【The Tale of Yun】(36)

Chapter Thirty-Six: Playing Chess
Li Yun didn't know how long his sister had cried in his arms… he only felt her voice
getting softer and softer. Finally, she just sobbed and whimpered on his shoulder.
Then Li Yun's phone rang. Holding his sister in one arm, Li Yun struggled to pull out his phone with the other to answer
.
"Xiao Yun, where have you been? I haven't seen you anywhere…" It was his aunt's voice.
"I was in the bathroom," Li Yun could only lie.
"Then hurry up, your father and some of your uncles are staying to keep vigil, you, me, and other relatives are going down the mountain
. We'll meet at the parking lot." With that, his aunt hung up.
His sister had also heard the conversation, then gently pulled away from Li Yun's embrace, lowered her head, and gently
tucked his exposed penis into his pants and zipped it up. Then she straightened her clothes and stood in
front of Li Yun.
"I might come back to live with my mother in a while," his sister said, her tone very calm,
the image of the wanton woman she once had completely vanished. Li Yun knew that the "my mom" his sister was referring to was his second aunt.
"What about my cousin's side..." Li Yun hesitated.
"Your dad's powerful. I don't even know what he did, but he managed to sever ties between my adoptive parents and me
. He even transferred my household registration." His sister replied with a cold laugh.
"He's your dad too!" Li Yun knew his father's power; changing household registrations and foster relationships
were nothing difficult for him. However, he still found it hard to accept his sister calling him "your dad
. "
"Never mind..." His sister seemed unwilling to discuss their father further with Li Yun, instead leaning closer to him
. "There's no chance today. I'm letting you off the hook, but you're not allowed to ignore my texts anymore!"
Li Yun nodded, somewhat bewildered. His sister smiled, pushed open the cubicle, and after confirming no one else was around
, left as quickly as possible.
Li Yun, filled with questions, went to the parking lot to meet his mother, aunt, and other relatives.
In the parking lot, Li Yun saw his older sister and second aunt get into a relative's car. Until they left, his sister
didn't look at him again, as if she didn't recognize him at all. Of course, Li Yun wouldn't actively
approach his sister in front of relatives. The two understood each other implicitly…
After his grandmother's funeral, his second aunt divorced her husband in a flash. That very night, she moved
into his grandparents' former residence with his cousin, Kong Xiaoxi. Li Yun
, already aware of his father's relationship with his second aunt, wasn't surprised. Adult matters didn't concern him much, and his father had made it clear that he wouldn't divorce his mother that night
. Therefore, Li Yun considered visiting Xiangyun Temple to consult the Taoist priest Pingshan about his fortune after starting school
.
At school, Bei Gong's attitude was difficult for Li Yun to accept. In Li Yun's view, his past conflict with Bei Gong
was over, but Bei Gong's attitude towards him was indifferent. The only change was that Bei Gong no longer
physically assaulted him as before.
Of course, Li Yun didn't take it to heart. After school that afternoon, he headed towards Xiangyun Temple.
The ticket seller still looked at Li Yun with disgust, but still let him enter the temple for free.
When he saw the Taoist priest Pingshan, the priest was setting up a Go board with a book. Seeing Li Yun approach, he
didn't stop, but pointed to a stool next to him, inviting Li Yun to sit down.
Li Yun only glanced at the board and casually explained the origin of the game. "The Tenth Game of Danghu?
"
The Taoist priest Pingshan looked up at Li Yun in surprise: "You know how to play Go?"
Li Yun answered readily, "I'm an amateur first dan." During the years when his parents locked him at home, Li Yun
initially only read books. He started learning Go in fourth grade, and the speed at which a child learns Go is astonishing
. By the time Li Yun graduated from sixth grade, he had already achieved the amateur first dan rank. His only best friend, Zhou
Yi, whom he met through Go, was even stronger than Li Yun. Although Zhou Yi was also an amateur first dan, he was
considered to possess the skill of an amateur third dan or higher.
Hearing Li Yun's answer, the Taoist priest Pingshan immediately became interested. "Come, come, come… let's play a game. I didn't expect
you to know how to play Go, and even have a rank?" He then cleared the board of stones.
Li Yun, remembering he was there to ask for a favor, sat down opposite the priest.
"You're an amateur first dan? Then you have to let me…"
"What?" Li Yun hadn't expected the Taoist priest to be so shameless, immediately demanding a handicap. However,
thinking he was just playing along and didn't care about winning or losing, Li Yun nodded. The Taoist priest
immediately placed nine white stones on the nine star points. Li Yun, watching, began to sweat.
"You're so insecure? You actually want me to give you a nine-stone handicap?" Li Yun craned his neck, staring at the Taoist priest.
"Of course... You're the first one I've encountered with a real skill level. I have to be careful." The Taoist priest, Hirayama,
said very seriously.
"For instructional games, a three-stone handicap is enough..." Li Yun shook his head, casually picking up a black stone and
placing a "3-3" on the lower left corner of the board. Although he didn't know the Taoist priest's skill level,
Li Yun judged from his actions that the Taoist priest's playing style was probably unorthodox. Against such a player,
there was no need for fixed patterns; just fight hard.
The two chatted as they played.
"Last time I met the Taoist priest at the funeral home, he said I looked unwell and predicted that someone in my family would die. It all
came true, so I've come to ask the Taoist priest for advice today." After a few moves, Li Yun explained his
purpose.
"It's not that you look unwell... it's probably your mother's appearance that's causing the trouble." The Taoist priest, Hirayama, explained.
"If it's because of my mother's appearance, why has our family been peaceful for over ten years, only to
suddenly start having problems now?" Li Yun asked, puzzled.
"If my guess is correct, there are only two possibilities: one, a highly skilled person has helped your family avert disaster,
perhaps through rituals or feng shui advice. Therefore, they have been able to ward off misfortune for a period of time."
"Well. Secondly, your mother unknowingly committed an evil deed, inadvertently diverting some of her luck, thus temporarily
ensuring her safety," the Taoist priest Pingshan speculated.
Hearing this, Li Yun thought of his mother's previous "one-night stand" and secretly wondered:
"If cheating is considered an evil deed, then what the Taoist priest Pingshan said makes sense. Otherwise, why did my
grandparents pass away after my mother decided to stop having affairs?"
Thinking of this, Li Yun then asked, "So what should I do now? Should I make my mother commit evil?"
The Taoist priest Pingshan hesitated for a while. After all, monks are supposed to encourage people to do good, and he himself was encouraging someone to do evil, which
was hard for him to accept. However, after thinking for a long time, the Taoist priest Pingshan shook his head. "It is not my wish, but truly
the only way."
The two fell silent…
After a while, Li Yun asked again, "Then tell me, what bad things could my mother possibly do? Don't even mention
murder or arson! If the police catch her, she'll just be dead."
The Taoist priest of Pingshan frowned, thought for a moment, and then shook his head: "Young friend Li Yun, we hit it off immediately. It's not that I
don't want to help you, but I truly have no other choice. Do you know Empress Xuanyi of the Later Zhou dynasty during the Five Dynasties period?
"
Li Yun, well-versed in history, naturally knew her and replied, "She was the second empress of Emperor Shizong of Later Zhou, Chai Rong
. I remember her surname was Fu, but her given name isn't clearly recorded in history."
"Do you know that Empress Fu and your mother have similar appearances!" the Taoist priest of Pingshan said.
"What?" Li Yun was stunned, and the historical records about Empress Fu quickly surfaced in his mind
. It is said that Empress Fu married Li Shouzhen's son, Li Chongxun, in her youth. Someone divined her fate, saying she possessed
the appearance of an empress. Li Shouzhen believed, "My daughter-in-law is destined to be empress, which means my son and I
will become emperors." Therefore, he launched a rebellion, which failed, and his entire family was killed. Empress Fu, however,
escaped the massacre because her father, Fu Yanqing, had a close relationship with Guo Wei, the commander who suppressed the rebellion. She later married
Chai Rong, Guo Wei's adopted son.
After Guo Wei established the Later Zhou dynasty and became emperor, Chai Rong succeeded to the throne, and Empress Fu truly became the
empress, empress in every sense of the word.
"Empress Fu herself did nothing wrong, yet she caused the extermination of Li Shouzhen's entire clan. Chai Rong, destined to be emperor,
was comparatively unlucky; marrying her shortened his lifespan, and his reign was cut short by the Song dynasty
. Only Emperor Taizu of Song was wise enough to honor Empress Fu as Empress Dowager, leveraging her fortune to ensure the Song dynasty's four-hundred-year reign. Your mother's appearance
may not be as eerie as Empress Fu's, but she should not be underestimated. Without resorting to treason… it's difficult."
The Taoist priest of Pingshan sighed repeatedly.
Li Yun hurriedly asked, "Since Zhao Kuangyin could leverage fortune to prosper, can't my family imitate him?"
The Taoist priest waved his hands repeatedly. "Emperor Taizu of Song had the assistance of a master like Master Xiyi, which led to his success, but he himself
met a tragic end. The danger of this matter is beyond our control…"
Li Yun felt a chill run down his spine, and on the chessboard, he became ruthless, pressing forward relentlessly, forcing the Taoist priest of Pingshan to scatter across the board.
In the end, even with a nine-piece handicap, Li Yun won by over a hundred pieces against the Taoist priest…
By the time Li Yun left the Taoist temple, it was completely dark… For him, this trip to Xiangyun Temple,
aside from teaching the inept Taoist priest Pingshan a lesson on the chessboard, was almost entirely fruitless. Of course, it wasn't
entirely without gain; after the game, the Taoist priest Pingshan used the endgame to cast a divination for Li Yun. After much calculation, he obtained
a moderately auspicious result. According to the Taoist priest Pingshan, perhaps because the calamity had manifested in Li Yun's grandparents,
the Li family should be able to enjoy peace for a period of time, and their fortunes might even improve. However,
the Taoist priest Pingshan couldn't predict how long this period would last, and could only advise Li Yun to come to Xiangyun Temple for divination whenever he had time, so as to prepare for any eventuality! However,
Li Yun knew in his heart that this Taoist priest probably just wanted to drag him into playing a few more games of chess… because given the Taoist priest Pingshan's skill
level, any player with any real skill wouldn't play with him at all. Now that they've encountered Li Yun, an amateur beginner, how
could they not try every means to stall him...
?

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