Learn a small skill every day and embark on a crazy life

Chapter 66 Hand of God

Shen Qiu waved his hand, signaling Qingluan and the others to leave, and he went up to the top floor.

As the sun sets, the clouds in the sky are dyed golden red, like a magnificent painting.

"Hey, Silver, come out for a ride."

Shen Qiu used the contract to communicate with his pet. A moment later, a silver lightning flashed across the sky, and a giant eagle landed steadily in front of him.

It was one of Shen Qiu’s contracted pets, the Silver-winged Dome Eagle.

This guy is usually very arrogant, and only Shen Qiu can control him.

"Xiaoyin, take me for a stroll in the sky."

The Silver-winged Dome Eagle secretly complained in its heart, and really wanted to kill this human with one wing, but it couldn't, and it couldn't disobey Shen Qiu's orders, so it had to lower its head obediently and let Shen Qiu ride on its back.

Then, the Silver-winged Dome Eagle spread its huge wings and soared into the sky with a long roar.

Shen Qiu rode on the Silver-Winged Skyhawk. The biting wind whistled past his ears, but he felt extremely refreshed.

At this moment, Tianhuang City was getting smaller and smaller, and finally turned into a tiny black dot and disappeared from sight.

Youyan Palace.

Outside the prosperous imperial capital of Dachuan, in the land of Youyan, stands a magnificent mansion. This is the residence of King Rui, Ouyang Jingrui.

Ouyang Jingrui, courtesy name Ziming, was the seventh son of the late emperor. He was smart and clever since childhood, well-read, and secretly practiced martial arts. He was the most ambitious of all the princes, but unfortunately he had a cold temper. The late emperor thought again and again and finally gave up on letting him inherit the throne.

Ouyang Jingrui's growth path was not smooth. Among the princes, he was neither the eldest nor the legitimate son, and it was difficult for him to attract attention.

However, when he was ten years old, a sudden rebellion changed the trajectory of his life.

During this turmoil, Ouyang Jingrui quelled the rebellion with extraordinary courage and calm judgment, and demonstrated outstanding talents.

After this incident, Ouyang Jingrui was canonized as "King Rui" and Youyan became his fiefdom.

After becoming the King of Youyan, Ouyang Jingrui was not satisfied with pleasure, but devoted all his energy to local governance.

He advocated the rule of law, promoted education, and recruited talented people, making Youyan a gathering place for culture and learning.

Ouyang Jingrui knew very well that the support of the people was crucial to the stability of power, so he devoted a lot of effort to disaster relief, tax reduction and punishment reduction, and was deeply loved by the local people.

In the court, Ouyang Jingrui seemed to be far away from the center of power, but in fact he was secretly making plans and grasping the dynamics of the imperial capital through spies.

He is good at forbearance and will not easily reveal his ambitions.

In addition to his busy work, Ouyang Jingrui is also a lover of literature and art, so he doesn't need to pretend.

In his spare time, he liked to recite poems and paint, and he had close contacts with many literati and scholars. There were many beautiful sentences reflecting the suffering of the people and expressing patriotic feelings, which further narrowed the distance between him and ordinary people and made him famous.

In the study, Ouyang Jingrui put down the wolf-hair brush in his hand, and on the rice paper where the ink had not yet dried, a picture of vigorous pine and cypress appeared on the paper, as if it contained endless vitality.

He waved his sleeves lightly, and a breeze blew by, carrying the rice paper onto a tray.

"Your Highness, the deal has been made. They agree to take action. We just need to wait for the right time to accomplish the great thing." Suddenly, a dark guard commander in night clothes appeared silently in the study, knelt on one knee, and reported respectfully.

Hearing this, Ouyang Jingrui raised his lips into an icy smile, "Tomorrow is the Queen Mother's birthday. I hope everything goes well. We have been planning for many years, and now it is finally here." The leader of the secret guards raised his head, his eyes gleaming with excitement, "Don't worry, Your Highness. I have made all the arrangements to ensure that nothing goes wrong."

"We must not take this lightly and prepare our people."

Ouyang Jingrui's eyes flashed with a hint of coldness at this moment. "Marquis Dingbei is not a pushover. Since he dares to cooperate with us at this time, he must have a backup plan. Pass the order down and let our people keep a close eye on him. Don't let that old fox fool you."

"Yes!" The leader of the secret guards took the order and left, and peace returned to the study room again.

Ouyang Jingrui stared at the scroll in front of him, his eyes deep, as if he could see through the scroll into the distant future: "Qin Wujie wants to use me, and I am also using him. Humph, it depends on who has the better skills."

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Fanlou.

Li Xincheng sat on a throne with lifeless eyes, muttering to himself: "Draw... draw... how could it be a draw..."

Beside him, the eldest disciple Xie Liuliang had a worried look on his face and kept comforting Li Xincheng, but he seemed to have lost his soul and had no response to the outside world.

"Boss Shen, please, save my master!"

Xie Liuliang fell to his knees in front of Shen Qiu with a plop, his tone full of pleading.

Seeing this, Shen Qiu quickly helped Xie Liuliang up, "Brother Xie, please get up quickly. What are you doing? Don't worry, I will do my best to help you."

Although he said this, Shen Qiu was worried in his heart.

He is not a doctor and knows nothing about medicine. Moreover, the doctors said that Li Xincheng's condition seems to be insanity. How can he cure this disease?
Seeing Xie Liuliang's expectant eyes, Shen Qiu could only bite the bullet and ask, "Brother Xie, what did the doctors say?"

Xie Liuliang sighed and said helplessly: "Alas, those doctors said that the teacher was insane, and mental illness needs to be treated with mental medicine. I tried various methods, but my teacher had no reaction."

"I understand the teacher's personality. The teacher's Tao heart is damaged. The so-called Tao heart is the heart of chess. My teacher has been pursuing the highest realm of chess all his life, but now he is trapped because of a chess game. This shows that there is a crack in his Tao heart. If you want to cure him, you must start from the root and let him find himself again on the chessboard. So I can only ask Boss Shen for this matter. You must have a way."

"Tao Xin?"

Shen Qiu was confused. What was that?

"Okay, then I'll try it." Taking a deep breath, Shen Qiu decided to give it a try.

He pulled Li Xincheng to the side of the chessboard to see his reaction first.

As soon as he arrived at the chessboard, Shen Qiu didn't expect that Li Xincheng would take the initiative to review the chess game of that day. This old man has a really good memory.

But after reviewing the game, Li Xincheng's condition seemed to have gotten worse. He kept muttering to himself: "Impossible... Impossible... How could it be a draw..."

"This old man is so persistent..."

Seeing this, Shen Qiu had no choice but to try his luck and used his Go skill "God's Move". Immediately, the scene around him changed drastically.

The originally quaint hall disappeared, replaced by a vast and boundless starry sky.

Countless stars are shining brightly, like sparkling diamonds inlaid on the black curtain.

And the original chessboard also changed. It became bigger and more mysterious.

(End of this chapter)