Chapter 12 Chapter 12 Two Bronze Medals
When Shi Potian saw that the dead ship had disappeared, and there was no one in the village, he took a step, his heart skipped a beat, his face was already pale, and he said to himself: "Fortunately, they have all hid, look Don't see us."
Zhang San and Li Si duan looked at each other and walked to a small hut. Zhang San stretched out his hand and pushed open the board door. On the side, a large iron ring was exposed from the bottom of the tank.Li Si grabbed the iron ring and lifted it up. Suddenly, there was a sound, and an iron plate rose up in response to his hand, revealing a big hole.
Zhang San jumped down first, and Li Si jumped down after him.Shi Potian could only look at it in amazement, guessing that it must be the hiding place of the perpetrator in the Tiecha Society, he hurriedly persuaded: "You two brothers, you can't go down here..." Before finishing speaking, Zhang San, Li Si had long since disappeared, so he had no choice but to brace himself and jump down too.
There is a passage in front, and Shi Potian walked anxiously behind the two of them. After only a few steps, someone shouted: "Which one?" Where the strong wind blew up, two shining iron forks stabbed at Zhang San. .Zhang San swung his hands and slapped the iron fork. Under the shock of internal force, the two fell to the ground and died.
Giant tallow candles were lit on the wall of the passageway, and after walking several feet, he made a turn, and there must be two men guarding each corner.Every time Zhang San just waved his hand, he killed the man holding the iron fork. His strikes were fast and accurate, clean and neat, and he would never make a second move.
Shi Potian opened his mouth wide and couldn't close it, he thought: "What kind of magic is Brother Zhang using? If this is actually martial arts, it is much more powerful than Ding Busan, Ding Busi Grandpa, and Master Bai."
While he was in a trance, he could only hear the noise of people, and many people rushed towards him from the corridor.Zhang San and Li Si were still walking slowly, but the people rushing towards them stood still suddenly, with expressions of horror on their faces.
Zhang Sandao: "Is the chief rudder here?"
A tall and strong man clasped his fists and said: "You Desheng is the head of the Little Tiecha Society. The two big men have come to welcome you. Please go to the hall and have a glass of wine. Ah, there is another distinguished guest, please Three rewards."
Zhang San and Li Si nodded.Shi Potian saw that the surrounding scene was extremely strange, in this tunnel, Zhang San had already killed twelve members of the Tiecha Society in one go, he expected that the other party would never give up and just wanted to turn around and run for his life, but seeing Zhang San and Li Si He stepped forward indifferently, unable to retreat alone, had to follow behind, but couldn't help trembling all over his body.
You Desheng, the chief helmsman of the Iron Fork Society, led the way respectfully, and there were all members of the Iron Fork Society lined up beside the corridor, all of whom were holding iron forks, the forks were sharp and gleaming.Zhang San, Li Si and Shi Potian passed between the two rows of congregations, only turned a corner, and suddenly they were in a hall, there were countless torches on the wall, shining like day, surrounded by people standing Congregation holding forks.Occasionally, Shi Potian met the vicious eyes of these people, and turned his head hastily, not daring to look any further.
You Desheng asked Zhang San and Li Si to sit down.Zhang and Li did not give in, and sat down alone.Zhang San pointed to the seat beside him with a smile, and said, "Little brother, you can just sit here." After Shi Potian took his seat, You Desheng accompanied him in the main seat.
In a moment, several members of the congregation, wearing green robes and without weapons, served cups, chopsticks, wine and food.Zhang San and Li Si shook their left hands, and something flew out of their robe sleeves at the same time, and with a slap, they landed side by side in front of You Desheng, but they were two bronze medals, embedded in the table evenly, just in line with the tabletop, and then It seems to be finely inlaid.There is a human face engraved on each plate, smiling and angry, exactly the same as the two bronze plates nailed to the cabin door of the dead body of the Flying Fish Gang.
You Desheng's face changed suddenly, he stood up, there was a loud clang, and more than a hundred men around shook the iron fork together, the iron ring on the fork made a deafening sound, and each of them took a step.
Shi Potian shouted: "Ah!" Standing up in a hurry, he wanted to run away, thinking to himself: "It's not easy to escape in this underground hall." Looking sideways at Zhang San and Li Si, one of them was still standing. Grinning, the other yin and yang were strange, but also remained calm, Shi Potian had no choice but to sit down again.
You Desheng said sadly: "Since that's the case, what else can I say?" Zhang San smiled and said: "Master You, you are the only descendant of Shanxi'Fuhumen', and you are the only one in the world with double short forks. We will. We are here to invite you to Xiake Island to have a bowl of Laba porridge. There is no other intention, so don’t be suspicious.” You Desheng hesitated for a moment, then reached out to clap the two bronze medals on the table, and he reached out to catch them and put them down. Putting it into his arms, he said: "Laba surnamed You will be here." Zhang San raised his right thumb and said, "Thank you, Mr. You, so that my brothers will not return empty-handed."
Suddenly a person in the crowd said loudly: "Although the Chief Steward You is our brains, all the brothers of the Tiecha Congregation live and die together, we cannot allow the Chief Steward to die for the brothers alone." Shi Potian recognized the voice when he heard the voice. He was the big brother Hu who killed two people in a row in the cabin, knowing that this person was extremely fierce, he couldn't help but his heart was beating wildly again.
You Desheng smiled wryly and said: "What good is it to lose more lives in vain? I've made up my mind, Brother Hu, don't need to say more." Lifting the jug, he went to pour wine for Zhang San, but his right hand couldn't help shaking and splashed on the table. A lot of drinks.
Zhang San said with a smile: "I've heard that Mr. You is a hero, and he kills people without blinking an eye. Why are you a little scared today?" He raised the wine glass to his mouth, and suddenly there was a ping-pong sound, and the wine glass fell to the ground and shattered. Followed by the body tilted, sideways on the chair.Shi Potian was startled and said: "Brother, what's the matter?" He turned his head and asked Li Sidao: "Second brother, he...he..." Before he could finish his sentence, he saw Li Si slowly slipping under the table.Shi Potian was even more frightened and at a loss for what to do.
At the beginning, You Desheng said that Zhang San and Li Si were acting deliberately, but seeing that Zhang San's face was blood red and his breathing was short of breath, Li Si's eyes were turned white, and his face was faintly purple and black, showing that he was poisoned. image.He was overjoyed, but he didn't dare to take any action, pretending to say: "What's wrong with you two?" Li Si was huddled under the table, twitching uncontrollably.
Shi Potian was terrified, he quickly helped Li Si up, and asked: "Second brother, are you... are you... not feeling well?" How did he know that Zhang San and Li Si were fighting with him just now, and what he drank was highly poisonous medicinal wine , Each of them drank eight or nine mouthfuls.Based on the skills of the two of them, if they drink three sips in a row, they will use their internal strength and resistance quickly, and there will be no serious problems. If they drink eight or nine sips non-stop, it will be a huge excess. Da Jin, after drinking so much poisoned wine, he didn't feel any abdominal pain.But both of them took the antidote, the antidote aims to stop the poisoning from the alcohol temporarily, and let the internal force absorb and dissolve the medicinal wine to strengthen the internal force. Wouldn't it be a pity that medicinal wine would lose its medicinal properties if the antidote was taken?After waiting for a while, the two of them were in a hurry, but the poison in the wine suddenly broke out at the same time, it was beyond their expectation.
At that time, Zhang San and Li Si felt severe pain in their stomachs and felt numb all over their bodies.The two knew that the situation was critical, so they hurriedly drew the true qi from their dantians, wrapped their stomachs in the poisoned wine, hoping to slowly let it go away bit by bit, otherwise the poison would explode suddenly, and the heart would stop beating immediately.But whether it's too late, whether it's early or not, the poison happens at this time, his life is really in the hands of others, even if he can resist the poisoned wine in his stomach, he still can't escape the poisonous hands of Tiechahui.Both of them thought: "The two of us ruled the world, but we died here today."
Director You of the Tiecha Society, that surnamed Hu, and all members of the congregation were shocked when they saw Zhang San and Li Si suddenly reclined on their chairs, sweating profusely, muscles twitching on their faces, and looking very painful. .Everyone was shocked by the prestige of the two, although they saw that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, they didn't dare to make any changes for a while.
Shi Potian only asked: "Big Brother, Second Brother, are you drunk, or did you suddenly get sick?" Zhang San and Li Si didn't answer, they just half-recumbent and half-sitting, trying to use their internal energy to offset the poison in their abdomen, and it didn't take long , white air came out from the top of his head.
You Desheng saw white gas coming out from the top of the two people's heads, he knew it, and said in a low voice: "Brother Hu, these two people are either insane, or have a sudden illness, and they are urgently mobilizing their internal energy, everyone hurry up!" The man surnamed Hu was overjoyed, but he didn't dare to come close to make a move. He picked up an iron fork and threw it at Zhang San with a whirring sound.Zhang San was powerless to resist, he just leaned slightly, and with a bang, the iron fork pierced his shoulder, blood spattered everywhere.Shi Potian was shocked and shouted: "You... what are you doing? How dare you hurt my elder brother?"
Seeing that he was young, the members of the Tiecha Society were flustered and at a loss, and no one took him seriously.When Brother Hu stabbed Zhang San with a fork, the other party was unable to dodge, not to mention parry, all of them were refreshed, and there was a sound of whirring, and the three iron forks flew towards Shi Potian at the same time.
Shi Potian crossed his left arm, shook away two iron forks, stretched out his right hand to catch the third iron fork, and dodged in front of Zhang San and Li Si. In the confusion, another five iron forks were thrown towards him. .Shi Potian raised the iron fork in his hand and frantically knocked them away one by one. The two iron forks bounced back, smashing the head of one congregation and piercing the belly of another congregation.
You Desheng saw that the place was narrow and the iron fork couldn't be used. Such a scuffle would hurt his brothers more, so he shouted: "Everyone stay here, let me deal with this little thief first." , and when they stood up straight again, they already had a gleaming small steel fork with a short handle in each of their hands.
The congregation of Tiecha retreated one after another, stood against the wall, and shouted in unison: "Look at the chief steward, take care of this thief boy." In the underground secret room, the voice could not be heard, and it sounded very depressed.
You Desheng bowed his body, quickly and unusually bullied Shi Potian's side, raised and lowered two small steel forks, and pierced his cheeks and waist eyes.Shi Potian never expected that the opponent would attack so quickly, he shouted "Ah", and rushed forward a step, but his waist and right arm were hit by the blade at the same time, with a "dang", the iron he was holding in his hand The fork fell to the ground.Seeing that his martial arts skills were not high, You Desheng was more than half relieved, yelled repeatedly, and then rushed towards him like a whirlwind.
Shi Potian's right arm was slightly injured, but the prick in his waist was really painful. Seeing that he was charging up fiercely again, he slanted his body and dodged it, and hit his back with his back palm, which was taught by Ding Busi. a trick.You Desheng is best at small maneuvers and melee combat. Seeing that Shi Potian's posture is ugly when he moves, but when he raises his hands and throws his feet, there is a faint sound of wind, and his inner strength is strong. The fork moves to stab at Shi Potian's vital point.
Zhang San and Li Si were lucky enough to be poisoned in their stomachs, while watching Shi Potian and You Zongruo fight, knowing that the two lives today depended on whether Shi Potian could win or not, seeing him miss countless good opportunities , feel pity, but also anxious, but dare not be too distracted, so as to distract the breath.
After fighting for a while, Shi Potian's right leg was swept by the small steel fork again, with an "ah yo", he slapped his right palm quickly.You Desheng suddenly smelled a strong sweet fragrance, his head was dizzy, and he passed out immediately.Shi Potian was stunned, and jumped back.
The man surnamed Hu rushed forward, and saw that You Desheng's face was all purple and black, obviously he had been poisoned, and when he checked his breath, he was already dead.He was frightened and angry, and hissed, "You boy... boy, you are poisoning people, let's fight him! Everyone, the chief helmsman was killed by the boy." The audience in the Tiecha Society shouted On the ground, they raised their iron forks to stab at Shi Potian indiscriminately.
Shi Potian stood in front of Zhang San and Li Si, he didn't dare to dodge, he was afraid that if he moved a little bit, the two righteous brothers would die under more than ten iron forks. Break the fork with all your strength, and use the Golden Crow Saber technique to sweep across the frame.His extremely powerful internal energy was transported to the fork, and he was invincible. In an instant, more than ten iron forks were blown away by him.The one standing closest, let go of the iron fork, and then rushed forward with his body, his hands turned into claws, and grabbed Shi Potian's face.Seeing his fierce momentum, Shi Potian swooped out with his left hand and hit ten of his fingers with a slap, there were only a few clicks, the wrist bones snapped, and the man fell to the ground wearily, not moving at all. Moved.
During the melee, no one had time to pay attention to the life and death of that person, seven or eight people approached Shi Potian to attack, some with forks, some with empty hands.Shi Potian didn't dare to take a step back, he saw someone rushing towards him, so he stretched out his palm to slap him, he didn't know why, the opponent would fall down immediately, the effect was like a god.
After knocking down six people in a row, several people yelled: "This kid's poisonous palm is powerful, everyone be careful." Another person shouted: "Brother Wang also gave this kid a poisonous palm high-five, little... small... Heart..." Before the man finished speaking, he fell to the ground with a thud, and hit his face heavily with an iron fork.This person was not hit by Shi Potian's palm, but he was also poisoned and died.
The congregation of the Tiecha Society looked terrified, and retreated step by step, but they heard the sounds of clangs, bangs, clicks, and ah-ahs, and fell down one by one. Some turned around and tried to escape, but they couldn't take two steps. That is, roll over.
In a blink of an eye, more than a hundred strong men in the hall fell all over the ground, leaving only four people with the highest skills. Form a ball and fall dead at the same time.
When Shi Potian saw this scene, he was dumbfounded with fright, ten times more frightened than he was when he ran into the corpse ship by mistake on Ziyan Island that day.The members of the Flying Fish Sect that I saw in the corpse ship were all dead, but at this moment, all members of the Tiecha Sect were dying in front of my eyes. I don't know if they were possessed by evil spirits or bewitched by evil spirits.
He remembered those people who said that he was powerful with poisonous palms, and when he lifted his palms to look at them, he saw a mass of red clouds that were as red as blood in both palms, and beside the red clouds were countless bluish-blue stripes, the colors were extremely bright.Before marrying Zhang San and Li Si, there were red spots and blue spots in the palms of both palms, but they were very small at that time, and I don't know when they turned into this appearance.After looking at it for a while, I couldn't help but feel sick. I only felt that the palms of my hands became like the belly of a poisonous snake and the back of a centipede, and I could faintly smell some strong and fishy smell in my nose.
When he turned his head to look at Zhang San and Li Si, he saw that the two looked peaceful, and the whiteness on their heads became thicker, and the iron fork was still nailed to Zhang San's shoulder.He thought: "I have to pull out the iron fork for elder brother." Grabbing the handle of the fork and pulling it lightly, the iron fork came up in response, and a stream of blood spurted out from the wound on Zhang San's shoulder.Shi Potian hurriedly pressed down, tore off a corner of the skirt, and covered the wound for him.
Zhang San took a deep breath and said in a low voice: "You... listen... I... say... do... according to... my... words..." Word by word, the voice It is low and the tone is extremely slow.The poison he suffered was comparable to that of Li Si, but a lot of blood came out from the wound on his shoulder, which slowed down the attack of the poison he suffered.
Shi Potian nodded hurriedly and said: "Yes, yes, please give me your orders." Zhang San said: "You...left...hand...press...I...back...heart...spirit...stand...point... ..." Then he took a deep breath and said a word. It took him a long time to teach Shi Potian how to use his inner strength to help him expel the poison in his body. It was as red as if it was about to bleed.Shi Potian didn't dare to be negligent, immediately followed his instructions, untied his shirt, pressed his left hand on Lingtai acupoint, right hand pressed his Tanzhong acupoint, breathed in with his left hand, breathed out with his right hand, sure enough, after a while, there was a A scorching hot air, as thin as a gossamer, penetrated from the right palm.
Just as he was exerting all his strength with one palm to breathe out and the other to inhale, he suddenly heard footsteps, more than ten people rushed in, all holding iron forks in their hands.These people were ordered to guard outside, after a long time, they didn't hear any sound, and they came in to visit immediately, they never expected that the leader of the gang and his brothers were all dead on the spot, in horror, they saw Shi Potian sitting with Zhang San and Li Si On the ground, obviously also seriously injured, everyone shouted and stabbed at the three of them with their forks.Shi Potian was about to get up to resist, but unexpectedly these ten or so people rushed to a place more than Zhang away from him, suddenly their bodies swayed, each of them collapsed limply, they died without a sound.
Shi Potian was so frightened that his heart almost jumped out of his chest, he said in a trembling voice: "Brother...Brother, there are evil spirits in this room. Let's go quickly..." Zhang San shook his head, at this moment the poison in his body Halfway there, the abdominal pain is not as severe as before, and he said: "You... use this method... for... for the second brother... also... this... do it..."
Shi Potian said: "Yes, yes." According to the method taught by Zhang San, he took drugs for Li Si, but at this moment, a trace of cold air entered his palm.After about a meal, the poison in Li Si's body became lighter, and he was asked to take drugs for Zhang San again.
Repeatedly like this, Shi Potian sucked each person three times.Although the remaining poison in the two people's bodies is not clean, they are completely fine.The two of them were going to use these poisons to boost their own skills, they only needed to melt them slowly.
The two looked around at the dead bodies, recalling the danger of the situation just now, they couldn't help but feel lingering fear, thinking that Shi Potian had just detoxified the two of them, and he had sucked a lot of poison into his palms, he must try to detoxify him if it would be harmful , but saw that although his face was full of fear, his behavior was as usual, and there was no sign of being poisoned. They all thought that this kid had taken some kind of Ganoderma lucidum elixir, and such a powerful poison could not do anything to him, so I was lucky for him , and secretly grateful.The two of them naturally knew that the reason why the congregation of the Tiecha Society died immediately when they encountered his palm wind was because the poison in his body was emitted. After arriving, the hall was dense and the poisonous mist filled the air. It is fatal.But it was not easy to explain, and he neither asked nor mentioned it.
Zhang Sandao: "Second and third brothers, let's go!" He went out first, followed by Li Si and Shi Potian.
The three walked out of the tunnel, only to see dozens of people standing in the open space outside, holding iron forks, looking around.
When the crowd saw the three people coming out, they shouted and surrounded them.Someone asked, "Where's the chief rudder? Why haven't you come out yet?" Zhang San smiled and said, "The chief rudder is inside!" The person who was in front asked again, "Why did you come out first?"
Zhang San smiled and said: "Even I don't understand this, go in and see for yourself." With both hands stretched out, one hand grabbed a person's chest and threw it into the tunnel.The rest of the people screamed loudly, stabbing at him with their iron forks.Zhang San didn't dodge or dodge, he reached out with both hands, grabbed the two of them, and threw them backwards.
Shi Potian stood at the side, but seeing Zhang San grabbing him casually, no matter how the other party resisted and dodged, it was always difficult to escape his grasp.The more he looked at it, the more surprised he became, thinking that his elder brother's martial arts are so good, none of the masters he has seen before can match him.
Li Si put his hands behind his back and did not step forward to help.After throwing more than ten people, Zhang San went behind everyone's back, only grabbing the furthest one, and gradually forced them to the tunnel entrance.Someone shouted: "Flee!" and ran into the tunnel first, and the rest followed.Shi Potian shouted: "It's dangerous inside, don't go in!" But who will listen to him?
His mind was filled with countless doubts: Why did the members of the Tiecha Society suddenly die one by one?Why did the eldest brother and the second brother suddenly suffer from poisoning?Why did the eldest brother drive these many people into the tunnel?For a while, I didn't know which thing to ask first, so I just called out: "Big Brother, Second Brother!" Then Zhang San said: "Hey! Who's here over there?"
Shi Potian looked back, but there was no one there, and asked, "Who is here?" But he didn't hear Zhang San's answer, and when he turned his head again, he couldn't help being surprised, Zhang San and Li Si had disappeared, so he went It's like hiding away.Shi Potian exclaimed in shock: "Big brother, second brother! Where have you been?" He called several times, but no one answered.
He was at a loss, and hurriedly searched for it in the four houses.The fishing village was full of earthen huts, and he even broke into seven or eight families, but there was no one there.
At that time, the red sun was just rising, and the whole place was full of sunshine. In a big village, he was the only one left in the desert.
He thought of the tragic death of everyone in the tunnel and the hall, he couldn't help shivering, yelled, and ran away.After going straight for more than ten miles, he slowed down, and when he raised his palm to look at it again, the red cloud and blue pattern on his palm had disappeared for a little bit, it was not as disgusting as when he first saw it, and he felt a little relieved.He didn't know that the palm didn't use internal force, the poison gradually returned to the body along the meridians.Afterwards, practice Qi exercises every day, the poison will gradually decrease, and the power will also increase. It is not until seventy-seven forty-nine days later that the toxicity is completely gone.
He walked on foot for a long time, and then reached the bank of the Yangtze River. Now he marched down along the riverside road. At noon, I bought some noodles in a small town and ate them, then headed east again.He roamed around freely without any worries. When he arrived in the evening, a corner of the yellow wall was exposed in the woods in front of him. When he walked closer, he saw a temple with a magnificent house. There was a wide and flat bluestone road in front of the gate. Two Taoists with yellow crowns carrying long swords came. When the two Taoists saw Shi Potian, they quickly approached him.A middle-aged Taoist asked: "What are you doing?" Seeing that Shi Potian's clothes were filthy, he was looking around clumsily at a young age, and his words were not polite. Shi Potian didn't think it was disobedient, and said with a smile, "I'm just walking around, not doing anything. Is this the monk's temple? I have money, can I buy something to eat with you, okay?" The Taoist said angrily: "You bastard Nonsense, do you think I’m a monk? We’re not running a restaurant, what are we going to sell you? Hurry up, hurry up! Then come to Shangqing Temple to mess around and break your leg.” Another young Taoist held his hand. Pressing the hilt of the sword, with a vicious look on his face, he even made an appearance that he was about to draw his sword to kill someone. Shi Potian said: "I'm hungry, I asked you to buy some food, and I didn't come to fight. It's so good, why should I beat you to death?" Then he turned and walked away.The young Taoist said angrily: "What did you say?" He stepped forward to catch up. Shi Potian's words were really sincere, he killed a person with a single swing of his hand in the hall of Tiechahui, the boss in his heart regretted it, and really didn't want to fight with others, seeing the young Taoist coming up to fight, he was afraid that he would kill him again out of nowhere He immediately ran and fled into the woods.Only the two Taoist priests laughed, and the middle-aged Taoist said: "He's a fool, he just got scared and ran away with his tail in his arms." He saw that the two Taoist priests were no longer chasing them, and seeing that it was getting late, he wanted to find some wild fruits to satisfy his hunger, but the forest was full of pine, fir, and cypress trees, and there were no wild fruits.He ran up a small hillside, looked around, and saw that the Taoist temple was built next to the mountain, with dozens of houses in the front, back, left, and right sides. White smoke kept rising from the chimney of the house behind, obviously cooking.Apart from this Taoist temple, as far as the eye can see, there are no other houses nearby. When he saw the cooking smoke, his stomach was rumbling even more, and he thought: "These Taoists are so fierce, they want to fight as soon as they open their mouths. Let me go to the back and see if there is anything to eat, take it and leave. Just put it down." Yinzi is not a thief." Immediately after walking around from the forest to the Taoist temple, he spotted the cooking smoke, walked against the wall, saw a back door half open, and walked in. At this time, the sky was completely dark, and it was a courtyard when you entered, but you could hear the noise of people, the spatulas were banging in the iron pan, the dishes squeaked in the cooking oil, and the aroma wafted into the courtyard. Where the kitchen is.Shi Potian swallowed his saliva, and then quietly hid in the doorway of the kitchen from the corridor, hiding in a dark corridor, thinking: "Let's see where these cooked meals are sent? If there is no one in the dining hall for a while, I will buy them." If you leave after a bowl of meat, you won't fight and kill people." Sure enough, not long after, three people came out of the kitchen.The three are little Taoist priests, one of them is holding a lantern, and the two behind him are each holding a tray. The trays are full of hot aroma, obviously full of delicacies.Shi Potian swallowed his saliva, stepped lightly, and quietly followed behind.The three little Taoist priests walked through the corridor, and then through a corridor, and came to a hall. They put down the dishes on the table, the two little Taoist priests turned and walked out, and the remaining one stayed to straighten the chair, arrange the cups and chopsticks, and set up a total of Three seats. Shi Potian hid outside the long window and stared intently into the hall.After finally waiting for the little Taoist to turn to the back hall, he quickly rushed into the hall, grabbed a piece of braised beef in the bowl and stuffed it into his mouth, and tore a steamed chicken drumstick with both hands. As soon as he swallowed the first bite of beef, he heard someone outside the long window saying: "Junior Brother and Junior Sister, please." Footsteps sounded, and several people walked to the front of the hall. Shi Potian yelled secretly: "Not good!" Grasping the steamed fat chicken in his hand, he took out a silver ingot from his pocket and put it on the table, and was about to rush to the back hall, but he heard the sound of footsteps. , There are also people coming from the back hall.Glancing around, seeing the empty hall with nowhere to hide, he couldn't help crying secretly: "Are you going to fight again?" Hearing that those people had walked to the long window, he thought of the death conditions of the people in the tunnel of the Tiecha Society. Although there may be ghosts and ghosts in the dark, the members of the congregation may not have been killed by himself. , in desperation, he caught a glimpse of a large plaque hanging on the beam, and had no time to think about it, so he jumped onto the beam and got behind the plaque.He lay flat on his back, just enough to accommodate him.At this time, the distance was really only a moment, and he just hid behind the plaque, the long window was pushed open, and several people walked in. Only one person said: "My senior brother, but my senior brother is so polite and set up such a sumptuous meal." Shi Potian heard this accent very familiar, peeping down from the gap between the wooden plaque and the beam, he saw more than a dozen people were seated together with a man and a woman, these two were the owner and his wife of Xuansuzhuang.He has always been very grateful to these two people, especially Mrs. Shi Min Rou, who intended to donate silver back then, and taught him swordsmanship a few days ago, upon seeing him, he felt a burst of warmth in his heart. An old Taoist with white beard and white hair said: "Junior Brother and Junior Sister have come from afar, Brother Yu is overjoyed, how can a glass of water and wine be called rich?" Some leftover soup was poured down, the main dish in the bowl was steamed chicken or hoof, but it had disappeared, and there was a silver ingot beside the bowl, which was even more incomprehensible. The old Taoist frowned, thinking how the little Taoist priests were so negligent, no one was guarding them, and the cats came and stole food, but there were far visitors here, so it was inconvenient to reprimand the subordinates for these trivial matters.At this time, another little Taoist priest brought the dishes, everyone looked embarrassed when they saw the bowl of soup, and hurriedly cleaned it up without anyone mentioning it.The old Taoist invited Shi Qing and his wife to sit at the head of the table, and he accompanied them horizontally. The sleeves of his robes were as light as Buddha, covering the silver ingots. When the sleeves were removed, the silver ingots on the table were gone.In the middle seat sat three other middle-aged Taoists, and the remaining twelve Taoists sat in the other two seats. After drinking for three rounds, the old Taoist sighed: "I haven't seen you for eight years, my younger brother and younger sister are more beautiful than before, but brother Yu is very old." Shi Qing said: "Brother's hair has turned gray, but his spirit is still very strong." The old Taoist said: "What's white? I'm worried, and my hair turned white overnight. If my younger brother and younger sister came three days ago, my beard and hair would only be half black and half white." Shi Qing said: "Master Is what brother is concerned about rewarding the good and punishing the evil?" The old Taoist sighed and said: "Besides this, there is probably no second thing in the world that can make the number of Taoists in the sky in a few days. Twenty years older." Shi Qingdao: "My junior sister and I heard the news on the edge of Chaohu Lake that the two envoys of rewarding good and punishing evil have returned. The martial arts world is facing a catastrophe, so we came here in the starry night to discuss a good plan with the senior brother in charge and all the senior brothers. The name of my Shangqing temple has become more and more famous in the martial arts in the past ten years. The tree attracts the wind, and the two envoys of good and evil may patronize us. The younger brother and his wife intend to stay in the temple for a month or two. If they really come here , even though the younger brother and his wife are not doing well, they still have to sacrifice their lives for the master." Tianxu sighed softly, took out two bronze medals from his pocket, patted them twice, and put them on the table. Shi Potian was standing on top of their heads, he could see clearly that there was a smiling face and an angry face on the two cards, which were exactly the same as the bronze medals he had seen twice before, so he couldn't help but wondered: "This old Taoist priest also has these two cards. ?” Shi Qing let out a "huh" and said: "So the two envoys of good and evil have already come, and my younger brother and his wife rushed here non-stop, after all, it is still a step late. What day did it happen? Senior brother... how do you deal with it?" Tianxu was restless and did not answer for a while, a middle-aged Taoist sitting next to him said: "That happened three days ago. The senior brother, who is benevolent and righteous, has promised to go to Xiake Island to drink Laba porridge." When Shi Qing saw the two bronze medals and saw that everyone in the temple was safe, he had already guessed 90% of it, so he stood up abruptly, bowed deeply to Tianxu, and said, "Senior brother shoulders the heavy burden to keep Shangqing Temple safe." Seeing the safety of the whole world, I feel ashamed, so I would like to thank you first. But I have an unfeeling request, so please don't blame me." Taoist Tianxu returned the salute with a smile, and said: "Everything in the world is like floating clouds to Brother Yu at this moment. Brother has an order, and he obeys it." Shi Qing said: "In this way, senior brother agreed?" Tian Xu said: "Of course I agreed. But I don't know what orders my virtuous brother has?" Shi Qing said: " The younger brother is bold and bold, and wants to ask the senior brother to hand over the head of the Shangqingguan sect to the younger brother and his wife to jointly take charge of it." As soon as he said this, all the Taoists in the hall were shocked.Tianxu pondered before answering, Shi Qing said again: "After the younger brother and his wife take charge of the sect, we will go to the Xiake Island to taste this bowl of Laba porridge." Tianxu laughed out loud, but the laughter was full of bitterness, tears glistened in his eyes, and said: "Brother Yu is kind, Brother Yu understands it. But Brother Yu has been the head of the Shangqing School for more than ten years. , is well known in the martial arts world. Facing danger today, I just shy away from it, where will I put Tianxu's old face in the future?" He reached out and grabbed Shi Qing's right palm, and said, "My dear brother, you and I are of different ages. Far away, you are a layman, and we were rarely together in the past. But you and I have always been friends, not to mention your martial arts character, you are indeed the first-class figure in our sect, and Brother Yu has always admired you. If it weren't for this Laba covenant, you To be the head of the faction, Brother Yu will gladly accept it. Today's situation is very different, but Brother Yu absolutely cannot accept orders, haha, haha!" The smile was very desolate. Shi Potian wondered what the "Laba porridge" on Xiake Island was. He had heard it from his elder brother in the Tiecha meeting. Now when Daoist Xu mentioned the date of Laba porridge, his expression changed drastically. Could it be something fatal? Is it highly poisonous? I just heard Tianxu say again: "Brother Yu, Brother Yu's hair turned white all night, it's not because he is greedy for life and afraid of death. I am already sixty-two years old, and if I die this year, it will be regarded as the end of my life. But I have thought over and over how to get rid of it. This catastrophe that occurs every ten years in the martial arts world? How can we maintain the prestige of our school? That is the real difficulty. In the past thirty years, Xia Ke Island has held three Laba banquets. None of the heroes from various sects, gangs and associations who were invited to the meeting can come back. Brother Yu died, it is not a pity, but we have to think of a proper way to deal with the aftermath." Shi Qing also laughed, picked up the wine glass in front of him, drank it in one gulp, and said: "Senior brother, the younger brother and his wife are beyond their means, and they want to ask senior brother to step aside, not to take two lives on behalf of senior brother, but to go Find out. Maybe God blesses you to find out the truth. Although I dare not say that this great harm can be eliminated in the martial arts, but as long as the secrets are leaked out, the martial arts all over the world will be no match for Xia Kedao. Who are you?" Tian Xu shook his head slowly, and said: "It's not that I adore others' ambitions and underestimate my virtuous brother. Masters like Abbot Miaodi of Shaolin Temple, Master Yu Tea of Wudang School, and Taoist Qingkong of Qingcheng School are gone forever. Alas. , Although my brother's martial arts are high, in the end... after all, he is not comparable to the senior masters such as Abbot Miaodi and Master Yu Tea." Shi Qingdao: "My little brother is self-aware in this section. But success depends half on skill and half on luck. It is impossible to eliminate the great harm, and trying to find out some secrets may not be completely hopeless. " Tianxu still shook his head, and said: "The head of Shangqingguan has always been in charge of Daoliu for a hundred years. After Brother Yu died, he was appointed to be succeeded by Junior Brother Chongxu. Since then, the virtuous brother and his wife have tried their best to help, so that the sect will not fail. Decline and oblivion, Brother Yu is already grateful." Shi Qing said again and again that Tian Xu would not allow it.Everyone stopped drinking and forgot to eat vegetables.Shi Potian gently tore off a piece of chicken and stuffed it into his mouth, afraid of chewing it loudly, he swallowed it whole, but his eyes still peeped intently from the gap. Mrs. Shi and Min Rou listened to her husband and Taoist Tianxu talking, without interrupting, but slowly stretched out her hand, picked up two bronze medals, looked at them for a while, and put them into her pocket.Tianxu shouted: "Junior Sister, please put it down!" Min Rou smiled slightly, and said, "I'll keep it on behalf of Senior Brother, and it's the same." Taoist Tianxu saw that the voice could not stop her, so he stretched out his hand to snatch it away.At this moment, Shi Qing stretched out his chopsticks to grab a bowl of braised eel slices, and his right arm just blocked Tianxu's palm.Chong Xu, who was sitting under Mrs. Shi's head, retracted his arms, reached out to grab the bronze medal, and said, "Let me keep it!" Madam Shi raised her left hand, and flicked her four fingers towards his wrist like playing a lute.Chongxu's left hand pointed out, pointing towards Mrs. Shi's right wrist.Mrs. Shi raised her right wrist lightly, her left middle finger popped out, and a gust of wind shot towards Chongxu's chest. Chongxu has been ordered by Taoist Tianxu to take over as the master of Shangqing Temple, that is, the head of their sect of Taoist and lay disciples.他知石清夫妇急难赴义，原是一番好意，但这两块铜牌关及全观道侣的性命，天虚道人既已接下，若再落入旁人之手，全观道侣俱有性命之忧，是以不顾一切的来和石夫人争夺，眼见对方手指点到，当即挥掌挡开。 两人身不离座，霎时间交手了七八招，两人一师所授，所使俱是本门擒拿手法，虽无伤害对方之意，但出手明快俐落，在尺许方圆的范围之中全力以搏。两人当年同窗学艺时曾一起切磋武功，分手二十余年来，其间虽曾数度相晤，一直未见对方出手。此刻突然交手，心下于对方的精湛武功都是暗暗喝采。围坐在三张饭桌旁的其余一十六人，也都目不转睛的瞧着二人较艺。这些人都是本门高手，均知石清夫妇近十多年来江湖上闯下了极响亮的名头，眼见她和冲虚不动声色的抢夺铜牌，将本门武功的妙诣发挥到了淋漓尽致，无不赞叹。 起初十余招中，二人势均力敌，但石夫人右手抓着两块铜牌，右手只能使拳，无法勾、拿、弹、抓，本门的擒拿法绝技便打了个大大折扣。又拆得数招，冲虚左手运力将石夫人左臂压落，右手五指已碰上了铜牌。石夫人心知这一下非给他抓到不可，两人若是各运内力抢夺，一来观之不雅，二来自己究是女流，内力恐不及冲虚师哥浑厚，当下松手任由两块铜牌落下，那自是交给了丈夫。 石清伸手正要去拿，突然两股劲风扑面而至，正是天虚道人向他双掌推出。这两股劲风虽无霸道之气，但蓄势甚厚，若不抵挡，必受重伤，那时纵然将铜牌取在手中，也必跌落，只得伸掌一抵。就这么缓得一缓，坐在天虚下首的照虚道人已伸手将铜牌取过。 铜牌一入照虚之手，石清夫妇和天虚、冲虚四人同时哈哈一笑，一齐罢手。冲虚和照虚躬身行礼，说道：“师弟、师妹，得罪莫怪。” 石清夫妇忙也站起还礼。石清说道：“两位师哥何出此言，却是小弟夫妇鲁莽了，掌门师兄内功如此深厚，胜于小弟十倍，此行虽然凶险，若求全身而退，也未始无望。”适才和天虚对了一掌，石清已知这位掌门师兄的内功实比自己深厚得多。 天虚苦笑道：“但愿得如师弟金口，请，请！”端起酒杯，一饮而尽。 石破天见闵柔夺牌不成，他不知这两块铜牌有何重大干系，只是念着石夫人对自己的好处，寻思：“这道士把铜牌抢了去，待会我去抢了过来，送给石夫人。” 只见石清站起身来，说道：“但愿师哥此行，平安而归。小弟的犬子为人所掳，急于要去搭救，这番难以多和众位师兄师弟叙旧。这就告辞。” 群道心中都是一凛。天虚问道：“听说贤弟的令郎是在雪山派门下学艺，以贤夫妇的威名，雪山派的声势，如何竟有大胆妄为之徒将令郎劫持而去？” 石清叹了口气，道：“此事说来话长，大半皆由小弟无德，失于管教，犬子胡作非为，须怪不得旁人。”他是非分明，虽然玄素庄偌大的家宅被白万剑一把火烧得干干净净，仍知祸由己起，对雪山派并不怨恨。 冲虚道人朗声说道：“师弟、师妹，对头掳你们爱子，便是瞧不起上清观了。不管他是多大的来头，愚兄纵然不济，也要助你一臂之力。”顿了一顿，又道：“你爱子落于人手，却赶着来赴师门之难，足见师兄弟间情义深重。难道我们这些牛鼻子老道，便是毫无心肝之人吗？”他想对头不怕石清夫妇，不怕人多势众的雪山派师徒，定是十分厉害的人物，哪想得到擒去石清之子的竟然便是雪山派人士。 石清既不愿自扬家丑，更不愿上清观于大难临头之际，又去另树强敌，和雪山派结怨成仇，说道：“各位师兄盛情厚意，小弟夫妇感激不尽。这件事现下尚未查访明白，待有头绪之后，倘若小弟夫妇人孤势单，自会回观求救，请师兄弟们援手。”冲虚道：“这就是了。贤弟贤妹那时也不须亲至，只教送个讯来，上清观自当全观尽出。” 石清夫妇拱手道谢，心下却黯自神伤：“雪山派纵将我儿千刀万剐的处死，我夫妇也只有认命，决不能来向上清观讨一名救兵。”当下两人辞了出去，天虚、冲虚等都送将出去。
石破天见众人走远，当即从匾后跃出，翻身上屋，跳到墙外，寻思：“石庄主、石夫人说他们的儿子给人掳了去，却不知是谁下的手。那铜牌只是个玩意儿，抢不抢到无关紧要，看来他们师兄妹之间情谊甚好，抢铜牌多半是闹着玩的。石夫人待我甚好，我要助她找寻儿子。我先去问她，她儿子多大年纪，怎生模样，是给谁掳了去。”跃到一株树上，眼见东北方十余盏灯笼排成两列，上清观群道正送石清夫妇出观。 石破天心想：“石庄主夫妇胯下坐骑奔行甚快，我还是尽速赶上前去的为是。”看明了石清夫妇的去路，跃下树来，从山坡旁追将上去。 还没奔过上清观的观门，只听得有人喝道：“是谁？站住了！”他躲在匾中之时，屏气凝息，没发出半点声息，厅堂中众人均未知觉，这一发足奔跑，上清观群道武功了得，立时便察知来了外人，初时不动声色，待石清夫妇上马行远，当即分头兜截过来。 黑暗之中，石破天猛觉剑气森森，两名道人挺剑挡在面前，剑刃反映星月微光，朦朦胧胧中瞧出左首一人正是照虚。他心中一喜，问道：“是照虚道人吗？”照虚一怔，说道：“正是，阁下是谁？”石破天右手伸出，说道：“请你把铜牌给我。” 照虚大怒，喝道：“给你这个。”挺剑便向他腿上刺去。上清观戒律精严，不得滥杀无辜，这时未明对方来历，虽然石破天出口便要铜牌，犯了大忌，但照虚这一剑仍是并非刺向要害。石破天斜身避开，右手去抓他肩头。照虚见他身手敏捷，长剑圈转，指向他的右肩。石破天忙低头从剑下钻过，生怕他剑锋削到自己脑袋，右手自然而然的向上托去。照虚只觉一股腥气刺鼻，头脑一阵眩晕，登时翻身倒地。 石破天一怔之际，第二名道人的长剑已从后心刺到。他知自己掌上大有古怪，一出手便即杀人，再也不敢出掌还击，急忙向前纵出，嗤的一声响，长袍后背已被剑尖划破了一道口子。那道人见照虚被敌人不知用甚么邪法迷倒，急于救人，长剑刷刷刷的疾向石破天刺来。 石破天斜身逃开，百忙中拾起照虚抛下的长剑，眼见对方剑法凌厉，当下以剑作刀，使动金乌刀法，当的一声，将来剑架开。他手上内力奇劲，这道人手中长剑把捏不住，脱手飞出。但他上清观武功不单以剑法取胜，擒拿手法也是武林中的一绝，这道人兵刃脱手，竟丝毫不惧，猱身而上，直扑进石破天的怀中，双手成爪，抓向他胸口和小腹的要穴。他手中无剑而敌人有剑，就利于近身肉搏，要令敌人的兵刃施展不出。 石破天叫道：“使不得！”左手一掠，将那道人推开，这时他内力发动，剧毒涌至掌心，一推之下，那道人应手倒地，缩成了一团。石破天连连顿足，叹道：“唉！我实是不想害你！”耳听得四下里都是呼啸之声，群道渐渐逼近，忙到照虚身上一摸，那两块铜牌尚在怀中。他伸手取过，放入袋里，拔步向石清夫妇的去路急追。 他一口气直追出十余里，始终没听见马蹄之声，寻思：“这两匹马跑得如此之快，难道再也追他们不上？又莫非我走错了方向，石庄主和石夫人不是顺着这条大道走？”又奔行数里，猛听得一声马嘶，向声音来处望去，只见一株柳树下系着两匹马，一黑一白，正是石清夫妇的坐骑。 石破天大喜，从袋中取出铜牌，拿在手里，正待张口叫唤，忽听得石清的声音在远处说道：“柔妹，这小贼鬼鬼祟祟的跟着咱们，不怀好意，便将他打发了罢。”石破天吃了一惊：“他们不喜欢我跟来？”虽听到石清话声，但不见二人，生怕石夫人向自己动手，若是被迫还招，一个不小心又害死了她，那便如何是好？忙缩身伏入长草，只等闵柔赶来，将铜牌掷了给她，转身便逃。 忽听得呼的一声，一条人影疾从左侧大槐树后飞出，手挺长剑，剑尖指着草丛，喝道：“朋友，你跟着我们干甚么？快给我出来。”正是闵柔。石破天一个“我”字刚到口边，忽听得草丛中嗤嗤嗤三声连响，有人向闵柔发射暗器。闵柔长剑颤处，刚将暗器拍落，草丛中便跃出一条青衣汉子，挥单刀向闵柔砍去。这一下大出石破天意料之外，万万想不到这草丛中居然伏得有人。但见这汉子身手捷矫，单刀舞得呼呼风响。闵柔随手招架，并不还击。 石清也从槐树后走了出来，长剑悬在腰间，负手旁观，看了几招，说道：“喂，老兄，你是泰山卢十八的门下，是不是？”那人喝道：“是便怎样？”手中单刀丝毫不缓。石清笑道：“卢十八跟我们虽无交情，也没梁子，你跟了我们夫妇六七里路，是何用意？”那汉子道：“没空跟你说……”原来闵柔虽是轻描淡写的出招，却已迫得他手忙脚乱。 石清笑道：“卢十八的刀法比我们高明，你却还没学到师父本事的三成，这就撤刀住手了罢！”石清此言一出，闵柔长剑应声刺中他手腕，飘身转到他背后，倒转剑柄撞出，已封住了他穴道。当的一声响，那汉子手中单刀落地，他后心大穴被封，动弹不得了。 石清微笑道：“朋友，你贵姓？”那汉子甚是倔强，恶狠狠的道：“你要杀便杀，多问作甚？”石清笑道：“朋友不说，那也不要紧。你加盟了哪一家帮会，你师父只怕还不知道罢？”那汉子脸上露出诧异之色，似乎是说：“你怎知道？”石清又道：“在下和尊师卢十八师傅素来没有嫌隙，他就是真要派人跟踪我夫妇，嘿嘿，不瞒老兄说，尊师总算还瞧得起我们，决不会派你老兄。”言下之意，显然是说你武功差得太远，着实不配，你师父不会不知。那汉子一张脸涨成了紫酱色，幸好黑夜之中，旁人也看不到。 石清伸手在他肩头拍了两下，说道：“在下夫妇光明磊落，事事不怕人知，你要知我二人行踪，不妨明白奉告。我们适才从上清观来，探访了观主天虚道长。你回去问你师父，便知石清、闵柔少年时在上清观学艺，天虚道长是我们师哥。现下我们要赴雪山，到凌霄城去拜访雪山派掌门人威德先生。朋友倘若没别的要问，这就请罢！” 那汉子只觉四肢麻痹已失，显是石清随手这么两拍，已解了他的穴道，心下好生佩服，便拱了拱手，说道：“石庄主仁义待人，名不虚传，晚辈冒犯了。”石清道：“好说！”那汉子也不敢拾起在地下的单刀，向石夫人一抱拳，说道：“石夫人，得罪了！”转身便走。石夫人裣衽还礼。 那汉子走出数步，石清忽然问道：“朋友，贵帮石帮主可有下落了吗？”那汉子身子一震，转身道：“你……你……都……都知道了？”石清轻叹一声，说道：“我不知道。没有讯息，是不是？”那汉子摇了摇头，说道：“没有讯息。”石清道：“我们夫妇，也正想找他。”三个人相对半晌，那汉子才转身又行。 待那汉子走远，闵柔道：“师哥，他是长乐帮的？”石破天听到“长乐帮”三字，心中又是一震。石清道：“他刚才转身走开，扬起袍襟，我依稀见到袍角上绣有一朵黄花，黑暗中看不清楚，随口一问，居然不错。他……他跟踪我们，原来是为了……为了玉儿，早知如此，也不用难为他了。”闵柔道：“他们……他们帮中对玉儿倒很忠心。”石清道：“玉儿为白万剑擒去，长乐帮定然四出派人，全力兜截。他们人多势大，耳目众多，想不到仍是音讯全无。”闵柔凄然道：“你怎知仍是……仍是音讯全无？” 石清挽着妻子的手，拉着她并肩坐在柳树之下，温言道：“他们若是已得知了玉儿的讯息，便不会这般派人到处跟踪江湖人物。这个卢十八的弟子无缘无故的钉着咱们，除了打探他们帮主下落，不会更有别情。” 石清夫妇所坐之处，和石破天藏身的草丛，相距不过两丈。石清说话虽轻，石破天却是听得清清楚楚。本来以石清夫妇的武功修为，石破天从远处奔来之时便当发觉，只是当时二人全神留意着一直跟踪在后的那使刀汉子，石破天又是内功极高，脚步着地极轻，是以二人打发了那汉子之后，没想到草丛中竟然另行有人。石破天听着二人的言语，甚么长乐帮主，甚么被白万剑擒去，说的似乎便是自己，但“玉儿”甚么的，却又不是自己了。他本来对自己的身世存着满腹疑团，这时躲在草中，倘若出人不意的突然现身，未免十分尴尬，索性便躲着想听个明白。 四野虫声唧唧，清风动树，石清夫妇却不再说话。石破天生怕自己踪迹给二人发见，连大气也不敢喘一口，过了良久，才听得石夫人叹了口气，跟着轻轻啜泣。 只听石清缓缓说道：“你我二人行侠江湖，生平没做过亏心之事。这几年来为了要保玉儿平安，更是竭力多行善举，倘若老天爷真要我二人无后，那也是人力不可胜天。何况像中玉这样的不肖孩儿，无子胜于有子。咱们算是没生这个孩儿，也就是了。” 闵柔低声道：“玉儿虽然从小顽皮淘气，他……他还是我们的心肝宝贝。总是为了坚儿惨死人手，咱们对玉儿特别宠爱了些，才成今日之累，可是……可是我也始终不怨。那日在那小庙之中，我瞧他也决不是坏到了透顶，倘若不是我失手刺了他一剑，也不会……也不会……”说到这里，语音呜咽，自伤自艾，痛不自胜。 石清道：“我一直劝你不必为此自己难受，就算那日咱们将他救了出来，也难保不再给他们抢去。这件事也真奇怪，雪山派这些人怎么突然间个个不知去向，中原武林之中再也没半点讯息。明日咱们就动程往凌霄城去，到了那边，好歹也有个水落石出。”闵柔道：“咱们若不找几个得力帮手，怎能到凌霄城这龙潭虎穴之中，将玉儿救出来？”石清叹道：“救人之事，谈何容易？倘若不在中途截劫，玉儿一到凌霄城，那是羊入虎口，再难生还了。” 闵柔不语，取帕拭泪，过了一会，说道：“我看此事也不会全是玉儿的过错。你看玉儿的雪山剑法如此生疏，雪山派定是没好好传他武功，玉儿又是个心高气傲、要强好胜之人，定是和不少人结下了怨。这些年中，可将他折磨得苦了。”说着声音又有些呜咽。 石清道：“都是我打算错了，对你实是好生抱憾。当日我一力主张送他赴雪山派学艺，你虽不说甚么，我知你心中却是万分的舍不得。想不到风火神龙封万里如此响当当的男儿，跟咱夫妇又是这般交情，竟会亏待玉儿。” 闵柔道：“这事又怎怪得你？你送玉儿上凌霄城，一番心思全是为了我，你虽不言，我岂有不知？要报坚儿之仇，我独力难成，到得要紧关头，你又不便如何出手，再加对头于本门武功知之甚稔，定有破解之法。倘若玉儿学成了雪山剑法，我娘儿两个联手，便可制敌死命，哪知道……哪知道……唉！” 石破天听着二人说话，倒有一大半难以索解，只想：“石夫人这般想念她孩儿。听来好像她儿子是给雪山派擒去啦，我不如便跟他们同上凌霄城去，助他们救人。她不是说想找几个帮手么？”正寻思间，忽听得远处蹄声隐隐，有十余匹马疾驰而来。 石清夫妇跟着也听到了，两人不再谈论儿子，默然而坐。
过不多时，马蹄声渐近，有人叫道：“在这里了！”跟着有人叫道：“石师弟、闵师妹，我们有几句话说。” 石清、闵柔听得是冲虚的呼声，略感诧异，双双纵出。石清问道：“冲虚师哥，观中有甚么事么？”只见天虚、冲虚以及其他十余个师兄弟都骑在马上，其中两个道人怀中又都抱着一人。其时天色未明，看不清那二人是谁。 冲虚气急败坏的大声说道：“石……石师弟、闵师妹，你们在观中抢不到那赏善罚恶两块铜牌，怎地另使诡计，又抢了去？要抢铜牌，那也罢了，怎地竟下毒手打死了照虚、通虚两个师弟，那……那……实在太不成话了！” 石清和闵柔听他这么说，都大吃一惊。石清道：“照虚、通虚两位师哥遭了人家毒手，这……这……这是从何说起？两位师哥给……给人打死了？”他关切两位师兄的安危，一时之间，也不及为自己分辩洗刷。 冲虚怒气冲冲的说道：“也不知你去勾结了甚么下三滥的匪类，竟敢使用最为人所不齿的剧毒。两个师弟虽然尚未断气，这时恐怕也差不多了。”石清道：“我瞧瞧。”说着走近身去，要去瞧照虚、通虚二人。刷刷几声，几名道人拔出剑来，挡住了石清的去路。天虚叹道：“让路！石师弟岂是那样的人。”那几名道人哼的一声，撤剑让道。 石清从怀中取出火折打亮了，照向照虚、通虚脸上，只见二道脸上一片紫黑，确是中了剧毒，一探二人鼻息，呼吸微弱，性命已在顷刻之间。上清观的武功原有过人之长。照虚、通虚二道内力深厚，又均非直中石破天的毒掌，只是闻到他掌上逼出来的毒气，因而晕眩栽倒，但饶是如此，显然也是挨不了一时三刻。石清回头问道：“师妹，你瞧这是哪一派人下的毒手？”这一回头，只见七八名师兄弟各挺长剑，已将夫妇二人围在垓心。 闵柔对群道的敌意只作视而不见，接过石清手中火折，挨近去瞧二人脸色，微微闻到二道口鼻中呼出来的毒气，便觉头晕，不由得退了一步，沉吟道：“江湖上没见过这般毒药。请问冲虚师哥，这两位师哥是怎生中的毒？是误服了毒药呢？还是中了敌人喂毒暗器？身上可有伤痕？” 冲虚怒道：“我怎知道？我们正是来问你呢？你这婆娘鬼鬼祟祟的不是好人，多半是适才吃饭之时，你争铜牌不得，便在酒中下了毒药。否则为什么旁人不中毒，偏偏铜牌在照虚师弟身上，他就中了毒，而……而……怀中的铜牌，又给你们盗了去？” 闵柔只气得脸容失色，但她天性温柔，自幼对诸位师兄谦和有礼，不愿和他们作口舌之争，眼眶中泪水却已滚来滚去，险些便要夺眶而出。石清
He walked on foot for a long time, and then reached the bank of the Yangtze River. Now he marched down along the riverside road. At noon, I bought some noodles in a small town and ate them, then headed east again.He roamed around freely without any worries. When he arrived in the evening, a corner of the yellow wall was exposed in the woods in front of him. When he walked closer, he saw a temple with a magnificent house. There was a wide and flat bluestone road in front of the gate. Two Taoists with yellow crowns carrying long swords came. When the two Taoists saw Shi Potian, they quickly approached him.A middle-aged Taoist asked: "What are you doing?" Seeing that Shi Potian's clothes were filthy, he was looking around clumsily at a young age, and his words were not polite. Shi Potian didn't think it was disobedient, and said with a smile, "I'm just walking around, not doing anything. Is this the monk's temple? I have money, can I buy something to eat with you, okay?" The Taoist said angrily: "You bastard Nonsense, do you think I’m a monk? We’re not running a restaurant, what are we going to sell you? Hurry up, hurry up! Then come to Shangqing Temple to mess around and break your leg.” Another young Taoist held his hand. Pressing the hilt of the sword, with a vicious look on his face, he even made an appearance that he was about to draw his sword to kill someone. Shi Potian said: "I'm hungry, I asked you to buy some food, and I didn't come to fight. It's so good, why should I beat you to death?" Then he turned and walked away.The young Taoist said angrily: "What did you say?" He stepped forward to catch up. Shi Potian's words were really sincere, he killed a person with a single swing of his hand in the hall of Tiechahui, the boss in his heart regretted it, and really didn't want to fight with others, seeing the young Taoist coming up to fight, he was afraid that he would kill him again out of nowhere He immediately ran and fled into the woods.Only the two Taoist priests laughed, and the middle-aged Taoist said: "He's a fool, he just got scared and ran away with his tail in his arms." He saw that the two Taoist priests were no longer chasing them, and seeing that it was getting late, he wanted to find some wild fruits to satisfy his hunger, but the forest was full of pine, fir, and cypress trees, and there were no wild fruits.He ran up a small hillside, looked around, and saw that the Taoist temple was built next to the mountain, with dozens of houses in the front, back, left, and right sides. White smoke kept rising from the chimney of the house behind, obviously cooking.Apart from this Taoist temple, as far as the eye can see, there are no other houses nearby. When he saw the cooking smoke, his stomach was rumbling even more, and he thought: "These Taoists are so fierce, they want to fight as soon as they open their mouths. Let me go to the back and see if there is anything to eat, take it and leave. Just put it down." Yinzi is not a thief." Immediately after walking around from the forest to the Taoist temple, he spotted the cooking smoke, walked against the wall, saw a back door half open, and walked in. At this time, the sky was completely dark, and it was a courtyard when you entered, but you could hear the noise of people, the spatulas were banging in the iron pan, the dishes squeaked in the cooking oil, and the aroma wafted into the courtyard. Where the kitchen is.Shi Potian swallowed his saliva, and then quietly hid in the doorway of the kitchen from the corridor, hiding in a dark corridor, thinking: "Let's see where these cooked meals are sent? If there is no one in the dining hall for a while, I will buy them." If you leave after a bowl of meat, you won't fight and kill people." Sure enough, not long after, three people came out of the kitchen.The three are little Taoist priests, one of them is holding a lantern, and the two behind him are each holding a tray. The trays are full of hot aroma, obviously full of delicacies.Shi Potian swallowed his saliva, stepped lightly, and quietly followed behind.The three little Taoist priests walked through the corridor, and then through a corridor, and came to a hall. They put down the dishes on the table, the two little Taoist priests turned and walked out, and the remaining one stayed to straighten the chair, arrange the cups and chopsticks, and set up a total of Three seats. Shi Potian hid outside the long window and stared intently into the hall.After finally waiting for the little Taoist to turn to the back hall, he quickly rushed into the hall, grabbed a piece of braised beef in the bowl and stuffed it into his mouth, and tore a steamed chicken drumstick with both hands. As soon as he swallowed the first bite of beef, he heard someone outside the long window saying: "Junior Brother and Junior Sister, please." Footsteps sounded, and several people walked to the front of the hall. Shi Potian yelled secretly: "Not good!" Grasping the steamed fat chicken in his hand, he took out a silver ingot from his pocket and put it on the table, and was about to rush to the back hall, but he heard the sound of footsteps. , There are also people coming from the back hall.Glancing around, seeing the empty hall with nowhere to hide, he couldn't help crying secretly: "Are you going to fight again?" Hearing that those people had walked to the long window, he thought of the death conditions of the people in the tunnel of the Tiecha Society. Although there may be ghosts and ghosts in the dark, the members of the congregation may not have been killed by himself. , in desperation, he caught a glimpse of a large plaque hanging on the beam, and had no time to think about it, so he jumped onto the beam and got behind the plaque.He lay flat on his back, just enough to accommodate him.At this time, the distance was really only a moment, and he just hid behind the plaque, the long window was pushed open, and several people walked in. Only one person said: "My senior brother, but my senior brother is so polite and set up such a sumptuous meal." Shi Potian heard this accent very familiar, peeping down from the gap between the wooden plaque and the beam, he saw more than a dozen people were seated together with a man and a woman, these two were the owner and his wife of Xuansuzhuang.He has always been very grateful to these two people, especially Mrs. Shi Min Rou, who intended to donate silver back then, and taught him swordsmanship a few days ago, upon seeing him, he felt a burst of warmth in his heart. An old Taoist with white beard and white hair said: "Junior Brother and Junior Sister have come from afar, Brother Yu is overjoyed, how can a glass of water and wine be called rich?" Some leftover soup was poured down, the main dish in the bowl was steamed chicken or hoof, but it had disappeared, and there was a silver ingot beside the bowl, which was even more incomprehensible. The old Taoist frowned, thinking how the little Taoist priests were so negligent, no one was guarding them, and the cats came and stole food, but there were far visitors here, so it was inconvenient to reprimand the subordinates for these trivial matters.At this time, another little Taoist priest brought the dishes, everyone looked embarrassed when they saw the bowl of soup, and hurriedly cleaned it up without anyone mentioning it.The old Taoist invited Shi Qing and his wife to sit at the head of the table, and he accompanied them horizontally. The sleeves of his robes were as light as Buddha, covering the silver ingots. When the sleeves were removed, the silver ingots on the table were gone.In the middle seat sat three other middle-aged Taoists, and the remaining twelve Taoists sat in the other two seats. After drinking for three rounds, the old Taoist sighed: "I haven't seen you for eight years, my younger brother and younger sister are more beautiful than before, but brother Yu is very old." Shi Qing said: "Brother's hair has turned gray, but his spirit is still very strong." The old Taoist said: "What's white? I'm worried, and my hair turned white overnight. If my younger brother and younger sister came three days ago, my beard and hair would only be half black and half white." Shi Qing said: "Master Is what brother is concerned about rewarding the good and punishing the evil?" The old Taoist sighed and said: "Besides this, there is probably no second thing in the world that can make the number of Taoists in the sky in a few days. Twenty years older." Shi Qingdao: "My junior sister and I heard the news on the edge of Chaohu Lake that the two envoys of rewarding good and punishing evil have returned. The martial arts world is facing a catastrophe, so we came here in the starry night to discuss a good plan with the senior brother in charge and all the senior brothers. The name of my Shangqing temple has become more and more famous in the martial arts in the past ten years. The tree attracts the wind, and the two envoys of good and evil may patronize us. The younger brother and his wife intend to stay in the temple for a month or two. If they really come here , even though the younger brother and his wife are not doing well, they still have to sacrifice their lives for the master." Tianxu sighed softly, took out two bronze medals from his pocket, patted them twice, and put them on the table. Shi Potian was standing on top of their heads, he could see clearly that there was a smiling face and an angry face on the two cards, which were exactly the same as the bronze medals he had seen twice before, so he couldn't help but wondered: "This old Taoist priest also has these two cards. ?” Shi Qing let out a "huh" and said: "So the two envoys of good and evil have already come, and my younger brother and his wife rushed here non-stop, after all, it is still a step late. What day did it happen? Senior brother... how do you deal with it?" Tianxu was restless and did not answer for a while, a middle-aged Taoist sitting next to him said: "That happened three days ago. The senior brother, who is benevolent and righteous, has promised to go to Xiake Island to drink Laba porridge." When Shi Qing saw the two bronze medals and saw that everyone in the temple was safe, he had already guessed 90% of it, so he stood up abruptly, bowed deeply to Tianxu, and said, "Senior brother shoulders the heavy burden to keep Shangqing Temple safe." Seeing the safety of the whole world, I feel ashamed, so I would like to thank you first. But I have an unfeeling request, so please don't blame me." Taoist Tianxu returned the salute with a smile, and said: "Everything in the world is like floating clouds to Brother Yu at this moment. Brother has an order, and he obeys it." Shi Qing said: "In this way, senior brother agreed?" Tian Xu said: "Of course I agreed. But I don't know what orders my virtuous brother has?" Shi Qing said: " The younger brother is bold and bold, and wants to ask the senior brother to hand over the head of the Shangqingguan sect to the younger brother and his wife to jointly take charge of it." As soon as he said this, all the Taoists in the hall were shocked.Tianxu pondered before answering, Shi Qing said again: "After the younger brother and his wife take charge of the sect, we will go to the Xiake Island to taste this bowl of Laba porridge." Tianxu laughed out loud, but the laughter was full of bitterness, tears glistened in his eyes, and said: "Brother Yu is kind, Brother Yu understands it. But Brother Yu has been the head of the Shangqing School for more than ten years. , is well known in the martial arts world. Facing danger today, I just shy away from it, where will I put Tianxu's old face in the future?" He reached out and grabbed Shi Qing's right palm, and said, "My dear brother, you and I are of different ages. Far away, you are a layman, and we were rarely together in the past. But you and I have always been friends, not to mention your martial arts character, you are indeed the first-class figure in our sect, and Brother Yu has always admired you. If it weren't for this Laba covenant, you To be the head of the faction, Brother Yu will gladly accept it. Today's situation is very different, but Brother Yu absolutely cannot accept orders, haha, haha!" The smile was very desolate. Shi Potian wondered what the "Laba porridge" on Xiake Island was. He had heard it from his elder brother in the Tiecha meeting. Now when Daoist Xu mentioned the date of Laba porridge, his expression changed drastically. Could it be something fatal? Is it highly poisonous? I just heard Tianxu say again: "Brother Yu, Brother Yu's hair turned white all night, it's not because he is greedy for life and afraid of death. I am already sixty-two years old, and if I die this year, it will be regarded as the end of my life. But I have thought over and over how to get rid of it. This catastrophe that occurs every ten years in the martial arts world? How can we maintain the prestige of our school? That is the real difficulty. In the past thirty years, Xia Ke Island has held three Laba banquets. None of the heroes from various sects, gangs and associations who were invited to the meeting can come back. Brother Yu died, it is not a pity, but we have to think of a proper way to deal with the aftermath." Shi Qing also laughed, picked up the wine glass in front of him, drank it in one gulp, and said: "Senior brother, the younger brother and his wife are beyond their means, and they want to ask senior brother to step aside, not to take two lives on behalf of senior brother, but to go Find out. Maybe God blesses you to find out the truth. Although I dare not say that this great harm can be eliminated in the martial arts, but as long as the secrets are leaked out, the martial arts all over the world will be no match for Xia Kedao. Who are you?" Tian Xu shook his head slowly, and said: "It's not that I adore others' ambitions and underestimate my virtuous brother. Masters like Abbot Miaodi of Shaolin Temple, Master Yu Tea of Wudang School, and Taoist Qingkong of Qingcheng School are gone forever. Alas. , Although my brother's martial arts are high, in the end... after all, he is not comparable to the senior masters such as Abbot Miaodi and Master Yu Tea." Shi Qingdao: "My little brother is self-aware in this section. But success depends half on skill and half on luck. It is impossible to eliminate the great harm, and trying to find out some secrets may not be completely hopeless. " Tianxu still shook his head, and said: "The head of Shangqingguan has always been in charge of Daoliu for a hundred years. After Brother Yu died, he was appointed to be succeeded by Junior Brother Chongxu. Since then, the virtuous brother and his wife have tried their best to help, so that the sect will not fail. Decline and oblivion, Brother Yu is already grateful." Shi Qing said again and again that Tian Xu would not allow it.Everyone stopped drinking and forgot to eat vegetables.Shi Potian gently tore off a piece of chicken and stuffed it into his mouth, afraid of chewing it loudly, he swallowed it whole, but his eyes still peeped intently from the gap. Mrs. Shi and Min Rou listened to her husband and Taoist Tianxu talking, without interrupting, but slowly stretched out her hand, picked up two bronze medals, looked at them for a while, and put them into her pocket.Tianxu shouted: "Junior Sister, please put it down!" Min Rou smiled slightly, and said, "I'll keep it on behalf of Senior Brother, and it's the same." Taoist Tianxu saw that the voice could not stop her, so he stretched out his hand to snatch it away.At this moment, Shi Qing stretched out his chopsticks to grab a bowl of braised eel slices, and his right arm just blocked Tianxu's palm.Chong Xu, who was sitting under Mrs. Shi's head, retracted his arms, reached out to grab the bronze medal, and said, "Let me keep it!" Madam Shi raised her left hand, and flicked her four fingers towards his wrist like playing a lute.Chongxu's left hand pointed out, pointing towards Mrs. Shi's right wrist.Mrs. Shi raised her right wrist lightly, her left middle finger popped out, and a gust of wind shot towards Chongxu's chest. Chongxu has been ordered by Taoist Tianxu to take over as the master of Shangqing Temple, that is, the head of their sect of Taoist and lay disciples.他知石清夫妇急难赴义，原是一番好意，但这两块铜牌关及全观道侣的性命，天虚道人既已接下，若再落入旁人之手，全观道侣俱有性命之忧，是以不顾一切的来和石夫人争夺，眼见对方手指点到，当即挥掌挡开。 两人身不离座，霎时间交手了七八招，两人一师所授，所使俱是本门擒拿手法，虽无伤害对方之意，但出手明快俐落，在尺许方圆的范围之中全力以搏。两人当年同窗学艺时曾一起切磋武功，分手二十余年来，其间虽曾数度相晤，一直未见对方出手。此刻突然交手，心下于对方的精湛武功都是暗暗喝采。围坐在三张饭桌旁的其余一十六人，也都目不转睛的瞧着二人较艺。这些人都是本门高手，均知石清夫妇近十多年来江湖上闯下了极响亮的名头，眼见她和冲虚不动声色的抢夺铜牌，将本门武功的妙诣发挥到了淋漓尽致，无不赞叹。 起初十余招中，二人势均力敌，但石夫人右手抓着两块铜牌，右手只能使拳，无法勾、拿、弹、抓，本门的擒拿法绝技便打了个大大折扣。又拆得数招，冲虚左手运力将石夫人左臂压落，右手五指已碰上了铜牌。石夫人心知这一下非给他抓到不可，两人若是各运内力抢夺，一来观之不雅，二来自己究是女流，内力恐不及冲虚师哥浑厚，当下松手任由两块铜牌落下，那自是交给了丈夫。 石清伸手正要去拿，突然两股劲风扑面而至，正是天虚道人向他双掌推出。这两股劲风虽无霸道之气，但蓄势甚厚，若不抵挡，必受重伤，那时纵然将铜牌取在手中，也必跌落，只得伸掌一抵。就这么缓得一缓，坐在天虚下首的照虚道人已伸手将铜牌取过。 铜牌一入照虚之手，石清夫妇和天虚、冲虚四人同时哈哈一笑，一齐罢手。冲虚和照虚躬身行礼，说道：“师弟、师妹，得罪莫怪。” 石清夫妇忙也站起还礼。石清说道：“两位师哥何出此言，却是小弟夫妇鲁莽了，掌门师兄内功如此深厚，胜于小弟十倍，此行虽然凶险，若求全身而退，也未始无望。”适才和天虚对了一掌，石清已知这位掌门师兄的内功实比自己深厚得多。 天虚苦笑道：“但愿得如师弟金口，请，请！”端起酒杯，一饮而尽。 石破天见闵柔夺牌不成，他不知这两块铜牌有何重大干系，只是念着石夫人对自己的好处，寻思：“这道士把铜牌抢了去，待会我去抢了过来，送给石夫人。” 只见石清站起身来，说道：“但愿师哥此行，平安而归。小弟的犬子为人所掳，急于要去搭救，这番难以多和众位师兄师弟叙旧。这就告辞。” 群道心中都是一凛。天虚问道：“听说贤弟的令郎是在雪山派门下学艺，以贤夫妇的威名，雪山派的声势，如何竟有大胆妄为之徒将令郎劫持而去？” 石清叹了口气，道：“此事说来话长，大半皆由小弟无德，失于管教，犬子胡作非为，须怪不得旁人。”他是非分明，虽然玄素庄偌大的家宅被白万剑一把火烧得干干净净，仍知祸由己起，对雪山派并不怨恨。 冲虚道人朗声说道：“师弟、师妹，对头掳你们爱子，便是瞧不起上清观了。不管他是多大的来头，愚兄纵然不济，也要助你一臂之力。”顿了一顿，又道：“你爱子落于人手，却赶着来赴师门之难，足见师兄弟间情义深重。难道我们这些牛鼻子老道，便是毫无心肝之人吗？”他想对头不怕石清夫妇，不怕人多势众的雪山派师徒，定是十分厉害的人物，哪想得到擒去石清之子的竟然便是雪山派人士。 石清既不愿自扬家丑，更不愿上清观于大难临头之际，又去另树强敌，和雪山派结怨成仇，说道：“各位师兄盛情厚意，小弟夫妇感激不尽。这件事现下尚未查访明白，待有头绪之后，倘若小弟夫妇人孤势单，自会回观求救，请师兄弟们援手。”冲虚道：“这就是了。贤弟贤妹那时也不须亲至，只教送个讯来，上清观自当全观尽出。” 石清夫妇拱手道谢，心下却黯自神伤：“雪山派纵将我儿千刀万剐的处死，我夫妇也只有认命，决不能来向上清观讨一名救兵。”当下两人辞了出去，天虚、冲虚等都送将出去。
石破天见众人走远，当即从匾后跃出，翻身上屋，跳到墙外，寻思：“石庄主、石夫人说他们的儿子给人掳了去，却不知是谁下的手。那铜牌只是个玩意儿，抢不抢到无关紧要，看来他们师兄妹之间情谊甚好，抢铜牌多半是闹着玩的。石夫人待我甚好，我要助她找寻儿子。我先去问她，她儿子多大年纪，怎生模样，是给谁掳了去。”跃到一株树上，眼见东北方十余盏灯笼排成两列，上清观群道正送石清夫妇出观。 石破天心想：“石庄主夫妇胯下坐骑奔行甚快，我还是尽速赶上前去的为是。”看明了石清夫妇的去路，跃下树来，从山坡旁追将上去。 还没奔过上清观的观门，只听得有人喝道：“是谁？站住了！”他躲在匾中之时，屏气凝息，没发出半点声息，厅堂中众人均未知觉，这一发足奔跑，上清观群道武功了得，立时便察知来了外人，初时不动声色，待石清夫妇上马行远，当即分头兜截过来。 黑暗之中，石破天猛觉剑气森森，两名道人挺剑挡在面前，剑刃反映星月微光，朦朦胧胧中瞧出左首一人正是照虚。他心中一喜，问道：“是照虚道人吗？”照虚一怔，说道：“正是，阁下是谁？”石破天右手伸出，说道：“请你把铜牌给我。” 照虚大怒，喝道：“给你这个。”挺剑便向他腿上刺去。上清观戒律精严，不得滥杀无辜，这时未明对方来历，虽然石破天出口便要铜牌，犯了大忌，但照虚这一剑仍是并非刺向要害。石破天斜身避开，右手去抓他肩头。照虚见他身手敏捷，长剑圈转，指向他的右肩。石破天忙低头从剑下钻过，生怕他剑锋削到自己脑袋，右手自然而然的向上托去。照虚只觉一股腥气刺鼻，头脑一阵眩晕，登时翻身倒地。 石破天一怔之际，第二名道人的长剑已从后心刺到。他知自己掌上大有古怪，一出手便即杀人，再也不敢出掌还击，急忙向前纵出，嗤的一声响，长袍后背已被剑尖划破了一道口子。那道人见照虚被敌人不知用甚么邪法迷倒，急于救人，长剑刷刷刷的疾向石破天刺来。 石破天斜身逃开，百忙中拾起照虚抛下的长剑，眼见对方剑法凌厉，当下以剑作刀，使动金乌刀法，当的一声，将来剑架开。他手上内力奇劲，这道人手中长剑把捏不住，脱手飞出。但他上清观武功不单以剑法取胜，擒拿手法也是武林中的一绝，这道人兵刃脱手，竟丝毫不惧，猱身而上，直扑进石破天的怀中，双手成爪，抓向他胸口和小腹的要穴。他手中无剑而敌人有剑，就利于近身肉搏，要令敌人的兵刃施展不出。 石破天叫道：“使不得！”左手一掠，将那道人推开，这时他内力发动，剧毒涌至掌心，一推之下，那道人应手倒地，缩成了一团。石破天连连顿足，叹道：“唉！我实是不想害你！”耳听得四下里都是呼啸之声，群道渐渐逼近，忙到照虚身上一摸，那两块铜牌尚在怀中。他伸手取过，放入袋里，拔步向石清夫妇的去路急追。 他一口气直追出十余里，始终没听见马蹄之声，寻思：“这两匹马跑得如此之快，难道再也追他们不上？又莫非我走错了方向，石庄主和石夫人不是顺着这条大道走？”又奔行数里，猛听得一声马嘶，向声音来处望去，只见一株柳树下系着两匹马，一黑一白，正是石清夫妇的坐骑。 石破天大喜，从袋中取出铜牌，拿在手里，正待张口叫唤，忽听得石清的声音在远处说道：“柔妹，这小贼鬼鬼祟祟的跟着咱们，不怀好意，便将他打发了罢。”石破天吃了一惊：“他们不喜欢我跟来？”虽听到石清话声，但不见二人，生怕石夫人向自己动手，若是被迫还招，一个不小心又害死了她，那便如何是好？忙缩身伏入长草，只等闵柔赶来，将铜牌掷了给她，转身便逃。 忽听得呼的一声，一条人影疾从左侧大槐树后飞出，手挺长剑，剑尖指着草丛，喝道：“朋友，你跟着我们干甚么？快给我出来。”正是闵柔。石破天一个“我”字刚到口边，忽听得草丛中嗤嗤嗤三声连响，有人向闵柔发射暗器。闵柔长剑颤处，刚将暗器拍落，草丛中便跃出一条青衣汉子，挥单刀向闵柔砍去。这一下大出石破天意料之外，万万想不到这草丛中居然伏得有人。但见这汉子身手捷矫，单刀舞得呼呼风响。闵柔随手招架，并不还击。 石清也从槐树后走了出来，长剑悬在腰间，负手旁观，看了几招，说道：“喂，老兄，你是泰山卢十八的门下，是不是？”那人喝道：“是便怎样？”手中单刀丝毫不缓。石清笑道：“卢十八跟我们虽无交情，也没梁子，你跟了我们夫妇六七里路，是何用意？”那汉子道：“没空跟你说……”原来闵柔虽是轻描淡写的出招，却已迫得他手忙脚乱。 石清笑道：“卢十八的刀法比我们高明，你却还没学到师父本事的三成，这就撤刀住手了罢！”石清此言一出，闵柔长剑应声刺中他手腕，飘身转到他背后，倒转剑柄撞出，已封住了他穴道。当的一声响，那汉子手中单刀落地，他后心大穴被封，动弹不得了。 石清微笑道：“朋友，你贵姓？”那汉子甚是倔强，恶狠狠的道：“你要杀便杀，多问作甚？”石清笑道：“朋友不说，那也不要紧。你加盟了哪一家帮会，你师父只怕还不知道罢？”那汉子脸上露出诧异之色，似乎是说：“你怎知道？”石清又道：“在下和尊师卢十八师傅素来没有嫌隙，他就是真要派人跟踪我夫妇，嘿嘿，不瞒老兄说，尊师总算还瞧得起我们，决不会派你老兄。”言下之意，显然是说你武功差得太远，着实不配，你师父不会不知。那汉子一张脸涨成了紫酱色，幸好黑夜之中，旁人也看不到。 石清伸手在他肩头拍了两下，说道：“在下夫妇光明磊落，事事不怕人知，你要知我二人行踪，不妨明白奉告。我们适才从上清观来，探访了观主天虚道长。你回去问你师父，便知石清、闵柔少年时在上清观学艺，天虚道长是我们师哥。现下我们要赴雪山，到凌霄城去拜访雪山派掌门人威德先生。朋友倘若没别的要问，这就请罢！” 那汉子只觉四肢麻痹已失，显是石清随手这么两拍，已解了他的穴道，心下好生佩服，便拱了拱手，说道：“石庄主仁义待人，名不虚传，晚辈冒犯了。”石清道：“好说！”那汉子也不敢拾起在地下的单刀，向石夫人一抱拳，说道：“石夫人，得罪了！”转身便走。石夫人裣衽还礼。 那汉子走出数步，石清忽然问道：“朋友，贵帮石帮主可有下落了吗？”那汉子身子一震，转身道：“你……你……都……都知道了？”石清轻叹一声，说道：“我不知道。没有讯息，是不是？”那汉子摇了摇头，说道：“没有讯息。”石清道：“我们夫妇，也正想找他。”三个人相对半晌，那汉子才转身又行。 待那汉子走远，闵柔道：“师哥，他是长乐帮的？”石破天听到“长乐帮”三字，心中又是一震。石清道：“他刚才转身走开，扬起袍襟，我依稀见到袍角上绣有一朵黄花，黑暗中看不清楚，随口一问，居然不错。他……他跟踪我们，原来是为了……为了玉儿，早知如此，也不用难为他了。”闵柔道：“他们……他们帮中对玉儿倒很忠心。”石清道：“玉儿为白万剑擒去，长乐帮定然四出派人，全力兜截。他们人多势大，耳目众多，想不到仍是音讯全无。”闵柔凄然道：“你怎知仍是……仍是音讯全无？” 石清挽着妻子的手，拉着她并肩坐在柳树之下，温言道：“他们若是已得知了玉儿的讯息，便不会这般派人到处跟踪江湖人物。这个卢十八的弟子无缘无故的钉着咱们，除了打探他们帮主下落，不会更有别情。” 石清夫妇所坐之处，和石破天藏身的草丛，相距不过两丈。石清说话虽轻，石破天却是听得清清楚楚。本来以石清夫妇的武功修为，石破天从远处奔来之时便当发觉，只是当时二人全神留意着一直跟踪在后的那使刀汉子，石破天又是内功极高，脚步着地极轻，是以二人打发了那汉子之后，没想到草丛中竟然另行有人。石破天听着二人的言语，甚么长乐帮主，甚么被白万剑擒去，说的似乎便是自己，但“玉儿”甚么的，却又不是自己了。他本来对自己的身世存着满腹疑团，这时躲在草中，倘若出人不意的突然现身，未免十分尴尬，索性便躲着想听个明白。 四野虫声唧唧，清风动树，石清夫妇却不再说话。石破天生怕自己踪迹给二人发见，连大气也不敢喘一口，过了良久，才听得石夫人叹了口气，跟着轻轻啜泣。 只听石清缓缓说道：“你我二人行侠江湖，生平没做过亏心之事。这几年来为了要保玉儿平安，更是竭力多行善举，倘若老天爷真要我二人无后，那也是人力不可胜天。何况像中玉这样的不肖孩儿，无子胜于有子。咱们算是没生这个孩儿，也就是了。” 闵柔低声道：“玉儿虽然从小顽皮淘气，他……他还是我们的心肝宝贝。总是为了坚儿惨死人手，咱们对玉儿特别宠爱了些，才成今日之累，可是……可是我也始终不怨。那日在那小庙之中，我瞧他也决不是坏到了透顶，倘若不是我失手刺了他一剑，也不会……也不会……”说到这里，语音呜咽，自伤自艾，痛不自胜。 石清道：“我一直劝你不必为此自己难受，就算那日咱们将他救了出来，也难保不再给他们抢去。这件事也真奇怪，雪山派这些人怎么突然间个个不知去向，中原武林之中再也没半点讯息。明日咱们就动程往凌霄城去，到了那边，好歹也有个水落石出。”闵柔道：“咱们若不找几个得力帮手，怎能到凌霄城这龙潭虎穴之中，将玉儿救出来？”石清叹道：“救人之事，谈何容易？倘若不在中途截劫，玉儿一到凌霄城，那是羊入虎口，再难生还了。” 闵柔不语，取帕拭泪，过了一会，说道：“我看此事也不会全是玉儿的过错。你看玉儿的雪山剑法如此生疏，雪山派定是没好好传他武功，玉儿又是个心高气傲、要强好胜之人，定是和不少人结下了怨。这些年中，可将他折磨得苦了。”说着声音又有些呜咽。 石清道：“都是我打算错了，对你实是好生抱憾。当日我一力主张送他赴雪山派学艺，你虽不说甚么，我知你心中却是万分的舍不得。想不到风火神龙封万里如此响当当的男儿，跟咱夫妇又是这般交情，竟会亏待玉儿。” 闵柔道：“这事又怎怪得你？你送玉儿上凌霄城，一番心思全是为了我，你虽不言，我岂有不知？要报坚儿之仇，我独力难成，到得要紧关头，你又不便如何出手，再加对头于本门武功知之甚稔，定有破解之法。倘若玉儿学成了雪山剑法，我娘儿两个联手，便可制敌死命，哪知道……哪知道……唉！” 石破天听着二人说话，倒有一大半难以索解，只想：“石夫人这般想念她孩儿。听来好像她儿子是给雪山派擒去啦，我不如便跟他们同上凌霄城去，助他们救人。她不是说想找几个帮手么？”正寻思间，忽听得远处蹄声隐隐，有十余匹马疾驰而来。 石清夫妇跟着也听到了，两人不再谈论儿子，默然而坐。
过不多时，马蹄声渐近，有人叫道：“在这里了！”跟着有人叫道：“石师弟、闵师妹，我们有几句话说。” 石清、闵柔听得是冲虚的呼声，略感诧异，双双纵出。石清问道：“冲虚师哥，观中有甚么事么？”只见天虚、冲虚以及其他十余个师兄弟都骑在马上，其中两个道人怀中又都抱着一人。其时天色未明，看不清那二人是谁。 冲虚气急败坏的大声说道：“石……石师弟、闵师妹，你们在观中抢不到那赏善罚恶两块铜牌，怎地另使诡计，又抢了去？要抢铜牌，那也罢了，怎地竟下毒手打死了照虚、通虚两个师弟，那……那……实在太不成话了！” 石清和闵柔听他这么说，都大吃一惊。石清道：“照虚、通虚两位师哥遭了人家毒手，这……这……这是从何说起？两位师哥给……给人打死了？”他关切两位师兄的安危，一时之间，也不及为自己分辩洗刷。 冲虚怒气冲冲的说道：“也不知你去勾结了甚么下三滥的匪类，竟敢使用最为人所不齿的剧毒。两个师弟虽然尚未断气，这时恐怕也差不多了。”石清道：“我瞧瞧。”说着走近身去，要去瞧照虚、通虚二人。刷刷几声，几名道人拔出剑来，挡住了石清的去路。天虚叹道：“让路！石师弟岂是那样的人。”那几名道人哼的一声，撤剑让道。 石清从怀中取出火折打亮了，照向照虚、通虚脸上，只见二道脸上一片紫黑，确是中了剧毒，一探二人鼻息，呼吸微弱，性命已在顷刻之间。上清观的武功原有过人之长。照虚、通虚二道内力深厚，又均非直中石破天的毒掌，只是闻到他掌上逼出来的毒气，因而晕眩栽倒，但饶是如此，显然也是挨不了一时三刻。石清回头问道：“师妹，你瞧这是哪一派人下的毒手？”这一回头，只见七八名师兄弟各挺长剑，已将夫妇二人围在垓心。 闵柔对群道的敌意只作视而不见，接过石清手中火折，挨近去瞧二人脸色，微微闻到二道口鼻中呼出来的毒气，便觉头晕，不由得退了一步，沉吟道：“江湖上没见过这般毒药。请问冲虚师哥，这两位师哥是怎生中的毒？是误服了毒药呢？还是中了敌人喂毒暗器？身上可有伤痕？” 冲虚怒道：“我怎知道？我们正是来问你呢？你这婆娘鬼鬼祟祟的不是好人，多半是适才吃饭之时，你争铜牌不得，便在酒中下了毒药。否则为什么旁人不中毒，偏偏铜牌在照虚师弟身上，他就中了毒，而……而……怀中的铜牌，又给你们盗了去？” 闵柔只气得脸容失色，但她天性温柔，自幼对诸位师兄谦和有礼，不愿和他们作口舌之争，眼眶中泪水却已滚来滚去，险些便要夺眶而出。石清