The story of Princess Xiatang's counterattack

Chapter 261 Mysterious Chess Game
Chapter 261 Mysterious Chess Game
Xia Houxiang dragged Rongli to walk all the way, and the eunuch Gong'e next to them saw the two kneeling down to salute.

Walking along the winding path, Xia Houxiang walked along the path he used to play in when he was a child.

Scenes from the past clearly appeared in my mind, father, mother, elder brother, everything was as vivid as if it happened yesterday.

At that time, he also used to be angry with a horse in fresh clothes, and he didn't know the feeling of sorrow.

Now he has faded away from his youthful frivolity and fully understands the sufferings of the world.

The battlefield is the best place to train a person, whether it is skill or mind.

Fortunately, he has found someone who can be with him for the rest of his life. God treats him kindly. All the sufferings in the past are preparations for the present happiness.

Xia Houxiang held Rongli even tighter, and finally held his hand after reading a thousand sails. This place of peace of mind is my hometown.

Rong Li felt his emotional fluctuations, looked sideways at his tightly pursed lips, knew what was on his mind, and squeezed them back tightly, giving him both strength and support.

This man has always been too strong, and she believes that he can carry everything for her.

But Rongli also hoped that he would know that she could also be his strongest support, that they were already a husband and wife, and that they could face any problems together, whether it was past, present or future.

No matter when, she is willing to be with him.

Xia Houxiang pursed her lips and looked at Rongli. Connecting minds is something that makes people happy. When you are with the right person, sometimes you don’t need to say it, and I don’t need to say it, but they know each other’s unspoken words. It is the most comfortable place.

They were lucky to find each other and became husband and wife.

No matter how many difficulties and obstacles lie ahead, they will face them together.

Walking in front of a palace, Xia Houxiang stopped, and Rongli looked up to see that there was a black gold silk nanmu plaque hanging on the top of the red vermilion lacquered gate, with three big characters 'Wuyingdian' written on it flying and dancing.

Xia Houxiang was made by the first queen, so naturally he has a separate residence.

When the first emperor was alive, the layout of the imperial palace was different from what it is now. The Hall of Martial Arts was not far from the palaces of the first emperor and the first empress. He was the most favored youngest son, so he was treated differently from other princes.

After the death of the first emperor and others, Xia Houzan succeeded to the throne. It didn't take long for the layout of the entire palace to be adjusted.

Pushing open the rusty gate washed by the rain, Xia Houxiang hugged Rongli and walked into the hall, surrounded by hand-painted verandahs, the trees and flowers in the courtyard grew a little crazy due to no one pruning for a long time, facing the gate is the main hall.

Climbing up the steps, the door is ajar. When you push it open, you can see the cloud-top sandalwood beams in the hall, the crystal jade discs as lamps, pearls as curtains, and Fan Jin as pillar foundations.

Although no one cleaned it, one can know how luxurious Xia Houxiang lived in the past just by looking at the decorations in the hall.

Rongli looked at every place carefully, this is the place where Xia Houxiang lived, every place was full of novelty, she touched and looked at it, and asked a few words from time to time.

Xia Houxiang smiled softly, and the only bleak sadness in his heart gradually dissipated with her words.

Suddenly remembered something interesting, Xia Houxiang dragged Rongli to the backyard.

Rongli followed him because he didn't know, and asked curiously, "Ah Xiang, where are you going?"

"Come with me." Xia Houxiang said rather mysteriously. The place where he used to play with his brother when he was young was in the backyard, and there were many memories of him there.

Not long after walking, Xia Houxiang pushed open a corner door, bowed out, then turned around and pulled Rongli away.

After Rong Li stepped out the door, he took a wide look, and a pond came into view.

What surprised her even more was the porous rockery above. It was not as rocky and craggy as usual, but just piled up there.

Rather, it is long and freehand, which makes people feel that it should be as interesting as a wonder.

Xia Houxiang hugged Rongli and pointed to the rockery, "I used to play here with my elder brother when I was young, this rockery is quite an interesting place, do you want to go in and try?"

"How interesting?" Rong Li listened vaguely to what he said, and looked at him curiously, could there be something else in this rockery?
"You have to experience it before you can know." Xia Houxiang instantly turned into a magic stick, with an unfathomable expression on his face.

"Then try it." Rongli made a final decision, he said it was fun, so why not play it?
Xia Houxiang took her to a place in the rockery, then took her hand and said, "I'll go to the upper floor, after five breaths, you can walk around as you like, and see when we can meet, how about it?"

Rong Li didn't expect that the rockery could play hide-and-seek, and he was looking for people inside the rockery. How big is the rockery, what's so difficult about it?
"Okay, I can definitely find you without a cup of tea." Rong Li was full of confidence, her hearing was not blocked, where else could Xia Houxiang hide?

"Okay, so, let's start?" Xia Houxiang stroked her hair and said with a smile.

"Start!" Rong Li nodded.

Then the game begins.

Xia Houxiang didn't let her close her eyes, but let her look at the direction he went out and where he went up from.

When Xia Houxiang reached the position above Rongli's head, he said, "Li'er, start counting."

Listening to Xia Houxiang's walking pace, Rongli stood quietly on the spot, and after five breaths passed, she set out to find Xia Houxiang.

Following his footsteps, Rong Li found the place where he was standing before without much effort, looked left and right, and could only go down the next passage, down the stone steps.

She walked and listened, not far away seemed to be Xia Houxiang's footsteps, Rongli speeded up, it seemed that Ah Xiang was not walking fast, she would run into him soon.

But when she got to the end, she was a little dumbfounded. She clearly heard that Xia Houxiang's footsteps were at the bottom, but why did the stone steps go up?
Climbing up the stone steps suspiciously, she came to another cave. Listening carefully, Xia Houxiang's footsteps seemed to be not far above.

Rongli quickened her pace, and once again came to a staircase leading to the bottom, she had to say that she had a bit of a breakdown, which was different from what she heard.

"Ah Xiang, are you there?" Rong Li simply stood still, relying on Xia Houxiang's response to distinguish whether it was her mistake or the mistake of this ladder.

"I'm here." Xia Houxiang's figure appeared above her, through the hole on the side, Xia Houxiang looked at Rongli and said, "Do you think it's strange?"

Obviously the stairs lead down, but he is up.

Rongli nodded quickly, isn't this amazing?

"The wonder of the nine-hole maze is here. They are not far apart, but they never meet each other. I haven't played it for a long time. I have forgotten some of the tricks. If you don't want to play, wait for me where you are. I'll come to you." I'm looking for you." Xia Houxiang explained that he loved playing this game when he was young, and sometimes it took a long time to find the exit by himself, let alone playing with his brother.

However, if the game is successful, the mood is extremely comfortable.

When Rongli heard this, she who was originally interested became even more interested, so of course she decided to continue playing.

Walking the maze can best test a person's memory, judgment and analysis ability, and her flexible brain is not for nothing.

The couple started to shuttle back and forth in the rockery, and then branches appeared. Rongli carefully thought about which way to find Xiahouxiang, and Xiahouxiang was also looking for a way to meet Rongli.

The two will meet once in a while, but either you are on top or I am on top, and they will never meet.

Time passed by every minute and every second, but the temperature inside the rockery was lower, and I couldn't feel the heat outside at all.

Rong Li was walking, when suddenly at a fork in the road, he saw a strange decoration.

There is a stone table and two stone benches, placed in a not very bright hole, if you don't look carefully, you may ignore it.

Rong Li felt a little strange, why would there be people playing chess in the rockery?
Walking to the table, she looked at the chess game that was halfway through. Heizi seemed to have a high chance of winning, while Baizi was faintly showing signs of defeat.

Rong Li thought for a while, then raised his voice and asked, "Ah Xiang, has anyone been to this rockery?"

Apart from Xia Houxiang and the First Prince, she wondered if there were other people who had come to play in the rockery.

Xia Houxiang's voice sounded not far away, "This place is quite hidden in the courtyard connecting me and my brother. I was in the palace at the time, and no one had ever visited."

He was very sure of this, he discovered this place by accident when he was young, when he was still young, few people came to this place, even the palace eunuchs rarely came here.

"There is a game of chess, did you play it with your elder brother?" Rong Li told Xia Houxiang what he saw, and asked out the doubts in his heart. .

While speaking, Rongli found something appeared in the crevice of the stone not far away, she stooped forward and picked it up, it turned out to be a chess book.

"Chess game?" Xia Houxiang's tone was rather unexpected. He has come here many times to play, but he has never seen any chess games.

Not to mention having fun with my elder brother here.

"Li'er, where are you, I'll look for you." Since Xiahou Xiangjue couldn't think of it, it's better to go and have a look.

"I... um..." Rong Li didn't know how to describe it, every hole here is similar, how should she describe it?
"See if there are any stones around you that you can tap on. I'll follow the sound to find you." Xia Houxiang came up with a way to find Rongli quickly.

Rong Li looked around and found a stone, which he held comfortably, sat on one of the stone benches and said, "I'm starting."

After saying that, the two stones collided, making a crisp sound, Xia Houxiang's footsteps sounded, and he followed the source of the sound.

After about a stick of incense, Xia Houxiang appeared not far from the hole, where there was no barrier, he saw Rongli sitting on a stone bench, knocking on a stone while flipping through a book.

She sat there frowning, as if there was something she couldn't figure out.

"What's the matter?" Xia Houxiang stepped forward and also saw the unfinished chess game.

"This game record..." Rong Li hesitated, then handed him the game record in his hand, "It seems to guide how to play this game."

However, what is strange is that even if it is a guide for ordinary chess records, they are all written or illustrated with simple pictures.

But this chess book is not ordinary, it clearly draws the words black and white how to play next, and makes a mark.

There are no words, and every page is full of pictures, so people can only follow the pictures in the book.

The most important thing is that all the advantages of the sunspots are obliterated by the chess records, and the whites gradually become popular, overwhelming the sunspots.

If one's own idea continues in the current chess game, the one who can win must be black, and it is absolutely impossible to be white.

What is the meaning of the person who draws the chess record?
(End of this chapter)