Chapter 5 Chapter 4 Spiritual Dao Stone Fish

Le Zhiyang was entangled by Bai Ling and almost died, but fortunately Yang Fenglai was quite upright, the situation was not clear, he didn't want to kill innocent people indiscriminately, otherwise, if he used all his strength, ten Le Zhiyang would be punished. Le Zhiyang escaped from death with lingering fears, and seeing Leng Xuan injured, he was very anxious.While he was calculating, he gently tugged at the corner of Zhu Wei's clothes, the girl looked back, Le Zhiyang gestured at her, making a gesture of running away.Zhu Wei was stunned, and pointed to Leng Xuan, Le Zhiyang shook his head, touched his head, pointed to Master Chong, and said that there was a bald monk helping, and Leng Xuan must be fine.

Zhu Wei was skeptical, still hesitating, but Le Zhiyang was already impatient, jumped on the table, hugged the stilts outside the building with both hands, and slid down with a squeak.Zhu Wei couldn't think about it, so she had no choice but to jump out, wrapping her sleeves on the stilts, wrapping around and floating on the ground.At this time, many idlers had already gathered at the bottom of the attic, pointing and talking upstairs, suddenly saw the two people jumping down, they all stared at her in astonishment, and seeing Zhu Wei's handsome appearance, they even stared at her intently.

Under the eyes of everyone, Zhu Wei's face was red and her ears were hot, she didn't know what to do, suddenly felt her palm tightened, and was grabbed by Le Zhiyang, and ran wildly. The two ran for more than two miles at a stretch, Le Zhiyang was so exhausted that he was out of breath, when he looked back, Zhu Wei's cheeks were rosy, and his expression was leisurely, he couldn't help but wondered: "Aren't you tired?" Zhu Wei He pursed his lips and said with a smile, "I won't be tired after running another ten miles!" Le Zhiyang was a little resentful, and shook her off and said, "You know martial arts, isn't that amazing?"

Seeing his low self-esteem, Zhu Wei felt amused, and said: "What's the matter, it's just a way to breathe and breathe. I'll teach you when I have time someday..." Speaking of this, she suddenly remembered that today's farewell , fearing that there would be no chance of seeing him again, he suddenly felt sad and lowered his head silently. Le Zhiyang guessed what she was thinking, and felt sad in his heart, but he didn't want to spoil the fun, and said with a smile: "It's all right now, now that old man Leng is being entangled, we just have a good time."

Zhu Wei was worried that returning to the palace too late would cause great trouble, but deep down, she really didn't want to be separated from Le Zhiyang, she was hesitating, but Le Zhiyang held her little hand again generously.Ten fingers connected to the heart, gentle to the bone, Zhu Wei's heartbeat blushed, all hesitation and hesitation were forgotten, and suddenly Le Zhiyang called softly in his ear: "Zhu Wei!" The little princess was taken aback.In her life, except for a few close relatives, no one has ever called her by her name directly, but hearing Le Zhiyang's lingering voice, her heart softens and her body seems to be on fire.Le Zhiyang said again: "Zhu Wei, this name is not good, it has to be changed."

"What's wrong?" Zhu Wei couldn't laugh or cry, thinking that the more he talked, the more he said, the more he became unreasonable, and he actually wanted to tamper with Princess Daming's name. "Zhu Wei, when others heard it, they thought it was a pig's tail." Le Zhiyang smiled at the girl when he said this. Surprised and angry, Zhu Wei raised his fist and hit him, and said, "Okay, do you often curse me 'pig tail' in your heart?" "Where is it?" Le Zhiyang smiled and denied, "I just thought of it." "Only ghosts believe you." Zhu Wei rolled his eyes at him, "My name was chosen by my master. It comes from a sentence in the book, 'If you don't see it, it's called Wei, and if you don't hear it, it's called Xi'."

"I can't see it?" Le Zhiyang stared at her with a strange expression, then suddenly stretched out his hand to touch the girl's cheek, and said with a smile, "I can't see you, I can't see you..." While dodging, Zhu Wei giggled: "Don't talk nonsense, my master is a Daoist priest, and the 'wei' here refers to a realm of Taoism. Hey, if you continue to mess around, I won't be polite." Le Zhiyang closed his hands and said with a smile: "I don't know what is wrong, I know, now, you can see and touch, as long as I look at you, my heart is very happy."

Zhu Wei's heart was hot, she took his arm, leaned her head on his shoulder, and said softly, "Me too." The two looked at each other and smiled, arm in arm, and walked side by side along the river.Not long after arriving in front of the Confucius Temple, it was a pity that there were no juggling lanterns and various snacks during the day, so Le Zhiyang could only talk and compare, describing where to sell sugar, dough, and where to perform acrobatics.This time it was different from what the palace said, Zhu Wei was on the scene, listening to Le Zhiyang's words, the excitement and fun of the night market seemed to be right in front of her eyes.But when he thought about returning to the palace this time, he would never see such a scene again. Even if he saw it in the future, the people around him would not be very happy.

The more Zhu Wei thought about it, the more sad she felt, and she squeezed the man's hand even tighter with her fingers.Le Zhiyang felt it, and looked back, the girl's brows and eyes were slightly red, and there was a layer of fog in her eyes.Le Zhiyang's heart seemed to be pricked by a needle, he forced a smile, stretched out his hand to wipe her tears, and said with a smile: "Why are you crying, you go back and practice martial arts, at best you can fly over the eaves and walls, and sneak out of the palace at night , can't we meet again?" Hearing this, Zhu Wei was greatly moved. He didn't realize the danger, but felt the difficulty. He sighed and said, "It will take at least three or five years to practice lightness kung fu to the point of entering and exiting the forbidden palace. What will happen at that time? Maybe you We have already made a home, and your wife is here, can you still accompany me to stroll along the Qinhuai River?"

Le Zhiyang has always been muddling along, only thinking about the present happiness, never thinking about the future, after hearing this, he said: "I am free and at ease, what do I want to do with a family?" Seeing Zhu Wei's expression sad again, he just wanted to make her happy, and in a blink of an eye Looking at it, his eyes lit up, and he took the little princess to walk two steps quickly, and came to a stall selling Wuxi clay figurines, and said, "This is good, make two clay figurines, one like you and one like me, if you miss it, look at it." It’s good to see the clay figurines.”

Zhu Wei was sad and funny at the same time, looked at him, and thought: "Can clay figurines be compared with real people?" Suddenly Le Zhiyang fumbled with his hands, his expression was very embarrassed, after a second thought, he understood his difficulty, and stretched his hands into his sleeves , took out a large gold ingot, and said with a smile: "Mother, how much is a clay figurine?" The old clay figurine stared at the piece of gold, her eyeballs were about to fall off, Le Zhiyang stopped Zhu Wei and said, "I know, five yuan for one, ten yuan for two, boss, what are you doing, you're not happy give change?" The old woman smiled bitterly and said, "Are you entertaining me, brother? This piece of gold is at least five taels, worth more than one hundred taels of silver. If you sell the old woman's property, you won't be able to find the same amount." She looked at the two of them, and suddenly Slightly smiled, "The old lady is so old, she has seen tens of millions of people, two such handsome and handsome characters, one in ten thousand people can't see one, it's rare to see a pair today, it's really a rare blessing, if I don't have old eyes , this person in yellow must be a girl!" The two were taken aback. Seeing this expression, the old woman knew what she expected, and said with a smile: "Don't be surprised, you two. If you want to make a statue of a person, you must first observe its shape, see its spirit, and get its spirit before you can only look at it." Wonderful. The girl disguised herself as a man, but her eyebrows and eyes are still charming, and the demeanor of this daughter’s family can’t be hidden.” She paused, and then said, “This is the old woman’s first business today. You two don't hesitate to patronize, I also want to make it auspicious, I don't need a penny, I will give you two clay figurines for free!" Le Zhiyang smiled and said: "The old woman should have been like this a long time ago, and she is talking so much nonsense. Hurry up, hurry up, our time is tight!" The old woman glanced at him and said with a smile: "My little brother is so free and easy!" As she said, While pinching the clay figurine.She had dexterous fingers and flipped like flying. After a while, two clay tires took shape, not the original appearance of the two. Zhu Wei's clay figurine was pinched into the image of a daughter.Following the drawing with colored pens, after a while, a pair of clay figurines stood side by side. They were handsome and beautiful, with pleasant smiles, and they were only very similar to the two people in front of the booth. Zhu Wei held the clay figurine, surprised and delighted, looking over and over again, the old woman hurriedly said: "The mud is still wet, lighten it, don't break it!" Zhu Wei smiled, threw the piece of gold on the stall, and said "Mommy, don't look for it anymore!" Without waiting for the old man to answer, he pulled Le Zhiyang and ran away quickly.Le Zhi raised his voice and said, "Such a big piece of gold, isn't it cheap for her?" Zhu smiled and said, "These two clay figurines are worth one thousand taels of gold. There are many clay figurines in my palace, but none of them can compare to this one." " Le Zhiyang gave her a white look, and said: "I forgot, you are the princess of Daming, and the world belongs to your family, so what is a piece of gold?" Speaking of this, Zhu Wei was suddenly depressed, busy and busy. Said: "I was wrong, yes, do you want to see the Lingdao stone fish?" Zhu Wei put aside her worries again after hearing this, and said with a smile: "Is there really a stone fish? I am still in the teahouse Thinking, you liar, are you lying to others again? You say it clearly and logically, but there is nothing in it!" Le Zhiyang smiled and said: "The stone fish is nearby, I haven't seen it before, since it's here, it's good to take a look!" As he spoke, he approached the Liyuan, but he saw the seal of Ying Tianfu on the door, and there was no one in front of it. a figure.Le Zhiyang guessed that too many people died that night, which alarmed the government and closed the garden.But the garden is surrounded by walls and cannot be covered with a cover, so he led Zhu Wei into the alley behind the theater, but seeing no one in the alley, he climbed into the garden along the big tree. The benches in the garden were tilted here and there, the stage collapsed as before, the blood stains on the ground had condensed into black, and the vegetation around was lush and green, exuding a gloomy atmosphere.Zhu Wei couldn't help but said softly: "What kind of place is this? Why is it so creepy!" Le Zhiyang said, "The night I entered the palace, Zhang Tianyi killed many people here!" Zhu Wei said "Oh", Suddenly said: "This is the opera garden you mentioned?" Le Zhiyang nodded and said: "Exactly!" He judged the direction, walked a few steps to the southeast, came to a corner, asked Zhu Wei for the sword, and dug up. , dug about three feet deep, but still found nothing, Le Zhiyang wondered: "Could it be that Zhao Shixiong lied, and he still made me happy when he was about to die?" Just as he was thinking, there was a sound of "ding", and the tip of the sword touched some kind of iron object.Le Zhiyang's heart was shocked, and he quickly dug up the soil, but saw a box, which was wrapped heavily in oilcloth.While watching, Zhu Wei also felt her heart beating faster.Le Zhiyang took out the box, opened the tarpaulin, and saw a small iron box about two feet square.There was a lock on the box, Zhu Wei was wondering where the key was, Le Zhi raised his sword and cut off the lock, opened the lid, and the inside was wrapped heavily in bright yellow soft satin, when the satin was taken apart, a gray and white stone fish appeared.Leaped into the eyes of the two. But judging from the shape of the stone fish, it is a carp, about one foot five inches long, and more than eight inches wide, with complete scales, gills, fins and tail, a pair of fish eyes dull and lifeless.What's strange is that there are small and small scripts on the eyeballs and scales of the stone fish, and the handwriting is regular and powerful.Le Zhiyang recited casually: "Sha Ji is so powerful that Sha knows, Shahou Jia Lalan..." Zhu Wei couldn't help asking: "What are you reading?" Le Zhiyang handed the stone fish to her, and said: "There are words on the fish!" Zhu Wei took a look at it, pondered for a while, and suddenly smiled: "Le Zhiyang, you read it wrong!" Le Zhiyang said: "What's wrong, I know all these words!" Zhu Wei shook her head and said, "It's not that the words are wrong, it's that the order of the words is wrong! It should be pronounced like this!" Consciousness, Shala, Shahou Jialuan, once built with strength, general support, chicken consciousness..." Her voice was melodious, and Le Zhiyang couldn't help interrupting her and said: "Why does it sound weird? It's a bit like, like..." Zhu smiled and said, "Is it like a piece of music?" Le Zhiyang clapped He raised his forehead and said, "That's right, it's really like a piece of music!" Zhu Wei nodded, and said, "It's not surprising, this is the music score!" Le Zhiyang was stunned, and laughed and said: "You are lying, I have seen thousands of music scores, don't you know them? According to the Twelve Laws of the Yellow Emperor, it should be Huang Zhong, Lin Zhong, Tai Cui, Nan Lu, Gu Xi, Ying Zhong, Rui Bin, Da Lu, Yi Ze, Jia Zhong, Wu She, Zhong Lu (according to, it is close to the law of twelve equals). According to the five elements Sound, when it is Gong, Zheng, Shang, Yu, Jiao, Bian Gong, Bian Zheng (press, similar to today's numbered musical notation, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)! Those who kill chickens and ducks, What kind of rhythm is it?" "No wonder you don't know it!" Zhu Wei sighed, staring at Shi Yu in a daze, "There are very few people in the world who know this score, and among the people I know, only Brother Seventeen knows it. These words are not fake. It’s just that it’s not from Middle Earth!” Le Zhiyang asked strangely: "If it's not from China, which country is it from?" Zhu Wei said: "This music score is called Qiuci Han Pu, which originated from the ancient Qiuci music score. Since the fall of the Qiuci Kingdom, the country's music score has also been lost. Even if it has not been lost, it has been transferred to the Chinese Zhengyin by the previous generations of musicians. What's more, This Kucha Chinese notation is different from the ancient Kucha music notation. The ancient Kucha language was used in Kucha language. Here, the pronouncing pronunciation of the Kucha language is directly translated into Chinese characters, so it seems to be all Chinese characters. This stone fish is also Irregular, up and down, straight and crooked, if you don't know the ancient Guzi notation, you don't know how to break ten days, just like when you first saw it, once you read it, you will be confused, even if you look at it, you don't know it's a musical notation !" Le Zhiyang was surprised and admired, and asked, "How do you recognize it?" "It's also a coincidence!" Zhu smiled, "Brother Seventeen and I are both music idiots. He is a man, and it is easier for him to go to and from the court than I am. I love to collect ancient music scores. Whenever I find an ancient score, I will spend a lot of money to buy it. Over time, I have accumulated two bookshelves full of ancient scores. He knows that I am also a fan, so he found an ancient score and copied it for me. These There are Khitan script, Jurchen script, Xixia script, Mongolian script, and Basiba script in the ancient notation, all of which are not difficult for us. There is only one notation book, which is old and yellow, and only half a volume is left. What do we say? I can’t recognize it either. Brother Seventeen has asked all the musicians he knows, but no one recognizes it. But looking at the picture page in the book, the style of the pipa on it is clearly from the ancient Kucha Kingdom. It is related to the people of Kucha. In the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, Kucha music dominated China, and no country could compete with it. However, the Kucha language has long been lost, and this music score is full of Chinese characters. Brother Seventeen has studied for several years. Nothing was achieved, and it was not until the year before last that a turning point appeared." Le Zhiyang hurriedly asked: "Have you found someone who knows the score?" Zhu Wei shook his head and said: "No, but the emperor paid off. Brother Seventeen found a book. This book was originally from the Mongolian Yuan court. After the fall of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty brought it outside the Great Wall. In the 21st year of Hongwu, the general Lan Yu defeated the Yuan army in Yuerhai and captured many people. In addition to gold, jewelry and jade, there were also a batch of books. After returning to the dynasty, He handed over most of the books to the imperial court, but for some unknown reason, he secretly withheld a few books. Among them was a strange book, from the cover to the inside pages, which was full of this kind of Kucha Hanpu, because he couldn't understand it. Sapphire thought he was hiding some great secret. He was a martial artist, so he didn't study it hard, but kept it privately and hid it in the secret treasury of the government. It was also copied. Coincidentally, the Seventeenth Brother participated in the trial of the case, so he got this book. He took it back to the mansion to study it like a treasure, and accidentally found a piece of paper in the middle of the book page. The method of translating Chinese genealogy. This matter is a big unsolved case between the two of us. Once Brother Seventeen finds out, he will tell me overnight. So when I see these words, I can recognize them immediately!" Le Zhiyang hurriedly asked: "How to translate?" "It's easy to say!" Zhu Wei paused, "If you don't know the method of translation, you won't be able to figure it out in a hundred years. If you know the method of translation, once I explain it, you will understand." She squatted down, He took a sharp stone, and wrote while talking: "Suoyili is the sound of Lin Zhonggong, Chicken Shi is the sound of Nanlu Shang, Sha Shi is the sound of Ying Bell and Horn, Shahou Jialan is the sound of the change from Huang Zhong to Tai Cui, Sha La is the sound of Tai Cui Zheng, Ban Lan is the sound of Gu Xian Yu, and Qi Li Jian is the sound of changing the palace from Zhong Lu to Lin Zhong, translated in turn, it naturally becomes a tune!" Le Zhiyang stared blankly at the writing on the ground, and said for a long time: "No wonder no one has been able to crack the secret of this stone fish for so many years. So what if they just cracked it? What is written on this stone fish is basically a musical score, which is completely related to martial arts. It doesn't matter! Zhang Shicheng's son died in vain, Zhao Shixiong died in vain, and the Taoist priest of Xuantian Temple also died in vain." "Wouldn't that be better?" Zhu Wei clapped his hands and laughed, "Martial arts are the way to kill people, and music is the way to entertain people. In comparison, music is a hundred times better than martial arts. This senior Ling Taoist must also be a Le Dao Gaoren, it's a pity that he was born a few hundred years late, so I can't have a moment with him!" "Isn't it easy to meet him?" A voice came suddenly, especially piercing in the silence.Both of them jumped up and looked around, only to see Zhang Tianyi turned out from behind a big tree with a sly smile on his face, staring at them and said, "Death returns to Netherworld, I will send you two for a ride to Netherworld Hell, won't you be able to meet Taoist Ling?" Zhu Wei felt his hands and feet were cold, so he drew out his long sword and shouted sharply: "Le Zhiyang, you run away first!" Le Zhiyang frowned, and said loudly: "What are you running for?" He reached out and held Zhu Wei's hand tightly Holding it, Zhu Wei took a look at him, and saw a smile on the corner of his mouth, showing no signs of fear. For a moment, his heart was sweet and anxious, and he wished he could turn into a god and use a method of transporting him to send him away far away. Zhang Tianyi was not reconciled to Leng Xuan getting the spiritual stone fish, and knew that Le Zhiyang was lying, that the stone fish must not be in the Forbidden City, and Leng Xuan would come out of the palace to fetch it sooner or later, so he notified the three masters of Dongdao to come to the capital, while guarding near the Forbidden City peep.As soon as Leng Xuan came out of the palace, he immediately flew a pigeon to send a letter to the three lords, urging the two sides to fight a battle, but he stayed on the side, intending to make a profit.Seeing Le Zhiyang and Le Zhiyang jumping out of the tea house, he wanted to catch them all at once, but on second thought, he might as well use a plan, let them get the stone fish first, and then snatch it himself. Thinking about it this way, he followed the two of them from a distance until Le Zhiyang dug out the stone fish.Zhang Tianyi had seen the writing on the stone fish before, but he didn't know what it meant. Hearing the two people's discussion, he became curious and listened to it.Hearing Zhu Wei tell the origin of the words, my heart was hot at first, but then I heard it was just a music score, and then my heart was cold again, so hot and cold, I finally couldn't hold it back, jumped out to grab the fish and kill people. Seeing the appearance of the two of them at this time, Zhang Tianyi couldn't help laughing and said: "It turns out that they are a pair of mandarin ducks with the same fate. They are still young, but they have love and righteousness. Well, for the sake of this friendship, I will give you a happy time!" Zhu Wei thought He wanted to retort, but his voice was difficult, and he suddenly threw away Le Zhiyang, grasped the sword formula, and put on a pretty posture. "Yi Xing Sword?" Zhang Tianyi looked murderous, "Are you also Xi Yingzhen's apprentice? Very good, I didn't finish the competition with King Yan last time, let's continue the competition today!" He said and drew out his sword.His soft sword was thrown in the Forbidden City, this sword was bought just now, although it is not as good as the soft sword, it is more than enough to deal with this young couple. Ever since Zhu Wei practiced swordsmanship, he has never met a real master. Suddenly seeing Zhang Tianyi drawing his sword, he couldn't help but tremble all over. As if in a daze. Zhang Tianyi has experienced many battles, seeing Zhu Wei's expression, he knew that she was a young girl who had just debuted, he sneered secretly, and was about to make a move when he suddenly heard Le Zhiyang shout: "Wait!" Shi Shi squeezed a stone in his hand, aimed at the Lingdao stone fish, and said loudly: "Zhang Tianyi, do you want a live fish or a dead fish?" Zhang Tianyi's heart sank, and he sneered, "What is a live fish? What is a dead fish?" Le Zhiyang said with a smile, "A live fish is a whole fish, and a dead fish is a pile of broken stones. If you do anything, I will kill you." If the stone fish is smashed to pieces, everyone will fight to the death!" Having said that, old and new grudges surged into Zhang Tianyi's heart. He stared straight at him, and shouted sharply, "Little bastard, who are you scaring? I haven't settled with you for cheating me into the palace. I won't fight you today!" If the sword cuts you, my surname is not Zhang!" Le Zhiyang interjected, "Your surname is not Zhang, but your surname is Le. I just need a gray grandson to carry a chamber pot!" Zhang Tianyi was furious, but Le Zhiyang didn't know what to do, and continued, "You have become my gray grandson, and your name has to be changed. The word Tianyi is not good. It sounds like a traitor. Alas, it's called Wangcai." Well, kind and auspicious, Zhang Tianyi, no, Le Wangcai, do you think this is good?" When he was about to die, he still dared to make fun of his opponent. Zhang Tianyi smiled angrily, gritted his teeth and said, "Little bastard, guess where I cut you with the first sword?" Le Zhiyang laughed and said, "Of course it was your grandfather!" Tongue." Zhang Tianyi was distracted by what he said, and couldn't refute for a while, gritted his teeth and sneered, only to hear Le Zhiyang say again: "How is it? Le Wangcai, do you still want stone fish? If you want stone fish, just ask Put away the sword and let your grandparents walk obediently!" Zhu Wei was nervous, and after hearing this, he felt strange: "Who are the grandparents?" Le Zhiyang smiled and said, "I am his grandpa, and you are naturally his grandma." Zhu Wei was ashamed and angry: "Nonsense, who, Who is his grandma!" Le Zhiyang smiled, stared at Zhang Tianyi and said, "How is it? Two lives for a stone fish, you are not at a disadvantage!" Zhang Tianyi's face turned blue, thinking that Zhu Yuanzhang's daughter is fine, your life is not worth even a piece of fish scale, so he was ruthless in his heart, but he said: "Okay, you bring the stone fish here, and I will let you walk .” "Cheat a ghost?" Le Zhiyang lifted the stone even higher, "We'll leave the theater garden, and I'll give it to you when we get to the street!" As he said that, he thought in his heart: When we get to the street, we might meet Leng Xuan, When Zhang Tian saw the old eunuch, he must have run away with his farts. Zhang Tianyi thought for a while with a sullen face, then nodded suddenly and said, "Okay, let's do it this way!" Le Zhiyang didn't want it to be so easy, picked up the stone fish in one hand, held the stone tightly in the other, and said with a smile: "Okay, let's start from the gate. Go, don't follow me!" Zhang Tianyi smiled, raised his hand suddenly, and shouted "Look at the needle!" Zhu Wei's heart trembled, and he subconsciously raised his sword to defend, but unexpectedly Zhang Tianyi slammed east and west, a gust of wind rushed up, the sword flashed, and went straight to Le Zhiyang's throat.Zhu Wei didn't care about himself, and pulled out a backhand sword, who knew that Zhang Tianyi was another false move, and backhanded a sword, slashing towards Le Zhiyang's wrist, intentionally chopping off the hairtail with his hand. Zhu Wei focused all his attention on the tip of the sword, before he had time to think about it, the edge of the sword sank, and only heard a series of "ding ding ding", and the two exchanged six swords like a storm. Zhang Tianyi was greatly surprised, he made two feints one after another, he was sure to win, but who knew that Zhu Wei would strike first, and always be able to take his long sword away first.In the past, Zhang Tianyi rushed to attack without hesitation, and could break through Zhu Wei's sword screen with just a few swords, but he was injured by Leng Xuan that day, and his internal injuries had not healed. Afraid of causing injury, he jumped away and stared at Zhu Wei with a look of surprise. Zhu Wei stood there with numb arms and a blank mind, not knowing how the six swords just followed. Le Zhiyang also broke out in a cold sweat, and said angrily: "Zhang Tianyi, don't you want the stone fish?" Zhang Tianyi hummed, and said coldly: "Didn't you just say that? The words on the stone fish are just Sheet music, bah, sheet music, what do I want it for?" Le Zhiyang wanted to use the stone fish to save his life out of desperation, but he didn't expect such a layer, so he was stunned for a while.Zhang Tianyi breathed evenly, swung the sword again, Zhu Wei stabilized his mind a little bit, thinking that he had just cracked the opponent's ruthless moves one after another, which shows that the master's swordsmanship is very good, thinking about it this way, he gained a little more confidence, and then broke down a few more moves , the subtlety of Yixing Sword gradually revealed. The two rabbits raised and lowered their swords, their swords whirled like two flying snakes spitting out lightning, and the sword tips were received as soon as they were received, unexpectedly it was too late to collide.Zhang Tianyi became more and more frightened as he fought, he thought to himself how old this little girl is, she has learned a few moves of Taihao Valley's swordsmanship, and she has a mutual attack and defense with her, has all her years of swordsmanship been in vain? He was anxious, regardless of internal injuries, he pierced the long sword with air, the blade bent into an arc, strangled Zhu Wei's sword, and shouted: "Let go!" Relying on his deep inner strength, Zhang Tianyi swung his opponent's long sword away, but he did not show mercy, the sword in his hand flashed, and stabbed at Zhu Wei's heart again. Seeing this, Le Zhiyang was impatient, raised a stone, and threw it at Zhang Tianyi with all his strength.Although Zhang Tianyi was not afraid, he didn't want him to be hit, so he swung his palm, and the stone flew out immediately, Zhu Wei rolled on the ground, and just about to stand up, Zhang Tianyi caught up again and stabbed at him with his sword. her face. "Here!" Le Zhiyang threw out the stone fish in his hand in desperation.Zhang Tianyi wanted to sweep it away with his palm, but when he saw it was a stone fish, he turned his palm into a catch and pinched it with one hand.But seeing Zhu Wei turned over and stood up, wanting to pick up the long sword not far away, she sneered at once, and turned into a crossbow arrow with her sword, and shot towards her back angrily. Seeing that the sword nailed Zhu Wei to the ground, and there was a rustling wind from his side, as if a hidden weapon was coming, Zhang Tianyi couldn't help cursing secretly: "You are looking for death!" Randomly grabbed it out, unexpectedly the stone was soft in his hand, and there was a lingering inner force running from the palm to the whole body.Zhang Tianyi carelessly underestimated the enemy, and suddenly his whole body went numb, he jumped out obliquely to the left, even his right hand holding the sword was hit, the sword missed, and was nailed to the ground against Zhu Wei's body. Zhu Wei only felt the wind of the sword sweeping over his body, making his whole body feel cold, and immediately without thinking about it, he used his master's body technique, using his hands and feet together, the dragon and snake writhed, and when he stood up straight, the long sword that had been released was already caught in his hand.She fixed her eyes and saw that Zhang Tianyi was standing in the distance, staring at a piece of clay in the palm of her hand.Just as he was puzzled, he suddenly heard laughter, looked up, and saw a person standing on the wall, with ragged clothes and gray hair, holding a large ball of white clay in both hands, rubbing it back and forth with a smile. "Mommy!" Zhu Wei blurted out in surprise.It turned out that this person was the old woman who made the clay figurine. She seemed to have been completely reborn at this time, and stood upright with her chest open, with a radiant look. The old woman smiled at Zhu, and looked at Zhang Tianyi again: "Aren't you going to let the children off with such vicious tactics?" Zhang Tianyi raised his eyebrows and said sharply, "Who are you? What is Zhang doing? Want you to mind your own business?" The old woman kneaded the clay in her hands, and said with a smile: "That's right, the old woman doesn't like to do anything else, she just likes to meddle in other things!" She raised her hand suddenly, and a white light went straight to Zhang Tianyi's heart. Zhang Tianyi suffered a loss once, and knew that the inner strength on the clay was weird, so he didn't dare to take it hard, raised his sword and shook it out, and the white clay flew towards him.Hearing a buzzing sound, he almost let go of the long sword as soon as his mouth was hot. When he looked up, the old woman had already stepped down from the fence and was walking slowly. Face-like Zhang Tianyi shouted loudly and stabbed out with his sword.The old woman raised her eyebrows and smiled, and folded her hands together, the clay suddenly changed its shape and turned into a soft stick about Zhang Xu long, swung a gust of wind, and hit Zhang Tianyi's sword with a buzzing sound. This move was unexpected, Zhang Tianyi's sword was tilted out, startled, and hurriedly followed the sword, who knew that the clay stuck to the sword body, and there was a lingering inner strength of an old woman on it, and he couldn't get rid of it in his eagerness. , was astonished, the other end of the soft stick came over like a thunderbolt, Zhang Tianyi's long sword was restrained, but he was reluctant to drop it, hesitating for a moment, the soft stick landed on his left cheek with a "slap". The stick was so strong that Zhang Tianyi almost fainted.He did not panic in the face of danger, he slammed the inner strength in his hand outwards, knocked away the lingering inner strength, waited for the opponent's inner strength to shrink, and suddenly retracted inward quickly. When he retracted, he took back the long sword and leaped backwards with all his might. Only half of his head felt numb, his mouth was fishy and salty, and there seemed to be some hard objects. When he opened his mouth and spat out, two teeth rolled out mixed with blood. Zhang Tianyi was horrified, and thought to himself: If it wasn't for the protection of the body with magical powers, this stick would definitely break his head.Look at the old woman again, with a smile on her face, the soft stick in her hand has turned into a large ball of white mud, and she is still kneading back and forth in her palm.Zhang Tianyi recalled the situation just now, and then looked at the old woman's appearance, his heart moved, and he blurted out: "You, are you from the west?" "West side?" The old woman looked at him with a smile, "Which west side?" Zhang Tianyi said angrily: "Where else is there besides Kunlun Mountain?" The old woman glanced at him, nodded and said, "For you have some knowledge, your Feiying Divine Sword is the true inheritance of the Yun family, the four swords of Feiying, mirror flower, water Yue, Mengdie, Konghuan, you are so old, why are you still spinning around in the first level?" Zhang Tianyi's face was hot.He is the direct disciple of the island king Yunxu, but unfortunately he has a vicious heart and a narrow mind, so his cultivation in the way of kendo ends at "Mirror Flower Sword", and it is difficult to go any further after that.For this reason, he wholeheartedly searched for the Spirit Dao Stone Fish, wanting to find another way to solve this predicament. The old woman's words hit his sore spot, Zhang Tianyi became furious and exclaimed: "What about the ones from the west? Report your name, and Zhang will not kill the unknown people with his sword!" The old woman smiled and said, "My surname is Qiu!" Then she shut up.Zhang Tianyi's eyes were straightened, and he cried out: "You, you are the earth mother Qiutao!" The old woman nodded and said, "I don't want anyone to remember my name!" Zhang Tianyi was in a panic.The master of this person, if he is not injured, maybe he can handle one or two, but now that his internal injuries have not healed, it is really dangerous to continue the fight.But the arrow was on the string, and he had no choice but to shoot. He gritted his teeth, put the stone fish into his arms, shook his long sword, and said with a smile: "Zhang Tianyi of Dongdao asks Mother Earth for advice!" Qiu Tao revealed his name, hoping that he would retreat in the face of difficulties, but who knew that this person was stubborn and stubborn, and he couldn't help sighing: "It's easy to say, easy to say!" Zhang Tianyi posed a sword formula, but did not make a move; Qiu Tao just kneaded the clay and did not look at him.Le Zhiyang and Zhu Wei looked at each other, their hearts skipped a beat.Le Zhiyang tugged at Zhu Wei's sleeve, signaling to take the opportunity to escape, but Zhu Wei shook his head and stood still holding the long sword.Le Zhiyang changed his mind and realized that Qiu Tao left for the sake of the two of them. If he left like this, he might not be too disrespectful, but Zhu Wei is good at swordsmanship and can help others. Staying here by himself is simply a natural sword target . He had seen Zhang Tianyi murder with his own eyes, and he was very afraid of this person, besides, when he revisited the old place, thinking of the many dead people, there must be many ghosts.Thinking of this, a puff of cold air shot up his back, he turned his head and looked around, there was no one there, and then he felt relieved a little, thinking that the people here were all killed by debt collectors, and if there were evil spirits, they should blame Zhang Tianyi , it is best to deflect the point of his sword when fighting, so that he will be beaten in vain, but he cannot fight back. While cursing, Zhang Tianyi suddenly heard a soft howl, the long sword pierced through the air, and stabbed six times in a row.Qiu Tao didn't raise her head, her body was like a delicate flower and a willow, she slinkily avoided the sword's edge, her waist was soft, her footsteps were erratic, she didn't look like an old woman in her 50s at all.The soil in his hand changes silently, and becomes a soft stick like a spirit snake again, when hitting the head, the tail will reach, and when hitting the tail, the head will respond, flipping and whipping, often by surprise.Sometimes the head of the stick is relaxed and does not gather momentum, but the tail of the stick is like a thunderbolt, so fast that the shadow cannot be seen clearly; .Zhang Tianyi was very afraid of the stickiness of the clay, he would walk away with a single blow from the long sword, not daring to touch the soft stick. The old woman pressed her step by step, her true energy poured into the clay, and the ball of white clay changed more and more, turning into a snow-white spear for a while, and turning into a soft sword of frost for a while, Zhang Tian thought she used the sword technique, and secretly sneered in his heart , Thinking about how this old woman is playing with an axe and fighting with her own sword, she is not humiliating herself.Just as he was concentrating on dismantling it, the soft sword suddenly grew longer and turned into a meteor flying hammer. A mass of clay as big as a muskmelon flew out of the air, with a long taxi chain trailing behind it.The strange thing is that the soil chain is flexible and continuous, as if there is a rope hidden in it. The change was so sudden that Zhang Tianyi was caught off guard, and Tuhuige turned back and bumped into his vest.Zhang Tianyi felt severe pain piercing through his chest, a mouthful of blood rushed to his throat, he held back forcefully, swung his sword and cut towards the earthen rope, who knew that the clay shrank extremely fast, the blade of the sword only cut off a piece the size of a palm, looked up , The clay retracted into the old woman's hand, and suddenly turned into a soft stick with a tiger's tail, quickly and slowly, and slammed towards him. Zhang Tianyi leaped as hard as he could, and moved away from his head, but he didn't dodge his shoulders. He was indeed hit by a stick.Seeing him vomit blood, Qiutao froze for a moment, and called out, "Oh, are you hurt?" Zhang Tianyi knew that if he stayed, he must die today, so he shook his hand in a hurry, and Ye Yu's needle reached his fingertips.During the Battle of the Forbidden City, he had very few gold needles left, so he would never send them out unless it was absolutely necessary.Otherwise, Zhu Wei and Le Zhiyang have already been murdered. At this time, his life is at stake, the long sword in his right hand is swaying, Qiu Tao swung his stick to block, Zhang Tianyi suddenly raised his left hand, and the golden needle turned into a rain of light, facing the opponent Lasing out. As Zhu Wei saw it, her heart went up to her throat.It was too late, but soon, Qiutao turned the clay in his hand and spread it on the ground, turning into a mud shield like a pancake. The golden needle chichichi shot into the mud and was covered by the clay. Zhang Tianyi didn't expect to succeed in one blow, so as soon as the needle was issued, he quickly backed away and approached Zhu Wei in the blink of an eye.Zhu Wei only paid attention to Qiu Tao's safety, and forgot to protect herself at all. When Zhang Tianyi approached, she was startled. Seeing the sword light hitting her face, she subconsciously jumped back. Call. Zhu Wei trembled in response, his face turned pale, he fixed his eyes and looked, Le Zhiyang stuck out his tongue and stared, Zhang Tianyi grabbed his neck and picked him up. It turned out that Zhang Tianyi's stabbing Zhu Wei with his sword was also a false move, the two false moves before and after were all aimed at catching Le Zhiyang.Because there were three opponents, Le Zhiyang was the easiest to deal with, so he first forced Qiu Tao and Zhang Dun to defend himself, and then stabbed Zhu Wei with his sword, forcing her to retreat. Once she retreated, Le Zhiyang was immediately isolated, and Zhang Tianyi gently If you catch him, take him down. Qiu Tao put away the mud shield, and it still turned into a soft stick. With his internal strength, the golden needles pushed to the head of the stick one after another, and each one turned outward, turning into a soft stick with mace's teeth.Even though he had a sharp weapon in his hand, Qiu Tao hesitated, staring at Zhang Tianyi with flickering eyes, Zhu Wei's face was ashen, his body shook slightly, as if he would fall down if he touched it. “地母神通，张某佩服!”张天意咳嗽两声，口角又渗出血水，“但据我所知，贵部以慈悲为怀，决不滥杀无辜，地母娘娘贵为一部之主，想也不会例外!” 秋涛皱眉不语，张天意边说边退，渐渐靠近墙角。朱微再也按捺不住，纵身而上，举剑就刺。张天意笑了笑，抓住乐之扬的后心左右晃动，无论朱微如何出剑，剑尖始终指着少年。朱微一刺便收，心头不胜焦急，眼圈儿渐渐红了，可又不愿放弃，咬着牙关拼命出剑，总想找到破绽，刺中后面的张天意。 张天意手上晃动，双眼一眨不眨，始终盯着秋涛。但见老妪若有所思，手里黏土下垂，渐渐垂到地上。张天意心头一动，突然错步后退，纵身一跃，长剑刺中墙壁，身子陡然跃起。刹那问，原本站立之处，泥土向上拱起，如有龙蛇起伏，一直蔓延到墙角，一道裂缝无中生有，顺着墙壁冲上墙头。这时间，张天意高高跃起，只一晃，越过墙头，落入后面的小巷。 秋涛的“周流土劲”能随泥土传送，本意出奇制胜，从下面困住对方，不料张天意十分滑溜，不待劲力涌到，即刻越墙逃走。秋涛以“坤元”远攻，无法随身而上，心中大为懊恼。 朱微一跺脚，跳上墙头，只见小巷深长，张天意不知去向。她慌忙冲出巷子，跑到夫子庙前，掉头四顾，只见红男绿女、襟袖招摇，可是，却再也看不见乐之扬了。 朱微鼻间发酸，泪水模糊一片，她在人群里狂冲乱突，疯了似的大叫“乐之扬”的名字。她一身男装，声音却是十足娇媚，路人听见，无不侧目。 朱微跑到秦淮河边，已是泪流满面，河水潺潺远去，倒映出许多亭台楼阁的影子，河面上的画舫渐多，不时响起笛声琴韵。听见笛声，朱微浑身一颤，极力向画舫里望去，她明知道吹笛的不是乐之扬，心底里却总盼望着发生奇迹。她冲着画舫高喊，叫声凄厉悲惨，惹得舫间的妓女恩客纷纷探出头来。 朱微绝望透顶，腿一软，瘫倒在秦淮河边。一想到乐之扬凶多吉少，她就自愧自恨，恨不得一死了之。少女双手捂脸，禁不住放声大哭，正哭着，肩头叫人拍了一下，她一跳而起，叫声：“乐之扬……”回头看去，冷玄半身浴血，木然站在身后。 “冷公公!”朱微心里涌起一丝希望，扯住他叫道，“你快去救乐之扬，他、他被张天意抓走了……”话没说完，手腕一紧，冷玄扣住她的脉门，沉声道：“快回宫，来不及了!” 朱微又惊又气，锐声叫道：“冷公公，我不回去，乐之扬他……”一股寒气从冷玄掌心涌出，朱微半身软麻．不由自主地随着他向前。少女回头看去，秦淮河一片模糊，天与地凄凄惨惨。紧跟着，她眼前一黑，蓦地昏了过去。 张天意奔了一程，忽觉有人跟随，回头望去，秋涛的身影若隐若现。张天意心念一动，故意上上下下，专挑高墙大厦奔走。他的“龙遁术”以腾挪见长，又有飞虎爪助力，秋涛的武功高出一筹，轻功却是相形见绌，况且少了飞爪，不到一盏茶的工夫，远远落在了后面。 乐之扬穴道受制，口不能言，手不能动，眼看两侧房舍远去，青山绿水接连涌现，道路更加荒僻无人。乐之扬辨认四周，猛可发现，张天意出了京城，直奔郊外的蒋山(按，今紫金山)。 到了蒋山，走了一段山路，望见一座小庙。张天意回头看去，确信无人跟来，这才进了庙门，将乐之扬重重一扔。乐之扬后脑着地，痛得叫出声来。 叫了一声，才发觉穴道解开。他爬起身来，发现庙宇早已废弃，塑像散落一地，也不知曾是何方神圣。屋檐前一口大缸，缸沿残破，积了半缸雨水。 张天意也不瞧他，盘膝坐下，闭目调息。乐之扬屏住呼吸，轻手轻脚，正要溜出大门，不想膝弯里一痛，左腿忽地失去知觉。他跪倒在地，回头看去，只见指甲大小一块干土，击中了他膝后的要穴。 张天意坐在那儿，脸色蜡黄透青，衣衫惨白如纸，两眼似闭非闭，面上似笑非笑，那一股子诡谲劲儿，直追城隍庙里的无常老鬼。乐之扬不敢妄动，半蹲半跪，大汗淋漓，这跪地等死的感受，真比任何刑罚还要难受。 这么一坐一跪，相持了一炷香的工夫，乐之扬见他不动，胆子又大了起来，双手着地，正想爬出，忽听身后笑道：“小畜生，你若能爬出大门，我就饶你一命，如何?” 乐之扬回头看去，张天意张开两眼，冲他龇牙冷笑。乐之扬无可奈何，只好坐回地上。 张天意看了看屋顶，忽地说道：“小畜生，我这一身伤势，全是拜你所赐，你可知罪吗?” 乐之扬定一定神，勉强笑道：“张先生福大命大，小小一点儿伤算什么?”张天意扫他一眼，冷笑道：“怎么，你怕了?”乐之扬笑道：“怕也说不上，张先生是东岛的大高手，我是秦淮河的小混混。你杀了我，也没什么了不起的，反倒是脏了你的贵手，辱没了你的身份。如果不杀我呢，我一定到处给你宣扬，说你心胸广大、慈悲为怀!” 张天意见他死到临头，还敢胡扯歪论，不由笑道：“小畜生，你可打锚算盘了，慈悲为怀四字，跟张某人从来无缘!”乐之扬把心一横，大声说道：“既然这样，要杀便杀，又何必多话?” 张天意冷哼一声，暗想这小子三番五次地欺骗自己，若不将他一寸寸剐了，实在难消心头之恨。不过物尽其用、人尽其才，先哄一哄他，办完了那件事，再来寻他的晦气。恕到这儿，他笑道：“小畜生，我有一件事，你办得好，我饶你不死．连你体内的神针一并取出。办得不好，哼，你自己明白!” 乐之扬本当必死，忽见一线生机，便笑道：“什么事?说来听听。” 张天意沉吟一下，取出灵道石鱼。他和石鱼旷别多年，此时捧在手里，不由心怀激荡，连连咳嗽，热血咕嘟嘟涌了上来。他不愿示弱于人，强自咽下血水，涩声说道，“这鱼鳞上写的真是乐谱吗?”乐之扬道：“似乎是的!”张天意怒道：“什么叫似乎?” “龟兹汉谱我也没见过。”乐之扬边想边说，“非得把石鱼上的文字译成中华正音，吹奏一遍，才能确定。” 张天意盯着乐之扬，心中不胜狐疑：“这小子诡谲多诈，明说是翻译乐谱，难保不是拖延时间?秋涛被我摆脱，一定脸上无光，这当儿必然到处搜寻。方才比斗脚力，我已尽力而为，而今重伤无力，如果和她遇上，不但性命不保，石鱼也会落在她手里……”他想来想去，心中十分矛盾。乐之扬见他脸色变幻，也是心惊肉跳，唯恐他念头一转，改变了主意。 张天意想了一会儿，忽道：“好，小畜生，你来翻译乐谱，限你一刻钟译完，超过一分钟剁一根指头，剁完双手，再是双脚，手脚剁完，再取你的脑袋!”乐之扬脸色发白，强笑道：“你怎么计算时辰?” 张天意“哼”了一声，取出一只小小的水晶沙漏，说道：“沙子流尽是半刻钟!”乐之扬忍不住叫嚷，“沙子流快了呢?”张天意冷冷道：“算你倒霉!”乐之扬嘟囔道：“这不公平……”张天意怒哼一声，一手丢出石鱼，一手转过沙漏，金色的沙粒如飞下落。 乐之扬吓了一跳，慌忙抓起石鱼，极力辨认上面的文字。他记性过人，曲调过耳能吹，乐谱过目不忘，龟兹汉谱尽管别扭，朱微说了一遍，他已铭记在心。龟兹七调对应中华宫商七调，翻译并不困难，难的是石鱼不似纸张，上下左右一目了然，鱼身上满是文字，从何处开始，倒是一个大大的难题。 看了一会儿，乐之扬的目光落在两只鱼眼上面，心想，石鱼有头有尾，灵道人刻写乐谱，也必然是先头后尾，鱼头上除了鱼眼，别处并无文字，那么这乐谱的第一个字符，应该是从鱼眼开始。只不过，鱼有两只眼睛，是从左眼开始，还是从右眼开始，左眼刻了一个“沙”字，应是“沙识”的首字，右眼刻着一个“鸡”字，应是“鸡识”的首字。二者之中，必选其一。 乐之扬额上见汗，抬头看去，短短工夫，沙子流逝了四分之一，可是他还没有翻译出一个字。那沙粒去势如箭，箭箭射在他的心上。乐之扬定了定神，忽又有了主意：暂且不管左眼右眼，先将左面的乐谱译出，再译右面的乐谱，而后拼接起来，看哪个更为流畅优美。 岁即取下空碧，在地上译出中华正音。石鱼上鳞甲紧密，文字甚多，可是一通百通，乐之扬译出左眼乐谱，沙漏才过一半，译出右眼乐谱，沙子尚未流尽。乐之扬松了一口气，心中默审曲调，但觉无论是“沙识”为首，还是“鸡识”为先，这首曲调都不太对头，若以“沙识”为首，不过节奏古怪，但以“鸡识”为先，衔接之处根本不通。若以谱曲者的水准而论，前者不过一铺味奇怪，肝打根本是乱谱一气，完全不合音乐的乐理。 正犹豫，张天意忽道：“时间到了!”乐之扬应声跳起，叫道：“我译出来了!”张天意眯眼瞧他，冷冷说道：“好哇，吹来听听!” 乐之扬的心子突突乱跳，扫了一眼地上的谱子，长吸一口气，先以“沙识”为首，吹起那一支曲子。 曲子十分难吹，好几处的调子忽松忽紧，重复万端，乐之扬一口气无法吹尽，连换了几次气，方才断断续续地吹完。更有的地方十分别扭，一不留神，宫调吹成了变宫，徵调吹成了变徵。乐之扬吹出这样的曲子，真是又羞又惭，恨不得找个地缝钻进去。 他一边吹，一边偷看张天意的脸色。那人端然静坐，脸色阴沉难看。等到乐之扬吹完，张天意沉默半晌，忽地问道：“完了么?”乐之扬道：“完了!” “放屁!”张天意龇牙冷笑，“这是什么破曲子?又难听，又没用，要么你翻译错了，要么又在撒谎骗人。哼，乖乖把手伸过来，我先剁光你的手指!” 乐之扬苦着脸道：“剁光了手指，就吹不了笛了。”张天意见他还敢讨价还价，心里怒气更盛：“那又怎样?我叫三声，你不过来，我自己来取!” 乐之扬心生绝望，暗暗问候了一遍灵道人的列祖列宗，嘴里说道：“张先生别急，这曲子有两种吹法，方才是第一种，下面是第二种……” 张天意怒道：“少放屁，过来受刑……”乐之扬叹道：“张先生，一支曲子又花不了多少工夫，唉，这支曲子再没用，你砍我脑袋好了!” 张天意见他自信满满，心里暗暗生疑：这小子不见棺材不掉泪，莫非刚才故意藏私?如他所说，砍掉十指，再也无法吹笛，故而不妨听一听，看他还耍什么把戏。想到这儿，冷冷说道：“也罢，这一次再不行，我要你的命!” 乐之扬掌心冒汗，心中全无自信，下一支曲子比前一支更坏，不过吹上一遍，总能拖延一会儿时间，但愿上天庇佑，小公主和老太婆及时赶来。 他咬了咬牙，横起笛子，本想胡乱吹上一曲，但想如果按谱吹来，万不得已，还可让张天意逐字对照，以示没有作假，如果乱吹一气，那时可就百口莫辩了。 无奈之下，只好按谱吹奏。前后两支曲子大部相同，只是后半支曲子放到了前面，顺序一变，调子衔接均起变化，高调变成了低调，低调一升为高调，似有某种力量将笛声死死困住，叫人无法随心所欲。乐之扬笛技不凡，可也吹得面红耳赤，把吃奶的力气也使了出来。 张天意听得连连皱眉，一团怒气在胸中激荡，暗暗紧握剑柄，只等乐之扬吹完，就给他来个一剑穿心。 曲子吹到一半，张天意忽觉心中烦恶，浑身气血受了笛声的牵引，纵横乱窜，不受驾驭。他吃了一惊，慌忙运功压住血气，正要喝令罢吹，庙中忽地响起了嗡嗡之声。张天意掉头四顾，不见有人，凝神细听，却发现那声音来自石鱼。 张天意心生狂喜：不出所料，石鱼中果然暗藏玄机，扑扁幺机的钥匙正是石鱼上的乐谱。意想至此，他放弁打断乐之扬的念头。可那笛声潮水一般灌入耳朵，直叫他血气翻腾，之前所受的内伤均被一一勾起，五脏六腑灼热剧痛，如在油锅里煎熬。 这感觉不胜古怪，张天意左右为难，一方面害怕打断笛声，破解不了石鱼之谜，但若任由笛声吹响，又势必让他气血大乱、伤上加伤。可是，灵道人的武功诱惑太大，张天意苦练多年，武功放在东岛，不过一二流之间，想要再进一步，竟是难如登天，若能得到灵道武学，没准儿可以突破桎梏，达到一个全新境界。 嗡鸣声越来越急，石鱼应和笛声，一会儿原地打转，一会儿摇头摆尾。张天意来不及欢喜，但觉笛声越吹越高，仿佛一把刀子，在“手少阴心经”内反复剜动。张天意眼冒金星、喉头发甜，情知耽搁下去必定不可收拾，正想发令喝止，可一张嘴，忽地发现出不了声，想要动手，却连一根手指也抬不起来。 曲子吹到了尾声，石鱼的变化乐之扬全都看在眼里，心中诧异之余，又觉无比焦急。他口中吹着曲子，目光不时扫向庙门，庙外绿树成荫、天光正好，可是空荡荡没有一个人影。 乐之扬心里明白，石鱼之谜一破，自己再无用处。想到这儿，转眼瞥去，只见张天意两眼闭合，脸上透出一股黑气，一股血水沿着口角渗出，顺着下颌流入衣襟。 到了这个地步，乐之扬别无他法，吹了两个花腔，草草结束曲子。笛声一停，石鱼也停止了颤动，庙里死寂无声，静得叫人心悸。 过了一会儿，张天意也不出声，乐之扬心下奇怪，忍不住叫道：“张先生!”叫声响彻庙堂，可是无人回应，张天意端坐不动，脸色由黑变白，透出一股可怕的死灰。 乐之扬的心子突突乱跳，长吸一口气，一步步挪向庙门，一边后退，一边盯着前方的大敌。可是直到退出庙门，张天意也是默不作声。 乐之扬心中狂喜，一出庙门，转身就跑，跑了一里多路，方才停了下来，回头看去，张天意并未追来。回想刚才的情形，他的心里不胜疑惑：张天意心狠手辣，万无一声不吭、放他离开的道理，回想他的神色，似乎发生了什么变故，以至于无暇理会乐之扬的去留。 乐之扬杲站了一会儿，终于抗不过心中的好奇，蹑手蹑脚地返回小庙。到了庙门，探头一看，庙里一切如故，庙前的大树上传来乌鸦的叫声，嘶哑阴沉，叫人胆战心惊。 “张先生!”乐之扬叫了一声，张天意依然不应。少年胆气大壮，跨入门中，用脚尖踢了踢石鱼。张天意还是不理，乐之扬忽有所悟，抽出玉笛，点中他的肩头，张天意晃了一晃，忽地歪倒在地。 乐之扬不由倒退两步，心中一阵糊涂。他伸手摸去，张天意肌肤冰冷，气息全无—1塞个煞星，居然无声无息地死了。 乐之扬又吃惊，又迷惑，将尸首翻看一阵，并未发现致命的伤口。他想了想，转眼看去，灵道石鱼搁在地上，木杲呆全无生气。想起之前的异象，乐之扬横起空碧，吹起石鱼上的曲子。不一会儿，石鱼又颤鸣起来，直到笛声停下，方才回复平静。 乐之扬拿起石鱼，百思不解，但他少年心性，望着屋檐下的大缸，忽然异想天开：“常言说如鱼得水，若是放在水里，吹起笛子，石鱼会不会也如真鱼一样游动起来?”想着一阵激动，走出庙外，将石鱼放入缸里。 石鱼入水便沉，躺在水底一动不动。乐之扬吹起笛子，石鱼应声颤动起来，在水里摇头摆尾，就如活了一般。曲子吹到一半，乐之扬惊奇地发现，石鱼的鳞甲一片片剥落，下面的石层也生出裂纹。他呆了呆，恍惚明白，自己无意之中，找到了开启石鱼的法门，登时心跳加快，吹完一遍，又吹一遍。石鱼反复振荡，外壳层层剥离，不多一会儿，石质去尽，露出银亮本色。乐之扬来不及细看，便听嘁哩喀喳一阵急响，银鱼四分五裂，弹出一个长长的匣子。 这机关精巧绝伦，乐之扬瞧得发呆，想了好一会儿才明白过来：石鱼分为两层，第一层为石质外壳，第二层是精钢机关。外壳小是普通的岩石，而是人为炼制的膏结之物，若不入水，坚硬如石，入水之后，慢慢变得松软，这时笛声奏响，引发精钢机关，机关自行弹开，把木匣吐了出来。这些变化，乐之扬均能参透，可是笛声如何引动机关，却是一个大大的谜团。他想了想，拿起匣子细看，匣子的质地为石蜡，七寸长、一寸宽，匣口封闭，以防渗水。 打开匣子，里面躺了一卷帛书，绢帛轻软，文字细密，开篇就见十个大字：“囊括天地之宝，希夷微妙之道!”正是赵世雄所说，灵道人坐化时的遗偈。 其后是篇名，一色蝇头小楷，写着《妙乐灵飞经》，下