Under an ancient pine tree at the top of the mountain.

Two people, an old man and a young man, were sitting under a tree, and on the stone in front of them, there was a set of broken chess pieces.

The young one is none other than the fifth prince Xuanyuan Che. Opposite him was a fat monk who looked no more than sixty years old, that is, the presiding officer of Xiangyun Temple, Master Huichen.

In fact, Master Huichen is already seventy and eight years old, but his ears and eyes are bright, his lips are red and his teeth are white, and his appearance and behavior do not match his age at all.

The snow was all around, and only the two of them showed brown mountain soil around them.

Master Huichen watched intently for a while, and suddenly put a chess piece on the chessboard, smiled, and said, "Your Highness, your chess skills have risen greatly." ”

The fifth prince Xuanyuan Che's face was grim and speechless, but he carefully looked at the formation on the chessboard.

The second day of October is the death day of the fifth prince's biological mother, Concubine Lu Xuan, after returning to the capital three years ago, he lit the lantern for his biological mother in this Xiangyun Temple. Although the emperor had already offered the everlasting lamp to Concubine De in the Huguo Temple, the royal temple in the capital, the five princes only came to this Xiangyun Temple at this time of year to pay tribute to their mother alone.

Although the five princes have lived in the palace in recent years, they sometimes see the emperor. But there always seems to be a gap between their father and son that is difficult to cross, and between the two of them, let alone talking and laughing like ordinary father and son, they usually can't even say a few words.

Thinking of the emperor's doting on her when Concubine De was still alive, now the fifth prince only thinks it is ironic. There are so many women in the emperor's harem, but I am afraid that they have already forgotten their mother. In the past three years, the five princes have never heard of the emperor going to Huguo Temple on the day of his mother's death. So he didn't want to obey the emperor's heart, so he didn't go to Huguo Temple to offer incense at all. Every year at this time, I come to Xiangyun Temple to live for a few days, and I am afraid that I am afraid that I am already disappointed in the emperor under Jiuquan.

The first time I came to this Xiangyun Temple, it was also on this day, when the five princes were about to leave, they inadvertently saw Master Huichen standing under this pine tree, and they couldn't help but want to come over and have a look.

At that time, the five princes didn't know that this monk who looked kind was the presiding officer of this Xiangyun Temple. The two stood side by side for a long time, and Master Huichen asked him if he wanted to play a game of chess, and the five princes, who had always rejected people thousands of miles away, nodded in response.

That is, from that year onwards, on this day every year, two people would play chess here for most of the day.

At this time, seeing that the fifth prince dropped a chess piece, Master Huichen smiled and said, "Your Highness, you will only lose the difference between my two sons in today's chess." ”

With a light snort, Xuanyuan Che said with a little coldness, "I have a name," probably because he hated the emperor in his heart, and he didn't even want people to call him his honorific title.

"It's a pity," Master Huichen shook his head and said, "Some things can't be changed without permission. "For example, origin.

Glancing at Master Huichen, Xuanyuan Che watched him drop his chess pieces. This old monk always picks up words that others don't like. But there is no way, what he says is the truth.

Xuanyuan Che was thinking about how to break Master Huichen's chess game, and it was best to break the difference between the two sons, when at this time, there was a faint sound of huhe.

Obviously, it was the soldiers patrolling the guards who were blocking the people who were going up the mountain, which was a situation that had never been seen before, and he couldn't help but look back at Wang Jia and Wang Yi who were standing not far away.

And Wang Jia and Wang B also heard the voice, and at this time, they saw Xuanyuan Che looking over, the two of them nodded, Wang Jia stayed, and Wang B rushed away to check the situation.

Master Huichen frowned and pinched his fingers a few times, then stood up, smiled at Xuanyuan Che and said, "I'm afraid today's chess game is about to end, you better go over and take a look." ”

Xuanyuan Che jumped up from the ground and said with a little dissatisfaction: "What's the matter with me? ”

If you have to break through to go up the mountain, the soldiers intercept it, and the identity of the person who comes is definitely not qualified to go up the mountain. He didn't bother to pay attention to such people.

"Go," Master Huichen looked at Xuanyuan Che and said, "It's the person you hit related to." ”

"Fourth brother is here?" Xuanyuan Che frowned, thought for a while and said, "Could it be that they came from Weifu, those bastards are simply blind." As he spoke, he strode down the mountain. At this time, he thought that the only person who might come was the fourth prince Xuanyuan Hao.

"Boy," Seeing him walking away quickly, Master Huichen shook his head lightly, and said in a low voice, "It's not the Fourth Highness, it's you Hongluan Star who moved." ”

Wei Qingluan hurried all the way, originally thinking that she would run directly to the main hall of Xiangyun Temple in front. When they get there, compared to Wei Baozhu and Quan Ronghua, they will definitely have scruples, and they don't dare to do it to themselves easily.

Unexpectedly, when he walked to the intersection to the main hall, he saw Zhiyan hurriedly coming from there with a few monks.

When he saw her, Zhiyan waved his hand to several monks beside him, and quickly ran over.

Thinking of the previous conflict with Zhiyan, Wei Qingluan secretly complained in his heart. She didn't expect that Quan Ronghua would cooperate with Zhiyan at this time, the purpose was to hold her.

But looking at the current situation, Wei Qingluan knew that no matter which of them he fell into, he was afraid that he would not get any benefits.

Looking around, in addition to the two roads in front and back, there is also a road leading to the mountain. She had heard Liu Laoliu's nagging before, and knew that the road was leading to the courtyard where the royal family and nobles lived on the mountain.

After thinking about it, instead of being held by these two gangs, it was better to go up the mountain and ask for help. It was stopped by the soldiers and guards guarding the courtyard, and at least it could be delayed for a while. If it takes a long time, maybe it will alarm other people in Xiangyun Temple,

Thinking so, Wei Qingluan quickly turned around and ran towards the road leading to the mountain.

Seeing her move like this, Wei Baozhu and Quan Ronghua's side, as well as Zhiyan's side, also hurriedly chased after her.

Wei Baozhu has two thoughts, one is to quickly hold Wei Qingluan, so as to save her from talking nonsense when the time comes. There is another one, that is, to take this opportunity to follow up the mountain, in case you can meet the prince who lives on the mountain, it will be an unexpected gain.

Thinking about it, Wei Qingluan is just a person, similar to a tomboy, or chased by both sides, and he can't toss any waves when he thinks about it. And she is the little lady in the general's mansion, with bright clothes and decent dress, you can imagine who the prince can fancy.

Thinking like this, she even felt that she had to thank Wei Qingluan for such a choice.

Although Zhiyan's side was far away, it was a group of young and strong men after all, so he quickly overtook Wei Baozhu and Quan Ronghua's side.

Wei Qingluan is now especially grateful for the manual labor he did in Wei Village a few years ago. Either let alone escaping Wei Baozhu and Quan Ronghua just now, they have already run for almost two miles, and they can still run now.