Chapter 3 The first song is like a dream, water is like the sky

In late autumn, on the Tongjun Mountain by the Fuchun River, the sycamore trees all over the mountain faded their green shirts overnight.Butterfly-like yellow leaves fluttered in the autumn wind and scattered towards a small town at the foot of the mountain. This Qingshi town is adjacent to Tonglu, a famous medical city in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is also a well-known distribution center for medicinal materials.How many villagers are good at Go, and masters come forth in large numbers.There are a dozen or so chess clubs on a street less than half a mile away in the town.But in the eyes of local chess players, the oldest one in the south of the street is the one with the highest level.Every market day, the chess club gathers great players, and everyone discusses their skills and compares their chess skills. It is very lively.

But right now, the atmosphere in the chess club is a bit strange.The chess players all forgot about their own battle situation and gathered around a chess table, some whispered, some pondered.I saw that the black and white pieces on the chessboard were already blocked, and the young scholar holding the white was contemplating deeply.On the opposite side, a dark and thin middle-aged man leaned on the back of the chair contentedly, holding the tea bowl with one hand, and fiddled with the sunspots in the bowl with the other.Behind him stood four or five big men, all in short blue robes, with long swords hanging from their waists, looking out of the door from time to time, appearing absent-minded.The scholar was obviously at a loss, and half an hour passed, but he still didn't move.Standing beside him was a pretty girl, who also frowned slightly, and kept tapping the table with her fingers.

The chess players onlookers were all a little discouraged, discussing in low voices: "I'm afraid Chen Xiucai will die. Brother, what do you think?" "I don't know. This chess game is really weird, I don't know how to solve it?" "Mr. Chen The number one master in this town, the chess style that even he can't understand, I'm afraid it's rare in the world, although you and I don't dare to try to solve it, it's finally an eye-opener. This foreigner is not simple." "But I don't know what they are. What is it..." The middle-aged man couldn't help but smiled slightly, and said loudly: "Mr. Chen, this chess game is an ancient legacy. For thousands of years, only a peerless master can't do it. You don't have to be too..."

Scholar Chen Ruiji said with a smile: "The late student's aptitude is stupid, and he is exhausted. I am going to ask my senior for advice." "Wait!" Everyone was stunned and looked towards the door one after another.I saw an old man in ragged clothes standing in the sunlight, looking at the chess game with cold eyes, and strode in.The brass bells on the cane jingled.The chess players didn't recognize him, they only said that he was a fortune teller.When those strangers saw it, their eyes immediately shone with brilliance. The middle-aged man calmly said, "What advice does the old gentleman have?"

The old man picked up a white piece and hit it on a corner of the chess field with a "snap". Chen Ruiji was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said, "Wonderful!" A few of the chess players also came to their senses at this time, and couldn't help but be amazed.It turned out that this move, a seemingly insignificant move in idle chess, suddenly changed the overall situation, Bai Zi got rid of the siege, but Hei Zi suddenly became desperate. Amid the admiration, the old man remained expressionless.The middle-aged man smiled and said: "Dongting Yixian, the reputation is well-deserved! I admire you so much."

The old man said slowly: "You have worked so hard to find this chess record and try to lure me out with the chess game - it is a brilliant move all the way. But with you few thieves, do I still need to hide?" The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Senior Le, you are joking. How dare the juniors play tricks on the senior. Now that the senior has shown up, we are not polite, it is still a trivial matter..." "Hugh, think!" As soon as Lezi had something to say, those big men in green clothes surrounded him. The middle-aged man lost his wink and said, "Senior Le, we don't want to make things difficult for you. As long as you reward me with that thing, everything..."

"You guys, are you making things difficult for me?" The middle-aged man changed his face slightly and said: "Under the Tiantai Gate, even if our ability is not good, we are not afraid of death." Leziyou said angrily: "Don't say I don't have this thing. Even if I have it, I won't let the shameless rats of Tiantai Mountain take it. Whatever tricks you have, use them all. Even if the Chicheng old monster comes up by himself, can't I be happy?" I'm still scared!" Before he finished speaking, the middle-aged man struck Le Ziyou's waist with a volley of palm.Le Zi had expected it, slipped a step away to pass the wind of the palm, and pulled out a long sword from the walking stick, "swiped" a few times, forcing the bullies around him to move away for several steps .The middle-aged man had no choice but to step back and put on a posture.

Le Ziyou shouted: "Draw your sword! I will meet again today with the unique skills of Tiantai Mountain, and see how much better than Dongting sword skills!" Those big men pulled out their swords one by one.The middle-aged man shook his figure, and struck Le Ziyou's left shoulder with another palm.Lezi raised his horizontal sword and slashed at the middle-aged man's wrist. The middle-aged man leaped to the left, turned his palm, and hit Lezi's Tianling Gai directly.Lezi squatted slightly, and the long sword flew across his head like a white rainbow.The middle-aged man was startled and stopped immediately, otherwise his right palm would be lost.Le Ziyou waved his left palm, and the besieging men jumped away covering their faces one after another, but Le Ziyou hit the front door with a chess piece rolled over the table.

After dozens of rounds like this, the middle-aged man and a few big men could not win despite relying on many.Lezi has made a set of Dongting swordsmanship steady and exquisite, and his moves are deadly killers, but because there are too many enemies, he can't do anything to them for a while.During the melee, the middle-aged man yelled, leaped back a foot and fell to the ground, his right arm had been slashed by Le Ziyou, dripping with blood.Le Ziyou chased after him, and the long sword slashed to his right. Suddenly, Lezi felt a numbness in his left knee, and suddenly felt a very itchy pulse, and he couldn't move his legs.Looking down, a long black needle was inserted into Zusanli.The middle-aged man jumped up and said with a smile to Leziyou: "Offended!" Then he stretched out his hand to grab Leziyou's long sword.

"stop!" A girl jumped in from the window, swiped her sword and slashed at the middle-aged man.The middle-aged man turned around and stopped them, and the two fought.The girl's swordsmanship is also Dongting, but it is obviously too immature compared to Lezi, and she is no match after a few moves.Le Ziyou shouted: "Xiu Ning, back away!" With secret energy, a chess piece flew out and hit the middle-aged man on the back of the head.Unexpectedly, as soon as the middle-aged man turned around, the chess pieces were terribly hit on the girl. The middle-aged man seized the opportunity to grab the girl's pulse, and said with a smile: "Senior Le, I advise you to stand quietly and not use your strength. Have you heard of bone embroidery needles? You only need to use one point." When the strength comes out, the cold poison will rush to the heart, and then no antidote will work."

Lezi rushed over with a loud shout, a burst of cold really rushed into his internal organs, and his whole body twitched.The middle-aged man took the opportunity to rush over and hit Le Ziyou's vest heavily with his palm, causing Le Ziyou to fall to the ground.The girl yelled, "Daddy!" The middle-aged man said with a sneer: "Senior Le, Ling Ai is a filial daughter, and she was born like a flower and a jade, but it is a pity that it fell into our hands. But seniors don't worry, as long as the seniors take out that thing...we won't move her It's just a cold hair." Le Xiuning tremblingly said: "It's not with us at all, it's useless for you to kill me with one knife." The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Why should I kill you?" "A bunch of beasts, don't stop!" The middle-aged man was startled, a sharp sword was hanging above his head and pointed down, and he took two steps back unconsciously.The figure in a blue shirt landed lightly, but it was a heroic young man.He flicked his wrist slightly, and the long sword was still pressing on the middle-aged man with a gleaming blue light.The middle-aged man apologized and said with a smile: "It turns out that Ye Daxia also wandered here. This is really where we never meet in life..." "Don't do this! Who met you. Sang, why every time I meet, I see you leading people to commit crimes? Don't let go of this father and daughter, or I will kill you immediately!" The middle-aged man surnamed Sang said with a wry smile: "I have always respected the reputation of heroes, but this time, it is hard to follow my orders! My patriarch is determined to win something, and the king of heaven can't stop me." Daxia Ye laughed and said, "What is determined to win? Let's hear it!" The one surnamed Sang said, "I don't want to tell you the reason. Daxia Ye, this father and daughter are not good people." "Bah!" Ye Daxia loudly said, "You are not good people! A large group of people bullied the seniors of Dongting Junzishan, and they acted so cruelly. You must not be tolerated today!" The man surnamed Sang changed his face and said: "Hero Ye, since you know they are from the Dongting sect, you must know that there are many things involved in it. I advise you not to step into this muddy water!" Daxia Ye said: "You ask around in Jianghu, who am I, Ye Qingchen, afraid of?" The one surnamed Sang exchanged glances with a few big men, and with a "whoosh", they jumped out of the window in unison, and ran away. Ye Qingchen shouted, "If you can't beat it, just run away. How can there be such a coward like you!" Chase. At this time, Le Ziyou was lying on the ground, already unconscious. "Daddy, Daddy!" Le Xiuning cried, "I'm sorry for all the uncles, there is a doctor in this town, my daddy, he..." People from the chess club gathered around again, everyone felt sympathetic to the father and daughter, and immediately pulled a doctor who was passing by. The doctor looked at the pulse over and over for a long time, thought hard for a long time, still shook his head, and sighed: "This needle is nothing. This palm, this palm, is very heavy, but I don't know what to feed on the palm. Poison, I don’t know how to get rid of it. I don’t know martial arts...I’m afraid only that little genius doctor can do it.” Le Xiuning asked, "Where is the little genius doctor?" The doctor said, "It's hard to find him." Le Xiuning asked: "Is he unwilling to meet people?" The doctor said: "That's not true. The little genius doctor is very kind and responsive. It's just that he lives in Huluwan, a remote place, and there are more than ten miles of water from here. Now you are eager to find him, I'm afraid it will be too late." At this time, the girl next to Mr. Chen suddenly said: "The little genius doctor happened to come to town today, I'll go and call him right away." After a cup of tea, a girl's voice sounded outside the door: "The little genius doctor is here." Everyone looked out.A person at the door said, "Sister, where is the patient?" The crowd moved away slightly.Le Xiuning looked over and was taken aback.The one who walked quickly looked like a country boy in his twenties, dressed in a fisherman's coarse clothes, without any airs of a doctor.It was really hard for her to believe how much real ability this little miracle doctor could have, but all the people around him were respectful to him.He asked people about the situation, bent over to inspect the patients, and his attitude was calm and elegant, which seemed to be the case.On Leziyou's back, there is a weird palm print, light yellow with silvery light.He thought for a while, took out a small bottle from the medicine box, applied the medicine on the wound, and fed some more from his mouth.Then he pulled out the black needle on his knee, squeezed out the black blood, and sprinkled the powder on it.Then, he helped Le Ziyou up and massaged a few times on the Yuzhen acupoint, Le Ziyou gradually opened his eyes and stared at the doctor in front of him. "Second Senior Brother..." Le Ziyou whispered.The boy didn't understand what it meant: "Old man, you..." Le Ziyou looked at the boy without saying a word, and suddenly understood something, and closed his eyes again. Le Xiuning came over and asked softly, "Doctor, how is my father?" The boy shook his head and said in a low voice: "There is no cure for this poison. I can only let him take a breather." A tear rolled down Le Xiuning's face. At this moment, Le Ziyou suddenly opened his eyes, and said to the young doctor, "Is your surname Shen?" The boy nodded strangely. "Are you Xuan'er?" The boy froze, staring at Le Ziyou: "Why do you know?" "Our surname is Le... child, do you remember?" The boy stayed for a while, then suddenly understood, and exclaimed, "Uncle Le! Come here, sister, this is our Uncle Le!" The girl who was standing next to Mr. Chen ran over immediately after hearing the sound: "Uncle Le, I am Yingying!" Lezi said in a trembling voice: "Yingying, Xuan'er, I... I have been looking for your brothers and sisters... for many years, and they are here. Alas... they have grown up so much! Cough, cough... your mother is okay What?" A stream of blood spurted out of his mouth. Yingying helped him up, and said sadly, "It's gone ten years ago!" Le Ziyou said again: "Xuan'er, you are very good at medicine, just like your father. Martial arts... martial arts are also good, right?" Shen Xuan said: "My nephew is ashamed. I haven't practiced since I left my hometown." Lezi asked in surprise, "What?" Shen Xuan said: "Mother's will." Lezi had a complicated expression on his face.He took a deep breath and called out, "Xiu Ning!" Le Xiuning quickly supported his shoulder. Le Ziyou said: "Xiu Ning, your Shen family juniors and the others are just like us... your father is dying, you must... must... take good care of their brothers and sisters from now on." Le Xiuning choked up and said, "Father, I...I know." Lezi said: "Also, Daddy wants..." Before finishing speaking, he fell into his daughter's arms in a fit of anger. Le Xiuning hugged her father's unrepentant head and wept aloud.The brothers and sisters of the Shen family were by the side, weeping and panicking at the same time. They didn't understand why the relatives who had just met had to part with each other immediately, and they didn't know what this sudden change meant to them. In the dusk, Le Xiuning paid her last respects at her father's grave.The Shen brothers and sisters called out: "Sister Axiu, get on the boat." The boat slowly went down the river and turned into a branched port.I don't know how far I rowed, but a lotus pond almost surrounded the boat.Shen Xuan waved his oars, passed left and right among the lotus leaves, as if there was a way in it.After going around for a long time, I walked out of the lotus pond, and a huge waterfall appeared in front of me, and the sound of the water was like thunder.The boat slipped cautiously through the mist under the waterfall and got into a hidden stone cave.The stone cave turned a corner, and suddenly came to an unusually quiet lake bay. There were several small thatched huts neatly arranged on the shore, where the Shen brothers and sisters lived in seclusion. Le Xiuning sighed softly: "This place is really hard to find, I'm afraid it's not bad compared to the paradise of the Qin people. The lotus pond is very similar to the scenery of our Dongting Lake." Shen Xuan said: "Sister Axiu, we brothers and sisters haven't been back to our hometown for fourteen years, are the people on Junshan all right?" Le Xiuning said: "Daddy and I have been wandering for fourteen years." Shen Xuan was a little surprised: "Why?" Le Xiuning didn't answer, but asked: "Is it true that you don't know martial arts? You are the only son of the second martial uncle, so it's a pity that you neglected martial arts? We practiced together when we were young, and you always learned best .” Shen Xuan said: "The rivers and lakes are dangerous, I'm afraid it will be better if you don't learn martial arts. After my father passed away, my mother asked Yingying and me to hide here and give up martial arts. It was also with good intentions." Le Xiuning said again: "Second Martial Uncle is in trouble, it's also because of the Dongting School..." Yingying stopped her and said, "Sister Axiu, you played with us when you were young, and now we are finally together again. Ah, I miss you so much these years, brother Wu Ting, and little aunt. Wu Ting Brother Ting is two years older than my brother, and you are only one month older than my brother, but we all play together, and you always lead us like a big sister." Le Xiuning was startled, and said in thought: "In these years, I can never forget the time when we played together when I was young..." As she spoke, her face turned slightly red, her beautiful face was like a lotus flower just blooming, charming and moving. "You travel to the North Sea at dusk, the green snakes in your sleeves are bold, and the three drunk Yueyang people don't know it, and they fly over Dongting Lake with aloud." Twenty years ago, when the Dongting was mentioned in the rivers and lakes, everyone was fascinated and praised it.Because at that time, the Sanzui Palace on Junshan Mountain was the number one holy place in Nanwulin.The Dongting School has been established for more than 50 years since the master of Yanxia was intoxicated. Not only is it outstanding in martial arts, it is unrivaled in the world, but it is also a chivalrous hero.The four disciples under Shen Zui's seat, known as the "Four Immortals of Dongting", are all first-class masters, and each has their own accomplishments in martial arts. "Yi Xian" has three kinds of fun. Not only is his playing skills extraordinary, but his kung fu with hidden weapons is also superb.The second disciple, Shen Bin, is Shen Zui's only son, and Shen Xuan's father is not only highly skilled in martial arts, but also knowledgeable and versatile. He is a great talent well-known throughout Jiangnan.Because he is very good at curing diseases and detoxification, he saved the lives of many heroes in the world, and was hailed as "medicine fairy" by martial arts comrades. However, just fourteen years ago when Shen Zui passed away and shortly after Shen Bin took charge of the Dongting School, the Dongting School suddenly encountered a catastrophe. That year Shen Xuan was only seven years old, and he sneaked out to the lake with his friends to play.When I returned home in the evening, my father had already killed himself with a sword in the hall of the Sanzui Palace.For many years to come, the family never mentioned that scene.But that was a memory that Shen Xuan could never wash away in his whole life.He leaned on his father and called desperately, but his father didn't answer a word, just like the grandfather who just lay in the red coffin, they would never say a kind or harsh word, and they could no longer reach out to caress themselves one time.A large group of uncles and uncles stood around like logs.He saw his father shed a lot of blood, which stained the white and clean gown red, filled the empty hall, flowed down the stone steps and in the grass, until the mighty Dongting Lake was stained, it was all his father's blood. Red blood. That night, his mother Wu quietly left, taking him and his little sister Yingying, who had just turned four years old, away from home.After many twists and turns, the mother and son finally came to live in seclusion on the Huluwan by the Fuchun River in western Zhejiang, and never left.Later, his mother also died of depression, so he and his young sister lived in poverty and depended on each other.He originally practiced martial arts with his father since he was a child, but when he came here, his mother did not teach him any more, and warned him not to practice martial arts for the rest of his life.In fact, in this remote and deserted village, who can he learn martial arts from? Regarding this matter, Shen Xuan never mentioned it lightly on the surface, but in the end he couldn't help it - he learned martial arts very well when he was young, and even his grandfather Shen Zui praised him and placed high hopes on him.Wouldn't it be a pity to give up halfway!After his mother passed away, he had the idea of ​​traveling far away, gaining knowledge and knowledge, or being able to learn from a teacher.But Yingying is still young and has no one to take care of her, how can she leave him?Unknowingly, many years have been wasted. Huluwan was originally the former residence of Chen Ruoye, the intoxicated wife, and there was a library cave.There are hundreds of schools of thought, all kinds of teachings and nine streams, especially the medical books, which include the strange poisonous remedies of various schools and schools of martial arts, and there is no second place in the world.It's a pity that the martial arts books in it were completely destroyed by Mrs. Shen.In desperation, Shen Xuan read the remaining books one by one.He was smart and eager to learn, but when he was a teenager, his knowledge and knowledge were already extraordinary, and his medical skills were unparalleled, especially better than his father's.In the early years, he was still fishing in the Fuchun River with nearby fishermen, and his life was very hard. Later, he gradually began to see doctors.Tonglu was originally a sacred place for doctors, and the trend of medicine is very prosperous.Shen Xuan stands out at a young age.Several times, patients who were declared hopeless by other famous doctors were rejuvenated by him.In addition, he is humble and generous, responsive to every request, in the eyes of the people around him, he is simply the rebirth of Mr. Tong.So on both sides of the Fuchun River, the name of the little miracle doctor gradually spread. One day, Shen Xuan took Yingying to visit Chen Ruiji in the town, but Chen Xiucai was not there.The brothers and sisters lingered casually for a day, seeing that the sky was getting late, they found a small restaurant and sat down. Suddenly Yingying was startled, and said in a low voice, "Brother, look quickly, those four people." When Shen Xuan turned around, he saw four people in azure short robes sitting at a table on the left, with solemn expressions.One or two of them looked very familiar. Yingying said: "These people are wearing the same clothes as the bad guys from the Tiantai faction who killed Uncle Le that day. They must be looking for their accomplices. Trouble is coming!" Shen Xuan said: "Go back and tell Sister Axiu first." Yingying walked away gently.Shen Xuan secretly planned how to find out their whereabouts.But the four of them just bowed their heads and drank the wine without talking.After finally finishing his drink and going out, Shen Xuan quietly followed.It was already dark, and he had never done such a stealthy stalking thing in his life, so he couldn't help but feel terrified.At this time, relying on the darkness, they cautiously chased the four big men from a distance, but they were not found.The road became more and more deserted, and I saw that I was out of the city and was almost at the lake, but there was an earthen wall in front of me.The four burly men performed lightness kung fu and leaped over, but Shen Xuan was dumbfounded. He picked up his steps and ran a full seventy feet along the earthen wall, finally finding a small door.Outside is the bank of the Fuchun River.Shen Xuan looked towards the river beach, but there was no sign of a sword fight, he was puzzled, and ran forward a few steps, but there was still no one.A gust of night wind blows coldly from the lake.Shen Xuan froze, and suddenly saw a few black shadows in the open space on the other side of the river beach. It was those four big men!They were lying side by side with their backs facing the sky, their hands were empty, and they didn't even draw out their weapons.It was obviously plotted against.Shen Xuan pulled a corpse and searched for a long time but couldn't find the wound.The moonlight shone on the pale face of the dead man, full of horror.These corpses are still warm, the murderer must be nearby.Without even thinking about it, Shen Xuan looked for the footprints on the muddy ground.The strange thing is that no one has been here except himself and the four dead. The moon was bright and the stars were sparse, the jackdaws were singing alone, Shen Xuan looked at the cold lake, feeling at a loss. At this time, leisurely in the lake, came the sound of a flute.At first it was ethereal and uncertain, but gradually it became clear.The melody is light to spiritual, supernatural, Rao Shen Xuan is proficient in melody, never knew that there is such a flute in the world.Just like clear springs and waterfalls splashing down from the stone beams, or like morning haze and evening mist lingering in the deep valley, birds fly high, quiet flowers fall silently, and white elves leap among the strange peaks and mountains. With a sound of "crash", a small boat slipped out of the reeds and gradually drifted away along the current.The fog was heavy, and the player's face could not be seen clearly, only a black figure sitting motionless on the bow.The oars sounded far away, and the boat gradually disappeared.The sound of the flute seems to be floating on the lake for a long time, the moon is bright and the reed flowers are the same color as the water and the sky. "Do you know how these people died?" Shen Xuan was taken aback, turned his head to the side, but it was Le Xiuning who also arrived at some time. "Look." Le Xiuning spread out her right hand, and there were four extremely thin golden embroidery needles on the emerald green silk handkerchief. Le Xiuning said slowly: "These four needles were respectively nailed to the Dazhui acupoints of these four people. , so it’s fatal. I remember that the Tiantai faction has a hidden weapon called the ‘Embroidered Bone Golden Needle’, which is extremely thin and poisonous, and can kill people instantly.” Shen Xuan wondered: "But aren't these four people also from the Tiantai sect?" Le Xiuning shook her head: "The Tiantai faction has been in the rivers and lakes for more than ten years. No one knows what's weird about them. But this person puts needles in the distance, but he hits them very accurately. He must be a master. Sneak attack from the dark , It’s hard to guard against. We’d better leave quickly. If he’s still nearby, I’m afraid we won’t be able to escape.” Shen Xuan stared at the golden needle embroidered with bones, a chill suddenly rose along his back. After returning from the riverside that night, Le Xiuning wanted to teach Shen Xuan martial arts.Although Shen Xuan had his mother's death, he couldn't help Le Xiuning's repeated persuasion.What's more, he himself was eager to try, so he practiced with her from then on.After learning the Dongting swordsmanship for a few days, Shen Xuan practiced diligently, but Le Xiuning always shook his head and said it was wrong.She thought hard for a long time, and said: "These moves are the simplest in Dongting swordsmanship, and they must be practiced at the beginning. If there is a sword manual for you to read, it may be better." Shen Xuan said: "Does my sister have a sword manual?" Le Xiuning shook her head: "Who would bring these. Do you have them at home?" Shen Xuan smiled and said: "My family's 'Langba Baodong' has all kinds of books, but don't try to find a book on martial arts. My mother burned them all back then." Le Xiuning was taken aback: "No way, it's such a pity. Let's look again, maybe there are still fish that slip through the net!" Shen Xuan didn't take it seriously: "We haven't read any of the books in this cave. If there were really martial arts books, it would have been a long time ago..." Even so, the two of them searched carefully in the cave, and found nothing after a busy day.Seeing that the sky was getting dark, everyone came out angrily, Le Xiuning was frowning. Shen Xuan didn't care, went back to the thatched hut, lit a stick of incense, and plucked the piano.Playing and playing, Yingying suddenly heard asking: "Brother, what song is this?" Shen Xuan suddenly realized that this was exactly the song of the hole flute that he heard on the lake that day.I couldn't forget it for a long time, but I played it unconsciously.Just being startled by Yingying, I can no longer remember the following tune, playing back and forth, specious.Shen Xuan sighed: "This song should only exist in the sky." After losing his mind for a while, he picked up a music score, adjusted the strings, and started playing. Le Xiuning listened to it for a while, then quietly asked Yingying: "What kind of song is this, so strange?" Yingying smiled and said: "I can't say. My brother picked up a tattered book from somewhere that day and said it was a music score. The rhythm drawn on it was so weird that I couldn't play it. But our Master Shen Said, this is probably a rare and rare score, something that ordinary people can't do, so I must play it myself. Not to mention the weird tune, I don't know how many strings have been broken up to now." Just as I was talking, I only heard a "buzz", and another string broke.Shen Xuan gave a wry smile, and didn't bother to pick it up, and said: "There are five sets of melodies in total, I have spent so much effort, but I didn't understand one set, I am not ashamed!" Le Xiuning picked up the sheet music and looked at it. The cover was dilapidated, and there were a few words written in a ink pen: "Introduction to the Haze of the Five Lakes".Turn it over and see that there are some strange symbols drawn on the yellowed pages.Le Xiuning didn't know Gongchi notation, so she looked at it for a long time and suddenly shouted: "This is not a musical notation!" Shen Xuan wondered, "Isn't this a music score?" Le Xiuning didn't answer, but picked up a sword and slowly began to make gestures.After dancing a set of sword techniques, he looked at the "music score" for a long time, raised his head and said to Shen Xuan: "This is the sword score." Seeing that they were puzzled, Le Xiuning said again: "I heard that someone wrote martial arts in the music score before, but I didn't believe it. Today I actually saw a real copy... Junior Brother Shen, these symbols are in your eyes It is the tone, but in my opinion, it is a diagram of martial arts moves. For example, this stroke is to teach you to bring the sword from the left, and this pick clearly means that the sword's edge is upward." Yingying said happily: "This is really strange. It looks like a piano score, but it turns out to be a sword score. No wonder it can't be played. The person who wrote this sword score is really weird." Shen Xuan said: "If he didn't write like this, he would definitely be burned by his mother." Le Xiuning didn't say anything else, just silently figured out the sword manual. Shen Xuan suddenly asked: "Sister Axiu, is this also some kind of martial arts secret book?" Le Xiuning thought for a while, and said: "I don't think...not really, it's not a difficult martial art. I feel...this is the basic skill of Dongting. But...but I haven't practiced this set of sword skills. Maybe it was not a very profound martial art, and it has been lost." Yingying said: "That's fine, brother doesn't know anything, just practice this basic kung fu." Le Xiuning nodded. Shen Xuan said, "Since it's a superficial skill, it doesn't matter if you think about it. Why did you spend so much effort writing it into the style of the score?" Le Xiuning said: "It must be the relic of the second uncle. He has a good melody, or it is fun to write, I don't know. Let's learn this from now on." After that night, Le Xiuning deciphered that "Five Lakes Haze Introduction" every day, and then showed Shen Xuan a picture.After learning them one by one, Shen Xuan felt that these sword moves and sword moves were really ordinary and useless if the enemy was in front of him.But there is no other way except to learn this sword manual, so I still memorize it with my heart.When Le Xiuning was free, he also taught him some sets of sword techniques of the Dongting sect.Shen Xuanyuan is extremely smart, after a few months, he has become proficient in these things, it is not a problem to fend off one or two punks. Turning to the new year, spring is also flying past with red willows and green fields.Seeing that it was the Dragon Boat Festival, the Shen brothers and sisters and Le Xiuning took the boat to Qingshi Town.Come back at dusk, the setting sun spreads on the green Hulu Bay, the sparkling light is really moving.The boat swung across a lotus pond, and clumps of lotus leaves stood like a cover, casting a patch of greenery on the sideburns of the dresses of the three of them, and one or two early-blooming hibiscus bloomed with a smile, looking like a beautiful woman.Le Xiuning cut off a lotus stem and broke it apart section by section, but let the thin lotus silks strung in the middle, like a string of jasper beads.While putting Yingying on her wrist, she said, "It's too early to pick lotus now!" Yingying sang softly: "The fragrant lotus is ten miles away, my sister-in-law is too late to pick the lotus. Come late to get the bow of the boat wet, and take off the red dress to wrap the duck." Le Xiuning and Shen Xuan were fascinated by listening, when they suddenly heard the sound of "wow", a black shadow flitted across the surface of the lake, fixed it slightly, and sank into the water again. "Not good!" Le Xiuning whispered, "Hurry up and hide the boat." Just turning into the depths of the lotus leaves, I saw a big boat flying over. A group of men in green clothes stood on the boat, and the leader shouted loudly: "Do you think you can hide in the water? Come out soon and catch him!" Only a clear voice replied: "Who said I was hiding in the water, open your eyes and see for yourself." Before the words were finished, a long white silk flew across the sky, the collar turned around, but the white silk passed through the crowd and hit those people in Tsing Yi.Immediately, a few yelled and fell into the water.The leader stretched out his hand, trying to grab the white silk, but the white silk seemed to have eyes, turned around and was firmly placed on the side of the boat. It turned out to be equipped with a hook.Before everyone came back to their senses, the black shadow jumped out from the side of the lotus pond, flew along the white silk to the big boat, and started fighting with the man in Tsing Yi. The man was wearing a deep black gown, a bamboo hat, and a long black veil, so his face could not be seen clearly.She is holding a long sword in her hand to match others, the light of the sword flashes everywhere, her lightness is strange and infinitely variable, not only the Shen brothers and sisters, but also Le Xiuning is dazzled.The group of people in Tsing Yi were immediately forced to the side of the boat, unable to get close to her, only the leader tried to support himself.The woman unfolded her lightness kungfu, circled around the leader's collar, and jumped up and down on the rickety and narrow deck, her feet were so small that only where the blade landed, her moves pointed at her. Focus on the opponent's vital points.Seeing that the leader was about to be forced into the water, suddenly a string of throwing knives were thrown from the cabin and flew towards the back of the woman. She just jumped up and couldn't dodge it.Yingying couldn't help shouting: "Be careful!" But he saw that the woman turned around in mid-air, and the flying knife fell into the water.This turn, the body is agile, it is a super lightness skill, even Le Xiuning couldn't help applauding in a low voice.However, before the good word was called out, the black shadow suddenly fell from mid-air and fell into the water.Shen Xuan only saw that somehow she was tricked and hit by a heavy iron chain.The surrounding people in Tsing Yi rushed over immediately.The three of Shen Xuan were too nervous to speak.Hearing a sound of "wow", the black shadow jumped out of the water again, this time it touched the surface of the water and ran towards the depths of the lotus pond. She jumped onto a lotus leaf lightly, took advantage of her strength, and landed gracefully on another lotus leaf in the distance.Just like this, one left, one right, one high and one low, and he went out dozens of feet in the blink of an eye.The lotus leaves in early summer are still tender and weak, but she is walking on flat ground, where the skirt passes, the green lotus leaves only shake slightly.The footwork is graceful and nimble, without any look of running away from danger, but it seems to be imitating the light dance of swallows in the green willows in spring. At this time, the people on the big boat would not be able to catch up with her, even if they could catch up, they would not be able to pass through the lotus pond, so they shot arrows one after another.The woman's long sword swiped behind her back, and the arrows fell in unison.After the rain of arrows, she unexpectedly disappeared again.Shen Xuan's heart sank: "Could it be that she was shot by an arrow and fell into the water after all, or hid again?" The people in Tsing Yi are obviously also confused, they are far away, this lotus pond is endless and intricate, not to mention that there is a roaring waterfall at the end of the lotus pond, it is not easy to search! After a long time, there was still no movement, and the big ship slowly drove away. Shen Xuan and the three of them rolled out the boat and rowed to the depths of the lotus pond without saying a word. After dinner, Shen Xuan and Yingying took out the sacrificial zongzi, threaded them with colored thread, and threw them into the lake one by one.Although they immigrated to this island since they were young, the brothers and sisters Shen Xuan always remembered the old custom of offering sacrifices to Master Qu during the Dragon Boat Festival in their hometown of Chu.After the sacrifice every year, there is always a feeling of homesickness.The night was dark, and the evening wind on the lake was blowing towards the face with the fresh air of the water plants.Yingying suddenly said that she forgot the lotus stem bracelet made by Le Xiuning in the boat, so Shen Xuan went back to the lakeside to look for it. The boat was tied to a tree root beside the reeds, Shen Xuan leaned forward and took out the Chuan'er, just about to turn around, he suddenly saw a piece of black gauze hanging on the side of the boat. Shen Xuan was startled, and immediately walked into the water, gently pulled the black gauze, then took advantage of the trend to reach forward, and touched a delicate and cold hand.Without any hesitation, he slowly pulled the man out of the reeds, carried him to the bank and put him down.Dressed in black, she is the woman in the lotus pond. The starlight was faint, illuminating her pale face.Shen Xuan touched her wrist, there was still a slight pulse, and hurriedly picked her up and ran towards the hut. Le Xiuning and Yingying were busy for a while, changed the girl's clothes and put them on the bed.Shen Xuan decoction finished taking the medicine and poured it down for her, but she was still unconscious.At this time, everyone saw her face, it turned out to be an elegant and extraordinary young girl, only fifteen or sixteen years old.Seeing that her eyes were tightly closed, and her long eyelashes covered her bloodless cheeks, one couldn't help but feel pity. "She slept through the night, and she will wake up tomorrow." Shen Xuan said. Le Xiuning frowned and said: "Who is this little girl? At such a young age, her kung fu is so high." Of course Shen Xuan didn't know.On the table was the girl's long sword, the scabbard was very old and simple in style.Shen Xuan gently drew out the long sword, only to feel that the sword body was light and clear, and the cold light was faintly compelling, clearly it was a precious sword.Two ancient seal characters are engraved on the hilt of the sword: "Qingjue". 乐秀宁忽道：“我看那几个青衣人，跟那天棋社里害死我爹的……倒像是一伙的。”她回到自己房中，取来那只翠绿的绢帕，层层打开，里面除了那日在湖边尸体上拔下的那四枚金针，还有害了她父亲的那根黑针。三人注视一会儿，沈瑄道：“阿秀姐姐，你曾告诉我这金针是天台派的致命暗器绣骨神针。而那天杀害舅舅的人，也说他们用的这黑铁针是绣骨针。那么总有一边的人，并不真是天台派的。” 乐秀宁轻道：“嗯，我也在猜测这一点。” 沈瑄又道：“其实那天要了乐叔叔性命的，还是那一掌。掌印不深，但却含有一种厉害的剧毒，后来我翻遍了各种医书也不知此掌的来由，也找不到这毒的解法。……而这根黑针，虽然厉害，却也只是一时凝住人血脉，运功破解之后会寒毒攻心，但一两个时辰内也不会致命的，比起着金针来，可就差得远。” 乐秀宁道：“所以，我的杀父仇人，很可能只是冒充天台派，是么？” 沈瑄点点头。 乐秀宁叹道：“可他们又是什么人？”她望了望床上昏迷的少女，“也许她知道。” 可是三天过去了，那少女仍然昏迷不醒。她身上没有伤痕，沈瑄便疑心还是那天被铁链击伤了头，于是分开她的长发细细检查起来。乐秀宁见了便道：“你还道她那时真是被打伤了么？那也不过是诱敌脱身之计。想来那飞刀之人，必是十分了得，她不想纠缠便三十六计走为上了。” 沈瑄不禁苦笑，心想真是的，倘若那少女被击中，当时就要昏过去的，怎会到了这里。忽然，在乌黑的发丝之中，他看见一丝纤细的淡紫色的草茎，心中一动，急问道：“这是哪里来的？” 乐秀宁望了一眼道：“是水草吧？那晚给她更衣时，她的头发里缠了不知多少，连脖子上都是。我给她梳了半天……” 沈瑄已然奔了出去，湖边的岩石上，还挂着几缕那晚弃下的水草。沈瑄拣起一片草叶，沉吟片刻，脱下长袍，用衣带缚住口鼻，跳入湖中，一忽儿沉入水底，不见了踪影。 一顿饭的功夫，沈瑄才从湖中出来，手里擎着一段紫色水草。璎璎见了，不觉惊呼：“难道这是孟婆柳？” 原来，沈氏兄妹自幼就听附近的渔民讲过，这葫芦湾深水里，有一种极厉害的紫色水草，叫“孟婆柳”。服食之人，可以将往事故人忘得干干净净。后来沈瑄读医书，也读到这种毒草，学名“相忘草”，可致人昏迷，重者一睡不醒，纵然醒过来，也会失了记忆。迄今这种怪毒无药可解。本来沈瑄和璎璎在此住了十多年，也从未真的见过孟婆柳。这少女却不知怎的，看来被水下一大丛孟婆柳缠住以至溺水，又吸进了一些，于是就不省人事了。 沈瑄又为她灌下一碗醒神的药汤，却也自知于事无补。众人都望着帐中沉睡的人影，心想不知她吞下了多少可怕的孟婆柳，中毒到底有多深。这样美丽的少女，倘若真的就此长眠，岂不令人扼腕叹息…… 夜色深沉，沈瑄仍是睡不着，走到草厅里点起一盏孤灯，抚起琴来。总是心中抑郁，一曲又一曲，浑然忘了时辰境地。弹着弹着，忽然又变成了那日在湖上听到的洞箫曲，恍若重入明月芦花，一弦一声，历历在耳，竟然将那日的曲调一毫不差地全弹了出来。 曲终韵散，心中犹自一片空旷清凉，忽然听见背后一声幽幽的叹息。 沈瑄回过头去，只见一个飘飘然的玄衣人影从门边过来，走到灯下。那人一双明澈的眼睛正凝望着他，如谷底清泉一泓，幽深不可测。沈瑄不觉心中一震，竟一个字也说不出。 那人道：“我梦中听见你弹这曲子，就起来看看。你是谁？” 沈瑄这才明白过来，这正是那个昏迷的少女，竟被自己的琴声唤醒。不觉欢道：“你终于醒了。” 少女道：“我睡了很多天么？这又是什么地方，我怎么在这里？” 沈瑄道：“这是葫芦湾，在下的寒舍，你四天前在湖上落水被救到这里来。” 少女道：“葫芦湾……落水……”不解地摇摇头，“我不知道。” 沈瑄有些紧张：“姑娘贵姓？” 少女眼神一片茫然：“姓什么？我……我不知道。”沉吟半晌，仍是摇着头，“我怎么会不知道？” 沈瑄的心顿时冰凉：她真的失去记忆了。 只见那少女满脸惶惑，浑身颤栗起来，喃喃道：“真的不记得了……我是谁……怎么可能……” 沈瑄不忍，忙道：“没有关系，你睡了这样久才醒过来，自然不太清醒。明日便会好的。” 少女咬着嘴唇，立在那里不知所措。沈瑄心想，若让她回去睡，只怕又醒不过来，犹豫片刻便道：“我弹琴给你听好吗？”少女听见，便低下头，在椅子上坐下来。 沈瑄揉了揉弦，静默一会儿，仍是弹起刚才那支箫曲来。可是心神总也宁静不下来，弹了一半便戛然而止，再也接不下去。忽然身后箫声悠然响起，清幽无限，续着断曲吹了下去，与那日湖上的调子分毫不差，只是隐然又有凄凉的意味。那少女静静地坐在那里，低吹一只洞箫。月光如水，泻在她的垂肩长发上。 “原来那湖上的人就是她啊……” 那只洞箫箫身碧绿，上面斑斑点点，居然是用湘妃竹做的。古来制箫多用紫竹，从未见过用湘竹做的，何况吴越之地也没有湘竹生长。那少女的口音却又分明是台州人。沈瑄寻思着，忽然看见箫身上隐隐有字迹，依稀是个离字。 “难道你叫离儿？” 那少女淡淡一笑。那其实只是一首诗，诗句被摩挲已久，早就模糊了，仅辨认出四个字“离”、“泪”、“去”、“时”。 离儿从此便留在小岛上，与璎璎和乐秀宁住在一处。她自醒来之后，身体便已恢复了，神志亦清醒如常，甚至武功也一毫没有丧失。她有时在芦苇丛上练习轻功剑术，看得那三人赞不绝口，她也只是轻轻一笑。但是从前的事情，她却仍是一点也没有记起来。幸而岛上的日子恬淡平静，离儿又不过是个少年心性，过去想不想得起来，似乎也无关紧要。四人都以兄弟姐妹相称，每日一同起居，却也其乐融融。 沈瑄从未放弃过要治离儿的病。他翻遍了洞中的医书，又下了几次水，采来一大堆孟婆柳，试着配了十几味药，仍是一点也不见效。自从离儿来到之后，乐秀宁便不再教沈瑄武功了。沈瑄知道她自忖不及离儿武功高强，不愿卖弄，便也不以为意。离儿箫技精湛，意蕴悠远，浑出天然。可是她竟然并不懂乐律。沈瑄便依着七弦琴，教她五音十二律。离儿不日就学会了看着工尺谱弹奏。她自爱听琴，便要向沈瑄学习琴技。沈瑄欣然答允，二人每日晚饭后就在草厅内教习。桐庐附近的桐君山上盛产梧桐，沈瑄进山采来一段上好的桐木，为离儿做了一只短琴。离儿根基甚好，一两日内就弹得一曲《小重山》，指法虽然嫩稚，却也飘飘摇摇，另有一番意蕴。 如此过得一段日子，花朝月夜，相安无事。只是沈瑄始终找不到孟婆柳的解药，离儿的病终究治不好。每当念及于此，沈瑄心中便是绵绵怅然。