As the night passes, the streets of Jiankang City usher in a new hustle and bustle.

Mi Rucheng was going to visit officials in Huai and discuss the matter of collecting grain, while Yang Lie wanted to contact the local imperial guards. In order not to happen, Yang Lie wanted to disguise himself and make contact through some irrelevant middlemen. Liu Yu had nothing to do, so he walked around the lively street market in Jiankang City alone to learn about the local people's livelihood.

The arrangement of the spy on Jiankang City was also one of the purposes of Liu Yu's trip, so he walked close to the city wall. It seemed like a merchant going on a trip, but he still looked more on the city wall and the city tower. Liu Yu was not arrogant and only brought Lu Chu'er a follower. Lu Chu'er was not fully alert when he came to this strange place. He would see dullness when he looked at some scenery. Sometimes Liu Yu had to come back and call her when he walked away.

"Such careless girl, no wonder your general is afraid that you won't get married."

Liu Yu said, but Lu Chu'er grimaced behind her, looking disapproving.

In the enemy's territory, Liu Yu was very alert. After walking for half a morning, he had already seen some defenses in the city, so he wanted to take a leisure trip in the city and find a restaurant to have lunch. Because the stubborn stubborn on Liu Yu's face was incompatible with the elegance of the Jiangnan people, no one wanted to pay attention to this seemingly rough man.

There was only one floor of a wine shop facing the street. Liu Yu went in, ordered the wine and food, and waved his hand to let Lu Chu'er sit down. Lu Chu'er dressed as a maid. As soon as she sat down, people around him were talking, thinking that she was actually at the same table as the head of the family, and then she stood up in disappointment.

"What's wrong?" Liu Yu asked.

"Son-in-law, what did you hear those people say?" Lu Chu'er looked at Liu Yu with a grievance.

"Are you a servant?"

When Liu Yu said this, Lu Chu'er smiled on her face. She thought it was really not the case. She was a guard who received the salary of the court. She treated her son-in-law kindly. It would be okay to sit down. Then the person sat down casually and picked up the chopsticks. Those who were close to the table couldn't stand it, so they checked the bill and left.

"People nowadays have too much hierarchy concept, and their mentality will be changed after hundreds of years."

Liu Yu sighed, and an old man on the table next door nodded at him with a smile, as if he agreed with his point of view. The old man was also considered to be very generous. He seemed to be a single person, and the food in front of him could not be said to be a rich man in the city who was at ease and a pampered old man.

These days, not many people have money to eat.

Liu Yugong bowed, and the man bowed, but the man was already full of food and the old man walked out of the restaurant.

"Son-in-law, who is that? Do you know him?"

Liu Yu gave Lu Chu'er a blank look and said, "You think everyone knows me? What's the point of saying hello?"

Lu Chu'er smiled and began to pick up the food on the table. She could eat with her son-in-law. While Lu Chu'er felt honored, her usual casual eating style was much more restrained, and she felt like a maid. However, she still did not have the reserve of a woman, and she always leaked out her teeth with her frown and smile.

"A girl's house doesn't smile and can't show her teeth even when she eats. Do you know?"

"oh."

Lu Chu'er responded and began to chew carefully and swallowed slowly. After a while, he said, "Son-in-law, no, how can you eat without showing your teeth?"

Liu Yu glanced at her and ignored her.

After lunch, the two of them were about to stroll around and go back to the inn. Liu Yu had already discussed with Mi Rucheng and went to find a yard to rent in the afternoon. That night, Mi Rucheng would also introduce several famous local merchants to meet him.

After leaving the restaurant, I saw a small teahouse from afar, with a bunch of people gathering together, as if playing chess.

Liu Yu has no special hobbies on weekdays. When he sees chess, he has to go and see whether it is Go or chess. This time he can meet his fellow friends in the water town of Jiangnan, and he can't help but want to join in the fun.

When I walked over, I found that it was playing chess. Liu Yu, the two sides of the game, recognized it. It was the old man who greeted him in the restaurant before. The other person on the other side was not young, and he looked 40 or 50 years old, and he was very rich. He said proudly while playing: "Lao Meng, it seems that you will come back from a meal and go to the cottage and get your chess skills clean."

Indeed, the old man named Meng had a disadvantage in chess. Under the black piece, there was nothing more than a few pawns, one shot and one horse was missing. This had already made a lot of passiveness in the middle of the chess game. The masters could not abandon any of their own areas. At this time, the old man named Meng was still attacking. The rich middle-aged man's red sons were all in the face of each other, and the attack would not improve much.

"If you fight, you will lose."

The old man surnamed Meng smiled and said, "It's very free and easy, and then he began to attack wildly."

Originally, the two sides had attacked and defended each other on the river front, but after a few times, they were actually led by Heizi several times. The old coach hid in the world and had the advantage of the chess, and they actually lost in a very embarrassing way. When the old coach was about to die, the middle-aged rich businessman sighed: "There is no way, I still lost."

He took out a few copper coins and the old man surnamed Meng smiled and said, "It seems that he is a sure profit today."

When Liu Yu looked at the chess face again, he felt that the old man named Meng had a good chess skills. At the beginning, he seemed to have abandoned his puppet on purpose, which made the middle-aged rich businessman careless. The little pawn went to the third, but he left a pawn crossing the river and approached the enemy camp step by step with the cover of the cart. The middle-aged rich businessman was timid and was afraid of his cannon or horse to take out the pawn right, but he felt sorry for his advantage, which made the pawn cause a big disaster. It would be useless to turn back and repent, and the defeat was decided.

After the middle-aged wealthy businessman got up and said goodbye, the old man surnamed Meng looked around and asked, "Who else wants to try it?"

An old man who also looks like an old man from a rich family smiled and said, "Brother Meng has won more than 20 people here these days, and has never lost. Who dares to come?"

Liu Yu sat opposite the old man surnamed Meng without hesitation and said, "I'll do it!"

The onlookers next to them couldn't help laughing. The old man who had said compliments before smiled and said, "A newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger. Young people are careful. Brother Meng's horse is so strong that he should not be greedy for merit and make a rash progress."

Liu Yu nodded with a smile in the face of the reminder. Lu Chu'er, who was standing behind Liu Yu, leaned forward and looked, unable to understand what was on the chessboard at all.

"Young man, please."

The old man surnamed Meng waved his hand, meaning that Liu Yu took Hong first. Liu Yuqian gave in and said, "The elders are the first."

The old man surnamed Meng smiled and nodded. He did not refuse anymore and brought Lao Shuai and Hongzi under him.

It was also calm at the beginning. Liu Yu started the game with the head of the cannon. This move was usually the first move to defeat the Pantou horse. It was a way to know the way of getting out in advance to play a scoundrel. The old man surnamed Meng smiled and took off his horse. Both sides stepped forward steadily. After only a few steps, the old man was in the army and Liu Yu shot the center of the army. The old man reached the center of the horse, and the Pantou horse was already completed.

Liu Yu fled the cannon and gave Pantouma an open space, which made the old man stunned. At the beginning, it was like an ordinary young man, impulsive and scoundrel playing chess, but he came and went quickly. However, he often played chess with young men, and didn't think so, so he took it seriously.

Liu Yu took a few steps and was designated as a beginner by the old man surnamed Meng and the one who was watching the other. He was not so restrained when playing chess, and the old man's chess path was also orderly. He approached Liu Yu's black chess step by step. Liu Yu seemed to be bound by his hands and feet, and he was piled up with all his chariots and cannons, but he was unable to get out, but he moved in a small range, as if he was making a defense.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Yu was accidentally eaten by a car, and the situation immediately fell into a huge passive situation. In the eyes of others, black chess was also the one who lost the decisive position.

"Listen to the accent, the little brother comes from the north." The old man took advantage of Liu Yu's time to think and asked with a smile.

Liu Yu nodded with a smile and said, "Hebei people come and go from all over the country to do some small business transactions."

After this, Liu Yu had to think about every step for a long time. In addition, he was just hiding on his side, which made the bystanders feel bored and there were many people leaving, leaving only chess enthusiasts in groups of three or three and a group of them and continued to watch.

"I have been to the north before, but it's just that time has been too long and the years have passed!"

The old man seemed to be sighing about life, but it was not his turn to sigh about it. Liu Yu has more things to feel about.

Gradually, as the chess game evolved, the black chess that Liu Yu held became more and more like he was playing a scoundrel. It also made the old man gradually put away his arrogant and contemptuous heart and focus on dealing with it.

In chess games, it emphasizes leading defense in the attack, and attack in the defense. After all, the chess face is not as big as Go. It just blindly defends, and it is likely to block the chess path in a single area. Whoever has a larger activity space has a higher winning range. However, Liu Yu is an alternative to chess, and he specializes in specializing in special tactics. Just like what Han Sheng was most annoying when playing chess with him was that Liu Yu could pile all the pieces on his own side, and then wait for others to attack him. No matter how he attacked, he couldn't defeat him.

The old man surnamed Meng obviously discovered this.

It was obvious that they seemed to be sure to win, but after taking more than a dozen steps, the two sides were still stuck in a small area. Liu Yu's chain of horses and Hongzi's car locked, making the Hongzi's car blocked outside and unable to enter.

The horse strips were pissed off the car, and the old man surnamed Meng was deeply touched by this. Originally, his Pantou horse had already attacked Liu Yu's hinterland, but was separated by Liu Yu. The old man planned to send the soldiers across the river and strategically abandoned the Pantou horse. Who knew that not only the Pantou horse was thrown away, but even the soldiers could not cross the river boundary. Liu Yu's entire black chess defense was the river boundary as the first line of defense. Not only did there be a chain horse, but also the remaining cars, which made the competition in the river boundary the most intense.

Both sides have been considering it longer and longer, because both sides have to carefully consider the changes in each step of the battle situation. The low-handed player plays chess by taking one step at a time, and it is possible to send the piece up to find out that it is going to die. The master plays chess, and he has to consider two to three steps, or even more. Every time he thinks about one step, the evolution of the battle situation will increase exponentially, and the brain power to be used is greater. Therefore, at the end, Liu Yu and the old man remain silent and concentrate on the chess game.

The number of people watching gradually increased. The game that could end in half an hour was still no sign of ending at sunset and dusk. The old man followed Liu Yu's words one after another, thinking that the troops on both sides would be reduced, so he could take advantage of the opportunity. After all, he was changing to one horse and another cart at the beginning, and the chess face was the advantage.

But in the later period, the old man discovered that Liu Yu, a young man, had a wise man who was not his age. Even if he tried his best, he could not beat Liu Yu in the end. The old man had an advantage in cycling and shooting against one horse and one shot. However, the advantage was not obvious. Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Liu Yu smiled and said, "Old man, why not be as good as chess today, let's go back and play!"
Chapter completed!