Chapter four hundred and fiftieth IX: Continuing a hundred years of luck
Xinghe Chess Sect.
The sudden appearance of the old man made Luo Xihe restless. First it was Li Longqian, then the Gu family, and now the old man who had disappeared in the world for nearly twenty years. There seemed to be nothing wrong with these two alone.
But if you put everything into perspective, it seems to have explained some problems. Luo Xihe doesn't know what secrets Yang Tianyuan hides, but Luo Xihe is not a fool. Even if he doesn't know, he can guess the secret.
Not far away from ten.
Yang Tianyuan did not get the results of the game between Li Longqian and Su Zhengye, and Yang Tianyuan may not be curious about who won and who lost. After all, Yang Tianyuan had long been accustomed to not caring about worldly affairs for such a long time.
The old man walked to Yang Tianyuan's cell with his hands behind his back. After so many years, the old man's face was no longer as arrogant as it was twenty years ago. Instead, it had a bit more vicissitudes of life. Even so, the Guanzhi Sword hung quietly beside the old man.
, when you see the Guanzhi Sword, you should be able to guess the identity of the old man. After all, for so many years, only one person in the previous dynasty could take out the Guanzhi Sword.
The old man appeared in the cell. Yang Tianyuan's originally dull expression showed a bit of surprise. He instinctively took two steps back and stared at the old man outside the cell.
"Everyone in the world is looking for you, but you are hiding here." The old man looked at Yang Tianyuan in the cell and smiled, his tone flat.
"Did the Gu family ask you to come and kill me?" Yang Tianyuan shouted at the old man with a panicked face.
After hearing this, the old man curled his lips slightly and said with a faint smile: "Do you think the Gu family can invite me?"
Yang Tianyuan lowered his head and thought for a moment, then frowned and asked, "Then why did you come to see me?"
"Why else?" The old man stepped forward twice, and then said calmly: "Give me what you have in your hand. It's useless if you keep it. As long as you get out of this cell now, the Gu family can find it."
You, so you might as well give me the thing. If I find it, I will go back to the Gu family and tell them to let you live. Do you think so?"
"not good."
Yang Tianyuan curled his lips slightly.
"Why? Don't you want to go out and see the sun outside?" The old man frowned slightly.
"Even if I go out, I will die. Even if the Gu family doesn't want to kill me, others also want to kill me. After all, there are too many people in the world who want to know my secret. It is a sin for me to live. I am still honest.
Just stay here." Yang Tianyuan explained slowly.
The old man nodded slowly, and then continued: "Are you sure you don't want to give the thing to me?"
After Yang Tianyuan heard this, he was stunned for a moment, bit his lip, and remained silent for a long time. He sighed helplessly and whispered: "Actually, that thing is no longer in my hand."
"Not in your hand?" The old man exclaimed and turned to look at Yang Tianyuan, frowning slightly.
"Yes." Yang Tianyuan let out a long sigh, and then continued: "I held that thing and looked at it for so long, but I didn't see the mystery in it. Then I thought about it and let it go. I'd rather give it to someone who is destined for me.
"
"Then who did you give it to?" the old man continued to ask.
After Yang Tianyuan heard this, he was stunned for a moment, frowned slightly, and whispered: "I don't know who it is, anyway, it is the young man who was locked up in this cell a few days ago."
When the old man heard this, he took a step back, stared, and asked in great panic: "Did you give that thing to Li Longqian?"
"Li Longqian?" Yang Tianyuan read the name softly, and then said slowly: "It should be this person, but he turned around and gave the thing to the young man named Chen."
"Your surname is Chen?" The old man was stunned for a moment, with a very puzzled expression on his face.
"But they don't seem to know what the use of this thing is, so they just regard it as my chess record." Yang Tianyuan stroked his beard and smiled.
The old man looked at Yang Tianyuan who was silent in the cell for a long time, then shook his head and smiled helplessly.
"Senior, why are you laughing?" Yang Tianyuan asked.
"What a twist of fate. After walking around for a while, this thing actually landed in Li Longqian's hands. As for the boy named Chen, he probably doesn't know what the use of this thing is." The old man explained slowly.
"But his father knew. He told me that he came out just to find me." Yang Tianyuan added softly.
"Haha." The old man smiled helplessly and said nothing.
"I didn't expect that senior was also looking for this thing." Yang Tianyuan raised his head and glanced at the old man.
"Who in the world doesn't want to know that thing?" the old man curled his lips and asked, and then said softly with a helpless smile: "Maybe this is fate. After all, I was a step too late."
"This thing originally belonged to their old Li family. If I return it to Li Longqian, it can be regarded as returning it to its original owner."
"Haha." The old man laughed loudly, shook his head helplessly, and said softly: "It's a good idea to return the property to its original owner."
"Senior, why did you come out? Is it because of Li Longqian?" Yang Tianyuan seemed to have always been curious about why the old man came out.
The old man looked up at Yang Tianyuan and said softly: "Forget it because of Li Longqian, but more importantly, I owe that person a favor..."
"Who?" Yang Tianyuan asked quickly.
"Who are you talking about?" the old man asked back.
"Master Nu?" Yang Tianyuan frowned slightly.
"Um."
The old man nodded, and then continued: "I owed him a favor back then. After so many years, it's time for me to repay him."
When Yang Tianyuan heard this, he froze in place, remained silent for a long time, and said lightly: "My cell is better, it's clean!"
"Haha." The old man looked at Yang Tianyuan in the cell and smiled, and whispered: "Want to get out?"
"I'm not going out anymore. I'm already old. What else can I do out there? It's better to be here, where I can eat, drink, and be very safe." Yang Tianyuan seemed to smile carelessly.
The old man frowned slightly: "A good chess player was forced to be in this situation just because of that thing. If you were not locked up here, your chess skills should be as good as Luo Xihe's, right?"
"I have always been on par with him." Yang Tianyuan pouted slightly.
"Haha." The old man smiled and said nothing.
"Actually, if you see through some things, it won't matter. After such a long time, I have also thought clearly. Instead of fighting and killing outside, I might as well be peaceful and comfortable here..." Yang Tianyuan
He declined the old man's kindness very tactfully.
"If you don't want to go out, there's nothing I can do." The old man waved his hand gently, and then continued: "Originally, I wanted to take out the things in your hands today, but since you have already given them away, forget it."
Yang Tianyuan stood in the cell and looked at the old man, frowning and saying nothing.
"Gone."
When the old man saw that Yang Tianyuan was silent, he waved his hands gently, turned around and ran out of the cell.
"senior!"
Yang Tianyuan saw the old man leaving and shouted quickly.
"Anything else?"
The old man looked back.
"..." Yang Tianyuan looked at the old man and was silent for a moment, then slowly said: "If one day Li Longqian is ready to return to the country, please let me know."
"You still know that you are from the former dynasty?" The old man grinned when he heard this.
Yang Tianyuan lowered his head and gritted his teeth and said: "If I had forgotten my identity as a member of the former dynasty, I would not have been hiding in this cell for so many years."
"Haha." The old man laughed in a low voice and continued to walk outside the cell.
Yang Tianyuan stood in the cell, filled with emotions. He never thought that the old man would come out because of Li Longqian. The old man has come out, so should everyone else come out too?
Yang Tianyuan felt that he was a coward, a coward who never dared to face the outside world, but it was precisely this coward who gave up the outside world and chose to guard the secret that made countless people crazy in this few-foot cell.
secret.
…
The old man walked out of the cell slowly, feeling helpless. After walking around for a long time, the thing finally returned to Li Longqian's hands, but Li Longqian didn't know the secret of the thing.
When the old man walked out of the cell, he instinctively stretched out his hand to block the sunlight in front of him. After staying in a dark place for a long time, he will have this feeling. Everything outside is extremely dazzling, but it is extremely beautiful. The world
How could anyone in the world not yearn for things outside?
Luo Xihe hurriedly walked to the old man, timing it just right.
"Senior, have you got something?" Luo Xihe took a step forward and asked the old man with a smile.
"The things have been taken away by Li Longqian." The old man didn't seem to hide Luo Xihe's intention, and said calmly as he walked forward.
"This..." After Luo Xihe heard this, there was a bit of surprise in his eyes.
The old man turned to look at Luo Xihe and asked with a smile: "What? What does your expression mean?"
"No, it's not interesting..." Luo Xihe quickly waved his hand and explained, and then continued: "Senior, are you going to rest here for a few days?"
"Rest?" The old man smiled and whispered: "Why should I rest? Are you chasing me away?"
"No, I didn't mean that."
"Haha." The old man looked at Luo Xihe and smiled, then continued: "Luo Xihe, let me ask you, do you think your current chess skills are compared with Yang Tianyuan, which one of you is better?"
Luo Xihe was slightly startled and said calmly: "The two of us haven't played chess for a long time. I think it's 50-50. Yang Tianyuan's chess moves are a bit weirder than mine. The victory lies in the layout and my chess moves."
Compared with him, if you are more stable, you will win at the end."
"Yeah." The old man took two steps forward with his hands behind his back, and then continued: "Did you know that Du Lechi is still alive?"
"I know, my senior brother is still alive." Luo Xihe nodded.
"Then tell me, if you compete with Du Lechi again, which one of you has a greater chance of winning?" the old man continued to ask.
Luo Xihe was slightly startled when he heard this, with a bit of confusion on his face. After being silent for a while, he whispered: "If you insist on asking this, I think my senior brother has a greater chance of winning. I
Senior brother's layout is broader than mine, but the beginning and end of our journey are quite similar."
"What you said is quite modest." The old man nodded with a smile, looked up at Luo Xihe, frowned and said, "You said Li Longqian will be your opponent in ten years?"
"Ten years from now?"
Luo Xihe was stunned for a moment, pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "If Li Longqian puts his mind on Go, he can surpass my current achievements in five years."
"Ha ha."
The old man laughed loudly and walked forward slowly.
Luo Xihe followed the old man, looking a little hesitant to speak.
"If you have any questions, you can ask me. You don't have to be so secretive..." The old man turned his head and glanced at Luo Xihe.
"Senior, I just don't understand. In the past, you never asked about the affairs of the imperial court. You only had the world in your mind. However, it seems that you came out this time for Li Longqian, so I don't understand." Luo Xi
He asked in a low voice.
The old man looked back at Luo Xihe, smiled helplessly, and said softly: "I'm not leaving the mountain because the world doesn't need me. But now that the world needs me, I'm coming out."
"Is it because of Lord Nu?" Luo Xihe continued to ask.
"Well, it used to be that with him in the world, the people of the world could feel at ease, and the emperor could feel at ease. Now that he is gone, the emperor has also changed, and the people of the world..." The old man paused, and continued: "The people of the world have also become Daliang's
People of the world."
"But I don't think Li Longqian has any intention of reviving the country." Luo Xihe frowned.
"Whether the country will be restored or not is not up to him. The emperor of Daliang does not want to see Li Longqian alive. If Li Longqia wants to live, there is only this way to go in the end. So it is not whether Li Longqian wants it or not, but whether the emperor of Daliang wants it or not.
." The old man was very calm when he spoke, seemingly without any emotion.
"In fact, if Li Longqian wanted to restore the country, he could definitely unite with the Xixia people. As far as I know, the Xixia people have never given up the idea of restoring the country."
"Xi Xia?" The old man smiled and whispered: "Looking at the whole Xi Xia, apart from Gong Anshi, is there anyone else who can do anything?"
"Does the Wuxiang Emperor count as one?"
"He's just a second-grade Xuantian, and he doesn't dare to show his true colors to others. Who will believe him?" The old man smiled disdainfully.
"But as far as I know, their entire Xixia is now under the control of Emperor Wu Xiang, and they are waiting for the day when Mr. Gong leaves the palace." Luo Xihe continued.
"Then just wait. I'll see how long they can wait." For some reason, the expression on the old man's face was always so dismissive when he mentioned the Xixia people.
"Haha." Luo Xihe smiled helplessly, then looked up and saw that he and the old man had almost reached the gate of the Xinghe Chess Sect.
The old man suddenly stopped and turned to look at the Xinghe Chess Sect, then at the plaque of the Xinghe Chess Sect, and whispered: "Do you know why I cut your plaque in half and left the other half?"
Luo Xihe nodded.
"You can only choose one, Daliang or Qianchao." The old man's tone didn't sound like a discussion, but more like an order.
"Senior, you are making things difficult for me!" Luo Xihe's face was full of bitterness.
"Your senior brother, the battle at Yiyang Pass, left his name forever, but you, Luo Xihe, are really willing to be a coward for the rest of your life?" the old man asked very vulgarly.
"I am a first-level chess player, what can I do?" Luo Xihe asked helplessly.
"Your senior brother is also a chess player, look what he has done?" the old man asked in a loud voice.
Luo Xihe was stunned when he heard this.
"You can consider the rest yourself." The old man waved his hand gently, turned around and ran outside the Xinghe Chess Sect.
Luo Xihe looked at the old man's back and was silent for a long time. He looked up at the plaque on the Xinghe Chess Sect. At this time, Luo Xihe didn't know whether the half of the plaque left by the old man was the half of the beam.
, still the half of the previous dynasty.
"Father, something is wrong!"
At this moment Luo Jianyuan came running from a distance and exclaimed.
Luo Xihe quickly turned his head and looked at Luo Jianyuan with a puzzled face.
"Father, Uncle Yang committed suicide in the cell!"
Luo Jianyuan continued to shout.
"Bata!"
When Luo Xihe heard this, the jade pendant in his hand fell to the ground and broke into pieces.
"You...what did you say?" Luo Xihe asked with shock on his face.
"Uncle Yang committed suicide in the cell. When the guards found him, he was already dead." Luo Jianyuan explained with eyes wide open.
Luo Xihe stood there, silent for a moment, gritting his teeth and raising his head to prevent his tears from flowing out.
After a while, Luo Xihe's voice was trembling as he pointed in the direction of the cell and said, "Take me to see quickly..."
"good."
Luo Jianyuan agreed, and then quickly dragged Luo Xihe and ran toward the cell's defense line.
…
By the time Luo Jianyuan came to the cell, Yang Tianyuan had already expired and had committed suicide by taking poison.
"Where did he get the poison?" Luo Xihe stood next to Yang Tianyuan's body and roared.
Several guards in the cell looked at Luo Xihe tremblingly, and no one dared to speak.
"What am I asking you? Where did he get the poison?" Luo Xihe repeated with a trembling body.
"Let me tell you, Sect Master, we don't know where this person got the poison."
The guard leader took a step forward and said to Yang Tianyuan nervously.
"Bastard thing!"
Luo Xihe kicked the guard, then slowly walked to Yang Tianyuan's side, and found that Yang Tianyuan was holding a piece of cloth. Luo Xihe quickly squatted down and picked up the piece of cloth in Yang Tianyuan's hand.
I saw a few big words written on the cloth: "I am a coward, and I will die without regrets. I hope that with my loyal soul, I can continue the destiny of the Tang Dynasty for another hundred years."
Luo Xihe looked at the few words on the strip of cloth, his hands trembling slightly.
"Father." Luo Jianyuan stepped forward and shouted softly.
Luo Xihe raised his head and glanced at Luo Jianyuan, then subconsciously grasped the cloth strip in his hand.
"Father, are you okay?" Luo Jianyuan continued to ask.
"I'm fine, I'm fine..." Luo Xihe wiped the tears on his face, then waved his hands and said, "Jianyuan, take the people out. I want to be alone with him for a while."
Luo Jianyuan was stunned for a moment after hearing this, then nodded slowly and led the people out of the cell.