[Jianwang III] Yellow sand is far above the sky

A few months ago, on the outskirts of Chang'an.Under the scorching sun, two people dressed as Confucian scholars sat and played chess calmly under the waterfall pavilion in Biquan Villa.The gurgling waterfall brings a rare coolness in summer.

"You may be able to defeat me with your troops. You are far behind in chess skills." Mo Liuxiang looked at a big dragon entangled in the corner and pierced through the middle of the board, yawned and closed the chess box beside him.

Kuang Xiu was dressed in a Confucian outfit, and he looked much more refined than when he was wearing armor. He frowned, and surrendered helplessly.

"Why do you have the leisure to come to me to play chess?" Mo Liuxiang picked up the scattered chess pieces: "Could it be that I have finished copying Mr. Yan's copybook, and I am so quiet that I want to go out for a walk."

"It's not over." Kuang Xiu was silent for a moment, then said slowly, "I have something to do."

"You still have the virtue of cherishing words like gold." Mo Liuxiang shook his head helplessly: "Whatever, as long as I can do it."

Kuang Xiu frowned, as if he didn't know where to start, and uttered three words for a long time: "Your business."

"My business? I have too many things to do. Yang Guozhong single-handedly ruled out the ministers and let Gao Xianzhi be recalled to Chang'an by the sage. I heard that Feng Changqing will also be recalled soon. Now the frontier defense in the Western Regions is completely neglected. Nanzhao The rebellion is about to intensify, and at this moment, His Royal Highness is actually meeting with Tubo frequently, so many things I can't handle, I don't even bother to pay attention to the conscription of the Spike Guards under An Lushan." Mo Liuxiang took the chess with his hand Paused, sighed softly: "Yichen's health is getting worse and worse, I can only use medicine to save it for a while, I'm afraid..."

Kuang Xiu listened silently, then picked up a chess piece that fell on the ground: "You have a plan."

Mo Liuxiang was speechless for a while, then nodded: "I can always think of some solutions, but it's not so easy to get it working..."

"Is it necessary to use the abandoned child?" Kuang Xiu said abruptly.

Mo Liuxiang was startled, frowned and looked at Kuang Xiu: "Huh?"

"No matter how decisive you say about yourself, you are still you." Kuang Xiu stared at Mo Liuxiang: "I can't think of anything else besides delaying implementation in the face of an urgent situation."

Mo Liuxiang's face darkened: "What do you want to say?"

"You remember, from the time you became a 'chess', our agreement." Kuang Xiu indifferently threw the chess pieces in his hand into the box that Mo Liuxiang was packing up: "Sooner or later, in a game of chess, there will be death. The abandoned child, if there is such a day, I will be the first abandoned child."

"Kuangxiu!" Mo Liuxiang slapped his palm on the table angrily, causing a lot of chess pieces to jump out of the box: "You should understand that your identity is one of the Four Secrets of Heaven and Earth, and you are not a pawn who charges into battle. Know what kind of value you have!"

"It's because I know my own value, that's why I say that." Kuang Xiu smiled slightly, and picked up the chess piece that was shaken out: "It is precisely because of the valuable discarded pieces that chess players will cherish them, and will not be careless. Mistake. Had she lived, she would have approved of my doing so."

Mo Liuxiang was silent for a moment when he heard the words: "It is necessary to keep an abandoned piece without harming the overall situation... No chess player is absolutely sure..."

"It's okay." Kuang Xiu put the chess pieces into the chess box beside Mo Liuxiang: "You are a chess player, I can trust you."

Snapped!

A delicate teacup fell to the ground and fell to pieces.The maidservant who was holding the tea tray hurriedly knelt down and confessed in fear and fear: "Your maidservant deserves to die."

Mo Liuxiang stared blankly at the tea leaves spilled on her hands, then flicked her sleeves lightly, and smiled kindly at the maid: "I don't blame you, I lost my mind, clean up and go to rest."

Li Mi watched silently as the maid thanked Dade for tidying up the mess on the ground and exiting the door, then said calmly: "You seem a little restless today."

"When I see the chessboard, I can't help but think about some past events." Mo Liuxiang looked at the layout on the chessboard, and picked up the chess corresponding to a move: "Probably because I didn't have a good rest last night."

"Is there any news from the desert?" Li Bi picked up the tea in hand, looked at Mo Liuxiang and put it back. "I heard that before you went to Mount Hua, you received something from Kuang Xiu."

"Ah, that was the last time I received contact from Kuangxiu, but it was a letter to Xie Yuan." Mo Liuxiang squinted her eyes and rubbed the acupuncture points on her neck a few times: "I have sent someone to Nanping Mountain .”

"Oh." Li Mi frowned and faced the chessboard, wondering if he was thinking about the chess game or Mo Liuxiang's words: "What did you say in the letter?"

"I didn't read it, but according to Kuangxiu's temperament, it probably contains a list of fallen soldiers." Mo Liuxiang nodded approvingly at Li Miluo's son: "Xie Yuan was born in Tiance, the current power of Haoqi League Kuangxiu must have entrusted him to take care of the orphans of the fallen soldiers."

Li Mi sighed softly: "Although there is support from the imperial court, but 'Tianwaitian' has too many constraints, it is not as decisive and comfortable as people in the world."

"Temples and rivers and lakes are originally arts with their own specialties. 'Tianwaitian' holds the lifeblood of the Tang Dynasty, and it can move the whole body. It is absolutely impossible to judge the world with one's own likes and dislikes." Mo Liuxiang shook his head and dropped a piece on the chessboard. Heiqi: "You have been studying in Chunyang for a long time, but have you ever realized anything?"

"Mr. Mo wants to ask me about my understanding of the word 'chess'?" Li Mi responded with a smile: "In a game in the world, black and white are divided. Chess players play like the way of an emperor. If you are right, the world will prosper. If you are wrong, the world will prosper." The world will be chaotic. Only when you are cold to the world and not be confused by emotions, can you gain insight into the world."

"Although the words are good, but what is right and what is wrong?" Mo Liuxiang pointed to the chess pieces he had dropped: "The so-called chess, there are black and white, no matter it is black or white, they all fight together to survive. , how do you tell the difference between right and wrong?"

Li Mi looked at Mo Liuxiang with a smile, and pointed at each other with his fingers: "Chess pieces have no sex, but chess players have intentions. Right or wrong is not the chess pieces but the chess players."

Mo Liuxiang looked at Li Mi, was dumb for a moment, and then sighed softly: "Every time I see you, it always makes me feel incredible." Mo Liuxiang slowly dropped the chess piece in his hand on the chessboard , continued: "In a wonderful chess game, black and white often divide the world evenly, with only a slight difference. The number of points won is often less than the number sacrificed. But this is the outcome. This is what a chess player has to face. Right fate."

Li Mi placed a white piece against the position where the piece was placed just now: "Sometimes in order to succeed, you have to sacrifice something. What you sacrifice is the chess piece, but the outcome. What if the sacrifice is not a chess piece?"

"The tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop. Whether you want to sacrifice or not, the person playing chess with you may not think so." Mo Liuxiang suddenly smiled: "I remembered what my junior brother said to me, 'Pursuing sentient beings is the Buddha' It's something that ordinary people can't force'. If a chess player can keep the overall situation without losing, it's not easy, so don't think too much."

Li Mifeng frowned: "It's just, is it really worth it?"

Mo Liuxiang looked up at Li Mi, and continued to focus on the chessboard: "I also asked Kuang Xiu about this question."

"Oh?" A gleam flashed in Li Bi's eyes: "What did he say?"

Mo Liuxiang smiled: "He didn't say anything."

Li Mi was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized that he and Mo Liuxiang laughed together.Smiling and laughing, Li Bi caught a trace of imperceptible sadness in Mo Liuxiang's eyes.

That kind of sadness is like asking yourself: "Is this really worth it?"

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