Chapter 1: Pawn

"Pawn five into one, pawn seven into one, pawn nine into one"

A snow-white slender hand took three steps in a row, then withdrew his hand and quietly looked at the middle-aged man dressed as a Confucian on the opposite side.

It was late at night, and in the innermost room of this deep and winding courtyard, two people, two people playing chess, were reflected by the flickering candles.

"I'm gone, it's time for someone else to go". A well-dressed, handsome young man said to the person opposite.

"Lord Wang, the chess is red first and black last, you break the rules if you make the first move." The man dressed as a Confucian said with a smile.

The prince, the eighth prince, the young man sitting opposite him playing chess is the eighth prince.

The eighth prince is the idol of unmarried women in the capital, a romantic but not obscene, and a merry son who is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. A good man who indulges in the wind and snow every day. actually played chess in the dead of night, and did not chant poems and paintings with his warblers, flowers and plants, and enjoyed the bright moon together. But playing chess with people here is really eye-popping.

"What if I don't move, do I have any other choice?" The eighth prince raised his head and looked at the sky outside the window, there was no moon tonight, and dark clouds covered the moon.

"I don't want to break the rules, but there's always someone to start with, I'll take three steps, and next time they'll take four." The eighth prince sighed helplessly.

"Lord, since Yichen watched the sky on the night of this month, the star of crape myrtle will fall in less than half a year, but there are still variables about the replacement person, the prince has just been executed, and the ministers of the court are all panicked, and they dare not have more contact with the princes, are we too anxious?" Confucian looked at the prince with a hesitant face.

"If you move, you have a chance, if you don't move, you will wait for death, it is better to send a few pawns to test and tempt, it is estimated that they will die before they even get out of the palace gate, we have nothing to lose, let's see how others respond." The eighth prince said with a relaxed face.

The eighth prince looked at Confucius and said with a smile: "This time we are doing the fourth brother a favor, we can save the daughter of the prince Duan, and the two of them should be grateful to us." ”

Confucius laughed softly, and suddenly his hand flicked the edge of the table, and the song "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix" sounded leisurely from the room.

The eighth prince was silent, looking out the window in a daze.

After a long time, a crisp laughter like a silver bell came in from outside the door.

"Lord, I've prepared a supper for you, you can go to my room to eat." Jiangnan Wu Nong's soft-spoken voice came in.

The eighth prince frowned when he heard the voice, and said with a smile: "Sir, let's go another day, I'll go for supper first."

"I'm most afraid of disappointing the beauty, Lord Wang, you are busy, I'll clean it up below, this chess will be played tomorrow, and the old man won't dare to let the Yunzhu girl wait for a long time." Confucius shouted loudly towards the door.

The eighth prince shook his head, walked out of the door, and closed the door.

"Don't worry, prince, will you talk about it later?"

"Is this king in a hurry, this king just smells what you smeared so fragrant, hahaha."

The eighth prince said with a smile.

"If you hate it, you will bully Yunzhu."

"Don't run, see how this king cleans you up."

"Lord, you chase me, chase me and you will be you."

The sound and footsteps faded away, and they were gone.

The Confucian scholar still knocked on the edge of the table, and it took a long time before he stopped.

"Zhao Fei, starting tomorrow, I will send people to guard the city gate day and night, and if there is a situation, I will only report it and do not do it."

There was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and it gradually drifted away.

"What is this variable tomorrow, hey, wait and see, tomorrow will be lively."

After Confucius unconsciously finished speaking, he slowly walked out of the door.

The lights went out, the people were empty, and only the three-move chess game was left.

"Pawn five into one, pawn seven into one, pawn nine into one".

In the palace, the princess Chiba still didn't sleep, staring at the candle flame with a thick arm, and the palace maids on the side kept playing ha.

"Hey, stand down, I'm asleep." Princess Chiba waved away the palace maid who was waiting with a wave of her hand.

The lights went out, and the palace was plunged into darkness, only Princess Chiba, who couldn't sleep, toss and turn.

Suddenly, there was another person beside her, a man, she just wanted to call someone, that person had already lit her dumb hole and soft numb hole like electricity, she looked at this man who appeared like a ghost, stunned.

"Tomorrow you put on this dress and wait for us on the bed, we will rescue you from the lungs, and your acupuncture points will be untied in two hours, take care to hide the baggage. ”

After saying that, the man disappeared like the wind, as if he had never come.

Princess Chiba was stunned, and there was indeed a burst of joy in her heart, I can finally leave this place, father, you are finally going to save your daughter from this terrible place.

Princess Chiba couldn't help but think of the moment her eldest brother was killed, blood spurted out like a needle, and her head rolled around like a ball.

Thinking of these two lines of tears, they slowly flowed down and crossed the face like a flower and jade, and slowly disappeared.

Ghost market, the ghost market of the capital. The place where all illegal origins are traded.

Everything that is not legal, everything that is not in accordance with the law can be sold openly here, and there is a buyer.

When the dawn crept in, all the people disappeared like ghosts, leaving no trace.

Under the big tree in the ghost market, the two of them were talking about trading, and the rules of the ghost market were carried out alone, and no one was seen as soon as it was dawn, as if it had never existed.

"This is what I wanted, and it will be delivered to the big tree three miles away from the east gate tomorrow night. ”

Zhao Cheng stuffed a handful of silver tickets and slips to a young man who was very long. The young man took the silver ticket and left without saying a word.

Zhao Cheng looked around, turned around and walked in the opposite direction.

The transaction of the ghost market is like this, credit is the first guarantee, and what awaits a person without credit must be death.

In the best hotel box in the capital, Wang Laoshi was drinking with a fat-headed and big-eared man who looked like an official.

This man drank wine, sandwiched vegetables, and looked at Wang Laoshi's arms with sly eyes, and he was thinking about how much money he could knock out from this seemingly honest man.

"Hey, this is the capital, under the emperor's feet, it's not easy to let you out tomorrow, if it is found above, my brother and I can't deal with it." ”

The silver tickets were added one by one, "One thousand taels, if I can't do it, I'll find someone else." Wang honestly looked impatient.

"It's difficult, but don't worry, my boss Zhang still has a way, you can wait. The man snatched the silver ticket, spat it in his hand, and counted it.

"Okay, I'm leaving, you eat slowly, drink slowly. If there is anything that is not enough, it will be called Xiao Ershang".

Wang Laoshi turned around and left.

The man's voice came from his ears, "Xiao Er will take three more roast ducks to pack and take away, this roast duck is good, you will have to eat more when you come to the capital in the future, there is nothing else." I'll take it with my brothers, hey, Xiaoer, pack up and take away the uneaten food. ”

Wang Laoshi is no longer there, leaving only the man who is busy drinking wine, eating meat, packing and burping from time to time.

At dawn, Wang Laoshi returned to the guest room, and Xiao Rushui and Zhao Cheng were waiting for him.

"Done?"

"It's done". Xiao Rushui and Zhao Cheng nodded.

"That sleep. Before Wang could finish speaking, he was already lying on the bed, snoring.

Xiao Rushui and Zhao Cheng glanced at each other, smiled, and turned around to leave Wang Laoshi's room.

The night was almost over, and the dawn had already secretly revealed a glimmer of light.

And so the night passed.