The carriage and horses traveled for another two hours, and a large market town with thousands of households appeared in front of them. Qu Ning'er jumped out of the car happily at this time, and said happily: "This is the Qu family set, we have finally arrived home." Bu Yuan smiled: "Then ask the little brother to lead the way." Qu Ning'er pointed to a mansion in front of her and said, "That's it." Fang Guolian, Bu Yuan, and Lu Zhufeng looked up and saw that it was a large-scale mansion, judging from the momentum, although it was not a rich mansion, but it was also a solid family.

When the group arrived at the door, there was a **-year-old child playing with a servant outside the door. When Qu Ning'er saw it, she immediately ran over, hugged the child and cried: "Little master Qu Cao, your father is back." The kid suddenly saw Qu Ning'er and couldn't help but be surprised: "It's Brother Ning who is back!" At this time, the servant next to him was quite surprised when he saw Qu Ning'er, and grabbed Qu Ning'er and said eagerly: "Qu Ning'er, you said that the master is back, where is it now?" Qu Ning'er pointed to the carriage and whimpered, "The master is here...... In the car, Brother Qu Fa, go and inform the master's mother, as well as the second and third masters, that the master was sent back by several great benefactors. Seeing that Qu Ning'er came back suddenly, he cried as soon as he saw him, and his expression was different, and he saw that the master Qu Liangyi did not move in the carriage, and there were three strangers on horseback next to him.

Fang Guolian, Bu Yuan, and Lu Zhufeng dismounted at this time and stepped forward. Fang Guohuan saw that the child was born with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and the elf was cute, and he had some of Qu Liangyi's unearthly temperament, so he couldn't help but ask Qu Ning'er: "Is this Mr. Qu's little son?" Qu Ning'er responded: "It is my little master, called Qu Cao." Then he said to Qu Cao: "Little master, thank you quickly, otherwise your father may not be able to come back." As she spoke, Qu Ning'er began to cry again. Qu Cao looked timidly at Fang Guolian and the others with unfamiliar big eyes at this time, and at the same time whispered: "My father ......" Bu Yuan smiled on the side: "Don't say it, this child is really cute, a little like Mr. Qu." ”

At this time, Dan heard a rush of footsteps inside the door, and then two people ran out. The two suddenly saw three strangers standing outside the door, and Qu Ning'er stood beside Qu Cao with tears in her eyes, and couldn't help but be stunned. One of them said eagerly: "Big brother! Where's Big Brother? When Qu Ning'er saw the two, she immediately cried loudly: "Second master, third master, the master is back, in the carriage." When the two men heard this, they hurriedly ran to the carriage, and when they lifted the curtain to look, they suddenly exclaimed in unison: "Big brother! Eldest brother! What's wrong with you? One of them turned around and shouted at Qu Ning: "Qu Ning'er, come here, how did my eldest brother become like this?" Naqu Ning'er was so frightened at this time that she was at a loss, and she just stood there crying.

Fang Guohuan hurriedly stepped forward and bowed: "In the country below, I have seen two gentlemen, and I have to say some things slowly." When the two saw it, they were busy and anxious, and each returned a salute, one of them said: "It turned out to be Fang Gongzi, in Xia Qu Liangcai, this is the third brother Qu Liangchen." Bu Yuan and Lu Zhufeng also came over at this time, and the two sides greeted each other. Qu Liangcai then said in confusion: "Young Master Fang, isn't my brother in the Royal Chess Academy of Anguo Mansion in the capital?" How did you come home like this? Could it be that he suddenly suffered from a serious illness? Fang Guochuan said: "Don't worry, two gentlemen, this matter is ...... to talk about."

At this time, a large group of maids and servants poured out of the Qu house, embracing a dignified woman and hurriedly approaching. When Qu Liangcai saw it, he hurriedly greeted him: "Why did my sister-in-law come out too?" Mrs. Qu doubted: "Listen to Qu Fa, your eldest brother and Qu Ning'er are back." What happened? How did you come back so quickly? Qu Liangcai was a little flustered and said, "Big brother, he ...... He's in the car, and my sister-in-law is going to see it at her own house. When Mrs. Qu heard this, she was very confused, and she was busy looking in front of the car, and saw Qu Liangyi half-lying in the car, her clothes were scattered, her eyes were dull, and she was already frustrated. Mrs. Qu was shocked when she saw this, hurriedly got into the car, helped Qu Liangyi, and said in a trembling voice: "Xianggong! Messire! What's wrong with you? ”

Qu Liangcai couldn't bear to look at it anymore, and hurriedly instructed the maids and servants: "Quickly help the master and wife to the backyard to rest." Then the three of them, Fang Guolian, Bu Yuan, and Lu Zhufeng, arched their hands and said, "Three, please speak at home." He led the three of them into the house. Qu Liangchen shouted to Qu Ning'er, who was in a daze of fright, "Qu Ning'er, you let me in first." The maids helped the weeping Mrs. Qu, and the servants carried Qu Liangyi on their backs, and then entered the door, and the coachman, the carriage, and the horse's own servants greeted and settled.

The Qu brothers invited Fang Guolian, Bu Yuan, and Lu Zhufeng to sit down in the hall, and Qu Ning'er stood timidly beside him. Bu Yuan couldn't bear it when he saw it, so he pulled Qu Ning'er and said, "Little brother, after walking all day, you can also sit and rest." Qu Ning'er couldn't help but look up at the Qu brothers, and she didn't dare to sit down. Qu Liangchen waved his hand and said, "Qu Ning'er, sit down first, and I'll ask you when I get back." Qu Ning'er sat timidly. Yahuan offered tea, and the Qu brothers invited Fang Guolian and the three of them to use it.

Qu Liangcai then arched his hand and said: "The matter came too suddenly, there is rudeness, I hope the three of you will forgive me." Fang Guochuan said: "It's no wonder, Mr. Qu doesn't have to blame himself too much." Qu Liangcai said: "What the hell is going on? Why did my brother suffer from such a strange disease and come back like this? Please also ask Fang Gongzi to elaborate. Fang Guozhuan said: "Mr. Qu Liangyi won the chess championship in the capital, and was canonized as the national champion of the chess family. Two months ago, there was a eunuch, who happened to get a demon book, practiced a kind of ghost chess in chess, went to visit Mr. Qu Liangyi in the Royal Chess Institute of Anguo Mansion, and played a game of chess, Mr. Qu Liangyi was unfortunately disturbed by this evil art, and became insane. The Qu brothers were shocked when they heard this, and Qu Liangcai was surprised: "My brother's chess is high in the world, and no one is invincible, why is he so harmed by others in chess?" ”

Fang Guojian said: "This matter has shaken the capital and become a big unsolved case, so far, no one knows that the champion of the national player was calculated in chess, and most people think that he is the cause." I only know that the reason why Mr. Qu Liangyi was injured by ghost chess is that the chess realm is disturbed, his mind is in chaos, and his heart strength is dissipated and exhausted. As for how the eunuch could play ghost chess to hurt people, and how he could have such a hurtful power in chess, it is not very clear at present. Qu Liangchen was surprised, and said angrily: "Chess Ben Yayi, how could such a thing happen? It must be that the eunuch was invincible to his brother in chess, and he had the heart of a villain, and cast a demon magic on the side, otherwise his brother would not have been killed like this. Where is that eunuch monster now? When I found him, I avenged my brother. ”

Fang Guochuan said: "This eunuch Li Wusan, who is a ghost chess demon, mysteriously disappeared after playing a game of chess with Mr. Qu Liangyi, and it is estimated that he went to the world to find masters in chess, and killed people with chess for fun. The Qu brothers were stunned when they heard this, and Qu Liangcai was surprised: "Can the eunuch still kill people in chess?" Fang Guochuan said: "Yes, a friend in the next place was killed by this eunuch with ghost chess, and the chess ended up." In order to find out the truth, he and Brother Bu Yuan went to Beijing to look for clues, and accidentally met Mr. Qu Liangyi's master and servant who were living on the street, and learned that Mr. Qu Liangyi's madness was also injured by the eunuch Li Wusan's ghost chess. In the game is also a chess person, Mr. Jingqu Liangyi is the champion of my chess player, and he can't bear to let his master and servant fall into Beijing, so he escorted him back. When the Qu brothers heard this, they were stunned for a while.

Qu Ning'er whimpered at this time: "If it weren't for the righteous help of Fang Gongzi's benefactors, my master and I might have died in the capital, where could we go home?" When the Qu brothers heard this, they were very excited, and hurriedly stepped forward to bow down, and Qu Liangcai said gratefully: "It turns out that the three are my brother's great benefactors, and they will be worshiped by me." Fang Guolian, Bu Yuan, and Lu Zhufeng hurriedly got up and helped. Fang Guojian said: "The two gentlemen don't want to be like this, Mr. Qu Liangyi is famous in the world, unfortunately suffered this disaster, it should be what we should do to send his master and servant back to their hometowns and avoid the suffering of being downland." After helping the Qu brothers to sit down, the Qu brothers were grateful.

Qu Liangcai said differently at this time: "Isn't my brother in the Royal Chess Academy of Anguo Mansion?" How did you end up on the streets? Fang Guochuan said: "People waste tea and cool, since Mr. Qu was injured by the ghost chess trick and lost the chess way, the prestige of the Royal Chess Academy of Anguo Mansion suddenly fell, and some snobs drove Mr. Qu's master and servant out of the chess courtyard. Thanks to Qu Ning'er, the little brother, who loyally protects the Lord and does not leave Mr. Qu half a step, otherwise Mr. Qu Liangyi's situation will become even worse. After hearing this, Qu Liangchen couldn't help but get up and hug Qu Ning'er, and said with some excitement: "The third master is wrong to blame you, it turns out that you also suffered a lot." Qu Ning'er immediately couldn't hold back and cried loudly, Qu Liangcai also cried and stepped forward to comfort him. Fang Guolian, Bu Yuan, and Lu Zhufeng were also self-pitying.

Qu Liangchen immediately got up and tore up a piece of good news hanging on the main hall, and said angrily: "Those people are so unreasonable, my eldest brother has ended up in such a situation, and he was pushed out of the chess courtyard, I want this thing to show off." As he spoke, he pulled it to pieces. Qu Liangcai sighed on the side: "After my brother won the chess championship in the capital, the good news came with Pegasus, and the door was full of celebrations. Almost all the officials of the prefecture and county have come to visit their homes, and the Qu family is proud that their hometown has produced a national chess player, and we are also happy that my brother has added glory to the court, but now, alas——"

Qu Ning'er said at this time: "The second master and the third master still don't know, on the way back, we were caught by a group of robbers and wanted to rob the master, fortunately, Brother Bu and Brother Lu bravely killed the enemy and repelled the robbers, otherwise the master would not be able to return home." The Qu brothers were shocked when they heard this, and Qu Liangchen was surprised: "What? Why is it that you want to kidnap my eldest brother? Fang Guochuan said: "There is a gang of gangsters who want to rob Mr. Qu and use his chess name to do some evil things on people, if there is no big brother Bu Yuan and Brother Lu Zhufeng to desperately resist the enemy, the consequences should be unimaginable." Qu Liangcai was taken aback when he heard this: "Why are there so many wicked people in the world?" "Bow down with Qu Liangchen again.

Qu Liangcai said gratefully: "The three benefactors sent their brothers back to their hometowns with great righteousness, and they saved their brothers' lives regardless of their own safety. After that, the Qu brothers bowed their respects, and Fang Guolian, Bu Yuan, and Lu Zhufeng hurriedly stepped forward to help them again.

After sitting down again, Qu Liangchen sighed and said: "Big brother is in such a situation, he really shouldn't have been asked to go to Beijing to take the chess test." Qu Liangcai also shook his head and sighed, and said to Fang Guolian: "My brother has been fond of chess all his life, and this kind of chess power is his own hard work, and he has visited masters to practice and practice, but he never shows his own chess name, but he just smells where a master comes, no matter how far the road is, he never takes the trouble to visit and learn." Every day, he plays chess at home, day and night, often forgetting to sleep and eat, and those chess pieces are like his life, and he can't leave him for a moment. When Fang Guohuan heard this, he secretly admired it in his heart.

Qu Liangcai then said: "Half a year ago, when I heard that the Son of Heaven made a move, anyone in the prefecture and county who had some means should not do it. I also blame me for waiting for good things, persuading my brother to have skills, not to bury them at home, and to waste his life's efforts, and to make a name for himself. On a whim, it is also the nature of a chess player, so he went to Beijing to play chess, but he also won the championship among the masters in the world, and was canonized as the champion of the national player by the imperial court, and led the Royal Chess Academy of Anguofu, which affected the style of chess in the world, but now it has suffered from this catastrophe, what is the use of everything gained? With that, he sighed. Qu Liangchen got up at this time and said, "I'm going to visit my eldest brother and sister-in-law, and you guys will sit down first." After that, he went to himself. Qu Liangcai said again: "My brother was injured by the eunuch's ghost chess and evil arts, and he got this disorder, I don't know if he can be cured?" Fang Guochuan said: "The master and imperial doctors in the palace are also helpless, it seems that they can only find the divine doctors in the world." Qu Liangcai heard this, shook his head and was sentimental, and then asked some things on the way, Fang Guochuan briefly recounted it, and Qu Liangcai was especially grateful.

After Mrs. Qu heard Qu Liangchen's narration, she understood everything, and knew that it was Fang Guohuan and others who helped them and escorted Qu Liangyi's master and servant back to their hometown, so they were supported by the maids and came out to thank Fang Guolian, Bu Yuan, and Lu Zhufeng. After taking her seat, Mrs. Qu sighed: "My husband went out once, and it has been less than a year since he suffered such a catastrophe and ended up in such a miserable situation. He has always wanted to make a name for himself in chess, but who knew that he had just won the national champion, but there was an unexpected mutation of this person's chess waste, and the way of heaven is really unfair! After saying that, he wept a lot.

Fang Guochuan said: "Madam, don't be too sad, Mr. Qu Liangyi is a chess player in the world, and he was accidentally killed by demons and evil arts, this is a misfortune in the chess road, and we must find this person in the future to seek justice for Mr. Qu." When Mrs. Qu heard this, she hurriedly thanked herself, and then sighed: "A few months ago, my husband sent a letter from Beijing, saying that he would welcome us to Beijing and share wealth in a few days, alas! It's not extravagant to be rich and rich, but it's good to ask him for peace, and it is also because his own creation is not so high. Fang Guochuan comforted himself a few words, and the Qu brothers persuaded Mrs. Qu to go back to the room to rest.

The Qu brothers then sent the coachman, and Fang Guohuan rewarded the coachman with ten taels of silver to compensate for the fright all the way, and the coachman happily drove the carriage away. The Qu brothers then held a banquet to entertain Fang Guolian, Bu Yuan, and Lu Zhufeng, and expressed their gratitude during the banquet.

After the banquet, Fang Guolian went to the back house to visit Qu Liangyi. Qu Liangyi's mood was basically stable at this time, but he was silent, as if he didn't feel anything, Fang Guolian couldn't bear to look at it anymore, and Shi Li withdrew. Then met Bu Yuan and Lu Zhufeng, and wanted to say goodbye and leave, the Qu brothers did not follow, and persuaded them to stay, Mrs. Qu heard the news, and also rushed to plead to stay, and the three brothers were gracious and had to agree to stay for a day.

Early the next morning, Fang Guolian and the three insisted on resigning, and the Qu brothers had no choice but to respond. Before parting, Mrs. Qu took Qu Cao, and Qu Liangcai, Qu Liangchen, Qu Ning'er and other family members knelt together, thanked each other again, and Fang Guolian and the three of them were busy helping. The Qu brothers wanted to give a generous gift, but the three brothers insisted on not accepting it, each riding on it, and leaving it away, the Qu family sent each other with tears, and when Fang Guolian and the three of them were gone, everyone sighed and returned. Later, in the room where Fang Guochuan and the three of them lived, they found a cloth bag wrapped in five hundred taels of silver, Qu Ning'er told him that this was a gift from all the chess players in the capital, and they did not move at all.