Early the next morning, Fang Guohuan prepared incense and candles and went to pay homage to the tomb of the ancestor Fang Lan. When I arrived at the graveyard of the master behind the mountain, I saw that the grave was overgrown with weeds, and it was desolate, and my heart was sad, so I first leveled the cemetery, added new soil, and then set up incense and candles, and knelt down and wept again. I remembered that I was lost from home when I was a child, and was rescued by the master from the side of the road, and since then I have relied on each other for my life, drifting in the rivers and lakes, it was the master who taught me chess skills and introduced the chess way, I never thought that the master was frozen to death in the snow due to old age. The more Fang Guohuan thought about it, the more sad he became, crying so much that he almost fainted. Later, he found a shepherd boy who often herded sheep in this vicinity, and Fang Guohuan gave him fifty taels of silver, but asked the shepherd boy to come to the master's grave on weekdays to trim some weeds and add some new soil every year. The shepherd boy suddenly received this lot of silver, and he was overjoyed, and his mouth was full of answers, and Fang Guohuan then returned to the village with some loss. In the afternoon, the incense and candles were prepared again, accompanied by the Liu brothers, Fang Guolian came to the cemetery of the Liu family, worshiped Liu Yishan, and cried arrogantly, Liu Cai and Liu Lu accompanied them to kill a few tears.

When I returned to Liu's house, it was almost evening. Previously, some servants of the Liu family heard that the Liu brothers had made a fortune, redeemed their ancestral business, revitalized their family, and came back one after another to take refuge, and the Liu brothers were happy and took them in. The servants then knew that it was the good deeds done by the young man Fang Guolian, who was rescued by the old master Liu Yishan in the snow, and they were all amazed. From time to time, people from the village came to congratulate, and the Liu brothers were overwhelmed with joy, as lively as the New Year.

Liu Fu, the old housekeeper of the Liu family, also rushed over when he heard the news, and the Liu brothers saw Liu Fu and were sad for each other again, but still let Liu Fu be the housekeeper. When he learned that all this was the righteous act of the young man Fang Guohuan who was in distress back then, Liu Fu was surprised and sighed. Liu Fu privately told Fang Guohuan that since Liu Yishan's death, the brothers Liu Cai and Liu Lu have been disdisciplined, and since then they have become debauched, eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, doing everything, and in less than a year, they have lost all their solid family business and owed many foreign debts. The creditor came to urge, and the Liu brothers were forced to pay off the debts, so they sold their ancestral properties such as the house and the land, and then felt that they had no face to see the villagers, and there was no place to live, so the two brothers went to another country. Fang Guohuan listened to what Liu Fu said, and knew that the Liu brothers were panicked about themselves, and sighed, but they didn't break it. But he guessed that the Liu brothers might not be reliable in the future, so he privately gave Liu Fu 500 taels of silver to prevent the use of pension, which moved Liu Fu to tears and thanked him.

The brothers Liu Cai and Liu Lu were amazed when they saw that Fang Guolian's carriage was filled with large seals of silver, and they didn't know where Fang Guohuan had made such a windfall. Seeing that Fang Guohuan redeemed their ancestral business for them, the two brothers were grateful and vowed to revive the Liu family, and Fang Guohuan was also relieved. In the next few days, Fang Guohuan, accompanied by Liu Fu, visited several outsiders and wealthy people in the same village and neighboring villages, bought dozens of hectares of land from them at a high price, and then handed over the title deed to the Liu brothers, so that the two brothers could collect rent and use it every year, so as to stabilize the Liu family's business. Fang Guolian also gave the remaining thousands of taels of silver to the Liu brothers, as a daily use, since Liu Cai and Liu Lu brothers were grateful, they didn't know how to thank them, in front of Fang Guolian and several elders in the village, the two brothers swore a heavy oath, and from then on they would be a responsible person who kept the family and kept the business. The righteous act of the other party was a good story in the township for a while, and the Liu brothers later lived a prosperous life together.

Fang Guolian settled the Liu brothers in Liujia Village, felt comforted, took the remaining bag of gold, silver and jewelry, and resigned from the Liu brothers to find Bu Yuan. The Liu brothers tried hard to persuade them to stay, so Fang Guohuan told him again, smiled and said goodbye.

Fang Guolian followed the old road that he could vaguely recognise, and found Zhu Qi's hunting house in the mountains, Zhu Qi was not at home, and the house was the same as three years ago, and there was not much change. Fang Guohuan waited for a while, but didn't see Zhu Qi come back, so he left half of the jewelry on the table, found a piece of charcoal by the stove, and wrote on the table: Brother Zhu Qi, Fang Guohuan is visiting, waiting for you, after seeing the word, he quickly informed Brother Bu Yuan, go to the maple forest cottage to find me. Leave some jewelry and property, and send them to Zhu Qige and the former Orion brothers, to repay the kindness of the gift of the plate back then, not a tribute, the little brother Fang Guoshu. After writing it, Fang Guohuan looked at it again and said to himself: "I don't know if Brother Zhu Qi can read or write?" Well, that's what it means. ”

Out of Zhu Qi's hunting house, Fang Guohuan shook his head and smiled: "The master of the Hongjin Mountain Hall of Liuhe Hall said that it makes sense, I am not afraid of having money, I am afraid of not having money, it seems that there is a place to use how much silver there is, even my sister asked someone to share this lot of silver with me, which really came in handy, maybe it was the will of heaven to fulfill me." Fang Guolian almost shook off the silver jewelry given by Liugutang twice, and he was happy in his heart.

Fang Guohuan traveled all the way, and when he arrived at the town where Lian Qiying gave cakes, seeing Jingsi people, Fang Guohuan touched the Liuhe gold medal order in his arms, and said with emotion: "The world is really unpredictable, Sister Lian, who had a relationship here by chance, has now become acquainted, and I didn't expect her to be the head of the Liuhe Hall, it's incredible." Fang Guochuan then entered a shop where Bu Yuan had come to ask for a fur account, and asked about Bu Yuan's whereabouts, and the shopkeeper told him that Bu Yuan had come a few days ago, and there were dozens of taels of silver in the store, but Bu Yuan's whereabouts were uncertain, and now I don't know where he went. Fang Guohuan thanked the shopkeeper, left the store, ate something in the town, and then sighed and went to the Fenglin Thatched Cottage to find the wise and good monk.

Fang Guochuan remembered that the monk Zhishan guided him to visit Tianyuan Temple in Lianyun Mountain to learn chess, so that he had today's achievements, and he was especially grateful in his heart, and his pace also accelerated. When approaching the Maple Forest Thatched Cottage, Fang Guolian, who had been excited all the way, somehow, a trace of uneasiness flashed in his heart, the closer he got to the Maple Forest Thatched Cottage, the more obvious this uneasy mood became, as if there was a bad omen. Fang Guochuan couldn't help but be startled at this time, stopped his steps, stabilized his senses, and said in surprise: "What's wrong?" Why are you so flustered? After taking a few deep breaths, his heart eased a little, shook his head in confusion, and walked forward again.

When crossing a maple forest, there are several exquisite grass huts in the glade, which are the former maple forest thatched cottages. Fang Guochuan was overjoyed at this time, forgetting the inexplicable uneasiness of Shicai, he hurriedly walked a few steps to the front of the grass hall, and saw that the firewood door was empty, so he pushed open the door and walked in: "Master Zhishan is here?" At this time, Fang Guohuan was stunned suddenly, but saw that the Zhishan monk was sitting at the table, staring at a game of chess pieces on the table, as if he had fallen into a trance, and ignored the meaning of others....... Fang Guochuan called softly twice: "Master Zhishan, Master Zhishan." The Zhishan monk seemed to be fascinated, but did not respond, and his body remained motionless. Fang Guohuan was startled, and suddenly felt bad, and hurriedly stepped forward to caress it, and saw that the Zhishan monk had a strange look on his face, and his eyes were staring blankly at the chessboard on the table, he was already stiff, and he had already sat down for a long time. Fang Guohuan was shocked in his heart, and he was stunned for a while.

When Fang Guochuan looked carefully, he didn't find anything unusual in Monk Zhishan, but he seemed to be trapped by the game of chess on the table, although he had passed away, there was still a strange blank look in his eyes, as if the monk Zhishan was playing against someone, for some reason, he suddenly sat next to the chess. There were many messy footprints on the floor of the room, indicating that many people had been in the cottage. Fang Guohuan was surprised to see the monk Zhishan sitting away, and observed his demeanor even though he was dead, which seemed to have a lot to do with the game of chess in front of him. At this time, there were only more than 100 white chess pieces left on the chessboard, arranged in a strange chess shape, and the sunspots were picked up by someone for some reason. Fang Guochuan said with a pang in his heart at this time: "Could it be that the matter is in chess?" However, the remnants of the game on the table, because the sunspots were lifted, it was impossible to see what strange chess moves the two sides had made at that time. I sat and watched for a long time. Fang Guochuan shook his head and said: "When the chess situation is extremely difficult to solve, although some chess players have hurt people because of excessive thinking about chess, but it will not kill people because of this, is there another reason?" However, the demeanor of Master Zhishan sitting next to the chess and passing away seems to be related to this game of chess. Fang Guohuan was puzzled.

At this moment, I suddenly heard someone behind me shouting: "You thief, the monk has been killed by you, what are you going to do when you come back?" Fang Guochuan was startled when he heard this, and when he looked back, he saw a person holding a steel fork rushing in from outside the door, raising the fork and stabbing at his vest. Fang Guohuan was shocked and flashed to the side. When the tip of the fork was still half a foot away from Fang Guolian's chest, it suddenly stopped stiffly, and then the fork bearer said in surprise: "Brother Fang! When did you get here? ”

Fang Guohuan was shocked, and when he looked up, he also said with joy: "Brother Tie Five! "It turned out that person was Orion Iron Five back then. Tie Wu hurriedly collected the steel fork at this time, stepped forward to help Fang Guolian, and said apologetically: "Brother Fang was frightened, I thought you were a thief who killed the monk, and you came back to steal the corpse and destroy the traces." When Fang Guochuan heard this, he knew that there was a reason for it, and hurriedly asked, "Brother Tie Wu, what is going on?" How did Master Zhishan die so strangely? "Alas!" Tie Wu sighed and said, "Today at noon, I was entrusted by the Bu Yuan brothers to send some firewood and rice to the monk, when I arrived here, I found that there were two horses tied to the door, and in the grass hall, the monk was playing chess with a strange person, and behind this person stood a man in Tsing Yi wearing a long sword. "Weird?" Fang Guohuan was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Fifth Brother Tie, do you know who that person is?" Tie Wu shook his head and said, "Who knows!" It is said that this person's surname is Li and he is a eunuch, in short, the person is yin and yang, which makes people disgusted. ”

Fang Guojuan's brows furrowed, and then he asked, "What happened later?" Tie Wudao: "I didn't come in at the door at the time, but when I saw that the monk was unusual, he shook his head and muttered something, like a demon, staring at the chessboard with wide eyes, as if there was something on the chessboard that scared the monk." I saw that something was wrong, so I put Chai Mi aside and hurriedly went back to find Bu Yuan and them. Tie Wu then repented: "If I had guarded the monk at that time, this would not have happened." ”

Fang Guochuan was stunned at this time and said: "Could it be that the death of Master Zhishan is really related to chess?" He asked again, "What happened next?" Tie Wu said: "When I will rush here with five or six brothers such as Bu Yuan and Zhu Qi, it has been a long time, and when I entered the grass hall, I saw the monk sitting alone, and the two people before knew when they left." Bu Yuan saw that the monk's expression was different, just like now, when he went to call him, the monk should not, and when he got closer, the monk was sitting here and had no breath, and everyone knew that the monk was killed by the two people before. The strange thing is that the monk did not have a trace of scars on his body, and he didn't know what kind of demon magic he was killed by those two people. Bu Yuan had some friendship with the monk, and when he saw this scene, he was furious and chased after him with his brothers. Halfway through the chase, Bu Yuan was afraid that the monk's corpse would go wrong again, so he asked me to come back to take care of it, I never thought that I would meet Brother Fang, and I almost hurt you. ”

Fang Guohuan was surprised when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Brother Bu, in which direction are they chasing?" Tie Wudao: "Bu Yuan found that there were horseshoe prints to the southwest, saying that this area was all mountain roads, and they couldn't go far on horseback, so they took Zhu Qi and chased them all the way." Fang Guohuan hurriedly said: "Brother Tie Wu has taken care of Master Zhishan's Dharma body, don't touch the chessboard on the table, I'll go to Brother Bu and them to see who the two of them are, what's going on." With that, he turned around and ran out. Tie Wu shouted behind him: "Brother Fang, be careful. ”

Fang Guolian chased all the way, ran for a long time, and still didn't see Bu Yuan and the others, he was already tired and out of breath, but seeing that the incident happened suddenly, strange and bizarre, he was determined to get out of the way, gritted his teeth and held on, and chased forward again. At this time, I suddenly heard the angry shouts of several people in front of me, followed by several screams, and then there was no sound. Fang Guohuan was shocked when he heard this, ran a few steps, and when he turned a corner of a forest, he saw that on the side of the road ahead, Bu Yuanping was holding an overlord bow, and was confronting a man in Tsing Yi who was holding a sword in his left hand, and there were four or five hunters such as Zhu Qi lying on the ground next to him, all of whom were obviously injured, each covering his wounds, looking at the man in Tsing Yi with angry and frightened eyes, and throwing a few knives, guns, sticks and forks on the ground.

At this time, I saw that the man in Tsing Yi shook his sword and said: "Heroes, I don't want to hurt you, you are the right people to force me to make a move, I have already said, I and Gonggong Li have not hurt the monk, it is his own chess strength is not good, maybe he can't think about it for a while, he closed his qi and died, it has nothing to do with my father-in-law, why bother to hunt us down?" Bu Yuan said angrily: "Master Zhishan's chess skills, few people can beat him, you must be able to win him, and you have the heart of a villain and kill him with demon methods." ”

The man in Tsing Yi shook his head and said, "This strong man is wrong! My father-in-law's chess strength, today is unrivaled, although the chess method is a little strange, Yu sometimes is not very clear, but when playing against people, there is no conspiracy, you know, the chessboard is the fairest. ”

Fang Guohuan heard this, and said in his heart: "The Gonggong Li that the man in Tsing Yi said seems to be a eunuch in the palace, and he should be the weird person that Tie Wu said. Odd? Why wasn't this person there? Even the Tsing Yi man surnamed Yu said that Gonggong Li's chess skills were a little weird, and it seemed that the problem was really in chess. Bu Yuan said at this time: "Why didn't you ask the eunuch to ask him clearly, let him go, and stop me and wait?" The Tsing Yi said: "Gonggong Li has no power to restrain the chicken, and he has been a great favor to a certain person, so he will not let Gonggong Li have any mistakes, and the death of the monk really has nothing to do with my father-in-law." Bu Yuan said angrily: "You also said that it has nothing to do with the eunuch, if Master Zhishan doesn't play chess with him, he won't be plotted by your demon law, and he died for no unknown reason, and you hurt my brothers again, it's really hateful, and today let you taste the power of the overlord bow, and then it's not too late to find the eunuch to settle accounts." As he spoke, he opened his bow and shouted "Hold", and a muddy iron pill shot towards the man in green clothes like a meteor.

The man in Tsing Yi first saw that the slingshot held by Bu Yuan was different from the regular bow, and he was on guard, but when he saw that the projectile had arrived in front of him with the sound of the bowstring, he couldn't help but shout "Okay", but this person did not dodge, and grabbed the projectile on his chest as soon as he stretched out his hand. However, the mighty power of the iron pellet shot by the overlord bow greatly exceeded the Tsing Yi man's expectations, and the impact of the projectile actually brought the Tsing Yi man's figure up and crashed into a tree trunk not far behind him. When the man in Tsing Yi grabbed the projectile, his face immediately changed suddenly, and he was shocked, although his body was in mid-air, he waved his right hand, and forcefully led this huge impact to the side, and the projectile came out of his hand with the momentum, breaking a small tree more than ten meters away, and the palm of the right hand of the man in Tsing Yi had been stained with a layer of skin and flesh by the projectile. The figure of the man in green clothes rolled over and staggered to the ground, and several streaks of blood had flowed from between his right fingers. The man in Tsing Yi was immediately shocked, he never thought of encountering such a strong artifact, and with a wave of the long sword in his left hand, he protected his front body, and jumped on the back of a horse next to him, and galloped away. Bu Yuan, Fang Guolian, Zhu Qi and the others were stunned by such a magical force when they saw that the man in Tsing Yi was able to catch the iron pill shot out by the overlord's bow and steer it around.

Fang Guohuan saw that Bu Yuan frightened away the swordsman in Tsing Yi with a bullet, and after being surprised, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Brother Bu, this person's martial arts are extraordinary, let him go." Bu Yuan, Zhu Qi and the others suddenly saw Fang Guolian appear in front of them, and they were all surprised, and Bu Yuan immediately said in surprise: "Brother Guolian!" How did you get here? Fang Guochuan said: "It was guided by the fifth brother of the iron family." Bu Yuanyi was stunned and said, "What? Brother Xian has been to the Maple Forest Thatched Cottage? Fang Guochuan sighed and said, "Yes, I already know about Master Zhishan. Bu Yuan shook his head and sighed: "It's a pity for a good monk." ”

Subsequently, Bu Yuan and Fang Guolian went to support Zhu Qi and the others, and saw that Zhu Qi and the others were all hit by a sword in the shoulder and leg, only an inch deep. Zhu Qi said with a shocked face at this time: "That man's swordsmanship is so fast, we didn't wait to get close to him, and with a wave of the long sword in his left hand, he actually stabbed several of us down, which is really amazing!" Bu Yuan sighed: "This person is merciful under the sword, otherwise you would have died a long time ago." When Zhu Qi and the others heard this, they were particularly shocked, but fortunately, their sword wounds were not in the critical places, and the piercing was not very deep, but it was no big deal, they supported each other and returned to the maple forest thatched cottage.

When Tie Wu came out to greet him, he couldn't help but be taken aback when he saw that Zhu Qi and the others were injured, and hurriedly took everyone into the grass hall and found something to bandage the wounds of Zhu Qi and the others. Then everyone sat aside, looking at the corpse of Monk Zhishan, all speechless.

After a long time, Bu Yuan sighed and said, "It's really ashamed! I, Bu Yuan, can't avenge the monk today, and I am empty of the monk's gift of the overlord's bow. Tie Wuyi said: "It's really strange to say, the monk is uninjured and traceless, how can he die while sitting and sitting, I don't know how they hurt him?" Fang Guochuan said: "It seems that Master Zhishan should have died in this game of chess, and it was chess that killed him." Bu Yuan, Zhu Qi, Tie Wu and others were stunned when they heard this. Bu Yuan was surprised: "The monk died on chess? Could it be that the eunuch who came with the swordsman in Tsing Yi had the ability to kill people with chess? How is this possible? ”

Fang Guochuan said: "As for how Master Zhishan died because of chess, I don't understand, but it must be related to chess." Bu Yuan shook his head and said: "That eunuch's chess is not successful, and even a master like Brother Xian doesn't understand, it's very strange!" It's weird! Fang Guojian asked, "What does the eunuch that Brother Bu Yuan saw look like?" Bu Yuan said: "Men are not men, women are not women, people look like ghosts, they all speak in a dumb voice, like an old woman of fifty or sixty years old, if I hadn't been stopped by the swordsman in green clothes, I would have killed this monster with a projectile." "Is there such a surprisingly tall eunuch in the chess world?" Fang Guochuan suddenly remembered at this time that in the past, in Tianyuan Temple, when the monk talked about the chess affairs of the world, he once said that there was a Gonggong Li in the palace, known as the national hand eunuch, and the current national player champion Qu Liangyi are two first-class chess opponents, and he was surprised in his heart: "Could it be this person?" ”

Bu Yuan said at this time: "You and my brother met today, I was happy, I didn't want such an accident." By the way, can the virtuous brother follow the monk's guidance, can he find any Lianyun Mountain Tianyuan Temple? Fang Guochuan said: "The younger brother is not talented, under the guidance of Master Cheng Zhishan, after a lot of hardships, he finally found the Tianyuan Temple of Lianyun Mountain, and he was fortunate to worship the master as a teacher, cultivated for three years, and achieved the way of chess." When I came back this time, I wanted to visit a few benefactors, but I knew that Mr. Liu Yishan had already passed away, and Master Zhishan also went strangely, but I didn't expect to encounter such a big change when I returned. After that, I sighed.

Bu Yuan said: "As soon as Liu Yishan of Liujia Village died, leaving those two losers, I heard that the family business was ruined, and I don't know where they went, and eighty percent of them died." Fang Guochuan sighed: "Coincidentally, on the way back, the younger brother met those two brothers who had become beggars, and in order to repay the great kindness of Mr. Liu Yishan in the past, I have helped their brothers restore their family business." Bu Yuan was surprised when he heard this, and hurriedly asked the reason, and Fang Guohuan told him a little about meeting the heroes of Liuhetang, receiving a gift of carriage silver, and helping the Liu brothers redeem their ancestral business. After hearing this, Bu Yuan said in surprise: "Brother Xian is really a creation!" I actually got acquainted with the heroes and heroes in the well-known Liuhetang. Zhu Qi, Tie Wu and others were also secretly surprised.

Afterwards, everyone carried the body of Monk Zhishan to the open space outside the thatched hall, set up firewood and cremated it, Fang Guolian knelt down and worshipped, and said silently in his heart: "Master Zhishan, thank you for your guidance back then, so that Fang Guochuan has achieved the real chess path." The master has unfortunately passed away, and I must find out the real cause and pursue the culprit to comfort the master's soul in heaven. Bu Yuan, Zhu Qi and others also sighed sadly. Back in the thatched hall, Fang Guolian divided the remaining jewels with Bu Yuan, Tie Wu and others, Bu Yuan did not accept it, and shared it with all the hunters. Fang Guolian also informed Zhu Qi that he also left some jewels in his mountain hunting house for everyone to go back and divide them. Zhu Qi, Tie Wu and other hunters were very grateful for Fang Guolian's generosity, thanked each other, and then supported each other to say goodbye. Fang Guohuan wanted to study the incomplete game of chess that killed the monk Zhishan, so he stayed in the maple forest thatched cottage with Bu Yuan.

After sending Zhu Qi, Tie Wu and others away, Fang Guolian and Bu Yuan returned to sit in the grass hall, talking about the scene of looking for Zhishan monk to fight chess, such as yesterday, and now it has become a different world, and the two of them are sad again. Fang Guohuan told Bu Yuan again about his experience in the past few years, and Bu Yuan was secretly surprised when he heard it. Bu Yuan also told Fang Guolian that since he went, less than a year later, his mother passed away, and he wanted to go to him later, but the hunters did not let him go, and it was difficult to resist, so he hunted for a few more years, but he was also at ease.

When talking about the Zhishan monk again, Bu Yuan sighed: "Since the virtuous brother went, I have often corresponded with the monk, and the friendship has deepened, the monk is a master of the world, although he lives alone, he often travels far away, at least one or two months, and at most four or five months without returning. Half a year ago, when the monk returned from a long trip, he asked someone to find me and talk to him. The monk said happily to me at that time that he went to the capital a few days ago, just in time for the grand chess event of this dynasty, the Son of Heaven moves chess, and almost all the chess masters in the world have gathered in the capital to participate in or watch this once-in-a-century national player selection competition, saying that the emperor has named a national player named Qu Liangyi among all the chess masters in the world. The monk said, it's a pity that you didn't go to the capital to try chess for some reason, otherwise after several years of high-finger teaching, coupled with your unique spirituality and talent, the champion of the national hand may fall on the virtuous brother. When Fang Guochuan heard this, he sighed: "Master Zhishan has such high expectations for me, and now he can be regarded as an achievement, and he has lived up to the master's hard work." ”

Bu Yuan said: "The monk also said that during the chess meeting in the capital, he got acquainted with many masters in chess. There is one thing that the monk said well is strange. When Fang Guolian heard this, he was stunned and said, "What's the matter?" Bu Yuan said: "The monk said that he had met several chess masters, for some reason, after returning from a chess walk with someone, his spirit was in a trance, as if he was frightened and stimulated, and asked them, but they didn't say, or they didn't say it clearly. Some people think that in the capital where masters gather, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, it is inevitable that they will not meet people whose chess skills are much higher than their own, and they are usually self-righteous, but after a defeat, they may have some inferiority complex in their hearts and unhappy spirits, so that they have a sense of discouragement about chess. The others didn't care, but the monk said that this matter was a little strange and had been secretly investigated. ”

When Fang Guochuan heard this, his heart couldn't help but move, and he hurriedly asked, "What results has Master Zhishan ever found?" Bu Yuan shook his head and said: "The monk didn't say it at the time, he just said, 'This person is so weird', as if he was referring to someone." Fang Guochuan seemed to have an understanding and said: "This matter seems to have a significant relationship with the death of Master Zhishan. Bu Yuan said: "What can it do?" Since ancient times, it has not been said that the game of Go will kill people, except that the heart is smaller, the ability is not good, and he loses to others for a while, he can't think about it, he jumps into the river and hangs himself, so as not to worry about himself, and the monk is not such a narrow person. Fang Guohuan said in confusion: "This matter is strange and bizarre, it's not that simple, since it is related to the death of Master Zhishan, I have to find out." Bu Yuan said: "It's a pity that I didn't hold the eunuch, otherwise I would have asked clearly." ”

At this time, Bu Yuan looked at the broken chess game on the table, and hurriedly said: "The chess game that the monk and the eunuch walked is still here, why don't you take a look at it?" Fang Guochuan shook his head and said: "It's a pity that all the black chess pieces were removed by the eunuch first, and there were only more than 100 monochrome white chess pieces left on the table, but I couldn't see any clues for a while." Bu Yuan was surprised when he heard this: "There is such a strange thing!" I didn't notice. As he spoke, he stepped forward to look at the incomplete game of chess, and said in confusion: "Why did the old eunuch carry the black chess?" Is it because you want to prevent others from seeing what you can't do? ”

Fang Guozhuan said: "It is estimated that there is this meaning, from the existing chess position of white, it is a normal move on the big different chess, although the chess style of each master is different, and the chess path is also self-contained, but from the perspective of the chess momentum of the white side in this game, it seems that he has been led by the opponent's black seed, and White has to go like this." Bu Yuan said: "Chess matters, there are always some mysteries to be talked about by your chess players, I naturally don't understand this, but what can it have to do with the death of the monk?" Fang Guochuan pondered for a moment and said, "I don't know about this. ”

Fang Guochuan and Bu Yuan discussed for a long time, but they did not understand the cause of Monk Zhishan's death. At this time, it was already dark, Bu Yuan lit the candle, went out to find some food, and used it indiscriminately with Fang Guolian. The two talked for a while, but there was no result, Bu Yuan shook his head and sighed, and lay down to the side to rest. Fang Guozhuan studied the remnants of the game on the table under the lamp, followed the trend of white chess, and used black seeds to correspond to more than a dozen black chess moves, which did not seem to be the real chess game of this game. However, Fang Guohuan found that no matter how Black coordinated, he did not seem to have any intention of fighting for the final victory of the game, but led White to fight only on the wrong path, and White could not take care of the overall situation alone, but could only deal with it with Black, and invisibly walked out of some strange chess moves, Fang Guohuan seemed to understand, and then was at a loss.

Bu Yuan woke up and saw that Fang Guohuan was still sitting alone under the lamp, staring at the strange chess game, he couldn't help but be surprised, and hurriedly pulled the corner of Fang Guolian's clothes, and said: "Brother Xian, don't be distracted from studying this strange chess game, after a long time, you can't help but go crazy, like a monk who goes inexplicably." "Gone mad?" Fang Guojian was stunned when he heard this, "Can it be that you can also attract people to go crazy in chess?" Bu Yuan saw that Fang Guolian's demeanor was still normal, so he put his mind at ease, shook his head and said: "Things will go to extremes, Brother Xian should rest, it's not too late to ponder this strange game tomorrow, so as not to hurt your body." ”

Fang Guochuan said: "I have my own measure, and I won't get in the way." Then he was puzzled and said: "Hearing that the alchemist and the people who practice martial arts, when the kung fu reaches a certain temperature, they must be very careful, they must have righteous thoughts and practice cautiously, in order to overcome this difficulty, and their own skills will naturally improve greatly." If you accidentally have evil thoughts and make a mistake, you will go mad, lose your previous achievements, and sometimes hurt your life. But this elegant way of chess players, in addition to the difference in chess skills and chess style, how can we distinguish between evil and good? Even if there is a person with a bad heart, due to the limitation of his character, his chess strength is not much higher, let alone he can kill people with chess. ”

Bu Yuan said: "Virtuous brother don't always go around in circles on the chessboard, I see that the eunuch is very yin, maybe he used some magic to harm the monk, or took advantage of the monk's unpreparedness, and smeared poison on the chess, and he took the antidote first, and when he played chess, the monk was poisoned and died, otherwise why is there no injury on the body?" Speaking of this, Bu Yuan was suddenly shocked and said: "Brother Xian has been fiddling with this chess piece for a long time, don't get poisoned!" Fang Guochuan shook his head and said, "Brother Bu's analysis is not unreasonable, but if that eunuch wants to kill Master Zhishan, why is it so tortuous?" His martial arts skills of the swordsman in Tsing Yi were extremely high, and it was easy to take the life of Master Zhishan. Moreover, the swordsman in green clothes during the day also admitted that the eunuch's chess was a little weird, maybe this person didn't understand chess, so he didn't understand it very well, I think the problem is still in chess, in the trend of both sides. ”

Fang Guochuan then said: "If I guess correctly, the eunuch who came to find Master Zhishan to fight chess must be the rumored national eunuch. Under Bu Yuan's hard persuasion, Fang Guohuan lay down sullenly and rested, Bu Yuan extinguished the candle and fell asleep at home.

Although Fang Guochuan had already lay down, he couldn't sleep, and thought: "It's a pity, come one step too late and let the eunuch get away, otherwise everything will naturally be clear against him." Even if that eunuch fruit has a weird and mysterious killing chess technique, my own family will resolve it with the Tianyuan Transformation Realm. Although the chess is ever-changing, but the ever-changing is not separated from its origin, the Tianyuan realm is the highest realm of chess, and you can adjust your own chess position as you like to match the opponent's chess position. As the master said, this is a realm of doing everything in chess, a real chess realm, a transformation realm, a Buddha realm, a fairyland, and a very high state of mind, and you should not be afraid of that kind of murderous chess skills. Chess is an elegant art, will it really give birth to another kind of evil art? No, no, even if the chess strength of the two sides of the game is very different, and the master gets out of some extremely difficult chess positions, and the vulgar hand is puzzled, it is also the vulgar player's own chess strength is not good, and he invisibly falls into the trap, trap, and ambush set by the master, which is also a problem of the level of the two sides of the game. Although a game of difficult chess makes some chess players think about it for three days and two days, or a year and a half, or even never understand it, which makes some people with shallow chess strength and weak mentality irritable and annoyed, or drunk and obsessed under normal reason, which is also a kind of fun in chess. It is just that two top masters walk out of a very complicated game that is difficult to distinguish and solve, exhausting and laborious, and it is just a long game to hurt people, and it will not go to the point of killing people with chess. If there really is such a way to kill people, then it is really terrible! Thinking of this, Fang Guohuan couldn't help but shudder.

The next day, when it was dawn, Fang Guolian, who had not slept all night, got up and sat down at the chess table again, trying to play the score against the remaining chess, hoping to find out the magic of killing people in the chess. Bu Yuan woke up, saw Fang Guolian sitting there fiddling with the chess pieces again, and hurriedly said: "Good virtuous brother, don't think about this damn thing anymore, I'm really afraid that something will happen to you, which makes people very worried." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to disrupt the chess position on the table. When Fang Guochuan saw it, he sighed and said, "Well, we can't find anything in this game of chess anyway, you and I will find another way, and then find out the cause of Master Zhishan's death." When Bu Yuan heard this, he smiled reassuringly.