On the ring, Zhou Mo and Sun Deng are gradually coming to an end.

Sun Deng's advantage in the middle game could never be converted into a victory.

And these advantages, as mistakes occurred one after another, were gradually overtaken by Zhou Mo.

Sun Deng only studied the opening carefully, but his shortcomings of lack of high-level endgame experience were exposed.

The balance of victory and defeat has changed again.

Although both sides had very few chess pieces left on the chessboard, they seemed to be evenly matched. However, Zhou Mo was still able to organize the offensive and press forward step by step, while Sun Deng could only control his veteran generals most of the time, moving left and right.
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"Still can't win?" Sun Deng sighed inwardly.

If you only look at the chess surface, it seems that you can still struggle, but Sun Deng thinks that he no longer sees any hope of winning. After all, there is still a gap in strength. If this continues, defeat is inevitable.

After seeing this situation clearly, Sun Deng thought to himself:

"It seems that we can only resort to the last resort."

Seeing Zhou Mo pick up a chess piece and about to drop it, Sun Deng raised his hand to stop him.

"Wait a minute."

He looked up at Zhou Mo's eyes and said sincerely: "The situation has reached this point. I still can't defeat you after all. Before I make a move, I have a proposal that I hope you can consider."

"Please speak."

"I know you want to win me, and then use my identity to make a big show of it to show your power in Xishu. But let me tell you, the people sent by my father are in the audience. If you win, they will immediately

I will jump on the ring, smash your plaque, overturn your chess table, and imprison you in the official post."

"You came all the way with Zhuge Liang's orders to form an alliance, not to cause trouble. If the end result is that the table is turned over and both parties are angry, is there really any benefit to forming an alliance and peace talks with Wu and Shu?

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"On the contrary, if you let me go and let me win the chess game, then fulfill your promise, tear down this plaque, and apologize a few times. I promise to help you intercede with your father and let him receive you as soon as possible."<

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"I really want to win against you, but I hate cheating even more. I have no choice but to take this step. But for the sake of the overall situation of the two countries, I can only do this. I don't know what to do?"

Zhou Mo did not answer his question directly, but asked: "How did you know that I wanted to win against you?"

"If you don't want to win me, why are you setting up this arena?"

"Then how did you know I was willing to admit defeat?"

"Whether you are willing or not. What is before you is not the outcome of a chess game, but the righteousness of the alliance between Wu and Shu. My proposal is the best plan. I'm afraid you have no choice."

Zhou Mo smiled and said: "Is there only two outcomes in chess, winning and losing?"

I saw him raising his hand and walking in a strange position.

Sun Deng lowered his head and thought deeply. In an instant, he understood Zhou Mo's intention.

On the chessboard, Zhou Mo was forcing him to cash in his pieces, and after cashing in his pieces, the situation would have only one possibility.

Draw.

Zhou Mo is trying to force peace.

Sun Deng did not expect that chess could have another ending besides victory or defeat, which was a draw.

Like two countries.

He instantly understood what Zhou Mo meant.

When he suddenly realized this, he gave a kind smile. He also admired Zhou Mo even more.

Zhou Mo let out a long sigh and said leisurely: "I came all the way from Chengdu this time, bringing rich gifts and full sincerity, just to reunite with Soochow and fight against Cao Wei."

"It is imperative that Wu and Shu form an alliance. With the wisdom of the prince, I must be very clear about the key points. There is no need for me to repeat them."

"Agree." Sun Deng said.

Zhou Mo's face turned grim: "But you, King Wu, are narrow-minded and don't care about the overall situation. You always want to use some small tricks to show off your whims and force my envoy from Xishu to lose face and become disgraced to form this alliance with him."
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"If you don't respect others so much, how can you get respect from others?"

Sun Deng remained silent. As a son, he knows best what his father's character is.

"I came here with good intentions, but I was often ignored. I had no choice but to put up this plaque and set up this arena just to inspire you to come out and talk to me."

"Since the last time we met, I have always felt that although His Highness is young, he knows better than your father what trust is, what forgiveness is, what cooperation is, and what win-win is. My expectations for you, Your Highness, are far greater than yours."

Yu King Wu."

"You also have two choices now. One, exchange your pieces with me or accept the draw."

"Two, refused to change the pieces and continued playing chess until we lost the game. Then the King of Wu used his usual dirty tricks to smash up my arena and imprison me in Guanyi to ensure that I, Zhou Mo, could not make any splash again.

Come. However, now that King Wu has vented his anger, this alliance must still be concluded. My envoy from Xishu is indeed disgraced, just as King Wu wishes. But when the time comes, I also want to see you Soochow.

How to block the mouths of all the people in this world."

Sun Deng said: "It is the common wish of you and me to form an alliance between Wu and Shu. Of course I am willing to accept a draw. But what should you do with this arena? What should you do with this horizontal plaque hanging here?"

Zhou Mo smiled and ordered Lao Mu to climb up to the rafters and tear open the four words "rats from the Eastern Wu" on the plaque.

It turns out that these four words are just a thick layer of white paper pasted on the plaque.

After tearing it off, there were actually words underneath. After tearing it clean to reveal the whole picture, the six big words on the plaque were finally revealed:

The friendship between Wu and Shu lasts forever.

These six words are written directly on the wooden base of the plaque. They are also the original appearance of the plaque, that is, Zhou Mo's original intention.

Zhou Mo smiled and said: "Your Highness, please see, there is no need to deal with this, just keep hanging on."

When Sun Deng saw this, he was stunned and thought to himself, Zhou Mo really came here with good intentions. We are the kings and ministers of the Wu Kingdom, and we have been judging the gentleman's belly with the heart of a villain. If we really smash the plaque later, when we see the inside

When I read the words, I really don’t know what to think.

Fortunately, such a thing did not happen.

At this thought, Sun Deng laughed heartily and said loudly: "I agree. Let this plaque hang here forever."

After saying that, he picked up the last chess piece and decisively exchanged it with Zhou Mo.

In this way, both sides on the chessboard have lost their combat effectiveness, and theoretically no one can win the game.

"Tie."

The chess official loudly announced the result of the game.

Zhou Mo and Sun Deng both stood up, held their hands tightly together, looked at each other and laughed.

After this battle, Sun Deng has been completely impressed by Zhou Mo.

Zhou Mo also admires Sun Deng very much.

Below the stands, there were endless discussions and applause.

Although it was just a draw, it was still the most powerful challenge to Zhou Mo in so many days.

The two contributed to the most exciting game since the advent of chess.

The showmanship of unveiling the plaque also made the onlookers find it quite interesting.

Although everyone doesn't know the truth, "friendship lasts forever" is always much more pleasing to the eye than "soochow rats".

This is an acceptable result.

Among the crowd, Sun Quan's guards were stunned for a moment.
Chapter completed!