Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"My lord," Concubine Di asked, "Is the emperor Taizu very good at chess?"

"Of course, Taizu studied martial arts with famous teachers since he was a child, and he learned chess skills from masters. He is good at both." Defang looked at Concubine Di, "Ma'am, is my chess skill good?"

"Okay." Concubine Di nodded, "Who doesn't know that the prince's chess skills are superb and his Danqing is superb. When you were a teenager, none of the chess masters in the palace beat you, and now it's even better."

"My chess skill was taught by Emperor Taizu, but I only learned [-]% of it."

"So, the Taizu Emperor's chess skills should be higher than the old man's?"

"Emperor Taizu thought the same way because he watched a game of chess between the two." Defang continued, "After hearing this, the old man said to Emperor Taizu: If you don't mind, you are willing to play against me. Maybe let me ask the old man face to face, I don’t know what your son thinks? When Emperor Taizu heard this, his chess addiction also came up, and he couldn’t help but feel happy, but he couldn’t let the old man see it, so he cupped his hands and replied: I don’t dare to ask for advice Two words, why don't I play three rounds with the Taoist priest, wouldn't it be better to learn from each other? The old man readily accepted, the layman gave way, and the Taizu sat down with his hands and said, "Please, Taoist priest! Who knows, the old man said: Wait a minute!" , the old Taoist, I played chess with the young master, although it is to learn from each other, but since three rounds have been decided, the winner must be decided. Taizu was happy when he heard it, and said: Of course there must be a winner in the game! But the old man said: Empty There is no fun in winning or losing! Taizu didn't understand, the old man said: "It's better to make a bet. If anyone can win three rounds in a row, they can ask for any items from the other party. If they can't win three rounds in a row, then it's you and me." Chess skills are quite good, just for fun. Hearing this, Taizu thought, I only have a few pieces of silver on me, what else can this old man want, besides, I can’t beat you, so he took out the money bag and put it on the table , nodded and said: "Okay! If the Taoist priest wins three rounds in a row, all these pieces of silver will belong to you!" The old man shook his head, and Taizu said: "Why! This is all the broken silver on my body. Don't tell me the Taoist leader thinks it's too little?" Don't want to play chess with me? The old man laughed and said: "But what is the use of the old man? Taizu quietly touched the eyebrow stick on his back. He was afraid that the old man would want this, so he looked at the old man with some worries and asked softly. Dao: Does the Taoist priest want my eyebrow-level stick?"

"My lord, if the old man really wants to stick his eyebrows together, will the Emperor Taizu agree?"

"I think so." Defang smiled, "Although the Emperor Taizu was worried that the old man would ask for an eyebrow stick, he also felt that his chess skills were superb, so how could he lose, let alone three games in a row?"

"That's true." Concubine Di nodded, "How did the old man ask Taizu for Mount Hua?"

"The old man looked at Taizu's reluctance to give up the eyebrow stick and laughed loudly: I have never known martial arts, and my body is strong. If I want a stick, I can't even do crutches. Don't want it. Taizu felt relieved when he heard that the old man didn't want the eyebrow stick Quite a few, thinking that I only have the eyebrow stick and broken silver, and nothing else, so I asked: Daoist, I only have the eyebrow stick and broken silver on me, and I have nothing else to bet on, what should I do? Is that right? The old man smiled and said: Everything in the world can bet on, such as mountains, rivers, cities and fortresses, isn’t it possible?”

Concubine Di smiled and said, "This old man is really interesting, no one would gamble like this."

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