Chapter 3 Chapter Three

Flowers bloom and fall, flowers fall and flowers bloom.Young children are old in the rivers and lakes, and the bearded girls finally see gray hair on their temples. This year is the second year of Emperor Yuan Shun to Yuan, and it has been more than 50 years since the death of the Song Dynasty. At that time, in late spring and March, in the corner of the south of the Yangtze River, a strong man in a blue shirt in his thirties, wearing straw sandals, was walking along the avenue with big strides. Zheng Nong, but he didn't have the heart to enjoy it, and silently calculated in his heart: "Today is March 24th, and there are still 14 days until April 9th. There must be no delay on the road, so that we can arrive at Wudang Mountain in time to congratulate our teacher and his old man." Ninety years old."

This strong man's surname is Yu and his name is Daiyan, he is the third disciple of Zhang Sanfeng, the founder of Wudang School.At the beginning of this year, he was ordered by his teacher to go to Fujian to kill a thief who harmed good people and did all kinds of evil.Hearing the news, the thief hid immediately. It took Yu Daiyan more than two months to find his secret lair, came to challenge him, and used the Xuanxu sword technique passed down by his master, and killed him in the eleventh move.It was originally expected to be completed in ten days, but it took more than two months. According to the calculations, the days before Master's 90th birthday are already quite urgent, so I rushed back from Fujian and arrived at Qiantang in eastern Zhejiang on this day. South of the river.

He strode quickly for a while, and the path gradually narrowed. On the right side near the sea, he often saw pieces of flat land as smooth as a mirror, often seven or eight feet square, and even the tabletop of the water mill was not so smooth and slippery.Yu Daiyan has traveled all over the country, and has seen and heard a lot, but he has never seen such a strange situation. When he asked the natives, he couldn't help laughing. It turned out that it was the Yantian.Local salt farmers pour seawater into the salt fields, and after drying, scrape off the saline soil, turn it into brine, and then gradually dry it into salt grains.Yu Daiyan said in his heart: "I have eaten salt for thirty years, but I don't know what a piece of salt is. It's so hard."

As he was walking, he suddenly saw a group of more than 20 people carrying a load on the Xishou small road, hurrying over.Yu Daiyan took a quick glance and was fascinated, but he saw that the twenty or so people were all dressed in green cloth shorts, wearing bamboo hats, and the loads in their loads were obviously sea salt.He knew that the government was tyrannical and charged a heavy salt tax, so even though it was a coastal area, ordinary people couldn't afford official salt, so they had to buy private salt from private salt dealers.This group of people acted fiercely and had a strong figure, they looked like a group of salt lords, the strange thing was that the poles carried by each of them were not bamboo or wood, they were black and inelastic, just like iron poles.Although everyone is carrying a heavy load of about two hundred catties, they travel very quickly.Yu Daiyan thought to himself: "All of these salt lords have martial arts. I heard that the Haisha faction in the south of the Yangtze River sells illicit salt with great momentum. There is no reason." If it was normal, I would go to see what happened, and now I am thinking of Master's 90th birthday, and I can't be delayed by meddling, so I can let go of my pace and hurry on my way.

In the evening, we came to Andong Town in Yuyao County.From there, we crossed the Qiantang River and arrived at Lin'an, then turned to the northwest, passed through Jiangxi and Hunan provinces, and arrived at Wudang, Hubei.There was no boat to cross the river at night, so I had to find a small inn in Andong Town. After dinner and washing my feet, I was just about to go to bed when I heard a commotion in the shop, and a group of people came to lodge.Hearing those people speak the local dialect of Eastern Zhejiang, but they are full of energy, obviously they are members of the Hui family. When they looked outside the door, they were the group of salt owls they met on the way.Yu Daiyan didn't care, he sat cross-legged on the bed, practiced the exercises three times, and then fell asleep on the pillow.

Sleeping in the middle of the night, he suddenly heard a soft rattle in the neighboring room, and Yu Daiyan woke up immediately.Only one person said in a low voice: "Let's go quietly, everyone, don't disturb the guest in the next room, and cause more trouble." The rest of the people gently opened the door and walked into the yard.Yu Daiyan looked out through the crack of the window and saw the group of salt lords going out with their burdens. He remembered what that person said: "Don't disturb the guest in the next room, it will cause trouble." He thought to himself: "This group of private lords are sneaky. Hey, it’s obvious that I’m going to do something bad, since I’ve bumped into it, I can’t ignore it. If I can stop them from harming the world and save one or two good people, then I’ll miss my teacher’s birthday, and he will like it too.” Tie the cloth pouch containing the hidden weapon on your back, go out through the window, and jump out of the wall.

He heard the sound of footsteps heading to the northeast, and he started to lighten his body and quietly chased after him.That night, the sky was full of dark clouds, the stars and the moon were dark, and in the dark night, I vaguely saw the twenty or so salt owls carrying their burdens and flying across the fields, thinking: "It's normal for private owls to travel in the dark. But He is very skillful, if he wants to do some illegal activities, not to mention stealing rich houses, but robbing warehouses, how can the officers and soldiers stop him? Why do you need to sneakily sell private salt to make such a small profit? Guess there must be something special in it.”

In less than half an hour, the gang of private lords had already rushed for more than 20 li. Yu Daiyan was very light-hearted, and his steps were silent. Did not notice.At this time, he had already reached the seaside, and the waves crashed against the rocks, and there was an endless booming sound. As they were walking, they suddenly heard a low whistle from the leader, and everyone stood still.The leader asked in a low voice: "Who is it?" A hoarse voice in the darkness said, "A friend by the water at three o'clock?" The leader said: "That's right. Who are you?" Friends by the water, what is that?" After thinking about it, he suddenly realized: "Well, it really is the Haisha faction, and the three words 'Haisha faction' are all beside the water." The hoarse voice said: "Tu I advise you not to intervene in the matter of the Dragon Saber." The leader said: "Your Excellency is also here for the Dragon Saber?" There was a hint of shock and anger in his voice.The hoarse man sneered, but he didn't answer after hearing his "hehehe".

Yu Daiyan hid behind the rocks by the sea, walked around to the front, and saw a tall and thin man blocking the road.In the darkness, he couldn't see his face clearly, only he was wearing a white robe, he was a night walker and wearing white clothes, obviously he was quite conceited in his martial arts. I only heard the leader of the Haisha faction say: "This dragon-slaying knife has already belonged to the faction. Since it was stolen by Xiaoxiao, you should claim it back." on the road.A person behind the leader yelled sharply: "Get out of the way quickly, the vicious dog is blocking the way, you are not looking for death..." Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly screamed "Ah", and fell back.Everyone was startled, but seeing the white robes shaking a few times in the darkness, the thugs had disappeared.

When Haisha sent all the private lords to look at the fallen companion, they saw him curled up in a ball, already dying of breath.Everyone was startled and angry, a few put down their burdens and chased after Bai Pao Ke, but the man was running like flying, and there was no trace of him in the darkness. Yu Daiyan said in his heart: "This white robed guest is very quick to move. This grasp is the Shaolin School's 'Strong Golden Steel Grasp', but in the dark, it is difficult to see clearly. Judging from this person's accent, it is obviously from the Beyond the Northwest Great Wall. The enemies of the Jiangnan Sea Sand Sect are far away!" He huddled among the rocks, not daring to move, for fear that the Haisha Sect's gang would find out and cause trouble for no reason.I just heard the leader say: "Put the fourth body's body aside, and clean it up later, and we will find out in the future." The crowd agreed, picked up the burden, and ran forward again.

Yu Daiyan waited for them to go far away, and approached the corpse for inspection, but saw that the man's throat had been pierced with two small holes, and the blood flowed out uncontrollably, the wound was obviously scratched out with his fingers, he felt that this was very strange, so he quickened his pace, and then Follow the gang of salt lords. A group of people ran for several miles, the leader whistled, and more than twenty people scattered in all directions, slowly approaching a large house in the northeast.Yu Daiyan thought to himself: "The dragon-slaying knife they are talking about is in this house?" I saw a thick column of smoke rising into the sky from the chimney of the big house, and it has been gathering for a long time.All the salt owls put down their burdens, each picked up a wooden ladle, picked up something from the dill basket, and spread it around.Yu Daiyan saw that what was sprinkled was like powder like snow, it was obviously sea salt, and thought: "Why are you spreading salt on the ground? It's really weird, and I will tell my brothers in the future, they will definitely not believe it." But when they sprinkled the salt, they were light and slow, as if they were afraid of splashing the salt grains on their bodies, Yu Daiyan suddenly realized that the salt was highly poisonous, and these people surrounded the house with poisonous salt, it was a conspiracy to poison the people in the house.He thought to himself: "I don't know who is right or wrong, but this group of people are so mischievous, it is too shameful. In any case, we must inform the people in the house, so that they will not be harmed by Xiaoxiao." Shang was spreading salt in front of the house, so he went around in a big circle to the back of the house, and jumped into the wall lightly. There are five front and back entrances to the big house, there are thirty or forty rooms in total, and the inside of the house is dark without a single light.Yu Daiyan thought to himself: "As soon as the thick smoke comes out of the middle of the room, there must be someone there." He raised his head to identify the place where the thick smoke came out, and walked quickly, only to hear Bibi who was burning fiercely in the hall. The sound of peeling.He turned around a screen wall and stepped into the main hall. Suddenly, the light was dazzling, and a gust of hot air rushed towards his face. He saw a large furnace made of rocks in the center of the hall. A big bellows fanned the fire into the furnace.A four-foot-long, black single knife was placed horizontally in the furnace. The three of them were all in their sixties, all dressed in green cloth robes, with dust all over their heads and faces, spots on their robes, and holes burned by sparks everywhere.I saw the three people blowing wind at the same time, the flame rose five feet high, and circled the single knife, making a chi-chi sound.The place where Yu Daiyan was standing was a few feet away from the stove, and it was already extremely hot. The heat in the stove can be imagined, but seeing the flames turn from red to green, and then from green to white, the single knife was always black and did not rise. A little bit of dark red. At this moment, a hoarse voice suddenly shouted from the roof: "Damage the treasured sword, it will hurt the nature and the law, stop it!" When Yu Daiyan heard this, he knew that the white-robed man he met on the way had arrived.The three old men who were blowing the wind and refining the saber didn't seem to hear it, but the blowing wind was more urgent.But he heard three sneers of "hehehe" on the roof, and a sound in front of the eaves, and the white-robed guest had already stepped in. At this time, the fire in the hall was burning, and Yu Daiyan could see clearly that the white-robed man was about forty years old, his face was pale, and there was a faint green breath, his hands were empty, and he said coldly: "Changbai three birds, what do you think?" It's fine if you get the dragon-slaying sword, but how dare you destroy such a treasure with furnace fire?" He said, stepping forward. One of the three old men, Xishou, leaned forward and stretched out his left hand, grabbing Baipao Ke's face.Bai Pao Ke turned his head to avoid it, and took a step forward.Seeing him approaching, the old man in the east picked up the big hammer next to the stove, and with a whoosh, hit him hard on the top of the head.Bai Paoke turned his body slightly, and hit the air with the hammer. There was a bang, and sparks flew everywhere. It turned out that the floor was not ordinary blue bricks, but unusually hard granite.The old man Xishou attacked from the side, his hands were like chicken claws, flying up and down, the attack was fierce. Yu Daiyan saw that the martial arts foundation of the white robed guest is undoubtedly the Shaolin school, but his attacks are vicious and vicious, which is completely different from the fierce and upright Shaolin school's famous methods.After several rounds of fighting, the old man who wielded the hammer shouted loudly: "Who are you? Even if you want this precious sword, you have to save ten thousand dollars." Baipao Ke sneered three times, but didn't answer.Turning around abruptly, grabbing out with both hands, there were two clicks, the old man on the west side folded his wrists together, and the old man on the east side dropped his hammer.The sledgehammer flew upwards, pierced through the roof, and fell straight into the courtyard, the sound was extremely vicious.The old man immediately leaned over and picked up a pair of tongs, and grabbed the single knife into the furnace. The old man standing at Nanshou held a concealed weapon in his hand, waiting for the opportunity to injure the enemy, but Bai Pao Ke turned around quickly and never found an opening. At this time, seeing the old man at Dongshou holding the treasured sword with tongs, he suddenly reached into the furnace and grabbed the sword first The handle was lifted out, and as soon as he grasped the handle, a puff of white smoke rose, everyone smelled a burning smell in their noses, and the palm of his hand was immediately scorched.But he didn't let it go, he leaped backwards with the single knife in his hand, staggered and was about to fall.He stretched out his left hand to support the back of the saber, and then he stood still, as if the saber was too heavy to be lifted with one hand, but in doing so, the palm of his left hand also burned with a chichi sound. The rest of the people were all astonished, they were stunned for a moment, but saw the old man running wildly out with a single saber in both hands. Bai Pao Ke sneered: "Is there such a cheap thing?" With a long arm, he had already grabbed his vest.The old man swept back and swung the treasured sword over.Before the blade reached, it was already hot, and Bai Pao Ke's temple hair and eyebrows curled up.He didn't dare to stand in the way, he threw the old man with his knife towards the furnace with all his strength. Yu Daiyan originally thought that all these gangsters were vicious and vicious, and the matter had nothing to do with him, so he didn't need to take action.Si Shi saw that the old man's life was in an instant, as soon as he entered the furnace, he would immediately turn into coke, after all, saving his life was the most important thing, so he jumped up, turned and turned, stretched out his hand in mid-air, grabbed the old man's hair and lifted it lightly Lightly falling aside. Baipaoke and Changbai Sanqin had seen him standing aside earlier and hadn't had time to pay attention to him, but they were all surprised when they suddenly saw him showing this superb lightness kung fu.Bai Pao Ke raised his eyebrows and asked, "Is this the famous 'Ti Yun Zong'?" When Yu Daiyan heard him call out the name of his lightness kung fu, he was slightly startled at first, and then couldn't help feeling proud: "My Wudang kung fu is famous all over the world, and its reputation spreads far and wide." He said: "Don't dare to ask your honorable surname. Daming? What's the point of doing such a trivial effort?" The white robed guest said: "Very good, very good, the Wudang School's lightness kung fu is really good." His tone was very arrogant. Yu Daiyan was angry, but he didn't lose his temper. He said, "Your Majesty raised his hand on the way and killed the master of the Haisha School. This kind of kung fu is mysterious and unpredictable." The man's heart trembled, and he thought to himself: "You actually saw this, but I didn't see you. I don't know where you were hiding at that time?" He said lightly, "That's right, my martial arts, other people don't know It is not easy to understand, not to mention Your Excellency, even the head of the Wudang School, old man Zhang, may not understand it." How could Yu Daiyan endure the tone of that white-robed guest insulting his teacher?But Wudang disciples always pay attention to the cultivation of mind and character, thinking: "He deliberately provokes, I don't know what he has in mind? This person has weird skills, so there is no need to make many powerful enemies for our sect just because of a few rude words." At the moment Smiling slightly, he said: "There are endless martial arts in the world. There are tens of thousands of upright schools and evil ways. What the Wudang School has learned is only a drop in the ocean. If you master this kind of kung fu, it looks like Shaolin rather than Shaolin. I'm afraid most of my masters don't know it." " Although this sentence is polite, it has deep meaning, but it means that the Wudang sect really disdains to understand these heretical martial arts.The man's expression changed immediately when he heard the words "Like Shaolin rather than Shaolin". The two of them spoke tit for tat.The old man in the south was holding a hot single knife in his bare hand, his skin and flesh were scorched, almost to the bone.Suddenly there was a whirring sound, the old man at Nanshou swung his single saber and rushed out.He swung the saber in front of him, not cutting at anyone, but Yu Daiyan was standing in front of him, bearing the brunt of the blow.He didn't expect that after saving the old man's life, the man would suddenly turn back and leap up to avoid the blade. The old man held the handle of the knife with both hands, slashed wildly, and rushed out.Baipao Ke and the other two old men were afraid of the sharpness of the saber, they didn't dare to block it, they shouted repeatedly, and then chased after them.The old man with the knife staggered out of the gate, suddenly staggered and fell forward, followed by a miserable cry, as if he was suddenly seriously injured. Baipao Ke and the other two old men jumped over together, reaching out to grab the single sword at the same time, but they screamed out at the same time, as if they were suddenly bitten by some strange snake and poisonous insect.The white-robed guest only fell down, then jumped up and rushed out, but the three old men kept rolling on the ground, they couldn't get up. Seeing this tragic situation, Yu Daiyan was about to jump out to save others, when suddenly he shuddered and remembered the scene of the Haisha faction spreading salt outside the house. At this time, the house was surrounded by poisonous salt, and he couldn't go out. He looked around and saw the door There are two benches on the left and right on the inside, and immediately stretched out his hands to grab the two benches upright, jumped up, hooked one bench with his feet, and stepped on the two benches like walking on stilts.But I saw three old men screaming and rolling around non-stop.Yu Daiyan tore off a piece of skirt and wrapped it around his hands, grabbed the back of the old man with a single sword in his arms, stepped on stilts, and hurried eastward. This action was beyond the expectation of everyone in the Haisha Sect, as they saw it, they could succeed, but a person came out from the side stabbing and snatched away the sword, everyone rushed out one after another, shouting loudly, steel dart sleeve arrows, and more than a dozen weapons all rushed towards Yu Daiyan's rear Heart shot away. Yu Daiyan put all his strength into his feet, kicked on the two benches, and jumped forward about Zhang Xu, all the hidden weapons were missed.With the bench hooked on his feet, his feet seem to have lengthened by four feet. He only took four or five steps, leaving the Haisha faction far behind. The old man jumped up, kicked back with his feet, and the two benches flew out.But there were two bangs, followed by three or four people shouting loudly, obviously hit by a bench.Just like this, Yu Daiyan has already run more than ten zhang away, although he has a person in his hand, he runs farther and farther, the members of Haisha Sect can no longer catch up. Yu Daiyan rushed for a while, hearing the sound of the tide, no one was chasing after him, and asked, "What's the matter with you?" The old man snorted, did not answer, and groaned.Yu Daiyan thought: "He is covered with poisonous salt, it's important to wash him off first." So he went to the beach and immersed him in shallow water.When the sea water touched the hot single knife in his hand, there was a hissing sound, and white smoke rose.The old man was half-conscious and immersed in the sea for a while, unable to get up.Yu Daiyan was about to reach out to pull him, when suddenly a big wave came and washed the old man onto the beach. Yu Daiyan said: "Now you are out of danger. You have something important to do with your lower body, so we can't accompany you. Let's leave now." The old man stood up and said, "You...why...don't you grab this precious sword?" Yu Daiyan smiled , Said: "The treasured sword is fine, but it's not mine. How can I snatch it?" The old man was so surprised that he couldn't believe it, and said: "You... What trick do you have, and how do you want to concoct me?" Yu Daiyan said "I have no grievances with you, what are you doing to concoct you? I passed by here tonight and saw you were poisoned and injured, so I rescued you." The old man shook his head and said sharply: "My life is in your hands, I want to kill you!" Just kill me. If you want to use any vicious means to harm me, even if I die, I will also turn into a ghost, and I will let you go." Yu Daiyan knew that he was insane after being injured, so he didn't try to learn from him, but just smiled and was about to walk away when another big wave hit the beach.The old man groaned and fell in the sea water, only trembling. Yu Daiyan thought to himself, to save someone, he must be rescued thoroughly, this old man is seriously poisoned, if I leave him at this time, he will still be buried in the bottom of the sea, so he reached out his hand to grab his vest, carried him up a small hill, and walked around Looking down, I saw a house on a protruding rock in the northeast corner. It looked like a temple. I ran over to the old man in my arms, and stared at the flat forehead in front of the house. Character.Pushing open the door and entering, I saw that the Sea God Temple is extremely simple, the floor is full of dust, and there is no temple in the temple. So he put the old man on the wooden worship mat in front of the god statue, the fire pocket in his arms was already wet by the sea water, he groped on the altar, found the velvet flint, lit half of the candle, when he looked at the old man, he saw his face was covered with bruises , obviously the poisoning was deep, he took out a "Tianxin detoxification pill" from his bosom, and said: "You have taken this detoxification pill." The old man had his eyes tightly closed, but when he heard him say this, he opened his eyes and said, "I won't take your poison that hurts people." No matter how good-tempered Yu Daiyan was, he couldn't help it at this moment. He raised his eyebrows and said, "Who do you think I am? How can Wudang disciples do harm to others? This is an antidote elixir, but you are poisonous. , this elixir may not be able to save you, but at least it can prolong your life for three days. You should send this knife to the Haisha faction in exchange for their own antidote to save your life." The old man suddenly stood up and said sharply: "Who wants my Dragon Slaying Saber, that is absolutely impossible." Yu Daiyan said: "Your life is gone, what's the use of having a precious sword?" The old man trembled Said: "I'd rather not die, the Dragon Slaying Knife is always mine." As he spoke, he hugged the knife tightly, with his cheek against the edge of the knife, he really cherished it beyond words, but at the same time swallowed the "Tianxin Detoxification Pill" into the stomach. Yu Daiyan became curious and wanted to ask what is the benefit of this knife, but seeing the greedy and fierce look in the old man's eyes, as if a hungry beast wanted to eat someone, he couldn't help feeling disgusted, turned around and went out.Suddenly the old man shouted sharply: "Stop! Where are you going?" Yu Daiyan said with a smile: "Where I go, do you have any control?" Saying that, he walked away. After walking a few steps, Yu Daiyan suddenly heard the old man crying loudly. Yu Daiyan turned his head and asked, "Why are you crying?" I can't guarantee it, what's the use of this treasured sword?" Yu Daiyan said "hmm" and said, "You have no other choice but to exchange this sword for the unique antidote of the Haisha sect." The old man cried: "But I can't bear it. Ah, I can't bear it." This expression was terribly funny. Yu Daiyan wanted to laugh, but he couldn't. After a while, he said: "Masters of martial arts rely on their own kung fu to defeat the enemy and win the victory. They act righteously and are famous in the world. Swords and swords are just possessions outside the body. You can't be happy with your gains and sad with your losses. Why bother me?" Troubled by it?" The old man said angrily: "'The Supreme Being of the Martial Arts, the precious sword slays the dragon, commands the world, no one dares not to obey!' Have you heard these words?" Yu Daiyan laughed dumbfounded, and said: "Of course I have heard these few sentences before, and there are two more sentences below, what is "Yi Tian does not come out, who will fight for the front?" That is about a world-shattering event in martial arts decades ago, It’s not really about precious swords.” The old man asked, “What earth-shattering event?” Yu Daiyan said: "That was when Yang Guo, the hero of the sculpture, killed the Mongolian emperor Meng Ge, and he gave a lot of anger to us Han people. Since then, if Hero Yang has any orders, the heroes of the world 'dare not to follow'. 'Dragon' is The Mongolian emperor, 'slaying the dragon' means killing the Mongolian emperor. Is there really such a thing as a dragon in the world?" The old man sneered and said: "Let me ask you, what kind of weapon did the hero Yang Guo use back then?" Yu Daiyan was startled, and said: "I once heard from the master that the hero Yang Guo broke his arm and usually doesn't use a weapon." The old man said: " That's right, how did Hero Yang kill the Mongol Emperor?" Yu Daiyan said: "He threw stones and killed Brother Meng, this is known all over the world." The old man was very proud, and said: "Hero Yang usually kills the Mongol Emperor without using a weapon. The stones are used again, so where does the word "treasure sword and dragon slaughter" come from?" This question made Yu Daiyan speechless, and after a while, he said: "It's mostly just a word in the martial arts, and you can't say 'stone slaying a dragon', isn't that ugly?" The old man sneered: "Forcing Arguing for reason and reasoning for reason! Let me ask you again, 'If Yitian does not come out, who will fight for the front?' How do you explain these two sentences?" Yu Daiyan pondered and said: "I don't know. Maybe 'Yitian' is a person? I heard that Yang Daxia learned his martial arts from his wife, so 'Yitian' might be his wife's name, or Guo Jing, Guo Daxia, who defended Xiangyang. " The old man said: "Really? I don't think you can tell, so you have to talk nonsense for a while. Let me tell you, 'Tulong' is a knife, it is this dragon knife, and 'Yitian' is a sword. , called the Yitian Sword. These six sentences mean that the supreme thing in the martial arts is the dragon-slaying knife. Whoever gets this knife, no matter what orders are given, the heroes and heroes of the world will obey the order. As long as the Yitian Sword If not, the Dragon Slaying Knife is the most powerful magic weapon." Yu Daiyan was skeptical, and said: "Show me the sword, what's so magical about it?" The old man hugged the single sword tightly, and said with a sneer, "Do you think I'm a three-year-old child? You want to lie to me about the precious sword." He was poisoned Afterwards, already exhausted, he took Yu Daiyan's antidote elixir, and then cheered up. At this moment, he tried hard, but he couldn't stop moaning.Yu Daiyan smiled and said: "If you don't show it, you won't show it. Although you have the Dragon Slaying Sword, who can you order? Do I have to listen to you when I see you holding such a knife in your arms? It's really a joke. Strange talk. You were good at first, but you believed in these absurd nonsense, and in the end you killed yourself in vain, and you are still obsessed with it. Since you can't order me, you can know that this knife is not very strange." The old man stayed there for a while, not making a sound, and after a long time, he said: "Brother, let's make an agreement. If you save my life, I will give you half of the benefits of the precious sword." Yu Daiyan looked up to the sky and laughed, and said: "Old man, you underestimate my Wudang faction. Helping the poor is a matter of my generation. Is it because I want to repay you? You have poisonous salt on you, but I don't know the salt." What kind of poison was put in it, you have to ask the Haisha faction to save it." The old man said: "My dragon-slaying knife was stolen from the Haisha faction, they hate me for cutting bones, how will they save me? "Yu Daiyan said: "Since you return the knife, the grudge will be resolved. Why should they hurt your life?" The old man said: "I see that you are very strong in martial arts. You have the ability to go to Haisha Sect to steal the antidote and save my life." Yu Daiyan said: "First, I have something important to do, so I can't delay; Stealing other people's treasured swords is your fault, how can I turn the truth around? Old man, you should quickly go to the Haisha faction! If there is any delay, the poison will take hold, and it will be too late." Seeing that he was about to move again, the old man hurriedly said: "Okay, let me ask you one more question. When you lifted my body, did you feel anything strange?" Yu Daiyan said: "I am indeed a little strange. You are thin and small, but you weigh about two hundred catties, I don't know why, and I haven't seen any heavy things on your body." The old man put the Dragon Slaying Knife on the ground, and said: "You lift my body again." Yu Daiyan grabbed his shoulder and lifted it up, his hand suddenly became lighter, only about eighty catties, and he suddenly thought: "So this A small single sword weighs more than one hundred catties, it is indeed a little weird and out of the ordinary." Putting the old man down, he said: "This knife is really heavy." The old man hurriedly hugged the dragon-slaying knife tightly again, and said: "It's not just heavy. My brother, is your surname Yu or Zhang?" Yu Daiyan said: "My surname is Yu, and the word is Daiyan. How did the old man know?" The old man said: "Zhen Zhenren of the Wudang school has seven disciples. Among the seven heroes of Wudang, Song Daxia is about forty years old, and Yin Mo is less than twenty years old. The remaining two or three heroes are surnamed Yu, four or five heroes His surname is Zhang, and no one in the martial arts world knows it. It turned out to be Yu Sanxia, ​​no wonder his kung fu is so high. The seven heroes of Wudang are powerful all over the world. I saw him today, and he really deserves his reputation." Although Yu Daiyan is not very old, he is also an old man. Listen to him like this Flattering him face to face, knowing that he is only asking for something from himself, I feel disgusted in my heart, and said: "Old man, what's your name?" The old man said: "My little old man's surname is De, and his name is a single character. My friends on Liaodong Road gave me a nickname, Haidongqing." That Haidongqing is a kind of big eagle born in Liaodong, fierce It is an evil bird of prey that preys on small animals. It is a famous bird of prey outside the pass. Yu Daiyan clasped his hands and said, "Long-awaited, long-awaited." He looked up at the sky.Decheng knew that he was eager to leave, and if he didn't use great benefits, he couldn't ask him to help him, so he said: "You don't understand the meaning of the eight words 'Order the world, who dares not to obey', you only know who is holding the butcher's hand." Long Dao, you only need to open your mouth to give orders, and everyone has to obey. No, no, this is all wrong." As soon as he said this, Yu Daiyan's face changed slightly, he stretched out his right hand, extinguished the candle on the altar with a soft pop, and said in a low voice, "Someone is coming!" But he didn't hear any strange sound, he was hesitating, he only heard a few whistles in the distance, people calling each other, and rushing towards the temple.Decheng said in surprise: "The enemy is coming, let's retreat from the back of the temple." Yu Daiyan said: "There are also people coming from behind the temple." There are many people from the Haisha faction, and you happened to ask them for the antidote. I don’t want to get into this muddy water.” Decheng stretched out his left hand, firmly grasped his wrist, and said in a trembling voice: "Yu Sanxia, ​​you must never leave me, you must never..." Yu Daiyan only felt that his five fingers were as cold as ice, tight It was tightly embedded in the flesh of his wrist, and he flipped his wrist, performed a half-stroke "Nine Turns Pill Success", twirled in a circle, and immediately dropped his five fingers. At this time, I only heard the sound of footsteps all the way, and went straight to the outside of the temple, followed by a bang, someone stretched out and kicked the temple door open, and then there was a rustling sound, some small objects were thrown in from the darkness, Yu Daiyan's body trembled Shrunk down to the back of the statue of Sea God Bodhisattva.But after hearing Decheng's low hum of "ah", followed by a few swipes, the hidden weapon hit him, and then fell to the ground again.Those hidden weapons were thrown in one after another without stopping.Yu Daiyan thought to himself: "This is the poisonous salt of the Haisha School." Then he heard a few clicks and clicks on the roof, and someone jumped on the roof to remove the tiles and threw poisonous salt down. Yu Daiyan once saw that Baipao Ke and Changbai Sanqin were harmed by the poisonous salt, that Baipao Ke's martial arts were really good, but when he touched the poisonous salt, he immediately ran away screaming, which shows that this thing is extremely powerful.The poisonous salt was flying in the air in the small temple, knowing that after a while, it must be stained, so in a hurry, he punched the vest of the statue, shrank his body and slipped into the belly of the statue, it was like wearing a suit immediately. There is a thick layer of mud coat, although there is a lot of poisonous salt, but he can't do anything about it. Outside the temple, Haisha sent people to discuss loudly: "The idea is silent, probably fainted." "The young idea is so hard, wait again, why is it so hasty?" "I'm afraid he will slip away. , not in the temple." Only someone shouted: "Hey, take the idea of ​​the beam, just come out and surrender." In the middle of the chaos, the sound of horseshoes was heard in the distance, and more than ten fast horses came galloping.Amidst the sound of hooves, someone shouted loudly: "The sun and the moon shine, and the Eagle King spreads his wings." The people of Haisha Sect outside the temple fell silent for a while, and after a while, someone said in a trembling voice: "It's heaven... Tianying Sect, everyone, go quickly..." Before they finished speaking, the sound of horseshoes stopped outside the temple.Someone from the Haisha faction whispered: "I can't leave!" Only the sound of footsteps was heard, and several people came into the temple.Yu Daiyan hid in the belly of the statue, but he also felt a little light, thinking that someone came with a torch and lantern.After a while, someone asked: "Do you know who we are?" Several members of the Haisha Sect replied in unison: "Yes, yes, everyone is a friend of the Skyhawk Sect." The person said: "This is Hall Master Li of the Tianshi Church of Tianying Sect. He won’t come out for a while. You are lucky to see him today. Hall Master Li asks you where is the Dragon Slaying Knife, and I donated it well. Hall Master Li Show mercy, and your lives will be spared." Only one member of the Haisha faction said: "He... he stole it, we are about to recover it, Li... Hall Master..." Tianying taught that person: "Hey, where's the Dragon Slaying Saber?" This sentence was obviously addressed to Decheng, but Decheng didn't answer, and with a pop, someone fell to the ground.Several people shouted: "Ah!" Tianying taught the man: "This man is dead, search around him." But I could hear the sound of clothes being untied, and the sound of human body turning over.The Tianying Sect said: "Report to the hall master, there is nothing foreign about this man." The leader of the Haisha sect said tremblingly: "Li Tang... Hall master, this precious sword is obviously... he stole it, We will never dare to hide it..." Hearing his voice, it was obvious that under the threatening gaze of Section Master Li, he was so frightened that his heart was splitting. Yu Daiyan thought to himself: "That saber Decheng is clearly in his hand, how could it disappear?" Just listen to the Humanity of the Sky Eagle Sect: "You said that he stole the knife, how could it disappear? You must have hidden it in secret. Well, whoever tells the truth first, Hall Master Li will spare him. You guys Among this group of people, only one person is left alive, and whoever speaks first will live." The temple was silent, and after a long while, the leader of the Haisha Sect said: "Master Li, we really don't know that it is the leader of the Tianying Sect. We will never dare to keep those things..." Hall Master Li snorted and did not answer, but his subordinate said: "Whoever reports the truth first will be kept alive." After a while, no one from the Haisha faction spoke. . Suddenly a person shouted: "We came to grab the knife, and you arrived before we entered the temple. You Tianying Sect advanced into the Sea God Temple, how can we get the knife? Since you must not believe it, you are dead, and I will fight with you today." It's not. This is not something from the Tianying Sect, so tyrannical and domineering, look at you..." Before finishing a sentence, he stopped suddenly, and it was expected to kill him. Only another person said in a trembling voice: "Just now a man about 30 years old rescued this old man. That man's lightness kung fu is very good, but now he has disappeared. He must have snatched the precious sword from him." gone." Hall Master Li said: "Check everyone!" Several people agreed in unison.Only the sound of the rate in the hall can be heard, it is expected that people from the Sky Eagle Sect are searching the bodies of the salt owls.Hall Master Li said: "It's probably the man who took it. Let's go!" But hearing the sound of footsteps, Tianying taught the crowd to leave the temple gate, and then the sound of hooves gradually went away to the northeast. Yu Daiyan didn't want to get involved in this unreasonable dispute, and he didn't come out until the Haisha faction left, but after waiting for a long time, there was no sound in the temple, and the Haisha faction seemed to disappear suddenly.He poked his head out from behind the statue to look, and saw more than twenty salt owls standing upright, but motionless, presumably they all had their acupoints tapped. 他从神像腹中跃了出来，这时地下遗下的火把兀自点燃，照得庙中甚是明亮，只见海沙派众人脸色阴暗可怖，暗想：“那天鹰教不知是甚么教派，怎地没听说过？这些海沙派的人众本来也都不是好相与的，一遇上天鹰教却便缚手缚脚。当真是恶人尚有恶人磨了。”伸手到身旁那人的“华盖穴”上一推，想替他解开穴道。 哪知触手僵硬，竟是推之不动，再一探他鼻息，早已没了呼吸，原来已被点中了死穴。他逐一探察，只见海沙派二十余条大汉均已死于非命，只一人委顿在地，不住喘气，自是最后那个说话之人，得蒙留下性命。俞岱岩惊疑不定：“天鹰教下毒手之时，竟没发出丝毫声息，这门手法好不阴毒怪异。”扶起那没死的海沙派盐枭来，问道：“天鹰教是甚么教派？他们教主是谁？”一连问了几句，那人只翻白眼，神色痴痴呆呆。俞岱岩一搭他手腕，只觉脉息紊乱，看来性命虽然留下，却已给人使重手震断了几处经脉，成了白痴。 这时他不惊反怒，心想：“何物天鹰派，下手竟这般毒辣残酷？”但想对方武功甚高，自己孤身一人，实非其敌，该当先赶回武当山请示师父，查明天鹰教的来历再说。 但见庙中白茫茫一片，犹似堆絮积雪，到处都是毒盐，心想：“迟早会有不知情由的百姓闯了进来，非遭祸殃不可。毒盐和尸首收拾为难，不如放一把火烧了这海神庙，以免后患。”当下将那给震断了经脉之人拉到庙外，回进庙内，只见二十余具尸首僵立殿上，模样甚是诡异，却见神台边一尸俯伏，背上老大一滩血渍。俞岱岩微觉奇怪，抓住那尸体后领，想提起来察看，突然上身向前微微一俯，只觉这人身子重得出奇，但瞧他也只是寻常身材，并非魁梧奇伟之辈，却何以如此沉重？ 提起他身子仔细看时，见他背上长长一条大伤口，伸手到伤口中一探，着手冰凉，掏出一把刀来，那刀沉甸甸的至少有一百来斤重，正是不少人拚了性命争夺的那把屠龙刀。一凝思间，已知其理：德成临死时连人带刀扑将下来，砍入海沙派一名盐枭的后心。此刀既极沉重，又是锋锐无比，一跌之下，直没入体。天鹰教教众搜索各人身边时，竟未发觉。 俞岱岩拄刀而立，四顾茫然，寻思：“此刀是否真属武林至宝，那也难说得很，看起来该算不祥之物，海东青德成和海沙派这许多盐枭都为它枉送了性命。眼下只有拿去呈给师父，请他老人家发落。”于是拾起地下火把，往神幔上点火，眼见火头蔓延，便即出庙。 他将屠龙刀拂拭干净，在熊熊大火之旁细看。但见那刀乌沉沉的，非金非铁，不知是何物所制，先前长白三禽鼓起烈火锻炼，但此刀竟丝毫无损，实是异物，又想：“此刀如此沉重，临敌交手之时如何施展得开？关王爷神力过人，他的青龙偃月刀也只八十一斤。”将刀包入包袱，向德成的葬身处默祝：“德老丈，我决非贪图此刀。但此刀乃天下异物，如落入恶人手中，助纣为虐，势必贻祸人间。我师父一秉至公，他老人家必有妥善处置。”
他将包袱负在背上，迈开步子，向北疾行。不到半个时辰，已至江边，星月微光照映水面，点点闪闪，宛似满江繁星，放眼而望，四下里并无船只。沿江东下，又走一顿饭时分，只见前面灯火闪烁，有艘渔船在离岸数丈之处捕鱼。俞岱岩叫道：“打渔的大哥，费心送我过江，当有酬谢。”只是那渔船相距过远，船上的渔人似乎没听见他的叫声，毫不理睬。俞岱岩吸了一口气，纵声而呼，叫声远远传了出去。 过不多时，只见上流一艘小船顺流而下，驶向岸边，船上艄公叫道：“客官可是要过江么？”俞岱岩喜道：“正是，相烦艄公大哥方便。”那艄公道：“请上来罢。”俞岱岩纵身上船，船头登时向下一沉。那艄公吃了一惊，说道：“这般沉重。客官，你带着甚么？”俞岱岩笑道：“没甚么，是我身子蠢重，开船罢！” 那船张起风帆，顺风顺水，斜向东北过江，行驶甚速。航出里许，忽听远处雷声隐隐，轰轰之声大作。俞岱岩道：“艄公，要下大雨了罢？”那艄公笑道：“这是钱塘江的夜潮，顺着潮水一送，转眼便到对岸，比甚么都快。” 俞岱岩放眼东望，只见天边一道白线滚滚而至。潮声愈来愈响，当真是如千军万马一般。江浪汹涌，远处一道水墙疾推而前，心想：“天地间竟有如斯壮观，今日大开眼界，也不枉辛苦一遭。”正瞧之际，只见一艘帆船乘浪冲至，白帆上绘着一只黑色的大鹰，展开双翅，似乎要迎面扑来。他想起“天鹰教”三字，心下暗自戒备。 突然之间，那艄公猛地跃起，跳入江心，霎时间不见了踪影。小船无人掌舵，给潮水一冲，登时打起圈子来，俞岱岩忙抢到后梢去把舵，便在此时，那黑鹰帆船砰的一声，撞正小船。帆船的船头包以坚铁，一撞之下，小船船头登时破了一个大洞，潮水猛涌进来。俞岱岩又惊又怒：“你天鹰教好奸！原来这艄公是你们的人，赚我来此。”眼见小船已不能乘坐，纵身高跃，落向帆船的船头。 这时刚好一个大浪涌到，将帆船一抛，凭空上升丈余。俞岱岩身在半空，帆船上升，他变成落到了船底，危急中提一口真气，左掌拍向船边，一借力，双臂急振，施展“梯云纵”轻功，跟着又上窜丈余，终于落上了帆船船头。 但见舱门紧团，不见有人。俞岱岩叫道：“是天鹰教的朋友吗？”他连说两遍，船中无人答话。他伸手去推舱门，触手冰凉，那舱门竟是钢铁铸成，一推之下，丝毫不动。俞岱岩劲贯双臂，大喝一声，双掌推出，喀喇一响，铁门仍是不开，但铁门与船舱边相接的铰链却给他掌力震落了。铁门摇晃了几下，只须再加一掌，便能击开。 只听得舱中一人说道：“武当派梯云纵轻功，震山掌掌力，果然名下无虚。俞三侠，请你把背上的屠龙刀留下，我们送你过江。”话虽说得客气，语意腔调却十分傲慢，便似发号施令一般。俞岱岩寻思：“不知他如何知道我的姓名。” 那人又道：“俞三侠，你心中奇怪，何以我们知道你的大名，是不是？其实一点也不希奇，这梯云纵轻功和震山掌掌力，除了武当高手，又有谁能使得这般出神入化？俞三侠来到江南，我们天鹰教身为地主，沿途没接待招呼，还得多多担代啊。”俞岱岩倒觉不易回答，便道：“尊驾高姓大名，便请现身相见。”那人道：“天鹰教跟贵派无亲无故，没怨没仇，还是不见的好。请俞三侠将屠龙刀放在船头，我们这便送你过江。” 俞岱岩气往上冲，说道：“这屠龙刀是贵教之物吗？”那人道：“这倒不是。此刀是武林至尊，天下武学之士，哪一个不想据而有之。”俞岱岩道：“这便是了，此刀既落入在下手中，须得交到武当山上，听凭师尊发落，在下可作不得主。”那人细声细语说了几句话，声音低微，如蚊子叫一般，俞岱岩听不清楚，问道：“你说甚么？” 舱里那人又细声细气的说了几句话，声音更加低了。俞岱岩只听到甚么“俞三侠……屠龙刀……”几个字，他走上两步，问道：“你说甚么？”这时一个浪头打来，将帆船直抛了上去，俞岱岩胸腹间和大腿之上，似乎同时被蚊子叮了一口。其时正当春初，本来不该有蚊蚋，但他也不在意，朗声说道：“贵教为了一刀，杀人不少，海神庙中遗尸数十，未免下手太过毒辣。” 舱中那人道：“天鹰教下手向来分别轻重，对恶人下手重，对好人下手轻。俞三侠名震江湖，我们也不能害你性命，你将屠龙刀留下，在下便奉上蚊须针的解药。” 俞岱岩听到“蚊须针”三字，一震之下，忙伸手到胸腹间适才被蚊子咬过的处所一按，只觉微微麻痒，明明是蚊虫叮后的感觉，转念一想，登时省悟：“他适才说话声音故意模糊细微，引我走近，乘机发这细小的暗器。”想起海沙派众盐枭对天鹰教如此畏若蛇蝎，这暗器定是歹毒无比，眼下只有先擒住他，再逼他取出解药救治，当下低哼一声，左掌护面，右掌护胸，纵身便往船舱中冲了进去。 人未落地，黑暗中劲风扑面，舱中人挥掌拍出。俞岱岩右掌击出，盛怒之下，这一掌使了十成力。两人双掌相交，砰的一声，舱中人向后飞出，喀喇喇声响，撞毁不少桌椅等物。俞岱岩但觉掌中一阵剧痛。原来适才交了这掌，又已着了道儿，对方掌心暗藏尖刺利器，双掌一交，几根尖刺同时穿入他掌中。对方虽在他沉重掌力下受伤不轻，但黑暗中不知敌人多寡，不敢冒险径自抢上擒人，又即跃回船头。 只听那人咳嗽了几下，说道：“俞三侠掌力惊人，果是不凡，佩服啊佩服。不过在下这掌心七星钉也另有一功，咱们倒成了半斤八两，两败俱伤。” 俞岱岩急忙取几颗“天心解毒丹”服下，一抖包裹，取出屠龙宝刀，双手持柄，呼的一声，横扫过去，但听得擦的一下轻响，登时将铁门斩成了两截，这刀果然是锋锐绝伦。他横七竖八的连斩七八刀，铁铸的船舱遇着宝刀，便似纸糊草扎一般。舱中那人纵身跃向后梢，叫道：“你连中二毒，还发甚么威？”俞岱岩舞刀追上，拦腰斩去。 那人见来势凶猛，顺手提起一只铁锚一挡，擦的一声轻响，铁锚从中断截。那人向旁跃开，叫道：“要性命还是要宝刀？”俞岱岩道：“好！你给我解药，我给你宝刀。”这时他腿上中了蚊须针之处渐渐麻痒，料知“天心解毒丹”解不了这毒，这把屠龙刀他是无意中得来，本不如何重视，于是将刀掷在舱里。 那人大喜，俯身拾起，不住的拂拭摩挲，爱惜无比。那人背着月光，面貌瞧不清楚，但见他只是看刀，却不去取解药。俞岱岩觉得掌中疼痛加剧，说道：“解药呢？”那人哈哈大笑，似乎听到了滑稽之极的说话。俞岱岩怒道：“我问你要解药，有甚么好笑？” 那人伸出左手食指，指着他脸，笑道：“嘻嘻！你这人怎地这般傻，不等我给解药，却将宝刀给了我？”俞岱岩怒道：“男儿一言，快马一鞭，我答应以刀换药，难道还抵赖不成？先给迟给不是一般？”那人笑道：“你手中有刀，我终是忌你三分。便说你打我不过，将刀往江中一抛，未必再捞得到。现下宝刀既入我手，你还想我给解药么？” 俞岱岩一听，一股凉气从心底直冒上来，自忖武当派和天鹰教无怨无仇，这人武功不低，也当是颇有身分之人，既取了屠龙刀，怎能说过的话不算话？他向来行事稳重，原不致轻易上当，只是此番一上来便失了先机，孤身陷于敌舟，料想对方既有备而来，舟中自必另行伏有帮手，又兼身中二毒，急欲换取解药，竟尔低估了对方的奸诈凶狡，当下沉住了气，哼了一声，问道：“尊驾高姓大名？” 那人笑道：“在下只是天鹰教中一个无名小卒，武当派要找天鹰教报仇，自有本教教主和众位堂主接着。再说，俞三侠今晚死得不明不白，贵教张三丰祖师便真有通天彻地之能，也未必能知俞三侠是死于何人之手。”他这般说，竟如当俞岱岩已然死了一般。 俞岱岩只觉得手掌心似有千万只蚂蚁同时咬噬，痛痒难当，当即伸手抓住了半截断锚，心想：“我今日便是不活，也当和你拚个同归于尽。” 但听那人唠唠叨叨，正自说得高兴，俞岱岩猛地里一声大喝，纵起身来，左手挥起断锚，右手推出一掌，往那人面门胸口，同时击了过去。 那人“啊哟”一声，横挥屠龙刀想来挡截，百忙中却没想到那刀沉重异常，他顺手一挥，只挥出半尺，手腕忽地一沉。以他武功，原非使不动此刀，只是运力之际没估量到这兵刃竟如此沉重，力道用得不足，那刀直堕下去，砍向他膝盖。那人吃了一惊，臂上使力，待要将刀挺举起来，只觉劲风扑面，半截断锚直击过来。这一下威猛凌厉。决难抵挡，当下双足使劲，一个筋斗，倒翻入江。 那人虽然避开了断锚的横扫，但俞岱岩右手那一掌却终于没有让过，这一掌正按在他小腹之上，但觉五脏六腑一齐翻转，扑通一声跌入潮水之中，已是人事不知。 俞岱岩吁了一口长气，见他虽然中掌，兀自牢牢的握住那屠龙刀不放，冷笑一声，心道：“你便是抢得了宝刀，终于葬身江底。” 蓦地里白影闪动，一道白练斜入江心，卷住那人腰间，连人带刀一起卷上船来。俞岱岩吃了一惊，顺着白练的来路瞧去，只见船头站着一个青衫瘦子，双手交替，急速扯动白练。俞岱岩待欲纵向船头击敌，身上毒性发作，倒在船梢，眼前一黑，登时昏了过去。
也不知过了多少时候，睁开眼来时，首先见到的是一面镖旗，旗上绣着一尾金色鲤鱼，俞岱岩闭了闭眼，再睁开来时，仍是见到这面小小的镖旗。这旗插在一只青花碎瓷的花瓶之中，花绣金光闪闪，旗上的鲤鱼在波浪中腾身跳跃，心道：“这是临安府龙门镖局的镖旗啊。我到底怎么了？”其时脑子中兀自昏昏沉沉，一片混乱，没法多想，略一凝神，发觉自己是睡在一张担架之上，前后有人抬着，而所处之地似乎是在一座大厅。他想转头一瞧左右，岂知项颈僵直，竟然不能转动。 他大骇之下，想要跃下担架，但手足便似变成了不是自己的，空自使力，却一动也不能动了，这才想到：“我在钱塘江上中了七星钉和蚊须针的剧毒。” 只听得两个人在说话。一人声音宏大，说道：“阁下高姓？”另一人道：“你不用问我姓名，我只问你，这单镖接是不接？”俞岱岩心道：“这人声音娇嫩，似是女子！” 那声音宏大的人怫然道：“我们龙门镖局难道少了生意，阁下既然不肯见告姓名，那么请光顾别家镖局去罢。”那女子声音的人道：“临安府只龙门镖局还像个样子，别家镖局都比不上。你若作不得主，快去叫总镖头出来。”言下颇为无礼。那声音宏大的人果然很不高兴，说道：“我便是总镖头。在下另有别事，不能相陪，尊客请便罢。” 那女子声音的人说道：“啊，你便是多臂熊都大锦……”顿了一顿，才道：“都总镖头，久仰久仰，我姓殷。”都大锦胸中似略感舒畅，问道：“尊客有甚么差遣？”那姓殷的客人道：“我得先问你，你是不是承担得下。这单镖非同小可，却是半分耽误不得。” 都大锦强抑怒气，说道：“我这龙门镖局开设二十年来，官镖、盐镖，金银珠宝，再大的生意也接过，可从来没出过半点岔子。” 俞岱岩也听过都大锦的名头，知道他是少林派的俗家弟子，拳掌单刀，都有相当造诣，尤其一手连珠钢镖，能一口气连发七七四十九枚钢镖，因此江湖上送了他一个外号，叫作多臂熊。他这“龙门镖局”在江南一带也是颇有名声。只是武当、少林两派弟子自来并不亲近，因此虽然闻名，并不相识。 只听那姓殷的微微一笑，说道：“我若不知龙门镖局名声不差，找上门来干么？都总镖头，我有一单镖交给你，可有三个条款。”都大锦道：“牵扯纠缠的镖我们不接，来历不明的镖不接，五万两银子以下的镖不接。”他没听对方说三个条款，自己先说了三个条款。 那姓殷的道：“我这单镖啊，对不起得很，可有点牵扯纠纷，来历也不大清白，值得多少银子，那也难说得很。我这三个条款也挺不容易办到。第一，要请你都总镖头亲自押送。第二，自临安府送到湖北襄阳府。必须日夜不停赶路，十天之内送到。第三，若有半分差池，嘿嘿，别说你总镖头性命不保，叫你龙门镖局满门鸡犬不留。” 只听得砰的一声，想是都大锦伸手拍桌，喝道：“你要找人消遣，也不能找到我龙门镖局来！若不是我瞧你瘦骨伶仃的，身上没三两肉，今日先叫你吃些苦头。” 那姓殷的“嘿嘿”两声冷笑，砰嘭砰嘭几下，将一些沉重的物事接连抛到了桌上，说道：“这里二千两黄金，是保镖的费用，你先收下了。” 俞岱岩听了，心下一惊：“二千两黄金，要值好几万两银子，做镖局的值百抽十，这几万两镖金，不知要辛苦多少年才挣得起。” 俞岱岩项颈不能转动，眼睁睁的只能望着那面插在瓶中的跃鲤镖旗，这时大厅中一片静寂，唯见营营青蝇，掠面飞过。只听得都大锦喘息之声甚是粗重，俞岱岩虽不能见他脸色，但猜想得到，他定是望着桌上那金光灿烂的二千两黄金，目瞪口呆，心摇神驰，料想他开设镖局，大批的金银虽然时时见到，但看来看去，总是别人的财物，这时突然见到有二千两黄金送到面前，只消一点头，这二千两黄金就是他的，又怎能不动心？ 过了半晌，听得都大锦道：“殷大爷，你要我保甚么镖？”那姓殷的道：“我先问你。我定下的三个条款，你可能办到？”都大锦顿了一顿，伸手一拍大腿，道：“殷大爷既出了这等重酬，我姓都的跟你卖命就是了。殷大爷的宝物几时来？” 那姓殷的道：“要你保的镖，便是躺在担架中的这位爷台。” 此言一出，都大锦固然“咦”的一声，大为惊讶，而俞岱岩更是惊奇无比，忍不住叫道：“我……我……”不料他张大了口，却不出声音，便似人在噩梦之中，不论如何使力，周身却不听使唤，此时全身俱废，仅余下眼睛未盲，耳朵未聋。只听都大锦问道：“是……是这位爷台？” 那姓殷的道：“不错。你亲自护送，换车换马不换人，日夜不停的赶道，十天之内送到湖北襄阳府武当山上，交给武当派掌门祖师张三丰真人。”俞岱岩听到这句话，吁了一口长气，心中一宽，听都大锦道：“武当派？我们少林弟子，虽和武当派没甚么梁子，但是……但是，从来没甚么来往……这个……” 那姓殷的冷冷的道：“这位爷台身上有伤，耽误片刻，万金莫赎。这单镖你接便接，不接便不接。大丈夫一言而决，甚么这个那个的？” 都大锦道：“好，冲着殷大爷的面子，我龙门镖局便接下了