Chapter 7 Chapter VII

On this day, I arrived at Yijiawan in the north of Xiangtan, not far from the provincial capital Changsha. Yuan Ziyi was about to find a restaurant to start, but he heard the noise of people beside the pier.I saw a large ship moored in the Xiangjiang River, and an old man stood at the bow, bowing his hands to the people on the pier who were seeing him off.With a glance, she saw that most of the people seeing off were from martial arts, all of them were straight and energetic, and behind the old man stood two military officers of the imperial court. When she saw this powerful faction, her heart moved: "Could it be the head of which faction again, who went to Beijing to participate in the General Assembly of Marshal Fu?" He has a gray beard all over his head, but his face is flushed, and he wears luxurious clothes. On the finger of his left hand, he wears a jasper mottled finger, which looks crystal clear in the sun from a distance.He only heard him say loudly: "My virtuous brothers, please go back!" He clasped his fists and arched his body, his body was as firm as a mountain.

All the people on the shore said in unison: "I wish you a smooth journey, teacher, and give me the honor of the Nine Dragons School." The old man smiled slightly and said, "I can't afford to be a master of the Nine Dragons School. That's it, that's it." Yuan Ziyi heard that his voice was loud and full of energy. These few words seemed humble, but the tone was actually quite conceited. There was a deafening crackling sound, red confetti flying on the water of the Xiangjiang River, and firecrackers were set off from the boats on the shore. Yuan Ziyi knew that as soon as the firecrackers were over, the big ship was about to sail, so he dismounted lightly, picked up two pieces of stones, and threw them on the firecrackers.The two strings of firecrackers were more than two feet long. When the stone was thrown, they were cut off immediately. With the sound of spitting, the burning firecrackers fell into the Xiangjiang River and went out immediately.

As a result, everyone on the shore and in the boat was shocked.Firecrackers cut off the disaster, that is the biggest ominous sign.Everyone could see clearly that the firecrackers were interrupted by the girl in yellow on the shore with a piece of stone.Six or seven big men immediately ran close to her, surrounded her, and shouted: "Who are you?" "Who sent you to make trouble?" "What do you mean by interrupting the firecrackers?" Bravery, tiger heart, how dare you come to provoke Teacher Yi from the Nine Dragons School!" If she hadn't seen that she was just a lonely and beautiful girl, she would have already waved her fists and rushed forward.

Yuan Ziyi knew very well the martial arts of Wei Tuomen and the Eight Immortals Sword. He had also practiced their special moves beforehand, and he was confident when he made a move, and he was not afraid. I hit the sparrows on the water with stones, but accidentally interrupted the firecracker battle, I am really sorry. I'm sorry!" Everyone heard her clear and clear voice, with a foreign accent, and they all said in unison: "It's okay to interrupt one string by mistake, is there any reason to interrupt two strings at the same time?" "What's your name?" " What are you doing here at Yijiawan?" "Today is an auspicious day, for you to mess around like this, alas, how unhappy Teacher Yi is!"

Yuan Ziyi smiled and said: "What's so rare about two strings of firecrackers? Just buy a few more strings and put them away." He took out an ingot of gold from his bosom, which weighed about two taels, and held it in his palm. It is enough to buy a thousand strings of firecrackers. Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, they all felt that the girl was very strange, no one reached out to pick her up. Yuan Ziyi smiled and said, "Are you all disciples of the Nine Dragons School? This Teacher Yi is the head of your school, isn't he? He's going to Beijing to participate in Marshal Fu's World Heads Conference, isn't he?" She asked a question, and everyone nodded.Yuan Ziyi shook his head and said: "It's very ominous when the firecrackers go out. Teacher Yi, it's better not to go, and it's better to live at home and enjoy happiness."

A man in the crowd couldn't help asking: "Why?" Yuan Ziyi looked solemn, and said: "I see Teacher Yi's expression is not right, there is a deep black air in the Yintang, and the killing pattern is on the brow. If you go to the capital, not only the reputation of the Nine Dragons School Falling to the ground, Teacher Yi is afraid that he will be killed." When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other and change color.Some spit on the ground, some scolded loudly, and some murmured in private, I am afraid that this woman will look at the face, there may be some truth in saying this.

The place where everyone was standing was not far from the bow of the big ship, and her voice was clear, every word was heard by Teacher Na Yi.He looked at Yuan Ziyi carefully, and saw that she was slender and graceful, and she didn't seem to know martial arts, but just now he interrupted the firecrackers with a stone chip, and the skill was clever, and the strength was not weak. It is very strange, guessing that this person must have come here for something, he cupped his hands and said: "Miss, your surname, please take a step to talk on the boat." Yuan Ziyi said: "My surname is Yuan, so Mr. Yi should go ashore."

At that time, the customs of Hunan people were to travel far by boat. After boarding the boat, it was not good for the trip to turn back and go ashore before the boat started.Teacher Yi frowned slightly, and remained silent.Although he is strong in martial arts and has become the leader of a school, he has always believed in astrology, divination, feng shui, etc., and when he saw the firecrackers being destroyed by this young woman, he said ominous words such as the disaster of killing her body, thinking that the more she The worse it sounds, it's better to ignore it, and tell the boatman: "Let's set sail!" He muttered to himself: "It's ominous for people, and when we get to the provincial capital, let's buy blessings again, please God." The boatman agreed loudly, and some Pull up the anchor, and some will pull out the pole.

Yuan Ziyi saw that he was ignoring him and was about to sail, and shouted loudly: "Come on, come on! If you don't listen to my advice, the mast will break and the boat will capsize within a hundred miles, and the whole ship will be at a great disadvantage." As he spoke, he approached quickly.Teacher Yi's face became more gloomy, and he said sharply: "I see that you are young, and you won't come to learn as much as you. If you talk nonsense again, I won't show mercy." Yuan Ziyi jumped onto the bow of the boat, and said with a smile, "I'm all out of good intentions. Why should Teacher Yi get angry? May I ask Teacher Yi's name, and I will tell you another word, which will be of great benefit to you." Teacher Yi snorted, Said: "No need!" Yuan Ziyi said: "Okay, since Teacher Yi refuses to show you his honorary title, I will remove your surname. On the top of 'Yi' Yu is the word '日', and on the bottom is the word 'Wu' The word, "Wuri" means "not day", "buri returns to heaven", which means that life is not long. Mr. Yi took a boat on this trip, taking a waterway, and the word "yi" plus "one" plus "water" , it becomes "soup", "going through water and fire", this trip is very dangerous. The boat is the image of the vessel, and the "dish" added to the "soup" is the "dang". Adding 'grass' to the word 'soup' means 'dang', an ancient poem says: 'The prodigal son will never return', Mr. Yi is afraid that he will die in a foreign land this time." Hearing this, Mr. Yi never Unable to bear it, he stretched out his hand and slapped it hard on the mast. With a bang, a thick tricky pole couldn't help shaking, and he shouted: "Are you finished?"

Yuan Ziyi said with a smile: "Mr. Yi's trip is all about auspiciousness. The word 'End' is absolutely unacceptable. 'End', 'End', and 'End' are all good. Teacher Yi, you go to Beijing It is to fight for hegemony, not to use fists and feet, but to use knives and guns. 'Yi' Yu adds 'foot' to 'kick', and 'knife' to 'tick', so you not only kick people down yourself, but the Kowloon School It has to be removed." Teacher Yi became angrier the more she listened, but she couldn't help being startled secretly when she heard her speak clearly and logically, and said forcefully: "My single name is 'Ji' Yu, which is already auspicious and auspicious. What else do you have to say?" Yuan Ziyi shook his head. Said: "It's a big danger. The word 'auspicious' is originally very good, but it is very ominous to Teacher Yi. Those who say 'Yi', change the auspiciousness, what is that? Naturally, it is unlucky." Yi Ji Moran.

Yuan Ziyi said again: "The word 'ji' will be opened, and it will be the word 'eleven mouth'. Teacher Yi, ordinary people only have one mouth, but you have eleven mouths. What are the extra ten mouths? Naturally, it is a wound, a knife edge. From this point of view, when you go to Beijing this time, you are destined to be stabbed ten times." The more superstitious people are, the more they listen to unspeakable words.Yi Ji was originally graceful and magnanimous, with a doughy look of a rich man. At this time, a fierce look appeared between his eyebrows, squinting at Yuan Ziyi, and sneered: "Okay, Miss Yuan, thank you for your kind words. Which teacher are you from?" ? Who is your father?" Yuan Ziyi smiled and said: "Do you want to tell my fortune? Why do you need to check my family history?" Yi Ji sneered: "Look at your young age, and we have never met each other. You must have been instructed to come here. Kicking at Yi’s plate. The big ones surnamed Yi don’t fight with small ones, men don’t fight with women, you ask the person behind you to come out and see who was stabbed ten times, and the bones don’t return to their hometown.” He stretched out his finger Looking at her face, he said loudly, "Who is that person behind you?" Yuan Ziyi smiled and said: "Is there someone behind me?" Pretending to look back, he couldn't help being surprised and delighted, only to see a person standing on the shore, wearing a coarse cloth and green clothes, dressed as a farmer, it was Hu Fei, wondering When did he get here, he was so engrossed in writing Yi Jikai that he didn't notice.She kept her composure, turned around, and said with a smile, "Is this the guy behind me? I think he's a country boy who picks and chooses." Yi Ji said angrily: "Don't pretend to be a fool. I'm talking about the man who backs you up and asks you to make troubles. He is a man. Why hide his head and show his tail and be sneaky?" He guessed that the Chou family secretly instructed Yuan Ziyi Come here to mess around, so that it will be unfavorable for her to travel, this person must be familiar with her temperament and taboos, otherwise why would she say all kinds of inauspicious things? In fact, Yuan Ziyi deliberately made troubles. Seeing that he was more afraid of listening to unlucky words, he picked more dangerous and disasters to talk about, and said solemnly: "Mr. Yi, it is often said that good medicine is good for the disease, and honest words are good for the ear. I am harsh. Honest advice, it’s up to you whether you listen or not. As for the Nine Dragons faction, if you don’t want to go, the little girl will go for you.” Not long after Yuan Ziyi jumped onto the bow, Hu Fei followed him.That day when he was taking a bath in the river, his clothes were taken away, so he couldn't come out naked. Fortunately, it was too late, and it was getting dark soon, so he went to the farmer's house in the village to steal a suit of clothes.What he cares most about is the family handed down boxing scripture and sword manual.This saber manual was placed in the pouch of her clothes, and she took it with her clothes and books, thinking that this woman stole my bag first, and then my clothes, it must be because of this martial arts manual, and she was worried. Hurry all the way.On the same day, he caught up with her, but when he saw her rein in her horse and walk slowly, it didn't look like she stole the knife manual and then flew away.The more he thought about it, the more suspicious he became, he couldn't figure out what the woman's true intentions were, and thought that if he tried to rob her, he might not succeed, so he secretly watched from behind, to see what happened to her and who else would respond.After following for several days, there was still no abnormality.Today, at the bank of the Xiangjiang River in Yijiawan, I saw her provoking Yi Ji, and it looked like she was going to snatch the head of the house again. Hu Fei was secretly amazed: "This girl is obsessed with being the head of the house. When she meets the head of the house, she robs her for the sake of gaining popularity in the world, or does she have other meanings? It seems that the two of them are deadlocked and then If you want to do it, let them fight with snipe and clam, I will be a fisherman and try to get back the formula. At this time, it is easy to lead her white horse, but if I don’t sing a good song a second time, it would be foolish of me to repeat the old trick. Loach Hu Feitai is also stupid." So he slowly approached the bow, waiting for the opportunity to snatch her to carry the burden on her back. I saw Yi Ji's red face turned from red to purple, and said in a hoarse voice: "Young lady said that, is she saying that Yi is incompetent and not worthy to be the head of the Nine Dragons School?" Yuan Ziyi smiled and said: "Then Absolutely not. Since this trip is not good for Mr. Yi, why don't you let me be the head of the Nine Dragons School. The little girl is very kind, and she is purely for your sake..." Before she finished speaking, two men came out of the cabin, Each holds a nine-section soft whip in his hand.A middle-aged man said: "This woman is crazy and paralyzed. Master doesn't need to pay attention to her. When the disciples drive her ashore, don't miss the auspicious time for sailing." He stretched out his left hand to push Yuan Ziyi's shoulder.Yuan Ziyi flicked his arm lightly, and said: "The auspicious time has long been missed!" The man felt a numbness in the bend of his arm, and before his palm touched her shoulder, his upper arm had already drooped limply. Another man shouted: "Master brother, move the guy!" The two whistled in unison, and there was a clatter, and two nine-section soft whips hit Yuan Ziyi's knees at the same time.They didn't want to hurt her life, the place the soft whip was pointing at was not a vital point. Seeing that both of them were using the nine-section whip, Yuan Ziyi thought: "Yes, they are called the Nine-Dragon School, and they are probably the best at the nine-section whip." She chattered with Yi Ji to annoy him Luan, on the other hand, he wanted to find out about his kung fu family, when he saw the double whips hit, he was overjoyed: "Okay, you have met an ancestor who uses soft whips." Stretching out his hands, he quickly grabbed two The heads of the soft whips were entangled with each other and knotted into knots. They did not move, but stood on the ground with a smile. The two men didn't realize it yet, and saw that the head of the whip did not hit her, but the two whips were entangled with each other, and each pulled hard. This was exactly Yuan Ziyi's plan. Down, ascend into a deadlock.The two were stunned, and hurriedly tugged.The brothers and sisters had equal physical strength, neither of them could pull the other, but the two soft whips became even more tightly entangled. Yi Ji shouted: "You reckless man, get back quickly." Grasping the hem of the robe with both hands, he shook it out, there was a sound of puff puff, the seven soft buttons on the robe were pulled off at the same time, his left hand pulled behind his back, and the robe Take it off immediately, revealing the end of the strong clothes in the robe.This hand is clean and tidy, full of power.Most of the people standing on the shore were relatives and friends of his disciples, and there were also many idlers, who immediately cheered in unison. Yuan Ziyi shook his head and said: "It's not a good mouth. This move is to 'take off the robe and give way'. It doesn't matter if you take off the robe. If you give up, it is destined to give me the position of the head." Yi Ji's heart trembled, Feeling that this hand was also an ominous omen, he stretched his right hand to his waist, and with a light shake, there was a shiny nine-section whip in his hand. This flick was silent, the nine sections of the steel whip did not collide with each other at all.Yuan Ziyi cried secretly: "Oh, no! I don't know how to do this kind of skill. I'm afraid it will be worse today!" Seeing that every section of his whip is as thick as an egg, he is very tall and burly, like standing on the bow of a boat. Building an iron tower, holding this big whip, is really majestic. At this time, the boatman had put away the anchor, and the boat was shaking in the river.Yi Ji's arm shook out, and the nine-section whip flew out to wrap around the iron anchor at the bow, and then swung out, with a plop sound, water splashed everywhere, the outer anchor fell into the river, and the hull immediately stabilized.If this hand didn't have six or seven hundred catties of physical strength, how could it be so freely?Seeing that his nine-section whip has the strengths of a soft whip and a steel whip, and it is both internal and external, it is really amazing. Yuan Ziyi thought to himself: "He has strong physical strength, and his whip is silent. This person can only outsmart him, but not match him with strength." Seeing that he is strong and old, he thinks that although his skill is deep, his hands and feet may not be flexible, so he came up with a plan , said: "Mr. Yi, I am a woman. If I fight with you on the bow, no matter the outcome, it will be disadvantageous for you. We have to find another place to compete." Yi Ji felt that this made sense, But he didn't want to go ashore. Yuan Ziyi said again: "Mr. Yi, let's talk about it first. If I defeat you, you, the head of the Nine Dragons School, will be willing to give it up. I wonder if your disciples will accept it or not?" Yi Jiqi His purple face turned pale, and he shouted: "If you don't accept it, you have to accept it. But what if you lose?" Yuan Ziyi smiled coquettishly: "I kowtow to you and call you a godfather. Please love my goddaughter a lot. "Speaking, he jumped up quickly, put his right foot on the rigging, and his left foot stepped on the crossbar at the bottom of the sail. The silver silk whip in his waist swung out, shook up, and wrapped up the mast. With strength in his hands, he drove his body to jump high. .As soon as she hugged the mast with her left arm, she swung the silver whip with her right hand and rolled it up again. With the last move of "a crane soaring to the sky", her body was already higher than the mast, and she landed lightly and delicately, standing on the top of the sail. These few strokes were extremely light and agile, and the idlers on the pier all applauded.Some of the disciples of the Nine-Dragon Sect shouted: "Hey, what's the point of playing this hand? If you have the guts, come down and learn Master Yi's powerful Nine-Dragon Whip Kungfu." , everyone can see clearly." Yi Ji snorted, wrapped the Nine Dragon Whip around his waist, grabbed the mast with his left hand, his body was already two feet off the ground, and with his right hand, he raised his body another two feet.The mast was thicker than the mouth of the big bowl, and it was impossible to hold it with one hand, but his fingers were strong and his palm was extremely strong, his hands clasped each other, and his body rose smoothly, although it was not as fast and light as Yuan Ziyi's. Ling, but in the eyes of experts, this skill is steady and ruthless, really powerful. Seeing that he was still more than ten feet away from the top of the mast, Yuan Ziyi thought that once he climbed up, he would not be aggressive, so he could only be condescending and stop him from rising first. With a flick of the silver thread whip, he shouted: "This is the Eighteen Dragon Whip, how many times?" It's you Jiulong." Shaking the tip of his whip, he covered his head with his arms.Yi Ji's hands are not empty, how to resist?If you want to dodge, you have to slip down the mast, if you don't make a move like this, you have already lost.All the brothers on the pier shouted loudly: "Hey, little girl, come down and do it!" But Yi Ji turned his head to avoid the opponent's blow, hugged the mast with his left arm, and waved a nine-section steel whip with his right hand, and met him from the bottom up. , and threw it on the silver whip. Yuan Ziyi was afraid that the two whips would intersect. If they were entangled and pulled, he would suffer a loss due to his weakness, so he shook his hands and raised the whip to avoid his weapon, and when he was about to turn around and strike again, Yi Ji made a move of "flower arrangement". Covering the top", dancing the steel whip to protect the head and face, loosening and tightening the left arm, lifting the body up and down, four or five ups and downs, and sat firmly on the top of the mast.There was loud cheers and thunderous applause on the pier.This way he gained a favorable position, Yuan Ziyi's heart felt relieved, seeing that he had just whipped out, although the strength was fierce, there was no special change in his moves, which was far inferior to the subtlety and ingenuity of his own whipping technique.Leaning out to the left, with a sound of brushing, the silver whip was struck out from the right.Yi Ji sat firmly, turned the nine-section whip, and blocked the opponent's soft whip. At this time, the sun was shining, and thousands of waves of golden waves appeared in the Xiangjiang River. The two men fought at a height of five or six feet, and the two soft whips were like spirit snakes circling.More and more people gathered on the shore, and more and more boats and boats on the Xiangjiang River lowered their sails and stopped their oars. The sailors and passengers in the boats looked up and watched the battle. Yi Ji knew that he was not as good as the opponent in lightness, so he just sat firmly on the top of the sail, holding the mast with his feet, and took the invincible position first.Yuan Ziyi, on the other hand, leaped from side to side, moving in and out on the beam of the sail top.Her silver whip is more than twice as long as her opponent's Kowloon whip, only she attacks Yi Ji, and Yi Ji can't fight back.After dismantling more than sixty moves, a long whip in her hand flew like a silver snake, and the moves became more and more strange.Yi Ji came and went with only seven or eight moves, covering his whole body tightly, waiting for the opportunity to wrap the opponent's soft whip. At first glance, Yuan Ziyi seemed to have the upper hand, but it was very difficult for her to fight like this. As long as she couldn't attack for a long time, there was a slight flaw in the whip technique, or she slipped and stumbled, she would lose.Yi Ji's intentions are exactly what Sun Tzu said in the Art of War, "Being invincible first, waiting for the enemy to be victorious."Yuan Ziyi knew his intentions early on, but no matter how he changed his attack, his seven or eight defensive and whipping techniques were extremely tight and there was no gap for him to take advantage of.For example, on flat ground, she can attack sideways, or roll in on the ground, but she led him to fight at high altitude, which gave him an advantage, which was unexpected. After fighting for a while, the situation remained unchanged, Yuan Ziyi felt a little heavy breath, and when he jumped, he was not as light and agile as before.Yi Ji saw a turning point, and when her long whip came in front of her, she protruded her left hand, and went to catch her and put the golden ball on the whip.Yuan Ziyi was startled, and the soft whip sank, but Yi Ji's Nine Dragon whip pressed first and then hooked in reverse. If she hadn't dodged the silver whip quickly, the two whips would have been entangled.Yi Ji didn't let her go, he saw where the head of her whip turned back, and the Nine Dragon Whip moved "green vines wrapped around the gourd", and with a loud shout, the silver thread wrapped around the whip. Yuan Ziyi felt that the long whip in her hand was being pulled out by a strong force. She knew that if she robbed the opponent violently, she would lose. The handle of the whip flew out of his hand, and spun around the mast sharply, but there was a flash of silver light, and there was a sound of rattling, and the nine-section steel whip and the soft silver whip whipped Yi Ji's legs together with his right arm. Around the mast. This unexpected turn of events, how could Yi Ji expect it?Shocked, he hurriedly stretched out his left hand to untie the whip, and suddenly saw Yuan Ziyi pounced in front of him with his left hand out, and came to poach his eyes.Yi Ji hurriedly let go of the soft whip with his left hand, and raised his hand to block it.Unexpectedly, Yuan Ziyi's move was a false move, his left palm paused slightly in the air, restraining his left palm, and his right hand rushed out, hitting the Yuanxix acupoint under his left armpit.In the eyes of others, this move is like Yi Ji raising his arm, exposing the bottom of his armpit and allowing the opponent to tap acupuncture points.He pointed in the middle of the acupoint, his left arm was limp and drooping, but his legs and right arm were tied to the mast. Hu Fei saw her winning the defeat underground, and this move was extremely ingenious. He just said hello, and suddenly saw a yellow light flashing, and nine money darts rushed to the mast and shot at Yuan Ziyi's back heart. Yuan Ziyi beat Yi Ji so embarrassingly, he was very proud, and was about to boast a few words from a high place, forcing him to promise to let him be the head, so he let him go, but he didn't expect that someone would sneak attack from below.The nine money darts came quickly, but they were scattered in all directions. She was on the girder, if she took half a step to the left or right, she would immediately fall from a height of five or six feet, but how could she avoid it?Out of desperation and wisdom, he leaned back and fell down immediately, nine money darts flew across the top of the sail.Amidst the exclamation of everyone on the bow and shore, she saw her feet hooked to the beam, and her body was hanging in the air. The person who stole the hidden weapon on the shore didn't do it, but kept on doing it, and then three more money darts were shot, this time, one hit her body, and two shot towards the beam. money dart.Hu Fei knew that Yuan Ziyi could no longer dodge this time, so he immediately waved his hand and shot three coins.Although he shot late, but his strength was sharp, the money dart was going fast, the six copper coins collided with each other in the air, clanging three times, they all flew obliquely and fell into the river. Yuan Ziyi broke out in a cold sweat, and just about to turn over, Hu Fei yelled and jumped onto the bow of the boat, only to hear two loud clicks and clicks, and the beam broke.Yuan Ziyi followed the girder and fell into the river, but the mast where Yi Ji was on was also cut off.Yuan Ziyi was on his head and feet at the time, and saw with his own eyes who launched a sneak attack with hidden weapons, and how Hu Fei rescued him, but he didn't see how the beam broke. It turned out that Yi Ji's left side acupuncture point was hit, and he couldn't move half of his body, but his right hand was still strong, so he quickly got out of his arm from the twin whips, and seeing Yuan Ziyi hanging upside down on the beam, he immediately put all the strength in his palm, and slapped the beam towards the beam , hit three palms in a row, the beam breaks and falls.At this moment, Hu Fei had also jumped onto the bow of the boat, thinking that if Miss Yuan fell into the water, this man surnamed Yi would sit on the top of the mast instead, and when he slowly slipped down, wouldn't it be he who won?Immediately, he leaned his back against the mast and slammed it backwards with all his strength. The mast was strong and thick, and it only swayed a few times after being hit.Hu Fei was anxious, so he pulled out his single sword, and with a single stroke, he broke the mast. Seeing Yuan Ziyi and Yi Ji falling into the river with a section of giant wood, only Yuan Ziyi's girder broke first, and he was under half of the mast. If he was hit by the broken mast, his life would be in jeopardy.Hu Fei grabbed the bamboo rope used to pull the fiber from the bow, pointed it at Yuan Ziyi's front, and shouted: "Catch it!" The bamboo rope flew out like an extremely long soft whip.Yuan Ziyi was in mid-air, feeling critical. Although she knew water, wouldn't she be embarrassed if she wanted to get up wet after falling into the water?Seeing the bamboo rope flying towards him, he hurriedly reached out to grab it.With one wave and two pulls by Hu Fei, Yuan Ziyi jumped up and landed on the bow of the boat lightly and skillfully. As soon as her feet landed on the ship's plank, there was a loud splash, water splashed everywhere, and countless water droplets flew onto her head and face, and it was Yi Ji who fell into the water with the broken mast.The people on the shore shouted loudly, and the sound of plopping was endless.It turned out that Yi Ji couldn't swim, so seventeen or eighteen disciples of the Jiulong School jumped into the Xiangjiang River one after another, scrambling to save Master. Yuan Ziyi smiled at Hu Fei, and said softly: "Brother Hu, thank you!" Hu Fei said with a smile: "My word 'Hu' is divided into three characters of 'Yue Shikou'. , to be stabbed nine times." Yuan Ziyi smiled even more happily, thinking that I had just removed the characters for Yi Ji just now, but I told him to eavesdrop, and said with a smile: "Fortunately, there is a word '非' in your name, this '非ye, 不也’, the calamity of nine knives will be turned into good fortune.” Hu Fei smiled and said, “Thank you, Miss Chin Kou.” Yuan Ziyi reunited with him, and was very happy in his heart. He also admitted that he had rescued him and intended to repair with him, and said with a smile: "Your word 'fei' is brilliant in writing, so there is no need to say it. The word 'non' is added." Feather 'yu' is 'fei', and the master gets gold, jade and jadeite; adding the prefix of 'grass' is 'fei', which means it is fragrant and beautiful; adding twisted silk is 'fei', and the red robe and jade belt means that the master will be a high-ranking official." Hu Fei stretched out Sticking out his tongue, he said, "It's amazing to be promoted and get rich!" The two were chatting and laughing at the bow of the boat, as if there was no one else around.Suddenly there was a commotion on the pier, Jiulong sent all the disciples to carry Yi Ji to the shore with a broken mast.He was old and fat, and had no water skills. After taking a few sips of water, he got angry and fainted.Yuan Ziyi was secretly startled: "Don't kill anyone, this matter is going to be a big deal." He said in a low voice, "Brother Hu, let's go!" As he spoke, he jumped onto the river bank and reached out to grab the boat that was wrapped around the broken mast. Silver soft whip. All the disciples of the Jiulong faction shouted angrily, and six or seven soft whips shot down on her body.There was a choking sound, and six or seven soft whips collided with each other, covering their heads like an iron net.She held a soft silver whip in her hand, and with the help of her strength, the whips passed across her head, and her body was already slanted out.She stole another glance at Yi Ji, only to see his fat body lying on the ground, motionless, and she didn't know whether he was dead or alive. Hu Fei got on the horse, led the white horse with his right hand, and shouted: "The head of the Nine Dragons School is unlucky, it's okay to be inappropriate." Yuan Ziyi smiled and said: "Then I will follow your orders!" He jumped up and got on the horseback.Hu Fei also got on the back of the green horse and rode beside her to protect her. All the disciples of the Nine Dragons Sect shouted loudly and came to stop them one after another.The two soft whips swept across the ground and hit the horse's feet.Yuan Ziyi turned around and whipped out the whips, he had already wrapped the heads of the two soft whips, and when he lifted the horse's scorpion with his right hand, the white horse galloped.This horse has extraordinary spirit, its footsteps are extremely fast, and its strength is also abnormal. With all its strength, it sprinted and immediately dragged down the two men holding soft whips.Unexpectedly, the two men were shocked, and their bodies were already dragged by the white horse for six or seven zhang on the ground.The two were eager to stand up, but the white horse was going away so fast, the two of them just raised their upper bodies, but they were dragged down again immediately, in panic, they couldn't think of throwing away their weapons, and they still held onto the whip handles firmly. Yuan Ziyi found it funny on the horse, so he reined in the horse and stopped. When the two men stood up, they saw that their eyes were bruised and their noses were swollen, and their hands, feet and face were all scratched by the gravel in the ground, and asked: "Do you have any treasures for your soft whips? Why are you not willing to let go?" The toe of the right foot tapped lightly on the horse's belly.The white horse galloped forward and dragged the two of them down again.At this moment, the two of them came to their senses, let go of their whips, and heard Yuan Ziyi giggling coquettishly, and galloped away side by side with Hu Fei. There are many disciples of the Kowloon Sect in Yijiawan, and the momentum is very strong. Today, to see the teacher off, they all gathered on the pier. Seeing Yiji's defeat, they wanted to rush forward. Although Yuan Ziyi and Hu Fei are strong in martial arts, they are no match for many heroes.Fortunately, Yuan Ziyi returned the whip to pull people before he went. The situation was fantastic, and all the disciples were dumbfounded. They would feel uncomfortable for a while, but when they were about to rush to the siege, the two had already galloped away.At this time, Yi Jiyou woke up, and all the disciples expressed condolences, scolding Yuan Ziyi for treachery and deceit, and they talked about it, but no one knew her origin, so all the opponents of the Kowloon faction became her behind-the-scenes instigation people.
Yuan Ziyi drove a long way, until he could not see the house in Yijiawan when he looked back, and then threw the two nine-section steel whips he had seized on the ground.She looked at Hu Fei in a blink of an eye, and saw that he was dressed in peasant clothes, rustic and naive, and couldn't help being funny, but she thought that if he hadn't rescued him just now, her life might have been sent to Yijiawan. Thinking back at this moment, I can't help being secretly startled, but also very grateful to him. The two rode together for a while, and Hu Fei said: "Miss Yuan, how many schools of martial arts are there in the world?" Yuan Ziyi smiled and said, "I don't know, how many schools do you think there are?" I just asked for advice. You are now the head of the Wei Tuo Sect, the Eight Immortals Sword, and the Nine Dragons School. You have to be the head of a few more schools to be satisfied?" Yuan Ziyi said with a smile: "Although you have won Yi Ji, but The disciples under his sect refused to accept it. The head of the Nine Dragons School is really reluctant. As for the heads of the Shaolin, Wudang, and Taiji sects, I dare not snatch them. I will accept another ten schools of broken copper and rotten iron. That's enough." Hu Fei stuck out his tongue, and said: "Hey, the head of the thirteen schools of martial arts, this name is quite prestigious." Yuan Ziyi smiled and said: "Brother Hu, you are so strong in martial arts, why don't you grab some of the heads as well?" What are people doing? Let’s take it all the way. You take one family, I take one family, and take turns. When you arrive in Beijing, I am the head of the thirteen families, and you are also the head of the thirteen families. Let’s go to participate together Wouldn’t it be interesting for Marshal Fu to hold a meeting of the masters of the world?” Hu Fei shook his hands again and again, and said: "I don't have the guts, let alone the good martial arts of a girl. Most of the masters didn't grab half of them, so they gave someone a trick of 'Lu Dongbin push the dog' and fell into the river, turning into a A sluggish dog in the water! But if you are only the head of the Loach Sect, it’s not very honorable.” Yuan Ziyi smiled and bent over, cupping his fists and said: “Brother Hu, I’m sorry to you here. I’m really sorry, Thank you for your help." Hu Fei clasped his fists in return, and said solemnly: "The masters of the three families, I dare not be the younger ones." Yuan Ziyi saw that he looked honest, but spoke very funny, and he was even more happy, and said with a smile: "No wonder that old boy Zhao Banshan praised you for being good!" Huh? What did he tell you?" Yuan Ziyi smiled and said, "If you chased me, I will tell you." Stretching out his toes, he touched the horse's belly lightly. Hu Fei thought to himself, once your white horse runs, how can I catch up?Seeing that the white horse's hind legs were on the ground, he was about to use his strength. He jumped up hurriedly, pressed his left palm on the white horse's hip, and his body fell on the white horse's back, sitting right behind Yuan Ziyi.There was an extra person on the white horse's back, but he didn't care, and still galloped like the wind and electricity.The blue horse followed behind, although it had no saddle, it was tens of feet away from the white horse in a short while. Yuan Ziyi slightly smelled the masculine breath on Hu Fei's body behind him, his face became hot, and he was about to speak, but stopped.After galloping for a while, I suddenly heard a thunderbolt in the air. When I looked up, dark clouds had covered half of the sky.At this time, it was very hot, and the showers came as soon as they were said. As soon as she lifted the rein, the white horse ran faster. Less than a cup of tea, the westerly wind turned strong, and the raindrops as big as soybeans were about to fall.At a glance, there are no houses beside the road, only a corner of the yellow wall protruding from the left mountain depression.Yuan Ziyi rode a horse and rode close, but it was an ancient temple. On the broken plaque were written the four characters "Xiangfei Shrine". Hu Fei jumped off his horse, pushed open the temple door, and without taking a closer look, he pulled the white horse in first.At this time, Jiao Lei followed one another in the air, and lightning flashed continuously. Although Yuan Ziyi was skilled in martial arts, he couldn't help showing fear on his face. Hu Fei went to the apse to have a look, but there was no one in the temple, so he returned to the front hall and said, "The apse is better." He found some straw, cleaned half of the place, and said, "This rain doesn't last long, wait for it to rain." The rain will be over, and I will be able to arrive in Changsha today." Yuan Ziyi said "hmm" and stopped talking.The two had been talking and laughing, but after riding together for a while, Yuan Ziyi felt a little strange in his heart. Looking at Hu Fei, he couldn't help feeling a little shy and embarrassed. The two sat side by side, suddenly turned their heads at the same time, made eye contact, smiled slightly, and turned their heads away. After a while, Hu Fei asked: "Is your third uncle Zhao safe?" Yuan Ziyi said: "Okay! What's wrong with him?" Hu Fei said: "Where is he? I miss him so much, I really miss him." See him." Yuan Ziyi said: "Then you go to Huijiang. As long as you don't die, he doesn't die, you can see him." Hu Fei smiled and asked: "You just came from Huijiang?" Yuan Ziyi Looking back and smiling, he said, "Yes. Do you think I look like this?" Hu Fei shook his head and said, "I don't know. I only said that Huijiang was a barren desert, but I didn't know there were such beauties as girls. " Yuan Ziyi blushed, said "bah", and said, "What nonsense are you talking about?" After Hu Fei said a word, he felt a little regretful, thinking to himself that in this ancient temple, lonely men and widows should never speak frivolously. topic, and asked: "What is the purpose of Marshal Fu holding this meeting of the heads of the world, can the girl tell me?" Yuan Ziyi couldn't help but glanced at him when he heard his tone suddenly turned dignified, and said: "His prince Your lord, you have enough to eat and have nothing to do, so you can find some martial arts masters for entertainment, isn't it just like fighting cocks and crickets? It's a pity that countless martial arts masters in the world have been fooled by him, but they don't know it." Hu Fei slapped his thigh, and said loudly: "What the girl said is not bad at all. I admire such a brilliant opinion. It turns out that the girl robbed the position of the head all the way to make trouble for this handsome man." Yuan Ziyi laughed. : "It's better for the two of us to work together to snatch half of him as the head of the world first. In this way, Marshal Fu's conference will be in disarray, and it will not be a good thing. Let's make a fuss for him at the conference and call From now on, he dare not underestimate the martial arts scholars in the world." Hu Fei applauded again and again, and said: "Okay, let's do it like this. The girl takes the lead, and I will follow you to do a little bit." Yuan Ziyi said: "Your martial arts are far better than mine, so why be polite? "Satisfied that he helped to save him, the idea of ​​calling himself a master and teaching him some ways in the world suddenly disappeared without a trace. Hu Fei said: "Brother Zhao and I once met a Mr. Fu in Shangdong Shangbao. I don't know if it is this Marshal Fu? Brother Zhao said that their Honghua Society had captured this Mr. Fu. See you了赵三哥，害怕得很，急急忙忙便逃走了。”袁紫衣笑道：“红花会拿过的福康安，便是这个福大帅。” 两人说得高兴，却见大雨始终不止，反越下越大。庙后是一条山涧，山水冲将下来，轰轰隆隆，竟似潮水一般。那古庙年久破败，到处漏水。胡斐与袁紫衣缩在屋角之中，眼见天色渐黑，乌云竟似要压到头顶一般，看来已无法上路。胡斐到灶间找了些柴枝，在地下点燃了作灯，笑道：“大雨不止，咱们只好挨一晚饿了。” 火光映在袁紫衣脸上，红红的愈增娇艳。她自回疆万里东来，在荒山野地歇宿，原也视作寻常，但孤身与一个青年男子共处古庙，却是从所未有的经历，而自从得他援手之后，不禁对他心仪，心头不由得有股说不出的滋味。 胡斐找些稻草，在神坛上铺好，又在远离神坛的地下堆了些稻草，笑道：“吕洞宾睡天上，落水狗睡地下。”说着在地下稻草堆里一躺，翻身向壁，闭上了眼。 袁紫衣暗暗点头，心想他果然是个守礼君子，笑道：“落水狗，明天见。”跃上了神坛。她睡下后心神不定，耳听着急雨打在屋瓦之上，噼噼啪啪乱响，想起在小客店中曾虚打胡斐，却打了自己，更觉难为情，忽想：“如果他半夜里伸手来抱我，那怎么办？”“什么怎么办？自然狠狠地打！”但觉真要狠打，只怕也真舍不得。思前想后，既自伤身世，又觉不该去撩拨人家，今后不知如何着落，不由得垂下泪来，细听胡斐鼻息渐沉，竟已无心无事地睡去，轻轻地道：“这小泥鲍，他倒睡得着，那也好，他没想我！”直过了半个多时辰，才矇昽睡去。
睡到半夜，隐隐听得有马蹄之声，渐渐奔近，袁紫衣翻身坐起。胡斐也已听到，低声道：“吕洞宾，有人来啦。”马蹄声越奔越近，还夹杂着车轮之声。胡斐心想：“这场大雨自下午落起，中间一直不停，怎地有人冒着大雨，连夜赶路？”车马到了庙外，一齐停歇。袁紫衣道：“他们要进庙来！”从神坛跃下，坐在胡斐身边。 果然庙门呀的一声推开了，车马都牵到了前殿廊下。跟着两名车夫手持火把，走到后殿，见到胡袁二人，道：“这儿有人，我们在前殿歇。”当即走了出去。只听得前殿人声嘈杂，人数不少，有的劈柴生火，有的洗米煮饭，说的话大都是广东口音。乱了一阵，渐渐安静下来。 忽听一人说道：“不用铺床。吃过饭后，不管雨大雨小，还是乘黑赶路。”语声清晰，说的却是北方话。胡斐听了这口音，心中一愣。这时后殿点的柴枝尚未熄灭，火光下见袁紫衣也微微变色。 又听前殿另一人道：“老爷子也太把细啦，这么大雨……”这时雨声直响，把他下面的话声淹没了。先前说话的那人却中气充沛，语音洪亮，声音隔着院子，在大雨中仍清清楚楚地传来：“黑夜之中又有大雨，正好赶路。莫要贪得一时安逸，却把全家性命送了，此处离大路不远，别鬼使神差地撞在小贼手里。” 听到此处，胡斐再无怀疑，心下大喜，暗道：“当真是鬼使神差，撞在我手里。”低声道：“吕洞宾，外边又是一位掌门人到了，这次就让我来抢。” 袁紫衣“嗯”了一声，却不说话。胡斐见她并无喜容，微感奇怪，紧了紧腰带，将单刀插在腰带里，大踏步走向前殿。 东厢边七八个人席地而坐，其中一人身材高大，坐在地下，比旁人高出了半个头，身子向外。胡斐一见他的侧影，认得他正是佛山镇的大恶霸凤天南。只见他将那条镀金钢棍倚在身上，抬眼望天，呆呆出神，不知是在怀念佛山镇那一份偌大的家业，还是在筹划对付敌人、重振雄风的方策？胡斐从神龛后的暗影中出来，前殿诸人全没在意。 西边殿上生着好大一堆柴火，火上吊着一口大铁锅，正在煮饭。胡斐走上前去，飞起左腿，呛啷啷一声响，将那口铁锅踢得飞人院中，白米撒了一地。 众人大惊，一齐转头。凤天南、凤一鸣父子等认得他的，无不变色。空手的人忙抢着去抄兵刃。胡斐见了凤天南那张白白胖胖的脸膛，想起北帝庙中钟阿四全家惨死的情状，气极反笑，说道：“凤老爷，这里是湘妃庙，风雅得很啊。” 凤天南杀了钟阿四一家三口，立即毁家出走，一路上昼宿夜行，尽拣偏僻小道行走。他做事也真干净利落，胡斐虽然机伶，毕竟江湖上阅历甚浅，没能查出丝毫痕迹。这日若非遭遇大雨，阴差阳错，决不会在这古庙中相逢。 凤天南见对头突然出现，不由得心中一寒，暗道：“看来这湘妃庙是凤某归天之处了。”但神态仍十分镇定，缓缓站起，向儿子招了招手，叫他走近身去，有话吩咐。 胡斐横刀堵住庙门，笑道：“凤老爷，也不用嘱咐什么。你杀钟阿四一家，我便杀你凤老爷一家。咱们一刀一个，决不含糊。你凤老爷与众不同，留在最后，免得你放心不下，还怕世上有你家人剩着。” 凤天南背脊上一凉，想不到此人小小年纪，做事居然如此辣手，右手单持金棍，说道：“好汉一人做事一身当，多说废话干吗？你要凤某的性命，拿去便是。”说着抢上一步，呼的一声，金棍“搂头盖顶”，便往胡斐脑门击下，左手却向后急挥，示意儿子快走。 凤一鸣知父亲决非敌人对手，危急之际哪肯自己逃命？叫道：“大伙儿齐上！”只盼倚多为胜，挺起单刀，纵到胡斐左侧。随着凤天南出亡的家人亲信、弟子门人，共有十六七人，大半武艺不低，其中有些还是从北方招纳来的武师，听得凤一鸣呼叫，有八九人手执兵刃，围将上来。 凤天南眉头一皱，心想：“咳！当真不识好歹。倘若人多便能打胜，我佛山镇上人还少了吗？又何必千里迢迢地背井离乡，逃亡在外？”事到临头，也已别无他法，只有决一死战。他心中存了拼个同归于尽的念头，出手反而冷静，挥棍击出，不待招术用老，金棍斜掠，拉回横扫。 胡斐心想此人罪大恶极，一刀送了他性命，报应不足以偿恶，见金棍扫到，单刀往上抛出，伸手便去硬抓棍尾，竟一出手便将敌人视若无物。凤天南暗想我一生闯荡江湖，还没给人如此轻视过，不由得怒火直冲胸臆，但佛山镇上一番交手，知对方武功实非己所能敌，手上丝毫不敢大意，急速收棍，退后两步。只听得头顶秃的一响，众人虽大敌当前，仍忍不住抬头看去，却是胡斐那柄单刀抛掷上去，斩住了屋梁。 胡斐纵声长笑，冲人人群，双手忽起忽落，将凤天南八九名门人弟子尽数点中穴道，一一甩在两旁。霎时之间，大殿中心空空荡荡，只剩下凤氏父子与胡斐三人。 凤天南一咬牙，低声喝道：“鸣儿你还不走，真要凤家绝子绝孙么？”凤一鸣兀自迟疑，提着单刀，不知该当上前夹击，还是夺路逃生？ 胡斐身形晃处，已抢到了凤一鸣背后，凤天南纵声大呼，金棍挥出，上前截拦。胡斐忽出右掌在凤一鸣肩头力推，凤一鸣站立不稳，身子前冲，便向棍上撞去。凤天南大惊，急收金棍，总算他在这棍上下了数十年苦功，在千钧一发之际硬生生收回，才没将儿子打得脑架迸裂。 胡斐不待凤一鸣站稳，右手抓住了他后颈，提左掌往他脑门拍落。凤天南想起他在北帝庙中击断石龟头颈的掌力，这一掌落在儿子脑门之上，怎能还有命在？忙递出金棍，猛点胡斐左腰，迫使他回掌自救。胡斐左掌举在半空，稍一停留，待金棍将到腰间，右手抓着凤一鸣脑袋，猛地往棍头急送。凤天南立即变招，改为“挑袍撩衣”，自下向上抄起，攻敌下盘。胡斐叫道：“好！”左掌在凤一鸣背上推动，用他身子去抵挡金棍。 数招一过，凤一鸣变成了胡斐手中的一件兵器。胡斐不是拿他脑袋去和金棍碰撞，便是用他四肢来格架金棍。凤天南出手稍慢，欲待罢斗，胡斐便举起手掌，作势欲击凤一鸣要害，叫他不得不救，但一救之下，处处危机，没一招不是令他险些亲手击毙儿子。又斗数招，凤天南心力交瘁，陡地退开三步，将金棍往地下掷落，当的一声巨响，地下青砖碎了数块，惨然不语。 胡斐厉声喝道：“凤天南，只你便有爱子之心，人家儿子却又怎地？” 凤天南微微一怔，随即强悍之气又盛，大声道：“凤某横行岭南，做到五虎派掌门，生平杀人无算。我这儿子手下也杀过三四十条人命，今日死在你手里，又算得了什么？你还不动手，啰里啰唆的干吗？”胡斐喝道：“那你自己了断便是，不用小爷多费手脚。”凤天南拾起金棍，惨然苦笑，回转棍端，便往自己头顶砸去。
突然间银光闪动，一条极长的软鞭自胡斐背后飞出，卷住金棍往外急夺。凤天南膂力甚强，硬功了得，这一夺金棍竟没脱手，但自击之势，却也止了。这挥鞭夺棍的正是袁紫衣，她手上使劲再拉，凤天南金棍仍凝住不动，她却已借势跃出。 袁紫衣笑道：“胡大哥，咱们只夺掌门之位，可不能杀伤人命。”胡斐咬牙切齿地道：“袁姑娘你不知道，这人罪恶滔天，非一般掌门人可比。”袁紫衣摇头道：“我抢夺掌门，师父知道了不过一笑。但若伤了人命，他老人家可要大天怪罪。”胡斐道：“这人是我杀的，跟姑娘毫无干系。”袁紫衣答道：“不对，不对！抢夺掌门之事，因我而起。这人是五虎派掌门，怎能说跟我没有干系？”胡斐急道：“我从广东直追到湖南，便是追赶这恶贼。他是掌门人也好，不是掌门人也好，今日非杀了他不可。” 袁紫衣正色道：“胡大哥，我跟你说正经话，你好好听着了。”胡斐点了点头。袁紫衣道：“你不知我师父是谁，是不是？”胡斐道：“我不知道。姑娘这般好身手，尊师定是一位名震江湖的大侠，请问他老人家大名怎生称呼。” 袁紫衣道：“我师父的名字，日后你必知道。现下我只跟你说，我离回疆之时，我师父对我说道：'你去中原，不管怎么胡闹，我都不管，但只要杀了一个人，我立时取你小命。'我师父向来说话，决没半分含糊。”胡斐道：“难道十恶不赦的坏人，也不许杀么？”袁紫衣说道：“照啊！那时我也这般问我师父。他老人家道：'坏人本来该杀：但世情变幻，一人到底是好是坏，你小小年纪怎能分辨清楚？世上有笑面老虎，也有虎面菩萨。人死不能复生，只要杀错一个人，那便终身遗恨。'” 胡斐点头道：“话是不错。但这人亲口自认杀人无算，他在佛山镇上杀害良善，是我亲眼见到，决错不了。”袁紫衣道：“我是迫于师命，事出无奈。胡大哥，你瞧在我份上，高抬贵手，就此算了吧！” 胡斐听她言辞恳切，确是真心相求，自与她相识以来，从未听过她以这般语气说话，不由得心中一动，心想倘若就此与她修好，今后一生，这个美丽活泼的姑娘极可能与自己相伴一起，如此艳福，人生复有何求？一瞥眼间，袁紫衣眉眼盈盈，尽是求恳之意，似乎便要投身入怀；但随即想起钟阿四夫妇父子死亡枕藉的惨状，想起北帝神像座前石上小儿剖腹的血迹，想起佛山街头恶犬扑咬钟小二的狠态，一股热血涌上心头，大声道：“袁姑娘，这儿的事你只当没碰上，请你先行一步，咱们到长沙再见。” 袁紫衣脸色一沉，愠道：“我生平从未如此低声下气地求过别人，你却定然不依。这人与你又没深仇大怨，你也不过是为了旁人外之事，路见不平而已。他毁家逃亡，昼宿夜行，也算是怕得你狠了。胡大哥，为人不可赶尽杀绝，须留三分余地。”说着走上一步，仰头瞧着他。 胡斐朗声说道：“袁姑娘，这人我是非杀不可。我先跟你赔个不是，日后尊师倘若怪责，我甘愿独自领罪。”说着一揖到地。 只听得刷的一响，袁紫衣银鞭挥起，卷住了屋梁上胡斐那柄单刀，扯将下来，轻轻一送，卷到了他面前，说道：“接着！”胡斐伸手抓住刀柄，只听她道：“胡大哥，你先打败我，再杀他全家，那时师父便怪我不得。”胡斐怒道：“你一意从中阻拦，定有别情。尊师是堂堂大侠、前辈高人，难道就不讲情理？” 袁紫衣轻叹一声，柔声道：“胡大哥，你当真不给我一点儿面子么？” 火光映照之下，袁紫衣娇脸如花，低语央求，胡斐不由得心肠软了，见到她握着银鞭的手莹白如玉，一股冲动，便想抛下单刀，伸手去握她的小手。一转念间，想她如此恳切相求，太过不近情理，其中多半有诈，心道：“胡斐啊胡斐，你若惑于美色，不顾大义，枉为英雄好汉。你爹爹胡一刀一世豪杰，岂能有你这等不肖子孙？”叫道：“如此便得罪了。”单刀一起，一招“大三拍”，刀光闪闪，已将袁紫衣上盘罩住，左手扬处，一锭纹银往凤天南心口打去。 袁紫衣见他痴痴望着自己，似乎已答允自己求恳，正自欢喜，不料他竟会突然出手。两人相距不远，这一招“大三拍”来得猛恶，银丝鞭又长又软，本已不易抵挡，而他左手又发暗器，但听风声劲急，显得这暗器极重，只怕凤禾南难挡。袁紫衣心念一闪：“他不会伤我！”长鞭甩出，急追上去，当的一声，将那锭纹银打落，对胡斐的刀招竟不封不架。 原来胡斐知她武功决不在自己之下，她武学渊博，许多招式自己从所未见，一动上手，非片时可决，凤天南父子不免逃走，是以突然发难，但身边暗器只有钱镖，便打中也不能致命，于是将一绽五两重的纹银急掷出去。那日他在河中洗刷时，衣物给袁紫衣抢去，幸好当日夺得曹猛的一批银两，放在马后，幸保不失，这时却用上了。这一下手劲既重，去势又怪，眼见定可成功，岂料袁紫衣竟然冒险不护自身，反去相救旁人。 他刀锋离她头顶不及数寸，凝臂停住，喝问：“这为什么？”袁紫衣神色歉然，说道：“对不起啦！我迫不得已！”蓦地向后纵开丈余，银鞭回甩，叫道：“看招吧！”胡斐举刀挡架，待要俟机再向凤天南袭击，但袁紫衣的银丝软鞭一展开，招招杀着，竟不容他有丝毫缓手之机，只得全神贯注，见招拆招。大殿上软鞭化成个银光大圈，单刀舞成个银光小圈，两个银圈盘旋冲击，腾挪闪跃，偶然发出几下刀鞭撞击之声。 斗到分际，袁紫衣软鞭横甩，将神坛上点着的蜡烛击落地下。胡斐心念一动：“她要打灭烛火，好让那姓凤的逃走。”虽知她用意，一时却无应付之策，只有展开祖传胡家刀法中练熟了的精妙招数，着着进攻。袁紫衣叫道：“好刀法！”鞭身横过，架开了一刀，鞭头已卷住了西殿地下点燃着的一根柴火，向他掷去。 煮饭的铁锅虽遭胡斐踢翻，烧得正旺的二三十根柴火却兀自未熄。胡斐见柴火飞来，不敢挥刀去砸，只怕火星溅开，伤了头脸，当即跃开闪避，这一闪一避，便不能进击。袁紫衣缓出手来，将火堆中燃着的柴火随卷随掷，一根甫出，二根继至，一时之间，闪过一道道火光。 胡斐见柴火不断掷来，又多又快，只得展开轻功，在殿中四下游走。眼见凤天南的家人、子弟、车夫仆从一个个溜向后殿，点中了穴道的也给人抱走，凤天南父子却目露凶光，站在一旁。他怕凤天南乘机夺路脱逃，刀光霍霍，身子不离庙门。 斗了一会儿，空中飞舞的柴火渐少，掉在地下的也渐次媳灭。 袁紫衣笑道：“胡大哥，今日难得有兴，咱们便分个强弱如何？”说着软鞭挥动，甫点胡斐前胸，随即转而打向右胁。胡斐举刀架开了前一招，第二招来得怪异，忙在地下一个打滚，这才避开。袁紫衣笑道：“不用忙，我不会伤你。” 这句话触动了胡斐的傲气，心想：“难道我便真的输于你了？”催动刀法，步步进逼。此时大殿正中只余一段木柴兀自燃烧，听袁紫衣道：“我这路鞭法招数奇特，可要小心了！”突然风雷之声大作，轰轰隆隆，不知她软鞭中如何竟能发如此怪声。胡斐叫了声：“好！”先自守紧门户，要瞧明白她鞭法的要旨。忽听得劈啪一声，殿中的一段柴火爆裂开来，火花四溅，火光中但见袁紫衣容貌如花，脸生红晕，眼色温柔，全无敌意，目光中似怨似责，又似有些自怨自艾。胡斐不明其意，一怔之下，火花隐灭，殿中黑漆一团。 这时雨下得更加大了，打在屋瓦之上，刷刷作声，袁紫衣的鞭声夹在其间，隆隆震耳。胡斐虽然大胆，当此情景，也不禁栗栗自危，猛地里一个念头如电光石火般在心中一转：“那日在佛山北帝庙中，凤天南要举刀自杀，有一女子用指环打落他单刀。瞧那女子的身形手法，定是这位袁姑娘了。”想到此处，胸口更是一凉：“她跟我结伴同行，原来是意欲不利于我。”不知怎地，心中感到的不是惊惧，而是一阵失望和凄凉，意念稍分，手上便也略懈，刀头竟给软鞭卷住，险些脱手，忙运力回夺。 袁紫衣究是女子，招数虽精，膂力却远不及胡斐，胡斐数年来勤修内力，内功已不下于一流高手，给他一夺之下，