Game within game: chess player

The second generation of the Ye family is sorted according to etiquette, wisdom and trust, and the third generation descendants are sorted by the character Cheng, which means inheriting their ambitions. In the public genealogy, the eldest brother Ye Youli has no children, and the second child Ye Youzhi has two children, Ye Chengguang and Ye Lili. Ye Chengguang joined the army and is now a company commander in a certain artillery unit, and Ye Lili works in the military scientific research department and is an ordinary person. engineer. Ye Chengan, the only son of the third child, Ye Youxin, has just graduated from college for more than a year. He is not willing to join the army according to the family's arrangements, but is focused on studying business.

As a military family, the Ye family's ancestral motto strictly prohibits the Ye family's children from doing business. Because the Ye family now controls the country's important military and enterprise resources, it can be said that Ye Youxin's slightest leakage of resources from his fingers is enough to cultivate countless billionaires. The strict family tradition of the Ye family is to avoid the suspicion that the clan members have a melon field and a plum blossom. Rules that do not allow tribesmen to engage in business.

In fact, in the upper circles of the capital, only the Mahai family knew that the Ye family held important military resources in the country. As for the other families, they only knew that Ye Youxin served in a certain department of the army, and did not know what specific work he was doing. And Ye Youxin Xin also rarely appeared in public, so that outsiders thought that the Ye family was in decline, and there were no real powerful figures among the three generations of the Ye family.

Among the three generations of direct descendants of the Ye family, Ye Chengguang, Ye Lili, and the youngest Ye Chengan, are two years older than each other. If Ye Fang is included, Ye Fang is the eldest among them.

The relevant information about these three generations of the Ye family was known by Ye Fang when he and Zhang Xiuying were chatting. Zhang Xiuying did not hide anything from Ye Fang and also deliberately made Ye Fang familiar with the situation of the Ye family. However, what surprised Ye Fang even more was that no one in the three generations of the Ye family knew Ye Youxin's true identity. Everyone only knew that Ye Youxin was serving in the army, and that was it. It could be said that the confidentiality work was really done well.

According to Zhang Xiuying, among the three brothers of the Ye family, there are two bright and one dark configuration. Ye Youli and Ye Youzhi have military positions that can be checked, while Ye Youli has a high level of confidentiality in his work, so all information is kept secret from the outside world. If Ye Youli and Ye Youzhi had lived to this day, they would definitely have held important positions in the military. It would not be an exaggeration to say that they would be at the top of their rankings. At the worst, they would be in charge of a military region. If the opportunity were better, it would not be impossible to enter the center of military management.

But fate has its way, and now only Ye Youxin is left in the second generation of the Ye family. Due to the nature of his work, he can only keep a low profile. However, no one can erase the loyalty of the Ye family. Even the Ye family, which is in decline in the eyes of the world today, cannot be bullied by anyone if they want to. Although the Ye family has declined externally, almost all of the comrades who have followed Ye Youli and Ye Youzhi on the battlefield to this day are important members of one side, holding great power and giving orders to the other side. The Ye family defended by these people is the uncrowned king of the capital. In the eyes of these people, the Ye family has made great contributions to the rise of the Republic and is the spiritual belief in everyone's mind.

Even today, on the death anniversary and important festivals of Ye Youli and Ye Youzhi, the Martyrs Cemetery can be said to be full of stars, and everyone will spontaneously come to visit the graves of the Ye family heroes. It is precisely because these people still remember the Ye family's contribution to the country that no other family in the capital dares to truly underestimate the Ye family's hidden power.

"It's the anniversary of Li Wen's death in two days. Please accompany me." Zhang Xiuying said.

"Shall I go? This is a bit inappropriate, after all, it is a family matter of the Ye family." Ye Fang didn't know what his identity was in paying homage to Ye Youli, so he asked.

"Isn't your surname also Ye? It's most appropriate for you to go." Zhang Xiuying insisted.

Ye Fang saw Zhang Xiuying's unyielding expression, and finally he could only nod his head and agreed, "Okay, I'll go with you."

"That's right." Zhang Xiuying said with satisfaction.

Ye Fang also wanted to take this opportunity to meet Ye Chengan himself.

Ye Youli and Ye Youzhi, including Ye Zhenguo, the elder of the Ye family, are buried in the Xishan Martyrs Cemetery on the outskirts of Beijing. They could have been moved to the Babaoshan Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery, but Zhang Xiuying refused. The reason Zhang Xiuying gave was that she had been lying here in Xishan for so many years, so there was no need to bother anymore.

On the anniversary of Ye Youli's death, Ye Fang had people prepare wreaths for worship and followed Zhang Xiuying to the Xishan Martyrs Cemetery. Ye Fang, dressed in black, accompanied Zhang Xiuying and appeared in front of the Xishan Martyrs Cemetery. There were already people standing there, including people from the Ye family and Ye Youli’s old subordinates. All the people from the Ye family were dressed in plain clothes, while others were wearing military uniforms. The military uniforms were covered with military medals, as if to let the deceased The old chief saw his own growth.

Ye Youzhi's wife is Chen Lin, who also comes from a military family. She came to the cemetery today accompanied by Ye Chengguang and Ye Lili. Ye Chengguang is a typical military figure, tall and taciturn. Ye Lili wears gold-rimmed glasses and looks like a highly educated woman. Ye Youxin, his wife Zhou Anyun and Ye Chengan first came to the car to greet Zhang Xiuying and Ye Fang.

After everyone exchanged greetings, everyone focused their attention on Ye Fang next to Zhang Xiuying. But Zhang Xiuying obviously did not want to introduce Ye Fang, and the others did not ask. Only Chen Lin and Zhou Anyun in the crowd had surprised looks in their eyes when they saw Ye Fang. The two looked at each other and looked at Ye Fang. The identity of Zhou Anyun was full of curiosity. Ye Youxin only had a simple eye contact with Ye Fang, while Ye Fang paid special attention to Ye Chengan who was accompanying Zhou Anyun.

Ye Chengan doesn't look like the playboy that is common in Ye Fang. Maybe he just graduated from college, so his face is full of bookishness. It was hard for Ye Fang to imagine that such a young man had recruited a group of officials and businessmen to build such a large No. [-] mansion. If these people really had Ye Chengan as the core, Ye Fang really admired Ye Chengan's ability. But if Ye Chengan is just a puppet of these people, specially used to make people angry, Ye Fang can't just sit back and ignore it.

A group of old generals were waiting not far away. They were all Ye Youli's subordinates. When they saw Zhang Xiuying coming, they all came to greet her. Ye Fang was not used to such a scene, so he took the initiative to retreat to the back.

"Hello, old sister-in-law!"

"Are you okay? We are all thinking about you."

"You have to take care of yourself."

Everyone shook hands with Zhang Xiuying affectionately and exchanged greetings. Everyone's memory of Ye Youli was now transformed into blessings for Zhang Xiuying. Zhang Xiuying shook hands with everyone one by one with a smile, and occasionally asked a few questions about her family and health. Everyone was happy. Take this opportunity to say a few words of concern.

The generals surrounding Zhang Xiuying are almost all senior local military management cadres with real power. They rarely come to visit Zhang Xiuying unless there is something special. They even rarely make phone calls. Due to the special status of these people, they arrange their daily whereabouts and even make phone calls. The records are all archived as work records. In order to avoid excessive interpretation by the outside world, everyone can only see Zhang Xiuying on the special day of Ye Youli's death, so everyone is extra affectionate.

Ye Fang, who was hiding in the crowd, noticed that there were guards all around the cemetery, surrounding the entire cemetery.

Everyone gathered around Zhang Xiuying and walked up the steps to Ye Youli's tomb. In fact, the tombstones of Ye Zhenguo, father and son were all together, and the entire memorial process followed a well-established process. First, a special person came forward and read Ye Youli's life, and everyone bowed three times to the tombstone. Then everyone placed the chrysanthemums they held in front of the tombstone to express their condolences.

Although Ye Youli has been dead for many years, and the process of each memorial service is almost the same, each memorial service can still bring tears to the eyes of those who remember Ye Youli at the tomb, and even some old subordinates can't help crying. In front of Ye Youli, these powerful old generals all turned back into the little followers or mountain boys they once were. Everyone habitually stood in front of the tomb and reported to Ye Youli the harvest and achievements of the year, their words filled with emotion. Of pride and pride.

The scene in front of him undoubtedly shocked Ye Fang deeply. Just when everyone had laid flowers and thought the worship was over, Zhang Xiuying suddenly turned around and greeted Ye Fang.

"You should also go and present a bouquet of flowers." Zhang Xiuying whispered to Ye Fang with tears in her eyes.

Although Ye Fang didn't know what Zhang Xiuying meant, no matter which aspect Ye Fang presented flowers to, it was not an exaggeration. Ye Fang nodded lightly and said, "Yes, Aunt Ying."

At this time, dozens of people in front of Ye Youli's tomb focused their attention on Ye Fang. Everyone did not know what the relationship between the young man in front of them and the Ye family was, and how he was qualified to worship Ye Youli.

Ye Fang followed everyone else's example and placed the flowers in his hands in front of the tombstone. Then Ye Fang bowed respectfully to the tombstone three times. The moment Ye Fang raised his head, he saw the photo on the tombstone. Ye Fang suddenly felt his brain pounding. If he hadn't known that Ye Youli's name was engraved on the tombstone in front of him, Ye Fang couldn't believe his eyes, because he found that the photo on the tombstone was different from the current one. He is vaguely similar to himself, especially the look between his eyebrows, which is exactly the same as his own.

what on earth is it? ! Ye Fang was stunned on the spot for a moment.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Xiuying could no longer control the tears in her eyes. She knew that Ye Fang had noticed Ye Youli's photo. Even Ye Youxin had a look of surprise on his face. He didn't think anything of it before, but when Ye Fang stood in front of the tombstone, he vaguely saw that the Ye Fang in front of him was his eldest brother Ye Youli.

Ye Fang was also confused at this time. He suddenly looked back at Zhang Xiuying, as if he wanted to find some answers. Then at this moment of looking back, many old generals behind him almost blurted out "Old chief!"

So many people were so shocked that they covered their hearts with their hands, and everyone looked at Ye Fang standing in front of the tomb with extremely shocked eyes. Once upon a time, that moment became a scene that these old generals could not let go of in their lives. It is not good for Ye Youli, who is mentally fragile. The deeply grateful old subordinate rushed directly to Ye Fang and knelt down, crying, "Old chief, I miss you so much."

This scene was so frightening that Ye Fang almost sat on the ground. He quickly stepped forward to help the kneeling old general, and said quickly, "Old general, get up quickly, get up quickly!"

Suddenly, there was a chaos in front of Ye Youli's grave. The guard on duty in the distance thought that there were bad guys causing trouble, so he immediately blew the siren, and then quickly led people to surround the place.

Ye Youxin quickly organized the people around him to take care of these old generals, and then ordered the guards to lift the alert. Then he pulled the somewhat confused Ye Fang aside and asked Ye Chengguang and Ye Lili to keep an eye on Ye Fang. At this time, Ye Fang's head was still foggy. He didn't know what happened just now. Why did Ye Youli's photo look exactly like what he had imagined? How could those old generals mistake him for Ye Youli and kneel directly in front of him? What's going on in front of you? Ye Fang didn't want to understand whether this was a coincidence or if there was another hidden reason.

Zhang Xiuying did not expect that the old generals who were more impatient than herself were the old generals who were fighting on the battlefield. She had obviously weakened the determination of these old generals. She did not expect that their feelings for Ye Youli would still be so deep after all these years. Among them, Two old generals even cried so hard that they fainted. Fortunately, there were medical staff accompanying the cemetery, so no accident occurred.

However, the scene that happened in the cemetery today has reached Tianting through special channels, but Ye Fang didn't know about it.

"I wonder what you call me?" Ye Chengguang asked Ye Fang next to him.

Ye Fang had not yet come out of the emotion just now, so he said casually, "My name is Ye Fang."

"Your surname is Ye too?" Ye Lili asked in surprise.

"What? Can't my last name be Ye?" Ye Fang asked.

"Oh, no, you misunderstood me." Ye Lili said quickly, "I mean, what is your relationship with the Ye family?"

"The Ye family and I actually have nothing to do with each other..." Ye Fang was initially confident, but at the end he was unsure and even felt guilty. Now Ye Fang has a vague feeling that he seems to have some kind of connection with Ye Jiazhen, especially after considering all the things that happened after meeting Zhang Xiuying, from the clues about getting along with Zhang Xiuying, Ye Fang always feels that the other party seems to be hiding something from him.

Ye Chengguang and Ye Lili introduced themselves to Ye Fang respectively. At this time, Ye Chengan also came over and chatted with Ye Fang for a few words. In this way, these people knew each other.

Ye Fang's mood gradually returned to calm. At this time, Ye Youxin had arranged for people to send these old generals to the car. Ye Fang took a deep look at Ye Chengan. After all, Ye Fang came here with a mission today. He took out a business card. He handed it to Ye Chengan and said, "This is my phone number. Come to Xiyuan to find me when you have time. I have something to ask you."

"You want anything from me?" Ye Chengan was a little surprised. Today was the first time he met Ye Fang. What could he want from him? However, he still took Ye Fang's business card and said, "Xiyuan?! Is it the Forbidden City?" Xiyuan in the west?"

"Yes, that's Xiyuan." Ye Fang said solemnly.

"Then you are..." Ye Chengan asked uncertainly.

"I am the boss of Xiyuan!" Ye Fang said slowly.

"What?——" Ye Chengan was stunned on the spot.