Deep in this cave, there is a seated statue of Mr. Zhang Liang, the founder of our legacy sect. In front of the statue is a chessboard and two cups of black and white chess pieces. To open the treasure, you must arrange the black and white chess pieces according to the following chess rules.
Just place it on the chessboard.
Next, I will tell you the chess record, remember it, remember it.
Then, a dark chessboard appeared in Hu Hai's consciousness, with one black and one white chess piece falling on the chessboard one after another. Li Wei had learned a game of Go when he was in college, so he could remember the position of each move.
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After a total of seventeen pieces were placed on the dots on the chessboard, no more pieces were placed, and an empty chessboard appeared again, starting from the beginning. Hu Hai repeated this set of chess records three times in his mind.
Finally, the chessboard and the chess words became increasingly thin and blurred. Li Wei knew that the old man's consciousness had begun to collapse, and he couldn't help but feel a little sad.
Door, the door owner has remembered it. The last faint thought came from the old man's mind.
Li Wei held the old man's withered hand and said seriously: "I remember it, don't worry."
A bright smile suddenly appeared on the old man's dry face, and his eyes gradually dimmed and passed away.
Hu Chuan cried like a child: "Ah, big brother is gone, big brother is gone."
Hu Yue comforted him and said: "Brother, if you don't cry, don't you see that the eldest brother is leaving with a smile? The eldest brother has been suffering for more than 20 years and has been waiting for this day."
As he said this, tears could not be suppressed and flowed down his thin face. Although Li Wei only stayed with this half-dead man for less than an hour, he could not suppress the sadness in his heart and shed tears.
The two old men chatted about their eldest brother's past while putting the body of Hu Hai into a white cloth bag. Hu Chuan carried it on his shoulders. Hu Yue said respectfully to Li Wei: "Master, please follow me."
I come."
Hu Chuan carried Hu Hai's body in front. Li Wei and Hu Yue then took two steps, opened another stone door, and walked into a cave. Li Wei discovered that this was the kind of cave common in limestone mountains, but
The road underfoot has been repaired and is smooth to walk on.
After walking for more than 20 minutes, another stone door appeared on the side of the cave. Hu Chuan pushed the stone door open and stepped aside. Li Wei and Hu Yue walked in and then followed.
Two huge candles were lit in the stone chamber, illuminating the room brightly. Li Wei saw a three-foot-tall white marble seated statue on the stone platform in front of the stone chamber. It was a kindly old man with a long beard, sitting on the bridge.
On top of the railing, one foot rests on the ground, and the other is raised. The raised foot is bare, but the stone shoe falls on the table in front of the stone statue. This is naturally the story of Huang Shigong's legacy and the conferment of books. I don't know this.
Is the old man Huang Shigong or Zhang Liang?
Li Wei particularly noticed that on the stone table in front of the stone statue, in addition to the incense burner, there was indeed a chessboard and two cups of chess pieces, which were covered with dust. Apparently no one had touched them for a long time.
Hu Yue respectfully placed a stick of incense on the stone statue, muttered some words, and then said to Li Wei: "This is the founder of my sect, Zhang Liang. Please ask the master of the sect to put the stone shoes on the table on the ancestor."
, this is the official sect master of my Yilu Sect.”
Li Wei smiled bitterly and said: "I am a government official, so I cannot be your sect leader."
Hu Yue said: "What is the purpose of Mr. Li becoming an official?"
Li Wei said: "When I first started working as an official, it was nothing more than because being an official was very prestigious, with money and beautiful women. I was envied, jealous, and hated by thousands of people. Only after I actually worked as a small official for a period did I realize that for
Everything an official says and does is related to the vital interests of the people. Now, my purpose as an official is to do my best to benefit the people."
Hu Yue said: "That's right. The purpose of our Yilu Sect is to benefit the people. Isn't this the same as your purpose of becoming an official? With the support of the Yilu Sect, you can ascend to a high position as soon as possible.
It has brought benefits to more people.”
Seeing that Hu Yue's words were sincere, Li Wei no longer refused, stepped forward, imitated what Hu Yue had just done, offered incense to the seated statue, bowed and bowed three times, then held up the stone shoes on the case with both hands.
Gently put it on the bare feet of the stone statue.
As soon as the stone shoes came into contact with the bare feet, there was only a small dinging sound, and a stone drawer popped out of the stone platform under the stone statue. There was a roll of something in the stone drawer, which was black and yellow in color and whose texture was unknown.
Hu Yue, who was standing nearby, said: "This volume is the "Su Shu" that was copied and annotated by the founder Zhang Liang. Only the master of the Yilu Sect can read it. Please keep it properly."
Li Wei carefully took out the scroll, and it turned out to be quite substantial. After a closer look, he found that the texture of the scroll was neither cotton nor silk, but rather a combination of silk and yellow silk. No wonder He Zai has not had it for more than two thousand years.
damaged.
Li Wei thought for a while and felt that he was in a chaotic world with people coming and going around him. It was not safe to carry this thing with him. He put the scroll into the stone drawer and closed it gently. He said
: "It's better to keep "Su Shu" here. When I have some free time, I can come here to read it."
Hu Yue said: "Master, please rest assured that my subordinates will protect our treasures. Master can come here to view them at any time in the future."
Li Wei glanced at the stone table casually and said, "Oh, there is also a set of Go here."
Hu Yue said: "According to legend, the ancestor was not only talented in martial arts and military skills, but also capable of governing the country. He was also a master of chess. This set of chess equipment is the relic of the ancestor."
Li Wei said: "I also like the Tao of Black and White, but I haven't been into it much. Can you lend me this set of chess equipment so that I can soak up the spiritual energy of the ancestor?"
Hu Yue said with a smile: "Mr. Li has become the master of my sect, and all the people in the sect are at the disposal of the sect master, not to mention a set of chess equipment?"
Li Wei thought to himself: All the people in the family are all at my disposal? He couldn't help but think of the stunning beauties who appeared in Hu Yue's consciousness just now. Could it be that these beauties are also at his own disposal? Those people are not ordinary beauties in the world, these are
I'm very lucky. If I have the chance, I will definitely... Besides, Li Wei's heart is full of charming thoughts.
Suddenly I saw that Zhang Liang's eyes on the seated statue seemed to be full of ridicule, and I felt a shudder in my heart. Damn, thinking about a woman in front of the grandfather's statue is a bit disrespectful. It's better to do business.
Li Wei smiled and said, "Sorry about that, I'll borrow Grandmaster's treasure for a few days."
Hu Yue walked up, gently brushed off the dust on the chess equipment with his clothes, and presented the chess equipment to Li Wei with both hands. Li Wei took the chess equipment with both hands and held it very heavy. He took a closer look and found that the chessboard and chess cup were both made of iron.
The chess pieces should be ground with magnets and placed in the chess cup. Even if the chess cup falls over, the chess pieces will not fall out.
Seeing that Li Wei had nowhere to put the chess equipment, Hu Yue found a leather bag from the room, which was similar to a laptop bag. It also had a strap that could be slung over his shoulder. Li Wei took it, put the chess equipment in it, and put the bag
Sling it over your shoulder.
Li Wei chose to take away the chess set that contained the secret to unlocking the treasure. He did not want to keep the treasure as his own. It was his first time dealing with these people and he did not know their details. He was afraid that the secret to unlocking the treasure would be revealed.
Telling them will cause unintended consequences.
After doing all this, Li Wei saw Hu Chuan carrying Hu Hai's body on his shoulders and said: "Since Mr. Hu Hai has passed away, let him rest in peace."
The two brothers nodded and led Li Wei out of the stone chamber. However, they did not go toward the exit. Instead, they continued to walk deeper into the cave. As they went up, he felt strange. Couldn't the other exit be at the top of the mountain?
After walking for more than ten minutes, I saw Hu Yue pressing some mechanism on the mountain wall. Suddenly his eyes lit up, and a cave entrance appeared.
Li Wei followed the two of them out of the cave. Hu Yue separated the vines next to the entrance of the cave and activated some mechanism. The cave closed quietly, looking just like the surrounding stone walls.
Li Wei suddenly saw the strange scenery in front of him and almost screamed in surprise: Isn't this the legendary paradise?
But in front of me was an almost perfectly round mountain col. The diameter of this circular mountain col was about two kilometers. It may have been caused by volcanic eruptions in ancient times. It was surrounded by three to five feet high, knife-like rock walls on all sides. In the middle
But it is flat land. Green crops are planted on the land and grow very luxuriantly. There is also a small river winding through the middle.
Close to the rock wall, among the green villages, a corner of white walls and blue roofs are exposed. It seems that there are many people living here.
Seeing Li Wei's surprised look, Hu Yue explained: "It has always been the tradition of my Yilu Sect to find isolated places to hide treasures and avoid chaos. After my father ascended to the position of the sect leader, he followed the usual practice of sending out
Zhongli Boyang, the most skilled martial artist in the sect, was looking for a suitable place.
Zhongli Boyang spent thirty years and traveled almost all three mountains and five mountains, and finally discovered this place by chance. This mountain peak is surrounded by ninety-degree cliffs, hundreds of feet high, and the stone walls are smooth and impossible to climb.
, seen from a distance, it looks like a huge stone pillar, which is called Shizhu Peak by the locals.
At that time, no one knew how Zhongli Boyang climbed to the top of the mountain and discovered this valley in the heart of the mountain. After Zhongli Boyang told his father about the discovery, his father was very satisfied. He secretly transferred fifty people from the sect.
The absolutely loyal people lived in Hujiagou and searched for a passage to the Shanxin Valley. Finally, they found this cave. Originally, this cave could not lead directly to the Shanxin Valley. It took them three years.
Only then did a cave outside the mountain and another cave inside the mountain be dug through. Only then did the weeds and trees in the valley in the center of the mountain be cleared away, creating hundreds of acres of land.
The manor in Hujiagou was actually designed to provide cover for them. There was a tunnel in the manor connected to the cave, which was very convenient for entry and exit, and it was impossible for people outside the manor to discover it.
Even Li Guangcheng, the number two figure in the sect at the time, didn't know this secret. When Li Guangcheng launched his attack, most of the people had been moved to the valley in the heart of the mountain, and only a dozen old and weak people were killed. After decades of development, here
There are already more than a hundred people."
Li Wei laughed and said: "I said that the local people sometimes heard the sound of wheels at night. When they opened the window, they found that it was a fox pushing the cart. This is all your fault."
Hu Yue said with a smile: "You can grow your own food here, and you can raise silkworms and get silk to weave your own clothes. But there is one thing that you must buy from outside."
Li Wei smiled and said, "Is it table salt?"
Hu Yue nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, in addition to salt, medicines, metal products, books and other school supplies also need to be bought from outside. These things are bought by our brothers outside and stacked in the ditch.
In a secret kiln at the entrance, we sent people to transport these things back at night.
When transporting these things, we would wear fox clothes to avoid being discovered and aroused suspicion."