Chapter 18 Chapter Eighteen

When Qunhao heard this, they were all startled.The people in Fukang'an Mansion knew that the emperor had a whim, and there was an imperial edict in the middle of the night, so they didn't think it was surprising, and immediately set up the incense table.Fukang'an stood up and knelt in front of the dripping eaves to receive the order.From Admiral An down, everyone knelt down together. When Hu Fei saw this situation, he had to kneel down, cursing secretly in his heart. Only the sound of boots being abandoned, five people walked into the yard, the first one was an old eunuch.Fukang'an knew that he was Liu Zhiyu, the eunuch of Qianqing Palace, followed by four internal guards.

Then Liu Zhiyu walked to the entrance of the hall, but did not enter the hall, so he stood still in front of the door, unfolded the imperial decree, and read out: "The imperial decree of the current Long Live Emperor Qianlong: Minister of the Ministry of War Fukang'an listened to the decree, and the male and female culprits were captured just now. That is to say, bring it to the palace, and there must be no mistakes. This is it!" Fukang'an was stunned immediately, thinking: "The emperor's message is so fast. What is he going to do with two thieves?" Then he thought: "This decree is neither fish nor fowl, what's the edict of Emperor Qianlong's long live today', what's not Is there a mistake?" When he looked up, he saw Liu Zhiyu winking, with a strange look on his face, and thinking that eunuchs usually passed orders, they must have stood in the middle of the hall and read them facing south, but this time it was an appropriate order facing inwards.This Liu Zhiyu is an old eunuch in the palace, he must not make mistakes in the rules, there must be a reason, he stood up and said: "Eunuch Liu, please sit down and drink tea, and watch the heroes here show their skills." Liu Zhiyu said happily "Excellent, excellent!" Suddenly he frowned, and said, "Thank you, Marshal Fu, I don't want to drink any more tea, the emperor is waiting for someone important."

When Fukang'an saw this scene, he suddenly realized that he had been coerced by the guards behind him to pass on the imperial decree. Who are the big brothers who are watching you? Why are you so tight?" Liu Zhiyu said with a wry smile, "This...that...hehe, they are newcomers from other provinces." Fukang'an was even more discerning. The guards of the inner class were by the emperor's side day and night. If they were not relatives or nobles, they were the children of ministers with meritorious service. How could a warrior from other provinces be a warrior?I thought: "Only by transferring these four people, eunuch Liu will not be held hostage by them." Said: "In that case, the four guards will take the thief away!" He said to the young scholar and Sang Fei tied aside Rainbow pointed.

One of the four guards stepped forward to lead the scholar.Fukang'an said: "Wait a minute! What's the name of this brother guard?" According to normal circumstances, Fukang'an was polite to the guards in the palace and called him "Brother Guard", but the rank of a guard was much lower than him, so he would definitely come forward to greet him.But the guard ignored him savagely, and just said: "My surname is Zhang!" Fu Kangan said: "When did Brother Zhang arrive in the palace? Why didn't you meet?" The guard hadn't answered yet, a fat guard behind Liu Zhiyu suddenly raised his right hand, with a silver light shining, a shuttle-like hidden weapon shot out, and flew towards the coffee table where the Jade Dragon Cup was placed.This hidden weapon is in a hurry, and the eight jade cups are about to be smashed together.All the guards shouted one after another, and those who were good at firing hidden weapons shot their hands separately. Seven or eight hidden weapons, including sleeve arrows, darts, iron lotus seeds, and caltrops, all shot at Yinshuo.The fat bodyguard raised his arms and shot seven or eight hidden weapons in unison.

Only the sound of tinkling was heard continuously, and the hidden weapons of all the guards were knocked down one after another.The silver shuttle flew to the coffee table and caught a jade dragon cup.Strange to say, the shuttle turned around by itself in mid-air, hooked the Jade Dragon Cup, flew back obliquely, and returned to the guard's hand.Everyone was stunned when they saw such a strange scene. Hu Fei was overjoyed when he saw the fat guard's magic skill of launching hidden weapons, and couldn't help shouting: "Brother Zhao!" That fat bodyguard was none other than Thousand-armed Tathagata Zhao Banshan in disguise.The guard who went to rescue the scholar was Shi Shuangying, a ghost from the Red Flower Club.The dry man had already met outside the Fukang'an mansion. Seeing that the young scholar was captured by mistake, the eunuch Liu Zhiyu happened to pass by the gate of the mansion, so he was arrested and falsely preached the imperial decree.But after all, these heroes in the arena do not understand the rules of the court and officialdom, and they will show their feet as soon as they enter Fukang'an Mansion.Seeing Fukang'an's expression and words, Zhao Banshan became suspicious, so he did not wait for his order to capture someone, so he acted first, sent out a flying swallow silver shuttle, and snatched a jade cup.This Feiyan silver shuttle is an ingenious hidden weapon he created, the shuttle is curved and can fly back to his hand after being thrown.

As soon as he snatched the jade cup, he suddenly heard someone call: "Brother Zhao!" The call revealed his true feelings, as if meeting a relative for the first time, he raised his eyes to look where the call came from, but there was no acquaintance.Hu Fei and him have been separated for many years, and his body, description and appearance have changed greatly, not to mention that he has been disguised, even if he has not changed, he may not be recognized when he meets in a different place. Sitting in this dragon pool and tiger lair, he didn't see any acquaintances at a glance, and he had no time to take a second look. He raised his arms, but he could hear endless chirping sounds. Every time he sounded, a red candle was fired for the hidden weapon. Turn off, and in an instant, the hall was pitch black.He could only hear him yelling loudly: "Fukang'an watch the darts!" Then two people screamed loudly, obviously they had been hit by his hidden weapon.But there was a ping, bang, bang, and the sound of weapons, and two guards rushed forward to intercept Shi Shuangying.

Zhao Banshan shouted: "Let's go, don't love to fight!" He knew that he was in a dangerous place, there were clouds of masters in the hall, if he missed a hit, he would be sent flying away, to save people, he had to plan later, and now he used the darkness There is chaos in the world, and you can still get out, but if the time passes, even yourself will be trapped in it.But at this time Shi Shuangying was already trapped, and then two more people attacked, and if there was any delay, let alone saving people, even he himself would not be able to get away. When the young scholar was captured by Tang Pei, Hu Fei planned to rescue him. He was surrounded by powerful enemies in the hall, but he was not sure of winning against any of the four masters sitting on the grand master's chair. Seeing Zhao Banshan turn off all the lights in the hall, without hesitation, he immediately rushed to the young scholar's side.Tang Pei hit the acupoints, and Hu Fei could see clearly that the three acupoints were Yunmen, Quchi, and Hegu. At this moment, he bent over and slapped the Tianzong acupoint on the back of the scholar's shoulder, and immediately unlocked his Yunmen acupoint, and when he was about to massage his Tianchi acupoint again, a slight palm wind suddenly hit the top of his head.

Hu Fei turned his left hand over, and returned a palm against the wind of the palm, only to feel the enemy's palm coming extremely fast, with a soft snap, and the palms intersected.Hu Fei was shocked, and couldn't help taking half a step back, startled: "This person's palm is so strong!" He had to fight with all his strength, but felt that the opponent's internal energy was coming from an endless stream.Hu Fei secretly groaned, thinking: "Competition of palm strength can be decided in a moment, and the candles will be lit when there are few candles. It seems that it will not be easy for me to escape." Suddenly, the young scholar said in a low voice: "Thank you for your help!" He jumped up.

When he jumped up, Hu Fei immediately realized: "I only unblocked his Yunmen acupoint, his Quchi and Hegu acupoints, and it turned out that I undid the person with my palm opposite. Then this person is a friend rather than an enemy." Thinking of this verse, the other party also thought: "I only relieved his Quchi and Hegu acupoints, and left Yunmen acupoint unresolved. It turned out to be the person who opposed me. Then this person is a friend rather than an enemy. "The two had the same thought, and immediately withdrew their palms. The young scholar grabbed Sang Feihong who was lying beside him, rushed out, and shouted: "Fu Kang'an has been slaughtered by me! Shaolin sent all heroes to attack the east, and Wudang sent all heroes to attack the west! Everyone! Kill! Kill!"

In the darkness, one could hear the chaotic sound of weapons, the hall was in chaos, and everyone's hearts were also in chaos. All the guards broke out in a cold sweat when they heard that Marshal Fu was murdered. They also heard the shouts of "Shaolin sent all the heroes to attack the east, and Wudang sent all the heroes to attack the west". up? Suddenly Zhou Tiewei's voice was heard shouting: "Master Fu is safe and sound, don't be fooled by the thieves!" After all the guards lit the candles around, Zhao Banshan, Shi Shuangying, the young scholar and Sang Feihong all disappeared.

I saw Fukang Anduan sitting in the chair, Tang Pei and Hai Lanbi standing in front of him, front, back, left, and right, protected by more than 60 guards like meat screens.Under such tight defense, thousands of masters attacked at the same time, and within a short period of time, they could not hurt him half a hair, let alone just a few assassins?But also because his guards only wanted to protect the commander in chief, Zhao Banshan and the young scholar had to escape in darkness.Otherwise, no matter how strong their martial arts are, they will never be able to retreat so easily. Everyone saw Fu Kang'an with a smile on his face and a calm expression on his face, and the hall was suddenly quiet; they also saw Master Dazhi Shan, the head of the Shaolin School, and Wu Qingzi, the head of the Wudang School, sitting in the chairs with peaceful expressions, and they all knew what the scholar said. Shouting is nothing more than disturbing people's hearts. Fukang'an smiled and said: "The thief is talking nonsense, the Zen master and the Taoist priest don't mind." Admiral An went to Fukang'an to greet him, and said: "The humble post is incompetent, and the thief escaped. Please come down to me." Fukang An waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's all my trouble, it's not that you are incompetent. Everyone cares about protecting me, and ignores the thief." He was satisfied, feeling that all the guards were doing their duty, Taking him as the most important thing, he tried his best to protect him, and said: "A few little thieves came to make trouble, what's the big deal? I lost a Jade Dragon Cup, um, that's fine, let's see which faction's head will take it back in the future , and then captured the thief, the Jade Dragon Cup will belong to him. This is a battle of wits and strength, wouldn't it be more interesting than just competing in martial arts here?" The group of heroes cheered loudly, and they all praised the marshal for his ingenious arrangements.Hu Fei and Cheng Lingsu glanced at each other, and they couldn't help admiring Fukang'an's great adaptability. The scandal of losing the cup was lightly covered up, and with a flip of the hand, it laid down a serious trouble for the Honghuahui.There are quite a few people in the martial arts who are greedy for fame and will do everything possible to try to get back the Jade Dragon Cup. Whether they succeed or not, they will make Honghuahui have many powerful enemies.
Fukangan said to Admiral An: "Let them continue to compete!" Admiral An bowed and said: "Yes!" Turning around, he said loudly: "Marshal Fu has an order, please heroes continue to compete in martial arts, and let's see who owns the remaining three imperial bestowed jade cups." Although he said " Marshal Fu has an order", but he still used the word "please", which means to show respect to the group and treat each other with courtesy. Fukang'an ordered: "Move a chair!" Then a guard stepped forward and moved an empty Taishi chair away. The Jade Dragon Cup was taken away by the Red Flower Society.There are three empty chairs left in the hall.At this moment, everyone realized that Taoist Xiling, the master of Kunlun Knife, did not know when to leave his chair. He thought that he had seen many people from various sects and sects surpassing him in martial arts. Rather than being kicked out of his seat, he might as well retreat by himself. , so as not to be ugly and obedient. At this time, Hu Fei's thoughts were ups and downs, and there were many doubts in his heart: "I don't know how to get Fu Kang'an's twin sons back? I pretended to be the head of the Huaquan sect. Have I been discovered? The other party has not revealed it for a long time. Did I lay out a very powerful trap in the dark? I just opened the acupuncture point for the young scholar, and palmed him in the dark. This entry has strong internal strength, which is no small matter. He also helped the scholar, so he is one of the heroes in the hall. But I don't know who it is?" He knew that if he stayed here for a moment longer, it would be more dangerous, but firstly, there were so many doubts in his heart; secondly, seeing Feng Tiannan was by his side, how could he find out his whereabouts easily? Let him go again?In the third time, I also want to see which faction's leader got the remaining three jade dragon cups. In fact, these are just the reasons he cares about in his heart. The real reason is that he vaguely feels in his heart: Yuan Ziyi will definitely come.Knowing that she was coming, he decided not to leave.Even if there is a great danger, he will not go away.
At this time, there were two pairs of people competing in martial arts in the hall.All four of them use weapons.Hu Fei took a look and saw that the martial arts of the four were higher than those of the previous ones.Soon one made the three-section stick go down, and the other made the meteor hammer come up.It was Tong Huaidao, the "meteor chasing the moon" from Taiyuan Prefecture, who signed up for the roll-call military officer.Hu Fei remembered fighting against the three heroes of the Zhong family a few months ago, and heard them mention the name "Teacher Meteor Chasing Yuetong".This Tong Huaidao's attainments in double hammers are indeed very profound, and he defeated his opponent in just over ten rounds, and the two who came up next were not his opponents. In martial arts competitions between masters, if it is not a competition of internal strength, the victory or defeat is usually determined after a few face-to-face encounters. When it comes to the use of weapons, life and death depend on each other, which is much more dangerous than a contest of fists and feet.The contestants on the two sides have no deep hatred, most of them are famous and unknown to each other, the ones who are slightly inferior in kung fu will retreat in spite of difficulties, and no one is willing to risk their lives and fight to the end.Because in the eyes of people like Fukang'an who only know the superficial knowledge of martial arts, both sides of the competition cherish their feathers, and some people retreat after a few rounds, but they are not as good as Huang Xijie, Sang Feihong, Ouyang Gongzheng, Monk Hachi and others It looks good to beat hard.But martial arts masters can clearly see that the martial arts of the contestants are getting higher and higher, and it is becoming more and more difficult to win. Many masters who were eager to try have changed their minds and decided to stand by and watch.Sometimes the fight between two people seemed listless and unremarkable, but masters like Tang Pei and Hai Lanbi cheered.Generally, the juniors who don't understand the reason are not dumbfounded and dumbfounded, but they echo and pretend to be experts. Even though all the contestants were careful, when they entered the arena, they always strived to win, and they had no eyesight in weapons. Three masters were killed on the spot, and seven people were seriously injured.Finally, Fukang'an was so powerful that the disciples of the dead and injured didn't dare to attack immediately, but the countless bloody storms of retribution in the martial arts had already laid down factors during this day. In the Shunzhi, Kangxi, and Yongzheng dynasties of the Qing Dynasty, anti-Qing righteous actions in the martial arts have continued one after another for more than a hundred years. However, since the middle of Qianlong, the martial arts people have become more and more fratricidal. A big hidden advantage.Although there are many reasons, this World Masters Conference is actually one of the main reasons.Later, the people of insight in the martial arts tried their best to mediate and close the gap, but it was still difficult to eliminate the hatred of all sects and sects.People who don't understand Fukang'an's big conspiracy still say that luck is full of luck, and reckless heroes attack and kill each other because of the fate.
Meteor Chasing Yue Tong Huaidao used a pair of Meteor Hammers to defeat five sect masters in a row in less than half an hour. The rest of the masters were afraid of his double hammers coming and going, and no one came up again for a while. ex challenge. At this moment, a military officer hurried into the hall and whispered a few words in front of Fu Kang'an.Fukang'an nodded, and the military officer walked to the entrance of the hall and said loudly: "Marshal Fu, please invite Mr. Tian, ​​the head of the Northern Sect of Tianlongmen, to come in." Another military officer called out from outside the hall: "Marshal Fu, please invite me." Teacher Tian, ​​head of the Northern Sect of Tianlongmen, came to see us." Hu Fei and Cheng Lingsu looked at each other, and their hearts were slightly shocked: "He is here too!" After a while, I saw Tian Guinong wearing a long robe and mandarin jacket, smiling and walking in slowly, followed by eight people.He walked up to Fukang'an and bowed to pay his respects.Fukang'an bowed, clasped his hands in return, and said with a smile, "Mr. Tian, ​​please sit down!" When the heroes saw it, they all thought: "Tianlongmen is famous all over the world. It has been a hundred years. Since the end of Ming Dynasty, the four families of Hu Miao and Fantian have been equally famous, and there have been good players from generation to generation. This surname Tian is extraordinary, and Marshal Fu treats him well." Plus, it’s different from the leaders of other sects. But I don’t know if he really has amazing skills?” The average number of participants in each faction is four people, but he brought eight entourages, not to mention the late arrival of such a grandiose, the crowd Although Hao was shocked by his reputation, he felt injustice in his heart. Tian Guinong and the heads of Shaolin and Wudang sects nodded in salute. It seemed that they were not familiar with each other, but he and Tang Pei of the seven provinces of Gan Linhui were very close.Tang Pei patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "My dear brother, the elder brother has been thinking about you all the time, wondering why you haven't come by now? If you arrive late and can't get a jade dragon cup, what do you do?" How dare you take this brother's one home? If you don't have a jade cup in Tianlongmen, one day you will be happy and ask your old brother to compare pictures and insults. I have nothing to say other than offering the jade cup with both hands, isn't it? Bad?" After Commander General Fu ordered the factions to compete in martial arts to win the imperial cup, he told him again. Tian Guinong said with a smile: "Brother, how dare you compare with the elder brother? If my Tianlongmen is blessed with the grace of the handsome man, and under the care of the elder brother, I will be overjoyed if I can not make a fool of myself before the heroes of the world." The two said at the same time Laugh out loud.Although he spoke modestly, his expression clearly regarded the Jade Dragon Cup as something in his pocket.Tang Pei and everyone are very affectionate, but the way he treats Tian Guinong is different.Judging from the tone of their address, it seems that they are still brothers who worship. Hu Fei thought to himself: "This man surnamed Tian has fought against me. Although his martial arts are higher than these people, he may not be able to match Tang Pei and Hai Lanbi. To say that he will definitely win the Jade Dragon Cup is to look down on all the heroes in the world." I’m young.” Thinking of his shameless and despicable actions against Miao Renfeng, he had already made up his mind: “It’s fine for him not to get the Jade Dragon Cup, if he wins it by chance, at least he will make a big fool of himself in front of all the heroes in the world.” He and Tian Guinong fought against each other at Miao Renfeng's house, and with the ancestral sword technique, he was beaten until he vomited blood, and he left in a big defeat. What's more, Hu Fei hadn't received Miao Renfeng's guidance at that time, and hadn't realized the essence of the Hu family's sword technique. The key to righteousness.At this moment, in terms of sword skills alone, almost no one in the world can defeat him, even compared with first-rate masters like Miao Renfeng and Zhao Banshan, Tian Guinong is naturally far from his enemy . When Tian Guinong came in, the competition in the hall stopped for a while, and at this moment the sound of swords clashing broke out again.Tian Guinong was sitting in a chair, watching the fight with a wine glass in his hand, with a very leisurely expression on his face. Seeing someone win and someone lose, he just smiled and remained indifferent. Sometimes he would gossip with Tang Pei.Everyone has already seen that he seems to be pretending to be superior to others and disdain to compete with others, but in fact he is waiting for work with ease, and he will only strike at the last moment, when others are exhausted, he will strike with all his strength. Meteor Chasing Yue Tong Huaidao sat in the grand teacher's chair, seeing no one came up to challenge for a long time, suddenly jumped up, walked up to Tian Guinong, and said, "Teacher Tian, ​​the surname Tong will teach you how to do it." Everyone was stunned.Since the beginning of the competition, the winner always sits in the grand master's chair and is challenged by others. Unexpectedly, Tong Huaidao stepped down from his seat and asked Tian Guinong for a fight instead. Tian Guinong smiled and said, "Aren't you busy?" Still holding the wine glass in his hand.Tong Huaidao said: "Anyway, sooner or later it will be a battle. Take advantage of my strength at this time, and learn from Teacher Tian. It will also prevent you from recharging your energy and recharging your energy, and in the end you will pick up a ready-made bargain." He was straightforward, and said something when he thought of it Export, no more scruples. Twenty or thirty people in the crowd cheered.Seeing Tian Guinong's aggressive appearance, these people have long felt annoyed. Tian Guinong laughed, seeing that he couldn't evade, he smiled at Tang Pei: "Brother, brother is going to make a fool of yourself." Tang Pei said: "I wish my brother every success!" Tong Huaidao turned his head, stared straight at Tang Pei, and said harshly: "Mr. Tang, Marshal Fu counts you as one of the four masters. Please be notarized. The word 'gong' is a bit inappropriate." Right?" Tang Pei contradicted him bluntly, feeling embarrassed, forced a smile and said, "Where is it unfair? Please teach me, Teacher Tong." Tong Huaidao said, "I haven't competed with Teacher Tian yet, so you're biased first. Say something like 'I wish you success soon'. The heroes of the world are here, everyone has heard it." Tang Pei was furious. In the past 20 or 30 years, everyone who saw him was Tang Daxia before and after Tang Daxia. No one dared to contradict him like this, let alone denounce him in public like this, but He is very rich in the city, still smiled slightly, and said: "I also wish Teacher Tong a successful start." Tong Huaidao was stunned, thinking that in a competition between two people, one wins by flying the flag and the other succeeds immediately, there is absolutely no reason in the world, but he said so, but he couldn't argue with it, so he said loudly: "Teacher Tang, I wish you even more success in the first place, and success immediately!" When Qunhao heard this, they laughed together.Tian Guinong winked at Tang Pei, saying, "Don't worry, big brother, brother will definitely teach him a lesson for this rude and reckless person." He walked slowly to the center of the hall and said, "Teacher Tong, please come up!" Tong Huaidao saw that he didn't take off his robe, and he didn't have a weapon in his hand, so he became even more angry, and said, "Mr. Tian, ​​is he going to catch this pair of meteor hammers with his bare hands?" Tian Guinong was very scheming, and he acted prudently. He thought to himself that if he could knock him down empty-handed within three moves and two moves, it would be great to show off his prestige in front of the world's heroes, but seeing the opponent's majestic body and muscles Tie, who is really not someone who is easy to deal with, said with a smile: "Teacher Tong is famous all over Shanxi and Shanxi. Any hero in the world who doesn't know the unique skill of shooting stars and chasing the moon is not necessarily the opponent of Teacher Tong." Disciple Cao Yunqi held a long sword in both hands and presented it up. Tian Guinong took the sword, waved his left hand, and said with a smile: "Please!" Tong Huaidao saw that his sword was not out of its sheath, and thought to himself that you have the sword in hand, and when you like to draw the sword, that is your own business , Put your finger on the center of the hammer chain and turn it downwards, a pair of meteor hammers come up straight up, the hammer chain is like two iron rods.All the heroes praised: "Good work!" Amidst the applause, his left hammer was still upright in mid-air, and his right hammer had already hit his chest straight out. This hammer flew about a foot and a half away from Tian Guinong's chest, and stopped short of it. , directly hit Tian Guinong's lower abdomen.The front hammer falsely lures the enemy, and the second hammer strikes with all its strength. As soon as he comes up, he uses the famous stunt of "meteor chasing the moon". Tian Guinong was slightly startled, took a step back, pointed out the long sword, and pierced with the scabbard.Tong Huaidao was furious, and said in his heart: "You can't sell your sword, you clearly look down on me." With more strength in his hand, he danced a pair of hammers into a ball of black light.His pair of hammers are fast and slow, one false and the other real, but the fast one may not be really fast, and the slow one may not be really slow, the virtual and the real are full of changes.Tian Guinong's long sword never came out of its sheath, but every move and style was still used according to the swordsmanship of Tianlong Sword. After more than thirty moves, Tian Guinong had figured out the way of the opponent's hammering technique, and suddenly he stuck out his long sword, and quickly pointed at Tong Huaidao's left knee bent spring point.This move is not a sword technique, the long sword with its sheath turned into a judge's pen.Tong Huaidao was taken aback and took two steps back.Tian Guinong swung his long sword horizontally, hitting his thigh, but this time he used the scabbard as an iron mace. This move of "changing the willows for a mace" was originally a mace technique.Between the two moves, he changed from the sword technique to the brush technique, and from the brush technique to the mace technique. Tong Huaidao panicked a little, he rolled up the meteor hammer with his left hand, pushed the hammer chain with his right hand, and the hammer hit Tian Guinong directly between the eyebrows.This is a blow that hurts both sides. He was hit by the scabbard on his thigh, but the hammer also hit him. Tian Guinong didn't expect that the opponent didn't dodge the attack, the scabbard was only a few inches away from his thigh, but he felt a strong wind blowing in his face, and the hammer had already flown towards him, if two strikes hit the opponent at most, the opponent would lose one leg at most, but he himself Inevitably, his brains burst, and he turned the long sword upside down in his busy schedule, and threw it into his hammer chain.This time, he turned from offense to defense, and he was at a disadvantage.Tong Huaidao recovered the meteor hammer, the chain of the hammer had wrapped around the long sword, he snatched it inside, and followed the right hammer to strike across. Seeing that Tian Guinong's weapon was restrained, if he wanted to escape his life, he had to let go of the long sword, there was only a sound of brushing, a blue light flashed, the long sword was unsheathed, and Tong Huaidao was hit by the sword in his right wrist where the tip of the sword trembled.It turned out that he wrapped the long sword with a key chain, and after pulling and grabbing it, he happened to pull out the scabbard.Taking the opportunity, Tian Guinong swung his sword to injure the enemy, followed by taking two steps forward, moving his left index finger together, hitting three vital points on his chest. Tong Huaidao's whole body was numb, and two meteor hammers smashed down, sending bricks flying underground.Tian Guinong put his sword back into its sheath, and said with a smile, "Accept! Accept!" and sat in the grand master's chair that Tong Huaidao had sat in before.Although he won, the group of heroes in the hall felt that this battle was a fluke, which was quite cunning and not based on his true nature. Therefore, except for Tang Pei and others, no one applauded. Tong Huaidao stood motionless after the acupoints were touched, posing in a posture of swinging a hammer, with glaring eyebrows, his appearance was ridiculous.However, Tian Guinong didn't give him acupoint relief, and sat in the chair talking and laughing with Tang Pei by himself, allowing Tong Huaidao to be ugly and obedient, but he turned a blind eye.There were quite a few famous acupoint acupuncture practitioners in the hall, and they were all upset, but everyone knew that as long as they went out to relieve Tong Huaidao's acupoints, they would be in trouble with Tian Guinong and Tang Pei.Tian Guinong is not much better, but Tang Pei in Ganlin Huiqi Province is too famous. Those famous acupoint acupuncture experts are mature and prudent, and they don't want to offend Tang Pei for this.But seeing Tong Huaidao standing there stupidly, many people couldn't help feeling sorry for him.
A big man on the west head stood up abruptly, dragged a thick and long iron rod in his hand, stepped out, and the iron rod dragged across the brick floor, rattling and rattling.He walked up to Tian Guinong and shouted loudly: "Your surname is Tian, ​​why do you let him freeze here?" Tian Guinong smiled and said, "Who are you?" The big man said: "My name is Li Tingbao, have you heard of it?" This time he announced his name, the sound was like a thunderbolt, and everyone's ears were buzzing.When Qun Tang heard that this person was Li Tingbao, they were slightly surprised.Li Tingbao is the chief disciple of the Wutai School. He opened a bodyguard agency in Datong Prefecture, Shanxi Province. He is famous for his Wulang stick method.Everyone thought that since he was a well-known escort, he was shrewd, capable and sophisticated, but he turned out to be such a reckless man. Tian Guinong sat in the chair and did not lift himself up. He must have heard the name of Li Tingbao from the Wutai School, but he pretended to be surprised and shook his head and said, "I haven't heard of it. Which school or school do you belong to?" Li Tingbao was furious, and shouted, "Have you heard of the Wutai sect?" Tian Guinong still shook his head, but his face was apologetic and frightened, and said, "Wutai? Isn't it Qitai or Batai?" He deliberately pronounced the word "Batai" to be similar to the "bastard" in "Bastard", and some young people in the hall couldn't help laughing out loud. Fortunately, Li Tingbao didn't notice it, and said: "It's the Wutai School! We all belong to the martial arts school, you should quickly untie Teacher Tong's acupoints." Tian Guinong said: "Are you good friends with Teacher Tong?" Li Tingbao said: " No! I've never met him before. But you're making fun of people like this, it's outrageous. I can't take it seriously." Tian Guinong said with a brow: "I only know how to acupoint. Master didn't teach me how to untie acupoints." Li Tingbao said :"I do not believe!" Fukang'an, Admiral An and others listened to the conversation between the two of them and found it very interesting. They all knew that Tian Guinong was playing tricks on this idiot.These high-ranking officials watched the martial arts competition as a pleasure, just like watching a play, listening to music, or watching a juggler. After a series of non-stop fierce fighting, a clown came to make jokes. I feel very interested. Tian Guinong caught a glimpse of Fukang'an's smiling expression, and wanted to make fun of it, so he said, "How about it! You kick him hard in the knee, and you will unlock his acupuncture points." Li Tingbao said: "Really?" Tian Gui Nong Dao: "Master taught me this way before, but I haven't tried it myself." Li Tingbao raised his right foot and kicked Tong Huaidao in the crook of his knee.He didn't use much strength in this kick, but Tong Huaidao still fell to his feet, rolled on the ground, turned around a few times, the posture of his hands and feet did not change at all, but changed from standing upright to lying down.It was Li Tingbao who was fooled and kicked people down instead of saving them.Fukang'an laughed loudly, and all the noble officials laughed along with him.Qunhao originally wanted to reprimand Tian Guinong, but when he saw Fu Kang'an smiling, he didn't dare to speak out. The laughter continued, and suddenly three whirring sounds were heard, the three wine glasses flew into the air, everyone looked up at the same time, but saw the three glasses collided with each other, smashed into pieces with two ping-pong sounds.Everyone looked down at the fragments of the wine glass, only to see that Tong Huaidao had stood up, holding a wine glass in his hand, and said: "Which hero is helping in secret, Tong Huaidao will never forget his great virtue." He put the wine glass in his arms In the middle, he took a hard look at Tian Guinong, and hurried out of the hall. It turned out that someone threw glasses into the air and collided with each other, in order to divert everyone's attention. When everyone was looking at the three wine glasses in the air, he threw another wine glass and hit Tong Huaidao's tendon shrinking point on his back. Untied the acupoints he received.Many masters in the lower hall have concealed it, everyone knows that this skill is very brilliant, but they don't know who made the move. Tang Pei looked around, then took two wine glasses, filled them with wine, walked to Hu Fei's table, and said, "This brother is very good! Please tell me your name, your five cups of kung fu to relieve acupoints, next time Much admiration." Hu Fei had just thought that Tong Huaidao was a friend of the three heroes of the Zhong family, and seeing that Tian Guinong had insulted others too much, moved his chivalrous heart. Although he knew he was in a dangerous place, he couldn't help unlocking the acupoints for him, but Tang Pei's eyes were sharp, Even see through.Hu Fei said: "My surname is Cheng, and my surname is Linghu. I don't understand what Tang Daxia said about flying cups to relieve acupuncture points." Tang Pei laughed and said, "Why should you hide it? Aren't there four wine glasses missing from this table?" Hu Fei thought to himself: "It seems that he didn't see me throwing wine glasses, but he found out that I was missing four wine glasses at the table." It’s just a wine glass.” Turning to Guo Yutang, he said, “Teacher Guo, it turns out that you have the unique skill of throwing a wine glass and unlocking the acupoints of Tong. Admiration, admiration!” Guo Yutang was the most timid and afraid of getting into trouble, so he hurriedly said: "I didn't throw the cup, I didn't throw the cup." Tang Pei has known him for a long time, and knows that he does not have this ability. When he saw that he was sitting with everyone, he saw that Cai Wei of Huaquan School had been famous for a long time, but he knew that his hidden weapon skills were very common, so he handed the glass of wine in his right hand to Hu Fei , smiled and said: "Brother Cheng, it's a pleasure to meet you today! Brother, I would like to offer you a toast." He raised his glass and touched his wine glass lightly. There was only a ping sound, and the wine glass in Hu Fei's hand suddenly shattered, and the hot wine and porcelain pieces flew together, hitting Hu Fei's chest.It turned out that Tang Pei secretly used his potential during this touch, and Hu Fei's martial arts skills can be tested with just one touch. Unexpectedly, when the two cups collided, Cheng Linghu, the master of Huaquan Sect, had extremely mediocre internal skills When the wine glass was shattered, the wine sauce and tiles were splashed to his side.The wine glass in Tang Pei's hand was intact, and no wine was splashed on his clothes.Tang Pei smiled and said: "I'm sorry!" He returned to his seat and thought: "This little old man is so common, so who is it that flies the cup to relieve the acupoint?" I saw Tian Guinong and Li Tingbao already fighting in the hall.Tian Guinong held the long sword, which was shining with blue light. This time the sword was out of its sheath, and he didn't dare to hold it any longer.Li Tingbao used Wulang's stick technique, "Pushing the window to look at the moon", "Bringing the stick to the bell", "White ape asking the way", "Handling the gate of heaven", all he saw was circle, point, fee, milk, pick, hit , withdraw, kill, the recruiting force is fierce, extremely powerful.Qunhao was secretly convinced, only to find out that the Wulang Bureau had a very good reputation in recent years, and Chief Escort Li had extraordinary skills.Tian Guinong's Heavenly Dragon Sword is also a must in martial arts, and he gradually gains the upper hand in fierce battles, but it seems that it is not easy to win quickly. During the fierce struggle, Tian Guinong suddenly flipped his clothes, and with a sound of brushing, he pulled out a knife from under his long clothes with his left hand.This saber is about a foot shorter than ordinary sabers, and the light is flickering. From a distance, it looks like gems, glass, clear water, and ice. Li Tingbao made a move of "reversing the universe", chopping down with his anti-stick, Tian Guinong swung his long sword with his right hand.Li Tingbao sent the iron rod straight forward, it was a stance of "green dragon coming out of the hole", this stance was changed from the throat-locking spear technique, it was a strange and dangerous move.But he is proficient in making things, he is always measured, and everything is just right. It is precisely from the odd danger that he sees his skills.However, Tian Guinong did not retreat, and raised the short knife in his left hand. With a bang, the iron rod broke in two.Taking advantage of the panic in his heart, Tian Guinong stabbed with the sword in his right hand, and with a slash on his wrist, the tendons and veins were severed. Li Tingbao yelled and threw down the iron rod.His wrist tendon was broken, and his right hand has been useless since then.He only practiced Wulang stick all his life, and he had to use both hands to use the stick. If his right hand is disabled, it is like losing all martial arts.In an instant, I remembered that the reputation I had earned so hard for half my life was ruined, and the escort agency had to close its doors. My money was easy to come by, and I had no savings. Quite a few, not to mention that the enemy came to him and couldn't be dealt with, how could the juniors in the same industry and the villains who were angry with him usually bear the cynicism?He was a straightforward person, he felt that if he lived a moment longer, he would not be able to swallow this breath, picked up half of the iron rod with his left hand, hit his head with a bang, and killed him immediately. Everyone in the hall exclaimed in unison and stood up. When they saw him lift half of the iron rod, they all thought that he must be fighting Tian Guinong desperately, but they didn't expect that he would kill himself to death.This turn of events left everyone speechless. Admiral An shook his head and said, "Disappointment, disappointment!" He ordered the body to be carried down. If Li Tingbao stabbed Tian Guinong to death with a sword in a fierce fight, that's fine. Everyone was outraged that he was forced to commit suicide like this.A person stood up in the southwest corner and said loudly: "Teacher Tian, ​​you cut off the iron rod with a treasured knife. The victory is already decided, why bother to cut off his tendons again?" Tian Guinong said: "A weapon has no eyes. If you give him a stick, he will die." The man sneered, "So you are very good at learning?" Tian Guinong said: "Don't dare! If you don't accept it, brother, you can I will teach you next time." The man said, "Very good!" This man also wields a long sword, but after the end, without knowing his name, he stabs Tian Guinong in the chest with two swords.Tian Guinong still had his sword on the right and the sword on the left, which could not be dismantled. With a bang, the sword cut off his long sword again, and then stabbed his left chest with a sword. Qunhao saw that he was aggressive, and people came up to challenge him one after another. Most of these people were not fighting for the Jade Dragon Cup.可是他左手宝刀实在太过厉害，不论什么兵刃，碰上了便即断折，到后来连五行轮、独脚铜人这些怪异兵刃也都出场，仍然无一能当他宝刀的锋锐。 有人出言相激，说道：“田老师，你武功也只平平，单靠一柄宝刀，那算的是什么英雄？你有种的，便跟我拳脚上见高下。”田归农笑道：“这宝刀是我天龙门世代相传的镇门之宝。今日福大帅要各家各派较量高下。我是天龙门的掌门人，不用本门之宝，却用什么？” 他出手之际，也真不留情面，宝刀一断人兵刃，右手长剑便毁人手足，连败十余人后，旁人眼见上去的不是断手，便是折足，无不身受重伤，虽有自恃武功能胜于他的，但想不出抵挡他宝刀的法门，个个畏惧束手。 汤沛见无人再上来挑战，呵呵笑道：“贤弟，今日一战，你天龙门威震天下，我做哥哥的脸上也有光彩。来来来，我敬你一杯庆功酒！” 胡斐向程灵素瞧了一眼，程灵素缓缓摇头。胡斐自也十分恼恨田归农的强横，但一来不敢泄露身份，适才飞杯掷解童怀道穴道，几乎已让汤沛看破；二来这柄宝刀如此厉害，实是生平从所未见的利器，倘若上去相斗，先已输了七成。又想：“当日他率众去苗人凤家中之时，何以不携这柄宝刀？那时如他宝刀在手，说不定我已活不到今日了。”他不知天龙门这把宝刀由南北二宗轮值执掌，当时尚在南宗掌门人手中。
只见田归农得意洋洋地举起酒杯，正要凑到唇边，忽听得嗤的一声，一粒铁菩提向他酒杯飞了过去，有人发暗器要打破他酒杯。 田归农视若不见，仍举杯喝酒。曹云奇叫道：“师父，小心！”田归农待那铁菩提飞到身前，伸出手指，嗒的一声轻响，将铁菩提弹出厅门。众人见他露了这手，虽不屑他的为人，却也有人禁不住叫了声：“好！” 那粒铁菩提疾飞而出，厅门中正好走进一个人来。那人见暗器飞向自己胸口，也伸指一弹，说道：“便这般迎接客人么？”那铁菩提经他一弹，立时发出尖锐的破空之声，向田归农飞回。从声音听来，这一弹的指力着实惊人，比田归农厉害多了。 田归农一惊，不敢伸手去接，闪身避开。他身后站着一名卫士，听得风声，铁菩提已到身前，不及闪让，忙伸手抄住，但听喀的一响，中指骨已然折断，只疼得“啊”的一声大叫。众人见小小一枚铁菩提，竟能在一弹之下将人指骨折断，此人指力的凌厉，委实罕见罕闻，一齐注目向他瞧去。 只见此人极瘦极高，左手拿着只虎撑，肩头斜挂药囊，一件青布长袍洗得褪尽了颜色，拖着双破烂泥泞的布鞋，装束打扮，便是乡镇间常见的走方郎中，但目光炯炯，顾盼似电，五官奇大，粗眉、大眼、大鼻、大口、双耳招风、颧骨高耸，头发已然花白，至少已有五十来岁，脸上生满了黑斑。他身后跟着二人，似是他弟子或厮仆，神态恭谨。 胡斐和程灵素见了当先那人还不怎样，一看到他身后二人，却都吃了一惊，原来一个老书生，正是程灵素的大师兄慕容景岳；另一个蛇背玻足的女子，便是她三师姊薛鹊。胡斐和程灵素对瞧一眼，都大为诧异：“怎么他们两个死对头走到了一起？薛鹊的丈夫姜铁山却又不在？”程灵素见胡斐眼光中露出疑问之色，知他是问那个走方郎中是谁，便缓缓地摇了摇头，她可也不认识。 忽听得“啊哟”一声惨叫，那指头折断的卫士跌倒在地，不住打滚，将一只手掌高高举起。众人初时均感奇怪：“既然身为福大帅的卫士，自有相当武功，怎地断了一根指头也抵受不起？”待见到他那只手掌其黑如墨，才知是中了剧毒。 这次天下各家各派掌门人大聚会，福府众卫士雄心勃勃，颇有和各派好手一争雄长之意，要显得在京中居官的好汉确有真才实学，决不输于各地的草莽豪杰。这手指折断的卫士归周铁鹪该管，他见此人如此出丑，眉头一皱，上前喝道：“起来，起来！这一点儿苦头也挨不起，太不成话啦！”那人对周铁鹪很惧怕，忙道：“是，是！”挣扎着待要站起，突然身子一晃，晕了过去。 周铁鹪从酒席上取过一双筷子，挟起那颗铁菩提一看，见上面刻着个“柯”字，脸色微变，朗声说道：“兰州柯子容柯三爷，你越来越长进啦。这铁菩提上喂的毒药，可厉害得紧哪！” 人丛中站起一个满脸麻子的大汉，说道：“周老爷你可别血口喷人。这枚铁菩提是我所发，那是不错，我只是瞧不过人家狂妄自大，要打碎人家手中酒杯。我柯家暗器上决计不许喂毒，世代相传，向为禁例，柯子容再不肖，也不敢坏了祖宗家规。” 周铁鹪见闻广博，也知柯家擅使七般暗器，但向来严禁喂毒，当下沉吟不语，只道：“这可奇了！” 柯子容道：“让我瞧瞧！”走过来拿起那枚铁菩提一看，道：“这是我的铁菩提啊，这上面怎会有毒……啊哟！”突然间大叫一声，将铁菩提投在地下，右手连挥，似乎受到烈火烧炙一般。只见他脸色惨白，要将受伤的手指送到口中吮吸，周铁鹪疾出一掌，斫中他的小臂，叫道：“吸不得！”挡住他手指人口，看他大拇指和食指两根手指时，都已肿了起来，色如淡墨。柯子容全身发颤，额角上黄豆大的汗珠一滴滴地渗了出来。 那走方郎中向着慕容录岳道：“给这两人治一治。”慕容景岳道：“是！”从怀中取出一盒药膏，走过去在柯子容和那卫士手上涂了一些。柯子容颤抖渐止，那卫士也醒了转来。 群豪这才醒悟，柯子容发铁菩提打田归农的酒杯，田归农随手弹出，又给那走方郎中弹回。但走方郎中就这么一弹，已在铁菩提上喂了极厉害的毒药。这等下毒的本领，江湖上恐怕只有一人。厅上不少人已在窃窃私语：“莫非是毒手药王？” 周铁鹪走近前去，向那走方郎中一抱拳，说道：“阁下尊姓大名？”那人微微一笑，并不回答。慕容景岳道：“在下慕容景岳，这是拙荆薛鹊。”顿了一顿，才道：“这位是咱夫妇的师父，石先生，江湖上送他老人家一个外号，叫做毒手药王！” 这“毒手药王”四字一出，旁人还都罢了，与会众人大都知道“毒手药王”乃当世使毒的第一高手，就算慕容景岳不说，也早猜到是他。但这四个字听在程灵素和胡斐耳中，实诧异无比。程灵素更为气恼，不但这人假冒先师名头，而这句话出诸大师兄之口，尤令她悲愤难平。另一件事也让她甚是奇怪：三师姊薛鹊原是二师兄姜铁山之妻，两人所生的儿子也已长大成人，何以这时大师兄却公然称她为“拙荆”？她料知这中间必已发生极重大变故，眼下难以查究，唯有静观其变。 周铁鹪虽然勇悍，但听到“毒手药王”的名头，还是不禁变色，抱拳说了句：“久仰！久仰！”石先生伸出手去，笑道：“阁下尊姓大名，咱俩亲近亲近。”周铁鹪霍地退开一步，抱拳道：“在下周铁鹪，石前辈好！”他胆子再大，也决不敢去跟毒手药王拉手。 石先生呵呵大笑，走到福康安面前，躬身一揖，说道：“山野闲人，参见大帅！”这时福康安身旁的卫士已将毒手药王的来历琪告了他，福康安眼见他只手指轻弹铁菩提，便即伤了两人，知道此人极是了得，微微欠身，说道：“先生请坐！” 石先生带同慕容景岳、薛鹊夫妇在一旁坐了。附近群豪纷纷避让，谁也不敢跟他三人挨近，霎时之间，他师徒三人身旁空荡荡地清出了一大片地方。 一名武官走了过去，离石先生五尺便即站定，将争夺御杯以定门派高下的规矩说了，话一说完，立即退开，唯恐沾染到他身上的一丝毒气。 石先生微笑道：“尊驾贵姓？”那武官道：“敝姓巴。”石先生道：“巴老爷，你何必见我如此害怕？老夫的外号叫做'毒手药王'，虽会使毒，也会用药治病啊。巴老爷脸上隐布青气，腹中似有蜈蚣蛰伏，若不速治，十天后只怕性命难保。”那武官大吃一惊，将信将疑，道：“肚子里怎会有娱松？”石先生道：“巴老爷最近可曾和人争吵？” 北京城里做武官的，和人争吵乃家常便饭，那自然是有的，那姓巴的武官惊道：“有啊！难道……难道那狗贼向我下了毒手？”石先生从药囊中取出两粒青色药丸，说道：“巴老爷倘若信得过，不妨用酒吞服了这两粒药。”那武官给他说得心中发毛，更不多想，接过药丸丢在嘴里，拿起一碗酒，咕嘟嘟地喝了下去，过不多时，便觉肚痛，胸口烦恶欲呕，“哇”的一声，呕了许多食物出来。 石先生抢上三步，伸手在他胸口按摩，喝道：“吐干净了！别留下了毒物！”那武官拼命呕吐，一低头，只见呕出的秽物之中有三条两寸长的虫子蠕蠕而动，红头黑身，正是蜈蚣。那武官大叫：“三条……三条娱松！”一惊之下，险些晕去，忙向石先生拜倒，谢他救命之恩。廊下仆役上来清扫秽物。群豪无不叹服。 胡斐不信人腹中会有娱蚣，但亲眼目睹，却不由得不信。程灵素在他耳边低声道：“别说三条小蜈蚣，我叫你肚里呕出三条青蛇出来也成。”胡斐道：“怎么？”程灵素道：“给你服两粒呕吐药丸，我袖中早就暗藏毒虫。”胡斐低声道：“是了，乘我呕吐大作、肚痛难当之际，将毒虫丢在秽物之中，有谁知道？”程灵素微微一笑，道：“他抢过去给那武官按摩胸口，倘若没这一着，戏法就不灵。” 胡斐低声道：“其实这人武功很了得，大可不必玩这种玄虚。”程灵素语声放到极低，说道：“大哥，这大厅之上，我最惧怕此人。你千万得小心在意。”胡斐自跟她相识以来，见她事事胸有成竹，从未说过“惧怕”两字，此刻竟说得这般郑重，可见这石先生确实非同小可，又想此人冒了她先师之名出来招摇，败坏她先师名头，她终究不能袖手不理。 只听得石先生笑道：“我虽收了几个弟子，可是向来不立什么门派。今日就跟各位前辈学学，也来开宗立派，侥幸捧得一只银鲤杯回家，也好让弟子们风光风光。”缓步走将过去，大模大样地在田归农身旁太师椅中一坐，却哪里是得一只银鲤杯为已足，显是要在八大门派中占一席地。 他这么一坐，凭了毒手药王数十年来的名声，手弹铁菩提的功力，伤人于指顾间的下毒手法，这只玉龙杯就算是拿定了，谁也不会动念去跟他挑战，可也没谁动念去跟他说话。 一时之间，大厅静了一片。少林派的掌门方丈大智禅师忽道：“石先生，无嗔和尚跟你怎么称呼？”石先生道：“无嗔？不知道，我不认得。”脸上丝毫不动声色。大智禅师双手合十，说道：“阿弥陀佛！”石先生道：“怎么？”大智禅师又宣了一声佛号：“阿弥陀佛！”石先生便不再问。 自他师徒三人进了大厅，程灵素的目光从没离开过他三人，只见石先生慢慢转过头去，和田归农对望一眼。两人神色木然，目光中全无示意，程灵素心念一动，已然明白：“他两人早已相识。田归农知道我师父名字，知道无嗔大师才是真正的毒手药王。这位少林高僧却也知道。”忽又想到：“田归农用来毒瞎苗人凤的断肠草，是这人给的。”
田归农宝刀锋利，石先生毒药厉害，坐稳了两张太师椅，八只玉龙杯之中，只一只还没主人。 群豪均想：“是否能列人八大门派，全瞧这最后一只玉龙杯由谁抢得。”真所谓人同此心，顷刻之间，人丛中跃出七八人来，一齐想去坐那张空椅，三言两语，便分成四对斗了起来。少时败者退下，胜者或接续互斗，或和新来者应战。此来彼往地激斗良久，只听得门外更鼓打了四更，相斗的四人败下了两人，只剩下两个胜者互斗。 这两人此时均以浑厚掌力比拼内力，久久相持不决，比的是高深武功，外形看来却平淡无奇。福康安很不耐烦，接连打了几个呵欠，自言自语：“瞧得闷死人了！”这句话声音甚轻，但正在比拼内功的两人却都清清楚楚地听入耳中。两人脸色齐变，各自撤掌，退后三步。一个道：“咱们又不是耍猴儿戏的，到这里卖弄花拳绣腿，叫官老爷们喝彩！”另一个道：“不错！回家抱娃娃去吧！”两人说着呵呵而笑，携手出了大厅。 胡斐暗暗点头：“这二人武功甚高，识见果然也高人一等。只可惜乱哄哄之中没听到他们的名字。”转头问郭玉堂时，他也不识这两个乡下土老儿一般的人物。 郭玉堂说道：“他们上来之时，安提督问他们姓名门派，两人都是笑了笑没说。”胡斐心想：“这两位高手犹如神龙见首不见尾，连姓名也没留下。” 他正低了头和郭玉堂悄声说话，程灵素忽然轻轻碰了碰他手肘，胡斐抬起头来，只听得一名武官唱名道：“这位是五虎门掌门人凤天南凤老爷！”但见凤天南手持镀金钢棍，走上去在空着的太师椅中一坐，说道：“哪一位前来指教。” 胡斐大喜，心想：“这厮的武功未达一流高手之境，居然也想来夺玉龙杯，先让他出一番丑，再来收拾他。”只见凤天南接连打败两人，正自得意洋洋，一个手持单刀的人上去挑战。这人的武艺可就高了，只三招一过，胡斐心道：“这恶贼决不是对手！” 果然凤天南吼叫连连，迭遇险招。那使单刀的似乎不为已甚，只盼他知难而退，并不施展杀手，因此虽有几次可乘之机，却都使了缓招。但凤天南只不住倒退，并不认输，突然间横棍疾扫，那使单刀的身形一矮，金棍从他头顶掠过。他正欲乘势进招，忽地叫声：“啊哟！”就地一滚，跟着跃起，但落下时右足一个踉跄，站立不定，又摔倒在地，怒喝：“你使暗器，不要脸！” 凤天南拄棍微笑，说道：“福大帅又没规定不得使暗器。上得场来，兵刃拳脚，毒药暗器，悉听尊便。” 那使单刀的卷起裤脚，只见膝头下犊鼻穴中赫然插着一枚两寸来长的银针。这楼鼻穴正当膝头之下，俗名膝眼，两旁空陷，状似牛鼻，因以为名，乃大腿和小腿之交的要紧穴道，此穴中针，这条腿便不管用了。群豪都好生奇怪，适才两人斗得甚紧，凤天南绝无余暇发射暗器，又没见他抬臂扬手，这枚银针不知如何发出？ 那使单刀的拔下银针，恨恨退下。又有一个使鞭的上来，这人的铁鞭使得犹如暴风骤雨一般，二十余招之内，一招紧似一招，竟不让凤天南有丝毫喘息之机。他见凤天南棍法并不如何了得，那无影无踪的银针甚是难当，因此上杀招不绝，决不让他缓手来发射暗器，哪知斗到将近三十招时，凤天南棍法渐乱，那使鞭的却又“啊哟”一声大叫，倒退开去，从自己小腹上拔出一枚银针，伤口血流如注，伤得竟是极重。 厅上群豪无不惊诧，似凤天南这等发射暗器，实生平从所未闻。若说是旁人暗中相助，众目睽睽之下，总会有人发现。眼下这两场相斗，都是凤天南势将不支之时，突然之间对手中了暗器。难道凤天南竟会行使邪法，心念一动，银针便会从天外飞到？偏有几个不服气的，接连上去跟他相斗。一人全神贯注地防备银针，不提防给他金棍击中肩头，身负重伤，另外三人却也都为他无影银针所伤。一时大厅上群情耸动。 胡斐和程灵素眼见凤天南接二连三以无影银针伤人，凝神观看，竟瞧不出丝毫破绽。胡斐本想当凤天南兴高采烈之时，突然上前将他杀死，一来为佛山镇上钟阿四全家报仇，二来好显扬华拳门的名头，但瞧不透这银针暗器的来路，只有暂且袖手，倘若贸然上前争锋，一个措手不及，非但自取其辱，且有性命之忧。 程灵素猜到他心意，缓缓摇了摇头，说道：“这只玉龙杯，咱们不要了吧？”胡斐向蔡威和姬晓峰道：“这位凤老师的武功，还不怎样，只是……”姬晓峰点头道：“是啊，他放射的银针可实在邪门，无声无息，无影无踪，竟没半点先兆，直至对方一声惨叫，才知是中了他暗器。”蔡威道：“除非是头戴钢盔，身穿铁甲，才能跟他斗上一斗。” 蔡威这句话不过是讲笑，哪知厅上众武官之中，当真有人心怀不服，命人去取了上阵用的铁甲，全身披挂，手执开山大斧，上前挑战。 这武官名叫木文察，官居总兵，当年随福康安远征青海，搴旗斩将，立过不少汗马功劳，乃清军中的一员出名的满洲猛将，这时手执大斧走到厅中，威风凛凛，杀气腾腾，同僚袍泽齐声喝彩。福康安赐酒一杯，先行慰劳。 两人一接上手，棍斧相交，当当之声，震耳欲聋，两般沉重的长兵器攻守抵拒，卷起阵阵疾风，烛光也给吹得忽明忽暗。木文察身穿铁甲，转动究属极不灵便，但仗