Tang Da was playing chess.

He sat at the table, leisurely playing with the chess pieces in his hand, and looked at the opponent opposite him who was looking at the chessboard with a deep frown.

This man was in his sixties, wearing a very ordinary blue cloth robe, a blue cloth square hat, and a dense gray beard, but he was neatly trimmed, and the whole person gave people an indescribable neat feeling.

He looked at the black-and-white situation in the chess game for a long time, and sighed: "I've known you for more than ten years, and I've never won against you in chess." How can you say that I am also much older than you, so you can't respect the old man and let me do it?"

Tang Da smiled: "Cheng Lao has specialized in medical skills all his life, and Cheng Sansi's three words are famous all over the world. There is a specialization in the art industry, and playing chess is just a pastime, so why bother to care about winning or losing?"

It turned out that this person turned out to be the world-famous doctor Cheng Sansi. I saw him shaking his head: "Tang Dashao, you play chess with a lot of tricks, and the secret layout between black and white makes the opponent feel that he has the upper hand, rushing and fighting, but unknowingly falling into your trap and defeating." It's really a chess player, and it's tricky. ”

Tang laughed and said, "Cheng Lao praised it. ”

Cheng Sansi paused and said, "But I heard that conspiracies and tricks are just tricks, not Tao. But those who are righteous and awe-inspiring must be upright and upright, and they will not disdain such insidious methods. ”

Tang Da still maintained a polite smile on his face: "Whether it is a technique or a Tao, it is just the difference between the means and the end, as long as the purpose is good, who cares if you use the technique or the Tao in order to succeed? ”

Cheng Sansi was a little speechless, put a chess piece in his hand back into the chess box, and asked Tang Da: "Then what can you do in the face of our current predicament?"

Don smiled and stood up and walked to the door.

The place where they played chess was the lobby of an inn, and it was strange that in the middle of the day, except for the two of them, the inn, which was usually bustling with people, could not see a single person walking around.

In front of the inn is a stone street, lined with shops, presumably the most lively place in the town, today is also closed doors, the street is deserted, revealing a chill.

Tang Da stood at the door and looked left and right at the empty street with great interest, enjoying himself.

Cheng Sansi snorted coldly: "From Luoyang to Songshan, we walked for three days and didn't go out of a hundred miles. This road is constantly attacked, every day by two or three waves of people attack, today is actually trapped in this town, even the inn gate can't get out. Although you Tang Dashao's martial arts are world-famous and safe, I am just worried that when you arrive at Songshan, your brocade-clothed guard Ye Gongzi will die of poison. ”

Tang Da smiled helplessly: "This is also something that can't be helped. Starting early this morning, not only this inn, it seems that the people of the whole town have disappeared, and now there is no figure outside, and the opponent can be ambushed anywhere, as soon as we go out, it is a live target, it is better to stay in the inn, they dare not appear for a while. ”

Cheng Sansi asked angrily: "Who is attacking us? Is it for my old man?"

Tang Da shook his head: "I'm afraid it's not for you." Most of the people who attacked us along the way were the green forest thieves in Henan and Hebei, these people usually robbed houses, robbed merchants, robbed the robber dart team was okay, I am afraid it was still far to deal with my Tang family in Shuzhong, and they did not have the courage. What I'm worried about is that it is the people from the 36th Village who secretly instruct them, so the person behind them will be very troublesome. ”

Cheng Sansi had also heard the name of the Thirty-six Villages of the Green Forest, and couldn't help but be a little worried: "So you let Tang Rou protect Zhen'er and go separately with us in Luoyang?"

Tang Da nodded: "I'm worried that their purpose is to delay our pace of going to Songshan." In Luoyang, I found that they were following us, but Luoyang is a prosperous place, and they are not easy to start, so I hope that we can attract them, so that Tang Rou and your daughter can rush to Songshan first. ”

He changed the subject and asked, "But then again, how successful is your daughter Zhenzhen girl, and can she handle the poison of the golden toad?"

Cheng Sansi smiled: "She followed me to study medicine at the age of six, and with her talent and intelligence, she has learned all my medical skills in the past ten years." If she can't deal with the poison of the golden toad, then even if I arrive, it will be useless, and I will definitely not be able to solve it. ”

Tang Da glanced at Cheng Sansi, who had a smug face, and was a little skeptical of his words. A little girl in her early twenties, even if she has learned a lot of medical skills, at least she lacks the heat, how can she be compared with the world's famous doctors who have specialized in medical skills for decades. He felt that Cheng Sansi was bragging for his daughter, he and Cheng Sansi had known each other for more than ten years, and knew that this famous doctor who was famous all over the world was far from being as old-fashioned and rigorous as the legend, but had a childish temper, but then again, if it weren't for such a character, he had seen so many lives and deaths, joys and sorrows, where would he have the enthusiasm and interest to study all kinds of strange diseases and medicines.

Cheng San's thoughts moved, and he turned the topic back: "Then what should we do now, we can't just sit here, right? I see that you released a few pigeons yesterday, and with your habit of playing chess, you have a back hand for every move, and now that we are in this situation, you must also have a way to deal with it, right?"

In fact, Cheng Sansi has always been very curious, he can't understand that Tang Da didn't have any luggage such as a cage, and he didn't even have a burden on his body, where could he hide those several pigeons?

Tang laughed: "You also found out about this? That's right, I've already arranged it, and now I just hope that my chess pieces can be in place before they can't help but fall down, and if it goes well, it should be very soon." ”

Cheng Sansi looked a little relieved: "It is said that the world is like a chess game, I have learned how you Tang Dashao played chess, and people who don't have nine tricks and exquisite hearts are afraid that they can't calculate you." ”

Tang Da smiled slightly, Nine tricks and exquisite heart? The old man behind the mysterious chief village behind the 36th village of the green forest doesn't know if there is one, but it doesn't matter, in order to deal with him, he has already invited the old Uncle Jiang to come, and there is an old Uncle Jiang who can set off any waves if he doesn't shoot him. The game should be a win.

Thinking of Old Uncle Jiang, Tang Da vaguely felt that something was wrong, and he couldn't say it. He thought about it carefully, and suddenly his face changed. Previously, Uncle Jiang's flying pigeon biography had already told him the news of Tang Yu's disappearance, and now that he had transferred Uncle Jiang away, who else could protect Ye Feng in Tingtao Villa? What if that old man Feng's target was not here, but appeared in Tingtao Villa?

Tang Da sensed the danger, he might have made a big mistake, and cold sweat soaked out of his forehead. Ye Feng is in danger!

But now it's too late, and the only way to do this is to take one step at a time, and he remembered a famous saying, every word is wrong, and all the games are lost. At the moment, this game may have been wrong, but it can only be wrong to the end.

He looked up at the sky in the direction of Songshan, and silently prayed in his heart, this Ye Feng was blessed with a great life when he was in Huashan, and I hope that he can also be blessed with a great life this time.