Chapter 20: Retreat

"Quiet, to slim down.

Meditation, when I set the word for you at that time, I just wanted you to meditate and cultivate your body, but when you encounter those things that you want to explore, you are always impetuous and impetuous and can't meditate. ”

Su Ziyou smiled, walked to the stone table and sat down, "Come, talk with me about a game." ”

"Sir, that's what you learned."

Chen Ning smiled, sat opposite Su Ziyou, and looked at the chess game.

Su Ziyou put the sunspot in Chen Ning's hand and said with a smile: "I know everything about winning this game." ”

Chen Ning's Go was taught by Su Ziyou, and he had played with him no less than a thousand times, but most of them were defeated by Mr., and the few times he could win were all because Mr. gave way.

Su Zi didn't let his son, and Chen Ning had almost no chance of winning.

Chen Ning smiled and asked, "How many sons did Mr. let this time make?" ”

Su Ziyou smiled and said: "The lion fights the rabbit and goes all out, how dare I hold it up?" There is a gambling contract, how can you still let the son? ”

Chen Ning's smile was a little stiff, knowing that Mr. Su didn't want to say it.

"If you don't let your son, you won't have confidence?"

Seeing that he was silent, Su Ziyou asked with a smile.

"The gentleman laughed, and the students did their best."

Chen Ning took a deep breath, his expression was suddenly solemn, his eyes were focused, and he thought for a moment before he fell into his hands.

"That's what you are."

Su Ziyou smiled, picked up Baizi, and started a chess and card fight with Chen Ning.

The two of you come and go, and in a few moments, more than 100 hands have fallen, Chen Ning's brows began to wrinkle, and the fall is getting slower and slower, and he needs to stop and think from time to time.

Su Ziyou walked leisurely, just looked at Chen Ning with a smile, and waited for him to follow, as if he had already seen through Chen Ning's tricks.

After more than a dozen hands, Chen Ning has been devoured a lot, he is already behind, there is no possibility of returning to the sky, and it is only a matter of time before he is defeated.

"Meditation, you're going to lose."

Su Ziyou said lightly.

"I'll be fine, sir."

Chen Ning frowned, still trying to think about whether there was still a possibility of breaking the game.

Su Ziyou didn't urge, just chuckled and shook his head, and continued to deal with him.

After more than a dozen hands, one of Chen Ning's big dragons was eaten up, and there was no possibility of turning the tables at all, but he was still persistent, and it seemed that he would not stop until the last moment.

Su Ziyou didn't mention the loss again, but just followed Chen Ning, sealed all the qi eyes on the chessboard, and no longer gave him a chance to fall.

When Chen Ning picked up the chess pieces, he looked at the dazzling white chess game, and there was no place to land, so he sighed, "Mr.'s chess strength has not diminished back then, and it is still as strong as ever, but I lost." ”

"You've regressed."

Su Ziyou smiled and pointed directly at Chen Ning's chest, "The heart is not quiet." ”

"I've been doing too much lately, and I really can't meditate."

Chen Ning smiled bitterly, took the initiative to clean up the chessboard, and then got up and saluted Su Ziyou, "Since the student lost, don't bother Mr., there are still trivial matters with you, go first." ”

"Go, if you are free one day, talk to me again, I will always count what I say, and if you win, you will know what you want to know."

Su Ziyou said casually and did not stay.

"Okay, wait for the student to calm down, and then ask Mr. for advice."

Chen Ning held the knife and turned around and left Liyunzhai.

After Su Zi saw him leave, he hooked his fingers slightly, and the black and white chess pieces were swept by the breeze and slowly fell onto the chessboard.

The fall of the chess piece was exactly what he looked like when he and Chen Ning made a move, and it was exactly the same.

But the fall of the chessboard only stopped before Su Ziyou slayed the dragon, and the white mountains were stacked on top of each other, like a hundred thousand mountains, besieging the black dragon.

Although the black dragon has fallen behind, he is still unwilling, and he does not hesitate to cut off his siblings and wants to rush out.

Su Ziyou looked at it for a long time before he whispered: "Meditation, you want to break out of the encirclement so much, I don't know if it's good or bad...... The mountain of the Qiao family is not so easy to climb. ”

Then, with a light sigh and a wave of his sleeve, the pieces floated, black and white, and fell back into the box.

"Amitabha."

At this moment, a Buddha horn sounded outside the door.

I saw the position at the door, the old monk Shihai took the little monk, folded his hands, and saluted to the courtyard.

"Fellow Daoist, the poor monk is bothered."

The old monk Shi Hai looked at Su Ziyou and asked, "I don't know if you have time to let the poor monk visit." ”

Su Ziyou saw that the old monk frowned slightly, slowly got up, and asked lightly, "What's the matter with you?" ”

"The poor monk has no ill intentions, but he is just a newcomer and wants to visit the master of this city."

The old monk Shi Hai didn't seem to see Su Ziyou's refusal expression, looked at the old well in the courtyard, and asked, "Don't you invite the poor monks and apprentices to go in and have a cup of tea?" ”

Su Ziyou's voice was a little cold: "I'm not the master of the city, if you want to visit the city lord, go to the county government to find the magistrate, I don't have tea for the monk in this study, let's go!" ”

Ah Si, the cat who was pretending to sleep next to him, slowly opened his eyes, glanced at Su Ziyou a little strangely, and then looked at the two monks.

Mr. Su has always been kind to people, why does he seem to have a dislike for the two monks?

"Since Daoist friends don't wait to see poor monks and apprentices, don't bother much."

The old monk Shi Hai was not angry, and smiled, "In the future, the poor monks and apprentices will stay in Qingxi County for a while. ”

Su Ziyou snorted coldly, his face became even colder, "Solve the trouble you brought as soon as possible, if the trouble is really big, I won't show mercy!" ”

"Amitabha, fellow Daoists rest assured, the poor monk will settle the internal affairs as soon as possible and leave here."

The old monk Shi Hai had guilt in his eyes, and saluted again, and then turned to leave.

When the master and apprentice left, Mao Ah Si stretched his waist and asked curiously, "Why does Mr. have so much malice towards those two monks?" ”

Su Ziyou said lightly: "If someone drives the vicious dog to your house to make trouble, can you still have a good temper?" ”

"Vicious dogs?"

The cat Ah Si seemed to understand whether he understood or not, and murmured: "This monk is still a dog?" ”

……

Outside the study, two small bald heads, one old and one young, walked away in the distance against the scorching sun.

The little monk Xuanxin asked as he walked, "Master, that donor doesn't seem to be a wicked person, why doesn't he seem to like us?" ”

"We did something wrong in someone's house, and naturally it was not pleasant."

The old monk Shi Hai said lightly, looking into the distance, as if he was looking at this small county town again, "Such a great monk is committed to this small city, and he must have something to ask for."

Boy, we need to find the beast as soon as possible, catch it and get out of here, lest we have too many dreams at night. ”

Xuan Xin heard the clue and asked again, "Master, is that donor very powerful?" ”

"If you only talk about cultivation, you are far above the poor monks."

The old monk Shi Hai said lightly, "Let's go, go and find out where the evil beast is hiding." ”

……

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Chenjia Lane.

Today's alley is exceptionally quiet, without the excitement of the past, and occasionally passers-by are in a hurry.

Someone died in Chenjiaxiang last night, and it was a terrifying and strange "bloody case" in the town, so naturally everyone was in danger.

Chen Ning walked in the alley, but he didn't notice the strange atmosphere of the alley, he just lowered his head and thought.

What are Master Xiang and Mr. Su hiding?

He always had a vague feeling that what these two wanted to hide was not simple.

It wasn't until he walked into the depths of the alley that he suddenly heard a heart-rending cry from in front of him, and someone beat a small drum and shouted: "Relatives and friends worship, family thanks!" ”

Chen Ning raised his head, only to find that he had walked to the front of the Sun family's small courtyard.

The Wu family next to the Sun family has hung up the white silk, and the old man who is beating the drum to report the funeral is sitting at the door, and a simple spiritual shed has been set up in the courtyard, and the wife and daughter of the man surnamed Wu under the shed bow their heads and cry.

Chen Ning sighed in his heart, and did not go to the Wu family, but walked into the Sun family's courtyard first.

Only the blind Grandma Sun was left in the house, lying on the clay kang and crying in a low voice, muttering something in her mouth.

"Mother-in-law, I'm Chen Ning."

Probably because she was too sad, Chen Ning stood at the door for a long time, but she didn't hear anyone coming, so Chen Ning could only step forward.

"Lord Chen Ning, you're finally here!"

Grandma Sun groped her way up, and Chen Ning hurriedly stepped forward to help.

After the old man grabbed Chen Ning's hand, he cried even louder, "My lord, you have to save Xiaolian!" Xiaolian is such a good child, her life is hard! How did you fall victim to the thieves!

You save her, as long as you can save her, I will use you as a cow and a horse to repay your great kindness! ”

Chen Ning grabbed the old man's hand, looked at the old man's crying and swollen eyes, and said hoarsely after half a sound: "Mother-in-law, don't worry, Xiaolian is fine, I will cure her and send her back." Don't cry and make Xiaolian worried. ”

He didn't know if it would be cured, but he didn't want to make the old man uncomfortable.

"With your words, my wife, I am much more relieved."

Granny Sun's crying became smaller, and she held Chen Ning's hand and began to chatter, how to worry about Sun Xiaolian's words.

Chen Jingjing listened quietly, and waited for the old man to completely settle down before quietly putting down a few silver coins and turning to leave.

When he left the door of the Sun family, he didn't dare to enter the door of the Wu family.

Grandma Sun is still like this, if she enters the Wu family again, he doesn't know how to face the family of the man surnamed Wu who has died.

Chen Ning found the neighbor at the door, sent the only ten silver coins left on his body in, and asked someone to bring him a message, he would definitely catch the real culprit and seek justice for the Wu family.

Fifteen silver coins are Chen Ning's half a month's salary, which is neither too much nor too little, but giving it out will always make him feel more at ease.

When he got home, he only felt physically and mentally exhausted, and he sat for a long time before he came to his senses.

"Why is Chen Jiawang so quiet today?"

Only then did Chen Ning realize that Chen Jiawang, who was noisy on weekdays, was surprisingly quiet today.

He got up and looked into the back room, and found that Chen Jiawang was lying on the bed and snoring, snoring high and low, beating drums and gold, working hard like a battlefield fight.

"It's a peace of mind."

Chen Ning thought he was taking a nap, so he didn't think much about it, and turned around and went back to his room.

He closed the doors of the outer hall and the inner room, and then took out the small brocade package from his arms, which was the one that Xiang Beige gave him.

In this package, there is something he has been longing for years.

"What is the cultivation method given by Lord Xiang?"

Even though Chen Ning's heart is not bad, he can't help but feel his heartbeat like a drum at this moment.

He took a deep breath and calmed down a little before slowly opening the small brocade package.