Game within game: chess player

At this time, Ye Youxin, who was standing in the office building in the distance, saw all this and said excitedly, "It's really fun to scold!"

Later, Ye Youxin relayed this incident to various big shots in the capital, and everyone felt very relieved. In addition to economic and military confrontations, the confrontation between countries is also a direct confrontation of diplomatic soft power, but it is subject to the constraints of diplomatic etiquette. Although it is clear that one can express anger by scolding, one can only reply with diplomatic words such as "serious concern" and "strong protest". Not only are the diplomats unhappy, but even the common people feel unsatisfied.

Ye Fang's special status and because of this special incident gave him a special opportunity to vent his dissatisfaction and express the words that everyone wanted to scold but did not dare to scold. This is something that many diplomats want to say but have always tolerated. Yes, Ye Fang's scolding really made everyone feel extremely happy.

Hendry returned to the embassy and reported China's attitude and the situation of the American soldiers to the top management of the U.S. government. Of course, he concealed Ye Fang's neglect of him. It was not that Hendry did not want revenge, but that he felt that this would make the higher-ups feel that he was not enough. Tough, once the label of weakness is attached to oneself, one's diplomatic career in the United States will probably stop there.

There is no doubt that the message Hendry brought back was taken very seriously by the U.S. government, and it will directly take a big step forward in the diplomatic negotiations between China and the United States. Our government requires the United States to apologize. This is a major prerequisite, otherwise there will be no negotiation. After the U.S. apology letter went through several revisions, the word "sorry" finally appeared in official U.S. documents. This was immediately considered by the international media as one of the important signs of China's toughness in international diplomacy.

Soon China and the United States reached a series of agreements, which mainly included the request to immediately bring American soldiers back home. China agreed to this request.

On April 4, two days before Easter in the West, China agreed to the crew’s request to leave the country out of humanitarian considerations. Then an American flight landed at Lingshui Airport and brought 12 American soldiers back to the United States.

Ye Fang and Qin Xiaozhou stood on the airport tower and watched the American plane take off. Ye Fang said slowly, "Let us remember this day. It is a shame and a transformation."

"If a country is rich, its people will be strong! If its people are strong, its army will be strong!" Qin Xiaozhou said firmly.

Ye Fang turned to look at Qin Xiaozhou and said, "I am responsible for the wealth of the country, and you are responsible for the strength of the army! In the future, with our two swords combined, we will definitely be able to kill everyone!"

"Okay, it's a deal!" Qin Xiaozhou agreed.

Because Qin Xiaozhou didn't know Ye Fang's identity, he wasn't sure whether Ye Fang was telling the truth or a joke. However, at this moment, Qin Xiaozhou secretly made up his mind to strengthen his army. At this moment, Qin Xiaozhou had already decided to go to the front-line army, because only That's where you get real exercise.

Just when Qin Xiaozhou and Ye Fang were about to leave the tower, another civilian passenger plane slowly landed at Lingshui Airport. Lingshui is a military airport, and military aircraft usually take off and land there. Civilian passenger planes rarely land. Once a civilian plane lands, there should basically be distinguished guests, but Qin Xiaozhou is very sure that no leaders are coming today.

"Let's go and see who's coming." Qin Xiaozhou said and went straight to the tarmac with Ye Fang. Now is the critical moment of fierce confrontation between China and the United States. There are many emergencies and there will be many sudden guests. .

As soon as he arrived at the tarmac, he saw the plane door slowly opening and a person getting out of the plane. Ye Fang saw that he recognized this person.

"Leng Chuan, why are you here?" The person who came out of the cabin was none other than Leng Chuan.

"Brother Ye!" Leng Chuan jumped down from the line with a quick step, ran to Ye Fang, and said loudly, "Brother Ye, I am so happy to see you, I miss you so much."

"You kid, what are you doing here when you're not at home, hugging your wife on the hot bed?" Ye Fang asked, and then Ye Fang introduced Leng Chuan to Qin Xiaozhou. Leng Chuan habitually saluted Qin Xiaozhou with a military salute. Qin Xiaozhou knew that the young man in front of him was also a soldier. Origin.

"My mission today is to take you home." Leng Chuan said.

"Go home, go back to Beijing?" Ye Fang asked.

"Of course I'm going back to Beijing. If you don't go back, the old lady will cause trouble at home, and there is an honored guest waiting for you at home." Leng Chuan said in a low voice.

"Dignified guest? Who is it?" Ye Fang's original plan was to go directly from Hainan to Hong Kong to supervise Lu Jiaming's trading matters, but he did not expect to return to the capital now.

"I don't dare to say this. The distinguished guest didn't let me say it. He only asked me to take you back today no matter what. General Ye has also said hello here, and he should inform you soon."

As soon as Leng Chuan finished speaking, Ye Fang received a call from Ye Youxin. Ye Youxin on the other side of the phone told Ye Fang that the matter here could be brought to an end for the time being, and that the remaining plane matter could not be resolved in a short time. It's going to take a while.

Ye Fang put down the phone and saw a bus approaching. Su Long, Nan Yi and Lu Jiuge all got off the plane. Apparently they had also received news of returning to Beijing.

"Who on earth is so anxious to see me!" Ye Fang sighed, thinking that the answer to the mystery could only be revealed after returning to Beijing. Ye Fang calculated the date and returned to Beijing first. It was okay. Anyway, Lu Jiaming would send him the trading situation every day. He could control the operation remotely from Beijing. It would not be too late to go to Hong Kong after he was busy and forgot about things in Beijing.

"Then we will meet again later. See you in the capital." Qin Xiaozhou stretched out his hand to Ye Fang.

"See you later!" Ye Fang said, holding Qin Xiaozhou's hand.

Leng Chuan hugged Su Long happily when he saw them. Then Su Long came to Ye Fang and said, "Brother Ye, I won't go back to Beijing with you. At present, the navy fleet is here, and I will go directly from here." Reported to the South China Sea Fleet."

"South China Sea Fleet?! Okay, then you can stay here!" Ye Fang patted Su Long hard on the shoulder and continued, "The mountains are high and the water is long. We will see you later."

"Brother Ye, take care!" Su Long said with a heavy tone. Su Long knew that it would be impossible to be as free as before after entering the navy. Moreover, he would often go to sea, and it would be impossible to keep in touch with Ye Fang in real time. Even after a year, It’s only been a few years since I had the opportunity to return to Beijing.

"Everyone, take care. I look forward to the day when you become a general!" Ye Fang stepped forward and hugged Su Long, patted his back vigorously, and then turned around and walked towards the plane without looking back. Ye Fang shouted, " Go home!"

"Brother Long, I'm leaving, take care of yourself!" Leng Chuan waved his hand to Su Long and hurried after Ye Fang. Nan Yi and Lu Jiuge also said goodbye to Su Long respectively, and everyone walked towards the plane.

"Brother Ye, I will tell you! I will definitely become a general!" Su Long looked at Ye Fang's back and shouted loudly, his eyes slightly red.

Ye Fang heard Su Long's shout, raised his hand high, and walked into the cabin. Soon the plane slowly taxied and took off, leaving only the two small figures of Qin Xiaozhou and Su Long on the tarmac.

"Let's go, future general, let's have a good drink tonight." Qin Xiaozhou said, hugging Su Long. Qin Xiaozhou wanted to take this opportunity to inquire about Ye Fang's situation with Su Long.

"Yes, Chief!" Su Long replied habitually.

"Commander, we will be brothers from now on, let's go!" Qin Xiaozhou has been by the side of senior leaders all year round. Not to mention Su Long, a soldier who is not even a captain or lieutenant, even cadres at all levels in the military region are polite to him. However, through this period of interaction with Ye Fang, although he did not know Ye Fang's identity, seeing that the leaders around him praised him highly, Qin Xiaozhou developed a desire to make friends.

But for an arrogant person like Qin Xiaozhou, he naturally couldn't show it so obviously, so he decided to get to know Ye Fang's identity and background from Su Long first, so as to facilitate future contact and communication.

Leng Chuan was in the same mood as Qin Xiaozhou on the plane. Ye Fang did not take Leng Chuan with him on this trip to Turkey. Leng Chuan asked Lu Jiuge to tell him about the execution in Turkey on the plane.

After obtaining Ye Fang's consent, Lu Jiuge described what happened during the trip to Turkey to Leng Chuan in detail. Leng Chuan's heart jumped to his throat when he talked about the tense points, especially when he knew that Ye Fang and Nan Yi were trapped in a small town. When he was almost unable to escape from the desperate situation, Leng Chuan immediately said that he must take him with him next time he travels.

"Take you? Will everything be safe and sound with you? You are a mascot!" Ye Fang said with a smile.

"At least I can help!" Leng Chuan argued.

Ye Fang specifically asked Leng Chuan not to reveal anything about the Turkish distress experience to Zhang Xiuying after returning to Xiyuan, not even to Jing Wen. Leng Chuan knew that once Zhang Xiuying knew that it was so dangerous for Ye Fang to go out, he would never let it happen again next time. He went out.

When Leng Chuan learned the news of Nana's death, he couldn't help but feel sad. Although Nana was Russian, she was second only to Xiaozhuang Mingyu, the woman who had held a wedding. She should even be the most noble in terms of status, but she didn't. I thought I was also in trouble.

"Is it true that a person's fate cannot be changed?" Leng Chuan thought to himself.

At this time, Ye Fang saw that the story had come to an end and asked Leng Chuan, "Can you tell me who it is now?"

Leng Chuan shook his head firmly and said, "No! I really can't tell you! Now I am the only one in Xiyuan who knows about it. I am the only one who picked you up and revealed to the old lady that you have returned to Hainan. It's so old My wife just called Uncle Ye."

"You are an intelligence agent. You can hide it like this, okay! I want to see who this mysterious guest is!" After saying that, Ye Fang stopped asking questions and closed his eyes and started to sleep. After all, this paragraph Ye Fang did not rest well at that time.

After flying for four hours, the plane finally landed at the Beijing Airport. After more than a month, Ye Fang finally returned to Xiyuan. Ye Fang really found that he really only had a few days in Xiyuan in a year, so when When he stood at the door again and looked at the word "Xiyuan", the appearance of Xiaozhuang could not help but appear in his mind.

The trip to Turkey was a perfect ending to the death of Xiaozhuang. Miyagi knew that Ye Fang would be back today, so he guarded the gate early in the morning.

"Mr. Ye, you are finally back! The old lady is waiting for you in the back room." Miyagi said respectfully as always.

Ye Fang nodded, patted Miyagi's shoulder and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

"Yes, please!" Miyagi now positions himself as the steward of the Ye family. In addition to doing his best in the management of Xiyuan, he has always been respectful to Ye Fang. He would never call Ye Fang "Brother Ye" like Su Long and Leng Chuan, because he felt that he had never followed Ye Fang through life and death. Now, as long as he manages Xiyuan well, that would be the high point in his life that he can reach.

"Brother Ye, go see the old lady first, and then go see the distinguished guest." Leng Chuan said.

Ye Fang nodded and went straight to the inner courtyard of Xiyuan.

It was almost evening and Xiyuan's business was as good as ever. However, as Ye Fang's status became higher and higher, Gongcheng gradually reduced the number of customers in Xiyuan. Now Xiyuan's reservations are scheduled for at least half a year.

Ye Fang and his party strode through the various courtyards of Xiyuan, which was very eye-catching. Many people stopped or watched from private rooms, so that the whole Xiyuan fell silent instantly. Everyone wanted to see what the owner of Xiyuan looked like, and even Few people are eager to go and make friends.

"You brat, you still know how to come back!" Zhang Xiuying punched Ye Fang hard the first time she saw him. Although her words were unforgiving, her words were full of concern.

"If you are to blame, you have to blame Third Uncle. Originally, I wanted to come back to see you directly, but I was called to Hainan Island on the way." Ye Fang took a big gulp of a glass of water, and then pulled Zhang Xiuying to sit down.

Zhang Xiuying pulled Ye Fang to ask questions, and the most important thing was to care about his safety. Naturally, Ye Fang couldn't tell the truth, so she could only make up a white lie to describe her trip to Turkey.

Zhang Xiuying knew that it would not be as smooth as Ye Fang said, but she didn't point it out. As long as Ye Fang could come back safely, it would be fine. After the two chatted for a while, Ye Fang was thinking about the distinguished guest Leng Chuan mentioned, so he said goodbye to Zhang Xiuying. Left the inner courtyard.

"Where is he?" Ye Fang asked.

"Brother Ye, come with me." Leng Chuan glanced at Nan Yi behind him at this time, and said to Nan Yi, "Miss Nan Yi, you can go and have a rest. I will just take Brother Ye over."

Nan Yi snorted coldly and said, "Who cares?" After that, he turned around and went back to his room in the inner courtyard.

Leng Chuan repeatedly confirmed that there was no one around, and said to Ye Fang, "Let's go."

"Mysterious, what are you doing!" Ye Fang said as he followed Leng Chuan towards Zhenyuan.

Among the four courtyards of Yuan Henry and Zhen, Yuanheng and Qianyuan are the places to eat, while the two courtyards of Lizhen are the places to live. Among them, Zhenyuan was left by Miyagi for Ye Fang's important friends to live in. Sometimes Xue Yuanshan would stay here when he came over. As for usually Miyagi would never arrange for any guests to stay, even if there was no place to live. Open to the public, this is the most private residence besides the inner courtyard.

After passing through the long verandah, the sounds from other courtyards in Xiyuan gradually disappeared, and the entire Zhenyuan was very quiet.

Arriving at the gate of Zhenyuan, Leng Chuan stretched out his hand and said, "Brother Ye, go in by yourself, I'll guard here."

"Who is it?!" Ye Fang said as he opened the door and walked into Zhenyuan.

Leng Chuan gently closed the door of Zhenyuan, raised his head, looked around, and said softly, "Pay attention to your surroundings, and no one is allowed to approach!"

After Leng Chuan finished speaking, no one around him answered. Leng Chuan seemed to be shouting into the air. Then Leng Chuan sat at the door as if nothing had happened and waited for Ye Fang to come out.