Chapter 168: Masters’ game of chess, a mysterious contest
Phoenix's eyes once again showed a light of horror. Thinking of the destruction of his family, he felt sad for a moment and felt desperate to die.
"Yes, I am Murong Jue!" He replied in a deep voice, then looked at Xiao Jinyu and smiled sadly, "Sorry, Brother Qing, I still lied to you and concealed my identity. Now I am the judge in the land of Qi. After that, you took me in for so long. If treacherous people like Lu Lingxuan and He Shikai find out, they will definitely accuse you of conspiring with me. If you hand me over to Emperor Gao Zhan now, you may be able to atone for your sins! "
"Chang Gong didn't mean this!" Xiao Jinyu immediately cut off his words, "Fenghuang, my father was also killed by Jiu on the charge of treason. It was the Lu Junjun who was also the wife of the judge, and the great Sima Huanwen of the Jin Dynasty. After the Xing family, who can tell the truth of the so-called crime of rebellion? "
"Regardless of your origin, a hero must never give up on himself!"
Xiao Jinyu smiled after saying this, and Phoenix couldn't help but burst into tears.
"The person you are fighting with today is an old friend of yours?" Xiao Jinyu asked again.
Mentioning this man, Fenghuang's eyes showed resentment and he nodded: "Yes, that man was once my father's general, that is, he secretly reported my father's rebellion, but now I met him in this Dazhuang Temple!"
"He must be Lu Lingxuan's man!" Xiao Jinyu continued, "Maybe there is Lu Lingxuan's spy in the Dazhuang Temple. That's why we were ambushed by assassins so soon after we met Zu Jue!"
"On the Tongque Stage, you risked your life to show up and save my life. Maybe from then on, Lu Lingxuan became suspicious of you!"
"Phoenix, after all, I owe you too much..."
At this time, King Lanling also said: "If you are willing, you can go to my army for training. Although I have been transferred back to Yecheng to garrison the Beida camp, there are also my trusted followers among the army stationed in Jinyang. Let's go to Jinyang first. What do you think of taking a break from the limelight?”
Jinyang can also be regarded as the second capital of Qi State. Emperor Shenwu Gao Huan established his lordship in Jinyang and controlled the government affairs of Ye City. Leave it to Gao Yan, even Gao Zhan ascended the throne as emperor in Jinyang.
For the Qi State, Jinyang occupies an absolute geographical advantage in the fight against the Northern Zhou Dynasty and Rouran. It is an extremely important front line. Qi State's most elite troops are stationed there, and it is also the place where the Northern Qi State's economy is most prosperous.
Gao Changgong said that he wanted him to go to Jinyang for training, which gave him great trust and the opportunity for the Murong clan to revive!
Fenghuang glanced at Gao Changgong in astonishment, then looked at Xiao Jinyu.
Xiao Jinyu nodded to him, seeming to be waiting for his answer!
After a long time, Phoenix nodded with tears in his eyes.
"Okay, I will listen to Brother Qing!"
At this time, Gao Changgong took another jade pendant from his waist and handed it to Fenghuang.
"When you arrive in Jinyang, you can go to General Duan and just say that he is from the palace of Prince Lanling!"
"Okay, thank you so much, Prince!"
Fenghuang saluted Gao Changgong for the first time, turned around and was about to run out of the house, but suddenly turned back after taking a few steps, strode towards Xiao Jinyu, and hugged her into his arms.
Xiao Jinyu was caught off guard, so he cried in her ear: "Brother Qing, I also like you very much. It's the kind of love that makes me afraid that you will get hurt as long as I'm not around you for a moment. I know you have to walk a very difficult road. "There may be many dangers on this road. If I am not by your side, you must protect yourself and never go your own way like that time in Pengcheng!"
"If you need Phoenix, just send me a letter and Phoenix will come back at any time!"
After choking, he laughed again with tears in his eyes,
"When Phoenix grows up and becomes stronger, he will come back to protect Brother Qing!"
After saying this, Fenghuang let go of her and strode out of the house with tears hidden in his eyes.
Xiao Jinyu didn't know what she was feeling in her heart. She was stunned for a while, then suddenly thought of something, and when Phoenix was about to step out of the gate of Lanling Palace, she suddenly shouted:
"Phoenix——"
Phoenix felt a little happy in his heart. He paused and heard her say very calmly:
"It won't work tonight, we need to think about it in the long run!"
…
"Murong Shaozong's grandson, Murong Jue?"
In the Lu Mansion of Yuanzi Sili Fang, a man in black pulled off the veil on his face and reported to Lu Lingxuan everything that happened in Dazhuangyan Temple. When he mentioned the barbarian boy next to Xiao Jinyu, Lu Lingxuan's eyes also changed. A flash of surprise.
"The Murong family actually still has men alive in the world? On that day, Emperor Xiaozhao ordered Gao Guiyan, the commander of the Imperial Army, to annihilate the Murong family. Didn't there not be any men left?"
"This was indeed the case, but Murong Jue was only eight years old at the time, and her appearance was particularly beautiful. If she dressed up a little, she could have pretended to be a little girl to escape the eyes of the imperial guards. This kind of case is not unprecedented. During the Western Jin Dynasty, At that time, Queen Jia Nanfeng sent Qinghe King Sima Ya to kill Wei Guan on the pretext of plotting to depose him. At that time, Rong Hui, who had an old enmity with Wei Guan, reported the names of nine descendants of the Wei family, but did not mention the Wei family. Will the descendants cut the grass and root it out?"
Of course, Lu Lingxuan had heard of this case. On the day Wei Guan's house was ransacked, his two youngest grandsons, Wei Jie and Wei Xuan, happened to run away from the house due to illness and escaped the disaster. Therefore, Later, the Ronghui clan was retaliated by the descendants of the Wei family, and everyone was killed. That was really not leaving any one alive. This is the consequences of cutting the grass without eradicating the roots!
"So, how did you recognize that this boy is Murong Jue, the son of Murong Shisu?"
"It's very simple. Murong is a descendant of the Yan royal family. She is extremely beautiful and handsome. Murong Jue has inherited the temperament and appearance of the Murong family. In addition, his martial arts were taught by his father himself. Even I once also I have coached him once or twice, so I am very familiar with some of his methods!”
"So you have seen this child before!"
"Yes, I have seen it before!" the man lowered his head and said.
Lu Lingxuan immediately laughed.
"Then we can also follow the example of Qinghe King Sima Ya and build the Lanling Palace at night!"
As soon as he heard that the Lanling Palace was built at night, Mutipo became excited. He had not led his troops to the palace of the king of the clan, so he felt excited to give it a try!
"Mother, do you want to imitate Sima Xia's edict?"
"There's no need to issue edicts, as long as he, Prince Lanling, has the guts to harbor imperial criminals!"
Smiling, she ordered to Mutipo:
"Go and notify Han Changluan and ask him to lead a group of soldiers to Prince Lanling's Mansion!"
"yes!"
…
At midnight, the stars in the night sky were extremely bright. Suddenly, a fire lit up outside Prince Lanling's palace. Countless Kaijia soldiers surged in and surrounded Prince Lanling's palace in an instant.
This is a group of government soldiers led by Han Changluan. They are all wearing bright light armor and half-faced helmets, with long bows on their backs and short swords on their waists.
The loud commotion soon attracted the attention of the people in Prince Lanling's palace. Butler Liu answered the order and opened the door. When he asked the visitor what was going on, Mutiva stepped forward and said first, "Please let your prince come out and see you." !”
As soon as he finished speaking, King Lanling came out with his princess. When he saw hundreds of armored men holding torches standing in front of the gate of the mansion, he couldn't help but laughed and said: "Jun Lu is really big. The formation actually led troops to surround my Lanling Palace at night, why? "
Lu Lingxuan slowly walked out from among the soldiers. When she reached King Lanling, she paused, raised her eyes and said with a smile: "For the safety of King Lanling and Princess Lanling, I specially followed your majesty's order to come here. Capture the remaining criminals!"
"Mr. Lu, do you suspect that I, Prince Lanling, are harboring imperial criminals in my palace?" Prince Lanling asked.
"If not, why should the prince be afraid of a search? I can prevent these soldiers from entering the prince's palace, and only I, a few of my guards and General Han can go in and take a look. What does the prince think? "
"Can!"
This time King Lanling replied without hesitation.
Lu Lingxuan was slightly surprised, so she took Mutipo, Han Changluan and the black-clothed hidden guard Er Zhuying into the palace. When they came to the hall of Prince Lanling's palace, they saw a young man in plain clothes sitting on a futon. Play alone against the chess game where the fighting is going on on the chessboard!
This is playing chess with yourself!
Since I can't find an opponent, I can only play against myself!
A master’s style? "Mr. Lu, you can send these subordinates of yours to search every corner of the Lanling Palace to see if there are any remnants of the so-called criminals you are looking for? And Junjun Lu... you are idle anyway, so why not come and play chess?" One round, how about it?”
Lu Lingxuan smiled in surprise and heard the young man say, "Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Go has been a mysterious existence like the yin and yang, the five elements, and the induction of heaven and earth. Master said, 'If you master its principles, you can teach the Holy Spirit!' Chess can educate people just like poetry and books!”
"Is it possible that Mr. Lu doesn't know the art of chess?"
When he said the last sentence, the young man raised his head, looked at her, and stood up with his hands behind his back!
His eyes are clear and his figure is erect, and he has the air of a celebrity who is as lively and cheerful as the wind in the forest!
"Who are you?" Lu Lingxuan asked, raising her hand to signal Han Changluan and others to search for people everywhere in the house!
At this time, King Lanling replied: "I heard that Lord Lu's intelligence network is spread all over the Three Kingdoms. Isn't it possible that I haven't heard of a highly intelligent staff member in my palace?"
Lu Lingxuan suddenly realized, and looked at the young man in black clothes with even more curiosity.
"Are you the Xie family of Chen County who became famous at the Fahua Mountain Talking Gathering in the Southern Dynasties - Xie Zhen?"
"Yes, it's me!" the young man replied without humility, "How about it, Lord Lu, do you dare to compete with me in chess?"
Lu Lingxuan snorted with great disdain.
"Why don't you dare!"
After saying that, he walked forward and sat down on the side of the chess scale. The young man in Xuanyi also sat down calmly.
The young man made a gesture of invitation, and Lu Lingxuan took the lead.
In fact, the chessboard is already at the end of the game. There is a white piece in the middle and there is no way to survive. Only the four corners are empty and there is a chance to fight. This chess game seems to be a metaphor for something.
Lu Lingxuan glanced at the young man curiously again, then calmed down and started making moves.
Xiao Jinyu noticed that Lu Lingxuan was indeed a little clever. With Xiao Mu taking the corner, a dead chess game had the potential to turn around and resurrect.
Seeing that she had entered the game, the young man was not polite and concentrated on talking to her hand.
I don't know how long it took, but the two of them actually made a powerful move on the chessboard, pointing the way to the country. By the time Han Changluan and Mutipo returned to the hall disappointed, it was already half an hour later.
"Mother--"
Mutipo hurriedly caught up and whispered in her ear: "I haven't found him. I'm afraid he has escaped!"
Lu Lingxuan suddenly stood up and looked at "Xie Zhen" who was sitting next to the chess scale with some annoyance, still calm and calm.
"What's wrong? Mr. Lu seems to be angry? Hasn't Mr. Lu heard a saying: The way of game is to be rigorous, the high one is in the belly, the low one is on the side, the middle one takes the corner, it is better to lose several pieces than to lose the first one. This is the normal behavior of chess players, and it is also the art of war!”
Lu Lingxuan smiled extremely coldly, then waved her sleeves and walked away with Mutipo and Han Changluan.
After leaving the palace of Prince Lanling, Mutipo said angrily: "Mother, we seem to have been fooled. This aide of Prince Lanling dragged my mother to play chess. She was trying to delay the attack. She was trying to help Murong Jue escape. time!"
"Why don't you send someone to chase him immediately? Hurry up and order people to seal off the Yecheng Station. Don't let anyone go!"
"yes!"
Mutipo and Han Changluan responded to the order at the same time, and immediately led a group of cavalry and ran towards Yecheng!
Before Lu Lingxuan left, she glanced at the Lanling Palace again.
"As if one Xiao Jinyu is not enough, there is also Xie Zhen?"
…
After Lu Lingxuan left with all the soldiers, Xiao Jinyu tore off the "mask" of Xie Zhenzhi on her face. At the same time, the "Princess Lanling" also tore off the "mask" on her face. , revealing the face of a phoenix.
"Brother Qing, why didn't you let me leave just now? Even if I asked Axiu to pretend to be you, I could escape from Yecheng right now."
Xiao Jinyu shook his head: "No, even if you escape outside Yecheng, you will still face an unknown number of killers chasing you. Since we are sending you to Jinyang, we must make sure you arrive in Jinyang safe and sound!"
"Now is not the best time to leave!"
"Then when is the best time?" Phoenix asked again.
Xiao Jinyu replied: "Three days from now. We have to make at least three moves in this game. You can only leave when Lu Lingxuan can no longer distinguish between true and false!"
After that, he summoned Ling Ye again, "First send someone to Yecheng Station to investigate the situation for Phoenix, and at the same time put on a show for Lord Lu!"
"Yes! Princess!"
…
At dawn, the fog had not yet dissipated, and the guards at Yecheng Post saw groups of people and horses galloping towards them. An official wearing a five-liang official sword was holding a sword on the head of a dormitory. On the neck, it seems to be telling something, or in other words, giving an order!
The dormitory chief Wei Wei sang, and when the official got on his horse and rode away, his legs were so weak that he almost knelt down!
“What happened?” Some other post soldiers asked curiously.
"I heard that a prisoner from the imperial court is about to flee Yecheng. Let us guard the inn and capture him as soon as he comes!"
"The portraits are ready, look!"
"Hey, why do you look like a girl? Such a handsome young man, how could he be an imperial prisoner!"
Yecheng Station is originally a temporary resting place leading from Yecheng to other places. There are many people passing by this station, but everyone who must pass by must show their talisman to show their identity.
Therefore, it shouldn't be too difficult to find a fugitive who is likely to come from the Lanling Palace!
But this little thing turned out to be difficult. For two days in a row, I didn’t see a young man as beautiful as the one in the portrait passing by.
When Han Changluan passed the news to the Lu Mansion, Lu Lingxuan seemed a little unwilling to believe it.
"Is it possible that that boy is still in Prince Lanling's Mansion?"
Mutiva was also very strange.
"Mother, do we have to search Prince Lanling's mansion again?"
"No, I've already been there once. Not finding it can only mean that you are incompetent. There is no reason to go again!"
"Do you think you can enter Prince Lanling's Mansion whenever you want?"
Mutiva lowered her head.
"What now?"
Lu Lingxuan pondered.
"Wait until he leaves Yecheng!"
"Lanling Prince's Mansion also needs to send people to keep an eye on it!"
(End of chapter)