Chapter 3 The third avoids misfortune, the hero is sad, loses his way, seeks revenge, and the hero mistakenly engages in soldiers

Tong Zhaohe, head of the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau, happily led the way, leading Zhang Zhaozhong and other government experts, seven or eight policemen, to Tiedan Village.This time he has the courage to support him, but he is very majestic.When he came to the village, he shouted to Zhuang Ding: "Quickly call your owner to come out and meet the imperial envoy." Zhuang Ding saw that this dry man was approaching menacingly, and he didn't know why, so he turned and went back in.Zhang Zhaozhong thought that Zhou Zhongying had a great reputation and was the leader of the Northwest Wulin, so he couldn't offend him, so he said, "My friend, stay here, you said we are from Beijing, and I have some business to ask Old Hero Zhou." After he finished speaking, he turned to Hu Guodong winked.Hu Guodong nodded, and led the arresters to go around the back of the village to prevent the criminals from escaping through the back door.

Meng Jianxiong heard Zhuang Ding's report and knew that this group of people was definitely Wen Tailai.Ask Song Shanpeng to go out to perfunctory, and immediately rushed to Wen Tailai's room, saying: "Master Wen, there are six eagle claws outside the door, I can't say, so I have to wrong the three of you for a while." There is a pavilion in the garden, and two Zhuang Ding worked together to lift up a stone table, revealing an iron plate, pulled the iron ring off the iron plate, lifted it hard, and the iron plate lifted, and below it was the stone steps leading to the cellar.

Wen Tailai said angrily: "Wen is a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death? Hiding in such a place, he escaped with his life and also made the heroes of the world ridicule." Meng Jianxiong said: "Where did Master Wen say that? A man can bend and stretch , Mr. Wen was seriously injured, so he avoided it for the time being, who would dare to make a joke?" Wen Tailai said: "Brother Meng is kind, Wen has his heart, so let's leave, so as not to hurt Baozhuang." Meng Jianxiong couldn't help but politely persuade him. I could only hear someone shouting loudly from the back door, and at the same time there was a commotion in the front, and a group of people in the yamen wanted to rush in.Song Shanpeng tried his best to stop him, but how could he stop him?Shocked by Zhou Zhongying's prestige, Zhang Zhaozhong and others were inconvenient to search explicitly, but said: "Baozhuang is so well built, which is rare outside the Great Wall. Please friend Song to open our eyes."

Wen Tailai saw that Tiedanzhuang was besieged, and there were enemies in front and behind, so he rushed upwards, and said to Luo Bing and fellow Yu Yu, "Let's go out side by side." Luo Bing responded, and stretched out his hand to support his right arm.Wen Tailai drew out a single saber with his left hand, and was about to rush out, suddenly felt Luo Bing's body tremble slightly, looked at her, saw her eyes were full of tears, her face was miserable, her heart softened, her tenderness suddenly arose, and she sighed: "Let's just Hide and hide." Meng Jianxiong was overjoyed, and when the three of them entered the cellar, he hurriedly covered the iron plate, and together with the two Zhuang Ding, lifted the stone table over and put it on the iron plate.Meng Jianxiong saw that there were no flaws, so he ordered Zhuang Ding to open the back door.Hu Guodong waited outside the door and did not come in, but Zhang Zhaozhong and others had already entered the garden.

Seeing that Tong Zhaohe was also there, Meng Jianxiong said coldly: "It turns out that he is an official, I was so disrespectful just now." Tong Zhaohe said: "This is the head of the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau, brother, did you miss it?" Turning back to Zhang Zhaozhong, he said: "I witnessed with my own eyes that three imperial convicts entered the village. Mr. Zhang, please order a search." Song Shanpeng said: "We are all peaceful and good people. The old owner of the Zhou village is a great gentleman in Hexi. He has a family and a business. Everyone within a radius of five hundred miles knows it. How dare he hide bandits and plot evil? This boy came here just now. Well, the village didn’t send money, that’s the brother’s fault, but we can’t afford to accuse and frame him.” Knowing that Wen Tailai and the others had already hid in the cellar, he stiffened his words.Meng Jianxiong pretended not to know, asked the reason of Zhang Zhaozhong and others, laughed loudly, and said: "The Honghua Society is a gang in the south of the Yangtze River, how could it come to the northwest frontier? It's a thousand miles away, this escort leader is whimsical, You adults will really believe him!"

Zhang Zhaozhong and others are all veterans and great experts. They knew that Wen Tailai was destined to be in the village, but if they searched carefully in the village, it would be fine if they were found. If none of them were found, how would Zhou Zhongying give up?Although most of them have achieved fame, but they have been in contact with people in the world for a long time, knowing that it is not for fun to offend this old man Zhou Zhongying, they all feel hesitant at the moment. Tong Zhaohe thought to himself that if he didn't catch these three people today, he would be ridiculed and complained by everyone when he went back. The child might be able to deceive him, so he cheered and grabbed Zhou Yingjie's hand.Zhou Yingjie met him just now, and knew that he was not a good person who was sneaky, so he shook off his hand vigorously, and said, "Why are you pulling me?" Tong Zhaohe smiled and said, "Little brother, tell me, come to your house today Where are the three guests hiding, I'll give you this to buy candy." After finishing speaking, he took out a silver ingot and handed it over.

Zhou Yingjie made a grimace at him, and said, "Who do you think I am? People from Tiedanzhuang Zhou's family want your stinky money?" Tong Zhaohe became furious, and shouted: "Let's search the village and find out Those three people, including this kid, were arrested and put in prison." Zhou Yingjie said: "You dare to touch a hair on me, you are a hero. My father beat you to pieces with one fist!" Zhang Zhao used his appearance to distinguish color, guessing that this child must know Wen Tailai's hiding place, seeing that Meng Jianxiong, Song Shanpeng and others are old and capable, he could only work on the child.But although the child was young, he was stubborn, and said: "It seems that there are four guests here today, not three, is it?" Zhou Yingjie was not fooled, and said: "I don't know." Zhang Zhao said: "Later We searched out three people, not only your father, but even your child, even your mother will be beheaded!" Zhou Yingjie let out a "bah", raised his eyebrows, and said, "I'm not afraid of you, my father will be afraid of you!" you?"

Tong Zhaohe suddenly caught a glimpse of Zhou Yingjie's left wrist with a string of beads, all crystal clear and round, which belonged to Luo Bing.He is the head of an escort, he has seen a lot of jewelry in his life, but he is a person who knows the goods. In the past two days, when he saw Luo Bing, he could clearly see everything she wore on her body.At this moment, I was overjoyed, and said, "I recognize the string of beads in your hand as that lady's guest, and you still say they didn't come? You must have stolen her." Zhou Yingjie was furious, and said, "How could I Will steal other people's things? Obviously that aunt gave it to me." Tong Zhaohe said with a smile: "Okay, it was given by that aunt. Then where is she?" Zhou Yingjie said: "Why should I tell you?"

Zhang Zhao thought to himself: "This kid is full of air. I think his father flatters people so much that even he is arrogant. Let me shake him up and see what he does." Then he said: "Old boy, Don't talk to the children anymore, he doesn't know anything, and the adults in Tiedan Village will not let the children see. When they tell the three guests to hide in a secret place, they will definitely take the children first Get out." Zhou Yingjie was really annoyed, and said, "Why don't I know?" Seeing that Zhou Yingjie had been duped, Meng Jianxiong was very anxious and said, "Little brother, let's go in and stop playing in the garden." Zhang Zhaozhong seized the opportunity and said, "Children are ignorant, go away and don't get in the way here. You will brag, if you know where the three guests are hiding, you are a little hero, otherwise, you are a little bastard, a little bear." Zhou Yingjie said angrily: "Of course I know. You are the big bastard Big bear." Zhang Zhaozhong said: "I don't think you know, you are a little bear." Zhou Yingjie couldn't bear it anymore, and said loudly: "I know, they are in this garden, in this pavilion!"

Meng Jianxiong was shocked, and shouted: "Junior brother, what are you talking about? Come in!" Zhou Yingjie knew the situation was bad as soon as he said the words, he was so anxious that he almost cried, and rushed in. Zhang Zhaozhong saw that the pavilion was surrounded by red lacquered railings, it was empty, there was nowhere to hide.He jumped up on the railing, looked around the pavilion, but there was no one there, jumped down and muttered for a moment, suddenly had an idea, and smiled at Meng Jianxiong: "Master Meng, I'm not good at martial arts, but I have a few catties of clumsy strength, please teach me, Master Meng." Meng Jianxiong saw that he couldn't break through the trap, so he felt a little relieved, he just said that he couldn't catch anyone and became angry and wanted to fight with himself. Although there were many people on the other side, he couldn't show weakness, and said: "Don't dare, use weapons, fists and feet, you strike down!" Come on Daoer. I’m giving my life to accompany a gentleman.” Zhang Zhaozhong laughed and said, “Everyone is good friends, why bother to use weapons and fists and kicks to hurt peace. I’ll lift up this stone table and invite Master Meng to try it later. Try, I can't lift Master Meng so don't laugh at me." Meng Jianxiong was startled, he was stunned, he couldn't think of a way to stop him, he just said: "No, this... this is not good!"

Seeing that Zhang Zhaozhong suddenly wanted to compete with Meng Jianxiong in strength, Rui Dalin, Cheng Huang and the others were all astonished.I saw him rolling up his sleeves, grabbing the round foot of the stone table with his right hand, and shouting "get up", a stone table weighing about 300 jin was actually held flat with one hand.Everyone cheered in unison and shouted: "Master Zhang is so strong!" Before the cheers were over, they screamed.The stone table was raised, and the iron plate was exposed under the table. Wen Tailai hid in the cellar, and after a while, he could only hear people walking above his head, coming and going, never leaving, but he couldn't hear the words.Just as he was getting annoyed, suddenly there were two squeaks above his head, and then the light was dazzling, and the iron plate covering the cellar had been lifted. Seeing Wen Tailai hiding in the cellar, the officers did not dare to go down immediately to capture him. In order to catch him alive, it was inconvenient to use hidden weapons, so they just stood guard at the cellar entrance, holding weapons and shouting loudly.Wen Tailai said to Luo Bing in a low voice: "We sold it to Tiedanzhuang. Let's be husband and wife, you promise me one thing." Luo Bing said: "Brother, tell me." Wen Tailai said: "What will I ask you to do later? , you must listen to me." Luo Bing nodded with tears in his eyes.Wen Tailai yelled: "Wen Tailai is here, what are you doing?" Everyone was silent for a moment when he yelled.Wen Tailai said: "I have an injury on my leg, put a rope down and hang me up." Zhang Zhaozhong turned to Meng Jianxiong to get the rope, but he disappeared, so he hurriedly ordered Zhuang Ding to fetch the rope.When the rope was obtained, Cheng Huang took it, hung one end into the cellar, and hoisted Wen Tailai up.Wen Tailai landed on the ground with both feet, and pulled hard with his left hand, Cheng Huang let go of the rope.Wen Tailai yelled loudly, like a thunderclap in mid-air, with a flick of his wrist, a rope stood up straight, and when he performed the "reverse taking off the cassock" movement method in the soft whip, the person turned to the right, the rope swept from left to right, and the tiger The tiger makes the wind, overwhelming. There is a saying in martial arts: "Practice long but not short, practice hard but not soft." It also said: "One sword, two spears, three axes, four forks, five hooks, six whips, seven catches, and eight swords." To learn the basic skills of weapons, it only takes one year to learn a knife, but it takes six years to learn a whip. The whip is a hard weapon with a single whip and double whips. The soft whip and flying claw are soft weapons, but they are even more difficult to practice. .Wen Tailai used all his skills to master all skills, he used his strength to use the rope as a soft whip, and swept towards the heads and faces of everyone with great force.Everyone was caught by surprise, unable to resist, and hastily bowed their heads to avoid it.Tong Zhaohe had suffered from Wen Tailai, and saw that he hid behind the crowd when he came up, hiding far away, but the more he stayed behind, the more he suffered.As soon as the person in front lowered his head, he saw that the rope hit him, and he couldn't dodge it. He turned around hastily, and the rope penetrated like an iron rod. The bodyguard Rui Dalin and the master of Hunan Yanjiaquan, Yan Bogan, one with a straight knife and the other with a pair of iron rings, pounced on them from left and right.Yu Yutong tapped his feet twice on the stone steps, jumped forward, waved the golden flute, and fought with the commander-in-chief Cheng Huang.Cheng Huang used the eyebrow-brow stick technique, the stick and the flute were short, but was forced back again and again by Yu Yutong.Luo Bing supported the stone steps with a long knife, and walked up step by step. When she was almost at the top, she saw a burly man standing on his hips at the entrance of the cellar, and she threw the flying knife at him.The man did not evade, waited for the flying knife to shoot in front of him, he stretched out three fingers to hold the handle of the knife, the tip of the knife was no more than an inch away from the tip of his nose.Luo Bing saw that this person was so relaxed, he ignored her throwing knife as nothing, took a deep breath, wielded a pair of knives, and approached her husband. That person was Zhang Zhaozhong, his brows were slightly frowned, he didn't bother to draw his sword to fight with the woman, so he used Luo Bing's sharp blade and five inch flying knife as a dagger, and made three consecutive strikes.Luo Bing's steps are not good, but the two swords in his hands have a family history, and they can still seal the door tightly.Rejected four or five times, Zhang Zhaozhong stretched his left arm forward, attacked the outside of Luo Bing's right arm, swept to the left, blocked her two knives, pushed out with force, Luo Bing lost his footing, and fell into the cellar again. Over there, Wen Tailai was fighting two masters, his wounds were painful, he was unconscious, and he swung the rope to sweep and beat wildly.Yu Yutong used the golden flute but he already gained the upper hand.Zhang Zhao saw that his golden flute contained Rouyun swordsmanship, and the flute's acupressure technique was authentic from his sect, so strange, he was about to go up to ask him, but did he know that Yu Yu used the "White Cloud Canggou" move, waiting for Cheng Huang Dodged to avoid, suddenly plunged into the cellar.It turned out that when he saw Luo Bing fall into the cellar, he didn't know if he was injured, so he jumped in to rescue him. Luo Bing stood up, and Yu Yutong asked: "Are you injured?" Luo Bing said: "It's okay, you go out and help fourth brother." Yu Yutong said: "I'll help you up." Cheng Huang swung the wrought copper stick downwards at the cellar entrance, condescendingly, blocking the two of them.Wen Tailai saw that his beloved wife could not escape, and he could no longer support himself, so he staggered and fell behind Cheng Huang. He immediately put his hand on his waist, and Cheng Huang's body weakened immediately, and Wen Tailai hugged him by the waist, and shouted: "Go down!" The two fell straight into the cellar. Cheng Huang's acupuncture point was hit, and he couldn't move it automatically. After falling into the cellar, Wen Tailai was on top of him, and neither of them could get up.Luo Bing hurriedly supported Wen Tailai.His face was bloodless, sweating profusely, he forced a smile at her, and with a "wow", he spat out a mouthful of blood onto the front of her shirt.Yu Yutong understood Wen Tailai's intention and shouted: "Make way, make way." Zhang Zhao saw again that Yu Yutong's martial arts were the true tradition of the Wudang sect, and also saw that Wen Tailai had been seriously injured.Unexpectedly, in a short time, Cheng Huang fell into the opponent's hands. At this moment, he threw a rat's hand and heard Yu Yu shouting in unison, so he had to wave to the crowd, and stood on both sides to make way for him to come out. The first one to come out of the cellar was Cheng Huang, Luo Bing grabbed his collar and aimed the short knife at his back.The third is Yu Yutong, who supports Luo Bing with his left hand and Wen Tailai with his right hand.Four people dragged their feet up.Luo Bing shouted: "Whoever moves will die." The four of them got out among the swords and guns, and walked slowly to the gate of the back garden.Seeing three horses tied to the willow tree, Luo Bing was overjoyed and thanked heaven secretly.These three horses were exactly what Hu Guodong and others rode when they came to block the back door. Seeing that the criminal was about to escape, Zhang Zhaozhong thought: "I don't care if Cheng Huang's pustules are alive or dead? I've done a great job in arresting Wen Tailai and bringing him back to Beijing." Throw it out.The rope came out with a whistling sound, wrapped around Wen Tailai, pulled his arm back sharply, and pulled Wen Tailai out of Yu Yutong's hand.Luo Bing heard her husband's call, but she was confused because she was concerned, she forgot to kill Cheng Huang, and turned around to save her husband.Her leg was injured, she couldn't take two steps and fell to the ground.Wen Tailai shouted: "Go! Go!" Luo Bing said: "I will die with you." Wen Tailai said angrily: "You promised to listen to me just now..." Before he finished speaking, he was surrounded by Rui Dalin and others up and hold.Yu Yutong flew over, hugged Luo Bing, and rushed out of the garden gate.A catcher came forward to stop him with an iron ruler, Yu Yutong kicked him in the chest with his right foot, causing him to fall five or six steps. Seeing that her husband was arrested, Luo Bing was bewildered and didn't know where he was.Yu Yutong snatched her up to the willow tree, put her on the horseback, and shouted: "Quickly release the flying knives!" At this time, Yan Bogan and two policemen had already chased out of the garden gate, and Luo Bing let out three flying knives in succession, screaming in pain. Among them, a policeman was stabbed in the shoulder.Yan Bogan was just dumbfounded, Yu Yutong had already pulled off the reins of the three horses, mounted one himself, turned the third horse around, faced the gate of the garden, and poked the horse's rump with the golden flute. The horse suffered from pain, and rushed straight towards Yan Bogan and others, blocking the pursuers at the back gate of the garden.In the confusion, Yu Yutong and Luo Bing rode their horses and ran away.Zhang Zhaozhong was overjoyed when he caught Wen Tailai, the main criminal, and no one wanted to chase him any more.
Luo Bing leaned on the horse recklessly, wanted to pull the horse's head back several times, and then went into Tiedan Village, Yu Yutong whipped her horse with a whip, and continued on her way.He went straight for six or seven miles, seeing no one was chasing him, so Yu Yutong stopped riding his mount in a hurry. After another three or four miles, four horses came to meet him. The first person with a white beard fluttering was Tie Dan Zhou Zhongying.When he saw Yu Luo and the two of them, he was very surprised, and shouted: "Your guest, stay a while, I have invited a doctor." Luo Bing hated him so much that he threw a throwing knife at him. Zhou Zhongying was shocked when he saw the flying knife being thrown, he was caught off guard and had no time to parry.The second disciple, An Jiang, who was behind him hurriedly swung his knife to block the attack, the flying knife slanted out, and with a puff, it was inserted into a big willow tree beside the road.Zhou Zhongying was about to ask a question, when Luo Bing opened his mouth to curse: "You are a greedy old thief! You harmed my husband, and I will fight with you, an old thief." forward.Zhou Zhongying scolded her inexplicably.When An Jian saw this woman scolding his master, he couldn't hold back any longer, he swung his sword and stepped forward to meet the enemy, but Zhou Zhongying stopped him with his hand and shouted: "I have something to say." Yu Yutong persuaded: "It's important for us to find a way to save people. First save fourth brother, and then burn Tiedanzhuang." Luo Bing heard that it made sense, turned his horse's head, spit on the ground bitterly, and patted the horse away. Zhou Zhongying travels across the rivers and lakes, treating people with benevolence and righteousness first, the so-called grudges do not want to make more, friends do not want to make fewer friends, black and white, when mentioning the courageous Zhou Zhongying, he always gives a thumbs up and says "yes".Unexpectedly, throwing a throwing knife at this young woman without thinking, followed by a burst of cursing, is really an unprecedented "adventure" in my life.Seeing that Luo Bing was full of resentment and desperate, he knew that there must be something inside, he questioned Zhuang Ding who rushed to the town to seek medical treatment, and only said that Grandma and Master Meng were treating guests well at home, and there was no quarrel. Zhou Zhongying was very puzzled, so he urged his horse to gallop and galloped to Tiedan Village.When Zhuang Ding saw the old owner coming back, he hurried forward to greet him.Zhou Zhongying saw that everyone looked strange, knowing that something happened, he flew into the village and shouted in succession: "Call Jianxiong!" Zhuang Ding replied: "Master Meng saved the eldest grandma and the young master to hide in the back mountain. .” Zhou Zhongying was even more surprised when he heard this.Several Zhuang Ding talked about what happened, saying that the tolerance had just arrested Wen Tailai, and they left the village not long ago, and they wanted to come here without taking the main road, so Zhou Zhongying didn't meet when he came back.Zhuang Ding said: "After the business trip is far away, I have sent people to inform Lord Meng, and I will come back as soon as I want to come." Zhou Zhongying even asked: "The three guests are hiding in the cellar, who leaked the news?" Zhuang Ding looked at each other, but dared not say anything.Zhou Zhongying was furious, and swung his horsewhip at Zhuang Ding on the head and face.An Jiangang saw that his master was really angry, so he didn't dare to go forward to persuade him.Zhou Zhongying whipped a few times, sat in the chair and gasped for breath, two big iron gallbladders rattled and rolled louder.Everyone didn't dare to show their anger, and stood and waited. Zhou Zhongying shouted: "Why are you standing here? Hurry up and urge Jianxiong to come." Before he finished speaking, Meng Jianxiong rushed in from the outside and shouted: "Master is back." Zhou Zhongying jumped up and asked in a hissing voice: " Who leaked the news, you say, you say..." Seeing that Master was so angry that he couldn't speak, Meng Jianxiong was very different from his usual heroic and calm demeanor, so he didn't dare to speak directly, he hesitated and said: "It's the eagle's claw I found it myself." Zhou Zhongying grabbed his collar with his left hand, swung his whip with his right hand, and wanted to hit him in the face, but finally held back forcefully, and said angrily, "Nonsense! My cellar is so secret, how could these thieves find it?" Meng Meng Jianxiong didn't answer, he didn't dare to meet Master's eyes.Grandma Zhou heard that her husband was angry, and brought her son to persuade him. Zhou Zhongying turned his eyes to Song Shanpeng's face, and shouted: "You shouted at the tolerance, and you got scared, so you said it, didn't you?" Song Shanpeng doesn't know martial arts, he is timid and afraid of getting into trouble, probably because he couldn't stand the coercion of Tolerance and revealed the truth.Seeing the power of the old owner, Song Shanpeng felt as if he was about to hit him with a single palm, he couldn't help being frightened, and said: "No...it's not what I said, it's...it's what the little...young master said." Zhou Zhongying's heart skipped a beat, and he said to his son, "Come here." Zhou Yingjie timidly walked up to his father.Zhou Zhongying said: "Those three guests were hiding in the cellar in the garden, did you tell the tolerance?" Zhou Yingjie never dared to lie in front of his father, but he did not dare to admit it directly.Zhou Zhongying waved his whip and shouted, "Are you going to tell me?" Zhou Yingjie was so frightened that he wanted to cry but didn't dare to cry, he only looked at his mother.Grandma Zhou approached and persuaded: "Don't be angry, old man. Even if your daughter makes you angry, this little son is at home obediently. Why are you scaring him so aggressively?" Zhou Zhongying ignored her and whipped the whip He flicked in the air and shouted, "If you don't tell me, I'll kill you, you little bastard." Grandma Zhou said, "The old man is getting worse and worse. You gave birth to your own son. How can you call him a little bastard?" ?" Meng Jianxiong and others thought it was funny, but no one dared to laugh.Zhou Zhongying pushed his wife on the arm and said, "Don't talk here!" Meng Jianxiong saw that he couldn't hide it, so he said: "Master, that bastard Zhang Zhaozhong is so cunning, he repeatedly provoked each other with words, saying that if the younger brother doesn't speak out, he will be a little... little bastard, little bear." Zhou Zhongying knew his son's temper, his age Xiao Xiao loves to be a hero, and he shouted: "Little bastard, you said you want to be a hero, didn't you?" Zhou Yingjie's face was completely pale, and he said in a low voice: "Yes, Daddy! I'm not a jerk..." Zhou Zhongying couldn't restrain his anger, and shouted: "Is this what a hero does?" In a rage, he swung his right hand sharply, and threw two iron gallbladders towards the opposite wall.Unexpectedly, Zhou Yingjie rushed forward at this moment, and was about to throw himself into his father's arms to beg for mercy, when his head hit an iron gallbladder.When Zhou Zhongying threw the iron gall, all his anger was vented in this throw. The force was so strong that there were two bangs, one iron gall was embedded in the opposite wall, and the other bounced back, hitting Zhou Yingjie's head, blood was everywhere splash. Zhou Zhongying was shocked, and rushed to hug her son.Zhou Yingjie said: "Father, I...I don't dare to do it anymore, please...you...don't hit me..." Before he finished speaking, he died, and everyone in the hall was stunned for a moment . Grandma Zhou picked up her son, and shouted, "Baby! Baby!" Seeing that he was out of breath, she stayed there for a while, then rushed towards Zhou Zhongying like a mad tiger, crying, "Why...why did you kill the boy?" Zhou Zhongying shook her head, took two steps back, and said, "I...I'm not..." Grandma Zhou put down her son's body, pulled out a single knife from An Jiangang's waist, stepped forward, and swung the knife at her husband's head.At this moment, Zhou Zhongying was disheartened and didn't want to hide. She closed her eyes and said, "Everyone is dead." When Grandma Zhou saw him like this, her hands softened, she threw the knife to the ground, and ran out crying.
Luo Bing and Yu Yu were afraid of encountering someone from the Gongmen, so they chose to run along remote paths, and within a few miles it was completely dark.The land outside the Great Wall is desolate, where can I find a place to stay, not even a single farmhouse.Fortunately, both of them had been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, so they didn't care, and stopped by a big rock. Yu Yu let the horses graze together, took Luo Bing's long knife to cut some grass, spread it on the ground, and said: "There is a bed, but there is no dry food and water, so I have to wait until tomorrow to think about it." Bing hung all her heart on her husband, and there were delicacies in front of her, and she couldn't eat it, so she kept crying.Yu Yutong couldn't help consoling him, saying that Uncle Lu would arrive in Anxi the day after tomorrow, and the heroes of the Red Flower Society would definitely come to help, and they would definitely catch up with Sun Yingclaw and rescue the fourth brother. Luo Bing ran around and fought hard all day, exhausted physically and mentally. After listening to Yu Yutong's persuasion, he felt a little relieved, and soon fell into a deep sleep.It seemed that he met her husband in his sleep, he held her gently in his arms, and kissed her lightly on the mouth.Luo Bing was elated, let her husband hold her softly, and said: "I miss you so much, are your injuries all healed?" Wen Tailai mumbled a few words, and hugged her even tighter. , Kiss hotter.When Luo Bing was in a state of mind, he was startled suddenly and woke up. Under the starlight, he saw that the person holding her was not her husband, but Yu Yutong. This shock was not trivial, and he struggled hard. Yu Yutong still hugged her tightly, and said in a low voice: "I miss you so much too!" Luo Bing was ashamed and angry, and slapped him hard on the face with his backhand.Yu Yu stayed together.Luo Bing punched him in the chest again, broke free from his embrace, and rolled to the side.He stretched out his hand and drew out the two knives, but they were empty, Yu Yutong had already untied them, he was surprised again, he hurriedly fumbled for the flying knives in his bag, fortunately there were still two left, he grabbed the tip of the knives and shouted sharply: " How are you doing?" Yu Yutong tremblingly said: "Fourth sister-in-law, listen to me..." Luo Bing said angrily, "Who is your fourth sister-in-law? What are the four major commandments of our Red Flower Society? Tell me." Yu Yutong lowered his head , dare not make a sound.Although Luo Bing usually smiles and talks sweetly, but behaves according to the rules, how can he be so frivolous, and asked loudly: "What is the ancestor of Honghua's name?" Yu Yutong could only answer: "The ancestor of Honghua's surname is Zhu. Come down to earth." Luo Bing asked again: "What do you brothers respect?" Yu Yu said: "One is to respect Liu Guanzhang, who is a righteous man in Taoyuan, the other is to Zhong Erlang from Wagang Village, and the third is to respect the one hundred and eight generals of Shuibo Liangshan. "The question and answer between the two is a big cut-off point of the Red Flower Society. When opening a hall, taking oaths to set off, or executing punishments, the person with the highest ranking in the local area will ask questions, and the lower-level members of the congregation must answer respectfully.Luo Bing was ranked higher than Yu Yutong in the meeting, and when she asked such a big cut in the meeting, Yu Yutong felt chills in his heart, but he dared not answer. Luo Bing asked solemnly: "Which four classes of people will the red flower save?" Comrade Yu Yu said: "First save benevolent and righteous people, second save filial sons and grandsons, third save chaste women and virgins, fourth save suffering people." Luo Bing asked: "Red Which four classes did Huahui kill?" Yu Yu said, "First kill Tartars and slaves, second kill corrupt officials, third kill local tyrants and bullies, and fourth kill gangsters." Luo Bingxiu frowned and shouted: " What are the four major commandments of the Red Flower Society?" Yu Yutong said in a low voice: "Those who surrender to the Qing government will be killed, those who commit treason will be killed, those who betray their friends will be killed, and those who prostitute their wives and daughters will be killed." Luo Bing said: "If you have the kindness, hurry up I have made three knives and six holes, and I will take you to ask the young helmsman to go. If you have nothing to do, run away, and see if Sorrow Twelve Lang can find you." According to the rules and regulations of the Red Flower Society, if a brother in the society committed a serious crime, if he was confused for a while and later sincerely repented, he could use a sharp knife to stab his thigh three times in a row before opening the incense hall to enforce the law. However, if the crime is really serious, it cannot be forgiven.Shi Shuangying is the twelfth seat in the meeting, in charge of the punishment hall, with a stern face and a ruthless heart. Anyone who violates the rules will flee to the ends of the earth, and he will send someone to arrest and execute them. When it comes to ghosts, there is nothing but horror. At that moment, Comrade Yu Yu said: "I beg you to kill me, I will die in your hands, and I am willing to die." Luo Bing still couldn't understand his words, and his anger became even hotter. wrist, and was about to shoot.Yu Yutong tremblingly said: "You don't know at all how much I have suffered for you in the past five or six years. I saw you for the first time in the Taihu General Fragrance Hall, and my heart...is...not my own It's gone." Luo Bing said angrily: "At that time, I already belonged to the fourth brother! Don't you know?" Yu Yu said: "I... I know I can't control myself, so I dare not see you more. In the meeting If there is any matter, I always ask the chief helmsman to send me to do it. Others only say that I have worked hard and treat them as my good brother. I don’t know that I want to avoid you. I am running around outside, and I don’t want to think about it at any time. How many times do you do it?" He rolled up his sleeves, exposed his left arm, took two steps, and said, "I hate myself, call my heart like a beast. Every time I hate myself, I stab here with a dagger. Look!" Under the hazy starlight, Luo Binguo saw that his arms were mottled and covered with scars, and couldn't help feeling soft-hearted. Yu Yutong said again: "I often think, why can't God tell me to meet you when you were not married? I am about the same age as you, but fourth brother and you are quite different in age." Luo Bingben felt sorry for him, but when he heard his last two words, he became angry again, and said, "So what's the big difference in age? Fourth brother is a benevolent and righteous hero, how can you be like you..." She took the curse words Resisting it, with a "hum", he limped to the side of the horse and struggled to get on the horse.Yu Yutong went to help each other, Luo Bing shouted: "Go away!" and mounted the horse by himself.Yu Yu said: "Where is Sisao going?" Luo Bing said: "You don't have to worry about it. Fourth brother was caught by Eagle Claw Sun. I can't live anyway. Give me back the knife." Yu Yutong lowered his head and handed the mandarin duck knife Pass.Luo Bing took it over, saw him standing there, at a loss, and suddenly felt unbearable, and said: "As long as you contribute to the meeting in the future and don't be rude to me, I will never mention tonight's matter to anyone. From now on I will I will pay attention to you, and I will help you find a good girl who is both talented and beautiful." After saying that, he gave a "chi" smile and walked away flattered. Her laughing temper never changed.This made Yu Yutong suffer again.But seeing her smile before going, gentle and charming, really ecstasy, distracted, shaking a few times, fell to the ground.Seeing her back disappearing into the darkness, her heart was in a state of turmoil, she felt sorry for herself for a while, hated good luck and misleading others, her fate was extremely bad, and then regretted and blamed herself for a while. If it wasn't enough, he suddenly bumped his head against the tree again and again, hugged the tree and yelled wildly.
Luo Bing rode out of Lixu, looked up at the Big Dipper in the sky, and discerned the direction.Xiangxi is going to join the Honghuahui brothers and work together to save people, while Xiangdong is secretly following the arrested husband and taking the opportunity to rescue him.Knowing that I was injured, I was alone, and it was absolutely impossible to save others, but when I thought that my husband was going east step by step, how could I go west instead?Feeling sad, he let his horse walk for seven or eight miles, seeing that he was far away from Yu Yutong, he didn't dare to disturb him again, so he got off the horse, tied it up, and fell asleep in a bush . When she was young, she followed her father, and later her husband. Both of them were strong in martial arts, and they took good care of her in every way. Therefore, she has always had the upper hand and never suffered any grievances when she was young.Later, she joined the Red Flower Society, which has a large number of people, and she is very popular. In the past twenty-two years, she can be said to be a "proud girl of the rivers and lakes".This time it was hard for her, her husband was arrested, she was injured, and in the end Yu Yutong was entangled like this, angry and bitter, she cried for a while, and fell into a deep sleep.In the middle of the night, he suddenly felt hot on his body, and he yelled in a daze, "Water, I want to drink water." But no one paid attention to him? The next day, the condition got worse, and I tried to struggle to get up, but when I sat up, I got a splitting headache, so I had to fall back to sleep.Seeing the sun shining overhead and setting in the west again, I was thirsty and hungry, but I just couldn't get on the horse.I thought: "It doesn't matter if I die here, I will never see my eldest brother again in this life." My eyes darkened and I passed out. I don't know how long I fell asleep, but I heard someone say: "Okay, wake up!" Slowly opened his eyes, and saw a girl with big eyes standing in front of him.The young girl's complexion was slightly dark, her eyes were big and her mouth was small, she was pretty, she was eighteen or nineteen years old, she was very happy to see her wake up, and said to the maid next to her, "Quickly take millet porridge and give it to this grandma." As soon as Luo Bing concentrated his attention, he realized that he was sleeping in the bed on the kang, the room was elegantly furnished, and it was a wealthy family.Recalling the situation before the coma, I knew that someone had saved me, so I was very grateful and said, "May I ask your surname Gao?" The girl said, "My surname is Zhou. You can sleep for a while, and we will talk about it later." Watching her drink a drink Bowl of porridge, and gently backed out, Luo Bing closed his eyes and fell asleep again. When he woke up again, the light was already on in the room, and a woman's voice outside the door shouted: "These guys are so bullying, and they came to Tiedan Village to act arrogantly, the old man can bear it, I have to teach them a lesson." Luo Bing was startled when he heard the word "Tiedanzhuang", did he go to Tiedanzhuang again?I saw two people walking into the room, it was the girl and the maid.The girl walked to the kang and opened the curtain.Luo Bing closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep, the girl turned around and took the knife from the wall.When Luo Bing saw that he had placed the mandarin knife on the table, he was prepared. When the girl turned around and struck at her, he lifted the quilt to cover her head, and then took the mandarin knife to grab the way out.I just listened to the girl's persuasion: "Miss, you can't cause trouble again, the old man is very upset, don't make him angry anymore!" Luo Bing guessed that this girl is probably Zhou Zhongying's daughter. This girl is Zhou Qi, the eldest lady of Tiedanzhuang.She has a bold personality, is quite like a father, likes to meddle in other affairs, and loves to fight injustices, and because of her pretty appearance, people in the northwest martial arts gave her the nickname "Qiao Li Kui".She hurt someone that day, and she was afraid of her father scolding her, so she didn't dare to go home that day, so she stayed out all night, expecting her father to calm down, so she came home.On the way, when Luo Bing passed out, he rescued her and turned around.Knowing that my brother was beaten to death by my father and my mother ran away, I was deeply hurt. Zhou Qi took off the steel knife and said loudly: "Huh, I don't care." She grabbed the knife and the maid followed.After sleeping for two days, Luo Bing regained his energy and the fever subsided. He packed up his clothes, put on his shoes, took out a pair of knives, and quietly left the room. It's another conspiracy." Now that I am in a dangerous place, my leg injury has not yet healed, so I dare not be careless in the slightest.She came here once, vaguely remembering the doorway, and wanted to sneak into the garden and go out through the back door.Walking through an aisle, I heard voices from outside, and two people were talking.After waiting for a while, the two didn't seem to leave, so they had to turn back again.I dodged past and entered the house twice, but fortunately no one came across it in the dark.绕过回廊，见大厅中灯火辉煌，有人大声说话，口音听来有点熟悉。凑眼到门缝中一张，见周仲英正陪着两人在说话，一个似乎见过，一时想不起来，另一个却正是调戏过她、后来又随同公差来捉拿她丈夫的童兆和。眼见仇人，想到丈夫惨遇，哪里还顾得自己死活，左掌推开厅门，一柄飞刀疾向童兆和掷去。
周仲英失手打死独子，妻子伤心出走。周大奶奶本是拳师之女，武功平平，她娘家早已无人，不知她投奔何方。周仲英妻离子死，伤心之极，在家中闷闷不乐地耽了两日。 这日向晚时分，庄丁来报有两人来见。周仲英命孟健雄去接见，孟健雄一看，竟是罪魁祸首的童兆和，另一个是郑王府的武术总教头万庆澜，前天来铁胆庄捕人，也有此人在内。孟健雄心下惊疑，料知必无好事。这两人一定要见周仲英。孟健雄道：“老庄主身子不适，两位有什么事，由在下转达，也是一样。”童兆和嘿嘿冷笑，说道：“我们这次来是一番好意，周庄主见不见由他。铁胆庄眼下就是灭门大祸，还搭什么架子？” 孟健雄自文泰来被捕，一直便在担心，唯恐铁胆庄给牵连在内，听他这么说，只得进去禀告。周仲英手里弄着铁胆，呛啷啷、呛啷啷地直响，怒气勃勃地出来，说道：“铁胆庄怎么有灭门之祸啊？老夫倒要请教。” 万庆澜从怀里摸出一张纸来，铺在桌上，说道：“周老英雄请看。”两手按住那张纸的天地头，似怕给周仲英夺去。周仲英凑近看时，原来是武当派绵里针陆菲青写给他的一封信，托他照应红花会中事急来投的朋友。 这信文泰来放在身边，一直没能交给周仲英，被捕后给搜了出来。陆菲青犯上作乱，名头极大，乃是久捕不得的要犯，竟和铁胆庄勾结来往。瑞大林等一商量，均觉如去报告上官，未必能捉到陆菲青，反在自己肩头加了一副重担，不如去狠狠敲周仲英一笔，大家分了，落得实惠。何况铁胆庄窝藏钦犯，本已脱不了干系，还怕他不乖乖拿银子出来？张召重和陆菲青是师兄弟，虽早已绝交，但同门向来情深，又知他厉害，不敢造次。待听瑞大林等商量着要去敲诈周仲英，觉得未免人品低下，非英雄好汉之所为，但官场之中，不便阻人财路，只得由他们胡来，决心自己不分润一文，没的坏了“火手判官”的名头。成璜、瑞大林等都是有功名之人，不便公然出面，于是派了万庆澜和童兆和二人前来伸手要钱。 周仲英见了这信，心下也暗暗吃惊，问道：“两位有何见教？”万庆澜道：“我们久慕周老英雄的英名，人人打从心底里佩服出来，都知周老英雄仗义疏财，爱交朋友，银钱瞧得极轻，朋友瞧得极重。为了交朋友，十万八万银子花出去，不皱半点眉头。这封信要是给官府见到了，周老英雄你当然知道后患无穷。众兄弟拿到这信，都说大家拼着脑袋不要，也要结交周老英雄这位朋友，决定把这信毁了，大家以后只字不提铁胆庄窝藏钦犯文泰来、结交叛匪陆菲青之事，再担个天大的干系，不向上官禀报。”周仲英道：“那是多多承情。” 万庆澜不着边际地说了一些闲话，终于显得万分委屈，说道：“只是众兄弟这趟出京，路上花用开销，手使得松了，负了一身债，想请周老英雄念在武林一脉，伸手帮大家一个忙，我们感激不尽。”周仲英眉头一皱，“哼”了一声。 万庆澜道：“这些债务数目其实也不大，几十个人加起来，也不过六七万两银子。周老英雄家财百万，金银满屋，良田千顷，骡马成群，乃是河西首富，这点点小数目，也不在你老心上。常言道得好：'消财挡灾'，有道是'小财不出，大财不来'。” 周仲英为公差到铁胆庄拿人，全不将自己瞧在眼里，本已恼怒异常；又觉江湖同道急难来奔，自己未加庇护，心感惭愧，实在对不起朋友；而爱子为此送命，又何尝不是因这些公差而起？这两天本在盘算如何相救文泰来，去找公差的晦气，只是妻离子亡，心神大乱，一时拿不定主意。偏生这些公差又来滋扰，居然开口勒索，当真是“怒从心上起，恶向胆边生”，冷冷地道：“在下虽然薄有家产，生平却只用来结交讲义气、有骨气的好汉子。”他不但一口拒绝，还把对方一干人全都骂了。 童兆和笑道：“我们是小人，那不错。小人成事不足，败事有余，这一点老英雄也总明白。要我们起这么一座大的庄子，那是甘拜下风，没这个本事，不过要是将它毁掉嘛……”话未说完，一人闯进厅来，厉声道：“姑娘倒要看你怎生把铁胆庄毁了。”正是周绮。 周仲英向女儿使个眼色，走到厅外，周绮跟了出来。周仲英低声道：“去跟健雄、健刚说，万万不能放这两个鹰爪孙出庄。”周绮喜道：“好极了，我在外边越听越有气。” 周仲英回到厅上。万庆澜道：“周老英雄既不赏脸，我们就此告辞。”说着把陆菲青那信随手撕了。 周仲英一愣，这一着倒大出乎他意料之外。万庆澜道：“这是那封信的副本，把它撕了，免得给人瞧见不便。信的真本在火手判官张大人身边。”这句话是向周仲英示意：就是把我们两人杀了，也已毁不了铁证如山。 周仲英怒目瞪视，心道：“你要姓周的出钱买命，可把我瞧得忒也小了。”便在此时，骆冰在门外一飞刀向童兆和掷了过去。周仲英没看清来人是谁，虽然痛恨童兆和，可也不能让他就此丧命，不及细想，救人要紧，手中铁胆抛出，向飞刀砸去，当的一声，飞刀与铁胆同时落地。 骆冰见周仲英出手救她仇人，骂道：“好哇，你们果是一伙！你这老贼害我丈夫，连我也一起杀了吧。”一拐一拐地走进厅来，举起鸳鸯双刀向周仲英当头直砍。 周仲英手中没兵刃，举起椅子一架，说道：“把话说清楚，且慢动手。”骆冰存心拼命，哪去听他分辩，双刀全是进手招数。周仲英心知红花会误以为自己出卖文泰来，只有设法解释，决不愿再出手伤人，是以一味倒退，并不还手。骆冰长刀短刀，刀刀向他要害攻去，眼见他已退到墙边，无可再退，忽听背后金刃劈风之声，知道有人偷袭，忙伏身闪避，呼的一声，一柄单刀掠过脑后，挟着疾风直劈过去。骆冰左手长刀横截敌人中路，待对方退出一步，这才转身，只见周绮横刀而立，满脸怒容。 周绮戟指怒道：“你这女人这等不识好歹！我好心救你转来，你干吗砍我爹爹？”骆冰道：“你铁胆庄假仁假义，害我丈夫。你走开些，我不来难为你。”回身向周仲英又是一刀。周仲英举椅子一挡，骆冰收回长刀，以免砍在椅上，随手“抽撤连环”，三招急下。周仲英左躲右闪，连叫：“住手，住手！”周绮大怒，挡在周仲英面前，挺刀和骆冰狠斗起来。 说到武艺与阅历，骆冰均远在周绮之上，只是她肩头和腿上都受了伤，兼之气恼忧急，正是武家大忌，两人对拆七八招后，骆冰渐处下风。周仲英连叫：“住手！”却哪里劝得住？万庆澜和童兆和在一旁指指点点，袖手观斗。 周仲英见女儿不听话，焦躁起来，举起椅子正要把狠命厮拼的两人隔开，忽听背后一声哇哇怪叫，一团黑影直扑进来。 那人矮着身躯，手舞一根短柄狼牙棒，棒端尖牙精光闪闪，直上直下向周绮打去，势如疯虎，猛不可当。周绮吓了一跳，单刀“神龙抖甲”，反砍来人肩背。那人挥棒硬接硬架，当的一声，火光交迸，剧震之下，周绮手背发麻，单刀险些脱手，接连纵出两步，烛光下但见那人是个模样丑怪的驼子。这驼子并不追击，反身去看骆冰。 骆冰乍见亲人，说不出的又是高兴又是伤心，只叫得一声：“十哥！”忍不住两行热泪流了下来。章进问道：“四哥呢？”骆冰指着周仲英、万庆澜、童兆和三人叫道：“四哥叫他们害了，十哥你给我报仇。” 章进一听得文泰来被人害了，也不知是如何害法，大叫：“四哥，四哥，我给你报仇！”手挥狼牙棒，着地向周仲英下盘卷去。周仲英纵身跳上桌子，喝道：“且慢动手！”章进悲愤填膺，不由分说，挥棒又向他腿上打去。周仲英双臂一振，蹿起数尺，斜身落地。章进一棒打在檀木桌边，棒上尖刺深入桌中，急切间拔不出来。 这时孟健雄和安健刚得讯，赶进厅来。安健刚把周仲英的金背大刀递给师父。周绮见骆冰和这驼子到本庄来无理取闹，招招向爹爹狠打，哪里还按捺得住？叫道：“孟大哥、安二哥，协力上啊！什么地方钻出来这些蛮横东西，到铁胆庄来撒野。”孟安二人不知章进的来由，进厅时见他挥棒向师父狠打，自是敌人无疑，当下三人三柄刀齐向章进攻去。章进挥棒抵住，大叫：“七哥你快来护住四嫂，你再不来，我可要骂你祖宗啦！” 章进和武诸葛徐天宏得知文泰来夫妇遭厄，首先赴难，日夜不停地赶来铁胆庄，到达时天已全黑。依徐天宏说，要备了名帖，以晚辈之礼先向周仲英拜见，章进话也不说，纵身就跳进庄去。徐天宏怕他闯祸，只得跟进。他慢了一步，章进已和周仲英、周绮、孟健雄、安健刚四人交上了手。 徐天宏听得章进呼喝，忙奔进厅去，抢到骆冰身边。这时骆冰喘过了气，手抡双刀又向周仲英杀去，忽见徐天宏进来，心中一喜，知他足智多谋，此人一到，自己这面决不会吃亏。指着童兆和与万庆澜两人道：“他们害了我四哥……”徐天宏生性谨慎持重，但听得情同手足的四哥被害，也自方寸大乱，手持钢刀单拐，纵到童兆和跟前。 童万二人本想隔山观虎斗，让红花会和铁胆庄的人厮拼，红花会人少，势必落败，那时再伸手捉拿几人回去，倒是一件功劳。童兆和一双色迷迷的眼睛正瞪着骆冰，忽见徐天宏飞纵过来，钢刀砍到，忙举刀架住。万庆澜心道：“镇远镖局名气挺大，倒要见识见识你们镖头的玩意儿。”徐天宏身材矮小，外形跟童兆和倒是一对，但武艺精熟，只三个照面，已把对方逼得连连倒退。他左手铁拐往外一挂，“盘肘刺扎”，右手刀向童兆和扎去，童兆和忙向左避开，留心了上面没防到下面，被徐天宏一个扫堂腿，扑地倒了。徐天宏铁拐往下便砸，堪堪砸到，骤觉背后劲风扑到，不及转身，左足在童兆和胸前一点，翻身和万庆澜一对镔铁点钢穿打在一起。童兆和哇哇大叫，一时站不起身。 万庆澜在这对镔铁穿上下过二十年苦功，凭手中真实功夫，在北京连败十多名武术好手，才做到郑王府的总教头。郑亲王为了提拔他，让他跟张召重出来立一点功，就可保举他做官。这时他和徐天宏一个力大，一个招熟，对拆十余招难分胜负。万庆澜心中焦躁，暗想这般貌不惊人的一个人尚且打不赢，岂不让童兆和笑话，举镔铁穿猛向徐天宏胸前扎去。徐天宏铁拐封挡，右手刀迎面劈出。万庆澜撤回镔铁穿，“孔雀开屏”，横挡直扎。徐天宏单拐往外砸碰，挡开铁穿。万庆澜右手铁穿却已“霸王卸甲”，直劈下来。徐天宏急忙缩头，铁穿在左脸擦过，差不盈寸，甚是凶险。徐天宏见对方武功了得，起了敌忾之心，他身材矮小，专攻敌人下盘，单刀铁拐左右合抱，砍砸敌人双腿。万庆澜双穿在两腿外一立，哪知徐天宏这一招乃是虚招，单刀继续砍出，铁拐却中途变招，疾翻而上，直点到敌入门面。万庆澜无法挽救，急以“铁板桥”后仰，虽然躲开了这一拐，却已吓出一身冷汗，再拆数招，渐感不敌，不由得心生惧意。 那边章进以一敌三，越斗越猛。孟健雄叫道：“健刚，快去守住庄门，别再让人进来。”章进的狼牙棒极是沉重，舞开来势如疾风，安健刚一时缓不出手脚。周绮叫道：“安二哥快去，这驼子我来对付。”章进听周绮叫他驼子，那是他生平最忌之事，怒火更炽，大吼大叫。周绮和孟健雄两人合力抵住，安健刚奔出厅去。 周仲英高叫：“大家住手，听老夫一句话。”孟健雄和周绮立即退后数步。徐天宏也退了一步，叫道：“十弟住手，且听他说。”章进全不理会，抢上再打。徐天宏正要上前阻止，哪知万庆澜突在背后挥穿打落，徐天宏没有防备，身子急缩，已给打中肩头，又痛又怒，一个踉跄，叫道：“好哇，铁胆庄真是诡计多端。”他可不知万庆澜不是铁胆庄中人。 他本来冷静持重，但突遭暗算，愤怒异常，左肩受伤，铁拐已不能使，挺单刀又和万庆澜狠斗。施展“五虎断门刀”刀法，仍是着着进攻，只是少了铁拐借势，单刀稍稍嫌轻，使来不大顺手，已不能再占上风。 童兆和站得远远的，指着骆冰，口中不清不楚、有一搭没一搭地胡说。骆冰手中只余一柄飞刀，不肯轻易用掉，挺刀追去。童兆和仗着腿脚灵便，在大厅中绕着桌椅乱转，说道：“别这么凶，你丈夫早死啦，不如乖乖地改嫁你童大爷。”骆冰关心则乱，听了童兆和这句话，只道文泰来真的已死，眼前一黑，昏了过去。童兆和见她跌倒，奔将过来。 周仲英一见，气往上冲，举起金背大刀，也朝骆冰奔去。他本是要阻止童兆和对她无礼，哪知误会上又加误会，只听门外一人大喝：“你敢伤我四嫂，我跟你把命拼了！”一人手执双钩，上下两路，一奔咽喉，一奔前阴，势挟劲风，直向周仲英扑到。周仲英见此人面目英俊，身手矫捷，心中先存好感，举刀轻挡，退后一步，说道：“尊驾是谁，先通姓名。” 那人不答，俯身看骆冰时，见她脸如白纸，气若游丝，忙将她扶起坐在椅上，捡起地下鸳鸯双刀，放在她身边。 周仲英见众人越打越紧，无法劝解，很是不快。忽听外面有人喊声如雷，又听得铁器相撞，发声沉重，不一会儿，安健刚败了进来。一人紧接着追入。那人又肥又高，手执钢鞭，鞭身甚是粗重，看模样少说也有三十来斤，安健刚不敢以单刀去碰撞。章进叫道：“八哥九哥，今日不杀光铁胆庄的人，咱们不能算完。”那胖子是红花会排名第八的“铁塔”杨成协。面目英俊的是排行第九的“九命锦豹子”卫春华，凡逢江湖上凶殴争斗、对抗官兵之时，卫春华总是不顾性命地勇往直前，一生所遇凶险不计其数，却连重伤也未受过一次，是以说他有九条性命。 他二人是红花会赴援的第二拨，到得铁胆庄时已近午夜，只见庄门口火把通明，众庄丁手执兵器，如临大敌。卫春华上前叫道：“红花会姓杨的、姓卫的前来拜见铁胆庄周老英雄，请弟兄们辛苦通报。”安健刚一听是红花会人马，里面正打得热闹，怎能再放他们进来，喝道：“放箭！”二十几名庄丁弯弓搭箭，一排箭射了过去。卫春华和杨成协大怒，挥动兵刃拨箭。卫春华哪顾前面是刀山箭林，一阵风地冲将过来。众庄丁见这人凶悍无比，都软了手脚，来不及关闭庄门，已被他直闯进去。 杨成协跟着进来，安健刚挥刀拦住。杨成协身材高大，气度威猛，钢鞭打出，虎虎生风。安健刚不敢硬架，使开刀法，一味腾挪闪避，找到空当，倏地一刀砍将过来。杨成协钢鞭“横扫千军”，用力格开，当的一声，刀鞭相交，安健刚虎口震裂，单刀脱手飞出。杨成协不愿伤他性命，待他退走，便即举鞭打破二门，大踏步进来，他不识庄中道路，黑暗之中听声寻路。安健刚找了一把刀，翻身又来拦截，这次加倍小心，但对拆数招，又被杨成协钢鞭打上刀背，单刀弯成了曲尺。安健刚挥舞曲刀护身，退入大厅。杨成协举鞭迎头击去，安健刚急忙缩身，随手掀起桌子一挡，桌子一角登时落地，木屑四溅。周仲英心下惊佩：“怪不得红花会声势偌大，会里人物果然武艺惊人。”眼见安健刚满头大汗，再拆数招，难免命丧鞭下，纵声高叫：“红花会的英雄们，听老夫说句话。” 这时卫春华已将徐天宏替下，正和万庆澜猛斗，他和杨成协听得周仲英叫喊，手势稍缓。徐天宏大叫：“留神，别上当。”话声未毕，万庆澜果然举穿向卫春华扎去。他唯恐铁胆庄和红花会联成一气，因此不容他们有说和机会。卫春华听得徐天宏叫声，已有防备，眼见敌刃攻到，竟是悍然不退，反手出钩，以攻对攻。万庆澜见他如此不顾性命地狠打，吓了一跳，忙收钢穿招架。 徐天宏戟指大骂：“江湖上说你铁胆周是大仁大义的好朋友，当真是浪得虚名，原来这般阴险毒辣。你暗施诡计，算得是什么英雄好汉？” 周仲英明知他误会，但也不由得恼怒，叫道：“你红花会也算欺人太甚。”一捋长袍，叫道：“健刚退下，让我来斗斗这些成名的英雄豪杰。”安健刚退后数步，周仲英上前说道：“几位朋友，尊姓大名？”杨成协见他白须飘动，不敢轻慢，抱拳说道：“在下铁塔杨成协。”这时骆冰已然醒转，叫道：“八哥你还客气什么？这老匹夫把四哥害死了。” 此言一出，徐、杨、卫、章四人全都又惊又悲。卫春华撇下万庆澜，反身扑到周仲英面前，双钩如风，直扑到他怀里。周仲英大刀挺立，内力鼓荡，将双钩反弹出去。卫春华胸口气促，知道对方武功厉害，但他是出名的不怕死，亳不退缩，又攻了过去。 那边章进双战孟健雄和周绮，早已打得难解难分。安健刚呼呼喘气，举袖拭了额头上汗水，挺刀上前助战。杨成协挥钢鞭敌住万庆澜。 徐天宏察看厅内恶斗情况，章进以一敌三，虽感吃力，并未见败，那边卫春华却招架不住了。周仲英好几次刀下留情，但对方毫不退缩，心想你这年轻人真是不识好歹，将他左手钩震得直荡开去。徐天宏见周仲英刀法精奇，功力深湛，数招之后，卫春华已非其敌，忙挺单刀过去助战，以二敌一，兀自抵挡不住。周仲英年纪虽老，金背大刀使开来白光黄光闪舞，招数一刀