Game within game: chess player

January 2004, 1 was the New Year's Eve. Firecrackers were going off in the streets and alleys around Xiyuan early in the morning. It was very lively. Ye Fang and Nan Yi also got up early, and the waiters and kitchen staff in the yard The holiday started a few days ago.

Aunt Gui was the only one left to cook, mainly to take care of Nan Yi's food and daily life. Aunt Gui's wife, Uncle Wang, is also in Xiyuan, and now the two old people have already regarded Xiyuan as their home. Uncle Wang is responsible for keeping watch in the front yard, and Aunt Gui is responsible for taking care of Ye Fang and Nan Yi in the backyard. When Zhang Xiuying is in Xiyuan, Aunt Gui is also with her. Just like the old mothers and young ladies, the two get along well. Very good.

People around him like Lu Jiuge and Ye Fang also went home early to celebrate the New Year. After all, these people have been with him and made great contributions in the past two years, and they always have to go back to spend time with their families during the New Year. Ye Fang prepared valuable gifts for everyone. Among them, only Jiang Cao took the initiative to stay with Nan Yi.

During the Chinese New Year period, Leng Chuan was once again responsible for Ye Fang's security. Leng Chuan was very excited and seemed to have regained his previous nervousness. Jing Wen and her children also temporarily moved to Xiyuan. As Nan Yi's personal nurse and nutritionist, Jing Wen was responsible for Nan Yi's diet. Perhaps because of her previous experience with Xiaozhuang, Jing Wen was extremely attentive to Nan Yi's care, making sure that Nan Yi's body was in peak condition and that the child was born smoothly.

To everyone's surprise, Su Yue and her children also came to Xiyuan two days ago. He Chaoqiong, the eldest daughter of the He family, will also come to Beijing after her third year of junior high school. By then, Ye Fang's three wives will gather in the capital.

Now, including Ye Yanyan, Ye Yongsi, and Leng Chuan's child Leng Hongyu, all live in Xiyuan. With more children, the yard becomes full of life and lively.

"Are you sure you want to go today?" Nan Yi asked looking at Ye Fang, who was holding a bowl of porridge and was silent in thought.

"Yes." Ye Fang nodded and said, "I don't want to bring this matter to next year. Whether it will succeed or not depends on today."

In Nan Yi's impression, it was rare to see Ye Fang in such a heavy-minded and slightly nervous moment. Even when facing the President of the United States, he would never see Ye Fang like this, not to mention that he was already a retired old man.

Although the old man has retired, it still does not prevent him from being the most powerful person in this land.

"Eat, let's go." Ye Fang gently put down his chopsticks and asked Leng Chuan to prepare the car.

Nan Yi took a black woolen coat and put it on Ye Fang, making Ye Fang look full of male hormones. At this time, Su Yue and Zhang Xiuying stood in the yard waiting for Ye Fang.

"I hope everything goes well." Nan Yi tidied Ye Fang's clothes and said softly.

A smile appeared on Ye Fang's lips, he touched Nan Yi's bulging belly and said, "Our son will bless his father to succeed, let's go!"

Ye Fang walked out of the main room calmly and came to Zhang Xiuying. Zhang Xiuying also knew that Ye Fang had something important to do today and asked softly, "Are you ready?"

"Ready, let's go." Ye Fang said and helped Zhang Xiuying towards the back door of the inner courtyard. Leng Chuan had already led others to wait outside the courtyard.

As Ye Fang left, Su Yue naturally held Nan Yi's arm and said worriedly, "Everything will go well, right?"

Nan Yi's eyes were calm and firm, and he said seriously, "I will definitely do it. Let's go! Let's start preparing for the dinner in the evening!"

As Nan Yi and Su Yue walked side by side towards Zhengfang, the news that Ye Fang's motorcade had left Xiyuan soon spread.

In the mysterious red building a few blocks away, Li Xiaoxiong received the news and hurried to a desk.

The moment he stopped, Li Xiaoxiong adjusted his breathing quickly, fearing that any louder sound would disturb the old man working at the desk in front of him.

"What's the matter? Tell me." The old man was holding a pen and dictating something on the document in front of him, his tone was calm but dignified.

"He went." Li Xiaoxiong said softly.

Hearing Li Xiaoxiong's words, the old man's hand holding the pen suddenly hung in the air, as if he was thinking about something. After a long time, he put down his wrist and continued writing. He said slowly, "I know, let people follow you. This journey will not be easy." There will be peace.”

"Yes, it has been arranged." Li Xiaoxiong replied respectfully.

"Go." The old man said without raising his head.

Li Xiaoxiong took two steps back slightly, then turned and left the room.

After Li Xiaoxiong left, the old man finished reviewing the documents in front of him, gently put down the pen in his hand, looked at somewhere in the void and murmured, "You should be able to do it."

At the same time, Liu Jianbai, who was in the courtyard in Nanluogu Lane, and Xue Yuanshan, who was in an office building somewhere in the west city, also received the news of Ye Fang leaving Xiyuan almost immediately.

The two of them stopped what they were doing almost at the same time, walked out of the room and stood in the cold wind, looking up at the gray sky and murmuring, "Boy, don't let us down."

The three cars sped along and soon left the city and headed for a place on the outskirts of the city. Just when Ye Fang wanted to ask his mother Zhang Xiuying where her destination was, Leng Chuan, who was driving, suddenly received a warning message from the car in front. It turned out that something happened ahead. The car accident blocked the entire road.

Leng Chuan motioned for three cars to pull over. Ye Fang said to Leng Chuan, "Go down and see what's going on?"

Ten minutes after Lengchuan got off the car, he turned back and reported that it turned out that a car and a truck had collided. A pregnant woman in labor was in the car and was sent to the hospital. Although 10 had been called, this was a suburb and the ambulance at least It would take another 120 minutes to arrive, and the pregnant woman was in critical condition.

Ye Fanglue pondered and said, "It's important to save people, Leng Chuan, leave a car and find a way to get them to move the car. We are in a hurry."

"Yes!" Leng Chuan replied.

Ten minutes later, a security vehicle stayed, the truck also made way for a gap, and the remaining two vehicles continued to drive forward.

Lengchuan asked another car in charge of security to clear the way, and the two cars continued to drive towards the mountainous countryside.

At this time, Ye Fang noticed Zhang Xiuying's frown and asked, "Mom, what's wrong? Are you driving too fast, making you feel uncomfortable?"

Zhang Xiuying waved her hand and said with a slightly nervous expression, "Something is not right. This road is a special road built by the Central Office to lead to the nursing home. How come a pregnant woman and a truck appear for no reason? This is not normal."

Ye Fang didn't know the destination of this trip, because Zhang Xiuying had contacted everything before, so naturally he didn't know the original intention and purpose of building this road. In Zhang Xiuying's words, the only direction of this road is to the sanatorium area. The previous design was to avoid villages and factories, so in theory there would be no trucks or pregnant women.

"Maybe it's just a coincidence." Ye Fang said.

"I hope so." Zhang Xiuying said with a long breath.

"Brother Chuan, Brother Chuan! I found a man lying in the middle of the road ahead. He seemed to have been hit by a car. His life or death is unknown."

Lengchuan's intercom sent an early warning of the car in front. Hearing the content on the intercom, Ye Fang frowned slightly, "Is it another car accident?" Ye Fang ordered Lengchuan to stop and let the people in the car in front go and see what was going on.

Soon the car in front reported a report. It turned out that an old woman had been hit by a car. The accident-causing vehicle escaped. The old man was hit seriously and his consciousness was somewhat unclear.

The people accompanying the car in front of Qingtian Security asked Leng Chuan how to deal with it. Leng Chuan seemed to feel that something was not normal at this time. The probability of encountering two car accidents in less than an hour was too low. There must be something wrong here.

"Brother Ye, if that doesn't work, let's leave one person alone and call an ambulance for her." Leng Chuan said.

Ye Fang shook his head and said, "It's such a cold day. If she loses too much blood, she will die at any time. Leave a car and send her to the hospital immediately!"

"but..."

"It's nothing but, we're almost there, nothing will happen." After saying this, Ye Fang turned to his mother Zhang Xiuying for advice. Zhang Xiuying was originally a Buddhist, and she couldn't ignore death and was worried. nodded.

Soon, Ye Fang's black business car was the only one left on the road. In addition to Ye Fang and Zhang Xiuying, including Leng Chuan, there were four security personnel, and all of them were equipped with guns.

As long as they don't encounter gangsters with heavy firepower, Leng Chuan and three other Qingtian security guards can handle it.

"We'll be there just ahead of the mountain." Zhang Xiuying said, pointing to a mountain covered with white snow and green pine a few kilometers away.

Ye Fang could clearly feel that Zhang Xiuying was no longer so nervous, and even the hand holding his arm was slightly relaxed.

"Brother Ye is in a situation. There is a jeep parked in the middle of the road ahead. Someone is blocking the road and asking for help!" Leng Chuan suddenly said.

Ye Fang turned slightly sideways and saw a woman standing in the middle of the road waving her hands, and a jeep with double flashes parked in the middle of the road next to her.

"What happened today?!" Leng Chuan said in a deep voice, "Everyone, be alert!" The Qingtian security guard in the car immediately put his hand on the butt of the gun under his arm, maintaining the posture of drawing his gun and shooting at any time.

"Brother Ye, don't stop the car, just drive over."

As soon as Leng Chuan finished speaking, a group of sheep suddenly appeared not far ahead, crossing the road and cutting off the entire road, forcing Ye Fang's commercial vehicle to stop.

"What is going on?! Where did the sheep come from!" Ye Fang was also confused at this moment. If everything in front of him was planned, it would be too much effort. Even the sheep were brought here. .

If it is a conspiracy, what is it for?

"I'm sorry, my car is broken down here. Can you take a look at it for me?" The woman blocking the road knocked on the car window and motioned for Leng Chuan to lower the window and talk.

Leng Chuan looked at the woman outside through the window and asked Ye Fang for instructions, "Brother Ye, what should we do now?"

Ye Fang sneered and said, "Go and take a look. I want to see if it's a coincidence or premeditated?"

Leng Chuan slowly lowered the car window and was about to speak when the woman blocking the road showed an evil smile, quickly took out a pistol and pointed it at Leng Chuan's temple, saying, "Don't move!"

At the same time, the door of the jeep suddenly opened, and four strong men immediately came down from it. Holding something similar to a wheel lock in their hands, they rushed directly under the wheels of the commercial vehicle and locked all four wheels. Then the four strong men The four corners of the commercial vehicle were drawn out and they were on guard.

Ye Fang and Zhang Xiuying never thought that there would be people on this road who would dare to use guns, kidnap, or detain someone!

Ye Fang gently patted the back of Zhang Xiuying's hand and said, "I'll take care of it. Just sit tight in the car."

"These people are definitely not ordinary robbers, you have to be careful!" Zhang Xiuying reminded at the right time.

"If they are robbers, I'm not afraid anymore. I'm afraid they don't want money." After saying that, Ye Fang opened the car door and jumped out of the car. Two Qingtian security guards followed closely behind to protect him. On both sides of the leaf.

At a critical moment, they would never mind using their bodies to block bullets for Ye Fang, even if it cost them their own lives.

"Come and have a chat." Ye Fang said to the woman who stopped the car.

The woman's eyes lit up, she walked around from the front of the car and stood next to the black jeep, looking at Ye Fang. She asked with a smile on her face, "What, aren't you scared?"

Leng Chuan also jumped out of the car. The woman glanced at Leng Chuan and said, "I advise you not to act rashly. They will really shoot."

Ye Fang also stretched out his hand to signal Leng Chuan not to act rashly, then turned to look at the woman opposite and asked, "Who are you? Those who dare to block a car here are probably not ordinary car gangsters and road bullies!"

The woman opposite was wearing a tight-fitting black leather jacket and had an average appearance. She was the kind of person who would not look at her twice if she was thrown into the crowd. However, there was a murderous aura all over her body. Ye Fang initially judged that the woman must have been on the battlefield, at least to kill. Extraordinary.

The woman in black was surprised by Ye Fang's calmness and indifference, and said, "To tell you the truth, we won't kill you as long as you don't act rashly. Our mission is to trap you here for an hour, and you can leave after an hour!"

"An hour?!" Ye Fang raised his eyebrows, thinking something must have happened in an hour, otherwise the other party would not be so sure of this time period.

"Who sent you here?" Ye Fang asked.

The woman in black laughed and asked, "If you were me, would you reveal your employer's information?"

"Probably not." Ye Fang agreed.

"That's it." The woman in black stretched out her hand and said, "It's very cold outside. You can go and sit in the car. We will leave immediately in an hour."

Ye Fang spread his hands and said helplessly, "Okay, people are under the eaves, so they have to bow their heads."

Ye Fang waved his hand, and Leng Chuan followed him back to the business car. Zhang Xiuying asked worriedly, "What's the situation?" Ye Fang told Zhang Xiuying the situation, and Zhang Xiuying said in surprise, "How did they know about it in an hour?"

"What's going on?" Ye Fang asked.

"The meeting time given there is only one hour. The meeting time is from ten to eleven every day. No one will be seen at other times." Zhang Xiuying looked at her watch. It was already nine fifty, and it was already ten o'clock.

If you can't make it before ten o'clock, you won't know when to make an appointment with the old man again. In this special period, only during the Chinese New Year can Zhang Xiuying have a reason to meet the old man directly. If you miss this time, you will have to make excuses. It's probably difficult.

From this, Ye Fang speculated that the other party also knew this rule.

"Who are these people?" Ye Fang looked at the woman in black outside through the window.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound outside the window, and four men in black, including the woman in black and the men around the business car, fell to the ground almost at the same time...