Jiang Chengcheng looked at the letter in his hand with shock on his face. Jiang Youfu, Ming Leyou and others on the side had puzzled faces.
"Dad, what happened? Are you so surprised?" Jiang Youfu frowned, wondering why Jiang Chengcheng was so excited.
"This kid actually made a strange plot of four calamities in a row!"
Jiang Chengcheng sighed, then looked up at the sky.
"A series of four tribulations?"
Jiang Youfu looked a little surprised after hearing this. Jiang Youfu was not a person who knew chess at all. Although she had been influenced by Jiang Chengcheng since she was a child, she only knew a little bit about it.
Jiang Youfu had never studied the chess records carefully. Jiang Youfu knew about the cycle of three calamities, but it was indeed the first time Jiang Youfu had heard about the cycle of four calamities, so she was inevitably a little surprised.
"Well, Li Longqian and Su Zhengye are indeed Go geniuses, and they can actually play the wonderful game of four calamities." Jiang Chengcheng nodded slowly.
"But if it's a chess game involving a cycle of four tribulations, how did Brother Li win?" Mingleyou understood what the cycle of four tribulations was about, and couldn't help but be a little confused.
After Jiang Chengcheng heard this, he turned to look at Ming Leyou, frowned slightly, and exclaimed: "Yes, the cycle of four tribulations is a draw. How did this kid win?"
Just as Jiang Chengcheng finished saying these words, he saw another carrier pigeon flying towards him. Jiang Chengcheng quickly reached out to catch the carrier pigeon hovering in the air, and then untied the letter on the carrier pigeon with an excited expression.
After unfolding the note, Jiang Chengcheng glanced at it and quickly walked to the chessboard with the letter in hand.
Jiang Chengcheng holds the black chess piece, and Mingle You holds the white chess piece of Li Longqian.
"This boy dares to give up the black chess piece to a national player like Su Zhengye. He is really courageous." Jiang Chengcheng stroked his beard and smiled, and then started to reconstruct the chess game according to the chess record.
Mingleyou stared at the chess game with confusion on his face, because Mingleyou had learned a lot of Go skills from Jiang Chengcheng during this period, but he still couldn't really understand Li Longqian's chess moves.
After a dozen moves of chess were played, Jiang Chengcheng gently stroked his beard and said calmly: "It seems that this kid has found Yang Tianyuan."
"Yang Tianyuan?" Mingleyou was stunned for a moment after hearing the name, and then asked quickly: "Master, are you talking about the chess demon Yang Tianyuan?"
"Yes, that's Yang Tianyuan. Li Longqian's opening moves obviously evolved from Yang Tianyuan's "Tian Yuan Magic Way"." Jiang Chengcheng nodded slowly.
"Don't people in the world say that Yang Tianyuan is dead?" Mingleyou frowned.
"How could he die so easily?" Jiang Chengcheng smiled faintly, then stretched out his hand and continued.
After a while, the two restored the chess game to the time when the cycle of four tribulations first took shape. Mingleyou looked at the chess record in his hand, his face full of shock, and he was silent for a long time.
"Why don't you play chess anymore?" Jiang Youfu, who was watching the chess game anxiously, asked in a sweet voice when she saw Ming Leyou's hesitation.
"Brother Li...Brother Li!" Mingleyou's face was still full of shock, and his lips trembled slightly.
"What's wrong with him? Just talk!" Jiang Youfu stamped her little foot anxiously.
"Brother Li actually gave up the opportunity to draw, gave up the big dragon in his hand, and chose to exchange the big dragon with Su Zhengye!"
When Jiang Chengcheng heard this, he nodded slowly and whispered: "So that's it."
"But if Li Longqian chooses to exchange Baron with Black now, wouldn't he lose?" Jiang Youfu asked with a frown.
Su Zhengye quickly lowered his head and glanced at the chess game. He was silent for a long time and said slowly: "No, Brother Li won the big dragon s"
Jiang Youfu looked confused.
Jiang Chengcheng slowly put down the chess box in his hand, with a slight smile on his face.
"Brother Li's chess move is really wonderful!"
Mingleyou put down his chess box and sighed with a smile.
Jiang Chengcheng glanced at Ming Leyou, stood up slowly, and whispered: "Leyou, come with me."
"good."
Ming Leyou quickly stood up and followed Jiang Chengcheng, leaving Jiang Youfu alone. Ming Mengzhi and Ming Mengzhi stared blankly at the chess game on the chessboard.
"Mengzhi, can you see how Li Longqian won?" Jiang Youfu glanced at Mingmeng helplessly.
"I don't understand Go." Ming Mengzhi shook his head helplessly.
"Why."
Jiang Youfu sighed softly, slowly sitting on the stone bench, holding her cheek in her hand, frowning and studying the chess game on the chessboard.
…
On the other side, after Jiang Chengcheng called Mingleyou to the study, he slowly sat on the chair, while Mingleyou stood next to Jiang Chengcheng, with a bit of confusion on his face.
"Teacher, why did you call me here?" Mingleyou looked at Jiang Chengcheng and asked.
"Leyou, let me ask you, do you know who is the number one player in Daliang Go today?" Jiang Chengcheng asked softly with an indifferent expression.
Mingleyou was silent for a moment and said slowly: "In today's Daliang chess world, Luo Xihe, the leader of the Xinghe chess sect, is the number one person in the world."
"Yeah." Jiang Chengcheng nodded.
"Why did the teacher ask about this?" Mingleyou was still puzzled.
"Actually, the most powerful chess player in Daliang right now would be Luo Xihe, but if we count further, there is actually one person who is better than him." Jiang Chengcheng said with a smile.
"The teacher is talking about the former chess master Du Lechi?" Mingleyou asked quickly.
"No." Jiang Chengcheng shook his head, and then continued: "There was a founding national counselor in Daliang named Ming Daozi. Do you know?"
"I know." Mingleyou nodded, frowned slightly and whispered: "But Daliang has stopped mentioning this person, and the late Emperor of Daliang has burned all the history books about Ming Daozi, so there should be no one who still knows about this person now.
Many, and probably not many people know that this person is a good chess player. How did the teacher know?"
"I played chess with him." Jiang Chengcheng smiled.
Mingleyou stared at Jiang Chengcheng with an extremely shocked expression.
"Leyou, let me ask you, do you know which one was the most famous abnormal war between the former dynasty and Daliang?" Jiang Chengcheng continued to ask.
"During the bloody battle at Yiyang Pass, it is said that the soldiers of the previous dynasty fought bloody battles with the soldiers of Daliang for three days. In the end, Daliang won with a very slight advantage. Historical records record that if it had not been for the battle of Yiyang Pass, the previous dynasty might not have been destroyed.
At least he won't die in Daliang's hands." Mingleyou whispered back.
"Haha." Jiang Chengcheng laughed loudly, and then nodded slowly: "That's true. If it hadn't been for the defeat in the battle at Yiyang Pass, the previous dynasty could have persisted for ten or eight years. The subjugated emperor of the previous dynasty
Nor do we think that the destruction of the previous dynasty was God’s will.”
"Why did the teacher talk about this so calmly?" Ming Leyou looked puzzled.
"The game of chess I played with Ming Daozi was the battle at Yiyang Pass, and I lost in the end."
"What?"
Mingleyou exclaimed when he heard this, and instinctively took a step back, staring at Jiang Chengcheng in front of him in confusion.
"Don't believe it?" Jiang Chengcheng smiled, then stood up and ran into the study with his hands behind his back.
"You come with me."
When Ming Leyou heard this, he quickly followed Jiang Chengcheng's pace.
Jiang Chengcheng walked to the innermost part of the study room, then gently twisted the vase on the bookshelf. After a while, the bookshelf slowly moved and opened the door to the secret room.
Mingleyou stood behind Jiang Chengcheng, his face a little shocked. He didn't expect that there was a secret room in Jiang Chengcheng's study.
"Come in."
Jiang Chengcheng looked back at Mingleyou, and then walked into the secret room first.
Mingleyou quickly kept up with Jiang Chengcheng.
After entering the secret room, the first thing that caught his eye was a huge map. Mingleyou looked at the map for a moment and frowned slightly, because this map was not the map of Daliang, but the map of the previous dynasty!
"Teacher, are you from the former dynasty?" Mingleyou asked in a low voice.
"Um."
Jiang Chengcheng nodded, and then walked forward. There was a huge sand table. The restored position on the sand table was the battlefield of the bloody battle at Yiyang Pass!
The shock on Mingleyou's face could no longer be described in words. Looking up at the old man in front of him, Mingleyou found it difficult to associate the battlefield with the gentle and elegant Jiang Chengcheng.
Walking further inside, there are several chess boards and an armor.
Ming Leyou knows this armor.
It’s the armor of the former general!
"Teacher, who are you?" Mingleyou couldn't help but ask this question.
Jiang Chengcheng turned back and glanced at Mingleyou, smiled faintly, said nothing, but picked up the sword next to the armor.
Jiang Chengcheng pulled out the sword. Although it had been idle for many years and the scabbard was covered with dust, the sword was still gleaming with cold light the moment it was unsheathed.
Mingleyou frowned and looked at Jiang Chengcheng.
"This sword has never killed anyone." Jiang Chengcheng looked at Mingleyou and smiled, then put the sword back into its scabbard.
"Teacher, are you a general from the previous dynasty?" Mingleyou continued to ask.
"Absolutely." Jiang Chengcheng nodded, then stretched out his hand to wipe the armor, walked slowly to the sand table, looked at Mingleyou with a smile and asked: "Do you know when this sand table was made?"
"It's the sand table for the battle at Yiyang Pass." Mingleyou said slowly.
"That's right."
Jiang Chengcheng nodded, and then continued: "This is the first time in my life that I have put on armor and mounted a war horse, but this time I lost, to the military advisor of the previous dynasty, Ming Daozi!"
Mingleyou was silent for a long time after hearing these words. He slowly raised his head and whispered: "Teacher, who are you?"
"You don't know who was the commander of the previous dynasty in the battle at Yiyang Pass?" Jiang Chengcheng asked with a smile.
"Remember." Mingleyou nodded, and then continued: "But that person is already dead!"
"Who said that person is dead? Am I not alive and well now?" Jiang Chengcheng sneered.
Mingleyou took a deep breath, frowned and asked, "Teacher, are you really Du Lechi, the former chess master?"
Jiang Chengcheng still had a faint smile on his face. He turned back and pointed at the painting he had reached out to, and said softly: "This painting was painted for me by the queen of the former dynasty before I went on the expedition. The painting is called "Sending Plum Blossoms to the Snow"
.”
The war between the former dynasty and Daliang was actually not a long one if we look at the long history. After all, for a country as prosperous as the former dynasty, no one would have thought that the former dynasty's collapse would be so unexpected. And the war between the former dynasty and Daliang
, it is estimated that the bloody battle at Yiyang Pass is what is left and can be praised by the world. The reason why this war is praised by the world is not how fierce and cruel the war is, but the two people who fought in this war.
The chief generals are all military generals.
You must know that most wars in the world are dominated by military generals and supplemented by civil servants.
Therefore, it is rare for a civil servant to be the commander-in-chief of the war, and it is even more rare for both sides to be civil servants. Especially the commander-in-chief of Daliang is an almost mythical figure.
for the sake of
, has gradually been forgotten by people, but at that time, Ming Daozi's prestige among the people was definitely not inferior to that of Emperor Zhu Wen of Daliang. Looking at the generals of the previous dynasty, it seemed even more unexpected. He was a member of the previous dynasty.
A famous chess player named Du Lechi.
Du Lechi's chess skills in the previous dynasty were well known to everyone, but people never thought that Ming Daozi could actually fight. Moreover, it is said that Du Lechi took the initiative to join the army at that time. A first-level chess player has no power to tie a chicken, but
Alone, with a black horse, he went to Yiyang Pass, which was like riding a thousand miles alone. In order to see Du Lechi off, the queen of the previous dynasty painted a painting "Walking in the Snow to Send Plum Blossoms" overnight.
There were nearly tens of thousands of people in Chang'an City, all of whom saw Du Lechi off.
After Du Lechi arrived at Yiyang Pass, the soldiers of the two sides had already started a confrontation. Du Lechi directly arranged his troops and integrated his Go skills into the battlefield. The former army, which did not have an advantage in numbers, unexpectedly
Rushing forward with lightning speed
Yiyang Pass defeated the Daliang army encamped in Yiyang Pass, cut off the food route of the Daliang army, and surrounded the entire Yiyang Pass. The reason why the former army was able to have such a large counterattack was simply because of Du
One person in the orchestra was strategizing behind the scenes.
Daliang saw that the situation was not right, so he sent Ming Daozi directly. After Ming Daozi came, he greatly encouraged the soldiers of Daliang. Their morale was boosted, and they became more and more courageous as they fought.
In this way, what was originally supposed to be a fighting war turned into a battle between two literati.
The two used the battlefield as a chessboard and the army as chess pieces. They fought for seven days and seven nights. In the end, Du Lechi lost.
Du Lechi was brutally betrayed by his subordinates and cut off his food and fodder.
Rather than saying that Du Lechi lost to Ming Daozi, it is better to say that he won people's hearts.
…
Mingleyou looked at the old man in front of him, and he didn't expect that Jiang Chengcheng was actually Du Lechi, the chess master of the previous dynasty.
"Are you surprised?" Jiang Chengcheng looked at Mingleyou with a smile.
"Well, I didn't expect the teacher to be Du Lechi. Everyone thought Du Lechi was dead." Mingle You nodded slowly.
Jiang Chengcheng smiled and continued: "Actually, I told you my identity today because I wanted you to go to the Galaxy Chess Sect for me one day."
"Galaxy Chess Sect?" Mingleyou frowned slightly.
"Yes, Xinghe Chess Sect." Jiang Chengcheng nodded, and then continued: "Since Li Longqian can beat Su Zhengye, I think you can too."
"You mean to let me challenge the disciples of the Xinghe Chess Sect?" Mingleyou exclaimed.
"Yes, that's what I mean." Jiang Chengcheng nodded, and then continued: "You should know the relationship between me and Luo Xihe, right?"
"Clear, it is said that you and Senior Luo are fellow disciples." Mingle You nodded slowly.
"Yes, we are indeed brothers from the same sect, so you want to challenge the Xinghe Chess Sect as my disciple. The target of the challenge is Su Zhengye, who just lost to Li Longqian. Do you understand what I mean?"
Jiang Chengcheng continued.
"Teacher, I'm afraid my current chess skills are not enough to defeat Su Zhengye." Mingleyou frowned.
"It's okay, I'm not asking you to go now." After Jiang Chengcheng said this, he picked up an unnamed chess book from the table, handed it to Min Leyou's hand, and said with a smile: "This chess book is
It’s my life’s work, take it back and study it carefully.”
Mingleyou looked down at the chess record in his hand and said nothing.
"Is there any problem?" Jiang Chengcheng looked at Mingleyou and smiled.
"There's no problem, I'm just afraid of letting down the teacher's trust." Mingleyou shook his head.
"No, although you are not as good at reading as Li Longqian, your talent in Go is pretty good. As long as you study my chess book carefully, you will definitely be able to occupy a position in Daliang's chess world in the future."
Jiang Chengcheng said calmly.
When Ming Leyou heard this, he suddenly raised his head and looked at Jiang Chengcheng.
"Don't worry." Jiang Chengcheng took a step forward, reached out and patted Ming Leyou on the shoulder.
Mingleyou was silent for a moment and nodded slowly.
"Haha." Jiang Chengcheng looked at Mingleyou and smiled, then whispered: "Actually, I had no intention of accepting a disciple in my life, but since Li Longqian asked you to come to me, he must have wanted me to teach you something.
What, this kid always wants to be ahead of others no matter what he does."
"Teacher, who is Brother Li?" Mingleyou seemed to already know something.
"Who do you think he is?" Jiang Chengcheng looked at Mingleyou and smiled.
"Is it possible that Brother Li is also from the previous dynasty?" Mingleyou continued to ask.
Jiang Chengcheng nodded slowly.
"The prince of the previous dynasty?" Mingleyou exclaimed.
Jiang Chengcheng smiled and said nothing.
Mingleyou stared at Jiang Chengcheng who was opposite him and had been silent for an unknown length of time. He sighed helplessly and whispered: "Brother Li, does he want to restore the country?"
"I don't know." Jiang Chengcheng shook his head.
"Would Teacher Fuguo come out?" Mingleyou continued to ask.
"If you are willing to help Li Longqian, you don't need me to go out. If you care about your family background, then I will go out." Jiang Chengcheng said slowly without any concealment.
After Mingleyou heard this, he froze on the spot and said nothing.
"Okay, if you have nothing to do, just go out first." Jiang Chengcheng looked at Mingleyou and smiled.
"good."
Mingleyou nodded, turned around and ran out of the secret room.
Jiang Chengcheng squinted his eyes and looked at Mingleyou's back, smiled helplessly and said nothing.
…
At this time, in the courtyard of the Jiang Mansion, Jiang Youfu and Ming Mengzhi were still studying how Li Longqian won the chess game. After seeing Mingle You come out, they directly dragged Mingle You to the front of the chess board.
Let Mingleyou explain.
Mingle You looked at the chess game and knew in his heart how different he was from Li Longqian.