Liu Xu now goes for a run every morning.

The time of morning exercise is also the most leisurely time of Liu Xu's day.

Because after exercising every morning, Liu Xu was busy making wine and reading the rest of the time. Of course, reading was forced by Xu Jin'er, and Liu Xu had no interest in those difficult ancient books. But since the words he wrote for Xu Jin'er were seen by Xu Jin'er's friends, they unanimously decided that he was talented and smart and was a good material for reading, so Xu Jin'er urged himself to read every day.

Liu Xu still jogs to the long pavilion on the bank of the Nanyang River every day, and then walks back. Now Liu Xu has improved a lot, and he can already run to the side of the long pavilion in one go. After resting in the long pavilion for a while, Liu Xu will slowly walk back. Liu Xu's next goal is to be able to run back again. Liu Xu is now tired of this scholar's body, and he will be tired from making a few jars of wine every day, Liu Xu just wants to exercise his body quickly. But Liu Xu also knows that this kind of thing can't be rushed, and it can only be done gradually.

Every day when he ran to the small building in the backyard of Zuiyun Tower, Liu Xu couldn't help but think of the gentle and sad Yunzhu girl who was better than snow in white. Occasionally, I can imagine how beautiful the song "When Will the Bright Moon Come" be sung by her Tankou. Liu Xu has been looking forward to hearing the elegant guzheng again, but unfortunately Liu Xu has not heard it in the past few days. I don't know what Miss Yunzhu is doing now, Liu Xu couldn't help but think.

Liu Xu didn't hear Yunzhu girl playing the guzheng when he ran recently, but every day when he went to this long pavilion on the bank of the Nanyang River, Liu Xu would meet the old man in a purple robe and a very generous person, playing against people under the pavilion. The old man came here every morning to play chess, and Liu Xu heard his chess friends call him Cui Lao. Every time I see the old man, there are always two sturdy domestic servants standing behind him, and there will always be a small servant next to him, cooking tea on a small red clay stove, it seems that Cui Lao has a lot of status. Cui Lao seems to have some fixed chess friends, at least the old man in black, Liu Xu has seen many times. Every day when Liu Xu went to the side of the long pavilion, he would always stop and watch the battle for a while.

Today, Liu Xu met the old man in black playing against Cui Lao. Cui Lao's chess skills are very high, and the old man in black is in danger again and again. It seems that the battle is fierce in the middle of the strangulation, but in fact, the old man in black has been ambushed by Cui Lao. Seeing that the old man in black had not yet seen the danger, he still wanted to seize the star position in the southeast corner. As soon as this son fell, the old man in black had no power to return to the sky, and Liu Xu couldn't help but shout: "If you can't fall there, you will lose if you fall." ”

Cui Lao looked up at Liu Xu and scolded with a smile: "Don't young people understand 'watching chess without saying anything'?" "Recently, Liu Xu has come to see Cui Lao play chess every day, and Cui Lao has some impressions of him."

Liu Xu couldn't help but be surprised, and hurriedly saluted and apologized: "Boy Meng Lang, just now this old man saw that he had lost all the plates, and he couldn't help but shout out, I'm really sorry, I hope the elder will forgive me." ”

Cui Lao smiled: "I see that you are also a person who understands chess, even if Lao Zhang's son can fall right in this game of chess, he will not be able to return to the sky." I still know Lao Zhang's chess strength, and I always want to seek stability, but he can't get it back in this game. Young man, do you dare to play this game for Lao Zhang? ”

The old man in black stood up and said with a smile: "My chess skills have already been thoroughly explored by Cui Lao, let the young man try it?" ”

Liu Xu was also a Go master in later generations, and few of his friends in later generations could play him. Liu Xu has read a lot of chess games, and he remembers that a few games of chess are somewhat similar to this game, and he can't help but feel a little itchy. Seeing that the old man who was called Lao Zhang by Cui Lao stood up and gave up his seat, he did not shirk at the moment.

Liu Xu combined the chess game in front of him and referred to the chess game in his mind, and quickly broke Cui Lao's encirclement, and the two entered a fierce strangulation battle. Cui Lao's way of playing chess pays attention to the right fit and wins by surprise. Originally, Liu Xu often watched Cui Lao play chess and had an understanding of Cui Lao's chess path. But in the upright strangulation battle with Cui Lao, he was careless for a while, but he was still cut off by Cui Lao's sudden tricks. Although Liu Xu struggled to resist, he was still impacted, divided, and chased by Cui Lao with his black chess pieces into several pieces, and each one was broken, and Liu Xu had to throw himself into defeat.

Cui Lao was happy like an old child, and smiled proudly: "The young man's chess skills are slightly higher than Lao Zhang's chess skills, but he is not my opponent yet." Do you think that I took the lead in the endgame of Lao Zhang you used? If you are not convinced, come again. "Cui Lao can't wait for Liu Xu to play a few more games with him, play chess with those fixed old men all day long, and always win by himself when he comes down, it's boring for a long time. Today, I met Liu Xu, who was not afraid of tigers with newborn calves, and wished that he would play a few more games with him.

Liu Xu was also a chess fan in his later life, and his friends around him did not have high chess skills, and they had never been able to compete with him, and he was also a lonely master. After coming to the Great Song Dynasty, he was busy and had never played chess, but now he was hooked by Cui Lao and became addicted to chess, but he wanted to kill him. So the two of them went back and forth and killed each other. Liu Xu's chess strength was okay to compete with Cui Lao head-on, but he couldn't prevent Cui Lao's strange tricks one after another, and he was soon killed by Cui Lao, and he was in danger. Although Liu Xu rescued again and again, he was always led by Cui Lao's nose, and he was careless, he didn't see Cui Lao's ambush, and he lost again.

Liu Xu deduced Cui Lao's chess path, knowing that if he played with Cui Lao head-on, it would be difficult for him to play Cui Lao. Fortunately, I have learned a lot of chess games summarized in later generations, and I have learned a lot of wild ways. So in the third game, Liu Xujian went sideways, all of which were strange tricks learned from some chess games, and Cui Lao couldn't parry it for a while, and he couldn't help but laugh and scold: "How can there be such a play?" The game will be peaceful, and you are all a wild way to make trouble, which is detrimental to Sven. ”

Liu Xu played a few games of chess with Cui Lao, and he already knew Cui Lao's temper: although Cui Lao's identity was respected, he had no arrogance at all, he was witty and easy to get along with. In addition, Liu Xu is from later generations, and he has less awe of the identity of people in this era. At the moment, he said politely: "If you play chess, you will play chess, how can you say so much, winning is the ability." While speaking, he also grabbed the snacks next to Cui Lao and ate them, and drank a cup of tea from time to time, but he didn't eat in the morning, Liu Xu was really hungry.

Cui Lao saw that Liu Xu was talking and laughing freely in front of him, but he also admired it a little. Regardless of the young people who know or don't know his identity, there are few people who can endure to be so free and natural in front of their own aura like Liu Xu.

However, although Cui Lao laughed and scolded Liu Xu's chess move as a wild way to make trouble, he really couldn't withstand Liu Xu's attack. Liu Xu made a very quick decision on trade-offs, and when he saw a helpless chess piece, he decisively abandoned the pawn. Sometimes he sacrificed a few sons to open a way for the dragon to survive and break his arm to survive. Cui Lao struggled to support it, but finally lost. Cui Lao was not convinced, and the two played another game, but Cui Lao lost.

Liu Xu saw that it was almost noon, and he had to go back to make wine and study, so he said goodbye to Cui Lao and made an appointment to fight again tomorrow.