Chapter 18 The 17th Ching-jin's Heart-to-heart Color Pen Painting
Yuan Chengzhi picked out many unique and precious treasures from the iron box, wrapped a large bag, and ordered Luo Liru to carry it on his back.
The three came to the palace gate early in the morning.As soon as Yuan Chengzhi said the code words, the guards of the forbidden army who guarded the gate had already been ordered by Eunuch Cao, and they were immediately led in by others.When they came to a palace, the guards of the forbidden army withdrew, and another young eunuch came in, changing three eunuchs along the way.Yuan Chengzhi kept the road in mind, thinking that the eunuch Cao was really scheming, for fear that the conspiracy would be revealed, and even the passers-by were constantly changing.Finally, I walked along the path on the right side of the imperial garden, winding for a while, and came to a small house.The little eunuch invited the three of them in and served tea and snacks.After waiting for more than an hour, eunuch Cao never came, and the three of them sat and waited silently.It wasn't until noon that a eunuch about 30 years old came in and asked Yuan Chengzhi a few code words.Yuan Chengzhi answered as Hong Shenghai said, and the eunuch nodded and walked out.
After a while, the eunuch brought in a fat middle-aged eunuch.Yuan Chengzhi saw that he was wearing brocade, and he was very imposing. He thought that this was probably Cao Huachun, the most powerful and powerful eunuch in the palace besides the emperor. Sure enough, the eunuch who came in earlier said: "This is Cao Huachun." Father-in-law." Yuan Chengzhi, Luo Liru, and Jiao Wan'er knelt down and kowtowed.Cao Huachun said with a smile: "Don't be too polite, please sit down, how is the prince Rui?" Yuan Chengzhi said: "The prince is well and the body is well. The prince ordered the villain to say hello to the father-in-law." Cao Huachun laughed and said: "My old friends The bones, but they are also more concerned by the prince. Brother Hong has come from afar, and I don’t know what the prince has to say." Yuan Chengzhi said: "The prince wants to ask the father-in-law, how is the planning of the big event going?"
Cao Huachun sighed: "Our emperor's temperament is really stubborn. I have said it several times, and the emperor always said that there will be too many troubles in the future by borrowing troops to destroy the bandits. He only asks the two countries to negotiate a peace and stop fighting. When Ming Dynasty destroys the bandits, he will reward Rui heavily. Lord."
Yuan Chengzhi didn't know what conspiracy Dorgon had with Cao Huachun.Hong Shenghai's status under Dorgon's subordinates was very low, and he could not foresee the secrets. He was just a messenger to deliver news.Hong Shenghai didn't know, and Yuan Chengzhi naturally didn't know either.At this time, after hearing Cao Huachun's words, I couldn't help but feel my heart beating wildly. I only heard the words "borrowing troops to destroy bandits" in my ears, and thought to myself: "The emperor refused to borrow troops, but the Manchurians were anxious to borrow troops. I have good intentions." Although he was calm, but this big news came out of nowhere, he couldn't help but have a strange expression on his face.
Cao Huachun would be wrong, and said that he was dissatisfied because of the failure of the matter, and hurriedly said: "Brother, don't worry, if the first plan fails, the second plan will happen again!" Yuan Chengzhi said: "Yes, yes. Eunuch Cao Our lord is full of praise for his resourcefulness and resourcefulness, and he often said that with Eunuch Cao presiding over the palace, there is no need to worry about the failure of great things." Cao Huachun smiled and said nothing.
Yuan Chengzhi said: "My lord has some small gifts, and I ordered the villain to bring them, please accept them with a smile." He pointed at Luo Liru as he spoke.Jiao Wan'er took the package he was carrying, put it on the table, and unwrapped it.
As soon as the package was unwrapped, the room was filled with jewels and jewels.Cao Huachun has been in Da Nei for a long time, he has seen many rare treasures, ordinary jewels are really not in his eyes, but this precious aura is quite different, when he got closer to see it, he was stunned.It turns out that there are countless treasures in the burden, and the court beads made of a string of one hundred large beads, all of which are round, are rare in the world.There is also a pair of emerald lions, with a fiery red ruby ball twirling in front of them. Of course, such a large piece of crystal green emerald has never been seen before, and the magnificence and splendor of ruby is even more rare.Cao Huachun looked at one, praised one, turned to Yuan Chengzhi and said, "Why did the prince reward me with so many good things?"
Yuan Chengzhi wanted to find out about his plot, and said: "The prince also knows that the emperor is shrewd, and it is very difficult to use troops to destroy the bandits, so you must rely on your father-in-law's strength." Cao Huachun was very proud of him, smiling With a wave of his hand, he said to Luo Liru and Jiao Wan'er: "Go outside and rest." Yuan Chengzhi nodded to the two, and a little eunuch came to accompany them out.Cao Huachun closed the door himself, held Yuan Chengzhi's hand, and said in a low voice: "Do you know what the terms are for the prince to send troops?"
Yuan Chengzhi thought to himself: "Brother Li Yan talked about the way to deal with things that night. He once said that if you want to deceive other people's secrets, you must tell him some secrets first. I will just talk nonsense." Said: "Grandpa It’s one of my own, of course I want to tell you, but this matter is extremely confidential, except for the prince, and even the villain, only two or three people know about it.” He has always been frank, and there is no opportunity to change his mind. If there is any major event related to the Manchu Qing state, I have to talk about my own affairs casually.
Cao Huachun's eyes lit up.Yuan Chengzhi approached him and said: "The villain thinks that although the prince thinks highly of the villain, he is always foreign. If Mr. Cao is kind and cultivated, the villain will be able to glorify his ancestors..." Cao Huachun knew in his heart that he wanted to ask for an official position. Hehe smiled and said: "Brother Hong wants fame and wealth, and that's on the old man." Yuan Chengzhi thought to himself: "If you want to pretend, you have to fake it to the end." He knelt down and kowtowed to thank him.Cao Huachun said with a smile: "After the matter is completed, how about entrusting you with a deputy general? I will send you to a place with plenty of oil and water." Yuan Chengzhi was full of joy, and thanked him hurriedly, saying: "My father-in-law is so kind and virtuous, and the villain can't do anything. Keep the truth from Eunuch. What the lord means..." One left and right, whispered: "Eunuch must not leak it, otherwise the villain's life will be in danger." Cao Huachun said: "Don't worry, how can I say it?"
Yuan Chengzhi thought to himself: "I might as well collect debts all over the sky, and it's up to him whether to agree or not." He said in a low voice: "After the Qing soldiers enter the customs, the intruders will definitely be wiped out. The meaning of the prince is that the court cede Beizhili and The places around Shandong thank each other. The two countries, bounded by the Yellow River, will always be brothers."
Yuan Chengzhi talked nonsense, but Cao Huachun had no doubts.One is Dorgon's personal letter and the secret code agreed upon, the other is such a heavy courtesy, and the third is that the Manchurians have ulterior motives, how could he not know?He pondered slightly, nodded and said: "The world is in chaos right now. In a few months, Tongguan has been breached by intruders, and Xiangyang and Xi'an have been captured. The Qing Dynasty will not send troops anymore, and the intruders will come to the city soon. Once Beijing is broken, what? It’s all over. What about Zhili and Shandong?”
Yuan Chengzhi couldn't help being overjoyed when he heard that the Chuang army would be approaching the city soon. He was afraid of showing joy, so he hurriedly lowered his head and looked at the ground.Cao Huachun had already seen it, and said that he was happy because he agreed to the terms, and said: "I will speak to the emperor again tonight. If he is still stubborn, we will put the country and society first, so we have to..." Speaking of this, He groaned and frowned.Yuan Chengzhi's heart was beating wildly, hoping that he would reveal his conspiracy immediately, and said back: "Today, you are wise and resolute, and your father-in-law can be careful." Cao Huachun said: "Huh, just now, you may not be resolute. Words, but the difference is too far. It doesn't matter if Daming Jiangshan dies in his hands, should we also accompany him to die together?"
These few words can be called "big treason and injustice". If they were leaked out, it would be a crime of extermination, but he said them without any scruples, which shows that he has no fear of Yuan Chengzhi.Yuan Chengzhi said: "I don't know what good strategy the father-in-law has, so that the villain can rest assured." Cao Huachun said: "Well, even if the Yellow River is used as the boundary, it is better than the entire country being ruined by the bandits. The emperor refuses, is it... "Speaking of this, he suddenly stopped, and said with a chuckle: "Brother Hong, within three days, there will be a good message to return to the prince. You wait here." With a slap of both palms, several young eunuchs came in and held Yuan Yuan in his arms. The jewels presented by Chengzhi went out with Cao Huachun in his arms.
Not long after, four young eunuchs led Yuan Chengzhi, Jiao Wan'er, and Luo Liru to a small room near the left to rest.The meal in the evening is very rich.After dinner, it was already dark, the little eunuch said Ann and left the room.Originally, in the Forbidden Palace, it is absolutely forbidden to allow outsiders who have nothing to do with it to rest, but now the army is in chaos, the palace restrictions are abolished, Cao Huachun covers the sky with one hand among the imperial officials, and no one dares to speak out.
Yuan Chengzhi said in a low voice: "The eunuch Cao is planning a big conspiracy. The matter is not trivial. I want to go out and find out." Wan'er said: "I will go with you." Chengzhi said: "No, you stay with Brother Luo. Here, maybe the eunuch Cao is worried and will send someone to look at it." Luo Liru said, "I'll keep it alone, it would be better for Yuan Xianggong to have one more helper."
Seeing Wan'er's expression of eagerness to try, Cheng Zhi nodded in order not to hinder her interest.Walking to the next room, stretching out his hands, he already touched the Ya acupuncture points of the two young eunuchs.The other two eunuchs jumped up from the bed, their eyes wide open, not knowing why.Wan'er pulled out the moth-brow steel thorn, pointed it at the chests of the two, and shouted in a low voice: "Say a word, tell you to see Wei Zhongxian!" In the breast meat.Cheng Zhi smiled secretly, thinking that she was still joking at this moment.Wei Zhongxian was a treacherous eunuch in Xizong's time, who corrupted the world, and he had already been punished by this time.
He took off the clothes of the two eunuchs and changed them himself.Wan'er blew out the candles, fumbled and changed into eunuch clothes.Chengzhi also pressed a eunuch on Ya acupuncture point, pinched another person's pulse gate with his left hand, pulled the door out, and shouted: "Lead us to Eunuch Cao." After walking around the palace in a roundabout way, he came to a building.The little eunuch said: "Eunuch Cao... lives... lives here." Yuan Chengzhi didn't wait for him to say a second sentence, and gently pushed his elbow out, closing the acupuncture points on his chest, and throwing him deep in the flowers and trees .
The two bent down and ran to the side of the building.Cheng Zhi was about to pull Wan'er and jump up, when he heard footsteps behind him, a person asked from a distance: "Is Eunuch Cao upstairs?" At that time, there were five people who came, and the one in front was holding a red gauze lantern, under the shade of the light, they were all eunuchs.The eunuch who carried the lamp scolded with a smile: "Little monkey, you are afraid of getting involved when you talk." He walked closer slowly as he spoke.Cheng Zhi and Wan'er lowered their heads, preventing them from seeing their faces clearly.
When the five eunuchs entered the door, the light hit the bright red paint on the door, like a mirror, reflecting the faces of the five eunuchs.Cheng Zhi was taken aback, and lightly tugged on Wan'er's sleeve, and waited for the five people to go upstairs, and whispered: "It's Taibai Sanying!" Wan'er was shocked, and whispered: "The traitor who killed my father? They did it?" Eunuch?"
Yuan Chengzhi whispered: "Just like us, disguised, go up!" The two followed Taibai Sanying and went upstairs all the way. The guarding eunuch only said that they were all the way without asking.Upstairs, the two eunuchs in front led Taibai Sanying into a room.Chengzhi and Wan'er couldn't follow anymore, so they waited outside the door, vaguely hearing the eunuch with the lamp say: "Please come here... Eunuch Cao right away..." The rest of the words were unclear.The two eunuchs withdrew immediately and went downstairs.
Cheng Zhi took Wan'er's hand and walked into the room, only to see books on the four walls, which turned out to be a study room.Taibai Sanying sat on a chair beside him, seeing two eunuchs coming in, he didn't care.Chengzhi and Wan'er walked forward.Wan'er sneered and said, "Uncle Shi, Uncle Li, my father invited the three of you to dinner." Taibai Sanying was shocked when he saw Jiao Wan'er suddenly.
Li Gang immediately jumped up and shouted: "You... Your father is dead?" Wan'er said: "That's right, he invited the three uncles to dinner!" sheath.Cheng Zhi stretched out his hands quickly, one in each hand, grabbed the back collar of the Shi brothers and lifted them up. At the same time, his left foot flew out and kicked Li Gang on the Fengwei point three inches below the heart blade of Li Gang.Shi Bingguang punched backhand, Cheng Zhi ignored it, let him hit him in the chest, folded his hands together and punched back, the Shi brothers bumped into each other, and they all passed out.Wan'er hasn't figured out what's going on yet, Taibai Sanying is no longer in the know.She pulled out the Crescent Steel Spike, and stabbed at Shi Bingguang's chest fiercely.Cheng Zhi stretched out his hand to hold her wrist, and said in a low voice, "There is someone."
Hearing the sound of footsteps on the stairs, Yuan Chengzhi mentioned the Shi brothers and put them behind the bookshelf, then turned around and mentioned Li Gang, and both hid behind the bookshelf with Wan'er.Just after hiding, several people walked into the room.
One person said: "Please wait here, Eunuch Cao will be here soon." A charming female voice said: "Thank you!" pinch.After a while, a few more people came in, brought in by Wei Taosheng, the manager of King Hui. Mr. Lu Qi from Fang Yan and others exchanged greetings with He Tieshou and others.Cheng Zhi pondered: "The four elders of the Wen family from the Quzhou Chess Immortal School have also come. It turns out that the four old men Wan'er saw last night were them. No wonder the Xiandu School couldn't resist. What are they doing here?" Cao Huachun has entered the room.Yuan Chengzhi thought to himself: "Wen Fangshi killed Qingdi's mother, gave me Hunyuan Kungfu to kick the acupuncture points, and became a useless person. Wen's Five Elements Formation obviously couldn't be used, but with the masters of the Five Poison Sect and the There are many others, and I alone can't defeat the enemy."
I only heard Cao Huachun say, "Where are Taibai and Sanying?" An eunuch replied, "Master Shi and the others have already been here. I don't know where they have gone." Cao Huachun sent people out to search for it. It was said that the three of them were nowhere to be seen.The rest of the people discussed quietly, obviously getting impatient.Cao Huachun said: "Let's not wait any longer. They themselves have given up their good opportunity to make meritorious service, and they can't blame others." He only heard the sound of people moving their chairs, thinking that everyone sat closer to listen to him.
I only heard him whispering about the military situation on the western front, Li Zicheng broke through Tongguan, and Sun Chuanting, Minister of the Ministry of War, was martyred.Li Zicheng won Xi'an and established himself as emperor, with the country name Dashun and the reign name Yongchang.Everyone hummed repeatedly, and they were very shocked.Cao Huachun said: "If we don't think of a way soon, the bandits will approach the capital. If the emperor doesn't use his troops to destroy the bandits and uses his own will, the foundation of the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years will be ruined in his hands. We put the country and the court first, so we have to Another Mingjun will be established to protect the country." He Tieshou said: "Then establish Huiwangye." Cao Huachun said: "Yes, today I will borrow from you all to serve the new monarch. Brothers will undertake all major tasks. Great achievements have been made, but It belongs to everyone." Seeing that there was no objection from the crowd, he immediately assigned tasks.Everyone obeyed the order enthusiastically and looked excited.
Cao Huachun said: "In another hour and a half, the four old gentlemen of the Wen family led their capable brothers to ambush around the outside of the emperor's bedroom to prevent others from entering. The subordinates of the leader of He were lying outside the study, and Prince Hui came in to give advice."
Mr. Lu Qi said: "General Zhou, the military commander of the five cities, commanded the troops of the Beijing camp. He is loyal to the present, right? Do you want to get rid of it first, so as not to happen?" Cao Huachun said with a smile: "General Zhou and Fu Shangshu The two guys have already given me a little plan to get rid of them. Master He, tell him." He Tieshou said with a smile: "Eunuch Cao wants to support King Hui to ascend the throne. I knew that General Zhou and Fu Shangshu were loyal to the emperor. One has soldiers in his hand and the other has money. These are two serious problems. Therefore, he ordered the younger sister to send people to the household department to steal the treasury silver. Fu and I have been dismissed and asked." Everyone lowered their voices, giggled for a while, and praised Cao Huachun for his ingenuity.
Only then did Yuan Chengzhi understand that He Tieshou's men stole Kuyin not for money, but as a conspiracy against the enemy and the country. It is a pity that Chongzhen thought he was shrewd and fell into the trap without realizing it.
Cao Huachun said: "Everyone, go and rest for a while. After about an hour and a half, I will come back to invite you. You must be calm and calm, and you must not talk about important matters or leak rumors." Everyone agreed softly.Mr. Lu Qi bid farewell to the four elders of the Wen family.He Tieshou stayed at the end, and when he was about to reach the door, he suddenly said: "Why didn't Taibai Sanying come? Could it be that he was going to inform the emperor?" Cao Huachun said: "After all, the leader He has a meticulous mind. This matter was simply hidden from them. But Taibai Sanying is the confidant of the Nine Kings of Manchuria, and he has made great achievements recently, so he will not betray the Nine Kings." He Tieshou said: "What great service?" Cao Huachun said: "They stole a dagger surnamed Min from Xiandu , to assassinate the leader of the Golden Dragon Clan, and in this way, the southern martial arts figures will surely kill each other and fight endlessly. We will be much more comfortable avoiding Jinling in the future."
Wan'er had 90% guessed that it was Taibai Sanying who harmed her father, and there was no doubt at this time.Cheng Zhi was afraid that she would make noise when she was hurt and angry, He Tie's hands were sensitive, and he couldn't hide any slight movements from her, so he stretched out his hand and gently pressed Wan'er's mouth.Wan'er was beautiful and gentle, she was leaning against him at this moment, her fingers touched the soft skin around her mouth, Cheng Zhifang was young and full of vigor, and his heart was slightly turbulent.
He Tieshou said with a smile, "My father-in-law is in the court, but he is so clear about the affairs of the Jianghu. Coveting fame and fortune, capricious? Which one is talking about credit and morality? In order to get promoted and get rich, betraying friends is commonplace. Or friends in the world who say one is one and two are two are much more reliable. Brothers are plotting big things this time, dare not follow The ministers of the imperial court discussed it, but they did not dare to use the guards and generals, but hired everyone to help with swords, this is the reason..." The two walked out of the Guangshu room while talking.
Governor Chengzhi is in an emergency, but he can't make up his mind what to do. The national calamity and family vendetta are filled with mixed feelings.
Wan'er gently pushed his palm away, and asked in a low voice: "How to deal with these three traitors? The younger sister will be killed." Yuan Chengzhi said: "Okay, but don't see the blood, so as not to be discovered." Shi Bingguang's head, pointing to his temples on both sides, said: "Can you know the trick of 'bells and drums chiming'?" Wan'er nodded.Yuan Chengzhi said: "The thumb joints are facing outwards, make a fist like this, yes, let's make a move!" Wan'er responded with a punch, and with a pop, both fists hit Shi Bingguang's temples on both sides at the same time.Shi Bingguang didn't groan, and he lost his breath immediately.She followed the law and beat Shi Bingwen and Li Gang to death. At this time, her revenge was avenged. Thinking of her father, she couldn't help crying on Chengzhi's shoulder.Cheng Zhi hugged her soft body with his right hand, and whispered in her ear: "Let's go out quickly and see where He Tieshou is going." Wan'er hugged him in his arms, reluctant to part, but then felt Not right, she stopped her tears and followed Cheng Zhi out of the study.
I saw that Cao Huachun and He Tieshou had parted ways on the fork in front of them. Two eunuchs carried gauze lanterns and led He Tieshou and his party to the west.Cheng Zhi and Wan'er followed He Tieshou from a distance, walked through several courtyards, and watched her walk into a house.
The two followed them in, and as soon as they entered, they heard someone in the East Wing shout: "He Hongyao, you old woman, why don't you let me out?" The voice was crisp and clear, but it wasn't who Qingqing was? When Cheng Zhi heard it, he was pleasantly surprised, and couldn't care less about anything else, he went straight in, only to see Qingqing lying on the bed, and two young eunuchs beside him were decocting medicine and adding fragrance.Cheng Zhi reached out and touched the acupuncture points of the two eunuchs.Qingqing just recognized it, she was overjoyed, and shouted in a trembling voice: "Brother!" Yuan Chengzhi walked to the bed and asked, "How is your injury?" Qingqing said: "It's okay!" Seeing Wan'er standing behind Yuan Chengzhi , asked: "Are you here too?" Wan'er said: "Well, Miss Xia is here too, that's great. Yuan Xianggong is so anxious." Qingqing snorted without answering, and said: "Then He Hongyao will come here soon, big brother, give her a good beating." Cheng Zhi thought to himself: "They have other plots, it's better for me not to show up for now. "He said anxiously: "Brother Qing, you can't do anything with her right now. Tell her to talk, and ask why she hijacked you and came to the palace?" Qingqing wondered: "What palace?" Cheng Zhi thought to himself: "So you don't know this is the imperial palace." He only heard footsteps approaching outside the room, and before he could elaborate, he mentioned two eunuchs and stuffed them into the closet.Holding Wan'er's hand, just as he was looking for a hiding place, a figure flashed at the door, and a woman in white shirt rushed in. It was He Tieshou. She moved very fast, and smiled at Cheng Zhi: "Okay, master, you are here too!" She grabbed Wan'er's arm and threw her a few steps away, and snatched her in front of Cheng Zhi, not far away from him. To a foot, almost nose to nose.Cheng Zhi only smelled a strong fragrance, and knew that her body was poisonous, and it was really wrong for her to be bullied like this, so he hurriedly took a step back from the bed, He Tie threw his hands on his body, and put his left hand on his shoulder.Cheng Zhi reversed his right hand, grabbed her left wrist, and was about to throw her out when He Tieshou shouted: "Insinuation!" As soon as you press the inner mechanism of the garment, dozens of poisonous needles will shoot out.He Tie rushed forward and threw himself at Cheng Zhi. Cheng Zhi stretched out his left palm, trying to grab her right wrist under the clothes, to prevent her from pressing the hidden weapon mechanism. The two were almost skin-to-skin. Once the needle is shot out, even a person with great abilities cannot dodge it.He Tie turned around with his left hand, embraced Cheng Zhi's vest, fell into his arms, and called out in a tired voice: "Master...father, master...father" Chengzhi hurriedly said: "You...you don't do this!" Qingqing looked In the eyes, he shouted angrily: "You two... what are you doing?" Chengzhi knew that the situation was critical, and only hoped to pull He Tieshou's right hand out as soon as possible, but in Qingqing's eyes, he could only see Chengzhi reaching into He Tieshou's clothes and groping incessantly, as if he was extremely obscene, anxious and angry, Sad again, he cursed loudly: "Shameless! Obscene!" He Tieshou said in a tired voice: "Master, if you don't agree, you will insinuate and die together..." Cheng Zhi had no choice but to say: "Okay, I agree, I have something to order!" He Tieshou shouted: "Master! "Cheng Zhi replied: "Yes." He Tieshou said happily: "A man keeps his word." He stood up straight and took a few steps back.Cheng Zhi sat down by the bed, life and death hanging by a thread just now, he couldn't help sweating, he took Qingqing's hand behind his back, pinched it in his palm, and said to He Tieshou seriously: "I have orders, if you are obedient, I will accept you Disciple." He Tie's palms were in full bloom, and he said with a smile: "Master, please tell me." Cheng Zhi said: "Go and find out Eunuch Cao's conspiracy to change the emperor. You and your subordinates will prevent him from seeking to usurp the throne and borrow Manchurian soldiers to fight against the king. This is a major event at hand!" He Tieshou nodded and said: "Your apprentice!" Cheng Zhi said: "The second thing, you send someone to send Miss Xia back to my Zhengtiaozi Hutong. As long as you hurt her one finger, I will never teach you a kung fu." He Tieshou Stretching out his tongue, he said, "I will never hurt her. Master, will Miss Xia be my teacher's wife in the future?" Cheng Zhi said, "Almost! You just send her back safely." He Tieshou said: "It's pretty much the same. I don't think there's anything wrong. She's so jealous! But Aunt He Hongyao in our church has a deep hatred for her. Miss Xia was captured by her, and she was afraid that you would come and snatch her back, so she was locked up. Here, this is extremely secure, unexpectedly I found it for you. My aunt arrested him, even though I am the leader, I can't let him go casually." Cheng Zhi said: "What is the deep hatred and why I have formed a grudge? I have never understood it. This matter needs to be investigated clearly. I learned a lot of martial arts from Mr. Jin Snake." He Tieshou said: "Okay! I will help you. The master just needs to ask clearly. The master has three orders, first, stop the conspiracy to change the emperor and destroy the bandits with soldiers; The disciples obeyed one by one." Qingqing was very happy to hear that she called herself "mother-in-law" and that her father was Chengzhi's "father-in-law". After a few strokes, he didn't pursue the matter of reaching into He Tieshou's clothes before. Only footsteps could be heard outside the door, and someone asked: "Master, are you here?" It was He Hongyao's voice.Another shrill old voice of Sha Yan said: "Master He, Eunuch Cao invites you to go, it's time to prepare." Cheng Zhi recognized Mr. Lu Qi's voice.He Tieshou responded: "Yes!" He whispered to Cheng Zhi: "Master, please hide for a while." Cheng Zhi saw that there was no other hiding place in the room, only Mr. Lu Qi and He Hong Seeing her, Yao made a fuss, Cao Huachun's treachery changed, and another disturbance arose, so he had to hold Wan'er's hand and slipped under the bed. While Qingqing was stunned, Mr. Lu Qi and He Hongyao had already entered the room.Mr. Lu Qi said: "Master He, let's wait for Eunuch Cao here." He Tieshou said with a smile: "Okay!" With a backhand blow with the iron hook in his left hand, Mr. Lu Qi hit the vest.The iron hook was highly poisonous, and it penetrated into the skin under one blow. Mr. Lu Qi was caught off guard and fell on his back.He Tie grabbed the hem of his gown with his right hand and pressed it on his mouth to prevent him from calling out and alarming others.Mr. Lu Qi twitched a few times, made a few ho-ho sounds, and then lay on the ground without moving.He Tieshou smiled and said, "Don't be busy, old man, you can wait here." Kicking his dead body into the back of the bed. He Hongyao was very surprised, and asked: "Master, don't we do the matter of Eunuch Cao together?" Drink it?" He Hongyao replied: "Exactly!" Seeing that the leader's big event was imminent, she suddenly changed her mind, although she was very surprised, but she was eager to find out Qingqing's life experience, although seeking to usurp the throne is a big event, but for her Don't care about it, just treat it as a trivial matter. Seeing Chengzhi and Wan'er hiding under the bed hand in hand, Qingqing couldn't help being furious and scolded: "You guys are sneaky, don't you think I don't know?" He Tieshou said with a smile: "Sneaky what?" Qingqing shouted: "You bully me, you bully me, a miserable person who has no father or mother! A short-lived ghost without a conscience!" Cheng Zhi was startled: "Who is she scolding?" The girl Wan'er was careful, and she had already seen that Qingqing was suspicious of herself, but when she heard her pointing at Sang and scolding Huai, she couldn't help but feel bitter and her body trembled.Cheng Zhi immediately understood what she meant, and couldn't explain it, so he could only pat her on the shoulder as a gesture of comfort. He Hongyao suddenly said gloomyly: "Girl, since you have fallen into our hands, how can we let you go back properly? Where is your father, and where is the bitch who gave birth to you?" Qingqing was already losing her temper, she couldn't bear it when she heard her insulting her mother.He reached out to pick up a bowl of medicine on the bedside table, and threw it at her in the face.He Hongyao stepped aside, and with a bang, the medicine bowl hit the wall, but a lot of hot medicine juice was still splashed on his face.She shouted angrily: "You bitch, you don't want to die!" Yuan Chengzhi watched intently under the bed, and saw He Hongyao kicking his feet, making a gesture to jump up and pounce on Qingqing.Suddenly, the white shadow flickered, and He Tieshou's feet were blocked between He Hongyao and the bed. He Tieshou only heard He Tieshou say: "Auntie, I promised that Yuan, if I want to send this girl back, I can't break my promise." He Hongyao sneered: "Why?" He Tieshou said: "Many of us The acupoints were tapped, and it must be rescued by the surname Yuan." He Hongyao pondered for a while, and said: "Okay, I don't want to kill this girl, but she has to suffer a little bit first. First ruin her appearance, Gouged out one of her eyeballs! Hey, girl surnamed Xia, do you think I’m beautiful?” Qingqing called out with an “Ah”, her voice was full of horror, it seemed to be He Hongyao’s ugly face Make a terrible look, approaching her. He Tieshou said: "Auntie, why did you scare her?" There was a hint of displeasure in his voice.He Hongyao snorted and said, "That's right, you are protecting her and trying to curry favor with that Yuan, which is a big mistake." He Tieshou said angrily, "What are you talking about?" He Hongyao sneered Said: "Look carefully, are you more beautiful than her?" Although Qingqing was wearing men's clothes, her phoenix eyes and cherry mouth, her white and tender cheeks did not hide her charm.He Tieshou said: "This girl is quite beautiful, aunt, I won't lose to her, right?" He Hongyao said: "If you want to marry that surname Yuan, it's useless to please this girl, it's only useful to ruin her appearance. He Tieshou said: "Nonsense, who said he wants to marry that Yuan." He Hongyao said: "Do you think I don't know about the young girl's thoughts? I was young myself. Look, look , This is the old me!" There was only a rustling sound, as if something was being taken out of the pocket.Both He Tieshou and Qingqing exclaimed lightly: "Ah!" They were both surprised and admired.He Hongyao smiled wryly and said, "You are very strange, aren't you? Haha, haha, I used to be beautiful too!" With a hard toss, an object fell to the ground. It turned out to be a portrait painted on thick silk . Cheng Zhi looked out from under the bed, and saw that the portrait was a young girl in her twenties, with flushed cheeks, dressed in colorful attire, with a white cloth around her head, handsome, her eyebrows were vaguely similar to He Hongyao, but It is hard to believe that this is the vivid portrayal of the ugly old lady. He Hongyao sobbed: "Why did I look so ugly? Why? Why?...It's all for your father who has lost his conscience." Qingqing said: "Hey, what does my father have with you? Relationship? He is a good person, and he will never do anything wrong to others!" He Hongyao said angrily: "You little girl was not born at that time, how would you know? If he has a conscience, how can I not forgive me? Will it be like this? How could you, a little girl, be born into this world?" Qingqing said: "The more you talk, the more weird and weird! Your Five Poisons Sect is in Yunnan, and my parents are married in Zhejiang. There is a distance of 100,000 miles. How can we get along with you?" He Hongyao was furious, and punched her in the face.He Tie stretched out his hand to block it, and persuaded: "Auntie, don't lose your temper, and speak slowly if you have something to say." He Hongyao shouted: "Your father was mad at Mr. Jin Snake Lang, but now he is doing his best to protect this girl. Are you ashamed?" He Tieshou said angrily, "Who protected her? If you hurt her, you will kill more than forty people in our church. I see that you are an elder, so I will give you three points. But if you break the religious rules, I can't forgive you." Seeing her posing as the leader, He Hongyao lost her arrogance and sat down in the chair, holding her head in both hands. After a long time, she asked Qingqing in a low voice, "Where's your mother? Your mother must be a charming beauty, Jiangnan The beautiful vixen is the one who fascinates your father, isn't it?" She sighed and said, "I have had many, many dreams about your mother, but her appearance is always blurred and I can't see clearly... ...I really want to meet her...does she look like you?" Qingqing sighed: "My mother is dead." He Hongyao was shocked and said: "Dead?" Qingqing said: "Dead! How is it? You are so happy, aren't you?" He Hongyao's voice was shrill and shrill Said: "I forced him to ask him where your mother lived, no matter what, he always refused to say that she was already dead. It's really God's eyes, I can't avenge this revenge. Let you go back this time, you This little girl will fall into my hands again... Does your mother look like you?" Qingqing was annoyed at her rude words, turned over, turned her face to the bed, and ignored her. He Hongyao said: "Master, let that surname Yuan cure our people first, and then let this bitch go." He Tieshou said: "That's needless to say?" go.Seeing that her feet were about to step over the threshold, Yuan Chengzhi hesitated for a moment, turned around and said, "I must find out where her father is." He Tieshou said: "Of course, but...but we can't break our promise to others Ah." He Hongyao said: "Why are you protecting her? Hmph, you must be trying to seduce that young man surnamed Yuan. Let me teach you to be good, if you want that young man surnamed Yuan to like you, you have to let me kill you This girl, if the centipede wants to become king, it must kill the green snake first, do you understand, silly girl." Angrily, she turned around, sat on the chair, and the room fell silent.Yuan Chengzhi and Wan'er didn't dare to take a breath. Qingqing suddenly thumped on the bed and shouted: "Aren't you coming out yet? What are you doing?" Wan'er was shocked and was about to jump out, Cheng Zhi quickly grabbed her arm.Qingqing was even more annoyed when He Hongyao persuaded He Tieshou to kill herself so that Chengzhi could love her.Cheng Zhi almost sneezed, tried to breathe evenly, and then held back. Qingqing thought: "Then He Tieshou and the old beggar can't beat you again, so why hide? What are you two doing under the bed?" She has promised to stop the conspiracy, but the poisonous woman of the cult, what she promises may not be reliable, and the conspiracy may change, she can't handle it.This matter is related to the survival of the country. In order to be safe, one must be patient. You must understand.Qingqing didn't know the reason, and couldn't help being angry. He Hongyao said to He Tieshou: "You are the leader of the sect, and you are in charge of major affairs in the sect. Since the golden hook of the ancestor of the sect has been passed on to you, you have the power of life and death. But the tragedy I encountered cannot be called Are you shocked?" He Tieshou said: "I put the most important things in teaching, who is interested in that young man surnamed Yuan?" He Hongyao let out a long sigh, and said: "When you fought with that young man surnamed Yuan, you smiled brightly and spoke coquettishly, instead of fighting for life and death, it seemed like you were flirting and flirting with each other!..., It can make people angry." He Tieshou said: "Auntie, why is the Golden Snake Lord so unstoppable to you? Do you hate him?" He Hongyao said: "Golden Snake Lord? Where is he? I want to see him. Hey, little bitch, if you say it, I'll let you go immediately!" The last two words were addressed to Qingqing.Qingqing faces the inner bed and ignores it. 何铁手道：“你跟她说，金蛇郎君怎么样对你不住，夏姑娘明白是非，良心发现，就肯带你去见她爹爹了。反正她妈妈也死了，你们老情人重会，岂不甚好。”青青转过身来，叫道：“你瞎说！我爹爹英俊潇洒，是大英雄大豪杰，怎会来喜欢你这丑老太婆！” 何红药幽幽地道：“我在从前可不是丑老太婆呢。你爹爹现下在哪里，我要去见他，倒不是想他再来爱我这丑老太婆，我要问他，他这么害了我一生一世，心里可过意得去吗？夏姑娘，我跟你说，怎么识得你爹爹，他怎么样待我，只要我有一字半句虚言假话，叫我第二次再受万蛇噬身之苦。盼你明白是非，对我这丑老太婆有三分恻隐之心。你现下命在我手，我原本不用来求你，不过我要你明白，我们五仙教虽然无恶不作，杀人不眨眼，讲到男女情爱，对待情哥哥、情妹子，决不能有半点负恩忘义，否则的话，老天爷也不容我们五仙教兴旺到今天。” 青青道：“我不爱听！”伸手拉过被子蒙住了头，不想听何红药的话，可是终于禁不住好奇心起，拉开被子一角，听她述说她父亲当年的故事。 何红药全不明白何铁手想拜袁承志为师以学上乘武功的热切心情，以己度人，只道何铁手看中了袁承志，这些事情她也不放在心上，二十年来遍寻夏郎不得，终于见到他的女儿，一线的机会，全系于此，不由得心中热切异常。反正曹太监要大家再等一个多时辰，不妨对侄女述说自己身世，让青青听了，只盼能打动她心，终于肯带自己去见她父亲，便对何铁手缓缓地道：“那是二十多年前的事了，那时候我还没你现今年纪大。你爹爹刚接任做教主，他派我做万妙山庄庄主，经管蛇窟。这天闲着无事，我一个人到后山去捉鸟儿玩。”何铁手插口道：“姑姑，你做了庄主，还捉鸟儿玩吗？” 何红药哼了一声，道：“我说过了，那时候我还年轻得很，差不多是个小孩子。我捉到两只翠鸟，心里很高兴。回来的时候，经过蛇窟旁边，忽听得树丛里嗖嗖声响，知道有蛇逃走了，忙遁声追过去。果见一条五花正向外游走。我很奇怪，咱们蛇窟里的蛇养得很乖，从来不逃，这条五花到外面去干什么？我也不去捉拿，一路跟着。只见那五花到了树丛后面，径向一个人游过去，我抬头一看，不觉心里一懔。那便是前生的冤孽了。他是我命里的魔头。”何铁手问道：“便是那金蛇郎君么？” 何红药道：“那时我也不知他是谁，只见他眉清目秀，是个很俊的汉人少年。手里拿着一束点着火的引蛇香艾。原来五花是闻到香气，给他引出来的。他见了我，向我笑了笑。”何铁手笑道：“姑姑那时候长得好美，他一定着了迷。” 何红药“呸”了一声，道：“我和你说正经的，别闹着玩！我当时见他是生人，怕他给蛇咬了，忙道：'喂，这蛇有毒。你别动，我来捉！'他又笑了笑，从背上拿下一只木箱，放在地下，箱子角儿上有根细绳缚着一只活蛤蟆，一跳一跳的。那五花当然想去吃蛤蟆啦，慢慢地游上了木箱，正想伸头去咬，那少年一拉绳子，箱子盖翻了下去。五花一滑，想稳住身子，那少年左手急探，两根手指已钳住了五花的头颈。我见他手法虽跟咱们不同，但手指所钳的部位不差分毫，五花服服帖帖地动弹不得，知道他是行家，就放了心。” 何铁手笑道：“啧啧啧，姑姑刚见了人家的面，就这么关心。” 青青插口道：“喂，你别打岔成不成？听她说呀。”何铁手笑道：“你说不爱听呀！”青青道：“我忽然爱听了，可不可以？”何铁手笑道：“好吧，我不打岔啦！” 何红药横了她一眼，说道：“那时我又起了疑心，这人是谁呢？怎敢这般大胆，到这里来捉我们的蛇？难道不知五仙教的威名吗？又见他右手拿出一根短短的铁棒，伸到五花口边。五花便一口咬住。我走近细看，原来铁棒中间是空的，五花口里的毒液不住流出来，都给铁管子盛住了。我这才知道，哼，原来他是偷蛇毒来着。怪不得这几天来，蛇窟里许多蛇儿不吃东西，又瘦又懒。我叫了起来：'喂，快放下！'同时取出蛇管一吹。他听得声音古怪，抬头看时，五花头颈一扭，在他手指上咬了一口。他忙把五花丢开，想打开木箱拿解药。我说：'你好大胆子！'抢上前去。哪知他武功好得出奇，只轻轻一带，我就摔了一跤……”青青插嘴道：“当然啦，你怎能是他对手？” 何红药白眼一翻，道：“可是我们的五花毒性何等厉害，他来不及取解药，便已蛇毒发作，晕了过去。我走近去看，忽然心里不忍起来，心想这般年纪轻轻的便送了性命，太可惜了，而且又是这么一身武功。”何铁手道：“何况又这么俊！于是你就将他救了回去，藏在屋子里，拿药给他解了毒，等他伤好，你就爱上他了？” 何红药叹道：“不等他伤好，我已经把心许给他了。那时教里的师兄弟们个个对我好，但不知怎的，我都没把他们瞧在眼里，对这人却神魂颠倒，不由自主。过了三天，那人身上的毒退了，吃了我给他的饮食，我问他到这里来干什么。他说我救了他性命，不能瞒我。他说他姓夏，是江南的汉人，身上负了血海深仇，对头功夫既强，又是人多势众，报仇没把握，听说五仙教精研毒药，天下首屈一指，因此赶到云南来，想学五仙教的功夫……” 她说到这里，承志和青青方才明白，原来金蛇郎君和五毒教如此这般才打起交道来，而他所以要取蛇毒，自然旨在对付棋仙派温家。 只听何红药又道：“他说，他暗里窥探了许久，学到了些炼制毒药的门道，便来偷我们蛇窟里毒蛇的毒液，要炼在暗器上去对付仇人。又过了两天，他伤势慢慢好了，谢了我要走。我心里很舍不得，拿了两大瓶毒蛇的毒液给他。他就给我画了这幅肖像。我问他报仇的事还有什么为难，要不要我帮他。他笑笑，说我功夫还差得远，帮不上忙。我叫他报了仇之后再来看我，他点头答应了。我问他什么时候来。他说那就难说了，他要报大仇，还少了一件利刃，听说峨嵋派有一柄镇山之宝的宝剑，须得先到四川峨嵋山去盗剑。但不知是否真有此剑，就算有，能否盗到，什么时候能成事，也说不上来。” 承志心想：“金蛇郎君做事当真不顾一切，为了报仇，什么事都干。” 何红药叹道：“那时候我迷迷糊糊的，只想要他多陪我些日子。我好似发了疯，什么事都不怕，明知是最不该的事，却忍不住要去做。我觉得为了他而去冒险，越是危险，心里越快活，就是为他死了，也是情愿的。唉，那时候我真像给鬼迷住了一样。我对他说，我知道有一柄宝剑，锋利无比，什么兵器碰到了立刻就断。他欢喜得跳起来，忙问在什么地方。我说，那就是我们五仙教代代相传的金蛇剑！” 承志听到这里，心头一震，不由得伸手一摸贴身藏着的金蛇剑，想起何铁手曾说这金蛇剑是她五仙教的，当时跟她剧斗方酣，只道她随口乱说。原来此剑确与五仙教颇有干系。 何红药续道：“我对他说，这剑是我们教里的三宝之一'藏在云南丽江府玉龙雪山的毒龙洞里，那是我教的圣地，洞外把守得甚是严密。他求我领他去偷出来。他说只借用一下，报了大仇之后一定归还。他不断地相求，我心肠软了，于是去偷了哥哥的令牌，带他到毒龙洞去。看守的人见到令牌，又见我带着他，便放我们进去。” 何铁手道：“姑姑，你难道敢穿了衣服进毒龙洞？”何红药道：“我。然不敢……”青青插口问道：“为什么不敢穿了衣服进那个……那个毒龙洞？” 何红药哼了一声不答。何铁手道：“那毒龙洞里养着成千成万条鹤顶毒蛇，进洞之人只要身上有一处蛇药不抹到，给鹤顶蛇咬上一口，如何得了？这些毒蛇异种异质，咬上了三步毙命，最是厉害不过。因此进洞之人必须脱去衣衫，全身抹上蛇药。”青青道：“哦，你们五毒教的事当真……当真……” 何红药道：“当真什么？若不是这样，又怎进得毒龙洞？于是我脱去衣服，全身抹上蛇药，叫他也搽蛇药。他背上擦不到处，我帮他搽抹。唉，两个少年男女，身上没了衣衫，在山洞中你帮我搽药，我帮你搽药，最后还有什么好事做出来？何况我早已对他倾心，就这么糊里糊涂地把身子交了给他。” 青青听得双颊如火，忽地想起床底下的二人，当即手脚在床板上乱捶乱打。何铁手忙道：“这是陈年旧事了，你别生气。”青青怒道：“我恨他们好不怕丑。” 承志只感到宛儿软软的偎倚在自己胸前，觉得她身子渐渐热了起来，心中忽想：“宛儿对我温柔体贴，从来不象青弟那样动不动就大发脾气。”为什么这时忽然生此念头，却也说不上来。宛儿却想：“我爹爹死了，没人对我怜惜照顾，世上唯一的依靠，便是身边这个胸膛。可是，可是……那不成的！” 何红药幽幽叹道：“你说我不怕丑，那也不错，我们夷家女子，本来没你们汉人这许多臭规矩。唉，后来我就推开内洞石门，带了他进去。这金蛇剑和其余两宝放在石龙的口里，他飞身跃上石龙，就拿到了那把剑。哪知他存心不良，把其余两宝都拿了下来。那便是二十四枚金蛇锥和那张藏宝地图了。”她说到这里，闭目沉思往事，停了片刻，轻轻叹了口气，说道：“我见他把三宝都拿了下来，就知事情不妙，定要他把金蛇锥和地图放回龙口。”青青早知那便是建文皇帝的藏宝之图，故意问道：“什么地图？我爹爹一心只想报仇，要你们五毒教的旧地图来有什么用？” 何红药道：“我也不知是什么地图。这是本教从萷传下来的。哼，这人就不存好心。他也不答我话，只望着我笑，忽然过来抱住了我。后来，我也就不问他什么了。他说报仇之后，一定归还三宝。他去了之后，我天天念着他，两年来竟没半点讯息。后来江湖上传言，说江南出了个怪侠，使把怪剑，善用金锥伤人，得了个绰号叫做金蛇郎君。我知道定然是他，心里挂念他不知报了大仇没有。过不多久，教主起了疑心，查到三宝失落，我曾带人入洞，要我自己了断，终于落成了这个样子。” 青青道：“为什么是这个样子？”何红药含怒不答。 何铁手低声道：“那时我爹爹当教主，虽是自己亲妹子犯了这事，可也无法回护。姑姑依着教里的规矩，服了解药，身入蛇窟，受万蛇咬啮之灾。她脸上变成这个样子，那是给蛇咬的。”青青不禁打了个寒战，心中对这个老乞婆顿感歉疚。说道：“这……这可真对你不住了。我先前实在不知道……”何红药横了她一眼，哼了一声。 何铁手又道：“她养好伤后，便出外求乞，依我们教规，犯了重罪之人，二十年之内必须乞讨活命，不许偷盗一文一饭，也不许收受武林同道的周济。” 青青低声对何红药道：“要是我爹爹真的这般害了你，那确是他不好。” 何红药鼻中一哼，说道：“我给成千成万条蛇咬成这个样子，受罚讨饭二十年，那都是我自己心甘情愿的。那日我带他去毒龙洞，这结果早就想到了，也不能说是他害我的。他对我不起，却是他对我负心薄幸。那时我还真一往情深，一路乞讨，到江南去找他。到了浙江境内，就听到他在衢州杀人报仇的事。我想跟他会面，但他神出鬼没，始终没能会着。等到在金华见到他时，他已给人抓住了。你知道抓他的人是谁？” 何铁手道：“是衢州的仇家么？”何红药道：“正是。就是刚才你见到的温家那四个老头子。”何铁手和青青同时“啊”的一声。何铁手是想不到温氏四老竟与此事会有牵连，青青听到外公们来到北京而感惊诧。 何红药道：“我几次想下毒害死敌人。但这些人早就在防他下毒，茶水饮食，什么都要他先试过，这一来我就没法下手。他们押着他一路往北，后来才知是要逼他交出那张地图来。有一次，我终于找到机会，跟他说了几句话。他说身上的筋脉都给敌人挑断了，已成废人，对头武功高强，凭我一人决计抵敌不了，眼下只有一线生机，他正骗他们上华山去。”何铁手道：“他到华山去干什么？”何红药道：“他说天下只一人能救他，那便是华山派掌门人神剑仙猿穆人清。” 承志在床底听着这惊心动魄的故事，心里一股说不出的滋味，对金蛇郎君的所作所为，不知是痛恨、是惋惜、还是怜悯？这时听到师父的名字，更凝神倾听。 青青听何红药提到了袁承志的师父，也更留上了神，只听她接着道：“我问他穆人清是什么人，他说那是武功奇高的一位大侠。他虽从未见过，但素知这人正直仗义，要是见到他如此受人折磨，定会出手相救。他说温氏五老的五行阵法厉害，又有崆峒派道人相助，除了这姓穆的，别人也打他们不退。他叫我快去华山，向穆大侠哭诉相求。我答应了。但我上得华山，找到穆大侠的居所，他却不在家，只留着一个哑巴。我跟他打了半天手势，也不知穆大侠去了哪里，什么时候回来。”承志听到这里，心想：“要从哑巴那里问我师父的讯信，可也真难得很了。” 只听何红药继续说道：“我便在华山顶上闲逛空等，一天见到悬崖峭壁上有个大洞，黑黝黝的长得挺怪，我用树皮搓了根长索，缚在悬崖顶的一棵大松树上，吊下去瞧瞧。那洞里面有条山崖的裂缝，像是条过道，走进里面又有个山洞，像一间房那样，晚上我就在那里过夜。过得三天，温家五个老家伙抬着他上了山顶，还有两个崆峒派的道士，你爹爹骗他们说，那张宝藏地图藏在华山顶上，可偏不肯说到底是在哪里。温家五人不住对他上刑罚，他东拉西扯，温家五兄弟大发脾气，可是财迷心窍，怕下手太重，弄死了他，又怕惹得他拼死不说，终究得不到宝藏。我乘他们吵吵闹闹，心神不定的当儿，下了几剂补药。崆峒派的两个臭道士一补就虚火上升，补死了。温家的老三、老四也补得手足麻痹，半天行走不得……”承志心想：“怎么吃补药一补就补死了，哼，她有这么好心，给敌人进补？什么补药，还不是毒药！” 只听得何红药好声好气的说道：“夏姑娘，你精神还好么？我配两剂十全大补汤给你补补身子，好不好啊？”青青道：“呸，你要下毒害我，快快动手好啦！不过我补死之后，你永远见不到我爹爹啦。”她料知何红药心中所企盼的，只是想见她爹爹一面，倘若杀了自己，线索便断，自己命悬其手，非吊住她胃口不可。 何红药续道：“我乘着他们心慌意乱，大起忙头的当儿，想法儿把那负心鬼背了出来，躲在穆大侠的屋里，穆大侠还没回山，可是温家五老贼却也不敢进屋搜寻。他们你怪我，我怪你，五兄弟争吵一番，便下山追赶去了。我搬着那负心鬼进了山洞，又从穆大侠家里偷了一批干粮食物，跟他在洞里过了几天。我心里好快活，说要背他去云南，跟着他过一世。他却唉声叹气，愁眉苦脸，说手足筋络给挑断的大仇不报，就此不想做人了。我们没了粮食，不能在山上多耽，料想温家五贼必已远离追人，我便负他下山，在华阴县耽了下来，我晚间去有钱人家盗了些金银，找了家小户人家住了。 “他身上的伤好了些，我便捉蛇取毒，他跟我学使毒进补的功夫，说要补死温氏五贼报仇。他用心的写了两本书，要我帮着将一本书浸透补药，说要让温家五贼好好的补上一补。他使钱去跟一个银匠师傅打交道，请他喝酒吃饭，结成了朋友，请那银匠做了大小两只铁盒子，其中装了机括，可以开盖射箭。他本来就会得这些门道，不过手上筋脉断了之后，使不出力，那银匠依照他的指点，将两只铁盒和暗箭做得十分考究，手工比打造银器还更精致。我问他这两只铁盒有什么用，他说要在其中放了浸有补药的武功秘笈和宝藏地图，引得温氏五贼来开铁盒，就算毒箭射他们不死，那秘笈和地图也补死他们了。他说温家五贼贪财爱武，武功又高，除此之外，没别的法子可以得报大仇。” 承志听到这里，这才明白，金蛇郎君所以安排这浸毒的武功秘笈以及毒箭铁盒，实是深谋远虑，用来报复温氏五老的，想不到竟落入了自己手中，而自己逃过大难，相差也只一线，实是侥幸之极。 何红药又道：“他说，这两只铁盒和两本武功秘笈、地图，一真一假，一毒一无毒，对付了温家大仇人之后，就不必去害无辜之人了。不知道现下这铁盒、秘本，是不是还在他身边。温氏五贼现下还剩四贼，我迟早给他们吃点补药，割了他们的首级和手脚，去给你爹爹瞧瞧，也好让他高兴。”青青道：“这可多谢你啦！” 何红药续道：“又过得几个月，我在华阴市上见到温家五贼寻了回来，说道金蛇郎君失了踪迹，过几天要再上华山去寻线索。我回去跟他一说，他说良机莫失，次日便带了铁盒和浸了补药的书本，再上华山，说是要守株待兔，等候五贼上山。我们上山后便躲在那山洞里，这次我带了不少干粮，足可挨得一个月。安顿好后，我心里高兴，轻轻哼着摆夷山歌，他大概多谢我这么帮他，伸臂搂我过去。这些曰子中，我知道自己脸蛋给蛇儿咬得难看之极，从来不敢亲近他。这时在黑暗之中，他跟我亲热，我便也由得他，哪知一挨近身，忽然闻到他胸口微有女人香气，伸手到他衣内一摸，掏出一件软软的东西，打亮火折一看，是一只绣得很精致的香荷包，里面放着一束女人头发，一枚小小金钗。我气得全身颤抖，问他是谁给的。他不肯说。我说要是不说，我就不去引温氏五贼。他闭嘴不理，神气很是高傲。你瞧，你瞧，这女娃子的神气，就跟他老子当年一模一样。” 她说到这里，声音忽转惨厉，一手指着青青，停了一阵，又道：“我气苦之极。我为他受了这般苦楚，他却撇下了我，另外有了情人。我还想逼他，却听得山崖上有声，悄悄出去探听，听到温氏五贼上山来了。他们自己商量，说穆大侠也回了山，须得小心。温家几兄弟遍找不见，互相疑心，自伙儿吵了一阵，再到处在山上搜寻，这可就给穆大侠察觉了。他施展神功，将他们都吓下了华山，自己跟着也下山去了。 “这天晚上，我要那负心人说出他情人的姓名来。他知道一经吐露，我定会去害死他心上人。他武功已失，又不能赶去保护，因此始终闭口不答。我恨极了，一连三天，每天早晨、中午、晚上，都用刺荆狠狠鞭他一顿……” 青青叫了起来：“你这恶婆娘，这般折磨我爹爹！”何红药冷笑道：“这是他自作自受。我越打得厉害，他笑得越响。他说倒也不因为我的脸给蛇咬坏了，这才不爱我。他从来就没真心喜欢过我，毒龙洞中的事，在他不过逢场作戏，他生平不知有过多少女人，可是真正放在心坎儿里的，只是他未婚妻一个。他说他未婚妻又美貌又温柔，又天真，比我可好上一百倍了。他说一句，我抽他一鞭；我抽一鞭，他就夸那个贱女人一句。打到后来，他全身没一块完整皮肉了，还是笑着夸个不停。” 何铁手道：“姑姑，世上男人喜新弃旧，乃是寻常之事。真正一生不二色，只守着一个女人的，那是千中挑、万中觅的珍贵男儿。所以他们汉人说：'易求无价宝，难得有情郎'啊！” 青青忍不住接口道：“男欢女爱，似我爹爹这般逢场作戏，虽属常事，却是不该。我们汉人讲究有情有爱，然而更加重要的是有恩有义，所谓'一夜夫妻百夜恩，百夜夫妻海样深'，不论男女，忘恩负义，便是卑鄙，我们汉人也以为喜新弃旧是无耻恶行，并非你们摆夷人才是如此。” 承志本与宛儿偎倚在一起，听到这里，不禁稍缩，跟宛儿的身子离开了寸许，两人肌肤不再相接。宛儿心中一凛：“我此番出
The two followed them in, and as soon as they entered, they heard someone in the East Wing shout: "He Hongyao, you old woman, why don't you let me out?" The voice was crisp and clear, but it wasn't who Qingqing was? When Cheng Zhi heard it, he was pleasantly surprised, and couldn't care less about anything else, he went straight in, only to see Qingqing lying on the bed, and two young eunuchs beside him were decocting medicine and adding fragrance.Cheng Zhi reached out and touched the acupuncture points of the two eunuchs.Qingqing just recognized it, she was overjoyed, and shouted in a trembling voice: "Brother!" Yuan Chengzhi walked to the bed and asked, "How is your injury?" Qingqing said: "It's okay!" Seeing Wan'er standing behind Yuan Chengzhi , asked: "Are you here too?" Wan'er said: "Well, Miss Xia is here too, that's great. Yuan Xianggong is so anxious." Qingqing snorted without answering, and said: "Then He Hongyao will come here soon, big brother, give her a good beating." Cheng Zhi thought to himself: "They have other plots, it's better for me not to show up for now. "He said anxiously: "Brother Qing, you can't do anything with her right now. Tell her to talk, and ask why she hijacked you and came to the palace?" Qingqing wondered: "What palace?" Cheng Zhi thought to himself: "So you don't know this is the imperial palace." He only heard footsteps approaching outside the room, and before he could elaborate, he mentioned two eunuchs and stuffed them into the closet.Holding Wan'er's hand, just as he was looking for a hiding place, a figure flashed at the door, and a woman in white shirt rushed in. It was He Tieshou. She moved very fast, and smiled at Cheng Zhi: "Okay, master, you are here too!" She grabbed Wan'er's arm and threw her a few steps away, and snatched her in front of Cheng Zhi, not far away from him. To a foot, almost nose to nose.Cheng Zhi only smelled a strong fragrance, and knew that her body was poisonous, and it was really wrong for her to be bullied like this, so he hurriedly took a step back from the bed, He Tie threw his hands on his body, and put his left hand on his shoulder.Cheng Zhi reversed his right hand, grabbed her left wrist, and was about to throw her out when He Tieshou shouted: "Insinuation!" As soon as you press the inner mechanism of the garment, dozens of poisonous needles will shoot out.He Tie rushed forward and threw himself at Cheng Zhi. Cheng Zhi stretched out his left palm, trying to grab her right wrist under the clothes, to prevent her from pressing the hidden weapon mechanism. The two were almost skin-to-skin. Once the needle is shot out, even a person with great abilities cannot dodge it.He Tie turned around with his left hand, embraced Cheng Zhi's vest, fell into his arms, and called out in a tired voice: "Master...father, master...father" Chengzhi hurriedly said: "You...you don't do this!" Qingqing looked In the eyes, he shouted angrily: "You two... what are you doing?" Chengzhi knew that the situation was critical, and only hoped to pull He Tieshou's right hand out as soon as possible, but in Qingqing's eyes, he could only see Chengzhi reaching into He Tieshou's clothes and groping incessantly, as if he was extremely obscene, anxious and angry, Sad again, he cursed loudly: "Shameless! Obscene!" He Tieshou said in a tired voice: "Master, if you don't agree, you will insinuate and die together..." Cheng Zhi had no choice but to say: "Okay, I agree, I have something to order!" He Tieshou shouted: "Master! "Cheng Zhi replied: "Yes." He Tieshou said happily: "A man keeps his word." He stood up straight and took a few steps back.Cheng Zhi sat down by the bed, life and death hanging by a thread just now, he couldn't help sweating, he took Qingqing's hand behind his back, pinched it in his palm, and said to He Tieshou seriously: "I have orders, if you are obedient, I will accept you Disciple." He Tie's palms were in full bloom, and he said with a smile: "Master, please tell me." Cheng Zhi said: "Go and find out Eunuch Cao's conspiracy to change the emperor. You and your subordinates will prevent him from seeking to usurp the throne and borrow Manchurian soldiers to fight against the king. This is a major event at hand!" He Tieshou nodded and said: "Your apprentice!" Cheng Zhi said: "The second thing, you send someone to send Miss Xia back to my Zhengtiaozi Hutong. As long as you hurt her one finger, I will never teach you a kung fu." He Tieshou Stretching out his tongue, he said, "I will never hurt her. Master, will Miss Xia be my teacher's wife in the future?" Cheng Zhi said, "Almost! You just send her back safely." He Tieshou said: "It's pretty much the same. I don't think there's anything wrong. She's so jealous! But Aunt He Hongyao in our church has a deep hatred for her. Miss Xia was captured by her, and she was afraid that you would come and snatch her back, so she was locked up. Here, this is extremely secure, unexpectedly I found it for you. My aunt arrested him, even though I am the leader, I can't let him go casually." Cheng Zhi said: "What is the deep hatred and why I have formed a grudge? I have never understood it. This matter needs to be investigated clearly. I learned a lot of martial arts from Mr. Jin Snake." He Tieshou said: "Okay! I will help you. The master just needs to ask clearly. The master has three orders, first, stop the conspiracy to change the emperor and destroy the bandits with soldiers; The disciples obeyed one by one." Qingqing was very happy to hear that she called herself "mother-in-law" and that her father was Chengzhi's "father-in-law". After a few strokes, he didn't pursue the matter of reaching into He Tieshou's clothes before. Only footsteps could be heard outside the door, and someone asked: "Master, are you here?" It was He Hongyao's voice.Another shrill old voice of Sha Yan said: "Master He, Eunuch Cao invites you to go, it's time to prepare." Cheng Zhi recognized Mr. Lu Qi's voice.He Tieshou responded: "Yes!" He whispered to Cheng Zhi: "Master, please hide for a while." Cheng Zhi saw that there was no other hiding place in the room, only Mr. Lu Qi and He Hong Seeing her, Yao made a fuss, Cao Huachun's treachery changed, and another disturbance arose, so he had to hold Wan'er's hand and slipped under the bed. While Qingqing was stunned, Mr. Lu Qi and He Hongyao had already entered the room.Mr. Lu Qi said: "Master He, let's wait for Eunuch Cao here." He Tieshou said with a smile: "Okay!" With a backhand blow with the iron hook in his left hand, Mr. Lu Qi hit the vest.The iron hook was highly poisonous, and it penetrated into the skin under one blow. Mr. Lu Qi was caught off guard and fell on his back.He Tie grabbed the hem of his gown with his right hand and pressed it on his mouth to prevent him from calling out and alarming others.Mr. Lu Qi twitched a few times, made a few ho-ho sounds, and then lay on the ground without moving.He Tieshou smiled and said, "Don't be busy, old man, you can wait here." Kicking his dead body into the back of the bed. He Hongyao was very surprised, and asked: "Master, don't we do the matter of Eunuch Cao together?" Drink it?" He Hongyao replied: "Exactly!" Seeing that the leader's big event was imminent, she suddenly changed her mind, although she was very surprised, but she was eager to find out Qingqing's life experience, although seeking to usurp the throne is a big event, but for her Don't care about it, just treat it as a trivial matter. Seeing Chengzhi and Wan'er hiding under the bed hand in hand, Qingqing couldn't help being furious and scolded: "You guys are sneaky, don't you think I don't know?" He Tieshou said with a smile: "Sneaky what?" Qingqing shouted: "You bully me, you bully me, a miserable person who has no father or mother! A short-lived ghost without a conscience!" Cheng Zhi was startled: "Who is she scolding?" The girl Wan'er was careful, and she had already seen that Qingqing was suspicious of herself, but when she heard her pointing at Sang and scolding Huai, she couldn't help but feel bitter and her body trembled.Cheng Zhi immediately understood what she meant, and couldn't explain it, so he could only pat her on the shoulder as a gesture of comfort. He Hongyao suddenly said gloomyly: "Girl, since you have fallen into our hands, how can we let you go back properly? Where is your father, and where is the bitch who gave birth to you?" Qingqing was already losing her temper, she couldn't bear it when she heard her insulting her mother.He reached out to pick up a bowl of medicine on the bedside table, and threw it at her in the face.He Hongyao stepped aside, and with a bang, the medicine bowl hit the wall, but a lot of hot medicine juice was still splashed on his face.She shouted angrily: "You bitch, you don't want to die!" Yuan Chengzhi watched intently under the bed, and saw He Hongyao kicking his feet, making a gesture to jump up and pounce on Qingqing.Suddenly, the white shadow flickered, and He Tieshou's feet were blocked between He Hongyao and the bed. He Tieshou only heard He Tieshou say: "Auntie, I promised that Yuan, if I want to send this girl back, I can't break my promise." He Hongyao sneered: "Why?" He Tieshou said: "Many of us The acupoints were tapped, and it must be rescued by the surname Yuan." He Hongyao pondered for a while, and said: "Okay, I don't want to kill this girl, but she has to suffer a little bit first. First ruin her appearance, Gouged out one of her eyeballs! Hey, girl surnamed Xia, do you think I’m beautiful?” Qingqing called out with an “Ah”, her voice was full of horror, it seemed to be He Hongyao’s ugly face Make a terrible look, approaching her. He Tieshou said: "Auntie, why did you scare her?" There was a hint of displeasure in his voice.He Hongyao snorted and said, "That's right, you are protecting her and trying to curry favor with that Yuan, which is a big mistake." He Tieshou said angrily, "What are you talking about?" He Hongyao sneered Said: "Look carefully, are you more beautiful than her?" Although Qingqing was wearing men's clothes, her phoenix eyes and cherry mouth, her white and tender cheeks did not hide her charm.He Tieshou said: "This girl is quite beautiful, aunt, I won't lose to her, right?" He Hongyao said: "If you want to marry that surname Yuan, it's useless to please this girl, it's only useful to ruin her appearance. He Tieshou said: "Nonsense, who said he wants to marry that Yuan." He Hongyao said: "Do you think I don't know about the young girl's thoughts? I was young myself. Look, look , This is the old me!" There was only a rustling sound, as if something was being taken out of the pocket.Both He Tieshou and Qingqing exclaimed lightly: "Ah!" They were both surprised and admired.He Hongyao smiled wryly and said, "You are very strange, aren't you? Haha, haha, I used to be beautiful too!" With a hard toss, an object fell to the ground. It turned out to be a portrait painted on thick silk . Cheng Zhi looked out from under the bed, and saw that the portrait was a young girl in her twenties, with flushed cheeks, dressed in colorful attire, with a white cloth around her head, handsome, her eyebrows were vaguely similar to He Hongyao, but It is hard to believe that this is the vivid portrayal of the ugly old lady. He Hongyao sobbed: "Why did I look so ugly? Why? Why?...It's all for your father who has lost his conscience." Qingqing said: "Hey, what does my father have with you? Relationship? He is a good person, and he will never do anything wrong to others!" He Hongyao said angrily: "You little girl was not born at that time, how would you know? If he has a conscience, how can I not forgive me? Will it be like this? How could you, a little girl, be born into this world?" Qingqing said: "The more you talk, the more weird and weird! Your Five Poisons Sect is in Yunnan, and my parents are married in Zhejiang. There is a distance of 100,000 miles. How can we get along with you?" He Hongyao was furious, and punched her in the face.He Tie stretched out his hand to block it, and persuaded: "Auntie, don't lose your temper, and speak slowly if you have something to say." He Hongyao shouted: "Your father was mad at Mr. Jin Snake Lang, but now he is doing his best to protect this girl. Are you ashamed?" He Tieshou said angrily, "Who protected her? If you hurt her, you will kill more than forty people in our church. I see that you are an elder, so I will give you three points. But if you break the religious rules, I can't forgive you." Seeing her posing as the leader, He Hongyao lost her arrogance and sat down in the chair, holding her head in both hands. After a long time, she asked Qingqing in a low voice, "Where's your mother? Your mother must be a charming beauty, Jiangnan The beautiful vixen is the one who fascinates your father, isn't it?" She sighed and said, "I have had many, many dreams about your mother, but her appearance is always blurred and I can't see clearly... ...I really want to meet her...does she look like you?" Qingqing sighed: "My mother is dead." He Hongyao was shocked and said: "Dead?" Qingqing said: "Dead! How is it? You are so happy, aren't you?" He Hongyao's voice was shrill and shrill Said: "I forced him to ask him where your mother lived, no matter what, he always refused to say that she was already dead. It's really God's eyes, I can't avenge this revenge. Let you go back this time, you This little girl will fall into my hands again... Does your mother look like you?" Qingqing was annoyed at her rude words, turned over, turned her face to the bed, and ignored her. He Hongyao said: "Master, let that surname Yuan cure our people first, and then let this bitch go." He Tieshou said: "That's needless to say?" go.Seeing that her feet were about to step over the threshold, Yuan Chengzhi hesitated for a moment, turned around and said, "I must find out where her father is." He Tieshou said: "Of course, but...but we can't break our promise to others Ah." He Hongyao said: "Why are you protecting her? Hmph, you must be trying to seduce that young man surnamed Yuan. Let me teach you to be good, if you want that young man surnamed Yuan to like you, you have to let me kill you This girl, if the centipede wants to become king, it must kill the green snake first, do you understand, silly girl." Angrily, she turned around, sat on the chair, and the room fell silent.Yuan Chengzhi and Wan'er didn't dare to take a breath. Qingqing suddenly thumped on the bed and shouted: "Aren't you coming out yet? What are you doing?" Wan'er was shocked and was about to jump out, Cheng Zhi quickly grabbed her arm.Qingqing was even more annoyed when He Hongyao persuaded He Tieshou to kill herself so that Chengzhi could love her.Cheng Zhi almost sneezed, tried to breathe evenly, and then held back. Qingqing thought: "Then He Tieshou and the old beggar can't beat you again, so why hide? What are you two doing under the bed?" She has promised to stop the conspiracy, but the poisonous woman of the cult, what she promises may not be reliable, and the conspiracy may change, she can't handle it.This matter is related to the survival of the country. In order to be safe, one must be patient. You must understand.Qingqing didn't know the reason, and couldn't help being angry. He Hongyao said to He Tieshou: "You are the leader of the sect, and you are in charge of major affairs in the sect. Since the golden hook of the ancestor of the sect has been passed on to you, you have the power of life and death. But the tragedy I encountered cannot be called Are you shocked?" He Tieshou said: "I put the most important things in teaching, who is interested in that young man surnamed Yuan?" He Hongyao let out a long sigh, and said: "When you fought with that young man surnamed Yuan, you smiled brightly and spoke coquettishly, instead of fighting for life and death, it seemed like you were flirting and flirting with each other!..., It can make people angry." He Tieshou said: "Auntie, why is the Golden Snake Lord so unstoppable to you? Do you hate him?" He Hongyao said: "Golden Snake Lord? Where is he? I want to see him. Hey, little bitch, if you say it, I'll let you go immediately!" The last two words were addressed to Qingqing.Qingqing faces the inner bed and ignores it. 何铁手道：“你跟她说，金蛇郎君怎么样对你不住，夏姑娘明白是非，良心发现，就肯带你去见她爹爹了。反正她妈妈也死了，你们老情人重会，岂不甚好。”青青转过身来，叫道：“你瞎说！我爹爹英俊潇洒，是大英雄大豪杰，怎会来喜欢你这丑老太婆！” 何红药幽幽地道：“我在从前可不是丑老太婆呢。你爹爹现下在哪里，我要去见他，倒不是想他再来爱我这丑老太婆，我要问他，他这么害了我一生一世，心里可过意得去吗？夏姑娘，我跟你说，怎么识得你爹爹，他怎么样待我，只要我有一字半句虚言假话，叫我第二次再受万蛇噬身之苦。盼你明白是非，对我这丑老太婆有三分恻隐之心。你现下命在我手，我原本不用来求你，不过我要你明白，我们五仙教虽然无恶不作，杀人不眨眼，讲到男女情爱，对待情哥哥、情妹子，决不能有半点负恩忘义，否则的话，老天爷也不容我们五仙教兴旺到今天。” 青青道：“我不爱听！”伸手拉过被子蒙住了头，不想听何红药的话，可是终于禁不住好奇心起，拉开被子一角，听她述说她父亲当年的故事。 何红药全不明白何铁手想拜袁承志为师以学上乘武功的热切心情，以己度人，只道何铁手看中了袁承志，这些事情她也不放在心上，二十年来遍寻夏郎不得，终于见到他的女儿，一线的机会，全系于此，不由得心中热切异常。反正曹太监要大家再等一个多时辰，不妨对侄女述说自己身世，让青青听了，只盼能打动她心，终于肯带自己去见她父亲，便对何铁手缓缓地道：“那是二十多年前的事了，那时候我还没你现今年纪大。你爹爹刚接任做教主，他派我做万妙山庄庄主，经管蛇窟。这天闲着无事，我一个人到后山去捉鸟儿玩。”何铁手插口道：“姑姑，你做了庄主，还捉鸟儿玩吗？” 何红药哼了一声，道：“我说过了，那时候我还年轻得很，差不多是个小孩子。我捉到两只翠鸟，心里很高兴。回来的时候，经过蛇窟旁边，忽听得树丛里嗖嗖声响，知道有蛇逃走了，忙遁声追过去。果见一条五花正向外游走。我很奇怪，咱们蛇窟里的蛇养得很乖，从来不逃，这条五花到外面去干什么？我也不去捉拿，一路跟着。只见那五花到了树丛后面，径向一个人游过去，我抬头一看，不觉心里一懔。那便是前生的冤孽了。他是我命里的魔头。”何铁手问道：“便是那金蛇郎君么？” 何红药道：“那时我也不知他是谁，只见他眉清目秀，是个很俊的汉人少年。手里拿着一束点着火的引蛇香艾。原来五花是闻到香气，给他引出来的。他见了我，向我笑了笑。”何铁手笑道：“姑姑那时候长得好美，他一定着了迷。” 何红药“呸”了一声，道：“我和你说正经的，别闹着玩！我当时见他是生人，怕他给蛇咬了，忙道：'喂，这蛇有毒。你别动，我来捉！'他又笑了笑，从背上拿下一只木箱，放在地下，箱子角儿上有根细绳缚着一只活蛤蟆，一跳一跳的。那五花当然想去吃蛤蟆啦，慢慢地游上了木箱，正想伸头去咬，那少年一拉绳子，箱子盖翻了下去。五花一滑，想稳住身子，那少年左手急探，两根手指已钳住了五花的头颈。我见他手法虽跟咱们不同，但手指所钳的部位不差分毫，五花服服帖帖地动弹不得，知道他是行家，就放了心。” 何铁手笑道：“啧啧啧，姑姑刚见了人家的面，就这么关心。” 青青插口道：“喂，你别打岔成不成？听她说呀。”何铁手笑道：“你说不爱听呀！”青青道：“我忽然爱听了，可不可以？”何铁手笑道：“好吧，我不打岔啦！” 何红药横了她一眼，说道：“那时我又起了疑心，这人是谁呢？怎敢这般大胆，到这里来捉我们的蛇？难道不知五仙教的威名吗？又见他右手拿出一根短短的铁棒，伸到五花口边。五花便一口咬住。我走近细看，原来铁棒中间是空的，五花口里的毒液不住流出来，都给铁管子盛住了。我这才知道，哼，原来他是偷蛇毒来着。怪不得这几天来，蛇窟里许多蛇儿不吃东西，又瘦又懒。我叫了起来：'喂，快放下！'同时取出蛇管一吹。他听得声音古怪，抬头看时，五花头颈一扭，在他手指上咬了一口。他忙把五花丢开，想打开木箱拿解药。我说：'你好大胆子！'抢上前去。哪知他武功好得出奇，只轻轻一带，我就摔了一跤……”青青插嘴道：“当然啦，你怎能是他对手？” 何红药白眼一翻，道：“可是我们的五花毒性何等厉害，他来不及取解药，便已蛇毒发作，晕了过去。我走近去看，忽然心里不忍起来，心想这般年纪轻轻的便送了性命，太可惜了，而且又是这么一身武功。”何铁手道：“何况又这么俊！于是你就将他救了回去，藏在屋子里，拿药给他解了毒，等他伤好，你就爱上他了？” 何红药叹道：“不等他伤好，我已经把心许给他了。那时教里的师兄弟们个个对我好，但不知怎的，我都没把他们瞧在眼里，对这人却神魂颠倒，不由自主。过了三天，那人身上的毒退了，吃了我给他的饮食，我问他到这里来干什么。他说我救了他性命，不能瞒我。他说他姓夏，是江南的汉人，身上负了血海深仇，对头功夫既强，又是人多势众，报仇没把握，听说五仙教精研毒药，天下首屈一指，因此赶到云南来，想学五仙教的功夫……” 她说到这里，承志和青青方才明白，原来金蛇郎君和五毒教如此这般才打起交道来，而他所以要取蛇毒，自然旨在对付棋仙派温家。 只听何红药又道：“他说，他暗里窥探了许久，学到了些炼制毒药的门道，便来偷我们蛇窟里毒蛇的毒液，要炼在暗器上去对付仇人。又过了两天，他伤势慢慢好了，谢了我要走。我心里很舍不得，拿了两大瓶毒蛇的毒液给他。他就给我画了这幅肖像。我问他报仇的事还有什么为难，要不要我帮他。他笑笑，说我功夫还差得远，帮不上忙。我叫他报了仇之后再来看我，他点头答应了。我问他什么时候来。他说那就难说了，他要报大仇，还少了一件利刃，听说峨嵋派有一柄镇山之宝的宝剑，须得先到四川峨嵋山去盗剑。但不知是否真有此剑，就算有，能否盗到，什么时候能成事，也说不上来。” 承志心想：“金蛇郎君做事当真不顾一切，为了报仇，什么事都干。” 何红药叹道：“那时候我迷迷糊糊的，只想要他多陪我些日子。我好似发了疯，什么事都不怕，明知是最不该的事，却忍不住要去做。我觉得为了他而去冒险，越是危险，心里越快活，就是为他死了，也是情愿的。唉，那时候我真像给鬼迷住了一样。我对他说，我知道有一柄宝剑，锋利无比，什么兵器碰到了立刻就断。他欢喜得跳起来，忙问在什么地方。我说，那就是我们五仙教代代相传的金蛇剑！” 承志听到这里，心头一震，不由得伸手一摸贴身藏着的金蛇剑，想起何铁手曾说这金蛇剑是她五仙教的，当时跟她剧斗方酣，只道她随口乱说。原来此剑确与五仙教颇有干系。 何红药续道：“我对他说，这剑是我们教里的三宝之一'藏在云南丽江府玉龙雪山的毒龙洞里，那是我教的圣地，洞外把守得甚是严密。他求我领他去偷出来。他说只借用一下，报了大仇之后一定归还。他不断地相求，我心肠软了，于是去偷了哥哥的令牌，带他到毒龙洞去。看守的人见到令牌，又见我带着他，便放我们进去。” 何铁手道：“姑姑，你难道敢穿了衣服进毒龙洞？”何红药道：“我。然不敢……”青青插口问道：“为什么不敢穿了衣服进那个……那个毒龙洞？” 何红药哼了一声不答。何铁手道：“那毒龙洞里养着成千成万条鹤顶毒蛇，进洞之人只要身上有一处蛇药不抹到，给鹤顶蛇咬上一口，如何得了？这些毒蛇异种异质，咬上了三步毙命，最是厉害不过。因此进洞之人必须脱去衣衫，全身抹上蛇药。”青青道：“哦，你们五毒教的事当真……当真……” 何红药道：“当真什么？若不是这样，又怎进得毒龙洞？于是我脱去衣服，全身抹上蛇药，叫他也搽蛇药。他背上擦不到处，我帮他搽抹。唉，两个少年男女，身上没了衣衫，在山洞中你帮我搽药，我帮你搽药，最后还有什么好事做出来？何况我早已对他倾心，就这么糊里糊涂地把身子交了给他。” 青青听得双颊如火，忽地想起床底下的二人，当即手脚在床板上乱捶乱打。何铁手忙道：“这是陈年旧事了，你别生气。”青青怒道：“我恨他们好不怕丑。” 承志只感到宛儿软软的偎倚在自己胸前，觉得她身子渐渐热了起来，心中忽想：“宛儿对我温柔体贴，从来不象青弟那样动不动就大发脾气。”为什么这时忽然生此念头，却也说不上来。宛儿却想：“我爹爹死了，没人对我怜惜照顾，世上唯一的依靠，便是身边这个胸膛。可是，可是……那不成的！” 何红药幽幽叹道：“你说我不怕丑，那也不错，我们夷家女子，本来没你们汉人这许多臭规矩。唉，后来我就推开内洞石门，带了他进去。这金蛇剑和其余两宝放在石龙的口里，他飞身跃上石龙，就拿到了那把剑。哪知他存心不良，把其余两宝都拿了下来。那便是二十四枚金蛇锥和那张藏宝地图了。”她说到这里，闭目沉思往事，停了片刻，轻轻叹了口气，说道：“我见他把三宝都拿了下来，就知事情不妙，定要他把金蛇锥和地图放回龙口。”青青早知那便是建文皇帝的藏宝之图，故意问道：“什么地图？我爹爹一心只想报仇，要你们五毒教的旧地图来有什么用？” 何红药道：“我也不知是什么地图。这是本教从萷传下来的。哼，这人就不存好心。他也不答我话，只望着我笑，忽然过来抱住了我。后来，我也就不问他什么了。他说报仇之后，一定归还三宝。他去了之后，我天天念着他，两年来竟没半点讯息。后来江湖上传言，说江南出了个怪侠，使把怪剑，善用金锥伤人，得了个绰号叫做金蛇郎君。我知道定然是他，心里挂念他不知报了大仇没有。过不多久，教主起了疑心，查到三宝失落，我曾带人入洞，要我自己了断，终于落成了这个样子。” 青青道：“为什么是这个样子？”何红药含怒不答。 何铁手低声道：“那时我爹爹当教主，虽是自己亲妹子犯了这事，可也无法回护。姑姑依着教里的规矩，服了解药，身入蛇窟，受万蛇咬啮之灾。她脸上变成这个样子，那是给蛇咬的。”青青不禁打了个寒战，心中对这个老乞婆顿感歉疚。说道：“这……这可真对你不住了。我先前实在不知道……”何红药横了她一眼，哼了一声。 何铁手又道：“她养好伤后，便出外求乞，依我们教规，犯了重罪之人，二十年之内必须乞讨活命，不许偷盗一文一饭，也不许收受武林同道的周济。” 青青低声对何红药道：“要是我爹爹真的这般害了你，那确是他不好。” 何红药鼻中一哼，说道：“我给成千成万条蛇咬成这个样子，受罚讨饭二十年，那都是我自己心甘情愿的。那日我带他去毒龙洞，这结果早就想到了，也不能说是他害我的。他对我不起，却是他对我负心薄幸。那时我还真一往情深，一路乞讨，到江南去找他。到了浙江境内，就听到他在衢州杀人报仇的事。我想跟他会面，但他神出鬼没，始终没能会着。等到在金华见到他时，他已给人抓住了。你知道抓他的人是谁？” 何铁手道：“是衢州的仇家么？”何红药道：“正是。就是刚才你见到的温家那四个老头子。”何铁手和青青同时“啊”的一声。何铁手是想不到温氏四老竟与此事会有牵连，青青听到外公们来到北京而感惊诧。 何红药道：“我几次想下毒害死敌人。但这些人早就在防他下毒，茶水饮食，什么都要他先试过，这一来我就没法下手。他们押着他一路往北，后来才知是要逼他交出那张地图来。有一次，我终于找到机会，跟他说了几句话。他说身上的筋脉都给敌人挑断了，已成废人，对头武功高强，凭我一人决计抵敌不了，眼下只有一线生机，他正骗他们上华山去。”何铁手道：“他到华山去干什么？”何红药道：“他说天下只一人能救他，那便是华山派掌门人神剑仙猿穆人清。” 承志在床底听着这惊心动魄的故事，心里一股说不出的滋味，对金蛇郎君的所作所为，不知是痛恨、是惋惜、还是怜悯？这时听到师父的名字，更凝神倾听。 青青听何红药提到了袁承志的师父，也更留上了神，只听她接着道：“我问他穆人清是什么人，他说那是武功奇高的一位大侠。他虽从未见过，但素知这人正直仗义，要是见到他如此受人折磨，定会出手相救。他说温氏五老的五行阵法厉害，又有崆峒派道人相助，除了这姓穆的，别人也打他们不退。他叫我快去华山，向穆大侠哭诉相求。我答应了。但我上得华山，找到穆大侠的居所，他却不在家，只留着一个哑巴。我跟他打了半天手势，也不知穆大侠去了哪里，什么时候回来。”承志听到这里，心想：“要从哑巴那里问我师父的讯信，可也真难得很了。” 只听何红药继续说道：“我便在华山顶上闲逛空等，一天见到悬崖峭壁上有个大洞，黑黝黝的长得挺怪，我用树皮搓了根长索，缚在悬崖顶的一棵大松树上，吊下去瞧瞧。那洞里面有条山崖的裂缝，像是条过道，走进里面又有个山洞，像一间房那样，晚上我就在那里过夜。过得三天，温家五个老家伙抬着他上了山顶，还有两个崆峒派的道士，你爹爹骗他们说，那张宝藏地图藏在华山顶上，可偏不肯说到底是在哪里。温家五人不住对他上刑罚，他东拉西扯，温家五兄弟大发脾气，可是财迷心窍，怕下手太重，弄死了他，又怕惹得他拼死不说，终究得不到宝藏。我乘他们吵吵闹闹，心神不定的当儿，下了几剂补药。崆峒派的两个臭道士一补就虚火上升，补死了。温家的老三、老四也补得手足麻痹，半天行走不得……”承志心想：“怎么吃补药一补就补死了，哼，她有这么好心，给敌人进补？什么补药，还不是毒药！” 只听得何红药好声好气的说道：“夏姑娘，你精神还好么？我配两剂十全大补汤给你补补身子，好不好啊？”青青道：“呸，你要下毒害我，快快动手好啦！不过我补死之后，你永远见不到我爹爹啦。”她料知何红药心中所企盼的，只是想见她爹爹一面，倘若杀了自己，线索便断，自己命悬其手，非吊住她胃口不可。 何红药续道：“我乘着他们心慌意乱，大起忙头的当儿，想法儿把那负心鬼背了出来，躲在穆大侠的屋里，穆大侠还没回山，可是温家五老贼却也不敢进屋搜寻。他们你怪我，我怪你，五兄弟争吵一番，便下山追赶去了。我搬着那负心鬼进了山洞，又从穆大侠家里偷了一批干粮食物，跟他在洞里过了几天。我心里好快活，说要背他去云南，跟着他过一世。他却唉声叹气，愁眉苦脸，说手足筋络给挑断的大仇不报，就此不想做人了。我们没了粮食，不能在山上多耽，料想温家五贼必已远离追人，我便负他下山，在华阴县耽了下来，我晚间去有钱人家盗了些金银，找了家小户人家住了。 “他身上的伤好了些，我便捉蛇取毒，他跟我学使毒进补的功夫，说要补死温氏五贼报仇。他用心的写了两本书，要我帮着将一本书浸透补药，说要让温家五贼好好的补上一补。他使钱去跟一个银匠师傅打交道，请他喝酒吃饭，结成了朋友，请那银匠做了大小两只铁盒子，其中装了机括，可以开盖射箭。他本来就会得这些门道，不过手上筋脉断了之后，使不出力，那银匠依照他的指点，将两只铁盒和暗箭做得十分考究，手工比打造银器还更精致。我问他这两只铁盒有什么用，他说要在其中放了浸有补药的武功秘笈和宝藏地图，引得温氏五贼来开铁盒，就算毒箭射他们不死，那秘笈和地图也补死他们了。他说温家五贼贪财爱武，武功又高，除此之外，没别的法子可以得报大仇。” 承志听到这里，这才明白，金蛇郎君所以安排这浸毒的武功秘笈以及毒箭铁盒，实是深谋远虑，用来报复温氏五老的，想不到竟落入了自己手中，而自己逃过大难，相差也只一线，实是侥幸之极。 何红药又道：“他说，这两只铁盒和两本武功秘笈、地图，一真一假，一毒一无毒，对付了温家大仇人之后，就不必去害无辜之人了。不知道现下这铁盒、秘本，是不是还在他身边。温氏五贼现下还剩四贼，我迟早给他们吃点补药，割了他们的首级和手脚，去给你爹爹瞧瞧，也好让他高兴。”青青道：“这可多谢你啦！” 何红药续道：“又过得几个月，我在华阴市上见到温家五贼寻了回来，说道金蛇郎君失了踪迹，过几天要再上华山去寻线索。我回去跟他一说，他说良机莫失，次日便带了铁盒和浸了补药的书本，再上华山，说是要守株待兔，等候五贼上山。我们上山后便躲在那山洞里，这次我带了不少干粮，足可挨得一个月。安顿好后，我心里高兴，轻轻哼着摆夷山歌，他大概多谢我这么帮他，伸臂搂我过去。这些曰子中，我知道自己脸蛋给蛇儿咬得难看之极，从来不敢亲近他。这时在黑暗之中，他跟我亲热，我便也由得他，哪知一挨近身，忽然闻到他胸口微有女人香气，伸手到他衣内一摸，掏出一件软软的东西，打亮火折一看，是一只绣得很精致的香荷包，里面放着一束女人头发，一枚小小金钗。我气得全身颤抖，问他是谁给的。他不肯说。我说要是不说，我就不去引温氏五贼。他闭嘴不理，神气很是高傲。你瞧，你瞧，这女娃子的神气，就跟他老子当年一模一样。” 她说到这里，声音忽转惨厉，一手指着青青，停了一阵，又道：“我气苦之极。我为他受了这般苦楚，他却撇下了我，另外有了情人。我还想逼他，却听得山崖上有声，悄悄出去探听，听到温氏五贼上山来了。他们自己商量，说穆大侠也回了山，须得小心。温家几兄弟遍找不见，互相疑心，自伙儿吵了一阵，再到处在山上搜寻，这可就给穆大侠察觉了。他施展神功，将他们都吓下了华山，自己跟着也下山去了。 “这天晚上，我要那负心人说出他情人的姓名来。他知道一经吐露，我定会去害死他心上人。他武功已失，又不能赶去保护，因此始终闭口不答。我恨极了，一连三天，每天早晨、中午、晚上，都用刺荆狠狠鞭他一顿……” 青青叫了起来：“你这恶婆娘，这般折磨我爹爹！”何红药冷笑道：“这是他自作自受。我越打得厉害，他笑得越响。他说倒也不因为我的脸给蛇咬坏了，这才不爱我。他从来就没真心喜欢过我，毒龙洞中的事，在他不过逢场作戏，他生平不知有过多少女人，可是真正放在心坎儿里的，只是他未婚妻一个。他说他未婚妻又美貌又温柔，又天真，比我可好上一百倍了。他说一句，我抽他一鞭；我抽一鞭，他就夸那个贱女人一句。打到后来，他全身没一块完整皮肉了，还是笑着夸个不停。” 何铁手道：“姑姑，世上男人喜新弃旧，乃是寻常之事。真正一生不二色，只守着一个女人的，那是千中挑、万中觅的珍贵男儿。所以他们汉人说：'易求无价宝，难得有情郎'啊！” 青青忍不住接口道：“男欢女爱，似我爹爹这般逢场作戏，虽属常事，却是不该。我们汉人讲究有情有爱，然而更加重要的是有恩有义，所谓'一夜夫妻百夜恩，百夜夫妻海样深'，不论男女，忘恩负义，便是卑鄙，我们汉人也以为喜新弃旧是无耻恶行，并非你们摆夷人才是如此。” 承志本与宛儿偎倚在一起，听到这里，不禁稍缩，跟宛儿的身子离开了寸许，两人肌肤不再相接。宛儿心中一凛：“我此番出