Reincarnation of the powerful minister

In the prison cell, the dim light of the oil lamp reflects the endgame on the square table and the black and white chess pieces scattered all over the floor.

Zhu Helin wiped the blood from his nostrils and lips with his cuff, and said with some frustration: "Even if the father doesn't want to be in power anymore, he can go back to the palace. Why don't you even want your family and son."

From this childish complaint, Emperor Jing Long vaguely regained the young son who was spoiled and proud, and looked at him a little softer, but his determination did not waver.He withdrew the palm on Zhu Helin's shoulder, and said: "Resurrection from the dead, such a shocking event, the hidden truth may not be revealed to the world, it will only increase the turmoil of the people and the conspiracy. Let the 'dead' Emperor Jinglong can continue to lie in the imperial mausoleum. As for Zhu Jinkai, who has nothing to worry about, the Fenghe Residence after the rain is a more suitable place to live."

Zhu Helin still had an expression of reluctance: "When the minister misses his father, he can go to Fengheju to visit him in modest clothes to show his filial piety, isn't it okay?"

"If you come to show off again, you don't need to come to the door." Zhu Jinwei said indifferently, "From now on, stay away from your little mother, and only talk about state affairs with him without selfishness, that is your greatest filial piety."

Zhu Helin blurted out a wail as if his whole body was cracked like a fossil: "Father!!!"

Even Su Yan was ashamed and indignant, gritted his teeth and said, "The emperor resigns as soon as he wants to, how can he also remove his demeanor? To say such unreasonable words in front of... your son! You continue to talk nonsense Ba Dao, I'm leaving!"

He walked away angrily.Zhu Helin had sharp eyes and quick hands, and grabbed his wrist when he rubbed shoulders: "You also think that the father's words are too much, right! Why can't you tolerate me? If you put it this way, I still want him to stay away from his daughter-in-law!"

"Say it again! Are you still shameless?" Su Yan glared at the two generations of emperors viciously, "I'll stay away from you father and son, I'll get out, that's fine!"

This time his other wrist was also held.Emperor Jing Long's eyes moved from his angry face to the square table next to him, and raised his chin towards the broken chess on the table: "When I came, you were playing chess with Shen Qi?"

"Yes!" Su Yan replied in a bad tone.

"You are white?"

"good."

Emperor Jing Long let go of his wrist, and tapped a white piece in the surrounding area of ​​the chessboard: "This game digs its own grave with one hand, which is not at your level. If you didn't play this game because you were absent-minded, you would have played it before the 36th move." It was a complete victory, what were you thinking at that time?"

What are you thinking...whether you, an old man, will come or not!Su Yan snorted coldly: "I was thinking that if Shen Qi hadn't been ordered by the emperor back then, why would she be wanted by the whole country and betrayed her relatives today? Now that he has made great achievements, he has returned with all his arms and legs. I don’t know if the emperor’s original promise is still kept.”

"——What!" Zhu Helin said in surprise, "Shen Qi...belonged to the enemy at the behest of his father? Is he an intruder?"

Su Yan squinted at him: "It seems that I am not the only one who was kept in the dark. I don't need to say how much hardship and danger I have to endure when I go undercover in the enemy's camp, and the pressure of life hanging by a thread all the time. The emperor and the young master will give you an accurate word, and the "Yuan Bin is the second" in Jinkou Yuyu, it counts or not."

Zhu Helin couldn't accept this unexpected truth for a moment, he frowned and looked at his father.

Emperor Jinglong bent down and picked up a black piece from the ground, dropped it on the chessboard, and counted the white pieces.As expected, White's situation on the chessboard took a turn for the worse, and there was no way out.Emperor Jing Long smiled slightly, and said: "If you can revive Baizi and win, I will restore Officer Shen Qi to his original position, reward him with an honorary title, and announce his achievements to the world at the same time. If you can't win, I can't do it even if I am not in my position." Lord, you ask this grace from today."

Zhu Helin bared his teeth and smiled: "What grace? I never promised Shen Qi anything."

Su Yan looked at the father and son who sang together, and his teeth itch with anger.He knew that the father and son were unwilling to let Shen Qi go, so he had no choice but to lower his head in contemplation, and after a long time shook his head bitterly: "One son made a mistake, and everything is lost... That evil hand of mine cut off my life. , Now there is really no way to return to heaven. The emperor and the young master can change the terms, and I will do my best to do what I can."

Zhu Helin was secretly delighted, and was about to take the opportunity to make an unreasonable request, but Emperor Jing Long stopped his son with a look, and said, "Baizi still has a way out."

"—Ah? Where?" Su Yan opened his eyes and searched carefully, but he still couldn't find the so-called way out.

Emperor Jing Long saw that he was overjoyed and then gradually lost. He squeezed a white ball on his fingertips until it almost shattered, but he was still unwilling to give up.Sighing slightly, Emperor Jing Long stretched out his hand to hold the back of Su Yan's hand, guided his fingers, and moved Bai Zi to the position of Hei Zi, and landed decisively.

Su Yan whispered: "Instead of doing work on the spot, or escaping chess, you have to abandon your son? Isn't this suicide?"

Emperor Jinglong said: "Your pawn fell into the opponent's trap, and it is already a lonely chess. Instead of thinking about how to save it, it is better to make the best use of everything and let it play a greater role. Today, I will teach you how to cure orphans. -"

"To manage lone chess, one should use the opportunity of one's lone chess to break into the enemy's camp to completely destroy the opponent's encircled area. The means are fierce and the risks are extremely high, but the corresponding benefits are also huge, in order to finally achieve the goal of turning the tables.

"The key to treating orphans is to retain changes and make full use of everything, including one's own discarded pieces. Playing chess should be light and elegant, can be discarded or taken, and only by aiming at the opponent's flaws and using methods can the danger be saved.

"There are many methods that can be used, and what you said about playing live and escaping chess is also one of the methods. But in this game, there is a more clever way to cure orphans, and that is to make profits by abandoning pieces.

"The solitary chess entered does not necessarily have to live, as long as the corresponding benefits are enough. Forcibly seeking to survive will make one's own side subject to the opponent everywhere, and the more you die, the more you die. At this time, it is better to abandon the piece, you see—"

Emperor Jinglong played more than a dozen black and white moves alternately. Su Yan saw that the doorway was coming, and blurted out: "Abandoned sons set up an ambush?"

"That's right. When the opponent finds out about the ambush, he has been dragged into it. Heizi's weak point is hit by a blow, and Baizi has seized the initiative instead."

In the last move of white chess, Su Yan accidentally landed on the small eye in the upper right corner - but he didn't realize that Emperor Jing Long's hand guiding him to make a move had withdrawn halfway.This move was the son of a foregone conclusion made by himself, he successfully turned around and turned defeat into victory!

Su Yan looked at the black and white chess on the board with bated breath, and suddenly let out a long breath: "The emperor is really..." He wanted to say the national player, the master player, but felt that it was not enough to describe his feelings at the moment, and finally sighed, "The person who knows how to play chess best in the world. Shen Qi, it's the discarded piece you made into an ambush!

"The emperor can be an abandoned son, or he can deliberately die to seek greater benefits by taking risks. But Shen Qi still survived in the end..."

"If you want to take it, you have to give it first, and the player is finally hit. But Shen Qi is not a qualified abandoned child. He has ulterior motives and boldness. Sometimes I suspect that he is not only my middleman, but also The middle man of the chess player." Emperor Jing Long sprinkled the sunspots he mentioned on the chessboard, "Many times, I feel that he is watching the situation and weighing the pros and cons. I can't see through this person until the moment when he really makes a decision. Seriously, if I dare to use him as a pawn, that is the biggest risk in this game of chess."

Su Yan pondered for a moment, then smiled slowly: "The emperor dares to use it, Shen Qi dares to do it, and I - I dare to believe it. I believe that he will not treason, and I also believe that the emperor will not break his promise."

Emperor Jing Long sighed, turned to Zhu Helin and said: "That's all I said, how to deal with Shen Qi, you can decide for yourself."

Tell me to figure it out?When you chose whether to let King Yu go or not, you also said the same thing, Father. You didn't leave all the problems to me... Zhu Helin's scalp felt a little tingly when he heard it, but he still nodded.

Su Yan picked up the discarded white chess piece on the chessboard and put it in his sleeve, intending to keep it as a souvenir and also as his lucky piece.

He wanted to see Shen Qi.

However, at this time, Longquan's voice came from outside the prison door: "Your Majesty, someone set fire to the capital, and several places have already been set on fire. The wind is strong tonight, and the fire is raging, and thousands of people in the city may be affected!"

Su Yan was taken aback, and blurted out: "Could it be that King Ning is back?" Then he shook his head, "The capital is under martial law and the nine gates are closed. set fire."

"Then who could it be?" Zhu Helin asked.

Su Yan said: "Let's go out and see the situation first. Let Wucheng Bing Ma Si command the soldiers and civilians to put out the fire as soon as possible."

The two walked out while talking, Emperor Jinglong pulled up the hood and put it back on his head, saying: "I will leave this matter to you, I will not show my face."

Zhu Helin looked back at him: "Father really won't return to court?"

"Those ministers have bothered me for 18 years, haven't they bothered me enough? Let me be clean!" Emperor Jing Long said, waving his fingers, signaling them to leave quickly.

Zhu Helin sighed helplessly, took Su Yan's wrist, opened the door and walked out of the cell.Su Yan couldn't help but look back the moment he left the door, seeing Emperor Jing Long watching him all the time, meeting his gaze with a comforting smile, as if saying: Go, I'll wait for you.

Su Yan's flustered heart suddenly calmed down, and just as he smiled back, Zhu Helin pulled him out of the room.

When I got out of the prison, I saw the flames in the southeast and southwest directions soaring into the sky, making the night a golden red.Su Yan hurriedly said: "Find a commanding height, let's go up and have a look, first judge the fire, and the identity and purpose of the arsonist."

Zhu Helin thought for a while and said, "Let's go to the gate tower of Daming Gate to have a look."

The Daming Gate is at the northern end of the central axis of the capital, and it is the first entrance to the imperial city. The tower above the gate is ten feet high.When the weather is fine, standing on the city tower and looking south, you can have a panoramic view of Zhengyangmen Street in the center and the squares on both sides.

So the two got on their mounts respectively and rushed to Daming Gate under the escort of Teng Xiangwei.Su Yan dismounted from his horse and was dragged by Zhu Helin again. Panting, he climbed up to the tower, and took a peeping stick to watch.

There are two ignition points, one in the south-southeast and one in the south-southwest.The flames soared into the sky, mixed with the noise of soldiers and civilians struggling to put out the fire, faintly heard from the night wind.

Su Yan handed the reticle to Zhu Helin, frowned and said: "The fire is burning fiercely, it should be poured with flammable materials such as black oil. Also, the location of the fire is also strange, the distance between the two places on the left and right and the middle street is almost Equidistant, as if carefully calculated."

Zhu Helin looked at it with a peeping reed and said, "... two more places are burning, in the east-southeast and west-southwest directions."

Su Yan felt something was wrong, pondered for a while, and suddenly patted the bricks on the battlement: "It's an eight-petalled red lotus!"

"what?"

"The choice of ignition point! Boil from the middle to the sides. If you look down from mid-air, isn't it just a giant red lotus that opens petals from the middle?"

Zhu Helin suddenly realized: "The arsonist is the Vacuum Sect...Mr. Crane! He jumped the wall in a hurry!"

"He is going to turn the capital into a 'vacuum hometown' full of red lotuses! Damn it, the popes are either magic sticks or lunatics!" Su Yan turned around and kicked down the tower.Zhu Helin caught up with him a few steps and shouted, "Where are you going?"

Su Yan got on his horse and said, "Due east and due west! The next red lotus will bloom in those two places. Stop the arsonists before they light the fire!"

Zhu Helin said: "Don't worry, I'll let the Tengxiang guards divide into two groups and rush over immediately."