Chapter 11 The eleventh round of travel and dust

The face is frosty and windy, and the clothes are dusty.Meng Yuanchao shook off the wind and sand on his body, took big strides, and walked on the official road in the Huaibei Plain.This is the fourth day since he left Suzhou, and he has already crossed the Yangtze River. Although the Yangtze River is just across the river, the scenery in the north and south of the river is quite different.There are no willows pulling clothes beside the road, and the deserted road is covered with a layer of thick frost covered with decaying grass. But it's not all desolation everywhere. It's the red grass on the wasteland that adds a bit of vitality to the late autumn scenery.

Red grass is a peculiar plant in the Jianghuai Plain. The back of the leaf is green and brown, and the surface of the leaf is bright red. It grows a long red grass, which is more than six feet long when straightened, and is taller than a human head.This is the season when the red grass matures, and the endless wasteland is covered by the dense red grass, red like a fire pouring into the sky, red like the earth anointed with fat.This scenery can really use the word "magnificent" to describe it. The same is true of Meng Yuanchao's state of mind: gloomy and desolate.But in the depression and desolation, there is a fire.

The scenery of the hometown is on the other side of the white clouds, so I can't see it.But the memory of the old man still fluctuated in Meng Yuanchao's heart, and he couldn't rest on his own. Thinking of what happened that night, he couldn't help sighing, and thought to himself: "That woman in black is definitely not someone else except Ziluo. But why is she running away from me? Even if she can't continue her relationship, she should meet me Ah! Alas, lovesickness day and night, meeting each other but not knowing each other! I can only blame my ignorance. Now that she has a husband and son, she dares not to be afraid of people's words, and came to see me alone, which is already very rare."

Then he thought of Lu Simei again, and thought of this lively and innocent little junior sister, and couldn't help but feel a little guilty again, thinking to himself: "Once the sea was difficult for water, except that Wushan is not a cloud. I have no choice but to disappoint my teacher's kindness. But I hope my junior sister can finally get married with Teng Xiao and live together forever. She and Teng Xiao are much more suitable than me." When I was thinking about it and thinking about it, I suddenly heard the sound of the horse bell, and I saw the red grass on the wasteland seemed to be split by waves, and a horse ran out.

This is a red-maned horse with snow-white hooves and dark red fur.Riding on the horse was a rough man with a beard like a halberd.The steed west wind, the rough riders, and the magnificent scenery of this red grass plain are quite in line.Under the golden sunlight, such a red-maned horse ran out among the red grass, and the dazzling bright colors gave people the impression that a ball of fire was hunting. "What a fine horse! I'm afraid this rough rider is a reckless hero!" Meng Yuanchao couldn't stop thinking, only to see that the fine horse had already run up the official road, and passed by him like the wind in a blink of an eye. up.

When the rough man passed by him, he let out a "Hey" suddenly, and cast two scissor-like eyes on him, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything, and ran over without stopping. If it is an ordinary traveler, he will never ride a horse on the grassland and leave the road.Although he later ran on the official road.Meng Yuanchao's heart skipped a beat, "Could it be that he came after me? As I expected, he will definitely come back." Sure enough, it was only a moment of incense sticks, only to hear the sound of the horse neighing, and the bearded man came back again.

"Sure enough, they are coming for me!" Meng Yuanchao thought to himself.He was a shrewd and alert person, and immediately thought of the identity of this person, there were only two possibilities. One possibility is that this man is a one-legged thief in the rivers and lakes, intending to rob him.Going back and forth is to observe clearly before doing anything. Another possibility is that this man is the eagle claw of the imperial court, who heard the wind and followed him.But it is still unclear whether he is Meng Yuanchao. Meng Yuanchao thought to himself: "If it's the former, I might as well tell him frankly that he has lost his eyes. I'm not a 'fat sheep', just a poor man without oil and water. If it's the latter, hehe, then he deserves to be in trouble. You have to paint my precious sword with his blood!"

The sound of hooves stopped abruptly, and the bearded man came to Meng Yuanchao. This time it was different. When he came to Meng Yuanchao, he restrained his mount. The bearded man sized Meng Yuanchao up and asked coldly, "Which line are you friends with?" This question was quite beyond Meng Yuanchao's expectation. The robbers who stopped the robbery would not ask the "Yanggu" (the object of the robbery) like this, and the eagle claws of the court would not use such a tone. Meng Yuanchao was taken aback for a moment, and thought to himself: "Could it be that he is a fellow?" Taking a cold look, he saw the bearded man's gaze, which seemed to have a murderous look, clearly with ill intentions.

Meng Yuanchao was an "imperial criminal", and he felt that this person's intentions were not good, so he had to be cautious, thinking: "Whoever he is, I'll prevaricate for a while and see what he says. In fact, this sentence should be I asked him that." Meng Yuanchao made up his mind and decided not to reveal his identity first, so he pretended to be puzzled and asked, "What are you talking about? I'm not a 'peddler' (a peddler who walks around the countryside with a burden and sells common goods) ), how can there be any needles and threads on the body?"

The bearded man saw that Meng Yuanchao possessed martial arts, he hummed, and thought to himself, "This guy is obviously pretending to be a fool!" But although he could see that Meng Yuanchao was not very human, he hadn't figured out Meng Yuanchao's way; Dare to make mistakes.After snorting, holding back his anger, he rolled his eyes and said loudly, "I ask you, what do you do?" Meng Yuanchao said, "I walk, so I haven't done anything wrong!" The bearded man got angry and thought to himself: "This guy is really good at pretending, and he treats me as a businessman."

Seeing the bearded man's face change, Meng Yuanchao thought to himself, "Come on, come on!" Holding the handle of the knife hidden in his clothes, he secretly guarded himself.Unexpectedly, the bearded man bit his lip, and suddenly his anger seemed to subside a lot, he just said lightly: "Well, if you don't want to say it, then forget it. I just want to ask you, have you ever seen a man riding a yellow puma horse?" Have you passed this way?" It turned out that the bearded man originally wanted to take Meng Yuanchao under questioning, but then he thought: "This guy doesn't seem to be a good person, but I can't guarantee that I am not wrong. Several old friends have advised me. They said it was me. The irritable temper should be changed, why does my old problem want to flare up again?" Meng Yuanchao said: "I've been walking for a long time, and you are the first person I met riding a horse. What does that person do, is he your friend?" The bearded man frowned and said, "Since you haven't seen it, then don't talk about it!" He thought, "I don't have the time to talk with you now, and I will find out your details slowly later." With the word "swish" and a slap of the whip, the red-maned horse let go of its four hooves and left in the dust. Meng Yuanchao pretended to be wronged, and murmured to himself: "Are you talking to me or am I talking to you? Hmph, the words should be reversed." After the bearded man walked far away, But in his heart he thought to himself: "Did I miss it too?" He had originally planned for this bearded man to fight him, but after asking him a few words, the man didn't move and walked away, which was quite unexpected. But Meng Yuanchao had something to do, so since this guy left, he didn't take it to heart. Meng Yuanchao continued on his way until dusk, when he arrived at a town called "Jieshou", he went to find an inn to stay. Jieshou is located at the hub of north-south traffic, so although it is only a town, it is quite lively.Meng Yuanchao found a Yiwen inn, which was much better than ordinary inns in county towns. It was a quadrangle courtyard with more than a dozen guest rooms and an attached stable. Meng Yuanchao walked into this inn, his eyes lit up suddenly, and he saw a man in black in the courtyard, and the man in black was leading a yellow puma. The man in black was talking to the owner, and it seemed that he was also a guest who had just arrived. The man in black said: "Please take good care of this horse. It has been a little sick for the past two days. I'm afraid it will catch cold at night. It's best to let it hide behind the straw pile." The silver was stuffed into the hands of the shopkeeper. One ingot of silver is equal to ten days' rent, the owner of the shop didn't expect him to spend so generously, he was taken aback, and couldn't help but smile. The owner of the shop opened his eyes and smiled, and said hypocritically: "This is my job, why do you always spend so much money?" As he spoke, he had already taken the money in his hand and put it in his pocket.Then he led the yellow puma into the stable. The man in black followed him into the stable and said in a low voice: "Please do me a favor." The shopkeeper said: "You just tell me." The man in black said: "If someone asks you about me, don't say I am Lodging in your shop. That man is my poor relative who wants to borrow a large sum of money from me. I don’t want to see him. I will hide in my room tonight, and I will walk in the morning to avoid seeing him.” The shop owner said: "Yes, yes, poor relatives are the most annoying, I understand very well. When someone asks me, I just say that I have never met this person." The man in black said: "Also, don't let guests into this stable, I'm afraid he will recognize my yellow puma." The shop owner said: "Take care of the horses, this is what we should do for the guests. Usually, no guests enter the stables by themselves. If you are always worried, I have another idea. I piled the horse manure inside the door, and the stench was suffocating. , guests are not expected to come in holding their noses." The man in black smiled and said, "Yes, this is a good idea!" They were talking in low voices in the stables, and people outside could not hear them, but Meng Yuanchao could hear them clearly after practicing the skill of "listening to the sound and distinguishing the instruments". Meng Yuanchao thought to himself: "Since this person knows that someone is following him, I don't have to meddle in my own business." Meng Yuanchao was wearing coarse clothes, and a clerk from his own shop came to greet him.Meng Yuanchao asked for a room with a moderate price. After dinner, he closed the door and sat quietly to practice. After practicing internal skills for a while, around the second watch, I heard the sound of hooves, and stopped in front of the inn.Then came the sound of knocking on the door. The owner of the shop muttered: "It's so late, I'm still here to stay." He went out and opened the door.The man said: "You have to take good care of my horse and give me a room." Meng Yuanchao didn't pay much attention to it at first, but he was surprised when he heard this man's voice. This man was exactly the bearded man. Meng Yuanchao thought to himself: "Sure enough, I have chased here. Fortunately, the man in black was prepared. But I don't know if something will happen. I don't want to sleep soundly tonight." The bearded man didn't ask the shopkeeper for anything, and he didn't follow into the stable. He opened his room, ordered a jug of wine, and then rested. Meng Yuanchao was wary of any accidents. After the third watch, he still did not lie down to sleep, but sat on the bed to practice. Suddenly someone knocked lightly on the door, Meng Yuanchao thought, "It must be that bearded man. He didn't find the person he was looking for, but he came looking for me." Meng Yuanchao leaned against the door with the precious sword in his hand, and shouted in a deep voice, "Who is it?" The man said, "Hero Meng, please open the door." Much to Meng Yuanchao's surprise, the person knocking on the door was a man in black. Meng Yuanchao was quite surprised, "How does he know me?" Curious, he opened the door. The man in black rushed in, closed the door, knelt down on his knees, and said, "Hero Meng, save me!" Meng Yuanchao was taken aback, pulled him up, and said, "I don't dare to be the one. If you have something to say, say it well. Who are you, I don't think I've seen you before." "I am a drug dealer from Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Kang," said the man in black. "I also went to Xiaojinchuan to purchase medicinal materials three years ago, and I was fortunate enough to admire the demeanor of Meng Hero. Dare to come forward and ask for help." There are several rare and precious medicinal materials produced in Xiaojinchuan, which are extremely profitable when transported outside. Therefore, even under the blockade of the Qing army, bold businessmen often hired bodyguards to smuggle across the blockade to collect medicinal materials.Most of these drug dealers will come to pay a visit to the leader of the rebel army when they arrive in Xiaojinchuan.However, Meng Yuanchao couldn't remember whether he had ever seen this person before. "Perhaps he came to pay a visit to Brother Leng at that time. Although I wasn't there to accompany the guest, he had seen me before when he was in the army." There are many such drug dealers. They know Meng Yuanchao, and Meng Yuanchao doesn't know them. There are things, not surprising. Meng Yuanchao let go of his doubts and asked him, "What do you need my help for?" The man in black said: "Meng Daxia must have seen that bearded man who came here just now?" Meng Yuanchao said: "How is he?" The man in black said: "He wants to kill me!" Meng Yuanchao thought to himself: "Sure enough I expected that guy to be a great thief." But he still asked as usual: "Why?" The man in black said: "That guy used to be the instructor of the northern Sichuan army. He probably got transferred and returned to the south to work as an errand. He knew that I ran across Xiaojinchuan and wanted to frame me." These words were quite out of Meng Yuanchao's eyes. unexpected. Meng Yuanchao got angry from the heart, "humph", and said: "In this way, this guy is more hateful than a robber!" The man in black said: "Who says it's not? Robbers are mostly just seeking money, not necessarily killing. This guy is seeking wealth and killing. If he is caught, he will definitely add a crime of 'conspirator' to me." .” Filled with righteous indignation, Meng Yuanchao said, "Okay, I'll sleep with you tonight, and I'll see you off tomorrow morning. I'm risking my life, and I won't let that guy hurt a single hair of your hair." The man in black rejoiced secretly, thinking to himself: "It's rare that he has no defense against me. If I secretly plan, nineteen can succeed. But I'm afraid that the bearded thief has really discovered me, and I may not be able to defeat him." It is better to follow the original plan and let them kill each other, and I can profit from it." While thinking about it, someone suddenly yelled: "Your surname Shi, you can't hide anymore, get out!" It was the bearded man's voice.The man in black's heart trembled, and he secretly called out "lucky", thinking: "Fortunately, I didn't act recklessly." Meng Yuanchao drew his knife out of its sheath, and shouted: "It's just in time!" Just as he was about to go out, he heard a "pong", and the man kicked the door open. The man in black shook his hand and sent out three darts, which flew out in a zigzag shape, and hit the bearded man's upper, middle and lower acupoints. In the dark night, he recognized the acupoints with accuracy. As the saying goes, "As soon as an expert makes a move, he will know whether there is one." Although Meng Yuanchao is not good at concealed weapons, he is also a person who knows the goods. The man in black can't help being surprised when he makes a move. "This pharmacist is quite capable!" Meng Yuanchao thought to himself.Most of the drug dealers who dared to walk in Xiaojinchuan had some skills.But the skill of this drug dealer was surprisingly good, far exceeding Meng Yuanchao's estimate. Originally, a person with such skills, even if he was in danger and needed help from others, he must have taken care of his identity to some extent, and would not be as humble as the man in black when he asked for help from Meng Yuanchao.However, at this critical juncture, Meng Yuanchao had no time to think about it, and couldn't think of this level. In that instant, there was only three clang clang sounds, and the three darts hit back. The bearded man sneered and said, "With your hidden weapon skills, you dare to show off in front of me!" Meng Yuanchao heard it clearly, and knew that the three darts were bounced back by the opponent with the "magic power of flicking fingers"!In Meng Yuanchao's eyes, the black-clothed man's continual ball dart hitting acupoints can be regarded as top-notch kung fu, but in the eyes of this bearded man, it is not worth paying attention to! Meng Yuanchao couldn't help being taken aback, thinking: "No wonder this man surnamed Shi asked me for help, and he was so afraid of this man. The ability of this bearded man is indeed something I have never seen in my life. Not his opponent!" It was too late, and then soon, the bearded man had already broken in, but the black-clothed man was a "golden carp piercing the waves" and rushed out from the window that had been pushed open. In the dark room, the light of the knife was dazzling, the bearded man snorted, and said with a sneer: "Sure enough, I didn't expect it!" He didn't say what the "expectation" was, and he didn't have time to allow him to elaborate. .However, Meng Yuanchao could at least understand one point of what he said: that is, he thought Meng Yuanchao and the man in black must be in the same party. Meng Yuanchao said heartily, "You're wrong!" But firstly, because he had promised to help the man in black, and secondly, the two sides had already fought, so he had no time to argue. Both sides are masters of sharp knives, Meng Yuanchao was quite conceited about his own quick knives, but unexpectedly compared with this bearded man, his skills paled in comparison. At that moment, the bearded man slashed out sixty-six thirty-six knives like lightning, and Meng Yuanchao countered with the complex-changing gossamer knives, which can be called a martial arts stunt. There are nine tricks and twenty-seven styles. Both sides rushed to attack with sharp knives, and only heard the sound of "Chi", the sharp knife of the bearded man almost cut Meng Yuanchao's shoulder, and the blade cut through his clothes.Meng Yuanchao flew up and kicked the coffee table in the room into the air. The bearded man "clicked" and the blade sank three inches into the wood. In his eagerness, he failed to split the coffee table.Meng Yuanchao was able to retreat to the corner of the room and catch his breath. Although the bearded man had the upper hand, he couldn't help but tremble a little in his heart. It turned out that he used a sharp knife to cross the north and south, and he rarely met an opponent in his life. Unexpectedly, the Meng Yuanchao he met tonight was only a boy in his twenties. He resisted, he slashed sixty-six thirty-six times in one breath, but he could only force Meng Yuanchao back a few steps. The bearded man was not without sympathy in his heart, he suddenly thought about it, and thought: "That guy surnamed Shi is the right one, why am I entangled with this young man?" Immediately, he split the coffee table in half, turned around immediately, ran out of the yard, and chased after the man in black. One of the split wood fragments hit Meng Yuanchao. Even though Meng Yuanchao had already acquired quite a lot of internal energy, he also felt a burst of burning pain.Meng Yuanchao was even more surprised, and thought to himself: "This bearded man not only beats me in swordsmanship, but also has much higher skill than me!" However, Meng Yuanchao had promised the man in black to protect him, swearing to protect him with his life, so he knew that the opponent was too strong, so he followed him out without hesitation, thinking to himself: "A man promises a thousand gold, how can I face difficulties and give up?" retreat?" Meng Yuanchao ran out of the inn, only to see that the bearded man was fighting with the black-clothed man in the middle of the street. What the man used was a pair of judge pens, shining silver light, flying around in the dark night, just like two white snakes picking someone to bite.Meng Yuanchao was overjoyed and thought: "Although this black-clothed man's ability is not as good as the opponent's, the difference is not too far. If I join forces with him, even if we can't win, we will definitely not lose." The bearded man shouted loudly, with arrogance and arrogance, he slashed with a knife, the knife and the pen intersected, with a sound of "Dang", sparks flew, and a judge's pen from the man in black flew into the air! The bearded man shouted: "Where are you running!" The sharp knife was like lightning, he chased after him and chopped the black-clothed man in the back. Meng Yuanchao shouted: "Don't try to be brave, and I'm still here!" The sound was so loud, it was like a praying mantis catching a cicada, with the oriole behind, and the sharp knife pointed at the back of the bearded man. The man in black only had one judge's pen, and thought: "It's too bad!" He had no choice but to use this judge's pen to block it with his backhand.He still couldn't resist the bearded man's sharp knife with two judge pens just now, how could one judge pen resist it?There was another "dang" sound, and the judge's pen in the right hand of the man in black cut a gap in the sword of the bearded man, but it didn't fly away.This was quite beyond the expectation of the man in black. This was because Meng Yuanchao arrived in time. The bearded man had seen his abilities, so he dared not underestimate the enemy. The bearded man's saber technique was really indescribably fast, he heard the sound of the golden blade chopping the wind behind him, and with a backhand, he parried Meng Yuanchao's sharp saber, leaped forward, and before his feet touched the ground, the blade was already heading towards that place The man in black's celestial spirit cap fell off. Although the man in black was inferior in skills, he was also extraordinary. He got Meng Yuanchao to block a move for him, and with a flick of his toe, he picked up the judge's pen that had fallen on the ground. , Turning around to parry, with a move of "Double Dragons Going to Sea", using offense as defense, against the sharp knife of the bearded man. Meng Yuanchao rubbed his body and got sick.The bearded man said angrily: "For your young age, I intend to spare your life, but you still have to come here to die!" Meng Yuanchao said, "If you stab your friend, you will die!" Before the words were finished, the sharp knives of the two sides collided seventeen or eight times, which made the ear drums of the man in black buzz!The man in black yelled secretly: "It's a fluke!" He thought to himself: "It's a good thing I didn't kill this man surnamed Meng just now, otherwise I'm afraid I would have been the victim of this bearded thief!" The bearded man not only has strong sword skills, but also has a lot of experience in facing the enemy. It is not because he was threatened by Meng Yuan's super fast sword.Then he let go of the black-clothed man, and in the midst of the fierce fight, he saw his thick-backed plain knife pointing east to west, guiding to north, taking care of both sides, and his timing was extremely clever. Meng Yuanchao and the man in black teamed up to gain a slight advantage, but because the skill of the bearded man was higher than the two of them, every time the two swords collided, Meng Yuanchao felt a numbness in his mouth, and his heart beat gradually after thirty moves. Intensified, almost breathless.Meng Yuanchao was secretly startled, and thought: "If you can't win within a hundred moves, I'm afraid you will still be defeated by him in the end." The bearded man took the lead, shook his head suddenly and said, "What a pity, what a pity!" Meng Yuanchao said heartily, "It's a pity for you, with such a good skill, you are willing to be a tartar's falcon!" The pressure is too tight, and I can't breathe, I can only keep these few words in my heart, but I can't say them out. Hearing the bearded man say "It's a pity" twice, the man in black couldn't help but feel a chill, and thought to himself: "The lie can only be concealed for a while, if this bearded thief and this boy surnamed Meng say a few more words, it will be exposed. If I lose my identity, I am really going to die without a place to bury me!" Thinking of this, my heart was terrified, "Thirty-six moves, walking is the best! Before this boy surnamed Meng finds out, I will let him take my place as a dead ghost!" After making up his mind, he made a false move with both pens, Turn around and leave. It was just when the bearded man had just tied the match, the man in black couldn't beat him, but it was not difficult to leave. The man in black left Meng Yuanchao and ran away alone without saying hello. Of course Meng Yuanchao was not very happy, but he was a person who took his promises very seriously. He thought to himself: "He is a man of wealth. I was so frightened that I couldn't blame him for putting his life first. Who told me that I had already agreed to him? Well, I would rather let him betray me than I would betray him!" In order to protect the man in black, Meng Yuanchao worked even harder. Although Meng Yuanchao's sharp knife was not as good as the opponent's, but the complexity and fantasy of the changes were superior to the opponent's. The bearded man couldn't rush over in a hurry, and shouted angrily: "You brat who doesn't know good and evil, okay, since you want to do it for me That bastard friend of yours stabs a knife in both sides, I'll let you do it!" They shouted and fought in the street, the timid ones huddled under the covers and dared not stand out, the bold ones opened the windows to peep secretly, but seeing this bearded man so fierce and terrifying, the brave ones did not dare to come out to try to persuade them to fight. There is another inn on this street. There is a single female guest in the inn, a girl in her twenties. Hearing the sound of fighting, she became curious. At this time, she is also opening the window and sticking her head out. After looking at it, she couldn't help being startled, and thought: "It really is Uncle Yuchi, what a coincidence. This young man is unknown, but he can resist his sharp knife!" It turned out that this bearded man was her father. A good friend of mine, she opened the window only because she heard the bearded man shouting. As soon as the bearded man tightened his saber technique, it spread faster and faster, just like the Yangtze River, rolling upwards.Able to kill, there is a shout like a thunderbolt followed by a killer move!He shouted three times in succession, and Meng Yuanchao took nine steps back in succession.It really is attacking like thunder and furious, and defending like rivers and seas.One attack and one defense, and perfect.Although Meng Yuanchao retreated nine steps in a row, the bearded man couldn't hurt him even in his haste.However, even so, Meng Yuanchao was sweating profusely. Meng Yuanchao said heartily: "The man in black must have gone far away. I have done my best, and I can count on him. If I continue to fight, I'm afraid I will not be able to protect myself!" The bearded man shouted: "Where are we going!" He slashed forward with a knife, Meng Yuanchao turned his back, and returned a move of "White Crane Spreading Wings". He was about to fall, but his feet were following the "Drunk Eight Immortals" footwork. With the impact of the other party's strength, with a light tap of his toes, he flew up like a "white crane spreading its wings", and swept over a private house. Tile surface. The bearded man praised in his heart: "It's so light work!" Pulled up flat, he followed and rushed forward, stabbing out with the long knife.His knife could have stabbed Meng Yuanchao's heel just right, but with a thought, he drew the knife a little slowly, which was half an inch short of stabbing. The bearded man jumped onto the roof, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that Meng Yuanchao had already fled westward, which was the exact opposite direction of the man in black. Meng Yuanchao's intention was very obvious. He wanted to make the bearded man useless. If he came to chase him, he would not be able to chase the man in black! The bearded man had a bit of love for Meng Yuanchao, but after seeing his intentions, he couldn't help but feel angry, "This kid is willing to work for his master, hmph, it's not a good thing! But if I don't let him go If you pass him, it will be cheaper and on time!" Just as he was hesitating, he suddenly heard a crisp voice calling: "Uncle Yuchi!" A girl came out of the window and jumped up.Yu Chijiong was surprised and delighted, and shouted: "Wushuang, it's you!" It turned out that this girl was exactly Lin Wushuang who couldn't find Meng Yuanchao in Suzhou.It's a pity that she didn't know that the person she was looking for was right in front of her just now. The bearded man was both surprised and delighted, and said, "Wu Shuang, why are you here?" Lin Wushuang said: "It's a long story. Uncle Yuchi, who is that person you fought against?" The bearded man said: "My business is also a long story. Niece Wushuang, you came just in time, you can do me a favor before we talk about it." "Please give orders, uncle." "You chase this kid for me, this kid's martial arts is very strong, be careful!" Lin Wushuang said: "Yes!" He thought to himself: "Uncle Yuchi is jealous, that person must be a big villain who does all kinds of evil!" Lin Wushuang said "yes" and immediately jumped off the house, running towards the direction where Meng Yuanchao was escaping. The bearded man was about to run back to the inn and mount his red-maned horse to chase after the black-clothed man, when he suddenly had a thought, and then used his inner strength of "transmitting sound into secret" to send a message to Lin Wushuang: "Be careful, You can deal with that kid. However, you don’t have to kill him, it’s best to entangle him and prevent him from running away. I will come to you later.” "Got it!" Lin Wushuang had already run out of this small town, and she also used the internal strength of "sound transmission into secrets" to answer in a distant voice. The three words "Got it" are as crisp as speaking in the ear of a bearded man.The bearded man was overjoyed and thought: "Wu Shuang, this little girl really impresses me. After only three years, her internal energy attainment is so advanced that she can almost catch up with me. That kid fought fiercely with me." After a match, even if this little girl Wushuang can't beat him, she is determined not to lose to him!" The bearded man felt relieved, and immediately ran into the stable of the inn and led out his red-maned horse.The stables were full of horse manure, and the bearded man was a quick-tempered man, who ran into the stables like a whirlwind, without paying attention, stained his clothes with the manure, and made his whole body stink. The bearded man was annoyed and angry, and cursed in his heart: "I don't know if it was the good thing that the thief or the brat did. How dare you play tricks on me! Hmph, it's one of them anyway, there won't be a third The thief surnamed Shi is in my hands, and of course he wants to cramp and peel that brat, I have to stuff him with horse dung!" He never thought that it was the innkeeper who piled up the horse dung at the door. idea. Meng Yuanchao was also very annoyed as he ran on the road.This is the first time he has been defeated so embarrassingly, and he might be a little annoyed that the man in black is not enough friends, "If he hadn't been as cowardly as a mouse and ran away first, I will join hands with him, and we will never run away in a big defeat! "Meng Yuanchao thought to himself. When I was annoyed, I suddenly felt that someone was chasing after me! Meng Yuanchao looked back and saw that it was a young girl who was chasing him. He was taken aback and thought to himself: "This girl seems to be about the same age as my junior sister, but her lightness kung fu is so good! If I hadn't practiced listening I can hardly tell that she is following me, but why did she come to chase me? Is she also the eagle claw of the Qing court? No, no! Such a beautiful girl will never become a Qing court Ting's Eagle Claw. How could I doubt her indiscriminately!" Meng Yuanchao felt that his association was absurd, and he couldn't make up his mind whether to ask her for a moment. When the girl saw him turn around, she was the first to speak: "You can't run away, stop!" Meng Yuanchao was taken aback, and said, "I can't see you, so you are the accomplice of that bearded thief!" Lin Wushuang reprimanded: "Stop talking nonsense! Throw away your weapon and let me deal with it!" She saw Meng Yuanchao's sword eyes and fierce eyes, and his heroic aura, and he didn't seem like a bad person. She thought to herself: "Uncle Yuchi I just want me to entangle him, and I don't want to hurt him, I hope this fight can be avoided." Lin Wushuang told him to throw down his weapon, and Lin Wushuang meant it out of good intentions, but Meng Yuanchao couldn't help feeling angry when he heard it, and laughed loudly: "Meng has met many heroes in his travels, and he hasn't yet. People dare to keep my weapon! Hmph, since you are a womanizer, I don't have the same knowledge as you, if you can catch up, just come after me, I will be excused!" Lin Wushuang looked down on her most annoyingly, and said angrily: "Well, how dare you underestimate the girl! You are really toasting and eating a toast, and you will be punished!" Meng Yuanchao deliberately competed with her, so he immediately quickened his pace and used the excellent lightness kung fu of "eight steps to drive away cicadas". Who would have thought that his strength was exhausted because of a fierce fight, and his lightness kung fu was on par with Lin Wushuang. , but within half a stick of incense, Lin Wushuang caught up. Lin Wushuang used a wonderful movement to brush past Meng Yuanchao, turned around, blocked his way, and said with a sneer, "I said you can't run if you can't run, hmph, do you still dare to look at no one? " Meng Yuanchao said coldly: "If you can run away, but you can't run away, you still have to ask me about this precious sword! It's too early for you to speak big words now!" Lin Wushuang said: "Okay, let's do it!" Meng Yuanchao held the handle of the knife, and said lightly: "How can I take advantage of you, don't you want to take me? Stop talking, and make a move!" Lin Wushuang got angry, and thought: "This guy doesn't know what's good and what's wrong, so I have to hurt him a little bit!" Immediately, he stabbed with a sword, and shouted: "Accept the move!" This move she used was Fusang One of the most exquisite tricks in Pai swordsmanship is the trick of piercing acupuncture points. Meng Yuanchao shouldn't be underestimating the enemy. He didn't know how powerful it was until he saw Lin Wushuang stabbing with his sword. In the light of the sword and the shadow of the knife, there was only a "chi" sound, and Meng Yuanchao's lapel was pierced by the point of the sword. However, Lin Wushuang knocked the back of his saber, the long sword vibrated and buzzed, and the tiger's mouth couldn't help but feel numb! This time, both of them were quite surprised! Meng Yuanchao did not expect Lin Wushuang's swordsmanship to be so exquisite.I secretly cried out "ashamed" in my heart!The thought of underestimating the enemy was instantly swept away. Lin Wushuang also couldn't help yelling "Ashamed" secretly, thinking: "He had a fierce fight with Uncle Yuchi, and he is still so good! Uncle Yuchi entrusted this burden to me, if I let him run away, what's the point?" Goodbye to Uncle Yuchi? Luckily, Uncle Yuchi is coming, I don’t want merit, but no fault!” Lin Wushuang made up his mind, and his swordsmanship changed suddenly. His swordsmanship was light and nimble, his clothes fluttered, and he walked lightly on Lingbo.Suddenly advancing and retreating, suddenly east and west, the body and the sword are combined, just like flowing water flowing clouds, without any stagnation! Meng Yuanchao used the knife technique of wide opening and wide closing, and slashed sixty-six thirty-six times in one breath, not even touching the corner of Lin Wushuang's clothes.It turned out that Lin Wushuang remembered the bearded man's orders, and only tried to entangle Meng Yuanchao, but did not fight him hard.Her style of attack is to withdraw as soon as she comes out, and to retreat after a little touch, but no matter which direction Meng Yuanchao walks, her sword tip will point in that direction.Meng Yuanchao didn't want to hurt her severely, how could he get rid of it? Meng Yuanchao became anxious and thought: "Being merciful to the enemy is being cruel to myself. Now that I know she is a court eagle dog, why should I still cherish jade and pity her?" Chop it out with a heavy hand! Lin Wushuangxiang was dripping with sweat, gritted his silver teeth, and said, "You are forcing me to hurt you!" Seeing that there was no way to stop him, he quickly turned around with the sword, using a sword technique that would hurt both sides with one move. The swordsmanship of the Fusang School is different from that of the major schools in the Central Plains. This move is extremely strange and injurious to both sides. How can Meng Yuanchao dodge in the midst of fighting hard?There was only a "chi" sound, and the tip of the sword had already passed Meng Yuanchao's left arm! 此际，林无双只要使劲削下去，孟元超的一条手臂就要和身体分家，林无双不忍下手，心里想道：“尉迟叔叔叫我除非万不得已，否则最好不要伤他，我何必令他残废？”心念一转，剑尖缩回。 孟元超是正在奋身搏击之中的，突然对方的剑尖指到，躲避已来不及，大吼一声，一刀就劈下去。可是就在这霎那之间，只觉左臂只是好像给蚂蚁叮了一口似的，并不如何疼痛，对方的剑倏的就收回去了。孟元超是个武学的大行家，当然知道对方这一剑足以将他一条手臂削掉，林无双突然把剑收回，大大出乎他的意料之外。 “难道我要杀她，她对我却竟然有慈悲之念？”心念电转之间，孟元超那一刀虽然因为来不及收回，仍然劈了下去，可是他所发的那股劲力，却是收了几分。“当”的一声，刀剑相交，火星蓬飞，林无双一个“细胸巧翻云”，倒纵出三丈开外！ 这一刀孟元超若是用全力劈下去的话，林无双即使能削掉他的一条手臂，自身亦是必定要受重伤，甚至还可能丧在孟元超的刀下。 林无双的武学造诣不在孟元超之下，孟元超未用全力，在刀剑接触的那一霎那，她也是立即察觉到了。像孟元超一样，林无双大感意外，“看来此人倒也不是穷凶极恶之辈。”林无双心里想道。 孟元超喝道：“你还不让路吗？”林无双一个“细胸巧翻云”，倒纵三丈开外，仍然堵住孟元超的去路。 林无双面上一红，说道：“多谢你手下留情，但你要逃跑，可是万万不能！我答应了尉迟叔叔不能让你跑掉的！” 孟元超虎眉一竖，说道：“你没有削掉我的手臂，我心里明白。你不用领我的情，我也不用领你的情，咱们算是扯个直吧。但你既然一定要与我为难，那就休怪我不客气了。你打算杀我也好，不杀我也好，你不让路，我就非杀你不可！” 林无双叹口气，说道：“可惜了你这副身手，听你这么说，你是决不肯悔过的了！唉，那也没有办法，我打得过你也好，打不过你也好，总之今日不是你死便是我亡罢啦！” 藏之中而形之外，林无双心中藏着为孟元超惋惜之情，脸上也不知不觉的显露出来。孟元超心中一动，不禁如此想道：“她倒是有几分像小师妹，只是看她的脸，也是像小师妹一样的圣洁纯真！唉，谁知她却是甘心助纣为虐！” 想至此处，不觉也是叹了口气，冷冷说道：“可惜，可惜！” 林无双柳眉微蹙，按剑说道：“可惜什么？” 孟元超道：“卿本佳人，奈何作贼！” 林无双道：“你这是什么意思？” 孟元超大声说道：“可惜你这样一位美貌的姑娘，竟甘心作清廷的鹰犬！” “你说什么，我是清廷鹰犬？”突然间林无双心头怦然一跳，她记得金逐流和她说过，孟元超是以快刀在江湖上闯出“万儿”的。“这人的快刀能与尉迟叔叔匹敌，他刚才好似又自称孟某？” “你姓什么？”林无双连忙问道。 孟元超怔了一怔，他想不到林无双突然间会问他的姓名，怔了一怔之后，以诧异的眼神盯着林无双说道：“你不是因为已经知道我是钦犯才来追捕我的么？大丈夫行不更名，坐不改姓，孟元超是我，我就是孟元超！” 林无双大吃一惊，失声叫道：“原来你就是孟元超，这可真是天大的误会了！” 孟元超诧道：“什么误会？” 林无双道：“我前几天还到过你的家里呢，找你不着！” 孟元超更是奇怪，“你为什么找我？” 林无双道：“有清廷的鹰犬要找你的麻烦，我是替金逐流给你通风报信的！” 孟元超道：“你说的可是山东东平县的金大侠金逐流？” 林无双道：“不错。他们夫妇听到了风声，立即叫我向你通风报信！” 孟元超半信半疑，道：“此话当真？” 林无双道：“我骗你干什么，我在你的家里还碰见你的好朋友宋腾霄呢！不信，你将来可以问他。” 孟元超又惊又喜，说道：“原来腾霄也回到了苏州了，他和你说了些什么？有一个江湖上著名的神偷快活张有没有和他一同回来？” 林无双目光一瞥，看见孟元超的伤口正在流血，内疚于心，便道：“我只见着宋腾霄，他是独自来的。嗯，那晚的事说来话长，我且给你裹伤再说。唉，我真是对你不住，失手刺伤了你，你痛不痛？” 林无双插剑入鞘，却掏出了金创药，走过去便给孟元超敷伤。敷好了伤口，又给孟元超包扎伤口。 俗语说得好：“害人之心不可有，防人之心不可无。”孟元超的伤口正在流血，假如林无双是存心不良的话，只要给他敷上了见血封喉的毒药，任凭孟元超内功多好，当堂就得一命呜乎。但说也奇怪，孟元超深知江湖上人心险诈，对林无双却是毫无猜忌之心，一见了她脸上那副忧急的神情，打从心眼里就觉得她可以信赖，坦然的伸出手臂，让她敷药裹伤。 其实孟元超受的只是一点轻伤，他身上也带有金创药，本来无须林无双为他料理，孟元超只是因为要让林无双知道他是相信她的，这才接受她的好意。但林无双心地无邪，可没有想到他这层用意。 孟元超的伤本来不重，给林无双的纤纤玉手一摸，只觉得好像有一股暖流流过全身，有说不出的舒服。孟元超笑道：“你的药真灵！一敷上去，我的痛立即就没有了。”林无双噗嗤一笑，说道：“哪有这样快的，你别骗我。” 两人正在相视而笑，忽听马蹄声如暴风骤雨，林无双叫道：“尉迟叔叔，你回来啦！” 髯须汉子刚好看见他们亲热的情景，呆了一呆，跳下马来，叫道：“无双，你，你这是怎么一回事。” 林无双笑道：“尉迟叔叔，这次你可走了眼，看错人啦！” 此言一出，髯须汉子和孟元超都是不禁吃了一惊，不约而同的问道：“他是谁？” 林无双已经替孟元超扎好伤口，当下就放开他的手说道：“尉迟叔叔，你见闻广博，想必知道小金川有位少年好汉名叫孟元超？”髯须汉子又惊又喜，说道：“你就是孟元超？” 孟元超道：“正是在下。” 髯须汉子哈哈笑道：“这可真是不打不相识了！” 孟元超听得林无双叫这髯须汉子“尉迟叔叔”，蓦然想起了一个人来，失声说道：“尊驾可是关东大侠尉迟炯？” 髯须汉子纵声笑道：“什么大侠不大侠的，我的年纪比你大倒是真的。我不和你客气，你叫我一声大哥，我称你一声老弟！” 孟元超这一下更是喜出望外，心里想道：“人人都说关东大侠尉迟炯豪气干云，雄风迈俗，当真是名下无虚！” 原来尉迟炯是关东马贼出身，曾经于过许多轰轰烈烈的事，例如盗青海进贡的御马，劫大内总管萨福鼎的寿礼，这两件脍炙人口的事情，就是他的杰作。他在中原闹得天翻地覆，前几年又潜回辽东，做了十三家牧场的总场主。 这次孟元超奉命联络各方豪杰，这位关东大侠尉迟炯也正是他所要联络的英雄之一。 孟元超道：“好，恭敬不如从命，那我就高攀了。尉迟大哥，不说你不知道，小弟正是奉了冷铁樵萧志远二位大哥之命。要到关东拜会你的。想不到在这里碰上大哥，真是幸何如之！” 尉迟炯道：“老弟不必客气，你这几年的名头也闯得很不小啊！但我有一事不明，你是小金川义军中的好汉，却何以要舍命护那姓石的家伙？” 孟元超道：“那人是谁？” 尉迟炯道：“哦，你不知道他是谁吗？你是怎么上了他的当的。” 孟元超把那黑衣汉子的谎言和盘托出，尉迟炯又是好气，又是好笑，说道：“这贼厮鸟倒是真会撒谎，他是清廷的鹰爪，却颠倒过来说我！抓着了他，我可得先涂他一口马粪，再拆他的骨，剥他的皮！” 尉迟炯衣上的马粪已是揩抹干净，但臭气仍然隐约可闻，孟元超情知他定是着了店主的道儿，暗暗好笑，说道：“尉迟大哥，你还没有告诉我这贼厮鸟是谁呢？” 尉迟炯道：“这贼厮鸟是御林军的副统领石朝玑。他本来是独脚大盗出身，和我也是相识的。我这次特地跑来，跑到这条路上，就是因为得到了风声，知道他曾经在苏州出现，料想他这两天必定渡江北归，是以来追踪他的。” 孟元超吃了一惊，暗自想道：“他曾在苏州出现？莫非就是因我而来？”孟元超是个精明能干的人，当下也就立即恍然大悟，说道：“哦，原来他用的是借刀杀人之计！” 想起自己曾经要和他共榻同眠，不禁心里叫了一声：“好险！” 尉迟炯恨恨说道：“这龟儿不知躲到哪里去了，早知你是孟元超，我应该多跑几圈，四下搜寻他的。”原来尉迟炯因为放心不下林无双，故此在跑了两条岔路，搜到了十里开外，都找不着石朝玑，就匆匆的赶回来了。 林无双笑道：“尉迟叔叔，你要找他算帐的人，从来没有一个逃得脱你的快马快刀，这次找不着，也不过是让这贼厮鸟多活些时而已，别生气啦！” 尉迟炯甚为高兴，说道：“你这张小嘴儿倒是真会说话，好，那就不提这贼小子啦。无双，我倒想问你，你却又是怎么认识孟老弟的？” 林无双道：“我是逐流大哥叫我去找他的，他们曾经告诉我孟大哥使的也是快刀，其实我早就应该想到是他的。” 林无双此时才有空将她在云家废园那一晚的遭遇说给孟元超听，不过她因为不愿意“家丑”外扬，没有说明宗神龙是她师叔。 孟元超听了，又是恼怒，又是欢喜，恼怒的是清廷的鹰犬一批接着一批，定要把他置之死地。但欢喜的却有两件事情，一是他平生最为仰慕的金大侠金逐流对他如此垂青，为他尽心尽力，还特地派了人来帮忙他。一是宋腾霄已经回到苏州家里，他的心愿是很有希望可以实现了。“此时腾霄想必正在和小师妹谈笑，或是为她唱支曲子，替她解闷吧？”孟元超心想。 当下孟元超再次向林无双道谢，说道：“我正是要去拜见金大侠，想不到你先来了。” 尉迟炯望了林无双一眼，说道：“那么你们正好一路回去了。” 林无双道：“不，我想到别处走一趟。孟大哥，你见到他们，麻烦你替我说一声，他们就明白了。” 尉迟炯忽道：“孟老弟，你要联络的人，除了我和金逐流夫妇之外，还有哪些？” 孟元超说道：“还有金大侠的师兄江大侠，和天理教教主林道轩、红缨会舵主厉南星等人。” 尉迟炯笑道：“那么你就不必到金大侠的家里去了！”