The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 801 - 801 373 Koi Jiaojiao (Second Update)_2

Chapter 801: 373 Koi Jiaojiao (Second Update)_2 Chapter 801: 373 Koi Jiaojiao (Second Update)_2 The crowd cast sympathetic glances at Gu Jiao.

Gu Jiao herself was unaware, for the chess game left on the ground by the old beggar had caught her attention. This chess game was different from the ones she had previously solved, peculiar in a particular way, though she couldn’t quite pinpoint what was odd about it.

Her mind began to calculate the movements of each chess piece.

Clang!

A copper plate was tossed into the broken bowl in front of her.

Gu Jiao didn’t look up and continued to play chess.

Clang!

Another passerby threw a copper plate into the bowl.

Gu Jiao still didn’t look up, focusing intently on solving the game.

She finally realized what was strange about this chess game—it was filled with a formidable killing intent.

How much resentment must the creator of this chess game have harbored? Although the game of chess inherently involves the mutual slaughter of pieces, such a level of brutality was rare.

Gu Jiao was so absorbed in the chess game that she didn’t notice the numerous copper plates piling up in her bowl.

If the old beggar knew that he hadn’t managed to collect more than a few copper plates after a whole day, whereas Gu Jiao had garnered a full bowl without doing anything, he would probably cough up blood.

“Young Master, look!”

From the second floor of a tea house diagonally behind Gu Jiao, a grey-clothed guard opened the window, leaned halfway out, and pointed at Gu Jiao in front of him, saying.

The man also poked half of his body out, followed the direction of the grey-clothed guard’s finger, and clapped his folding fan, saying, “What’s so fascinating about a little beggar?”

The grey-clothed guard hurriedly said, “No, Young Master, it’s her!”

The man asked, “Which ‘her’?”

The grey-clothed guard anxiously said, “The little girl who was with that little monk!”

The man’s hand playing with the folding fan paused: “The one who blasted you with the Black Fire Bead?”

“Yes, Young Master, it’s her!” The grey-clothed guard scratched his head, “Strange, how could she have come out to beg?”

The man’s lips curled with profound meaning: “Let’s go and have a look.”

The grey-clothed guard closed the window and followed the man.

“What are you coming for?” the man asked in annoyance.

The grey-clothed guard said, “Didn’t Young Master say we’re going to have a look?”

The man snorted coldly, “I said I’m having a look, not you. Wasn’t the last exposure enough for you?”

The grey-clothed guard pouted, somewhat reluctantly staying in the private room.

The man, dressed in a moon-white robe and wearing a dark blue gauze coat, with a jade belt around his waist, was indeed handsome and noble without equal.

During the times when Gu Jiao took over the beggar’s stall, people would come and go in front of her, but none would stay.

The light above Gu Jiao’s head dimmed. Initially, she didn’t pay attention to it, but after a while, when the shadow didn’t leave, she started to feel a bit irritated and looked up.

What appeared before her was a face of exquisite nobility, with very deep eyes and brows, a straight nose bridge, and light-colored lips curved into an attractive arc.

Does this person have foreign blood?

He is rather good-looking, though.

The man showed a smile: “Miss…”

Gu Jiao: “You’re blocking my light.”

The man: “…”

Having said that, Gu Jiao ignored him and continued pondering over the chess game.

Curiously, the man touched his nose. He was so good-looking, how could there be a girl who paid him no attention?

Was his hair a mess?

Or was there something dirty on his face?

“Miss?”

He called out again.

But no matter what, Gu Jiao completely ignored him.

The man stepped to the side, making sure not to block the light on Gu Jiao, and took the opportunity to see what she was doing.

She was playing chess.

To call it chess was a bit of a stretch; it was merely an old wooden board with irregular lines, and stones served as chess pieces, with the black ones marked by merely a drop of ink.

The corners of the man’s mouth twitched.

Was she this poor?

Wasn’t it said that she lived in Bishui Alley? That place was near Guozijian, where housing prices were very high.

Moreover, he had seen that little monk’s belongings, any one of which could be sold for a fortune. If things were really tough, why not sell some of the monk’s items?

Why resort to begging on the streets?

Come to think of it, being so impoverished, could this girl even play chess?

Just with the mentality that if she didn’t know how to play, he could reluctantly offer a few pointers, the man glanced at the chessboard.

At first glance, he didn’t feel much, just a slight discomfort.

He looked again, and then a third time, a fourth time.

His expression froze.

No way. Was he seeing things? How could he find this chess game here, on the streets of Zhan Country… to be precise, in the hands of a little beggar, a little girl?

It was commonly known that the chess sage, Mr. Meng of the Six Kingdoms, had created countless chess games in his lifetime, among which the eight great games were the most famous. Few could solve them, especially the Heaven and Earth games. It was said that recently, the Crown Princess of Zhan Country had solved the Earth game, becoming the person in the Six Kingdoms who had solved the most of the eight great games.