Chapter 5 The fifth round of the Wushao Ridge Pass, meet ghosts and heroes at the Chitao Ferry and strangle the officers and soldiers

Holding the dagger in his hand, Chen Jialuo was dazed in a daze, watching Huo Qingtong catch up to the return team, and gradually disappear in the distance where the desert meets the blue sky, his heart was shaken, and he was about to ask Lu Feiqing, when a thought suddenly came to his mind Lai: "Han Hui do not intermarry, they come with very strict religious rules, Miss Huo Qingtong treats me well, but unless I convert to Islam and become their clansman, I will cause more love, and there will be no result in the end, and I will mislead others in vain Just looking for troubles." "I don't really believe in the true God of Islam. If I pretend to believe in it for the sake of Miss Huo Qingtong, it would be dishonest and not an act of a gentleman. Wouldn't it be despised and ridiculed by others?" While in a daze, suddenly Seeing a rider in front of him running like a swipe of smoke, getting faster and faster as he got in front of him, but Xinyan came back.

Seeing Chen Jialuo, Xinyan got off the horse from a distance, led the horse to the front, and happily said: "Master, Master Zhang Shi will come later, we have caught someone." Chen Jialuo asked: "Who did you catch?" Xinyan said: "I rode a white horse to the ruined temple, Zhang Shiye was talking to a person, and that person wanted to come, Shiye told him to wait a while. The two were As soon as the man saw the horse I was riding, he yelled at me as a group of horse thieves, and he raised his knife and slashed at me. Me and Master Shi did it for him. That man is very good at martial arts, but he has no weapons I don't know where I stole a hatchet, of course it's not easy to use. After more than 20 rounds, Master Shi smashed his hatchet with a mace. That man is really good at fighting with us two , Later I picked up stones in the ground and kept throwing him. He dodged the stones and accidentally got hit by Master Shi on the leg, so we caught him." Chen Jialuo smiled and asked: "That man called What's your name? What do you do?" Xin Yan said: "We asked him, but he refused to tell. But Master Shi said that he is from the Han family in Luoyang, and he uses the iron pipa player."

Soon Zhang Jin also arrived, got off his horse and saluted Chen Jialuo, and casually lifted the man from the saddle, who was bound hand and foot, standing proudly, with a very haughty expression. Chen Jialuo asked: "Your Excellency is from the Han family in Luoyang? What is your name?" The man raised his head and did not answer.Chen Jialuo said: "Xin Yan, you untie this master." Xin Yan pulled out the knife, cut off the rope binding his hands and feet, and stood behind him with the knife raised, preventing him from making any changes.Chen Jialuo said: "The two of them offended Your Excellency, please don't take offense, please sit in the tent."

The four of them arrived in the tent, Chen Jialuo and the man sat on the ground, and the heroes came in one after another, all standing behind Chen Jialuo. When the man saw Luo Bing coming in, he was furious, jumped up, pointed his halberd and cursed: "You mother-in-law stole my horse, and if you don't return the horse, I will never have sex with you!" Luo Bing said with a smile: "You are Han Wenchong, Uncle Han, isn’t that right? Let’s change a horse to ride, and I’ll give you an ingot of gold, you’ve made money and made a fortune, why are you still angry?” When Chen Jialuo asked about the reason, Luo Bing said with a smile about the robbery of the white horse, and everyone laughed when they heard it.It turned out that although the Red Flower Society couldn't help stealing, Luo Bing thought that the chief helmsman was from a prime minister's mansion, and most of the officials' children looked down on this kind of stealing without warning, so he never said the origin of the horse.Chen Jialuo said: "Since that's the case, fourth sister-in-law should return the horse to Master Han. You don't have to return the ingot of gold, it's a bit of respect for renting a noble horse. The injury on Master Han's leg is not a problem, right? Xinyan, give it to Master Han Apply the gold-creating medicine." Seeing Chen Jialuo's handling, Han Wenchong's anger gradually calmed down, and he was about to say a few words about the situation, when suddenly Luo Bing said: "Chief lord, that won't work, do you know who he is? He's from the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau."

Chen Jialuo said: "Really?" Luo Bing took out Wang Weiyang's letter, handed it to Chen Jialuo, and said, "Please read." Chen Jialuo took the letter, only read the first address, folded the letter, and handed it to Han Wenchong. Said: "This is Master Han's letter, it is inconvenient for me to read it." Han Wenchong thought to himself: "Anyway, your comrades have read it, and I am very happy." Then he said: "I am from the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau, that's good, I don't know which point I have offended everyone, so I want to ask for advice. Mr. Han is upright, and there is nothing shameful. Please read it, Your Excellency." He spread the letter and placed it in front of Chen Jialuo.

Chen Jialuo glanced at the ten lines, and at a glance, he knew the meaning of the letter, and said: "Weizhen Heshuo Wang Weiyang, the prestige of Wang Weiyang, the old bodyguard, has long been known to me, but he has no way to recognize the thorns. It is really a matter of hatred. Your Excellency is from the Han family in Luoyang. I don't know what to call Han Wuniang?" Han Wenchong said, "That's Aunt Xian. Please tell me your name, do you know Aunt Xian?" Chen Jialuo smiled slightly, and said, "I'm just admiring the name. My surname is Chen Jialuo." Hearing this, Han Wenchong immediately stood up, and said in surprise, "You...are the son of Mr. Chen Ge?" Chang Hezhi said: "This He is the chief rudder of our Red Flower Club. I have been talking to you for a long time, and you are so strict, you have eyes that do not know Mount Tai." Han Wenchong sat down slowly, and kept looking at the young chief rudder.

Chen Jialuo said: "I don't know who spread rumors in the Jianghu, saying that the death of your fellow family has something to do with our meeting, but we don't know about it at all. I have already sent a brother to Luoyang to explain this festival to you, because Suddenly there is an important matter, and it is difficult to separate yourself for a while. Master Han is here today, it would be the best. I don’t know why there are such rumors, can Master Han tell me?” Han Wenchong said: "You...you are really old Chen Ge in Haining Young Master?" Chen Jialuo said: "Since Mr. Han knows about my life experience, I don't need to hide it."

Han Wenchong said: "Since the young master left home, the Prime Minister's Mansion has sent out a reward to search for it. There has been no news for several years. Later, someone came to know that the young master was in the Red Flower Society, and said that the young master had arrived in Xinjiang. My senior brother Jiao Wenqi was hired by the Prime Minister's mansion. I went back to Xinjiang to look for the young master, but he suddenly disappeared for no apparent reason. It has been five years, until recently, someone found the iron plate and pipa nails used by senior brother Jiao in the valley of Shaanxi, and I didn’t know that he was in misfortune He was murdered. Although there is no proof of his death, and no one witnessed his suffering at that time, please think, my lord, if it wasn't for the Red Flower Society, who would have the ability to kill Senior Brother Jiao?..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Jin shouted: "Your senior brother is greedy for money and sacrifices his life. It is no pity to die. If our Red Flower Society kills him, don't we dare to admit it? I will tell you honestly, we didn't kill this person. But If you can’t find someone to take revenge on, it’s fine if I kill it. Is it true that I’ve killed fewer people in my life? One more Jiao Wenqi from his grandma, and another bird?” Han Wenchong squinted at him, half-believing in his heart.Wuchen sneered and said: "Our members of the Red Flower Congregation always say that one is one and the other is two. When have you ever lied to someone? If you don't believe him, you just look down on me. Hehe, you look down on me, you are quite brave !"

In the chaos, Lu Feiqing suddenly shouted: "Jiao Wenqi was killed by me. I am not from the Red Flower Society, and this matter has nothing to do with the Red Flower Society." Everyone was stunned.Lu Feiqing stood up and told the story of how Jiao Wenqi sought revenge in the dark, how he used three attacks to one, and how he was merciful to his subordinates. Instead, he used a murderous hand to kill the barren mountain, from beginning to end.When everyone heard this, they all scolded Jiao Wenqi for being shameless and killing well.Han Wen's face was livid and he didn't say a word.

Lu Feiqing said: "Master Han wants to avenge my senior brother, so there is nothing wrong with doing it now. This matter has nothing to do with the Red Flower Society. If they help me with a punch or a kick, they will look down on me." Turning to Luo Bing, he said, "Wen Fourth grandma, return Master Han's weapon to him." Luo Bing took out the iron pipa and handed it to Lu Feiqing.Lu Feiqing took it over and said: "Han Wuniang was the first to create the Iron Pipa Gate. She was famous all over the world, and she can be regarded as a hero among women. Sigh..." The words were filled with emotion, and while talking, they were secretly using their inner strength.The belly of the iron pipa was hollow, and when he pressed it, it immediately turned into a flat iron plate.He also said: "Since Jiao Wenqi was entrusted by the Chen family to look for Mr. Chen, he must be loyal to what he does. Why did he make people pester him, but come to find my old man's bad luck? We people in the martial arts, even if we can't give up our lives to serve the country, follow the Manchus." The Tartars will fight to the death, and they should act chivalrously and fight for the people." The Wudang faction's internal strength is no small matter, as they spoke, they rolled the iron plate into an iron tube with both hands, squeezed it a few times, and it turned into an iron rod, and said: "At worst, you should clean yourselves, keep your promises, and be loyal to what you do. What Lu hates the most in his life are the imperial court eagle dogs and the lackeys of the bodyguard guards. With a little martial arts, they help the tyrants and oppress the good people. If these people meet me Come on, hehe, Lu is determined to let them go." Speaking of this, the iron rod in his hand has been bent into an iron ring. Han Wenchong's heart skipped a beat when he heard these words.He is self-confident that his martial arts are proficient, and he has always been conceited and conceited, but he did not know that he made somersaults when he came out this time.Frustrated under the hands of Luo Bing, Zhang Jin, Xin Yan and others, and still thought that the other party was using tricks, at this moment, seeing Lu Feiqing twist and pinch the unique weapon that he became famous for, like wet mud, like rubbing soft noodles , couldn't help being shocked and frightened.Thinking about Jiao Wenqi's martial arts and his own are only on par, he is an enemy of this old man, he must die. Jiang Sigen saw that Lu Feiqing was making fun of it, and his childlike innocence suddenly recovered. He took the iron ring, pulled it with both hands, and it turned into an iron rod again. He took one end himself, and stretched the other end in front of Yang Chengxie.Yang Chengxie stretched out his hand to hold it, and said with a smile, "Compare your strength?" Jiang Sigen nodded, and the two pulled hard, but the iron rod was getting longer and longer.Everyone laughed.Chen Jialuo was afraid that the two of them would win or lose and hurt their friendship, so he said with a smile: "The two brothers are equally strong, give me this iron pipa." Everyone laughed when they heard that he still called this thing an iron pipa. Chen Jialuo took the iron rod and said with a smile: "Master Daoist, Senior Zhou, Brother Yang, you three are on one side. Brother Zhao and Brother Jiang, three of you are on one side. Let's practice kung fu." Zhou Zhongying and others walked away with smiles on their faces. Standing together, three on one side, standing at both ends of the iron rod, with each palm stretched out and stacked against the iron rod.Chen Jialuo said with a smile: "The two of them stretched the iron rod, let's shorten it. One, two, three!" The six of them worked hard together. The combined internal strength of these six people is really rare in this world. Gradually thicker and shorter, the audience cheered thunderously. Han Wenchong's expression changed in shock, and he thought, "Forget it, forget it, it's really like there is a sky beyond the sky, and there are people in the world. If the surname Han survives today, he will go back to his hometown to farm tomorrow." Chen Jialuo smiled and said, "Okay." Zhou Zhongying and the other five stopped with a smile.Chen Jialuo said: "I'm sorry for breaking Brother Han's weapon, please don't take offense." Han Wen was sweating profusely, how could he answer?Chen Jialuo said: "I would like to advise Brother Han, do you accept it?" Han Wenchong said: "Please tell me." Chen Jialuo said: "Since ancient times, it has been said that it is better to get rid of enemies than to tie them together. He caused senior brother to die on the barren mountain. He brought it on himself, and he can't blame Old Senior Lu. Brother Han looked at the underdog and exposed this layer of festivals with Senior Lu. Let's get along with each other." How about a friend?" Han Wenchong had been timid for a long time, how could he dare to fight Lu Feiqing?But being so frightened by the other party, bowing his head just like that, it would seem too useless, he was silent for a while, his face turned blue and white for a while.Chen Jialuo said: "Mr. Jiao's matter actually started from me. I wrote a letter to my brother here, saying that Mr. Jiao had found me, but I refused to go home. Mr. Jiao died unexpectedly on the way. I ask my brother to give the reward to Mr. Jiao’s family favorably." Han Wenchong hesitated to answer. Chen Jialuo raised his eyebrows, and said: "If Mr. Han is determined to take revenge, I will take over the iron pipa from the Han family's family." Using his internal energy, he threw it with all his might, and the iron rod went straight into the soft sand. In an instant, there was no trace. Han Wenchong felt a chill in his heart, how could he dare to say more?Said: "Everything is up to the young master." Chen Jialuo said: "This is a good man who can afford it and let it go." He asked Xin Yan to take out the four treasures of the study, and wrote a letter. Han Wenchong picked it up and said, "President Wang originally ordered his brothers to help send a dart to Beijing, and after arriving in Beijing, he would escort a batch of treasures bestowed by the emperor to your mansion in the south of the Yangtze River. Today, I have seen all the magic skills, brother this Doing a little bit of the crop handle is really a trick. Who would dare to touch a hair of the treasure in the son's house? Let's leave now." Chen Jialuo asked: "Brother Han is going to escort the items, so they were left behind?" Han Wenchong said: "The messenger who came to deliver the letter from the bodyguard bureau said that the emperor's kindness to the son's mansion is great, and it will be rewarded in a few months." The next batch of gold and jewelry shells has accumulated a lot now, and they will be sent to the old house in the south of the Yangtze River. The family entrusts us to escort them. The brother is planted here today, how can he have the face to earn a living in the martial arts? Brother Jiao’s family members have been settled After that, I will go home to farm and hunt, and I will never be ashamed of myself in the rivers and lakes again." Chen Jialuo said: "Brother Han is willing to listen to senior Lu's good words. It's really the best. I simply made you a friend. Xin Yan, please invite everyone from the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau." Lun and others brought them in.When Han Wenchong met everyone, they looked at each other in blank dismay, unable to speak. Chen Jialuo said: "For brother Han's sake, you should take all these friends with you. But if you see them not doing good things in the future, don't blame our subordinates for being ruthless." , Show kung fu, set friendship, can't help but face ashen, speechless.Seeing that Chen Jialuo never mentioned the word "return the horse" again, how dare he ask for it?Chen Jialuo said: "Let's take a step first. Everyone, please rest here for a day and leave tomorrow." After the heroes had walked a distance, Lu Feiqing said to Chen Jialuo: "Master Chen, these boys from the escort company will stay behind, and I will meet them soon. They have suffered a loss and have nowhere to take revenge. Maybe they will find you, I want to take a step late, take care of me, and then come over." Chen Jialuo said: "Old Master Lu, please go ahead, it is best to come with Ling Xiantu, we will have a lot of strength." Lu Feiqing smiled and said: "This person will cause trouble and be mischievous , how can I help you?" He cupped his hands, turned his horse's head, and walked back the way he came.Chen Jialuo didn't have time to ask Lu Feiqing about his apprentice, so he secretly wondered.
Yu Yutong was ordered to investigate Wen Tailai's whereabouts, and made unannounced visits along the way, but without any clues, he arrived in Liangzhou within a day.Liangzhou is a thousand-year-old city, an important place in Hexi, where Minfeng and Wufu are located.He stayed in the inn, walked up to the Jicui Building on South Street, and poured himself a drink, feeling his life experience.Thinking of Luo Bing's voice and smile, and the ups and downs of his thoughts, this lovesickness is obviously hopeless and absolutely should not be, but the sword keeps cutting and the flute keeps blowing away.Seeing that the wall is full of words and phrases of a certain person's visit here, the poem suddenly became popular, so he ordered the waiter in the shop to fetch a brush and inkstone, and write a poem on the wall: "A hundred battles in the rivers and lakes are a flute, and the wind and thunder are fierce and death is light." The mandarin duck has a couple and the spring silkworm dies, There was a smile on the side of the white saddle. Below it is written "the most insane, sentimental and ungrateful person in the ages". Self-injury is affectionate to Luo Bing, and self-hate is unrighteous to Wen Tailai. The wine poured into melancholy, making me even more depressed. After groaning for a while, I was about to go downstairs when there was a sound of stairs, and two people came up.Yu Yutong's eyes were sharp, seeing that the first person had seen him before, he hurriedly turned his head away, and when he turned around, he suddenly remembered that it was the official who had fought against him in Tiedanzhuang.Fortunately, that person was having a lively conversation with his companion, so I didn't see him. The two picked a seat by the window and sat down beside his table.Yu Yu lay down on the table, pretending to be drunk. Hearing those two talking about some unimportant things, only one person said: "Brother Rui, you have got an idea this time, it is really a marvelous achievement. I don't know what reward the emperor will reward you." The surnamed Rui said: "I don't want any rewards anymore, I just ask my wife to send the idea to Hangzhou in a peaceful manner, that's all. Eight of our guards went out of Beijing together, and I was the only one left to go back. This battle in Suzhou is not because I want to boost other people's ambitions and destroy them." My majesty, when I think about it now, I still feel chills." Another person said: "Now that you are with Mr. Zhang, you will never lose your hand." The surname Rui said: "The words are good, but this time, the credit is all The Imperial Forest Army is gone, what face do our imperial guards have? Old Zhu, why don’t you send this idea to Beijing, and why don’t you send it to Hangzhou?” The person surnamed Zhu said in a low voice, “My sister is from the residence of Shi Dashi. , you already know. She whispered to me that the emperor is going to the south of the Yangtze River. Send the idea to Hangzhou, and it seems that the emperor will interrogate himself." The surnamed Rui said "uh", took a sip of wine, and said: "The six of you came here from Beijing just to issue this imperial decree?" The surname Zhu said, "Are you still helping you? The Jiangnan Red Flower Association is very powerful, so we must be careful." Yu Yutong felt ashamed when he heard this.What a fluke, if it wasn't for a coincidence that they diverted the fourth brother and sent him to the south of the Yangtze River, but everyone rushed to Beijing to save him, wouldn't it be a big mistake? Then I heard the guard surnamed Zhu say: "Brother Rui, what is wrong with this idea, the emperor wants to personally judge?" The surnamed Rui said: "How do we know this? The superiors will tell you, if you can't catch him, Everyone will be punished by dismissal and investigation when they go back. We have to wait and see whether our heads will be kept safe. Hey, do you think the bowl of rice served by the imperial guards is delicious?" The surname Zhu said with a smile: "Now Brother Rui You have done a great job, and I will toast you three cups." The two cheered and drank, and then they talked about women, such as women in the north with small feet and women in the south of the Yangtze River with white and greasy skin.After being drunk and full of food, Hui Chao, surnamed Rui, went downstairs and saw Yu Yu lying on the table together, and laughed and scolded: "Students have a fart. If you drink three cups, you will become a drunken bug and can't get up." Yu Yutong waited for them to go downstairs, threw five qian silver on the table, and followed them out of the restaurant.Staring at the crowd from a distance, I saw the two of them entered the Liangzhou government office and didn't see them out for a long time, so they expected to spend the night in the government office. Back in the shop, I closed my eyes and meditated, and when it got dark, I put on a black bunt, put a golden flute on my waist, quietly jumped out of the window, and went straight to the government office.He walked around to the backyard and entered over the wall, only to see the surroundings were dark, but there was light shining through the windows of the East Wing.As he approached on tiptoe, someone in the hall spoke, stretched out his fingers to get some saliva, lightly wetted a hole in the window paper, and opened it, he couldn't help but be surprised. It turned out that the hall was full of people, Zhang Zhaozhong was sitting in the middle, guards and tolerances were on both sides, standing with his back on his back, suddenly yelled, it was Wen Tailai. Yu Yutong knew that the hall was full of good hands, so he didn't dare to look any more, and leaned over to listen quietly, only to hear Wen Tailai scold: "You slaves who are serving as lackeys for the imperial court, Mr. Wen fell into your hands, someone will give me a hand." Revenge. Look at what is going to happen to you wolf-hearted things." One person said grimly: "Okay, you can scold me! You are a thunderbolt hand, and my palm is not as good as yours, but today I want you to taste my palm. .” Yu Yutong couldn't hear it well, and thought: "Fourth brother will be humiliated. He is a hero in the world, how can he be insulted by Xiaoxiao?" He hurriedly opened the hole, only to see a tall and thin man wearing a green cloth robe The middle-aged man raised his palm and walked towards Wen Tailai, with a ferocious expression on his face, he couldn't help sneering.Wen Tailai's hands were bound and he couldn't move. He was furious and his teeth were gnashing loudly.The man raised his palm and was about to fall, when Yu Yu and the golden flute pierced the window paper, he exhaled fiercely, a short arrow in the golden flute flew straight and pierced into the man's left eye.That person is no different, it is Yan Bogan, the master of Chenzhou Yan Family Boxing. He used to be very strong in martial arts, but the short arrow came out of the blue without warning, and he couldn't dodge it in time, the arrow hit his eye socket, and he fell to the ground in severe pain while screaming, and there was a commotion in the hall.Yu Yu shot another guard in the right cheek with the same arrow, raised his leg and kicked open the hall door, jumped in, and shouted: "The Red Flower Society is here to save people!" , pulled out the dagger from the leggings, and cut off the ropes on Wen Tailai's hands and feet.Zhang Zhaozhong only said that the enemy was coming in a large scale, and ignored Wen Yu and the two of them. He stood up, drew his sword and stood still at the door of the hall, blocking the fugitives from the inside and blocking the rescue soldiers from the outside. Wen Tailai untied his hands and his spirits lifted.But seeing a royal guard rushing forward, he turned sideways, his left hand palmed behind his back, and hit the man's right flank, with a click, two ribs were broken.The rest of the people were intimidated by his might and did not dare to approach him for a moment.Yu Yutong shouted: "Fourth brother, let's go!" Wen Tailai said: "Everyone is here?" The serious injuries on his right arm and leg were not healed, and he leaned on Yu Yutong with his right arm, and walked towards the hall door side by side.Four or five guards rushed forward to attack, Yu Yutong waved his golden flute to block it. The two walked to the entrance of the hall, Zhang Zhao took a step forward and shouted: "Leave it to me." The long sword pierced towards Wen Tailai's lower abdomen.Wen Tailai's feet were inconvenient, he couldn't dodge in time, he used offense as defense, the middle and middle fingers of his left hand were as swift as shooting stars, and went straight to the enemy's eyes.Zhang Zhao returned to block the sword again, and praised: "Good!" The two of them were extremely fast, and they reversed seven or eight moves in a flash.Wen Tailai can only use his left hand, and his lower body can't dodge well. After several moves, Zhang Zhaozhong gave Zhang Zhaozhong a heavy push on his shoulder, his footing became unstable, and he fell to the ground. Yu Yutong thought while beating: "I am doing something wrong, I'm sorry for the fourth brother, I'm living in this world, and I'm not going to tarnish the name of the hero of the Red Flower Society. Today I gave up my life to rescue the fourth brother, and let the eagle claws kill me. Let the fourth sister-in-law know that I, Yu Yutong, are not a villain. I will repay you with my death, and my death will not be in vain." Having made up her mind, seeing Wen Tailai being pushed to the ground, she turned over and waved her flute, sternly slapping Zhang Zhaozhong. Call to go. Wen Tailai slowed down, struggled to get up, turned around and yelled, all the guards were almost stunned, and couldn't help but retreat a few steps.Yu Yutong shouted: "Fourth brother, please go first! I'll come later." The golden flute fluttered around, completely resolutely attacking the opponent's vital points.He and Zhang Zhaozhong's martial arts are very different, but one man is desperate, ten thousand is not good, the golden flute is full of advanced moves, and all the moves will be destroyed. He was beaten so hard that he retreated a few steps.Seeing the gap, Wen Tailai stepped out of the hall door.The guards exclaimed loudly. Yu Yutong was blocking the hall door, he had already been hit twice by the sword, he still didn't defend himself, he just attacked fiercely.Zhang Zhaozhong yelled: "Aren't you going to die? Who taught you this way of fighting?" Seeing that his martial arts are directly inherited from the Wudang School, he knew there was something to do with it, so he didn't kill him.Yu Yutong said with a sad smile, "It's best if you kill me." After a few moves, he got another sword strike on his right arm, and he handed over his flute to his left hand, advancing instead of retreating. All the guards rushed out one after another, Yu Yutong danced wildly on the golden flute, the flute was whistling with the gust of wind.A guard slashed at him with a knife, but Yu Yu ignored him, Jindi hit his breast hard, the man fainted immediately, but his left shoulder was also cut by the knife.He was covered in blood, and he fought fiercely with his flute. There was a crack in the shadow of the sword light and flute, and the jawbone of a guard was shattered again.All the guards gathered around, with swords, whips and sticks, all at once.During the scuffle, Yu Yutong was hit on the leg and fell to the ground. Jindi danced a few times and passed out. There was a loud shout at the entrance of the hall: "Stop!" Everyone turned their heads and saw Wen Tailai walking in slowly, without looking at anyone else, walking straight to Yu Yutong's side.Seeing that his whole body was covered with blood, he couldn't help shedding tears, leaned over to check his nose, he was still breathing, relieved a little, stretched out his left arm to hug him, and shouted: "Stop the bleeding and rescue his wounds quickly." Someone went to fetch Jinchuang medicine. Wen Tailai saw that everyone had wrapped up Yu Yutong's wound and carried it into the inner hall, then put his hands back together and said, "Tie it up!" A guard gave Zhang Zhao a serious look and approached slowly.Wen Tailai said: "What are you afraid of? I want to hurt you, I have already done it." The guard saw that his hands were really not moving, so he tied him up and sent him to the Fuya Prison for imprisonment.Two guards personally guarded the prison. In the early morning of the next day, Zhang Zhaozhong went to see Yu Yutong and saw that he was in a drowsy sleep. He asked the yamen servant and found out that the medicine prescribed by the doctor had been decocted and given to him.I went to visit again in the afternoon, and Yu Yutong was a little sober. Zhang Zhaozhong asked him, "Is your master's surname Lu or Ma?" Yes, I'm your uncle Zhang Zhaozhong." Yu Yutong nodded slightly.Zhang Zhaozhong said: "Are you from the Red Flower Society?" Yu Yutong nodded again.Zhang Zhaozhong sighed: "What a young man, he is willing to be obscene. Who are you, Wen Tailai? Why are you risking your life to save him like this!" Yu Yutong closed his eyes and didn't answer, after a long while, he said: "I finally rescued him, and he will die in peace." Zhang Zhaozhong said, "Hmph, you want to rescue him in my hands?" Yu Yutong asked in surprise: "He didn't escape?" Zhang Zhaozhong said: "Did he escape? Don't think about it!" Continued to question, Yu Yutong closed his eyes and ignored him, and after a while he started snoring.Zhang Zhaozhong smiled slightly and said, "What a stubborn young man." He turned and went out. He went to the side room, invited Rui Dalin, Yan Bogan, Cheng Huang, and six new imperial guards Zhu Zuyin who had just arrived from Beijing, and they had a close discussion, and they all went back to their rooms to rest and recuperate.After dinner, Wen Tailai was brought out of the prison and pretended to be interrogated in the chamber.Zhang Zhaozhong was in the real trial yesterday, but Yu Yutong broke in and made a big fuss. Tonight, he set up ambushes and arranged strong bows and crossbows. He only waited for the red flowers to be rescued. Unexpectedly, Kong waited all night, even the rats Did not see one.
Early the next morning, it was reported that the river was soaring, and the water at the Yellow River ferry was turbulent.Zhang Zhaozhong ordered to leave immediately, bid farewell to the prefect of Liangzhou and the first county, put Wen Tailai and Yu Yu together in two carts, and was about to go out when suddenly Hu Guodong, Qian Zhenglun, Han Wenchong and other people rushed into the yamen.Seeing that they were in a panic, Zhang Zhao hurriedly asked why.Hu Guodong angrily told what happened.Zhang Zhaozhong said: "Yan Liuye's martial arts are very hard. How could he die in the hands of a big girl? It's an anecdote." He raised his hand and said, "I'll see you in Beijing." He swallowed his breath. Zhang Zhaozhong heard Hu Guodong talk about the Red Flower Society's powerful martial arts heroes, and a large team of Hui people to help them. Although he is skilled and bold, after all, heroes are no match for many.So I went to discuss with the commander-in-chief stationed in Liangzhou, and asked him to send 400 elite soldiers to help escort the imperial prisoners.Hearing that the matter was of great importance, the commander-in-chief immediately mobilized his troops and sent his deputy general Cao Neng and general Ping Wangxian to escort them to the provincial capital of Lanzhou.A group of people traveled eastward in a mighty way, stealing chickens and dogs and leading sheep along the way. After walking for two days, I took a tip at Shuangjingzi. After walking for twenty or thirty miles, I saw two men sitting topless on the side of the road under a tree, and two horses were tied to the tree.The two soldiers of the Qing Dynasty exchanged winks, stepped forward, and shouted: "Hey, these two horses seem to be official horses, where did you steal them?" The handsome man smiled and said: "We are peaceful and good people. How dare you steal a horse?" A Qing soldier said: "The master is tired from walking, so let us ride." Another Qing soldier said with a smile: "It's not bad to ride, what are you afraid of?" The man said: "OK I want to ride to show my face, the young one is going out today to meet a nobleman." The Qing soldier said with a smile: "Hey, I see you don't come out, but you know what to do." The two men stood up, walked to the horse, untied the reins, Said: "Master, be careful, don't fall." Qing Bing said with a smile: "Fucking nonsense, the master can fall while riding a horse, what's the point?" He approached proudly.Just as they were about to pick up the reins, one of them was kicked in the buttocks, and the other was slapped in the face, pulled up and thrown out, and fell onto the road.The soldiers in the brigade immediately clamored. The two men got on their horses and rushed to the side of the car.The man with scars all over his face raised the tent with his left hand, swung his right hand down, cut off the tent with a bang, and shouted, "Is fourth brother in there?" Wen Tai came to the car and said, "Twelve Lang! "The man said: "Fourth brother, we are going, don't worry, everyone will follow." Cheng Huang and Cao Neng, who were guarding the car, both came to attack, and the fair-faced man waved his hooks to stop him, and the Qing soldiers rushed in.The two whistled and galloped away.Several guards chased after them for a while, but when they saw that the two were gone, they stopped chasing them. That night, I stayed in Qingshuipu. In the early morning of the next day, I suddenly heard the screams of soldiers, and there was a mess.Cao Neng and Ping Wang went out to check first, and saw that more than a dozen Qing soldiers had their chests wounded by weapons and died on the kang, but they didn't know how they died.All the soldiers whispered to each other, suspicious.Overnight in Hengshi the next day.This is a big town, the brigade has filled all three inns and occupied many private houses.In the dark night, the inn suddenly caught fire, and there were loud shouts from all around.Zhang Zhaozhong ordered all the guards to guard Wen Tailai and ignore other matters, so as not to fall into the enemy's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain.The flames grew bigger and bigger, Cao Neng rushed in and reported: "There are thugs! We have started a fight with the brothers." Zhang Zhaozhong said: "General Cao, please command and supervise the battle. Brothers can't leave here." Cao Neng went out in response. The screams outside the store, the sound of running, the sound of fire, and the sound of roof tiles falling to the ground were chaotic for a long time.Zhang Zhao ordered Rui Dalin and Zhu Zuyin to watch on the roof. As long as the enemy doesn't enter the shop, they don't need to take action.The fire didn't burn too big, and it was extinguished soon, and the disturbance and commotion continued for a long time before the voices of people gradually quieted down, only the sound of hooves was heard, and a group of people rode horses and ran eastward. Cao Neng's face was smeared with kerosene and blood, and he rushed in to report: "The bandit has been killed and retreated." Zhang Zhaozhong asked: "How many brothers were injured?" Cao Neng said: "I don't know yet, there must be dozens of them." Zhang Zhaozhong said: "The bandit How many were caught? How many were killed?" Cao Neng was tongue-tied and speechless, and after a long while, he said, "No." Zhang Zhaozhong hummed, but remained silent. Cao Nengdao: "The faces of these gangsters are covered with cloth, all of them are very skilled in martial arts, but it's really strange, they didn't rob property, they just slashed and killed our brothers. Before leaving, they threw two hundred taels of silver to the innkeeper , Said to burn his house and pay him." Zhang Zhaozhong said: "Do you think they are bandits? General Cao, tell everyone to rest and leave tomorrow morning." Cao Neng withdrew and hurriedly went to the innkeeper, saying that he had colluded with bandits and killed officers and soldiers.The innkeeper was so scared that he kowtowed and begged for mercy, and finally offered the two hundred taels of silver with both hands, and promised to be responsible for burying the dead and treating the wounded, so Cao Neng gave up. The next day, I was so busy that I left at noon. The road was green and green, with lush grass and trees. After walking for two hours, the road became steeper and there were high mountains on both sides. Not long after walking, a horse riding head-on rushed down from the mountain, and was more than ten steps away from the brigade.The rider shouted loudly: "Hey, listen everyone, you have bumped into the evil spirits, turn around quickly, there is still a way to survive, and go east, one by one will die." When all the officers and soldiers looked at the man, they saw him all He was dressed in burlap, with a straw rope tied around his waist, his face was scorched yellow, and his eyebrows were erected. He looked like a life-chasing impermanence ghost cast in a temple, and he couldn't help shivering.After the man said, he rode his horse down the mountain, passed by the group of people and horses, and galloped away.A Qing soldier at the back of the hall suddenly yelled, fell to the ground, and died immediately.Everyone was terrified, they gathered around to look, and saw that there was no wound on his body, they were all frightened and discussed one after another. Cao Neng sent two Qing soldiers to stay behind to bury the dead, and the brigade continued up the mountain.Not long after walking, another horse came towards him, and it was the man just now, and he yelled loudly: "Hey, everyone, listen, you have run into an evil spirit, turn back quickly, there is still a way to survive, and then go east Let's go, one by one, the turtle sons died unexpectedly." Everyone was shocked, why did this person come back to the front again?Obviously seeing him going down the mountain, at a glance, there is no shortcut to go up the mountain, even if he turned around and rushed to the front, it would never be so fast. Could it be that he flew through the air and went through the ground?After the man finished speaking, he rode his horse down the mountain.As if seeing a ghost, all the soldiers avoided it far away. Zhu Zuyin waited for him to come to the side, stretched out his single knife to stop him, and said: "Friend, come on slowly!" The man seemed not to hear him, his right palm pressed his shoulder, and the single knife in Zhu Zuyin's hand clattered to the ground.The man didn't turn his head back, his horse's hooves fluttered, and he went down the mountain, just after he passed the group, the last Qing soldier screamed again, fell to the ground and died, all the soldiers were frightened. Zhang Zhaozhong ordered the guards to guard the cart and went to the rear to inspect it in person.Zhu Zuyin said: "Master Zhang, is this guy a human or a ghost?" Pressing his injured right shoulder, his face turned pale.Zhang Zhaozhong told him to take off his clothes, and saw a big bruise on his right shoulder swollen, Zhang Zhaozhong frowned, took out a pack of medicine from his bosom, and told him to swallow it immediately to protect the wound.He also ordered the soldiers to take off the dead Qing soldier's clothes and examine his wounds. They found that his injury was the same as that of the Qing soldier who died earlier, with a large black bruise on his back, and five fingers in the shape of palms, which were faintly visible.All the soldiers made a noise and shouted: "Ghost touch, ghost touch!" Zhang Zhaozhong ordered two soldiers to bury the dead.Pingwang sent people first, but the two soldiers refused to obey the order even if they died, Zhang Zhaozhong had no choice but to order the brigade to stop and wait for the dead, and then leave together after burying the dead. Rui Dalin said: "Master Zhang, this guy is really weird, how could he go past and come back to the front?" Zhang Zhaozhong was also puzzled, pondered for a while, and said: "Brother Zhu and these two soldiers are obviously for Heisha Palm Injured, there are very few masters of Heisha Palm in the Jianghu, how can they not recognize them?" Rui Dalin said: "Speaking of Heisha Palm, of course it is the Huilu Taoist of the Qingcheng School of Sichuan who is the only one in the world, but Huilu has died After so many years, could it be that his ghost failed to appear?" Zhang Zhaozhong slapped his thigh and shouted: "Yes, yes, this is the apprentice of Taoist Hui Lu, the Chang brothers who are known as Black Impermanence and White Impermanence. I always think about one person, so I can't remember it. Playing ghosts and bluffing the twin brothers. Well, these ghost brothers are also with us." He didn't know that the Chang brothers were members of the Red Flower Society.Rui Dalin, Cheng Huang and others have heard the name of Xichuan Shuangxia for a long time, and now they suddenly met on the Northwest Road, and somehow they offended them, and even killed them as soon as they came up, they were secretly suspicious.Not to be outdone, everyone had no choice but to keep silent. 这晚住在黑松堡，曹能命兵丁在镇外四周放哨，严密守望。次日清晨，放哨的兵士一个都不见回报，派人查察，所有哨兵全都死在当地，颈里都挂了一串纸钱。众兵丁害怕异常，当下便有十多人偷偷溜走了。 这天要过乌鞘岭，那是甘凉道上有名的险峻所在，曹能命兵士饱餐了，鼓起精神上岭。走了半日，越来越冷，道路也越来越险，时方初秋，竟自飘下雪花来。走到一处，一边高山，一边尽是峭壁，山谷深不见底，众兵士手拉手地走，唯恐雪滑，一个失足跌入山谷，那就尸骨无存。几名侍卫下马，扶着文泰来的大车。 众人正自小心翼翼、全神贯注地攀山越岭，忽听得前面山后发出一阵啾啾唧唧之声，过了一会，变成高声鬼啸，声音惨厉，山谷回声，令人毛发直竖，众兵丁都停住了脚步。 只听前面喊道：“过来的见阎王——回去的有活路——过来的见阎王——回去的有活路。”众兵丁哪里还敢向前？ 平旺先带了十多名士兵，下马冲上，刚转过山坳，对面急箭射来，一名士兵当胸中箭，大叫声中，跌下山谷。平旺先身先士卒，向前冲去，对方箭无虚发，又有三名兵士中箭。 众清兵伏身避箭，只见山腰里转出一人，阴森森地喊道：“过来的见阎王——回去的有活路。”众兵丁眼见便是昨天那个神出鬼没、举手杀人的无常鬼，胆小的大呼小叫，转身便逃，曹能大声喝止，却哪里约束得住？平旺先举刀砍死一名兵士，余兵才不敢奔逃。当先奔跑的六七十名兵卒却已逃得无影无踪了。 张召重对瑞大林道：“你们守住大车，我去会会常家兄弟。”说罢越众上前，朗声说道：“前面可是常氏双侠？在下张召重有礼，你我素不相识，无怨无仇，何故一再相戏？” 那人冷冷一笑，说道：“哈，今日是双鬼会判官。”大踏步走上，呼的一声，右掌当面劈到。 当地地势狭隘异常，张召重无法左右闪避，左手运内力接了他这一掌，右掌按出。那人左掌又是呼的一声架开，双掌相遇，两人较量了一下内力，均觉不相上下。张召重左腿“横云断峰”，掠地扫去。那人躲避不及，双掌合抱，猛向他左右太阳穴击来。张召重一侧身，左腿倏地收住，向前跨出两步，那人也是侧身向前。双方在峭壁旁交错而过，各挥双掌猛击，四只手掌在空中一碰，两人都退出数尺。这时位置互移，张召重在东，那人已在西端。 两人一凝神，发掌又斗。平旺先弯弓搭箭，嗖的一箭向那人射去。那人左掌架开张召重一掌，右手揽住箭尾，百忙中转身向平旺先甩来。平旺先低头躲过，一名清兵“啊哟”一声，那箭射中了他肩头。张召重赞了一声：“常氏双侠，名不虚传！”手下拳势丝毫不缓，忽然背后呼的一声，一掌劈到。 张召重闪身让开，见又是个黄脸瘦子，面貌与前人一模一样，双掌如风，招招迅捷地攻来，将他夹在当中。 成璜、朱祖荫等人抢了上来，见三人挤在宽仅数尺的山道之中恶斗，旁临深谷，贴身而搏，直无回旋余地。成璜等空有二百余人，却无法上前相助一拳一脚，只得呐喊叫嚣。 三人愈打愈紧，张召重见敌人四只手掌使开来呼呼风响，声威惊人，当下凝神持重，见招拆招。酣斗声中敌方一人左掌打空，击中山石，石壁上泥沙扑扑乱落，一块岩石掉下深谷，过了良久，着地之声才隐隐传上。 恶战良久，敌方一人忽然斜肩向他撞来，张召重侧身闪开，另一人抢得空档，背靠石壁，大喝一声，右掌反挥。同时左面那人左脚飞出。两人拳脚并施，硬要把他挤入深谷。 张召重见敌人飞足踢到，退了半步，半只脚踏在崖边，半只脚已然悬空。众官兵都惊叫起来。那时另一人的掌风已扑面而至，张召重既不能退，也不能接，心知双方掌力均强，一抵而退，对方只不过在石壁上一撞，自己可势必堕入深谷。人急智生，施展擒拿手法，左手疾勾，已挽住对方手腕，喝一声“起”，将他提了起来。那人手掌翻过，也拿住了张召重手腕，只是双足离地，力气施展不出，被张召重奋起劲力，一下掷入山谷，那人正是常氏双侠中的常赫志。众官兵又是齐声惊叫。 常赫志身子临空，心神不乱，在空中双脚急缩，打了个筋斗，使下跌之势稍缓。这筋斗翻得半个圈子，已在腰间取出飞抓，一扬手，飞抓笔直蹿将上来。这时常伯志飞抓也已出手，两人飞抓对飞抓紧紧握住，犹似握手。常伯志不等兄长下跌之势堕足，双手外挥，将他身子挥了起来，落在十余丈外的山路上。这是他兄弟俩自幼儿便练熟的巧招。 常伯志回身一拱手，说道：“火手判官武艺高强，佩服佩服。”也不见他弯腰使劲，忽然平空拔起，倒退着蹿出数丈，挽了常赫志的手，兄弟俩双双走了。常氏双侠此后紧随张召重，到处留下符号，将文泰来的行踪告知会中兄弟。 众官兵纷纷围拢，有的大赞张召重武功了得，有的惋惜没把常赫志摔死。张召重一语不发，扶着石壁慢慢坐下。瑞大林过来道：“张大人好武功。”低声问道：“没受伤么？”张召重不答，调匀呼吸，过了半晌，才道：“没事。”看自己手腕时，五个乌青的手指印嵌在肉里，有如绳扎火烙一般，心下也自骇然。
大队过得乌鞘岭，当晚又逃走了三四十名兵丁。张召重和瑞大林等商议：“大路是奔兰州省城，但点子定不甘心，前面麻烦正多。咱们不如绕小路到红城，从赤套渡过河，让点子扑个空。”曹能本来预计到省城后就可交卸担子，听了张召重的话老大不愿意，可也不敢驳回。张召重道：“路上失散了这许多兵卒，曹大人回去都可报剿匪阵亡，忠勇殉职，兄弟随同写一个折子便是。”曹能一听，又高兴起来。按兵部则例，官兵阵亡，可领抚恤，这笔银子自然落入了统兵官的腰包。 将到黄河边上，远远已听到轰轰水声，又整整走上了大半天，才到赤套渡头。黄河至此一曲，沿岸山石殷红如血，是以地名叫做“赤套渡”。这时天色已晚，暮霭苍茫中但见黄水浩浩东流，惊涛拍岸，砰磅作响，一大片混浊的河水，如沸如羹，翻滚汹涌。张召重道：“咱们今晚就过河，水势险恶，一耽搁怕要出乱子。” 黄河上游水急，船不能航，渡河全仗羊皮筏子。兵卒去找羊皮筏子，半天找不到一只，天更黑下来了。张召重正自焦躁，忽然上游箭也似地冲下两只羊皮筏子。众兵丁高声大叫，两只筏子傍近岸来。平旺先叫道：“喂，艄公，你把我们渡过去，赏你银子。” 一只筏子上站起来一条大汉，摆了摆手。平旺先道：“你是哑巴。”那人道：“丢那妈，上就上，唔上就唔上喇，你地班契弟，费事理你咁多。”他一口广东话别人丝毫不懂，平旺先不再理会，请张召重与众侍卫押着文泰来先行上筏。 张召重打量艄公，见他头顶光秃秃的没几根头发，斗笠遮住了半边脸，看不清楚面目，臂上肌肉盘根错节，显得膂力不小，手里倒提着一柄桨，黑沉沉的似乎并非木材所造。他心念一动，自己不会水性，可别着了道儿，便道：“平参将，你先领几名兵士过去。”平旺先答应了，上了筏，另一只筏子也有七八名兵士上去。 水势湍急，两只筏子笔直先向上游划去，划了数十丈，才转向河心。两个艄公精熟水性，安安稳稳地将众官兵送到对岸，第二渡又来接人。这次是曹能领兵，筏子刚离岸，忽然后面一声长啸，呼哨大作。 张召重忙命兵士散开，将大车团团围住，严阵戒备。此时新月初升，清光遍地，只见东、西、北三面疏疏落落地出来十几骑马，张召重一马当先，喝问：“干什么的？” 对方一字排开，渐渐逼近。中间一人乘马越众而出，手中不持兵器，一柄白折扇缓缓挥动，朗声说道：“前面是火手判官张召重吗？”张召重道：“正是在下，阁下何人？”那人笑道：“我们四哥多蒙阁下护送到此，现在不敢再行烦劳，特来相迎。”张召重道：“你们是红花会的？”那人笑道：“江湖上多称火手判官武艺盖世，哪知还能料事如神。不错，我们是红花会的。”那人说到这里，忽然提高嗓子，纵声长啸。张召重出其不意，微微一惊，只听得两艘筏子上的艄公也是长声呼啸。 曹能坐在筏子上，见岸上来了敌人，正自打不定主意，忽听艄公长啸，吓得脸如土色。那艄公伸桨入河一扳，停住了筏子，喝道：“一班契弟，你老母，哼八郎落水去。”曹能又怎懂得他的广东话，睁大了眼发愣，只听得那边筏子上一个清脆的声音叫道：“十三弟，动手吧！”这边筏子上的艄公叫道：“啱晒！”曹能挺枪向艄公刺去。艄公挥桨挡开，翻过桨柄，将曹能打入黄河。 两只筏子上的艄公兵刃齐施，将众官兵都打下河去，跟着将筏子划近岸来。 清兵纷纷放箭，相距既远，黑暗之中又没准头，却哪里射得着？
这边张召重暗叫惭愧，自幸小心谨慎，否则此时已成黄河水鬼。当下定了一定神，高声喝道：“你们一路上杀害官兵，十恶不赦，现在来得正好。你是红花会什么人？” 对面那人正是红花会总舵主陈家洛，笑道：“你不用问我姓名，你识得这件兵刃，就知道我是谁了。”转头道：“心砚，拿过来。”心砚打开包裹，将两件兵器放在陈家洛手中。此番红花会群雄追上官差，若依常例，自是章进、卫春华等先锋先打头阵。但救人事大，须得速决，加之张召重武功太强，众兄弟中不可有人失闪，陈家洛便亲自挺身搦战。主帅既然抢先出马，无尘等也就不便和他相争了。 张召重飞身下马，拔剑在手，逼近数步，正待凝神看时，忽然身后抢上一人，说道：“张大人，待我打发他。”张召重见是御前侍卫朱祖荫，心想正好让他先行试敌，一探虚实，便退后两步，说道：“朱兄弟小心了。”朱祖荫抢上前去，喝道：“大胆狂奴，竟敢冒犯钦差，看刀！”举刀向陈家洛腿上砍去。 陈家洛轻飘飘地跃下马来，左手举盾牌一挡，月光之下，朱祖荫见敌人所使是件奇形兵刃，盾牌上挺着九枚明晃晃的尖利倒钩，自己单刀若和盾牌碰上，就得给倒钩锁住，心下暗惊，急忙抽刀。陈家洛的盾牌可守可攻，顺势按了过来，朱祖荫单刀斜切敌人左肩。陈家洛盾牌翻过，倒钩横扎，朱祖荫退出两步。陈家洛右手扬动，五条绳索迎面打去，每条绳索尖端均有钢球。朱祖荫大惊，知道厉害，拔身纵起，哪知绳索从后面兜上，顿觉后心志堂穴一麻，暗叫不好，双脚已被绳索缠住。陈家洛一拉，将他倒提起来，手中跟着一放，朱祖荫平平飞出，对准一块岩石撞去，眼见便要撞得脑袋迸裂。 张召重见到敌人下马的身手，早知朱祖荫远非敌手。但见他三招两式，即被抛出，当下晃身挡在岩石之前，左手疾伸，拉住朱祖荫的辫子提起，在他胸口和丹田上一拍，解开穴道，说道：“朱兄弟，下去休息一会。”朱祖荫吓得心胆俱寒，怔怔地答不出话来。 张召重手挺凝碧剑，纵到陈家洛身前，说道：“你年纪轻轻，居然有这身功夫，你师父是谁？”心砚在旁叫道：“别倚老卖老啦，你师父是谁？”张召重怒道：“无知顽童，瞎说八道。”心砚道：“你不识我家公子的兵器，你给我磕三个头，我就教会你。”张召重不再理他，刷的一剑向陈家洛右肩刺到。陈家洛右手绳索翻上，裹向剑身，左手盾牌送出，迎面向他砸去。张召重凝碧剑施展柔云剑术，剑招绵绵，以短拒长，有攻有守，和对方的奇形兵器狠斗起来。 这时那两个艄公已上岸奔近清兵。官兵箭如飞蝗射去，都被那两人拨落。前面的是铜头鳄鱼蒋四根，后面的人已甩脱了斗笠蓑衣，露出一身白色水靠，手持双刀，正是鸳鸯刀骆冰。蒋四根手舞铁桨，直冲入官兵队里，当先两人给铁桨打得脑浆迸裂，余人纷纷让开。骆冰紧跟身后，冲到大车之旁。成璜手持齐眉棍，抢过来拦阻，和蒋四根战在一起。 骆冰奔到一辆大车边，揭起车帐，叫道：“大哥，你在这里吗？”哪知在这辆车里的是身负重伤的余鱼同。他在迷迷糊糊之中突然听得骆冰的声音，只道身在梦中，又以为自己已死，与她在阴世相会，喜道：“你也来了！” 骆冰匆忙中听得不是丈夫的声音，虽然语音极熟，也不及细想，又奔到第二辆车旁。正要伸手去揭车帐，右边一柄锯齿刀疾砍过来。她右刀架开，左刀嗖嗖两刀，分取敌人右肩右腿。她这套刀法相传是从宋时韩世忠传落。韩王上阵大破金兵，右手刀长，号称“大青”，左手刀短，号称“小青”，丧在他刀下的金兵不计其数。骆冰左手比右手灵便，她父亲神刀骆元通便将刀法掉转来相教，右手刀沉稳狠辣，是一般单刀的路子，左手刀却变幻无穷，人所难测，确是江南武林一绝。 骆冰月光下看清来袭敌人面目，便是在肃州围捕丈夫的八名侍卫之一，心中痛恨，刀势更紧。瑞大林见过她的飞刀绝技，当下将锯齿刀使得一刀快似一刀，总叫她缓不出手来施放飞刀。战不多时，又有两名侍卫赶来助战，官兵四下兜上，蒋四根和骆冰陷入重围之中。 只听一声呼哨，东北面四骑马直冲过来，当先一人正是九命锦豹子卫春华，其后是章进、杨成协、周绮三人。 卫春华舞动双钩，护住面门，纵马急驰。溶溶月色之下，只见一匹黑马如一缕黑烟，直卷入清兵阵中。官兵箭如雨下，黑马颈上中箭，负了痛更是狂奔，前足一脚踢在一名清兵胸前。卫春华飞身下马，双钩起处，“啊哟，啊！”叫声中，两名清兵前胸鲜血喷出，卫春华双钩已刺向瑞大林后心。瑞大林撇下骆冰，回刀迎敌。跟着章进等也已冲到，官兵如何拦阻得住，被三人杀得四散奔逃。 混战中忽见一条镔铁齐眉棍飞向半空。却是蒋四根和成璜战了半晌，未能取胜，心下焦躁，见成璜一棍当头打来，使足全力，举铁桨反击。桨棍相交，成璜虎口震裂，铁棍脱手，转身便逃。这时和骆冰对打的侍卫被短刀刺伤两处，浴血死缠，还在拼斗，忽然脑后生风，忙转身时，一条钢鞭已迎头压下，忙举刀挡架，不料对方力大异常，连刀带鞭一起打了下来，忙一个打滚，逃了开去，终究后背还是被敌人重重踹了一脚。 骆冰缓开了手，又抢到第二辆大车旁，揭开车帐。她接连失望，这时不敢再叫出声来，车中人却叫了出来：“谁？”这一个字钻入骆冰耳中，真是说不出的甜蜜，当下和身扑进车里，抱住文泰来的脖子，哭着说不出话来。文泰来乍见爱妻，也是喜出望外，只是双手被缚，无法搂住安慰。两人在车中浑忘了一切，只愿天地宇宙，就此万世不变，车外呐喊厮杀，金铁交并，全然充耳不闻。
过了一会儿，大车移动。章进探头进来道：“四哥，我们接你回去。”文泰来叫道：“快去救十四弟！”章进心无旁骛，跃上车夫的座位，急赶大车向北。几名侍卫拼死来夺，给杨成协、卫春华、蒋四根、周绮四人回头冲赶，又退了转去，急叫：“放箭！”数十名清兵张弓射来，黑暗中杨成协“啊哟”一声，左臂中箭。 卫春华一见大惊，忙问：“八哥，怎样？”杨成协用牙咬住箭羽，左臂向外挥出，已将箭拔出，怒喝：“杀尽了这批奴才！”也不顾创口流血，高举钢鞭，直冲入清兵阵里。卫春华叫道：“好，再杀。”两人并肩猛冲，一时之间，清兵被钢鞭双钩伤了七八人，余众四下乱窜。两人东西追杀，孟健雄和安健刚奔上接应。孟健雄一阵弹子，十多名清兵被打得眼肿鼻歪，叫苦连天。 蒋四根和周绮护着大车，章进将车赶到一个土丘旁边，停了下来，凝神看陈家洛和张召重相斗。 文泰来问：“外面打得怎样了？”骆冰道：“总舵主在和张召重拼斗。”文泰来奇道：“总舵主？”骆冰道：“少舵主已做了咱们总舵主。”文泰来喜道：“那很好。张召重这家伙手下硬得很，别让总舵主吃亏。”骆冰探头出车外，月光下只见两人翻翻滚滚地恶斗，兀自分不出高下。 文泰来连问：“总舵主对付得了吗？”骆冰道：“总舵主的兵器很厉害，左手盾牌，盾上有尖刺倒钩。右手是五条绳索，索子头上还有钢球。你听，这绳索使得呼呼风响！” 文泰来道：“绳头有钢球？他能用绳索打穴？”骆冰道：“嗯，张召重给绳索四面围住了。”文泰来又问：“总舵主力气够吗？听声音好似绳索的势道缓了下来。”骆冰不答，忽然跳了起来，大叫：“好，张召重的剑给盾牌锁住了，好，好，这一索逃不过了……啊哟，啊哟……糟啦，糟啦！”文泰来忙问：“怎么？”骆冰道：“那家伙使的是口宝剑，将盾牌上的钩子削断了两根，啊哟，绳索被宝剑割断了……好……