Chapter 4 Chapter Three
Duan Yu turned his head and saw a man in family clothes walking quickly, it was Lai Fuer whom he saw through the wooden wall earlier.He walked closer, saluted, and said: "The villain comes to Fu'er, and I accompany the young master to borrow a horse at the order of my wife." Duan Yu nodded and said: "Very good. I will be the housekeeper."
Lai Fu'er led the way. After passing through the big pine forest, he turned north and took another path. After walking for six or seven miles, he came to a big house.Lai Fuer stepped forward to hold on to the door knocker, tapped it twice, paused for a while, hit it four times, and then hit it three more times.
With a bang, the door opened a crack.Lai Fuer whispered to the person who answered the door for a while.It was already dark at that time, Duan Yu looked at the few stars in the sky, and suddenly thought of the fairy sister in the cave in the valley.
He suddenly heard a long neighing sound suddenly from inside the door, and Duan Yu couldn't help cheering: "What a horse!" The door opened, and a horse's head poked out, a pair of horse eyes shining in the dark night. It looked like an extraordinary horse, and there were two soft clicks, and a black horse stepped out of the door.The horse's hoof hits the ground very lightly, and the figure is thin, but the legs are slender, majestic and high.The one leading the horse was a maidservant, whose face could not be seen clearly in the dark, seemed to be about fourteen or fifteen years old.
Lai Fu'er said: "Mr. Duan, Madam was afraid that you would not be able to reach Dali in time, so she borrowed a horse from the young lady here for a ride. This horse has extraordinary foot strength. The young lady here is a friend of my young lady. She learned that the young master is going to Dali. It's a great honor to save my girl." Duan Yu has seen many fine horses, but just hearing the neighing of this horse, he knows that it is one of ten thousand good horses, and said: "Thank you very much!" He reached out to take the reins of the horse.
The little maid stroked the mane on the horse's neck, and said softly: "Black Rose, Black Rose, the girl lent you a ride for this young master, you have to be obedient, go early and return early." The black horse turned its head , rubbing against her arm, with a very affectionate expression.The little maid handed over the reins to Duan Yu and said: "This horse cannot be whipped, the better you treat it, the faster it will run."
Duan Yu said: "Yes!" He thought to himself: "The horse's name is Black Rose, so it must be a female horse." He said: "Miss Black Rose, Xiaosheng is so polite!" He said and bowed to the horse.The little maid sneered and said, "You are interesting. Hey, don't fall off." Duan Yu stepped on the horse lightly, and said to the little maid, "Thank you, Miss!" The little maid laughed Duan Yu said: "Don't you thank me?" Duan Yu cupped his hands and said: "Thank you, sister. I will bring you more candied fruits when I come back." The little maid said: "You don't need to bring fruits. Be careful, don't You hurt your horse while riding." Duan Yu agreed.
Lai Fu'er said: "Going north from here is the road to Dali. Take care, my lord." Duan Yu raised his hand, and the horse let go of its west hooves. After a few ups and downs, it was already tens of feet away.
This black rose doesn't need to be pushed, it runs like flying in the dark night, but Duan Yu felt that the woods beside the road seemed to be retreating, and he couldn't stop passing by his eyes. This horse is so fast, it will definitely reach Dali by tomorrow afternoon."
It was less than the time for a cup of tea, and they had already driven more than ten miles away. There was a cool breeze in the dark night, and the fresh air of the grass and trees rushed to the face.Duan Yu thought in his heart: "Riding the horse on a good night, life is a joy." Suddenly someone in front shouted: "You bastard, stop!" In the darkness, the light of the knife flickered, and a single knife was coming towards him.But the black horse was running very fast, when the knife fell, the black horse had already stretched out about Zhang Xu.Duan Yu looked back, and saw two big men, one holding a single saber and the other holding a flower gun, striding forward in a hurry.The two yelled: "Bitch! Can a woman disguise herself as a man and hide it from the master?" In the blink of an eye, the dark horse had already thrown the two of them far away.Although the two big men were chasing quickly, they couldn't even hear their shouts for a moment.
Duan Yu pondered: "Why did these two reckless people call me 'thief bitch' and say that women disguised themselves as men? That's right, they want to find the black rose's master bad luck, they recognize horses but not people, they are really reckless." When I was about to go out, I suddenly remembered: "Oh, not good! Fortunately, my horse was fast and escaped from the ambush of these two men. It seems that these two big men are very good at martial arts. If the lady who borrowed the horse didn't know about this, she walked away without warning. If you come out, you will inevitably be plotted against. I have to go back and report the news!" Immediately stopped the horse and said: "Black Rose, someone is going to assassinate your young lady, we have to go back and tell her, please be careful, don't leave home."
Immediately turned the horse's head, and went back the same way, approaching the place where the big man had ambushed earlier, urged the horse: "Run, run!" Black Rose seemed to understand, under the urging of these two "run", Sure enough, the Mercedes-Benz is faster.But the two big men have disappeared.Duan Yu became even more anxious: "Wouldn't it be bad if the two of them went to the village to attack that lady?" He couldn't stop yelling "Run", Black Rose galloped back as if her hooves were off the ground.
When he was about to reach the house, suddenly two sticks swung close to the ground, hitting the horse's hooves directly.Black Rose didn't wait for Duan Yu to respond, and leaped over by itself, with his hind legs flying out, and with a bang, he kicked a man holding a stick straight out.
As soon as Black Rose jumped to the door, four or five people stood up in the darkness at the same time, reaching out to buckle Black Rose's bridle.Duan Yu only felt a tightness on his right arm, and he was already torn off the horse.Someone shouted: "Boy, what are you doing here? What are you doing?"
Duan Yu secretly groaned: "It's terrible, the house is surrounded by people, I don't know if the owner has been murdered." But he felt his right arm was tightly held by someone, as if wrapped in an iron hoop, half of his body was numb, He said: "I came to find the master here, why are you so fierce?" Only an old voice said: "This kid rode that bitch's black horse, he must be his friend, and let him in, let's cut the grass and root it out." , all in one go."
Duan Yu was flustered and panicked: "This is what I call throwing myself into a trap. This is the case, I have to go in and talk about it." He felt that the person holding his arm let go of his hand, straightened his clothes, and stepped forward to enter the door .
Passing through a yard, both sides of the stone path are full of roses, which are fragrant.The stone path zigzags through the gate of Yueyue Cave, Duan Yu walked along the stone path, but saw one on one side and one on the other side, all full of people.Suddenly he heard someone coughing softly from a high place, he raised his head and saw seven or eight people standing on the top of the wall, the cold light of the weapons in their hands flashed in the dark night.He was secretly startled: "There may not be many people in Zhuangzi, but why are there so many enemies here? Are we really going to drive them all out?" But seeing these people staring at him fiercely in the dark, some of them pressed their hands on the handle of their knives, intending to kill them all. Demonstration intimidation.
Duan Yu could only force himself to be calm and smiled.At the end of the stone path is a hall, with lights shining through rows of floor-to-ceiling windows.He walked to the long window and said loudly: "I have something to ask the master."
A hoarse voice shouted in the hall, "Who is it? Come in."
Duan Yu was angry, he pushed open the long window, stepped over the threshold, at a glance, there were seventeen or eighteen people sitting or standing in the hall.Sitting on the chair in the middle was a woman in black, with her waistcoat facing outwards, her face was invisible, her back was slender, and she was dressed in the attire of a dark-haired girl.On the east side, two old women sat in the grand master's chair with their hands empty, while the other dozen or so men and women were holding weapons.In front of the old woman at the bottom was a person lying on the ground, with blood gurgling from her neck, she was already dead, it looked like it was Lai Fuer who brought Duan Yu to borrow a horse.Duan Yu thought to himself that this person treated him respectfully and politely, but unexpectedly he suffered misfortune in a short time, it was also because of his own fault, so he couldn't bear it.
The old woman sitting at the top was full of white hair and was short in stature. He hissed, "Hey, kid! What are you doing here?"
When Duan Yu pushed open the long window and stepped into the hall, he had already made up his mind: "Since you have been in a dangerous situation, if you can manage to escape, you will be lucky. Otherwise, look at the vicious appearance of these people, even if you tell them more Good words are useless." After entering the hall, seeing Lai Fu'er's dead body lying on the ground, he became even more angry, and raised his head and said: "The old woman only lives a few years longer, how can a boy be tall and a boy be short, and speak so rudely? "
The old woman's face was broad and short, full of wrinkles, her white eyebrows were drooping, and a pair of small eyes narrowed into slits shot out a murderous look, she couldn't help looking up and down Duan Yu.The old woman sitting under her shouted: "Stinky boy, you don't know what's good or bad! Grandma Rui talks to you herself, she thinks of you kid! Do you know who this old woman is? She really has eyes that don't know Mount Tai." The old woman is very obese, with a protruding belly, as if she was seven or eight months pregnant. Her hair is gray, her face is full of flesh, and her voice is a little rougher than that of ordinary men. The handle of the knife was covered with blood, it was obvious that she killed Lai Fuer.
When Duan Yu saw this blood blade, he became angry and said loudly: "I heard that you are all outsiders in your accent, but you came to Dali to kill people randomly. You must know that although Dali is a small country, it has its own laws. What is the origin of Granny Rui? , I don't know at all, even if she is the empress dowager of the Song Dynasty, she can't come to Dali to commit suicide without authorization!"
The fat old woman was furious, stood up abruptly, waved her hands, a short knife was already held in each hand, and shouted: "I want to kill you, what do you think? There is no good person in Dali Kingdom, everyone should be killed " Duan Yu looked up to the sky and laughed, and said: "It's unreasonable, ridiculous, ridiculous!" The fat old woman took two steps forward, and chopped off Duan Yu's neck with the knife in her left hand.
With a bang, an iron crutch stretched out to block the dagger, but Granny Narui blocked it.She said in a low voice: "Grandma Ping wait a minute, ask clearly first, before you kill him!" She leaned the iron crutch against the side of the chair and asked Duan Yu, "Who are you?"
Duan Yu said: "I am a native of Dali. This fat granny said that everyone in Dali should be killed, and I should be killed." Granny Ping said angrily: "You call me Granny Ping, what are you talking about fat or not? What?" Duan Yu said with a smile: "You might as well touch your belly, is it fat or not?"
Granny Ping scolded: "Fuck your grandma!" She swung the knife and slashed him twice a foot in front of his face, making a whistling wind.Duan Yu was so frightened that he was covered in cold sweat, his heart was beating wildly, but his face was pretending to be complacent.
Granny Rui said: "You have a greasy head and a pink face, is this little bitch a good match?" She pointed at the vest of the girl in black.Duan Yu said: "I have never met this girl before. But Granny Rui, I advise you to be more polite. You speak hurtful words, this girl is a lot of adults, if you don't come to argue with you, your own character is not good. How clever." Granny Rui let out a snarl, and said, "You're teaching me a lesson. Since you've never met this little bitch, what are you doing here?"
Duan Yu said: "I'm here to report the news to the owner." Granny Rui said: "What news?" The mother-in-law said: "What news to report, tell me quickly." The tone became more and more serious.
Duan Yu said: "I have met the owner here, I will tell you. What's the use of telling you?" Grandma Rui sneered slightly, and after a while, she said: "If you want to say it face to face, then do it quickly. Wait a moment , you two have to go to the underworld for a meeting." Duan Yu changed his tone and said politely: "Who is the master? I would like to thank you for borrowing the horse."
As soon as he said this, everyone in the hall looked at the girl in black sitting on the chair.
Duan Yu was stunned: "Could it be that this girl is the owner of this place? She is a delicate girl, surrounded by so many powerful enemies, it really sucks."
The girl said slowly: "I lent you the horse because of my face, so I don't need you to thank me. Why don't you rush to save people, why are you coming back?" As she spoke, her face was still facing inward, not Turning his head, the voice is soft and pleasant.
Duan Yu said: "I was riding a black rose, and I encountered an ambush on the way. Two strong men mistook me for the girl, and said something rude, and I felt it was inappropriate, so I decided to report a message to the girl."
The girl said: "What news?" Her voice was clear, but there was no warmth in her tone, and she couldn't tell if she was uncomfortable. It seemed that she was indifferent to everything in the world, and she seemed to care about everyone. He has great hostility, wishing to kill all the people in the world.
Duan Yu felt slightly displeased when she heard her rude words, but then he thought that she had fallen into the hands of a powerful enemy, the situation was extremely dangerous, and he was in a bad mood, no wonder, so he felt sympathy.Wen Yan said: "I think that these two thugs intend to harm the girl, and I rely on the speed of the horse to escape the danger. But the girl may not know that there is an enemy attacking, so she came here to report, and I want to ask the girl to avoid it as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, it was still a step late, and the enemy has already arrived. I am really sorry."
The girl sneered and said: "What's your intention of coming to please me hypocritically?" Duan Yu was furious, and said loudly: "I don't know the girl before, but since I know that someone wants to harm me, how can I ignore it?" Where do you start?" The girl said: "Do you know who I am?" Duan Yu said: "I don't know."
The girl said: "I heard Lai Fu'er say that you don't know martial arts, yet you dare to denounce the owner of the valley in the Valley of Myriad Tribulations. You are really courageous. Now you are involved in this dispute, what do you do?" Duan Yu Startled for a moment, he said: "I wanted to report the news, so I rushed home." Speaking of this, he sighed and said: "It seems that although the girl is in danger, I am also in danger. But I don’t know why the girl became enmity with this dry man?”
The girl in black sneered, and said, "Why do you ask me?" Duan Yu was startled again, and said, "I shouldn't ask more about other people's private matters. Well, I've brought the report, so that's right. Stop you." The girl in black said: "You didn't expect to die here, did you? Do you regret it?" Duan Yu heard the sarcasm in her tone, and said loudly: "A man should act, but please What is the right thing to do, why regret it?"
The girl in black snorted, and said: "With your ability, you actually call yourself a real man." Duan Yu said: "Whether you are a hero or not, is it a matter of martial arts? Even if martial arts are the best in the world, if you act despicable You can't be the word 'big man'." The girl in black said: "Hey, that's a good word. You reported the news out of righteousness, so you wanted to be a real man. Later, they will be cut into pieces, and one will be cut into seventeen or eight dollars. I'm afraid he doesn't have any heroism anymore."
Granny Ping suddenly shouted in a rough voice: "Little bitch, why delay? Get up and do it!" The two swords struck each other, and the sound of clanking was ear-piercing.
The girl in black said coldly: "You've lived so long, you don't want to die at this moment. Why didn't that wicked woman surnamed Wang in Suzhou come to fight with me, but sent you slaves to come with me instead?" oh?"
Granny Rui said: "Our wife is so honorable, you little bitch wants to see our wife, it is extremely difficult. You know what is good, follow us obediently, and kowtow to your wife, maybe our wife is magnanimous , spare your life. If you want to escape again, you should give up your heart as soon as possible. Where is your master?"
The woman in black screamed, "My master is right behind you!"
Grandma Rui, Grandma Ping, etc. were all taken aback, they all turned their heads, but there was no one behind them?
Duan Yu couldn't help laughing out loud when he saw the terrified expressions of all these people, they were all fooled.Grandma Ping said angrily, "What are you laughing at?" Duan Yu laughed and said, "Ridiculous, ridiculous!" Grandma Ping asked again, "What's so ridiculous?" Duan Yu said, "Haha, extremely ridiculous!" Grandma Ping asked, "What is that?" Extremely ridiculous?" Duan Yu said: "Hehe, extremely ridiculous, extremely ridiculous!" Granny Ping said angrily, "What is so ridiculous?"
Granny Rui said: "Grandma Ping, don't pay attention to this brat!" She said to the girl in black: "Girl, you have fled from Jiangnan to Dali. We came all the way here, do you think it's okay? Let's do it anyway." Everyone died under your hands, and you must be captured and returned. Take action!"
Hearing Granny Rui's tone, Duan Yu was really afraid of the girl in black, and couldn't help but secretly marvel.Seeing the seventeen or eighteen people in the hall glaring, eager to try with their weapons in their hands, none of them stepped forward to make a move.Granny Ping, with two knives in hand, approached the girl in black several times, but always retreated immediately.
The girl in black said: "Hey, the reporter, these many people are going to beat me, what do you think?" Duan Yu said: "Well, the black rose is outside, if you can break out, you can ride away quickly This horse moves very fast, they can't catch you." The girl in black said: "What about you?" Duan Yu pondered and said: "I have never met them before, and I have no grudges or enmities. Maybe they won't come to follow you. I'm in trouble, and I don't know."
The girl in black sneered twice, and said: "If they can be so reasonable, so many people will not come to besiege me alone. Your little life will die, if I can escape, what wish do you have, you want me to give it to you." Are you going to do it?"
Duan Yu felt sad for a while, and said: "Your friend Miss Zhong was detained by the Shennong Gang in Wuliang Mountain. Her mother gave me this box and asked me to send it to my father, asking him to try to save her. If... ...If...the girl can get away, it would be best if I can do this for you, I am very grateful." He walked up a few steps and handed over the small gold tin box.Walking about two feet away from her back, I suddenly smelled a scent, like Lanfeilan, like musk but not musk, although the smell is not very strong, but faint and deep, sweet and greasy, I can't help but feel moved when I smell it.
The girl in black still didn't look back, and asked: "Zhong Ling is very beautiful, is he your favorite?" Duan Yu said: "No, no. Miss Zhong is very young and innocent, how can I... What do you mean?" The girl in black stretched out her left arm and took the gold tin box away.Duan Yu saw that she was wearing a thin black silk glove, not showing any skin, and said: "My father lives in Dali City, you just need to..."
The girl in black said: "It's not too late to talk slowly." Putting the tin box into her arms, she said, "Old man surnamed Zhu, get out!" An old man with gray beard said tremblingly: "You say What?" The girl in black said: "Get out of the hall, I don't want to kill you today." The old man raised his sword and shouted, "What nonsense are you talking about?" His voice was trembling, and he didn't know if it was out of anger or Fear.
The girl in black said: "You are not under the wretched woman surnamed Wang, but you are just dragged by these two old women to join in the fun. Along the way, you were polite to me, those guys always wanted to expose my face, You keep trying to dissuade me. Hmph, you don’t deserve to die, so get out!” The old man’s face turned ashen, and the tip of the long sword in his hand slowly dropped.
Duan Yu persuaded: "Girl, you tell him to go out, that's all, you shouldn't use the word 'roll'. You speak so impolitely, I hope the old man will not be angry?"
Unexpectedly, the old man surnamed Zhu showed hesitation and fear for a while, and suddenly there was a clang, the long sword fell to the ground, covered his face with his hands, and really ran out.Just as he reached out to push the long window in the hall, Granny Ping waved her right hand, and a short knife flew out, hitting his back.The old man fell down and crawled on the ground for about Zhang Xu before he died.
Duan Yu said angrily: "Hey, fat mother-in-law, this old man is one of your own, why did you suddenly make such a murderous move?"
Granny Ping drew another short knife from her waist with her right hand, still holding a knife in each hand, staring at the girl in black with all her attention, she didn't seem to hear Duan Yu's words.The rest of the people in the hall took a few steps forward, posing as if they were going to attack. They saw that as long as someone gave an order, more than ten weapons would all be chopped down on the girl in black.
Seeing this situation, Duan Yu couldn't help being filled with righteous indignation, he shouted: "You people, besieging a lonely and weak girl with bare hands, is there still the law of heaven and king?" He took a few steps, blocked behind the girl in black, and shouted: "You Dare to do it?" Although he doesn't know a little bit of martial arts, he is upright and has a majestic prestige.
Grandma Rui saw that he looked confident and fearless, she couldn't help muttering in her heart, she guessed that if this young man didn't possess special skills and deliberately put on an appearance, then he had a great backer behind him.She was ordered to lead a crowd from the south of the Yangtze River to Dali to hunt down the girl in black. In this foreign land, she really didn't want to cause any troubles, so she said: "Your Excellency is determined to recruit this matter?" Her tone was actually a little more polite.Duan Yu said: "That's right, I can't let you bully the weak." Granny Rui said: "Which sect do you belong to? Are you related to this little bitch? Who ordered you to intervene?"
Duan Yu shook his head and said: "I am not related to this girl, but the word 'reason' can never be conveyed in the world. I advise you to stop when you have to. It is too much for many people to bully a single girl together. Disgraceful, uttering foul language, not to mention the demeanor of seniors." He whispered: "Girl, run away, I will try to stabilize them."
The girl in black also whispered: "You gave your life for me, don't you regret it?" Duan Yu said: "I have no regrets in death." The girl in black asked again: "Aren't you afraid of death?" Duan Yu sighed , said: "I am naturally afraid of death, but...but..."
The girl in black suddenly shouted: "You have no strength to bind a chicken, what kind of hero are you?" She swung her right hand suddenly, and two colored ribbons flew out, binding Duan Yu's hands and feet respectively.When Granny Rui, Granny Ping and others saw her suddenly attacking Duan Yu, they were all surprised. When the crowd was astonished, the girl in black raised her left hand repeatedly.In Duan Yu's ears, he could only hear the sound of thud, bang, bang, people fell down on the left and right, the swords and swords were flying and flickering in front of him, suddenly all the candles in the hall were extinguished, his eyes were dark, he was lifted up in the air like flying through the clouds.
These changes happened so fast, he didn't know where he was for a moment, but he heard shouts from all around: "Don't let the bitch escape!" "Watch out for her poisonous arrows!" "Let the flying knife! Let the flying knife!" Followed There was a sound of choking and clanging, and he flew up again, with the sound of hooves, he was already on the horse's back, but his hands and feet were bound and he couldn't move.
I only felt that the back of my neck was leaning against a person, and I smelled a faint fragrance in my nose, which was the fragrance of the girl in black.The sound of the hoofbeats was light and steady, and the sound of the enemy's chasing and killing gradually faded away behind him.Black Rose has black hair all over her body, and the girl is all dressed in black. The night is pitch black, and she can't see anything when she opens her eyes, only a scent of fragrance lingers around her nose, adding a bit of mystery.
Black Rose ran for a while, and the noise of the enemy was gone.Duan Yu said: "Miss, I didn't expect you to be so good at it, please let me up." The girl in black snorted and ignored her.Duan Yu's hands and feet were tightly bound by the straps. Every time Black Rose took a step, the straps tightened. Unspeakably uncomfortable, he said again: "Girl, let me go!" There was a sudden slap, and a hot slap was slapped on the face.The girl said coldly: "Don't be nagging, the girl didn't ask you, so don't talk!" Duan Yu said angrily: "Why?" He slapped twice, and then slapped twice.These two blows were more severe, and only made his right ear buzz. Duan Yu shouted loudly: "You hit people at every turn, let me go quickly, I don't want to be with you." Suddenly he jumped up and fell to the ground with a bang, but his hands and feet were bound by belts, The other end was still held in the girl's hand, and Duan Yu was pulled by the black rose and dragged forward across the ground. The girl sipped low, ordered Black Rose to slow down, and asked, "Have you taken it? Have you listened to me?" Duan Yu said loudly: "Don't accept it, don't accept it! Don't listen, don't listen! Just now I am about to die, but I am not afraid. You torture me a little, I am afraid...I am afraid..." He wanted to say "I am afraid... What are you afraid of?" But at this time, he happened to be pulled over two mounds on the road, thrown twice, and swallowed the two words "what" in his mouth, unable to speak. The girl in black said coldly: "Are you afraid!" She pulled the ribbon and lifted him onto the horse.Duan Yu said: "I mean 'what am I afraid of?' Of course not! Let me go, I don't want to be led away by you!" The girl snorted and said: "In front of me, who has the right to speak? Son? If I want to torture you, I want to cure you to death, how can it be so cheap as 'little torture'?" He said with his left hand, then threw him off the horse and dragged him on the ground. Duan Yu was furious, and thought to himself: "These people keep calling you a little bitch, so there is a lot of reason." He shouted: "If you don't let go, I will scold you." The girl said: "If you have the courage, do it." Scolding. Haven't I been scolded enough in my life?" Duan Yu felt miserable when he heard her last words, and just as he was about to say "little bitch", his heart softened and he immediately Hold back. The girl waited for a while, and seeing that he was silent, she said, "Hmph, I don't think you dare to scold him!" Duan Yu said: "I heard you speak pitifully, and I can't bear to scold you. Are you afraid that you won't succeed?" The girl whistled and urged the horse to go fast, and Black Rose let go of her four hooves and galloped.This made Duan Yu suffer, his head, face, hands and feet were wiped bloody by the gravel on the road.The girl shouted: "Are you surrendering or not?" Duan Yu scolded loudly: "You don't know what is good and what is bad, you are a pungent woman!" ? Don't I know it myself?" Duan Yu said: "I... I... have good intentions for you... for you..." Suddenly his head hit a protruding stone on the side of the road, and he fainted instantly. I don't know how much time has passed before he woke up with a feeling of coolness on his head, and then water gushed into his mouth, he hurriedly shut his mouth, but couldn't help coughing.As a result, more water enters the mouth and nose.It turned out that he was still tied to the horse and dragged along. Seeing that he was fainted, the girl rode the horse across a small stream, soaked him in cold water, and then woke up.Fortunately, the creek was very narrow, and Black Rose crossed it in a few steps.Duan Yu's clothes were drenched, his stomach was swollen with water, his whole body was bruised, and he was indescribably uncomfortable. The girl asked: "Are you convinced?" Duan Yu thought to himself: "There is such an unreasonable woman in the world, she can be regarded as an unkind creation, and I, Duan Yu, should have this calamity. Since I fell into her hands, I will fight with her again." Talking is also superfluous." The girl asked several times: "Are you convinced? Have you suffered enough?" Duan Yu ignored him, pretending not to hear.The girl said angrily: "Are you deaf? Why didn't you answer me?" Duan Yu still ignored. The girl reined in the horse to see if he was still awake.At that time, the morning light was dim, and the east was already bright, but he saw his eyes wide open, staring at her angrily, and the girl said angrily: "Okay, you obviously didn't faint, but you pretended to be dead and fought with me." Fight. Let's fight to see if it's you or me!" As he spoke, he jumped off the horse, and with a light jerk, he broke a branch from a big tree. Take a swipe. Duan Yu met her face to face for the first time at this time, and saw that her face was covered with a black cloth mask, only two eye holes were exposed, and a pair of eyes were as bright as spots of paint, shooting at him.Duan Yu smiled slightly, and said in his heart: "Of course you are the best. You are a fierce woman, who is better than you?" The girl said: "You can still laugh at this loss! What are you laughing at?" Duan Yu made a grimace at her, grinned and smiled again.The girl raised her hand and pumped seven or eight times.Duan Yu has long put life and death aside, ignored him, and tried his best to smile.It's just that this girl's hands are vicious, every time the branch hit him the most painful place, he couldn't help crying out several times, and finally restrained himself. Seeing how stubborn he was, the girl said angrily: "Okay! You pretend to be deaf and dumb, and I'll make you really deaf." Stretching her hand into her bosom, she took out a dagger with a blade about seven inches long, shining coldly , walked two steps towards him, pointed the dagger at his left ear, and shouted: "Did you hear me? Do you still want this ear?" Duan Yu still ignored him.The girl's eyes showed a fierce look, she raised her hand, and the dagger was about to stab him in the ear. Duan Yu was in a hurry, and shouted: "Hey, are you real or fake? You have deafened me, can you cure me?" The girl said with a pooh, "Young girl can cure someone even if she kills someone. , if you don’t believe it, then try it.” Duan Yu hurriedly said: “I believe it, I believe it! Then there’s no need to try it!” When the girl saw him speak, she convinced herself, so she stopped torturing him, put him on the saddle, jumped on the horse herself, and this time she actually put him on the head and lowered her feet, and treated him better.Duan Yu no longer suffers from the upside-down pain, although the bound hands and feet still hurt, but compared to dragging sideways on the ground just now, it's a world of difference, so he didn't dare to speak to make her angry. After walking for more than half an hour, Duan Yunei got anxious and wanted the girl to let him go, but his hands were bound and he couldn't make gestures, not to mention that even if his hands were free, this gesture was really inconvenient, so he had to say: "I want to let go, Please let me go, girl." The girl said: "Okay, you are not dumb now? Why did you talk to me?" Duan Yu said: "I have no choice but to dare to blaspheme the girl. The girl smells so good. If I succeed Wouldn't it spoil the scenery if he got a 'stinky boy'?" The girl couldn't help but let out a "chi" laugh, thinking that she had to let him go now, so she drew her sword and cut off the belts that bound his hands and feet, and walked away . Duan Yu was tied up for most of the day, his hands and feet were already numb, he couldn't move, he rolled on the ground for a while before he could stand up.After untiing her hands, she saw the black rose standing aside grazing, very docile, thinking: "If you don't leave now, when will you wait?" He quietly stepped on the horse, and the black rose did not resist.Duan Yu picked up the reins and galloped the horse north. The girl heard the sound of hooves and chased after her, but the black rose was running extremely fast, no matter how good the girl's lightness kung fu was, she couldn't catch up with it.Duan Yu clasped his hands and said: "Girl, there will be a period later. You have to be careful!" With just these two words, Black Rose has jumped more than twenty feet away.When he turned his head, he saw that the girl's body was blocked by trees, and he had to get rid of the demon's poisonous hand. He felt extremely happy, and urged him again and again: "Good horse, good horse! Run, run! " Duan Yu thought to himself: "After such a night of delay, I wonder if there is still time to save Miss Zhong? On the way, I just don't eat, don't sleep, and run desperately, but I don't know if Black Rose can endure it?" While hesitating, he suddenly heard a clear whistle coming from far behind. Hearing the whistling sound, Black Rose immediately turned around and ran back the same way.Duan Yu was taken aback, and hurriedly shouted: "Good horse, good horse, you can't go back." He pulled the rein hard, asking Black Rose to turn his head.Unexpectedly, although Black Rose's head was pulled to the side by the rein, her body still went straight forward, ignoring his command at all. In an instant, Black Rose had rushed to the girl and stood still.Duan Yu couldn't laugh or cry, his expression was extremely embarrassing.The girl said coldly: "I didn't want to kill you, but you escaped privately and stole my black rose. Is this still a man?" Duan Yu jumped off his horse and said proudly: "I'm not your servant, I can leave as soon as I want, how can I say 'escape privately'? You lent me the black rose earlier, and I didn't return it to you, so it's not worth it. Steal. If you want to kill, kill it. Zeng Zi said: "If you shrink back, even though there are tens of thousands of people, I will go!" I shrink back from myself, so I am a real man." The girl said: "Why do you shrink back? You shrink your head and I will strike you with a sword." Obviously not understanding Duan Yu's quotations from the scriptures, she held the hilt of the sword and pulled half of the long sword out of the sheath, saying: "You are so bold , I really dare not kill you?" said two cold eyes directed at him. Duan Yu met her eyes without showing any sign of flinching.The two stood facing each other, staring at each other for a long while, and with a slap, the girl sheathed her sword and shouted: "You go! At least you told me to 'be careful' when you left, and you were kind to me. Leave your head for now." It's stored on your neck, waiting for the girl to be happy, come and get it anytime." Duan Yu was already determined to die, but he didn't expect that she would let him go, he was startled, without saying much, turned around and limped 's gone.
He walked more than ten feet, but still did not hear the sound of the horse's hooves. Looking back, he saw the girl standing there in a daze, thinking, "Probably she is thinking of some evil idea, like a cat playing with a mouse, to kill me." Only after teasing me enough will I kill me. Well, I can’t escape anyway, so I have to leave everything to her.” Unexpectedly, he walked farther and farther, but he never heard the girl chasing after her on horseback. He took several side roads one after another, and gradually he felt relieved, his heart became more relaxed, and the scratches on his head, face, hands, and feet began to hurt, and he thought: "This girl has such a weird temper, maybe her parents have died, and she has encountered countless misfortunes in her life. Maybe she is so ugly that she refuses to show her face, she is a poor person. Oh, Mrs. Zhong's gold tin box is still with her." But if I want to go back and get it back from her, I dare not. , I thought: "I met Daddy, and at most I agreed to learn martial arts from him. Daddy will naturally go to save Miss Zhong. Even if Daddy doesn't go in person, he just sends someone. This gold box is not very useful. It's just me Without a horse, walking to Dali on foot like this is bound to kill her from poison on the way. Ms. Zhong waited for rescue, and lived like a year. She saw that I didn't go back, and her father didn't come to save me. She thought that I didn't send her a letter. I am a ruthless person. At any rate, I have to go to Wuliang Mountain and die with her, so that she can understand that I will never let you down." Having made up his mind, he immediately discerned the direction, took a big step, and rushed to Wuliang Mountain.The banks of the Lancang River are extremely desolate, and there is no human habitation even after walking for dozens of miles.On this day, he could only pick some wild fruits to satisfy his hunger, and at night he slept indiscriminately in the mountain depression. In the afternoon of the next day, I crossed another chain bridge and crossed the Lancang River again. After traveling for more than 20 miles, I arrived at a small town.The money he carried in his arms was lost among the cliffs when he fell into the deep valley.自顾全身衣衫破烂不堪，肚中又觉饥饿，想起帽上所镶的一块碧玉是贵重之物，于是扯了下来，拿到镇上唯一的一家米店去求售。米店本不是售玉之所，但这镇上只这家米店较大，那店主见他气宇轩昂，倒也不敢小觑了。却不识得宝玉的珍贵，只肯出二两银子相购。段誉也不理会，取了二两银子，想去买套衣巾，小镇上并无沽衣之肆，于是到饭铺中去买饭吃。 在板凳上坐落，两个膝头登时便从裤子破孔中露了出来，长袍的前后襟都已撕去，裤子后臀也有几个大孔，屁股触到凳面，但觉凉飕飕的，心想：“这等光屁股的模样实在太不雅观，该当及早设法才是。”饭店主人端上饭菜，说道：“今儿不逢集，没鱼没肉，相公将就吃些青菜豆腐下饭。”段誉道：“甚好，甚好。”端起饭碗便吃。他一生锦衣玉食，今日光着屁股吃此粗粝，只因数日没饭下肚，全凭野果充饥，虽是青菜豆腐，却也吃得十分香甜。 吃到第三碗饭时，忽听得店门外有人说道：“娘子，这里倒有家小饭店，且看有什么吃的。”一个女子声音笑道：“瞧你这副吃不饱的馋相儿。” 段誉听得声音好熟，立时想到正是无量剑的干光豪与他那葛师妹，心下惊慌，急忙转身朝里，暗想：“怎么叫起'娘子'来了？嗯，原来东西联宗，做了夫妻啦。我这一卦是'无妄卦'，'六三，无妄之灾；或系之牛，行人之得，邑人之灾。'虽无牛系，但这位干老兄得了老婆，我段公子却遇上了灾难。” 只听干光豪笑道：“新婚夫妻，怎吃得饱？”那葛师妹啐了一口，低声笑道：“好没良心！要是老夫老妻，那就饱了？”语音中满含荡意。两人走进饭店坐落，干光豪大声叫道：“店家，拿酒饭来，有牛肉先给切一盆……咦！” 段誉只听得背后脚步声响，一只大手搭上了右肩，将他身子扳转，登时与干光豪面面相对。段誉苦笑道：“干老兄、干大嫂，恭喜你二位百年好合，白头偕老，无量剑东宗西宗合并归宗。” 干光豪哈哈大笑，回头向那葛师妹望了一眼，段誉顺着他目光瞧去，见那葛师妹一张鹅蛋脸，左颊上有几粒白麻子，倒也颇有几分姿色。只见她满脸诧愕之色，渐渐地目露凶光，低沉着嗓子道：“问个清楚，他怎么到这里来啦？附近有无量剑的人没有？” 干光豪脸上登时收起笑容，恶狠狠地道：“我娘子的话你听见了没有？快说。”段誉心想：“我胡说八道一番，最好将他们吓得快快逃走，否则这二人非杀了我灭口不可。”说道：“贵派有四位师兄，手提长剑，刚才匆匆忙忙的从门外走过，向东而去，似乎在追赶什么人。” 干光豪脸色大变，向那葛师妹道：“走吧！”那葛师妹站起身来，右掌虚劈，作个杀人的姿式。干光豪点点头，拔出长剑，径向段誉颈中斩落。 这一剑来得好快，段誉见到那葛师妹的手势，便知不妙，早已缩身向后，可是仍然避不开。眼见白刃及颈，突然间嗤的一声轻响，干光豪仰天便倒，长剑脱手掷出。跟着又是嗤的一声，那葛师妹正要跨出店门，听得干光豪的呼叫，刚要转头察看，便已摔倒在门槛上。两人都身子扭了几下，便即不动。干光豪喉头插了一枝黑色小箭，那葛师妹则是后颈中箭。听这嗤嗤两响，正是那黑衣女郎昨晚灭烛退敌的发射暗器之声。 段誉又惊又喜，回过头来，背后空荡荡的并无一人。却听得店门外嘘溜溜一声马嘶，果然那黑衣女郎骑了黑玫瑰缓缓走过。 段誉叫道：“多谢姑娘救我！”抢出门去。那女郎一眼也没瞧他，自行策马而行。段誉朗声道：“若不是你发了这两枚短箭，我这当儿脑袋已不在脖子上啦。”那女郎仍不理睬。 店主人追将出来，叫道：“相……相公，出……出了人命啦！可不得了啊！”段誉道：“啊哟，我还没给饭钱。”伸手要去掏银子，却见黑玫瑰已行出数丈，叫道：“死人身上有银子，他们摆喜酒请客，你自己拿吧！”急急忙忙地追到马后。
那女郎策马缓行，片刻间出了市镇。段誉紧紧跟随，说道：“姑娘，你好人做到底，送佛送到西，不如连钟姑娘也一并救了吧。”那女郎冷冷地道：“钟灵是我朋友，我本来要去救她。可是我最恨人家求我。你求我去救钟灵，我就偏偏不去救了。”段誉忙道：“好，好。我不求姑娘！”那女郎道：“可是你已经求过了。”段誉道：“那么我刚才说过的不算。”那女郎道：“哼，你是男子汉大丈夫，说过的话怎能不算？” 段誉心道：“先前我在她面前老是自称大丈夫，她可见了怪啦，说不得，为了救钟姑娘一命，只好大丈夫也不做了。”说道：“我不是男子汉大丈夫，我……我是全靠姑娘救了一条小命的可怜虫。” 那女郎嗤的一声笑，向他打量片刻，说道：“你对钟灵这小鬼头倒好。昨晚你宁可性命不要，也非充大丈夫不可，这会儿居然肯做可怜虫了。哼，我不去救钟灵！” 段誉急道：“那……那又为什么啊？”那女郎道：“我师父说，世上男人就没一个有良心的，个个都会花言巧语地骗女人，心里净是不怀好意。男人的话一句也听不得。”段誉道：“那也不尽然啊，好像……好像……”一时举不出什么例子，便道：“好像姑娘的爹爹，就是个大大的好人。”那女郎道：“我师父说，我爹爹就不是好人！” 段誉眼见那女郎催得黑玫瑰越走越快，自己难以追上，叫道：“姑娘，慢走！” 突然间人影晃动，道旁林中蹿出四人，拦在当路。黑玫瑰陡然停步，倒退了两步。这四人都是年轻女子，一色的碧绿斗篷，手中各持双钩，居中一人喝道：“你们两个，便是无量剑的干光豪与葛光佩，是不是？” 段誉道：“不是，不是。干光豪和葛姑娘，早已那个……那个了。”那女子道：“什么那个、那个了？你二人一男一女，年纪轻轻，结伴同行，瞧模样定是私奔，还不是无量剑干葛两个叛徒？”段誉笑道：“姑娘说话太也无理。葛光佩脸上有麻子点儿，这位姑娘却是花容月貌，美丽无比，大大不同。”那女子向黑衣女郎喝道：“把面罩拉下来！” 蓦地里嗤嗤嗤嗤四声，黑衣女郎发出四枚短箭，铮铮两响，两个女子挥钩格落，另外两个女子却中箭倒地。这四箭射出之前全无征兆，去势又是快极，居然仍有两箭未中。黑衣女郎立即跃下马背，身在半空时已拔剑在手，左足一着地，右足立即跨前，唰唰两剑，分攻两名女子，两女也正挥钩攻上，一女抵挡黑衣女郎，另一名女子挺钩向段誉刺去。 段誉“啊哟”一声，钻到了黑玫瑰肚子底下。那女子一怔，万想不到此人竟会出此怪招，正欲挺钩到马底去刺段誉，背心上一痛，登时摔倒，却是黑衣女郎趁机射了她一箭。但便这么一分神，黑衣女郎左臂已为敌钩钩中，嘶的一声响，拉下半只袖子，露出雪白手臂，臂上划出一条尺来长的伤口，登时鲜血淋漓。 黑衣女郎挥剑力攻，但那使钩女子武功着实了得，双钩挥动，招数巧妙，酣斗片刻，黑衣女郎左腿中钩，划破了裤子。她连射两箭，都被对方挥钩格开。那女子连声喝道：“你是什么人？你剑法不是无量剑的！”黑衣女郎不答，剑招加紧，突然“啊”的一声叫，长剑被单钩锁住，敌人手腕急转，黑衣女郎把捏不住，长剑脱手飞出，急忙跃开。那使钩女子双钩连刺，都让她闪过。 段誉早就瞧得焦急万分，苦于无力上前相助。眼见黑衣女郎危殆，无法多想，匆忙中抱起地下一具死尸，双手将死尸头前脚后的横持了，便似挺着一根巨棒，向那使钩女子疾冲过去。 使钩女子吃了一惊，见迎面冲来的正是自己姊妹的脑袋，心中悲痛，右手钩向段誉面门刺去，可是中间隔着一具尸体，这一钩差了半尺，没能刺到，砰的一下，胸口已给尸体脑袋撞中，就在这时，一枚短箭射入她右眼，仰天便倒。 段誉瞥眼见黑衣女郎左膝跪地，叫道：“姑娘，你……你没事吧。”奔过去要扶。那女郎站起身来，不料段誉慌乱中兀自持着尸体，将死尸脑袋向着她胸口撞去。那女郎在死尸脑袋上一推，段誉“啊”的一声，摔了出去，尸体正好压在他身上。 那女郎见到他这等狼狈模样，忍不住笑出声来。想起适才这一战凶险万分，若不是先出其不意地杀了两人，又得段誉在旁援手，只怕连一个使钩女子也斗不过，这四个女子不知是什么来头，恁地武功了得？叫道：“喂，傻子，你抱着个死人干什么？” 段誉爬起身来，放下尸体，说道：“罪过，罪过。唉，真正对不住了。你们认错了人，客客气气地问个明白就是了，胡说八道的，难怪惹得姑娘生气，岂不枉送了性命？姑娘，其实你也不用出手杀人，除下面幕来给她们瞧上一眼，不是什么事也没了？” 那女郎厉声道：“住嘴！我用得着你教训？谁叫她们说我跟你私……私……什么的？”段誉道：“是，是。这是她们胡说的不是，不过姑娘还是不必杀人。啊，你……你的伤口得包扎一下。”眼见她大腿上露出雪白的肌肤，不敢多看，忙转过了头。 那女郎听他老是责备自己不该杀人，本想上前挥手就打，听他提及伤口，登觉腿臂处伤口疼痛。幸好这两钩都入肉不深，没伤到筋骨，当及取出金创药敷上，撕破敌人的斗篷，包扎伤口。 段誉将尸体逐一拖入草丛，说道：“本来该当替你们起个坟墓才是，可惜这里没铲子。唉，四位姑娘年纪轻轻，容貌虽不算美，也不丑陋……” 那女郎听他说到容貌美丑，问道：“喂，你怎知道我脸上没麻子，又是什么花容月貌了？”段誉笑道：“这是想当然耳！”那女郎道：“什么'想当然耳'？”段誉道：“'想当然耳'，就是想来当然是这样的。”那女郎道：“瞎说！你做梦也想不到我相貌，我满脸都是大麻子！”段誉道：“未必，未必！过谦，过谦！” 那女郎见衣袖裤脚都给铁钩钩破了，便走入草丛，从尸体上除下一件斗篷，披在身上。段誉突然叫道：“啊哟！”猛地想起自己裤子上有几个大洞，光着屁股跟这位姑娘在一起，成何体统？急忙倒身而行，不敢以屁股对着那女郎，也从一具尸体上除下斗篷，披在自己身上。那女郎嗤的一声笑。段誉面红过耳，想起自己裤子上的大破洞，委实羞愧无地。 那女郎在四具女尸上拔出短箭，放入怀中。 段誉道：“你的短箭见血封喉，剧毒无比。劝姑娘今后若非万不得已，千万不可再用，杀伤人命，实是有干天和，倘若……”那女郎喝道：“你再跟我啰唆，要不要试试见血封喉的味道？”右手一扬，嗤的一声响，一枚毒箭从段誉身侧飞过，插入地下。 段誉吓得面色惨白，再也不敢多说。那女郎道：“封了你的喉，你还能不能跟我啰唆？”说着过去拔起地下短箭，对着段誉又是一扬。段誉吓了一跳，急忙倒退。 那女郎笑了起来，将短箭放入囊中，向他瞪了一眼，说道：“你穿了这件斗篷，活脱便是个姑娘。把斗篷拉起来遮住头顶。再撞上人，人家也不会说咱们一男一女……”段誉道：“是，是。”依言除下头上方巾，揣入怀中，拉起斗篷的头罩套在头上。那女郎拍手大笑。 段誉见她笑得天真，心想：“瞧你这模样，只怕比我年纪还小，怎地杀起人来却这等辣手？”见她斗篷前面有块锦缎垂下来遮住胸口，锦缎上绣着一头黑鹫，昂首蹲踞，神态威猛，自己斗篷上的黑鹫也一模一样，摇头叹道：“姑娘人家，衣衫上不绣花儿蝶儿，却绣上这般凶霸霸的鸟儿，好勇斗狠，唉！”说着又摇了摇头。 那女郎瞪眼道：“你讥讽我么？”段誉道：“不是，不是！不敢，不敢！”那女郎道：“到底是'不是'，还是'不敢'？”段誉道：“是不敢。”那女郎便不言语了。 段誉问道：“你伤口痛不痛？要不要休息一下？”那女郎道：“伤口当然痛！我在你身上割两刀，瞧你痛不痛？”段誉心道：“泼辣横蛮，莫此为甚。”那女郎又道：“你当真关心我痛不痛吗？天下可没这样好心的男子。你是盼望我快些去救钟灵，只不过说不出口。走吧！”说着走到黑玫瑰之旁，跃上马背，手指西北方，道：“无量剑的剑湖宫是在那边，是不是？”段誉道：“好像是的。” 两人一个乘马，一个步行，缓缓向西北方行去。走了一会，那女郎问道：“金盒子里的时辰八字是谁的？”段誉心道：“原来你已打开来看过了。”说道：“我不知道。”那女郎道：“是钟灵的，是不是？”段誉道：“真的不知道。”那女郎道：“还在骗人？钟夫人将她女儿许配了给你，是不是？给我老老实实的说。”段誉道：“没有，的确没有。我段誉倘若欺骗了姑娘，你就给我来个见血封喉。” 那女郎问道：“你姓段？叫做段誉？”段誉道：“是啊，名誉的'誉'。”那女郎道：“哼！你名誉挺好么？我瞧不见得。”段誉笑道：“名誉挺坏的'誉'，也就是这个字。”那女郎笑道：“这就对啦！”段誉道：“姑娘尊姓？”那女郎道：“我为什么要跟你说？你的姓名是你自己说的，我又没问你。” 走了一段路，那女郎道：“待会咱们救出了钟灵，这小鬼头定会跟你说我的姓名，你不许听。”段誉忍笑道：“好，我不听。”那女郎似乎也觉这件事办不到，说道：“就算你听到了，也不许记得。”段誉道：“是，我就算记得了，也要拚命想法子忘记。”那女郎道：“呸，你骗人，当我不知道么？” 说话之间，天色渐渐黑将下来，不久月亮东升，两人乘着月亮，觅路而行。走了约莫两个更次，远远望见对面山坡上繁星点点，烧着一堆堆火头，火头之东山峰耸峙，山脚下数十间大屋，正是无量剑剑湖宫。段誉指着火头，道：“神农帮就在那边。咱们悄悄过去，抢了钟灵就逃，好不好？” 那女郎冷冷地道：“怎么逃法？”段誉道：“你和钟灵骑了黑玫瑰快奔，神农帮追你们不上的。”那女郎道：“你呢？”段誉道：“我给神农帮逼着服了断肠散的毒药，司空玄帮主说是服后七天，毒发身亡，须得设法先骗到解药，这才逃走。” 那女郎道：“原来你已给他们逼着服了毒药。你怎么不想及早设法解毒，仍来给我报讯？”段誉道：“我本以为黑玫瑰脚程快，报个讯息，也耽搁不了多少时候。”那女郎道：“你到底是生来心好呢，还是个傻瓜？”段誉笑道：“只怕各有一半。傻气多些，好心少些！” 那女郎哼了一声，道：“你的解药怎生骗法？”段誉踌躇道：“本来说好，是用闪电貂的解药，去换断肠散解药。他们拿不到毒貂解药，这断肠散的解药，倒不大容易骗到手。姑娘，你有什么法子？”那女郎道：“你们男人才会骗人，我有什么骗人的法子？跟他们硬要，要钟灵，要解药！” 段誉心头一凛，知道她又要大杀一场，心想：“最好……最好……”但“最好”怎样，自己可全无主意。
两人并肩向火堆走去。行到离中央的大火堆数十丈处，黑暗中突然跃出两人，都是手执药锄，横持当胸。一人喝道：“什么人？干什么的？” 那女郎道：“司空玄呢？叫他来见我。” 那两人在月光下见那女郎与段誉身披碧绿锦缎斗篷，挡胸的锦缎上绣着一只黑鹫，登时大惊，立即跪倒。一人说道：“是，是！小人不知是灵鹫宫圣使驾到，多……多有冒犯，请圣使恕罪。”语音颤抖，显是害怕之极。 段誉大奇：“什么灵鹫宫圣使？”随即省悟：“啊，是了，我和这姑娘都披上了绿色斗篷，他们认错人了。”跟着又记起数日前在剑湖宫中听得钟灵说道，她偷听到司空玄跟帮中下属的说话，奉了缥缈峰灵鹫宫天山童姥的号令，前来占无量山剑湖宫，然则神农帮是灵鹫宫的部属，难怪这两人如此惶惧。 那女郎显然不明就里，问道：“什么灵……”段誉怕她露出马脚，忙逼紧嗓子道：“快叫司空玄来。”那两人应道：“是，是！”站起身来，倒退几步，这才转身向大火堆奔去。 段誉向那女郎低声道：“灵鹫宫是他们的顶头上司。”扯下斗篷头罩，围住了口鼻，只露出一对眼睛。 那女郎还待再问，司空玄已飞奔而至，大声说道：“属下司空玄恭迎圣使，未曾远迎，尚请恕罪。”抢到身前，跪下磕头，说道：“神农帮司空玄，恭请童姥万寿圣安！” 段誉心道：“童姥是什么人，又不是皇帝、皇太后，什么万寿圣安的，不伦不类。”当下点了点头，道：“起来吧。”司空玄道：“是！”又磕了两个头，这才站起。这时他身后已跪满了人，都是神农帮的帮众。 段誉道：“钟家那小姑娘呢？带她过来。”两名帮众也不等帮主吩咐，立即飞奔到大火堆畔，抬了钟灵过来。段誉道：“快松了绑。”司空玄道：“是。”拔出匕首，割断钟灵手足上绑着的绳索。段誉见她安好无恙，心下大喜，逼紧着嗓子说道：“钟灵，过来。”钟灵道：“你是什么人？”司空玄厉声喝道：“圣使面前，不得无礼。她老人家叫你过去。”钟灵心想：“管你是什么老人家小人家，反正你不让人家绑我，山羊胡子又这样怕你，听你的吩咐便了。”便走到段誉面前。 段誉伸左手拉住她手，扯在身边，捏了捏她手，打个招呼。料想她难以明白，也就不理会了，对司空玄道：“拿断肠散的解药来！” 司空玄微觉奇怪，但立即吩咐下属：“取我药箱来，快，快！”微一沉吟间，便即明白：“啊哟，定是那姓段的小子去求了灵鹫宫圣使，以致圣使来要人要药。”药箱拿到，他命人打开箱盖，左手入箱取出个瓷瓶，恭恭敬敬地呈上，说道：“请圣使赐收。这解药连服三天，每天一次，每次一钱已足。”段誉大喜，接在手中。 钟灵忽道：“喂，山羊胡子，这解药你还有吗？你答允了给我段大哥解毒的。要是尽数给了人家，段大哥请得我爹爹给你解毒时，岂不糟了？”段誉心下感激，又捏了捏她手。司空玄道：“这个……这个……”钟灵急道：“什么这个那个的？你解不了他的毒，我叫爹爹也不给你解毒。” 那黑衣女郎忍不住喝道：“钟灵，别多嘴！你段大哥死不了。”钟灵听得她语音好熟，“咦”的一声，转头向她瞧去，见到她的面幕，登时便认了出来，欢然道：“啊，木……”立时想到不对，伸手按住了自己嘴巴。 司空玄早在暗暗着急，屈膝说道：“启禀两位圣使：属下给这小姑娘所养的闪电貂咬伤了，毒性厉害，两位圣使开恩。”段誉心想若不给他解毒，只怕他情急拚命，对那黑衣女郎道：“姊姊，童姥的灵丹圣药，你便给他一些吧。”司空玄听得有童姥的灵丹圣药，大喜过望，在地上连连磕头，砰砰有声，说道：“多谢童姥大恩大德，圣使恩德，属下共有一十九人给毒貂咬伤。” 那女郎心想：“我有什么'童姥的灵丹圣药'？只是我臂上腿上都受了伤，要照顾两个人可不容易。且听着这姓段的，耍耍这山羊胡子便了。”从怀中
Black Rose ran for a while, and the noise of the enemy was gone.Duan Yu said: "Miss, I didn't expect you to be so good at it, please let me up." The girl in black snorted and ignored her.Duan Yu's hands and feet were tightly bound by the straps. Every time Black Rose took a step, the straps tightened. Unspeakably uncomfortable, he said again: "Girl, let me go!" There was a sudden slap, and a hot slap was slapped on the face.The girl said coldly: "Don't be nagging, the girl didn't ask you, so don't talk!" Duan Yu said angrily: "Why?" He slapped twice, and then slapped twice.These two blows were more severe, and only made his right ear buzz. Duan Yu shouted loudly: "You hit people at every turn, let me go quickly, I don't want to be with you." Suddenly he jumped up and fell to the ground with a bang, but his hands and feet were bound by belts, The other end was still held in the girl's hand, and Duan Yu was pulled by the black rose and dragged forward across the ground. The girl sipped low, ordered Black Rose to slow down, and asked, "Have you taken it? Have you listened to me?" Duan Yu said loudly: "Don't accept it, don't accept it! Don't listen, don't listen! Just now I am about to die, but I am not afraid. You torture me a little, I am afraid...I am afraid..." He wanted to say "I am afraid... What are you afraid of?" But at this time, he happened to be pulled over two mounds on the road, thrown twice, and swallowed the two words "what" in his mouth, unable to speak. The girl in black said coldly: "Are you afraid!" She pulled the ribbon and lifted him onto the horse.Duan Yu said: "I mean 'what am I afraid of?' Of course not! Let me go, I don't want to be led away by you!" The girl snorted and said: "In front of me, who has the right to speak? Son? If I want to torture you, I want to cure you to death, how can it be so cheap as 'little torture'?" He said with his left hand, then threw him off the horse and dragged him on the ground. Duan Yu was furious, and thought to himself: "These people keep calling you a little bitch, so there is a lot of reason." He shouted: "If you don't let go, I will scold you." The girl said: "If you have the courage, do it." Scolding. Haven't I been scolded enough in my life?" Duan Yu felt miserable when he heard her last words, and just as he was about to say "little bitch", his heart softened and he immediately Hold back. The girl waited for a while, and seeing that he was silent, she said, "Hmph, I don't think you dare to scold him!" Duan Yu said: "I heard you speak pitifully, and I can't bear to scold you. Are you afraid that you won't succeed?" The girl whistled and urged the horse to go fast, and Black Rose let go of her four hooves and galloped.This made Duan Yu suffer, his head, face, hands and feet were wiped bloody by the gravel on the road.The girl shouted: "Are you surrendering or not?" Duan Yu scolded loudly: "You don't know what is good and what is bad, you are a pungent woman!" ? Don't I know it myself?" Duan Yu said: "I... I... have good intentions for you... for you..." Suddenly his head hit a protruding stone on the side of the road, and he fainted instantly. I don't know how much time has passed before he woke up with a feeling of coolness on his head, and then water gushed into his mouth, he hurriedly shut his mouth, but couldn't help coughing.As a result, more water enters the mouth and nose.It turned out that he was still tied to the horse and dragged along. Seeing that he was fainted, the girl rode the horse across a small stream, soaked him in cold water, and then woke up.Fortunately, the creek was very narrow, and Black Rose crossed it in a few steps.Duan Yu's clothes were drenched, his stomach was swollen with water, his whole body was bruised, and he was indescribably uncomfortable. The girl asked: "Are you convinced?" Duan Yu thought to himself: "There is such an unreasonable woman in the world, she can be regarded as an unkind creation, and I, Duan Yu, should have this calamity. Since I fell into her hands, I will fight with her again." Talking is also superfluous." The girl asked several times: "Are you convinced? Have you suffered enough?" Duan Yu ignored him, pretending not to hear.The girl said angrily: "Are you deaf? Why didn't you answer me?" Duan Yu still ignored. The girl reined in the horse to see if he was still awake.At that time, the morning light was dim, and the east was already bright, but he saw his eyes wide open, staring at her angrily, and the girl said angrily: "Okay, you obviously didn't faint, but you pretended to be dead and fought with me." Fight. Let's fight to see if it's you or me!" As he spoke, he jumped off the horse, and with a light jerk, he broke a branch from a big tree. Take a swipe. Duan Yu met her face to face for the first time at this time, and saw that her face was covered with a black cloth mask, only two eye holes were exposed, and a pair of eyes were as bright as spots of paint, shooting at him.Duan Yu smiled slightly, and said in his heart: "Of course you are the best. You are a fierce woman, who is better than you?" The girl said: "You can still laugh at this loss! What are you laughing at?" Duan Yu made a grimace at her, grinned and smiled again.The girl raised her hand and pumped seven or eight times.Duan Yu has long put life and death aside, ignored him, and tried his best to smile.It's just that this girl's hands are vicious, every time the branch hit him the most painful place, he couldn't help crying out several times, and finally restrained himself. Seeing how stubborn he was, the girl said angrily: "Okay! You pretend to be deaf and dumb, and I'll make you really deaf." Stretching her hand into her bosom, she took out a dagger with a blade about seven inches long, shining coldly , walked two steps towards him, pointed the dagger at his left ear, and shouted: "Did you hear me? Do you still want this ear?" Duan Yu still ignored him.The girl's eyes showed a fierce look, she raised her hand, and the dagger was about to stab him in the ear. Duan Yu was in a hurry, and shouted: "Hey, are you real or fake? You have deafened me, can you cure me?" The girl said with a pooh, "Young girl can cure someone even if she kills someone. , if you don’t believe it, then try it.” Duan Yu hurriedly said: “I believe it, I believe it! Then there’s no need to try it!” When the girl saw him speak, she convinced herself, so she stopped torturing him, put him on the saddle, jumped on the horse herself, and this time she actually put him on the head and lowered her feet, and treated him better.Duan Yu no longer suffers from the upside-down pain, although the bound hands and feet still hurt, but compared to dragging sideways on the ground just now, it's a world of difference, so he didn't dare to speak to make her angry. After walking for more than half an hour, Duan Yunei got anxious and wanted the girl to let him go, but his hands were bound and he couldn't make gestures, not to mention that even if his hands were free, this gesture was really inconvenient, so he had to say: "I want to let go, Please let me go, girl." The girl said: "Okay, you are not dumb now? Why did you talk to me?" Duan Yu said: "I have no choice but to dare to blaspheme the girl. The girl smells so good. If I succeed Wouldn't it spoil the scenery if he got a 'stinky boy'?" The girl couldn't help but let out a "chi" laugh, thinking that she had to let him go now, so she drew her sword and cut off the belts that bound his hands and feet, and walked away . Duan Yu was tied up for most of the day, his hands and feet were already numb, he couldn't move, he rolled on the ground for a while before he could stand up.After untiing her hands, she saw the black rose standing aside grazing, very docile, thinking: "If you don't leave now, when will you wait?" He quietly stepped on the horse, and the black rose did not resist.Duan Yu picked up the reins and galloped the horse north. The girl heard the sound of hooves and chased after her, but the black rose was running extremely fast, no matter how good the girl's lightness kung fu was, she couldn't catch up with it.Duan Yu clasped his hands and said: "Girl, there will be a period later. You have to be careful!" With just these two words, Black Rose has jumped more than twenty feet away.When he turned his head, he saw that the girl's body was blocked by trees, and he had to get rid of the demon's poisonous hand. He felt extremely happy, and urged him again and again: "Good horse, good horse! Run, run! " Duan Yu thought to himself: "After such a night of delay, I wonder if there is still time to save Miss Zhong? On the way, I just don't eat, don't sleep, and run desperately, but I don't know if Black Rose can endure it?" While hesitating, he suddenly heard a clear whistle coming from far behind. Hearing the whistling sound, Black Rose immediately turned around and ran back the same way.Duan Yu was taken aback, and hurriedly shouted: "Good horse, good horse, you can't go back." He pulled the rein hard, asking Black Rose to turn his head.Unexpectedly, although Black Rose's head was pulled to the side by the rein, her body still went straight forward, ignoring his command at all. In an instant, Black Rose had rushed to the girl and stood still.Duan Yu couldn't laugh or cry, his expression was extremely embarrassing.The girl said coldly: "I didn't want to kill you, but you escaped privately and stole my black rose. Is this still a man?" Duan Yu jumped off his horse and said proudly: "I'm not your servant, I can leave as soon as I want, how can I say 'escape privately'? You lent me the black rose earlier, and I didn't return it to you, so it's not worth it. Steal. If you want to kill, kill it. Zeng Zi said: "If you shrink back, even though there are tens of thousands of people, I will go!" I shrink back from myself, so I am a real man." The girl said: "Why do you shrink back? You shrink your head and I will strike you with a sword." Obviously not understanding Duan Yu's quotations from the scriptures, she held the hilt of the sword and pulled half of the long sword out of the sheath, saying: "You are so bold , I really dare not kill you?" said two cold eyes directed at him. Duan Yu met her eyes without showing any sign of flinching.The two stood facing each other, staring at each other for a long while, and with a slap, the girl sheathed her sword and shouted: "You go! At least you told me to 'be careful' when you left, and you were kind to me. Leave your head for now." It's stored on your neck, waiting for the girl to be happy, come and get it anytime." Duan Yu was already determined to die, but he didn't expect that she would let him go, he was startled, without saying much, turned around and limped 's gone.
He walked more than ten feet, but still did not hear the sound of the horse's hooves. Looking back, he saw the girl standing there in a daze, thinking, "Probably she is thinking of some evil idea, like a cat playing with a mouse, to kill me." Only after teasing me enough will I kill me. Well, I can’t escape anyway, so I have to leave everything to her.” Unexpectedly, he walked farther and farther, but he never heard the girl chasing after her on horseback. He took several side roads one after another, and gradually he felt relieved, his heart became more relaxed, and the scratches on his head, face, hands, and feet began to hurt, and he thought: "This girl has such a weird temper, maybe her parents have died, and she has encountered countless misfortunes in her life. Maybe she is so ugly that she refuses to show her face, she is a poor person. Oh, Mrs. Zhong's gold tin box is still with her." But if I want to go back and get it back from her, I dare not. , I thought: "I met Daddy, and at most I agreed to learn martial arts from him. Daddy will naturally go to save Miss Zhong. Even if Daddy doesn't go in person, he just sends someone. This gold box is not very useful. It's just me Without a horse, walking to Dali on foot like this is bound to kill her from poison on the way. Ms. Zhong waited for rescue, and lived like a year. She saw that I didn't go back, and her father didn't come to save me. She thought that I didn't send her a letter. I am a ruthless person. At any rate, I have to go to Wuliang Mountain and die with her, so that she can understand that I will never let you down." Having made up his mind, he immediately discerned the direction, took a big step, and rushed to Wuliang Mountain.The banks of the Lancang River are extremely desolate, and there is no human habitation even after walking for dozens of miles.On this day, he could only pick some wild fruits to satisfy his hunger, and at night he slept indiscriminately in the mountain depression. In the afternoon of the next day, I crossed another chain bridge and crossed the Lancang River again. After traveling for more than 20 miles, I arrived at a small town.The money he carried in his arms was lost among the cliffs when he fell into the deep valley.自顾全身衣衫破烂不堪，肚中又觉饥饿，想起帽上所镶的一块碧玉是贵重之物，于是扯了下来，拿到镇上唯一的一家米店去求售。米店本不是售玉之所，但这镇上只这家米店较大，那店主见他气宇轩昂，倒也不敢小觑了。却不识得宝玉的珍贵，只肯出二两银子相购。段誉也不理会，取了二两银子，想去买套衣巾，小镇上并无沽衣之肆，于是到饭铺中去买饭吃。 在板凳上坐落，两个膝头登时便从裤子破孔中露了出来，长袍的前后襟都已撕去，裤子后臀也有几个大孔，屁股触到凳面，但觉凉飕飕的，心想：“这等光屁股的模样实在太不雅观，该当及早设法才是。”饭店主人端上饭菜，说道：“今儿不逢集，没鱼没肉，相公将就吃些青菜豆腐下饭。”段誉道：“甚好，甚好。”端起饭碗便吃。他一生锦衣玉食，今日光着屁股吃此粗粝，只因数日没饭下肚，全凭野果充饥，虽是青菜豆腐，却也吃得十分香甜。 吃到第三碗饭时，忽听得店门外有人说道：“娘子，这里倒有家小饭店，且看有什么吃的。”一个女子声音笑道：“瞧你这副吃不饱的馋相儿。” 段誉听得声音好熟，立时想到正是无量剑的干光豪与他那葛师妹，心下惊慌，急忙转身朝里，暗想：“怎么叫起'娘子'来了？嗯，原来东西联宗，做了夫妻啦。我这一卦是'无妄卦'，'六三，无妄之灾；或系之牛，行人之得，邑人之灾。'虽无牛系，但这位干老兄得了老婆，我段公子却遇上了灾难。” 只听干光豪笑道：“新婚夫妻，怎吃得饱？”那葛师妹啐了一口，低声笑道：“好没良心！要是老夫老妻，那就饱了？”语音中满含荡意。两人走进饭店坐落，干光豪大声叫道：“店家，拿酒饭来，有牛肉先给切一盆……咦！” 段誉只听得背后脚步声响，一只大手搭上了右肩，将他身子扳转，登时与干光豪面面相对。段誉苦笑道：“干老兄、干大嫂，恭喜你二位百年好合，白头偕老，无量剑东宗西宗合并归宗。” 干光豪哈哈大笑，回头向那葛师妹望了一眼，段誉顺着他目光瞧去，见那葛师妹一张鹅蛋脸，左颊上有几粒白麻子，倒也颇有几分姿色。只见她满脸诧愕之色，渐渐地目露凶光，低沉着嗓子道：“问个清楚，他怎么到这里来啦？附近有无量剑的人没有？” 干光豪脸上登时收起笑容，恶狠狠地道：“我娘子的话你听见了没有？快说。”段誉心想：“我胡说八道一番，最好将他们吓得快快逃走，否则这二人非杀了我灭口不可。”说道：“贵派有四位师兄，手提长剑，刚才匆匆忙忙的从门外走过，向东而去，似乎在追赶什么人。” 干光豪脸色大变，向那葛师妹道：“走吧！”那葛师妹站起身来，右掌虚劈，作个杀人的姿式。干光豪点点头，拔出长剑，径向段誉颈中斩落。 这一剑来得好快，段誉见到那葛师妹的手势，便知不妙，早已缩身向后，可是仍然避不开。眼见白刃及颈，突然间嗤的一声轻响，干光豪仰天便倒，长剑脱手掷出。跟着又是嗤的一声，那葛师妹正要跨出店门，听得干光豪的呼叫，刚要转头察看，便已摔倒在门槛上。两人都身子扭了几下，便即不动。干光豪喉头插了一枝黑色小箭，那葛师妹则是后颈中箭。听这嗤嗤两响，正是那黑衣女郎昨晚灭烛退敌的发射暗器之声。 段誉又惊又喜，回过头来，背后空荡荡的并无一人。却听得店门外嘘溜溜一声马嘶，果然那黑衣女郎骑了黑玫瑰缓缓走过。 段誉叫道：“多谢姑娘救我！”抢出门去。那女郎一眼也没瞧他，自行策马而行。段誉朗声道：“若不是你发了这两枚短箭，我这当儿脑袋已不在脖子上啦。”那女郎仍不理睬。 店主人追将出来，叫道：“相……相公，出……出了人命啦！可不得了啊！”段誉道：“啊哟，我还没给饭钱。”伸手要去掏银子，却见黑玫瑰已行出数丈，叫道：“死人身上有银子，他们摆喜酒请客，你自己拿吧！”急急忙忙地追到马后。
那女郎策马缓行，片刻间出了市镇。段誉紧紧跟随，说道：“姑娘，你好人做到底，送佛送到西，不如连钟姑娘也一并救了吧。”那女郎冷冷地道：“钟灵是我朋友，我本来要去救她。可是我最恨人家求我。你求我去救钟灵，我就偏偏不去救了。”段誉忙道：“好，好。我不求姑娘！”那女郎道：“可是你已经求过了。”段誉道：“那么我刚才说过的不算。”那女郎道：“哼，你是男子汉大丈夫，说过的话怎能不算？” 段誉心道：“先前我在她面前老是自称大丈夫，她可见了怪啦，说不得，为了救钟姑娘一命，只好大丈夫也不做了。”说道：“我不是男子汉大丈夫，我……我是全靠姑娘救了一条小命的可怜虫。” 那女郎嗤的一声笑，向他打量片刻，说道：“你对钟灵这小鬼头倒好。昨晚你宁可性命不要，也非充大丈夫不可，这会儿居然肯做可怜虫了。哼，我不去救钟灵！” 段誉急道：“那……那又为什么啊？”那女郎道：“我师父说，世上男人就没一个有良心的，个个都会花言巧语地骗女人，心里净是不怀好意。男人的话一句也听不得。”段誉道：“那也不尽然啊，好像……好像……”一时举不出什么例子，便道：“好像姑娘的爹爹，就是个大大的好人。”那女郎道：“我师父说，我爹爹就不是好人！” 段誉眼见那女郎催得黑玫瑰越走越快，自己难以追上，叫道：“姑娘，慢走！” 突然间人影晃动，道旁林中蹿出四人，拦在当路。黑玫瑰陡然停步，倒退了两步。这四人都是年轻女子，一色的碧绿斗篷，手中各持双钩，居中一人喝道：“你们两个，便是无量剑的干光豪与葛光佩，是不是？” 段誉道：“不是，不是。干光豪和葛姑娘，早已那个……那个了。”那女子道：“什么那个、那个了？你二人一男一女，年纪轻轻，结伴同行，瞧模样定是私奔，还不是无量剑干葛两个叛徒？”段誉笑道：“姑娘说话太也无理。葛光佩脸上有麻子点儿，这位姑娘却是花容月貌，美丽无比，大大不同。”那女子向黑衣女郎喝道：“把面罩拉下来！” 蓦地里嗤嗤嗤嗤四声，黑衣女郎发出四枚短箭，铮铮两响，两个女子挥钩格落，另外两个女子却中箭倒地。这四箭射出之前全无征兆，去势又是快极，居然仍有两箭未中。黑衣女郎立即跃下马背，身在半空时已拔剑在手，左足一着地，右足立即跨前，唰唰两剑，分攻两名女子，两女也正挥钩攻上，一女抵挡黑衣女郎，另一名女子挺钩向段誉刺去。 段誉“啊哟”一声，钻到了黑玫瑰肚子底下。那女子一怔，万想不到此人竟会出此怪招，正欲挺钩到马底去刺段誉，背心上一痛，登时摔倒，却是黑衣女郎趁机射了她一箭。但便这么一分神，黑衣女郎左臂已为敌钩钩中，嘶的一声响，拉下半只袖子，露出雪白手臂，臂上划出一条尺来长的伤口，登时鲜血淋漓。 黑衣女郎挥剑力攻，但那使钩女子武功着实了得，双钩挥动，招数巧妙，酣斗片刻，黑衣女郎左腿中钩，划破了裤子。她连射两箭，都被对方挥钩格开。那女子连声喝道：“你是什么人？你剑法不是无量剑的！”黑衣女郎不答，剑招加紧，突然“啊”的一声叫，长剑被单钩锁住，敌人手腕急转，黑衣女郎把捏不住，长剑脱手飞出，急忙跃开。那使钩女子双钩连刺，都让她闪过。 段誉早就瞧得焦急万分，苦于无力上前相助。眼见黑衣女郎危殆，无法多想，匆忙中抱起地下一具死尸，双手将死尸头前脚后的横持了，便似挺着一根巨棒，向那使钩女子疾冲过去。 使钩女子吃了一惊，见迎面冲来的正是自己姊妹的脑袋，心中悲痛，右手钩向段誉面门刺去，可是中间隔着一具尸体，这一钩差了半尺，没能刺到，砰的一下，胸口已给尸体脑袋撞中，就在这时，一枚短箭射入她右眼，仰天便倒。 段誉瞥眼见黑衣女郎左膝跪地，叫道：“姑娘，你……你没事吧。”奔过去要扶。那女郎站起身来，不料段誉慌乱中兀自持着尸体，将死尸脑袋向着她胸口撞去。那女郎在死尸脑袋上一推，段誉“啊”的一声，摔了出去，尸体正好压在他身上。 那女郎见到他这等狼狈模样，忍不住笑出声来。想起适才这一战凶险万分，若不是先出其不意地杀了两人，又得段誉在旁援手，只怕连一个使钩女子也斗不过，这四个女子不知是什么来头，恁地武功了得？叫道：“喂，傻子，你抱着个死人干什么？” 段誉爬起身来，放下尸体，说道：“罪过，罪过。唉，真正对不住了。你们认错了人，客客气气地问个明白就是了，胡说八道的，难怪惹得姑娘生气，岂不枉送了性命？姑娘，其实你也不用出手杀人，除下面幕来给她们瞧上一眼，不是什么事也没了？” 那女郎厉声道：“住嘴！我用得着你教训？谁叫她们说我跟你私……私……什么的？”段誉道：“是，是。这是她们胡说的不是，不过姑娘还是不必杀人。啊，你……你的伤口得包扎一下。”眼见她大腿上露出雪白的肌肤，不敢多看，忙转过了头。 那女郎听他老是责备自己不该杀人，本想上前挥手就打，听他提及伤口，登觉腿臂处伤口疼痛。幸好这两钩都入肉不深，没伤到筋骨，当及取出金创药敷上，撕破敌人的斗篷，包扎伤口。 段誉将尸体逐一拖入草丛，说道：“本来该当替你们起个坟墓才是，可惜这里没铲子。唉，四位姑娘年纪轻轻，容貌虽不算美，也不丑陋……” 那女郎听他说到容貌美丑，问道：“喂，你怎知道我脸上没麻子，又是什么花容月貌了？”段誉笑道：“这是想当然耳！”那女郎道：“什么'想当然耳'？”段誉道：“'想当然耳'，就是想来当然是这样的。”那女郎道：“瞎说！你做梦也想不到我相貌，我满脸都是大麻子！”段誉道：“未必，未必！过谦，过谦！” 那女郎见衣袖裤脚都给铁钩钩破了，便走入草丛，从尸体上除下一件斗篷，披在身上。段誉突然叫道：“啊哟！”猛地想起自己裤子上有几个大洞，光着屁股跟这位姑娘在一起，成何体统？急忙倒身而行，不敢以屁股对着那女郎，也从一具尸体上除下斗篷，披在自己身上。那女郎嗤的一声笑。段誉面红过耳，想起自己裤子上的大破洞，委实羞愧无地。 那女郎在四具女尸上拔出短箭，放入怀中。 段誉道：“你的短箭见血封喉，剧毒无比。劝姑娘今后若非万不得已，千万不可再用，杀伤人命，实是有干天和，倘若……”那女郎喝道：“你再跟我啰唆，要不要试试见血封喉的味道？”右手一扬，嗤的一声响，一枚毒箭从段誉身侧飞过，插入地下。 段誉吓得面色惨白，再也不敢多说。那女郎道：“封了你的喉，你还能不能跟我啰唆？”说着过去拔起地下短箭，对着段誉又是一扬。段誉吓了一跳，急忙倒退。 那女郎笑了起来，将短箭放入囊中，向他瞪了一眼，说道：“你穿了这件斗篷，活脱便是个姑娘。把斗篷拉起来遮住头顶。再撞上人，人家也不会说咱们一男一女……”段誉道：“是，是。”依言除下头上方巾，揣入怀中，拉起斗篷的头罩套在头上。那女郎拍手大笑。 段誉见她笑得天真，心想：“瞧你这模样，只怕比我年纪还小，怎地杀起人来却这等辣手？”见她斗篷前面有块锦缎垂下来遮住胸口，锦缎上绣着一头黑鹫，昂首蹲踞，神态威猛，自己斗篷上的黑鹫也一模一样，摇头叹道：“姑娘人家，衣衫上不绣花儿蝶儿，却绣上这般凶霸霸的鸟儿，好勇斗狠，唉！”说着又摇了摇头。 那女郎瞪眼道：“你讥讽我么？”段誉道：“不是，不是！不敢，不敢！”那女郎道：“到底是'不是'，还是'不敢'？”段誉道：“是不敢。”那女郎便不言语了。 段誉问道：“你伤口痛不痛？要不要休息一下？”那女郎道：“伤口当然痛！我在你身上割两刀，瞧你痛不痛？”段誉心道：“泼辣横蛮，莫此为甚。”那女郎又道：“你当真关心我痛不痛吗？天下可没这样好心的男子。你是盼望我快些去救钟灵，只不过说不出口。走吧！”说着走到黑玫瑰之旁，跃上马背，手指西北方，道：“无量剑的剑湖宫是在那边，是不是？”段誉道：“好像是的。” 两人一个乘马，一个步行，缓缓向西北方行去。走了一会，那女郎问道：“金盒子里的时辰八字是谁的？”段誉心道：“原来你已打开来看过了。”说道：“我不知道。”那女郎道：“是钟灵的，是不是？”段誉道：“真的不知道。”那女郎道：“还在骗人？钟夫人将她女儿许配了给你，是不是？给我老老实实的说。”段誉道：“没有，的确没有。我段誉倘若欺骗了姑娘，你就给我来个见血封喉。” 那女郎问道：“你姓段？叫做段誉？”段誉道：“是啊，名誉的'誉'。”那女郎道：“哼！你名誉挺好么？我瞧不见得。”段誉笑道：“名誉挺坏的'誉'，也就是这个字。”那女郎笑道：“这就对啦！”段誉道：“姑娘尊姓？”那女郎道：“我为什么要跟你说？你的姓名是你自己说的，我又没问你。” 走了一段路，那女郎道：“待会咱们救出了钟灵，这小鬼头定会跟你说我的姓名，你不许听。”段誉忍笑道：“好，我不听。”那女郎似乎也觉这件事办不到，说道：“就算你听到了，也不许记得。”段誉道：“是，我就算记得了，也要拚命想法子忘记。”那女郎道：“呸，你骗人，当我不知道么？” 说话之间，天色渐渐黑将下来，不久月亮东升，两人乘着月亮，觅路而行。走了约莫两个更次，远远望见对面山坡上繁星点点，烧着一堆堆火头，火头之东山峰耸峙，山脚下数十间大屋，正是无量剑剑湖宫。段誉指着火头，道：“神农帮就在那边。咱们悄悄过去，抢了钟灵就逃，好不好？” 那女郎冷冷地道：“怎么逃法？”段誉道：“你和钟灵骑了黑玫瑰快奔，神农帮追你们不上的。”那女郎道：“你呢？”段誉道：“我给神农帮逼着服了断肠散的毒药，司空玄帮主说是服后七天，毒发身亡，须得设法先骗到解药，这才逃走。” 那女郎道：“原来你已给他们逼着服了毒药。你怎么不想及早设法解毒，仍来给我报讯？”段誉道：“我本以为黑玫瑰脚程快，报个讯息，也耽搁不了多少时候。”那女郎道：“你到底是生来心好呢，还是个傻瓜？”段誉笑道：“只怕各有一半。傻气多些，好心少些！” 那女郎哼了一声，道：“你的解药怎生骗法？”段誉踌躇道：“本来说好，是用闪电貂的解药，去换断肠散解药。他们拿不到毒貂解药，这断肠散的解药，倒不大容易骗到手。姑娘，你有什么法子？”那女郎道：“你们男人才会骗人，我有什么骗人的法子？跟他们硬要，要钟灵，要解药！” 段誉心头一凛，知道她又要大杀一场，心想：“最好……最好……”但“最好”怎样，自己可全无主意。
两人并肩向火堆走去。行到离中央的大火堆数十丈处，黑暗中突然跃出两人，都是手执药锄，横持当胸。一人喝道：“什么人？干什么的？” 那女郎道：“司空玄呢？叫他来见我。” 那两人在月光下见那女郎与段誉身披碧绿锦缎斗篷，挡胸的锦缎上绣着一只黑鹫，登时大惊，立即跪倒。一人说道：“是，是！小人不知是灵鹫宫圣使驾到，多……多有冒犯，请圣使恕罪。”语音颤抖，显是害怕之极。 段誉大奇：“什么灵鹫宫圣使？”随即省悟：“啊，是了，我和这姑娘都披上了绿色斗篷，他们认错人了。”跟着又记起数日前在剑湖宫中听得钟灵说道，她偷听到司空玄跟帮中下属的说话，奉了缥缈峰灵鹫宫天山童姥的号令，前来占无量山剑湖宫，然则神农帮是灵鹫宫的部属，难怪这两人如此惶惧。 那女郎显然不明就里，问道：“什么灵……”段誉怕她露出马脚，忙逼紧嗓子道：“快叫司空玄来。”那两人应道：“是，是！”站起身来，倒退几步，这才转身向大火堆奔去。 段誉向那女郎低声道：“灵鹫宫是他们的顶头上司。”扯下斗篷头罩，围住了口鼻，只露出一对眼睛。 那女郎还待再问，司空玄已飞奔而至，大声说道：“属下司空玄恭迎圣使，未曾远迎，尚请恕罪。”抢到身前，跪下磕头，说道：“神农帮司空玄，恭请童姥万寿圣安！” 段誉心道：“童姥是什么人，又不是皇帝、皇太后，什么万寿圣安的，不伦不类。”当下点了点头，道：“起来吧。”司空玄道：“是！”又磕了两个头，这才站起。这时他身后已跪满了人，都是神农帮的帮众。 段誉道：“钟家那小姑娘呢？带她过来。”两名帮众也不等帮主吩咐，立即飞奔到大火堆畔，抬了钟灵过来。段誉道：“快松了绑。”司空玄道：“是。”拔出匕首，割断钟灵手足上绑着的绳索。段誉见她安好无恙，心下大喜，逼紧着嗓子说道：“钟灵，过来。”钟灵道：“你是什么人？”司空玄厉声喝道：“圣使面前，不得无礼。她老人家叫你过去。”钟灵心想：“管你是什么老人家小人家，反正你不让人家绑我，山羊胡子又这样怕你，听你的吩咐便了。”便走到段誉面前。 段誉伸左手拉住她手，扯在身边，捏了捏她手，打个招呼。料想她难以明白，也就不理会了，对司空玄道：“拿断肠散的解药来！” 司空玄微觉奇怪，但立即吩咐下属：“取我药箱来，快，快！”微一沉吟间，便即明白：“啊哟，定是那姓段的小子去求了灵鹫宫圣使，以致圣使来要人要药。”药箱拿到，他命人打开箱盖，左手入箱取出个瓷瓶，恭恭敬敬地呈上，说道：“请圣使赐收。这解药连服三天，每天一次，每次一钱已足。”段誉大喜，接在手中。 钟灵忽道：“喂，山羊胡子，这解药你还有吗？你答允了给我段大哥解毒的。要是尽数给了人家，段大哥请得我爹爹给你解毒时，岂不糟了？”段誉心下感激，又捏了捏她手。司空玄道：“这个……这个……”钟灵急道：“什么这个那个的？你解不了他的毒，我叫爹爹也不给你解毒。” 那黑衣女郎忍不住喝道：“钟灵，别多嘴！你段大哥死不了。”钟灵听得她语音好熟，“咦”的一声，转头向她瞧去，见到她的面幕，登时便认了出来，欢然道：“啊，木……”立时想到不对，伸手按住了自己嘴巴。 司空玄早在暗暗着急，屈膝说道：“启禀两位圣使：属下给这小姑娘所养的闪电貂咬伤了，毒性厉害，两位圣使开恩。”段誉心想若不给他解毒，只怕他情急拚命，对那黑衣女郎道：“姊姊，童姥的灵丹圣药，你便给他一些吧。”司空玄听得有童姥的灵丹圣药，大喜过望，在地上连连磕头，砰砰有声，说道：“多谢童姥大恩大德，圣使恩德，属下共有一十九人给毒貂咬伤。” 那女郎心想：“我有什么'童姥的灵丹圣药'？只是我臂上腿上都受了伤，要照顾两个人可不容易。且听着这姓段的，耍耍这山羊胡子便了。”从怀中