Chapter 504 Shogi

"Okay, what should you do at this time?"

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"No, that's wrong, you shouldn't move the bishop. You have one more pawn than me. Although it is a stack of pawns, the victory lies in the good position, which can support the attack of other pieces at f6 point. But I have the advantage of two bishops. If you don't solve it It will still be a bit troublesome to win this problem. Let’s think about how to proceed?”

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"Indeed, your elephant is in my horse's mouth, but the correct thing you should do now is not to rush to save your elephant. Sometimes retreat is not the best choice. Surrounding Wei and rescuing Zhao may also relieve the pressure on the mortal son. .Think again about what to do?”

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"By the way, move your knight and pawn to prepare to capture the bishop. You still remember what I said before. The advantage of this game is that I have two bishops. As long as I break one of the bishops, my emperor will have a big door open, so I have to Don’t fight back.”

On the chess board, two slender, cold-white hands were constantly moving the chess pieces one after another. In the main hall of the Japanese room, Lin Xian and Eri Yi sat opposite each other at the low table, with goose-yellow clothes underneath. On the tatami, the new chess situation on the low table looked complicated, but in the eyes of the two of them, the position and significance of each piece were clear to their hearts.

This is a teaching game. Lin Xian's teaching game against Hui Liyi is not overly hostile or overly hostile. Both sides are playing with a teaching and learning mentality. They have to think about each move for a long time. When Eriyi was in a dead end, Lin Xian would give some advice and bring the fatal chess game to life. Then it was another round of battle of wits and courage. The chess game that was supposed to end in less than seven or eight minutes suddenly ended in an hour. More .

Beside the tatami, there was a man sitting on his knees, watching the chess game in the main hall without saying a word. A true gentleman who watches chess without saying a word probably refers to his kind of person. After entering this room and sitting down, He didn't make even a single sound, even the sound of his breathing was so inaudible, and even if you noticed the signs where he was sitting, you would wonder if you were wrong. In fact, there was no one sitting there at all.

Lin Xian and Eri Yi didn't care about him, as if they were deliberately ignoring this man. During the whole hour of chess game, the only sounds in the room were Lin Xian's voice and the rustling sound of carbon pen writing on the notebook. This The scene is a bit like when a child is angry with his parents, walking or sitting down in front of them openly, pretending to ignore the adults who make him unhappy.

It's quite childish, but it's surprisingly easy to use and saves a lot of unnecessary awkward conversations.

As an adult in this grudge game, Minamoto is actually consciously at fault. If it weren't for his phone call, the two of them would still be enjoying the night view at Tsutenkaku in Osaka, or visiting Jurassic at Universal Studios. Play in the park's theme park instead of sitting on a hidden floor of Genji Heavy Industries playing chess.

However, compared to clamoring to go out to play, or trying every means to outwit him and run away from home again, playing chess seems to be a very worry-free way to occupy your time, and it is always more productive than playing games. Educational significance, at least in the past when I wanted to teach Eriyi how to play Go, Eriyi threw the game controller directly in his face. He just had to write the words "either play games or go out" on that cold card. The little face is on, but now I didn't expect that the mountains are higher than the mountains, and there is a person who can make games become a devil. The head of the Uesugi family temporarily shifted his attention from games to chess in his free time.

Yuan Zhisheng quietly finished reading this teaching plan. He only had a rough understanding of chess. He knew the rules but did not know the tactics of various discussions in depth. However, he could not finish watching such a teaching chess He knew so much about chess that he could also keenly realize that the girl who was about the same age as him sitting across from Eriki was a chess master.

Although he didn't understand what Sicilian defense, Hungarian defense or the queen's abandonment was, he could learn from some tactical arrangements when the middle game was anxious, such as blitzing (moving away a certain piece in the middle of one's side and giving it to the long-range chess piece behind (queen, rook, rook, etc.)). Bishop) to open the line to achieve the purpose of attacking the opponent), one-hit double (one chess piece attacks two chess pieces at the same time, the attacked party cannot take care of both sides), introduction, etc. It can be seen that this girl has strong control over the overall situation, There are countless commendable things in the details.

He had an intuition that even if we put aside chess, just looking at the overall situation and tactical arrangements, this girl must be one of the rare talented elites. This intuition makes no sense, but judging from his past experience, his intuition has never been Nothing went wrong.

Regardless of the information provided by Princess Kaguya, Yuan Zhisheng had never met this girl named "Lin Xian" before. From the first moment he actually saw her in person, he guessed her identity at a glance. , not because of their similar faces, but because of a familiar feeling on the other person, the same feeling he could feel on that boy.

He didn't know how to describe this feeling specifically. If he had to describe it, he could only say that both the boy and the girl brought a kind of casual but serious peace to life, hard work and hard work. Live with a sense of expectation, and live a different and wonderful life.

It seems contradictory to hope for a peaceful and exciting life, but this is indeed what Yuan Zhisheng felt from this girl and that boy. His intuition towards people has always been very accurate, from those who are loyal to his family to those who are vicious and evil. But for girls and boys, he couldn't feel such things as good and evil, which was why he couldn't really clarify his attitude towards the boy from the beginning to the end.

"Eat the bishop, I advance, and I move ahead of you to check." Lin Xian pushed the pieces on the chessboard, "erii chan, you lose."

Eriki looked down at the chessboard for a long time and wrote, "Why did I lose?"

"When the chess game reaches the middle and bottom of the game, you have two pawns left on the field. This has a great advantage in attacking and controlling the field, so you only focus on playing with the two pawns. If I were you, I would Use them as bait, or discard one of them, leaving only one to attack the hinterland and cooperate with other chess pieces to force the king. Failure to let go is the reason why you lose. The next time you play chess, you can open up your thinking and vision to see further. " Lin Xian said.

"Got it." Eryi wrote.

She stared at the chess game and memorized it for a while, then slowly reset all the chess pieces. After finishing the chess pieces, Lin Xian was not in a hurry to start another chess game. After putting down the emperor's piece, she turned to look at the room that had been filled with people. The invisible third person asked with a smile, "If we ignore you, will you wait until dinner time before leaving? Eriki's brother?"

"After dinner time, someone will deliver the food to the main hall. I don't need to leave specifically." After hearing the girl's question, Yuan Zhisheng, who had been quiet and silent, nodded slightly and looked at them.

"How can you be a brother? You are simply a warden. No wonder Lin Nian keeps saying that Eri is like being in jail at home." Lin Xian said with a smile, "Do you always look at your sister like this? "

"The Executive Board is busy with official duties, so I may not stay here as much as I do today on weekdays," Yuan Zhisheng said.

"What's different today? Is the Executive Directorate on holiday?"

"One of the main reasons why he agreed to contact me in Osaka and arrest the criminals on behalf of the Executive Bureau is that I personally promised him that you and your roommate will not have any safety concerns during his absence." Yuanzhi Sheng said, "In other words, he thinks that as long as I am around you, you will be safe."

"I feel that your relationship with my brother is not a rival, but a friend. From a certain perspective, there are quite some similarities between you." Lin Xian said.

"Same-sex repels, and having the same personality does not mean that we can become close friends." Yuan Zhisheng casually suppressed the statement that seemed to be a group CP, then raised his head and looked at Lin Xian carefully and said, "Just like you and Just like him, your personalities actually don't have much in common. A truly harmonious relationship is complementary, just like the blending of wood and water, and the melting of metal and fire in the theory of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements."

"You are quite interesting." Lin Xian looked at Yuan Zhisheng for a while and then suddenly smiled, "Before I met you, judging from some of Lin Nian's descriptions and conversations with Eri Yi, I always thought Eri Yi's brother would He is a typical stubborn Japanese who is old-fashioned, accepts death, and has deep-rooted class concepts, but now it seems that I have preconceived ideas, and I have to apologize to you."

"Then maybe I should apologize to you." Yuan Zhisheng shook his head and said calmly, "When I found out that our 'S' class had an older sister, I thought you were arrogant, narcissistic, defensive, and overbearing. Reasonable woman, but it looks like I was wrong.”

When Eriyi saw her brother chatting with Lin Xian, she said nothing very sensibly. She sat in front of the chessboard and played with the chess pieces by herself. However, she listened to their conversation with sharp ears and did not speak. I don’t know if I am really interested or if I just want to write down the interesting conversation and then report it to a fourth person who was not present.

"I heard from Lin Nian that as Eli Yi's brother, you are also one of the leaders of the eight Sheqi families?" Lin Xian asked, holding the white emperor's chess piece.

"The number one person in my family has always been Mr. Nagasamune. I am just a dog and horse under my command. I only wait for the day when the flag is waved to charge into battle and kill myself. Even one of the eight family heads can only die. Generals should not give orders to others." Yuan Zhisheng said.

"You Japanese people really have a very strong class system, and this is especially true for the Japanese secret party." Lin Xian said with emotion, "I just want to ask, as one of the eight family heads, you should have enough power in the Sheqi family." Is it loud?"

"If the essence of this problem lies in the scope of Eri Yi's future activities, I can only say that I have no right to change this." Yuan Zhisheng said softly.

As a person who has been involved in the underworld for decades, Lin Xian guessed the hidden meaning of the other party's words just by raising his head. When he touched the taboo, he naturally killed the topic before the other party could give a reason. died.

"There is only one voice among the eight surnamed family heads. The initiator of that voice is called the head of the family. May I ask which head of the family is the head of the family now?"

"Tachibana family, Mr. Masamune." Minamoto can tell you this, and you can get the answer just by asking casually in the family.

"When Eriki and I were picked up by you, I heard the beautiful secretary next to you call you 'young master'. Can I understand that Mr. Masamune in your mouth is related to you by blood?"

"You misunderstood. Mr. Masamune is my father's friend."

"But your identity is still the 'Young Master', which means that if there is no other 'Young Master', you will probably be the next head of the Eighth Surname Family." Lin Xian said.

Yuan Zhisheng did not answer the question directly. Lin Xian looked at his face and found no trace of pride or joy on his handsome face. There was only calmness in his calm eyes, without other complicated emotions.

"Sitting is just sitting, it's quite boring. Come sit here and play a game of chess with me." Lin Xian chuckled and shook his head, motioning for Eri to move away. The latter also stood up and stood aside obediently. Kneel down and sit down.

Yuan Zhisheng looked at Lin Xian who was looking down at the chess game not far away and paused slightly, because for some reason, he actually found the shadow of Mr. Masamune in this girl at this moment. Under the heavy rain eaves of Xingshen Temple The old man from Kurohaori on the other side of the chessboard also said the same thing. To put it bluntly, it’s raining heavily today. Come and play a game of chess with me.

No one in Sheqiba's family dared to talk to the young master like this, and no one would let the young master play a game of chess with him out of boredom. The girl in front of him knew his identity, and he could be considered fearless if he had to know, but she still got along with him so peacefully and leisurely. Even he was immersed in this natural feeling, and he didn't feel anything was wrong at all. place, as if he and the girl were old friends with the same status. Perhaps this is what makes the boy's sister truly unique? He could only think so.

Yuan Zhisheng stood up and walked over. Eriyi, who was standing next to the chessboard, put her hands on her knees and turned her head to look away. She did not meet his eyes as he walked over. He was probably still in a fight. Lin Xian, who was on the side, glanced at Eriyi. Then he looked at Yuan Zhisheng who was coming and said with a smile, "How does it feel to be hated by your sister?"

Yuan Zhisheng shook his head in response to Lin Xian's teasing gaze, "This happened to me before when I forgot to bring her a new game cartridge."

"What's going on now is much more serious than a game cartridge. You can't coax him back without some effort." Lin Xian put the Go chess away on the table.

"Aren't you going to play chess?" Yuan Zhisheng paused slightly as he looked at Lin Xian putting away the chess pieces, then raised his head and asked.

"I bullied you by playing chess. Although I haven't learned it for a long time, I often play with masters like Mandy and Lin Nian. And I don't know why I learn this kind of chess very quickly. Basically every day Being able to master it completely in just a few days is far beyond ordinary people, which can be regarded as a kind of extraordinary talent. After knowing this, the professors and tutors in the college thought that Norma had overlooked me during the 3E exam." Lin Xian He leisurely put the Go chess piece under the table.

"You are not a mixed race." Yuan Zhisheng heard some hidden information in Lin Xian's words.

"Of course not. I heard that your artificial intelligence is a different system from Norma. Is there no record of me in your file?"

"Yes, but it's not perfect. It only has the most basic personal information. It does not mention your bloodline rating." Yuan Zhisheng looked at Lin Xian as if he wanted to see something deeper.

"It seems that the headquarters has protected me very well. It must be thanks to Lin Nian." Lin Xian moved out a new set of chess pieces in a sandalwood box under the table and said when Yuan Zhisheng raised his head slightly. , "In the academy we mostly play chess and Go, but in Japan your popular chess game should be something called shogi, right?"

Watching Lin Xian open the chess box to reveal the familiar bell-shaped chess pieces inside, the flying chariot, king general, Jiao Xing, and Gui Ma were taken out one by one and placed on the wooden checkered chess board. Yuan Zhisheng couldn't help but gently He raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you know how to play chess?"

“Before traveling to Japan, I learned some basic rules from the travel manual on the plane, such as the way the golden general can only move forward and not diagonally backward, and the placement of the twenty chess pieces at the beginning, which is as basic as it gets. "Lin Xian arranged the chess pieces one by one, and his chess-playing skills were quite immature. It could be seen that he had no experience in shogi.

"I was introduced to shogi in the elementary school club when I was 7 years old." Yuan Zhisheng watched her chess moves without moving.

With just a simple sentence, Yuan Zhisheng tactfully revealed his shogi skills. As a mixed race, as long as he is not born with a disability, his brain is probably sufficient. As long as he studies chess for long enough, he will be better than ordinary people. , and he came into contact with shogi at the age of 7, and spent his time studying it countless times in the following days. He is considered a strong opponent in the field of shogi, not to mention that he still spends a lot of time with everyone in the field of shogi. Compare chess skills.

If chess is to Mandy, then shogi is to Minamoto, this statement is completely correct.

"Didn't I say it before? I don't know why. I learned everything very quickly in Zawu, whether it was Go or chess. The same should apply to shogi." Lin Xian looked at the chaos in front of Yuan Zhisheng. A bunch of chess pieces smiled lightly and said, "How about it, Eryi's brother, do you want to make a bet? Let's make a bet next hour. If I lose to you in an hour, I promise you that I will persuade Lin Nian to do it in the future." I will never take Eri Yi out of your sight again, and we will never interfere in Eri Yi’s affairs again.”

"It's a very interesting bet, but you only told half of it, and there's the other half." Yuan Zhisheng did not agree directly. He put his hands on his knees and looked at the girl across the chessboard calmly.

"If I win, please entertain the three of us for dinner at Xingshen Temple. I heard that the scenery there is very good. Of course, the dinner must be very sumptuous, but you can't treat us with coarse tea and rice." Lin Xian After a pause, he smiled.

Yuan Zhisheng forgot to speak for a moment and watched the girl remain silent for a few seconds, then lowered her head, seeming to be thinking about something.

The girl waited patiently for his response, until finally he looked up, made a decision and said, "Okay."

ps: My throat is red and it’s not getting better. I’ll get an infusion tomorrow at noon.