Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Mouse Soup
The terrain below Jiangling is flat, and the Yangtze River twists and turns between Hunan and Hubei, flowing eastward, and small boats float slowly with the river.Towns and villages on both sides of the Yangtze River passed by the boat, and the boats coming down from the upper reaches passed him one by one.When the people on the boat passed by the small boat, they all cast curious and surprised looks at Di Yun, who had long beard and long hair and a bloody face in the boat.
Near the evening, Di Yun finally had some strength. At the same time, his stomach was rumbling non-stop, and he felt very hungry.He sat up, picked up a plank, and slowly rowed the boat to the north bank, thinking of buying some food in a small restaurant.But this area is very desolate, not a single family can be seen.The small boat turned a corner along the river, and saw three fishing boats tied under the shade of willows, and smoke rose from the boats.When his small boat approached the fishing boat, he could hear the creaking sound of the turtle being fried in the seven pots on the stern of the boat, and the aroma came straight over.
He rowed the boat over and said to the old fisherman on the stern, "Old fisherman, can you sell me a fish to eat?" The old fisherman saw his frightening appearance and was afraid in his heart, so he didn't want to , but dared not refuse, and said: "Yes, yes!" Put a fried herring in a bowl and sent it over by the boat.Di Yun said: "If you have white rice, buy a bowl for Yifa." The old fisherman said: "Yes, yes!" He gave him a large bowl of brown rice, mixed with more than half of sweet potatoes and sorghum.
Di Yun ate up a large bowl of rice after pawing twice, and was about to ask for more, when he heard a hoarse voice from the bank shouting: "Fisherman! There are some big fish, bring some."
Di Yun looked sideways, and saw that he was a very tall and thin monk, with very big eyes, shining brightly.Di Yun's heart skipped a beat, he recognized that he was one of the five monks who came to the prison that night to make things difficult for Ding Dian, after thinking about it, he remembered that Ding Dian had said that his name was Baoxiang.That night Ding Dian killed the two monks and severely wounded the two monks. The elephant took advantage of the opportunity and escaped with the two wounded monks.
Di Yun didn't dare to look at him again.Ding Dian said that this monk is very skilled in martial arts, he once told him to be careful if he encounters him in the future.It would be terrible if Ding Dian's body was found by Baoxiang Monk.He held his rice bowl in both hands, even though he was not a coward who feared death, but he couldn't help his heart beating wildly, his arms couldn't help trembling slightly, and he just said in his heart: "Don't tremble, don't tremble, don't show your feet !” But the more I wanted to calm down, the more I couldn’t control myself.
I just heard the old fisherman say: "All the fish caught today are sold, and there are no more fish." Baoxiang said angrily: "Who said there is no fish? I am so hungry that I can get some quickly! There are no big fish, but small ones." It’s okay.” The old fisherman said: “No really! I have fish and you have silver, why don’t you sell it?” He lifted the fish basket, turned it over, and the bottom of the basket was facing the sky, and there was no fish in the basket.
Baoxiang was very hungry, and when he saw a big cooked fish beside Di Yun, he had only eaten a small half, so he called out, "Man Wuna, do you have any fish?" When he spoke, he only said that he had recognized himself, let alone answering, he raised the plank of the boat and pushed hard on the willow tree roots by the river, and the boat swung out towards the heart of the river.
Baoxiang said angrily: "Thief man, I asked you if you have any fish, why did you run away?"
Di Yun became even more frightened when he heard him yelling at him. He paddled the boat vigorously and swung the boat towards the center of the river.Baoxiang picked up a stone from the bank and threw it at him vigorously.When Di Yun saw the stone being thrown, he immediately leaned over, but he heard the strong wind, the stone flew past his head, and with a bang, it fell into the river, splashing high.
Seeing him dodging the stones swiftly, Baoxiang looked like a Lianjiazi, definitely not an ordinary fisherman and boatman, he became suspicious and shouted: "Damn it, come back quickly, or I will kill you dog!"
Di Yun didn't care about him, and rowed desperately.Bao Xiang squatted down, picked up a stone with his right hand, threw it immediately, followed by throwing another stone with his left hand.Di Yun was rowing the boat with his hands, his eyes focused on the way the stones came from.The first one avoided sideways, the second one came very low, flew flat against the hull, and immediately lay down on the bottom of the bilge.The difference was only an inch, and I saw a black thing flying by rapidly in front of my eyes, and the severe wind blew my nose and cheeks with pain.As soon as he sat up, the third stone hit the bow of the boat with a crackling sound, and sawdust flew all over the boat, and a piece was missing from the bow.
Seeing that Di Yun dodged nimbly and the boat was drifting along the river, Bao Xiang immediately threw two stones, aiming at the boat.If he threw the boat as soon as he made a move, the small wooden boat would be pierced and sunk immediately, but at this time, the distance was far away, although several stones hit the boat one after another, but the strength was already weakened, only some of the sides of the boat were broken, It's just a boat.
Seeing that he could not restrain him, Bao Xiang yelled and cursed angrily. Seeing the wind blowing in the river from a distance, Di Yun's messy beard and long hair kept flying, he suddenly remembered: "This man looks like a prisoner who escaped from prison. Ding Dian escaped from prison in Jingzhou Mansion Fleeing away, rumors spread all over the rivers and lakes. Maybe we can find out some traces of Ding Dian from this prisoner." He couldn't help but feel greedy, but his anger was extinguished, and he shouted: "Fisher, fisherman, let me go after him." on him."
The fishermen on the three boats under the willow tree saw him flying stones and beating people, they were very vicious, and they all untied their cables early and went down the river.Baoxiang kept shouting, but who would come back to pick him up?Baoxiang threw some stones whirringly, and one of them hit a fisherman on the head.The fisherman's brain burst and he fell into the river.The rest of the fishermen were scared out of their wits and rowed even faster.
Baoxiang chased along the river bank, running fast, much faster than Di Yun's boat.The treasure elephant was chasing on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and Di Yun couldn't stop rowing diagonally to the south bank.Although Baoxiang overtook him, he was still farther and farther away from the boat.Di Yun thought: "If I find him a boat on the shore and force the boatman to chase me away, it will be hard to escape his murderous hands." In his panic, he could only murmur: "Brother Ding, Brother Ding, you Dead but alive, this evil monk cannot find a boat."
There are many boats going up and down the Yangtze River, but fortunately there are no boats berthed along the north bank for several miles.With all his strength, Di Yun rowed the boat to the south bank, put the small bundle in his arms, picked up Ding Dian's body, and went ashore.Although the river in this area is not wide, it is covered by trees, and the treasure elephant can no longer be seen.He suddenly remembered something, turned around and pushed the boat towards Jiangxin, only hoping that the treasure elephant would look at him from a distance, and said that he was still in the boat, chasing all the way downstream.
He ran towards Lu in a panic, hoping to get as far away from the river as possible.Running to Lixu, he couldn't help crying out, but seeing a vast expanse of white water, the big river was in front of him, and it turned out that the Yangtze River turned here and turned south.
He hurriedly turned around and saw a small dilapidated temple on the right, he immediately carried Ding Dian's body to the front of the temple, and was about to open the door to enter, when suddenly his knees gave way and he fell to the ground, unable to stand up again.After he was injured, he bled a lot and was already very weak. After rowing and running away with his corpse in his arms, he was exhausted and had no strength at all.After struggling twice, unable to sit up, he leaned on the ground and gasped for breath.Seeing that the sky was getting dark, he felt relieved: "As long as it is night, that evil monk Baoxiang will never be able to find us." Although Ding Dian is dead at this time, he still regards him as a close companion in his heart.
Lie straight outside the temple for more than half an hour, gradually recovering strength, then struggled to get up, carried Ding Dian's body and pushed the door into the temple.I saw that it was an earth temple, and the clay sculpture of the earth god was short and wretched, with a ridiculous appearance.When Di Yun was devastated, when he saw the little god statue, he suddenly felt awe, knelt down respectfully, and kowtowed to the god statue a few times, feeling a little more comforted in his heart.
Sitting in front of the idol seat, he stared blankly at Ding Dian lying on the ground with his head folded.As the sky darkened little by little, he gradually felt a little more peaceful in his heart.
He lay next to Ding Dian's body, just like in that small prison cell in the past few years. Before midnight, it suddenly began to rain, pattering, heavy and light.Feeling cold all over his body, Di Yun huddled into a ball and leaned against Ding Dian. Suddenly, he touched Ding Dian's icy skin. Thinking that Brother Ding was dead and could no longer talk to him, he felt pain in his chest, and two lines of tears slowed him down. Slowly run down the cheeks. Suddenly, there was a sound of tapping and tapping in the sound of rain, and they were walking towards the Earth Temple.The man trampled on the mud, but walked extremely fast.Di Yun was taken aback, hearing the man getting closer, hurriedly hid Ding Dian's body under the altar, and shrank himself behind the altar. The closer the footsteps came, the faster Di Yun's heart beat, and there was a thud, and the temple door was pushed open, followed by someone who cursed: "Damn it, I don't know where this old thief has escaped to, and he did this again!" People are raining, and my whole body is wet." This voice is Baoxiang, and it is not right for a monk to call himself "Mother's son", and calling himself "Lao Tzu" is even more absurd.Di Yun didn't know much about worldly affairs, but these past few years he had listened to Ding Dian's talk about the world, and he was no longer the ignorant country boy he used to be. , no scruples, most likely a fierce thief." Hearing more and more obscene words from Baoxiang's mouth, after cursing for a while, he sat down in front of the altar, followed by rustling sounds, and he could be heard taking off all his wet clothes and going to the corner of the hall After wringing it out, he laid it on the edge of the altar, and lay down on the ground. Soon he started snoring, and Yanzi fell asleep. Di Yun thought to himself: "Isn't it a sin for this evil monk to take off his clothes naked and sleep in front of the god statue?" Then he thought: "I'll take this opportunity and smash him to death with a big stone, so as not to be in trouble tomorrow." He really didn't want to kill people casually, and he knew that Baoxiang's martial arts were ten times better than his own, if he couldn't kill him with one blow, as long as he had a little strength to fight back, his life would be in danger. At this time, if he escaped quietly from the backyard, Bao Xiang would definitely not be aware of it, but Ding Dian's body was under the altar, and he was determined not to let it go, as soon as he moved it, the evil monk was alarmed.Hearing the constant dripping of rain in the courtyard, he was at a loss what to do. He only hoped that the rain would stop in the morning and that the precious elephant would leave him.But it sounds like the rain will never stop.At dawn, if Baoxiang refuses to come out of the temple in the rain, he will search around the temple, and he must see the corpse.Even so, I still had a lucky thought in my heart: "Maybe the rain will stop at dawn, and this evil monk is eager to chase me, so he hurried out of the temple." Suddenly remembered: "When he came in, he yelled and said he didn't know where that 'old thief' had fled to. I am not old, why did he call me an 'old thief'? Could it be that he was chasing another old man?" After thinking for a while, he suddenly He suddenly realized: "Ah, yes, I have long hair and a long beard on my face. I haven't shaved for several years. I am naturally an old man in the eyes of others. He called me an 'old thief', hehe, called me an 'old thief' '!" Thinking of this, he stretched out his hand to stroke the grass-like beard on his cheek. Suddenly there was a snapping sound, and Baoxiang turned around.In his sleep, he kicked under the altar, just in time to kick Ding Dian's corpse.As soon as he felt the situation was different, he immediately woke up. He only knew that there were enemies under the altar, and he didn't know how many people were ambushing in the temple in the dark. "Who is it? Damn it, you son of a bitch!" He cursed several times, but no one agreed, and held his breath, but still no one was heard. In the dark, Bao Xiang hacked fifteen or six knives continuously, using the "Eight Ways of Night Fighting", hacking in all directions, kicking down the altar with his flying feet, and chopping down with his knife, there was a bang, mixed with the sound of bones breaking, Ding Dian's body has been hacked. Di Yun heard clearly that Bao Xiang was slashing Ding Dian.Although Ding Dian is dead and has long been ignorant, in Di Yun's heart, he is still his most respected and beloved brother-in-law. It was as if the knife had been cut on him, and he immediately wanted to rush out and fight for his life, but the past five years The prison torture has turned this simple and reckless young man into a young man who thinks about things.As soon as I thought about it, I thought: "I rushed out to fight with him, and there is no other result except my own life. Brother Ding and Miss Ling's wish to be buried together cannot be fulfilled. How can I be worthy of him?" Baoxiang slashed at Ding Dian's body, but there was no further movement, and he couldn't see the slightest clue in the darkness.The torch he was carrying was already soaked in the heavy rain, so he couldn't light it to see for himself.He slowly stepped back step by step, leaning his vest against the wall to prevent the enemy from sneaking in, and then listened attentively. At this time, there was a screen wall between the two, apart from the patter of rain, there was no other sound. Di Yun knew that as long as his breathing was a little louder, his life would be lost immediately, so he could only absorb the breath extremely finely, inhale it slowly, and exhale it slowly, but he was thinking quickly in his mind: "After a while, the sky will be clear." When this evil monk sees Brother Ding's body, he will definitely spoil it, so what should we do?" His mind is not very flexible, but trying to save Ding Dian's body from Bao Xiang's hands is even more difficult.He thought hard, but couldn't come up with an idea. He was very anxious and complained to himself: "Di Yun, Di Yun, you stupid guy, naturally you can't come up with an idea. If Brother Ding doesn't die, he must have a solution." He stretched out his hand in panic. Pulling hard on the hair, six or seven strands were torn off immediately. Suddenly, a thought appeared in my mind: "This evil monk called me an 'old thief'. When he saw that I was full of beards, he thought I was an old man. If I shaved my beard clean, wouldn't he recognize me? Can’t get out? It’s just that I don’t have a razor by my side, so how can I shave off my beard? Hmph, I’m not afraid of death, so why should I be afraid of pain? Just pull it out one by one with your hands, that’s all.” As soon as he thought of it, he did it. He felt the beards one by one, and gently pulled them out one by one. He was afraid of making a sound, and thought: "Even if the evil monk doesn't recognize me, it's just that he doesn't come to kill me. What do I have to do?" Is there any way to protect Brother Ding comprehensively? Well, one step counts, one step counts, I just need to save my life for the time being, and I can get close to the evil monk, and when he is unaware, I can try to kill him." After pulling out more than half of the beard, I suddenly remembered: "Even if I don't have a beard, my long hair still gives away my face... This evil monk chased me by the Yangtze River, so he naturally took a fancy to my disheveled hair." It's clear and clear." Without doing anything, without stopping, he stretched out his hand to grab a hair, shook it lightly, and pulled it out. It's not painful to pull out the beard, but it's really painful to pull out the hairs.While pulling it out, I thought to myself: "Don't talk about such trivial things as pulling out the beard and hair, as long as it's for Brother Ding, even if you want me to cut off my own limbs, I won't frown." The trick is really stupid, Brother Ding's ghost must be laughing at me. But...he can no longer teach me a clever trick." Hearing that Baoxiang had fallen asleep again, fearing that the evil monk would hear his voice, he pulled out some hair and beard, and took a step back very slowly. It took half an hour before he retreated into the courtyard. After a long time, I slowly left the back door of the Earth Temple.The heavy rain hit his face bit by bit, and Fang Shi let out a sigh of relief. You don't have to worry about being heard by Baoxiang outside the temple. It is much faster to pluck the beard and hair. Finally, the long hair and beard are plucked clean.The pain on the top of the head and the jaw was excruciating, I had never experienced it in my life, but if I wanted to compare it to cutting off my fingers and piercing the lute bone for the enemy, what would it be?His chest was full of hatred, and he didn't care much about the pain of pulling out his hair and beard.He dug up the mud underground, stuffed the plucked hair and beard into the mud, in case the treasure elephant would be suspicious when he found out, and touched his bald head and chin. Not only was he no longer an "old thief", but he had become a "bald thief" ", under the grief and indignation, finally couldn't help laughing, thinking: "I pulled it out like this for a while, the top of my head and chin must be stained with blood, I have to wash it well, so as not to show traces." He raised his head and let the rain drench his face filthy. He thought again: "I have no flaws on my face. If this clothes are recognized by the evil monk, it will still be terrible. Well, I have no clothes to change, so I will follow the example of the evil monk and take off naked, but what will happen?" So he took off his clothes and trousers. The black silkworm clothes could not be taken off, and he had only underwear but no trousers. He tore off the coat and wrapped it around his waist, fearing that the treasure elephant would know the origin of the black silkworm clothes, so he took off the black silkworm clothes. He rolled in the mud, and his whole body was covered in mud. At this time, Ding Dian came back to life, and he couldn't be recognized for a while.Di Yun groped under a big tree, dug up the mud with his fingers, buried the small bundle in it, and thought to himself; "If I can escape the evil monk's poisonous hands and protect Brother Ding, I will reward the person who wrapped me up for me in the future." Injury, the great kindness and virtue of the person who gave me two pieces of silver jewelry. But who is he?" By this time, the sky was slightly brighter.Di Yun quietly headed south, turned west, and traveled about a mile. It was already daylight, and seeing the heavy rain continued, he expected that Baoxiang would not leave the temple.At this moment, if he ran away, Baoxiang couldn't find him, but protecting Ding Dian's body and trying to bury it with Miss Ling is the top priority at the moment. No matter what, he must keep his promise to Brother Ding , I will die ten times, and I must do it.If you want to find a weapon, where can you find it in the wilderness?I had no choice but to pick up a sharp piece of stone and hid it in my waist, thinking that if I could poke this evil monk's vitals, it might kill him too.It would be best if the evil monk had already left the temple, then it would be auspicious. I took a photo in the puddle and saw that I looked weird, I couldn't help being funny, but then I felt a burst of unspeakable misery.
With Ding Dian in mind, he couldn't wait to find another more suitable weapon, so he headed east towards the Temple of Earth, thinking: "I must go crazy and pretend to be a local rascal." When he was approaching the Temple of Earth, let go Throat, sang a folk song loudly: Sister Duishan, listen to me, you marry a rich man, don't marry a rich man, the prince and grandson have a bad conscience!If you want to marry me, my dysentery-headed Ah San, please shine! He was born in the countryside of Hunan Province, and he was good at singing folk songs. He and Qi Fang had already sung tens of thousands of folk songs in the fields by the lake, in front of the stream and behind the mountains.Hunan rural customs and folk songs are all impromptu works in response to the occasion.As soon as he sang, his chest felt sore.Since he and Qi Fang traveled hand in hand that year, this folk song hasn't come out of his throat for more than five years, now the old tune is being sung again, but the scene in front of him is extremely strange.The song listener is no longer that pretty and lovable little junior sister, but a naked, vicious monk.He knew that one step closer to Baoxiang would be more dangerous, but he thought that even if he was killed by this evil monk for Brother Ding, it would be a repayment for Brother Ding's treatment of him. He slowly approached the Earth Temple, tightened his throat, and sang again imitating a female voice: What is the fragrance of your dysentery-headed Asan? Want to marry me like a flower and a jade girl? Coveting your hairless hair without combing? Coveting you to be the light of day and night? The line "Dang Qingguang" has not been sung yet, and Baoxiang has already walked out of the earth temple.He wrapped his coat around his waist and opened it to see who was coming. Seeing Di Yunkou coming singing a folk song, his head was bald, and he said that he was really a bald man with dysentery, but the folk song was full of self-deprecation, so he couldn't help but Funny, shouted: "Hey, Baldy, come here!" Di Yun sang: Master, why did you call me? Want to send me gold and silver? The man with dysentery is lucky, The master wants to treat me to a fat pig. As he sang, he walked towards Baoxiang. Although he tried his best to look calm, his heart couldn't help beating violently and abnormally, and his face changed color.But Bao Xiang didn't notice it, and said with a smile: "San, the mangy head, go and find me something to eat. The master will reward you very much. Is there any fat pig?" Di Yun shook his head and sang: "There is no fat in the barren mountains and wild mountains." pig…… Baoxiang shouted: "Speak well, don't sing and sing." Di Yun stuck out his tongue, tried his best to put on a glib air, and said, "Ah San, the mangy dysentery, is used to singing folk songs, and his speech is not so smooth. Master, this place is not in the front of Bacun, nor in the back of Badian, within ten miles , there is no smoke. Don’t say you want to eat fat pigs, even vegetables and rice are hard to find. Fifteen miles west of here, there is a big town, where there is wine and meat, chicken and fish, what the master wants to eat. What, you might as well go." He knew that he was powerless to kill Bao Xiang, and avenged him for slaying Ding Dian, but he only hoped that he would believe his words and go west to find food, so that he could carry Ding Dian's body and escape. But the heavy rain never stopped, and it fell on the two of them. Baoxiang said: "Go and find me something to eat. It's best to have wine and meat, otherwise you can kill a chicken or a duck." Di Yun only cared about Ding Dian and kept talking. "Oh" agreed, walked into the hall, saw Ding Dian's body had been dragged out from under the altar, all his clothes were torn, it was obvious that Bao Xiang had searched carefully.Di Yun felt grief and resentment in his heart, and could no longer hide it, he said, "This...there is a dead person here...is...you killed him?" His face changed drastically, and Bao Xiang only said that he was afraid of seeing the dead, and said with a smirk, "I didn't kill him. Come and identify him, who is this man? Do you recognize him?" Di Yun was startled, and for a moment Feeling guilty, he also said that he had seen through his hiding place. If he hadn't decided to protect Ding Dian, he would have run away, but he tried to calm himself down and said: "This man looks very strange, he is not from this village." Bao Xiang smiled and said: "He Of course not from your village." Suddenly he said sharply: "Hey, go find something to eat. If you are disobedient, the Buddha is hungry, so I have to eat you first to fill his stomach." Seeing that Ding Dian's body was safe for the time being, Di Yun felt relieved, and replied, "Yes, yes!" Turning around and leaving the temple, he thought, "I'll avoid him for a while, as long as he doesn't come back for a long time, he can't bear the hunger, and he will go out of his own accord." He will go to look for food. He will eventually take Brother Ding away. He has searched around Brother Ding and can't find anything, so he can give up." Unexpectedly, after only two steps, Baoxiang shouted sharply: "Stop! Where are you going?" Di Yun said: "I'll go buy you something to eat." Baoxiang said: "Well, you are very good! You How soon will you be back?" Di Yun said: "Soon, I will be back in a while." Baoxiang said: "Go!" Di Yun turned his head and glanced at Ding Dian's body, then walked out of the temple.Suddenly there was a slight movement of the wind behind him, two slaps, and a slap on the left and right cheeks.Fortunately, Bao Xiang only said that he is a country boy who does not know the slightest martial arts, and his strikes are not heavy; and fortunately, Bao Xiang's movements are extremely fast, and he can hit him as soon as he makes a move. Naturally, he would dodge and dodge, and he never had time to think of pretending not to know martial arts. Di Yun was taken aback, and said: "You...you..." He thought to himself: "Since he has seen through, he has no choice but to work hard." He only heard Bao Xiang say: "How much money do you have on you, show me it." Look!" Di Yun said: "I...I..." Baoxiang said angrily: "You are naked, sorry you poor man has no money, but with your bad face, you can get it on credit and owe it Humph, you said you were going to buy food for me, didn’t you mean to sneak away?” Hearing what he said, Di Yun felt relieved: “It turns out that he only saw that I was fake when I went shopping, so that’s okay.” Bao Xiang He said again: "You bald man said that there is no one within ten miles, so how can you go buy food and come back immediately? Isn't this a lie to me? Hmph, tell me the truth, what are you thinking?" Yun stammered and said, "I...I...I was scared when I saw Master, and wanted to run away home." Baoxiang laughed loudly, patted his black-haired chest, and said, "What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that I will eat you?" As soon as the word "eat" was mentioned, his stomach growled and he became even more hungry. uncomfortable.After dawn, he had already searched everywhere in the temple, but there was nothing to eat.He murmured a few words: "Are you afraid that I will eat you? Are you afraid that I will eat you?" As he said this, a fierce light suddenly appeared in his eyes, and he looked Di Yun up and down. Di Yun's hair was all over his body when he saw this look, and he already guessed what the evil monk was planning.Sure enough, Baoxiang was thinking: "Human flesh tastes good, but human heart and liver are even more delicious. There is a pig here, why not kill it and eat it?" Di Yun couldn't help crying: "I was killed by him, but it's nothing. Looking at the appearance of this evil monk, he obviously wants to cook me and eat me. It's very unfair. I will fight you." But , If you try your best, you will definitely be killed. After you are killed, you will still be eaten by him. What difference does it make if you work hard or not?I saw the fierce light in Baoxiang's eyes, grinning grinningly, approaching step by step, his ugly face became more and more terrifying. Bao Xiang smiled and said, "Hey, you skinny guy, it must taste bad. This dead body is fatter than you, but it's a pity that the dead body is poisonous, so you can't eat it. There is no other way, there is no fat pig, and the thin pig has no choice but to make do with it." Deal with it." He reached out and grabbed Di Yun's left arm. Di Yun struggled desperately, but how could he struggle?The anxiety and fear in my heart is really indescribable.After these years of torture, he was no longer afraid of death, but when he thought of being eaten alive by this evil monk, he couldn't help but tremble all over his body. Seeing that Di Yun could not escape, Baoxiang thought it would be better to ask him to boil the soup first, and then slaughter him. It is a pity that this man will not kill himself, and then burn himself into a big bowl of braised human flesh, and serve it respectfully with both hands. The general came up and said, "I'll kill you to eat. There are two ways. One is to cut your leg muscles and roast them as you go. Then you will suffer a lot. The second way is to kill you with a single knife." , cook meat soup and eat it. Which method do you think is better?" Di Yun gritted his teeth and said, "You want... to kill me, you... you... you evil monk..." He wanted to yell at him, but he was afraid that he would make himself suffer from Ling Chi in a fit of anger, and scolded others The words came to my mouth, and I finally held back. Baoxiang smiled and said: "Yes, you know it. The more obedient you are, the easier it is to die. If you struggle stubbornly, you will suffer a lot. Hey, San with dysentery, let me tell you, go to the kitchen and put that Bring an iron wok, and boil a wok full of water." Di Yun knew that he was going to use it to cook himself, but he couldn't help asking: "What are you doing?" Baoxiang smiled and said: "There is no need to ask more about this. Go!" Di Yun said: "We need to boil water, and it is ready in the kitchen." Baoxiang said: "The kitchen is full of dust and cobwebs. You sneezed as soon as you entered. I don't look at you, you must run away." Di Yun said, "If I don't run away." Baoxiang said angrily, "What I say is what I say." Said With a single palm, he hit him hard on the right side of the face and kicked him into a somersault. Di Yun rolled on the ground, and suddenly remembered: "He asked me to boil water. This is a chance. I waited until a large cauldron of water boiled, took it up and poured it on him. He was naked, wouldn't he be scalded to death immediately?" After seeing this idea, he no longer feared at once, so he went to the kitchen and brought out a broken wok.Seeing that the top half of the iron wok is broken, it can only hold half of the wok of water, half of the wok of hot water may not be able to scald the evil monk to death, but he thought it would be better to scald him half to death even if he is not killed. He brought the iron wok to the courtyard in front of the hall, collected the rainwater from the eaves, washed it clean first, and then filled it with rainwater until the water broke through and could no longer be filled.Baoxiang praised: "Excellent, excellent! Diarrhea-headed San, I really don't want to eat you. You are clean and neat, and you are good at cooking human meat soup." Di Yun smiled bitterly and said, "Thank you, master, for your compliment." He picked up seven or eight bricks and put them under the iron wok.There are many broken tables and broken chairs in the ruined temple. Di Yun was eager to fight Bao Xiang for life and death, so he quickly picked up the old wood and piled it under the iron wok.But it is difficult to find the kindling.Di Yun opened his hands, showing a helpless expression. Bao Xiang said: "What? Is there no kindling? I remember he has it." He pointed at Ding Dian's body.Di Yun saw that Ding Dian's thigh had been cut to a bloody mess by the treasure elephant, a surge of grief and indignation rushed up in his chest, he turned his head and stared at the treasure elephant, wishing he could pounce on him and bite him a few times.The treasure elephant was like an old cat catching a mouse. It had to be played with before eating it. It didn't care about Di Yun's anger at all, and said with a smile: "You can find it. If you can't make a fire, the monk will eat it." Raw meat is fine too." Di Yun bent down and felt in Ding Dian's pocket, and sure enough, he came across two small hard objects, which were a fire knife and a flint. But without these two things, where did he get them?" Turning over the fire knife, he saw a signboard in Yangwen on the knife: "Jingzhou Old Hexing Iron Shop".Di Yun and Ding Dian went to the iron shop to cut off the shackles on their bodies, so this is the shop name of that iron shop.Di Yun took the pair of knives and stones and thought to himself: "Brother Ding was very considerate. He took the knives and flints from the iron shop. He originally intended to use them to travel with me in the rivers and lakes. Unexpectedly, he didn't use them last time, so he was sent to the underworld. "Looking at the fire knife and flint in a daze, I couldn't help crying. Baoxiang only knew that he would not live long after he discovered the fire, so he wept bitterly, and laughed: "The great monk is a noble body. You have cultivated it in your previous lives, and you can use the stomach of the great monk as a coffin, and use the stomach of the great monk as a coffin." Belly as a tomb, good fortune, good luck, light a fire!" Di Yun didn't say much, he found an extremely old yellow paper stick in the temple, put it beside the fire knife and flint, and lit the fire.The flame burned to the yellow paper sign, and the handwriting that had been covered by dust was exposed. I saw "Xia Xia", "Unable to seek an official", "Difficult to get married", "Unfavorable to travel", "Difficult to suffer from illness" printed on the sign. "Heal" and other words, in a short while, the tongue of fire burned half of the paper stick.Di Yun thought to himself, "I've been unlucky all my life, I don't need to ask for a lottery to know." When he took the paper lottery and lit the wood chips, the dead wood at the bottom of the wok gradually burned. The clear water in the iron wok slowly produced crab-eye foam, he knew that half of the wok would boil in less than a stick of incense.He was nervous, looking at the water, and at the naked belly of the treasure elephant, thinking that life and death were at stake, and his hands trembled uncontrollably.Finally, the white air was steaming, and the water bubbles in the broken wok boiled.Di Yun stood up straight, picked up the iron wok, and raised his hands to pour it on the elephant's head. Unexpectedly, as soon as he moved, Baoxiang was startled, stretched out his fingers, grabbed his wrist first, and shouted sharply: "What are you doing?" , He's wrist was caught, as if he was wrapped in a pair of iron hoops, he couldn't move a centimeter. If Bao Xiang wanted to pour the boiling soup on Di Yun's head, he only needed to shake his arm, which was a breeze, but it was a pity that the half-pot of hot soup had drowned the dysentery-headed son to death, and he would have to cook the soup again by himself. trouble.He squeezed his arms slightly, pressed down flatly, put the iron wok back where it was, and shouted: "Let go!" How could Di Yun let go of the iron wok, and grab it back with both hands.Baoxiang kicked him out with his right foot, and with a bang, he fell straight out, head and foot forward, and hit him under the altar.Baoxiang thought to himself: "This mangled dysentery has a lot of head and hands." At this moment, he didn't think about it carefully, and shouted: "I'm going to kill you. Obediently undress yourself, so that I won't bother you." Di Yun took out the sharp stone hidden in his waist, and wanted to rush out to fight the evil monk, when suddenly he saw two rats with their bellies facing the sky at the foot of the altar, their bodies twitching uncontrollably, dying, and suddenly Seeing a glimmer of light in the darkness, he shouted: "I caught two mice, let me eat them for you first, okay? The taste of mice is really fresh, even better than dog meat." Baoxiang said: "What? Is it a mouse? Is it dead or alive?" Di Yun was afraid that he would not eat the dead mouse, so he hurriedly said: "Of course it is alive, it is still moving, but I squeezed it half to death. " Grab the two mice and reach out from under the altar to show him. Baoxiang had eaten mice before, and knew that the taste of rat meat was similar to that of lean pork. Seeing that the two mice were not fat, he thought it was because there was not much food in the ruined temple, so he hesitated for a while. Di Yun said: "Master, I peeled the skin of the mouse for you, and cooked a big bowl of soup for you. It's fast and delicious for you." Baoxiang is lazy by nature, and it makes him feel annoyed to think of killing, washing, peeling, cutting and cooking. Hearing Di Yun say that cooking him mouse soup is what he likes, saying: "Two mice are not enough to eat, you Go catch some more." Di Yun thought to himself: "I've lost my kung fu right now, my hands and feet are not working well, where can I catch the mouse?" But a glimmer of life finally appeared, and he must not let it go, he hurriedly said: "Master, I will cook these two for you first. Let’s make a big mouse for snack, catch it again immediately!” Baoxiang nodded and said, “That’s fine, if I’m full and I spare your life, what’s the problem?” Di Yun came out from under the altar and said, "I borrowed your knife and cut off the mouse's head." Bao Xiang didn't think it was a thing to be a little bald man in the country. He pointed to the steel knife and said, "Use it!" Then he added: "If you have the courage, try to chop a few knives at me!" Di Yun really wanted to grab the steel knife and turn around and chop it up, but he cut it first, so he didn't dare to act rashly. He chopped off the mouse's head with two knives, disemboweled the mouse, peeled off the mouse's skin, and smashed the mouse's intestines, stomach, heart and lungs. Wash it with rainwater and put it in a wok. Bao Xiang nodded again and again, and said: "Very good, very good. You are a bald man, you are good at cooking mouse soup. Hurry up and catch some more." Di Yun said: "Okay, I will catch them." Turning to the back hall go.Bao Xiang said: "If you want to escape, I will cut off the meat of your body and eat it alive." Eat. I serve your great master. I am full and comfortable. Why do you have to eat me? Diarrhea head Ah San has sores and leprosy on his body. If you eat it, you will have diarrhea and chills." Baoxiang said: "Humph , don't make me wait impatiently. Hey, you can't go out of the temple, you know?" Di Yun agreed loudly, crawled on the ground, pretended to be a mouse catcher, slowly crawled to the back hall, and stood up straight.He looked around, trying to find a hiding place to hide. Looking out from the back door, he saw a small pond on the left. He didn't care what happened, and ran quickly, slipping gently into the pond, only his mouth and nose were exposed.水面透气，更抓些浮萍乱草，堆在鼻七。他自幼生于水滨，水性倒是甚好，只可惜这地方离江太远，否则跃入大江之中，顺流而下，宝象无论如何追赶不上。 过了好一会儿，只听得宝象叫道：“好汤！老鼠汤不错。可惜老鼠太少。癞痢头阿三，捉到了老鼠没有？”叫了几声，跟着便大声咒骂起来。狄云将右耳伸出水面，听他的动静。但听他满口污言秽语，骂得粗俗不堪，跟着踢踢踏踏，踏着泥泞寻了出来。只跨得几步，便到了池塘边。狄云哪里还敢露面，捏住鼻子，全身钻在水底。幸好那池塘生满了青萍水藻，他一沉入塘底，在上面便看不到了。 但水底不能透气，他一直熬到忍无可忍，终于慢慢探头上来，想轻轻吸一门气，刚吸得半口，忽喇一声，一只大手抓将下来，已抓住了他后颈。宝象大骂：“不把你这小秃子割成十七八块，老子不是人。你胆敢逃走！”狄云反手抱住他胳臂，一股劲儿往池塘内拉扯。宝象没料到他竟敢反抗，塘边泥泞，脚下一滑，扑通一声，跌入了塘中。 狄云大喜，使劲将他背脊往水中按去。只是池塘水浅，宝象人又高大，池水淹不过顶，他一踏到塘底，反手便扣住狄云手腕，跟着左手将他头揿下水去。狄云早豁出了性命不要，人在水底，牢牢抱住了宝象身子，说什么也不放手。宝象一时倒给他弄得无法可施，破口大骂，一不小心，吞进了儿口污水，怒气更盛，提起拳头，直往狄云背上擂去。狄云只觉这恶僧一拳打来，虽给塘水阻了一阻，力道轻了些，却也疼痛难忍，只要再挨得几拳，非昏去不可。他绝无还手之力，只有将脑袋去撞宝象的胸膛。 正纠缠得不可开交，突然间宝象大叫一声：“哎哟！”抓住狄云的手慢慢放松，举在半空的拳头也不击落，竟缓缓垂下，跟着身子挺了几挺，沉入了塘底。 狄云大奇，忙挣扎着起来，见宝象一动不动，显已死了。他惊魂未定，不敢去碰他身子，远远站在池塘一边观看。只见宝象直挺挺地躺在塘底，一动也不再动，隔了良久，看来真的已死，狄云兀自不敢放心，捧起块石头掷到他身上，见仍不动，才知不是装死。 狄云爬上岸来。猜不到这恶僧到底如何会忽然死去，心中忽闪过一个念头：“难道我的神照功已大有威力，自己可还不知？在他胸口撞得儿头，便送了他性命？”试一运气，只觉“足少阳胆经”一脉中的内息，行到大腿五里穴，无论如何便不上行，而“手少阳三焦经”一脉，内息行到上臂“清冷渊”也即遇阻滞。比之在狱中时反退步了，想是这几日来心神不定，搁下了功夫。显然，要练成神照功，时日火候还差得挺远。 他怔怔地站在池塘旁，对眼前的情景始终不敢相信是真事。但见雨点一滴滴地落在池塘水面，激起一个个漪涟。宝象的尸身躺在塘底，了无半丝生气。 呆了一阵，回到殿中，见铁镬下的柴火已经熄灭，铁镬旁又有两只老鼠死在地下，肚皮朝天，耳朵和后足兀自微微抖动。狄云心想：“嗯，原来宝象自己倒捉到了两只老鼠，没福享受，便给我打死了。”见镬中尚有碗许残汤，是宝象喝得剩下来的，他肚中正饥，端起铁镬，张口便要去喝老鼠汤，突然之间，鼻中闻到一阵奇特的香味。 他一呆之下，双手持着铁镬，缩嘴不喝，寻思：“这是什么香气？我闻到过的，那决不是什么好东西。”再闻了闻老鼠汤中的奇香，登时省悟，大叫：“好运气！”双手一抬，将铁镬向天井中抛了出去，转身向着丁典的尸身含泪说道：“丁大哥，你虽在死后，又救了兄弟一命。”在千钧一发的瞬息之间，他明白了宝象的死因。 丁典中了“金波旬花”的剧毒，全身血肉都含奇毒。宝象刀砍丁典尸身，老鼠在伤口中噬食血肉。老鼠食后中毒而死，宝象煮鼠为汤而食，跟着便也中毒。两人在池塘中纠缠斗殴，宝象突然毒发身亡。眼前铁镬旁这两头死鼠，也是喝了镬中的毒汤而死的。 狄云心想：“倘若那金波旬花不是有这么一股奇怪的香气，倘若我心思转得稍慢片刻，这毒汤已然下肚去了。”又想：“我第一次闻到这'金波旬花'的香气，是在凌小姐的灵堂之中，凌知府涂在他女儿的棺木上。丁大哥以前曾闻到过的，曾中过毒，第二次怎能不知？是了，那时丁大岢见到凌小姐的棺木，心神大乱，什么都不知道了。” 他曾数度万念俱灰，自暴自弃，不想再活在人世，但此刻死里逃生，却又庆幸不已。天空仍乌云重重叠叠，大雨如注，心中却感到了一片光明，但觉只须留得一条命在，便有无尽生趣，无限风光。
他定了定神，先将丁典的尸身端端正正地放在殿角，然后出外将宝象的尸身从池塘里拉起，挖个坑埋了。回到殿中，见宝象的衣服搭在神坛之上，坛上放着一个油布小包，另有十来两碎银子。 他好奇心起，拿过油布小包，打了开来，见里面又包着一层油纸，再打开油纸，见是一本黄纸小书，封皮上弯弯曲曲地写着几行字不像字、图不像图的花样，也不知是什么。翻将开来，见第一页上绘着一个精瘦干枯的裸体男子，一手指天，一手指地，面。极为诡异，旁边注满了五颜六色的怪字，形若蝌蚪，或红或绿。狄云瞧着图中男子，见他钩鼻深目，曲发高颧，面目黝黑，不似中上人物，形貌甚为古怪，而怪异之中，更似蕴藏着一股吸引之力，令人不由自主地心旌摇动，神不守舍。他看了一会儿，便不敢再看。 翻到第二页，见纸上仍绘着这裸体男子，只姿势不同，左足金鸡独立，右足横着平伸而出，双手反在身后，左手握着右耳，右手握着左耳。一路翻将下去，但见这裸体人形的姿势越来越怪，花样变幻无穷，有时双手撑地，有时飞跃半空，更有时以头顶地倒立，下半身却凭空生出六条腿来。到了后半本中，那人手中却持了一柄弯刀。 他回头翻到第一页，再向图中那人脸上细瞧，见他舌尖从左边嘴角中微微伸出，同时右眼张大而左眼略眯，脸上神情古怪，便因此而生。他好奇心起，便学着这人的模样，也舌尖微吐，右眼张而左眼闭，这姿势一做，只觉得颜面间甚是舒适，再向图形中看去时，隐隐见到那男子身上有几条极淡的灰色细线，绘着经脉。狄云心道：“是了，原来这人身上不绘衣衫，是为了要显出经脉。” 丁典在狱中授他神照功之时，曾将人身的经脉行走方位，解说得极是详细明白，练这项最上乘的内功，基本关键便在于此。他早已记得熟了，这时瞧着图中人身上的经脉线路，不由自主便调运内息，体内一股细微的真气便依着那经脉运行起来。 寻思：“这经脉运行的方位，和丁大哥所教的恰恰相反，只怕不对。”但随即转念：“我便试他一试，又有何妨？”当即催动内息，循图而行，片刻之间，便觉全身软洋洋的，说不出的轻快舒畅。他练神照功时，全神贯注地凝气而行，那内息便要上行一寸、二寸，也是万分艰难，但这时照着图中的方位运行，霎时之间便如江河奔流，竟丝毫不用力气，内息自然运行。他又惊又喜：“怎么我体内竟有这样的经脉？莫非连丁大哥也不知么？”跟着又想：“这册子是那恶和尚的，书上文字图形又都邪里邪气，定不是什么正经东丙，还是别去沾惹的为是。” 但这时他体内的内息运行正畅，竟不想就此便停，心中只想：“好吧，只玩这么一次，下次不能再玩了。”渐觉心旷神怡，全身血液都暖了起来，又过一会儿，身子轻飘飘的，好似饱饮了烈酒一般，禁不住手舞足蹈，口中呜呜呜地低声呼叫，脑中一昏，倒在地下，便什么也不知道了。
过了良久，这才知觉渐复，缓缓睁眼，只觉日光照耀，原来大雨早停，太阳晒进殿来。狄云一一跃而起，只觉精神勃勃，全身充满了力气，心想：“难道这本册子上的功夫，竟有这般好处？不，不！我还是照丁大哥所授的功夫用心习练才是，这种邪魔外道，一沾上身，说不定后患无穷。”拿起册子，要想伸手撕碎，但转念又想，总觉其中充满奥秘，不舍得便此毁去。 他整理一下衣衫，见破烂已极，实难蔽体，丁典尸身上的衣裤也都已撕烂斩碎，见宝象的僧衣和裤子搭在神坛之上，倒是完好，于是取过来穿在身上。虽穿了这恶僧的僧袍，心中甚觉别扭，但总胜于裤子上烂了十七八个破洞，连屁股也遮不住。他将那本册子和十多两碎银都揣在怀里，到大树下的泥坑中将那包首饰和银两挖了出来收起，抱起丁典尸身，走出庙去。 行出百余丈，迎面来了个农夫，见他手中横抱死尸，大吃一惊，失足摔在田中，满身泥泞地挣扎起来，快步逃走。狄云知道如此行走，必定惹事，但一时却也想不出什么善策。幸好这一带甚是荒僻，一路走去，不再遇到行人。他横抱着丁典，心下只想：“丁大哥，丁大哥，我舍不得和你分手，我舍不得和你分手。” 忽听得山歌声起，远远有七八名农夫荷锄走来，狄云急忙一个箭步，躲入山旁的长草之中，待那些农夫走过，心想：“若不焚了丁大哥的遗体，终究不能完成他与凌小姐合葬的心愿。”到山坳中拾些枯枝柴草，一咬牙，点燃了火，在丁典尸身旁焚烧起来。 火舌吞没了丁典头发和衣衫，狄云只觉得这些火焰是在烧着自己的肌肉，扑在地下，咬着青草泥土，泪水流到了草上上中，又流到了他嘴里……
狄云细心捡起丁典的骨灰，郑重包在油纸之中，外面再裹以油布。这油纸油布本是宝象用来包藏那本黄纸册子的。包裹外用布条好好地缚紧了，这才贴肉缚在腰间。再用手挖了一坑，将剩下的灰烬拨人坑中，用土掩盖了，拜了几拜。 站起身来，心下茫然：“我要到哪里去？”世上的亲人，便只师父一人，自然而然地想起：“我且回沅陵去寻师父。”师父刺伤万震山而逃去，料想不会回归沅陵老家，必是隐姓埋名，远走高飞。但这时除了回沅陵去瞧瞧之外，实在想不出还有旁的什么地方可去。 转上了大路，向乡人一打听，原来这地方大地名叫塔市口，对江便是湖北监利县，当地已属湖南地界。此处江边荒僻，狄云到了塔市口，取出碎银买些面食吃了。 出得店来，只听得喧哗叫嚷，人头涌涌，不少人吵成一团，跟着砰砰声响，好些人打了起来。狄云好奇心起，便走近去瞧瞧热闹。只见人丛之中，七八条大汉正围住一个老者殴打。那老者青衣罗帽，家人装束。那七八条汉子赤足短衣，身边放若短秤鱼篓，显然都是鱼贩。狄云心想这是寻常打架，没什么好瞧的，正要退开，只见那老家人飞足将一名壮健龟贩踢了个筋斗，原来他竟身有武功。 这一来，狄云便要瞧个究竟了。只见那老家人以寡敌众，片刻间又打倒了三名鱼贩。旁边瞧着的鱼贩虽众，一时竟无人再敢上前。忽听得众鱼贩欢呼起来，叫道：“头儿来啦，头儿来啦！”只见江边两名鱼贩飞奔而来，后面跟着三人。那三人步履颇为沉稳，狄云一眼瞧去，便知身有武功。 那三人来到近前，为首一人是个四十来岁汉子，蜡黄的脸皮，留着两撇鼠须，向倒在地下哼哼唧唧的儿名鱼贩望了一眼，说道：“阁下是谁，仗了谁的势头，到我们塔市口来欺人？”他这几句话是向那老家人说的，可是眼睛向他望也没望上一眼。 那老家人道：“我只是拿银子买鱼，什么欺人不欺人的？”那头儿向身旁的鱼贩问道：“干吗打了起来？”那鱼贩道：“这老家伙硬要买这对金色鲤鱼。我们说金色鲤鱼难得，是头儿自己留下来合药的。这老家伙好横，非买不可。我们不卖，他竟动手便抢。” 那头儿转过身来，向那老家人打量了几眼，说道：“阁下的朋友，是中了蓝砂掌么？”那老家人一听，脸色变了，说道：“我不知道什么红砂掌、蓝砂掌。我家主人不过想吃鲤鱼下酒，吩咐我拿了银子来买鱼。普天下可从来没有什么鱼能卖、什么鱼又不能卖的规矩？”鱼贩头儿冷笑道：“真人面前说什么假话？阁下主人是谁？倘若是好朋友，别说金色大鲤鱼可以奉送，在下还可送上一粒专治蓝砂掌的玉肌丸。” 那老家人脸色更加惊疑不定，隔了半晌，才道：“请问阁下是谁？如何知道蓝砂掌？如何又有玉肌丸？难道，难道……”鱼贩头儿道：“不错，在下和那使蓝砂掌的主儿，确有三分渊源。” 那老家人更不打话，身形一起，伸手便向一只鱼篓抓去，行动甚为迅捷。鱼贩头儿冷笑道：“有这么容易？”呼的一掌，便往他背心上击去。老家人回掌一抵，借势借力，身子已飘在数丈之外，提着鱼篓，急步疾奔。那鱼贩头儿没料到他有这一手，眼见追赶不上，手一扬，一件暗器带着破空之声，向他背心急射而去。 那老家人夺到鲤鱼，满心欢喜，一股劲儿地发足急奔，没想到有暗器射来。鱼贩头子发射的是一枚瓦楞钢镖，他手劲挺大，去势颇急。狄云眼见那老家人不知闪避，心中不忍，顺手提起地下一只鱼篓，从侧面斜向钢镖掷去。 他武功已失，手上原没多少力道，只是所站地位恰到好处，只听得卜的一声响，钢镖插入了鱼篓。那鱼篓向前又飞了数尺，这才落地。 那老家人听得背后声响，回头瞧时，只见那鱼贩头子手指狄云，骂道：“兀那小贼秃，你是哪座庙里的野和尚，却来理会长江铁阿帮的闲事？” 狄云一怔：“怎地他骂我是小贼秃了？”见那鱼贩头子声势汹汹，又说到什么“长江铁网帮”，记得丁大哥常自言道，江湖上各种帮会禁忌最多，要是不小心惹上了，往往受累无穷。他不愿无缘无故地多生事端，便拱手道：“是小弟的不是，请老兄原谅。” 那鱼贩头子怒道：“你是什么东西，谁来跟你称兄道弟？”跟着左手一挥，向手下的鱼贩道：“把这两人都拿下了。” 便在此时，只听得丁当丁当，丁玲玲，丁当丁当，丁玲玲一阵铃声，两骑马自西至东，沿着江边驰来。那老家人面有喜色，道：“我家主人亲自来啦，你跟他们说去。” 鱼贩头子脸色一变，道：“是'铃剑双侠'？”但随即脸色转为高傲，道：“是'铃剑双侠'便又怎地？还轮不到他们到长江边上来耀武扬威。” 说话未了，两乘马已驰到身前。狄云只觉眼前一亮，倂见两匹马一黄一白，神骏高大，鞍辔鲜明。黄马上坐着个青年男子，二十五六岁，一身黄衫，身形高瘦。白马上乘的是个少女，二十岁上下年纪，白衫飘飘，左肩上悬着一朵红绸制的大花，脸容白嫩，相貌其为俏丽。两人腰垂长剑，手中都握着条马鞭，两匹马一般的高头长身，难得的是黄者全黄，白者全白，身上竟没一根杂毛。黄马颈下挂了一串黄金鸾铃，白马的鸾铃则是白银所铸，马头微一摆动，金铃便发出丁当丁当之声，银铃的声音又是不同，丁玲玲、丁玲玲的，更为清脆动听。端的是人俊马壮，狄云一生之中，从没见过这般齐整标致的人物，不由得心中暗暗喝一声彩：“好漂亮！” 那青年男子向着那老者道：“水福，鲤鱼找到了没有？在这里干什么？”那老家人道：“汪少爷，金色鲤鱼找到了一对，可是……可是他们偏偏不肯卖，还动手打人。” 那青年瞥眼见到地下鱼篓上的钢镖，说道：“嘿，谁使这般歹毒的暗器？”马鞭一伸，鞭丝已卷住钢镖尾上的蓝绸，提了回来，向那少女道：“笙妹，你瞧，是见血封喉的'蝎尾镖'！”那少女道：“是淮用这镖了？”话声甚是清亮。 那鱼贩头子微微冷笑，右手紧握腰间单刀刀柄，说道：“铃剑双侠这几年闯出了好大的名头，长江铁网帮不是不知。可是你们想欺到我们头上，只怕也没这么容易。”他语气硬中带软，显然不愿与“铃剑双侠”发生争端。 那少女道：“这蝎尾镖蚀心腐骨，太过狠毒，我爹爹早说过谁也不许再用，难道你不知道么？幸好你不是用来打人，打鱼篓子练功夫，倒也不妨。” 水福道：“小姐，不是的。这人发这毒镖射我。多蒙这位小师父斜刺里掷了这只鱼篓过来，才挡住了毒镖。要不然小的早已没命了。”他一面说，一面指着狄云。 狄云暗暗纳闷：“怎地一个叫我小师父，一个骂我小贼秃，我几时做起和尚来啦？” 那少女向狄云点了点头，微微一笑，示意相谢。狄云见她一笑之下，容如花绽，更加娇艳动人，不由得脸上一热，微感羞涩。 那青年听了水福之言，脸上登时如罩了层严霜，向那鱼贩头子道：“此话当真？”不待对方回答，马鞭抖动，鞭上卷着的钢镖疾飞而出，风声呼呼，啪的一响，钉在十数丈外的一株柳树上，手劲之强，实足惊人。 那鱼贩头子兀自口硬，说道：“逞什么威风？”那青年公子喝道：“便是要逞这威风！”提起马鞭，向他劈头打落，那鱼贩头子举刀便格。不料那公子的马鞭忽然斜出向下，着地而卷，招数变幻，直攻对方下盘。鱼贩头子急忙跃起相避。这马鞭竟似是活的一般，倏地反弹上来，已缠住了他右足。那公子足尖在马腹上轻轻一点，胯下黄马立时前冲。那鱼贩头子的下盘功夫本来甚是了得，这青年公子就算用鞭子缠住了他，也未必拖他得倒。但这公子先引得他跃在半空，令他根基全失，这才挥鞭缠足。那黄马这一冲有千斤之力，鱼贩头子力气再大，也禁受不起，他身躯给黄马拉着，凌空而飞。众鱼贩大声呐喊，七八个人随后追去，意图救援。 那黄马纵出数丈，将那马鞭绷得有如弓弦，青年公子蓄势借力，振臂甩出，那鱼贩头子便如腾云驾雾般飞了出去。他空有一身武功，却半点使不出来，身子不由自主地向江中射去。岸上众人大惊之下齐声呼喊。只听得扑通声响，水花溅起老高，鱼贩头子摔入了江中，霎时间沉入水底，无影无踪。 那少女拍手大笑，挥鞭冲入鱼贩群中，东抽一记，西击一招，将众鱼贩打得跌跌撞撞地四散奔逃。鱼篓鱼网撒了一地，鲜鱼活虾在地下乱爬乱跳。 那鱼贩头子一生在江边讨生活，水性自是精熟，从江面上探头出来，已在下游数十丈之外，污言秽语地乱骂，却也不敢上岸再来厮打。 水福提起盛着金鲤的鱼篓，打开盖子，欢欢喜喜地道：“公子请看，红嘴金鳞，难得又这般肥大。”那青年道：“你急速送回客店，请花大爷用来救人。”水福道：“是。”走到狄云身前，躬了躬身，道：“多谢小师父救命之恩。不知小
He lay next to Ding Dian's body, just like in that small prison cell in the past few years. Before midnight, it suddenly began to rain, pattering, heavy and light.Feeling cold all over his body, Di Yun huddled into a ball and leaned against Ding Dian. Suddenly, he touched Ding Dian's icy skin. Thinking that Brother Ding was dead and could no longer talk to him, he felt pain in his chest, and two lines of tears slowed him down. Slowly run down the cheeks. Suddenly, there was a sound of tapping and tapping in the sound of rain, and they were walking towards the Earth Temple.The man trampled on the mud, but walked extremely fast.Di Yun was taken aback, hearing the man getting closer, hurriedly hid Ding Dian's body under the altar, and shrank himself behind the altar. The closer the footsteps came, the faster Di Yun's heart beat, and there was a thud, and the temple door was pushed open, followed by someone who cursed: "Damn it, I don't know where this old thief has escaped to, and he did this again!" People are raining, and my whole body is wet." This voice is Baoxiang, and it is not right for a monk to call himself "Mother's son", and calling himself "Lao Tzu" is even more absurd.Di Yun didn't know much about worldly affairs, but these past few years he had listened to Ding Dian's talk about the world, and he was no longer the ignorant country boy he used to be. , no scruples, most likely a fierce thief." Hearing more and more obscene words from Baoxiang's mouth, after cursing for a while, he sat down in front of the altar, followed by rustling sounds, and he could be heard taking off all his wet clothes and going to the corner of the hall After wringing it out, he laid it on the edge of the altar, and lay down on the ground. Soon he started snoring, and Yanzi fell asleep. Di Yun thought to himself: "Isn't it a sin for this evil monk to take off his clothes naked and sleep in front of the god statue?" Then he thought: "I'll take this opportunity and smash him to death with a big stone, so as not to be in trouble tomorrow." He really didn't want to kill people casually, and he knew that Baoxiang's martial arts were ten times better than his own, if he couldn't kill him with one blow, as long as he had a little strength to fight back, his life would be in danger. At this time, if he escaped quietly from the backyard, Bao Xiang would definitely not be aware of it, but Ding Dian's body was under the altar, and he was determined not to let it go, as soon as he moved it, the evil monk was alarmed.Hearing the constant dripping of rain in the courtyard, he was at a loss what to do. He only hoped that the rain would stop in the morning and that the precious elephant would leave him.But it sounds like the rain will never stop.At dawn, if Baoxiang refuses to come out of the temple in the rain, he will search around the temple, and he must see the corpse.Even so, I still had a lucky thought in my heart: "Maybe the rain will stop at dawn, and this evil monk is eager to chase me, so he hurried out of the temple." Suddenly remembered: "When he came in, he yelled and said he didn't know where that 'old thief' had fled to. I am not old, why did he call me an 'old thief'? Could it be that he was chasing another old man?" After thinking for a while, he suddenly He suddenly realized: "Ah, yes, I have long hair and a long beard on my face. I haven't shaved for several years. I am naturally an old man in the eyes of others. He called me an 'old thief', hehe, called me an 'old thief' '!" Thinking of this, he stretched out his hand to stroke the grass-like beard on his cheek. Suddenly there was a snapping sound, and Baoxiang turned around.In his sleep, he kicked under the altar, just in time to kick Ding Dian's corpse.As soon as he felt the situation was different, he immediately woke up. He only knew that there were enemies under the altar, and he didn't know how many people were ambushing in the temple in the dark. "Who is it? Damn it, you son of a bitch!" He cursed several times, but no one agreed, and held his breath, but still no one was heard. In the dark, Bao Xiang hacked fifteen or six knives continuously, using the "Eight Ways of Night Fighting", hacking in all directions, kicking down the altar with his flying feet, and chopping down with his knife, there was a bang, mixed with the sound of bones breaking, Ding Dian's body has been hacked. Di Yun heard clearly that Bao Xiang was slashing Ding Dian.Although Ding Dian is dead and has long been ignorant, in Di Yun's heart, he is still his most respected and beloved brother-in-law. It was as if the knife had been cut on him, and he immediately wanted to rush out and fight for his life, but the past five years The prison torture has turned this simple and reckless young man into a young man who thinks about things.As soon as I thought about it, I thought: "I rushed out to fight with him, and there is no other result except my own life. Brother Ding and Miss Ling's wish to be buried together cannot be fulfilled. How can I be worthy of him?" Baoxiang slashed at Ding Dian's body, but there was no further movement, and he couldn't see the slightest clue in the darkness.The torch he was carrying was already soaked in the heavy rain, so he couldn't light it to see for himself.He slowly stepped back step by step, leaning his vest against the wall to prevent the enemy from sneaking in, and then listened attentively. At this time, there was a screen wall between the two, apart from the patter of rain, there was no other sound. Di Yun knew that as long as his breathing was a little louder, his life would be lost immediately, so he could only absorb the breath extremely finely, inhale it slowly, and exhale it slowly, but he was thinking quickly in his mind: "After a while, the sky will be clear." When this evil monk sees Brother Ding's body, he will definitely spoil it, so what should we do?" His mind is not very flexible, but trying to save Ding Dian's body from Bao Xiang's hands is even more difficult.He thought hard, but couldn't come up with an idea. He was very anxious and complained to himself: "Di Yun, Di Yun, you stupid guy, naturally you can't come up with an idea. If Brother Ding doesn't die, he must have a solution." He stretched out his hand in panic. Pulling hard on the hair, six or seven strands were torn off immediately. Suddenly, a thought appeared in my mind: "This evil monk called me an 'old thief'. When he saw that I was full of beards, he thought I was an old man. If I shaved my beard clean, wouldn't he recognize me? Can’t get out? It’s just that I don’t have a razor by my side, so how can I shave off my beard? Hmph, I’m not afraid of death, so why should I be afraid of pain? Just pull it out one by one with your hands, that’s all.” As soon as he thought of it, he did it. He felt the beards one by one, and gently pulled them out one by one. He was afraid of making a sound, and thought: "Even if the evil monk doesn't recognize me, it's just that he doesn't come to kill me. What do I have to do?" Is there any way to protect Brother Ding comprehensively? Well, one step counts, one step counts, I just need to save my life for the time being, and I can get close to the evil monk, and when he is unaware, I can try to kill him." After pulling out more than half of the beard, I suddenly remembered: "Even if I don't have a beard, my long hair still gives away my face... This evil monk chased me by the Yangtze River, so he naturally took a fancy to my disheveled hair." It's clear and clear." Without doing anything, without stopping, he stretched out his hand to grab a hair, shook it lightly, and pulled it out. It's not painful to pull out the beard, but it's really painful to pull out the hairs.While pulling it out, I thought to myself: "Don't talk about such trivial things as pulling out the beard and hair, as long as it's for Brother Ding, even if you want me to cut off my own limbs, I won't frown." The trick is really stupid, Brother Ding's ghost must be laughing at me. But...he can no longer teach me a clever trick." Hearing that Baoxiang had fallen asleep again, fearing that the evil monk would hear his voice, he pulled out some hair and beard, and took a step back very slowly. It took half an hour before he retreated into the courtyard. After a long time, I slowly left the back door of the Earth Temple.The heavy rain hit his face bit by bit, and Fang Shi let out a sigh of relief. You don't have to worry about being heard by Baoxiang outside the temple. It is much faster to pluck the beard and hair. Finally, the long hair and beard are plucked clean.The pain on the top of the head and the jaw was excruciating, I had never experienced it in my life, but if I wanted to compare it to cutting off my fingers and piercing the lute bone for the enemy, what would it be?His chest was full of hatred, and he didn't care much about the pain of pulling out his hair and beard.He dug up the mud underground, stuffed the plucked hair and beard into the mud, in case the treasure elephant would be suspicious when he found out, and touched his bald head and chin. Not only was he no longer an "old thief", but he had become a "bald thief" ", under the grief and indignation, finally couldn't help laughing, thinking: "I pulled it out like this for a while, the top of my head and chin must be stained with blood, I have to wash it well, so as not to show traces." He raised his head and let the rain drench his face filthy. He thought again: "I have no flaws on my face. If this clothes are recognized by the evil monk, it will still be terrible. Well, I have no clothes to change, so I will follow the example of the evil monk and take off naked, but what will happen?" So he took off his clothes and trousers. The black silkworm clothes could not be taken off, and he had only underwear but no trousers. He tore off the coat and wrapped it around his waist, fearing that the treasure elephant would know the origin of the black silkworm clothes, so he took off the black silkworm clothes. He rolled in the mud, and his whole body was covered in mud. At this time, Ding Dian came back to life, and he couldn't be recognized for a while.Di Yun groped under a big tree, dug up the mud with his fingers, buried the small bundle in it, and thought to himself; "If I can escape the evil monk's poisonous hands and protect Brother Ding, I will reward the person who wrapped me up for me in the future." Injury, the great kindness and virtue of the person who gave me two pieces of silver jewelry. But who is he?" By this time, the sky was slightly brighter.Di Yun quietly headed south, turned west, and traveled about a mile. It was already daylight, and seeing the heavy rain continued, he expected that Baoxiang would not leave the temple.At this moment, if he ran away, Baoxiang couldn't find him, but protecting Ding Dian's body and trying to bury it with Miss Ling is the top priority at the moment. No matter what, he must keep his promise to Brother Ding , I will die ten times, and I must do it.If you want to find a weapon, where can you find it in the wilderness?I had no choice but to pick up a sharp piece of stone and hid it in my waist, thinking that if I could poke this evil monk's vitals, it might kill him too.It would be best if the evil monk had already left the temple, then it would be auspicious. I took a photo in the puddle and saw that I looked weird, I couldn't help being funny, but then I felt a burst of unspeakable misery.
With Ding Dian in mind, he couldn't wait to find another more suitable weapon, so he headed east towards the Temple of Earth, thinking: "I must go crazy and pretend to be a local rascal." When he was approaching the Temple of Earth, let go Throat, sang a folk song loudly: Sister Duishan, listen to me, you marry a rich man, don't marry a rich man, the prince and grandson have a bad conscience!If you want to marry me, my dysentery-headed Ah San, please shine! He was born in the countryside of Hunan Province, and he was good at singing folk songs. He and Qi Fang had already sung tens of thousands of folk songs in the fields by the lake, in front of the stream and behind the mountains.Hunan rural customs and folk songs are all impromptu works in response to the occasion.As soon as he sang, his chest felt sore.Since he and Qi Fang traveled hand in hand that year, this folk song hasn't come out of his throat for more than five years, now the old tune is being sung again, but the scene in front of him is extremely strange.The song listener is no longer that pretty and lovable little junior sister, but a naked, vicious monk.He knew that one step closer to Baoxiang would be more dangerous, but he thought that even if he was killed by this evil monk for Brother Ding, it would be a repayment for Brother Ding's treatment of him. He slowly approached the Earth Temple, tightened his throat, and sang again imitating a female voice: What is the fragrance of your dysentery-headed Asan? Want to marry me like a flower and a jade girl? Coveting your hairless hair without combing? Coveting you to be the light of day and night? The line "Dang Qingguang" has not been sung yet, and Baoxiang has already walked out of the earth temple.He wrapped his coat around his waist and opened it to see who was coming. Seeing Di Yunkou coming singing a folk song, his head was bald, and he said that he was really a bald man with dysentery, but the folk song was full of self-deprecation, so he couldn't help but Funny, shouted: "Hey, Baldy, come here!" Di Yun sang: Master, why did you call me? Want to send me gold and silver? The man with dysentery is lucky, The master wants to treat me to a fat pig. As he sang, he walked towards Baoxiang. Although he tried his best to look calm, his heart couldn't help beating violently and abnormally, and his face changed color.But Bao Xiang didn't notice it, and said with a smile: "San, the mangy head, go and find me something to eat. The master will reward you very much. Is there any fat pig?" Di Yun shook his head and sang: "There is no fat in the barren mountains and wild mountains." pig…… Baoxiang shouted: "Speak well, don't sing and sing." Di Yun stuck out his tongue, tried his best to put on a glib air, and said, "Ah San, the mangy dysentery, is used to singing folk songs, and his speech is not so smooth. Master, this place is not in the front of Bacun, nor in the back of Badian, within ten miles , there is no smoke. Don’t say you want to eat fat pigs, even vegetables and rice are hard to find. Fifteen miles west of here, there is a big town, where there is wine and meat, chicken and fish, what the master wants to eat. What, you might as well go." He knew that he was powerless to kill Bao Xiang, and avenged him for slaying Ding Dian, but he only hoped that he would believe his words and go west to find food, so that he could carry Ding Dian's body and escape. But the heavy rain never stopped, and it fell on the two of them. Baoxiang said: "Go and find me something to eat. It's best to have wine and meat, otherwise you can kill a chicken or a duck." Di Yun only cared about Ding Dian and kept talking. "Oh" agreed, walked into the hall, saw Ding Dian's body had been dragged out from under the altar, all his clothes were torn, it was obvious that Bao Xiang had searched carefully.Di Yun felt grief and resentment in his heart, and could no longer hide it, he said, "This...there is a dead person here...is...you killed him?" His face changed drastically, and Bao Xiang only said that he was afraid of seeing the dead, and said with a smirk, "I didn't kill him. Come and identify him, who is this man? Do you recognize him?" Di Yun was startled, and for a moment Feeling guilty, he also said that he had seen through his hiding place. If he hadn't decided to protect Ding Dian, he would have run away, but he tried to calm himself down and said: "This man looks very strange, he is not from this village." Bao Xiang smiled and said: "He Of course not from your village." Suddenly he said sharply: "Hey, go find something to eat. If you are disobedient, the Buddha is hungry, so I have to eat you first to fill his stomach." Seeing that Ding Dian's body was safe for the time being, Di Yun felt relieved, and replied, "Yes, yes!" Turning around and leaving the temple, he thought, "I'll avoid him for a while, as long as he doesn't come back for a long time, he can't bear the hunger, and he will go out of his own accord." He will go to look for food. He will eventually take Brother Ding away. He has searched around Brother Ding and can't find anything, so he can give up." Unexpectedly, after only two steps, Baoxiang shouted sharply: "Stop! Where are you going?" Di Yun said: "I'll go buy you something to eat." Baoxiang said: "Well, you are very good! You How soon will you be back?" Di Yun said: "Soon, I will be back in a while." Baoxiang said: "Go!" Di Yun turned his head and glanced at Ding Dian's body, then walked out of the temple.Suddenly there was a slight movement of the wind behind him, two slaps, and a slap on the left and right cheeks.Fortunately, Bao Xiang only said that he is a country boy who does not know the slightest martial arts, and his strikes are not heavy; and fortunately, Bao Xiang's movements are extremely fast, and he can hit him as soon as he makes a move. Naturally, he would dodge and dodge, and he never had time to think of pretending not to know martial arts. Di Yun was taken aback, and said: "You...you..." He thought to himself: "Since he has seen through, he has no choice but to work hard." He only heard Bao Xiang say: "How much money do you have on you, show me it." Look!" Di Yun said: "I...I..." Baoxiang said angrily: "You are naked, sorry you poor man has no money, but with your bad face, you can get it on credit and owe it Humph, you said you were going to buy food for me, didn’t you mean to sneak away?” Hearing what he said, Di Yun felt relieved: “It turns out that he only saw that I was fake when I went shopping, so that’s okay.” Bao Xiang He said again: "You bald man said that there is no one within ten miles, so how can you go buy food and come back immediately? Isn't this a lie to me? Hmph, tell me the truth, what are you thinking?" Yun stammered and said, "I...I...I was scared when I saw Master, and wanted to run away home." Baoxiang laughed loudly, patted his black-haired chest, and said, "What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that I will eat you?" As soon as the word "eat" was mentioned, his stomach growled and he became even more hungry. uncomfortable.After dawn, he had already searched everywhere in the temple, but there was nothing to eat.He murmured a few words: "Are you afraid that I will eat you? Are you afraid that I will eat you?" As he said this, a fierce light suddenly appeared in his eyes, and he looked Di Yun up and down. Di Yun's hair was all over his body when he saw this look, and he already guessed what the evil monk was planning.Sure enough, Baoxiang was thinking: "Human flesh tastes good, but human heart and liver are even more delicious. There is a pig here, why not kill it and eat it?" Di Yun couldn't help crying: "I was killed by him, but it's nothing. Looking at the appearance of this evil monk, he obviously wants to cook me and eat me. It's very unfair. I will fight you." But , If you try your best, you will definitely be killed. After you are killed, you will still be eaten by him. What difference does it make if you work hard or not?I saw the fierce light in Baoxiang's eyes, grinning grinningly, approaching step by step, his ugly face became more and more terrifying. Bao Xiang smiled and said, "Hey, you skinny guy, it must taste bad. This dead body is fatter than you, but it's a pity that the dead body is poisonous, so you can't eat it. There is no other way, there is no fat pig, and the thin pig has no choice but to make do with it." Deal with it." He reached out and grabbed Di Yun's left arm. Di Yun struggled desperately, but how could he struggle?The anxiety and fear in my heart is really indescribable.After these years of torture, he was no longer afraid of death, but when he thought of being eaten alive by this evil monk, he couldn't help but tremble all over his body. Seeing that Di Yun could not escape, Baoxiang thought it would be better to ask him to boil the soup first, and then slaughter him. It is a pity that this man will not kill himself, and then burn himself into a big bowl of braised human flesh, and serve it respectfully with both hands. The general came up and said, "I'll kill you to eat. There are two ways. One is to cut your leg muscles and roast them as you go. Then you will suffer a lot. The second way is to kill you with a single knife." , cook meat soup and eat it. Which method do you think is better?" Di Yun gritted his teeth and said, "You want... to kill me, you... you... you evil monk..." He wanted to yell at him, but he was afraid that he would make himself suffer from Ling Chi in a fit of anger, and scolded others The words came to my mouth, and I finally held back. Baoxiang smiled and said: "Yes, you know it. The more obedient you are, the easier it is to die. If you struggle stubbornly, you will suffer a lot. Hey, San with dysentery, let me tell you, go to the kitchen and put that Bring an iron wok, and boil a wok full of water." Di Yun knew that he was going to use it to cook himself, but he couldn't help asking: "What are you doing?" Baoxiang smiled and said: "There is no need to ask more about this. Go!" Di Yun said: "We need to boil water, and it is ready in the kitchen." Baoxiang said: "The kitchen is full of dust and cobwebs. You sneezed as soon as you entered. I don't look at you, you must run away." Di Yun said, "If I don't run away." Baoxiang said angrily, "What I say is what I say." Said With a single palm, he hit him hard on the right side of the face and kicked him into a somersault. Di Yun rolled on the ground, and suddenly remembered: "He asked me to boil water. This is a chance. I waited until a large cauldron of water boiled, took it up and poured it on him. He was naked, wouldn't he be scalded to death immediately?" After seeing this idea, he no longer feared at once, so he went to the kitchen and brought out a broken wok.Seeing that the top half of the iron wok is broken, it can only hold half of the wok of water, half of the wok of hot water may not be able to scald the evil monk to death, but he thought it would be better to scald him half to death even if he is not killed. He brought the iron wok to the courtyard in front of the hall, collected the rainwater from the eaves, washed it clean first, and then filled it with rainwater until the water broke through and could no longer be filled.Baoxiang praised: "Excellent, excellent! Diarrhea-headed San, I really don't want to eat you. You are clean and neat, and you are good at cooking human meat soup." Di Yun smiled bitterly and said, "Thank you, master, for your compliment." He picked up seven or eight bricks and put them under the iron wok.There are many broken tables and broken chairs in the ruined temple. Di Yun was eager to fight Bao Xiang for life and death, so he quickly picked up the old wood and piled it under the iron wok.But it is difficult to find the kindling.Di Yun opened his hands, showing a helpless expression. Bao Xiang said: "What? Is there no kindling? I remember he has it." He pointed at Ding Dian's body.Di Yun saw that Ding Dian's thigh had been cut to a bloody mess by the treasure elephant, a surge of grief and indignation rushed up in his chest, he turned his head and stared at the treasure elephant, wishing he could pounce on him and bite him a few times.The treasure elephant was like an old cat catching a mouse. It had to be played with before eating it. It didn't care about Di Yun's anger at all, and said with a smile: "You can find it. If you can't make a fire, the monk will eat it." Raw meat is fine too." Di Yun bent down and felt in Ding Dian's pocket, and sure enough, he came across two small hard objects, which were a fire knife and a flint. But without these two things, where did he get them?" Turning over the fire knife, he saw a signboard in Yangwen on the knife: "Jingzhou Old Hexing Iron Shop".Di Yun and Ding Dian went to the iron shop to cut off the shackles on their bodies, so this is the shop name of that iron shop.Di Yun took the pair of knives and stones and thought to himself: "Brother Ding was very considerate. He took the knives and flints from the iron shop. He originally intended to use them to travel with me in the rivers and lakes. Unexpectedly, he didn't use them last time, so he was sent to the underworld. "Looking at the fire knife and flint in a daze, I couldn't help crying. Baoxiang only knew that he would not live long after he discovered the fire, so he wept bitterly, and laughed: "The great monk is a noble body. You have cultivated it in your previous lives, and you can use the stomach of the great monk as a coffin, and use the stomach of the great monk as a coffin." Belly as a tomb, good fortune, good luck, light a fire!" Di Yun didn't say much, he found an extremely old yellow paper stick in the temple, put it beside the fire knife and flint, and lit the fire.The flame burned to the yellow paper sign, and the handwriting that had been covered by dust was exposed. I saw "Xia Xia", "Unable to seek an official", "Difficult to get married", "Unfavorable to travel", "Difficult to suffer from illness" printed on the sign. "Heal" and other words, in a short while, the tongue of fire burned half of the paper stick.Di Yun thought to himself, "I've been unlucky all my life, I don't need to ask for a lottery to know." When he took the paper lottery and lit the wood chips, the dead wood at the bottom of the wok gradually burned. The clear water in the iron wok slowly produced crab-eye foam, he knew that half of the wok would boil in less than a stick of incense.He was nervous, looking at the water, and at the naked belly of the treasure elephant, thinking that life and death were at stake, and his hands trembled uncontrollably.Finally, the white air was steaming, and the water bubbles in the broken wok boiled.Di Yun stood up straight, picked up the iron wok, and raised his hands to pour it on the elephant's head. Unexpectedly, as soon as he moved, Baoxiang was startled, stretched out his fingers, grabbed his wrist first, and shouted sharply: "What are you doing?" , He's wrist was caught, as if he was wrapped in a pair of iron hoops, he couldn't move a centimeter. If Bao Xiang wanted to pour the boiling soup on Di Yun's head, he only needed to shake his arm, which was a breeze, but it was a pity that the half-pot of hot soup had drowned the dysentery-headed son to death, and he would have to cook the soup again by himself. trouble.He squeezed his arms slightly, pressed down flatly, put the iron wok back where it was, and shouted: "Let go!" How could Di Yun let go of the iron wok, and grab it back with both hands.Baoxiang kicked him out with his right foot, and with a bang, he fell straight out, head and foot forward, and hit him under the altar.Baoxiang thought to himself: "This mangled dysentery has a lot of head and hands." At this moment, he didn't think about it carefully, and shouted: "I'm going to kill you. Obediently undress yourself, so that I won't bother you." Di Yun took out the sharp stone hidden in his waist, and wanted to rush out to fight the evil monk, when suddenly he saw two rats with their bellies facing the sky at the foot of the altar, their bodies twitching uncontrollably, dying, and suddenly Seeing a glimmer of light in the darkness, he shouted: "I caught two mice, let me eat them for you first, okay? The taste of mice is really fresh, even better than dog meat." Baoxiang said: "What? Is it a mouse? Is it dead or alive?" Di Yun was afraid that he would not eat the dead mouse, so he hurriedly said: "Of course it is alive, it is still moving, but I squeezed it half to death. " Grab the two mice and reach out from under the altar to show him. Baoxiang had eaten mice before, and knew that the taste of rat meat was similar to that of lean pork. Seeing that the two mice were not fat, he thought it was because there was not much food in the ruined temple, so he hesitated for a while. Di Yun said: "Master, I peeled the skin of the mouse for you, and cooked a big bowl of soup for you. It's fast and delicious for you." Baoxiang is lazy by nature, and it makes him feel annoyed to think of killing, washing, peeling, cutting and cooking. Hearing Di Yun say that cooking him mouse soup is what he likes, saying: "Two mice are not enough to eat, you Go catch some more." Di Yun thought to himself: "I've lost my kung fu right now, my hands and feet are not working well, where can I catch the mouse?" But a glimmer of life finally appeared, and he must not let it go, he hurriedly said: "Master, I will cook these two for you first. Let’s make a big mouse for snack, catch it again immediately!” Baoxiang nodded and said, “That’s fine, if I’m full and I spare your life, what’s the problem?” Di Yun came out from under the altar and said, "I borrowed your knife and cut off the mouse's head." Bao Xiang didn't think it was a thing to be a little bald man in the country. He pointed to the steel knife and said, "Use it!" Then he added: "If you have the courage, try to chop a few knives at me!" Di Yun really wanted to grab the steel knife and turn around and chop it up, but he cut it first, so he didn't dare to act rashly. He chopped off the mouse's head with two knives, disemboweled the mouse, peeled off the mouse's skin, and smashed the mouse's intestines, stomach, heart and lungs. Wash it with rainwater and put it in a wok. Bao Xiang nodded again and again, and said: "Very good, very good. You are a bald man, you are good at cooking mouse soup. Hurry up and catch some more." Di Yun said: "Okay, I will catch them." Turning to the back hall go.Bao Xiang said: "If you want to escape, I will cut off the meat of your body and eat it alive." Eat. I serve your great master. I am full and comfortable. Why do you have to eat me? Diarrhea head Ah San has sores and leprosy on his body. If you eat it, you will have diarrhea and chills." Baoxiang said: "Humph , don't make me wait impatiently. Hey, you can't go out of the temple, you know?" Di Yun agreed loudly, crawled on the ground, pretended to be a mouse catcher, slowly crawled to the back hall, and stood up straight.He looked around, trying to find a hiding place to hide. Looking out from the back door, he saw a small pond on the left. He didn't care what happened, and ran quickly, slipping gently into the pond, only his mouth and nose were exposed.水面透气，更抓些浮萍乱草，堆在鼻七。他自幼生于水滨，水性倒是甚好，只可惜这地方离江太远，否则跃入大江之中，顺流而下，宝象无论如何追赶不上。 过了好一会儿，只听得宝象叫道：“好汤！老鼠汤不错。可惜老鼠太少。癞痢头阿三，捉到了老鼠没有？”叫了几声，跟着便大声咒骂起来。狄云将右耳伸出水面，听他的动静。但听他满口污言秽语，骂得粗俗不堪，跟着踢踢踏踏，踏着泥泞寻了出来。只跨得几步，便到了池塘边。狄云哪里还敢露面，捏住鼻子，全身钻在水底。幸好那池塘生满了青萍水藻，他一沉入塘底，在上面便看不到了。 但水底不能透气，他一直熬到忍无可忍，终于慢慢探头上来，想轻轻吸一门气，刚吸得半口，忽喇一声，一只大手抓将下来，已抓住了他后颈。宝象大骂：“不把你这小秃子割成十七八块，老子不是人。你胆敢逃走！”狄云反手抱住他胳臂，一股劲儿往池塘内拉扯。宝象没料到他竟敢反抗，塘边泥泞，脚下一滑，扑通一声，跌入了塘中。 狄云大喜，使劲将他背脊往水中按去。只是池塘水浅，宝象人又高大，池水淹不过顶，他一踏到塘底，反手便扣住狄云手腕，跟着左手将他头揿下水去。狄云早豁出了性命不要，人在水底，牢牢抱住了宝象身子，说什么也不放手。宝象一时倒给他弄得无法可施，破口大骂，一不小心，吞进了儿口污水，怒气更盛，提起拳头，直往狄云背上擂去。狄云只觉这恶僧一拳打来，虽给塘水阻了一阻，力道轻了些，却也疼痛难忍，只要再挨得几拳，非昏去不可。他绝无还手之力，只有将脑袋去撞宝象的胸膛。 正纠缠得不可开交，突然间宝象大叫一声：“哎哟！”抓住狄云的手慢慢放松，举在半空的拳头也不击落，竟缓缓垂下，跟着身子挺了几挺，沉入了塘底。 狄云大奇，忙挣扎着起来，见宝象一动不动，显已死了。他惊魂未定，不敢去碰他身子，远远站在池塘一边观看。只见宝象直挺挺地躺在塘底，一动也不再动，隔了良久，看来真的已死，狄云兀自不敢放心，捧起块石头掷到他身上，见仍不动，才知不是装死。 狄云爬上岸来。猜不到这恶僧到底如何会忽然死去，心中忽闪过一个念头：“难道我的神照功已大有威力，自己可还不知？在他胸口撞得儿头，便送了他性命？”试一运气，只觉“足少阳胆经”一脉中的内息，行到大腿五里穴，无论如何便不上行，而“手少阳三焦经”一脉，内息行到上臂“清冷渊”也即遇阻滞。比之在狱中时反退步了，想是这几日来心神不定，搁下了功夫。显然，要练成神照功，时日火候还差得挺远。 他怔怔地站在池塘旁，对眼前的情景始终不敢相信是真事。但见雨点一滴滴地落在池塘水面，激起一个个漪涟。宝象的尸身躺在塘底，了无半丝生气。 呆了一阵，回到殿中，见铁镬下的柴火已经熄灭，铁镬旁又有两只老鼠死在地下，肚皮朝天，耳朵和后足兀自微微抖动。狄云心想：“嗯，原来宝象自己倒捉到了两只老鼠，没福享受，便给我打死了。”见镬中尚有碗许残汤，是宝象喝得剩下来的，他肚中正饥，端起铁镬，张口便要去喝老鼠汤，突然之间，鼻中闻到一阵奇特的香味。 他一呆之下，双手持着铁镬，缩嘴不喝，寻思：“这是什么香气？我闻到过的，那决不是什么好东西。”再闻了闻老鼠汤中的奇香，登时省悟，大叫：“好运气！”双手一抬，将铁镬向天井中抛了出去，转身向着丁典的尸身含泪说道：“丁大哥，你虽在死后，又救了兄弟一命。”在千钧一发的瞬息之间，他明白了宝象的死因。 丁典中了“金波旬花”的剧毒，全身血肉都含奇毒。宝象刀砍丁典尸身，老鼠在伤口中噬食血肉。老鼠食后中毒而死，宝象煮鼠为汤而食，跟着便也中毒。两人在池塘中纠缠斗殴，宝象突然毒发身亡。眼前铁镬旁这两头死鼠，也是喝了镬中的毒汤而死的。 狄云心想：“倘若那金波旬花不是有这么一股奇怪的香气，倘若我心思转得稍慢片刻，这毒汤已然下肚去了。”又想：“我第一次闻到这'金波旬花'的香气，是在凌小姐的灵堂之中，凌知府涂在他女儿的棺木上。丁大哥以前曾闻到过的，曾中过毒，第二次怎能不知？是了，那时丁大岢见到凌小姐的棺木，心神大乱，什么都不知道了。” 他曾数度万念俱灰，自暴自弃，不想再活在人世，但此刻死里逃生，却又庆幸不已。天空仍乌云重重叠叠，大雨如注，心中却感到了一片光明，但觉只须留得一条命在，便有无尽生趣，无限风光。
他定了定神，先将丁典的尸身端端正正地放在殿角，然后出外将宝象的尸身从池塘里拉起，挖个坑埋了。回到殿中，见宝象的衣服搭在神坛之上，坛上放着一个油布小包，另有十来两碎银子。 他好奇心起，拿过油布小包，打了开来，见里面又包着一层油纸，再打开油纸，见是一本黄纸小书，封皮上弯弯曲曲地写着几行字不像字、图不像图的花样，也不知是什么。翻将开来，见第一页上绘着一个精瘦干枯的裸体男子，一手指天，一手指地，面。极为诡异，旁边注满了五颜六色的怪字，形若蝌蚪，或红或绿。狄云瞧着图中男子，见他钩鼻深目，曲发高颧，面目黝黑，不似中上人物，形貌甚为古怪，而怪异之中，更似蕴藏着一股吸引之力，令人不由自主地心旌摇动，神不守舍。他看了一会儿，便不敢再看。 翻到第二页，见纸上仍绘着这裸体男子，只姿势不同，左足金鸡独立，右足横着平伸而出，双手反在身后，左手握着右耳，右手握着左耳。一路翻将下去，但见这裸体人形的姿势越来越怪，花样变幻无穷，有时双手撑地，有时飞跃半空，更有时以头顶地倒立，下半身却凭空生出六条腿来。到了后半本中，那人手中却持了一柄弯刀。 他回头翻到第一页，再向图中那人脸上细瞧，见他舌尖从左边嘴角中微微伸出，同时右眼张大而左眼略眯，脸上神情古怪，便因此而生。他好奇心起，便学着这人的模样，也舌尖微吐，右眼张而左眼闭，这姿势一做，只觉得颜面间甚是舒适，再向图形中看去时，隐隐见到那男子身上有几条极淡的灰色细线，绘着经脉。狄云心道：“是了，原来这人身上不绘衣衫，是为了要显出经脉。” 丁典在狱中授他神照功之时，曾将人身的经脉行走方位，解说得极是详细明白，练这项最上乘的内功，基本关键便在于此。他早已记得熟了，这时瞧着图中人身上的经脉线路，不由自主便调运内息，体内一股细微的真气便依着那经脉运行起来。 寻思：“这经脉运行的方位，和丁大哥所教的恰恰相反，只怕不对。”但随即转念：“我便试他一试，又有何妨？”当即催动内息，循图而行，片刻之间，便觉全身软洋洋的，说不出的轻快舒畅。他练神照功时，全神贯注地凝气而行，那内息便要上行一寸、二寸，也是万分艰难，但这时照着图中的方位运行，霎时之间便如江河奔流，竟丝毫不用力气，内息自然运行。他又惊又喜：“怎么我体内竟有这样的经脉？莫非连丁大哥也不知么？”跟着又想：“这册子是那恶和尚的，书上文字图形又都邪里邪气，定不是什么正经东丙，还是别去沾惹的为是。” 但这时他体内的内息运行正畅，竟不想就此便停，心中只想：“好吧，只玩这么一次，下次不能再玩了。”渐觉心旷神怡，全身血液都暖了起来，又过一会儿，身子轻飘飘的，好似饱饮了烈酒一般，禁不住手舞足蹈，口中呜呜呜地低声呼叫，脑中一昏，倒在地下，便什么也不知道了。
过了良久，这才知觉渐复，缓缓睁眼，只觉日光照耀，原来大雨早停，太阳晒进殿来。狄云一一跃而起，只觉精神勃勃，全身充满了力气，心想：“难道这本册子上的功夫，竟有这般好处？不，不！我还是照丁大哥所授的功夫用心习练才是，这种邪魔外道，一沾上身，说不定后患无穷。”拿起册子，要想伸手撕碎，但转念又想，总觉其中充满奥秘，不舍得便此毁去。 他整理一下衣衫，见破烂已极，实难蔽体，丁典尸身上的衣裤也都已撕烂斩碎，见宝象的僧衣和裤子搭在神坛之上，倒是完好，于是取过来穿在身上。虽穿了这恶僧的僧袍，心中甚觉别扭，但总胜于裤子上烂了十七八个破洞，连屁股也遮不住。他将那本册子和十多两碎银都揣在怀里，到大树下的泥坑中将那包首饰和银两挖了出来收起，抱起丁典尸身，走出庙去。 行出百余丈，迎面来了个农夫，见他手中横抱死尸，大吃一惊，失足摔在田中，满身泥泞地挣扎起来，快步逃走。狄云知道如此行走，必定惹事，但一时却也想不出什么善策。幸好这一带甚是荒僻，一路走去，不再遇到行人。他横抱着丁典，心下只想：“丁大哥，丁大哥，我舍不得和你分手，我舍不得和你分手。” 忽听得山歌声起，远远有七八名农夫荷锄走来，狄云急忙一个箭步，躲入山旁的长草之中，待那些农夫走过，心想：“若不焚了丁大哥的遗体，终究不能完成他与凌小姐合葬的心愿。”到山坳中拾些枯枝柴草，一咬牙，点燃了火，在丁典尸身旁焚烧起来。 火舌吞没了丁典头发和衣衫，狄云只觉得这些火焰是在烧着自己的肌肉，扑在地下，咬着青草泥土，泪水流到了草上上中，又流到了他嘴里……
狄云细心捡起丁典的骨灰，郑重包在油纸之中，外面再裹以油布。这油纸油布本是宝象用来包藏那本黄纸册子的。包裹外用布条好好地缚紧了，这才贴肉缚在腰间。再用手挖了一坑，将剩下的灰烬拨人坑中，用土掩盖了，拜了几拜。 站起身来，心下茫然：“我要到哪里去？”世上的亲人，便只师父一人，自然而然地想起：“我且回沅陵去寻师父。”师父刺伤万震山而逃去，料想不会回归沅陵老家，必是隐姓埋名，远走高飞。但这时除了回沅陵去瞧瞧之外，实在想不出还有旁的什么地方可去。 转上了大路，向乡人一打听，原来这地方大地名叫塔市口，对江便是湖北监利县，当地已属湖南地界。此处江边荒僻，狄云到了塔市口，取出碎银买些面食吃了。 出得店来，只听得喧哗叫嚷，人头涌涌，不少人吵成一团，跟着砰砰声响，好些人打了起来。狄云好奇心起，便走近去瞧瞧热闹。只见人丛之中，七八条大汉正围住一个老者殴打。那老者青衣罗帽，家人装束。那七八条汉子赤足短衣，身边放若短秤鱼篓，显然都是鱼贩。狄云心想这是寻常打架，没什么好瞧的，正要退开，只见那老家人飞足将一名壮健龟贩踢了个筋斗，原来他竟身有武功。 这一来，狄云便要瞧个究竟了。只见那老家人以寡敌众，片刻间又打倒了三名鱼贩。旁边瞧着的鱼贩虽众，一时竟无人再敢上前。忽听得众鱼贩欢呼起来，叫道：“头儿来啦，头儿来啦！”只见江边两名鱼贩飞奔而来，后面跟着三人。那三人步履颇为沉稳，狄云一眼瞧去，便知身有武功。 那三人来到近前，为首一人是个四十来岁汉子，蜡黄的脸皮，留着两撇鼠须，向倒在地下哼哼唧唧的儿名鱼贩望了一眼，说道：“阁下是谁，仗了谁的势头，到我们塔市口来欺人？”他这几句话是向那老家人说的，可是眼睛向他望也没望上一眼。 那老家人道：“我只是拿银子买鱼，什么欺人不欺人的？”那头儿向身旁的鱼贩问道：“干吗打了起来？”那鱼贩道：“这老家伙硬要买这对金色鲤鱼。我们说金色鲤鱼难得，是头儿自己留下来合药的。这老家伙好横，非买不可。我们不卖，他竟动手便抢。” 那头儿转过身来，向那老家人打量了几眼，说道：“阁下的朋友，是中了蓝砂掌么？”那老家人一听，脸色变了，说道：“我不知道什么红砂掌、蓝砂掌。我家主人不过想吃鲤鱼下酒，吩咐我拿了银子来买鱼。普天下可从来没有什么鱼能卖、什么鱼又不能卖的规矩？”鱼贩头儿冷笑道：“真人面前说什么假话？阁下主人是谁？倘若是好朋友，别说金色大鲤鱼可以奉送，在下还可送上一粒专治蓝砂掌的玉肌丸。” 那老家人脸色更加惊疑不定，隔了半晌，才道：“请问阁下是谁？如何知道蓝砂掌？如何又有玉肌丸？难道，难道……”鱼贩头儿道：“不错，在下和那使蓝砂掌的主儿，确有三分渊源。” 那老家人更不打话，身形一起，伸手便向一只鱼篓抓去，行动甚为迅捷。鱼贩头儿冷笑道：“有这么容易？”呼的一掌，便往他背心上击去。老家人回掌一抵，借势借力，身子已飘在数丈之外，提着鱼篓，急步疾奔。那鱼贩头儿没料到他有这一手，眼见追赶不上，手一扬，一件暗器带着破空之声，向他背心急射而去。 那老家人夺到鲤鱼，满心欢喜，一股劲儿地发足急奔，没想到有暗器射来。鱼贩头子发射的是一枚瓦楞钢镖，他手劲挺大，去势颇急。狄云眼见那老家人不知闪避，心中不忍，顺手提起地下一只鱼篓，从侧面斜向钢镖掷去。 他武功已失，手上原没多少力道，只是所站地位恰到好处，只听得卜的一声响，钢镖插入了鱼篓。那鱼篓向前又飞了数尺，这才落地。 那老家人听得背后声响，回头瞧时，只见那鱼贩头子手指狄云，骂道：“兀那小贼秃，你是哪座庙里的野和尚，却来理会长江铁阿帮的闲事？” 狄云一怔：“怎地他骂我是小贼秃了？”见那鱼贩头子声势汹汹，又说到什么“长江铁网帮”，记得丁大哥常自言道，江湖上各种帮会禁忌最多，要是不小心惹上了，往往受累无穷。他不愿无缘无故地多生事端，便拱手道：“是小弟的不是，请老兄原谅。” 那鱼贩头子怒道：“你是什么东西，谁来跟你称兄道弟？”跟着左手一挥，向手下的鱼贩道：“把这两人都拿下了。” 便在此时，只听得丁当丁当，丁玲玲，丁当丁当，丁玲玲一阵铃声，两骑马自西至东，沿着江边驰来。那老家人面有喜色，道：“我家主人亲自来啦，你跟他们说去。” 鱼贩头子脸色一变，道：“是'铃剑双侠'？”但随即脸色转为高傲，道：“是'铃剑双侠'便又怎地？还轮不到他们到长江边上来耀武扬威。” 说话未了，两乘马已驰到身前。狄云只觉眼前一亮，倂见两匹马一黄一白，神骏高大，鞍辔鲜明。黄马上坐着个青年男子，二十五六岁，一身黄衫，身形高瘦。白马上乘的是个少女，二十岁上下年纪，白衫飘飘，左肩上悬着一朵红绸制的大花，脸容白嫩，相貌其为俏丽。两人腰垂长剑，手中都握着条马鞭，两匹马一般的高头长身，难得的是黄者全黄，白者全白，身上竟没一根杂毛。黄马颈下挂了一串黄金鸾铃，白马的鸾铃则是白银所铸，马头微一摆动，金铃便发出丁当丁当之声，银铃的声音又是不同，丁玲玲、丁玲玲的，更为清脆动听。端的是人俊马壮，狄云一生之中，从没见过这般齐整标致的人物，不由得心中暗暗喝一声彩：“好漂亮！” 那青年男子向着那老者道：“水福，鲤鱼找到了没有？在这里干什么？”那老家人道：“汪少爷，金色鲤鱼找到了一对，可是……可是他们偏偏不肯卖，还动手打人。” 那青年瞥眼见到地下鱼篓上的钢镖，说道：“嘿，谁使这般歹毒的暗器？”马鞭一伸，鞭丝已卷住钢镖尾上的蓝绸，提了回来，向那少女道：“笙妹，你瞧，是见血封喉的'蝎尾镖'！”那少女道：“是淮用这镖了？”话声甚是清亮。 那鱼贩头子微微冷笑，右手紧握腰间单刀刀柄，说道：“铃剑双侠这几年闯出了好大的名头，长江铁网帮不是不知。可是你们想欺到我们头上，只怕也没这么容易。”他语气硬中带软，显然不愿与“铃剑双侠”发生争端。 那少女道：“这蝎尾镖蚀心腐骨，太过狠毒，我爹爹早说过谁也不许再用，难道你不知道么？幸好你不是用来打人，打鱼篓子练功夫，倒也不妨。” 水福道：“小姐，不是的。这人发这毒镖射我。多蒙这位小师父斜刺里掷了这只鱼篓过来，才挡住了毒镖。要不然小的早已没命了。”他一面说，一面指着狄云。 狄云暗暗纳闷：“怎地一个叫我小师父，一个骂我小贼秃，我几时做起和尚来啦？” 那少女向狄云点了点头，微微一笑，示意相谢。狄云见她一笑之下，容如花绽，更加娇艳动人，不由得脸上一热，微感羞涩。 那青年听了水福之言，脸上登时如罩了层严霜，向那鱼贩头子道：“此话当真？”不待对方回答，马鞭抖动，鞭上卷着的钢镖疾飞而出，风声呼呼，啪的一响，钉在十数丈外的一株柳树上，手劲之强，实足惊人。 那鱼贩头子兀自口硬，说道：“逞什么威风？”那青年公子喝道：“便是要逞这威风！”提起马鞭，向他劈头打落，那鱼贩头子举刀便格。不料那公子的马鞭忽然斜出向下，着地而卷，招数变幻，直攻对方下盘。鱼贩头子急忙跃起相避。这马鞭竟似是活的一般，倏地反弹上来，已缠住了他右足。那公子足尖在马腹上轻轻一点，胯下黄马立时前冲。那鱼贩头子的下盘功夫本来甚是了得，这青年公子就算用鞭子缠住了他，也未必拖他得倒。但这公子先引得他跃在半空，令他根基全失，这才挥鞭缠足。那黄马这一冲有千斤之力，鱼贩头子力气再大，也禁受不起，他身躯给黄马拉着，凌空而飞。众鱼贩大声呐喊，七八个人随后追去，意图救援。 那黄马纵出数丈，将那马鞭绷得有如弓弦，青年公子蓄势借力，振臂甩出，那鱼贩头子便如腾云驾雾般飞了出去。他空有一身武功，却半点使不出来，身子不由自主地向江中射去。岸上众人大惊之下齐声呼喊。只听得扑通声响，水花溅起老高，鱼贩头子摔入了江中，霎时间沉入水底，无影无踪。 那少女拍手大笑，挥鞭冲入鱼贩群中，东抽一记，西击一招，将众鱼贩打得跌跌撞撞地四散奔逃。鱼篓鱼网撒了一地，鲜鱼活虾在地下乱爬乱跳。 那鱼贩头子一生在江边讨生活，水性自是精熟，从江面上探头出来，已在下游数十丈之外，污言秽语地乱骂，却也不敢上岸再来厮打。 水福提起盛着金鲤的鱼篓，打开盖子，欢欢喜喜地道：“公子请看，红嘴金鳞，难得又这般肥大。”那青年道：“你急速送回客店，请花大爷用来救人。”水福道：“是。”走到狄云身前，躬了躬身，道：“多谢小师父救命之恩。不知小