Chapter 37 Chapter Thirty-Seven
In the blink of an eye, the first day of the Double Ninth Festival has arrived, and Zhang Wuji led a group of Mingjiao heroes to Shaolin Temple.The front and rear halls, left and right chambers of Shaolin Temple are full of heroes from all over the world.Among the martial arts figures from all walks of life, some have feuds with Xie Xun, and they plan to kill him for revenge; ; Most of them came to watch the excitement.Shaolin Temple sent more than a hundred well-known monks to receive them, leading them to rest in various places in the temple.
Wudang sent only Yu Lianzhou and Yin Liting.Zhang Wuji went to see him, and asked Zhang Sanfeng how he was.Yu Lianzhou asked in a low voice: "Have you ever heard the news from Qing Shu and Chen Youliang?" Zhang Wuji briefly explained the reason for their parting, and told Chen Youliang that he had gone to Hanyang to vote for Xu Shouhui, the leader of the two Red Turban Army; Song Qingshu did not know where he was going.
The reason why Song Yuanqiao and Zhang Songxi didn't come this time was to protect the teachers and watchmen on the mountain to prevent treachery.Yu Lianzhou also mentioned that after Song Yuanqiao heard about his only son's conspiracy, he was sad and anxious, his diet was greatly reduced, and his body lost almost half of his body weight.Zhang Wuji said: "But I hope Senior Brother Song will come back from his misfortune, repent immediately, and reunite with Master Song's father and son." Yu Lianzhou said: "Although this is the case, this traitor killed Mo Qidi, so I will definitely not spare him." Hate it.
In the next two hours, more and more heroes from all walks of life gathered together, and the Hejian Shuangsha and the Qinghai faction swordsmen who attacked the Vajra Subduing Demon Circle that day also arrived.Masters from the Huashan School, the Kongtong School, and the Kunlun School all attended the meeting, but no one from the Emei School went up the mountain.
Zhang Wuji looked forward to meeting Zhou Zhiruo and explaining to her what he had to do that day, but imagining her expression and eyes, he felt apprehensive and ashamed.The heroes of the Ming religion gathered in a side hall in the west chamber, and did not talk to the heroes from all walks of life.There are too many enemies in the Ming Cult, and when the enemies meet, I am afraid that before the meeting is held, they have already had a fight with the enemies from all directions.
At noon, Su, the guest monk in the temple, invited all the heroes to come to a large square on the right side of the mountain.The hundreds of acres of vegetable gardens used to be planted by monks have been flattened and dozens of large wooden sheds have been erected.Qunhao followed the Zhike monk to guide the people.Those with a large number of sects and guilds will occupy a shed by themselves, while those with a small number of people will share a shed.
Peng Yingyu told Zhang Wuji about the origins of the outstanding people on the field one by one.The gathering of heroes is a grand event, and many hermits in the mountains and forests who have rarely walked on the rivers and lakes have also appeared at this time.According to Peng Yingyu's investigation, there were more than 4,600 people in the arena, excluding Mingjiao.Zhang Wuji, Yang Xiao and the others felt worried when they saw that there were so many people present at the meeting, most of them were enemies rather than friends.
After all the guests were seated, the Shaolin monks came out in batches, according to the characters of kong, yuan, hui, fa, xiang, and zhuang, and greeted the heroes. At the end was the holy monk of kongzhi, followed by the nine old monks of damo hall.
Kongzhi walked to the middle of the square, saluted with palms together, proclaimed the Buddha's name, and said: "Today, the heroes of the world are honored to come, and the Shaolin sect is very sensitive. Only the abbot of the temple suffered a sudden illness, and there was no chance to meet the handsome and virtuous. I ordered my old monk to apologize solemnly." .”
Zhang Wuji felt a little strange: "Master Kongwen went to hang sacrifices in front of the grandfather's coffin that day, his face was absolutely disease-free, and his spirit was hale and hearty. How could a person with such profound inner strength suddenly fall ill? Could it be that he was injured?" Looking around, Not seeing Yuanzhen and Chen Youliang, he thought to himself: "That night I exposed Yuanzhen's conspiracy to Du E and other three eminent monks. I don't know if the temple has dealt with it? Master Kongwen's sudden illness, is it related to this matter?"
At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, Guo Jing and Huang Rong invited heroes from all over the world to Dashengguan and Xiangyang to discuss plans to resist the Mongol invasion. After nearly a hundred years, there is no hero meeting until today. It was originally the first-class event in the world, but The host suddenly fell ill, and all the heroes couldn't help feeling disappointed.
Kongzhi said again: "The golden lion king Xie Xun has brought disaster to the martial arts, and he has committed a lot of crimes. Fortunately, he was captured by our temple. The Shaolin sect dare not be self-reliant. I respectfully invite all respected martial arts scholars to discuss how to deal with it." Born with a frowning face, he was even more listless when speaking at this time, so he folded his palms and stepped back after speaking.
Standing on the southeast corner is a tall man with a black and white beard fluttering in the wind, looking around the crowd, with piercing eyes and a majestic appearance.Peng Yingyu told Zhang Wuji that this person was Xia Zhou, an old boxer from Shandong.His voice was like a bell, and he said: "This Xie Xun has done a lot of evil, and it is not uncommon for the noble sect to capture him and benefit the martial arts. The two monks, Kong Wen and Kong Zhi, are too modest. These wicked people will be killed immediately. That is to say, why bother to ask other people? Since today is a gathering of heroes from all over the world, we will call this meeting the Lion Slaughter Conference. Execute Xie Xun Ling Chi, and everyone will eat a mouthful of his flesh and drink a mouthful of his blood, for those who died innocently under his hands Wouldn't it be fun for friends to take revenge?" His own brother was killed by Xie Xun, and he harbored grievances, and for decades he only wanted to seek revenge from Xie Xun.As soon as this remark came out, hundreds of people around echoed it, saying that it was right to kill him as soon as possible.
In the confusion, I heard a sullen voice saying: "Xie Xun is the protector of the Ming Cult. If the Shaolin sect were not afraid of offending the Ming Cult, they would have killed him with a single knife. Why invite everyone here to share the blame? I said Brother Xia, you are a bit old-fashioned and confused, I would like to advise you as a brother, it is better to be wise and protect yourself." These words were ambiguous, but they were still clearly heard by everyone.Everyone looked around where the sound came from, but they couldn't see who it was.Obviously, the man was short in stature, and he didn't stand up when he spoke. He sat in the crowd and no one could see him.
Xia Zhou said in a loud voice: "Is it brother Situ who is 'drunk and never die'? Then Xie Xun and I have a hatred for killing my brother. The big man is responsible for one person. Please ask all the eminent monks in Shaolin to pull him out. The old man killed him with a knife. The devil is looking for him, even if it is aimed at my surname Xia from Shandong."
The man in the crowd smiled sadly again, and said: "Brother Xia, everyone in Jianghu knows that the Dragon Slaying Saber, the most respected martial arts sword, fell into the hands of Xie Xun. Since the Shaolin faction won Xie Xun, how could they not have a treasured sword?" Reason? Killing Xie Xun is a priority, and raising the sword to stand up is the top priority. I said, Master Kongzhi, you don’t have to put on a show, just take out the dragon-slaying sword to open everyone’s eyes. Seriously. Your Shaolin faction has been the leader of the martial arts for thousands of years. If you have this sword, you are not too many, and if you don’t have this sword, you are not too rare. In short, you are the supreme martial arts."
Peng Yingyu whispered to Zhang Wuji: "The person who spoke is called 'Drunk Immortal' Situ Qianzhong. This person is cynical. I heard that he does not worship teachers or accept apprentices. He does not belong to any sect. He rarely fights with others in his life. No one knows him. He has a solid foundation in martial arts, and when he speaks with cynicism, he often hits the point."
Only seven or eight people in the field followed and said: "This statement is reasonable. Please Shaolin send out the dragon sword and let everyone have a look."
Kongzhi said slowly: "The Dragon Slaying Knife is not in our temple, and I have never seen it in my life. I wonder if such a knife really exists in the world." When the heroes heard this, they immediately discussed, the square was full of noise, and everyone present Everyone believed that this meeting must have a lot to do with the Dragon Saber, but Kong Zhi denied it outright, and everyone was surprised.
Behind Kongzhi were nine old monks, all wearing scarlet cassocks.When the noise of the crowd subsided, an old monk among the nine monks took two steps and said loudly, "The dragon-slaying sword was originally in Xie Xun's hands, but when our party captured him, the sword was not with him. The abbot of this temple This is a major event in the martial arts world, and they have been investigated in detail. Xie Xun is stubborn and stubborn, and he will not tell the truth. Today's hero gathering is to discuss how to deal with Xie Xun, and secondly, to ask the heroes of the family to find out the whereabouts of the Dragon Saber. Which one Anyone who has heard the news, please speak clearly." The group of heroes looked at each other, but no one could catch up.
Situ Qianzhong said in a strange way: "There has been a saying in the martial arts for many years: 'The supreme sword in the martial arts is the sword that slays the dragon. If you order the world, no one dares not to obey. If Yitian doesn't come out, who will fight for the front?' Apart from the dragon sword, there is also Yitian. Sword. This Yitian sword was originally said to be in the hands of the Emei Sect, but the battle at Guangmingding in the Western Regions has never ended. Although today’s meeting is called the Heroes’ Conference, can’t the heroes and females of the Emei Sect come?” Everyone burst into laughter when they heard the last sentence.
Amidst the roar of laughter, a Zhigu monk reported loudly: "Master Shi of the Beggar Clan, he has led the elders and disciples of the Beggar Clan here." Zhang Wuji was surprised when he heard the word "Master Shi Huolong": "Master Shi Huolong of the Beggar Clan! He died early under Yuan Zhen's hands, how could another Shi gang leader come out?"
Kong Zhi said: "Please!" The Beggar Gang is the largest gang in Jianghu, so he personally greeted them.
I saw a group of people walking towards the square quickly, about one hundred and fifty people, all men in ragged clothes. Although the Beggars' Clan has not been as powerful in recent years, after all, centipedes are dead but not stiff. There is still great potential, and none of the heroes dare to underestimate it, and most of them stand up.
But seeing that there were two old beggars first, Zhang Wuji recognized them as the Elder Chuangong and the Elder Law Enforcement.Behind the two old beggars is an ugly girl of twelve or thirteen years old, with her nostrils upturned and two big front teeth protruding from her wide mouth. It is Shi Hongshi, the daughter of Shi Huolong.She holds a dog-beating stick as a keepsake of the beggar gang leader.Shi Hongshi was followed by Zhang Bang Longtou and Zhang Bo Longtou, followed by the elders of Eight Pockets, disciples of Seven Pockets, and disciples of Six Pockets.
Seeing that the person holding the dog-beating stick was a girl, Kong Zhi hesitated, he didn't know who the leader of the sect was and whom he should speak to, so he had to salute with palms together, and said vaguely: "Shaolin monks welcome the heroes of the Beggar Clan."
The group of beggars clasped their fists together to return the salute.Elder Chuan Gong said: "The prehistoric leader of our gang passed away unfortunately. All the elders decided that Shi Hongshi, the lady of the leader of Lishi, will be the leader. This is the new leader of our gang." He stretched out his hand to Shi Hongshi.
Kong Zhi and the heroes were all startled, thinking that there has always been a saying in the world: "Mingjiao, Beggars' Clan, and Shaolin School", Mingjiao is the first among all sects, the world's gangs push the Beggars' Gang to be respected, and martial arts sects take the Shaolin School as the top First.Mingjiao appointed Zhang Wuji, a young man in his twenties, as the leader, which is already amazing, but the beggars' sect even promoted such a little girl as the leader. If the elders of the beggars' sect hadn't said it themselves, no one would believe it.Back then, Huang Rong was the head of the beggar gang as a young girl. Although there was a precedent, Huang Rong was several years older than the little girl in front of me. Great background.
Although Kong Zhi was very surprised, but he was not lacking in courtesy, he put together his palms and said: "Kong Zhi from Shaolin sect, please refer to Shi Bangzhu." Shi Hongshi blessed the blessing and returned the gift, he couldn't answer in a murmur.The elder Chuan Gong said: "The leader of our gang is young, and all the help is temporarily handled by the brother and the law enforcement elder. The monk Kongzhi is a great virtue of the senior, and I don't dare to be polite." The two said a few words modestly.The Zhike monk led the group of beggars into the wooden shed and took their seats.
There are so many people in the beggar gang, it takes a long time to sit down.Zhang Wuji saw that everyone in the group of beggars was wearing filial piety, their faces were full of sadness and indignation, some of the disciples were carrying something in the cloth bags on their backs wriggling, obviously they came here for something, he was secretly happy, he said to Yang Xiao just now: "We have a group of good helpers." I saw the second elder of Chuan Gong and Law Enforcement led Shi Hongshi to the Mingjiao shed.
The elder Chuan Gong clasped his fists and saluted, and said: "Master Zhang, the Golden Lion King has fallen, and our gang has a lot to do with it. We would rather die today than atone for our sins; moreover, it is to avenge our historical past master. The Beggars Gang Up and down, listen to the order of the leader of Zhang." Zhang Wuji hastily returned the salute, saying: "I dare not do it." The elder Chuan Gong's words were full of energy, and he spoke very loudly, obviously intending to let everyone in the square hear.After he finished speaking a few words, all the disciples of the Beggar Clan stood up together and said loudly: "Following the order of Master Zhang of the Ming Sect, we will go through fire and water, and we will do whatever we can."
All the heroes were stunned: "Since when did the Beggars' Gang and the Ming Cult become buddies?" Except for the hermit who seldom travels in the rivers and lakes, everyone knows that the Beggars' Gang and the Ming Cult have been fighting each other for many years. Years ago, the Beggars' Gang participated in the siege of Guangming In the battle of the top, both sides were killed and injured in the bloody battle, and the beggar gang who attacked the Guangming Peak in the end was almost wiped out.At this moment, the elder Chuan Gong openly stated that the whole gang obeyed Zhang Wuji's orders, and that he wanted to avenge the prehistoric gang leader, and so on, no one could figure it out.
The elder Chuan Gong turned around and said loudly: "My beggar gang and the Shaolin sect have never had any enmity. Our gang has always respected the Shaolin sect as the number one sect in the martial arts. I don't dare to offend. Since the prehistoric gang leader, my gang admires the four great monks of Shaolin for their high morals and high prestige, and they are role models for warriors. The prehistoric gang leader has been living in seclusion for a long time. , was murdered by an eminent Shaolin monk..." When he said this, everyone in the square exclaimed "Ah", even Kong Zhi was surprised.
I only heard the elder Chuangong continue to say: "We are here today to ask Abbot Kongwen to give us some advice before being the heroes of the world. What did our prehistoric gang leader offend the Shaolin sect, so that after the Shaolin eminent monk killed the prehistoric gang leader? , widows and orphans must be exterminated, even Mrs. Shi can't save her life?"
Kong Zhi folded his palms together and said: "Amitabha, Master Shi passed away unfortunately, and this is the first time I heard the news. The elder kept saying that it was the disciples of our sect who did it. I'm afraid there may be a big misunderstanding, so I ask the elder to clarify the details at that time."
Elder Chuan Gong said: "The Shaolin School has been the Taishan Beidou in the martial arts for thousands of years, how dare we make a false accusation? So we asked an eminent monk and a layman from your monastery to confront him." Kongzhi said: "The elder ordered, and we should obey it. I don't know which two people the elder wants to order to come out?" The elder Chuan Gong said: "Yes..." Suddenly his tongue fell apart and he fell silent.
Kong Zhi was startled, rushed forward and grabbed his right wrist, he felt his pulse stopped.Kong Zhi was even more startled, and shouted: "Elder, Elder!" When he looked at his face, he saw a thin black spot like a fragrant head in the center of his brow, it was actually a poisonous hidden weapon.Kong Zhi said loudly: "Heroes, this elder of the Beggar Clan was hit by a poisonous hidden weapon and unfortunately died. My Shaolin sect is determined not to use such a vicious hidden weapon."
There was an uproar from the beggar gang, dozens of people rushed to the side of the elder Chuangong's body.Zhangbo Longtou took out a magnet from his pocket, placed it between the elder Chuangong's eyebrows, and sucked out a steel needle as thin as a cow's hair and only an inch long.
The elders of the Beggar Clan know that the words of wisdom and wisdom are true, and the upright Shaolin sect is determined not to use such a vicious hidden weapon. The strangeness is unbelievable.The law-enforcing elder and others all thought that since the elder Chuan Gong stood facing south, the hidden weapon must have been shot from the south.
Standing in front of Nanshou is Kong Zhi, and behind him are all Shaolin monks.All the elders glared behind Kongzhi, and saw nine old monks in scarlet cassocks standing with their eyes half-closed and their eyebrows lowered. Behind the nine monks were rows of yellow-clothed monks and gray-clothed monks. There is no doubt that the murderer must be a Shaolin monk.The law enforcement elder laughed loudly, but tears rolled down, and said: "Master Kongzhi also said that we have wronged the Shaolin faction, what more can we say about the current matter?" : "Today we fought with the Shaolin sect!" But hearing the clatter of weapons, all the beggar gangs took out their weapons one after another and poured into the center of the venue.
Kongzhi's face was miserable, he turned his head to the Shaolin monks, and said slowly: "This temple has been established by the ancestor Bodhidharma. For thousands of years, the monks have practiced Buddhism diligently and upheld the precepts. , but never dared to do anything harmful to nature. The abbot brother and I have already discovered the world, how can we fall in love with this world of mortals..." He looked at the faces of the monks one by one, and said: "Who issued this poisonous needle? ? A real man is brave enough to stand up."
Hundreds of Shaolin monks did not answer, and some said: "Amitabha, sin, sin!" Zhang Wuji thought, and remembered an old event: in the past, his mother Yin Susu disguised his father Zhang Cuishan, and killed the Shaolin monk with a poisonous needle. , Make his father feel wronged.However, the shape of the silver needles of the Tianying Sect is quite different from this steel needle, and the toxicity on the needles is also completely different. Judging from the death of the elder Chuangong, the poison on the needles seems to be obtained from the poisonous insects in the Western Regions. .The so-called "heart beat" means that when the poisonous insects come into contact with warm blood, the heart of the poisoned person will only beat once, and then stop.He knew that Shi Huolong was killed by Yuanzhen, and that Yuanzhen's party members were hidden among the Shaolin monks, so he sent the needle to kill the elder Chuangong to prevent him from saying Yuanzhen's name.At that time, everyone looked at the elder who taught the exercises, so that no one knew who the person who issued the needle was.
Zhang Bang Longtou said loudly: "Who is the murderer who killed the head of the Shi Gang? All the tens of thousands of disciples of the Beggar Gang know. Do you want to kill people? Humph, hum! Unless you kill all the disciples of the Beggar Gang in the world. This murderous monk , that is Yuanzhen..."
The dragon head of the palm bowl suddenly flew in front of him, and with one stroke of the iron bowl, there was a soft ding sound, and a steel needle was inserted into the bowl.The steel needle still does not know where it came from, but Zhangbo Longtou has been on alert all the time. In the sun, there is only a blue light flickering, and he rushes to catch it. As long as he is half a step slower, Zhangbolongtou will die again. .
Kongzhi's stature was slightly depressed, and he walked around behind the nine monks of Bodhidharma Hall, kicked out the fourth old monk from the left with a bang, then grabbed him by the back collar and lifted him up, saying, "Kongru, so it's you, You are also in collusion with Yuanzhen." With his right hand, he grabbed the front of his monk's robe and pulled it down, there was a sound of hissing, and the skirt was torn, revealing a small steel cylinder around his waist, with a small hole in the top of the cylinder.Everyone suddenly realized that there must be a strong spring in this steel cylinder. Just put your hand in your arms and press the mechanism on the cylinder, and the poison-feeding steel needle will be shot out of the hole. You don't need to raise your arm and wave your hand to launch this hidden weapon, even if two people Standing opposite each other, only a few feet away, you can't see the opponent launching a hidden weapon.
Zhang Bang Longtou was filled with grief and indignation, he raised the iron rod and swept across, beating Kong Ru until his brains burst to death.This Kongru was of the same generation as the four great monks, and his martial arts were all high, but because he was captured by Kongzhi and held the pulse point, he couldn't struggle.The heroes screamed in unison again.
Kong Zhi was stunned, glared at Zhang Bang Longtou, and thought: "You are so reckless, you don't ask clearly."
In the midst of the chaos, four female nuns in black clothes suddenly walked into the square, each holding whisks, and said in a loud voice: "Zhou Zhiruo, the head of the Emei Sect, leads his disciples to pay homage to Abbot Kongwen of Shaolin Temple." Kong Zhi put down the empty body, said: "Please come in!" He greeted him out calmly.The remaining eight old monks in the Bodhidharma Hall were still following him, and they all seemed to turn a blind eye to the tragic scene just now, and they didn't care about it at all. The four nuns backed up after saluting, turned around and went back out, floating in and out, what is rare is that the four of them advanced and retreated together, as if they were one person, and their feet were more light and graceful, like flowing clouds and flowing water. When Zhang Wuji heard Zhou Zhiruo's arrival, his face flushed immediately, and he stole a look at Zhao Min.Zhao Min was also looking at him, their eyes met, there was a faint smile in Zhao Min's eyes, the corners of his mouth were slightly tilted, as if there was contempt, he didn't know whether he was laughing at Zhang Wuji's embarrassment, or looked down on the Emei faction's bluff. The heroines of the Emei Sect came to the square on their own, unlike the gang of beggars, and waited until Kong Zhi led the group of monks out to meet them, and then they marched in line, but saw eighty or ninety female disciples in the same color black clothes, most of them were nuns who had lost their hair , less than half are old, middle-aged and young women.After the female disciples had finished walking, there was a distance of more than ten feet, and a beautiful and elegant girl in green shirt walked forward slowly. It was Zhou Zhiruo, the head of the Emei School.Zhang Wuji saw that her face was getting more and more haggard, and felt pity and shame in his heart. A few feet away behind Zhou Zhiruo, there are more than twenty male disciples, wearing black robes, most of them are refined and elegant, not as vigorous as the martial arts figures of the other schools.Each male disciple is carrying a wooden box, long or short.More than a hundred Emei people did not carry weapons on their bodies or in their hands, and the weapons were obviously stored in wooden boxes.The heroes secretly praised: "The Emei Sect is very polite, and their weapons are not exposed, which means respecting the Shaolin Sect." Zhang Wuji waited for the Emei faction to sit down, walked to the wooden shed, and bowed to Zhou Zhiruo on the ground, shyly saying, "Master Zhou, Zhang Wuji has come to make an apology." More than a dozen female disciples of the Emei Sect stood up abruptly, all of them raised their brows and their faces were full of anger. Zhou Zhiruo Wanfu returned the salute, and said: "Don't dare, why does Zhang Jiaozhu need to be so polite? Don't come to make peace." Her face was calm, and she didn't know whether she was happy or angry.Zhang Wuji was stunned, and said: "Master Zhou, that day I missed the gift because I was in a hurry to save my adoptive father, so I feel very sorry." Zhou Zhiruo said: "I heard that Mr. Xie was trapped in the Shaolin Temple, and the leader Zhang is a hero, so he must have been rescued." Zhang Wuji blushed, and said: "All the eminent monks of the Shaolin School have superb martial arts skills. The Ming Cult has already lost a battle. My grandfather Unfortunately, he passed away because of this." Zhou Zhiruo said: "Mr. Yin is a hero throughout his life, what a pity, what a pity!" Zhang Wuji saw that she didn't show any expression of joy or anger, he didn't know what she was thinking, every word he said made her hit back with a soft nail, he was really boring.But then she thought about it, on the day she married her, she went with Zhao Min in front of countless guests. The sadness in her heart at that time was thousands of times compared to her own little boredom today, so she said: "Later Rescue the adoptive father, and I still look forward to the old love and give him a helping hand." After saying these few words, my mind suddenly moved: "In the past half a year or so, her skill has improved greatly. On that day, at the wedding hall, even Fan Youshi With this level of skill, she was able to force her away with just one move. Minmei, who is also the leader of various sects, was almost killed on the spot because of her. And the day she killed Du Baidang and Yi Sanniang, it was even more... ...More... I think that whoever takes over as the head of Emei, she has another secret martial arts secret book in her sect. Her understanding is higher than that of Miejue Shitai, so that the blue is better than the blue. If she is willing to join hands with me, I'm afraid Then you can break through the vajra subduing demon circle." Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile, and said, "Zhiruo, I have something to ask." Zhou Zhiruo's complexion suddenly became serious, and she said, "Master Zhang, please respect yourself. How can you use the old title?" He stretched out his hand and moved behind him, and said, "Qingshu, come here and tell Master Zhang about our affairs. Say." A man with a bearded face came over, clasped his fists and said, "Hi, Master Zhang." Zhang Wuji heard that the voice was Song Qingshu, looked closely, and recognized him, but he put on a lot of makeup and dressed up Old and ugly, covering his true face, he clasped his fists and said, "So it's Brother Song, he's always been well." Song Qingshu smiled slightly, and said, "Speaking of which, I should thank Master Zhang. That day you were about to marry your wife, but you were born Temporary repentance..." Zhang Wuji was taken aback, and asked in a trembling voice: "What?" Song Qingshu said: "I have a happy marriage, thanks to Master Zhang for making it possible." All of a sudden, Zhang Wuji was like a thunderbolt, he stood there blankly, his eyes were filled with whiteness, his ears heard countless chaotic voices, but he didn't have the slightest idea what others were saying, after a long time, he only felt that someone was holding him Arm, said: "Master, please go back!" Zhang Wuji collected himself, squinted, and saw that the one holding his arm was Fan Yao. Although Zhang Wuji has a deep affection for Zhao Min, he still thinks that he and Zhou Zhiruo already have a marriage agreement. He had no choice but to go with Zhao Min in order to rescue his adoptive father. If you explain the reason frankly, and if you make a big apology, you will definitely get her forgiveness, or you will be able to establish a good relationship again.The woman in front of him is clearly his fiancée, but in a fit of rage, he actually married Song Qingshu and abandoned him like nothing else. The pain in his heart at this moment is far worse than when she stabbed him on the top of the light. sword. He turned his head, and saw Zhou Zhiruo stretching out her slender hand as white as jade, beckoning to Song Qingshu.Song Qingshu complacently walked up to her and sat next to her, with a half-smile on his lips, he said to Zhang Wuji: "When we got married, we didn't make a lot of announcements to alarm others. This glass of wedding wine should be made up in the future. Your Excellency please." Zhang Wuji wanted to say "Thank you very much", but his throat seemed to be hoarse, and he couldn't say these three words. Fan Yao took him by the arm and said, "Master, don't pay attention to this kind of person." Song Qingshu laughed, and said, "Fan Youshi, this glass of wedding wine will not be without you." Fan Yao spat on the ground , Hengmei sneered, and said: "Are you sure you can invite a wedding?" Zhang Wuji sighed, took Fan Yao's arm and walked away sadly. At this time, the head of the Beggar Gang, with a loud voice, was fighting fiercely with a Shaolin monk.The words Zhang Wuji, Zhou Zhiruo, Song Qingshu, and Fan Yao spoke in front of the wooden shed of the Emei Sect in the northwest corner, did not attract attention.The heroes have been listening to the dispute between the Beggar Clan and the Shaolin Clan. Zhang Wuji went back to the Mingjiao wooden shed and sat down, still out of his mind. He vaguely heard the Shaolin monk in the scarlet cassock say: "I said that Senior Brother Yuan Zhen and Chen Youliang are not in this temple, so your gang definitely doesn't believe it. Unfortunately, the elder lost his life, and my uncle Kongru has already arrived, so what else can we say?" Zhang Bang Longtou said: "You said that Yuan Zhen and Chen Youliang are not here, no one can trust you! Unless we search for it." The Shaolin monk sneered and said: "Your Excellency wants to search Shaolin Temple, is it a little arrogant? It's just a gang of beggars. , may not be able to do this." Zhang Bang Longtou said angrily: "You look down on the beggars, well, I will learn from you first." The Shaolin monk said: "For thousands of years, I don't know how many heroes have come to Shaolin, relying on The old ancestor is merciful, but Shaolin Temple has not let anyone choose." The more they talked, the more they became stiff, and they were about to fight.Kong Zhi sat aside, but did not intervene. Suddenly I heard Situ Qianzhong's yin and yang voice saying: "The heroes of the world gathered in Shaolin today, and some of them came from thousands of miles away. Could it be that they came here to see the revenge of the Beggars' Gang?" Xia Zhou said: "That's right. The Beggars' Gang and Shaolin Liangzi sent, please put it aside for the time being, and it will not be too late to settle the accounts slowly, let's take care of that traitor Xie Xun first." The leader of the palm stick said angrily: "Don't be dirty with your mouth, the golden lion king Xie Daxia, it's Mingjiao One of the protectors of Dharma, why are traitors not traitors?" Xia Zhou's voice was like a bell, and he said loudly: "You are afraid of Mingjiao, but I am not afraid of Mingjiao. Do you respect a traitor like Xie Xun as a hero? ?” Yang Xiao walked to the middle of the square, clasped his fists together and saluted, and said, "My Mingjiao Guangming Left Envoy Yang Xiao, I have something to say to the heroes of the world. My teacher thanked the Lion King for killing and wounding innocent people in the past, there is indeed something wrong..." Xia Zhou said: "Hmph, he killed everyone, can you bring the dead back to life with a few casual words of yours?" Yang Xiao said proudly: "We walked the rivers and lakes and lived a life of licking blood on the knife head. Who does not have a few lives in his hands? Those who are strong in martial arts, kill more people, and those who are not good at learning skills will be killed." Losing hands. If every person you kill has to be killed, hey, there are thousands of heroes in this square, and there are probably very few left. Old hero Xia, have you never killed anyone in your life?" At that time, the world was in chaos, all directions were in turmoil, martial arts practitioners walked in the rivers and lakes, if they were not killing people, they were being killed, it was very difficult to be alone.People without the slightest blood stain on their hands, except for a few monks and nuns of Shaolin Sect and Emei Sect, can be said to be rare.This Shandong Dahao Xia Zhou was violent by nature, killing and hurting countless people, Yang Xiao's words immediately made him speechless.He was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Evil people should be killed, but good people should not be killed. This Xie Xun is exactly the same as all the devils in the Ming Cult. He specializes in doing things that hurt the nature and justice. I wish I could cut him into pieces, eat his flesh and sleep his skin. Hmph, you surnamed Yang, I think you are not a good guy!" He knew that there are many powerful figures in the Ming Cult, but if he wanted to kill Xie Xun today to avenge his younger brother, he would have to fight a bloody battle with the Ming Cult, so he never said anything. Leave no leeway. A person in the Mingjiao wooden shed said sharply: "Xia Zhou, do you think I'm not a good person?" Xia Zhou looked at the speaker and saw that his cheeks were shaved and his mouth was sharp, his face was gray and bloodless. He didn't know what kind of person he was, so he shouted: "I don't know who you are. Since you are the head of the Demon Sect, naturally It's not a good thing anymore." Situ Qianzhong interjected: "Brother Xia, don't you know this one? That is the Green Winged Bat King, one of the Four Great Dharma Kings of the Ming Cult." Xia Zhou said: "Bah, Bah! Vampires!" All of a sudden, the eyes of the heroes flickered, and Wei Yixiao had already bullied Xia Zhou.The two of them were more than ten zhang apart, I don't know how Wei Yixiao came there in a flash.Wei Yixiao raised his hand, slapped four times, slapped him four times, stretched out his elbow, and hit the acupuncture point on his lower abdomen.Xia Zhou's martial arts are not general at all, if Wei Yixiao fights him with real kung fu, he will have to disassemble fifty moves before he can win, but Wei Yixiao's light-handed kung fu is too strange, like a ghost like a ghost, he attacked him personally Unprepared, Xia Zhou was about to fight, but he was already caught. Amid the exclamation of all the heroes, another white figure leaped out from the Mingjiao wooden shed, although its movement was not as thunderous as Wei Yixiao's, it was faster than a galloping horse.The white shadow came to Xia Zhou, opened a cloth bag, covered his hood, wrapped him in the cloth bag, and carried him on his shoulders, only then did the group of heroes see clearly that it was a smiling monk, it was the cloth bag monk.He couldn't help laughing and said: "You are a good thing. The monk carries it home and cooks it slowly to eat!" Carrying Xia Zhou on his back, he returned to the wooden shed lightly. This extremely weird incident started and stopped suddenly. Although Xia Zhou had a dozen friends and disciples by his side, the two of them came and went so fast that no one was in time to rescue them.After Wei Yixiao and said that he could not return to the wooden shed and take his seat, those ten or so people drew their weapons and rushed to the Mingjiao shed, shouting and cursing the dignitaries one after another.Unable to say anything, he opened the mouth of the cloth bag and said with a smile: "You all go back to me and sit quietly. I will let him go after the meeting. Are you disobedient? The monk just urinates in this cloth bag. To take a shit, even if it is the most polite, you have to fart a lot. Do you believe it or not?" As he said, he stretched out his hand to untie his belt.The faces of the dozen or so people turned blue or yellow, but I thought that Mingjiao people would do all kinds of evil, and they could do it, but it would be impossible to seize people by force. Urine, Old Hero Xia must commit suicide.Everyone, you looked at me, and I looked at you, so I had to go back dejectedly. Watching the crowd is both shocking and funny.When they went up the mountain, everyone was very happy, they wanted to see how to kill Xie Xun, but now seeing the skills of the two masters of Mingjiao, they feel that today's meeting is very dangerous, even if Xie Xun is killed, the square will not be covered with blood. The corpses lay all over the place, and they couldn't help but feel shuddering and in danger.
I saw a short, fat, red-faced, fifty-year-old man with a rosy nose coming out, and others pointed at him. This person was Situ Qianzhong, who had been talking one after another just now.Holding a wine glass in his left hand and a wine gourd in his right, he walked to the center of the square, shaking his head, and said, "Look at the excitement today, some want to kill Xie Xun, some want to save Xie Xun, but we can talk about it , whether this Xie Xun is really in Shaolin Temple is a big mystery. I said, Master Kongzhi, why don't you invite the Golden Retriever Lion King out and let everyone meet first. Then kill the two sides you want to save, each Wouldn't it be interesting to fight with real skills?" When he said these words, more than half of the heroes in the square applauded. Yang Xiao thought to himself: "The Lion King Xie has too many enemies. Even if the Ming Cult joins forces with the Beggars' Clan, it is not enough to fight against the heroes of the world. It is better to focus on the dragon sword and stir up a situation of fighting with each other." He said loudly: " All the heroes gathered in Shaolin today, firstly because they have their own grievances with Xie Lion King, secondly, hehe, I’m afraid I also want to see this dragon-slaying sword. If according to what Mr. Melee, then who owns this precious sword?" When the heroes heard this, they all felt reasonable, among these thousands of people, there were only a hundred or so who really had a blood feud with Xie Xun, and the rest of the people couldn't help but thump when they thought of the word "Supreme of Martial Arts". An old man with a black beard stood up and said: "Who is in the hands of the Dragon Slaying Saber now? Please envoy Yang Zuo show me." Yang Xiao said: "I don't know this juncture. I am going to ask Zen Master Kongzhi for advice." Kong Zhi shook his head and remained silent.All the heroes were secretly dissatisfied: "The Shaolin sect is the master of the meeting, but Abbot Kongwen pretended to be sick temporarily, and this Zen master Kongzhi looked like he was neither dead nor alive, I don't know what kind of mystery he was playing." A middle-aged man in a green kudzu robe stood up and said, "Although Chan Master Kongzhi doesn't know, Xie Lion King must know. Let's invite him out and ask him a question. Then each of us will see the truth with his skills. Whoever's martial arts is the best in the world, so worthy of the name, is naturally the "Supreme Martial Arts", no matter who owns this knife, it should be handed over to this supreme martial arts. According to me, everyone has agreed on this section first, so as not to Dispute afterwards. If anyone refuses to accept, the heroes of the world will rise up and attack. What do you think?" Zhang Wuji recognized that the speaker was one of the three masters of the Qinghai School who besieged the Vajra Demon Circle that night. Situ Qianzhong said: "Isn't that a ring fight? I think it's a big problem." The green-robed man said coldly: "What's wrong? According to your Excellency, it's not a martial arts competition,... it's more about drinking? What?一个千钟不醉，哪一个醉而不死，便是武林至尊了？”众人轰然大笑，有人怪声说道：“这还比个什么？这位武林至尊嘛，自然是'醉不死'司徒先生！” 司徒千钟斜过葫芦，倒了一杯酒仰脖子喝了，一本正经地道：“不敢，不敢！要说到'酒林至尊'，我'醉不死'或许还有三分指望，至于'武林至尊'哪，哈哈，不敢当啊，不敢当！”对那青袍汉子道：“阁下既提此议，武学上自有超凡入圣的造诣，在下眼拙，却不知阁下尊姓大名。” 那汉子冷冷地道：“在下是青海派叶长青，喝酒本事和装丑角的玩艺，都不及阁下。”言下之意，自是说武功上的修为，只怕要比阁下强得多了。 司徒千钟侧头想了半晌，说道：“青海派，没听见过。叶长青，嗯嗯，没听见过。” 众人暗想：“这司徒老儿好大胆子，侮辱叶长青一人那也罢了，他竟敢侮辱青海一派，难道他身后有什么强大的靠山？还是跟青海派有何解不开的仇怨？单凭这两句话，青海派只怕立时便要出手。”只有深知司徒千钟平素为人的，才知他孤身一人，并没靠山，跟青海派也没什么梁子，只是生性狂妄，喜欢口舌招扰，虽一生曾因此而吃了不少苦头，却始终改不了这脾气。 叶长青心中杀机已起，脸上却不动声色，说道：“青海派与叶某原本藉藉无名，难怪阁下不知。阁下既说比武之议不妥，比灌黄汤嘛，阁下又是喝遍天下无敌手，那便如何是好，倒要请教。” 司徒千钟道：“要说喝遍天下无敌手，此事谈何容易，当真谈何容易？想当年我在济南府……”正要唠唠叨叨地说下去，人丛中有人喝道：“醉不死，别在这儿发酒疯啦，大伙儿没空听你胡说八道。”又有人道：“到底谢逊的事怎样？屠龙刀的事怎样？”另有人道：“空智禅师，你是今日英雄大会的主人，叫咱们这么干耗着，算是怎么一回子事？”众人你一言，我一语，都是催司徒千钟别再啰嗦，要空智拿句话出来。 这些人在人丛中纷纷呼喝，或远或近，声音来自四面八方。司徒千钟朗声道：“江陵府黑风寨的钟老大，你的黑沙掌虽然厉害，未必便及得上谢狮王的七伤拳。鄱阳湖的水底金鳌侯兄弟，那谢狮王的武功水陆俱能，你别欺他不会水底功夫，何况人家还有一位紫衫龙王没出面呢，嘿嘿，鳌鱼岂是龙王之比？青阳山的吴三郎，你是用剑的，便夺到屠龙刀，你又不会使，瞎起个什么劲……”这人说话疯疯癫癫，却另有过人之能，相识既广，耳音又是绝佳，从一片嘈杂的人声之中，居然将一个个说话之人指名道姓地叫了出来，无一有误。群雄见他显了这手功夫，却也忍不住喝彩。 空智身后一名老僧站起身来，说道：“少林派忝为主人，不巧方丈突患重病，盛会主持无人，倒让各位见笑了。谢逊和屠龙刀二事，其实一而二，二而一，尽可合并办理。适才青海派这位叶施主说得甚是有理。与会群雄，英才济济，只须各人露上一手，最后哪一位艺压当场，谢逊归他处置，屠龙刀也由他执掌，群雄归心，岂不是好？” 张无忌问彭莹玉这僧人是谁。彭莹玉摇头道：“属下不知。这僧人并未参与围攻光明顶之役，可是他抢在空智大师的前头说话，似乎在寺中位份不低。”赵敏低声道：“这人十九是圆真一党。我猜想空闻方丈已落入圆真手中，空智大师受了这群叛徒挟制，以致萎靡气沮。” 张无忌心中一凛，问道：“彭大师以为如何？”彭莹玉道：“郡主的猜测颇有道理。只是少林寺中高手如云，圆真竟敢公然犯上作乱，胆子忒也大了。”张无忌道：“圆真布置已久。第一次想瓦解本教，第二次意图控制丐帮，两次奸谋均功败垂成。这一次我想他是要做少林派的掌门方丈。”赵敏道：“单是做掌门方丈，也还不够。”张无忌道：“少林派是武林中的第一门派，做到掌门方丈，已然登峰造极，可不能再高了。”赵敏道：“武林至尊呢？不是更高于少林派的掌门方丈么？”张无忌一呆，道：“他想做武林至尊？” 赵敏道：“无忌哥哥，周姊姊嫁了旁人，你神魂不定，什么事也不会想了。”张无忌让她说中了心事，脸上一红，心道：“张无忌，你不可只管顾念儿女之情，将今日营救义父的大事搁在一旁。”定了定神，心想圆真深谋远虑，今日这英雄大会，也正是他一力促成的，其中定有奸谋，赵敏或能洞悉，便道：“敏妹，你猜圆真有何诡计？”赵敏道：“圆真此人极工心计，智谋百出……” 周颠一直在旁听着他二人低声说话，终于忍不住插口：“郡主娘娘，你也是极工心计，智谋百出，我看不输于圆真。”赵敏笑道：“过奖了。”周颠道：“不是过奖……”彭莹玉道：“周兄，你别打断郡主的话。”周颠怒道：“你先别打断我的话……”彭莹玉笑了笑，不再说话，知道跟他纠缠下去，争上一两个时辰也不稀奇，还是乘早收口的干净。周颠道：“你怎么不说话了？”彭莹玉道：“你叫我别打断你的话，我就不打断你的话。”周颠道：“可是你已经打断过了。”彭莹玉道：“那你再接下去说就是。”周颠道：“我忘了，说不下去啦。” 赵敏笑了笑，道：“我想圆真倘若单想做少林寺方丈，不必请天下英雄来此。谢大侠既已落入他手中，何必又要叫群雄比武争夺？无忌哥哥，说到武功之强，只怕当今之世，没人及得上你，此节圆真不会不知。他决不能这般好心，安排下英雄大会，让你技胜群雄，成为武林至尊，然后将谢大侠和屠龙刀献上给你。” 张无忌、彭莹玉、周颠三人一齐点头，问道：“你猜他有何诡计？” 杨逍走到张无忌身旁，插口道：“我也一直在想，圆真这厮奸谋定是不小……”周颠忍不住又道：“圆真是本教的大对头，郡主娘娘，以前你也是本教的大对头。圆真这厮诡计百出，郡主娘娘，你也是诡计百出。你两个儿半斤八两，倒有点儿差不多。不过有两样你不及他，有一样他不及你。”杨逍问道：“郡主什么事及不上圆真？”周颠道：“武功不及、手段毒辣不及。”杨逍又问：“什么事胜过了他？”周颠微笑道：“花容月貌，远远胜过！” 赵敏微微一笑，道：“多谢周先生称赞。倘若我是圆真，我该当如何图谋呢？嗯，第一，我要劝空闻方丈大撒英雄帖，请得天下英雄来到少林寺。那空闻方丈深解佛法，原是个慈悲和平之人，自来不喜多事，但我只须提起空见和空性两位神僧，空闻方丈念着师兄弟之情，自必允可。再者，少林派要是杀了谢大侠，和明教仇深似海，以他一派之力，未必挡得住明教的倾力进攻，但如往天下英雄头上一推，明教总不能将与会的数千好汉一股脑儿地都给宰了。”众人点头称是。 赵敏又道：“英雄大会一开成，我自己也不露脸，叫人以谢大侠与屠龙刀为饵，鼓动群雄自相争斗残杀。明教势必与群雄为敌，斗到后来，不论谁胜谁败，明教的众高手少说也当损折一半，元气大伤。”张无忌道：“正是。此节我原也想到了，但义父对我恩重如山，又是本教的护教法王，咱们岂能坐视不救？唉，咱们上山没几天，外祖父已然仙逝，圆真这厮定是躲在暗中拍手称快。” 赵敏道：“斗到最后，武功第一的名号多半是张教主所得，于是少林群僧说道：'张教主技压群雄，实乃可敬可贺，本寺谨将谢大侠交于张教主，请张教主到寺后山峰顶上亲去迎取便是。'于是大伙儿一齐来到峰顶，张教主便须独力去破那金刚伏魔圈。倘若旁人上前相助，圆真的党羽便道：'技压群雄的是明教张教主，跟旁人可不相干，阁下还是站在一旁的为妙。'张教主夺得这武功天下第一的名头，就算身上毫不带伤，也不知已耗了多少内力神功，到那时如何是这三位老僧之敌？结果谢大侠不但救不出，反而自己死在三株苍松之间。冷月凄风，伴着一代大侠张无忌的尸首，岂不妙哉？” 群豪听到这里，都脸上变色，心想这番话确非危言耸听，张无忌血性过人，不论多么艰苦危难，总是非救谢逊不可，纵然送了自己性命，也决无反悔。圆真此计看准了张无忌的性子，叫他明知是刀山油锅，也要跳将进去。 赵敏叹了口气，说道：“这么一来，明教是毁定了。圆真再使奸计，毒死空闻，却将罪名推在空智大师头上，这一着安排起来十分容易，只须证据捏造得确实，不由得少林僧众不信。于是各党羽全力推举，他老人家顺理成章地当上了方丈。他老人家一声号令，群雄围攻明教，以多胜少，聚而歼之。那时候武功天下第一的名号，除了他老人家之外，只怕旁人也争夺不去。屠龙刀不出现便罢，若在江湖上现了踪迹，天下英雄人人皆知，这把宝刀的正主儿，乃是少林寺方丈圆真神僧。宝刀的得主若不给他老人家送去，只怕多有不便哪！” 她说得声音甚低，只聚在木棚这一角中的几个人听到。这番话一说完，周颠伸手在大腿上用力一拍，叫道：“正是，正是！好大的奸谋！”他这几句话却十分响亮，广场上倒有一大半人都听到了，各人的眼光一齐望到明教的木棚来。 司徒千钟问道：“是什么奸谋？说给老夫听听成不成？”周颠道：“这话是不能说的。老子一心想挑拨离间，要天下英雄自相残杀，拼个你死我活，这话要是说了出来，岂不是不灵了么？”司徒千钟笑道：“妙极，妙极！却不知如何挑拨离间，愿闻其详。”周颠大声道：“我心中有一个阴谋毒计，却假意说道：屠龙刀是在老子这里，哪一个武功最强，老子就将屠龙刀给他……”司徒千钟叫道：“好计策！好阴谋！那便如何？” 赵敏与张无忌对望了一眼，均想：“这酒鬼跟我们无亲无故，倒帮忙得紧。” 周颠大声说道：“你想这屠龙宝刀号称'武林至尊'，哪一个不想出全力争夺？于是疯子给酒鬼杀了，酒鬼给和尚杀了，和尚给道士杀了，道士给姑娘杀了，姑娘给大汉杀了……杀了个尸横遍野，血流成河，天下英雄死了个十之八九，呜呼哀哉，不亦乐乎！”群雄一听，都怵然心惊，均想这人说话虽疯疯癫癫，这番话却实为至理。 崆峒派的二老宗维侠站起身来，说道：“这位周先生言之有理。咱们明人不说暗话，各家各派对这把屠龙刀嘛，都不免有点儿眼红，可是为了一把刀子闹得个身败名裂，甚至是全派覆灭，可有点儿犯不着。我想大伙儿得想个计较，以武会友，点到为止，虽分胜败，却不伤和气。各位以为如何？”光明顶一役，张无忌以德报怨，为他治好了因练七伤拳而蓄积的内伤，后来又蒙张无忌救出万安寺，崆峒派这次上少林寺来，原有相助明教之意。 司徒千钟笑道：“我瞧你好大的个儿，却是怕死，既不带彩，又不伤命，这场比武又有什么看头？”崆峒派的四老常敬之怒道：“要伤你这酒鬼，那也不用叫你带彩。”司徒千钟道：“我酒鬼不过说句玩话，常四先生何必这么大火气？谁不知道崆峒派的七伤拳杀人不见血。少林寺的空见神僧，不也死在七伤拳之下么？我司徒酒鬼这几根老骨头，如何是空见神僧之比？”群雄均想：“这酒鬼出口便伤人，既得罪崆峒派，又损了少林派。他在江湖上打滚，居然给他混到这大把年纪还不死，倒也是奇事一桩。” 宗维侠却不去睬他，朗声道：“依在下之见，每一门派、每一帮会教门，各推两位高手出来，分别较量武艺。最后哪一派武功最高，谢大侠与屠龙刀便都凭他处置。”群雄轰然鼓掌，都说这法子最妙。 张无忌留心看空智身后的少林群僧，大都皱起眉头，颇有不悦之色，心想：“当年敏妹尚在汝阳王府之时，圆真若不直属她手下，便当是汝阳王或王保保的重要左右手，必与她互有联系，但范右使却不预知。所有对付明教及武林群雄的计谋，敏妹与圆真必定共同计议，此刻赵敏识穿圆真的奸谋，点破他挑拨群雄自相残杀之计，倒也并不稀奇。” 一个白面微须的中年汉子站起身来，手摇描金折扇，神情潇洒，说道：“在下很觉得宗二侠此议甚是。咱们比武较量之时，虽说点到为止，但兵刃拳脚上不生眼睛，若有失手，那也是各安天命。哈，同门同派的师友，可不许出来挑战报复，哈，否则纠缠不清，势必斗个没有了局。”群雄都道：“不错，正该如此。” 司徒千钟尖着嗓子，说道：“这一位兄台好英俊的人物，说话又哈声哈气的，想必是湘南衡阳府的欧阳兄台了？”那人折扇摇了两摇，笑道：“不敢，正是区区，你捧我一句，再损我一句，刚好抵过。”司徒千钟道：“欧阳兄和我好像都是孤魂野鬼，不属什么帮会门派。我好酒，你好色，咱哥儿俩合创个'酒色派'，咱们酒色派两大高手并肩子齐上，会一会天下众高手如何？”群雄哈哈大笑，觉得这司徒千钟不住地插科打诨，逗人乐子，使会场平添不少笑声，减却了不少暗中潜伏的戾气。 彭莹玉向张无忌说道，这白脸的汉子名叫欧阳牧之，一共娶了十二名姬妾，他武功虽强，却极少闯荡江湖，整日价倚红偎翠，享那温柔之乐。 欧阳牧之笑道：“若跟你联手组派，我这副身家可不够你喝酒。各位，说到比武较艺，咱们可得推举几位年高德劭、众望所归的前辈出来做公证才是。以免你说你赢，我说我赢，争执个不休。”司徒千钟笑道：“输赢自己不知道么？谁似你这般胡赖不要脸？” 宗维侠道：“还是推举几位公证人的好，少林派是主人，空智大师自然是一位了。”司徒千钟指着说不得的布袋道：“我推举山东大侠夏胄夏老英雄。” 说不得提起布袋，向司徒千钟掷了过去，笑道：“公证人来啦！”司徒千钟抛下葫芦酒杯，抱住布袋，便去解布袋上的绳子，不料说不得打绳结的本事另有一功，那捆缚袋口的绳子又是金丝混和鱼鳔所缠成，司徒千钟用尽力气，始终没法解开。说不得哈哈大笑，纵身而前，左手提起布袋，拿到自己背后，右手接着，十根手指扭了几扭，又提到身前，就是这么在身前身后兜了个圈子，布袋上的绳结已然松开。他倒转袋子抖动，夏胄滚了出来。司徒千钟忙伸手解开他穴道。 夏胄在黑漆一团的袋中闷了半天，突然间阳光耀眼，又见广场上成千对眼睛都望着自己，不由得羞愧欲死，翻身拔出身边短剑，便往自己胸口插落。 司徒千钟夹手夺过，笑道：“胜败乃兵家常事，夏大哥何必如此心拙？” 人丛中一个矮矮胖胖的汉子大声说道：“这位布袋中的大侠，只怕没资格做公证人，我推举长白山的孙老爷子。”又有一个中年妇人说道：“浙东双义威震江南，他两兄弟正直无私，正好做公证人。”群雄你一言，我一语，霎时之间推举了十余人出来，均是江湖上颇具声望的豪杰。
突然峨嵋派中一个中年尼姑冷冷地道：“推举什么公证人了？压根儿便用不着。”她话声并不十分响亮，但清清楚楚地钻入各人耳中，显然内力修为颇是了得。司徒千钟笑道：“请教这位师太，何以不用公证人？”那老尼道：“二人相斗，活的是赢，死的便输。阎王爷是公证人。”众人听了这几句冷森森的话，背上均感到一片凉意。 司徒千钟道：“咱们以武会友，又没深仇大冤，何必动手便判生死？出家人慈悲为本，这位师太之言，也不怕佛祖嗔怪么？” 那尼姑冷冷道：“你跟旁人说话胡言乱语，在峨嵋弟子跟前，可得给我规矩些。” 司徒千钟拾起葫芦酒杯，斟了一杯酒，笑道：“啧啧啧！好厉害的峨嵋派。常言道：好男不与女斗，好酒鬼不与尼姑斗！”举起酒杯，放到唇边。 突然间嗖嗖两响，破空之声大作，两枚小小念珠激射而至，一枚打中酒杯，一枚打中葫芦，跟着又是一枚射至，正中他胸口。只听得嘭嘭嘭三声巨响，三枚念珠炸了开来，葫芦酒杯登时粉碎，司徒千钟胸口炸了个大洞。他身子为炸力撞动，向后摔出数丈，全身衣服立时着火。夏胄上前扑打，只见司徒千钟已然气绝，脸上兀自带着笑意。可见那三枚念珠飞射爆炸之速，司徒千钟直至临死，丝毫没想到大祸已然临头。 这一下奇变犹如晴空打了个焦雷，群雄中不乏见多识广之士，可是谁也没见过如此迅速厉害的暗器。 周颠叫道：“乖乖不得了！这是什么暗器？”杨逍低声道：“听说西域大食国有人从中国学得造火药之法，制出一种暗器，叫做'霹雳雷火弹'，中藏烈性火药，以强力弹簧机括发射。看来这尼姑所用，便是这家伙了。” 夏胄将司徒千钟烧得焦黑的尸身扛在肩头，朗声道：“这位司徒兄弟虽然口头上尖酸刻薄些，只不过生性滑稽，心地却甚仁厚，一生之中，从没做过什么伤天害理之事。今日天下英雄在此，可有哪一位能说他干过何等恶行？”群雄尽皆默然。夏冑指着那尼姑，愤然道：“峨嵋派号称是侠义道名门正派，岂知竟会使用这等歹毒暗器。武林中虽说力强者胜，却也走不过一个'理'字。请问这位师太上下？” 那尼姑道：“我叫静迦。这位袋中大侠在此指手画脚，意欲如何？” 夏胄惨然道：“姓夏的学艺不精，惨受明教诸魔头的凌辱，那是姓夏的本领不济，却不损在下一生侠义之名。静迦师太，你如此狠毒，对得起贵派祖师郭襄郭女侠么？” 峨嵋派群弟子听他提到创派祖师的名讳，一齐站起。 静迦两条长眉斜斜竖起，喝道：“本派祖师的名讳，岂是你这混蛋随便叫得的？”夏冑道：“你峨嵋弟子多行不义，玷辱祖师的名头。别说郭女侠，便灭绝师太当年，纵然心狠手辣，剑底却也不诛无
In the midst of the chaos, four female nuns in black clothes suddenly walked into the square, each holding whisks, and said in a loud voice: "Zhou Zhiruo, the head of the Emei Sect, leads his disciples to pay homage to Abbot Kongwen of Shaolin Temple." Kong Zhi put down the empty body, said: "Please come in!" He greeted him out calmly.The remaining eight old monks in the Bodhidharma Hall were still following him, and they all seemed to turn a blind eye to the tragic scene just now, and they didn't care about it at all. The four nuns backed up after saluting, turned around and went back out, floating in and out, what is rare is that the four of them advanced and retreated together, as if they were one person, and their feet were more light and graceful, like flowing clouds and flowing water. When Zhang Wuji heard Zhou Zhiruo's arrival, his face flushed immediately, and he stole a look at Zhao Min.Zhao Min was also looking at him, their eyes met, there was a faint smile in Zhao Min's eyes, the corners of his mouth were slightly tilted, as if there was contempt, he didn't know whether he was laughing at Zhang Wuji's embarrassment, or looked down on the Emei faction's bluff. The heroines of the Emei Sect came to the square on their own, unlike the gang of beggars, and waited until Kong Zhi led the group of monks out to meet them, and then they marched in line, but saw eighty or ninety female disciples in the same color black clothes, most of them were nuns who had lost their hair , less than half are old, middle-aged and young women.After the female disciples had finished walking, there was a distance of more than ten feet, and a beautiful and elegant girl in green shirt walked forward slowly. It was Zhou Zhiruo, the head of the Emei School.Zhang Wuji saw that her face was getting more and more haggard, and felt pity and shame in his heart. A few feet away behind Zhou Zhiruo, there are more than twenty male disciples, wearing black robes, most of them are refined and elegant, not as vigorous as the martial arts figures of the other schools.Each male disciple is carrying a wooden box, long or short.More than a hundred Emei people did not carry weapons on their bodies or in their hands, and the weapons were obviously stored in wooden boxes.The heroes secretly praised: "The Emei Sect is very polite, and their weapons are not exposed, which means respecting the Shaolin Sect." Zhang Wuji waited for the Emei faction to sit down, walked to the wooden shed, and bowed to Zhou Zhiruo on the ground, shyly saying, "Master Zhou, Zhang Wuji has come to make an apology." More than a dozen female disciples of the Emei Sect stood up abruptly, all of them raised their brows and their faces were full of anger. Zhou Zhiruo Wanfu returned the salute, and said: "Don't dare, why does Zhang Jiaozhu need to be so polite? Don't come to make peace." Her face was calm, and she didn't know whether she was happy or angry.Zhang Wuji was stunned, and said: "Master Zhou, that day I missed the gift because I was in a hurry to save my adoptive father, so I feel very sorry." Zhou Zhiruo said: "I heard that Mr. Xie was trapped in the Shaolin Temple, and the leader Zhang is a hero, so he must have been rescued." Zhang Wuji blushed, and said: "All the eminent monks of the Shaolin School have superb martial arts skills. The Ming Cult has already lost a battle. My grandfather Unfortunately, he passed away because of this." Zhou Zhiruo said: "Mr. Yin is a hero throughout his life, what a pity, what a pity!" Zhang Wuji saw that she didn't show any expression of joy or anger, he didn't know what she was thinking, every word he said made her hit back with a soft nail, he was really boring.But then she thought about it, on the day she married her, she went with Zhao Min in front of countless guests. The sadness in her heart at that time was thousands of times compared to her own little boredom today, so she said: "Later Rescue the adoptive father, and I still look forward to the old love and give him a helping hand." After saying these few words, my mind suddenly moved: "In the past half a year or so, her skill has improved greatly. On that day, at the wedding hall, even Fan Youshi With this level of skill, she was able to force her away with just one move. Minmei, who is also the leader of various sects, was almost killed on the spot because of her. And the day she killed Du Baidang and Yi Sanniang, it was even more... ...More... I think that whoever takes over as the head of Emei, she has another secret martial arts secret book in her sect. Her understanding is higher than that of Miejue Shitai, so that the blue is better than the blue. If she is willing to join hands with me, I'm afraid Then you can break through the vajra subduing demon circle." Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile, and said, "Zhiruo, I have something to ask." Zhou Zhiruo's complexion suddenly became serious, and she said, "Master Zhang, please respect yourself. How can you use the old title?" He stretched out his hand and moved behind him, and said, "Qingshu, come here and tell Master Zhang about our affairs. Say." A man with a bearded face came over, clasped his fists and said, "Hi, Master Zhang." Zhang Wuji heard that the voice was Song Qingshu, looked closely, and recognized him, but he put on a lot of makeup and dressed up Old and ugly, covering his true face, he clasped his fists and said, "So it's Brother Song, he's always been well." Song Qingshu smiled slightly, and said, "Speaking of which, I should thank Master Zhang. That day you were about to marry your wife, but you were born Temporary repentance..." Zhang Wuji was taken aback, and asked in a trembling voice: "What?" Song Qingshu said: "I have a happy marriage, thanks to Master Zhang for making it possible." All of a sudden, Zhang Wuji was like a thunderbolt, he stood there blankly, his eyes were filled with whiteness, his ears heard countless chaotic voices, but he didn't have the slightest idea what others were saying, after a long time, he only felt that someone was holding him Arm, said: "Master, please go back!" Zhang Wuji collected himself, squinted, and saw that the one holding his arm was Fan Yao. Although Zhang Wuji has a deep affection for Zhao Min, he still thinks that he and Zhou Zhiruo already have a marriage agreement. He had no choice but to go with Zhao Min in order to rescue his adoptive father. If you explain the reason frankly, and if you make a big apology, you will definitely get her forgiveness, or you will be able to establish a good relationship again.The woman in front of him is clearly his fiancée, but in a fit of rage, he actually married Song Qingshu and abandoned him like nothing else. The pain in his heart at this moment is far worse than when she stabbed him on the top of the light. sword. He turned his head, and saw Zhou Zhiruo stretching out her slender hand as white as jade, beckoning to Song Qingshu.Song Qingshu complacently walked up to her and sat next to her, with a half-smile on his lips, he said to Zhang Wuji: "When we got married, we didn't make a lot of announcements to alarm others. This glass of wedding wine should be made up in the future. Your Excellency please." Zhang Wuji wanted to say "Thank you very much", but his throat seemed to be hoarse, and he couldn't say these three words. Fan Yao took him by the arm and said, "Master, don't pay attention to this kind of person." Song Qingshu laughed, and said, "Fan Youshi, this glass of wedding wine will not be without you." Fan Yao spat on the ground , Hengmei sneered, and said: "Are you sure you can invite a wedding?" Zhang Wuji sighed, took Fan Yao's arm and walked away sadly. At this time, the head of the Beggar Gang, with a loud voice, was fighting fiercely with a Shaolin monk.The words Zhang Wuji, Zhou Zhiruo, Song Qingshu, and Fan Yao spoke in front of the wooden shed of the Emei Sect in the northwest corner, did not attract attention.The heroes have been listening to the dispute between the Beggar Clan and the Shaolin Clan. Zhang Wuji went back to the Mingjiao wooden shed and sat down, still out of his mind. He vaguely heard the Shaolin monk in the scarlet cassock say: "I said that Senior Brother Yuan Zhen and Chen Youliang are not in this temple, so your gang definitely doesn't believe it. Unfortunately, the elder lost his life, and my uncle Kongru has already arrived, so what else can we say?" Zhang Bang Longtou said: "You said that Yuan Zhen and Chen Youliang are not here, no one can trust you! Unless we search for it." The Shaolin monk sneered and said: "Your Excellency wants to search Shaolin Temple, is it a little arrogant? It's just a gang of beggars. , may not be able to do this." Zhang Bang Longtou said angrily: "You look down on the beggars, well, I will learn from you first." The Shaolin monk said: "For thousands of years, I don't know how many heroes have come to Shaolin, relying on The old ancestor is merciful, but Shaolin Temple has not let anyone choose." The more they talked, the more they became stiff, and they were about to fight.Kong Zhi sat aside, but did not intervene. Suddenly I heard Situ Qianzhong's yin and yang voice saying: "The heroes of the world gathered in Shaolin today, and some of them came from thousands of miles away. Could it be that they came here to see the revenge of the Beggars' Gang?" Xia Zhou said: "That's right. The Beggars' Gang and Shaolin Liangzi sent, please put it aside for the time being, and it will not be too late to settle the accounts slowly, let's take care of that traitor Xie Xun first." The leader of the palm stick said angrily: "Don't be dirty with your mouth, the golden lion king Xie Daxia, it's Mingjiao One of the protectors of Dharma, why are traitors not traitors?" Xia Zhou's voice was like a bell, and he said loudly: "You are afraid of Mingjiao, but I am not afraid of Mingjiao. Do you respect a traitor like Xie Xun as a hero? ?” Yang Xiao walked to the middle of the square, clasped his fists together and saluted, and said, "My Mingjiao Guangming Left Envoy Yang Xiao, I have something to say to the heroes of the world. My teacher thanked the Lion King for killing and wounding innocent people in the past, there is indeed something wrong..." Xia Zhou said: "Hmph, he killed everyone, can you bring the dead back to life with a few casual words of yours?" Yang Xiao said proudly: "We walked the rivers and lakes and lived a life of licking blood on the knife head. Who does not have a few lives in his hands? Those who are strong in martial arts, kill more people, and those who are not good at learning skills will be killed." Losing hands. If every person you kill has to be killed, hey, there are thousands of heroes in this square, and there are probably very few left. Old hero Xia, have you never killed anyone in your life?" At that time, the world was in chaos, all directions were in turmoil, martial arts practitioners walked in the rivers and lakes, if they were not killing people, they were being killed, it was very difficult to be alone.People without the slightest blood stain on their hands, except for a few monks and nuns of Shaolin Sect and Emei Sect, can be said to be rare.This Shandong Dahao Xia Zhou was violent by nature, killing and hurting countless people, Yang Xiao's words immediately made him speechless.He was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Evil people should be killed, but good people should not be killed. This Xie Xun is exactly the same as all the devils in the Ming Cult. He specializes in doing things that hurt the nature and justice. I wish I could cut him into pieces, eat his flesh and sleep his skin. Hmph, you surnamed Yang, I think you are not a good guy!" He knew that there are many powerful figures in the Ming Cult, but if he wanted to kill Xie Xun today to avenge his younger brother, he would have to fight a bloody battle with the Ming Cult, so he never said anything. Leave no leeway. A person in the Mingjiao wooden shed said sharply: "Xia Zhou, do you think I'm not a good person?" Xia Zhou looked at the speaker and saw that his cheeks were shaved and his mouth was sharp, his face was gray and bloodless. He didn't know what kind of person he was, so he shouted: "I don't know who you are. Since you are the head of the Demon Sect, naturally It's not a good thing anymore." Situ Qianzhong interjected: "Brother Xia, don't you know this one? That is the Green Winged Bat King, one of the Four Great Dharma Kings of the Ming Cult." Xia Zhou said: "Bah, Bah! Vampires!" All of a sudden, the eyes of the heroes flickered, and Wei Yixiao had already bullied Xia Zhou.The two of them were more than ten zhang apart, I don't know how Wei Yixiao came there in a flash.Wei Yixiao raised his hand, slapped four times, slapped him four times, stretched out his elbow, and hit the acupuncture point on his lower abdomen.Xia Zhou's martial arts are not general at all, if Wei Yixiao fights him with real kung fu, he will have to disassemble fifty moves before he can win, but Wei Yixiao's light-handed kung fu is too strange, like a ghost like a ghost, he attacked him personally Unprepared, Xia Zhou was about to fight, but he was already caught. Amid the exclamation of all the heroes, another white figure leaped out from the Mingjiao wooden shed, although its movement was not as thunderous as Wei Yixiao's, it was faster than a galloping horse.The white shadow came to Xia Zhou, opened a cloth bag, covered his hood, wrapped him in the cloth bag, and carried him on his shoulders, only then did the group of heroes see clearly that it was a smiling monk, it was the cloth bag monk.He couldn't help laughing and said: "You are a good thing. The monk carries it home and cooks it slowly to eat!" Carrying Xia Zhou on his back, he returned to the wooden shed lightly. This extremely weird incident started and stopped suddenly. Although Xia Zhou had a dozen friends and disciples by his side, the two of them came and went so fast that no one was in time to rescue them.After Wei Yixiao and said that he could not return to the wooden shed and take his seat, those ten or so people drew their weapons and rushed to the Mingjiao shed, shouting and cursing the dignitaries one after another.Unable to say anything, he opened the mouth of the cloth bag and said with a smile: "You all go back to me and sit quietly. I will let him go after the meeting. Are you disobedient? The monk just urinates in this cloth bag. To take a shit, even if it is the most polite, you have to fart a lot. Do you believe it or not?" As he said, he stretched out his hand to untie his belt.The faces of the dozen or so people turned blue or yellow, but I thought that Mingjiao people would do all kinds of evil, and they could do it, but it would be impossible to seize people by force. Urine, Old Hero Xia must commit suicide.Everyone, you looked at me, and I looked at you, so I had to go back dejectedly. Watching the crowd is both shocking and funny.When they went up the mountain, everyone was very happy, they wanted to see how to kill Xie Xun, but now seeing the skills of the two masters of Mingjiao, they feel that today's meeting is very dangerous, even if Xie Xun is killed, the square will not be covered with blood. The corpses lay all over the place, and they couldn't help but feel shuddering and in danger.
I saw a short, fat, red-faced, fifty-year-old man with a rosy nose coming out, and others pointed at him. This person was Situ Qianzhong, who had been talking one after another just now.Holding a wine glass in his left hand and a wine gourd in his right, he walked to the center of the square, shaking his head, and said, "Look at the excitement today, some want to kill Xie Xun, some want to save Xie Xun, but we can talk about it , whether this Xie Xun is really in Shaolin Temple is a big mystery. I said, Master Kongzhi, why don't you invite the Golden Retriever Lion King out and let everyone meet first. Then kill the two sides you want to save, each Wouldn't it be interesting to fight with real skills?" When he said these words, more than half of the heroes in the square applauded. Yang Xiao thought to himself: "The Lion King Xie has too many enemies. Even if the Ming Cult joins forces with the Beggars' Clan, it is not enough to fight against the heroes of the world. It is better to focus on the dragon sword and stir up a situation of fighting with each other." He said loudly: " All the heroes gathered in Shaolin today, firstly because they have their own grievances with Xie Lion King, secondly, hehe, I’m afraid I also want to see this dragon-slaying sword. If according to what Mr. Melee, then who owns this precious sword?" When the heroes heard this, they all felt reasonable, among these thousands of people, there were only a hundred or so who really had a blood feud with Xie Xun, and the rest of the people couldn't help but thump when they thought of the word "Supreme of Martial Arts". An old man with a black beard stood up and said: "Who is in the hands of the Dragon Slaying Saber now? Please envoy Yang Zuo show me." Yang Xiao said: "I don't know this juncture. I am going to ask Zen Master Kongzhi for advice." Kong Zhi shook his head and remained silent.All the heroes were secretly dissatisfied: "The Shaolin sect is the master of the meeting, but Abbot Kongwen pretended to be sick temporarily, and this Zen master Kongzhi looked like he was neither dead nor alive, I don't know what kind of mystery he was playing." A middle-aged man in a green kudzu robe stood up and said, "Although Chan Master Kongzhi doesn't know, Xie Lion King must know. Let's invite him out and ask him a question. Then each of us will see the truth with his skills. Whoever's martial arts is the best in the world, so worthy of the name, is naturally the "Supreme Martial Arts", no matter who owns this knife, it should be handed over to this supreme martial arts. According to me, everyone has agreed on this section first, so as not to Dispute afterwards. If anyone refuses to accept, the heroes of the world will rise up and attack. What do you think?" Zhang Wuji recognized that the speaker was one of the three masters of the Qinghai School who besieged the Vajra Demon Circle that night. Situ Qianzhong said: "Isn't that a ring fight? I think it's a big problem." The green-robed man said coldly: "What's wrong? According to your Excellency, it's not a martial arts competition,... it's more about drinking? What?一个千钟不醉，哪一个醉而不死，便是武林至尊了？”众人轰然大笑，有人怪声说道：“这还比个什么？这位武林至尊嘛，自然是'醉不死'司徒先生！” 司徒千钟斜过葫芦，倒了一杯酒仰脖子喝了，一本正经地道：“不敢，不敢！要说到'酒林至尊'，我'醉不死'或许还有三分指望，至于'武林至尊'哪，哈哈，不敢当啊，不敢当！”对那青袍汉子道：“阁下既提此议，武学上自有超凡入圣的造诣，在下眼拙，却不知阁下尊姓大名。” 那汉子冷冷地道：“在下是青海派叶长青，喝酒本事和装丑角的玩艺，都不及阁下。”言下之意，自是说武功上的修为，只怕要比阁下强得多了。 司徒千钟侧头想了半晌，说道：“青海派，没听见过。叶长青，嗯嗯，没听见过。” 众人暗想：“这司徒老儿好大胆子，侮辱叶长青一人那也罢了，他竟敢侮辱青海一派，难道他身后有什么强大的靠山？还是跟青海派有何解不开的仇怨？单凭这两句话，青海派只怕立时便要出手。”只有深知司徒千钟平素为人的，才知他孤身一人，并没靠山，跟青海派也没什么梁子，只是生性狂妄，喜欢口舌招扰，虽一生曾因此而吃了不少苦头，却始终改不了这脾气。 叶长青心中杀机已起，脸上却不动声色，说道：“青海派与叶某原本藉藉无名，难怪阁下不知。阁下既说比武之议不妥，比灌黄汤嘛，阁下又是喝遍天下无敌手，那便如何是好，倒要请教。” 司徒千钟道：“要说喝遍天下无敌手，此事谈何容易，当真谈何容易？想当年我在济南府……”正要唠唠叨叨地说下去，人丛中有人喝道：“醉不死，别在这儿发酒疯啦，大伙儿没空听你胡说八道。”又有人道：“到底谢逊的事怎样？屠龙刀的事怎样？”另有人道：“空智禅师，你是今日英雄大会的主人，叫咱们这么干耗着，算是怎么一回子事？”众人你一言，我一语，都是催司徒千钟别再啰嗦，要空智拿句话出来。 这些人在人丛中纷纷呼喝，或远或近，声音来自四面八方。司徒千钟朗声道：“江陵府黑风寨的钟老大，你的黑沙掌虽然厉害，未必便及得上谢狮王的七伤拳。鄱阳湖的水底金鳌侯兄弟，那谢狮王的武功水陆俱能，你别欺他不会水底功夫，何况人家还有一位紫衫龙王没出面呢，嘿嘿，鳌鱼岂是龙王之比？青阳山的吴三郎，你是用剑的，便夺到屠龙刀，你又不会使，瞎起个什么劲……”这人说话疯疯癫癫，却另有过人之能，相识既广，耳音又是绝佳，从一片嘈杂的人声之中，居然将一个个说话之人指名道姓地叫了出来，无一有误。群雄见他显了这手功夫，却也忍不住喝彩。 空智身后一名老僧站起身来，说道：“少林派忝为主人，不巧方丈突患重病，盛会主持无人，倒让各位见笑了。谢逊和屠龙刀二事，其实一而二，二而一，尽可合并办理。适才青海派这位叶施主说得甚是有理。与会群雄，英才济济，只须各人露上一手，最后哪一位艺压当场，谢逊归他处置，屠龙刀也由他执掌，群雄归心，岂不是好？” 张无忌问彭莹玉这僧人是谁。彭莹玉摇头道：“属下不知。这僧人并未参与围攻光明顶之役，可是他抢在空智大师的前头说话，似乎在寺中位份不低。”赵敏低声道：“这人十九是圆真一党。我猜想空闻方丈已落入圆真手中，空智大师受了这群叛徒挟制，以致萎靡气沮。” 张无忌心中一凛，问道：“彭大师以为如何？”彭莹玉道：“郡主的猜测颇有道理。只是少林寺中高手如云，圆真竟敢公然犯上作乱，胆子忒也大了。”张无忌道：“圆真布置已久。第一次想瓦解本教，第二次意图控制丐帮，两次奸谋均功败垂成。这一次我想他是要做少林派的掌门方丈。”赵敏道：“单是做掌门方丈，也还不够。”张无忌道：“少林派是武林中的第一门派，做到掌门方丈，已然登峰造极，可不能再高了。”赵敏道：“武林至尊呢？不是更高于少林派的掌门方丈么？”张无忌一呆，道：“他想做武林至尊？” 赵敏道：“无忌哥哥，周姊姊嫁了旁人，你神魂不定，什么事也不会想了。”张无忌让她说中了心事，脸上一红，心道：“张无忌，你不可只管顾念儿女之情，将今日营救义父的大事搁在一旁。”定了定神，心想圆真深谋远虑，今日这英雄大会，也正是他一力促成的，其中定有奸谋，赵敏或能洞悉，便道：“敏妹，你猜圆真有何诡计？”赵敏道：“圆真此人极工心计，智谋百出……” 周颠一直在旁听着他二人低声说话，终于忍不住插口：“郡主娘娘，你也是极工心计，智谋百出，我看不输于圆真。”赵敏笑道：“过奖了。”周颠道：“不是过奖……”彭莹玉道：“周兄，你别打断郡主的话。”周颠怒道：“你先别打断我的话……”彭莹玉笑了笑，不再说话，知道跟他纠缠下去，争上一两个时辰也不稀奇，还是乘早收口的干净。周颠道：“你怎么不说话了？”彭莹玉道：“你叫我别打断你的话，我就不打断你的话。”周颠道：“可是你已经打断过了。”彭莹玉道：“那你再接下去说就是。”周颠道：“我忘了，说不下去啦。” 赵敏笑了笑，道：“我想圆真倘若单想做少林寺方丈，不必请天下英雄来此。谢大侠既已落入他手中，何必又要叫群雄比武争夺？无忌哥哥，说到武功之强，只怕当今之世，没人及得上你，此节圆真不会不知。他决不能这般好心，安排下英雄大会，让你技胜群雄，成为武林至尊，然后将谢大侠和屠龙刀献上给你。” 张无忌、彭莹玉、周颠三人一齐点头，问道：“你猜他有何诡计？” 杨逍走到张无忌身旁，插口道：“我也一直在想，圆真这厮奸谋定是不小……”周颠忍不住又道：“圆真是本教的大对头，郡主娘娘，以前你也是本教的大对头。圆真这厮诡计百出，郡主娘娘，你也是诡计百出。你两个儿半斤八两，倒有点儿差不多。不过有两样你不及他，有一样他不及你。”杨逍问道：“郡主什么事及不上圆真？”周颠道：“武功不及、手段毒辣不及。”杨逍又问：“什么事胜过了他？”周颠微笑道：“花容月貌，远远胜过！” 赵敏微微一笑，道：“多谢周先生称赞。倘若我是圆真，我该当如何图谋呢？嗯，第一，我要劝空闻方丈大撒英雄帖，请得天下英雄来到少林寺。那空闻方丈深解佛法，原是个慈悲和平之人，自来不喜多事，但我只须提起空见和空性两位神僧，空闻方丈念着师兄弟之情，自必允可。再者，少林派要是杀了谢大侠，和明教仇深似海，以他一派之力，未必挡得住明教的倾力进攻，但如往天下英雄头上一推，明教总不能将与会的数千好汉一股脑儿地都给宰了。”众人点头称是。 赵敏又道：“英雄大会一开成，我自己也不露脸，叫人以谢大侠与屠龙刀为饵，鼓动群雄自相争斗残杀。明教势必与群雄为敌，斗到后来，不论谁胜谁败，明教的众高手少说也当损折一半，元气大伤。”张无忌道：“正是。此节我原也想到了，但义父对我恩重如山，又是本教的护教法王，咱们岂能坐视不救？唉，咱们上山没几天，外祖父已然仙逝，圆真这厮定是躲在暗中拍手称快。” 赵敏道：“斗到最后，武功第一的名号多半是张教主所得，于是少林群僧说道：'张教主技压群雄，实乃可敬可贺，本寺谨将谢大侠交于张教主，请张教主到寺后山峰顶上亲去迎取便是。'于是大伙儿一齐来到峰顶，张教主便须独力去破那金刚伏魔圈。倘若旁人上前相助，圆真的党羽便道：'技压群雄的是明教张教主，跟旁人可不相干，阁下还是站在一旁的为妙。'张教主夺得这武功天下第一的名头，就算身上毫不带伤，也不知已耗了多少内力神功，到那时如何是这三位老僧之敌？结果谢大侠不但救不出，反而自己死在三株苍松之间。冷月凄风，伴着一代大侠张无忌的尸首，岂不妙哉？” 群豪听到这里，都脸上变色，心想这番话确非危言耸听，张无忌血性过人，不论多么艰苦危难，总是非救谢逊不可，纵然送了自己性命，也决无反悔。圆真此计看准了张无忌的性子，叫他明知是刀山油锅，也要跳将进去。 赵敏叹了口气，说道：“这么一来，明教是毁定了。圆真再使奸计，毒死空闻，却将罪名推在空智大师头上，这一着安排起来十分容易，只须证据捏造得确实，不由得少林僧众不信。于是各党羽全力推举，他老人家顺理成章地当上了方丈。他老人家一声号令，群雄围攻明教，以多胜少，聚而歼之。那时候武功天下第一的名号，除了他老人家之外，只怕旁人也争夺不去。屠龙刀不出现便罢，若在江湖上现了踪迹，天下英雄人人皆知，这把宝刀的正主儿，乃是少林寺方丈圆真神僧。宝刀的得主若不给他老人家送去，只怕多有不便哪！” 她说得声音甚低，只聚在木棚这一角中的几个人听到。这番话一说完，周颠伸手在大腿上用力一拍，叫道：“正是，正是！好大的奸谋！”他这几句话却十分响亮，广场上倒有一大半人都听到了，各人的眼光一齐望到明教的木棚来。 司徒千钟问道：“是什么奸谋？说给老夫听听成不成？”周颠道：“这话是不能说的。老子一心想挑拨离间，要天下英雄自相残杀，拼个你死我活，这话要是说了出来，岂不是不灵了么？”司徒千钟笑道：“妙极，妙极！却不知如何挑拨离间，愿闻其详。”周颠大声道：“我心中有一个阴谋毒计，却假意说道：屠龙刀是在老子这里，哪一个武功最强，老子就将屠龙刀给他……”司徒千钟叫道：“好计策！好阴谋！那便如何？” 赵敏与张无忌对望了一眼，均想：“这酒鬼跟我们无亲无故，倒帮忙得紧。” 周颠大声说道：“你想这屠龙宝刀号称'武林至尊'，哪一个不想出全力争夺？于是疯子给酒鬼杀了，酒鬼给和尚杀了，和尚给道士杀了，道士给姑娘杀了，姑娘给大汉杀了……杀了个尸横遍野，血流成河，天下英雄死了个十之八九，呜呼哀哉，不亦乐乎！”群雄一听，都怵然心惊，均想这人说话虽疯疯癫癫，这番话却实为至理。 崆峒派的二老宗维侠站起身来，说道：“这位周先生言之有理。咱们明人不说暗话，各家各派对这把屠龙刀嘛，都不免有点儿眼红，可是为了一把刀子闹得个身败名裂，甚至是全派覆灭，可有点儿犯不着。我想大伙儿得想个计较，以武会友，点到为止，虽分胜败，却不伤和气。各位以为如何？”光明顶一役，张无忌以德报怨，为他治好了因练七伤拳而蓄积的内伤，后来又蒙张无忌救出万安寺，崆峒派这次上少林寺来，原有相助明教之意。 司徒千钟笑道：“我瞧你好大的个儿，却是怕死，既不带彩，又不伤命，这场比武又有什么看头？”崆峒派的四老常敬之怒道：“要伤你这酒鬼，那也不用叫你带彩。”司徒千钟道：“我酒鬼不过说句玩话，常四先生何必这么大火气？谁不知道崆峒派的七伤拳杀人不见血。少林寺的空见神僧，不也死在七伤拳之下么？我司徒酒鬼这几根老骨头，如何是空见神僧之比？”群雄均想：“这酒鬼出口便伤人，既得罪崆峒派，又损了少林派。他在江湖上打滚，居然给他混到这大把年纪还不死，倒也是奇事一桩。” 宗维侠却不去睬他，朗声道：“依在下之见，每一门派、每一帮会教门，各推两位高手出来，分别较量武艺。最后哪一派武功最高，谢大侠与屠龙刀便都凭他处置。”群雄轰然鼓掌，都说这法子最妙。 张无忌留心看空智身后的少林群僧，大都皱起眉头，颇有不悦之色，心想：“当年敏妹尚在汝阳王府之时，圆真若不直属她手下，便当是汝阳王或王保保的重要左右手，必与她互有联系，但范右使却不预知。所有对付明教及武林群雄的计谋，敏妹与圆真必定共同计议，此刻赵敏识穿圆真的奸谋，点破他挑拨群雄自相残杀之计，倒也并不稀奇。” 一个白面微须的中年汉子站起身来，手摇描金折扇，神情潇洒，说道：“在下很觉得宗二侠此议甚是。咱们比武较量之时，虽说点到为止，但兵刃拳脚上不生眼睛，若有失手，那也是各安天命。哈，同门同派的师友，可不许出来挑战报复，哈，否则纠缠不清，势必斗个没有了局。”群雄都道：“不错，正该如此。” 司徒千钟尖着嗓子，说道：“这一位兄台好英俊的人物，说话又哈声哈气的，想必是湘南衡阳府的欧阳兄台了？”那人折扇摇了两摇，笑道：“不敢，正是区区，你捧我一句，再损我一句，刚好抵过。”司徒千钟道：“欧阳兄和我好像都是孤魂野鬼，不属什么帮会门派。我好酒，你好色，咱哥儿俩合创个'酒色派'，咱们酒色派两大高手并肩子齐上，会一会天下众高手如何？”群雄哈哈大笑，觉得这司徒千钟不住地插科打诨，逗人乐子，使会场平添不少笑声，减却了不少暗中潜伏的戾气。 彭莹玉向张无忌说道，这白脸的汉子名叫欧阳牧之，一共娶了十二名姬妾，他武功虽强，却极少闯荡江湖，整日价倚红偎翠，享那温柔之乐。 欧阳牧之笑道：“若跟你联手组派，我这副身家可不够你喝酒。各位，说到比武较艺，咱们可得推举几位年高德劭、众望所归的前辈出来做公证才是。以免你说你赢，我说我赢，争执个不休。”司徒千钟笑道：“输赢自己不知道么？谁似你这般胡赖不要脸？” 宗维侠道：“还是推举几位公证人的好，少林派是主人，空智大师自然是一位了。”司徒千钟指着说不得的布袋道：“我推举山东大侠夏胄夏老英雄。” 说不得提起布袋，向司徒千钟掷了过去，笑道：“公证人来啦！”司徒千钟抛下葫芦酒杯，抱住布袋，便去解布袋上的绳子，不料说不得打绳结的本事另有一功，那捆缚袋口的绳子又是金丝混和鱼鳔所缠成，司徒千钟用尽力气，始终没法解开。说不得哈哈大笑，纵身而前，左手提起布袋，拿到自己背后，右手接着，十根手指扭了几扭，又提到身前，就是这么在身前身后兜了个圈子，布袋上的绳结已然松开。他倒转袋子抖动，夏胄滚了出来。司徒千钟忙伸手解开他穴道。 夏胄在黑漆一团的袋中闷了半天，突然间阳光耀眼，又见广场上成千对眼睛都望着自己，不由得羞愧欲死，翻身拔出身边短剑，便往自己胸口插落。 司徒千钟夹手夺过，笑道：“胜败乃兵家常事，夏大哥何必如此心拙？” 人丛中一个矮矮胖胖的汉子大声说道：“这位布袋中的大侠，只怕没资格做公证人，我推举长白山的孙老爷子。”又有一个中年妇人说道：“浙东双义威震江南，他两兄弟正直无私，正好做公证人。”群雄你一言，我一语，霎时之间推举了十余人出来，均是江湖上颇具声望的豪杰。
突然峨嵋派中一个中年尼姑冷冷地道：“推举什么公证人了？压根儿便用不着。”她话声并不十分响亮，但清清楚楚地钻入各人耳中，显然内力修为颇是了得。司徒千钟笑道：“请教这位师太，何以不用公证人？”那老尼道：“二人相斗，活的是赢，死的便输。阎王爷是公证人。”众人听了这几句冷森森的话，背上均感到一片凉意。 司徒千钟道：“咱们以武会友，又没深仇大冤，何必动手便判生死？出家人慈悲为本，这位师太之言，也不怕佛祖嗔怪么？” 那尼姑冷冷道：“你跟旁人说话胡言乱语，在峨嵋弟子跟前，可得给我规矩些。” 司徒千钟拾起葫芦酒杯，斟了一杯酒，笑道：“啧啧啧！好厉害的峨嵋派。常言道：好男不与女斗，好酒鬼不与尼姑斗！”举起酒杯，放到唇边。 突然间嗖嗖两响，破空之声大作，两枚小小念珠激射而至，一枚打中酒杯，一枚打中葫芦，跟着又是一枚射至，正中他胸口。只听得嘭嘭嘭三声巨响，三枚念珠炸了开来，葫芦酒杯登时粉碎，司徒千钟胸口炸了个大洞。他身子为炸力撞动，向后摔出数丈，全身衣服立时着火。夏胄上前扑打，只见司徒千钟已然气绝，脸上兀自带着笑意。可见那三枚念珠飞射爆炸之速，司徒千钟直至临死，丝毫没想到大祸已然临头。 这一下奇变犹如晴空打了个焦雷，群雄中不乏见多识广之士，可是谁也没见过如此迅速厉害的暗器。 周颠叫道：“乖乖不得了！这是什么暗器？”杨逍低声道：“听说西域大食国有人从中国学得造火药之法，制出一种暗器，叫做'霹雳雷火弹'，中藏烈性火药，以强力弹簧机括发射。看来这尼姑所用，便是这家伙了。” 夏胄将司徒千钟烧得焦黑的尸身扛在肩头，朗声道：“这位司徒兄弟虽然口头上尖酸刻薄些，只不过生性滑稽，心地却甚仁厚，一生之中，从没做过什么伤天害理之事。今日天下英雄在此，可有哪一位能说他干过何等恶行？”群雄尽皆默然。夏冑指着那尼姑，愤然道：“峨嵋派号称是侠义道名门正派，岂知竟会使用这等歹毒暗器。武林中虽说力强者胜，却也走不过一个'理'字。请问这位师太上下？” 那尼姑道：“我叫静迦。这位袋中大侠在此指手画脚，意欲如何？” 夏胄惨然道：“姓夏的学艺不精，惨受明教诸魔头的凌辱，那是姓夏的本领不济，却不损在下一生侠义之名。静迦师太，你如此狠毒，对得起贵派祖师郭襄郭女侠么？” 峨嵋派群弟子听他提到创派祖师的名讳，一齐站起。 静迦两条长眉斜斜竖起，喝道：“本派祖师的名讳，岂是你这混蛋随便叫得的？”夏冑道：“你峨嵋弟子多行不义，玷辱祖师的名头。别说郭女侠，便灭绝师太当年，纵然心狠手辣，剑底却也不诛无