Chapter 23 The 23rd round of Iron Horse General Jin Ge is good at fighting in Xiaofeng Moon Moon and Jade Girl Sword Zongheng
Lu Siniang suddenly appeared, and Yunzhen was stunned.With a roar from the tiger, he raised his bowl-sized fist and shook it at Lu Siniang's face, and suddenly kicked up. The fist was weak and his legs were solid, and the sword in Lu Siniang's hand was almost kicked away by him. ", turning the handle of the sword, two moves in a row, piercing the brain upwards, and stabbing the navel downwards, because of a "coiling dragon circle step", flashed behind Lu Siniang, and then kicked her back in the air, because these two moves were Combining "Fu Hu Fist" and "Serial Kicks" is extremely fierce.Hearing this, Lu Siniang felt the wind in her head, she pointed her toes, and her body flew into the air; because she kicked away, she suddenly lost the enemy's trace, and rushed forward two steps. With a whining sound, one takes Yunzhen and one takes the cause!
These few strokes were as quick as lightning, Yunzhen was stunned just now, and when Yin blocked Lu Siniang for him, he was shocked, and reached out to touch Tang Xiaolan's fainting point, but Lu Siniang suddenly flew towards him, Yunzhen rolled on the ground, and the dagger flew over his head.When he stood up, the sword was already in his hand.
He took Yin's dagger, and gave Yin two fingers to clamp the dagger into two pieces.Yunzhen shouted: "Zen Master Baoguo, first depose Tang Xiaolan!" Because Tang Xiaolan had the imperial edict hidden in him, Yunzhen was extremely suspicious of Tang Xiaolan's origin, and when he was in a hurry, he did not forget to depose him Lose.Liaoyin jumped up, and Lu Siniang suddenly flew down from the sky. Before Liaoyin arrived, she had already lifted Tang Xiaolan, and jumped onto the main beam of the main hall. Tang Xiaolan was in shackles, and asked: "Aren't you injured?" Tang Xiaolan said: "No!" It turned out that because he saw Kangxi's edict that Yunzhen was required to take care of him, he did not dare to use punishment privately before telling Ming Yunzhen.When Lu Siniang heard that he was not injured, she felt relieved, and said, "Okay, let's go out!" As soon as she was tall, the sword swept in a whirlwind, smashing the glazed tiles, and a hole was pierced in the roof. There were two guards with excellent lightness skills, Flying up to catch her, Lu Siniang bowed her body, threw Tang Xiaolan out of the cave with her left hand, and poked Tang Xiaolan out of the cave with her right hand. As soon as the hands of the two guards touched the beam, they were cut by Lu Siniang and fell down!
Although Liao Yin's martial arts are extremely high, he couldn't help but secretly startled when he saw this.Yun Zhen yelled angrily: "Hurry up and capture this lowly servant girl for me." Liao Yin just changed a few moves with Lu Siniang, and saw that her swordsmanship seemed to be higher than before, and he didn't have his Zen stick at hand, so he fought her alone with his bare hands Fighting, I'm afraid I can't get cheap.If Ruo and all the guards besieged her, he lost his senior brother status.Therefore, Yunzhen issued an order, and all the guards drove out one after another. Only because he didn't move, he reported to Yunzhen: "My lord, I'm afraid they still have remnants. I'm here to protect the lord." Yunzhen said: "Okay, It's good for you to be here." But in my heart I was displeased.
Lv Siniang is very good at lightness kung fu, and Tang Xiaolan is also better than ordinary guards. Suddenly, the two of them have already flown through several palaces.Outside, Dong Juchuan and Gan Tianlong attacked from both sides. These two were more skilled than all the guards. Lv Siniang flew with a dagger, and Gan Tianlong made a move with his long sword. He knocked the first dagger into the air. Dodge, dodge to the left, it seems that Lu Siniang has expected this move, when the hidden weapon is thrown, the first dagger flies straight, the second dagger flies close to the enemy, but suddenly Turning to the left, the dagger whistled, brushed across Gan Tianlong's shoulder, and cut off the clothes on his shoulder. Gan Tianlong was so surprised that he didn't dare to chase after him.However, Dong Juchuan shook his hand and saluted three bone-penetrating nails, two of which were knocked down by Lu Siniang, and the third one flew past Tang Xiaolan's shoulder, which shocked Tang Xiaolan a lot.
The two sides clashed with concealed weapons, blocked them, and the guards in the palace surrounded them from all sides. Lv Siniang opened the way with her sword, and led Tang Xiaolan to choose a secluded place to escape. At this time, she had entered the imperial garden behind the palace, and had just passed a rockery Suddenly, another group of guards rushed out. The man in front of him was light and agile, as nimble as a monkey. Tang Xiaolan saw that it was Hou Sanbian who secretly let her go to the palace to find her mother.But seeing Hou Sanbian raised his hand, and a sounding arrow flew towards him, Tang Xiaolan was startled, and thought: "This Hou Sanbian is a good friend of my master Zhou Qing, so he will show no mercy to me no matter what." A ringing arrow flew over Lu Siniang's head. Lv Siniang jumped up and rushed towards the place where the ringing arrow fell. Tang Xiaolan's heart moved, and she followed closely behind Lv Siniang. Hou Sanbian chased after her, firing several ringing arrows, and some flew left. , some shot from the right, Lu Siniang ran forward following the sounding arrow, as if she was being guided by the sounding arrow, leaving the guards behind and turning into the rockery, flowers and trees, no one stopped her all the way!
As soon as the arrow stopped, Lu Siniang stopped suddenly, and said with a smile: "Leng Chan really has a way!" A person suddenly appeared under the flower tree, pulled Tang Xiaolan, and said, "You are here too!" Tang Xiaolan saw that it was a monk, After being startled for a moment, he realized that it was Zhu Jiashu who had fought against him in the palace before.Leng Chan's pull was the ultimate move to catch the hand. Tang Xiaolan's pipa bone was suddenly pinched by him with three fingers, and he couldn't move.Lu Siniang hurriedly said: "It's my own." Leng Chan was surprised: "Why isn't he a guard in the palace?" Lu Siniang laughed and said: "She is Haitang's son!" A person enters a cave.In the dark, Tang Xiaolan saw his eyes sparkling, staring at her, and Lu Siniang said, "Xiaolan, he was your mother's former friend." Tang Xiaolan was in a state of turmoil and burst into tears.Leng Chan said: "Have you seen your mother?" Tang Xiaolan said: "Yes!" Leng Chan said: "Take me to Lenggong to find her." Tang Xiaolan choked up and said: "You don't have to look for it anymore! My mother Already dead!"
Leng Chan was stunned, and the chill pierced through his heart. He waited for more than 30 years and became a monk.
It turned out that Leng Chan had worked in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the palace more than 30 years ago, and met a group of imperial guards. Since he came to Beijing last year and lived in seclusion in the Western Mountains, he has been donating to widows and orphans left by the dead old guards from time to time, so Some old guards who have not yet retired get along well with him.On the day of Kangxi's death, not long after, someone among his guard friends reported to him that Tang Xiaolan had been captured and Yunzhen had already entered the palace.Those guards of the older generation, with the exception of Hou Sanbian and a few others, had lost most of their power due to old age and weakness in the later years of Kangxi, and served in the palace.As soon as the new emperor came to the throne, it was inevitable that people would panic, so they asked Leng Chan to discuss a solution.
Leng Chan talked with a group of guards in the main hall of the ancient temple. Gan Fengchi, Lu Siniang and others could hear them clearly in the room. After the guards left, Gan Fengchi said: "Brother Zhu, do you still want to enter the palace?" Leng Chan said: "Under Yunzhen's sect, there are like clouds of masters. From then on, the defense in the palace must be stricter. How can we get there?" Gan Fengchi said with a smile: "Otherwise, at this time when the old and the new are changing, it will be the easiest to sneak in, and it will be impossible after a while." Leng Chan was familiar with the situation in the palace, and he could understand the reason when he thought about it, so he sneaked into the palace with Lu Siniang that night.
Sure enough, on the occasion of the handover of the old and the new, the precautions are relatively sparse.Yunzhen was busy with major affairs, and had not yet made a complete arrangement for the guards in the palace, and Habu Tuo, Liaoyin and others had just entered the palace, and they were not yet familiar with the place.Lv Siniang and the others set fire to a remote place in the palace and distracted Yunzhen's people. Lv Siniang took advantage of this opportunity to rescue Tang Xiaolan.
Leng Chan heard that the person he liked was dead, so he remained silent for a while.Lu Siniang said: "Our business is over, let's go out of the palace." Leng Chan was extremely sad, and asked Tang Xiaolan, "When did you die?" Tang Xiaolan said, "It was the night you entered the palace last time." Leng Chan faced If it was ashes, a figure flashed outside the fake cave, Hou Sanbian walked in, and said with a smile: "Fortunately, the group of guards brought by Yunzhen are not yet familiar with the roads in the palace, and the old guards are not sincerely working for Yunzhen, otherwise You really can't escape." Suddenly feeling the atmosphere in the cave was different, he asked: "Brother Zhu, what's the matter? You are silent." Leng Chan said: "Haitang is dead!" Hou Sanbian said: "Haitang is dead? No wonder the Leng Palace was closed after you entered the palace last time, I thought she was moved to another place for confinement." Leng Chan suddenly said: "Although Haitang is dead, I still want to visit the Leng Palace to see her for more than 20 years The place where I lived." Hou Sanbian remained silent.In the darkness, Tang Xiaolan was shaking with tears, and said: "I also want to go again." Hou Sanbian thought for a while, then sighed and said: "I don't want to hang out in the palace anymore, so I will take you with me." Let's go."
After a long time, the voices outside gradually quieted down. Hou Sanbian led Leng Chan and three others to copy the small path in the palace and went straight to the Lenggong. Although there were two or three people who asked questions along the way, they were not from Yunzhen. Hit the code word and pass.After a while, I saw a lotus pond, the water was shining brightly, Hou Sanbian said: "The black stone house by the lotus pond is the Leng Palace." Walking to the front of the palace, suddenly seeing the stone door half closed, Hou Sanbian was very surprised , Leng Chan rushed ahead, pushed the door open and entered, suddenly someone asked: "Is it Captain Wang?"
Monk Lengchan took a look, but it turned out that there were two maids cleaning inside.Leng Chan was taken aback for a moment: These two maids seemed to have met somewhere.Ignoring what she said about "Captain Wang" or "Captain Wang", she rushed up and asked, "Do you know Haitang?" The two maids were startled, and said in surprise, "Where did you come from, monk?" Hou Sanbian took a step forward and said, "He was brought by the emperor, why didn't you answer his words?" Because the monk followed Yunzhen into the palace, word had already spread in the palace, and the two maids thought Leng Chan was just That so-called "Zen Master Baoguo" changed his expression in fright, and shouted coldly, "Say it quickly!" A court lady was more courageous, and replied, "Haitang is already dead, and we carried her out to bury her!"
A strange light suddenly appeared in Leng Chan's eyes, twisting his fingers in pain, he suddenly asked: "Is it carried out on a bamboo bed?" The maid said: "Yes!" A faded picture emerged: four maids carried a bamboo bed, a female patient was covered with a white cloth on the bamboo bed, her hair was sparse and gray, her complexion was horrific, her exposed hands were like chicken feet .This is a scene I encountered by chance when I entered the palace for the first time.Could it be that the zombie-like ugly woman he bumped into that night was Haitang, who was as beautiful as a fairy back then?Taking a closer look, these two maids who seemed to have known each other were exactly the maids they met that night.Then, the zombie-like woman who was about to die was undoubtedly Haitang.In this instant, thousands of thoughts surged like waves, and suddenly calmed down again. Leng Chan experienced an unprecedented ethereal realm.
Hou Sanbian saw Leng Chan standing upright like a stiff stone, his eyes like fixed pearls, he thought that he was insane from pain, he hurriedly pulled him up, and said, "Brother Zhu, look away." Leng Chan suddenly laughed loudly and said Hou Sanbian said in shock: "Brother, what's the matter with you?" Leng Chan smiled and said, "Get rid of the stinky skin, and return my solemn appearance. The stinky skin and the solemn appearance are the same thing. Form is emptiness, and emptiness is form. , I just now understand."
Seeing his nonsense, Hou Sanbian felt very anxious, and was about to say something to comfort him.Lv Siniang smiled, and he said, "Congratulations, master, you have realized the Zen principles. It is a smooth journey to Lingshan now!" You must understand."
Lv Siniang has read extensively and has studied Buddhist scriptures.There is a story in the Buddhist scripture "Ran Deng Lu", saying that an eminent monk asked Di Deng Buddha: "What is the heart of the ancient Buddha?" Di Deng Buddha replied: "Bingzhou radish weighs three catties." Dao?" Ran Deng said repeatedly: "Gou Ya pou, Gou Ya pou!" When asked again, Ran Deng raised his finger and said, "You can't say it, you can't say it."This section of "Quotations" is exactly where the wonderful truth of Mahayana in Buddhist scriptures lies, which means that truth is everywhere, and the most solemn things can be seen in the most filthy things.Dirty and dignified are opposites, but new seeds are also bred in the filth, just as every new world degenerates from the old world.Leng Chan thinks of the beautiful and beautiful Begonia back then, but it was so ugly when he was about to die. At the beginning, he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotions, but his feelings were quickly purified and sublimated, and he suddenly felt that the Lingtai was clear and clean.
The two maids saw that they looked crazy, and Leng Chan didn't look like the reason the eunuchs talked about, so they asked cautiously: "Do you know Captain Wang? He is coming soon, and we still have to clean it up." Woolen cloth!"
Hou Sanbian said: "What is Captain Wang?" The maid asked suspiciously: "I heard that it is called Wang Ling. You are all followers of the Holy Majesty. Don't you know each other?" There is no place to look for, and it doesn't take much effort to get here." He hurriedly said: "I know, I know! He and I are the best old friends, does he want to live here?" He moved here, so Manager Ha asked us to clean it overnight." Tang Xiaolan said: "Very well, we will treat him here." Pushing away the wing room, he stepped inside.
Hou Sanbian and the other three followed in. Hou Sanbian looked at the sky and whispered, "It's almost dawn, are you still going out?" Lu Siniang also felt that Tang Xiaolan was behaving strangely, and asked, "Who is Wang Ling? Are you waiting?" What is he doing? After dawn, it will not be easy to go out." Tang Xiaolan said: "He is my brother." He told about Wang Ling's betrayal of the teacher and the robbery of the teacher's wife.Lu Siniang had heard him tell this story, but she couldn't remember Wangling's name. After hearing what he said, she smiled and said, "In that case, let's just stay in the palace for another day." There is such a despicable villain, and my old lord can't let him go." Leng Chan kept silent, walked up and down the room, picked up a Yaoqin in the corner of the room, and played it twice, Tang Xiaolan remembered The past, I don't feel it.The maid came in and said, "Hey, there's a rotten Qin here, throw it away." Lu Siniang said, "No, I'll take it out for you."
After a while, the sky gradually brightened.Footsteps were heard outside, and Wang Ling and two guards walked in.It turned out that under Yunzhen's sect, he had already achieved the position of a small guard captain, and when Yunzhen ascended to the top, he also entered the palace.At this time, Habutuo had been promoted to be the head of the palace guards. Habutuo knew that the martial arts in the royal tomb were ordinary, so he randomly assigned him a job and asked him to guard a corner of the imperial garden.Clean up the cold palace that was previously closed and give it to him to live in.Wang Ling was actually assigned a "palace" to live in, no matter whether it was a cold palace or not, he was always very proud, so he brought his luggage and two of his guards early in the morning.
When Wang Ling entered the cold palace, he first smelled a musty smell, frowned, and asked the maid: "Why hasn't it been cleaned?" Then he said: "This wall should be painted again." A person jumped out, and the maid was thinking: "Captain Wang, your friend is waiting for you." Before he could speak, Wang Ling and the two guards screamed and fell to the ground.Tang Xiaolan sneered and said, "Sir Wang Dawei, are you safe? You are proud now, do you still recognize me?"
Wang Ling was knocked down by Tang Xiaolan in a lightning-fast way, and he was so frightened that he was out of his wits, and said in a low voice: "Junior Brother Tang, you, you..." Tang Xiaolan kicked him on the ribs, and asked: "Sister Feng What?" Wang Ling said: "Not here." Tang Xiaolan said: "You killed her?" Wang Ling said: "Brother Yu dare not." Tang Xiaolan shouted: "Who calls you brothers and sisters? Come on, where is the sister-in-law now? "Wang Ling said: "I don't know where she is." Tang Xiaolan was furious, and exerted a little force on her toes. With a scream, he passed out.The two maids were so frightened that their faces paled, and they shrank in a corner.Lu Siniang came out, pulled them into the wing room, and said with a smile, "Don't scare them."
After a while, Wang Ling woke up leisurely, Tang Xiaolan shouted: "Aren't you telling the truth?"
Wang Ling moaned: "She is really gone. You beat me to death and I don't know where she is." Seeing that he was in pain, Tang Xiaolan still said the same thing, thinking: "Master's sister-in-law is better than him in martial arts, so she really escaped." Maybe it’s over.” Then asked: “When did you leave?” Wang Ling said: “I left on the third day after entering Beijing.”
Tang Xiaolan guessed right, his sister-in-law Kuang Lianxia was lucky enough to escape because of her better martial arts than Wang Ling.It turned out that when Kuang Lianxia was captured by two demons and handed over to Wang Ling, Wang Ling forced her to get married. She reasoned that she had to keep a filial piety for her father-in-law and ex-husband, and she couldn't get married until a hundred days later.Wang Ling's martial arts were not as good as hers, and she couldn't get close to her. After arriving in the capital, the two demons entered the imperial palace, with different ranks and positions, and they were separated from Wang Ling.Kuang Lianxia didn't dare to run away on the road because she was afraid of the double demons. Without them, Wang Ling was alone, so she was no match for her, so she beat her hard and fled away.
Hou Sanbian came out, frowned and said, "Haven't you finished asking? It's almost dawn!" Tang Xiaolan smiled miserably up to the sky, and shouted, "Brother Feng, I will avenge you today!" The sky spirit cover was shattered.
Hou Sanbian said: "Let's go, it will be too late!" At this time, the dawn was just beginning, the night snow had not yet melted, and the sound of horns sounded outside the garden, Hou Sanbian said: "The new manager is really working hard. The guards have been summoned!" He ran out of the cold palace, took Lu Siniang, Tang Xiaolan and others away in a hurry.
Habu Tuo's new head of guards in the palace had a big incident on the first day, and he was very angry.So the guards were summoned early in the morning, ready to cleanse the old people and eliminate the accumulated evils.Just when I visited the garden, I suddenly saw a few figures flying towards the northwest corner, and the person in front turned out to be Lu Siniang.Habu Tuo was furious, and thought: "This lowly servant girl is so bold, she dares to spend the night in the palace." She raised her hand, and threw two balls through the air. Lu Siniang laughed and said, "What can a drop of blood do to me?" !" The body flew up, and the Shuanghua sword was lifted upwards, where the cold light flashed, a sword split the blood on the head, and the twelve sharp knives inside shot from all sides, like a rain of knives, Hou San Bian imitated her, swung a turn, and also swept away a drop of blood, which fell into the crowd of guards. The guards dodged one after another, and Habu Tuo shouted: "Hurry up!" Lu Siniang and the others had already crossed several rockeries. He fled to Shunzhen Gate.
Hou Sanbian heaved a sigh of relief, suddenly he heard the horn blare, Dong Juchuan was on the left, and Tianye Sanren was on the right, leading the guards, they rushed towards them like flying, Lu Siniang called out: "It's bitter!" Hou Sanbian said: "Follow me!" I'll come." Outside the gate of Shunzhen is Jingshan, and half of the gatekeepers are old guards from the palace, Hou Sanbian ran up and shouted: "The assassin has escaped, have you seen him?" The guards guarding the gate Said: "No!" Hou Sanbian said: "Open the door quickly, wait for me to chase!" The new guard who came with Yunzhen saw the four of them, including a monk and a girl, very puzzled, and shouted: "Who are you? Who is it?" Hou Sanbian said: "Imperial bodyguards." Among the guards guarding the gate, Leng Chan had an acquaintance, and he winked, the iron gate opened in the chaos, Hou Sanbian and the other four fled like flying.When Dong Juchuan chased him, the iron gate was closed again.The old guard at the gate checked his identity, and when he found out, Lu Siniang and others disappeared.Habu Tuokong was naturally angry, but he couldn't blame the group of old guards guarding the gate.Because Hou Sanbian was indeed the imperial bodyguard who gained power in the palace before, no one would have expected that he would immediately rebel when the old emperor died.
And when Lv Siniang and others escaped from the Forbidden Palace with the help of Hou Sanbian, Tang Xiaolan said: "Sister Lu, my sword was searched by Yin." Lv Siniang said: "Let's settle the score with him later. Let's go back and discuss with Seventh Brother first." Hou Sanbian also said: "After this battle, those old guards will be blamed. The personnel transfer in the palace must be extremely well prepared, we can't take any more risks .”
The four of them returned to the Xishan monastery, and Bai Taiguan came out to open the door, and said with a smile, "Why are you only coming back now? Brother Seven is almost going to enter the palace with the Kanto Four Heroes to look for you." Leng Chan said happily, "The Kanto Four Heroes are here. ?" Flying inside, only to hear Xuanfeng shout loudly: "Brother Zhu, we are looking for you!" Leng Chan smiled and said: "I have put on cassock, and you still want to look at me!"
Lu Siniang, Tang Xiaolan and others met with the Kanto Four Heroes one by one. Zen Master Langyue said: "Our four brothers have suffered a terrible loss this time, and it was in the hands of a girl and a quack doctor." Leng Chan was surprised: "Why? You guys Who did you fight with?" Chen Yuanba among the Four Heroes rolled up his sleeves, showing a knife mark on his arm, and said, "Look at how poisonous that little girl is, if Brother Xuanfeng didn't know medicine, my arm would be sold Give it to her!"
Liu Xiankai said: "When we came to Beijing this time, when we passed through Rongyang, Henan, brother Xuanfeng had something to do and asked the three of us to go for a while. When we arrived at Hulao Pass, we met that little girl and a young man at the same time. Together." Tang Xiaolan said: "Which little girl?" Chen Yuanba said bitterly: "It's the little girl adopted by Yunzhen, when we made a big fuss in the Four Emperors' Mansion, we confronted her with the 'plate' ( Met before). I met her on the road this time, and I saw that she was cute, so I went up to ask her, but she turned into a three-handed throwing knife with a flick of her hand. The distance was too close, and I couldn’t escape. I stretched out my arms to block it. Unexpectedly, this girl has quite a solid foundation in martial arts, one of the flying knives actually cut a hole in my arm, and my flesh was immediately bruised. It turned out that she was using a flying knife that had been fed poison! Tang Xiaolan exclaimed: "Well, it must be Feng Lin!" But Lu Siniang said: "Is the young man with him tall and tall, with a sword in his hand, and a very strange swordsmanship?" Liu Xian said "Exactly." Lu Siniang said: "Then this girl is not Feng Lin, but the closed apprentice of Senior Tianshan Yi." Tang Xiaolan said: "Feng Ying will not be so vicious, and she will not use poison Flying knife. When I was in Tianshan, I often saw her, this child is very pure." Lu Siniang was very puzzled, and asked: "I heard that your two nieces are twin sisters, so they must be very similar?" Tang Xiaolan said: "Even I can't tell the difference." Lu Siniang said: "Yes, Li Zhi must have regarded my younger sister as an older sister." Liu Xian said: "Who is Li Zhi?" Son." Liu Xiankai yelled "Ah!" and said, "How good is this? I fought against him at Hulao Pass, and I got hit by his sword, and he also got hit by a steel ring. Senior Wu If you know, don't you blame me?" Tang Xiaolan said: "Senior Wu is in his later years, and his self-cultivation has reached a state of perfection, so he will not be angry for your unintentional mistakes." Lu Siniang said: "Hero Liu, finish the story first , and then I will tell you the origin of this girl."
Liu Xiankai said: "After the fourth brother was hit by that little girl's poison-feeding flying knife, I fought with that boy and we were both injured. The girl wanted to chase after me. Fortunately, I was good at lightness kung fu, so I was able to rescue fourth brother. In the future Let Brother Xuanfeng talk about it."
Xuanfeng said: "I let them go for a while, so there was such a mess. They met me on the way back. I was angry for a while, and I had to find that girl. I think that since the boy was injured, he must I will not go far. I wrapped up the wounds of the third and fourth brothers, and searched all over the hills near Hulao Pass. I didn't find the boy until dusk, but the little girl was gone. Instead, a shady charlatan came, I really didn't expect it!" Leng Chan secretly laughed inwardly: With the prestige of the Four Heroes of Kanto, it was folded in the hands of a girl, no wonder Xuan Feng was angry.But when I meet my master, if I try to be brave, I have no one to blame.Leaving aside the bluntness, he smiled and said, "Daoist Xuanfeng, how could it be unexpected?"
Xuanfeng continued: "When the young man saw us, he whispered a few words to the charlatan, presumably telling him: We are the ones who hurt him. The charlatan was so angry that he didn't wait for us to open his mouth. Pick up the tiger brace and fight, hey, later, after fighting for a while, we left!"
Leng Chan smiled slightly, knowing that among the Kanto Four Heroes, Xuanfeng is the oldest, the most skilled, but also the most aggressive.He said: "Don't be angry, Taoist Master Xuanfeng, it's nothing to be folded in the hands of that quack doctor." Xuanfeng said angrily: "What are you talking about, I think his technique is quite similar to yours, think about it It must be from the same family as you." Leng Chan smiled and said: "It's not just from the same family, he is my teacher, and the old Tianshan Wu is his sister. He offended you, so I have to let me be my apprentice. You have made amends." Xuanfeng was taken aback and kept silent.Leng Chan said: "The old man hasn't been to the Central Plains for thirty years, so he doesn't recognize the four of you. Daoist Xuanfeng will get angry." Xuanfeng laughed and said: "It's his old man, so what can we say if we break up Say." Chan Master Langyue said: "It seems that Master Ling is not much older than you." Leng Chan said: "I joined the master after I was middle-aged." Gan Fengchi said: "It's a pity that the little girl disappeared again. You and Wu Didn't she show up all the time when the old man made a move?" Xuanfeng said: "No."
It turned out that after Feng Lin was let go by Nian Gengyao, she wanted to learn the authentic inner skills, so she pretended to be a ghost at night and secretly lured Li Zhi away. Li Zhi was naturally happy to see her.Feng Lin said: "Your uncle went to Mangshan earlier and told me to go with you." Wu Qiongyao entrusted her younger brother to take care of her son. She took care of her son in secret, so Wu Chenghua didn't show up until the battle in Hangzhou.Feng Lin was talking nonsense and happened to bump into him.Li Zhi thought to himself: It must be that my mother and uncle wanted me to practice more in the Jianghu, so my uncle didn't want to go with me.He thought again: "Feng Ying knows my uncle very well, so he won't lie to me." Therefore, he and Feng Lin left Hangzhou with peace of mind.
Along the way, Feng Lin tried her best to ask him about his inner strength, but Li Zhi just took it as Feng Ying, unguarded, and told her everything he knew.Feng Lin neither liked nor disliked Li Zhi, and the only purpose of walking with him was to trick him into teaching her inner skills, once the purpose was achieved, she secretly planned how to get rid of him.
Coincidentally, before they arrived at Mang Mountain, they met Liu Xiankai and Chen Yuanba, among the Four Heroes of the Kanto, at Hulao Pass. Feng Lin wounded Chen Yuanba with a poison-feeding flying knife, and Li Zhi also stabbed him Liu Xiankai made a sword strike, but Liu Xiankai's lightness kung fu was superb, Li Zhi was caught off guard, and he also hit him with a steel ring, which hit a vital acupuncture point and was seriously injured immediately.Feng Lin helped him to the depths of the dense forest, left a pack of antidote, and left quietly.
Fortunately, Wu Chenghua came later, passed by the edge of the forest, heard Li Zhi moaning and calling, went in and saw that he was seriously injured, took a look at the antidote, and saw that it was the extremely precious Pearl Powder Healing Injury Jiedu Powder, immediately It was very strange to put it on for him and ask why.He said: "Although there are many elixirs in Tianshan Mountain, Senior Yi doesn't have this kind of medicinal powder." As everyone knows, this is the holy medicine brought out by Feng Lin in the Four Emperors' Mansion.Li Zhi also became suspicious. Before the two uncles and nephews had a clear discussion, the Four Heroes of the Kanto had arrived together.
Originally, the four heroes of the Kanto region each have their own unique martial arts, if one fights against one of the four, even if Wu Chenghua does not lose, he will not be able to take advantage of it.However, both Liu Xiankai and Chen Yuanba of the Four Heroes of the Kanto were injured, and after Li Zhi applied the Ouchi Holy Medicine Pearl Detoxification Powder, he was able to move his arms freely. Fortunately, Wu Chenghua Gu was injured in Li Zhi, so he didn't catch up.
After the Four Heroes of Kanto finished speaking, Lu Siniang also told the origins of Li Zhi and Feng Lin.Everyone sighed.Tang Xiaolan said: "I swear I will find my niece. Now that I know her whereabouts, I will go to Henan." Gan Fengchi thought for a while, and said: "You go back to Yunzhen's army first. I expect that after Yunzhen ascends the pole, You must not be allowed to stay in the capital for a long time. If he leads the army to go west again, Henan is the place to go. When you go to the army, see if there is an opportunity to let their brothers fight. Even if it fails, you can win over the army Some bloody Han men." After a pause, he continued: "Originally we should gather righteous people and raise the flag of righteousness. However, since you have spent a lot of effort to gain Yunxi's trust, it is inevitable to give up this opportunity. It's a pity." Lu Siniang rolled her eyes and was about to speak, Gan Fengchi continued with a smile: "Bamei thinks it's because I'm afraid Brother Tang Xian will be trapped in the army alone, although this is not without danger, but even in the Yunyu army, I still have some Brothers in gangs. Moreover, after we find out when Yunyu will leave, we can also rush to Henan in batches." Lu Siniang thought for a while, and said: "Alright, we should also go to Mangshan to pay homage to the master's tomb. After sweeping the grave, I will go back to Xianxia Ridge."
Yun Zhen's mind was caught by Gan Fengchi, he really didn't want Yun Yu to stay in the capital for a long time.On that day, after Yunzhen ascended the throne, Yunzhen was full of anger and rushed back to the army overnight. Unexpectedly, Nian Gengyao had already weakened his military power by lightning-fast means.It turned out that as soon as Nian Gengyao arrived, he summoned the leading officers of Yunzhen's 28 battalions, announced that Yunzhen had ascended the throne, and demanded their loyalty.Although these generals are all Yunzhen's confidantes and eagerly hope that Yunzhen can ascend to the top, but when they heard that Yunzhen has been seated on the throne, more than half of the officers changed their minds, but they are lucky to be able to protect their fame and fortune. Then dare to sprout a rebellious heart.At dusk, the edict of Yunzhen ascending the throne and changing the Yuan Dynasty to "Yongzheng" has been officially promulgated, and even the commanders of the twelve battalions of Yunzhen's most reliable flying dragon army have been shaken!
Yunti returned to the army and summoned his confidant generals for a discussion overnight. Seven of the twelve commanders of the Flying Dragon Army disapproved of fighting against Nian Gengyao. , Nian Gengyao coerced the emperor to command the princes, if we want to get rid of him, we are only afraid that the army will not be attached." Yunyu remained silent, thinking: the most trusted generals say this, and it is even more inconvenient for the commanders of other battalions Discussed with them.Then he thought again: If there is no firewood left in the green hills, no matter how strong Nian Gengyao is, he is only my lieutenant general, and the military power is still in my hands, so I will endure it for the time being. When I go to the Western Regions in the future, I can use a borrowed knife to kill people The plan is to send Nian Gengyao's army to fight the vanguard and let the enemy destroy him.At that time, I was thousands of miles away from Beijing, even if I couldn't compete for the great treasure, I could support myself, and the Western Regions would be king, so as not to be angry with Yunzhen.After making up his mind, he said: "In that case, let Nian Gengyao be his deputy general, but we must be more careful about him." After all the officers dispersed, Yun Yu discussed with Bo Ketu again, and Bo Ketu also agreed. In favor of this proposal, Yun Yu immediately went to Shujin Zuo the next day, requesting to continue the westward expedition.After the memorial was posted, Tang Xiaolan was asked to see him in the Zhongjun Zhongbao.Yunyu was overjoyed, passed him into the tent, and said: "Adversity is the heart of the people. If you come to me when I lose power, I will definitely not treat you badly." Asked how Tang Xiaolan could escape, Tang Xiaolan said: "Last night, I was in the palace. I made a big fuss about assassins, and I took advantage of the chaos to escape." Yunyu guessed that the assassins were sent by other princes, such a shrewd person could not be suspicious, so he promoted Tang Xiaolan to the deputy commander-in-chief of the Guards, Fang Jinming and Che Bixie are side by side.
Yunzhen received Yunzhen's memorandum, just as he wanted, and passed down the imperial decree, telling him to lead the army to march west after the new year.From this, he thought of a way to deal with Yin and others, and transferred five people including Yin, Sa Tiandu, Sa Tianla, Dong Juchuan, and Gan Tianlong to Nian Gengyao's army, and asked them to help Nian Gengyao's westward expedition. Nian Gengyao was secretly heard, and said: "Among the five people, except Dong Juchuan who understands the general situation better, the other four are wild and unruly. After the Western Expedition, if these four people are not dead, you can get rid of them for me." " Nian Gengyao's heart trembled, his bones were cold, but after thinking about it again, he felt that this was a sign that Yunzhen favored him, so he was surprised and happy, and hurriedly kowtowed to accept the order.But he never expected that on the other hand, Yunzhen also ordered these five people to monitor Nian Gengyao.This is exactly Yunzhen's method of controlling heroes.
In the blink of an eye, the New Year passed, and in the name of General Fuyuan, Yun Yu commanded the troops for the Western Expedition, while Nian Gengyao was the deputy general, who was promoted to three ranks in the sky. Although Gengyao is in the deputy position, he and Yunti are actually fighting against each other and guard against each other.
The army set off, and one month later, it arrived at Zhuxian Town, Henan Province, only a day's journey away from Nian Gengyao's hometown, Chenliu. Nian Gengyao ordered the army to rest here for three days.On this day, Tang Xiaolan and several middle and lower officers of the Guards went to the town for a drink. From the restaurant, they looked north at Kaifeng and south at Xuchang. , I thought that Manchuria's entry into the customs would be more tyrannical than the Jin soldiers who invaded the Song Dynasty back then, and I remembered that as a "Manchu", I participated in the cause of the Han people's restoration of the country, which was really unexpected.I was thinking wildly, and suddenly I heard a commotion downstairs.
Tang Xiaolan went downstairs to have a look, and saw peddlers and passers-by, fleeing one after another.Tang Xiaolan pulled a passerby and asked, "What's the matter?" The man saw that Tang Xiaolan was dressed as an officer, and shouted, "Forgive me, my lord, but the young ones have obeyed the law for generations and are not gangsters." Tang Xiaolan said, "What did you say?" The man saw Tang Xiaolan With a kind attitude and a little reassurance, he said: "A large group of officers and soldiers came from outside the town. I heard that criminals are going to be arrested." Tang Xiaolan let go of his hand, and said in his heart: "This is strange. How can criminals be captured during the march? It is said that stragglers came to harass the town, then both Yunyu and Nian Gengyao are extremely strict in their army, their military discipline is far from comparable to that of other officers and soldiers, and the army is stationed outside the town, except for officers, soldiers are not allowed to enter the city, so this team官兵到底是从何来的？”正在思疑，镇外尘砂漫天，人潮越发汹涌，唐晓澜身不由己，给人潮推着行了几步，忽然被人重重碰一下，唐晓澜练武多年，感觉灵敏，给人一碰，顿觉有异，一摸身上，银包佩剑和康熙给他的那块汉玉都不见了。银包倒不打紧，那佩剑乃是允禵所送，却非追回不可，双臂一振，在人丛中冲出，只见前面一人贼忒忒的向自己瞪眼，自己的佩剑给他挂在腰旁，汉玉却拿在手中摇摇摆摆。唐晓澜大为生气，拔步追去，那人好生奇怪，并不混进人堆之中，却专拣人少处飞逃，唐晓澜疑心大起，紧紧追踪，过了片刻，追出镇外。
那人越跑越快，方向和驻军之地相反，唐晓澜精神陡振，施展起陆地飞腾的上乘轻功，电逐风驰，越追越远。唐晓澜施展了全副本领，始终追他不上，这一惊非同小可，要知唐晓澜的轻功虽然未如吕四娘之登峰造极，但在江湖上已是不可多见，这人轻功造诣在唐晓澜之上，看来和“万里追风”柳先开不相上下，显然不是普通的小偷了。
唐晓澜心中一动，故意放缓脚步，那人好像背后长着眼睛似的，脚步也跟着缓慢下来，唐晓澜叫道：“前面这位朋友，咱们素昧平生，何故相戏？”那人回头作了一个鬼脸，自言自语：“这把剑当烂铜烂铁卖可值不了几个钱，这块玉倒可以卖三几两银子！”唐晓澜突然飞身掠起，一抓向他抓去，那人叫道：“哎哟，不好！”肩头一动，冲出数丈以外，笑道：“还好，未曾失手！”唐晓澜抓了几块碎石，用连珠弹手法向他发去。因为摸不清的来路，所以并不存心打他，只用了几分力量，碎石也故意离他头顶几寸，目的不过是想吓一吓他，那人却突然向上一纵，碎石刚好弹中他的后脑，卜卜有声，弹了开去，那人抱头叫道：“好厉害的捕快啊！我可真要逃了！”脚步一紧，跑得更快！
唐晓澜越发惊奇，心想：这样的高人，不能错过。叫道：“前面这位英雄，俺甘拜下风了，请停步相见！”那人理也不理，仍然飞跑。唐晓澜气道：哪有这样不通情理的人？也加紧脚步，向前急追，追了一阵，追入了一座山中。
唐晓澜计算脚程，离朱仙镇大约也有二三十里了，心中一凛，想道：“这人莫非是故意引我来此？”那人脚步一缓，唐晓澜眼睛倏亮，已进入一个山谷之中，谷中遍地积雪，银光泻地，谷中有一间茅屋，唐晓澜停了下来，不敢冒进。那人回过头来，把手一扬，一件东西劈面打到，唐晓澜伸手接过，却原来是自己的佩剑，那人又扬了两扬手，把唐晓澜的银包和汉玉都抛了过来，忽然长叹一声，摇头摆脑的说道：“你这人对身外之事如此看重，对自己性命却不爱惜，真真可叹！你既然爱财如命，我就还给你吧，省得你像冤魂一样来缠我。”唐晓澜听得话中有话，怔了一怔，道：“晚辈岂敢爱惜钱财，还望前辈指点迷津。”那人回头一笑，道：“什么前辈晚辈，我最讨厌这些俗礼虚文。我问你，你不爱钱财，我才不过拿了你三件东西，你就拼命来追我作甚？”唐晓澜道：“晚辈不揣冒昧，但想结识高人。”那人哈哈笑道：“你口不对心，我在镇上拿掉你的东西之时，你哪里知道我是什么'高人'？”唐晓澜当时果是把他当作普通小偷，哑然无语。那人道：“你明明舍不得这几件东西嘛，是也不是？”唐晓澜道：“这佩剑乃是一位朋友所送，我不想失掉，但……”
正想说但追下去之后，就发现你是高人，那人截着说道：“什么朋友？是你的上官送的，是也不是？”
唐晓澜一愕，那人又笑道：“你是怕失了佩剑，允禵问起不好意思，也损了你近卫军副总领的身份，对么？要不然这把剑也不是宝物，你的游龙剑尚自可失，这把剑为什么不能失掉？”唐晓澜一听，这人竟熟知自己底细，更是莫测高深。那人哈哈大笑道：“送你这把佩剑的人，现在自身难保，哪还会追问你的佩剑？”唐晓澜更是吃惊，那人道：“我救了你的性命，你还不知道吗？”唐晓澜吓了一跳，莫明所以，那人道：“好，你不相信，我叫你见一个人！”撮唇一啸，茅屋中走出一人，唐晓澜一见，又是大吃一惊！
这人竟是允禵军中二宝中之一的方今明，唐晓澜以前打擂炫技之后，就是由他引进允禵军中的。只听得方今明道：“唐兄，你受惊了！”唐晓澜道：“方兄，你怎么会在这里？”方今明道：“你进来吧，我慢慢告诉你。”
进了茅屋，唐晓澜先问那人姓名，那人哈哈一笑，双手齐伸，唐晓澜不解其意，细看之时，才发现此人两手均与常人不同，常人每手有五只手指，而他却是左右手都生多了一只骈指，双手共是十二只手指，忽然醒悟，叫道：“你是十二指妙手神偷陈德泰陈大哥！”那人点了点头，笑道：“正是。你现在该知，我不是你的什么前辈了吗？”
唐晓澜瞪大眼睛，越发疑惑，今日一切，均如做梦一般。
你道唐晓澜何以疑惑，原来这十二指神偷陈德泰乃是甘凤池的大舅，在江湖上也颇有名头。唐晓澜心想：方今明和车辟邪二人乃是允禵心腹中的心腹，何以方今明却会和甘凤池的大舅在一起，而且还如老朋友一般？方今明黯然说道：“主公今日恐怕难逃大难了！”唐晓澜又是心中一凛，方今明既然还称允禵为“主公”，那么他和甘凤池显然并非一路，何以又会如此？方今明又道：“你若不是陈大哥引来，只恐性命难保了！”陈德泰在旁笑道：“如何？我可没有夸大骗你，故意称功吧？”唐晓澜拜下去道：“多谢陈大哥救命之恩，还望明白告知，释我疑团。”陈德泰道：“你还该多谢这位方大哥，若不是他，我也不知你在镇上喝酒。”
方今明道：“你知道你的游龙剑现在哪里？”唐晓澜道：“我的剑给了因搜去，想必在了因手中。”方今明道：“你可知道了因在哪里？”唐晓澜道：“不是在宫中吗？”了因等五人在年羹尧帐下，年羹尧的军队另成系统，所以唐晓澜不知。方今明道：“非但了因不在宫中，你的剑现在也不在了因手中了。年羹尧今日举事，劫夺主帅，你那把宝剑也助了他一臂之力。”唐晓澜越听越奇，陈德泰笑道：“了因正在年羹尧帐中，而你的游龙剑也已到车辟邪的手上了。”
原来这方今明原是江南一个龙头帮主，允禵招贤纳士，十年前就延揽了他。在他未入允禵幕中之时，和甘凤池虽非知交，却是相识，所以和陈德泰也曾有数面之缘。
方今明先把自己的来历，向唐晓澜说了，然后说道：“我们主公手握兵权，允祯这厮自然放他不过，可是在京中之时，怕激起众皇子公愤，所以不敢在京中下手。却等年羹尧篡夺了兵权之后，才叫年羹尧下手。”这原是唐晓澜意料中事，却问道：“你怎么知道？”方今明道：“车辟邪最爱宝剑，了因将你的剑送了给他，又诱之以功名利禄，叫他背叛主公。车辟邪答应了，年羹尧又叫他来说我，我不愿背叛主公，但和车辟邪又有十载交情，也不想立即告发，因此我用缓兵之计，请他宽限一两日答复他，这是今早的事。你们出市镇后，我本想去提醒主公，哪料他已经去赴年羹尧之宴，我知事情不妙，过了一会，就有人飞报给我，说是年羹尧那边已经动手。”陈德泰微笑插口道：“年羹尧的军队中，也有我们的弟兄。所以方大哥赶忙跑来，把消息告我。”
原来方今明此人武功虽高，对于立身处世之道却是糊涂，看重私情，忽于大义。允禵用小恩小惠笼络他，他就愿以国士报之。但他对甘凤池的侠义也是甚为敬重，所以一旦大难来时，甘凤池的人叫他逃走，并告诉他陈德泰恰巧在此，他也就跑来了。唐晓澜听了，颤声问道：“甘大侠知道此事么？”
陈德泰道：“甘七哥恐怕要过两天才来，但关东四侠却已到了。”原来甘凤池怕人多不便，是以分成三批动身。第一批是关东四侠，第二批是杨仲英路民瞻和他，第三批则是吕四娘和白泰官及鱼娘。甘凤池虽然没来，但他交游遍天下，年羹尧军中也有他的耳目，所以唐晓澜暗中得人照顾，还不知道。
唐晓澜问道：“方大哥，那你今后打算怎样？”方今明苦笑道：“我要今晚见过车辟邪之后才能定夺。”唐晓澜道：“什么，你还要见车辟邪？”方今明道：“我和他十载交情，亲如兄弟，就算今后割席绝交，也得说个明白。而且我也要打听主公下落。”唐晓澜听了暗叫：糊涂。但他见方今明还口口声声称允禵为“主公”，不便相劝，只问道：“那么你还回军营去吗？”方今明说道：“不，我已托人约他明日一早在雪魂谷相见。”唐晓澜道：“雪魂谷在什么地方？”陈德泰微笑说道：“就是外面这个山谷。”唐晓澜道：“怪不得这里的雪景如此之美，果然不负佳名。”又道：“车辟邪既然甘为名利所诱，我兄不可不防，明早之会，我和你一同去吧。”方今明摇手道，“我只约他单独相见，人多不便谈话。”陈德泰微微一笑，示意叫唐晓澜不必多言。
晚上消息传来，说是年羹尧奉了圣旨，已代允禵就了抚远大将军之职，允禵的近卫军全数被歼，最亲信的七名军官也被杀了，其中有三名军官就是和唐晓澜一道喝酒，后来在酒楼上被捉去的；至于允禵和博克图则在席上被擒，生死如何，不得而知。方今明听了，捶胸大哭。
第二日天刚方亮，方今明便到外面山谷相候，天空飘着鹅毛般的雪花，显得更是阴沉萧瑟，方今明箕踞崖石之上，翘首东望，心想是不是来得太早了？忽听一声长啸，蓦地传来，车辟邪突然从侧面的两块岩石中间跳出，道：“方兄来得真早，你那两位朋友呢？怎么不一同来？”方今明吓了一跳，心想：难道他昨晚就已来了？道：“我们既约好单独会面，怎能还约旁人？”
车辟邪面色阴沉，淡淡一笑，说道：“昨日我那番说话，方兄可曾考虑？”方今明道：“主公待我们不薄……”车辟邪截着说道：“识时务者为俊杰，他们兄弟争位，难道你还要为他死节不成？”方今明面色大变，道：“你们已把主公害了？”车辟邪道：“我可没有动手。”方今明虎目流泪，说道：“想不到你如此忘恩负义！”车辟邪道：“方兄宽心，主公还未死呢，你哭什么？”方今明道：“年羹尧肯把他放了么？”车辟邪笑道：“当今皇上亲自派哈布陀来将他请回京师去了。”方今明一听，心想：允祯将他秘密解回京城，结果还是难逃一死，而且允祯心狠手毒，只恐允禵将来之死，要比死在刀剑之下更惨。怒道：“皇上这样刻薄寡恩，我兄能不心寒么？”车辟邪哈哈大笑。
方今明怒道：“你笑什么？”车辟邪笑道：“我们与十四贝勒不同，我们又不与当今皇上争位，他纵刻薄寡恩，与我们有何关系？”方今明一阵心寒，颤声道：“十载相交，想不到你是这样的小人！”车辟邪眉毛一扬，道：“怎么样？”方今明忽然叹了口气，道：“你走吧！君子绝交不出恶声，咱们以往的交情一笔勾销，你去做的你的官，我回去做强盗。只要你不是奉命来捉我，我就不和你动手。”转身欲走。车辟邪叫道：“且慢！”方今明回头喝道：“你想怎么？”车辟邪道：“我兄三思而行！”方今明心伤之极，发为冷笑，回身又走。刚走得几步，忽听得哈哈大笑之声，方今明回头再看，只见崖石下突然多出两人，一个和尚，一个胖老头，这两人正是了因和董巨川。方今明气往上冲，道：“车辟邪，你早约好帮手来对付我了？”车辟邪冷笑道：“我何必约人来对付你，你我斤两如何，彼此心中有数，我再问你一声，你到底愿不愿跟我回去？”方今明冷笑道：“这样说，你是要把我留下了！”董巨川在旁阴恻恻的说道：“车统领，这回我们看你的了！”车辟邪“嗖”的一声拔出剑来，寒光闪闪，与冰雪相映，耀眼生缬，大声道：“方今明，你既有不臣之心，我也无兄弟之义了！”
方今明叫道：“好哇，你将我的颈血染红你的顶戴吧！”左掌护胸，右拳掌底穿出，车辟邪冷笑一声，回身拗步，游龙剑青光一闪，斜刺胸胁，方今明喝声：“来得好！”倏地身形一塌，手法如电，一个“印掌”，掌风飒然，直袭敌胸，车辟邪喝道：“你找死么？”呼的圈转手来，剑锋一转，截他臂弯，方今明突然长身急起，左掌托他肘尖，右手变掌擒拿，只一钩就钩着了车辟邪臂膊。方今明知道车辟邪剑术非同小可，所以一出手便拼了性命，使出了极其凶恶的险招！
车辟邪临危不乱，控背合胸，突然一个“退步横肱”，化开了方今明擒拿之势，剑柄向外一撞，斜点方今明左肋的“笑腰穴”，这是他的救命绝招，方今明晃肩急退，嗤的一声，车辟邪的剑锋在他肩头削过。方今明大喝道：“今日我与你拼了！”身形疾起，拳如雨，掌翻飞，打出了十八路长拳，搂头盖顶，捶肋捣胸，在剑光中穿来插去！
车辟邪与方今明的武功都是上上之选，一个精于拳术，另一个长于剑法，本来是八两半斤，但车辟邪有了游龙宝剑，威力无形中增加了几分，加以方今明失之于躁，一上来便拼老命，气力难继，打了半个时辰，车辟邪剑招越展越快，把方今明杀得只有招架之功，再过片刻，方今明越发不济，雪魂谷中，但见一团剑光，盘旋飞舞，方今明的身形已被裹在剑光之中！
董巨川与了因袖手旁观，相视而笑。董巨川道：“这人果然真心投顺，你送他一把游龙宝剑也还值得。”了因道：“反正是慷他人之慨，算得什么？”又道：“这人剑法高强，远在海云之上，只不知他轻功如何？”董巨川知道了因心意，笑道：“看来轻功也还不弱，将来再碰到你的师妹时，可以让他出手一试。”原来了因功力虽比吕四娘较高，但碍于她的剑法轻功，几次都只是打成平手，擒她不得。所以很想物色一个剑法轻功造诣深厚的人做他的助手。
谷中二人越斗越烈，董巨川说道：“不出三十招，方今明必死于车辟邪剑下。”了因笑道：“便宜了年羹尧这小子，捉了允禵，连他手下两名最得力的武士也解决了，报上去又是一个大功。”笑谈之间，忽听得方今明惨叫一声，想是中了一剑，董巨川抚掌大笑，得意于自己眼力无差，那料笑声未停，喝声陡起，雪魂崖上突然飞下数人。为首的正是玄风道长，大声喝道：“了因秃贼，快来领死！”跟着的除了关东四侠之外，还有陈德泰和唐晓澜。
原来陈德泰早预料到车辟邪会约人同来，这不是车辟邪怕斗不过方今明，而是年羹尧放心不过，必要派人监视。陈德泰见方今明太过糊涂，所以事先并不劝他，暗中却约了关东四侠，在崖上环伺。适才当董巨川和了因相视而笑之时，陈德泰与唐晓澜也相视而笑，陈德泰说道：“让方今明眼见他这位好朋友的真面目，他才会心死。”唐晓澜这才知道陈德泰的用意。
了因骤见关东四侠飞来，颇出意外。他绝未料到方今明会约这四人来助拳，但也傲然不惧，哈哈笑道：“佛爷还怕你们不成！”禅杖一挥，把玄风的长剑震了开去；柳先开身形飞起，十指钢环，向了因的光头猛凿，了因禅杖一抖，呼呼带风，一招“潜龙升天”，直抖上去，柳先开不敢下落，在空中一扭腰身，斜掠飞开，但了因一停，他又飞来。了因大怒，暗运内功，向玄风猛下杀手，柳先开飞来一凿，了因毫不理会，一杖向玄风横扫过去！柳先开十指钢环，齐齐下击，卜卜连声，就如凿在钢板一般，柳先开大吃一惊，竟给反撞回去！玄风道长哪里挡得住了因的全力进击，奋力挡了三招，虎口流血！了因当头一杖，向玄风顶门击下，朗月禅师忽然斜刺冲来，大口一张，喷酒成浪，了因突见眼前白茫茫一片，急忙举袖遮眼，缓了一缓，玄风剑法快捷异常，反手一剑，刺到了因肋下，以为这招必然得手，那料了因内功确是深湛，听风辨招，肌肉陡然内陷，玄风一剑刺去，剑尖已经着肉，陡觉软绵绵的无从着力，而玄风的剑又已放尽，就是相差这么半寸，无法刺进，了因大喝一声，左肘下沉，猛然向玄风撞去。这时两人都已是欺身肉搏了，了因的禅杖未及撤回，玄风的剑拐也已从了因两旁伸出，无法回救！
陈元霸见势危急，奋不顾身，双臂一振，和身撞去，硬接了了因这招，陈元霸练就铜皮铁骨，力大无穷，两人一碰，了因踉踉跄跄倒退几步，陈元霸却被撞得更惨，大叫一声，眼前金星乱舞，口吐鲜血，飞滚出数丈开外。幸他壮似蛮牛，吐了一口鲜血，休息片刻，又如无事！翻身跳起，挥拳复上！
了因力挡关东四侠，脑门中了柳先开的十指钢环，隐隐作痛，不敢再行硬挡。朗月禅师又把酒浪喷来，了因大袖一挥，沙飞风起，把朗月禅师的酒浪激得四处飞溅，酒香扑鼻。关东四侠都吃了一惊，但了因既要分心防御朗月禅师喷酒成练的独门武功，又要闪避“万里追风”柳先开的钢环闪击，在玄风快捷异常的乱披风剑法攻击之下，还要应付陈元霸的大摔碑手，以一敌四，竟然处了下风！
方今明斗得精疲力竭，自份必死，唐晓澜突然扑到，挽个剑花，一招“天山飞雪”，凌空击下，剑光闪闪，真如雪花飘舞，千点万点，直洒下来，车辟邪把宝剑舞了一道银虹，力挡开去。两人都是使剑的高手，论功力，那是车辟邪要高得多，但论剑法，那却是唐晓澜远为优胜。车辟邪迫得运用内力，以粘连激荡之法，来抵御唐晓澜绝妙的天山剑法。本来若以一敌一，时间一久，唐晓澜不是车辟邪对手，但方今明得了帮手，精神陡振，以二敌一，也占了上风！
这时两边人分成了三处厮杀，十二指神偷陈德泰独战老奸巨滑的董巨川，董巨川接招试招，以八卦游身掌中的盘龙绕步身法虚击两掌。八卦游身掌以飘忽见称，若非一流高手，必然给他耗尽气力，露尽本门武功，给敌人以可乘机会。那知董巨川的老谋深算，却恰恰着了陈德泰的道儿。原来陈德泰的真实武功，在董巨川唐晓澜之下，但他绰号“神偷”，身手自然溜滑之极，加以他的轻功本领，亦自不凡，所以若非和他以内力相较，多半会怀疑他是一流高手，唐晓澜昨日就是这样领了厉害，以致失声呼他“前辈”的。
董巨川虚击两掌，陈德泰作势扑击，其实也是虚招，两人各不相接。董巨川用盘龙绕步的身法围着他旋转，陈德泰也是东一拳、西一掌，忽东忽西，滑似泥鳅。董巨川见他拳法杂乱无章，但身手却灵敏到极，还以为是自己孤陋寡闻，看不出他的精妙拳术。谁知陈德泰乃是故弄玄虚，真是乱打一气的。董巨川越打越惊，小心翼翼，试着迫近敌人，那知他过份小心，却又着了陈德泰的道儿，陈德泰已看出他用的是虚招，看他迫近自己，陡然施展神偷绝技，在董巨川怀中一探，立即跃开，把手一扬，哈哈大笑！
董巨川侧身一闪，把手一抄，将陈德泰打来的暗器接在手中，一看，竟然是他平日惯用的暗器透骨钉，一摸怀中，不由得毛骨悚然，自己的一匣廿四支透骨钉全都不见了。陈德泰手只是这一点破铜烂铁吗？
董巨川心胆已寒，退后几步，四面一看，只见了因在关东四侠围攻之下，已处下风，车辟邪力敌唐晓澜和方今明二人，也早已是优劣易势，恨恨地想道：“早知方今明这厮会约帮手，真该多带几个人来！”了因这时又中了柳先开的一记钢环，暴怒如雷，禅杖抡得呼呼风响，玄风道长趋闪游斗，朗月禅师不停的喷酒助战，一大葫芦酒都几乎喷完，了因身上的架裟千疮百孔，也自有点惊心，董巨川叫道：“宝国禅师，他们以多为胜，就让他们多活几天吧！”了因大吼一声，一杖把玄风的长剑隔开，拔步冲前，那料陈元霸在朗月禅师的酒浪掩护之下，趁着了因一杖打出，尚未收回，余势已衰之际，突然奋起全力，双手抱着禅杖，向下一按，玄风剑法乘隙即入，欺身一剑，距离既近，势劲力足，了因内功虽高，左肘一缩一格，也被刺穿臂骨，血染衣裳。了因大喝一声：“去！”禅杖一抖，将陈元霸弹上半空，幸在柳先开正自半空扑下，一抓抓