Chapter 3 Chapter Three
The two upstairs were startled when they saw this, and suddenly they saw the white thing whirling with the wind, like a cloud, bypassing the small building and disappearing into Cuiyun Tower.
Lu Jian was surprised and said: "That looks like a large group of butterflies. It's strange, how could there be butterflies at night." In a blink of an eye, he let out a cry, leaned over and picked up a white butterfly caught between the sills, and said: "Here is one..." When I got it, I was shocked and blurted out, "It's made of paper." Looking carefully, the paper butterfly was folded from snow-white hard paper, so exquisite that at first glance, it looked as if it was alive. .
Gu Zhen took the paper butterfly, his eyebrows were frowned, suddenly, a breeze blew in the small building, the paper butterfly's wings vibrated, and it seemed to come alive, Gu Zhen was startled, let go of his two fingers, the paper butterfly Flying lightly, accompanied by that gust of wind, slowly flew into the night sky.
The two of them followed the paper butterfly, looked up, and saw the eaves on the other side. I don't know when there stood a man in white clothes and white hair, holding a white silk umbrella. His face was carved like white jade, and he was extremely handsome. Yes, the white hair is so long that it is blown about by the night wind.
The paper butterfly flew to the white-haired man's fingertips, spread its wings and rested.The man glanced at the two people in the building, and suddenly took a step forward, stepping into the void, Lu Jian almost exclaimed, but the cry reached his throat, but he choked, but saw that the man did not fall, but stopped at In the middle of the sky, the white hair was blown straight by the wind, and the feet fluctuated up and down, leisurely volleying in the air, walking towards Cuiyun Tower, crossing a river in a moment, and disappearing behind the wall.
This situation was really too weird, Lu Jian was so overwhelmed that he didn't dare to show his anger, and only after the white-haired man was no longer behind the wall did he say in a trembling voice, "Gu Zhen, is this, is this a ghost?"
Gu Zhen smiled and said: "Most people in the world will be frightened when they see this trick for the first time, but if they know who he is, it's not surprising."
Lu Jianqi said, "You know this ghost... um, anyone?" Gu Zhen said, "Although I don't know him, I've heard of it. Have you ever heard the phrase 'one wisdom lives two defenses and four offenses'?" ?” Lu Jian shook his head.
"This sentence refers to the Eight Divisions of the Western City." Gu Zhen's expression became serious, "One wisdom is the Ministry of Heaven, the master of the Ministry of Heaven, with the highest knowledge, and the mastermind of the Western City; The master is often a woman, known as the mother of the earth, and it is said that her medical skills are extremely high, and she can give birth to all things; the second guard refers to the two divisions of the mountain and the lake. What gave me Dongdao the most headaches was the so-called four attacks. Water, fire, wind, and thunder were all attacking. In the past two hundred years, most of the masters of Dongdao died in their hands. Among them, the wind department is very peculiar. When you practice 'Zhouliufengjin' to a certain extent, you will have black hair turning white, and the more white hair you have, the stronger your skill will be."
Lu Jian suddenly said: "This guy just now, dare to be a master of the Wind Department?"
Gu Zhen said: "This man's hair is as white as snow, and he is holding an umbrella, which shows that the 'Zhou Liu Feng Jin' has been practiced to perfection. But judging from his appearance, he is not very young, and he is very handsome. From this, we can guess his identity " He paused for a moment, with a trace of worry showing between his brows, and said slowly, "This person must be the master of the Wind Department, 'March of the Wind' Zuo Feiqing."
Lu Jian was surprised and said, "Master of the Wind Department? Lord Feng?"
Gu Zhen sighed: "Zuo Feiqing actually left Kunlun Mountain and came to Nanjing. Could it be that the East Island and West City are going to war again?"
Lu Jian thought of the grievances between East Island and West City that Monk Yu had said, and couldn't help frowning: "Could it be that after fighting for two hundred years, can't the hatred be resolved?"
Gu Zhen shook his head and said: "East Island and West City, the hatred is as deep as the sea. It is extremely difficult to resolve it. My great-grandfather died of the Water Ministry's magical power, and my grandfather died of the Lei Bu's magical power. My uncle and second uncle were killed by Wan Guizang. Death, let's say Wan Guizang, his parents and brothers all died of the 'turtle mirror' supernatural power. Tell me, how can such bloody enmity be resolved?"
Lu Jian said: "Then do you want to avenge your relatives?" Gu Zhen smiled and said calmly, "I can't protect myself, so why should I take revenge?" After finishing speaking, he went downstairs first.
The two walked side by side, and wherever there was wind along the way, paper butterflies were seen flying. When they walked up the corridor, the lanterns on both sides had disappeared, and the corridor was pitch black.
Lu Jianyin felt uneasy, thinking of the "Water Soul Formation" in Yaojiazhuang that day, he couldn't help worrying about the safety of Cuiyun Tower, and didn't know what purpose Zuo Feiqing had come here.
In a moment of apprehension, the two walked to the bedroom, the lights in the room remained the same, and when the screen was turned, the two froze suddenly.I saw a person sitting in front of the sandalwood table, with black hair in a silver shirt and sunken cheeks, staring at the candlelight on the table with sharp eyes.
"Are you back?" The man in silver didn't turn his eyes, his voice was as cold as ice.
Gu Zhen sighed, and said with a smile, "Uncle Ming is so talented that he found it here."
The man in silver said: "Thanks for having him." He raised his hand and placed a bloody human head heavily on the table.
Lu Jian saw the long beard on the man's head, and couldn't help calling out: "Master Zhao." Gu Zhen's complexion also changed, and his eyes revealed a look of pain.
The silver-clothed man stood up straight and said coldly: "Gu Xiao'er, you know, Mingyi is different from Ying Wancheng."
Gu Zhen smiled wryly and said, "That's right, 'Golden Turtle' loves money like life, and 'Shark Thorn' hates evil like hatred, Ying Wancheng wants my money, but you only want my life."
"I said long ago that I would kill you with one knife, but they still want to lock you up, and the result is just breeding tigers." Mingyi's eyes flashed sharply, a three-foot white thorn slipped out of his sleeve, and he said coldly: "Do you know this?" Gu Zhen smiled and said, "Who doesn't know the cold shark thorn?"
"Okay." Ming Yi said coldly, "It's dead or alive, you take a stab at me." As soon as the words fell, Lu Jian suddenly felt strange, but felt that although Ming Yi was standing there, he seemed to disappear out of thin air, breathing , heartbeat, pulse, all vitality is still, and there is only silence in the room.
In an instant, the surrounding rooms rapidly expanded before Lu Jian's eyes, until they were as big as the sky and the sea, but Ming Yi was just the opposite. As the room became larger, his body shrank sharply. In the room, there was no trace.
Lu Jian was extremely astonished, and then became confused. At this moment, he suddenly heard a clang from outside the door, as if porcelain was shattered.
As the sound hit his ears, Lu Jian's whole body became energized, his mind suddenly became clear, and he clearly saw a slender white thorn piercing the air, the sharp tip was only an inch away from Gu Zhen's throat.
Lu Jian couldn't save him in time, so he changed into a "half-lion figure", hooked in with his left hand, and rushed with his right fist, "Great King Kong power" rushed straight to Mingyi like a raging tide.
It was sudden that the porcelain shattered, but the strength of this punch was beyond Ming Yi's expectation.He hadn't expected that the real opponent was not Gu Zhen, but Lu Jian.
After a series of miscalculations, Ming Yi had no choice but to withdraw his stab, change his move, and stab again, towards Lu Jian.But Gu Zhen jumped up, grabbed Lu Jian, and leapt back, hitting the screen with his back, and the screen fell to the ground, Ming Yi's feet were five feet wide, and he flipped over in response to the situation.
This time, also beyond Ming Yi's expectation, both feet were empty, and he fell straight down.
Gu Zhen and Lu Jian continued to castrate and ran straight to the door.Lu Jian looked around, and suddenly saw the ugly slave standing in front of the door, holding a tray, and the ground was full of fragments of porcelain cups.
"Let's go." Gu Zhen shouted: "This flap can't trap him."
Lu Jian pointed at Chou Nuer and said, "What should she do?" Gu Zhen frowned and said, "Take her with me." He stretched out his hand, but seeing Chou Nuer's ugly appearance, he felt hesitant, so Lu Jian stretched out his hand suddenly, Holding the ugly slave in his arms, he flew up; Gu Zhen shook his head and smiled wryly, hearing a loud noise behind him, knowing that Ming Yi had broken through, he immediately tightened his feet, laughed and said: "My surname is Ming, I am here Here, there is something to chase after."
Relying on their familiarity with the terrain, the three of them came to the river in an instant. Gu Zhen grabbed two big stones and threw them into the river one after the other. The stones fell into the water and made two muffled sounds. behind a wall.Lu Jian didn't understand what he meant, and was about to ask a question, but his mouth was covered by Gu Zhen, and he heard a cold snort from Ming Yi, followed by another splash, as if something heavy had fallen into the water.
After a while, when there was no more movement, Gu Zhen let go of Lu Jian, covered his waist and laughed, but didn't dare to make a sound, holding back tears from the corners of his eyes.
Lu Jian was also surprised and said, "Did that person really jump into the river?" Gu Zhen smiled and said, "Yes, this 'shark thorn' is the most difficult to deceive among the five, and it can also be said to be the easiest to deceive."
Lu Jian shook his head and said, "This is confusing."
"You don't know his temperament." Gu Zhen said with a smile, "This Ming assassin is the most reckless. When he sees his opponent, he doesn't care about it. He just stabs him. There are not many people in the world who can avoid this stab , so no matter how many tricks you have, you won’t be able to use them when you meet him, so it’s the hardest thing to cheat. But he’s straightforward and doesn’t bother thinking about things, so if you have a chance, it’s not difficult to cheat him. So when he heard the sound of the water, he thought we jumped into the river to escape, and he was probably just groping in the river at the moment, the river is full of feces and urine, and the mud is flowing horizontally, and the Ming assassin will be notorious when he comes ashore later."
The three of them ran while talking, turned around, and came to the end of an alleyway, Gu Zhen said: "It's fine now, you let this girl go." Lu Jian put down the ugly slave, and the ugly girl flinched, Leaning against the wall, his legs trembled.Lu Jian hurriedly said: "Don't be afraid, we are not bad people."
Gu Zhen laughed and said: "Even the bad guys, seeing her like this, they were also scared away. She was specially raised by Cuiyun Building to scare people." Lu Jian said: "What do you mean by specially raised to scare people?"
Gu Zhen said: "In the Cuiyun Building, there are often some guests who don't know what is good or bad, and they linger on the girls in the building, but some girls are performing arts but not selling themselves, and some red card girls don't have distinguished guests. At this time, the madam will Call this ugly girl into the room, serve tea and water, and when those bastard guests see her like this, they will immediately extinguish their desires. If he still doesn't know what to do, the ugly girl will bring some snacks, and if not, then send her A handkerchief. Usually a guest sees it for the third time, and usually runs away, and when he gets home, he has to have two more nightmares before it subsides."
Lu Jian looked at the ugly slave and sighed: "In this way, she is really pitiful." Gu Zhen said: "Why is she pitiful? In that kind of place, beauty is a disaster, but ugliness is a blessing. At least there is no bastard." The egg will play her mind."
Lu Jian said: "Anyway, that kind of place is not something women should keep. What's more, if she hadn't smashed the porcelain cup, I wouldn't be able to wake up from the hallucination and see Mingyi's moves clearly."
Gu Zhen said: "The hallucination you are talking about, is the room suddenly getting bigger and Ming Yi suddenly getting smaller, like a grain of rice falling into the vast ocean, and you can never see him again." Lu Jian nodded and said, "Yes."
Gu Zhendao: "This kind of mentality is the secret of Dongdao, called 'Yi Su'. Once the mover uses it, it can make the opponent hallucinate, the space instantly becomes larger, but the mover shrinks instantly, small It is like a drop in the ocean, unfathomable. When you understand it, his cold shark thorn has pierced your neck. And this method is most taboo when it is interrupted suddenly, so the ugly slave smashed the porcelain, just broke It's his mind." After saying that, he glanced at Chou Nu'er, frowned and said, "Why are you outside the door?"
The ugly slave said shyly, "I, I happened to pass by." Gu Zhen said, "It's so late, and you haven't slept yet? Who did you give those teacups to?" The ugly slave hesitated, "Here, For a girl..."
Lu Jian saw that Gu Zhen was aggressive, and the ugly slave was very embarrassed, and couldn't bear to say: "Gu Zhen, whether it was intentional or not, she saved your life and my life." Gu Zhen glanced at him and said with a smile: "Could it be possible? You want to redeem her body?"
Lu Jian said: "If you can redeem your body, that would be the best." Gu Zhen smiled and said, "If you redeem your body, how will you arrange for her? Will you marry her?" Suddenly seeing Lu Jian's complexion darkened, he hurriedly said, " I'm joking, and I don't need to spend money to redeem myself, I just tell He Qiaogu."
Lu Jian sighed, and said to Chou Nuer, "Do you have a family?" Chou Nuer shook his head.Gu Zhen frowned, and said: "She is so weak and homeless, how can she run away with us? It's better to go back to Cuiyun Tower first."
Lu Jian heard the truth, but the ugly slave shook his head again and again, hissing: "I'm not going back?" Gu Zhen asked strangely: "Why?" The ugly slave said: "I, I broke the teacup..." Gu Zhen laughed Said: "Is this a thing? What are a few teacups?"
But Lu Jian remembered how fierce Mama He was after the ugly slave broke the teacup, and said, "Since I came out, I shouldn't go back to Cuiyun Tower. If there is no good place to go, let's take her first."
Hearing this, Chou Nuer's one-eyed eyes showed gratitude.Gu Zhen looked at her, frowned slightly, then relaxed, and said with a smile, "Okay, then take it with you."
Lu Jian supported Chou Nuer, and followed Gu Zhen to run about twenty steps, Chou Nuer suddenly groaned, and fell on his side.Lu Jian asked in surprise, "What's wrong with you?" Ugly Nuer said, "I sprained my foot."
Lu Jian said to Gu Zhen, "Wait a minute." Gu Zhen showed impatience, snorted, and stopped.Lu Jian helped the ugly slave to the side of the street, and reached out to touch the wound on her right foot, but felt the skin on her ankle was as smooth as silk, and thought to herself: "Although this ugly girl is ugly, she is not ugly all over. There is always something beautiful." where." Thinking of this, he looked at her injuries, and was taken aback for a moment, before he could speak, Gu Zhen lowered his voice and said, "Shut up."
Lu Jian looked up, but saw four white lanterns floating in the empty street, and on the lanterns were written "Cuiyun Tower" in large Song style characters.
Lu Jian realized that the lantern was hung in the back garden of Cuiyun Building, and for some reason, he came here and followed the lantern. Float in the air.
Lu Jian's heart beat violently, and his legs felt weak for a while. Seeing that the light from the lantern was about to shine, Gu Zhen pulled him suddenly, and the three of them shrank behind a pile of debris on the side of the street.
The four lanterns fluttered here and there in the air, shining on the heads of the three of them several times, but in the end it was futile, and they drifted off into the distance again.
Gu Zhen exhaled and said, "It's dangerous." Lu Jianshu said, "What the hell is this?"
Gu Zhen said: "This is the magical power of the Ministry of Feng's 'Lamp of the Soul'. It was probably 'Feng Junhou' Zuo Feiqing who was patrolling with the lantern just now. It is said that if he is illuminated by this lantern, he will involuntarily reveal his identity. For example, if he shines When you are you, you will report your name in a daze. You can sign up, if I report my name, and Zuo Feiqing hears it, I will die."
Lu Jian sighed: "The martial arts in the East Island and West City are all weird."
Gu Zhen smiled and said: "After more than two hundred years of fighting, except for the 'Zhouliu Liuxu Kungfu' which can't be broken, other martial arts have all been broken. It must be strange if they can't be broken. But, I also feel strange, This Zuo Feiqing doesn't seem to be targeting me, but seems to be in a hurry to find someone else." After pondering for a while, he suddenly said, "Lu Jian, your skills are faster than mine, so go ahead and explore the way first. Let's see if there is any 'Lamp for the Soul'." Lu Jian nodded and said, "Okay, look at the ugly slave, I'll come as soon as I go." After saying that, she jumped out and disappeared into the night for a moment.
After waiting until Lu gradually walked away, Gu Zhen suddenly turned his face, looked at the ugly slave and sneered, "Well, you are ugly, you pretend to be fake." The ugly slave's only eyes showed a blank look.Gu Zhen sneered and said: "Are you still pretending? If you go to sing an opera, you must be a famous star in the two capitals. What do you look like?"
Ugly Nuer said in a hoarse voice: "I, I don't understand what you are talking about?"
Gu Zhen smiled and said: "Stop playing with me with flower guns, Lu Jian is kind and honest, and those young people like to play clever tricks on him. I am different, I can't rub the slightest bit of sand in my eyes. You don't come early, you don't come late, it's because of me It was suspicious to go through the door with him when he was in danger; then he was unbiased and broke the porcelain cup when Ming Yi made a move, breaking his 'one millet' supernatural power, this timing is too coincidental."
Chou Nuer murmured: "I heard what he said and thought he was going to kill you, and when I got scared, I broke the cup."
Gu Zhen said: "Okay, you're fooling around with this matter. But you know that Lu Jian and I have a dangerous future, and staying in Cuiyun Tower will make you feel much more secure. Why do you want to follow us on this adventure?"
Ugly slave said: "You are good people. I, I don't want to go back to that unclean place."
Gu Zhen spat, and said, "But at that moment, Lu Jian and I didn't find the 'soul lamp'. If we rushed forward, we would be illuminated. At this moment, you just twisted your foot and told us to stop. Lu Jian healed your wounds. Although he didn't say it out loud, I guessed from his expression that your feet were not injured at all. It's because you had expected that Zuo Feiqing would use the 'soul lamp', and you were always on guard. That's why he noticed the light coming before the two of us, so he planned to make us stop."
Speaking of this, his eyes were fixed, and he said solemnly: "The person Zuo Feiqing is looking for is you. He went to Cuiyun Tower first and forced you to nowhere, so he and I escaped. Now he knows that you have escaped." , caught up, didn't you?"
Chou Nuer was still confused, shook his head and said, "I don't know what you said." Gu Zhen smiled and said, "You still don't admit it? Believe it or not, I tore your face off." Before he finished speaking, he suddenly rushed over , grabbing the ugly girl's face, unexpectedly, the ugly slave shrank like a rabbit, and escaped the grab.
Gu Zhen sneered and said, "Good lady, is the fox's tail showing?" He opened his teeth and claws, and was about to pounce again, when Lu Jian's voice came from afar: "Gu Zhen, what are you doing?"
Gu Zhen put his hands in the air, and said with a dry smile, "We're playing hide-and-seek, ugly slave, aren't we?" The ugly slave huddled in the corner, with bright one-eyed eyes, and nodded slightly.Lu Jian was greatly puzzled, and said, "At this moment, are you two still free to mess around?"
He said again, "There is no soul lamp ahead, let's go."
When the ugly slave heard this, he took two steps forward and grabbed Lu Jian's sleeve.Gu Zhen looked at her and sneered slightly.The three of them walked forward quickly, crossed a long street, and were about to turn a corner when they suddenly felt a whirlwind behind them. The circulation of hair is like a fairy from the lower realm.
Lu Jian felt that Chou Nuer pulled his sleeves tighter with his fingers.Zuo Feiqing looked at the three of them, and said calmly: "Leave the girl, you two, get out as far away as possible."
Gu Zhen rolled his eyes and said with a tut-tsk smile: "Your Excellency has extraordinary looks and extraordinary taste. Do you like such an ugly woman?"
Zuo Feiqing snorted coldly: "I'll count to three, if you die, just get out." Lu Jian heard that, and glanced at the ugly slave, but felt that she was trembling all over, as if she was extremely frightened, so she couldn't help being puzzled, and suddenly Zuo Feiqing said coldly: "One..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Zhen smiled and said: "Two three four five six, I will count for you at the back." This time not only Zuo Feiqing frowned slightly, but the ugly slave also looked surprised.
"You bastard." Zuo Feiqing sighed, "Aren't you afraid of death?"
"Afraid, why not be afraid." Gu Zhen smiled, "But no matter how ugly this woman is, she is still a person, not a thing. Do you stay if you say it? What kind of thing are you? Why don't you take pictures of peeing?" According to his appearance, he is as white as a rabbit."
He scolded so harshly that Zuo Feiqing's eyes suddenly narrowed, sharp as steel needles, and there was a clacking sound between his sleeves, flying out of a vast expanse of whiteness, hundreds of thousands of paper butterflies came rushing with the gust of wind.
Gu Zhen couldn't dodge in time, the two paper butterflies passed by, and he hummed miserably.Lu Jian yelled, first changed to "Shou Zhe" and then to "Monkey King". With both palms out, the strong wind picked up, and the paper butterflies were scattered by the palm wind, but did not land, following Lu Jian's palm wind Flying, if there is spirituality, enter the gap.
Lu Jian was shocked, but he had to disguise himself repeatedly to keep the paper butterfly from approaching him. When he looked around, he saw two wounds on Gu Zhen's waist and left chest, with blood gushing out, and he couldn't help but sighed, "Gu Zhen, what should I do?" What kind of scheme do you have to be so stubborn..."
Gu Zhen smiled wryly and said: "Now that things have happened, I can only live my mouth addiction."
With all his strength, Lu Jian couldn't sweep away the paper butterflies. Seeing that there were more and more paper butterflies, he couldn't help crying secretly.Suddenly Gu Zhen shouted: "Catch the thief and capture the king, don't worry about the butterfly, deal with yourself."
This sentence woke Lu Jian up. He shouted loudly, disguised himself several times, swept away the paper butterflies all over the sky, and rushed towards Zuo Feiqing.Fang was about to approach, Zuo Feiqing gave a chuckle, didn't lift his feet, didn't move his hands, and flew backwards with the umbrella, a gust of wind blew up on the ground, and the paper butterflies flew faster, Lu Jian felt a pain in his arm, Cut by a paper butterfly, blood spattered and stained his clothes.
Gu Zhen saw that the defeat had been decided, and he was very anxious. Although he had many schemes, he was not good at martial arts. When he met such an outstanding figure as "Feng Junhou", he felt at a loss. He even tried more than a dozen methods, but none of them worked.Looking up, he suddenly saw the group of paper butterflies split into two groups, one group surrounded Lu Jian, and the other group flew towards this direction.
Gu Zhen was shocked, and shouted: "Ugly slave, go quickly." He turned around and grabbed it, but it was empty, and when he looked around, there was no shadow of the ugly girl.
Gu Zhen's heart sank. The current situation could neither be resisted nor abandon Lu Jian and fled. Just as he was in a dilemma, suddenly the corners of his eyes flickered, and a cloud of silver rain flew in midair, meeting the butterflies. , I could only hear the chi-chi sound, paper butterflies fell in front of me, never missing one, the nearest one was only a few feet away from Gu Zhen.
Gu Zhen's body trembled violently, but he froze like a clay puppet.I only heard Zuo Feiqing sigh softly: "The girl's surname is Wang? Or is her surname Shi?" While speaking, the remaining paper butterflies gathered together, like a cloud of milky white air, penetrated into his sleeves, ten miles long street, return clear.
Lu Jian was in pain all over his body, and he didn't know how many paper butterflies he had hit. His clothes were soaked in blood. Suddenly, seeing the paper butterflies scattered, he felt his body go limp. He knelt down on one knee, and heard a crisp voice saying: "My surname apply."
Lu Jian looked back, and saw a girl stalking from a distance. She was silvery and silky, with a high bun.She is holding a bamboo basket in her left hand, and a jumping carp is woven on the basket, shaking its head and tail, eager to be alive.
Zuo Feiqing said: "Who is Shi Haoran?" The woman said: "He is my father." Zuo Feiqing said: "Is your father okay?" The woman said sadly: "My father has passed away."
Zuo Feiqing nodded and said: "In this way, you are already one of the five." The woman nodded and said: "I am Shi Miaomiao, and I am ashamed to be ranked as an honor."
Zuo Feiqing smiled and said: "When your father saw me, he also wanted to stay away, but you have the guts to provoke me?"
Shi Miaomiao was silent for a moment, then sighed softly: "The situation is compelling, I have to."
"It's forced by the situation." Zuo Feiqing sighed leisurely, with melancholy in his eyes, "Eight years later, the art of wind butterfly finally met 'Qianlin' again."
Shi Miaomiao reached out her hand silently, and took out a small silver carp from the bamboo basket. With a wave of her hand, the silver carp flew into the air, disintegrated quickly, and turned into little silver scales, shining all over the sky.
Paper butterflies also whizzed out from Zuo Feiqing's sleeves, seemingly endlessly, gusty winds blew towards Shi Miaomiao, causing her skirt to fly, as if she couldn't stand up.
The silver scales and paper butterflies meet in the air, up and down, left and right like living things, catching and fighting each other. In an instant, there is a continuous sound, the silver scales fall apart, and pieces of paper butterflies turn into powder.
Lu Jian suddenly realized that whether it is Fengdie or Qianlin, they are all controlled by the master with supernatural powers.Therefore, these hidden weapons are no longer dead weapons, but living creatures with knowledge.
In an instant, Shi Miaomiao shot fifteen silver carps one after another, at first one shot, then two, then three, and finally five. Carp, silver rain like hemp, broke through the formation of paper butterflies in an instant, and shot at Zuo Feiqing.
Lu Jian was surprised and delighted, and was about to applaud, when Zuo Feiqing turned the white umbrella upside down and spun around in the air. Suddenly, a whirlwind was like a wheel, and hundreds of silver lights fell to the ground.
Shi Miaomiao was stunned, and sent out six more silver carps, Zuo Feiqing turned the silk umbrella, blocked it again, and said with a smile: "One carp with a hundred scales, ten carps with a thousand scales, dare you only practiced to the number of six carps, far from Dacheng. Didn't Shi Haoran tell you? Without Qianlin, I can't break my 'Wind Demon Shield'."
Shi Miaomiao's heart sinks, she is not ignorant of this reason, Fengbu and "Qianlin" have always been sworn enemies.Over the past two hundred years, the two sides have fought against each other many times, each with its own offensive and defensive methods.But Zuo Feiqing's "Wind Demon Shield" is superb, but his own "Thousand Scales" has not yet been perfected. The opponent's offense and defense are both strong and invincible.Just when he was in a hurry, he suddenly saw the cloth curtains on both sides of the street shaking slightly. He couldn't help being shocked, and shouted: "Oops, it's windy."
Zuo Feiqing let out a long laugh, and swept out with the wind, Shi Miaomiao sent out a six carp, but was blocked, Gu Zhen suddenly shouted: "Lu Jian, don't let him gain the upper hand."
When Lu Jian heard the sound, he was about to disguise himself, but was wrapped in a group of paper butterflies, unable to get out.
Zuo Feiqing floated upwind and said with a long smile: "Miss Shi, now I have the right time, and I have four out of five. When you arrive at the underworld, don't forget to give my regards to your father." Waved his hand Suddenly, the paper butterflies all over the sky became sick suddenly, the sound of ding ding was endless, and the silver scales fell all over the ground.
Shi Miaomiao felt a lightness on the top of her head, a paper butterfly broke through the formation of "thousand scales", cut her hair ribbon, and the blue silk fell like a waterfall.Shi Miaomiao gritted her teeth, threw away the bamboo basket, twisted her slender waist slightly, the silver gauze she wore fell off to her left hand, and was about to swing it out, when suddenly a hand stretched out from the paper butterfly array, and grabbed Zuo Fei tightly Qing's right wrist.
Zuo Feiqing was slightly startled, but he felt a strong force coming, so he had to use all his energy to resist, at this moment, he felt his right foot sank again, a snow-white slender hand came out from the ground, and grabbed his ankle.In an instant, two external forces attacked at the same time, Zuo Feiqing looked at one and lost the other, his white jade-like cheeks flushed, and he broke away from those two hands suddenly, the breeze seemed to sweep up the roof, and the group of paper butterflies were blown away like clouds , followed behind him, slowly disappeared between the houses.
Gu Zhen survived from a desperate situation, Ruo Ruo dreamed, and when the paper butterflies were gone, he was about to call out to Lu Jian, but saw that the long street was empty, and there was no shadow of Lu Jian, only a big pool of blood, which was extremely dazzling under the moonlight.Gu Zhen burst into panic, but only for a moment, then calmed down again, frowning in thought.
Suddenly he heard a soft snort, and looked around, and saw Shi Miaomiao staggering, holding on to the wooden pillar on the street, which was precarious.Gu Zhen took two steps forward, and blurted out: "Miaomiao..." Fang wanted to help, but suddenly felt a pain in his throat, which was blocked by a sharp scale.
Gu Zhen looked at Shi Miaomiao's ice-cold eyes, frowned and said, "Miaomiao, don't be joking." Shi Miaomiao snorted coldly, "Who is joking with you? If you touch me with those dirty hands, I'll cut your neck right away." With a movement of the scales between his fingers, the skin on Gu Zhen's neck cracked, and streaks of blood ooze out.
Cold sweat flowed from Gu Zhen's forehead, and he forced a smile and said: "Okay, okay, I will never touch you, you take this shit away." Shi Miaomiao's eyes showed a look of sarcasm, and he sneered: "You shameless bastard, you will also fear death?"
Gu Zhen smiled and said: "Shameless people don't necessarily want to die." Suddenly feeling a pain in his throat, he hurriedly said: "Miao Miao, if you want to kill me, why bother to save me?"
Shi Miaomiao said coldly: "I saved you to kill you." Gu Zhen couldn't help but said: "Fart..." Just now he cursed, his throat hurt again, seeing Shi Miaomiao's eyes bursting with anger, he hurriedly said, "Miaomiao Miao, how dare I scold you, I put this fart on my own, you...you move this thing away, you have something to say..."
Shi Miaomiao couldn't laugh or cry, and cursed: "You bastard, if, if I have the strength, I will cut off your flesh inch by inch right now." Gu Zhen laughed and said: "What's so good about my flesh? It's sour and smelly, and I can't eat it." eat."
Shi Miaomiao said angrily, "You're the one who cannibalize human flesh." Gu Zhen looked at her, sighed suddenly, and said quietly, "Miaomiao, I miss you so much, if I can hug you again, even if I die, I'll be willing." .”
Shi Miaomiao was taken aback, her eyes were slightly distracted, her eyes turned red suddenly, she gritted her teeth and said, "Don't try to coax me with good words, this time, I will not kill you with my own hands, but I will also take you back to Lingao Island and hand over to you." The island king will deal with it." Before he finished speaking, he suddenly saw Gu Zhen looking at him with a smile that was not a smile, and he became flustered, and said angrily, "You, if you keep looking at me like this, I'll dig out your eyeballs." No Fang Gu Zhen suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed his wrist, Shi Miaomiao wanted to stab the silver scale off, but he couldn't bear it, he hesitated for a while, and was hugged tightly by Gu Zhen, he heard him chuckle softly: "Dong Dao Five statues, each with their own quirks, golden tortoise loves money, shark thorns are straight, Ye Fan is good at show, Di Xi is fake and lofty, as for your little 'silver carp', the biggest quirk is that you like me, a bad thing, and others kill me. Alright, if you want to kill me, I won’t even believe it…”
Shi Miaomiao was angry and anxious, and wanted to struggle, but for some reason, when she was hugged by him, smelling the familiar man's breath, she felt weak all over, lost all strength, two lines of tears flowed down, and cursed: "You This big villain, stinky rascal, evil spirit, I hate you to death, hate you to death..." With both fists, he beat Gu Zhen on the shoulder while scolding, and Gu Zhen let her be beaten and scolded without making a sound.
Shi Miaomiao has been suffering physically and mentally for more than two years. After beating and scolding for a while, she became tired and fell on Gu Zhen's shoulder, crying unceasingly.Gu Zhen smiled suddenly: "You silly fish, don't cry, if you cry any longer, I'm going to kiss you."
Shi Miaomiao's cheeks flushed, and she said angrily, "You dare to act recklessly, I, I will kill you..." Before he could finish speaking, Gu Zhen kissed his face, and his face immediately burned, Fang was about to get angry, but Gu Zhen kissed him. Zhen Heng picked it up, and couldn't help but said anxiously: "Bad thing, I, my basket."
Gu Zhen smiled and said: "I forgot, don't lose the 'Silver Carp' who eats." After saying that, let her go.Shi Miaomiao was not angry, nor was she smiling, she gave him a hard look, picked up the basket, tilted the mouth of the basket, her fingers trembled slightly, and the silver scales scattered on the ground also trembled with her fingers, as if they were alive, one after another, they jumped into the basket. The basket, at a glance, looks like a slender silver thread being drawn back into the basket inch by inch.
Gu Zhen watched from the side, and suddenly said: "Miao Miao, the magical power of the wind department is always inseparable from the wind, so I can understand Zuo Feiqing's 'Wind Butterfly Technique', but what is the reason for this 'Thousand Scales' magical power? You Why can you control so many tiny steel scales?"
Shi Miaomiao said angrily, "Aren't you very smart? Why ask me?"
Gu Zhen smiled and said, "Are you testing me? In fact, I have already guessed it. This principle is similar to the compass on the ship. It all depends on magnetism. Miao Miao, is the internal strength you practice related to magnetism?"
Shi Miaomiao glanced at him, and said with a sneer, "Is your surname Shi or Wang? Why should I tell you? Hmph, in my eyes, you are nothing more than a felon in Prison Island, and now I'm going to take you back."
Gu Zhen sneered and said, "Okay, I dare you to have sex with Ye Fan." Shi Miaomiao's complexion changed suddenly, and she said sharply, "What did you say?"
Gu Zhen said: "Guarding the prison island is a matter of 'not leaking the eyes of the sea'. If you are not Ye Fan's concubine, why are you excited to help him catch me?" Zhen's left cheek looked swollen, but he was still smiling, without blinking.
Shi Miaomiao said with hatred: "I, I really hate myself, the day I know about your evil deeds, I should have killed you, so that you won't be such a scourge to harm people everywhere."
Gu Zhen snorted, and said loudly: "Haven't you heard of the 'disaster for thousands of years'? Are you going to kill me? I'm here. You Miss Shi is very capable, but I can't beat it anyway. Ten fish with thousands of scales, okay Ah, if you don’t nail each of these thousand scales to my body today, what kind of nonsense ‘Thousand Scales’ will I be removed from the world.” After saying that, he turned around and left.
Shi Miaomiao looked at him, trembling all over, suddenly felt so sad, her legs became weak, she squatted on the ground and cried loudly.When Gu Zhen heard the crying, his heart softened, he turned back, took out his handkerchief, and wiped it on Shi Miaomiao's face.
Seeing him turn back, Shi Miaomiao calmed down a bit, grabbed the handkerchief, and scolded: "Idiot, you don't even know how to use a handkerchief?" Gu Zhen smiled and said, "Is it a handkerchief? I thought it was a rag." Shi Miaomiao almost laughed, It was hard to hold back and hit him hard.
Gu Zhen said angrily: "My surname is Shi, you have practiced martial arts, and I am not a stake for you to practice boxing. I just hit you casually." Shi Miaomiao snorted softly, wiped away her tears, and suddenly felt that the handkerchief was surprisingly fragrant. I couldn't help but take a closer look at it under the light of Xi Weichen, but I saw a picture of a pair of mandarin ducks playing in the water embroidered on the handkerchief, and there was an erotic sentence beside the picture: "Dare to fight for a lifetime, and you will be happy today."
The more Shi Miaomiao looked at it, the more she felt that something was wrong, and asked suspiciously: "Which vixen belongs to this handkerchief?" Gu Zhen had asked for this handkerchief from Hanyu to wipe his mouth. Seventy or eighty, how can I count them, and I don’t know which one is in my pocket.”
He simply exaggerated, but Shi Miaomiao didn't believe it, threw the handkerchief back to him, and said, "You don't look good here." Seeing the dawn, fearing that there would be troubles due to the crowds on the street, she held onto Gu Zhen's clothes corner, Turning to a secluded place, he whispered: "Where's your friend? Why didn't you disappear? I saw you just now, and I forgot when I got angry. If he hadn't risked his life to hurt 'Feng Junhou', you and I would be out of luck today. "
Gu Zhen shook his head and said: "I don't know either, I didn't see him in a blink of an eye, I only saw a pool of blood, I think he was taken away by someone taking advantage of the chaos."
Shi Miaomiao hesitated and said, "You mean the man in the field? Look at that man's skill, he looks like a master of the land department."
"Yes." Gu Zhen sighed, "This ugly slave really hides his secrets. In order to avoid his enemies, he did not hesitate to destroy his appearance and hide in a brothel to be the most despicable slave. This kind of patience is really amazing. People admire."
As soon as Shi Miaomiao heard the word "brothel", she forgot all the other words, pinched Gu Zhen's ear, and said in a bitter voice, "What brothel are you talking about? You have been there, haven't you?"
Gu Zhen cried out in pain: "You are also one of the five, why do you still look like a little girl?" Shi Miaomiao thought for a while, nodded and said: "Yes, I am now a five, and I can't twist your ears anymore." Said Then he let go, stared at Gu Zhen, and scolded: "If you don't explain clearly about the brothel, then try my 'silver carp' Shi Miaomiao's thousand scales." Then he picked up a small silver carp angrily.
谷缜一时傻眼，忙道：“妙妙，事有轻重，我那朋友死活还不知呢，咱们须得去寻他。”施妙妙被这一岔，不自觉间放下银鲤，皱眉道：“不错，可你的朋友自来都是狐朋狗党，从没一个好东西，怎么又会有这种重义轻生的豪士。”
谷缜冷笑道：“你又知道我多少事？还不是人云亦云。”施妙妙呆了呆，凄然道：“是呀，我确是不知道你的事，今天我就要一一问个明白。”
谷缜望着她半晌，忽地叹道：“那我说自己是冤枉的，你信不信。”施妙妙也怔怔望着他，凄然摇头道：“那些事证据确凿，铁案如山。更何况，就算别的事是冤枉的，但你睡在萍儿的床上，还有那被单上的落红，却是怎么也赖不掉的……”说到这里，她嗓子发颤，眼中泪水一转，滚将下来。
谷缜头大如斗，坐在身旁石阶上，望着远空发愣。施妙妙望着他，目光渐渐柔和起来，叹道：“阿缜，你是绝顶的聪明人，当知道大错难返的道理，我的心也好痛，可，可我于公于私，都不得不捉你回去。我，我真宁可没有遇上你……”
谷缜冷冷道：“少来说这些假惺惺的废话。我若回去，必死无疑。我知道，我若死了，你就可以心安理得嫁给他人，做你的少奶奶了。哼，施大小姐，到时候你有了孩子，记得叫他偶尔给我上上坟，免得老子一个人在下面，冷冷清清。”
施妙妙脸上红了又白，蓦地拈起一枚鳞片，割下一缕青丝，涩声道：“谷缜，我是'千鳞'唯一传人，不能轻易言死。但我施妙妙断发明誓，你若死了，我终身不嫁，若违此誓，天打雷劈。”
谷缜笑道：“这种誓言，你该跟西城的天部雷部去说，我一无天部神通，二无雷部电劲，怎么打你，怎么劈你？再说了，这等誓我从小就是发着玩儿的，当得了真么？若是誓誓应验，我早被雷劈了几百次了。”
施妙妙苦心发下的誓言被他说得形同儿戏，又羞又急，不自禁咬牙道：“好，你不就是要我陪你死么？这次回到东岛，你死了，我也不活，这下……这下你该满意了吧。”
“也不成。”谷缜摇头道，“若我爹大发慈悲不杀我，又将我关起来呢？”施妙妙倒未想到这点，不觉愣住。
谷缜笑道：“这样吧，我若被关起来，你也要陪我坐牢，咱们两个老囚犯在牢里闲着没事，大可聊聊天，说说话，再生一堆小囚犯玩儿……”
施妙妙羞红了脸，啐道：“谁跟你生小囚犯玩儿。”谷缜盯着她，笑道：“好啊，说了半天，你就是想我被关起来，然后嫁给他人。”
施妙妙急道：“我哪有这种念头？”谷缜面色一寒，冷笑道：“若是没有，为何我在九幽绝狱三年，也没见你来救我？”
施妙妙不觉呆住，蓦地流下泪来，跌足道：“你到底要我怎么好呢？我没法下手杀你，但若将你带回去，又跟杀了你有什么分别，死谷缜，我，我该怎么办好呢？”
谷缜望着她，忽地叹了口气，道：“你问我吗？”施妙妙点点头，大声道：“我就问你。”
谷缜徐徐起身，摇头道：“傻鱼儿，你为何一定要杀我抓我，难道就不能帮我洗雪这莫须有的奇冤么？”
施妙妙一怔，脱口道：“难道，难道你真是冤枉的？可那些证据……”谷缜冷笑道：“欲加之罪，何患无辞，我若要害一个人，或许还能编造出更多更毒的证据。妙妙，你跟我一起长大，难道就不知道我的为人，只会听他人的一面之辞么？”
施妙妙一愣，却听谷缜续道：“再说了，以我的心计，若要奸妹，会让继母撞见么？若要弑母，会让她有空叫喊么？若要勾结倭寇，又怎会留下一大叠书信？你这个傻鱼儿，不但将我想得太坏，更将我想得太笨。”
施妙妙听了，大觉有理，脱口道：“这些话，你当年为何不说。”谷缜冷冷道：“当时有人肯听我说话么？”施妙妙回想当时情景，确是群情激愤，就是自己，瞧见谷萍儿的样子，也是伤心欲绝，恨不得将谷缜一刀杀死。
想到这里，她不觉默然。谷缜淡淡地道：“妙妙，你若不愿帮我，还请瞧在往日交情，放我一马。若我谷缜不死，终有一天会真相大白。你今日的誓言……我统统都没听见，若我死了，或是日子太久，你也不必等我，嫁人生子，我也绝不怪你。”说到这里，他眼眶没的一热，急忙转过头，大步前行，走到二十步时，泪水却终于忍耐不住，夺眶而出。
谷缜走到街口，不见施妙妙追来，方才抹去泪水，暗骂道：“他妈的，不就是个傻女人么，天下女人多的是，老子又何必为她流泪？再说我跟她并无婚姻之约，她嫁不嫁人，关我屁事？”
想到这里，他心下稍安，望着繁华起来的街市和早起的行人，一种孤寂之感油然而生，不由得仰首望天，喃喃道：“陆渐啊陆渐，你又在哪里呢？”
陆渐又来到那个无形世界，黑白分明，星斗满天，穿行在黑白的边界，望着满天星斗，他又迷惘起来，这一次，没有了诡异的叫声，也没有了巨大的猫灵，“三垣帝脉”处，血环如故，只是其中一环，正在他的眼前慢慢淡去，终于，再也瞧不见了。
血环消失的一霎那，陆渐忽然醒来了，周身伤口疼痛难当，又似乎涂抹了某种药物，一股凉意透肌而入，不时缓解那种痛苦。
陆渐定一定神，但觉身上包扎了许多布条，身下晃荡不已，忍不住脱口道：“这是哪里？”
“这是船上。”一个喑哑的声音传来道，“你还痛么？”
陆渐脱口道：“丑奴儿？”那丑女揭开船帷，钻了进来，独眼中透着关切。陆渐道：“丑奴儿，谷缜呢？”丑奴儿道：“他跟那个银衫女子走了。”
“走了？”陆渐心中茫然，蓦地想起那个女子自称东岛五尊之一，不由惊道，“糟了，他又被东岛捉住了。”说罢便欲挣起，却被丑奴儿按住，道：“你伤得重，不能动的。那个，那个谷缜很狡猾，定有逃跑的法子，你先养好伤，再去找他。”
陆渐听得有理，不好违拗她，摇头叹道：“只有一道环了。”丑奴儿奇道：“什么一道环？”陆渐不愿惹旁人忧心，当下含笑不语。丑奴儿沉默一阵，说道：“你的体质好奇怪，那么多怕人的伤口，一夜间都愈合了，加上我的药，想必将来好了，连疤痕都不会留下。”
陆渐心知定是劫力的缘故，但此次自己受创太深，恢复时借用劫力太多，劫力反噬，竟将鱼和尚第二道禁制冲破了。如今三大禁制去了两道，自己却连昆仑山的方向也不知道，若是就此遭劫身灭，岂不有负鱼和尚的厚望。然而这世间许多事，即便禁制尽破，万劫不复，也是不能不做的。
想到这里，陆渐不觉叹了口气。却听丑奴儿又道：“不过你好厉害，遇上'风君侯'的'风蝶之术'，虽然伤得厉害，却避开了所有要害，要么割中颈项，或是刺中心口，就算华佗在世，也救不了你。”
陆渐笑笑，问道：“丑奴儿，真奇怪，'风君侯'竟是来找你的，你跟他有什么仇？”丑奴儿淡淡地道：“你猜呢？”陆渐摇头道：“我猜不出来。”
丑奴儿道：“你可真笨，若换了那个谷缜，一早就猜出来了。”陆渐点道：“谷缜神机妙算，跟他相比，我真笨得很，丑奴儿你说得对。”说罢，望着丑奴儿，呆呆出神。
丑奴儿怪道：“你这人好奇怪，别人瞧见我这鬼样子，跑都来不及，你却一点儿不怕，还敢一直瞧我。”
陆渐道：“瞧着你，总让我想起一个人。”丑奴儿道：“想到谁呢？”
陆渐叹道：“想到一个相识的女孩儿，这些年，我总想着她，念着她，连梦里也梦着她。”丑奴儿道：“是你的情人吗？她也跟我一样难看？”陆渐摇头道：“她很美。”
“你打趣我么？”丑奴儿道，“她是美人儿，我怎么能比？”
陆渐道：“虽这么说，可你的右眼，和她真像。”丑奴儿呆了呆，道：“是因为我右眼跟她的右眼很像，你才救我的吗？”
陆渐笑道：“这却没干系，你不也救了我和谷缜么？这就是所谓的投之以什么报之以什么的……”
丑奴儿接口道：“投之以木瓜，报之以琼瑶。”陆渐笑道：“对，还是你有学问。”丑奴儿道：“你这话可不对，木瓜是平凡之物，琼瑶却是难得美玉，难道说我救你们不足挂齿，你们救我就了不起了？”
陆渐不好意思道：“这个，我不是没学问么？”说着转过话题，笑道，“丑奴儿，你怎么从来不笑？”
丑奴儿淡淡地道：“我这个样子，笑起来会吓死人的。”陆渐道：“你不笑怎么知道。”丑奴儿独眼中光芒一闪，忽地起身，出舱去了。
陆渐养了一日，得劫力相助，疼痛大减，但心中挂念戚继光和谷缜的安危，总觉无法安寝，便挣扎着爬出舱外，但见四周烟水茫茫，一条寥廓大江，浩荡东去，身处的小舟系在岸边的一棵柳树桩上，岸上垂柳依依，翠华感人，是一个极幽谧的地方。
不一会儿，便见丑奴儿挎了一个篮子，穿过林子，快步回来，瞧见他，哑声道：“你出来做什么？当心着凉。”说罢从篮子里取出杀好的鸡鱼，就着船头的炉灶，将姜丝、椒料细细切碎，和着鸡炖得烂烂的，又在鱼身上割出细密齐整的刀口，用黄酒浸过，撒满葱蒜辣椒等调料，在锅里煎得香气四溢。
两道菜出锅，陆渐一尝，竟比当日酒楼上赢万城点的菜还要美味几分，不由赞道：“丑奴儿，你真是好手艺。”
丑奴儿道：“这鱼是西南的吃法，略带辛辣，但你失血太多，胃口不好，吃一点，也好下饭。”陆渐嗯嗯连声，风卷残云，将汤菜都吃了。丑奴儿又熬了补药递上。陆渐喝罢，说道：“丑奴儿，你代我去城里总督府的牢狱前问问，有没有我一位大哥的消息。”说罢交代了戚继光的姓名官衔。
丑奴儿道：“我明天就去问，你安心养伤才是。”
两人歇息一夜，次日凌晨，丑奴儿便去了，至午方回，说道：“牢狱前人多眼杂，我怕风君侯发觉，没敢上前。但听城里人说，这两日，那胡大总督要问斩几个带兵不力的将官，也不知有没有你那位大哥。”
陆渐大吃一惊，急道：“你怎么不问清楚，不成，我要进城去瞧。”说罢起身，却又牵动伤口，呻吟起来。丑奴儿道：“你伤得这么重，怎么能去？我冒些风险，再去问问吧。”陆渐摇头道：“不成，事关重大，我定要亲自去一趟。”
丑奴儿想了想道：“要去也成，我先化化妆。”说罢钻入舱内，半晌出来，竟成了一个满头白发、容貌丑陋的老婆婆，手里提着一个包袱，说道：“给你也化化妆。”说罢从包袱里取出假发假须，诸般颜料，不多时化妆已毕，陆渐对水照影，只见水中倒映着一个须发皆白、慈眉善目的老公公，不觉愣住。
丑奴儿又道：“你身子伤疲，脚步虚浮，学老人家倒挺像，但嗓子却太清亮，到时说话，定要压低一些。八部之中，风部的追踪术最为了得，有捕风捉影之能，那天晚上你也见识过了，所以一切小心，听我吩咐。”
陆渐暗中寻思，但觉这丑奴儿浑身透着古怪神秘，人虽丑陋不堪，但心思灵巧多慧，抑且她一个青楼贱婢，又怎会跟威震天下的“风君侯”结下梁子。但她不说，陆渐也不好多问，只点点头。丑奴儿又折了两根柳枝当做拐杖，两人拄杖出林，敢情此地处于南京郊外，遥遥可见崔嵬城楼。
两人沿官道走了数里，忽见远处行来一队车马，那车青布小篷，驽马二驾，但随从马匹无不神骏非凡，银络金蹬，雕鞍嵌玉。为首的一名公子，目若朗星，眉若刀裁，双颊白里透红，十分俊美，他身周的四名仆役均是锦服皮靴，额缠珠玉，唯独他一身素雅青衫，尤为醒目。
那队车马行到陆渐与丑奴儿近前，两人让至道旁，那青布小篷忽地掀开一线，传出一个柔美的声音道：“秀儿，先停一会儿，让老人家先过。”那青衫公子笑道：“好啊。”一挥皮鞭，众仆役让到一旁，陆渐听那篷中女声和蔼动听，心有所动，微微出神，被丑奴儿拉了一把，方才还醒过来，低头便走。
忽又听那柔美声音道：“这位老公公似乎身子不妥，老人家年纪大了，又有病在身，日子必然艰难，秀儿……”那青衫公子笑道：“妈，我知道了，孙贵，给这两位老人家五十两银子。”说罢，一个锦服仆人跳下马来，取了一封银子，交在陆渐手里。
陆渐不由呆住了，捧着银子，竟尔忘了说话，却听那篷内女子叹道：“好孩子，难得你这份心意。恤老爱幼，乃是自古相传的美德，你定要好好记住，一善一功德，平日要多行善事，方能得到佛祖菩萨的庇佑。”
那公子笑道：“妈，这话您都说了好多次了，您说，我又哪一次没听你的话？”那女子欣慰道：“好孩子，你心这么好，不仅妈妈喜欢，佛祖也会保佑你的。”那公子笑笑，又道：“两位老人家快走吧，我妈还急着上'妙化庵'礼佛呢，再耽搁，可赶不上用斋饭了。”陆渐和丑奴儿诺诺连声，加快步子。
那女子埋怨道：“秀儿你催什么？老人家别走快了，当心摔着。”那公子笑道：“是我错了，我怕您饿着。”那女子嗯了一声，再不多言。
待陆渐二人走过，那队车马方才出发。陆渐走了一程，回头望去，轻轻叹了口气，丑奴儿问道：“你怎么了，伤口又痛么？”陆渐摇头道：“不是，我真羡慕这对母子，母亲慈爱，儿子孝顺，而且都这么好的心肠，老天爷定会保佑他们的。”
丑奴儿冷哼一声，道：“你没听说过么？'杀人放火金腰带，修桥补路无尸骸'，自古以来，老天爷就不佑善人，专帮恶人。”
陆渐虽觉不服，但仔细一想，自己所见的大富大贵者，如姚江寒、织田信长多是不仁，真正的好人如鱼和尚、戚继光却穷困潦倒，难得好报；更有阴九重、宁不空、天神宗之流为求一己私欲，无恶不作，更不用说那些虐民以逞的官军了。唯有谷缜能做到富贵而不居，可他虽然自称冤枉，但若无法洗脱，也终不过是人皆可杀之徒。
他边走边想，对这世道不禁深深绝望起来。走了约莫十里，忽听身后马蹄声响，须臾间，一匹高头骏马掠身而过，挡在道前，两人抬头一望，正是那青衫公子的奴仆孙贵。
孙贵一挥马鞭，狞笑道：“拿出来。”丑奴儿奇道：“什么？”孙二瞧她一眼，露出嫌恶之色，喝道：“丑老婆子，滚开些。”马鞭一指陆渐，冷笑道，“公子给你的银子呢？拿来给我。”
陆渐一怔，丑奴儿忍不住道：“这银子是你家公子施舍的，你凭什么要回去？”孙贵呸了一声，道：“这不过是公子爷做做样子，讨夫人欢心罢了。就算买棺材，这些银子也可以买几十副了，你们两个老废物，消受得起吗？再说一次，银子拿来，若不然，我拆了你们两把老骨头，扔到乱葬岗喂狗。”
陆渐听得怒从心起，沉声道：“你说清楚些，到底是你要银子，还是你家公子要银子？”孙贵笑道：“我要又如何，公子要又如何？你管得着么？”说罢四顾无人，便跳下马来，眼中杀机闪动。丑奴儿吃惊道：“你，你要做什么？”
孙贵哈哈大笑，抢前一步，右手夺过银子，左掌挥出，向陆渐胸口拍下，丑奴儿一惊，方要阻拦，却见陆渐微微摇头，示意她不可妄动。
陆渐但觉孙贵掌中胸口，一股寒气直透心脉，当即运转劫力，将之化解，却又故作姿态，啊呀一声，跌倒在地。丑奴儿急道：“你怎么了？”伸手抓住陆渐，这时孙贵第二掌已轻飘飘按向她后心，陆渐早已算准时机，握住丑奴儿之手，将劫力转化为内力，护住她后背，孙贵掌力一至，便被化解。
孙贵见两人一上一下，匍匐不动，只当已被这两掌击毙，当下右足探出，在陆渐身下一挑，将两人挑落在路边草丛之中，呵呵一笑，上马去了。
两人躺在草中，不敢动弹，陆渐但觉丑奴儿腰肢细软，触之光滑，浑不似脸上那般粗丑，正觉惊疑，丑奴儿忽地推开他，哑声道：“你干么装死？”陆渐道：“这恶奴委实可恨，我想跟着他瞧瞧，若是他自己的主意，我便告诉那位公子，狠狠惩