As the saying goes, watching the excitement is not a big deal.

On the second day, Zhou Mo arrived at the ring early in the morning. There was already a sea of ​​people inside and outside the chess hall.

The number of people increased several times from the previous day.

When I looked up, I saw that the big-character signboard with "Soochow Rats" was still hanging there intact.

"Sun Quan, you finally didn't play dirty this time. You are still a man."

Seeing Zhou Mo's arrival, the crowd became commotion and shouted: "The envoy of Shu, Zhou Lang, is here."

There were actually many Soochow people cheering and applauding Zhou Mo.

The strong will always have fans.

Yesterday, the two young scholars sent by Sun Quan, Yang Xi and Diao Xuan, had been waiting for a long time. When they saw Zhou Mo arriving, they immediately jumped onto the high platform.

Zhou Mo straightened his clothes and sat upright. When he saw the two people approaching, he smiled and said, "I've kept you waiting for a long time. Which one of you will go first?"

"I'll go first." The two blurted out at the same time.

Both of them are top chess players among the young nobles, so they are quite confident and feel that they will win, fearing that their companions will take the credit.

"You don't have to argue." Zhou Mo said with a smile, "Old Mu, bring me another chess set, and you two can play together."

"Come together?" Yang Di asked in surprise.

"That's right. I'll play against both of you at the same time."

Yang Xi said angrily: "Zhou Mo, you are too arrogant, how dare you underestimate me!"

In his opinion, Zhou Mo's words were an insult to his intelligence.

This Yang Di is considered a chess expert. He knows that every move in chess requires at least predicting the next two moves. At the same time, one-on-one requires doubled deduction and memory abilities.

He prides himself on being a leader among the younger generation in Wuzhong. He is quick-thinking and knowledgeable. No one has ever dared to look down upon him in such an old age.

Diao Xuan was more flexible. He pulled Yang Di's sleeve and whispered: "Let's go together. Don't show off. Winning is the most important thing."

Diao Xuan's words reminded him, and Yang Di nodded in agreement, but the look in Zhou Mo's eyes could make him burst into flames.

The entourage quickly arranged the new chess table.

Yang Di sat on the futon opposite Zhou Mo, clasped his hands in his fists, and nodded slightly, signaling that he could start.

Zhou Mo had already seen that these two people were well-dressed and definitely not ordinary people. They always whispered to each other and were full of scheming. They were not aboveboard at all.

There is a high probability that they are the people sent by Sun Quan.

Therefore, we must hit him hard in the face.

That's why he proposed a one-two.

Unexpectedly, my opponent agreed without even thinking.

The so-called one-on-two at the same time is actually just a torture. If you really meet a master, playing like this is courting death.

Therefore, the earlier this method of showing off, the better the effect.

Because the further you get to the back, the more masters will emerge. By then, being able to steadily win the chess game will be more important than anything else, and there will be no room for these fancy things.

A chess official announced that the chess game was about to begin.

The chess official was sent by Zhuge Ke and was allowed to stand on the stage and watch it at close range.

Every time the three people make a move, the chess official will shout out loudly, and the onlookers will place their pieces to simulate the chess game in order to understand the battle situation in real time.

Zhou Mo understands Zhuge Ke’s little thoughts very well.

On the surface, the purpose of reporting to chess officials is for the audience's viewing experience, as well as for fairness and to avoid cheating.

In fact, Zhuge Ke still wanted Zhou Mo to lose.

Because once a chess game is recorded by the chess official, it can be replayed and studied repeatedly.

Sun Quan's people will never miss this opportunity.

No matter how good Zhou Mo's chess skills are, he plays seven games a day, but in the face of this level of exposure, one day his flaws will be revealed.

But if you refuse, it will appear unkind and lack of self-confidence.

Zhou Mo thought for a while and decided to agree to Zhuge Ke.

Without him, Zhou Mo believes that if the strong wants to attract the weak to take the initiative to attack, it must sell a flaw so that the opponent can take advantage of it.

Sun Deng, you can beat me, don’t hesitate, come on!

……

The chess official announced that the challenge has officially begun.

A quarter of an hour later, the chess official announced that Diao Xuan was defeated.

Without his teammates in the raiding formation, Yang Di was unable to survive alone, and was soon killed by an afterthought.

The two walked out of the ring in despair.

The crowd burst into cheers for Zhou Mo.

Seeing the sign of Soochow Rats hanging there dazzlingly, and hearing people cheering for Zhou Mo, Yang Di sighed heavily.

He regretted it.

He regretted that he was so angry that he didn't consider the consequences of failure at all.

One-on-one failure is just an ordinary failure. There are as many as seven challengers every day, and not everyone will be remembered.

If two versus one fails, the topic will be completely different, and the shame will be far more than twice as high.

And the people who were lost were the King of Wu.

Yang Xi quickly dragged Diao Xuan away, for fear of being recognized by others.

How can I explain this when I go back?

Thinking of King Wu's thunderous fury, even though Yang Di was very clever and quick-thinking, he was at a loss what to do and was very confused.

……

Zhou Mo's remaining opponents today are disappointing, they are all small fish and shrimps.

There was even one person who was killed by Zhou Mo after just ten moves on stage.

This person's skills are extremely low, but strangely, his self-confidence is extremely high.

When others take the stage, they will be a little nervous and look prepared.

He came to the stage with an extremely relaxed expression, and said to Zhou Mo with a smile: "I have watched your chess games in the past two days. How can I put it, just so-so. I advise you to surrender and step down now, and you can still save some face. Otherwise, we will fight later.

Once opened, the sword has no eyes, but don’t blame me for being ruthless and unjust."

Zhou Mo ignored him and drove directly.

When the chess official called out the player's moves step by step, the crowd was in a commotion.

Isn’t it too bad to just start working as an official at the beginning?

How dare this stinky chess player come on stage?

Everyone in the audience is thinking: I am better than him at the top.

Sure enough, in just ten steps, Zhou Mo killed him off his horse.

"This time I'm being merciful, so I'll let you go." This guy didn't take it seriously even if he lost. He greeted the crowd with a smile and walked out of the ring calmly, completely ignoring the people in the audience who were already scolding him.

Sound.

……

When Zhou Mo had returned to the official post to rest, Sun Quan was yelling at Yang Di and Diao Xuan in the study room of King Wu's palace.

"You two losers, if you lose, you lose. I don't expect you to win."

"But what are you thinking? You actually compete together. What's the glory of winning together? But you still lose?"

"Fortunately, Zhou Mo didn't know that you were sent by Gu, otherwise, you would have lost all of Gu's face."

Yang Di said: "I was instigated by Zhou Mo at that time, and my blood was boiling for a moment, and I fell into his treacherous plan."

Diao Xuandao: "I have reviewed the game several times. Even if we fight again, I will still be unable to defeat Zhou Mo. I am not as skilled as others, so I am willing to be punished."

Sun Quan said angrily: "After all, you still rely on your own talents and are arrogant. Although Zhou Mo is young, he is a lonely and important minister in Liu Bei's care and Zhuge Liang's right-hand man. How can he be underestimated?"

Hearing Sun Quan's words, Yang Di felt aggrieved and thought to himself: "Your Majesty, when you mentioned Zhou Mo before, didn't you sound like an ignorant child? Why did you suddenly change your words now?"

"I will fine you two three months of salary, go down."

"Yes." Yang Xi and Diao Xuan breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the punishment and hurriedly left.

The two left, leaving only Wu Prince Sun Deng and Sun Quan in the study.

"Zhou Mo is so hateful this time."

Sun Quan asked: "Deng'er, do you know who else in our country is good at chess?"

Sun Deng said: "The art of chess is easy to learn, but it is ever-changing and extremely difficult to master. I feel that chess has just begun to become popular in our country. People like Yang Di and Diao Xuan can only be called familiar with it, but they are far from being good at it.

Nowadays, there are very few people who can be said to be good at two words, and I have only seen one person."

"Oh? Who?"
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