Chapter 3 Chapter Three
After breakfast, the three of them set off on the road, the little boy was very reluctant to give up, tugging at Gu Zhen's sleeves, tears streaming down his face.Gu Zhen touched his head and gave him a big piece of silver. The child didn't know it, so he asked strangely, "What is this? It's shiny, is it candy?" Gu Zhen smiled and said, "It's not candy, it's for your parents." , for your study in the future." Seeing this, the landlady and his wife were overjoyed, and after a few words of evasion, they accepted it with a smile.
The three of them don't pass the landlord, and go straight to Huizhou, Yao Qing's horse is fast, and Lu and Gu's horse is slow. De Gu Zhen cursed secretly in his heart: "Zhi Niang, if I knew this, I might as well find two Shanxi donkeys to ride on."
The unhappiness was fleeting, looking at the scenic spots along the way, Gu Zhen suddenly became very excited and laughed and talked about the scenery.He has a lot of magic and ghosts in his chest, and all the geographical customs, legends and native products of various places are fascinating.Not only Lu Jian listened with gusto, but Yao Qing also forgot to show off her horsepower and stayed by, engrossed in listening, only to realize that there were many things she had never heard of before.
After traveling for two days, we went west along the Xin'an River, and arrived at the border of Huizhou the next morning. We saw the mountains and mountains, stacked with green and green, and reflected in the river, which dyed a river of smoke and water into a melting blue color.
Touching the scene, Gu Zhen smiled and pointed with a whip, "This Huizhou is worthy of the four characters of Wubao Tianhua. The northwest is Huangshan Mountain, and the seventy-two peaks are beautiful in the world; this Xin'an River is the gathering of hundreds of springs in Huangshan Mountain. Practice, the cold invades the muscles. There is a saying: "There is no old pine in the Lai, and there is no good work in the Yishui". This Huangshan pine and Xin'an water have transformed into the best Hui ink in the world. "Gold is easy to get, but Hui ink is hard to find." Since ancient times They are all very famous. The "Tongque tile" of the Fang family in modern times and the "Sapphire case" of the Cheng family are all good inks that do not let the ancients. And the water-dyed silk satin is also very good. As for the loquats of Santan, The fungus from Mount Huangshan is also a rare treasure..."
Having said that, he turned his eyes and saw a few fruit vendors on the side of the road, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Yes, I forgot about this." He got off his horse, bought a handful of dried fruits in a moment, and said with a smile: "This Torreya is a local product here, come here, let's share and eat."
Yao Qing had eaten it before, and it was not unusual, but Lu Jian felt it was new. Seeing that the torreya seed looked ordinary, when she peeled it off and tasted it, it tasted delicious.Gu Zhendao: "This torreya has a poem that says it well: 'It tastes sweet from Xuanjun bee honey, its rhyme is better than Yongcheng's camellia crisp, a little bit of spring flow teeth cheeks, ten years of flying dreams around the rivers and lakes', I love the last sentence, 'Ten years of flying dreams around the rivers and lakes', if you can roam freely in the rivers and lakes for ten years, how happy it will be." After speaking, he laughed loudly, showing his pride and brows.
Now that Huizhou is in sight, and further crises are looming, Gu Zhen is talking and laughing happily, as if nothing happened, this unrestrained demeanor, even Yao Qing, feels heartbroken, and smiles: "Smelly fox, there is another thing produced in Huizhou, but you forgot to mention it!"
Gu Zhen said: "What production?" Yao Qing said: "Does Wang Zhi count as Huizhou's production?" Gu Zhen smiled and sighed: "Of course it does! But Huizhou not only produced Wang Zhi, but also produced a very famous one. Character, do you know who it is?" Yao Qing snorted coldly, "Who is it?" Gu Zhen said, "It's Mr. Hu Zongxian who supervised Xianjiangnan."
Both Lu and Yao were surprised, Gu Zhen clapped his hands and sighed: "In this state, there are two big figures who are as powerful as fire and water, which is rare in the ages."
While talking and joking, they entered the gate of the city. Gu Zhen led the two of them around the city for a few turns, and they came to a mansion with the inscription "Mo Xian Fang" written on the gate. The essence of it can be concealed through the ages."
Gu Zhen looked at it, and said with a broken smile: "Old Cheng, the skill of flattering himself is getting better and better." After finishing speaking, someone suddenly responded from a distance: "This Xiaogu, I don't understand anything. The old man is not a horse, how can he come?" Flattery, since there is no flattery, how can there be any reason to take a selfie?"
The three of them heard the reputation and saw an old man in a broad robe and a crown carrying a box of books, smiling and riding a donkey.Gu Zhen spread his hands and said with a smile: "Old Cheng, hello." The old man turned over and got off the donkey, hugged Gu Zhen, beaming with joy: "Xiao Gu, I haven't seen you for several years, where have you been hiding? It’s not that if you have girls, you will forget your old friends.”
"Where are you talking?" Gu Zhen said with a smile: "I don't have any, but I encountered a few bedbugs, which made my head full of bruises. As a last resort, I came to your house to avoid the limelight, and borrowed a few ingots of ink envoys along the way." Old Cheng smiled. Pulling back, he said sternly: "It's okay to avoid the limelight, but these ink ingots are only sold and not borrowed."
Gu Zhen chuckled and said, "Old Cheng, I haven't seen you for three years, and you're still stingy." Old Cheng said, "If you're not stingy when dealing with your Young Master Gu, wouldn't there be no way out?" The two looked at each other and laughed, Hand in hand to start, a servant boy came out long ago, leading the horse to lead the way.
Sitting in the hall, Gu Zhen introduced both parties. When talking about the old Cheng, he said with a smile: "This old brother Cheng is a big-name Gongze. He inherits his ancestral business and makes ink for a living. The ink I mentioned earlier is the 'Sapphire Case'. His family's signboard is indeed worthy of the praise of 'one skill can cover the ages'."
Cheng Gongze and Gu Zhen couldn't help talking and laughing, but they were very polite to Lu and Yao, and he hurriedly gave in a few words.Gu Zhen said again: "In this world, I have many enemies and a few friends, but not many. Old Cheng is one of them." Hearing this, Cheng Gongze's eyebrows brightened.
At this time, tea was served from below, and Gu Zhen took a small sip. In a blink of an eye, he suddenly saw Cheng Gongze staring at him intently, with a nervous expression on his face. Could it be the wild tea picked from the cliffs of Mount Huang with its extremely cold air?"
Cheng Gongze raised his brows with joy, tut-tsk said: "Ghost spirit, ghost spirit, you can taste it, you can taste it..." Gu Zhen smiled and said: "You old Cheng, what treasure do you have, don't hesitate, Give it away!" Cheng Gongze smiled and went back to the back hall, and brought some jade calligraphy and paintings, and an exquisitely crafted sandalwood box.
Gu Zhen played with each other one by one, and when he got the jade to play, he smiled and said, "Is this a new handicraft of 'Nianyulou' Hong Dezi? I haven't seen you for a few years, and this old Hong hasn't made any progress. I'll scold him another day." He picked up another one. Unfolding the scroll painting, he glanced at it, and said, "Han Gan's picture of grazing horses is not a fake, but an authentic one! Is it unreasonable?" Even though he laughed and cursed, when he commented, he was unambiguous. Smile, nod again and again.Suddenly, Gu Zhen picked up the sandalwood box, and when he opened it, it was an ink ingot.Gu Zhen played with it repeatedly, and sniffed again, but his expression remained calm. When Cheng Gongze saw it, his expression became tense again.
Gu Zhen put back the ink ingot, and suddenly said: "This ink ingot is exquisitely crafted, needless to say, but there is one thing, it is not as good as before." Cheng Gongze sighed: "You really saw it." Gu Zhen said: "This Why is the aroma of the ink stick much worse?"
"Speaking of which, I'm going to blame you, Xiaogu!" Cheng Gongze said with a wry smile, "In the past few years you have disappeared, and the trade route in the South China Sea has been cut off, and the strange fragrance from the South China Sea has not come to China. Half of the beauty of Hui ink lies in the ink, and half The beauty is in the fragrance of ink, the exotic fragrance from the South China Sea cannot be paid as a tribute, and we can only use some local medicinal herbs to make up for it, the fragrance will naturally be far worse."
Gu Zhen smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, I will solve this trivial matter." Cheng Gongze said happily: "It's all thanks to my brother, but there is nothing to say..." Gu Zhen stared and said: "Fuck you, you have to make progress, let me Sign the military order?" Cheng Gongze scratched his head and laughed, he specialized in the art of ink making, and when it came to ink making, he was a little crazy.
Gu Zhen said again: "That's all?" Cheng Gongze smiled and said: "There is another treasure, but it is Cheng's favorite, what do you think it is?" Gu Zhen turned his eyes, clapped his hands and smiled: "Needless to say, it will It's Ling Qianjin!" Cheng Gongze laughed and said, "Xueyan, come out!"
I saw a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl turn out from the back of the hall, her head drooped, she was very delicate, she wished everyone a blessing, she raised her eyes slightly, and timidly said: "Master Gu!"
Gu Zhen sized her up for a while, and said with a smile: "Humanistic women have made eighteen changes. Three years ago, she was still a little girl, but now she has become a beauty. But the word "young master" is not appropriate. I am called your father and brother. You should call me Uncle Gu."
Cheng Xueyan's pretty face flushed, she bit her lip, but said nothing.Gu Zhen turned to Cheng Gongze again and said with a smile: "Does my niece have a husband's family?" Cheng Gongze said: "Not yet, the little girl has high corners of her eyes and looks down on others. It's all because I'm spoiled." I also know a few children, but most of them are not things. If not, I might as well be a matchmaker."
Yao Qing looked on coldly, seeing Cheng's father and daughter's spirits faded, and her heart brightened, she said lightly: "Smelly fox, if you don't say a few words, will it suffocate you?" Gu Zhen rolled his eyes and said with a grin: "Okay, no I said it. But there is one important matter, and I have to ask Lao Cheng." Cheng Gongze said: "Brother, please tell me." Gu Zhen said: "You are the top businessman here, you have a wide eye, and help me check one thing." He came over by ear, muttered a few times, Cheng Gongze's expression changed, he nodded, and left the hall in a hurry.
Cheng Xueyan said: "Please invite Young Master Gu to eat at the back." Gu Zhen smiled and said: "It's easy to say, easy to say." The three of them followed her to the backyard, only to see stones, water music, and lush bamboos, but it is a good clean place.
Cheng Xueyan led the three of them to the small hall in the garden, and arranged for meals by herself. She seemed timid, and she was the servant of the family, but she was neither humble nor overbearing, orderly, not like a weak girl, but like the head of the family.But Gu Zhen's flirtatious quarrels and unbridled teasing made her blush a few times, and she went away in a panic before she finished talking.
After eating, Gu Zhen went to sleep in the wing.Lu and Yao were sitting and talking, and after a while, the servant girl came to report "the fragrant soup is ready".Yao Qing is so clean, she took a bath, she felt refreshed, she went back to her room to take a nap, she didn't want to sleep halfway, but she had a nightmare, she woke up suddenly, her head was sweating.
Recalling the flames and scorched corpses in the dream, Yao Qing sat there for a long time with her heart trembling.It was late at night when I had to put on my clothes and go out.The moon is covered by idle clouds, and the garden is silent, except for a light like a bean in the distance, which makes people think.
Yao Qing approached, through the window screen, she could vaguely see the woman's figure, she recognized Cheng Xueyan, she couldn't help wondering: "This girl is awake at night, but what is she doing?" Going up to the roof, Jiewa looked, only to see Cheng Xueyan Sit in front of the desk and write with a pen.Yao Qing looked at it carefully, but was surprised, she dared to admit that the words "Gu Zhen" were all written on the rice paper, big and small.
After writing a paper like this, Cheng Xueyan was in a daze for a while, ignited the writing paper, threw it into the brazier, then sighed, sat back on the bed, stared at the pile of ashes, and was in a daze.Yao Qing couldn't help sighing to herself, thinking: "The stinky fox has committed crimes again. As for this woman, hmph, she's also an idiot. The flowing water has no meaning, why should falling flowers be affectionate?" disdain.
Just as the roof tiles were being put on, just as he was about to leave the room, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a black shadow flashing towards the moon, as light as a cloud, flying away.
Yao Qing was taken aback and rushed after him.That person was very alert, Yao Qing felt someone was following her as soon as she moved, and stepped up her steps.Yao Qing also quickened her pace accordingly.In this way, one after the other, they crossed the walls of Cheng's house, climbed walls and walls between houses in the city, and chased each other.After a while, the two remained three zhang apart, the man couldn't leave Yao Qing, and Yao Qing couldn't catch up.Looking from the back, the person was slim and graceful with narrow shoulders and a thin waist, clearly a young woman.As a result, Yao Qing took a deep breath, raised her breath and chased after her.
Not long after, her body became hot and her breathing gradually became short of breath. At this time, she suddenly saw the woman standing up high, with a graceful figure, landing on a roof, shrinking her body, and the cat was in the dark.
Yao Qing was afraid that the other party would plot against her, so she stopped abruptly and leaned to her left, only to see the woman's eyes reflecting the moonlight, shining brightly in the darkness, chuckling suddenly, her laughter was so charming, like a strand of filaments, The apex of the heart is teased.Yao Qing felt itchy, pinched off a broken tile, and shot it away.
The distance between the two was several zhang, and the broken tiles were thrown away like stones sinking into the ocean. The woman's eyes were as clear as before, only a smile was added.Yao Qing was secretly startled, and was about to use the "Kun Yuan" supernatural power, when she suddenly saw two green fires ignited under her eyes, which were erratic.
Seeing this vision, Yao Qing's mind was shocked, she had accumulated enough earth energy, but forgot to release it, and suddenly heard the woman giggling and saying: "Pink lion, don't be naughty, you are tickling me."
Yao Qing was puzzled, the woman laughed again and said, "Return you." As she spoke, the strong wind came.Yao Qing waved her sleeves and gently wrapped the object, it was the broken tile, Fang wanted to fight back, but suddenly felt something was wrong, when "Kun Yuan" arrived, the roof tiles under her palm lifted up, forming a barrier in front of her, only listening Ding ding sounded urgently, sparks burst out from the blue tiles.
Yao Qing said secretly, it turned out that the woman was very cunning, she threw the broken tile back first, Yao Qing took it, but felt that her hands were weak, so she felt contemptuous, who would have guessed that the woman threw the tile just to confuse the opponent, Sui that tile suddenly shot out sharp hidden weapons, many and ruthless, if Yao Qing hadn't been witty, she would have taken advantage of it.
Yao Qing waved her hand, there was a small sound, and the tiles all over the sky seemed to have spirituality, overlapping as before, and the owner of the house was never disturbed.She raised her eyes and saw that the houses in the city overlapped endlessly, disappearing into the depths of the night, but the roof where the woman was leaning on was empty, as if no one had ever stayed there.
Facing the evening wind, Yao Qing stood silently for a while, tore off a piece of clothes, wrapped her palms around her hands, leaned over to grope, and found a few thin triangular cones about an inch long, reflected in the starlight, they were slightly blue, which seemed to be a sign of drama. poison.
Yao Qing was very annoyed, thinking about the viciousness of this woman, if the opponent was not her, Nineteen would have died.Wanting to chase after him, but also afraid of the hidden pyramid weapon, he hesitated for a long time, and turned back disgruntled.
When I got back to Cheng’s house, it was already dawn, and I saw Gu Zhen’s room was brightly lit, but when I approached, I heard someone talking inside the door, and when I opened the door, it was Gu and Lu sitting at the table, Gu Zhen Holding a piece of plain paper, frowning slightly.
Yao Qing's heart sank, and she called out, "Is there another book left?" The two of them were surprised when they saw her, and Gu Zhen greeted her with a smile: "Morning beauty, I heard something last night, and when I woke up, I saw her." This is it." Yao Qing took a look, and saw that the ink was still wet on the paper, and there were eight large characters crookedly written: "Catastrophe is approaching, leave Huizhou quickly".
Gu Zhen said: "This character is so ugly, its curve is like a spring worm, and its coil is like an autumn snake. From my point of view, it should be written with the left hand. The person who wrote it must be an old acquaintance, so he deliberately left the word with his back hand, so that I can't see his handwriting. identity."
Yao Qing sneered, threw the plain paper back to him, and said, "What old acquaintances, should they be friends?"
Lu and Gu looked at each other, and Lu Jian said, "Ah Qing, why do you say that?" Yao Qing recounted what happened at night, then threw the pyramid on the table, and said, "It's clearly this woman who wrote the book, you And think about it, who is the best person in your life who has such kindness?"
Gu Zhen stared at the pyramid, inspected it for a while, and suddenly said: "You said that woman's voice is charming and soft?" Yao Qing said: "It's more charming and soft than the girl in Cuiyunlou!"
A trance flashed in Gu Zhen's eyes.When he woke up, he suddenly saw Yao and Lu looking at him, as if asking, he couldn't help but smile and said, "What are you looking at me for?" Lu Jian said, "Can you guess who it is?" Gu Zhen shook his head and said, "There is someone Choose, but not sure." Yao Qing snorted, and said: "What do you mean you are not sure? Is the old man much better?" Gu Zhen smiled wryly: "It's just because that person doesn't have such good martial arts, so he's no different from me. That's all." Yao Qing was taken aback, and didn't ask any more.
The three sat there until dawn, Cheng Xueyan prepared breakfast and came to invite them.After dinner, the three of them tasted genuine fragrant tea, and suddenly saw Cheng Gongze running in, his brows were full of joy, sweating profusely.When Gu Zhen saw it, his depression disappeared, and he said with a smile: "There must be good news."
Cheng Gongze ran away in a hurry, took a bowl of tea and drank it all in one go, and said with a smile: "I checked all night and found two things related to what you ordered. The first one is that Liu Zhengde's home, a wealthy household in Baishou Village in the southwest of Huangshan Mountain, was stolen. Ten stones of new rice and two fat sheep. I reported it to the officials yesterday, and the officials sent them to investigate. They saw rice grains scattered in threads on the ground, and they went to the mountains. In Taiguang Town, the 'Fu Ling Tang' in the town lost some medicinal materials, I sent someone to ask, but it was arsenic. Xiaogu, do you think it's your fault?"
"Arsenic?" Gu Zhen groaned for a while, puzzled, then cupped his hands and said with a smile, "Brother Cheng is too much work, and I should leave for bothering you all night." Cheng Gongze was surprised: "Why don't you stay for two more days?" Gu Zhen said: " I have many enemies, and they are very powerful, if I continue to stay here, I will cause you great disasters, the sooner I leave, the less trouble I will have."
Cheng Gongze was not from the world after all, his face turned pale when he heard this, and he was speechless.Gu Zhen begged for some dry food and wine, and exchanged for two good horses.During this time, Cheng Xueyan didn't show up again, and waited for the three of them to leave before coming to see them off, her eyes were slightly red and swollen, and she bowed her head in silence.Yao Qing saw it, and couldn't help but glanced at Lu Jian, secretly rejoicing: "Fortunately, he is rustic, his words are tasteless, and he doesn't have the ability to flirt."
A gust of wind blew out of the city, Gu Zhen reined in the horse suddenly, and said, "Lu Jian, there are two things going on here, one good and one bad, which one do you listen to first?" Jian Ze thought for a while and said, "Listen first." Gu Zhen smiled and said, "Old Ghost Wang must be hiding in Huangshan. This is a good thing." Lu Jian cheered up and said, "It's a bad thing." Said: "Is it a bad thing, that is, the master from the East Island has arrived in Huizhou." Lu Jian was taken aback, and remained silent for a while, and said, "Is this true?" To wash away my grievances, I must stay in Huizhou, and if I want to save my life, I must flee as far away as possible."
Lu Jian and Yao Qing looked at each other, Lu Jian frowned and said, "If we escape, will you and I survive?" Gu Zhen smiled and said, "Maybe if we live a few more days." Lu Jian also smiled , said calmly: "So, whether you run or not, you will inevitably die. If so, I choose not to run." Gu Zhen looked at him and said, "You don't regret it?" Lu Jian hesitated for a moment, looked back at Yao Qing, Yao Qing showed an air of impatience, turned her head and said, "Look at me, I will go wherever you go!" Lu Jian felt excited, Gu Zhen sighed unconsciously, and walked in front.
Not long after running, I heard the sound of hooves, and saw two white horses galloping out from the side of the road ahead, one on the left and the other on the right. The riders were all handsome young men, all dressed in white like snow, with red tassels fluttering on their backs, and they looked heroic. .Seeing three people, he suddenly turned his horse's head and galloped back the same way.
Gu Zhen's eyes changed, and he snorted.After walking for another mile, I suddenly saw two black horses running towards me, their bodies were as black as coal, and the riders were two beautiful girls in dark green dresses, each with a golden pipa on their backs. Go back the same way.
Yao Qing wondered: "What kind of mystery are these people making?" Gu Zhen smiled and said nothing.Going further in, I suddenly saw two yellow pumas galloping towards them. Immediately sat a pair of young men in yellow shirts, each carrying a guzheng.After walking for a mile, two bay red horses came, their manes fluttering like flames. Two girls in red, with a jade flute and a jade flute, saw the three of them, turned around and ran back again.
Yao Qing looked at Gu Zhen, and said suspiciously: "Stinky fox, you know why, don't you?"
"Of course I know." Gu Zhen said with a smile, "This is called 'Eight Horses Welcome You Back'." Lu Jiandao: "Welcome the King? Where are you going?" Eight Hells."
"What did you say?" Yao Qing spat, and said angrily, "I'm not welcomed by him, so what's wrong with him?" Gu Zhen shook his head and said, "People who are caught by the 'Not Leaking the Sea' don't even mean to run away." Run away?" Lu Jian was shocked, and blurted out: "'Don't leak the eyes of the sea', Ye Fan on the prison island?" Gu Zhen said with a smile: "Yes, Ye Laofan came to Zhongtu in person and gave Gu a lot of money." For face, if you don’t go, it will be a big disrespect.”
Yao Qing snorted softly, and said: "What's wrong, I'm not restrained by him. He meets west, and I go north." With a swipe of the whip, she walked towards the side of the road.After running for a few feet, Yao Qing's mount suddenly sank when she heard a whoosh.She reacted very quickly, she threw her body, flew away for more than ten feet, looked back, the horse was collapsed on the ground, there was a small hole in the ear, blood was pouring, it was hit into the brain, and it died immediately.
Yao Qing was stunned, she jumped forward, and slapped the horse's head. With all her strength, a bloody pine nut rolled out of the small hole. Her heart sank, and she looked around in the blink of an eye. In the depths of the cloud forest, it is unpredictable, there seems to be countless ghosts and monsters hiding in it, and even Yao Qing, who has the courage to conquer the sky, feels frightened.
Gu Zhen smiled brightly, and raised his voice: "Uncle Ye, why are you in such a hurry?" Before he could finish speaking, there were two more hiss, Gu Zhen's horse fell to the ground and knocked him off the horse.
Lu Jian didn't see clearly the hidden weapon's coming, but he had supernatural powers in his hand, whether he saw it or not was irrelevant. With a sharp sound, he swung his hand out, and suddenly felt a pain in his palm, which was almost pierced.At the same time, the "Heavenly Tribulation Controlling Military Technique" was born in response to the situation. The palm muscles are bumpy, the tendons flow, and they counteract the oncoming force. Lu Jian spread his palm and saw a green pine nut in his palm. non-stop.
Suddenly, someone in the woods on the left praised: "Good skill." The word "hand" fell to the ground, and silence returned.Gu Zhen listened attentively, and said with a smile, "This Ye Laofan, hiding his head and showing his tail, is really tired."
Lu Jianwei pondered for a while, jumped off the horse, patted the horse's buttocks, and the horse ran back the same way.Gu Zhen said: "Why don't you want a horse?" Lu Jian sighed: "Innocent animal, why bother to let it die with me?" Biting her lower lip tightly, she couldn't help but smile and said, "Beauty, it's too late to quit now."
Blood flushed on Yao Qing's cheeks, and she scolded: "If you talk nonsense, stinky fox, I'll slap your boss on the ear?" Gu Zhen laughed loudly, and walked forward.Lu Jian looked at his back and suddenly sighed. Yao Qing tugged at his sleeve and whispered, "Are you afraid?"
Lu Jian shook his head and said, "I'm afraid I'm not afraid, but being controlled by others like this is really boring to kill." After saying that, he took a deep look at her, and suddenly reached out to hold her hand.Yao Qingfang's heart trembled, her cheeks flushed, and she suddenly remembered that it was the first time since they met that Lu Jian took the initiative to pull her.In an instant, a warm feeling swept through his heart, and a gentle smile appeared on his cheeks, Lu Jian also smiled back, and the two of them joined hands and followed Gu Zhen away.
After another two miles, there was loud music in front of the mountain in the distance, as if the waves were frightened at night, and the wind and rain came suddenly.The flute whimpered, the sound of the flute was clear, the guzheng was like flowing water, and the pipa was like broken jade, with mixed jingling and ding ding, as if someone was fencing a sword.
As he got closer, he saw a Persian carpet spread on the open space in front of the mountain, with bright patterns, complex and dazzling, and a low couch on which lay a man in his thirties. The azure sea is woven with a picture of Yunlong playing Ao, following his gestures, the silk light flows, and the dragon playing Ao is lifelike.
Eight young men and women were present, playing the zither, playing the flute, and playing the pipa. Two white-clothed young men raised their swords and danced against each other.
Lu Jian thought: "This blue-robed man must be Ye Fan." Thinking of the incident of the pine nut killing the horse, he felt angry, and suddenly dodged and grabbed the middle of two white-clothed teenagers. , Seeing to pierce Lu Jian's waist and abdomen.
Lu Jian raised his two middle fingers in parallel, separated his hands, and held the two swords in a short time. The "Heavenly Tribulation Controlling Art" was originally obtained from the "Mending Heaven Jieshou", and it does not require a weapon to perform it.There were two buzzing sounds, the two young men let go of their long sword, Lu Jian shouted "get up", his arms vibrated, two sword lights shot up into the sky, turned around in the air, and fell like electricity, the two young men couldn't think of it, so they heard two babbles. Next, the long swords are both pierced into the sheath.
This sword-returning sword, the ingenuity of strength, the accuracy of the grasp, is so shocking.The two boys' eyes widened, their fencing posture did not change, they bent their knees and leaned forward, as if the time was frozen.The sound of silk and bamboo also disappeared suddenly, and all the young men looked at Lu Jian with pale faces.
Lu Jian grabbed the sword with both hands, but kept his eyes on Ye Fan. He saw him from beginning to end without blinking his eyes or raising his hands, leisurely and smiling.I don't feel very confused, Xin Dao this person is either cold-blooded and ruthless and doesn't care about the life and death of his subordinates, or he sees through his own martial arts and is expected to fight swords and swords, so there is no need to take action.Thinking of this, he clenched his fists tightly, his palms sweating unknowingly.
Gu Zhen smiled slightly, and suddenly said: "Ye Laofan, your ostentation is too old-fashioned, why don't you change it to a new one?" Ye Fan looked at him and smiled slightly: "Okay, tell me, what new one should you change?" Gu Zhen smiled and said: "For example, a man pretends to be a woman, and a woman pretends to be a man. As for the eight horses welcoming the king, it might as well be changed to eight horses riding men back. Men don't ride horses, horses ride people."
After hearing this, all the teenagers cried out bitterly, and all of them stared at Gu Zhen with expressions of anger.
Ye Fan's eyes lit up, he slapped his thighs, stood up and smiled, "You monkey, although you are hateful, you have a good idea." Having said this, he was puzzled again, and frowned, "It's just that it's easy for people to ride horses. Is the horse riding a man..." The figure flickered, and inadvertently, he lifted a white horse with all four hooves in the sky, and picked it up.Lu Jian saw it and was dumbfounded.
The white horse was originally a rare and fine horse, with a handsome bone and a weight of ten thousand jun, when it was suddenly lifted up, it kicked its hooves wildly in shock.Ye Fan let him struggle, standing still, suddenly without touching the ground, galloped around the field for a week, then put the horse down gently, patted his hands, and said to a young man in white: "Zhao Wu, you come to try too? "
Zhao Wusha turned pale, trembled twice, plopped down on his knees, and said in tears, "Master, my subordinates are so incompetent, how can they shoulder such a heavy responsibility?"
Ye Fan frowned, snorted angrily, and said to another young man in white: "Qian Jia, come here." Qian Jia's face was ashen, and he leaned forward, but his feet were firmly nailed to the ground.Impatient, Ye Fan sank down, picked up the white horse again, and rushed straight over.
Qian Jia saw that the steed was foaming at the mouth and flying all four hooves, it was frightened half to death, and with a loud cry, it turned around and ran away.Ye Fan chased after him closely, and shouted without a word: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid..."
How could Qian Jia not be afraid? After running for more than ten steps, she suddenly felt the wind behind her. Knowing that Ye Fan had arrived, her legs softened and she fell limp to the ground.
Seeing Qian Jia curled up on the ground like a pile of mud, Ye Fan frowned for a while, and then looked around, seeing all his subordinates huddled together in a pile, looking terrified, and shrinking back when he saw his gaze sweeping towards him.Ye Fan was very displeased, put down his horse, and said angrily: "Unfortunately, the idea is good, but these slaves are not up to date."
Yao Qing and Lu Jian were amused and surprised at the same time, but Gu Zhen held back his smile and said solemnly: "I don't blame others, I only blame Ye Laofan for not being flexible. There is a way in this world that doesn't require much effort. He who can also ride a man on a horse."
Ye Fan stared at him and said with a sneer: "The kid wants to lie again, how can there be such a cheap way in the world?" Gu Zhen spread his hands and smiled: "If you don't believe it, I can't help it."
Ye Fan likes to show off, and in his life, he loves to do things that are ostentatious and sensational, in order to appear different.At this time, when I thought of the scene where the eight subordinates were carrying horses to open the way and the people were dumbfounded, I felt itchy, and immediately turned my anger into a smile, and said kindly: "Okay, let's listen to it."
Gu Zhen smiled and said: "There is a saying that 'the law is not empty', if you want me to tell you the way, you have to tell me, otherwise, I would rather die than tell." Ye Fan said: "What's the matter? "Gu Zhen said: "Tell me first, how did you find Huizhou?" Ye Fan said casually: "This, but someone told me."
Gu Zhen's heart moved, and he asked, "Who is it?" Ye Fan smiled and said, "I have to say it?" Gu Zhen said, "You can't say it!" Said: "That's your old man Gu's supernatural powers."
Gu Zhen trembled slightly, and blurted out: "You're lying." Ye Fan frowned and said, "Why did I lie to you? The evening before yesterday, I received his handwriting, saying that you are here. Arrived." Gu Zhen stretched out his hand and said, "Bring the handwriting?" Ye Fan laughed and said, "Are you confused? Forgot the rules on the island." Gu Zhen suddenly remembered that the rules of the East Island, after receiving the handbook, read it immediately destroy.
Seeing Gu Zhen's puzzled expression, Ye Fan couldn't help but smiled and said, "There is a saying that 'a tiger's poison does not eat its child', and Gu Shentong couldn't bear to take you with his own hands, so he entrusted it to me. Hehe, you should be obedient, go back with me, and change One will be punished lightly, if not, hum..."
Gu Zhen pondered for a while, then interrupted him with a smile: "Ye Laofan, do you want to know the trick of riding a man on a horse?" Ye Fan said: "That's natural." Gu Zhen said: "Very good." Turning to Zhao Wu waved and said, "You get on the horse and go."
Zhao Wu was puzzled, but felt that as long as he didn't get ridden by the horse, everything would be easy, so he got on the horse obediently.Ye Fan stroked his chin and looked at it, wondering: "This is still a man riding a horse, where is the horse riding a man?"
"Hurry up, hurry up!" Gu Zhen smiled, "Uncle Ye, please put up a dragonfly." Without saying a word, Ye Fan erected a dragonfly upside down on his head and feet, and asked, "What else do you want?"
Gu Zhen laughed loudly, and said loudly: "Ye Laofan, teach you to be a good boy. If you look straight ahead, you are a man riding a horse, but if you look backward, you are a horse riding a man. From now on, don't forget."
It is true that Ye Fan looked over backwards, Zhao Wuren got off his horse, wouldn't he be "riding a man on a horse"?Hearing this, he was furious, turned around, and said sharply: "Stinky boy, do you dare to tease the elders?" Gu Zhen smiled and said: "Who told you not to tell the truth and plant it on my father."
Ye Fan's eyes were sharp when he heard the words, Lu Jian saw this and stopped him.Ye Fan glanced at him and said with a smile, "Are you that Lu Jian?" Lu Jian didn't expect that he knew his name even though he was a five-headed figure, and nodded slightly surprised.Ye Fan smiled, nodded and said, "Your martial arts are interesting." His figure flickered.With two swipes, Ye Fan held the sword in both hands and turned back to the original place.Zhao Wu and Qian Jia touched back, but the scabbard behind them was empty.
Ye Fan said: "Come and try to grab my sword." He raised the sword with both hands and stabbed slowly.Lu Jian had always been cautious, and when he saw his movement, he was secretly awe-inspiring. At this moment, although he drew his sword slowly, he did not dare to be careless, so he immediately stared at the tip of the sword without moving his eyes.Seeing that the sword was getting closer and closer, he suddenly raised two fingers in parallel, waved his fingers and pressed them out.
When the fingers and swords intersected, Lu Jian felt an extremely strong internal force coming from the sword body, causing severe pain in his fingers and palms.Immediately run the "Heavenly Tribulation Controlling Army Method" to defuse the momentum and then counterattack.
Unexpectedly, as soon as his hand strength changed, Ye Fan's inner strength also changed, just to restrain Lu Jian's strength, but Lu Jian couldn't, and the "Heavenly Tribulation Controlling Art" changed accordingly.As soon as the ground came, the strength of the two restrained each other from a distance, and they came and went like a tide, agitating the sword body like flowing water, trembling and moaning endlessly.
Lu Jian was extremely surprised, with all his calamity, he carefully observed the true energy in Ye Fan's body, but he felt that it was surging and unpredictable, and he didn't realize where it was stagnant. Even if the "Heavenly Tribulation Art of Controlling Soldiers" is used to the extreme, it will not take advantage of the slightest advantage.Not long after, Lu Jian's face flushed, sweat dripped down the tips of his hair, and his breathing slowly became heavy. Since he realized this method, he has been invincible and has never met such an opponent. It could be said that "if the enemy does not change, I will not change; if the enemy changes, I will change first." The longer the fight, the more powerless Lu Jian became.
Just as Lu Jian was extremely desperate, he suddenly heard Ye Fan laughing long and loudly, and his inner strength suddenly retracted. The pressure in Lu Jian's hands was sharp and light, and he snatched back the two swords with two clangs.He couldn't be overjoyed, and suddenly felt that his chest was suffocated, and Ye Fan's left palm was already on his chest.
Lu Jian had kung fu in his hand, but he was pinned down by the two swords. Ye Fan abandoned the sword and used his palm. He couldn't resist immediately, only to feel a coax in his head, and it went blank.
Yao Qing saw from a distance that her whole body was cold, her mouth was slightly opened, and she wanted to shout, but her breath was stuck in her throat and she couldn't speak out.Unexpectedly, Ye Fan could not vomit with his palm strength, stared at Lu Jian, and suddenly smiled and said: "It's strange, your ability is only in your hands, and the other places are very poor. Hehe, Ye Mou overestimated you!"
At this time, Gu Zhen suddenly heard: "Ye Laofan, do you still want that red-haired battleship?" Ye Fan's eyes turned cold, and he snorted angrily: "I was just about to ask you, just say it obediently, don't wait a minute." Board!" Gu Zhen smiled and said, "Then you withdraw your hand first, and I will tell you where the ship is." Lu Jian was extremely surprised: "The red-haired battleship has sunk into the sea, what else can I say?" Fan's expression changed, he withdrew his palm suddenly, took two steps back and said, "Okay, tell me."
Yao Qing couldn't help but ran up, held Lu Jian's hand, and said anxiously, "Are you okay?" Lu Jian shook his head and said, "I'm fine." Yao Qing said, "First breathe out three times to see if there's anything wrong." Lu Jian If you do it in the same way, you will be fine.Only then did Yao Qing breathe a sigh of relief.
Gu Zhen smiled, clapped his hands and said, "I haven't seen you for a few years, and Ye Laofan's internal strength has become more and more advanced. It is really as vast as the sea, and he can retract and release it freely."
"Stop doing this." Ye Fan said impatiently, "Quickly tell me where the red-haired battleship is?" Gu Zhen touched his chin and said, "It's okay to say, but this red-haired battleship needs a little change." Ye Fan said: "What word?" Gu Zhen said: "Change the red letter to no word."
"Hairless battleship?" Ye Fanda frowned.
"Yes, yes." Gu Zhen said solemnly, "The battleship has sunk into the sea, not to mention the red hair, there is no hair left, so it is called the hairless battleship."
Ye Fan's eyebrow trembled a few times, and suddenly he laughed back angrily: "Gu Xiao'er, you really think I dare not kill you." Gu Zhen said with a smile: "Your 'whale breath skill' is unique in the world, killing me is extremely easy, too You, Ye Laofan, don't bother to do easy things."
Ye Fan loves to listen to good words, and his anger calmed down when he heard it, and he snorted coldly: "The death penalty is inevitable, but the living penalty is hard to forgive. Even if you don't kill you, you have to break your two dog legs and avenge my treasure ship." With one move, he shouted, "Come here obediently and be punished. If you let me make a move, in addition to my legs, I will also have two hands."
Lu Jian's heart trembled, and he suddenly turned his long sword and stabbed at Ye Fan.Ye Fan didn't turn his eyes, he hummed softly, his feet stood still, he raised his right hand, pressed the spine of Zhonglu Jian's left hand, and pushed forward.
陆渐一觉内劲涌来，“天劫驭兵法”立时运转，却不料叶梵这轻轻一推，却用上了“鲸息”神通中的“滔天炁”，劲力前后相叠，少说也有十重，陆渐化解一重，又来一重。正自应付不暇，叶梵又举左手，推中他右手长剑。
这先后两推，劲力迥然大异，方向也各不同。陆渐身不由主，双剑偏转，倏地刺向姚晴。
这一下，陆、姚二人均感意外。姚晴愣在那里，睁着一双妙目，浑然忘了抵御。陆渐情急间左剑搭上右剑，双手运转“天劫驭兵法”，左剑驭右剑，右剑驭左剑，互消去势。眼看距离姚晴不过半尺，双剑遽尔下沉，嗤嗤两声，刺入土里。
陆渐虽然扭转剑势，身子仍是不能自主，手舞足蹈，直扑姚晴。姚晴方要闪避，又怕他摔倒，犹豫间，已被陆渐抱个正着。叶梵的“鲸息功”余势不衰，姚晴足下踉跄，也被带倒，两人相拥着滚了一匝，方才停住，均是满面羞红，疾疾分开。叶梵见了，双手按腰，哈哈大笑。
姚晴一咬牙，双手按地，土破藤出，缚住叶梵双脚。她方才趁着叶梵说话，早将“孽因子”布下，只待时机发动。
叶梵眼见藤蔓绕身，微露讶色，继而笑道：“好一个'化生'妖术，一晃多年，温黛那妖妇竟有了传人。”他嘴里说笑，身形不动，任那藤蔓缠绕，直至姚晴将“化生”术催到极致，再也无法多缠一匝。那藤蔓纠缠纵横，将叶梵囫囵裹在正中，离地而起，悬在半空，形如一个青灰色的硕大虫茧。
姚晴胸口起伏，汗如雨落，喘一口气，正想歇息，忽听那藤“茧”中叶梵轻轻笑一声，瓮声瓮气道：“缠好了么？我要出来了。”姚晴闻声变色，只觉手下骤急，所有藤蔓同时绷紧，那藤“茧”向内微微一缩，遽尔鼓胀起来，蓬的一声，节节寸断，一道蓝影冲天而起，叶梵发出一声长笑，高叫道：“小的们，奏起乐来。”
众少年纷纷坐回原地，各操乐器，赵武问道：“奏何乐曲，还请主人明示。”
叶梵身法翩然，凌空转折，笑道：“先奏一曲'秦王破阵乐'，壮我声威。”赵武应一声“是”，将间一挥，众少年丝竹齐鸣，威武雄壮，直如阵马突出，万众齐呼。
叶梵哈哈大笑，身未落地，双掌一翻，两道掌风分击陆、姚二人。
陆渐借力使一个“雀母相”，挽着姚晴向后掠去。叶梵掌力劈空，黄尘激扬，口中讶然道：“好小子，竟然藏了私。”
姚晴缓过一口气，双手内劲涌出，两根藤蔓钻出地表，缠向叶梵。叶梵笑道：“黔驴技穷也！”一挥袖，藤蔓被劲风所激，反向姚晴如风扫来。
陆渐只恐伤着姚晴，不顾厉害，飞身纵上，出手如风，横拽藤蔓，不料藤上附有叶梵的“滔天炁”，劲力重叠，虽被陆渐拽住，其势依然不衰，藤尾凌空圈转，好似两条鞭子，啪啪抽中陆渐双颊，陆渐头晕眼花，口中腥咸，自忖脸颊也必肿胀了，但怕脱手伤及姚晴，忍着疼痛，死拽不放，竟被那藤蔓拖得向后倒退。
情急间，陆渐心头忽动，这两根长藤虽是木质，却又何尝不是一种兵刃，既是兵刃，“天劫驭兵法”足以驭之，当即一拨一送，长藤来势陡止，盘空一绕，忽又转回。
叶梵微感惊讶，左掌正欲抵挡，不料那“长生藤”蓦地生长数尺，将他左腕牢牢缠住。叶梵双目一转，露出微笑，掌势前送，直直拍向姚晴。
陆渐身形陡转，双手如弹筝鼓瑟，在藤上忽挑忽拨。叶梵手腕陡沉，蓦地不听使唤，掌力歪斜，蓬的一声，姚晴身边尘土翻飞，多了一个凹坑。
“好！”叶梵大笑一声，“这样子才有意思。”抖手挣断藤蔓，腾空纵起，曲肘运掌，正欲吐劲。陆渐双手又是一挽，双藤飞起，见风就长，刷地缠住叶梵足踝，双手运转“天劫驭兵法”，叶梵身在半空，无所依恃，顿时失了平衡，一招“滔天炁”又度偏出，击中丈外大树，轰隆一声，大树居中而折。
急管繁弦，乐声渐高，那笛声尤为轩昂，上冲霄汉，啸风凌云，势如一骑破阵、所向披靡。乐声中，叶梵手舞足蹈，凌空乱转，连连出掌，却无一掌击正，只搅得满天扬尘。众少年一边演奏，两只眼睛也随着他滴溜溜乱转，心中惊讶之情，无以复加，不料忽来一掌，正中众人前方，轰隆一声，搅得演奏之人灰头土脸，乐声气势也不由得弱了几分。
“周流土劲”自姚晴双手双脚涌出，远至八方，源源不绝。“长生藤”断而复续，越变越多，越变越长。而这藤蔓越是纠缠，越合陆渐之意，他左一拨，右一捺，以“天劫驭兵法”驾驭诸藤，十余根长藤如怪蛇乱发，伴随叶梵左右，缠绕其手足，搅乱其招式。
叶梵武功之强，在东岛一人之下，单打独斗，陆、姚二人远非其敌。只不料这“化生”之术配合“天劫驭兵法”，竟尔生出奇效。叶梵初时轻敌，此时越斗越觉缚手缚脚，几度被陆渐数藤齐下，拉扯得下盘虚浮、手脚不稳，不自觉焦躁起来，打点精神，双掌翻飞，“涡旋劲”、“滔天炁”、“陷空力”、“阴阳流”、“生灭道”、“滴水劲”，奇劲横生，怪力猛起，如恶兽利牙，撕扯万物。
陆渐肌肤如受刀割，呼吸维艰，又觉藤蔓屡被扯断，断而复生，越变越多，渐渐难以驾驭。姚晴真气有限，藤蔓一多，气力也由此分散，当即叫道：“阿晴，藤少些好。”姚晴心领神会，化去若干藤蔓，仅剩六根，六道青芒形如一只硕大章鱼挥舞腕足，忽伸忽缩，忽直忽曲，盘空缭绕，无所不至。
藤蔓减少，陆渐左弹右弄，越发得心应手，使到潇洒处，大有手挥五弦、目送归鸿之概。谷缜瞧得舒服，拍手叫好。
叶梵久斗不下，忽听谷缜叫好，怒从心起，不自禁纵声长啸，将满场丝竹，一时压住。
“小的们。”叶梵高声厉叫，“先将谷缜拿下，别叫他跑了。”八少年得令，齐向谷缜扑来。谷缜嘻嘻一笑，向着八人扮个鬼脸，转身便跑。陆渐匆忙中分出两根长藤，却只缠住最末一对男女，轻轻一拨，那二人身不由主，离地飞起，不由得失声尖叫。
蓝影骤闪，叶梵破空抢到，夺下二人，远远掷出。两人有如腾云驾雾，急飞数丈，双足落地却是十分轻缓，两人松一口气，抬眼望去，只见叶梵被三根藤蔓缠住手脚，朗朗大笑，遽尔间，那三根藤蔓如遭火焚，波的一声，化为飞灰。
这一下出其不意，姚晴浑身剧震，陆渐又牵两根藤蔓，分缠叶梵腰身、大腿。不料方一缠上，又化成灰，不由骇然道：“阿晴，这，这怎么回事？”姚晴俏脸发白，苦笑道：“他，他看穿了我的真气。”陆渐一愣，道：“看穿了又怎的？”姚晴道：“他若看穿，便能克制我的'周流土劲'，化生之术，就算破了。”
叶梵飘然落地，朗朗笑道：“八部神通，变化虽多，却跳不出'周流八劲'。若无这八种真气支撑，任你何种神通，均是无用。可笑世人常为水火风雷的表象所迷惑，却不会克制其中真气。至于你这丫头，学了一丁点儿'化生'的皮毛，就来卖弄，岂有不被看穿之理……”说着大袖一拂，丝光流转，如海浪起伏，口中却笑道，“但能练成'化生'，必然就是来日的'地母'。东岛西城誓不两立，今日相见，断不容你活在人世。”
谷缜奔跑半晌，转头一瞧，身后六人越逼越近，心知逃脱无望，索性转身，拱手笑道：“各位师兄师姐，何必如此辛苦，小弟认输就是。”
那六人见他恁地轻易服输，一时面面相觑，惊愕不胜。赵武叫道：“还不束手就缚。”谷缜双手一伸，笑道：“请缚，请缚！这位赵武兄真是人如其名，英姿神武，燕赵豪士所不能及，小弟若不束手，岂非有眼无珠？”
赵武听得受用，点头笑道：“你若老老实实的，我就不绑你了。”钱嘉道：“当心，听说他狡猾得很。”一个绿衣女瞧他一眼，露出轻蔑之色，噘嘴道：“他就算狡猾，武功却不怎样，也不怕他跑了。”
谷缜瞧这女子一眼，寻思：“到底还是女孩儿心软！”当即笑道：“我这几年身在幽狱，孤陋寡闻，不想今日得见六位人中龙凤，幸何如之。这三位师姐，貌美如仙，容光照人。别说我武功低微，就算高强，也不敢乱动一动，若不留神，碰着三位姐姐，岂不是暴殄天物？理应砍手剁脚，拉去喂狗的。”
但凡女子，无不爱人赞己美貌，即便对方虚情假意，心中也觉熨帖；是以三女听到最后两句，无不面露微笑。
谷缜见三名男子神色不豫，忙笑道：“三位师兄能与三位师姐并辔行走江湖，真是莫大福分。”这话既捧众女，又捧群男，那三男听得这话，多少有几分得色。唯有钱嘉机警，见谷缜大献殷勤，隐觉不对，咳声道：“主人还等着呢，快快回去。”
五人醒悟过来，忙道：“是呀。”押着谷缜回走，谷缜假意老实，低头走了两步，忽地抬头，向一名红衣少女笑道：“这位师姐的脂粉好香，是在'敷玉斋'买的么？”
那红衣少女咦了一声，道：“你怎么知道？”谷缜笑道：“那家的香气与众不同，我一嗅便知，师姐这个还不算极好的，大约是掌柜狗眼瞧人低，见你不是大家小姐，不拿上品出来。”
三女均是凝听，闻言怒道：“竟有此事？定然与他好瞧。”谷缜又道：“那'敷玉斋'除了脂粉，还有一样宝贝，名叫做'百炼碧芝去茧膏'，任是何种老茧，一抹便脱，光滑柔腻，就和没生茧子一样。”
这一语看似无心，实则正中三女心病，三女平日练剑，手上留下若干茧子，虽说只在虎口掌心，外人不易看见，但平时瞧着摸着，总觉美中不足，听得这话，兴致大起，各各止步，围住谷缜询问行情。谷缜笑嘻嘻地道：“那老板和我很熟，旁人要时，千金难买；我若去讨，不收分文。师姐们若要，回岛时，我顺道去讨几帖就是。”
三女真有不胜之喜，谷缜仿佛慢不经意，又问起她们画眉的黛墨、身着的裙子、脚穿的绣鞋，头戴的首饰，每问一样，便细细品说，哪儿黛墨最软最黑，一染不褪；哪儿的衣裙、绣鞋质料最好，样式如何风流；至于首饰，谷缜更是天下间数一数二的行家，几日几夜也说不完的。
谷缜鉴赏本精，见识奇博，一张巧嘴，更能将活人说死、死人说活，三女几曾遇上这种妙人，不觉听得入迷，半步也不肯挪动。
这些都是女孩儿顶有兴趣的勾当，三名男子从旁听得，自然大不耐烦，连声催促。三女心知若是回到叶梵那里，管束一严，必然无法放肆议论，当下充耳不闻，只围着谷缜，又听又问。赵武只怕回去晚了，叶梵责怪，屡催无果，忍不住推了谷缜一把，谁料谷缜应手而倒，大声呻吟起来。
三女又惊又怒，唧唧喳喳叫骂道：“你这人好狠毒？”“良心都被狗吃了吗？”“出手也不知轻重，是蛮牛还是野猪呀……”赵武被骂得抬不起头来，自忖方才并未气力，终不成劲由心生，内劲自然涌出，伤了此人，倘若如此，岂不是功力大进？一时间望着双手，亦忧亦喜，好不迷惑。其他二男见状，忙作壁上观，要知四男四女终年同行，暗生情愫，争风吃醋，也是等闲之事，此时见赵武大失芳心，旁观之余，甚感快意。
三女骂了几声，见谷缜口吐白沫，在地上翻来滚去，蓦地一滚，滚到那名绿衣女脚下。绿衣女大动柔肠，忍不住俯身去扶，说道：“究竟怎么……”话未说完，后心一痛，颈项生寒。谷缜翻身跃起，一手扣住她背心要穴，一手把着明晃晃的匕首，勒住她脖子。
其他五人目定口呆，那绿衣女惊道：“你……你没受伤？”谷缜笑道：“师姐得罪，捉不了我，你大不了挨顿臭骂，我被你捉住，可就死路一条了。”胁着她步步后退，大声道：“各位留步。”不料五人双目喷火，竟然一步不让，着着进逼。
谷缜心中暗骂，钱嘉盯着他，寒声道：“你这厮虽然狡诈，却打错了算盘，她不过是主人的婢子，死了也不打紧，但你杀她之后，我却有手段，叫你求生不得，求死不能。”
谷缜皱眉瞧了瞧他，又看看怀中女子，蓦地笑了笑，道：“我干吗杀她？”松手将那绿衣女放开，那女子一番好心，反遭恶报，心中怒极，一得自由，心头恶起，反手一肘，顶得谷缜痛彻心肺，大叫一声，跌倒在一株大树下。
赵武目射寒光，大声道：“主人说了，要打断他双脚，给红毛战船报仇。咱们索性顺主人的意，将他双腿打折了，看他还弄不弄鬼？”其他五人均恨谷缜狡诈，纷纷点头。
赵武面露狞笑，跳上前去，举起右脚，对准谷缜膝盖，方要狠狠踩下，谁知眼角余光所至，忽见林中寒星闪动，扑面而来。赵武大惊失色，急往后跃，不料那寒星甚多，有如群蜂出巢。赵武肩头、大腿各是一痛，不由得大叫栽倒，一阵麻痒来自伤处，顿时眼前一黑，昏了过去。
眼看叶梵步步进逼，陆渐嗓子发干，双腿颤抖，蓦地大步抢上，挡在姚晴身前，扬声道：“你要碰她，先将我杀了，你不杀我，就，就别想碰她一下。”姚晴身子一颤，道：“你……你……”嗓子一哑，说不下去。
叶梵目光流转，笑道：“好一对同命鸳鸯。若要杀你，又有何难？”左脚一撑，身形陡转，呼地的一掌拍将过来。陆渐使招“半狮人相”，蹲身出拳。不料二劲方交，叶梵内劲忽向后缩。陆渐拳劲打空，便觉一股绝大吸力扯得他马步虚浮，直直向叶梵撞了过去。
叶梵左掌使“陷空力”，拖动陆渐身形，右掌则蓄满“滔天炁”，正拟送出，忽见姚晴银牙微咬，双手相合，齐齐按在地面，霎时间，一根藤蔓破土而出，旋风般向他小腿卷来。
叶梵心中冷笑，他已洞悉“长生藤”的变化，藤蔓一旦着身，便会被他内息焚化，故而任其来缠，心神贯注掌上，立意将陆渐毙于掌下。
嗖，藤蔓缠至，叶梵左掌劲力将吐未吐，小腿忽地刺痛。情急间，逆转掌势，向下一挥，劈断藤蔓，飘退丈余。立足未稳，忽觉一股痛痒由痛处直蹿上来。
“有毒……”叶梵心念一转，目光投向那半截残藤，那藤兀自缠绕腿上，上面尖刺根根怒张，形如毒蛇利牙，在日光中泛着淡淡金色。
“蛇牙荆！”叶梵又惊又悔。他深知这荆刺厉害，不敢大意，当即运功震断藤蔓，将毒素逐分逼出。
陆渐死里逃生，踉跄站定，尚不知到底发生何事，心头一片茫然，忽听姚晴颤声叫道：“快，快……”陆渐掉头望去，见她面色苍白，几近透明，肌肤下一股淡淡青气浮现隐没，嘴角弧线忽而向上，忽而向下，说不出的怪异。
陆渐不曾见过姚晴如此神态，心中吃惊，急纵上前，问道：“你说'快、快'什么啊？”姚晴口唇颤抖，费尽气力，蓦地吐出一声：“快逃……”话音未落，鲜血夺口而出，两眼一闭，昏了过去。
陆渐大惊失色，扭头望去，谷缜踪影也无，若是依照姚晴的话，岂不是丢下朋友，不顾义气。再瞧叶梵，虽是凝立不动，眼中却有厉芒浮动，仿佛噬人猛兽，随时扑来。
陆渐没的心头一寒，虽不知这东岛高手发生何事，但他身上杀气却是越来越浓，远隔数丈，仍是扑面而来。陆渐不由打个寒噤，低头看了姚晴一眼，蓦地有了决断，一躬身，将她负在背上，发足飞奔。
叶梵全力逼毒，不敢紧追，眼见对手远遁，端的怒不可遏，纵声长啸，上决浮云，声闻数里。陆渐只觉啸声如在耳边，心头惶惑，只有一个念头：“快逃，快逃。”不知不觉使出“马王相”，大金刚神力贯注腿上，不辨方向，只顾狂奔。
浓云渐起，笼山蔽林，间有微风徐来，掀出一角苍山、半树碧叶。不多时，斜雨疏疏，裹