Chapter 746

Yuan Shu, wearing armor, walked quickly toward the pavilion.

Arriving outside the pavilion, Yuan Shu saw Yuan Kui and Yang Ci sitting in the pavilion.

"Uncle, news has come," Yuan Shu said, bowing.

Yuan Kui waved his hand gently: "No rush, whatever it is, we'll talk about it later."

Yuan Shu's anxious expression froze, but he chose to shut his mouth honestly and stand on the side.

A chessboard was laid out on the table in the pavilion.

Yuan Kui and Yang Ci were placing black and white pieces, six pieces each, and were bowing their heads to play.

The chessboard was divided into nine paths, crisscrossing.

Yuan Kui's side had black pieces.

And Yang Ci's side had white pieces.

In front of each of them was a bamboo tube, and in the bamboo tube were six bamboo sticks, also divided into black and white sides.

Yuan Kui held the bamboo tube and poured out the bamboo sticks together.

All six sides were white.

Seeing this scene, Yuan Kui couldn't help but smile.

"Lord Yang, it seems that I will take the lead in this game," Yuan Kui said with a smile.

Yang Ci stroked his chin's beard and smiled, reached out and made a gesture of invitation, and said: "The first move does not necessarily mean an advantage. Lord Yuan has been playing for many years, so you should know that in the game, there are thousands of changes. This small chessboard seems to have only nine paths, but it contains sixty-four changes of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches."

Yuan Kui nodded while playing.

As the six pieces were exhausted, it was Yang Ci's turn.

Yang Ci picked up the bamboo tube and shook it gently.

Only two of the bamboo sticks on the ground were white, and the rest were black.

However, seeing only two white sticks, Yang Ci smiled.

He picked up a piece, moved it two steps, and just happened to meet the piece Yuan Kui moved.

Then he ate it.

"Lord Yuan, look," Yang Ci said with a smile. "Although Lord Yuan played the first move and moved six steps, this fish in my hand can still strike back later."

Yuan Kui smiled indifferently and said: "Lord Yang is right, the changes between pieces are infinite, and naturally the fun is also infinite."

Yuan Shu, standing outside the pavilion, was confused.

Yuan Kui waved his hand gently: "Speak, what is it."

Yuan Shu then turned back and bowed: "Uncle, Wang Yun died before entering the city."

"Uncle, I suspect that Duan Yu did it; he didn't want Wang Yun to return to Luoyang alive."

Yuan Kui turned his gaze to the fish that Yang Ci ate, his eyes narrowed slightly.

"Does Lord Yuan feel it's a pity to lose this fish?" Yang Ci played with the fish in his hand and said.

Eat one fish, get two chips.

Yuan Kui gave the two chips to Yang Ci without hesitation, and then said with a smile: "Lord Yang is wrong, it's just a fish, it doesn't change the big picture."

"And sometimes, losing a piece and a chip is not necessarily a bad thing."

Yuan Shu looked at Yuan Kui, who was playing in the pavilion, in a daze.

Losing a piece is not a bad thing?

Duan Yu was already about to step on their heads.

In the Battle of Dongjun, Duan Yu won the first merit, the Son of Heaven was overjoyed, and issued an edict to appoint Duan Yu as the Former General.

Huangfusong and Zhu Jun had been busy in Yingchuan for two months, but they got nothing.

Instead, they were scolded for ineffective operations.

The failure of the dispute over credit made them both a laughingstock.

The most hateful thing is that Duan Yu also used a nameless pawn to remove Wang Yun, the Inspector of Yuzhou.

This was a piece they had worked so hard to place in Yuzhou.

How could this be a good thing?

Yuan Shu was speculating here, and the game in the pavilion continued.

Yuan Kui moved twice in a row, but both times he was preempted by the more seasoned Yang Ci.

Two pieces fell into Yang Ci's hands again, and Yang Ci's chips reached six.

As long as he got two more, the game would be locked.

Yuan Shu watched as his uncle Yuan Kui was about to lose, but Yuan Kui was not in a hurry at all.

Even in the next two steps, he deliberately fed the fish in his hand to Yang Ci.

Losing all the chips in his hand.

"Haha." Yang Ci smiled and said: "Lord Yuan, you let me win, I won this game."

Yuan Kui looked at the two remaining chips in his hand and smiled back: "Lord Yang, now I only have two chips in my hand."

"But Lord Yang has so many. If there is one more person in this game, does Lord Yang think he wants the two chips in my hand more, or the ones in Lord Yang's hand?"

Yuan Kui reached out and pointed to the twenty chips placed in front of Yang Ci.

For a moment, a flash of light seemed to pass through Yang Ci's eyes.

"Heh."

Yuan Kui smiled softly, then picked up the teacup placed on the side and said: "No matter how much the fish jumps, it can't jump out of this chessboard."

"Even if it eats more and grows fatter, it will eventually be unable to escape the fate of being pressed on the chopping board."

"Now this game is between me and Lord Yang, what if this opponent is changed?"

Yang Ci suddenly fell into deep thought and understood the meaning of Yuan Kui's words.

"Does Lord Yang mean... let him be strong?" Yang Ci said thoughtfully.

Yuan Kui nodded with a smile and stood up slowly.

"Former General..."

"Liangzhou Shepherd..."

"The Xiliang troops are so brave, wouldn't the Son of Heaven be worried?"

"Heh."

Yuan Kui stroked his white beard, his eyes narrowed, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Then..." Yang Ci hesitated and said: "If he is not the kind of person Yuan Kui expected, and blindly follows the will of heaven?"

Yuan Kui shook his head and said: "Lord Yang, sometimes, as long as you enter this game, you are involuntary."

"He can be like this, doesn't he have relatives?"

"I think that Dong Zhuo is very suitable."

"This person can be used."

Yuan Shu, standing outside the pavilion, felt confused, what fish, what water, what game chips.

Yuan Shu heard the two words Dong Zhuo clearly.

However, before Yuan Shu could ask how to use this Dong Zhuo, Yuan Kui spoke.

"Lord Yang, the war in Jizhou for Lu Zhi and Dong Zhuo is also quite unfavorable."

"Why don't we submit a memorial tomorrow to have Dong Zhuo, who is ineffective in battle, brought to Luoyang in a prison cart."

"Since Duan Yu led his troops north to Jizhou, leaving Dong Zhuo in Jizhou is of no great use."

"Let Dong Zhuo suffer a bit first," Yuan Kui said, narrowing his eyes.

Jizhou.

Anping Kingdom, outside Guangzong City.

"Achoo."

Dong Zhuo, sitting in the central army tent, sneezed and wiped his nose.

"Damn it, who is talking about me."