[Three Kingdoms] Carnival

Ten days later, Guo Yan passed away, and Guo Tu left Yingchuan Academy to go home to hold the funeral, while Guo Jia, who had left the Guo family tree long ago, just sent someone to send a funeral, without asking any more questions.

Guo Tu's departure did not affect Yingchuan Academy in the slightest. On the contrary, Yingchuan Academy has been immersed in great joy recently.Because Master got the news that Mr. Shui Jing is going back to Yingchuan, and what is different from usual is that this time Mr. Shui Jing will come to accept a disciple as his disciple.

Not to mention how much practical knowledge can be learned from Mr. Shui Jing, just being his disciple means hanging a golden signboard, which is of great benefit to anyone's future career.Recently, Guo Jia occasionally went to the class to see that there were fewer people sleeping in the class. Even in Master Xu's class, the students were sitting upright, making Master Xu amazed again and again, thinking that these students finally understood what he was talking about.

However, some people eagerly want to become Mr. Shui Jing's disciples, and naturally some people don't take it seriously at all, such as Guo Jia who is sleepy with his chin resting on his hands.He had heard about Mr. Shui Jing a long time ago. Although he was curious, as a person who was determined to live in seclusion, whether he was a disciple or not had nothing to do with him.Today's class taught by Mr. Shui Jing, he followed it out of curiosity. Unfortunately, it was too late last night to play against Xi Zhicai in the sand table. I can barely guarantee not to lie down on the table.

Mr. Shui Jing, who was lecturing above, would look at Guo Jia from time to time, not because he could pay attention, but because Guo Jia's half-asleep and half-awake appearance was so conspicuous among a group of people eagerly listening to his lecture. It made Mr. Shui Jing start to wonder if what he said was really boring.

Mr. Shui Jing naturally knew Xun sitting next to Guo Jia, and he was also the most optimistic.However, the Xun family has already arranged a future path for him, even if he wanted to accept him as a disciple, the Xun family would not agree.As for the others present, he had secretly observed them during the lecture, and they all have their own strengths, and they are all talents that can be created, but because they are all excellent, it made him unable to choose.

An hour later, Mr. Shui Jing finished his lecture.According to the usual practice, Mr. Shui Jing will not only teach a class for the students, but also play chess with three students after class, and these three places are determined by lottery every year.

When the bamboo tube was delivered to Guo Jia, Guo Jia was still in a daze. Xun smiled helplessly, first took out one himself, and then took Guo Jia's hand in. Guo Jia took one casually, and saw, Asked: "Wen Ruo, what does the red seal on it mean?"

"That means you have a chance to play chess with Mr. Shui Jing." Xun was still very pleasantly surprised that Guo Jia won the draw.Others don't know Guo Jia, but he knows that Guo Jia is actually very intelligent, but it is different from the standard in the eyes of ordinary people.Mr. Shui Jing is very knowledgeable, and he is not a person who only judges students by their knowledge. It would be a good thing if Guo Jia is lucky enough to have Mr. Shui Jing as his apprentice.

It's a pity that Guo Jia, who accepted Xun's delighted gaze and the envious eyes of other students, said, "Ah? Can Jia give up?"

"……cannot."

Ok.

Guo Jia lazily stood up, walked up to Mr. Shui Jing with the other two students who had been drawn, bowed to Mr. Shui Jing, and waited at the end.

It takes at least a quarter of an hour to play a game of chess, and he can still catch up on sleep.

"It's been like this in previous years, how about this year, how about this old man playing chess with the three of you two by two?"

"Sir's arrangement is also interesting." The master asked the three people who got the lottery, "Then who among you is willing to play chess with the remaining two with you."

Mr. Shui Jing's chess skills are much higher than many people present, which means that as long as he is in a group with Mr. Shui Jing, he will definitely win.However, even if both of them hope to have a chance, a gentleman should be modest and polite when speaking, and he cannot say it outright.In the end, the master asked the three of them to draw lots again, and chose one person to be with Mr. Shui Jing.

Guo Jia, who hadn't been able to catch up on his sleep, finally woke up after standing for so long. Hearing this arrangement was also interesting. He pulled his classmate, who was annoyed that he couldn't be drawn with Mr. Shui Jing, to fight with him.

Five chess pieces, strange, Mr. Shui Jing made the first move.

In pairwise chess, the two players on the first side make their moves respectively, and then the two players behind them make their moves respectively.The student who was drawn to Mr. Shui Jing was already excited, but now seeing that he was the first mover, he felt that the winning ticket was in his hands, and the moves were fast and steady. On the other hand, the student next to Guo Jia was worried, and every time he fell Everyone has to think about it for a while.

Mr. Shui Jing has been a national player since he was a child, so naturally he will not have much emotional fluctuations when playing chess with his students.What surprised him was that this Guo Jia, who fell asleep while he was teaching, was also very calm in his moves, not in a hurry or impatient, and blocked his partner's moves step by step, which made Mr. Falling into a trap, once or twice, there are times when Mr. Shui Jing didn't even notice it, let alone the student who thought he was winning. If Mr. Shui Jing hadn't paved the way for him to make up for it, he would have lost this game long ago up.

Black and white are wrong, fighting, the situation on the chessboard is changing rapidly.When everyone thought that Mr. Shui Jing was about to win, Guo Jia's next move could immediately bring the game to life, and vice versa.Guo Jia's eyes were no longer hazy and sleepy, but were replaced by light, which was the joy of meeting an opponent.

The last white piece was placed in the plate, and the winner was finally decided. Mr. Shui Jing won two and a half pieces.This was the expected result for everyone. Only Mr. Shui Jing stared at the almost full chessboard in front of him, suddenly raised his head, and said seriously:

"Guo Jia, the old man wants to accept you as his apprentice, are you willing?"

Everyone was shocked, and what shocked them even more was that Guo Jia just lowered his head and replayed the chess game seriously, without thinking about what Mr. Shui Jing said: "No, thank you."

"Guo Jia!" The master got angry, and was about to scold him, but was suppressed by Mr. Shui Jing.Mr. Shui Jing didn't care about Guo Jia's impoliteness at the moment, but continued to speak earnestly:

"You are not the first person I have met in this life who can play chess with me to such a level, but you are the youngest among those people and have the most potential. Become the apprentice of the old man, and the old man will pour all his life's knowledge into it. Let me tell you, you should be a jade in the rough, and you shouldn't be dusted like this."

Having said that, everyone thought that even if Guo Jia made a concession, he should accept it.But although Guo Jia raised his head this time and saluted respectfully, he still refused: "Thanks to Mr. Shui Jing's love and admiration, it's just that Jia really has no intention of entering the world. Please help me."

"No intention to join the world?" Mr. Shui Jing said, "Then why did you come to Yingchuan Academy?"

"To meet a friend." Guo Jia replied, and then smiled at Xun, who sighed helplessly.

Mr. Shui Jing was silent, and Guo Jia waited quietly, only the master was so anxious.Guo Jia entered Yingchuan Academy because of Xun's recommendation. Others don't know, but he knows.Originally, seeing that he was not good at archery and that he didn't come to class often, he never took him to heart, and only regarded him as a personal favor of the Xun family.But who would have known that now Guo Jia could be attracted by Mr. Shui Jing, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.Although he is not familiar with Guo Jia and has never paid attention to Guo Jia, but as a master, his students will miss such an opportunity, and he is also worried for him.

"If this is the case, then this old man is not blessed." In the end, Mr. Shui Jing let go, "Just, remember what you said today, don't join the world, for yourself and for the sake of the world."

A group of people looked at each other, Guo Jia was puzzled, but Mr. Shui Jing turned and left.The master gave Guo Jia a look of resentment, and hurriedly followed Mr. Shui Jing.

"I heard that you rejected Mr. Shui Jing's acceptance of you as an apprentice?" Xun went to class in the afternoon, and Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia, who were skipping classes, stayed in the room and continued to play against each other in the sand table. At the end of the round, Guo Jia narrowly won.Xi Zhicai took advantage of the time to ask.

"Yeah." Guo Jia replied with a very casual expression, "Jia is really just here to join in the fun, so how could he be so unlucky."

Unlucky?Xi Zhicai almost died laughing when he heard Guo Jia use this word.This is an opportunity that many people dream of, but Guo Jia dislikes it like this, but it is also because of this that he feels that he and Guo Jia are the same kind of people.

"However, you were right in not agreeing. Mr. Shui Jing is outstanding in everything, but he is extremely conservative and rigid. Your temper is absolutely unbearable."

"'Old-fashioned'? Like?"

"For example, someday the big man really..." Xi Zhicai paused at this point, without saying any sensitive words, "He would rather die for his country than let anyone change power. If you are above the Holy One, you must be a traitor."

"...Don't say such things in front of Wen Ruo."

"of course."

Mr. Shui Jing has been standing with his hands behind his back since he entered the inner hall, and his mind is still stuck on the chess game just now.The master saw that Mr. Shui Jing's eyes were puzzled, amazed, sad, and regretful in the eyes of Mr. Shui Jing.Finally, the master couldn't bear the doubts in his heart, and asked: "Sir, sorry for the difficulty, Guo Jia didn't win the game of chess just now, and he didn't have any outstanding points. Why do you want to accept Guo Jia as an apprentice?"

Mr. Shui Jing sighed again when he heard the master's question, and said in a deep voice, "No, he won."

The master was startled, the result of the game of chess just now was clear, even a boy who had just learned chess could tell that Mr. Shui Jing had won the game of chess.

Still, "he" won, and "they" won...

"The old man's Xin Feng is steady and suitable for assistance. With the old man leading him, it is easy to stabilize the situation; while Guo Jia's chess style is sharp and aggressive, but it needs the strong support of his companions and the direction of the general direction. Guidance, He Di's chess skills can't keep up with Guo Jia's thinking, let alone strong guidance, so Guo Jia's side will lose."

The so-called judging people by chess, from that game of chess, he can already see Guo Jia's inner quality.What Guo Jia is most suitable for is to be a strategist. His talents, his grasp of timing, and his decisiveness at critical moments will make him the most powerful sword and push those he assists to the top.

Originally, that's all, it doesn't matter whether Mr. Shui Jing accepts him as an apprentice, such a person can eventually achieve something even without his guidance.And the reason why he insisted on accepting Guo Jia as his apprentice just now was because besides Guo Jia's talent, he saw another thing in chess.

It is indifference to sacrifice.

As long as he can win, Guo Jia will not hesitate to give up the chess pieces.But if he really became a strategist and the two armies were at war, it would not be a painless pawn that would be discarded, but soldiers and common people.

Guo Jia is a sharp sword, but if the person holding the sword is not a kind and loving person who cares about the Han Dynasty, it will only lead to the people in the world living in poverty and the Han Dynasty to collapse.

But according to Guo Jia's current unruly temperament, how could a kind and loving person fall into his eyes?

He wanted to take Guo Jia as his apprentice, hoping to subtly guide Guo Jia to the right path, and to become a national scholar in the future to do his best for the court and the world.But Guo Jiaming's ambition is not here, so he can force it no matter what.

Fortunately, Guo Jia said that he has no intention of entering the world.In this way, even if he regrets it, he doesn't have to worry about Guo Jia becoming a counselor of an ambitious family, committing chaos, seeking power and usurping the throne.

It's just that if you have no intention of entering the world at this time, you may not be in the future.If one day in the future his worries really come true...

Mr. Shui Jing's eyes were dark, and a stern look flashed past.