There was only darkness in the house, endless darkness.
The man-hungry black tide surged in from all directions and enveloped him in an instant. The sound of the wind, the chirping of cicadas, and the solemn footsteps outside were all instantly cut off by the door.
"Remember, the last time I saw you was in the Palace of Eternal Life four years ago."
A metallic sound sounded first, and then a coal lamp was lit unsteadily.
The empty tile-roofed building was swept clean. In the huge room, there was nothing else but a low table with a chessboard on it.
A figure in green clothes sat quietly in front of the chess table. To his left, the coal lamp was shining, causing the iron armor on his face to reflect a faint luster.
On the chessboard in front of him, two pieces, black and white, were fighting fiercely.
"It doesn't matter whether you and I see each other or not."
He casually took off the sword case, sat down on the futon in front of the chess table, and then placed the sword case on his right hand side.
Two figures sat opposite each other.
It was as if there were only these two people in the entire world.
"despair."
White lost three of his stones, and Black's number was exactly one hundred and one, which gradually became an advantage.
"I thought that you and I wouldn't reach this point."
"If you go to Taiyuan, your achievements may be more than this."
Li Jing suddenly smiled and unskillfully placed a white piece on the chessboard to block the black piece's attack.
"Achievement? Winning the support of bad people and being admired by thousands of people?"
"Or Taiyuan and ascend the throne as emperor?"
"Will you agree? Marshal."
Yuan Tiangang, who was sitting across from him, didn't stop to rest. He ate it in a familiar manner.
"It's a pity that this handsome man played a good game."
"If I give it to you, you are the emperor's body. If I don't give it to you, you are nothing."
The white pieces continue to fall and block.
"In this case, why take the two kings away? Could it be that they have annoyed the commander-in-chief?"
White lost two more, and Black lost one hundred and three.
"The most indispensable thing in this world is ambitious people. I once said at the beginning that whoever can revive the Tang Dynasty, you or the Li family, will be the emperor. What you have always wanted is not that position. I just gave it to you. It’s just an opportunity.”
"You think that this trick of yours can be hidden from my eyes. If I wanted to, your head would not have the chance to reach this point."
Li Jing was silent and continued to block the move with lame moves.
"I gave you the surname Li. Although I have my reasons, I don't want to leave a chess piece that goes against me. Although Li Xingyun is not as good as Weak Guan, he is the orthodoxy of the Tian family. It is your honor to have the same name as him. , is also a reward given to you by this commander."
"Jingzi, hum."
Yuan Tiangang's voice became a little deeper. Seeing that there were fewer and fewer whites, Li Jing finally spoke slowly.
"You thought at first that I wanted to covet the position of the Son of Heaven. But on the contrary, what I covet is to have a real place to accommodate him in the Hidden Soldier Valley, not that illusory position."
"If Li Xingyun is so talented, why not just help him become the emperor and order all the princes to pay homage to him? Why bother to ask me to pretend to be him as a preparation? The surname Li is a gift from you. Jing has no objection, but Jing's body is The blood was not given by you."
"If you can be your chess player with peace of mind, why bother to go out and do it yourself."
"Snapped."
The white stones gently fall onto the plate and eat the four black stones in the center.
"You have made so many arrangements over the years just so that Li Xingyun can inherit the throne. But as you expected, he has no such ambition and just wants to spend his life as a leisurely cloud and wild crane."
"In his opinion, the Tang Dynasty has died, and the change of dynasties is normal, so why go against the will of heaven and change the fate. At this time, something like me has happened again... Although you have no plan, it is a pity that You can't count me as an oddity. Li Maozhen has been worshiping in the Twelve Cave for fifteen years, but I let him stay in the cave together with the box-unlocking skills he learned. Did you count that?"
You can clearly see that Yuan Tiangang's hand holding the chess piece stagnated slightly, as if he did not expect that Li Jing would find flaws in the chessboard and miss pieces.
Play again, and the situation is slightly reversed.
"I believe that if you can follow the path I have given you with peace of mind, the position of emperor is not impossible."
"I do not believe."
Li Jing blocked the black piece and spoke decisively. Seeing that the white piece was captured again, she immediately made the move without any pause.
"You play a good chess game, but you treat all living beings as ants. You must have never seen me as a chess player, right?"
The white piece eats the black piece, and the black piece eats the white piece.
So back and forth.
"Everything during the trip to Miao territory is all my fault. Why should the commander take action against the two kings?"
The speed of Yuan Tiangang's moves suddenly became sharp, but Li Jing smiled softly.
Losing dozens of pieces would lead to a series of disasters.
Black captures White, White captures Black, and the chess game will never end.
After all, Yuan Tiangang has never looked at him directly.
"You have always thought of me as a puppet... No, I have never even qualified as a puppet. Whether it is my appearance or the "Tiangang Jue" that is passed down, they are just trying to make me into that person. shadow..."
"enough."
Yuan Tiangang put his hands on the chessboard that had become a draw, and finally looked at the iron armor under the bamboo hat.
"I never thought that the kid from the past could reach this stage, but it was my miscalculation. However, this is not your qualification to talk to me like this."
"You left the underground palace three months ago. I thought it was just a matter of will, but now it seems that it is too late. If I could have kept you in the underground palace forever, why would there have been so many troubles? Chi Li left. You are a bad person and ignored my command. I will take him down. Do you have any objections?"
"I will give one life in exchange for the lives of both of them."
Li Jing looked at him calmly and put his hands on the table.
"Li Xingyun is unworthy of his position, but you are willing to be his loyal loyalist. Although he is depressed, I can find ways to make him have the heart of a king."
The expression on Yuan Tiangang's face was completely covered by the iron armor, and his eyes under the bamboo hat were only dark.
"very good."
"I did not misjudge you. I can let Chi and Li go and let them go back with you to reunite with your father and daughter."
Li Jing's face was calm, and she looked steadily into Yuan Tiangang's dark eyes.
"I don't want your life. As an emperor, your life is a gift from God. I can't take it."
"I have only one thing. If you can do it, both Chi Li and you can go back safely. What can you do?"
Li Jing nodded slightly.
"You said, do what you can."
Yuan Tiangang laughed, and the metallic sound continued to sound.
"No, you have to do it. It's a very simple thing."
A chess piece was picked up and thrown into the chess box next to it.
"I want you to kill Uncle Yang with your own hands."
"Boom..."
Li Jing's heart suddenly shook, and then she realized that the heavy rain outside was coming into the house accompanied by bursts of thunder.
One after another, it goes straight to the bottom of my heart.
