Chapter 50: The chess pieces fall in all directions
Royal Palace, Rongning Palace.
There was no maid in the main hall, but a woman was taking a nap on the circular bed that was as beautiful as the queen. The almost transparent gauze underwear skirt was half hanging on her chest. Thanks to the bulge, the already fragrant body was even more gorgeous.
Beautiful color.
The movement on the beams disturbed the sleeping beauty, and her beautiful frown was heart-stirring.
It was Concubine Ye.
The black robe on the rafter stomped heavily on the floor, his eyes red with anger.
"Bo, why are you so angry?" The charm started from both cheeks, and the charm grew between the eyebrows.
The man in black robe snorted angrily: "My incarnation that just entered the eleventh realm was destroyed by that little bastard."
As soon as the words came out, the beauty was shocked: "How is it possible? He is just a bastard who is not even a swordsman!"
"Damn Sword Emperor, there are some natal sword energy left in his body, but this is not a problem, but there is still a reincarnation dormant next to him. In order to save him, he chose to burn himself." The man in black robe seemed extremely extremely.
Angry.
The woman suddenly nervously grabbed the man in black robe's hand: "Then my son..."
The man in black robe said: "Pei'er just fainted. I think no matter how brave those people are, they don't dare to touch the prince at the border!"
Concubine Ye's chest was rising and falling, obviously a little unsure.
"One more thing, how could that bastard get the approval of the Ye Family Sword Tomb Chou Li Jian?"
The imperial concubine surnamed Ye also looked doubtful: "Chouli sword? Wasn't it taken away by Ye Li, the proud son of this new generation? Could it be..." There was a thought in Concubine Ye's eyes: "The Ye family has a secret skill.
, you can pass on the Sword Attendant and the sword to others, but the price will be extremely serious, you will be completely destroyed and your soul will be scattered."
The Chouli Sword is an extremely important sword in the Ye Family Sword Tomb, and has been visited by disciples of all generations.
However, a ferocious smile soon appeared on Concubine Ye's face: "If this is really the case, then the bastard will have to face the entire Ye family."
The ancestral motto of the Ye family: Swords can only be buried within the clan.
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When Xu Qingmu woke up, he was already in the inn.
He still held the dagger in his hand, as well as the silk headband he had just given to Cao Dan a few days ago.
She said: This ribbon is very nice and tight.
She said: I want to give you a fan in return.
But she broke her promise.
After the red light filled the sky, all Xu Qingmu was left with were these two things in his hands and the lingering sadness.
Xu Qingmu sat up, leaning against the quilt, and just sat quietly. The window at the inn's frontier was very small, small enough to keep out the sunlight, but no matter how small it was, it didn't pay attention to the sadness of the people in the room, and it was so thin that it could be seen.
, I can’t hold it back no matter what.
This was the first time since joining the army that Xu Qingmu did nothing. He didn't practice his skills and didn't draw his stabbing sword. Although the Thirty-sixth Heaven of Beiming no longer had to move deliberately, it also stopped at this time.
Such as the scarecrow who picked out the cotton wool, or the doll who lost the cotton wool.
Ye Qingxian knocked on the door several times, but the door remained indifferent.
Also trapped in the room was Fatty Shen Xiuqi.
Qi Chunfeng never left her since that night. Li Chengru also looked ashamed. Of the three kilograms of apricot wine that the young man gave him, he still had one and a half kilograms left.
Cao Tong kicked the door several times with murderous intent, but Li Chengru persuaded him to stop him. It was not until he shouted "Give me back Cao Dan" that the young man in the room finally walked out of the room holding the dagger. Looking at the little girl with red and swollen eyes, Xu Qingmu said
The skirt-pressing knife left in his hand was handed to the little girl Cao Tong: "This is the skirt-pressing knife that Cao Dan gave me. I still don't know its name. I gave it to you. If you want to kill me, I have only one request.
Use it."
After saying that, he fell silent again, still sitting upright on the bed, his eyes dull.
Lin Zhenbei is dead, the old beggar is dead, the old yellow dog, and the old buffalo are all dead.
Brother Wang, who gave himself fists and jade pendants, is dead.
The girl Cao Dan who was by his side day and night also died in front of him.
Xu Qingmu was in pain. He obviously just wanted to live a simple life, but why, why did fate play tricks on people like this? I don't want the fight between the four realms, I don't want to participate in the fight between heaven and earth, I just want you to live well.
This young man, who was only twelve years old, had tears in his eyes.
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If Fanyang is a dead city, Jinling City, which is as far away as a horn, is the largest "living city" in today's prosperous age.
One of the two vassal kings, King Changling, was the owner of this fiefdom.
There are two brothers of King Xu Yan: Xu Yong, King of Changling;
Nowadays, the city of Jinling, known as the Little Celestial Dynasty, is visited by intellectuals and poets all over the world. It has been announced that it is open to the world and no longer has any city restrictions.
Therefore, there are many people coming and going in the city, and there are all kinds of people. There is a street in Jinling City called "Yi Street". As the name suggests, this street is full of people who have a small amount of money and like to gamble.
People who play chess. Yi Street is divided into north and south, and is known as "Chu River in the south, vertical and horizontal in the north". This means that the south side is mostly chess, while the north side is mainly chess.
Anyone who has been around Yi Street for many years knows that there is a middle-aged man in Beijiekou who likes to hold grass stalks in his mouth. He is an invincible existence.
This afternoon, the man showed up at Beijiekou on time. He was wearing a Taoist gray cloth jacket that had not been washed for an unknown number of years. He also wore white-soled and black-claved flat-soled seamed shoes. He always had a three-sun long reed root in his mouth.
, always looking listless and sleepy. No one knows his origins, whereabouts, or even his name. Some good people call him: Lu Sancun, named after the short stem in his mouth. As time goes by,
, the name Lu Sancun became popular in Jinling City.
The most peculiar thing is that every time I play chess with others, I always win only one chip.
But this alone overwhelmed all the literati and poets in Jinling who were beating their chests and sighing.
Today, Lu Sancun, who was so unstoppable that the game ended, unexpectedly rejected the person who came to challenge him. He waved his hand and said that today's chess game has been decided.
Sure enough, at around three in the afternoon, a man who looked like a noble man in yellow was standing in front of the chess game with his family. Under the light yellow coat, the five claws of the Nine Dragons were engraved with inconspicuous black lines at his feet.
picture.
"Sir, how much does this end game cost?"
"One son, one liang, ten sons will reach the top." The middle-aged man holding a reed in his mouth held his head in his hands, his mood dim.
Before the man holding a river and mountain painting fan and looking wealthy could speak, the people accompanying him could no longer stand it: "One son or one tael, why don't you go and grab it?"
The middle-aged man raised his head with a sneer on his face: "One tael is called grabbing? What word should I use for the whole country?"
The middle-aged man wearing a light-colored Kowloon five-claw light yellow gown laughed and cursed: "Go away, go away, when will it be your turn to interrupt when I am talking to my husband?" The person who just spoke was obviously of high status, but his chest was bulging.
However, the hidden identity of the daughter was still exposed.
Looking at the man leaving in anger, Lu Sancun said angrily: "Are you used to being interrupted by others? Besides, you really can't interrupt others, you don't have the foundation."
The one who had already left suffocated, turned around and gritted his teeth.
The wealthy man holding a fan smiled and said: "Sir, there is no need to argue with me. Come here today and want to buy the fourth son."
Lu Sancun grinned: "Your Majesty, you have such a big heart. Are you really afraid that you will not be able to retain your position in the end, and will end up with no place in the fifteenth vertical and horizontal position?"
The person who came was none other than the Lord of Jinling City - King Changling.
King Changling smiled and said: "The endgame set by the master, the white man has already hung up the east and west palaces, and the black man cannot advance or retreat forward or backward. If we don't give it our best, we are in danger. I am afraid of the final outcome. Nineteen vertical and horizontal positions will not be able to stand up."
"
Lu Sancun touched his chin, raised his delicate face, bared his teeth and said with a smile: "Yes."
Lu Sancun, who looks like a beggar in rags, has sold his three sons to the prince in front of him.
One is hanging on a cliff, one is settled in Fanyang, and the other has just left.
This fourth son... Lu Sancun looked at the frontier wilderness with a playful smile. After a long time, he said to himself: "This fourth son, the price is not small."
The lord of that city, the dignified vassal king Xu Yong, slowly knelt down in front of the two people who had disappeared in the eyes of outsiders:
"Xu Yong, I am willing to do my best to repay the kindness of my husband."
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Angular cliff.
Sixteen-year-old Lin Xue has mastered the art of swordsmanship and has entered the fifth realm.
"Disciple, do you miss Xu Qingmu?" The faceless young man gnawing on watermelon looked a little jealous in his heart.
How can he have such a heaven-defying talent? It only took him four months to reach the five realms with one sword. The senior brother told himself that Lin Xue was the innate sword blank, but the genius he had seen did not have hands, so he must have the ability to count with one hand.
, but such a heaven-defying existence is rare. But jealousy comes from jealousy. I must spare no effort to cultivate the sword blank that my senior brother personally selected.
The girl wiped the sweat off her face, stuck her sword in the soil beside her, and said with a natural expression: "I thought so."
A smile spread across that childlike face.
That's quite right.
When your nephew arrived in ten realms, he repaired with this little Nizi, alas, brother, brother, you still have not broken your body in your life? The mind is active.
Well, no wonder Master is partial.
I am already short-sighted. If I don’t favor you, will I become even more short-sighted?
But I was convinced.
We have argued for a lifetime, fought, and scolded each other, but afterwards, when encountering an enemy, the tough-talking senior brother would always strike with his sword without saying a word. I still remember that they were both Four Realm Sword Cultivators, senior brothers who had taken revenge.
He squatted on the ground and cried loudly, calling them mothers who deserved to die. But in the afternoon, the senior brother picked up a sword and chased and chopped down the bastard local snake who was scolding him for having no parents.
"Can't you live for yourself once in this life?"
"It's always like this, it's really heartbreaking."
"When this girl Lin Xue comes out of the mountain, ask my junior brother to do something for you. I haven't been stationary for a long time. Haha, the world may have forgotten me."
Indeed, the world is peaceful and no one remembers the "human massacre" Fu Xiansheng.
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Department of Eunuchs.
Nalan Zhijin stood in front of the dungeon with his hands behind his hands. There were shouts of living people inside, mixed with roars like wild beasts.
"Father, I encountered a young man in red armor at Erzhong Peak some time ago. I mistakenly thought he was the prince whom I had not seen for a long time. However, after investigation, I found that this was not the case." Nalan Yu, who returned from the trip, was respectful.
said.
Nalan Yu felt afraid from the bottom of her heart towards this adoptive father.
The man who brought him back from Fanyang City in Fengdu fifteen years ago and asked him to recognize him as his father was far from the eunuch who relied on being the emperor to secure his position as eunuch and chief eunuch as the outside world said. Nalan Yu only remembered
Back then in Siyang City, his biological parents killed each other, and he lived by eating their flesh and blood until the enemy entered the city. When Nalan Zhijin, who was still intact at the time, saw him, he only asked: Do you want to live?
?Then he took himself back to the palace.
Over the years, my adoptive father never ordered me to do anything. He just asked me to drink a bowl of fresh virgin blood every morning. I resisted it at first, but after taking it for several months, I gradually became obsessed with this feeling.
, so now, it has changed from one bowl to two bowls a day.
During these years in the palace, I had to do whatever I wanted, and I was never blamed. Even if I got into a big disaster, my adoptive father would submit a letter of ten thousand characters to ask the Holy Spirit to forgive me.
So free and easy.
Therefore, there have been rumors about the demon king Nalan Yu in recent years.
The deep and scheming Nalan Zhijin hummed, pointed at the beast roar coming from the dungeon and asked: "Do you know what is in the dungeon?"
Nalan Yu asked doubtfully: "Lions and tigers?"
Nalan Zhijin laughed loudly and patted his adopted son: "The one imprisoned here is the only king-level evil spirit in the world today, but it has not yet become a master. Otherwise, the Earth Immortal and his ilk will be nothing more than mediocre."
Nalan Yu wondered: "Then why didn't the adoptive father train him to achieve great success?"
Nalan Zhijin, who was a bit older and had gray hair on his temples, smiled and said nothing. After a while, he said, "Yu'er, do you want to go down with your father to see this evil spirit?"
Nodding is like pounding garlic.
The father and son walked side by side into the dungeon. When they came out, the adopted son Nalan Yu's eyes were all black and his expression was dull.
Fifteen years, just right.
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Kowloon Hall.
Royal Palace.
A middle-aged man sat alone on the dragon chair of the Nine-Five-Year-Old Civil and Military Dynasty of Nuo Da.
Wearing a golden nine-dragon five-claw emperor's uniform, his handsome face showed no anger or authority. Next to him was a secret letter that had just arrived, saying: The prince is not dead.
King Xu Yan, whose real name is Xu Yangzhou, looks a little sad.
These twelve years, I have been deceived so hard. Thinking about the person beside me day and night, why did he lie to me for so long? These years, I have a concubine who has not come, and I go back to Qiuhe Palace every night. What is not satisfying?
?What is your ambition? I can betray the world, but I will never betray you! Cao Yuqiu, what do you want?
Xu Yangzhuo was not sure whether the queen was aware of it?
No, absolutely not.
But why did she do this again? The man on the dragon chair lightly twisted his fingers, and a black flame rose up, burning the envelope.
He stood up and clapped his hands. After a while, a supervisor wearing a eunuch uniform walked in.
"Get ready, I want to go incognito."
"Your Majesty, would you like to inform the Eunuch Department?"
"Just you and me."
"嗻."
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Jinling City, Yi Street.
Prince Changling, wearing a light yellow nine-dragon five-claw gown, stood up to thank him, then disappeared into the crowd.
Lu Sancun, with a grass stem in his mouth, rearranged the disrupted chess game and waited for the next willing player to take the bait. The fourth piece just sold was Xu Liang, the king of Lingyi who had retired to the mountains and forests. Born in an emperor's family, he was originally
How did one of the indispensable officials in Zongheng come to live in seclusion?
King Changling was still worried about whether he could be persuaded.
Lu Sancun wrote the word "Prince" on the palm of his hand, and all doubts disappeared.
Lu Sancun, who was cleaning up the chess game, probably felt that his crotch was a little itchy, so he reached out and took it out, and suddenly laughed.
I vaguely remember that forty or fifty years ago, a little boy with a runny nose cried and begged me, saying that his parents were killed and he wanted revenge. The kid didn't learn to express himself in other ways, but he was digging his crotch and getting deep into the wood.
Lu Sancun, who only looked like a young man, placed the fifth child on the heart of his left hand. There was a trace of sadness in his eyes.
Looking at the world thousands of times, suddenly looking back, that person is not in the dimly lit place?
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By the time Xu Qingmu walked out of the room, it was already three days after July 7th.
The young man who behaved like a corpse, under the gaze of everyone, inquired about the tomb of General Wang Ziyi alone, went to the inn proprietress to buy three kilograms of apricot wine on credit, asked for a plate of salted peanuts, and carried it with him to the general's tomb.
The two soldiers guarding the mausoleum saw Xu Qingmu and knew that it was the one General Wang had led before his death, so they took the initiative to let him go. Xu Qingmu nodded in thanks.
It is not difficult to find the tomb of General Wang. There is a military flag pointing to the sky. However, the wind and sand in the border fortress are harsh and the illusion is bad. The Xu family flag with the snake shape on it has been damaged.
Xu Qingmu brushed the tombstone with his sleeve, found an open space, and sat down.
After pouring a bowl for General Wang, he also poured a bowl for himself. Xu Qingmu drank it all in one gulp. His stomach, which had not had food or tea for a long time, was irritated and he almost vomited it out. It took him a while to calm down.
"Brother Wang, Qingmu is here to see you."
Then he poured himself a second bowl and drank it in the same gulp.
Xu Qingmu threw a few peanuts into his mouth, not because he was hungry, but because he remembered what Wang Ziyi said: Just drinking wine without eating vegetables makes you easily drunk. Xu Qingmu didn't want to get drunk. He had a lot to talk to General Wang.
"Brother Wang, we passed through Erzhong Peak and encountered bandits, and I easily spotted them, hehe."
"We found a lot of treasures when we arrived at the secret cave. I specially left a luminous pearl for you. It's very bright." After that, he took out the luminous pearl from the nearby objects and placed it at the entrance of General Wang's tomb.
"I understand the letter you left. That Wei Buliang is indeed a spy. Thank you, Brother Wang, for reminding him."
"I'm sorry, Brother Wang, I crushed your hanging jade to pieces in order to protect Cao Dan."
"But in the end, Cao Dan also died..."
Xu Qingmu was very sad. The world was filled with loneliness. So he drank the third bowl of wine.
This time, no one came to persuade me, and no one stopped me from holding the fourth bowl of wine.
A young man in white squatted alone at the tomb all night.
The luminous pearls on the grave are shining like a trace of warmth left by the prince in this world.
When Xu Qingmu returned to the inn the next day, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Qi Chunfeng didn't sleep all night, standing not far away and staring at Xu Qingmu all night. The assassination last time made Qing Jia scared for a while, so now, he doesn't care at all.
Dare to take it lightly.
Xu Qingmu looked at everyone and said with a smile: "Why, you are all imitating Cao Tong and wishing that I would commit suicide?"
Everyone in the group breathed a sigh of relief.
Cao Tong stared at Xu Qingmu and said, "I named Sister Cao Dan's dagger 'Fifteen'. Now your two little beasts can beat me."
Fifteen. Also, when you learn how to use a sword, I will kill you openly." Xu Qingmu knew as soon as he heard this that Li Chengru must have persuaded him. He looked at the literary saint and smiled in return.
The two little beasts cheered when they saw their master coming back. However, the figure was already bigger than the old scalper, and they bumped into each other when they walked. Especially Qishang, who stuck out his tongue and licked Xu Qingmu, feeling that it was not enough.
Open your mouth wide and cover the whole head.
Xu Qingmu made a sword with his hand, and with Li Chengru's word "stab" in his mind, he aimed it directly at Qishang's heavy belly and stabbed him hard.
I don't know if Qishang was deliberately pretending, but he took a few steps back and fell to the ground. He stuck out his tongue, rolled his eyes, and looked miserable.
Everyone was smiling, this little beast was so cute.
Only Li Chengru's eyes moved.
Breaking through four realms with one sword?
But I feel relieved when I think about it. The Sword Emperor left Beiming Thirty-six Zhoutian for twelve years, and used his own sword energy as a guide to seal it in the body for so long. This can be regarded as a long-term accumulation.
It’s just that Xu Qingmu himself doesn’t know.
The group of people had dinner, and Xu Qingmu put a lotus seed in the bowl. The group looked at it without making a sound. The two little beasts, up and down, were also silent under the table, and there was no more noise in the past.
After dinner, the Red Armored Fu Santie led a group of troops and waited outside the inn. The waiter who came to report was a little panicked. It was the first time he saw such a large number of border guard cavalry, and he was frightened. When he informed Xu Qingmu, he kindly advised him to
: "To be objective, those officials are calling you by name. If they want you, just run away."
Seeing the sincere look on the waiter's face, Xu Qingmu thanked him straight away, said it was okay, and walked out of the inn.
Outside the post station, there were neatly arranged sixteen vertical and forty-two horizontal horses, standing neatly beside the horse. When he saw Xu Qingmu coming out, he half-kneeled in a red-armored three-iron salute and said: "We, General Wang, who died, are willing to follow Xu Qingmu
Young Master!"
Behind them, the halberds hit the ground three times, sounding like thunder:
"We will follow Mr. Xu to the death!"
The raised dust slowly floated in the air, shining brightly under the setting sun.
Xu Qingmu quickly helped the red armor up and looked at the neatly organized troops of nearly 700 people. Xu Qingmu said solemnly: "Thank you all. From today on, I, Xu Qingmu, am willing to live and die with all of you brothers!"
"Live and die together!"
"Live and die together!"
"Live and die together!"
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Xu Qingmu led Hong Jia into the house and asked how the prince Xu Pei was doing. Hong Jia was fine. He had suffered the aftermath of the attack that night and was knocked unconscious.
Xu Qingmu understood in his heart that fortunately nothing happened. If the prince really died in the frontier fortress, and the death was caused by such a fight, not to mention Concubine Ye, even King Xu Yan who was sitting on the dragon throne would never spare these people lightly.
Frontier veteran.
Xu Qingmu asked again: "Brother Fu, if you bring so many soldiers out privately, won't you be bound by military law?"
Hongjia spoke, with obvious determination in his eyes: "Everyone outside is a loyal follower of General Wang Ziyi. They would rather die than stay in Tianshu Camp. Especially after knowing the reason for General Wang Ziyi's death, they are even more determined."
Xu Qingmu understood what Qi Chunfeng said on the boat.
After a group of people discussed it, they set off overnight to Xuanhu Camp.
Before leaving that night, Li Chengru did not follow him. He found Xu Qingmu in private. He was a little embarrassed, but he still said: "I promised the Sword Emperor to protect you for three years, but I want to leave for two months and go to Nanhai to retrieve it."
The same thing."
Xu Qingmu opened his mouth, feeling a little in disbelief.
But he still smiled and said: "Remember to teach me how to practice swordsmanship when you come back."
Li Chengru laughed loudly: "Before that, I have to go to the Ye Family Sword Tomb. It's going to be a lot of trouble for your Chou Li Jian to appear in this world."