Game within game: chess player

After Luo Yao left, Ye Fang took out a letter from the sealed envelope. What caught Ye Fang's eyes were the words "Top Secret, burn after reading!" Seeing these words, Ye Fang raised his eyebrows and continued the letter. The recorded information was obtained by Ye Fang one by one. Ye Fang's pupils continued to expand, and then Ye Fang slapped his big hand heavily on the desk, making a muffled sound.

"Bullshit! You're making a movie!" Ye Fang shouted!

Hearing Ye Fang's roar, Nan Yi from outside the door rushed in immediately, and saw Ye Fang standing in front of the desk, furious.

"What's wrong with you?" Nan Yi then turned his gaze to Ye Fang's right hand, which was touching the table. There was a piece of paper on it.

Ye Fang slowly exhaled, shook his head and said, "It's okay!" Then he took out a lighter and burned the letter and envelope in his hand, looking at the burning ashes in the ashtray in silence.

"You must tell me if you have anything, maybe I can give you some advice." Nan Yi said.

Ye Fang looked at Nan Yi and smiled, and said, "Don't forget that you are a robot, just execute the CPU's commands properly."

"Aren't you my current CPU?" Nan Yi asked.

"You and my CPU have never been each other. Come on, go out for a walk with me!" Ye Fang said.

Nan Yi vaguely guessed that Ye Fang must have encountered something big, but Ye Fang was unwilling to tell me, so he had to follow Ye Fang out of the room stupidly.

The two walked out of the back door of Xiyuan. Ye Fang, who had not felt the fireworks of the capital for a long time, felt more intimate with everything in the streets and alleys. At this time, Nan Yi felt that Ye Fang's mood seemed to be better.

Ye Fang and Nan Yi, who were in improved mood, strolled to the shops in Nanluogu Lane. He and Nan Yi walked around the streets like ordinary people, while Lu Jiuge and four members of the ghost team were scattered in every corner to protect them.

"Captain, why do I feel that something is wrong with Mr. Ye's mood today?" Luo Zhong, codenamed Feidao, asked.

Lu Jiuge nodded and said, "I also feel that Mr. Ye is a little different today. We just have to do our own thing well. We don't have to worry about the rest."

"I feel like it's good to be with Mr. Ye. Although it can be dangerous sometimes, at least I don't have to suffer from the bird's aura when I'm lurking. For this reason, I want to stay with Mr. Ye all the time." Feidao said.

"Well, following Mr. Ye is both dangerous and challenging. I think he is doing something to change the world. It's really exciting to think about it!" Lu Jiuge agreed.

Ye Fang and Nan Yi walked unknowingly to the vicinity of the Ma family's old house. Nan Yi asked, "Aren't you going to go in and take a look? I know that your relationship with the Ma family is very unusual."

Ye Fang shook his head firmly and said, "Today is different from the past. My current position no longer allows me to have too many contacts with too many people from the past. At least it will cause inconvenience and misunderstanding, and at worst it will bring danger. "

"I know there are many pairs of eyes around you looking at you, even now." After saying this, Nan Yi unconsciously raised his head and looked around. There were always some people in the bustling crowd who lowered their heads unconsciously, " I feel that the atmosphere after returning to Beijing is not quite right this time, do I need to order them to be cut off?"

When Nan said this, Ye Fang was a little surprised and said with a smile, "Have you not gotten over the Turkey incident yet? This is our own country, don't be so nervous."

"Although I work in intelligence, I hate the feeling of being monitored by others!" Nan Yi said coldly.

"Yes, I also hate the feeling of being monitored by my own people. I will probably be very sad in the next two years." Ye Fang said suddenly.

"Why the next two years, not one year, not three years?!" Nan Yi suddenly stopped talking when he said this, and immediately realized what Ye Fang meant by two years.

Then the two of them fell into a brief silence. Ye Fang saw Nan Yi's serious expression and said with a smile, "It's not that sad to say it's sad. Besides, my time in the country is limited. Let's go, I'll take you." Go somewhere!”

"Where?" Before Nan Yi could finish asking, Ye Fang pulled him into a taxi and went directly to the commercial street in Dashilan, and then to the fortune-telling stall again.

It's still the same small house, and it's still the same bad old man. Nan Yi was surprised and said, "You can also tell fortunes?!"

"Why not?" Ye Fang said, pulling Nan Yi to sit in front of the old man.

At this time, the old man raised his head and looked at Ye Fang, and said with a smile, "Your distinguished guest is here."

"Old man, do you still remember me?" Ye Fang asked.

The old man nodded and said, "Of course, I have counted countless people in my life, and you are the only one who is indescribable. Naturally, I remember you very clearly." When the old man said this, he glanced at Nan Yi beside him and said directly, "The little girl has clear eyes. But he cannot see the bottom of it. He is a highly intelligent person. Although he has a lot of wisdom, he does not know how to adapt, and he will suffer from it in the future."

"You can tell that I'm very smart?" Nan Yi said in surprise, looking at the old man opposite with a face of surprise.

The old man looked at Nan Yi with a smile and said nothing, then asked Ye Fangdao, "I wonder what your distinguished guest asked about today?"

"Future!" Ye Fang softly spat out two words.

The old man nodded, took out a turtle shell, put three copper coins in it, handed it to Ye Fang, and said, "Meditate on the question and shake it six times."

Ye Fang carefully shook the turtle shell as the old man said. After six times, the old man took the turtle shell back and saw the old man's fingertips flying, which made Nan Yi wonder.

"The fortune of our distinguished guests this year is unforgettable. As the saying goes, wealth comes from danger. When wealth comes, it is bound to be accompanied by various crises. However, good fortune lies in misfortune, and misfortune lies in blessing. After a great rise, there will be a great fall. Between the rise and fall, there will be a big fall. The cycle of cause and effect is actually destiny." The old man cherished words like gold and seemed unwilling to explain the hidden meaning.

"How to solve the ups and downs?" Ye Fang asked.

"The hexagram shows that the distinguished guest is setting up a big game. This game is a game of great wealth and great honor. If you inherit great wealth, you will succeed in great honor, but things will inevitably turn against each other. To enjoy the wealth and honor that pours into the sky, you have to bear the crisis of the world. This is There was a big rise and then a big fall. If you want to solve the problem, you have to give up this game." The old man couldn't help but cough several times in succession, but Ye Fang didn't pay attention, thinking that the old man was old.

"Give up this game?!" Ye Fang muttered.

The old man nodded and continued, "Since luck comes from the game, natural changes will also come from the game."

When the old man said this, Ye Fang laughed helplessly several times in his heart. Giving up was easier said than done. The arrow was on the string and he had to shoot.

"What will happen if I give up, and what will happen if I don't give up?" Ye Fang asked.

The sound of the old man's cough echoed in the small space again. Ye Fang quickly brought the water glass to the old man. The old man took a few sips of water and continued, "Abandon the game. Your distinguished guest will still be the best, but your lifelong wealth will stop here. Don't give up." As for the game, after a great fall, the noble guest will inevitably rise again. As the saying goes, the great Peng rises with the same wind and soars ninety thousand miles away! The year of great changes for the noble guest depends on the choice of the noble guest. The change of one person of the noble guest will inevitably affect the changes of thousands of people. , it’s best to plan early...ahem..."

When he said this, the old man coughed violently and suddenly sprayed a mouthful of blood on the last three copper coins. The old man's pupils shrank violently, and he suddenly smiled sadly and said, "A glimpse of the sky, half of my life is gone, it turns out it is true." of."

Seeing the pain on the old man's face, Ye Fang quickly stepped forward to support the old man and said, "Old man, I will take you to the hospital now."

The old man waved his hand, and after sitting firmly, he said decisively, "No need, distinguished guest, you can leave. If we are destined to meet again in the future, we will definitely meet again!"

Ye Fang and Nan looked at each other and stood up to leave. Ye Fang took the lead and walked out of the room.

Just as Nan Yi was about to follow him out, the old man suddenly stopped Nan Yi and said, "Girl, this man is like duckweed, with ups and downs. He is doomed to die alone. He has experienced the pain of losing his wife twice. If you If you persist in your stubbornness, you will surely follow the footsteps of these two people, remember, remember!"

"My fate is up to me!" Nan Mian said expressionlessly.

The old man smiled sadly with a drop of blood hanging from the corner of his mouth, and said slowly, "Fate and luck are all determined by heaven. If you change your destiny against the will of heaven, you must change it with your destiny! That's all, I will give you a copper coin, and you must stay with me day and night. Maybe Maybe there will be a day when a miracle happens.”

As he spoke, the old man found the only one without blood stains among the three copper coins and handed it to Nan Yi. Nan Yi took the copper coin, took a final look at the old man deeply, and said, "Thank you!"

The old man waved his hand feebly, indicating that Nan Yi could leave.

"What did he say to you again?" Ye Fang asked curiously.

Nan Yi rolled his eyes at Ye Fang and said, "He said that your disaster star was coming to this world and asked me to stay away from you. He was worried that it would implicate me, so he gave me a peace charm!"

Hearing Nan Yi's words, Ye Fang couldn't help laughing and simply said, "Then you should stay away from me!"

Nan Yi raised the copper coin in his hand and said with a smile, "I have an amulet that can ward off evil spirits!"

After saying that, the two of them looked at each other, smiled, and left the fortune-telling hut. Soon after, Lu Jiuge and others also disappeared.

Not long after Ye Fang left, two people suddenly got into the old man's fortune-telling hut and saw that the old man had died of anger and left a note on the table.

One of them picked up the note, looked at it, then looked at the old man sitting at the desk, and said, "Call an ambulance."

"Could this be murder and silence?" asked another person.

"No, this note is his last words."

Another person took the note and looked at it. It said, "I died of illness and had nothing to do with others." Under the note were the phone numbers of the old man's children.

"Captain, what should we do now? Should we follow or not?"

"with!"

After saying that, the two people quickly left the room. After a while, the 120 ambulance pulled the old man away from the hut in front of the crowd. Ye Fang only learned about the sudden death of the old man in an accidental incident after many years. You know, but it was already ten years later.

In the following days, Ye Fang stayed at home in Xiyuan, and many people did not even know that he had returned to the capital. During this period, Cai Xiaoling came to see Ye Fang. The two talked for a full day, and finally left Xiyuan with Cai Xiaoling's confused expression. Wu Jianian from Yongcheng Bank was also called to Xiyuan from Binhai by Ye Fang. The two also talked for a long time. One of the important contents of their discussion was to let Wu Jianian supervise the free account of Bank of China.

After all, this free account will gather all domestic funds in the future. Ye Fang must hand over this account to someone who knows the basics and is familiar with domestic banking business rules.

Wang Junhe was also one of the most trusted people around Ye Fang. The two of them met for more than three hours before leaving. No one knew what Ye Fang and these people talked about, but Wang Junhe came to the meeting the next day. I went abroad under the pretext of going to Swiss Re Group to discuss cooperation.

Everyone seemed to have forgotten what Luo Yao said before about asking Ye Fang to find time to meet Xue Yuanshan. Ye Fang did not mention it again, and Xue Yuanshan did not go to Xiyuan to find Ye Fang again, allowing Ye Fang to really spend time in Xiyuan. A warm time.

In the blink of an eye, July came, and Ye Fang read a piece of news about a foreign visit to Russia in the newspaper. Soon after, the "Sino-Russian Treaty of Good-Neighborliness, Friendly Cooperation" was officially announced, marking that the relations between China and Russia entered a new stage.

Sitting on the veranda of Qianyuan, Ye Fang put down the newspaper and looked at the century-old ginkgo tree in the courtyard. Hearing the rustling sound of leaves knocking against each other, he said with a smile, "It's time to go."

"Why are you going out again? Can't you just stay at home? Where are you going?" Zhang Xiuying looked dissatisfied after hearing the news that Ye Fang was going out again.

"There are many places to go, so I won't report them to you one by one." Ye Fang reassured.

"How long will it take this time?" Zhang Xiuying asked.

"I really can't answer you this. It depends on the situation." Ye Fang replied with a smile.

Zhang Xiuying knew that Ye Fang was carrying too many things now, and she definitely couldn't be like other people's children. She straightened Ye Fang's collar and said, "Take care of yourself, don't put yourself in danger. Otherwise, I will Worry, no matter what happens in the future, you have to think about the fact that you still have a mother waiting for you at home."

Hearing what Zhang Xiuying said, Ye Fang couldn't help but feel moved in his heart. He stepped forward and hugged Zhang Xiuying, saying emotionally, "Remember, no matter what happens in the future, I will always be your son. Please take care of yourself and wait until I come back." !”

After that, Ye Fang let go of Zhang Xiuying and turned around to leave the room. Zhang Xiuying was left alone in the room to taste the meaning of Ye Fang's words. It seemed that there was something in the words, but when Zhang Xiuying wanted to ask, Ye Fang had already left Xiyuan.

"Brother Ye, just let me go with you." Leng Chuan was still begging Ye Fang when he arrived at the airport tarmac, his attitude was very sincere.

"You guys can board the plane first." Ye Fang said to Nan Yi and others.

Watching Nan Yi and Lu Jiuge get on the plane, Ye Fang hugged Leng Chuan and whispered a few words in his ear. Leng Chuan frowned and did not dare to move.

Nan Yi, who was standing by the plane window, looked at Ye Fang, who seemed to be explaining his affairs, and murmured, "Do you believe the words of a charlatan?" When he said this, Nan Yi unconsciously touched the diamond on his chest. Copper coins.

"Remember every word I told you!"

"Yes, Brother Ye! I remember it! You can go without worry."

"Go away! What does it mean to go with peace of mind? Let's put it another way!"

"I wish you a safe journey! Prosperous wealth! Good luck! Turn bad luck into good luck!..."

Ye Fang burst into laughter at Leng Chuan's flattering words and boarded the plane leaving Beijing...