Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 473 Combine Vertical and Horizontal (Thirteen)
Lou Jing is drinking in the study. He hardly stays at home these days. He has no choice but to be too sensitive. The fragile Han He, Lou Jing no longer dared to get in touch with Bi Shu easily.

The old housekeeper suddenly came in to report: "Patriarch, Bai Mo, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, has just posted a greeting and wants to see you."

"Bai Mo has already arrived in Linzi? Now the situation is more complicated." Lou Jing muttered a few words softly, and then told the old housekeeper, "Just say that Truth is ill, and he is too sick to receive guests."

"Here." The old butler responded respectfully, and bowed out of the study.

Watching the figure of the old housekeeper go away, Lou Jing sighed softly, and said: "Well, since Bai Mo has arrived in Linzi, it seems that it is impossible to hide like this anymore, and it is time to make a choice." Lou Jing is definitely a wise man As a politician, he knows very well that if he wants to please Chu and Han on both sides, the final result can only be abandoned by both sides.

Therefore, Lou Jing had to make a choice.

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At the same time, Qi Wang Han He was frowning at the table full of memorials.

These memorials were all written by the powerful families in Qidi, and they were either fierce in words, euphemistic in tone, straightforward, or surrounded by clouds and fog, but all the memorials only expressed one meaning, that is, Qi should join the The vertical alliance of Chu State, but absolutely cannot join the Lianheng Alliance of Han State, otherwise it will bring disaster to Qi State.

The sound of hurried footsteps came, and then Zhao Xi's figure had entered the side hall.

In the Battle of Surabaya, the 15 Qi army was wiped out, Xue Ou, Cheng Hei, Lu Qing, Xu Zhang and other important generals in the army were almost all killed. Two candidates.

After seeing the ceremony, Han He said, "General, Bai Mo, the envoy of the Han Dynasty, has arrived in Linzi. I am worried that Bi Shu, the envoy of Chu, will collude with the Prime Minister to harm him, so you have to send someone to closely monitor the camp of Chu and the mansion of the Prime Minister." Every move of the city, the standing army inside and outside the city must also be ready at any time in case of emergencies."

Zhao Xi was taken aback, and said, "Bi Hui really dares to assassinate Bai Mo in Linzi?"

Han He snorted and said, "General, do you think that if Bai Mo dies in Linzi, then our country of Qi can only follow the country of Chu to Hei, isn't that the reason? As for whether the prime minister will meet?" Colluding with Bi Shu, this is just a few people's guesses, as the saying goes, if you are not afraid of [-], you are afraid of the eventuality, and you will be safe if you are prepared, so go."

"Here, I'll go back and prepare now." Zhao Xi bowed and took the order to go.

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The chessboard has already been set up in the Sanli Pavilion in the east of Linzi City. Bi Shu is dressed in white and sits on the left side of the chessboard. He is looking at the chessboard with nineteen vertical and horizontal rows and doesn't know what he is thinking. Wandering around the pavilion continuously, he kept giving instructions to the little principal Tianlangwei who was accompanying him.

Taking advantage of the moment when Huyan walked into the pavilion, Bi Shu persuaded: "Huyan, don't waste that matter, the Sanli Pavilion is surrounded by an endless wilderness for miles, there is no way to hide people, and it is no problem for the Sirius Guard to bring a hand crossbow." Use, Zhou Guanfu and the Hussars of the Han Army will not let your men approach the pavilion, anyway, it is impossible to assassinate Bai Mo here."

Hu Yan said: "Anyway, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and you will have to try it in the end."

Bi Shu said: "If you want to try it, then try it, but I have to remind you, don't have too much hope."

Hu Yan turned around and went out of the pavilion again, and asked someone to dig ten holes not far from the pavilion, and then buried the crossbow in it, and asked the Tianlang Guards to move the turf from a distance to disguise the traces, and then he grinned grinningly. Back in the pavilion, with these ten hand crossbows, if Bai Mo dared to come, he wouldn't be able to go back alive.

But Bi Shu could only respond with a wry smile, Hu Yan thought that he could kill Bai Mo with a few hand crossbows, that was really naive, but this guy was right in one sentence, no matter what, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity Now that senior brother is here, don't even think about going back to Guanzhong alive. The successor of Guigu should decide the outcome.

Just as Hu Yan was getting ready, the Sirius Guard came to report, and Bai Mo came!

Bi Shu and Hu Yan raised their heads when they heard the words, and they saw more than a hundred Han cavalry pouring out of the east gate of Linzi like a storm. When it came to Zhou Guanfu, Huyan's eyes suddenly burst into two faint flames, and the fighting spirit in his chest burned even more.

Facing the surging Han army hussars, Hu Yan waved his hand abruptly, and the Sirius guard guarding outside the pavilion flashed a passage like waves splitting waves. The Han army hussars rode straight in, and Zhou Guanfu reached the stone steps of the pavilion. Only then did he rein in the horse severely, the red dragon horse under his crotch immediately hissed sadly, and his front hooves flew into the air, and he stood up.

Reining in the red dragon horse and blocking the hussars behind him, Zhou Guanfu's falcon-like eyes fell fiercely on Bi Shu who was sitting on the left side of the chessboard. Under Zhou Guanfu's eyes full of strong hatred, Bi Shu instantly Like falling into an ice cave, he shivered tremblingly, and an inexplicable chill suddenly rose from his heart.

Of course, Hu Yan would not just watch Zhou Guanfu threaten Bi Shu, and immediately took half a step forward to block Zhou Guanfu's sight, and said with a smirk, "Zhou Guanfu, why don't you pretend to be ugly in front of me? Why are you big eyes? Hmph, how many times?" You were imprisoned in Hulao a month ago, so you ran fast, but this time, you may not be so lucky."

How could Zhou Guanfu show weakness, and immediately turned back his lips and said: "If it wasn't for that stupid tiger in the prison, you, a skinny wolf, would also want to win Lao Tzu? Just dream!" Although Zhou Guanfu really wanted to kill Bi Shu He wanted to avenge his father, but he knew very well in his heart that as long as Huyan, the wolf, was around, he would never get his wish.

Hu Yan chuckled and said, "I'm too lazy to talk nonsense with you, where's your prime minister?"

"The prime minister is behind." Zhou Guanfu got off his horse and said coldly, "But before the prime minister comes to the appointment, I have to check the pavilion and the surrounding grass, but don't follow the tricks of some villains, hum !"

Hu Yan confidently pretended to be very good, and said: "Since you can't believe the motherfucker, then please."

Zhou Guanfu immediately led a dozen Han army hussars to carefully inspect the pavilion and the grassland around the pavilion. Huyan was used to making traps on the grassland, and disguised the ten pits where the hand crossbows were hidden. Zhou Guanfu inspected After searching for a long time, he didn't find any pit. Seeing that Zhou Guanfu returned without success, a sinister smile appeared on the corner of Huyan's mouth.

However, Zhou Guanfu's next words immediately made Hu Yan angry. Zhou Guanfu said: "Skinny wolf, let your people and Lao Tzu's people retreat a hundred steps away. Except for the prime minister and your general, you can only stay here." Let me down!"

Hu Yan said angrily: "Why should I listen to you?" Withdrawing the Sirius Guards to a hundred paces away, what's the use of the hand crossbow buried in the earth pit?He had to stay by the general's side, so he had no chance to get the hand crossbow, not to mention that for him, the hand crossbow was obviously not as convenient as the dumb moon sword.

Zhou Guanfu said in disdain: "Why, skinny wolf, you are afraid of me, right?"

"Afraid of you? What a joke!" Huyan was furious when he heard the words, pulled out the dumb moon sword and pushed towards Zhou Guanfu. Zhou Guanfu also took off the pair of iron halberds from his shoulders, and struck each other arrogantly, making a "boom" There was a bang.

"Huyan!" Seeing that the two of them were about to fight again, Bi Shu had no choice but to stop him.

Hu Yan had no choice but to put his sword back into its sheath and retreat to Bi Shu's side. When Zhou Guanfu led the Han army hussars to retreat a hundred steps away, Hu Yan also ordered the Tianlang guards to retreat a hundred steps away, until only Bi Shu and Bi Shu were left in the pavilion. After Huyan and the two of them, Bai Mo finally appeared, and then walked into the pavilion under the guard of Zhou Guanfu.

"Brother, are you all right?" Bi Shu sat up on his knees, bowing with a smile.

"Junior brother, how have you always been?" Bai Mo knelt and entered the table, bowing in return.

The two looked at each other for a moment, and then burst out laughing at the same time. Although the two are their own masters, and even though there may be a winner in the future, at least at this moment, both of them only have a long-awaited reunion in their hearts. The joy in the future, when the two were still studying arts at the teacher's school, their relationship was not so good.

When Bai Mo entered the table, Bi Shu laughed loudly: "It is said that I want to entertain the senior brother, but the younger brother only prepared a game of chess, neither wine nor meat, the senior brother will not blame the younger brother for being stingy, right?"

Bai Mo laughed and said, "Wine and meat are not enough, but chess is enough."

Immediately, Bai Mo found something unusual about the chessboard in front of him, but upon closer inspection, there were nineteen vertical and horizontal slots, and he said in astonishment, "Junior Brother, this chessboard seems a little different?"

Bi Shu smiled slightly, and pointedly said: "Brother, I don't know something, but this is my king's first creation. My king once said that a chessboard is like the world, with only seventeen slots vertically and horizontally. The layout is too small, so each Adding two slots has changed to nineteen vertical and horizontal slots, and with just one change, infinite changes have been added to the chessboard, do you think the momentum is much grander, brother?"

Bai Mo's heart trembled slightly, but Bi Shu's words imply that the king of Chu is too powerful, but Bai Mo will not lose his aura in words, he smiled and shook his head, and said, "As my junior said, a chessboard is like everything in the world. , the so-called everything has certain rules, and the king of Chu changed it arbitrarily, which is a bit arrogant."

"Hey." Bi Shu waved his hand, and said, "The so-called rules are meant to be broken. In the past, there was no change in the martingale. How could Qin's soldiers swallow the six kingdoms? How can we be strong without our king's leather tripod now?" Chu swept the princes from all walks of life? Senior brother is making great efforts to reform in Guanzhong, I am afraid that he will not be held back by the old bad rules, right?"

"The younger brother's Ci is still so sharp, the younger brother is willing to bow down." Bai Mo smiled slightly, and said, "Forget it, then let's play chess with a chessboard with nineteen slots in each vertical and horizontal. Little brother is a senior brother, etiquette should be the first." Voice As soon as he landed, Bai Mo moved the chess basket containing the white pieces in front of him. According to the rules at this time, the white is the first.

"Hey, as a senior, I should be courteous to my junior." Bi Shu knew the importance of holding the white first, so he immediately took back the chess basket containing the white pieces.

(End of this chapter)