Chapter 20 Chapter Nineteen
Yuan Chengzhi went back to his room and fell asleep for a while.When the sky was about to dawn, Hong Shenghai hurried into the room and shouted: "My lord, the Shazhai master has captured the eunuch Wang Xiangyao, and has led people to open the Xuanwu Gate!" Yuan Chengzhi jumped up and asked: "The rebels entered the city?" Are you ready?" Hong Shenghai said: "General Liu Zongmin has led the team in." Yuan Chengzhi said: "Great, let's go to meet him."
The two walked to the hall.He Tishou said: "Master, don't worry, I will take care of them." Yuan Chengzhi nodded.At this time, Cheng Qingzhu, Sha Tianguang, and Tie Luohan went out and did not return. Yuan Chengzhi led the dumb, Hu Guinan, and Hong Shenghai to Daming Gate.
I saw cloudy clouds, white snow fluttering slightly, and defeated soldiers on the street, scattered and fled in all directions.Someone shouted: "Zhengyang Gate, Qihua Gate, and Dongzhi Gate are all open!" After walking for a while, the number of defeated soldiers gradually decreased.All the people pasted yellow paper on the door that read "Long live the King of Dashun in the first year of Yongchang", incense cases were placed at the door, and some people even put wine and wine at the door.Yuan Chengzhi said to Hu Guinan: "If people's hearts are like this, how can Chuang Wang not be a big deal?"
After walking for a while, horns blared in front, hundreds of people came quickly, and it was Sha Tianguang and Tie Luohan who were in the lead.The two led the heroes in Beijing to intercept and kill the Ming soldiers, and they cheered loudly when they saw Yuan Chengzhi.Tie Luohan shouted: "King Chuang is coming!" After finishing his words, several riders in front rushed to him.A big man held up a large banner with six big characters "Da Shunzhi General Li" written on it.Li Yan was wearing a blue shirt and came galloping on horseback.Yuan Chengzhi was overjoyed and shouted: "Brother!" He jumped in front of the horse.
Li Yan was stunned, and immediately got off his horse, and said happily: "Brother, your contribution to breaking the city is not small!" Yuan Chengzhi said: "Chuang Wang's army is everywhere, and Ming soldiers surrendered in anticipation of the wind. What's your contribution?" Holding the hand and saying a few words, Liu Fangliang, Tian Jianxiu and others who had met in Shengfengzhang before all arrived at once.Everyone held hands and talked joyfully.
Suddenly the horn sounded, and the army shouted: "The king has arrived, the king has arrived!"
Yuan Chengzhi and others stepped aside, only to see more than a hundred elite riders leading Li Zicheng galloping on a black barge in felt hats and dreary clothes.
Li Yan whispered a few words in the past.Li Zicheng smiled and said: "Great! Brother Yuan, come here." Li Yan waved, and Yuan Chengzhi walked up to the two horses.Li Zicheng smiled and said, "Brother Yuan, you have done a great job! Don't you have a horse?" He jumped off the ground and handed him the bridle of his horse.Yuan Chengzhi quickly thanked him.
Li Zicheng walked up to the top of the city and looked out of the city, but he saw thousands of soldiers entering the city from various gates.When Chuangjun saw the king, there were thunderous cheers all around.
Li Zicheng took out three arrows from his quiver, pulled down the clusters of arrows, bent his bow and set the arrows, shot the three arrows down the city, and said loudly: "Listen, all generals and soldiers. Those who rape and plunder will be beheaded and will not be tolerated!" More than a hundred thousand soldiers under the city shouted in unison: "Follow the king's order! Long live the king, long live, long live!"
Yuan Chengzhi looked up at Li Zicheng's majestic appearance, and he admired him so much that he couldn't help but shouted loudly: "Long live the king, long live, long live!"
Li Zicheng went down to the top of the city, changed his horse, and walked towards Chengtian Gate surrounded by the crowd.He turned his head and smiled at Yuan Chengzhi: "You are inheriting the ambition of your father, and I am Chengtian!" Bending his bow and setting an arrow, with a whoosh, the feathered arrow flew out, right under the word "Tian".He was strong in stature, and the arrow went straight into the city wall, and everyone cheered again.
When they came to Deshengmen, the eunuch Wang Dehua led more than 300 eunuchs to greet him on the ground.Li Zicheng threw his whip and laughed loudly, and said to Yuan Chengzhi: "When you saw me in Shaanxi last year, did you expect to see me today?" Hurry up." Li Zicheng clapped his palms and laughed.
Suddenly a person rushed over and reported to Li Zicheng: "Your Majesty, a eunuch said that he saw Chongzhen fleeing to Meishan." Li Zicheng turned to Yuan Chengzhi and said, "Take someone to fetch it! "Yuan Chengzhi said: "Yes!" With a wave of his hand, he led Hu Guinan and others to Meishan.
The coal mountain is just a small hill. When everyone came up to the mountain, they couldn't help being surprised.I saw two people hanging under the big tree, swaying with the wind.One person covered his face with his hair covered, wearing a white short blue dress with black trim, a white cotton silk vest, white trousers, his left foot was bare, and his right foot was wearing silk socks and red square-toed shoes.Yuan Chengzhi parted his hair and saw that he was Emperor Chongzhen.A few lines were written in blood on the front of his shirt:
"In the seventeen years since I ascended the throne, I caused the enemy to enter the interior four times, and the rebels went straight to the capital. Although I bowed down to the bandits, I was blamed by the heavens, but it was all the mistakes of the ministers. When I died, I saw my ancestors in the ground without a face. Take away my crown, cover my face with hair, let the thieves split my corpse, and don't hurt a single person."
Yuan Chengzhi took this bloody edict and felt quite melancholy. It was a happy event to have the revenge of the 20-year-old enemy today, but seeing the enemy's miserable end, he couldn't help feeling sorry for a long time, and thought: "You speak beautifully, why don't you say so?" Hurting the people alone. If you had known how to love the people, you would not have forced the hungry people in the world to have nowhere to go, how could you be in this situation today."
Hong Shenghai said: "Yuan Xianggong, the eunuch hanged over there." Yuan Chengzhi said: "When the emperor died, he was accompanied by only one eunuch. It is really called betrayal. Carry the body away, and don't let anyone invade it." Hong Shenghai agreed.Yuan Chengzhi rushed back to report.
At this time Li Zicheng had already entered the palace.Chuangjun, the gatekeeper, recognized Yuan Chengzhi and led him into the palace.I saw Li Zicheng sitting on the dragon chair, with more than a dozen officers and generals standing beside him, and a young man in disheveled clothes standing under His Highness.
Seeing Yuan Chengzhi coming in, Li Zicheng shouted: "Okay! Where is the emperor, bring him up." Yuan Chengzhi said: "Chongzhen hanged himself to death." Li Zicheng was stunned, and took Chongzhen's edict to watch.
The young man standing next to him suddenly fell to the ground and cried loudly, almost fainting.Li Zicheng said: "That's the prince!" Yuan Chengzhi helped him up.Li Zicheng asked: "Why did your family lose the world, do you know?" The crown prince cried: "It was because of the misuse of treacherous ministers Wen Tiren, Zhou Yanru and others." Li Zicheng smiled and said: "It turns out that little children understand. Then he said seriously: "Let me tell you, your father is foolish and cruel, and has caused great suffering to the people of the world. Your father hanged himself today. I don’t know if there are tens of thousands of people who have to be hanged, it would be much worse.” The prince bowed his head and said after a while: “Then you kill me quickly.” Seeing his stubbornness, Yuan Chengzhi couldn’t help but feel sorry for him. Worry.
Li Zicheng said: "You are still a child and have not committed a crime. How can I kill people indiscriminately." The prince said: "Then I ask you a few things." Li Zicheng said: "Tell me and listen." Bury my father and queen in the tomb of my ancestors." Li Zicheng said: "Of course, why do you beg me?" The crown prince said: "Please don't kill the common people." Li Zicheng laughed loudly and said: "The child is not sensible. I am the common people! It is our common people who broke your capital, do you understand?"
The prince said: "Then you won't kill the people?" Li Zicheng quickly untied his upper body clothes, and saw that his chest and shoulders were covered with scars from whipping, and everyone couldn't help being shocked.Li Zicheng said: "I was a good commoner, but after being beaten up by corrupt officials, I couldn't bear it and rose up to rebel. Hmph, your father and son are hypocritical, saying that you love the common people. No one in our army has ever suffered Your suffering?" The prince bowed his head silently.Li Zicheng put on his clothes and said: "Go down. I think you are the prince of the late emperor. I will make you a king to let you know that our common people don't miss the old evil. What kind of king will you be named? Well, your father gave the country to me Here, I will make you the King of Song."
The eunuch Cao Huachun stood aside and said: "Kowtow to Your Majesty to thank you." The prince glared at him, and suddenly he slapped back, and with a slap, five finger marks appeared on Cao Huachun's cheeks.
Li Zicheng laughed loudly, and said: "Okay, this kind of unfaithful and unjust traitor is well beaten. Come on, take it down and chop it up!" Cao Huachun's face turned pale with fright, and with a thud, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed. Blood was splashed on the forehead.Li Zicheng kicked him into a somersault, and shouted: "Get out, if you dare to see me in the future, I will cut you to pieces!" Then the prince walked out with his head held high.
Li Zicheng said to Yuan Chengzhi: "This kid is stubborn. I like children with backbone." Yuan Chengzhi said: "Yes."
Prime Minister Niu Jinxing said: "My lord, the big event has been decided. The Ming Dynasty lost all people's hearts, but it has to be guarded against. This child is very stubborn, and he is determined not to submit to the Holy Dynasty. He is afraid that someone will use his name to cause trouble. It’s better to get rid of it to avoid future troubles.” Li Zicheng hesitated and said: “That’s true. You should go and handle this matter.” Turning to Song Xiance, the dwarf military adviser behind him, he said: “I heard that the emperor still has a princess, but I don’t know Where."
Yuan Chengzhi said: "The emperor cut off one of her arms, and I took the princess to recuperate at home. After she recovers, I will bring her to kowtow to the king." Li Zicheng smiled and said: "Okay! You have done a lot, I I just can't think of what to reward you, so this princess will reward you." Yuan Chengzhi said in embarrassment: "No, no, then...it is the prince who begged the king to spare his life." Niu Jinxing said with a smile: " Brother Yuan, why are you ashamed? After all, it is the youth who are the heroes. Although General Liu and the others have made great contributions, the king only rewards them as a few palace maids. You have not become a concubine, but you are cherishing your brother-in-law."
Yuan Chengzhi was quite unhappy when he heard that there were thorns in his words, and thought to himself: "Prince, this little boy, why kill him?"
Li Zicheng said: "Brother Yuan, my military officers are divided into nine ranks. Liu Zongmin is a first-rank general, and your righteous brother Li Yan is a second-rank general. I will make you a third-rank general Guoyi." Yuan Chengzhi bowed and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty. Yuan Chengzhi swears to die for His Majesty, and he does not want to be an official."
Niu Jinxing smiled and said: "Brother Yuan is the leader of the martial arts alliance in the seven provinces. Do you think that the rank of the third-rank general is too low? The king ruled the world and led the people of the land. Could it be the king's ministers? What private affairs like the leader of the seven provinces and the leader of the eight provinces?" The giving and receiving of titles will be strictly prohibited from now on."
Hearing that his words were too heavy, Li Zicheng patted Yuan Chengzhi on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "You are still very young. Although your contribution is not small, after all, my time is short. Are you afraid that you will not have a chance for promotion in the future?" Yuan Chengzhi Said: "The subordinates are definitely not for the position, but because they are reckless, they can't be an official." Li Zicheng laughed loudly, and said loudly: "Am I not a reckless person? Even the emperor wants to do it." Yuan Chengzhi is inconvenient to say , quit.
When I returned to Zhengtiaozi Hutong, as soon as I entered the alley, I heard the sound of weapons clashing, shouting and scolding, and then I saw dozens of intruders rushing out with weapons in their hands.Yuan Chengzhi thought to himself: "What are these many intruders doing here?" He quickened his pace and walked to the door. Running around.Yuan Chengzhi shouted: "Stop, stop! They are all our own!" He Tishou called: "Master." He stepped aside. All the intruders suddenly saw that there was a way to escape, and swarmed out.An officer rushed to Yuan Chengzhi, stunned, and said, "You... aren't you also under our king?" Yuan Chengzhi said: "Exactly. Everyone misunderstood, brother." The officer was angrily Said: "Misunderstanding! Hmph, look, your apprentice has killed many of our brothers." He pointed to the seven or eight corpses in the ground. Tie Luohan rushed out and cursed: "Fuck your mother! As soon as you entered the house, you stretched out your hands to grab things, and said that you would not pay the gold and silver, so you set fire to the house. When you saw Miss He's beauty, you immediately moved and said She's a spy, and she's going to be taken away. You bastards, what's the difference between you and the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty?" As he spoke, he punched out, and with a bang, the officer was sent flying straight away. Yuan Chengzhi walked into the hall.Cheng Qingzhu, Hu Guinan and others angrily recounted what they saw in the city, saying that after the intruders entered the city, they occupied houses, raped and looted, and did everything.Yuan Chengzhi was surprised, and said: "This way, the hearts of the people are greatly lost. I saw the king shoot three arrows at the top of the city, and killing and looting is strictly prohibited. The king must not know about it. I will report it now and ask him to order a ban." " Cheng Qingzhu persuaded: "Leader, many of King Chuang's subordinates were originally thieves. When they come to the capital of the emperor, how can they not be presumptuous? Let's talk to the king after a few days. "Yuan Chengzhi said: "No, in a few days, the people in Beijing will suffer from them. Saving the people is like putting out a fire, how can we wait?" While talking, suddenly there was a loud shout outside.Yuan Chengzhi was taken aback, and ran to the door, only to see countless people crowding at the exit of Zhengtiaozi Hutong.The officer who was beaten away by Tie Luohan before was riding on a horse, holding a big knife in his hand, and shouted: "Yuan Chengzhi, General Quan told you to speak." Yuan Chengzhi said: "Did it really be General Quan's order?" A command arrow, said: "Here is the command arrow of the powerful general." Yuan Chengzhi thought to himself: "If I don't go, I will hurt the friendship between brothers. When I see General Quan, I can just persuade him to restrain his subordinates and not to do anything wrong." He nodded and said, "Okay! I will go with you." Then The officer shouted: "Tie it up!" Then seven or eight soldiers rushed forward and took out the ropes to tie them up.Yuan Chengzhi smiled slightly, but did not resist, with his backhand behind his back, letting him be bound.Tie Luohan, Sha Tianguang and others shouted in unison: "Who dares to do it?" They rushed forward and wanted to beat people.Yuan Chengzhi yelled: "Everyone, don't be rough. I can tell the truth when I see General Quan." The officer pointed to He Tishou and said, "This person is the princess of Emperor Chongzhen, who lost her hand. General Quan wanted this person and took her away." All the soldiers rushed towards He Tishou. He Ti swiped the golden hook to prevent the soldiers from approaching, and asked with a smile: "What does General Quan want me to do?" The officer said: "General Quan's contribution to breaking Beijing is the first. Chongzhen's princess naturally belongs to General Quan." .Come here obediently, you will be rich and honored in your life, and you can enjoy it forever.” He Tishou laughed and said, “That would be wonderful. What if I don’t want to go with you?” The officer shouted, “How can there be so many Take me with you!" He Tishou shouted, "Master, that General Quan is going to snatch me to be his concubine. Do you think I will go or not?" It was difficult for Yuan Chengzhi to answer.But I saw several soldiers rushing up to defend He Ti.He Tishou just giggled coquettishly, and didn't move. Suddenly, the soldiers pulling her fell on their backs, and with a slight twist, they were all killed.It turns out that He Tishou's clothes are full of poison.The officer was shocked, and shouted: "Rebellion, rebellion. Remnants of the previous Ming Dynasty, resisting the rebels, kill!" Swords and guns were raised, and they chopped off the heads of Tie Luohan and others. With the heroes at this point, how can there be any reason to stand still and wait for death?Grab the knife and gun, fight back, and fight for a while, the officers and soldiers of the intruding army were in a mess, huddled in the alley, unable to advance or retreat. Yuan Chengzhi shouted: "Go and report back to General Quan, and everyone will go to the king together to distinguish right from wrong." With a shake of his arms, the rope tied to his wrist broke immediately, and he jumped up, grabbing the two officers with both hands, Pulling off the horse, he shouted: "The officials keep it, and the soldiers go back to the camp." Seeing that the officer was captured, all the soldiers dared not fight any more, and pushed away. Yuan Chengzhi sighed, shook his head, and ordered Hu Guinan and Hong Shenghai to detain two officers and go to see Li Zicheng.
When I entered the palace, I saw that there was a grand banquet in the palace. Li Zicheng was feasting the generals, silk and bamboo were full of ears, and the price of wine and meat was sent to the generals.Li Zicheng was slightly drunk, and when he saw Yuan Chengzhi, he said happily, "Okay, Yuan Chengzhi, come over and have a drink too!" Yuan Chengzhi bowed and said, "Yes!" He approached and took the glass in Li Zicheng's hand, and drank it all . A general sitting on the left side of Li Zicheng Huo Di stood up and shouted: "Yuan Chengzhi, you are so courageous. Whose power do you rely on to kill my subordinates?" Yuan Chengzhi saw this man with a thick beard and a rough expression. , I thought it was General Quan Liu Zongmin, and said, "Is this General Quan?" The man said, "Exactly. Your Majesty just named you a little General Guoyi, so you don't take my General Quan seriously." How dare you kill my subordinates!" As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to grab the handle of the knife, pulled out half of the knife, and put the knife back into its sheath with a snap.In an instant, hundreds of people in the hall were silent. Yuan Chengzhi said: "When the king entered the city, there was an order that anyone who killed or wounded the people, raped and plundered, beheaded them all. I saw that my brothers in the army were torturing and killing the people, so I took action to stop them. I did not intend to offend them. Please forgive me, General Quan. " Liu Zongmin sneered and said: "This world is the king's world, it is the world that our old brothers fought from death to life, from the forest of knives, mountains and spears. We can fight the country, can't we sit on the country? You come to please the people and collect People's hearts, what is the intention?" Yuan Chengzhi said: "The king said just now that he himself is a common man." Liu Zongmin laughed and said: "When the king conquered the country, he was a common man. Today he won the world and sat in the Dragon Court. He is the real man, are you still an ordinary person? You kid is talking nonsense." Yuan Chengzhi remained silent. Li Zicheng smiled and said: "Okay, okay! My brothers, don't hurt your friendship over these trivial matters. Come on, come on, you two have a toast. Zong Min, I know that you are only jealous because Yuan Chengzhi won the princess. There are as many beauties as you want in the palace, and you can pick them yourself later." Liu Zongmin said: "Your Majesty, there is only one princess in Chongzhen." Li Zicheng smiled to Yuan Chengzhi: "He wants your princess, so you can choose it." For my sake, give it up to him. You are all ministers, harmony is the most important thing." When Yuan Chengzhi heard it, he couldn't help being stunned, feeling lost in his heart, let go of his hand, and the wine glass fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.Li Zicheng said angrily: "Even if you don't want to, you don't have to lose your temper with me." Yuan Chengzhi was startled, and quickly bowed and said: "Subordinates dare not." Suddenly heard the sound of silk and bamboo, several officers came up to the hall with a woman in their arms.The woman prostrated herself to Li Zicheng, and after she stood up, the candlelight shone on her face, and everyone said "Oh" in unison. Since Yuan Chengzhi practiced the Hunyuan Kungfu, his spirit has been extremely stable. Although he and Ah Jiu shared the same quilt, he did not behave indecently, but when he saw this woman at this moment, he couldn't help but move in his heart: "There are such beautiful people in the world! woman!" The woman's eyes flicked across everyone's faces, and everyone felt as if they were immersed in warm water when they touched her eyes, and they were indescribably comfortable.She could only hear her whispering and saying: "The concubine Chen Yuanyuan pays homage to the king, may the king live long, long live, long live." Li Zicheng laughed loudly and said, "What a beautiful lady!" Liu Zongmin said, "Your Majesty, I don't want the princess of Chongzhen, even the young general. Give me this lady." Niu Jinxing said: "Liu General, this Chen Yuanyuan is the concubine of Wu Sangui, the commander-in-chief guarding the Shanhai Pass, and she is known as the most beautiful woman in the world. The king specially summoned her, how can I give it to you?" Liu Zongmin heard that Li Zicheng wanted it himself, so he dared not say any more, and stared intently. Chen Yuanyuan groaned and swallowed a big mouthful of saliva. There was silence in the Huangji Hall for a while, and suddenly there was a clang, and someone's wine glass fell to the ground, and then another clang, clang, and another wine glass fell to the ground.Li Zicheng was very annoyed when Yuan Chengzhi's wine glass fell to the ground just now. At this moment, everyone was looking at Chen Yuanyuan's beauty, but no one noticed anything else. Suddenly, a young general who was sitting at the bottom let out a low voice, crawled on the ground, and hugged Chen Yuanyuan's leg.Chen Yuanyuan screamed and avoided it.A general over there shouted: "It's hot, it's hot!" With a chirp, he tore his shirt open.Another general shouted: "Beauty, if you drink this glass of wine in my hand, I will be willing to die!" Holding the glass, he brought it to Chen Yuanyuan's lips. For a moment, people's hearts fluttered, and all the experienced warriors in the hall were fascinated by Chen Yuanyuan's beauty. Yuan Chengzhi only watched and shook his head secretly, and was about to leave the hall, when Li Yan shouted loudly: "Before the king drives, brothers must not be rude." A general laughed and said: "I stretch out a little finger, Touch the beauty's snow-white face, it doesn't matter!" He stretched out his fingers and walked towards Chen Yuanyuan step by step. Li Zicheng shouted: "Send the beauty to the harem. Song Xiance, you lead soldiers to guard." Song Xiance agreed and led Chen Yuanyuan inside. Dozens of officers swarmed over together, vying to take another look, until Chen Yuanyuan's back was no longer visible, and then slowly returned to their seats reluctantly.One person raised his nose and sniffed furiously, and said: "The fragrance of a beauty is also cultivated in a previous life." One person said: "This is not a human being, it was transformed by a fox spirit, and the king cannot accept it." The other person said: "Even if it is Ogre, I just need to hug her and feed her right away, and she will be very happy." Li Zicheng drank one sip at a time, with a look of joy on his face, he didn't pay attention to the ugliness of the generals. Li Yan walked up a few steps and said: "Your Majesty, Wu Sangui has 40,000 elite soldiers and 80,000 Liao people in Shanhaiguan. They are all capable of fighting. Since your majesty has sent someone to surrender, let him return his concubine. In the mansion, take peace of mind." Liu Zongmin sneered and said, "Wu Sangui has 40,000 soldiers and horses, what is there to use? There are more than 100,000 officers and soldiers in Chongzhen in Beijing. They met us, and it's not Xi Lihua's brain. It's all broken." Li Zicheng nodded and said, "Wu Sangui is a trivial matter, don't take it to heart. If he surrenders, he knows what's good and what's wrong. Otherwise, the job is easy to catch? Is Wu Sangui better than Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji?" Li Yan said: "Although Your Majesty has won Beijing, Jiangnan has not yet been settled..." Li Zicheng waved his hand and said, "Drink everyone, drink alcohol! This is not the time to talk about important national affairs." Li Yan could only say: "Yes." He stepped back and sat down Beside Yuan Chengzhi, he said in a low voice: "Be careful in everything, and you must prevent General Quan from harming you." Yuan Chengzhi nodded. I saw Li Zicheng drank a few glasses of wine, and said loudly: "Let's leave, everyone, haha, haha!" He kicked over the table with a flying kick, turned around and entered.All the generals dispersed.
Yuan Chengzhi followed Li Yan out of the palace, met Hu Guinan and Hong Shenghai outside the palace gate, and ordered the two officers to be released. As soon as the four of them turned a street, they saw dozens of trespassers looting a mansion, dragging two young women out.The two women just cried and struggled, refusing to leave.Li Yan was furious and ordered his subordinates to come forward and ask questions.Seeing the arrival of the controlling general, all the intruders shouted, left the women's belongings and fled. Along the way, you can only hear the soldiers shouting and laughing, and the people crying and mourning everywhere.In the streets and alleys, soldiers and soldiers galloped to and fro, some with their belongings on their backs, and some walked openly with women in their arms.Seeing that Li Yan couldn't help but couldn't hold it, he could only sigh. Yuan Chengzhi originally hoped that after Li Zicheng won the world, he would be happy to see peace and the people live and work in peace and contentment, but seeing the words and deeds of Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin today, and seeing the tragic situation of soldiers looting all over the city, what is better than Chongzhen's reign?Full of longing, suddenly vanished. After walking a few more steps, I saw several corpses lying on the ground, two female corpses were completely naked.The wounds on the bodies of all the corpses continued to bleed.Yuan Chengzhi couldn't bear it anymore at this time, took Li Yan's hand, and said: "Brother, you said that King Chuang avenged justice for the people, vented his anger for the people, is that it?" cry. Li Yan was also full of grief and indignation, and said: "I'm going to see the king right now, and ask him to order to stop the robbery immediately." He pulled Yuan Chengzhi up, returned to the palace, and told the guards that there was something urgent to see King Chuang. The guard reported to go in, and after a while, he came out and said: "General Zhi, the king is already asleep, and no one dares to disturb you. Please come tomorrow, general." Li Yan said: "I have followed the king for many years. If I have something to see, the king will meet him in the middle of the night. You go and report it again." The guard went in for a while, and when he came out, his face was full of panic, and he said in a trembling voice: "The king lost his temper and said that if the villain continues to talk, he will cut off my head immediately." Li Yan said: "Okay, I'll wait here, and see you when the king wakes up." He said to Yuan Chengzhi, "Brother, go back and rest first." Yuan Chengzhi said, "I'm here to accompany the elder brother." People go back first, so as not to miss Qingqing and others. The two of them waited until the sky was bright, only to see a guard come out from the inner palace and said: "Your Majesty has summoned you." The two followed him to a room, and the guard went out.After waiting for more than two hours, seeing that noon had passed, Li Zicheng still did not come out.The two of you looked at me and I looked at you, both very anxious. Seeing that the sun was setting to the west, and it was late, Song Xiance suddenly pushed the door open and came in, saying, "General Li, General Yuan, why are you two here?" Until this time, Your Majesty has not come out." Song Xiance sighed, and said in a low voice: "This morning, Your Majesty summoned all the generals for a meeting, but made the two of you wait here." Li Yan said in surprise: "But How?" Song Xiance said: "That guy Niu Jinxing keeps talking bad about you and me in front of the king." Li Yan said angrily, "You and I are acting upright, sitting upright, what bad things are there to say? " Song Xiance said: "When the king was in Henan, people's hearts were not attached to him. At that time, I thought of a plan and made up a prophecy, saying that it was 'Eighteen children are the master of the gods', so that people spread it everywhere. Eighteen children, put it together It's the word "Li", which means that the king should have the world. Foolish men and women thought that the king's destiny was at stake, and everyone came to join him, and our momentum suddenly became louder. Do you still remember, General Li?" Li Yan said: "Why don't you remember? I wrote nursery rhymes, and you wrote prophecies, which shook people's hearts in the Ming Dynasty, but they also have some credit." Song Xiance shook his head and said, "Niu Jinxing slandered the king, saying that 'eighteen children are the master of artifacts', isn't it? It refers to the king, but you, General Li!" Li Yan's heart was shaken and he stood up immediately.He knew that the most taboo thing the emperor ever had was someone coveting his throne.The reason why the founding lords of the past dynasties slaughtered heroes, such as Han Gaozu, Ming Taizu, etc., was because they were afraid that they would seek to usurp the throne. If Li Zicheng believed this sentence, it would be terrible, and he couldn't help trembling. : "This... this... this..." Song Xiance said: "Your majesty is wise, you may not believe it, and you don't have to worry about the general. However, at the meeting of generals today, Generals Liu, Zhang, Gu, and Luo, all of them said that the general himself was Ming Qinggao, looked down on the friendly army, said that their subordinates borrowed houses, borrowed a few taels of silver from the common people, and said a few words to the aunts and daughters, and the general's subordinates went to shout and interfere. But Niu Jinxing said, the general is not self-satisfied Noble, but to collect people's hearts and have great ambitions." Li Yan was so angry that he couldn't speak, his face turned pale, and he sat down heavily in the chair with a thud. Song Xiance said: "I argued a few words for the general, and all the generals scolded me, short man Song, who is three points like a human, seven points like a ghost, and the most nonsense. I couldn't get angry, so I came out and listened to the gate of the palace. The guard said that the two generals are here, so come and have a look. The king is not happy at the moment, and you two don't have to wait." Li Yan clasped his hands and said, "Thank you so much for seeing the love of Song's military division. My brothers are very grateful." Song Xiance sighed: "Although we have conquered Beijing, Jiangnan has not been peaceful, Wu Sangui has not surrendered, and the Manchurian Tartars are staring at us, which is a big hidden worry. But today's general meeting, in addition to arranging the generals, is to discuss how to torture the high-ranking officials and wealthy families who surrendered in the Ming Dynasty, and ask them to donate gold, silver and treasures. Alas, the vision of those who achieve great things is too small It's over." The three of them sighed to each other and left the palace to say goodbye. After hearing Song Xiance's words, Yuan Chengzhi saw that although he was less than three feet tall, shaped like a monkey, and ugly in appearance, he was very knowledgeable in speaking, and said, "Brother, this Song army teacher is really a talent." Li Yan said: " He is very resourceful and resourceful. It’s just that the king loves to listen to Niu Jinxing’s words, and he doesn’t want to reuse the Song army division. In fact, many of the king’s strategies for attacking cities and plundering land are all based on the Song army division’s ideas.” The two walked hand in hand silently and walked hundreds of steps. Li Yan said: "Brother, although your majesty already has doubts about me, he is loyal to his ministers and righteous to his friends. I will never see your great career ruined and keep silent. You don't have to be angry in the court." Yuan Chengzhi said: "That's right. Brothers can't be officials. The eldest brother said that day, after the completion of the work, you and I will live in seclusion in the mountains, drinking and talking for a long time. Why don't you just resign and resign, so as not to become a thorn in the eyes of others? Li Yan said: "Your Majesty, there are still many important things to do in front of you. I must flatten the south of the Yangtze River and rule the world before I can retire. Your Majesty has treated me very well in the past. Seeing that his future is in danger, it is I who will do my best and repay him with my death." At that time. I don’t care about rumors from villains.” The two walked hand in hand for a while, only to see flames shooting up into the sky from the northwest corner, it was expected that the Chuang army was burning the houses again.Li Yan and Yuan Chengzhi have seen a lot in the past few days, and they shook their heads and sighed at each other.In the twilight, I suddenly heard someone playing the huqin in the alley ahead, and an old and hoarse voice sang, listening to him sing: "No official is a light body. Accompanying the emperor and the tiger has been said in ancient times. Going home is a blessing for three lives. When the birds are gone, the bows are hidden and the lackeys cook..." I saw an old blind man coming out of the alley, walking slowly, singing by himself, and then sang: "The meritorious service of the sons and daughters is high, and the king of Wu is forbidden, and the literary genre destroys Wu's body. It is a pity that Huaiyin's life is left behind, and Wu Mu's name is left empty. Who is as great as General Xu? Liu Bowen is counted by magic tricks, but it can't be counted: the emperor of tomorrow will sit in the Dragon Court, and the civil and military heroes will return to Yin. So go up, hurry back and escape from death; therefore go up, hurry back to escape from death..." Hearing this, Li Yan was very touched, and thought: "The founding heroes of the Ming Dynasty, Xu Da, Liu Ji and others were all killed by the Taizu. This blind man also knows that the dynasty has changed, otherwise how dare he sing this song?" Look at this blind man Dressed in rags, he is a singer, but when everyone is unable to protect themselves, who is willing to pay for the music?Just listen to him go on singing: "The king made a decree to capture the hero, surrounded by swords and tied with ropes. His flesh trembled and his heart trembled. If he couldn't do it, he would throw himself into the river and jump into the well. If he didn't regret it, he would swindle his death in the first place. Today's ray of heroic soul, yesterday The Great Wall of China...” As he sang, he strolled past Li Yan and Yuan Chengzhi, and turned into another alley. The singing gradually faded away, indescribably desolate.
Yuan Chengzhi was in a depressed mood, and when he returned to his residence, he saw a person sitting in the hall.As soon as the man saw Yuan Chengzhi, he rushed to the entrance of the hall and shouted: "Little uncle, you are back." The man in rough clothes and grass shoes, with a long knife in his back, was Cui Ximin, Cui Qiushan's nephew.Yuan Chengzhi said happily: "You are here too. What's the matter?" Cui Ximin took out a letter from his side and presented it with both hands. Yuan Chengzhi saw the words "Words to all disciples" written on the cover, and he recognized the master's handwriting. He bowed first, then took it respectfully, took out the letter paper, and saw the letter read: "My Huashan sect has always had a school rule that it is not allowed to serve as an official in the court. Now that the king of Chuang has achieved his great cause, the disciples of our sect will retire after success. On the eve of the full moon in April, they will gather at the top of Huashan." Signed below is " Clear" word. Yuan Chengzhi said: "Ah, it's less than a month before the meeting, and we have to leave." Cui Ximin said: "Exactly, my uncle, Mrs. An, and Xiaohui are going too." Yuan Chengzhi went in and told everyone, but he didn't see Qingqing, and asked Jiao Wan'er, "Where is Miss Xia?" Jiao Wan'er said: "I haven't seen her for a while, I'll go and see!" Yuan Chengzhi said: "I'll call her. "Walking outside Qingqing's room, flicked on the door a few times, and said, "Brother Qing, it's me." There was no sound in the room, and after waiting for a while, he tapped on the door lightly, but there was still no response. Yuan Chengzhi pushed the door, but the door was not locked. Looking inside, he saw that there was nothing in the room. When he entered the room, he couldn't help being stunned. It turned out that her clothes, long sword and other things were gone, and even her mother His urn was also taken away, and it seems that he has traveled far away.Yuan Chengzhi was in a hurry, searched everywhere, and found a note under her pillow, which read: "Since there are golden branches and jade leaves, why do I need ordinary people?" Yuan Chengzhi stared blankly at the note for a while, with a lot of thoughts in his mind, not knowing what to do, and thought to himself: "I treat her with sincerity, but she is always narrow-minded and suspicious of me everywhere. A man is a man who acts openly and aboveboard. , but seek peace of mind. We go from death to life in the forest of knives, mountains and spears every day, how can we take care of all kinds of suspicions? Young brother, young brother, you really don’t know my heart.” Thinking of this, I couldn’t help but Feeling sad, she thought again: "The last time she ran away in anger, she almost slipped into the hands of foreign soldiers. Now the soldiers are in chaos, but she doesn't know where she is?" He sat on the bed blankly, very depressed.Jiao Wan'er walked into the room gently, and was not surprised to see him as if he had lost his mind.After everyone heard the news, they all rushed into the room, chattering, some consoling, some giving advice. Although Jiao Wan'er was young, she was the most certain about things, and she said immediately: "Yuan Xianggong, it's useless to be anxious. Miss Xia is a martial artist, who would dare to bully her? Well, your meeting is coming soon, or you and dumb uncle, He My sister and I went to Mount Hua together. Uncle Cheng and I stayed here to take care of Sister Ajiu. Uncle Sha, Teacher Tie, Uncle Hu and our Golden Dragon Gang, everyone went out to find Miss Xia, and then spread the Jianghu token, and ordered seven Provincial heroes will help her to search for her. After finding her, immediately accompany her to Mount Hua to meet her." Yuan Chengzhi nodded again and again, and said: "Miss Jiao has a very high idea, so let's do it like this. Old Master Cheng and Miss Jiao had better accompany the princess out of Beijing to avoid it. It's not safe to stay in Beijing. Ti Shou hasn't officially entered our door yet.待我禀明师父之后再说。这一次不必同上华山了。”何惕守眼睛一溜，正想求恳，忽想青青也曾有疑己之意，和袁承志同行只怕不甚妥当，当下微微一笑，也就不言语了，寻思：“你不让我去华山，我偏偏自己来。”她做惯了邪教教主，近来虽已大为收敛，毕竟野性未除，也不理袁承志的吩咐，只管筹划自行上华山拜见祖师的事。 袁承志安排已毕，次日向闯王与义兄李岩辞别。李自成眼见留他不住，便赏赐了许多大内珍宝。袁承志要待推辞，李岩连使眼色，袁承志只得谢过受了。 李岩送出宫门，叹道：“兄弟，你功成身退，那是最好不过……”说着神色黯然。 袁承志道：“大哥你多多保重。如有危难，小弟虽在万里之外，一得讯息，也必星夜赶来。”两人洒泪而别。
当日下午，袁承志与哑巴、崔秋山、崔希敏、安大娘、安小慧、洪胜海六人取道向西，往华山进发。各人乘坐的都是骏马，脚程极快，不多时已到了宛平。 众人进饭店打尖，用完饭正要上马，洪胜海瞥眼间忽见墙角里有一只蝎子、一条蜈蚣，都用铁钉钉在墙脚。他微觉奇怪，轻扯袁承志的衣服。袁承志凝眼一看，点了点头，心想这必与五毒教有关，可惜何惕守没同来，不知这两个记号是甚么意思。 洪胜海借故与店小二攀谈了几句，淡淡的道：“那墙脚下的两件毒物，倒有些古怪。”店小二笑道：“要不是我收了银子，真要把这两样鬼东西丢了。烦死人！”他一面说一面扳手指，笑道：“两天不到，问起这劳甚子的，连你达官爷不知是第十几位了。”洪胜海忙问：“是谁钉的？”店小二道：“便是那个老乞婆啊！”洪胜海向袁承志望了一眼，问道：“是哪些人问过呢？”说着拿了块碎银子塞在店小二手里。 店小二口中推辞，伸手接了银子，笑道：“不是叫化丐头，就是光棍混混儿，哪知道你达官爷也问这个……嘿嘿，可叫你老人家破费啦。” 袁承志插口道：“那老乞婆钉毒物之时，还有谁在一旁吗？”店小二道：“那天的事也真透着希奇，先是一个青年标致相公独个儿来喝酒……”袁承志急问：“多大年纪？怎等打扮？”店小二道：“瞧模样儿比你相公还小着几岁，生得这么俊，我还道是唱小旦的戏子儿呢，后来见他腰里带着把宝剑，那可就不知是甚么路数了。他好似家里死了人似的，愁眉苦脸，喝喝酒，眼圈儿就红了，真叫人瞧着心里直疼……”众人知道这必是青青无疑。崔希敏怒道：“你别口里不干不净的。”店小二吓了一跳，抹了抹桌子，道：“爷们要上道了么？”袁承志道：“后来怎样？”店小二望了崔希敏一眼，说道：“那青年相公喝了一会酒，忽然楼梯上脚步响，上来了一位老爷子，别瞧他头发胡子白得银子一般，可真透着精神，手里提着一根龙头拐杖，腾的一声，往地下一登，桌上的碗儿盏儿便都跳了起来。” 袁承志心中大急：“温方山那老儿和她遇上了，青弟怎能逃出他的毒手？” 店小二又道：“那老爷子坐了下来，要了酒菜。他刚坐定，又上来一位老爷子。那真叫古怪，前前后后一共来了四个，都是白头发、白胡子、红脸孔，倒像是一个模子里浇出来的一般，要找这四个一模一样的老爷子，那真是不容易得紧了。这四人有的拿着一对短戟，有的拿着一根皮鞭。他们谁也不望谁，各自开了一张桌子，四个老儿把那位年轻相公围在中间。我越瞧越透着邪门，再过一会儿，那老乞婆就来啦。掌柜的要赶她出去，哪知当地一声，嘿，你道甚么？”崔希敏忙问：“甚么？”店小二道：“这叫做财神爷爷着烂衫，人不可以貌相。当的一声，她抛了一大锭银子在柜上，向着那四个老头和那相公一指，叫道：'这几位吃的，都算在我帐上！'你老，你可见过这样阔绰的叫化婆么？” 袁承志越听越急，心想：“温氏四老已经难敌，再遇上何红药，可如何得了？” 店小二越说兴致越好，口沫横飞的道：“哪知他们理也不理，自顾自的饮酒。那老乞婆恼了，叫了一声，一张手，一道白光，直往那拿拐杖的老儿射去。”崔希敏道：“你别瞎扯啦，难道她还真会放飞剑不成？”店小二急道：“我干么瞎扯？虽然不是飞剑，可也是几成儿不离。只见那老儿伸出筷子，叮叮当当一阵响，筷子上套了明晃晃的一串。我偷偷蹩过去一张，嘿，你道是甚么？”崔希敏道：“甚么？”店小二道：“原来是一串指甲套子，都教那老儿用筷子套住啦。我刚喝得一声彩，只听得波的一声，你道是甚么？”崔希敏道：“甚么？”店小二拉着他走到一张桌子旁，道：“你瞧。” 只见那桌子有个小孔，店小二拿起一根筷子插入小孔，刚刚合式，说道：“那老儿提起筷子，就插进了桌面。这手功夫可不含糊吧？我是不会，可不知你老人家会不会。”崔希敏道：“我不会。”店小二道：“原来你老人家也不会，那也不要紧。老乞婆知道敌他不过，一声不吭，怪眼一翻，就奔了出去。后来那青年相公跟着四个老头子一起走了。原来他们是一路，摆好了阵势对付那叫化婆的。” 袁承志问道：“他们向哪里去的？”店小二道：“向西南，去良乡。五个人走了不多会儿，叫化婆又回转来，在墙边钉了这两件怪东西，给了我一块银子，叫我好好侍候这两只毒虫，别让人动了。这几日四下大乱，我们掌柜的说要收铺几日，别做生意。老板娘一定不肯，这才开市，倒让我赚了一笔外快……”他还在唠唠叨叨地说下去，袁承志已抢出门去，跃上马背，叫道：“快追！”
青青自见袁承志把阿九抱回家里，越想越是不对，阿九容貌美丽，己所不及，何况她是公主，自己却是个来历不明的私生女，跟她天差地远，袁承志自是非移情别爱不可。若不是爱上了她，怎会紧紧地抱住了她，回到了家里，在众人之前兀自舍不得放手？后来又听人说道，李自成将阿九赐了给袁承志，权将军刘宗敏喝醋，两个人险些儿便在金殿上争风打架，说到动武打架，又有谁打得过他？自然是他争赢了。崇祯是他的杀父大仇，他念念不忘的要报仇，可是阿九只说得一句要他别杀她爹爹，他立刻就乖乖的听话。“我的言语，他几时这么听从了？只有他来骂我，那才是常事。”思前想后，终于硬起心肠离京，心里伤痛异常，决意把母亲骨灰带到华山之巅与父亲骸骨合葬，然后在父母尸骨之旁图个自尽，想到孑然一身，个郎薄幸，落得如此下场，不禁自伤自怜。 这日在宛平打尖，竟不意与温氏四老及何红药相遇。温方山露了一手内功，何红药自知不敌，径自退开。青青已抱必死之心，倒也并不惊惧，怕的是四老当场把她处死，那么母亲的遗志就不能奉行了，当下念头一转，计谋已生，走到温方达跟前，施了一礼，叫声：“大爷爷！”然后逐一向其余三老见礼。温氏四老见她坦然不惧，倒也颇出意外。 青青笑问：“四位爷爷去哪里？”温方达道：“你去哪里？”青青道：“我跟那姓袁的朋友约好了，在这里会面，哪知他到这时候还没来。” 四老听得袁承志要来，人人都是心头大震，哪敢再有片刻停留？温方义喝道：“跟我们去。”青青假意道：“我要等人呢。”温方义手一伸，已隔衣叩住她手腕，拉出店门，两人共乘一骑。四老尽往荒僻无人之处驰去，眼见离城已远，这才跳下马来。 温方义把青青一摔，推在地下，骂道：“无耻小贱人，今日教你撞在我们手里。” 青青哭道：“四位爷爷，我做错了甚么？你们饶了我，我以后都听你们的话。”温方义骂道：“你还想活命？”擦的一声，拔出一柄匕首。青青哭道：“二爷爷，你要杀我么？”温方悟道：“你这叫是该死！”青青道：“三爷爷，我妈是你亲生女儿，我求你一件事。”温方山铁青着脸，说道：“要活命那是休想！”青青哭道：“我死之后，求你送个信给我那姓袁的朋友，叫他独个儿去找宝贝吧，别等我了。” 四老一听到“找宝贝”三字，心中一震，齐声问道：“甚么？”青青哭道：“我反正是死，这秘密是不能说的。我只求你们送这封信去。”说着从衫上撕下一块衣角，又从怀里针线包内取出一根针来，刺破手指，点了鲜血，在衣角上写起来。四老不住问她找甚么宝贝，她只是不理，写好之后，交给温方山道：“三爷爷，你也不用见他，托人捎去宛平城里刚才咱们相会的那处酒楼，这就得啦！”她虽是做作，但想起袁承志无良心，又不禁流下泪来。 四老见了她伤心欲绝的神情，确非作伪，一齐围观，只见衣角上写道：“今生不能再见，我父重宝，均赠予你，请自往挖取，不必等我。青妹泣白。” 温方义喝道：“甚么宝贝？难道你真知道藏宝的所在？”青青哭道：“我甚么都不知道，反正我说也是死，不说也是死。”温方悟道：“呸，压根儿就没甚么宝贝。你那死鬼父亲骗了我们一场，现在你又想来搞鬼。” 青青垂头不语，暗暗伸手入怀，解开了一对玉蝶的丝绦。这本是铁箱中之物，当售宝变钱之时，她见这对玉蝶精致灵动，就取来系在身上，那是纪念她与袁承志共同得宝之意，十箱珍宝不计其数，也不少了这对小小玉蝶。她突然站起身来，叫道：“这信送不送也由你们了，这就杀了我吧！”只听叮叮两声清脆之音，一对玉蝶落在地下。青青俯身要拾，温方悟已抢先捡了起来。四老数十年为盗，岂有不识宝货之理？见玉蝶如此珍贵，眼都红了。四人心中突突乱跳，齐声喝道：“这是哪里来的？” 青青只是不语。温方山道：“你好好说出来，或者就饶了你一条小命。” 青青道：“就是那批珍宝里的。我和袁大哥照着爹爹留下来的那张地图，挖到了十只铁箱，里面都是珍奇宝物。东西实在太多，带不了，我只捡了这对玉蝶来玩。我们说好，这次要去全都挖了出来，哪知你们……”说着又哭了起来。 四老走到一旁，低声商议。温方达道：“看来宝藏之事倒是不假。”温方义道：“逼她领路去取。”三老都点了点头。温方山道：“先骗她说饶命不杀，等找到宝贝，再来好好整治这小贱人。”温方悟道：“我有个主意：咱们掘出了珍宝，就把这小贱人埋在宝窟之中，等那姓袁的小畜生来掘宝，一掘掘到这个死宝贝，岂不是好？”三老同声大笑，都说：“五弟这主意最高。” 四人商议已毕，兴高采烈的回来威逼青青。青青起先假意不肯，后来装作实在受逼不过，只得说出藏宝之地是在华山之巅。她是要四老带她去华山，找到父亲埋骨的所在，趁他们在荒山中乱挖乱掘之时，自己便可把母亲骨灰和父亲的骸骨合葬一起，然后横剑自刎。哪知她这句谎话一说，四老却更深信不疑。当年温氏五老擒住金蛇郎君，他也是将他们带上华山。宝贝虽没找到，金蛇郎君又突然失踪，但他们脑海之中，却已深印了宝物必在华山的念头。当日张春九和那秃头所以上华山来搜索，也是因此。 当下四老带了青青，连日马不停蹄的赶路，只怕袁承志追到，那时非但宝物得不到手，连四条老命也还难保。 这天来到山西界内，五人奔驰了一日，已是颇为疲累，在一家客店中歇了。温方义人最粗壮，食量最大，一叠声的急叫：“炒菜、筛酒，赶面条儿！”等店伙端了饭菜上来，他就和往常一般，抢先稀里呼噜的吃了起来。三老和青青正要跟着动筷，温方义忽从面汤中挑起一物，惊叫一声，登时直僵僵的不动了。四人大惊，看他所挑起的，赫然是一只极大的黑色蜘蛛。温方达一摸兄弟的手，已无脉搏，脸色发黑，鼻孔里也没气了。 温方悟惊怒交集，抓起店小二往地下猛力一摔，喀喇两声，店小二腿骨立断，晕死了过去。温方山抢出去，一把抓住掌柜的胸口，用筷子挟起蜘蛛，喝道：“好大的胆子，竟敢谋财害命，这是甚么？”那掌柜吓得魂飞天外，连声道：“小店……小店是七十多年的老店，厨房又是干净不过，怎……怎么有这……这东西……”温方山左手在他面颊上一捏，那掌柜下颏跌下，再也合不拢口。温方山手一伸，把蜘蛛塞入了他的口里，片刻之间，那掌柜便即毙命。这时店中已经大乱，温方达右手拿住青青手腕，防她逃走，左手抱起兄弟尸身。方山、方悟两人乒乒乓乓一阵乱打，不分青红皂白，把住客和店伙打死了七八个，随即在客店中放起火来。旁人见他们逞凶，哪敢过来？ 三老将温方义的尸身带到野外葬了，又是悲痛，又是忿怒，猜不透一只蜘蛛怎会如此剧毒。青青见过五毒教的伎俩，寻思：“原来那老乞婆暗中蹑上我们啦。” 次日四人在客店吃饭，逼着店伙先尝几口，等他无事，这才放胆吃喝。 行了数日，一晚客店中忽然人声嘈杂，有人大呼偷马。温方悟起身查看，将到马厩时，黑暗中忽然嗤的一声，一股水箭迎面射来。他急缩身闪避，已然不及，登时喷得满脸都是，只觉奇腥刺鼻，知道不妙。他眼睛已经睁不开来，听声辨形，长鞭挥出，把偷施暗袭之人打得背脊折断。另一人喝道：“老儿还要逞凶！”举斧劈来。温方悟长鞭倒转，将那人连人带斧卷起，用力一挥，那人一头撞在墙上，脑浆迸裂。 温方达、温方山以为区区几个毛贼，兄弟必可料理得了，待得听见温方悟吼叫连连，忙抢出去看时，只见他双手在自己脸上乱抓乱挖，才知不妙。温方达一把将他抱住。温方山纵身出外查看敌踪，一无所见，回进店房时，见兄长抱住了五弟的身体大哭，原来温方悟已然气绝而亡，须眉脸颊，俱已中毒溃烂。 温方达泣道：“二十年前，那金蛇恶贼从我们手里逃了出去，那时他筋脉已断，成为废人，身边毒药也早给我们搜出，可是崆峒派的两位道兄却身中剧毒而亡，莫非当时就是五毒教救了他……”温方山道：“不错，原来五毒教暗中在跟咱们作对。这次大家同受曹化淳之聘，图谋大事，眼见已然成功，那五毒教教主何铁手突然反脸，以致功败垂成。直到现在，我仍不知是甚么缘故。”温方达沉思片刻，忽地跳了起来，叫道：“金蛇恶贼所用毒药如此厉害，看来他就是五毒教的？”温方山恍然大悟，说道：“必是如此。” 两人想到当年金蛇郎君来石梁报仇的狠毒，不觉栗栗危惧，当下把温方悟的尸身埋葬了，商量了半天，决心先上华山，掘到宝藏之后，再找五毒教报仇，只是害怕他们暗中加害，不但饮食特别小心，晚上连客店也不敢住了。 这天两兄弟带了青青，宿在一座古庙的破殿之中。温方达年纪虽老，仍具神力，搬了两只大石臼，一只撑住前门，一只撑住后门，方才安心睡觉。睡到中夜，佛像之后忽然悉悉数声，两人登时醒觉，只当是老鼠，也不以为意。 温方山朦胧间正要再睡，忽然鼻管中钻入一缕异香，顿觉身心舒泰，快美异常，全身飘飘荡荡的似乎神游太虚，置身极乐。他心神一荡，立即醒悟，大叫一声，跳了起来。 温方达虽然事起仓卒，但究是数十年的老江湖，见机极快，拉住青青的手，提着她跃上了供桌。星光熹微下，只见温方山手舞钢杖，使得呼呼风响，蓦地里震天价一声巨响，佛像被钢杖打去了一截。佛像后面跃出两名黄衣童子，一人使刀向温方山攻去，另一人手执喷筒，又要喷射毒雾。温方达手一扬，波波两声，两支袖箭当场把两名童子穿胸钉死。温方山并不住手，仍在乱舞乱打。 温方达叫道：“三弟，没敌人啦！”温方山竟是充耳不闻，他神智已为毒雾所迷，钢杖越使越急。温方达瞧出不对，抢上去要夺他兵刃。温方山把钢杖舞成一团银光，急切间哪里抢得入去？突然间温方山大叫一声，杖柄倒转，杖顶龙头撞在自己胸前，鲜血直喷，双脚一挺，眼见活不了。 青青见三位爷爷数日之内都被五毒教害死，温方山是她亲外公，向来待她比别的四位爷爷都好些，这时不禁洒了几点眼泪。温方达一声不响，把温方山的尸身抱出去葬了，在坟前拜了几拜，对青青道：“走吧！”青青不敢违拗，只得陪着他连夜赶路。 温方达一路防备更加周密。入陕西境后，曾有一名红衣童子挨近他身边，被他手起一掌，登时震破了天灵盖。青青见了他铁青了脸，越来越是乖戾，连话也不敢多说一句。 这日快到华山脚下，两人赶了半天路，很是口渴，在一座凉亭中歇足饮水，让马匹凉一凉汗。只见一名乡农走进亭来，打着陕西土腔问道：“这位是温老爷子吧？”温方达喝道：“你要干甚么？”那乡农道：“刚才有人给了我两吊钱，叫我送信来给你。”温方达道：“那人呢？”乡农道：“他已骑马走了。” 温方达怕有诡计，命青青取信拆开，见无异状，才接过信笺，只见共有三页，第一页上写道：“温老大：你三个兄弟因何而死，欲知详情，可看下页。”温方达骂道：“他奶奶的！”忙展第二页观看，几页信纸急切间却揭不开来。他伸手入嘴，沾了些唾液，翻开第二页来，见笺上写道：“你死期也已到了，如果不信，再看第三页。”温方达愈怒，随手又在嘴中一湿，揭开第三页，只见笺上画了一条大蜈蚣，一个骷髅头，再无字迹。气恼中把纸笺往地下一掷，忽觉右手食指与舌头上似
When I returned to Zhengtiaozi Hutong, as soon as I entered the alley, I heard the sound of weapons clashing, shouting and scolding, and then I saw dozens of intruders rushing out with weapons in their hands.Yuan Chengzhi thought to himself: "What are these many intruders doing here?" He quickened his pace and walked to the door. Running around.Yuan Chengzhi shouted: "Stop, stop! They are all our own!" He Tishou called: "Master." He stepped aside. All the intruders suddenly saw that there was a way to escape, and swarmed out.An officer rushed to Yuan Chengzhi, stunned, and said, "You... aren't you also under our king?" Yuan Chengzhi said: "Exactly. Everyone misunderstood, brother." The officer was angrily Said: "Misunderstanding! Hmph, look, your apprentice has killed many of our brothers." He pointed to the seven or eight corpses in the ground. Tie Luohan rushed out and cursed: "Fuck your mother! As soon as you entered the house, you stretched out your hands to grab things, and said that you would not pay the gold and silver, so you set fire to the house. When you saw Miss He's beauty, you immediately moved and said She's a spy, and she's going to be taken away. You bastards, what's the difference between you and the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty?" As he spoke, he punched out, and with a bang, the officer was sent flying straight away. Yuan Chengzhi walked into the hall.Cheng Qingzhu, Hu Guinan and others angrily recounted what they saw in the city, saying that after the intruders entered the city, they occupied houses, raped and looted, and did everything.Yuan Chengzhi was surprised, and said: "This way, the hearts of the people are greatly lost. I saw the king shoot three arrows at the top of the city, and killing and looting is strictly prohibited. The king must not know about it. I will report it now and ask him to order a ban." " Cheng Qingzhu persuaded: "Leader, many of King Chuang's subordinates were originally thieves. When they come to the capital of the emperor, how can they not be presumptuous? Let's talk to the king after a few days. "Yuan Chengzhi said: "No, in a few days, the people in Beijing will suffer from them. Saving the people is like putting out a fire, how can we wait?" While talking, suddenly there was a loud shout outside.Yuan Chengzhi was taken aback, and ran to the door, only to see countless people crowding at the exit of Zhengtiaozi Hutong.The officer who was beaten away by Tie Luohan before was riding on a horse, holding a big knife in his hand, and shouted: "Yuan Chengzhi, General Quan told you to speak." Yuan Chengzhi said: "Did it really be General Quan's order?" A command arrow, said: "Here is the command arrow of the powerful general." Yuan Chengzhi thought to himself: "If I don't go, I will hurt the friendship between brothers. When I see General Quan, I can just persuade him to restrain his subordinates and not to do anything wrong." He nodded and said, "Okay! I will go with you." Then The officer shouted: "Tie it up!" Then seven or eight soldiers rushed forward and took out the ropes to tie them up.Yuan Chengzhi smiled slightly, but did not resist, with his backhand behind his back, letting him be bound.Tie Luohan, Sha Tianguang and others shouted in unison: "Who dares to do it?" They rushed forward and wanted to beat people.Yuan Chengzhi yelled: "Everyone, don't be rough. I can tell the truth when I see General Quan." The officer pointed to He Tishou and said, "This person is the princess of Emperor Chongzhen, who lost her hand. General Quan wanted this person and took her away." All the soldiers rushed towards He Tishou. He Ti swiped the golden hook to prevent the soldiers from approaching, and asked with a smile: "What does General Quan want me to do?" The officer said: "General Quan's contribution to breaking Beijing is the first. Chongzhen's princess naturally belongs to General Quan." .Come here obediently, you will be rich and honored in your life, and you can enjoy it forever.” He Tishou laughed and said, “That would be wonderful. What if I don’t want to go with you?” The officer shouted, “How can there be so many Take me with you!" He Tishou shouted, "Master, that General Quan is going to snatch me to be his concubine. Do you think I will go or not?" It was difficult for Yuan Chengzhi to answer.But I saw several soldiers rushing up to defend He Ti.He Tishou just giggled coquettishly, and didn't move. Suddenly, the soldiers pulling her fell on their backs, and with a slight twist, they were all killed.It turns out that He Tishou's clothes are full of poison.The officer was shocked, and shouted: "Rebellion, rebellion. Remnants of the previous Ming Dynasty, resisting the rebels, kill!" Swords and guns were raised, and they chopped off the heads of Tie Luohan and others. With the heroes at this point, how can there be any reason to stand still and wait for death?Grab the knife and gun, fight back, and fight for a while, the officers and soldiers of the intruding army were in a mess, huddled in the alley, unable to advance or retreat. Yuan Chengzhi shouted: "Go and report back to General Quan, and everyone will go to the king together to distinguish right from wrong." With a shake of his arms, the rope tied to his wrist broke immediately, and he jumped up, grabbing the two officers with both hands, Pulling off the horse, he shouted: "The officials keep it, and the soldiers go back to the camp." Seeing that the officer was captured, all the soldiers dared not fight any more, and pushed away. Yuan Chengzhi sighed, shook his head, and ordered Hu Guinan and Hong Shenghai to detain two officers and go to see Li Zicheng.
When I entered the palace, I saw that there was a grand banquet in the palace. Li Zicheng was feasting the generals, silk and bamboo were full of ears, and the price of wine and meat was sent to the generals.Li Zicheng was slightly drunk, and when he saw Yuan Chengzhi, he said happily, "Okay, Yuan Chengzhi, come over and have a drink too!" Yuan Chengzhi bowed and said, "Yes!" He approached and took the glass in Li Zicheng's hand, and drank it all . A general sitting on the left side of Li Zicheng Huo Di stood up and shouted: "Yuan Chengzhi, you are so courageous. Whose power do you rely on to kill my subordinates?" Yuan Chengzhi saw this man with a thick beard and a rough expression. , I thought it was General Quan Liu Zongmin, and said, "Is this General Quan?" The man said, "Exactly. Your Majesty just named you a little General Guoyi, so you don't take my General Quan seriously." How dare you kill my subordinates!" As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to grab the handle of the knife, pulled out half of the knife, and put the knife back into its sheath with a snap.In an instant, hundreds of people in the hall were silent. Yuan Chengzhi said: "When the king entered the city, there was an order that anyone who killed or wounded the people, raped and plundered, beheaded them all. I saw that my brothers in the army were torturing and killing the people, so I took action to stop them. I did not intend to offend them. Please forgive me, General Quan. " Liu Zongmin sneered and said: "This world is the king's world, it is the world that our old brothers fought from death to life, from the forest of knives, mountains and spears. We can fight the country, can't we sit on the country? You come to please the people and collect People's hearts, what is the intention?" Yuan Chengzhi said: "The king said just now that he himself is a common man." Liu Zongmin laughed and said: "When the king conquered the country, he was a common man. Today he won the world and sat in the Dragon Court. He is the real man, are you still an ordinary person? You kid is talking nonsense." Yuan Chengzhi remained silent. Li Zicheng smiled and said: "Okay, okay! My brothers, don't hurt your friendship over these trivial matters. Come on, come on, you two have a toast. Zong Min, I know that you are only jealous because Yuan Chengzhi won the princess. There are as many beauties as you want in the palace, and you can pick them yourself later." Liu Zongmin said: "Your Majesty, there is only one princess in Chongzhen." Li Zicheng smiled to Yuan Chengzhi: "He wants your princess, so you can choose it." For my sake, give it up to him. You are all ministers, harmony is the most important thing." When Yuan Chengzhi heard it, he couldn't help being stunned, feeling lost in his heart, let go of his hand, and the wine glass fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.Li Zicheng said angrily: "Even if you don't want to, you don't have to lose your temper with me." Yuan Chengzhi was startled, and quickly bowed and said: "Subordinates dare not." Suddenly heard the sound of silk and bamboo, several officers came up to the hall with a woman in their arms.The woman prostrated herself to Li Zicheng, and after she stood up, the candlelight shone on her face, and everyone said "Oh" in unison. Since Yuan Chengzhi practiced the Hunyuan Kungfu, his spirit has been extremely stable. Although he and Ah Jiu shared the same quilt, he did not behave indecently, but when he saw this woman at this moment, he couldn't help but move in his heart: "There are such beautiful people in the world! woman!" The woman's eyes flicked across everyone's faces, and everyone felt as if they were immersed in warm water when they touched her eyes, and they were indescribably comfortable.She could only hear her whispering and saying: "The concubine Chen Yuanyuan pays homage to the king, may the king live long, long live, long live." Li Zicheng laughed loudly and said, "What a beautiful lady!" Liu Zongmin said, "Your Majesty, I don't want the princess of Chongzhen, even the young general. Give me this lady." Niu Jinxing said: "Liu General, this Chen Yuanyuan is the concubine of Wu Sangui, the commander-in-chief guarding the Shanhai Pass, and she is known as the most beautiful woman in the world. The king specially summoned her, how can I give it to you?" Liu Zongmin heard that Li Zicheng wanted it himself, so he dared not say any more, and stared intently. Chen Yuanyuan groaned and swallowed a big mouthful of saliva. There was silence in the Huangji Hall for a while, and suddenly there was a clang, and someone's wine glass fell to the ground, and then another clang, clang, and another wine glass fell to the ground.Li Zicheng was very annoyed when Yuan Chengzhi's wine glass fell to the ground just now. At this moment, everyone was looking at Chen Yuanyuan's beauty, but no one noticed anything else. Suddenly, a young general who was sitting at the bottom let out a low voice, crawled on the ground, and hugged Chen Yuanyuan's leg.Chen Yuanyuan screamed and avoided it.A general over there shouted: "It's hot, it's hot!" With a chirp, he tore his shirt open.Another general shouted: "Beauty, if you drink this glass of wine in my hand, I will be willing to die!" Holding the glass, he brought it to Chen Yuanyuan's lips. For a moment, people's hearts fluttered, and all the experienced warriors in the hall were fascinated by Chen Yuanyuan's beauty. Yuan Chengzhi only watched and shook his head secretly, and was about to leave the hall, when Li Yan shouted loudly: "Before the king drives, brothers must not be rude." A general laughed and said: "I stretch out a little finger, Touch the beauty's snow-white face, it doesn't matter!" He stretched out his fingers and walked towards Chen Yuanyuan step by step. Li Zicheng shouted: "Send the beauty to the harem. Song Xiance, you lead soldiers to guard." Song Xiance agreed and led Chen Yuanyuan inside. Dozens of officers swarmed over together, vying to take another look, until Chen Yuanyuan's back was no longer visible, and then slowly returned to their seats reluctantly.One person raised his nose and sniffed furiously, and said: "The fragrance of a beauty is also cultivated in a previous life." One person said: "This is not a human being, it was transformed by a fox spirit, and the king cannot accept it." The other person said: "Even if it is Ogre, I just need to hug her and feed her right away, and she will be very happy." Li Zicheng drank one sip at a time, with a look of joy on his face, he didn't pay attention to the ugliness of the generals. Li Yan walked up a few steps and said: "Your Majesty, Wu Sangui has 40,000 elite soldiers and 80,000 Liao people in Shanhaiguan. They are all capable of fighting. Since your majesty has sent someone to surrender, let him return his concubine. In the mansion, take peace of mind." Liu Zongmin sneered and said, "Wu Sangui has 40,000 soldiers and horses, what is there to use? There are more than 100,000 officers and soldiers in Chongzhen in Beijing. They met us, and it's not Xi Lihua's brain. It's all broken." Li Zicheng nodded and said, "Wu Sangui is a trivial matter, don't take it to heart. If he surrenders, he knows what's good and what's wrong. Otherwise, the job is easy to catch? Is Wu Sangui better than Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji?" Li Yan said: "Although Your Majesty has won Beijing, Jiangnan has not yet been settled..." Li Zicheng waved his hand and said, "Drink everyone, drink alcohol! This is not the time to talk about important national affairs." Li Yan could only say: "Yes." He stepped back and sat down Beside Yuan Chengzhi, he said in a low voice: "Be careful in everything, and you must prevent General Quan from harming you." Yuan Chengzhi nodded. I saw Li Zicheng drank a few glasses of wine, and said loudly: "Let's leave, everyone, haha, haha!" He kicked over the table with a flying kick, turned around and entered.All the generals dispersed.
Yuan Chengzhi followed Li Yan out of the palace, met Hu Guinan and Hong Shenghai outside the palace gate, and ordered the two officers to be released. As soon as the four of them turned a street, they saw dozens of trespassers looting a mansion, dragging two young women out.The two women just cried and struggled, refusing to leave.Li Yan was furious and ordered his subordinates to come forward and ask questions.Seeing the arrival of the controlling general, all the intruders shouted, left the women's belongings and fled. Along the way, you can only hear the soldiers shouting and laughing, and the people crying and mourning everywhere.In the streets and alleys, soldiers and soldiers galloped to and fro, some with their belongings on their backs, and some walked openly with women in their arms.Seeing that Li Yan couldn't help but couldn't hold it, he could only sigh. Yuan Chengzhi originally hoped that after Li Zicheng won the world, he would be happy to see peace and the people live and work in peace and contentment, but seeing the words and deeds of Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin today, and seeing the tragic situation of soldiers looting all over the city, what is better than Chongzhen's reign?Full of longing, suddenly vanished. After walking a few more steps, I saw several corpses lying on the ground, two female corpses were completely naked.The wounds on the bodies of all the corpses continued to bleed.Yuan Chengzhi couldn't bear it anymore at this time, took Li Yan's hand, and said: "Brother, you said that King Chuang avenged justice for the people, vented his anger for the people, is that it?" cry. Li Yan was also full of grief and indignation, and said: "I'm going to see the king right now, and ask him to order to stop the robbery immediately." He pulled Yuan Chengzhi up, returned to the palace, and told the guards that there was something urgent to see King Chuang. The guard reported to go in, and after a while, he came out and said: "General Zhi, the king is already asleep, and no one dares to disturb you. Please come tomorrow, general." Li Yan said: "I have followed the king for many years. If I have something to see, the king will meet him in the middle of the night. You go and report it again." The guard went in for a while, and when he came out, his face was full of panic, and he said in a trembling voice: "The king lost his temper and said that if the villain continues to talk, he will cut off my head immediately." Li Yan said: "Okay, I'll wait here, and see you when the king wakes up." He said to Yuan Chengzhi, "Brother, go back and rest first." Yuan Chengzhi said, "I'm here to accompany the elder brother." People go back first, so as not to miss Qingqing and others. The two of them waited until the sky was bright, only to see a guard come out from the inner palace and said: "Your Majesty has summoned you." The two followed him to a room, and the guard went out.After waiting for more than two hours, seeing that noon had passed, Li Zicheng still did not come out.The two of you looked at me and I looked at you, both very anxious. Seeing that the sun was setting to the west, and it was late, Song Xiance suddenly pushed the door open and came in, saying, "General Li, General Yuan, why are you two here?" Until this time, Your Majesty has not come out." Song Xiance sighed, and said in a low voice: "This morning, Your Majesty summoned all the generals for a meeting, but made the two of you wait here." Li Yan said in surprise: "But How?" Song Xiance said: "That guy Niu Jinxing keeps talking bad about you and me in front of the king." Li Yan said angrily, "You and I are acting upright, sitting upright, what bad things are there to say? " Song Xiance said: "When the king was in Henan, people's hearts were not attached to him. At that time, I thought of a plan and made up a prophecy, saying that it was 'Eighteen children are the master of the gods', so that people spread it everywhere. Eighteen children, put it together It's the word "Li", which means that the king should have the world. Foolish men and women thought that the king's destiny was at stake, and everyone came to join him, and our momentum suddenly became louder. Do you still remember, General Li?" Li Yan said: "Why don't you remember? I wrote nursery rhymes, and you wrote prophecies, which shook people's hearts in the Ming Dynasty, but they also have some credit." Song Xiance shook his head and said, "Niu Jinxing slandered the king, saying that 'eighteen children are the master of artifacts', isn't it? It refers to the king, but you, General Li!" Li Yan's heart was shaken and he stood up immediately.He knew that the most taboo thing the emperor ever had was someone coveting his throne.The reason why the founding lords of the past dynasties slaughtered heroes, such as Han Gaozu, Ming Taizu, etc., was because they were afraid that they would seek to usurp the throne. If Li Zicheng believed this sentence, it would be terrible, and he couldn't help trembling. : "This... this... this..." Song Xiance said: "Your majesty is wise, you may not believe it, and you don't have to worry about the general. However, at the meeting of generals today, Generals Liu, Zhang, Gu, and Luo, all of them said that the general himself was Ming Qinggao, looked down on the friendly army, said that their subordinates borrowed houses, borrowed a few taels of silver from the common people, and said a few words to the aunts and daughters, and the general's subordinates went to shout and interfere. But Niu Jinxing said, the general is not self-satisfied Noble, but to collect people's hearts and have great ambitions." Li Yan was so angry that he couldn't speak, his face turned pale, and he sat down heavily in the chair with a thud. Song Xiance said: "I argued a few words for the general, and all the generals scolded me, short man Song, who is three points like a human, seven points like a ghost, and the most nonsense. I couldn't get angry, so I came out and listened to the gate of the palace. The guard said that the two generals are here, so come and have a look. The king is not happy at the moment, and you two don't have to wait." Li Yan clasped his hands and said, "Thank you so much for seeing the love of Song's military division. My brothers are very grateful." Song Xiance sighed: "Although we have conquered Beijing, Jiangnan has not been peaceful, Wu Sangui has not surrendered, and the Manchurian Tartars are staring at us, which is a big hidden worry. But today's general meeting, in addition to arranging the generals, is to discuss how to torture the high-ranking officials and wealthy families who surrendered in the Ming Dynasty, and ask them to donate gold, silver and treasures. Alas, the vision of those who achieve great things is too small It's over." The three of them sighed to each other and left the palace to say goodbye. After hearing Song Xiance's words, Yuan Chengzhi saw that although he was less than three feet tall, shaped like a monkey, and ugly in appearance, he was very knowledgeable in speaking, and said, "Brother, this Song army teacher is really a talent." Li Yan said: " He is very resourceful and resourceful. It’s just that the king loves to listen to Niu Jinxing’s words, and he doesn’t want to reuse the Song army division. In fact, many of the king’s strategies for attacking cities and plundering land are all based on the Song army division’s ideas.” The two walked hand in hand silently and walked hundreds of steps. Li Yan said: "Brother, although your majesty already has doubts about me, he is loyal to his ministers and righteous to his friends. I will never see your great career ruined and keep silent. You don't have to be angry in the court." Yuan Chengzhi said: "That's right. Brothers can't be officials. The eldest brother said that day, after the completion of the work, you and I will live in seclusion in the mountains, drinking and talking for a long time. Why don't you just resign and resign, so as not to become a thorn in the eyes of others? Li Yan said: "Your Majesty, there are still many important things to do in front of you. I must flatten the south of the Yangtze River and rule the world before I can retire. Your Majesty has treated me very well in the past. Seeing that his future is in danger, it is I who will do my best and repay him with my death." At that time. I don’t care about rumors from villains.” The two walked hand in hand for a while, only to see flames shooting up into the sky from the northwest corner, it was expected that the Chuang army was burning the houses again.Li Yan and Yuan Chengzhi have seen a lot in the past few days, and they shook their heads and sighed at each other.In the twilight, I suddenly heard someone playing the huqin in the alley ahead, and an old and hoarse voice sang, listening to him sing: "No official is a light body. Accompanying the emperor and the tiger has been said in ancient times. Going home is a blessing for three lives. When the birds are gone, the bows are hidden and the lackeys cook..." I saw an old blind man coming out of the alley, walking slowly, singing by himself, and then sang: "The meritorious service of the sons and daughters is high, and the king of Wu is forbidden, and the literary genre destroys Wu's body. It is a pity that Huaiyin's life is left behind, and Wu Mu's name is left empty. Who is as great as General Xu? Liu Bowen is counted by magic tricks, but it can't be counted: the emperor of tomorrow will sit in the Dragon Court, and the civil and military heroes will return to Yin. So go up, hurry back and escape from death; therefore go up, hurry back to escape from death..." Hearing this, Li Yan was very touched, and thought: "The founding heroes of the Ming Dynasty, Xu Da, Liu Ji and others were all killed by the Taizu. This blind man also knows that the dynasty has changed, otherwise how dare he sing this song?" Look at this blind man Dressed in rags, he is a singer, but when everyone is unable to protect themselves, who is willing to pay for the music?Just listen to him go on singing: "The king made a decree to capture the hero, surrounded by swords and tied with ropes. His flesh trembled and his heart trembled. If he couldn't do it, he would throw himself into the river and jump into the well. If he didn't regret it, he would swindle his death in the first place. Today's ray of heroic soul, yesterday The Great Wall of China...” As he sang, he strolled past Li Yan and Yuan Chengzhi, and turned into another alley. The singing gradually faded away, indescribably desolate.
Yuan Chengzhi was in a depressed mood, and when he returned to his residence, he saw a person sitting in the hall.As soon as the man saw Yuan Chengzhi, he rushed to the entrance of the hall and shouted: "Little uncle, you are back." The man in rough clothes and grass shoes, with a long knife in his back, was Cui Ximin, Cui Qiushan's nephew.Yuan Chengzhi said happily: "You are here too. What's the matter?" Cui Ximin took out a letter from his side and presented it with both hands. Yuan Chengzhi saw the words "Words to all disciples" written on the cover, and he recognized the master's handwriting. He bowed first, then took it respectfully, took out the letter paper, and saw the letter read: "My Huashan sect has always had a school rule that it is not allowed to serve as an official in the court. Now that the king of Chuang has achieved his great cause, the disciples of our sect will retire after success. On the eve of the full moon in April, they will gather at the top of Huashan." Signed below is " Clear" word. Yuan Chengzhi said: "Ah, it's less than a month before the meeting, and we have to leave." Cui Ximin said: "Exactly, my uncle, Mrs. An, and Xiaohui are going too." Yuan Chengzhi went in and told everyone, but he didn't see Qingqing, and asked Jiao Wan'er, "Where is Miss Xia?" Jiao Wan'er said: "I haven't seen her for a while, I'll go and see!" Yuan Chengzhi said: "I'll call her. "Walking outside Qingqing's room, flicked on the door a few times, and said, "Brother Qing, it's me." There was no sound in the room, and after waiting for a while, he tapped on the door lightly, but there was still no response. Yuan Chengzhi pushed the door, but the door was not locked. Looking inside, he saw that there was nothing in the room. When he entered the room, he couldn't help being stunned. It turned out that her clothes, long sword and other things were gone, and even her mother His urn was also taken away, and it seems that he has traveled far away.Yuan Chengzhi was in a hurry, searched everywhere, and found a note under her pillow, which read: "Since there are golden branches and jade leaves, why do I need ordinary people?" Yuan Chengzhi stared blankly at the note for a while, with a lot of thoughts in his mind, not knowing what to do, and thought to himself: "I treat her with sincerity, but she is always narrow-minded and suspicious of me everywhere. A man is a man who acts openly and aboveboard. , but seek peace of mind. We go from death to life in the forest of knives, mountains and spears every day, how can we take care of all kinds of suspicions? Young brother, young brother, you really don’t know my heart.” Thinking of this, I couldn’t help but Feeling sad, she thought again: "The last time she ran away in anger, she almost slipped into the hands of foreign soldiers. Now the soldiers are in chaos, but she doesn't know where she is?" He sat on the bed blankly, very depressed.Jiao Wan'er walked into the room gently, and was not surprised to see him as if he had lost his mind.After everyone heard the news, they all rushed into the room, chattering, some consoling, some giving advice. Although Jiao Wan'er was young, she was the most certain about things, and she said immediately: "Yuan Xianggong, it's useless to be anxious. Miss Xia is a martial artist, who would dare to bully her? Well, your meeting is coming soon, or you and dumb uncle, He My sister and I went to Mount Hua together. Uncle Cheng and I stayed here to take care of Sister Ajiu. Uncle Sha, Teacher Tie, Uncle Hu and our Golden Dragon Gang, everyone went out to find Miss Xia, and then spread the Jianghu token, and ordered seven Provincial heroes will help her to search for her. After finding her, immediately accompany her to Mount Hua to meet her." Yuan Chengzhi nodded again and again, and said: "Miss Jiao has a very high idea, so let's do it like this. Old Master Cheng and Miss Jiao had better accompany the princess out of Beijing to avoid it. It's not safe to stay in Beijing. Ti Shou hasn't officially entered our door yet.待我禀明师父之后再说。这一次不必同上华山了。”何惕守眼睛一溜，正想求恳，忽想青青也曾有疑己之意，和袁承志同行只怕不甚妥当，当下微微一笑，也就不言语了，寻思：“你不让我去华山，我偏偏自己来。”她做惯了邪教教主，近来虽已大为收敛，毕竟野性未除，也不理袁承志的吩咐，只管筹划自行上华山拜见祖师的事。 袁承志安排已毕，次日向闯王与义兄李岩辞别。李自成眼见留他不住，便赏赐了许多大内珍宝。袁承志要待推辞，李岩连使眼色，袁承志只得谢过受了。 李岩送出宫门，叹道：“兄弟，你功成身退，那是最好不过……”说着神色黯然。 袁承志道：“大哥你多多保重。如有危难，小弟虽在万里之外，一得讯息，也必星夜赶来。”两人洒泪而别。
当日下午，袁承志与哑巴、崔秋山、崔希敏、安大娘、安小慧、洪胜海六人取道向西，往华山进发。各人乘坐的都是骏马，脚程极快，不多时已到了宛平。 众人进饭店打尖，用完饭正要上马，洪胜海瞥眼间忽见墙角里有一只蝎子、一条蜈蚣，都用铁钉钉在墙脚。他微觉奇怪，轻扯袁承志的衣服。袁承志凝眼一看，点了点头，心想这必与五毒教有关，可惜何惕守没同来，不知这两个记号是甚么意思。 洪胜海借故与店小二攀谈了几句，淡淡的道：“那墙脚下的两件毒物，倒有些古怪。”店小二笑道：“要不是我收了银子，真要把这两样鬼东西丢了。烦死人！”他一面说一面扳手指，笑道：“两天不到，问起这劳甚子的，连你达官爷不知是第十几位了。”洪胜海忙问：“是谁钉的？”店小二道：“便是那个老乞婆啊！”洪胜海向袁承志望了一眼，问道：“是哪些人问过呢？”说着拿了块碎银子塞在店小二手里。 店小二口中推辞，伸手接了银子，笑道：“不是叫化丐头，就是光棍混混儿，哪知道你达官爷也问这个……嘿嘿，可叫你老人家破费啦。” 袁承志插口道：“那老乞婆钉毒物之时，还有谁在一旁吗？”店小二道：“那天的事也真透着希奇，先是一个青年标致相公独个儿来喝酒……”袁承志急问：“多大年纪？怎等打扮？”店小二道：“瞧模样儿比你相公还小着几岁，生得这么俊，我还道是唱小旦的戏子儿呢，后来见他腰里带着把宝剑，那可就不知是甚么路数了。他好似家里死了人似的，愁眉苦脸，喝喝酒，眼圈儿就红了，真叫人瞧着心里直疼……”众人知道这必是青青无疑。崔希敏怒道：“你别口里不干不净的。”店小二吓了一跳，抹了抹桌子，道：“爷们要上道了么？”袁承志道：“后来怎样？”店小二望了崔希敏一眼，说道：“那青年相公喝了一会酒，忽然楼梯上脚步响，上来了一位老爷子，别瞧他头发胡子白得银子一般，可真透着精神，手里提着一根龙头拐杖，腾的一声，往地下一登，桌上的碗儿盏儿便都跳了起来。” 袁承志心中大急：“温方山那老儿和她遇上了，青弟怎能逃出他的毒手？” 店小二又道：“那老爷子坐了下来，要了酒菜。他刚坐定，又上来一位老爷子。那真叫古怪，前前后后一共来了四个，都是白头发、白胡子、红脸孔，倒像是一个模子里浇出来的一般，要找这四个一模一样的老爷子，那真是不容易得紧了。这四人有的拿着一对短戟，有的拿着一根皮鞭。他们谁也不望谁，各自开了一张桌子，四个老儿把那位年轻相公围在中间。我越瞧越透着邪门，再过一会儿，那老乞婆就来啦。掌柜的要赶她出去，哪知当地一声，嘿，你道甚么？”崔希敏忙问：“甚么？”店小二道：“这叫做财神爷爷着烂衫，人不可以貌相。当的一声，她抛了一大锭银子在柜上，向着那四个老头和那相公一指，叫道：'这几位吃的，都算在我帐上！'你老，你可见过这样阔绰的叫化婆么？” 袁承志越听越急，心想：“温氏四老已经难敌，再遇上何红药，可如何得了？” 店小二越说兴致越好，口沫横飞的道：“哪知他们理也不理，自顾自的饮酒。那老乞婆恼了，叫了一声，一张手，一道白光，直往那拿拐杖的老儿射去。”崔希敏道：“你别瞎扯啦，难道她还真会放飞剑不成？”店小二急道：“我干么瞎扯？虽然不是飞剑，可也是几成儿不离。只见那老儿伸出筷子，叮叮当当一阵响，筷子上套了明晃晃的一串。我偷偷蹩过去一张，嘿，你道是甚么？”崔希敏道：“甚么？”店小二道：“原来是一串指甲套子，都教那老儿用筷子套住啦。我刚喝得一声彩，只听得波的一声，你道是甚么？”崔希敏道：“甚么？”店小二拉着他走到一张桌子旁，道：“你瞧。” 只见那桌子有个小孔，店小二拿起一根筷子插入小孔，刚刚合式，说道：“那老儿提起筷子，就插进了桌面。这手功夫可不含糊吧？我是不会，可不知你老人家会不会。”崔希敏道：“我不会。”店小二道：“原来你老人家也不会，那也不要紧。老乞婆知道敌他不过，一声不吭，怪眼一翻，就奔了出去。后来那青年相公跟着四个老头子一起走了。原来他们是一路，摆好了阵势对付那叫化婆的。” 袁承志问道：“他们向哪里去的？”店小二道：“向西南，去良乡。五个人走了不多会儿，叫化婆又回转来，在墙边钉了这两件怪东西，给了我一块银子，叫我好好侍候这两只毒虫，别让人动了。这几日四下大乱，我们掌柜的说要收铺几日，别做生意。老板娘一定不肯，这才开市，倒让我赚了一笔外快……”他还在唠唠叨叨地说下去，袁承志已抢出门去，跃上马背，叫道：“快追！”
青青自见袁承志把阿九抱回家里，越想越是不对，阿九容貌美丽，己所不及，何况她是公主，自己却是个来历不明的私生女，跟她天差地远，袁承志自是非移情别爱不可。若不是爱上了她，怎会紧紧地抱住了她，回到了家里，在众人之前兀自舍不得放手？后来又听人说道，李自成将阿九赐了给袁承志，权将军刘宗敏喝醋，两个人险些儿便在金殿上争风打架，说到动武打架，又有谁打得过他？自然是他争赢了。崇祯是他的杀父大仇，他念念不忘的要报仇，可是阿九只说得一句要他别杀她爹爹，他立刻就乖乖的听话。“我的言语，他几时这么听从了？只有他来骂我，那才是常事。”思前想后，终于硬起心肠离京，心里伤痛异常，决意把母亲骨灰带到华山之巅与父亲骸骨合葬，然后在父母尸骨之旁图个自尽，想到孑然一身，个郎薄幸，落得如此下场，不禁自伤自怜。 这日在宛平打尖，竟不意与温氏四老及何红药相遇。温方山露了一手内功，何红药自知不敌，径自退开。青青已抱必死之心，倒也并不惊惧，怕的是四老当场把她处死，那么母亲的遗志就不能奉行了，当下念头一转，计谋已生，走到温方达跟前，施了一礼，叫声：“大爷爷！”然后逐一向其余三老见礼。温氏四老见她坦然不惧，倒也颇出意外。 青青笑问：“四位爷爷去哪里？”温方达道：“你去哪里？”青青道：“我跟那姓袁的朋友约好了，在这里会面，哪知他到这时候还没来。” 四老听得袁承志要来，人人都是心头大震，哪敢再有片刻停留？温方义喝道：“跟我们去。”青青假意道：“我要等人呢。”温方义手一伸，已隔衣叩住她手腕，拉出店门，两人共乘一骑。四老尽往荒僻无人之处驰去，眼见离城已远，这才跳下马来。 温方义把青青一摔，推在地下，骂道：“无耻小贱人，今日教你撞在我们手里。” 青青哭道：“四位爷爷，我做错了甚么？你们饶了我，我以后都听你们的话。”温方义骂道：“你还想活命？”擦的一声，拔出一柄匕首。青青哭道：“二爷爷，你要杀我么？”温方悟道：“你这叫是该死！”青青道：“三爷爷，我妈是你亲生女儿，我求你一件事。”温方山铁青着脸，说道：“要活命那是休想！”青青哭道：“我死之后，求你送个信给我那姓袁的朋友，叫他独个儿去找宝贝吧，别等我了。” 四老一听到“找宝贝”三字，心中一震，齐声问道：“甚么？”青青哭道：“我反正是死，这秘密是不能说的。我只求你们送这封信去。”说着从衫上撕下一块衣角，又从怀里针线包内取出一根针来，刺破手指，点了鲜血，在衣角上写起来。四老不住问她找甚么宝贝，她只是不理，写好之后，交给温方山道：“三爷爷，你也不用见他，托人捎去宛平城里刚才咱们相会的那处酒楼，这就得啦！”她虽是做作，但想起袁承志无良心，又不禁流下泪来。 四老见了她伤心欲绝的神情，确非作伪，一齐围观，只见衣角上写道：“今生不能再见，我父重宝，均赠予你，请自往挖取，不必等我。青妹泣白。” 温方义喝道：“甚么宝贝？难道你真知道藏宝的所在？”青青哭道：“我甚么都不知道，反正我说也是死，不说也是死。”温方悟道：“呸，压根儿就没甚么宝贝。你那死鬼父亲骗了我们一场，现在你又想来搞鬼。” 青青垂头不语，暗暗伸手入怀，解开了一对玉蝶的丝绦。这本是铁箱中之物，当售宝变钱之时，她见这对玉蝶精致灵动，就取来系在身上，那是纪念她与袁承志共同得宝之意，十箱珍宝不计其数，也不少了这对小小玉蝶。她突然站起身来，叫道：“这信送不送也由你们了，这就杀了我吧！”只听叮叮两声清脆之音，一对玉蝶落在地下。青青俯身要拾，温方悟已抢先捡了起来。四老数十年为盗，岂有不识宝货之理？见玉蝶如此珍贵，眼都红了。四人心中突突乱跳，齐声喝道：“这是哪里来的？” 青青只是不语。温方山道：“你好好说出来，或者就饶了你一条小命。” 青青道：“就是那批珍宝里的。我和袁大哥照着爹爹留下来的那张地图，挖到了十只铁箱，里面都是珍奇宝物。东西实在太多，带不了，我只捡了这对玉蝶来玩。我们说好，这次要去全都挖了出来，哪知你们……”说着又哭了起来。 四老走到一旁，低声商议。温方达道：“看来宝藏之事倒是不假。”温方义道：“逼她领路去取。”三老都点了点头。温方山道：“先骗她说饶命不杀，等找到宝贝，再来好好整治这小贱人。”温方悟道：“我有个主意：咱们掘出了珍宝，就把这小贱人埋在宝窟之中，等那姓袁的小畜生来掘宝，一掘掘到这个死宝贝，岂不是好？”三老同声大笑，都说：“五弟这主意最高。” 四人商议已毕，兴高采烈的回来威逼青青。青青起先假意不肯，后来装作实在受逼不过，只得说出藏宝之地是在华山之巅。她是要四老带她去华山，找到父亲埋骨的所在，趁他们在荒山中乱挖乱掘之时，自己便可把母亲骨灰和父亲的骸骨合葬一起，然后横剑自刎。哪知她这句谎话一说，四老却更深信不疑。当年温氏五老擒住金蛇郎君，他也是将他们带上华山。宝贝虽没找到，金蛇郎君又突然失踪，但他们脑海之中，却已深印了宝物必在华山的念头。当日张春九和那秃头所以上华山来搜索，也是因此。 当下四老带了青青，连日马不停蹄的赶路，只怕袁承志追到，那时非但宝物得不到手，连四条老命也还难保。 这天来到山西界内，五人奔驰了一日，已是颇为疲累，在一家客店中歇了。温方义人最粗壮，食量最大，一叠声的急叫：“炒菜、筛酒，赶面条儿！”等店伙端了饭菜上来，他就和往常一般，抢先稀里呼噜的吃了起来。三老和青青正要跟着动筷，温方义忽从面汤中挑起一物，惊叫一声，登时直僵僵的不动了。四人大惊，看他所挑起的，赫然是一只极大的黑色蜘蛛。温方达一摸兄弟的手，已无脉搏，脸色发黑，鼻孔里也没气了。 温方悟惊怒交集，抓起店小二往地下猛力一摔，喀喇两声，店小二腿骨立断，晕死了过去。温方山抢出去，一把抓住掌柜的胸口，用筷子挟起蜘蛛，喝道：“好大的胆子，竟敢谋财害命，这是甚么？”那掌柜吓得魂飞天外，连声道：“小店……小店是七十多年的老店，厨房又是干净不过，怎……怎么有这……这东西……”温方山左手在他面颊上一捏，那掌柜下颏跌下，再也合不拢口。温方山手一伸，把蜘蛛塞入了他的口里，片刻之间，那掌柜便即毙命。这时店中已经大乱，温方达右手拿住青青手腕，防她逃走，左手抱起兄弟尸身。方山、方悟两人乒乒乓乓一阵乱打，不分青红皂白，把住客和店伙打死了七八个，随即在客店中放起火来。旁人见他们逞凶，哪敢过来？ 三老将温方义的尸身带到野外葬了，又是悲痛，又是忿怒，猜不透一只蜘蛛怎会如此剧毒。青青见过五毒教的伎俩，寻思：“原来那老乞婆暗中蹑上我们啦。” 次日四人在客店吃饭，逼着店伙先尝几口，等他无事，这才放胆吃喝。 行了数日，一晚客店中忽然人声嘈杂，有人大呼偷马。温方悟起身查看，将到马厩时，黑暗中忽然嗤的一声，一股水箭迎面射来。他急缩身闪避，已然不及，登时喷得满脸都是，只觉奇腥刺鼻，知道不妙。他眼睛已经睁不开来，听声辨形，长鞭挥出，把偷施暗袭之人打得背脊折断。另一人喝道：“老儿还要逞凶！”举斧劈来。温方悟长鞭倒转，将那人连人带斧卷起，用力一挥，那人一头撞在墙上，脑浆迸裂。 温方达、温方山以为区区几个毛贼，兄弟必可料理得了，待得听见温方悟吼叫连连，忙抢出去看时，只见他双手在自己脸上乱抓乱挖，才知不妙。温方达一把将他抱住。温方山纵身出外查看敌踪，一无所见，回进店房时，见兄长抱住了五弟的身体大哭，原来温方悟已然气绝而亡，须眉脸颊，俱已中毒溃烂。 温方达泣道：“二十年前，那金蛇恶贼从我们手里逃了出去，那时他筋脉已断，成为废人，身边毒药也早给我们搜出，可是崆峒派的两位道兄却身中剧毒而亡，莫非当时就是五毒教救了他……”温方山道：“不错，原来五毒教暗中在跟咱们作对。这次大家同受曹化淳之聘，图谋大事，眼见已然成功，那五毒教教主何铁手突然反脸，以致功败垂成。直到现在，我仍不知是甚么缘故。”温方达沉思片刻，忽地跳了起来，叫道：“金蛇恶贼所用毒药如此厉害，看来他就是五毒教的？”温方山恍然大悟，说道：“必是如此。” 两人想到当年金蛇郎君来石梁报仇的狠毒，不觉栗栗危惧，当下把温方悟的尸身埋葬了，商量了半天，决心先上华山，掘到宝藏之后，再找五毒教报仇，只是害怕他们暗中加害，不但饮食特别小心，晚上连客店也不敢住了。 这天两兄弟带了青青，宿在一座古庙的破殿之中。温方达年纪虽老，仍具神力，搬了两只大石臼，一只撑住前门，一只撑住后门，方才安心睡觉。睡到中夜，佛像之后忽然悉悉数声，两人登时醒觉，只当是老鼠，也不以为意。 温方山朦胧间正要再睡，忽然鼻管中钻入一缕异香，顿觉身心舒泰，快美异常，全身飘飘荡荡的似乎神游太虚，置身极乐。他心神一荡，立即醒悟，大叫一声，跳了起来。 温方达虽然事起仓卒，但究是数十年的老江湖，见机极快，拉住青青的手，提着她跃上了供桌。星光熹微下，只见温方山手舞钢杖，使得呼呼风响，蓦地里震天价一声巨响，佛像被钢杖打去了一截。佛像后面跃出两名黄衣童子，一人使刀向温方山攻去，另一人手执喷筒，又要喷射毒雾。温方达手一扬，波波两声，两支袖箭当场把两名童子穿胸钉死。温方山并不住手，仍在乱舞乱打。 温方达叫道：“三弟，没敌人啦！”温方山竟是充耳不闻，他神智已为毒雾所迷，钢杖越使越急。温方达瞧出不对，抢上去要夺他兵刃。温方山把钢杖舞成一团银光，急切间哪里抢得入去？突然间温方山大叫一声，杖柄倒转，杖顶龙头撞在自己胸前，鲜血直喷，双脚一挺，眼见活不了。 青青见三位爷爷数日之内都被五毒教害死，温方山是她亲外公，向来待她比别的四位爷爷都好些，这时不禁洒了几点眼泪。温方达一声不响，把温方山的尸身抱出去葬了，在坟前拜了几拜，对青青道：“走吧！”青青不敢违拗，只得陪着他连夜赶路。 温方达一路防备更加周密。入陕西境后，曾有一名红衣童子挨近他身边，被他手起一掌，登时震破了天灵盖。青青见了他铁青了脸，越来越是乖戾，连话也不敢多说一句。 这日快到华山脚下，两人赶了半天路，很是口渴，在一座凉亭中歇足饮水，让马匹凉一凉汗。只见一名乡农走进亭来，打着陕西土腔问道：“这位是温老爷子吧？”温方达喝道：“你要干甚么？”那乡农道：“刚才有人给了我两吊钱，叫我送信来给你。”温方达道：“那人呢？”乡农道：“他已骑马走了。” 温方达怕有诡计，命青青取信拆开，见无异状，才接过信笺，只见共有三页，第一页上写道：“温老大：你三个兄弟因何而死，欲知详情，可看下页。”温方达骂道：“他奶奶的！”忙展第二页观看，几页信纸急切间却揭不开来。他伸手入嘴，沾了些唾液，翻开第二页来，见笺上写道：“你死期也已到了，如果不信，再看第三页。”温方达愈怒，随手又在嘴中一湿，揭开第三页，只见笺上画了一条大蜈蚣，一个骷髅头，再无字迹。气恼中把纸笺往地下一掷，忽觉右手食指与舌头上似