"Brother Banshan, I'm afraid I used too much force this time. A good scholar was forced to resist by you."
"Brother Yuan Zuo is overthinking it. Everything is still unknown. Maybe it's not as serious as you think."
On the broken bridge of the West Lake, the old boatman and the old man Diaosou were fighting on the chessboard.
The old man, a chess fanatic, dropped a piece and said:
"Xu Xian paid his respects to the Qiantang County Government the day before yesterday. Not only did he get back everything that belonged to the Xu family yesterday, he also bloodied the Qiantang County Government.
Xu Xian sent his greetings to Prince Kang's Mansion today. Will he be bloodbathed in Prince Kang's Mansion tomorrow? "
Diaosou dropped a piece and said:
"Xu Xian bloodbathed the county government office because of the family extermination case of the Xu family. He and Prince Kang have no grudges, so he will not go too far."
"hehe."
The chess fanatic shook his head and said:
"Zhao Gou betrayed Xu Xian for the 30,000 mighty army, so Feng Zhiqian came to the Xu Mansion.
Xu Xian knows better than you and me who Feng Zhiqian is.
With the way he bloodied the Qiantang County government, do you think he would let King Kang go? "
Diaosou twisted his beard and said with a smile:
"I want to correct one thing. It was not Xu Xian who bloodied the Qiantang County government office, but someone else."
The chess fanatic said:
"That person is indeed not Xu Xian, but his bloody murder of the Qiantang County government office was because of Xu Xian, or maybe even Xu Xian's arrangement. Xu Xian just didn't do it himself."
Diaosou smiled and said:
"Xu Xian did the right thing. Yang Zhixian's sins are so serious that they are difficult to write down. Since the law of the country cannot punish him, there are people who can do justice for heaven and achieve the same goal.
Dachu needs more chivalrous people like Xu Xian, so that the people can live a better life. "
The chess fanatic said:
"Xia uses force to break the ban. If everyone kills like him, Chu will be in chaos."
Diaosou said:
“There are too many corrupt officials and too few good officials in Da Chu. We need to reform the law to better restrain them.
If the reform cannot be implemented, Xu Xian's chivalrous methods can be considered a good supplement. "
The chess fanatic said:
"Brother Banshan said that the resistance to the reform was too great and could not be implemented, but Xu Xian was the key to breaking the situation.
Could it be that Xu Xian's way to break the situation was to bloodbath all the major county and government offices in the name of chivalry? "
Diaosou said:
"It definitely can't be like this. If it were really like this, wouldn't Dachu be in chaos?
How exactly Xu Xian changed his method? The secret is so cryptic that I really can’t see clearly.
My reform failed. After decades of deliberation, I finally saw a glimmer of hope.
I found Xu Xian three years ago and found that he was just a rich young man who was just waiting to die. He only wanted to take the exam for the glory of his family.
To be honest, I thought the deduction was wrong at first, and Xu Xian really didn't look like the person I was looking for.
It wasn't until a few months ago that things changed and I saw the light. "
The chess fanatic smiled bitterly and said:
"Your dawn is to let him experience life and death, fall from heaven to hell, and experience the ups and downs of life."
Diaosou nodded and said:
"Heaven is about to entrust this person with a great responsibility, but he must first strain his mind and will, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, deplete his body, and mess up his actions, so that he can use his heart and forbearance to gain what he cannot."
The chess fanatic sighed:
"The medicine was too strong. Xu Xian has already overturned the table, and now he has killed officials and rebelled. Your wishful thinking will come to nothing."
Diaosou said:
"The bloodbath of the Qiantang County government office is a chivalrous act, it is revenge, and it is also an act of eliminating evil for Qiantang County.
As long as he doesn't kill King Kang, it shows that he knows how to measure things, and it's not considered a rebellion. "
The chess fanatic said:
"After the Xu family's annihilation case, Xu Xian is still the frail scholar and modest gentleman on the surface, but there is a tiger hiding in his heart that can eat people at any time. Don't be too confident."
Diaosou laughed and said:
"Brother Yuan Zuo, how about we make a bet?"
The chess fanatic twisted his beard and smiled:
"How do you want to bet? Just draw a line."
Diaosou said:
"Didn't Xu Xian say that he wanted Li Gongfu to be the magistrate of Qiantang County?
If you lose, let Li Gongfu be the magistrate of Qiantang County and realize Xu Xian's wish. "
"Okay, it's settled."
The chess idiot laughed and said:
"If you lose, you will be exempted from all rewards for working hard for Da Chu's reform and being willing to live in seclusion in West Lake for three years to seek hope."
Diaosou laughed and said:
"Da Chu is too poor. You even waived off this reward. I've suffered a big loss."
The chess idiot smiled and said:
"Dachu is really too poor. Every tael of silver is a gift from the people. If you don't want rewards, the burden on the people will be less.
Anyway, you don’t care about these rewards. "
Gently rubbing the chess piece in his hand, Diaosou said:
"I have worked hard to enrich the country and strengthen its army, not for rewards, but to make Da Chu really strong.
My biggest wish is to see the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun regained in my lifetime.
To achieve a rich country and a strong army, the only way is reform.
My reform failed, I hope Xu Xian can succeed. "
While Diaosou was distracted, the chess idiot dropped a piece and said with a smile:
“One move is too close, and it’s time to abandon the rook and save the commander. How do you choose?
Abandon the car and you lose.
If you abandon the handsome man, you still lose.
There is no road ahead. "
Diaosou's expression changed, he overturned the chessboard and said:
"I was distracted just now. This game doesn't count. Let's start again."
The chess fanatic laughed and said:
"You can overturn the chess game and start over, but in reality there is no chance for a new start.
If Xu Xiantian really intends to kill him, how will you deal with it? "
Diaosou sighed:
"Young people are inevitably impulsive. If they really get that far, they can only use their last trump card."
The chess fanatic said:
"After all the trump cards are revealed, if Xu Xian finds out that you are scheming against him, this wild horse will be completely out of control."
Diaosou rolled his sleeves and said:
"What's the plan? It's too ugly to say.
I just helped him secretly and didn't tell him for the time being. "
The chess fanatic laughed and said:
“No matter how you argue, a calculation is a calculation.
If you had listened to me and taken action in an upright manner, Xu Xian would be grateful and might be willing to help you.
You have used too many tricks. Xu Xian has experienced ups and downs and feels that you are not aboveboard enough. It will be difficult to say whether you are a friend or an enemy in the future. "
Diaosou sighed:
"Brother Yuan Zuo is too righteous and doesn't know how to use tricks. To put it bluntly, he is pedantic.
If everything is above board and Xu Xian has never experienced hardship and is just a nerd, what use will I have? "
The chess idiot smiled and said:
"I have gained a reputation as a virtuous person by my upright conduct, and I have entered the Tao and hidden in the mountains by playing chess.
Because he stands too high and does not understand worldly methods, his style of conduct is different from that of Brother Banshan.
Because I can't let go of Dachu, I can't take the last step, and I have no chance of ascending to the throne. "
Diaosou sighed:
"Reform requires you to know how to be flexible. Brother Yuanzuo and I have known each other for decades, but I still can't make Brother Yuanzuo know how to be flexible.
One can imagine how difficult it would be to implement reforms in Dachu. "
"Brother Banshan, don't be discouraged."
The chess fanatic looked solemn and said:
"Zhihe Qi is my Tao, and nothing can be changed. If it changes and the Taoist heart collapses, I will go to see the late emperor.
But ordinary people are different. As long as they take advantage of the situation, it is not impossible to carry out reforms that enrich the country and strengthen the people. "
Diaosou sighed:
“The reform has harmed the interests of those who have immediate interests, and they are not willing to lose their interests and want to get back from the reform process.
With these resident insects around, the reform will change. "
The chess fanatic twisted his beard and smiled:
"We cannot rush the reform, we can only do it slowly."
