Guanqingzhai

The night here is extremely deserted, except for some temples and Taoist temples, there are no other residents, so apart from the occasional wooden fish knocking, there is nothing else.Sometimes a gust of wind blows and shakes the leaves of the sycamore tree, and then there are other sounds.

Hongqiao wrapped her cloak and hood, she said: "It seems that today is fruitless. We will definitely not meet if we wander around like this."

Hu Yue stretched out her finger, and in the dark passage, there was a sound of a different rhythm from the wooden fish's knocking, tick, tick.

Hu Yue's eyes were bright, he squinted and looked into the depths of the alley, and said, "Here."

Hongqiao said excitedly: "I found it! It must be the person who set the chess game!"

Hu Yue didn't smile at all, he stared at the front, and followed the sound to the depths of the alley.Hongqiao hid behind him and walked forward slowly.

When they turned into a narrow alley, they were surprised to find that Li Jie had been dropped on a tree, and the knocking sound was actually the sound of the jade pendant on his body as he was being swayed by the wind.But Li Jie had a ferocious expression on his face, staring at his feet.

Hongqiao screamed, Hu Yue immediately covered her mouth, she collapsed to the ground in fright, and Hu Yue walked towards the corpse.But just when he was about to touch the corpse, he found a chess game under the corpse, and some scattered chess pieces fell around.And his feet are already in the chess game.

Hongqiao didn't know it yet, and shouted: "Master Li... But the imperial court ordered the official, this is a serious matter."

Hu Yue prevented Hongqiao from approaching, but his eyes were not attracted by the corpse, but by the chess game under his feet.Hu Yue wanted to pick up the chess pieces on the ground, but at this moment, there was a shout behind him.

"Brother Hu!"

Hu Yue turned her head, and it was none other than Chu Jue who was walking slowly from the darkness. Chu Jue was still dressed in silver and white, as if there was a slight light shining in the darkness.

Chu Jue looked at the corpse, then at the chess game under Hu Yue's feet and said, "One step too late."

Hu Yue asked with his eyes, Chu Jue shook his head and said, "He heard about this from somewhere, and he wouldn't die if he didn't intervene. There are too many things to blame for him."

Hu Yue asked coldly: "What's the matter? If you don't make it clear, my dear brother, I might have crossed the river with your mud bodhisattva."

Chu Jue could hear his displeasure, and he waved his hand to signal him to squat down.

Hu Yue lowered her head, and Hongqiao immediately shone the glazed lantern on the ground. Chu Jue frowned and said, "This chess game is not actually kept in the royal family, but it evolved according to this. The original chess game is at most unsolvable, and there will be no solution." Putting people to death, and this game of dead chess, because the chess player is already a lunatic, has completely become an unsolvable sentence, and the person who stepped into the chess game will also die because of this endless chess game. "

Hongqiao tugged on Hu Yue's arm, and she said, "My lord, don't you..."

Hu Yue patted her hand, he glanced at Chu Jue, Chu Jue said: "It seems that you also followed this guess."

Hu Yue stood up, took out a piece of paper from his clothes and said: "These are the places where the chess game once appeared. If the whole capital is regarded as a chess game, the few points where he appeared are the places where he made his moves. We need to find the correct steps so that we can meet the person who set the game.”

Chu Jue sighed and said, "You're too smart, but you're too smart to estimate too quickly. In fact, we should wait a while, and this Li Jie must be unlucky. His eagerness for quick success and quick profit has brought about his death earlier."

Hu Yue snorted, and said, "That means if we go to the wrong place next, I will have to go down and accompany Master Li on the road soon?"

Chu Jue's eyes changed because of his words, and he said coldly: "If you want to accompany me, naturally you will accompany me. I will take this move for you."

The three continued to walk in the street. Except for Hongqiao holding a lantern, the other two didn't look at the surrounding scene at all, as if this place was no longer the capital city in their eyes, but a huge chessboard in which they Ready for the next move.

Hongqiao held the lantern in her hand, and the further she walked, the colder she felt in her heart, as if it was winter instead of summer.And in the empty streets, it seems as if you can hear the sound of chess pieces knocking. When you go up and look, you can see that there is no one at all. On the ground, constantly beating the ground.

Hongqiao didn't dare to look around anymore, but just pulled Hu Yue forward.But Hu Yue said in a low voice: "It seems that those who died were designed as pawns."

Suddenly, at a corner, Hongqiao saw Li Jie who had just died standing directly under a tree, staring at the ground under his feet, and murmured: "It's only one step...why?" Can't solve..."

Hongqiao covered her mouth, pulled Hu Yue and walked over with her eyes closed.But walking to the back, the illusory corpses became more and more clear. Those corpses just stared blankly at the ground, or mechanically knocked on the ground.Didn't look at them at all.

Hongqiao's voice trembled a little, and she asked Hu Yue, "Master... are they all dead?"

Hu Yue nodded, but did not answer.Hongqiao thought that Hu Yue had also stepped into that vicious circle, so she tightly grasped the corner of Hu Yue's clothes.But in Hu Yue's seriousness, it is far more than this kind of situation. In Hu Yue's eyes, those dead people on the side of the road stared at him one by one, and some even rushed directly to his face paint, fiercely roared: "Untie it! Don't untie it! Let's go together!"

Chu Jue said: "Don't answer them. They are just undead trapped by the chess game. As long as the chess game can be broken, they will naturally be able to survive. Answer them, and their hostility will become heavier. Brother Hu, you should not speak at this time. "

Along the way, Hu Yue suffered a lot, and some even rushed over to drag his legs. He was a little embarrassed all the way, and he stared at Chu Jue complainingly, and Chu Jue also slightly apologized.It's just that now he's the chess player, so he has to give his full attention.

Suddenly Chu Jue stopped at a turning, and he said indifferently: "Finally, it's settled."

Hu Yue pulled the clothes on his body, he followed behind Chu Jue, and Hong Qiao followed the two of them. At this time, what caught the eyes of the three people was a huge chessboard, which was divided on the spot, but there was no chessboard in the chessboard. There are no chess pieces.

A disheveled old man squatted in this huge chessboard, and the old man kept hitting the ground with the chess pieces in his hand.He looked up at the three of them, and just laughed foolishly. It looked like he was a lunatic.

"Knock the chess pieces, wait for the destiny, and know the world's affairs in one game..."

Hu Yue pulled out the fan in his hand and said, "Is this the person you are looking for?"

Chu Jue didn't answer, but said: "The chess-breaker has come."

But the old man continued to knock on the ground without any response, suddenly not aware of the arrival of the three of them.

Hongqiao said: "Ah! It's him, he...he is the owner of the Yi Pavilion in the street outside Suzakumen. But... since Kai Chun'er, it was rumored that he had disappeared, and he was rumored to be dead."

Hu Yue said: "It seems that he is also one of those dead souls."

The old man kept tapping, but the three of them didn't dare to step into the chess game rashly.Hu Yue said: "The board under Li Jie's feet has chess pieces, but look at this old man, he has no other chess pieces except the chess pieces in his hand."

Chu Jue looked at the old man and said, "He's not the one I'm looking for."

Hu Yue let out a sigh of relief and said: "It took so much trouble, isn't it the person you are looking for? Why don't we stop here today, let's put Mr. Li down first, he has been hanging there for a long time. I will If we continue to find it, it is estimated that we will drag a group of people to parade through the streets."

Chu Jue frowned and looked at him and said, "I don't want to collect that person's body today, and prepare to attend the funeral for your friend tomorrow. This matter must be finished today."

Hongqiao looked around and said, "This should be Yingtianmen."

In front of Yingtianmen, the old man was sitting in the huge chess game, he didn't look at anyone, Chu Jue said to Hu Yue: "Yu, you still bring this?"

Hu Yue pointed to Hongqiao, and Hongqiao quickly took out the jade and handed it to Chu Jue. Chu Jue took the jade and stepped into the circle. Hongqiao looked at him nervously, but Chu Jue seemed to know it in his heart. The old man's side and rear, and then put the jade down.

When the jade fell to the ground, there was a clear knocking sound, as if a single word had been settled.Then the old man suddenly raised his head. He stood up and looked at Chu Jue. Chu Jue was still squatting. The old man saw that Chu Jue started to cry, howled, and finally fell to the ground curled up.

He yelled: "So many years... so many years! Finally untied! Finally untied!"

Chu Jue said: "Since it's untied, let's go."

He was crying and crying, and suddenly another figure appeared faintly from the side of the old man's body. That figure was very faint, but it was also an old man.Slowly, two old people were crying at the same time on the ground.

But the figure of one of them is very faint, and he can see the appearance of the opposite scene through him, which means that he is not a person in this world.

The transparent person curled up on the ground appeared to be in more pain, and then he cried so hard that he couldn't make a sound, he kept patting the ground, and began to laugh wildly.

"It's solved! Well done! Well done! It's finally over... It's finally over..."

Chu Jue stood up, he looked at that person, but that person seemed to be unable to see him, he kept touching the ground, and finally touched the piece of jade, he touched the surrounding ground, he raised his head, his There are no eyeballs in the eyes, but it still makes people feel that he is staring at people. He shouted to the surroundings: "It's untied! This one is going to be like that! One shot! One shot! For so many years!"

Chu Jue walked out of the chess game, and the blind old man inside was still dancing wildly, suddenly he stopped, he squatted down and continued to look at the piece of jade, he began to shake his head, and finally moved towards Hu Yue and Chu Jue accurately. Jue and the others said, "How do you solve it, kid?"

Chu Jue opened his mouth and said: "The one who sets it up, solves it. This situation is called the right time, and those who match the right time will inherit the fate of heaven."

The old man was no longer in ecstasy, he lowered his hands, and murmured: "When the sky is in harmony...to accept the fate, so it is like this, but in the end I am still crazy. This step is actually taking advantage of the trend. Knowing the fate is the only way to secure the fate. You... really are Him."

There were many people around the old man. These people had the same dull eyes as the old man, but those people's faces were ashen, and they all kept the same appearance when they died. They lowered their hands, and although their eyes were not as fierce as before, they were more hollow and lifeless.They followed the old man slowly towards the city gate, and the old man walked very slowly, but he did not hesitate at all, as if the chess game behind him had nothing to do with him anymore. As a human being, I couldn't see her face clearly, but under the glimmer of moonlight, Hu Yue found that her eyes were beautiful, but they were also full of vicissitudes.The old man walked up to the woman, and the woman bowed to Chu Jue, who nodded.Then the crowd disappeared in front of the city gate, but Hu Yue vaguely smelled the fragrance of plum blossoms in the air through the breeze.

Hu Yue closed his fan, and he looked at the two people around him. Chu Jue was still silent, while Hong Qiao was dumbfounded in surprise. He coughed and said, "It seems that the two of you can only come to my dining room to drink two cups of hot water. Tea pressure is shocking, and by the way, brother Chu, please explain to us the reason of this matter?"

Chu Jue picked up the white jade on the ground, handed it to Hu Yue and said, "I will give this to you. As for the reason of the story, I really need to talk about it slowly."

Hu Yue took the white jade unceremoniously, but when he took the white jade, he was taken aback, but he didn't say much.

Hongqiao pointed to the old man and said: "Although I really want to go with you, someone must send Master Li's body back. How about this, I will invite you two to drink tomorrow, and by the way, tell me what happened at this time." thing."

Hu Yue and Chu Jue looked at each other, and Hu Yue said with a smile: "If you have some wine to drink, of course you have to go, let's send the corpse back first."

Chu Jue sighed and said, "Then see you tomorrow."

At noon on the second day, the warm wind came, and the stamens of the impatiens that hadn't opened in time were exposed. After Chu Jue boarded the boat, he found that Hu Yue had already arrived on the boat, and he seemed to have drunk several cups. Hui Hui's complexion was already showing crimson, and Chu Jue smiled slightly: "Who said Fengxian didn't open..."

After drinking for three rounds, Chu Jue put down the wine cup, and Hongqiao also put down the pipa in her hand and sat beside the two of them.

Chu Jue began to narrate the reason for this story:

There was no concubine named Concubine Mei in the late emperor's harem, but the late emperor loved plum blossoms, especially the white plum blossom he planted when he was a child. Concubine!"

But after the change of time and the disaster of war, the first emperor wanted to solve the "game of heaven and time" stored in Qiqian Palace. The emperors of all dynasties said that this chess game can solve all the confusion in the world, so the first emperor put himself In the Anxiang Pavilion, under the plum tree, he kept thinking about the chess game and how to solve the disaster of Bingxian.Day after day, without eating or drinking.In the end, he found that the plum tree, which was not supposed to bloom, bloomed because of the change of the weather, and the position of the fallen petals happened to be the way to crack the chess game. Because of such a coincidence, the first emperor successfully solved the disaster of war.

This chess game was once again sealed in the deep palace, and the allusion of Concubine Mei's remonstrance came from the late emperor who solved the chess game under his most beloved plum tree.

However, the chess game was watched by an eunuch at that time, and this eunuch has always been the person who took care of the plum tree. At that time, the eunuch was still a young man, but he also loved playing chess very much. He wanted to solve the problem again. chess game.Afterwards, he spent many years studying this game. In the end, he was blinded due to excessive exhaustion of his efforts, and he was driven out of the palace. Finally, he buried a piece of white jade under the plum tree, which was a reward from the late emperor. He got credit for taking care of the plum tree, but because of the chess game he peeped under the plum tree, this blind chess idiot also turned into a lunatic. In the end, he could only be reduced to begging on the street, but at the time of the second change of time, this chess idiot suddenly figured out a game, and calculated that there must be a flood within three years.He spent his entire life, even kowtowing to the eunuchs on duty to plead for mercy. At this time, the Holy Majesty suddenly dreamed of a woman in his dream. She said that a man who knew the fate wanted to see him and could escape for him. One misfortune saved Dawn from fire and water.The emperor issued an order to find that person, so the blind old man entered the palace again and played a chess game for the emperor.

But after that, the old man can no longer enter the game, nor can he break the game. In his opinion, this game has become a dead game. At this time, his life has come to an end. In the end, no one knows where he died , Whether it was untied in the end, but when the current situation changed again, the original plum tree bloomed again, as if sensing that the old man was infatuated with immortality, and was still looking for someone to break the situation, even until he died.Therefore, Concubine Mei's entrustment is to stop this chess idiot's resentment from hurting innocent people continuously, and to let go of others and let go of herself.

The three of them silently listened to Chu Jue talking about this matter. To others, it was just a fantasy story, but the three of them saw with their own eyes the crying of the old man lying on the ground, and those who died because of the old man's obsession and resentment. people.Because of ignorance, the final result is so meaningless.

Hu Yue took a sip of his wine, looked at Hongqiao and said, "Miss Hongqiao, maybe you will have a new song soon."

Hongqiao's eyes were full of tears, she wiped her tears and said: "I really don't know whether to say whether this old man is evil or sad, I can only say that this game of chess is too much, I really don't know who set up this chess game What kind of person is he, didn't he think that there would be such a situation..."

When Chu Jue heard this, he was slightly taken aback, and the wine in his hand spilled a little, and it started to rain at this time.There seemed to be a faint fragrance in the air.

Chu Jue drank the glass of wine silently, and repeated: "Yes, it's too much..."