Chapter 16: Chess and Poison [I]

Outside the city.

The bright moon is in the sky, and the autumn sound is in the trees.

The moonlight shines on the earth, and the trees rustle in the autumn wind, making it even more silent. Within miles, there was no one but the chirping of insects, birds, and the whining of the night wind.

Suddenly, a man flew from the top of the tree, breaking the silence.

He was dressed in white, his body was as light as a crane, he came from the direction of Ningtang County, and went to the outside of Ningtang City, the branches of the trees trembled slightly under his feet, and in the blink of an eye, he had jumped to the tops of another tree, and then, with a kick of his right leg, he flew quickly to the tops of the next tree.

Light, like a white crane flapping its wings.

And on the feet of this white crane, there is also a rope that ties two people. Those two people are Lin Xiuran and Hua Jieyu, and the white crane is naturally the lewd thief - Bai Yunhe.

He had traveled nearly ten miles in the darkness before he stopped in front of a very dilapidated hut.

"Is this here?" Bai Yunhe asked with some surprise, and at the same time he shook his hand, shaking off the rope that bound the two of them, and letting go of the two of them.

Lin Xiuran was not bound by the rope, but he was a little unsteady, and when he could stand still, Hua Jieyu, who had fallen asleep, had already fallen to the ground.

He quickly squatted down, helped her up, and carried her on his back.

"I said, this is the place where you said the antidote was hidden?" Bai Yunhe saw that Lin Xiuran did not answer, so he asked again.

Lin Xiuran turned his head to look at Hua Jieyu, who was sleeping soundly on her back, and after seeing that she was not unwell, he was relieved, turned back to Bai Yunhe and said, "That's right, this is this place." ”

"Heh, I should have guessed that this is the place, and sure enough, the most dangerous place is the safest place. ”

Bai Yunhe looked at his purple palm and said, "There are almost no people in a radius of ten miles, but there is only this abandoned hut. Moreover, this is the residence of Luo Xin'er's father Luo Guishan before his death, and he has a great connection with Luo Xin'er. You expected that I would be clever but I was mistaken by cleverness, so you hid the antidote here. Your Excellency is very bold. ”

"Haha, I don't dare to say if I'm bold or not, but I'm a little surprised by Mr.'s confidence. Mr. is certainly smart, but it is a bit ...... to say it in such a grand way Looking. Lin Xiuran didn't mean to stop at the door of the hut, he carried the flower on his back and walked towards the door that was already crumbling.

To be honest, this is Lin Xiuran's first time here.

Before that, he didn't know that there was such a place outside the city, let alone that this was Luo Guishan's residence before his death.

However, he pretended to be here a long time ago, and led the way in front of him with great generosity.

The hut is surrounded by a bamboo fence, the bamboo fence is a neat flat land, probably the place where Luogui Mountain was cool before, but now, things are not people, the flat land has been overgrown with half a person's height of wild grass, in late autumn, these wild grasses hang their heads, drooping branches and leaves, listless, Lin Xiuran walked through it, and even could hear the "click-" cracking sound of the withered grass blades under the soles of his shoes.

Across this barren grass, there are three or two connected thatched huts, these thatched huts are in disrepair for a long time, they are already crumbling, and the thatch on the roof has long been decayed to the point that it is not in shape, Lin Xiuran looked up, and he could see the sparse stars and the huge moon from the leaky roof.

The stars shine brightly, and the moon shadow sways.

Inside the house, it was already a mess, and next to the bookshelves that had collapsed on half of the side, there were books scattered all over the ground, and the books were almost mottled after several years of wind and rain, and some of them had even rotted. The table and stool can still sit, but it is covered with a thick layer of ash, and on the table is a pair of Go, the chessboard is vertical and horizontal nineteen lines, and it is still vaguely visible, one black and one white, two chess jars are half open, and the dust is stacked, and it is impossible to distinguish which ones are black and which are white.

"Alright, let go of the woman, hand over the antidote, and your Excellency can go. With a wave of his hand, a palm wind suddenly appeared, blowing away all the dust on the tables and chairs, and the tables and chairs looked like they had just been washed.

He straightened the hem of his robe and sat down.

Lin Xiuran didn't leave, he also found a clean place, let the sleepy Hua Jieyu lie down and sleep, and then walked in front of Bai Yunhe and sat down opposite him.

In the middle of them was the game of Go.

Lin Xiuran said: "Sir, I'm afraid I can't leave yet." ”

"What, do you want to regret it?" Bai Yunhe glared at Lin Xiuran and said, "If you don't give it, what you will lose is only an arm, and what Your Excellency will lose is a life." It is better for you to think clearly about which is more important. ”

Lin Xiuran chuckled lightly and said, "It's okay to give the antidote to Mr., it's just this woman...... I can't give it to Mr. The maid that Young Master Xiu Ran usually called, she is the only one, she likes it very much, if it is gone, I am afraid that it will turn the world upside down, you should also hear about our young master's temper, and then Master Lin will blame it, I am a big sin, and I hope that Mr. ...... Help. ”

"What if I don't help?" Bai Yunhe asked rhetorically.

"Let's tell you the truth, sir, the life under the order may not be as important as this girl's life. Lin Xiuran looked at Hua Jieyu and said with a complicated look in his eyes.

Not necessarily true, not necessarily false.

"Then there is no room for negotiation?" Baiyunhe raised his voice.

"That's true. ”

"The net is broken, and I only lose an arm......"

"If Mr. thinks that I have no other means, I can do it, and I also want to see Mr.'s 'handsome' kung fu in the future. Lin Xiuran didn't wait for Bai Yunhe to finish speaking, then interrupted.

"It's just a slave, you are willing to sacrifice your life for her? I see that Your Excellency has an extraordinary bearing, why are you so willing to be that lowly subordinate in the Lin Mansion and work for his Lin Mansion?"

"Didn't Mr. also obey the Han family's dispatch and risk his life to come to my Lin Mansion to rob people, we are just each other, and there is no difference. ”

"Haha, a good one is no different. Bai Yunhe twisted his beard and suddenly laughed.

"Haha. ”

Lin Xiuran didn't have a beard, touched his face, and laughed along.

After the laughter, there was a deathly silence.

The insects of the four fields seemed to sense the unusualness of the atmosphere, and stopped singing, and the silence was as quiet as silence.

"But I like that girl very much. Baiyunhe still refused to give up.

"I know this, and I'm really a little embarrassed. Lin Xiuran glanced at Bai Yunhe and continued: "So, I want to make some deals with Mr. ”

"Oh~, what deal?" Bai Yunhe heard Lin Xiuran say this, but he was a little interested.

"There happens to be a deck of Go at this table, and the gentleman might as well talk about how a game is going to be, and the person who wins can have the same thing as the person who loses. I don't know what Mr. wants?" Lin Xiuran pointed to the Go on the table, and Shi Shiran said.

"Your Excellency is empty-handed, what can you give me?"

"Naturally, there is, I have the antidote to save my husband's life, I don't give it to my husband, and my husband can't get it. So, that's one of my things. And Mr. has a flower girl in his hand, and if Mr. doesn't give it to me, I can't save it, so Mr. also has one thing. However, I have one more thing than my husband, and that is ...... The recipe for such a poison in my husband's body is the second thing I have. Lin Xiuran said with a smile.

He was tempting the white crane.

To be honest, Bai Yunhe's heart was moved.

He himself had experienced this poison himself, it was as light as a flower, it was imperceptible, and at the same time, it was so poisonous and so powerful that it could kill a person in a few breaths. If you get it, you will not only get a murderous weapon, but also a precious life amulet.

"I don't know how good your chess is?" Bai Yunhe laughed.

Only a few people in the rivers and lakes know that he Baiyunhe is not only a notorious thief, but also a "chess idiot" who loves chess more than beauty.

In Jinling City, there are only a handful of people who can win him.

"If I say that I'm just playing a stinky chess basket, will Mr. think I'm lying to you?" Lin Xiuran told the truth.

"Hehe, how good the chess is, you will only know after playing, what you say now, I don't believe it. ”

"If you don't believe it, you don't believe it. However, sir, is this a promise?" Lin Xiuran said.

"Of course. ”

As he spoke, Bai Yunhe had already picked open the lid of the chess jar, took out the chess pieces from it, and landed on the chessboard with a "pop-" sound.

So, a round begins.

At the beginning, Lin Xiuran and Bai Yunhe were still following the rules, and it was difficult to see the winner, but in the middle game, Lin Xiuran, a stinky chess basket, made the same mistake as Luo Xin'er when he played chess, and did not see through the trap in Bai Yunhe's chess game, and was hit by him and lost a large piece of chess pieces under his abdomen.

In this way, it is difficult to save the immortals, and it is useless to fight again.

The game is over.

Lin Xiuran lost to Bai Yunhe with the same thing.

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