Chapter 7 Chapter VII
Each guest courtyard has a dining hall. Although Jianghan Inn is not very famous, its scale is not small. Feiyan Yangjuan used to eat in her own room, and the five masters and maidservants lived in three upper rooms.But tonight, she brought a maid to the dining hall. The Peerless Master was at the next table, with two burly middle-aged attendants. People in Jianghu also pay attention to etiquette to servants, and servants cannot sit on an equal footing with their masters, so five women occupy two tables, and three men occupy two tables. Women eat very slowly, and women with a bit of status are even slower. The unparalleled scholar also appeared very elegant, and he was drinking slowly, of course. "Hi! Master Wushuang." Feiyan Yang Juan took the initiative to greet Master Wushuang across the table with a smile, "When are you going to walk to find other women?" All friends in Jianghu know that Wushuang's talent in both civil and military affairs is outstanding. Among martial arts friends, people with all-round talents in civil and military affairs like him are rare.And his hobby of chasing beautiful women is also well known. The most criticized thing about him is that his enthusiasm for the woman he chases will quickly decline.In other words, his habit of liking the new and loathing the old is really frightening, especially those who are famous for defending the Tao. He also has an advantage, that is, he never uses strong methods for the goals he pursues. Jiang Taigong fishes, and those who wish to take the bait, anyway, with his appearance and talent, it is impossible to find a woman he wants to love. "I'm not desperate yet, Miss Yang." The matchless scholar also smiled, "Actually, you don't have to hurry to drive me away." "why?" "One more talented and accomplished flower protector will benefit you but not harm you, so why not do it?" The unparalleled scholar looked at the other party's surprisingly beautiful face enthusiastically, "One day, you will You need me, girl. Your dislike and dissatisfaction with me will gradually disappear and change as you get along with each other." "Not necessarily. Let me tell you solemnly, I don't like men who like the new and dislike the old, especially men who pretend to be romantic. You should already understand that I am not your type of like-minded men and women in the martial arts world. You'd better find someone else as soon as possible. You have no hope with me." "Really? Let's wait and see, huh, huh! I'm very patient." The matchless scholar said with a big laugh. At this moment, Chao Lingfeng stepped into the dining hall and immediately attracted the attention of all the diners. "Master Chao, come and sit." Feiyan Yang Juan beckoned to him affectionately, pointing to the seat opposite her dining table, "If you can humiliate Dongfeng Xiyu, the four great demon kings in the world, you are enough to be ranked among the dragons and tigers in the world You have the status you deserve, don't you think I'm too high? I'm the host, how about it?" Chao Lingfeng already had a crush on her, so now, there is no grandiose reason to refuse her! "How can the girl be the host? I still have a lot of money by my side!" Chao Lingfeng sat down opposite him freely, "My..." "Probably more than half of the Jianghu friends in Wuchang know your name, Chao Lingfeng." Feiyan Yang Juan hurriedly said, waving to the shopkeeper to add bowls and chopsticks, "My surname is Yang, Yang Juan, beautiful Juan. It was given by my friends in the Jianghu. My nickname is Feiyan. Of course my qinggong is far behind Yan. Those are my maids, they are Chuntao, Xiahe, Qiuju, Dongmei. Very vulgar, isn’t it? Master Chao.” The attitude is warm and generous, without any pretentiousness, and the series of Li Liying's voices are very pleasant, and Chao Lingfeng has a little more affection for this heroine of the rivers and lakes. "I'm already a vulgar person, who else can I call vulgar? The girl brought four maids to walk in the rivers and lakes. It must be very troublesome." "There are so many people!" Fei Yan smiled coquettishly: "After five years in the Tao, the four maids of mine grew up in the shadow of swords and swords. Their martial arts and experience have been honed enough to stand alone, enough to be among the first-class masters Zhilin. To be honest, there are not many people who really have the guts to challenge me, Feiyan. Oh! Master Chao just debuted?" "I can't talk about making a debut, and I have no way out." Chao Lingfeng said frankly: "I'm going to Nanjing to join friends. I want to ride the wind and waves to see the world, do some business, and live a decent life. Not in the Jianghu, girl, please don't regard me as a Jianghu person." "But, you are in charge of a whole class..." "I don't care about anyone's business, but unintentionally get involved in their disputes. I am young and not well-educated. The purpose of my life is that people will not offend me, and I will not offend others. If anyone wants to hurt me, he must pay the price. The girl has been in the rivers and lakes for a long time. , must be well-informed." "I dare not say that I am well-informed, but it would be a lie to say that I don't know. Oh! Master Chao seems to be..." "I want to get some news from the girl." "Tell me, I know everything, I hope I can help." "Ten years ago, there was a mafia master, Ye Xiao Cheng Jing, who suddenly disappeared and his whereabouts are unknown. Does the girl know any news about this man?" Feiyan was startled, and thought for a moment. "What is your business with him?" Feiyan asked solemnly. "There is a bloody case involving him." "How long was the murder? Ten years ago?" "No, recently." "Recently?" Feiyan smiled wryly: "The villain hid for ten years without any news. How could he be involved in the recent murder? Did you make a mistake?" "That's right. Is the Zixu Temple near the East Lake familiar to you?" "It's not unfamiliar. The abbot of Zixu Temple is Master Daohong. This miscellaneous hair seems to be a bit of a Taoist. It is said that he is not very well behaved. He is greedy for money and lust, and does all kinds of evil in secret. He is not a good thing." "He is Ye Xiao Cheng Jing." "Oh!" Feiyan exclaimed, "Keep quiet, keep your voice down, really?" "It's absolutely true." Chao Lingfeng lowered his voice, "I went to look for him last night, but he escaped. I don't know where to hide. I couldn't find him." "If it's him, leave it to me." Feiyan imitated the behavior of a man, patted her tall breasts and assured, "I know all the secret caves in the demon way. It turns out that he is the notorious Ye Xiao, No wonder he made the plan for the Three Caves of the Rabbit, he has been worried about his safety. Shall I take you to find it?" "I am very grateful, thank you in advance." Chao Lingfeng expressed his thanks with cupped fists, overjoyed in his heart. "Brother Chao, you're welcome." Feiyan changed her address without a trace, Master Chao changed to Brother Chao, "Let's eat well, and then please go to my residence to discuss, I will take you there at night, there is a 70% chance that we can find him. " The rate of 70% is already higher than expected. Chao Lingfeng was ecstatic in his heart, he did not expect to get help from a powerful person by accident, so he didn't need to go to the Qinglong Gang, who was a mixed bag of dragons and snakes, for help.
Night belongs to the rivers and lakes. At night, Fa and Li have lost their brilliance. Night is the world of meat eaters. Going north from Hongshan, there is a small path leading to Baiyang Lake. From Fucheng, there is no need to go to Hongshan, and the whole journey is only more than ten miles. There is a quiet villa built near the lake, which is Linhuzhuang, and Jiuli Mountain is not far to the southeast. Not long after dark, a group of uninvited guests arrived in the woods in the northeast of the village. Linhu Village is usually sparsely populated, surrounded by bamboos and trees, and the houses in the village cannot be seen from the outside. The nearby villagers all have unpredictable and deep wariness towards the manor of the old man in the city.Even the wild children who herd cattle are afraid of approaching the woods outside the manor, for fear of being caught and beaten by the villain's thug-like servants. They are Chao Lingfeng, Feiyan Yangjuan and the four maids. "Miss Yang, he really dares to hide here?" Chao Lingfeng was a little skeptical, because it was only six or seven miles away from Zixu Temple. "You can't be wrong, this is the most secretive one among the three secret caves in the Yaodao." Feiyan Yang Juan said with certainty: "I have the correct source of information. However, it is really not easy to get in. " "Seriously guarded?" "That's for sure. In the past, some people tried to trick him, trying to knock him a large sum of gold and silver, but they all failed. These people knew that he was an unruly old man, but they didn't know that he was Cheng Jing, the night owl. " "I'll go ahead and get him to come forward to argue." Chao Lingfeng said: "Until his crime is proven, please don't hurt anyone." "I'm afraid it can't be done, Brother Chao." Fei Yan smiled: "Swords and swords have no eyes in the dark night, in order to protect oneself, it is bound to hurt others. You are speaking in layman's terms." "This……" "Let's go! You should worry about yourself and whether you can come out alive after entering." "Okay! Let's go! The arrow is on the string, and we have to do it. The matter has come to this point, so there is no need to worry about it." Chao Lingfeng made up his mind, so he didn't need to cover up, and walked around the forest to the gate of the villa.He didn't want to waste time groping, and wanted to go straight to the center quickly. Leaping to the top of the villa gate, I finally saw the lights in the village. It seemed that every house was hung with lanterns, and the dark red lights flickered and swayed in the dark. Feiyan Yang Juan stood beside him, bursts of delicate fragrance penetrated into his nostrils. The gate of the villa is only five or six feet high, and he found that the flying swallow Yang Juanyue was as light as a feather when she jumped up, without raising her breath or making a show, she rose calmly without being shocked, and her lightness kung fu has reached the peak. Feiyan's nickname is true to its name, and the name is well-deserved. "Strange, why are there no police posts inside and outside the gate?" Feiyan Yang Juan said anxiously, "It's impossible to leak the news. Could it be that Ye Xiao has cultivated to the level of a prophet, and moved to the place first to avoid disasters?" "The police post is hidden under the clump of bamboo on the path." Chao Lingfeng's voice tripled, "There are two of them, they are like leopards watching for their prey, and when we pass by by surprise, they may attack us first with hidden weapons, or Use deceptive magic tricks to pretend to be gods and ghosts, creating opportunities for murder." "Really?" Feiyan was very surprised, "You found out? You can actually find the person hiding in Zhu Nei twenty steps away? Is it possible?" "They accidentally exposed themselves." Chao Lingfeng leaned over and lifted a few tiles, "Whether it is possible, it will take effect on the spot." The tiles made an ear-piercing whistling sound, and flew towards the bamboo bushes one after another, crackling and crackling, and the broken tiles flew into hiding.Sure enough, two black shadows rushed out, quite embarrassing. Chao Lingfeng suddenly appeared in front of the two shadows. Feiyan Yang Juan also appeared quietly, while the four maids were a moment later. "Be good at hearing about private houses, be bold!" A black figure raised a knife and shouted, "Who are you?" "I came to see Mr. Jing, hehehe..." Feiyan gave a pleasant smile: "It can also be said that he came to see Master Dao Macro. Or, he came to see Boss Cheng, Ye Xiao Cheng Jing. Could you please invite him Come out and talk?" "Woman?" Heiying is a burly man, who seems to be very surprised, "This is Linhuzhuang, have you found the wrong place? There is no Dao macro master here, and there is no Ye Xiaocheng boss..." "Master Youjing, isn't that right?" "This... Uncle Jing is not here, you..." "If he hadn't been here, he wouldn't have kept you guys on high alert. I'm not going to hurt anyone until you try to intercept us. But if you do, it's our fault. Lead the way, both of you." "You little woman has a big tone, and you have a good name." "Feiyan Yangjuan, you are probably familiar with this, right? Huh?" The two men were taken aback, and backed away in horror. Feiyan Yang Juan, who has gained a reputation for both good and evil in the world, is known as the most beautiful female overlord in the universe. Even the four great demon kings are wary of her, let alone other people! In the shadow of the flowers and trees not far away, a man in black robe emerged. "Lead them in to see the uncle." The man in black said, "Miss Yang is calling at the door, you can't stop her." After the man in black finished speaking, he hid in the flower bushes again. One of the two men stayed behind, and the other obediently led the way. "The name of a person, the shadow of a tree." Chao Lingfeng said sincerely: "A girl is a man of the world, and it is much more convenient to do things than a nameless and hopeless person like me. Passionate about chasing fame and fortune.” "Brother Chao, you have already laid a good foundation. As long as you continue to put your heart and soul into it, you will definitely become a man of the world and a hero on the dragon and tiger list in a short time." Feiyan Yang Juan said eagerly: "What ? Interested?" "I'm not interested." Chao Lingfeng said firmly. He went on to say: "I just hope that I can live my life well, because I am a person who doesn't like to be restrained, and I can't get used to the life of people like you in the rivers and lakes. The teacher is a person who cultivates the Tao. I live a quiet, inactive, unrestrained and natural life, self-sufficient, refining medicine to help the world in exchange for the needs of life, how comfortable? If I didn’t want to go out to see the world when I was young, I would not want to go out and walk around.” "Then, if you meddle in other people's business, it can be regarded as the result of Taoism's belief in doing nothing and doing nothing?" "I'm not nosy, but their cruel and vicious deeds have compromised my safety and threatened my life. I must stop this kind of thing from happening. Of course, it is also related to everything. If I don't have this belief, I will Unreasonable and unreasonable." "Oh! You are looking for Ye Xiao, what murder is it for?" "So far, he is only a suspect and a suspected mastermind, but he cannot be found guilty until conclusive evidence is obtained." "Okay, I'll do my best to help you." "Thank you, Miss Yang." After passing some government buildings and courtyards, there seemed to be no sign of anyone.The big man who led the way hurried away with his head buried, and Huang Lingfeng and the five girls behind him didn't think it was strange. It seems to be stepping into a garden, and there are light clouds and mist in front of it. "Dip some powdered medicine on the tip of the nose." Chao Lingfeng stretched out his palm in front of Feiyan, "Each person swallows one pill." Feiyan obediently summoned the four maids, took a pea-sized pill from his palm, dipped the powder in the palm and rubbed it on the nose, a burst of fragrance entered the nose, and the five girls felt their heads cleared. "Is it poisonous mist?" Feiyan asked in a low voice beside his ear. "Yes. In the near future, there may be visions appearing, you must not panic, all visions will not be able to confuse people with deep concentration." "Witchcraft? This..." Feiyan's tone showed uneasiness. The mind dominates the action, and those who harbor fear will first lose the support of their spiritual power, and the consequences will be quite dire. "You should not go deep." He said in a low voice, "Let's set up a guard here, I will go in and argue with the demon." "No, I want to go in with you." Feiyan flatly refused, and took his left arm very naturally, revealing the nature of women's dependence, "It's enough to ask Xiaolan and the others to be on guard here." A strange smell has been faintly smelled in the nose, and the slight sound made by the air flow is disturbing, and the flowers and trees in the mist occasionally shake by themselves, like a mountain spirit and wood monster that is about to emerge. Xiaolan's four maids stopped walking as they said, and they hid their bodies and were fully on guard. Chao Lingfeng stared at the big man's back, striding forward without fear. Maybe Feiyan was really afraid, the delicate body hanging on his arm was getting closer and closer, as if she was afraid that he would disappear suddenly.In dangerous situations, women do need the protection of strong men. The big man stopped suddenly, then straightened his clothes, and bowed down sincerely and fearfully, using a prostration style. "Disciple would like to follow the decree of the immortal master and bring the invading mortals back." The big man kowtowed loudly with his forehead touching the ground. "Back!" A voice came from the male figure in front. "Disciple obeys." The big man kowtowed again and again, stood up, bowed his head again, and bowed back. "What an air." Feiyan said with emotion: "This is the status that everyone strives for at all costs. They control everyone's lives and disgraces from above. Nothing can replace this sense of accomplishment." "Are you looking forward to it?" Xian Lingfeng asked in a low voice. "No, I'm a woman. When a man reaches this level and gains astonishing power, he is a respected king. Once a woman achieves the same achievement, she will be regarded as Wu Zetian. I don't have such high ambitions. " The fog in front was surging, suddenly a strange light flickered, the fog parted, and two armored generals in armor, more than ten feet tall, shone with golden light, appeared inconceivably. Feiyan was taken aback, and instinctively raised her slender hand, the silver light flew through the air, and three small silver barracudas shot at the golden armored god on the left.This is a natural reaction in horror, an instinctive self-defense action, but ordinary people who are not courageous enough and believe in ghosts and gods in their minds are extremely devout, they can't help but kneel down and worship. With a wave of the palm of the golden-armored god and giant spirit, a strong wind suddenly rose, and there was a thunderbolt, golden snakes danced all over the sky, and the three small silver shuttles disappeared, and they flew to nowhere. "The demon girl is bold!" the Golden Armored God shouted heavily, and the vision just now disappeared at the same time, "Aren't you kneeling down and waiting for the edict of the Heavenly Master?" "I..." Feiyan was about to faint from shock, her legs were weak, her delicate body trembled, and she wanted to speak, as if her throat was being choked. Chao Lingfeng stood upright, holding the bamboo hook stick tightly in his right hand, and the hem and sleeves of his long gown swayed without any wind, as if standing in a strong wind. "Calm down." He held Feiyan tightly, and said in a firm and forceful voice, "I don't know what visions you saw in your eyes, you must have seen something that you feared in your heart, and heard some strange sounds. But Don't be afraid, ghosts are born from the heart, calm your mind and put away distracting thoughts." "Brother Chao, I...I saw two...golden armored gods, so...so tall, so...big..." Feiyan felt that Chao Lingfeng's big hand was pressing on her shoulder, and felt the invisible pressure on her body suddenly Disappeared, can speak. "Oh! Really? Are you afraid of God?" "I……" "Can you still see it now?" "Huh! It disappeared!" Feiyan became more courageous, "Brother Chao, you...didn't you...didn't you see it just now?" "What I saw was that some people used the special spotlights for magic tools, and used the smoke as a curtain to illuminate all kinds of light and shadow that can scare people. There are drugs that make people confused and drowsy in these smoke. What can be seen, for experts, this is illusion.” "It's... terrible." Feiyan still had lingering fear. "Calm down, eradicate distracting thoughts, and you won't be afraid anymore." Chao Lingfeng patted the girl's vest, and his voice suddenly increased three times, "Your Excellency's Taoism tonight seems to be ten times deeper than last night. This is your Dao Macro The real lair of the Lord, I have found the right place. Get rid of the sorcery! Don't let me beat you in and burn everything." Three bells sounded in the distance, the smoke surged, the strange light disappeared, and a passage appeared in the middle, and at the end of the passage was a dark building. On the steps, on both sides of the huge porch column, eight yakshas in strange shapes acted as guards. If it is not psychologically prepared, it will really scare people to death at first glance. "The underworld and the underworld, the person who enters is responsible for his own life and death." A ferocious ghost king like a giant spirit came out from the wide-open middle door, holding a soul-absorbing banner high and shouting in a low voice.Then he waved his banner, black mist surged, he turned around and strode away. "Just pretending to be a god, but now playing ghosts, this little bit of Taoism can't scare me at all." Chao Lingfeng said loudly, holding Feiyan's trembling hand, and walked towards the dark so-called palace of the underworld, arm in arm. Feiyan was speechless, and was so nervous that her palms broke out in cold sweat. She subconsciously grasped Chao Lingfeng's firm and strong hands, and moved her feet timidly. If Chao Lingfeng hadn't been by her side, she might have escaped three miles away. Those eight ferocious and terrifying tall yakshas can really scare the courage of timid friends. When they ascended the doorstep, they had to pass through the eight-handled fork, which really required a lot of courage. With a calm expression on his face, Chao Lingfeng calmly passed through the fork tip from the surging black mist.Feiyan, who was afraid of the cold, gained courage from him and stopped trembling, admiring his calmness. After stepping through the threshold that was more than a foot high, the hall suddenly lit up with a gloomy green light. Feiyan was startled again, and began to shudder again. It is not a hall, but a palace. There is a worship platform and a worship mat under the ridge, on which is a god seat and a god case, and a king of Hades sits high. 案侧,是判官、主簿。 案前两旁,四个人,牛头、马面,黑、白两无常。 两厢,两列鬼王、鬼卒、鬼魂等等。 没有人移动,没有任何声息,寂静如死,落针可闻,似乎这些阎王鬼卒,全是木雕泥塑的。 唯一动的东西,是流动着的、有霉腐气息、偶或杂有腥味的淡雾。 “闪在门侧等我。”晁凌风附耳向飞燕说:“背部必须不能让人接近,任何声息与异状,皆不可大惊小怪。记住,你所看到和听到的,都是幻象,见怪不怪,其怪自败,记牢了。” 她如催眠,竟然一反刚才的常态,默默地、顺从地侧移,移至门侧的墙壁倚壁而立。 当然,她并不知道这是晁凌凤在她的意识中动了小手脚。恐惧消失了,意识也陷入朦胧,她只有一个念头,倚壁戒备,保护自己。 她能听到,能看到,但引不起她情绪的激动。 “你到了幽冥地府。”上面的阎王说话了。 “哈哈哈哈!”他仰天狂笑,声震屋瓦,“就算是到了幽冥地府,在下也要把道宏观主带走。” "Why?" “那是在下与道宏观主的事。阁下,你是道宏观主的师门长辈吧?在下惟你是问。” "Bold!" “胆不大就不会来,你不要给脸不要脸,少在我面前神气,我不吃你那一套。” "who are you?" “晁凌风,你不至于没有印象吧?” 阎王眼神一变,似感意外。 “难怪你敢猖狂。”阎王厉声说:“拿下他。” 腥风压体,黑无常一闪即降,一声怪响,锁魂链突然挟呼呼风啸,拦腰缠到。 钩正是对付链的最好兵刃,竹钩杖一闪,便钩住了缠上来的链。 晁凌风不再客气,左掌同时一扬、一抓、一抄、一挥,但这些变化太快,即使在对面也无法看清,只能看到他的手掌伸出,如此而已。 砰一声大震,黑无常斜飞丈外,重重地掼倒在墙角,似乎骨头已被摔散了,伸手伸脚抖动,发出压抑不住的痛苦呻吟。 “这点点伎俩,少来献宝。”晁凌风大声说,从竹钩上取下夺获的八尺长锁魂链,左手将链抡得呼呼怪响,“下一个动手脚的人,就不会如此幸运了。” 从双方的距离估计,他的手掌确已触及黑无常,因此极易被旁观的人误认是被他将人掀扔而出的,并没任何奇处。 但在扮阎王的人看来,却又另有看法。黑无常练有精深的气功,拉开马步屹立如泰山,即使用千斤巨锤痛击,也难将马步撼动分毫,绝不可能人一沾掌,便被摔飞攒倒,人毕竟不是纸糊的。那么,黑无常必定是被某种不测的武功所制,不明不白吃足了苦头。 “咦!孽障果然有所恃而来。”阎王惊讶地叫:“你们要小心……” 白无常一声怪叫,挺无常棒飞扑而下,棒一伸毒烟喷出,灰雾远及丈外。 晁凌风及时右闪,毒雾无功。 无常棒势如崩山,来一记力道千钧的横扫千军,威力笼罩三丈方圆,挨上了必定腰折体裂。虎虎罡风声如万顷松涛,潜劲直迫三丈外。 棒到人影下缩,委地直贴高不足一尺。 棒挟风雷掠过,人影重现伸张。 锁魂链有如电光一闪,快得肉眼难辨,殿中本来就幽暗,满殿映着绿色的幽光,视力大打折扣,因此谁也没看到链子飞出。 白无常惊叫一声,身躯突然向下一顿,接着,无常棒余势未尽,带动了白无常的身躯,向左廓拄前人后飞旋而去,去势惊人。 左廓的鬼卒们大惊失色,惊恐地走避。在轰然大震中,无常棒扔出,白无常也重重地摔倒。 晁凌风站在原地,左手的锁魂链抡得呼呼怪响。 先前白无常进招的地面,遗留下一条人腿,自膝盖以上四寸左右折断,是被锁魂链硬生生勒断的。鲜血仍在流出,血腥刺鼻。 “下一个人,如果没练有铁颈功,最好不要出来送死。”晃凌风抡动着链子说:“即使这人的颈脖,比白无常的腿坚硬十倍,在下也可以用链子把他的颈脖勒断,灵不灵立可分晓。” “仙师替我……报……仇……”白无常在两名鬼卒的救助下,声嘶力竭地狂叫:“我……我右腿……哎……唷……轻一点……” 猝然一击,吓坏了不少人。 扮阎王的人骇然一震,挺身站起,顺手拈起案上搁着的松纹古定剑。 “弟子收拾他。”扮判官的人沉声说,抓起案上笔架中的判官笔,举步下墀。 晁凌风眼神一变,一双虎目突然反射出幽绿色的光芒,像煞了夜间肉食兽类的眼睛,左手的锁魂链不再抡动,斜垂在身前徐徐左右轻摆。 整个人似乎笼罩在一种看不见,但可以感觉得出的怪异气流内,双油与袍袂,有韵律地徐徐飘扬。 判官笔向前一伸,判官口中念念有词,笔尖突然幻发一星异光,碧中带金渐渐扩大。 风生五步,寒气袭人,云生殿顶,雾起两廊。 呆立在壁前的飞燕,感到这刹那间,天地突然变色。 她看不见阎王、看不见鬼卒、看不见晁凌风,但见眼前一片灰茫茫,天地一色,已一无所见,一无所有。 寒风飒然掠过,好冷。 她打一寒噤,本能地、下意识地拔剑出鞘。 她听到一声轻雷,眼前突然出现各式各样的七彩奇光流转闪动,然后狂风呼啸,走石飞沙。 风和沙,都打不到她的身上,反正就在她身前不远,她可以看得见,感觉得到。 接着,无数天兵天将往复冲杀,各种传说中的怪兽异禽奔腾博击。 她所看到的是惊心动魄的战场呈现在她眼前,而她却是在战场边缘的旁观者,一切厮杀与她无关。 她想叫,叫不出声音。 她想动,全身已经麻木不受控制。 她除了旁观之外,毫无办法。 她只知道自己在心中狂叫:“晁兄!晁兄……” 她知道自己关心晁凌风的安危,可是,她毫无办法。 天兵天将厮杀良久奇禽异兽倏灭倏现,杀击与吼声,令她心胆俱寒,全身汗出如雨。 厮杀呐喊中,出现一条巨大无比的青龙,张牙舞爪旋舞,天动地摇。 传出连续数声锐啸,破风声刺耳。 她神智略清,这种锐利的破风声她熟悉极了,那是暗器飞行的厉啸声。她是暗器的大行家。 她的小银梭在江湖上人见人怕。 又一声轻雷,青龙突然隐没,一道青虹夭矫而起,似从迢远的云天深处横空而至,愈近光芒愈盛,终至耀目生花,挟风雷突然麇临宇宙。 这瞬间,狂风乍起,电闪雷鸣,似乎天门突然洞开,霄电自天疾下,深入九幽地底,洞开冥狱之门。 她张口结舌,浑身可怕地战栗。 接着,她听到一声熟悉的沉声呵斥。 是晁凌风的叱声! 她像是如从恶梦中惊醒,眼前幻象全消。 眼中呈现先前的幽暗殿堂,没有云雾、没有风雷、没有青虹、没有金甲神兵、没有青龙、没有奇禽异兽。她真以为自己做了一场恶梦,这里什么事都不曾发生。 晁凌风站在那儿,像一座屹立的天神。 他的锁魂链,缠住了判官的脖子,判官仰躺在他脚下。他拉紧了链,脚踏住判官的小腹。 “噢……”判官的喉间,发出可怕的叫号,双手死扣住链子,阻止链上传来的可怖勒劲。 “你这点点道行,再修炼二十年,也奈何不了区区在下。”晁凌风冷冷地说。 他用竹钩杖打掉判官的判官帽,刮动判官脸上的化装油彩,“原来你是道宏观主,真是得来全不费工夫。” 上面的阎王已离开案座,站在神案前,右手仗剑,左手握住作法器的串铃。 “放了他!”阎王沉喝,“本仙师要以一甲子道行,斗一斗你这外魔不侵的武林高手。” “你最好等一等,在下处置了这妖道,再和你了断,斗法赌命,在下一概奉陪。”晁凌风说。 “不,本仙师……” “你如果等不及,在下先炼化这妖道。” “哼!不要用人质威胁本仙师。” “你怎么说,那是你的事。在下只对办自己的事有兴趣,不受任何外力所左右。” “师……父……”道宏观主嘎声叫:“救救弟子……弟子受……受不了……” “哦!原来你这位扮阎王的人,是道宏观主的师父。”晁凌风恍然,“打了小的,老的必定会出头。同样地,在下处置了小的,然后找老的。你不会甘休,在下也不会罢手。小的所做灭绝人性的罪行,也必然是老的在主谋。” “住口!你说什么灭绝人性的罪行?” “何不等在下先问问小的?” “你……好,你问吧!” “呵呵!道宏观主,令师的话,你可听清了?”晁凌风向快咽气的道宏问,“要不要令师再说一遍?” “我……我我……”道宏终于崩溃了。 “说吧!商柏年是你的什么人?” "This……" “这里除了令师之外,还有不少人,有些是你的同门,有些是你的属下,希望你不要撒谎。” “他……他是替贫道跑……跑腿的信徒。” “你要他到南京谋生路,那是大吉大利大发的方向,对不对?” "yes." “他却不吉不利不发,反而送了命,你这大法师不替信徒指示迷津,反而指引死路。啧啧啧!你也真够狠。你知道他与伙夫胡老七有交情,可以接近厨房。请教,商柏年向谁取得毒药?” "This……" “是你给他的?说!我在听。” “老天!不……不是我。”道宏狂叫。 “谁?李世鸿?还是江永隆?” "This……" "Say!" “是……是江永隆。” “江永隆的真名号是什么?” “我的天!我怎么知道?我接受了一个人五千两银子,条件是差一个可以接近胡老七的人,将一包可以令人昏睡的迷药放入饭菜中,如此而已。全船暴毙的消息传来,我也难过了好些天,我只知道他们要迷昏全船的人作案,怎知他们志在杀光船上的人?我……” “你这天杀的畜生,你敢说你不知道?作案会给你五千两银子?五千两银子挑也要三四个人。找一个杀手谋杀一个人,一百两银子也有人抢着干,你……” “我发誓,我真不知道他们要谋杀全船的人。三江船行与青龙帮关系密切,我与青龙帮的人也小有交情,我怎会丧心病狂帮助他们去谋杀五十二个人?” “他们?那么,除江永隆之外,还有几个人?” “我知道还有一个……” “李世鸿?” “我不知道,反正另有一个,那人才是将毒药交给江永隆的人,由江永隆交给商柏年施放。” “哼!你都不知道,给你五千两银子的人,你该知道了吧?” “我真的不知道,那人是晚上来的,戴了头罩,银票是荆州宝泉局所发,三省通兑的官票,凭票即付十足兑现的铁票,我一点也不清楚那家伙的底细。” “你说谎!”晃凌风冷笑。 “我如果撒谎,天打雷劈!”道宏罚起咒来。 “我就知道你撒谎,你的心事瞒不了我。” "Injustice!" “晁凌风,且慢!”扮阎王的人高叫。 "What do you have to teach me?" “你是青龙帮请来追查的人?” “不是,在下与青龙帮毫无干连。” "then you……" “在下是受害人之一。全船五十二个人,失踪了三个,失踪的人有江永隆、李世鸿,和区区在下。要不是在下命大,恰好那天吞服了一些辟毒保元养神的药物,仅昏睡了大半天,不然早就死了。” “五十二条人命关天,这孽障居然敢做出这种残忍恶毒灭绝人性的事,你不追究,本法师也不会不管,请交给本法师盘问……” “不,在下要自己问。”晁凌风断然拒绝,“在下要将人带走,片刻再将人带回交还阁下,阁下有意见吗?” “这……好,本仙师答应你。” “谢谢。请照顾飞燕杨姑娘。当在下将人带回,而杨姑娘有些什么三长两短,其后果之严重,阁下应该明白,暂且告辞。” 声落人动,但见黑影一闪即逝,微风飒然,人已失踪。 “晁兄……”飞燕杨娟急叫。 “杨姑娘,请留步。”大法帅急叫:“姑娘请不要乱跑,本仙师担了万千风险。” "you……" “你如果有了三长两短,这里将血流成河,姑娘千万不要任性。你追不上他的,他用的是隐形遁术,本仙师苦修一甲子,距他的境界仍然遥而又遥。” "who are you?" “逍遥仙客。” “这……宇内三妖仙之一……”飞燕大吃一惊,“你……你竟然奈……奈何不了晁凌风?” “唔!你的口气不对,你……”逍遥仙客眼神一变,“晁凌风不是你的朋友吗?” “当然是,那还用问吗?”飞燕不悦地说。 “哼!但愿如此。”逍遥仙客冷冷一笑:“你给我乖乖等着,不然休怪本仙师作法因住你,哼!” 不久,晁凌风挟着神智清醒的道宏观主,无声无息出现在殿口。 “大法师,道宏毫发无损交还给你。”晁凌风将道宏向内一推,“阁下最好带着他远走高飞。因为就算在下不找他,他的日子同样难过,送银子给他的人,如果不杀他灭口,是不会罢休的。杨姑娘,咱们走!” 飞燕杨娟觉得自己似乎已经崩溃了,全身大汗彻体,双腿软弱得像是已经麻木了,似乎要拒绝支撑她那疲乏的身躯。 刚才她所看到的,感觉到的一切变故,是那么真实,确切,绝不是幻觉,更不可能是做恶梦。 她觉得,自己仍然能站在此地而不倒下去,真是难以置信的事,她实在是太幸运了。 她刚迈动软弱颤抖的腿,刚挪动了半步,鬼影一闪,她感到阴风彻体生寒,身侧多了一个人,鼻中嗅到男人散发出来的,令她感到恶心的体气。 “姓晁的,你不能说来就来,说去就去。”这人的嗓门十分刺耳,每个字都带了七八分鬼气,“这个小女人,她也……” 是那位扮主簿的人,一张脸惨白得十分吓人,五官更是酷肖死人面孔,真像是刚从坟墓里爬出来的假尸。 她想动,动不了,她想喊叫,叫不出声音。主簿的一双手搭在她的右肩上,像死人的手爪,不但其冷如冰,而且带有腥臭味。 “你给我听清了,阁下。”她听到晁凌风直震脑门的语音,“当在下心中的毒火仍在燃烧,杀机未除之前,任何人必须避免激怒在下,不然,那将是极为可怖的大灾祸。你给我离开杨姑娘远一点,免得在下杀你个血流成河。” "you……" “走开!”晁凌风叱声似沉雷。 主簿吃了一惊,浑身一震,骇然向侧移。 道宏踉跄站稳,作势遁走。 “孽障!你敢?”逍遥仙客厉喝。 “师父,弟……弟子……”道宏嚎哭着俯伏。