Blood from Daming

450 Meteor
At night, the Qinhuai River is brightly lit, and the Qinhuai River is like a golden dragon. The restaurants, shops, brothels, and painting boats on both sides of the river are bustling again. A night version of Qingming Riverside Picture.

Xue Susuyi was at the Zhulan on the third floor of Xuetao Hall, staring at the sparse stars in the sky. At this time, a shooting star flashed across the sky, illuminating the dim night sky. Disappearing at the other end of the sky, and there is still a red light flashing at the sinking place of the meteor, which is exactly the appearance of the rising sun at dawn.

Xue Susu sighed leisurely: "There is a meteor coming out of Ziweiyuan, does it imply that the government is in chaos, or is the border troubled by soldiers, or some important person has passed away?"

Master Zhu smiled and said, "Sister, meteors are just a natural phenomenon."

Xue Susu said: "My younger brother is the same theory as Xiyi Hongfan. Our ancestors Zhouyi and Bagua have their own astrology theory. If you don't believe it, it really doesn't work."

Mr. Zhu said: "Hey, sister, tell me what it means when the shooting star passes by."

Xue Susu sighed and said: "The shooting star is the emissary of the emperor when it comes out of the Purple Palace. Green is worry, red is soldiers, loess workers, white funerals, and black is water. All of them are destined for their places, but this meteor is mainly thrown from the northwest to the southeast. , clearly not the crape myrtle of the Imperial Palace of the Forbidden City."

Mr. Zhu said with a twitch in his heart, "Sister is implying something."

Xue Susu said: "Young Master Zhu, aren't you really the prince and grandson of the capital?"

Mr. Zhu smiled and said, "Sister, what do you think?"

Xue Susu thought for a while and said: "Brother, you are proficient in the Yi languages ​​of many countries, you can know everything about the red fans in the West, and you also have a hand in Yi characters. It takes ten years of hard work and you can't make it small. In addition, my brother's Western chess skills, it's not because he has lived overseas for a long time. It is impossible for a person like this to be so proficient, it seems that my sister's feeling has gone wrong."

Mr. Zhu said: "Sister, my younger brother is indeed not a nobleman of the Forbidden City. Even if I lie to you, I will not lie to my elder sister."

Xue Susu said with a smile: "I know that my brother will not lie to my sister, but I am afraid that my brother's background is also extraordinary."

Mr. Zhu sighed and said: "Sister, little brother is also hard to explain in words. In the future, I will understand when I have a chance."

Xue Susu said: "Brother, you should listen to what my sister said about meteors, maybe it can help my brother understand the history and culture of Ming Dynasty better."

Mr. Zhu nodded and said, "Then I will trouble my sister."

Xue Susu was silent for a while and said: "This meteor is mainly thrown from the northwest to the southeast. According to the astrology, there is Ziwei star in the northwest that shoots to the southeast. As the saying goes: there are no two suns in the sky, and there are no two masters in the country. Pojun Xing means that the stars in the sky in the northwest have moved to the southeast, and since then there will be many troubles in Ming Dynasty, and the southeast will also be troubled."

Mr. Zhu said: "I heard from a friend a few years ago that the great victory in the Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty, the Jianbu Jurchen surrendered the letter and handed in the form. They paid tribute every year and came to the court every year. Even the Tuxietu Khan tribe who was far away in the vast sea also offered nine whites. As a tribute, I am a Daming Weijia and barbarian in all directions, and the place where the sun shines is the country, so how can there be any chaos of swords and soldiers?"

Xue Susu looked at Young Master Zhu in surprise and said slowly, "I hope that the state affairs are as good as my brother's, and the people of Ming Dynasty can enjoy peace forever."

Mr. Zhu smiled and said: "Sister, you and I are both grassroots people living in the rivers and lakes. To be able to enjoy the prosperity and peace of the Ming Dynasty, I don't know if it is the blessing of several generations of cultivation."

Xue Susu grumbled: "Brother, my sister pestered you to play chess all day and didn't let my brother enjoy the boundless scenery of the Qinhuai River. Brother, would you blame my sister?"

Mr. Zhu said with a smile: "No, no, being with a beauty like my sister is the happiest thing. Why would my brother blame you?"

Xue Susu smiled shyly and said, "Sister is already old, but she still dares to call herself a beauty."

Mr. Zhu said seriously: "Sister, even if she is beautiful and beautiful, her appearance will age easily, but sister's charm and temperament will remain the same throughout her life, and the beauties that my brother appreciates are like my sister."

Xue Susu said angrily: "My brother is really good at talking, I don't know how many times he has cheated Shaoai, he is really young and romantic."

It was the night that Mr. Zhu was resting in Xue Tao Hall and did not go out. On the second day, Mr. Zhu continued to explain the essentials of chess to Xue Susu, focusing on the opening, middle and endgame of chess, especially the chess plan in the overall situation and the allocation of pieces , including taking the initiative, opening lines, strong and weak grids, etc.

Xue Susu learned chess all morning, and when she was taking a break after lunch, Xue Susu said: "Brother, this chess is really profound, and my brother claims to be invincible all over the kingdom."

Zhu Gongzi said: "Sister, in the past three days, she will study chess theory in the morning, play chess with each other in the afternoon to check for omissions and make up for gaps, and on the last day, she will systematically sort out the results of her study. I believe that in the Ming Dynasty, no one will be my sister's opponent. .”

Xue Susu was surprised and said: "My younger brother taught my elder sister how to play chess for five days, and my elder sister became a national player of the Ming Dynasty. I am afraid that my younger brother's chess skill is unmatched by anyone in the universe, but I don't know how good my sister's chess skill is in the western kingdoms."

Mr. Zhu said: "My sister's chess skills are in the center of the Western world. Among the nobles of the upper class in Paris, France, their chess skills should be at the upper-middle level. If they are placed among the ladies, they should be at the top of the list."

Xue Susu praised: "My brother's chess skills are really amazing."

Mr. Zhu smiled and said: "It's not that my younger brother is very good at chess, it's because my elder sister is extremely intelligent. Others learn from one example, but my elder sister knows everything. Although learning chess in five days is far better than five years for ordinary people."

Xue Susu smiled shyly: "My brother's praise made my sister feel a little ashamed."

Mr. Zhu smiled and said: "My sister will know that what my brother said is true when she arrives on the third day of the third month. Smart women like my sister should only be found in the fairyland in the sky. I am afraid that my sister is the fairy in the sky. "

Xue Susu shook her head and said, "I don't know if it's a fairy girl, but my sister encountered a strange thing the year before last, and I still can't understand it until now, which made my sister pay more attention to the study of astrology and divination."

Zhu Gongzi asked suspiciously: "Sister, could it be that she encountered some kind of god, ghost and monster?"

Xue Susu stood beside Zhulan for a long time before saying: "About the time of the year before last, my sister saw a cloud of fire burning from south to north in broad daylight, rolling all the way to the far end of the sky, the sky was full of ten colors. Auspicious clouds flashed, there was a burst of drumming and music, and a fireball as big as the sun fell to the northern skyline, after which the sky returned to its original calm."

Mr. Zhu hesitated for a moment and said, "Sister, this phenomenon happens several times a year, so it's hard to say there's anything special about it."

Xue Susu said: "It is said that my younger brother said so, but later my sister told my girlfriends that they didn't know when the vision would appear every day, and after asking all over the Qinhuai River, no one said that they had seen the vision. The acquaintances of the sisters thought that the elder sister was haunted by demons, and repeatedly persuaded her to burn incense and wish to drive away evil spirits."

Zhu Gongzi laughed and said: "According to what my sister said, my brother Zhanguang and my sister also watched a celestial phenomenon that ordinary people can't see."

Xue Susu nodded and said, "The meteor stays in the night sky for a long time today. I believe people by the Qinhuai River should be able to see it. Otherwise, my sister really suspects that something went wrong."

Mr. Zhu smiled and said, "How about my brother go to He Street and ask my sister how she is?"

Xue Susu sighed: "It seems that the elder sister has exhausted the younger brother, younger brother, please do what you want."

Mr. Zhu said: "Forget it, my younger brother is tired from playing chess today, and I want to rest earlier, let my sister worry about the shooting star."

(End of this chapter)