Three hundred and ninetieth chapters evil bridge good water
The carriage was neither fast nor slow, the sun was not too harsh, the breeze was blowing on his face, and the autumn leaves were rustling. Li Luo looked at the scenery by the river for a while, closed his eyes, and took a nap.
Suddenly, an old man's voice came from under an agarwood tree beside the road, with a hint of vicissitudes of life, and slowly chanted: "The water is so green and pure that I can't sleep. The fish is as empty as it is without a place to stay. There are so many troubles in the world, and they come and go in a hurry.
I am also in a hurry, but I don’t know that life is short. If you walk a lot, you might as well stop and take a rest.”
Li Luo opened his eyes, but did not immediately search for the speaker. Instead, he raised his head and glanced at the sky, then closed his eyes again. After a few breaths, he slowly opened his eyes and looked towards the place where the voice came from.
Under the agarwood tree, by the Qinghe River, there is an old man with a silver beard, dressed in white, almost like a white cloud floating down from the sky, soft but not dazzling, with a pair of wise eyes that seem to be able to see through the world, black and white.
Seeing Li Luo looking over, the old man smiled slightly and said, "Young man, the road ahead is long, why don't you stop and start again?"
Li Luo's expression was as usual, and he looked quietly at the old man under the tree. There was a chessboard in front of the old man, and many black and white pieces had been dropped, so he couldn't tell the winner.
The old man used the ground as a mat and leaned against the tree. The breeze blew by, and the old man seemed to be swaying gently with the wind like the branches and leaves on the tree. When he calmed down and looked again, he seemed not to have moved.
Li Luo sighed silently, with no change of color on his face. The waiter beside him kept shouting. For some reason, the mules and horses were unwilling to move even half a step forward. They snorted and lazily stopped in the middle of the road.
Li Luo stopped the boy from scolding him and said calmly: "Maybe I'm tired. Let's take a rest before leaving."
The boy yelled, and the car curtain moved. Concubine Yun poked her head out and said softly: "What's wrong?"
After saying that, he saw the old man under the tree, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he asked in a low voice: "Who is he?"
Before Li Luo could reply, the old man laughed and said, "I'm just a passerby, girl, there's no need to panic."
Concubine Yun frowned, gently pulled the gauze covering her mouth and nose, and said in a deep voice: "Passenger?"
Li Luo smiled and said: "You have been driving all the way, you should take a rest."
After saying that, he jumped off the carriage, walked to the side of the mules and horses, and patted the horses' backs gently with his hands. The mules and horses suddenly neighed and jumped up in fright. The driver hurriedly pulled the reins of the horses, and Li Luo Wenyan said:
"Brother, please drive the carriage to the side of the road, don't block others."
The waiter responded, moved the carriage to the side of the road, took out a few pieces of dry food from his pocket, and ate it with the river water.
Concubine Yun also got off the carriage and came to Li Luo, looking at Li Luo with concern.
Li Luo smiled casually, nodded slightly, walked up to the old man, bowed his hands and said, "Senior."
The old man's eyes flashed with strange light, as if he was quite surprised. Hearing this, he waved his sleeves, returned a salute, and said with a kind smile: "I don't dare to take it seriously. Sir, please sit down."
Li Luo glanced at the chessboard in front of the old man, sat opposite each other, looked at the old man, and said coldly: "I wonder if you have any advice, senior?"
The old man looked at Li Luo with a half-smile, and said harmoniously: "The water is good water, but the bridge is a bad bridge. Why should you hurry up?"
Li Luo's heart moved, and he said slowly: "Thank you for the advice, senior, but if you are in a hurry, you can take whatever road you can. I only have a carriage. Although the bridge is a bad bridge, I have to walk on it."
The old man laughed and said: "I admire the young master for his quick words, but don't you want to know how to walk on water?"
Li Luojian raised his eyebrows and said loudly: "Even if I want to walk on the evil bridge, I'm afraid I have to cross the good water of seniors first. It's the same after all. Seniors might as well say it clearly."
"Yes, and no." The old man stroked his beard and smiled, then added: "Young master, after passing the good water here, you don't have to walk on the evil bridge again."
"Oh, how to pass the law?"
The old man pointed to a small boat on the shore and said warmly: "This is a violation of law."
Li Luo took a look at the small boat tied to the agarwood tree. It was less than three feet wide and less than ten feet long, but it was an extremely small boat that could barely fit two people.
Li Luo replied calmly: "I see, it is common to borrow a boat to cross the river. What is unusual is the person crossing the river."
The old man's eyes flashed and he laughed and said: "Young Master is indeed smart. Yes, the boat is a boat, but the people are not. If the Young Master can win, I can naturally take this girl across the river. If the Young Master loses,
I had no choice but to take away her beauty and take this girl across the river."
"Humph, who wants to cross the river with you!" Concubine Yun shouted coldly.
The old man was not worried and replied calmly: "Whether it is rare or not, there is always someone who wants to send the girl across the river."
Concubine Yun glanced at Li Luo and said coldly: "Then there is no way to cross the river."
Li Luo slowly shook his head and said, "I'm afraid the way we came here is impassable."
Concubine Yun was startled, and the old man laughed loudly and said: "That's right, the road back north is full of thorns. If you two go back, you may not be able to cross Cuikuo Mountain."
Li Luo raised his eyebrows. There were pursuers behind him and powerful enemies in front of him. If they were not careful, it would be difficult for the two of them to escape. I am afraid that when they wandered into the mountain villages and Qinghe Town, their whereabouts were already known by others.
bingo.
It's just that these tracking and concealing techniques, as well as secret message transmission, are so exquisite that Li Luo didn't even notice it at all along the way.
Li Luo thought in his mind, glanced at the chessboard, and said in a deep voice: "Senior, do you want to decide the outcome based on the chess game?"
"That's right. Young master, you can give it a try. If you kill me in your hands, this boat will naturally be yours."
Li Luo said slowly: "Senior said it is true, but even though you are forced, you still have leeway. I have never met you in life and death. I don't want to, but I can't. If you don't care about life and death, I'm afraid I won't be able to."
Let's deal with it, let this matter go, I will remember today's feelings, and we will discuss life and death in the future, and you and I will settle down. Senior, please."
It was unexpected that Li Luo spoke so bluntly. The old man was slightly surprised. He looked at Li Luo deeply and said in a deep voice: "I am a guest from afar. This game is an endgame. The outcome is still difficult to determine. You might as well go first, sir."
Choose one."
"Heizi, please, senior."
The old man smiled hoarsely. Li Luo really wanted to compete in the chess game. The old man had not encountered such an opponent for many years. Although he admired his courage, he was not very concerned about it.
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Smiling slightly, he said: "Young master, let me have a white son?"
Li Luo looked at the old man quietly, nodded lightly, and replied softly: "A gentleman does not take away someone's beauty."
The old man was stunned, the sharp light in his eyes flashed away, but Li Luo was insinuating that the old man was about to take Concubine Yun across the river just now.
Then he laughed loudly and said: "I wonder if the young master's chess skills are as good as his eloquence, so I won't be polite, please."
After saying that, he picked up a white piece and dropped it into the chessboard.
In the current chess game, more than half of the moves have been made, there are not many tiles, and there are many places for both black and white colors to move.
On the chessboard, there are long and staggered stones. The white stones seem to be blocking the ground, and the black stones are so many that they are flying forward. The killing force is very urgent, but there is also the danger of breaking the chess. The white stones are guarding the middle of the board. It seems that they are defending, but in fact they are hiding to attack and kill.
In the chess game, the black stone is good at attacking, but it can also defend. The white stone is stable and not weak at attacking. It is a mixed game of life and death. (To be continued.)