In the morning, the maid in charge of the young master's living in Du Mansion suddenly screamed, and the housekeeper rushed to Du Ze's room with a tumbling face, and wailed with a shocked face: "Shao, the young master is dead." ”

Du Ze, who was washing, suddenly softened under his feet, pushed to the basin, and the water was scattered all over the ground, the housekeeper hurriedly went up to help, and found that the master's body trembled as if he was swinging, his white lips were swaying, and he raised his finger to the door in despair, and shouted with all his strength: "Take me there." ”

The housekeeper supported Du Ze all the way, even the shoes ran away, the maid and servant at the door hurriedly dodged away, Du Ze leaned on the door frame, and saw Du Yichen lying on the bed at a glance, but his head was no longer connected to his neck, the blood soaked the entire bed, there was no struggle, and even his eyes were closed, he was killed by a knife in his sleep, Du Ze was in a hurry, the dirty blood spurted out on his back, wailed, and fainted.

The news of Du Yichen's death spread throughout Kyoto City in just one day, and the first thing anyone thought of was Su Wen, even Yin Qi Changxu of Jingzhao Mansion also came to that courtyard, and there was no harvest after an investigation, yesterday Du Mansion transferred a team of men and horses from the patrol battalion, but it was just one night, Shang Shugongzi's head was in a different place, if it was not a family thief, the murderer must be a person who has cultivated to a high level.

His Majesty personally sent the great eunuch Huang Chengen to the mansion to mourn, and ordered the Zhenfu Division and the Jingzhao Mansion to strictly investigate the case.

It's just that what people didn't expect was that even the old lady Huai Wenyuan was also present, and asked Sun Wangquan next to him to make incense on his behalf, leaving two words of condolence and leaving.

"Du Yichen is really dead, it was Su Wen who killed him. Sun Wangquan asked softly.

"I just said that he would die, but I didn't say that it must have been Su Wen who killed him, maybe he wanted to kill, but someone overstepped his bounds. Huai Wenyuan shook his head and said, the Du family's branch is completely broken, but His Royal Highness didn't have much hope.

Sun Wangquan frowned and looked back at the people who had arrived today, and asked puzzledly: "Who will it be, except for Su who will make a feud with the Du family." ”

"It's not necessarily a feud, it's just that someone helped him cut off the back road, now Du Ze is a barefoot person, he didn't dare to do it in the past, but now he may not dare, he is the secretary of the military department, and it is better for him to pick the thorn of Li Zaixiao. ”

"You mean Your Majesty. Sun Wangquan was stunned suddenly, and then quickly gagged his mouth and looked around, for fear of being heard.

Huai Wenyuan gently patted the other party's head, and scolded angrily: "You, you never speak through your head, and sooner or later you will cause trouble for your father." ”

"Yes, yes, the old lady taught me a lesson, but His Majesty is too cruel to use this method to control people!"

"Cruel? I really should have let your father throw you to the border to see you for a few years, the emperor shouldn't be merciful, the true son of heaven was born to be a royal man, but unfortunately, he is not the true son of heaven, let's go! ”

Sun Wangquan held the sword at his waist, his name was given by the first emperor, guarding the royal power, but what is the real royal power, he can't tell the difference, but he believes that his father and the old lady must be clear, whether the person is killed by Su Wen or not, as long as Du Ze believes it is enough, but the cruelty he wants to say is that whether the latter believes it or not, he must believe it, as Huai Wenyuan said, his back road has been

It's broken, and you can't turn back even if it's dark in front of you.

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"Young master, Du Yichen is dead. Qigui said happily.

Su Wen just nodded in response, biting his fingers and falling into deep thought, he really wanted to kill Du Yichen, although the other party is dead now, but the hidden things behind this are complicated.

"Young Master, you don't seem to be happy. ”

Who did you say Du Yichen would kill? Su Wen suddenly asked, who knew that the little servant sneered, his little eyes turned around, and he said with deep meaning: "Young master, it's boring for you to ask like this, and the young grandmother is not here, you will ask later." ”

"What young grandma, what are you talking nonsense about. Su Wen, who was shaking his head, hurriedly asked, but Qigui jumped and ran away, turned around and shouted: "Young master, the man should marry the woman and get married, the words have been spoken, and there is a reason to take it back, sooner or later." ”

Su Wen laughed and scolded, even Qigui thought it was him, let alone outsiders.

"Bang bang. There was a knock on the iron door, Su Wen had stopped a lot in the past few days, got up slowly and went to open, and it was Mo Xiuyuan and Qicai standing outside the door.

"I'm leaving, go back to Nantang, and come to see you before I leave. Mo Xiuyuan didn't enter the door, so he stood outside the door and said, but his words didn't seem like saying goodbye.

"Don't sit. Su Wen said with a pout.

"No, I'm in a hurry, I'll meet again in the future. Mo Xiuyuan smiled slightly, turned to leave.

Su Wen felt that the other party was very strange today, as if he was hiding something, and Qicai on the side also looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, and secretly stuffed a note into Su Wen's hand before leaving.

Su Wen held the note and waited for the other party to leave, then closed the door, returned to the room and opened the note, his eyes gradually became cold, and he lit the oil lamp beside him and burned the paper.

Tomorrow is the day when Lu Dengke asks for beheading, Su Wen doesn't care as much as possible, respect is respectful, it's just something that even Chen Maochuan can't change, what do you want him to do, but now he has to take a look, even if he can't do anything, it's good to send someone a ride, and the right is to return someone's favor.

......

Du Jiuchang, who was rarely discharged from the hospital today, waited at the gate of the city for a long time with his chessboard in his arms, until a man dressed in black and wearing a big hat walked in, and then slowly followed, the man walked through a narrow path, suddenly stopped and turned around, just opposite Du Jiuchang's eyes, but the latter did not panic, but bowed to him and said: "Waiting for the four princes for a long time." ”

The new emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty has not yet had an heir, so the four princes can only come from the south bank of the Li River, and it is an extremely dangerous thing to be revealed in the Northern Wei Dynasty, but the four princes are also very calm, bowed back, and asked: "I heard that the top of the list of the Great Biwen Examination of the Academy of Scholars today is a gentleman from Hengyuan, holding a Xingluo chessboard, presumably Your Excellency." ”

"Du Jiuchang. ”

"Zhao Wuxie. ”

The two called their names, and looked at each other like old friends who had known each other for a long time, "I'm going to play a game of chess today, but Mr. wants to go along." ”

Du Jiuchang nodded and said softly: "It's my honor to be able to see the game between the two new and old chess masters. ”

"Well, at least yet

Someone knows. ”

After that, the two did not say anything all the way.

Lu Dengke's execution was not a dish outside the noon gate, but an empty city house outside Linyuan, and the prison officer was none other than Li Zaixin, no one watched, and even the soldiers guarding the town did not see a single person, only Li Zaixin and Lu Dengke.

"Li Chengjun went to the Zhenfu Division, and his majesty was deeply favored. Lee Jae-shin said softly.

"Thank you. Lydenko, who was tied to the rope, looked peaceful, his hair was tied in a bun, there was neither the panic before death, nor the embarrassment of being a prisoner, even if no one beside him could see the end of his Lüdenko, he would eventually walk freely.

Outside the city house, there is a street that has been abandoned for many years, maybe it is close to Linyuan, no one dares to approach, and over time it looks very strange, and the figures in it can be vaguely seen, and the cold light is flickering.

At the end of the street, two figures walked slowly, and the person in front took off his hat as he walked, took off the windbreaker behind him, turned back to Du Jiuchang and said, "But stop, after half an hour, Mr. will enter it again." ”

Du Jiuchang looked at the houses on both sides, clasped the chessboard with both hands, and finally said stiffly: "I want to see it." He handed over the chessboard in his hand.

Zhao Wuxian chuckled silently, didn't pick up the chessboard, stepped forward, and said as he walked: "I was originally Zhao Wuxie, the prince of the Southern Tang Dynasty, who played chess at the age of eleven, and it took me ten years to get here. ”

I saw countless ferrymen pouring out of the houses on both sides, blocking the entire street, but Zhao Wuxian still did not stop and continued to move forward, as if the real destiny was unstoppable, but Du Jiuchang never took that step, not because he was afraid, but as the other party said, vulgar, even if he was called the person who was most likely to be the best chess player after Lu Dengke, but when I saw these two people today, I knew that he was only worthy of the word national player, the name of the chess saint, out of reach, sat down cross-legged, put the chessboard that was regarded as life in front of him, two boxes of chess pieces on both sides, black in the left hand, white in the right hand, he was not qualified to play this game of chess, he could only do it for him。

Countless ferrymen slapped towards Zhao Wuxian like a tide, but at the moment they approached each other, they were overturned to the ground by an inexplicable qi machine, Zhao Wuxian looked back at the two figures on the beams of the room, and the two words that should have blurted out were swallowed back by him, and finally turned into a long bow that reached the ground, and continued to move forward after getting up, facing the ferryman who was pressed by the black, like a pair of scissors that cut the cloth, just forward, all obstacles will be destroyed and scattered.

In the city house, Li Zaixin chuckled at the corner of his mouth, he seemed to see Mo Xiuyuan who was far away from the city gate, and he also seemed to see the peace he was looking for, there will always be a steady stream of troubles in this world, although force cannot solve trouble, but it can solve the people who make trouble, and Mo Xiuyuan is like an awl hidden in his pocket, as he becomes sharper and sharper, he will eventually pierce the pocket, so before he is really sharp, break it, although it may not necessarily be exchanged for the stability he wants, but it can make this surface stability last longer.

Li Zaixin closed his eyes, and the entire city house was wrapped in a layer of inexplicable aura, which was a steady stream of dead qi gushing out from the yin, and the accumulated qi blocked the sky, and even the sunlight could not penetrate it, as if a layer of space had been carved out of the heavens and the earth, no one would notice here, not even the great priest of Ling Tian Palace.

"Mo Xiuyuan, please die here today. ”

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