Yipin Danxian

Chapter 150
Cui Ming set off from Yangzhou and went south by car. He walked for seven days without knowing it. This was the first time he traveled alone as an envoy. He drove through the endless mountains and enjoyed the beautiful scenery of mountains and peaks along the way. It's also free and easy.

Regrettably, I used to be a son of the Duke of Qi, but now I am just a corporal. Although I have the qualifications to ride a car, I don’t have the honor of erecting a banner. I can only ride a bicycle, and I don’t know when I will be recommended. , become a party, become a doctor, and restore the reputation of the family?
In any case, this trip as a front stop, going south to the four kingdoms, should be an excellent sign - I have a great intention in Zuo Tu's heart!

When I was a member of Qi before, I only felt that Qi State was the overlord of the world, and the princes and other countries were no more than mediocre. Now, as a Chu person, I joined Yangzhou Zuotu’s sect in order to avoid disasters, but I feel that Chu State is also extremely powerful, perhaps only inferior to Qi State A little bit, no wonder you can row the river and compete with the heroes of the world.

This mission made him feel even more deeply—Chudi is too big!

Yangzhou is thousands of miles away from Yingdu in the north (note: this Yangzhou is not the other Yangzhou), and I went south from Yangzhou and traveled another [-] miles. As for the foundation of hegemony, he was even a little worried about Qi State. Qi's hegemony would not be replaced by Chu, right?

While thinking about this question, the carriage stopped suddenly, and the driver in front said: "Cui Zi, there is someone blocking the way."

Cui Ming frowned, opened the curtain of the car, and saw a few people sitting around the road ahead, blocking half of the road.This mountain road is already narrow, and the other half is even more potholed and impassable.

If there is a banner on the driver's car, I can repel these villagers and make them get out of the way immediately, but now I am just a corporal, the one standing in the front, and I don't even have an attendant, so I don't have such treatment, even if The letters written by Shen Zuotu were shown, but these mountain and field peasants would not be able to understand them.

For now, the only way to drive them away is by force.

The driver is a domestic servant who followed him in exile from the state of Qi. Cui's family has a long history of education, and even he has also joined the practice, but he is still hanging around in the ordinary qi refining state.Just as he was about to order him to go forward to disperse them, the servant said excitedly: "Cui Zi, they are playing chess."

Siege is prevalent in Qi State, from the king to the countrymen, and even savages, they often play chess in their free time, Cui Ming is no exception, he was once a master in the city when he was in Linzi, even this servant was also affected by it. Teacher, I like playing chess very much.

Unexpectedly, in this wild place in the wilderness of Southern Chu, there are people playing chess in the middle way, which is quite like the style of the Central Plains!

Cui Ming suddenly became interested, and ordered: "Get out of the car and have a look."

The two masters and servants approached and found that it was a life-and-death problem. There was a wooden sign next to it, and it was written that "bet one hundred coins, and the person who solves the problem will get two hundred coins."

The questioner looked complacent, the answerer frowned, and the surrounding villagers admired each other. Some shook their heads and said "there is no solution to this question", some sighed "Lao Wang is going to lose", and some even chattered. Tongue tried his best to make moves, wishing he could play in person.

This is a game of chess, which is very popular in Linzi, Cui Ming is a master of it, he has solved many difficult problems, so he watched it with great interest.

After a few glances, Cui Ming laughed secretly, and even the servants around him couldn't help showing a smile—this life-and-death problem is so superficial, even a five-year-old child in Linzi can solve it!
While watching, the person who solved the problem made a stinking move, and was slaughtered on the spot, losing all games.

The person who wrote the question was triumphant, and shouted: "Who else?"

The onlookers shook their heads and sighed, and said: "This question is difficult."

Everyone talked a lot, and gradually turned their attention to Cui Ming's master and servant.

"New here? Do you also know how to play chess?"

"A piece of advice to both of you, this question is extremely difficult, don't end it lightly."

"That's right, brother, I've been learning chess for three years, and I've learned from famous masters, but I don't know how to solve it."

The servant was provoked by his words, looked at the standing wooden sign again, and couldn't help stretching his hands into his arms.

This question is too simple, and the players are too stupid. If it were me, I only need to drop one piece, and the whole game will survive. If I encounter a bunch of stinky chess baskets today, I should make a small fortune!
He was about to end, but was stopped by his master, Cui Ming, who pulled him back.

The servant was puzzled: "Cui Zi, this question is very easy, why did you leave?"

When he came to the side of the car, Cui Ming said in a low voice: "This group of villagers in the mountains have low chess skills, but they have a strong heart for playing chess. I really appreciate it. Aren't you bullying others when you end up solving problems? It violates the way of playing chess."

The servant secretly thought it was a pity, so he had no choice but to obey the order of the master, led the horse and drove the cart, carefully walked past the chess booth, raised the whip and urged the hooves, and continued to move forward amidst the sound of the pulley.

The rest of the stall vendors watched them leave, feeling discouraged.

"Raise the bamboo kite and tell Dong Da that he failed."

"Strange, isn't it Qi people? Qi people don't know how to play chess?"

"Not everyone in Qi can play chess, and even if they can, they may not be proficient."

"Did you see a flaw?"

"What flaws can there be? Only wait for him to leave the field before doing it. What can you see?"

"Okay, okay, let's go, let's go back."

It is said that the master and the servant drove for several miles, turned around two valleys, and suddenly saw a wine front on the side of the road, where a restaurant set up a stall to sell wine.

The road ahead looked smooth, but in fact it was extremely muddy, and the wheels suddenly sank into it, making it impossible to move.

Cui was originally an aristocrat of the Qi State, so he would definitely not do hard work such as getting off the car and lifting it, even if he is a senior Qi refiner and has the ability to lift the car out of the mud, he would not do it.

Not to mention him, the servant who drives the car doesn't do this kind of thing either, as long as there is someone nearby who can order him, he will never go down and get his legs wet.

The two master and servant jumped out of the car, and directly landed on a table in the wine stall. The servant waited for Cui Ming to sit down, and they put their hands on their hips and shouted: "Tavern, go and bring my car out."

The restaurant readily agreed, beckoned the staff to help, dragged the car out of the mud, and delivered the drinks to Cui Ming at the same time.

Cui Ming held up the wine bowl to look at it, frowned and put it down again, without moving his mouth.

The restaurant was worried and reminded: "This wine is good wine, not cheap."

The servant snorted coldly: "Don't worry, your wine money is indispensable!"

Seeing that he still refused to drink the wine, the barman gave the guy a wink, and the guy slipped away quietly from behind the shed.

After a while, a monkey-cheeked man with a sharp beak came out from behind the shed, with a package in his hand, he sat down in front of Cui Ming's master and servant, and said in a low voice: "My lord, there are some good things, do you want to see them?"

The servant shouted, "Who are you to sit here? Hurry up!"

The other party ignored the servant, and opened the package directly, revealing three magical artifacts inside. Although they were all covered with a layer of rust, there was still a fluorescent light with spiritual power from the rust spots.

　Thanks to the half-fools, Xinxitang, 20190310 for their rewards, and thanks to fellow Taoists for their encouragement of monthly tickets and recommendation tickets!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)