Chapter 3 The second round of friendship and friendship in adversity
Everyone was about to talk when Tian Jianxiu's dark face suddenly jumped out from the back seat and stood at the door.Everyone was surprised, not knowing what happened, they all stood up.The black-faced boy pointed at the two middle-aged men in the crowd and shouted: "You are under Eunuch Cao, what are you doing here?"
As soon as this remark came out, everyone was shocked.We all know that after Emperor Chongzhen punished Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka clan, although the eunuchs and rebellious parties in the palace were wiped out, the emperor was suspicious by nature, and adhering to the habits since Taizu and Chengzu, he was suspicious of ministers and appointed them. The eunuchs he brought from Prince Xin's Mansion were still the most favored eunuchs, among whom Cao Huachun was the most favored.This person commanded the emperor's imperial spies "Dongchang" and Jinyiwei guards, the so-called "factory guards", to spy on the privacy of the ministers of the court and the generals from all over the country. If he was found guilty, he would be imprisoned in the prison. The so-called "prison under imperial edict" was all due to Cao Huachun's secret report.When the name of Eunuch Cao was mentioned at that time, it can be said that everyone's expressions changed.
One of the two had a yellow beard and was about forty years old, while the other had a white face and was short and fat.The short fat man's complexion changed suddenly, then he calmed down, and said with a smile: "Are you talking about me? Are you kidding?" When Shan Zong came, he said that he had reported to Eunuch Cao and wanted to send troops to catch them all, and I heard all these words!"
The man with the yellow beard drew out his steel saber, and made a gesture that he was going to fight with each other.The white-faced fat man laughed, and said: "Wang Ziyong wants to take in the friends of the Shanzong and become the thirty-seventh battalion. His intentions are sinister. Who doesn't know? You want to spread rumors and stir up trouble, that's not going to happen. "He spoke in a thin and sharp voice, just like an eunuch's voice, but these few words also took effect.Many people in Yuan's party looked sideways and became suspicious of Wang Ziyong's emissary.
Although Tian Jianxiu was born in a farming family, he has been tempered through battles for a long time. Seeing the expressions of everyone in the Yuan Party, he knew that his words had touched everyone's hearts, so he shouted: "Who is your Excellency? Are you a friend of Shanzong? "The question hit the point, the man was at a loss for words and just sneered.
Sun Zhongshou asked: "Is my friend Yuan Dushi's old department? How come I haven't seen it? Which commander-in-chief are you?"
The white-faced man knew it was a failure, he winked at the yellow-bearded man, the two jumped up abruptly, and both landed at the door.The yellow-bearded man swung his knife and slashed at the black-faced boy.The white-faced man looked half male and half female, but he moved very quickly. With a flip of his wrists, he pulled out the judge's pens and tapped on the black-faced boy's chest.
The black-faced boy came up the mountain without a weapon because he came to pay respects and avoid the other party's suspicion.When everyone saw that his hands were empty and he was suddenly flanked, seven or eight people rushed to rescue him.Unexpectedly, that young man's martial arts are very good, his left hand is like the wind, and he used grappling techniques, he grabbed Huang Xuke's wrist, at the same time he raised his two middle fingers with his right hand, and pointed at the white-faced man's eyes first.These two moves came late, and immediately forced the two enemies to retreat two steps.
Everyone in Yuan's party saw that he turned from defense to attack in just one move, applauded secretly, and stopped.Seeing that they couldn't go out, the two men knew that they were in a tiger's den, and the situation was extremely dangerous, they just retreated two steps inward, and rushed forward again.The black-faced boy opened his palms, shuttled back and forth between the single knife and the double pen, attacking more and defending less.Those two rushed to the door several times, but he forced them back.
The three of them moved back and forth in the hall, and when the fight got to the point where the yellow-bearded man suddenly screamed, he let go of his sword and flew towards the crowd.Zhu Anguo jumped up and stretched out his hand to copy it out, and took it in his hand.At this moment, the black-faced boy took a step forward, kicked the yellow-bearded man down with his left leg.Before he retracted his left leg, his right leg took advantage of the momentum to rise again. The white-faced man was startled, and just wanted to force the enemy away. He grabbed the door and fled down the mountain. Go out, grab the end of the left pen, twist it hard, and snatched a judge's pen.At this time, the other party followed suit with the right pen, and he smashed the tip of the pen over.The two pens intersected, and with a bang, sparks burst out, the white-faced man's jaws burst open, and the right pen was released from his hand.
The black-faced boy let out a long laugh, grabbed his chest with his right hand, lifted it up, grabbed his trouser waist with his left hand, separated his hands, and with a snort, a pair of pants of the white-faced man had been pulled down, exposing his lower body.Everyone was stunned, the black-faced boy smiled and said: "Are you an eunuch, let's see!" Everyone focused their eyes on the white-faced man's lower body, and it turned out that he was clean.Amidst the roar of laughter, everyone gathered around, seeing this black-faced young man's extremely quick moves and superb martial arts, they all admired him very much.
At this moment, people rushed up and held down the white-faced man and the yellow-bearded man.Sun Zhongshou asked: "What did Eunuch Cao send you here for? How many accomplices do you have? How did you get in?" The two remained silent.Sun Zhongshou winked, and Luo Shenjiang raised his single saber, cut off the heads of the two with two sabers, and placed them on the altar in front of the statue.
Sun Zhongshou clasped his hands to Tian Jianxiu and said, "If the three of you hadn't discovered the traitor, we wouldn't have known about the imminent disaster." Tian Jianxiu said, "That's also a coincidence. We met these two guys on the road, and saw that they looked strange and their skills were very nimble. , I went to the inn to investigate at night, and luckily found out their details."
Sun Zhongshou said to Tian Jianxiu's two servants: "Please tell me your surnames and surnames." The two reported their names, the fair-skinned one was named Liu Fangliang, and the dark-faced boy was named Cui Qiushan.Zhu Anguo took Cui Qiushan's hand in the past and said many words of admiration.
Tian Jianxiu, Sun Zhongshou and several leaders of the Yuan Party went to the back hall for a secret talk.Tian Jianxiu said that General Wang hopes that everyone will join hands to rebel and form an alliance.The three of them are under the command of Chuang General Li Zicheng, who is the nephew of Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang, and they are the most powerful one in the 36th Battalion.Everyone in Yuan Dang felt hesitant.Although everyone hated Emperor Chongzhen and decided to assassinate him secretly, and had already done a lot of things to kill officials and punish traitors, everyone was originally an official of the Ming Dynasty, and they were unwilling to ask them to rebel. Clan Mingjun.What's more, Wang Ziyong is always a "rogue bandit". Although he has a great reputation, he robs houses and houses, runs around and plunders.Moreover, the 36th Battalion is far away in Shanxi and Shaanxi, and cannot be supported.After Yuan's party left the army, in order to make a living, sometimes they would inevitably do a few cheap transactions, but they never openly called themselves thieves.The identities of the two parties are different, and the discussion has been difficult for a long time.
In the end Sun Zhongshou said: "Eunuch Cao has already known about our matter, if we don't form an alliance with General Wang to make a big deal, not only will it be difficult to assassinate Chongzhen to avenge Governor Yuan, I am afraid that eunuch Cao will send people to intercept and kill him everywhere. We are alone and weak, so we are bound to be murdered. Brother Tian, is it possible for us to say this? Our Shanzong helps General Wang fight officers and soldiers. After General Wang succeeds, he must do his best to fight the Jianzhou Tartars. Our words can explain In the first place, in the future, General Wang will be the emperor, but our friends from the Shanzong sect will not follow orders, and must be a descendant of Emperor Taizu whose surname is Zhu."
Tian Jianxiu said: "General Wang, Gao Chuang Wang, and Li Chuang will be forced by the government. In order to survive, they rebelled. I decided not to be the emperor. Brothers pat their chests to guarantee this matter. People call us rogues, but in fact we are just farming He is a farmer who only hopes to have something to eat, and keep his head secure, that's all. We are running around, there is nothing we can do. With our material, we can't be the emperor's official. As for fighting As for the Manchurian Tartars, General Li’s heart is exactly the same as everyone’s. Generally speaking, General Li really hates the Tartars to the bone. We only obey the order of General Li. Brother Li is really a great hero. He is a man. Benevolence and righteousness must be trustworthy." Although the leader of the 36th Battalion is the king himself, but listening to what they said, it seems that they are more convinced of Li Zicheng.
Sun Zhongshou said: "That would be the best." No one in Yuan's party had any objections, so the discussion of forming an alliance was a foregone conclusion.
Inside they were discussing the alliance plan, Zhu Anguo and Ni Hao took Cui Qiushan's hand and walked to a secluded corner. Zhu Anguo said: "Brother Cui, although we met for the first time, we hit it off right away, don't treat us as outsiders." Cui Qiushan said: "The two elder brothers used to fight Tartars and protect the country. Brothers have always admired them. Today we can Brother is very happy to see so many heroes and friends of Shanzong." Ni Hao said: "I would venture to ask, which senior hero is brother Cui's mentor?" Cui Qiushan said: "Brother's mentor is Shanxi In Datong Mansion, Mr. Lei Bai Yebai. He has been dead for many years." Zhu Anguo and Ni Hao looked at each other, both feeling puzzled.Ni Hao said: "We have admired Senior Lei Bai's name for a long time. But there is a saying, Brother Cui, please don't be offended. Although Senior Bai's martial arts are high, it seems that he is not as good as Brother Cui." Cui Qiushan remained silent.Zhu Anguo said: "Although young people come out of blue, it is common for apprentices to be better than masters, but just now I saw Brother Cui's movement skills to defeat the two spies, it seems that there is another truth." Cui Qiushan hesitated for a moment, and said: "You two are good friends, I dare not hide it. After my master passed away, I met an expert by chance. He taught me some martial arts and asked me to swear not to do so. Said his name, so I ask the two big brothers to forgive me." Seeing that he was speaking sincerely, Ni and Zhu hurriedly said: "Brother Cui, don't say that. We have something to ask, so we boldly asked." Cui Qiushan said: "If you have any questions, please speak up. Everyone You are one of your own, so why be polite?" Zhu Anguo said, "Brother Cui, please wait a moment, let's discuss with two friends." Zhu and Ni pulled those surnamed Ying and Luo aside.Zhu Anguo said: "Brother Cui has excellent martial arts skills, none of us here can match him. Listening to him speak, his personality is also very bold." Ni Hao said: "It's just that he was a little hesitant when it comes to the succession of masters." So he repeated Cui Qiushan's words. The surname Ying was Ying Song, and he was a counselor under Yuan Chonghuan's tenure. He used a lot of strength to build the city in Ningyuan.Daqian, surnamed Luo, was a famous gunner. During the Battle of Ningyuan, he ignited the Hongyi cannon and killed countless Qing soldiers. He was promoted to a general because of his meritorious service.Ying Song said: "Let's ask him directly and see what he says?" Zhu Anguo said: "You should ask Mr. Sun about this first." Ying Song said: "That's right." Turning to the back hall, I saw that Sun Zhongshou and Tian Jianxiu were talking very congenially, so I invited Sun Zhongshou out to discuss.What Zhu Anguo and others are good at is marching and fighting, charging into battle, spears and crossbows, ten swings and ten decisive battles. They are brave, but in martial arts, they are not as good as Cui Qiushan. Sun Zhongshou said: "Master Ying, this matter is related to the life of the young master. You should find out the tone of the surname Cui first." Ying Song nodded and agreed, and went to see Cui Qiushan with Zhu Anguo, Ni Hao and Luo Daqian. Ying Song said: "We have one thing, only Big Brother Cui can help with it, so let's go..." Seeing that they hesitated to speak, Cui Qiushan said with a look of embarrassment, "Brothers are vulgar people. If you have any orders, as long as brothers can do it, you will obey them." Ying Song said: "Brother Cui is very straightforward, so let's talk straight. After Governor Yuan was murdered, he left behind a son who was only seven years old. We fought three times with Jin Yiwei, who was sent by the faint king to arrest the family member of the governor. , Seven brothers died to save Yuan Dushi's flesh and blood." Cui Qiushan said "Yes".Ying Song said: "This young master's name is Yuan Chengzhi, and the four of us will teach him to read and practice martial arts. He is very smart, and he can master it once he is taught, but if he continues to follow us, he will not make much progress if he continues to practice. We are in the grass, Self-defense martial arts is more important than the ability to march and fight." Cui Qiushan already understood what they meant, and said: "You want him to learn martial arts from me?" Zhu Anguo said: "Just now I saw brother Cui killing a thief, his martial arts are ten times better than ours, if brother Cui is willing to accept this apprentice and train him to become a man , Governor Yuan is in the spirit of heaven, and I will be very grateful." After saying that, the four of them bowed down. After Cui Qiushan returned the gift, he murmured: "I'm sure you appreciate it, brother shouldn't refuse, but now brother is in Brother Li's army, coming and going uncertainly, often fighting with the officers and soldiers, I don't know how long I will live. If Mr. Yuan is with me in the team, one is afraid that I will not have time to teach him, and the other is that it is really too dangerous." Ying Song and the others thought this was indeed the case, so disappointed. Ying Song called Yuan Chengzhi over and met Cui Qiushan.Cui Qiushan liked him very much when he saw that he was lively and lively, with a dark complexion, without any signs of being pampered by a rich and noble son.Asked about the martial arts he had learned, Yuan Chengzhi answered, and asked: "Uncle Cui, what kind of kung fu did you use to catch those two bad guys just now?" Cui Qiushan said: "That's called Fuhu Palm." Yuan Chengzhi said : "It's so fast, I can't even see clearly." Cui Qiushan said with a smile: "Do you want to learn?" Yuan Chengzhi hurriedly said: "Uncle Cui, please teach me." Cui Qiushan said with a smile to Ying Song: "I told General Tian, if you stay here for a few days, pass on this palm technique to him!" Yuan Chengzhi, Ying, Zhu, and Ni were all very happy and thanked him repeatedly.
Early the next morning, Sun Zhongshou bid farewell to Zhang Chaotang, Yang Pengju and the other three, saying: "We have met for a while, and we are finally destined. You only need to reveal half a word about the matter here, and you don't need to say anything about the consequences." Zhang and Yang are here. Repeatedly.Sun Zhongshou gave each of them fifty taels of silver as a dish fee, and sent two brothers to send them down the mountain. Zhang Chaotang and Yang Pengju went to Guangzhou without any reason.Yang Pengju was discouraged by this setback, knowing that there are mountains above and beyond the rivers and lakes, and there are people above and beyond, and with his little efforts, he was able to survive until today, which is considered extremely lucky.This time, if Yuan Chengzhi, a little kid, hadn't rescued him with a word, he would have become a cripple without eyes. Thinking about it, he was secretly startled, and immediately quit his job at the escort agency, and wanted to go home to work in farming.Zhang Chaotang was grateful for his life-saving grace, and seeing that he was in a depressed mood, he invited him to visit the country of Luni to relax.Yang Pengju saw that there was nothing left and right, and he was homeless, so he agreed immediately. The three hired a sea boat in Guangzhou and headed for Luni.Yang Pengju lived there for more than a month, seeing that the place was so peaceful and happy, like a paradise, he didn't want to go back, so he took a small job in the Nadu's mansion of Zhang Xin, the father of Zhang Chaotang.I work for one or two hours a day, and the rest is spent drinking and gambling, and I am very happy.
Tian Jianxiu, Sun Zhongshou and others agreed to form an alliance, and everyone made a solemn oath in front of Yuan Chonghuan's statue, that the friends of Shanzong and General Chuang would become friends and never owe each other.Tian Jianxiu was about to marry Yuan Dang, and was very happy to hear that Cui Qiushan was going to teach Yuan Chengzhi martial arts, so he and Liu Fangliang went down the mountain first. Some heroes from all walks of life in the Yuan Party went to the king for his own use; some returned to their hometowns and prepared to make trouble;People have their own ambitions, and others are not reluctant. Sun Zhongshou, Zhu Anguo, Ni Hao, Ying Song and others stayed on the mountain to discuss Yuan Chengzhi's future provenance in detail. Yuan Chengzhi was so happy that he didn't sleep well all night after Cui Qiushan agreed to teach him "Fuhu Palm".The next day everyone was too busy forming alliances to pay attention to this matter.In the afternoon, everyone went down the mountain one after another. Before leaving, everyone said goodbye to the young master, and they were busy for a long time. In the evening, Sun Zhongshou and Ying Song ordered people to light red candles and set up high chairs. They asked Cui Qiushan to sit on it, and asked Yuan Chengzhi to perform the ceremony of apprenticeship.Cui Qiushan said: "I fell in love with the little brother of the Yuan family as soon as I saw him. He loves my set of crouching tiger palms. I spent a few days to teach the general idea. But can he learn it in a few days? Whether he can use it in the future depends on his comprehension and future practice. This is just a discussion between friends, and the status of master and apprentice is in any case out of the question." Ying Song said: "As long as you can teach one trick and two tricks. The way is to be a teacher for life. Why should brother Cui be too modest?" Cui Qiushan must not agree, and everyone has no choice but to do so. Everyone knows the rules in the martial arts, and it is inconvenient for others to watch when passing on the skills, so after saying goodbye, they leave. Cui Qiushan and the others went out, and said seriously: "Chengzhi, this set of crouching tiger palms was passed down to me by a senior expert. I can't fully understand the essence of it, and the kung fu is really far behind, but in the Jianghu It is enough to deal with ordinary enemies. When the old man taught this set of palms, he made me swear that after learning it, I will never use it to oppress good people and hurt innocent people." When Yuan Chengzhi heard it, he understood what he meant, and immediately knelt down and said: "Disciple Yuan Chengzhi, after learning the Fuhu palm technique, he will never dare to bully the good and harm the innocent, otherwise, otherwise..." He didn't know the rules of the oath , Said: "Otherwise, Uncle Cui will beat him to death." Cui Qiushan smiled and said: "Very good." Suddenly he swayed and the person was gone.When Yuan Chengzhi turned around in a hurry, Cui Qiushan had already circled behind him, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "You catch me." After being instructed by three masters, Zhu Anguo, Ni Hao, and Luo Daqian, Yuan Chengzhi had already established a little foundation in martial arts. He immediately shortened his body, swayed his left hand, and turned his right hand in circles. up and grab it. Cui Qiushan said happily: "This is a good move!" After finishing speaking, he lightly patted his shoulder with his palm, and the figure disappeared again.Yuan Chengzhi calmed down, stretched out a pair of small palms, and even protected the vital parts of his body.Seeing that Cui Qiushan was extremely fast and couldn't catch him anymore, he stopped playing hide-and-seek with him and retreated step by step towards the wall, then turned around suddenly, leaned against the wall, and said with a smile: "Uncle Cui, I see you!" Cui Qiushan couldn't go around behind him anymore, stopped in his tracks, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, you are very smart, you must be able to learn Fuhu Zhang." So he taught him from scratch one by one. There are a total of one hundred and eight movements in this way of palming, and each movement has its own changes.Yuan Chengzhi memorized silently, learned it several times, and remembered the moves roughly correctly.Cui Qiushan said repeatedly, and then taught the usage of each move and change in detail.Yuan Chengzhi has a solid foundation in martial arts and has a strong understanding. Cui Qiushan can understand it when he talks about it.One taught hard, the other studied hard until late at night. Early the next morning, Cui Qiushan was walking on the side of the mountain, and saw Yuan Chengzhi practicing boxing, performing one hundred and eight changes of "Fuhu Zhang", in that hook, curl, press, split, tear, hit, collapse, and spit. The eight essentials can actually understand its main purpose and know its essence.Cui Qiushan was very happy. When he was in a trance, he suddenly jumped forward, raised his leg and kicked his vest. Cheng Zhi suddenly heard the sound of the wind behind him, turned sideways to avoid it, and pulled the enemy's right leg back. He caught a glimpse of Cui Qiushan, and quickly withdrew his hands, screaming: "Uncle Cui!" Cui Qiushan laughed and said: "Don't stop, hit him down." palm. Cheng Zhi knew that he was fighting with him, so he stepped forward to dodge it, and hit Cui Qiushan's waist with small fists, which was the 89th move of Fuhuzhang "deep into the tiger's den".Cui Qiushan praised: "That's right, that's it." Pointing out his mouth, his subordinates kept fighting with him, and when they saw that Chengzhi made a mistake, he immediately corrected it.The two of them exchanged fists and feet, dismantling the Fuhu Palm's one hundred and eight moves over and over again.Chengzhi saw that this set of palm techniques has many changes, Cui Qiushan became more and more amazing when he used it, he was very happy and memorized it with his heart.After dismantling for a long time, Cui Qiushan saw that his head was sweating and knew he was tired, so he stopped his hands and told him to sit down and rest, while explaining with pictures.After talking for more than an hour, he was told to stand up and fight. From early morning until late at night, apart from eating, the two kept dismantling and practicing palm techniques.After practicing like this for seven days, on the night of the eighth day, Cui Qiushan said: "I have passed on everything I know to you. You must remember it well. Whether you will be successful in the future depends entirely on your own practice. When facing the enemy There are ever-changing things, seven points depend on kung fu, three points depend on cleverness, and it is absolutely difficult to win if you fight blindly." Yuan Chengzhi nodded to be taught. Cui Qiushan said: "Tomorrow I will go back to General Li, and I hope you will work hard in the future. The expert who taught me how to master taught me that the key to the level of martial arts lies in the mind, not the hands and feet, so I want to compare myself with you." More practice is more important. It's a pity that my brain is really not very bright, and it's hard to make much progress. I hope you can surpass me in practice in the future." Although Yuan Chengzhi and Cui Qiushan have only been together for eight or nine days, he has taught him the Fuhu palm technique, and his diligence in teaching shows the depth of his love. shed tears.Seeing that he was very attached to him, Cui Qiushan couldn't help being moved, he stroked his head lightly, and said, "It's rare in the martial arts world to be as smart as you are, but it's a pity that we don't have the chance to meet for a long time." Yuan Chengzhi said: "Uncle Cui, I'll follow you to General Li." Cui Qiushan said with a smile: "You are so young, how can you do it? We follow General Li, working hard all the time, full and hungry, today we don't know what will happen tomorrow." While he was talking, he suddenly heard a strange cry from a wild beast outside the house. Yuan Chengzhi said in surprise: "What is that? It's not a tiger or a wolf." Cui Qiushan said: "It's a leopard." With an idea, he said: "Let's go and get it I have a use for the leopard." Yuan Chengzhi was very excited, and hurriedly asked: "What is the use?" Cui Qiushan smiled without answering, and hurried out.Yuan Chengzhi hurriedly followed him out, and seeing that he was not carrying a weapon, he asked again: "Uncle Cui, what weapon did you use to beat the leopard?" Cui Qiushan didn't go out from the main door, but walked inside Sun Zhongshou's room, and called out, "Are Brothers Zhu and Ni here?" Zhu Anguo and others were talking in the room.Cui Qiushan said with a smile: "Please help me, I will be useful to force the leopard outside into the house." Ni Hao is an expert in killing tigers, so he said, "Okay, okay."Cui Qiushan shouted: "Brother Ni, don't hurt that beast." Ni Haoyao agreed, and after a while, shouts started.Cui Qiushan, Zhu Anguo and Luo Daqian also went out.Yuan Chengzhi took a short iron gun and wanted to follow out.Sun Zhongshou said: "Chengzhi, don't go out, let's watch here." Yuan Chengzhi had no choice but to watch from the window with Sun Zhongshou and Ying Song. I saw three people holding torches and standing in the east, west and north.Ni Hao used the hunting tiger fork, and was fighting with a huge leopard on the side of the mountain.He covered his whole body with a fork, preventing the leopard from pounced, but he did not stab with the fork.When Leopard saw the fire, he was frightened and wanted to escape, but was blocked by Zhu, Cui and Luo.Seeing that Cui Qiushan had no weapon in his hand, the leopard roared and rushed towards him.Cui Qiushan dodged to avoid the sharp claws, and hit the leopard's forehead with his right palm. The leopard immediately turned somersault and turned to the south.The door to the south room was wide open, and the leopard refused to enter the room, and ran around, but was cornered by the crowd and had no way out.Cui Qiushan jumped forward and kicked the leopard hard on the rear.The leopard was in pain, roared, and rushed into the house. At that time, Ying Song had closed all the doors, leaving only the door of the west side hall.Seeing the two men chasing them with torches in their hands, the leopard scrambled here and there, roaring and rushing into the west hall.Luo Daqian closed the door of the hall, and a big leopard was already locked in the hall. Everyone was very happy, looking at Cui Qiushan, wondering what he wanted.Cui Qiushan said with a smile: "Chengzhi, you go in and hunt the leopard!" Everyone was surprised when he said this.Sun Zhongshou said: "I'm afraid it's not appropriate?" Cui Qiushan said: "I'll watch from the side, this beast can't hurt him." Cheng Zhi said: "Okay!" With a short gun, he went to open the door.Cui Qiushan said: "Put down the gun and go in empty-handed!" Yuan Chengzhi was startled, and then realized that he wanted him to hit the leopard with the crouching tiger palm he had just learned, and he couldn't help being timid.Cui Qiushan said: "Are you afraid?" Cheng Zhi didn't hesitate, pulled out the cork on the door of the palace, pushed the door in, and only heard a loud roar of "Hu", and a group of black shadows rushed towards him.He slumped his right leg back, out of the way, and hit the leopard's ear with his backhand, using exactly the "Luhan Chuanjing" in the Fuhu palm technique.Although the palm hit, the hand was small and weak. The leopard didn't care, and turned around to bite. Yuan Chengzhi jumped behind the leopard, grabbed the leopard's tail and pulled it. At this time, Cui Qiushan was already standing by to guard, lest the leopard would be fierce and Cheng Zhi could not restrain it.But seeing that he is very familiar with the tiger-subduing palm technique he learned, the leopard pounced and grabbed him three times, but never touched his clothes, but hit him with a palm and a kick, he was secretly happy. Sun Zhongshou and others saw Yuan Chengzhi fighting leopards with his bare hands. Although Cui Qiushan was taking care of him, he cared after all. Everyone took torches and stood in the corner of the hall to watch.Zhu Anguo and Ni Hao held hidden weapons in order to shoot the leopard to save people in an emergency.Yuan Chengzhi moved up and down in the fire, and his body was flexible. At first, he fled from east to west, not daring to get close to the leopard. Later, he saw that the palm technique he learned had a lot of magical effects. He dodged attacks and was handy. He saw that it was useless to hit the leopard's body with his palm.He suddenly changed his stance, changed from striking to pulling, every time he struck with his palm, he would tear off a handful of hairs when he returned.The leopard suffered from pain and roared again and again, and became afraid of his small palm. When he saw his palm stretched out, he couldn't help roaring and backing away, baring his teeth to resist.But Cheng Zhi's technique was very fast, and the leopard couldn't dodge it in time. For a while, the leopard's fur flew around in the hall, and a good leopard was ripped off a lot of golden hair here and there by him.Everyone laughed. Although the leopard's fur was torn off by him, he couldn't control it with his bare hands. During the fierce fight, he suddenly made a move of "Bodhisattva lowers his eyebrows", and rushed towards the leopard with a short body.The leopard was frightened, took two steps back, and then flew forward. In an instant, Yuan Chengzhi was already under the leopard's belly. Ni Hao was shocked, and the double darts flew out.The leopard stretched out its right foot and knocked down the double darts.At this time, Cheng Zhi had disappeared.When everyone stared at him, they saw him hiding under the leopard's belly, with his legs hooked around the leopard's back, and his head against the leopard's chin, so that it couldn't bite or catch it.The leopard jumped up and down, turned and rolled, but Cheng Zhi never let go.He knew it was too long and his strength was insufficient, if he let go of his arms and legs, he would inevitably be hurt by the leopard's claws, so he hurriedly called: "Uncle Cui, come quickly!" Cui Qiushan said: "Take its eyes!" With a word of reminder, Yuan Chengzhi pierced his right arm, and inserted two fingers into the leopard's right eye. The leopard screamed in pain and jumped even more violently.Cui Qiushan took a few steps, pounded and slapped the leopard so dizzy, and fell to the ground. Then he picked up Chengzhi and said with a smile, "Not bad, not bad, it's really hard for you." Sun Zhongshou and the others were already sweating profusely from shock, thinking: "Although Cui Qiushan is a good person, under Li Zicheng's command, he is doing desperate lives every day and acting boldly. He doesn't know how much Mr. Yuan's life is like." Honorable." He thought again: "Mr. Yuan has been taught by him for eight days, and his martial arts have really improved." Cui Qiushan opened the door of the palace, kicked the leopard on the rear, and said with a smile: "Let you go!" Then The leopard rushed out, and suddenly someone outside screamed. Everyone only thought that the leopard ran outside and hurt someone, and when they went out to have a look, the surprise was no small matter.I saw that the whole mountain was full of fires, and the knives and guns were shining brightly under the light of the fires. It turned out that the officers and soldiers gathered to besiege the holy peak.Judging by the momentum, it is not easy to escape.The party members who were watching at the foot of the mountain were all killed, so there was no warning beforehand, and the enemy soldiers came suddenly. Sun Zhongshou and the others were all experienced in many battles. Although they were frightened, they didn't panic. They all thought: "It's a pity that the brothers on the mountain have dispersed. Otherwise, in the battle in Ningyuan, hundreds of thousands of Tartar elite soldiers would have been defeated by us." If you run away, how can you be afraid of you Guangdong officers and soldiers?" At that time, the Liaodong soldiers were elite and the best in the world, and Yuan Chonghuan's old troops never paid attention to the southern officers and soldiers. Sun Zhongshou immediately issued an order: "General Luo, you lead all the brothers who cook, clean, and guard the temple to the east mountain and set fire to shouting, as suspicious soldiers." Luo Daqian responded to the order.Sun Zhongshou said again: "General Zhu and General Ni, you two go to the front mountain, shoot ten arrows each, so that the officers and soldiers will not dare to approach too closely, and come back immediately after shooting." Sun Zhongshou said: "Brother Cui, I have an important task to entrust to you." Cui Qiushan said: "You want me to protect Chengzhi?" Sun Zhongshou said: "That's right."Cui Qiushan was taken aback, and quickly returned the salute, saying: "What orders do you two have, you should obey them, don't be so." There was only loud shouting and the faint sound of the golden drum. The sound came from the mountain. It turned out that Luo Daqian had already lifted out the big drum and bell in the temple and beat them violently to disturb the enemy soldiers.Sun Zhongshou said: "Master Yuan only has this bone and blood, brother Cui please escort him out of danger." Cui Qiushan said: "I will do my best." At this time Zhu Anguo and Ni Hao had finished shooting arrows and came back.Sun Zhongshou said: "General Zhu and I rushed down from the east after meeting General Qi Luo. Mr. Ying and General Ni rushed down from the west. Let's charge first to attract the main force of the enemy. Brother Cui and Cheng Zhi then go down from the west." Let's rush down the back mountain, and everyone will meet up with General Li Chuang in the future." Everyone agreed in unison. Chengzhi had been educated by Ying Song and others for several years. At this moment, he parted, feeling sad, knelt down and bowed a few times, and said: "Uncle Sun, Uncle Ying, Uncle Zhu, Uncle Ni, I, I..." His throat was choked Can't go on.Sun Zhongshou said: "You go with Uncle Cui and listen to him carefully." Cheng Zhi nodded in agreement. Only the officers and soldiers on the mountainside were shouting, rushing up the mountain, Ying Song said: "Let's go. Brother Cui, please wait for a while before leaving." Everyone raised their weapons and rushed down. Seeing that Cui Qiushan was unarmed, Ni Hao threw the tiger fork at him and said, "Brother Cui, catch it." Cui Qiushan said: "Brother Ne should use it himself!" He caught Hucha and wanted to throw it back to him.Ni Hao had already gone far, so he held a fork in his right hand and pulled Yuan Chengzhi with his left to walk behind the mountain.I saw that the hillside of the back mountain was also full of torches, and there were many officers and soldiers densely packed.Arrows from the mountain were like locusts, and they shot up randomly. Cui Qiushan retreated to the temple, ran to the kitchen, and took off two pot covers, one big and one small. It's a shield, let's go!" The two started to lighten their bodies and rushed into the darkness. After a while, the officers and soldiers had found the traces of the two of them, they chased them with shouts, and dozens of arrows shot at them at the same time. Cui Qiushan stood behind Yuan Chengzhi, waved the lid of the pot, and blocked the arrows one by one, only to hear the sound of Deng Deng Deng, and many arrows hit the pot lid.The two rushed straight down the mountain.All the officers and soldiers came up to stop them, Cui Qiushan used the hunting tiger fork, and hit with the fork and thorn, wounding more than ten officers and soldiers in an instant.When the officers and soldiers saw that it was a young child, they didn't pay much attention to him.In a moment, the two of them had reached the mountainside. As soon as he took a breath, he suddenly shouted loudly, and a group of officers and soldiers rushed forward diagonally, and a thousand households first held a big knife and slashed viciously.Cui Qiushan raised his fork to push it away, and felt that his strength was quite strong, he stabbed straight at him with the fork "the poisonous dragon came out of the hole".The thousand households raised their swords to cut open, and shouted: "Come on, brothers!" Cui Qiushan didn't want to fight, so he raised the lid of the pot and shook it at the thousand households.That Qianhu dodged to the right, Cui Qiushan yelled, raised his fork and dropped it, and inserted it from under his side. When he pulled out the fork, he turned his head and saw Chengzhi. yell. He strode forward, thrusting his fork indiscriminately, the officers and soldiers dodged one after another, and rushed to the vicinity, and saw Chengzhi surrounded by Gaixin, the short iron spear in his hand had been knocked down, and he was using the Fuhu palm technique to confront the three officers and soldiers. Young and weak, and a novice in palm technique, his left and right are at a loss, and the situation is critical.Cui Qiushan didn't even talk, he swiped two forks, stabbed two officers and soldiers, pulled Chengzhi with his left hand, and left.The officers and soldiers chased after him shouting, Cui Qiushan suddenly turned his head, swiped two forks, and stabbed the two officers and soldiers who were closest to him.The soldier fell to his death as soon as he boarded. Seeing his bravery, the officers and soldiers were so frightened that they stopped chasing him. Cui Qiushan put Yuan Chengzhi under his side, unfolded his lightness kung fu and raised vertical skills, and rushed straight to the dark place where there was no one. After a while, he was far away from the officers and soldiers. Cui Qiushan put down Chengzhi and asked, "Aren't you hurt?" Yuan Chengzhi raised his hand to wipe the sweat on his face, only to feel sticky. When he looked at it under the moonlight, his hands were covered with blood. There were bloodstains all over his clothes, and he said: "Uncle Cui, blood... blood..." Cui Qiushan said: "It doesn't matter, it's the enemy's blood. Is there any pain in your body?" Cheng Zhi said: "No." Cui Qiushan said: "Okay, let's go again!" The two dwarfed their bodies and drilled down through the bushes.After walking for less than half an hour, the bushes were almost gone. Cui Qiushan looked forward and saw that the torches at the foot of the mountain were bright and hundreds of officers and soldiers were guarding them. A row of dwarf trees grew in front of the cave, so they got into the cave. After all, Yuan Chengzhi was young. Although he was in a dangerous place, he fell asleep soon after lying down when he was tired.Cui Qiushan gently picked him up, leaned in his arms, and listened quietly.I only heard the continuous sound of shouting, and after a while, I saw black smoke rising from the top of the mountain, and the red light shot into the sky, thinking that Yuan Chonghuan's ancestral hall had been burned by officers and soldiers.After more than half an hour, I heard a horn blowing on the mountain. Cui Qiushan had fought dozens of battles with officers and soldiers, and he knew it was the order to retreat down the mountain.After a while, the voices of a large group of people and horses passed by in an endless stream. It turned out that the cave was next to the way down the mountain for the officers and soldiers. After a while, he suddenly heard someone sitting down in the bushes outside. Cui Qiushan lifted the steel fork with his right hand, and put his left hand by Chengzhi's mouth to prevent him from making noise in his dream, so he listened intently.Only one person shouted: "The rebel surnamed Yuan left behind a son, where did he go?" The voice of this sentence was very loud, and Cheng Zhi was woken up immediately.Cui Qiushan gently pressed his mouth with his left hand. He heard the man shout: "Do you want to say it? If you don't say it, I will cut off one of your legs first." A voice cursed: "If you cut it off, cut it off! How can we be afraid of you when we beat the Tartars with knives and guns in the side court?" ?” The accent is exactly Ying Song’s voice.Yuan Chengzhi whispered: "Uncle Ying!" The man scolded again: "You really don't want to say?" Slashed with a knife. Chengzhi couldn't bear it any longer, he tried his best to break away from Cui Qiushan's hold on his hand, shouted: "Uncle Ying!" and jumped out.火光中见一人正提刀向摔跌在地的应松砍落，他和身纵上，施展伏虎掌中的左击右擒之法，一拳正中那人右眼。那人只觉眼中金星直冒，手腕一痛，一柄刀已给夺去。承志顺手挥刀，砍中他肩头，虽然力弱，没把一条肩膀卸下，也已痛得他怪声大叫。众官兵出其不意，都吃了一惊，登时逃散，待得看清楚只是一个幼童，当即回转身来，刀枪并举，眼见就要把他砍成碎块。 突然火光中一柄钢叉飞出，各官兵只觉虎口剧震，兵刃纷纷离手。崔秋山一把抓住承志后心，直纵出去。众官兵放箭时，两人早已直奔下山。 崔秋山这一露形，奉太监曹化淳之命前来搜捕的东厂番子之中，便有四名好手跟踪下来。但见他胁下夹着个幼童，但仍纵跳如飞，迅捷异常。一名番子取出一支甩手箭，使足手劲，掷了出去。 崔秋山听得脑后生风，立即矮身，那支箭从头顶飞过去，就这么停得一停，另一人已扣住三支钢镖，连珠发出。崔秋山把承志往地下放落，左手回抄，接住两支钢镖，避开了第三支，正待发回，敌人的袖箭、飞蝗石已纷纷打来。崔秋山手接叉拨，闪避暗器，拉着承志向山下逃去。 四名番子见崔秋山武功精强，不敢再追，站定了破口大骂，纷发暗器，居高临下，势头甚劲。 崔秋山黑暗之中听得嗖嗖之声不绝，忙把袁承志拉在胸前，蹿高伏低地闪避。毕竟手中抱了人，纵跳不便，避开了右边打来的三枚菩提子，只觉左腿一痛，已中一枝短箭。伤处刚痛过，立即发痒，心中大惊，知道箭上有毒，不敢停留，急向山下奔逃。但这一来，毒发更快，再跑得几步，左腿麻痹，一个踉跄，跌倒在地。袁承志大惊，急叫：“崔叔叔。”四名番子见他跌倒，高呼大叫，随后赶来。 崔秋山道：“承志，快走，快走，我挡住他们。”袁承志双掌一错，跃到崔秋山身后，只待挡敌。崔秋山心想：“凭你这点功夫，居然想保护我。”但心中也自感动。 转眼间敌人追到，两个使刀的奔在最前。使鬼头刀的人想生擒活捉，翻转刀背，向袁承志足踝上击来。承志跃起避过。 崔秋山撑起右腿，半跪在地，在地上抓起一块石头向使双刀的头上掷去。那人待要避让，已然不及，石块正中他额头，登时晕倒。使鬼头刀的人一呆，崔秋山和身扑上，十指紧紧钳住他喉咙，那人挥刀向崔秋山臂上砍来，崔秋山手上加劲，那人这一刀虽然砍中，却已无力，片刻间便即气绝而死。其余两人见敌人凶悍，吓得魂飞魄散，连忙逃回。崔秋山臂上流血，幸好伤势不重，但左腿已全无知觉。 He gritted his teeth.拾起刀撑在地下，左手握住，站了起来。这时敌人虽已逃走，但不久定然召援再来，当地决计不能多留，只得左腿虚悬，向山下走去。袁承志站在他右边，让他右手搭在自己肩上，一瘸一拐地向前赶路。 走了一阵，崔秋山左腿毒性向上延伸，牵动左手也渐渐无力，只得以右手支撑。袁承志只觉肩头越来越重，但他一声不哼，奋力扶持着崔秋山前行。 又走一阵，两人实已筋疲力尽。袁承志忽见山边有间农舍，说道：“崔叔叔，前面有人家，咱们进去躲一躲。你再熬一下吧！”崔秋山点点头，勉力拖着半边身子向前挨去，到得门边，全身脱力，摔倒在地。
袁承志大惊，俯身连叫：“崔叔叔！”那农舍门呀的一声开了，出来个中年妇人。袁承志道：“大娘，我们遇到官兵。我叔叔受了伤，求求你让我们借宿一晚。” 那农妇叫出一个十六七岁的少年来，命他帮着把崔秋山扶进去，拼起三条长凳，让他躺下。崔秋山中毒甚深，亏得武功精湛，心智倒没昏乱，叫承志把油灯移近左腿处察看。两人都吓了一跳，原来那左腿已肿大了几乎一半，紫中带黑，十分怕人。 崔秋山请那农家少年裹好他臂上伤口，再用布条在自己左腿腿根处用力缠紧，以防毒气攻心。然后抓住箭羽，拔了出来，跟着流出来的都是黑血。崔秋山俯身要去吮吸毒血，但腿子肿大，嘴巴够不到。承志俯下身去，把伤口中的黑血一口口地吸了出来，吐在地下，吸了三四十口之后，血色才渐渐变红。崔秋山叹了口气道：“这毒药总算还不是最厉害的那种。你快漱口。”那农妇在旁瞧着，不住念佛。 次日午后，那少年报说官兵已经退尽。崔秋山腿肿渐消，但全身发烧，胡言乱语起来。承志没了主意，只急得要哭。 那农妇道：“这位小官，我瞧你叔叔的毒气还没去尽，总得到镇上请大夫瞧瞧才好。”袁承志道：“是，是，可是怎么去？”那农妇心肠甚好，借了辆牛车，命少年送了他们到镇上。那少年把他们送入客店之后，径自去了。崔、袁两人出来时身上都没带钱，袁承志不知如何是好，望着床上昏迷不醒的崔秋山发愁。店伙来问吃什么东西，承志答不上来，只好推说不饿，一个人坐着想哭。 过了良久，崔秋山终于醒来，袁承志忙问他怎么办。崔秋山道：“你身上带着什么值钱的东西没有？”袁承志道：“这项圈成吗？”说着从衣内贴肉处除了下来。崔秋山一看，见项圈是金的，镶着八颗小珍珠，项圈锁片上刻着“富贵恒昌”四个大字，还有两行小字，一行是“袁公子承志周岁之庆”，一行是“小将赵率教敬赠”，才知是承志做周岁时，他父亲部下大将赵率教所赠。 赵率教和祖大寿、何可纲、满桂三人是袁崇焕部下的四大名将。当年宁锦大捷，赵率教率部杀伤清兵甚众，官封左都督、平辽将军。崇祯二年十月，清兵绕过山海关，由大安口入寇京师，袁崇焕率四将千里回援，反为崇祯见疑而下狱。赵率教和满桂出战，先后阵亡。祖大寿与何可纲愤而率部自行离去，后来袁崇焕在狱中写信去劝，祖、何二将才再归朝抗敌，守卫京师。 赵率教是袁崇焕部下名将，天下知闻，但这时崔秋山迷迷糊糊，未能细想，便道：“叫店伙陪你到当铺去，把项圈当了吧，将来咱们再来赎回。”袁承志说：“好，我就去。”于是请店伙同去镇上的当铺。 当铺朝奉拿到项圈，一看之下，吃了一惊，问道：“小朋友，这项圈你从哪里来的？”袁承志道：“是我自己的。”那朝奉脸色登时变了，向袁承志上上下下打量良久，说道：“你等一下。”拿了项圈到里面去，半天不出来。袁承志和那店伙等得着急，又过了好一会儿，那朝奉才出来，说道：“当二十两。”袁承志也不懂规矩，还是那店伙代他多争了二两银子。袁承志拿了银子和当票，顺道要店伙陪去请了大夫，这才回店，哪知身后已暗暗跟了两名公差。 袁承志回到店房，见崔秋山已沉沉睡熟，额上仍然火烫，大夫还没到来。他心中焦急，走到店门外面张望，忽见七八名公差手持铁链铁尺，抢进店来。一人说道：“就是这孩子！”为首的公差喝道：“喂，孩子，你姓袁吗？” 袁承志吓了一跳，道：“我不是。”那公差哈哈一笑，从怀中掏出那个金项圈来，说道：“这项圈你从哪里偷来的？”袁承志急道：“不是偷的，是我自己的。”那公差笑道：“袁崇焕是你什么人？” 袁承志不敢回答，奔进店房，猛力去推崔秋山，只听得外面公差喊了起来：“圣峰嶂的奸党躲在这里，莫让逃了。”崔秋山霍地坐起，要待挣下地来，却哪里能够？脚刚着地，便即跌倒。 这时众公差已涌到店房门口，袁承志不及去扶崔秋山，纵出门来，双掌一错，挡在门口，当时心中只一个念头：“决不能让他们捉了崔叔叔去。” 门外是个大院子，客店中伙计客人听说捉拿犯人，都拥到院子里来瞧热闹，见七八名公差对着一个十岁左右的孩子发威，均觉奇怪。 只见一名公差抖动铁链，往承志头上套去。承志退后一步，仍拦在门外，不让公差进门。那公差抖铁链套人，本是吃了十多年衙门饭的拿手本事，手到擒来，百不失一，岂知一个小小孩子居然身手敏捷，这一下竟没套住，老羞成怒，伸右手来揪他头上的小辫子。 袁承志见这许多公差气势汹汹，本已吓得要哭，但见对方伸手抓到，头一偏，自然而然地使出伏虎掌法中的“横拖单鞭”，在他手腕上一拉。那公差脚步踉跄，险些跌倒，怒火更炽，飞腿猛踢，骂道：“小杂种，老子今日要你好看。” 承志蹲下身来，双手托住他大腿和臀部一托，借力乘势，向外推送，那公差肥肥一个身躯登时凌空飞出，砰的一声，结结实实地摔落。承志本来也没这么大气力，全是乘着那公差脚踢之势，斜引旁转，把他狠狠摔了一跤。这一招仍是伏虎掌法。 旁观众人齐声叫好。他们本来愤恨大人欺侮小孩，何况官府公差横行霸道，素为众百姓所侧目切齿。这时见公差落败，更败得如此狼狈，不由得大声喝彩。 其余的公差也都一愣，暗想这孩子倒有点邪门，互使眼色，手举单刀铁尺，齐涌而上。旁观众人见他们动了家伙，俱都害怕，纷纷退避。袁承志虽学了数年武艺，究竟年幼，又敌不过对方人多，无可奈何之中，只有奋力抵挡。不久肩头便吃铁尺重重打中了一下，忍不住便哭出声来。 正在危急之际，忽然左边厢房中奔出一条大汉，飞身纵起，落在承志面前，伸出双手乱抓乱拿，也不知他使了什么手法，顷刻之间，已把众公差的兵刃全都夺下。几名公差退得稍迟，被他几拳打得眼青口肿。这大汉啊啊大叫，声音古怪。 一名公差喝道：“我们捉拿要犯，你是什么人？快快滚开。”那大汉全不理会，身子一晃，已欺到他身前，右手抓住他胸口，往外掷出。那公差犹如断线鸢子一般，悠悠晃晃地飞出，砰嘭一声，摔得半死。其余的公差再也不敢停留，一哄出外。 那大汉走到承志跟前，双手比画，口中哑哑作声，原来是个哑巴，似在问他来历。袁承志不知如何告诉他才好，甚是焦急。 那大汉忽然左掌向上，右掌向地，从伏虎掌的起手式开始，练了起来，打到第十招“避扑击虚”就收了手。袁承志会意，从第十一招“横踹虎腰”起始，接下去练了四招。那哑巴一笑，点点头，伸臂将他抱起，神态甚是亲热。 袁承志指指店房，示意里面有人。那哑巴抱着他进房，只见崔秋山坐在地下，脸色犹如死灰，吃了一惊，放下袁承志，走上前去。崔秋山却认得他，做做手势，指指自己的腿。那哑巴点点头，左手牵着袁承志，右手抱起了崔秋山，大踏步走出客店。崔秋山是条一百几十斤重的魁梧大汉，但哑巴如抱小孩，毫不费力，步履如飞地出去。 两名公差躲在一旁，见那哑巴向西走去，远远跟随，想是要知道他落脚之所，再邀人大举拿捕。 这时崔秋山又昏了过去，人事不知。哑巴听不到身后声息，袁承志拉拉哑巴的手，嘴巴向后一努。哑巴回过头来，瞧见了公差，却似视而不见，继续前行。 走出两三里路，四下荒僻无人，哑巴忽把崔秋山往地下一放，纵身欺近，两公差转身想逃，哪里来得及，早被他一手一个，揪住后心，直向山谷中摔了下去，长声惨呼下，先后跌死。 哑巴摔死公差，抱起崔秋山，健步如飞地向前疾走。这一来承志可跟不上了，他虽勉力对付，两条小腿拼命搬动，但只跑了里许，已气喘连连。哑巴一笑，俯身把他抱在手中，他双手分抱两人，反而跑得更快，跑了一会儿，折而向左，朝山上奔去。
翻过两个山头，只见山腰中有三间茅屋，哑巴径向茅屋跑去。快要到时，屋前一人迎了过来，走到临近，是个二十多岁的少妇。她向哑巴点了点头，见到崔、袁两人，似感讶异，和哑巴打了几个手势，领着他们进屋。 那少妇叫道：“小慧，快拿茶壶茶碗来。”一个女孩的声音在隔房应了一声，提了一把粗茶壶和几只碗过来，怔怔地望着崔、袁两人，一对圆圆的眼珠骨溜溜地转动。 那少妇粗衣布裙，长身玉立，面目姣好，那女孩也甚灵秀。 那少妇向承志道：“这孩子，你叫什么名字？怎么遇上他的？”袁承志知她是哑巴的朋友，于是毫不隐瞒地简略说了。 那少妇听得崔秋山中毒受伤，忙拿出药箱，从瓶中倒出些白色和红色的药粉，混在一起，调了水给崔秋山喝了。又取出一把小刀，将他腿上腐肉刮去，敷上些黄色的药末，过了一阵，用清水洗去，再敷药末。这般敷洗了三次，崔秋山哼出声来。那少妇向袁承志一笑，说道：“不妨事了。”打手势叫哑巴把崔秋山抱入内堂休息。 那少妇收拾药箱，对承志道：“我姓安，你叫我安婶婶好啦。这是我女儿，她叫小慧，你就耽在我这里。”袁承志点点头。安大娘随即下厨做面。承志吃过后，疲累了一天一夜，再也支持不住，便伏在桌上睡着了。 次晨醒来时发觉已睡在床上。小慧带他去洗脸。承志道：“我去瞧瞧崔叔叔，他伤势好些么？”小慧道：“哑巴伯伯早背了他去啦！”承志惊道：“当真？”小慧点点头。承志奔到内室，果然不见崔秋山和哑巴的踪影。他茫然无主，“哇”的一声哭了出来。小慧忙道：“别哭，别哭！”承志哪里肯听？小慧叫道：“妈妈，妈妈，快来！”安大娘闻声赶来。小慧道：“他见崔叔叔他们走了，哭起来啦！” 安大娘柔声说道：“好孩子，你崔叔叔受了伤，很厉害，是不是？”承志点点头。安大娘又道：“我只能暂行救他，让他伤口的毒气不行开来。不过不能当真治好，因此哑巴伯伯背他去请另外一个人医治。等他医好之后，就会来瞧你的。”承志慢慢止了哭泣。安大娘道：“他就会好的。快洗脸，洗了脸咱们吃饭。” 吃过早饭后，安大娘要他把过去的事再详详细细说一遍，听得不住叹息。就这样，承志便在安大娘家中住了下来。
安大娘叫他把所学武功练了一遍，看后点点头说：“也真难为你了。”此后安大娘每日叫他自行练武，练得好不好，却从不加指点，在他练的时候也极少在旁观看。小慧本来常跟他在一起，在他练武之时，却总让妈妈叫了开去。 袁承志从小没了父母，应松、朱安国等人虽对他照顾周到，但这些叱咤风云的大将，照料孩子总不在行。现下安大娘对他如慈母般照料，亲切周到，又有小慧作伴，这时候所过的，可说是他近年来最温馨的日子了。只是每日里记挂着崔叔叔何时回来。 如此过了十多天，这一日安大娘到镇上去买油盐等物，还要剪些粗布来，给承志缝一套衫裤。那日他在圣峰嶂遇难，连滚带爬，衣服给山石树枝撕得甚是破烂。安大娘虽早给他缝补好了，但满身补丁，总不好看。安大娘叮嘱两个孩子在家里玩，别去山里，怕遇上狼。两个孩子答应了。 安大娘走后，两个孩子果然听话不出，在屋里讲了几个故事，又捉了半天迷藏，后来拿些小碗小筷，假装煮饭。小慧道：“你在这里杀鸡，我去买肉。”所谓杀鸡，是把萝卜切成一块一块，而买肉则是在门口捡野栗子。 小慧去了一会儿，好久不见回来，袁承志大叫：“小慧，小慧。”不见答应，想起安大娘的话，怕真遇上了狼，忙在灶下拿了一根火叉，冲出门去。 刚走出大门，一惊非小，只见小慧给一个武官夹在胁下，正要下山，小慧大声叫喊挣扎。袁承志大喊一声，挺叉向那大汉背后刺去。那武官大汉猝不及防，总算袁承志人矮，没刺到背心，后臀却已重重地吃了一叉，只是火叉头钝，刺不入肉。大汉大怒，放下小慧，拔出单刀，转身砍来。承志曾跟倪浩学过枪法，将火叉照着“岳家神枪”枪法使了开来，竟然有攻有守，和那大汉对打。 那大汉力大刀劲。袁承志仗着身法灵便，居然也对付着拆了十来招。那大汉见战不下一个小孩，心中焦躁，双腿略蹲，刀法忽变。那大汉起初出招，倒有一大半都砍空了，只因承志身矮，大汉砍向对方上身的刀法，全都砍空了。他觉察之后，便改使地躺刀法，只是觉得对付一个小小孩童，不必小题大做，是以并不躺下地来。 这一来承志登感吃力，正危急间，忽见安小慧拿了一柄长剑，挺剑向大汉身上刺去。大汉骂道：“呸！你这小妞也来找死。”单刀横砍，想震去她手中长剑。 小慧身手灵活，长剑圈转，回剑刺向大汉后胯，同时承志也已挺火叉刺去。那大汉一时竟给两个小孩闹了个手忙脚乱，连声呼叱叫骂。 袁承志起初见小慧过来帮手，担心她受伤，但三招两式之后，见她身手便捷，剑法使得也颇纯熟。他小孩好胜，不甘落后，一柄火叉使得更加紧了。 那大汉见两个小孩的枪法和剑法竟然都头头是道，然而力气太小，总归无用，于是封紧门户，又笑又骂地一味游斗。耗了一阵，两个小孩果然支持不来了。 那大汉提起单刀，对准小慧长剑猛力劈去，小慧避让不及，长剑给单刀碰上，拿捏不住，登时脱手飞去。袁承志大骇，火叉在大汉面前作势虚晃。大汉举刀架开，飞脚踢倒小
Inside they were discussing the alliance plan, Zhu Anguo and Ni Hao took Cui Qiushan's hand and walked to a secluded corner. Zhu Anguo said: "Brother Cui, although we met for the first time, we hit it off right away, don't treat us as outsiders." Cui Qiushan said: "The two elder brothers used to fight Tartars and protect the country. Brothers have always admired them. Today we can Brother is very happy to see so many heroes and friends of Shanzong." Ni Hao said: "I would venture to ask, which senior hero is brother Cui's mentor?" Cui Qiushan said: "Brother's mentor is Shanxi In Datong Mansion, Mr. Lei Bai Yebai. He has been dead for many years." Zhu Anguo and Ni Hao looked at each other, both feeling puzzled.Ni Hao said: "We have admired Senior Lei Bai's name for a long time. But there is a saying, Brother Cui, please don't be offended. Although Senior Bai's martial arts are high, it seems that he is not as good as Brother Cui." Cui Qiushan remained silent.Zhu Anguo said: "Although young people come out of blue, it is common for apprentices to be better than masters, but just now I saw Brother Cui's movement skills to defeat the two spies, it seems that there is another truth." Cui Qiushan hesitated for a moment, and said: "You two are good friends, I dare not hide it. After my master passed away, I met an expert by chance. He taught me some martial arts and asked me to swear not to do so. Said his name, so I ask the two big brothers to forgive me." Seeing that he was speaking sincerely, Ni and Zhu hurriedly said: "Brother Cui, don't say that. We have something to ask, so we boldly asked." Cui Qiushan said: "If you have any questions, please speak up. Everyone You are one of your own, so why be polite?" Zhu Anguo said, "Brother Cui, please wait a moment, let's discuss with two friends." Zhu and Ni pulled those surnamed Ying and Luo aside.Zhu Anguo said: "Brother Cui has excellent martial arts skills, none of us here can match him. Listening to him speak, his personality is also very bold." Ni Hao said: "It's just that he was a little hesitant when it comes to the succession of masters." So he repeated Cui Qiushan's words. The surname Ying was Ying Song, and he was a counselor under Yuan Chonghuan's tenure. He used a lot of strength to build the city in Ningyuan.Daqian, surnamed Luo, was a famous gunner. During the Battle of Ningyuan, he ignited the Hongyi cannon and killed countless Qing soldiers. He was promoted to a general because of his meritorious service.Ying Song said: "Let's ask him directly and see what he says?" Zhu Anguo said: "You should ask Mr. Sun about this first." Ying Song said: "That's right." Turning to the back hall, I saw that Sun Zhongshou and Tian Jianxiu were talking very congenially, so I invited Sun Zhongshou out to discuss.What Zhu Anguo and others are good at is marching and fighting, charging into battle, spears and crossbows, ten swings and ten decisive battles. They are brave, but in martial arts, they are not as good as Cui Qiushan. Sun Zhongshou said: "Master Ying, this matter is related to the life of the young master. You should find out the tone of the surname Cui first." Ying Song nodded and agreed, and went to see Cui Qiushan with Zhu Anguo, Ni Hao and Luo Daqian. Ying Song said: "We have one thing, only Big Brother Cui can help with it, so let's go..." Seeing that they hesitated to speak, Cui Qiushan said with a look of embarrassment, "Brothers are vulgar people. If you have any orders, as long as brothers can do it, you will obey them." Ying Song said: "Brother Cui is very straightforward, so let's talk straight. After Governor Yuan was murdered, he left behind a son who was only seven years old. We fought three times with Jin Yiwei, who was sent by the faint king to arrest the family member of the governor. , Seven brothers died to save Yuan Dushi's flesh and blood." Cui Qiushan said "Yes".Ying Song said: "This young master's name is Yuan Chengzhi, and the four of us will teach him to read and practice martial arts. He is very smart, and he can master it once he is taught, but if he continues to follow us, he will not make much progress if he continues to practice. We are in the grass, Self-defense martial arts is more important than the ability to march and fight." Cui Qiushan already understood what they meant, and said: "You want him to learn martial arts from me?" Zhu Anguo said: "Just now I saw brother Cui killing a thief, his martial arts are ten times better than ours, if brother Cui is willing to accept this apprentice and train him to become a man , Governor Yuan is in the spirit of heaven, and I will be very grateful." After saying that, the four of them bowed down. After Cui Qiushan returned the gift, he murmured: "I'm sure you appreciate it, brother shouldn't refuse, but now brother is in Brother Li's army, coming and going uncertainly, often fighting with the officers and soldiers, I don't know how long I will live. If Mr. Yuan is with me in the team, one is afraid that I will not have time to teach him, and the other is that it is really too dangerous." Ying Song and the others thought this was indeed the case, so disappointed. Ying Song called Yuan Chengzhi over and met Cui Qiushan.Cui Qiushan liked him very much when he saw that he was lively and lively, with a dark complexion, without any signs of being pampered by a rich and noble son.Asked about the martial arts he had learned, Yuan Chengzhi answered, and asked: "Uncle Cui, what kind of kung fu did you use to catch those two bad guys just now?" Cui Qiushan said: "That's called Fuhu Palm." Yuan Chengzhi said : "It's so fast, I can't even see clearly." Cui Qiushan said with a smile: "Do you want to learn?" Yuan Chengzhi hurriedly said: "Uncle Cui, please teach me." Cui Qiushan said with a smile to Ying Song: "I told General Tian, if you stay here for a few days, pass on this palm technique to him!" Yuan Chengzhi, Ying, Zhu, and Ni were all very happy and thanked him repeatedly.
Early the next morning, Sun Zhongshou bid farewell to Zhang Chaotang, Yang Pengju and the other three, saying: "We have met for a while, and we are finally destined. You only need to reveal half a word about the matter here, and you don't need to say anything about the consequences." Zhang and Yang are here. Repeatedly.Sun Zhongshou gave each of them fifty taels of silver as a dish fee, and sent two brothers to send them down the mountain. Zhang Chaotang and Yang Pengju went to Guangzhou without any reason.Yang Pengju was discouraged by this setback, knowing that there are mountains above and beyond the rivers and lakes, and there are people above and beyond, and with his little efforts, he was able to survive until today, which is considered extremely lucky.This time, if Yuan Chengzhi, a little kid, hadn't rescued him with a word, he would have become a cripple without eyes. Thinking about it, he was secretly startled, and immediately quit his job at the escort agency, and wanted to go home to work in farming.Zhang Chaotang was grateful for his life-saving grace, and seeing that he was in a depressed mood, he invited him to visit the country of Luni to relax.Yang Pengju saw that there was nothing left and right, and he was homeless, so he agreed immediately. The three hired a sea boat in Guangzhou and headed for Luni.Yang Pengju lived there for more than a month, seeing that the place was so peaceful and happy, like a paradise, he didn't want to go back, so he took a small job in the Nadu's mansion of Zhang Xin, the father of Zhang Chaotang.I work for one or two hours a day, and the rest is spent drinking and gambling, and I am very happy.
Tian Jianxiu, Sun Zhongshou and others agreed to form an alliance, and everyone made a solemn oath in front of Yuan Chonghuan's statue, that the friends of Shanzong and General Chuang would become friends and never owe each other.Tian Jianxiu was about to marry Yuan Dang, and was very happy to hear that Cui Qiushan was going to teach Yuan Chengzhi martial arts, so he and Liu Fangliang went down the mountain first. Some heroes from all walks of life in the Yuan Party went to the king for his own use; some returned to their hometowns and prepared to make trouble;People have their own ambitions, and others are not reluctant. Sun Zhongshou, Zhu Anguo, Ni Hao, Ying Song and others stayed on the mountain to discuss Yuan Chengzhi's future provenance in detail. Yuan Chengzhi was so happy that he didn't sleep well all night after Cui Qiushan agreed to teach him "Fuhu Palm".The next day everyone was too busy forming alliances to pay attention to this matter.In the afternoon, everyone went down the mountain one after another. Before leaving, everyone said goodbye to the young master, and they were busy for a long time. In the evening, Sun Zhongshou and Ying Song ordered people to light red candles and set up high chairs. They asked Cui Qiushan to sit on it, and asked Yuan Chengzhi to perform the ceremony of apprenticeship.Cui Qiushan said: "I fell in love with the little brother of the Yuan family as soon as I saw him. He loves my set of crouching tiger palms. I spent a few days to teach the general idea. But can he learn it in a few days? Whether he can use it in the future depends on his comprehension and future practice. This is just a discussion between friends, and the status of master and apprentice is in any case out of the question." Ying Song said: "As long as you can teach one trick and two tricks. The way is to be a teacher for life. Why should brother Cui be too modest?" Cui Qiushan must not agree, and everyone has no choice but to do so. Everyone knows the rules in the martial arts, and it is inconvenient for others to watch when passing on the skills, so after saying goodbye, they leave. Cui Qiushan and the others went out, and said seriously: "Chengzhi, this set of crouching tiger palms was passed down to me by a senior expert. I can't fully understand the essence of it, and the kung fu is really far behind, but in the Jianghu It is enough to deal with ordinary enemies. When the old man taught this set of palms, he made me swear that after learning it, I will never use it to oppress good people and hurt innocent people." When Yuan Chengzhi heard it, he understood what he meant, and immediately knelt down and said: "Disciple Yuan Chengzhi, after learning the Fuhu palm technique, he will never dare to bully the good and harm the innocent, otherwise, otherwise..." He didn't know the rules of the oath , Said: "Otherwise, Uncle Cui will beat him to death." Cui Qiushan smiled and said: "Very good." Suddenly he swayed and the person was gone.When Yuan Chengzhi turned around in a hurry, Cui Qiushan had already circled behind him, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "You catch me." After being instructed by three masters, Zhu Anguo, Ni Hao, and Luo Daqian, Yuan Chengzhi had already established a little foundation in martial arts. He immediately shortened his body, swayed his left hand, and turned his right hand in circles. up and grab it. Cui Qiushan said happily: "This is a good move!" After finishing speaking, he lightly patted his shoulder with his palm, and the figure disappeared again.Yuan Chengzhi calmed down, stretched out a pair of small palms, and even protected the vital parts of his body.Seeing that Cui Qiushan was extremely fast and couldn't catch him anymore, he stopped playing hide-and-seek with him and retreated step by step towards the wall, then turned around suddenly, leaned against the wall, and said with a smile: "Uncle Cui, I see you!" Cui Qiushan couldn't go around behind him anymore, stopped in his tracks, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, you are very smart, you must be able to learn Fuhu Zhang." So he taught him from scratch one by one. There are a total of one hundred and eight movements in this way of palming, and each movement has its own changes.Yuan Chengzhi memorized silently, learned it several times, and remembered the moves roughly correctly.Cui Qiushan said repeatedly, and then taught the usage of each move and change in detail.Yuan Chengzhi has a solid foundation in martial arts and has a strong understanding. Cui Qiushan can understand it when he talks about it.One taught hard, the other studied hard until late at night. Early the next morning, Cui Qiushan was walking on the side of the mountain, and saw Yuan Chengzhi practicing boxing, performing one hundred and eight changes of "Fuhu Zhang", in that hook, curl, press, split, tear, hit, collapse, and spit. The eight essentials can actually understand its main purpose and know its essence.Cui Qiushan was very happy. When he was in a trance, he suddenly jumped forward, raised his leg and kicked his vest. Cheng Zhi suddenly heard the sound of the wind behind him, turned sideways to avoid it, and pulled the enemy's right leg back. He caught a glimpse of Cui Qiushan, and quickly withdrew his hands, screaming: "Uncle Cui!" Cui Qiushan laughed and said: "Don't stop, hit him down." palm. Cheng Zhi knew that he was fighting with him, so he stepped forward to dodge it, and hit Cui Qiushan's waist with small fists, which was the 89th move of Fuhuzhang "deep into the tiger's den".Cui Qiushan praised: "That's right, that's it." Pointing out his mouth, his subordinates kept fighting with him, and when they saw that Chengzhi made a mistake, he immediately corrected it.The two of them exchanged fists and feet, dismantling the Fuhu Palm's one hundred and eight moves over and over again.Chengzhi saw that this set of palm techniques has many changes, Cui Qiushan became more and more amazing when he used it, he was very happy and memorized it with his heart.After dismantling for a long time, Cui Qiushan saw that his head was sweating and knew he was tired, so he stopped his hands and told him to sit down and rest, while explaining with pictures.After talking for more than an hour, he was told to stand up and fight. From early morning until late at night, apart from eating, the two kept dismantling and practicing palm techniques.After practicing like this for seven days, on the night of the eighth day, Cui Qiushan said: "I have passed on everything I know to you. You must remember it well. Whether you will be successful in the future depends entirely on your own practice. When facing the enemy There are ever-changing things, seven points depend on kung fu, three points depend on cleverness, and it is absolutely difficult to win if you fight blindly." Yuan Chengzhi nodded to be taught. Cui Qiushan said: "Tomorrow I will go back to General Li, and I hope you will work hard in the future. The expert who taught me how to master taught me that the key to the level of martial arts lies in the mind, not the hands and feet, so I want to compare myself with you." More practice is more important. It's a pity that my brain is really not very bright, and it's hard to make much progress. I hope you can surpass me in practice in the future." Although Yuan Chengzhi and Cui Qiushan have only been together for eight or nine days, he has taught him the Fuhu palm technique, and his diligence in teaching shows the depth of his love. shed tears.Seeing that he was very attached to him, Cui Qiushan couldn't help being moved, he stroked his head lightly, and said, "It's rare in the martial arts world to be as smart as you are, but it's a pity that we don't have the chance to meet for a long time." Yuan Chengzhi said: "Uncle Cui, I'll follow you to General Li." Cui Qiushan said with a smile: "You are so young, how can you do it? We follow General Li, working hard all the time, full and hungry, today we don't know what will happen tomorrow." While he was talking, he suddenly heard a strange cry from a wild beast outside the house. Yuan Chengzhi said in surprise: "What is that? It's not a tiger or a wolf." Cui Qiushan said: "It's a leopard." With an idea, he said: "Let's go and get it I have a use for the leopard." Yuan Chengzhi was very excited, and hurriedly asked: "What is the use?" Cui Qiushan smiled without answering, and hurried out.Yuan Chengzhi hurriedly followed him out, and seeing that he was not carrying a weapon, he asked again: "Uncle Cui, what weapon did you use to beat the leopard?" Cui Qiushan didn't go out from the main door, but walked inside Sun Zhongshou's room, and called out, "Are Brothers Zhu and Ni here?" Zhu Anguo and others were talking in the room.Cui Qiushan said with a smile: "Please help me, I will be useful to force the leopard outside into the house." Ni Hao is an expert in killing tigers, so he said, "Okay, okay."Cui Qiushan shouted: "Brother Ni, don't hurt that beast." Ni Haoyao agreed, and after a while, shouts started.Cui Qiushan, Zhu Anguo and Luo Daqian also went out.Yuan Chengzhi took a short iron gun and wanted to follow out.Sun Zhongshou said: "Chengzhi, don't go out, let's watch here." Yuan Chengzhi had no choice but to watch from the window with Sun Zhongshou and Ying Song. I saw three people holding torches and standing in the east, west and north.Ni Hao used the hunting tiger fork, and was fighting with a huge leopard on the side of the mountain.He covered his whole body with a fork, preventing the leopard from pounced, but he did not stab with the fork.When Leopard saw the fire, he was frightened and wanted to escape, but was blocked by Zhu, Cui and Luo.Seeing that Cui Qiushan had no weapon in his hand, the leopard roared and rushed towards him.Cui Qiushan dodged to avoid the sharp claws, and hit the leopard's forehead with his right palm. The leopard immediately turned somersault and turned to the south.The door to the south room was wide open, and the leopard refused to enter the room, and ran around, but was cornered by the crowd and had no way out.Cui Qiushan jumped forward and kicked the leopard hard on the rear.The leopard was in pain, roared, and rushed into the house. At that time, Ying Song had closed all the doors, leaving only the door of the west side hall.Seeing the two men chasing them with torches in their hands, the leopard scrambled here and there, roaring and rushing into the west hall.Luo Daqian closed the door of the hall, and a big leopard was already locked in the hall. Everyone was very happy, looking at Cui Qiushan, wondering what he wanted.Cui Qiushan said with a smile: "Chengzhi, you go in and hunt the leopard!" Everyone was surprised when he said this.Sun Zhongshou said: "I'm afraid it's not appropriate?" Cui Qiushan said: "I'll watch from the side, this beast can't hurt him." Cheng Zhi said: "Okay!" With a short gun, he went to open the door.Cui Qiushan said: "Put down the gun and go in empty-handed!" Yuan Chengzhi was startled, and then realized that he wanted him to hit the leopard with the crouching tiger palm he had just learned, and he couldn't help being timid.Cui Qiushan said: "Are you afraid?" Cheng Zhi didn't hesitate, pulled out the cork on the door of the palace, pushed the door in, and only heard a loud roar of "Hu", and a group of black shadows rushed towards him.He slumped his right leg back, out of the way, and hit the leopard's ear with his backhand, using exactly the "Luhan Chuanjing" in the Fuhu palm technique.Although the palm hit, the hand was small and weak. The leopard didn't care, and turned around to bite. Yuan Chengzhi jumped behind the leopard, grabbed the leopard's tail and pulled it. At this time, Cui Qiushan was already standing by to guard, lest the leopard would be fierce and Cheng Zhi could not restrain it.But seeing that he is very familiar with the tiger-subduing palm technique he learned, the leopard pounced and grabbed him three times, but never touched his clothes, but hit him with a palm and a kick, he was secretly happy. Sun Zhongshou and others saw Yuan Chengzhi fighting leopards with his bare hands. Although Cui Qiushan was taking care of him, he cared after all. Everyone took torches and stood in the corner of the hall to watch.Zhu Anguo and Ni Hao held hidden weapons in order to shoot the leopard to save people in an emergency.Yuan Chengzhi moved up and down in the fire, and his body was flexible. At first, he fled from east to west, not daring to get close to the leopard. Later, he saw that the palm technique he learned had a lot of magical effects. He dodged attacks and was handy. He saw that it was useless to hit the leopard's body with his palm.He suddenly changed his stance, changed from striking to pulling, every time he struck with his palm, he would tear off a handful of hairs when he returned.The leopard suffered from pain and roared again and again, and became afraid of his small palm. When he saw his palm stretched out, he couldn't help roaring and backing away, baring his teeth to resist.But Cheng Zhi's technique was very fast, and the leopard couldn't dodge it in time. For a while, the leopard's fur flew around in the hall, and a good leopard was ripped off a lot of golden hair here and there by him.Everyone laughed. Although the leopard's fur was torn off by him, he couldn't control it with his bare hands. During the fierce fight, he suddenly made a move of "Bodhisattva lowers his eyebrows", and rushed towards the leopard with a short body.The leopard was frightened, took two steps back, and then flew forward. In an instant, Yuan Chengzhi was already under the leopard's belly. Ni Hao was shocked, and the double darts flew out.The leopard stretched out its right foot and knocked down the double darts.At this time, Cheng Zhi had disappeared.When everyone stared at him, they saw him hiding under the leopard's belly, with his legs hooked around the leopard's back, and his head against the leopard's chin, so that it couldn't bite or catch it.The leopard jumped up and down, turned and rolled, but Cheng Zhi never let go.He knew it was too long and his strength was insufficient, if he let go of his arms and legs, he would inevitably be hurt by the leopard's claws, so he hurriedly called: "Uncle Cui, come quickly!" Cui Qiushan said: "Take its eyes!" With a word of reminder, Yuan Chengzhi pierced his right arm, and inserted two fingers into the leopard's right eye. The leopard screamed in pain and jumped even more violently.Cui Qiushan took a few steps, pounded and slapped the leopard so dizzy, and fell to the ground. Then he picked up Chengzhi and said with a smile, "Not bad, not bad, it's really hard for you." Sun Zhongshou and the others were already sweating profusely from shock, thinking: "Although Cui Qiushan is a good person, under Li Zicheng's command, he is doing desperate lives every day and acting boldly. He doesn't know how much Mr. Yuan's life is like." Honorable." He thought again: "Mr. Yuan has been taught by him for eight days, and his martial arts have really improved." Cui Qiushan opened the door of the palace, kicked the leopard on the rear, and said with a smile: "Let you go!" Then The leopard rushed out, and suddenly someone outside screamed. Everyone only thought that the leopard ran outside and hurt someone, and when they went out to have a look, the surprise was no small matter.I saw that the whole mountain was full of fires, and the knives and guns were shining brightly under the light of the fires. It turned out that the officers and soldiers gathered to besiege the holy peak.Judging by the momentum, it is not easy to escape.The party members who were watching at the foot of the mountain were all killed, so there was no warning beforehand, and the enemy soldiers came suddenly. Sun Zhongshou and the others were all experienced in many battles. Although they were frightened, they didn't panic. They all thought: "It's a pity that the brothers on the mountain have dispersed. Otherwise, in the battle in Ningyuan, hundreds of thousands of Tartar elite soldiers would have been defeated by us." If you run away, how can you be afraid of you Guangdong officers and soldiers?" At that time, the Liaodong soldiers were elite and the best in the world, and Yuan Chonghuan's old troops never paid attention to the southern officers and soldiers. Sun Zhongshou immediately issued an order: "General Luo, you lead all the brothers who cook, clean, and guard the temple to the east mountain and set fire to shouting, as suspicious soldiers." Luo Daqian responded to the order.Sun Zhongshou said again: "General Zhu and General Ni, you two go to the front mountain, shoot ten arrows each, so that the officers and soldiers will not dare to approach too closely, and come back immediately after shooting." Sun Zhongshou said: "Brother Cui, I have an important task to entrust to you." Cui Qiushan said: "You want me to protect Chengzhi?" Sun Zhongshou said: "That's right."Cui Qiushan was taken aback, and quickly returned the salute, saying: "What orders do you two have, you should obey them, don't be so." There was only loud shouting and the faint sound of the golden drum. The sound came from the mountain. It turned out that Luo Daqian had already lifted out the big drum and bell in the temple and beat them violently to disturb the enemy soldiers.Sun Zhongshou said: "Master Yuan only has this bone and blood, brother Cui please escort him out of danger." Cui Qiushan said: "I will do my best." At this time Zhu Anguo and Ni Hao had finished shooting arrows and came back.Sun Zhongshou said: "General Zhu and I rushed down from the east after meeting General Qi Luo. Mr. Ying and General Ni rushed down from the west. Let's charge first to attract the main force of the enemy. Brother Cui and Cheng Zhi then go down from the west." Let's rush down the back mountain, and everyone will meet up with General Li Chuang in the future." Everyone agreed in unison. Chengzhi had been educated by Ying Song and others for several years. At this moment, he parted, feeling sad, knelt down and bowed a few times, and said: "Uncle Sun, Uncle Ying, Uncle Zhu, Uncle Ni, I, I..." His throat was choked Can't go on.Sun Zhongshou said: "You go with Uncle Cui and listen to him carefully." Cheng Zhi nodded in agreement. Only the officers and soldiers on the mountainside were shouting, rushing up the mountain, Ying Song said: "Let's go. Brother Cui, please wait for a while before leaving." Everyone raised their weapons and rushed down. Seeing that Cui Qiushan was unarmed, Ni Hao threw the tiger fork at him and said, "Brother Cui, catch it." Cui Qiushan said: "Brother Ne should use it himself!" He caught Hucha and wanted to throw it back to him.Ni Hao had already gone far, so he held a fork in his right hand and pulled Yuan Chengzhi with his left to walk behind the mountain.I saw that the hillside of the back mountain was also full of torches, and there were many officers and soldiers densely packed.Arrows from the mountain were like locusts, and they shot up randomly. Cui Qiushan retreated to the temple, ran to the kitchen, and took off two pot covers, one big and one small. It's a shield, let's go!" The two started to lighten their bodies and rushed into the darkness. After a while, the officers and soldiers had found the traces of the two of them, they chased them with shouts, and dozens of arrows shot at them at the same time. Cui Qiushan stood behind Yuan Chengzhi, waved the lid of the pot, and blocked the arrows one by one, only to hear the sound of Deng Deng Deng, and many arrows hit the pot lid.The two rushed straight down the mountain.All the officers and soldiers came up to stop them, Cui Qiushan used the hunting tiger fork, and hit with the fork and thorn, wounding more than ten officers and soldiers in an instant.When the officers and soldiers saw that it was a young child, they didn't pay much attention to him.In a moment, the two of them had reached the mountainside. As soon as he took a breath, he suddenly shouted loudly, and a group of officers and soldiers rushed forward diagonally, and a thousand households first held a big knife and slashed viciously.Cui Qiushan raised his fork to push it away, and felt that his strength was quite strong, he stabbed straight at him with the fork "the poisonous dragon came out of the hole".The thousand households raised their swords to cut open, and shouted: "Come on, brothers!" Cui Qiushan didn't want to fight, so he raised the lid of the pot and shook it at the thousand households.That Qianhu dodged to the right, Cui Qiushan yelled, raised his fork and dropped it, and inserted it from under his side. When he pulled out the fork, he turned his head and saw Chengzhi. yell. He strode forward, thrusting his fork indiscriminately, the officers and soldiers dodged one after another, and rushed to the vicinity, and saw Chengzhi surrounded by Gaixin, the short iron spear in his hand had been knocked down, and he was using the Fuhu palm technique to confront the three officers and soldiers. Young and weak, and a novice in palm technique, his left and right are at a loss, and the situation is critical.Cui Qiushan didn't even talk, he swiped two forks, stabbed two officers and soldiers, pulled Chengzhi with his left hand, and left.The officers and soldiers chased after him shouting, Cui Qiushan suddenly turned his head, swiped two forks, and stabbed the two officers and soldiers who were closest to him.The soldier fell to his death as soon as he boarded. Seeing his bravery, the officers and soldiers were so frightened that they stopped chasing him. Cui Qiushan put Yuan Chengzhi under his side, unfolded his lightness kung fu and raised vertical skills, and rushed straight to the dark place where there was no one. After a while, he was far away from the officers and soldiers. Cui Qiushan put down Chengzhi and asked, "Aren't you hurt?" Yuan Chengzhi raised his hand to wipe the sweat on his face, only to feel sticky. When he looked at it under the moonlight, his hands were covered with blood. There were bloodstains all over his clothes, and he said: "Uncle Cui, blood... blood..." Cui Qiushan said: "It doesn't matter, it's the enemy's blood. Is there any pain in your body?" Cheng Zhi said: "No." Cui Qiushan said: "Okay, let's go again!" The two dwarfed their bodies and drilled down through the bushes.After walking for less than half an hour, the bushes were almost gone. Cui Qiushan looked forward and saw that the torches at the foot of the mountain were bright and hundreds of officers and soldiers were guarding them. A row of dwarf trees grew in front of the cave, so they got into the cave. After all, Yuan Chengzhi was young. Although he was in a dangerous place, he fell asleep soon after lying down when he was tired.Cui Qiushan gently picked him up, leaned in his arms, and listened quietly.I only heard the continuous sound of shouting, and after a while, I saw black smoke rising from the top of the mountain, and the red light shot into the sky, thinking that Yuan Chonghuan's ancestral hall had been burned by officers and soldiers.After more than half an hour, I heard a horn blowing on the mountain. Cui Qiushan had fought dozens of battles with officers and soldiers, and he knew it was the order to retreat down the mountain.After a while, the voices of a large group of people and horses passed by in an endless stream. It turned out that the cave was next to the way down the mountain for the officers and soldiers. After a while, he suddenly heard someone sitting down in the bushes outside. Cui Qiushan lifted the steel fork with his right hand, and put his left hand by Chengzhi's mouth to prevent him from making noise in his dream, so he listened intently.Only one person shouted: "The rebel surnamed Yuan left behind a son, where did he go?" The voice of this sentence was very loud, and Cheng Zhi was woken up immediately.Cui Qiushan gently pressed his mouth with his left hand. He heard the man shout: "Do you want to say it? If you don't say it, I will cut off one of your legs first." A voice cursed: "If you cut it off, cut it off! How can we be afraid of you when we beat the Tartars with knives and guns in the side court?" ?” The accent is exactly Ying Song’s voice.Yuan Chengzhi whispered: "Uncle Ying!" The man scolded again: "You really don't want to say?" Slashed with a knife. Chengzhi couldn't bear it any longer, he tried his best to break away from Cui Qiushan's hold on his hand, shouted: "Uncle Ying!" and jumped out.火光中见一人正提刀向摔跌在地的应松砍落，他和身纵上，施展伏虎掌中的左击右擒之法，一拳正中那人右眼。那人只觉眼中金星直冒，手腕一痛，一柄刀已给夺去。承志顺手挥刀，砍中他肩头，虽然力弱，没把一条肩膀卸下，也已痛得他怪声大叫。众官兵出其不意，都吃了一惊，登时逃散，待得看清楚只是一个幼童，当即回转身来，刀枪并举，眼见就要把他砍成碎块。 突然火光中一柄钢叉飞出，各官兵只觉虎口剧震，兵刃纷纷离手。崔秋山一把抓住承志后心，直纵出去。众官兵放箭时，两人早已直奔下山。 崔秋山这一露形，奉太监曹化淳之命前来搜捕的东厂番子之中，便有四名好手跟踪下来。但见他胁下夹着个幼童，但仍纵跳如飞，迅捷异常。一名番子取出一支甩手箭，使足手劲，掷了出去。 崔秋山听得脑后生风，立即矮身，那支箭从头顶飞过去，就这么停得一停，另一人已扣住三支钢镖，连珠发出。崔秋山把承志往地下放落，左手回抄，接住两支钢镖，避开了第三支，正待发回，敌人的袖箭、飞蝗石已纷纷打来。崔秋山手接叉拨，闪避暗器，拉着承志向山下逃去。 四名番子见崔秋山武功精强，不敢再追，站定了破口大骂，纷发暗器，居高临下，势头甚劲。 崔秋山黑暗之中听得嗖嗖之声不绝，忙把袁承志拉在胸前，蹿高伏低地闪避。毕竟手中抱了人，纵跳不便，避开了右边打来的三枚菩提子，只觉左腿一痛，已中一枝短箭。伤处刚痛过，立即发痒，心中大惊，知道箭上有毒，不敢停留，急向山下奔逃。但这一来，毒发更快，再跑得几步，左腿麻痹，一个踉跄，跌倒在地。袁承志大惊，急叫：“崔叔叔。”四名番子见他跌倒，高呼大叫，随后赶来。 崔秋山道：“承志，快走，快走，我挡住他们。”袁承志双掌一错，跃到崔秋山身后，只待挡敌。崔秋山心想：“凭你这点功夫，居然想保护我。”但心中也自感动。 转眼间敌人追到，两个使刀的奔在最前。使鬼头刀的人想生擒活捉，翻转刀背，向袁承志足踝上击来。承志跃起避过。 崔秋山撑起右腿，半跪在地，在地上抓起一块石头向使双刀的头上掷去。那人待要避让，已然不及，石块正中他额头，登时晕倒。使鬼头刀的人一呆，崔秋山和身扑上，十指紧紧钳住他喉咙，那人挥刀向崔秋山臂上砍来，崔秋山手上加劲，那人这一刀虽然砍中，却已无力，片刻间便即气绝而死。其余两人见敌人凶悍，吓得魂飞魄散，连忙逃回。崔秋山臂上流血，幸好伤势不重，但左腿已全无知觉。 He gritted his teeth.拾起刀撑在地下，左手握住，站了起来。这时敌人虽已逃走，但不久定然召援再来，当地决计不能多留，只得左腿虚悬，向山下走去。袁承志站在他右边，让他右手搭在自己肩上，一瘸一拐地向前赶路。 走了一阵，崔秋山左腿毒性向上延伸，牵动左手也渐渐无力，只得以右手支撑。袁承志只觉肩头越来越重，但他一声不哼，奋力扶持着崔秋山前行。 又走一阵，两人实已筋疲力尽。袁承志忽见山边有间农舍，说道：“崔叔叔，前面有人家，咱们进去躲一躲。你再熬一下吧！”崔秋山点点头，勉力拖着半边身子向前挨去，到得门边，全身脱力，摔倒在地。
袁承志大惊，俯身连叫：“崔叔叔！”那农舍门呀的一声开了，出来个中年妇人。袁承志道：“大娘，我们遇到官兵。我叔叔受了伤，求求你让我们借宿一晚。” 那农妇叫出一个十六七岁的少年来，命他帮着把崔秋山扶进去，拼起三条长凳，让他躺下。崔秋山中毒甚深，亏得武功精湛，心智倒没昏乱，叫承志把油灯移近左腿处察看。两人都吓了一跳，原来那左腿已肿大了几乎一半，紫中带黑，十分怕人。 崔秋山请那农家少年裹好他臂上伤口，再用布条在自己左腿腿根处用力缠紧，以防毒气攻心。然后抓住箭羽，拔了出来，跟着流出来的都是黑血。崔秋山俯身要去吮吸毒血，但腿子肿大，嘴巴够不到。承志俯下身去，把伤口中的黑血一口口地吸了出来，吐在地下，吸了三四十口之后，血色才渐渐变红。崔秋山叹了口气道：“这毒药总算还不是最厉害的那种。你快漱口。”那农妇在旁瞧着，不住念佛。 次日午后，那少年报说官兵已经退尽。崔秋山腿肿渐消，但全身发烧，胡言乱语起来。承志没了主意，只急得要哭。 那农妇道：“这位小官，我瞧你叔叔的毒气还没去尽，总得到镇上请大夫瞧瞧才好。”袁承志道：“是，是，可是怎么去？”那农妇心肠甚好，借了辆牛车，命少年送了他们到镇上。那少年把他们送入客店之后，径自去了。崔、袁两人出来时身上都没带钱，袁承志不知如何是好，望着床上昏迷不醒的崔秋山发愁。店伙来问吃什么东西，承志答不上来，只好推说不饿，一个人坐着想哭。 过了良久，崔秋山终于醒来，袁承志忙问他怎么办。崔秋山道：“你身上带着什么值钱的东西没有？”袁承志道：“这项圈成吗？”说着从衣内贴肉处除了下来。崔秋山一看，见项圈是金的，镶着八颗小珍珠，项圈锁片上刻着“富贵恒昌”四个大字，还有两行小字，一行是“袁公子承志周岁之庆”，一行是“小将赵率教敬赠”，才知是承志做周岁时，他父亲部下大将赵率教所赠。 赵率教和祖大寿、何可纲、满桂三人是袁崇焕部下的四大名将。当年宁锦大捷，赵率教率部杀伤清兵甚众，官封左都督、平辽将军。崇祯二年十月，清兵绕过山海关，由大安口入寇京师，袁崇焕率四将千里回援，反为崇祯见疑而下狱。赵率教和满桂出战，先后阵亡。祖大寿与何可纲愤而率部自行离去，后来袁崇焕在狱中写信去劝，祖、何二将才再归朝抗敌，守卫京师。 赵率教是袁崇焕部下名将，天下知闻，但这时崔秋山迷迷糊糊，未能细想，便道：“叫店伙陪你到当铺去，把项圈当了吧，将来咱们再来赎回。”袁承志说：“好，我就去。”于是请店伙同去镇上的当铺。 当铺朝奉拿到项圈，一看之下，吃了一惊，问道：“小朋友，这项圈你从哪里来的？”袁承志道：“是我自己的。”那朝奉脸色登时变了，向袁承志上上下下打量良久，说道：“你等一下。”拿了项圈到里面去，半天不出来。袁承志和那店伙等得着急，又过了好一会儿，那朝奉才出来，说道：“当二十两。”袁承志也不懂规矩，还是那店伙代他多争了二两银子。袁承志拿了银子和当票，顺道要店伙陪去请了大夫，这才回店，哪知身后已暗暗跟了两名公差。 袁承志回到店房，见崔秋山已沉沉睡熟，额上仍然火烫，大夫还没到来。他心中焦急，走到店门外面张望，忽见七八名公差手持铁链铁尺，抢进店来。一人说道：“就是这孩子！”为首的公差喝道：“喂，孩子，你姓袁吗？” 袁承志吓了一跳，道：“我不是。”那公差哈哈一笑，从怀中掏出那个金项圈来，说道：“这项圈你从哪里偷来的？”袁承志急道：“不是偷的，是我自己的。”那公差笑道：“袁崇焕是你什么人？” 袁承志不敢回答，奔进店房，猛力去推崔秋山，只听得外面公差喊了起来：“圣峰嶂的奸党躲在这里，莫让逃了。”崔秋山霍地坐起，要待挣下地来，却哪里能够？脚刚着地，便即跌倒。 这时众公差已涌到店房门口，袁承志不及去扶崔秋山，纵出门来，双掌一错，挡在门口，当时心中只一个念头：“决不能让他们捉了崔叔叔去。” 门外是个大院子，客店中伙计客人听说捉拿犯人，都拥到院子里来瞧热闹，见七八名公差对着一个十岁左右的孩子发威，均觉奇怪。 只见一名公差抖动铁链，往承志头上套去。承志退后一步，仍拦在门外，不让公差进门。那公差抖铁链套人，本是吃了十多年衙门饭的拿手本事，手到擒来，百不失一，岂知一个小小孩子居然身手敏捷，这一下竟没套住，老羞成怒，伸右手来揪他头上的小辫子。 袁承志见这许多公差气势汹汹，本已吓得要哭，但见对方伸手抓到，头一偏，自然而然地使出伏虎掌法中的“横拖单鞭”，在他手腕上一拉。那公差脚步踉跄，险些跌倒，怒火更炽，飞腿猛踢，骂道：“小杂种，老子今日要你好看。” 承志蹲下身来，双手托住他大腿和臀部一托，借力乘势，向外推送，那公差肥肥一个身躯登时凌空飞出，砰的一声，结结实实地摔落。承志本来也没这么大气力，全是乘着那公差脚踢之势，斜引旁转，把他狠狠摔了一跤。这一招仍是伏虎掌法。 旁观众人齐声叫好。他们本来愤恨大人欺侮小孩，何况官府公差横行霸道，素为众百姓所侧目切齿。这时见公差落败，更败得如此狼狈，不由得大声喝彩。 其余的公差也都一愣，暗想这孩子倒有点邪门，互使眼色，手举单刀铁尺，齐涌而上。旁观众人见他们动了家伙，俱都害怕，纷纷退避。袁承志虽学了数年武艺，究竟年幼，又敌不过对方人多，无可奈何之中，只有奋力抵挡。不久肩头便吃铁尺重重打中了一下，忍不住便哭出声来。 正在危急之际，忽然左边厢房中奔出一条大汉，飞身纵起，落在承志面前，伸出双手乱抓乱拿，也不知他使了什么手法，顷刻之间，已把众公差的兵刃全都夺下。几名公差退得稍迟，被他几拳打得眼青口肿。这大汉啊啊大叫，声音古怪。 一名公差喝道：“我们捉拿要犯，你是什么人？快快滚开。”那大汉全不理会，身子一晃，已欺到他身前，右手抓住他胸口，往外掷出。那公差犹如断线鸢子一般，悠悠晃晃地飞出，砰嘭一声，摔得半死。其余的公差再也不敢停留，一哄出外。 那大汉走到承志跟前，双手比画，口中哑哑作声，原来是个哑巴，似在问他来历。袁承志不知如何告诉他才好，甚是焦急。 那大汉忽然左掌向上，右掌向地，从伏虎掌的起手式开始，练了起来，打到第十招“避扑击虚”就收了手。袁承志会意，从第十一招“横踹虎腰”起始，接下去练了四招。那哑巴一笑，点点头，伸臂将他抱起，神态甚是亲热。 袁承志指指店房，示意里面有人。那哑巴抱着他进房，只见崔秋山坐在地下，脸色犹如死灰，吃了一惊，放下袁承志，走上前去。崔秋山却认得他，做做手势，指指自己的腿。那哑巴点点头，左手牵着袁承志，右手抱起了崔秋山，大踏步走出客店。崔秋山是条一百几十斤重的魁梧大汉，但哑巴如抱小孩，毫不费力，步履如飞地出去。 两名公差躲在一旁，见那哑巴向西走去，远远跟随，想是要知道他落脚之所，再邀人大举拿捕。 这时崔秋山又昏了过去，人事不知。哑巴听不到身后声息，袁承志拉拉哑巴的手，嘴巴向后一努。哑巴回过头来，瞧见了公差，却似视而不见，继续前行。 走出两三里路，四下荒僻无人，哑巴忽把崔秋山往地下一放，纵身欺近，两公差转身想逃，哪里来得及，早被他一手一个，揪住后心，直向山谷中摔了下去，长声惨呼下，先后跌死。 哑巴摔死公差，抱起崔秋山，健步如飞地向前疾走。这一来承志可跟不上了，他虽勉力对付，两条小腿拼命搬动，但只跑了里许，已气喘连连。哑巴一笑，俯身把他抱在手中，他双手分抱两人，反而跑得更快，跑了一会儿，折而向左，朝山上奔去。
翻过两个山头，只见山腰中有三间茅屋，哑巴径向茅屋跑去。快要到时，屋前一人迎了过来，走到临近，是个二十多岁的少妇。她向哑巴点了点头，见到崔、袁两人，似感讶异，和哑巴打了几个手势，领着他们进屋。 那少妇叫道：“小慧，快拿茶壶茶碗来。”一个女孩的声音在隔房应了一声，提了一把粗茶壶和几只碗过来，怔怔地望着崔、袁两人，一对圆圆的眼珠骨溜溜地转动。 那少妇粗衣布裙，长身玉立，面目姣好，那女孩也甚灵秀。 那少妇向承志道：“这孩子，你叫什么名字？怎么遇上他的？”袁承志知她是哑巴的朋友，于是毫不隐瞒地简略说了。 那少妇听得崔秋山中毒受伤，忙拿出药箱，从瓶中倒出些白色和红色的药粉，混在一起，调了水给崔秋山喝了。又取出一把小刀，将他腿上腐肉刮去，敷上些黄色的药末，过了一阵，用清水洗去，再敷药末。这般敷洗了三次，崔秋山哼出声来。那少妇向袁承志一笑，说道：“不妨事了。”打手势叫哑巴把崔秋山抱入内堂休息。 那少妇收拾药箱，对承志道：“我姓安，你叫我安婶婶好啦。这是我女儿，她叫小慧，你就耽在我这里。”袁承志点点头。安大娘随即下厨做面。承志吃过后，疲累了一天一夜，再也支持不住，便伏在桌上睡着了。 次晨醒来时发觉已睡在床上。小慧带他去洗脸。承志道：“我去瞧瞧崔叔叔，他伤势好些么？”小慧道：“哑巴伯伯早背了他去啦！”承志惊道：“当真？”小慧点点头。承志奔到内室，果然不见崔秋山和哑巴的踪影。他茫然无主，“哇”的一声哭了出来。小慧忙道：“别哭，别哭！”承志哪里肯听？小慧叫道：“妈妈，妈妈，快来！”安大娘闻声赶来。小慧道：“他见崔叔叔他们走了，哭起来啦！” 安大娘柔声说道：“好孩子，你崔叔叔受了伤，很厉害，是不是？”承志点点头。安大娘又道：“我只能暂行救他，让他伤口的毒气不行开来。不过不能当真治好，因此哑巴伯伯背他去请另外一个人医治。等他医好之后，就会来瞧你的。”承志慢慢止了哭泣。安大娘道：“他就会好的。快洗脸，洗了脸咱们吃饭。” 吃过早饭后，安大娘要他把过去的事再详详细细说一遍，听得不住叹息。就这样，承志便在安大娘家中住了下来。
安大娘叫他把所学武功练了一遍，看后点点头说：“也真难为你了。”此后安大娘每日叫他自行练武，练得好不好，却从不加指点，在他练的时候也极少在旁观看。小慧本来常跟他在一起，在他练武之时，却总让妈妈叫了开去。 袁承志从小没了父母，应松、朱安国等人虽对他照顾周到，但这些叱咤风云的大将，照料孩子总不在行。现下安大娘对他如慈母般照料，亲切周到，又有小慧作伴，这时候所过的，可说是他近年来最温馨的日子了。只是每日里记挂着崔叔叔何时回来。 如此过了十多天，这一日安大娘到镇上去买油盐等物，还要剪些粗布来，给承志缝一套衫裤。那日他在圣峰嶂遇难，连滚带爬，衣服给山石树枝撕得甚是破烂。安大娘虽早给他缝补好了，但满身补丁，总不好看。安大娘叮嘱两个孩子在家里玩，别去山里，怕遇上狼。两个孩子答应了。 安大娘走后，两个孩子果然听话不出，在屋里讲了几个故事，又捉了半天迷藏，后来拿些小碗小筷，假装煮饭。小慧道：“你在这里杀鸡，我去买肉。”所谓杀鸡，是把萝卜切成一块一块，而买肉则是在门口捡野栗子。 小慧去了一会儿，好久不见回来，袁承志大叫：“小慧，小慧。”不见答应，想起安大娘的话，怕真遇上了狼，忙在灶下拿了一根火叉，冲出门去。 刚走出大门，一惊非小，只见小慧给一个武官夹在胁下，正要下山，小慧大声叫喊挣扎。袁承志大喊一声，挺叉向那大汉背后刺去。那武官大汉猝不及防，总算袁承志人矮，没刺到背心，后臀却已重重地吃了一叉，只是火叉头钝，刺不入肉。大汉大怒，放下小慧，拔出单刀，转身砍来。承志曾跟倪浩学过枪法，将火叉照着“岳家神枪”枪法使了开来，竟然有攻有守，和那大汉对打。 那大汉力大刀劲。袁承志仗着身法灵便，居然也对付着拆了十来招。那大汉见战不下一个小孩，心中焦躁，双腿略蹲，刀法忽变。那大汉起初出招，倒有一大半都砍空了，只因承志身矮，大汉砍向对方上身的刀法，全都砍空了。他觉察之后，便改使地躺刀法，只是觉得对付一个小小孩童，不必小题大做，是以并不躺下地来。 这一来承志登感吃力，正危急间，忽见安小慧拿了一柄长剑，挺剑向大汉身上刺去。大汉骂道：“呸！你这小妞也来找死。”单刀横砍，想震去她手中长剑。 小慧身手灵活，长剑圈转，回剑刺向大汉后胯，同时承志也已挺火叉刺去。那大汉一时竟给两个小孩闹了个手忙脚乱，连声呼叱叫骂。 袁承志起初见小慧过来帮手，担心她受伤，但三招两式之后，见她身手便捷，剑法使得也颇纯熟。他小孩好胜，不甘落后，一柄火叉使得更加紧了。 那大汉见两个小孩的枪法和剑法竟然都头头是道，然而力气太小，总归无用，于是封紧门户，又笑又骂地一味游斗。耗了一阵，两个小孩果然支持不来了。 那大汉提起单刀，对准小慧长剑猛力劈去，小慧避让不及，长剑给单刀碰上，拿捏不住，登时脱手飞去。袁承志大骇，火叉在大汉面前作势虚晃。大汉举刀架开，飞脚踢倒小