Square inch by Kyushu

Suddenly, a person walked into the "casino" that had almost dispersed, and said calmly, "I can break this game."

The young man in blue looked up at the person coming, and saw that the other person was dressed as a scholar, wrapped in a blue shirt, tall and straight but thin; his hair was tied up casually, with a bit of elegance and elegance.

Although this person was born with ordinary facial features, his eyes were impressive, as if a round of bright moon was reflected on a clear spring, with layers of sparkling waves, and the bright moonlight seemed like caged smoke.

At first glance, I only feel that the charm is extraordinary, which makes people feel good.

Trapped by that gaze, he felt absent-minded for a moment, but then returned to normal.Still with his crooked smile on his face, he said "please" and welcomed the opponent into the chess game.Then he asked: "How do you address Dare Your Excellency?" Since just now, he has never asked a person's name, but he treated this scholar differently, which shows that he has a close affinity with him after just one glance.

"Because of my surname, each name has the word 'An'." The scholar in green shirt bowed his hands and reported his name.

"In the old days, on a moonlit night, in front of the painting hall? Your name, the artistic conception is very elegant." Hearing this name, the young man in blue expressed his feelings and praised him sincerely.

"The bright moon is hard to last, and the painting hall is old. I'm afraid it's not what you want, it's absurd." The scholar in blue replied lightly, his expression was calm, and he couldn't tell whether this sentence was a polite self-effacing or a dissatisfied refusal.

The blue-clothed youth chuckled, and didn't go any further.It was only when I met another weird person.Immediately, the gossip went straight to the topic.

"Brother I don't know, what do you want to bet on?"

Gu An took out a small piece of broken silver and put it on the table, and asked, "Can you?"

Looking at the pitifully small piece of silver, the blue-clothed youth showed embarrassment and fell silent for a moment.

Seeing this, Gu An knew that he was still poor, but the other party was too embarrassed to point it out.So he took back the broken silver and said apologetically, "Your Majesty, I'm being abrupt."

After saying that, he turned and left without hesitation.

At this time, the young man in blue suddenly opened his mouth and said: "Wait a minute."

He walked up to the scholar in Tsing Yi, with a pair of peach blossom eyes and a smile: "Dare to ask about this piece of silver, but the old brother is all about it?"

When Gu An first saw his smiling eyes, he couldn't help being shocked, and suddenly felt that "it seems to be an old friend".The eyes that were as calm as a lake were also a little more bewildered.

But no matter how upset his heart was, his face remained the same.Hearing this, he nodded and said "yes".

And at this moment, looking at the person in front of him again, it seems that only a pair of smiling eyes are slightly similar but not resembling, and the other facial features are even more completely different from that person.

At this point, I couldn't help laughing at myself for being too sensitive—there are so many people with "peach blossom eyes" in this world, you can't just see one and feel like one, right?

The young man in blue didn't know the many changes in his heart.At this time, shaking the folding fan, he smiled and said: "Although money is dung, it is also a tomb of heroes. In this case, the bet made by the old brother is also in line with my rules. I, Li Muge, will never count my words."

Hearing these words in the ears of others, they felt that the young man in blue was really a trustworthy person, but to Gu An's ears, it was as if he had been struck by lightning.The mood that had just calmed down turned upside down again, and it was like a stormy sea.And there was a crack on the face that had always been calm.

"Your name is Li Muge?" He asked in a strange manner, neither thanking the other party nor asking about the chess game, but confirming the other party's name.

Li Muge was taken aback by his question, and instinctively replied: "Is there any problem with my name?"

For a while, Gu An didn't know how to answer, but a pair of lacquer eyes suddenly became clear and sharp, and they roamed back and forth on Li Muge's face.

Li Muge looked a little terrified by him, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Old brother, I have agreed to your bet, why are you not very happy to see you?"

Therefore, An felt that he had lost his composure, so he had to cover it up in a hurry: "I will be happy at the next moment, I will forget myself." After saying that, he turned and sat in front of the chess game, ready to fight.

Li Muge flattered her on the surface, but she slandered in her heart: If you are showing joy, I will write the word "Li Muge" upside down!

At this time, Gu An was thinking about the word "Li Muge" over and over again, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was a coincidence.

Just because an old man once said to him, "Do you know? Although I was born in the emperor's family, I yearn for the life of ordinary people. In this troubled world, many people want to rule the world and win the Ninth Five-Year Plan, but I feel that 'if If you can look at the wild cranes with idle clouds, you don't admire Jiuding or Jiuge.'"

That day, he raised his eyebrows under the moon and smiled freely.The voice is not high, but it has the open-mindedness of traveling in the sky and in all directions.

But the old man has passed away for many years, and there is no possibility of him surviving.He knows that better than anyone, doesn't he?How could it be possible to reappear in the world again?

Looking at the young man in front of him again, although the name is quite similar to him, he even has a pair of peach blossom eyes, likes to hold a folding fan, and loves to smile and sing.

But I have to admit that it is completely different from him.

As soon as I thought of this, all the thoughts in my heart came to an abrupt end, and I only felt dull at this moment.Looking at the chess game, he just wanted to make a quick decision, then turned around and left to cut off this innocent demon.So he focused again.

In a blink of an eye, looking at the mess that Li Muge had laid out, he said: the red chess has only one commander, two rooks, two cannons, one knight, and one pawn crossing the river; but the black chess is on the board, standing on both sides of the chessboard, with both sides. Bishops look at each other, two chariots, one cannon, one horse, one pawn across the river.At this time, the black side has a pawn and a rook approaching the red side's coach, and the guns and horses are watching, while the red chess has only one rook and a cannon left in the army. Among the four pieces of the enemy army, the cannons and pawns have been locked. The bicycle was also constrained, and only one horse was able to breathe.

Gu An didn't pay much attention to it, and without any hesitation, retreated the red horse to the right side of the black elephant, pointed his lower finger like the wind and said, "Six horses retreat four."

Li Muge's eyes showed admiration, this move of retreating into advance was really beautiful, but he didn't give up too much, moved the black general down one space, and said in his mouth, "Bring five into one"

"Ma four advances two, general" the red chess suddenly turned from defense to offense, and hit Huanglong directly.

"Nine out of nine cars and seven out of seven" black cars were shot, which solved the urgent need of the general.

"Car six into six, general" the red chess once again took the general's head straight, pressing harder and harder.

"Five to four" black will eat the red rook and easily clear the siege.But this cannonball was eaten too easily and smoothly, as if there was a hidden secret.

"Car fours in, two generals" every time the red side takes a step, the general will make a move, three times in a row with the "general", but I don't know if the "third general" also lost his wife and lost his army like the previous two times.

There is a saying in the art of war: make a big effort, then decline, and exhaust three times. I don't know if this third attack is the exhaustion of the red side or the end of the black side.Thinking of this, Li Muge smiled, and without hesitation moved the chess piece "Scholar four into five"

"The second horse enters the fourth, and the general" the red horse eats the black soldier, has invaded the Nine Palaces, and is the general again.

At this moment, Li Muge already understood that the red chess just deliberately lost the two pieces of "Rook and Cannon" in order to win the current situation.

"Putting four into one" once made a mistake, the whole game will be lost, now the overall situation is settled, and black is just struggling.The third general was indeed not the last, but it was only the beginning of victory.

"Two guns into five, generals" the red robe separated the black elephants and beat the generals, once again cutting off the black side's vitality.

"Elephant five enters three", the black elephant backs away, not being used by the red cannon, and used as a fort.

"Four chariots retreat one, you will die" the red chariot moves between the red robe and the black general, general;

At this point, the black general is dead, the red side wins, and the game is broken.

Looking at the chess game, Li Muge clapped his hands and laughed loudly: "What a 'five sons in a row', the attack is so dense that there is no chance to breathe. But the most wonderful move is the 'abandon the gun and send the car'. First of all, you deliberately showed your flaws to let me eat the cannon, but in fact you secretly placed your horse in a favorable position to wait for an opportunity; then you pretended to send out the chariot, this general, so that I took it lightly and thought that I had the chance to win, but in fact It was to force my black general to the left and provide opportunities for the horse. In the end, your car gun seemed fierce and double-killed my general, but it was the red horse who had always seemed to have no threat that really cut off my life. Your broken circles are intertwined, and you have come up with clever schemes one after another. You use your sharpness to cover up your dark positions, and you show your weakness while showing your strength. It is wonderful. If it is used as a marching formation, your "preemptive strike" and "fake idiots" are not the same. The combination of the two strategies is really eye-opening."

Gu An nodded and smiled slightly, the corner of his mouth curved into a beautiful arc that didn't belong to this face: "Thank you Brother Li for your praise, it's a fluke to break this situation."

"Brother, you are humble. I have set up a chess game here for a day, and I have not seen a single person who can break this first game. The superb chess skills of brother Taiwan are really amazing." He took out part of the gold and silver on the table and the The broken silver that was used as a bet at the beginning was handed over to Gu An and said: "I am convinced that I have lost this game, and I will give you all the prizes that have been agreed. I don't know if my old brother dares to continue to challenge?"

When it came to the last sentence, he raised his eyes presumptuously and raised his lips, which was very provocative.

Gu An won the money, but there was no joy on his face, and he still had a dull and alienated expression.

"It's a fluke to win the money. I'll take it as soon as I see it." He cupped his hands and said, "Brother Li, there will be a time later." Then he turned and left without hesitation.

Seeing Gu An turn around without hesitation, Li Muge is like eating half of delicacies and sea delicacies and being dismissed from the table, fine wine and jade wine being drunk until he is drunk and then poured out, and the girl from Langyu Pavilion is snatched away halfway through her arms. not out.

So he suddenly grabbed the opponent's arm across the table, Gu An paused, stopped and looked back sideways, watching his sleeves being pulled, his brows slightly frowned.

Li Muge rolled his eyes and smiled: "Although my old brother doesn't love money, don't you want to know the whereabouts of the God of War?"

Gu An shook his head without any hesitation.What military gods, what myths, are just absurd echoes of others.He just wants to leave now.

Li Muge saw this, but still persevered: "My old brother doesn't care about money and fame, he is indeed a gentleman with a noble temperament. Today, my old brother and I hit it off right away, and I ask you to do me a favor and play a few more games with me."

Gu An withdrew his arms calmly, bowed his hands and politely refused: "Thank you Brother Li for your appreciation, but I can't afford to delay because I have something important to do, if there is a destiny to meet again, I will finish this unfinished game with you. "

"The theory of fate is too mysterious, and there is no trace of the future. In this world, one needs to enjoy oneself in a timely manner, so as to live up to the word 'fate'. So today's prosperity needs to be done today."

Li Muge crossed the table and stood in front of Gu An, shaking his folding fan lightly: "Now I have a proposal, I don't know if this is good, let's just decide the outcome of the next game. If you win, I will give you the money and the chess game. If you lose, you will also lose." Don't mind, even if you had fun with me, the money you won just now is still yours, let's make friends."

Gu An held back his unhappiness, and replied kindly: "Brother Li's heart, so I understand it here, but in this world, the word 'fairness' is used for everything, and people have to give up what they take. This is cheap for no reason. It’s better not to take advantage of it.” Some words are both soft and hard so far that it is impossible to refute them, and if they continue to entangle, they will lose their grace.

Li Muge nodded with regret, turned sideways, and Fang Guan passed by.

Looking at the pale blue back, a wry smile slowly appeared on his lips—pure bitterness is also a pure smile.

The crowd dispersed, Li Muge packed up his things, carried the wooden box on his back, and ran away from Gu An, the dying afterglow dragged a golden-red afterimage behind him, slowly blending into the darkening earth.