Chapter 24 Chapter 24 Healing in the Secret Room

Huang Rong took two steps away, and when she turned her head, she saw a suspicious look in Guo Jing's eyes. He guessed that the murderous look on her face was seen by him, and she thought, "It doesn't matter if I kill the idiot. You must have a fight with me." Then he thought: "It's fine to quarrel with me, maybe he won't mention it all his life, but he will always hold grudges in his heart, that would be very boring. Forget it, let's take the risk Take this big risk." Immediately close the cupboard door and look around the room carefully.There is a one-foot-square skylight on the west corner of the roof of the small room. The sun shines through the clam shells of the skylight, and the situation in the room can be barely seen during the day, but the ventilation holes beside the skylight have been blocked by dust.She pierced the air hole with a dagger.I only felt that the filth in the room was very heavy, but I couldn't think about it. Thinking back to the scene of dying just now, in this small room filled with dust, it seemed like I was in heaven.

Guo Jing leaned against the wall, smiled and said, "There is nothing better than recuperating here. Are you not afraid of just being with two dead people?" Huang Rong was afraid in her heart, but she pretended not to care, and said with a smile, "One is the dead. My senior brother, he must not harm me; the other is a smug general, I am not afraid of being alive, and dead ghosts can't scare people even more." Immediately, the two skeletons were moved to the north corner of the small room, and the straw that used to be used to pad watermelons was spread on the ground , then surrounded a dozen watermelons around his body, within reach, and asked, "Is this good?"

Guo Jing said: "Okay, let's practice." Huang Rong helped him to sit on the straw, and she sat cross-legged on his left side. When she looked up, she saw a small hole like a money eye on the front wall. I went up to see a picture, and I couldn't help being overjoyed. It turns out that there is a small mirror embedded in the wall, and everything in the hall outside is reflected in the mirror. It seems that the people who built this secret room were very thoughtful. When hiding in the room to avoid the enemy, You can still observe the movement outside in the mirror.It's just that as time goes by, the mirror is covered with dust.She took out a handkerchief and wrapped it around her index finger, poked her finger into the hole, and wiped the small mirror clean.

I saw the silly girl sitting on the ground throwing stones, opening and closing her mouth, not knowing what to say.Huang Rong leaned her ear over the small hole and heard it clearly. It turned out that she was singing a nursery rhyme to lull children to sleep: "Shake, shake, shake to grandma bridge, grandma calls me a good baby..." Huang Rong thought it was funny at first, but After listening to it for a while, I felt the lingering affection and affection in her singing voice, and I felt infatuated: "Is this what her mother sang to her that day?... If my mother hadn't died early, she would have sung it to coax me like this." Thinking of this, the eye sockets are wet.

Seeing the sore look on her face, Guo Jing said, "What are you thinking? My injury is not serious, don't be sad." Huang Rong wiped her eyes with her hand, and said, "Teach me how to heal my injuries by practicing kung fu." So Guo Jing slowly recited the "Chapter of Healing the Wounds" in the "Nine Yin Manual". There is a saying in martial arts: "Before you learn how to beat people, you must first learn how to be beaten." At the beginning of the practice of rough kung fu, the master must teach how to be beaten without serious injury. Rescue the wounded, set bone and treat poison.It should be known that the strong are even more powerful, even if your martial arts are world-class, it is hard to guarantee that you will not miss the day.The "Healing Chapter" in the "Nine Yin Manual" talks about how to use qigong to regulate the true essence and treat internal injuries if you are a master and use qigong to injure yourself.As for the treatment of traumatic injuries such as broken bones and gold wounds, those who study the scriptures don't need to learn any more.

Huang Rong only listened to it once, and she remembered that there are a few places in the scriptures that are not very clear. The two of them worked together to deduce the details, one has a solid foundation in the internal skills of the Quanzhen School, and the other is extremely intelligent.At that moment, Huang Rong stretched out her right palm to touch Guo Jing's left palm, each of them practiced hard according to the law. After practicing for two hours, take a short rest.Holding a knife in her left hand, Huang Rong sliced ​​a watermelon and shared it with Guo Jing, but they did not separate their palms.At the end of the practice, Guo Jing gradually felt that the stuffy stuff on his chest was slightly loosened, and the heat from Huang Rong's palm slowly diffused into his whole body, and the pain in his waist was also slightly relieved. The method contained in it is indeed supernatural, so I dare not slack off at the moment and continue to work hard.

By the third break, the sunlight coming in through the skylight had gradually dimmed, and it was almost dusk. Not only Guo Jing's chest felt much better, but even Huang Rong felt refreshed. The two chatted for a while, and were about to start practicing, when they suddenly heard the sound of running in a hurry, they came to the front of the shop, stopped abruptly, and then several people walked into the shop.A rough voice shouted: "Bring the food quickly, you guys are starving to death!" Hearing the voice was the three-headed jiaohou Tonghai, Guo Jing and Huang Rong looked at each other in shock.

Huang Rong hurriedly moved her eyes to the small hole to look around, it's not because the enemies didn't get together, the figures in the small mirror were Wanyan Honglie, Ouyang Feng, Yang Kang, Peng Lianhu and others.At this time, the silly girl went to play somewhere, although Hou Tonghai beat the table loudly, but no one came out.Liang Ziweng walked around the store, frowned and said, "No one lives here." Hou Tonghai volunteered and went to the village to buy food and wine.Ouyang Feng spread straw in the inner hall where the wind could not blow, picked up his nephew whose broken leg hadn't healed, put him on the grass, let him lie down and recuperate.

Peng Lianhu smiled and said: "Although the pustules are useless for these Imperial Forest Army and Forbidden Army, they burrowed everywhere, and their ghosts lingered. We were so tired that we didn't have a good meal all day. My lord, you are from the north, but you know that there is a remote village beside the Qiantang River. , leading everyone over here. Those who are really capable can do anything.” Wanyan Honglie listened to his flattery, but there was no expression of complacency on his face, he sighed lightly, and said: "I came here nineteen years ago." Everyone was slightly surprised to see the sad look on his face, But he didn't know that he was thinking about Bao Xiruo saving his life in this village back then.The barren village was still there, but the gentle woman who fed him chicken soup was never seen again.

While talking, Hou Tonghai bought some wine and food from the villagers and came back.Peng Lianhu poured wine for everyone, and said to Wanyan Honglie: "My lord has obtained a wonderful book on the art of war today, and I have seen the great power of the Jin Dynasty vibrate the world and calm down the world. Let's all congratulate the lord." He raised the wine bowl and drank it do. His voice was very loud, even though Guo Jing was separated by a wall, he could still hear it clearly, he couldn't help being surprised: "Grandpa Yue's book is still for him!"Huang Rong's palms trembled repeatedly, knowing that he heard the bad news, which affected the internal energy in his dantian, if he was not able to handle it properly, his life would be in danger, so she quickly put her mouth next to his ear, and whispered: "He can steal the book, can't we Can't you steal it back? As long as your second master, the master of the book, is able to steal ten books." Guo Jing thought it was right, and quickly closed his eyes to calm his mind, and stopped listening to what the wall said.

Huang Rong looked up to the small hole again, saw Wanyan Honglie drinking from a bowl, and said cheerfully after drinking, "This time it's all thanks to your help. Mr. Ouyang is even more responsible. If he hadn't kicked that kid surnamed Guo away Let's go, we still have to spend more time." Ouyang Feng laughed dryly a few times, resounding like broken cymbals.When Guo Jing heard this, his heart was shocked again.Huang Rong secretly said: "God bless, don't this old poison play his ghost kite here, otherwise brother Jing's life will be lost." Only Ouyang Feng said: "This place is very remote, Song Bing will definitely not be able to find it. Then what kind of Yue Fei's suicide note is, everyone come to see." He took out the stone box from his arms and put it on the table First, he wants to read the content of Wu Mu's suicide note. If it contains exquisite martial arts methods, he will keep it for himself if he is honest. If it is just a military strategy for marching and fighting, he is useless. Wanyan Honglie took it. All of a sudden, everyone's eyes were on the stone box.Huang Rong thought to herself: "How can I think of a way to destroy the book? It's better than falling into the hands of this traitor." After listening to Yan Honglie, he said: "Little Wang can read some riddle-like poems left by Yue Fei, and also deduce Zhao Guan'er. According to the historical records of the construction and construction of the imperial palace in the past dynasties, it is expected that this suicide note must be hidden 15 steps east of Cuihan Hall. Looking at it today, this inference is a fluke. Such a treasure is hidden. I’m afraid no one will know why we made such a fuss last night.” The words were very proud, and everyone took the opportunity to praise them. Wanyan Honglie twirled his beard and said with a smile: "Kang'er, you can open the stone box." Yang Kang stepped forward in response, removed the seal, and lifted the lid of the box.Everyone looked into the box at the same time, and suddenly, everyone's face changed drastically, and they were all surprised, and they couldn't make a sound.I saw that the box was empty, there was no military book, not even a piece of white paper.Although Huang Rong couldn't see what was inside the box, but seeing the faces of the people, she knew there was nothing in the box, she liked it and found it interesting. Wanyan Honglie was extremely frustrated, he helped the table to sit down, stretched out his hand to support his chest, thought hard, thinking: "I guessed a thousand times, guessed ten thousand times, then Yue Fei's suicide note must be in this box, how could it suddenly disappear?" With a thought, his face showed joy, he grabbed the stone box, walked into the courtyard, and threw it violently on the stone slab. There was only a bang, and the stone box was broken into several pieces.Huang Rong heard the sound of falling stones, and immediately thought: "Ah, the stone box has an interlayer." She was anxious to see if the suicide note was in the interlayer, and couldn't get out, but after a while, Wanyan Honglie returned to his seat in disbelief. Said: "I only know that the stone box has another layer, but I don't know that there is none." Everyone was discussing and thinking wildly.Huang Rong couldn't help laughing secretly when she heard everyone's weird comments, and immediately informed Guo Jing.He was relieved to hear that Wu Mu's suicide note had not been stolen.Huang Rong thought: "These traitors are willing to stop here, they will definitely enter the palace again." Thinking that Master is still in the palace, he is afraid that he will be involved, although Zhou Botong is protecting him, but the old urchin is crazy and can't take on the business, so she can't help but feel worried. Sure enough, Ouyang Feng said: "That's not a big deal, let's go to the palace to search tonight." Wanyan Honglie said: "I have no choice but to go tonight. We made such a fuss last night, the palace must strictly guard against it." Ouyang Feng said: "Precautions are inevitable, but what's the point? The prince and the prince don't need to go tonight. Just rest here with my nephew." Wanyan Honglie clasped his hands and said, "But I have to work hard, Xiao Wang waits for the good news." Everyone immediately spread straw on the hall and lay down to rest.After sleeping for more than an hour, Ouyang Feng led the crowd back into the city. Wanyan Honglie tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. In the middle of the night, there was a faint sound of the tide coming from the river, and he heard a dog barking at the end of the village, intermittently and non-stop. .After a long time, he suddenly heard footsteps outside the door, and someone came in, turned over and sat up, sword in hand.Yang Kang had already jumped behind the door to ambush. Under the moonlight, he saw a woman with a disheveled hair humming a nursery rhyme and pushed the door open. This woman is a silly girl, she came home after having fun in the forest, she didn't care when she saw someone sleeping in the shop, she groped into the pile of firewood she was used to sleeping in, lay down for a while, and snored loudly. Yang Kang saw that she was a stupid girl from the countryside, so she fell asleep with a smile.Wanyan Honglie's thoughts were ups and downs, he couldn't fall asleep for a long time, got up, took out a candle from his bag, lit it, and took out a book to read.Huang Rong saw the light coming in through the small hole, and looked closely, she saw a moth flying around the candle, and it rushed towards the fire, its wings were scorched immediately, and fell on the table.Wanyan Honglie picked up the moth, couldn't help feeling sad, thought: "If my Mrs. Bao was here, she would definitely heal you well." He took out a small silver knife and a small medicine bottle from his bosom, and held it in his hand Touch and play. Huang Rong patted Guo Jing on the shoulder lightly, moved out of the way, and asked him to watch.Seeing this, Guo Jing was furious, vaguely recognized that the silver knife and medicine bottle belonged to Yang Kang's mother, Bao Xiruo, and saw that she used it to heal the little rabbit in Zhao Wang's residence that day.After listening to Yan Honglie softly said: "Nineteen years ago, in this village, I met you for the first time... Sigh, I don't know what your former residence is like now..." He stood up and took the Lighted a candle, opened the door and walked out. Guo Jing was stunned: "Could this be the Niujia Village, where my parents used to live?" He leaned into Huang Rong's ear and whispered.Huang Rong nodded.Guo Jing's blood surged up in his chest, and his body swayed.Huang Rong's right palm pressed against his left palm, she sensed that he was struggling internally, she was excited, fearing danger, she stretched out her left palm to touch his right palm, both of them worked hard at the same time, Guo Jing gradually calmed down.After a long time, the flames flickered, only Wanyan Honglie sighed and walked into the shop. Guo Jing had restrained his distraction at this moment, his left palm was still touching Huang Rong, so he looked with the small mirror. I saw Wanyan Honglie holding a few broken bricks and tiles, sitting beside the candlelight in a daze.Guo Jing thought to himself: "This traitor is less than ten steps away from me. I just need to throw the short knife and kill him immediately." Stretching out his right hand, he pulled out the golden knife given by Genghis Khan from his waist, and whispered to Huang Rong: "You close the door Unscrew it." Huang Rong hurriedly said: "No way! Although it is easy to assassinate him, people will find out where we are hiding." Guo Jing said tremblingly: "In another six days and six nights, I don't know where he is again. Huang Rong knew that it was not easy to persuade at this moment, so she whispered in his ear: "Your mother and Rong'er want you to live well." Guo Jing's heart trembled, he nodded, put the golden knife back into the sheath around his waist, and looked at the small hole, only to see Wanyan Honglie fell asleep on the table.Suddenly, one of the people in the straw pile sat up.The man's face was beyond the circle of candlelight, and he couldn't see who it was in the mirror.He stood up quietly, walked behind Wanyan Honglie, picked up the small silver knife and medicine bottle on the table, looked at them for a while, then put them down lightly, and when he turned around, it was Yang Kang. Guo Jing thought to himself: "Yes, you want to avenge your parents. Now is the right time. If you stab it with a knife, how will your sworn enemy survive? If the old poisons come back, they won't be able to kill them again." Anxious in my heart, I only hope that he will start immediately.But I saw him staring at the silver knife and the medicine bottle on the table in a daze for a while, a gust of wind blew the candle light up and then dimmed, and he took off his long robe and put it lightly on Wanyan Honglie's body to prevent him from being cold at night. catch a cold.Guo Jing was so angry that he didn't want to watch it anymore, he couldn't understand why Yang Kang was so caring and considerate to the big enemy who killed his parents. Huang Rong comforted him and said, "Don't worry, after heals up, we can catch this traitor even if he escapes to the sky. He's not Ouyang Feng, so it's not easy to kill him?" Guo Jing nodded and began to use his skills again. . At dawn, a few roosters in the village crowed together, and the Qi in the two of them had already rotated seven times in the small circle, and they both felt comfortable and peaceful.Huang Rong raised her index finger and said with a smile, "It's been a day." Guo Jing said in a low voice, "It's dangerous! If you hadn't stopped me, I couldn't hold my breath, and something would have happened." Huang Rong said, "There are six more days left." Day and night, you promise to listen to me." Guo Jing smiled and said, "Which time have I not listened to you?" Huang Rong smiled slightly, turned her head and said, "Let me think about it." At this time, a ray of sunlight came in from the skylight, making her white and flushed face as beautiful as the morning glow.Guo Jing suddenly felt that her palm was unusually warm and soft, and his chest swayed slightly. He hurriedly calmed down, but his face was already flushed. Since the two got along, Guo Jing had never thought of her so much, and he couldn't help but secretly startled and blamed himself.Seeing him suddenly blushing, Huang Rong was very surprised and asked, "Brother Jing, what's the matter with you?" Guo Jing lowered his head and said, "I'm really bad. Guo Jing said: "Now I don't want to." Huang Rong said: "Then what were you thinking before?" Guo Jing couldn't dodge, so he said: "I want to hug you and kiss you." , charming and slightly shy, adding to the charm. Seeing her bowing her head in silence, Guo Jing asked, "Rong'er, are you angry? I think so, you are as bad as Ouyang Ke." Huang Rong smiled sweetly, and said softly, "I'm not angry. I'm thinking, In the future you will always hug me and kiss me, I will be your wife." Guo Jing was overjoyed, he was speechless.Huang Rong said, "You want to kiss me, do you really want to?"
Guo Jing was about to answer, when suddenly there was a rush of footsteps outside the door, two people rushed into the store, only to hear Hou Tonghai's voice say: "Fuck his grandma Xiong, I told you that there are ghosts in the world, brother, you don't believe it." The tone of voice Extremely depressed, obviously indescribably anxious.Hearing Sha Tongtian's voice again: "What the hell? Let me tell you, we have bumped into a master." Huang Rong looked through the small hole and saw that Hou Tonghai's face was covered with blood, and Sha Tongtian's clothes were also covered in blood. Torn into pieces, the brothers and sisters were in a panic.When Wanyan Honglie met Yang Kang, he was very surprised and hurriedly asked questions. Hou Tonghai said: "We were unlucky. We ran into a ghost in the palace last night. Damn it, Laohou's ears were cut off by the ghost." Wanyan Honglie saw that his face was bloody and bloody, and there was no trace of his ears. It is even more shocking.Sha Tongtian reprimanded: "Still talking about ghosts and monsters, don't you think there are not enough people lost?" Although Hou Tonghai was afraid of his senior brother, he still argued: "I can see clearly, a judge with indigo eyes and a cinnabar beard wow wow I screamed and rushed towards me. As soon as I turned around, the judge grabbed my head and neck, followed by a pair of ears. This judge is exactly the same as the statue in the temple, why not?" Sha Tongtian and the judge tore down three Trick, tear his clothes to shreds for him, this man's attack is clearly a master of martial arts, definitely not a ghost of the gods, but he is puzzled as to why he has the appearance of a judge. The four of them discussed and speculated one after another, and they went to ask Ouyang Ke who was recuperating, but they couldn't make any sense.While speaking, Master Lingzhi, Peng Lianhu and Liang Ziweng also fled back one after another.Master Lingzhi's hands were tied behind his back with iron chains, but Peng Lianhu's cheeks were swollen and swollen from the beating. Liang Ziweng was even more ridiculous, his white hair was pulled out, and he became a monk. On the other hand, Sha Tongtian's bald head reflects each other, and it is bright for a while.It turned out that after entering the palace, the three of them separated to search for Wu Mu's suicide note, but they all encountered ghosts.It's just that the opponents the three met were different, one was the impermanent ghost, the other was Huang Lingguan, and the other was the land bodhisattva.Liang Ziweng touched his bald head, cursed and slandered, and even the mothers-in-law of the world were in bad luck.Peng Lianhu could not say a word, and untied the iron chain on Master Lingzhi's hands.The iron chain was deeply embedded in the flesh, and it was extremely tight. Peng Lianhu took a lot of effort and wiped blood all over his wrist before he untied it.Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, unable to make a sound, they all knew in their hearts that they had met a master last night, but they were so humiliated that it was quite embarrassing to say it.Hou Tonghai insisted that he had encountered a ghost, and no one argued with him. After a long time, Wanyan Honglie said: "Why hasn't Mr. Ouyang come back? I don't know if he also encountered ghosts." Yang Kang said: "Mr. Ouyang's martial arts are world-class, even if he encounters ghosts, he will not be at a disadvantage." Peng Lianhu and others listened It's even more boring. Huang Rong saw that everyone was in a state of disarray, talking about ghosts and strange ways, and she was extremely proud. She thought to herself: "The mask I bought for Big Brother Zhou is so majestic. It's unexpected, but I don't know if the old poison has met him before. I felt Guo Jing's inner breath start to flow slowly in my palm, and I started to practice immediately. Peng Lianhu and others tossed and tossed all night, already hungry, everyone chopped firewood, bought rice, and started cooking.When the rice was cooked, Hou Tonghai opened the cupboard door and saw the iron bowl. Once he took it, it was difficult to move it. Can you pull it up? Huang Rong was shocked when she heard his strange cry, she knew that they would see through this trick, not to mention that they couldn't win by fighting, as long as the two of them moved slightly, Guo Jingli's life would be in danger, so what should I do? She was in a panic in the secret room, outside Sha Tongtian heard his junior shouting loudly, but scolded him for making a fuss.Hou Tonghai was not angry, and said: "Okay, then you can pick up this bowl." Hou Tongtian stretched out his hand to pick it up, but he didn't pick it up, and said "Huh".Peng Lianhu heard the sound and came over, inspected it for a while, and said: "There is a mechanism in the middle. Brother Sha, turn this iron bowl left and right to have a look." Seeing the urgency of the situation, Huang Rong had no choice but to fight, handed the dagger into Guo Jing's hand, and then reached for the bamboo stick that Hong Qigong gave him, feeling sad, the two of them died in this place, it was a matter of an instant, she turned her head and saw The two skeletons in the corner of the room suddenly had an idea, quickly picked up the two skulls, lifted them a few times on a big watermelon, and embedded them respectively. There were only a few rattling sounds, and the iron door of the secret room had been opened a crack.Huang Rong put the watermelon on top of her head, and spread her long hair over her face.Just as Sha Tongtian unscrewed the door, he saw a two-headed monster popping out of the closet, screaming ghostly. The monster had two heads side by side, both of which were skulls. Below it was a blue and green ball, and below it was a clump of long black beards.Everyone had suffered a lot last night, and they were still in shock; and the ghost suddenly appeared in the closet, which was really frightening, Hou Tonghai yelled, and ran away.Everyone escaped out of control, leaving only Ouyang Ke lying in the straw pile, his legs were not healed, unable to move. Huang Rong let out a long breath, and hurriedly closed the cupboard door, she couldn't help laughing, but then she thought that although she was out of a temporary difficulty, the group of traitors were all veterans in the world, and they would definitely come again, so she just left in shock, it was all because of last night Because the old urchin was scared out of his wits, otherwise how could he be so easily fooled?After calming down and thinking carefully, he couldn't go away in fright at that time, the smile on his face was still uncontrollable, and his mind was undecided, and he really came when he said it.
Huang Rong gripped the Emei Steel Spike tightly, and put the bamboo stick beside her, waiting for someone to unscrew the cupboard door again, so she had to throw the stab at him, but after staying for a while, she heard a delicate voice calling: "Shopkeeper, Shopkeeper! " This call was beyond Huang Rong's expectation, she hurriedly looked up the small hole, but saw a woman in brocade clothes sitting in the hall, gorgeously dressed, she seemed to be a young lady from a wealthy family, but she turned her back to the mirror, so she couldn't see her face.The woman stayed for a while, then called softly: "Shopkeeper, storekeeper." Huang Rong thought, "This voice is so familiar, it's sweet and coquettish, it sounds like Miss Cheng from Baoying County." Turning around, it wasn't Miss Cheng who was Cheng Yaojia?Huang Rong was both surprised and delighted: "Why is she here?" The silly girl was woken up by Hou Tonghai and others just now, and she didn't get up in a daze. Only then had she had enough sleep and got up from the haystack.Cheng Yaojia said: "Shopkeeper, please make me a meal and thank you together." The silly girl shook her head, meaning that there was no food, and suddenly smelled the aroma of cooked rice in the wok, she ran over to lift the lid of the wok, only to see a full bowl The wok rice was cooked by Peng Lianhu and others.The silly girl was overjoyed, and without asking where the rice came from, she immediately packed two bowls, handed one to Cheng Yaojia, and opened her mouth to eat. Seeing that there were no dishes and the rice was rough, Cheng Yaojia put it down after a few mouthfuls.Sha Gu ate three bowls in a short while, patting her belly, feeling very satisfied. Cheng Yaojia said: "Girl, I asked you where it is. Do you know how far Niujia Village is from here?" The silly girl said: "Niujia Village? This is Niujia Village. I don't know how far it is from here." Cheng Yaojia Yaojia blushed, lowered her head to play with her belt, and after a long while, said again: "So this is Niujia Village, so I'll find someone for you. Do you know... know... one..." The silly girl didn't wait After she finished speaking, she shook her head impatiently and ran out. Huang Rong pondered: "Who is she looking for in Niujia Village? Ah, yes, she is Sun Buer's disciple, and she is probably ordered by her master and uncle to look for Yang Kang, Qiu Chuji's disciple." Sitting upright, straightening her clothes, touching the bead flowers on her temples, her face was flushed, and the corner of her mouth was smiling, but she didn't know what was going on in her heart.Huang Rong was only watching for fun, when suddenly she heard footsteps, and someone came in from outside the door. The man was tall and tall, with vigorous steps, and he called the shopkeeper as soon as he entered the door.Huang Rong thought to herself: "It just so happens that all the acquaintances from all over the world gathered in Niujia Village. Brother Jing's Niujia Village has good Fengshui, but the prosperous people are not prosperous." It turns out that this person is the young owner of Guiyun Village, Lu Guanying. When he saw Cheng Yaojia, he was startled, and called again: "Shopkeeper." Seeing that it was a young man, Cheng Yaojia felt shy and turned his head quickly.Lu Guanying wondered: "Why is a beautiful girl here alone?" She went to the stove and turned around, but no one was there. At that time, she was very hungry, so she put a large bowl of rice in the wok and said to Cheng Yaojia: "Little man I am hungry, so please beg for a bowl of rice, girl, don’t blame me.” Cheng Yaojia lowered her head, smiled slightly, and said in a low voice: “The rice is not mine. Mrs.... please use it.” After eating two bowls of rice, Lu Guanying bowed to thank each other, and kept her hands crossed, and said, "The villain asked the girl where she is, how far is Niujia Village from here?" When Cheng Yaojia and Huang Rong heard it, they were both happy: "Ha, so he is also inquiring about Niujia Village." Cheng Yaojia returned the salute, and said shyly, "This is Niujia Village." Lu Guanying was delighted Said: "That's great. The villain still wants to ask the girl for someone." Cheng Yaojia waited to say that he was not from here, but suddenly changed his mind: "I don't know who he is asking for?" Lu Guanying asked: "There is a person named Guo Officer Guo Jing, which family does he live in? Is he at home?" Cheng Yaojia and Huang Rong were startled again: "What is he looking for?" Cheng Yaojia was silent, lowered his head, blushing with shame. Seeing her expression, Huang Rong probably guessed it: "It turns out that Brother Jing saved her in Baoying, and this young lady secretly fell in love with him." Yizhi, so there is no jealousy in his heart, but he feels that someone loves Guo Jing, and he is very happy. Huang Rong's conjecture was not wrong at all.When Cheng Yaojia was captured by Ouyang Ke, although Li Sheng and others from the beggar gang took action, none of them were Ouyang Ke's enemies. If Guo Jing and Huang Rong hadn't rescued her, she would have been raped and humiliated.She saw that Guo Jing was young, not only talented, but also kind, a thread of love floated over to him.She is the daughter of a wealthy family, and she never goes out of her boudoir. When she first fell in love, she fell in love with a young man when she saw him.After Guo Jing left, Miss Cheng couldn't forget him, and after thinking about it, she suddenly became bold and quietly left home in the middle of the night.Although she is skilled in martial arts, she has never gone out alone, and she doesn't know the way of the world. She heard Guo Jing say that she is from Niujia Village in Lin'an Prefecture, so she asked all the way and went to Niujia Village.She is gorgeously dressed and has a noble demeanor, so the bad guys on the road dare not bully her. She asked at the village in front that Niujia Village was nearby, but she suddenly heard the silly girl say that this is Niujia Village, and she still lost her mind. "I'll take a sneak peek at him at night, and I'll go home right away. I must not let him know. If he sees it, I'll be so ashamed." At this moment, Lu Guanying broke in, and it was Guo Jing who asked the question.Cheng Yaojia had a guilty conscience, she only said what was on her mind and let him see through it, she stayed for a while, then stood up and wanted to run away. Suddenly, an ugly face from outside the door stretched out to explore, then shrank back.Cheng Yaojia was taken aback, took two steps back, stretched out her ugly face again, and shouted: "Two-headed ghost, if you have the ability, go down under the sun, and the three-headed Lord Jiaohou will fight with you. You still have one more head, the sky is bright and the sun is bright, Master Hou is not afraid of you." The meaning is naturally that when the night comes, Master Hou is willing to bow down, even though he has an extra head, it is useless.Lu and Cheng were at a loss. Huang Rong snorted, and said in a low voice: "Okay, it's finally here." She thought that Lu and Cheng's martial arts are not very high, and they are no match for Peng Lianhu and others. If they ask for their help, only Bai will spare two lives. It is best to go away quickly, but I hope they will stay, so that they can block it for a while, and when I am at a loss, I have two more helpers, and I finally have the courage. It turned out that when Peng Lianhu and the others saw the two-headed monster, they all thought that the master they met last night was pretending to be a ghost here again, and immediately fled far away from the village, how dare they come back?But Hou Tonghai was a fool, he thought it was a ghost, he felt the scorching sun above his head, and his skin was painful, but everyone escaped without seeing their shadows, cursing: "ghosts can't do anything under the sun, even this I don’t know, I’m still messing around in the rivers and lakes. My old lord is not afraid, I’ll get rid of the ghosts when I go back, so that I can teach everyone to obey me.” He strode back to the store, but his heart was trembling, and when he poked his head, he saw Cheng Yaojia and Lu Guanying Standing in the middle hall, he shouted secretly: "No, the two-headed ghost has transformed into a man and a woman. Old Hou, Lao Hou, you have to be careful." Lu Guanying and Cheng Yaojia were stunned when they heard him talking nonsense, they thought he was a lunatic and ignored him. Hou Tonghai scolded for a while, seeing that the ghost didn't come out to fight, he even believed that ghosts couldn't see the sun, but he said he wanted to rush into the house to catch the ghost, but Lao Hou didn't have the guts to do so, and stood in a stalemate for a long time, waiting for the two ghosts to transform into another form Unexpectedly, there was no movement, and I suddenly remembered that I had heard people say that ghosts and zombies are afraid of filth, so I immediately turned to look for it.Dung pits are everywhere in the village, and the boss is at the corner of the shop. He is devoted to catching ghosts, and he doesn't care about getting dirty. He takes off his cloth shirt, wraps up a large bag of dung, and returns to the shop.I saw Lu and Cheng still sitting upright in the middle hall, with his magic weapon in his hand, and now he had the strength to rely on, he became bolder and shouted: "What a bold monster, Master Hou wants you to show your original shape in the hall!" His left hand clattered. Shake the three-pronged fork, hold the dung bag in your right hand, and rush in. When Lu and Cheng saw the lunatic coming again, they were slightly startled, they smelled a bad smell before they rushed over.Hou Tonghai pondered: "People say that men are fiercer than men, and ghosts are fiercer than women." He picked up the dung bag and threw it towards Cheng Yaojia.Cheng Yaojia screamed and turned sideways to avoid it. Lu Guanying had already lifted a bench to block the bag of feces. Hou Tonghai yelled: "The two-headed ghost will show its original form soon." He raised his fork and stabbed at Cheng Yaojia.Although he is a muddleheaded man, he is really proficient in martial arts, his fork is swift, fierce and fierce. Lu and Cheng were even more surprised, they both thought: "This man is obviously a martial arts expert, not an ordinary lunatic." Lu Guanying saw that Cheng Yaojia was a lady of a great family, and she was as timid as if the wind would blow her down, she was afraid that he would be thrown by the wind. The madman was injured, he hurriedly raised the bench to set aside his three-strand steel fork, and shouted, "Who is under your feet?" How could Hou Tonghai care about him, stabbing three forks repeatedly.Lu Guanying held up his stool to parry, asking for his name repeatedly.Seeing that although his martial arts skills are not weak, Hou Tonghai is very different from last night when he appeared like a ghost. He expected that the dung attack strategy has been effective, so he couldn't help being very proud, and shouted: "You demon, want to know my name and use demon magic to spell it." Me? The master is not fooled." He originally called himself "Master Hou", but at this moment he had the quick wit to omit the word "Hou" and shorten it to "Master", so as not to be used by ghosts as a means of using a steel ring Dang sound, attack more tightly. Lu Guanying's martial arts are not good enough, and using a bench as a weapon is even more inconvenient. If he has to wait to draw his waist knife, how can he slow down?Within a few moments, he was forced to lean his back against the wall, just blocking the small hole for Huang Rong to visit.Hou Tonghai stabbed with the steel fork, Lu Guanying hurriedly dodged, with a bang, the fork tip pierced into the wall, less than a foot away from the small hole.Seeing that he did not pull out the steel fork, Lu Guanying hastily swung the bench and chopped it down on top of his head.Hou Tonghai kicked him in the wrist, and punched him with his left hand.Lu Guanying let go of the bench and bowed his head to let it go, Hou Tonghai had already pulled out the steel fork. Seeing the critical situation, Cheng Yaojia jumped forward, drew a single sword from Lu Guanying's waist, and handed it to him.Lu Guanying said: "Thank you!" In the crisis, she didn't think that such a gentle and charming girl would dare to help him draw the sword when the two were fighting fiercely.I saw the gleaming steel stabbing towards the chest, and immediately slashed it horizontally. With a bang, sparks splashed everywhere, and the steel fork swung away, but I felt a dull pain in the tiger's mouth. Hands, hearts a little wider.After only a few moves, both of them got feces under their feet and trampled all over the ground. Hou Tonghai was very apprehensive in the first fight, he always had the thought of running away from the door, he never dared to use his full strength, after a while, he didn't have much ability to see the ghost, obviously the demon's magic had been restrained by the feces, and he had no guts As it got thicker, the tricks became more and more ruthless, until Lu Guanying gradually found it difficult to parry. Cheng Yaojia was afraid that the excrement in the ground would be dirty, so she huddled in the corner of the room and watched the fight. Seeing that the handsome young man was about to die under the steel fork of the madman, she hesitated for a while, and finally took out the long sword from the package and pointed it at Lu Guan. Yingdao: "Mister-in-law, I... I'm here to help you, I'm sorry." She was also very courteous, helped someone fight, and apologized first, the long sword flashed, pointing at Hou Tonghai's vest.She is the apprentice of Sun Buer, a Sanren of Qingjing, and she uses the swordsmanship of Quanzhen's direct sect. Hou Tonghai had expected this attack, the double-headed ghost turned into two, and the female ghost should make a move.Lu Guanying was both surprised and delighted, but seeing her agile movements and exquisite swordsmanship, she secretly marveled in her heart.He was already forced to lose his saber skills and was sweating profusely. At this time, an assistant came and he was refreshed.Hou Tonghai was afraid that the female ghost would be powerful, so he was quite worried at first, but after trying a few tricks, he saw that although her swordsmanship was excellent, her skill was normal, and she was flustered. Feel at ease, the three-pronged fork makes the tiger vigorous, with one against two, with more attacks and less obstruction. Huang Rong looked very anxious in the compartment, she knew that Lu and Cheng would lose in the fight, she wanted to help each other, but she couldn't leave Guo Jing for even half a step.Otherwise, she is most familiar with teasing these three-headed dragons and has a lot of experience. 只听陆冠英叫道：“姑娘，您走罢，不用跟他纠缠了。”程瑶迦知他怕伤了自己，要独力抵挡疯汉，心中好生感激，但知他一人决计抵挡不了，摇了摇头，不肯退下。陆冠英奋力招架，向侯通海大声道：“男子汉大丈夫，为难人家姑娘不算英雄。你找我姓陆的一人便是，快让这位姑娘退出。” 侯通海虽浑，此时也已瞧出二人多半不是鬼怪，但见程瑶迦美貌，自己又稳占上风，岂肯放她，哈哈笑道：“男鬼要捉，女鬼更要拿。”钢叉直刺横打，极是凶悍，总算对程瑶迦手下留情三分，否则已然将她刺伤。 陆冠英急道：“姑娘，你快冲出去，陆某已极感盛情。”程瑶迦低声道：“相公尊姓是姓陆么？”陆冠英道：“正是，姑娘贵姓，是哪一位门下？”程瑶迦道：“我师父姓孙，人称清净散人。我……我……”她想说自己姓名，忽感羞涩，说到嘴边却又住口。陆冠英道：“姑娘，我缠住他，你快跑。只要陆某留得命在，必来找你，相谢今日援手之德。” 程瑶迦脸上一红，说道：“我……我不……相公……”转头对侯通海道：“喂，疯汉子，你不可伤了这位相公。我师父是全真派的孙真人，她老人家就要到啦。” 全真七子名满天下，当日铁脚仙玉阳子王处一在赵王府中技慑群魔，侯通海亲目所睹，听程大小姐如此说，倒果真有点儿忌惮，微微一怔，随即骂道：“就是全真派七名妖道齐来，老子也是一个个都宰了！”
忽听得门外一人朗声说道：“谁活得不耐烦了，在这儿胡说八道？”三人本在激斗，听到声音，各自向后跃开。陆冠英怕侯通海暴下毒手，拉着程瑶迦的手向后一引，横刀挡在她身前，这才举目外望。 只见门口站着一个青年道人，羽衣星冠，眉清目朗，手中拿着一柄拂尘，冷笑道：“谁在说要把全真七子宰了？”侯通海右手挺叉，左手插腰，横眉怒目，大声道：“是老子说的，怎么样？”那道人道：“好啊，你倒宰宰看。”晃身欺近，挥拂尘往他脸上扫去。 这时郭靖练功已毕，听得堂上喧哗斗殴之声大作，凑眼小孔去看。黄蓉道：“难道这小道士也是全真七子之一？”郭靖却认得这人是丘处机的徒弟尹志平，他两年前奉师命赴蒙古向江南六侠传书，夜中比武，自己曾败在他手下，于是悄声对黄蓉说了。黄蓉看他与侯通海拆了数招，摇头道：“他也打不赢三头蛟。” 尹志平稍落下风，陆冠英立时挺刀上前助战。尹志平比之当年夜斗郭靖，武功已有长进，与陆冠英双战侯通海，堪堪打成平手。 程瑶迦的左手刚才被陆冠英握了片刻，心中突突乱跳，旁边三人斗得紧急，她却抚摸着自己的手，呆呆出神，忽听呛啷一响，陆冠英叫道：“姑娘，留神！”这才惊觉。原来侯通海在百忙中向她刺了一叉，陆冠英挺刀架开，出声示警。程瑶迦脸上又是一红，凝神片刻，仗剑加入战团。 程大小姐武艺虽不甚高，但三个打一个，侯通海终究难以抵挡。他抡叉急攻，想要冲出门去招集帮手，但尹志平的拂尘在眼前挥来舞去，只扫得他眼花缭乱，微一疏神，腿上被陆冠英砍了一刀。侯通海骂道：“操你十八代祖宗！”再战数合，下盘越来越是呆滞，钢叉刺出，忽被尹志平拂尘卷住。两人各自使劲，侯通海力大，一挣之下，尹志平拂尘脱手，但程瑶迦一剑“斗摇星河”，刺中了他右肩。侯通海钢叉拿捏不住，抛落在地。尹志平乘势而上，一腿横扫过去。侯通海翻身跌倒。陆冠英忙扑上按牢，解下他腰里革带，反手缚住。尹志平笑道：“你连全真七子的徒弟也打不过，还说要宰了全真七子？”侯通海破口大骂，说三个打一个，不是英雄好汉。尹志平撕下他一块衣襟，塞在他嘴里。侯通海满脸怒容，却已叫骂不得。 尹志平躬身向程瑶迦行礼，说道：“师姊是孙师叔门下的罢？小弟尹志平参见师姊。”程瑶迦急忙还礼，道：“不敢当。不知师兄是哪一位师伯门下？小妹拜见尹师兄。”尹志平道：“小弟是长春门下。” 程瑶迦从没离过家门，除了师父之外，全真七子中倒有六位未曾见过，但曾听师父说起，众师伯中以长春子丘师伯人最豪侠，武功也是最高，听尹志平说是丘处机门人，心中好生相敬，低声道：“尹师兄应是师兄，小妹姓程，你该叫我师妹。” 尹志平跟随师父久了，也学得性格豪迈，见这位师妹扭扭捏捏的，哪里像个侠义道，不禁暗暗好笑，和她叙了师门之谊，随即与陆冠英厮见。 陆冠英说了自己姓名，却不提父亲名号。尹志平道：“这疯汉武艺高强，不知是什么来历，倒是放他不得。”陆冠英道：“待小弟提出去一刀杀了。”他是太湖群盗的首领，杀个把人浑不当一回事。程瑶迦心肠软，忙道：“啊，别杀人。”尹志平笑道：“不杀也好。程师妹，你到这里有多久了？”程瑶迦脸一红，道：“小妹刚到。” 尹志平向两人望了一眼，心想：“看来这两人是对爱侣，我别在这里惹厌，说几句话就走。”说道：“我奉师父之命，到牛家村来寻一个人，要向他报个急讯。小弟这就告辞，后会有期。”说着一拱手，转身欲行。 程瑶迦脸上羞红未褪，听他如此说，却又罩上了一层薄晕，低声道：“尹师兄，你寻谁啊？”尹志平微一迟疑，心想：“程师妹是本门中人，这姓陆的既与她同行，也不是外人，说亦无妨。”便道：“我寻一位姓郭的朋友。” 此言一出，一堵墙的两面倒有四个人同感惊讶。 陆冠英道：“此人可是单名一个靖字？”尹志平道：“是啊，陆兄也认得这位郭朋友吗？”陆冠英道：“小弟也正是来寻访郭师叔。”尹志平与程瑶迦齐道：“你叫他师叔？”陆冠英道：“家严与他同辈，是以小弟称他师叔。”陆乘风与黄蓉同辈，郭靖与黄蓉是未婚夫妻，因此陆冠英便尊他为师叔。程瑶迦不语，心中却大是关切。 尹志平忙问：“你见到他了么？他在哪里？”陆冠英道：“小弟也是刚到，正要打听，却撞上这个疯汉，平白无端的动起手来。”尹志平道：“好！那么咱们同去找罢。”三人相偕出门。 黄蓉与郭靖面面相觑，只是苦笑。郭靖道：“他们必定又会回来，蓉儿，你打开橱门招呼。”黄蓉叹道：“那怎使得？这两人来找你，必有要紧之事。你在养伤，一分心那还了得？”郭靖道：“是啊，必是十分要紧之事。你快想个法子。”黄蓉道：“就算是天塌下来，我也不开门。” 果然过不多时，尹志平等三人又回到店中。陆冠英道：“在他故乡竟也问不到半点眉目，这便如何是好？”尹志平道：“不知陆兄寻这位郭朋友有何要紧之事，可能说么？”陆冠英本不想说，却见程瑶迦脸上一副盼望的神色，不知怎地，竟尔难以拒却，便道：“此事一言难尽，待小弟扫了地下的脏物，再与两位细谈。”这店中也无扫帚簸箕，尹、陆两人只得拿些柴草，将满地秽物略加擦扫。 三人在桌旁坐下。陆冠英正要开言，程瑶迦道：“且慢！”走到侯通海身旁，用剑割下他衣上两块衣襟，要塞住他的双耳，低声道：“不让他听。”陆冠英赞道：“姑娘好细心。这疯汉来历不明，咱们的话可不能让他听了去。” 黄蓉在隔室暗暗发笑：“我们两人在此偷听，原是难防，但内堂还躺着个欧阳克，你们三人竟也懵然不知，还说细心呢。”须知程大小姐从未在江湖上行走；尹志平专学师父，以豪迈粗犷为美；陆冠英在太湖发号施令惯了，向来不留神细务，是以三人谈论要事，竟未先行在四周查察一遍。 程瑶迦俯身见侯通海耳朵已被割去，怔了一怔，将布片塞入他耳孔之中，微微含笑，向陆冠英道：“现下可以说啦。” 陆冠英迟疑道：“唉！这事不知该从何说起。我是来找郭师叔，按理说，那是万万不该来找他的，可是又不得不找。”尹志平道：“这倒奇了。”陆冠英道：“是啊，我找郭师叔，原本也不是为了他的事，是为了他的六位师父。”尹志平一拍桌子，大声道：“江南六怪？”陆冠英道：“正是。”尹志平道：“啊哈，陆兄此来所为何事，只怕与小弟不谋而合。咱俩各在地下书写一个人的名字，请程师妹瞧瞧是否相同。”陆冠英尚未回答，程瑶迦笑道：“好啊，你们两人背向背的书写。” 尹志平和陆冠英各执一根柴梗，相互背着在地下划了几划。 尹志平笑道：“程师妹，我们写的字是否相同？”程瑶迦看了两人在地下所划的痕迹，低声道：“尹师兄，你猜错啦，你们划的不同。”尹志平“咦”了一声，站起身来。程瑶迦笑道：“你写的是'黄药师'三字，他却是画了一枝桃花。” 黄蓉心头一震：“他二人来找靖哥哥，怎么都和我爹爹相关？” 只听陆冠英道：“尹师兄写的，是我祖师爷的名讳，小弟不敢直书。”尹志平一怔，道：“是你祖师爷？嗯，咱们写的其实相同。黄药师不是桃花岛主吗？”程瑶迦道：“噢，原来如此。”尹志平道：“陆兄既是桃花岛门人，那么找江南六怪是要不利于他们了。”陆冠英道：“那倒不是。”尹志平见他吞吞吐吐，欲言又止，心中甚是不喜，说道：“陆兄既不当小弟是朋友，咱们多谈无益，就此告辞。”站起身来，转身便走。陆冠英忙道：“尹师兄留步，小弟有下情相告，还要请师兄援手。”尹志平最爱别人有求于他，喜道：“好罢，你说便是。” 陆冠英道：“尹师兄，你是全真门人，传讯示警，叫人见机提防，原是侠义道份所当为。但若贵派师长要去加害无辜，你得知讯息，却该不该去叫那无辜之人避开呢？”尹志平一拍大腿，道：“是了，你是桃花岛门人，其中果然大有为难之处，你倒说说看。”陆冠英道：“此事小弟若是袖手不管，那是不义；若是管了，却又是背叛师门。小弟虽有事相求师兄，却又是不能开口。” 尹志平已大致猜中了他的心事，可是他既不肯明言，不知如何相助，伸手搔头，神色颇感为难。 程瑶迦却想到了一个法子。闺中女儿害羞，不肯诉说心事，母亲或是姊妹问起，只用点头或摇头相答，虽然不够直截了当，但最后也总能吐露心事。比如母亲问：“孩儿，你意中人是张三哥么？”女儿摇头。又问：“是李四郎么？”女儿又摇头。再问：“那定是王家表哥啦。”女儿低头不作声，那就对了。当下程瑶迦道：“尹师哥，你问陆大哥，说对了，他点头，不对就摇头。只消他一句话也不说，就不能说是背叛师门。” 尹志平喜道：“师妹这法儿甚妙。陆兄，我先说我的事。我师父长春真人无意中听到讯息，得知桃花岛主恼恨江南六怪，要杀他六家满门。我师父抢在头里，赶到嘉兴去报讯，六怪却不在家，出门游玩去了。于是我师父叫六怪家人分头躲避，黄岛主来到之时，竟未找到一人。他冲冲大怒，空发了一阵脾气，折而向北，后来就不知如何。你可知道么？”陆冠英点点头。 尹志平道：“啊，看来黄岛主仍在找寻六怪。我师父和六怪本有过节，但一来这过节已经揭开，二来佩服六怪急人之难，心中颇感激他们的高义，三来觉得此事六怪并无不是。正好全真七子适在江南聚会，于是大伙儿分头寻访六怪，叫他们小心提防，最好是远走高飞，莫被你祖师爷撞到。你说这该是不该？”陆冠英连连点头。 黄蓉寻思：“靖哥哥既已到桃花岛赴约，爹爹何必再去找六怪算帐？”她却不知父亲听了灵智上人的谎言，以为她已命丧大海，伤痛之际，竟迁怒在六怪身上。 只听尹志平又道：“寻访六怪不得，我师父便想到了六怪的徒儿郭靖，他是临安府牛家村人氏，有八成已回到了故乡，于是派小弟到这儿来探访于他，想来他必知六位师父身在何方。你来此处，为的也是此事了？”陆冠英又点了点头。 尹志平道：“岂知郭兄却未曾回家。我师父对六怪可算得是仁至义尽，但寻他们不到，这也无法可想了，看来黄岛主也未必找他们得着。陆兄有事相求，是与此事有关么？”陆冠英点了点头。尹志平道：“陆兄有何差遣，但说不妨。但教小弟力之所及，自当效劳。”陆冠英不语，神色颇为尴尬。 程瑶迦笑道：“尹师哥你忘啦。陆相公是不能开口直说的。”尹志平笑道：“正是。陆兄是要小弟留在这村中等候郭兄么？”陆冠英摇头。尹志平道：“那是要小弟急速去寻访江南六怪和郭兄了？”陆冠英又摇头。尹志平道：“啊，是了。陆兄要小弟在江湖上传言出去。那六怪是江南人氏，声气广通，谅来不久便可得讯。”陆冠英仍是摇头。尹志平接连又猜了七八件事，陆冠英始终摇头。程瑶迦帮着猜了两次，也没猜对。不但尹志平急了，连隔室的黄蓉听得也急了。 三人僵了半晌。尹志平强笑道：“程师妹，你慢慢跟他磨菇罢，打哑谜儿的事我干不了。我出去走走，过一个时辰再来。”说着走出门外。堂上除了侯通海外，只剩下陆、程二人。 程瑶迦低下头去，过了一会，见陆冠英没有动静，偷眼瞧他，正好陆冠英也在看她。两人目光相接，急忙避开。程瑶迦又是羞得满脸通红，低垂粉颈，双手玩弄剑柄上的丝绦。 陆冠英缓缓站起身来，走到灶边，对灶头上画着的灶神说道：“灶王爷，小人有一番心事，苦于不能向人吐露，只好对你言明，但愿神祇有灵，佑护则个。” 程瑶迦暗赞：“好聪明的人儿。”抬起了头，凝神倾听。 只听他说道：“小人陆冠英，是太湖畔归云庄陆庄主之子。家父名讳，上'乘'下'风'。我父亲拜桃花岛黄岛主为师。数日之前，祖师爷来到庄上，说道要杀江南六怪的满门良贱，命我父及师伯梅超风帮同寻找六怪下落。梅师伯和六怪有深怨大仇，正是求之不得。我父却知江南六怪心存忠义，乃是响当当的英雄好汉，杀之不义。何况我爹爹与六怪的徒儿郭师叔结交为友，此事不能袖手。他听了祖师爷的吩咐，不由得好生为难，有心要差遣小人传个讯去，叫江南六怪远行避难，却又是不该背叛师门。那日晚上，我爹爹仰天长叹，喃喃自语，吐露了心事。小人在旁听见，心想为父分忧，乃是尽孝，祖师爷与小人却终究已隔了一层，于是连夜赶来寻找六怪报讯。” 黄蓉与程瑶迦心想：“原来他是学他父亲掩耳盗铃的法子，明明要人听见，却又不肯担当背叛师门的罪名。”却听他又道：“六怪寻访不着，我就想起改找他们的弟子郭师叔，可是他也不知到了何处。郭师叔是祖师爷的女婿……” 程瑶迦忍不住“啊”的一声低呼，忙即伸手掩口。她先前对郭靖朝思暮想，自觉一往情深，殊不知只是少女怀春，心意无托，于是聊自遣怀，实非真正情爱，只是自己不知而已。今日见了陆冠英，但觉他风流俊雅，处处胜于郭靖，这时听到他说郭靖是黄药师女婿，心头虽然不免一震，却丝毫不生自怜自伤之情，只道自己胸怀爽朗，又想当日在宝应早见郭、黄二人神态亲密，此事原不足异，其实不知不觉之间，一颗芳心早已转在别人身上了。 陆冠英听得程瑶迦低声惊呼，极想回头瞧她的脸色。但终于强行忍住，心想：“我若见到她在听我说话，那就万万不能再说下去。那日爹爹对天自言自语，始终未曾望我一眼。现下我是在对灶王爷倾诉，她若听见，那是她自行偷听，我可管不着。”于是接着说道：“但教找到了郭师叔，他自会与黄师姑向祖师爷求情。祖师爷性子再严，女儿女婿总是心爱的，总不能非杀了女婿的六位师父不可。只是爹爹言语之中，却似郭师叔和黄师姑已遭到了甚么大祸，真相如何，却又不便询问爹爹。” 黄蓉听到这里，心想：“难道爹爹知道靖哥哥此刻身受重伤？不，他决不能知道。多半他是得知了我们流落荒岛之事。” 陆冠英又道：“尹师兄为人一片热肠，程小姐又是聪明和气……”（程瑶迦听他当面称赞自己，又是高兴，又是害羞）“……可是我心中的念头太过异想天开，自是教人难以猜到。我想江南六怪是成名的英雄好汉，虽然武功不如祖师爷，但要他们远行避祸，岂不是摆明了怕死？这等行径，料来决不会干。倘若这事传闻开了，他们得到消息，只怕非但不避，反要寻上祖师爷来啦！岂不是救人倒变成害人？”黄蓉暗暗点头，心想陆冠英不愧是太湖群雄之首，深知江湖好汉的性子。 又听他道：“我想全真七子侠义为怀，威名既盛，武功又高，尹师兄和程小姐若肯求恳他们师尊出头排解，祖师爷总得给他们面子。祖师爷跟江南六怪未必真有深仇大怨，总是六怪有甚么言语行事得罪了他，只须有头脸的人物出面说合，谅无不成之理。灶王爷，小人的为难之处，乃是空有一个主意，却不能说给有能为的人知晓，请你瞧着办罢。”说毕，向灶君菩萨连连作揖。 程瑶迦听他说毕，急忙转身，要去告知尹志平，刚走到门口，却听陆冠英又说起话来：“灶王爷，全真七子若肯出头排解，自是一件极大的美事，只是七子说合之际，须得恭恭敬敬才是，千万别得罪我祖师爷。否则一波未平，一波又起，那可糟了。我跟您说的话，到此为止，再也没有啦。” 程瑶迦嫣然一笑，心道：“你说完了，我给你去办就是。”便出店去找尹志平，在村中打了个转，不见影踪，转身又走回来，忽听尹志平低声叫道：“程师妹！”从墙角处探身出来招手。程瑶迦喜道：“啊！在这里。” 尹志平做个手势叫她噤声，向西首指了指，走到她身边，低声道：“那边有人，鬼鬼祟祟的探头探脑，身上都带着兵刃。”程瑶迦心中只想着陆冠英说的话，对这事也不以为意，道：“只怕是过路人。”尹志平却脸色郑重，低声道：“那几个人身法好快，武功可高得很呢。可须得小心在意。” 原来他见到的正是彭连虎等人。他们久等侯通海不回，料想他必已遇险，这些人想到昨晚皇宫中扮鬼之人的身手，谁敢前去相救？忽然见到尹志平，立时远远躲开。 尹志平候了一阵，见前面再无动静，慢慢走过去看时，那些人已然影踪全无。程瑶迦于是把陆冠英的话转述了一遍。尹志平笑道：“