59, peerless good chess (knife)

On September 11, 1889, on the execution ground of the vegetable market in Kyoto, the Qing Dynasty, old and young people with long braids and some young, middle-aged and old women from families crowded all corners. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"The head of the court is going to be killed!"

"It's good to kill these corrupt officials who are full of fat stomachs!"

"Where is the killing of corrupt officials, it is said that it is to kill clean officials who want to innovate!"

"Ah, how can the Queen Mother do this?"

"Shhhh ”

The news that the Empress Dowager was going to execute a number of imperial officials deeply stimulated the curiosity of the citizens of Kyoto. Everyone came from all corners of the ancient city, and the alleys were empty, so lively!

Just seven or eight days ago, there was already a lot of headless news circulating in the city of Kyoto, some saying that the emperor had been placed under house arrest by the empress dowager; others said that the emperor had eaten the red pills taken by Kang Weiyou and others and was poisoned to death; the most widespread news was the news of a large-scale manhunt in Kyoto City, which said that Kang and Liang had fled to Japan, and that all the officials who had helped the emperor implement the new policy had been arrested, and none of them had escaped the net. Xu Zhijing, a second-grade Beijing official and a bachelor's student, was the highest-ranking official among the arrested officials, and it seemed that the Empress Dowager hated him the most, and it seemed that he would definitely die.

To the citizens of Kyoto, this news may seem to have little to do with them. Whether the officials go to heaven or go to the ground, that's their business, we can't take care of it!

There are only two people's names, and they can arouse a little care and sympathy in everyone's hearts. The first is Lord Tan Tongsi of the Military Aircraft Department, saying that he would rather be a ghost than die in Japan. The men in the courtyard, when they heard the rumors about him, all spit out a sonorous sentence of "good man"! The other is Xu Zhijing, a bachelor's student, who was playing Go at a friend's house when he heard that the government had arrested him. Only then did he calmly follow the tolerance. A second-class official who enjoys inexhaustible glory and wealth and is daring to oppose the empress dowager is what is the plan? Look at the beheading! Today, the citizens of Kyoto are crowded and flock to the execution ground.

In an instant, the execution ground suddenly fell silent. In the distance, the rattling sound of the prisoner cart running over the gravel road was particularly harsh, and everyone could hear the sound of their own heartbeat...... Among the onlookers, some knew the prisoners in the prison car, and quietly reported their names: "Military Aircraft Zhang Jing Yang Rui, Lord Yang, Sipin...... Lin Xu...... Lord Lin, Sipin, Tan Tonghei, Lord Tan, Sipin, Junji Zhangjing, Liu Guangdi, Sipin...... Yushi Yang Shenxiu...... The last one is Kang Guangren, Kang Weiyou's younger brother ......"

After the six prisoner cars had passed, two offspring dressed as house slaves glanced at each other, turned and ran quickly from the crowd of onlookers towards a tea shop. The two hurriedly went upstairs, ran to a weak scholar, and reported breathlessly, "No...... There is no Lord Xu......" The scholar asked again: "See clearly?" The two house slaves replied in unison: "I really see it clearly!" Then they reported the names of the six people in the prisoner's car, and the weak scholar sighed and told the house slave to hurry home and report the news. The house slaves agreed, turned around and went downstairs again, and ran towards Xu Zhijing's mansion.

The weak scholar was none other than Xu Zhijing's son Xu Renzhu. After his father was arrested, he approached his grandfather's fellow scholar and friend Li Hongzhang and begged him to intercede on his behalf. There is no father among the people who were beheaded today, and it seems that Li Hongzhang has helped.

Two hundred years ago, this historical drama passed through my mind like lightning. Dao Gui was so engrossed in the historical materials in the past, his mind was completely taken away by the miracles in front of him and the history in his memory, and his mind was painstakingly searching for the relevant historical materials of the Wuxu period. He remembered that it was recorded in the "Qing History Manuscript" that Xu Zhijing, who was enthusiastic about the New Deal, although he was spared death on September 11, 1889, Cixi hated him to the core, and wanted to kill him several times. It was not until the Gengzi period that the Eight-Nation Coalition attacked Kyoto, and the old woman fled in a hurry, and she was pardoned. In his later years, he was discouraged and lived in Hangzhou, where he lived to be seventy-five years old and died without illness. What's going on with the just-dead Xu Zhijing in front of him?

Just as he was wondering, he suddenly heard an accent in the crowd of onlookers: "I know him! He is the old man who played chess with others that day!" As soon as Dao Gui looked up, he saw two policemen holding the hands of a young man from a mountain village and walking towards here. The boy looked like he was thirteen or fourteen years old, and when he approached the corpse, he tilted his head sideways, looked at the deceased boy carefully, and said, "It must be him!"

Dao Kei hurriedly asked, "Who did he play chess with, and when?"

The young man looked up at Daogui and said decisively, "Just yesterday, I played with the Great Chess Saint!"

"Who?Great Chess Master?How do you know the Great Chess Master?" Dao Kei asked.

The young man looked aggrieved and said, "Who else? Mr. Nie Feng, the national champion of Go, the great chess saint, who doesn't know him? Look! He also signed for me!" Then, the boy told him about the old man he had seen a few days ago.

It turned out that the boy was also a Go fan. At a young age, he has played a good hand of chess and has attended several provincial junior Go competitions. He never misses the various Go matches broadcast on TV, and the chess king Mr. Nie Feng is his hero. Two days ago, when he went to the mountains behind the village to collect nets for hunting hares, he saw that the great chess master he admired was sitting under an ancient pine tree and playing against an old man. He walked over with courage, and the chess king and the old man had finished playing. The chess king holds white, and only a small arc is encircled on the corner of the chessboard like a waning moon; the old man holds the black, and the world beyond the waning moon is completely enclosed! Not to mention that the young man in the mountain village has never seen this kind of chess shape, and he is a world-renowned chess king, and he is also sitting there in a daze at this moment!

Both the boy and the king stared at the game as if they had been enchanted, and then the king seemed to see a little way, and when he wanted to ask questions, he found that the old man was gone. On the stone bench where the old man had sat before, there was a chess game, I don't know if the old man had forgotten it, or if it was deliberately left there.

Daogui's curiosity, accompanied by his habit of history, turned into a strong desire -- to find out the ins and outs of this corpse! Judging from his clothing, appearance, and the official seal found on the deceased's body, this person was indeed an active participant in the New Deal during the Guangxu period, and recommended to the Guangxu Emperor Kang Weiyou and Liang Qichao's second-grade Beijing officials, and Xu Zhijing, the editor of the Hanlin Academy. However, according to historical records, according to common sense, Xu Zhijing in history has long since died, so who is this strange man who died for the second time?

Daogui explained some historical issues to the local police chief, and made some suggestions on the handling of the scene from the perspective of cultural relics protection, so he proposed to visit Mr. Nie Feng, the national Go champion.

"Mr. Nie Feng is a very important witness. Also, I want to take a look at the book, and maybe I can find some other clues from it......" said Daokei.

The reply from the relevant departments of Qi was very refreshing, and they thanked Daogui for the historical information provided and promised to call and contact the chess king immediately. While everyone was discussing, they slowly walked down the mountain. By the time we reached the slope where the plane was parked, it was already dawning, and the sunlight formed thousands of multicolored pillars of light through the treetops, falling on the hillside, in the farmland, on the roofs of farmhouses, and the small mountain village was like a fairyland. In normal times, Daogui might stay and enjoy it, but at this moment, his heart has already flown away, he doesn't know if the chess king will confirm the words of the young man in the mountain village, he is more eager to see the chess book that may reveal some "heavenly opportunities" as soon as possible......

Dao Gui was slightly surprised by the enthusiasm of the chess king, and Dao Gui remembered that five or six years ago, he had watched a fight between the chess king and the master of the Sun Banner on the Internet. After the chess game, I was fortunate to ask the chess king to sign my name once, and in addition, the two of them can be said to have never known each other. However, when Daogui rushed to the chess king's apartment, the chess king showed enthusiasm, as if Daogui was his best friend back then. As soon as Dao Gui entered the door, the chess king greeted him, held his hand tightly, and said in a loud voice: "Strange people! Strange things! Strange books! Dao Gui smiled, he was pleasant to be welcomed.

The chess king's house is decorated in an antique style, and the four walls are hanging, all of which are the masterpieces of famous calligraphers and painters. Daogui had no intention of appreciating it, and only asked the chess king to tell him in detail about the "strange people, strange things, and strange books" he encountered. The chess king was quick to talk and told the events and plates of three days ago.

"On the evening of October 6, when I returned from the chess academy, I saw a different letter in the mailbox, which was written on a fold, asking me to rush to a small mountain village on the outskirts of Jiangdu to play chess the next day. To tell you the truth, I now receive more than a dozen such letters a day inviting me to play chess, to give guidance, to have a party. So when I saw this antique letter, I didn't pay attention to it. Later, when I was about to throw the letter into the basket, I was drawn to a game on the last page of the letter, and at first glance I saw that it was a game that had never been seen before. Let's put it this way, if you don't have absolute talent, you don't have a super-first-class level, you can't read that game at all. I was so excited that night that I couldn't sleep, and I played an all-night game with myself on the board, as shown in the game...... I believe that if this person comes out to play chess in the future, the history of the whole Mercury game of Go will turn a new page! It is possible to beat all the invincible opponents of Mercury, and even all the invincible opponents of all Chinese countries!"