Chapter 50 The Fiftieth Chapter of Stealing the Thief

Seeing the woodcutter going down the mountain, King Eagle Claw pondered for a while, knowing that there must be a reason for what the woodcutter said, so he followed the path indicated by the woodcutter. In this kind of twilight, fortunately, the three masters and apprentices are all capable, so they don't mind walking this kind of mountain path. After crossing two mountain depressions, as expected, there is an extremely long mountain stream in front of us. At this time, it was extremely difficult to distinguish the path. The three masters and apprentices first found a flat peak and stood there for a while, waiting for the moonlight to come up so that they could distinguish the path.

Although it was only the end of Xu and the beginning of Haihai at this time, because there were no residents inside, and there was neither moonlight nor light, it was even more dark and difficult to distinguish the path. The master and apprentice waited for the slanting moon to rise over the peak in the east, under the clear light, the path could be discerned vaguely, the three of the master and apprentice walked down the mountain stream. After walking more than half of the way, I saw that far away there are clusters of hills rising up, the mountains are steep and dangerous, and every step of the way is dangerous.

Walking on this kind of road really depends on the nimbleness of the steps, jumping high and far, and concentrating on the feet. Eagle Claw King himself didn't feel anything wrong, he only suffered from the two brothers Gan Zhong and Gan Xiao, how could he keep up with the castle master? In fact, Yingclaw King was still thinking about the two people's lightness kung fu and vertical skills, so he didn't dare to show his hands and feet, just like this, the two of them were already sweating and panting. King Eagle Claw walked for a while, so he must wait a little longer. After walking like this for more than half an hour, I calculated that I was not far from the stone Buddha cave, but I couldn't see far away in the dim night, and I didn't see anyone after walking so far.

Unexpectedly, the deeper I go into the mountain, I find that the people who live in the mountain are all solid stone houses, but at most there are only three or two houses. Depending on the situation, they are either farming or hunting hunters. The Eagle Claw King then stopped in a secluded mountain depression, and quietly told the two of them to hide their figures: "Don't show your appearance too much. If my old eyes are not dimmed, the two or three stars dimly discernible in front of them must be stone Buddhas. The group of hunters near the cave lived. After those lights, the dark and foggy area two or three feet above this mountain road must be the Iron Buddha Temple. The strange man once said that he met us here. See, although his words may not be accurate, but the enemy is dark and we are clear, don't follow his way, you must hide your body, don't act rashly without my words, and see my advances and retreats as advances and retreats, and my words should not be taken as words. Insignificant. As far as the encounter in the restaurant is concerned, I can already see the meaning of the other party. He wants to show us a look before we enter the Twelve Chain Dock. So this time, as long as anyone dares to show up, although he refuses to show up 'Wan'er, you must know that those who come are not good, and those who are kind will not come! I have to deal with it with all my strength."

Brothers Gan Zhong and Gan Xiao felt that the master thought too highly of the enemy, because the weird man and the fake fortune teller in the restaurant all had different and mediocre skills. He quickly promised that he would never cause trouble for the master. The Eagle Claw King gave some pointers, and rushed to the Orion's residence over there first. This short distance should be taken from there, and there should be stealth, and the two nodded in agreement. The King of Eagle Claws was suddenly enraged at his dantian, holding Yuan and guarding one, concentrating on the front, back, left, and right. His figure moved, rising and falling quickly, as fast as a falcon, and he had arrived at Orion's residence in the blink of an eye.

Gan Zhong and Gan Xiao closely followed the entry path instructed by their master, and followed closely. Seeing that the master had already climbed the first section of the stone wall, he turned around and pointed to the two of them, ordering them to go up from the left and right, patrolling the wind to guard, and the two of them understood. King Eagle Claw discerned the situation inside the stone wall, and it really looked like a hunter's residence. There were only three rooms in the house, and the two rooms connected to the east. The one on the north side has no doors and windows, like a stable. It is dark and there is no light inside, and nothing can be seen.

To the south is the animal shed, although it is equally dark, but from the solid wooden shed door outside, there is no doubt that it must be a place to enclose animals. The King of Eagle Claws took a look, and floated down, as light as a fallen leaf, falling to the ground silently. Seeing the two stone houses facing each other, they are built in a simple and solid way, only relying on the faint light from the south window. The northern half of the stone house was completely dark, and there were occasional snores in the house. On the side with the lights, there are still people who are still awake, and they seem to be talking, the voice is quite low, intermittently.

King Eagle Claw looked at the situation in the courtyard, and knew that there would be no one in the animal pen or stable, and all the hunters must be in the main room. He tiptoed to the north window of the stone house, put his little finger in his mouth, moistened it with body fluid, and poked a small hole in the window with his fingernail. When he glanced in, he saw that there was indeed a hunter living in the house. The stone house is very spacious, but there are no furnishings, only a white ballast wooden table and a few wooden stools, although they are very poorly made, but they are all particularly sturdy and durable.

The bottom of the walls around it are full of wooden bunks for sleeping. There are one person lying on it, and there are also two or three people sleeping on it. All of them are sleeping deeply. Only on the bunk under the north window, there are two people sitting cross-legged on the opposite side, and there is a small kang table in the middle, with a tile lamp on it, and a large plate of cold meat and two wine bottles beside the lamp. , Two cups and chopsticks. The two of them seemed to have been drinking for a long time, there was less than half of the cold meat on the plate, and the wine bottle was completely empty.

The two men were not much different in age, both around forty. The one on the left has a red face, thick eyebrows, broad eyes and beard, the lower half of his face is completely cyan, and he is wearing a purple-gray blouse, but it is white. Because the lower body was blocked by the kang table, he couldn't see clearly, he was still holding a cup in his hand, and repeatedly offered to drink to the person opposite. The person opposite has a yellowish-white complexion, sword eyebrows and tiger eyes, and is full of heroism, but that person is quite heavy drinker, not at all drunk, he raised a glass of wine and drank it all in one gulp.

The red-faced one also drank the wine in the glass, picked up a piece of meat with bamboo chopsticks, put it in his mouth and began to chew. But his eyes were already a little drunk, his tongue was already stiff when he spoke, and he said vaguely: "Old Han, why are you still so awkward? Why are you so hard to think about it! Anyway, sooner or later we will get rid of a few boys. Don't look at it." He pricked his hands and couldn't hold our hearts together. If we had him, we wouldn't have him. If we had him, we wouldn't have him. We also want to open it up. Although it's a poop on the neck, fortunately, they haven't done anything wrong and forced us to leave the country. It's finally Allow us to slow down." The man surnamed Han sighed and said: "Old Gao, don't be so careless. These boys are extraordinary. They are all outstanding in martial arts and amazing in art. They didn't want to make a quick move this time. In the name of Luoqiangba hunting ground, but this kind of unreasonable blackmail has already put us to death. If we fail to hand in the ten leopard skins and ten wild cats we want tomorrow, we will be insulted by them. I I feel that there is no place for us to stand here, so it is better to leave here early to avoid the evil spirit of these bandits." At that time, the hunter surnamed Gao sneered and said: "Old Han, why are you so restless? Let's give him an easy-to-dodge attack, but the most difficult to defend against. You can't fight him clearly, but you can't fight him implicitly." Burn him to cut the weeds and root out the roots, and leave after the job is done? It also vents the grievances. But the evil nature of this group of people, you say he is a green forest road, and he didn't do anything hard. You say he is not a green forest road, But he was so domineering that he controlled the whole area around the Stone Buddha Cave. In the past two days, none of the guests who visited the mountain were told to go to the Qianbu Cliff on the Eastern Mountain. I really don’t understand what they mean? According to this situation, It seems that there is some treasure in Dongshan, and they want to monopolize the source of profit. But this North Yandang is full of wild animals in Dongshan, not only cutting off our way of life, but also extorting us, isn’t this intentional to squeeze us out?” The hunter surnamed Han said: "Old Gao, don't talk nonsense, I'm afraid we've hit home this time. I heard that this group of people are all gangsters. The one who said that the laymen are not like laymen, he didn't change the name of the temple, and he didn't look like a temple." Taoists do their homework. His group of subordinates seem to be terrified of him, and he keeps appearing at the foot of Fengtou Ridge. Whenever we are asked to provide, he still pays in front of him. It seems that he does everything without his hands People. When we went that time, we didn’t hear a word from him. We didn’t even hear him say a word when Hu Sidi and Zhou Zhoudi went there. We simply didn’t know. He was probably dumb. There was even a smile on his face. Not at all. In this deep mountain, I met him in the middle of the night. If you are timid, you can treat him as a zombie and scare him to death! But I heard that an official came here four or five days ago. Before reaching our Stone Buddha Cave, they stopped them from going up, as if they were blocking ordinary mountain tourists, but the official had so many entourages that they couldn't stop them, so they let them go. The official walked into the Iron Buddha Temple. Who would have thought that this unrecognizable old Taoist would make a relationship with this official in person. Come on. Who would have thought that this weird man could answer fluently, talk about literature and martial arts, and he didn't know anything. He obediently melted this official's one thousand taels of silver. It's not that this weird person doesn't talk, it's that he doesn't talk to ordinary people. When he meets an expert, he talks more than others. So in terms of various things, this person is really an unpredictable person. We who only rely on two arms A stupid person, who is his opponent? I think bachelors don't suffer from immediate losses. There is no foster father here, and there is a foster father. We simply discussed with everyone. Let's move to Kuocangtiantai to work, and we are all Bachelor, what is there to miss?" King Eagle Claw listened to the words of the two hunters outside, and inadvertently found out the whereabouts of the strange man he met in Wulongping. He was in the Tiefo Temple in front of him. From what he had said to the hunter, it seemed that this man was not a mediocre person. If it is a gangster of the Phoenix Tail Gang, he must be a talent out of the ordinary, so I have to compete with him. He pondered for a moment, thinking that it would be inconvenient to alert the hunters now. Turning around to look around, seeing Gan Zhong and Gan Xiao still patrolling the wind, he waved to them and pointed to Zhengdong, Gan Zhong and Gan Xiao quickly flew lightly and landed outside the stone wall. The Eagle Claw King followed and exited the hunter's stone house and came outside. The two wanted to ask the master how he was doing? The master stood in front of the window for a while, but he found something! Because there are still three or four stone houses scattered around the hillside, Eagle Claw King said in a low voice, "Don't talk too much, follow me." Leading the two of them rushing towards the high hill, the Eagle Claw King stretched his body and passed the two of them by several zhang. Gan Zhong saw that his master had reached the end, he also wanted to step up and keep up with the master, so as not to fall behind again and make the master unhappy. There was a stone house with a stone wall in front of him, Gan Zhong stepped on the ground, jumped to the corner of the stone wall, and as soon as he touched the ground, he felt his feet tripped and fell forward again, he staggered a few steps, took The pile stands firm. Fang Yizhang looked around and saw that his second brother Gan Xiao was also bumping into him. Gan Xiao's martial arts were not good enough, thanks to Gan Zhong's sharp eyesight, he caught Gan Xiao in one go. The two couldn't help but gasped at the same time, knowing that someone was secretly teasing, but they didn't see the trace of this person, so how dare they act recklessly to alarm the castle owner. But the empty mountain is silent, and there is a slight sound, which can be heard far away. Gan Zhong and Gan Xiao lost their voices in astonishment, they had already been heard by King Yingclaw, they stopped and turned their heads. He shouted over here: "What's the matter?" Before Gan Zhong and Gan Xiao could answer, they stood under the trunk of an ancient locust tree about two feet away, and there was a "chi", like a snickering sound, the sound was very unpleasant. The King of Eagle Claws jumped back and leaped over, before his toes touched the ground, suddenly there was a "shua" sound above his head, and a large number of leaves and broken branches fell from above like rain, and at the same time, a black shadow Flying out of the tree, it landed several feet away like a falcon. Eagle Claw King also flew away when leaves fell from the top of the tree. When I rushed to look at this black shadow again, I was already submerged in the dark shadow. Eagle Claw King shouted: "Wherever you flee, I will also see your true colors." Stretching his body, he jumped like flying and chased him down. It's just that the black shadow only appeared for a moment, the Eagle Claw King's lightness kungfu lifting technique has been refined, but he didn't catch up with this person, so he was surprised? I thought this is a strange thing, could it be that this person's lightness kung fu is actually higher than my Huaiyang sect's Yanzhao Shuangxia who is famous for their lightness kung fu stunts in the Central Plains? Looking back at Gan Zhong and Gan Xiao, they are far behind, so I don't care about them at this moment. Looking forward to the road, there is a high hill in front of you, with dense forests. At this time, with the light of the stars and the moon, you can see the Iron Buddha Temple. The Eagle Claw King stopped his steps for a while, waiting for Gan Zhong and Gan Xiao. It is still uncertain whether the strange person in the temple is, even the night walker who insulted Gan Zhong and Gan Xiao just now cannot be identified as a member of the temple. Party, this kind of place must be cautious. After a short time, Gan Zhong and Gan Xiao also arrived, and King Eagle Claw ordered them not to rush in. If this place is as the Orion said, that strange man must be the leader here, quite a strong enemy. I have to check it out first, you two are just following me, patrolling the wind for me, and listening to my instructions. The two agreed, and the King of Eagle Claws had already jumped onto the opposite high hill. It was about two or three o'clock at this time, and the high hill was very quiet, only a gust of breeze passed by, blowing the grass and trees above, making a "shua la la" sound. King Eagle Claw went to the top to check, and saw that there was a flat road on the hill, with green cypresses and pines, all of which were hundreds of years old. The Iron Buddha Temple is just in front of the hill, in the rippling night, although it cannot be seen clearly, it can be vaguely distinguished by the light of the stars and the moon leaking in from the gaps in the trees. Most of the walls of this temple are dilapidated, but the situation is very simple and solemn. I imagine that it is an ancient temple jungle, and it must have had a prosperous incense in the past. King Eagle Claw turned to the front of the mountain gate, and saw that the mountain gate was tall and the Zhu doors were closed tightly. In front of the mountain gate, there are more than 20 locust trees planted horizontally on the left and right, and the trunks of the trees are at least several decades old. A stone shadow wall was built on the opposite side, and the Eagle Claw King walked lightly, without making a sound, carefully inspecting the surroundings, but there was no movement. The old bird on the branch hides on the top of the tree. If someone passes by there, as long as there is a slight sound, the night bird will be easily startled. King Yinggua first heard that there was no sound in the temple, so he was very suspicious. That night walker, perhaps not a weirdo, went in and inspected the temple himself. Thinking of this, with a touch of the ground under his feet, "a crane soaring to the sky" jumped up and landed on the top of the mountain gate, bent down, and looked around first. Seeing the jungle of this ancient temple, the whole temple was dark, like a ruined temple, King Eagle Claw looked to the left and right, Gan Zhong and Gan Xiao came up from the east and west walls. The Eagle Claw King then waved his hands to the two, telling them to take it easy and go inside. But he jumped up to the east veranda, touched the roof tiles with his feet, and reached the main hall. Looking back, it was also dark. The Eagle Claw King didn't hesitate, he turned over two floors of the palace, only to see lights behind him. Behind the second hall is the main hall of the Iron Buddha Temple. This hall is more and more majestic and grand. In front of the hall is a platform measuring five feet long and five feet wide with seven steps. There are twelve tall vermilion lattice fans at the gate of the hall, only a few bits of broken net are hanging there, making strange noises when blown by the wind. The hall is also very deep, and there are no other lamps and candles in the hall, only a glass Buddha lamp is hung in front of the god seat on the front, and a green flame is ignited on the lamp. In such a tall hall, with only a little light from the Buddha lamp, it is gloomy and dim. Behind the Buddha lamp is the iron Buddha that this ancient temple got its name from. This iron Buddha is about ten feet high. The whole body was pitch-black, and he still sat down, clasping his hands together. The base below is carved in stone into the shape of a lotus platform. The base of this iron Buddha occupies a square of seven or eight feet, and because it is far away, it is not clear which Buddha is being cast. In front of the Buddha seat is a divine case on which five offerings are displayed, and this five offerings are also twice as large as those in ordinary temples. Eagle Claw King landed on the platform as light as a swallow, first looked to the left and right, and the side halls on the left and right were even more dilapidated, so it didn't look like anyone lived there, so he glanced into the hall and walked in. Suddenly, I saw that the Ganqing in this hall was not only dedicated to the Buddha, but there were two coffins parked under the east wall of the hall, one was a brand new white ballast coffin, and the other was black. Following a gust of wind, the torn paper on the lattice fan on the front eaves squeaked like a mournful cry. The flame of the Buddha lamp, which was already flickering bright and dim, swayed and looked extraordinarily strange in the hall. Eerie. At this time, a gust of wind suddenly rushed in, shrinking the blue flame to a size like a bean, and suddenly the lamp flame grew again, taking advantage of the broken paper grid to make a fan sound, making people feel like walking on ghosts. Although Eagle Claw King is a martial arts practitioner who has experienced the world for a long time, he does not believe in these ghosts and ghosts, but he is in this situation at this time, and he also feels ghostly shadows. I stopped for a while, and couldn't help thinking: since I live in the rivers and lakes, and I am in charge of the gate of Huaiyang, if I want to be so timid, ashamed, afraid of death and greedy for life, if the enemy or my subordinates see my fame, that would be really true It's time to sweep the floor. Thinking of this courage, he walked in front of the iron Buddha seat and took a look at the iron Buddha. It was quite majestic and magnificent. I don't know when it was cast so big. It is really a great merit. As soon as I turned around, I only heard the coffin under the east wall squeak. As Eagle Claw King, he was still shocked. After carefully looking at the two coffins, seeing that there was nothing unusual, he hurriedly restrained himself. I'm not really afraid of the sound of the coffin, but I'm a little suspicious about the situation in the temple: "Since the weird man invited me here, no matter whether he is the owner or not, he should wait for me here to compete, let alone what the hunter said clearly. In vain, this Tiefo Temple has already been occupied by people from the rivers and lakes, and even the hunters are enshrining wild animals. Why is it like a ruined temple now? Could it be that the gangsters have all retreated? The more I think about it, the more I feel that there are no such shameless people. The more I think about it, the more suspicious I feel. If they really left, there is still something to say. They deliberately set up this kind of doubt to confuse my mood, and I don’t know if they take the opportunity to plot against me. Otherwise, why is no one missing? I have to check his personality When the truth comes out, don't be fooled by this man." At that time, King Yingclaw first looked at the glazed Buddha lamp in front of the Iron Buddha Temple. Although the lamp flame was weak, the lamp oil inside was full, as if someone had newly added oil, and then looked to the east and west sides. There is nothing under the hollow hole. There are two coffins under the east wall, and there is a table at the bottom of the north wall with a pair of candlesticks on it, but there are no candles, and a bowl is used as an incense burner. Leaning on the inside of the table are two wooden boards more than two inches wide and five inches long, which looks like a wooden master offering there. The King of Eagle Claws wanted to look at these two wooden cards, if they were the spirit cards of the two dead people here, it would be able to tell what kind of person he was. Then he walked towards the northeast corner. This Buddhist temple has a large terrain, and it is even darker in the corners. At this time, the King of Eagle Claws had already arrived at the table, and saw that the words were written on the two wooden plaques, because it was too dark to see clearly. He stretched out his hand to pick up the two wooden plaques, and before he could see the writing on them, he could already tell that it was not the God Lord of the dead, because there was little ink on the two wooden plaques. ;"You are here!" One piece reads: "Please enter the tree!" The Eagle Claw King looked at the wooden sign, and suddenly he was startled, thinking that the two wooden owners were clearly trying to play tricks on me, could it be that I have fallen into their trap? This arrangement is intended for me, I don't want to follow his way, first go to the back to see how many palaces and courtyards there are. Thinking of this, he turned around and walked out of the hall. Just took two steps forward, suddenly there was a loud "hu-cha" behind him! Eagle Claw King Huo turned around, and suddenly saw the coffin lids of the two coffins. He raised his head suddenly, and vaguely saw two arms in each coffin stretching out to support the coffin lids. Although King Eagle Claw is famous for his chivalry, he has never believed in ghosts and ghosts, but seeing this situation with his own eyes at this time is also somewhat inexplicable. Although he didn't want to run away in fear, his face changed in fear. Following Hu Youyou, the two huge coffin lids had been lifted up completely, and the two dead bodies in the coffin were also in sight. This surprise is no small matter! I saw that the dead body in this white coffin was actually the strange man in the daytime, still wearing the same clothes and expression as I saw in the daytime. The dead body in the black coffin was not very old, around thirty. The clothes are also ordinary people's clothes, but the face is covered with dust. The Eagle Claw King saw such a thrilling and strange thing in front of his eyes, so he had to use the Huaiyang faction's unique skills to fight against the evil spirits, and the iron palms fought against the two evil spirits.