Fang Jinshi let out a long yawn, stretched out, and cheered up. It was almost noon, and he shouldn't be sleepy, but the job of the doorman at the Imperial Embassy was so boring that he couldn't help but feel sleepy. Want to sleep.
It has been four days since he came to the imperial embassy. Apart from getting to know a few more officials and the civil servants here, Fang Jinshi has nothing different from before. The doorman's duty is to run errands and deliver messages. Fang Jinshi rarely sees Qin Hui once. After he went to court, he worked in the inner hall of the Imperial Envoy. The inner hall was a secret place, and Fang Jinshi had no right to enter, so he was happy and free.
Others enter the government yamen to build relationships and pave the way for becoming famous in the future, but Fang Jinshi just wants to not disappoint Shi Quan. He is not good at flattering, and the people he knows at the imperial tribunal are very limited. However, at noon, Fang Jinshi During the meal time, I slipped out and wandered on the streets of Kaifeng City.
He walked through a few streets and strolled, and unknowingly came to the back street. It was relatively quiet and there were few people. Fang Jinshi looked up and saw a liquor store in front of him with the words "Jiuli Peach Blossom" written on it. "Chun", Fang Jinshi saw that this store was not small, and thought: "I don't know if there is authentic peach blossom wine in Yong'an County here."
Peach blossom wine is so famous that there are many wineries selling this wine in Bianliang City, but not many have pure taste.
He was not a fan of peach blossom wine like Li Xiaozhong and Shi Quan. He just hoped to find an authentic winery selling peach blossom wine and buy a few jars for Shi Quan to show his appreciation.
This Jiuli Taohua Chun store is very large. The shelves inside and outside are filled with all kinds of wine jars, wine glasses, and wine utensils. These large and small wine utensils have different shapes, just like a small wine utensils exhibition hall. Many of the wine utensils are obviously not from China at a glance. There are many expensive wine glasses on the grid at the back, including jade cups, amber cups, luminous cups, and jade cups. There are even many wine utensils that Fang Jinshi has never heard of.
There were no customers in the store at this time. The storekeeper and the waiter were dozing lazily. When they saw Fang Jinshi come in, a waiter went up to greet him. Fang Jinshi asked about the price and year of the peach blossom wine. Neither of them were satisfied, so he casually asked: " How long is the oldest wine in your store?"
The waiter smiled and said: "My master likes wine, and there are naturally a lot of good wines, but the best ones are all in his house. The oldest one in this shop is eleven or twelve years old."
Fang Jinshi said: "Bring it to me and take a look." The waiter said: "These wines are at the back, sir, wait a moment."
The shop assistant went to the back to get him a drink. Fang Jinshi was looking around casually in the shop. When he walked to the window, he saw three people playing chess in the backyard outside the window.
Sitting on the left is a young scholar, holding a sunspot in his hand and meditating. Standing next to him is a middle-aged Confucian scholar. Fang Jinshi has met these two people before, namely King Yun Zhao Kai and Mr. Yuwen whom he met in Luoyang City. Sitting opposite Zhao Kai and playing chess with him was an old man in his fifties or sixties in green robes. This old man looked a little dark and thin. Although his clothes were not particularly luxurious, they were not made of ordinary materials. He was not sitting on a stool. , but sitting on a wooden wheel cart, with the hem of his clothes covering his legs. It looked like his legs were disabled.
The old man in green robes had a smile on his face and a relaxed expression, while Zhao Kai held a sunspot in his right hand and hung it in the air. He wanted to make a move several times, but was hesitant. Mr. Yuwen, who was watching the battle, couldn't stand it anymore and smiled: " Third brother just makes random moves, no matter what, the outcome of this game is determined and irreversible."
Zhao Kai scratched his head, threw the black piece into the chessboard and said: "I always feel that there is still room for maneuver, but I just can't figure it out. Compared to Uncle Sixteen, his chess skills are still much worse."
The old man in green robe smiled and said: "Compared to the last time we played chess, you have improved a lot. Soon I will no longer be your opponent."
Zhao Kai smiled, stretched out his hand to divide the chess pieces, and said, "Uncle Sixteen, let's play another game."
The old man in green robe said: "Playing with things will make you lose your spirit. Don't indulge too deeply. I'm tired today. Let's do it someday."
He waved to the store, and a waiter came over and pushed a wooden cart into the back hall.
Zhao Kai was still unfinished and wanted to ask Mr. Yuwen to play another game with him. When he looked up, he saw Fang Jinshi looking out of the window. Zhao Kai stood up and said, "Brother, can you come in and play a game?"
Fang Jinshi had learned Go before, but he had just started, and he was not very interested in it. Now he wanted to make friends with Zhao Kai, so he walked around the door. The waiter who went to get the wine had already brought the wine, and Fang Jinshi didn't even look at it. Looking at the wine, he said, "I want this jar. Bring it to me when I leave."
Fang Jinshi entered the backyard from the door. Zhao Kai pointed to a stool next to him and said, "Brother, please sit down."
Fang Jinshi moved the stool closer, sat opposite Zhao Kai and said, "Brother Zhao, I'm not very good at chess. Don't laugh at me."
Zhao Kai raised his head and looked at Mr. Yuwen, then asked him into the stone: "Do you recognize me?"
Fang Jinshi smiled and said, "I've seen him before and heard someone call him by the name of Brother Zhao."
Zhao Kai hummed and said, "It's just that Kai has such a bad memory that he can't remember where I saw my brother."
Fang Jinshi said: "Brother Zhao thinks he has a poor memory. There is no one with a good memory in the world. My surname is Fang and my first name is Jinshi. I am just a commoner. Even if Brother Zhao has seen him, it is normal for him not to remember." "
Zhao Kai saw that Fang Jinshi had already sat down, divided the chess pieces into black and white, and then placed the seats on the stars on the chessboard in front of him. This rule does not exist in modern Go. It took Fang Jinshi a long time to understand. He arranged the chess pieces in the same way and said: "Third brother, please .”
Zhao Kai looked up at Mr. Yuwen again and said to Fang Jinshi: "Young Master Fang holds the white piece, so he should make the first move."
The meaning of his glance at Mr. Yuwen couldn't be more obvious. Fang Jinshi didn't even know the basics of the seat, so he let Zhao Kai, who was holding the black piece, take the lead. It is estimated that this person's level is also very limited.
Of course he didn't know that it was the sunspots that would move first in later generations, but his guess was right. Fang Jinshi's chess skills were really not that good. After a game of chess, Fang Jinshi looked left and right and saw no way to go. He dropped the piece in the plate and said: "I give up. Brother Zhao is really good at chess."
Zhao Kai couldn't defeat the old man in green robes, and it was extremely easy to deal with him. He really didn't feel excited about Zhao Kai's victory, so he casually said: "Let's give in."
Fang Jinshi brought Bai Zi in front of him and said, "Let's play another game."
Many people who love to play chess are reluctant to play with people whose level is too low. After Zhao Kai finished the game, he already knew that Fang Jinshi's level was too bad. He had no interest in playing anymore. He stood up and took the chess in his hand. Heizi threw it into the jar and said, "I'm a little tired today. Let's wait until we have a chance to meet in the future."
Fang Jinshi also knew his own level, but he did not stand up. He put the white pieces in front of him into the jar, gathered the black pieces to Zhao Kai's side, then took the white pieces and put one in the plate and said: "I have a new kind of thing here. How to play, Brother Zhao, do you want to play?"
When Zhao Kai heard about the new gameplay, he became interested, sat down again and said, "What gameplay?"
Fang Jinshi said: "You and I each hold one side and take turns. The first five players to form a straight line will win."
Zhao Kai suddenly said: "So you want to play Five Sons in a Row with me."
Fang Jinshi originally wanted to play backgammon with Zhao Kai to save some face. He thought that backgammon was created by later generations and Zhao Kai must have never seen it. In fact, he did not know that the history of backgammon was much older than Go. It's just that it's far less influential than the spread of Go. Zhao Kai likes piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and he can still play backgammon.
Fang Jinshi thought that he was good at playing backgammon, so he wanted to show off in front of Zhao Kai. At this time, Zhao Kai said he could play backgammon, and he smiled and said: "I thought Brother Zhao couldn't play backgammon, but backgammon doesn't work." As a new way of playing, let’s play six-piece chess.”
Zhao Kai asked curiously: "What is six-piece chess?"
Fang Jinshi still had some experience with Liubianqi. He explained the rules of Liubangqi to Zhao Kai in detail. Zhao Kai couldn't help but become interested and immediately set up a battle formation and started fighting with Fang Jinshi.
Fang Jinshi had some experience with this six-piece chess game before. Although Zhao Kai was very smart, he was very uncomfortable with this new way of playing. After playing a few moves, he was dumbfounded and gave up. Fang Jinshi became more and more proud as he won. They had completely forgotten that the person in front of them was the prince, with a noble status, and would not give in at all. The two became so interested that they lost track of time.
Mr. Yuwen watched for a while, then wandered outside. After returning several times, the two of them were still fighting fiercely until the sun set in the west. The two of them were still fighting there. In fact, they were very tired. Zhao Kai was beating his own back with his hands. Fang Jinshi pressed his numb neck from time to time.
The two of them just stared at the chessboard, devoted themselves to it. Mr. Yuwen smiled and said, "Are you going to burn the midnight oil to play?"
Zhao Kailian waved his hand to him and said: "Don't talk, don't talk!" He made a few more moves, and then laughed loudly and said: "I beat you again."
He lay back and accidentally overturned the stool and sat on the ground. Fang Jinshi and Mr. Yuwen quickly helped him up. The three of them looked at each other and smiled. Zhao Kai patted the dust on his body and said with a smile: "It's been a long time." I have never played like this before." Then the opponent Jinshi said: "Did I win four times or five times?"
Fang Jinshi smiled and said, "Including the last time, it's only four times." Zhao Kai said, "You remember wrong, five times, okay?"
As soon as these words came out, the relationship between the two suddenly became much closer. Fang Jinshi played chess all afternoon. He was so dizzy that he couldn't remember how many times Zhao Kai had won, so he smiled and nodded.
Zhao Kai stretched his muscles, looked at the sky and said, "It's getting late, let's go for a walk. Let's go have a meal." He sincerely invited Fang Jinshi, and there was no reason not to go. The three of them left Jiuli Peach Blossom Winery chatting and laughing. , when he arrived at a restaurant not far ahead, Fang Jinshi saw that the restaurant was luxurious and should not be cheap, and said: "It should be very expensive here, right?" He said this on purpose, not that he didn't want to pay to treat Zhao Kai to this meal. , just wanted to see Zhao Kai’s attitude.
Sure enough, Zhao Kai pretended to look at him with disdain and said, "I don't want you to pay. Is it possible that I, Prince Yun of the Song Dynasty, can't afford a meal?"
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