Cui Ming set out from Yangzhou and drove south for seven days without realizing it. This was the first time he traveled alone as an envoy. He drove through the endless mountains and enjoyed the beautiful scenery of the mountains along the way. Feeling at ease.
Regrettably, I was once a descendant of the Duke of Qi, but now I am just a corporal. Although I am qualified to ride a car, I do not have the honor of raising a banner. I can only ride a bicycle, and I don’t know when I will be recommended. , take any position, become a doctor, and restore the family's reputation?
No matter what, this trip as the first stop to go south to the four countries should be an excellent sign - I have great use in Zuo Tu's mind!
When I was a native of Qi, I only thought that Qi was the overlord of the world, and the princes and states were just mediocre. Now, as a native of Chu, I joined Zuo Tu's disciples in Yangzhou to avoid trouble. However, I feel that Chu is also extremely powerful, perhaps only worse than Qi. Little by little, no wonder he can row a river and compete with the heroes in the world.
This mission made him sigh from the bottom of his heart - the land of Chu is too big!
Yangzhou is thousands of miles away from the capital of Ying in the north (note: this Yangzhou is not that Yangzhou). I went south from Yangzhou and traveled another six hundred miles. I was still a hundred miles away from the land of the Four Kingdoms I wanted to go to. Such a vast land is precisely He was even vaguely worried about Qi State as the foundation of his hegemony. Qi's hegemony would not be replaced by Chu, right?
When he was thinking about this problem, the carriage suddenly stopped, and the driver in front reported: "Cui Zi, someone is blocking the way."
Cui Ming frowned, opened the curtain, and saw several people sitting on the ground on the road ahead, blocking half of the road. This mountain road is already narrow, and the other half is even more bumpy and impassable.
If there were signs on his car, he could have repelled these villagers and asked them to give up the passage immediately, but now he is just a corporal, standing in front of him, not even an attendant, so he will not be treated like this, even if When I showed Shen Zuotu's letter, I expected that even these mountain villagers couldn't understand it.
The only solution for now is to drive them away by force.
The driver is a servant who followed him in exile from Qi State. The Cui family has a long history of learning, and he has also entered into cultivation, but he is still hanging around in the ordinary Qi refining realm. Just as he was about to tell him to go forward and disperse, the servant said excitedly: "Cui Zi, they are playing chess."
The game of chess is popular in the Qi State. From the king to the countrymen and even the barbarians, they often play chess in their free time. Cui Ming is no exception. He was also a master in the city when he was in Linzi. Even this servant suffered from this. Teacher, I like playing chess very much.
Unexpectedly, in this wilderness of Southern Chu, there are people playing chess in a middle-of-the-road manner, quite like the Central Plains style!
Cui Ming suddenly became interested and ordered: "Get out of the car and take a look."
The master and the servant came closer and found that the problem was a life or death problem. There was a wooden sign next to it, which read, "Bet a hundred dollars, and the one who solves the problem will get two hundred dollars."
The person who asked the question looked complacent, the person who answered the question furrowed his brows, and the villagers who were watching all admired each other. Some shook their heads and said, "This question has no solution." Some exclaimed, "Old Wang is going to lose," and some even talked nonsense. Tongue tried his best to help, wishing he could play in person.
This is a game of chess, which is also very popular in Linzi. Cui Ming is a master in it and has solved countless problems, so he watched it with great interest.
After a few glances, Cui Ming secretly laughed, and even the servants beside him couldn't help but smile - this life-and-death problem is so simple that even a five-year-old in Linzi can solve it!
While he was watching, the solver made a bad move and was slaughtered on the spot, losing the whole game.
The person who asked the question was very proud and shouted: "Who else?"
The onlookers shook their heads and sighed, saying, "This question is difficult."
Everyone was talking 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 word of advice to you two, this question is extremely difficult, don't give up easily."
"That's right, brother, I've been studying chess for three years, studying under famous masters, but I still can't figure out how to solve it..."
The servant was excited by the words, looked at the standing wooden sign, and couldn't help but stretched his hand to his arms.
This question is too simple, and the person who plays the game is too stupid. If it were me, I only need to land one piece, and everything will be alive. I encountered a bunch of bad chess players today, and I should make a small fortune!
Just as he was about to leave, his master Cui Ming stopped him and pulled him back.
The servant was puzzled: "Cui Zi, this question is very easy, why did you leave?"
When he came to the car, Cui Ming whispered: "These villagers from the mountains have low chess skills, but they have a strong heart to play chess. I should commend them for their sincerity. Isn't it bullying others when you end up solving the problem? It goes against the rules of chess."
The servant secretly thought that it was a pity, so he had no choice but to obey the order of the master, lead the horse and drive, carefully pass by the chess stall, whip his hooves, and continue moving forward amidst the sound of the windlass.
The remaining group of vendors watched them leave, feeling discouraged.
"Raise the bamboo kite and tell Dong Da that you haven't been hit."
"Strange, isn't it Qi Ren? Qi Ren doesn't know how to play chess?"
"Not everyone in Qi can play chess, and even if they can, they may not be proficient in it."
"Did you see a flaw?"
"What flaws can there be? If you only wait until he is off the field before taking action, what can you tell?"
"Okay, okay, let's break up. Let's go back..."
It was said that the master and servant drove for several more miles and turned around two mountain passes. Suddenly they saw a wine stall on the roadside in front of them, where a restaurant had set up a stall to sell wine.
The road ahead looked flat, but in fact it was extremely muddy, and the wheels suddenly got stuck and made it impossible to move.
Mr. Cui was originally a nobleman of the Qi Kingdom, so he would definitely not do hard work such as pulling a car out of a quagmire. Even if he was a senior Qi practitioner and had the ability to lift the car out of the swamp, he would not do it.
Not to mention him, the servant who drives the car will not do this kind of thing. As long as there is someone nearby who can give instructions, he will never go down and get muddy.
The master and the servant jumped out of the car and landed directly at the tables in the wine stall. The servant helped Cui Ming sit down, and he shouted with his hands on his hips: "Restaurant, go and get my car out."
The restaurant agreed happily and called the waiter to come over and help, dragging the car out of the swamp. At the same time, the wine was delivered to Cui Ming.
Cui Ming held up the wine bowl and looked at it, frowned and put it down without speaking.
The restaurant owner looked worried and reminded: "This wine is good, not cheap."
The servant snorted coldly: "Don't worry, your wine money will be indispensable!"
Seeing that he still refused to drink the wine, the restaurant winked at the waiter, and the waiter quietly slipped away from behind the shed.
Not long after, a man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks came out from behind the shed, holding a package in his hand. He sat down in front of Cui Ming's master and servant and whispered: "This young master has something good, do you want to see it?"
The servant shouted: "Who are you to dare to sit here? Hurry up!"
The other party ignored the servant and opened the package directly, revealing three magic weapons. Although they were all covered with a layer of gray rust, there was still a fluorescent light with spiritual power emerging from the rust.
