Chapter 21: Drum Mountain
(PS: Thanks to Lu Zhao for the tip!) )
Day and night, and finally another day, Luo Yu came to a mountain.
"This should be it!"
Looking at the mountain road that is getting higher and higher, Luo Yu said to himself, according to the investigation along the way, as well as the description of Drum Mountain in the book, Luo Yu finally found this place after a day of searching, this is still his luck, and he accidentally heard that there are many deaf and mute people here.
Riding a horse for a while, the terrain is getting higher and higher, Luo Yu had no choice but to get off the horse and walk, more than half an hour later, came to a bamboo pavilion, the bamboo pavilion is elegantly constructed, extremely ingenious, surrounded by bamboo shade, the scenery is quiet, so Luo Yu is very amazed, just want to rest here.
As soon as they sat down in the pavilion, two people came quickly on the mountain road, and they were two young men wearing rural peasant clothes, seeing Luo Yu was shocked, and when they got closer, they all gestured, they were two deaf and mute.
Seeing these two deaf-mute people, Luo Yu knew that he had found the right place, so he took out the note prepared in advance and showed it to the two, only to see that it read: "I came to visit the deaf-mute old man 'Mr. Cong'." ”
The two glanced at each other, compared with each other, and didn't know what to discuss, and after a while, one made a gesture of please, turned around and led the way, and the other came to take the black rose in Luo Yu's hand.
Luo Yu turned his head and saw that the mountain road in front of him was really steep and rugged, and it was difficult for the horses to walk, so he handed over the black rose to the other party, and then followed the person who led the way. That person seems to be a villager, but he is extraordinary, and he walks like a fly on this kind of trail, but fortunately, Luo Yu has learned Ling Bo micro-step, and it is quite easy to keep up.
Walking through the bamboo forest, the two entered a valley. The valley is full of pine trees, and when the mountain wind passes, the sound of pine is like waves. The peaks on both sides are towering, the cliffs are dangerous, the flowers are fragrant and the birds are singing, the grass is the wallflowers, the environment is beautiful, and the people's hearts are cultivated. Walked forward a little further and came to the three wooden houses.
I saw a big tree in front of the house, a thin and dry old man sitting in front of a big stone, on the big stone, there is a chessboard, the chessboard is carved on a big bluestone, the sunspots, white are all crystal light, the old man looked at the chessboard, silent.
This thin old man should be Su Xinghe, he is Ding Chunqiu's senior brother, both of them are apprentices of the Carefree School Wuyazi, Wuyazi's martial arts are unfathomable, and every art and craft is also proficient. Ding Chunqiu chose to study martial arts intensively and became the devil who was shocked by the world. Su Xinghe is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, medical divination, and is not good at martial arts. As a result, Wuyazi was plotted by Ding Chunqiu, Su Xinghe was defeated by him, and in order to avoid his further attack, he endured the humiliation and pretended to be deaf and dumb, expelled his original disciples, and founded the "Deaf and Dumb Gate" to hide people's ears and eyes.
His lifelong wish was to destroy the rebellious disciple Ding Chunqiu for his master, but he couldn't do it himself, so he obeyed his master's order to summon capable people with chess games, and he was included in the free faction to carry out this wish.
Looking at the silent old man, Luo Yu actually admired him in his heart, stepped forward, took out a white piece, and put it in a white chess piece that had been surrounded by black chess. This large piece of white chess is still angry, although black can eat it at any time, but as long as the opponent has no time to eat for a while, there is always a glimmer of life, struggling, all relying on this. Now that he has let go of his white chess, if he eats his white chess, there has never been such a suicide in the chess lane. As soon as the white piece died, White saw that the whole army was annihilated.
Seeing this, Su Xinghe forgot to be deaf and dumb, and reprimanded angrily: "Nonsense, nonsense, you fill your own anger and kill a piece of white chess by yourself, how can there be such a way to play chess?" ”
Luo Yu said with a smile: "This Zhenlong chess game is very wonderful, only by winning in defeat and leaving it to death can it be solved." ”
When Su Xinghe heard this, his whole body was shocked, and he looked carefully, and sure enough, after Bai Zi killed a large piece of his white chess first, although black chess had a big advantage, white chess had room for maneuver, and he was no longer as tied as he had speculated before.
But this method of lifting a sword to kill oneself and committing suicide with a horizontal knife is a big violation of the fundamental chess principle, and anyone who knows a little bit about the game will never play this one, and the same is true for Su Xinghe, so in the past thirty years, he has not solved this game. Now, there was really a turnaround, so he took a piece of white chess that Luo Yu had squeezed to death off the chessboard, and then played a black piece.
Luo Yu had already learned to master the art of chess, took a white piece, and played it on the chessboard. The place below is the vacant seat that appeared after the white son was removed. This move makes a lot of sense. In the past 30 years, Su Xinghe's thousands of changes in this game of chess have been dismantled very well, and no matter how the opponent moves, he cannot exceed the scope of what he has disassembled. But now in this new situation, Su Xinghe never dreamed of it, he was stunned, thought for a long time, and responded to a black chess.
Because Luo Yu has a prophetic vision, so, although his chess skills may not be as good as Su Xinghe, but as time slowly passes, white chess gradually gains the upper hand, seeing that black chess no matter how to respond, it will be eaten by white chess, but if black chess lets go of a way out, then white chess will break out of the encirclement, at that time there is no other world, and it can no longer be helped. Su Xinghe pondered for a long time, and responded with a black chess with a smile.
And Luo Yu chuckled, and with the next son, he solved this Zhenlong chess game.
Su Xinghe smiled all over his face, stood up, and arched his hand: "The ancestor laid out this game, no one has been able to solve it, the young man is talented and talented, it is gratifying, and I am grateful." ”
Luo Yu hurriedly returned the salute and said: "Don't dare, don't dare, I made a mistake, my predecessors won the award, I really dare not be ashamed." ”
Su Xinghe walked to the front of the three wooden houses, his face was full of remembrance and excitement, and muttered: "It's been thirty years, and it's finally here." Then he turned to face Luo Yu, made a "please" gesture, and said, "Shaoxia, please come in!" ”
Luo Yu pretended to be puzzled and looked at Su Xinghe, who smiled silently. Luo Yu pretended to be curious and stepped forward, the three wooden houses were built so strangely, there was no door, Luo Yu carried the true qi of the Northern Darkness, and split it out with one palm, fortunately, the door panel was not strong, and a big hole was split, and Luo Yu walked in.
There were no doors or windows inside, it was empty, and when Luo Yu was curiously looking left and right, he only heard an old and deep voice coming from the wall: "Since you're here, come in, I've been waiting for nearly thirty years, and I don't have much time to wait." ”
Luo Yu knew that there was no cliff over there, so he couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, and reached out to slap the wooden board, the wall of the board had already decayed, and a hole was immediately broken, and Luo Yu walked in.
Inside was an empty room, but there was a person sitting in the air, this person had a long beard, no white, his face was like a crown of jade, and there was no wrinkle, he was obviously not young, but he was still radiant and elegant, and there was no cliff.
As for him being able to sit in mid-air, Luo Yu, who is familiar with the original book, of course knows what the reason is, and sure enough, when he looked at him, he saw that there was a black rope on his body, and the other end of the rope was connected to the beam, hanging his body in the air. Just because the wall behind him is pitch black, and the rope is also black, and the two blacks are stacked on top of each other, the rope can't be seen.
Seeing Wu Yazi, the seventy years of skill will be available soon, Luo Yu was a little excited in his heart.