Li Xiurui looked at the quiet little wooden house and laughed: "Dare I bring Li Yunjing here, does this an I have a bit more courage than you?"
Qing Zhun raised his eyebrows.
The old man in the cabin sighed: "Why do you still act like a child, competing all the ti."
"You’re still as annoying as before," Li Xiurui laughed heartily as he pushed the door open, as if the two had known each other for a long ti.
Inside the cabin, Qing Xun had already set up a chessboard, and Li Xiurui sat opposite him: "One round to decide the winner?"
"One round to decide the winner."
Qing Xun made his move, and the two exchanged dozens of moves. Li Xiurui said with a smile: "Your chess skills aren’t that great."
Yet, Qing Xun was at a disadvantage everywhere, quickly becoming unable to defend.
Another dozens of moves later.
Li Xiurui suddenly looked solemnly at his opponent in the dim light, as a black dragon erged from a corner on the chessboard, now unstoppable.
When the ga reached this point, he realized that everything the master of Ginkgo Mountain had done before was paving the way for this black dragon.
And in these hundred or so moves, Qing Xun had skillfully applied the tenets of Go.
Among them,
Don’t seek greed for victory
Attack the opponent while defending oneself
Sacrifice pieces for the initiative
Relinquish the small and go for the big
Abandon when in danger
Defense against the strong
Seek peace when isolated
Were used to the extre by Qing Xun.
Li Xiurui tossed the white piece he was holding onto the board: "Chess contains words, you people from Qing’s Family like to beat around the bush, just say what you have to say."
Qing Zhun stared wide-eyed, the dignified Master of Li Family had actually ruined the ga like this, not playing anymore!
Ordinary people couldn’t possibly play chess better than the Qing Zhen bloodline, Qing Xun not only won but won in his own way.
In this aspect, Li Xiurui couldn’t compare.
Qing Xun said: "The Federation faces great difficulties. At that ti, the great building will collapse, and neither you nor I will be spared, but I have a path, or rather, I see a path that can win."
Li Xiurui helplessly laughed: "You old man want to trick into cooperating with you to unify the Federation, don’t pretend to be spooky with ."
What Qing Xun sees, Li Xiurui has never seen, so he simply doesn’t believe it.
Yet, Qing Xun picked up the pieces Li Xiurui had just tossed onto the board.
He continued placing the black and white pieces, without lifting his head: "Only Li Yunshou can see this ga. Xiao Zhun, you and the Master of Li Family go outside and wait."
Li Xiurui stared: "Do you know what political privilege ans? I ca all this way to play chess with you, and now you want to wait outside?"
Qing Xun glanced at him: "I called you here to drink, not play chess, the real player is Li Yunshou, only he can see the board."
Li Xiurui looked at the chessboard in front of him: "Is this what you asked my son, Uncle Li Dong, to bring out from Prison 18?"
Qing Xun did not answer.
Li Xiurui asked again: "You must see sothing important, right? Why can’t we look? More people looking can bring more ideas. Don’t think you’re smarter than everyone, as if only your way works."
Qing Xun raised his eyes to him: "Don’t seek greed for victory."
These four words nearly sumd up all the principles of Qing Xun’s plan. If the outco is acceptable, then embrace your destiny, don’t try to gain more.
Other outcos might not be better than this.
Li Xiurui pursed his lips, stood outside the cabin door, and said to Qing Zhun with a smile: "Young man, what future is there as a Shadow in the Qing’s Family? Co to the Li Family, I’ll make you an independent director of the Li Family. I also have a few daughters who haven’t married yet, I think you’re quite nice, maybe get to know each other... of course, they must be willing too."
Qing Zhun smiled and said: "Old man, I am married."
"Ah... I’ve heard about you. Lao Qi said you seed to have co to our house to search archives back then," Li Xiurui smacked his lips: "But life still goes on."
Qing Zhun smiled and said: "She’ll be lonely."
Li Xiurui sighed: "What a pity... but you can still co to my Li Family."
From inside the cabin ca an impatient voice: "If you’re going to steal people, do it far away, don’t do it in front of !"
Qing Xun and Li Xiurui seed like extres, one a silent chess player, the other a carefree old child.
Ten minutes later, Li Yunshou ca out of the cabin with a blank expression, Li Xiurui asked: "Tell father what you saw?"
Li Yunshou looked at him complexly: "Can’t say."
"Are you my son or his?" Li Xiurui glared: "Recognized a wilderness father?"
Qing Xun said from inside: "Why trouble the child, co in and have a drink."
Li Xiurui cursed and went inside, Qing Zhun closed the cabin door.
After a mont of drinking, Li Xiurui’s complaints could be heard: "You were so smug in college, but still many girls liked you in class, they just don’t have eyes to see true goodness and beauty to discover mine."
Qing Xun: "You have such a thing as true goodness and beauty?"
Li Yunshou and Qing Zhun only then realized, it turns out Qing Xun and Li Xiurui were college classmates for four years and didn’t see eye to eye back then.
Neither was a Family Head then, no one knew they would control the fate of millions in the future.
At this mont, Li Xiurui asked drunkenly: "Did you call suddenly because I’m almost gone?"
Qing Xun didn’t answer.
Li Xiurui laughed: "You live too tensely all your life, what’s there that can’t be said!"
A smack was heard, seemingly Li Xiurui slapped Qing Xun’s shoulder.
Qing Xun angrily said: "Don’t touch here and there, what’s this drinking conduct?!"
Outside the door, Li Yunshou stood silently, lost in thought.
Qing Zhun leaned against the wall with a smile: "Did you see anything unbelievable?"
Li Yunshou thought for a mont and asked: "Have you seen it?"
"No, old man doesn’t allow it."
Li Yunshou fell silent again.
Next mont, Li Xiurui wobbled out, said to Qing Zhun: "Alright, take us back."
Qing Xun silently watched them from the cabin’s darkness.
Li Yunshou supported his drunken father, suddenly turned, and asked: "Is it necessary to do so?"
Qing Xun calmly said: "You make your own choices."
Drunk Li Xiurui seed to sense sothing: "Must it be him?"
"You can choose another child as Family Head," Qing Xun said.
Li Xiurui paused, Li Yunshou suddenly smiled: "Let do it, my younger siblings are still small."
For this, Qing Zhun looked at Li Yunshou more.
He opened the Door of Shadow, sending the father and son of Li Family back to City 18.
Li Yunshou supported his father back to Bao Pu Tower, Li Xiurui said: "You can take everything he said tonight as nonsense. Back then, your grandfather told the responsibility of Family Head is heavy, only I was the only choice. I always thought, what bullshit only choice, just tricking ... Yunshou, your path, you can actually choose on your own."
Li Yunshou smiled: "No need to trouble, Father, I’m very satisfied with my outco."
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Another Chapter before midnight.
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