In June of the eighteenth year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, in the inner courtyard of the Zongbing Yamen in Yansui Town, Fufeng, Shaanxi Province, a 14-year-old girl was bouncing towards the teacher's study.In the morning, the teacher finished a section of the book "The Battle of Chibi", and casually told some stories about Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu.There was no homework in the afternoon, but the girl was so excited that she asked the teacher to tell the story of the Three Kingdoms again.The sun was scorching hot this day, and the surroundings were quiet, not to mention the slightest cool breeze.The girl came outside the study, fearing that the teacher would not wake up from her afternoon nap and it would be inconvenient for her to go in, so she went around to the window lightly, pulled out the golden hairpin on her head, pierced a small hole in the window paper, and looked over.

I saw the teacher sitting cross-legged on the chair, with a smile on his face, slightly raised his right hand to the air, and made a soft sound, as if something was bumping against the board wall.She looked around where the sound came from, and saw dozens of flies lying motionless on the opposite wall.She felt very strange, and stared intently, but saw a golden needle as thin as a hair stuck in the back of each fly.The needle is so thin that it is difficult to distinguish it from such a distance, but because the time is not yet ticked, the sun is slightly slanted, and when it shines into the window, the golden needle reflects light in the sunlight.

The flies in the study room were still buzzing and flying around, the teacher raised his hand, and with a bang, another fly was nailed to the board.The girl thought this game was more fun than any other games, so she turned to the door, pushed the door open, and shouted, "Teacher, teach me this game!" This girl, Li Yuanzhi, is the only daughter of General Li Kexiu, who was born during his tenure as a general in Xiangxi. The name given to her daughter commemorates the place where she was born. The teacher, Lu Gaozhi, is a well-learned Confucian, aged fifty-four or five, and talks about the past and the present with Li Yuanzhi on weekdays, and the teachers and students get along very well.One day, Lu Gaozhi couldn't stand the bluebottle flies, so he fired lotus needles and nailed dozens of them to death, but his female disciple peeked out the window.Seeing Li Yuanzhi's delicate and bright face flushed with excitement, he said calmly, "Well, why don't you go play with your girlfriend and want to hear the story of Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu, don't you?" Li Yuanzhi said: "Teacher , you taught me this fun method!" Lu Gaozhi said: "What method?"

Li Yuanzhi said: "The method of nailing flies with gold needles." He moved a chair, jumped on it, looked at it carefully for a while, pulled out the gold needles nailed to the flies one by one, wiped them clean with paper, and returned them The teacher said: "Teacher, I know, you are not a joke, it is a very brilliant martial arts, you must teach me." She sometimes followed her father in the martial arts field, and also learned some martial arts.Lu Gaozhi smiled and said: "If you want to learn martial arts, no one in the hundreds of miles around Fufeng City can match your father's martial arts skills." Li Yuanzhi said: "My father can only shoot eagles with bows and arrows, but he can't shoot flies with golden needles. , if you don't believe me, I'll ask daddy to see if he knows."

Lu Gaozhi pondered for a while, knowing that this female disciple was smart, she was used to being spoiled by her parents, and she acted a little wayward.Whether it is old or young, it is not easy to deal with being delicate, so she nodded and said: "Okay, come tomorrow early, I will teach you. Now you can go and play by yourself. I won't allow you to shoot flies." Tell others, no matter who knows, I will never teach you." Li Yuanzhi really didn't mention it to anyone, he just thought about it all night.The next morning, I came to the teacher's study room. When I opened the door, I saw no teacher. I saw a piece of paper under the paperweight on the desk. I hurriedly picked it up and read it. On the paper, it said: Qinglan, daughter of Yuanzhi. : You are sensitive in heart and nature, eager to learn and ask questions, and you have learned this, so what regrets you have.However, you have the heart of Lixue, but you are stupid without time and rain. For three years, you are ashamed and have no educational benefits. This is all due to this, and there will be a period later.There is more than enough wisdom to change, but not enough concentration. The ancient saying goes that the dual cultivation of blessings and wisdom is the way to settle down and live in the future. It is also cultivating the mind and accumulating virtue.

Foolish Lu Gao Zhibai Li Yuanzhi took the letter and was speechless, tears were rolling in his eyes, and he only said in his heart: "Teacher is lying, I won't come, I won't come!" At this moment, the room suddenly The door was pushed open, and a person stumbled in. It was the teacher Lu who had left a book as a farewell.But seeing that his face was pale and his upper body was covered with blood, he entered the door and was precarious. He held on to the chair, shook it a few times, and then fell down on the chair.Li Yuanzhi exclaimed: "Teacher!" Lu Gaozhi said: "Close the door, be quiet!" He closed his eyes and remained silent.After all, Li Yuanzhi was the daughter of the gatekeeper, she was used to wielding a knife and a spear, although she panicked, she still closed the gate as she said.

Lu Gaozhi breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Yuan Zhi, you and I have been teachers and students for three years, and we finally get along well. I thought our fate was over, but I didn't expect to meet again. My life is at stake. If you can keep your mouth shut, Don't you miss a word?" After saying that, he looked straight at her with piercing eyes.Li Yuanzhi said: "Teacher, I will listen to your orders." Lu Gaozhi said: "Tell your father that I am sick and have to rest for half a month." Li Yuanzhi agreed.Lu Gaozhi said again: "You don't need to hire a doctor if you want your father, I will take care of it myself." After a while, he said: "You go!"

After Li Yuanzhi left, Lu Gaozhi struggled to take out the knife wound medicine and applied it to his left shoulder, wrapping it up with a cloth. He didn't want this effort, his eyes went dark, and he vomited a big mouthful of blood.
It turned out that the teacher, Lu Gaozhi, whose real name was Lu Feiqing, was a hero of the Wudang sect. When he was in his prime, he traveled all over the country to fight for righteousness.The Dragon Slayer Gang was a secret anti-Qing gang. It was very powerful in the early years of Yongzheng. Later, the Yongzheng and Qianlong dynasties severely suppressed it. In the 78th year of Qianlong, the Dragon Slayer Gang finally collapsed.Lu Feiqing went to the frontier.At that time, the Qing court had sent people to hunt him down. He was alert and powerful in martial arts, so he was able to escape the catastrophe, but the Qing court continued to strictly investigate and arrest him.Lu Feiqing thought of the principle of "big hermits hide in the court, middle hermits live in the city, and small hermits live in the wild", so she went to Li Kexiu's mansion to set up a tent to teach.The people sent by the Qing government to search for him only thought of searching for him in green forests, monasteries, escort shops, martial arts fields and other places, but they never expected to find a well-mannered teacher in the government office, who was actually a criminal with outstanding martial arts skills.

That night, Lu Feiqing thought that the treasure had been exposed, and she could no longer live in this place, so she decided to leave a book to say goodbye.His luggage was in a state of desperation, he only had a few clothes with him, wrapped a mouthful of the White Dragon Sword in it, made a package, waited until the second watch, and planned to leave without looking for a good place. He sat cross-legged on the bed, closed his eyes and meditated, he heard the sound of patrolling from a distance, suddenly there was a sound outside the window, and someone jumped in from the wall.Lu Feiqing jumped out of the bed, pulled up a corner of the robe and stuffed it in his belt, and gently pulled out the White Dragon Sword with the other hand.

Only a person outside the window spoke loudly: "Old man Lu, I've been a turtle here all my life, so people won't be able to find you? Be obedient and go to Beijing to file a lawsuit with you!" , and there must be more than one person. The enemy is waiting for work outside. If he doesn't go out, he will be attacked immediately.Immediately perform the Gecko Swimming Technique, go straight up the wall quietly, grab the skylight lattice, snap twice, break the pane, slap your palm luckily, and jump onto the roof amidst the flying tiles.The people below let out a "Hey", and an arrow shot up, shouting: "Good friend, don't run." Lu Feiqing stepped aside, and shouted in a low voice: "Friend, come with me." Running to the outskirts, I turned around and saw three figures chasing after one after another.

He ran six or seven miles in one breath.The three people behind chased and scolded: "Hey, old man Lu, thanks to you being a famous person, you are so shameless, do you want to get away with it?" Lu Feiqing ignored them and led the three of them to a hill in the west of Fufeng City . He lured the enemy to a remote place so as not to disturb the host's mansion, and at the same time lured all the people who came, so as not to fall into the enemy's plot when he was in the open and the enemy was in the dark. While running, he could also detect the enemy's number and martial arts weak.He tightened his feet, and in an instant he was able to drive more than ten zhang away. Hearing the sound of the pursuers' footsteps, he knew that one of them was quite successful, while the other two were mediocre. Lu Feiqing came to the post and inserted the White Dragon Sword into the scabbard.Three chasing enemies rushed to him one after another, seeing him stop and turn around, they did not dare to get too close, the three stood in a T-shape, one in front and two behind.Lu Feiqing stared at the man in front of him under the moonlight, and saw that he was about fifty years old, short and thin, with a swarthy face, two swallow-tailed beards, not too long, lean and strong, and his appearance was vaguely familiar.There are two people behind him, one is very tall and the other is a fat man. The thin man was the first to speak: "Hero Lu, eighteen years later, do you still recognize Jiao Wenqi?" Lu Feiqing's heart trembled: "It really is him?" It turned out that Jiao Wenqi was the third of the six demons in the Kanto region. Eighteen years ago, he was killing innocent people in Zhili. Lu Feiqing bumped into him and stopped him.Jiao Wenqi was cited as a great shame and humiliation, and vowed to avenge this.This time, he was hired by a rich family of officials in the south of the Yangtze River, and went to Tianshan North Road to look for an important person. On the way to the west, he accidentally met Lu Feiqing and recognized him.So he led two masters from the Governor's Mansion of Shaanxi without notifying the local government and Li Kexiu, and came to seek revenge and take people. Lu Feiqing cupped his hands and said, "So it's Mr. Jiao. I haven't seen you for more than ten years, but I don't recognize them. Who are these two? Mr. Jiao will introduce to me." Jiao Wenqi hummed with a smile on his face, Pointing to the fat man, he said: "This is my brother-in-law Luo Xin, known as the Iron-armed Arhat." Pointing to the tall man, he said, "This is the hero of the two lakes, Jade Judge Bei Erye Bei Renlong. How close are you guys?" Luo Xin said: "Jiu Yang." Bei Renlong raised his head to the sky and sneered slightly. Lu Feiqing said: "In the middle of the night, three people came to pay a visit. It's really unexpected. But I don't know what to teach?" Jiao Wenqi said coldly: "Old hero Lu, eighteen years ago, I took care of your elder brother. The gift of the palm, this one blames me for not being good at my studies, and finally my bones are hard, and my life is not worth it. Over the past few years, I have learned more three moves and two styles of Maoquan, and I want you to stop laughing at me and give me some pointers. This is For personal reasons. You are well-known all over the world, and the imperial court wants you to settle a few official cases. The three of my brothers made a special trip to visit, just to urge you, this is for the public." Lu Feiqing knew that force must be used tonight, but he was a deep-rooted man. He had experienced many hardships over the years, and he handled things more steadily. He cupped his hands and said, "Jiao Sanye, you and I are both fifty or sixty years old. I offended you back then. I’m sorry for you, here’s my apology!” After saying that, he gave a deep bow.Bei Renlong let out a "bah" and cursed loudly: "Shameless!" Lu Feiqing rolled her eyes, stared at him coldly, and said solemnly: "Lu Mou has traveled the rivers and lakes for decades, and has been famous for decades. He has never done anything in his life that was looked down upon by martial arts friends." Turning to Jiao Wenqi Said: "Mr. Jiao said that looking for me is not only for private purposes, but also for the public. We were young and aggressive back then, and it is not worth laughing at the moment. You, Mr. Jiao, counted the holidays of the year, and I have compensated you here. As for When it comes to official business, Lu is not so shameless as to make eagle dogs for the Manchu Tartars. You want to use my old bones to get promoted and get rich, hehe, please come and get them!" He looked from three people in turn. Sweeping across his face, he said, "Are the three going up at the same time? Or which one goes first?" The big fat man Luo Xin shouted: "You said so much!" He rushed over and punched Lu Feiqing in the face.Lu Feiqing didn't dodge and didn't give way, waited until the fist was a few inches in front of him, and suddenly made a move, his left palm cut directly at the enemy's right fist.Luo Xin didn't expect the opponent to come so fast, he retreated three steps, Lu Feiqing didn't chase after him, Luo Xin regained his composure, and used "Five Elements Fist" to attack again. Jiao Wenqi and Bei Renlong watched from the sidelines, and they had their own plans.Jiao Wenqi is all about revenge. He has worked hard on the iron pipa these years, and his skills have greatly improved.However, he had experienced Lu Feiqing's "Wuji Xuan Gongquan" back then, and it was really no small matter. He wanted to let Luo Xin and Bei Renlong consume most of the opponent's strength, and then he would go on the field, and he would surely win.But Bei Renlong only hoped to get the prisoner, so that the governor could recommend him a meritorious service. Luo Xin's five-element boxing moves are all on the offensive. Once a move is launched, the next move comes again, without delay. The five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth are mutually reinforcing and continuous.He missed several hits, and he punched suddenly, using the word "split" in Wuxingquan. , hit the plate.Lu Feiqing's moves seemed slow but actually fast.In an instant, the two had disassembled more than ten moves.With Luo Xin's martial arts, how can he match more than ten moves?Just because Lu Feiqing has cultivated his self-consciousness in recent years, knowing that Luo Xin and these people are only greedy for fame and fortune, and the world is talking, they are really invincible, so when they make a move, they are quite lenient. At this time, Luo Xin was hanging with the "beng" fist, and then locked the chest with the "horizontal" fist, suddenly the opponent's figure disappeared, he hurriedly turned around, saw Lu Feiqing had circled behind him, in desperation, he wanted to pull his wrist.He thought he was strong and strong, so he wasn't afraid to fight head-on, but he didn't know that Lu Feiqing's long sleeves fluttered back and forth, not only couldn't catch his wrist, but he didn't even touch his clothes.Luo Xin became anxious, his fist suddenly changed, and he grabbed it with both hands.Lu Feiqing didn't even fight back, just walked around beside him.After several moves, Luo Xin saw that there was an opportunity to take advantage of, and swung his right fist, expecting that Lu Feiqing would evade to the left, then he stretched out his hand to grab his left shoulder, and he succeeded.Overjoyed in his heart, he hastened to pull back with all his strength, but he didn't know that with such an effort, his fat body flew out flatly, and with a bang, he fell heavily two feet away.But he felt the golden stars bursting out in front of him, he pushed his hands up, sat up, couldn't figure it out for a long time, sat in a daze in a daze, and muttered cursing: "Mom, grandma, Xiong, what's wrong?" It turned out that Lu Feiqing was using the best kung fu in the internal boxing, called "Eighteen Drops of the Clothes".If the skill is deep, the enemy will fall straight out as soon as they touch the clothes.Lu Feiqing's skill is not enough to make the enemy fall when he touches his clothes, but Luo Xin grabs and pulls with all his strength, once his hand touches his body and uses his strength, he uses his strength to throw him out. Jiao Wenqi frowned slightly, and shouted in a low voice: "Brother Luo Xian, get up!" Bei Renlong kept silent, and rushed forward unpreparedly, using "Double Dragons to grab the pearl", and struck Lu Feiqing with both fists.Lu Feiqing's body was shaking, but there was no trace of him.Suijue was slapped on the back, only heard behind his back said: "You practice for another ten years!" Bei Renlong turned around sharply, but Lu Feiqing was gone again, he was about to turn around, but unexpectedly, he was slapped twice, his hands were so strong that his cheeks swelled up.Lu Feiqing yelled: "I'm rude, I'll teach you a lesson today." Because Long Shicai spoke harshly, Lu Feiqing beat him down very quickly as soon as he came up.One slap on the back, two palms on the face, as long as there is a little more force in any one move, Bei Renlong's muscles and bones will be broken and he will die instantly.But he is a martial arts senior, and he doesn't have the same knowledge as these people. Jiao Wenqi saw that Bei Renlong was at a disadvantage, so he jumped on it with a stride, but before he arrived, the palm of his hand arrived first.Lu Feiqing knew that the third demon among the six demons of Kanto was not comparable to the other two, so he didn't dare to tease him deliberately, so he immediately used his own Wuji Xuangong fist and dealt with it carefully.Jiao Wenqi's iron pipa player has made great progress in recent years. A "Waving Five Strings" was brushed towards Lu Feiqing. He is also the leader of Iron Sand Palm and Eagle Claw Kung Fu. Lu Feiqing saw that Jiao Wenqi's skill was very deep, not what it used to be, and said in a low voice: "Okay!" With a "tiger step", he stepped away from the front, took a step, and reached the side of Jiao Wenqi's right shoulder. ", hit his right armpit.Jiao Wenqi hurriedly spread his palms sideways, "covering the face with the pipa", protecting the body with his left palm, and "blaming the sword and gun" with his right hand, pointing at Lu Feiqing with two fingers in the middle of the bow.After seven or eight moves, Lu Feiqing was a little short, with a "palm seal", the breeze of the palm touched the opponent's front.He has a kind heart in his heart, seeing Jiao Wenqi's decades of skill, he couldn't bear to let it go to waste, this palm only used 50% of his strength, he hoped that he would feel ashamed and retire. Lu Feiqing was merciful, this palm gathered strength to return power, and the castration was slow.Jiao Wenqi knew that the other party would let him go, so he took advantage of the situation and went straight up. When Lu Feiqing laughed, his palm was about to shrink and his chest was opened, suddenly his left palm "flowed down the mountain", and his five fingers poked violently under his left breast. .Lu Feiqing was caught by surprise, unable to dodge, and was hit by the iron pipa player's poisonous move.But he is a famous Wudang master after all, even though he was defeated, he moved his palms staggeredly, sealed the door tightly, repeatedly dismissed Jiao Wenqi's follow-up attack, and retreated steadily. Irritable, it is inevitable that I will die on the barren mountain tonight. Jiao Wenqi won't be merciless when he succeeds, how can he let the opponent have a chance to breathe, "the silver bottle is broken suddenly", "the iron cavalry is outstanding", the powerful moves in the hands of Tie Pipa are as tight as each move.Lu Feiqing snorted, and Bai Longjian made three moves, all of which were attacking moves.Jiao Wenqi jumped up and down, dodged it, and shouted: "Let's go shoulder to shoulder, I'm going to do my best!" Bei Renlong didn't even talk, a pair of Wu hook swords divided up and down, left to the throat, right to stab the genitals, attacking Lu Feiqing.Although the Wu Hook sword is called a sword, it is actually a double hook, but there is an extra point on the hook head. In addition to the hook, pull, lock, and belt in the hook method, there is also a way to hold two swords.Double hooks are not included in the 18 kinds of weapons, they are extremely vicious and difficult to practice. When you first learn it, you are a little careless, either you are injured by the crescent hand guard, or you are restrained by your strength, and you can't make any moves. sharp.When Lu Feiqing saw the double hooks coming out, he immediately paid attention to it, and launched the "spring rain of apricot blossoms" and "three rings covering the moon" in the soft cloud swordsmanship, and attacked one after another.Luo Xin took out the seven-section steel whip, rushed forward to flank and attack, with great force, the stroke sank.Lu Feiqing didn't dare to touch the steel whip head-on with the blade, the sword moved lightly and cut off his fingers.Luo Xin let out an "ah" and jumped away.Jiao Wenqi slapped the iron plate, and it hit the back of Lu Feiqing's head with a loud clang. Jiao Wenqi learned martial arts at the Han family in Luoyang.The iron pipa player of the Han family reached great heights when he arrived at Han Wuniang. In addition to his palm skills, the weapon he uses is a pipa made of fine iron.The two sides of this pipa are sharp, like an ax when attacking, and a shield when keeping time. The belly of the pipa is hollow, and there are twelve pipa nails hidden in it.Jiao Wenqi thinks that the pipa is a thing for women to play, and it is used in the Jianghu, and it is unbearable to hurt a few words for a frivolous person.Therefore, he created an iron tablet with ingenuity. Although the shape is different, the method of using it is the same as the iron pipa passed down by the teacher. Lu Feiqing heard the wind in the back of his head, turned his head to the left, hit the iron plate empty, and stabbed with the long sword back.His "soft cloud swordsmanship" continued continuously, Jiao Wenqi blocked the horizontal iron plate hard, and the White Dragon Sword followed the momentum of the iron plate to attack and slash forward.In martial arts, regardless of fists, feet or weapons, once a move is made, it must be retracted and fired again. The magic of Rouyun swordsmanship is after the first move. Unceasingly, the spring clouds are endless. Bei Renlong and Luo Xin saw that Jiao Wenqi was being forced into a panic, they hurriedly attacked Lu Feiqing from behind, one card, one whip and one pair of double hooks, wrapping him in the middle.At this moment, Lu Feiqing felt a dull pain in her chest, knowing that the internal injury had started.Although Rouyun's swordsmanship was formidable, but just as he entangled one person, the other two immediately attacked from the side, and they had to split up to parry.He said in his heart: "I don't think I, Lu Feiqing, the first hero, will die at the hands of the rats today." Thinking that he was loyal, but he was plotted against, he couldn't help being angry, and rushed upwards, unexpectedly making dangerous moves one after another.He calmed down and changed his mind, seeing that he was defeated today, he must get out of this difficulty first, and after heals his injuries, it will not be too late to take revenge.He had already made up his plan, he didn't want to kill the enemy on the spot, he just wanted to be calm.Internal martial arts emphasizes stability of mind and concentration. With this concentration, a white dragon sword envelops itself in all directions, no matter how the three opponents change their moves, they will never be able to attack again. Luo Xin shouted: "Brother Jiao San, if we entangle him and won't win, are we afraid that we won't be able to kill him?" Jiao Wenqi said: "Yes. Brother Luo will cut off the old man's head later to ask for credit." The dragon said: "His sword is good, Mr. Jiao, do I want it?" The three of them played and sang, and they treated Lu Feiqing as a dead person, obviously to make him angry. Lu Feiqing swiped two swords at Luo Xin, and waited for him to evade quickly, revealing a gap, and swung the White Dragon Sword "Flower Rain" in circles, and leaped away with a stride.Luo Xin yelled: "Not good, I'm going to talk!" Lu Feiqing started the lightness kungfu lifting technique and ran down the mountain.Now that he has escaped from the siege, he expected that these three people would not be able to catch up with him in lightness kung fu.As soon as Jiao Wenqi pressed the iron plate on the machine, the three pipa nails shot towards his vest with a gust of wind.Lu Feiqing swung his sword and hit the two pipa nails that were shot upwards, and jumped up with both feet, dodging the one that was shot down three ways.He knew that the nails on the lute are full of barbs, once it penetrates into the flesh, it feels like rooting, like pulling it out with force, you will have to pull off a large piece of flesh, if you reach out to catch it, you will be fooled.He dodged the hidden weapon and was about to run down the mountain when his feet staggered and he couldn't lift it up in one breath. At the same time, his chest was in severe pain and his eyes were dark. The three of Jiao Luobei saw that his footsteps were scattered and knew that he was suffering from internal injuries, they were overjoyed and surrounded him again.Lu Feiqing danced his sword and fought, and the four of them made more than a dozen moves.Lu Feiqing only felt that every time his right arm was exerted, his left chest would be in severe pain, so he put the sword in his left hand, and pushed the sword with his left hand towards Jiao Wenqi all the way.His left-handed sword uses all backhand moves, which is the opposite of ordinary swordsmanship. Jiao Wenqi was caught by surprise and retreated a few steps.Lu Feiqing seized this opportunity and stabbed Bei Renlong with the sword "Baihong Guanri" in his left hand.Bei Renlong understood this move and dodged to the right, but unexpectedly the direction of the sword in his left hand was opposite, he dodged to the right, and the sword in his left hand followed.Bei Renlong was terrified, he couldn't dodge in time, he was quick-witted, fell to the ground, turned over several times, and rolled away.Lu Feiqing was about to catch up, when the wind blew in the back of his head, Luo Xin's steel whip "mountain Mount Tai" smashed down.Lu Feiqing did not move her feet, turned her upper body to the left, and stretched out her hand, as fast as lightning, and hit Luo Xin's "Pyloric Point". Stretching out, the steel whip remained unabated, hitting the rocks, sparks scattered and rebounded.Just at this moment, Jiao Wenqi's three pipa nails flew behind him, Lu Feiqing heard the sound of the hidden weapon, and it was too late to jump forward or dodge left and right, so he pulled Luo Xin who was lying on the ground to block it. With a sound of "Hey", three lutes nailed two hits on the chest and one hit the lower abdomen, Luo Xin was killed immediately.When Jiao Wenqi saw that the hidden weapon had hurt his brother, he became furious, raised the iron plate, and threw it at Lu Feiqing. Bei Renlong attacked again with double hooks, Lu Feiqing stabbed out with his long sword, seeing the sharpness of the sword, Bei Renlong leaped to the left, and Jiao Wenqi's iron plate followed.Seeing that Lu Feiqing turned around to fight, Bei Renlong was bound to attack again. Although the enemy had lost one enemy, his wounds were getting more and more painful.Without looking back at the moment, he leaned forward and eliminated most of the iron plate's momentum, but after all he could not completely avoid it, and the iron plate blade cut a big cut on his left shoulder.Jiao Wenqi was overjoyed when he suddenly saw white light flashing, and the White Dragon Sword flew in front of him, flying straight towards Bei Renlong.Bei Renlong was shocked, and raised the Wu hook sword to block it. Although it was blocked, Lu Feiqing used all his strength to throw it with a heavy hand, but the force of the Wu hook failed to block it, and the white dragon sword pierced his chest. In, his back pierced out, nailing him to the ground. At this moment, Lu Feiqing turned around suddenly, Jiao Wenqi didn't have time to take back the iron plate, only felt a sharp pain on his face, and his eyes turned black.It turned out that Lu Feiqing was hit by his iron plate on the shoulder, threw the long sword, and threw a lotus golden needle back and shot him in the face.This time the distance was close, the attack was quick, and there were so many golden needles, there was absolutely no way to dodge it. Jiao Wenqi was blinded in both eyes.Lu Feiqing took advantage of his hands scratching and groping his face, straddled his hands, fisted the whip, and killed him on the spot. Lu Feiqing displayed his life's unique skills, killing three enemies in a row with acupuncture points, slamming stele hands, and hibiscus golden needles. It was cold and windy on the barren mountain, a waning moon emerged from the clouds, and saw three corpses lying on the rocks, and the night owl screamed strangely in the forest in the distance. His subordinates had not killed anyone in the past ten years. Forced to kill the enemy, he couldn't help shaking his head, tore off his skirt, covered the wound on his left shoulder, stood still and breathed evenly, then pulled out the sword and wiped it into the sheath.Afraid of leaving a clue, he put away the gold needles on Jiao Wenqi's face, and then threw the three corpses into the barren hills.
At that time, I was exhausted from breathing and my whole body was covered with blood. I thought to myself that if I went to the shop, it would attract suspicion, so I went back to Li's house to change clothes and wash before leaving. Unexpectedly, Li Yuanzhi was already in the study in the early morning.When Li Yuanzhi withdrew, he fell onto the bed, his chest hurt so badly that he passed out.I don't know how much time has passed. In a daze, he only felt that someone was pushing each other, and he heard someone calling: "Teacher! Teacher!" He slowly opened his eyes, and saw Li Yuanzhi standing in front of the bed with a look of surprise on his face. doctor. After more than two months of recuperation, relying on his pure internal strength, and Li Yunzhi begged his father to hire a famous doctor and buy good medicine, the internal injury was finally cured.In the past two months or so, Li Yuanzhi has been a guardian and attendant, doing his best. On this day, Lu Feiqing's envoy opened the book boy and said to Li Yuanzhi: "Yuanzhi, although you may not know what kind of person I am, you don't necessarily know it completely. I can’t just walk away. I’ll pass on the Golden Needle Kung Fu to you.” Li Yunzhi was overjoyed, knelt down and respectfully kowtowed eight times. She studied with Lu Feiqing and had already worshiped as a teacher. , This is the second apprenticeship.Lu Feiqing accepted it with a smile, and said: "You have a very high level of comprehension, and it would be great to learn my martial arts. It's just..." At this point, she fell silent. Li Yuanzhi hurriedly said: "Teacher, I will definitely listen to you." Lu Feiqing said: "Honestly speaking, I don't think so much about your father's actions. When you grow up in the future, I hope you can distinguish right from wrong and distinguish good from bad. You beg me As a teacher, you must strictly abide by the precepts of the teacher, can you do it?" Li Yuanzhi said: "I dare not disobey the teacher's words." Lu Feiqing said: "If you use the kung fu I taught you to do evil in the future, I will take your life easily. "When he said this, his voice was very serious, Li Yuanzhi was too frightened to make a sound, after a while, he said with a smile: "Master, I will be good, why are you willing to kill me?" From that day on, Lu Feiqing taught her the Wudang School's basic Kungfu, teaching her to adjust her mind and improve her energy. She first practiced from Shiduanjin, and then learned thirty-two postures of Changquan. It's quite hot, and then teach her the basic skills of eye training, ear training, playing marbles, throwing arrows and other hidden weapons.After more than two years, Li Yuanzhi is both hardworking and smart, making rapid progress.At that time, Li Kexiu had been transferred to the general army of Anxi Town, Gansu Province.Connecting Hami in the northwest and the desert in the west, An is an important town outside the pass. After more than two years, Lu Feiqing also taught her Rouyun Swordsmanship and Furong Golden Needle.In the past five years, Li Yuanzhi has learned all the golden needles, swordsmanship, light kung fu, and boxing skills. The only difference is that he is not yet ready and lacks experience.She obeyed her master's order and kept silent about learning martial arts from him. She practiced in the back garden by herself every day. Fortunately, she loved martial arts since she was a child, and no one suspected her.The eldest lady practiced kung fu, but the female envoy couldn't understand it, and the male servant didn't dare to watch it too much. Li Kexiu is shrewd and capable, and his official career is prosperous. In the 23rd year of Qianlong's reign, he made great contributions to the pacification of Yili. After the decree came down, he was promoted to the admiral of Zhejiang Province. He was in charge of five towns including Hai and Wenzhou. Naval camps such as Taihu Lake and Haining.Li Yuanzhi grew up in the northwest frontier, now he wants to go to Jiangnan with beautiful mountains and rivers, he is so happy that he can't describe it, so he landed on Lu Feiqing to go with him.Lu Feiqing has been away from the mainland for a long time, and thinking of revisiting the old place, she will be happy, so she readily agrees. Li Kexiu Qingqi went to the post first, dispatched twenty personal soldiers and one general to escort her family members to follow.The name of the participating general was Zeng Tunan. He was about forty years old, with a short beard, vigorous spirit, and a strong physique. He could wield a Liuhe spear.He was promoted by virtue of his true skills and military exploits, and he gained Li Kexiu's trust. A group of people brought more than a dozen mules and horses, and Mrs. Li sat in the car.Li Yunzhi traveled long distances, sat in the car all day and felt bored, but the lady from the official family rode a horse to show her face, she was not good-looking after all, so she changed into men's clothing, this modification turned out to be strangely handsome and coquettish, she refused to change anything Back to women's clothing.Mrs. Li could only smile and sigh, letting her go. The sun was setting and Lu Feiqing was riding a horse, far behind the group.Looking around, I can see that the night is getting darker, and on the long ancient road outside the Great Wall, except for their large group of mules and horses, there are only yellow sand and decaying grass, and crows.Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, and Lu Feiqing chanted: "The general's reputation has been ruined in hundreds of battles. He looks back to Heliang and looks back thousands of miles. The old man is dead. The water in Yishui is cold and the wind is cold in the west, and the clothes are like snow. The heroic man's sad song has not yet been fulfilled..." He said in his heart: "Xin Jiaxuan's poem can exactly describe my mood. Back then, he was like me. He saw the vast land of China fell to the barbarians, and the captives were in full swing. It was difficult to recover, and after a hundred battles, he still sang a generous elegy." At this time, he was nearly sixty years old. Although his inner strength was profound and he was full of energy, his beard and eyebrows were all white, and he thought: "My beard and hair are like snow, and I am afraid that I will not be able to do anything if I am close to death." With a wave of the horsewhip, He galloped forward to catch up. The mule team turned over a hill, and seeing that it was getting dark, the mule driver said that in ten miles, he would arrive at Shuangtabao, a big town outside the Great Wall, and he was scheduled to drop off in the town that night.At this moment, Lu Feiqing suddenly heard the sound of galloping horses. In the shadow of Zhengchen in front of him, two jujube horses were flying over, and came to him like a whirlwind in the blink of an eye.Immediately, the two bowed their waists and reined in the reins, and slashed across the mules from both sides of the mule team. From a face-to-face meeting, Lu Feiqing could tell that one was tall and the other was short, the tall one had long eyebrows and a straight nose, and a fair complexion, while the short one was full of vigor.He patted his horse and caught up with Li Yuanzhi, and asked in a low voice: "Did you see these two people clearly?" Li Yuanzhi said happily: "What? Is it the Green Forest Road?" A skill learned hard over the past five years.Lu Feiqing said: "I can't tell right now, but judging by the skills of these two people, they won't be the young fellows who explore the road in the green forest." Li Yuanzhi wondered: "These two people have good martial arts?" Lu Feiqing said: "Look at their Riding skills are mostly not mediocre." The team was approaching the Shuangtabao, and there was a sound of horseshoes on the opposite side, and two more horses galloped over, passing the mule team.Lu Feiqing said: "Hey, that's strange." At this time, the dusk was dark, and the road was full of deserts and poor villages. He saw the Twin Towers Castle in front of him. Why did people come out of the town at this time, unless they had something important to do on purpose? It's night time. Not long after the trip, the mule team entered the town. General Zeng Shen led the mule team car and drove straight to a big shop. Li Yuanzhi and his mother live in the upper house.Lu Feiqing lived in a small room.After dinner, the clerk lights up the lamp and is waiting to rest. The night is quiet, and amidst the barking of dogs, the sound of horseshoes can be faintly heard in the distance.Lu Feiqing thought to himself: "I'm still hurrying on my way at this moment, what's the rush?" The four people I met one after another in my train of thought thought to myself that this was a bit weird.With the sound of hoofbeats, they got closer and closer, and went straight to the front of the store. As soon as the sound of horseshoes stopped, there was a knock on the door.The shopkeeper opened the door and said, "You've been working hard. The tea, wine and food are all ready, please come in and use them!" One said in a rough voice, "Hurry up and feed the horses, you have to go on your way after dinner." The shopkeeper kept saying promise.The sound of footsteps entering the shop sounded like there were two people in total. Lu Feiqing thought about it, this group of people rushed to Anxi in batches, seeing that they were all masters of martial arts, and it was really rare to see such a thing in the years outside the Great Wall.He went out of the room lightly, walked through the courtyard, and went around to the back of the inn, only to hear the man who spoke harshly just now say: "Third brother, you said that the young rudder master is young, can he control this group of brothers? "Lu Feiqing walked to the window following the sound.He didn't intend to eavesdrop on other people's privacy, it's just that this group of people has a strange way of life, and he has a serious case on his body, so he has to be careful everywhere.I only heard another person in the room say: "If you can't control it, you have to control it. This is the old master's will. Regardless of whether the young helmsman succeeds or not, we will always protect him loyally." The voice of this man was loud and full of energy, Lu Feiqing knew that he had superb internal skills, so she didn't dare to break the window paper to spy, and just listened with bated breath.Just listen to the rough voice: "That's needless to say? I don't know if the young helmsman is willing to go out of the mountain." Another person said: "Then don't worry, the old master's last order, the young helmsman will abide by it." He said The word "Shou" has a strong accent of the southerners. Lu Feiqing was startled: "Why is this voice so familiar?" After careful consideration, he finally remembered that it was Zhao Banshan, a good friend from the Dragon Slayer Gang.That person was ten years younger than him, and he was the head disciple of the Wenzhou Wang family's Taiji School.The two often practice martial arts and admire each other.It has been nearly twenty years since we separated, and he is almost fifty years old.After the dragon-slaying gang disbanded, they didn't know where he was. Unexpectedly, they met outside the Great Wall today, meeting an old acquaintance in a foreign land, the joy is indescribable.He was about to recognize his friend out loud, when suddenly the lights in the room went dark, and a sleeve arrow shot out. This sleeve arrow was not aimed at Lu Feiqing, a figure flashed, and someone reached out to catch the sleeve arrow.As soon as the man grew up, he opened his mouth and wanted to scream.Lu Feiqing jumped over and shouted in a low voice: "Shut up, follow me!" That person was Li Yuanzhi.There was no movement in the window, and no one chased them out. Lu Feiqing took her hand, stalked like a tiger, sneaked under the window, and pulled her into his shop.灯下一看，见她已换上了夜行装束，但仍是男装，也不知是几时预备下的，脸上一副跃跃欲试的神情，不禁又好气又好笑，当下庄容说道：“沅芷，你知那是什么人？干吗要跟他们动手？”这一下可把李沅芷问得张口结舌，答不上来，呆了半晌，才忸怩道：“他们干吗打我一袖箭？”她自是只怪别人，殊不知自己偷听旁人隐私，已犯了江湖大忌。陆菲青道：“这两人如不是绿林道，就是帮会中的。内中一人我知道，武功决不在你师父之下。他们定有急事，是以连夜赶路。这枝袖箭也不是存心伤人，只不过叫你别多管闲事。真要射你，怕就未必接得住。快去睡吧。”说话之间，只听开门声、马蹄声，那两人已急速走了。给李沅芷这样一闹，陆菲青心想这时去会老友，多有不便，也不追出去相见。 次日骡队又行，出得镇来，走了一个多时辰，离双塔堡约已三十里。李沅芷道：“师父，对面又有人来了。”只见两骑枣红马奔驰而来。有了昨晚之事，师徒俩对迎面而来之人都留上了心。两匹马一模一样，神骏非凡，更奇的是马上乘客也一模一样，都是四十左右年纪，身材又高又瘦，脸色蜡黄，眼睛凹进，眉毛斜斜地倒垂下来，形相甚是可怖，显然是一对孪生兄弟。 这两人经过骡队时都怪目一翻，向李沅芷望了一眼。李沅芷也向他们瞪了个白眼，把马一勒，一副要打架不妨上来的神色。这两人毫不理会，径自催马西奔。李沅芷道：“哪里找来这么一对瘦鬼？” 陆菲青见这两人的背影活像是两根竹竿插在马上，蓦地醒觉，不由得失声道：“啊，原来是他们！”李沅芷忙问：“师父识得他们？”陆菲青道：“那定是西川双侠，江湖上人称黑无常、白无常的常家兄弟。”李沅芷扑哧一笑，说道：“他们姓得真好，绰号也好，可不是一对无常鬼吗？”陆菲青道：“女孩子家别风言风语的，人家长得难看，本领可不小！我跟他们没会过面，但听人说，他俩是双生兄弟，从小形影不离。哥儿俩也不娶亲，到处行侠仗义，闯下了很大的万儿来。尊敬他们的称之为西川双侠，怕他们的就叫他俩黑无常、白无常。”李沅芷道：“这两人不是一模一样吗？怎么又有黑白之分？” 陆菲青道：“听人说，常家兄弟身材相貌完全一样，就是哥哥眼角上多了一粒黑痣，是以起名叫做常赫志，弟弟没痣，叫常伯志。他们是青城派慧侣道人的徒弟。慧侣道人一死，黑沙掌的功夫，江湖上多半没人在他二人之上了。这两兄弟是川江上著名的侠盗，一向劫富济贫，不过心狠手辣，因此得了这难听的外号。”李沅芷道：“他们到这边塞来干吗呀？”陆菲青道：“我也真捉摸不定，从来没听说他两兄弟在塞外做过案。”李沅芷道：“这对无常鬼要是敢来动我们的手，就让他们试试师父的白龙剑。”刚才这对兄弟瞪了她一眼，姑娘心中可不乐意了，不好意思说“试试姑娘的宝剑”，就把师父先给拉扯上。陆菲青道：“听说他兄弟从不单打独斗，对付一个是两哥儿齐上，对付十个也是两哥儿齐上。”他干笑一声，说道：“你师父这把老骨头，怕经不起他们四只手掌敲打呢！” 说话之间，前面马蹄声又起。这次马上乘的是一道一俗。道人背负长剑，脸色苍白，满是病容，只有一只右臂，左手道袍空空的，袖子束在腰里。另一人是个驼子，衣服极为光鲜。李沅芷见这驼子相貌丑陋，服饰却如此华丽，不觉笑了一声，说道：“师父，你瞧这驼子！”陆菲青待要阻止，已然不及。 那驼子怒目横瞪，双马擦身而过之际，突然伸臂向李沅芷抓来。那道人似乎早料到驼子要生气，不等李沅芷避让，就伸马鞭一挡，拦开了他这一抓，说道：“十弟，不可闹事！”这只是一瞬间之事，两匹马已交错而过。 陆菲青和李沅芷回头望去，只见驼子挥鞭在他自己和道人的马上各抽了一鞭，两匹马疾驰而前，那驼子突然间一个“倒栽金钟”，在马背上一个倒翻筋斗，跳下地来，双脚在地上交互三点，已向李沅芷扑了过来。李沅芷长剑在手，谨守师父所授“敌未动，己不动”的要诀，剑尖微颤，却不发招。那驼子可也奇怪，并不向她攻击，左手探出，竟一把拉住她坐骑的尾巴。那马正在奔驰，忽被拉住，长嘶一声，前足人立起来。驼子神力惊人，只给马拉得冲前两步，伸出右掌，在拉得笔直的马尾上一划，马尾立断，如经刀割。马匹直冲出去，李沅芷吓了一跳，险些掉下马来。她回手挥剑向驼子砍去，距离已远，却哪里砍得着？驼子回头便跑。他身矮足短，奔跑却是极快，有如滚滚黄沙中裹着一个肉球向前卷去，顷刻间已追及那疾驰向西的坐骑，一跃上马，不一会儿就不见踪影了。 李沅芷被驼子这么一闹，气得想哭，委委屈屈地叫了一声：“师父！” 陆菲青一切全瞧在眼里，不由得蹙起眉头，本想埋怨几句，但见她双目莹然，珠泪欲滴，就忍住不说了。 正在这时，忽听身后传来一阵“我武——维扬——”“我武——维扬——”的喊声。 李沅芷甚是奇怪，忙问：“师父，那是什么？”陆菲青道：“那是镖局里趟子手喊的趟子。每家镖局子的趟子不同，喊出来是通知绿林道和同道朋友。镖局走镖，七分靠交情，三分靠本领，镖头手面宽，交情广，大家卖他面子，这镖走出去就顺顺利利。绿林道的听得趟子，知是某人的镖，本想动手拾的，碍于面子也只好放他过去。这叫做'拳头熟不如人头熟'。要是你去走镖哪，嘿，这样不上半天就得罪了多少人，本领再大十倍，那也是寸步难行。”李沅芷一听，敢情师父是借题发挥，在教训人啦，心道：“我干吗要去走镖哪？”可是不敢跟师父顶嘴，笑道：“师父，我是错了嘛！师父，那喊的是什么镖局子啊？”陆菲青道：“那是北京镇远镖局，北方可数他最大啦。奉天、济南、开封、太原都有分局。总镖头本是威镇河朔王维扬，现下总有七十岁了吧？听他们喊的趟子仍是'我武维扬'，那么他还没告老收山。唉，见好也该收了，镇远镖局发了四十年财，还不知足么？” 李沅芷道：“师父识得他们总镖头么？”陆菲青道：“也会过面。此人凭一把八卦刀、一对八卦掌，当年打遍江北绿林无敌手，也真称得上威震河朔！”李沅芷很是高兴，道：“他们镖车走得快，待会儿赶了上来，你给我引见，让我见见这位老英雄。”陆菲青道：“他自己怎么还会出来？真是傻孩子。” 李沅芷老是给师父数说，满不是味儿，她知自己江湖上的事情全然不懂，心里嘀咕：“我不懂，就说给我听嘛，干吗老骂人家？”拍马追上骡车去和母亲说话解闷，回头一看自己的马，尾巴给驼子弄断了，也不禁暗暗吃惊。心想一掌打断一杆枪并不稀奇，马尾巴是软的，怎能用手割断？勒马想等师父上来请问，一转念间，又赌气不问了，追上了曾图南，道：“曾参将，我的马尾巴不知怎么断了，真难看。”说着嘟起了嘴。曾图南知她心意，道：“我这坐骑不知怎么搞的，今儿老是闹倔脾气，说什么也制它不了。小姐骑术好，劳你的驾，帮我治一下行么？”李沅芷谦逊一句：“怕我也不成。”两人换了坐骑。曾参将那马其实乖乖的，半点脾气也没有。曾参将还赞一句：“小姐，真有你的，连马也服你。” 李夫人怕大车走快了颠簸，是以这队人一直缓缓而行。但听得镖局的趟子声越喊越近，不一会儿，二十几匹骡驮赶了上来。 陆菲青怕有熟人，背转了身，将一顶大草帽遮住半边脸，偷看马上镖师。七八名镖师纵马经过，只听一名镖师道：“听韩大哥说，焦文期焦三哥已有了下落。”陆菲青吃了一惊，回头看那镖师，晃眼间只看到他满脸胡子，黑漆漆的一张长脸，等他擦身而过，见他背上负着一个红布包袱，还有一对奇形兵器，竟是外门中的利器五行轮，寻思：“遮莫关东六魔做了镖师？”关东六魔除焦文期外，其余五人都未见过，只知尽皆武艺高强，五魔阎世魁、六魔阎世章都使五行轮，外家硬功夫甚是了得。 他心下盘算，这次出门来遇到不少武林高手，镇远镖局看情形真的是在走镖，那也罢了，另外那些人倘若均是为己而来，可不免凶多吉少，避之犹恐不及，偏偏这个女弟子少不更事，不断去招惹人家。不过看情形又不像是为自己而来，赵半山是好朋友，决不致不念旧情。那么他们一批一批西去，又为何来？ 李沅芷和曾参将换了坐骑，见他骑了没尾巴马，暗自好笑。勒定了马等师父过来，笑道：“师父，怎么对面没人来了？从昨天算起，已有五对人往西去了，我倒真想再见识见识几位英雄好汉。” 一句话提醒了陆菲青，他一拍大腿，说道：“啊，老糊涂啦，怎么没想到'千里接龙头'这回事。”只因心中挂着自己的事，尽往与自己有关的方面去推想，哪知全想岔了。李沅芷道：“什么'千里接龙头'？”陆菲青道：“那是江湖上帮会里最隆重的礼节，通常是帮会中行辈最高的六人，一个接着一个前去迎接一个人，最隆重的要出去十二人，一对一对地出去。现今已过了五对，那么前面一定还有一对。”李沅芷道：“他们是什么帮会？”陆菲青道：“这可不知道了。”又道：“你看西川双侠和那驼子都是这帮会的，声势当真非同小可。千万别再招惹，知道么？”李沅芷嘴上答应，心中可大不服气，一心要看看前面来的又是何等样人。
午时打过了尖，对面仍无人来，陆菲青暗暗纳罕，觉得事出意外，难道所料不对？心想连赵半山都是这帮会中人，这帮会自是十分了不起，自己十年来隐姓埋名，与江湖朋友不通声气，江湖上的大事全无知闻，真正是老得不中用了。正自暗暗叹气，岂知前面没人来，后面倒来了人，只听得一阵驼铃响，尘土飞扬，一大队沙漠商队赶了上来。 待得渐行渐近，只见数十匹骆驼夹着二三十匹马，乘者都是回人，高鼻深目，满脸浓须，头缠白布，腰悬弯刀。回族商人从回部到关内做生意，事属常有，陆菲青也不以为意。突然间眼前一亮，一个黄衫女郎骑了一匹青马，纵骑小跑，轻驰而过。那女郎秀美中透着一股英气，光彩照人，当真是丽若冬梅拥雪，露沾明珠，神如秋菊披霜，花衬温玉，两颊晕红，霞映白云，双目炯炯，星灿月朗。 陆菲青见那回族少女人才出众，不过多看了一眼，李沅芷却瞧得呆了。她自幼生长西北边塞，一向也没见过几个头脸齐整的女子，更别说如此好看的美人了。那少女和她年事相仿，大约也是十八九岁，腰插匕首，长辫垂肩，一身鹅黄衫子，头戴金丝绣的小帽，帽边插了一根长长的翠绿羽毛，革履青马，旎旖如画。那黄衫女郎纵马而过，李沅芷情不自禁，催马跟去，目不转瞬地盯着她。 黄衫女郎见一个美貌的汉人少年痴痴相望，脸一红，叫了一声“爹！”一个身材高大、满颊浓须的回人拍马过来，在李沅芷肩上轻轻一拍，说道：“喂，小朋友，走道么？”李沅芷“唔”了一声，还没会意自己女扮男装，这般呆望人家闺女可显得十分浮滑无礼。 那黄衫女郎只道李沅芷心存轻薄，手挥马鞭一圈，已裹住她坐骑的鬃毛，回手一拉，登时扯下了一大片毛来。那马痛得乱跳乱纵，险些把她颠下马来。黄衫女郎长鞭在空中一挥，噼啪一声，扯下来的马毛四散乱飞。 李沅芷心头火起，摸出一枝钢镖，向黄衫女郎后心掷去，可也没存心伤她，倒转钢镖，尖头在后，叫声：“喂，小姑娘，镖来啦！”那女郎身子向左一偏，镖从右肩旁掠过，射向前面，待钢镖飞至身前丈许，手中长鞭卷出，鞭梢革绳已将钢镖卷住拉回，顺手向后挥出，叫道：“喂，小伙子，镖还给你！”手势不劲，钢镖缓缓向李沅芷胸前倒飞而来，李沅芷伸手接住。 沙漠商队人众见了黄衫女郎这手马鞭绝技，都大声喝彩。她父亲却脸有忧色，低声向她说了句什么话。黄衫女郎答应道：“噢，爹！”也不再理会李沅芷，纵马向前，数十匹驼马跟着绝尘而去。眼见他们追过李夫人所乘骡车和护送兵丁，尘沙扬起，蹄声渐远。 陆菲青漫不在意，笑道：“能人好手，所在都有，这句话现下信了吧？这个黄衫姑娘年纪跟你差不多，刚才露这一手可佩服了？”李沅芷道：“这些回回白天黑夜都在马上，马鞭儿自然耍得好，可也未必有什么真正武功。”陆菲青嘻嘻一笑，道：“是么？”
傍晚到了布隆吉，镇上只一家大客店，叫做“通达客栈”。店门前插了“镇远镖局”的镖旗，原来路上遇到的那枝镖已先在这里歇了。李夫人等一行也即投宿。这家客栈接连招呼两大队人，伙计忙得不可开交。 陆菲青洗了脸，手里捧了一壶茶，慢慢踱到院子里，只见大厅上有两桌人在喝酒吃饭。那背负红布包袱的镖师背上兵器已卸了下来，但那包袱仍然背着，正在高谈阔论。 陆菲青手里捧了茶壶，假装抬头观看天色，只听一名镖师笑道：“阎五爷，你将这玩意儿平平安安地送到京城，兆惠将军还不赏你个千儿八百的吗？又好去跟你那小喜宝乐上一乐啦！”陆菲青心说：“果然是关东六魔中的第五魔阎世魁。”当下更加留上了神。那阎世魁道：“赏金吗？嘿，那谁也短不了……”他话还未说完，一个阴阳怪气的声音插嘴道：“就只怕小喜宝已经跟了人，从了良啦。”陆菲青斜眼看去，见说话那人相貌猥琐，身材瘦削，但也是一身镖师打扮。阎世魁心中不快，“哼”了一声。第一个说话的镖师道：“童兆和你这东西，总没好话。”那童兆和仍是有气没力地道：“从良不是好话？好吧，我说小喜宝做一辈子的窑姐儿，到死翻不了身。”阎世魁破口大骂：“你妈才做一辈子窑姐儿。”童兆和笑道：“成，我叫你干爹。” 陆菲青听这伙人言不及义，听不出什么名堂，正想走开，只听童兆和道：“阎五爷，玩笑是玩笑，正经归正经。你可别想小喜宝想昏了头，背上这红包袱给人家拾了去。你脑袋搬家事小，咱们镇远镖局四十年的威名可栽不起。”阎世魁怒道：“童家小子，你望安吧，这批回回想从你阎五爷手上把这玩意儿夺回去，叫他们快死了这条心。我阎世魁关东六魔的名头，可是靠真功夫挣来的，不像有些小子在镖行里混，除了能吃饭，就是会放屁！”陆菲青望了望他背上那红布包袱一眼，见包袱不大，看来所装的东西也很轻巧。只听童兆和道：“关东六魔的名头的确不小，就可惜第三魔给人家做了，连仇人是谁也不知道。”阎世魁一拍桌子道：“谁说不知道？那定是红花会害的。” 陆菲青心想：“这倒奇了，焦文期明明是我杀的，他们却写在红花会账上。红花会又是怎么回事？”他慢慢走到院子里去抚弄花木，离众镖客更加近了。 童兆和嘴头上丝毫不肯放松：“我可惜没骨气，只会吃饭放屁。只要我不是孙子哪，早就找红花会算账去啦。”阎世魁给他气得发抖，说不出话来。一名镖师出来打圆场，道：“红花会总舵主于万亭上个月死在无锡，江湖上谁都知道。人家没了当家的，你找谁去？再说，焦三爷给红花会害死，又没见证，谁瞧见啦？你找上门去，人家来个不认账，你有什么法子？”童兆和没了话，自己解嘲：“红花会咱们不敢惹，欺侮回回还不敢么？他们当作性命宝贝的玩意儿咱们给抢了来，以后兆将军要银子要牛羊，他们敢不双手送上吗？我说阎五爷，你也别想你那小喜宝啦，敢情回京求求兆将军，让他给你一个回回女人做小老婆，可有多美……” 正说得得意，忽然啪的一声，不知哪里一块泥巴飞来，刚好塞在他嘴里。童兆和“啊啊啊”地叫不出声来。两名镖师抄起兵刃，赶了出去。阎世魁站起身来，把身旁五行轮提在手里。他弟弟阎世章闻声赶来，两兄弟站在一起，并不追敌，显是怕中了敌人的调虎离山之计。童兆和把泥块吐了出来，王八羔子、祖宗十八代地乱骂。阎世章冷冷地道：“一向只听说狗吃屎，今儿可长了见识，连泥巴也吃起来啦！” 镖师戴永明、钱正伦一个握了条软鞭，一个挺着柄单刀，从门外奔回，说：“点子逃啦，没瞧见。” 这一切陆菲青全看在眼里，见那口齿轻薄的童兆和一副狼狈相，心中暗自好笑。忽然瞥见东墙角上人影一闪。他装着没事人般踱方步踱到外面，其时天色已黑，他躲在客店西墙脚下，只见一条人影从屋角跳下，落地无声，向东如飞奔去。 陆菲青想见识这位请童兆和吃泥巴的是何等样人物，施展轻功，悄没声地跟在后面，双手仍是捧着茶壶，长衫也不捋起。他数十年苦练的轻功直是非同小可，虽然出步迅速，前面那人却丝毫未觉。片刻之间，两人奔出了五六里地。前面那人身材苗条、体态婀娜，似乎是个女子，但轻功也甚高明。过了个山坡，前面黑压压一片森林，那人直穿入林中，陆菲青也跟着追去。树林中落叶枯枝，满地皆是，一踏上去，沙沙做声。他怕那人发觉，脚步稍慢，一瞬之间，已不见了那人的影子。忽然云破月现，一片清光在林隙树梢上照射下来，满地树影凌乱，远处黄衫一闪，那人已出了树林。 他跟到树林边缘，掩在一株大树后