Chapter 8 Chapter Eight

Suddenly the flames flickered at the entrance of the hall, Liu Hezhen held the firewood in his hand, leaned on his wife's arm, walked into the apse slowly, and said, "Let's sleep here for a while." In the straw where Yuan Ziyi slept just now. Hu Fei is a young man, and when he saw it, he was in a hurry, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Liu, it is inconvenient for you to climb up and down. It is much more convenient to sleep underground. My bunk will let you." Stretched his feet and stepped on, he was the first to lie down in the straw pile.Liu Hezhen thanked, "My little brother is really kind."

Hu Fei was lying in the straw, and vaguely smelled a faint fragrance. He didn't know if it was out of his own imagination, or if Yuan Ziyi really left the fragrance. He was happy and sad, and reached out to touch the jade phoenix in his arms. . After sleeping for a while, I suddenly heard Liu Hezhen say in a low voice: "Zhong Ping, this little brother is really kind, we both have to repay him well." The young woman named Zhong Ping said: "Yes, If he hadn't tried his best to cover it up, the ones lying in this temple would be the two corpses of our husband and wife." Liu Hezhen sighed, and said, "Shicai is really in danger, if the three Zhong brothers want to embarrass this little girl Brother, I have to save him even if I do my best." Zhong Ping said: "Of course, if others treat each other with a chivalrous heart, we can repay him with a chivalrous heart. Although this little brother does not know martial arts, he is a human being. But it is better than many heroes in the rivers and lakes." Liu Hezhen said: "Whisper! Don't wake him up." Then he called a few times in a low voice: "Brother! Brother!"

Hu Fei didn't fall asleep, but after listening to them praising him strongly, knowing that he was going to thank him again, he felt embarrassed, so he pretended to be asleep and didn't agree. Zhongping said in a low voice: "He fell asleep." Liu Hezhen said: "Yeah!" In the middle, there is a lot of blame.Zhong Ping said sadly: "Oh! You are so seriously injured, how can I abandon you?" Liu Hezhen said: "Since my wife died, I only know that I will be alone for the rest of my life. Unexpectedly, you will follow me, yes I am so loving. How can I be willing to part with you? But you know how important this letter is, if it is not sent to the golden-faced Buddha Miao hero, I don’t know how many benevolent and righteous people will die..."

When Hu Fei heard the words "Golden Face Buddha Miao Hero", his heart shuddered, and he almost exclaimed with an "ah".He knew that Miao Renfeng had a lot to do with his father. According to rumors in the world, his father died at his hands, but every time he asked Uncle Ping, who raised him, he always said that this was absolutely not true. I'm still young, and I will definitely inform you in the future.Hu Fei met Miao Renfeng once in the Merchant Fort back then, but he felt that he was majestic and majestic, and in his young heart at that time, he admired him a lot.Until now, among the people he met in his life, the only ones who really broke his heart are Zhao Banshan and Miao Renfeng.Zhao Banshan befriended him, but Miao Renfeng didn't say a word to him, and didn't even glance at him out of the corner of his eye, but every time he thought of this person, he always felt that he should be like this, that he was a hero.

Only Zhongping said in a low voice: "Shut up! This matter is extremely confidential, so don't talk about it in a place where there is no one." Liu Hezhen said: "Yes! We are running around for the sake of countless benevolent and righteous people. There is no selfishness in it. The emperor has a spirit, and he must bless us to succeed." These few words are righteous and awe-inspiring.Hu Fei secretly admired, and said in his heart: "This is a chivalrous matter. No matter whether Miao Renfeng has kindness or hatred towards me, I will definitely help Liu Hezhen deliver the letter."

The couple stopped talking after that.After a long time, Hu Fei was in a daze, slightly drowsy, and was about to fall asleep when he closed his eyes, when he heard the sound of horseshoes in the north again, and the Zhong brothers went three times and returned.Hu Fei was slightly startled: "These three people come back to the temple again. Liu He will be hard to escape this time. Why don't I go outside the temple and send them away. Even if they lose, let the Lius escape and deliver the letter Request a letter." So he tied the burden on his back, slipped gently down the altar, walked out of the temple gate, and greeted the horses of the three Zhong brothers.

At this time, the heavy rain had stopped, and the road area was full of water. Hu Fei ran across the water. For a moment, in the darkness, he saw three horses running head to tail.He stood in the middle of the road, opened his hands, and shouted loudly: "I opened this mountain, and I planted this tree. If you want to live from now on, leave the road money!" Zhong Laosan, who was in the lead, laughed dumbly, and shouted: "Where did you get out of the little thief!" As soon as he lifted the rein, he rushed towards Hu Fei.Hu Fei stretched out his left hand, grabbed the rein of the horse and reined in it. The horse could not bear the force of hundreds of catties, but when he reined it, it immediately backed up a few steps.He then resorted to the skill of borrowing strength, following the horse's backward trend, sending and kicking, a tall horse unexpectedly couldn't stand still, and fell to the ground with a bang.At last Zhong Laosan saw the opportunity quickly and jumped on the side of the road first.

This time, the three Zhong brothers were all shocked, the eldest Zhong and the second eldest dismounted at the same time, and each of them had a strange-shaped weapon in their hands.It was about to dawn at this time, but before dawn, there was a short period of time when the sky was darker, and even though the heavy rain had stopped, the dark clouds in the sky had not dissipated. Although Hu Fei opened his eyes wide, he still couldn't see what soldier the three of them were holding blade. Only one person said in a rough voice: "The Zhong brothers from Hubei Province have never visited your house when they passed through your place. It is extremely rude. Please tell me your honor and name." The three of them heard Hu Fei's immature accent and knew that he was not very old. At first, he didn't take it to heart at all, but when he saw that he knocked a healthy horse to the ground with a strangle and a push, this skill is really extraordinary, and he couldn't help but change his face.The boss, Zhong Zhaoying, called out his name, and his words were quite respectful.

Although Hu Fei is funny and wise, he is not frivolous by nature. He heard the other party speak politely, and said: "My surname is Hu, and I didn't ask the three queens." Zhong Zhaoying thought to himself: "My three heroes of the Zhong family are famous all over the world, but who in the martial arts world doesn't know about it? You have heard the words 'Ebei Zhong brothers', and you still have to ask about their names. Your knowledge is too shallow." So he replied: "This is Zhaoying, my second brother, Zhaowen, and Zhaoneng, my third brother. My three brothers are in a hurry, so please make way for Big Brother Hu. Since Big Brother Hu is here to open a mountain and set up a cabinet, we brothers will come back, and we will definitely thank you sincerely. "He said and arched his hand.As a well-known figure in the Jianghu, it is extremely rare for him to speak so humbly to his younger generation, just because he saw Hu Fei's extremely strong martial arts as soon as he made a move, he knew that this person was extremely difficult to fight, and he thought he might not be alone One person, if there are other teachers and friends by his side, it will be even more difficult.

Hu Fei cupped his fists to return the salute, and said, "Mr. Zhong is too polite. Are the three of you looking for Liu Hezhen and his wife?" At this time, the sky was getting brighter, and the three heroes of the Zhong family had already recognized the person in front of them, that was the country boy they had just seen in Xiangfei Temple.The three brothers glanced at each other, thinking: "This time, I've missed it, so this kid is on the same side as Liu Hezhen and his wife." In the twilight of the morning, Hu Fei had already seen the odd-shaped weapons in the hands of the three Zhong brothers. He saw that Zhong Zhaoying was holding an iron plate about a foot long, with words vaguely engraved on it; Zhong Zhaowen was holding a mourning stick; The object is even more strange, it is actually a soul-calling banner inserted on the seat of the dead, fluttering in the morning wind, it looks extremely strange.The three of them were ugly, and their clothes were strange, and with the help of these three dangerous weapons, they were already blown away without using their hands.Hu Fei was only afraid that they would suddenly attack, but he didn't know the power of these three strange weapons, so he was fully on guard at the moment, and dared not be negligent.

Zhong Zhaoying said: "How do you call Teacher Liu Hezhen?" Hu Fei said: "This is the second time I have met Teacher Liu today, and we have never had a relationship. I just saw that the three of you are pushing each other too much, so I want to express my love for him. As the saying goes Good: Let it go when you can, and you have to forgive others. Since Teacher Liu and his wife are injured, how much will the three of you tolerate?" Zhong Zhaowen was impatient, thinking to himself that it had taken a long time here, don't let Liu Hezhen take the opportunity to leave, he winked at his elder brother, moved slowly, and wanted to bypass Hu Fei. Hu Fei stretched out his hands, and said: "The three of you have something to do with Mr. Liu, and I don't know it at all. But Mr. Liu has something important to do, and after letting him finish it, how about the three of you making trouble with him again? At that time, I will do something If you don't interfere with yourself, naturally you dare not take the liberty to disturb him." Zhong Zhaowen said angrily, "We just don't allow him to do this matter. Are you going to let him go or not?" Hu Fei remembered what Liu Hezhen and his wife said in reply, saying that the letters involved the lives of countless benevolent people. Seeing that the three Zhong brothers had a fierce appearance, they obviously did a lot of evil in their lives. If they didn't do something today, it would be difficult to get rid of this matter, so haha He smiled and said, "It's not difficult to make way, you only need to pay three hundred taels of silver for the road." Zhong Zhaowen was furious, he waved the mourning stick and stepped forward to strike.Zhong Zhaoying blocked it with his left hand and said, "Second brother, wait a minute!" He reached into his bosom, took out four ingots, and said, "There is more than three hundred taels of silver here, so please take it." Zhong Zhaowen called out, "Brother, what are you doing?" ?” He thought, how could the three heroes of the Zhong family be so weak to a younger generation?But Zhong Zhaoying knew the urgency of the matter, and he had to stop Liu Hezhen as soon as possible. There were priorities. For such an unknown young man like Hu Fei, the strength of the three brothers would be invincible, but if there was any delay, the big event would be missed, so he said that he would To buy road money, take three hundred taels of silver and give it to him. This move was beyond Hu Fei's expectation. He shook his head grinningly, without reaching out to pick it up, and said, "Thank you, thank you! Teacher Zhong said that the four ingots are more than three hundred taels, but the price of the younger generation is just One hundred taels of silver per person, three hundred taels in total, it would be too unfair to take more. How about this, let's go to the front town together, find a silver shop, ask the shopkeeper to weigh it carefully, the juniors only need three hundred taels Two, don’t dare to take a cent more..." The three heroes of the Zhong family raised their eyebrows when they heard this.Zhong Zhaoying put the silver in his arms and said: "Second brother, third brother, you go first." He shouted to Hu Fei: "Show your weapons. I will ask you for my brother's good tricks." Hu Fei saw that he was calm and calm, he was really a strong opponent, and Yuan Ziyi had already snatched him away single-handedly. At this time, fighting the three of them with bare hands, I am afraid it would be difficult to win.When he thought of Yuan Ziyi, he felt a little sweet in his heart, but then he gritted his teeth, thinking that if you hadn't taken away my weapon, he wouldn't be in this dangerous situation at this time, seeing Zhong Zhaowen and Zhaoneng brothers want to bypass him, But how to stop it?When his mind moved, he quickly took two steps sideways, stretched out his right fist, and hit the yellow horse Zhong Zhaoying was riding on the nose with a bang.He used a heavy hand for this punch, which is exactly the most powerful killing that has been passed down in the Hu family's boxing manual.The yellow horse's skull was shattered immediately, and it collapsed to the ground, dead without moving. This was the first move, and the three heroes of the Zhong family were all stunned.Hu Fei grabbed the yellow horse's saddle, and with a little force, the horse's girdle broke. He blocked the saddle in front of his chest, holding a stirrup strap in each hand, and said, "I'm offended! Just because I didn't carry a weapon, I have to borrow this saddle." As he spoke, he swung out the iron stirrup of his left hand and attacked Zhong Zhaowen's face, and the iron stirrup of his right hand struck Zhong Zhaoneng's right side across, and both stirrups came out, blocking their way. The three heroes of the Zhong family were shocked and angry.The three brothers used to use judge pens, but they were defeated by Miao Renfeng eight years ago. It was a great shame and humiliation. Fighting against Miao Renfeng again, how could he be humiliated by this unknown boy in this remote village?Zhong Zhaoying whistled, Zhaowen and Zhaoneng whistled in unison, and the whistle sounded bleak and chilly. Hu Fei couldn't help being startled when he heard it, and saw the three of them holding up the iron spirit card, the mourning stick, and the soul-calling banner, attacking from three sides , when he put the saddle on his chest as a shield, and waved the iron stirrups with both hands, it seemed to be using a pair of meteor hammers, and he was able to attack and defend. Although he is proficient in fists, feet and swordsmanship, he is not proficient in many martial arts schools like Yuan Ziyi. He has never practiced this meteor hammer. He only uses his quick mind and superior martial arts foundation to resist.Although it is said that one method is mastered, ten thousand methods are mastered, and a person with high martial arts skills can use a bamboo and a tree in their hands to defeat the enemy and protect themselves, but the three heroes of the Zhong family are first-rate experts. He is deep.Fortunately, he didn't know the technique of meteor hammer at all, so he fought twenty or thirty moves with the three of them, but he was not defeated yet. It turned out that the three heroes of the Zhong family were well-informed. Seeing that Hu Fei was using two stirrups as meteor hammers, they deliberately identified his martial arts family.He saw the stirrup with his right hand strike horizontally, thinking that this was a move of "White Rainbow Piercing the Sun" in the Zhang Family's Meteor Hammer Technique in Qingzhou, Shandong, and the stirrup with his left hand would also strike horizontally.Unexpectedly, Hu Fei saw Zhong Zhaowen's mourning stick was being raised from bottom to top, and there was a gap on the top of his head, so he immediately shook the stirrup and pressed it down.Zhong's three ambitions felt strange: "What kind of family is this?" Hu Fei saw Zhong Zhaowen raised his stick to seal the grid, and swept the stirrup with his right hand towards Zhong Zhaoneng.The three brothers nodded secretly, thinking: "That's right, so he is the disciple of Chu Shichui in Yanzhou, Shaanxi. This time he 'raised his eyebrows', and the second half of the move must have been swinging the double stirrups as his chest." The three of them had seen him push When a horse hits a horse, its physical strength is extremely strong, if the two hammers are swung straight at the chest, it will not be careless, now the three of them raised their weapons to their chests, using their strength together, they want to fight him hard.Unexpectedly, Hu Fei didn't know what the "raised eyebrows" tactic was. Seeing the three people raise their weapons to protect their chests, the double stirrups suddenly swept down and hit the three people's lower body.The three brothers were taken aback: "How did you use the trick of 'shattering the earth'?" Zhong Zhaoneng parried and shouted: "Hey, who are you, Teacher Tong of 'Meteor Chasing the Moon' in Taiyuan Mansion? Could it be that the flood knocked down the Dragon King Temple?" "Meteor chasing the moon", and the three heroes of the Zhong family are irreversible friends, the move of "shattering the earth" is just the single-pass stunt of their school, and other families who use the meteor hammer will never use it.Hu Fei hit by mistake, this move made it seem vaguely, he listened to Zhong Zhaoneng's inquiry, and said with a smile: "Teacher Tong is my junior brother."Zhong Zhaoneng let out a "bah" and cursed: "You bastard is talking nonsense!" The three of them saw his stirrup tricks appearing like a ghost, and couldn't figure out his martial arts background. They all wondered: "We have traveled all over the world for decades. Which family or school has never seen a meteor hammer? This kid is really evil." Originally in a martial arts competition, if one could know the opponent's martial arts background, one would be able to seize the enemy's opportunity and gain the upper hand everywhere, but the three heroes of the Zhong family guessed wrong several times in a row, their minds fluttered, and the moves they used were useless. .This is all because of Hu Fei's magical fist and killing horses, which made the three of them jealous, otherwise there would be no need to identify his family's sects, and they would show off their unique skills as soon as they got started, and Hu Fei would have been in trouble. After more than 20 moves, the three heroes of the Zhong family saw that although his double stirrup moves were unique, they were not powerful, so they each exhibited the special skills they had practiced hard for eight years, and the strange moves of the three strange-shaped weapons of cards, sticks and banners came one after another. .Zhong Zhaoying's spiritual tablet was made of iron, and all his actions were fierce and hard-hitting. Hu Fei could see clearly at this time that the words "make money at first sight" were written on the card.Zhong Zhaoneng's summoning banners are all soft skills, the fabric of the banners is not like cloth, the leather is not like leather, the stirrups do not exert force at all, but if the banners are brushed against the body, the feeling will definitely be extremely uncomfortable.Zhong Zhaowen's mourning stick is between rigidity and softness, roughly in the shape of a stick, but mixed with the style of whip and mace.The three brothers have different weapons, but the wooden handles of the three weapons are still used by the judge's pen, and the strength and softness complement each other, complementing each other.Hu Fei secretly groaned, knowing that if he fought for a while, he would definitely be defeated. Suddenly, he turned his palms around, put them behind the saddle, and pushed outwards.The force of this push was not small, and with a sound of a whoop, the saddle flew forward. The three heroes of the Zhong family jumped out of the way, not knowing what strange move he was about to make. Hu Fei said loudly: "I was kind enough to persuade you to fight, and I didn't intend to fight the three of you. Therefore, with bare hands and no weapons, how can I use this saddle to fight against the three heroes of the world? I will admit defeat today." Said He dodges to the side of the road. The three heroes of the Zhong family knew that his words were irritating, but they didn't want to get entangled with him because they had something important to do.Zhong Zhaoneng said casually: "Okay, next time you get the weapon at your fingertips, we will learn the best tricks." Then he walked away. Hu Fei laughed and said, "Next time, next time, a good next time! It turns out that the three Zhong brothers are such and such characters." Zhong Zhaowen said angrily, "What is so and so? You don't have a weapon yourself, so who is to blame?" Hu Fei said: "I have a wonderful method, I'm just afraid that you don't dare to compete with me." The three heroes of the Zhong family were provoked by him again and again, and they couldn't bear it anymore, and said in unison: "Draw your way !" Zhong Zhaoying then said: "My two brothers are here to learn, but I have to accompany you less." Saying this, he jumped up. Hu Fei jumped up, holding his hands in the air.Zhong Zhaoying didn't expect his movement to be so swift, with a flick of the iron plate, he hit him head-on.Hu Fei's punching and kicking skills were much better than him, he didn't dodge or dodge at the moment, before his body landed, his right hand had already turned around, grabbed his right wrist, shook and twisted, and Zhong Zhaoying almost snatched the iron plate from Zhong Zhaoying's hand. Zhaowen and Zhaoneng were startled, and attacked from left and right respectively to help their elder brother.With a long laugh, Hu Fei jumped back about Zhang Xu, took advantage of the opportunity to break a branch from a pine tree beside the road, and said, "Do you three dare to try my sword skills?" Although Zhong Zhaoying didn't take away the iron medal from him this time, his wrist was already aching from the grasp, and he felt even more suspicious and fearful, thinking to himself: "This young man is really extraordinary, if I go after Liu Hezhen alone, Leaving the second and third brothers here, I really can't rest assured, and I have to work together with the three brothers to take care of him first. Even if there is a delay, it will be a big deal." Zhong Zhaowen saw that Hu Fei was holding a four-foot-long stick in his hand Song Zhi, for some reason, looked at his elder brother and listened to his idea. Zhong Zhaoying calmed down and said: "Your Excellency wants to compare sword skills, but unfortunately we don't have a single sword, otherwise we can borrow it." Hu Fei said: "We are strangers to each other, and we have no deep hatred. That's it, isn't it?" Zhong Zhaoying said: "Not bad!" Hu Fei folded off the thin fork on the pine branch with his left hand, leaving only a bare branch, and said: "This pine branch is a knife. Please come up together. Let's talk first, wherever the pine branch is cut, it will be considered as a steel knife. Does the three brothers of the Zhong family count?" Seeing how entrusted he was, Zhong Zhaoying felt even more enraged, and said loudly: "The name of the three heroes of the Zhong family has been known all over the Jianghu for a long time, and your little brother was not even born at that time." Hu Fei said: "This is the best, let's see the knife!" Holding up the pine branch, he slashed horizontally with a swipe.Zhong Zhaowen grabbed it from behind and hit with the stick.Hu Fei slanted to avoid it, and the pine branch had already cut towards Zhong Zhaoneng's neck.Zhong Zhaoneng reversed the flag pole and threw it on the pine branch, at the same time Zhong Zhaoying's iron plate was also hit. The Hu family's sword skills are really unpredictable. Although the three heroes of the Zhong family are strong in martial arts, but as soon as Hu Fei used the pine branch as a sword, he immediately rushed to attack, interspersed between the three, chopping and chopping. A small pine branch unexpectedly showed infinite power.The three heroes of the Zhong family became more and more amazed as they fought, I saw that his pine branch would never collide with the three kinds of weapons, but took advantage of the gap, and every move was aimed at his vital points.Although it is harmless to be hit by a pine branch, there is an appointment, and it must not be allowed to touch the body.Zhong Zhaowen became agitated, swung his club across, and smashed Hu Fei's shin.Every move of the three brothers echoed each other, only when Hu Fei jumped up to avoid each other, Zhong Zhaoneng's soul-calling banner fell from his head, and Zhaoying's iron plate hit his right waist hard.Unexpectedly, Hu Fei didn't jump up, but instead took a step forward, slammed into his arms, raised and lowered the branch, and the pine branch had already hit Zhong Zhaowen's left shoulder. This move was extremely fierce, as if the pine branch had been replaced by a steel knife, Zhong Zhaowen's left arm was immediately removed.The blow from the pine branch naturally didn't hurt him, but Zhong Zhaowen's complexion changed drastically, and he shouted: "That's all, that's all!" Throwing the mourning stick to the ground, he walked away with his hands down. Brothers Zhong Zhaoying and Zhong Zhaoneng felt a chill in their hearts, but the flags danced even tighter, and each tried to kill, hoping to hit Hu Fei and draw a tie.But after a few moves, Zhong Zhaoying was dragged by a pine branch around his neck, but Zhong Zhaoneng was scratched by a pine branch on his right leg.The two looked at each other miserably, and dropped their weapons together.Suddenly Zhong Zhaoying let out a "wow" and spat out a mouthful of blood. Seeing that they kept their promise, Hu Fei thought to himself that although the three brothers were vicious, they could speak accurately. He knew he hadn't hurt Zhong Zhaoying. He vomited blood, and it must have been caused by his anger. He arched his hands, waiting to say a few words to explain.Zhong Zhaoneng snorted, and said: "Your Excellency's martial arts are amazing, I admire you! It's just that you are young and not on the right path. It's a pity that you have a good skill." Hu Fei said in amazement: "Why did I not go on the right path?" Zhong Zhaowen said angrily "Third brother, what else can you tell him?" He helped Zhong Zhaoying get on the horse, took the rein and walked away. The three strange weapons were thrown into the puddle, and no one picked them up.
Hu Fei saw the three of them turn around and leave, leaving a dead horse and three weapons on the ground. He felt quite touched in his heart. After watching for a while, he returned to the ancient temple. Walking into the temple, Liu Hezhen and his wife were nowhere to be seen in the front and back halls. Knowing that they had taken the opportunity to go away, thinking of the good deed they had just done, they couldn't help but feel proud, and thought: "That Miao Renfeng doesn't know where to live." Where is it? This person claims to be an 'invincible fighter all over the world'. I don't know how good his martial arts are?" This person has a great relationship with his deceased father. When he saw him in Shangbao that day, the first two pages of his boxing scriptures and swords manual , It was also because of his prestige that he took it back from Yan Ji's hands. After that, he thought about it all the time. At this moment, he really wanted to follow Liu Hezhen and his wife to have a look, but although Feng Tiannan fled, he would not be far away. My husband also couldn't make up his mind which one to follow. He lowered his head in thought, then returned from the old path, and walked to the place where Shicai and the three heroes of the Zhong family fought, only to see that the three strange weapons in the ground were gone, but the dead horse was lying on the ground.He was very surprised: "I came and went only for a moment, and it was still early in the morning, so no passerby would pick it up. Could it be that the Zhong brothers went back and forth?" He looked around and saw nothing unusual. He inspected all the way, and finally saw a muddy footprint on the trunk of a big tree more than ten feet away from the fighting place.The footprints were about three feet high from the ground, and they were printed on the side of the tree trunk not facing the road. If you didn't examine carefully, you would never see it.The mud of the footprints is very wet, it must have been there not long ago, and the soles of the footprints are slender, which is obviously a woman's shoe print. His heart moved: "Could it be her? When I fought with the three heroes of the Zhong family, she hid in the tree and watched?" Thinking of this, his heart was beating wildly, and he immediately jumped up, grabbed a tree trunk and turned over. Climbing up the tree, sure enough, on a horizontal branch, there were two wet mud footprints of women side by side. Beside the horizontal branch, a thick branch was broken off, and the broken mark was very new.He was disgusted and puzzled: "If it was Miss Yuan, with her lightness, she would never break this branch." Then he climbed up and saw two parallel male footprints on another horizontal branch.All doubts in his heart disappeared immediately, but he couldn't help but feel a burst of disappointment: "It turns out that Liu Hezhen and his wife are peeking here." However, just as I understood a doubt in my heart, the second and third doubts followed: "The two of them were seriously injured, how could they run high and hide here without me noticing it? Now that the three heroes of the Zhong family have gone, how could they go?" And you didn’t say hello to me?” After thinking about it, “Ah, yes. They only thought that I don’t know martial arts, but when they suddenly saw that I defeated the three heroes of the Zhong family, they became suspicious, and they were afraid that I would be disadvantageous to them. I dare not show my face. The turmoil in the rivers and lakes is dangerous, and it is the demeanor of the seniors to be careful everywhere. What's more, they have important things to do, how can they be careless?" Thinking of this, he was relieved, and saw two rows of muddy footprints in the grass When he was heading northeast, he became curious and followed the footprints. After the heavy rain all night, the ground was muddy. The footprints of the man and the woman were very clear, and it was effortless to follow them. However, two pairs of footprints always avoided the road and zigzag through the grass.After following for more than an hour, I arrived at a small town, and the footprints outside the town were scattered, and I couldn't tell them apart anymore. Hu Fei thought to himself: "The two of them have been hungry all night, and they need to be sharp at this time. I'm afraid they will only buy some steamed buns and snacks, and then go across the town, so it will be difficult to track them down." A coir raincoat and a bamboo hat were put on, covering most of the face, and went to several restaurants and mules and horses in the town to visit. The town is not big, and I arrived at the head of the town in a blink of an eye. I was about to turn around and go to buy food by myself, when I heard a woman's voice saying: "Sister-in-law, please lend me a needle and thread." An envoy." It was the voice of Liu Hezhen's wife. He lowered his head and squinted under the bamboo hat, and saw that the voice was coming from a residential building, and thought: "His couple are afraid of the enemy's stalking, so they dare not stay in the shop." Then he thought: "Look at how they are so on guard. I'm afraid that apart from the Zhong Brothers, there are still powerful enemies who will make things difficult for them. If I don't do anything, I won't stop. I will simply protect them secretly and make sure they deliver the letter to Hero Miao." After turning around, he didn't reach seven or eight houses. , It was a small inn, so I found a room to live in, and kept watching the family's house where Liu Hezhen was staying. Until the evening, Liu Hezhen and his wife never showed up.Hu Fei thought to himself: "Seniors are really careful in their work. They must wait until it is dark before setting off." Sure enough, at the second watch, he saw Liu Hezhen and his wife coming out of the residential house and rushing out of the town. uninjured. Hu Fei thought to himself: "It turns out that their previous injuries were all faked. Not only did they hide it from the Zhong brothers, but they even hid it from me." He didn't dare to neglect, jumped out of the window, and followed.I saw Liu Hezhen carrying a long package under his armpit. I don't know what it is wrapped in.His lightness skills are much better than Liu Hezhen's, and he quietly followed behind. It is expected that the Lius and his wife will not be aware of it. Followed the two of them for five or six miles, and before they came to a lonely hut, Liu Hezhen made a gesture, ordering his wife to lie down in the grass, walked up a few steps, and said in a loud voice: "Golden-faced Buddha seedling hero!" Are you at home? A friend is visiting from afar." I only heard a person in the room say: "Which friend is it? Forgive the Miao people with phoenix eyes, and they have never met each other." The voice was not very loud, and Hu Fei felt desolate and mellow in his ears. Liu Hezhen said: "The villain's surname is Zhong. According to the order of the Zhong brothers, the ghost in Hubei, I sent a letter to the Miao hero." Hu Fei was very surprised: "Why is that letter from the Zhong brothers? They didn't Why do you want to stop it again?" Miao Renfeng said: "Please come in!" The light in the room was lit, and with a bang, the wooden door opened.Hu Fei leaned behind a chestnut tree, but saw a very tall and thin figure standing between the door frame, the top of his head almost touching the door frame, and a candlestick in his right hand. Liu Hezhen bowed his hands and walked into the room.After the two of them entered the house, Hu Fei quietly went around to peek under the window on the left.Miao Renfeng said: "Aren't the other two coming in?" Liu He really thought: "Where are the other two?" He agreed vaguely. When Hu Fei heard Miao Renfeng mention "the other two", he was shocked: "This Miao Renfeng is really powerful. Although my footsteps are light, he knew that there were three people coming together." Look, he must have sensed it, and was about to back away, when he suddenly heard Liu Hezhen say: "The Zhong brothers learned about Miao Daxia's brilliant moves eight years ago, and they were so impressed. Now they have practiced three other weapons. Give it to Hero Miao to have a look, in case Hero Miao says they have weird weapons and took advantage of it." He opened the package and shook the three weapons on the table with a few clangs. Hu Fei felt that his actions were becoming more and more incredible, and he bent down to the window crack and looked inward, but saw that the three weapons on the table were the Iron Spirit card, the mourning stick, and the soul-calling banner. . Miao Renfeng snorted, glanced at the three weapons, and did not answer.Liu Hezhen took out a letter from his bosom, handed it up with both hands, and said: "Hero Miao, please open it and read it. The villain's letter has been delivered, so I will leave."Miao Renfeng took the letter and said, "Wait a minute. After I read the letter, I'll trouble you to give me a reply." He knew that this letter must be a letter of war, so he tore open the cover and took out the letter. Hu Fei took Miao Renfeng to read the letter, and carefully scrutinized his appearance, but saw that he seemed to be much older than when he met in Merchant Fort a few years ago, and his face was very haggard.Miao Renfeng looked at the letter, his eyebrows raised, and his eyes shone with extreme anger.Hu Fei was terrified, and was about to back away, when he suddenly saw him grab the letter with both hands, sneered, and tore it in half. As soon as the letter was torn, a cloud of thick yellow smoke suddenly appeared in front of him, and Miao Renfeng called out: "Ah!" rubbing his eyes with his hands, pain appeared on his face.After Liu He was really anxious, he jumped more than ten feet away. This accident started in a short while, but at this moment, Hu Fei's heart was clear: "It turns out that Liu He really hid poison in the letter, poisoning the eyes of Hero Miao." He yelled: "Don't go, dog thief!" He rushed towards Liu Hezhen. Liu Hezhen bowed his knees and sank his elbows, pulled out the chain gun from his waist, and poked it back.Hu Fei attacked with guilt and anger in his heart, dodged sideways, and stretched out his hand to snatch his chain gun. Suddenly, he felt the wind behind him, and an extremely fierce palm force hit his vest directly, so he had to fight back with both palms, and his luck was equal. He knew that under Miao Renfeng's rage, the palm strength must be of no small importance, so he didn't dare to take a hard fight, so he used the Taijiquan "Yin Yang Jue" taught by Zhao Banshan, trying to release the opponent's palm strength, but he didn't know how to use both hands As soon as he received the opponent's palm, his eyes went dark immediately, his chest was filled with breath, Teng Teng Teng retreated three steps, Miao Renfeng only took half of the palm force off, and the other half was still hard to catch.Hu Fei shouted: "Hero Miao, I'll help you catch the thief..." As soon as the two exchanged palms, Liu Hezhen had already slipped away. Miao Renfeng only felt severe pain in his eyes, as if dozens of golden needles were piercing at the same time. He exchanged a move with Hu Fei, and felt that this man was very powerful in martial arts, and he was really a formidable opponent. Take the thief" but didn't hear it. Hu Fei saw Liu Hezhen and his wife fleeing to the west, and was about to catch up with them when they suddenly saw three people running quickly on the road.These three people are dressed in linen and filial piety, you don't need to look at their faces to know that they are the three heroes of the Zhong family.
Hu Fei turned around and saw Miao Renfeng holding his eyes with both hands, with a painful expression on his face. He was about to step forward to help, but he was afraid that he would slap him suddenly, so he said loudly, "Hero Miao, although I am not your friend, I am determined to help you." Will not harm, do you believe it or not?" These words are very sincere.Although Miao Renfeng hadn't seen his face, and he had just been plotted by a traitor, his eyes hurt like knives, but when he heard this, he naturally felt that this young man was by no means a bad person, the so-called hero knows a hero. He was already congenial, so he said: "You block the villains outside the door for me." He didn't answer Hu Fei's question "Do you believe it or not?" Hu Fei's chest felt hot, but he felt that these words were so bold and dry. If it weren't for a great hero with a broad mind, he would never be able to say it. Willing to go through fire and water for him, seeing that the three Zhong brothers were still twenty feet away from the door of the house, he immediately picked up the candlestick, ran to the kitchen behind, scooped a ladle of water in the water tank, and handed it to Miao Renfeng. Said: "Wash your eyes quickly." Although Miao Renfeng's eyes were hurting, his mind was still very clear. He heard three people running towards the main road, and four others rushed up to the roof from behind the house.He took the water ladle, walked into the inner room, first picked up his little daughter on the bed, and then lowered his head into the water ladle to wash his eyes.This poison is extremely fierce and evil, after washing with water, it will cause severe pain to the bone. The little girl fell into a drowsy sleep, and said: "Daddy, are you playing with Lan'er?" Miao Renfeng said: "Yes, dear Lan'er, Daddy hugs you, don't open your eyes, and fall asleep soundly." The girl said: "Did the old wolf really not eat the little white sheep?" Miao Renfeng said: "Of course not, the hunter came, and the old wolf ran away!" The girl sighed reassuringly, and leaned her face against the father's chest, fell asleep again. Hu Fei was slightly taken aback when he heard his father and daughter's answer, and then realized that before the girl went to sleep, she had heard her father tell the story of the old wolf wanting to eat the little white sheep, and she remembered it in her sleep. At this time, the Zhong brothers were less than ten zhang away from the gate, they only heard two puffs, and they jumped into the yard from the roof.Hu Fei closed the door, dragged the table to hold it up, and told the Zhong brothers not to enter the house immediately, so as not to be attacked back and forth, followed by a wave of his left hand, and the candle was extinguished.The two people who jumped into the yard saw that there was no fire in the house, so they dared not rush in immediately. Miao Renfeng whispered: "Let all four of you come in." Hu Fei said: "Okay!" He took out the fire knife and flint, lit the candle again, and put the candlestick on the table. Outside the gate, Zhong Zhaoying shouted: "The three brothers Zhong Zhaoying, Zhaowen, and Zhaoneng from Hubei Province have come to visit Miao Daxia, and they have something urgent to tell you." Miao Renfeng hummed and ignored him. One of the two people in the yard was holding a knife, the other was holding a three-section cudgel. Seeing that Miao Renfeng's eyes were closed tightly and he couldn't open them, but they were shocked by the reputation of "fighting all over the world", so how dare they enter the house rashly?The man with the knife waved to the roof and shouted: "He is blind!" The two people on the roof were overjoyed and jumped down together. Hu Fei saw that these two people were agile and much stronger than the previous two. With a flash, he grabbed the back of the two, pushed his palms forward, and shouted: "Go in!" Dare to take it hard, rushed forward a few steps, crossed the threshold, and entered the living room. 胡斐守在边门之外，轻轻吸一口气，猛力一吐，波的一声，一丈多外的烛火登时又灭了。客堂中黑漆一团。 来袭的四人吓了一跳，一怔之下，各挺兵刃向苗人凤攻了上去。 那女孩睡在苗人凤怀中，转了过身，问道：“爹，什么声音？是老狼来了么？”苗人凤道：“不是老狼，只是四只小耗子。”听到兵刃劈风之声袭向头顶，中间夹着锁链扭动的声音，知是三节棍、链子枪一类武器，右手倏地伸出，抓住三节棍的棍头一抖，那人“啊”的一声，手臂酸麻，三节棍已然脱手。苗人凤顺手挥出，拍的一响，击在他腰眼之上。那人立时闭气，晕了过去。其余两人使刀，一人使一条铁鞭，默不作声的分从三面攻上。三人知道苗人凤视力已失，全凭听觉辨敌，是以不敢稍有声响。 那女孩道：“爹，耗子会咬人么？”苗人凤道：“耗子想偷偷摸摸的来咬人，不过见到老猫，耗子便只好逃走了。”那女孩道：“什么声音响？是刮大风吗？爹，是不是要下雨了？”苗人凤道：“是啊！待会儿还要打雷呢！”那女孩道：“雷公菩萨只打恶人，不打好人。是不是？”苗人凤道：“是啊！雷公菩萨喜欢乖女孩儿。”苗人凤单手拆解三般兵刃，口中和女儿一问一答，竟没将身旁三个敌人放在心上。 那三人连出狠招，都给苗人凤伸右手抢攻化解。一个使刀的害怕起来，叫道：“风紧，扯呼！”转身出外，冲到门边时，胡斐左腿扫出，将他踢倒在地，顺手将他的单刀夺了过来。 苗人凤道：“乖宝贝，你听。要打雷啦！”一拳击出，正中那使铁鞭的下颚，砰的一声，这人飞了起来，越过胡斐头顶，摔在院子之中。另一个使刀的武功最强，手脚滑溜。苗人凤连发两拳，竟都给他避开。苗人凤生怕惊吓了女儿，只是坐在椅上，并不起身追出。 那人这时已明白苗人凤眼睛虽瞎，自己可奈何他不得，又知守在门口那人也是个极厉害的脚色，自己困在小屋之中，变成了瓮中之鳖，难道束手待毙不成？突然向苗人凤猛砍一刀，乘他侧身避让，一闪身进了卧室，他晃亮火折，点燃了床上的纱帐，跟着从窗中窜出，上了屋顶。 纱帐着火极快，转瞬之间，已是浓烟满屋。 锺兆英在门外叫道：“苗大侠，我三兄弟是来找你比武较量，但此时决不乘人之危，你放心便是。”锺兆文见窗中透出火光，叫道：“起火，起火！”锺兆能叫道：“贼子如此卑鄙。大哥，咱们先救火要紧。”三兄弟跃上屋顶。 胡斐知道锺氏兄弟武功了得，非适才四人可比，苗人凤本事再强，总是双目不能见物，怀中又抱着女儿，定然难以抵敌，须得自己出手助他打发，于是大声喝道：“无耻奸徒，不许进来！” 那女孩道：“爹，好热！”苗人凤推开桌子，一足踢出，门板向外飞出四五丈。他抱着女孩踏出大门，向屋顶上的锺氏兄弟招招手，说道：“下来动手便是。”他怕惊吓了女儿，虽对敌人说话，仍是低声细气。 心中不自禁想到：八年之前，也是与锺氏三雄对敌，也是屋中起火，也是自己身上有伤，只是陪着自己的却不是女儿，而是后来成为自己妻子的姑娘。不，她没有陪，是在危急之际先逃出去了…… 胡斐眼见火势猛烈，转眼便要成灾，料想苗人凤必可支持得一时，倒是先救火要紧，抛下单刀奔进厨房，见灶旁并列着三只七石缸，缸中都贮着清水，于是伸臂抱住了一只，喝一声：“起！”一只装了五六百斤水的大缸竟给他抱了起来。饶是他此时功力已臻第一流好手之境，也不禁脚步蹒跚。他不敢透气，奋力将水缸抱到卧室之外，连缸带水，一并掷了进去。 火头给这缸水一浇，登时小了，但兀自未熄。胡斐又去抱了一缸水，走到卧室门外，正要奋力掷出，忽听背后呼的一响，有人偷袭。原来先前被他踢倒的那人拾起地下单刀，向他背心砍落。 胡斐双手抱着水缸。无法挡格躲闪，急忙反脚向后勾踢。这一踢怪异之极，当年阎基学得这一招，连马行空这等著名武师都难以拆解。这时胡斐反脚踢出，正中那人小腹。砰的一响，那人连刀带人飞了起来，掠过胡斐头顶，跌在他抱着的水缸之中。 他抱着那口七石缸本已十分吃力，手上突然又加了一百五六十斤重量，如何支持得住？顺手一推，水缸与人一齐飞入火中。水缸破裂，只割得那人满身是伤，好在火头已熄，才不致葬身火窟。 胡斐将火救熄，正要出去相助苗人凤，忽听屋后传来大声喝骂，又有拳打足踢之声，有两人斗得极是激烈。听那喝骂的声音，却是刘鹤真所发，只听他喝道：“好奸贼，给我上这个大当！” 胡斐心想：“他与谁动手？此人是罪魁祸首，说什么也得将他抓住。”从后门奔将出去，只见刘鹤真正和一人近身纠缠，赤手厮打。瞧这人身形，便是纵火的那人。胡斐大是奇怪，心想今日之事当真难以索解，这两人明明是一路，怎么自相火拚起来了？反正两个都不是好人，当下纵身而前，施展大擒拿手，一抓下去便擒住了两人后心要穴，两人正自恶斗，分不出手相抗，否则二人武功都颇不弱，也不能给他一拿便即得手。 胡斐侧耳没听到大门外有相斗的声音，生怕苗人凤目光不便，遭了锺氏兄弟的毒手，眼见身头有一口井，于是一手一个，将刘鹤真和那人都投入井中，又到厨房中抱出第三口大缸压在井上，这才绕过屋子，奔到前门。 但见锺氏兄弟已跃在地下，与苗人凤相隔七八丈，手中各拿着一对判官笔，却不欺近动手。胡斐道：“苗大侠，我给你抱孩子。” 苗人凤正想自己双目已瞎，纵然退得眼前的锺氏三兄弟，但由于“打遍天下无敌手”这个外号太恶，生平结下仇家无数，只要江湖上一传开自己眼睛瞎了，强仇纷至沓来，那时如何抵御？看来性命难以保全，最放心不下的便是这个女儿。他以耳代目，听得胡斐却敌救火，干净利落，智勇兼全，这人素不相识。居然如此义气，女儿实可托付给他，于是问道：“小兄弟，你尊姓大名，与我可有渊源？” 胡斐心想我爹爹不知到底是不是死在他的手下，此刻不便提起，当下说道：“丈夫结交，何重义气，只须肝胆相照，何必提名道姓？苗大侠若是信托得过，在下便是粉身碎骨，也要保护令爱周全。” 苗人凤道：“好，苗人凤独来独往，生平只有两个知交，一个是辽东大侠胡一刀，另一个便是你这位不知姓名、没见过面的小兄弟。”说着抱起女儿，递了过去。 胡斐虽与他一见心折，但唯恐他是杀父仇人，恩仇之际，实所难处，待听他说自己父亲是他生平知交，心头一喜，双手接过女孩，只见她约莫六七岁年纪，但生得甚是娇小，抱在手里，又轻又软，淡淡星光之下见她合眼睡着，呼吸低微，嘴角边露着一丝微笑。 锺氏三雄见胡斐也在此处，又与苗人凤如此对答，心中都感奇怪。 苗人凤撕下一块衣襟，包在眼上，双手负在背后，低沉着嗓子道：“无耻奸贼，一齐上吧。我女儿睡着了，可莫大声吵醒了她。” 锺兆英踏上一步，怒道：“苗大侠，当年我徒儿死在你手下，我兄弟来跟你算帐，后来得知我徒儿觊觎别人利器，行止不端，死有应得，这事还得多谢你助我清理门户。”苗人凤“哼”了一声，道：“说话小声些，我听得见。” 锺兆英怒气更增，大声道：“只是那时你腿上受伤，我三兄弟仍非敌手，心中不服，苦练了八年武功之后，今日再要来讨教。在途中得悉有奸人要对你暗算，我兄弟兼程赶来，要请你提防。眼下奸人已去，你肯不肯赐教，但凭于你，何以口出恶言？又何以自缚双眼，难道我锺氏三雄如此不肖，你连一眼都不屑看么？还是你自以为武功精绝，闭着眼睛也能打败我三兄弟？” 苗人凤听他语气，似乎自己双目中毒之事，他并不知情，沉着嗓子道：“我眼睛瞎了！” 锺兆英大惊，颤声道：“啊唷，这可错怪了你苗大侠，我兄弟苦练八年，武功也没什么长进，跟你讨教之事，那不用提了。你可知韦陀门有个名叫刘鹤真之人吗！适才你打走的人中，并没他在内。此人一两日内，定会来访。苗大侠你眼睛不便，此人来时，务须小心在意。” 胡斐插口说道：“锺大爷，那刘鹤真下毒之事，你当真不知情么？”锺兆英道：“你跟苗大侠到底是友是敌？咱们要阻截那刘鹤真，你何以反而极力助他？”胡斐道：“此事说来惭愧，其中原委曲折，小弟也弄不明白。好在那刘鹤真已给小弟擒住，压在后面井中。咱们一问便知端的。”转头问苗人凤道：“锺氏三兄弟到底是好人，还是坏人？” 锺兆文冷冷地道：“我们既不行侠仗义，又不济贫助孤，算什么好人？”苗人凤道：“锺氏三雄并非卑鄙小人。”三兄弟听了苗人凤这句品评，心中大喜，当真是一言之褒，荣于华衮。三张丑脸都是显得又喜欢又感激。 兆文、兆能兄弟俩绕到屋后，抬开井上的水缸，喝道：“跳上来吧！”只听得井中哼哼唧唧，竟有两个人的声音，砰的一响，又是拍的一声，还夹着稀里哗啦的水声，那两人似乎正在拚命相斗。在这井中一个人转折都是不便，两人竟挤着互殴，狼狈之情，可想而知。锺兆文将井边的吊桶垂了下去，喝道：“抓住吊桶。我吊你们上来。”觉得绳上一紧，下面已经抓住，于是使劲收绳，果然湿淋淋的吊起两人。 刘鹤真脚未着地，一掌便向另一人拍了过去。那人武功不及他，在井中已吃了不少苦头，给他按着喝饱了水，已然昏昏沉沉。锺兆文眼见这一掌能致他死命，忙伸手格开。锺兆能一对判官笔分点两人后心，喝道：“要命的便不许动。”兄弟俩将两人抓到屋中。 这时胡斐已将那女孩交回给苗人凤，点亮了烛台。卧室中烧得一塌胡涂，满地是水，竟无立足之处。苗人凤将女儿放在厢房中自己床上，回身出来时，锺氏兄弟已将刘鹤真和另一人抓到。 苗人凤轻轻叹了口气，说道：“'韦陀双鹤'的名头，我二十多年前便已听到过。刘师兄和万师兄两位，江湖上的声名并不算坏啊。”刘鹤真道：“苗大侠，我上了奸人的当，追悔莫及。你眼睛的伤重么？”锺氏三兄弟一齐“啊”的一声。他们不知苗人凤眼睛受伤，原来还只适才之事。 苗人凤不答，向那使刀之人说道：“你是田归农的弟子吧？天龙门的武功也学到七成火候了。”那人吓得魂不附体，突然双膝跪倒，连连叩头，说道：“苗大侠，小人是受命差遣，概不由己，请你老人家高抬贵手。”猛地里“哇、哇”两声，吐出几口水来。 刘鹤真骂道：“奸贼，你骗得我好苦！”扑上去又要动手。锺兆英伸手一拦，道：“有话好好说，到底是怎地？” 刘鹤真也是武林中的成名人物，只因上了别人的大当，这才气急败坏，难以自制，给锺兆英这么一拦，想起自己既做了错事，又给人抛在井里，弄得如此狼狈，实是生平的奇耻大辱，眼前一黑，颓然坐倒在地，说道：“罢了，罢了！苗大侠，真正对你不住。” 苗人凤道：“一个人一生之中，不免要受小人的欺骗，那又算得了什么？定是这人骗你来送信给我了。”他双目中毒，显已瞎了，说话却仍是如此轻描淡写，胡斐和锺氏兄弟等都好生佩服，均想如此定力，人所难及。 刘鹤真道：“这人我是在衡阳枫叶庄上识得的。他自称名叫张飞雄，说以前受过万师弟的恩惠，得知万师弟的死讯后十分难过，赶来吊丧。”苗人凤道：“万鹤声老师死了？”刘鹤真道：“是啊。我见这姓张的说话诚恳，他又着意和我结纳，也就没起疑心，两人结伴北上。他在途中见到锺氏三雄，显得很是害怕，当晚在客店中我和他同室而睡，听得他说起梦话来，说什么这封信若不送到，便害了无数仁人义士的性命。我想此事不能袖手旁观，便用言语探问。他说：'刘老师，我见你跟朝廷的侍卫为难，大是英雄豪杰，这话也不用瞒你。'于是取出一封信来，说必须送到金面佛苗大侠手中，请他出手相救，否则有几十位义士要给朝廷害死。” 苗人凤不置一词。刘鹤真续道：“这姓张的奸贼又说，锺氏三雄与苗大侠有仇，定要设法截阻。他不是锺氏三雄的敌手，请我相助一臂之力。我想这件事义不容辞，当下一力承当。但途中和锺氏三雄一交手，我这老儿还是栽了筋斗。后来内人王氏赶到相助，仍是不敌。也是事当凑巧，在湘妃庙中遇上了这位小兄弟。我在枫叶庄上曾得他之助，后来又见他连显身手，武功实在高强，于是我夫妇假装受伤，安排机关，请他阻挡锺氏三雄，这位小兄弟果然上了我的当，我却又上了这奸贼的当。”说着圆睁双目，髭须翘动，气愤难平。 胡斐默想经过，心道：“这人的话倒似不假，原来我和袁姑娘一路上之事，有许多都给他瞧见了。”想到此处，脸上微微一热，瞥眼见到桌上放着的三件兵刃，问道：“那你拿了锺氏三雄的兵刃，又来干么？” 刘鹤真道：“锺氏三雄前来寻仇，苗大侠未必知道。我先行给他报个讯息，教他好有所防备。送这兵刃前来，是取信的意思。至于我说这信是锺氏兄弟送来，那是说给你小兄弟听的。我知你紧紧跟随在后，怕你不利于我，这么一说，盼你心中疑惑难明，便不会贸然动手，反正苗大侠一看信便知端的，岂知，岂知……”胸口气塞，再也说不下去了。 锺兆英道：“我兄弟无意之中，听到了这姓张的奸谋，又见刘老师跟他鬼鬼崇崇，定是要来暗算苗大侠，是以全力阻截，想不到中间尚有这许多过节。苗人侠，你眼睛怎么受的伤？” 苗人凤不答，将蒲扇般的大手挥了挥，道：“过去之事，那也不用提了。” 胡斐眼光四下扫动，要找他撕破的信笺，果见两片破纸尚在屋角落中，有一半已被浸湿。他怕纸上尚有剧毒，不敢走近，放眼望去，见纸上只有寥寥三行字，每个字都有核桃大小。他眼光在两片破纸上扫来扫去，见那信写道： “人凤我兄：令爱资质娇贵。我兄一介武夫，相处甚不合宜，有误令爱教养。兹命人相迎，由弟抚养可也。弟田归农顿首。” 想苗人凤对这女儿爱逾性命，田归农拐诱了他妻子私奔，这时竟然连女儿也想要了去，叫他如何不怒？自然顺手撕信，毒药暗藏在信笺的夹层之中，信笺一破，立时飞扬，再快的身手也是躲闪不了。田归农这一条计策，也可算得厉害之极了。胡斐回想昔年在商家堡中所见苗人凤、苗夫人、苗家小女孩以及田归农四人之间的情状，恨不得立时去找到田归农，将他一刀杀了。 刘鹤真越想越气，喝道：“姓张的，你便是奉了师命，要暗算苗大侠，自己送信来便是了，何以偏偏瞧上了我姓刘的？” 张飞雄嗫嚅道：“我怕……怕苗大侠瞧破我是天龙门弟子，有了提防……又害怕……害怕苗大侠的神威……”刘鹤真恨恨地道：“你怕万一奸计败露，逃走不及。好小子，好小子！”他转头向苗人凤道：“苗大侠，我向你讨个情，这小子交给我！” 苗人凤缓缓地道：“刘老师，这种小人，也犯不着跟他计较。张飞雄，这院子中还有你的两个同伴，受伤都不算轻，你带了他们走吧，你去跟你师父说……”他寻思要说什么话，沉吟半晌，挥手道：“没什么可说的，你走吧！” 张飞雄只道这次弄瞎了苗人凤双眼，定是性命难保，岂知他宽宏大量，竟然并不追究，当真是大出意料之外，心中感激，当即跪倒，连连磕头。 他同来一共四人，原想乘苗人凤眼瞎后将他害死，再将他女儿劫走，哪料到竟有胡斐这样一个好手横加干预，使他们的毒计只成功了第一步。给胡斐摔入卧室、遍身鳞伤那人已乘乱逃走，另外给苗人凤用三节棍及拳力打伤的两人却伤势极重，一个晕着兀自未醒，一个低声呻吟，有气无力。 刘鹤真寻思：“苗人凤假意饶这三人，却不知要用什么毒计来折磨他们？”他久历江湖，曾见许多人擒住敌人后不即杀死，要作弄个够，使敌人痛苦难当，求生不得，求死不能，这才慢慢处死。只见张飞雄扶起受伤的两个师弟，一步步走出门外，逐渐远去，苗人凤始终没有出手，眼见三人已隐没在黑暗之中，忍不住说道：“苗大侠，可以捉回来啦，那姓张的小子手脚滑溜，再放得远，只怕当真给他走了！”苗人凤淡淡的道：“我饶他们去了，又捉回来作甚？”他微微一顿，说道：“他们和我素不相识，是别人差使来的。” 刘鹤真又惊又愧，霍地站起身来，说道：“苗大侠，我刘鹤真素不负人，今日没生眼珠，累你不浅。”左手一抬，食指中指伸出，戳向自己的眼睛。 胡斐忙抢过去，伸手想格，终究迟了一步，只见他直挺挺地站着，脸上两行鲜血