Chapter 18 Secret Trick
The Yellow-browed Monk looks kind, but he is indeed a ruthless person.
Before playing chess with Duan Yanqing, they were both unwilling to give in in order to gain the first move. In the end, he asked for a "guess", and the number he guessed was the number of his toes.
Duan Yanqing thought that he was trying to avoid the real situation, so he just guessed it was a normal even number . However, the Yellow-browed Monk cut off one of his toes on the spot - and he didn't use a knife, but a stone pestle to smash it off!
It is precisely because of this first-hand advantage that the Yellow-browed Monk has been able to persist until now even though his chess skills are slightly inferior to Duan Yanqing.
However, the Chu Lu people made a lot of noise and were discovered by Duan Yanqing, who immediately abandoned the chess game and broke into the room...
How could the Yellow Eyebrow Monk be willing to fail at this moment? He used the power of the Vajra Finger from behind, half attacking and half pointing out the move of a chess piece: "Donor Duan, the game is not over yet... It's your turn!"
Chu Lu Ren saw that it was too late to go down, so he glanced outside the door and saw that the two men were using their profound internal strength to play chess "out of thin air".
Use your Qi to leave traces in the air, and use your finger points to form chess pieces...
When the Yellow-browed Monk's finger attacked, the entire chessboard of internal force pressed down on him, and Duan Yanqing had no choice but to turn around and fight back, and just so happened... he also moved to a "very bad" chess position for himself.
Duan Yanqing was so angry that he didn't even bother to look at the person in the way and directly attacked Chu Lu Ren who was in the way.
Chu Lu Ren had no choice but to use Kunyou to dodge in the void, because in comparison, Duan Yanqing's internal strength was much deeper and the adsorption effect was minimal.
Moreover, Chu Lu Ren's foot injury had not healed yet, and the Yellow Eyebrow Monk had a broken toe. Both of them were limping. When Duan Yanqing saw this...
Feeling offended!
Duan Yanqing was seen attacking Chu Lu Ren while having to take care of the Qi chess game that the Yellow-browed Monk pushed towards him. The Yellow-browed Monk saw that Chu Lu Ren was the only one in the room and knew that he was "one of their own". In order to delay Duan Yanqing, he also started to make stupid moves frequently.
Seeing the chess pieces on the chessboard, they have become a mess...
At this moment, Chu Lu Ren passed through the chessboard standing in the air, where the true qi left its shadow, like a Kun fish.
Kunyou in the void couldn't "pull" Duan Yanqing's internal force, but he could pull the shadow of the rootless duckweed and directly "turn over" the chessboard!
However, when the chessboard was "lifted", Chu Lu Ren was also surprised because the external true Qi was absorbed unexpectedly. Then ... his injured foot, which had not healed to begin with, flared up and he was one step slower, and was just in time to be acupunctured by Duan Yanqing!
At this time, voices were heard. It was obviously Duan Zhengming and people from various factions in Dali who had come over under the guidance of Zhong Wanchou.
Seeing that there was nothing that could be done, Duan Yanqing could only slam his cane in anger and look coldly at Chu Lu Ren.
Chu Lu Ren sensed the murderous intent of this fellow and immediately used his ultimate move...
"Outside the Tianlong Temple, under the Bodhi tree, Huazi is sloppy and Guanyin has long hair!" Chu Lu Ren was glad that he was not mute-pointed.
Others didn't know what Chu Luren was talking about, but how could Duan Yanqing not know?
It was difficult to make any expression on his already necrotic face, but his eyes were filled with excitement.
He originally wanted to use heavy force, but ended up picking up Chu Lu Ren and using Qing Gong to leave...
Chu Lu Ren's acupoints were sealed and he was unable to resist. He had to think about how to deal with Duan Yanqing while being captured.
Although he is Duan Yu's biological father, and legally speaking, it does not affect Duan Yu's succession to the throne, but Chu Lu Ren does not want Duan Yu's already not-so-peaceful life to encounter such a change again.
Not long after, Duan Yanqing probably thought that no one would catch up with him at this distance, so he released him gently, somewhat to Chu Lu Ren's surprise.
"Who is your mother?"
Chu Lu Ren: ???
Although Duan Yanqing's expression would never change, and his ventriloquism would always carry a mysterious meaning, at this moment he looked clearly a little uneasy and... tender?
"Ahem, Senior Duan, you're wrong. My last name is not Duan, and it has nothing to do with me..." Chu Lu Ren said embarrassedly when he was looked at by him.
Although this mistake didn't seem to be a big deal, Chu Lu Ren still didn't want to get away with it this way.
Duan Yanqing's temperament suddenly turned cold: "Then how did you know? Who was the Guanyin Bodhisattva back then?"
The Dali Duan family is indeed rich in Buddhist roots...
Seeing that Chu Lu Ren didn't say anything, Duan Yanqing raised his cane and was about to poke him. Chu Lu Ren immediately shouted, "Stop, stop, stop! Don't ask me how I know. I just know, and I knew that person back then."
Duan Yanqing's expression changed when he heard that, but he still wanted to interrogate Chu Luren.
"If I tell you that that person is living a very good life now, with no worries about food and drink, and filial children and grandchildren. Do you think you should go find her now?" Chu Lu Ren asked tentatively.
"Hmph, kid, don't look at my current appearance. I am...well, since you know what happened back then, you should also know my identity! I will be able to take back everything that belongs to me soon! By then, I will be the emperor of Dali, how could I not be worthy of her?" Duan Yanqing was very confident.
Chu Lu Ren fell silent again, as if he was thinking about something. Duan Yanqing looked at the dead man's eyes for a long time, but this time he did not rush to interrupt Chu Lu Ren's thoughts.
What would happen if Duan Yanqing knew the truth now?
In the original Tian Long line, during the Mantuo Villa tragedy, several of Duan Zhengchun's lovers died one after another. When Duan Yu was about to die, Dao Baifeng showed Duan Yanqing Duan Yu's gold birthday medal, revealing Duan Yu's life experience.
After Duan Yanqing learned about this, his obsessive-compulsive disorder was instantly cured, and he became disillusioned with the world.
Some even thought, "I have a son and you don't, so I win," "The throne of Dali has finally returned to my son, and I am just as happy if I am the emperor."
Afterwards, he said to Duan Yu, "Since you don't recognize me, you can use the Six Meridians Divine Sword to kill me and avenge Duan Zhengchun and your mother ."
After Duan Yu understood his identity and decided not to attack him, he left in great joy.
In other words, Duan Yanqing's drastic emotional changes at that time were not due to the death of Dao Baifeng, but because he suddenly knew that he had descendants and a son.
Most importantly, because other important officials of Dali had arrived at the time, Duan Yanqing used secret communication when talking to Duan Yu, which shows that he was trying to protect Duan Yu's reputation. Duan Yanqing should have known deep down that he couldn't possibly be an emperor in that state. Even if he recognized Duan Yu, he should have kept it a secret from outsiders!
"Senior Duan, if I tell you that you have a son who is handsome, skilled in martial arts, and has a good family background, what will you do? Destroy his current life and tell him that you are his biological father?" Chu Lu Ren asked after hesitating.
If he wasn't Chu Lu Ren and Duan Yu, he wasn't that handsome, and he didn't look like a member of the Duan family. He had just denied it, so Duan Yanqing might think he was "making friends out of nothing"...
