Eyes in the end." Qiao Yu and the others made up their minds and nodded at the same time.

Huang Jin didn't believe it, and made a few more strokes, but he couldn't move.

Sun Dan sneered: "I can't move anymore, I'll play for you." After speaking, black pieces in one hand and white pieces in the other fell down like the wind, and the game of chess was quickly finished.

In the end, everyone counted, and Heizi just lost Shisanmu.

The chess that Sun Dan played for Huang Jin was exactly Huang Jin's style, and it was also the most correct way to deal with it. Even if Huang Jin played instead, he would not be able to do better than Sun Dan.

In this round, Huang Jin lost completely.

For the next few days, Huang Jin was still not convinced, and continued to stalk Sun Dan, but still lost a complete defeat.

50 taels is a big win or loss. When Sun Dan is in good condition, it is possible for Huang Jin to lose more than 1000 taels.Huang Jin realized that losing like this was not an option, so he proposed not to count the winners and losers according to the number of points, but just 300 taels per round.

Sun Dan also nodded in agreement.

Huang Jin was also ruthless, and asked someone to send in a few chess records. Apart from playing games with Sun Dan every day, he just immersed himself in the study of chess skills. He often stayed up all night and lost a lot of weight.

Huang Jin is improving, and Sun Dan is not idle. As he plays more and more chess, he gradually picks up the abandoned chess skills. Not only that, but his level has also improved a lot.Thinking about it carefully, he is now at least at the amateur third or fourth dan level.

Not only did he beat Huang Jin in terms of layout, but Guan Zi's kung fu, because he had read Li Changhao's chess records before, made Huang Jin unable to hold his head up in the strangulation battle where every penny was counted.The level of modern competitive Go is really not something to brag about, and naturally it is not something that Huang Jin can understand.

After more than half a month, Huang Jin lost more than 2 taels of silver to Sun Dan in one breath, and his face turned green.Naturally, Sun Dan swept away all the bank notes on his body, and kept borrowing money from Jin Yiwei, which made Lu Bing a little afraid of seeing him.

At the beginning, Sun Dan and Huang Jin were very close in level, and they played chess back and forth, which was very intense.Qiao Yu and others were thrilled to watch, and being locked up in the yard was very boring, so they watched with relish.

But when it came, Sun Dan's chess strength improved so much that Huang Jin was already two blocks away.

In this way, the bet between him and Huang Jin no longer has any confrontation.

Qiao Yu and the others seemed less nervous about the chess game than before. Anyway, Sun Dan won anyway, and the game without expectations has become a pure performance.What I'm looking at is Sun Dan's exquisite layout, miraculous and wonderful works, and destructive officials.

Any kind of thing, as long as it is studied to the extreme, is an art. Sun Dan's chess is undoubtedly very interesting. Of course, Huang Jin's disheveled face is also worth watching.

The same goes for Huang Jin, who obviously failed Sun Dan, but refused to lose face, kept gritting his teeth and struggling, refusing to give up.His willingness to die rather than surrender is also admirable, but not worthy of sympathy.

The so-called bad move, bound hands and feet, he is already so old, Sun Dancai.No matter how hard Eunuch Huang works, he will never try to surpass Sun Dan in this life.

Sun Dan wins the money and wins soft hands, and sighs in his heart: this prison is really interesting, and if he sits in it for another year, it is estimated that he will win all of Huang Jin's net worth.

Of course, he also knew that the emperor could not allow him and Huang Jin to live in Beiya just like this.

For the future tax reform, the emperor still needs him to advise.

And Huang Jin is the emperor's great companion, the most trusted person, it is impossible to see him suffer in prison.

The most important thing is that he, Sun Dan, and Huang Jin are both the emperor's own people, and fighting among themselves is already a joke, and it is even more a big joke for everyone to live in Beizhen Fusi in such an unclear way.

Maybe I can go out in a few days, Sun Dan thought so.

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"Mrs. Liu, it's me, I'm Ting Lan!" On the small square outside Fusi Yamen in Beizhen, Ting Lan led everyone in Sun Dan's house to squeeze towards Huichang Hou Sun's house, and shouted: "It's really too much over there!" It's messed up, come to Madam and squeeze."

Mrs. Liu finally sneered: "Isn't Sun Dan very capable? Why do you want to come to our place to squeeze? Ting Lan, your little hoof has also climbed on a high branch. Do you still have my wife in your eyes?"

Ting Lan was stunned: "What did Madam say, I was trained by you. Ting Lan will always think of Madam's good."

Mrs. Liu was even more angry: "Madam, what is your wife? Your wife is Zhiniang, so what does she have to do with me?" After Sun Henian was arrested, she finally broke down, and she no longer had the calmness she used to.

After being scolded by Mrs. Liu, Ting Lan was so wronged that her eyeballs kept rolling in their sockets, and finally fell down.

It was Mrs. Hong who was soft-hearted and sighed: "It's too messy here, and there are so many people. Sun Dan is also from my Sun family. If his wife is crowded, what should I do? Let them come and squeeze."

Zhi Niang had no heart at all, and when she heard Mrs. Hong's words, she was overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked her: "Thank you Mrs. Hong." She was about to walk over to the Sun family.

However, everyone stood in front of her, and no one was willing to give up a seat.

Zhi Niang was stunned, not knowing what to do.

Ting Lan bit her lip, and said to Zhi Niang in a low voice: "Ma'am, they won't let us pass, let's go, so as not to get angry with them here."

Mrs. Liu raised her eyebrows and sneered: "Whoever is angry with you, why didn't I see that Sun Dan was a white-eyed wolf before? The second master's crime this time was caused by him. In my opinion, sooner or later our Sun family will be killed." ruined in his hands."

Zhi Niang suddenly shouted: "You are not allowed to say that about Sun Lang."

At this time, a member of the Sun family brought Zhai Luan and others over.Both sides who were at war just now quieted down at the same time.

Seeing that the people who came were all officials, Zhiniang hurriedly pulled Latina's sleeve: "Tinglan, let's go."

"Ma'am, don't be afraid." Ting Lan said in a low voice: "We are not going anywhere. Although they are officials, my master is not an ordinary person. The master is currently in prison, and I don't know if these adults know him. I just want to ask about the master's situation later, I heard that His Majesty issued an imperial decree today to conclude the case, and I don't know what happened to the master in the end."

Although Zhi Niang was afraid, but because she cared about Sun Dan, she stopped and listened to the conversation between Zhai Luan and Madam Liu.

Mrs. Liu hurriedly saluted: "I have met Mr. Zhai."

Zhai Luan hastily replied: "Ma'am, excuse me. Speaking of which, I am also acquainted with Master Liu Daxia and Brother He Nian."

Mrs. Liu burst into tears when he mentioned the names of her father and husband: "Excuse me, my lord, I don't know how my master will be sentenced? My husband has committed such a serious crime, and I don't know if I can save my life. Also, the emperor's side, to me How did the Sun family deal with it?"

Zhai Luan's heart moved, and he immediately understood.Ordinarily, it is a certainty that Sun Henian will be sentenced to beheaded.It doesn't seem necessary for her to ask now.Could it be... Could it be that she got it, the emperor wants to copy the rumors of the Sun family, and wants to spy on me, so he needs to make preparations early and transfer assets.

Di Luan is such a shrewd person, he just smiled: "The emperor naturally has a decree. However, I didn't read the imperial decree before I came, so I don't know what it says in it?"

Mrs. Liu replied in disappointment, she was very dissatisfied with Zhai Luan's tightness in her heart, she just bowed her head and wept beside her sullenly.

Zhai Luan comforted Mrs. Liu a few words, and was about to leave when she saw a woman from the crowd of the Sun family come out, and asked timidly: "Dare to ask my lord, I don't know what is the situation of Mr. Sun Dansun now, and how is he sentenced? "

Mrs. Liu raised her eyebrows when she heard the words, then turned her head and scolded: "Ms. Zhi, is there a place for you to speak in front of Master Zhai?"

(End of this chapter)