Fang Guolian and Bu Yuan had already arrived in Beijing on this day. In the heart of Gyeonggi, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, Guo was different from other places, and as soon as the two entered the city, they were infected by this prosperous and lively atmosphere. The streets are full of people, traffic, people in strange costumes, people who speak from the south to the north, people from other countries, guests from all directions, bustling, all seem to be very busy. The road is lined with shops and goods, and the greetings of stall owners and the bargaining of customers are noisy. There were piles of people, watching those who played tricks, played acrobatics and sang small songs, cheers were boiling, and the sound of gongs and drums shook the sky. In the distance, you can faintly see the corner of the eaves in the palace of the Forbidden City, there is a prosperous place in the world, which is the home of the emperor's wealth and nobility, and it is also the place where the drunken dream is dead.

Bu Yuan and Fang Guolian didn't know where to go, but with the flow of people, they looked around and looked lively. Fang Guochuan felt hungry and thirsty at this time, so he grabbed Bu Yuan, who was fascinated, and said, "Brother Bu, I'm hungry, can I go eat something first?" You also have to stay in the capital for a few days, so let's play again when you have time. Bu Yuan shook his head at this time and said with emotion: "I really saw the world today!" Thinking about me for more than 20 years, it's just a vain life! Fang Guohuan laughed when he heard this, pulled Bu Yuan into a restaurant, and greeted him with a hospitable guy.

The two were led up to the second floor by the guys, and the business of this restaurant was really good, and the tables were almost full. Coincidentally, there happened to be a window table facing the street at this time, and several guests had just gotten up and left after eating and drinking. The guy smiled: "The two guest officers are lucky, they have this good position as soon as they come up." Bu Yuan and Fang Guolian were also happy to see it, and sat down at the table, and they were really condescending, and the street scene was lively and could be watched. The guy quickly put away the previous dishes, wiped the table, and then said with a smile: "Two guest officers, what do you want to use?" This restaurant has its own famous master main stove, north and south dishes, everything, you can order. Fang Guochuan smiled and said: "Little second brother, you have any capital flavor here, just come up, and then count the money for you." When the guy heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then replied with a smile: "Wait a minute, the two guest officers will come soon." With that, he turned around and went happily.

The time was not long, a few guys, they came over with a large plate and a small plate, and set up a full table, the guy before grinned and said: "The table is smaller, there are not many of them, if the flavor of the capital in this store is exhausted, ten tables can't accommodate it, I don't know if the two guest officers still want it?" An extra table is also fine. Fang Guohuan hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Enough, enough, the two of us can't eat much." The guy smiled and said, "If the guest officer has eaten well, let's try something else another day." Then he said "slow use" and went away. Bu Yuan smiled at this time: "These delicacies are enough for the two of us to enjoy a while." ”

Fang Guohuan said with a smile: "If Brother Bu has to taste a dish cooked by Han Xing'er, the world's number one chef, Miss Han, he will not think about the flavors in this building." Bu Yuan said: "But the Han girl who the virtuous brother once talked about can make rare and delicious food?" Fang Guochuan said: "Yes, Miss Han's cooking skills can be described as unique through the ages, and it is a blessing in life to be able to taste her cooking skills." Bu Yuan smiled: "It's really as wonderful as the virtuous brother said, when I want to be an immortal, I don't have that kind of blessing." Fang Guochuan smiled and said: "If you talk about mouth blessing, Zhao Mingfeng will be the first to be recommended in the next heaven." Bu Yuan said with a smile: "The gourmand that the virtuous brother once talked about is also so much silver that he has nowhere to go, and he has developed a greedy disease. Fang Guolian smiled when he heard this, and drank with Bu Yuan, the flavor of the capital on the table was also a little unique, and the two of them were very happy to eat.

When he was about to eat and drink, Bu Yuan said: "Brother Xian, can you find someone to ask first, and inquire about the eunuch?" Fang Guochuan said: "Yes, this is our serious business." Then he bowed to a guest at a nearby table next to him and said, "This gentleman has been invited, and if you inquire about it, do you know that there is a famous chess eunuch in the palace, who is known as the national eunuch?" When the man saw Fang Guolian's question, he put down his cup and chopsticks, shook his head and said, "Eunuch? I'm not interested, I, Liu San, don't know anything else except for the cloth business. Then, Liu San said mysteriously: "Recently, the market of Suzhou silk is bullish, and the little brother wants to make a fortune, so hurry up and buy and ship a batch to Beijing to ensure that you earn twice the interest." When Fang Guolian and Bu Yuan heard this, they looked at each other and smiled, shaking their heads.

At this time, I heard a guest at the table sigh and say: "In this life, there is really nowhere to go, how long has he been prominent, and now he has ended up in such a situation, so pitiful!" The other also sighed to himself: "There is no good in being famous, it is not as plain as you and me, although there is no great blessing to enjoy, but there is no great sin to suffer, how can he be like him, so famous that he is jealous of ghosts and gods, and suddenly he suffers from this disease." Fang Guolian and Bu Yuan were confused when they heard it, and they didn't pay much attention to it, settled the wine and food account, and got up.

Out of the restaurant, Bu Yuan said: "Brother Xian, the capital is so big, what are we going to do?" Fang Guochuan said: "This matter still needs to find a chess friend in the same way to ask, or you can find some news, many outsiders don't pay much attention." Then he happily said: "Now that I have arrived in the capital, I should go to the Royal Chess Institute of Anguo Mansion to visit Mr. Qu Liangyi, the champion of the national player, and appreciate the style of chess in China. And Mr. Qu Liangyi once played a chess game with the national eunuch Li Gonggong, so he may be able to know some details of this person, and then find out a clue. In this murder on chess, Mr. Qu, as the champion of the national player, will not sit idly by. Bu Yuan nodded and said, "It makes sense, find Qu Liangyi directly, and things will be much easier." ”

Bu Yuan said to himself again: "Brother Xian visited the Royal Chess Academy of Anguo Mansion this time, if he can defeat Qu Liangyi, the champion of the national hand in chess, maybe he can be canonized by the emperor as a god and a holy hand, it is very beautiful." Fang Guochuan said: "To be able to play a game with the champion of the national player, it is not in vain to enter the chess path once, since Qu Liangyi can be pointed out by the emperor from all the masters in the world, he must have extraordinary skills in chess, and it is not easy to win." Bu Yuan shook his head and said, "It's amazing to take a handful of pebbles and walk around on the grid, but you can also get out of a champion." Fang Guohuan said with a smile: "Everything in the world, each into a world, although the chess pieces are small, but they are ever-changing, the ghosts and gods are unpredictable, and they have supreme fun, which is very human wisdom." ”

The two talked and laughed all the way, and after walking a short distance, they saw an old man coming towards them, so Fang Guohuan stepped forward and bowed: "The old man is invited, inquire, how to move the Royal Chess Academy of Anguo Mansion?" The old man seemed to be taken aback when he heard this, looked at Fang Guolian with a strange gaze, and said coldly: "Little child, what are you going to do there?" I like to play chess, and I cross two streets in front of me, and there is a chess hall on the street, so I just have fun there. And when he had finished speaking, he went away. But when Fang Guolian heard this, he was very confused, he didn't expect the old man to have such an indifferent attitude towards the world-famous Anguo Mansion Royal Chess Academy.

Bu Yuan said unhappily at this time: "This old man, it makes no sense, my virtuous brother is a master of chess, so can't you go to the Royal Chess Academy of Anguo Mansion?" Fang Guochuan said: "Judging from this old man's demeanor and words, it seems to be ...... Could it be that something happened to the Royal Chess Academy of Anguo Mansion? Fang Guolian felt a great uneasiness in his heart. Bu Yuan said: "What can it be?" That Anguo Mansion is the emperor's imperial chess academy, and its reputation is majestic! Besides, there is also a new national champion Qu Liangyi, and everyone respects three points. Fang Guochuan doubted: "This matter is a little strange, the old man said that there is a chess hall in front of us, let's go there to visit friends on the chess road and find out the news." ”

Fang Guolian and Bu Yuan crossed a street, asked the group about the location of the chess hall, and walked all the way. At this time, a person suddenly ran out of a nearby alley, ran a few steps, seemed to have tripped and fell to the ground, and he couldn't stand on the ground, lying in the sludge on the side of the road and gnawing the soil, which scared Fang Guolian and Bu Yuan. When he looked at this person again, his hair was fluffy, his clothes were untidy, he grabbed the dirt and ate it, and he didn't distinguish the dirt, and suddenly laughed and said, "It's delicious!" Delicious! Then he burst into tears.

Fang Guochuan was taken aback at this time, seeing this crazy person, his eyes were dull, he was frightened, and then he was dazed, although he was dirty, he couldn't hide this person's elegant and elegant appearance, his clothes were disheveled, and he had torn a few holes, but it was a high-quality silk essence, not like what ordinary people could wear. At this time, a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy was chased out of the alley, ran forward to help the man, and cried: "Master, master, let's go back, let's go back." Several passers-by couldn't bear to look at each other, shook their heads, sighed and walked away, as if they were used to this madman. At this moment, the madman suddenly jumped up from the ground and knocked over the child, "Ah! Yes! After screaming a few times, he ran past Fang Guolian and Bu Yuan, and the little boy hurriedly got up from the ground, crying and chasing down, which was sad to watch. Bu Yuan shook his head and sighed: "Pity! Wretched! It's like a rich man who has fallen into such a situation. Fang Guohuan also sighed to himself, looked at the crazy man who was far away, shook his head, and then walked away with Bu Yuan.

Fang Guolian and Bu Yuan found the chess hall, which is a large mansion, with a pair of carefully carved door couplets on the wooden pillars on both sides of the door, and the upper couplet is: Tianyuan Dao turns yin and yang into two qi; The following link is: I transport black and white in the place; A plaque in the horizontal book: Baixi Chess Hall. Bu Yuan said: "But here?" Fang Guohuan nodded and said, "Yes, I didn't expect that there are still people in the capital who take chess as their profession and open a museum to teach apprentices." At this time, from inside the hidden gate, there was a crisp sound of "crackling" chess pieces as they landed. Bu Yuan was surprised: "There are still people who do this for a living? It seems that the owner of this chess hall has great skills. Fang Guochuan said: "At the feet of the Son of Heaven, the hidden dragon and the Crouching Tiger, when the chess style in the world is flourishing, the opening of the museum to teach apprentices must be a first-class master chess master." Bu Yuan said: "The two sentences next to the door seem a bit atmospheric. Fang Guochuan said: "The text is like its person, and there is a mystery in these sixteen characters. Bu Yuan looked inside the door at this time and hesitated: "How do we go to visit people?" Fang Guojian smiled and said: "Meet friends with chess!" After pulling Bu Yuan, he entered the Baixi Chess Hall.

As soon as the two entered the chess hall, they were immediately fascinated by the scene in front of them, in the courtyard of the Baixi chess hall, under the shade of more than a dozen willow trees, dozens of ten-year-old chess boys, were catching and fighting against each other, especially in the southeast corner, and there were four girls, divided into two games, playing chess seriously. Under a row of eaves opposite, more than a dozen young people were playing against each other. Bu Yuan looked at it and praised: "The capital is the capital, and if it is different from other places, everything will be the same." Fang Guochuan secretly admired the owner of this chess hall and cultivated so many chess children, and couldn't help but be in awe.

The two of them bypassed the chess children who played chess at several tables in the courtyard and came to a hall in front of them, which was a hall with a back door leading to a courtyard at the back. At this time, there are more than ten children of six or seven years old in the hall, listening to a young man's chess lesson, a large chessboard is painted on the wall, the young man holds two black and white stone pens, draws some small circles on the chessboard, represents the chess pieces, explains some simple moves and rules and terms on chess, these little chess children are concentrating, as if they understand but listen with relish. When Fang Guochuan saw it, he was surprised that the Baixi Chess Hall had such a scale and teaching standards. Bu Yuan pulled the corner of Fang Guolian's clothes at this time, and said in a low voice: "Brother Xian, so many children are learning chess, it seems that it is really fun, you can also teach me a few moves in the future." Fang Guochuan smiled when he heard this, attached it to Bu Yuan's ear, and said softly: "Chess is a slow kung fu to cultivate temperament, and it is not as powerful as the projectile power of Big Brother Bu's overlord bow, which can break trees and stones, making you so happy." Bu Yuan listened, nodded, looked at the little chess boys who were listening to the class with wide eyes, and muttered, "Can it be eaten?" The two of them were in the hall, but no one came to interrogate them.

Fang Guolian and Bu Yuan went out of the back door of the hall and came to the backyard of the chess hall, which was much smaller than the front yard, and under the green grape trellises in several places, there were only three or four tables of chess games, all of which were middle-aged people playing chess, and another monk and an old man were playing alone in a corner. On each side of the courtyard is a row of side rooms, and in front of it is a hall. At this time, the door of the hall was wide open, and there were many people inside, gathered in a pile, as if watching a game of chess played by two good players. At this time, a young man walked out of the side room and stepped forward and said, "Two, what are you doing?" Fang Guohuan bowed his hand and said: "In the lower Guolian, I have come to visit the owner of your chess hall and meet friends with chess." The young man looked at Fang Guolian and Bu Yuan, and said, "It turned out to be a chess friend who visited the master, and the master had a conversation, and all the friends on the chess path let us treat each other with courtesy." Master is playing chess with Mu Yinquan in the hall, if Fang Gongzi is not in a hurry, wait by the side. Fang Guochuan said: "Thank you so much." The young man said, "You're welcome, they're all friends in chess, please come with me." After speaking, he led Fang Guolian and Bu Yuan to the hall.

In the hall, some people were watching a fascinating game of chess, played by a middle-aged man with a peaceful demeanor and an old man with a white beard and eyebrows. The young man motioned to Fang Guohuan and Bu Yuan not to make a sound, and stood by and watched. Fang Guolian watched for a moment, secretly surprised in his heart, surprised that these two people were really masters of chess, especially from the chess posture of the middle-aged man who walked out of Baizi, it seemed that the chess strength of the senior brother Fayang of Tianyuan Temple was not bad, and he secretly sighed that there were many masters in the world. The middle-aged man is Liu Baixi, the owner of the Baixi Chess Hall, who is a famous master chess master in the capital, and the old man who plays against him is called Mu Yinquan, who is also a famous chess player in the capital.

At this time, Mu Yinquan threw a chess piece that he had been holding for a long time into the chess basket, sighed, put his hand away and sat down, shook his head and said: "Mr. Baixi is always a few pieces higher than the old man, and the old man admits defeat in this game of chess." Liu Baixi frowned and said: "Mr. Yinquan's game of chess today is clever, the general trend is beginning, and the outcome is undecided, why do you admit defeat?" Mu Yinquan said: "In the first two games, the old man did not take advantage of the middle game, and you took the lead in the end, this last game, the old man has done his best, but he still can't grab your head, so far he has no power to return to the sky, all three battles are lost, and he is convinced." ”

Liu Baixi shook his head and said: "Why is Mr. Yinquan so humble, could it be that he protects my face in front of all the apprentices, does not move with a good chess hand, and deliberately abandons his son to admit defeat?" Actually, you don't have to. Mu Yinquan was shocked when he heard this, and he hurriedly lowered his head to look at the chessboard. Fang Guochuan was on the side, and said respectfully in his heart: "This Mr. Liu Baixi is so generous, it is really admirable to remind the other party of his unfavorable chess move, but it is a pity that this old Mr. Mu Yinquan may not be able to recognize it." Sure enough, Namu Yinquan watched the chess game carefully for a moment, raised his head and smiled: "Mr. Baixi laughs at me, your two big white dragons have taken up the general momentum, forcing the old man to reach the Jedi, where is there any trick to be found." In order to be superior to you, the old man has devoted himself to studying Mr. Baixi's chess for seven or eight years, how can he miss the opportunity to beat you once. ”

Liu Baixi shook his head and said: "The outcome of this game is undecided, Mr. Yinquan inadvertently walked out of a clever game of chess, if you can make up for another piece, it will be difficult to distinguish the outcome of the game." Mu Yinquan's face was a little difficult to look at at this time, and he said to the people around him who were watching the chess: "You all come over to help the old man take a look, the so-called bystanders are clear, the old man really has the magic trick to beat your master?" Those onlookers were all Liu Baixi's chess disciples, and their chess skills were extraordinary, and they all shook their heads at this time. A young man said: "This situation has been decided, and there is no need to play chess again." Another said: "A few more moves are also a losing move, and it will not help." Mu Yinquan said with a gloomy face: "The old man has always admired Mr. Baixi's chess strength, and today he is convinced, Mr. Baixi still don't want to comfort me, wait until the old man has grown up in chess another day, and then come to ask for advice." With that, he got up and brushed his sleeves away. Baixi Wangzhi was stunned, and realized that his kind prompt made the other party misunderstand, and hurriedly said to a disciple: "Liu Xing, go and send Mr. Yinquan." The disciple answered and ran out.

Liu Baixi shook his head at this time, and said to himself: "The difference of one or two sons, can there really be such a big distance?" Then he said to all the disciples: "You all come here and take a closer look, Mr. Yinquan does have a clever move, which can turn a disadvantage into an advantage." Seeing that the master was so persistent, all the disciples knew that this was true, so they all stepped forward to take a closer look and pondered with their hearts, and then they all pondered hard and shook their heads. Liu Baixi saw that none of the disciples could see some doorways, and he was a little unhappy, and stretched out his hand to mess up the chess game.

Fang Guochuan took a step forward at this time and said: "Mr. Liu, slow down, this game of chess is a wonderful move of 'one son sleeps two dragons'. Everyone present was shocked when they heard this, and when Liu Baixi got up to look, he found that there were two more strange young people in the hall at some point, Liu Baixi was surprised and his face was happy. The young man from before hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Master, this is Fang Gongzi, who came to the chess hall to meet friends with chess, and he has been waiting for a long time. Liu Baixi hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "It turned out to be a friend on the chess track, and I lost my welcome, I lost my welcome." Fang Guohuan also returned the salute and said: "In the country below, come to your chess hall to disturb Mr. Liu." Then he introduced Bu Yuan. Liu Baixi heard Fang Guolian's sentence "A son sleeps two dragons", and knew that this person had seen through the mystery of this game of chess, and a master came, and he hurriedly invited Fang Guohuan and Bu Yuan to sit down.

The disciple offered tea, Liu Baixi invited the two of them to use it, and then arched his hand and said: "Fang Gongzi's sentence 'one son sleeps two dragons' is very good, it is the mystery of this game of chess, and I also ask Fang Gongzi to show his magic and give these fools of Liu Mou some advice." Fang Guochuan smiled and said: "Then it will be ugly in the next place." After speaking, he took a sunspot that Mu Yinquan had taken before, and raised his hand to gently settle into the table. Seeing this, Liu Baixi was pleasantly surprised: "Yes, it is this chess move that has the merit of bringing the dead back to life." Among Liu Baixi's disciples, there were two with higher chess skills, and when they saw Fang Guo's chess move, they suddenly realized, and they were all surprised: "God!" It's amazing! This game was brought to life. "Those who are worse at chess still can't understand it, can't recognize the mystery of it, and their faces are full of doubts.

Liu Baixi said happily at this time: "It's really fortunate to know a chess master like Fang Gongzi today. Fang Guochuan said: "Visiting Mr. Liu today, I also want to understand Mr. Liu's master chess style, but Mr. has already responded to three games of chess, which is too draining, which hinders the display of chess power, and it is not suitable to play chess again, how about playing against Mr. another day?" Liu Baixi heard this, nodded and said: "Although the son is young, he is thoughtful, and he is worthy of being a real chess player. Then he said to a disciple: "Liu Yue, copy this game of chess, and send it back to Mr. Yinquan's house, so that the advanced students of Yinquan can understand that he still has a good move that he has not yet made." Then Liu Yue answered, found an empty score, and copied the chess score. Fang Guochuan nodded and said, "Mr. Guo has everyone's demeanor, which is admirable!" ”

Liu Baixi said: "Chess Ben Yayi, if you hurt people on it, it will run counter to the purpose of self-cultivation in chess." Liu has never cared about the gains and losses in chess, but he just wants to enjoy chess. Fang Guochuan said: "Mr. has reached the realm of big chess." Then he said: "When I came in at the right time, I couldn't help but be in awe of Mr. when I saw the scene in your chess hall." Mr. opened the museum to teach apprentices, cultivate newcomers, and take chess as an elegant industry, which should be admired by chess players all over the world. Liu Baixi said: "Liu is good at this way, only chess is a business in his life, chess is evil, empathetic, open-minded, and the world is the wind of the world, if this industry can be popularized, it will help the prosperity of the country, and the world can be governed!" Fang Guochuan exclaimed: "Mr. can help the world with chess, this is the real virtue of a chess artist!" ”

At this time, Liu Xing, who chased out to send Mu Yinquan, turned back, and as soon as he entered the hall, he said, "Master, Mr. Qu has run out again." When Liu Baixi heard this, he swept away the excitement just now, his face suddenly became solemn, he shook his head and sighed long, and all the disciples in the hall also looked solemn. Liu Xing shook his head and said: "It's a pity that a big country player gave birth to such a headless and brainless disease, and ended up in a personal chess waste and crazy streets, it's really tragic!" Fang Guohuan and Bu Yuan were shocked when they heard this, Fang Guohuan hurriedly got up and asked, "Mr. Liu, is this Mr. Qu ......?"

Liu Baixi said: "Listening to Fang Gongzi's accent, it's not like the people of the capital." Fang Guojian said: "Yes, Brother Bu Yuan and I only arrived in the capital today. Liu Baixi said: "That's right, it seems that the two of you don't know, a month ago, there was a big event in the capital." When Fang Guohuan heard this, his heart moved. Liu Baixi continued: "Since Fang Gongzi is a chess person, he should know about the chess event half a year ago. Fang Guohuan said: "I have heard that at that time, chess masters from all over the world gathered in the capital, and a strange person stood out from the masters, that is, Qu Liangyi, the national player who is now in charge of the Royal Chess Academy of Anguo Mansion, is it ......" Fang Guolian's heart sank at this time. Liu Baixi nodded and sighed: "The matter is on him, a month ago, Mr. Qu Liangyi, the champion of the national player, for some reason, suddenly went insane and became crazy overnight. ”

Bu Yuan was on the side, and couldn't help but be surprised: "But that madman on the street? Liu Baixi said: "Yes, it turns out that the two of you have already met." Fang Guohuan was surprised: "I didn't expect this person to be the champion of today's national players!" Liu Baixi sighed: "Qu Liangyi chess is invincible, since the world, has not met an opponent, he won dozens of games of chess when he won the champion of the national player, once spread the news of the capital, Luoyang paper is expensive for a while, but it is a pity to suffer this catastrophe, is the unfortunate chess road." Fang Guohuan was shocked and said in surprise: "I don't know why Qu Liangyi suddenly had such a strange disease?" Liu Baixi said: "The champion of the national hand suddenly fell crazy, which alarmed the emperor, and the imperial doctor was ordered to go to the Royal Chess Academy of Anguo Mansion, but more than a dozen imperial doctors could not diagnose what Qu Liangyi was suffering from. However, it was later learned that on the first night of Qu Liangyi's illness, she played a game of chess with others, behaved abnormally that night, and went crazy the next day for no reason. "Huh?" Hearing this, Fang Guolian and Bu Yuan couldn't help but look horrified.

Fang Guochuan said eagerly at this time: "The person who played against Mr. Qu Liangyi that night, but the national eunuch Li Gonggong in the palace? When Liu Baixi heard this, he was taken aback and said: "Many outsiders don't know about this matter, how did Fang Gongzi know?" Fang Guohuan was surprised: "It's really this person!" To tell the truth, I entered Beijing with Brother Bu Yuan this time to investigate a chess murder case related to this national eunuch. "Murder on chess?" When Liu Baixi and all the disciples heard this, they were all shocked. Liu Baixi immediately came to his senses and said: "Could it be that Qu Liangyi's madness has something to do with the chess game he played with the national eunuch that night?" This...... How is this possible? Fang Guochuan said: "This matter is strange and confusing, and I don't know what is going on for the time being." By the way, does Mr. Liu know some inside information about the national eunuch Gonggong Li? ”

Liu Baixi said: "This matter is a long story, Liu Mou was also ordered to enter the palace to tutor the prince to practice chess, but I have met Gonggong Li several times and know some things about him. This person was introduced into the palace by a Beijing official three years ago, and he was a half-old man over fifty years old. After this person brought chess into the palace, he taught the chess harem as a chess master, and his chess skills were unpredictable, and several famous master chess masters in the palace were all defeated in his chess. Today's saint is a big joy, and he is favored in the palace, and he is a smash hit. But somehow, two years after entering the palace, a large number of old Li Wusan actually mutiated himself, abolished humanity, and was willing to become a eunuch, which was a strange thing that his friends on the chess path were puzzled by. However, immediately after, strange things emerged one after another, after Li Wusan became a eunuch, for some reason, his chess strength suddenly increased greatly. Later, the Son of Heaven made a move, and the world's masters gathered in Beijing to compete for the champion of the national player, and in the end only Li Wusan and Qu Liangyi were left, and the two of them fought seven battles and seven draws in the Jinluan Palace, and walked out of a rare draw in chess, not saying which game was half a son higher than whom, which can be described as a pair of real chess opponents. These seven games of chess were copied into the "Golden Palace Seven Game Map" chess game, but unfortunately it was not circulated in the collection palace. At that time, the emperor thought that this person was a eunuch and it was not suitable to be the champion of the national chess in this dynasty to show off the world, so he only got the empty name of a national eunuch, and Qu Liangyi was canonized as the champion of the national player and led the Royal Chess Academy of Anguo Mansion. Since then, Li Wusan seems to have been hit and closed his door, and three months later, he suddenly appeared again, looking for a master to play chess, but it seemed a little mysterious. When playing chess with others, it is not allowed for others to watch the chess, and after the chess game, the chess momentum is often messed up, so that outsiders do not get the chess score at that time. After Li Wusan's comeback, his technique was even more unpredictable, and there seemed to be a special kind of progress in chess, and the chess moves often made some chess players struggle hard and difficult to deal with. Li Wusan once fought chess with several masters of the famous Jingshi, and the people were discouraged, and their spirits were sluggish from then on, and they all had the idea of 'absolute chess'. It was rumored that Li Wusan threatened to seek justice from Qu Liangyi, the champion of the national player, in chess, but he didn't expect that after the two of them fought a game of chess, Qu Liangyi suddenly fell crazy, and I don't know why. ”

Bu Yuan said at this time: "Qu Liangyi must have happened when he was playing chess with that eunuch, why didn't the emperor arrest that eunuch and ask him what kind of demon trick he used to harm people like this?" Liu Baixi said: "Qu Liangyi, the champion of the national hand, suddenly had a strange illness, and the emperor ordered Jinyiwei to file a case for investigation, when he learned that Qu Liangyi had gone through a game of chess with Li Wusan, and then something happened that night, the emperor issued an order to summon Li Wusan to interrogate. However, Li Wusan mysteriously disappeared on the night of the chess battle with Qu Liangyi. "Missing?" Fang Guolian and Bu Yuan were particularly surprised when they heard this.

Liu Baixi said: "Yes, the national eunuch Li Wusan disappeared mysteriously, which is a strange thing in the palace, but what is even more strange is that there is another person who disappeared at the same time as Li Wusan, that is, Yu Ruoxu, the commander of the Jinyi Guard." Bu Yuan was surprised at this time: "I have seen this person, his martial arts are extremely high, and he is good at using a sword with his left hand. Liu Baixi said: "When did Bu Zhuangshi see this person?" Fang Guochuan replied: "If it is good, this is located in Ruoxu and the national eunuch Li Wusan, who once went to one of my old masters, Master Zhishan, to find Master Zhishan to fight chess. As a result, after a game, Master Zhishan died stiffly next to the chess table, and it seemed that he died on the chess of this eunuch, that is to say, the national eunuch Li Wusan could kill people with chess. "Kill people with chess?" Liu Baixi and the disciples were stunned for a while.

Fang Guochuan said: "Yes, now it seems that Li Wusan really has the evil deeds of killing people in chess, messing with people's minds and stealing people's souls in chess. It's a pity that I was a step late at that time, so that Li Wusan escaped, and Brother Bu led people to chase after him, but he didn't stop him. In order to find out the cause of Master Zhishan's death, the two of us came to the capital. Liu Baixi was surprised at this time: "No matter how unfathomable the chess power is, if the opponent loses, how can people reach the level of madness or death?" Is it possible to get out of the magic and magic in chess? How can you distinguish between good and evil? Fang Guochuan said: "This matter is strange and bizarre, and I don't understand it in the game, but the death of Master Zhishan did not have any external force, and the chess ended up, and it should be died in chess, and died in the strange chess posture that the national eunuch walked out." Liu Baixi shook his head and said: "Impossible, this is unimaginable, if you don't do anything outside the chessboard, there should be no reason to kill people on the chessboard." ”

Bu Yuan said at this time: "It's a pity that the person surnamed Yu was protecting him that day, and he didn't catch the eunuch, otherwise he would have been able to ask for an understanding." Liu Baixi said: "This is located in Ruoxu, is the first master of Jinyi Wei, according to a friend on the rivers and lakes, this person's swordsmanship is unique in the world, and he is known as the first swordsman in the world." The reason why he uses a sword with his left hand is not that he is a left-handed person, but that the sword with his right hand is too domineering and hurts people too much, so he uses his left hand to ease his momentum. Bu Yuan was surprised when he heard this: "No wonder he raised his hand and the sword flashed, and my five or six brothers were stabbed down together, and it was very powerful." Fang Guochuan said: "This person is not evil-looking, especially chivalrous, why did he go with Li Wusan, a eunuch with an unscrupulous heart?" And protect him with all your might? ”

Liu Baixi said: "Back then, Yu Ruoxu was ordered to handle a case of theft of a national treasure from the palace, although the national treasure was recovered, but he took pity on the thief who stole the treasure was a martial arts wizard, and he couldn't bear to arrest him back for torture, so he let him go in private. Long Yan was furious and wanted to punish his nine clans, when Li Wusan was in the palace with his chess skills, he entrusted Liu Niangniang, who was deeply favored by the emperor, and the two pleaded together, and the emperor pardoned Yu Ruoxu's capital crime and demoted him. Yu Ruoxu is a righteous person, and in order to repay his great kindness, he followed Li Wusan, but he didn't expect to run away with Li Wusan this time. After the emperor noticed that Li Wusan and Yu Ruoxu were both lost, although he felt that the case of Qu Liangyi, the champion of the national hand, was suspicious, but it was crazy, and it was useless. The case of Qu Liangyi's insanity for no reason, and the mysterious disappearance of Li Wusan and Yu Ruoxu, have become two unsolved cases in the palace. ”

Liu Baixi paused for a moment and said thoughtfully: "People waste tea and cool tea, Qu Liangyi went crazy, and soon he was kicked out of the Royal Chess Academy of Anguo Mansion and lived in an inn with a small servant, so he was not miserable. As for Qu Liangyi's delirium, the death of Master Zhishan, the deceased of Fang Gongzi, although they are all related to a game of chess played by Li Wusan, there is no evidence and cannot be sued by the officials. And we don't know what magic Li Wusan's chess can come out of? In addition, masters like Yu Ruoxu protect him, even if it is difficult to ask him in private, since the two of them left, I don't know where they went, and it is even more difficult to find. Fang Guochuan said slowly at this time: "The matter has come to this, then the matter of chess will be solved by chess, even if I go all over the world, I will also find this person and fight with him in chess." When Liu Baixi heard this, although he was a little confused in his heart, he also respected himself. Liu Baixi suddenly said with a worried look: "Since Li Wusan has the ability to kill people with chess, then he will not be willing to hide this technique. When Fang Guochuan heard this, he was taken aback and said: "Then all the chess masters in the world will suffer from disaster from now on!" Liu Baixi was also taken aback, and then shook his head and sighed: "If he messes with chess, it will be really terrifying, and it is not true that he hopes that chess can kill people, otherwise the consequences are unimaginable." "The hearts of all those present sank.