After walking around the small bamboo forest in the backyard, Zhou Fan hurriedly asked Qin Shuang to hold him up, lest Ling Zi notice the clues, and they walked side by side to the front yard.
The afterglow was gone, and among the mottled shadows of the trees, there were still two people playing Go, and another person stood on one side and stared at the game.
These three people are Feng Yi, Xiao Yu, and Ling Xiaoyun.
Feng Yi and Xiao Yu were playing chess, while Ling Xiaoyun took a walk to relieve his depression and came back to watch the exciting game between the two.
The two of them were concentrating on playing chess, and they didn't realize that Ling Xiaoyun beside them had come back to watch the chess game.
Until Zhou Fan and Qin Shuang came over, Zhou Fan didn't want to see Feng Yi and Ling Xiaoyun, but Qin Shuang shouted to several people: "Uncle Ling, Xiao Yu, Uncle Feng, it's time to prepare for dinner!"
Ling Xiaoyun was silent while watching the chess game, and Feng Yi and Xiao Yu were silent while playing chess. At this time, they heard someone talking, interrupting their thoughts, and they just came back to their senses.
Xiaoyu caught a glimpse of Ling Xiaoyun. Ling Xiaoyun smiled at him and made a comforting gesture, indicating that he should continue playing. He was no longer angry. Then he said to Qin Shuang: "You go and eat first. I'll watch them finish the game." , come together again."
Qin Shuang nodded and went to the house with Zhou Fan.
Xiaoyu smiled back at Ling Xiaoyun, then turned to look at the situation on the chessboard. He was undecided. There were nearly two hundred chess moves. This time, he was really in a dilemma. He had no way forward or retreat. He shook his head several times in succession.
After half an hour, dishes and food were placed on the stone table that was simply piled up by a few people in the front yard. They were all packed with lotus leaves or thin stone slabs. There was no rice, only a few pairs of bamboo chopsticks.
"Okay, it's almost dark. The three of you, Brother Feng and Xiao Yu, are coming to eat soon."
Ling Zi held a lotus leaf and roasted wild rabbit and shouted to several people.
Xiaoyu was still concentrating on making a move, and Ling Xiaoyun was watching every move in the chess game. While thinking about Feng Yi's moves, he was watching Xiaoyu's moves, hoping to learn some of the skills of the two of them in playing chess.
Xiaoyu, on the other hand, has been thinking about the next move.
Feng Yi was the only one waiting with a smile. He knew in his heart that Xiao Yu had no way out and was doomed to lose.
Xiao Yu finally sighed, cupped her fists and said to Feng Yi, "Uncle Feng, I lost."
On the contrary, Feng Yi looked at Xiao Yu with a smile and said: "Not bad, not bad, young man, let's go and eat! It's getting late today, how about waiting for the next game tomorrow?"
Xiao Yu knew in her heart that her chess skills were closely related to Qi Lingbu's Qinggong. After knowing that playing against masters would help improve her understanding of Qi Lingbu's skills, she was naturally willing to compete with Feng Yi and replied with a smile: "Okay, Uncle Feng, let's fight again tomorrow!"
"Ahem..." Ling Xiaoyun pretended to cough on the side and muttered: "I'll come first tomorrow."
Xiaoyu looked at Ling Xiaoyun and said with a smile: "Okay, Uncle Ling will come first."
Ling Xiaoyun patted Xiaoyu's shoulder and muttered: "I'm talking about tomorrow. I'll play a game with you first."
Xiaoyu smiled awkwardly and replied, "Okay."
During the banquet, several people had dinner. As the sun set and darkened, everyone settled down to have a rest. I won’t say much more.
The next day.
The sky is still clear and the breeze is warm and sunny.
After everyone was bored, they were busy working in the newly built yard.
Ling Zi and Zhou Fan also moved out from the valley behind the cave, and the thatched houses there were reserved for raising livestock and growing vegetables. They lived together in the ancient pine cliff valley outside, enjoying themselves.
Several people had breakfast, and Ling Zi was still sewing winter clothes for everyone using hunted animal skins.
Li Luo got up early and was bored in the backyard, so he took Xiao Yu and wanted to teach her Li Zong's sword skills. Xiao Yu learned it in a decent manner. Li Luo looked a little confused and felt that Xiao Yu's gestures of holding the sword were more accurate than his own.
In order to cover up her identity, Xiao Yu lied to Li Luo and said that she had learned some basic swordsmanship from Uncle Liu. Li Luo thought of Uncle Liu's strong skills, and also recalled that in Jiangnan, Uncle Liu and Xiao Yu lived in Liushu Tavern. Then I believed it.
Li Luo happily wanted to teach him the swordsmanship in Li Zong's "Sixteen Questions on Wanglu", but Xiao Yu couldn't resist and had to learn it in a decent way.
Feng Yi was still sleeping soundly in his room, while Ling Xiaoyun went to the stream to wash up. He said he wanted to compete with Xiao Yu on chess when he came back, and Xiao Yu agreed while practicing swordplay.
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In the backyard, Qin Shuang and Zhou Fan agreed to test their poison skills. The two found a few wild mice and tied them with ropes. On one side were the dead brown poisonous snakes that Qin Shuang had caught yesterday, and on the stone slab beside them. Snake venom sacs on display.
Zhou Fan yelled at Li Luo and Xiao Yu not to practice sword practice, and asked them to witness the competition between them.
Li Luo and Xiao Yu hurriedly stopped the swords in their hands, and they happily watched the excitement and followed to the backyard. Ling Zi looked at Zhou Fan from one side and smiled and shook her head. With her beloved by her side, she felt happy and happy for her. Zhou Fan shouted: "You are a big man, but you are still such a kid at heart. You have to give in to that little girl Qin Shuang."
Zhou Fan no longer wore his usual black robe, and his long hair was straightened and tied into a bun by Ling Zi. He looked more energetic, but his horribly sunken face was still the same. He squeezed out a knowing smile, Replied:
"You can't give in. I want to take over the mantle of that girl. If she loses, she won't accept me as her teacher."
Ling Zi chuckled, shook her head knowingly and reassuringly, with a doting and happy look on her face, and warned: "Okay, I understand, let's go."
Zhou Fan smiled back and took Xiao Yu and Li Luo to Qin Shuang, who was tying a fist-sized wild mouse to a bamboo pole.
"Girl, I've been called over. Tell me how you want to compete with me!" Zhou Fan said confidently.
Qin Shuang pointed to the two tied wild mice and replied: "Old monster, we will use these two mice to test the poison today.
I tried it yesterday. After a mouse eats a drop of the brown snake venom, it will die in about two hours.
Let's compete today to see who can detoxify the snake venom in the shortest time! Well, there are seven or eight little mice tied to the rope over there. You can use them as you like. As long as whoever of us can find the antidote first, whoever wins, how about it? "
Zhou Fan looked at the snake venom sacs and the tied little mice on the ground, nodded and replied, "Okay, I'll do as you say."
Qin Shuang handed a sharpened piece of bamboo to Zhou Fan and said sternly: "Well, here it is for you. Yesterday I studied the toxicity of this snake venom. You can try what I said with a drop of snake venom." Is it true or false that they will die within two hours if they take it? Or should you take a look at the poisonous nature of the snake yourself? After all, I
I tried it all day yesterday. I took advantage of this. If you don't want to do this, I will give you another day to check the toxicity of the snake venom. We will compare tomorrow. "
Zhou Fan smiled slightly and replied: "Little girl, it's quite fair. In that case, just give me two hours and I will check the toxicity. There is no need to wait for tomorrow."
Qin Shuang replied: "Okay!"
Li Luo frowned and looked at Zhou Fan, muttering: "Uncle Zhou, you asked us to come here to bear witness, but you have only been waiting for two hours. Xiaoyu and I don't want to do this, and we don't like to mess with this snake venom. Let's go, Xiaoyu , let’s go practice swordplay.”
After Li Luo finished speaking, he pulled Xiao Yu away.
Zhou Fan hurriedly shouted: "Hey, little girl Liluo, you two are practicing swordplay in the woods over there. After two hours, I will call you over to make a judgment."
Li Luo pouted and replied: "Okay."
Li Luo held the sword in one hand, patted Xiao Yu's shoulder with the other, and shouted: "Xiao Yu, let's go."
At this time, he saw Ling Xiaoyun coming back from the woods with a smile on his face. He wiped the water on his face with his sleeves as he walked. He looked at Li Luo and Xiao Yu and hurriedly shouted: "Xiao Yu, let's go, it's our turn to play chess." ”
Seeing that Li Luo's idea of asking Xiao Yu to practice swordsmanship was in vain, he curled his lips and said, "Oh, it's really not the right time to come back."
