Chapter 8 Chapter 8: Feathers
Although the white horse Shui Sheng is very fat, the three of them ate it every day, and within a month, they finally finished eating it.After another seven or eight days, even the horse's head, internal organs, etc. were eaten clean. Hua Tiegan, Di Yun, and Shui Sheng.The son and the son did not speak to each other, and their eyes occasionally met, that is to say, they avoided each other.Hua Tiegan wanted to kill Di Yun and Shui Sheng a few times, but he always felt that after killing them, he was left alone in this snowy valley. , but not in a hurry. After passing through these openings, Shui Sheng's suspicion and jealousy towards Di Yun were greatly reduced, and he finally dared to sleep in the cave. Stepping into December, it becomes even colder in the Snow Valley. At night, the wind howls all night, making it even colder.According to Di Yun's skills, he continued to practice, and his internal strength increased by one point every day, but his clothes were thin, so it was quite difficult to endure in this icy and snowy environment.Sometimes Shui Sheng looked out from the cave and saw him trembling, but he never stepped into the cave to keep out the cold, and felt very relieved, thinking that this little evil monk's "evil" is evil, but he is still polite. The wounds on Di Yun's body have completely healed, and the broken leg has been connected. He walks as usual, runs and jumps without any hindrance. Sometimes he thinks that the broken leg was connected by the blood knife ancestor, and he can't help but feel sad. The horse meat is gone, and the food in the future will be a big problem.In the last few days, Di Yun had finished his mouth!He ate as little as he could, just such a small piece, but what he saved, Hua Tiegan honestly ate it into his stomach.Shui Sheng thought to himself: "A famous hero, in times of crisis, is not as good as a little evil monk from the Blood Knife Sect!" At three o'clock that night, Shui Sheng was awakened by the sound of arguing in his sleep, only to hear Di Yun yelling loudly: "Shui Hero's body, you can't move!" Hua Tieqian said coldly: "In a few days I eat the dead first, so you can live a few more days!" Di Yun said: "We would rather eat bark and grass roots than people!" Hua Tiegan shouted: "Go away! What are you talking about? ? Annoyed me, I will kill you immediately." Shui Sheng rushed out of the cave and saw Di Yun and Hua Tiegan standing beside her father's grave.Shui Sheng yelled: "Don't touch my father!" He ran over, and saw that the white snow piled on his father's body had been pushed away, and Hua Tiegan was holding Shui Dai's body on the chest with his left hand.Di Yun shouted: "Put it down!" Shui Sheng said anxiously: "You...you..." Suddenly, seeing a flash of cold light, Hua Tiegan pulled out a steel gun from his sleeve, leaned forward and stabbed Di Yun's chest.This shot went very fast, although Di Yun's internal strength has improved greatly, his swordsmanship, fisting and kicking skills are only mediocre, and they are still just the rural moves taught by Qi Changfa before. Can you handle it?When he was startled, the tip of the gun had pierced his chest.Shui Sheng exclaimed loudly, not knowing what to do. Hua Tie Ganman's spear went straight from his chest to his back, piercing a transparent hole in him, but unexpectedly the tip of the spear touched his chest, it was blocked and he couldn't penetrate it.But the stabbing force of the steel spear was very strong, Di Yun was pushed back by the spear, fell down and sat down, raised his left hand, and slammed into the barrel of the spear.With a click, Hua Tiegan's tiger's mouth shattered, and the short spear was released, flying straight into the sky.The force of this palm was unabated, it caused Hua Tie to do a somersault and fell backwards.The short gun fell into the snow in the deep valley and disappeared. Hua Tieqian was startled, and thought: "The young monk's martial arts are so miraculous, he is never inferior to the old monk!" He rolled back a few times, jumped up, and fled far away. Hua Tieqian didn't know that although the spear could not penetrate Di Yun's body due to the obstruction of the black silkworm clothes, it was so powerful that he stopped breathing, couldn't breathe, and fainted on the ground.If he hadn't already mastered the Divine Illumination Kungfu, this shot would have killed him.Hua Tiegan's martial arts skills are comparable.In Jingzhou City, Zhou Qi's sword stabbed at the same silkworm clothes, but the strength of the stabbing is far from the same. The bright moon was in the sky, and when two vultures saw Di Yun in the snow, they kept circling back and forth in the sky. Seeing that Di Yun fell to the ground, Shui Sheng seemed to have been stabbed to death by Hua Tiegan, and he was overjoyed: "The little evil monk is finally dead, from now on I won't be afraid of people coming to invade me." But then he thought: "Hua Tiegan He wanted to eat my father's body, but the little evil monk tried his best to stop him, so he was killed. The little evil monk probably had malicious intentions, trying to deceive me...to deceive me...hmph, I can't be fooled by him. But after he died But what should Hua Tie do if this villain comes to violate my father's body again? Even, he will come to violate me... No, he is my uncle, he will never... be so obscene... This man is very shameless, You can do anything. Sigh... it's best for the little evil monk not to die..." Holding the bloody knife in her hand, she walked slowly to Di Yun's side, and saw him lying frozen in the snow, the muscles on his face slightly distorted, obviously not dead.Shui Sheng was overjoyed, bent over, reached down his nostrils to sniff his breath, and suddenly felt two streams of hot air spraying directly onto her fingers.Shui Sheng was shocked, and hastily withdrew her hands. She thought that even if Di Yun was not dead, his breathing would be weak, but the breath he exhaled was so hot.She didn't know that Di Yun's inner strength was already very deep at this moment, even though he lost consciousness, his aura was still strong, it's just that he hadn't cultivated the superior inner strength for a long time, he was more than vigorous, not calm enough, and he hadn't reached the state of harmony and nature. Shui Sheng thought to himself: "The little evil monk has fainted, and he will wake up later. It's not right to see me standing beside him." Turning around, he saw Hua Tiegan standing not far away, staring at him. He two. Hua Tieqian couldn't kill Di Yun with a single shot, and then knocked him down with his back palm, terrified, but seeing him fall to the ground, he wanted to know if he was dead or alive, after a while, seeing that he hadn't moved, he took a step Go one step at a time.At this time, his right arm was still numb, and when Di Yun jumped up, he immediately turned around and fled. Shui Sheng was shocked, and shouted: "Don't come here." Hua Tieqian grinned and said, "Why can't you come here? A living person tastes better than a dead person. Why wouldn't it be nice if we kill him and share them?" Then he approached again. step.Shui Sheng couldn't do anything, shook Di Yun desperately, and shouted: "He's coming, he's coming." Seeing that Di Yun was unconscious, Hua Tiegan was overjoyed, and immediately jumped forward, raised his right palm and shot Di Yun down.Shui Sheng swung the blood knife and stabbed at Hua Tiegan with a move of "Golden Needle Crossing Tribulation".What she uses is swordsmanship, but the blood knife is extremely sharp, but it is also quite powerful.Hua Tiegan had lost his steel spear, and was bare-handed. He was afraid of being taken by this blood knife that cut iron like mud, but he didn't dare to underestimate the enemy. Di Yun faintly heard Shui Sheng yelling: "He's coming." He didn't know what it meant in a daze, and then heard a burst of shouting, and opened his eyes, and saw Shui Sheng dancing in the moonlight The blood knife was fighting with Hua Tiegan in full swing. Although Shui Sheng has a good weapon in his hand, firstly he can't use a knife, secondly his martial arts skills are far behind him, he is overwhelmed by left and right, he retreats repeatedly, and when he reaches the edge, he just hopes that the weapon in his hand will not be taken away by the enemy, how can he care about hurting the enemy?Can't stop shouting urgently: "Hey, hey! Wake up quickly, he is coming to kill you." When Di Yun heard this, his heart shivered: "It's so dangerous! She saved my life just now. If she hadn't tried her best to resist, Hua Tiegan would have killed me long ago. Although my chest and abdomen are protected by black silkworm clothes, he only You have to kick me on the head, can you not die from kicking?" Standing up, he swung his palm and hit Hua Tiegan fiercely.Hua Tiegan greeted him with his palms, and with a bang, both of them fell to the ground.Di Yun's internal energy is profound, Hua Tiegan's palm technique is superb, and his palms intersect, they are even comparable. Hua Tiegan's martial arts skills are high, and he responds quickly. He was knocked down by Di Yun's palm, and then he jumped up, and hit him with the second palm.Di Yun didn't have time to stand up, so he had to sit up and give him a wide palm.Although he was sitting, his palm strength was not weak at all, but with a bang, Di Yun was so shocked that he turned two somersaults again, Hua Tiegan retreated three steps vigorously, with the blood in his chest surging, and he was secretly startled: "This is what happened. The little evil monk has such deep internal energy!" But after passing two palms, knowing that his palm technique is very mediocre, all fear was gone, he leaned forward, and the third palm struck again. Sitting up, Di Yun waved his palm back, but unexpectedly, Hua Tiegan's palm fluttered past his face. Di Yun's palm hit the air, followed by a slap, and the palm hit his chest. Fortunately, he was protected by the black silkworm clothes, so he would not be injured. , But I couldn't bear it either. Just about to stand up, I sat down again.Hua Tiegan succeeded with one palm, and the second palm followed.He is also very skilled in boxing and kicking, at this time he used the "Yuejia Sanshou" all the way out, the shadow of his palm fluttered, he punched with the left and palm with the right, four or five of the ten moves hit Di Yun.Di Yun also made a move, but he evaded them with ingenious movements.The difference in martial arts between the two is too great, no matter how strong Di Yun's internal strength is, he will never have the opportunity to display it. In the end, Di Yun had no choice but to protect his head and face with his palms, and let him beat him on his body. When he stood up, he was knocked down immediately.Hua Tiegan just wanted to take care of him as soon as possible, and beat him hard.Di Yun vomited blood three times in a row, and his movements were already greatly sluggish. At the beginning, Shui Sheng saw that the two were fighting fiercely and couldn't get in to help. When he saw that Di Yun was dying, he swung his knife and chopped off Hua Tiegan's back.Hua Tiegan dodged it sideways, and grabbed her instead, taking her weapon away.Di Yun slapped out his right palm vigorously, and a fierce palm wind immediately covered Hua Tiegan's whole body.Hua Tiegan couldn't dodge, so he had to greet each other with his palms, and the two palms intersected without moving.When it comes to fighting with internal strength, Hua Tiegan is no longer his opponent. Suddenly, he only feels the golden stars in front of his eyes, half of his body is numb, and he staggers to stand unsteadily. Shui Sheng shouted: "Go, go!" Pulling Di Yun, he rushed into the cave.The two hurriedly moved several large rocks and piled them at the entrance of the cave.Shui Sheng holds a blood knife in his hand and stands by the stone.The entrance of this cave is very narrow, although a few big rocks cannot block it, but Hua Tiegan has to move one or two stones to enter the cave.As long as he moved the stone with his hands, Shui Sheng could chop off his hands with a knife. After a while, there was no movement outside.Shui Sheng said: "Little Evil...Little..." She has always been used to calling him "Little Evil Monk", and now joining forces with him to meet the enemy, it would be embarrassing to call him "Little Evil Monk", so she changed her words and said, "How is your injury?" ?” Di Yun said, “Fortunately…” Suddenly I heard Hua Tiegan laughing outside the cave, and shouted: "The two little bastards hid and did something ulterior in the cave." Afraid, she decided that Di Yun was a "sexual monk" and behaved very badly. It was indeed dangerous to be with him in the cave, so she couldn't help but take a few steps diagonally to the left, trying to get as far away from him as possible.Only Hua Tiegan shouted again: "The two dogs and men are hiding, but I want to eat barbecue, haha, haha!" Shui Sheng was shocked, and said: "He wants to eat my father, what should I do?" Di Yun has been wronged for everything in the past few years, and now he hears Hua Tiegan spitting blood again, how can he bear it?Pushing away the stone suddenly, he rushed out like a mad tiger, punching and clapping wildly at him with all his strength. Hua Tiegan avoided two palms, drew a circular arc with his left palm, and slapped his right palm from behind, from a direction that Di Yun could not have imagined in his dreams, and hit him firmly on the back with a bang.Di Yun spat out a mouthful of blood, and his mind was in a daze. The Hua Tiegan in front of him seemed to have turned into Wan Zhenshan, Wan Gui, the magistrate of Jiangling County, the jailer, Ling Tuisi, Baoxiang... all these villains who abused him .He opened his arms and hugged Hua Tiegan tightly. Hua Tiegan punched him on the nose, causing his nose to bleed profusely.But Di Yun didn't feel the pain anymore, the hands around his waist became tighter and tighter.Hua Tiegan felt short of breath and panicked, and saw Shui Sheng approaching him with a bloody knife in his hand.Hua Tiegan was startled, and slammed his fists under Di Yun's side.Di Yun suffered from pain and his arms were weak.Hua Tiegan struggled hard, freed his arms from encircling him, and no longer dared to fight with this madman, he jumped vertically one after another, standing more than ten feet away from him, and finally stood still. Seeing that Di Yun was staggering, unable to stand still, with blood all over his face, Shui Sheng wanted to reach out to help him, but was afraid, so he took two steps closer tremblingly.Di Yun shouted: "I'm an evil monk, a little obscene monk, don't come here, lest I tarnish your reputation as Miss Shui, get out, get out!" Seeing his ferocious expression and fierce eyes, Shui Sheng frightened Gotta take two steps back. Di Yun couldn't stop panting, walked towards Hua Tiegan staggeringly, and shouted: "You villains, Wan Zhenshan, Wan Gui, you can't kill me, you can't beat me to death. Come here, come and beat me, magistrate , Mr. Zhifu, you will bully goodness, come and fight if you have the guts, come and fight to the death..." Hua Tiegan said in his heart: "This man is crazy, he is a lunatic!" Leaping backwards, he was further away from him. Di Yun looked up to the sky and yelled: "You villains, all the villains in the world are here to beat you. I, Di Yun, are not afraid of you. You put me in prison, pierced my lute bone, cut off my fingers, robbed my junior sister, and poisoned me to death. Brother Ding, I’m not afraid of trampling on my thigh and wronging me as a flower-picking monk, and I’m not afraid of chopping me into meat paste!” Shui Ce heard him screaming so loudly, like crying, he couldn't help feeling pity in his fear, and heard him shout, "Piercing my lute bone, cutting off my finger, robbing my junior sister, trampling on my thigh", It was even more heart-wrenching: "This little evil monk was full of thoughts and suffered a lot. His thigh was trampled off by me." He also heard him call "I am wronged for being a flower-picking monk", and thought: "Isn't he... If he is, he hasn't been rude to me at all these days. Has he reformed and become a good man again?" Di Yun screamed until his voice became hoarse, and finally his body swayed and he fell down in the snow. Hua Tiegan didn't dare to approach, and neither did Shui Sheng. Two vultures kept circling in mid-air.Di Yun lay on the ground, motionless.Suddenly a vulture came down and pecked at his forehead.Di Yun was in a dazed state, but after being pecked by the vulture, he woke up immediately.Seeing his body move, the eagle quickly raised its wings and flew up.Di Yun was furious, and shouted: "Even you, a bastard, are here to bully me!" He struck out with his right palm.The eagle was only a few feet away from his body, it was shaken by his fierce palm, its feathers fluttered and fell down. Di Yun grabbed it, laughed loudly, and bit the eagle's belly. The eagle flapped its wings and struggled desperately.Di Yun felt the salty eagle's blood flow into his mouth continuously, like drops of energy flowing into his body, he couldn't help dancing, and shouted: "You want to eat me? I'll eat you first." Hua Tiegan and Shui Sheng Seeing his crazy state of eating live eagles, he couldn't help but change his face in horror. Hua Tiegan was afraid that this lunatic would go berserk and come over to fight him desperately at any time, it would be terrible to hug him and drink his blood, it's better to stay away from him.Now he went around to the east of the snow valley, thinking that this madman's method of catching eagles was good, so he lay on his back, trying to learn how to pretend to be dead to catch hawks.Unexpectedly, although the vulture was fooled and came down to peck at it, but he threw it away, but failed to shoot it down.His internal strength is far from that of Di Yun's. Although his palm technique is skillful, Goshawk's evasion is quicker and quicker. Di Yun drank a few mouthfuls of the eagle's blood, the blood in his chest and abdomen surged, and he passed out again.When he woke up, it was already dawn, and he was hungry, so he picked up the dead eagle beside him and bit it. After one bite, he suddenly felt the fragrance in his mouth, the taste was very delicious, and it condensed.When I saw it, I couldn't help but stay.Seeing that the eagle's feathers were plucked clean, it was cooked.He clearly remembered that he only drank a few mouthfuls of eagle blood before falling asleep, but who cooked it for him?If it wasn't for Shui Sheng, would it be Hua Tie who did this villain? He yelled a lot last night, venting a lot of the pent-up air in his chest. At this moment, he woke up and felt quite relieved. He saw that Shui Dai's snow grave had been piled up again. Looking into the cave, he saw Shui Sheng lying on the rock. He fell into a deep sleep and did not wake up.Di Yun thought to himself: "She has also been hungry for a few days. She roasted this eagle and left it to me. She didn't eat a single eagle's leg. It's a rare thing. Hmph, she thinks she is a hero, Miss Qianjin, look down on me. You look down on me, and I look down on you, what’s so special?” After a while, I couldn’t help but think again: “She baked me a hawk, that’s no way to look down on me, it’s not good if she starves to death. .” So he lay on the ground, motionless, closed his eyes and pretended to be dead. Within half an hour, he used his palm force to kill four vultures one after another. Seeing that Shui Sheng had woken up, he threw two ends to her.Shui Sheng came over and took the other two ends, washed and stripped them thoroughly, grilled them together, and silently handed over the two cooked eagles to him. There are quite a few vultures in Xiaogu, these eagles have been used to eating dead bodies and carrion all their lives, but they are very stupid, even though they saw their companions die one after another under Di Yun's hands, they still kept coming down to die.Di Yun's inner strength.Increase, self-practice, palm strength also.Jin, in the end, it is no longer necessary to lie down and pretend to be dead, as long as you see a bird perched on a low branch or flying by, you can shoot it down with your palm.There are snow geese in the snow valley from time to time, which can peck insects and ants in the ice and snow. Their bodies are very fat, and they are the daily delicacies of Di Yun and Shui Sheng.
The twelfth lunar month is coming to an end, but Di Yun doesn't know the time, there will be a heavy snowfall in the snow valley every ten or eight days, and it will last for a long time.The cold wind blew like a knife all night.Shui Sheng always hides in the cave except for gathering firewood and grilling bird meat.Di Yun never spoke a word to her, and never took a step into the cave. One night it snowed heavily all night, and when Di Yun woke up the next morning, he felt warm all over his body. When he opened his eyes, he saw a dark thing covering his body.He was taken aback, and with a flick of his hand, it turned out to be a strange dress.The clothes are made of bird feathers one by one, the black ones are eagle feathers, the white ones are goose feathers, the clothes are knee-length, and tens of thousands of bird feathers are used. Holding this feather coat, Di Yun's face suddenly flushed, knowing that it was made by Shui Sheng, and it took a lot of painstaking effort to adorn these thousands of bird feathers into a garment.What's more, there is no scissors and needlework in Snow Valley, so I don't know how to make it?He stretched out his hand to remove the bird feathers on his clothes and saw a small hole pierced at the root of each feather, which must have been pierced by a gold hairpin in his hair. The hole was threaded with a light yellow silk thread, which was naturally from her The light yellow satin shirt has been pulled down. "Hey, girls are really strange, how tiring it is, isn't that extremely troublesome?" Suddenly, he remembered what happened at Wan Zhenshan's house in Jingzhou City a few years ago.That night, he was besieged by the eight disciples of Wanmen, his eyes were bruised and his nose was swollen, and his new clothes were torn to pieces.He felt sorry for it, so his junior sister Qi Fang took a needle and thread to mend it herself. The scene of that day clearly appeared in his mind: Qi Fang was beside him, mending his clothes.Her hair brushed against his chin, he felt itchy on his face, and smelled the faint fragrance of her girlish skin in his nose, he couldn't help but feel his heart flutter.Di Yun called out: "Junior Sister." Qi Fang said: "Water Spinach, don't talk, don't let people accuse you of being a thief." When he thought of this, there seemed to be something stuck in his throat, and tears welled up in his eyes, which were only blurred, and he thought: "Sure enough, I was wronged by someone. Is it because I said something when my junior sister was mending my clothes?" Do you want to talk?” But in the past few years, he has experienced many turmoil and dangers, and he no longer believes in such nonsense. “嘿嘿,人家存心要害我,我便天生是个哑巴,别人还不是一样地来欺侮?师妹那时候待我一片真诚,可是姓万的家财豪富,万圭那小子又比我俊得多,那有什么町说的?最不该是我那日身受重伤,躲在她家柴房之中,她却去告知她丈夫,叫他来擒了我去领功,哈哈,哈哈!” 突然之间,他气愤填膺,不可抑止,纵声狂笑,拿着羽衣走到石洞之前,抛在地下,在羽衣上用力踹了几脚,大声道:“我是恶和尚,怎配穿小姐缝的衣服?”飞起一脚,将羽衣踢进洞中,转身狂笑,大踏步而去。 水笙费了一个多月时光,才将这件羽衣缀成,心想这“小恶僧”维护爹爹的尸体,丝毫不向自己啰唣,这些日子中,自己全仗吃他打来的鸟肉为生。眼见他日夜在洞外挨受风寒,心下实感不忍,盼望这件羽衣能助他御寒。哪知道好心不得好报,反给他将羽衣踢进洞来,受他如此无礼侮辱。她又羞又怒,伸手将羽衣一阵乱扯,情不自禁,眼泪一滴滴地落在鸟羽上。 她却万万料想不到,狄云转身狂笑之时,胸前衣襟上也溅满了滴滴泪水,只是他流泪却是为了伤心自己命苦,为了师妹的无情无义……
中午时分,狄云打了四只鸟雀,仍去放在山洞前。水笙烤熟了,仍分了一半给他。两人一句话也不说,甚至连眼光也不敢相对。 狄云和水笙坐得远远地,各自吃着熟鸟,忽然间东北角上传来一阵踏雪之声。两人一齐抬起头来,向声音来处望去,只见花铁干右手拿着一柄鬼头刀,左手握着一柄长剑,笑嘻嘻地走来。狄云和水笙同对跃起。水笙返身入洞,抢过了血刀,微一犹豫,便抛给了狄云,叫道:“接住!” 狄云伸手接刀,心中一怔:“她怎地如此信得过我,将这性命般的宝刀给了我?嗯,她是要我为她卖命,助她抵御花铁干,哼,哼!姓狄的又不是你的奴才!” 便在这时,花铁干已快步走到了近处,哈哈大笑,说道:“恭喜,恭喜!”狄云瞪目道:“恭什么喜?”花铁干道:“恭喜你和水姑娘成就了好事哪。人家连防身宝刀也给了你,别的还不一古脑儿地都给了你么?哈哈,哈哈!”狄云怒道:“枉你号称中原大俠,却如此卑鄙。”花铁干笑嘻嘻地道:“说到卑鄙无耻,你血刀门中的人物未必就输于区区在下。”说着慢慢迫近,用力嗅了几下,说道:“嗯,好香,好香!送一只鸟我吃,成不成?”他若善言相求,狄云自必答允,但这时见他一副惫懒轻薄的模样,心下着恼,说道:“你武功比我高得多,自己不会打么?”花铁干笑道:“我就是懒得打。” 他二人说话之际,水笙已走到了狄云背后,突然大声叫道:“刘伯伯,陆伯伯!”她见花铁干双手拿着刘乘风的氐剑和陆天抒的鬼头刀,北风飘动,吹开他外袍,露出袍内还穿着刘乘风的道袍和陆天抒的紫铜色长袍。 花铁干沉着脸道:“怎么样?”水笙道:“你……你……你吃了他们么?”她料想花铁干既寻到了二人尸体,多半是将他二人吃了。花铁干怒道:“关你什么事?”水笙大惊,颤声道:“陆伯伯,刘伯伯,他……他二人是你的结义兄弟……” 花铁干若有能耐打鸟,自然决不会以义兄弟的尸体为食,但他千方百计地捕捉鸟雀,初时还捉到一两头,过得几天,鸟雀再不上当。他又没狄云的神照功内力,能以掌力击鸟。这些日子中便只得以陆、刘二人的尸体为食,苦挨光阴。这天吃完了尸体,手持刀剑,决意来杀狄水二人,再加上埋藏在冰雪中的水岱和血刀老祖的尸体,作为食料,当可挨到初夏,静待雪融出谷。 这时他听水笙如此说,不自禁地满脸通红,又闻到烤熟了的鸟肉香气,馋涎欲滴,突然间举起鬼头刀,大呼跃进,向狄云砍过来,左劈一刀,右劈一刀。狄云举起血刀一格,当的一声猛响,鬼头刀向上反弹。这鬼头刀也是一柄宝刀,虽不及血刀的锋利绝伦,但刀身厚重,血刀也削它不断。当日陆天抒和血刀僧双刀相交,鬼头刀曾为血刀斩了三个缺口,今日再度相逢,鬼头刀上也不过是新添一个缺口而已。 花铁于使刀虽不擅长,但武功高强,鬼头刀使将开来,自非狄云所能抵挡,数招之下,登时将他迫得连连后退。花铁干也不追击,一俯身,拾起狄云吃剩的半只熟鸟,大嚼起来,连赞:“很好,很好,滋味要得,硬是要得!” 狄云回头向水笙望了一眼,两人都觉寒心。花铁干这次手持利器前来挑战,情势便和上次不同。空手相搏之时,狄云受他拳打足踢,不过受伤吐血,不易给他一拳打死,这时他手中有了刀剑,只须有一招失手,立时便送了性命。上次相斗所以能勉强支持,全仗水笙手中多了一把血刀,此刻花铁干的兵刃还多了一件,那是占尽上风了。 花铁干吃了半只熟鸟,意犹未尽,见山洞边尚有一只,又去拿来吃了。他抹抹嘴,说道:“很好,烹调功夫是一等一的。”懒洋洋地回转身来,陡然间跃身而前,呼的一刀,便向狄云劈去。这一刀去势奇急,狄云猝不及防,险些儿便给削了半边脑袋,急忙举刀招架。总算花铁干忌惮他内功浑厚,倘若双刀相交,不免手臂酸麻,当下转刀斜劈。三招之间,狄云已手忙脚乱,嗤的一声响,左臂上给鬼头刀划了一道长长口子。 水笙叫道:“别打了,别打了。花伯伯,我分鸟肉给你便是。” 花铁干见狄云的刀法平庸之极,在武林中连第三流的角色也及不上,心想及早杀了这小子再说,免得又留后患,当下手上加紧,口中却调侃道:“水侄女,你心疼这小子,是不是啊?怎么不记得你的汪家表哥了?”刷刷刷三刀,又在狄云的右肩上砍了一刀。幸好这一刀所砍的部位有“乌蚕衣”保护,否则狄云的右肩已给卸了下来。 水笙大叫:“花伯伯,别打了!”狄云怒道:“你叫什么?我打不过,给他杀了便是。”他狂怒之下,举刀乱砍,忽然间右手将血刀交给左手,反手猛力打出。 花铁干哪料到这武艺低微的“小和尚”居然会奇兵突出,蓦地来这一下巧招,急忙转头相避,啪的一声,还是给这一掌重重击在颈中,只震得他半身酸麻。狄云一怔,心道:“这是那老乞丐伯伯教我的'耳光式'!”他一招得手,跟着便使出“刺肩式”和“去剑式”来。花铁干叫道:“连城剑法,连城剑法!” 狄云又是一怔,那日他在荆州万府和万圭等八人比剑,使出这三招之时,万震山也说是“连城剑法”,当时他还道万震山胡说,但花铁干是中原大豪、见多识广、居然也说这是连城剑法、难道老乞丐所教的这三招,当真是连城剑法么? 他以刀作剑,将这三招连使数次,可是花铁干的武功岂是鲁坤、万圭等一干人所可比?除了第一招出其不意地打了他一掌之外,此后这三招用在他身上,已全无效用。到得狄云第四次又使“去剑式”,将血刀往鬼头刀上挑去,花铁干早已有备,左足飞起,踢中他腕脉。狄云血刀脱手,花铁干一招“顺水推舟”,双手刀剑齐向他胸口刺来。 噗噗两声,一刀一剑都刺中在狄云胸口,刀头剑头为“乌蚕衣”所阻,透不进去。水笙拿了一块石头,守候在旁,眼见狄云遇险,举起石头便向花铁干后脑砸去。花铁干上次短枪刺不进狄云身子,已觉奇怪,料来是他怀中放着铁盒或铜牌之类,枪头凑巧刺中坚物,但这次刀剑齐刺,决计不会又这么凑巧。他一呆之际,狄云猛力挥掌击出,水笙又自后面攻到。 花铁干叫道:“有鬼,有鬼!”心下发毛:“莫非是陆大哥、刘兄弟怪我吃了他们的遗体,鬼魂出现,来跟我为难?”登时遍体冷汗,向后跃开了几步。 狄云和水笙有了这余裕,忙逃入山洞,搬过几块大石,堵塞入门。两人先前已将洞口堵得甚小,这时再加上几块石头,便即将洞口尽行封住。 两人死里逃生,心都评评乱跳。只听得花铁干叫道:“出来啊,龟儿子,躲在洞中能躲一辈子么?你们在石洞里捉鸟吃么?哈哈,哈哈!”他虽放声大笑,心下可着实害怕,却也不敢便去掘水岱的尸体来吃。 狄云和水笙对望一眼,均想:“这人的话倒也不错。我们在洞里吃什么?但一出去便给他杀了,那可如何是好?” 花铁干若要强攻,搬开石头进洞,狄水二人血刀已失,也难以守御,只是他刀剑刺不进狄云身体,认定是有鬼魂作怪,全身寒毛直竖,不住颤抖。 狄云和水笙在洞口守了一阵,见花铁干不再来攻,心下稍定。狄云检视左臂伤口,见兀自流血。水笙撕卩一块衣襟,给他包好。狄云将早已破烂不堪的僧袍大襟拉了过来,遮住胸口,以免给水笙见到自己胸口赤裸的肌肤,这么一拉,怀中跌了一本小册出来,便是得自宝象身上的那本《血刀经》。 他适才和花铁干这场恶斗,时刻虽短,使力不多,心情却紧张之极,这时歇了下来,只觉疲累难当,想起那。在破庙中初见《血刀经》时,曾照着经上那裸体男子的姿式依样而为,精神立即振奋,心想花铁干决计不肯罢休,少时恶斗又起,就算给他杀了,也当狠狠打他几掌,如此神疲力乏,怎能抗敌?随手翻开一页,见图中人形头下脚上,以天灵盖顶在地下,两只手的姿式更十分怪异。狄云当即依式而为,也头下脚上,倒立起来。 水笙见他突然装这怪样,只道他又发疯,心想外有强敌,内有狂人,那便如何是好,心中一急,不禁哭了出来。 狄云练不到半个时辰,顿时全身发暖,犹如烤火一般,说不出的舒适受用。他随手翻过一页,见图中那裸体男子以左手支地,身子与地面平行,两只脚却翻过来勾在自己颈中。这姿式本来极难,但他自练成神照功后,四肢百骸运用自如,当即依着图中所示照做,内息也依着图中红色绿色线路,在身上各处经脉穴道中通行。 这《血刀经》乃血刀门中内功外功的总诀,每一页图谱都须练上一年半载,方始有成。伊。狄云仟督二脉既通,有了神照功这无上浑厚的内力为基础,再艰难的武功到了手中,竟也一练即成。他练了一式又一式,越练越觉兴味盎然。 水笙见他翻书练功,惊魂稍定。见他姿势稀奇古怪,当真匪夷所思,不由得又好笑又诧异,心道:“天下难道真有这般武功?”走上两步,向地下翻开着的《血刀经》瞧去,一瞥之下,见图中所绘是个全身赤裸的男子,不由得满脸通红,一颗心怦评乱跳:“他练到后来,会不会脱去衣服,全身赤裸?”幸好这可怕的情景始终没出现。 狄云练了一会儿内功,翻到一页,见图中人形手执一一柄弯刀,斜势砍劈。狄云大喜,脱口而出:“血刀刀法。”拾起一根树枝,照着图中所示使了起来。 这血刀刀法当真怪异之极,每一招都是在决不可能的方位砍将出去。狄云只练得三招,便已领会,原来每一招刀法都是从前面的古怪姿势中化将出来。前面图谱中有倒立、横身、伸腿上颈、反手抓耳等种种诡异姿势,血刀刀法中便也有这邺令人绝难想像的招数。狄云当下挑了四招刀法用心练熟,心想:“我须得不眠不息,赶快练上二三十招,过得四五天,再出去和这娩花的决一死战。唉,只可惜没早些练这刀法。” 哪知花铁干竟不让他有半天余裕。狄云专心学练刀法,花铁干在洞外叫了起来:“小和尚,你岳父大人的心肝吃不吃?滋味很好啊。” 水笙大吃一惊,推开石头,抢了出去。只见花铁干拿着鬼头刀,正在水岱的坟头挖掘,虽尚未掘到尸身,却也是指顾间的事。水笙大叫:“花伯伯,花伯伯,你……你……全不念结义兄弟之情么?”口中惊呼,抢将过去。 花铁干正要引她出来,将她先行击倒,然后再料理狄云,否则两人联手而斗,不免碍手碍脚。他见水笙奔来,只作不见,仍低头挖掘。水笙抢到他身后,右掌往他背心奋力击去。花铁干左手疾翻,快如闪电,已拿住了她手腕。水笙叫声:“啊哟!”左手击出。花铁干侧身避过,反手点出。水笙腰间中指,一声低呼,委倒在地。 这时狄云手执树枝,也已抢到。花铁干哈哈大笑,叫道:“小和尚活得不耐烦了,用一根树枝儿来斗老子。好,你是血刀门的恶僧,我便用你本门的兵刃送你归天。”反手从腰间抽出血刀,将鬼头刀抛在地下,霎时之间向狄云连砍三刀。这血刀其薄如纸,砍出去时的风声嗤嗤声响,花铁干心下暗赞:“好一口宝刀!” 狄云见血刀如此迅速地砍来,心中一寒,不由得手足无措,一咬牙,心道:“这就拼个同归于尽吧!”右手挥动树枝,从背后反击过去,啪的一声,结结实实地打在花铁干后颈。这一招古怪无比,倘若他手中拿的是利刀而不是树枝,已然将花铁干的脑袋砍下来了。 其实花铁干的武功和血刀老祖相差无几,就算练熟了血刀功夫的血刀老祖,也决不能在只一招便杀了他,更不用说狄云了。只花铁干甚为轻敌,全没将这个武功低微的对手瞧在眼内,是以一上手便着了道儿。他一怔之间,提刀欲削,狄云手中树枝如狂风暴雨般劈将出去,乱砍乱削之中,偶尔夹一招血刀刀法,噗的一声,又一下打中在他后脑。花铁干身子一晃,叫道:“有鬼,有鬼!”回身一望,只吓得手酸足软,手一松,血刀落地,转身拔足飞奔,远远逃开。 他自吃了义兄义弟的尸身后,心下有愧,时时怕陆天抒和刘乘风的鬼魂来找他算账。先前刀剑刺不进狄云身体,已认定是有鬼魂在暗助敌人,这时狄云以一根树枝和他相斗,明明站在自己对面,水笙又遭点中穴道而躺卧在地,可是自己后颈和后脑却接连为硬物打中。谷中除自己和狄水二人之外,更有何人?如此神出鬼没地在背后暗算自己,不是鬼魅,更是什么?他转头看去,不论看到什么,都不会如此吃惊,但偏偏什么也看不到,不由得魂飞魄散,哪里还敢有片刻停留? 狄云虽打中了花铁干两下,但他显然并没受伤,忽然没命价奔逃,倒也大出意料之外。俯身拾起血刀,见水笙躺在地下动弹不得,问道:“你给这厮点中了穴道?”水笙道:“是。”狄云道:“我不会解穴,救你不得。”水笙道:“你只须在我腰间和腿上……”本想告知他穴道的部位,请他推宫过血,便可解开被封穴道,但说到“腿上”两字,想起这“小恶僧”最近虽然并没对自己无礼,以前可无恶不作,倘若乘着自己行动不得…… 狄云见她眼中突然露出惧色,心想:“花铁干已逃走了,你还怕什么?”一转念间,随即明白她是害怕自己,不由得怒气急冲胸臆,大声道:“你怕我侵犯你,怕我对你……对你……哼,哼!从今而后,我再也不要见你。”气得伸足乱踢,只踢得白雪飞溅。他回到山洞中,取了《血刀经》,径自走开,再也不向水笙瞧上一眼。 水笙心下羞愧,寻思:“难道是我瞎疑心,当真错怪了他?”她躺在地下,一动也不动。过得一个多时辰,一头兀鹰从天空直冲下来,扑向她脸。水笙大声惊叫,突然红光一闪,血刀从斜刺里飞了过来,将兀鹰砍为两边,落在她身旁。 原来狄云虽恼她怀疑自己,仍担心花铁干去而复回,前来加害于她,因此守在不远之处,续练血刀刀法。他掷出飞刀,居然将兀鹰斩为两边,血刀斩死了兀鹰后,略无阻碍,又飞了十余丈,这才落下。这么一来,他这招“流星经天”的刀法又已练成了。 水笙叫道:“狄大哥,狄大哥,是我错了,一百个对你不起。”狄云只作没听见,不去理她。水笙又求道:“狄大哥,你原谅我死了爹爹,孤苦伶仃的,想事不周,别再恼我了,好不好?”狄云仍然不理,但心中怒气,却也渐渐消了。 水笙躺在地下,直到第二日穴道方解。她知狄云虽一言不发,但目不交睫地在自己身边守了整整一晚,心中好生感激。她身子一能动弹,即刻去将那头兀鹰烤熟了,分了半边,送到狄云身前。狄云等她走近时,闭上了眼睛,以遵守自己说过的那句话:“从今而后,我再也不要见你。”水笙放下熟鹰,便即走开。 狄云等她走远再行睁眼,忽听得她“啊”的一声惊呼,跟着又是一声“哎哟”,摔倒在地。狄云急跃而起,抢到她身边。水笙嫣然一笑站起,说道:“我骗骗你的。你说从此不要见我,这却不是见了我么?那句话可算不得数了。” 狄云狠狠瞪了她一眼,心道:“天下女子都是鬼心眼儿。除了丁大哥的那位凌姑娘,谁都会骗人。从今以后,我再也不上你当了。” 水笙却咯咯娇笑,说道:“狄大哥,你赶着来救我,谢谢你啦!” 狄云横了她一眼,背转身子,大踏步走开了。
花铁干害怕鬼魂作怪,再也不敢前来滋扰,只好嚼些树皮草根,苦度时光,有时以暗器手法掷石,也打到一两只雪雁。狄云每曰练一两招血刀刀法,内力外功,与日俱增。 冬去春来,天气渐暖,山谷中的积雪不再加厚,后来雪水淙淙,竟开始消融了。 这些日子之中,狄云已将一本《血刀经》的内功和拳脚刀法尽数练全。他这时身集正邪两派最上乘武功之所长,虽经验阅历极为欠缺,而正邪两门功夫的精华亦未融会贯通,但单以武功而论,比之当年丁典,亦已有胜过。只是所习神照功仅为深湛内功,外功却以无人指点,除血刀门刀法之外,拳脚功夫仍极粗浅,但手足灵便,拳理已明,亦已不下于二流好手。 水笙跟他说话,狄云怕又上她当,始终扮作哑巴,一句不答,除了进食时偶在一起之外,狄云总是和她离得远远地,自行练功。他心中所想的,只是三个念头:出了雪谷之后,第一是到湘西故居去寻师父;第二是到荆州去给丁大哥和凌姑娘合葬;第三,报仇! 眼见雪水汇集成溪,不断流向谷外,山谷通道上的积雪一天比一天低,他不知离端午节还有儿天,却知出谷的日子不远了。 一天午后,他从水笙手中接过了两只熟鸟,正要转身,水笙忽道:“狄大哥,再过得几天,咱们便能出去了吧?”狄云“嗯”了一声。水笙低声道:“多谢你这些口子中对我的照顾,若不是你,我早死在花铁干那恶人手中了。”狄云摇头道:“没什么。”转身走开。 忽听得身后一阵呜咽之声,回过头来,只见水笙伏在一块石上,背心抽动,正自哭泣。他心中奇怪:“可以出去了,该当高兴