The sky was completely overcast, the dark clouds gathered more and more, the long wind was howling, and the trees were shaking, indicating that a heavy rainstorm was coming.

Laifu looked at the sky worriedly and said, "Uncle, I'm afraid we're going to get drenched, and this rain is about to fall." ”

Zhou Xuan strode and said with a smile: "What are you afraid of, walking in the rain is a kind of Yaxing, it doesn't matter if you're sick, there is a goddess doctor at home, haha." ”

Infected by Zhou Xuan's optimism, both Sewing Needle and Laifu laughed.

The rain is sometimes like this, looking like it is about to fall, but it just can't be dragged on, when Zhou Xuan and the three of them rushed to the entrance of Shaoyang Village, the sky was still the posture of the mountain rain coming.

Tang Xiaosan and his father Tang Dabiao, as well as Hu Tong's father and old beard, waited on the side of the road for a long time, and when they saw Zhou Xuan, both fathers bowed down and stepped forward to thank Zhou Gongzi.

Zhou Xuan said: "Two uncles, don't thank me, this is your son's ability, Xiaosan and Hu Tong are very smart and have helped me a lot." ”

Tang Xiaosan puffed up his thin chest and said, "Daddy, you can rest assured now, my son is making money by his ability, and he will have a chance to follow Zhou Gongzi." ”

Zhou Xuan thanked the two uncles for the invitation to visit the village, and continued to hurry with Tang Xiaosan, the coachman followed in an empty carriage, and before he left the mountainous area, the torrential rain whipped down violently, and the roof of the carriage "crackled" like firecrackers.

Zhou Xuan hurriedly helped the sewing needle to get off the horse and get into the carriage, Tang Xiaosan and Laifu reacted quickly, and they had already sat on both sides of the coachman left and right, only Zhou Xuan was drenched in the rain.

The needle said, "Brother-in-law, come to the carriage to take shelter from the rain." ”

Zhou Xuan didn't have so many scruples, threw the reins of the old horse to Tang Xiaosan, raised his legs into the carriage, sat cross-legged, and looked out the window, the rain was getting more and more fierce, and a piece of white water vapor floated between the mountain roads, and the clouds were very low, and it was almost as dark as night.

The carriage was not spacious, and as soon as the carriage was bumpy, Zhou Xuan's leg touched the leg of the sewing needle, which made Zhou Xuan a little itchy.

The sewing needle shrank on the side of the carriage, and suddenly said, "Zhou Gongzi, thank you." ”

The rain was heavy, Zhou Xuan didn't hear clearly, and asked loudly: "What did you say?" ”

The sound of the rain strengthened his courage, and he leaned over and said in a louder voice: "Thank you, I don't want those villagers to think that I am a helpless orphan, I don't want them to pity me." ”

Zhou Xuan said: "What's this, you are not helpless now, Dr. Qin and his wife are both kind people, aren't they very good to you." ”

"It's true that they're good to me, but they also have ulterior motives, but I like this ulterior motive." ”

Zhou Xuan saw that the sewing needle was silent, and comforted him: "Sister sewing needle, don't be sad anymore, if your parents and brother know about it, they don't want to see you sad, they definitely hope that you live happily." ”

The needle sat on the side of the carriage, Zhou Xuan leaned on the door, by the dark skylight, the needle could see the outline of Zhou Xuan's face, and he was hidden in the dark, the needle stared at Zhou Xuan boldly, the more she looked, the more fascinated, she thought: "Since Sister Que'er has her cousin, she doesn't even want such a good husband, then I must catch the needle, I remember hearing such rumors in the palace before, Xiao Zhou Hou Niangniang once got drunk and jokingly said to the palace maids, if a woman meets a beloved man, don't give up, you must catch it, Find a way to marry him - so, Xiao Zhouhou Niangniang married her brother-in-law, Emperor Li Yu, and I want to marry my brother-in-law, could it be that this is providence? ”

At this time, the driver of the car called out: "Kuye, this rain is too heavy, the horses are confused by the rain, we have to find a place to avoid it first, and then hurry when the rain is lighter." ”

Tang Xiaosan shouted: "I know that there is a mountain temple, not far ahead, bypassing a maple forest, and the carriage can drive to the temple gate." ”

"Is the mountain temple on the left or right?"

A cold voice suddenly asked.

"Left." Tang Xiaosan replied.

I saw a figure passing by the carriage with a "swish", disappearing in front of the mountain road in the blink of an eye, and the splashed rain flew onto Zhou Xuan's face.

"Hey, what kind of person is this, running so fast, breaking through eight seconds at a speed of 100 meters!"

Zhou Xuan asked Tang Xiaosan if he saw who he was? Xiao San said: "I didn't see it, I only saw the back, wearing a wide-brimmed bamboo hat, as if I was still carrying a broadsword, and suddenly it disappeared, like a ghost." ”

"With a sword on his back, is he a swordsman? Is there really a swordsman in this world? Running so fast, it must be light work. ”

Zhou Xuan became excited and urged the coachman to hurry up to the mountain temple, where the swordsman was hiding from the rain, and he must get acquainted.

The red and yellow leaves of the maple forest on the side of the mountain road are like a flame without heat under the heavy rain, and the carriage bypasses the left side of the woods, and you see a small temple built against the mountain, this temple has been repaired in recent years, and the yellow walls and black tiles are not dilapidated.

The carriage stopped in front of the temple gate, a group of people got out of the car, jumped into the temple gate as fast as possible, and the clothes on the body were wet in just a few seconds, which showed the heavy rain.

In the middle of the temple there is a statue of a mountain god more than one zhang high, holding a big snake, a person sits cross-legged on the incense table in front of the statue, and the bamboo hat rests on the side to drip water.

Zhou Xuan looked at this person carefully, the bridge of his nose was straight, his eyebrows were cold and arrogant, he was thirty-five or six years old, slightly shorter than him, about one meter seventy-two, although he was of medium stature, but when he sat on the incense case, his waist and back were straight, and he gave people a feeling of tall and oppressive for no reason.

Zhou Xuan walked over and arched his hand and said, "This old brother is invited, brother-"

"Don't bother me." The swordsman interrupted Zhou Xuan's words, didn't give any face, and looked down at the incense case by himself.

Zhou Xuan was very disgusted with this kind of impolite person, and his curiosity about the swordsman immediately decreased, and he glanced at the incense case in front of him, and found that the swordsman was playing chess alone, a small foldable wooden chessboard, small and exquisite black and white chess pieces, and the workmanship was very meticulous.

Zhou Xuan's opinion of the swordsman has changed again, a person who is playing chess really doesn't like to be disturbed by others.

Zhou Xuan glanced at the chessboard twice, happy, this cold and arrogant swordsman turned out to be the same as Xiaodi, he was doing life and death questions, Zhou Xuan originally had a thick book of "Go Zhenlong Daquan", that book will be all kinds of ancient Chinese Go questions of life and death, Zhou Xuan has read many times, and knows all kinds of life and death questions well, the question of life and death is called "Zhenlong" in ancient times, the difficulty is different, the swordsman is thinking hard about this question of life and death belongs to the middle and high level of life and death questions, called "Sun Bin traps Pang Juan", is to ask black chess to find a way to kill white chess, and Xiaodi's "pig's mouth posture" that day It's not the same, it's more complicated, and it seems that the swordsman's chess strength is not low.

Zhou Xuan said softly: "Da Fei can't be killed." ”

The swordsman Huo Di raised his head, stared at Zhou Xuan for a moment, and asked, "Do you know how to play chess?" ”

Zhou Xuan didn't answer, Shi Shiran paced to the side of the sewing needle, and asked the sewing sister if she was hungry with concern? Rushing to the carriage in the rain to bring pears and dates and distribute them to everyone, of course the swordsman did not give them.

The swordsman heard Zhou Xuan say the sentence "Da Fei must live", and his heart was shocked, shouldn't the first step in solving this problem be Da Fei? So what better way to do it?

The swordsman waited for a while, and when he saw that Zhou Xuan ignored him, he couldn't bear it anymore, and asked again: "Can you solve this Zhenlong question?" ”

Zhou Xuan "crunched" and ate pears, and said casually: "It's too simple, it's ridiculous that some people can't think of it for a long time!" ”

The swordsman didn't get angry, but just stood up and said, "Then you can explain it." ”

Zhou Xuan said: "Why should I teach you to understand! ”

The swordsman smiled contemptuously: "It turned out to be bragging." ”

Zhou Xuan also smiled contemptuously: "Count me as bragging, if Da Fei can solve this problem, I will be your grandson." ”