Chapter 18 Chapter 17 Lord of the Eight Parts
After following for a few miles, it gradually became prosperous. There were many tourists by the river, there were rows of painted boats on the river, red sleeves fluttered in the brothel, singing and singing, and laughing endlessly.
The soft sedan chair is like a small boat, floating in the middle of the crowd.Le Zhiyang followed closely behind, and soon arrived in front of the Confucius Temple.Tourists were clamoring and bustling. He pushed aside the pedestrians and tried his best to move forward. Unexpectedly, several little beggars rushed up and surrounded him to beg for money.
Le Zhiyang couldn't get entangled, grabbed a handful of copper coins and threw them on the ground.The beggars lowered their heads to pick them up one after another. He took the opportunity to get rid of the group of beggars. He turned around and saw people's heads rushing around, and there was no shadow of a soft sedan chair.Le Zhiyang felt very regretful in his heart, he didn't carry Feixue in order to avoid attracting attention, if the white falcon was in the sky, how could anyone escape its eagle eye?
The Confucius Temple is the place where Le Zhiyang played since he was a child. It is very sad to visit the old place again.The theater has reopened long ago, but the owner has changed. Recalling the sword light and blood shadow that night, Le Zhiyang still feels chills.
When I was playing, I suddenly heard loud applause. Looking in the blink of an eye, there are many idlers surrounded by three floors in front of me.Le Zhiyang was curious and squeezed into the crowd, only to see a man spitting fire.
The technique of breathing fire is not uncommon. Le Zhiyang was about to leave when he suddenly saw the man open his mouth to the sky and spit out a long pillar of fire. The pillar of fire twisted a few times and turned into a fire dragon, shaking its head and tail, like scales.What's even more frightening is that other fire-breathing artists would burn out the flame once they spit it out, but the fire in the man's mouth seemed endless, and the fire dragon also condensed and did not disperse, hovering and dancing, as if alive.
There was thunderous applause all around, and Le Zhiyang couldn't help applauding vigorously. Looking closely at the fire-breathing man, he was under forty, neither tall nor short, with an ordinary appearance. It was supposed to be for breathing fire.
After a while, the fire dragon just went out.The man spit out another fire phoenix, with its head raised and its tail raised, spreading its wings as if to fly, followed by fiery snakes and horses, winding and galloping, very realistic.
Le Zhiyang was stunned, guessing that the man used some kind of illusion, but he couldn't think of what kind of illusion.Just as he was thinking, the man put away the flames and held the copper plate around to beg for rewards, only to hear the tinkle, and the copper coins filled the plate in a short while.Le Zhiyang was happy for a while, and lost half a piece of silver.The man saw it and nodded at him with a smile.
After collecting the reward, the man walked to the side and stood there.Suddenly there was a sound of gongs, and a strong man with an iron tower came out from behind him. He was nine feet tall, his upper body was naked, his skin was dark, and his muscles were knotted.
The gong was played by a fat man. He threw away the gong and picked up a big hammer. He had a big smile on his face and a big and round belly.The fat man walked up to the black man, looked at it, and suddenly swung the round iron hammer, and slammed it down on the nail plate. With a clang, the iron plate sank downward, and the forged steel spikes bent one after another.
There was an exclamation in the crowd, but the fat man didn't stop moving. He dropped the hammer one after another until all the steel spikes fell down and were tightly attached to the top plate.The fat man kicked the roof away, and the big black man turned over and jumped up. There was no damage to his body, but there were some white spots.
The fat man picked up the peg board and handed it to everyone, he said happily: "Look, look..." Le Zhiyang couldn't help but touch it, it was indeed made of fine steel, if it weighs five hundred catties, Don't even think about straightening it.He had heard from Xi Yingzhen that his foreigner's cross-connection kung fu had been practiced to a certain level, and it was impossible for a sword or a spear to break through a stone tablet.The big black man is so good, he must also be a master of outsiders.However, Xi Yingzhen said again, if you practice kung fu horizontally and meet foreign masters, attacking with qi, you are destined to suffer a big loss.
The fat man went around the field, pulled out a dagger flickeringly, handed it to the big black man, pouted his mouth, the big man raised the sword and slashed hard on his shoulder.All the people were about to exclaim, the dagger bounced like a broken leather.The big black man slashed several times with his sword, but he didn't even scratch the fat man's clothes. Everyone was surprised at first, and then felt it was funny, and laughed hehehehe.
Amidst the sound of laughter, the big black man glared and shouted, suddenly flipped his sword over and stabbed the fat man's belly with the blade reaching to the hilt.The fat man took two steps back, pointed at the black man, rolled his eyes suddenly, and sat down on the ground with a "gudong".
The crowd was silent for a while, looking at the fat man dumbfounded.Suddenly, someone laughed.Hearing the laughter, the big black man turned his eyes and saw that the one who was laughing was a young man, he was covered in silk, with a good appearance, he was only eighteen years old, and there was an unruly expression between his brows.The big black man showed displeasure, and asked: "Mr. Guan, what are you laughing at?"
The young master pouted and said: "This trick? Huh, I can change my mother's blood." The big black man rolled his eyes: "Who said this is a trick?" It retracts, retracts when stabbing, and stretches out when pulling out. To tell you the truth, I have a handful of such things at home, my young master. It’s okay to fool my mother, but others can’t be fooled.”
The big black man froze for a moment, looked back at the fat man, blew his beard and said angrily: "Nonsense, this sword is genuine at a fair price, no one can deceive anyone."
"Okay!" The young master said with a smile, "Take out the sword and have a look." The big black man was stunned again, coughed twice, and said, "What if it's not a retractable sword?"
The young master took out a large ingot of silver, shook it at the big black man, and said sharply: "It's not a retractable sword, fifty taels of silver is yours." There was a trace of hesitation.Seeing his guilty conscience, the young master smiled and said, "Damn, don't be greedy. If you extend the sword, you will pay me fifty taels of silver. How about it? Do you want to bet?"
The big black man's face was black and purple, he was bored for a while, and then slowly said: "Fifty taels is too little, how about five hundred taels?" The young master was surprised, he was taken aback for a moment, and laughed: "Good boy, you You fucking want to swindle the bet, right? You raise the bet and trick me into quitting, ha, don’t you want to see who I am?” With a wave of his hand, the slave next to him handed over a money bag, and the young master put the bag down , poured out many small gold ingots, and after a rough calculation, it was worth six hundred taels of silver at least.The crowd whispered, and everyone stared at Yuanbao with envy.
"How is it? Is it enough?" The young master looked around triumphantly, "You won, black-skinned boy, and this bag of ingots is yours." His original intention was like this, and the big black man must be afraid and think he is a fake. The big man Zhihei remained calm, turned around, drew out his sword with a whoosh, and threw it in front of the young master with a "clang".
The cold light of the sword blade shot at people without a trace of blood, the fat man lay on the ground and pretended to be dead, but there was not even a wound left in the place where the sword was hit.Seeing this situation, everyone laughed up and down.While watching, Le Zhiyang also smiled, but at the same time he was very worried, once these performers lose, how will they get five hundred taels of silver.
The young master smiled all over his face, picked up the short sword, grasped the blade and sent it in, but the tip of the sword did not move at all.The young master's expression changed, he raised his sword and stabbed at the ground, with a sound of "ding", the sword body bent in response to the situation, but still did not shrink back.
"I've already said it." The big black man said slowly, "This sword is genuine at a fair price, and no one can deceive anyone."
Before everyone could recover, the fat man jumped up and snatched the young master's purse. With a smile on his face, the fat man waved and said, "Young master, the sword is yours. You can buy a sword for five hundred taels. It's a damn good money."
The young master's face was also distorted with anger, his face was like a pork liver with soy sauce, he suddenly let out a strange cry, and pointed his sword at the black man and the fat man: "Two bastards, together they came to lie to your grandpa. Little ones, die to me!" Fight inside." There were three powerful slaves beside him, they were already gearing up, and once they got the compliment, they rushed towards the fat man like a group of tigers catching sheep.They have seen the ability of the big black man, so they avoid the strong and attack the weak, first defeat the fat man, and get back the money bag.
The fat man stood where he was, seemingly dumbfounded.In an instant, the fists of the slaves landed on him, hitting the flesh and making noise.But after one punch, the second punch couldn't come out again, because the fatty flesh of the fat man was soft and soft, like a pile of cotton. After hitting, he immediately sank into it. They tried their best to suck their milk, but they never thought about pulling out half a fist.
Everyone looked at it, all inexplicable.I thought it was the fat man who was screaming, but he was smiling and his face didn't change, but all the slaves had crooked mouths and slanted eyes, all of them looked strange, they were especially unwilling to give up, and they used their idle fists and kicks one after another, but if they missed, they would have died , Once it hits the fat man, it is sucked by the fat again.The three big men, like flies caught in a spider's web, all stuck to the fat man's body.
Others were just puzzled, but Le Zhiyang was an expert, the more he looked at it, the more surprised he became, this fat man was clearly a master of internal affairs, he used internal force to suck the fists of the three of them.The three slaves are not just for nothing, they are skilled both internally and externally, with a punch and a kick, at least a hundred catties of strength, if they want to trap the three of them, both internal and external forces must be far superior.Among the masters that Le Zhiyang has seen, Ming Dou's "Vortex Strength" is somewhat similar to it, but the strength is emitted from the palm, unlike a fat man who can suck people all over his body.
The young man wanted to go forward, but when he saw this situation, he hesitated, but suddenly he heard the fat man chuckle, let go of his legs, and started to walk with great strides.Hao Nu was led by him, and they moved forward one after another, some jumped up and down, some dragged backwards on the ground, struggling hard, but all their efforts were in vain.It was weird and funny like that, and everyone had never seen it before. At first, they were just shocked, followed by bursts of laughter.There was a burst of laughter, and the three little servants were ashamed and angry, wishing they could force their way in through a crack in the ground.
Fatty hehehehe, walked around and around, faster and faster, whistling wind, the servants at first yelled and cursed, and gradually wailed, the hands and feet that sucked became red and swollen, tears and snot flowed down, and the body Barely touching the ground, it floated up like a paper kite.The young man stood aside, holding a dagger in his hand, staring at the four of them with straight eyes.He knew that he had met an expert, but he had lived a noble life and rarely suffered a disadvantage, so he was unwilling to retreat just like that.Just as he was hesitating, the fire-breathing man stood up, coughed, and said casually, "Old Bu, have you had enough trouble? Don't forget that there is business."
The fat man laughed, stopped abruptly, and shouted "Get out", Hao Nu loosened his fists and feet, and flung forward involuntarily, flying towards the young man from three directions.As soon as the son's eyes went dark, he was pressed down by a body of hundreds of kilograms, and he felt that his bones were about to disperse, and he let out a scream.
The fat man laughed loudly, turned around and left, followed by the big black man and the fire-breathing man, separated from the crowd in a blink of an eye, and disappeared without a trace.The three slaves climbed up in embarrassment and looked down. The young man had a bruised nose and a swollen face, and he had passed out. They hurriedly woke him up and called out in unison: "Your Highness, are you okay?" The boy woke up slowly, looked around, gritted his teeth angrily Said: "Okay motherfucker, where are those three dogs?"
A slave resentfully said, "Run away!"
"What?" The young master was furious, "Go to the officials of Yingtian Mansion, and don't let any of them go. I, Zhu Gaoxu, will not be human if I don't tear them into pieces!" , Let’s forget it. The higher-ups know that if you come to visit the Qinhuai River, you won’t be able to escape after a meal.”
The young master's face changed, he hesitated for a while, and suddenly became discouraged, got up cursing, supported by the servants, and limped away.
While listening clearly, Le Zhiyang thought to himself that this young man called himself "Zhu Gaoxu" and his servant called him "Your Highness". Could it be that he is a member of Zhu Ming's royal family? It can be regarded as deserved.
After all the spectators had dispersed, Le Zhiyang looked up, the moon was approaching the mid-heaven, and it was not too early. He was about to return to "Yangming Temple", when his heart suddenly moved, and he looked in a blink of an eye, and saw a clay figurine stall through the gap between the crowd.Standing behind the booth was an old woman, smiling, pinching a Wuxi clay figurine.
Le Zhiyang's heartbeat quickened, it turned out that the old woman was the "Mother of the Earth" Qiu Tao, if she hadn't helped him in the theater that day, he and Zhu Wei would have become ghosts under Zhang Tianyi's sword.
Le Zhiyang looked at Qiu Tao, feeling inexplicably excited, and wanted to come forward to thank him, and by the way ask Zhu Wei what happened afterwards.But after walking two steps, he remembered that Qiu Tao had seen the Lingdao stone fish, and found that he was not dead, so he couldn't answer the question when he asked.
While hesitating, Qiutao finished making the clay figurine and handed it to the buyer. He looked at the sky suddenly, tidied up the stall, divided it into two parts, picked it up with a pole and left.Le Zhiyang couldn't help but take a step and followed her far behind.
Qiu Tao carried the burden and walked unhurriedly, through the long streets and alleys, all the way to the edge of the Yangtze River.But seeing the great river coming from the east, the waves flat and the water wide, the people on the riverside are becoming less and less, a few fishing boats are drifting on the river, the fire is like beans, and it is uncertain.
Before I knew it, I arrived at Yanziji.Qiu Tao stopped suddenly, but someone shouted loudly: "Senior Sister Qiu, why are you here?"
The cry was loud and very familiar.Le Zhiyang sneaked behind a big rock and looked with his head. There were three people standing on the rock. The man who spoke was tall and burly. Absolutely fierce, like a god.On his left stood a fire-breathing man, and on his right was a fat man.
Putting down his burden, Qiutao brushed his temples and said with a smile, "I'm no more empty-handed than you. No matter where you go, you always have someone to eat with you."
"What kind of guy is eating?" The fat man squinted his eyes and said in a dragged voice, "I think it's a terrible guy. The mud in the load will suffocate people to death."
"Bu Liu." Qiu Tao glanced at the fat man and said coldly, "Do you know who you offended tonight?"
"Who can I offend?" Fatty rubbed his belly with both hands, and said with a smile, "Senior sister, you don't know that I have always been kind to others, and I never provoke anyone."
Qiu Tao snorted coldly, and said, "You three, you said you spent your money and sold your money to make money, but you only care about making trouble. Huh, this is the capital, don't forget why we came here." The three of them were silent for a while, and the fire-breathing man Said: "Senior sister, we were wrong, but that young master deceived people too much."
"Yes!" The black man also said, "Senior sister, that kid is domineering, if he doesn't teach him a lesson, he won't know who his parents are."
Qiu Tao said coldly: "Who do you think his parents are?" The three faced each other, and Bu Liu said with a smile: "Senior sister stayed behind, I think she has heard the wind."
"His name is Zhu Gaoxu." Qiu Tao said lightly, "His father is Yan Wang Zhu Di, and his mother is Xu Da's daughter."
The three people on the opposite side said "Ah" in unison, Buliu beat his chest and stamped his feet, and screamed strangely: "It's a pity, it's a pity, if I knew it earlier, I should work harder, even if I don't crush his meatloaf, I have to tell him to break a few pieces The ribs are." The other two said, "Yes, yes."
"Are you excited again?" Qiu Tao shouted, "You forgot the city lord's ban?"
The three of them faced each other, and Bu Liu said with a bitter face, "I have not forgotten that the eight departments of the Western City must not be enemies of Zhu Yuanzhang. But Zhu Yuanzhang is Zhu Yuanzhang, so we can't touch him. Could it be that we can't even mess with his grandson?"
"Arguing again." Qiu Tao said angrily, "You hurt Zhu Gaoxu, which naturally alarmed Zhu Yuanzhang. Besides, the slaves around Zhu Gaoxu are not idle people, they are all the guards of Prince Yan's Mansion in Beiping."
Bu Liu suddenly said: "It's no wonder they all have a northern accent, and their boxing skills are not weak. Speaking of which, the bastard surnamed Zhu didn't stay in Beiping to enjoy the blessings, why did he come to the capital?"
Qiu Tao said: "A few years ago, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an imperial decree, ordering all the kings of the world to send their sons to the capital to teach literature and martial arts in person. He clearly said that he was teaching his grandson. Anyone with a little knowledge knows that the emperor's grandson stays in the capital. A group of hostages, even if the kings have ambitions, they dare not resist the court."
"Bastard." The big black man yelled loudly, "This old boy can't even trust his own children and grandchildren, who else can he trust?"
"It's no wonder he." Qiu Tao said slowly, "Since ancient times, for the sake of the throne, fathers have killed their sons, and sons have killed their fathers. Zhu Yuanzhang is getting older, and even if he doesn't plan for himself, he also wants to do it for his empress dowager." Sun plans."
The big black man snorted, still aggrieved.Qiu Tao also said: "Among Zhu Yuanzhang's grandsons, this Zhu Gaoxu is notoriously naughty. He is a mess in his studies, and he is not good at martial arts. Two years ago, he blatantly stole a horse and fled back to the north to play. He was injured and chased him along the way. He was an official, so of course he got a good beating. But this kid has healed his sores and forgot about the pain, and he secretly went to the Qinhuai River to meet prostitutes tonight. He was afraid that his father would find out, and he would not dare to speak up after being teased by you. But if it causes serious injuries, that's another matter."
The black man said sullenly: "Senior Sister Qiu, I don't understand. The city lord has the power to reach the heavens and the earth, why should he bear with the Zhu family? The eight of us all have a deep hatred against Zhu Yuanzhang, even if we can't kill it with our own hands. Liao, can't you just let out a bad breath?"
When Le Zhiyang heard the words "penetrate the sky and penetrate the earth", his heart skipped a beat, and he remembered Le Shaofeng's suicide note, which also said that the Qiu family has the ability to penetrate the heavens and penetrate the earth.There are not many people in the world who can afford this sentence, so who is this "city lord"?
Suddenly, Qiu Tao sighed and looked away, without saying a word.Jitou was silent for a moment, and the fire-breathing man said: "Shi Chuan, have you forgotten the words of the city lord? In days of peace, if there is any change in Zhu Ming's royal family, the world will fall into war again. It is justice to stabilize the world, and our enmity is personal enmity, so we should not harm the people of the world for our own selfishness."
While listening, Bu Liu sighed while touching his big belly, imitating a big man with a stern face, and said bitterly: "Zhou Lie, you are right, but I, Shi Chuan, just can't swallow this breath."
"Old Shitou, have you forgotten?" Qiu Tao paused, and then said quietly, "Back then, because of his own personal grievances, Master Yi (hehe) attacked the city and destroyed the country, causing disasters for the common people. Later, he regretted it for half his life, and even died with regrets."
"That's all!" Shi Chuan clenched his fist and swung it fiercely, "It's a great country, that bastard was taken advantage of for nothing."
"The power of the two evils dares to be light!" Zhou Lie shook his head and sighed, "The city lord is a genius, but there is nothing he can do about it. With our little ability, we have to let it go."
Le Zhiyang hid behind the rocks and listened for a while, only to feel confused, these four people seemed to have enmity with the Zhu family, but they were bound by some kind of restraint and could not take revenge.
Just thinking about it, Qiu Tao suddenly turned around, smiled slightly at this side, and said loudly: "I have listened to it for so long, haven't you enjoyed it yet?"
This sentence came out suddenly, Le Zhiyang jumped up hurriedly as if he had been hit in the head.After turning around and running two steps, the figure in front of him flickered, and Shi She stood in front with a stern face.Le Zhiyang stopped his feet in a hurry, turned around and ran again, but when he turned around, he bumped into a fat, smiling face.He was taken aback, subconsciously pulled out the bamboo flute, and stabbed head-on with the move "Emperor Entering the Temple", hitting Bu Liu's chest, but felt soft and soft, the flute penetrated an inch or so.
As soon as he pierced it, Le Zhiyang thought of the fate of the slaves, he panicked and wanted to take back the bamboo flute, but it was too late, a suction force appeared in Bu Liu's body, and he sucked the flute firmly.Le Zhiyang couldn't pull it out, he swung his palm to attack, halfway through the palm, he suddenly came to his senses, he pulled it back abruptly, let go of the flute, and jumped back on the ground.
Unable to stand still, he suddenly heard a heavy shout, and a big hand like a fan pierced by a stone came forward to grab it.Le Zhiyang made a move of "worry comes from the middle", and hit the "Quchi" point on his forearm with a backhand punch.This punch hit the iron stone, his arm was motionless, but Le Zhiyang felt that his finger bones were about to split, and he gasped in pain.
Shi Chuan snorted, his palm still stretched forward.Le Zhiyang used "Chaotic Cloud Step", took two steps back, flew out with his left foot, and kicked him in the lower abdomen with a slam.This move came from "No Fixed Foot", erratic, tricky and ruthless, but when the tip of the toe touched it, it seemed to have kicked a copper wall.When the pain came, Le Zhiyang let out a groan, and jumped out with one foot backwards.Before he could stand still, Shi Chuan's big hand had already caught him, Le Zhiyang's left leg was in pain, he dodged the spirit, and when he turned around, the Jianjing acupoint was already held by the opponent.
Le Zhiyang's whole body went numb, and his energy suddenly disappeared.Shi Chuan laughed, raised his hand, picked him up, and strode back to Yanziji.Bu Liu held the bamboo flute in his hand and followed beside him with a smile.
Shi Chuan touched the two acupoints of Lezhichang, and said loudly that I know: "I know, this kid is a spy from Dongdao..."
"No!" Bu Liu interjected, "He stabbed me, he made a plan and then moved, and the remaining moves were dense, it seems to be Taihaogu's kung fu."
"Nonsense." Shi Chuan rolled his eyes, "The punch he hit me was clearly the 'Wangyouquan', and the kick he kicked me was similar to 'Wu Ding Jiao'."
"Six or seven points are similar, and there are three or four points that are not similar." Buliu shook his head, "Don't you have eyes, old stone? This kid is a Taoist priest, ninety-nine percent is a disciple of Taihao Valley." Shi Chuan said "bah". - sound, said: "I said they are disciples of Dongdao." Buliu said: "It's strange, when did Taoist priests appear in Dongdao?"
Having said that, the two glared at each other.Zhou Lie hurriedly waved his hands and said: "Don't argue, maybe he is both the East Island and the Taihao Valley." The Buliushi people shouted in unison: "What are you talking about? These two families are their masters, how can they get together? "
Zhou Lie hesitated for a while, then turned around and asked: "Senior Sister Qiu, what do you think?" Qiu Tao said with a smile: "I don't think they are both. Their moves are only concealed, but not their spirit. What's more strange is that they have no inner strength.If you practice boxing without practicing kung fu, it will be empty when you grow old. If these two disciples, how can you only know how to move and not practice internal strength? "
Everyone listened reasonably and nodded, Shi Chuan said: "Let me ask him." He raised his face and asked with a grin, "Boy, are you Dong Dao's disciple?"
Le Zhiyang missed and was captured, the old man was depressed, and replied: "No." Shi Chuan's face darkened, and Bu Liu glanced at him, very proud, and tried his best to be kind, and asked Le Zhiyang: "Then you are Mrs. Are you a disciple of Haogu?" Le Zhiyang said coldly: "No!" Bu Liu's smile froze on his face, Shi Chuan felt relieved when he saw his expression, and laughed hahaha.
Bu Liubai glanced at him, and asked again: "Little Taoist priest, who are you? Why are you hiding behind the stone?" Le Zhiyang didn't want to reveal his identity, so he said bravely, "My name is 'Dao Ling', and I just happened to pass by. "
"Stealing the bell? What a thief who hides his ears and steals the bell." Qiu Tao smiled slightly, "Is it a coincidence that you followed Laoshen from Confucius Temple to Yanziji for more than ten miles?"
Only then did Le Zhiyang know that Qiu Tao had already noticed it, but it was ridiculous that he thought his whereabouts were secret, so he had to continue to make nonsense: "This road is not yours. You can walk, why can't I? Walk behind you, Is it following you?"
"Good boy, keep your mouth stubborn." Shi Chuan stepped forward, Qiu Tao stopped him and said, "Forget it, if he doesn't say anything, I can guess his origin."
When Le Zhiyang heard it, his heart jumped wildly, knowing that Qiu Tao must have recognized him, when he was panicked, he suddenly heard Qiu Tao say: "This little Taoist priest should be a disciple of the Salt Gang."
Le Zhiyang was taken aback, very surprised.Qiu Tao observed the words and expressions, and felt that his guess was not bad, a smile appeared on his face.Zhou Lie thought for a while, and said, "Senior Sister Qiu, the disciples of the Salt Gang have complicated backgrounds, and their martial arts are all patchwork. In this way, this kid's moves also make sense."
Le Zhiyang became more and more startled when he heard it, and saw Shi Chuan slap his head again, and shouted loudly: "That's right, there were quite a few Dongdao disciples who joined the Salt Gang back then, and Zhang Shicheng was one of them. Oh, what about Taihao Valley?"
"I've heard of this a little bit." Zhou Lie said slowly, "Taihao Valley's Master Bai Ya took in a female disciple who was a purple salt envoy of the Salt Gang. Later, she committed too many crimes and was executed by Bai Ya. It's not surprising that Gu's kung fu has spread among the Yan Gang."
"This person doesn't know internal skills, he should be just a member of the gang." Qiu Tao paused, staring at Le Zhiyang, "Let me ask you, how is Qi Haoding's injury?"
Le Zhiyang was regarded as a disciple of the Salt Gang, he couldn't laugh or cry for a while, and replied: "Who is Qi Haoding?" Qiu Tao raised his eyebrows, and said impatiently: "Good boy, as a disciple of the Salt Gang, even the leader of his own clan doesn't know who he is." Do you agree?"
"Who says I'm a disciple of the Salt Gang?" Le Zhiyang said angrily, "Did I have the word 'salt' written on my face?"
Qiu Tao laughed and said: "What is your status if you are not a disciple of the Salt Gang?"
After laughing for a while, Zhou Lie said: "The Salt Gang is really a ghost, and they found Senior Sister Qiu so quickly. Fortunately, it was only one person who came with me. It would be a little troublesome if it was the envoy of the Five Salts."
"Excuse me." Shi Chuan wrinkled his nose, "Who is the Five Salt Messenger, worthy of being compared with my West City Eight Parts?"
"Don't underestimate the enemy." Qiu Tao said, "The disciples of the Salt Gang are all over the world, and there are many capable people and strangers among them. The faction is located in the west and has no roots in the middle land. A strong dragon does not overwhelm a local snake, so it may not win the upper hand in a fight. But I hope Qi Haoding will be safe, and the major incident will be resolved, so don't make any side orders." Speaking of this, he paused for a while, and wondered, "Why is it that after a long time, Lao Wan and the others still haven't come?"
Bu Liu said with a smile: "I think there is something to delay picking, so it's better to wait a little longer."
Just as he was talking, Shi Chuan pointed forward suddenly, and shouted: "Isn't that right?" Everyone looked around, and there was a little fire on the river, moving towards the bank like flying.For a moment, the fire approached, but it was a white gauze lantern.The light of the fire illuminated the owner of the lantern, Le Zhiyang took a closer look, and exclaimed "Ah".
The one holding the lantern was a man in white, with long hair like snow, and with a step of about one foot, he flew towards Yanziji like a dragonfly on water (isn’t this Qiu Qianren?).
Le Zhiyang's eyes straightened, he only suspected that he was in a dream.He gathered himself together, took a deep breath, suppressed the violent heartbeat, and looked carefully. The man in white was holding a lamp in his left hand and a white umbrella in his right hand. The force gently lifted him into the air, so he floated on the water, like a fairy, with his toes touching the water surface, leaving circles of ripples.
"Lan Zhui!" Qiu Tao looked at the visitor with a confused expression, "Why are you alone?"
"Senior Sister Qiu." The man in white spoke very slowly, with a leisurely tone, "It's a long story."
The two asked and answered, Lan Zhui had already arrived at Yanziji, she jumped up, stepped on the rock, floated up, and landed on the ground, not disturbed at all, lighter than a bird.
Le Zhiyang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard what he said, thinking that this guy is a human after all, not a ghost.He couldn't help but look at the visitor, but saw that he was in his early thirties, his hair was all white, his facial features were handsome and extraordinary, only his white eyebrows were slightly frowned.
"Lan Zhui!" Seeing that the situation is not good, Shi Chuan yelled loudly, "What are you doing with a mournful face, just like dead parents."
"Things are not good!" The man in white said unhurriedly, "That guy Su Chengguang has fallen into the hands of the Yan Gang."
"What?" The four people on Yanziji exclaimed in unison.Bu Liu also stared at a pair of small eyes, and screamed strangely: "Su Chengguang's Leibu supernatural power is superb, and there are people who are better than him in the world, and you can count them on your fingers." Shi Chuan also said: "Yes, Who can catch that old gambler with a bunch of mobs from the Yan Gang?"
Qiu Tao's face sank like water, and he frowned and asked, "Lan Zhui, is the news true?"
"It's absolutely true." Lan Zhui answered casually, as if it had nothing to do with the matter, "Senior Brother Wan and Brother Mu have rushed to the main hall of the Salt Gang, but they are afraid that there will be too many people in the Salt Gang, so they sent me to inform everyone."
"Okay!" Shi Chuan stepped on his foot and yelled in a strange voice, "Let's give him the Ba Bu Nao Yan Gang and beat his mother to pieces."
"Yes, yes!" Bu Liu rubbed his fists and said with a smile, "I have been in the capital for a long time, and I have never had a chance to stretch my muscles and bones. If I hold on any longer, I will definitely get rusty."
"Old stone, fat man, don't be reckless in this matter." Zhou Lie shook his head, "First, Su Chengguang is in the hands of the Yan Gang. I sent a top-notch person, and the Salt Gang captured him, there must be a very capable person."
Shi Chuan made a "bah" sound, and said impatiently: "Who is there in the Yan Gang? The leader of Qi Haoding's gang can't accept Su Chengguang's three palms."
"Old Shitou, don't underestimate the enemy." Qiu Tao lowered his eyebrows and pondered, "Junior Brother Zhou is right, this matter can only be done by outsmart, not reckless, Junior Brother Su's nature is worrying if he is a little careless."
After hearing this, Shi Chuan remained silent.Zhou Lie said again: "It's not too late, let's go there quickly, lest the two masters, the sky and the water, wait for a long time." Everyone nodded.Bu Liu pointed at Le Zhiyang: "What about this kid?"
"Take him, don't hurt him." Qiu Tao glanced at Le Zhiyang, "We can show our sincerity by treating the disciples of the Salt Gang well."
Le Zhiyang couldn't help but shouted: "You misunderstood the person, I'm not a disciple of the Yan Gang." Lan Zhui looked at him and asked, "Senior Sister Qiu, who is this little Taoist priest?"
Qiu Tao said: "He is a spy of the Salt Gang. Leave him alone, the business matters."
The main hall of the Yan Gang is on the other side of the Yangtze River, Shi Chuan ignored Le Zhiyang's yelling and scolding, put him on his shoulder, and strode forward.Le Zhiyang bumped up and down on the big man's shoulders, and couldn't help turning his stomach, not to mention cursing, even finding it difficult to breathe.
The five of them ran for a while and found a boat to ferry across the river.Lan Zhui didn't get on the boat, and with a white umbrella in his right hand, he crossed the river on foot.From a close look, the white umbrella is not standing still, but whirling in the wind, bringing a rising momentum.
Not long after reaching the other shore, Lan Zhui put away the white umbrella, inserted it into the umbrella cover at his waist, and then led the way without touching the ground; Bu Liu followed closely behind, he was fat, and he ran like a ball, darting under the moonlight High and low, Gululu rolls fast.Qiu Tao was still carrying the burden, swinging from side to side, and every time she swung, she would take a step forward, like two wings, leading her to fly forward.Only Zhou Lie was at the end, seemingly unhurried, but he never fell behind.
Le Zhiyang looked surprised.These five people are highly skilled, and they are not inferior to the four masters of the East Island. They call themselves the Eight Divisions of the West City, and they don't know where they came from.What is even more frustrating is that he was mistaken for a disciple of the Salt Gang, and he couldn't explain it clearly. If he was really taken to the main hall of the Salt Gang, what should he do if he passed through the gang?
He was anxious in his heart, just as he was thinking, Shi Chuan stopped suddenly.Le Zhiyang struggled, but felt that the opponent's fingers were like iron, and he couldn't get rid of it at all. He raised his eyes and saw a manor surrounded by undulating mountains, which was very large and brightly lit.
"How to get in?" Bu Liu asked, "Sneak in secretly or go through the barrier head-on?" "
Qiu Tao raised his eyebrows, and said coldly: "Sneaking in secretly is the work of the rats. If you come, you should go in openly."
Everyone cheered up and walked quickly to the front of the village.Le Zhiyang raised his eyes and saw the words "Youweitang" written on the plaque at the front of the gate, but the gate of the village was wide open, and there was no guard there.Everyone was wondering, Zhou Lie suddenly raised his finger, and said softly: "Look there!" Everyone looked up, and there were two people hanging high above the corner of the eaves, one left and one right, silent.
"I'll go and have a look. Lan Zhui jumped up, like a wisp of smoke, circled around the roof, grabbed the two of them, and fell straight down. When everyone looked carefully, they were two men in green clothes. The hands and feet were tied with thin silk threads, and white cloth strips were wrapped around the head and waist. At this time, the two looked at the crowd, their eyes rolled around, and their faces looked angry.
"This is Senior Brother Wan's grandson silk!" Qiu Tao looked at the silk thread, and waved his hand to untie one of the acupuncture points.As soon as the man was able to speak, he opened his mouth and cursed: "Conspiracy to hurt people, I'll fuck your eighth generation ancestor..." Before he finished cursing, Bu Liu picked him up, narrowed his eyes, and shouted sharply: "Who are you scolding? "Two slaps on the face, which made his mouth bleed profusely.The man was so frightened that he said in a trembling voice, "I didn't scold you, I scolded the thief who attacked me."
Bu Liu said: "Why did he sneak up on you?" The man in green said angrily, "I don't know either. As soon as he tightened his body, he was hung up on it." At this point, he stared at the crowd with a vigilant look on his face, "Who are you?"
Bu Liu smiled and said: "The person who attacked you is our comrade." The man in green was taken aback and opened his mouth to scream, but Bu Liu had already sealed his acupoints, and turned around and said, "Senior Brother Wan has already entered." Qiu Tao nodded Said: "We also go in."
"Senior Sister Qiu!" Shi Chuan grabbed Le Zhiyang and yelled, "Brother Wan is tearing his face, what are you doing with this kid?" Qiu Tao hesitated, nodded and said: "It's good to keep him." Le Zhiyang was shocked , thinking that the Yan Gang is an important place here, and if I stay here, the Yan Gang will investigate afterward, and I will definitely be treated as a spy.Thinking of this, he shouted desperately: "Madam Qiu, have you really forgotten me?"
Qiu Tao was about to take a step, but turned around in response, and said in surprise, "What did you say? When did we meet?" Le Zhiyang said with a bitter face, "Two years ago, you defeated Zhang Tianyi in the opera garden of the Confucius Temple and rescued Zhang Tianyi. took my life."
Qiu Tao was stunned for a moment, staring at Le Zhiyang and beating himself up and down, then suddenly let out a "huh" and said in surprise: "It's really you. Are you still alive? When did you join the Salt Gang?"
Le Zhiyang couldn't answer for a while, so he could only say: "It's hard to say, Aunt Qiu, I'm not a disciple of the Salt Gang, can you let me go first?"
Qiu Tao didn't have time to ask any more questions, so he untied his acupoints and said angrily, "You child, why didn't you tell me earlier?" Le Zhiyang was greatly embarrassed, and bowed his head in silence.Others looked at it strangely, Shi Chuan couldn't help asking: "Senior Sister Qiu, do you really know this kid?"
Qiu Tao let out a "huh" and said: "There was a relationship once, and after two years, I almost forgot about him." She glanced at Le Zhiyang, "We have something to do, you can go by yourself." Le Zhiyang不及回答，周烈忽道：“秋师姐，这小道士鬼鬼祟祟，即便不是盐帮弟子，也未必不是奸细。”卜留也说：“对啊，他不是盐帮弟子，为何又要跟踪你呢？”
秋涛但觉有理，正待细问，忽听远处传来一声长啸，啸声悠扬婉转，有如一道泉水穿山越谷，柔和清澈之余，又有一股说不出的韧劲。
“沐师弟。”秋涛面色微变，冲口而出。其他人也应声一凛,石穿叫声“快走”，一踩脚，纵身而出，落足之处，砖石尽皆粉碎。
秋涛心烦意乱，向乐之扬说道：“你跟我来。”一手提着黏土，一手抓住他的胳膊。乐之扬随她向前，心中暗叫“晦气”。秋涛等人跟盐帮结仇，跟他全不相干，但如盐帮看见，必然将他当成是秋涛的同伙。
—路上无人阻拦，两边大树之上，蝙蝠似的挂了数十人，随着夜风来回摇摆。地上横七竖八，也躺了不少盐帮弟子均是张口瞪眼、脸色苍白。周烈俯身查探，沉吟说：“这是'凝雪功'。”
“人死了么？”秋涛不胜担忧。
“还好！”周烈摇头说，“沐师兄手下留情。”秋涛听了，不由大大地松了一口气。
众人快步疾行，路到尽头，前方豁然一亮，出现了一大块空地。四面火把高举、亮如白昼，数十人头缠白布、腰系白练，围着居中两人。其中一人玄色长袍，年过四旬，脸瘦眉长，另一人年事已高，绿袍长髯，双手成爪，一眨眼的工夫，向玄袍人攻出了十爪八腿。
乐之扬废了内力，眼光仍在，绿袍老者的爪功飘忽绝伦，双脚几不沾地，仿佛一只大鸟，顺着对手的掌力飘回转折，招法无常，一泻千里。饶是如此，遇上玄袍人也是无计可施，绿袍人每每抓到对手，玄袍人左一扭、右一转，身上像是没有骨头，总是以古怪角度，避开飘风急雨一般的爪势。
乐之扬看得纳闷，论武功，玄袍人高出绿袍老者一筹，但不知为何，始终不下杀手。秋涛一皱眉头，搁下担子，取出一团白花花的黏土，高声叫道：“沐师弟，万师兄呢？”
话音方落，有人冷冷答道：“我在这儿。”乐之扬转眼看去，墙角暗处站了一个老者，青袍儒冠，白面长须，看上去气度雍容、举止斯文。
其他人听见问答，也纷纷看来，望见秋涛等人，各个握拳瞪眼，流露出警惕神气。忽听玄衣人呵地一笑，大声说：“杜盐使，这一阵算平手如何？”绿袍老人闷声不吭，挥舞爪子，刷刷刷埋头猛攻。玄衣人站立不动，身子向左一扭，绿袍老者左爪落空，跟着脚尖点地，身子顺着右爪歪倒，柳条随风般绕了一个圆圈，只听嗖的一声，老者的爪子从他胸口一掠而过。
玄袍人哈哈—笑，借着摇晃之势，腾地跳开丈许，掸了掸袍子，冲秋涛拱丰笑道：“沐含冰见过秋师姐。”他说着话时，背对绿袍老者，老者站在原地一动不动，望着对手背影，脸色一片煞白。
秋涛向沐含冰点一点头，又看向绿袍老者，微微笑道：“久闻'碧盐使者'杜酉阳是阴山'枭爪门'的传人，这一路'无常爪'，果然飘忽凌厉、名下无虚。”
杜酉阳盯着秋涛，胡须抖动，咽了一口唾沫，涩声说：“你姓秋，莫非是西城的'地母'秋涛？”老妪笑道：“贱号微名，何足挂齿。”
杜酉阳又看兰追；“足下白发异象，应是风部之主，'风魔伞'兰追？”兰追一脸淡漠，袖手不答。
杜酉阳心头一沉，看着秋涛等人，粗粗一数，心跳登时加快，骇然道：“好哇，西城八部来我有味庄聚会吗？”
秋涛还没回答，忽听有人冷笑：“西城八部，有什么了不起的？”
说话声中，人群中走出三个人来，为首一个紫衣老者，拄着一根精钢拐杖，须发半白，眼窝凹陷，其中两道目光咄咄逼人。他左边是一个青衣大汉，肩头斜插一对亮银短戟，肩宽背阔，鼻直口方，两簇浓眉间有一颗肉痣，乍一看，仿佛多了一只眼睛。老者的右边则是一个红衣女子，又高又壮，相貌奇丑，蒜头鼻，小眼睛，厚厚的嘴唇间凸出两颗大大的龅牙。
秋涛久在京城，见多识广，笑道：“这位老先生，莫非是'紫盐使者'王子昆么？”
紫衣老者两眼朝天，冷哼一声，只听秋涛又说：“这位兄台想是'青盐使者'，江湖大号'三眼温侯'的淳于英吧？”
青衣汉子礼节甚周，略略拱手：“地母也知贱号，淳于英幸何如之……”话没说完，王子昆一顿拐杖，厉声说：“淳于盐使'跟这种人客气什么？”淳于英叹道：“无论敌友，来者是客，我盐帮泱泱大帮，不可失了礼数。”王子昆看他—眼，目光大为阴沉。
秋涛又向红衣女笑道：“早听说'赤盐使者'孟飞燕与我同为女流，今日一见，果然不虚。”红衣女一听，龇牙咧嘴，发出一阵大笑，声音粗豪有力，比起石穿不遑多让。
乐之扬望着红衣女啧啧称奇，心想这女子也叫“飞燕”？想当年,汉朝赵飞燕体态轻盈,擅舞，汉成帝命令太监托着一只铜盘，让她在盘中旋风舞蹈。换了这一位孟飞燕，如果跳起舞来，非把托盘的太监活活踩死不可。
秋涛扫视四周，笑逾：“怎么不见白盐使者？”王子昆冷笑道：“华盐使有事在身，对付西城八部，我们四个就够用了。”
“老头子,好硬的嘴。”石穿怒极反笑，迈出一步，举起醋钵大小的拳头,“好哇，看是你的嘴硬，还是爷爷的拳头更硬？”
他身如铁塔，气势盈张，当庭一站，直如千军万马。盐帮弟子无不心惊，丁零当啷，刀剑纷纷出鞘。
“来得好！”石穿大喝一声，冲入人群。他身高体壮，动起来却如鬼魅一般，盐帮弟子慌乱之间，纷纷挥舞兵器抵挡。石穿疾奔之中，双手分开，抓住一刀一剑，神力所至，当啷折断，两个弟子虎口流血，翻着跟斗飞了出去。
他空手折断刀剑,手掌丝毫无伤，众弟子见状骇然，狂呼大叫，扑上前来。石穿不躲不闪，双手左起右落，抓住近身兵刃，要么折成数截，要么拧成一根麻花，刀剑落在他身上，一如斩中岩石,发出铿锵鸣响。
“哎呀呀！”卜留忽也冲进人群，一面奔跑，一面尖声怪叫，“完了，完了，我的妈呀，老石头，等等我呀……”他又胖又圆，举止笨拙,深入刀丛剑林，好比送上了砧板的肥肉，众人刀剑齐下，砍得不亦乐乎。胖子每中一剑，每挨一刀，无不发出杀猪般的惨叫，旁观者认为他必死无疑，刀剑的主人却是有苦自知，刀剑砍中剌入，仿佛陷入一堆沙子，卜留肌肤内陷，牢牢吸住刀剑，东倒西歪之间，众人虎口发热，刀剑脱手，一个个两手空空，站在当地,有如一群呆鹅。
—转眼的工夫，卜留刀剑插满一身，看上去活像一只刺猬。众人惊骇欲绝，见他撞来，纷纷躲开。卜留骗术失效，停下步子，哈哈大笑，身子晃了一晃，丁零当啷，身上的刀剑掉落一地。
石、卜二人左冲右突，打得盐帮弟子一败涂地。王子昆见势不妙，抬头发出一声尖啸。墙头屋顶，应声冒出数十个人头，均是手挽连弩，箭头闪闪发亮。
不及发箭，忽听二声低啸，兰追大袖飞舞，纵身而起，仿佛白云出岫，轻飘飘向上窜升。弩手们吃了一惊，扣动弩机，百箭齐发。兰追不闪不让，抽出白伞，刷地撑开，五指捻动伞柄，伞面呜呜急转。弩箭射中伞面，登时四面弹开。兰追借着风势上升，众弩手还没还过神来，白影翩翩，已到墙头。
兰追挥舞白伞，带起无俦狂风，只一扫，便有一个弩手栽下墙头，再一转身，伞面向一顶，一个弩手身不由主，贴在伞面之上，随着白伞旋转。他的嘴里哇哇大叫，身子却是停不下来，忽地撞上另一名弩手，两人前胸贴着后背，随着白伞飞快向前，只听笃笃连声，先后黏住五人。七个人连成一字长蛇，但随白伞一挥，逶迤摔下墙头，一个个头晕目眩、胸闷欲呕。
杜酉阳不胜骇然，双臂一展，想要纵身上墙。冷不防玄影晃动，沐含冰拦在前面，笑嘻嘻说道：“杜盐使，之前胜负未分，咱们接着再打。”
杜酉阳一言不发，双爪齐出。沐含冰嘻嘻一笑，上身拧转，下身不动，腰软无骨，向后大力一摆，整个人像是一条鞭子，抖了一个大大的鞭花，凌空转了一圈，右掌刷地扫向杜酉阳的小腹。
杜酉阳慌忙后退，爪子下沉，扣向沐含冰的手腕，忽听沐含冰轻轻发笑，手臂忽左忽右地扭了两下，仿佛毒蛇昂首，嗖地穿过爪势，拍向杜酉阳的面门。
杜酉阳但觉寒风拂面，所过肌肤麻痹，吓得他一口气退出数丈，仍觉面孔麻木、脑子昏沉，忙运内力化解沐含冰的奇功。
淳于英手持短戟，与卜留斗在了一起。他见过胖子厉害，心想此人纵有奇功，也练不到眼睛，当下挥舞短戟，招招不离卜留的双眼。卜留笑笑嘻嘻，扭头避开短戟，甩着两个膀子，向着前面横冲直撞。
淳于英戟法高妙，罕有敌手，谁知道遇上这个怪杰，一身肥肉就是武器，砍不破，剌不穿，绵绵软软，吸附万物。淳于英大为忌惮，一面择机攻他双目，一面躲躲闪闪。卜留一旦挥手出击，他又移开短戟，狼狈跳开。
孟飞燕拦住了石穿，丑女二话不说，劈头就是一拳。石穿自命豪雄，见她女流之辈，全不放在心上，漫不经意地举手一挡,噗的一声，拳头击中手臂。石穿只觉对方的拳头上传来一股绵软之力，穿透护体神功，直冲筋络骨骸。
石穿半身皆麻，不由大吃一惊，不及细想，孟飞燕第二拳又飘然打来，无声无息，也无一丝拳风。石穿不敢怠慢，后退一步，马步微沉，左拳呼地向前送出。
两人拳头相接，均是浑身一震，石穿只觉一股绵劲如毒蛇钻来，几乎冲乱了气血。他大喝一声,真气流遍全身，块块肌肉坟起，撑破衣衫，饱绽而出。
他运气逼出绵劲，定眼看去，孟飞燕也后退了一步，丑脸涨红发紫，龅牙越发凸出。石穿心知她接了一记“大开山拳”，周流石劲入体一定也不好受。正想出击，忽听秋涛叫道：“石师弟当心，她是九华楚家的弟子。”
石穿心头一动，向孟飞燕叫道：“楚空山是你什么人？”孟飞燕深吸一口气，调匀呼吸，正色说道：“那是家师。”石穿盯着她哑然失笑：“这么说，你刚才的拳法是'怜香拳'了?”
“是又怎样？”孟飞燕冷冷答道。
“有意思。”石穿放声大笑,“早听说九华楚家，不爱美人，就爱名花。楚空山一定吃错了药，要不然，怎么会收了你这个丑八怪当徒弟?”
相貌丑陋，本是孟飞燕心中至痛，闻言登时暴怒，破口骂道：“黑杀才，我是丑八怪,你就是丑九怪，丑十怪，丑十八怪……”—面骂，一面挥拳打出，她身子肥壮，出拳却灵动飘逸，轻如拂柳采花，巧如穿针引线，劲力含而不吐，大是风流蕴藉。这拳法若由美人使来，一定曼妙动人，伹由孟飞燕使出，好比张飞绣花、牛嚼牡丹，不但滑稽透顶，更是大煞风景。
石穿虽觉好笑，可也不敢大意，当了以“大开山拳”应对。这一路拳法刚猛出奇，拳中的“周流石劲”所过摧破。两人拳势未交，孟飞燕水桶似的腰身大力一扭，右拳向左一勾，泄去了石穿的拳劲,左手圈转向下，啪的一声拍中了石穿的手腕。掌力直透脉门，石穿半身发麻，仓皇收手后退，冷不防孟飞燕碎步赶上，左脚忽起，勾住了他的左脚足颈。
石穿气贯下盘，右手一招“横揽三山”，扫向孟飞燕的面门。谁知孟飞燕向后一仰，贴地滑出，不但躲过了石穿的一扫，全身之重都加在了他的左脚之上。石穿只觉大力涌来，有如怪蟒缠绕，以他下盘之稳，也不由马步动摇，当下大吼一声，翻身跳开丈许，落地时定眼一看，孟飞燕小心翼翼地收回左脚，就仿佛脚下面藏了一只蚂蚁，稍不留意，就会踩死。
石穿心念一闪，冲口而出：“惜玉步？”跟着大为懊恼：“是了，她既会'怜香拳'，一定也会'惜玉步'。城主说过，这两门功夫以柔胜刚、以弱胜强，练到绝顶地步，是我'大开山拳'的克星。”想到这儿，收起轻敌之心，大喝一声，拳脚齐出。
他之前因为对方乃女流之辈，故而留有余力，这时全力出手，大有山崩海决之势。“怜香拳”和“惜玉步”本是第一流的内家拳法，寻常外家高手遇上，无不缚手缚脚。可是石穿一身奇功登峰造极，刚猛之极，反生柔劲，拳脚力道十足，余劲连绵不已。孟飞燕纵有“铁木神功”护体，连接数拳，也觉脏腑震动，筋骨欲碎。
正感吃力,忽听啪的一声，暗哑古怪，闻所未闻，孟飞燕不由得扫眼看去，但见秋涛手中的黏土化为了一条软棍，上下翻飞,左右呼应，打得王子昆几乎抬不起头，突然泥棍扫中铁拐，又是声怪响。年子昆应声一震，拐杖几乎脱手，冷不防泥棍的另_头有如饿虎摆尾，嗖地扫了过来,他急急仰身向后，想要避开来棍，谁知泥棍随他后仰之势拉长变细，仍是不离他的面门左右。
王子昆百忙之中，铁拐着地一撑，奋力向后跳开。这时间,他只觉手里一紧，泥棍有如一条蟒蛇，牢牢缠住了铁拐的中央。
王子昆势子用老，后力不济，只觉虎口一热，铁拐嗖地脱手。他唯恐秋涛追击，顺势躺倒在地，骨碌碌一阵翻滚，站起来时，灰头土脸，狼狈十足。定眼看去，秋涛一手挽着软棍，一手拎着铁拐，笑嘻嘻说道：“王盐使，还给你。”一挥手，铁拐迎面飞来，王子昆顺手接过，一张老脸变成了酱紫颜色。
孟飞燕不胜心惊，再看杜酉阳、淳于英，均是处在下风，对手潇洒写意，俨然未尽全力。至于墙上的弩手，一个也没留下，兰追站在檐角，冷冷看着下方。更别说天、火二主还未出手，站在—边,高深莫测。
孟飞燕权衡形势，越想越惊，心神稍稍一乱，石穿乘虚而入，拳如流星，直奔她的面门。孟飞燕忙使一招“拂柳扬花”，右手五指并拢，自下斜斜挑出,扫中了石穿的“太渊穴。”
柔劲入体，黑大汉手臂一震，拳势稍稍偏出。孟飞燕扭腰摆臀，晃身向后，为了将这一招的意境使足，她一面后退，一面做出弱柳迎风的姿势，但在旁人看来，与其说是弱柳，不如说是水牛，如其说是迎风，不如说是发疯。乐之扬一边瞧着，忍不住哈哈大笑。
孟飞燕听见矣声，恶狠狠瞪了乐之扬—眼，她尽管拨开了石穿一拳，但也没能化解对方的拳劲，手背直到肩头，仍是不胜酸痛，忽见石穿作势技当下暴喝一声：“住手！”
“怎么？”石穿一愣。但见孟飞燕瞪圆小眼，咬一咬牙，大声说:“罢了，今天本帮认栽。”
众盐使应声一惊，摆脱对手，站到一起，王子昆大皱眉头：“孟盐使，你说这话，不是长了他人的威风吗？”孟飞燕看他一眼，苦笑道：“王老,你有胜算么？”王子昆一愣，孟飞燕目光所过,其他两个盐使也低下头去。
“帮主大仇，不共戴天。”孟飞燕抬起头来，神色悲愤，“今天我们输了，不等于盐帮输了。从今往后，盐帮西城，势不两立,本帮三十万弟子，纵然一个不留，也要报此大仇。”
这一番话刻毒甚深，西城众人只觉心惊。秋涛收起白泥软棍，讶然道:“孟盐使何来此言？胜败乃兵家常事，令帮主不过较技败北，输给我苏师弟。盐帮弟子三十万，遍及天涯海角，难道说，连这点儿气量也没有吗？”
众盐使对望一眼，淳于英沉声道：“地母娘娘，你是真不知道还是假不知道？”
“知道什么？”秋涛见他神气，隐觉不妙，“我只知道，苏师弟与齐帮主较量武功，苏师弟胜了一招，令帮主受了一点儿小伤。”
“小伤？”王子昆咬了咬牙，“有胆的，跟我来！”说完转身就走。
西城众人面面相对，均是迟疑，忽听有人说：“无妨，跟着他去。”说话的正是天部之主万绳，他从暗影中走出，漫步跟在王子昆后面。
八部之中，万绳年纪最长，资历最老，其他六部之主为他马首是瞻，见状纷纷跟了上去。
四大盐使当先带路，穿过一道月门，忽然听见号哭之声。众人抬眼望去，前方设了一座灵堂，满堂缟素，几个妇人正跪在灵前号哭。
秋涛只觉心惊肉跳，走到堂前，定睛望去，堂上的神主写道：“盐帮第十二代帮主齐浩鼎之位！”登时雷震一惊，冲口而出：“什么，齐浩鼎死了……”
众人均是骇然，过了半晌，万绳才问：“齐浩鼎怎么死的？”王子昆冷冷说道：“帮主受伤回来，躺了一天一夜，今早寅时归的西。”万绳皱了皱眉，说道：“无怪你们头缠白布，该是为齐浩鼎戴孝吧，也无怪我一报名号，你们就狠下毒手，原来是为齐浩鼎报仇？”
王午昆冷哼