Chapter 25 Chapter 25
A group of people galloped on horses, only sleeping for one or two hours a day, without any delay along the way, and arrived at Longquan in southern Zhejiang after a few days.Linghu Chong was wounded by Bu Chen and Sha Tianjiang, although there was a lot of blood, it was only a flesh wound.He has strong internal energy, and he also took internally and externally applied Hengshan school's healing elixir, when he arrived in Zhejiang, he was already more than half healed.
All the disciples were anxious, and immediately inquired about the location of Zhujian Valley as soon as they entered Zhejiang, but no one in the village along the way knew about it.When I arrived in Longquan City, I saw that there were many knives and swords shops, but I asked every sword shop, and no blacksmith knew where the Sword Forging Valley was.Everyone was anxious, and asked if they could see the two old nuns, and if they heard anyone fighting nearby.All the blacksmiths said that they didn't hear any fights. As for nuns, they often saw them. There were several nuns in Shuiyue nunnery in the west of the city, but they were not very old.
When they asked where Mingshuiyue nunnery was, they galloped there immediately. When they got to De nunnery, they saw that the nunnery door was closed.
Zheng E stepped forward to knock on the door, but no one came out for a long time.Seeing Zheng E knocking on the door for a while, Yihe didn't hear the slightest sound from the nunnery, impatient to wait any longer, so he drew his sword out of its sheath and entered over the wall.Yiqing followed Yuejin.Yihe said, "Look, what is this?" He pointed to the ground.I saw seven or eight shiny sword heads in the yard, obviously they were cut off by someone with a sharp weapon.Yihe called out, "Is there anyone in the nunnery?" He looked for the apse.Yiqing pulled the bar and opened the door, letting Linghu Chong and the others in.She picked up a sword tip, handed it to Linghu Chong and said, "Senior Brother Linghu, someone has done something here."
Linghu Chong took the tip of the sword, saw that the cut was extremely smooth, and asked: "Dingxian and Dingyi, do you use swords?" Yiqing said: "The two old men don't use swords. The head of the sect My uncle once said that as long as you master the swordsmanship, you can defeat the enemy with wooden swords and bamboo swords. Her old man also said that swords and swords are too overbearing, and if you miss it, you will kill people and mutilate limbs..." Linghu Chong pondered: "Then the two masters didn't cut it off?" Yi Qing nodded.
I could only hear Yihe yelling in the back hall: "Here is another sword head." Everyone followed to the back hall, and saw that there was dust on the underground table in the hall.All the nunneries and Buddhist halls in the world must be very clean. This kind of dusty soil has been unoccupied for at least a few days.Linghu Chong and the others came to the backyard of the nunnery again, and saw several trees cut off with sharp weapons. It must have been many days to inspect the cut places.The back door was opened, and the door panel flew several feet away, as if someone had kicked it open.
A small path outside the back door leads to the mountains, and after walking more than ten feet, it divides into two forks.
Yiqing shouted: "Let's look separately and see if there is anything unusual." After a while, Qin Juan shouted at the fork on the right: "Here is a sleeve arrow." Another person followed suit: "Iron awl! There is an iron awl." Seeing that the path leads into a rolling hill, everyone gallops forward immediately, seeing hidden weapons and broken swords from time to time along the way, and there are still large dried blood stains among the grass .
Suddenly, Yiqing yelled "Ah", picked up a long sword from the grass, and said to Linghu Chong: "Weapon of our sect!" When people fight, they must go here." Everyone knows that the head of the sect and Master Dingyi are too sure to be unable to fight against the enemy, so they escaped from here, Linghu Chong said so, but the words are more coquettish.Seeing that the road was full of weapons and hidden weapons, it was expected that this battle must be very tragic. After many days, I don't know if there is still time to rescue them.Everyone was worried and rushed.
The mountain road became more and more dangerous, spiraling upwards and winding into the back mountain.After walking for several miles, the ground is full of rocks, and there is no road to follow.The disciples Yilin and Qin Juan, who are relatively low in martial arts in the Hengshan School, have already fallen behind.
After walking for a while, there is no road in the mountain, and there are no hidden weapons and other objects to indicate the direction.
Everyone was ignoring it, when they suddenly saw thick smoke rising from behind the mountain on the left.Linghu Chong said: "Let's go over there and have a look." He hurried to the place.But seeing the thick smoke rising higher and higher, after bypassing a hillside, there was a big valley in front of him, the flames in the valley rose into the sky, and the firewood was crackling.Linghu Chong hid behind the stone, turned around and waved his hands, telling Yihe and others to be silent.
At this moment, an old man's voice was heard shouting: "Dingxian, Dingyi, today I will send you to the Western Ultimate Bliss, and you will be able to prove the true fruit. You don't need to thank us." Linghu Chong was overjoyed: "Both of you The master did not suffer any disaster, fortunately, it is not too late." Another man's voice shouted: "The Master of the East advised you to surrender and surrender, but you stubbornly refused to listen. From now on, there will be no Hengshan faction in the martial arts." Previously The man shouted: "You can't blame my Sun Moon God Sect for being cruel and ruthless, you can only blame yourself for being stubborn, so tired that many young disciples died in vain, what a pity. Haha, haha!"
Seeing that the fire in the valley was burning more and more, it was obvious that Dingxian and Dingyi were trapped in the fire, Linghu Chong held the sword in his hand, raised his breath, and shouted in a long voice: "How dare the devil's sect thieves attack you?" All the masters of the Hengshan School are in a difficult situation. The masters of the Wuyue Sword School come to help from all directions, and the thief still doesn't surrender?" shouted, and rushed down the valley.
Once at the bottom of the valley, the road was blocked by firewood, and dead branches and dry grass were piled up two or three feet high. Linghu Chong didn't even think about it, and jumped into the fire.Fortunately, there was not much burning firewood in the circle of fire, so he took a few steps forward and saw two stone kilns, but no one was there, so he called: "Masters Dingxian and Dingyi, Hengshan sent reinforcements here La!"
At this time, Yihe, Yiqing, Yusao and other disciples also shouted loudly outside the fire circle, shouting: "Master, uncle, the disciples have arrived." Followed by the enemy's shouts: "Let's kill together!" Already!" "They are all nuns from the Hengshan Sect!" "A bluff, what a master of the Five Sacred Sword Sect." Immediately, the swords of the Hengshan Sect and the disciples of the Hengshan Sect met the enemy.
I saw a tall figure coming out from the entrance of the cave, covered in blood, it was Mrs. Dingyi, holding a long sword, standing in front of the door, although his clothes were torn and his face was stained with blood, he stood still majestic and majestic. Lost the style of a generation of masters.
When she saw Linghu Chong, she was stunned for a moment, and said: "You...you are..." Linghu Chong said: "Disciple Linghu Chong." Master Dingyi said: "I know you are Linghu Chong!" Outside the courtyard, I once saw Linghu Chong through the window.Linghu Chong said: "Disciple open the way, everyone please charge out together." Bending down, he picked up a long branch and stirred the burning firewood.Master Dingyi said: "You have joined the Demon Cult..."
At this moment, only one person shouted: "Who is making trouble here!" The knife light flickered, and a steel knife chopped down in the flames.Linghu Chong saw that the fire was fierce and the situation was critical, but Master Dingyi was very suspicious of him, so he refused to rush out with him. In this situation, the only way to save everyone is to cut through the mess quickly and kill everyone. , immediately took a step back.The man missed the first strike, but the second strike was repeated.Linghu Chong drew out his long sword, and with a chirping sound, his right arm was cut off with the saber.However, a woman screamed and screamed outside, it was believed that a female disciple of the Hengshan School had been murdered.
Linghu Chong was startled, he jumped out of the fire circle, but he saw a group on the hillside, hundreds of people were already fighting in a hurry.The disciples of the Hengshan sect formed a team of seven and formed a sword formation to fight against the enemy, but there were also many people left alone, and before forming a sword formation, they had already engaged in battle with the enemy.Even if those who formed the sword array didn't have the upper hand, they would be okay for a while, but the danger of fighting each other was full of dangers, and two female disciples had already died on the spot in an instant.
Linghu Chong scanned the battlefield with his eyes, and saw Yilin and Qin Juan fighting three men back to back.He raised his breath and rushed over, suddenly seeing a blue light flashing, and a long sword stabbing towards him.Linghu Chong stretched out his long sword and stabbed at the man's throat, and he was punished immediately.After a few ups and downs, before reaching Yilin, one sword pierced into the vest of a man, and the other pierced through another man's side.The third man raised his steel whip and was about to smash it down on Qin Juan's head, when Linghu Chong's long sword went up to him and knocked off his arm up to his shoulder.
Yilin's face was pale, she showed a smile, and said: "Amitabha, Senior Brother Linghu."
Linghu Chong saw Yu's sister-in-law was in a hurry to attack the two masters, he jumped over and swiped two swords, one hit the lower abdomen and the other severed the right wrist, one of the two masters was killed and the other was injured; The man who was fighting with Yihe and Yiqing fell to the ground amidst the screams.
Only an old voice was heard shouting: "Take care of him together, kill this guy first!" Three gray shadows rushed towards him in response, and three swords came out, commanding Hu Chong's throat, chest and lower abdomen respectively.These three sword moves are exquisite and fierce, and they are really the first-rate swordsmanship.Linghu Chong was taken aback, and thought: "This is the Songshan School's sword technique! Could it be that they belong to the Songshan School?"
With just one thought in his mind, the tips of the enemy's three long swords approached his three vital points.Linghu Chong used the key point of "Breaking Sword Style" in "Dugu Nine Swords", turned the long sword in a circle, and neutralized the three swords attacked by the enemy at the same time.On the left is a big fat man, about forty years old, with a short beard under his chin.In the middle is a thin old man with dark skin and piercing eyes.He didn't have time to look at the third person, he leaned forward and swiped two swords with his backhand, stabbing down two enemies who were attacking Zheng E.The three men roared loudly and chased after them.Linghu Chong had already made up his mind: "These three people are very skilled in swordsmanship, and they won't be able to fight for a while. If they fight for a long time, the Hengshan sect will suffer a lot of injuries." He raised his internal strength, stabbed eastward, and slashed westward. , where the long sword is everywhere, an enemy must be injured and fall to the ground, or even die from the sword.
Those three masters shouted to chase after him, but they still had a gap of Zhang Xu and couldn't catch up with him.In just one cup of tea, more than 30 enemies have been killed or injured by Linghu Chong's sword. He really is invincible, no one can stop his every move.The enemy lost more than 30 people in an instant, and the trend of strength and weakness was reversed immediately.Every time Linghu Chong kills a few enemies, a few female disciples of the Hengshan School will move out slowly and turn to help their fellow sects. They were originally outnumbered, but gradually turned into bullying the weak by the strong, gaining more and more the upper hand.
Linghu Chong thought that in today's battle of life and death, there must be no mercy, if the enemy is not killed and retreated in a very short time, the fire will grow stronger, and Shitai Dingxian and others trapped in the stone kiln will not be able to escape.He runs like flying, sometimes rushing straight, sometimes obliquely, his footprints are everywhere.None of the enemies within Zhang Xu was spared, and after a while, more than 20 people fell to the ground.
Standing on the top of the kiln, Dingyi saw Linghu Chong killing and injuring the enemy so surreptitiously, his swordsmanship was so amazing that he had never seen it before in his life, he was delighted, surprised and horrified.
There are forty or fifty enemies left, seeing that Linghu Chong is like a ghost like a ghost, and it is beyond human power to resist, suddenly he let out a cry, and more than twenty people fled into the bushes.Linghu Chong killed a few more people, and the rest of them had no fighting spirit, so they escaped cleanly.Only the three masters were still chasing after him, but they were getting farther and farther away, and they were obviously very timid.
Linghu Chong stood still, turned around, and shouted: "You are from the Songshan School, aren't you?"
The three of them jumped back quickly.A tall man shouted: "Who are you?"
Linghu Chong didn't answer, but shouted to Sister-in-law Yu and the others: "Quickly turn the fire out of the way to save people." All the disciples cut off the branches and beat the burning firewood.Yihe and other disciples have jumped into the ring of fire.Once the dead branches and dry grass were on fire, they could no longer be extinguished by beating them, but more than a dozen people beat them together, and a gap was opened in the fire circle. Yihe and others helped several dying nuns out of the kiln.
Linghu Chong asked: "How is Mrs. Dingxian?" Only an old woman's voice was heard saying: "I'm sorry for your troubles!" An old nun of medium build slowly walked out from the ring of fire.There is neither blood nor dust on her moon-white clothes, she does not hold a weapon in her hand, but only holds a string of rosary beads in her left hand, her face is kind and her spirit is calm.Linghu Chong was very surprised, and thought: "This Master Dingxian is so calm, he is in such a difficult situation, but he doesn't lose his composure in the slightest, he really deserves his reputation." Immediately bowed and saluted, and said: "Greetings, Master." Putting palms together in return, he said: "Someone is sneaking up, be careful."
Linghu Chong replied: "Yes!" Peering sideways at the enemy, he swung his sword backhand and blocked the stabbing sword of the big fat man, and said: "The disciple is late in coming to help, please forgive me, Master." Open the two swords stabbing at the side.
At this time, more than ten nuns came out from the circle of fire, and some even carried corpses on their backs.Master Dingyi strode out and scolded sharply: "Shameless traitor, such a wolfish ambition..." The corner of her robe caught fire and was spreading upwards, but she ignored it.Mrs. Yu went over to put it out for her.Linghu Chong said: "It's a great joy that the two masters are safe."
There was a whistling wind behind him, and the three long swords pierced at the same time. At this moment, Linghu Chong was not only exquisite in swordsmanship, but his internal strength was also unrivaled in the world. The sword swings out, stabbing the enemy's wrist back.Those three people's martial arts skills were extremely high, and they dodged quickly, but the back of the tall man's hand was still cut, and blood was dripping.
Linghu Chong said: "Two masters, the Songshan School is the leader of the Five Sacred Sword School, and they share the same spirit with the Hengshan School. It's really puzzling why they suddenly launched a surprise attack."
Master Dingyi asked: "Where is my sister? Why didn't she come?" Qin Juan cried: "Master... Master was besieged by traitors, and fought hard... passed away..." Master Dingyi was filled with grief and indignation, and cursed Said: "What a thief!" He stepped forward, but he only took two steps, and then sat down with a sway of his body, with blood spurting wildly from his mouth.
The three masters of the Songshan School changed their moves one after another, but they still couldn't do anything to Linghu Chong. He saw him talking to Dingxian and Dingyi, his eyes were slightly slanted, and he was holding a sword behind his back. , how could he be his enemy?The three groaned secretly, just wanting to get away and run away.
Linghu Chong turned around and swiped his sword several times to attack quickly. With the sword strokes, the enemy on the left attacked the left side, and the enemy on the right attacked the right side, forcing the three of them to squeeze closer and tighter.He circled the three of them with a long sword, and made eighteen consecutive strikes, the three blocked eighteen moves, and they didn't have enough time to fight back.The three of them used the exquisite swordsmanship of the Songshan School, but under the attack of "Dugu Nine Swords", they had no room to fight back.Linghu Chong intentionally forced them to use their own swordsmanship, and there was no denying it anymore. Seeing that the three of them were sweating all over their faces, their expressions were terrifying, but their swordsmanship was not scattered. It is very unusual.
Mrs. Dingxian said: "Amitabha, you are so good! Brother Zhao, Brother Zhang, and Brother Sima, I have no enmity with the Hengshan School and your school, why are the three of you so hard to push each other, and want to set fire to burn me into coke? Could it be that he followed the order of the left head? The poor nun doesn’t know, so I want to ask for advice.”
The three masters of the Songshan School were Zhao, Zhang, and Sima.The three of them seldom walked around the rivers and lakes, they only knew that their identities were very secret, they were already in a hurry by Linghu Chong, when they suddenly heard Master Dingxian call out their surname, they were all shocked.There were two choking and choking sounds, the two of them were hit by the sword in their wrists, and the long sword fell to the ground.Linghu Chong pointed his sword point at the throat of the little old man surnamed Zhao, and shouted: "Withdraw the sword!" The old man sighed, and said: "Unexpectedly, there are such martial arts and sword skills in the world! Someone Zhao fell under your sword, but he also It is not wronged." With a flick of his wrist, his internal energy was everywhere, and the long sword in his hand was broken into seven or eight pieces and fell to the ground.
Linghu Chong retreated a few steps, Yihe and the other seven people drew their swords and surrounded the three of them.
Master Dingxian said slowly: "Your school intends to merge the Five Mountains Sword School into one and form a Five Mountains School. The poor nun has passed down the Hengshan School for hundreds of years, and he dare not let the poor nun reject it. The proposal of the Hengshan faction. This matter can be discussed in the long run, why do you all pretend to be the devil sect, and make such a cruel move to kill my Hengshan faction. Isn't it too overbearing to act like this?"
Master Dingyi said angrily: "Sister, what are you telling them? Kill them all, so as not to cause future troubles, cough...cough..." She coughed a few times and vomited blood again.
The tall man surnamed Sima said: "We were sent by order, and we don't know the details..." The old man surnamed Zhao said angrily: "It's easy for them to kill or cut, what are you talking about?" After giving him such a drink, he stopped talking, with a rather ashamed look on his face.
Mrs. Dingxian said: "Thirty years ago, the three ran amok in the north of Hebei, and then they suddenly disappeared. The poor nun also said that the three had already realized the truth and changed their past, but unexpectedly they secretly joined the Songshan sect and had other plans. Alas, the Songshan sect The head of the Zuo sect is a generation of experts, but he has recruited many heretics...these many strangers from the world are making things difficult for those of the same way, it is really intentional...ah, it is very confusing." Although she was undergoing such a drastic change, she still did not want to Her words were hurtful, and she felt that her words were a little too much, so she changed her mouth, let out a long sigh, and asked: "My senior sister Dingjing Shitai, did you also hurt me at the hands of your sect?"
The man surnamed Sima showed timidity in his previous words, eager to save face, he said loudly: "That's right, that's Junior Brother Zhong..." The old man surnamed Zhao said "Hey" and glared at him.The man surnamed Sima realized his slip of the tongue, and said to himself: "The matter is already like this, what is there to hide? The left leader ordered us to divide our troops into two groups, each to go to Zhejiang and Fujian to serve."
Master Dingxian said: "Amitabha, Amitabha. The head of the left is already the leader of the Five Sacred Sword Sect. How respectful is his status? Why must he merge the five schools and have one person be the head? Wouldn't it be for the sake of such a big fight, the disabled comrades? Are the heroes of the world laughing?" Master Dingyi sternly said: "Sister, the thief is ambitious and greedy...you..." Master Dingxian waved his hand and said to the three people: "The sky net is well established, and it is not leaking. If you do unrighteousness, you will be punished. You go! The three of you will tell the left master, and the Hengshan faction will no longer obey the orders of the left master. Although our faction is all weak women, they are determined not to succumb to violence. The left master The Hengshan faction will not accept the proposal of merging the sects."
Yihe shouted: "Uncle Master, they...they are so vicious..." Mrs. Dingxian said: "Withdraw the sword formation!" Yihe replied: "Yes!" Back off.
The three masters of the Songshan School never expected to be released so easily, they couldn't help feeling grateful, bowed to Master Dingxian, turned around and ran away.The old man surnamed Zhao ran several feet away, stopped and turned around, and said in a loud voice: "May I ask the name of this young swordsman who is proficient in swordsmanship. I was killed today, and I dare not hope for revenge, but I want to know if I was killed." At the bottom of which hero's sword."
Linghu Chong smiled and didn't answer.Yihe said in a loud voice: "This Young Hero Linghu Chong Linghu used to belong to the Huashan School, but now he has no background and no school. He is a good friend of my Hengshan School!"
The old man said: "Young Hero Linghu's swordsmanship is superb, I worship you!" He sighed and turned his head away.
At that time, the fire was burning hotter and hotter, and the dead and wounded people of the Songshan faction were lying on the ground in disorder.More than a dozen people with minor injuries slowly got up and walked away, while those with serious injuries lay in a pool of blood, seeing the fire was about to burn, unable to dodge it, some shouted for help. Mrs. Dingxian said: "This matter has nothing to do with them. It all happened because of the mistake of the left master. Yusao and Yiqing saved them." Everyone knows that the master is always merciful and dare not disobey. He went to examine the dead and wounded of the Songshan sect, as long as he was still breathing, he would help them aside and take medicine to treat them. Master Dingxian raised his head to the south, tears rolling down his face, and shouted: "Senior sister!" She shook her body twice and fell straight forward. Everyone was shocked, rushed to help her up, only to see streams of blood pouring out of her mouth, and Master Dingyi was also seriously injured.All the disciples were very anxious and didn't know what to do, they all looked at Linghu Chong, wanting to listen to his idea. Linghu Chong said: "Hurry up and give the two masters some wound medicine. The wounded ones should be wrapped up first to stop the bleeding. The anger here is still strong, everyone go over there to rest. Ask a few sisters and sisters to find some wild fruits or something to eat. "Everyone is ordered to work separately.Zheng E and Qin Juan filled water bottles with mountains and water, and served Dingxian, Dingyi and the injured colleagues to drink water and take medicine. In the battle of Longquan, thirty-seven disciples of the Hengshan School died.When all the disciples thought of Master Dingjing and the sisters who died in the battle, they were all sad. Suddenly, someone burst into tears, and the rest of them also started to cry.In an instant, the valley was filled with the sound of wailing. Master Dingyi shouted sharply: "The dead one is already dead, why can't you think about it so much? Everyone usually learns Buddhism and recites scriptures in order to comprehend the word 'life and death'. What is there to miss about a stinky skin?" All the disciples knew that this teacher was like a fire, no one dared to disobey her, so they stopped crying immediately, but many of them were sobbing uncontrollably.Master Dingyi said again: "How did my sister suffer? E'er, you should speak more clearly, and tell the master clearly." Zheng E replied: "Yes." Standing up, how did Linghu Chong help the demon sect in Xianxia Ridge, how Nianbapu was captured because of the enemy's intoxication, how Dingjing Shitai was threatened by Songshan sect Zhongzhen , was besieged by masked men again, fortunately Linghu Chong rushed to kill and retreat, and Mrs. Dingjing was finally seriously injured and passed away. Master Dingyi said: "That's it. The thieves from the Songshan School pretended to be the Demon Sect and coerced the senior sister to agree and teach. Hmph, their intentions are very poisonous. If you are all captured by the Songshan School, the senior sister will not agree, then It's impossible." After she finished speaking, her strength was exhausted, her voice gradually weakened, she gasped for a while, and then said: "When my senior sister was besieged in Xianxia Ridge, I knew that the enemy is not easy to deal with. Pass the letter with the pigeon. , asked us to lead the crowd to help, unexpectedly...unexpectedly...this matter also fell into the enemy's calculation." Yiwen, the second disciple of Master Dingxian, said: "Master, please take a rest. This disciple will tell you how we encountered the enemy." Master Dingyi said angrily, "What happened? The enemy in Shuiyue Nunnery night Attacks, ping-ping-pong-pong until today." Yiwen said: "Yes." He still briefly described the situation of encountering the enemy in the past few days. It turned out that the Songshan faction attacked in a big way that night, and everyone covered their faces, pretending to be members of the Devil's Cult.The Hengshan faction was attacked hastily, and at that time there was great danger of being annihilated. Fortunately, Shuiyue nunnery is also from the Wulin lineage, and there are five Longquan swords hidden in the nunnery. enemy.Longquan's sword cut iron like mud, not only cut off a lot of the enemy's weapons, but also injured a lot of enemies, so he fought and retreated, and fled to the valley.Master Qingxiao was martyred because of her friend.This valley used to produce refined iron, which was originally a foundry hundreds of years ago. Later, the refined iron was mined and the sword casting furnace was moved to another place, leaving only a few stone kilns for coking in the past.Fortunately, these stone kilns were supported by the Hengshan School for many days without any major disaster.The Songshan faction was unable to attack for a long time, they piled up firewood and set fire to attack poison, if Linghu Chong waited half a day late, everyone would be unavoidable. Master Dingyi was too impatient to listen to Yiwen's narration of the past, staring at Linghu Chong, and suddenly said: "You...you are fine. Why did your master drive you out of the gate? Said you colluded with the Demon Cult?" Linghu Chong said "My disciple is careless in making friends, and indeed I have met some people from the Devil's Cult." Master Dingyi snorted, and said, "Like the Songshan School, they are so ambitious, but they are worse than the Devil's Cult. Hmph, people from the Orthodox Cult , must it be better than the Demon Cult?" Yihe said: "Senior brother Linghu, I dare not say whether your master is right or wrong. But he... he knew that our sect was in trouble, but he stood by and watched. In the middle... in the middle... maybe he already agreed with the Songshan sect. discussed." Linghu Chong's heart moved, he felt that these words were not unreasonable, but he admired his teacher since he was a child, and he never dared to have the slightest disrespect towards him, he said: "My teacher is not just standing by, most likely the old man has other important matters... this……" Mrs. Dingxian had been closing her eyes to recuperate, at this moment she slowly opened her eyes and said: "Our faction has been in great trouble, and we all received the help of Linghu Shaoxia. This is a great kindness..." Linghu Chong said hastily: "Student who works a little bit, I don't dare to be my master's words." Master Dingxian shook his head and said, "Why should a young hero be overly modest? Senior brother Yue can't have a double body, so sending his eldest disciple to serve him is also true. Same. Yihe, you can't talk nonsense and be rude to your elders." Yihe bowed and said, "Yes, I dare not. But... but Brother Linghu has been expelled from the Huashan School, and Master Yue has long since abandoned him. He is dead. He was not sent by Master Yue." Master Dingxian smiled slightly, and said: "You are just not convinced, you must make it clear." Yihe suddenly sighed, and said: "Brother Linghu, if it's a woman, that's fine." Master Dingxian asked: "Why?" Yihe said: "He has been expelled from the Huashan School and has nowhere to go. If you are a girl, you can change into our school. He has gone through hardships with us, and he is already one of our own..." Master Dingyi shouted: "Nonsense, the older you are, the more you talk like a child." Master Dingxian Tai Tai smiled slightly, and said: "Senior Brother Yue misunderstood for a while, but in the future when he finds out the truth, he will bring Young Hero Linghu back to the gate. The Songshan School's plot will not stop here, and the Huashan School is also going to rely on Young Man Linghu Even if he doesn't return to Mount Hua, with his martial arts in mind, it's not too difficult to create a sect on his own." Zheng E said: "The master master is right. Brother Linghu, these people from the Huashan faction treat you so fiercely, you just create one... Create a 'Linghu faction' and show them. Hmph, don't you have to go back? Is it so rare that the Huashan sect is not allowed?" Linghu Chong smiled wryly, and said, "How can I accept my master's words of praise? I hope that the master will forgive the disciple's mistakes and allow him to return to the entrance wall, and the disciple will be even more helpless. Please." Qin Juan said, "You have nothing else to ask for? Where's your junior sister?" Linghu Chong shook his head, changed the subject, and said, "Should we bury the remains of the martyred sisters on the spot, or cremate and transport the ashes back to Mount Heng?" Mrs. Dingxian said: "Let's all be cremated!" Although she has a clear understanding of the world, but seeing all these corpses lying on the ground, they are all good disciples who have been with her for many years. When she said this, her voice was choked up up.Several disciples cried again. Some disciples have been dead for several days, and some corpses are still tens of feet away.When all the disciples moved the corpses of their fellow disciples, they all scolded Zuo Lengchan, the head of the Songshan School, for their sinister intentions and vicious methods. When everything was ready, it was already dark, and everyone slept in the open in the barren mountains that night.The next morning, all the disciples carried Dingxian, Dingyi and the injured fellow disciples on their backs. They went to Longquan City, diverted to the waterway, hired seven awning boats, and headed north. Linghu Chong was afraid that the Songshan faction would sneak up on the water again, so he followed the crowd to the north.Since there were two elders of the Hengshan Sect, Linghu Chong restrained himself deeply and never dared to talk nonsense with his disciples.Mrs. Dingxian, Mrs. Dingyi and others were seriously injured, but fortunately the Hengshan Sect's healing pills are extremely effective, and after crossing the Qiantang River, they were out of danger.The Hengshan faction was seriously injured this time, and they didn't want to have any troubles on the way, and tried to avoid the people in the world as much as possible.When they arrived at the edge of the Yangtze River, they hired another boat and went back to the west of the river.Going slowly like this, it is planned that after arriving at Hankou, the injured people will recover 67 out of 10, and then they will leave the boat and land, turn north, and return to Mount Heng. On this day, I came to the shore of Poyang Lake, boating at the mouth of Jiujiang.At that time, the boat on the river was very large, and dozens of people were divided into two boats.At night, Linghu Chong slept with the boatman and the sailors on the back boat.Sleeping until midnight, I suddenly heard someone on the river bank clapping their hands lightly. They clapped three times, stopped once, and clapped three more times.Following that, someone on the first boat in the west also clapped their hands three times, stopped for a while, and then clapped three more times.The clapping was originally very light, but Linghu Chong's internal strength is strong, and his ear sounds are very good. When he heard a strange sound, he immediately woke up from his sleep, knowing that it was a signal for people in the world to greet each other.These days, he kept an eye on the movements on the water at all times to prevent people from attacking him, and thought: "You might as well go and have a look, if it has nothing to do with the Hengshan sect, that's the best, otherwise I'll take care of it in secret, so as not to alarm Mrs. Dingxian they." He stared at the boat at the west end, and saw a black figure jumping up from a few feet away, and when he reached the shore, his lightness kung fu was mediocre.Linghu Chong moved lightly, went ashore quietly, walked around to the east behind a row of large oil baskets by the river, covered himself up, and only heard one person say: "The nun on the boat is indeed from the Hengshan sect." One person said: "What do you say?" Linghu Chong approached slowly, under the twilight of the stars and the moon, he saw one with a beard on his face, and the other with a long and pointed face, not only a melon-seed face, but also a sunflower-seed face.I only heard the sharp-faced man say: "Only because of our Baijiao gang, although there are many people, our martial arts are not as good as others, so we can't do it clearly." The bearded man said: "Who told you to do it? Strong, but the tricks on the water may not be successful. Tomorrow, we will drive the boat down, go to the big river, jump into the water to cut through their boat, and still catch them one by one?" The sharp-faced man said happily: "This time. The plan is great. Our elder brother has made such a great contribution, and Wan'er of the Jiujiang Baijiao Gang has become very popular in Jianghu. But I still have one thing to worry about." The bearded man said: "What are you worried about?" The pointed face said: "They have formed an alliance with the Five Sacred Sword Sect. What are they saying about the Five Sacred Sword Sect? They are all in the same spirit. If Mr. Mo Da finds out and comes to seek our bad luck, the Baijiao Sect will have nothing to eat and will go away." The bearded man said: "Hmph, we have had enough of being angry with the Hengshan faction these past few years. If we don't do our best for our friends this time, our friends won't do their best when something happens next time." Help each other. After this major event is completed, maybe the Hengshan faction will be wiped out, and what are you afraid of Mr. Mo Da?" The pointed face said: "Okay, that's the idea. Let's go recruit people, we have to choose The water quality is good." Linghu Chong jumped out, turned the hilt of his sword, and hit the pointed face on the back of the head, causing the man to faint immediately.That beard punched him, Linghu Chong stuck out the hilt of his sword, and hit his left temple with a sound of landing.The beard turned a few times like a top, and fell down.Linghu Chong crossed the long sword, cut off the lids of the two big oil baskets, lifted the two of them, and stuffed them into the oil baskets respectively.The oil baskets were full of vegetable oil, each containing 300 catties, and were supposed to be shipped the next day and transported downstream.As soon as the two of them dipped into the oil basket, the oil passed over their mouths and noses immediately, the cold oil stirred, they woke up immediately, gulping down the oil. But someone behind said: "Young Hero Linghu, don't hurt their lives." It was the voice of Mrs. Dingxian. Linghu Chong was slightly startled, and thought: "I didn't know when Mrs. Dingxian was behind her." Then he let go of his hands that were pressing on the two people's heads, and said, "Yes!" jump out.Linghu Chong laughed and said: "Don't move!" He stretched out his sword and hit the two on the head, forcing them into the oil basket.The two men bent their knees and squatted, the vegetable oil reached their necks, their eyes could not be opened, they didn't know why they were in this embarrassing situation. I saw a gray shadow jumping over from the boat, but it was Mrs. Dingyi, who asked: "Sister, have you caught the little thief?" Mrs. Dingxian said, "It's the two hall masters of the Jiujiang Baijiao Sect. Linghu Shaoxia was joking with them." She turned her head to the bearded man and said, "Is your surname Yi or Qi? How about Gang Master Shi?" That bearded man's surname was Yi, and he wondered, "I...my surname is Yi, How do you know? Our Master Shi is very good." Dingxian said with a smile: "Master Yi and Master Qi of the Baijiao Gang, people in the Jianghu are called 'Yangtze River Double Flying Fish', they are very famous, and this old nun has already been heard like a thunderbolt." Master Dingxian is very careful, even though he seldom goes out of the nunnery, he knows all the figures from various sects and sects in the rivers and lakes, otherwise how would he recognize the three leaders of the Songshan sect?In terms of the bearded man surnamed Yi and the sharp-faced man surnamed Qi, they were only third-rate or fourth-rate figures in the martial arts world, but when she saw their appearance, she guessed their identities. The sharp-faced man was very proud, and said: "It's like thunder piercing your ears, so don't dare." Linghu Chong pressed his head into the oil with the blade of his hand, let go again, and said with a smile: "I have admired your name for a long time. Oil pierces your ears." The man said angrily, "You...you..." He wanted to swear, but he didn't dare.Linghu Chong said: "I'll ask a question, and you should answer honestly. If there is any concealment, I will turn you 'Yangtze River Double Flying Fish' into a pair of 'Oil Soaked Dead Loach'." He pressed the beard into the oil as well. Take a dip.The beard had prepared himself first, he didn't swallow the oil, but the vegetable oil poured in from his nostrils, but he couldn't tell how uncomfortable it was. Dingxian and Dingyi couldn't help smiling, both thought: "This young man is very mischievous. But it is also a good way to extract a confession." Linghu Chong asked: "When did your Baijiao gang collude with the Songshan faction? Who told you to come and make things difficult for the Hengshan faction?" The beard said: "Collude with the Songshan faction? That's amazing. The hero of the Songshan faction, one of us I don't know." Linghu Chong said: "Aha! You didn't answer the first sentence honestly. I told you to drink oil and drink to your heart's content!" Ting Jianping pressed his top and pushed him into the oil.Although this beard is not a first-class expert, and his martial arts are not very weak, but Linghu Chong's strong internal energy is transmitted from the long sword, and it is like a huge stone weighing a thousand catties on top of his head, unable to move at all.The vegetable oil has no mouth and nose, but the eyes are exposed, and the bones are turning around, very embarrassed. Linghu rushed to the sharp-faced man and said, "Say it quickly! Do you want to be a Yangtze River flying fish, or do you want to be a loach soaked in oil?" The man surnamed Qi said: "I met you, a hero, and I can't do it if I don't want to be a loach soaked in oil. But Brother Yi is not lying, we really don't know the people of the Songshan School. Besides, the Songshan School The alliance with the Hengshan faction is well known in the martial arts world. How could the Songshan faction ask our Baijiao faction to come and make trouble with... your faction?" Linghu Chong let go of the long sword, let the man surnamed Yi raise his head, and asked again: "You said that you want to scuttle the Hengshan faction's boat in the Yangtze River, and your intentions are so sinister, what did the Hengshan faction offend you for? " 定逸师太后到，本不知令狐冲何以如此对待这两名汉子，听他一说，登时勃然大怒，喝道：“好贼子，想在长江中淹死我们啊。”她恒山派门下十之八九是北方女子，全都不会水性，大江之中倘若坐船沉没，势不免葬身鱼腹，想起来当真不寒而栗。 那姓易的生怕令狐冲再将他脑袋按入油中，抢先答道：“恒山派跟我们白蛟帮本来无怨无仇。我们只是九江码头上赚水脚、走私货的一个小小帮会，又有什么能耐跟恒山派众位师太结梁子了。只不过……只不过我想大家都是佛门一脉，贵派向西而去，多半是前去应援。因此……这个……我们不自量力，起下了歹心，下次再也不敢了。” 令狐冲越听越糊涂，问道：“什么叫做佛门一脉，西去赴什么援？说得不清不楚，莫名其妙！”那姓易的道：“是，是！少林派虽不是五岳剑派之一，但我们想和尚尼姑都是一家人……”定逸师太喝道：“胡说！”那姓易的吃了一惊，自然而然地身子一缩，吞了一大口油，腻住了口，说不出话来。定逸师太忍住了笑，向那尖脸汉子道：“你来说。” 那姓齐的道：“是，是！有一个'万里独行'田伯光，不知师太是否和他相熟？” 定逸师太大怒，心想这“万里独行”田伯光是江湖上恶名昭彰的采花淫贼，我如何会和他相熟？这厮竟敢问出这句话来，当真是莫大的侮辱，右手一扬，便要往他顶门拍落。 定闲师太伸手一拦，道：“师妹勿怒。这二位在油中耽得久了，脑筋不大清楚。且别和他们一般见识。”问那姓齐的道：“田伯光怎么了？”那姓齐的道：“'万里独行'田伯光田大爷，跟我们史帮主是好朋友。早几日田大爷……”定逸师太怒道：“什么田大爷？这等恶行昭彰的贼子，早就该将他杀了。你们反和他结交，足见白蛟帮就不是好人。”那姓齐的道：“是，是，是。我们不是……不是好人。”定逸师太问道：“我们只问你，白蛟帮何以要和恒山派为难，又牵扯上田伯光什么了？”田伯光曾对她弟子仪琳非礼，定逸师太一直未能杀之泄愤，心下颇以为耻，雅不愿旁人提及此人名字。 那姓齐的道：“是，是。大伙儿要救任大小姐出来，生怕正教中人帮和尚的忙，因此我哥儿俩猪油蒙了心，打起了糊涂主意，这就想对贵派下手……” 定逸师太更摸不着半点头脑，叹道：“师姊，这两个浑人，还是你来问吧。” 定闲师太微微一笑，问道：“任大小姐，可便是日月神教前教主的大小姐吗？” 令狐冲心头一震：“他们说的是盈盈？”登时脸上变色，手心出汗。 那姓齐的道：“是。田大爷……不，那田……田伯光前些时来到九江，在我白蛟帮总舵跟史帮主喝酒，说道预期十二月十五，大伙儿要大闹少林寺，去救任大小姐出来。” 定逸师太忍不住插嘴道：“大闹少林寺？你们又有多大能耐，敢去太岁头上动土？” 那姓齐的道：“是，是。我们自然是不成的。” 定闲师太道：“那田伯光脚程最快，由他来往联络传讯，是不是？这件事，到底是谁在从中主持？” 那姓易的说道：“大家听得任大小姐给少林寺的贼……不，少林寺的和尚扣住了，不约而同，都说要去救人，也没什么人主持。大伙儿想起任大小姐的恩义，都说，便是为任大小姐粉身碎骨，也所甘愿。” 一时之间，令狐冲心中起了无数疑团：“他们说的任大小姐，到底是不是便是盈盈？她怎么会给少林寺的僧人扣住？她小小年纪，平素有什么恩义待人？为何这许多人一听到她有难的讯息，便都奋不顾身的去相救？” 定闲师太道：“你们怕我恒山派去相助少林派，因此要将我们坐船凿沉，是不是？”那姓齐的道：“是，我们想和尚尼姑……这个那个……”定逸师太怒道：“什么这个那个？”那姓齐的忙道：“是，是，这个……那个……小人不敢多说。小人没说什么……” 定闲师太道：“十二月十五之前，你们白蛟帮也要去少林寺？”姓易姓齐二人齐声道：“这可得听史帮主号令。”姓齐的又道：“既然大伙儿都去，我们白蛟帮总也不能落在人家后面。”定闲师太问道：“大伙儿？到底有哪些大伙儿？”那姓齐的道：“那田……田伯光说，浙西海沙帮、山东黑风会、湘西排教……”一口气说了江湖上三十来个大大小小帮会的名字。此人武功平平，帮会门派的名称倒记得挺熟。定逸师太皱眉道：“都是些不务正业的旁门左道人物，人数虽多，也未必是少林派的对手。” 令狐冲听那姓齐的所说人名中，有天河帮帮主“银髯蛟”黄伯流、长鲸岛岛主司马大，还有几人，也都是当日在五霸冈上会过的，心下更无怀疑，他们所要救的定然便是盈盈，陡然得到她的讯息，甚是欢喜，但想到她为少林派所扣押，而她曾杀过好几名少林弟子，又不禁担忧，问道：“少林派为什么要扣住这位……这位任大小姐？”那姓齐的道：“这可不知道了。多半是少林派的和尚们吃饱了饭没事干，故意找些事来跟大伙儿为难。” 定闲师太道：“请二位回去拜上贵帮主，便说恒山派定闲、定逸和这位朋友路过九江，没来拜会史帮主，多有失礼，请史帮主包涵则个。我们明日乘船西行，请二位大度包容，别再派人来凿沉我们的船只。”她说一句，二人便说一句：“不敢。” 定闲师太向令狐冲道：“月白风清，少侠慢慢领略江岸夜景。恕贫尼不奉陪了。”携了定逸之手，缓步回舟。 令狐冲知她有意相避，好让自己对这二人仔细再加盘问，但一时之间，心乱如麻，竟想不出更有什么话要问，在岸边走来走去，又悄立良久，只见半钩月亮映在江心，大江滚滚东去，月光颤动不已，猛然想起：“今日已是十一月下旬。他们下月十五要去少林寺，为时已然无多。少林派方证、方生两位大师待我甚好。这些人为救盈盈而去，势必和少林派大动干戈，不论谁胜谁败，双方损折必多。我何不赶在头里，求方证方丈将盈盈放出，将一场血光大灾化于无形，岂不甚好？” 又想：“定闲、定逸两位师太伤势已痊愈了大半。定闲师太外表瞧来跟寻常老尼无异，其实所知既博，见识又极高超，实是武林中一位了不起的高人。由她率众北归，只要不再遇到嵩山派这样的大批强敌，该不会有什么应付不了的危难。只是我怎生向她们告辞才好？”这些日来，和这些尼姑、姑娘们共历患难，众人对他既恭敬，又亲切，于他被逐出师门、为小师妹所弃之事，虽从不提及，但神情之间，显然犹似她们自身遭此不幸一般。华山众同门中，除陆大有外，反无人待他如此亲厚，突然要中途分手，颇感难以启齿。 只听得脚步声细碎，两人缓缓走近，却是仪琳和郑萼，走到离令狐冲二三丈外，叫了声：“令狐师兄。”便停住了脚步。令狐冲迎将上去，说道：“你们也给惊醒了？”仪琳道：“令狐师兄，掌门师伯吩咐我们来跟你说……”推了推郑萼，道：“你跟他说。”郑萼道：“掌门师伯要你说的。”仪琳道：“你说也是一样。” 郑萼说道：“令狐师兄，掌门师伯说道，大恩不言谢，今后你不论有什么事，恒山派都供你驱策。你如要去少林寺救那位任大小姐，大家自当尽力效命。” 令狐冲大奇，心想：“我又没说要去相救盈盈，怎地定闲师太却恁地说？啊哟，是了！群雄在五霸冈上聚会，设法为我治病，那都是瞧在盈盈的份上。此事闹得沸沸扬扬，定闲师太焉有不知？”想及此事，不由得脸上一红。 郑萼又道：“掌门师伯说道，此事最好不要硬来。她老人家和我师父两位，此刻已过江去了，要赶赴少林寺，去向方丈大师求情放入，请令狐师兄带同我们，缓缓前去。” 令狐冲听了这番话，登时呆了，半晌说不出话来，举目向长江中眺望，果见一叶小舟，挂起了一张小小白帆，正自向北航去，心中又感激，又觉惭愧，心想：“两位师太是佛门中有道大德，又是武林高人。她们肯亲身去向少林派求情，原是再好不过，比之我这浪迹江湖、素行不端的一介无名小卒，面子是大上百倍了。多半方证方丈能瞧着二位师太的金面，肯放了盈盈。”想到此处，心下登时一宽。 回过头来，只见那姓易、姓齐的兀自在油篓子中探头探脑，不敢爬将出来，心想这二人一片热心，为的是去救盈盈，自己可将他们得罪了，颇觉过意不去，迈步上前，拱了拱手，说道：“在下一时鲁莽，得罪了白蛟帮'长江双飞鱼'两位英雄，实因事先未知其中缘由，还请恕罪。”说着深深一揖。 “长江双飞鱼”突然见他前倨后恭，大感诧异，急忙抱拳还礼，这一手忙脚乱，无数菜油飞溅出来，溅得令狐冲身上点点滴滴的都是油迹。 令狐冲微笑着点了点头，向仪琳和郑萼道：“咱们走吧！” 回到舟中，恒山派众弟子竟绝口不提此事，连仪和、秦绢这些素来事事好奇之人，居然也不向他问一句话，自是定闲师太临去时已然嘱咐，免得令他尴尬。令狐冲暗自感激，但见到好几名女弟子似笑非笑的脸色，却又不免颇为狼狈，寻思：“她们这副模样，心中可咬定盈盈是我的情人了。其实我和盈盈之间清清白白，并无什么逾规越礼之事。但她们不问，我又如何辩白？”眼见秦绢眼中闪着狡狯的光芒，忍不住道：“完全不是这么一回事，你……你们可别胡思乱想。” 秦绢笑道：“我胡思乱想什么了？”令狐冲脸上一红，道：“我猜也猜得到。”秦绢笑道：“猜到什么？”令狐冲还未答话，仪和道：“秦师妹，别多说了，掌门师叔吩咐的话，你忘了吗？”秦绢抿嘴笑道：“是，是，我没忘记。” 令狐冲转过头来，避开她眼光，只见仪琳坐在船舱一角，脸色苍白，神情甚为冷漠，不禁心中一动：“她心中在想什么？为什么她不和我说话？”怔怔地瞧着她，忽然想到那日在衡山城外，自己受伤之后，她抱了自己在旷野中奔跑时的脸色。那时她又关切，又激动，浑不是眼前这般百事不理的模样。Why?Why? 仪和忽道：“令狐师兄！”令狐冲没听见，并没答应。仪和大声又叫：“令狐师兄！”令狐冲一惊，回头应道：“嗯，怎么？”仪和道：“掌门师叔说道，明日咱们或改行陆道，或仍走水路，悉听令狐师兄的意思。” 令狐冲心中只盼改行陆道，及早得知盈盈的讯息，但斜眼一睨，见仪琳长长的睫毛下闪动着泪水，一副楚楚可怜的模样，说道：“掌门师太叫咱们缓缓行去，那么还是仍旧坐船吧。谅来那白蛟帮也不敢对咱们怎地。”秦绢笑道：“你放心得下吗？”令狐冲脸上微微一红，尚未作答，仪和喝道：“秦师妹，小孩儿家，少说几句行不行？”秦绢笑道：“行！有什么不行？阿弥陀佛，我可不大放心。”
次晨舟向西行，令狐冲命舟子将船靠近岸旁航行，以防白蛟帮来袭，但直至湖北境内，一直没任何动静。此后数日之中，令狐冲也不和恒山弟子多说闲话，每逢晚间停泊，便独自一人上岸饮酒，喝得醺醺而归。 这一日舟过夏口，折而向北，溯汉水而上，傍晚停泊在小镇鸡鸣渡旁。他又上岸去，在一家冷酒铺中喝了几碗酒，忽想：“小师妹的伤不知好了没有？仪真、仪灵两位师姊送去恒山灵药，想来必可治好她剑伤。林师弟的伤势又不知如何？倘若林师弟竟致伤重不治，她又怎样？”想到这里，心下不禁一惊：“令狐冲啊令狐冲，你真是个卑鄙小人！你虽盼小师妹早日痊愈，内心却又似在盼望林师弟伤重而死？难道林师弟死了，小师妹便会嫁你不成？”自觉无聊，连尽了三碗酒，又想：“劳德诺和八师弟不知是谁杀的？那人为什么又去暗算林师弟？师父、师娘不知近来若何？” 端起酒碗，又一饮而尽，小店之中无下酒物，随手抓起几粒咸水花生，抛入口中，忽听背后有人叹了口气，说道：“唉！天下男子，十九薄幸。” 令狐冲转过面来，向说话之人瞧去，摇晃的烛光之下，但见小酒店中除自己之外，便只店角落里一张板桌旁有人伏案而卧。板桌上放了酒壶、酒杯，那人衣衫褴褛，身形猥琐，不像是如此吐属文雅之人。当下令狐冲也不理会，又喝了一碗酒，只听得背后那声音又道：“人家为了你，给幽禁在不见天日之处。自己却整天在脂粉堆中厮混，小姑娘也好，光头尼姑也好，老太婆也好，照单全收。唉，可叹啊可叹！” 令狐冲知他说的是自己，却不回头，寻思：“这人是谁？他说'人家为了你，给幽禁在不见天日之处'，说的是盈盈吗？为什么盈盈是为了我而给人幽禁？”只听那人又道：“不相干之辈，倒是多管闲事，说要去拚了性命，将人救出来。偏生你要做头子，我也要做头子，人还没救，自己伙里已打得昏天黑地。唉，这江湖上的事，老子可真没眼瞧的了。” 令狐冲拿着酒碗，走过去坐在那人对面，说道：“在下多事不明，要请老兄指教。” 那人仍伏在桌上，并不抬头，说道：“唉，有多少风流，便有多少罪孽。恒山派的姑娘、尼姑们，这番可当真糟糕之极了。” 令狐冲更是心惊，站起身来，深深一揖，说道：“令狐冲拜见前辈，还望赐予指点。”突然见到那人凳脚旁放着一把胡琴，琴身深黄，久经年月，心念一动，已知此人是谁，当即俯身便拜，说道：“晚辈令狐冲，有幸拜见衡山莫师伯。” 那人抬起头来，双目如电，冷冷地在令狐冲脸上一扫，正是衡山派掌门“潇湘夜雨”莫大先生。他哼了一声，道：“师伯之称，可不敢当。令狐大侠，这些日来可快活哪！” 令狐冲躬身道：“莫师伯明鉴，弟子奉定闲师伯之命，随同恒山派诸位师姊师妹回归恒山。弟子虽然无知，却决不敢对恒山师姊妹们有丝毫失礼。”莫大先生叹了口气，道：“请坐！唉，你怎不知江湖上人言纷纷，众口铄金？”令狐冲苦笑道：“晚辈行事狂妄，不知检点，连本门也不能容，江湖上的闲言闲语，却也顾不得这许多了。” 莫大先生冷笑道：“你自己甘负浪子之名，旁人自也不来理你。可是恒山派数百年的清誉，竟败坏在你手里，你也毫不动心吗？江湖上传说纷纭，说你一个大男人，混在恒山派一群姑娘和尼姑中间。别说几十位黄花闺女的名声给你损了，甚至连……连那几位苦守戒律的老师太，也给人作为笑柄，这……这可太不成话了。” 令狐冲退开两步，手按剑柄，说道：“不知是谁造谣，说这些无耻荒唐的言语，请莫师伯示知。” 莫大先生道：“你想去杀了他们吗？江湖上说这些话的，没有一万，也有八千，你杀得干净么？哼，人家都羡慕你艳福齐天，那又有什么不好了？” 令狐冲颓然坐下，心道：“我做事总是不顾前，不顾后，但求自己问心无愧，却没想到累了恒山派众位上下的清誉。这……这便如何是好？” 莫大先生叹了口气，温言道：“这五日里，每天晚上，我都曾到你船上窥探……”令狐冲“啊”的一声，心想：“莫师伯接连五晚来船窥探，我竟半点不知，可算是十分无能。” 莫大先生续道：“我见你每晚总是在后艄和衣而卧，别说对恒山众弟子并没分毫无礼的行为，连闲话也不说一句。令狐世兄，你不但决不是无行浪子，实是一位守礼君子。对着满船妙龄尼姑、如花少女，你竟绝不动心，不仅是一晚不动心，而且是数十晚始终如一。似你这般男子汉、大丈夫，当真是古今罕有，我莫大好生佩服。”大拇指一翘，右手握拳，在桌上重重一击，说道：“来来来，我莫大敬你一杯。”说着便提起酒壶斟酒。 令狐冲道：“莫师伯之言，倒教小侄好生惶恐。小侄品行不端，以致不容于师门，但恒山派同道的师姊师妹，却如何可以得罪？”莫大先生呵呵笑道：“光明磊落，这才是男儿汉的本色。我莫大如年轻二十岁，叫我晚晚陪着这许多姑娘，要像你这般守身如玉，那就办不到。难得啊难得！来，干了！”两人举碗一饮而尽，相对大笑。 令狐冲见莫大先生形貌落拓，衣饰寒酸，哪里像是一位威震江湖的一派掌门？偶尔眼光一扫，锋锐如刀，但这霸悍之色一露即隐，又成为一个久困风尘的潦倒汉子，心想：“恒山掌门定闲师太慈祥平和，泰山掌门天门道长威严厚重，嵩山掌门左冷禅阴鸷险刻，我恩师是位彬彬君子，这位莫师伯外表猥琐平庸，似是个市井小人，实则武功惊人，可骇可怖，五岳剑派的五位掌门人，其实个个是十分深沉多智之人。我令狐冲草包一个，可跟他们差得远了。” 莫大先生道：“我在湖南，听到你和恒山派的尼姑混在一起，甚是诧异，心想定闲师太是何等样
At that time, the fire was burning hotter and hotter, and the dead and wounded people of the Songshan faction were lying on the ground in disorder.More than a dozen people with minor injuries slowly got up and walked away, while those with serious injuries lay in a pool of blood, seeing the fire was about to burn, unable to dodge it, some shouted for help. Mrs. Dingxian said: "This matter has nothing to do with them. It all happened because of the mistake of the left master. Yusao and Yiqing saved them." Everyone knows that the master is always merciful and dare not disobey. He went to examine the dead and wounded of the Songshan sect, as long as he was still breathing, he would help them aside and take medicine to treat them. Master Dingxian raised his head to the south, tears rolling down his face, and shouted: "Senior sister!" She shook her body twice and fell straight forward. Everyone was shocked, rushed to help her up, only to see streams of blood pouring out of her mouth, and Master Dingyi was also seriously injured.All the disciples were very anxious and didn't know what to do, they all looked at Linghu Chong, wanting to listen to his idea. Linghu Chong said: "Hurry up and give the two masters some wound medicine. The wounded ones should be wrapped up first to stop the bleeding. The anger here is still strong, everyone go over there to rest. Ask a few sisters and sisters to find some wild fruits or something to eat. "Everyone is ordered to work separately.Zheng E and Qin Juan filled water bottles with mountains and water, and served Dingxian, Dingyi and the injured colleagues to drink water and take medicine. In the battle of Longquan, thirty-seven disciples of the Hengshan School died.When all the disciples thought of Master Dingjing and the sisters who died in the battle, they were all sad. Suddenly, someone burst into tears, and the rest of them also started to cry.In an instant, the valley was filled with the sound of wailing. Master Dingyi shouted sharply: "The dead one is already dead, why can't you think about it so much? Everyone usually learns Buddhism and recites scriptures in order to comprehend the word 'life and death'. What is there to miss about a stinky skin?" All the disciples knew that this teacher was like a fire, no one dared to disobey her, so they stopped crying immediately, but many of them were sobbing uncontrollably.Master Dingyi said again: "How did my sister suffer? E'er, you should speak more clearly, and tell the master clearly." Zheng E replied: "Yes." Standing up, how did Linghu Chong help the demon sect in Xianxia Ridge, how Nianbapu was captured because of the enemy's intoxication, how Dingjing Shitai was threatened by Songshan sect Zhongzhen , was besieged by masked men again, fortunately Linghu Chong rushed to kill and retreat, and Mrs. Dingjing was finally seriously injured and passed away. Master Dingyi said: "That's it. The thieves from the Songshan School pretended to be the Demon Sect and coerced the senior sister to agree and teach. Hmph, their intentions are very poisonous. If you are all captured by the Songshan School, the senior sister will not agree, then It's impossible." After she finished speaking, her strength was exhausted, her voice gradually weakened, she gasped for a while, and then said: "When my senior sister was besieged in Xianxia Ridge, I knew that the enemy is not easy to deal with. Pass the letter with the pigeon. , asked us to lead the crowd to help, unexpectedly...unexpectedly...this matter also fell into the enemy's calculation." Yiwen, the second disciple of Master Dingxian, said: "Master, please take a rest. This disciple will tell you how we encountered the enemy." Master Dingyi said angrily, "What happened? The enemy in Shuiyue Nunnery night Attacks, ping-ping-pong-pong until today." Yiwen said: "Yes." He still briefly described the situation of encountering the enemy in the past few days. It turned out that the Songshan faction attacked in a big way that night, and everyone covered their faces, pretending to be members of the Devil's Cult.The Hengshan faction was attacked hastily, and at that time there was great danger of being annihilated. Fortunately, Shuiyue nunnery is also from the Wulin lineage, and there are five Longquan swords hidden in the nunnery. enemy.Longquan's sword cut iron like mud, not only cut off a lot of the enemy's weapons, but also injured a lot of enemies, so he fought and retreated, and fled to the valley.Master Qingxiao was martyred because of her friend.This valley used to produce refined iron, which was originally a foundry hundreds of years ago. Later, the refined iron was mined and the sword casting furnace was moved to another place, leaving only a few stone kilns for coking in the past.Fortunately, these stone kilns were supported by the Hengshan School for many days without any major disaster.The Songshan faction was unable to attack for a long time, they piled up firewood and set fire to attack poison, if Linghu Chong waited half a day late, everyone would be unavoidable. Master Dingyi was too impatient to listen to Yiwen's narration of the past, staring at Linghu Chong, and suddenly said: "You...you are fine. Why did your master drive you out of the gate? Said you colluded with the Demon Cult?" Linghu Chong said "My disciple is careless in making friends, and indeed I have met some people from the Devil's Cult." Master Dingyi snorted, and said, "Like the Songshan School, they are so ambitious, but they are worse than the Devil's Cult. Hmph, people from the Orthodox Cult , must it be better than the Demon Cult?" Yihe said: "Senior brother Linghu, I dare not say whether your master is right or wrong. But he... he knew that our sect was in trouble, but he stood by and watched. In the middle... in the middle... maybe he already agreed with the Songshan sect. discussed." Linghu Chong's heart moved, he felt that these words were not unreasonable, but he admired his teacher since he was a child, and he never dared to have the slightest disrespect towards him, he said: "My teacher is not just standing by, most likely the old man has other important matters... this……" Mrs. Dingxian had been closing her eyes to recuperate, at this moment she slowly opened her eyes and said: "Our faction has been in great trouble, and we all received the help of Linghu Shaoxia. This is a great kindness..." Linghu Chong said hastily: "Student who works a little bit, I don't dare to be my master's words." Master Dingxian shook his head and said, "Why should a young hero be overly modest? Senior brother Yue can't have a double body, so sending his eldest disciple to serve him is also true. Same. Yihe, you can't talk nonsense and be rude to your elders." Yihe bowed and said, "Yes, I dare not. But... but Brother Linghu has been expelled from the Huashan School, and Master Yue has long since abandoned him. He is dead. He was not sent by Master Yue." Master Dingxian smiled slightly, and said: "You are just not convinced, you must make it clear." Yihe suddenly sighed, and said: "Brother Linghu, if it's a woman, that's fine." Master Dingxian asked: "Why?" Yihe said: "He has been expelled from the Huashan School and has nowhere to go. If you are a girl, you can change into our school. He has gone through hardships with us, and he is already one of our own..." Master Dingyi shouted: "Nonsense, the older you are, the more you talk like a child." Master Dingxian Tai Tai smiled slightly, and said: "Senior Brother Yue misunderstood for a while, but in the future when he finds out the truth, he will bring Young Hero Linghu back to the gate. The Songshan School's plot will not stop here, and the Huashan School is also going to rely on Young Man Linghu Even if he doesn't return to Mount Hua, with his martial arts in mind, it's not too difficult to create a sect on his own." Zheng E said: "The master master is right. Brother Linghu, these people from the Huashan faction treat you so fiercely, you just create one... Create a 'Linghu faction' and show them. Hmph, don't you have to go back? Is it so rare that the Huashan sect is not allowed?" Linghu Chong smiled wryly, and said, "How can I accept my master's words of praise? I hope that the master will forgive the disciple's mistakes and allow him to return to the entrance wall, and the disciple will be even more helpless. Please." Qin Juan said, "You have nothing else to ask for? Where's your junior sister?" Linghu Chong shook his head, changed the subject, and said, "Should we bury the remains of the martyred sisters on the spot, or cremate and transport the ashes back to Mount Heng?" Mrs. Dingxian said: "Let's all be cremated!" Although she has a clear understanding of the world, but seeing all these corpses lying on the ground, they are all good disciples who have been with her for many years. When she said this, her voice was choked up up.Several disciples cried again. Some disciples have been dead for several days, and some corpses are still tens of feet away.When all the disciples moved the corpses of their fellow disciples, they all scolded Zuo Lengchan, the head of the Songshan School, for their sinister intentions and vicious methods. When everything was ready, it was already dark, and everyone slept in the open in the barren mountains that night.The next morning, all the disciples carried Dingxian, Dingyi and the injured fellow disciples on their backs. They went to Longquan City, diverted to the waterway, hired seven awning boats, and headed north. Linghu Chong was afraid that the Songshan faction would sneak up on the water again, so he followed the crowd to the north.Since there were two elders of the Hengshan Sect, Linghu Chong restrained himself deeply and never dared to talk nonsense with his disciples.Mrs. Dingxian, Mrs. Dingyi and others were seriously injured, but fortunately the Hengshan Sect's healing pills are extremely effective, and after crossing the Qiantang River, they were out of danger.The Hengshan faction was seriously injured this time, and they didn't want to have any troubles on the way, and tried to avoid the people in the world as much as possible.When they arrived at the edge of the Yangtze River, they hired another boat and went back to the west of the river.Going slowly like this, it is planned that after arriving at Hankou, the injured people will recover 67 out of 10, and then they will leave the boat and land, turn north, and return to Mount Heng. On this day, I came to the shore of Poyang Lake, boating at the mouth of Jiujiang.At that time, the boat on the river was very large, and dozens of people were divided into two boats.At night, Linghu Chong slept with the boatman and the sailors on the back boat.Sleeping until midnight, I suddenly heard someone on the river bank clapping their hands lightly. They clapped three times, stopped once, and clapped three more times.Following that, someone on the first boat in the west also clapped their hands three times, stopped for a while, and then clapped three more times.The clapping was originally very light, but Linghu Chong's internal strength is strong, and his ear sounds are very good. When he heard a strange sound, he immediately woke up from his sleep, knowing that it was a signal for people in the world to greet each other.These days, he kept an eye on the movements on the water at all times to prevent people from attacking him, and thought: "You might as well go and have a look, if it has nothing to do with the Hengshan sect, that's the best, otherwise I'll take care of it in secret, so as not to alarm Mrs. Dingxian they." He stared at the boat at the west end, and saw a black figure jumping up from a few feet away, and when he reached the shore, his lightness kung fu was mediocre.Linghu Chong moved lightly, went ashore quietly, walked around to the east behind a row of large oil baskets by the river, covered himself up, and only heard one person say: "The nun on the boat is indeed from the Hengshan sect." One person said: "What do you say?" Linghu Chong approached slowly, under the twilight of the stars and the moon, he saw one with a beard on his face, and the other with a long and pointed face, not only a melon-seed face, but also a sunflower-seed face.I only heard the sharp-faced man say: "Only because of our Baijiao gang, although there are many people, our martial arts are not as good as others, so we can't do it clearly." The bearded man said: "Who told you to do it? Strong, but the tricks on the water may not be successful. Tomorrow, we will drive the boat down, go to the big river, jump into the water to cut through their boat, and still catch them one by one?" The sharp-faced man said happily: "This time. The plan is great. Our elder brother has made such a great contribution, and Wan'er of the Jiujiang Baijiao Gang has become very popular in Jianghu. But I still have one thing to worry about." The bearded man said: "What are you worried about?" The pointed face said: "They have formed an alliance with the Five Sacred Sword Sect. What are they saying about the Five Sacred Sword Sect? They are all in the same spirit. If Mr. Mo Da finds out and comes to seek our bad luck, the Baijiao Sect will have nothing to eat and will go away." The bearded man said: "Hmph, we have had enough of being angry with the Hengshan faction these past few years. If we don't do our best for our friends this time, our friends won't do their best when something happens next time." Help each other. After this major event is completed, maybe the Hengshan faction will be wiped out, and what are you afraid of Mr. Mo Da?" The pointed face said: "Okay, that's the idea. Let's go recruit people, we have to choose The water quality is good." Linghu Chong jumped out, turned the hilt of his sword, and hit the pointed face on the back of the head, causing the man to faint immediately.That beard punched him, Linghu Chong stuck out the hilt of his sword, and hit his left temple with a sound of landing.The beard turned a few times like a top, and fell down.Linghu Chong crossed the long sword, cut off the lids of the two big oil baskets, lifted the two of them, and stuffed them into the oil baskets respectively.The oil baskets were full of vegetable oil, each containing 300 catties, and were supposed to be shipped the next day and transported downstream.As soon as the two of them dipped into the oil basket, the oil passed over their mouths and noses immediately, the cold oil stirred, they woke up immediately, gulping down the oil. But someone behind said: "Young Hero Linghu, don't hurt their lives." It was the voice of Mrs. Dingxian. Linghu Chong was slightly startled, and thought: "I didn't know when Mrs. Dingxian was behind her." Then he let go of his hands that were pressing on the two people's heads, and said, "Yes!" jump out.Linghu Chong laughed and said: "Don't move!" He stretched out his sword and hit the two on the head, forcing them into the oil basket.The two men bent their knees and squatted, the vegetable oil reached their necks, their eyes could not be opened, they didn't know why they were in this embarrassing situation. I saw a gray shadow jumping over from the boat, but it was Mrs. Dingyi, who asked: "Sister, have you caught the little thief?" Mrs. Dingxian said, "It's the two hall masters of the Jiujiang Baijiao Sect. Linghu Shaoxia was joking with them." She turned her head to the bearded man and said, "Is your surname Yi or Qi? How about Gang Master Shi?" That bearded man's surname was Yi, and he wondered, "I...my surname is Yi, How do you know? Our Master Shi is very good." Dingxian said with a smile: "Master Yi and Master Qi of the Baijiao Gang, people in the Jianghu are called 'Yangtze River Double Flying Fish', they are very famous, and this old nun has already been heard like a thunderbolt." Master Dingxian is very careful, even though he seldom goes out of the nunnery, he knows all the figures from various sects and sects in the rivers and lakes, otherwise how would he recognize the three leaders of the Songshan sect?In terms of the bearded man surnamed Yi and the sharp-faced man surnamed Qi, they were only third-rate or fourth-rate figures in the martial arts world, but when she saw their appearance, she guessed their identities. The sharp-faced man was very proud, and said: "It's like thunder piercing your ears, so don't dare." Linghu Chong pressed his head into the oil with the blade of his hand, let go again, and said with a smile: "I have admired your name for a long time. Oil pierces your ears." The man said angrily, "You...you..." He wanted to swear, but he didn't dare.Linghu Chong said: "I'll ask a question, and you should answer honestly. If there is any concealment, I will turn you 'Yangtze River Double Flying Fish' into a pair of 'Oil Soaked Dead Loach'." He pressed the beard into the oil as well. Take a dip.The beard had prepared himself first, he didn't swallow the oil, but the vegetable oil poured in from his nostrils, but he couldn't tell how uncomfortable it was. Dingxian and Dingyi couldn't help smiling, both thought: "This young man is very mischievous. But it is also a good way to extract a confession." Linghu Chong asked: "When did your Baijiao gang collude with the Songshan faction? Who told you to come and make things difficult for the Hengshan faction?" The beard said: "Collude with the Songshan faction? That's amazing. The hero of the Songshan faction, one of us I don't know." Linghu Chong said: "Aha! You didn't answer the first sentence honestly. I told you to drink oil and drink to your heart's content!" Ting Jianping pressed his top and pushed him into the oil.Although this beard is not a first-class expert, and his martial arts are not very weak, but Linghu Chong's strong internal energy is transmitted from the long sword, and it is like a huge stone weighing a thousand catties on top of his head, unable to move at all.The vegetable oil has no mouth and nose, but the eyes are exposed, and the bones are turning around, very embarrassed. Linghu rushed to the sharp-faced man and said, "Say it quickly! Do you want to be a Yangtze River flying fish, or do you want to be a loach soaked in oil?" The man surnamed Qi said: "I met you, a hero, and I can't do it if I don't want to be a loach soaked in oil. But Brother Yi is not lying, we really don't know the people of the Songshan School. Besides, the Songshan School The alliance with the Hengshan faction is well known in the martial arts world. How could the Songshan faction ask our Baijiao faction to come and make trouble with... your faction?" Linghu Chong let go of the long sword, let the man surnamed Yi raise his head, and asked again: "You said that you want to scuttle the Hengshan faction's boat in the Yangtze River, and your intentions are so sinister, what did the Hengshan faction offend you for? " 定逸师太后到，本不知令狐冲何以如此对待这两名汉子，听他一说，登时勃然大怒，喝道：“好贼子，想在长江中淹死我们啊。”她恒山派门下十之八九是北方女子，全都不会水性，大江之中倘若坐船沉没，势不免葬身鱼腹，想起来当真不寒而栗。 那姓易的生怕令狐冲再将他脑袋按入油中，抢先答道：“恒山派跟我们白蛟帮本来无怨无仇。我们只是九江码头上赚水脚、走私货的一个小小帮会，又有什么能耐跟恒山派众位师太结梁子了。只不过……只不过我想大家都是佛门一脉，贵派向西而去，多半是前去应援。因此……这个……我们不自量力，起下了歹心，下次再也不敢了。” 令狐冲越听越糊涂，问道：“什么叫做佛门一脉，西去赴什么援？说得不清不楚，莫名其妙！”那姓易的道：“是，是！少林派虽不是五岳剑派之一，但我们想和尚尼姑都是一家人……”定逸师太喝道：“胡说！”那姓易的吃了一惊，自然而然地身子一缩，吞了一大口油，腻住了口，说不出话来。定逸师太忍住了笑，向那尖脸汉子道：“你来说。” 那姓齐的道：“是，是！有一个'万里独行'田伯光，不知师太是否和他相熟？” 定逸师太大怒，心想这“万里独行”田伯光是江湖上恶名昭彰的采花淫贼，我如何会和他相熟？这厮竟敢问出这句话来，当真是莫大的侮辱，右手一扬，便要往他顶门拍落。 定闲师太伸手一拦，道：“师妹勿怒。这二位在油中耽得久了，脑筋不大清楚。且别和他们一般见识。”问那姓齐的道：“田伯光怎么了？”那姓齐的道：“'万里独行'田伯光田大爷，跟我们史帮主是好朋友。早几日田大爷……”定逸师太怒道：“什么田大爷？这等恶行昭彰的贼子，早就该将他杀了。你们反和他结交，足见白蛟帮就不是好人。”那姓齐的道：“是，是，是。我们不是……不是好人。”定逸师太问道：“我们只问你，白蛟帮何以要和恒山派为难，又牵扯上田伯光什么了？”田伯光曾对她弟子仪琳非礼，定逸师太一直未能杀之泄愤，心下颇以为耻，雅不愿旁人提及此人名字。 那姓齐的道：“是，是。大伙儿要救任大小姐出来，生怕正教中人帮和尚的忙，因此我哥儿俩猪油蒙了心，打起了糊涂主意，这就想对贵派下手……” 定逸师太更摸不着半点头脑，叹道：“师姊，这两个浑人，还是你来问吧。” 定闲师太微微一笑，问道：“任大小姐，可便是日月神教前教主的大小姐吗？” 令狐冲心头一震：“他们说的是盈盈？”登时脸上变色，手心出汗。 那姓齐的道：“是。田大爷……不，那田……田伯光前些时来到九江，在我白蛟帮总舵跟史帮主喝酒，说道预期十二月十五，大伙儿要大闹少林寺，去救任大小姐出来。” 定逸师太忍不住插嘴道：“大闹少林寺？你们又有多大能耐，敢去太岁头上动土？” 那姓齐的道：“是，是。我们自然是不成的。” 定闲师太道：“那田伯光脚程最快，由他来往联络传讯，是不是？这件事，到底是谁在从中主持？” 那姓易的说道：“大家听得任大小姐给少林寺的贼……不，少林寺的和尚扣住了，不约而同，都说要去救人，也没什么人主持。大伙儿想起任大小姐的恩义，都说，便是为任大小姐粉身碎骨，也所甘愿。” 一时之间，令狐冲心中起了无数疑团：“他们说的任大小姐，到底是不是便是盈盈？她怎么会给少林寺的僧人扣住？她小小年纪，平素有什么恩义待人？为何这许多人一听到她有难的讯息，便都奋不顾身的去相救？” 定闲师太道：“你们怕我恒山派去相助少林派，因此要将我们坐船凿沉，是不是？”那姓齐的道：“是，我们想和尚尼姑……这个那个……”定逸师太怒道：“什么这个那个？”那姓齐的忙道：“是，是，这个……那个……小人不敢多说。小人没说什么……” 定闲师太道：“十二月十五之前，你们白蛟帮也要去少林寺？”姓易姓齐二人齐声道：“这可得听史帮主号令。”姓齐的又道：“既然大伙儿都去，我们白蛟帮总也不能落在人家后面。”定闲师太问道：“大伙儿？到底有哪些大伙儿？”那姓齐的道：“那田……田伯光说，浙西海沙帮、山东黑风会、湘西排教……”一口气说了江湖上三十来个大大小小帮会的名字。此人武功平平，帮会门派的名称倒记得挺熟。定逸师太皱眉道：“都是些不务正业的旁门左道人物，人数虽多，也未必是少林派的对手。” 令狐冲听那姓齐的所说人名中，有天河帮帮主“银髯蛟”黄伯流、长鲸岛岛主司马大，还有几人，也都是当日在五霸冈上会过的，心下更无怀疑，他们所要救的定然便是盈盈，陡然得到她的讯息，甚是欢喜，但想到她为少林派所扣押，而她曾杀过好几名少林弟子，又不禁担忧，问道：“少林派为什么要扣住这位……这位任大小姐？”那姓齐的道：“这可不知道了。多半是少林派的和尚们吃饱了饭没事干，故意找些事来跟大伙儿为难。” 定闲师太道：“请二位回去拜上贵帮主，便说恒山派定闲、定逸和这位朋友路过九江，没来拜会史帮主，多有失礼，请史帮主包涵则个。我们明日乘船西行，请二位大度包容，别再派人来凿沉我们的船只。”她说一句，二人便说一句：“不敢。” 定闲师太向令狐冲道：“月白风清，少侠慢慢领略江岸夜景。恕贫尼不奉陪了。”携了定逸之手，缓步回舟。 令狐冲知她有意相避，好让自己对这二人仔细再加盘问，但一时之间，心乱如麻，竟想不出更有什么话要问，在岸边走来走去，又悄立良久，只见半钩月亮映在江心，大江滚滚东去，月光颤动不已，猛然想起：“今日已是十一月下旬。他们下月十五要去少林寺，为时已然无多。少林派方证、方生两位大师待我甚好。这些人为救盈盈而去，势必和少林派大动干戈，不论谁胜谁败，双方损折必多。我何不赶在头里，求方证方丈将盈盈放出，将一场血光大灾化于无形，岂不甚好？” 又想：“定闲、定逸两位师太伤势已痊愈了大半。定闲师太外表瞧来跟寻常老尼无异，其实所知既博，见识又极高超，实是武林中一位了不起的高人。由她率众北归，只要不再遇到嵩山派这样的大批强敌，该不会有什么应付不了的危难。只是我怎生向她们告辞才好？”这些日来，和这些尼姑、姑娘们共历患难，众人对他既恭敬，又亲切，于他被逐出师门、为小师妹所弃之事，虽从不提及，但神情之间，显然犹似她们自身遭此不幸一般。华山众同门中，除陆大有外，反无人待他如此亲厚，突然要中途分手，颇感难以启齿。 只听得脚步声细碎，两人缓缓走近，却是仪琳和郑萼，走到离令狐冲二三丈外，叫了声：“令狐师兄。”便停住了脚步。令狐冲迎将上去，说道：“你们也给惊醒了？”仪琳道：“令狐师兄，掌门师伯吩咐我们来跟你说……”推了推郑萼，道：“你跟他说。”郑萼道：“掌门师伯要你说的。”仪琳道：“你说也是一样。” 郑萼说道：“令狐师兄，掌门师伯说道，大恩不言谢，今后你不论有什么事，恒山派都供你驱策。你如要去少林寺救那位任大小姐，大家自当尽力效命。” 令狐冲大奇，心想：“我又没说要去相救盈盈，怎地定闲师太却恁地说？啊哟，是了！群雄在五霸冈上聚会，设法为我治病，那都是瞧在盈盈的份上。此事闹得沸沸扬扬，定闲师太焉有不知？”想及此事，不由得脸上一红。 郑萼又道：“掌门师伯说道，此事最好不要硬来。她老人家和我师父两位，此刻已过江去了，要赶赴少林寺，去向方丈大师求情放入，请令狐师兄带同我们，缓缓前去。” 令狐冲听了这番话，登时呆了，半晌说不出话来，举目向长江中眺望，果见一叶小舟，挂起了一张小小白帆，正自向北航去，心中又感激，又觉惭愧，心想：“两位师太是佛门中有道大德，又是武林高人。她们肯亲身去向少林派求情，原是再好不过，比之我这浪迹江湖、素行不端的一介无名小卒，面子是大上百倍了。多半方证方丈能瞧着二位师太的金面，肯放了盈盈。”想到此处，心下登时一宽。 回过头来，只见那姓易、姓齐的兀自在油篓子中探头探脑，不敢爬将出来，心想这二人一片热心，为的是去救盈盈，自己可将他们得罪了，颇觉过意不去，迈步上前，拱了拱手，说道：“在下一时鲁莽，得罪了白蛟帮'长江双飞鱼'两位英雄，实因事先未知其中缘由，还请恕罪。”说着深深一揖。 “长江双飞鱼”突然见他前倨后恭，大感诧异，急忙抱拳还礼，这一手忙脚乱，无数菜油飞溅出来，溅得令狐冲身上点点滴滴的都是油迹。 令狐冲微笑着点了点头，向仪琳和郑萼道：“咱们走吧！” 回到舟中，恒山派众弟子竟绝口不提此事，连仪和、秦绢这些素来事事好奇之人，居然也不向他问一句话，自是定闲师太临去时已然嘱咐，免得令他尴尬。令狐冲暗自感激，但见到好几名女弟子似笑非笑的脸色，却又不免颇为狼狈，寻思：“她们这副模样，心中可咬定盈盈是我的情人了。其实我和盈盈之间清清白白，并无什么逾规越礼之事。但她们不问，我又如何辩白？”眼见秦绢眼中闪着狡狯的光芒，忍不住道：“完全不是这么一回事，你……你们可别胡思乱想。” 秦绢笑道：“我胡思乱想什么了？”令狐冲脸上一红，道：“我猜也猜得到。”秦绢笑道：“猜到什么？”令狐冲还未答话，仪和道：“秦师妹，别多说了，掌门师叔吩咐的话，你忘了吗？”秦绢抿嘴笑道：“是，是，我没忘记。” 令狐冲转过头来，避开她眼光，只见仪琳坐在船舱一角，脸色苍白，神情甚为冷漠，不禁心中一动：“她心中在想什么？为什么她不和我说话？”怔怔地瞧着她，忽然想到那日在衡山城外，自己受伤之后，她抱了自己在旷野中奔跑时的脸色。那时她又关切，又激动，浑不是眼前这般百事不理的模样。Why?Why? 仪和忽道：“令狐师兄！”令狐冲没听见，并没答应。仪和大声又叫：“令狐师兄！”令狐冲一惊，回头应道：“嗯，怎么？”仪和道：“掌门师叔说道，明日咱们或改行陆道，或仍走水路，悉听令狐师兄的意思。” 令狐冲心中只盼改行陆道，及早得知盈盈的讯息，但斜眼一睨，见仪琳长长的睫毛下闪动着泪水，一副楚楚可怜的模样，说道：“掌门师太叫咱们缓缓行去，那么还是仍旧坐船吧。谅来那白蛟帮也不敢对咱们怎地。”秦绢笑道：“你放心得下吗？”令狐冲脸上微微一红，尚未作答，仪和喝道：“秦师妹，小孩儿家，少说几句行不行？”秦绢笑道：“行！有什么不行？阿弥陀佛，我可不大放心。”
次晨舟向西行，令狐冲命舟子将船靠近岸旁航行，以防白蛟帮来袭，但直至湖北境内，一直没任何动静。此后数日之中，令狐冲也不和恒山弟子多说闲话，每逢晚间停泊，便独自一人上岸饮酒，喝得醺醺而归。 这一日舟过夏口，折而向北，溯汉水而上，傍晚停泊在小镇鸡鸣渡旁。他又上岸去，在一家冷酒铺中喝了几碗酒，忽想：“小师妹的伤不知好了没有？仪真、仪灵两位师姊送去恒山灵药，想来必可治好她剑伤。林师弟的伤势又不知如何？倘若林师弟竟致伤重不治，她又怎样？”想到这里，心下不禁一惊：“令狐冲啊令狐冲，你真是个卑鄙小人！你虽盼小师妹早日痊愈，内心却又似在盼望林师弟伤重而死？难道林师弟死了，小师妹便会嫁你不成？”自觉无聊，连尽了三碗酒，又想：“劳德诺和八师弟不知是谁杀的？那人为什么又去暗算林师弟？师父、师娘不知近来若何？” 端起酒碗，又一饮而尽，小店之中无下酒物，随手抓起几粒咸水花生，抛入口中，忽听背后有人叹了口气，说道：“唉！天下男子，十九薄幸。” 令狐冲转过面来，向说话之人瞧去，摇晃的烛光之下，但见小酒店中除自己之外，便只店角落里一张板桌旁有人伏案而卧。板桌上放了酒壶、酒杯，那人衣衫褴褛，身形猥琐，不像是如此吐属文雅之人。当下令狐冲也不理会，又喝了一碗酒，只听得背后那声音又道：“人家为了你，给幽禁在不见天日之处。自己却整天在脂粉堆中厮混，小姑娘也好，光头尼姑也好，老太婆也好，照单全收。唉，可叹啊可叹！” 令狐冲知他说的是自己，却不回头，寻思：“这人是谁？他说'人家为了你，给幽禁在不见天日之处'，说的是盈盈吗？为什么盈盈是为了我而给人幽禁？”只听那人又道：“不相干之辈，倒是多管闲事，说要去拚了性命，将人救出来。偏生你要做头子，我也要做头子，人还没救，自己伙里已打得昏天黑地。唉，这江湖上的事，老子可真没眼瞧的了。” 令狐冲拿着酒碗，走过去坐在那人对面，说道：“在下多事不明，要请老兄指教。” 那人仍伏在桌上，并不抬头，说道：“唉，有多少风流，便有多少罪孽。恒山派的姑娘、尼姑们，这番可当真糟糕之极了。” 令狐冲更是心惊，站起身来，深深一揖，说道：“令狐冲拜见前辈，还望赐予指点。”突然见到那人凳脚旁放着一把胡琴，琴身深黄，久经年月，心念一动，已知此人是谁，当即俯身便拜，说道：“晚辈令狐冲，有幸拜见衡山莫师伯。” 那人抬起头来，双目如电，冷冷地在令狐冲脸上一扫，正是衡山派掌门“潇湘夜雨”莫大先生。他哼了一声，道：“师伯之称，可不敢当。令狐大侠，这些日来可快活哪！” 令狐冲躬身道：“莫师伯明鉴，弟子奉定闲师伯之命，随同恒山派诸位师姊师妹回归恒山。弟子虽然无知，却决不敢对恒山师姊妹们有丝毫失礼。”莫大先生叹了口气，道：“请坐！唉，你怎不知江湖上人言纷纷，众口铄金？”令狐冲苦笑道：“晚辈行事狂妄，不知检点，连本门也不能容，江湖上的闲言闲语，却也顾不得这许多了。” 莫大先生冷笑道：“你自己甘负浪子之名，旁人自也不来理你。可是恒山派数百年的清誉，竟败坏在你手里，你也毫不动心吗？江湖上传说纷纭，说你一个大男人，混在恒山派一群姑娘和尼姑中间。别说几十位黄花闺女的名声给你损了，甚至连……连那几位苦守戒律的老师太，也给人作为笑柄，这……这可太不成话了。” 令狐冲退开两步，手按剑柄，说道：“不知是谁造谣，说这些无耻荒唐的言语，请莫师伯示知。” 莫大先生道：“你想去杀了他们吗？江湖上说这些话的，没有一万，也有八千，你杀得干净么？哼，人家都羡慕你艳福齐天，那又有什么不好了？” 令狐冲颓然坐下，心道：“我做事总是不顾前，不顾后，但求自己问心无愧，却没想到累了恒山派众位上下的清誉。这……这便如何是好？” 莫大先生叹了口气，温言道：“这五日里，每天晚上，我都曾到你船上窥探……”令狐冲“啊”的一声，心想：“莫师伯接连五晚来船窥探，我竟半点不知，可算是十分无能。” 莫大先生续道：“我见你每晚总是在后艄和衣而卧，别说对恒山众弟子并没分毫无礼的行为，连闲话也不说一句。令狐世兄，你不但决不是无行浪子，实是一位守礼君子。对着满船妙龄尼姑、如花少女，你竟绝不动心，不仅是一晚不动心，而且是数十晚始终如一。似你这般男子汉、大丈夫，当真是古今罕有，我莫大好生佩服。”大拇指一翘，右手握拳，在桌上重重一击，说道：“来来来，我莫大敬你一杯。”说着便提起酒壶斟酒。 令狐冲道：“莫师伯之言，倒教小侄好生惶恐。小侄品行不端，以致不容于师门，但恒山派同道的师姊师妹，却如何可以得罪？”莫大先生呵呵笑道：“光明磊落，这才是男儿汉的本色。我莫大如年轻二十岁，叫我晚晚陪着这许多姑娘，要像你这般守身如玉，那就办不到。难得啊难得！来，干了！”两人举碗一饮而尽，相对大笑。 令狐冲见莫大先生形貌落拓，衣饰寒酸，哪里像是一位威震江湖的一派掌门？偶尔眼光一扫，锋锐如刀，但这霸悍之色一露即隐，又成为一个久困风尘的潦倒汉子，心想：“恒山掌门定闲师太慈祥平和，泰山掌门天门道长威严厚重，嵩山掌门左冷禅阴鸷险刻，我恩师是位彬彬君子，这位莫师伯外表猥琐平庸，似是个市井小人，实则武功惊人，可骇可怖，五岳剑派的五位掌门人，其实个个是十分深沉多智之人。我令狐冲草包一个，可跟他们差得远了。” 莫大先生道：“我在湖南，听到你和恒山派的尼姑混在一起，甚是诧异，心想定闲师太是何等样