Chapter 15 Chapter Fifteen
Zhang Wuji and Yang Buhui traveled thousands of miles from west to west, they were inseparable, they broke up suddenly, feeling very sad, but thinking that they could finally live up to Ji Xiaofu's entrustment and send her daughter to Yang Xiao's hands, they couldn't help but feel relieved.He stood quietly for a long while, afraid of meeting He Taichong, Ban Shuxian and other Kunlun sect members again, he went deep into the mountain.
After doing this for more than ten days, the arm injury gradually healed, but wandering around in the Kunlun Mountains, I could no longer find a way out of the mountain.After walking for half a day that day, sitting on a pile of rocks to rest, suddenly I heard a barking sound from the northwest, and there were more than ten dogs.The barking sound was getting closer and closer, as if chasing some wild animal.
Amidst the barking of the dogs, a little monkey came rushing forward with a short arrow in its hindquarters.The monkey ran several zhang away and rolled over. After being hit by an arrow in its butt, it couldn't climb up the tree. It was exhausted and couldn't get up again.Zhang Wuji walked over to take a look, Hou'er's eyes revealed begging and fearful expressions.Zhang Wuji touched his heart: "I was chased by the Kunlun people, and I am just as embarrassed as you." So he picked up the monkey, gently pulled out the short arrow, took out herbs from his bosom, and applied the wound on the arrow wound.
At this moment, the sound of dogs barking was heard nearby, Zhang Wuji opened his clothes and put the monkey into his arms, only to hear a few urgent barks, more than a dozen tall, sharp-toothed hounds had already surrounded him .The hounds could smell the monkey's breath, and they were showing off their teeth and claws, but they didn't dare to pounce on it for a while.Zhang Wuji saw these vicious dogs baring their long white teeth, their expressions were ferocious, he was afraid, he knew that as long as he threw the monkey out of his arms, the dogs would attack the monkey, and he would no longer make things difficult for him.However, he was taught by his father since he was a child, that chivalry is the most important thing in everything, even if he is unwilling to be a beast, he immediately jumped over the heads of the dogs and ran quickly.The dogs came after them barking wildly.
The hound ran so fast, Zhang Wuji only managed to escape more than ten feet before he was overtaken, he felt a pain in his leg, he had already been bitten by a ferocious dog, and he was not letting go.He hurriedly turned around and hit the hound on the head with a palm. With all his strength, he turned the hound into a somersault and passed out.The rest of the hounds swarmed on.
Zhang Wuji punched and kicked, struggling to resist.His arm injury has not yet healed, and his left arm cannot move. Soon, his left hand was bitten by a vicious dog. He could hear a few clear and tender shouts, but the voice seemed very far away, and when his eyes went dark, he didn't know anything.
In a coma, it seemed that countless wolves, tigers and leopards were constantly biting his body. He wanted to open his mouth to scream, but he couldn't make a sound, only someone said: "The fever is gone, maybe I won't die."
Zhang Wuji opened his eyes, first saw a dim light, and realized that he was sleeping in a small room, with a middle-aged man standing in front of him.Zhang Wuji said: "Big...Uncle...how can I..." After saying these few words, I suddenly felt a burning pain all over my body, and then I slowly remembered that I was once bitten by a group of vicious dogs.The man said: "Boy, you are destined to die, what's the matter? Are you hungry?" Zhang Wuji said: "Where am I?" All the wounds were in severe pain at the same time, and he passed out again.
When he woke up for the second time, the middle-aged man was no longer in the room.Zhang Wuji thought: "Obviously I won't live long, why do I have to suffer so much again?" Looking down, he saw that his chest, neck, arms and thighs were all covered with cloth belts, and there was a strong smell of medicinal herbs. He applied wound medicine to his wound.From the breath of medicinal herbs, it is known that the person who applied the medicine for him has very little knowledge of wound healing. Among the medicines are almonds, horseshoe seeds, Fangfeng, and southern stars. If these medicines are used to cure mad dog bites, use them Yu pulled out the poison, which had a miraculous effect, but the one who bit him was not a mad dog. His bones and muscles were damaged rather than poisoned. The wrong medicine increased the pain.He was unable to get up and stayed until dawn, when the middle-aged man came to see him again.
Zhang Wuji said: "Uncle, thank you for saving me." The twin said coldly: "This is Hongmei Villa, our lady rescued you. Are you hungry?" He went out and brought in a bowl of hot porridge .Zhang Wuji drank a few sips, but felt nausea in his chest and dizzy, so he couldn't eat any more.
He had been lying in bed for eight days before he managed to get up. His feet were feeling weak and he had no strength at all. He knew that he had lost a lot of blood and it would be difficult to recover for a while.The man brought him meals and medicines every day, although he looked rather annoyed, Zhang Wuji was still very grateful, but seeing that he didn't like to talk, even though he was full of questions, he didn't dare to ask more.This day, he saw that what he brought was still the paste made from Fangfeng, Nanxing and other medicines, Zhang Kaiji couldn't help but said: "Uncle, these medicines are not very suitable, please give me a few different flavors, will it work?"
The man rolled his eyes, looked at him for a long time, and then said: "The prescription prescribed by the master, can it be wrong? You said that the medicine was not right, why did it cure you from death? Really, children are talking nonsense. Nonsense, our master will not be surprised if he hears it, but you can't be too ignorant." He said and applied the medicine on his wound.Zhang Wuji could only smile wryly.
The man said: "I see that your wounds are also healed. You should go and kowtow to the master, wife, and miss to thank you for saving your life." Zhang Wuji said: "That's what you should, uncle, please lead me there."
The man led him out of the small room, through a long corridor, and through two halls, to a warm pavilion.At this time, it was early winter, and the Kunlun area was already extremely cold, but the warm pavilion was as warm as spring, but there was no charcoal fire burning anywhere, but the furnishings in the pavilion were splendid, and the couches and chairs were all covered with brocade cushions.Zhang Wuji had never seen such a luxurious and comfortable place in his life, considering that his clothes were stained, it was really out of place to stand in this luxurious warm pavilion, he couldn't help feeling ashamed.
There was no one in the Nuan Pavilion, but the man's expression was extremely respectful, and he bowed and said: "The boy who was bitten by the dog is healed, come and kowtow to the old lady." After saying these few words, He stood with his hands down, not even daring to use his strength to breathe.
After a while, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl came out from behind the screen, squinted at Zhang Wuji, and said, "Qiao Fu, you too, why did you bring him here? He has bugs and lice all over his body." What should I do then?" Qiao Fu replied, "Yes, yes!"
Zhang Wuji was already embarrassed, but now his face was flushed with embarrassment, he didn't change his clothes except for a set of clothes, he was indeed full of lice and fleas, he thought what the young lady said was right.But when he saw her oval face, black silk sagging shoulders, she was wearing some kind of silk and satin, which was shining, and there was a gold bracelet on her wrist. He had never seen such a luxuriously decorated lady before, and thought to himself: " When I was besieged by dogs, I vaguely heard a woman's voice shouting. The uncle Qiaofu said, "It was his lady who saved me, and I should thank you." So he knelt down and kowtowed, saying: " Thank you miss for saving me, I will never forget my great kindness."
The girl was stunned, and suddenly she laughed coquettishly, and said, "Qiao Fu, Qiao Fu, what's the matter with you? You're making fun of this idiot, aren't you?" Qiao Fu said with a smile: "Sister Xiaofeng, this idiot is Kowtowing to you a few times, you can't bear it. This silly boy has never seen the world, and he will be a young lady when he sees you! But then again, the eldest sister of our family is more honorable than the daughter of other people. Some." Zhang Wuji was startled, stood up quickly, and thought: "Oops! So she is a servant girl, and I recognized her as a young lady." His face was red and white, and he was very embarrassed.
Xiaofeng suppressed a smile and looked Zhang Wuji up and down.The blood on his face was not removed, and the bite wound was covered with cloth strips. He knew that it was extremely filthy and ugly, and wished there was a hole in the ground, he burrowed in.Xiaofeng raised her sleeve to cover her nose and said: "Master and wife are busy, don't kowtow, go see Miss." As she spoke, she walked away from Zhang Wuji and led the way first, lest the lice and bugs on his body would jump on her.Zhang Wuji followed Xiaofeng and Qiao Fu, and the servants and servants he met along the way were all luxuriously dressed, and the houses and pavilions he passed were all exquisite and beautiful.He was in Binghuo Island before he was ten years old, and in the next few years, half of him was in Wudang Mountain, and the other half was in Butterfly Valley.
After walking for a while, they came to a hall, and saw the words "Ling Mastiff Camp" written on the forehead of the hall.Xiaofeng went into the hall first, and after a while, came out to wave.Qiao Fu brought Zhang Wuji into the hall.
As soon as Zhang Wuji stepped into the hall, he was taken aback.But I saw more than thirty strong, fierce and vicious dogs, divided into three rows, squatting on the ground, and a girl in pure white fox fur was sitting on a tiger-skin chair, holding a whip in her hand, and shouted: "The former general, the throat !” A ferocious dog rushed up and bit the throat of a person standing by the wall.
Seeing such a cruel scene, Zhang Wuji couldn't help but yelled "Ah Yo", but saw that the dog had a piece of meat in its mouth and was chewing on the ground.He must be in awe, only to see that the man turned out to be a dummy made of leather, and the vital parts of his body were covered with pieces of meat.The girl shouted again: "General Chariot! Belly!" The second dog jumped up and bit the dummy's belly.These bulldogs are well-trained, and they bite people in response, without any discomfort.
Zhang Wuji was startled, and immediately recognized that it was these vicious dogs that bit him violently in the mountains that day, thinking about it again, he vaguely remembered that it was this girl's voice that stopped the dogs that day.At first he only thought that this young lady saved his life, but now he realizes that all the sufferings he has suffered are all due to her. I can't do anything to her. If I knew this, I would rather die in the barren hills than recuperate at her home." Tore off the bandages and cloth strips on her body, threw them on the ground, turned and left.
Qiao Fu shouted: "Hey, hello! What are you doing? This is the lady, why don't you come forward and kowtow?" Zhang Wuji said angrily: "Bah! I thank her very much? The vicious dog that bit me was not raised by her. Is it?"
The girl turned her head, saw his extremely angry appearance, smiled slightly, and beckoned: "Little brother, come here."
Zhang Wuji faced her head-on, his chest suddenly couldn't stop jumping, but seeing this girl's charming face, white and greasy, suddenly, his ears were buzzing, he felt a chill on his back, and his hands and feet endured it. She couldn't help trembling slightly, hurriedly lowered her head, not daring to look at her, her face, which was originally bloodless, suddenly flushed red.
The girl smiled and said: "Come here." Zhang Wuji looked up at her again, met her watery eyes, felt a bit confused in his heart, and walked over slowly involuntarily.
The girl smiled and said: "Little brother, you are annoying me, aren't you?" Zhang Wuji has suffered so much under the claws of these dogs, how can he not be annoyed?But standing in front of her at this time, he felt her breath blowing like blue, and a burst of fragrance was sent over, almost fainted, how could he say the word "annoyed", he immediately shook his head and said: "No!"
The girl said: "My surname is Zhu, and my name is Jiuzhen. How about you?" Zhang Wuji said: "My name is Zhang Wuji." Zhu Jiuzhen said: "Wuji, Wuji! Well, this name is very elegant, little brother wants to come You are a disciple of an aristocratic family, here, you sit here." He pointed to a low stool beside him.For the first time in Zhang Wuji's life, he felt the soul-stirring magic power of a beautiful woman. At this time, Zhu Jiuzhen told him to jump into the fire pit, and he would jump without hesitation. Hearing her tell him to sit beside her, he couldn't tell. He was overjoyed and immediately sat down respectfully.
Xiaofeng and Qiao Fu were surprised when they saw that the young lady showed such affection for this dirty and smelly boy.
Zhu Jiuzhen shouted softly again: "General Zhechong! Heart to heart!" A big dog jumped out and bit the dummy.But the piece of meat from the dummy's heart had already been bitten by another dog, so the dog tore off the piece of meat from the side of the dummy and started to eat it.Zhu Jiuzhen said angrily: "Gluttony, are you disobedient?" Picking up the whip, he walked over to brush it twice.The whip was full of small thorns, when the whip was whipped, two long bloodstains appeared on the dog's back.The dog still refused to let go of the meat in its mouth, but whined and showed its power.
Zhu Jiuzhen shouted: "Are you disobedient?" The long whip swung, and the dog rolled all over the ground, dripping with blood.She whipped nimbly, no matter how the fierce dog jumped and rolled, it still couldn't avoid the long whip's swing.At last the dog spat out the piece of meat and lay motionless on the ground, whining in a low voice.But Zhu Jiuzhen still didn't stop, beat it until it was dying, and then said: "Qiao Fu, put it on and apply the medicine." Qiao Fu replied: "Yes, miss!" He took the injured dog out of the living room and handed it over to the dog servant who is a professional dog breeder. .
Seeing such a scene, the group of dogs were all frightened and dared not move.
Zhu Jiuzhen sat back in his chair, and shouted again: "General Ping Kou! Left leg!"Her dozens of bulldogs all have the title of general, and she commands everything as she wants, as if she is a generalissimo.
Zhu Jiuzhen turned his head and said with a smile: "Do you see these animals are cheap? How can they be obedient unless they are severely whipped?" Although Zhang Wuji had suffered a lot under the dogs' minions, he saw the miserable state of the dog being beaten. , but can not help feeling sorry.Seeing that he was silent, Zhu Jiuzhen smiled and said, "You said you didn't want to annoy me, why didn't you say a word? How did you come to the Western Regions? Where are your parents?"
Zhang Wuji thought to himself that he was so down and out, if he mentioned the names of Grand Master and his parents, he would really humiliate them, so he said: "Both of my parents are dead, and it is difficult to survive in the Central Plains, so I wandered everywhere, so I came here." Zhu Jiuzhen said: "I shoot Who told you to hide that monkey secretly in your bosom? You’re so hungry, you want to eat monkey meat, don’t you? I didn’t expect that I was almost torn to pieces by my dog.” Zhang Wuji blushed. , shaking his head again and again, said: "I don't want to eat monkey meat."
Zhu Jiuzhen smiled coquettishly and said: "You are in front of me, you should take advantage of it early." Suddenly remembered something, and asked: "What kind of martial arts have you learned? I beat my 'Left General' with one palm so that his head was broken and he died. , the palm strength is very good."
Zhang Wuji was very apologetic when she heard that she had killed her pet dog, and said: "I was flustered at that time, I thought the shot was heavy. When I was young, I learned boxing and kicking from my father for two or three years, and I didn't know much about martial arts. "
Zhu Jiuzhen nodded, and said to Xiaofeng, "Take him to take a bath and change into some decent clothes." Xiaofeng pursed her lips and smiled, "Yes!" and led him out.Zhang Wuji was reluctant to let go, and when he walked to the entrance of the hall, he couldn't help turning his head to look at her, but he knew that Zhu Jiuzhen was also looking at him, and when he met his gaze, he smiled brightly.Zhang Wuji was so ashamed that his hair was red at the root, he was so out of his mind, he didn't see the threshold in the ground, he stumbled and fell like a dog eating shit.He was injured all over his body. This fall caused severe pain in several places at the same time, but he didn't dare to make a sound and hurriedly supported himself to get up.Xiaofeng chuckled and said, "When you see my young lady, everyone will be fascinated. But you are so young, so you are not honest?"
Zhang Wuji was very embarrassed, so he had to go first.After walking for a while, Xiaofeng smiled and said, "Are you going to the wife's room to take a bath and change clothes?" Zhang Wuji stood still and looked, but saw a soft gold embroidered curtain hanging on the front door. In a panic, I went the wrong way again.Xiaofeng is a very cunning girl, so she didn't say anything, and waited until he got home by mistake, then she spoke out to ridicule.
Zhang Wuji blushed and bowed his head in silence.Xiaofeng said: "You call me Sister Xiaofeng, please, I will take you out." Zhang Wuji said: "Sister Xiaofeng..." Xiaofeng weighed his cheek with the index finger of his right hand, and said solemnly: " Well, what did you ask me to do?" Zhang Wuji said, "Please, take me out."
Xiaofeng smiled and said: "That's it." Taking him back to the small room, he said to Qiao Fu: "Miss ordered him to take a bath and put on clean clothes." Qiao Fu said: "Yes, yes !" Agree very respectfully, it seems that although Xiaofeng is also a servant, but her status is higher than ordinary servants.Five or six male servants walked up together, you said "Sister Xiaofeng", and I said "Sister Xiaofeng" flattery.Xiaofeng didn't care about it, and suddenly blessed Zhang Wuji.Zhang Wuji was stunned and said: "You...what?" Xiaofeng smiled and said: "You kowtowed to me before, now I'm paying back the salute to you." Saying that, he entered the room lightly.
Qiao Fu told about Zhang Wuji's recognition of Xiaofeng as a young lady and kowtowed to her, adding fuel and sauce, and described it so badly that the servants roared with laughter.Zhang Wuji lowered his head and entered the room, he was not angry, he just chewed the young lady's smiles, anger, and words carefully in his heart.
After taking a bath for a while, he saw that the blue cloth Qiao Fu brought to change him was straight, and it was actually a boy servant's attire.Zhang Wuji was furious: "I'm not your humble servant, how can you tell me to wear such clothes?" He was still wearing his own rags, and his skin was exposed through the holes.I thought to myself: "Miss will ask me to go talk later, she will definitely not like me when she sees me still wearing such dirty and rags. In fact, if I am really her servant, what's wrong with her?" Thinking of this, Dengjue felt calm, and changed into the straight body of a boy servant.
Don't tell me that Miss didn't come to call him that day. For more than ten days in a row, I didn't even see Xiaofeng, let alone Miss.Zhang Wuji was in a daze, only thinking about the young lady's voice and smiling face, but he felt that even the way she viciously swung the whip and beat the dog was indescribably charming and cute.He wanted to go to the backyard by himself, to have a look at her from a distance, or to hear her say a word to others, but Qiao Fu told him several times that he must not enter the middle door unless called by the owner, otherwise he would be killed by a fierce dog. bite.Zhang Wuji thought of the ferocious expressions of the dogs, although he was full of longing, he finally dared not go to the backyard.
More than a month later, his arm bones were still intact, and the place where the dogs bit him had healed, but there were a few teeth scars on his arms and legs that could not be erased. Whenever he thought of this It was hurt by the lady's pet dog, and there was a sweet feeling in my heart.These days, the cold poison on his body still flares up every few days, and every time it hits, it is severe.
This day, the cold came back again. He lay on the bed, wrapped the quilt tightly, and shivered all over his body.Qiao Fu walked into the room, he was used to seeing it, and he didn't think it was different, he said: "It will be better later, let's have a bowl of Laba porridge! This is the new year's clothes that my wife gave you." He said and put a package on the table.
Zhang Wuji stayed up until midnight, before the attack of the cold poison gradually weakened. He got up and opened the package, and saw that it was a newly sewn leather jacket lined with snow-white long-haired sheepskin. The Zhu family regarded him as a servant.Zhang Wuji has a gentle disposition, takes things calmly, and doesn't take it as an insult. He thought to himself: "I can't think of living here for more than a month, and the Chinese New Year will be in a blink of an eye. Mr. Hu said that I only have one year of life. I will not be able to see you again this Chinese New Year, and the second New Year." .”
The mansion of the rich family is even more lively at the end of the year.All the boys and servants were busy, painting walls and doors, slaughtering pigs and sheep, all in a bad mood.Zhang Wuji helped Qiao Fu with some errands, and only hoped that the first day of the new year would come soon. He wanted to kowtow to the master, wife, and miss for the New Year, and he would definitely see the miss. As soon as I saw her again, I would quietly go away and seek death in the mountains So, to avoid being with Qiao Fu and other boring child servants all day long.
Finally amidst the sound of firecrackers, looking forward to New Year's Day, Zhang Wuji followed Qiao Fu to the hall to pay New Year's greetings to his master.I saw a handsome middle-aged couple sitting in the middle of the hall. Seventy or eighty child servants knelt on the ground. The couple smiled and said, "Everyone has worked hard!" Next to them were two butlers distributing the rewards.Zhang Wuji also got two taels of silver. He was very disappointed when he didn't see the young lady. He was in a daze holding the silver ingot when he heard a charming voice from outside: "Cousin, you came so early this year." It was Zhu Jiuzhen's voice.A man said with a smile: "New Year's greetings to uncle and aunt, dare you be late?" Zhang Wuji's face became hot, his heart almost jumped out of his chest, and the palms of his hands were covered with sweat.He waited for two full months before he heard Zhu Jiuzhen's voice again, teaching him how not to be distracted? I only heard another woman's voice laughing: "Senior brother has rushed here so early, I don't know if it is to pay New Year's greetings to the two elders, or to my cousin?" While speaking, three people walked into the hall door Come.The group of servants stepped aside one after another, but Zhang Wuji stood motionless as if in a daze, until Qiao Fu pulled him hard, and then walked aside. I saw a young man among the three who came in.Zhu Jiuzhen walked on the left, wearing a scarlet sable fur, which made her delicate and gorgeous face even more difficult to describe.There is also a girl on the other side of the young man.Ever since Zhu Jiuzhen entered the hall, Zhang Wuji's gaze never left her face for a moment, nor did he see whether the other two young men and women were handsome or ugly, dressed in red or green?How the two kowtowed to the host and the couple to pay New Year's greetings, and what the guest and the host said, he turned a blind eye to it, listened but did not hear it, and only Zhu Jiuzhen was the only one he saw.In fact, he is still young and has only a half-knowledge of the relationship between men and women, but everyone who is aware of lust for the first time in his life and admires Shaoai is all fascinated, as if in a daze, not only Zhang Wuji.What's more, Zhu Jiuzhen's face is gorgeous, when he met her when he was in dire straits, he was so overwhelmed that he couldn't control himself, he could only look at her and hear her say a word, and he was so happy. The host couple had a conversation with the three young people.Zhu Jiuzhen said: "Dad, Mom, I'm going to play with my cousin and sister Qing!" There was a hint of a little girl's coquettishness in his voice.The host couple nodded with a smile.Mrs. Zhu said with a smile: "Greetings to the girls of the Wu family, don't bicker on the first day of the third lunar new year." Zhu Jiuzhen said with a smile: "Mom, why didn't you tell my cousin not to bully me?" The three young men and women chatted and laughed Walking towards the backyard.Zhang Wuji couldn't help but followed him from a distance.On this day, all the servants played games and gambled, but no one paid any attention to him. It was only then that Zhang Wuji realized that the man was handsome and tall, even though he was in such a severe cold weather, he was only wearing a thin light yellow satin robe, which showed that his internal strength was not weak.The woman was wearing a black sable fur, she was slender, her words and deeds were very gentle, when it came to beauty, she was different from Zhu Jiuzhen, but in Zhang Wuji's eyes, she was definitely not as good as the lady who was respected like a fairy in his heart.All three are seventeen or eighteen years old. The three of them talked and laughed all the way to the backyard.The girl said: "Sister Zhen, your one-yang finger kung fu has been practiced two layers deeper? Show your hands to open your eyes, okay?" Zhu Jiuzhen said: "Ah, don't you want me to look good? I Even if you practice for another ten years, you won't be able to compare with your martial arts orchid's flick of your hand." The young man said with a smile: "You two don't need to be modest, the famous 'Xueling Shuangshu', the general majesty Great." Zhu Jiuzhen said: "I'm just thinking about it at home alone, how can I be as fast as your brothers and sisters who have negotiated and agreed to enter the country? If you recruit today and compete tomorrow, isn't that a huge difference?" The girl listened There was jealousy in her words, she pursed her lips and smiled, but did not answer, it was actually an acquiescence for her. The young man seemed to be afraid that Zhu Jiuzhen would be angry, so he hurriedly said: "That's not necessarily true. You have two masters, uncle and aunt teaching together, isn't it stronger than us?" Zhu Jiuzhen said angrily: "Ours? Humph, your junior sister , Naturally, I kissed my cousin. I was talking to Qingmei for fun, and you always help her with all your strength." As he spoke, he turned his head and ignored him.The young man laughed and said: "Cousin kisses, junior sisters kiss too, the palm is flesh, the back of the hand is also flesh, regardless of each other. Cousin, take me to see your gatekeeper generals, okay? All the generals will train you well It's getting better and better." Zhu Jiuzhen became happy and said: "Okay!" and led them to the Lingmastiff camp. Zhang Wuji was far behind, but seeing the three talking and laughing, but couldn't hear what they were saying, he immediately followed into the dog farm. It turns out that Zhu Jiu is really a descendant of Zhu Ziliu.The girl surnamed Wu was named Wu Qingying, she was a descendant of Wu Santong, and belonged to Wu Xiuwen's family.Both Wu Santong and Zhu Ziliu are disciples of Master Yideng, and their martial arts are originally one way.But more than a hundred years later, it has been passed down for several generations, and what the two families have learned has their own gains and changes.Brothers Wu Dunru and Wu Xiuwen worshiped the hero Guo Jing as their teacher. Although they also learned the "Yiyang Finger", their martial arts are close to the vigorous way of Hong Qigong, the nine-fingered god beggar.That young man Wei Bi is Zhu Jiuzhen's cousin, he is handsome, gentle and gentle, so Zhu Jiuzhen and Wu Qingying love him and fall in love with him secretly. Zhu and Wu's two daughters are about the same age, beautiful on average, Chunlan Qiuju, each good at winning games, and the martial arts handed down from their families are similar. They were collectively called "Xueling" by the martial arts people in Kunlun area two or three years ago. Shuang Shu".The two of them have been competing in secret for a long time, but Wei Bi feels that it is difficult to choose between bear's paw and fish, so as long as the three of them walk together, although they are polite on face, the two girls are fierce and fierce, but no one will let it go. Who.It's just that Wu Qingying is more reserved. Anyway, she and Wei Bi are in the same discipline, and they meet each other day and night, so she has more advantages than Zhu Jiuzhen. Zhu Jiuzhen ordered the dog servant who raised the dogs to let the dogs out.The dogs obeyed the orders and obeyed them all.Wei Bi couldn't help but praise.Zhu Jiu was really proud.Wu Qingying pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Brother, will you be a 'champion' or a 'hussar' in the future?" Wei Bi was startled, and said, "What did you say?" Didn't sister reward you with the title of 'General Champion' or 'General Hussars' or something? Just be careful with her whip." Wei Bijun blushed, with a slight annoyance between his brows, and said with a bah, "Nonsense, are you calling me a dog?" Wu Qingying smiled and said: "All the generals wait on the beauty dressing table, wagging their tails and begging for mercy, it's so interesting! What's wrong with that?" Zhu Jiuzhen said angrily: "If he is a dog, what is his junior sister?" Hearing this, Zhang Wuji couldn't help but let out a "ha" laugh, but immediately realized that he was losing his composure, and hurriedly covered his mouth and turned around. Wu Qingying was full of anger, but it was inconvenient to show Zhu Jiuzhen's face, so she stood up and said, "Sister Zhen, the servants in your house really have rules. We were joking, and these low-spirited people are actually eavesdropping by the side, and dare to laugh Once and twice. Brother, I'm going home first." Zhu Jiuzhen suddenly remembered that Zhang Wuji once killed her "General Zuo" with a single palm, and his strength was not weak, so he said with a smile: "Qingmei, don't be angry, and don't look down on this young man. Although your martial arts skills are high, if you If I can defeat this lowly boy within three moves, I will really convince you." Wu Qingying said: "Hmph, is such a person worthy of me? Sister Zhen, you can't look down on me like this." Zhang Wuji couldn't help but shouted loudly: "Miss Wu, I'm also born of my parents, so I'm not human? Are you some kind of fairy Bodhisattva or princess princess?" Wu Qingying didn't even look at him, but said to Wei Bi: "Senior brother, you let me be robbed by this boy, and you didn't help me." Seeing her delicate and delicate demeanor, Wei Bi's heart softened a long time ago. Although he had no sympathy for Xueling Shuangshu in his heart, he knew that his master's martial arts were unfathomable, and what he had taught him was only one out of ten. Peerless kung fu, must please the younger sister's favor, and immediately smiled at Zhu Jiuzhen: "Cousin, is this boy's martial arts not bad? Let me test him?" Zhu Jiuzhen knew that he was helping his junior sister, but then he thought about it: "I don't know what the origin of this kid surnamed Zhang is. Let my cousin force him out." He said, "Okay, let him learn from the Wu family. Absolute learning, that's the best thing, this guy, even I don't know what school he is." Wei Bi wondered: "Isn't what this boy learned is the martial arts of the family?" Zhu Jiuzhen He said to Zhang Wuji, "Tell Young Master Biao who your master is and which sect he belongs to." Zhang Wuji thought to himself: "You guys look down on me so much, how can I talk about my parents' sect and humiliate my grand master and my dead parents? What's more, I haven't really practiced the Wudang school's kung fu." Then he said: "My parents have been since childhood Both died, living in the rivers and lakes, never learned any martial arts, only my father taught me a little when I was a child." Zhu Jiuzhen said: "What is your father's name? What school is it?" Zhang Wuji shook his head and said: "I can't say." Wei Bi smiled and said: "From the perspective of the three of us, do you still see that he can't come out?" Walking slowly to the field, he said with a smile: "Boy, come and try three tricks from me." Then he turned to Wu Qingying. A wink meant to say: "Junior Sister, don't be annoyed, I'll give you a hard beat to appease you." Men and women trapped in the net of love pay attention to every word, every move, every frown and every smile of their lover. Zhu Jiuzhen can see the meaning of Wei Bi's wink.Seeing that Zhang Wuji refused to leave the arena, she waved to him and told him to come over, and whispered in his ear: "My cousin is very good at martial arts, you don't have to try to beat him, as long as you block three moves from him, it's a gift to me." Save face." He patted him on the shoulder as he spoke, expressing encouragement. Originally Zhang Wuji knew that he was not Wei Bi's opponent, and if he played against him in the end, it would be in vain to humiliate himself, but it was just to make them happy, but when he stood in front of Zhu Jiuzhen, he couldn't help being fascinated, and then listened to her soft words , Xiangze smelled slightly, where is there any other idea?I just thought in my heart: "Miss orders you to come down, no matter how difficult and dangerous things you have to do, what's the point of being punched a few times?" Confused, he walked to Wei Bi and stood there blankly. Wei Bi laughed and said, "Boy, take the trick!" He slapped twice and slapped him twice.These two palms came so fast, Zhang Wuji was about to stretch out his arms to block, his face was already beaten, his cheeks were swollen with red fingerprints.Since Wei Bi knew that he was not the martial arts taught by the Zhu family, he was not afraid of hurting the face of Zhu Jiuzhen and his uncle and aunt, so he would not be merciless when he struck, but these two palms didn't really use his internal strength, otherwise he would have smashed his teeth and cheeks, and fainted Fainted. Zhu Jiuzhen shouted: "Wuji, you're still recruiting!" Hearing the young lady's cry, Zhang Wuji lifted his spirits and punched her out.Wei Bi turned sideways to avoid it, and praised: "Good boy, there are still two tricks!" Dodging and jumping behind him.Zhang Wuji turned around hastily, unexpectedly Wei Bi's moves were like lightning, he had already grabbed him by the back of the collar, raised his arm and lifted him high, laughing, "Damn it!" He fell to the ground with all his might. Although Zhang Wuji had learned martial arts from Xie Xun for several years, firstly, he was too young at the time, and secondly, Xie Xun only asked him to memorize formulas and moves, not seeking actual combat. With hands tied and feet tied, he couldn't use it at all.With such a fall, he wanted to stretch out his arms and legs to support him, but he couldn't make it. With a bang, his forehead and nose hit the ground hard, and blood flowed profusely. Wu Qingying clapped her hands in applause, giggled coquettishly, and said, "Sister Zhen, is my Wu family's martial arts still up to scratch?" Zhu Jiuzhen was ashamed and annoyed, if he said that the Wu family's kung fu was not good, he would offend Wei Bi, but he was not as angry as Wu Qingying, so he kept silent. Zhang Wuji got up, looked at Zhu Jiuzhen tremblingly, saw her frowning, and said in his heart: "I will die, and I can't let the lady lose face." Wei Bi smiled and said: "Cousin, this The kid doesn't even know how to do the three-legged cat's kung fu, so what kind of martial arts?" Zhang Wuji suddenly rushed up and kicked him on the lower abdomen.Wei Bi smiled and shouted: "Ah yo!" He leaned back slightly, avoiding his kick, then stretched out his left hand, grabbed his right foot that hadn't been retracted after kicking out, and threw it out.This blow only used 30% of his strength, but Zhang Wuji still flew off the string like an arrow, hitting the wall flatly.In a crisis, he leaped vigorously, and only then did his back hit the wall first. Although his skull was spared, his back was so painful that every bone was about to break, and he piled up against the wall like a ball of mud, and he couldn't climb any further. I can't get up. Although he was in pain, he still cared about Zhu Jiuzhen's face in his heart, he only heard her say in a daze: "This little servant is useless. Let's go play in the garden!" The tone was extremely annoyed.Zhang Wuji didn't know where the strength came from, turned over and jumped up, rushed forward, and struck Wei Bi with his palm. Wei Bi laughed and waved his palms to greet him. When the clap sounded, he swayed and took a step back. It turned out that Zhang Wuji's palm was the "Seven Star Hand" of the "Wudang Changquan" that his father Zhang Cuishan taught on the raft. "Wudang Changquan" is the introductory kung fu of the Wudang School, and there is no mystery in the boxing moves.But the Wudang School of martial arts has a unique approach in martial arts. It pays attention to using softness to overcome the strong, and using the weak to defeat the strong. It does not hurt the enemy with its own strength, but counterattacks the enemy's strength. One catty, if you hit a hundred catties, you will be struck back with the force of a hundred catties, just like punching a wall, the heavier the punch, the more severe the impact you will receive.Back then, Master Jueyuan recited the "Nine Suns Manual", and once said "obede others with oneself, and control others later". Zhang Sanfeng later incorporated these principles into Wudang School boxing.If it is Song Yuanqiao, Yu Lianzhou and other masters, they can add their own strength to the enemy's strength.Zhang Wuji's knowledge is extremely superficial, but in this punch, unconsciously, he already contained the superior martial arts of counteracting the enemy's strength. Wei Bi felt numbness in his hands and pulsating blood in his chest, so he leaned forward and punched Zhang Wuji in the back of his heart.Zhang Wuji swung his palm backwards, using a move of "one whip".Wei Bi saw that his palm movement was amazing, and when he dodged back quickly, his shoulder was already swept by three fingers. Although it didn't hurt very much, both Zhu Jiuzhen and Wu Qingying had already seen that he had already lost a move. Before Wei Bi cares about the person he likes, how can this stage collapse?他初时和张无忌放对时，眼看对方年纪既小，身分又贱，实是胜之不武，只不过拿他来耍弄耍弄，以博武青婴一粲，因此拳脚上都只使二三成力，这时连吃两次小亏，大喝一声：“小鬼，你不怕死么？”呼的一声，发拳当胸打了过去。这招“长江三叠浪”中共含三道劲力，敌人如以全力挡住了第一道劲力，料不到第二道接踵而至，跟着第三道劲力又汹涌而来，若非武学高手，遇上了不死也得重伤。 张无忌见对方招式凌厉，心中害怕，当下更无思索余裕，记得当年父亲在海上木筏上所教手法，双臂回坏，应以一招“井栏”。这一招博大精深，张无忌又怎能领会到其中的微旨？只是危急之际，顺手便使了出来。卫璧右拳打出，正中张无忌右臂，自己拳招中的第一道劲力便如投入汪洋大海，登时无影无踪，一惊之下，喀喇一响，那第二道劲力反弹过来，他右臂臂骨已然震断。幸而如此，他第三道劲力便发不出来，否则张无忌不懂得这招“井栏”的妙用，两人都要同时重伤在这第三道劲力之下。 朱九真和武青婴齐声惊呼，奔到卫璧身旁察看他的伤处。卫璧苦笑道：“不妨，是我一时大意。”朱九真和武青婴心疼情郎受伤，两人不约而同的挥掌向张无忌打去。 张无忌一招震断卫璧的手臂，自己也被撞得险些仰天摔倒，立足未定，朱武二女已双掌打来。他浑忘了闪避，双拳一中前胸，一中肩骨，登时吐了一口鲜血。可是他心中的愤慨伤痛，尤在身体上的伤痛之上，暗想：“我为你拚命力战，为你挣面子，当真胜了，你却又来打我！” 卫璧叫道：“两位住手！”朱武二女依言停手，只见他提起左掌，铁青着脸，向张无忌打去。张无忌急忙闪跃避开。朱九真叫道：“表哥，你受了伤，何必跟这小厮一般见识？是我错啦，不该要你跟他动手。”凭她平时心高气傲的脾气，要她向人低头认错，实是千难万难，若不是眼见情郎臂骨折断，心中既惶急又怜惜，决不能如此低声下气。岂知卫璧一听，更加恼怒，冷笑道：“表妹，你小厮本领高强，你哪里错了？只是我偏不服气。”说着横过左臂，将朱九真推在一旁，跟着又举拳向张无忌打去。 张无忌待要退后避让，武青婴双掌向他背心轻轻一推，使他无路可退，卫璧那一拳正中他的鼻梁，登时鼻血长流。武青婴远比朱九真工于心计，她暗中相助师哥，却不露痕迹，要使他脸上光彩，心中感激。朱九真一见，心想：“你会帮师哥，难道我就不会帮表哥？”当下也即出手，上前夹攻。 张无忌的武功本来远远不如卫璧，再加朱武二女一个明助，一个暗帮，顷刻之间，给三人拳打足踢，连中七八招，又吐了几口鲜血。他愤慨之下，形同拚命，将父亲教过的三十二势“武当长拳”扫数使将出来，虽然功力不足，一拳一脚均无威力，但所学实是上乘家数，居然支持了一盏茶时分，仍是直立不倒。 朱九真喝道：“哪里来的臭小子，却到朱武连环庄来撒野，当真是活得不耐烦了。”眼见卫璧举起左掌，运劲劈落，当下左肩猛撞，将张无忌身子往他掌底推去。卫璧断臂处越来越痛，不愿跟这小厮多所纠缠，这一掌劈下，已然使上了十成力。张无忌身不由主的向前撞出，但觉劲风扑面，自知决计抵挡不住，但仍是举起双臂强挡。 蓦地里听得一个威严的声音喝道：“且慢！”蓝影晃动，有人自旁窜到，举手挡开了卫璧这一掌。看他轻描淡写的随手一格，卫璧竟然立足不定，急退数步，眼见便要坐倒在地，那身穿蓝袍之人身法快极，纵过去在他肩后一扶，卫璧这才立定。 朱九真叫道：“爹！”武青婴叫道：“朱伯父！”卫璧喘了口气，才道：“舅舅！” 这人正是朱九真之父朱长龄。卫璧受伤断臂，事情不小，灵獒营的狗仆飞报主人，朱长龄匆匆赶到，见到三人已在围攻张无忌。他站在旁边看了一会，待见卫璧猛下杀手，这才出手救了张无忌一命。 朱长龄横眼瞪着女儿和卫武二人，满脸怒火，突然反手拍的一掌，打了女儿一个耳光，大声喝道：“好，好！朱家的子孙越来越长进了。我生了这样的乖女儿，将来还有脸去见祖宗于地下么？” 朱九真自幼即得父母宠爱，连较重的呵责也没一句，今日在人前竟被父亲重重的打了一个耳光，一时眼前天旋地转，不知所云，隔了一会，才哇的一声哭了出来。 朱长龄喝道：“住声，不许哭！”声音中充满威严，声音之响，只震得梁上灰尘簌簌而下，朱九真心下害怕，当即住声。 朱长龄道：“我朱家世代相传，以侠义自命，你高祖子柳公辅佐一灯大师，在大理国官居宰相，后来助守襄阳，名扬天下，那是何等的英雄？那知子孙不肖，到了我朱长龄手里，竟会有这样的女儿，三个大人围攻一个小孩，还想伤他性命。你说羞也不羞，羞也不羞？”他虽是呵责女儿，但这些话卫璧和武青婴听在耳里，句句犹如刀刺，均觉无地自容。 张无忌浑身剧痛，几欲晕倒，咬紧牙齿拚命支撑，才勉强站立，心中却仍明白，听了朱长龄这番言语，好生佩服，暗想：“是非分明，那才是真正的侠义中人。”只见朱长龄气得面皮焦黄，全身发颤，不住地呼呼喘气，卫璧等三人眼望地下，不敢和他目光相对。 张无忌见朱九真半边粉脸肿起好高，显见她父亲这一掌打得着实不轻，见她又羞又怕的可怜神态，想哭却不敢哭，只是用牙齿咬着下唇，便道：“老爷，这不关小姐的事。”他话一出口，不禁吓了一跳，原来自己说话嘶哑，几不成声，自是咽喉处受了卫璧重击之故。 朱长龄道：“这位小兄弟拳脚不成章法，显然从未好好的拜师学过武艺，全凭一股刚勇之气，拚死抵抗，这就更加令人相敬了。你们三个却如此欺侮一个不会武功之人，平日师长父母的教诲，可还有半句记在心中吗？”他这一顿疾言厉色的斥责，竟对卫璧和武青婴也丝毫不留情面。张无忌听着，反觉惶悚不安。 朱长龄又问起张无忌何以来到庄中，怎地身穿童仆衣衫，一面问，一面叫人取了伤药和接骨膏来给他和卫璧治伤，朱九真明知父亲定要着恼，但不敢隐瞒，只得将张无忌如何收藏小猴、如何给群犬咬伤、自己如何救他来山庄的情由说了。 朱长龄越听眉头越皱，听女儿述说完毕，厉声喝道：“这位张兄弟义救小猴，大有仁侠心肠，你居然拿他当做厮仆。日后传扬出去，江湖上好汉人人要说我'惊天一笔'朱长龄是个不仁不义之徒。你养这些恶狗，我只当你为了玩儿，那也罢了，那知胆大妄为，竟然纵犬伤人？今日不打死你这丫头，我朱长龄还有颜面厕身于武林么？” 朱九真见父亲动了真怒，双膝一屈，跪在地下，说道：“爹爹，孩儿再也不敢了。”朱长龄兀自狂怒不休，卫璧和武青婴齐跪下求恳。 张无忌道：“老爷……”朱长龄忙道：“小兄弟，你怎可叫我老爷？我痴长你几岁，最多称我一声前辈，也就是了。”张无忌道：“是，是。朱前辈。这件事须也怪不得小姐，她确是并非有意的。” 朱长龄道：“你瞧，人家小小年纪，竟是这等胸襟怀抱，你们三个怎及得上人家？大年初一，武姑娘又是客人，我原不该生气，可是这件事实在太不应该，那是黑道中卑鄙小人的行径，岂是我辈侠义道的所作所为？既是小兄弟代为说情，你们都起来罢。”卫璧等三人含羞带愧，站了起来。 朱长龄向喂养群犬的狗仆喝道：“那些恶犬呢？都放出来。”狗仆答应了，放出群犬。 朱九真见父亲脸色不善，不知他是何用意，低声叫道：“爹。”朱长龄冷笑道：“你养了这些恶犬来伤人，好啊，你叫恶犬来咬我啊。”朱九真哭道：“爹，女儿知错了。” 朱长龄哼了一声，走入恶犬群中，拍拍拍拍四声响过，四条巨狼般的恶犬已头骨碎裂，尸横就地。旁人吓得呆了，都说不出话来。朱长龄拳打足踢、掌劈指戳，但见他身形飘动，一个蓝影在狗场上绕了一圈，三十余条猛犬已全被击毙，别说噬咬抗击，连逃窜几步也来不及。他一举击毙群犬，固因群犬未得朱九真号令，给攻了个出其不意，但他出手如风似电，掌力更是凌厉之极。卫璧、武青婴、张无忌只看得挢舌不下。 朱长龄将张无忌横抱在臂弯之中，送到自己房中养伤。不久朱夫人和朱九真一齐过来照料汤药。张无忌被群犬咬伤后失血过多，身子本已衰弱，这一次受伤不轻，又昏迷了数日，稍待清醒，便自己开了张疗伤调养的药方，命人煮药服食，这才好得快了。朱长龄见他用药如神，更是惊喜交集。 在这二十余日的养伤期间，朱九真常自伴在张无忌床边，唱歌猜谜、讲故事说笑，像大姊姊服侍生病的弟弟一般，细心体贴，无微不至。 张无忌伤愈起床，朱九真每日仍有大半天和他在一起。她跟父亲学武之时，对张无忌也毫不避忌，总是叫他在一旁观看。朱长龄曾两次露出口风，有收他为徒之意，愿将一身武功相传，但见他并不接口，此后也就不再提了，但待他极尽亲厚，与自己家人弟子丝毫无异。朱家武功与书法有关，朱九真每日都须习字，也要张无忌伴她一起学书。张无忌自从离冰火岛来到中土后，一直颠沛流离、忧伤困苦，那里有过这等安乐快活的日子？
转眼到了二月中旬，这日张无忌和朱九真在小书房中相对临帖。丫鬟小凤进来禀报：“小姐，姚二爷从中原回来了。” 朱九真大喜，掷笔叫道：“好啊，我等了他大半年啦，到这时候才来。”牵着张无忌的手，说道：“无忌弟，咱们瞧瞧去，不知姚二叔有没给我买齐了东西。” 两人携手走向大厅。张无忌问道：“姚二叔是谁？”朱九真道：“他是我爹爹的结义兄弟，叫做千里追风姚清泉。去年我爹爹请他到中原去送礼，我托他到杭州买胭脂水粉和绸缎，到苏州买绣花的针线和图样，又要买湖笔徽墨、碑帖书籍，不知他买齐了没有。”跟着解说，朱家庄僻处西域昆仑山中，精致些的物事数千里内都无买处。昆仑山和中土相隔万里，来回一次动辄两三年，有人前赴中原，朱九真自要托他购买大批用品了。 两人走进厅门，只听得一阵呜咽哭泣之声，不禁都吃了一惊，进得厅来，更是惊诧，只见朱长龄和一个身材高瘦的中年汉子都跪在地下，相拥而泣。那汉子身穿白色丧服，腰上系了一根草绳。朱九真走近身去，叫道：“姚二叔！”朱长龄放声大哭，叫道：“真儿，真儿！咱们的大恩人张五爷，张……张五爷……他……他……已死了！”朱九真惊道：“那怎么会？张恩公……失踪了十年，不是已安然归来么？” 姚清泉呜咽着道：“咱们住得偏僻，讯息不灵，原来张恩公在四年多以前，便已和夫人一齐自刎身亡。我还没上武当山，在陕西途中就已听到消息。上山后见到宋大侠和俞二侠，才知实情，唉……” 张无忌越听越惊，到后来更无疑惑，他们所说的“大恩人张五爷”，自是自己的生父张翠山，眼见朱长龄和姚清泉哭得悲伤，朱九真也是泫然落泪，忍不住便要上前吐露自己的身分，但转念一想：“我一直不说自己身世，这时说明真相，朱伯父和真姊多半不信，定要疑我冒充沽恩，不免给他们瞧得小了。” 过不多时，只听得院内哭声大作，朱夫人扶着丫鬟，走出厅来，连连向姚清泉追问。姚清泉悲愤之下，也忘了向义嫂见礼，当即述说张翠山自刎身亡的经过。张无忌虽然强忍，不致号哭出声，但泪珠已滚滚而下。大厅上人人均在哭泣流泪，谁也没留心到他。 朱长龄突然手起一掌，喀喇喇一声响，将身边一张八仙桌打塌了半边，说道：“二弟，你明明白白说给我听，上武当山逼死恩公恩嫂的，到底是哪些人？”姚清泉道：“我一得到讯息，本来早该回来急报大哥，但想须得查明仇人的姓名要紧。原来上武当山逼死恩公的，自少林派三大神僧以下，人数着实不少，小弟暗中到处打听，这才耽搁了日子。”当下将少林、崆峒、峨嵋各派，海沙、巨鲸、神拳、巫山等帮会中，凡是曾上武当山去勒逼张翠山的，诸如空闻方丈、空智大师、何太冲、静玄师太、关能等等的名字都说了出来。 朱长龄慨然道：“二弟，这些人都是当今武林中数一数二的好手，咱们本来是一个也惹不起的。可是张五爷待我们恩重如山，咱们便是粉身碎骨，也得给他报此深仇。” 姚清泉拭泪道：“大哥说得是，咱哥儿俩的性命，都是张五爷救的，反正已多活了这十多年，再交还给张五爷，也就是了。小弟最感抱憾的，是没能见到张五爷的公子，否则也可转达大哥之意，最好是能请他到这儿来，大伙儿尽其所有，好好的侍奉他一辈子。” 朱夫人絮絮询问这位张公子的详情。姚清泉只道他受了重伤，不知在何处医治，似乎今年还只有八九岁年纪，料想张三丰张真人定要传以绝世武功，将来可能出任武当派的掌门人。朱长龄夫妇跪下拜谢天地，庆幸张门有后。 姚清泉道：“大哥叫我带去送给张恩公的千年人参王、天山雪莲、玉狮镇纸、乌金匕首等等这些物事，小弟都留在武当山上，请宋大侠转交给张公子。”朱长龄道：“这样最好，这样最好。”转头向女儿道：“我家如何身受大恩，你可跟张兄弟说一说。” 朱九真携着张无忌的手，走到父亲书房，指着墙上一幅大中堂给他看。那中堂右端题着七字：“张公翠山恩德图”。 张无忌从未到过朱长龄的书房，此时见到父亲的名讳，已是泪眼模糊，只见图中所绘是一处旷野，一个少年英俊的武士，左手持银钩、右手挥铁笔，正和五个凶悍的敌人恶斗。张无忌知道这人便是自己父亲了，虽然面貌并不肖似，但依稀可从他眉目之间看到自己的影子。地下躺着两人，一个是朱长龄，另一个便是姚清泉，还有两人却已身首异处。左下角绘着一个青年妇人，满脸惧色，正是朱夫人，她手中抱着一个女婴。张无忌凝目细看，见女婴嘴边有一颗小黑痣，那自是朱九真了。这幅中堂纸色已变淡黄，为时至少已在十年以上。 朱九真指着图画，向他解释。原来其时朱九真初生不久，朱长龄为了躲避强仇，携眷西行，但途中还是给对手追上了。两名师弟为敌人所杀，他和姚清泉也被打倒。敌人正要痛下毒手，适逢张翠山路过，仗义出手，将敌人击退，救了他一家的性命。依时日推算，那自是张翠山在赴冰火岛前所为。 朱九真说了这件事后，神色黯然，说道：“我们住得隐僻，张恩公从海外归来的讯息，直至去年方才得知。爹爹曾立誓不再踏入中原一步，于是忙请姚二叔携带贵重礼物，前去武当山拜见，哪知道……”说到这里，一名书童进来请她赴灵堂行礼。 朱九真匆匆回房，换了一套素净衣衫，和张无忌同到后堂。只见堂上已摆列两个灵位，素烛高烧，一块灵牌上写着“恩公张大侠讳翠山之灵位”，另一块写着“张夫人殷氏之灵位”。朱长龄夫妇和姚清泉跪拜在地，哭泣甚哀。张无忌跟着朱九真一同跪拜。 朱长龄抚着他头，哽咽道：“小兄弟，很好，很好。这位张大侠慷慨磊落，实是当世无双的奇男子，你虽跟他不相识，无亲无故，但拜他一拜，也是应该的。” 当此情境，张无忌更不能自认便是这位“张恩公”的儿子，心想：“那姚二叔传闻有误，说我不过八九岁年纪，此时我便明说，他们也一定不信。” 忽听姚清泉道：“大哥，那位谢爷……”朱长龄咳嗽一声，向他使个眼色，姚清泉登时会意，说道：“那些谢仪该怎么办？要不要替恩公发丧？”朱长龄道：“你瞧着办罢！” 张无忌心想：“你明明说的是'谢爷'，怎地忽然改为'谢仪'？谢爷，谢爷？难道说的是我的义父么？”
这一晚他想起亡父亡母，以及在极北寒岛苦度余生的义父，思潮起伏，又怎睡得安稳？ 次晨起身，听得脚步细碎，鼻中闻到一阵幽香，见朱九真端着洗脸水走进房来。张无忌一惊，道：“真姊，怎……怎么你给我……”朱九真道：“佣仆和丫鬟都走干净了，我服侍你一下又打甚么紧？”张无忌更是惊奇，问道：“为……为甚么都走了？” 朱九真道：“我爹爹昨晚叫他们走的，每人都发了一笔银子，要他们回自己家去，因为在这儿危险不过。”她顿了一顿，说道：“你洗脸后，爹爹有话跟你说。” 张无忌胡乱洗了脸。朱九真给他梳了头，两人一同来到朱长龄书房。这所大宅子中本来有七八十名婢仆，这时突然冷冷清清的一个也不见了。 朱长龄见二人进来，说道：“张兄弟，我敬重你的仁侠心肠，英雄气概，本想留你在舍下住个十年八载，可是眼下突起变故，逼得和你分手，张兄弟千万莫怪。”说着托过一只盘子，盘中放着十二锭黄金，十二锭白银，又有一柄防身的短剑，说道：“这是愚夫妇和小女的一点微意，请张兄弟收下，老夫若能留得下这条性命，日后当再相会……”说到这里，声音呜咽，喉头塞住了，再也说不下去。 张无忌闪身让在一旁，昂然道：“朱伯伯，小侄虽然年轻无用，却也不是贪生怕死之徒。府上眼前既有危难，小侄决不能自行退避。纵然不能帮伯父和姊姊甚么忙，也当跟伯父和姊姊同生共死。”朱长龄劝之再三，张无忌只是不听。 朱长龄叹道：“唉，小孩子家不知危险。我只有将真相跟你说了，可是你先得立下个重誓，决不向第二人泄漏机密，也不得向我多问一句。” 张无忌跪在地下，朗声道：“皇天在上，朱伯伯向我所说之事，若是我向旁人泄漏，多口查问，教我乱刀分尸，身败名裂。” 朱长龄扶他起来，探首向窗外一看，随即飞身上屋，查明四下里确无旁人，这才回进书房，在张无忌耳边低声道：“我跟你说的话，你只可记在心中，却不得向我说一句话，以防隔墙有耳。”张无忌点了点头。 朱长龄低声道：“昨日姚二弟来报张恩公的死讯时，还带了一个人来，此人姓谢名逊，外号叫作金毛狮王……”张无忌大吃一惊，身子发颤。 朱长龄又道：“这位谢大侠和张恩公有八拜之交，他和天下各家各派的豪强都结下了深仇，张恩公夫妇所以自刎，便是为了不肯吐露义兄的所在。谢大侠不知如何回到中土，动手为张恩公报仇雪恨，杀伤了许多仇人，只是好汉敌不过人多，终于身受重伤。姚二弟为人机智，救了他逃到这里，对头们转眼便要追到。对方人多势众，我们万万抵敌不住。我是舍命报恩，决意为谢大侠而死，可是你跟他并无半点渊源，何必将一条性命陪在这儿？张兄弟，我言尽于此，你快快去罢！敌人一到，玉石俱焚，再迟可来不及了。” 张无忌听得心头火热，又惊又喜，万想不到义父竟会到了此处，问道：“他在哪……”朱长龄右手迭出，按住了他嘴巴，在他耳边低声道：“不许说话。敌人神通广大，一句话不小心，便危及谢大侠的性命。你忘了适才的重誓么？”张无忌点了点头。 朱长龄道：“我已跟你说明白了，张兄弟，你年纪虽小，我却当你是好朋友，跟你推心置腹，绝无隐瞒。你
Finally amidst the sound of firecrackers, looking forward to New Year's Day, Zhang Wuji followed Qiao Fu to the hall to pay New Year's greetings to his master.I saw a handsome middle-aged couple sitting in the middle of the hall. Seventy or eighty child servants knelt on the ground. The couple smiled and said, "Everyone has worked hard!" Next to them were two butlers distributing the rewards.Zhang Wuji also got two taels of silver. He was very disappointed when he didn't see the young lady. He was in a daze holding the silver ingot when he heard a charming voice from outside: "Cousin, you came so early this year." It was Zhu Jiuzhen's voice.A man said with a smile: "New Year's greetings to uncle and aunt, dare you be late?" Zhang Wuji's face became hot, his heart almost jumped out of his chest, and the palms of his hands were covered with sweat.He waited for two full months before he heard Zhu Jiuzhen's voice again, teaching him how not to be distracted? I only heard another woman's voice laughing: "Senior brother has rushed here so early, I don't know if it is to pay New Year's greetings to the two elders, or to my cousin?" While speaking, three people walked into the hall door Come.The group of servants stepped aside one after another, but Zhang Wuji stood motionless as if in a daze, until Qiao Fu pulled him hard, and then walked aside. I saw a young man among the three who came in.Zhu Jiuzhen walked on the left, wearing a scarlet sable fur, which made her delicate and gorgeous face even more difficult to describe.There is also a girl on the other side of the young man.Ever since Zhu Jiuzhen entered the hall, Zhang Wuji's gaze never left her face for a moment, nor did he see whether the other two young men and women were handsome or ugly, dressed in red or green?How the two kowtowed to the host and the couple to pay New Year's greetings, and what the guest and the host said, he turned a blind eye to it, listened but did not hear it, and only Zhu Jiuzhen was the only one he saw.In fact, he is still young and has only a half-knowledge of the relationship between men and women, but everyone who is aware of lust for the first time in his life and admires Shaoai is all fascinated, as if in a daze, not only Zhang Wuji.What's more, Zhu Jiuzhen's face is gorgeous, when he met her when he was in dire straits, he was so overwhelmed that he couldn't control himself, he could only look at her and hear her say a word, and he was so happy. The host couple had a conversation with the three young people.Zhu Jiuzhen said: "Dad, Mom, I'm going to play with my cousin and sister Qing!" There was a hint of a little girl's coquettishness in his voice.The host couple nodded with a smile.Mrs. Zhu said with a smile: "Greetings to the girls of the Wu family, don't bicker on the first day of the third lunar new year." Zhu Jiuzhen said with a smile: "Mom, why didn't you tell my cousin not to bully me?" The three young men and women chatted and laughed Walking towards the backyard.Zhang Wuji couldn't help but followed him from a distance.On this day, all the servants played games and gambled, but no one paid any attention to him. It was only then that Zhang Wuji realized that the man was handsome and tall, even though he was in such a severe cold weather, he was only wearing a thin light yellow satin robe, which showed that his internal strength was not weak.The woman was wearing a black sable fur, she was slender, her words and deeds were very gentle, when it came to beauty, she was different from Zhu Jiuzhen, but in Zhang Wuji's eyes, she was definitely not as good as the lady who was respected like a fairy in his heart.All three are seventeen or eighteen years old. The three of them talked and laughed all the way to the backyard.The girl said: "Sister Zhen, your one-yang finger kung fu has been practiced two layers deeper? Show your hands to open your eyes, okay?" Zhu Jiuzhen said: "Ah, don't you want me to look good? I Even if you practice for another ten years, you won't be able to compare with your martial arts orchid's flick of your hand." The young man said with a smile: "You two don't need to be modest, the famous 'Xueling Shuangshu', the general majesty Great." Zhu Jiuzhen said: "I'm just thinking about it at home alone, how can I be as fast as your brothers and sisters who have negotiated and agreed to enter the country? If you recruit today and compete tomorrow, isn't that a huge difference?" The girl listened There was jealousy in her words, she pursed her lips and smiled, but did not answer, it was actually an acquiescence for her. The young man seemed to be afraid that Zhu Jiuzhen would be angry, so he hurriedly said: "That's not necessarily true. You have two masters, uncle and aunt teaching together, isn't it stronger than us?" Zhu Jiuzhen said angrily: "Ours? Humph, your junior sister , Naturally, I kissed my cousin. I was talking to Qingmei for fun, and you always help her with all your strength." As he spoke, he turned his head and ignored him.The young man laughed and said: "Cousin kisses, junior sisters kiss too, the palm is flesh, the back of the hand is also flesh, regardless of each other. Cousin, take me to see your gatekeeper generals, okay? All the generals will train you well It's getting better and better." Zhu Jiuzhen became happy and said: "Okay!" and led them to the Lingmastiff camp. Zhang Wuji was far behind, but seeing the three talking and laughing, but couldn't hear what they were saying, he immediately followed into the dog farm. It turns out that Zhu Jiu is really a descendant of Zhu Ziliu.The girl surnamed Wu was named Wu Qingying, she was a descendant of Wu Santong, and belonged to Wu Xiuwen's family.Both Wu Santong and Zhu Ziliu are disciples of Master Yideng, and their martial arts are originally one way.But more than a hundred years later, it has been passed down for several generations, and what the two families have learned has their own gains and changes.Brothers Wu Dunru and Wu Xiuwen worshiped the hero Guo Jing as their teacher. Although they also learned the "Yiyang Finger", their martial arts are close to the vigorous way of Hong Qigong, the nine-fingered god beggar.That young man Wei Bi is Zhu Jiuzhen's cousin, he is handsome, gentle and gentle, so Zhu Jiuzhen and Wu Qingying love him and fall in love with him secretly. Zhu and Wu's two daughters are about the same age, beautiful on average, Chunlan Qiuju, each good at winning games, and the martial arts handed down from their families are similar. They were collectively called "Xueling" by the martial arts people in Kunlun area two or three years ago. Shuang Shu".The two of them have been competing in secret for a long time, but Wei Bi feels that it is difficult to choose between bear's paw and fish, so as long as the three of them walk together, although they are polite on face, the two girls are fierce and fierce, but no one will let it go. Who.It's just that Wu Qingying is more reserved. Anyway, she and Wei Bi are in the same discipline, and they meet each other day and night, so she has more advantages than Zhu Jiuzhen. Zhu Jiuzhen ordered the dog servant who raised the dogs to let the dogs out.The dogs obeyed the orders and obeyed them all.Wei Bi couldn't help but praise.Zhu Jiu was really proud.Wu Qingying pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Brother, will you be a 'champion' or a 'hussar' in the future?" Wei Bi was startled, and said, "What did you say?" Didn't sister reward you with the title of 'General Champion' or 'General Hussars' or something? Just be careful with her whip." Wei Bijun blushed, with a slight annoyance between his brows, and said with a bah, "Nonsense, are you calling me a dog?" Wu Qingying smiled and said: "All the generals wait on the beauty dressing table, wagging their tails and begging for mercy, it's so interesting! What's wrong with that?" Zhu Jiuzhen said angrily: "If he is a dog, what is his junior sister?" Hearing this, Zhang Wuji couldn't help but let out a "ha" laugh, but immediately realized that he was losing his composure, and hurriedly covered his mouth and turned around. Wu Qingying was full of anger, but it was inconvenient to show Zhu Jiuzhen's face, so she stood up and said, "Sister Zhen, the servants in your house really have rules. We were joking, and these low-spirited people are actually eavesdropping by the side, and dare to laugh Once and twice. Brother, I'm going home first." Zhu Jiuzhen suddenly remembered that Zhang Wuji once killed her "General Zuo" with a single palm, and his strength was not weak, so he said with a smile: "Qingmei, don't be angry, and don't look down on this young man. Although your martial arts skills are high, if you If I can defeat this lowly boy within three moves, I will really convince you." Wu Qingying said: "Hmph, is such a person worthy of me? Sister Zhen, you can't look down on me like this." Zhang Wuji couldn't help but shouted loudly: "Miss Wu, I'm also born of my parents, so I'm not human? Are you some kind of fairy Bodhisattva or princess princess?" Wu Qingying didn't even look at him, but said to Wei Bi: "Senior brother, you let me be robbed by this boy, and you didn't help me." Seeing her delicate and delicate demeanor, Wei Bi's heart softened a long time ago. Although he had no sympathy for Xueling Shuangshu in his heart, he knew that his master's martial arts were unfathomable, and what he had taught him was only one out of ten. Peerless kung fu, must please the younger sister's favor, and immediately smiled at Zhu Jiuzhen: "Cousin, is this boy's martial arts not bad? Let me test him?" Zhu Jiuzhen knew that he was helping his junior sister, but then he thought about it: "I don't know what the origin of this kid surnamed Zhang is. Let my cousin force him out." He said, "Okay, let him learn from the Wu family. Absolute learning, that's the best thing, this guy, even I don't know what school he is." Wei Bi wondered: "Isn't what this boy learned is the martial arts of the family?" Zhu Jiuzhen He said to Zhang Wuji, "Tell Young Master Biao who your master is and which sect he belongs to." Zhang Wuji thought to himself: "You guys look down on me so much, how can I talk about my parents' sect and humiliate my grand master and my dead parents? What's more, I haven't really practiced the Wudang school's kung fu." Then he said: "My parents have been since childhood Both died, living in the rivers and lakes, never learned any martial arts, only my father taught me a little when I was a child." Zhu Jiuzhen said: "What is your father's name? What school is it?" Zhang Wuji shook his head and said: "I can't say." Wei Bi smiled and said: "From the perspective of the three of us, do you still see that he can't come out?" Walking slowly to the field, he said with a smile: "Boy, come and try three tricks from me." Then he turned to Wu Qingying. A wink meant to say: "Junior Sister, don't be annoyed, I'll give you a hard beat to appease you." Men and women trapped in the net of love pay attention to every word, every move, every frown and every smile of their lover. Zhu Jiuzhen can see the meaning of Wei Bi's wink.Seeing that Zhang Wuji refused to leave the arena, she waved to him and told him to come over, and whispered in his ear: "My cousin is very good at martial arts, you don't have to try to beat him, as long as you block three moves from him, it's a gift to me." Save face." He patted him on the shoulder as he spoke, expressing encouragement. Originally Zhang Wuji knew that he was not Wei Bi's opponent, and if he played against him in the end, it would be in vain to humiliate himself, but it was just to make them happy, but when he stood in front of Zhu Jiuzhen, he couldn't help being fascinated, and then listened to her soft words , Xiangze smelled slightly, where is there any other idea?I just thought in my heart: "Miss orders you to come down, no matter how difficult and dangerous things you have to do, what's the point of being punched a few times?" Confused, he walked to Wei Bi and stood there blankly. Wei Bi laughed and said, "Boy, take the trick!" He slapped twice and slapped him twice.These two palms came so fast, Zhang Wuji was about to stretch out his arms to block, his face was already beaten, his cheeks were swollen with red fingerprints.Since Wei Bi knew that he was not the martial arts taught by the Zhu family, he was not afraid of hurting the face of Zhu Jiuzhen and his uncle and aunt, so he would not be merciless when he struck, but these two palms didn't really use his internal strength, otherwise he would have smashed his teeth and cheeks, and fainted Fainted. Zhu Jiuzhen shouted: "Wuji, you're still recruiting!" Hearing the young lady's cry, Zhang Wuji lifted his spirits and punched her out.Wei Bi turned sideways to avoid it, and praised: "Good boy, there are still two tricks!" Dodging and jumping behind him.Zhang Wuji turned around hastily, unexpectedly Wei Bi's moves were like lightning, he had already grabbed him by the back of the collar, raised his arm and lifted him high, laughing, "Damn it!" He fell to the ground with all his might. Although Zhang Wuji had learned martial arts from Xie Xun for several years, firstly, he was too young at the time, and secondly, Xie Xun only asked him to memorize formulas and moves, not seeking actual combat. With hands tied and feet tied, he couldn't use it at all.With such a fall, he wanted to stretch out his arms and legs to support him, but he couldn't make it. With a bang, his forehead and nose hit the ground hard, and blood flowed profusely. Wu Qingying clapped her hands in applause, giggled coquettishly, and said, "Sister Zhen, is my Wu family's martial arts still up to scratch?" Zhu Jiuzhen was ashamed and annoyed, if he said that the Wu family's kung fu was not good, he would offend Wei Bi, but he was not as angry as Wu Qingying, so he kept silent. Zhang Wuji got up, looked at Zhu Jiuzhen tremblingly, saw her frowning, and said in his heart: "I will die, and I can't let the lady lose face." Wei Bi smiled and said: "Cousin, this The kid doesn't even know how to do the three-legged cat's kung fu, so what kind of martial arts?" Zhang Wuji suddenly rushed up and kicked him on the lower abdomen.Wei Bi smiled and shouted: "Ah yo!" He leaned back slightly, avoiding his kick, then stretched out his left hand, grabbed his right foot that hadn't been retracted after kicking out, and threw it out.This blow only used 30% of his strength, but Zhang Wuji still flew off the string like an arrow, hitting the wall flatly.In a crisis, he leaped vigorously, and only then did his back hit the wall first. Although his skull was spared, his back was so painful that every bone was about to break, and he piled up against the wall like a ball of mud, and he couldn't climb any further. I can't get up. Although he was in pain, he still cared about Zhu Jiuzhen's face in his heart, he only heard her say in a daze: "This little servant is useless. Let's go play in the garden!" The tone was extremely annoyed.Zhang Wuji didn't know where the strength came from, turned over and jumped up, rushed forward, and struck Wei Bi with his palm. Wei Bi laughed and waved his palms to greet him. When the clap sounded, he swayed and took a step back. It turned out that Zhang Wuji's palm was the "Seven Star Hand" of the "Wudang Changquan" that his father Zhang Cuishan taught on the raft. "Wudang Changquan" is the introductory kung fu of the Wudang School, and there is no mystery in the boxing moves.But the Wudang School of martial arts has a unique approach in martial arts. It pays attention to using softness to overcome the strong, and using the weak to defeat the strong. It does not hurt the enemy with its own strength, but counterattacks the enemy's strength. One catty, if you hit a hundred catties, you will be struck back with the force of a hundred catties, just like punching a wall, the heavier the punch, the more severe the impact you will receive.Back then, Master Jueyuan recited the "Nine Suns Manual", and once said "obede others with oneself, and control others later". Zhang Sanfeng later incorporated these principles into Wudang School boxing.If it is Song Yuanqiao, Yu Lianzhou and other masters, they can add their own strength to the enemy's strength.Zhang Wuji's knowledge is extremely superficial, but in this punch, unconsciously, he already contained the superior martial arts of counteracting the enemy's strength. Wei Bi felt numbness in his hands and pulsating blood in his chest, so he leaned forward and punched Zhang Wuji in the back of his heart.Zhang Wuji swung his palm backwards, using a move of "one whip".Wei Bi saw that his palm movement was amazing, and when he dodged back quickly, his shoulder was already swept by three fingers. Although it didn't hurt very much, both Zhu Jiuzhen and Wu Qingying had already seen that he had already lost a move. Before Wei Bi cares about the person he likes, how can this stage collapse?他初时和张无忌放对时，眼看对方年纪既小，身分又贱，实是胜之不武，只不过拿他来耍弄耍弄，以博武青婴一粲，因此拳脚上都只使二三成力，这时连吃两次小亏，大喝一声：“小鬼，你不怕死么？”呼的一声，发拳当胸打了过去。这招“长江三叠浪”中共含三道劲力，敌人如以全力挡住了第一道劲力，料不到第二道接踵而至，跟着第三道劲力又汹涌而来，若非武学高手，遇上了不死也得重伤。 张无忌见对方招式凌厉，心中害怕，当下更无思索余裕，记得当年父亲在海上木筏上所教手法，双臂回坏，应以一招“井栏”。这一招博大精深，张无忌又怎能领会到其中的微旨？只是危急之际，顺手便使了出来。卫璧右拳打出，正中张无忌右臂，自己拳招中的第一道劲力便如投入汪洋大海，登时无影无踪，一惊之下，喀喇一响，那第二道劲力反弹过来，他右臂臂骨已然震断。幸而如此，他第三道劲力便发不出来，否则张无忌不懂得这招“井栏”的妙用，两人都要同时重伤在这第三道劲力之下。 朱九真和武青婴齐声惊呼，奔到卫璧身旁察看他的伤处。卫璧苦笑道：“不妨，是我一时大意。”朱九真和武青婴心疼情郎受伤，两人不约而同的挥掌向张无忌打去。 张无忌一招震断卫璧的手臂，自己也被撞得险些仰天摔倒，立足未定，朱武二女已双掌打来。他浑忘了闪避，双拳一中前胸，一中肩骨，登时吐了一口鲜血。可是他心中的愤慨伤痛，尤在身体上的伤痛之上，暗想：“我为你拚命力战，为你挣面子，当真胜了，你却又来打我！” 卫璧叫道：“两位住手！”朱武二女依言停手，只见他提起左掌，铁青着脸，向张无忌打去。张无忌急忙闪跃避开。朱九真叫道：“表哥，你受了伤，何必跟这小厮一般见识？是我错啦，不该要你跟他动手。”凭她平时心高气傲的脾气，要她向人低头认错，实是千难万难，若不是眼见情郎臂骨折断，心中既惶急又怜惜，决不能如此低声下气。岂知卫璧一听，更加恼怒，冷笑道：“表妹，你小厮本领高强，你哪里错了？只是我偏不服气。”说着横过左臂，将朱九真推在一旁，跟着又举拳向张无忌打去。 张无忌待要退后避让，武青婴双掌向他背心轻轻一推，使他无路可退，卫璧那一拳正中他的鼻梁，登时鼻血长流。武青婴远比朱九真工于心计，她暗中相助师哥，却不露痕迹，要使他脸上光彩，心中感激。朱九真一见，心想：“你会帮师哥，难道我就不会帮表哥？”当下也即出手，上前夹攻。 张无忌的武功本来远远不如卫璧，再加朱武二女一个明助，一个暗帮，顷刻之间，给三人拳打足踢，连中七八招，又吐了几口鲜血。他愤慨之下，形同拚命，将父亲教过的三十二势“武当长拳”扫数使将出来，虽然功力不足，一拳一脚均无威力，但所学实是上乘家数，居然支持了一盏茶时分，仍是直立不倒。 朱九真喝道：“哪里来的臭小子，却到朱武连环庄来撒野，当真是活得不耐烦了。”眼见卫璧举起左掌，运劲劈落，当下左肩猛撞，将张无忌身子往他掌底推去。卫璧断臂处越来越痛，不愿跟这小厮多所纠缠，这一掌劈下，已然使上了十成力。张无忌身不由主的向前撞出，但觉劲风扑面，自知决计抵挡不住，但仍是举起双臂强挡。 蓦地里听得一个威严的声音喝道：“且慢！”蓝影晃动，有人自旁窜到，举手挡开了卫璧这一掌。看他轻描淡写的随手一格，卫璧竟然立足不定，急退数步，眼见便要坐倒在地，那身穿蓝袍之人身法快极，纵过去在他肩后一扶，卫璧这才立定。 朱九真叫道：“爹！”武青婴叫道：“朱伯父！”卫璧喘了口气，才道：“舅舅！” 这人正是朱九真之父朱长龄。卫璧受伤断臂，事情不小，灵獒营的狗仆飞报主人，朱长龄匆匆赶到，见到三人已在围攻张无忌。他站在旁边看了一会，待见卫璧猛下杀手，这才出手救了张无忌一命。 朱长龄横眼瞪着女儿和卫武二人，满脸怒火，突然反手拍的一掌，打了女儿一个耳光，大声喝道：“好，好！朱家的子孙越来越长进了。我生了这样的乖女儿，将来还有脸去见祖宗于地下么？” 朱九真自幼即得父母宠爱，连较重的呵责也没一句，今日在人前竟被父亲重重的打了一个耳光，一时眼前天旋地转，不知所云，隔了一会，才哇的一声哭了出来。 朱长龄喝道：“住声，不许哭！”声音中充满威严，声音之响，只震得梁上灰尘簌簌而下，朱九真心下害怕，当即住声。 朱长龄道：“我朱家世代相传，以侠义自命，你高祖子柳公辅佐一灯大师，在大理国官居宰相，后来助守襄阳，名扬天下，那是何等的英雄？那知子孙不肖，到了我朱长龄手里，竟会有这样的女儿，三个大人围攻一个小孩，还想伤他性命。你说羞也不羞，羞也不羞？”他虽是呵责女儿，但这些话卫璧和武青婴听在耳里，句句犹如刀刺，均觉无地自容。 张无忌浑身剧痛，几欲晕倒，咬紧牙齿拚命支撑，才勉强站立，心中却仍明白，听了朱长龄这番言语，好生佩服，暗想：“是非分明，那才是真正的侠义中人。”只见朱长龄气得面皮焦黄，全身发颤，不住地呼呼喘气，卫璧等三人眼望地下，不敢和他目光相对。 张无忌见朱九真半边粉脸肿起好高，显见她父亲这一掌打得着实不轻，见她又羞又怕的可怜神态，想哭却不敢哭，只是用牙齿咬着下唇，便道：“老爷，这不关小姐的事。”他话一出口，不禁吓了一跳，原来自己说话嘶哑，几不成声，自是咽喉处受了卫璧重击之故。 朱长龄道：“这位小兄弟拳脚不成章法，显然从未好好的拜师学过武艺，全凭一股刚勇之气，拚死抵抗，这就更加令人相敬了。你们三个却如此欺侮一个不会武功之人，平日师长父母的教诲，可还有半句记在心中吗？”他这一顿疾言厉色的斥责，竟对卫璧和武青婴也丝毫不留情面。张无忌听着，反觉惶悚不安。 朱长龄又问起张无忌何以来到庄中，怎地身穿童仆衣衫，一面问，一面叫人取了伤药和接骨膏来给他和卫璧治伤，朱九真明知父亲定要着恼，但不敢隐瞒，只得将张无忌如何收藏小猴、如何给群犬咬伤、自己如何救他来山庄的情由说了。 朱长龄越听眉头越皱，听女儿述说完毕，厉声喝道：“这位张兄弟义救小猴，大有仁侠心肠，你居然拿他当做厮仆。日后传扬出去，江湖上好汉人人要说我'惊天一笔'朱长龄是个不仁不义之徒。你养这些恶狗，我只当你为了玩儿，那也罢了，那知胆大妄为，竟然纵犬伤人？今日不打死你这丫头，我朱长龄还有颜面厕身于武林么？” 朱九真见父亲动了真怒，双膝一屈，跪在地下，说道：“爹爹，孩儿再也不敢了。”朱长龄兀自狂怒不休，卫璧和武青婴齐跪下求恳。 张无忌道：“老爷……”朱长龄忙道：“小兄弟，你怎可叫我老爷？我痴长你几岁，最多称我一声前辈，也就是了。”张无忌道：“是，是。朱前辈。这件事须也怪不得小姐，她确是并非有意的。” 朱长龄道：“你瞧，人家小小年纪，竟是这等胸襟怀抱，你们三个怎及得上人家？大年初一，武姑娘又是客人，我原不该生气，可是这件事实在太不应该，那是黑道中卑鄙小人的行径，岂是我辈侠义道的所作所为？既是小兄弟代为说情，你们都起来罢。”卫璧等三人含羞带愧，站了起来。 朱长龄向喂养群犬的狗仆喝道：“那些恶犬呢？都放出来。”狗仆答应了，放出群犬。 朱九真见父亲脸色不善，不知他是何用意，低声叫道：“爹。”朱长龄冷笑道：“你养了这些恶犬来伤人，好啊，你叫恶犬来咬我啊。”朱九真哭道：“爹，女儿知错了。” 朱长龄哼了一声，走入恶犬群中，拍拍拍拍四声响过，四条巨狼般的恶犬已头骨碎裂，尸横就地。旁人吓得呆了，都说不出话来。朱长龄拳打足踢、掌劈指戳，但见他身形飘动，一个蓝影在狗场上绕了一圈，三十余条猛犬已全被击毙，别说噬咬抗击，连逃窜几步也来不及。他一举击毙群犬，固因群犬未得朱九真号令，给攻了个出其不意，但他出手如风似电，掌力更是凌厉之极。卫璧、武青婴、张无忌只看得挢舌不下。 朱长龄将张无忌横抱在臂弯之中，送到自己房中养伤。不久朱夫人和朱九真一齐过来照料汤药。张无忌被群犬咬伤后失血过多，身子本已衰弱，这一次受伤不轻，又昏迷了数日，稍待清醒，便自己开了张疗伤调养的药方，命人煮药服食，这才好得快了。朱长龄见他用药如神，更是惊喜交集。 在这二十余日的养伤期间，朱九真常自伴在张无忌床边，唱歌猜谜、讲故事说笑，像大姊姊服侍生病的弟弟一般，细心体贴，无微不至。 张无忌伤愈起床，朱九真每日仍有大半天和他在一起。她跟父亲学武之时，对张无忌也毫不避忌，总是叫他在一旁观看。朱长龄曾两次露出口风，有收他为徒之意，愿将一身武功相传，但见他并不接口，此后也就不再提了，但待他极尽亲厚，与自己家人弟子丝毫无异。朱家武功与书法有关，朱九真每日都须习字，也要张无忌伴她一起学书。张无忌自从离冰火岛来到中土后，一直颠沛流离、忧伤困苦，那里有过这等安乐快活的日子？
转眼到了二月中旬，这日张无忌和朱九真在小书房中相对临帖。丫鬟小凤进来禀报：“小姐，姚二爷从中原回来了。” 朱九真大喜，掷笔叫道：“好啊，我等了他大半年啦，到这时候才来。”牵着张无忌的手，说道：“无忌弟，咱们瞧瞧去，不知姚二叔有没给我买齐了东西。” 两人携手走向大厅。张无忌问道：“姚二叔是谁？”朱九真道：“他是我爹爹的结义兄弟，叫做千里追风姚清泉。去年我爹爹请他到中原去送礼，我托他到杭州买胭脂水粉和绸缎，到苏州买绣花的针线和图样，又要买湖笔徽墨、碑帖书籍，不知他买齐了没有。”跟着解说，朱家庄僻处西域昆仑山中，精致些的物事数千里内都无买处。昆仑山和中土相隔万里，来回一次动辄两三年，有人前赴中原，朱九真自要托他购买大批用品了。 两人走进厅门，只听得一阵呜咽哭泣之声，不禁都吃了一惊，进得厅来，更是惊诧，只见朱长龄和一个身材高瘦的中年汉子都跪在地下，相拥而泣。那汉子身穿白色丧服，腰上系了一根草绳。朱九真走近身去，叫道：“姚二叔！”朱长龄放声大哭，叫道：“真儿，真儿！咱们的大恩人张五爷，张……张五爷……他……他……已死了！”朱九真惊道：“那怎么会？张恩公……失踪了十年，不是已安然归来么？” 姚清泉呜咽着道：“咱们住得偏僻，讯息不灵，原来张恩公在四年多以前，便已和夫人一齐自刎身亡。我还没上武当山，在陕西途中就已听到消息。上山后见到宋大侠和俞二侠，才知实情，唉……” 张无忌越听越惊，到后来更无疑惑，他们所说的“大恩人张五爷”，自是自己的生父张翠山，眼见朱长龄和姚清泉哭得悲伤，朱九真也是泫然落泪，忍不住便要上前吐露自己的身分，但转念一想：“我一直不说自己身世，这时说明真相，朱伯父和真姊多半不信，定要疑我冒充沽恩，不免给他们瞧得小了。” 过不多时，只听得院内哭声大作，朱夫人扶着丫鬟，走出厅来，连连向姚清泉追问。姚清泉悲愤之下，也忘了向义嫂见礼，当即述说张翠山自刎身亡的经过。张无忌虽然强忍，不致号哭出声，但泪珠已滚滚而下。大厅上人人均在哭泣流泪，谁也没留心到他。 朱长龄突然手起一掌，喀喇喇一声响，将身边一张八仙桌打塌了半边，说道：“二弟，你明明白白说给我听，上武当山逼死恩公恩嫂的，到底是哪些人？”姚清泉道：“我一得到讯息，本来早该回来急报大哥，但想须得查明仇人的姓名要紧。原来上武当山逼死恩公的，自少林派三大神僧以下，人数着实不少，小弟暗中到处打听，这才耽搁了日子。”当下将少林、崆峒、峨嵋各派，海沙、巨鲸、神拳、巫山等帮会中，凡是曾上武当山去勒逼张翠山的，诸如空闻方丈、空智大师、何太冲、静玄师太、关能等等的名字都说了出来。 朱长龄慨然道：“二弟，这些人都是当今武林中数一数二的好手，咱们本来是一个也惹不起的。可是张五爷待我们恩重如山，咱们便是粉身碎骨，也得给他报此深仇。” 姚清泉拭泪道：“大哥说得是，咱哥儿俩的性命，都是张五爷救的，反正已多活了这十多年，再交还给张五爷，也就是了。小弟最感抱憾的，是没能见到张五爷的公子，否则也可转达大哥之意，最好是能请他到这儿来，大伙儿尽其所有，好好的侍奉他一辈子。” 朱夫人絮絮询问这位张公子的详情。姚清泉只道他受了重伤，不知在何处医治，似乎今年还只有八九岁年纪，料想张三丰张真人定要传以绝世武功，将来可能出任武当派的掌门人。朱长龄夫妇跪下拜谢天地，庆幸张门有后。 姚清泉道：“大哥叫我带去送给张恩公的千年人参王、天山雪莲、玉狮镇纸、乌金匕首等等这些物事，小弟都留在武当山上，请宋大侠转交给张公子。”朱长龄道：“这样最好，这样最好。”转头向女儿道：“我家如何身受大恩，你可跟张兄弟说一说。” 朱九真携着张无忌的手，走到父亲书房，指着墙上一幅大中堂给他看。那中堂右端题着七字：“张公翠山恩德图”。 张无忌从未到过朱长龄的书房，此时见到父亲的名讳，已是泪眼模糊，只见图中所绘是一处旷野，一个少年英俊的武士，左手持银钩、右手挥铁笔，正和五个凶悍的敌人恶斗。张无忌知道这人便是自己父亲了，虽然面貌并不肖似，但依稀可从他眉目之间看到自己的影子。地下躺着两人，一个是朱长龄，另一个便是姚清泉，还有两人却已身首异处。左下角绘着一个青年妇人，满脸惧色，正是朱夫人，她手中抱着一个女婴。张无忌凝目细看，见女婴嘴边有一颗小黑痣，那自是朱九真了。这幅中堂纸色已变淡黄，为时至少已在十年以上。 朱九真指着图画，向他解释。原来其时朱九真初生不久，朱长龄为了躲避强仇，携眷西行，但途中还是给对手追上了。两名师弟为敌人所杀，他和姚清泉也被打倒。敌人正要痛下毒手，适逢张翠山路过，仗义出手，将敌人击退，救了他一家的性命。依时日推算，那自是张翠山在赴冰火岛前所为。 朱九真说了这件事后，神色黯然，说道：“我们住得隐僻，张恩公从海外归来的讯息，直至去年方才得知。爹爹曾立誓不再踏入中原一步，于是忙请姚二叔携带贵重礼物，前去武当山拜见，哪知道……”说到这里，一名书童进来请她赴灵堂行礼。 朱九真匆匆回房，换了一套素净衣衫，和张无忌同到后堂。只见堂上已摆列两个灵位，素烛高烧，一块灵牌上写着“恩公张大侠讳翠山之灵位”，另一块写着“张夫人殷氏之灵位”。朱长龄夫妇和姚清泉跪拜在地，哭泣甚哀。张无忌跟着朱九真一同跪拜。 朱长龄抚着他头，哽咽道：“小兄弟，很好，很好。这位张大侠慷慨磊落，实是当世无双的奇男子，你虽跟他不相识，无亲无故，但拜他一拜，也是应该的。” 当此情境，张无忌更不能自认便是这位“张恩公”的儿子，心想：“那姚二叔传闻有误，说我不过八九岁年纪，此时我便明说，他们也一定不信。” 忽听姚清泉道：“大哥，那位谢爷……”朱长龄咳嗽一声，向他使个眼色，姚清泉登时会意，说道：“那些谢仪该怎么办？要不要替恩公发丧？”朱长龄道：“你瞧着办罢！” 张无忌心想：“你明明说的是'谢爷'，怎地忽然改为'谢仪'？谢爷，谢爷？难道说的是我的义父么？”
这一晚他想起亡父亡母，以及在极北寒岛苦度余生的义父，思潮起伏，又怎睡得安稳？ 次晨起身，听得脚步细碎，鼻中闻到一阵幽香，见朱九真端着洗脸水走进房来。张无忌一惊，道：“真姊，怎……怎么你给我……”朱九真道：“佣仆和丫鬟都走干净了，我服侍你一下又打甚么紧？”张无忌更是惊奇，问道：“为……为甚么都走了？” 朱九真道：“我爹爹昨晚叫他们走的，每人都发了一笔银子，要他们回自己家去，因为在这儿危险不过。”她顿了一顿，说道：“你洗脸后，爹爹有话跟你说。” 张无忌胡乱洗了脸。朱九真给他梳了头，两人一同来到朱长龄书房。这所大宅子中本来有七八十名婢仆，这时突然冷冷清清的一个也不见了。 朱长龄见二人进来，说道：“张兄弟，我敬重你的仁侠心肠，英雄气概，本想留你在舍下住个十年八载，可是眼下突起变故，逼得和你分手，张兄弟千万莫怪。”说着托过一只盘子，盘中放着十二锭黄金，十二锭白银，又有一柄防身的短剑，说道：“这是愚夫妇和小女的一点微意，请张兄弟收下，老夫若能留得下这条性命，日后当再相会……”说到这里，声音呜咽，喉头塞住了，再也说不下去。 张无忌闪身让在一旁，昂然道：“朱伯伯，小侄虽然年轻无用，却也不是贪生怕死之徒。府上眼前既有危难，小侄决不能自行退避。纵然不能帮伯父和姊姊甚么忙，也当跟伯父和姊姊同生共死。”朱长龄劝之再三，张无忌只是不听。 朱长龄叹道：“唉，小孩子家不知危险。我只有将真相跟你说了，可是你先得立下个重誓，决不向第二人泄漏机密，也不得向我多问一句。” 张无忌跪在地下，朗声道：“皇天在上，朱伯伯向我所说之事，若是我向旁人泄漏，多口查问，教我乱刀分尸，身败名裂。” 朱长龄扶他起来，探首向窗外一看，随即飞身上屋，查明四下里确无旁人，这才回进书房，在张无忌耳边低声道：“我跟你说的话，你只可记在心中，却不得向我说一句话，以防隔墙有耳。”张无忌点了点头。 朱长龄低声道：“昨日姚二弟来报张恩公的死讯时，还带了一个人来，此人姓谢名逊，外号叫作金毛狮王……”张无忌大吃一惊，身子发颤。 朱长龄又道：“这位谢大侠和张恩公有八拜之交，他和天下各家各派的豪强都结下了深仇，张恩公夫妇所以自刎，便是为了不肯吐露义兄的所在。谢大侠不知如何回到中土，动手为张恩公报仇雪恨，杀伤了许多仇人，只是好汉敌不过人多，终于身受重伤。姚二弟为人机智，救了他逃到这里，对头们转眼便要追到。对方人多势众，我们万万抵敌不住。我是舍命报恩，决意为谢大侠而死，可是你跟他并无半点渊源，何必将一条性命陪在这儿？张兄弟，我言尽于此，你快快去罢！敌人一到，玉石俱焚，再迟可来不及了。” 张无忌听得心头火热，又惊又喜，万想不到义父竟会到了此处，问道：“他在哪……”朱长龄右手迭出，按住了他嘴巴，在他耳边低声道：“不许说话。敌人神通广大，一句话不小心，便危及谢大侠的性命。你忘了适才的重誓么？”张无忌点了点头。 朱长龄道：“我已跟你说明白了，张兄弟，你年纪虽小，我却当你是好朋友，跟你推心置腹，绝无隐瞒。你