After Su Qin was paralyzed, when he woke up again, it was already afternoon. When he opened his eyes, Venus was still flying in front of him, and he struggled to make out his surroundings.

After a quarter of an hour, Su Qin's eyes could recognize things. He saw that only the old man named Shi Chang was left beside him, and his old man was staring at Su Qin intently.

Shi Chang found that Su Qin had woken up, and he grinned happily. He said, "Boy, alas, you have slept well enough for more than two hours." ”

Su Qin's mind was still groggy, he moved his hands, only to find that he was tied up with five flowers, and he was tied to a stone pillar, the rope was tied tightly, and it was very difficult to move, let alone break free from the rope.

He hurriedly begged the old man: "Old man, please loosen my ties, it's uncomfortable for me to die." ”

Old Man Shi laughed and said, "I'm tied up here, don't you see?" You're a bad kid with bad eyes. ”

Su Qin fixed his eyes and saw that the old man was also tied to another stone pillar, he woke up a little, he found that he and Shi Chang were both in a cave, the entrance of the cave was not big, and in order to protect against the cold, there was also a fire in it during the day.

Su Qin asked Old Man Shi, "How did we get here?" Where did the others go? ”

Old Man Shi narrowed his small eyes and replied angrily: "You ask me? So who do I ask? I was blindfolded by Huo Xuan's bad guy, and I walked and walked, and I came to this ghost place. ”

Old Man Shi Chang praised himself and said: "You kid is still a fateful person, if you hadn't met me, you would have been killed by that villain Huo Xuan." ”

Su Qin hurriedly thanked Shi Chang for saving his life, and then asked him carefully, and Old Man Shi answered him with a match.

Su Qin still understood after the end: it turned out that he was hit by a short arrow soaked in the poison of "Ecstasy" in his shoulder and passed out, Huo Xuan drew his knife to kill him at that time, thanks to Old Man Shi who threatened Huo Xuan, saying that if he killed Su Qin, he would never agree to Huo Xuan's request, so Huo Xuan let him go for the time being.

Su Qin glanced at his left shoulder, only to see that a short arrow was still inserted into the flesh, when he first woke up, his body was still paralyzed, and the pain was not very strong, and the more conscious he was, the more painful the wound became.

Su Qin regretted his carelessness and underestimated the defense power of Huo Xuan and the Yiqu people. In fact, on the night of Longguan, he was already vaguely aware that his voyeurism might have been discovered, but he still relaxed his vigilance, and as a result, he was hit by an arrow and was captured by others.

Su Qin bowed his head and was silent because of regret, his heart was numb, his expression was sullen and listless.

Old Man Shi laughed instead, and said, "Boy, it has come to this point, it's useless for you to think about it too much, let's take one step at a time." ”

Su Qin pursed his lips and thought to himself: "What you said is light, I don't know what happened to the Qin State Mission, they can't see me, they must be worried about death." ”

Su Qin was thinking nonsense and silent, and Old Man Shi was bored alone, so he teased him: "Boy, seeing that you are still young, you died in this cave so inexplicably, isn't it very wronged, you are not like my old man, you live to be seventy-three years old, even if you die here, I am enough." ”

After Su Qin heard this, he felt even more uncomfortable, and secretly scolded Shi Chang for his broken mouth, and made matters worse. Su Qin couldn't think about it for a while, couldn't keep his mind, hung his head, and refused to talk more.

Shi Chang found that Su Qin was a little annoyed, and it seemed that he had taken his joke to heart, and he felt even more happy.

Shi Chang laughed for a while, and suddenly said seriously: "Boy, I have a way to let you live, but I don't know how you can repay me, if the return is worth it, I am willing to try to save you." ”

Su Qin didn't know what way Shi Chang could save himself, he found that the old man was serious, and felt that his hope was greatly increased, so he hurriedly asked, "What way?" Tell me what to say, I'm willing to repay you. ”

Shi Chang pretended to be mysterious, and said with full spirit: "You tell me how to repay me first, and then I will tell you the way." I don't want to be fooled. ”

Su Qin remembered what Huo Xuan said in the felt bag, and said tentatively: "Ten catties of gold." ”

The old man shook his head vigorously and scolded: "I'm in my seventies, what's the use of asking for so much money." This one doesn't work, start over. ”

Su Qin thought about it again and said, "A brocade robe woven by the silk of the Qi Kingdom, with jewels and jade rings on his body. It's worth a lot of money. ”

Old Man Shi still didn't agree, saying that he didn't like to dress up, and asked Su Qin to find other ways.

Su Qin thought to himself: "You don't like money, and you don't like to dress up, so how can I know what you want." ”

He said casually: "Since you don't want anything, then I'll chat with you more." ”

The old man smiled this time and said: "This can be considered, but if you can play silent chess, it will be even better, although we are tied hands, but we have a mouth and a heart, you can play 'silent chess'!" ”

As soon as Su Qin heard that it was a silent chess game, he shook his head and said, "Although I can play chess, I have never tried the kind of play you said that does not fall on the chessboard and is practiced only on the mouth." ”

"It doesn't matter, as long as you have the chessboard in mind, you will play twice." When Old Man Shi heard that he could play chess, he was overjoyed and hurriedly replied.

Su Qin saw that he was happy like a naughty child, and was amused by his innocent demeanor, and laughed along. He promised Shi Chang to accompany him to play silent chess a few times.

So, the two talked and played chess. At first, Su Qin always forgot where the fallen son was, but after playing twice, he already had a clear chessboard in his mind, and he and Shi Chang used his mouth to replace his hands, and he became more and more skilled and calm.

Su Qin has liked to play chess since he was a child, his thinking is flexible, he is a master, after he learned to play chess, the old man could no longer win against him, so angry that he blew his beard and glared, and kept asking for a new game.

There was no light outside the cave at all, and no one else had come to the cave, Su Qin was a little anxious, but when he looked at Old Man Shi again, he was still full of interest and concentrated on the chess game.

Su Qin suddenly remembered the rescue method that the old man said, but he hadn't told himself yet, so he asked, "What is your old man's solution, you haven't told me yet." ”

The old man was immersed in the chess game, and he didn't bother to answer Su Qin's question, he said: "I'll talk about this later, finish this game of chess first." I'm in the position of Tianyuan this time, see how you deal with it? ”

Su Qin didn't speak, the old man kept urging him to fall quickly, Su Qin just didn't say anything, his eyes were slanted, and he ignored Shi Chang. The old man said anxiously: "I said, I said, it's all right." ”