Chapter 7 Chapter VII

Tao Baisui coughed, and said, "When I was young, I did business with Guinong for no money..." Everyone knew that he was in the green forest and that he was the head of the Yinmachuan village, but they didn't know that Tian Guinong had also been a thief, so they all looked at each other.Cao Yunqi yelled: "Fart! My master is a martial arts hero, don't talk nonsense and tarnish my master's name." Tao Baisui said sharply: "You look down on the heroes of the underworld, but the heroes of the underworld still look down on a bear like you! We open up mountains and stand up cabinets, and earn our living with one knife and one gun. Where is the difference?"

Cao Yunqi stood up and wanted to argue later.Tian Qingwen tugged at his lapel, and said in a low voice: "Brother, don't argue, let him continue." Cao Yunqi's face was flushed, and he stared at Tao Baisui fiercely, and finally sat down. Tao Baisui said loudly: "I, Tao Baisui, lived in the green forest since I was a child. I robbed houses and robbed houses. I have never concealed a word. If a man dares to act bravely, what are you afraid of?" "Uncle Tao, my father also said that there are heroes in the green forest, and no one dares to underestimate them. Please tell me about Uncle Tian's family." Tao Baisui pointed at Cao Yunqi's nose and said, "Listen, Miao The hero said the same thing, are you more ruthless than the hero Miao?" Cao Yunqi gave a "bah" but didn't answer.

Tao Baisui expressed his anger slightly, and said: "When Guinong was young, he and I worked on many big cases together, and I was always his deputy. After he got married, he just quit. If he looks down on gangsters, why? Willing to betroth his only daughter to my child? But then again, he and I got married, but he may not really have any good intentions. He wants to silence me and want me to hide a big event. "That day Guinong and Chief Fan intercepted Hu Yidao and his wife in Cangzhou, and I was still working as Guinong's assistant. Hu Yidao was throwing money darts in the cart, and one of those who hit the acupuncture points was me, Tao Bai. Later, Mrs. Hu used a white silk to grab a knife and throw people on the roof. Among those who were thrown off the roof, one of them was me, Tao Baisui; Miao Renfeng scolded a group of people as cowards, and one of them was me, Tao Baisui. But back then I didn't grow a beard, my hair wasn't white, and my appearance was completely different from now.

"I also witnessed the dying scene of Hu Yidao and his wife. Just as Miss Miao and Naping Asi said, the monk Baoshu was telling a lie. Miss Miao asked: If the hero Miao knew that Hu Yidao was not a homicide?" Father and enemy, why do you still go to him to compete? You must think in your heart, it must be that Baoshu has malicious intentions, and did not tell Hero Miao about this." Everyone thought so in their hearts, but it was inconvenient for Baoshu to be present. displayed. But Tao Baisui shook his head and said: "Wrong, wrong. Thinking about the low skills of the bruise doctor Yan Ji at that time, how dare he play tricks in front of Miao and Hu? He did follow Hu Yidao's instructions and told the three It's an important matter, but Miao Daxia didn't hear it. When Yan Ji went to the big house, Miao Daxia had something to go out, and it was Tian Guinong who received him. He told Guinong in detail, and I was on the side at the time, and I was there. heard it.

"Guinong said to him: 'I already know. You go back, I will tell Hero Miao, and you don't have to mention it when you see him. When Hu Yidao asked, you just said that you told Hero Miao face to face. Tell him to buy three coffins, two big ones and one small one, so that the elders will not have to spend again in the end.' Saying this, he rewarded him with thirty taels of silver. Yan Ji naturally complied with the money. "Miao Daxia went to Hu Yidao to compete again because Guinong never mentioned these three important things to him. Why didn't he mention it? Everyone must guess: Tian Guinong has a grudge against Hu Yidao and wants to use Miao Dao to fight against Hu Yidao. He killed him. If you think so, you are only half right. Guinong really hoped that Hu Yidao would die, but he also hoped that with Hu Yidao's hand, he could kill Hero Miao.

"Miao Daxia broke his slingshot, insulted him in public, and didn't give him any face. I know Guinong's temperament. He wants to be strong and aggressive, and he will hold grudges the most. Miao Daxia slaps him like this, and he hates Miao Daxia in his heart , only worse than hating Hu Yidao. That day, Guinong handed me a box of ointment and told me to try to apply it on the sword used by Hu Yidao in the martial arts contest with Miao Daxia. To be honest, I don't want to do it. I didn't dare to do it, but it was inconvenient to disobey, so I handed it over to Yan Ji, the bone-beating doctor, and asked him to do it.

"Everyone, please think about how skillful Hu Yidao is. If he was poisoned by an ordinary poison, how could he be killed immediately? Yan Ji was only a country doctor at the time, so how could there be any poison that a Jianghu expert could not cure? What kind of poison did Hu Yidao get? That is the unique secret poison of Tianlongmen. The famous and fearful life-seeking poisonous dragon cone of martial arts figures is named after this poison. Later I heard that Tian Guinong's ointment was mixed with " The poisonous hand drug king's drug is extremely powerful because it seals the throat when it sees blood."

The rest of the people were skeptical at first, but when they heard this, they already believed 80% or 90% and looked at Ruan Shizhong, Cao Yunqi and other Tianlong disciples.Ruan Cao and others were angry, but it was inconvenient to attack. Tao Baisui said: "On that day, the Northern Sect of Tianlongmen's rotation in charge of the sect expired, and Tian Guinong also chose this day to close the door and seal his sword. He held a big banquet and invited hundreds of famous heroes in the world. I He and he are old brothers and in-laws of children, so naturally they have arrived a few days earlier to help him take care of everything. According to the rules of Tianlongmen, the northern sect is full, the sword manual of Tianlongmen, the ancestral certificates of the ancestors, and this mouth All the treasured swords of the town gate must be handed over to Nanzong. Brother Yin, am I right?" Yin Ji nodded.

Tao Baisui said again: "This rich man who is so powerful in the South Yin Ji Yin is the head of the Southern Sect of the Tianlong Gate. He also arrived a few days ago. Did Tian Guinong pass the sword manual, the ancestral certificate and the treasured sword according to the order?" The ancestral precepts are entrusted to you, please tell the truth, brother Yin."
Yin Ji stood up and said: "Master Tao didn't mention this matter, it's inconvenient to speak out to outsiders in Xiayuan, but there are many strange things in the middle, if I keep it hidden, it will always be difficult to break through the doubts.

"Brother Ritian retreated to the inner hall after the banquet. According to the traditional rules, he had to gather people from the northern and southern sects, worshiped the gods of King Chuang, the ancestor of the founding sect, and the heads of all generations, and then handed over the treasured sword. Next. Who would have thought that he entered the inner room and never came out again. "I was anxious in my heart, and waited until midnight, when the outsiders had already left, my niece Qingwen came out of the room suddenly and said to me that her father is not feeling well, and the assignment of music scores will be done tomorrow.

"I'm so surprised, just now Senior Brother Tian thanked the guests and toasted, his face didn't show any signs of fatigue, why did he suddenly feel unwell? Besides passing on the genealogy and giving the sword, it's just a moment to pay homage to the ancestors, everything is ready, why wait for tomorrow ? Could it be that Senior Brother Tian refused to hand over the treasured sword, deliberately delaying the committee?" Ruan Shizhong interjected: "Senior brother Yin, if you think so presumptuously, then it's not right. If you had gone that day just to accept the punishment, Senior Brother Tian would have given it to you long ago. But you invited someone else Many masters from other factions came together, obviously uneasy about their good intentions." Yin Ji sneered and said, "Hey, what can I have?" Ruan Shizhong said: "You want to force us to go north and south as soon as you get the genealogy sword. Returning to the sect, let you be the unique master. Brother Tian has sealed his sword at that time, and he can no longer fight with others. You have a large number of people, don't you do whatever you want?" Yin Ji blushed slightly, and said: "Tianlongmen is divided into two sects, the north and the south. It was originally an expedient measure. When senior brother Tian first became the head of the northern sect, why didn't he want to merge the southern sect? Even if the brothers wanted to merge the two sects into one It’s a beautiful thing to make our sect bigger. It’s better than senior brother Ruan, your excellency trying to squeeze out Yun Qi and try to be the head of the sect, right?” When everyone listened to their self-revealing scandals, it turned out that they had their own selfish desires. Except for the people in Tianlongmen, everyone laughed and listened to it, feeling gloating. Miao Ruolan didn't want to hear more about the disputes among sects in the martial arts world, so she asked softly, "What happened afterwards?" Yin Ji said: "I went home and discussed with my fellow juniors from the Southern Sect. Everyone said that Senior Brother Tian must have other intentions. We can't let them be deceived, so they pushed me to find out the truth. "At the moment I went to Brother Tian's bedroom to greet and see the sick. My niece Qingwen's eyes were red from crying, she stopped at the door and said: 'Father is asleep. Please come back, Uncle Yin, thank you for your concern.' I saw her expression There was something strange, thinking that if Senior Brother Tian really felt unwell, and it wasn’t some intractable serious illness, she wouldn’t have to cry so hard, there must be some weirdness in it. After going back to the room for half an hour, I changed my clothes, and then Go to Brother Tian's room to visit the sick..." Ruan Shizhong slapped the table hard, and shouted: "Hey, Visiting Doctor! Are Visiting Doctors outside the room?" Yin Ji sneered and said, "Even if I was eavesdropping, so what? I hid outside the window and only heard Senior Brother Tian say: 'You don't have to force me. Today I closed my door and sealed my sword. The head of the Northern Sect was passed on to Yun Qi, how could it be changed? You forced me to pass on the head of the sect to you, but it is already too late.” I heard this senior brother Ruan Shizhong say again: “How dare I Forcing Senior Brother? But thinking about Yun Qi and Qing Wen doing such a thing, they even gave birth to a child. It is so offensive and a big violation of the precept of adultery, who in my family can obey him?'" When Yin Ji said this, he suddenly heard a grunt, and Tian Qingwen fell back with a chair, and passed out.Tao Zian drew out his single saber, and slashed at the top of Cao Yunqi's head.Cao Yunqi didn't have a weapon in his hand, so he had to raise his chair to parry.Tao Baisui was so annoyed when he heard that his daughter-in-law, who had never been married, did such a scandal, he also raised a chair and threw it on Cao Yunqi's head. Everyone in Tianlong was originally united to the outside world, but at this time the five people exposed their faces, and no one went to help Cao Yunqi.With a bang, Cao Yunqi hit Tao Baisui's chair hard on his vest.Seeing that the hall was in chaos again. Miao Ruolan shouted: "Everyone don't do anything, I say, everyone please sit down!" There was a sense of majesty in her voice, which was hard to resist.Tao Zian was taken aback, and withdrew his sword.Tao Baisui was furious and swung his chair violently.Tao Zian grabbed the chair that his father had knocked over, and said, "Father, let's not do it first, so that everyone here can judge right and wrong." Tao Baisui stopped when he heard that his son made sense. Miao Ruolan said: "Qin'er, help Tian girl to go to the inner room to rest." At this time Tian Qingwen had slowly woken up, his face was pale, he lowered his head and walked into the inner room by himself.Everyone looked at Yin Ji, expecting him to continue talking. Yin Jidao: "I only heard senior brother Tian sigh and say: "Do evil, do evil! Retribution, retribution!" Discuss again, you go. Tell Zian to come, I have something to say to him.'” Yin Ji glanced at Tao and his son, and continued: "Senior Brother Ruan is still waiting to argue, Senior Brother Tian slapped the bed and said angrily, "Are you trying to force me to death?" Senior Brother Ruan said nothing, pushed the door and walked out. I heard What they are talking about is the scandal in their own family, and it has nothing to do with my Nanzong, and they are afraid that Senior Brother Ruan will come out and bump into them, and everyone will have a bad face, so they rushed back to their rooms immediately." Ruan Shizhong said with a sneer: "That night when I was talking to Senior Brother Tian, ​​I saw a shadow flashing and asked, 'Which bastard is eavesdropping here? Brother Yin, this is really offending." He bowed to Yin Ji as he spoke.He is obviously an accomplice, but he is really a curse.Yin Ji's complexion changed slightly, but he was very good at self-cultivation, he saluted and said with a smile: "Those who don't know are not guilty, let's talk about it."
Tao Zian said: "Okay, now it's my turn to speak. Since everyone has torn their faces, I... I don't have to hide anything. I... I..." At this point, his throat was choked up, and he was so excited that he said Not going on, but two tears flowed down. Seeing that such a majestic young hero like him showed weakness in front of others, everyone couldn't help feeling a little bit unbearable, so they shot Cao Yunqi's eyes with a bit of anger and blame.Tao Baisui shouted: "Why are you so unbelievable? A man can't keep his wife virtuous and his son filial. Fortunately, this daughter-in-law hasn't been married yet, so she can't insult my Tao family's lintel." Tao Zian wiped his tears with his sleeves, collected himself, and said, "In the past, every time I went to Tian's house... Uncle Tian's house..." Cao Yunqi heard that he hesitated for a while, and that Tian Guinong changed his name to "Uncle" instead of "Father-in-law", and he was secretly happy: "Hmph, this kid is annoyed, he doesn't recognize Qingmei as his wife, just what I want. " I just heard him continue: "Qingmei always blushes and avoids when there are people, and doesn't talk to me, but when there is no one, we always have to talk for a while. Every time I Bring her some gadgets, and she always has something for me, such as embroidering a purse, making a vest, never short..." Cao Yunqi's face gradually turned ugly, and he thought, "Hmph, there's still this kind of thing, it's hard to keep it from me." Tao Zi'an continued: "This time Uncle Tian closed the door and sealed his sword. I rushed there with my father excitedly. When I saw Qingmei, I felt that she was haggard, as if she had suffered a serious illness. Someone comforted her and asked her if she was sick. She hesitated at first, but when I asked, she got angry, took a few words from me, and never talked to me again. "I was so confused by her scolding, I was only wondering. After the banquet that day, I bumped into her in the gazebo in the back garden, and saw her eyes were red from crying. I didn't care about anything, so I asked her to accompany me. Said: "Sister Qing, it's all my fault, so don't be angry." But her face sank, and she exploded: "Hmph, if it's really your fault, that's all right! It's because someone else is fault, I'm still It's dead and clean." I was even more confused, and after asking a few more questions, she turned her head and left. "I went back to my room to sleep for a while, and the more I thought about it, the more uneasy I became. I really didn't understand what offended her, so I got up quietly, went outside her room, and flicked the window three times. In the past, we made appointments to meet up , I always use the three-finger mark. I didn't know that I played it several times this night, but there was no movement in the room. "After a while, I flicked it three more times, but still didn't hear a sound. I was surprised, and pushed on the pane, but the window was not latched, and opened in response to my hand. The room was pitch black and there was no sound." See something. I was eager to talk to her, so I jumped in through the window..." When Cao Yunqi heard this, jealousy rushed straight up from his chest, and he could no longer restrain himself, he shouted loudly: "You sneaked into someone's boudoir in the middle of the night, what do you want to do?" Kuai Zui Qin'er rushed to say: "They are an unmarried couple, can you control them?" Tao Zian nodded slightly to Qin'er, thanked her for her help, and continued: "I walked to her bed and vaguely saw a pair of shoes lying in front of the bed, so I boldly opened the net and reached out to touch her under the bed. ..." Cao Yunqi's face swelled, and when he was about to scold, he saw Qin'er glaring at him, and retracted when he reached the point of his mouth.Only Tao Zian continued: "...the tentacles seem to be a burden, but Qingmei is not on the bed. I am even more surprised. When I touch what kind of burden it is, my hand feels cold, it seems to be a baby, but it scares me A big jump. If you touch it carefully, it’s not a baby. It’s just that the whole body is cold and has been dead for a long time. It seems that the quilt was pressed on the child and suffocated to death.” There was a choking sound, and Miao Ruolan dropped the teacup on the ground by mistake, her face was pale, and her lips trembled slightly. Tao Zian said: "Everyone sounds scary today, but when I touched it with my own hands in the dark that day, I was even more horrified and almost cried out. At this moment, there were footsteps outside the room, and someone came in. I hurriedly went under the bed. I drilled in. I heard the man walk to the edge of the bed, sit on the edge of the bed, sobbing. It turned out to be Qingmei. She held the dead child in her arms, kept kissing him, and said in a low voice, "Son, don't blame me." Mother killed your life with her own hands, and mother's heart hurts more than being cut by a knife. But if you live, mother will not survive. Mother is so cruel, I'm sorry.' "Under the bed, I could only hear the creeps. Then I realized that she had an affair with some thief, gave birth to the child, and killed the child with poisonous hands. She hugged the dead baby and cried for a while, kissed for a while, and finally stood up. Come on, put on a cloak, cover the baby, and go out of the room. I waited for her to walk out of the door before I got out of the bed and followed her quietly. Know who the dog thief is. "I saw her go to the back garden, took a short shovel by the wall, and went over the wall. I pushed her all the way, and saw her walk more than half a mile to a cemetery. She picked up a short shovel. The shovel was about to dig the ground to bury it, when suddenly the sound of iron objects colliding with earth and rocks came from a few feet away. In the middle of the night, someone else was digging the ground. She was startled, and hurriedly squatted down, and after a while, bent over I slowly crawled over to inspect it. I must have been a tomb robber digging the grave, so I followed. A lantern beside the grave was emitting a faint yellow light, illuminating a black shadow who was digging the ground. "I took a closer look, but this man was not digging a grave, he was digging a pit beside the grave, and he was also burying something. I thought to myself: 'This is amazing, is there anyone else who is burying an illegitimate child?' But seeing The man dug for a while, and picked up a long package from the ground, which was indeed similar to the corpse of a baby. The man put the package in the pit, shoveled the soil, and turned around, and under the firelight, he could clearly see that this person No, it's Zhou Yunyang Senior Brother Zhou." Zhou Yunyang's face was bloodless, but after hearing what Tao Zian said, he became even paler. Tao Zian continued: "At that time, my suspicions arose: 'Could it be this bastard who had an affair with Qingmei? Why did he also come to bury a dead baby?' When Qingmei saw him, she bent down even lower, Unexpectedly, he did not come out to meet him. Senior Brother Zhou made the soil firm, shoveled some green grass and spread it on top, and piled a lot of rocks on top of the grass, so that no one could tell them apart, so he walked away. "As soon as Senior Brother Zhou walked away, Qingmei hurriedly dug a hole and buried the dead baby, and then moved away the rocks that Senior Brother Zhou had placed, to dig it out and see what he buried. I thought to myself: 'Even if If you don't do it, I'll dig it too, and now it saves me a lot of hands and feet." Qingmei lifted up the shovel and did a few digs when Brother Zhou suddenly came out from behind the grave and shouted: "Sister Qingwen, what are you doing? It turned out that he was really thoughtful. After burying it, he pretended to go away, but came back to check after a while. Qingmei was startled, and when she let go, the shovel fell to the ground, speechless. "Senior brother Zhou said coldly: "Sister Qingwen, you know what I buried, and I also know what you buried. If you want to hide it, everyone will hide it; if you want to reveal it, everyone will reveal it." Qingmei said:' Okay, then you make an oath.' Brother Zhou immediately swore a poisonous oath, and Qingmei followed him and swore. The two agreed to conceal each other, and went back to the village together. "I can see from the expressions of the two of them that there seems to be an affair, but it's a little different. It seems that Qingmei's child can't be born to Senior Brother Zhou. She followed behind quietly, with a hidden weapon for feeding poison in her hand. The two of them showed the slightest intimacy, and if there was half a sentence that was unintelligible, I immediately killed him. "At last he was lucky, the two returned to Zhuangzi from the cemetery, they stayed far away from each other, without saying a word. "Qingmei returned to her room, sobbing and weeping in a low voice. I stood under her window, thinking about everything, and thought of everything. I wanted to break in and chop her to death, and set fire to Tian's family. Zhuang was burned to nothing, wanting to reveal her scandals for everyone to know, but also wanted to hold her and cry aloud. Finally, he made up his mind: "Right now, we must keep our faces and wait until we find out who the adulterer is." Who will say.' "I was cold all over, and when I returned to the room, my father was still sleeping soundly, but I stood alone in a daze. I don't know how much time passed, but suddenly Uncle Ruan called me and said that Uncle Tian had something to say to me. I thought to myself:' Now that this is coming, let’s see how he said it? Should I promise to divorce, or deceive me and give me a ready-made green headscarf to wear?’ Uncle Ruan said that he would not accompany me late at night, and told me to Go. Fearing that something might happen, I woke up my father and asked him to be on guard. I had hidden weapons on my body, and I even hid my bow and arrows under my robe. "When I arrived at Uncle Tian's room, I saw him lying on the bed, staring at the top of the bed, in a daze, holding a blank piece of paper in his hand, and didn't notice that I entered the room. I coughed and called: 'Daddy !' He was taken aback, hid the white paper under the mattress, and said, "Ah, Zi'an, it's you." I thought to myself, "You're the one who asked me to come, but you're putting on such a show." But look at his expression He asked me to lock the door, but opened the window again, in case someone was eavesdropping outside the window, and then he said in a trembling voice: "Zian, I am in danger right now, and it is up to you to save my life. Got to do something for me.'” Cao Yunqi held back in his heart for a long time, when he heard this, he stood up abruptly, and shouted with his fingers: "Fart, fart! What skill is my master, what skills do you have to save him?" Tao Zian didn't even glance at him from the corner of his eyes, and said to Baoshu and the others as if there was no such person in front of him, "I was very surprised when I heard these two words, and hurriedly said: 'Father, but there is something wrong. My son-in-law will go through fire and water without hesitation." Uncle Tian nodded, took out a long package wrapped in brocade from the quilt, and handed it to me. Said: "You took this thing and kept it overnight. Rush to the outside of the customs and bury it in a hidden place. If I can not let others notice, it may save my life.' "I took it, and felt that the package was heavy and hard, like an iron object. I asked: 'What is that? Who is going to harm you?' Uncle Tian waved his hand a few times, looking very tired. , Said: "You go, don't even tell your father, it will be too late. This package must not be opened." I didn't dare to ask any more, turned around and left the room. As soon as I got to the door, Uncle Tian suddenly Said: "Zian, what's hiding under your robe?" I was startled, and thought, "His eyes are so sharp!" So I said truthfully, "That's a bow and arrow with a weapon. There are many guests today, and my son-in-law is afraid that he will sneak in." The villain came, so I took special precautions.' Uncle Tian said: "Okay, you are smart and capable, and Yun Qi can learn from you, that's good. Oh, give me the bow and arrow." "I took out the bow and arrow from under my robe and handed it to him. He took out a long arrow, looked at it a few times, put it on the bow, and said: 'You go quickly!' Seeing this look, I felt a little bit down Panicked: "Don't he shoot an arrow in my vest!" Pretending to bow and salute, he slowly backed out, retreated to the door, and then turned around suddenly. After I went out of the room, I looked back and saw that he pointed the arrow at Aim for the window, obviously to prevent the enemy from coming in through the window. "I went back to my room, and I was very suspicious of this matter. I thought that Uncle Tian's expression was always full of panic and secretiveness. It is certain that he has no good intentions for me. I told my father about it. But in order not to make him angry, the matter of Qingwen's sister was kept secret. Dad said: "Let's see what is in the bag first." Only tin box. "Dad saw with his own eyes that Uncle Tian snatched the iron box from Hu Yidao's orphan, and later put the treasured sword of Tianlongmen Township in the box. Dad said at that time: 'This is strange.' He Knowing that there is a short arrow hidden next to the iron box, and also knowing how to open the iron box, I immediately opened it according to the law. After seeing it, my father and son looked at each other, speechless. It turned out that there was nothing in the box. Daddy Said: 'What does that mean?' "I've seen something wrong a long time ago, and now I'm clear-eyed. I know that it must be Uncle Tian's plan to set me up. He hid the sword elsewhere, but gave me the iron box. He will send someone to stop me on the road. After he got me, he framed me for stealing his precious sword and forced me to hand it over. If I couldn't hand over the sword, even if he didn't kill me, he would definitely cancel Qingmei's marriage so that she could marry Senior Brother Cao. Dad didn't know what was going on. The reason is, of course I can't see through this poisonous plan. I couldn't tell my father clearly, so I was in a daze for a long time, and my father and I discussed it for a long time, I don't know what to do." Cao Yunqi yelled: "You killed my master and stole my Tianlongmen's treasure, but you are talking nonsense again. This kind of nonsense, even a three-year-old child can't hide it." Tao Zian sneered: "Although Uncle Tian is dead and there is no proof, I There is evidence in hand." Cao Yunqi was even more furious, and shouted: "Evidence? What evidence? Show it out for everyone to see." Tao Zian said: "I will show it when the time comes, so you don't need to worry about it. Everyone, Senior Brother Cao It is to interrupt my words, it is better to ask him to speak." Baoshu said coldly: "Cao Yunqi, you motherfucker, you're going to knock the old monk down the mountain, and the monk hasn't settled with you yet! Straight mother thief, why are you staring at your eyes and thick neck?" Cao Yunqi thought Han, dare not say any more. Tao Zi'an said: "I know that as long as you take the iron box out of the field, even if you don't get killed, you will be ruined. I said: 'Father, there is something strange in this. I will return the package to my father-in-law. I can't attract it. This is a matter." Immediately, he wrapped the iron box back in the brocade, pondered a few words in his mind, and wanted to expose his tricks, and everyone came to a tacit understanding. "When I rushed out of Uncle Tian's room with the parcel in my hand, the lights in his room were turned off, and the windows and doors were closed. I thought this matter could be messed up at any time, and I couldn't stand it for a while, so I called a few times outside the window." Voice: "Father, Father!" But there was no response in the room. I was suspicious: "With such martial arts, he will be awakened immediately even in a deep sleep. It seems that he deliberately did not answer." "The more I thought about it, the more frightened I became. I felt that the disciples of Tianlongmen were ambushing me, and they were about to rush up and force me to hand over the sword. I knocked on the door and explained my words first: 'Father! My father wants me to hand over the sword. Return the parcel to you. We have important matters to attend to, so we have not been able to deal with you. The son-in-law has never opened this parcel.' After taking a few shots, the room was still silent. I was in a hurry, took out a knife and pried it open I opened the door, pushed the door open, went in, lit the candles, and was stunned to see that Uncle Tian was dead on the bed with a long arrow stuck in his chest, which was exactly the feathered arrow I often used. He was on the quilt. His face was terrified, as if he had seen some terrible ghosts and ghosts before he died. "I stayed for a while, not knowing what to do. Seeing the doors and windows closed, I don't know how the murderer who killed Uncle Tian came in, and where did he go out after he killed him? I looked up to the roof, but saw that the roof tiles were not broken at all. , then the murderer did not come in and out from the roof. "I wanted to check again, but suddenly I heard the footsteps of several people in the corridor. I thought that Uncle Tian died under my arrow. If someone came in at this time, how could I get rid of it? I was busy getting caught by me. He was about to pull out the feathered arrow on his chest when he suddenly saw two objects on the bed under the candlelight. The shock was even more serious, his hand trembled, the candlestick was released from his hand, and the candle flame went out immediately. "Everyone can't guess what I saw. It turns out that one is this treasured knife, and the other is the dead baby that Qingmei buried in the grave. He came out to claim his life. In a panic, he grabbed the treasured sword and fled. As soon as he ran to the door, he suddenly remembered something. When he came back, he touched under Uncle Tian’s mattress, and sure enough, he found the white paper. I expected that the cause of his death was related to this The piece of paper must have something to do with it, so I stuffed it into my bosom, and was about to reach out to draw the arrow again, when the sound of footsteps approached, three people had already reached the door. I whispered: "Oops! This time the door is blocked, and my Tao Zian's life is over." !' "Under the crisis, seeing that there was nowhere to hide, I had no choice but to get under the bed, but when I heard the three people push the door in, it turned out to be two senior brothers Ruan Shishu and Cao Zhou. Martial Uncle Ruan called twice: 'Senior brother!' I didn't hear In response, I ordered Senior Brother Zhou to light candles. I thought I would get the candles later. They saw that Uncle Tian had died in vain. After a search, my life was in jeopardy. At this moment, I took advantage of the darkness and rushed out. "Uncle Ruan and Senior Brother Cao are both masters. I am by myself no enemy of the two of them, but I may be able to escape by surprise. At this time, I must make a decisive decision. I must not delay. I slowly crawled to the side of the bed and was about to jump out. I stretched out my arm and touched a person's face. It turned out that someone under the bed had arrived before me. "I almost cried out in surprise, the man had already stretched out his hand to hold my pulse door. I cried out secretly, and the man whispered in my ear: 'Shut up, let's go out together.' I was overjoyed, at this moment, With a flash in front of his eyes, senior brother Zhou had already arrived with a lantern. "There was only a popping sound, the man fired a hidden weapon, knocked out the lantern, and then turned his hand to snatch the treasured sword in my hand. I rolled, rolled out of the bottom of the bed, and rushed out. Someone chased him out. I only heard Master Ruan yelling: "What a thief!" He waved his palm and struck out. Master Ruan is very skilled in martial arts, and I thought that the man would not be able to escape. I hurried back to the room, called my father, and escaped from Tian's house overnight. "This is how it happened. This iron box was given to me by Uncle Tian's father. He told me to bury it outside the customs. I did it according to his will. The brothers and uncles of Tianlongmen saw Uncle Tian With a feathered arrow on his chest, he naturally suspected that I was the one who killed him. It's no wonder. It's a pity that I don't know the details of the person under the bed, otherwise I would have found him as a witness. But even if I can't find the person under the bed, I know Who is the murderer who killed Uncle Tian? Please look, this piece of paper was stuffed under the mattress when Uncle Tian saw me. He was afraid that his enemies would come to kill me, so he bent his bow and set his arrows at the window, waiting for this person But this person finally arrived, and Uncle Tian couldn't escape his murderous hands." When he said this, he took out an embroidered brocade bag from his arms.Seeing the exquisite craftsmanship of the kit, everyone knew that Tian Qingwen made it, so they couldn't help turning their heads to look at Cao Yunqi.He was so annoyed that his eyes were about to breathe fire, and he was secretly amused in his heart.Tao Zian opened the bag and took out a blank piece of paper, which he wanted to hand over to Baoshu. He hesitated for a moment, but handed it to Miao Ruolan. The white paper was folded into a Fang Sheng, Miao Ruolan took it over and opened it, she gave a little gasp, and saw two lines written in thick ink on the paper: "Congratulations to Senior Tian for closing the sword behind closed doors, all the blessings and longevity. I would like to pay my respects to Hu Fei, the late student of my servant teacher." These two lines of calligraphy are very strong, and they are exactly the same as the calligraphy of the greeting cards sent up the mountain by the two boys on the left and right, and they are indeed written by Hu Fei, the flying fox in the snow mountain.Miao Ruolan's hand holding the white paper trembled slightly, and said softly, "Could it be him?" Ruan Shizhong took the white paper from Miao Ruolan's hand and said, "This is indeed Hu Fei's handwriting. In this way, we are wrong to blame Zi'an." He suddenly turned his head, looked at Liu Yuanhe and said, "Master Liu, then What are you doing hiding under my brother Tian's bed? You are here undercover for Snow Mountain Flying Fox, aren't you?" Everyone was shocked when they heard the words, even Cao Yunqi and Zhou Yunyang were puzzled.In the darkness that night, the man under the bed fought with Ruan Shizhong several times, and then fled. The three guessed afterwards, but they still didn't know who it was. Why did he suddenly point at Liu Yuanhe and call out? Liu Yuanhe just sneered, but didn't answer.Ruan Shizhong said again: "In the darkness that night, I couldn't see the face of the gentleman under the bed, but I admired this gentleman's martial arts in his heart. Not only did the three of us, uncle and nephew, fail to stop him, we even failed to catch him. He also couldn't touch the slightest edge, he really is considered incompetent. Today, in the snow battle, he had to fight Master Liu, but it was the skill of a gentleman under the bed that day. Hehe, glad to meet you! Hehe, what a pity, what a pity." Zhou Yunyang knew that the master uncle must have a match at this time, just like talking about a cross talk, otherwise he would not be able to keep his mouth shut, so he asked: "Master uncle, what's the pity?" One of the royal guards, Mr. Liu, actually disregarded his status and came to do this kind of business of breaking into houses and stealing chickens and dogs."
Liu Yuanhe laughed loudly, and said, "Brother Ruan scolded me well, scolded me very well, and the one who hid under Tian Guinong's bed that night was no doubt just a mere one. It's true that you scolded me for stealing." The boss showed a complacent expression, and said: "I'm just sneaking around, but I'm doing it in accordance with the emperor's imperial edict!" Everyone was surprised, they all felt that he was talking nonsense, but after thinking about it, he was a guard of the Qing Palace, maybe he was really ordered to deal with Tianlongmen, so they didn't know.Everyone in Tianlong has a family and a business, and they can't help being frustrated when they hear this.Yin Ji is a well-known rich man in Guangdong and Guangxi, and he was particularly frightened. Liu Yuanhe stunned everyone when he saw a word, and he was even more complacent, and said: "Now that the matter is up to now, I will tell you about this matter. I may still have something to borrow from you later. This thing, or everyone I've never seen it before." As he spoke, he took out a large yellow envelope from his pocket.The word "secret order" was written on the outside of the envelope. He opened the bag, took out a piece of yellow paper, and read aloud: "According to the secret order, Liu Yuanhe, the first-class bodyguard before the imperial court, is ordered to act according to the plan without any mistakes. The supervisor is in charge." Read After that, spread the yellow paper on the table for everyone to watch. Yin Ji, Tao Baisui and others were well-versed, and seeing the vermilion stamp on the yellow paper, they knew that it was indeed the secret order issued by Sai Shang'e, the chief guard.The head of the game was known as the number one master of Manchurian warriors, and he was always relied on by Emperor Qianlong. Liu Yuanhe said: "Brother Ruan, you don't have to stare at me and blow your beard. From the beginning, this matter is the cause of brother Tian Guinong. One day, Director Sai invited eighteen of our guards to the Governor's Mansion. Have dinner. For these 18 people, our friends outside gave us a nickname, "Da Nei Eighteen Masters". In fact, with our three-legged cat skills, how can we call it the word "master"? But friends If you want to call it that, if you want to put gold on our faces, there is no way, is there? "As soon as we arrived, Director Sai said that today we will introduce a well-known character in the martial arts to everyone. We hurriedly asked who it was, but Director Sai smiled and didn't say anything. After the banquet, Director Sai went to the inner hall to attract someone来。只见他腰板笔挺，步履矫健，双目有神，果然是一派武林高手的风范。他两鬓虽已灰白，但面目仍是极为英俊清秀，想当年定是一位美男子。赛总管朗声道：'各位兄弟，这位是天龙门北宗掌门，武林中大大有名的人物，田归农田大哥！' “我们一听，都是微微一惊。田归农的名头大家都是知道的，只是天龙门素来少跟官府往来，不知赛总管凭了什么面子能把他请到。饮酒中间，大伙儿逐一向他把盏敬酒。田大哥也是客气之极，说了许多套交情的言语，可一句不提他上京的原因。直到吃喝完了，赛总管邀大伙儿到厢房喝茶，他两人才把其中原委说了出来。 “原来田大哥虽然身在草莽，可是忠君报国之心，却一点没比我们当差的少了。 “他这次上京，为的是要向皇上进贡一个大宝藏。这大宝藏嘛，那就是反贼李自成在北京所搜刮的金银财宝了。田大哥说道，要找寻这个宝藏，共有两个线索，须得两个线索拼凑起来，方能寻到。一个线索是李自成的一把军刀，那是他天龙门掌管，他就携带在身。另一个线索可就难了，那是一幅宝藏所在的地图，自来由苗家剑苗家世代相传。单有地图而无军刀，不知寻宝关键；单有军刀而无地图，不知宝藏的所在。若是二宝合璧，取那宝藏就如探囊取物一般。 “我们虽在官家当差，可个个出身武林，一听到'苗家剑'三字，都想：'那打遍天下无敌手金面佛苗人凤何等厉害，谁敢惹他？'田大哥见我们脸现难色，微微一笑，道：'在下若不是已经想到了对付苗人凤的计策，又怎敢轻易前来惊动各位？'赛总管忙问何计。田大哥于是说出一番话来，只把众人听得连连点头，齐叫妙计。他到底说的是什么妙计，时候一到，各位自然知晓，此刻也不必多说。 “次日田大哥告别离京，赛总管就派我们依计而行。他一面琢磨此事，总觉田大哥一不想升官、二不想发财，平白无端送我们这样一份大礼，天下哪有这等好人？料得其中必有别因，于是派了几个人暗中出京打探。我离京不久，就听到田大哥闭门封剑的讯息，当下备了一份礼物，上门道贺。 “和田大哥一见面，他显得十分欢喜，说道贵客上门，真是求之不得，跟着悄悄的要我办一件事。殷大哥，说出来你可别生气，他是要我知会官府，随便诬陷你一个罪名，将你拿在狱里，先关上几年再说。” 殷吉吓了一跳，浑身汗毛直竖，颤声道：“田师兄为人原是如此，幸蒙刘大人明鉴，高抬贵手，小的必有厚报。” 刘元鹤笑道：“好说，好说。当时我就问他跟殷大哥有甚仇怨。他道，仇怨是没有，只是依他们天龙门规矩，北宗掌门人轮值掌刀的期限已满，那把镇门之宝的宝刀就须传给南宗，片刻延挨不得。若是落到殷大哥手里，再要索回，不免就多一番周折。 “这话虽是不错，可是我不由得疑心更甚，当时跟他唯唯否否，既不答应，也不拒却，只是在一边厢冷眼旁观。 “酒筵之后，我想田大哥这把宝刀非交不可，难以推托，我倒有法儿给他帮个忙。若是我暗中将宝刀收起，他自然无法交出，殷大哥纵然不满，却也无计可施。这正是我立大功报圣恩的良机，岂能轻易放过？于是我悄悄走进田大哥房中，待要找寻宝刀，却听得门外脚步声响，原来是田大哥回来了。事急之际，只得躲入了床下。 “只听得田大哥走进房来，打开箱子，取出铁盒，突然惊呼：'咦，刀呢？'听他这呼声惊惶异常，实非作假，看来这宝刀是给人盗去了。他立时叫了女儿来查问，田姑娘毫不知情，也很着急。不久阮大哥进来了。师兄弟俩为了立掌门的事大起争执，提到了曹云奇曹师兄与田姑娘的暧昧之事，过了一会，田大哥要阮大哥去叫陶子安陶世兄来。 “田大哥将铁盒交给陶世兄，命他去埋在关外。我在床下听得清清楚楚，暗想陶子安这傻瓜这番可上了大当。 “陶世兄走后，我在床下听得田大哥只是捶床叹息，喃喃自语：'好胡一刀，好苗人凤！'当时我不知胡一刀是谁，料想是苗人凤盗了他的刀去。却原来他接到了胡一刀之子胡斐的拜帖，自知难逃一死，是以十分惶恐。但这时候偏巧失了宝刀，又不能就此高飞远走，一溜了之。 “跟着田姑娘走进房来，说道：'爹，我查到了你宝刀的下落。'田大哥一跃而起，叫道：'在哪里？'田姑娘走近几步，轻声道：'给周师兄偷去了。'田大哥道：'当真？他人呢？刀呢？'田姑娘道：'我亲眼见到他将刀埋在一个处所。'田大哥道：'好，你快去掘来。'田姑娘道：'爹，我要做一件事，你可莫怪我。'田大哥道：'什么事？'田姑娘道：'你去把周师兄叫来，我躲在门后。你问他是不是盗了宝刀。他若认了，我就在他背上钉一枚毒龙锥。'我心里想，这位姑娘的手段好狠啊。只听田大哥道：'我打折他双腿就是，不必取他性命。'田姑娘道：'你不依我，我就不给你取刀。'田大哥微一迟疑，道：'好，你快去取了刀来，凭你怎么处置他。'于是田姑娘转身出去。当时我不知田姑娘跟她师兄有什么仇怨，今日听了陶师兄之言，方知田姑娘是要杀人灭口。嘿，好家伙！人家大姑娘掩埋私生儿子，这种事也见得的？” 他说到这里，众人都转眼去瞧周云阳，只见他脸色铁青，双目不住眨动。 又听刘元鹤续道：“我索性在床下卧倒，静等瞧这幕杀人的活剧，再则，我还得等那柄刀呢，何况田大哥醒着躺在床上，我又怎能出去？等了没多久，田姑娘匆匆回来，颤声道：'爹，那刀给他掘去啦。我好胡涂，竟迟了一步，他……他还……'田大哥惊恐交集，问道：'他还怎么？'田姑娘其实想说：'他连我孩儿的尸体也掘去啦！'但这句话怎说得出口，呆了一呆，叫道：'我找他去！'拔足急奔而出，想是惊恐过甚，奔到门边时竟一交摔倒。 “我在床下憋得气闷，宝刀又不明下落，本想乘机打灭烛火逃去，哪知田大哥见她女儿摔倒，只叹了口长气，却不下床去扶。田姑娘站起身来，扶着门框喘息一会方走。 “田大哥下床去关上门窗，坐在椅上。但见他将长剑放在桌上，手里拿了弓箭，铁青着脸，神色极是怕人。我心中也是惴惴不安，要是给他发觉了，他一个翻脸无情，我武功不及，只怕性命难保。 “田大哥坐在椅上，竟一动也不动，宛如僵直了一般，但双目却是精光闪烁，显得心下极为烦躁不安。四下一片死寂，只听得远处隐隐有犬吠之声，接着近处一只狗也吠了起来，突然之间，这狗儿悲吠一声，立时住口，似是被人用极快手法弄死了。田大哥猛地站起，房门上却起了几下敲击之声。这声音来得好快，听那狗儿吠叫声音总在数十丈外，岂知这人一弄死狗儿，转瞬间就到了门外。 “田大哥低沉着声音道：'胡斐，你终于来了？'门外那人却道：'田归农，你认得我声音么？'田大哥脸色更是苍白，颤声道：'苗……苗大侠！'门外那人道：'不错，是我！'田大哥道：'苗大侠，你来干什么？'门外那人道：'哼，我给你送东西来啦！'田大哥迟疑片刻，放下弓箭，去开了门。只见一个又高又瘦、脸色蜡黄的汉子走了进来。 “我在床底留神瞧他模样，心道：'此人号称打遍天下无敌手，是当今武林中顶儿尖儿的脚色，果然是不怒自威，气势慑人。'只见他手里捧着两件物事，放在桌上，说道：'这是你的宝刀，这是你的外孙儿子。'原来一包长长的东西竟是一个死婴。 “田大哥身子一颤，倒在椅中。苗大侠道：'你徒弟瞒着你去埋刀，你女儿瞒着你去埋私生儿，都给我瞧见啦，现下掘了出来还你。'田大哥道：'谢谢。我……我家门不幸，言之有愧。'苗大侠突然眼眶一红，似要流泪，但随即满脸杀气，一个字一个字的说道：'她是怎么死的？'” 只听得当啷一响，苗若兰手里的茶碗摔在地下，跌得粉碎。她举止本来十分斯文镇定，不知怎的，听了这句话，竟自把持不定。琴儿忙取出手帕，抹去她身上茶水，轻声道：“小姐，进去歇歇吧，别听啦！”苗若兰道：“不，我要听他说完。” 刘元鹤向她望了一眼，接着说道：“田大哥道：'那天她受了凉，伤风咳嗽。我请医生给她诊治，医生说不碍事，只是受了些小小风寒，吃一帖药，发汗退烧就行了。可是她说药太苦，将煎好的药泼了去，又不肯吃饭，这一来病势越来越沉。我一连请了好几个医生，但她不肯服药，不吃东西，说什么也劝不听。'” 苗若兰听到这里，不由得轻轻啜泣。熊元献等都感十分奇怪，不知这不肯服药吃饭之人是谁，与田归农及苗氏父女三人又有什么关连。陶氏父子与天龙诸人却知说的是田归农的续弦夫人，但苗大侠何以关心此事，苗若兰何以伤心，却又不明所以了，都想：“难道田夫人是苗家亲戚？怎么我们从来没听说过？” 刘元鹤道：“当时我在床下听得摸不着半点头脑，不知他们说的是谁，心想苗人凤这么风头火势的赶来，只不过是问一个人的病。那人不服药、不吃饭，这不是撒娇么？但听苗大侠又问：'这么说来，是她自己不想活了？'田大哥道：'我后来跪在地下哀求，说得声嘶力竭，她始终不理。' “苗大侠道：'她留下了什么话？'田大哥道：'她叫我在她死后将尸体火化了，把骨灰撒在大路之上，叫千人踩，万人踏！'苗大侠跳了起来，厉声道：'你照她的话做了没有？'田大哥道：'尸体是火化了，骨灰却在这里。'说着站起身来，从里床取出一个小小瓷坛，放在桌上。 “苗大侠望着瓷坛，脸上神色又是伤心又是愤怒。我只看了一眼，就不敢再望他的脸。 “田大哥又从怀里取出一枚凤头珠钗，放在桌上，说道：'她要我把这珠钗还给你，或者交给苗姑娘，说这是苗家的物事。'” 众人听到此处，齐向苗若兰望去，只见她鬓边插了一枚凤头珠钗，微微晃动。那凤头打得精致无比，几颗珠子也是滚圆净滑，只是珠身已现微黄，似是历时已久的古物。 刘元鹤续道：“苗大侠拿起珠钗，从自己头上拔下一根头发，缓缓穿到凤头的口里，那头发竟从钗尖上透了出来，原来钗身中间是空的。但见他将头发两端轻轻一拉，凤头的一边跳了开来。苗大侠侧过珠钗，从凤头里落出一个纸团。他将纸团摊了开来，冷冷的道：'瞧见了么？'田大哥脸如土色，隔了半晌，叹了口长气。 “苗大侠道：'你千方百计要弄这张地图到手，可是她终于瞧穿了你的真面目，不肯将机密告知你，仍将珠钗归还苗家。宝藏的地图是在这珠钗之中，哼，只怕你作梦也难以想到罢！'他说了这几句话，又将纸团还入凤头，用头发拉上机括，将珠钗放在桌上，说道：'开凤头的法儿我教了你啦，你拿去按图寻宝罢！'田大哥哪里敢动，紧闭着口一声不响。我在床下却瞧得焦急异常，地图与宝刀离开我身子不过数尺，可是就没法取得到手。只见苗大侠呆呆的瞧着瓷坛，慢慢伸出双手捧起了瓷坛，放入了怀中，脸上的神色十分可怕。” 只听得轻轻一声呻吟，苗若兰伏在桌上哭了出来，鬓边那凤头珠钗起伏颤动不已。众人面面相觑，不明其故。 刘元鹤接着道：“田大哥伸手在桌上一拍，道：'苗大侠，你动手吧，我死而无怨。'苗大侠嘿嘿一笑，道：'我何必杀你？一个人活着，就未必比死了的人快活。想当年我和胡一刀比武，大战数日，终于是他夫妇死了，我却活着。我心中一直难过，但后来想想，他夫妇恩爱不渝，同生同死，可比我独个儿活在世上好得多啦。嘿嘿，这张地图在你身边这许多年，你始终不知，却又亲手交还给我。我何必杀你？让你懊恼一辈子，那不是强得多么？'说着拿起珠钗，大踏步出房。田大哥手边虽有弓箭刀剑，却哪敢动手？ “田大哥唉声叹气，将死婴和宝刀都放在床上，回身闩上了门，喃喃的道：'一个人活着，就未必比死了的人快活。'坐在床上，叫道：'兰啊兰，你为我失足，我为你失足，当真是何苦来？'接着嘿的一声，听得什么东西戳入了肉里，他在床上挣了几挣，就此不动了。 “我吃了一惊，忙从床底钻将出来，只见他将羽箭插在自己心口，竟已气绝。各位，田大哥是自尽死的，并非旁人用箭射死。害死他的既不是陶子安，更不是胡斐，那是他自己。我跟陶胡二人绝无交情，犯不着给他们开脱。 “我见他死了，当下吹灭烛火，正想去拿宝刀，然后溜之大吉，陶世兄却已来到房外拍门，我只得躲回床底。以后的事，陶世兄都已说了。他拿了宝刀，逃到关外来。我在床底下憋了这老半天，难道是白挨的么？加上我这位熊师弟跟饮马川向来有梁子，咱哥儿就跟着来啦。” 他一番话说完，双手拍拍身上灰尘，拂了拂头顶，恰似刚从床底下钻出来一般，喝了两口茶，神情甚是轻松自得。