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Chen Muzhi glanced sideways at Zhao Rong, his expression cramped and a little embarrassed.

The latter noticed his gaze, nodded and smiled at him, Chen Muzhi hurriedly smiled back.

Zhao Rong turned his head, restrained his expression, turned his eyes to Lin Wenruo, and said seriously: "Wenruo, we have allocated our positions, but how do we make these three clear talks go according to our plan? After all, we only have the right to choose the first one. The right to choose the second game is in the hands of Chong Xuguan."

This is also what Zhao Rong is curious about. Although he uses Tian Ji's horse racing method on his side, the other side is not a fool. They will never choose from their own side, but to meet their interests.

Lin Wenruo Zhizhu was in his hand, and he spoke clearly: "In the first talk, we used medium horses to confront their inferior horses, that is, brother Mu Zhizhu, and Qingjingzi; in the second talk, we asked them to use medium horses to confront ours. The best horse, that is, Qing Yuanzi will face me; the third game is Ziyu, you and the mysterious old man. Ziyu doesn't need to be under too much pressure, the outcome of the third game is not very important, our goal is to win The first two games."

Zhao Rong frowned, "How do you get them to take the initiative to confront you with a medium horse, instead of using a medium horse against me and their top horse against you?"

Lin Wenruo nodded, "It's very simple, just make them mistakenly think that you are our top horse, and I'm just a middle horse. In the case that they lost the first game, they didn't dare to take the risk and could only use the Wait for the horses to meet the top horses they mistakenly believe, and the medium horses to meet the medium horses they mistakenly believe.”

Zhao Rong patted the railing lightly, locked his eyebrows and thought. He didn't immediately ask Lin Wenruo how he made Chong Xuguan misjudge his lineup. Instead, he thought about another question.

At this moment, Zhao Rong will try his best to help Lin Wenruo sort out the plan and fill in the gaps.He volunteered to be the inferior horse because he was going to plan the Tingni Zijin Furnace in the next few days, and he didn't have time to allocate the preparations for the debate between Confucianism and Taoism.

After all, if he didn't reject the middle horse, then his opponent was Qingjingzi, and he would have to spend energy to study Qingjingzi's manuscript of Qingjingzi, to find loopholes in his opponent, and make sure he was safe.These are extremely time consuming.

And he is a low-level horse now, and his opponent is an old man of unknown origin, and he has nothing to study and figure out. His hopes for the debate between Confucianism and Taoism are all placed on the first two games. He is also relaxed, so at this time, help Lin Wenruo Check your plans well, just in case.

Zhao Rong pondered for a moment, then raised his head and looked at Lin Wenruo, "Why don't we have the first match with a high-grade horse to face their medium-sized horse, that is, you choose the opposite Qing Yuanzi in the first match, so that after winning, the opposite will be clean No matter what, Zi has to face my brother Mu and me, we are prepared, he will definitely lose. In this way, you don't have to go to great lengths to mislead the opponent's choice. Isn't this the best solution?"

Lin Wenruo nodded in agreement, "Good question. I said before about the rules for three clear conversations. In the first game, we chose to pair with the remaining two in the last game. The hosts of these two games were all in the dark, and only the second game was them. We choose people, and the master is us. The reason why I don't use the 'optimal solution' you mentioned is because of the master's right to set the question."

"In the first game, if I go directly to choose Qing Yuanzi, then Qing Yuanzi will come up with the question. Although I am confident that after studying him thoroughly, I can beat him, but his strength should not be underestimated. I will be very passive when preparing a topic that goes beyond Chang Gang, so let him choose me in the second game, so that I will be the master and have the initiative to come up with the topic, and he will definitely lose!"

Lin Wenruo chuckled, "As for the first game, Qingjingzi won the right to write the question. This is nothing to worry about. It's not a big threat. I believe Brother Mu can deal with it."

After speaking, Lin Wenruo looked at Chen Muzhi.

The latter nodded leisurely and smiled casually, "I am confident that even if I am the top celebrity in Zhongnan Kingdom, I will be able to get at least [-] percent in the lower ranks, not to mention that he is a Niu-nosed Taoist who can't even rank in the middle, so why not ask him to ask questions? But err. Tzuyu and Wenruo don't worry too much."

Zhao Rong nodded slightly, thought for a while, and breathed a sigh of relief, "Wen Ruo, your plan is feasible. Now there is only one last question left, how can you mislead them into thinking that I am a top horse?"

Lin Wenruo smiled brightly, "It's very simple, just tell them directly."

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"So, that scholar named Zhao Ziyu is really the student of the mountain chief of Linlu Academy?"

A pure white jade hand is playing with a jade Ruyi with five fingers flying.

The owner of the hand, the voice is cold and clear.

A man in brocade clothes with a face like a jade crown, but his face was bloodless at the moment, was kneeling on the ground, his body trembled, his head was heavy on the marble floor in the pavilion, and he felt that the terrifying woman's eyes were stopping on him. He was so frightened that he hurriedly grabbed the ground with his head, and said in horror while knocking:

"Xiangu spare your life! Xiangu spare your life! The villain didn't lie... That noon, Mr. Qingxi and I came to the Drunkard Pavilion to take shelter from the sun. At that time, the three scholars were already in the pavilion. I overheard that the scholar. He said, "I have to go back to the academy early, or the teacher will punish me for copying books again." Then another handsome companion next to him smiled and said, "The chief of the mountain loves Zhao Lang so much, how can he be willing to punish him, Ziyu, don't do it." I’m pretending to complain, but it’s me who sneaked out to play with you, and I’m going to be scolded when I go back.’ Later, the scholar who seemed to be named Zhao Ziyu fell asleep on the chair, and the handsome companion even gave him a thoughtful fan. , I don't know what their relationship is, and later, the dog thief Lin Wenruo came to the pavilion with a piano, and we didn't know it was him at the time..."

Lan Yuqing twitched the corner of his mouth, and stopped moving in his hand, and said impatiently: "Okay, okay, Pindao knows, don't repeat it, how many times do you have to say it? Have you lied, Pindao? You'll know in a while."

The brocade-clothed man immediately shut his mouth, not daring to make a sound, lowered his head, and couldn't see his expression, but his body kept trembling, his forehead pressed hard against the cold floor tiles.

Lan Yuqing looked around the inside and outside of the Drunkard Pavilion. At this time, there were a group of blue-clothed Taoist priests guarding outside the pavilion. There were only her and the men in brocade clothes kneeling on the ground in the pavilion.

Hearing from the man in brocade clothes, the position she is sitting in now is where Lin Wenruo played the piano.

Lan Yuqing sneered.

Suddenly, five blue-clothed Taoist priests walked quickly on the mountain road in the distance. Four of them stood in a square shape, with a fat Taoist priest in the middle.

Lan Yuqing got up, walked past the brocade-clothed man who was kneeling on the ground and grabbed the ground with his head, and walked outside the pavilion.

Lan Yuqing joined the five Taoist priests who had just arrived. She glanced at the fat Taoist priest who was sweating profusely. The latter hurriedly bowed his head and bowed his head. Lan Yuqing ignored it, and turned around and led the five people to the place far away from the Drunkard Pavilion. Walking to an open space, on the way, a Taoist priest has been following behind Lan Yuqing and whispered something.

About a quarter of an hour later, Lan Yuqing was alone, and Shi Shiran returned to the Drunkard Pavilion.

Lan Yuqing glanced at the brocade-clothed man who seemed to have remained motionless since she left, and said leisurely, "Li Shiqian, what is your name?"

"It's the name of the villain."

"Well, your family is one of the owners of the Baiyongyi business in the city. There are 160 people in the family including the servants. You also have two outhouses. One of them is pregnant with an illegitimate child. Well, including you, the total is 160 people. [-] six people... Pindao will persuade you one last time, it is still too late for you to be honest."

Li Shiqian shivered suddenly, raised his head, his face was full of tears, his forehead was red and swollen, and he said miserably: "Xiangu, I really didn't lie to you, what I said is true, you can check it out, if there is any discrepancy, little People and my gods are struck by thunder!"

Lan Yuqing smiled brightly, "Stop pretending, the person sent to investigate has come back, although you guys performed well and logically arranged flawlessly, but there is no such thing as an airtight wall, fakes are fakes, mine People still found something strange. Guess who betrayed you? Don't pretend, Pindao already knows all about it."

Lan Yuqing tilted her head and suddenly asked curiously, "What benefits did Lin Wenruo promise you? Could it be that he will give you all his eighteen concubines?"

Li Shiqian was so frightened that he was so frightened that he cried and cried.

Lan Yuqing slowly crossed in front of him, bent down and whispered in his ear: "By the way, you should know the fate of offending the poor, right? It's not as simple as your whole family of 160 and six going down together. The process of going down It might be a little uncomfortable, oh, you better say it quickly, I'm just curious about what he promised you, you are so devoted to him, so really..."

The smiling woman who had been waiting ten years for her childhood sweetheart to break off the marriage in public and kicked out of the house on the big wedding day, her smile became colder and colder, and two words slowly came out of her mouth, "Is it worth it?"

Li Shiqian knelt down and begged for mercy, shouting injustice, his voice was hoarse, he kowtowed desperately, and a muffled sound echoed in the hall.

"Pin Dao has nothing to do recently, and has studied an interesting method in an ancient book. Have you heard of hot pot rats? Well, it's very interesting, very simple. Put a few cute mice in it and light charcoal on the bottom of the pot. I heard that when the pot is burnt red, they will desperately dig a way to escape, alas, how pitiful these little guys are."

"Also, also, Pindao also knows an interesting thing, I was going to give it to Lin Wenruo to taste, but it's not impossible for you to experience it in advance. This thing is called a head crusher, which is like an iron hat on your head. Above, there is a crank that controls the tension. As the crank turns, your chin rest will gradually tighten. When it is tightened to a certain extent, your teeth will be crushed, the jaw will be broken, and finally the skull will burst open with a click. If Pindao sees happiness, maybe he will tap your iron hat with a small hammer, and give you a song to cheer you up..."

"There are many more interesting ancient methods. Don't worry, your family of 160 and six people is enough to try one by one. Hey, do you want to talk about it or not?"

"Well, if you confess, Pindao promises to let your family go. As for you, you must die, but I can give you a good time."

Suddenly, Li Shiqian, who had been kowtowing forcefully, remained motionless. He kept his knees on the ground with his head on the ground. A smear of blood flowed from the contact surface between his warm forehead and the cold floor tile, and the blood was still hot.

Lan Yuqing squatted down and stared at the man at his feet, "Speak."

"Little...little...little man, I didn't lie..." The man's voice was hoarse.

Lan Yuqing's expression was cold, "Pin Dao's patience is limited, count three, if you don't explain it again, Pin Dao will leave."

"one."

The man remained motionless.

"two."

The man raised his head, his eyes were dull, he looked at the woman in front of him, his lips moved slightly.

The woman stopped counting and listened.

Vaguely... injustice...

The woman lost her patience.

"three."

The Drunkard Pavilion was extremely quiet, except for the dull breathing of a certain man.

The woman's eyes narrowed.

It seems like a long time, and it seems like just a moment.

Lan Yuqing suddenly stood up, "Congratulations, you passed the test."

The corners of her mouth twitched, feeling bored.

"It's your reward." She threw the small jade jade Ruyi in her hand to the man at will, and rolled into the still warm blood.

Li Shiqian threw his upper body forward, put his elbows on the ground, lowered his head, and could not see his expression. He gasped heavily, and his eyes caught sight of the green jade Ruyi, and a drop escaped from the man's eyes. tears.

"Tell Pindao carefully, what Zhao Ziyu looks like who dares to scold the stinky nun that Pindao doesn't want. Pindao must remember him well, but he can't pass him on the road one day."

Li Shiqian reached out his hand and wiped away the tear.

He was extremely grateful for Zhong Nanguo who gave birth to that touch of green and him, and he hated those 480 Taoist temples lying on Zhong Nanguo's body to suck blood.

"The villain obeys the order and can do things for Chongxuguan, the villain is extremely honored!"

Li Shiqian said excitedly.

Chapter 55 Plan Before Acting

In the early morning, at three o'clock, the galaxy is dim.

Zhao Rong got up early, did not practice morning classes in the morning, went out quietly, left the manor, and hurried to Luojing in light clothes.

Luojing has no city walls, the north and south gates are useless, and the gates are not closed at night. Zhongnan Guo Taoism governs the country. It has vigorously promoted rule by inaction. There is no curfew at night. , but under the perfunctory care of the lazy and comfortable Luojing people, the effect is not obvious. There are still all-night parties in the city, and people who do not return home at night and seek pleasure.

Therefore, it was not as difficult for Zhao Rong to enter the city in the early morning as he imagined.

Zhao Rong walked all the way through the city and came to a small inn near the south gate that rented a guest room. He pushed the door and entered, entered the room and changed clothes.

Taibai Mountain is located in the southern suburbs of Luojing. It is the highest peak on this plain. Even in the Zhongnan Mountains, it is one of the highest mountains. Zhao Rong looked up and stared far away. There was a "star" on the top of Taibai Mountain, which was shining brightly.

If there were immortals looking down from above the Nine Heavens, they would think that the lights of thousands of houses in Luojing City were the little stars sprinkled by the falling stars.

There is the Vipassana of Chongxu, and it must be as bright as day at this moment.

During the chat, I heard Lin Wenruo say that it is a strange stone bred in the deep mountains of Zhongnan.

Zhao Rong frowned lightly. When he arrived at the foot of Taibai Mountain and heard the bell on the mountain, it was already two quarters of Yin Shi.

The whole day is divided into twelve hours, and one hour has eight quarters.Yin Shi is from three to five in the morning.

At this time, it is summer, the early sun rises early, and the dawn is approaching.

Zhao Rong stepped into the market at the foot of the mountain and found that it was already quite lively. After a little inquiries, it turned out that today was a day of rest for the people of Luojing every seven days. The family came together.

Zhao Rong stepped up the mountain, looked carefully, and found that in addition to the pilgrims, there were also many Taoist priests and Taoists who rushed up the mountain together. They must have just woken up early.

Entering the exterior, also after crossing the threshold, he suddenly felt something in his heart, and it was still in front of the left side. Zhao Rong felt quite at ease. Just like the last time, he put some silver taels in the merit box and wandered freely. stand up.

Next to him was a Taoist boy in black and blue hat holding a food box and passing by. Zhao Rong's heart moved slightly, and he turned around and followed. After a while, he found that the Taoist boy had carried the food box into a certain place in the southeast corner. In a side building.

Zhao Rong swept his eyes and looked from the side building with a door that was half-closed and opened. He could only see half a table and chairs. There were two blue-clothed Taoist priests sitting and chatting, and the Taoist boy smiled and said after entering. After a few sounds, he opened the food box, took out a few plates and tableware, and then lifted the food box and walked inside. There must be other people in the building.

At this time, the early sun has risen, and the side building is just in the southeast corner with a wide view. Several rays of morning light crossed the door frame, passed through the lattice windows, plunged into the building, and stuck to a thin blue-clothed Taoist priest in Zhao Rong's field of vision. The latter tilted his head to the other side, put down the tableware, and pushed the stool in, avoiding Chen Yang.

Seeing this, Zhao Rong pursed his lips lightly, and reached out into the morning light. The morning sun was slightly warm, like silk covering his hands, bright and golden, soft and not hot. Zhao Rong put his hands away, turned around and looked out, without looking around, seeing the vision ahead for a while. No one, quickly turned into a remote path.

Chongxu View is very big in appearance, but Taibai Mountain is bigger. Except for the large magnificent building on the mountainside, everything else is dense forest.

Zhao Rong cautiously groped up the mountain.

In Chongxuguan, the blue-clothed Taoist priests are the core Taoist priests, who are practitioners; the black-clothed Taoist priests are ordinary Taoist priests and have no cultivation. In addition, I heard that there is a purple-clothed Taoist priest, which is the most honorable group of people in Chongxuguan. It's just that I haven't seen it myself, and I don't want to see it before the debate between Confucianism and Taoism.

According to what I saw when I just went up the mountain, ordinary Taoists only went up the mountain after eating their vegetarian meals in the Zhaitang at the foot of the mountain. Not long ago, the blue-clothed Taoist priests in the three-story side building should not eat their vegetarian meals outside. There should also be a restaurant.

Anything that has happened leaves a trail.

These blue-clothed Taoist priests want the Taoist children down the mountain to bring food in the morning, so there is only one possibility. They stayed overnight at the exterior last night.And the people who stayed up all night have gone through a long dark night, and most of them are sensitive to light. The emaciated Taoist priest just avoided the warm morning sun. That is the sequelae of staying up late, and presumably the same is true for other Taoist priests who did not show up in the building.

As I guessed, the Chongxu Temple at night must be strictly guarded. Although the appearance of the mountainside is usually used by pilgrims to pray for blessings and burn incense, it is indeed one of the only ways to go up the mountain. It will be closely guarded at night, and even open to welcome guests during the day. There should be someone on guard at all times.

On the eve of the debate between Confucianism and Taoism, Chongxuguan and Wen Ruo were secretly fighting each other, neither of them dared to relax in the slightest, they were very alert, and both were trying their best to guard against and look for the other's flaws.

Everything has pros and cons.

The disadvantages of this matter are obvious. With such a tight guard, it is extremely difficult to take away the Tingni purple gold furnace, and after the appearance of an "ordinary incense burner" disappears, it is very likely that they will pay attention to this trivial matter. Come look.

But there are also advantages. At this time, all their attention is on the Lanxi Lin family. The first person they suspect is the Lanxi Lin family. As for why Lin Wenruo came to steal an "ordinary incense burner", it is estimated that They can't think of it even if they think about it, and they will only extend a lot of wrong answers, distract their energy and affect their judgment, which is beneficial to their own Confucian and Taoist debate.

Of course, the best result is that they didn't notice the theft of this "ordinary incense burner". The appearance is so crowded every day that there must be something stolen over the years.Therefore, you have to mislead them and offer them a more reasonable reason for the theft.

Contacting these thoughts just now, in this way, it is best for me to start in the daytime, because the guard in the daytime is definitely not as tight as in the night, and although the daytime expects that they will switch defenses, it is impossible for the guards who stayed up all night to continue to watch, but The new Taoist priest will feel slack because his predecessor has passed the most dangerous night safely.

And according to normal logic, they should be divided into dark guards and bright guards during the day. The former is hiding in an unknown dark place, while the latter is a blue-clothed man who is stationed inside while chanting scriptures and unsigning after opening the doors in the daytime. Taoist priests, um, and those walking around on the exterior.

And because of the inertia of thinking, the Taoist priests hidden in the dark and the Taoist priests on the bright side will have a heart of dependence because they know the existence of the other party, and pin their hopes on the other party.

This is the benefit of starting in the daytime, but the huge benefits also come with the same difficulty and danger, which is also a problem to be solved in the next few days.

Finally, if there is a choice, it is best to choose a day when there are a lot of pilgrims, and give them a generally reasonable reason for the theft of the incense burner. People like to make excuses, and only when they can't find an excuse will they consider those that are beyond the norm. the elements of.In addition, some tricks are arranged to confuse their judgments, so that they cannot easily speculate the truth of the matter.

In this way, the general idea has been determined, and the only thing left to do is to improve the plan and implementation plan.

Make a decision and then move, know what you stop and gain.

Zhao Rong climbed the mountain all the way, choosing the dangerous and remote roads, climbing rocks and crossing springs, climbing rocks and stepping trees.Although he is still stuck in the Golden Stone Stage of Ascension to Heaven, he has followed the path of a martial artist, and his physique has been tempered by Liu Sanbian to be different from ordinary people. Although he has not yet learned the killing technique, he is not comparable to the ordinary knights of the Yamashita Dynasty.

After a while, Zhao Rong stopped abruptly and stopped under the tree. Three meters in front of him was a green tile and red wall. Through the gaps between the scattered leaves, he looked up. The wall was about thirty feet high, with a horizontal line. The rows of cyan black tiles intersect with the clear sky, and the sky is the same color for a long time. Looking left and right, the red wall stretches for many miles, but there is no end in sight.

This red wall separates the mountainside and the top of the mountain, and it is also the boundary between the inside and outside of the rushing virtual view, and outsiders are not allowed to intrude at will.

Suddenly, a burst of bells came from behind the wall, Zhao Rong listened carefully and counted in his heart.

Yin Shi seven o'clock.

In another quarter of an hour it was five o'clock in the morning.

The bell tower is behind the wall, and the top of the mountain is too far away to see the scenery of the mountainside.Don't worry, lurking at a high place near the exterior of the mountainside with peace of mind, squatting and observing the scenery in the exterior of Chongxu, and collecting necessary information.

Zhao Rong stretched out his hand and pressed the red wall in front of him, then turned around and went back the same way, erasing the traces he left one by one along the way.