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Chapter 83 Chess Game

【Transition Chapter】

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The shadow guard's secret report arrived at the imperial capital the next day, and at the same time, a letter from the Lishan Silver Building in Huaize City was delivered to Chu Heng.

Chu Heng opened the letter and glanced at it, and after skimming the beginning, he couldn't help but chuckle.

Ye Jiu's skin is itchy again, this kid is quite courageous, he was beaten once in Huai Ze last time, and this time he dared to write to him in the tone of his teacher-wife Mu Xiyun, he was really blind not come out?When I see Ye Jiu later when I have time, I have to scare him again.

The letter was quite long, but it was full of nonsense, Chu Heng read it patiently until the end, the smile in his eyes was nowhere to be found, and his expression was so dignified that it was almost the same as the rainy night sky outside.

It was expected that King Jing wanted to kill Yuan Zeliang, but Princess Qing and Princess Dongjun's order fell into the hands of King Jing... Chu Heng's heart sank slightly, and he squeezed the letter paper in his hand. I'm afraid it's not only Dongjunling, but also the princess herself. It is also in King Jing's hands, but I don't know if Yan Zhefei, the master of Qianyong Realm, knows about it.

He wasn't worried that King Jing wanted to kill Yuan Zeliang. The Shadow Guard of the Son of Heaven invited his master Ye Jianwei to accompany him all the way to the imperial capital, and wanted to take him away from the Eastern Capital's master. That was almost a fantasy.

just princess...

Chu Heng frowned, he had better go to Changzhou.

He put away the letter paper in his hand, looked up at the dark sky outside, and couldn't help but sighed, it was raining too much, which was not a good thing.

As soon as Chu Heng stepped out of the palace, a thunderous thunder that resounded through the sky suddenly exploded deep in the clouds with great momentum, making people's ears ring——

wrong!

Not Yuan Zeliang!

Chu Heng stopped, and his mind was spinning. Others don't know, but he can't see it. There is a capable person beside King Jing who they don't know.

Something happened to Dingkang's boat in Huai Ze, Fang Hongzhen retreated to Cangwu City, how could King Jing not know that Yuan Zeliang was a useless person who used to confuse the imperial capital, and even used Gu, killing him is easy, respectable Wang not only He didn't do anything, but let Su Lang and the others interrogate him——

Because King Jing was sure that what Yuan Zeliang could say was what he wanted Yuan Zeliang to say.

It's not that he doesn't want to kill Yuan Zeliang, he's just waiting for an unprepared opportunity, when everyone thinks they've seen what he wants to do, and when they think they're safe and sound, to give the deadliest blow to an important place that hasn't been fortified.

Chu Heng's face was serious, as if water was about to drip out, he closed his eyes, his thoughts turned, and a name vaguely appeared in his mind.

From the perspective of all the aristocratic families in Dayin, the lord of a city can collect taxes and manage politics, but he cannot run the army. The army is the bottom line that must not be touched. At most, there can only be a small self-defense army composed of generals and warriors. Private soldiers are never allowed.

In the Twelve Military Regions of Kyushu, all the military power is in the hands of the emperor on the surface, but secretly there is no family who does not want to share a piece of the pie. The generals who lead the army are more or less from the clan. After a long time, some troops still have different surnames. The surname is Ling, no one can say for sure, especially in Changzhou.

King Jing colluded with Dingkang and the Zhou family to rebel, and Changzhou must not be avoided.What worries him the most in Changzhou is not the intricate family power, but Lian Songcheng, the governor of the Changzhou military region who is not related to any family and only has an old relationship with the emperor's mother.

When everyone thought King Jing wanted to kill Yuan Zeliang, his real goal was actually Lian Songcheng.

The new general of Huaize has already taken over the military affairs of the city defense, and even the general will return to Jindu from Huaize in a few days. There may be too many accidents along the way.

In case it was Fang Hongzhen or Yan Zhefei who shot...he had to go to Changzhou immediately.

"Is Your Majesty still in the Hall of Respect?" Chu Heng stretched out his umbrella and asked the servant beside him.

Ling Ye sat in front of the imperial case, after reading the secret report of the Shadow Guard of the Son of Heaven, his eyes fell on the geographical map of mountains and rivers in front of him, and he reached out and tapped a certain place twice.

Ningzhou, Sui'an City.

The food city of Princess Qinghe is also the closest city to Nanshan. There is a Ningzhou garrison near Suian City.

When the princess of Dayin bestows a marriage, she will choose the nearest Shiyi for the princess to benefit the princess, but Qinghe is the only exception.Before the imperial concubine Huiyuan passed away, she first chose Ningzhou Suian City as the food town for the princess, but when the Empress Dowager Zhong chose a son-in-law for the princess, she almost chose all eight states of Dayin, but skipped Ningzhou.

Later, the princess married the Lianyan Jiang family in Wanzhou, thousands of miles away from Suian City. After a long time, many people forgot that this humble city in Ningzhou actually has an owner.Lianyan is too far away from Sui'an, and Qinghe, a weak princess, can't take care of her. Although the food town of Ningzhou is in the hands of the princess in name, it has always been under his control.

Suian is not far from Nanshan, Yinghai is just a cover, this trip to Nanshan, his imperial brother Jingwang Lingyi will return in vain.

He lowered his eyes and looked at the map, his eyes flicked across Jiang Jincheng in Wanzhou, and an elusive killing intent flashed in his eyes.

Ling Yi is the first emperor's son, and also the prince who was appointed by the first emperor's imperial decree. Unless there is solid evidence of rebellion and chaos, even he, the emperor, will not be able to respect the king.

They are very clear to each other that no matter what the inner motives are, what is put on the surface must be fair and just.Respecting the king and plotting rebellion requires an upright banner, and he must have an upright start to attack his own brother.He wanted to be able to implicate King Jing's confession, and Ling Yi would not easily let the queen mother's coffin out of Nanshan, and they would not leave each other with a legitimate reason to attack.

Ling Yi gathered forces secretly, but whether it was the Dingkang cargo ship that exploded at the Huaize waterway, the gunpowder hidden in the Fang's manor, or the Cangwu caravan detained by Yishan Academy, none of these could directly point to King Jing's own "ironclad evidence", because several aristocratic families stood in front of him from the beginning to the end, King Jing Lingyi did not leave any shadow of himself.

King Jing has always been hiding behind the scenes, even Fang Hongzhen is probably his pawn, not to mention a mere Yuan Zeliang.

Ling Ye glanced at the secret report from the shadow guard again, and meditated for a while.

There is also Yan Zhefei, the owner of Qianyong Realm who has a subtle stand. He also just found out that Yan Zhefei is the imperial concubine of Huiyuan, so it is no wonder that Qinghe will quietly go to Nanshan.Ling Ye was aware of the noble concubine's life experience. The last lesson his father taught him before his death was to forget love and love, and he talked about the love between him and Gui Haiyan Lan.

However, Emperor Cheng, who had already collapsed, was finally played by the imperial concubine who was still alive.

Yan Zhefei has always been the most volatile variable in the game.

She really wanted King Jing to rebel, but she also really wanted to use the hand of the emperor, Zhou Fang, to kill the two aristocratic families of Zhou Fang.For him, Dingkang, Cangwu and King Jing really can't stay, but even so, even if he and Yan Zhefei have achieved each other in the dark, it doesn't mean that King Jing Lingyi really doesn't know anything, really It's just a pawn in Yan Zhefei's hands.

He knew him too well as the emperor's younger brother. Ling Yi didn't seem to do anything, and even let them manipulate him, but those of them who grew up in the palace were best at hiding their hearts.Those who are good depend on stupidity, and Ling Yi obviously understands the way of being the master of others.

Candlelight on the high table in Jingcheng Hall illuminates the vast geographical map of mountains and rivers on the imperial table, and also illuminates the stern face of the young emperor. His eyes are calm, and he slowly falls on the fertile land of Dayin's land.

Since King Jing has colluded with the Dingkang Zhou family, Changzhou is the main battlefield that cannot be avoided.

In this place of Changzhou, there are so many people on the surface, and the forces inside are so intricate. He ascended the throne at the age of 14 and took power at the age of 20. He has the power to control Kyushu until today, but he has not been able to completely hold Changzhou in his own hands. .

He put in his own people step by step, whether it was Lian Songcheng, or the shadow guards of the Son of Heaven who turned from darkness to light, they were not only his eyes and ears, but also his hands in Changzhou.

It is precisely because of his inability to control Changzhou that Donghai has become his real confidant.King Jing is naturally aware of this, so he will definitely fight for Changzhou and the East China Sea, and give him a fatal blow at the weakest point.

Not only that--

The quiet and majestic palace sheltered all the wind and rain outside, but outside of Kyushu, there are still bigger waves rising slightly.The silent sigh dissipated in an instant, and Ling Ye frowned slightly, looking at the mountains, rivers and seas in the southeast of Dayin on the map, feeling more and more heavy.

The East China Sea Navy is a mess, and even Songcheng can't clean it up. The more chaotic the place, the more accidents are likely to happen, and it is easy to breed ambitions to turn against its master, and it may even become the first rift tearing Dayin Jiangshan——

Whether it's rebellion or power struggle, it's actually caused by family behind closed doors, but Donghai is different, it's the barrier of Kyushu, before they realize it, how many people are secretly coveting the fertile land of Dayin .

Dongying, Western Beidi, and even Nanxi.

King Jing can ignore these things for the time being, but he can't, as long as he is still sitting in this position, he has to think about the hidden worries all over the world.He Qinghaiyan is the long-cherished wish of the people of Dayin, and it is also his responsibility as the emperor.

Ling Ye blankly glanced at these tigers and wolves in the southeast and northwest one by one, and finally fell back to Jiangjin City in Wanzhou.

The resolution of all hidden dangers must start from the internal worries that have always existed.

This battle is imperative, one step back will lead to an abyss, and if one loses, one's body will be smashed to pieces. Neither he nor King Jing will leave room for each other.The brothers of the emperor's family are just a joke. They have understood the principle of life and death since they were young.

Although he himself is the son of the empress of the Yuan Dynasty, he was established as the prince of the empire when he was young, but this does not mean that he must be the last master of the world who can control the world. He has known this since he was a child.

His father was moody, and he never showed any more expectations and love for each of his sons. Even if he had an heir, he still didn't feel at ease entrusting Jiangshan to him. Tried one by one to the end, but all the whetstones used to test the knives remained - all his sons were both knives and each other's whetstones, and it was up to whoever broke them first.

The growth of the children of the emperor's family is like raising Gu, allowing them to eat each other. In the end, only one will survive. The whole Dayin is their killing ground. The one that is cultivated is the master of the world. Talk about the right to control Kyushu.

Emperor Cheng was ruthless to himself, and he was equally ruthless to his own son. The only preferential treatment he gave to the prince was to teach Ling Ye the last lesson alone before he died, teaching the future emperor a lesson with the love he killed with his own hands.

Emperor Huiyuan's noble concubine Yan's family should actually be Gui Hai's family. Although Emperor Cheng knew everything about the imperial concubine later, and even though the imperial concubine refused to tell Emperor Cheng her real name until her death, he still spoiled her for the rest of her life.

Even though he knew that the imperial concubine hated him.

The love is separated by mountains and seas, and the mountains and seas are not flat.

The mountains and seas between Emperor Cheng and Yanlan are a sea of ​​bones and blood. Those who died in the Erfei Medicine Sect will never be resurrected, and the mountains and seas between him and Yanlan will never be subdued.

Later Ling Cheng asked himself repeatedly, do you regret slaughtering the Erfei Medicine Sect?

The answer is no, he has no regrets.

If he had met Guihai Yanlan earlier, would he have designed the Erfei Medicine Sect for his own use?

He can.

Because he is the emperor.

As an emperor, he can be tolerant of all rivers and the world, he can treat the people with generosity and benevolence like a child, and he can have everything in his heart, but he can't have the love of his sons and daughters alone.

When the emperor of Kyushu, who was lingering on the sick bed, said these words to his heir, there was no temperature or emotional ups and downs in his eyes, as if he was just telling someone else's story.

He said that he doesn't regret falling in love with Gui Haiyanlan, but he doesn't regret slaughtering the Er Fei Medicine School. If everything can be done again, he will still hold the knife without hesitation.

How much is love worth?

worthless.

—he taught his heirs.

Perhaps it was God's will of karmic reincarnation, Emperor Cheng used his own story to teach Ling Ye such a lesson, and another protagonist in the story gave Ling Ye a chance to forget his love——

The imperial concubine who "resurrected from the dead" could never allow Emperor Cheng to make a new choice in the Erfei Medicine Sect, but in the same way handed Emperor Cheng's heir an identical knife. [1.]

The imperial concubine would not know what would happen to Emperor Cheng if everything could be repeated, but his son made a different choice in the same situation as him.

——This may be the biggest difference between Emperor Cheng and Ling Ye.

The only time that Emperor Cheng gave his heir more love from his other sons was to use his last lesson, but unfortunately, his heir didn't want to learn it.

Even as an emperor, Ling Ye wanted to be himself once again.He doesn't want, and doesn't want to separate mountains and seas from his love.

The candlelight in Jingcheng Hall flickered slightly, and a figure walking towards him was reflected in the candlelight. Ling Ye raised his head to look at the person who came, and the moment his eyes touched him, he became gentle, and a smile appeared on the corner of his lips.

The candles in the hall were warm and warm, and a sudden burst of cold rain outside the hall dimmed the bright lights under the corridor, and quietly opened the first crack on the embankment on the south bank of the Lanjiang River.

……

It was raining heavily, and the journey was blocked. In an inn on the way to Nanshan, King Jing played chess with Princess Jing under the lights, and had a bit of leisure.

As the saying goes, it is three points more beautiful to see a beauty under the light, not to mention that Princess Jing Zhong Yiyun is naturally charming, with a gorgeous face, a little red flower on the forehead is just right, and the eyebrows are outlined with snails. Ten thousand kinds.

But the most beautiful thing under the warm yellow candlelight is not her face, but the pair of hands that hold the chess pieces. They are as soft as bones, with long and slender jade fingers, and the round nails are dyed with red Kodan, so gorgeous that they are almost like bright red bloodstains.These hands are unusually white, and the white jade chess pieces seem to be overshadowed by the fat and soft catkins.

Her surname is Zhong, and she was born in the mother's family of the Empress Dowager Zhong. She is a typical aristocratic woman. It is strange to say that she is clearly the official wife of Yizhi and the matchmaker is marrying, but this Concubine Jing is rarely seen in front of people.

The situation of the white pieces on the chessboard was in decline, Zhong Yiyun raised her bare hand lightly, and continued to move the pieces without panic. Every time she picked up a piece, there would be a gorgeous smile on the corner of her lips, as if she was the chess player who was sure of winning.

King Jing's hand suddenly stopped, raised his eyebrows to look at the situation on the chessboard, tapped the table twice with his fingers, and said: "You are right, I really can't bet all my treasures on Nanshan, the emperor's people are still One step ahead of me. It’s raining so hard, there should be some action on Lanjiang’s side.”

Zhong Yiyun nodded slightly but did not speak. At this time, two hidden guards walked in from the door, lowered their eyebrows and knelt on the ground to report to King Jing. The one on the left spoke first: "Your Highness, there is news from Nanshan. The Duke's [-]th birthday is approaching, and Su Lang wants to invite a golden Buddha statue back to Yinghai from Nanshan to pray for blessings. I heard that the time is urgent, and the Buddha statue has been loaded into the carriage tonight, and he will set off from Nanshan to go back tomorrow morning. Yinghai will leave this time A lot of money has been made, and the guards are very strict, so it is difficult to get close to find out."

"Su Lang? It really is him." King Jing sneered when he heard the words: "Please pray to the Buddha and do it in the middle of the night. I'm afraid the one in the car is not a Buddha statue, but what we want."

Zhong Yiyun, who was sitting opposite, suddenly bent his eyes towards King Jing, and his eyes fell on the two kneeling guards.

King Jing met her gaze, pondered for a moment, then dropped another piece on the chessboard, and asked, "Where is Yan Zhefei?"

The dark guard on the right lowered his eyes and replied respectfully: "Master Qianyong has already gone to Huai Ze."

King Jing let out a "huh" when he heard the words, and he was noncommittal. A needle could be heard in the room for a while, but only the faint sound of hunting outside the window could be heard.

He rubbed the warm jade chess piece in his hand for a while, and then ordered: "Send someone to find out about Su Lang's reality. We set off tomorrow, and we must stop him at Nanshan."

The hidden guard should claim to be, and continue to obey orders.

"As for the Lord Qianyong..." King Jing threw all the chess pieces in his hand into the chess box, got up and walked to the window to watch the wind and rain that had subsided at some time in the evening, his voice was low, as if he was talking to himself: "The chess game Who is whose chess piece is in it, maybe."

The dark guard who was kneeling on the right side quietly raised his head to glance at his back when he heard the words, and suddenly met Princess Jing's charming and smiling eyes, his heart skipped a beat, and he quickly lowered his head and looked away.

King Jing turned around, looked at the dark guard kneeling on the right side with deep eyes, and could not hear any waves in his tone: "Master Qianyong, just wait and see what happens."

He waved his hand, and the two hidden guards led away.

……

In the deepest rainy night, Princess Jing Zhong Yiyun came to the back door of the inn quietly with a plain umbrella.

The dark guard who was leading the horse and was preparing to go to Changzhou overnight had just walked to the door when he was suddenly startled and sweated profusely.He clenched the handle of the knife in his hand, his eyes widened, and he looked at the well-dressed woman in a crimson and gold brocade dress in surprise and uncertainty.

Zhong Yiyun turned around, raised her hand to her lips, kissed the bloody red nails one by one, and once again a strangely gorgeous smile appeared on her face.

She opened and closed her lips but did not make a sound, but the hidden guard understood her words in a mysterious way.

She said, "It's the little nail of Lord Qianyong, let us eat him up."

The plain umbrella fell on the ground, and the surface of the umbrella bloomed with beautiful red plum blossoms. The heavy rain diluted the blood and swallowed all the sounds in the torrential sound.

The author says:

【1.】Knife refers to the handle that can be used to hold Lishan for your own use, see Chapter 63.

【2.】Concubine Jing is a Gu girl raised by Yanxi Zhong's family. She is one of the hole cards left by Empress Dowager Zhong to King Jing, but she will not appear many times.It is impossible for King Jing to absolutely trust people like Fang Hongzhen. Of course, he has his own means, and he has other tricks other than making a sound.

[3.] The main line of Canghai ends at King Jing, and the sixth volume is over. I won’t talk about the hidden foreign troubles in detail, but His Majesty’s situation is bigger than Su Lang Xinghui and the others.Xinghui and his line of sight, that is, the main line of the sea, are in Changzhou to respect the king, but His Majesty's eyes are all over the world, so when writing about him, I mentioned it.The next chapter will return to Su Lang's main line in Nanshan.

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