That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 587 Seeing Qingshuang after Huanglong

This time Xu Beiyou came here on a whim, and came back on a whim. Although the matter of the Five Poison Sword is still unclear, he accidentally obtained a Huanglong Sword that is even better than the Five Poison Sword. , Xu Beiyou has the confidence to step into the realm of the eight-layer building of the earth immortal, or even the nine-story building of the earth immortal.

Today's imperial capital city is about to rain. If Xu Beiyou can cultivate more, he will have more self-protection power. If he can climb up to the realm of the twelfth floor of the earth fairy in one go, that would be even better.

Of course, Xu Beiyou also understands that this is mostly an extravagant hope. It has been rare since ancient times to reach the sky in one step. His master set him 20 years to create an invincible earth immortal. This is already a great opportunity to reach the sky in one step. People are not enough.

Xu Beiyou and Xiao Zhinan sat back in the carriage again, facing each other, with a chessboard placed between them. Back then, the two of them had an appointment for ten games. They played the first three games in the Liao Palace in the Northeast, and the middle three games in Xie Garden in the south of the Yangtze River. , now there are still four rounds left, and the first six rounds ended with Xu Beiyou losing. Fortunately, in the seventh round, Xiao Zhinan intended to give way, and Xu Beiyou's chess strength has also improved during this period, so the two fought evenly. , After entering the middle game, the chessboard was criss-crossed, and Xu Beiyou's moves became more and more slow. At this time, Xiao Zhinan was able to make a move, and he never made a move. He was playing with a black chess piece, groaning.

Xiao Zhinan didn't look at the chessboard, but looked at Xu Beiyou and asked: "The pieces on the chessboard are divided into black and white. You and I are now pieces on the chessboard. How do you deal with yourself?"

Xu Beiyou put one hand on the chess box, still looked at the chessboard, and said calmly, "It's just going with the flow."

Xiao Zhinan let out a low sigh, and made a move to faint.

Xu Beiyou seized the opportunity, immediately made a move, and brought the situation back on the chessboard. Xiao Zhinan teased the beauty in his arms, and said slowly: "I am in charge of Peony, and many news have been coming in these days. It is not an exaggeration to call the good news bad news, although most of them are speculative, but as long as one or two news is true, it is enough to be shocking."

Xu Beiyou was about to pick up a chess piece from the chess box, when he heard the words, his arms hovered, and he said thoughtfully: "Our Daqi respects black, and it is a black piece on the chessboard. Your Majesty once hosted Wanyan Beiyue at the Royal Garden , so this post-founder of the country should also be Heizi. In contrast, Murong Xuanyin, the leader of Xuanjiao, is Baizi. When Murong Xuanyin went to Jiangdu to ask me for a sea route, I thought it was because of money. In retrospect, I'm afraid it wasn't that simple."

Xiao Zhinan narrowed his eyes, and said: "If Murong Xuanyin wanted to transport something from Jiangnan or Wei, and then diverted from Houjian, then the place to go would be the northeast or the grassland. The northeast has its own port, so there is no need to go from The result of unnecessary actions in the later construction is obvious, Murong Xuanyin's goal can only be the grasslands deep inland. What is there in the south of the Yangtze River? What is lacking in the grasslands?"

With a "snap", Xu Beiyou stretched out his hand and said with a smile, "In addition to being rich in the south of the Yangtze River, there is also food. On the grasslands, there are years of white disasters. Countless cattle and sheep are frozen to death. The most important thing is the lack of food. You are worthy of being my daughter-in-law Zhuge."

Xiao Zhinan dropped a son, and laughed at himself: "What kind of female Zhuge, who was almost murdered by others, didn't know it. If it wasn't for relying on Mr. Han Ge and Zhang Daban, you wouldn't be able to see me right now, me, At best, it’s an afterthought.”

Xu Beiyou looked at the chess game, shook his head, and said, "I don't think so. His Royal Highness the King of Wei claimed that he had made a perfect strategy, but in the end, it was just a bad move? The world is like a new chess game. Even the top players of the big country would not dare to say it." I have never made a foolish move, and I dare not say that I have never lost a single move, just take you as an example, if it weren't for your stupid move just now, how could I have equal shares with you."

Xiao Zhinan smiled helplessly, "We can't talk about stupid moves. When I played chess with you for the first time, you made several unreasonable moves, and it was not easy for me to win."

One of Xu Beiyou's sons was a stroke of genius, and he said: "There were many things that I couldn't understand before, but now I do understand. When Murong Xuanyin met Master, in the final analysis, he wanted to win over Master. Master is choosing Heizi hesitated for a long time between choosing Baizi or Baizi. On Baizi's side, there was Jianzong's family feud, Xiao Jin destroyed Zhang and Gongsun, and there was a family feud. On Heizi's side, the court also indirectly eliminated Jianzong His accomplices include Xiao Shen who rebelled against the Sword Sect, and Xiao Huang who made the master exhausted to death, so the master doesn't want to go either way."

Xiao Zhinan picked up the chess piece with two fingers, looked at the chessboard for a long time without a piece, and said, "Then you can only be a fool."

Xu Beiyou sighed: "The grass on the wall, whichever way the wind blows, it will fall, but the strong wind knows the strength of the grass, and it can also break the strong grass. Master still did not escape this disaster in the end."

Xiao Zhinan put the chess pieces back into the chess box, and said softly, "Let's make it."

Xu Beiyou smiled and said, "Then let's make it up."

The carriage drove out of the imperial city leisurely, and the two began to tidy up the chess pieces on the chessboard together. When their fingertips touched accidentally, Xiao Zhinan shrank his fingers slightly, bit his lower lip lightly, and asked, "Nan Gui, have you ever thought that if If we don’t win this time, we can’t even make a draw, but the black chess team is defeated like a mountain, what should we do? Sit in a city of sorrow, and die for the country in the end? Or is it the best policy to go when things don’t work out?”

Xu Beiyou lowered his head, groaning silently.

Xiao Zhinan said in a low voice, "Think about defeat before winning."

Xu Beiyou raised his head and said softly: "If you are poor, you will benefit yourself alone, if you are rich, you will benefit the world. What you said is not unreasonable. We don't have the ability to turn the tide. We should plan for ourselves early."

Xiao Zhinan said calmly, "It's good that you know what's in your mind."

Xu Beiyou glanced at Huang Longjian beside him, and nodded slightly.

The carriage stopped suddenly.

Xu Beiyou raised the curtain, and saw that he had already passed the imperial road, and there was no one around, except for an old man blocking the way.

The old man has an air of immortality, but he doesn't look like a Taoist in his clothes. What's more conspicuous is that there is a blue long sword with a sheath hanging from his waist.

Xu Beiyou's eyes fell on the long sword at the old man's waist, and he couldn't help but focus his eyes.

If he is not mistaken, the sword on the old man's waist should be Qingshuang, one of the twelve swords of Jianzong.

Zidian Qingshuang, the two swords are equally famous. It is rumored that the two swords came from the same patriarch. This patriarch is not only a sword fairy with high cultivation, but also a leading swordsmith. It was to imitate Zhu Xian to forge a peerless sword. He exhausted his whole life for this, but in the end he failed. He had no choice but to change the original sword into two swords, named Zidian and Qingshuang respectively.

Later, there was another pair of fairy couples from Jianzong. One used Zidian and the other used Qingshuang. The two swords combined, and they gained a great reputation in the world, making the two swords famous. At the time of the sword, he originally wanted to give Zidian Qingshuang to Gongsun Zhongmou and Zhang Xueyao, but because they were not very compatible with the two swords, they were replaced by Xuan Ming and Bai Hong.

Just as Xu Beiyou looked at the old man, the old man also looked at Xu Beiyou.

The eyes of the two meet.

The old man smiled lightly.

(End of this chapter)