At the end of the Shang Dynasty, Emperor Xin (King Zhou) had been on the throne for more than ten years.
In Chaoge City, the deer platform towers into the clouds, and the wine pond and meat forest play music day and night. Emperor Xin was talented and intelligent, capable of carrying a cauldron, but he was headstrong and self-willed. He favored Daji, a virtuous minister from afar, and a villain. Dongyi rebellions continued for years, the national treasury was empty, and the people were filled with resentment. The princes were disengaged, and the Zhou tribe quietly rose up in Xiqi, looking down upon the world.
When the building was about to collapse, there was a man sitting alone in a dark room, thinking hard about a game of chess for three days and three nights.
This man's name was Jiang Heng, also given the courtesy name Bojun. He was from a branch of the old aristocracy of the Shang Dynasty. He was a junior master - he was ranked below the Three Dukes and was in charge of prison and admonishment. He has a slim build, an angular face, and a pair of bottomless eyes, like two dry wells, but there is a fire hidden at the bottom of the well.
On the chessboard in front of him, the black stones have been surrounded by the white stones and only have seven breaths left. If the game cannot be broken within seven moves, the whole game will be lost.
He dropped a sunspot heavily on Tianyuan.
"Since there is no way out from the front," he whispered to himself, "then use your body as a chess piece to enter the game and break it."
Outside the window, the dusk in Chaoge City is like blood.
