Chapter 4 Chapter Four Brothers and Sisters
Yun Song's breath, the strange stone eating the clouds, the sound of the spring and the rinsing of the stone, like a zither, fell into Gu Zhen's ears, clearing his mind, only feeling a dull pain in the elbow in his chest.When he opened his eyes, warm water vapor rushed towards his face, and Gu Zhen's eyes felt sore, he closed his eyes for a moment, and then opened them again, but saw a hot spring not far away, filled with plain air and white smoke.
A woman in black is sitting by the spring, holding a Persian cat in her arms. Her hair is tall and twisted into a conch shape, her face is covered with a green veil, and only her eyes are exposed.
Gu Zhen snorted and closed his eyes again.The masked woman chuckled lightly, and suddenly asked: "Aren't you surprised?" Gu Zhen said: "No surprise." The masked woman rolled her eyes and said again: "You didn't thank me for saving your life. Gu Zhen said, "Thank you."
The masked woman seemed to be taken aback for a moment, then shook her head and said, "You man, when are you so obedient?" Gu Zhen said, "I was always obedient."
The masked woman laughed coquettishly: "If you, Young Master Gu, are obedient, there will be no disobedient people in this world." Gu Zhen said, "You're right." He kept his eyes closed, and the masked woman said, He replied, neither cold nor hot, neither salty nor bland; the masked female boss was boring, she was silent for a long time, and then sighed: "I know, you hate me in your heart." Gu Zhen said: "You are very right. .”
The masked woman's brows turned red, she turned sideways, facing the hot spring, her shoulders shrugged slightly, she was silent at first, and gradually she began to sob.When Gu Zhen heard the voice, his heart softened, and he opened his eyes and sighed: "What's there to cry about? If it falls into your hands, I'm the only one who should cry!"
The masked woman turned around suddenly, and said angrily: "Who is crying, who is crying..." But the veil was soaked with tears, sticking to her face, protruding her plump cheeks and sharp jaw, cherry mouth and nose.Gu Zhen sized it up for a while, then smiled and said, "Gu Ping'er, what are you doing wearing this shit? It's not like I haven't seen your ugly face before?"
The masked woman blushed, gave him a white look, and removed the green veil, revealing a sweet and lovely face.Gu Zhen nodded and said: "People have become more beautiful, stand up and show me." Gu Ping'er was obedient and stood up in response.Gu Zhen nodded again and said: "People have grown taller, so I don't know if their hearts have changed, whether they are still so vicious."
Gu Ping'er was praised by him, she was full of joy at first, but when she heard the last sentence, her eyes turned red again, Gu Zhen said impatiently: "You don't have to cry. You don't understand my acupoints. Don't think that you are strong in martial arts, so you can't understand it. Bullying as a brother."
Gu Ping'er smiled unconsciously, walked forward, sat down next to Gu Zhen, and said softly, "How could I bully you? I'm just afraid." Gu Zhen frowned and said, "What are you afraid of?" Gu Ping'er rested her head on the On his shoulder, he sighed faintly: "I'm afraid that once you untie the acupoints, you will leave me. If you don't untie the acupoints, you will be wronged, but, but I can always look at you and listen to you."
"Bullshit, shit!" Gu Zhen yelled angrily, "If you don't understand the acupoint, I will neither open my eyes nor talk to you from now on." He immediately closed his eyes in anger, without saying a word.
Gu Ping'er showed a look of disappointment, stayed for a while, and suddenly snorted softly: "Okay, don't tell me?" She stood up, walked to the hot spring, put down the cat, and suddenly said with a soft smile: "I don't know what to say." Come here, you sweat a lot and your body is sticky, just wash it off."
Gu Zhen's heart skipped a beat: "This little goblin has been pretending to be a fool for a long time, but now she has shown her original shape." He wanted to say something bad, but hated that he had let go beforehand, so it was inconvenient to speak.But after hearing the sound of undressing, Gu Ping'er giggled and said, "My good brother, why don't you just open your eyes wide, squinting to peek like this is very wrong!" The voice is charming, the words are alluring, the words are soul-stirring, Gu Zhen's heart itch, he almost wants to curse "fart", but when he thinks of the oath, he holds it back.
Suddenly I heard Gu Ping'er smiled softly: "Good brother, you have always been daring and lawless, why did you suddenly become a master of Taoism? Speaking of which, haven't you never seen Ping'er's body? That day, that day you were drunk After drinking, she can be presumptuous, Ping'er is both scared and happy at the same time..."
Gu Zhen only felt a burst of anger rushing straight into his chest, and blurted out: "Nonsense, shameless..."
"Oh." Gu Ping'er smiled, "Are you talking?" Gu Zhen was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but feel great hatred: "It's just that I cared too much about this, and I got paid in the end." But Gu Ping'er laughed again: "Good brother , I can teach you to open your eyes, believe it or not?" Gu Zhen said, "Fart Bai Xiangyao."
Bai Xiangyao is Gu Ping'er's biological mother and also Gu Zhen's stepmother, so Gu Zhen scolded her like this.But Gu Ping'er didn't get annoyed, she chuckled, suddenly heard the sound of water, she expected to sink into the water, the hot spring water was slippery, Gu Ping'er's skin was delicate, she couldn't help moaning.She was naturally charming, and was trained by her mother. As she got older, she gradually became a generation of stunner, smiling and breathing, unparalleled in beauty.Even though Gu Zhen was determined, he was disturbed and upset, and couldn't help but said: "You little brat, you don't learn from being good, but like your mother to seduce men, don't be ashamed, don't be ashamed."
Gu Ping'er smiled and said: "What's the matter with people learning seductive arts? In this world, I only seduce you. I don't pay attention to other men..." Gu Zhen listened, neither drinking nor scolding, any man , somewhat vain, Gu Zhen is no exception, knowing that these words are surly and unusual, but listening to them, there is still a three-point benefit in his heart.Just as he was silent, suddenly he heard Gu Ping'er screaming, as if he was suffering from great terror.
Gu Zhen was so shocked that he couldn't help opening his eyes, but he saw Gu Ping'er sitting by the spring with the cat in his arms, smiling and looking at him, his clothes were not off, only his feet were bare, showing his white and tender legs, gently Kick and play.
"I've been fooled." Gu Zhen couldn't help but glared with embarrassment.
"Good brother." Gu Ping'er said with a grin, "I knew you loved me from the bottom of your heart, and you were afraid that I would be in danger, right?" Gu Zhen stared and said, "You're an idiot to Bai Xiangyao."
Gu Ping'er smiled, took a towel to wipe her slender feet, put on embroidered shoes, stepped forward, looked at Gu Zhen for a while, and then suddenly kissed him on the cheek.Gu Zhen's acupoints were restrained, he couldn't dodge, he couldn't help but said angrily: "What are you doing?" Gu Ping'er said with a smile: "Hey, I like you in my heart."
Gu Zhen said: "Wipe my face full of saliva, is it called liking?" Gu Ping'er restrained her smile, sat down sideways, and said indifferently: "You still wiped my face with saliva. Don't you like her?" Gu Zhen said "She's different from you." Gu Ping'er's eyes turned red, and she suddenly called out, "What's the difference? How can I not be as good as her?"
Gu Zhen said: "You are my sister, she is not, besides, she will not slander me or frame me." Gu Ping'er stared at him with a sad look on her brows, she was silent for a long time, and suddenly said: "That day, I saw you and She hides behind the rocks, you hug her, kiss her face..."
Gu Zhen cut his mouth and said: "What does this have to do with you?" Gu Ping'er smiled sadly, staring at the unpredictable water vapor above the hot spring in a daze for a while, and sighed quietly: "It's fine if you don't see it, but I just saw it. At that time, I felt really uncomfortable. I wished I could take my heart out and jump into the sea. Afterwards, I thought, no matter what, I will not be your sister anymore. I will be your wife. You kissed and hugged me like that all your life..."
Gu Zhen said bitterly: "So you framed me? Isn't that right?" Gu Ping'er smiled slightly and said, "I won't say what you want to trick me. If I do, you will die..." Gu Zhen was stunned for a moment , Pooh said: "What does this have to do with me?" Gu Ping'er took a deep look at him, and said: "It is really a fluke that you can live until now. In Nanjing, Xu Hai died. Why are you alive? In that farmhouse , you can't live..."
Gu Zhen suddenly realized, stared at her and said: "Could it be you..." Gu Ping'er said: "This is an agreement, if I don't say anything, others will not kill you..."
Gu Zhen brightened his heart, nodded and said: "I guess you said that if she kills me, you will report her to my father, right?"
Gu Ping'er caressed the cat in her arms, watched the steaming water vapor, and said calmly: "I don't know what you said, and I won't answer you."
Gu Zhen pretended not to hear, and said to himself, "Since she couldn't kill me and catch me herself, she wrote a letter of war. She knew that with my temperament, she would definitely come to Huizhou to fight; so she let out the wind again and arrested Ye Fan. Attracted to Huizhou; I escaped from the prison island, among the five, the most wanted to catch me back, with his martial arts, I have no reason to escape. Hmph, this trick to kill people with a knife is very useful Not very clever..." Gu Zhen was observing his words while speaking, but Gu Ping'er just lowered her head and stroked the cat, smiling without saying a word.Gu Zhen looked at it for a while, but couldn't see any clues, couldn't help but sighed, and said, "Ping'er, how will I treat you?"
Gu Ping'er turned sideways, resting her chin on her slender hand, looked at him and smiled and said, "You are a tyrannical man, pretending to be a big brother. In fact, you love me very much in your heart. When I was young, I ate lucky tangerines, and there were few tangerines. Too much, everyone is scrambling to eat, but you always give me your share; later when you returned to Dongdao, you saw that my earring was broken, so you gave me a perfect earring; Suffering from a cold disease, I need five rare medicinal materials. Not only did you spare no effort to prepare the medicine for me, but you also heard that white fox fur can cure this disease, so you went to the extreme north to buy a white fox fur robe for me... You are kind to me, I I keep every bit of it in my heart..."
When Gu Zhen mentioned the old friendship, he originally wanted to use his affection to instigate Gu Ping'er, but he didn't want Gu Ping'er to talk about the past, which would arouse his thoughts. After a long silence, he sighed: "Ping'er, you are different from Bai Xiangyao, although I hate her , but treats you as her own sister..." Gu Ping'er frowned slightly, turned her head away suddenly, and said coldly: "I don't like it when you say that..." Gu Zhen said: "If you are not happy, there is nothing I can do. If you want to marry a wife in this life, you will only marry Miaomiao."
Gu Ping'er looked over in a blink of an eye, her eyes filled with tears and her body trembled slightly.Gu Zhen hardened his heart and met her eyes.Gu Ping'er bit her lip, and said in a trembling voice: "Even if that happened, you still want to marry her?" Gu Zhen shook his head and said, "It's a big deal, I will neither marry her nor you, and I will be alone for the rest of my life." Gu Ping'er He said bitterly: "Hmph, you are really cruel." Gu Zhen said: "It's good that you know."
A gleam of coldness flashed across Gu Ping'er's eyes, and she casually said, "Then, what about Sister Miaomiao's death?" Gu Zhen's heart sank, and he said sharply, "Ping'er, are you crazy?" Gu Ping'er shook her head and said, "Don't worry, I won't kill her, but if others want to kill her, I can't do anything about it."
Gu Zhen said: "Who wants to kill her?" Gu Ping'er said: "There are so many people who want to kill her, what kind of Lord Feng, Emperor Lei, God, Mother Earth, even if there are no man-made disasters, there will be natural disasters, maybe When she was on a boat, she accidentally fell into the sea and drowned; when she was sleeping, she accidentally caught fire and burned herself to death; when she went up the mountain, she was unlucky and was bitten to death by a poisonous snake; ?” Her expression was indifferent, although what she said was terrible and frightening, it was like casual chatting.
Gu Zhen looked at her for a while, then suddenly laughed: "Okay, okay, she is indeed Bai Xiangyao's daughter." Gu Ping'er glanced at him and sighed: "Do you resent me in your heart? I have already thought about it, if I can't teach you to love I love me, so I will teach you to hate me and resent me, in a word, I want you to remember me for the rest of your life, even in your dreams."
Gu Zhen's eyes widened suddenly, and he shouted: "If you weren't my sister, I would definitely spit on your face." Gu Ping'er turned half of her delicate dimple to one side, giggled and said, "You can just kiss me, and you won't have to spit. .” Gu Zhen stared at her for a while, then smiled suddenly, and said, “How can I kiss you after you tapped my acupoints.”
Gu Ping'er tilted her head to look at him for a moment, then smiled slightly: "I know, you're smiling, and you're thinking bad things in your heart. But I'm not afraid, my martial arts have improved a lot in the past three years, and you are still the same, I can knock you down with just one finger." He stretched out his finger and poked his forehead, then kissed him again, and then unlocked Gu Zhen's acupuncture point.
Gu Zhen got up and looked around, suddenly found a stone to sit down, said with a smile: "Ping'er, you were not as good as me in martial arts back then, how did you become a master in two years?" Gu Ping'er said: "I hate it just like you Practicing martial arts, but in the past two years, I have suffered a lot for practicing martial arts..." Gu Zhen said: "Why do you have to endure hardships? Everyone is so good at martial arts. It's too unfair for you to bully the weak like this."
Gu Ping'er showed a slight sense of desolation, and sighed: "Whether you believe it or not, I practiced martial arts hard to save you on the prison island..." Seeing her talking, Gu Zhen's brows turned red, and he couldn't help but feel pity Dasheng, but he reminded himself that this woman has the style of being a mother, she is slanderous and good at acting, if her heart softens, the situation will be over, she smiled and said: "In this way, don't I have a lot of credit?" Gu Ping'er looked at it He sighed softly for a while, "I knew it, you wouldn't believe it."
"Let's not talk about this first." Gu Zhen said, "Now that I'm in your hands, what are you going to do to me?" Gu Ping'er said: "You can't gain a foothold in the Central Plains, so we might as well escape into the wilderness of the South China Sea and travel far into the Nine Translations Absolute Territory , to live away from the world, do you think it's okay?" She looked at Gu Zhen with a look of anticipation.
"Not good!" Gu Zhen shook his head and said, "If I leave, wouldn't it be cheaper for those grandsons who harmed me?" Gu Ping'er said: "If you don't leave, you will either die or be imprisoned back to Prison Island." Gu Zhen said: "It's about Bai Xiangyao, you are in a dilemma, and you refuse to tell the truth, I don't blame you. But I want to clear up my grievances, why do you stop me? Well, how about a bet between you and me?" Gu Ping'er said : "What are you betting on?"
Gu Zhen said: "Your martial arts have improved greatly, and I am not good at martial arts, so let's compete. I win, you allow me to catch Wang Zhi, you win, and I will go with you to Jiuyi Jueyu." There was a burst of ecstasy, and he clapped his hands and said, "Oh, are you serious?"
Gu Zhen said: "There is no joke." Gu Ping'er thought for a while, then shook her head and said: "You must have a trick. If you really compete in martial arts, you must lose." Gu Zhen smiled and said: "What trick do I have? It's just that you I come from a family of martial arts, if I fight with fists and swords, I will become a fool in the street, and lose the face of my ancestors in vain."
Gu Ping'er smiled slightly and said: "I know what you want to say. Daddy often said that the first-rate martial arts learners are better than the mind; the second-rate ones are better than the inner strength and true energy; Moves. Could it be that you want to compare your tolerance with me?"
Gu Zhen smiled and said: "Big-hearted, even if I want to compare, I don't know how to compare. We are still second-rate, with internal strength and true energy." Gu Ping'er heard this, giggled suddenly and bent over, Gu Zhen said: "You laugh what?"
Gu Ping'er managed to hold back her laughter, and said: "If you talk about making fists and kicks, I still believe it. But when it comes to inner strength and true energy, it is very funny. Brother, you have been a monkey since you were a child. You are asked to meditate and practice. It's hard to reach the sky, but your father beat you countless times because of this, but you always have wrong reasons, saying: "Martial arts are just small ways, and Zhuge Liang doesn't know martial arts, so he still leads troops to win battles; you, the king of the East Island, may not be better than you." Isn’t Zhuge Liang still good?” Daddy was so angry that he slapped you on the spot, making your face swollen.”
Gu Zhen touched his nose when she mentioned the bad things about his childhood, and said with an embarrassed smile: "That's the past, I was imprisoned on the prison island, with nowhere to go, I have practiced internal skills for two years, maybe I can't lose For you." Gu Ping'er looked at him, doubtful, and said: "Then how do you compare?"
Gu Zhen said: "The competition of internal strength is extremely dangerous. Between us brothers and sisters, why should we fight for life and death? Naturally, it is still a competition." Thinking: "This little girl must have taken some instant elixir, if not, how could she be able to crush stones and pick leaves and flowers in three years?" Thinking so in her heart, her face was as if nothing had happened, she shook her head and smiled. : "Those are too common, how about we take a hot spring?"
"Soaking in a hot spring?" Gu Ping'er showed a puzzled look, thinking that breaking rocks with inner strength, picking leaves and flying flowers is common, so is your idea of soaking in hot springs unusual?
Seeing her doubts, Gu Zhen explained with a smile: "This soak is not a bath, but immersing the whole body in hot water without exposing your head to take a breath. Whoever soaks longer will win." Gu Ping'er's cheeks were slightly red, Biting her lip, she said with a smile, "Your idea...is not honest."
Gu Zhen knew that she meant that he wanted to take the opportunity to watch her take a bath, so he didn't argue at the moment, just smiled, took a branch, stuck it on the ground, and carved the time around it, saying: "Let's use this as a sundial to calculate the time. , Now it’s Mao Shi Mo, who will go into the water first?” Gu Ping’er thought: “If I go into the water first, it’s hard to guarantee that he won’t take the opportunity to make trouble and take my clothes. Let's see if he really has great internal energy, if the internal energy is mediocre, I will click on his acupoints before going down, just in case; if he really has high internal energy, then I can take precautions." After thinking about it for a while, he said with a smile: "You go down first."
Gu Zhen said: "Okay, you turn around first." Gu Ping'er wondered: "What are you doing?" Gu Zhen said: "Take off your clothes, do you like looking at naked men?" Gu Ping'er snorted softly: "Who knows Do you take the opportunity to escape?" Gu Zhen said: "With my little ability, where can I escape? When you hear the sound of water, turn around immediately, and it won't be long."
Although Gu Ping'er felt puzzled, she couldn't think of any flaws at the moment, so she had to turn around.While Gu Zhen looked at her, he seemed to take off his clothes and trousers, tied one trouser leg to his trouser belt, and tied one sleeve with his trouser belt, and tied the two with a slipknot. Then put the remaining trouser leg by the hot spring, press it down with a 100-jin boulder, and weigh a small stone under the 100-jin boulder, so that the big stone is facing the spring water, crumbling.Making a good mechanism, Gu Zhen held the remaining sleeve of his sleeve, tiptoed, retreated into the bushes by the spring, and smiled as he retreated: "I'm going into the water, don't peek!" Gu Ping'er snorted, and said: "This In a word, I will return the original words to you later..."
Gu Zhen carefully burrowed into the bushes, held his breath, and suddenly yanked his sleeves violently, the slipknots were taken off, the sleeves and trousers were separated, but he touched the boulder one foot away, with a plop, the boulder fell forward into the water, and the water splashed everywhere. splash.Gu Ping'er was afraid that he would play tricks, so she immediately turned around, seeing clothes, shoes and socks scattered everywhere, she smiled and said in her heart: "Men are all so sloppy."
She never expected that Gu Zhen could move a hundred catties of boulders in the bushes more than one foot away, so she carefully folded her clothes and pants, came to the side of the hot spring, and looked around, but saw the steam floating on the water surface, as if gathered together. Scattered, the things under the pool were blurred, and there was a big black shadow of Castanopsis among the chaotic rocks, which was expected to be Gu Zhen, so he thought: "He must be holding back soon." He sat down by the pool, brushed his temples, stroked Looking at the cat, with a slight smile on its snow-white cheeks, shrouded in the hot spring, its shadow looms like a fairy in the forest.
Gu Zhen curled up naked in the bushes, staring at Gu Ping'er with bated breath, feeling agitated.He didn't want the mountain to be cold and the cold wind blowing made him tremble all over, he almost wanted to tremble, but hated that Gu Ping'er was only a few meters away, and would notice any movement, so he curled up into a ball, gritted his teeth and endured it.Suddenly, the Persian cat in Gu Pinger's arms opened its eyes lazily, its green eyes turned, and it seemed to be looking in this direction. Gu Zhen was stared at by it, and his body felt like being stabbed by a needle. He felt very uncomfortable, and secretly doubted: "Could this bastard have seen me?"
Gu Pinger focused on the hot springs, but unexpectedly Gu Zhen was hiding in the bushes behind her.After sitting for a while, she looked at the sundial, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, she got up and waved a few palms to wipe off the white air on the water surface, and carefully observed, only large and small rocks could be seen at the bottom of the pool, but no one was there.Gu Ping'er trembled, she cried out badly, she raised her eyes and saw the hot spring gushing out from the deep pool, creating a small ditch, winding away through the bushes and hazelnuts.
"Oh, I forgot this?" Gu Ping'er stomped her feet, ran two steps, suddenly remembered something, turned around, picked up the clothes and pants on the ground, hurriedly stretched herself, and ran along the small river ditch.
Gu Zhen expected that Gu Ping'er was more than smart but not sophisticated enough, so he intentionally set up this trap to make her think that she was fleeing, and when Gu Ping'er was in a hurry, he was bound to chase along the ditch. .Unexpectedly, Gu Ping'er's thoughts were all on him, fearing that Gu Zhen would go out of the water and catch the cold, and in a moment of trouble, she even took away her clothes and pants.
Gu Zhen was completely naked, complaining endlessly, but he didn't dare to wait for long, he crossed his arms and went into a forest, the mountain wind was blowing in his face, and the mist and mist invaded his muscles, making him tremble all over, and he only said in his heart: "He... His grandma's, if...if this...an old...tiger jumps out at this time, but...it's convenient, old...I'm naked, just...like a rooster that has..." Running too fast, accidentally, I stepped on a thorn, and the sole of my foot hurt so badly, I had to sit down, stretched out my hand to pull out the thorn, and was thinking about how to find some leaves to cover my shame, when I heard Ka's sweet smile, it was raining in the sky It seems that a while of clothes, shoes and socks are left behind.
Gu Zhen froze for a moment, frowned, slowly put on his clothes, looked up, and saw Gu Ping'er holding a Persian cat in his arms, standing on a towering tree, stepping on a twig, playing as if heaving up and down, seeing him Looking at it, he smiled and said: "Good brother, who will win this time?" Gu Zhen said: "Of course I won. You left without waiting for me to come out of the hot spring. You obviously saw that I was holding my breath." Well, knowing that you are invincible, you run away."
Gu Ping'er floated down, scraped her cheeks with her fingers, and said: "Don't be ashamed, don't be ashamed, you didn't even get into the water, but you come to make up these nonsense." Her skin was thin and delicate, and she pointed to it, leaving a few red marks.Gu Zhen, on the other hand, was just the opposite, he was thick-skinned, he laughed and said, "If you don't admit defeat, what can I do?"
Gu Ping'er said: "In that case, how about a comparison?" Gu Zhen rolled his eyes and said with a sneer, "No matter how hard you compare, you won't lose. That's good. How about we compare lightness kung fu again?" Gu Ping'er laughed and said, "Are you still Is there any trick?" Gu Zhen said: "I have supernatural powers, why use tricks? Do you see that crooked-necked pine tree in the distance? Whoever gets under the tree first will win." Gu Ping'er said: "Okay, let's Let’s compare again, you can’t let it go.”
"Who cares?" Gu Zhen said with a piss, "I'll count to three, you and I both move at the same time, one, two, three..." Gu Ping'er threw her body, and passed away like a cloud of smoke, like a lonely bird, In a moment, he flew ten feet away, looked sideways, and saw that Gu Zhen had only run two feet, he smiled to himself, flew forward and ran a few feet, turned his head and looked again, suddenly Gu Zhen was nowhere to be seen.Gu Ping'er's heart sank, but she didn't chase after him immediately, but climbed up a branch of a big tree, like a black-feathered flying bird, and looked down from the sky. in the bushes.
Gu Ping'er smiled slightly, unfolded lightness kung fu, tapped the branch, and floated down to another big tree. After a few strokes, she reached the top of Gu Zhen's head, and landed in front of Gu Zhen like a fairy dust.
Gu Zhen was frightened suddenly, and punched out unconsciously.Gu Ping'er smiled and said: "Okay, should we still compete with fists and feet?" Holding the cat in one hand, he used "Xuehong Claw" in the other hand to hook Gu Zhen to punch him, and tripped him with his feet, trying to trip him, but he just came out. But he couldn't bear it, he immediately withdrew his feet and used "Thousand Waves and Thousand Folding Hands", turned behind Gu Zhen, and suddenly stretched out his hand to pat his shoulders and back ten times.
Gu Zhen turned around as if he didn't realize it, and punched again.Gu Ping'er shook her head and said, "Brother, you've already lost." Gu Zhen was still punching and kicking as if he hadn't heard of it.
Gu Ping'er was slightly angry, and made a move of "Wondering Foot", which tripped Gu Zhen into a somersault, bumped his nose against a stone, and blood flowed profusely.When Gu Pinger saw her, she was flustered and stretched out her hand to help, but Gu Zhen punched her backhand and hit her waist hard. Although she had internal strength to protect her body, it didn't hurt much, but Gu Pinger felt as if her heart had been cut by a knife, it was extremely uncomfortable , was about to speak, when Gu Zhen suddenly got up, gritted his teeth and stared, his face was covered with blood, he waved his hands and feet like crazy.
Seeing that Gu Ping'er was frightened and sad at the same time, she tried her best to dismantle more than a dozen moves, every time she wanted to make a heavy hand, but she didn't feel soft-hearted, she jumped back more than ten feet suddenly, and shouted: "I, I won't fight with you... ..." covered her cheek with one hand, squatted on the ground, and cried out.
Gu Zhen was stunned, then suddenly fell down and sat down, staring and panting, cursing: "Stinky girl, tell you to fight me, teach you to beat me..." Suddenly his nose was sour and his eyes were hot, so he rubbed his eyes immediately , so as not to shed tears.
Gu Ping'er cried for a while, wiped away the tears, stood up and shouted: "Okay, you have to clear up any grievances, and I will let you do it." Without any explanation, she took Gu Zhen and ran towards the mountain.Gu Zhen said angrily: "What are you doing?" He wanted to struggle, but Gu Ping'er grabbed the "Quchi acupoint" and couldn't use his strength. Looking in the blink of an eye, Gu Ping'er's face was pale, tears were still fresh, her small mouth was tightly pursed, and she just looked at it. forward.
After walking for a while, he suddenly heard Gu Ping'er say, "Here we are!" Gu Zhen took a closer look, and saw a mess of pines and rocks in front of him, hugging a natural stone room with the words "Xuanyuan Cave" written on it.It turns out that this place is located under the Guangming Peak of Huangshan Mountain. According to legend, the Guangming Peak is the place where Xuanyuan Huangdi attained enlightenment and ascended. Therefore, this stone room is also named a large size, and it is considered to be the place where Huangdi cultivated immortals.
Gu Ping'er said again: "Wang Zhi is probably inside." Gu Zhen was skeptical, and glanced at her, Gu Ping'er turned his head away, not meeting his eyes.
Knowing that she was in a complicated mood, Gu Zhen sighed slightly.Gu Ping'er suddenly pulled him, approached the door of the stone room, peeped in, saw the scene, but it surprised the two of them, but they saw that there were more than a dozen corpses lying on the ground, the fire in the middle burned out, the embers scattered, and a big iron The pot had been overturned, and the mutton soup in the pot was splashed all over the floor.
Seeing that there was no living person in the room, Gu Zhen looked closely at the corpses, but saw that all of them had black complexions, distorted expressions, and black blood dripping from the corners of their mouths.Gu Zhen's heart twitched, and he thought: "This is clearly a sign of poisoning? But who did it?" He also thought of what Cheng Gongze said about "stealing arsenic". This death was indeed caused by taking arsenic. related.Look at the appearance of the group of Japanese, but Wang Zhi is not included.
Gu Zhen was full of doubts, and sat on a big rock to meditate, but Gu Ping'er remained silent, hugging the Persian cat, and quietly stood at the head of the door.Not long after, Gu Zhen suddenly got up, picked up a Japanese knife, went out, and dug a big hole with a radius of more than Zhang in the distance. After digging, he was sweating profusely. Gu Ping'er asked strangely, "What are you doing?"
Gu Zhen said: "Don't let the Japanese slaves pollute my Xuanyuan immortal trace." After saying that, he pulled out the Japanese corpses one by one and threw them into the pit to bury them.Gu Ping'er looked at him silently, her eyes sparkled, thoughtful.
Gu Zhen buried the body, and suddenly asked: "How do you know they are hiding here?" Gu Ping'er said: "I heard it." Gu Zhen said: "Who told it?" Gu Ping'er shook his head and said: "Well, I I can't say it, but I have nothing to do with their death." Gu Zhen snorted and stared at her with anger on his face.Seeing his expression, Gu Ping'er felt sour in her heart, she almost wanted to tell the truth, but she swallowed the words again.
Gu Zhen was feeling confused, when he suddenly heard a woman say: "It should be around here." Another woman interjected: "Madam is sure?" out.Once they met each other, the people who came were also shocked, one of the women was "Silver Carp" Shi Miaomiao, the other was a beautiful woman, wrapped in plain clothes, beautiful and enchanting, her gestures and gestures were all coquettish.
Gu Ping'er approached Gu Zhen, held his sleeve, and said with a grin, "Sister Miaomiao, Mom, why are you here?" Shi Miaomiao stared at the two of them, her face pale as death.The beautiful woman in plain clothes was half angry and half smiling: "Isn't it because of you, a mischievous brat, who ran around without saying a word, causing me and Shentong to worry?"
This beautiful woman is Gu Zhen's stepmother Bai Xiangyao.
Gu Ping'er smiled and said, "I've grown up, so why is Mom worried? Besides, brother Zhen is with me, taking care of me day and night, so where can I go?" Seeing her pretending to be intimate and her ambiguous words, Gu Zhen was very annoyed. , and seeing Shi Miaomiao staring at him, seeming to have deep resentment, Gu Zhen felt bitter: "This stupid fish has repeatedly done unfeeling things and said unfeeling words, and now he hates me again. Why should I wishful thinking? Does she have a good face?" Thinking of this, her expression was indifferent, neither distinguishing nor giving Shi Miaomiao a second look.
Seeing Gu Zhen's expression, Bai Xiangyao showed suspicion in her beautiful eyes, but she heard Gu Ping'er say, "Mom, why are you with Sister Miaomiao?" He has to deal with this matter first, and he is afraid that you will be alone and something unexpected will happen to you, so he asked Miaomiao to accompany me to find you."
"Supernatural powers? Supernatural powers!" Gu Zhen snorted and said, "How did you find this place?" Bai Xiangyao said with a smile: "There are some secret signs between us, mother and daughter, to communicate with each other, and Pinger left a mark along the way. , I found it along the way, isn’t it right?”
Even though Gu Zhen didn't believe it, but it was inconvenient to ask more questions when it came to the private interests of his mother and daughter.Gu Ping'er asked again: "What happened to Daddy?" Bai Xiangyao said: "The master of Xicheng injured you, Mr. Ying Wancheng Ying, and Shentong is the king of the island, so he can't just sit back and watch." Gu Ping'er laughed and said, "It's been a long time since I saw Daddy do anything. , Unfortunately, this time I didn't have good luck!"
Seeing Gu Zhen, Shi Miaomiao didn't look at her directly, but felt that her eyes were dark and her throat was slightly sweet, she swayed suddenly, supported the tree beside her, tears almost fell down, she could only remind herself: "Don't cry, don't cry. Cry, if you cry, you will only make him laugh..." Even so, the eye sockets were still blurred.
Although Gu Zhen was pretending to be in a posture, the corner of his eye was always on Shi Miaomiao's body. Suddenly, he saw her in a trance, her body shaking, and her heart softened seven points. Gu Zhen was furious, and looked sideways, but saw Gu Ping'er's expression was terrified, and her eyes fell into the distance.
Bai Xiangyao saw it clearly, rolled her eyes, and said softly: "Miaomiao, are you not feeling well?" Seeing Shi Miaomiao asked, she tried her best to calm down, shook her head and said, "I'm fine." , you are one of the five gods of the East Island, and your status is higher than that of me and Ping'er, and you are the one who decides the affairs here."
Shi Miaomiao said: "Ma'am, you are serious. Miaomiao is young and has little knowledge. I am forced to rank among the top five. It is better for Madam to decide everything." Bai Xiangyao smiled and sighed: "Miaomiao, you are not embarrassing me. What? I have never been on good terms with this kid. If I catch him, others will suspect that I have selfish motives, and Pinger is too ignorant. I really have no idea how to deal with Zhener..."
Gu Zhen was furious, and said in his heart: "What a thief, you beat around the bush, and forced Miaomiao to arrest me." Immediately sneered, and said loudly: "Bai Xiangyao, don't tell me your nonsense, today it fell into your mother's and son's hands. I'm unlucky; Miss Shi, don't be polite, if you want to beat or kill someone, Gu won't even frown." Shi Miaomiao's heart ached when she heard this, and her heart was extremely desolate: "He actually called me Miss Shi, how could he even call me Miss Shi? Did you call me Miss Shi?" The circles of his eyes were reddened, and tears welled up.
Gu Ping'er heard this impatiently, and shouted: "This is impossible, what brother Zhen said is a serious offence, and father must have a trial in person before he can decide. Sister Miaomiao, don't you think so?"
Shi Miaomiao took a breath and sighed: "Ping'er is right, no matter what crimes he commits, the king of the island must decide." Bai Xiangyao shook his head, with a gloomy expression, and lowered his head.Shi Miaomiao couldn't help but asked, "What's the matter, madam?" Bai Xiangyao said with a wry smile, "I'm just sorry for the supernatural power. He only has this son. Although he is unworthy, if he handles it with his own hands, how can it be so embarrassing?"
Before Shi Miaomiao could speak, Gu Ping'er laughed and said, "Mom, since you said that? You should say a few more good words for Brother Zhen, and tell Daddy not to punish him severely." Bai Xiangyao suddenly raised her head, a sharp light flashed in her eyes, and suddenly She smiled again and said, "How can I interfere with the affairs of the island as a woman? I have supernatural powers and intelligence, and I can make my own decisions." Gu Ping'er laughed and said, "Since Daddy has his own decisions, then I'll see Daddy before it's too late."
The mother and daughter looked at each other with smiles, Bai Xiangyao suddenly said softly: "Ping'er, I haven't seen you for a few days, your mouth is becoming more and more clever." Gu Ping'er smiled and said: "Yes, I am also your daughter anyway, if I don't have much eloquence, Didn't Mom give birth to me for nothing?" Bai Xiangyao seemed to be in a daze, raised her hand to cover her mouth, and giggled until the flowers trembled, Gu Ping'er also laughed, and the mother and daughter faced each other from a distance, just like competing for love and beauty, Gu Zhen didn't feel dark Curse: "It's true that dragons beget dragons, phoenixes beget phoenixes, and fox spirits beget fox spirits."
Bai Xiangyao smiled for a while, her peach cheeks were flushed, her beautiful eyes were radiant, and she waved her hands again and again as if she was full of emotion, "Oh, I won't mess around with you girl, let's rest for a while, and then go find your father." A big rock, slowly sat down, and the other three also sat down with their own concerns.
Gu Ping'er asked again: "Where did Dad go?" Bai Xiangyao said: "I don't know, he went after the masters of the West City, maybe west, maybe south, but we must leave some marks for us to find." Gu Ping'er said : "Daddy is always lazy, so he may not be so careful." Bai Xiangyao said: "He said, if you can't find him, you should go back to East Island first."
The two mothers talked to each other, but Gu Zhen and Shi Miaomiao were surprisingly silent, their eyes were erratic, and occasionally they met each other, and they fell apart instantly.谷缜冷静下来，有心解释，然见施妙妙神色冷漠，心也随之冷了大半，唯有暗叹：“傻鱼儿心里定然恨死我了。唉，也怪我太过藐睨世俗，举止不常，惹来许多非议；施浩然这老头儿又过于方正，将女儿调教得如同道学先生一般。哼，莫不是月下老儿喝醉了酒，系错了红绳？要不然，我怎么会喜欢这只傻鱼？”
他胸中爱恨交织，忍不住狠狠瞪向施妙妙，施妙妙瞧见，大为恼怒，忖道：“这个不要脸的坏东西，还敢这样瞪我？哼，我就不能瞪你吗？”便也瞪去，两人目光相逼，僵持了数息工夫。谷缜面对所爱女子，怒气总如闲云流水，无法久住，怒气一去，又不觉爱意涌起，倏尔挤眉弄眼，连做几个滑稽怪相，施妙妙又是好气，又是好笑，忍不住啐了一口。惹得白湘瑶母女侧目来瞧，施妙妙急忙端正容色，故作矜持。谷萍儿却料到其中故事，暗自作恼，轻轻哼了一声。
白湘瑶笑了笑，忽道：“萍儿，你甚时候养猫啦？”谷萍儿道：“这本是叶叔叔一名属下的，可它一见我，就很亲近，叶叔叔说我与它有缘，便送给我啦。”白湘瑶哦了一声，道：“听说西城地母养了一只波斯猫，叫做北落师门，寿命极长，神奇无比，这猫儿看来倒几分相似。”
谷萍儿一阵娇笑，说道：“那是地母娘娘的宝贝，怎么会落到我这里？我给它取名粉狮子，您说好不好？”白湘瑶道：“它若是凡猫，这名字却也配得上。”谷萍儿抿嘴一笑，抚着那猫儿颈毛，甚是怜惜。
白湘瑶又笑了笑，说道：“抱来给我瞧瞧！”谷萍儿欲要上前，但瞧谷缜一眼，又生犹豫。白湘瑶笑道：“你怕他跑了么？别怕，他逃得过我娘儿俩，也逃不过'千鳞'的，妙妙，我说得对么？”说罢顾盼施妙妙，施妙妙瞧了瞧谷缜，稍一犹豫，点头道：“那是自然。”
谷缜深知白湘瑶时时挑拨，要让施妙妙与自己情人相残，她好坐看笑话，可说天下人心之毒，莫过于此，他虽恨得牙痒，却也不敢当真妄动，生恐施妙妙一时冲动，真将自己射成筛子。
谷萍儿也明此理，笑吟吟将猫抱去，白湘瑶接过，轻轻抚弄片时，忽地起身笑道：“走吧！”竟没有将猫还回的意思。
谷萍儿脸色微变，叫道：“妈，你，你……”白湘瑶笑道：“我怎么？还不带你缜哥儿上路？”谷萍儿跌足道：“妈……”白湘瑶脸色微沉，淡然道：“你不听我话？”说着拇指、食指按在那猫儿颈上，原来知女莫若母，谷萍儿自幼便爱小猫小狗，倘若猫狗不慎夭亡，必然哭得死去活来，白湘瑶见她喜爱这只波斯猫，便故意骗来，挟制于她，逼她不敢轻易放走谷缜。
谷萍儿深知乃母之风，心中为难极了，一边是心爱宠物，一边却是心爱男子，此时却如鱼与熊掌，不可兼得，不觉呆在当地，眼圈儿倏地红了，忽听谷缜哈哈一笑，起身叫道：“上路就上路，臭婆娘，怕你我就是你养的！”说着一拂衣襟，大步前行，口中高声唱道：
“大江东去浪千叠，引着这数十人，驾这小舟一叶。又不比九重龙凤阙，可正是千丈虎狼穴。大丈夫心别，我觑这单刀会似赛村社……”
这一出《关大王独赴单刀会》，专道关云长单刀赴会的故事，谷缜唱得高起低伏，一波三折，以此自况，竟不将前途危局放在眼里。白湘瑶心中暗恨，嘴里却笑道：“关云长义薄云天，事嫂如母，可不似有的人奸妹弑母，大逆不道。”谷缜看她一眼，淡然道：“谁是我母亲啊？我妈姓商，可不姓白，你要做我妈，修十辈子再说。”
白湘瑶听惯了他这套说辞，一笑了之，施妙妙却是忿忿不平，喝道：“谷缜，你……你太无礼……”谷缜笑道：“你倒说说，我怎么无礼了？”施妙妙道：“常言道；'千里之堤，溃于蚁穴'，就因为你平时小节不修，不敬长辈，爱讨口舌便宜，以至于后来乖戾无道，犯下大错……”言语间，想到伤心处，眉眼泛红，嗓子已自哽咽了。谷缜皱眉望她，心中暗骂：“这只傻鱼儿，将来落到我手掌心里，先打你一顿板子。”再瞧白湘瑶含笑注视，心中更怒，哼了一声，甩袖便走。
四人步行出山，遥见前方车马，两名东岛弟子迎上来，眼见不但找到谷萍儿，更捉到谷缜，二人皆大欢喜。谷萍儿道：“大伙儿都坐车么？缜哥哥怎么办？”白湘瑶笑道：“他也坐车，但须有些防备。”说着从袖里取出一团小指粗细的透明绳索，说道，“这小子善会开锁，寻常锁具困不住他，这根'玉蛟索'相传是用蛟筋炼制，宝刀莫伤，妙妙，你看是否捆他一捆？”
施妙妙若答不，无疑自承对谷缜余情未断，若答是，又觉不忍；正自踌躇，谷萍儿已笑道：“还是我来捆吧。”
“不成！”白湘瑶断然道：“这人狡猾狠毒，你心肠太软，易受蛊惑，最好离他远些。”谷萍儿正要撒娇，忽见白湘瑶目射寒光，又捏那“粉狮子”的脖子，顿时气势一馁，噘嘴不乐。
施妙妙稍一犹豫，接过蛟索。谷缜瞧得生气，将手一伸，笑嘻嘻地道：“施大小姐，请了。”施妙妙见他嘲讽神气，心如刀割，咬牙将他双手缚上，忽又听谷缜在耳边恨声道：“捆得好，凭这分捆人的本事，可以去狱岛当岛主夫人了。”施妙妙原本心中不安，听得这话，满怀不安尽数化为怒气，狠狠将那玉蛟索收紧，打上死结，痛得谷缜呲牙咧嘴，倒抽一口冷气。
一路上，谷萍儿笑眯眯缠着谷缜说话，谷缜有一句无一句，随口应答。施妙妙则缩在车厢一角，双手抱膝，心中其乱如丝，不敢正眼去瞧谷缜，俄尔偷看他手脚束缚，又不觉亦悲亦忧，寻思道：“我方才或许弄痛他了，这样捆得久了，会不会伤了手脚呢？”忐忑不已，渐至于后悔起来。
这般行了一程，白湘瑶忽地叫停，说道：“天色已晚，且在这镇上歇足一晚，再说其他。”众人下车，谷缜手足被缚，行动不便，全靠两名东岛弟子抬出，便笑道：“妙极，妙极，'坐轿舒服抬轿苦'，有劳二位师兄了。”他这当儿还不忘讨口舌便宜，抑且故意下坠扭动，以增自身分量。
客栈内客人不少，乍见三位绝色女子倘徉入栈，均是眼前一亮，又见抬进一个人来，更觉惊奇。栈中伙计着意巴结，腾出一张空桌。谷缜落座，便大声叫道：“伙计点菜。”
白湘瑶知他又有名堂，微微一笑，并不打断。店伙计见他囚徒身份，假装不闻，径向三女点头哈腰，谷缜怒道：“我把你这狗伙计的招风耳撕了下酒，爷爷叫你，没听见么？”店伙计大怒，正要反唇回骂，谷萍儿却笑道：“罢了，他既要点菜，你由得他就是……”
店伙计无奈，只得转过身来，陪笑道：“客官点什么？”谷缜道：“只怕爷爷要的你这里没有？”店伙计道：“绝无此理，本店的酒菜百里闻名的。”
“好！”谷缜道，“那就先来个'六月飞雪'？”店伙计怪道：“这是什么菜？”谷缜道：“这个还不容易懂么？就是将六月下的雪化做一杯冰水，给爷爷消消暑热。”店伙计赔笑道：“爷爷糊弄小的，六月里哪能下雪？”谷缜道：“窦娥含冤，六月飞雪，你没听说过么？”店伙计耐着性子道：“戏本上的勾当，岂能当真……”
谷缜呸了一声，道：“做不出来就做不出来，哪来这许多废话？什么百里闻名，百里臭名还差不多。”店伙计怒极，若非瞧那三位佳人薄面，早已一巴掌扇过来，一时间憋紫了脸，忍气吞声道：“是，是，爷爷明断，这个，这个小店确实做不出来。”
“知错就好。”谷缜又道，“既无'六月飞雪'，那就来个'人间三毒'。”店伙计听得一呆，这名儿不止未曾听过，抑且取得凶险已极，不由吃吃道：“什么三毒？”谷缜笑道：“没听说过么？有道是：'青竹蛇儿口，黄蜂尾上针，两般皆由可，最毒妇人心'，故而这人间三毒，乃是三道菜，第一是乌鸡炖青蛇；第二是红油炸马蜂；第三则是清炒妇人心。”
店伙计听得脸色发白，青蛇马蜂还罢了，但相比“妇人心”，这两样均不算什么，忙笑道：“爷爷取笑了，小的拼死，也给你捉蛇取蜂，但至于这'妇人心'么，怎么取得？杀人偿命，爷爷不是要小人的命么？”
谷缜笑骂道：“不知变通的蠢材，你就不能用猪心、狗心么，反正也差不多。嗯，记住了，无论猪心、狗心，都需三颗，少一颗都不行。”
他含沙射影，骂得恶毒，白湘瑶面色微沉，谷萍儿则抿嘴不语，斜望它处，唯独施妙妙性急，拍桌而起，叫道：“坏东西，你没个完么？”谷缜道：“我自点菜吃饭，关你什么事？”施妙妙瞪他一眼，骂道：“鸡肠小肚的臭贼。”谷缜道：“我鸡肠小肚，总比狼心狗肺的强。”施妙妙怒道：“你骂人？”谷缜笑道：“我骂狼、骂狗，就不骂人。”
施妙妙忍无可忍，蓦地出手，狠狠打了谷缜一个嘴巴，打得他翻到在地，口角流血，哈哈大笑道：“打得好，打得好……”悲愤之意，溢于言表。施妙妙一掌打过，不觉悔从中来，望着谷缜呆了呆，眼眶一热，蓦地流下泪来，骂道：“坏东西……你，你不得好死……”骂完再也忍耐不住，蓦地以手掩口，冲出栈门，飞也似去了。
栈内客人见此情形，无不议论纷纷。谷萍儿扶起谷缜，见他左颊高肿，心中大痛，暗骂施妙妙两句，取了手绢给他揩拭嘴角血迹。白湘瑶却是笑笑，说道：“伙计，这位客官头脑不清，他点的菜便不要了，你拣店内拿手的做几样，能下饭就好。”店伙计求之不得，闻言大喜，连连称是。
谷缜沉着脸一言不发，不多时，忽听栈外轱辘声响，一阵笑语，从门外走进一群人来，为首公子青衫飘飘，丰神隽朗，见了谷缜，蓦地脸色微变，骤然止步。谷缜见了，露出一丝笑意，扬声道：“沈兄好。”
来人正是沈秀，他见谷缜双手被缚，又与两位明艳女子同坐，心中大为惊疑，眼珠一转，笑吟吟道：“谷少主好。”谷缜一笑，又瞧见沈秀身后之人，便笑道：“周老爷，多日不见，甚念，甚念。”周祖谟立在沈秀身后，躲躲闪闪，谁想谷缜眼贼，还是瞧见自己，当下露出羞怒之色，呸了一声，道：“念你娘的屁。”
谷缜心道：“原来如此，这周祖谟竟是沈秀的手下，他前往东瀛购买鸟铳，大约也是沈秀的授意，无怪我总觉此事不似沈瘸子的作为。周祖谟口中的'沈先生'，自也是小瘸子了。是了，东瀛鸟铳，制艺甚精，射击颇准，胜过中华土产，日本五两一支，转卖到中土，便能卖到二十两以上，纵有风险，余羡却很可观。”他虽在难中，仍然不忘算计，心念数转，忽见沈秀拄着拐杖，一步一纵，坐到一张桌边，同行五人也占了两桌。沈秀目光阴鸷，不时扫视这方。
菜已将上，谷缜无法动筷，谷萍儿便将菜肴盛在碗中，一口口喂他进食，沈秀嘿嘿笑道：“谷兄好福气，无论走到哪里，均有佳人相伴。”言下颇有些酸溜溜的意思。谷缜心情烦闷，冷笑不答，谷萍儿却低声道：“你认识这人么？他的眼神可真讨厌。”谷缜转眼一瞧，只见沈秀一双眼只在白湘瑶与谷萍儿身上游移，不由寻思：“这小瘸子仍是不改本性。”便低声道：“这人不是好货，须得提防。”
谷萍儿眼珠一转，笑道：“我去去就来。”转身入了栈内，半晌才出，又喂谷缜进食。谷缜正觉奇怪，忽见沈秀等人所要酒菜流水价将上来，想是路途困顿，腹内饥饿，一时只听稀里呼啦饮食之声。
吃不多时，忽听其中一人皱眉按腹，呻吟起来。周祖谟道：“老钱，你怎么了……”话未说完，便觉一股浊气在腹内游走，咕噜作响，周祖谟急运内劲弹压，谁知越压约有绞痛之势，转眼一瞧，同桌之人无不蹙眉抿嘴，神色怪异。蓦地有人起身，叫道：“伙计，茅房何在？”伙计一愣，指明方位，霎时间，数道人影破空而出，直奔茅房，沈秀虽瘸了一足，仍是翩若寒鸦，矫若水蛇，一瘸一拐，便抢在众人之前，扎入茅房，砰地一声将门闭紧。
众人气急败坏，却又不敢与首领争先，有的急往栈外觅地方便，内功稍差者则屎尿齐滚，当场不恭起来。一时间栈内臭气熏天，众食客食欲大减，纷纷叫骂。沈秀部下虽然都是蛮横之辈，但此时忙于内务，耳听骂声，也无暇理会了。
谷缜瞧得心头一动，轻笑道：“是'五谷通明散'？”谷萍儿颔首微笑。谷缜道：“用了多少？”谷萍儿道：“半瓶！”谷缜不由倒吸一口凉气，失声道：“好丫头，真有你的。”
原来这“五谷通明散”是东岛秘药，服食者非得泻足三日三夜，将体内五谷浊气泻尽，然后吞津服气，饱填以先天真元，从而臻至辟谷养气的境界。说来本是良药，但药性稍嫌霸道，服食分量太多，又无相应内功辅佐，必然大泻特泻，直至虚脱。
客栈里龌龊不堪，乱成一团，白湘瑶好洁，露出烦恶之色，微微皱眉，向掌柜要了两间上房，自去歇息。谷缜与两名东岛弟子同处一室，谷缜一会儿嚷着方便，一会儿又要水喝，折腾得两名弟子叫苦不迭，到后来索性再不管他，大被捂头，只顾睡觉。
谷缜自觉无趣，蜷在床上睡了一阵，忽觉有人在解手脚束缚，谷缜浑浑噩噩，不及睁眼，脱口便道：“妙妙？”张眼一瞧，却见谷萍儿神色凄楚，呆呆望着自己。
谷缜心中好一阵失望，叹道：“敢情是你？”谷萍儿几乎流下泪来，别过头去，忍了半晌，方恨声道：“你，你做梦也想着她？”谷缜沉默不语。谷萍儿又道：“可她只知道打你，骂你，却不会来救你。”忽见谷缜狠狠瞪来，额上青筋暴出。心知自己说中他心底痛处，一时缄口，默默解开“玉蛟筋”，谷缜也不作声，转眼望去，那两名弟子躺在床上一动不动。谷萍儿道：“我点了他们的穴道。”
谷缜点点头，步出门外，谷萍儿跟随在后，怀里抱着那只波斯猫，想是她设法从母亲那儿偷回来的。白湘瑶人虽多诈，却无什么武功，谷萍儿明里不好违背她，暗里使些手脚偷来，并不太难。
谷缜出了客栈，走了一程，见谷萍儿始终跟着，不由皱眉道：“你跟着我作甚？”谷萍儿偷瞧他一眼，低声道：“我放了你，回去必受责罚的。”谷缜见她神情凄婉，形影孤单，心中真是又气又怜，想要骂她几句，又出不了口。只得哼了一声，方要举步，眼前银光忽闪，施妙妙从天飘落，美目晶亮，盯着二人，神色颇为惊疑。
三人默默对视半晌，施妙妙缓缓道：“你们上哪儿去？”谷缜淡然道：“哪儿去不得？”施妙妙皱了皱眉，摇头道：“难道你真想这样躲躲藏藏，过一辈子么？”谷缜笑道：“这么说，你要拦着我了？”施妙妙望着谷缜，由那眉眼笑容间，仿佛能想见往日的种种情爱温存，可人虽如是，情已非昨，眼前的男子再也不同以往了，想到这里，只觉芳心剧痛，柔肠寸断，一咬牙，道：“不错，有我在此，你休想跨出半步。”
谷萍儿微微色变，谷缜却含笑如故，说一声“一”，举起右脚，缓缓跨出一步。
“叮！”金芒蓝电相交，双双跌落在谷缜脚前，却是一枚银鳞、一枚尖锥。谷缜望着那银鳞，一时怔住。忽听施妙妙道：“萍儿，你别逼我用'千鳞'，你的'无相锥'只有三分火候，敌不过我的。”
谷萍儿咬了咬嘴唇，大声道：“打不过也要打，总之……总之，你要抓他，先杀我好了……”施妙妙呆呆望着她，心中莫名其妙，说道：“萍儿，你忘了么，他当年如何害你……”谷萍儿愣了愣，捂耳道：“我不听，我不听。”施妙妙幽幽叹道：“萍儿，你定是被他花言巧语迷惑住了。”
谷萍儿身子微颤，两眼一闭，蓦地流下泪来，施妙妙见状，也觉一阵鼻酸。忽听谷缜道：“施妙妙，你真要杀我么？”施妙妙竭力忍泪，咬了咬牙，涩声道：“你不逃走，我便不伤你。”谷缜哈哈大笑，蓦地向前跨出一步，施妙妙一愣，怒道：“坏东西，你不要命了？”谷缜微微惨笑，又跨一步。施妙妙不觉心跳如雷，谷缜虽然武功低微，但此时与她的压力，尤胜绝代高手，眼看他步步进逼，不自禁攥住一只银鲤，秀目瞪圆，厉声道：“你，你再进一步，我真不客气了。”
谷缜深知施妙妙此时已如箭在弦，自己再若侵逼，她势必出手，想到这里，没的一阵心灰意冷，寻思：“我一心洗脱冤情，大半还不是为了你傻鱼儿么，若不然，我何不远涉九译绝域，终生不返中土？可你这傻鱼儿，一再如此对我？罢罢罢，这般活着，真不如死了。”想着惨然一笑，第三步正要跨出，忽觉腰间一麻，浑身僵直，这一步再也跨不出去，张口欲骂，又出不得声。只听谷萍儿嘻嘻笑道：“妙妙姐，你的'千鳞'固然厉害，我敌不过你，但徒手功夫却不知如何？萍儿倒想讨教几招。”施妙妙见谷萍儿制住谷缜，解了僵局，不觉大大松了一口气，听了谷萍儿的话，微一怔忡，道：“若我胜了呢？”谷萍儿道：“你若胜了，我们乖乖回去，我若胜了，你须得放过缜哥哥。”
施妙妙闻言，只觉酸气冲鼻，眼泪几乎夺眶而出，心中似有一个声音叫道：“我何尝不想放他，若我死了，就能洗刷他的罪孽，我宁可死了的好？”想到这里，她沉默时许，点头道：“好，我便不用千鳞。”
谷萍儿道：“我也不用无相锥。”当即从腰间取出一个鹿皮囊，丢在一边，又将谷缜扶到一旁坐下，将波斯猫放在他膝上，深深看他一眼，徐徐起身，转眼望去。施妙妙已将竹篮搁在一边，悄然伫立。
谷萍儿轻喝一声，双手如波浪起伏，挥洒而出，正是“千浪千叠手”，施妙妙不敢大意，也应以本门“指南拳”。“千浪千叠手”招式幻妙迅捷，讲求心劲相叠，双手看似各自攻敌，实则互相牵引激发，比方说左手出招，招式方出，劲力未消，右手劲力