Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Nine Changes Dragon King
When he woke up, the morning sun was already like fire, and the river was golden. Lu Jian raised his eyes and saw Monk Yu sitting cross-legged on the head of the raft. His cheeks changed from haggard to clear and moist, and slightly transparent. He said in surprise, "Master, you What did you do just now?"
Monk Yu smiled faintly: "Lu Jian, Monk is going."
Lu Jianqi asked, "Where are you going?" Monk Yu said, "Go to the Western Paradise and see my Buddha."
Lu Jian was stunned, and suddenly asked in surprise: "Isn't that death?" Monk Yu shook his head and smiled, "This is not death. The dead must enter the six realms of reincarnation. This time the monk went out of life and death, and was no longer in the five elements. .”
Lu Jian's heart was in great pain, and he couldn't help but burst into tears. He said sadly, "Master, didn't you agree to take me to Kunlun Mountain to solve the 'Hei Tian Tribulation'?"
Monk Yu sighed: "In the past few days, the calamity force in your body has become stronger and stronger, while the restrictions set by the monk have become weaker and weaker. One will ebb and flow, so Ning Bukong can use the technique of 'summoning slaves' to summon slaves." You. If I am not injured, it’s fine, but after I can’t fight with you, my internal injuries relapsed, my supernatural powers gradually decreased, and I was already unable to seal the ‘Sanyuan Emperor Vein’. If this continues, the ‘Heitian Jie’ will break out before I leave Japan. , ruin your life. The monk thought about it, only to use the "red lotus incarnation to destroy the Dafa" to forcibly set a triple ban on your "Sanyuan Emperor Vein". These triple bans are enough to support your return to the Middle Earth , looking for the solution to the 'Heitian Tribulation'..."
As he spoke, he tried his best to raise his hand, caressed the top of Lu Jian's head, and said with a smile, "son, the monk can't accompany you, you have to take care of yourself. You still have to keep those four stories in mind, maybe those people in the stories, those things, you will meet."
When he said this, Lu Jian was sobbing, unwilling to say: "Master, let's go ashore to find the doctor and ask him to cure you."
"Stupid child." Monk Yu sighed, "Once the 'Red Lotus Incarnation Breaks Dafa' is performed, all the essence and blood in the body will be transformed into supernatural powers. At the shrine, I wanted to use this method to perish together, because Fomalhaut But now it is different, the monk's body is like an empty shell, and it will be broken if he touches it lightly. As the saying goes, "Birth and death, all things are empty", when the Dafa is finished, That is when the monks will die."
Lu Jian finally understood why Monk Yu's body was getting weaker and weaker. Not only could he not resist the bird gun, but he would also lose to him in walking. lost.Lu Jian became more and more sad as he thought about it, and cried, "Master, why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Monk Yu smiled and said: "You are a good boy, if the monk says so, I'm afraid you would rather die than accept the monk's wishes." At this point, he raised his eyes to the west and said leisurely, "The time has come. Good boy, if you have the heart, you can burn the monk, and take the remaining relics to the Temple of the Three Ancestors on Tianzhu Mountain to be buried." After saying that, he recited a verse:
"Kalpa is born because of desire, suffering is caused by joy, frost flies on the eyebrows, and swords come out of the heart; the world is devastated, all living beings are suffering, and Bodhi is lonely, and loneliness is true." The verse is full of loneliness and compassion. go.
Lu Jian couldn't help crying, he felt that he had never been so sad in this life.Although he does not understand Buddhism, he already regards this eminent Buddhist monk as an elder like a grandfather in his heart. Without this elder, he would not have the courage to resist Ning Bukong in this life, let alone resist the iron law of "Black Heaven Book". He must be willing to be a slave and spend the rest of his life in this small country of Japanese barbarians.Although it was only a few days, Monk Yu taught him what it means to be brave, what it means to believe, what it means to be a common man, and what it means to be merciful.Until the end, he gave his life for this young man who had no relatives or reason.
While Lu Jian was sad, he also felt at a loss. When Monk Yu was around, everything was decided by him.But now I am alone, my future is bleak, and I don't know where to go.Where is Kunlun Mountain?Where is West City?Who can unravel the "Black Heaven Tribulation"?Everything in front of him had to be faced by him alone, and inexplicable fear welled up in his heart, making him even more sad.
Suddenly, another strange sign appeared in his hands, and Lu Jian was startled and stopped crying.Quietly, a long spear protruded from the water and went straight to his lower body.This shot turned sinisterly, Lu Jian was furious, he grabbed the barrel of the gun with his backhand, made a "fish look", bowed his back, and with a sound of splashing water, a ninja in black was dragged out of the water without waiting for him to let go of the barrel of the gun , Lu Jian changed his "human appearance" again, and kicked backwards, hitting the ninja in the heart.The ninja spurted blood, flew five feet away, and fell heavily on the shore.
Just as soon as he started, he heard the sound of the blunderbuss. Lu Jian stamped his feet, and the bamboo raft sank at one end and stood up at the other end, like a big shield, deflecting the lead bullets.
The bamboo raft was erected, and Lu Jian couldn't stand still. He carried the body of Monk Yu on his back and plunged into the water.Starting with the Dharma body, it was so light that it didn't have much weight. Lu Jian knew that it must be caused by the exhaustion of essence and blood, so he didn't feel sad coming from it.
When I was sad, I had already entered the water, but I felt that in the water of the Ming River, several fishing nets were draped around, and the nets were densely covered with fishhooks, shining slightly at the bottom of the water.
Lu Jian suddenly realized that the reason for the ninja firing the gun was to force himself into the water and catch him alive with a fishing net.Immediately, he sank and stomped hard, the heavy sand rose up, and the river became turbid.The eyesight of all the ninjas was blocked, but Lu Jian relied on his hands to see the details. He immediately pulled the western fishing net, entangled the southern fishing net, and pulled the eastern fishing net to wrap the northern ninja.All the ninjas couldn't figure out what was involved, but they all thought that grabbing Lu Jian and struggling to pull it was hard work for those wrapped in fishing nets. The fishhook entered the body, piercing the bone, and when they wanted to call, the river had already entered the mouth, and the bubbles were gurgling.
Taking advantage of the confusion, Lu Jian, like a fish swimming, slipped out of the gaps in the fishing nets, kicked up river sand along the way to cover his body, and wanted to go ashore, but suddenly thought that there must be an ambush on the shore, so he pondered for a while, and said silently: "Master, Offended." Immediately let go, lifting Monk Yu's Dharma body out of the water.
The ninja on the shore saw the floating corpse and whistled in a low voice. Immediately, someone threw a long rope, hooked the dharma body, and dragged it to the shore, but unexpectedly Lu Jian hid under the dharma body, and followed suit.
In an instant, the dharma body approached the shore, and the ninjas were about to pull it up, when they heard a splash, and a water curtain rushed towards them.All the ninjas were shocked and fired their guns one after another. Unexpectedly, when the water curtain fell, there was no one left.While in doubt, he heard the sound of water again, and Lu Jian broke through the waves and came out.There is only one shot for the bird gun, and it is too late to reload the ammunition.
Once Lu Jian got ashore, he made the "Shen Yuxiang" roll out close to the ground, grabbed a ninja's right foot, and threw him into the river with the "Zhentianxiang", and then turned over with the "Horse King Xiang" to throw a ninja Kicked to the ground.The remaining ninja shook his hands and threw the dart, but before he made the dart, Lu Jian quickly caught it, and stuck his backhand around his waist.The ninja was so fierce that he didn't scream, but took half a step back and drew the knife with his backhand.Lu Jian yelled loudly, and flew forward to cast the "Great Sumeru Form", hitting his chest with his shoulder. The ninja was so powerful that he couldn't yell, and he held his breath and fainted.
Lu Jian knocked down this man, and in the blink of an eye, he saw the ninja in the river crawling up the bank, dripping wet, and galloping with the body of the fish monk in his arms. In a blink of an eye, he was fifty paces away.In a hurry, Lu Jian drew the knife from the fainted ninja's back, and threw an "I" like shooting a bamboo arrow. The knife went like a shooting star, buzzing through the ninja's calf, and pinning him to the ground.
The ninja screamed, turned his hand and drew out the knife, limped, and was about to run away again, but suddenly felt the wind blowing from the back of his head, and Lu Jian's scabbard had already hit him, his eyes went black, and he passed out.
Lu Jianzhong picked up the dharma body again, and suddenly heard the sound of a cat meowing, and looked into the distance, but saw that the bamboo raft had turned over, and Fomalhaut was squatting on the head of the raft, floating down the water.Lu Jian secretly felt ashamed, wondering why he forgot it on the bamboo raft, hurriedly turned around and ran back, picked up the long rope that ninjas used to, ran along the bank for a few miles, and threw it at the bamboo raft.The iron claws on the front of the rope hooked the stern of the raft, and the bamboo raft moved forward, stretching the long rope straight.
Lu Jianzheng breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly there was another warning sign. He swung his sheath back and shot down a steel dart.Looking around in a blink of an eye, several black shadows are passing by, and they hurriedly ran away.But he saw black-clothed ninjas appearing around him from time to time, not avoiding his figure, and coming in all directions.It turned out that Monk Yu was the only one that the ninjas were afraid of, and when he saw Monk Yu sitting down, he had nothing to fear, uncharacteristically, he jumped out openly.
There are many ninjas and they run fast.After a while, Lu Jian was besieged on a river beach, and all the ninjas looked fierce and pressed forward step by step.
Suddenly a ninja said in a deep voice: "Don't fight for merit." The ninjas stopped when they heard the sound, and Lu Jian fixed his eyes on it, but saw that the man was dressed in the same outfit as the ninjas, except for a silver "Tai" embroidered on the corner of his clothes. He couldn't help thinking: "These ninjas are named after numbers. Since they have Ren Er Ren San, this person should be called Ren Tai."
Suddenly I heard the ninja say: "Young man, put down the body, I will spare your life."
Lu Jian shook his head and remained silent.Ren Tai raised his voice and said: "We all respect the great monk. He caught me twice and spared my life. The virtue of forgiving my life will never be forgotten in my life. He treats you well, and we don't want to make things difficult for you."
Lu Jian raised his voice and said, "If that's the case, why are you still chasing him so hard?" Shinota sighed, "Being a man of faith, we have promised Hiei-san first, and we can't break our word."
Lu Jian sneered, and said, "Why are you trustworthy? I'm afraid it's for rewards, right? Mount Hiei is rich and powerful, but the master is just a poor monk with no money."
Rentai was caught by his words, and his pupils shrank suddenly. He wanted to trick Lu Jian into surrendering without a fight, but his plan failed, so he snorted coldly and said sharply: "In any case, I will bring back the monk's body. Mount Hiei."
Contempt showed in Lu Jian's eyes, he put down his dharma body, gripped the scabbard tightly, and said in a loud voice, "Then let's try." He took a sudden step, shouted loudly, turned around and swung the scabbard, slashed at Rentai, and shot At that time, the "Shou Zhe Xiang" was used, but halfway through the sheath, it has become the "Monkey King Xiang", which is exactly the method of splitting bamboo taught by the fish monk.
Seeing him opening and closing, with a strange posture, Rentai was a little surprised. Seeing that he was only holding the scabbard, he immediately swung the knife to meet him. Relying on the sharpness of the knife, he deliberately broke the scabbard first, and then cut Lu Jian.
Knife and scabbard strike, the empty sound is deafening, Ninata only feels the force rushing in, his chest feels tight, he takes two steps back, he hears the creaking sound, and when he looks closely, he sees the cracks on the blade spread out like silk.
This Japanese sword is an ancestral treasured sword, which cuts gold and jade like cutting bean curd sticks, but at this time it was split by a wooden sheath.Ren Tai was shocked, but also distressed, Lu Jian turned around and swung the sheath, and struck twice, Ren Tai wanted to dodge, but he didn't know why, but felt that the wooden sheath covered all directions with one wave, The coming was unavoidable, and in fright and anger, he had no choice but to wave his knife to meet again.
There was another empty sound, accompanied by the clanging sound, Ren Tai snapped his knife and vomited blood, the wooden sheath continued to hit his left leg, with a click, Ren Tai's leg fractured, and he fell backwards.
Seeing the defeat of the leader, the ninjas howled and swung their knives.However, no matter how many visitors came, Lu Jian treated them like bamboos in the bamboo forest. First, there was a "Shou Zhe Xiang" and then a "Monkey King Xiang".
Ninjas mainly focus on sneak attacks, and head-on fighting is not their specialty. Every time Lu Jian swung the scabbard, some ninjas would break their legs with a folding knife. Half of the twenty ninjas in the field fell in an instant. He said anxiously: "Hide quickly, send a dart..." Before he finished speaking, Lu Jian turned around and hit his temple with a sheath, and immediately passed out.
All the ninjas had no leader, and Lu Jian sheathed them one by one, knocking off their limbs. Although not fatal, they lost their ability to move.All of a sudden, except for three or two ninjas who saw the opportunity quickly and fled away, all the ninjas were not spared, and they lay down on the river beach and howled.
Lu Jian looked around and felt surprised. There should have been a life-and-death battle, but who would have expected it to be won so easily.He didn't know that the "Thirty-two Aspects" were too powerful, but he just thought that these ninjas were too helpless, so he couldn't help thinking: "That's fine, the master asked me to be merciful, if one person survived today, it is not against the master's order. "Sighed, without looking at the crowd again, he carried the Dharma body on his back and walked along the river bank.
At night, Lu Jian found a clean space, gathered firewood, and incinerated Monk Yu's dharma body. Looking at the raging fire, Lu Jian couldn't help but burst into tears.When the fire was extinguished, I went to collect the remains of the bones, but saw many beads in the ashes, as small as rice grains, as big as a little finger, or as red as blood drops, or as white as ice and snow, crystal clear and brilliant in color.
Lu Jian thought: "This should be the relic that Master Yu said." After counting it carefully, there were twenty one in total, so he wrapped it in a cloth and kept it close to his body.He slept in the forest for half the night, and did not walk west until dawn.At noon, you can see the vast sea.Lu Jianjiu was in the deep house, and now he was bathed in the sea breeze, feeling deeply moved.
He walked along the beach for half a day. In the evening, the fishing stars scattered and the harbor was in sight.After inquiring, I learned that there are many ships in the port going to the Middle Earth, and I was thinking about how to get on the ship, when I heard a loud voice yelling in Chinese: "Luo Xiaosan, I asked you to find a translator, why are you looking for so many people who don't understand? , Things that only ask for money, missed the master's important event, be careful with your skin."
When Lu Jian first heard the local accent, he felt very cordial. Looking back, he saw a few people standing in the distance, all in Tang costumes.One of them is tall and strong, wearing a purple robe and jade belt, wearing a pair of buckskin fast boots, the clothes can be described as gorgeous and elegant, but he wants to be comfortable, and he wears a net hat used by Taoists, so he looks nondescript. young man.
Hearing what the purple-robed man said, it seemed that Lu Jian could not find a suitable interpreter, and with a thought, he stepped forward to salute, "How are you all?" The purple-robed man glanced at him, frowned and said, "Are you from Tang Dynasty? "Lu Jian said: "Yes, do you want to hire a translator?" The man in purple robe showed a vigilant look: "Are you eavesdropping on the master?"
Lu Jian said with a smile, "I just listened to my ears. I can speak Japanese, can you hire me?" The purple-robed man frowned, with doubts lingering in his eyes, and said, "Just being able to speak Japanese is not enough, we are To do business in the Japanese country, you must not only know Chinese and Japanese, but also be proficient in economic business."
Lu Jian said dejectedly: "Business, but I don't know how to do it." Turning around and leaving, he suddenly heard the man in purple yelling, "Come back." Lu Jian turned back and said, "What?"
The purple-robed man smiled and said: "You are honest, the most rare thing in business is honesty. You and I have never met each other. If you say you are proficient in economics and business, I won't know. It's rare that you don't lie , That's very good. Those of us who go to foreign countries to ship overseas goods are most afraid that when we arrive at the place, we will encounter immature economic idiots who collude with the interpreter and cheat you out of money. Hehe, if you do Interpreter, how much do you want?"
Lu Jian was overwhelmed with surprise, and hurriedly said, "I don't want money. When you go back to Middle-earth, just take me with you." The purple-robed man didn't expect such a good thing, and he became suspicious again, and frowned, "I'll take you back to China." Zhongtu is not difficult, but you can't lose money, how about three taels of silver?" Lu Jianzhi didn't have money, so he said immediately: "That's fine."
Three liang of silver is less than one-tenth of the ordinary translator's hired silver.The purple-robed man was overjoyed, patted Lu Jian on the shoulder, and laughed loudly.After chatting, Lu Jian learned that this purple-robed man's surname was Zhou, his name was Zumo, and he was from northern Fujian. He used to go to sea and went to Nanyang, but this was his first time in Japan, and he was worried that he didn't have a suitable interpreter.I found a few, but either the asking price was too high, or the Chinese was rough, and the words didn't convey the meaning. It was rare that Lu Jian came to the door to solve the urgent need.
Zhou Zumo probably took advantage of it, and he was happy in his heart. When he spoke, he said something here and there, and it was quite irrelevant.Lu Jian smiled, and asked what he and his party had sold, but they were silk tea, porcelain and medicinal materials, and some jade.
Lu Jian used to work as a counting house with Ning Bukong, and most of Owari's property came in and out through his hands, so this shipment of goods was nothing if you think about it carefully.
He asked about the market in Japanese, and told Zhou Zumo the truth. Zhou Zumo made a trade-off before choosing a deal.In the meantime, Lu Jian calculated the gains and losses on his behalf, and after two days of trading, he made a lot of money.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Zumo not only found a cheap interpreter, but also earned a fine accountant for nothing, and he was overjoyed.When night fell the next day, he asked about Lu Jian's background carefully, and knew that he was kidnapped to come to Japan, so he couldn't help but slapped his thigh and cursed: "His grandma must have done something good."
Lu Jiandao: "But it's not Japanese pirates. It's Tang people who robbed me." Zhou Zumo said: "That's a fake Japanese. Fuck his ancestors. Hmph, the ancestors of these traitorous traitors might not be ashamed to see me."
Lu Jian couldn't help wondering: "Since Uncle Zhou hates the Japanese so much, why did he come to the Japanese country to do business?" Zhou Zumo frowned, looking uncomfortable, and said, "Where are those brats? Could it be possible to go shopping again?" The kiln?"
Lu Jian saw that there were indeed a few boatmen missing, so he asked, "Which brothel are you visiting?" Zhou Zumo glanced at him, showing a strange look, and said with a smile: "Shopping in a brothel is to go to a place where there are many women. Spend money to pick one, and do Zhougong's ceremony with her."
Seeing that Lu Jian was confused, he patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "You have a commission of three taels of silver, why don't the master take you shopping and pick a good-looking girl to eat? I have seen a lot of kiln sisters from all over the world. It’s okay, but the people from the Japanese country haven’t seen it yet.” Zhou Zumo, a rough man, got excited and talked about his life’s adventures, and the conversation became aroused, and his lust became agitated. Seeing that Lu Jian would not go, he called two other men to go ashore Go merry.
After a while, the ship was empty, leaving only three or two guards to take care of the cargo. They were very bored and gathered in the cabin to gamble.Lu Jian was so poor that no one called him.Lu Jian had nothing to do, thinking of the "sixteen phases" he had learned, there were still four phases that could not be practiced, so he went to the stern to practice hard, and he succeeded in the middle of the night, thinking: "I only learn the thirty-two phases that the master said. I have learned half of it, but I don’t know where to learn the other half?” Thinking of Monk Yu, I miss him and feel sad.
The next day, Lu Jian and Zhou Zumo went ashore again to trade, and sold the inventory for 7788. After checking the market, they bought sulfur, sumac, knife fans, lacquerware and other Japanese local products at low prices, and planned to transport them back to China.
It is expected that the business is going well, Zhou Zumo is very heart-warming, and goes to the brothel every night with all the sea guests to have fun, goes ashore at dusk, and returns in the early morning.Lu Jian practiced the sixteen phases hard and gradually penetrated them, but he was far from reaching the point where Monk Yu said, "All phases have been eliminated, and only the spirit remains".
In the evening of that day, Zhou Zumo suddenly said: "Little Lu, you can go with us tonight." Lu Jian said in surprise, "I won't go."
Zhou Zumo laughed and said, "I'm asking you to go, not to visit a kiln, but to be an interpreter." Lu Jian said, "What is an interpreter? Is there any business?"
"Why no business?" Luo Xiaosan laughed, "Master Zhou recently hooked up with a Japanese prostitute, and wanted to redeem her and take her back to be his concubine. Tell me, is this considered a business?"
Zhou Zumo scolded with a smile: "Damn monkey, there will be nothing in the world, and it will hurt your father. But speaking of it, those Japanese women are chattering, and I don't know if they overcharged me for the night. Lu Jian, if you go tonight, you must give it to me." I figured it out, to save the uncle from spending some stupid money."
All the sea guests, you and I, all talk about the activities in the brothel.Lu Jian blushed and couldn't make a sound.Zhou Zumo didn't allow him to think too much, and even coaxed and dragged him ashore.
A group of people yelled and laughed, walked for a while, and turned into an alley. The alley was dark and deep. The wind lanterns flickered on the corners of the eaves, and the beads were floating, reflecting the faces of the people. The atmosphere in the alley is quite dirty and dense. The unresolved fat and powder gas mixed with a peculiar smell of corruption.The small doors on both sides opened and closed, closed and opened again, occasionally a face as white as silk can be seen through the crack of the door.
Walking to a lacquered door at the end of the alley, Zhou Zumo stopped and said, "You guys are waiting nearby, I will go in with Xiao Lu." The crowd turned to the eaves solemnly instead of laughing.
Lu Jian felt strange, but saw Zhou Zumo walking to the lacquered door and knocking a few times. The lacquered door opened, revealing a woman's round face covered in white powder, with a small cinnabar mole on her left eye, which was particularly eye-catching.
The woman said: "Who are you looking for?" Lu Jian was startled, but Zhou Zumo said: "Xiao Lu, tell her, we are here to find Mr. Long Qi." After Lu Jian said, the woman showed doubts .Zhou Zumo suddenly took out a large piece of silver and stuffed it into her hand. The woman was startled, and stepped back to close the door.
The two stood together for a long while, then the lacquered door opened again, and the woman went out and bowed, "Excuse me, Lord Ryuzaki, what's the matter?" Zhou Zumo listened to the interpreter, raised his hand, and said bang bang bang the sound of.
The woman was stunned, then closed the door again, and after a while she came out, saying: "Lord Ryuzaki is here to invite you." Zhou Zumo grinned and went in first, but when he entered the door, he was careless and touched the woman, causing her to back away in shock. Two steps, cursing in a low voice.Zhou Zumo couldn't understand the Japanese language, so he pretended to be deaf and dumb, and went away. Lu Jian followed behind, but he rolled eyes at the woman.
Although the lacquered door is small, there is something special inside the door. As soon as you enter the door, you will see the curved pillars of the corridor surrounded by a cluster of steep lake stones with seven holes and eight orifices. The four corners of the corridor are illuminated by red lights. Exotic flowers, faint fragrance of flowers, filled the atrium.
There are ten steps and three turns in the Naqu corridor. When walking through it, it is difficult to distinguish things. Sometimes you can see jagged mountains and rocks, melting ponds, sleeping cranes startled, and mallards flying across.Zhou Zumo couldn't help scolding: "The Japanese pirates would enjoy it, and even moved the gardens of Suzhou and Hangzhou here."
While cursing, the two were led to a small hall, the round-faced woman clapped her hands, and two young girls came in, dressed in short clothes, with delicate features.The woman said: "Please change your clothes, both of you."
Lu Jian was taken aback. Zhou Zumo listened to the interpreter and said with a smile, "These Japanese people are cautious. Tell her, Xiao Lu, that there is no need to change clothes. If you want to search, you can do it."
After Lu Jian said, the round-faced woman nodded and motioned for the two girls to come forward.Zhou Zumo is a veteran of Fengyue, he let go of his limbs and let him grope, with a look of intoxication on his face.
However, Lu Jian felt that the girl was close to him, her tender body was hot, her breath was slightly smelling, and the place where his fingers passed was like an ant crawling like a snake. Couldn't bear it anymore, and jumped up.The girl was startled for a moment, then she covered her mouth and chuckled, then turned to discuss with the round-faced woman.The woman glanced at Lu Jian from time to time, her eyes filled with smiles, and Lu Jian became more and more shy, and could hardly raise her head.
After the body search was over, the woman led the way first, and then turned around two curved corridors, and suddenly saw a flower hall in the distance brightly lit, and came laughing and talking.
The woman walked to the front of the hall, bowed and said, "Lord Longzaki, you have brought them here." After a moment of silence in the hall, someone said loudly in Japanese: "Who wants to buy a bird gun?" Lu Jian fixed his eyes on it. , the speaker is a short and fat Japanese man, with bald head and beardless, big belly protruding, at first glance, it looks like a Maitreya Buddha statue. There are several beautiful Japanese women sitting around him, looking at them with winking eyes.
But Zhou Zumo said with a smile: "Little Lu, don't just look at the ladies, what did that man say?" Lu Jian said shyly.Zhou Zumo smiled and said, "Tell him, I'll buy a bird gun." Lu Jian was taken aback and stared at him.Zhou Zumo patted him on the shoulder and sighed: "Xiao Lu, don't ask anything, just take care of yourself as an interpreter."
Lu Jian was full of doubts, and said Zhou Zumo's words.Nalongzaki said: "You are from Tang Dynasty, according to the laws of your country, you cannot sell bird guns to you, if you do, you will be at great risk."
Zhou Zumo smiled and said: "One point of business is three points of risk, and three points of risk is very profitable. There is no risk, no business. The greater the risk, the greater the profit. Mr. Ryuzaki must understand this truth."
Long Qi said: "That's what I said, but if your life is gone, no amount of profit will be of any use." Zhou Zumo said: "You know this and I know it, as long as you don't spread it, who will want your life? "
Long Qi was silent for a while, and asked, "How many sticks do you want?" Zhou Zumo said, "1,500 sticks." Lu Jian was taken aback.After hearing the interpreter, Long Qi changed color in shock: "What? So many?"
Zhou Zumo said with a smile: "I found out in the nearby brothels these days. This amount is not available to others, but it is nothing to Mr. Longqi?"
Ryuzaki shook his head and said, "I'm just a businessman selling guns, not a tycoon who makes guns. Fifteen hundred pieces are too many, and it takes time to get them together. Well, what price do you give?"
Zhou Zumo stretched out four fingers and said, "I'll give you cash, four taels of silver each. As far as I know, this price has never been seen in Japan."
Long Qi pondered: "No, you are from Tang Dynasty, and you have to count too many. One price, five taels of silver each, and you have to pay a 30% deposit first."
Zhou Zumo scolded Japanese pirates and fat people in his heart, but he said with a smile on his face: "It's easy to say, it's a deal. I'll send someone to send a deposit later."
Ryuzaki smiled, and quickly waved his hands: "Don't panic, come, come, let's have a drink and talk."
Zhou Zumo smiled and said, "I have something to do, so I won't bother you. When will Mr. Long Qi get enough bird guns?" Long Qi pondered, "About five days."
Zhou Zumo nodded and said: "Okay, I'll come back in five days. The ugly thing is first, the bird gun must be of good quality, if there is a defective one, don't blame Zhou for being rude." Long Qi said with a smile: "Don't worry, our department The bird guns here are all forged by famous craftsmen, regardless of the strength of the guns, they are all excellent."
Zhou Zumo smiled and said goodbye.He got out of the lacquer gate, burst out full of anger, and cursed Ryuzaki.When all the sea guests heard five taels of silver a piece, they were also angry. The pigs, dogs and animals cursed and cursed until they reached the boat, and then they calmed down.
Lu Jian was puzzled and asked, "Uncle Zhou, why did you buy so many bird guns? And seven thousand five hundred taels of silver, how can there be so much on the account?" Zhou Zumo waved his hand and said, "Little Lu, you don't want to do this. Ask. You just need to know that I didn’t buy these bird guns for evil reasons.” After speaking, he ordered people to carry out two iron boxes, and when they were opened, they were full of white official silver.
Zhou Zumo weighed 2,300 taels, and said to Luo Xiaosan, "You and Xiao Lu took people to Longqi, and the extra fifty taels of silver was supposed to be the makeup money that Zhou gave to the girl around him. He laughed."
"Send his mother's coffin money." Luo Xiaosan said angrily, "That profiteer took such a big advantage, why give him more money?"
Zhou Zumo said sternly: "Cursing is swearing, business is business. I am entrusted by my husband, this business is only allowed to succeed, not to fail. I can see that Long Qi's eyes are wandering, and his temperament is treacherous. If you don't pay more money, I'm afraid it will Can't hold him down."
Luo Xiaosan was skeptical, so he greeted the two men, and Lu Jian took the money and sent it to Longqi's residence.On the way, Lu Jian couldn't help asking: "Brother Luo, you don't seem to be here for business, but rather to buy bird guns."
Luo Xiaosan smiled wryly and said: "Yes, those businesses earlier were just casual transactions, just for show. This batch of bird guns is the most important; unfortunately, we bought too many, and ordinary merchants couldn't afford them. We spent several days hanging out in brothels Only now did I know the way of Longzaki..." At this point, he consciously slipped his tongue, and hurriedly said, "Xiao Lu, don't be too curious, and be your interpreter obediently. Either this matter is too involved, and it will be difficult to get out in the future. gone."
Lu Jian couldn't help being silent, the two sent the money to Longqi's mansion, received the receipt, and returned to the ship.
In the next few days, Zhou Zumo seemed to have forgotten about buying guns, and still ordered Lu Jian to sell the stock and buy local products; at first Zhou Zumo handled it himself, but later seeing that Lu Jian was honest and reliable, he was happy and let him trade.However, Lu Jian knew that this week Zumo looked rough and uneducated, but in fact he was delicate in heart, he was careful about every penny, and he didn't dare to be negligent at the moment.But he was always thinking about that batch of blunderbusses in his heart, the number of which was so huge, even Owari Ichikuni had never had it before, but Zhou Zumo spent all his money and bought so many, he really didn't know what to use for it, if the murderer did it Evil, that would be very bad.
Between doubts, five days passed.At nightfall that day, a Japanese man came to the boat and said, "Master Longqi's goods are ready, I ask you to bring the silver and let me pick it up." Zhou Zumo nodded and said, "Wait a while, we order some money." Qi Yinzi will come."
Turning to the inner cabin, Zhou Zumo took out four silver boxes, filled them with silver taels, added two more empty boxes, and ordered all the sea guests to bring swords, bows, crossbows, short spears and shields from their rooms and hide them in the boxes.
Lu Jian was taken aback, but seeing Zhou Zumo's serious expression, he said in a deep voice, "We only guard against villains, not gentlemen. If the Japanese dog keeps its word, that's fine. If it doesn't, everyone shouldn't be polite to him." " Then he said to Luo Xiaosan, "If you make a move, take care of Xiao Lu, don't let anyone hurt him." Luo Xiaosan smiled and said, "Leave it on me."
All the sea passengers carried the boxes out of the cabin, followed the Japanese man for three miles, and arrived in front of a row of wooden houses by the sea.Before he got closer, he saw Long Qi with a bald head and a shy belly, coming out of the door, and said with a smile: "Here he is at last." After exchanging a few words of pleasantries, he asked, "Did you bring the silver?"
Zhou Zumo opened a silver box, Long Qi looked at the neat silver ingots, with a greedy look in his eyes, he greeted his subordinates to check the quality, Fang smiled and said: "Your step is really trustworthy." Ryuzaki pried open two of the wooden boxes, both of which were brand-new bird guns, Zhou Zumo took one and examined it closely, and found that it was well forged, and randomly inspected the two boxes, the quality and quantity were also the same.
Long Qi said: "There are ten boxes per box, a total of one hundred and fifty boxes. Hurry up and count the number, let's clear it up." Zhou Zumo ordered all the tourists to choose a place to count, and after counting the number, they will be collected at Lu Jian.
Zhou Zumo heard that the news was not bad, he swayed his thumb, and praised with a smile: "Mr. Long Qi is very capable and trustworthy." Long Qi smiled, and led his men to pick up four boxes of silver and walk away.
Zhou Zumo said to the three subordinates: "This place is far away from the ship, and it is not easy to carry. You guys go back and drive the ship over, and we will load the goods here." The three responded and went back to the ship.
Luo Xiaosan frowned and said, "Boss Zhou, this transaction is going too smoothly, I always feel strange."
Zhou Zumo said with a smile: "Money can make ghosts turn the millstone. If we give enough money, we will get twice the result with half the effort." All the sea guests nodded after hearing this.
After a while, the lights on the sea floated closer, and it was the sea boat that came.All the sea guests said it easily, the cargo was not on board, and their hearts were hanging after all. Seeing this, they cheered at the same time.
After cheering, all the lights on the boat were suddenly extinguished, and the whole boat was dark, with only a hazy silhouette remaining, shaking slightly on the rough sea.
Zhou Zumo couldn't help scolding: "What are these straight-girl thieves doing? How do they load the goods on board?"
Before the words were finished, a lamp at the stern of the boat was lit up like a bean again.Zhou Zumo couldn't bear it, and called the names of the boatmen one by one, but he didn't hear the answer, his heart sank, and suddenly Luo Xiaosan said in a trembling voice: "Master Zhou, look at that lamp, it seems something is wrong."
Zhou Zumo frowned and looked, the solitary lamp seemed to be blown by a gust of wind, fluttered across the ship's side, flew to the bow, suddenly jumped into the air, drew a brilliant flame in the air, landed on the shore, and floated towards this side again.
Seeing the fire approaching, the pirates were overwhelmed by it. Zhou Zumo suddenly shouted: "Fuck you!" All the pirates took out their weapons one after another and formed a formation.Seeing the light drifting closer and closer, Zhou Zumo's heart tightened, and he shouted sharply, "Who is it?"
The light flickered slightly, and there was a figure of a man, whose clothes were pure gold, with white cheeks, eagle nose and phoenix eyes, and flying eyebrows. Although he was handsome, for some reason, there was always an inexplicable evil spirit.His sleeves were very long, his right sleeve dragged to the floor, while his left hand protruded through the sleeve, with beautiful fingers, he gently held a brass oil lamp.
Zhou Zumo said shyly, "Who are you? Why are you on my boat?" The man smiled slightly and said, "My surname is Quanhuodi, you may have heard of it."
Zhou Zumo murmured: "Surname Di?" Suddenly his whole body trembled, and he cried out: "Nine Transformation Dragon King, Dongdao Dixi?" The man smiled and said, "That's very insightful."
In an instant, Zhou Zumo felt his heart beating like thunder, his throat was dry, and he opened his mouth, but couldn't make a sound.
Di Xi smiled and said, "Did Shen Cripple send you here? It seems that there is no expert named Zhou in the Ministry of Heaven."
Zhou Zumo's heart was shaken again when he revealed his origin. He tried hard to gather his mind, and said with a sneer, "Zhou is just a pawn of the Ministry of Heaven, not a master."
Di Xi shook his head and said, "Once Wan Guizang died, the Eight Departments became more and more mixed. Even profiteers and prostitutes have become members of the Heavenly Department?"
Zhou Zumo spat angrily: "Even if I'm cunning and lustful, it's better than your East Island colluding with Japanese pirates and embarrassing your ancestors?"
"Who said my Dongdao colluded with Japanese pirates?" Di Xi looked cold, "Cripple Shen will try every means to tarnish my Dongdao's reputation."
Zhou Zumo was a little more courageous, and said loudly: "If you didn't collude with the Japanese pirates, why did you come here? Did Ryuzaki ask you to come here? Does he want to take both money and goods?"
Di Xi smiled and said, "You're not stupid. It's just that it can't be considered a collusion. Long Qi was originally a pawn I deployed in Dongpu. I gave him the capital of his business, and most of the money he earned was mine. I asked him to buy the blunderbuss that Cripple Shen had suffered so much. Lame Shen is worthy of being the master of the Tianbu, with many tricks, he let you, a ruffian profiteer, pretend to be a pirate and steal the blunderbuss from Japan. It's a pity , he was so ambitious that he actually wanted to buy a thousand blunderbusses at once, so he searched and searched, and finally found Longzaki. Wouldn't it be a disappointment to his good intentions?"
Everyone's expression changed, Zhou Zumo sternly shouted: "Let's stand shoulder to shoulder." The Haikes each held their weapons and were about to make a move. Suddenly, Di Xi's body was separated, and a dozen figures appeared, overlapping one after another, like a golden dragon shaking The tail flew across the scene, only the sound of clattering was heard, the swords of the three sailors fell to the ground, their eyes were straightened, and there was a small hole on their foreheads, bleeding profusely.
With a chuckle, the phantom scattered and reunited, and became one again. Di Xi stood on the spot with a copper lamp in his hand, with an extremely leisurely demeanor.
Zhou Zumo cried out, "Long Dun?"
狄希笑道：“不愧是天部的小卒，挺有见识。”他笑语晏晏，一双凤眼辉光流转，落到众海客身上，众人无不彻骨生寒，毛发倒竖。
周祖谟脸色铁青，眼珠一转，忽地扬声叫道：“九变神龙，你是东岛五尊之一，'龙遁'之法威震天下。我却只是天部一名小卒，武功低微得很。但老子武功不济，却不怕死，今天倒要跟你赌上一场。”
狄希笑道：“赌什么？若是赌逛窑子，那就免了。”
周祖谟面皮一热，呸道：“老子跟你赌武功。听说'龙遁'是世间无双的身法，老子偏不服气，就赌你十招之内，抓不住我。”
狄希笑容渐敛，冷冷道：“你命在我手，凭什么跟我赌？”
周祖谟道：“凭你九变神龙的威名。你若不敢赌，将来传出去，江湖中人必然说，堂堂东岛五尊，害怕我这个天部的小卒；即便你丢得起人，东岛三百年声威，也只怕毁了。”
狄希失笑道：“你这厮不愧是痞子奸商，真会强词夺理。但你放心，今晚之事，一星半点都不会传出去的。”众人均是心头一沉，深知狄希此言一出，已存了杀光众人之心。
周祖谟计谋落空，额上冷汗迸出。忽又见狄希微微一笑，闲闲地道：“只不过，狄某却有些好奇，想瞧一瞧，你怎么逃过这十招？”
周祖谟喜出望外：“你答应赌了？”
“不错。”狄希道，“我若胜了，那便休提。你若胜了，我饶你不死。”周祖谟摇头道：“不成，我若胜了，在场的人都须活着离开，这批鸟铳，我也要带走。”
狄希眼神数变，忽而笑道：“也罢，若你真能接我十招，人货双收，也是理所应当。”
周祖谟干笑两声，将手掖在腰间。狄希笑意不改，掌心灯火微暗，身形倏然而散，一叠金色幻影若有若无，扫了过来。
周祖谟蓦地抽出手来，掌心迸出一蓬白光，那白光射到半空，化作千百细丝，凌空交织，势成一张无朋巨网，罩向那重重幻影。
“敢情沈瘸子把'天罗'传了你？”狄希轻轻一笑，“好，这算第一招。”倏尔幻影俱无，又归一人。那些白光也遽然收缩，化为蚕茧大小一团，在周祖谟右掌心游走。
周祖谟背上冷汗淋漓。这“天罗”是天部绝学，以“周流天劲”注入蚕丝，织就大网，一旦罩住对手，“周流天劲”一生二，二生三，“天罗丝”笼罩越广，韧性越强，韧比牛筋，坚如精钢，被罩之人若不懂破解之法，势难脱身。
周祖谟的“周流天劲”修炼未深，支撑如此绝学，端地辛苦。但他却知“龙遁”身法不仅包含轻功，更有极精妙的数术、幻术，多年来让西城高手吃尽苦头。狄希此时的幻影，也是一种幻术，虽不知他如何施展，但你若将它当做幻影，幻影立时化为真人；你若当他是真人，真人又会变成幻影，其中的虚虚实实，叫人无从捉摸。是故唯一之法，不管它是真人也好，幻影也罢，均以这张“天罗”一网打尽。
忽听狄希笑道：“第二招！”
周祖谟心神一凝，只见火光摇曳中，狄希幻影又生，当即张手，“天罗”满天罩出，倏忽间，狄希人影尽被笼住。
周祖谟但觉网内一沉，心中大喜，“天罗”瞬间收缩。却听一声惨叫，定睛一瞧，网中之人，竟是一名随从海客。惊疑间，忽听狄希轻笑一声：“第三招。”后脑锐风陡起，破空袭来。
原来狄希在“天罗”将收未收之际，凭着绝顶身法，偷梁换柱，抓了一个伙计掷入网中，骗得周祖谟收网。自己则转到他身后，周祖谟变招不及，“天罗”就此破了。狄希计谋得逞，一指刺向周祖谟后脑，不料身侧风起，忽地一只拳头，横空击来。
狄希但觉拳风凝若实质，雄浑无匹，心中暗惊，一转手，食指点中来拳，借势飘退两丈，定眼望去，却是一个衣衫粗陋的年轻男子，双拳紧握，神色颇为紧张。
周祖谟见了那人，不觉一呆，吃惊道：“小陆？是你？”陆渐点头道：“周大叔，你没事么？”周祖谟神色一灰，望着狄希，惨然道：“我输了。”
众海客蓦地躁动起来，忽有两人一个向东，一个向西，发足狂奔。狄希一声长笑，身形左右分散，化出两叠幻影，一叠向东，一叠向西，有如金鹏展翅，同时扫中二人，那两人脑后血如喷泉，扑地便倒。
那两叠幻影向内一收，合二为一，又向在场众人扫来。陆渐见势危急，不及多想，迎着幻影，变一个“半狮人相”，屈膝蹲身，左拳后勾，右拳前送。
那幻影如被拳风激荡，向右一折，陆渐正要随之转身，忽生警兆，忙变一个“雀母相”，矮身疾转，但觉一道锐风自左袭来，擦过耳轮，火辣辣生痛。
狄希一指落空，咦了一声，忽见陆渐高高纵起，以肩撞来，不觉吃惊，心道此人竟能在幻影离合之间，辨出自己的真身，真是奇哉怪也。但觉这一撞重如山岳，刚猛异常，当下不敢怠慢，右手托住陆渐肩头，足下陡转。
“龙遁”之法，不但能以身法躲避天下任何招式，而且能以身法化解天下任何劲力。陆渐只觉这一个“大须弥相”仿佛撞在空虚之处，狄希疾风斗转间，竟如抽丝剥茧，将这一相中所蓄的劲力丝丝抽去。陆渐心知劲力抽尽之时，便是狄希反击之机，急使“诸天相”，双手齐出，去缠他右手。不料狄希随他双手来势，身法转折，总不让他缠着。
It's too late, but it's fast.两人变化虽繁，落到众人眼中，却是快如电闪。才见狄希实形虚影，散聚无方；转眼之间，又见陆渐被狄希一手抄住，悬空飞旋起来。
众人瞧得眼花缭乱，唯独周祖谟眼力最强，瞧出若干变化，心中惊诧万分，万不料这朴实青年，竟然身负如此神通，又见陆渐竭力去捉狄希右手，总不能够，不由为之心急。蓦然间，忽见陆渐双手再伸，狄希也随之转折，却不料陆渐右脚倏地反踢，这一踢直达肩头，狄希若不脱手，必被踢中手背，无可奈何，只得放手纵开。
陆渐这一踢，正是出自“人相”。“人相”反踢可至后脑，踢中肩头只是等闲。他情急间想到这一变相，先以“诸天相”虚晃一枪，再行反踢，果然一举脱身，坠地之时，又以“神鱼相”翻滚变化，以防狄希趁虚施袭。但这一轮变相，几令他耗尽气力，若非劫力源源补充，早已累趴在地。
翻滚数匝，陆渐起身瞧时，却见幻象尽消，狄希又归于一，拈灯含笑，身形若聚若散，莫知所出。
陆渐见此情形，心念微动，蓦地双手撑地，拿个大顶，倒立起来。
众人均感奇怪：“这小子疯了么？这当儿还有拿大顶的心思？”狄希也是微露讶色。
陆渐闭目凝神，劫力透过双手，密布数丈方圆，狄希双足所至，当即可知。如此一来，种种幻象，均然破灭，在陆渐心中，仅余实相。
故此狄希一动，陆渐亦动，狄希幻影才生，陆渐便以“大自在相”翻转过来，左掌挥出，以“寿者相”出招，“猴王相”收势，刷的一掌，狄希左手灯火倏灭，重重幻影一时尽消。
狄希幻术被破，但觉掌风扑面，冷哼一声，挥手抓出。陆渐吃过苦头，心知一旦被他沾身，身上劲力势必被他借力打力，尽数化去，当下火速变相，缩手后退。
周祖谟不由赞了声：“好。”再见灯火一灭，幻影虚像均然不见，不觉叹道：“原来幻术的根源竟在这盏油灯，真真叫人意想不到。”
众人听了这话，恍然大悟，要知人眼喜光，畏惧黑暗，故而黑夜中一盏孤灯，往往能吸引众人心神。狄希正是借这孤灯光影，以身法与之配合，幻化出重叠虚影，扰得众人眼花缭乱，再施杀手。
狄希悄立半晌，忽地冷冷道：“小子，你能瞧破我的真身，确是不凡？不过，九变龙王，本有九变，你破了我的'光明变'，却不知我还有'无色变'。”
陆渐皱眉道：“无色变？”狄希笑道：“没错，你瞧明白了。”话音方落，人影骤失，陆渐但觉身周风起，慌忙变相。霎时间，连变三相，方才避过这一击。
一时间，众人借着星月光芒，瞧不见狄希的影子，却只见陆渐独自一人，手舞足蹈，四肢飞速扭转，仿佛正与瞧不见的对手激斗，不由得目瞪口呆，连呼古怪。
陆渐只觉身周劲风掠来掠去，疾逾闪电，身子时被扫中，虽借变相化解，仍是疼痛难当，忽听狄希一声轻笑，火光一闪，那盏油灯又被点燃，将场中情景照得分明。
陆渐一怔，忽觉冷风吹来，胸背发凉，低头望去，不由大惊，敢情那件衣衫千疮百孔，经海风一吹，竟然片片散去。骇然间，下体又是一凉，慌忙低头，但见裤子四分五裂，处处见肉，陆渐急忙攥住裤带，生恐一阵风来，将这裤子也吹没了。
“怎么样？”狄希笑吟吟地道，“再这么下去，你可要光着屁股跟我打了。”
陆渐面红耳赤，怒道：“你，你不要脸。”狄希笑道：“害羞什么？你若光了屁股跟我打，我也不会笑话你的。”
他说不笑话，嘴里却哈哈大笑。陆渐又羞又恼，偏又不敢挪身。狄希瞧他羞怒神色，心中快意，正想猫玩耗子，杀掉之前，再捉弄这少年一番，忽听周祖谟冷冷道：“狄希，你可记得，方才你和这位小陆兄弟交手，用了几招？”
狄希道：“三四十招，怎么？”周祖谟冷笑道：“三四十招么？嘿嘿，你跟我约的可是十招。”
狄希笑容一敛，缓缓道：“我和你约了，却没跟他约。”
周祖谟道：“我是天部的小卒，他却是我的小卒。厉害呀厉害，堂堂东岛五尊之一，对付天部小卒手下的小卒，也要用上三四十招，厉害，当真厉害。”说罢大拇指一跷，哈哈大笑。
狄希冷笑道：“姓周的，你少给自己脸上贴金，这小子的本事强你多多，又岂会是你手下的小卒？”他对周祖谟了如指掌，对其手下海客也略知一二，唯独陆渐是新进通译，又从不随众人冶游浪荡，是故狄希对他一无所知。
周祖谟笑道：“你若不信？大可问他。”狄希瞧着陆渐，皱眉道：“小子，你说。”陆渐点头道：“我确是周大叔手下的通译，帮他交易货物。”
狄希神色阴沉，半晌道：“以你的本事，何必做这奸商手下的小卒？不如入我东岛，不出十年，狄某包你飞黄腾达，跻身五尊之列。”
周祖谟听得脸色大变。陆渐此时只需点头，便是东岛中人。狄希再也不用顾惜身份，便可大开杀戒。
众海客也知此理，纷纷盯着陆渐嘴唇，大气也不敢出，忽见他摇头道：“我答应了周大叔，做他的通译。既然答应，就不能反悔。”此话一出，自周祖谟以下，众人无不松了口气。
狄希眼中怒意一闪即逝，冷笑道：“如此说，你真的自甘下贱，做这色鬼奸商的小卒了？”陆渐点头道：“就算是了。”
“好个就算是了？”狄希冷笑一声，“周祖谟，算你厉害，藏了这么一步好棋。他既是你手下小卒，狄某十招不能败他，也算输了……”说到这里，他瞥了陆渐一眼，长袖一拂，飘然去了。
众海客惊喜交集，周祖谟见狄希走远，方才叹道：“久闻五尊之中，'九变龙王'最为清高自负，看来果真如此。若是换了别人，这激将法必不管用。”又瞧陆渐一眼，叹道，“小陆，你真人不露相，连周某也被你骗过了。”
陆渐大窘，一手捏着裤带，一手连摆道：“我不是存心欺瞒大叔的。”
周祖谟点头道：“这我知道，小陆你为人朴实，虽有大本事，大神通，也不会炫耀。”言罢，命众人收拾殉难海客的尸体，又上船察看，船上六名海客无一幸免，当下就地焚化了，只取骨殖归国，然后指挥众人，将鸟铳搬运上船。
忙碌已毕，罗小三嚷着要寻龙崎报仇。周祖谟喝道：“叫嚷什么？那厮恐怕早就躲起来了，何况有姓狄的给他撑腰，你这点猫狗把式，只合给他塞塞牙缝。”他生怕有变，下令连夜开船，离开东瀛。
升帆起航，众人转身回舱。才入舱门，忽见舱内烛火明亮，烛旁放置一座金丝鸟笼，笼中栖着一只信天翁，白羽间黑，有如雪中乌炭。鸟笼边，一人手持书卷，正瞧得入神。
众人见了那人，无不傻眼，周祖谟失声叫道：“狄希，你，你做什么？”
狄希听了这话，抬眼笑道：“看书呀，你没瞧见么？”周祖谟怒道：“谁问你看书了？所谓愿赌服输，你既然认输，就当守信。”
狄希笑道：“你我约定的是，我若输了，便饶你一船性命，让你带走鸟铳，对不对？”周祖谟道：“不错。”
“那就是了。”狄希道，“约定里可曾说了，狄某不能搭你家的船么？”
周祖谟脑中嗡的一声，顿时混乱不堪，吃吃地道：“你，你要搭、搭船？”
“然也。”狄希笑道，“这间内舱归我了，要睡觉的，都去别处。”说罢旁若无人，仍是低头看书。
众人面如土色，灰溜溜出门，到了船尾，方才咬牙切齿，低声咒骂。周祖谟苦着脸，跌足道：“只怪我未曾想得周全，如今这灾星上了船，大伙儿迟早被他害死。”众人一时寂然，默默点头。
其后的日子，端地难过无比。狄希俨然以船主人自居，对众海客颐指气使，呼来唤去。船上的底细他仿佛全都知道。茶非明前龙井不饮，酒非绍兴花雕不喝，鱼非肚尾活肉不食，水非至纯至净不用。船上炎热，便命周祖谟打扇，夜间出恭，就唤罗小三提壶。
众海客叫苦不迭，背着无不骂娘，商议之后，也曾想过几个法子，比如在茶里下毒，不料刚端上桌，狄希却一反常态，将茶赐予那位上茶的老兄，非看着他喝完不可，喝完之后，又慢慢盘问他出身来历，眼望着那位老兄的脸色由白变青，由青变黑，方才笑着放他出门，那位老兄事后虽服解药，保得小命，却从此歪嘴斜眼，卧床不起。也有海客趁狄希不在，在他床上埋伏机关，倒插匕首数把，不料回房睡觉之时，由股至臀，均被匕首扎穿，成了瘸子。事后查验，正是他当夜所埋匕首，只不过匕首长了脚，从狄希那里，跑到他自己床上。
总而言之，但凡众人设计暗算，狄希总能以人之道，还施彼身。众海客又恨又怕，偏又无可奈何。
如此航行十余日。这一日，陆渐到船尾钓鱼，却见狄希立在舷边，望着远方出神，腕上立着那只信天翁，忽一振臂，那鸟蹿入青天，盘旋数匝，向西去了。
陆渐奇道：“你做什么？”狄希笑了笑，说道：“这鸟儿关久了，也该放放风了。”忽见北落师门蹲在陆渐肩头，不觉笑道：“你这猫儿却也有趣。”伸手去摸，不料北落师门身子后缩，眼露凶光，呜呜咆哮不已。
狄希皱眉道：“这畜生好大脾气。”陆渐不想与他多说，自顾坐下钓鱼。
狄希却不走开，微微一笑，说道：“小陆，你当真不想加入我东岛么？”陆渐摇头道：“我喜欢自由自在的。”狄希叹了口气，连道可惜，又问道，“你的武功跟谁学的？”陆渐心道《黑天书》不算武功，唯有鱼和尚传的勉强说得上，便道：“是一位大师。”
狄希道：“你的武功本也不坏，可惜不成气候，那天若非我没尽全力，别说三四十招，你能接三四招，也不错了。”
“是呀。”陆渐点头道，“你仅用一只手，我也打不过你的。”
“却不是这个缘故。”狄希嘴角露出一丝笑意，“我以身法见长，一只手、两只手对我而言无甚分别。我说没尽全力，是因为我没用袖。”陆渐闻言，细看他双袖，但见那袖盘在腕上，褶皱重重，显然极为长大，只不知他所说的用袖，是何用法。
他心中迷惑。狄希却不再说，跷腿坐在船舷，眺望远空。约莫过了两个时辰，忽见远方多了一个小黑点，须臾变大，正是那只信天翁。狄希伸手接住，从鸟足上取下一截竹管，从中抽出一卷纸条瞧了，失笑道：“这老东西真是蚂蟥见了血，来得好快。”说罢转头道，“小陆，我不想