Chapter 46 Chapter 45: Sludge at the Bottom of Dry Wells
Ba Tianshi and Zhu Danchen came over to meet Mu Wanqing, and introduced Xiao Feng, Xu Zhu and others to her.Although Bazhu and his wife knew that she was the daughter of Zhennan King, they still called her "Mu Girl" because they had not formally adopted her and announced it to the public.
They walked for several miles, suddenly they heard an exclamation from the left, and some people hissed, but it was the voice of the South Sea Crocodile God, as if they were in some danger.Duan Yu said: "It's my apprentice!" Zhong Ling shouted: "Let's go and see, your apprentice is not a bad person." Xu Zhu also said: "Exactly!" His mother Ye Erniang is the South Sea Crocodile God Friends, I can't help but have some incense.
The crowd urged the riders to run towards the place where the yelling came from, and after turning around a few valleys, they saw a dense forest, and beside the opposite cliff, there was a thrilling scene: a large cliff protruded from the deep valley, and a tree grew on the cliff. A solitary pine tree with an ancient and clumsy shape.A thick branch of the pine tree stretched out in the sky, someone put a stick on the branch, this person was wearing a green robe, it was Duan Yanqing.He was holding a stick in his left hand, and another stick in his right hand. Someone was also holding the end of that stick, but it was the South Sea Crocodile God.The other hand of the Crocodile God of the South China Sea grabbed a person's long hair, it was the extremely vicious Crane in the Cloud.Yun Zhonghe held two wrists of a young girl with both hands.The four of them are like forming a long rope, floating in the air, it is really dangerous, no matter who misses, the people below will immediately fall into the deep valley tens of feet below.There are thousands of stones in the valley, standing up like swords. If someone falls, it will be difficult to survive.
At that time, a gust of wind blew, and it blew South Sea Crocodile, Yun Zhonghe and the girl around half a circle.The girl turned her back to the crowd, but when she turned around, Duan Yu yelled "Ah Yo" and almost fell off the horse.
That girl is Wang Yuyan who he misses day and night and never forgets.
Duan Yu must have been stunned, seeing the precipice of the cliff, he couldn't ride on his horse, so he immediately jumped off his horse and rushed forward.Before reaching the pine tree, I saw a fat man with a big head and short body holding a big axe, cutting down the pine tree.
Duan Yu's surprise was even more serious, he shouted: "Hey, hey, what are you doing?" The short fat man ignored it, just chopped the tree with an axe, making a loud bang, and the broken wood flew.Duan Yu stretched out his fingers, raised his zhenqi, and wanted to hurt him with the six-meridian divine sword, but he didn't expect that the six-meridian divine sword would come when he wanted it to come. "Big brother, second brother, two good girls, four good girls, come quickly, come and save people!"
Amidst the shouts, Xiao Feng, Xu Zhu and others rushed over.It turned out that the fat man was blocked by the big stone, and he couldn't see it at all from below.Fortunately, the pine tree was so thick that it couldn't be cut down for a while.
When Xiao Feng and others saw this situation, they were all very surprised, they couldn't figure out how could such a strange situation occur.Xu Zhu shouted: "Fat man, stop quickly, this tree can't be cut down!" The fat man said: "This is the tree I planted, I like to cut it back home, make a coffin to sleep in, can you control it? "He said without stopping.The shouts and screams of the South Sea Crocodile God below will continue to come up.Duan Yu said: "Second brother, this person is unreasonable, please stop him quickly." Xu Zhu said: "Very good!" He wanted to run over.
Suddenly he saw a person holding two wooden sticks, he quickly passed by the crowd, several ups and downs, he got in front of the short fat man, but it was You TanZhi, he didn't know when he slipped out of the donkey cart.You Tan leaned on the ground with one stick, raised the other, and said solemnly: "No one can come over!"
Mu Wanqing had never seen this person before, but when she suddenly saw his ugly and terrifying face, she was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she let out a low "ah".
Duan Yu hurriedly said: "Master Zhuang, please stop this fat man and tell him not to cut down pine trees." You TanZhi said coldly: "Why should I restrain him? What's the benefit?" Duan Yu said: " When a pine tree falls, everyone below will fall to their deaths."
Seeing the dangerous situation, Xu Zhu jumped closer, thinking that even if he can't restrain the fat man, he still has to pull Duan Yanqing and others to him.He thought that the reason why he was able to solve the "Zhenlong Chess Game" that day was all thanks to Duan Yanqing's guidance. Afterwards, he learned a whole set of skills, and it started from this. He is always kind and rewarded with kindness.
You TanZhi thrust the wooden stick into the ground with his right hand, and immediately slapped out his right palm, a gust of cold air came towards him with the wind from his palm.Although Xu Zhu is not afraid of his cold and poisonous palm, but he also knows the power of this palm is profound and cannot be underestimated, so he returned the palm with concentration immediately.You TanZhi's second palm aimed at the pine branch and slapped it down, the pine branch swayed violently, and the four people who were hanging were even more swaying.
Duan Yu shouted urgently: "Second brother, don't go there anymore, everyone can talk if you have something to say, don't be rude."
You Tanzhi said: "Master Duan, if you want me to restrain this fat man, it's not difficult, but what benefit will you give me?" Duan Yu said: "Whatever you want, I will give. Never bargain, hurry up, hurry up It's too late to save people!" You Tanzhi said: "After I restrain that fat man, I will leave with Miss Ah Zi immediately, you, Xiao Feng and Xu Zhu, no one can stop you."
Duan Yu said: "Ah Zi? She... She wants to ask my second elder brother to perform surgery to restore her eyesight, and she leaves with you, what will happen to her eyes?" You Tanzhi said: "Mr. Xu Zhu can perform surgery to restore her eyesight, I will I can also try to heal her eyes." Duan Yu said: "This... this..." Seeing that the short fat man kept chopping down the pine tree with one ax after another, he thought to himself that at this moment, life-saving is the most important thing, so he said : "I promise you! You... you... quickly..."
You TanZhi swung his right palm and hit the fat man.The fat man sneered, threw down the axe, took a stride, gave a loud shout, and met You TanZhi's palm force with both palms, the palm was powerful and mighty, but You TanZhi's palm made no sound at all.
All of a sudden, the fat man's face changed drastically. He was originally extremely proud, but suddenly became very surprised. He seemed to have seen the strangest and most unbelievable thing in the world. Two lines of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, and his body slowly shrank into a ball. , Slowly fell down the cliff into the deep valley.After a long while, there was a loud sound, it was his body hitting the rocks at the bottom of the valley, the voice was muffled, everyone imagined that the short and fat man's brain was broken and his stomach was broken, all of them were cold.
Xu Zhu flew up to the pine tree branch, he saw Duan Yanqing's steel stick was deeply embedded in the branch, all relying on a sticky force of internal force, he got hold of the four people below, the depth of internal force is really no small matter.Xu Zhu stretched out his left hand to grab the steel rod, lift it up.
South Sea Crocodile God praised: "Little monk, I knew you were a good monk. You are the son of my second sister and the nephew of Yue Lao Er. Since you are Yue Lao Er's nephew, you are naturally not too talented. Poor. If it wasn't for your help, we would hang here for three days and three nights, and it wouldn't be a good feeling." Yun Zhonghe said: "I'm still blowing air at the moment, how can I hang for three days and three nights?" South Sea Crocodile God said angrily: "When I can't hold on anymore, I loosen my right hand and let go of your hair, it will be done, do you want me to try?" Although the two of them are in distress, they still can't stop bickering.
In a moment, Xu Zhu picked up Duan Yanqing, followed by mentioning South Sea Crocodile and Yun Zhonghe one by one, and finally pulled Wang Yuyan.Her eyes were closed tightly, her breathing was weak, and she had already fainted.
Duan Yu was very relieved at first, then felt sorry for her, but saw that there was a purple-black circle on her wrists, showing Yun Zhonghe's deep fingerprints, thinking of Yun Zhonghe's cruelty and lust, he had intentions for Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling Molestation, every time was rescued by South Sea Crocodile God, and today the evil thing happened again, he couldn't help being extremely annoyed, and said: "Big Brother, Second Brother, this Yun Zhonghe has a very bad nature, let's kill him!"
The God of Crocodile of the South Sea shouted: "No, no! Duan...that master...it was all thanks to Yun Laosi who saved your...your wife...my teacher's wife...otherwise, your wife would have died long ago."
Although his words were confusing, everyone could understand them.Just now Duan Yu was anxious because of Wang Yuyan, Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling saw it one by one, they couldn't help but hurt themselves when they didn't see Wang Yuyan coming up, seeing her slender and unparalleled beauty, they felt in their hearts It was even more indescribably uncomfortable.She slowly opened her eyes, and said in a low voice with a "嘤", "Is this in the Underworld? Am I... am I dead?"
The South Sea Crocodile God said angrily: "You little girl, you are talking nonsense! If this is the underworld, are we all dead ghosts? You are not my master's wife now, and if I offend you a few words, it is not considered a crime. But time is running out. In my opinion, you will be my wife sooner or later. If you don’t miss this chance, it’s better to call you a little girl as soon as possible. Hey, I said little girl, what are you doing so well? You die It's your own willingness, but you almost took my younger brother Yun Zhonghe's life with me. It's fine if Yun Zhonghe dies, but it's a pity if our Boss Duan dies. It doesn't matter if Boss Duan dies , my Yue Laoer died with you, but it’s really a big deal!"
Duan Yu comforted in a soft voice: "Miss Wang, this is shocking, let's lean against the tree and rest for a while." Wang Yuyan burst into tears, holding her face in her hands, and said in a low voice: "Don't worry about me, I will ...I...I don't want to live anymore." Duan Yu was taken aback: "She really wanted to die, so why? Could it be... Could it be..." Slanted eyes looked at Yun Zhonghe, and saw his violent expression , and cried in his heart: "Ah! Could it be that Miss Wang was humiliated by this man, so that she wanted to commit suicide?"
Zhong Ling took a step forward and said: "Hello, third son Yue!" The South Sea Crocodile God was overjoyed when he saw it, and said loudly, "Hi, young lady! I am the second son of Yue now, not the third one!" Zhong Ling said "Don't call me young or something, it sounds ugly. Yue Er Er, let me ask you, why did this girl want to die? Is this penny to blame again? I'll tickle him!" Putting his hands to his mouth, he blew a few breaths on ten fingers.Yun Zhonghe's expression changed drastically, and he took two steps back.
South Sea God Crocodile shook his head again and again, and said: "No, no. The conscience of heaven and earth, this time Yun Laosi changed his temperament and suddenly started to do good things. The three of us were unhappy without Erniang Ye as our companion, so we went out to relax. When I came here, I happened to see this little girl jumping off a cliff to commit suicide. She jumped out with too much force, and Yun Laosi didn't catch it in time. Alas, he was originally a vicious guy, but he suddenly changed to do good things, so he couldn't help but feel a little overwhelmed ..."
Yun Zhonghe said angrily: "Your grandma, when did I show kindness and change to do good things? The surname Yun likes beautiful girls the most. Seeing this Miss Wang jumping off a cliff to die, I am naturally reluctant. I want to arrest her. Be a wife for a few days."
The God of Crocodile of the South China Sea was furious, pointing his halberd and cursing: "Your grandma, Yue Laoer stretched out his hand to save others when you changed your sex, and thought of the friendship between everyone who is a famous villain in the world, so he stretched out his hand to grab your hair. If I had known this, I would have let you fall It's better if you fall to your death."
Zhong Ling said with a smile: "Yue Er Er, you were originally nicknamed 'Vicious God and Evil Shaker'. You were originally dedicated to doing bad things and not doing good things. When did you change your sex again? Did you learn it from your master?"
The South Sea Crocodile God scratched his scalp, and said: "No, no! Never change your sex, never change your sex! It's just that one of the four villains is missing, so it's a bit boring. Once I grabbed Yun Laosi's hair, I gave it to him. As soon as he dragged, he couldn't help but also fell down the valley. Fortunately, Boss Duan was very skilled in martial arts, so he stretched out a stick and caught me. But the weight of the three of us is about 400 catties, dragging and pulling. , and pulled Boss Duan down as well. He threw out his staff, hooked the pine tree, and was trying to get up slowly, but a short fat man from the Tubo Kingdom came, picked up an ax, and chopped down the pine tree."
Zhong Ling asked: "Is this short fat man from Tubo? Why did he want to kill you?"
The South Sea Crocodile God spat on the ground, and said: "Our four villains are among the best in the First Grade Hall of the Xixia Kingdom, no, no, they are the best in the third and fourth, and you all have admired them for a long time. This time, the emperor will replace the princess To recruit a son-in-law, I ordered the masters of Yipintang to patrol around, and no one else was allowed to come and make trouble. But the prince of the Tubo Kingdom was so unreasonable that he sent people to guard the four main roads of the Xixia Kingdom, and no one else was allowed to recruit a son-in-law. He went to recruit one by one. Of course we didn't allow it, so we fought and killed a dozen Tubo warriors. So, like this, our three villains and the warriors of Tubo Kingdom are not good friends .”
When he said this, everyone had a clue, but Wang Yuyan still didn't understand why she wanted to commit suicide.
South Sea Crocodile God said again: "Miss Wang, my master is here, you should be husband and wife, you don't need to seek death!"
Wang Yuyan raised her head, sobbing and said: "If you bully me again with nonsense, I... I will hit my head and die here." Duan Yu hurriedly said: "No, no!" Turning his head to South Sea Crocodile God "Yue Lao San, you can't..." Nanhai Crocodile God said: "Yue Lao Er!" Duan Yu said: "Okay, it is Yue Lao Er! Don't talk nonsense. But you have made great contributions in saving people, and I am very grateful as a teacher. .Next time I will really teach you a few kung fu!"
South Sea Crocodile God opened his strange eyes, squinted at Wang Yuyan, and said, "If you don't want to be my teacher's wife, there will be fewer people who are willing to be my teacher's wife? This master's wife, this little teacher's wife, are all my teachers' wife." Pointing at Mu Wanqing, then at Zhong Ling.
Mu Wanqing blushed, spat, and said: "Hey, where's that ugly monster?" Everyone was engrossed in watching Xu Zhu save people, only then did they realize that You TanZhi and AhZi had disappeared.
Duan Yu asked: "Brother, have they left?" Xiao Feng said: "They have left. Since you have agreed to him, I will not hinder you any further." He couldn't help being at a loss, not knowing that Ah Zi followed You Tanzhi After that, what will happen in the future.
South Sea Crocodile God shouted: "Boss, fourth child, are we going back?" Seeing Duan Yanqing and Yun Zhonghe heading north, he turned to Duan Yu and said, "I'm going!" Let go of his steps and follow Duan Yu Yanqing and Yunzhonghe returned to Xingzhou on their way.
Zhong Ling said: "Miss Wang, let's go by car." Supporting Wang Yuyan, she stepped into the donkey cart that Ah Zi was riding in.
A group of people marched towards Xingzhou together.In the evening, we arrived in Xingzhou City.
At that time, Xixia was powerful and powerful, with 22 prefectures.To the south of the Yellow River are Lingzhou, Hongzhou, Yinzhou, and Xiazhou, and to the west of Hexi are Xingzhou, Liangzhou, Ganzhou, and Suzhou, namely present-day Gansu and Ningxia.Its land has the benefits of irrigation by the Yellow River, and the five grains are abundant. The so-called "Yellow River has all kinds of harm, but only one set of benefits", Xixia Kingdom occupies exactly the land of Hetao.The soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, with a control of 500,000 armor.The Xixia soldiers are brave and good at fighting. "Song History" says: "Use soldiers to set up empty rocks, and set up ambush to encircle the enemy. Take iron cavalry as the front army, ride on good horses, heavy armor, stabs can't get in, use hooks and ropes to tie them together, even if they die on horseback , not to fall. In case of battle, the iron cavalry will rush out first, and when the formation is disordered, it will attack it, and the infantry will advance with the cavalry." The Song Dynasty fought with it year after year, and lost many battles.Although the Xixia emperor was surnamed Li, he was actually a Tuoba surname from the Hu people. Emperor Taizong of Tang gave him the surname Li, and Song Dynasty gave him the surname Zhao, but Xixia still prefers the surname Li.The Xixia people moved to all directions, the borders changed, and the capital of the country moved from time to time.At that time, Xingzhou, the capital, was a big city in Xixia, but compared with the famous capitals of the Central Plains, it was far inferior.
This night Xiao Feng and others were unable to find the hotel.Xingzhou was not prosperous at first, and at this time the Qingming Festival was approaching, there were countless heroes from all over the world, and several big inns were already full.Xiao Feng and others went out of the city again, finally found a place to stay in a temple, the men live in the east wing, the women live in the west wing.
Since Duan Yu saw Wang Yuyan, he was both happy and sad, he tossed and turned all night, how could he fall asleep?I just thought in my heart: "Why did Miss Wang commit suicide? How can I think of a way to persuade her? Sigh, I don't know the reason for her suicide, but how can I persuade her?"
Seeing the moonlight coming in from the pane, a clear light spread on the ground.It was difficult for him to fall asleep, so he got up quietly and walked into the courtyard, only to see two sycamore trees by the corner, the leaves were not yet mature, and a crescent moon gradually rose to the top of the sycamore trees.At this time, it should be spring, Ganliang area, the middle of the night is still quite cold, Duan Yu circled around a few times under the plane tree, and thought: "Why did she commit suicide?"
Walking out of the temple, under the moonlight, I saw a figure by the pond in the distance, vaguely a woman in white, more likely to be Wang Yuyan.Duan Yu was startled, and secretly shouted: "No, she's going to seek death again." Kai Lingbo took a small step, snatched it up, and in no time he was behind the white-clothed man.The clear water in the pond is like a mirror, reflecting the face of the man in white, it really is Wang Yuyan.
Duan Yu didn't dare to step forward, thinking: "She was angry with me on Shaoshi Mountain, and she still didn't make any false statements in this reunion, so she must be angry. The reason why she wanted to kill herself, maybe she wanted to give birth to me Sigh, Duan Yu, Duan Yu, you are so abrupt and beautiful, you have caused her to be utterly miserable, and a hundred deaths are not enough to cover her." He hid behind a big tree, complaining to himself, thinking more and more The more I feel that I have sinned more and more.If someone in the world must commit suicide, it must be him, Duan Yu, and definitely not the Miss Wang in front of him.
Suddenly there were ripples on the surface of the jasper-like pool, and several small circles of water slowly spread out. Duan Yu looked intently and saw a few drops of water falling on the surface of the pool, which turned out to be Wang Yuyan's tears .Duan Yu was even more sympathetic, but she heard her sigh softly, and said softly: "I...I'd better die, so as not to suffer from this endless torment."
Duan Yu couldn't bear it any longer, he came out from behind the tree, and said: "Miss Wang, it's definitely not, absolutely not, it's all my fault, Duan Yu, please bear the responsibility. You... If you still want to be angry , I have no choice but to kneel down for you." He did what he said, bent his knees, and immediately knelt down in front of her.
Wang Yuyan was startled, and hurriedly said: "You... what are you doing? Get up quickly, what will you look like if someone sees you?" Duan Yu said: "I will only dare to get up if the girl forgives me and doesn't take offense anymore. Wang Yuyan wondered: "Why do I forgive you? What do I blame you for? What are you doing?" Duan Yu said: "I saw the girl was sad, and I thought that everything went well for the girl. I must have offended Mr. Murong and made him unhappy. , so as to annoy the girl. If I run into him again next time, he will beat me and kill me. I will just run away and never fight back. If you want me not to run away, I will obey."
Wang Yuyan stamped her feet, and sighed: "Oh, you...you idiot, I am sad, and it has nothing to do with you!" Duan Yu said: "So, the girl doesn't blame me?" Wang Yuyan said: " Naturally not to blame!" Duan Yu said: "Then I can rest assured." Standing up, suddenly the boss felt bad.If Wang Yuyan was heartbroken because of him, beat him and scolded him, or even stabbed him with a sword, he would feel very happy, but she just said: "I am sad, it has nothing to do with you!" At a loss.
Seeing Wang Yuyan lowered her head again, tears were dripping on her chest bit by bit, her silk shirt did not absorb water, and the tears rolled down her clothes, Duan Yu's chest felt hot, and he said: "Girl, what are you in trouble for?" Tell me quickly. I will do my best, and I will definitely do it for you, and I will always find a way to turn your anger into joy."
Wang Yuyan raised her head slowly, the moonlight shone on her tearful eyes, like two crystals, the two crystals showed a radiant joy, but the brilliance dimmed again, she said quietly: "Mr. Duan, you have been waiting I'm fine, in my heart... I'm naturally very grateful. It's just that you can't do anything to help me with this matter. "
Duan Yu said: "I really don't have any skills, but my brother Xiao and Xu Zhu's second brother are both first-rate martial arts, they are all here, I and him are sworn brothers, we are as close as flesh and blood, what can I ask of them Miss Wang, tell me why you are sad. Even if it is really difficult and irreversible, if you tell the sad things, you will feel better."
Wang Yuyan's pale cheeks were suddenly covered with a blush, she turned her head, not daring to meet Duan Yu's eyes, she spoke softly, her voice was as low as a gnat: "He...he is going to be the son-in-law of Xixia. Second brother Ye came to persuade me, saying that in order to revive Dayan, we should not care about our children's personal interests." After she said these few words, she turned around, fell on Duan Yu's shoulder, and cried.
Duan Yu was overwhelmed by flattery, he didn't dare to move a bit, when he suddenly realized, he couldn't help being dumbfounded, he didn't know whether it was joy or sadness, it turned out that Wang Yuyan was sad because Murong Fu was going to be the son-in-law of Xixia. Regardless.Duan Yu naturally thought: "If she can't marry her cousin, she might be able to pretend to be a little less polite to me. I don't dare to ask her to commit herself to marrying, as long as I can see her from time to time, then I will be satisfied. She likes it. Quiet, I can accompany her to a barren island where no one visits, and see each other day and night, how about happiness?" Thinking of the place of happiness, I couldn't help dancing.
Wang Yuyan trembled, took a step back, saw Duan Yu's face was full of joy, and said angrily: "You...you...I still think you are a good person, so I told you, but you took pleasure in other's misfortunes and laughed at me instead." Duan Yu said anxiously: "No, no! By the heavens, if I, Duan Yu, have even half a heart to gloat over your misfortune, tell me to be struck by lightning from the sky, and ten thousand arrows will strike me!" Wang Yuyan said: "You have no bad intentions, that is, Well, who asked you to swear? Then why are you happy?"
As soon as she asked this sentence, she understood immediately: Duan Yu's expression of joy was only because Murong Fu married the princess of Xixia, and if he got rid of this rival in love, he hoped to become a family member with him.Duan Yu fell in love with her at first sight, and his affection was deep, how could she not know?It's just that she is full of affection, and has been focusing on this cousin since she was a child. Sometimes she thinks of Duan Yu's infatuation, and she can't help but feel sorry, but the word "love" cannot be involved.As soon as she understood the reason why Duan Yu danced and danced, she couldn't help being startled and ashamed, her cheeks flushed, and said angrily: "Although you are not laughing at me, you are also upset and kind."
Duan Yu was taken aback, and said to himself: "Duan Yu, Duan Yu, why do you suddenly have mean thoughts and want to take advantage of the fire? Haven't you become a shameless villain?" It can make her life safe and happy, even if I die, I am willing to do so, I can't help feeling proud in my chest, I thought: "Just then, I just thought about how to spend the day and night with her on the barren mountain and isolated island, enjoying each other happily, but there is no Thinking of this 'joyful harmony', it is my Duan Yu's joy, but not her Wang Yuyan's joy. My Duan Yu's joy is actually her Wang Yuyan's sorrow. I only seek my own happiness, which is to love myself, and I can only try to make myself happy. If she is happy in her heart, that is true love for her, and it is for her good."
Wang Yuyan whispered: "Am I wrong? Are you angry with me?" Duan Yu said: "No, no, how could I be angry with you?" Wang Yuyan said: "Then why don't you speak?" Duan Yu said: "I'm thinking about one thing."
He couldn't stop thinking in his mind: "Compared with Mr. Murong, I am inferior in literary talent and martial arts, in character and demeanor, in suave and unrestrained style, in prestige and reputation, it can be said that I can't match him in everything. What's more, the two of them are cousins. Since I was a childhood sweetheart, I have been in love for a long time, and I am even more incomparable. But there is one thing that I have to surpass Mr. Murong. I want Miss Wang to know that Mr. Murong is not as good as me when it comes to sincerely doing her best. In the future, Mrs. Wang Having children and grandchildren with Mr. Murong, she may still think of me, Duan Yu, in the bottom of her heart, and know that no one in this world can compare to me in thinking of her wholeheartedly." At that moment he had made up his mind, and said: "Miss Wang, You don't have to be sad, I'll go and advise Young Master Murong not to be the consort of Western Xia, and ask him to marry you as soon as possible."
Wang Yuyan was taken aback, and said, "No! How can that be? My cousin hates you to death, and he won't listen to your advice."
Duan Yu said: "I should be righteous and point out to him that in life, the most important thing is that the husband and wife agree with each other and the two hearts are happy. He and Princess Xixia have never met each other. He doesn't know whether she is beautiful or ugly or kind. It's evil, it's very wrong to meet each other and become husband and wife. I want to tell him again, Miss Wang is so beautiful, rare in the world, gentle and gentle, and I will never meet another one in the world. Of course not in the past thousand years, and still not in another thousand years. Besides, Miss Wang has been in love with you, Mr. Murong, for many years. How could you be that lucky gentleman, scolded by all the lovers in the world, and despised and ridiculed by the heroes of the world? ?”
Wang Yuyan was very moved when she heard his words, she said in a low voice: "Master Duan, you speak so well of me, it's because you deliberately praised me to please me..." Duan Yu hurriedly said: "No, no! "As soon as the words came out, I thought it was because of the influence of Bao different. After learning his mantra, I couldn't help laughing, and said again: "I am sincere, and every sentence is from the bottom of my heart!" Wang Yuyan also gave him this "no, no The four characters "No" made tears break into laughter, and he said, "You don't want to learn, but go and learn from me, Bao Sange."
Duan Yu liked her very much when he saw her smiling, and said: "I must try to persuade Mr. Murong not only to stop wanting to be the son-in-law of Xixia, but also to marry the girl as soon as possible." Wang Yuyan said: "Why do you do this? What benefits can it have for you?" Duan Yu said: "I can see the girl talking and laughing at Yan Yan, and my heart is happy, that is a great benefit."
Wang Yuyan's heart shuddered, she only felt that his understatement of words really loved her very much.But she put all her thoughts on Murong Fu, she was moved for a moment, then forgot, sighed and said: "You don't know my cousin's thoughts. In his heart, Xingfu Dayan is the most important thing in the world. Second brother Gongye Tell me, my cousin said: A man should put his great cause first. If his sons and daughters love each other, and the hero is short-tempered, he is not a hero. He also said: It doesn’t matter if Princess Xixia is a salt-free mother or a vicious shrew. He doesn't care about it, the most important thing is to help him recover Dayan."
Duan Yu pondered and said: "That is indeed the truth. His Murong clan wholeheartedly wants to be emperor, and Xixia can raise troops to help him restore the country. This matter... this matter... is a bit embarrassing." Seeing Wang Yuyan bursting into tears again, he felt Going up the mountain of knives and getting down the pan of oil for her was just a matter of business, so he raised his chest and said, "Don't worry, I will stand up and be the son-in-law of Xixia. If your cousin can't be a son-in-law, he must be with you." Marriage is impossible."
Surprised and delighted, Wang Yuyan asked: "What?" Duan Yu said: "I'll grab this son-in-law captain to do it."
Wang Yuyan immediately remembered that Gongye Gan came to tell her that day, saying that Murong Fu was going to Xixia to seek marriage, hoping to become a son-in-law so as to help the Yan Kingdom recover.She was so heartbroken that she couldn't make a sound. Gongye Gan persuaded her while explaining in detail: "Mr. Duan is the son of King Dali, and his father, Duan Zhengchun, is the emperor's younger brother, the King of Zhennan. The only son, the throne of the Dali Kingdom is absolutely certain, and it will definitely be passed on to him. The young master wants to revive the Yan Kingdom, although there are many difficulties, and the future is full of thorns, and whether he can become the king is not even half sure. He is a white man, how can Duan Yu be compared with the stable crown prince? The Xixia Kingdom wants to recruit a son-in-law, and it is better to recruit a crown prince than a white man. His daughter is a queen concubine, which is better than being the wife of a commoner. When the prince came to Xingzhou, he had already spent one hundred and eighty thousand in gold and silver bribes, and it would not be uncommon to spend another two to three hundred thousand, but the Murong family could not compare anyway.” (Wang Yuyan thought: Is this nerd the prince of Dali? I I don’t know, why didn’t he say it? Did he really bribe so much money?)
"When it comes to literary talent and martial arts, Mr. Duan has read poems and books, and he can speak well. In terms of martial arts, he used the 'Six Meridian Sword' of the Duan family of Dali to beat the young master completely powerless on the top of Shaoshi Mountain. He is a hero in the world. You can see that the young master can't deal with him by 'returning the other's way'." (Wang Yuyan said in her heart: Mr. Duan also knows "Lingbo Weibu", "Six Suns Melting Snow Skill", these kung fu, Cousin will not.)
"When it comes to handsome looks, the two are pretty much the same. But Miss Wang, the look of a man is not about being handsome, but about being unrestrained and generous. Mr. Duan is a bit stupid, that's good, he is better than nothing, calm and calm, just seeing him When I saw you, I immediately became at a loss, lost my mind, and became a big fool. Our young master, from morning to night, he never forgets how to revive the country of Yan. Worried, he embraced If you don't open it, it's hard to be unrestrained. As long as you don't show up, we others will look at the two sons and feel that Mr. Duan is much more chic and generous. Brother Bao ridiculed him and ridiculed him, but he was complacent and didn't care. Mr. Duan has a broad mind, He has a casual and elegant demeanor, which is rare among people. It’s just that he is a few years younger than our young master, and more immature.” (Wang Yuyan thought: Mr. Duan is eight or nine years younger than my cousin, probably only a year or two older than me. Cousin I've had a gray hair or two lately, and I've got to ignore it lest he get upset.)
"What about the people who assist him? The three masters of Dali and the four guards under Mr. Duan are not inferior to us Deng, Gongye, Bao, and Feng in terms of intelligence and martial arts. His brothers Xiao Feng, King Xiao, and Mr. Xu Zhu, Martial arts can be said to be invincible in the world, but we have a lady Wang, who has all the martial arts of various schools and sects in her heart, and it can be evenly tied." (Wang Yuyan thought: I don't understand the martial arts of King Xiao and Mr. Xu Zhu at all. , how can we draw with them?)
"Even if the King of Xixia really chose our son, King Xiao has hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Daliao, all he needs to say is: 'Your Majesty, I see you still recruit my younger brother, Prince Duan of Dali, as your son-in-law. The diplomatic relations between our two countries are much more beneficial, lest the two countries meet with each other and hurt the peace. In addition, Dali is attacking in the south, Xixia may be a bit difficult to stop.' After saying these few words, our son had no choice but to bow his hands to His Royal Highness Duan Said: "His Royal Highness Duan, congratulations, congratulations! I will return home with my cousin in the same house today, and I will not drink your highness's glass of wedding wine!" Cousin, I didn’t think of this nerd at all. Well, he is ten times better, and I have nothing to do with it.)
"I heard that Mr. Duan has indeed come to Xingzhou. He has traveled thousands of miles. He must be here to recruit a son-in-law." (Wang Yuyan thought: I came to Xingzhou, and he followed me.)
"If Mr. Duan also goes to ask for a marriage, the young master must lose. The third brother Bao said, we might as well find a chance to cut off his head. Brother Deng, fourth brother Feng and I all said no. Wouldn't it be possible for the Murong family to do such a thing?" Shameless villain? It would be best for Mr. Duan to leave willingly and not to ask Xixia for marriage, but how to persuade him to go back on his own is a difficult problem. The young master has discussed with us for a few days, but he is still at a loss." (Wang Yuyan thought: You I hope that I will go out and persuade him to go back. If he listens to me, won’t my cousin be going to be a son-in-law?)
"Young Master is all-in-one, and he wants to revive Dayan. There is a golden opportunity in front of him, but there is a big obstacle blocking it. As long as the obstacle is removed, Young Master has the great support of Xixia, and the restoration of the great cause is very promising. Dabao, the princess of Xixia is the empress of the main palace. The young master has deep affection for you, so he made you the empress of the west palace. At that time, he was in the west palace every day, drinking wine and composing poems with you, and never going to the main palace once in ten or eight days. Alas, I just can't think of a clever way, how can I tell Mr. Duan not to come and snatch the title of Prince Consort of Xixia? This is a great contribution, but none of us can share the worries and meritorious service for Mr. Wang..." (Wang Yuyan thought: You can't think of a way, I I hope that Mr. Duan will snatch him to be the son-in-law of Xixia, so my cousin will not be able to do it. But I don’t know if Mr. Duan is willing to be the son-in-law?)
Wang Yuyan was overjoyed when she heard Duan Yu said that she was willing to snatch to be Xixia's son-in-law, as if seeing a ray of sunshine in the dark clouds in the sky, she couldn't help being overjoyed, and said in a low voice, "Mr. , my cousin really wants to hate you." Duan Yu said: "What does that matter? Anyway, he already hates me now." Wang Yuyan said: "You just said that I don't know whether the Xixia princess is beautiful or not. Ugly, be it good or evil, but you went to marry her for me, wouldn't it be... wouldn't it be...you are too wronged?"
Duan Yu immediately wanted to say: "As long as it is for you, I am willing to endure any grievances." But then he thought: "If I do things for you, if I want you to be grateful, it is not the behavior of a gentleman." Then he said: "I did not do it for you. You are being wronged, my father has ordered me to try to marry this princess of Xixia. I am following my father's order and have nothing to do with you."
Wang Yuyan is ice-snow smart, Duan Yu has deep affection for her, how could he not understand it?I thought to myself that he was so infatuated with himself, how could he be willing to marry a woman he had never met before?He did things that went against his original intention for himself, but he didn't take any credit for it, so he couldn't help but feel even more grateful, reached out and took Duan Yu's hand, and said, "Mr. Duan, I... May the next life..." At this point, his throat choked up, and he couldn't speak any more.
The two of them went through adversity for many times, supported and touched skin to skin, not only once, but in the past it was inevitable, this time it was Wang Yuyan who was deeply moved and reached out to hold Duan Yu's hand.Duan Yu felt that she was holding his hand gently with a soft and smooth palm, and in an instant, he felt that the sky was falling and he couldn't take care of it. He was full of joy, thinking that she treated me like this, Not to mention asking me to marry the princess of Xixia, even the princess of the Song Dynasty, the princess of Liao, the princess of Tubo, and the princess of Gaoli, so what?他重伤初愈，心情激荡之下，热血上涌，突然间天旋地转，头晕脑胀，身子摇了几摇，一个侧身，咕咚一声，摔入了碧波池中。
王语嫣大吃一惊，叫道：“段公子，段公子！”伸手去拉。
幸好池水甚浅，段誉给冷水一激，脑子也清醒了，拖泥带水地爬将上来。
王语嫣这么一呼，庙中许多人都惊醒了。萧峰、虚竹、巴天石、朱丹臣等都奔出来。见到段誉湿淋淋的十分狼狈，王语嫣却满脸通红地站在一旁，忸怩尴尬，都道他二人深宵在池边幽会，定是段誉毛手毛脚，给王语嫣推入池中，不由得暗暗好笑，却也不便多问。段誉要待解释，却也不知说什么好。
次日是三月初七，离清明尚有二日。巴天石一早便到兴庆府投文办事。已牌时分，他匆匆赶回庙中，向段誉道：“公子，王爷向西夏公主求亲的书信，小人已投入了礼部。蒙礼部尚书亲自延见，十分客气，说公子前来求亲，西夏国大感光宠，相信必能如公子所愿。”
过不多时，庙门外人马杂沓，跟着有吹打之声。巴天石和朱丹臣迎了出去，原来是西夏礼部陶尚书率领人员，前来迎接段誉，迁往宾馆款待。萧峰是辽国的南院大王，辽国国势之盛，远过大理，西夏若知他来，接待更当隆重，只是他嘱咐众人不可泄漏他的身份，和虚竹等一干人都认作是段誉的随从，迁入了宾馆。
众人刚安顿好，忽听后院中有人粗声粗气地骂道：“你是什么东西，居然也来打西夏公主的主意？这西夏驸马，我们小王子是做定了的，我劝你还是夹着尾巴早些走吧！”巴天石等一听，都是怒从心上起，心想什么人如此无礼，胆敢上门辱骂？开门看时，只见七八条粗壮大汉，站在院子中乱叫乱嚷。
巴天石和朱丹臣都是十分精细之人，只朱丹臣多了几分文采儒雅，巴天石却多了几分霸悍之气。两人各不出声，只在门口一站。但听那几条大汉越骂越粗鲁，还夹杂着许多听不懂的番话，口口声声“我家小王子”如何如何，似乎是吐蕃国王子的下属。
巴天石和朱丹臣相视一笑，便欲出手打发这几条大汉，突然间左首一扇门砰地开了，抢出两个人来，一穿黄衣，一穿黑衣，指东打西，霎时间三条大汉躺在地下哼声不绝，另外几人给那二人拳打足踢，都抛出了门外。那黑衣汉子道：“痛快，痛快！”那黄衣人道：“非也，非也！还不够痛快。”一个正是风波恶，一个是包不同。
但听得逃到了门外的吐蕃武士兀自大叫：“姓慕容的，我劝你早些回苏州去的好。你想娶西夏公主为妻，惹恼了我家小王子，'以汝之道，还施汝身'，娶了你妹子做小老婆，让她在吐蕃天天喝酥油茶，她就开心得很了。”风波恶一阵风般赶将出去。但听得噼啪、哎唷几声，几名吐蕃武士渐逃渐远，骂声渐渐远去。
王语嫣坐在房中，听到包风二人和吐蕃武士的声音，愁眉深锁，珠泪悄垂，一时打不定主意，是否该出来和包风二人相会。
包不同向巴天石、朱丹臣一拱手，说道：“巴兄、朱兄来到西夏，是来瞧瞧热闹呢，还是别有所图？”巴天石笑道：“包风二位如何，我二人也就如何了。”包不同道：“大理段公子也是来求亲么？”巴天石道：“正是。我家公子乃大理国皇太弟的世子，日后身登大位，在大理国南面为君，与西夏结为姻亲，正是门当户对。慕容公子一介白丁，人品虽佳，门第却是不称。”包不同脸色一变，道：“非也，非也！你只知其一，不知其二。我家公子人中龙凤，岂是你家这个段呆子所能比拼？”风波恶冲进门来，说道：“三哥，何必多作这口舌之争？待来日金殿比试，大家施展手段便了。”包不同道：“非也，非也！金殿比试，那是公子爷他们的事；口舌之争，却是我哥儿们之事。”
巴天石笑道：“口舌之争，包兄天下第一，古往今来，无人能及。小弟甘拜下风，这就认输别过。”一拱手，与朱丹臣回入房中，说道：“朱贤弟，听那包不同说来，似乎公子爷还得参与一场什么金殿比试。公子爷伤重初愈，他的武功又时灵时不灵，并无把握，倘若比试之际六脉神剑施展不出，不但驸马做不成，还有性命之忧，那便如何是好？”朱丹臣也束手无策。两人去找萧峰、虚竹商议。
萧峰道：“这金殿比试，不知如何比试法？是单打独斗呢，还是许可部属出阵？倘若旁人也可参与角斗，那就不用担心了。”巴天石道：“正是。朱贤弟，咱们去瞧瞧陶尚书，把招婿、比试的诸般规矩打听明白，再作计较。”当下二人自去。
萧峰、虚竹、段誉三人围坐饮酒，你一碗，我一碗，意兴甚豪。萧峰问起段誉学会六脉神剑的经过，想要授他一项运气法门，得能任意运使真气。哪知道段誉对内功、外功一窍不通，岂能在旦夕之间学会？萧峰知无法可施，只得摇了摇头，举碗喝酒。虚竹和段誉的酒量都远不及他，喝到五六碗烈酒时，段誉已颓然醉倒，人事不知了。
段誉待得矇矇眬眬地醒转，只见窗纸上树影扶疏，明月窥人，已是深夜。他心中一凛：“昨夜我和王姑娘没说完话，一不小心，掉入了水池，不知她可还有什么话要跟我说？会不会又在外面等我？啊哟，不好，倘若她已等了半天，不耐烦起来，又回去安睡，岂不误了大事？”急忙跳起，悄悄挨出房门，过了院子，正想去拔大门的门闩，忽听得身后有人低声道：“段公子，你过来，我有话跟你说。”
段誉出其不意，吓了一跳，听那声音阴森森的似乎不怀好意，待要回头去看，突觉背心一紧，已给人一把抓住。段誉依稀辨明声音，问道：“是慕容公子么？”
那人道：“不敢，正是区区，敢请段兄移驾一谈。”果然便是慕容复。段誉道：“慕容公子有命，敢不奉陪？请放手吧！”慕容复道：“放手倒也不必。”段誉突觉身子一轻，腾云驾雾般飞了上去，却是给慕容复抓住后心，提着跃上了屋顶。
段誉倘若张口呼叫，便能将萧峰、虚竹等惊醒，出来救援，但想：“我一叫之下，王姑娘也必听见了，她见我二人重起争斗，定然大大不快。她决不会怪她表哥，总是编派我的不是，我又何必惹她生气？”当下并不叫唤，任由慕容复提在手中，向外奔驰。
其时虽是深夜，但月亮凌空，月色澄明，只见慕容复脚下初时踏的是青石板街道，到后来已是黄土小径，小径两旁都是半青不黄的长草。
慕容复奔得一会，突然停步，将段誉往地下重重一摔。砰的一声，段誉肩腰着地，摔得好不疼痛，心想：“此人貌似文雅，行为却颇野蛮。”哼哼唧唧地爬起身来，道：“慕容兄有话好说，何必动粗？”
慕容复冷笑道：“昨晚你跟我表妹说什么话来？”段誉脸上一红，嗫嚅道：“也……也没什么，只不过刚巧撞到，闲谈几句罢了。”慕容复道：“你是男子汉大丈夫，说过的话，做过的事，又何必抵赖隐瞒？”段誉给他一激，不由得气往上冲，说道：“当然也不必瞒你，我跟王姑娘说，要来劝你一劝。”慕容复冷笑道：“你说要劝我道：人生在世，最要紧的是夫妇间情投意合，两心相悦。你又说：我和西夏公主素不相识，既不知她是美是丑，是善是恶，旦夕相见，便成夫妻，那是大大不妥，是不是？又说我若辜负了我表妹的美意，便为天下有情人齐声唾骂，为江湖上的英雄好汉鄙视耻笑，是也不是？”
他说一句，段誉吃一惊，待他说完，结结巴巴地道：“王……王姑娘都跟你说了？”慕容复道：“她怎会跟我说？”段誉道：“那么是你昨晚躲在一旁听见了？”慕容复冷笑道：“你骗得了这等不识世务的无知姑娘，可骗不了我。”
段誉奇道：“我骗你什么？”慕容复道：“事情再明白也没有了，你自己想做西夏驸马，怕我来争，便编好了一套说辞，想诱我上当。嘿嘿，慕容复不是三岁孩儿，怎会坠入你彀中？你当真是在做清秋大梦。”段誉叹道：“我是一片好心，但盼王姑娘和你成婚，结成神仙眷属，举案齐眉，白头偕老。”慕容复冷笑道：“多谢你的金口啦。大理段氏和姑苏慕容无亲无故，素无交情，你何必对我这般好心？只要我给我表妹缠住了不得脱身，你便得其所哉，披红挂彩地去做西夏驸马了。”
段誉怒道：“你这不是胡说八道么？我是大理皇子，大理虽是小国，却也没将这个'驸马'二字看得比天还大。慕容公子，我善言劝你，荣华富贵，转瞬成空，你就算做成了西夏驸马，再要做大燕皇帝，还不知要杀多少人？就算中原给你杀得血流成河，尸骨如山，你这大燕皇帝是否做得成，那也难说得很。”
慕容复却不生气，只冷冷地道：“你满口子仁义道德，一肚皮却是蛇蝎心肠。”段誉急道：“你不相信我是一番好意，那也由你，总而言之，我不能让你娶西夏公主，我不能眼见王姑娘为你伤心断肠，自寻短见。”慕容复道：“你不许我娶？哈哈，你当真有这么大的能耐？我偏要娶，你便怎样？”段誉道：“我自当尽心竭力，阻你成事。我一个人无能为力，便请朋友们帮忙。”
慕容复心中一凛，萧峰、虚竹二人的武功如何，他自是熟知，甚至段誉本人，当他施展六脉神剑之际，自己也万万抵敌不住，幸好他剑法有时灵，有时不灵，未能得心应手，总算还有可乘之隙，当即微微抬头，高声道：“表妹，你过来，我有话跟你说。”
段誉又惊又喜，忙回头去看，但见遍地清光，却哪里有王语嫣的人影？他凝神张望，似乎对面树丛中有什么东西一动，突然间胸口一紧，又给慕容复抓住了穴道，身子又给他提了起来，才知上当，苦笑道：“你又来动蛮，再加谎言欺诈，实非君子之所为。”
慕容复冷笑道：“对付你这等小人，又岂能用君子手段？”心想：“你两个义兄武功再高，你变成了死人，总做不成西夏驸马了。”提着他向旁走去，想找个坑穴，将他一掌击死，便即就地掩埋，走了数丈，见到一口枯井，举手一掷，将他投了下去。段誉大叫：“啊哟！”已摔入井底。
慕容复正待找几块大石压在井口之上，让他在里面活活饿死，忽听得一个女子声音道：“表哥，你瞧见我了？要跟我说什么话？啊哟，你把段公子怎么啦？”正是王语嫣。慕容复一呆，皱起了眉头，他向着段誉背后高声说话，意在引得他回头观看，以便拿他胸前要穴，不料王语嫣真的便在附近。
原来王语嫣这一晚愁思绵绵，难以安睡，倚窗望月，却将慕容复抓住段誉的情景都瞧在眼里，生怕两人争斗起来，慕容复不敌段誉的六脉神剑，当即追随在后，危急之际，可以喝止段誉。两人的一番争辩，句句都给她听见了。只觉段誉相劝慕容复的言语确是出于肺腑，慕容复却认定他别有用心。待得慕容复出言欺骗段誉，王语嫣还道他当真见到了自己，便即现身。
王语嫣奔到井旁，俯身下望，叫道：“段公子，段公子！你有没受伤？”段誉给摔下去时，头下脚上，脑袋撞上硬泥，已然晕去。王语嫣叫了几声，听不到回答，只道段誉已然跌死，想起他平素对自己的种种好处，这一次又确是为了自己而送命，忍不住哭了出来，叫道：“段公子，你……你怎么……怎么就这样死了？”
慕容复冷冷地道：“你对他果然是一往情深。”王语嫣哽咽道：“他好好相劝于你，听不听在你，又为什么杀了他？”慕容复道：“这人是我大对头，你没听他说，他要尽心竭力，阻我成事么？那日少室山上，他令我丧尽脸面，难以在江湖立足，这人我自然容他不得。”王语嫣道：“少室山的事情，确是他不对，我早怪责过他了，他已自认不是。”慕容复冷笑道：“哼，自认不是！这么轻描淡写一句话，就想把这梁子揭过去了么？我慕容复行走江湖，人人在背后指指点点，说我败在他大理段氏的六脉神剑之下，你倒想想，我今后怎么做人？”
王语嫣柔声道：“表哥，一时胜败，又何必常自挂怀在心？那日少室山斗剑，姑丈也已开导过你了，过去的事，再说作甚？”她不知段誉是否真的死了，探头井口，又叫道：“段公子，段公子！”仍不闻应声。
慕容复道：“你这么关心他，嫁了他也就是了，又何必假惺惺地跟着我？”
王语嫣胸口一酸，说道：“表哥，我对你一片真心，难道……难道你还不信么？”
慕容复冷笑道：“你对我一片真心，嘿嘿！那日在太湖之畔的碾房中，你赤身露体，和这姓段的一同躲在柴草堆中，却在干些什么？那是我亲眼目睹，难道还有假的了？那时我要一刀杀死了这姓段的小子，你却指点于他，不断地跟我为难，你的心到底是向着哪一个，还不清楚得很吗？嘿嘿……”
王语嫣惊得呆了，颤声道：“太湖畔的碾房中……那个……那个蒙面的……蒙面的西夏武士……”慕容复道：“不错，那假扮西夏武士李延宗的，便是我了。”王语嫣低声说道：“怪不得，我一直有些疑心。那日你曾说：'要是我一朝做了中原的皇帝'，那……那……原是你的口吻，我早该知道的。”慕容复冷笑道：“你虽早该知道，可是现下方知，却也还没太迟。”
王语嫣急道：“表哥，那日我中了西夏人所放的毒雾，承蒙段公子相救，中途遇雨，湿了衣衫，这才在碾坊中避雨，你……你……你可不能多疑。”
慕容复道：“好一个碾坊中避雨！可是我来到之后，你二人仍在鬼鬼祟祟，这姓段的伸手来摸你脸蛋，你毫不闪避。那时我说什么话了，你可记得么？只怕你一心都贯注在这姓段的身上，我的话全没听进耳去。”
王语嫣心中一凛，回思那日碾坊中之事，那蒙面西夏武士“李延宗”的话清清楚楚在脑海中显现了出来。她喃喃地道：“那时候……你也是这般嘿嘿冷笑，说什么了？你说……你说……'我叫你去学了武功前来杀我，却不是叫你二人……叫你二人……'”她心中记得，当日慕容复说的是：“却不是叫你二人打情骂俏，动手动脚。”但这八个字却无论如何说不出口，突然心中一动：“表哥为此生气，那是在喝醋了。他喝醋，心中便对我有几分爱意。”
慕容复道：“那日你又说道：倘若我杀了这姓段的小子，你便决意杀我为他报仇。王姑娘，我听了你这句话，这才饶了他性命，不料养虎贻患，叫我在少室山众家英雄之前丢尽了脸面。”
王语嫣听他忽然不叫自己做“表妹”，改口而叫“王姑娘”，心中又是一寒，颤声道：“表哥，那日我如知道是你，自然不会说这种话。真的，表哥，我……我要是知道了，决计不会说的。你知道我心中对你一向……一向很好。”慕容复道：“就算我戴了人皮面具，你认不出我的相貌，就算我故意装作哑了嗓子，你认不出我的口音，可是难道我的武功你也认不出？嘿嘿，你于武学之道，渊博非凡，任谁使出一招一式，你便知他的门派家数，可是我和这小子动手百余招，你难道还认不出我？”王语嫣低声道：“我确实有一点点疑心，不过……表哥，咱们好久没见面了，我对你的武功进境不大了然……”
慕容复心下更加不忿，王语嫣这几句话，明明说自己武功进境太慢，不及她意料，说道：“那日你道：'我初时看你刀法繁多，心中暗暗惊异，但看到五十招后，觉得也不过如此，说你一句黔驴技穷，似乎刻薄，但总而言之，你所知远不如我。'王姑娘，我所知确实远不如你，你……你又何必跟在我身旁？你心中瞧我不起，不错，可是我慕容复堂堂丈夫，也用不着给姑娘们瞧得起。”
王语嫣走上几步，柔声说道：“表哥，那日我说错了，这里跟你陪不是啦。”说着弯膝裣衽行礼，又道：“我实在不知道是你……你大人大量，千万别放在心上。我从小敬重你，自小咱们一块玩儿，你说什么，我总是依什么，从来不会违拗于你。当日我胡言乱语，你总要念着昔日的情份，原谅我一次。”
那日王语嫣在碾坊中说这番话，慕容复自来心高气傲，听了自是耿耿于怀，大为不快。自此之后，两人虽相聚时多，心中总是存了芥蒂，不免格格不入。这时听她软言相求，月光下见到这样一个清丽绝俗的姑娘，如此情致绵绵地对着自己，又深信她和段誉之间确无暧昧情事，当日言语冲撞，确也出于无心，想到自己和她青梅竹马的情份，不禁动心，伸出手去，握住她双手，叫道：“表妹！”
王语嫣大喜，知道表哥原谅了自己，投身入怀，将头靠在他肩上，低声道：“表哥，你生我的气，尽管打我骂我，可千万别藏在心中不说出来。”慕容复抱着她温软的身子，听得她低声软语地央求，不由得心神荡漾，伸手轻抚她头发，柔声道：“我怎舍得打你骂你？以前生你的气，现下也不生气了。”王语嫣柔声问道：“表哥，你不去做西夏驸马了吧？”
慕容复陡然间全身剧震，心道：“糟糕，糟糕！慕容复，你儿女情长，英雄气短，险些儿误了大事。倘若连这一点点的私情也割舍不下，哪里还说得上谋干'打天下'的大业？”当即伸手将她推开，硬起心肠，摇头道：“表妹，你我缘分已经尽了。你知道，我向来很会记恨，你说过的话，做过的事，我总难以忘记。”
王语嫣凄然道：“你刚才说不生我的气了。”慕容复道：“我不生你的气，可是……可是咱们这一生，终究不过是表兄妹的缘分。”王语嫣道：“你是决计不肯原谅我了？”
慕容复心中“私情”和“大业”两件事交战，迟疑半刻，终于摇了摇头。王语嫣万念俱灰，仍问：“你定要去娶那西夏公主？从此不再理我？”
慕容复本想做了西夏驸马，得遂复国大业，再娶王语嫣为嫔妃，但又想此念万万泄露不得，若给西夏人得知，驸马便决难中选，于是硬起心肠，点了点头。
王语嫣先前得知表哥要去娶西夏公主，还是由公冶乾婉言转告，当时便萌死志，借故落后，避开了邓百川等人，跳崖自尽，却给云中鹤救起，此刻为意中人亲口所拒，伤心欲狂，几乎要吐出血来，本来段誉已允她去抢驸马，但他既已给表哥投入井中害死，这番指望也没有了，万念俱灰，心想便死在表哥面前，一了百了，慢慢走向井边，转头道：“表哥，祝你得遂心愿，娶了西夏公主，又做大燕皇帝。”
慕容复知她要去寻死，走上一步，伸手想拉住她手臂，口中想呼：“不可！”但心中知道，只要一语出口，伸手一拉，此后能否摆脱表妹这番柔情纠缠，那就难以逆料。表妹温柔美貌，世所罕有，得妻如此，复有何求？何况她自幼便对自己情根深种，倘若一个克制不住，结下了什么孽缘，兴复燕国的大计便不免遭到挫折。他言念及此，嘴巴张开，却无声音发出，一只手伸了出去，却不当真去拉。
王语嫣见此神情，猜到了他的心情，心想你就算弃我如遗，但我们是表兄妹至亲，眼见我踏入死地，你竟不加阻拦，连那穷凶极恶的云中鹤尚自不如，我除死之外，更无别路，当下纵身一跃，向井中堕了下去。
慕容复“啊”的一声，跨上一步，伸手想去拉她脚，凭他武功，要抓住王语嫣原属轻而易举，但终究打不定主意，便任由她跳了下去。他叹了口气，摇头道：“表妹，你毕竟深爱段公子，你二人虽生不能成为夫妇，但死而同