Trafford Buyers Club

Chapter 865 Forget about worry, what to do (2)

The chessboard of chess is far from that of backgammon, and the number of flags owned by one side of chess is only 16, which is far less than the number of pieces held by one side of backgammon.

To put it simply, if chess pieces are used instead, one side can only play sixteen times at most, and because of the space on the chess board, the lines that can connect five pieces are also limited.

Even, if you count the other rules of backgammon, such as forbidden hand, three-hand exchange or Yamaguchi rule, etc., then this game of backgammon with only sixteen moves is probably much more difficult than imagined.

Whether it is Ouyang Jie or Zhong Luoyue, they are both people with excellent memory and proficient in algorithms, so they can easily calculate the possibility of being able to form five pieces in a row.

Basically, if you use this method, if you don't want it on purpose, the situation with the greatest chance is-the two sides draw.

But Tu Shenyi said that he can only pick the grapes if he wins... In other words, Luo Qiu can only win.Undoubtedly, this might be a game that was doomed to a draw from the very beginning, and judging from the conditions of the game, Tu Shenyi still had the upper hand.

"You are a guest, you can choose to go first or second." Tu Shenyi made a gesture of invitation, and added: "There are forbidden hands."

Luo Qiu nodded, picked up a chariot directly, did not drop it immediately, but asked: "Is it only the chess pieces inside?"

Tu Shenyi nodded, "This game is very simple, just play with sixteen pieces from each side."

"Understood." Luo Qiu smiled slightly, and then placed it on the upper right corner of the chessboard, "I'll choose the sunspot."

The chessboard of Chess is different from that of Go, which is staggered vertically and horizontally. It is made up of neatly arranged square pieces, with a total of 8 rows and 8 columns, and a total of 64 grids.

The upper right corner of Luoqiu, which is the location of H8.

Seeing Luo Qiuluo's position, Ouyang Jie and Zhong Luoyue frowned at the same time... If it was them, even if they knew it was a draw, they should be on the central chessboard position, at least they could create more possibilities for themselves , so that you don't let yourself lose half of the chance from the beginning.

What's more, there are still forbidden hands?

Tu Shenyi glanced at Luo Qiu, seeing that the young man was calm and composed, he smiled slightly, picked up a chariot, and placed it on the D5 position.

Then, Luo Qiu picked up a chariot again and placed it on the H7 position.

Tu Shenyi also picked up a chariot and landed on C5.

At this time, Luo Qiu picked up a bishop and placed it on the H6 position.

Tu Shenyi looked up at Luo Qiu again, nodded, picked up a bishop, and placed it on the position of D4.

Luo Qiu picked up the second bishop, and placed it on the H5 position as if a road had reached the black.At this moment, Tu Shenyi shook his head, and picked up his second bishop, ready to put it on the H4 position.

It's just that the bishop of Tu Shenyi stopped suddenly at the moment when it was about to fall.He raised his head and gave Luo Qiu a weird look.

In the end, Tu Shenyi did not put down his bishop, but put it back into the chess box.Then, under the surprised gazes of Ouyang Jie and Zhong Luoyue, he stood up and said, "Wait a minute."

I saw Tu Shenyi walked to another table under the grape arbor, and brought back a hollowed-out bamboo pot and a pair of scissors.

He looked up at the bunches of plump fruits hanging down from the grape trellis, finally selected a bunch, cut it off with scissors, and then came to Luo Qiu, "Take it."

Luo Qiu smiled, and said apologetically, "I took a chance."

"Win is winning, and losing is losing." Tu Shenyi shook his head, "It was not stipulated at the beginning, and it was my mistake. But you are right, this is indeed a trick, and it can be regarded as breaking the rules. It's just this rule , it turns out that it is also given by people, it depends on how you look at it.”

"Thank you for the grapes, Mr. Tu." Luo Qiu nodded slightly, "I have already got what I want, and I think that since Mr. Tu picked these grapes himself, they must be the best here...then, I Don't bother Mr. Tu and your students to catch up on the old days. Gan Hong, let's go."

"oh oh!"

Gan Hong was stunned for a moment, but seeing that Young Master Qiu really wanted to leave as soon as he said it, and didn't miss it at all, she quickly put on her shoes and followed.

It seems... It seems that the scratched part of the heel does not hurt at all. Gan Hong subconsciously took a look, and found that there are only some red marks... Strange, it should be scratched?

……

"Master, why did you admit defeat in this game of chess?" After Luo Qiu left, Ouyang Jie sat down, frowned and said, "Didn't you not play yet?"

Tu Shenyi said indifferently: "Then tell me, where should I go?"

Ouyang Jie subconsciously pointed to the position of H4, "Of course it is this place, otherwise he would have designated... wait, it was not specified in advance, could it be that... outside the chessboard?"

Tu Shenyi smiled, and began to clean up the chessboard and chess pieces on the table, "He didn't win me with chess skills, but with something outside the rules."

"This is cheating." Ouyang Jie shook his head.

But Tu Shenyi said slowly: "Is it legal to play backgammon with a chess board? He asked me if I only play with this chess piece, but he didn't say that it must be played on this chessboard."

Ouyang Jie opened his mouth, but was speechless.

"Win is winning, and losing is losing. It's not like I haven't lost before." Tu Shenyi said earnestly, "It's just a bunch of grapes. I can still afford to lose."

"But..." Ouyang Jie wanted to say something else.

Tu Shenyi shook his head, then patted Ouyang Jie's shoulder lightly, "It's almost time, you take Miss Zhong to the cellar first, I'll go back and change clothes, it's almost time to go."

Tu Shenyi walked out of the grape rack, looked around, and then smiled lightly: "Besides the chess game, the chess players... have such a big heart."

Just then he left with his hands behind his back.

……

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The freshly picked grapes, Luo Qiu said they would be given away.Gan Hong originally thought that this might be something she planned to take back for her father to eat, but Gan Hong suddenly noticed that the grapes that Young Master Qiu was holding had disappeared at some point.

"Maybe it fell somewhere." Luo Qiu said without paying attention.

"It took me a long time to win it back, I'll look for it." Gan Hong hesitated for a moment.

But before her actions were put into practice, Song Ying immediately found them when they returned to the banquet hall, and blamed them for running around.

However, when Gan Hong learned that they had met the God of Gamblers Tu Shenyi, and that Luo Qiu played a game of backgammon with the God of Gamblers, Song Ying's eyes widened with disbelief—she knew that Gan Hong would not lie to her, at least not necessary in this kind of matter.

But precisely because it was true, Song Ying felt helpless—because she planned to steal some grapes from other people's houses on a whim, and then met the legendary God of Gamblers.

Why does this kind of plot sound like a story where a student who just entered the campus meets a grandpa who sweeps the floor, and the grandpa is the principal.

"You saw Tu Shenyi, did you invite him to join the Song Dynasty?" Song Ying immediately asked after complaining in her heart.

Luo Qiu shook his head and asked curiously, "Can I represent the Song Dynasty Group?"

"Of course you..." Song Ying stared fiercely, then snorted coldly, "No!"

Luo Qiu smiled and didn't care.

At this time, Luo Qiu suddenly saw a lot of guests gathered in a certain corner of the hall, and asked curiously: "What are they doing?"

"Want to know?" Song Ying clasped her hands and continued to snort coldly, "Look for yourself!"

Luo Qiu nodded, and walked towards the crowd in the corner. Song Ying stared at her, and she became inexplicably irritable, and stomped her feet: "Are you so obedient?"

At this time, only the crowd in the corner was heard, and suddenly there were bursts of exclamation.

Gan Hong has quite a lot of experience as an attendant, and before Luo Qiu came, she had pushed through the crowd, allowing Luo Qiu to easily see the thing that surprised the guests.

It was a man in an old suit, leaning against the wall and sitting cross-legged on the ground.

The man's face is slightly pale, and there are some hair roots on his face. He looks like he should be close to 40 years old. His hair has not been well taken care of, and it looks a bit messy, and he has a typical oriental face.

No matter how you look at it, this man is out of tune with the people present, like a poor man who accidentally broke into a rich man's party.

At this time, this slightly downcast man held a bead larger than a fist in one hand, which looked like a crystal, or maybe it was just a glass product.In front of the down-and-out man was a slightly rich middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man was squatting in front of the down-and-out man, looking seriously at the polished crystal-like ball in his hand, and the exclamation sound came from his mouth.

"Oh! My God, it's changed again! This time it's Changhe! Unbelievable!" The middle-aged man was amazed again.

Luo Qiu put his eyes on the small ball in the hand of the down-and-out man quite interestingly, while Gan Hong asked a lady next to him, "Excuse me, what happened here?"

After the lady glanced at the other party's clothes, she said casually: "This man said that he has a treasure in his hand, and different people can see many different scenery through it, as if there is a small treasure hidden in it." It's like a small world. Some people don't believe it, so they try it... It might be true? My God."

Judging from the lady's tone, she is probably one of the people who eat melons.

"A small ball that can see different scenery?" Gan Hong glanced at Luo Qiu suspiciously at this time, followed by Song Ying who came up from behind.

"What an incredible treasure."

At this time, the middle-aged man looked a little excited, and said directly: "Sir, do you want to sell this treasure ball? Please make a price. I hope I can own it... It is so delicate, too Incredible!"

"I'm sorry, this treasure ball is not for sale." The down-and-out man spoke fluent local language, and said calmly: "This may be the only one in the world. If I sell it to you, I will lose it."

The middle-aged man was unwilling to give up just like that, and said quickly: "You set a price, no matter how expensive it is! It is really a treasure, far beyond the treasures that can be compared with gems and diamonds!"

"This...do you want to think about it?" The middle-aged man's attitude was not bad, he just begged the other party to sell it, and he didn't force him to buy it, and even offered a surprising price.

On the one hand, it's because he cherishes his own face, after all, there are quite a few well-known people here.

On the other hand, it is because although this person looks down and out, but he can come here through multiple inspections, and he is not forced to chase him away, so he is probably a guest invited by the God of Gamblers, or someone who has the ability to get an invitation letter.

"Okay, please give me some time to think about it." The downcast man seemed to shake his head, with a look of reluctance on his face, and seemed to be having difficulty making a decision.

"Pretending to be a ghost." Suddenly, such a voice came from the crowd - it was Song Ying who said it.

The downcast man followed the sound and saw Song Ying.The down-and-out man smiled slightly, "Whether it's true or not, don't you know if you look at it?"

As he said that, the downcast man stood up slowly, holding the 'treasure ball' in his hand, walked in front of Song Ying, and slowly lifted the 'treasure ball', placing it in front of Song Ying's sight .

Song Ying didn't have a good impression of this guy who was so popular, but this 'precious ball' had already been placed in front of her, and it was not easy not to look at it.She breathed a sigh of relief, then looked towards this 'precious ball'.

"Isn't there nothing? It's a deceptive thing." Song Ying frowned. This 'treasure ball' is just an ordinary glass bead, and it has no merits except that it was fired a little too big. place.

"Look carefully." The downcast man said indifferently: "It is said that the memory of fish is only seven seconds, so they cannot remember so many beautiful things in the world, it is too cruel for them. There is such a fish, In order to be able to leave the beauty they have seen, they sealed their memories in tears. How many years have passed..."

The voice of the desolate man became full of magnetism, like washing on the beach, the waves in the evening, there is a kind of gentle intention, which makes people feel comfortable listening, "And how many years have passed, and the tears that fell have gathered into beads , entrusting them with the beauty they have seen in their lives. Why do you look at it with suspicion?"

Song Ying looked at this 'precious ball', her eyes gradually changed.

This 'precious ball' was originally transparent, and the palm prints of this downcast man could even be seen through its material.But at this moment, it suddenly became hazy, and something was brewing in this 'treasure ball'.

As if covered by countless white clouds, when the clouds cleared away, what Song Ying saw was an island in the center of the sea.

Blue sky, blue sea, white fine sand... This is a pristine place that has not been polluted, and it is more beautiful than any so-called pirate tourist sanctuary she has ever been to.

"It's so beautiful..." Song Ying stretched out her hands subconsciously, and picked up this 'precious ball' from the hand of this down-and-out man, as if possessed by a demon.

at this time.

Luo Qiu suddenly covered the 'treasure ball' with his hand, blocking Song Ying's sight, and at the same time held the 'treasure ball' in his hand.

Song Ying was stunned for a moment, but Luo Qiu looked at the down-and-out man and said calmly, "Can I see it too?"

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PS1: Thanks to the cute host on 'Smoke Crazy Jiang Shan', I would like to extend my purest (beep——!) to the capitalist boss.

PS2: Counting the previous ones, a total of 7 chapters will be added... Then, starting next week for a week, double updates every day (as much as possible) to see if it can be paid off.

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