Chapter 17 The Sixteenth Chapter of Araoka

When they came to a place more than ten zhang away from the alley, several disciples of Jiao Gongli had already greeted them, saying that Min Zihua was talking with his junior Taoist Dongxuan in the room.Seeing Yuan Chengzhi's help, everyone was refreshed. Jiao Wan'er asked Yuan Chengzhi: "Yuan Xianggong, can we do it?" Yuan Chengzhi said: "Tell everyone to stay outside, let's go and check first." Jiao Wan'er said: "Okay!" A few words, and Yuan Chengzhi and others jumped into the wall.Jiao Wan'er's lightness skill was poor, and when she landed, her feet made a slight sound, and the lights in the room suddenly went out.Jiao Wan'er knew that the enemy had noticed and could no longer detect anything, so she whistled lightly, and poked her head out from the roofs all around.Jiao Wan'er shouted: "Min, come out and see who is here!" The people in the room were silent.Jiao Wan'er shouted: "Light the torch and go in!"

The four members of the Golden Dragon Gang took out the torches, lit the torches they brought, and entered with their heads held high, while the four members beside them held knives to protect them.Suddenly, with a few pops, three of the four torches were knocked out, and two black shadows flew over the heads of the crowd.The members of the Golden Dragon Gang rushed forward, surrounded them, and started fighting.The torches were ignited, illuminating the courtyard as if it were daytime. Knowing that they were surrounded, Min Zihua and Taoist Dongxuan fought back to back and stabbed six or seven members of the Golden Dragon Gang in an instant.As soon as the injured retreated, someone immediately made up for it.

After fighting for a while, Min Zihua and Dongxuan injured another three or four people, but Dongxuan's left arm was also injured.He crossed his sword with his right hand, risking his life to fight.Liangyi swordsmanship is originally that he uses the sword with his left hand, and Min Zihua uses the sword with his right hand, echoing left and right, looping back and forth to attack and defend.Now both of them are right-handed swords, and their power will be reduced immediately.After a short fight, Dong Xuan and Min Zihua each received several wounds. Yuan Chengzhi was watching the battle from the sidelines, thinking: "One life for another, killing Min Zihua alone is enough, there is no need for Dongxuan to accompany him here." There was a clanging sound, not only the long swords in the hands of Dongxuan and Min Zihua were cut off by the Golden Snake Sword, seven or eight of the weapons of the members of the Golden Dragon Clan were also severed.

Everyone was taken by surprise, they were all taken aback, and they jumped back. Yuan Chengzhi didn't expect this sword to be so powerful, and even he was stunned, thinking that it was a weapon that everyone took advantage of, and he just wanted the two sides to stop fighting, but unexpectedly cut several weapons, making him very uneasy. At this time, Min Zihua and Dongxuan's bodies were covered with blood, and seeing Yuan Chengzhi coming, they knew that they were unlucky.Dongxuan threw the broken sword to the ground, and said with a wry smile: "I don't know why my senior brother offended Your Excellency, and forced me so hard?" Turning his hand out, he took out a dagger from his waist, and thrust it into his chest.Yuan Chengzhi's left palm was like the wind, and he pushed lightly on his chest. His right hand had already grasped his wrist, and he grabbed the dagger between his hands. There is a line of "Xiandumen's disciple Dongxuan Shouzhi".

Dong Xuan's face turned pale, and he shouted: "I'm not good at learning, and I'm not your opponent. I'll show you if I die. Give me back the dagger!" Yuan Chengzhi was afraid that he would commit suicide again, so he inserted the dagger into his belt, and said sternly: "Wait! I have to take care of it, and I will return it to you." Dongxuan was furious, and shouted: "If you want to kill, kill him, you can't deceive people like this!" He punched him in the face.Yuan Chengzhi avoided sideways, and said in astonishment: "How dare I bully each other?" Dong Xuan said solemnly: "This dagger was given by the master of our school. I would rather die than fall into the hands of others." Yuan Chengzhi was taken aback for a moment , Suspicion arose, thinking that since the dagger is so important, how could Min Zihua keep it on Jiao Gongli after assassinating him, but not take it back?Immediately, he returned the dagger with both hands, and said: "I have something unclear, I want to ask the Taoist priest." Dongxuan took the dagger, and he said politely, "Please tell me."

Yuan Chengzhi turned around, Jiao Wan'er said: "Miss Jiao, give me the cloth bag." Jiao Wan'er handed over the cloth bag, holding two knives in her hand, and watched Min Zihua closely.Yuan Chengzhi opened the cloth bag, revealing the dagger.Min Zihua and Dongxuan exclaimed in unison.Everyone in the Golden Dragon Gang saw the murder weapon and remembered the tragic death of the old gang leader. Their eyes were tearing apart, and they all approached for a few steps. Min Zihua tremblingly said: "This... this... this is my dagger! Where did you get it?" He stretched out his hand to take it.Yuan Chengzhi shrank his hand.Jiao Wan'er swung out a single sword and chopped off Min Zihua's arm.Min Zihua hastily withdrew his hand, but the saber missed.Jiao Wan'er was about to pursue, Yuan Chengzhi stretched out his hand to stop him, and said, "Ask clearly first." Jiao Wan'er stopped cutting and shed two lines of tears.

Min Zihua said angrily: "That day we made a statement in Nanjing, and the two sides settled their grievances. Why did the Golden Dragon Gang disregard their promises and come to hurt me several times? You ask Jiao Gongli to come out, and let's talk about it three times. Which point is wrong..." Before he finished speaking, the members of the Golden Dragon Gang shouted angrily: "Our leader was killed by you, and you, a traitor, have come to pretend to be clear!" Min Zihua and Dongxuan were shocked, They said in unison: "What? Jiao Gongli is dead?" Seeing the surprised expressions of the two, Yuan Chengzhi didn't seem to be faking, and thought: "Maybe there is another love inside." He asked: "You really don't know?" Min Zihua said: "I lost the house to you, and I have no face He went to the Kaifeng mansion to discuss with the senior brother Shui Yun, but he didn't know that the senior brother would not come, but on the way, he had two fights with the Golden Dragon Gang for no apparent reason. Jiao Gongli is very polite, how could he? Die?" Hearing what he said, Jiao Wan'er could see that something was wrong, sobbing, "My dad... was... used to kill... people with this dagger... Even if it wasn't you, it would always be your friend. "Min Zihua suddenly realized, and said: "Well, well, that's it." Jiao Wan'er shouted: "What is this?" Min Zihua hurriedly argued, but he couldn't understand.Everyone in the Golden Dragon Gang only said that he was guilty, and he was about to step forward again with the knife in a threatening manner.

Taoist Dongxuan took the half-cut sword from Min Zihua's hand, threw it on the ground, and said in awe-stricken way: "Everyone, if you want to prevent Gangzhu Jiao's great hatred from being avenged, and let the real murderer laugh inwardly, my senior brother will spare two lives, and I'll give you my life again." What is it?" He puffed out his chest and killed with his arms tied.Seeing him like this, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, unable to make up their minds for a while. Yuan Chengzhi said: "In this way, Brother Min didn't kill Gang Leader Jiao?" Min Zihua said: "The one surnamed Min came from the sect of Xiandu, and he still knows that faith is the first priority in the world. I have lost to you, but I also know that there is something wrong with me." The villain provoked it, how could he go to Nanjing to seek revenge?" Yuan Chengzhi said: "The Jiao gang leader was not killed in Nanjing." Min Zihua wondered: "Where is it?" Yuan Chengzhi said: "Xuzhou." Dongxuan said: "I The brothers have not been to Xuzhou for more than ten years. Unless we can release flying swords and kill people thousands of miles away." Yuan Chengzhi said: "Is this true?" Dong Xuan stretched out his hand and patted his neck, saying: "I am not afraid of beheading, Why tell lies!"

Jiao Wan'er said: "Then where did this dagger come from?" Dongxuan said: "I'm telling the truth at this time, I'm afraid you still don't believe it. Now I'll take you to a place, and you can know it at a glance." Min Zihua said anxiously: "Junior Brother, we can't go there." Dongxuan said, "There is no basis for what you say, but there must be evidence. Leader Jiao was murdered by a traitor. This matter is no small matter, so we must investigate and find out. Don't ruin our business." Min Zihua nodded.Jiao Wan'er asked, "Where are you going?" Dongxuan said, "I can only take Yuan Xianggong and you two together. There are too many people."

Someone in the Golden Dragon Gang yelled: "He wants to trick you, so don't let them go." Jiao Wan'er asked Yuan Chengzhi, "Yuan Xianggong, what do you think?" Yuan Chengzhi thought to himself: "It seems that these two people are really different. If there is something hidden, it is better to go together to find out the truth. If they want to play tricks, they will never escape my palm." He said: "Then let's go and see together." Jiao Wan'er said to the members of the Golden Dragon Gang: "With Yuan Xianggong here, I guess they would not dare to do anything." Since Jiao Gongli's death, Jiao Wan'er has become the leader of the gang.She led the gang to seek revenge, and everyone obeyed her.Yuan Chengzhi is the leader of the Golden Snake Camp, and he has long been the brains of the gang. He is benevolent and righteous, and his martial arts is superb.

Yuan Chengzhi and Jiao Wan'er followed Brother Min Zihua all the way north.When he came to the city wall, Dongxuan took out the hook rope and threw it up to hook the city wall, letting Jiao Wan'er climb up first, and then his senior brothers climbed up to the top of the city one after another, letting Yuan Chengzhi watch out of the city behind.After the four left the city, they continued heading north.At this time, it was midnight, the moonlight was like water, and the road became more and more rugged.After another four or five miles, Yuan Chengzhi and Jiao Wan'er were surprised when they came to a rocky hill. They didn't know what the purpose of these two people came to this remote place.Jiao Wan'er wondered: "Could it be that these two people ambushed a large number of helpers here? But with Yuan Xianggong here, even if the other party has thousands of troops, he will definitely be able to take me out of danger." I walked another two or three miles before I reached the top of the hill. I saw strange rocks, precipitous and precipitous. Under the moonlight, they looked like monsters and monsters, and the gloomy chill was overwhelming.After Dongxuan and Min Zihua walked towards a large rock, Yuan Chengzhi and Jiao Wan'er followed, and saw a coffin parked beside the rock.When Jiao Wan'er first saw this thing in the barren mountains at night, a chill came to her heart. Dongxuan picked up a stone, tapped it three times on the head of the coffin, paused for a while, hit it twice, and then hit it three more times, supported the coffin lid with both hands and lifted it up with a click, and sat down in the coffin. Pick up a zombie.Jiao Wan'er yelled "ah", grabbed Yuan Chengzhi's left hand with both hands, and leaned against him involuntarily. The zombie said: "What? Did you bring an outsider?" Dongxuan said, "You two are friends. This Mr. Yuan is the disciple of Xia Xia, the king of the Golden Snake. This Miss Jiao is the daughter of the leader of the Golden Dragon Gang. "The zombie said to Yuan Jiao and the others: "Don't blame the two of you. The poor Taoist is injured and can't get up." Dongxuan said: "This is Taoist Shuiyun, the head of our sect. He is here to avoid enmity and heal his wounds." Yuan Chengzhi and Only then did Jiao Wan'er realize that it was not a zombie, so she saluted immediately.Taoist Shuiyun bowed his hands in salute.That Taoist Shuiyun's face was as white as paper, without even a trace of blood. In the middle of his forehead, from his forehead to the bridge of his nose, there was a thick, bright red scar. is terrible. Taoist Shuiyun said: "My master is on good terms with respected teacher Xia. When Teacher Xia came to Xiandu Mountain, Pindao once served him. How is he?" Yuan Chengzhi thought that there is no need to hide it now, and replied: "His old man has been dead for many years." Taoist Shuiyun let out a long sigh and fell silent. After a long time, he said in a low voice: "Just now I heard from Junior Brother Dongxuan that you are a disciple of the Golden Snake, and the poor Daoist is very happy. Can be rewarded. Sigh! Who knows that the old man has returned to Daoshan, I'm afraid he will let the traitor run rampant for the rest of his life." Jiao Wan'er thought to herself: "I came here to avenge my father, but I didn't expect to attract another teacher's revenge." Yuan Chengzhi thought: "Master Cheng said just now that Taoist Huangmu was killed by the Five Poisons Sect, so it can be dragged in again." Together." Dongxuan whispered about the Golden Dragon Gang's pursuit of revenge, and begged the elder brother to explain to Jiao Wan'er.Taoist Shuiyun let out a "huh", and the more he listened, the more angry he became, suddenly he turned his palm over and slammed on the coffin beside him. Shuiyun Dao said humanely: "Miss Jiao, our Xiandu disciples, when each of our disciples goes down the mountain with a full master, the master will definitely give him a dagger. The poor Taoist is the head of our sect. Don't dare to talk nonsense. Miss Jiao, what do you think this dagger is for?" Jiao Wan'er said bitterly, "I don't know!" Taoist Shuiyun looked up at the moon, and sighed: "The 14th generation patriarch of our sect, Daoist Jutan, used to have superb swordsmanship, but it's a pity that he was arrogant and somewhat ignorant, and killed many innocent people. There were too many enmities, and finally the swordsmen from each faction met Hengshan and fought him alone with the wheel fighting method. Although Taoist Jutan wounded 18 opponents with his sword, he was exhausted and seriously injured, so he pulled out his dagger and committed suicide. This faction is full of vitality He was seriously injured and offended the heroes of the world. Afterwards, he made a rule that every student who has completed his training will be given a dagger. Brother Dongxuan, you go there." Dongxuan didn't understand his intention, but he still pointed at him Point to, go westward.Shui Yun waited for him to walk several hundred steps, and shouted loudly: "That's it." Dong Xuan stopped. Shui Yun asked Min Zihua in a low voice: "Junior Brother Min, what is this dagger called?" Min Zihua said: "This is the Immortal City Killing Knife." Shui Yun asked again: "When Master gave you the Killing Knife, there were four sentences What instructions? Say it in a low voice." Min Zihua said solemnly: "Strictly forbid killing without authorization, cherish treasures, and if righteousness is invincible, kill yourself." Shuiyun nodded, pointed to the east, and said, "Go over there." When Min Zihua walked away, he called Dongxuan back and asked, "Junior Brother Dongxuan, what is this dagger called?" Dongxuan said: "Immortal capitals are forbidden to kill with knives." Shuiyun asked again: "When master gave you this knife, what instruction did you give?" Dongxuan said solemnly: "Strictly forbid killing without authorization, and cherish treasures. If you are invincible, you will kill yourself .” Shuiyun called Min Zihua back, and said to Yuan Chengzhi and Jiao Wan'er: "Now you two can believe that our faction does have this instruction. There are also some disciples of our faction who violate the precepts and kill innocent people arbitrarily, but no matter how unworthy he is, no matter what Don’t dare to use this killing knife to kill people.” Yuan Chengzhi asked: "Why is this dagger called the 'Jutan Knife'?" Shui Yun said: "In view of the mistakes of Jutan Patriarch, our sect has established a school rule since the fifteenth Patriarch, strictly prohibiting the killing of innocent people. Our sect holds a meeting in Xiandu Mountain every two years. If someone violates the precepts, he has to use this precept to kill himself with the saber before the senior brothers. Junior Brother Min wants to kill the leader Jiao, although Senior Brother Min Ziye misbehaved back then and had the intention of death Dao, but to avenge my brother is not considered a reckless killing, but after knowing that I was instigated by an adulterer, and to do harm again, it would be a major violation of the family rules, forgive him and dare not." He sighed and said: "This The Killing Knife is for suicide. If a disciple of Xiandu is not as good at martial arts when he encounters an enemy, and the opponent is trying to force him to escape, he must use the dagger to commit suicide, so as not to damage the reputation of Xiandu. Even if Junior Brother Min dares to offend Master There are strict rules, and there are so many weapons in the world, how could you use the killing knife to kill people? And after the assassination, why didn't you take the knife away?" Yuan Chengzhi and Jiao Wan'er couldn't help nodding when they heard this. Shuiyun said again: "Miss Jiao, I'll show you a letter." As he spoke, he took out a cloth bag from the corner of the coffin, opened it, and found a pile of documents and sundries inside.He picked out a letter from it and handed it to Jiao Wan'er.Jiao Wan'er looked at Yuan Chengzhi.Yuan Chengzhi nodded.Jiao Wan'er took the letter, and saw on the cover under the moonlight the words "Send Brother Shuiyun to send you, Min Jian", and knew that it was a letter from Min Zihua to Shuiyun, Shuiyun said: "Miss Jiao, please read the letter! Jiao Wan'er nodded, took out the letter paper, and saw the red letter "Bengbu Tongshang Hotel" printed on the top of the paper. The younger brother has already understood that he was deceived by others, he was extremely confused, and took revenge, so he stopped doing it. But last night, my brother’s killing knife was suddenly stolen by all the evil dogs. I am ashamed. If you can’t find it When I come back, I will never see the elder brother again. I will never face you again. My younger brother Min Zihua pays respects. August 18th." After reading the letter, Jiao Wan'er thought: "My father and I participated in the Taishan Conference in Shandong in July, and then went south to Xuzhou. My father was killed in Xuzhou on the second day of November. This letter was written on August 18th, so it should not be fake. " At the moment there is no doubt, trembling body, Yingying bowed down to Min Zihua, and said: "Uncle Min, my niece wronged a good person and offended you old man." After paying respects, she apologized to Dongxuan.The two quickly returned the gift. Min Zihua said: "I don't know which dog thief stole this knife and killed Chief Jiao. He left the knife on the body to make you suspicious of me." Jiao Wan'er said: "My niece is really reckless. I didn't expect this move. I only know that after Uncle Min killed his father, he still wants to be a hero and show off with a knife." Min Zihua said: "I lost the killing knife, so I hurriedly told the senior brother in charge, and then searched everywhere with Junior Brother Dongxuan, but there was no clue. Later, we received a letter from the elder brother calling us to the capital, and then we set off. On the way, you came here without thinking, and I had no choice but to fight with you for a while. Fortunately, Yuan Xianggong arrived, and I figured it out This matter." Shui Yun said: "After our matter is over, if Pindao survives by chance, he must help Miss Jiao find the traitor who stole the knife and murdered. The Xiandu faction will not be able to get rid of their involvement in this matter. " Jiao Wan'er thanked him again, and returned the dagger to Min Zihua. Yuan Chengzhi thought to himself that their brothers and sisters were afraid that there were other secret matters to be discussed, and it would be inconvenient for outsiders to participate, so he cupped his hands and said, "Brother, let's go here." The two said goodbye to Shuiyun and others, and walked dozens of steps. Suddenly shouted: "You two, please stay." Yuan Chengzhi and Jiao Wan'er stopped together.The Taoist Dongxuan rushed over and said: "Mr. Yuan, Miss Jiao, there is something that Pingdao wants to say, please don't blame me." Please don't leak it to me, both of you. I don't need to talk too much, but because my brother's life is at stake, I have to take the liberty to ask for it." According to the rules of Jianghu Dao, don't help others to send out any secrets and weird things, others will see In my eyes, there must be no rumors about it, otherwise murder and disaster will come, everyone knows about it, but Dongxuan is so worried that he doesn't hesitate to offend his advice, it is very unusual.Yuan Chengzhi's heart moved. Although he didn't do anything to himself, he thought that everyone in the martial arts family should help each other if something happened, and said: "I don't know if there is any danger to the senior brother, maybe the brother can help." Dongxuan and Yuan Chengzhi have fought against each other, and know that his martial arts are outstanding, not only ten times higher than his own, but also far above senior brother Shuiyun, the number one master in Xiandu.Hearing what he said, I was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Yuan Xianggong is willing to help you with righteousness. I really wish for it. I will wait for the poor to report to senior brother." He hurried back and discussed with Shuiyun and Min Zihua in a low voice.The three talked for a long time, and it seemed difficult to decide.Yuan Chengzhi thought to himself: "Since they are in a great embarrassment and don't want outsiders to intervene, then there is no need to worry about it." He shouted loudly: "Two priests, brother Min, brothers, take a step first, and there will be a period later!" To get off the hill. Taoist Shuiyun shouted: "Yuan Xianggong, please come and say a few words." Yuan Chengzhi turned and approached.Shui Yun said: "Master Yuan is willing to draw his sword to help, our brothers are really grateful. But this is a private matter of our sect, the situation is extremely dangerous, I really dare not ask Mr. Yuan to take risks for no reason. Please don't blame the poor for not knowing good and bad." He bowed his hands and saluted. Yuan Chengzhi knew that he had good intentions, and thought that this person was quite heroic, and said, "Where did the Taoist priest say? If that's the case, let's leave here. If the Taoist priest needs help, brothers should do their best and send letters to Zhengtiaozi at any time The alley is." Shuiyun bowed his head and said nothing, suddenly heaved a long sigh, and said: "Yuan Xianggong is so loyal, although our matter is embarrassing, if we continue to hide it, we will not be enough friends. Please sit down. Brother Dongxuan, what do you say to the two of you?" Bar." Dongxuan and the other two sat down on the stone, and he himself sat down and said: "Our teacher Huang Mu Taoist is very active by nature, and Su likes to travel around. Except for the biennial Fairy Capital Conference, he rarely stays on the mountain on weekdays. The Mid-Autumn Festival five years ago , It was the time of the conference again, and the mentor did not return to the mountain to preside over it, nor did he bring a letter back. This has never happened before, and all the disciples were surprised and worried. Busyly went to Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong and Guangxi in batches to investigate, but there was no news from various sources. Brother Min and I got a letter from the Diancang sect'Zhifengjian' Wanlifeng in the inn, saying that there is something urgent to invite us to go. The two of us rushed to Dali, Yunnan At Brother Wan's home, he was seriously injured and lying on the bed. After questioning, it turned out that he was injured because of our benefactor." Yuan Chengzhi remembered that Cheng Qingzhu once said that Taoist Huangmu died at the hands of the Five Poison Sect, nodded secretly, and listened to Dongxuan and said: "Brother Zhuifengjianwan said that he visited friends outside Dali that day, and saw our mentor and accepted him." The siege. The Dian Cang faction and the Xiandu faction have a long history, and he immediately helped each other with swords. Unexpectedly, the opponents are all masters, and the two are outnumbered. Brother Wan was murdered first and passed out. Later, he was rescued by others, but his mentor His life and death are unknown. Brother Wan's shoulders and sides were injured by steel claws, and the claws were fed with poison. Judging from the situation, it must be the work of the Five Poisons. He later worked hard to obtain the elixir, and that's when he died So we thirty-two disciples from Xiandu went to Yunnan to find a teacher and seek revenge from the Five Poison Sect. But there has been no news for four years, and the mentor is of course in danger. The Five Poison Sect is also secretive and abnormal, and has traveled all over Yunnan Province, there was no clue at all, and everyone was helpless, so they left Yunnan. Not long ago, there was news from the north that He Tieshou, the leader of the Five Poison Sect, had arrived in Shuntian..." Yuan Chengzhi let out an "ah".Dongxuan said: "Does Yuan Xianggong know her?" Yuan Chengzhi said: "A few of my friends were injured by her poisonous hands yesterday." Dongxuan said: "Is Lingyou not in the way?" Yuan Chengzhi said: "It's okay now .” Dongxuan said: "Well, that's really a blessing. As soon as we got the news, the senior brother sent an urgent order, and the disciples of Xiandu gathered in the capital. We met Miss Jiao on the way to Beijing, so it goes without saying. The senior brother arrived before us , He met He Tieshou on a narrow road. The lowly servant girl even sneered and was very rude. The senior brother started to fight her. She hit her with five more hidden weapons in the lower plate. She only thought that the iron hook was highly poisonous, and the senior brother would definitely not survive, so she sneered and left. Fortunately, the senior senior brother has superb internal skills, and he knows that the opponent is poisoned all over his body, so he is attacking I have taken a lot of antidote before, and brought a lot of external detoxification ointment with me, so I am lucky to not be in trouble." Shui Yun sighed: "The poor Taoist is afraid that she will know that I am not dead, and come to kill me. I dare not recuperate in my apartment, so I have to find such a strange place to recuperate. After three months, the poisonous gas will be slowly exhausted. Most of the master has died. This lowly maidservant must avenge this revenge. It's just that the opponent's methods are too harsh and the poison is strong, so I dare not drag my friend down." Min Zihua asked: "Why did Yuan Xianggong also get married with the Five Poison Sect?" Yuan Chengzhi then briefly talked about how he met the Five Poison Sect in Huiwang's Mansion and how Cheng Qingzhu scratched the old beggar woman.Shui Yun said: "Since Yuan Xianggong has no deep hatred against them, it's fine if he suffered a small loss. You have a rich body, and you can't afford to fight with such poisonous people like snakes and scorpions." Yuan Chengzhi thought that he had his father's feud, and he wanted to assist King Chuang and his righteous brother Li Yan in plotting big things. This kind of petty grievances and enmities in the world should not be taken too seriously, otherwise the entanglement would never end. He nodded and said: "Dao The chief instructor is very good. I have a red-eyed ice toad, which can be used as a poison for the Taoist priest." At that time, he used the ice toad to suck the poison for him, and there was no wine on the rocky hill to soak the poison of the toad, so he lent the ice toad to Dongxuan , taught how to use, and asked him to suck up the poisonous gas for Shuiyun and send it back.Shuiyun, Min Zihua and Dongxuan couldn't stop thanking them. Yuan Chengzhi and Jiao Wan'er came down the hill slowly, halfway there, Wan'er suddenly sat down on the stone, sobbing softly.Cheng Zhi patted her on the shoulder, and asked in a low voice: "What's the matter? Miss Jiao, are you feeling well?" Jiao Wan'er shook her head, wiped away her tears, and stood up as if nothing had happened.Cheng Zhi thought to himself: "This time, although her Golden Dragon Clan and Xiandu Clan turned enemies into friends, how she will get revenge for killing her father is even more uncertain. It's hard for such a young girl to be so tough."
When the two returned to the city, it was about to dawn, Yuan Chengzhi sent Jiao Wan'er back to the Golden Dragon Gang's apartment, and returned to Zhengtiaozi Hutong.He started his lightweight kungfu on the roof of a row of private houses on the long street, and he passed several streets in a flash, and he ran in a hurry, using the stunt of "magic action and change", which is really like a flying swallow sweeping the waves and a shooting star flying across the sky Usually, the wind blows in the ears, the soles of the feet are silent, and they are running happily, when they suddenly hear a low voice from beside them: "Good work!" Yuan Chengzhi stopped suddenly, the white shadow swayed slightly, and a person passed by, and said with a coquettish smile: "Can you catch up with me?" After he finished speaking, he was already seven or eight feet away...Yuan Chengzhi saw this person's body skills Surprised, he was startled: "This is a woman? How can she be so good at lightening her body?" He was a young man who was both curious and aggressive, so he chased after her vigorously.The man didn't look back and ran like flying.After a long time, Yuan Chengzhi's internal strength and lightness kung fu were finally superior, and he stepped up, overtook him in a moment, rushed a few feet in front of the man, and turned around. The man giggled coquettishly, and said, "Yuan Xianggong, today I really admire you!" She covered her mouth with long sleeves, and her body was trembling like a flower branch. It was He Tieshou, the leader of the Five Poison Sect.Her whole body is dressed in white like snow, lining the soles of her feet with black tiles, and the black becomes blacker, and the white becomes whiter.The night clothes worn by people in the martial arts are either black or gray, which makes it difficult for people to detect at night, and the enemy cannot get the right shot with hidden weapons.She was dressed in white, if she hadn't relied on her high martial arts skills, she would never have been so unscrupulous.Yuan Chengzhi cupped his hands and said, "What advice does Master He have?" He Tieshou said with a smile: "Yuan Xianggong drove in vain yesterday, and there were many people who were in the way. Everyone was distracted and couldn't see each other well. The younger sister made a special trip today Come here and ask for advice. Yuan Xianggong sent a beautiful girl home in the middle of the night, so romantic and affectionate!" He said and laughed, with a charming voice. Yuan Chengzhi thought to himself: "I sent Ms. Jiao home, so she saw it. There is no need to mention this matter!" Then he said: "The master's skill is rare among men. Brothers admire it very much. But there is no need to compare .” He Tieshou smiled and said: "Yesterday, in the boxing test, Yuan Xianggong's palm was extremely fierce. My little girl is not strong enough, so I dare not take the move. How about the comparison of weapons today?" Without waiting for Yuan Chengzhi to answer, he slammed his waist Suddenly a soft whip came out, in the dim light, you can see that the whip is full of thin barbs, as long as it is swept away, a large piece of flesh will be torn off.He Tieshou said delicately: "Yuan Xianggong, this is called a scorpion tail whip, and the thorns are poisonous. You have to be careful, okay?" Yuan Chengzhi shivered when he heard her speak.Her tone is gentle, caring and considerate, but her meaning is extremely vicious, the two are not commensurate. Yuan Chengzhi didn't want to compete with her for no reason, so he clasped his fists and said, "Excuse me!" He Tieshou didn't wait for him to retreat, his wrists shook slightly, and the scorpion-tailed whip rushed to his chest with strong wind.Yuan Chengzhi leaned back to avoid it, and before the scorpion tail whip came again, he had jumped several feet.Knowing that he could not catch up with him, He Tieshou shouted loudly: "Jin Snake Langjun's disciple is such a pustule, which has ruined the prestige of Master I!" Yuan Chengzhi stopped for a moment, thinking: "I have given in several times, and their Five Poisons sect I am used to being arrogant and indulgent, and said that I am really afraid of her." When his thoughts moved slightly, a white shadow flashed, and the scorpion tail whip rushed towards him with a gust of wind. Yuan Chengzhi frowned, and thought to himself: "Even though this kind of poisonous weapon is powerful, it will not be taken by a gentleman after all. She is a good woman, but she is in a cult, so she behaves misbehavior." It is expected that the whole whip of the scorpion tail is poisonous. He snatched it with his bare hands, put his hands in his sleeves, turned around at will, and dodged east and west, using the lightness kung fu taught by Mu Sang.Although He Tie's whip is fast, how can he get a piece of his clothes?Yuan Chengzhi was as fast as a bird, and He Tieshou was so intoxicated by watching it, he was very confused. He never imagined that there is such a superb martial arts in the world. After dismantling more than twenty moves in an instant, He Tieshou shouted coquettishly: "You just dodge, what kind of a hero are you?" Yuan Chengzhi smiled and said: "You want to provoke me to take your whip? What's the difficulty." Leaning forward, He picked up a tile with both hands on the roof, stared at the shadow of the whip, saw it clearly, and shouted: "Remove the whip!" The two tiles moved up and down, sandwiched the scorpion tail whip in the middle, snatched it in his hand, shook his right foot, Kicked three times in an instant.Just as He Tieshou was about to use his strength to grab the whip, the opponent's toes were already close to his body, so he had to withdraw the whip and backed up, not wanting to miss out and fall into the house.Yuan Chengzhi grabbed the handle of the whip and said with a smile: "How about the disciples of Mr. Golden Snake?" But I heard He Tieshou's soft and charming voice yelling: "Very good!" She moved so fast, as soon as she hit the ground, she jumped up to the roof. Rao Yuan Chengzhi has superb lightness kung fu, and she couldn't help admiring it. He Tie put his right hand on his waist, his body swayed slightly, his waist was swaying, and he seemed to be standing limply. He smiled and said: "I still want to learn Yuan Xianggong's hidden weapon skills. Our Five Immortals have a school of insinuation..." Yuan Chengzhi listened She was talking in a soft voice, but she didn't turn around and raise her hands. Suddenly, a golden light flashed in front of her eyes. She was shocked and knew something was wrong. There was a subtle sound of clanking, and dozens of hidden weapons hit the roof tiles. It turns out that this hidden weapon is countless extremely thin gold-plated steel needles, which are mounted on the chest. When firing, you don't need to aim at the head first. You just need to point your body at the enemy and press it on your waist, and a steel needle will be released by a strong spring. Lasing out.God really doesn't know, people don't know, not to mention the steel needles are thin and there are so many, if one touches the body, it will be very poisonous.Any hidden weapon in the martial arts world, whether it is steel darts, sleeve arrows, projectiles, or iron lotus seeds, you have to raise your arms and raise your hands when firing.But when the poisonous needle comes, there is absolutely no warning in advance, and very few outsiders know about it. When they see it, they will either die or be injured in nine out of ten, and the injured will die soon.They call this hidden weapon "innuendo", and its martial arts are unique and unparalleled in the world. Before Yuan Chengzhi fell, the three copper coins had already hit her key point, and he shouted angrily: "I have no grudges against you, why did you do this?" He Tie sideways avoided the two copper coins, turned his right hand, and caught them. He picked up the third one, and called out softly: "Ah, it's so strong, your hand hurts too." Seeing the direction where Yuan Chengzhi fell, he threw it over. Hearing the sound and distinguishing the shape, the force of this copper coin is not weak. Yuan Chengzhi just wanted to reach out to pick it up, but suddenly his heart moved: "This person has poison in his hands, don't fall for her." He waved his long sleeves and brushed the copper coin away go back.This force was not as strong as throwing with hands. He Tie stretched out two fingers, gently grasped them, put them in his pocket, and said with a smile, "Thank you! But you only gave me a penny, aren't you being stingy?" When the palm was stretched out, it shook in the wind, and more than a dozen non-gold and non-silk ropes covered his head. Yuan Chengzhi was annoyed that she had secretly released the poisonous needle just now, so he was extremely vicious, so he raised his scorpion-tailed whip and wrapped it around her rope.He Tieshou pulled the rope back suddenly, and said with a smile, "The scorpion tail whip is mine. Are you ashamed to use me as a weapon?" He spoke in a native Yunnan accent, waxy and crisp, adding a lot of whine He was angry, but his subordinates did not delay. Yuan Chengzhi threw the scorpion tail whip far back, and shouted: "I will take these few ropes from you again, and your Five Poison Sect will never be entangled again, okay?" It's not called a rope, it's a soft red spider rope. If you like to snatch it, give it a try." As he spoke, the spider rope swept across and rolled around the middle.This spider rope was slender and multi-threaded, hitting in all directions at the same time. Yuan Chengzhi dodged sideways, trying to grab the opponent's gap, but she didn't know that some of her more than a dozen spiders attacked the enemy, and some defended herself. flaw. After dismantling more than ten tricks, Yuan Chengzhi has seen the mystery of the spider rope, and thought: "This spider rope kung fu is transformed from the spider web." Taking advantage of her tricks to make her old, the attacking rope has not yet been withdrawn, but When the guarding rope was ready to be sent out, he leaned slightly, and suddenly approached her vest, stretched out his hand and pointed at her side.This move was extremely fast and dangerous, He Tieshou could hardly dodge it, and suddenly turned sideways.Yuan Chengzhi saw that this move was true, and he had to touch her chest with his fingers, his face was hot, and he kept his fingers still, thinking: "Your trick is too rogue!" He Tie's left hook quickly swiped to the right.Yuan Chengzhi hurriedly withdrew his hands, and with a snort, the iron hook had cut a slit in the cuff.He Tieshou said: "Ah, you have cut Yuan Xianggong's sleeve. You take off the gown, and I will mend it for you." Seeing her cunning tricks, Yuan Chengzhi became more and more angry. He took advantage of the momentum and pulled off the broken sleeve of his right arm, making a whistling wind. After countless moves, the sleeve was already entangled with the spider rope. Both of them dropped their hands and fell to the ground. Yuan Chengzhi said: "How is it?" He Tieshou chuckled and said: "It's not good. Didn't you let go of your weapon too? Isn't it a tie?" A golden hook. Yuan Chengzhi couldn't help having a headache when he saw the magic weapons all over her body emerging endlessly, and said: "I said that after you take your spider rope, you can't bother me anymore." Huh?" Yuan Chengzhi thought it was true, and she did not agree, but when will it be better to compare one by one like this?He snorted and said, "Look how many weapons you have?" He thought that if he took every weapon from her, she would retreat in spite of the difficulty. He Tieshou said: "This is called the Golden Centipede Hook." Stretching his left hand forward, exposing the iron hook on his hand, he said: "This is the Iron Centipede Hook. In order to practice this work, my father cut off one of my hands. He said that the weapon is held in the It’s better to simply put it in your hand. I’ve been studying for eighteen years, but I’m still not very successful. Yuan Xianggong, there’s poison on this hook, don’t grab it with your hands!” I saw her talking with a smile and approaching slowly. Although Yuan Chengzhi appeared calm and composed, he was deeply fearful in his heart. I was afraid that she would make some conspiracy again. He was strictly guarding himself when he suddenly heard a faint whistle in the distance. Suddenly my heart moved, and I cried secretly: "It's not good! Could it be that this person tripped me, but ordered her henchmen to harm Qingqing and the others?" Before she could finish speaking, she turned around and left. He Tieshou laughed loudly, and shouted: "It's too late to go at this time!" The golden hook swayed in the air, and the iron hook stretched out quickly, and handed it to his back.Yuan Chengzhi turned sideways and swept his left leg across.He Tieshou dodged it with his body, and counterattacked with double hooks.At this time, the first light of dawn appeared, and he saw a black air, a piece of yellow light, circling vertically and horizontally around him.This woman's kung fu with a weapon is fierce, only slightly inferior to that of Yu Zhenzi she met in Shengjing.袁承志挂念青青等人，不欲恋战，数次欺近要夺她金钩，总是给她回钩反击，或以铁钩护住。这铁钩装在手上，运用之际的是灵动非凡，宛似活手。 袁承志拆到三十余招，兀是打她不退，探手腰间，金光闪动，拔出了金蛇宝剑。何铁手笑容立敛，喝道：“这金蛇剑是我们五仙教的啊！你怎么偷去了？”袁承志刷刷数剑，何铁手武功虽高，怎抵挡得住？当的一声，金钩给金蛇剑削去半截。袁承志喝道：“你再纠缠，把你的铁手也削断了。”她脸上微现惧色，果然不敢逼近，随即微笑，屈膝行礼，正色道：“袁相公，昨天我见到你后，一晚睡不着，今晚更加睡不着了。我……我……好想拜你为师，叫你一声师父，师……父……” 袁承志正色道：“那可不敢当！”收剑回腰，疾奔回家，刚到胡同口，见洪胜海躺在地下，颈中流血，忙抢上扶起，幸喜尚有气息。洪胜海咽喉受伤，不能说话，伸手向着宅子连指。袁承志抱他入内，只见宅中桌翻椅折，门破窗烂，显是经过一番剧战。 袁承志越看越心惊，撕下衣袖替洪胜海扎住了咽喉伤口，奔进内堂，里面也是处处破损，胡桂南与程青竹躺在地下呻吟。袁承志忙问：“怎么？”胡桂南道：“青姑娘……给……五毒教掳去啦。”袁承志大惊，问道：“沙天广他们呢？”胡桂南伸手指向屋顶。袁承志不及多问，急跃上屋，只见沙天广和哑巴躺在瓦面，都受伤中毒。虽幸喜无人丧命，但满屋同伙，个个重伤，真是一败涂地，青青更不知去向。袁承志愤怒自责：“我恁般糊涂，让这女子缠住了也没警觉。” 宅中童仆在恶斗时尽皆逃散，这时天色大明，敌人已去，才慢慢分别回来。 袁承志把哑巴和沙天广抱下地来，写了张字条，命仆人急速送去金龙帮寓所，请焦宛儿取回朱睛冰蟾，前来救人。他为沙天广、胡桂南等包扎伤口，一面询问敌人来袭情形。 铁罗汉上次受伤卧床未起，幸得未遭毒手，说道：“三更时分，胡桂南首先发觉敌踪，把哑巴老兄扯上屋去。两人一上屋，立让十多名敌人围住了。我在窗口中看得清楚，就是全身无力，动弹不得，只有干着急的份儿。眼见哑巴老兄、沙老兄和程老夫子都伤了好几名敌人，但对方实在人多。大家边打边退，在每一间屋里都拼了好一阵，最后个个受伤，青姑娘也给他们掳了去。袁相公……我们实在对你不起……” 袁承志道：“敌人好不狠毒，是我糊涂，怎怪得你们？眼下救人要紧。” 他到马厩牵了匹马，向城外驰去，将到惠王府时下了马，将马缚在树上，走到屋前大叫：“何教主，请出来，我有话说。”边门开处，一阵狺狺狂吠，扑出十多头凶猛巨犬，后面跟着数十人。他想：“这次可不能再对他们客气了！”左手连挥，十多枚金蛇锥激射而出，金光闪闪，每只巨獒脑门中了一枚，只只倒毙在地。他绕着众犬转了个圈子，双手将金蛇锥一一收入囊中。 五毒教人众本待乘他与巨獒缠斗，乘隙喷射毒汁，哪知他杀毙众犬竟如此神速，不由得都惊呆了，待他收回暗器，当先一人发一声喊，转身便走。余人一拥进内，待要关门，哪里还来得及？袁承志已从各人头顶一跃而过，抢在头里。 他深入敌人腹地之后，反而神定气闲，叫道：“何教主再不出来，莫怪我无礼了。” 只听嘘溜溜的一阵口哨，五毒教众人排成两列，中间屋里出来十多人。当先一人是何红药，后面跟着左右护法潘秀达、岑其斯，以及锦衣毒丐齐云辙等一批教中高手。 袁承志道：“在下跟各位素不相识，既无宿怨，也无新仇，各位却来到舍下，将我朋友个个打得重伤，还将我兄弟掳来，那是什么缘由，要向何教主请教。” 何红药道：“你家里旁人跟我们没有冤仇，那也不错，因此手下留情，没当场要了他们性命。至于那姓夏的小子呢，哼，我们要慢慢地痛加折磨。”袁承志道：“她年纪轻轻，什么事情对你们不住了？”何红药冷笑道：“谁叫他是金蛇郎君的儿子？哼，这也罢了，谁叫他是那个贱货生的？”袁承志一怔，心想她跟青青的母亲又有什么仇嫌了？何红药见他沉吟不语，阴森森地道：“你来胡闹些什么？”袁承志道：“你们如跟金蛇郎君有梁子，干什么不自去找他报仇？”何红药道：“老子要杀，儿子也要杀！你既是他弟子，连你也要杀！” 袁承志不愿再与她纠缠不清，高声叫道：“何教主，你到底出不出来？放不放人？”屋中寂然无声，袁承志挂念青青，斜身从何红药身旁穿过，向厅门冲去。两名教徒来挡，袁承志双掌起处，将两人直掼出去。他冲人庁内见空空荡荡的没有人影，转身直奔东厢房，踢开房门，只见两名教众卧在床上，却是日前给他扭伤了关节之人，见他入来，吓得跳起身来。 袁承志东奔西蹿，四下找寻、五毒教众乱成一闭，处处兜截。五毒教教众所住的招贤馆宾馆是在偏屋，与惠王府正屋有厚墙隔开。过不多时，袁承志已把招贤馆偏屋的每间屋子都找遍了，不但没有见到青青，连何铁手也不在屋里。他焦躁异常，把缸瓮箱笼乱翻乱踢，里面饲养着的蛇虫毒物都爬了出来。五毒教众大惊，忙分人捕捉毒物。宾馆还住有其他江湖人众，眼见局面凶险，登时逃避一空。 潘秀达叫道：“是好汉到外面来决个胜负。”袁承志知他在教中颇有地位，决意擒住他逼问青青下落，叫道：“好，我领教阁下的毒掌功夫！”施展神行百变轻身功夫，双足一顿，已跃到他面前。潘秀达见他说到便到，大吃一惊，呼呼两掌劈到。袁承志道：“别人怕你毒掌，我偏不怕！”潘秀达叫道：“好，你就试试。”袁承志右掌挺出，往他掌上抵去。 潘秀达大喜，心想：“你竟来和我毒掌相碰，这可是自寻死路，怨我不得。”双掌运力，猛向前推，眼见要和敌掌相碰，相距不到一寸，突见对方手掌急缩，脑后风声微动，这时劲力在前，待要缩身回掌，颈中一紧，身子已给提起。五毒教众齐声呐喊，奔来相救。袁承志抓起潘秀达挥了个圈子。众人怕伤了护法，不敢逼近。 袁承志喝道：“你们掳来的人在哪里？快说。”潘秀达闭目不理。袁承志潜运混元功，伸手在他脊骨旁穴道戳去。潘秀达登时背心剧痛，有如一根钢条在身体内搅来搅去。袁承志松手把他摔落。潘秀达痛得死去活来，在地下滚来滚去，却不吐声息。 袁承志道：“好，你不说，旁人呢？”灵机一动：“我的混元功点穴法除了本门中人，天下无人能救。且都给他们点上了，谅来何铁手便不敢加害青弟。”当下身形晃动，在众人身旁穿来插去。教徒中武功高强之人还抵挡得了三招两式，其余都是还没看清敌人身法，穴道已给闭住。片刻之间，院子中躺下了二三十人。本来穴道受闭，尽管点穴手法特异，旁人难解，几个时辰后气血流转，穴道终于会慢慢自行通解。但他这次使上了混元功，真力直透经脉，穴道数日不解，此后纵然解开，也要酸痛难当，十天半月不愈，甚或终身受损。那日他在衢州静岩点倒温氏四老，使的便是这门手法。 何红药见势头不对，大声呼啸，夺门而出。余众跟着拥出，不一刻，一座大屋中空荡荡的走得干干净净，只剩下地上动弹不得的几十人，有的呻吟低呼，有的怒目而视。 袁承志大叫：“青弟，青弟，你在哪里？”除了阵阵回声之外，毫无声息。他仍不死心，又到偏屋的每个房间查着一遍，终于废然退出，提起几名教众逼问，各人均闭目不答。他无法可施，只得回到正条子胡同。见焦宛儿已取得冰蟾，率领了金龙帮的几名大弟子来到相助，将沙天广等身上毒气吸净、伤口包好。承志见各人性命无碍，但青青落入敌手，不禁愁肠百结。宛儿软语宽慰，派出帮友四处打听消息。 过了大半个时辰，忽然嘭的一声，屋顶上掷下一个大包裹，众人吃了一惊。袁承志焦急异常，双手力扯，拉断包上绳索，还未打开，已闻到一阵血腥气，心评评乱跳，双手出汗，揭开包袱，赫然是一堆给切成八块的尸首，首级面色已成乌黑，但白须白发宛然可辨，看清楚是独眼神龙单铁生。 他跃上屋顶，四下张望，只见西南角上远处有条黑影飞跑疾奔，料知必是送尸首来之人，当下提气急追，赶出里许，只见他奔入一座林子中去了。 袁承志直跟了进去。只见那人走到树林深处，数十名五毒教教众围着一堆火，正在高声谈论。一人偶然回头，突见袁承志掩来，惊叫道：“恶家伙来啦！”四散奔逃。 袁承志先追逃得最远最快的，举手踢足，把各人穴道一一点了，回过身来，近者手点肘撞，远者铜钱掷打，只听得林中呼啸奔逐，惊叫斥骂之声大作。过了一盏茶时分，林中声息俱寂，袁承志垂手走出，拍了拍身上灰尘。 这一役把岑其斯、齐云璈等五毒教中高手一鼓作气地尽数点倒，只何铁手和何红药两人不在其内。他心中稍定，寻思：“只要青弟此时还不遭毒手，他们便有天大仇恨，也不敢加害。”
回到住宅，焦心等候。傍晚时分，出去打探的人都回报说没有线索。天交二更，袁承志吩咐吴平与罗立如，将单铁生的尸首送往顺天府衙门去，公门中人见到他的模样，自知是五毒教所下毒手。焦宛儿领着几名帮友，留在宅里看护伤者，防备敌人。 袁承志焦虑挂怀，哪里睡得着？盘膝坐在床上，筹思明日继续找寻青青之策。约莫坐了一个更次，四下无声，只听得远处深巷中有一两声犬吠，打更的竹柝由远而近，又由近而远。他思潮起伏，自恨这一次失算中计，遭到下山以来的首次大败，静寂中忽听得围墙顶上轻轻一响，心想：“如是吴、罗二人回来，轻身功夫无此高明，必是来了敌人。”当下安坐床上，静以待变。只听窗外如一叶落地，接着一人咯咯娇笑，柔声道：“袁相公，客人来啦。”袁承志道：“有劳何教主枉驾，请进来吧！”取出火折点亮蜡烛，开门迎客。 何铁手飘然而入，见袁承志室中陈设简陋、除了一床一桌之外，四壁萧然，笑道：“袁相公好清高呀。”袁承志哼了一声。 何铁手道：“我这番来意，袁相公一定是知道的了。”袁承志道：“要请何教主示下。”何铁手道：“你有求于我，我也有求于你，咱们这个回合仍没输窳。”袁承志道：“我想不必再较量了。何教主有智有勇，兄弟十分佩服。”何铁手笑道：“这是第一个。合，除非你把我们五仙教一下子灭了，否则还有得让你头疼的呢。” 袁承志一凛，心想他们纠缠不休，确是不易抵挡，说道：“何教主既与我那兄弟的尊人有仇，还是径去找他本人为是，何必跟年轻人为难？常言道得好：冤家宜解不宜结……”何铁手嫣然一笑，说道：“倘若那人真是你的兄弟，事情倒不易办了。这般花容月貌的大姑娘，连我见了也不禁动心，袁相公只怕不能任由她落入一批心狠手辣之辈的毒手吧？客人到来，你酒也不请人喝一杯么？” 袁承志心想此人真怪，于是命童仆端整酒菜。宛儿不放心，换上了书童的装束，亲端酒菜，送进房来。何铁手笑道：“真是强将手下无弱兵，袁相公的书童，生得也这般俊。” 袁承志斟了两杯酒。何铁手举杯饮干，接着又连饮两杯，笑道：“袁相公不肯赏脸喝我们的酒，小妹却生来卤莽大胆。”宛儿接口道：“我们的酒永远不会有毒。”何铁手笑道：“好，好，真是一位伶牙俐齿的小管家。干杯！” 袁承志和她对饮了一杯，烛光下见她星眼流波，桃腮欲晕，含羞带笑，神态娇媚，暗忖：“所识女子之中，论相貌美丽，言动可爱，自以阿九为第一，无人可及。小慧诚恳真挚。宛儿豪迈可亲。青弟虽爱使小性子，但对我全心全意，一片真情，令人心感。哪知还有何铁手这般艳若桃李、毒如蛇蝎的人物，真是天下之大，无奇不有。”何铁手见他出神，也不言语，只淡淡而笑，过了一会儿，低声道：“袁相公的武功，小妹拜服之极。似乎尊师金蛇郎君也不会这点穴手段。这门功夫，袁相公是另有师承的了。”袁承志道：“不错，我是华山派门下弟子。”何铁手道：“袁相公武功集诸家所长，难怪神乎其技。小妹今晚是求师来啦。” 袁承志奇道：“这话我可不明白了。”何铁手笑道：“袁相公倘若不嫌小妹资质愚鲁，就请收归门下。”袁承志道：“何教主一教之长，武功出神入化，却来开这玩笑。”何铁手道：“你如不传我解穴之法，难道我们教中几十个人，就眼睁睁让他们送命不成？”袁承志道：“只要你把我朋友送回，再应承以后永远不来纠缠，我当然会给他们解救。”何铁手道：“这么说来，袁相公是不肯收我这个弟子了？” 袁承志道：“兄弟学艺未精，求师还来不及，哪敢教人？咱们好言善罢，既往不咎，你道怎样？”何铁手笑道：“你把我的部属治好，咱们就两家言和，化敌为友。不过，你的夏姑娘是我姑姑请去的，虽跟我不相干，我却混水摸鱼，另有用意，那是要挟，要你收我为徒，我才肯放人。像你这等明师，千载难逢，我阴魂不散，非拜你为师不可。师父！你答应了吧！”说到后来，软语相求，娇柔婉转，听来简直有些销魂蚀骨，倒似是以女色相诱一般。宛儿听到这里，走出房外。 袁承志见她娇媚百端，不敢稍假辞色，板起了脸，默不做声。 何铁手盈盈站起，笑道：“啊哟，咱们的袁大盟主生气啦。”裣衽万福，笑道：“好啦，好啦，我给你赔不是。”袁承志还了一揖。何铁手道：“夏姑娘在我们这里，我担保决不敢有一分一毫无礼相待，我就当她是师娘一般恭恭敬敬，总要感动得你做成我师父，徒儿自然把我师娘好好送回给师父。此后也决不再骚扰你别的朋友。明儿便请你大驾光临，救治我的朋友。”袁承志道：“救你部属，一言为定。其余却免谈了。”何铁手微微躬身，转身走出。她并不上屋，径往大门走去。袁承志只得跟着送出，童仆点烛开门。 焦宛儿跟在袁承志身后，暗想：“这女子行动诡秘，别在大门外伏有徒党，诱袁相公出去袭击，我先去瞧瞧。”于是慢慢落后，身上藏好娥眉钢刺，越墙而出，躲在墙角边向外望去，只见大门口停了一乘暖轿，四名轿夫站在轿前，此外却无别人。焦宛儿矮了身子，悄悄走到轿后，双手把轿子轻轻一托，知道轿内无人，这才放心。正要走回，大门开处，童彳卜手执灯笼，袁承志把何铁手送了出来。 宛儿寻思：“袁相公对夏姑娘钟情极深，她给人掳了去，袁相公担心之极。我要查到夏姑娘的所在，好让袁相公去救人。我要拼了命报答袁相公的大恩。”她存了报恩之心，也不怕艰险，缩身钻入轿底，手脚攀住轿底木架。那暖轿四周用厚呢轿障围住，又在黑夜，无人发觉。只听得何铁手一阵轻笑，踏入轿中。四名轿夫抬起轿子，快步而去。 只觉四名轿夫健步如飞，原来抬轿的人也都身有武功，她不禁害怕起来。这时正当隆冬，寒风彻骨，暖轿底下都结了冰，为她口中热气一呵，化成了冷水一滴滴地落下。宛儿只得任由冷水落在脸上，不敢拂拭，只怕身子一动，立给何铁手发觉。
走了约莫半个时辰，忽听一声呼叱，轿子停住。一个男人声音喝道：“姓何的贱婢，快出来领死。”焦宛儿心中奇怪：“这声音好熟，那是谁啊？嗯，那是闵子华！” 只听得四周脚步声响，许多人围了上来。轿夫放下轿子，抽出兵刃。焦宛儿拉开轿幛一角向外张望，见东边站着四五人，都是身穿道袍、手执长剑的道士，心想：“西、北、南三边必都有人，仙都派大举报仇来了。”只觉轿身微微一晃，何铁手已跃出轿外，娇声喝道：“水云贼道死了没有？你们胆子也真大，想干什么？”一名长须道人喝道：“我们师父黄木道长到底在哪里，快说出来，免你多受折磨。” 何铁手咯咯娇笑，柔声道：“你们师父难道是三岁娃娃，迷路走失了，却来问我要人。你们把师父交给我照管了？好吧，我帮你们找找吧，免得他可怜见儿的，流落在外，没人照顾。也不知是给人拐去了呢，还是给人卖到了番邦。”宛儿心道：“原来这女人说话，总是这么娇声媚气的，我先前还道她故意向袁相公发嗲。” 那长须道人怒道：“五毒教逞凶横行，今日教你知道恶有恶报！”何铁手笑道：“仙都派平时不敢来找我，现今知道我们教里多人受伤，就来闹鬼。哈哈，呵呵，嘻嘻，嘿嘿！”她笑声未毕，只听一人“啊”的一声惨叫，想是中了她毒手，一时只听得呼叱怒骂、兵刃碰撞之声大作。这次仙都派倾巢而出，来的都是高手，饶是何铁手武功高强，却始终闯不出去。斗不到一盏茶时分，四名轿夫先后中剑。 宛儿在轿下不敢动弹，眼见仙都门人剑法迅捷狠辣，果有独得之秘，心想当日袁相公一举而破两仪剑法，那是他们遇上了特