CHAPTER XV

Hearing the word Northern Qi, Qi Liyun immediately lifted his spirits.

Lin Weige is not the one who likes to hang people's appetites, seeing Qi Liyun's eyes full of doubts and a hint of expectation, Lin Weige pointed to the chessboard and said:

"This game of chess is the famous game of Gu Shiyan, the Northern Qi chess saint back then. ”

Even a layman like Qi Liyun who doesn't know anything about qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, has also heard of Gu Shiyan's name, which shows that this person is highly sung among the people.

I only heard Qi Liyun say: "I have heard people mention that Gu Shiyan once fought against foreign envoys and showed his national prestige with chess. ”

Lin Weige listened, stroked his beard, and said with a slight smile:

"Exactly. ”

"That is the Liang has not yet raised troops, although there are always some small countries around to make trouble, but on the whole it is still peaceful in the world. ”

At that time, the Northern Qi Dynasty occupied a small half of the Central Plains, which can be said to be the peak of national strength. ”

So one year, an island country named Asahi came to Northern Qi to meet him. And it was not an ordinary envoy who came, but the prince of Asahi Province. ”

"The prince of Asahi brought countless gold and silver treasures, which made the emperor of Northern Qi full of joy, so he asked the prince what reward he wanted. ”

"The prince of the Asahi Kingdom, he doesn't want fame and fortune, and he refuses to accept the rich gifts of the Northern Qi Dynasty, but he must play a game of chess with the chess players of the Northern Qi Dynasty. ”

Saying that, Lin Weige asked Qi Liyun with a smile: "Miss Qi, do you know, why is this?"

Qi Liyun lowered his head and thought for a long time, but he couldn't think of an answer, so he had to shake his head and say:

"I'm afraid it's not because this prince is a chess idiot? There is no opponent in the country, so he goes to other countries to find chess players to play again?"

Hearing this answer, Lin Weige laughed and said, "No, no." ”

"Miss Qi has ever heard that chess power is also national strength. ”

"I haven't heard of it, and I asked Old Man Lin to teach me. ”

"You know, if the national strength is weak, the war has been raging for many years, and the people are not able to make a living, how can anyone have the leisure to play chess. ”

"Therefore, throughout the ages, in all dynasties, only when the country is strong and the people live and work in peace and contentment, will extraordinary chess players appear. ”

Not only that, the so-called qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, in fact, only chess can have a clear distinction between superior and inferior, and the other three are all said by the world. ”

Therefore, chess power is the most able to demonstrate national strength in the peaceful period, which is chess power and national strength. ”

After listening to Lin Weige's explanation, Qi Liyun suddenly realized, frowned and nodded:

"The name of the prince of the Asahi Kingdom is to play chess, in fact, to explore the national strength of the Northern Qi Dynasty. If there is chess, it is enough, if there is no chess, it means that the Northern Qi is strong and dry, and the paper tiger is just a tiger. ”

Lin Weige nodded and continued:

The Emperor of Northern Qi naturally knew this, and at that time, Gu Shiyan happened to be in the position of chess and edict in Northern Qi. So the emperor asked Gu Shiyan to play against the prince of Asahi Kingdom. ”

"This game of chess is earth-shattering. Although the Asahi country is a small country, it attaches great importance to Go and regards it as an important weapon of the country. ”

"As the prince of Asahi Province, that man's chess skills are unfathomable, and it is said that no one can beat Banko in Asahi Country. ”

Gu Shiyan knew that this game of chess was related to the face of Northern Qi, and he was very careful. However, it happened to fall into the hands of the prince of Asahi Province. ”

The man saw that Gu Shiyan was cautious, so the attack became more and more crazy. ”

"That game of chess went down from early morning to late at night, but it only reached the eightieth move, although the victory was not scored, but looking at the chessboard, Gu Shiyan was already embattled, and the chance was slim. ”

At this time, Gu Shiyan was already sweating, his eyes were red, and he dared to fall in sweat. ”

"By the eighty-third hand, the prince of Asahi was already full of confidence and ready to slay the dragon. ”

But seeing this, Gu Shiyan suddenly got up and knelt down and shouted:

"Today, Gu has no sense of victory or defeat, but he is afraid of insulting the king's life and damaging the prestige of my Northern Qi country, so I ask for my life to heaven, and I am willing to use my life in exchange for the hand of God!"

I don't know if Gu Shiyan's words moved the heavens, or the whole day of playing made him exhausted. As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Shiyan spurted out a mouthful of blood. ”

That mouthful of blood stained the entire chessboard red, and it was shocking to watch. ”

However, at this moment, Gu Shiyan trembled and raised a chess piece, and on that chessboard, the only place that was not soaked in blood, a piece fell. ”

As he spoke, Lin Weige also picked up a chess piece and slapped it heavily on the stone table.

Qi Liyun had long been attracted by Gu Shiyan's story, and Lin Weige seemed to be patted on her heart.

She hurriedly asked, "Then what? Did Gu Shiyan turn defeat into victory?"

Lin Weige paused, pointed to the game of chess on the stone table and said:

Later generations called this hand 'Zhenshen Head', only this hand, the Asahi prince shrank his arms, and thirty hands, and threw himself into defeat. ”

Qi Liyun looked at the chess game on the stone table, and couldn't calm down for a long time.

At this moment, she seems to be in that era.

She sat on top of that court, right behind Gu Shiyan.

She could see every drop of sweat on Gu Shiyan's forehead, and she could clearly hear his every heartbeat.

She saw the prince of Asahi sitting opposite Gu Shiyan, with an unwilling but awe-inspiring expression.

She also saw Gu Shiyan's joy of not dishonoring the king's life after turning defeat into victory.

She could even hear the cheers of the entire Northern Qi people in her ears.

"The town is a sacred hand Gu Shiyan, this is the great wind of the Northern Qi Dynasty. ”

She remembered that there was once an incomparably glorious dynasty, a dynasty where countless shining figures gathered.

That is the most beautiful queen in the world, who said to a poet admired by countless literati and scholars in later generations: "You are really great in this world." ”

At this moment, Qi Liyun finally had a deep understanding of this sentence.

Northern Qi is really remarkable because of Gu Shiyan and countless romantic characters like Gu Shiyan.

Thinking of this, Qi Liyun couldn't help but lower his head, hiding his face and crying bitterly.

Seeing Qi Liyun crying suddenly, Lin Weige was a little puzzled and hurriedly asked the reason.

Qi Liyun wiped his tears, sobbed and said:

"I am the apprentice of the Tieqi Sect, the largest sect in Northern Qi, and I am an orphan of Northern Qi. I can't figure out why I will be trampled by the iron cavalry of the Great Liang in the Northern Qi. ”

After Qi Liyun finished speaking, he saw Lin Weige's expression solemn, and a pair of eyes staring at her as if he were dead.

"You finally admit that you are from Northern Qi. ”

After the Great Liang dominated the world, he once wantonly arrested the remnants of Northern Qi and Western Shu in the country.

As long as they refuse to admit that they are from Daliang, they will all be beheaded on the spot.

Countless famous ministers who were loyal to their country died under the butcher's knife of the Great Liang.

Under such deterrence, the people who originally lived in the land of Northern Qi and Western Shu had to bow their heads and admit that they were from Daliang and respected the Son of Heaven of Daliang.

When Qi Liyun was emotional, he accidentally revealed his identity.

At this moment, Lin Weige's eyes, his question. All of them made Qi Liyun feel deep fear.

I saw Qi Liyun hurriedly get up, take a few steps back, stretch out his left palm in front of him, clench his right hand into a fist behind him, put on a defensive posture, and look around vigilantly.

Seeing this, Lin Weige shook his head with a smile, took out a scroll from his arms, and threw it at Qi Liyun's feet.

Qi Liyun looked at Lin Weige in puzzlement, and then looked down at the scroll.

She had already felt it with her qi just now, although there were many people coming and going around, but there didn't seem to be any people with strong martial arts, they were all subordinates of the Lin Mansion.

Qi Liyun, who was afraid that Lin Weige would be cheating, covered his mouth and nose with his right hand to prevent any poisonous dust powder hidden in the scroll, and then kicked the scroll away with a light touch of his foot.

The scroll opened, and it turned out to be a seizure document.

The arrest document painted the appearance of four people, all four of them were wearing masks, and their eyes were murderous, clearly Qi Liyun and the three senior brothers and sisters.

Looking closer, there is a line written on the wanted warrant:

These four thieves have done a lot of evil, endangering the Quartet, recently wandering around the northern city of Beijing, burglary, injuring many people, and now offering a reward of 300 taels for arrest to ensure the safety of the people.

Qi Liyun has not left half a step since he was invited into the Lin Mansion by Lin Weige that night, so he naturally doesn't know the situation in the outside world.

She remembered that a few days ago, the flying pigeon passed the book and reported the situation to the senior brothers and sisters, but she never received a reply, and she couldn't help but be very worried, and hurriedly asked Lin Weige when this document was.

I only heard Lin Weige say: "The next day of your action, this document will be pasted all over Jingbei City, but An Yan didn't wake up before, and I didn't have time to inform you." ”

So it's been more than seven days since the instrument was issued.

Thinking of this, Qi Liyun hurriedly went back to the house to pick up his luggage and prepared to leave, but he was stopped by Lin Weige as soon as he went out.

"Miss Qi, where are you going, what about the good business?"

Thinking of Lin Weige's good wine and food in recent days, and he did not pursue his theft and injury, Qi Liyun hurriedly hugged his fists and said:

"Old man Lin, take care of it for a few days, Qi Liyun is very grateful, and he can't repay it. ”

"It's just that there are three senior brothers and sisters who came with me, and they have not heard from them at the moment, looking at the arrest documents, I am afraid that they will have no hope of leaving the city. ”

"Thinking of the great difficulty of their hiding in this Jingbei City, Li Yun must go to the rescue. If you have a life to say goodbye, Li Yun should repay your kindness. ”

After speaking, Qi Liyun wanted to continue walking, but Lin Weige stood in front of her, shook his head and sighed lightly:

"Young people, it's hard to achieve great things when you encounter such impulsive things. ”

"As long as you leave the Lin Mansion now, there will be countless Jingying forbidden troops and bad people who will arrest you. Don't talk about saving your brother, it's hard to protect yourself. ”

"What's more, what can you do if you find your senior brothers? It's just hiding with them in the middle of this Jingbei City. ”

What Lin Weige said, how could Qi Liyun not think of it.

But at this moment, she only wants to see her senior brothers and sisters as soon as possible, even if she dies, she will die with her senior brothers and sisters.

Seeing that Qi Liyun was still unwilling to give up, Lin Weige sighed helplessly and said softly:

"On the day the arrest document was issued, my Lin family happened to have a big business, so they sent 300 catties of tea, 50 jars of rice wine, and two carts of wheat out of the city. ”

Qi Liyun looked at Lin Weige suspiciously, and didn't understand half of the sentence.

Lin Weige explained: "My Lin family, as the first merchant of this big beam, is friendly with the king of Zhennan, and by the grace of the emperor, there is no need to stop and pass the inspection of goods entering and leaving the city gate. ”

Hearing this, a crazy idea came to Qi Liyun's mind.

Qi Liyun's eyes widened, and he looked at Lin Weige incredulously, but saw Lin Weige smiling and nodding.

"The three of them have been sent by me to a small village 300 miles outside the city of Jingbei. ”