Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 13 Each Playing Chess

This night, for many, was a sleepless night.

At this time, Yuan Wei drove all the servants out, and in the study alone, set up the chessboard, and slowly made his move, and in a short while, an endgame was placed on the chessboard.

The Han Dynasty has not officially proposed the eight methods of nourishing qi, but the Confucian way of calming and nourishing qi has already been understood and practiced by every Confucian student.Hand-talking gradually became popular in the Han Dynasty and became one of the ways for the nobility to raise their qi. Even Ban Gu wrote a special "Yi Zhi" for Weiqi, which established the status of Weiqi among the high-level people in the society at that time.

Influenced by his brother Yuan Feng, Yuan Wei also preferred this way. Once upon a time, the two brothers would often sit and talk with each other, and it had nothing to do with winning or losing, only the friendship between the brothers.

Yuan Hui was facing this endgame, and his old eyes actually glowed a little.

This game was the last unfinished game between him and his elder brother Yuan Feng, and today he finally finished it.

That night happened to be the moment when the disaster of the party was launched.At that time, the whole city of Luoyang was in flames all night, and the soldiers and armors were screaming.

That night, Yuan Wei and Yuan Feng were frightened, and they forced themselves to sit against each other in the hall, waiting for the unpredictable sentence.Fortunately, Emperor Ling of Han did not agree with the eunuch's handling of Yuan Feng, and the Yuan family was spared.However, after that, although his elder brother Yuan Feng was never dismissed from office, he was also implicated for a while.

Since then, Yuan Kai has hated the eunuch to the core, but what he can do is that the eunuch's power was so great at that time, Yuan Kai could only tolerate it.

Tonight was the same as that time, the fire was shining in Luoyang, and the soldiers were running around, but the difference was that this time it was the eunuchs who were invincible.

Years of layout has finally come to an end.

Yuan Wei and He Jin did not have any hatred. Strictly speaking, the elites of the aristocratic family could spray their relatives to death on weekdays, but not many people really regarded their foreign relatives as enemies of life and death.

Because the aristocratic families all know that relatives often change, and the glory lasts for a few years at most. When the favored person in the palace gradually fades, and when the person is old, the external relative who is in the limelight will also fall one day.

But eunuchs are different. Beauty often changes, but eunuchs don't change often!

Yuan Wei waited for a long time, and finally the opportunity came. Taking advantage of the new emperor's accession to the throne, when the old generation of eunuchs could not immediately get closer to the new emperor, they provoked conflicts between foreign relatives and eunuchs, and kept adding fuel to the fire, even at the expense of using them. Yinzi, who had been in ambush for many years, finally successfully pulled all his opponents to the abyss of death.

He Jin, the great general of the foreign relative, died.

The eunuchs, Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, and others died.

Yuan Wei stretched out his hand and lifted the black dragons with deadly eyes on the chessboard one by one, and threw them on the ground, raising his head high, watching the black chess pieces tumble on the ground with contempt.

A cold smile appeared on Yuan Wei's mouth.

"It's a pity I can't do it all..." Yuan Wei knocked on the two small black pieces on the corners of the chessboard, "Well, after all, Dao Dao is fifty and Tianyan is four-nine, so the fate of these two is huge... …”

"But... in the next round, do you still have such luck?"

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A group of mighty soldiers and horses meandering, it is the soldiers and horses under the jurisdiction of Xiliang Dong Zhuo.

At this moment, Li Ru and Li Wenyou used a wind lamp in the carriage to lay out the chessboard. The black and white chess pieces fought each other between the chessboards. You have me, and I have you. live situation.

Is the victory or defeat the number of five or five?
Li Ru squeezed the chess pieces, carefully examining that he had indeed reached the point where he could no longer play, snorted coldly, and swept all the chess pieces aside.

Since the old game can no longer be played, let's start a new game!

Li Ru opened the curtain of the carriage door, and sternly sent the order: "Pass my order, the left and right flanks will be spread out for twenty miles, and more torches and flags will be raised to make a grand gesture! The whole army will speed up and march towards Luoyang! It will arrive in Luoyang before tomorrow's eclipse! Those who are out of date, behead!"

Immediately, Dong Zhuo's army suddenly swelled and rushed towards Luoyang City like a big net.

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Fei Qian and Cui Hou were also in the small courtyard hall, setting up the chessboard players to discuss a game.

Although the noise in the city gradually subsided, but after the commotion, the two of them no longer felt sleepy, and they went to the small hall to play chess to kill time.

"Brother Xian brought back the two of them, I think they are rich or expensive, and I don't know which son is in trouble..." Cui Hou took a picture of his son and asked casually.Cui Hou's thoughts were not used on those two children at all. He guessed that the young master who was caught on fire in Luoyang City was in a hurry and went astray.

Fei Qian also replied casually: "I don't know either, but seeing that the two are young and frightened, it's not easy to ask in detail. Let's talk about it later in the morning."

Cui Hou let out a "ha" and said jokingly, "Brother Xian also said that he is young, dare to ask Brother Xian about Guigeng this year?"

"The old man is actually just a young man. In fact, the old man is already sixty-five!" Fei Qian also cooperated and put on a straight face.

After hearing this, Cui Hou laughed and grabbed a handful of pieces and put them on the chessboard, "Okay, okay, I'll serve, you win..." He casually ordered the maids who were waiting on the side to go down and make some fresh tea for some cakes.

When the maid was far away, Cui Hou wiped his smile with tears in the corners of his eyes, left the seat and bowed his hands to Fei Qian: "My family has thanked Xiao Langjun! Must obey!"

Fei Qian hurriedly helped Cui Hou up, "An Neng received such a great gift from your brother?"

"You deserve it! Let's not hide it from my virtuous brother. To my family, my virtuous brother's side is no less than the nectar of a long drought." Cui Hou smiled bitterly and nodded, "Don't look at this now, in fact, my Cui family has already It's from the outside and the inside."

"How could this be?"

Cui Hou nodded and slowly explained to Fei Qian.

Every family has sutras that are difficult to recite.

The Cui family originally originated from the surname Jiang, the ancestor was passed down as Jiang Taigong, and the originator was the Shennong clan of Emperor Yan. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, the eldest son of Ding Gongji, the ruler of the Qi State, Jizi once was in Cuiyi. Therefore, it is said that Linzi, Shandong is the birthplace of the Cui family.

But in the process of the Cui family's branches and leaves, Cui Lie's branch has been quite successful in business, accumulated over the past dynasties, and slowly developed from Shandong to Heluo area, and took root in Luoyang.

By the time of Cui Lie's generation, the Cui clan in Shandong had already declined somewhat, and the position of the head of the family fell to Cui Lie's clan.

Of course, there is still a fierce competition here, which is unknown.

Cui Lie, who won the competition, was originally rich in wealth. At that time, Cui Lie was a businessman and an excellent scholar. When he first became the boss, he was really in his prime. Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. After Cui Lie was beaten by the eunuch, losing his post was not a repayment. After his home was raided, [-]% of his family wealth had gone to [-]%, and then Cui Lie was sick and eventually died.

Although Cui Lie passed on the position of the head of the family to Cui Yi before his death, this position is no less than a hot potato at this time, because there are already side branches eyeing the position of the head of the family.

The head of the family has a high status in the entire family. In ancient times, the head of the family had control over the family tree and the family ancestral hall, and it could be said that he had a powerful right to the insiders of the family-removing the power, which was no less than the disciples of the ancient family. The power of life and death.

Therefore, he had already lost his official position and lost his wealth. If he lost his position as the head of the family at this time, then Cui Yi and Cui Hou would be completely degraded, and there would be no future.

Fortunately, Cui Lie still has a lot of popularity in the court, and Cui Yi was able to temporarily preserve his position as the head of the family. The amount of extravagant wealth distributed is not only necessary to maintain the manor expenses of the manor, but also to make friends with the ministers in the court. In a few years, even the family is almost hollowed out.

However, these high-ranking officials and nobles in the DPRK basically ignore ordinary gold and silver, and they like some rare treasures, but these rare treasures are not weeds in the fields, how can they be found everywhere?

As a last resort, the Cui family could only collect them everywhere, and every time they collected one, they basically paid tribute to the high-ranking officials in the DPRK.

Fei Qian nodded secretly, so it is, no wonder there are rumors that the Cui family designed treasures, it seems that the reason is here.

Now, with Feiqian's improved method of making glaze, the Cui family means that they have a hen that lays golden eggs. First of all, they don't need to search for treasures like headless flies. Their own glaze is the treasure. Secondly, it also opened up a new way of making money, which changed the situation that the Cui family's output outweighed the input, which was of great benefit to consolidating the position of the head of the family.

Maybe Feiqian may have other secret recipes, but for the current Cui family, consolidating what they have and grasping what they have is the most important and correct thing, so after the master craftsman at home, they confirmed Feiqian's glass. When the secret recipe had a miraculous effect on improving the color and brightness of the glass, Cui Yi made a straightforward decision to befriend Fei Qian.

This is also in line with the family's consistent rule - family first.

If it wasn't because Fei Qian was just a side branch of the Fei family, Cui Yi would even have to come forward to thank him.This time, Cui Hou and Feiqian explained the reasons for the Cui family before and after, and there was no question about how Feiqian obtained this side or what other methods there were. As a result, in addition to expressing gratitude, there were also There are two meanings: one is to show that the Cui family will no longer be on guard against Fei Qian and treat each other with sincerity; the other is that they will no longer greedily peep at the source of Fei Qian's secret recipe, and will keep it secret.

As for what Fei Qian needs the Cui family to do in the future, the Cui family will naturally measure it according to the value of this secret recipe and give equal or more returns.

Of course, these so-called criteria depend on Fei Qian's status and the status of the Cui family in the future.For example, for a poor person who is dying of starvation and a rich person who is full of food and drink, the same meal has different meanings for two people.

At this time, the maid outside the door brought freshly brewed tea and some cakes, and asked if it was time for the rooster to prepare some washing.

Fei Qian and Cui Hou heard the words and knew that the long night had passed quietly and a new day had come.Fei Qian raised the tea bowl and bowed to Cui Hou, "Brother Yongyuan, how about taking this tea to say goodbye to the old days and celebrate the new beginning?"

Cui Hou immediately reacted, and he also took a tea bowl in one fell swoop: "My virtuous brother is indeed a wonderful person! Let's say goodbye to the old days and celebrate the new beginning together!"

(End of this chapter)