Chapter 13 Chapter Thirteen

Chen Jialuo and his party inspected the vicinity of the cave, and found traces of smoke and fire, but there was no clue about Yu Yutong's life and where he went.Wen Tailai was so worried that he broke a few bamboo arrows into pieces.Luo Bing said: "Brother Shiming is very vigilant. If you can't beat him, he will definitely run away. Let's bother Brother Shangguan to send more brothers to search nearby. He must have a clue." Shangguan Yishan said: "Grandma Wen Si is right, let's go back immediately." When everyone returned to Mengjin, Shangguan Yishan sent out all the capable brothers of the local Longmen Gang, and told them to report back immediately if they found suspicious strangers.When it was time for the first shift, everyone persuaded Wen Tailai to sleep peacefully.Xu Tianhong said: "Fourth brother, you don't eat or sleep. If you have to go out immediately to rescue the fourteenth brother, how can you have the energy to fight against the enemy?" Wen Tailai frowned and said, "How can I sleep?" Waited for a while Yes, Shangguan Yishan walked into the room, shook his head and said: "No news." Xu Tianhong said: "Is there anything strange in these few days?" Someone went to Xiangsi Temple to make a fuss every day, and said they would set fire to the temple. I don’t think this matter has anything to do with the Fourteenth Lord.” Everyone thought that it is normal for monks to quarrel with hooligans, and no matter what, Yu Yutong would not be involved .It is now decided to visit separately the next day.

Wen Tailai tossed and turned on the bed, thinking of Yu Yutong's loyalty to save his life several times, his blood surged, how could he fall into a dream?Seeing that Luo Bing beside him was in a deep sleep, he got up quietly, opened the window and jumped out of the room, thinking: "It's better if I run around here and there and can't sleep restlessly." At that time, I had already slipped around Mengjin, southeast, northwest, and the stagnation was a little relieved.Suddenly, a black shadow flickered, and a figure ran westward.He cheered up and chased after him. The figure ran for a while and clapped its hands lightly, and several people in the distance clapped their hands in response.Wen Tailai met the other party's crowd and followed them quietly.The man headed west all the way, and he reached the suburbs in a short while.The surrounding terrain is open, Wen Tailai is afraid that he will find out, so stay away from him.After walking for seven or eight miles, the man walked towards a hill, followed up the hill, and saw a house on the top of the hill, guessing that the man must be walking towards the house, so he stopped following, shrank back in the bushes, and looked up at the time. , can not help but be disappointed.It turned out that the house was an ancient temple, and on the temple plaque there were three Chinese characters, which could be discerned in the dim light: "Baoxiang Temple".

Wen Tailai whispered: "Unlucky!" After following for a long time, what he followed was a hooligan who wanted to embarrass the monks in the temple.After thinking about it, since you are here, let's see who is right and who is wrong. If someone is bullying the weak, you might as well stretch out your hand to fight the injustice, and talk to vent the anger in your chest for several days.Immediately slipped to the side of the temple, entered over the wall, and looked into the main hall from the east window, and saw a monk kneeling on a futon and worshiping Buddha devoutly.After a while, the monk stood up slowly, and when he turned his head, Wen Tailai couldn't help but be amazed when he saw it.

On the same day, Teng Yilei and others saw a person wearing a long gown and covering his face jumping out of the hole in the flames, and rushed forward to intercept him.The man shouted: "Here is the golden flute scholar, do you dare to chase after him?" Teng, Gu, and Yan were all willing to get him, and ignored the man in black in the cave, and hurriedly chased after him.Teng Yilei's pace was the fastest, he had jumped behind the man in a blink of an eye, the one-legged bronze figure moved forward, and with a move of "Poisonous Dragon Out of the Hole", it aimed straight at his back.The man took a step forward and raised his hand back, Teng Yilei hastily backed away, fearing that his lily needle would be powerful.That person was actually Li Yuanzhi, she was wearing Yu Yutong's long gown, she wanted to distract the enemy away so that Yu Yutong could escape, she held a gold needle in her hand, when the enemy came close, she would send the needle to resist.Teng and Gu both knew that Jiao Wenqi's martial arts were not weak, even he died under the golden needle, the golden needle was powerful, they dared not approach in the dark, so they had to follow from a distance, and went straight to Mengjin City.At that time, it was already dark.Li Yuanzhi saw an inn opening the door, so he broke in.

The shop assistant was startled, and opened his mouth to ask, but Li Yuanzhi took out a piece of silver and stuffed it into his hand, saying, "Find me a room." After asking more questions, she was led to an empty room in the East Wing.Li Yunzhi said: "There is a creditor chasing the debt outside, don't tell me I am here. I only stay for one night, and I will give you the extra money." The shop assistant was overjoyed, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will pay the creditor. , the small ones are the big experts.” The innkeeper had just closed the door and left when Teng Yilei and others had already barged into the store and asked, "Where does the scholar who came in just now live? We have something to do with him." The innkeeper said, "What scholar?" Yan Bogan said : "The one who came in just now." The shop assistant said: "Who came in early in the morning? You old man is dazzled. There are no scholars, but there are some champions and prime ministers here."

Gu Jinbiao was furious, he stretched out his hand to hit someone, Teng Yilei hurriedly pulled him away, and whispered: "We just robbed the prison last night, the wind must be very tight at this time, don't worry too much." Yan Boqian said to the shop assistant Said: "Okay, let's look at each room next to each other, and find out to look good for you." The shop assistant said: "Ah, look at your fierce appearance, are you a relative of the emperor?" At this time, the shopkeeper also came over. Inquired.Gu Jinbiao ignored him, pushed it away, rushed to the door of the upper room on the north side, and kicked the door open with a bang.A big fat man in the room was taken aback, and jumped out of the bed naked.Seeing that something was wrong, Gu Jinbiao went to push the door of the second room again.That big fat man was full of foul language, and Gu Jinbiao's eighteen generations of ancestors naturally fell into bad luck.

There was a great commotion in the inn, when suddenly the door of the east wing opened with a bang, and a beautiful girl came out.Yan Boqian looked back, only to find that the girl was unusually beautiful, but he didn't take it seriously, and continued to search from house to house.Li Yuanzhi changed into women's clothes, and walked out of the room with a smile.As soon as I arrived on the street, I saw a group of police officers swarming over. It turned out that they had been reported by the shopkeeper of the inn and came to arrest people.
Seeing that his formidable enemy had been led away, Yu Yutong went out of the hole with his sword.Peng Sanchun, Song Tianbao, and Tan Tiancheng stepped forward to attack.Yu Yutong unleashed the soft cloud swordsmanship, three or four moves and one attack, and stabbed the already injured Tan Tiancheng's left arm, and jumped out in the air.Peng Sanchun hit the ground with the three-section stick and swept across, Yu Yutong stood up vertically, the three-section stick passed under his feet, suddenly he fell forward with an "ah yo".Peng Sanchun and Song Tianbao were overjoyed, they both rushed forward, intending to capture them alive.Unexpectedly, he turned around suddenly, raised his left hand, and a large amount of dust flew over, Peng and Song's faces and eyes were filled with dust.The ashes are what they left behind when they burned the grass and fumigated them.Peng Sanchun rolled out a few steps, but Song Tianbao still stood on the ground, rubbing his hands on his face.Yu Yutong thrust his sword into his left leg, turned around and left.

Peng Sanchun wiped away the dust from his eyes, only to see two nephews humming and haha, squatting on the ground in pain, but the enemy has disappeared.Angry and ashamed, Peng Sanchun bandaged the wounds of the two and told them to rest in the cave for a while before going out to track them down.After walking seven or eight miles along the mountain road, they met Yan Bogan, Teng Yilei and others.Hahetai was with them again, and there was another stranger, this man was about forty years old, with an iron pipa on his back, his steps were vigorous, and he seemed to be very proficient in martial arts.

Seeing his younger brother looking around on the road, Yan Boqian looked embarrassed, so he hurriedly stepped forward to ask him.Peng Sanchun said with shame and shame, but fortunately Teng Yilei and the other three got nothing, and everyone was in the same boat. Back in the cave, Yan Bogan introduced Peng Sanchun, and the person carrying the iron pipa was Han Wenchong.He was at the mercy of the Red Flower Club in Hangzhou, he couldn't laugh or cry, and was discouraged. Wang Weiyang asked him to return to the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau, but he refused no matter what, and instead advised the head of the Escort to leave the mountain as soon as possible.Wang Weiyang and Zhang Zhaozhong fought on the Lion Peak, escaped from death, and thought that it would be impossible to help the Honghua Society in the future, but it would also be inappropriate to fight against them. There was a dilemma. Hearing what Han Wenchong said, he said repeatedly: "Yes, yes! "That is to say, go north to the Convergence Escort Bureau.Since Han Wenchong returned to Luoyang, he planned to stay at home behind closed doors, seal his sword and withdraw from the martial arts, but on the road, he ran into Hahetai who was about to go to Hangzhou to look for him.He didn't want to see his martial arts friend again, and lowered his head to pretend not to see him, but the iron pipa on his back was so conspicuous that he finally couldn't avoid it, and Hahetai recognized him.

The two talked in the inn, and Han Wenchong explained in detail the process of Jiao Yan Sanmo's death. Only then did Ha Hetai know that Jindi Xiucai and Honghuahui were not their enemies, and he had a good impression of Yu Yutong. Ask Han Wenchong to rush to the rescue.Han Wenchong didn't want to mess with others, but Hahetai said that only he could explain, so that Teng and Gu wouldn't be in the same embarrassment as Yu Yu, otherwise they would hurt this person, and Honghua would pursue revenge in the future, so how could he stay out of the matter?Han Wenchong had a good idea.The two rushed to Mengjin just as Teng Yilei and others rushed out from the inn on business.The five of them gathered in one place and turned their heads to look for the man in black in the cave.

Yu Yutong fled from the dangerous place, thinking that the three best fighters among the enemies had gone after Li Yuanzhi, she was very anxious as a young girl, how she could resist.I searched all the way, but found no trace, and found the suburb of Mengjin.Knowing that there are many people who know him in the Gongmen, he dare not search for him, so he broke into a small inn to rest at night.Where can I sleep this night?Blaming himself for being ruthless, Li Yuanzhi rescued him twice, but Luo Bing's voice was still full of smiles in front of his eyes and mind, and the beating sounds of "beep, beep, beep" could be heard from a distance, but it was already two It's even worse. Just as I was about to close my eyes, suddenly there was a sound of "Dong Lane" in the next room, and someone flicked a pipa.He has a good temperament and listens attentively.The sound of the pipa is soft and mesmerizing, and a woman's voice sang in a low voice: "Many talents make you worry, and love makes you worry. It doesn't matter if you don't care about syndromes, and you are willing to bear it. Who taught you how to be romantic?" He thought about the phrase "the more you are passionate, the more you are worried", and he couldn't help being crazy.After a while, the singing was faint, and I couldn't hear clearly from the other room. I could only hear a few words: "...the beauty is as bright as jade, and she returns to the loess in a blink of an eye..." After a long while, she couldn't help but shed tears in a daze. out. He ran wildly for a while in the wilderness, and gradually slowed down.The two words "beauty is as bright as jade, she returns to the loess in a blink of an eye" just now are lingering in my ears, thinking of Luo Bing, Li Yunzhi and others, it is true that they are stars and waves, white teeth lined with jade, bright and beautiful Very, but after a hundred years, wouldn't it be the same as turning into a skeleton?Worrying about them now, thinking about it in a hundred years, is really ridiculous.Thinking of this, he couldn't help feeling disheartened, walked around with his head down, and saw a big tree at the foot of the mountain in front of him like a cover, so he went to sit under the tree to rest for a while.After days of frightening and running around, he was extremely exhausted by this time, leaned against a tree, and fell asleep in a drowsy state. In his sleep, he suddenly heard the sound of bells beeping, he woke up in shock, he missed the golden flute beside him, remembering that he had already been snatched away by Gu Jinbiao, he felt dumbfounded.At this time, it was already dawn, and the bell sounded long and clear, faintly.He slept in the middle of the night, his energy recovered, and he thought: "Drumming in the evening and bell in the morning, it is really thought-provoking." Walking along with the bell, it turned out that it was issued by a monastery on the hill.Following the mountain road to work, I saw that the temple was quite dilapidated, and the three characters "Baoxiang Temple" were written on the plaque. Walking into the main hall, seeing a Buddha statue on the hall, lowering his head and eyebrows, he seemed to feel pity for the endless sorrow of the world, and his heart was filled with emotion.I saw that the four walls were covered with murals, waiting to be viewed. An old monk came out to greet him and asked for an inquiry, "Is there anything wrong with laymen coming to the small temple?" Water, seeing that the treasure temple is very quiet, I want to borrow a few mouths and return the incense and gold. I wonder if I will disturb you?" The old monk said: "The small temple is originally a house in the ten directions. Laymen want to live. Please come in." Order the monk who knows the guest. Reception to the guest room, plain face to each other. After Yu Yutong ate the noodles, he slept for another two hours.When I woke up, the red sun filled the window, it was already noon, and the sound of wooden turtles came from the Buddhist hall.After getting out of the house, I want to be laid off to find Li Yunzhi.When I passed the hall, I saw the murals. I stopped to take a look. I saw that the paintings were the passages of eight eminent monks who became monks.An inscription in one painting said that the eminent monk heard a line of music in a restaurant, so he became enlightened.Yu Yutong immediately looked down, closed his eyes and meditated, what kind of lyrics is that, can it have such great power?When I opened my eyes, I saw seven words written in the inscription: "If you don't have the heart, I will rest." These seven words were like a slap in the face, and my ears buzzed, and I froze immediately. Going back to the guest room in a daze, chanting the seven words "If you don't want to, I will rest" over and over again, it seems to be enlightened for a while, and confused for a while.when.Not drinking or eating, like crazy.The Zhike monk came to see him a few times, only told him that he was ill, and advised him to go to bed early.Yu Yu was sleeping together on the bed, listening to the howling wind outside the temple and the pine waves like the sea, her heart was also ups and downs like waves.In the past twenty-three years, scenes of Pu Shang's heart, Zhong Xiucai, killing enemies, wandering the rivers and lakes, and fighting for righteousness, I don't know how many dangers I have experienced, but I have always been carefree and carefree, who knows that one day I suddenly met in the main rudder of Taihu Lake. I have suffered this wrong from my previous life, I can't let go of it, I can't let it go, and I am extremely distressed.Thinking back to Luo Bing's treatment of himself, did he ever have the slightest affection?Since you have no intention, I should just rest, but how can I just rest?How can we give up?Feeling irritable, I sat up and lit the lamp, and saw a scripture on the table, which was the "Forty-two Chapters" that was first passed from Tianzhu to China. Flipping through it casually, I found the story of "a night under the tree" in the scriptures. It narrates that the god of heaven presented an unusually beautiful jade girl to the Buddha. The Buddha said, "Why are you here?" He seemed to have been hit so hard that he lost all sanity.After a long time, I woke up and thought: "The Buddha saw the jade girl and said that she was just a pile of dirty flesh and blood in her skin. Why am I so obsessed and persistent?" Monk, ask him to shave. The old monk persuaded him again and again, and Yu Yutong became more determined.The old monk couldn't resist him, so he had to gather the monks the next morning, shaved him in front of the Buddha, and gave him the precepts. Yu Yu bowed to the Buddha and chanted scriptures together, and spent a few days in peace.On this day, I knelt in front of the Buddha for morning class, meditating on my Buddha's mercy, saving all sentient beings, my heart is cool and clear, and it seems to be spotless.Suddenly I heard a person behind me talking nonsense: "I have searched all around Mengjin, and there is no Duozi kiln for this word here. Where can I find it. Where can I go?" Yu Yutong was surprised: "The voice is so familiar." He heard it again. Another person said gloomyly: "Even if you turn Meng Jin over, you have to find this little thief." Yu Yu gritted her teeth together and thought, "Okay, you finally found it." It turned out that Teng Yilei, Yan Bogan and others At this time, he was standing behind him. He remained motionless, listening to Ha Hetai and Gu Jinbiao arguing fiercely behind his back.Hahetai insisted to leave immediately and go to Huibu to seek revenge on Huo Qingtong, but Gu Jinbiao insisted on finding Yu Yutong first.Soon after, Yan Bogan asked the abbot if there was an ugly scholar who came to the temple.The abbot was stunned and hesitated.Yan Bo became suspicious, went to the rooms in the backyard to search, and found Li Yuanzhi's black shirt in the monk's room. Yan Boqian immediately changed his color and came out to question him sternly.The abbot said: "The scholar-in-law is long gone, and you will never find him." Yu Yutong stood up, knocked on the wooden fish, and walked slowly to the apse.Yan Bogan became suspicious and pouted at Song Tianbao.Song Tianbao understood, followed him straight in, and shouted: "Hey, your monk, I have something to say." Yu Yutong ignored him and stepped faster.Song Tianbao ran after him and stretched out his hands to grab his back.Yu Lingtong was on one side of his body, and the left sleeve of his monk's robe was waving towards his face.Song Tianbao hurriedly backed away, only to feel extreme pain in his side. It turned out that he had been stabbed heavily by the wooden fish mallet, and he cried, "Ouch, it hurts!" He squatted down.Yu Yu said together: "Amitabha, pain is not pain, and pain is pain!" Knocking on the wooden fish, he went to the backyard. Yan Boqian waited to hear the sound of the wooden fish beckoning away, but he didn't see Song Tianbao coming out, so he hurriedly left the abbot and rushed to the back hall, and saw him sitting on the ground, holding his side under his side with a sad face.Peng Sanchun shouted: "What are you doing sitting here? What about the monk?" Song Tianbao was speechless, sweating profusely, and pointed to the back.Peng Sanchun and Gu Jinbiao chased after him, but there was no one there except a fire worker under the kitchen.Yan Boqian pulled Song Tianbao up and looked at the wound on his side, he saw a black and blue patch, and the injury was serious, so he hurriedly asked, "Was the monk injured?" Song Tianbao nodded.Yan Bogan asked again: "What kind of person is the monk?" Song Tianbao was speechless, he never saw the monk. At this time Teng Yilei had already caught the abbot, felt that his hands and feet were weak, knowing that he didn't know martial arts, he asked, "Where did that monk come from just now?"Although Teng Yilei and the others were suspicious, they asked for a long time and couldn't find any results, so they had to let it go.When Yan Bogan said that he was going to set fire to the temple, the abbot had a lot of integrity and was not afraid. Teng Yilei winked, and everyone left the temple.Teng Yilei said: "This temple is a bit weird, let's visit it at night." They went to the nearby villages to buy some pasta, and at night they entered the temple over the wall and watched for more than an hour, but there was no movement.The next day, Han Wenchong urged the three of them not to seek revenge with Honghuahui. Hahetai yelled to find Huo Qingtong in Huibu, but Gu Jinbiao remembered the hatred of throwing soup, and went to the temple to argue with the abbot again. Ha Hetai said: "If you can't find that evil monk again tonight, you will leave early tomorrow morning." The black shadows that Wen Tailai saw at night were those of Teng Yilei and Yan Bogan.
Wen Tailai saw that monk turned his head back, his face was covered with scars, it was Yu Yutong, his fourteenth younger brother, he was surprised and delighted: "Why did he hide here and become a monk?" Watch the movement from the sidelines.At this moment, with a bang, the palace door was knocked down, and seven or eight people broke in.Wen Tailai only knew Yan Bogan, and remembering that this person arrested him in Tiedan Village, and then wantonly insulted him in Liangzhou, when his enemy saw him, he was furious, and secretly said: "The Bodhisattva has a spirit, let this thief hit him today. In my hands!" Teng Yilei and others rushed into the main hall, raising their weapons and staying around Yu Yutong.Unexpectedly, he knelt in front of the Buddha statue, ignored his enemies, and prayed with his palms together: "I have committed a serious crime, attracting evil spirits and heretics, disturbing the pure Buddha land, and my Buddha is merciful." Everyone was quite surprised to see him like this.Yan Bogan grabbed his right arm and shouted, "What the hell are you doing, let's go!" The abbot and monks in the temple heard the sound and saw that this dry man was holding a glaring weapon, like a fierce god, they all hid in the back of the hall and did not dare to come out.Yu Yutong didn't resist, and followed Yan Bogan.Tan Tiancheng rushed to the front and opened the palace door. The door opened, only to see a person palpating silently at the door.Everyone was surprised and took a step back.I saw that this person was wearing a gray cloth shirt and trousers, with a cloth belt tied around his waist, his eyes were wide open, and he was full of power. Yan Bogan recognized him as Wen Tailai, and his surprise was no small matter.He didn't know about this person's escape from prison, so he shouted: "You...you are Ben Lei..." Before finishing speaking, Wen Tailai's right palm hit his wrist, this move was unusually fast, Bo Yan Too late to fight back and flinch, he hastily let go, his wrist was already hit, and Yu Yutong was also pulled away by him.Yan Boqian jumped two steps before he felt a sharp pain in his wrist, as if several bones had been broken. Teng Yilei and the other seven people had never seen Wen Tailai before, so they couldn't help being startled when they saw that his techniques were surprisingly fast.Teng Yilei waved the bronze man and stood at the door, thinking that there are eight people on his side, and five of them are first-class fighters in the Jianghu. escape. Wen Tailai pulled Yu Yutong over, and they jumped to the left side of the hall together.Yu Yutong shouted: "Fourth brother, you..." Wen Tailai said: "Are you injured?" Yu Yutong said: "No." Wen Tailai said: "Okay, let's have a good fight today." Yu Yu Before Tong could reply, Song Tianbao and Tan Tiancheng rushed forward with their weapons. When Wen Tailai saw the physical skills of the two, he knew that they were members of the Chenzhou Yanjia boxing school.He was already jealous of evil, and in the past few months, he had suffered unprecedented humiliation in his life. At this moment, he was no longer merciless, and with a sway of his body, he had already jumped behind Song Tan and the two of them.Before the two of them dropped their weapons, the enemy suddenly disappeared. They were about to withdraw their moves and turned around, but they were caught by the back collar.Peng Sanchun stood closest, with a three-section cudgel "the poisonous snake came out of the hole", and nodded to Wen Tailai.Wen Tailai grabbed the two of them with both hands, turned around abruptly, carried them in a circle, and shouted loudly, like a thunderbolt in the clear sky.Peng Sanchun was startled, and the three-section stick fell to the ground with a clang.Amidst the loud shouts, Wen Tailai raised his arms horizontally and closed them forcefully, and Qin and Song's heads hit each other with a bang, bloody flesh and brains burst. Wen Tailai didn't stop, he picked up the two corpses and threw them at the enemy, Gu Jinbiao and others jumped to avoid them.After all, Yan Boqian was concerned about his master and apprentice, so he stretched out his hand to catch Tan Tiancheng, but he didn't have the time to think that it was a corpse.This happened only for a moment, Peng Sanchun was so frightened that he was at a loss what to do, he neither picked up the stick nor ran away.Wen Tailai took a step forward, punched backhand with his left hand, Peng Sanchun raised his arm to block, with a click, the bone in his arm broke prematurely.Wen Tailai's left hand has grasped his corset.In desperation, Peng Sanchun flew up and kicked his chest.Wen Tailai's right hand was like the wind, grabbed his left foot, pushed it down with his left hand, raised his right hand, and lifted him upside down.Both Gu Jinbiao and Yan Bogan came to the rescue.Wen Tailai yelled again, and hammered down the ground with both hands like a piling. Peng Sanchun's head hit the bluestone slab of the Buddhist hall, how could it not be broken?These two moves were extremely fast, Peng Sanchun was originally linking his legs, kicking out with his left foot, followed by his right foot, but after breaking his head, he kicked out with his right foot. Ben Leishou showed his supernatural power and killed three enemies in a row in an instant.Seeing Gu Jinbiao and Yan Bogan attacking from left and right, knowing that these two are formidable enemies, far from being comparable to the three of Shicai, he suddenly jumped back, picked up the big incense burner on the altar table, and threw it at Gu Jinbiao.The incense burner weighed seventy to eighty catties, and with the force of the throw, Gu Jinbiao didn't dare to catch it, so he leaned to dodge it.The censer carried strong wind and flew straight towards Teng Yilei.Teng Yilei was covered by Gu Jinbiao.Light, when he jumped away, the incense burner was in front of him.Hahetai shouted urgently: "Boss, be careful!" Teng Yilei didn't have time to dodge, he picked up the one-legged bronze figure and smashed it open violently, with a loud bang, the stone incense burner was broken into several pieces, and stone dust and incense ash flew everywhere. At this time, Yan Bogan and Wen Tailai had already exchanged hands.Yu Yutong grabbed a drumstick and stood behind Wen Tailai to protect him.Teng and Gu's faces were scratched several times by stone chips.Gu Jinbiao stepped forward with his fork straight, and was about to join the battle group, when Wen Tailai's movements were like the wind, he swayed his hand in front of Yan Bogan's face, and quickly rushed to Hahetai's side.He watched the situation, although he had already killed three people, he was still outnumbered, and the martial arts of the other five people seemed to be extraordinary, he had to catch a few people by surprise and injure a few more, in order to win.Seeing that Ha Hetai and Han Wenchong were standing far away, he suddenly jumped over and slapped Ha Hetai on the back of his heart. Ha Hetai stepped back and hooked the opponent's wrist with his backhand.Wen Tailai saw that his technique was fast, he let out a "huh", and crossed his face with his left palm, striking the opponent's neck obliquely.Ha Hetai lowered his head again, and stretched out his hand to grab his wrist.Wen Tailai was quite surprised to see that every move he made was a grabbing hand, but the technique was very strange. Ha Hetai and Wen Tailai performed two tricks, but failed to hook his wrist both times. This was his perfect skill. He was startled, and with a bang, he was hit on the back.Wen Tailai was even more surprised to see that this palm failed to knock him down, but he didn't know that although Hahetai had been in Liaodong for many years, he still wore a cowhide vest according to the Mongolian custom. This palm was like defeating leather, Wen Tailai also said that he had practiced special kung fu, but Hahetai also felt pain all the way to his chest, suddenly sat down on the ground, and stretched out his arms to grab Wen Tailai's waist.Wen Tailai turned his right palm over, "Lightning Mother Looking in the Mirror", and struck the opponent's cheek horizontally.Ha Hetai turned his head and grabbed his right wrist, raised his hand and threw him to the ground, when suddenly his wrist went numb and half of his body went limp.Seeing that Wen Tailai was in danger, Yu Yutong came up to rescue him in shock. He just took a step when he saw Wen Tailai fall to the ground and had already pinched Hahetai under his arm.It turned out that Wen Tailai hit his acupuncture point conveniently, caught him with his backhand, and threw him out with both hands.Yu Yutong shouted urgently: "Fourth brother, that's a friend!" Hahetai headed to the front and feet, and Pingping slammed into the giant clock.Teng Yilei and Gu Jinbiao stood at the door, it was too late to rescue them. Hearing Yu Yu's unanimous cry, Wen Tailai rushed towards him like an arrow, his movement was faster than Hahetai's flying body, and at the very moment, he reached out and grabbed his right leather boot, and grabbed him back forcefully. Patted and rubbed his shoulder well point with his left palm, pulled him up to stand up, and said: "Ah, I'm a friend, I'm sorry."Teng Yilei and Gu Jinbiao suddenly saw Wen Tailai save his brother's life, they both rushed forward desperately, but suddenly stopped, Teng Yilei helped Hahetai aside. Yu Yutong shouted: "Be careful behind you!" Wen Tailai suddenly felt the wind blowing in the back of his head, turned around and swept his legs, and kicked the enemy first without avoiding it.Yan Boqian touched the steel rings with both hands, jumped up with his body, the right ring protects his body, the left ring flattened his body, and swept towards Wen Tailai's waist.Wen Tailai shouted loudly and reached out to grab the ring. This time when the enemies met, they didn't give up. The lights in the Buddhist hall were dim, and the Tathagata bowed his head and lowered his eyebrows, watching the two fiercely fighting in front of him.Yu Yutong leaned against the Buddha statue, and Teng Yilei, Gu Jinbiao, Ha Hetai, and Han Wenchong stood at the door, facing the hall.There were three corpses lying across the main hall, all with broken skulls and bloody flesh.Seeing that Teng Yilei and the others didn't come forward to help, Yan Bogan was very angry and made the double rings whistling. He also has unique secrets in boxing, and he has also worked hard for decades on this pair of double rings.Wen Tailai fought more than ten moves with him, seeing that he was tight in attack and defense, quick in movement and quite lawful, he shouted fiercely, his palms flew up, his boxing technique had changed.Every punch and palm comes with a violent shout, or the shout first and the palm follow, or the punch first and then the sound, or the sound of the fist together, or there is no punch, the sound and the palm are rubbed together. At the same time, the faster the body moves, the louder the shouting, the gods are intimidating, and Yan Bogan gradually becomes exhausted. In Wen Tailai's clapping and clapping, there was a faint wave of wind and thunder.Yan Boqian supported until now, his whole body was dripping with sweat, his arms were numb, his double rings were crossed, and he took a step back.He knew that Wen Tailai would definitely rush to attack, and sure enough, the opponent did not relax, and stepped forward to attack.Yan Bogan's double ring "Bai Yan cuts the tail", the right ring is originally on the left, and the left ring is originally on the right, at this moment he suddenly opened to both sides, seeing that the enemy's forearm was about to be smashed by the double ring.Unexpectedly, Wen Tailai followed his plan, and stretched out his palm to press his chest.Yan Boqian knew that if this palm was pressed, he would not die or be injured, so he had to go back to the left ring and block it in front of his chest, while the right ring hit the enemy's shoulder instead.Wen Tailai yelled loudly, twisted his five fingers, grabbed the steel ring, and quickly circled behind the enemy.Yan Bogan was stunned for a moment, and You Huan was also captured.Wen Tailai turned hard, Yan Boqian bent his hands over, if he didn't let go, his hands would be broken, he had to loosen his fingers, a pair of steel rings fell into the opponent's hands, he hurriedly took three steps forward before turning around. Wen Tailai shouted: "Give it back to you!" Shuanghuan threw it at him.This blow was surprisingly powerful, although Yan Boqian saw the weapon flying back, but he heard the strong wind and the steel ring coming fiercely, if he stretched out his hand to catch it, his finger would have to be broken, so he quickly dodged to the right, and there were two loud bangs. , the double ring is embedded with a giant clock.Teng Yilei, Gu Jinbiao and others couldn't help cheering together. Yan Boqian suddenly turned his eyes upwards, raised his arms horizontally, stiffened his body, and leaped forward jump by jump, acting like a zombie.This is a strange martial art in Yan Family Boxing, mixed with Chenzhou Zhu Youke's frightening technique.His eyes are like lightning, and he shoots at the enemy in a frightening manner, his arms are straight up and down, and although his knees are not bent, he can jump vertically very nimbly.As soon as Wen Tailai greeted him, he shivered wittily, his heart was shocked, and he turned his head hastily.Unfolding Thunderbolt Palm, to meet his "Zombie Punch", which is rare in the Jianghu, unleashed more than ten moves, shouted loudly, and suddenly jumped away. Yan Bogan's eyes were staring straight, as if he was drunk, his body swayed uncontrollably, and tears suddenly flowed down his cheeks.Everyone was wondering, when he let out a "wow", a large stream of blood gushed out from his mouth, his body stiffened, and he stood still. When everyone saw him so eerie and terrifying, they all felt a chill coming over them.Wen Tailai saw him crying and vomiting blood, so he stopped pursuing him.Comrade Yu Yu said, "There is no such thing as misfortune or good fortune, only people call themselves, you go!" Yan Boqian looked straight at him without moving a bit. Han Wenchong said: "Brother Yan, let's go!" Seeing that he was not moving, he pulled him, but Yan Bogan fell down and touched his body, he had been dead for a long time.Wen Tailai hit him twice on the front of the head, back and back, and he was shocked to death. Han Wenchong sighed, cupped his hands to Wen Tailai and said, "This is the Fourth Master Ben Lei Shouwen?" Wen Tailai nodded.Han Wenchong said: "Brother Han Wenchong." Wen Tailai knew that he was from the Zhenyuan Security Bureau, so he nodded again.In the past, it was Tong Zhaohe from the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau who led people to Tiedan Village to fetch him, but this time he was fighting Zhang Zhaozhong at the Lion Peak in Hangzhou, and his Escort Bureau teamed up with the Red Flower Society, so this person can be said to be between friends and enemies between.Han Wenchong pointed to Teng Yilei and the other three, said their names, and nodded to each other without speaking.Han Wenchong said: "The three of them used to have a little misunderstanding about Honghua, and now the brothers have explained it clearly." Seeing Wen Tailai's coldness, he knew that he still had lingering anger towards the Zhenyuan Security Bureau, and said, "Leave the factory. "Hold your hands in salute, turn around and leave the temple.The Three Demons of Kanto also walked out of the palace. Seeing Gu Jinbiao turn around, Wen Tailai took two steps forward with Yu Yutong's golden flute stuck in his back waist, and shouted, "Brother Gu, leave my brother's weapon behind." Gu Jinbiao stopped and turned around, He said angrily: "Okay, he has the ability, come and get it by himself." His martial arts are not ordinary, he has been in Liaodong for more than ten years, killing people and stealing goods, and rarely encountering opponents, except for the boss Teng Yilei who is a little jealous, no one puts him on it In his eyes, he hated Yu Yutong's humiliation of boiling soup and noodles even more.Seeing Wen Tailai's supernatural power just now, he knew that he was no enemy and dared not make trouble, but since he provoked himself, he refused to show weakness, so he obediently presented the golden flute.Immediately shake the tiger fork, ready to meet the enemy.Wen Tailai reached out to snatch his tiger fork. The two were about to fight, when Yu Yutong jumped out suddenly and said, "Fourth Brother, my younger brother has already become a monk, so I don't need this flute anymore, let Brother Gu take it." Wen Tailai saw him say that, but it would be inconvenient for him to say it again. He stepped forward, let out a "hum", and took two steps away.Gu Jinbiao put away the tiger fork and jumped out of the hall. Teng Yilei thought to himself: "This man surnamed Wen is so arrogant, although you are good at martial arts, are we afraid of you? Why don't we show off your skills so that you can know how powerful you are?" At this time, the three of them had already walked to the outer hall. Wei Tuo stood in the center holding the magic pestle in his hand, oil lamps were lit in front of the statue, and the four king vajras sat on both sides.Teng Yilei jumped onto the god's throne, summoned his strength, shook each statue for a while, and shouted, "Let's go!" Wen Tailai and Yu Yutong heard the rattling noise outside the hall, ran out to look, and suddenly saw the five god statues seem to be alive, and rushed down one by one.At this time, it was too late to turn around, Wen Tailai secretly shouted: "Not good!" Grabbing Yu Yutong's left arm, he used the "Instantaneous Thousands of Miles" light body kung fu, and jumped out of the mountain gate.Before the feet landed, there were several loud bangs in the temple, smoke filled the air, dust was flying, and several statues of gods fell to pieces.The four great King Kongs are big and heavy, and they fell down with a vicious force.Wen Tailai was furious and rushed out.Yu Yu said: "Fourth brother, killing four people tonight is enough!" Wen Tailai stopped in a daze and asked, "How did you become a monk?" Teng Yilei knocked down the statue, but he was also afraid that Wen Tailai would come to provoke him, so he rushed down the mountain with Gu Jinbiao and others.Gu Jinbiao suddenly felt a movement in his lower back, and stretched out his hand to touch it. The golden flute was no longer there, and he exclaimed "Huh" in shock.Teng Yilei and others stopped to ask.Gu Jinbiao was startled and angry, and cursed: "Fuck his grandma Xiong, this man surnamed Wen is like a ghost, and stole the golden flute." The four of them clearly saw Wen Tailai and Yu Yutong rushing out of the hall, far away from each other. How could he catch up and snatch back the golden flute in a blink of an eye? The speed of his movements is chilling.Hahetai said: "Second brother, don't scold, if he doesn't take the golden flute and give you a palm on the back, will you survive?" Gu Jinbiao thought that Wen Tailai was indeed showing mercy, so he didn't say anything. The four discussed going back to Huo Qingtong to avenge Yan Shikui.Han Wenchong definitely refused to go with them, and the three of them couldn't force it, so they broke up when they arrived in Mengjin.Han Wenchong returned to Luoyang to live in seclusion, playing the pipa quietly behind closed doors, such as "Pingsha Luoyan" and "Zhaojun Going out of the Fortress", playing the pipa with great enjoyment. When Yu Yutong heard Wen Tailai ask him why he became a monk, he sighed and said, "Fourth brother, I can't help you, will you forgive me?" Wen Tailai said, "We are good brothers, don't say you have done nothing to me. I'm sorry, even if there was, that was an unintentional fault, how could I mind?" Yu Yu said: "This is not an unintentional fault, but intentional ingratitude." Wen Tailai smiled slightly and said: "You risk your life to save me, you must Just once, if you say that you are not righteous to me, who will believe it?" Seeing him wearing cassock in the moonlight, his face was mutilated, how can he be the handsome boy in the past, he couldn't help feeling sad, stroking his shoulder, and said: "Fourteenth brother , we are a life-and-death friendship. In the past, when you were young and confused, fourth brother never took it to heart, why are you so disheartened?" Ever since Yu Yutong's parents were murdered and he was living in the Jianghu, in the past, although the brothers in the Red Flower Congregation had good friendships, no one had ever spoken to him like a real brother, without feeling emotionally involved.But then I thought about it again; since I have become a monk, all love and secular relationships must be cut off.So he hardened his heart and said coldly: "Fourth brother, please go back. We may not see each other again in the future. My name is Kong Se, please don't call me Fourteenth Brother." After saying that, he suddenly turned and went into the temple. 文泰来呆了半晌，看他神情，知道再劝也是无用。虽然掌毙强敌，得报深仇，然见余鱼同如此，心情甚是闷郁，不由得长叹一声，悄回孟津。 余鱼同回入寺中，只见满殿佛像碎片，四具尸体横卧就地。他跪在残破的佛像之前，深切忏悔。忽听得轻轻的当啷一响，抬起头来，自己那枝金笛竟便在面前闪闪生光。他吃了一惊，回过头来，只见李沅芷站在身后。这时她穿了女装，灯光下越显妩媚，只是满脸幽怨。余鱼同合十打了一躬，并不做声。李沅芷见他如此忍心，欲言又止，再也忍不住，坐在地下掩面哭了出来。
文泰来回到客店，骆冰已穿好衣服，带了兵刃，正要出外寻他，见他回来，心中大喜，怪道：“怎么悄悄一个人出去，也不叫人家一声。”文泰来道：“谁叫你睡得这样沉？哪一天让人绑了去，怕还睡得不知道呢。”骆冰笑道：“那最好，也好让你尝尝着急的滋味。”见丈夫神色凄然，忙问：“怎么啦？”文泰来道：“我见到了十四弟，他做了和尚。”骆冰一怔。文泰来道：“咱们见总舵主去。”叫醒了陈家洛、徐天宏等人，述说经过，章进第一个忍不住，跳起身来。众人忙奔宝相寺而去。 到得寺中，只见空荡荡的已无一人，想是寺僧见众人恶斗凶杀，吓得逃走了还没敢回来。骆冰见佛像前供桌上压着一张字条，取在手中，众人围拢来看，见字条上写道：“总舵主暨各位哥哥英鉴：小弟罪孽深重，出家忏悔，以了尘缘，望各位努力大事，以成不世功业，小弟曰夕在佛前为此祷告。小弟现出外募化，重修佛像金身，或数月之后，方能归也。关东三魔已首途回部，寻翠羽黄衫去矣，务请设法拦阻为要。小弟鱼同顿昏再拜” 众人看了都很伤感，骆冰心中更是说不出的滋味。章进怒道：“出什么屁家？咱们把这庙放火烧了，瞧他还做不做得成和尚？”说着拿了烛台，就要去放火，骆冰连忙喝止。 徐天宏道：“我看十四弟凡心未断，未必能做一辈子和尚。”文泰来忙问：“怎见得？”徐天宏道：“第一，他还挂念咱们的大事。第二，他要募化重修佛像，但他素来心高气傲，不屑求人，要他募化，哪能成功？我瞧他势必仍用老法子，要去劫盗为富不仁的大户。”说到这里，众人都笑了起来。陈家洛笑道：“那还像什么和尚？”徐天宏道：“他连翠羽黄衫都还放心不下，只怕做和尚很难。这字条上署的是他本名，不写和尚法名。看来他对自己的和尚身份也不怎么在乎。”众人听他一说，都觉有理，也就宽怀。 文泰来道：“这关东三魔武功很强，不知那翠羽黄衫能敌得住吗？”徐天宏道：“我们曾见霍青桐姑娘和六魔阎世章相斗，霍姑娘稍胜他一筹。不过若非总舵主出手相救，只怕也已遭了他的毒手。”文泰来道：“那不成，这大魔滕一雷力气大得异乎寻常，甚是了得。”徐天宏道：“那么咱们赶快动身去回部，路上把三魔截住。等咱们办完止事，再回来劝十四弟吧。”众人都说不错。 众人回到孟津，天已发白，便到酒楼去吃面喝酒。 徐天宏道：“三魔既已动身，咱们最好有人骑四嫂的白马赶过头去。眼下回部军情紧迫，木卓伦老英雄他们正忙于应付，别让翠羽黄衫冷不防地给三魔打个措手不及。”陈家洛心想此言甚是，皱眉不语。 章进道：“那我先去吧，你们随后来。”徐天宏道：“你性子急，别途中惹事，误了大事。”章进道：“我不惹事就是。”骆冰明白徐天宏的意思，说道：“你不懂回语，途中好生不便，眼下到处有战事，别让回人们起了误会。”座中只有陈家洛和心砚两人在回疆住过十年之久，精通回语，骆冰这句话明明是要他们去了。陈家洛仍是不语。心砚道：“少爷，那么我先走吧。”徐天宏道：“总舵主，我瞧还是你先走最妥。你懂回语，功夫又好，关东三魔和你没朝过相，就是狭路相逢，动手不动手都不打紧。你赶到之后，要是兆惠仍不停手，你还可以帮他们出些主意。”陈家洛沉吟半晌，说道：“好吧！”吃过面后，谢了上官毅山，和众人作别，跨上骆冰的白马，向西驰去。
陈家洛得知关东三魔要去找霍青桐报仇，甚是关切。翠羽黄衫的背影在大漠尘沙中逐渐隐没的情景，当即袭上心头，但想到那姓李少年和她亲密异常的模样，虽看出那少年似是女扮男装，但这人容貌秀美，倒似做戏的小旦儿一般，心中瞧他不起。而霍青桐英气逼人，又似浑不将自己一个红花会总舵主瞧在眼里，虽蒙赠以短剑，心中醋意萌生，总觉难以亲近。每当念及，往往当她是个英侠好友，却难生儿女柔情。 白马脚程好快，只觉耳旁风生，山岗树木如飞般在身旁掠过。到得午间，已奔出二百多里，自必旱把关东三魔远远抛在后面。打过尖后，纵马又驰，心想今日奔跑一日，关东三魔永远别想再赶得上，晚间在客店中歇宿时，已全然放心。 不一日已到肃州。登上嘉峪关头，倚楼纵目，只见长城环抱，控扼大荒，蜿蜒如线，俯视城方如斗，心中颇为感慨，出得关来，也照例取石向城墙投掷。关外风沙险恶，旅途艰危，相传出关时取石投掷城墙，便可生还关内。行不数里，但见烟尘滚滚，日色昏黄，只听得骆驼背上有人唱道：“一过嘉峪关，两眼泪不干，前边是戈壁，后面是沙滩。”肷声苍凉，远播四野。 一路晓行夜宿，过玉门、安西后，沙漠由浅黄逐渐变为深黄，再由深黄渐转灰黑，便近戈壁边缘了。这一带更无人烟，一望无垠，广漠无际，那白马到了用武之地，精神振奋，发力奔跑，不久远处出现了一抹岗峦。 转眼之间，石壁越来越近，一字排开，直伸出去，山石间云雾弥漫，似乎其中别有天地。再奔近时，忽觉峭壁中间露出一条缝来，白马沿山道直奔了进去，那便是甘肃和回疆之间的交通孔道星星峡。峡内两旁石壁峨然笔立，有如用刀削成，抬头望天，只觉天色又蓝又亮，宛如潜在海底仰望一般。若在夜晚，抬头唯见星星，星星峡之名当由此而来。峡内岩石全系深黑，乌光发亮。道路弯来弯去，曲折异常。这时已入冬季，峡内初有积雪，黑白相映，蔚为奇观，心想：“这峡内形势如此险峻，用兵西攻，殊为不易。”当年陈家洛初来回疆，年纪尚幼，虽见奇景，并未多加留神。 过了星星峡，在一所小屋中宿歇一晚。次日又行，两旁仍是绵頁的黑色山岗。奔驰了几个时辰，已到大戈壁上。戈壁平坦，犹如一面大黑镜，和沙漠上的沙丘起伏全然不同，凝眸远眺，只觉天地相接，万籁无声，宇宙间似乎唯有他一人一骑。他虽武艺高强，身当此境，不禁也生栗栗之感，顿觉大千无限，一己渺小异常。 到哈密城后，心想军情紧急，对外来旅客盘查必严，于是绕过城市，径到城西的二堡。次日起来，寻思一过二堡向西，就要打听霍青桐的所在了，自己是汉人，只怕回人疑心自己是奸细，如何取得他们信任，倒要费一番周折，还是换了回人装束较好。于是在二堡买了回人戴的绣花小帽、皮靴和条纹衣衫，到旷野中换了，把原来衣服埋在沙中。临溪一照，宛然是个回族少年，自觉有趣，不禁失笑。 可是一路之上，竟没遇到一个回人。沿途回人聚居的村落市集都已烧成白地，自是兆惠大军干的好事，所有回人必定都已逃入沙漠腹地。不由得着急起来，在这无边无际的大漠之上，却到哪里去找霍青桐？心想如沿大路寻访，只怕再也找不到一人，于是折而向南，尽往偏僻山地中乱走。回疆本就荒凉，不循大路，更是难遇人烟，向南走了三天，干粮吃完，幸好不久便打死了一只黄羊。 又走了两日，途中见到几个牧人，一问之下，却都是哈萨克族人。他们只知满清大军来了之后，回部大队人众都往西退走，却不知退往何处。 彷徨无计，只得纵马向西，信蹄所之，不加控驭，每天奔驰三四百里。如此走了四日，眼见皆是黄沙，天色濛暗，不知尽头。 这日天气忽然热了起来，大漠之中气候变化剧烈，往往一曰之内数历寒暑。本来水囊中的水都结了薄冰，这时却越走越热，烈曰当空，人马身上都是汗水。他想找个阴凉所在休息，四顾茫茫，尽是沙丘，只得驰到一个大沙丘的背日处，打开水袋喝了三口，也让白马喝了三口。虽然奇渴难当，却不敢多喝，只怕附近找不到水源，喝完了水那可是死路一条。 人马休息了一个时辰，上马又行。正走得昏昏沉沉、人困马乏之时，忽然白马仰起头来，向天空嗅了几嗅，振鬣长嘶，转过身来，向南奔驰。陈家洛知道此马颇具灵性，便也由它。奔不多时，沙丘间忽然出现了稀稀落落的铁草，再奔一阵，地下青草渐多。陈家洛知道前面必有水源，心中大喜。那白马这时精神大振，四蹄如飞。不一会儿，已听得淙淙水声。 转眼之间，面前出现一条小溪。白马奔到溪边，陈家洛跳下马来，见水清见底，抚摸马背，笑道：“多亏你找到这条小溪，咱们一起喝吧！”俯身溪边，掬了一口水喝下，只觉一阵清凉，直透心肺。那水甘美之中还带有微微香气，想必出自一处绝佳的泉水。溪水中无数小块碎冰互相撞击，发出清脆声音，丁丁冬冬，宛如仙乐。那马喝了几口水后，长嘶一声，跳跃了数下，也是说不出的欢喜。 陈家洛饮足溪水，心旷神怡，胸襟爽朗。回顾身上满是沙尘，于是卷起裤脚，踏入水中，把头脸手脚洗了个干净，再把马牵过，给它冼刷一遍，然后在两只皮袋中装满了水。冰块闪耀之中，忽见夹杂有花瓣飘流，溪水芳香，当是上游有花之故，心想：“沿溪上溯，或许遇得到人，能问到霍青桐的行踪。”于是骑上了马，沿溪水向上游行去。 渐行溪流渐大。沙漠中的河流大都上游水大，到下游时水流逐渐被沙漠吸干，终于消失。他久住回疆，也不以为奇。纵马急驰了一阵，地势渐高，进入丘陵，溪水转弯绕过一块高地，忽然眼前一片银瀑，水声轰轰不绝，匹练自一座山峰泻下，飞珠溅玉，蔚为奇观。 在这荒凉的大漠之中突然见此美景，不觉身神俱爽，好奇心起，想看看瀑布之上更有什么景色，牵马从西面绕道而上。转了几个弯，从一排参天青松中穿了出去，登时惊得呆了。 眼前一片大湖，湖的南端又是一条大瀑布，水花四溅，日光映照，现出一条彩虹，湖周花树参差，杂花红白相间，倒映在碧绿的湖水之中，奇丽莫名。远处是大片青拳：平原，无边无际地延伸出去，与天相接，草地上几百只白羊在奔跑、吃草。草原西端一座高山参天而起，耸入云霄，从山腰起全是皑皑白雪，山腰以下却生满苍翠树木。 他一时口呆目瞪，心摇神驰。只听树上小鸟鸣啾，湖中冰块撞击，与瀑布声交织成一片乐音。凝望湖面，忽见湖水中微微起了一点涟漪，一只洁白如玉的手臂从湖中伸了上来，接着一个湿淋淋的头从水中钻出，一转头，看见了他，一声惊叫，又钻入水中。 就在这一刹那，陈家洛已看清楚是个明艳绝伦、秀美之极的少女，心中一惊：“难道真有山精水怪不成？”摸出三粒围棋子扣在手中。 只见湖面一条水线向东伸去，忽喇一声，那少女的头在花树丛中钻了起来，青翠的树木空隙之间，露出皓如白雪的肌肤，漆黑的长发散在湖面，一双像天上星星那么亮的眼睛凝望过来。这时他哪里还当她是妖精，心想凡人必无如此之美，不是水神，便是天仙了。只听一个清脆的声音问道：“你是谁？到这里来干吗？”说的是回语，陈家洛虽然听见，却似乎不懂，怔怔地没做声，一时缥缈恍惚，如梦如醉。那声音又道：“你走开，让我穿衣服！”陈家洛脸上一阵发烧，急忙转身，蹿入林中。 他坐在地下，心中突突发跳，暗想：“难道这只是个寻常的回人少女？她裸着身子在湖中洗澡，我居然看见了还不避开，咳，真是不该。”他十分不好意思，就想马上逃开，但想好容易见到了人，怎不问问她霍青桐的信息，一时委决不下。忽然湖那边传来了娇柔清亮的歌声：过路的大哥你回来，为什么口不开？逃得快？ 人家洗澡你来偷看， 我问你哟， 这样的大胆该不该？ 歌声轻快活泼，想见唱歌的人颊边含有笑意。 陈家洛听她歌中含意嘲弄多于责怪，于是慢慢走回湖边，缓缓抬头。只见湖边红花树下，坐着一个全身白衣如雪的少女，长发垂肩，正拿着一把梳子慢慢梳理。她赤了双脚，脸上发上都是水珠。陈家洛一见她如明珠、似美玉的容颜，一颗心又是评怦而跳，暗想：“天下哪有这样的美女？”只见她舒雅自在地坐在湖边，明艳圣洁，几乎不信是凡人，白衣倒映水中，落花一瓣一瓣地掉在她头上、衣上、影子上。他平时潇洒自如，这时竟讷讷地说不出话来。 那少女向他嫣然一笑，招手要他走近。陈家洛用回语说道：“在下路过此地，天热口渴，忽然遇到这条清凉的溪水，找到了这里。不料无意冲撞了姑娘，实是无心之过，还请原谅。”说若躬身深深行了一礼。那少女见他说得斯文，又是一笑，唱了起来：过路的大哥哪里来？ 你过了多少沙漠多少山？ 你是大草原上牧牛羊？ 还是赶了驼马做买卖？ 陈家洛知道回人喜爱唱歌，平时说话对答，常以歌唱代替，出口成韵，风致天然，自己虽在大漠多年，但每曰勤练武功，却没学到这项本事。他不知这少女的来历，不愿把自己的事据实以告，说道：“我从东边来，原是在关内赶骆驼做生意的，现今有件要事，要找一个人，要向姑娘打听。” 那少女见他不会唱歌，微微一笑，也就不唱了，问道：“你叫什么名字？”陈家洛道：“我叫阿密特。”那是回人最常用的男人名字。那少女笑道：“好吧，那么我叫爱丙翰。”那也是回人女子中最多用的名字，有如汉人的芬芳贞淑之类。 那少女又道：“你要找谁？”陈家洛道：“我要找木卓伦老英雄。”那少女微微一怔，说道：“你识得他么？找他有什么事？”陈家洛道：“我识得他。我还识得他的儿子霍阿伊和女儿霍青桐。” 那少女道：“你在哪里见过他们？”陈家洛道：“他们到中原去夺还圣经，我刚巧遇着。”那少女道：“这就是了，你坐下吧，我去拿点东西给你吃。”她赤着双脚，奔进树丛中，不一会拿来一个碧绿的哈密瓜，一大碗马乳酒，递给了他。陈家洛谢了，先喝一口马乳酒，甚觉甘美。那少女又递给他一把小银刀，剖开瓜来，瓜肉如黄色缎子一般，咬了一口，香甜爽脆，汁液胜蜜。 那少女问道：“你找木卓伦老爷子有什么事？”陈家洛听她语气，对木卓伦很是尊敬，问道：“木卓伦老英雄是姑娘一族的么？”那少女点点头。陈家洛道：“他们在夺还圣经时杀了几名镖师，现今镖师的朋友要来找霍青桐姑娘报仇。我得知讯息，赶来报信，好叫他们防备。” 那少女本来一直笑口吟吟，听了这话，登现关怀之色，忙问：“来报仇的人很厉害么？人很多么？”陈家洛道：“人倒不多，不过武艺很好。但咱们只要事先有备，也不必怕。”那少女放了心，笑道：“那么我马上领你去，路上得走好几天呢。”她一面梳发结辫，一面道：“满清大军无缘无故地来打我们，男人都打仗去啦，我和姊妹们在这里瞧着牲口。天气热，我下湖洗澡，哪想到这里还有你这个男人躲着。”陈家洛见她说话时天真烂漫，毫无机心，而玉容丽色，生平连做梦也想象不到。此情此境，非复人间，一时不由得痴了。 那少女梳完了头，拿起一只牛角来呜呜地吹了儿下，便有几个回族女子骑马从草原上奔来。那少女迎上去，和她们说了一阵，想来是说要领他到木卓伦那里，要她们帮同照料牲口之意。那几个女子不住打量陈家洛，甚感好奇。 那少女回到林中帐篷，拿了干粮和使用物品，牵了一匹红马过来。这马全身上下如火炭般红，并无半根杂毛，腿长膘肥，也是匹良驹。陈家洛去牵了白马。那少女道：“你这匹马很好。咱们走吧！”一跃上马，体态轻盈。她当先领路，沿着溪流径往南行。 那少女道：“你到了汉人的地方，汉人对你好不好呀？”陈家洛道：“有的好，有的坏，不过好的多。”这时本想说明自己乃是汉人，但见她毫无猜疑的神情，一时倒说不出口。那少女问起汉人地方的风土人情，陈家洛拣有趣的说了一些，她听得憨憨地出了神。 这天将到傍晚，行到了一座大山之侧，那少女一抬头，忽然惊叫起来。陈家洛依着她目光望去，只见半山腰里峭壁之上，生着两朵海碗般大的奇花，花瓣碧绿，四周都是积雪，白中映碧，加上夕阳金光映照，娇艳华美，奇丽万状。 那少女道：“这是很难遇上的雪中莲啊，你闻闻那香气。”陈家洛果然闻到幽幽