Chapter 13 The Twelfth Session of Queen Mother Peach Traditional Chinese Medicine Toutuo Banquet

Yuan Chengzhi, Qingqing, Dumb, and Hong Shenghai escorted the iron box to Beijing for the first time.Sha Tianguang is in high spirits, and he wants to go to the capital with the leader. Cheng Qingzhu has lived in Beijing for a long time, and he knows everyone well, so he also wants to go with him.Yuan Chengzhi had two capable helpers accompanying him, so he readily agreed.Seeing that Hong Shenghai has always been loyal and has no intention of rebellion, he healed his wounds, and Hong Shenghai was even more grateful. A group of six people raised their whips and headed northward, galloping their horses across the endless Shandong Plain.This area is under the rule of Sha Tianguang's subordinates. After entering Beizhili, it is the boundary of the Qingzhu Gang, and the leaders of various places along the way will greet and see them off grandly.Qingqing sees that the person she likes is so respected by others, and she is extremely proud, and she is very restrained when she is prone to tantrums.

When they came to Hejian Mansion on this day, the leader of the local Green Bamboo Gang held a big banquet to welcome the leader, accompanied by famous people in Hejian Mansion's martial arts.After drinking for three rounds, everyone talked about the anecdotes of the world, martial arts anecdotes, and were very excited. Suddenly someone asked Cheng Qingzhu: "Master, in four days, it will be Mr. Meng Bofei's 60th birthday. Are you not going?" It's a gift until people don't arrive, so I have prepared a gift and asked someone to send it to Baoding Mansion." Sha Tianguang also said: "Brother's gift has already been sent. Mr. Meng knows that we will not be here, so he must have something important to do. You must not be offended." Yuan Chengzhi's heart moved: "This Gai Mengchang is very famous in the five northern provinces. Since his birthday is coming soon, why not take the opportunity to make friends?" He said: "Mr. For the 60th anniversary, brothers want to go to congratulate, what do you think?" Everyone applauded and said, "Old Man Meng must be very happy for the lord to give him such a big face."

The next day everyone changed their route to the west, and there were more than ten people from Hejian Mansion Qunhao accompanying them.When I came to Gaoyang this day, I was only a day away from Baoding Mansion.Everyone went to the Yuelai Inn on the street to stay overnight, settled their iron suitcases, and went to the lobby to drink and eat. I saw a big fat Toutuo sitting at the table in the east, with a copper hoop on his head, holding his long hair. He looked mighty, and there were seven or eight empty wine jugs on the table.The waiter from the shop came to bring the wine, he lifted the lid of the wine pot, poured the wine into a large bowl, drank it dry in one gulp, moved his hands up and down, grabbed the beef on the plate, and ate it clean in a short while, a stack He kept yelling: "Add wine and meat, hurry up!" At this time, several waiters in the shop were busy greeting Yuan Chengzhi and others, and ignored them.That Tutuo was furious, he stretched out his palm and slapped the table violently, the wine jug, cups and plates all jumped up, even the wine glasses of the guests at the next table were knocked over, and the wine flowed all over the table.

The guest jumped up with an "Ah yo", but he was a thin and small man with two mustaches on his upper lip, his eyes rolled up, and he was so naked that he shouted: "Master, if you want to drink, others will also drink." ’” That Tutuo was getting angry, so he slapped his palm heavily on the table again, and yelled: “I call myself the waiter, and do your shit?” The man said: “I’ve never seen such a vicious monk.” Then Toutuo shouted, "I want to meet you today." Qingqing was not convinced, and said to Yuan Chengzhi: "I'll take care of it." Yuan Chengzhi said: "Wait and see, don't look at that guy's short, I'm afraid he's not easy to mess with." Qingqing was about to watch the two fight , Unexpectedly, the man seemed to be afraid of Toutuo's power, and said: "Okay, okay, I am wrong, can it work?" Toutuo saw that he had admitted his mistake, just when the waiter in the shop brought wine again, he ignored it and drank by himself.The man walked away and came back after a while.Yuan Chengzhi and others saw that there was no excitement, so they drank and ate by themselves.Suddenly a gust of wind passed by, and a foul smell hit her nostrils. Qingqing took out a handkerchief to cover her nose.Yuan Chengzhi turned his head, and saw a potty on Toutuo's table, but Toutuo didn't notice it, so he couldn't help laughing, winked at Qingqing, and gave Toutuo a nod from the corner of his mouth.When Qingqing saw it, she bent down with a smile.

Many diners in the hall didn't notice it, and they all said: "It smells, it smells!" But the thin man shouted loudly: "Smells, smells!" Qing Qing whispered: "That man must have brought this That's right. He's so quick, I don't know how he did it." At this time, that Tutuo reached out for the flagon and held it in his hand. It was a potty, and it was heavy and obviously full of urine. Yu, turned somersault.The thin man was still praising: "Good wine, good wine! Smells good, smells good." Only then did he realize it was his fault, and threw the pot at him in the face.The man had been on guard for a long time, his body was extremely slippery, he slipped under the table with his short body, and hid behind Toutuo.The potty smashed against the table, splashing urine.Everyone yelled and stood up to dodge.

That Tutuo was even more angry, he stretched out two big palms and turned around to grab them.The man slipped under the table again.That head kicked over the table.There was chaos in the lobby.Everyone has already retreated to the sides. I saw the man fleeing here and there, Toutuo punched and kicked, but he still couldn't touch his body.Not long after, the tables and stools in the lobby had been pushed down by the two of them.The bowls, chopsticks and jugs fell all over the floor.The man picked up the jug and other things and kept throwing them at Toutuo.Toutuo roared to the sky, and took the throw back.Both of them are fast in movement, and they both have good martial arts.

After the call, a vacant space has been cleared in the lobby.The man didn't evade any more, he punched for punch, foot for foot, he used his skillful kung fu to fight against Toutuo.Toutuo's body is strong and powerful, and he uses the Cangzhou Dahong fist, which is powerful and vigorous.But the man's boxing technique is quite unique, he moves his hands by his side from time to time, and walks short and staggeringly. Qingqing smiled and said: "This is so ugly, what kind of martial arts is that?" Yuan Chengzhi had never seen it before, but he felt that his hands and feet were nimble.Cheng Qingzhu was well-informed, and said: "This is called duck-shaped boxing, and there are not many people in the world." Qingqing felt even more amused when he heard the name, and saw that the man's body and footwork really looked like a duck.

That Tou Tuo couldn't stop the fight for a long time, became anxious, stumbled suddenly, and used a set of Lu Zhishen's drunken punching Shanmen fist, staggering from side to side, just like a drunk man, sometimes his feet stumbled, and he rolled on the ground, waiting for the enemy to attack, he quickly Leap up and punch.He rolled and rolled over, with a lot of leftovers from food and wine stained on his body, and even a lot of urine poured out of the potty stained his clothes. At the end of the fight, Toutuo rushed forward suddenly, his left fist circled around and hit the man's back heart, and his right palm struck the enemy's chest.The thin man was hit back and forth, unable to dodge, summoned his internal strength, crossed his palms across his chest, and shouted: "Okay!" The three palms touched together.Thutuo's palms are fat, and men's palms are much thinner than ordinary people's, and both palms fit right into Thutuo's palms.

The two used their full strength and pushed forward.Although Toutuo's left hand is free, the whole body's strength has been channeled into the right palm, and the left arm is as useless as it can no longer channel the power to punch.The two sides are evenly matched, and immediately stand still, neither can advance nor retreat, we both know whoever retreats first will inevitably die at the opponent's hands, but if the fight continues like this, the internal energy will inevitably be exhausted, and both sides will suffer.Both felt remorseful, thinking that they had no enmity with each other, it was just a momentary quarrel, so it was really pointless to risk their lives like this.After a while, beads of sweat like soybeans appeared on the foreheads of both of them.

Sha Tianguang said: "Brother Cheng, take a beggar stick and dismantle it, if it's a little later, both will be bad." Cheng Qingzhu said: "I don't have this ability alone, we should do it together. Sha Tianguang said: "Okay, but although the lives of these two fools can be saved, serious injuries are inevitable." Yuan Chengzhi was about to step forward to disassemble, and said with a smile: "Let me do it." In the arms of two people.The palms of Toutuo and Hanzi slid away, unable to hold back, and with a pop, three palms hit Yuan Chengzhi's chest at the same time.Qingqing and Cheng Sha yelled: "Ah, it's not good!" At the same time, they rushed to rescue each other, but saw that he looked calm and was not injured.It turned out that Yuan Chengzhi knew that if he dismantled or pushed back hard, the two people were doing their best, and they would be seriously injured if they forced back and hit themselves with fierce internal force. Therefore, he was lucky and took these three palms. Lightly and easily let go of the palm.

At this moment, Toutuo and the man had exhausted all their strength, and they were limply paralyzed on the ground.Cheng Qingzhu and Sha Tianguang helped them up, and ordered the waiter in the shop to come in and clean up.Yuan Chengzhi took out ten taels of silver, handed it to the shopkeeper and said, "I will pay for the broken things. Many guests haven't finished their meal, and you reopened it as it is, and it will be counted on my account." The shopkeeper The one took the money, thanked him all the time, called the buddy Qi, cleaned up the broken things, and then had a banquet.All the drinkers came over to say thank you. After a while, Toutuo and the man gradually regained their strength, and they all came to thank Yuan Chengzhi for saving his life. Yuan Chengzhi said with a smile: "You are welcome. I would like to ask you two high names. With such martial arts, you must be famous heroes in the Jianghu." Na Toutuo said: "I was born in the name of the law, but others call me Tie Luohan. "The man said: "My surname is Hu and my name is Guinan. Please tell me the name of Gao, who are these two?" Yuan Chengzhi hadn't answered yet, but Sha Tianguang had already interjected: "It turns out to be Brother Hu, the master thief." Seeing that he knew his name and nickname, Hu Guinan liked him very much, and hurriedly said: "Don't dare, ask your brother for his name and name." Cheng Qingzhu took the fan from Sha Tianguang's hand and shook it.Hu Guinan saw a skull painted on the fan, which looked terrifying, so he bowed and said, "It turns out to be the Shazhai Lord of Yinyang Fan. I've admired the name of the village owner. It's a great honor to meet you." Qingzhu, knowing the status of the green bamboo held by the people in the Qingzhu Gang, this green bamboo actually has 13 knots, and that is the highest leader in the gang. Right?" Cheng Qingzhu said with a chuckle: "The master thief has a sharp eye, and he really deserves his reputation. You two don't know each other. Come, come, let's have a toast together." Everyone sat down together, Hu Guinan and Tie Luohan toasted a glass of wine each, and said: "Reckless! Offended!" Tie Luohan laughed and said, "I don't know where I stole this stinky potty, how weird!" Everyone shouted together laugh.Hu Tie and Hu Tie toasted to each other, and they turned enemies into friends. The two had similar temperaments and talked speculatively. Hu Guinan knew that Cheng and Sha were the heroic leaders of Beizhili and Shandong respectively. Seeing that the two were respectful to Yuan Chengzhi, this man had rescued him just now. ask.He was funny by nature and loved to make jokes, but now he behaved well and dared not be presumptuous. Cheng Qingzhu said: "What are you two doing here? Brother Hu has taken a fancy to some big family, do you want to show off your skills?" Hu Guinan said with a smile: "Brothers don't dare to mess around with Senior Cheng. I'm going to help Meng Bofei Mr. Meng went to pray for his birthday." Tie Luohan slapped the table and shouted, "Why didn't you say it earlier? I also went to pay my birthday. If I knew it, I wouldn't be able to fight. It's just that you are at Uncle Meng's banquet, so don't talk about it." Bring out a stinky potty." Everyone laughed again.Cheng Qingzhu smiled and said: "That's great, we are also going to celebrate Mr. Meng's birthday, and we will be traveling together tomorrow. Are you two good friends with Mr. Meng?" Tie Luohan said: "Good friends can't be climbed high, but we have known each other for more than 20 years. Only in recent years, I have been mostly in the Huguang area, and less in the north. I haven't seen you for eight or nine years." Hu Guinan laughed and said: "Then the Arhat Eldest brother still has to introduce me." Tie Luohan wondered: "Why? Don't you know Uncle Meng? Then what kind of birthday are you going to pay for him?" Hu Guinan said: "Brother has always admired Uncle Meng very much. I just didn't have the chance to meet you. I got a treasure by accident this time, so I wanted to borrow flowers to present Buddha as a birthday gift, so that I could meet this world-famous hero for a while." Tie Luohan said: "That's it. Don't say you have a birthday gift, even if you don't , Uncle Meng still receives the same reception. Who called him the nickname Gai Mengchang?" Cheng Qingzhu paid attention, and asked: "Brother Hu, what treasure did you get? Can you open our eyes?" Sha Tianguang also said: "How can ordinary things be in the eyes of a master thief? Such praise, then It must be priceless." Hu Guinan was very proud, and took out an exquisitely handcrafted gold box inlaid with beads and jade from his arms, and said, "There are many eyes and ears here, please go to the brother's room to have a look." What is hidden must be more precious. Hu Guinan waited for everyone to enter the room, closed the door, opened the box, and revealed two dead white toads.This pair of toads are snow white, but their eyes are blood red, they look very cute, but there is nothing unusual about them.Hu Guinan smiled at Tie Luohan and said, "Just now, my brother and I were palming each other. If we cried out together, it would be a catastrophe, and there is nothing we can do. But if you are seriously injured, I have a way to save it." Pointing to the white toad, he said: "This It is the Zhujing Ice Toad that was born on the snowy mountains of the Western Regions. No matter how severe the internal injury or knife wound is, as long as he does not die on the spot, once he takes the Ice Toad, the medicine will heal the wound. It is really a panacea, incomparably miraculous. It is even more detoxifying.” Cheng Qingzhu asked: "Where did Big Brother Hu get such a treasure?" Hu Guinan said: "Last month, I met an old medicine collector in a Henan inn. He was dying of illness. Seeing him pitiful, I helped him." A few tens of taels of silver, and he was given to extend the doctor to take the medicine. But he has reached the end of his life, and the medicine stone has no effect, and finally he can't live. When he was dying, he gave me this pair of ice toads, saying that he would repay me for taking care of him." Tie Luohan said: "This box is also pretty." Hu Guinan said: "The old Taoist was originally put in an old wooden box, but it was used as a gift, so why not pretend to be nice..." Sha Tianguang said with a smile: "So you borrowed this gold box from a wealthy household with nothing in your hands." Hu Guinan laughed and said, "The owner of Shazhai is as good at making things as God, I admire, I admire! It was originally for the lady of the rich man Liu in Kaifeng Prefecture to wear jewelry." Yes." Everyone laughed together. Hu Guinan said: "Just now, the two of us almost went to the gate of hell hand in hand, when we were fighting, I was thinking in my heart, if brother Tie Luohan and I survived by luck, I would take an ice toad myself and take another to save his life. There is no enmity between the two of us, so why would you kill someone just because of a stinky toilet pot? I was at fault for this." Tie Luohan laughed and said, "It's up to you." Everyone laughed again. Hu Guinan said: "All in all, these two ice toads are no longer mine." Holding the gold box with both hands, he sent it to Yuan Chengzhi and said, "I dare not say it is a repayment, but a little respect. Please accept it for your face." .” Yuan Chengzhi said in astonishment: "How can that be? This is what Brother Hu wants to give to Mr. Meng." Hu Guinan said: "If it wasn't for the help of Mr. Gong, the brothers would either die or be injured. In short, this pair of ice toads would never reach Mr. Meng's hands." Lah. As for the birthday gift, it’s not a brother’s boast, it’s everywhere, so don’t worry about it.” Yuan Chengzhi couldn’t help but thank you.Hu Guinan was a little unhappy, and said: "This gentleman neither wants to tell his name, nor accepts this ice toad. Is it suspected that his brother stole it? Don't you think it's dirty?" Yuan Chengzhi said: "Brother Hu, what did you say?" Speaking? I was in a hurry just now, and I didn’t have time to get a name. My younger brother’s surname is Yuan Ming Chengzhi.” Tie Luohan and Hu Guinan exclaimed "Ah" at the same time.Hu Guinan said: "It turned out to be Uncle Yuan, the leader of the seven provinces. No wonder he is so skilled. Uncle Yuan led a group of heroes and defeated the Tartar soldiers at Jinyang Pass. Everyone in the world admires him." Tie Luohan said: "I heard the news a few days ago. I couldn't help but stretch out my hand and slap myself hard." Everyone was stunned and puzzled.Qingqing said: "Why did you slap yourself?" Tie Luohan said: "I hate my bad luck, I didn't catch up with this big battle, and I didn't even kill a Tartar soldier." Everyone teased him again Gotta laugh. Yuan Chengzhi said: "Since Brother Hu is determined to see the gift, but the brother is disrespectful, so I have to accept it. Thank you, thank you." He took it with both hands and put it in his arms.Hu Guinan was overjoyed. Yuan Chengzhi returned to his room, and after a while, he came over holding a vermilion coral tree.The coral tree is about two feet high, crystal clear all over, it is rare that there is no damage in one place, not a grain of sand mixed in it, put it on the table, it will fill the room with brilliance, it is extremely beautiful.Hu Guinan was taken aback, and said: "Brothers have been to many rich and wealthy families, but they have never seen such a perfect coral tree. I am afraid that only the inner courtyard of the palace has such a treasure. This is the most important treasure of Yuan Xianggong's family. Right? It was an eye-opener." Yuan Chengzhi smiled and said: "This is also obtained by accident. Brother Hu, please keep this thing. How about using it as a congratulatory gift for Brother Hu when you arrive in Baoding Mansion tomorrow?" Hu Guinan said in surprise: "That is too precious." Cheng Zhi said: "Although these ornamental things are valuable, they are useless. They can save people's lives no more than ice toads. Brother Hu, put them away quickly." Hu Guinan had no choice but to thank them and put them away.He and Tie Luohan were secretly amazed when they saw Yuan Chengzhi's bold shots. Arriving at Baoding Mansion in the evening of the next day, everyone rested in the inn first, and went to Meng Mansion early the next morning to give gifts to celebrate his birthday. Meng Bofei saw the name cards of Yuan Chengzhi, Cheng Qingzhu, and Sha Tianguang, and hurriedly greeted them in person.He knew that Yuan Chengzhi was young, and he still said that there must be something extraordinary. When he met him at this moment, he was just a dark boy with a mediocre appearance. Tossing around, electing such a hairy young man to be the leader of the alliance?" But everyone came from afar to pay their respects to their birthday, so they thanked their eldest son Meng Zheng and second son Meng Zhu repeatedly, and welcomed them in, expressing mutual admiration.Yuan Chengzhi saw that Meng Bofei was tall and tall, with a beard and hair like silver. Even though he was in his sixties, he still had a voice like a bell, and his gait was more stable and abnormal. He presumably had profound martial arts.Both sons are in the prime of life, and both are full of heroic spirit. During the conversation, Meng Bofei seemed to be rather disapproving of the Taishan Conference. When Cheng Qingzhu talked about the Taishan Conference, he pretended not to hear it and didn't talk about it.After a while, another congratulatory guest came, Meng Bofei said: "Excuse me!" and went out of the hall to welcome the guests.Qingqing thought: "This man is called Gai Mengchang, but it turned out to be a vain name. If I had known that he was so old-fashioned, I wouldn't have come to pay him birthday wishes. I don't see enough of the old guy? I have seen even the old ones. .I have five in my own family.” After the family members offered snacks, Meng Zhu accompanied Yuan Chengzhi and others to the back hall to watch the birthday ceremony.At this moment, Meng Bofei was sitting around a table with many guests, full of praise.Seeing Yuan Chengzhi and others coming in, Meng Bofei rushed up to thank him and said: "Brother Yuan and Brother Xia, how can brothers be responsible for such a generous gift?" Yuan Chengzhi said: "A little respect for the birthday of the old senior is too meager." When everyone approached the table, they saw that the table was dazzling and full of gifts, among which the white jade eight horses from Yuan Chengzhi and the emerald jade watermelon from Qingqing were especially valuable.The precious coral tree given by Hu Guinan is also very eye-catching. Meng Bofei was quite unhappy about Yuan Chengzhi being promoted as the leader of the seven provinces, but seeing him speak modestly, saying that he was an old man, and what he gave was such a precious and extraordinary treasure, which shows that he has great respect for himself. Light, the behavior is really different, I don't feel that I have a good impression, and I am much more polite when I speak. After the congratulatory guests from all walks of life pay homage to their birthdays, the birthday man has a big banquet for guests and friends in the evening.Gai Mengchang is rich in Jiabaoding, he always likes to make friends, on this day's 60th birthday, more than 3,000 guests came from all over the place to congratulate him.Meng Bofei held his beard in great joy, and greeted and thanked all the heroes non-stop.Seventy or eighty seats were opened in the hall.Guests with low status and lower seniority are seated in the back hall and side halls. Yuan Chengzhi, Cheng Qingzhu, and Sha Tianguang all gave way to the first seat in the center, and Meng Bofei accompanied him in the main seat.Also at the first seat were the old hero Yuanyang and Ruogu, General Feng who was stationed at Daumaguan in Baoding Prefecture, and Dong Kaishan, the head of the Yongsheng Escort Bureau. They were also leaders in the martial arts world.After Qunhao made a toast to the birthday man, they played games of chess and wine, which was very lively. While dinner and wine were in full swing, a servant hurried in, holding a prayer box, walked up to Meng Zheng, and said a few words softly.Meng Zheng was drinking with the guests, when he heard the servant's words, he hurriedly stood up, walked to Meng Bofei, and said, "Father, you are so honorable as an old man, the invincible fist belongs to the second master and his wife, and I brought my disciples here to celebrate your birthday Lah." Meng Bofei was stunned for a moment, and said, "I have never been friends with Gui Laoer!" He opened the worship box, and saw the big red post that read: "Your younger brother Gui Xinshu leads the disciples and the dog son Gui Zhong pays respects" in large characters, There are also small characters that read "Feiyi Gold Ten Taels", and next to the post is a pair of small gold ingots weighing five taels each.Meng Bofei was overjoyed, and said to the guests at the banquet: "Excuse me." He took his two sons out to meet the guests. Not long after, I saw him with a happy face, and accompanied Gui Xinshu and his wife, Mei Jianhe, Liu Peisheng, and Sun Zhongjun to come in.Gui Erniang held the skinny and dying child Gui Zhong in her hands. Yuan Chengzhi stood aside early, made a bow, and said, "Second senior brother and second senior sister-in-law, hello to you two." Gui Xinshu nodded and said, "Well, you are here too." Gui Erniang snorted , but ignore it.Yuan Chengzhi said: "Brother and sister-in-law, please take a seat. I and Jian will sit with them." Hearing Yuan Chengzhi's address, Meng Bofei smiled and said, "Well, with the support of such a great brother, don't say It is easy to be the leader of the seven provinces, even the leader of the fourteenth province!" It seems that Yuan Chengzhi was proud of his youth and became the leader of the seven provinces, all relying on the strength of his seniors.Yuan Chengzhi smiled slightly, but said nothing. Gui Xinshu has been busy looking for medicine for his beloved son these days, and he still doesn't know about the Taishan Conference, so he said in astonishment: "What leader?" The mandarin ducks were daring, and the old hero sat down first.All the congratulators are heroes, and men and women sit together without dividing seats.Chengzhi used to sit at a table with Qingqing, Mei Jianhe and others.Cheng Qingzhu and Sha Tianguang went to sit with the mute and Hu Guinan. Gui Xinshu and Meng Bofei toasted each other.After everyone drank three cups, Dong Kaishan, the chief escort of the Yongsheng Escort Bureau, stood up and said, "Brother, you can't drink enough, please sit down. Brothers, go to the back and rest for a while." The escort didn't arrive, so I thought it would be good to settle here." Dong Kaishan looked awkward, and said: "Brother and Gui Erye have no grudges in the past, and have no enmity in recent days, why should Gui Erye force me so hard?" Everyone stopped drinking. , looking at the two of them. Meng Bofei laughed and said: "What's the matter with you two, look at the little brother's face, let the brother resolve it." When it comes to solving problems, he is really happy in his life.Dong Kaishan said: "I have admired Gui Erye's name for a long time, and I have always respected him very much, but I don't know each other, let alone dare to offend him. For some reason, I followed my brother all the way." When Meng Bofei heard it, he was clear-eyed: "Okay, neither of you is sincerely wishing this old man his birthday. It turns out that one took refuge and the other chased after him. Since this surnamed Dong respects me, he must not let him suffer when he comes to my house." Shame." Then he said to Gui Xinshu: "What's the matter with Gui Erye, let's talk about it after today. We are good friends, we can always talk about it. If Chief Dong offends Gui Erye, he must make a good apology." He Regardless of the reason, Dong Kaishan was sent first. Gui Xinshu was not good at words, so Gui Erniang pointed to the child in her hands and said, "This is the son of our second master and third wife, who is dying of illness. I would like to ask Brigade Dong to give me some pills to save my life. This child took his life. Our husband and wife will always feel great virtue." Meng Bofei said: "That's what it should be." Turning his head to Dong Kaishan, he said: "Dong Biaotou, saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. Let alone I beg you, a great hero like Gui Erye. What kind of pills, take them out quickly! You see, this child is seriously ill." Dong Kaishan said: "If this Fuling Shouwu Wan is my brother's own, you only need to return it to Er Ye Brother, I have already offered it with both hands. However, this is the tribute paid by the Governor of Fengyang, Mr. Ma, and it was sent to the capital by the Yongsheng Escort. If only one is missing, the brother will inevitably lose his wealth and life, and he will have to copy it all. I have to ask Gui Erye raised his hand high." After hearing this, everyone felt that the matter was in a dilemma.General Feng Shen heard that it was a tribute, and hurriedly said: "The tribute is something from the Holy One, which one dares to move it?" Gui Erniang said: "Hmph, even if it belongs to the Jade Emperor, I have to move it this time." General Feng Shen shouted: "Okay, you woman want to rebel?" Gui Erniang was furious, she stretched out her chopsticks to pick up a beef ball in the bowl, before General Feng Shen's mouth closed, she threw it into the bowl with a puff. in his mouth.Feng Shenjiang was startled, but two more beef balls came one after another, stuffing his big mouth full, he couldn't swallow or spit it out, and he was in a panic. The old hero Zhang Ruogu was furious when he saw it, thinking that today is the birthday of Brother Meng, so this way of doing things is not intentional, so he picked up an ingot-shaped chopstick rest on the table, and patted it hard, and the chopstick rest was neatly inserted into the table. desktop.He obviously needs martial arts to make Gui's and his wife too frightened to cause trouble. Gui Xinshu leaned his elbows on the table, submerged his Hunyuan Gong internal force to push down, his whole body didn't move at all, the chopstick rest embedded in the table suddenly jumped out and hit Zhang Ruogu's face.Zhang Ruogu dodged hastily, although he missed, he was already in a hurry.His face was flushed, and he stood up abruptly, slammed a piece of the table with his backhand, turned to Meng Bofei and said, "Brother Meng, I've lost face in your house." He walked out with big strides.The two Mengmen disciples who served as hosts stepped forward and said: "Master Zhang is not busy, please go to the back hall and have a cup of tea." Zhang Ruogu's face was livid, and his arms were opened, and the two disciples staggered and fell away. Meng Bofei was very displeased, he wanted to have a good birthday feast, but he was thrown into trouble by a villainous guest like Gui Xinshu, and his old friend left in displeasure.Just as he was about to speak, Feng Shen swung his fingers together, and without knowing what move he used, he dug out two beef balls from his mouth, but the first one he swallowed finally swallowed it, and yelled: "Reverse, reverse, this is still wrong!" Is there a king's law? Come here!" The two attendants didn't know why the master was angry, so they hurried over.General Feng Shen shouted: "Bring me the Daguan knife!" It turned out that this general Feng Shen relied on his ancestral shadow to win the official position. His martial arts were low, but he liked to show off. He asked the blacksmith to make a hollow Daguan knife with a long blade, a thick back, a gold-plated tassel, and a thin iron skin. A personal soldier followed him up, shouting "Hang Yu, Hang Yu" incessantly, pretending to be very heavy and overwhelmed, but he seemed relaxed and casual as long as he lifted it casually.When others saw it, they naturally admired the amazing power of the general.He said the words "Bring me Daguan Dao" smoothly, but at this moment his temper flared up and he yelled out again.The two attendants were taken aback for a moment. They came to pay their respects this time, but they didn't carry this cumbersome thing. One of the attendants immediately untied the saber from his waist and handed it over. Meng Bofei knew his details, and when he saw that he was putting on a show, he was angry and amused at the same time, and he even shouted: "I can't do it." Feng Shen is used to disregarding human life, and he doesn't know how old Gui Xinshu is. Seeing that he looks like a peasant, how can he take it to heart?Standing up, he took the saber, swung it around his head, and slashed at Gui Erniang.Gui Erniang held the child in her right hand, leaned forward with her left hand, and clamped the back of the knife with her middle fingers bent, and asked, "General, what do you want?" Feng Shenjiang pulled back hard, but he didn't know that the knife was clamped by someone with iron tongs, after pulling it, it didn't move at all.He held the handle of the saber with both hands, put his feet into a horse stance, and pulled his strength back, his face flushed red all of a sudden, although he didn't have a Daguan saber in his hand, his face was like a jujube, but he looked like Guan Gong, and the person he was sent by was also like Guan Gong. But Guan Gong's red phoenix eyes have become Feng Gong's cross eyes.Gui Erniang let go suddenly, and Feng Shen fell on his back. He fell firmly, the back of the knife hit his forehead, and a round lump suddenly swelled up, as if the beef ball he had swallowed just now had burrowed into his forehead.The two relatives rushed to help him up.General Feng Shen didn't dare to curse or speak, so he put his hand on his forehead and walked away in two steps.He only heard him go out of the hall door, and then shouted and scolded his followers all the way: "You bastard! I was just afraid of being lazy, so I didn't bring the Daguan knife that the master is used to. Otherwise, I would have chopped this shrew with one knife. into two halves." Dong Kaishan slipped away while thinking about it.Gui Xinshu said: "Boss Dong, if you leave the pills, I will not make things difficult for you." Dong Kaishan couldn't be forced, so he stood in the middle of the hall and shouted: "The man surnamed Dong knows that he is not your invincible opponent. His life is at stake. Here, if you want it, come and get it." Gui Erniang said: "Who wants your life? Take out the pill!" Meng Bofei's eldest son, Meng Zheng, couldn't bear it any longer, and shouted, "Second Master Gui, our Meng family did not offend you, you have a festival, please go outside to make trouble." Gui Xinshu said: "Okay, Biaotou Dong, Let's go out." Dong Kaishan refused to leave. Gui Xinshu became impatient, and reached out to grab his arm.Dong Kaishan retreated quickly, and Gui Xinshu followed suit.Dong Kaishan is the head of the bodyguard bureau, and his martial arts are naturally not ordinary. Seeing Gui Xinshu's palm, he hurriedly shrank his shoulders and struck out, but how could he touch the opponent's palm?But there was a scoffing sound, and a piece of the clothes on the shoulders had been torn off. Meng Zheng rushed forward, stood in front of Dong Kaishan, and said: "Second Master Gui, Brigade Chief Dong is a guest here to celebrate his birthday, we cannot allow him to be bullied at the house." Erniang Gui said, "What about it? Didn't our head tell him to go out?" Meng Zheng said: "You guys have to go to Escort Dong, you don't go to Yongsheng Escort Bureau? Why come here to disturb the situation?" His words became more and more impolite.Gui Erniang sternly said: "Even if it messes things up, so what?" She has been upset these days, her son is seriously ill, and she doesn't want her own life, otherwise, with Meng Bofei's prestige and status in the martial arts, she You can't go around like this. Meng Bofei was so angry that his face changed color, he stood up, and said: "Well, the second master looks up to me, I will come to learn from you." Meng Zheng said: "Father, today is a good day for you as an old man. Come here, my son." Moved away the tables and chairs in the hall, revealing an open space, and shouted: "If you want to disturb the situation, simply make a big disturbance. Return to the second master, this will show your invincible fist." Gui Erniang sneered and said: "You want to fight with our masters, practice for another twenty years, don't you know if you can succeed?" Meng Zheng has already learned the true instruction of Meng Bofei's Happy Thirty Palms, Fang is a mature man, and he rarely meets opponents in his life. Although he has long heard the name of Shen Quan invincible, but in front of thousands of guests, how can he swallow this breath?He shouted: "Second boy, you are fierce and domineering, and you come here to play wild! As long as Young Master Meng loses to you in the fist, even if you settle accounts with Brigade Dong, our Meng family believes that we are incapable of handling this matter. If we win You, but what?" Gui Xinshu didn't like to talk too much, and said in a low voice: "You can catch my three tricks, and Gui's second kowtows to you." The others didn't hear it, and asked each other.Meng Zheng laughed angrily, and said loudly: "Everyone, do you think this man is crazy? He said that as long as I catch three moves from him, he will kowtow to me. Haha, isn't it, it belongs to the second master?" Gui Xinshu said: "That's right, let's take the move!" With a cry, he punched down with his right fist "Taishan's top pressure". At this time, Qingqing had already stood beside Yuan Chengzhi, and said in a low voice: "Your elder brother has learned your method." Yuan Chengzhi said: "What?" Qingqing said: "You are competing with his apprentice, but you are also limited in your moves. Let him pick it up?" Yuan Chengzhi said: "This man surnamed Meng doesn't know good or bad, so he doesn't know how powerful my senior brother is." Seeing the opponent's punch, Meng Zheng took the hard fight, blocked it with his right arm, and then punched hard with his left hand.The two of them crossed their arms, and Gui Xin Shu thought: "This man is arrogant, he really has some kung fu." With a slap of his left palm, he hit his left elbow, and sent it out with force.Unexpectedly, Meng Zheng's kung fu is most concerned with the firmness of the horse's gait, this push only made him sway a few times.Yuan Chengzhi said in a low voice: "Oops, this move didn't defeat him, and the surnamed Meng will be seriously injured." But seeing Gui Xinshu slapped him with a wave of his palm, Meng Zheng resisted with both arms, and suddenly felt a strong wind coming, Immediately, he was confused, fell on his back, and passed out. Everyone exclaimed loudly.Meng Bofei and Meng Zhu rushed to help each other, only to see Meng Zheng slowly waking up, with blood spurting out of his mouth, gradually unable to catch his breath.Gui Xinshu didn't push him when he gave him a blow just now, he only said that his martial arts is very good, he said that he only used three moves, and the third palm gave out all his strength.Meng Zheng fought desperately for two moves, but his strength was exhausted. Even with the third move, he fell down even with a light finger. How can he bear this overwhelming palm force?Gui Xin Shuwan didn't expect that he was completely powerless to resist, and he regretted seeing that he was bound to die from injury. Ding Jia Shen Ding You is Meng Zheng's close friend, he and Meng Zhu were so angry that their eyes were burning, and they rushed towards Gui Xinshu together.Meng Bofei gave his son the blood to push the palace, and seeing that he was so angry, he couldn't help the old tears welling up, he turned around suddenly, and called Gui Xinshu. Seeing the right idea, Dong Kaishan took the opportunity to sneak away, Gui Xinshu slumped down, slipped under Ding You and Meng Zhu's fists, and stretched out his fingers to touch Dong Kaishan's side.Dong Kaishan froze immediately, with his left foot in front and his right foot behind him. He looked like he was rushing out, but he couldn't move half a step, and he kept calling: "Return to the second child, I... I will fight with you!" At this time, Meng Bofei had already fought with Gui Erniang, the two were equally powerful, Gui Erniang was at a disadvantage in holding the child, and gave him a round of rushing attacks like a mad tiger, repeated dangerous moves.Mei Jianhe, Liu Peisheng, and Sun Zhongjun had also fought fiercely with the Mengmen disciples. Cheng Qingzhu said to Yuan Chengzhi: "Yuan Xianggong, let's persuade you, don't make a big deal." Talk about it later."
At this time, Gui Xin Shu stepped forward to help in the fight, he hit Meng Bofei's acupoints without counting moves.He flickered in the middle and east of the hall, and in a short while, he had all the relatives of the Meng family's dozens of disciples hit the acupoints.Some of these people stretched their fists, some kicked their feet, some bent down, some turned their heads, and their postures were different, but none of them could move, and only their eyes were rolling.贺客中虽有不少武林高手，但见神拳无敌如此厉害，哪个还敢出头？ 归二娘对梅剑和道：“搜那姓董的。”梅剑和解下董开山背上包裹，在他身上里里外外仔细搜索，却哪里有茯苓首乌丸的踪影？归辛树解开他穴道，问道：“丸药放在哪里？” 董开山道：“哼，想得丸药，跟我到这里来干什么？亏你是老江湖了，连这金蝉脱壳之计也不懂。”归二娘怒道：“什么？”董开山道：“丸药早到了北京啦。”归二娘又惊又怒，喝道：“当真？”董开山道：“我仰慕孟老爷子是好朋友，专诚前来拜寿。难道明知你们想抢丸药，还会把这东西带上门来连累他老人家？” 众人听了，都觉董开山有理，纷纷指责归氏夫妇，喝叫他们一行快快离去。归氏夫妇莽撞暴躁，不善应变，一时不知如何是好。梅剑和等三人也都停手罢斗。 圣手神偷胡桂南走到袁承志身边，低声道：“袁相公，这镖头扯谎。” 袁承志道：“怎么？”胡桂南道：“他的丸药藏在这里。”说着向“寿”字大锦轴下的一盘寿桃一指。袁承志很是奇怪，低声问道：“你怎知道？”胡桂南笑道：“这些江湖上偷偷摸摸的勾当，别想逃过我的眼睛。”青青在一旁听着，笑道：“旁人想在神偷老祖宗面前搞鬼，当真是鲁班门前弄大斧了。”胡桂南笑道：“姓胡的别的能耐是半点没有，说到偷偷摸摸什么的勾当，却输不了给人。这姓董的好刁滑，他料到归二爷定会追来，因此把丸药放在寿桃之中，等对头走了，再悄悄去取出来。” 袁承志点点头，从人丛中出来，走到孟伯飞身边，伸掌在他璇玑、神庭两穴上按捏推拿几下，内力到处，孟伯飞身子登时活动。 归二娘厉声道：“怎么？你又要来多管闲事？”把孩子往孙仲君手里一送，伸手往袁承志肩头抓来。袁承志往左偏让，避开了她这抓，叫道：“师嫂，且听我说话。” 孟伯飞筋骨活动之后，左掌“瓜棚拂扇”，右掌“古道扬鞭”，连续两掌，向归二娘拍来。他这快活三十掌驰誉武林，自有独得之秘，遇到归辛树时棋差一着，缚手缚脚，但与归二娘却不相上下。两人拳来掌往，迅即交了十多招。归辛树道：“你让开。”归二娘往左闪开。孟伯飞右掌飞上。归辛树侧拳而出，不数招又已点中了他穴道。袁承志若再过去解他穴道，势必跟师哥动手，当下皱眉不动。 归二娘脾气本来暴躁，这时爱子心切，行事更增了几分乖张，叫道：“姓董的，你不拿药出来，我把你两条臂膀折了。”左手拿住董开山手腕，将他手臂扭转，右拳起在空中，只要下落，一拳打在肘关节上，手臂立断。董开山咬紧牙关，低声道：“药不在我这里，折磨我也没用。”贺客中有些人瞧不过眼，挺身出来叫阵。 袁承志眼见局面大乱，叫道：“大家住手！”叫了几声，没人理睬，心想：再过得片刻，倘若杀伤了人命，那就难以挽救，非快刀斩乱麻不可，突然纵起，落在孙仲君身旁，左手一招“双龙抢珠”，食中二指往她眼中挖去。孙仲君大惊，疾忙伸右臂挡架。岂知他这一招只是声东击西，乘她忙乱中回护眼珠，右掌在她肩头轻推，孙仲君退开三步，怀中孩子已给袁承志夹手抢去。孙仲君大惊，急叫：“师父，师娘！快，快，他抢了小师弟……” 归辛树夫妇回过头来，袁承志已抱着孩子，跳上一张桌子，叫道：“青弟，剑！”青青掷过剑去，袁承志伸左手接住了，叫道：“大家别动手，听我说话。” 归二娘红了眼睛，嘶声叫道：“小杂种，你敢伤我孩子，我……我跟你拼了！”说着要扑上去拼命。归辛树左手拉住，低声道：“孩子在他手里，别忙。”袁承志道：“二师哥，请你把孟老爷子的穴道解开了。”归辛树铁青着脸哼了一声，虽然怒极，还是依言将孟伯飞穴道拍开。 袁承志叫道：“各位前辈，众家朋友。我师哥孩子有病，要借贪官马士英的丸药救命，可是这位董镖头甘心给赃官卖命，我师哥才跟他过不去。孟老爷子是好朋友，今日是他老人家千秋大喜之日，我们决不会有意前来无礼扰局。”众人一听，都觉奇怪，明明见他们师兄弟互斗，怎么他却帮师兄说起话来了？归氏夫妇更加惊异。归二娘又叫：“快还我孩子！” 袁承志高声道：“孟老爷子，请你把这盘寿桃掰开来瞧瞧，中间可有点儿古怪。”董开山一听，登时变色。孟伯飞不知他葫芦里卖什么药，依言掰开一个寿桃，只见枣泥馅子之内露出一颗白色蜡丸，不禁一呆，一时不明是什么东西。 袁承志高声说道：“这董镖头要是真有能耐给赃官卖命，那也罢了，可是他心肠狠毒，前来挑拨离间，要咱们坏了武林同道的义气。孟老爷子，这几盘寿桃是董镖头送的，是不是？”孟伯飞点点头。袁承志又道：“他把丸药藏在寿桃之内，明知寿桃一时不会吃，等寿筵过了，我师哥跟孟老爷子伤了和气，他再偷偷取出，送到京里，岂不是奇功一件？” 袁承志怕归氏夫妇来夺孩子，仍高高站在桌上，左手高举利剑，以阻人来夺孩子，叫道：“青弟、胜海、胡桂南胡兄，请你们去掰开寿桃，取出药丸来。” 青青等三人依言走向中堂大画轴下的供桌边，把董开山所送那盘寿桃都掰开了，从馅里取出四十颗药丸。众贺客静静旁观，都张大了嘴，不住议论：“咦！”“啊！”“还有！”“没啦！”“都取出来了！”“这董镖头可真够神的。”“这年青相公怎么知道？”“你去问他啊，问我干吗？” 青青等三人把别的寿桃也都掰开了，遍寻更无余药，青青拍拍手，笑道：“都在这儿啦，再没有了！”笑逐颜开，嘻嘻哈哈地捧着一把药丸，举起交给承志。承志将剑交了给她，空出手来接过一颗药丸，说道：“请去拿杯清水来，要温的，别太热太凉！” 孟家仆人听到，即刻转身去端了杯水来，交给青青。 承志捏破手中的白色蜡丸，芳香扑鼻，露出龙眼大一枚朱红丸药。他怕药力过猛，孩子挺受不起，捏开药丸只用半颗。在清水中调了，喂入孩子口中。那孩子早已气若游丝，也不哭闹，一口口地都咽了。归二娘双目含泪，又是感激，又是惭愧，心想今天若不是小师弟识破机关，就算杀了那董镖头，也仍救不了儿子的命，还得罪了不少英雄豪杰，累了丈夫一世英名。 袁承志等孩子服过药后，跳下桌子，双手抱着孩子交过。归二娘接过，低声道：“师弟，我们夫妇真是感激不尽。”归辛树只道：“师弟，你很好，很好。”青青和胡桂南、洪胜海把丸药尽数都递给归二娘，青青笑道：“孩子再生几场重病，也够吃的了。”归二娘心中正自欢喜不尽，也不理会她话中含刺，连声称谢接过。 归辛树忙着给点中穴道的人解穴，解一个，说一句：“对不住！”孟伯飞默然，心想：“你儿子是救活了，我儿子却给你打死了。定当邀约能人，报此大仇。” 袁承志见孟门弟子抬了垂死的孟铮正要走入内堂，叫道：“请等一下。”孟铸怒道：“我哥哥已死定啦，还想怎样？”袁承志道：“我师哥素来仰慕孟老爷子的威名，亲近还来不及，哪会真的伤害孟大哥性命？这一掌虽然使力大了一点，但孟大哥性命无碍，尽可不必担心。”众人一听，都想：“眼见他受伤这般沉重，你这话骗谁？” 袁承志道：“我师哥并未存心伤他，只要给孟大哥服一剂药，调养一段时候，就没事了。”说着从怀中取出金盒，揭开盒盖，拿了一只朱睛冰蟾出来，用手捏碎，在碗中冲酒调合，给孟铮喝了下去。不一刻，孟铮果然脸上见红，呻吟呼痛。孟伯飞喜出望外，忍不住泪水直流，颤声道：“袁相公，袁盟主，你真是我儿子的救命恩人。”袁承志连声逊谢。当下孟铸指挥家人，将兄长抬到内房休息。厅上重整杯盘，开怀畅饮。 归二娘向孟伯飞道：“孟老爷子，我们实在鲁莽，千万请你原谅。”一拉丈夫，与三个徒弟一齐拜了下去。孟伯飞呵呵笑道：“儿子要死，谁都心慌，老夫也是一般，这也怪不得贤孟梁。”当即跪下还礼。归氏夫妇又去向适才动过手的人分别道歉，打躬作揖，极尽礼数。群雄畅饮了一会儿。孟伯飞终不放心，进去看儿子伤势，见他沉沉睡熟，呼吸匀净，料已无事，这才当真放心。 孟伯飞心无挂碍，出来与敬酒的贺客们酒到杯干，直饮到八九分。他更叫拿大碗来，满满斟了两碗，端到袁承志面前，朗声说道：“袁盟主，泰山大会上众英雄推你为尊，老实不客气说，在下本来心里不服。但今日你的所作所为，在下不但感激，且是佩服得五体投地。来，敬你一碗。”端起大碗，咕嘟嘟一口气将酒喝了。袁承志酒量本不甚高，但见他一番美意，也只得把碗中酒干了。群雄轰然叫好。孟伯飞大拇指一翘，说道：“袁盟主此后但有什么差遣，在下力量虽小，要钱，十万八万银子还对付得了。要人，在下父子师徒，自然赴汤蹈火，在所不辞。要再邀三四百位英雄好汉，在下也还有这点小面子。” 袁承志见他说得豪爽，又想一场大风波终于顺利化解，师兄弟间原来的嫌隙也烟消云散，很是畅快。这一晚众人尽醉而散，那董镖头早不知躲到哪里去了。崇祯皇帝既得不到灵药，难以延年益寿，他董总镖头自己如何延年益寿，这大事自须尽早安排。 袁承志等人在孟家庄盘桓数日，几次要行，孟伯飞总是苦留不放。孟铮受的是外伤，这几日中好得甚快。归辛树的儿子归钟服了茯苓首乌丸后，灵药有效，果然也是一日好于一日。归辛树夫妇心中欢喜无限，那也不用说了，还分了三颗茯苓首乌丸给孟铮，以资伤后调补。 到第七日上，盖孟尝虽然好客，也知不能再留，只得大张筵席，替归辛树与袁承志等送行。席间程青竹说道：“孟老哥，永胜镖局那姓董的不是好东西，他失却贡品交代不了，又找不上归二爷，只怕要推在老哥身上，须得提防一二。”孟伯飞道：“这小子要是真来惹我，可不再给他客气。”归二娘道：“孟老哥，这全是我们惹的事，要是有什么麻烦，可千万得给我们送信。”孟伯飞道：“好！这小子我不怕他。”沙天广道：“就须防他勾结官府。”孟伯飞哈哈笑道：“要是混不了，我就学你老弟，占山为王。” 群雄在笑声中各自上马而别。归辛树夫妇抱了孩子，归辛树拉着袁承志的手，心想大恩难报，空言无用，只诚诚恳恳地道：“师弟，自今而后，你便如我的亲兄弟一般！”承志道：“是，二哥！”归氏夫妇带着三个徒弟欣然南归。袁承志、青青、程青竹、沙天广、哑巴、铁罗汉、胡桂南、洪胜海等八人押着铁箱，连骑北上。
这日来到高碑店，天色将暮，因行李笨重，也就不贪赶路程，当下在镇西的“燕赵居”客栈歇宿。众人行了一天路，都已倦了，正要安睡，忽然门外车声隆隆，人语喧哗，吵得鸡飞狗走。除了哑巴充耳不闻之外，各人都觉得奇怪。只听得声音嘈杂，客店中涌进一批人来，听他们叽哩咕噜，说的话半句也不懂。 众人出房看时，只见厅上或坐或站，竟是数十名外国兵，手中拿着奇形怪状的兵器，乱哄哄地说话。袁承志等从没见过这等绿眼珠、高鼻子的外国人，都感惊奇，注目打量。 忽听得一个中国人向掌柜大声呼喝，要他立即腾出十几间上房来。掌柜道：“大人，实在对不住啦，小店几间上房都已住了客人。”那人不问情由，顺手就是一记耳光。那掌柜左手按住面颊，又气又急，说道：“你……你……”那人喝道：“不让出上房来，放火把你店子烧了。”掌柜无法，只得来向洪胜海哀求，打躬作揖，请他们挪让两间房。 沙天广道：“好哇，也有个先来后到。这人是什么东西？”掌柜忙道：“达官爷，别跟这吃洋饭的一般见识。”沙天广奇道：“他吃什么洋饭？吃了洋饭就威风些么？”掌柜的悄声道：“这些外国兵，是运送红夷大炮到京里去的。这人会说洋话，是外国大人的通译。”袁承志等这才明白，原来这人狐假虎威，仗着外国兵的势作威作福。 沙天广铁扇一展，道：“我去教训教训这小子。”袁承志一把拉住，说道：“慢来！”把众人邀入房里，说道：“先父当年镇守关辽，宁远两仗大捷，很得力于西洋国的红夷大炮，杀伤满洲官兵甚多。现下满清兵势猖獗，这些外国兵既是运炮去助战的，咱们就让一让吧。”沙天广道：“难道就由得这小子发威？”袁承志道：“这种贱男子，何必跟他一般见识。”众人听他如此说，就腾了两间上房出来。 那通译姓钱名通四，见有了两间上房，虽仍呶呶责骂，也不再叫掌柜多让房间了。他出去了一会儿，领了两名外国军官进店。 这两个外国军官一个四十余岁，另一个三十来岁。两人叽哩咕噜说了一会儿话，那年长军官出去陪着一个西洋女子进来。这女子年纪甚轻，青青等也估不定她有多大年纪，料想是二十岁左右，一头黑发，衬着雪白的肌肤，眼珠却是碧绿，全身珠光宝气，在灯下灿然闪耀。 袁承志从没见过外国女人，不免多看了几眼。青青却不高兴了，低声问：“你说这女人好看么？”袁承志道：“外国女人原来这么爱打扮！”青青哼了一声。 次日清晨起来，大伙在大厅上吃面点。两个外国军官和那女人坐在一桌。通译钱通四不住过去谄媚，卑躬屈膝，满脸赔笑，等回过头来，却向店伙大声呼喝，要这要那，稍不如意，就是一记巴掌。 程青竹实在看不过眼了，对沙天广道：“沙兄，瞧我变个小小戏法！”当下也不回身，顺手向后一扬，手中的一双竹筷飞了出去，噗的一声，正插入了钱通四口里，把他上下门牙撞得险些儿掉将下来。程青竹所用暗器就是一枝枝细竹，这门青竹镖绝技，二十步内打人穴道，百发百中，劲力不输钢镖。也是他听了袁承志的话才手下留情，否则这双筷子稍高数寸，钱通四的一双眼珠就别想保住了。 钱通四痛得哇哇大叫，可还不知竹筷是哪里飞来的。两个外国军官叫他过去查问。钱通四说了，那女子笑得花枝招展，耳环摇晃。 年长的军官向袁承志这一桌人望了几眼，心想多半是这批人作怪，拿起桌上两只酒杯，忽往空中掷去，双手已各握了一支短枪，一枪一响，把两只酒杯打得粉碎。袁承志等听得巨响，都吓了一跳，心想这火器果然厉害，而他放枪的准头也自不凡。 年长军官面有得色，从火药筒中取出火药铅丸，装入短枪，对年轻军官道：“彼得，你也试试么？”彼得道：“我的枪法怎及得上咱们葡萄牙国第一神枪手？”那西洋女人微笑道：“雷蒙是第一神枪手么？”彼得道：“若不是世界第一，至少也是欧洲第一。”雷蒙笑道：“欧洲第一，难道不就是世界第一么？”彼得道：“东方人很古怪，他们有许多本领，比欧洲人厉害得多，所以我不敢说。若克琳，你说是么？”若克琳笑道：“我想你说得对。” 袁承志等听三人叽哩咕噜地说话，自是半句不懂。 雷蒙见若克琳对彼得神态亲热，颇有妒意，说道：“东方人古怪么？”又是两枪连发，这一次却是瞄准了青青的头巾。火光一闪，青青的头巾打落在桌，露出了一头女子的长发。袁承志等齐吃一惊。雷蒙与另桌上的许多外国兵都大笑起来。 青青大怒站起，嗖的一声，长剑出鞘。袁承志心想：“要是动手，对方火器厉害，双方必有死伤。这些外国兵是去教官兵放炮打满清鞑子的，杀了他们于国家有损，还是忍一下。”对青青道：“青弟，算了吧。”青青向三个外国人怒目横视，坐了下来。 若克琳笑道：“原来是个姑娘，怪不得这般美貌。”雷蒙笑道：“好呀，你早在留心人家小伙子美不美啦。”彼得道：“她还会使剑呢，好像想来跟我们打一架。”雷蒙道：“她来时谁去抵敌？彼得，咱俩的剑法谁好些？”彼得道：“我希望永远没人知道。”雷蒙脸有怒色，问道：“为什么？”若克琳道：“喂，你们别为这个吵嘴。”抿嘴笑道：“东方人很神秘，只怕你们谁也打不赢这漂亮大姑娘呢。” 雷蒙叫道：“通四钱，你过来！”钱通四连忙过去，道：“上校有什么吩咐？”雷蒙道：“你去问那个大姑娘，是不是要跟我比剑？快去问。”钱通四道：“是，是！”雷蒙从袋里抓出十多块金洋，抛在桌上，笑道：“她要比，就过来。只要赢了我，这些金洋都是她的。她输了，我可要亲一个嘴！你快去说，快去说。” 钱通四大模大样地走了过去，照实对青青说了，说到最后一句“亲一个嘴”时，青青反手一掌，啪的一声大响，正中他右颊。这一掌劲力好大，钱通四“哇”的一声，吐出了满口鲜血、四枚大牙，“啊，啊！”大叫，半边脸颊登时肿了起来，从此嘴里四通八达，当真不枉了通四之名。 雷蒙哈哈大笑，说道：“这女孩子果然有点力气！”拔出剑来，在空中呼呼呼地虚劈了几下，走到大厅中间，叫道：“来，来，来！” 青青不知他说些什么，但瞧他神气，显然便是要和自己比剑，当即拔剑出座。 袁承志道：“青弟，你过来。”青青以为他要拦阻，身子一扭，道：“我不来！”袁承志道：“我教你怎样胜他。”青青适才眼见那外国人火器厉害无比，只怕剑法也是如此威力惊人，又或是剑上会放出些什么霹雳声响的物事来，本有些害怕，一听大喜，忙走过来。袁承志道：“瞧他刚才砍劈这几下，出手敏捷，劲道也足。他这剑柔中带韧，要防他直刺，不怕他砍削。”青青道：“那么我可想法子震去他剑！”袁承志喜道：“不错，正是这样，但别伤了他。” 雷蒙见两人谈论不休，心中焦躁，叫道：“快来，快来！” 青青反身跃出，回手突然出剑，向他肩头削去。雷蒙万想不到她出手如此快捷，总算他是葡萄牙的剑术高手，又受过法国与意大利名师的指点，危急中滚倒在地，举剑格挡，铮的一声，火花四溅，站起身来，已吓出了一身冷汗。若克琳在一旁拍手