Stepping on the shore of Yundao Lake, strange things are frequent.

I saw a fisherman who was fascinated, near the water, and sang obsessively in his mouth-

"There are beauties, come here from the sky! The clothes are full of fragrance, the socks are dusty, the autumn is stunning, and the empty look is long! ”

The friend next to him is a big old man, he can't read these things without reading a book, but he also looks crazy, and he keeps muttering that he saw the fairy in the sky half an hour ago!

"Huh? Could it be that there are really immortals who have fallen into the mortal world? Passers-by were attracted by the crazy appearance of the two and couldn't help but be curious.

Su Qixiao and the others passed by, just listening, Su Xu didn't come forward to ask for the prince, he just felt that the village man had never seen the world.

Su Xu led the way in front and laughed: "How can there be any heavenly immortals in the world? Right, Your Highness. ”

"Yes." Su Qixiao was convinced.

Su Xu turned his head suddenly, looking at His Royal Highness in disbelief, but fortunately, the grass on the side made a look, and Su Xu suddenly realized.

Youcao said softly: "If you really want to say that there is, there is only one person for Childe." ”

Su Xu agreed: "Also, the princess of the Bai family comes to the Su Mansion every year to play, and she brings so many exquisite and interesting gifts every year, and the princess is very fond of the princess." ”

Su Xu saw that they ignored him, and then quipped: "Putting these aside, the status of the princess of the Bai family in the heart of His Royal Highness is not even the existence of Youcao...... Yes! ”

Before Su Xu's words fell, he was kicked to the lake by Youcao.

Su Qixiao didn't forget to taunt and said: "It's a pity that I didn't kick into the water." ”

The two anglers by the lake seemed to have really seen the immortals, and they were still singing wildly.

"She should, wouldn't be here." Su Qixiao was thoughtful.

At this time, I heard Su Xu shout in surprise: "It's strange, why is the old man who gambles chess gone?" ”

Su Xu circled around the lake twice, but he didn't find the old man who had smiled and accepted the exquisite breakfast in his hand.

The angler who looked like he was annoyed by him, and reminded: "You guys are looking for the old man who is going to step on the clouds, right?" His old man's dragon can't see the end, and he can only try his luck if he wants to see him, so forget it today! ”

Su Xu was helpless for a while: "Your Highness, this ......"

Su Qixiao said with a solemn gaze: "The king of tomorrow is going back to Yangzhou, time is pressing, and there is something that must be consulted by the chess elder." ”

With warm green eyes like autumn dew, he paced forward and asked politely to the angler: "My son-in-law wants to see the chess boss and has important matters to discuss, do you have any other methods?" ”

The angler originally held the fishing rod in his hand and did not squint, but when he heard the cold sound of the grass like a quiet orchid, he couldn't help but turn his head.

Even if it is slightly inferior to the fairy woman who has just seen, it is also as glamorous as a star, and the angler was surprised that he saw two beautiful women in a row today, so he cleared his throat and sincerely suggested: "If you are not too tired, you can go to the Diaoyutai on the top of the mountain to have a look, it is said that the old chess man lives on the top of the mountain." ”

Su Qixiao glanced at the towering mountain peak, without a moment's pause, and his steps resolutely went up.

Behind them, the angler shouted, "It's going to take more than an hour to climb the mountain road!" ”

"Thanks for the reminder, I've made up my mind." Su Qixiao waved his hand back and responded.

At noon, Su Xu, who had been gone for an unknown amount of time, was so tired that he was out of breath, and he felt that it was difficult for a commander of the royal army who had to lead troops on weekdays, but on the other hand, King Su still looked as usual, Su Xu really didn't know that his Royal Highness was in such good health......

"Your Highness, wait for me......" Su Xu shouted as he gasped.

The light-footed Youcao wiped the fine sweat between his eyebrows, turned around and asked, "If you encounter danger like this, will you protect Your Highness, or will Your Highness protect you?" ”

Su Xu broke the jar and said, "Isn't there still you?" ”

Su Qixiao's calm voice came from the front-

"Here we are."

After the winding stone steps and mountain road, everything suddenly opens up, the quiet suburbs, the smoke and water are secluded, and the Diaoyu Tai at the highest point of the cloud road is also close in front of you.

I saw the bluestone high fishing platform, there was an old man sitting on it, the lake behind him was full of mist, and he looked like an immortal in the clouds, floating out of the dust.

The old man has a rare green glazed wine pot around his waist, but he is holding a dilapidated lotus leaf umbrella, and there are two chessboards in front of him, both of which are empty games, as if he is hospitality.

There are already a lot of people gathered on the top of the mountain, including Yangzhou chess players who come here and suburban villagers who join in the excitement. Listening to their chatter, sure enough, this old chess player who looks like a fairy wind is the old man who has no end in sight.

There are many idle old women among the onlookers, they live in the farmhouse, the chess old came to Tayun Road in the past two years, the old women often come to the chessboard to join in the excitement after finishing the farm work, even if they can't understand the chess game, it does not affect their guidance. After all, the chess players who can't cook all rely on them to take care of them, although there are indispensable quarrels between them.

Youcao said with peace of mind: "Childe is so sincere, I really saw it." ”

The corners of Su Qixiao's mouth curled, and he said: "Although this king has asked for him, maybe he is also waiting for this king." ”

In front of the chess boss was an empty chessboard, and no one was playing against him, but looking at the sad faces of the chess players, it seemed that they had all lost.

Su Qixiao walked straight into the crowd, and just as he was about to sit down, he was stopped by an old woman.

The old women couldn't help but feel pity for the young man who was dressed in white and handsome and lawless, and didn't want him to lose money in vain, so they persuaded him one after another: "Xiao Langjun, don't go on it!" Gambling with this old thing, it costs a lot of money to lose! ”

Su Qixiao asked curiously: "Has anyone won before?" ”

"Never!" The person who has just lost shouted the loudest.

Su Qixiao smiled kindly, but the subsequent words sounded very unfriendly to them - "Since there is none, then the next is the first place." ”

The villagers are all coaxing: "Ah, the young man's tone is really loud!" ”

The chess players saw that he was a regular visitor to any chess hall in Yangzhou City, so they disdainfully said: "I don't know how thick the sky is!" ”

In front of the chessboard, the old man always closed his eyes and recuperated without raising his head.

King Su saluted with a smile, accompanied by the grass, serving tea and burning incense.

It's just that after sitting down, Su Qixiao realized that something was wrong, and couldn't help frowning, his face was speechless-

"This old man...... How many days have you not showered? ”

Youcao obviously found out about this, pinched her nose, a pair of green eyes faintly showed disgust, no longer lived between the two of them to serve tea, and her body always leaned towards her son-in-law's side.

The old man who had never been defeated in chess noticed the situation and finally deliberately spoke: "Girl, come and pour tea for the old man." ”

Yucao pretended not to hear, and moved his knees again, getting closer to his son-in-law.

"She likes to be clean." Su Qixiao relieved the siege and said, "I'll pour it for you." ”

The old chess man opened his eyes and said unhappily: "You can pour tea yourself, but you are sincere." Just to enter the old man's chess game, you have to abide by the old man's rules. ”

When Youcao heard this, she got up willingly, for fear that she would affect the progress of her son.

Su Qixiao stretched out his hand to stop the grass that was about to pass, and raised his eyes to face the chess elder: "It's me who asks for you, not her!" ”

The old chess man stroked his beard, and the old man, who had seen countless big scenes in his life, did not make any waves in the face of King Su's fierce momentum, but just laughed heartily, and dissolved the tense atmosphere with one sentence: "Hahaha, what kind of smell does the old man have?" Let this girl serve tea and know! ”

Youcao nodded respectfully, approached with a teapot, suddenly frowned, and asked curiously, "What are you, the smell of sake lees?" ”

Qi Lao smiled and sighed to himself: "Alas, the old man hasn't drunk good wine for a long time, and recently he tried to make wine, but he couldn't make the taste he wanted!" ”

Su Qixiao thought that the old man was hinting that he was buying wine, and asked helplessly, "What kind of wine do you want to drink?" I'll send someone to buy it. ”

"The old man loves the apricot wine and the apricot blossoms on that side are drunk."

Su Qixiao's eyes suddenly focused, he didn't expect that the chess elder had already seen through his intentions and cut straight to the point.

The chess elder stared at him and asked with interest: "How about it, the apricot blossom is drunk, can you get it?" ”

Su Qixiao said decisively: "Yes." ”

The chess old man stretched out his palm, as if he was taking the whole chess game into his palm, and smiled happily: "Okay, then this big chess game old man will play with you!" ”

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Su Qixiao looked at the mountains from afar, the clouds and mist loomed, and he joked like he had known each other for a long time: "Climbing so high every day, can you afford to eat your old cold legs?" ”

The chess elder glanced up at him and scolded: "Stinky boy, you don't get old and you won't be as good as me in the future!" The old man often sat in the military tent when he was young, and now he is always active, and besides, the old man does not come here every time. ”

"Like going to the lake?" Su Qixiao said and pointed at Su Xu, who was ashamed, "The breakfast that that guy lost to you before, have you already eaten it?" ”

The chess elder smacked his lips and said, "It's very delicious." ”

"Don't have a bite left?"

"Do you want to leave you a mouthful?"

"What is meant to stay, it was originally mine."

"Losing to the old man, isn't it the old man's?"

The corners of Su Qixiao's mouth twitched, he didn't bother to pay attention to the old man who still looked like this when he was old, and began to place the chess pieces on the chessboard.

Youcao approached Su Qixiao and asked puzzledly: "There are Go and Xiangqi to choose from in front of the chessboard, Gongzi doesn't like to gamble on chess, so why should he choose Xiangqi, which he is not good at?" ”

Su Qixiao laughed and said: "It is precisely because Go is a more elegant thing that it is a pity to use it for gambling chess." ”

When Tayun Qi heard this, he looked up at him again.

Youcao knew that Gongzi was secretly sarcastic about the chess boss in his words, and when he covered his mouth and smiled, he only heard the chess boss wave his hand and shouted at Su Qixiao: "Boy, you have chosen chess well!" Go fast, and you can lose all your clothes in half an hour! ”

Su Qixiao calmly asked, "What if the seniors lose?" ”

"You mention the conditions."

"No alcohol for a whole month!"

The two were speechless for a while......

Qi Lao couldn't help it, and questioned him angrily: "Who is your kid inherited, and his heart is so vicious?" ”

The old woman on the side couldn't listen to it anymore at first, and scolded: "Old thing, how do you talk!" If you don't drink for a month, you can die! ”

The rest of the old women shouted, "Yes! Aren't you amazing? Don't dare to bet? ”

The old chess man scolded back: "Is there anything in this world that the old man doesn't dare? ”

"Then you said yes, didn't you? If you lose for a month, you are not allowed to drink! ”

……

It wasn't until the chess elder agreed that everyone calmed down a little.

Qi Lao took a sip of the green glazed gourd, and found that the wine jug was almost empty, so he made up another condition: "Stinky boy, attach another one." If you lose, go buy wine and snacks for the old man. ”

"Okay."

The chess elder stroked his white beard, "Don't you also mention some conditions?" ”

Su Qixiao shook his head and said with a smile: "No need, I won't lose, just mention it seniors." ”

The chess old laughed and said, "That's okay!" Help the old man buy a set of clothes and come back, this smell of wine lees, it's time to change! ”

The corners of Su Qixiao's mouth twitched, "You are really ...... You're welcome. ”

Youcao asked curiously: "What about the money won by the predecessors in chess?" ”

At this time, the old ladies kindly replied for the chess master: "The old man is so good, it has been given to the suburban school!" Let the children have a book to read. ”

Su Qixiao was in awe, and when the chessboard was set up, and was about to fall, the old ladies who were watching really couldn't bear to see such a handsome young man being bullied by this old guy like those chess players, so they couldn't stand it, and scolded the chess old man: "Hey, old thing!" Do you still have a conscience, we usually deceive other people, we just turn a blind eye, and now you are still deceiving such a good-looking little Lang'er? ”

The chess elder didn't reply a word, but just waved his hand and did something that stunned others-

Boldly whisk away the three sons of the "car and horse artillery"!

"It's pretty much the same, let the juniors, like an old man should be!" The old woman said with satisfaction.

Although the old women didn't know anything about the rules, they had watched so many games, and every time they lost one of the rooks, horses, and guns, the opposite chess players were all annoyed, and they knew that these pieces were quite important. The current move of playing chess has won the hearts of the people, and even these old women who love to care about others are rarely quiet.

As for whether they are quiet because they are watching chess or Su Qixiao, no one knows

What no one knows is that the chess boss even omitted this big hand wave when facing other chess players, probably too lazy to do it, and put half of his own chessboard for the opposite side to eat, and then only used the remaining half to kill the opponent to the devil. In the past two years, the performance of the entire Yangzhou chess people who show off outside has long changed from winning or losing to how long they can last when they are old in the game of chess, and those who hold one more round can always be a head higher in front of others.

In front of everyone's eyes, Su Qixiao's face was as usual, and it seemed that he had acquiesced to the chess boss taking the initiative to concede. There are more and more people watching chess around, and it is difficult to say anything after watching it, after all, when they play chess with the chess veteran, they are not less allowed than this young man.

Su Qixiao turned the chessboard with his long fingers, held the red chess in his hand, and said indifferently: "The people seem to be the first to take the lead, since I am a red handsome, please ask the seniors to take the lead." ”

The chess elder nodded and said meaningfully: "If you have the talent to be red and handsome, the old man will be willing to be the black general who takes the lead." ”