Chapter 3 No help for the third time
After traveling several miles in a sedan chair, he turned into a small road.As long as the person who lifts the sedan chair slows down a little, the soft whip will be swung out from the sedan chair, brushed a few times, and hit the bearer in front hard on the back. , Several officials followed behind.After another four or five miles, the person in the sedan chair said: "Okay, stop." The four porters put down the sedan chair panting as if they had received an amnesty, and the curtain was lifted, and an old man came out, holding the little beggar with his left hand. It turned out that Xuan Tie ordered the master to thank Yanke.
He shouted to the famous officials: "Go back and tell your dog officer, don't say anything about what happened today. As long as I hear any noise, I will pick off your heads and melon seeds, and take the official seal of the dog officer and throw it on the ground." In the Yellow River."
Several officials bowed their waists repeatedly and said: "Yes, yes, I don't dare to talk too much, sir, go slowly!" Xie Yanke said: "Tell me to go slowly, do you want to call the officers and soldiers to arrest me?" He hurriedly said: "Don't dare, dare not. Never dare." Xie Yanke said: "I told you to tell the dog officer, do you remember?" The official said: "The villain remembers, the villain Said that all of us witnessed with our own eyes that the old man who sold sesame seed cakes in Houjianji and several others were all killed by an old man named Bai Zizai. He was the head of the Snow Mountain School, nicknamed Wei Mr. De, in fact, there is no power and no virtue. The internal weapon is a knife, there is blood on the knife, and there are all witnesses and material evidences. Forgive me, the old man can't deny it." For him, to add some personal evidence, as for getting a knife as evidence, it was originally a good trick of the subordinates in the government.
Xie Yanke smiled and said, "This old man Bai doesn't use a knife with his sword." The official said: "Yes, yes! The murderer surnamed Bai held a green steel sword and stabbed the old man selling sesame seed cakes. Supervisor Hou In the episode, everyone can see clearly." Xie Yanke secretly laughed, thinking that Mr. Weide Bai Qizai really wanted to kill Wu Daotong, what kind of weapon would he need?At the moment, he didn't bother to pay attention to the officials, he carried the little beggar in his left hand, and Shi Qing and his wife's black inner swords in his right hand, and walked away, very proud of himself.
It turned out that after he took the little beggar away, he always suspected that Shi Qing and his wife and the disciples of the Xueshan School had a secret plot against him, so he ran several miles, knocked the little beggar down and threw him into the grass, quietly eavesdropping, his martial arts skills Zhi Shi Qing and the others were much taller, and even big experts like Shi Qing and Min Rou didn't notice, let alone Geng Wanzhong and the others.He heard what was going on, but he had nothing to do with him at all. Seeing Shi Qing handing over the two swords to Geng Wanzhong, he thought that Shi Qing and his wife were respectful and polite to him, and he knew that his couple had a good reputation, but the people from the Snow Mountain School were arrogant and rude. So he wanted to help Shi Qing secretly, determined to get back the double swords.Going back to the grass, he picked up the little beggar, opened his acupoints, and happened to meet the magistrate who came to the Hou Jian to collect the death case on the road. sword.The "soft whip" he used was actually just a thick rope placed in the sedan chair, and the official sent Mi Zhun to bind the prisoner.Geng Wanzhong and the others didn't see his face, so they naturally believed that it was Shi Qing and his wife's tricks.
Xie Yanke led the little beggar, only went to a secluded place, came to a small river, saw no one around, put down the little beggar's hand, drew out Min Rou's white sword and compared it to his neck, sternly Asked: "Are you under Huai's orders? If there is even half a lie, I will kill you immediately." As he spoke, he swung his white sword, and with a soft cracking sound, he chopped a small tree beside him into two pieces. .Half of the tree trunk with branches and leaves fell into the river and floated down the river.
The little beggar stammered: "I... I... what... instigated... I..." Xie Yanke took out the black iron token, and asked, "Did Huai give it to you?" The little beggar said: "I ...I...eat sesame seed cakes...from it."
Xie Yanke was furious, and hit his cheek with the backhand of his left palm, the back of his hand was about to touch his face, and suddenly remembered the poisonous oath he had made back then, that he would never do harm to the handover of Xuan Tie Ling with a single finger. The person in his hand immediately froze his palm and shouted: "Nonsense, why eat sesame seed cakes? Let me ask you, is this piece given to you by Huai?"
The little beggar said: "I picked up a biscuit on the ground and ate it. I took a bite, and it was... almost... almost broke my teeth..."
Xie Yanke thought to himself: "Could it be that Wu Daotong hid this order in the pancake?" Then he thought again: "How can there be such a coincidence in the world? That guy who got this order is more precious than his own life, how could he let it go?" In the biscuits?" He didn't know that the situation was extremely urgent at that time, Jindaozhai people and horses came suddenly, surrounded Hou Jianji in all directions, and Wu Daotong had no time to find a safe place to hide, and when he had no other choice, he took the risk and embedded the Xuantie Token The biscuits were handed to the leader of Jindao Village.The man was furious and threw it casually.Although the robbers in Jindao Village searched the sesame seed shop upside down, how could they go underground to pick up a dirty sesame seed cake and tear it open to have a look.
Xie Yanke stared at the little beggar, and asked, "What's your name?" The little beggar said, "I... I'm called a bastard." Xie Yanke was amazed, and asked, "What? Your name is a bastard?" The beggar said, "Yes, my mother called me a bastard."
Xie Yanke seldom laughed a few times in a year. Hearing what the little beggar said, he couldn't help but burst out laughing, and said to himself: "In the world, the child is given a cheap name. I hope he grows up quickly, so that ghosts won't be jealous. That's normal, it's not uncommon to see a dog, a cow, pig shit, or a stinky cat, but who would call a child a bastard? It's his mother, but it's just Jiaqi."
Seeing him laughing out loud, the little beggar laughed along with him.
Xie Yanke suppressed a smile and asked again: "What's your father's name?" The little beggar shook his head and said, "My father? I... I don't have a father." Xie Yanke said: "Then who else is in your family?" The little beggar Said: "It's me, my mother, and Ah Huang." Xie Yanke said: "Who is Ah Huang?" The little beggar said: "Ah Huang is a yellow dog. My mother is gone. I went out to look for her. Ah Huang followed me, then he got hungry and went away to find something to eat, but he disappeared too, I searched and couldn’t find it.”
Xie Yanke thought to himself: "It turns out that he is a fool. It seems that he got this black iron order really by chance. I asked him to come and ask me for a small matter. If he fulfilled the oath of the past, then it's over." asked : "You want to beg me..." Before the word "what" came out, I suddenly shrank, thinking: "If this silly boy wants me to find his mother for him, or even asks me to find that yellow, but he will not be able to find it." Where can I find it? His mother must have run away with someone, and that Ah Huang was probably killed and eaten by others. Such a problem must not be caused to me. If I want to kill ten or eight martial arts masters, it is better than finding His Ah Huang is much easier." After pondering for a while, Wei Wei said, "Very well, I tell you, no matter who asks you to say anything to me, you must not say anything, otherwise I will kill you immediately. Cut off your head. Do you know?" The fact that the little beggar handed over the Black Tie Token to him will soon spread throughout the martial arts world. I am afraid that someone will trick the little beggar into begging him for something. You can't refuse the oath you made back then.
The little beggar nodded and said: "Yes." Xie Yanke was worried, and asked again: "Do you remember the score? What is it?" The little beggar said: "Tell me, someone asked me to say something to you, I If you don't open the door, if I say a word, you will kill me." Xie Yanke said: "That's right, the idiot is not stupid enough, he has a good memory, even if he is really an idiot, it will be difficult. Come with me."
At that moment, he walked up the main road from a secluded place and came to a small noodle shop by the road.Xie Yanke bought two steamed buns and ate them with his mouth open, squinting at the little beggar.He chewed the steamed bun slowly, and praised repeatedly: "It's delicious, it tastes so good!" Holding the other steamed bun in his left hand, he dangled it in front of the little beggar, thinking, "This little beggar is used to begging for food. Seeing me eating steamed buns, why not salivate? As long as he begs for me, I give him the steamed buns, and Xuan Tie Ling's promise is fulfilled. From then on, I am free and at ease, and I don't have to worry about it anymore." Although I feel that it is child's play to settle such an important matter with Xuan Tie Ling with a steamed bun, but to deal with this kind of little beggar is just a matter of a sesame seed and a steamed bun.
Unexpectedly, the little beggar looked at the steamed buns and kept swallowing, but he never asked to beg.Xie Yanke waited impatiently, one steamed bun was finished, and the second steamed bun was brought to his mouth, and he was about to get another one from the steamer, when the little beggar suddenly said to the shop owner: "I also eat two steamed buns. " Reach for the steamer.
The owner of the store looked at Xie Yanke to see if he denied it. Xie Yanke was overjoyed and nodded his head, thinking: "The storekeeper will ask you for money later, do you want to ask me?" The beggar ate one, and another, four in total, before saying, "I'm full, I don't want to eat."
Xie Yanke ate two, then stopped eating, and asked the shop owner, "How much is it?" The shopkeeper said, "Twenty cents each, six steamed buns, a total of twelve coins." Xie Yanke said, "No, What everyone eats, everyone will pay for it. If I eat two, I will give you four Wen." Reaching into his bosom, he touched the copper coins.This touch came to nothing. It turned out that during the day I drank in Bianliang City and used up all the silver and copper coins. Although I had a lot of gold leaves on my body, I forgot to exchange them for broken silver in Bianliang. How can I exchange it in a small shop next to it?Feeling embarrassed, the little beggar suddenly took out a piece of silver from his bosom, handed it to the shopkeeper, and said: "There are twelve coins in total, and I will give them all."
Xie Yanke was startled, and said: "What? You want to treat me?" The little beggar smiled and said: "You don't have money, but I have money, so I'll treat you to a steamed bun, what's the point?" The shopkeeper was also very surprised, I found a few pieces of broken silver and a few strings of copper coins.The little beggar put it in his arms, looked at Xie Yanke, and waited for his order.
Xie Yanke couldn't help smiling wryly, and thought: "Xie is an obsessive person, he always refuses to accept favors for nothing when he drinks or eats, but now he asks this little beggar to invite me to eat steamed buns." Asked: " How do you know that I have no money?" The little beggar said with a smile: "I was in the market these few days, and every time I saw people reaching into their pockets to withdraw money, they couldn't get it out for a long time, but they had a strange look on their faces, that means they had no money. I heard people in the store say that everyone who eats free food deliberately is like this."
Xie Yanke couldn't help smiling wryly again, and thought, "You actually treat me as someone who eats for free." Asked: "Where did you steal this money?" The little beggar said: "How did you steal it? The wife of Goddess Guanyin in white clothes gave it to me." Xie Yanke said: "The wife of Goddess Guanyin in white clothes?" Then he realized that it was Min Rou, and thought to himself: "This woman, mother-in-law, can ruin my business."
The two of them walked side by side, and walked tens of feet away. Xie Yanke raised Min Rou's white sword and said, "This sword is very sharp. Just now, I cut off the tree with a single swipe of the sword. Do you like it?" ? You ask me for it, and I will give it to you." He really didn't want to get entangled with this filthy little beggar, and only hoped that he would quickly make a plea, and his wish came true.The little beggar shook his head and said, "I don't want it. This sword belongs to the wife of the Guanyin Empress, she is a good person, I can't take her things."
Xie Yanke drew out the black sword, swung it casually, cut off a big tree beside the road, and said: "Okay, then I will give you this black sword." The little beggar still shook his head, and said: "This is The one in black. The one in black and Empress Guanyin are together, and I can’t take his stuff either.”
Xie Yanke gave a "bah" and said: "You bastard, you are very loyal." The little beggar didn't understand, and asked, "What is loyalty?" Xie Yanke "hummed" and ignored it. He thought to himself: "You don't understand this kind of thing, and it's useless to tell you." The little beggar said: "So you don't like to talk about loyalty, you...you don't talk about loyalty."
Xie Yanke was furious, with a flash of blueness on his face, he raised his palm to shoot down the little beggar Tian Linggai, when he saw his innocent look, he immediately withdrew his palm, thinking: "How can I put a finger on him?" What's more, he doesn't know what loyalty is, so he didn't mean to ridicule me." He said: "Why don't I talk about loyalty? Of course I talk about loyalty." The little beggar asked: "Is it good to talk about loyalty?" Xie Yanke Said: "It's very good, loyalty is naturally a good thing." The little beggar said: "I know, those who do good deeds are good people, and those who do bad deeds are bad people. You always do good deeds, so you are a very good person."
If this sentence came from someone else's mouth, Xie Yanke would definitely think it was a sarcasm, and without even thinking about it, he raised his hand and beat him to death.In his whole life, no one said he was a "good person". Although he occasionally did a few good deeds, he did them as he pleased. Compared with the bad things he did in his life, these few good deeds were insignificant At this time, hearing the sincerity of the little beggar's words, he couldn't help but feel ridiculous, and thought: "This little guy is talking insanely, stupidly, not only saying that I don't show loyalty, but also saying that I am a very good person. If you give these words My opponent heard it nearby, wouldn't it become a laughing stock in the martial arts? Where is Xie's face going? We must settle this matter as soon as possible and stop messing with him."
The little beggar didn't want the black and white swords, so Xie Yanke took out a green cloth bag to wrap the swords on his back, and thought, "What can I do to lead him to ask me?" Just as he was pondering, he suddenly saw three trees beside the road. The jujube tree was full of big red dates. He pointed to the dates and said, "The dates here are very good." Seeing that the three jujube trees were all tall, as long as the little beggar begged himself to pick dates, it was considered a plea. Unexpectedly, the little beggar said: "Good man, you want to eat dates, don't you?"
Xie Yanke curiously asked: "What do you call me a good person?" The little beggar said: "You are a very good person, so I will call you a good person." Xie Yanke's face sank, and he said: "Who says I am a good person?" What?" The little beggar said: "If you are either a good person or a bad person, then I will call you a big bad person." Xie Yanke said: "I am not a big bad person either." The little beggar said: "This is strange, and you are not a good person. You are not a bad person, ah, yes, you are not human!" Xie Yanke was furious, and shouted: "What did you say?" The little beggar said: "You are very capable, are you a fairy?" Xie Yanke said: "No !" His tone was not as serious as before, and he followed up: "Nonsense!"
The little beggar shook his head and said to himself: "It's not that, it's not that, but I don't know what it is." Suddenly he ran under the jujube tree, hugged the trunk with both hands, put his feet on it a few times, and then climbed up the tree. .
Xie Yanke saw that although he didn't know martial arts, he was very flexible in climbing trees, he saw that he was picking up the biggest dates and stuffing them into his arms, his chest swelled up in a moment.He slipped down the tree, took a handful with both hands, handed it to Xie Yanke, and said, "Eat the dates! You are not a human, a ghost, or a god. Are you a Bodhisattva? I don't think it looks like it either."
Xie Yanke ignored him, ate a few juicy dates, sweet and juicy, top grade, thought: "He didn't come to beg me, but turned into me to kiss him instead." Said: "Do you want to know?" Who am I? You just need to ask me, saying: 'Please tell me, who are you? Are you a god or a Bodhisattva?' and I will tell you."
The little beggar shook his head and said, "I don't ask for help from others." Xie Yanke's heart shuddered, and he quickly asked, "Why don't you ask for help?" The little beggar said, "My mother often told me: 'You bastard, your whole life, Don’t beg for anything. If someone wants to give it to you, you don’t have to ask, and he will give it to you; if he refuses, it’s useless if you beg hard. Instead, he will make him hate you and make him look down on you.” I My mother sometimes likes sweet things. If I ask her for it, instead of giving it to me, she beats me up and scolds me: "You bastard, what are you begging me for? Why don't you beg your cute little bitch?" Go?' So I will never ask anyone."
Xie Yanke asked: "Is 'Jiao Didi's little bitch' Huai?" The little beggar said: "I don't know."
Xie Bingke was surprised and disappointed, and thought: "If this little guy really didn't beg for anything from me, how could he fulfill his wish back then? His mother might be an insane woman, why would his son be beaten when he begged for food from her? She scolded 'you little slut', probably because her husband abandoned her because he loved the new and abandoned the old, so she took all the anger out on her son. That's how it is for a country fool." She asked again: "Are you a slut? Little beggar, don’t you beg for food and money?”
The little beggar shook his head and said: "I never ask for it. If someone gives it to me, I will take it. Sometimes when someone doesn't give it, he turns around and doesn't pay attention, so I take it too, and quickly slip away." Xie Yanke smiled lightly and said: "Then you are not a beggar, you are a thief!" The little beggar asked: "What is a thief?" Xie Yanke said: "You really don't understand, or are you pretending to be stupid?" The little beggar said: "I Of course I really don’t understand, so I asked you. What do you mean by pretending to be stupid?”
Xie Yanke glanced at his face, saw that his face was covered with mud, but his eyes were bright and dark, without any look of stupidity, and said: "You are not a three-year-old baby, you have lived to be a teenager, Why don't you understand anything?"
The little beggar said: "My mother doesn't like to talk to me. She said that she hates me when she sees me, and often ignores me for ten days and eight days. I had to talk to Ah Huang. Ah Huang can only listen, but can't talk. And they won’t tell me what it means to be a thief or pretend to be stupid.”
Seeing that there was no cunning in his eyes, Xie Yanke thought: "Isn't this kid trying to scold me?" Then he asked: "Then you don't know how to talk to your neighbor?" The little beggar said: "What is a neighbor? Xie Yanke was so bored, he said: "People who live near your house are neighbors." The little beggar said: "People who live near my house? Well, there are eleven big pine trees in total. There are many squirrels on the trees. There are pheasants and hares in the house, are those neighbors? They can only squeak, but they can't talk." Xie Yanke said: "You have grown so big, have you not told anyone except your mother? Ever talked?"
The little beggar said: "I have been staying at home on the mountain. I can't come down. I only talk to my mother. There is no other person. A few days ago, my mother disappeared. When I was looking for my mother, I fell off the mountain. Later, Ah Huang disappeared again." , I asked people, where did my mother go, where did Ah Huang go, and they said they didn’t know. Does that count as talking?”
Xie Yanke thought to himself: "It turns out that you have lived on the barren hills all your life, and your mother didn't come to pay attention to you. No wonder you don't understand this, and you don't understand that." Then he said: "That can be considered talking. Then how do you know?" Money can buy steamed buns?" The little beggar said: "I saw someone bought it before. You don't have money, I have money, you want it, don't you? I'll give it to you." He took out the broken piece of money from his pocket. Pass it to him.Xie Yanke shook his head and said, "I don't want it." He thought to himself: "This kid is chaotic, not a stingy guy." After talking for a while, he gradually felt relieved, believing that he was not arranged by others to deal with him He was a trap, and seeing that he had a generous temper, he was wary, but he had a good impression of him.
Only to hear the little beggar ask again: "You said just now that I am not a beggar, but a thief. Am I a beggar or a thief?" Xie Yanke smiled slightly and said, "You beg for food from others. Ask for money, and only give it to you if the other person is willing to give it to you. You are a beggar. If you don’t care whether the person is willing to give it to you, but secretly reach out and take it, then you are a thief."
The little beggar turned his head and thought for a while, then said: "I never ask people for things, I don't care if they give it to me, I just eat it, then I am a thief. That's right, you are an old thief."
Xie Yanke was taken aback, and said angrily, "What, what did you call me?"
The little beggar said: "Aren't you an old thief? They obviously refused to give you these two swords, but you went and snatched them. You are not a child, so naturally you are an old thief."
Xie Yanke smiled instead of anger, and said: "The word 'little thief' is a curse word, and 'old thief' is also a curse word, you can't just scold me." The little beggar said: "Then why do you scold me?" Xie Yanke The smoker smiled and said, "Okay, I won't scold you either. You are not a beggar or a thief. I call you little baby, and you call me old uncle." The little beggar shook his head and said, "I don't call you little baby. , I’m called a bastard.” Xie Yanke said: “The name of a bastard is not good, your mother can call you, but others can’t. Your mother is also really strange, why did you call your son a bastard?”
The little beggar said: "Why is the bastard bad? My Ah Huang is just a dog. When he is with me, I am happy, just like you are with me. But when I talk to Ah Huang, he only barks. You But he can also talk." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to stroke Xie Yanke's back a few times, with a gentle hand and a kind expression, just like stroking a dog's fur.
Xie Yanke sent a wave of internal energy to his back, the little beggar's whole body shook, as if he had touched a piece of red-hot charcoal, he hurriedly let go, feeling unspeakable pain in his chest and abdomen, almost wanting to vomit.Xie Yanke looked at him with a half-smile, and said in his heart: "Who told you to be rude to me, this is enough for you!"
The little beggar put his hand on his chest and said, "Old man, you have a fever. Come and rest under the tree over there for a while. I'll find some water for you to drink. What's wrong with you? You have a terrible fever. I'm afraid This illness is serious." When he spoke, his face was full of concern, and he reached out to support his arm, asking him to rest under the tree.
This time, even though Xie Yanke was surly, seeing that he was sincere to him, he no longer used his internal energy to hurt him, and said: "I'm fine, what's wrong with me? Look, haven't I lost my fever?" Passed his little hand over and touched his forehead.
The little beggar felt cold marks on his forehead when he touched it, and said urgently: "Oh, old man, you are dying!" Xie Yanke said angrily: "Nonsense, why am I dying?" said the little beggar : "My mother was sick once, and she had the same fever and chills. She kept yelling: 'I'm going to die, I'm going to die, I have no conscience, I'd better die!' Then she almost died, lying on the bed It took more than two months to sleep." Xie Yanke smiled and said, "I won't die." The little beggar shook his head slightly, as if he didn't believe it.
The two walked towards the southeast for a while, the little beggar looked at the scorching sun in the sky, and suddenly went to the side of the road to pick seven or eight big leaves.Xie Yanke only said that his child likes to play, but he ignored it, but he wove these leaves into a hat, gave it to Xie Yanke, and said: "The sun is very hot, you are sick, put on the hat let's go."
Xie Yanke made him laugh and laugh, and couldn't bear to show his kindness, so he put a leaf hat on his head.Under the scorching sun, wearing this hat feels cool and comfortable.He has always been only afraid that he will hate him, and no one has ever cared for him with such kindness, and he couldn't help but feel a warm feeling in his heart.
Soon came to a small town, the little beggar said: "You have no money, this disease may be due to starvation, let's go to a restaurant to have a full meal." Holding Xie Yanke's hand, Walk into a restaurant.The little beggar had never been to a restaurant in his life, and he didn't know how to order food. He took out the broken silver and copper coins from his pocket and put them on the table, and said to the waiter: "My old uncle and I want to eat meat and turtles. Take all the money." There are three or two liang of silver, and it is enough to fix a good banquet on the table.
The waiter in the store was overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered the kitchen to cook chicken, fish and duck, and soon the dishes were served one after another.Xie Yanke ordered another two catties of liquor.The little beggar took a sip of the wine, spat it out, and said, "It's very spicy, it's not tasty." He just ate meat.
Xie Yanke thought to himself: "Although this kid is not sensible, he is born bold and generous. It seems that he is not stupid. If he manages well, he can become a good fighter in the martial arts." Then he thought: "Alas, there are so many ungrateful people in the world. , my brute apprentice is very talented, rare in this world, but he didn't hurt me enough? Why do you want to accept him again?" Thinking of his evil disciple, he immediately became angry, drank two catties of white wine, ate After ordering some dishes, he said, "Let's go!"
The little beggar said: "Old uncle, are you okay?" Xie Yanke said: "Okay!" He thought: "Now you have spent all your money, and if you want to eat again, you have to ask me. Let's find someone Dashi Town, let’s exchange the gold leaves.”
At that moment, the two left the town and headed east again.Xie Yanke asked: "Little baby, what's your mother's last name? Did she tell you?" The little beggar said: "Mom is mother, does mother have a last name?" Xie Yanke said: "Of course, people Everyone has a surname." The little beggar said: "Then what is my surname?" Xie Yanke said: "I just don't know. The bastard is too ugly, do you want me to give you a name?"
If the little beggar said: "Please give me a name." Then it is considered to be begging him, just give him a name, and his wish will be fulfilled.Unexpectedly, the little beggar said: "You like to name me, that's fine. But I'm afraid my mother won't like it. She's used to calling me a bastard, and she won't be happy if I change my name. Why does a bastard sound bad?" Xie Yan The guest frowned and thought to himself: "You bastard, why is the word three ugly? It's not easy to explain to him for a while."
At this moment, only the sound of Ding Ding's swords clashing could be heard from the woods in front of the left.Xie Yanke's heart trembled: "Is there someone fighting over there? The people here are very fast, and their martial arts are really not low." He whispered to the little beggar: "Let's go over there and have a look, you must not make a sound " Stretching out a hand to support the little beggar's back, he unfolded his lightness kung fu and rushed to the place where the sound of the sword came from. After a few ups and downs, he was already behind a big tree.The little beggar's body seemed to be flying through the clouds, he thought it was very funny, he wanted to laugh out loud, remembering Xie Yanke's instructions, he quickly stretched out his hand and pressed his mouth.
The two looked outside the tree, and saw the people in the forest jumping up and down, fighting fiercely, and three people attacked one person.The one under siege was a red-faced old man with white hair brushing his chest, his hands were empty, and a single knife fell to the ground in the distance.Xie Yanke recognized him as the great compassionate old man from Moby Whale Island. He once lost a move under his own hands, and his martial arts were really good.Among the three flankers, one was a very tall and thin man, the other was a yellow-faced Taoist, and the other had a very strange appearance. Two large scars crossed across his face, forming a cross.The thin man wields a long sword, the Taoist wields a chain hammer, and the ugly man wields a ghost-headed sword.These three people, Xie Yanke, did not recognize each other, none of them had general martial arts skills, especially that skinny man, his swordsmanship was graceful and unsteady, light and sharp. Xie Yanke saw that the old man of great compassion was already injured, with blood splattering continuously from his body, his palms were flying, and he was still very brave.He dodged around a big tree, using the tree to parry the three men's weapons, he grabbed it with his left hand, and with his right hand or fist or palm, he pushed the belt with force, pulling the three men's weapons to collide on their own.Xie Yanke couldn't help but gloat over others' misfortunes, the old man was in vain and pretended to be strong, but today the tiger fell into Pingyang and was bullied by dogs. I see that you will not escape this disaster.The Taoist's chain hammer often goes around the big tree to hit the side of the old man of great compassion, while the ugly man has very strong physical strength, the ghost-headed saber will come, and the wind is whistling.Xie Yanke was secretly startled: "I haven't set foot in the rivers and lakes for a long time, when did these characters appear in the Central Plains martial arts? How come I can't recognize any of the moves of these three people. If it weren't for these three masters, Dabei would have Not to be defeated so embarrassingly." The Taoist said in a hoarse voice: "Master of White Whale Island, our Changle Gang has no enmity with you. Our Situ Gang leader admires you as a high-ranking person, and kindly hires you with courtesy and invites you to help others. Why do you speak evil words?" , Insulting our leader? You only need to agree to join the gang, and we will be good brothers and friends immediately, and we will never investigate the past. Why bother to support and sacrifice our lives in vain? Let's join hands to deal with the reward of Knight Island Wouldn't it be good to use the good to punish the evil decree' to overcome the catastrophe together?" When Xie Yanke heard his last words, his chest trembled violently, thinking: "Could it be that the 'Order of Rewarding the Good and Punishing the Evil' of the Knights Island has reappeared in the world?" Only the old man of great compassion said angrily: "I am a good man, how can I be willing to be with you shameless people? I would rather accept the order of "rewarding the good and punishing the evil" and die on the island of knights. Help, but absolutely can't." The left hand stretched out and grabbed the ugly man's shoulder. Xie Yanke secretly called out: "What a move 'Tiger Claw Hand!'" This move was extremely fast, the ugly man shrugged his shoulders to avoid it, but it was a bit slower, the five fingers of the Dabei old man had already grasped the shoulder.There was a scoffing sound, a big piece of the clothes on the ugly man's right shoulder was torn off, the shoulder was dripping with blood, and a large piece of flesh was actually grabbed off.The three were furious and stepped up their moves. Xie Yanke secretly disagreed: "What kind of gang is the Changle Gang? Since there are such masters in the gang, why have I never heard of its name? It is probably newly established. Who is the leader of the Situ Gang? Could it be the 'quick horse' Situ Heng? There is no one other than Situ Heng among the martial arts masters with the surname Situ." But seeing the four of them fighting more and more fiercely.The ugly man let out a wild roar, swung his knife and swept across.Dabei old man turned sideways to avoid the well, and punched the Taoist, with a sound of brushing, the ugly man's ghost head knife had been cut deeply into the tree trunk, and he was unable to pull it out for a while.Dabei old man's right elbow sank sharply, hitting his waist. Dabei old man struggled to support under the siege of these three masters, he knew that he was not lucky, during his hard struggle, he looked in all directions, vaguely saw someone hiding behind the tree, he guessed it was the enemy again.The three people in front of them are already unable to be dismissed, let alone the other party came to reinforce them.Among the three opponents in front of him, the man with the ugly face was the weakest in martial arts, he had to get rid of one of them first to have a chance of escape, so this elbow hammer used 90% of his strength. But when he heard a bang, the elbow hammer hit the ugly man's waist, the old man was overjoyed, he rushed to go around behind the tree, at this moment, the Taoist's chain hammer flew towards him from behind the tree.Dabei old man's left palm fell off the chain, white light flickered in front of his eyes, he hurriedly moved to the right, unexpectedly he was getting old, after a long battle, his energy was not as strong as in his prime, the slipping of his feet could give him three feet away, This time, it only slipped two feet seven eight inches away, and with a soft chirp, the thin man's Di sword pierced into his left shoulder, nailing him firmly to the tree trunk. This sudden change of intention, the little beggar couldn't help exclaiming "Hey", when the three people besieged the old man, he was already very upset, seeing the old man being restrained, he was even more frightened and angry. The skinny man said coldly: "Master of the White Whale Island, you don't have to drink as a toast, so you can send me down to the Changle Gang." The old man opened his eyes and shouted angrily, "Since you know that I am the owner of the White Whale Island , Is there any coward who bows his knees and surrenders on my White Whale Island?" He struggled with his left shoulder, preferring to lose one shoulder, but also to break free from the long sword, and desperately fought with the skinny man. The Taoist waved his right hand, and the chain hammer flew out. The steel chain wound around the old man's body several times. With a bang, the hammer hit his chest hard. The little beggar couldn't bear it any longer, rushed out, and shouted: "Hey, you three bad guys, why did you hit a good guy together?" Xie Yanke frowned slightly, thinking: "This baby is going to cause trouble." Then he liked it in his heart: "That's fine, let's kill him with the hands of these three people. If I refuse to save him, it will not be considered a breach of oath; otherwise, if the little baby asks me for help, I will take care of it for him." Those three." The little beggar ran to the tree, stood in front of the old man, and shouted: "You can't make things difficult for this old man." The thin man had sensed that there was someone behind the tree, and saw that the young man was running without martial arts, but he was so bold, he must have been instructed by someone, he thought: "I'll scare this brat, so the people behind him won't come out. "He stretched out his hand and pulled out the ghost knife embedded in the tree trunk, and shouted: "Little devil, who told you to meddle in Lao Tzu's business? I'm going to kill this old guy, will you get out?" cut. The little beggar said: "This old man is a good man, and you are all bad men. I will definitely help the good man. After you chop it up, I will not go away." When his mother was in a good mood, she occasionally told him some stories. Listen, there must be good people and bad people in the stories. In the heart of that child, helping good people and beating bad people is a matter of course. The skinny man said angrily, "Do you recognize him? How do you know he's a good man?" The little beggar said: "The old uncle said that you are some kind of evil gang, and you will not join you even if you die, you are naturally bad people." Turning around, he stretched out his hand to untie the chain and hammer it off. The Taoist backhanded his palm, and with a slap, the little beggar was dizzy, his left cheek was swollen immediately, and blood marks from five fingers crawled on his face like a bloody palm. That little beggar really doesn't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth.Yesterday Hou Jian gathered people from Jindao Village to besiege Wu Daotong. Firstly, he didn't know whether Wu Daotong was a good guy or a bad guy. Secondly, these people were fighting fiercely on the roof. He was going to intervene at that time, and he had no idea whether it would endanger himself. Seeing that the little beggar looked confident and fearless, the thin man suddenly became suspicious: "What kind of backing does this little devil rely on to dare to yell in front of the incense master of the Changle Gang?" He turned sideways and looked behind the big tree. At that time, he glanced at the image of Xie Yanke Qinghuang, and immediately thought of a person: "This person is somewhat similar to the master of Xuan Tieling and Motian Layman Xie Yanke mentioned in the world. Could it be him?" Immediately raised the ghost's head Dao, shouted: "I don't know your origin, I don't know your master's sect, you come to make trouble, just treat you as an ignorant little beggar, kill me with a knife, what's the point?" Chop down.Unexpectedly, the little beggar was stubborn on the one hand, and on the other hand didn't know the danger, so he didn't move at all.The skinny man slashed to a few inches away from his head and neck, then withdrew his knife and praised: "What a boy, you are quite courageous!" The Taoist was irritable, and he slapped his right hand again, this time hitting the little beggar's right cheek, his strike was heavier than last time.The little beggar let out a "wow" in pain and burst into tears.The thin man said: "You are afraid of being beaten, then go away quickly." The little beggar said with a sad face: "You go away first, don't embarrass the old man, I will not cry." The thin man laughed instead.The Taoist quickly kicked the little beggar to the ground.The little beggar fell down with bruised nose and swollen eyes, he got up and was still protecting the old man of great compassion. Dabei old man is withdrawn and has very few confidantes in his life, seeing this young man who has never known him before, he gave up his life to protect each other, he was very grateful, and said: "Little brother, you are fighting with them, your life is not for nothing. Cheng is old I have made this little friend of yours, and this life will not be in vain, so hurry up and go." What "the old age" and "this life is not in vain", the little beggar doesn't understand at all, only knows He urged himself to go away, and said loudly: "You are a good person, you can't be killed by their bad guys." The skinny man thought: "This little doll is extremely strange, and the person behind the tree doesn't know if it's Xie Yanke, we don't need to make more enemies, but if we say a few words to this little doll and then retreat, wouldn't it look like Is our Changle gang afraid of him?" Immediately he raised the ghost knife and said, "Okay, little baby, let me try you, I will cut you thirty-six times, if you don't move, I will be considered convinced I missed you. Are you afraid?" The little beggar said: "You hacked me thirty-six times in a row, I am naturally afraid." The thin man said: "It's good if you are afraid, then let me go." The little beggar said: "I am afraid in my heart, but I just want to Don't go." The thin man raised his thumb and said: "Okay, you have the backbone, look at the knife!" The knife swished from the top of his head. Xie Yanke could hear and see clearly from behind the tree, he saw that the thin man was slashing horizontally with the saber, the saber was light and nimble, he was using all the strength of his wrist, and he was using swordsmanship to move the saber, although he didn't know what his move was Mingtang, but saw a heavy ghost-head knife being moved in his hand, it was as light as nothing, the blade brushed against the little beggar's scalp and cut off a large piece of his hair immediately.The little beggar was actually very tough, he straightened his body, but he didn't move at all. But seeing the light of the saber flickering, it seemed like a spirit snake swimming away, one saber left and one right, the saber did not leave the top of the little beggar's head, his hair fell down one after another, it was worth thirty-two slashes, the skinny man shouted, and the ghost knife slammed down. With a straight chop from top to bottom, with a sneer, he cut off a piece of the little beggar's right sleeve, and then cut off a piece of his left sleeve, and then the left trouser leg and the right trouser leg were separated by two knifes in an instant. A strip was cut.As soon as the thin man retracted the knife, the handle of the knife hit the Tanzhong acupoint on the chest and abdomen of the old man of great compassion. He laughed loudly and said: "Little baby, it's really amazing to have you!" Xie Yanke saw that he used the sword to make a saber, 36 moves in a continuous circle without any flaws, he couldn't help applauding secretly, when he saw that he hit the dead point of the old man with the hilt of the knife when he closed the move, he said in his heart: " This man is so hot!" I saw that the little beggar's fluffy hair was slashed thirty-two times in a row, and the sparseness was even more ugly. Just now the thirty-two knives were cut on the top of the little beggar's head, half of him was trying his best to protect the old man, but the other half was frightened, it's not that he was stiff and still, but he couldn't move. After the six knives were cut, he reached out and touched it.His head seemed to be intact, and then he let out a long breath. The Taoist and the ugly man cheered in unison: "Master Mi Xiang, good swordsmanship!" The skinny man smiled and said: "For the kid's courage, today, let's let him go! Two brothers, let's go now!" "The Taoist and the ugly man saw that the Dabei old man was dying after eating the handle of the knife, and died in a blink of an eye, so they took the weapon and walked.The ugly-faced man staggered and was seriously injured.The thin man stretched out his right palm and pushed it up the tree, with a cracking sound, the long sword that had penetrated a few feet into the tree trunk was shocked by his palm, and the blood on the shoulder of the old man of great compassion jumped out.The thin man caught it with his left hand and left with a long smile, he didn't even glance at Xie Yanke's hiding place. Xie Yanke pondered: "It turns out that this thin man's surname is Mi, and he is the incense master of the Changle Clan. He showed these two kung fu, obviously for the sake of showing me. This man's swordsmanship is light, nimble, and fierce. How can it be compared to him?" Xuansuzhuang, Shiqing and his wife are not as good, do you want to show off in front of me with this kung fu? Hehe!" According to his usual temper, this surnamed Mi Lu showed off these two kung fu in front of him, and he was determined to come forward and teach him a lesson. He, as long as the other party showed a little disrespect, he would kill him.Xuan Tie Ling's wish was not fulfilled, and he really didn't want to cause more trouble at this moment, so he just watched with cold eyes, and couldn't bear it all the time. The little beggar said to the old man of great compassion: "Old man, I have come to bind up your wound." He picked up the sleeve he had cut off for the skinny man, and went to bandage the sword wound on the old man's shoulder. The old man of Great Compassion closed his eyes tightly, and said: "No...no need! There are some clay figurines in my bag...for you...you..." Before he could finish his sentence, his head suddenly dropped, and he was dead. A tall body slowly slid towards the roots of the tree. The little beggar screamed: "Old uncle, old uncle!" He stretched out his hand to help him, but he saw the old man shrank into a ball and did not move. Xie Yanke approached and asked: "What did he say when he was dying?" The little beggar said: "He said... he said... he gave me all the clay figurines in his bag." Xie Yanke thought to himself: "Old man Dabei is a generation of strange heroes in the martial arts, and his martial arts cultivation is not much different from mine. Maybe there is something important around this person." But he thinks very highly of himself, and he never wants to be in the dead If you go to get something from your side, even if you know that the old man is carrying a rare treasure, he will turn around and leave, saying: "He gave it to you, so you can take it." The little beggar asked: "He gave it to you. Am I a thief if I took it?" Xie Yanke smiled and said, "It's not a thief." The little beggar reached into the pocket of the old man of great compassion, and took out a wooden box, a few ingots of silver, seven or eight hidden weapons covered with thorns, a few letters, and what seemed to be a map with diagrams.谢烟客很想瞧瞧书信中写什么，是幅什么样的地图，但自觉只要一沾了手，便失却武林高人的身份，是以忍手不动。 只见小丐已打开了木盒，盒中垫着棉花，并列着三排泥制玩偶，每排六个，共是一十八个。玩偶制作精巧，每个都是裸体的男人，皮肤上涂了白垩，画满了一条条红线，更有无数黑点，都是脉络和穴道的方位。谢烟客一看，便知这些玩偶身上画的是一套内功图谱，心想：“大悲老儿临死时做个空头人情，你便不送他，小孩儿在你尸身上找到，岂有不拿去玩儿的？” 那小丐见到这许多泥人儿，十分喜欢，连道：“真有趣，怎么没衣服穿的，好玩得紧。要是妈妈肯做些衣服给他们穿，那就更好了。” 谢烟客心想：“大悲老儿虽和我不睦，总也是个响当当的人物，总不能让他暴骨荒野！”说道：“你的老朋友死了，不将他埋了？”小丐道：“是，是。可怎么埋法？”谢烟客淡淡地道：“你有力气，便给他挖个坑；没力气，将泥巴石块堆在他身上就完了。” 小丐道：“这里没锄头，挖不来坑。”当下去搬些泥土石块、树枝树叶，将大悲老人的尸身盖没了。他年小力弱，勉强将尸体掩盖完毕，已累得满身大汗。 谢烟客站在一旁，始终没出手相助，盼他求己帮忙，但小丐只独自盖尸，待他好容易完工，便道：“走吧！”小丐道：“到哪里去？我累得很，不跟你走啦！”谢烟客道：“为什么不跟我走？” 小丐道：“我要去找妈妈，找阿黄。” 谢烟客微微心惊：“这娃娃始终还没求过我一句话，倘若不跟我走，倒也为难，我又不能用强，硬拉着他。有了，昔年我誓言只说对交来玄铁令之人不能用强，却没说不能相欺。我只好骗他一骗。”便道：“你跟我走，我帮你找妈妈、找阿黄去。”小丐喜道：“好，我跟你去，你本事很大，一定找得到我妈妈和阿黄。” 谢烟客心道：“多说无益，好在他还没有开口正式恳求，否则要我去给他找寻母亲和那条狗子，可是件天大的难事。”捤住他右手，说道：“咱们得走快些。”小丐刚应得一声：“是！”便似腾身而起，身不由主地给他拉若飞步而行，连叫：“有趣，有趣！”只觉得凉风扑面，身旁树木迅速倒退，不绝口地称赞：“老伯伯，你拉着我跑得这样快！”
走到天黑，也不知奔行了多少里路，已到了一处深山之中，谢烟客松开了手。 那小丐只觉双腿酸软，身子摇晃了两下，登时坐倒在地。只坐得片刻，两只脚板大痛起来，又过半晌，只见双脚又红又肿，他惊呼：“老伯伯，我的脚肿起来了。” 谢烟客道：“你若求我给你医，我立时使你双脚不肿不痛。”小丐道：“你如肯给我治好，我自然多谢你啦。”谢烟客眉头一皱，道：“你当真从来不肯开口向人乞求？”小丐道：“倘若你肯给我治，用不着我来求，否则我求也没用。”谢烟客道：“怎么没用？”小丐道：“倘若你不肯治，我心里难过，脚上又痛，说不定要哭一场。倘若你其实真的不会治，反而让你心里难过。”谢烟客“哼”了一声，道：“我心里从来不难过的！小叫化，便在这里睡吧！”随即心想：“这娃娃既不开口向人求乞，可不能叫他做'小叫化'了。” 那少年靠在一株树上，双足虽痛，但奔跑了半日，疲累难当，不多时便即沉沉睡去，连肚饿也忘了。谢烟客却跃到树顶安睡，只盼半夜里有一只野兽过来，将这少年咬死吃了，给他解了个难题。岂知一夜之中，连一只野兔也没经过。 次日清晨，谢烟客心道：“我只有带他到摩天崖去，他若出口求我一件轻而易举之事，那是他的运气，否则好歹也设法取了他性命。连这样一个小娃娃也炮制不了，摩天居士还算什么人了！”携了那少年之手又行。那少年初几步着地时，脚底似有数十万根小针在刺，忍不住“哎哟”叫痛。 谢烟客道：“怎么啦？”盼他出门说：“咱们歇一会儿吧。”岂料他却道：“没什么，脚底有点儿痛，咱们走吧。”谢烟客奈何他不得，怒气渐增，拉着他急步疾行。 谢烟客不停南行，经过市镇之时，随手在饼铺饭店中抓些熟肉、面饼，一面奔跑，一面嚼吃，如分给那少年，他便吃了，倘若不给，那少年也不乞讨。 如此数日，直到第六日，尽在崇山峻岭中奔行，那少年虽不会武功，在谢烟客提携之下，居然也硬撑了下来。谢烟客只盼他出口求告休息，却始终不能如愿，到得后来，心下也不禁有些佩服他的硬朗。 又奔了一日，山道愈益险陡，那少年再也攀援不上，谢烟客只得将他负在背上，在悬崖峭壁间纵跃而上。那少年放眼心惊肉跳，却不做声，有时到了真正惊险之处，只有闭目不看。 这口午间，谢烟客攀到了一处笔立的山峰之下，手挽从山峰上垂下的一根铁链，爬了上去，这山峰光秃秃的，更无置手足处，若不是有这根铁链，谢烟客武功再高，也不能攀援而上。到得峰顶，谢烟客将那少年放下，说道：“这里便是摩天崖了，我外号'摩天居士'，就是由此地而得名。你也在这里住下吧！” 那少年四下张望，见峰顶地势倒也广阔，但身周云雾缭绕，当真是置身云端之中，不由得心下惊惧，道：“你说帮我去找妈妈和阿黄的？” 谢烟客冷冷地道：“天下这么大，我怎知你母亲到了哪里。咱们便在这里等着，说不定有朝一日，你母亲带了阿黄上来见你，也未可知。” 这少年虽童稚无知，却也知谢烟客是在骗他，如此险峻荒僻的处所，他母亲又怎能寻得着，爬得上？至于阿黄更加决计不能，一时之间，呆住了说不出话来。 谢烟客道：“几时你要下山去，只须求我一声，我便立即送你下去。”心想：“我不给你东西吃，你自己没能耐下去，终究要开口求我。” 那少年的母亲虽对他冷漠，却从来不曾骗过他，此时他生平首次受人欺骗，眼中泪水滚来滚去，拼命忍住了，不让眼泪流下。 只见谢烟客走进一个山洞之中，过了一会，洞中有黑烟冒出，却是在烹煮食物，又过少时，香气一阵阵地冒出来，那少年腹中饥饿，走进洞去，见是老大一个山洞。 谢烟客故意将行灶和锅子放在洞口烹煮，要引那少年向自己讨。哪知这少年自幼只和母亲一人相依为生，从来便不知人我之分，见到东西便吃，又有什么讨不讨的？他见石桌上放着一盘腊肉，一大锅饭，当即自行拿了碗筷，盛了饭，伸筷子夹腊肉便吃。谢烟客一怔，心道：“他请我吃过馒头、枣子、酒饭，我若不许他吃我食物，倒显得谢某不讲义气了。”当下也不理睬。 这般两人相对无言、埋头吃饭之事，那少年一生过惯了，吃饱之后，便去洗碗、洗筷、刷锅、砍柴。那都是往日和母亲同住时的例行之事。 他砍了一担柴，正要挑回山洞，忽听得树丛中忽喇声响，一只獐子蹿了出来。那少年提起斧头，一下砍在獐子头上，登时砍死，便在山溪里洗剥干净，拿回洞来，将大半只獐子挂在当风处风干，两条腿切碎了熬成一锅。 谢烟客闻到獐肉羹的香气，用木勺子國起尝了一口，不由得又欢喜，又烦恼。这獐肉羹味道十分鲜美，比他日己所烹的高明何止十倍，心想这小娃娃居然还有这手功夫，日后口福不浅；但转念又想，他会打猎、会烧菜，倘若不求我带他下山，倒也真奈何他不得。 在摩天崖上如此忽忽数日，那少年张罗、设阱、弹雀、捕兽的本事着实不差，每天均有新鲜菜肴煮来和谢烟客共食，吃不完的禽兽便风干腌起。他烹调的手段大有独到之处，虽只山乡风味，往往颇具匠心。谢烟客赞赏之余，问起每一样菜肴的来历，那少年总说是母亲所教。再盘问下去，才知这少年的母亲精擅烹调，生性却既暴躁又疏懒，十餐饭倒是有九餐叫儿子去煮，若是烹调不合，高兴时在旁指点，不高兴便打骂兼施。谢烟客心想他母子二人都烧得如此好菜，该当均是十分聪明之人，想是乡下女子为丈夫所弃，以致养成了孤僻乖戾的性子，也说不定由于孤僻乖戾，才为丈夫所弃。 谢烟客见那少年极少和他说话，倒不由得有点暗暗发愁，心想：“这件事不从速办妥，总是个心腹大患，不论哪一日这娃娃受了我对头之惑，来求我自废武功，自残肢体，那便如何是好？又如他来求我终身不下摩天崖一步，那么谢烟客便活活给囚禁在这荒山顶上了。就算他只求我去找他妈妈和那条黄狗，可也头痛万分。” 饶是他聪明多智，身当如此哭笑不得的困境，却也难筹善策。
这日午后，谢烟客负着双手在林间闲步，瞥眼见那少年倚在一块岩石之旁，眉花眼笑地正瞧着石上一堆东西。谢烟客凝神看去，见石上放着的正是大悲老人给他的那一十八个泥人儿，那少年将这些泥人儿东放一个，西放一个，一会儿叫他们排队，一会儿叫他们打仗，玩得兴高采烈。 那些泥人身上绘明穴道及运息线路，自当是修习内功之法。谢烟客心道：“当年大悲老人和我在北邙山较量，他掌法刚猛，擒拿法迅捷变幻，斗到大半个时辰之后，终于在我'控鹤功'下输了一招，当即知难而退。此人武功虽高，却只以外家功夫见长，这些绘在泥人身上的内功，多半肤浅得紧，不免贻笑大方。” 当下随手拿起一个泥人，见泥人身上绘着涌泉、然谷、照海、太溪、水泉、太钟、复溜、交信等穴道，沿足而上，至肚腹上横骨、太赫、气穴、四满、中注、盲俞、商曲而结于舌下的廉泉穴，那是“足少阴肾经”，一条红线自足底而通至咽喉，心想：“这虽是练内功的正途法门，但各大门派的入门功夫都和此大同小异，何足为贵？是了！大悲老人一生专练外功，壮年时虽纵横江湖，后来终于知道技不如人，不知哪里去弄了这一十八个泥人儿来，便想要内外兼修。说不定还是输在我手之后，才起了这番心愿。但修炼上乘内功，岂是一朝一夕之事，大悲老人年逾七十，这份内功，只好到阴世去练了，哈哈，哈哈！”想到这里，不禁笑出声来。 那少年笑道：“伯伯，你瞧这些泥人儿都有胡须，又不是小孩儿，却不穿衣衫，当真好笑。”谢烟客道：“是啊！可笑得紧。”他将一个个泥人都拿起来看，只见一十二个泥人身上分别绘的是手太阴肺经、手阳明大肠经、足阳明胃经、足太阴脾经、手少阴心经、手太阳小肠经、足太阳膀胱经、足少阴肾经、手厥阴心包经、手少阳三焦经、足少阳胆经、足厥阴肝经，那是正经十二脉；另外六个泥人身上绘的是仟脉、督脉、阴维、阳维、阴轿、阳轿六脉；奇经八脉中最为繁复难明的冲脉、带脉两路经脉却付阙如，心道：“这似乎是少林派的入门内功。大悲老人当作宝贝般藏在身上的东西，却是残缺不全的。其实他想学内功，这些粗浅学问，只须找内家门中一个寻常弟子指教数月，也就明甶了。唉，不过他是成名的前辈英雄，又怎肯下得这口气来，去求别人指点？”想到此处，不禁微有凄凉之意。 又想起当年在北邙山上与大悲老人较技，虽胜了一招，但实是行险侥幸而致，心想：“幸好他没内功根基，倘若少年时修习过内功，只怕斗不上三百招，我便会给他打入深谷。嘿嘿，死得好，死得好！” 他脸上露出笑容，缓步走开，走得几步，突然心念一动：“这娃娃玩泥人玩得高兴，我何不
The two looked outside the tree, and saw the people in the forest jumping up and down, fighting fiercely, and three people attacked one person.The one under siege was a red-faced old man with white hair brushing his chest, his hands were empty, and a single knife fell to the ground in the distance.Xie Yanke recognized him as the great compassionate old man from Moby Whale Island. He once lost a move under his own hands, and his martial arts were really good.Among the three flankers, one was a very tall and thin man, the other was a yellow-faced Taoist, and the other had a very strange appearance. Two large scars crossed across his face, forming a cross.The thin man wields a long sword, the Taoist wields a chain hammer, and the ugly man wields a ghost-headed sword.These three people, Xie Yanke, did not recognize each other, none of them had general martial arts skills, especially that skinny man, his swordsmanship was graceful and unsteady, light and sharp. Xie Yanke saw that the old man of great compassion was already injured, with blood splattering continuously from his body, his palms were flying, and he was still very brave.He dodged around a big tree, using the tree to parry the three men's weapons, he grabbed it with his left hand, and with his right hand or fist or palm, he pushed the belt with force, pulling the three men's weapons to collide on their own.Xie Yanke couldn't help but gloat over others' misfortunes, the old man was in vain and pretended to be strong, but today the tiger fell into Pingyang and was bullied by dogs. I see that you will not escape this disaster.The Taoist's chain hammer often goes around the big tree to hit the side of the old man of great compassion, while the ugly man has very strong physical strength, the ghost-headed saber will come, and the wind is whistling.Xie Yanke was secretly startled: "I haven't set foot in the rivers and lakes for a long time, when did these characters appear in the Central Plains martial arts? How come I can't recognize any of the moves of these three people. If it weren't for these three masters, Dabei would have Not to be defeated so embarrassingly." The Taoist said in a hoarse voice: "Master of White Whale Island, our Changle Gang has no enmity with you. Our Situ Gang leader admires you as a high-ranking person, and kindly hires you with courtesy and invites you to help others. Why do you speak evil words?" , Insulting our leader? You only need to agree to join the gang, and we will be good brothers and friends immediately, and we will never investigate the past. Why bother to support and sacrifice our lives in vain? Let's join hands to deal with the reward of Knight Island Wouldn't it be good to use the good to punish the evil decree' to overcome the catastrophe together?" When Xie Yanke heard his last words, his chest trembled violently, thinking: "Could it be that the 'Order of Rewarding the Good and Punishing the Evil' of the Knights Island has reappeared in the world?" Only the old man of great compassion said angrily: "I am a good man, how can I be willing to be with you shameless people? I would rather accept the order of "rewarding the good and punishing the evil" and die on the island of knights. Help, but absolutely can't." The left hand stretched out and grabbed the ugly man's shoulder. Xie Yanke secretly called out: "What a move 'Tiger Claw Hand!'" This move was extremely fast, the ugly man shrugged his shoulders to avoid it, but it was a bit slower, the five fingers of the Dabei old man had already grasped the shoulder.There was a scoffing sound, a big piece of the clothes on the ugly man's right shoulder was torn off, the shoulder was dripping with blood, and a large piece of flesh was actually grabbed off.The three were furious and stepped up their moves. Xie Yanke secretly disagreed: "What kind of gang is the Changle Gang? Since there are such masters in the gang, why have I never heard of its name? It is probably newly established. Who is the leader of the Situ Gang? Could it be the 'quick horse' Situ Heng? There is no one other than Situ Heng among the martial arts masters with the surname Situ." But seeing the four of them fighting more and more fiercely.The ugly man let out a wild roar, swung his knife and swept across.Dabei old man turned sideways to avoid the well, and punched the Taoist, with a sound of brushing, the ugly man's ghost head knife had been cut deeply into the tree trunk, and he was unable to pull it out for a while.Dabei old man's right elbow sank sharply, hitting his waist. Dabei old man struggled to support under the siege of these three masters, he knew that he was not lucky, during his hard struggle, he looked in all directions, vaguely saw someone hiding behind the tree, he guessed it was the enemy again.The three people in front of them are already unable to be dismissed, let alone the other party came to reinforce them.Among the three opponents in front of him, the man with the ugly face was the weakest in martial arts, he had to get rid of one of them first to have a chance of escape, so this elbow hammer used 90% of his strength. But when he heard a bang, the elbow hammer hit the ugly man's waist, the old man was overjoyed, he rushed to go around behind the tree, at this moment, the Taoist's chain hammer flew towards him from behind the tree.Dabei old man's left palm fell off the chain, white light flickered in front of his eyes, he hurriedly moved to the right, unexpectedly he was getting old, after a long battle, his energy was not as strong as in his prime, the slipping of his feet could give him three feet away, This time, it only slipped two feet seven eight inches away, and with a soft chirp, the thin man's Di sword pierced into his left shoulder, nailing him firmly to the tree trunk. This sudden change of intention, the little beggar couldn't help exclaiming "Hey", when the three people besieged the old man, he was already very upset, seeing the old man being restrained, he was even more frightened and angry. The skinny man said coldly: "Master of the White Whale Island, you don't have to drink as a toast, so you can send me down to the Changle Gang." The old man opened his eyes and shouted angrily, "Since you know that I am the owner of the White Whale Island , Is there any coward who bows his knees and surrenders on my White Whale Island?" He struggled with his left shoulder, preferring to lose one shoulder, but also to break free from the long sword, and desperately fought with the skinny man. The Taoist waved his right hand, and the chain hammer flew out. The steel chain wound around the old man's body several times. With a bang, the hammer hit his chest hard. The little beggar couldn't bear it any longer, rushed out, and shouted: "Hey, you three bad guys, why did you hit a good guy together?" Xie Yanke frowned slightly, thinking: "This baby is going to cause trouble." Then he liked it in his heart: "That's fine, let's kill him with the hands of these three people. If I refuse to save him, it will not be considered a breach of oath; otherwise, if the little baby asks me for help, I will take care of it for him." Those three." The little beggar ran to the tree, stood in front of the old man, and shouted: "You can't make things difficult for this old man." The thin man had sensed that there was someone behind the tree, and saw that the young man was running without martial arts, but he was so bold, he must have been instructed by someone, he thought: "I'll scare this brat, so the people behind him won't come out. "He stretched out his hand and pulled out the ghost knife embedded in the tree trunk, and shouted: "Little devil, who told you to meddle in Lao Tzu's business? I'm going to kill this old guy, will you get out?" cut. The little beggar said: "This old man is a good man, and you are all bad men. I will definitely help the good man. After you chop it up, I will not go away." When his mother was in a good mood, she occasionally told him some stories. Listen, there must be good people and bad people in the stories. In the heart of that child, helping good people and beating bad people is a matter of course. The skinny man said angrily, "Do you recognize him? How do you know he's a good man?" The little beggar said: "The old uncle said that you are some kind of evil gang, and you will not join you even if you die, you are naturally bad people." Turning around, he stretched out his hand to untie the chain and hammer it off. The Taoist backhanded his palm, and with a slap, the little beggar was dizzy, his left cheek was swollen immediately, and blood marks from five fingers crawled on his face like a bloody palm. That little beggar really doesn't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth.Yesterday Hou Jian gathered people from Jindao Village to besiege Wu Daotong. Firstly, he didn't know whether Wu Daotong was a good guy or a bad guy. Secondly, these people were fighting fiercely on the roof. He was going to intervene at that time, and he had no idea whether it would endanger himself. Seeing that the little beggar looked confident and fearless, the thin man suddenly became suspicious: "What kind of backing does this little devil rely on to dare to yell in front of the incense master of the Changle Gang?" He turned sideways and looked behind the big tree. At that time, he glanced at the image of Xie Yanke Qinghuang, and immediately thought of a person: "This person is somewhat similar to the master of Xuan Tieling and Motian Layman Xie Yanke mentioned in the world. Could it be him?" Immediately raised the ghost's head Dao, shouted: "I don't know your origin, I don't know your master's sect, you come to make trouble, just treat you as an ignorant little beggar, kill me with a knife, what's the point?" Chop down.Unexpectedly, the little beggar was stubborn on the one hand, and on the other hand didn't know the danger, so he didn't move at all.The skinny man slashed to a few inches away from his head and neck, then withdrew his knife and praised: "What a boy, you are quite courageous!" The Taoist was irritable, and he slapped his right hand again, this time hitting the little beggar's right cheek, his strike was heavier than last time.The little beggar let out a "wow" in pain and burst into tears.The thin man said: "You are afraid of being beaten, then go away quickly." The little beggar said with a sad face: "You go away first, don't embarrass the old man, I will not cry." The thin man laughed instead.The Taoist quickly kicked the little beggar to the ground.The little beggar fell down with bruised nose and swollen eyes, he got up and was still protecting the old man of great compassion. Dabei old man is withdrawn and has very few confidantes in his life, seeing this young man who has never known him before, he gave up his life to protect each other, he was very grateful, and said: "Little brother, you are fighting with them, your life is not for nothing. Cheng is old I have made this little friend of yours, and this life will not be in vain, so hurry up and go." What "the old age" and "this life is not in vain", the little beggar doesn't understand at all, only knows He urged himself to go away, and said loudly: "You are a good person, you can't be killed by their bad guys." The skinny man thought: "This little doll is extremely strange, and the person behind the tree doesn't know if it's Xie Yanke, we don't need to make more enemies, but if we say a few words to this little doll and then retreat, wouldn't it look like Is our Changle gang afraid of him?" Immediately he raised the ghost knife and said, "Okay, little baby, let me try you, I will cut you thirty-six times, if you don't move, I will be considered convinced I missed you. Are you afraid?" The little beggar said: "You hacked me thirty-six times in a row, I am naturally afraid." The thin man said: "It's good if you are afraid, then let me go." The little beggar said: "I am afraid in my heart, but I just want to Don't go." The thin man raised his thumb and said: "Okay, you have the backbone, look at the knife!" The knife swished from the top of his head. Xie Yanke could hear and see clearly from behind the tree, he saw that the thin man was slashing horizontally with the saber, the saber was light and nimble, he was using all the strength of his wrist, and he was using swordsmanship to move the saber, although he didn't know what his move was Mingtang, but saw a heavy ghost-head knife being moved in his hand, it was as light as nothing, the blade brushed against the little beggar's scalp and cut off a large piece of his hair immediately.The little beggar was actually very tough, he straightened his body, but he didn't move at all. But seeing the light of the saber flickering, it seemed like a spirit snake swimming away, one saber left and one right, the saber did not leave the top of the little beggar's head, his hair fell down one after another, it was worth thirty-two slashes, the skinny man shouted, and the ghost knife slammed down. With a straight chop from top to bottom, with a sneer, he cut off a piece of the little beggar's right sleeve, and then cut off a piece of his left sleeve, and then the left trouser leg and the right trouser leg were separated by two knifes in an instant. A strip was cut.As soon as the thin man retracted the knife, the handle of the knife hit the Tanzhong acupoint on the chest and abdomen of the old man of great compassion. He laughed loudly and said: "Little baby, it's really amazing to have you!" Xie Yanke saw that he used the sword to make a saber, 36 moves in a continuous circle without any flaws, he couldn't help applauding secretly, when he saw that he hit the dead point of the old man with the hilt of the knife when he closed the move, he said in his heart: " This man is so hot!" I saw that the little beggar's fluffy hair was slashed thirty-two times in a row, and the sparseness was even more ugly. Just now the thirty-two knives were cut on the top of the little beggar's head, half of him was trying his best to protect the old man, but the other half was frightened, it's not that he was stiff and still, but he couldn't move. After the six knives were cut, he reached out and touched it.His head seemed to be intact, and then he let out a long breath. The Taoist and the ugly man cheered in unison: "Master Mi Xiang, good swordsmanship!" The skinny man smiled and said: "For the kid's courage, today, let's let him go! Two brothers, let's go now!" "The Taoist and the ugly man saw that the Dabei old man was dying after eating the handle of the knife, and died in a blink of an eye, so they took the weapon and walked.The ugly-faced man staggered and was seriously injured.The thin man stretched out his right palm and pushed it up the tree, with a cracking sound, the long sword that had penetrated a few feet into the tree trunk was shocked by his palm, and the blood on the shoulder of the old man of great compassion jumped out.The thin man caught it with his left hand and left with a long smile, he didn't even glance at Xie Yanke's hiding place. Xie Yanke pondered: "It turns out that this thin man's surname is Mi, and he is the incense master of the Changle Clan. He showed these two kung fu, obviously for the sake of showing me. This man's swordsmanship is light, nimble, and fierce. How can it be compared to him?" Xuansuzhuang, Shiqing and his wife are not as good, do you want to show off in front of me with this kung fu? Hehe!" According to his usual temper, this surnamed Mi Lu showed off these two kung fu in front of him, and he was determined to come forward and teach him a lesson. He, as long as the other party showed a little disrespect, he would kill him.Xuan Tie Ling's wish was not fulfilled, and he really didn't want to cause more trouble at this moment, so he just watched with cold eyes, and couldn't bear it all the time. The little beggar said to the old man of great compassion: "Old man, I have come to bind up your wound." He picked up the sleeve he had cut off for the skinny man, and went to bandage the sword wound on the old man's shoulder. The old man of Great Compassion closed his eyes tightly, and said: "No...no need! There are some clay figurines in my bag...for you...you..." Before he could finish his sentence, his head suddenly dropped, and he was dead. A tall body slowly slid towards the roots of the tree. The little beggar screamed: "Old uncle, old uncle!" He stretched out his hand to help him, but he saw the old man shrank into a ball and did not move. Xie Yanke approached and asked: "What did he say when he was dying?" The little beggar said: "He said... he said... he gave me all the clay figurines in his bag." Xie Yanke thought to himself: "Old man Dabei is a generation of strange heroes in the martial arts, and his martial arts cultivation is not much different from mine. Maybe there is something important around this person." But he thinks very highly of himself, and he never wants to be in the dead If you go to get something from your side, even if you know that the old man is carrying a rare treasure, he will turn around and leave, saying: "He gave it to you, so you can take it." The little beggar asked: "He gave it to you. Am I a thief if I took it?" Xie Yanke smiled and said, "It's not a thief." The little beggar reached into the pocket of the old man of great compassion, and took out a wooden box, a few ingots of silver, seven or eight hidden weapons covered with thorns, a few letters, and what seemed to be a map with diagrams.谢烟客很想瞧瞧书信中写什么，是幅什么样的地图，但自觉只要一沾了手，便失却武林高人的身份，是以忍手不动。 只见小丐已打开了木盒，盒中垫着棉花，并列着三排泥制玩偶，每排六个，共是一十八个。玩偶制作精巧，每个都是裸体的男人，皮肤上涂了白垩，画满了一条条红线，更有无数黑点，都是脉络和穴道的方位。谢烟客一看，便知这些玩偶身上画的是一套内功图谱，心想：“大悲老儿临死时做个空头人情，你便不送他，小孩儿在你尸身上找到，岂有不拿去玩儿的？” 那小丐见到这许多泥人儿，十分喜欢，连道：“真有趣，怎么没衣服穿的，好玩得紧。要是妈妈肯做些衣服给他们穿，那就更好了。” 谢烟客心想：“大悲老儿虽和我不睦，总也是个响当当的人物，总不能让他暴骨荒野！”说道：“你的老朋友死了，不将他埋了？”小丐道：“是，是。可怎么埋法？”谢烟客淡淡地道：“你有力气，便给他挖个坑；没力气，将泥巴石块堆在他身上就完了。” 小丐道：“这里没锄头，挖不来坑。”当下去搬些泥土石块、树枝树叶，将大悲老人的尸身盖没了。他年小力弱，勉强将尸体掩盖完毕，已累得满身大汗。 谢烟客站在一旁，始终没出手相助，盼他求己帮忙，但小丐只独自盖尸，待他好容易完工，便道：“走吧！”小丐道：“到哪里去？我累得很，不跟你走啦！”谢烟客道：“为什么不跟我走？” 小丐道：“我要去找妈妈，找阿黄。” 谢烟客微微心惊：“这娃娃始终还没求过我一句话，倘若不跟我走，倒也为难，我又不能用强，硬拉着他。有了，昔年我誓言只说对交来玄铁令之人不能用强，却没说不能相欺。我只好骗他一骗。”便道：“你跟我走，我帮你找妈妈、找阿黄去。”小丐喜道：“好，我跟你去，你本事很大，一定找得到我妈妈和阿黄。” 谢烟客心道：“多说无益，好在他还没有开口正式恳求，否则要我去给他找寻母亲和那条狗子，可是件天大的难事。”捤住他右手，说道：“咱们得走快些。”小丐刚应得一声：“是！”便似腾身而起，身不由主地给他拉若飞步而行，连叫：“有趣，有趣！”只觉得凉风扑面，身旁树木迅速倒退，不绝口地称赞：“老伯伯，你拉着我跑得这样快！”
走到天黑，也不知奔行了多少里路，已到了一处深山之中，谢烟客松开了手。 那小丐只觉双腿酸软，身子摇晃了两下，登时坐倒在地。只坐得片刻，两只脚板大痛起来，又过半晌，只见双脚又红又肿，他惊呼：“老伯伯，我的脚肿起来了。” 谢烟客道：“你若求我给你医，我立时使你双脚不肿不痛。”小丐道：“你如肯给我治好，我自然多谢你啦。”谢烟客眉头一皱，道：“你当真从来不肯开口向人乞求？”小丐道：“倘若你肯给我治，用不着我来求，否则我求也没用。”谢烟客道：“怎么没用？”小丐道：“倘若你不肯治，我心里难过，脚上又痛，说不定要哭一场。倘若你其实真的不会治，反而让你心里难过。”谢烟客“哼”了一声，道：“我心里从来不难过的！小叫化，便在这里睡吧！”随即心想：“这娃娃既不开口向人求乞，可不能叫他做'小叫化'了。” 那少年靠在一株树上，双足虽痛，但奔跑了半日，疲累难当，不多时便即沉沉睡去，连肚饿也忘了。谢烟客却跃到树顶安睡，只盼半夜里有一只野兽过来，将这少年咬死吃了，给他解了个难题。岂知一夜之中，连一只野兔也没经过。 次日清晨，谢烟客心道：“我只有带他到摩天崖去，他若出口求我一件轻而易举之事，那是他的运气，否则好歹也设法取了他性命。连这样一个小娃娃也炮制不了，摩天居士还算什么人了！”携了那少年之手又行。那少年初几步着地时，脚底似有数十万根小针在刺，忍不住“哎哟”叫痛。 谢烟客道：“怎么啦？”盼他出门说：“咱们歇一会儿吧。”岂料他却道：“没什么，脚底有点儿痛，咱们走吧。”谢烟客奈何他不得，怒气渐增，拉着他急步疾行。 谢烟客不停南行，经过市镇之时，随手在饼铺饭店中抓些熟肉、面饼，一面奔跑，一面嚼吃，如分给那少年，他便吃了，倘若不给，那少年也不乞讨。 如此数日，直到第六日，尽在崇山峻岭中奔行，那少年虽不会武功，在谢烟客提携之下，居然也硬撑了下来。谢烟客只盼他出口求告休息，却始终不能如愿，到得后来，心下也不禁有些佩服他的硬朗。 又奔了一日，山道愈益险陡，那少年再也攀援不上，谢烟客只得将他负在背上，在悬崖峭壁间纵跃而上。那少年放眼心惊肉跳，却不做声，有时到了真正惊险之处，只有闭目不看。 这口午间，谢烟客攀到了一处笔立的山峰之下，手挽从山峰上垂下的一根铁链，爬了上去，这山峰光秃秃的，更无置手足处，若不是有这根铁链，谢烟客武功再高，也不能攀援而上。到得峰顶，谢烟客将那少年放下，说道：“这里便是摩天崖了，我外号'摩天居士'，就是由此地而得名。你也在这里住下吧！” 那少年四下张望，见峰顶地势倒也广阔，但身周云雾缭绕，当真是置身云端之中，不由得心下惊惧，道：“你说帮我去找妈妈和阿黄的？” 谢烟客冷冷地道：“天下这么大，我怎知你母亲到了哪里。咱们便在这里等着，说不定有朝一日，你母亲带了阿黄上来见你，也未可知。” 这少年虽童稚无知，却也知谢烟客是在骗他，如此险峻荒僻的处所，他母亲又怎能寻得着，爬得上？至于阿黄更加决计不能，一时之间，呆住了说不出话来。 谢烟客道：“几时你要下山去，只须求我一声，我便立即送你下去。”心想：“我不给你东西吃，你自己没能耐下去，终究要开口求我。” 那少年的母亲虽对他冷漠，却从来不曾骗过他，此时他生平首次受人欺骗，眼中泪水滚来滚去，拼命忍住了，不让眼泪流下。 只见谢烟客走进一个山洞之中，过了一会，洞中有黑烟冒出，却是在烹煮食物，又过少时，香气一阵阵地冒出来，那少年腹中饥饿，走进洞去，见是老大一个山洞。 谢烟客故意将行灶和锅子放在洞口烹煮，要引那少年向自己讨。哪知这少年自幼只和母亲一人相依为生，从来便不知人我之分，见到东西便吃，又有什么讨不讨的？他见石桌上放着一盘腊肉，一大锅饭，当即自行拿了碗筷，盛了饭，伸筷子夹腊肉便吃。谢烟客一怔，心道：“他请我吃过馒头、枣子、酒饭，我若不许他吃我食物，倒显得谢某不讲义气了。”当下也不理睬。 这般两人相对无言、埋头吃饭之事，那少年一生过惯了，吃饱之后，便去洗碗、洗筷、刷锅、砍柴。那都是往日和母亲同住时的例行之事。 他砍了一担柴，正要挑回山洞，忽听得树丛中忽喇声响，一只獐子蹿了出来。那少年提起斧头，一下砍在獐子头上，登时砍死，便在山溪里洗剥干净，拿回洞来，将大半只獐子挂在当风处风干，两条腿切碎了熬成一锅。 谢烟客闻到獐肉羹的香气，用木勺子國起尝了一口，不由得又欢喜，又烦恼。这獐肉羹味道十分鲜美，比他日己所烹的高明何止十倍，心想这小娃娃居然还有这手功夫，日后口福不浅；但转念又想，他会打猎、会烧菜，倘若不求我带他下山，倒也真奈何他不得。 在摩天崖上如此忽忽数日，那少年张罗、设阱、弹雀、捕兽的本事着实不差，每天均有新鲜菜肴煮来和谢烟客共食，吃不完的禽兽便风干腌起。他烹调的手段大有独到之处，虽只山乡风味，往往颇具匠心。谢烟客赞赏之余，问起每一样菜肴的来历，那少年总说是母亲所教。再盘问下去，才知这少年的母亲精擅烹调，生性却既暴躁又疏懒，十餐饭倒是有九餐叫儿子去煮，若是烹调不合，高兴时在旁指点，不高兴便打骂兼施。谢烟客心想他母子二人都烧得如此好菜，该当均是十分聪明之人，想是乡下女子为丈夫所弃，以致养成了孤僻乖戾的性子，也说不定由于孤僻乖戾，才为丈夫所弃。 谢烟客见那少年极少和他说话，倒不由得有点暗暗发愁，心想：“这件事不从速办妥，总是个心腹大患，不论哪一日这娃娃受了我对头之惑，来求我自废武功，自残肢体，那便如何是好？又如他来求我终身不下摩天崖一步，那么谢烟客便活活给囚禁在这荒山顶上了。就算他只求我去找他妈妈和那条黄狗，可也头痛万分。” 饶是他聪明多智，身当如此哭笑不得的困境，却也难筹善策。
这日午后，谢烟客负着双手在林间闲步，瞥眼见那少年倚在一块岩石之旁，眉花眼笑地正瞧着石上一堆东西。谢烟客凝神看去，见石上放着的正是大悲老人给他的那一十八个泥人儿，那少年将这些泥人儿东放一个，西放一个，一会儿叫他们排队，一会儿叫他们打仗，玩得兴高采烈。 那些泥人身上绘明穴道及运息线路，自当是修习内功之法。谢烟客心道：“当年大悲老人和我在北邙山较量，他掌法刚猛，擒拿法迅捷变幻，斗到大半个时辰之后，终于在我'控鹤功'下输了一招，当即知难而退。此人武功虽高，却只以外家功夫见长，这些绘在泥人身上的内功，多半肤浅得紧，不免贻笑大方。” 当下随手拿起一个泥人，见泥人身上绘着涌泉、然谷、照海、太溪、水泉、太钟、复溜、交信等穴道，沿足而上，至肚腹上横骨、太赫、气穴、四满、中注、盲俞、商曲而结于舌下的廉泉穴，那是“足少阴肾经”，一条红线自足底而通至咽喉，心想：“这虽是练内功的正途法门，但各大门派的入门功夫都和此大同小异，何足为贵？是了！大悲老人一生专练外功，壮年时虽纵横江湖，后来终于知道技不如人，不知哪里去弄了这一十八个泥人儿来，便想要内外兼修。说不定还是输在我手之后，才起了这番心愿。但修炼上乘内功，岂是一朝一夕之事，大悲老人年逾七十，这份内功，只好到阴世去练了，哈哈，哈哈！”想到这里，不禁笑出声来。 那少年笑道：“伯伯，你瞧这些泥人儿都有胡须，又不是小孩儿，却不穿衣衫，当真好笑。”谢烟客道：“是啊！可笑得紧。”他将一个个泥人都拿起来看，只见一十二个泥人身上分别绘的是手太阴肺经、手阳明大肠经、足阳明胃经、足太阴脾经、手少阴心经、手太阳小肠经、足太阳膀胱经、足少阴肾经、手厥阴心包经、手少阳三焦经、足少阳胆经、足厥阴肝经，那是正经十二脉；另外六个泥人身上绘的是仟脉、督脉、阴维、阳维、阴轿、阳轿六脉；奇经八脉中最为繁复难明的冲脉、带脉两路经脉却付阙如，心道：“这似乎是少林派的入门内功。大悲老人当作宝贝般藏在身上的东西，却是残缺不全的。其实他想学内功，这些粗浅学问，只须找内家门中一个寻常弟子指教数月，也就明甶了。唉，不过他是成名的前辈英雄，又怎肯下得这口气来，去求别人指点？”想到此处，不禁微有凄凉之意。 又想起当年在北邙山上与大悲老人较技，虽胜了一招，但实是行险侥幸而致，心想：“幸好他没内功根基，倘若少年时修习过内功，只怕斗不上三百招，我便会给他打入深谷。嘿嘿，死得好，死得好！” 他脸上露出笑容，缓步走开，走得几步，突然心念一动：“这娃娃玩泥人玩得高兴，我何不