Chapter 6
Chengjun’s promise shall be kept for the rest of his life
Author: Scholar Wu
Chengjun’s promise shall be kept for the rest of his life
During the dinner, Hong Chengchou was in a good mood and said: "The world is a chess game. The Ming and Qing dynasties are playing chess. The little brothers are really quick. This game is also like the world situation. The Ming Dynasty has not much left!"
Qian Mo asked back: "So Lord Hong is sure of victory, but I really feel that this world situation is a bit unworthy of its name?"
"Since the world is in charge, it should be shown in front of the people of the world. If you win, the power of the world will be clear and everyone will know it. Mo and Xiao Yin are also willing to shave their heads and surrender in front of the people of the world, so that the world will know about the Ming Dynasty.
The energy is exhausted!"
"Wouldn't it be a pity that such a chess game, which has never existed before and today, is only buried in the backyard of the Governor's Mansion? Even if the chess records are spread in the future, it will definitely lose its luster!"
"Your Excellency has gone to great lengths to ask me to wait for my hair to be shaved off and become pure. Isn't it just to stabilize the people of Jiangnan? Is there any better way than this?"
Hong Chengchou smiled slightly and said: "It seems that little brother still can't trust me. You and I have high-fived and sworn that I will never break my promise. You and I don't have to know the whole world about our bet!"
Qian Mo secretly said: I believe you, you are a ghost. Others don’t know, and I don’t know that old thief Qin Hong can even sell to Ming Dynasty. Selling me is not a matter of minutes!
Xia Wanchun also said: "Brother Mo, please don't Meng Lang. This situation is related to the fate of our Ming Dynasty. If the whole world knows about it, it will be irreversible!"
Qian Mo asked: "It seems that Xiaoyin also thinks that I will definitely lose, so he doesn't want to shave his head in public?"
"If I lose this game, Master Hong will naturally have a thousand ways to make this game known to the world. Xiao Yin is worrying too much!"
"Yes, Qian Mo really can't trust Mr. Hong. Xiaoyin, please step aside. I want to talk to Mr. Hong alone."
Hong Chengchou also retreated.
Said: "There is no one else around now, little brother, if you have something to say, it's okay to say it."
Qian Mo then said: "Master Hong has a good plan: if you win this game, Xiao Yin and I will surrender to the Qing Dynasty, and you will win the hearts of all the people in Jiangnan; if you lose this game, your family will definitely be in danger, and you will be extinct forever."
future trouble!"
Although his inner thoughts were revealed by Qian Mo, Hong Chengchou still said calmly: "My little brother treats Hong like this, so why set up this bet?"
Qian Mo: "I must have seen that Xiao Yin will definitely not surrender to the Qing Dynasty. If the kid loses in this round, Xiao Yin will definitely die to serve the country. Then all the plans of the kid and Mr. Hong will be in vain!"
Hong Chengchou: "Does the little brother think this game can be overturned?"
Qian Mo replied: "This is a world situation. Just like the current situation in the world, the hope of the Ming Dynasty's comeback is extremely slim, but I still have the confidence to give it a try, and I hope you will succeed."
I saw Qian Mo and Hong Chengchou chatting happily.
A moment later, the Governor-General's Mansion publicly issued an announcement: Fifteen days later, at Piaoxiang Pavilion on the Qinhuai River, Qian Mo, a famous scholar from the south of the Yangtze River, asked his second son to openly challenge Hong Chengchou, a military scholar who recruited the southern governor. If Qian Mo wins, he will repent at home with Xia Wanchun;
If Mr. Qian Mo is defeated, he and Xia Wanchun will become officials and surrender to the Qing Dynasty!
After half of the game's chess records were leaked, Nanjing was shaken for a while. Countless intellectuals and dignitaries rushed to tell each other, and the odds were quickly announced - Qian Mo's odds were 1 to 10.
Piaoxiang Pavilion, which hosts the chess tournament, is even more difficult to find. Even the standing tickets outside the pavilion have been sold at sky-high prices.
Even with such high odds, except for a few speculators, most people still chose Hong Chengchou.
After all, anyone with a little knowledge of Go can see that White has basically no chance of winning. Although Xia Wanchun's heroic act of resisting the Qing Dynasty is praised by almost everyone, how many people can throw away their money for the so-called "feelings of family and country"?
Throw away?
So before the chess match started, Qian Mo's odds had dropped to 30 to 1.
At this time, Xia Wanchun was already murmuring in his heart: Why are the conditions different from what he said before?
Qian Mo: "Xiao Yin is so smart and has been a child prodigy since he was a child. Is it true that he can't guess what Old Thief Hong is thinking?"
Xia Wanchun: "Brother Mo said that even if we win, Old Thief Hong will never let us go."
Qian Mo said: "So even if I lose, Xiaoyin is not going to cut off his hair and become a Qing Dynasty, but is going to die to serve the country, right?"
"Have you ever thought about your little sister who is pregnant with Liujia, and your unborn child?"
Facing Qian Mo's question, Xia Wanchun was speechless for a moment. Then he said lightly:
Yishui bid farewell to Yandan,
A strong man is crowned with glory.
People in those days are gone (mo),
The water is still cold today!
If placed in future generations, he would be just a sixteen or seventeen-year-old child, a carefree age during the flowering and rainy seasons.
But in the troubled times of the late Ming Dynasty, Xia Wanchun abandoned his writing and joined the army at the age of 14, following his father to fight against the Qing Dynasty. He had been living a precarious life, and even experienced his father Xia Yunyi and his mentor Chen Zilong committing suicide one after another. Now he was facing the separation of his wife and children, and the collapse of the country.
Xia Wanchun was still so determined despite the helpless decision of losing his family.
Maybe this is the so-called "people are not afraid of death, but how can they be afraid of death"? What you can see on paper is ultimately shallow. If he hadn't traveled through it in person, Qian Mo wouldn't have been able to truly feel this through a few words in history books. At this moment, he
People of later generations can't help but be moved by it.
After retracting his thoughts, Qian Mo said: "Although Xiao Yin has been in the army since he was a child and knows some boxing and kicking skills, Hong Lao has been supervising the army for decades and is very scheming. It is impossible to imitate Jing Ke's move to assassinate Qin, not to mention that Jing Ke can't stop the unification of the King of Qin."
The world."
"Don't worry, Xiaoyin, my brother will never lose in this game, and I won't let Mr. Hong kill you."
"It's just that Xiao Yin must agree to be my brother. No matter what happens in the future, he must not commit suicide and seek death. He must live to see the Ming Dynasty re-unify the world."
At this moment, Xia Wanchun's eyes have already filled with tears. Brother Mo, don't worry, Xiao Yin solemnly promises you: "I will never commit suicide and seek death, and I will definitely keep a useful life to serve the Ming Dynasty!"
Okay, Brother Mo also promised you, Xiaoyin: "I will never be ashamed of the Ming Dynasty in this life, and one day I will definitely serve the Ming Dynasty with Xiao Yin!"
The two of them bowed their hands and bowed to each other: "I have made a promise to you, and I will keep it for the rest of my life!"
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Chapter completed!