Yan Qi pouted: "This won't work, that won't work either, Tao Ping, why are you so picky? Do you want to gamble? Just say so if you're afraid."
"Would I be afraid of your little servant? What a joke."
Tao Ping waved his feather fan leisurely and looked at Xiaocui: "I heard that Miss Bai Chaoyun is good at singing and dancing, playing piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and is especially good at chess. Am I right?"
Xiaocui puffed up her chest proudly: "You're right, Sister Bai is extremely smart and talented. There is nothing that Sister Bai can't do, especially chess, which Sister Bai is very good at."
Tao Ping's eyes lit up and he struck while the iron was hot: "When we come to Chenxiang Pavilion, we should do as the Romans do. Since Miss Bai Chaoyun is good at chess, we might as well use chess as a bet. One game will determine the outcome, how about that?"
As soon as he said this, Lin Ruoshan shook his fat head vigorously and shouted at the top of his lungs: "No, no, Tao Ping, who doesn't know that you are a chess master, dominating the Miaoyu Study Room, you use your strongest skills to challenge us , this is unfair.”
Tao Ping stood up straight and said loudly: "I have already said that this is a tribute to Miss Bai Chaoyun. Is there any more suitable skill than gambling? Yan Qi, Lin Ruoshan, and that young master, do you dare? Gambling? Are you also afraid of losing? "
Yan Qi didn't take it seriously: "Just bet."
Lin Ruoshan was anxious: "I can't agree, Brother Yan, you don't know how good this guy is at chess..."
Tao Ping got what he wanted and laughed loudly: "As a gentleman says, a horse is hard to catch. Yan Qi, you have already agreed and you are not allowed to correct it. Otherwise, you will lose."
Yan Qi pouted: "I'm too lazy to change it."
Tao Ping was very proud. He shook his feather fan, raised his head, and said to Meng Yiju: "Brother Meng, please wait for the good news and see how I deal with Yan Qi and this gang of roosters and dog thieves."
Meng Yiju also laughed loudly: "Brother Tao, when it comes to chess skills, who is your opponent in Jinling? If you say second, who dares to say first? Okay, that pretty boy's seat will be ours in a while. It’s so happy.”
There was also a burst of criticism below.
"Tao Ping is so treacherous. Why doesn't he compete with Yan Qi in guessing riddles? He actually plays chess. This is obviously an advantage."
"You can't be too humble and say that gambling is a tribute to Bai Chaoyun. That's obviously an excuse."
"Now Yan Qi has been tricked. Hey, he will lose miserably."
Xiaocui pouted, and then realized that she had been tricked by Tao Ping.
"If I had known that Tao Ping was so good at chess, I shouldn't have challenged him. But now, it's my fault that Mr. Yan has been hurt."
Tao Ping was very happy and said to Xiaocui: "The chessboard is too small for everyone to watch. Please help Miss Xiaocui to get a five-meter-high chessboard. I want to kill their spirit."
Xiaocui was sulking, so she ignored him and pretended not to hear him.
Yan Qi also urged: "Xiao Cui, hurry up and get a big chessboard so that everyone can see it clearly."
Xiaocui nodded quickly: "Okay, I'll send someone to get it right now."
Tao Ping was even more angry.
Paralyzed, this Xiaocui is really biased. I asked you to take the chessboard and you pretended not to hear. Yan Qi asked you to take it and you agreed immediately. The difference in treatment is too big, right?
After a while, a group of male servants carried a five-meter-high chessboard and erected it in the center of the hall.
With this big chessboard, everyone can see clearly.
Lin Ruoshan looked at Yan Qi with a bitter look on his face: "Brother Yan, we are in danger this time. How could you agree so quickly? Tao Ping is a master of chess."
Yan Qixiao asked: "How high is it?"
Lin Ruoshan stamped his feet: "It's as high as a five-story building."
Yan Qi shook his head: "How high is it? Not high."
"Isn't that high?"
Lin Ruoshan boasted about Tao Ping: "Brother Yan, let me tell you, Tao Ping learned chess at the age of five and became successful at the age of ten. He challenged the then chess master Tan Jian and played ten rounds of chess. He actually won all ten games. Make a name for yourself.”
"The most amazing thing is that in chess competitions held every year, Tao Ping has never lost a game. Just last month, Miaoyu Bookstore invited players from all over the chess world to compete. As a result, Tao Ping passed all the way without any opponent. You Tell me, is such a pervert easy to deal with?"
After hearing Tao Ping's words, Yan Qi was not shocked at all, and said calmly: "No matter how powerful Tao Ping is, he is just a king in Jinling and is considered a regional champion."
Lin Ruoshan rolled his eyes at Yan Qi helplessly: "What happened to the regional champion? Are you still looking down on him? Have you ever won the regional championship?"
Yan Qi shook his head: "I have never won a regional championship."
Lin Ruoshan spread his hands: "Then you still look down on Taoping's regional championship? Brother Yan, we are in for a big deal this time."
Yan Qi smiled and was about to say: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. What does it mean to be a regional champion? Even the national champions were tortured by me!"
However, before these resounding words could be heard, the young master stood up, waved his folding fan vigorously, and shouldered the heavy burden.
"Master Lin, don't be anxious. Brother Yan, don't worry. Even if I fall into Tao Ping's plot, even if Tao Ping is the strongest master in Jinling, I am willing to use all my life's knowledge to challenge him."
Lin Ruoshan looked at Master Xiaotian up and down, and asked with a smile: "Xiaotian, you are very confident. Do you know how to study chess?"
Young Master Tian smiled slightly: "I haven't studied it in depth, but I have been playing chess for more than ten years and I have never lost."
Holy shit!
Lin Ruoshan was in high spirits now and flattered Mr. Tian very hard: "Haha, I didn't expect Mr. Tian to be a master of chess. In this way, we won't be afraid of Tao Ping. Brother Yan, you won't be playing in a while." , you should be an assistant to Young Master Tian, anyway, you are not as good as me at chess, so hurry up and make way for Young Master Tian."
I go!
Yan Qi couldn't laugh or cry.
Am I not as good as you at chess?
Believe it or not, I can beat you by playing blind chess with my eyes closed?
"Forget it, Xiaotian stepped in and saved me a lot of brain cells."
Yan Qile's leisure time also wanted to see the strength of Young Master Tian.
Xiaocui has already prepared the chessboard.
Everyone was making a fuss just now, but when they saw that the chessboard was set up and the game was about to begin, they stopped making noise and stared at the chessboard attentively.
Yan Qi discovered that people in this era have a much stronger pursuit of music, chess, calligraphy and painting than in his own time.
But no wonder.
Existence is reasonable.
In the previous world, there were computers, mobile phones, TVs, and online games, and there were so many things to play.
But in this dynasty, entertainment life was not that developed. Except for the fact that men could have three wives and four concubines, entertainment life was still relatively boring.
Playing music, chess, calligraphy and painting can also become a source of entertainment for everyone.
Young Master Tian and Tao An sat down and began to choose red and black chess pieces.
Xiao Cui took out a copper plate: "I will throw the copper plate now. If it is heads, Mr. Xiaotian will go first with the red chess. If it is tails, Mr. Tao will go first with the red chess. Do you two young masters agree?"
Young Master Tian and Tao Ping each nodded in agreement.
Everyone was talking quietly.
"Chess is a game of first movers. Whoever moves first will have a greater chance of winning."
"That's right. If two people are of equal skill, it will be difficult to win in second-hand moves. It would be great if they can draw."
Xiao Cui throws out the coin.
The copper plate fell on the table, stood up, and rolled rapidly.
Little Master Tian and Tao Ping were both a little nervous, staring at the copper plate without blinking.
Because whoever goes first has a greater chance of winning.
