Chapter 15 The Fifteenth Back inn

After entering the city, Yang Yan went to a famous restaurant for lunch. He was worried, so he ordered two catties of "Zhuyeqing" and a few delicate side dishes to eat and drink. There are no empty seats in the restaurant, and there are many people from the rivers and lakes that I met on the road.There are two neighbors.These two people spoke in Jianghu's "lip code" (terminology), but Yang Yan couldn't understand them, and he didn't pay much attention to what they said.But suddenly I heard one of them say the words "little demon girl" softly.Hearing these three words by accident, Yang Yan's heart skipped a beat, and he thought to himself: "The little demon girl they are talking about, is it the Dragon Lingzhu?"

Those two people realized that Yang Yan was paying attention to them, so they couldn't help but start paying attention to Yang Yan.These two people are big experts in the Jianghu, and they can tell at a glance that Yang Yan has a weapon hidden on his body, and they all thought at the same time: "Looking at the eyes of this young man, his martial arts foundation seems to be quite good. He is so young. I don’t know why I dare to venture into the rivers and lakes alone? I’ll try to find out later.” "Let's talk about that matter when we get to Zhangye." One of them was afraid that Yang Yan might overhear them, so he hurriedly reminded his companion.

Yang Yan continued to think: "The 'little demon girl' in the mouths of people in the world must be very good at martial arts. There are not many 'little demon women' and young people in the world, right? Hmph, most of what they said It's the dragon girl!" Before I knew it, I ran out of wine.The shop waiter came over and asked, "Does the guest want more wine?" He couldn't help being a little surprised to see that this little guest could drink two catties of spirits. Yang Yan said: "Don't drink, pay the bill!" The shop waiter had already done the calculations and said, "Thank you, guest officer, one, two, three, five cents!"

As soon as Yang Yan took out the money, he couldn't help blushing, it turned out that he didn't care about the money at all, he ate and drank all the way, and he had almost used it up.At this time, Fang Shi found out that he only had two taels of silver and a dozen copper coins when he took out his pocket, not even a small change.In desperation, he turned the pocket over, hoping for a miracle, maybe there were still some pieces of silver in the cracks.Only a dozen copper coins were heard clinking and falling on the table, but the two silver coins rolled to the bottom of the table, indeed, that was all.

"Why is it so expensive?" Yang Yan said. The waiter immediately rolled his eyes, with a look of contempt on his face, and said with a sneer: "What you want is the best food and drink, and one, two, three, five cents is considered cheap. Why do you order such good food and drink when you can't afford it? Hmph, Are you eating free food on purpose?" The guest sitting next to him who mentioned "Little Demon Girl" just now waved to Yang Yan. The man said: "Just one or two taels of silver, I will pay for you." Yang Yan walked over and said, "Really?" The man smiled and said, "How could I lie to you!" He took out his wallet, picked up a piece of broken silver, waved it in front of Yang Yan, and said, "This piece of silver is worth three Two is too much, you can take it."

Yang Yan said: "Wait a minute!" The man was surprised: "You don't want it?" Yang Yan said: "I want to ask clearly, why did you pay the bill for me?" The man said: "I hit it off with you at first sight, and I would like to make friends with you." Yang Yan broke the casserole and asked the bottom line: "Why do you feel like you hit me when you see me?" The shop clerk was afraid that Yang Yan would offend the rich man, so he hurriedly said: "You poor boy is too ignorant of flattery, you have a lot of money to reward you, and you are still talking!"

Yang Yan ignored him, but said to the guest: "I'm sorry, I really don't know how to flatter a poor boy, you want to make friends with me, but I don't want to make friends with you!" The man could hardly believe his ears and asked, "Why don't you want to?" Yang Yan said coldly: "It's nothing, you think you've hit it off with me, but I don't like you." That man was so angry that he was so angry that if he was not under the watchful eyes of everyone, he would almost want to beat Yang Yan up.His companion persuaded him: "Are you afraid that you have no place to spend money if you have money? Why are you angry with this kid?"

The man took the wallet back and said angrily: "Okay, let me see how you make a fool of yourself?" The waiter snorted and said, "You kid, you dare to go crazy. It's your business, you have to pay the bill." !" Yang Yan said suddenly: "A dog's eyes look down on people, do you think I really have no money? Take it, and I'll give you the extra!" Throwing a piece of silver on the table.This piece of silver is bigger than the one just now, at least five taels. The waiter in the shop was stunned, gathered himself together, quickly bowed and said, "Yes, yes, the villain has eyes but can't see Mount Tai, thank you for your generous reward!"

Yang Yan walked away amidst the voice of thanks from the waiter in the shop. The man's face was dull, he slapped his chopsticks heavily, and said, "Bring the bill!" The shop clerk understood that this person blamed him for being too flattering to the "little God of Wealth" who had swept away his face, and quickly put on a smile and said, "The account has been settled, Sheng Hui is one tael or eight." The waiter in the shop was making wishful thinking and thought to himself: "He wants to win, and the reward will be more than that 'poor boy'." Unexpectedly, the customer took out his pocket and suddenly cried out: "Ah, why is my wallet missing? ?”

His companion was taken aback, and quickly took out his pocket, was stunned for a moment, and then shouted: "My silver is gone!" The waiter changed his face immediately, and said with a sneer: "You scold the poor boy, who knows you are so stupid?" A real pauper!" The customer was so angry that he had nowhere to vent his anger, he slapped the waiter hard on the face, and shouted, "How dare you underestimate me?" The waiter knocked out two of his front teeth, and shouted violently, "Eat for free!" You still want to beat people, hurry up and catch the robbers!"

As soon as he shouted, there were indeed many guests who wanted to arrest the man and send him to the official.Although the man is fierce, he can't make a big fuss over such a small matter, make a big fuss, get in the way of a big matter, and in a hurry, he had to walk around the table to avoid, the cups, plates and dishes fell to the ground, and there was a sound of ping-pong-pong-pong, making a fuss . Yang Yan was full and drunk, and had already left the county seat, walking crookedly, humming an incomprehensible tune. Suddenly he heard the sound of hooves, and when he looked back, it was the two guests who were chasing after him on horseback.It turned out that they were fortunate to have acquaintances in the restaurant who gave them money to save them.But the customer who slapped the waiter in the shop had already been punched a few times under the public outrage, and even if he lost money, he would have to make an apology. He caught up with Yang Yan and said angrily: "Does the little thief still want to run away? You don't even ask who we are, you dare to break ground on Tai Sui's head!" Yang Yan said: "Who are you calling a thief?" The man shouted: "You are still pretending to be confused, I will scold you!" Yang Yan said: "Why do you call your father a thief?" The man couldn't bear it anymore, jumped off the horse, and wanted to beat Yang Yan. His companion was much more cautious, and dismounted after him, dissuading him: "It's not too late to decide how to deal with him after asking." The man said: "This little thief is so bold that he can deny it, but he still wants to take advantage of me." Yang Yan laughed and said, "You can call yourself Lao Tzu, why can't I call myself Lao Tzu? What did I deny, tell me!" The man said angrily, "You stole our silver, how dare you deny it?" Yang Yan smiled and said: "Wait a minute, wait a minute. I have to ask you first." Another said: "What do you want to ask?" Yang Yan said: "You call yourself 'Tai Sui', may I ask where you are Tai Sui?" The man said: "You look like a character from the Jianghu, do you know the Shuangsha in the cloud?" I've heard it before.But he pursed his lips and said, "What kind of Shuangsha in the cloud, I've never heard of it!" The person who was beaten in the restaurant was the second son Tian Geng, and he shouted angrily: "You little thief, how dare you look down on the Shuangsha in the cloud, you really don't want to live!" Ma Ben was much more precise, and saw that Yang Yan was by no means an ordinary boy, and thought to himself: "Although I have never seen that little demon girl, I heard that she is only a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl. It’s not surprising that someone like her has this ability.” "Little brother, let's just believe your words. But even if you really stole our silver, I can only admire your ability and not blame you. Who is your master, can you tell me?" Ma Ben said .Before finding out the details of Yang Yan, he didn't dare to be rude, and the "little thief" became a "little brother" again. Yang Yan said with a smile: "My master will not know that there is such a person as Yunzhong Shuangsha. You will not know his name." The implication is that they are not worthy of any friendship with their master, so Simply do not say. Ma Ben held back his breath and said, "Where are you going, can you tell me?" Yang Yan said: "I will go wherever you go?" Tian Geng couldn't help asking: "Do you know where we are going?" Yang Yan said: "Of course I know, you are going to deal with that little demon girl surnamed Long, aren't you?" Tian Geng was horrified and said, "Hey, how do you know?" Yang Yan has already confirmed from his mouth that the "little demon girl" is the Dragon Lingzhu, so he has no intention of playing with them anymore. He laughed and said, "You said it yourself in the restaurant!" Tian Geng's complexion changed drastically, and he shouted: "Okay, you kid stole our silver and overheard our conversation, I must beat you hard!" Ma Ben remembered that although Tian Geng mentioned "little demon girl" once, he didn't say it was "little demon girl surnamed Long". Yang Yan took a step back and said, "Wait a minute, do you want to fight big or small?" Tian Geng was taken aback for a moment, and said, "Is there any difference between big fights and small fights?" Yang Yan said: "That's right. For a big fight, I'll crush your lute bone; for a small fight, I'll just slap you. I think it's better for you. If you call me a thief, I'll slap you. I've already Forget it, you scolded me a total of seven little thieves!" I thought to myself: "Long Lingzhu, this little witch likes to slap people the most, I'll learn from her." Tian Geng said angrily: "Little thief, I will tear your bones and skin you!" He raised his palm and hit him. Ma Ben hurriedly shouted: "This kid seems to have some background, don't hurt his life!" It turned out that Tian Geng practiced Iron Sand Palm Kungfu, if he hits a vital part of the body, he will kill him immediately.It was for this reason that he didn't dare to fight in the restaurant just now. Unexpectedly, Tian Geng's iron sand palm didn't even touch the corner of Yang Yan's clothes, there was only a sound of slapping, and Yang Yan slapped Tian Geng's crisp and exquisite slaps one after another. Yang Yan said with a smile: "You scolded the little thief eight times, and you are still short of four slaps!" Ma Ben has already hurried up, but Yang Yan was faster, and Tian Geng was slapped four times before the laughter stopped. Yang Yan waved his sleeve and flicked, Ma Ben rushed forward and was about to punch, but he couldn't help taking three steps back due to the force of the flick.Yang Yan smiled and said, "Do you want to fight with me too?" After these eight slaps, Tian Geng lost two big teeth, his face looked like a paint shop, black and swollen, the skin was torn and flesh was torn, covered with blood, and his nose was crooked.The abilities of the Shuangsha in Yunzhong are about the same, although Ma Rong is a little higher, seeing this situation, he was too shocked to speak, how dare he make a move? Yang Yan said with a smile: "You didn't call me a thief, you can avoid slapping me, but—" At this point, he jumped on Tian Geng's mount. Yang Yan continued: "But you are sworn brothers, you should share the blessings and share the misfortunes. He doesn't have a horse to ride, so you can walk with him!" After saying that, a stone flew out, and the horse galloped to the mount. Lame on front leg. Amidst the loud laughter, Yang Yan sharpened his sword and left in a hurry. As he ran, he thought to himself: "When Tian Geng talked about the 'little demon girl', Ma Ben asked him to go to Zhangye to talk about it. Could it be that Miss Long is in Zhangye? Well, no matter what they say is true or not, I will also go there Let's talk about Zhangye!" Zhangye is to the west of Wuwei, about three hundred miles away.This area is a fertile area of ​​the "Hexi Corridor", known as "the south of the Yangtze River", and there is a saying of "JinwuweiweiyinZhangye".Along the way, I met more people from the rivers and lakes than yesterday, and some of the people from the rivers and lakes pretended to be merchants with hidden weapons.Yang Yan could tell at a glance. There is another special thing about these people in the world, they are often in groups of three or five, and they form a gang. This kind of situation is not surprising in a big gang like the Beggars' Gang, but there are very few famous big gangs in the world. Most of the general gangs are local, and most of the disciples in the gang are from the same place. Such a situation is rare.Obviously they don't belong to the same gang, but a temporary combination.Yang Yan thought to himself: "Why do so many people from the rivers and lakes come to Zhangye, dare they all come for the 'little demon girl'? But why does Long Lingzhu make so many enemies? Oh, yes, She likes to find famous people in the Jianghu for entertainment, could it be that she caused the trouble by beating them indiscriminately?" Thinking of Long Lingzhu's naughtiness, for some reason, the depression in my heart has subsided a lot.Although he himself had suffered from it, he couldn't help thinking of this naughty little girl who had made him suffer so much. "Last time I was escorted to Qaidam by Uncle Ding, and she secretly came to protect me; this time I also went to Zhangye to help her secretly, to scare her into a big jump, to see if she can still avoid me? Well, as long as I follow those who want to follow her, I will definitely find her. I wonder if she is really in Zhangye?" Although the horse he snatched was not a famous horse, it had pretty good legs. It arrived in Zhangye at noon the next day.In a place where no one was around, he opened the stolen wallet and took a closer look to see how much money was there, so as not to repeat the same mistakes in Wuwei. I saw Tian Geng's wallet, in addition to more than a dozen taels of silver, there were more than a dozen gold beans, and Ma Ben's wallet contained more gold beans, as many as twenty-seven.Yang Yan laughed in his heart and said: "The Shuangsha in Yunzhong are ordinary, but their pockets are quite generous. Hey, hey, I'm not afraid of eating and drinking anyhow!" To the west of Zhangye City, there is a river named "Ruoshui". When it is mentioned, "Ruoshui" is very famous. More people know it than "Golden Wuwei, Silver Zhangye".It turns out that this river is very characteristic. There was an exaggerated description of this river in Li, saying, "Eight hundred quicksands, three thousand weak water depths. The goose feathers cannot float, and the reeds sink at the bottom." In fact, this river is not The widest part of the river is only about ten feet wide. Of course, goose feathers and reed flowers will not sink if they float on the water, but boating is indeed more difficult than other rivers. A small boat, two boatmen row hard It takes a stick of incense to cross a river that is seven or eight feet wide.Some people say that there is an invisible undercurrent swirling at the bottom of the river; others say that because the river contains certain minerals, the water quality is different and it becomes denser "heavy water".Yang Yan has heard of his name for a long time, but today he has to experience it himself. The small boat moved forward slowly, Yang Yan thought in his heart: "This weak water is really strange and interesting." He wanted to help Zhouzi row the boat, but he was not good at water, and he was afraid that it would get worse, so he dared not take it lightly. When the boat was in the middle of the stream, he suddenly saw another small boat, and he knew the two passengers on board.The younger and older one was around fifty, and he recognized Li Yushi as a disciple of Zhong Zhan, the most senior elder of the Tianshan School.Li Wushi is as his name suggests, he is solid and capable. Some people say that his martial arts are not inferior to the four major disciples of Tianshan Mountain, but because he doesn't like to show off, his name is not known to the outside world.Another younger middle-aged man is Shi Tianxing's disciple, named Lu Gandang, who is the exact opposite of Li Wushi, he is domineering, but has the same temper as his junior brother Shi Qingquan. Yang Yan thought to himself: "I cut off his junior brother's tongue and beat his master, don't let him recognize it." In fact, even if Yang Yan sat opposite Lu Gandang, he might not recognize him.One must know that Yang Yan was still a child when he left Tianshan Mountain, after eight years, his appearance has changed a lot.But for middle-aged people, their appearance will not change at all in seven or eight years. Lu Gandang was doing what Yang Yan wanted to do just now.He picked up an oar to row the boat, Li Wushi frowned and said, "Save your strength, we are not in a hurry to cross the river." He didn't feel sorry for his nephew wasting his strength, but he didn't want him to show off his skills in front of others. Lu Gandang smiled and said, "Isn't it better to enter the city early? The Buddhist scriptures say: There are three thousand weak waters, and I cross them with a single reed. I don't know if this refers to the weak waters here. What does it matter if the water is special?" He didn't listen to his uncle's words, and rowed harder. Suddenly, the sound of sculls was heard, and a larger black-covered boat passed in front of Yang Yan, as if it wanted to catch up with Lu Gandang's boat.Among the three guests on board, two of them were middle-aged men who looked similar, and they were brothers at a glance.Another older, burly man, with his temples protruding from both sides, was obviously practicing a very domineering internal skill. The two brothers also seemed to think that the boat was moving too slowly, so one rowed the oar and the other paddled the boat instead of Zhouzi. One of them said in a low voice: "Brother, please help me. The person in front seems to be Lu Gandang from the Tianshan School." The boss said: "That's right, the other person is his uncle Li Wushi." The burly man asked: "Are you acquainted with Li Wushi and Lu Gandang?" The second child said: "We have met Lu Gandang once or twice, so we are not close friends. As for Li Wushi, we only met once, but we have never spoken to him." The burly man said: "It's rare to meet here, you might as well go up and climb." The boss frowned and said, "Lu Gandang thinks very highly of himself, I, I'm a little..." He didn't finish what he said, but the meaning was clear. He kind of hated Lu Gandang, and he was afraid that Lu Gandang would misunderstand that they were trying to curry favor. Their black-covered boat is relatively close to Yang Yan's boat, and they talked in a low voice, and Yang Yan could hear them clearly, but he didn't know if Lu Gandang heard it, and he rowed even faster without turning his head. up.However, since the boat is sailing in "weak water", no matter how fast it is rowed, it is only the same as the speed of ordinary boatmen rowing on ordinary rivers. The burly man's voice became even softer: "Since Dan Qiusheng took over as the head of your Kongtong faction, haven't you been very friendly with the Tianshan faction?" The second son snorted and said, "That's Dan Qiusheng's matter, but it has nothing to do with us. Hmph, his disciple is a registered disciple of the Tianshan Sect. Of course, the Tianshan Sect respects him. But we don't want to get involved. This light." He directly called the head of the sect by his name, which was really disrespectful.It turned out that these two people were the apprentices of Dong Zhenzi, the former head of the Kongtong School. However, he was threatened by his junior brother, knowing that he did what he did, but he did not dare to expose it. Instead, he became a puppet of his junior brother, took over as the head, echoed his junior brother, and slandered Dan Qiusheng to deceive his master and destroy his ancestors.Finally, the truth came to light, Dong Zhenzi repented at the end of his life, and died together with Dong Mingzi, Dan Qiusheng took his last order to succeed him as the head. The elder of these two brothers is named Lao Fubi, and the second is named Lao Fuyin. They are proud disciples of Dong Zhenzi, but their minds are a bit confused. Their master died tragically. On the contrary, he was dissatisfied with Dan Qiusheng who took over as the head. Of course Yang Yan knew the sect of "brother"'s background.Hearing them talk about Dan Qiusheng's "named disciples of the Tianshan School", he couldn't help being surprised, and thought to himself: "So these two are disciples of the Kongtong School, how dare they come here for the 'Little Demon Girl'? These two people are nothing to be afraid of, I am afraid that Meng Hua will also come!" Thinking of Long Lingzhu's confrontation with the Tianshan faction because of himself, and that incident was caused by his being captured by Meng Hua, he felt self-conscious in his heart. It is inevitable to be a little apprehensive.But Meng Hua was going to Tianshan Mountain to pay his respects, so he could only hope that he would not come back so soon. Seeing that Lu Gandang didn't turn his head back, the brothers of the Lao family seemed to ignore them intentionally. They didn't feel angry, and thought to themselves: "With Lu Gandang's martial arts, I'm afraid he can hear us if we whisper. Even if we can't hear He clearly knew that many friends from the rivers and lakes came to Zhangye today, and when he heard a boat chasing after him, he should know that he was of the same kind, but he shook faster and faster, obviously showing off in front of us!" The two brothers also A victorious person will row the boat vigorously as soon as he is angry in his heart, as if he wants to compete with Lu Gandang. But the two brothers sailed together, but they still couldn't catch up with the boat in front of them. The burly man smiled and said: "He is showing off his tricks, and I have the tricks to stop their boat. Just watch!" After finishing speaking, he picked up the rope tied to the bow of the boat and shook the thick rope four to five feet long in the wind. Get straight and wave to the boat in front.Lu Gandang's small boat had a spare iron pole inserted into the stern, and the long rope was coiled around the pole with a whirring sound. As expected, the small boat could only circle in the water, although it did not retreat, it could not move forward either. Yang Yan thought to himself: "This man's strength is not small, it seems that he is a master who has practiced the Great Eagle Claw Kungfu, much better than the Shuangsha in the cloud." Not thinking about it, I just heard Li Wushi say: "Which friend is playing a prank?" When he was speaking, he pinched his two fingers and cut the rope as thick as a thumb, and the boat moved forward again.At the same time, Lu Gandang also turned around. The brothers of the Lao family were greatly embarrassed, and hurriedly reported their names, saying, "Brother Lu, do you still remember us? This friend just wants to get acquainted with you and has no other intentions." Lu Gandang saw that they apologized by name, and because of the friendship between Dan Qiusheng and our faction, it was inconvenient to argue with them, so he said calmly, "It turns out that they are the two heroes of the Lao family. It's a pleasure to meet you. Let's go ashore and talk about it." While speaking, Lu Gandang's boat had already approached the shore, and the Lao brothers' boat was about three feet behind.The burly man suddenly picked up a piece of wood at the bow, which was used by the boatman as a stepping board when going ashore.Before reaching the bank, the man threw the stepping board into the river. "In the realm of eight hundred quicksands, three thousand weak waters are deep; goose feathers cannot float, and reed flowers sink at the bottom." Although this is a novelist's words, weak water is easy to sink, but it is true. The plank will float on the water. But this is above the weak water, but it just spins in the eddy current, and then sinks slowly.The burly man jumped up, and when the board was about to sink, he actually used it as a footboard in the water, and with a light tap of his toes, he jumped to the opposite bank. Although the strength of the powerful eagle claws he showed off just now was astonishing, Yang Yan didn't pay much attention to it.At this moment, seeing him showing his lightness kung fu, even Yang Yan couldn't help but look at him with admiration.It should be known that when practicing Eagle Claw Kungfu, which is known for its powerful internal strength, generally speaking, lightness kung fu is relatively poor, but this person is a dual-cultivator of internal and external, and it is obvious that both light kung fu and internal kung fu have profound attainments.Yang Yan thought in his heart: "He just gave Uncle Li a face-saving, and he went ashore first, so I don't know if he wants to provoke Uncle Li? Uncle Li's internal strength may be higher than him, but it may not be easy to win against him." The burly man went ashore first, turned around and cupped his fists, and said loudly: "The two are distant visitors from Tianshan Mountain. Although Peng is not a local, he can be regarded as a half-landlord. Please allow Peng to show his kindness as a landlord." .” Only then did Yang Yan know that the reason why he went ashore first was to welcome guests according to Jianghu etiquette.People in the rivers and lakes meet in different places. Although they belong to the same guests, they can also be distinguished by distance. Li Wushi is a dignified man, seeing him as humble and polite, although he didn't want to make friends with him, he could only pretend to be polite, returned the courtesy, and said flatly: "I dare not be so." The burly man smiled and said: "Peng just threw bricks to attract jade, just to admire the two names, please don't take offense." Lu Gandang saw that he was showing respect to him, the anger in his heart had already dissipated, and he said with a smile: "As the saying goes, if you don't fight, you don't know each other, let alone we didn't fight. You are very skilled in martial arts, and you are too polite. I like to speak frankly. Excuse me, are you a friend on that line?" At this time, the brothers of the Lao family had also landed, and Lao Fuyin stepped forward to introduce them, saying: "This brother Peng is Peng Daqiu, brother Peng Daqiu, who is known as the eagle with golden eyes in the world. He is a hospitable man and has been friends with us for many years. Zhangye He is very familiar with this place, if the two of you don't have a place to stay, you can entrust him to arrange it." Peng Daqiu, the golden-eyed sculpture, is one of the most famous figures on the Shaanxi-Gansu Road. He is not only powerful in martial arts, but also has a lot of friends. When his name is mentioned, everyone knows the underworld and the white. Diao, no wonder it's so amazing!" Peng Daqiu said: "I have reserved a room at the largest Yunlai Inn in Zhangye City, please feel welcome." Lu Gandang was taken aback for a moment, and said, "How did you know you would run into us?" Lao Fubi smiled and said: "It's like this. Brother Peng has a lot of friends. He knows that many friends will come to Zhangye in the past two days, so he reserved ten rooms in Yunlai Inn to greet friends from all walks of life." Lu Gandang said: "Brother Peng is so polite when we first met, it's really inconvenient for us to talk about it." Peng Daqiu laughed and said, "How long does it take for us to know each other deeply? Although the two of us met Jing for the first time, we are very familiar with the two chivalrous names. I have admired you for a long time. If the two of you refuse to give me this face, I will lose face and gain a foothold in the Jianghu." When Lu Gandang saw that such a famous person respected him so much, he felt that he had face, and thought to himself: "People respect me a foot, and I respect others." Then he said: "Brother Peng is serious, brother Peng is famous. Emphasizing martial arts, the word 'Jiu Yang' should be up to me. Brother Peng is so hospitable, so we have to respect rather than obey." He didn't ask his uncle for permission, so he agreed for Li Wushi.Li Wushi frowned unknowingly, but he was a solid man, and this senior nephew was the favorite disciple of his senior brother Shi Tianxing who was newly promoted, so it was inconvenient for him to discredit Lu Gan. Peng Daqiu saw that he was unhappy, so he hurriedly flattered him, and just said two flattering words. Li Yushi suddenly said: "I heard that Mr. Peng is proud of his officialdom, so I'm here in Zhangye. I don't know what business is there?" Peng Daqiu was taken aback, pretending to be surprised and said: "Little brother wanders the world, and he doesn't like to be restrained by nature. How could he go to the officialdom to fool around? Li Daxia, who did you listen to?" The brothers of the Lao family were also very surprised, and said in unison: "Daxia Li, I'm afraid you have misheard the rumors. If brother Peng becomes an official, how would we not know about it?" You must know that although the Kongtong sect did not have a commandment forbidding disciples to communicate with the government , but because the head of the sect, Dan Qiusheng, is a chivalrous way that opposes the imperial court, so even though there are no express regulations, the disciples of the Kongtong sect also know self-discipline. Li Wushi said lightly: "I have heard rumors, since they are not true, maybe I have heard them wrong." Peng Daqiu pretended to be stunned, and said: "Although I have a few Baidao friends, they are all casual acquaintances. It seems that this may be a rumor released by them. I want to investigate it!" Lu Gandang felt a little bit sorry for it, and thought to himself: "Famous people who are well-fed in the Jianghu have to be perfunctory and perfunctory to the Baidao people. It is not surprising that there are so many Baidao friends who nod to each other. Uncle Li heard that the wind is the rain , sarcasm others, and don’t care about their face or not.” So he said: “For a figure like Brother Peng who values ​​martial arts, it’s no wonder that people in the Bai Dao are vying to mislead their confidants. Zhuo, according to my younger brother, Big Brother Peng doesn't need to fuss over a molehill." Peng Daqiu laughed and said, "The clear ones are clear, and the turbid ones are turbid. Brother Lu said it really well, and Peng would like to learn from it." Yang Yan followed behind them, deliberately slowing down and entering the city half an hour late.Fortunately, Yunlai Inn is the largest inn in Zhangye, so he found it by asking around casually. Yang Yan went in to stay, and the shopkeeper said with a smile: "Guest officer, it's unlucky for you to come, the shop was just full." Yang Yan said: "Are there any vacant rooms?" The shopkeeper said: "There is still a vacant room, but it has already been reserved." Yang Yan said: "I just want a place to stay, any place is fine. Even a firewood house doesn't matter." The shopkeeper became a little impatient, spread his hands and said, "If the guest officer only wants a place to stay, I can stay in the city There are a lot of places, even if the inns are full, the houses can still stay overnight. The woodsheds of the small inns are full of firewood, you don’t dislike it, guest officer, and we don’t have the time to spare.” Yang Yan suddenly grabbed his hand and shook it, saying: "I just like your inn. If you think about it carefully, there may be vacancies, have you forgotten?" The shopkeeper felt something in his palm, and covered it with his sleeve, Taking a sneak peek, I saw that the golden light was shining, and it turned out to be three golden beans.He is the shopkeeper of the largest inn in Zhangye, and the fineness of gold can be seen at a glance.He saw that it was real gold of perfect quality, and he couldn't help being surprised and delighted, thinking to himself: "I've seen many wealthy businessmen, but this is the first time I've seen such a rich guest." He put away the golden beans and said: "Thanks to the reminder from the guest officer, I remembered, but—" Yang Yan said: "It's nothing, as long as there is a room!" The shopkeeper said: "Guest officer, you really don't care what kind of room it is?" Yang Yan said: "Stop talking so much, just take me in." The shopkeeper also seemed to be "hard to say", so he immediately took him in. The door of that room was ajar, and as soon as I got to the door, I could smell a fragrance.The fragrance is quite strange, and people are drunk, and after inhaling a little, they feel lazy. People who have learned martial arts will instinctively be wary when they smell strange fragrances.Yang Yan practiced profound arts silently, frowned, and asked the shopkeeper: "Why is the incense smelling so bad?" The shopkeeper was taken aback for a moment, seemed a little surprised, and said, "This is a drug, sir, have you ever smoked it?" Yang Yan asked: "What is Fushou Gao?" The shopkeeper said: "Fushou cream is opium." I was quite surprised: a rich young master doesn't even know about opium. Yang Yan couldn't help laughing, and thought: "So it's opium. I thought it was the ecstasy incense that was abused by the people in the world. But since there is a guest smoking opium in the room, this guest must be a rich 'uncle'." Why is he willing to give up the room to me?" While thinking about it, I could only hear the shopkeeper pat the door lightly, calling out in a low voice: "Miss, get up. There are guests coming!" The door was originally ajar, and there was no need for anyone inside to open it. , they walked in. I saw a fat woman lying on the bed with her back stretched, facing the smoke lamp, smoking opium cigarettes vigorously. Yang Yan was taken aback, and the woman was also taken aback. She quickly sat up, pointed the bong in her hand at the shopkeeper, spat "bah", and scolded: "You're fucking dead, why did you put the customer away?" Bring it to my wife's room?" The shopkeeper said: "This gentleman gave me three golden beans, so you can let him stay overnight." The woman stared at Yang Yan, surprised and astonished, and said angrily: "What are you saying? Are you selling my old lady for three golden beans?" She thought: "This boy is still handsome, but It's too young to be my son!" The shopkeeper smiled and said, "You can sleep with me in the counting room for one night. Don't feel wronged, I will sell you two taels of high-quality drug ointment tomorrow." The woman said: "Give me the golden beans, and I will buy them myself." She snatched all three golden beans from his hand. The shopkeeper sighed and said, "Can you smoke less?" He thought, "If you hadn't become addicted to cigarettes, I wouldn't have to be greedy for other people's gold and give up my bedroom. joke." The woman said: "Guest officer, are you a smoker?" Yang Yan said, "I don't smoke." The woman smiled and said: "That's all right. To be honest, I can give you the bedroom, but I am reluctant to lend you this pipe." She smiled and directed her husband to remove the "portable applications" for her, including Cigarette gun and smoke lamp included. The shopkeeper said: "Master Duo Meng thinks highly of our small shop, is this room satisfactory?" Yang Yan said: "Very good, very good, it's just that the smell of smoke is a bit unpleasant." After the shopkeeper and his wife left, he opened the windows and doors to let the smell of smoke out.Suddenly I heard Peng Daqiu's voice asking: "Do you two want to go for a stroll in the city?" Then Li Wushi said: "Mr. Peng, please go ahead, we don't want to go out." It turned out that the room where Li Wushi and Lu Gandang lived was It is opposite to the shopkeeper's bedroom across an inner patio. Yang Yan was eager to inquire about "Little Demon Girl", and after Peng Daqiu and Lao brothers left the inn, he also left.In the afternoon, it was still early for dinner, and there were quite a few people from the rivers and lakes shopping. Yang Yan eavesdropped on their conversation, although they also talked about the world, but did not hear them mention the "little demon girl".But Yang Yan also noticed one thing, those people in the Jianghu like to buy dry food, they almost sold out Zhangye's specialty almond cakes and dried meat, and they also like to buy a kind of "straw shoes" that are convenient for mountain climbing. There was a pair of brothers who bought five pairs of straw sandals and walked out of the shop. The younger brother said, "Senior brother, there are only two of us. What do we do with so many straw shoes?" God, I'm not used to walking barefoot. Besides, there must be friends who can't buy straw sandals, so we don't need to be human." After listening to their conversation, Yang Yan also went into the grocery store to buy "straw sandals", but they were already sold out. Yang Yan asked the owner, "Are there any famous mountains nearby?" The shop owner was surprised: "Aren't you planning to go to Qilian Mountain when you come to buy straw shoes? Qilian Mountain is just outside the city. I heard that there are many scenic spots and historical sites in the mountain, but I have never been there." It turns out that the Qilian Mountains stretches across the sweet and cool territory, and is a famous mountain in Northwest China.匈奴呼天曰“祁连”，古代所称的祁连山有南北之分，北祁连即今新疆之天山。在甘肃张掖县西南面的是“南祁连”，南北祁连相距亦数千里。要是从天山走到“南祁连”，普通人可得走半年。 杨炎道：“我见许多人买这种草鞋，我也买来试试。原来他们是准备上祁连山的吗？”店主说道：“我猜大概是吧。有几个客人向我打听祁连山的情况，可惜我不知道。” 杨炎暗自想道：“莫非龙灵珠躲在祁连山中？所以她的仇家才要准备干粮到山上搜索。不过她的仇家聚集了这许多人，料想也费了不少时日，他们怎拿得准她还是在祁连山上？”他不想惹起别人注意，也就无心再去打听了。在城中吃过晚饭，便即回转云来客店。 客店里有一部份客人此时也正是刚刚吃过晚饭，聚在大堂闲谈。大家都是江湖人物，攀亲道故，不相识的也变成相识了。那种热闹的气氛好像是在办喜事。人群中也有彭大遒和劳家兄弟。杨炎恐防陆敢当出来趁热闹，悄悄的回自己房间。 李务实和陆敢当并没有出去，杨炎竖起耳朵，留神听他们谈话。他是自幼练过听风辨器功夫的人，细小如梅花针之类的暗器，要是有人用来向他偷袭，他也会听得那微弱的破空之声。李陆二人虽然是在房间里小声谈话，他隔着一个小小的庭院也听得见。 只听得陆敢当说道：“师叔，你也未免太不近人情了，咱们接受人家的招待，你却连多说两句话也不愿意。彭大遒要给咱们介绍几位新朋友，你竟然装作听不见。弄得我也不好意思。”李务实哼了一声说道：“彭大遒能有些什么好朋友？在路上我不便说，现在我对你说吧。我知道得确实，彭大遒不但是黑道中人，而且是大内侍卫。他是杨牧的好朋友！杨牧是一等待卫，他是二等侍卫。” 陆敢当吃了一惊，说道：“你是听谁说的？当真可靠吗？”李务实道：“绝对可靠，但是谁说的，我可不能告诉你！”陆敢当知道师叔不信任他，心里很不舒服，说道：“即使他是侍卫，和咱们也不相干。据小侄之见，只要咱们站得稳脚步，不是和他们同流合污，目前有一件事情，咱们倒不妨和他们合作！” 李务实怒道：“你说什么？和他们合作！”声调不觉稍为提高了！ 陆敢当连忙说道：“师叔，小声点儿。他们都在外面，给听见了可不好意思。”李务实本来是个稳重的人，只因师侄太不懂事，他忍不住才发了脾气。此时一想，自己虽然不怕彭大遒，却也无谓得罪了他。于是便即压低声音道：“好，留到更深人静时候再说。如今我只要你明白我的意思，我不想和这些人合作，劝你也少点去沾惹这些人。” 李务实在房间里压低声音说话，外面却传来了轰闹的声音。 几个人同时在叫：“咦，田老二，你怎么弄成这副模样？” “你们哥儿俩怎的这个时候才来，昨天你们不是已经到了武威的吗？” 跟着一个人大叫：“你们还问？气死我也，气死我也！” 原来是云中双煞到了。老大马犇还不怎样，不过衣裳沾满污泥而已。老二田耕可真是一副“怪模样”了。他给杨炎打了八记耳光，脸上青肿未消，门牙又给打落了两齿，说话变成“漏风”，嘶嘶声响，极为刺耳。 有人笑道：“田老二，你因何气成这样，我不问焉能知道？”又一个人竟似抱着幸灾乐祸的心情说道：“这倒奇了，你们云中双煞的威名谁不知道，那一个胆大包天的小子敢给你们受气？” 彭大遒说道：“大家别闹，待我问个清楚。田老二，听说你昨天在武威给人偷了钱包，是不是因为此事生气？”他的消息最为灵通，云中双煞昨日在武威大闹酒楼之事，早已有人传到他的耳朵。 田耕哇哇大叫：“那小子不但偷了我们的钱包，还偷了我们的坐骑！” 那个存心气他的人道：“哦，原来你们是步行来的，怪不得现在才到。不过，田老二，你越说我可越糊涂了。钱包给人偷去还不足为奇，但你们骑着马走，却怎能给人偷去？”另一个人道：“这个'偷'字恐怕也要改为'抢'字吧？田老二，说老实话，你是不是给那小子打了一顿？” 田耕老羞成怒，喝道：“好呀，老子吃了亏，你们倒开心了！” 彭大遒连忙劝架：“大家自己人，莫伤了和气。田老二，我们都是想帮你的忙的。这位朋友多问几句，无非也是想弄清楚而已，你别误会。”那个人也觉得开玩笑开得有点过份，向田耕陪个礼道：“田老二，你吃了亏，我们心里也难受的。不过要是不问清楚那个小子是何方神圣，我们又怎能帮你的忙？” 田耕羞得满面通红。马犇道：“惭愧得很，这小子的武功来历，我们一点也看不出来。不过，这小子抢了老二的坐骑的，料想他早已到了此地了。我正想请问各位，不知有谁可曾见过这个小子？这小子大约是十八九岁年纪，肤色比一般人黑些，不过长得倒很秀气，鹅蛋形的脸孔，有一对大眼睛。” 那些人听得令云中双煞吃了大亏的人，竟然是个二十岁都还未到的“小子”，不禁相顾骇然！ 杨炎刚才进入客店时，那些人是已经聚在大堂闲谈的。杨炎只道田耕一说出他的模样，一定有人抢着回答了。不料竟是没有作声。原来那些人刚才谈得兴高采烈，而他的服饰又像是个在客店里打扫的小厮，是以谁也没有留意他。 杨炎松了口气，心想：“幸亏我向掌柜求宿的时候，没人在旁。”那知心念未已，便听得劳福庇说道：“唔，你说的这个小子，我倒好像见过。”原来他在弱水划船之时从杨炎船边经过，对杨炎稍为有点印象，杨炎刚才进来，他因为曾在河上见过杨炎，不知不觉也看了他一眼。只是当时并没放在心上而已。 马犇大喜道：“你在哪里见过这个小子？”劳福庇道：“我们渡过弱水之时，碰见一个少年，模样倒有点像是……” 他本来准备说出“疑犯”就在这客店之内的，刚说到一半，彭大遒忽地哈哈一笑，打断他的话道：“劳兄，你说的那个少年我认识的，他绝对不是偷了田老二钱包那个小子！”杨炎听了不觉一怔：“怎的他会认识我？他又凭什么断定我不是那个'小子'？” 只听得彭大遒继续说道：“那少年姓甚名谁我倒忘记了，不过我记得去年在义乌给黑石庄的雷庄主祝寿之时是曾见过他的。他替雷庄主做知客，料想是雷庄主的门人弟子。” 有人问道：“彭大哥，你说的这位雷庄主可是浙西的武林前辈雷霆？”彭大遒道：“不错。义乌虽是浙西的一个小县份，这位雷庄主可是名头不小，去年他五十大寿，贺客少说也有一千多人。帮他做接待客人的知客没有一百恐怕也有八十，这些知客我认识的很少，不过他们倒是许多人认识我，我一到黑石庄，就不断的有人走来递茶递烟，对我殷勤招待。我也记不得那么多名字。”这番话说得合情合理，以他的身份，交游这么广阔，能够令他记得牢牢的当然是江湖上成名人物，而不会是名不见经传的“小脚色”。 彭大遒继续说道：“我就是因为记不起他的名字，所以在河上碰见他的时候，虽然觉得此人似曾相识，却是不好意思和他招呼。” 田耕说道：“这种未入流的小脚色也值不得彭大哥多耗精神和他结交。既然不是那个小子，咱们也就不必再谈他了。” 劳福庇本来想说出那个少年就在这客店中的，此时已经知道这个少年并非“疑犯”，只是一个“未入流的小脚色”。“一个未入流的脚色”谁也不会有兴趣的，他当然不会再说下去了。 杨炎暗中偷听却是诧异无比，心想：“我从未到过义乌，更不认识什么黑石庄庄主。奇怪，为什么彭大遒给我遮瞒？我可不信他真的曾在义乌碰上一个形貌和我那么相似的人。” 云中双煞中的老大马犇为人精细，心里可有点起疑：“以彭老大的身份，劳福庇看错了人，他只须简简单单的说两个字'不是'就行了。又何必多费唇舌替一个未入流的小脚色解释？” 彭大遒笑道：“你们不必担心没有钱花，失了多少银子，我赔给你们。房间我已经替你们准备好了，你们先去歇歇吧。” 在普通情形，云中双煞是不该把所失的银子如实报出来的，但马犇却道：“银子倒没很多，不过有几十颗金豆给那小贼偷去。要是追不回来，那可太便宜他了。” 彭大遒笑道：“小意思，这点金子我还赔得起。”田耕说道：“我可怎好意思要你的金子，而且太过便宜那个小贼了。” 彭大遒道：“朋友有通财之义，这几十两金子你们暂且拿去用。不会便宜那小贼的，包在我的身上，给你追回来就是。”他把一叠金叶塞到田耕手中，少说也有二三十两，田耕不作声了。 那个掌柜坐在柜台里面打算盘，竖起耳朵来听，越听越是吃惊。心里想道：“那个'小财神'的金豆莫非是偷来的？” 马犇忽地走近柜台，伸手进去，一把将他揪着喝道：“那个小贼你有没有见过，快说实话！”掌柜颤声叫道：“我、我没见过！”马犇喝道，“你没见过，为何脸有惊惶之色？是不是你接了他的赃物，将他藏起来了？” 这掌柜也算老奸巨猾，连忙叫起撞天屈来，说道：“我是正当商人，怎会偷接贼赃？只因我们这个地方，太平久了，像你老说的那个小贼如此猖狂，我们许多年都未听过，是以难免有点吃惊。”要知他业已横财到手，只怕说了出来，那三颗金豆就要给失主当作贼赃追回去。得而复失事情还小，更怕甚至因此惹上官非。 彭大遒上前去将马犇拉开，笑道：“马大哥，你错怪好人了。这掌柜我知道他的为人，他为人最是谨慎，稍为有点可疑的人他也不敢留客的，再说，那小贼本领不弱，自必也是江湖上的行家，他偷了你们的金子还不远走高飞？这间云来客店是张掖最大的客店，这两天又正有各方朋友前来，你想他会这样傻跑到这里来自投罗网？” 彭大遒出头说情，马犇自是不便再向那个掌柜追究，不过他心中疑团可未消除，说道：“彭大哥，不是我心疼那点金子，只因那小贼太过气人，我非抓着他不可。一时心急，口不择言，得罪了你的朋友，彭大哥，你莫见怪。”他这'朋友'二字可是语带双关，可以解释为指那个掌柜，也可当作是指那个'小贼'。别的人听不懂，彭大遒则是当然听得懂的。 彭大遒哈哈一笑，道：“马老大，你放心。我答应替你们查究此事，就一定会做得到。你们先歇息一会，今晚请到我的房间，我有话和你们说。” 马犇七窍玲珑，一点即透，说道：“好，那么待会儿我再向彭大哥领教。” 彭大遒说道：“明天说不定会有事情发生，大家早点睡吧。”云中双煞首先离去，没多久，其他的人也各自回房间了。 杨炎躺在床上闭目养神，越想越是觉得古怪。彭大遒分明是在暗中“庇护”他，为什么呢？想来想去想不通，只好不去想它。专心一志的听隔着院子的对面那间房间的谈话。约莫二更时分，他听见李务实和陆敢当说话了。不过好像是咬着耳朵说话，他的听觉虽然敏锐，也听得不大清楚。 庭院中有两个高逾人头的大水缸，这两个大水缸正是放在李陆那间客房的后窗，杨炎悄悄出去，躲在水缸后面偷听。 只听陆敢当说道：“师叔，他们说的那个小贼我也留意到了。我知道他住在这间客店。但有一点我弄不明白的是，不知彭大遒是认错了人，还是故意说谎？” 李务实道：“彭大遒说了什么谎话？” 陆敢当道：“他在外面向掌柜求宿之时，我听他的口音一点不像江南口音。假如此人当真是黑石庄庄主雷霆的门人弟子，他的口音就不该带有回疆的汉人口音。” 杨炎暗暗吃惊，这才知道他们刚才虽然是躲在房间之中，却也早已留意自己的。“我只道陆敢当是个草包，却原来颇为精明。好在他只是怀疑我的口音，还未认出是我。”他想。心念未已，只听得李务实说道：“别人的闲事，你又何必多管？” 陆敢当说道：“只怕不是别人的闲事，而正是咱们要管的事！师叔，我怀疑这小子就是杨炎！”李务实道：“我看不大像。”陆敢当急道，“他现在已经长大成人，相貌当然不会和小时候一模一样。但依我看来，他也依稀有点小时候的影子。而且口音也对，我看一定是他！” 李务实道：“不管是不是他，我都不许你鲁莽从事！”其实他亦是早已看出是杨炎了，只是怕师侄把事情弄糟，才不敢说。 陆敢当说道：“咱们不正是为了要抓这个小子，才跑来张掖的吗，你我要我怎样谨慎从事？” 李务实道：“我倒要先问问你，你意欲如何，马上冲进他的房间去抓他吗？” 陆敢当说道：“师叔，你别激我，我知道我的武功比不上杨炎这小子，甚至咱们二人联手，也未必对付得了他。” 李务实道：“你知道就好。” 陆敢当道：“这小子辱我师兄，伤我师父，如今明知他在这间客店里，难道就眼睁睁的放过了他？”李务实道：“不放过他又怎么样？” 陆敢当道：“咱们虽然未必对付得了这个小子，但还是有办法可想的。” 李务实道：“什么办法？” 陆敢当说道：“彭大遒这班人是冲着那'小妖女'来的，这小妖女也是咱们天山派的仇人！为什么咱们不可以和他们合作？” 李务实道：“哦，说来说去，你还是想请彭大遒这班人来帮你的忙！” 陆敢当道：“这是互相帮忙，谁也不欠谁的人情！据我所知，明天他们就要进祁连山搜捕那个小妖女，咱们请他们先助咱们一臂之力，咱们也答应明天帮他们的忙！” 李务实冷冷说道：“你的如意算盘打得不错，但我可不能这样做！”说话的声音虽小，话中的火气可大！ 陆敢当心里也不服气，说道：“师叔，咱们原来的计划不是想利用这班人替咱们找到那小妖女，然后着落在那小妖女身上去找杨炎的么？如今不用这么费事，便可一举两得……” 话犹未了，只听得李务实已是沉声道：“我不是早已告诉了你吗？彭大遒是大内侍卫，是杨牧的好朋友！” 陆敢当道：“不错，这是你刚才告诉我的。但在你定下这计划之时，你是早已知道彭大遒的来历了吧？” 李务实道：“我可并不是要和他们合作，我只是要从他们的行踪打听那小妖女的下落。他们干他们的，咱们干咱们的！一发现那小妖女，咱们就可以先下手为强！” 陆敢当道：“不过那小妖女易抓，杨炎这小子可难对付。只要不是同流合污，咱们又何须避忌在这件事情上和他们合作？至于说到彭大遒是杨牧的好朋友，咱们可以不必告诉他这个小子就是杨牧的儿子。”李务实道：“你想过没有，这样做是毁了咱们天山派的声誉！” 陆敢当怫然不悦，说道：“师叔言重了吧？这不过是一时的权宜之计，何至于影响本门声誉。依小侄之见，拿不到叛徒，这才是有失本门声誉呢！” 李务实道：“咱们天山派虽然没有高举义旗反清，可也是和反清的侠义道走一条道的！不错，清理门户固然紧要，但更紧要的是保持侠义道的英名清誉！和清廷的鹰爪合作成什么话？要是你不服气，回山之后再请掌门评理！但现在你必须听我的话！” 李务实是从来没有发过这样大的脾气的，说话声音虽小，每一个字都好似在陆敢当头顶爆炸的焦雷。陆敢当给他骂得几乎发昏，但经他一骂，他的嚣张气焰倒是不敢不收敛了，心中哑忍，低头说道：“你是师叔，我当然只能听你吩咐。” 他们的谈话告了一个段落，没有再说下去了。杨炎正想回转自己的房间，忽又听得另一间客房有人说话。“彭老大，你这是什么意思？我可弄不明白！”是云中双煞中老二田耕的声音。 彭大遒的房间在客店西翼，和杨炎此刻所在之处，隔着十几间房间之多。但由于田耕说话粗声粗气，给杨炎听见了。 杨炎瞿然一省，想起彭大遒约了云中双煞在晚上到他房间谈话之事，当时云中双煞正是要追查他的下落。“莫非他们此刻就正在谈论我的事情？”他竖起耳朵，只是隐隐听得彭大遒“嘘”了一声，由于距离较远，底下的话听不见了。 杨炎立即施展轻功，悄悄的到彭大遒那间房间的后窗偷听。 只听得彭大遒说道：“小声点儿，提防隔墙有耳！” 田耕说道：“对面房间住的是何老三，左面邻房住的是饮马川牛寨主，右面邻房住的是贺庄主，斜对面房间住的是黑风林古寨主，这些人不都是你彭老大的好朋友么？” 彭大遒说道：“好朋友中也有亲疏之分，这件事情，我不想给不相干的人知道。”田耕听得甚力舒服，说道：“多谢彭大哥把我当作自己人，但我还是不懂你的葫芦里卖的是什么药？你说过肯帮我们的忙追查那个小贼的，为何现在却又劝我们不要把此事张扬出去？” 彭大遒道：“俗语说：家丑不外扬，你们吃了亏，何必给外人知道。”田耕面上一红，说道：“我也并非逢人就说的。只是向道上的朋友明查暗访又有何妨？”彭大遒道：“我更说得明白一些，此事我不但希望你们别再张扬，而且希望你们别再自行查究！最好你们当作根本没碰过这个小贼，把他忘了！” 田耕气往上冲，说道：“我给这小贼打了八记耳光，掉了两颗门牙，此仇此恨，怎能忘了？” 彭大遒道：“君子报仇，十年不晚。你就当作给我一个面子吧，以一年为期，别再自己查究此事！” 田耕道：“为什么？” 彭大遒道：“难道你们信不过我？” 田耕道：“彭大哥，我当然相信你会为我们尽力，但多一些朋友帮忙查究不更好么？” 彭大遒眉头一皱，说道：“怎的你还是听不懂我的意思？我叫你们不要张扬，为的就是不想给更多的人知道！”