**Counselor Shen Yan**
"I want this decadent dynasty to be buried with his ideals"
◇Good at strategy ◇Sword cocoon in tiger's mouth ◇Remnant jade hidden in sleeves
◇From chess piece to chess player ◇Gentle poison
**Jiangmen Lone Star·Xie Zheng**
"The chess pieces are also flesh and blood."
◇Silver Armor Shining Cream ◇Dimples Hidden Edge ◇Jade Button Oath
◇Live an open life ◇Die before dawn
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**Main plot line**:
In the 23rd year of Taiping, Shen Yan, a scholar from a poor family, was ordered by the emperor to approach Xie Zheng, the prince of Zhenbei Hou. A well-designed encounter turned the chess players into the neutron piece of the game. When disaster relief massacres, confusion about military pay, and wars in the north broke out one after another, the oath of loyalty and the bloody edict arrived at Tongyang Pass at the same time...
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**Lightning Protection Tips**:
× Main CP double-death ending (but there are modern AU easter eggs in the extra)
× It's not a cool novel, the main characters all suffered major losses
× The deputy CP has a pseudo-orthopedic plot (no blood relationship)
Purpose: Family, country and world