In the direction of the south of Xianyang City, in a valley on the north side of the Qinling Mountains, a stream did not freeze, but flowed slowly as always, and on its surface, there was a layer of dense water vapor.

On a gentle slope beside the stream, there was a wooden house.

In the wooden house, two old men were playing chess against each other.

These two old men are none other than Ji Fa and Lü Buwei, and this wooden house is also Lü Buwei's hideaway.

"Lost." Lu Buwei pondered for a long time, and finally admitted defeat.

"Hehe, it seems that your chess skills have improved in the past few days." Ji Fa said with a smile.

"It's still better than the guidance of my predecessors." Lü Buwei also responded with a smile.

"What did the old man say last time, how did you think about it?" Ji Fa asked.

Lu Buwei smiled undiminishedly, and replied, "What the seniors ordered, what still needs to be discussed, the Lu clan just does it."

Ji Fa sighed lightly and said, "The old man knows that it is indeed early to set up a family affair for Lu Wen's little daughter now, but this is also a very important step preset for the implementation of King Qin's thousand-year-old plan."

"I understand." Lü Buwei nodded and said, "Since the King of Qin has decided that Liu Bang will take over the country, then it is necessary to have some control over him, and the best way to control it is to let his wife become our person."

"What's more, Liu Bang is so much older than Lu Pheasant, and he will definitely die first in the future, so that Lu Pheasant can naturally straighten out the country."

"Well, that's good." Ji Fa smiled and nodded, "The old man also saw this, so he happily agreed to King Qin."

As soon as the words fell, I heard a sound from the door outside, and Lu Wen walked into the house with a three or four-year-old girl in his arms.

"I've seen my seniors." Lu Wen bowed to Ji Fa.

Ji Fa nodded, pointed to the little girl and said, "This is your little daughter, Lu Pheasant, right?"

"Yes, this is the little girl." Lu Wen looked down at Lu Pheasant and said, "This is Gao Zu, call Gao Zu quickly."

Lu Pheasant looked at Ji Fa with a pair of big watery eyes, and his eyes released a strange look, and he shouted in a milky voice, "Gaozu!"

"Hehe, good, childish, good." Seeing that Lu Pheasant was so well-behaved, Ji Fa happily closed his mouth and hugged Lu Pheasant.

"Tell Gaozu how old you are this year?"

Lu Pheasant not only did not reject it, but was extremely friendly with Ji Fa: "I'm almost four years old."

Ji Fa rubbed Lu Pheasant's white and tender face with his fingers, he likes to eat it." Ji Fa held Lu Pheasant in one hand, took his bag with the other, took out some pastries brought from the palace, and then took a piece and put it in Lu Pheasant's small hand.

Lu Pheasant looked at the pastry in his hand, and did not pick it up and eat it, but looked at his father.

Lu Wen nodded at her, and Lu Pheasant picked up the pastry and took a bite gently.

Here, it can't compare to the previous Lu Mansion, whether it is food and clothing, it can't be compared with before, especially children, it is commendable to see the long-lost food but still be so well-behaved.

This also shows that Lu Wen and his wife do have some methods for educating their children.

"Is it delicious?" Ji Fa is quite pitiful and eats it, Gaozu has a lot of them here, they will be sent to you." Ji smiled and put the rest of the pastries on Lu Pheasant's body

Former.

Lu Pheasant blinked his big eyes and looked at Lu Wen again.

"I haven't thanked Gao Zu yet." Lu Wen looked at Lu Pheasant and said.

"Thank you, Gaozu." Lu Pheasant put his hands together very obediently and thanked Ji Fa.

After worshipping, Lu Pheasant pushed all the pastries to his father, Lu Wen.

"Take it back to my brother."

"Hahahaha......!" Looking at Lu Pheasant's small appearance, Ji Fa laughed again, "At a young age, I know that I can't be wrong to take care of others when I grow up."

Sure enough, the three-year-old saw the old.

Ji Fa took out a delicate jade pendant from his arms and placed it on top of Lu Pheasant's palm

"Good boy, this is a gift from Gaozu to you, take it well."

Lu Wen said hurriedly on the side, "Senior, how can this be done."

Ji Fa raised his hand to block Lu Wen's words and said, "This jade pendant is not an ordinary jade pendant, with it, you can eliminate disasters and diseases, and do great things in the future, you can't do it without a good body."

"Besides, this jade pendant can also be used as a token, and it will definitely be used in the future."

Hearing Ji Fa say this, Lu Wen no longer shirked, and arched his hand: "Then, thank you seniors."

Ji Fa smiled and said, "You are the descendants of the Taigong, it is right to take care of you, and if the old man gives you anything in the future, you can just take it calmly, and you don't have to be polite."

"Good!" Lu Wen also responded with a smile.

Ji Fa returned to his seat, picked up a black chess piece with two fingers, shook it in front of Lü Buwei, and said, "This chessboard and chess pieces are not mortal, but made of the ivory of a tribe of the Southern Barbarians, and now, the old man will give it to you."

Ji Fagang said that there was no need to be polite, and Lu Buwei did not refuse, and arched his hand: "Thank you, senior."

Ji Fa put the chess pieces in his hand into Lu Buwei's hands, and said happily: "This game of chess seems ordinary, but it contains the power of yin, and the old man is in it, and he has learned a lot of Tai Chi principles, if you have nothing to do, take this to relieve your boredom."

"Good!" Lu Buwei smiled and clenched the chess piece.

Ji Fa turned around and took out his bag, took out two chessboards that were smaller than the chessboard he was playing chess from, put them on the table, and then put the two chessboards together.

After putting together the chessboard, Ji Fa took out some black and white chess pieces.

These pieces are slightly larger than the pieces in Yiqi, and the upper sides are flatter, and each piece has a word on it.

"This kind of chess, unlike chess, is called 'Xiangqi'." Ji Fa said as he took out the chess pieces.

"Chess?" Lu Buwei muttered, obviously it was the first time he had heard of this kind of chess.

"Not bad." Ji Fa said, "Because the chess pieces and chessboard are made of ivory, the old man called it chess."

"This chess is not the same as chess, which focuses on the variables of yin, while chess evolves from the formation of war."

Ji Fa picked up a chess piece, only to see the word "handsome" engraved on it.

"This chess piece represents the marshal, sitting in the military tent of the Chinese army."

With a snap, Ji Fa placed the chess piece in the middle of the line at the bottom, and around it, there was a square grid with a rice-shaped pattern inside.

"These two are the sergeants in charge of the safety of the marshal, they are on the left and right of the marshal, but they cannot march horizontally and vertically, they can only march diagonally in the tent of the Chinese army."

"Neither the marshal nor the guards can get out of the tent of the Chinese army, and the marshals of both sides cannot meet in a straight line, if they are in a straight line, there must be a chess piece in the middle."

Lu Buwei nodded, picked up a chess piece in his hand and looked at it

When I looked at it, I saw the word "phase" written on it.

"This phase represents the phase country, and it mainly plays a defensive role, and can only operate in its own area, and it is the word "Tian".

Ji Fa took the chess pieces in Lü Buwei's hand, placed them next to the "Shi", and then demonstrated the route where the "Xiang" could move.

Lu Wen was on the side, and he had already picked out all the white chess pieces and pushed them to Ji Fa's hand together.

Ji Fa picked out three chess pieces, each with the words "rook, horse, bow" written on them.

"These three chess pieces are offensive chess pieces and represent the type of class. The rook, which represents the chariot, travels in a straight line and can destroy any enemy in its path."

"This one with a horse on it represents a cavalry, and the way it travels is in the shape of a diagonal "sun", which can also be eaten by the enemy's force at the landing point."

"And this bow, which represents the archer, and it can only attack the enemy through a chess piece."

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Wei and Lu Wen nodded at the same time, indicating that they understood.

Lu Wen picked up one of the remaining chess pieces with the word "pawn" and said, "Then don't ask, this one with the word "pawn" on it represents the infantry."

"Well, that's good." Ji Fa said, "These foot soldiers can only move forward, not backward, and can only go one step at a time."

Ji Fa pointed to the area where the chessboard on both sides meets, and said, "This side of the black side represents the business realm, and the side of the white side represents the state of Zhou."

"Hehe, it turned out to be a situation where the Shang Kingdom and the Zhou Kingdom competed with each other." Lu Wen said with a smile.

"Yes, when the army was raised, the old man used this chess to practice different formations, and in it, he also discovered many mysteries." Ji Fa said.

"Is this little chessboard really so magical?" Lu Wen was surprised.

"Hmm!" Ji Fa nodded and said, "Now that the old man has given you this chessboard, you can use it to assist in the study of formations when you help Liu Bang."

Of course, Lu Wen couldn't refuse, so he directly arched his hand and said, "Thank you, senior!"

"But......" Ji Fa said instead, "In this time, you'd better study more and make some changes to it, after all, this week's camp and business camp are a bit too sensitive and inappropriate, so let's change it."

"Then it's better to ......," Lu Buwei paused and said, "How about changing one of them to the kingdom established by Liu Bang?"

"Yes." Ji Fa said, "But on the other side, don't make it the Qin State."

The uncle and nephew of the Lu family looked at each other, and then nodded, indicating that they understood.

At this moment, Lu Wu entered the door with wine and food.

"Senior, the insiders have made wine and food, so let's enjoy it while it's hot." When Lu Wu saw that the three of them were gathered around the chessboard, he wanted to clean up the chessboard and serve wine and food.

Lu Wen raised his hand to stop Lu Wu and said, "Don't move yet, we are studying the formation."

As soon as Lu Wu heard the formation, he suddenly became interested, and hurriedly put down the food box in his hand and leaned over.

Lu Buwei looked at Lu Wu, smiled, and said, "As soon as you hear about the formation, you are in a hurry, let's pick it up and study it while eating."

Lu Wu replied and placed the wine and food in the food box to the free place on the table.

Ji Fa drank while teaching the three of Lu's uncles and nephews to play chess.

Lu Pheasant blinked his big watery eyes, and kept looking at the old man in front of him, who was holding a wine glass in one hand and a chess piece in the other, so he was not at ease.

"General!"

There was constant shouting and laughter from the room.