Chapter 37 Chapter Thirty-Seven
In the blink of an eye, the first day of the Dragon Boat Festival has arrived, and Zhang Wuji led a group of Mingjiao heroes to the Shaolin Temple.The front and back halls, left and right chambers of Shaolin Temple are full of heroes from all walks of life.Among the various martial arts figures, some have feuds with Xie Xun, and they plan to kill him for revenge; ; Most of them came here to watch the excitement.Shaolin Temple sent more than a hundred well-known monks to receive them, leading them to rest in various places in the temple.
Wudang sent only Yu Lianzhou and Yin Liting.Zhang Wuji went to see him, and asked Zhang Sanfeng how he was.Yu Lianzhou asked in a low voice: "Have you ever heard the news from Qingshu and Chen Youliang?" Zhang Wuji briefly explained the reason for their parting, and learned that Chen and Song did not go to Wudang to disturb them. No, it's just to protect the teacher on the mountain to prevent treachery.Yu Lianzhou also mentioned that after Song Yuanqiao heard about the only son's conspiracy, he was sad and anxious, he didn't think about eating and drinking, and lost almost half of his body, but he kept it from his master and dared not talk about it, for fear of worrying his master.Zhang Wuji said: "But I hope Senior Brother Song will come back from his misfortune, repent immediately, and reunite with Master Song's father and son." Yu Lianzhou said: "Although this is the case, this traitor killed Mo Qidi, so I will definitely not spare him." Hate it.
In the next two hours, more and more heroes from all walks of life gathered together, and the Hejian Shuangsha and the Qinghai faction swordsmen who attacked the Vajra Subduing Demon Circle that day also arrived.Masters from the Huashan School, the Kongtong School, and the Kunlun School all attended the meeting, but no one from the Emei School went up the mountain.
Zhang Wuji hoped to see Zhou Zhiruo and explain to her what he had to do that day, but imagining her face and eyes, he felt apprehensive and deeply ashamed.Ming Cult leaders gathered in a side hall in the west wing, and did not talk to heroes from all walks of life. Gai Ming Cult had too many enemies, and when enemies met, they might have already had a fight with enemies from all directions before the meeting.
At noon, Su, the guest monk in the temple, invited all the heroes to come to a large square on the right side of the mountain.The hundreds of acres of vegetable gardens used to be planted by monks have been flattened and dozens of large wooden sheds have been erected.Qunhao took their seats following the guidance of the Zhike monk.Those with a large number of sects and guilds will occupy a shed by themselves, while those with a small number of people will share a shed.
Peng Yingyu told Zhang Wuji about the origins of the outstanding people on the field one by one.The gathering of heroes is a grand event, and many hermits in the mountains and forests who have rarely walked on the rivers and lakes have also appeared at this time.According to Peng Yingyu's investigation, there were more than 4,600 people in the arena, excluding Mingjiao.Zhang Wuji, Yang Xiao and the others felt worried when they saw that there were so many people present at the meeting, most of them were enemies rather than friends.
After all the guests were seated, the Shaolin monks came out in batches, according to the characters of Yuan, Hui, Fa, Xiang, and Zhuang, and greeted the heroes. The last one was Kongzhi, followed by the nine old monks of Bodhidharma.
Kongzhi walked to the middle of the square, saluted with palms together, proclaimed the Buddha's name, and said: "Today, I have been honored by the heroes of the world, and the Shaolin sect is very sensitive. It's just that the abbot brother of our temple suddenly fell ill, and there was no chance to meet the handsome and virtuous, so I ordered my old monk to apologize solemnly .”
Zhang Wuji felt a little strange: "Master Kongwen went to hang sacrifices in front of Grandpa's coffin that day, his face was absolutely disease-free, and his spirit was shining. How could a person with such profound inner strength suddenly fall ill? Could it be that he was injured?" Looking around , I didn’t see Yuan Zhen and Chen Youliang, and thought to myself: “That night I exposed Yuan Zhen’s treachery to Du E and other three eminent monks. I don’t know if the temple has dealt with it? Master Kongwen’s sudden illness, is it related to this matter?”
At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, Guo Jing and Huang Rong invited heroes from all over the world to Dashengguan and Xiangyang to discuss plans to resist the Mongol invasion. After nearly a hundred years, there is no hero meeting until today. It was originally the first-class event in the world. But the host suddenly fell ill, and all the heroes couldn't help feeling disappointed.
Kongzhi said again: "The golden lion king Xie Xun has brought disaster to the martial arts, and he has committed a lot of crimes. Fortunately, he was captured by our temple. The Shaolin sect dare not be self-reliant. I respectfully invite all respected martial arts scholars to discuss how to deal with it." He was born with a sad face, and at this time he was even more listless when speaking, so he folded his palms and stepped back after speaking.
Standing on the southeast corner was a tall man with a black and white beard fluttering in the wind. He looked around the crowd, his eyes were piercing, and his appearance was very majestic.Peng Yingyu told Zhang Wuji that this person was Xia Zhou, an old boxer from Shandong.His voice was like a bell, and he said: "This Xie Xun has done a lot of evil, and it is not uncommon for the noble sect to capture him and benefit the martial arts. The two monks, Kong Wen and Kong Zhi, are too modest. These wicked people will be killed immediately. , That’s it, why bother to ask other people? Since today is a gathering of heroes from all over the world, we will call this meeting the Lion Slaughter Conference. Execute this Xie Xun Ling Chi, everyone will eat a mouthful of his flesh, drink a mouthful of his blood, and die at his hands for the innocent Wouldn't it be a pleasure to take revenge on your friends?" His elder brother was killed by Xie Xun, and he just wanted to take revenge on Xie Xun for decades.As soon as this remark came out, hundreds of people around echoed it, saying that it was right to kill him as soon as possible.
In the confusion, I heard a sullen voice saying: "Xie Xun is the protector of the Ming Cult. If the Shaolin sect were not afraid of offending the Ming Cult, they would have killed him with a single knife. Why invite everyone here to share the blame? I said Brother Xia, you are a bit of a fool, I would like to advise you as a brother, it is better to be wise and protect yourself." These words were ambiguous, but they were still clearly heard by everyone.Everyone looked around where the sound came from, but they couldn't see who it was.Obviously, the man was short in stature, and he didn't stand up when he spoke. He sat in the crowd and no one could see him.
Xia Zhou said in a loud voice: "Is it 'Drunk Immortal' Brother Situ? Then Xie Xun and I have a grudge against killing brothers. The big man is responsible for one person. Please ask all the eminent monks in Shaolin to pull him out. The old man killed him with a knife. The devil is looking for him, even if it is aimed at my surname Xia from Shandong."
The man in the crowd smiled sadly again, and said: "Brother Xia, everyone in Jianghu knows that the Dragon Slaying Saber, the most respected martial arts sword, fell into the hands of Xie Xun. Since the Shaolin faction won Xie Xun, why not?" The reason for the treasured sword? People kill Xie Xun as a guest, and raising the sword to stand up is the top priority. I said, Master Kongzhi, you don’t have to put on a show, just take out the dragon-slaying sword and let everyone open it Your vision is serious. Your Shaolin faction has been the leader of the martial arts for thousands of years. It is not too much to have this kind of sword, and it is not too rare to have this kind of sword. In short, you are the supreme martial arts."
Peng Yingyu whispered to Zhang Wuji: "The person who spoke is called 'Drunk Immortal' Situ Qianzhong. This person is cynical. I heard that he does not worship masters, does not accept apprentices, does not belong to any sect, and rarely fights with others in his life. No one knows. His martial arts background is very detailed, and when he speaks with sarcasm, he often hits the point."
Only seven or eight people in the field followed and said: "This statement is reasonable. Please Shaolin send out the dragon sword and let everyone have a look."
Kong Zhi said slowly: "The Dragon Slaying Knife is not in our temple, and I have never seen it in my life. I don't know if there is such a knife in the world."
As soon as the heroes heard this, they started discussing one after another, and the square was full of noise. Everyone at the meeting believed that this meeting must have a lot to do with the Dragon Slaying Saber, but Kong Zhi denied it outright, everyone was surprised.
Behind Kongzhi were nine old monks, all wearing scarlet cassocks.When the noise of the crowd subsided, an old monk among the nine monks took two steps and said loudly, "The dragon-slaying sword was originally in Xie Xun's hands, but when our party captured him, the sword was not with him. The abbot of this temple This is a major matter in the martial arts world, and they have been investigated in detail. Xie Xun is stubborn and arrogant, and he is determined not to tell the truth. Today's hero gathering is to discuss how to deal with Xie Xun, and to ask the heroes of the family to find out the whereabouts of the Dragon Saber. Which one Anyone who has heard the news, please speak clearly." The group of heroes looked at each other, but no one could catch up.
"Don't get drunk." Situ Qianzhong said in a strange way: "For a hundred years in the martial arts, it has been said: 'The supreme ruler of the martial arts, the precious sword slaying the dragon, commands the world, and no one dares not to obey. If the sky doesn't come out, who will fight for the front?' Except for the dragon sword , and the Yitian Sword. It was said that this Yitian sword was in the hands of the Emei Sect, but the battle at Guangmingding in the Western Regions has never ended. Although today's meeting is called the Heroes Conference, are the heroes and females of the Emei Sect Can't you come?" Everyone burst into laughter when they heard the last sentence.
Amidst the roar of laughter, a Zhike monk reported loudly: "The leader of the Beggar Clan Shi, led the elders and disciples of the Beggar Clan here."
When Zhang Wuji heard the word "Master Shi", he was very surprised: "Master Shi Huolong of the Beggar Clan has already died under Yuan Zhen's hands, how come another leader Shi?"
Kong Zhi said: "Please!" The Beggar Gang is the largest gang in Jianghu, so he personally greeted them.
I saw a group of people walking towards the square quickly, about one hundred and fifty people, all men in ragged clothes. Although the Beggars' Clan has not been as powerful in recent years, after all, centipedes are dead but not stiff. There is still great potential, and none of the heroes dare to underestimate it, and most of them stood up.
But seeing that there were two old beggars first, Zhang Wuji recognized them as the Elder Chuangong and the Elder Law Enforcement.Behind the two old beggars is an ugly girl of twelve or thirteen years old, with her nostrils upturned and two big front teeth protruding from her wide mouth. It is Shi Hongshi, the daughter of Shi Huolong.She was holding a dog-beating stick, the token of the leader of the beggar gang. Shi Hongshi was followed by the head of the palm stick and the head of the bowl, followed by the elders of the eight bags, the disciples of the seven bags, and the disciples of the six bags.The Beggar Gang came this time, and the lowest rank was also the disciple of Six Bags.
Seeing that the person holding the dog-beating stick was a girl, Kong Zhi hesitated, he didn't know who the leader of the sect was and whom he should speak to, so he had to salute with palms together, and said vaguely: "Shaolin monks welcome the heroes of the Beggar Clan."
The group of beggars clasped their fists together to return the salute.Elder Chuan Gong said: "The prehistoric leader of our gang passed away unfortunately. All the elders decided that Shi Hongshi, the daughter of the leader of Lishi, is the leader. This is the new leader of our gang." He pointed at Shi Hongshi.
Kong Zhi and the heroes were all stunned, thinking that there has always been a saying in the Jianghu: "Mingjiao, Beggars' Clan, and Shaolin School", Mingjiao is the first among all sects, the world's gangs push the Beggars' Gang to be respected, and martial arts sects are based on Shaolin School First.The fact that Mingjiao appointed Zhang Wuji, a young man in his twenties, as the leader is already amazing, but the Beggars' Clan even chose such a little girl as the leader. No one would believe it if it hadn't been told by the elders of the Beggars' Clan.Back then, Huang Rong was the head of the beggar gang as a young girl. Although there was a precedent, Huang Rong was several years older than the little girl in front of me.
Although Kong Zhi was very surprised, but he was not lacking in courtesy, he put together his palms and said: "Kong Zhi from Shaolin sect, please refer to Shi Bangzhu." Shi Hongshi blessed the blessing and returned the gift, he couldn't answer in a murmur.The elder Chuan Gong said: "The leader of our gang is young, and all the help is temporarily handled by the brother and the law enforcement elder. The monk Kongzhi is a great virtue of the senior, and I don't dare to be polite." The two said a few words modestly.The Zhike monk led the group of beggars into the wooden shed and took their seats.
There are so many people in the beggar gang, it takes a long time to sit down.Zhang Wuji saw that everyone in the group of beggars was wearing filial piety, their faces were full of sadness and indignation, some of the disciples were carrying something in the cloth bags on their backs wriggling, obviously they came here for something, he was secretly happy, he said to Yang Xiao just now: "We have a group of good helpers." I saw the second elder of Chuan Gong and Law Enforcement led Shi Hongshi to the Mingjiao shed.
The Elder Chuangong clasped his fists and saluted, and said: "Master Zhang, the Golden Lion King has fallen, and our gang has a lot to do with it. We would rather die today than redeem our sins; moreover, it is to avenge our old gang leader. Help everyone, and listen to the order of the leader." Zhang Wuji hastily returned the salute, saying: "Don't dare." The elder Chuan Gong's words were full of energy, and he spoke very loudly, obviously intending to let everyone in the square hear.After he finished speaking a few words, all the disciples of the Beggar Clan stood up together and said loudly: "Following the order of Master Zhang of the Ming Sect, we will go through fire and water, and we will do whatever we can."
All the heroes were stunned: "Since when did the Beggars' Gang and the Mingjiao become buddies?" Except for the hermit who rarely walked in the rivers and lakes, everyone knew that the Beggars' Gang and the Mingjiao had been fighting each other for many years. Years ago, the Beggars' Gang participated in the siege of Guangming Peak In the battle, a bloody battle, both sides were killed and injured, and finally the beggar gang who attacked Guangmingding was almost wiped out.At this moment, the elder Chuan Gong openly stated that the whole gang obeyed Zhang Wuji's orders, and that he wanted to avenge the prehistoric gang leader, and so on, no one could figure it out.
The elder Chuan Gong turned around and said loudly: "My beggar gang and the Shaolin sect have never had any enmity. Our gang has always respected the Shaolin sect as the number one sect in the martial arts. I don’t dare to offend. Since Shi Huolong’s prehistoric gang leader, our gang admires the four great monks of Shaolin for their high morals and high prestige, and they are good examples for martial arts learners. The prehistoric gang leader has been reclusive for a long time, living in seclusion to recuperate from illness, and has not interacted with people in the world for decades. Also, for some reason, he was murdered by an eminent Shaolin monk..." When he said this, everyone in the square exclaimed "Ah", even Kong Zhi was surprised.
I only heard the elder Chuangong continue to say: "We are here today to ask Abbot Kongwen to give us some advice before being the heroes of the world. What did our prehistoric gang leader offend the Shaolin sect, so that after the Shaolin eminent monk killed the prehistoric gang leader? , widows and orphans must be exterminated, even Mrs. Shi can't save her life?"
Kong Zhi folded his palms together and said: "Amitabha, Master Shi passed away unfortunately, and this is the first time I heard the news. The elder kept saying that it was the disciples of our sect who did it. I'm afraid there may be a big misunderstanding, so I ask the elder to clarify the details at that time."
Elder Chuan Gong said: "The Shaolin School has been the Taishan Beidou in the martial arts for thousands of years, how dare we make a false accusation? So we asked an eminent monk and a layman from your monastery to confront him." Kongzhi said: "The elder ordered, and we should obey it. I don't know which two people the elder wants to order to come out?" The elder Chuan Gong said: "Yes..." He could only say "yes", but suddenly he was tongue-tied and couldn't continue.
Kong Zhi was startled, he rushed forward and grabbed his right wrist, he felt his pulse stopped.Kong Zhi was even more startled, and shouted: "Elder, Elder!" When he looked at his face, he saw a thin black spot the size of a fragrant head in the middle of his brow, it was a hidden weapon of poison.Kong Zhi said loudly: "Heroes, this elder of the Beggar Clan was hit by a poisonous hidden weapon and unfortunately died. My Shaolin sect is determined not to use such a vicious hidden weapon."
There was an uproar from the beggar gang, dozens of people rushed to the side of the elder Chuangong's body.Zhangbo Longtou took out a magnet from his pocket, placed it between the elder Chuangong's eyebrows, and sucked out a steel needle as thin as a cow's hair and only an inch long.
The elders of the Beggar Clan know that the words of wisdom and wisdom are true, and the upright Shaolin sect is determined not to use such a vicious hidden weapon. The strangeness is really unbelievable.The law enforcement elders all thought that since the elder Chuan Gong stood facing south, the hidden weapon must have been shot from the south.
All the elders glared behind Kongzhi, and saw nine old monks wearing scarlet cassocks standing with their eyes half-closed and their eyebrows lowered. Behind the nine monks were rows of yellow-clothed monks and gray-clothed monks. Who did the assassination, but the murderer must be a Shaolin monk, there is no doubt about it.The law enforcement elder laughed loudly, but tears rolled down his eyes, and said: "Master Kongzhi also said that we wronged the Shaolin faction, what more can we say about the current matter?" He shouted: "Today we fought with the Shaolin sect." But when he heard the clatter of weapons, all the beggar gangs took out their weapons one after another and rushed into the center of the arena.
Kongzhi looked miserable, turned his head to the Shaolin monks, and said slowly: "This temple has been established since Patriarch Bodhidharma came from the west. For thousands of years, the monks have diligently practiced Buddhism and upheld the precepts. Heroes of the Jianghu come and go, but they never dare to do anything harmful to nature. The abbot brother and I have already found out the world, how can we fall in love with this world of mortals..." He looked at the faces of the monks one by one, and said: "This poisonous needle is Who sent it? The man dared to act bravely and stood up for me."
None of the hundreds of Shaolin monks said anything, and some said: "Amitabha, sin, sin!"
With a thought in Zhang Wuji's mind, he remembered an old event: in the past, his mother Yin Susu disguised his father Zhang Cuishan, killed a Shaolin monk with a poisonous needle, and made his father feel wronged.However, the shape of the silver needles of the Tianying Sect is quite different from this steel needle, and the toxicity on the needles is also completely different. Judging from the death of the elder Chuangong, the poison on the needles seems to be obtained from the poisonous insects in the Western Regions. .The so-called "heart beat" means that when the poisonous insects come into contact with warm blood, the heart of the poisoned person will only beat once, and then stop.He knew that Shi Huolong was killed by Yuanzhen, and that Yuanzhen's party members were hidden among the Shaolin monks, so he sent the needle to kill the elder Chuangong to prevent him from saying Yuanzhen's name.It's just that at that time everyone looked at the elder who passed on the practice, so no one knew who the person who issued the needle was.
Zhang Bang Longtou said loudly: "Who is the murderer who killed the leader of the Shi Gang? All the tens of thousands of disciples of the Beggar Gang know it. Do you want to kill people to silence it? Humph, hum! Unless you kill all the disciples of the Beggar Gang in the world, this murderous monk, It is Yuanzhen..."
The dragon head of the palm bowl suddenly flew in front of him, and with one stroke of the iron bowl, there was a soft ding, and a steel needle was connected to the bowl.The steel needle still does not know where it came from, but Zhangbolongtou has been concentrating on guarding. In the sun, there is only a blue light flickering, and he grabs the bowl to catch it. As long as he is half a step slower, Zhangbolongtou will die again .
Kongzhi faltered, and walked around behind the nine monks in Bodhidharma Hall, kicked out the fourth old monk from the left with a bang, then grabbed his collar and lifted him up, saying, "Kongru, so it's you!" , You are colluding with Yuanzhen too." With his right hand, he grabbed the front of his monk's robe and pulled it down, there was a sound of hissing, and the skirt was torn, revealing a small steel cylinder around his waist, with a small hole in the top of the cylinder.Everyone suddenly realized that there must be a strong spring in this steel cylinder. Just put your hand in your arms and press the mechanism on the cylinder, and the poison-feeding steel needle will be shot out of the hole. You don't need to raise your arm and wave your hand to launch this hidden weapon, even if two people Standing opposite each other, only a few feet away, you can't see the opponent launching a hidden weapon.
Zhang Bang Longtou was filled with grief and indignation, he raised the iron rod and swept across, beating Kong Ru until his brains burst to death.This Kongru is of the same generation as the four great monks, and his martial arts are all high, but because he was caught by Kongzhi and holding the pulse point, he couldn't struggle.The heroes screamed in unison again.
Kong Zhi was stunned, glared at Zhang Bang Longtou, and thought: "You are so reckless, you don't ask clearly."
In the midst of the chaos, four female nuns in black clothes suddenly walked into the square, each holding whisks, and said in a loud voice: "Zhou Zhiruo, the head of the Emei Sect, leads his disciples to pay homage to Abbot Kongwen of Shaolin Temple." Kong Zhi put down the empty body, said: "Please come in!" He greeted him out calmly.The remaining eight old monks in the Bodhidharma Hall were still following him, and they turned a blind eye to the tragedy just now, and didn't care about it at all. The four nuns backed up after saluting, turned around and went back out, floating in and out, what is rare is that the four of them advanced and retreated together, as if they were one person, and their feet were light and graceful, like flowing clouds and flowing water. When Zhang Wuji heard Zhou Zhiruo's arrival, his face flushed immediately, and he stole a look at Zhao Min.Zhao Min was also looking at him, their eyes met, there was a faint smile in Zhao Min's eyes, the corners of his mouth were slightly tilted, as if there was contempt, he didn't know whether he was laughing at Zhang Wuji's embarrassment, or looked down on the Emei faction's bluff. The heroines of the Emei Sect came to the square on their own, unlike the gang of beggars, and waited until Kong Zhi led the group of monks to meet them, and then marched in line, but saw eighty or ninety female disciples in the same black clothes, most of them were women with hairless hair Ni, less than half are old, middle-aged and young women.After the female disciples had finished walking, there was a distance of more than ten feet, and a beautiful and elegant girl in green shirt walked forward slowly. It was Zhou Zhiruo, the head of the Emei School. Zhang Wuji saw that her face was pale and haggard, and felt pity and shame in his heart. A few feet away behind Zhou Zhiruo, there are more than twenty male disciples, wearing black robes, most of them are refined and elegant, not as vigorous as the martial arts figures of the other schools.Each male disciple is carrying a wooden box, long or short.More than a hundred Emei people did not carry weapons on their bodies or in their hands, and the weapons were obviously stored in wooden boxes.The heroes secretly praised: "The Emei Sect is very polite, and their weapons are not exposed, which means respecting the Shaolin Sect." Zhang Wuji waited for the Emei faction to sit down, walked to the wooden shed, and bowed to Zhou Zhiruo, shyly saying, "Sister Zhou, Zhang Wuji has come to make an apology." More than a dozen female disciples of the Emei Sect stood up abruptly, all of them raised their brows and their faces were full of anger. Zhou Zhiruo Wanfu returned the salute, and said: "Don't dare, why does Zhang Jiaozhu need to be so polite? Don't come to make peace." Her face was calm, and she didn't know whether she was happy or angry.Zhang Wuji was stunned, and said: "Zhiruo, that day I missed the gift because I was in a hurry to save my adoptive father, so I feel very sorry." Zhou Zhiruo said: "I heard that Mr. Xie was trapped in the Shaolin Temple, and the leader Zhang is a hero, so he must have been rescued." Zhang Wuji blushed, and said: "All the eminent monks of the Shaolin School have superb martial arts skills. The Ming Cult has already lost a battle. My grandfather Unfortunately, he passed away because of this." Zhou Zhiruo said: "Mr. Yin is a hero throughout his life, what a pity, what a pity!" Zhang Wuji saw that she didn't show any expression of joy or anger, he didn't know what she was thinking, every word he said was hit back by her soft nail, he was really boring.But after thinking about it, on the day she married her, she went with Zhao Min in front of countless guests. The sadness in her heart at that time was thousands of times compared to her little boredom today, and she said immediately: "We will meet later. To save my adoptive father, I still look forward to the old love and give him a helping hand." As soon as he said these few words, his heart moved: "In the past six months, her skill has improved greatly. On that day, even Fan Youshi had such a skill in the wedding hall. , was forced away by her in just one move. Minmei, who is also the leader of various sects, was almost killed by her on the spot. And the day when Du Baidang and Yi Sanniang were killed, it was even more... more... ...I think that anyone who takes over as the head of Emei, she has another secret martial arts secret in her sect. Her understanding is higher than that of Miejue Shitai, so that the green is better than the blue, and even better than the blue. If she is willing to join hands with me, I am afraid that I can break the Vajra I'm subduing the demon circle." Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile, and said, "Zhiruo, I have something to ask." Zhou Zhiruo's complexion suddenly became serious, and she said, "Master Zhang, please respect yourself. How can you use the old title?" He stretched out his hand and moved behind him, and said, "Qingshu, come here and tell Master Zhang about our affairs. Say." A bearded man came over, clasped his fists and said, "Hi, Master Zhang." Zhang Wuji heard that the voice was Song Qingshu, looked closely, and recognized that it was him, but he put on a lot of make-up and looked old Ugly, covering his true face, so he clasped his fists and said, "So it's Brother Song, he's always been well." Song Qingshu smiled slightly, and said, "Speaking of which, I'd like to thank Master Zhang. You were about to marry your wife that day, but you were born temporarily Regret..." Zhang Wuji was taken aback, and asked in a trembling voice, "What?" Song Qingshu said: "My happy marriage, I would like to thank Master Zhang for making it possible." All of a sudden, Zhang Wuji was like a thunderbolt, he stood there blankly, he could see a vast expanse of whiteness in his eyes, he heard countless chaotic voices in his ears, but he didn't have the slightest idea what others were saying, after a long time, he only felt that someone was holding him Arm, said: "Master, please go back!" Zhang Wuji regained his composure, squinted, and saw that it was Han Liner holding his arm.I saw that his face was full of sorrow, sorrow and indignation, and he said to Zhou Zhiruo: "Miss Zhou, my leader is a hero of great benevolence and righteousness. It was just a little misunderstanding that day, so you married this... this... hmph Huh!" He wanted to scold Song Qingshu a few words, but because of Zhou Zhiruo's face, the words came to his mouth, but he held back. Although Zhang Wuji has a deep affection for Zhao Min, he still thinks that he and Zhou Zhiruo already have a marriage contract. He had no choice but to go with Zhao Min in order to save his adoptive father. He expected Zhou Zhiruo to be gentle and docile, so he just had to explain the reason to her frankly. No matter how badly you accompany her, she will definitely forgive her, but she unexpectedly married Song Qingshu in a fit of rage. The pain in her heart at this moment is far worse than being stabbed by her on the top of the light. He turned his head, and saw Zhou Zhiruo stretching out her slender hand as white as jade, beckoning to Song Qingshu.Song Qingshu walked up to her side triumphantly, and sat next to her, with a half-smile on his lips, he said to Zhang Wuji: "When we got married, we didn't make a lot of announcements to alarm others. This glass of wedding wine should be made up in the future Your Mightiness." Zhang Wuji wanted to say "Thank you very much", but his throat seemed to be hoarse, and he couldn't say these three words. Han Liner took his arm and said, "Master, don't bother with this kind of person." Song Qingshu laughed and said, "Brother Han, this glass of wedding wine will not be without you." Han Liner spit on the ground, feeling bitter He said: "Even if I drink three tanks of horse urine, it is better than drinking your unlucky dead man's wine." Zhang Wuji sighed, took Han Liner's arm and walked away sadly.
At this time, the head of the Beggar Gang, with a loud voice, was fighting fiercely with a Shaolin monk.The words Zhang Wuji, Zhou Zhiruo, Song Qingshu, and Han Lin'er spoke in front of the wooden shed of the Emei Sect in the northwest corner, did not attract attention.The heroes have been listening to the dispute between the Beggar Clan and the Shaolin Clan. Zhang Wuji went back to the Mingjiao wooden shed and sat down, still out of his mind, vaguely listening to the Shaolin monk in the scarlet cassock say: "I said that Senior Brother Yuan Zhen and Chen Youliang are not in this temple, and your gang will definitely not believe it. The elders of your gang who teach Unfortunately lost his life, my uncle Kongru has already arrived, so what else can we say?" Zhang Bang Longtou said: "You said that Yuan Zhen and Chen Youliang are not here, who can trust you! Unless we search for it." The Shaolin monk sneered and said: "Your Excellency wants to search the Shaolin Temple, is it a little arrogant? It's just a gang of beggars. , may not be able to do this." Zhang Bang Longtou said angrily: "You look down on the beggars, well, I will learn from you first." The Shaolin monk said: "For thousands of years, I don't know how many heroes have come to Shaolin, relying on The ancestor is merciful, but Shaolin Temple didn't teach people to burn it." The two of them talked more and more stiffly, and they were about to do it.Kong Zhi sat aside, but did not intervene. Suddenly I heard Situ Qianzhong's yin and yang voice saying: "The heroes of the world gathered in Shaolin today, and some of them came from thousands of miles away. Could it be that they came to avenge the beggars' gang?" Xia Zhou said: "That's right. The beggars' gang and Shaolin Liangzi sent, please put it aside for the time being, and it will not be too late to settle the accounts slowly, let's take care of that traitor Xie Xun first." The leader of the palm stick said angrily: "Don't be dirty with your mouth, the golden lion king Xie Daxia, but One of the kings of Mingjiao, what kind of traitor is not a traitor?" Xia Zhou said loudly, "You are afraid of Mingjiao, but I am not afraid of Mingjiao. Do you respect a traitor like Xie Xun as a hero?" Yang Xiao walked to the middle of the square, clasped his fists together and saluted, and said: "My Mingjiao Guangming Zuoshi, I have something to say to the heroes of the world. My teacher thanked the lion king for killing innocent people in the past, there is something wrong..." Xia Zhou said: "Hmph, he killed everyone, can you bring the dead back to life with your light words?" Yang Xiao said proudly: "We walked the rivers and lakes and lived a life of licking blood on the knife head. Who does not have a few lives in his hands? Those who are strong in martial arts, kill more people, and those who are not good at learning skills will be killed." Losing hands. If every person killed has to be killed, hehe, there are thousands of heroes in this square, and there are probably very few left. Old hero Xia, have you never killed anyone in your life?" At that time, the world was in chaos, all directions were disturbed, martial arts people walked around the rivers and lakes, if they were not killing people, they were being killed, it was very difficult to survive alone, except for a few monks and nuns of the Shaolin Sect and the Emei Sect, it was extremely rare.This Shandong Dahao Xia Zhou has a violent nature and hurts countless people. Yang Xiao's words immediately made him speechless.He was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Evil people should be killed, but good people should not be killed. This Xie Xun is exactly the same as all the devils in the Ming Cult. He specializes in doing things that hurt the nature and justice. I wish I could cut him into pieces, eat his flesh and sleep his skin. Hmph, you surnamed Yang, I think you are not a good guy." He knew that there were many powerful figures in the Ming Cult, but if he wanted to kill Xie Xun today to avenge his brother, he would have to fight a bloody battle with the Ming Cult, so he never said anything. Leave no room for it. A person in the Mingjiao wooden shed said sharply, "Xia Zhou, do you think I'm not a good person?" Xia Zhou looked at the speaker and saw that his cheeks were slashed and his mouth was sharp, his face was gray and bloodless. He didn't know what kind of person he was, and he shouted: "I don't know who you are. Since you are the head of the demon sect, Naturally, it's not a good thing." Situ Qianzhong interjected: "Brother Xia, don't you know this one? That is the Green Winged Bat King, one of the Four Great Dharma Kings of the Ming Sect." Xia Zhou said: "Bah , Bah! Vampires!" All of a sudden, the eyes of the heroes flickered, and they saw that Wei Yixiao had bullied Xia Zhou.The two of them were separated by more than ten zhang, I don't know how Wei Yixiao could arrive in such an instant.Wei Yixiao raised his hand, slapped four times, slapped him four times, stretched his elbow, and hit the acupuncture point on his lower abdomen.Xia Zhou's martial arts are not general at all, if Wei Yixiao fights him with real kung fu, at least fifty moves will be needed to defeat him, but Wei Yixiao's light body kung fu is really weird, like a ghost, like a ghost, attacking him He was caught off guard, Xia Zhou was about to fight, and he had already caught his way. Amidst the exclamations of the heroes, another white figure sprang out from the Mingjiao wooden hut, although its movement was not as thunderous and lightning-like as Wei Yixiao's, it was still faster than a galloping horse. When the white shadow came to Xia Zhou, a cloth bag opened, and under the hood, wrapped him in the cloth bag and carried him on his shoulders, only then did the heroes see clearly that it was a smiling monk, it was the cloth bag monk. Can't say.He couldn't help laughing and said: "Good thing, you are a good thing, the monk carries it home, cooks and eats slowly!" Carrying Xia Zhou on his back, he returned to the wooden shed lightly. This extremely weird incident started and stopped suddenly. Although Xia Zhou had a dozen friends and disciples by his side, the two of them came and went so fast that no one was in time to rescue them.After Wei Yixiao and said that he could not return to the wooden shed and take his seat, those ten or so people drew their weapons and rushed to the Mingjiao shed, shouting and cursing the dignitaries one after another.Unable to say anything, he opened the mouth of the cloth bag, and said with a smile: "You all go back to me and sit quietly. After the meeting, I will let him go. Are you disobedient? The monk just urinates in this cloth bag and urinates. A meal of shit, even the most polite, has to fart a lot. Do you believe it or not?" As he said, he reached out to untie his belt.The faces of the dozen or so people turned blue or yellow, but I thought that Mingjiao people would do all kinds of evil, and they could do it, but it would be impossible to seize people by force. Urine, Old Hero Xia must commit suicide.Everyone, you looked at me, and I looked at you, so I had to go back dejectedly. Watching the crowd is both astonishing and funny.When they went up the mountain, everyone was very happy, they wanted to see how to kill Xie Xun, but now seeing the skills of the two masters of Mingjiao, they feel that today's meeting is very dangerous, even if Xie Xun is killed, the square will not be covered with blood. Dead bodies can't be laid all over the place, and everyone can't help but feel that they are in danger.
I saw Situ Qianzhong holding a wine glass in his left hand and a wine gourd in his right, walking to the center of the square shaking his head, and said: "Look at the excitement today, some want to kill Xie Xun, some want to save Xie Xun, but After all, whether this Xie Xun is really in Shaolin Temple is a big mystery. I said, Master Kongzhi, why don't you invite the Golden Retriever Lion King out and let everyone see him first. Then you have to kill and save Wouldn't it be interesting for the two sides to fight each other with their true abilities?" When he said these words, more than half of the heroes in the square applauded. Yang Xiao thought to himself: "The Lion King Xie has too many enemies. Even if the Ming Cult joins forces with the Beggar Gang, it is not enough to fight against the heroes of the world. It is better to focus on the dragon sword and stir up a situation of fighting with each other." So he said loudly: "All the heroes gathered in Shaolin today. Firstly, they have their own grievances with Xie Lion King. Secondly, hehe, I am afraid that I also want to see this dragon-slaying sword. If it is according to what Mr. A scuffle, so who owns this precious sword?" When the heroes heard this, they all felt reasonable, among these thousands of people, there were only a hundred or so who really had a blood feud with Xie Xun, and the rest of the people couldn't help but thump when they thought of the word "Supreme of Martial Arts". An old man with a black beard stood up and said, "Who is in the hands of the dragon-slaying knife now? Please envoy Yang Zuo show me." Yang Xiao said: "I don't know about this festival, I'm going to ask Chan Master Kongzhi for advice." Kong Zhi shook his head and remained silent.All the heroes were secretly dissatisfied: "The Shaolin sect is the master of the meeting, but Abbot Kongwen pretended to be sick temporarily, and this Zen master Kongzhi looked like he was neither dead nor alive, I don't know what kind of mystery he was playing." A middle-aged man in a green kudzu robe stood up and said, "Although Chan Master Kongzhi doesn't know, Xie Lion King must know. Let's invite him out and ask him a question. Then each of us will see the truth with his skills. Whoever's martial arts is the best in the world, so worthy of the name, is naturally the "Supreme Martial Arts". No matter who owns this knife, it should be handed over to the Supreme Martial Arts. According to me, everyone has agreed on this section first. To avoid disputes afterwards, if there is any dissatisfaction, the heroes of the world will attack them together. What do you think?" Zhang Wuji recognized that the person who spoke was one of the three masters of the Qinghai School who besieged the Vajra Demon Circle that night. 司徒千钟道：“那不是打擂台么，我瞧有点大大儿的不妥。”那青袍汉子冷然道：“有何不妥？依阁下之见，不比武，是要比酒量了？哪一个千钟不醉，哪一个醉而不死，便是武林至尊了？” 众人轰然大笑，有人怪声说道：“这还比个甚么？这位武林至尊嘛，自然是'醉不死'司徒先生！” 司徒千钟斜过葫芦，倒了一杯酒仰脖子喝了，一本正经的道：“不敢，不敢！要说到'酒林至尊'，我'醉不死'或许还有三分指望，至于'武林至尊'哪，哈哈，不敢当啊，不敢当。”对那青袍汉子道：“阁下既提此议，武学上自有超凡入圣的造诣，在下眼拙，却不知阁下尊姓大名。” 那汉子冷冷的道：“在下是青海派叶长青，喝酒本事和装丑角的玩艺，都不及阁下。”言下之意，自是说武功上的修为，只怕要比阁下强得多了。 司徒千钟侧头想了半晌，说道：“青海派，没听见过。叶长青，嗯嗯，没听见过。” 众人暗想：“这司徒老儿好大胆子，侮辱叶长青一人那也罢了，他竟敢侮辱青海一派，难道他身后有甚么强大的靠山？还是跟青海派有何解不开的仇怨？单凭这两句话，青海派只怕立时便要出手。”只有深知司徒千钟平素为人的，才知他孤身一人，并无靠山，跟青海派也没甚么梁子，只是生性狂妄，喜欢口舌招尤，虽然一生曾因此而吃了不少苦头，却始终改不了这个脾气。 叶长青心中杀机已起，脸上却不动声色，说道：“青海派与叶某原本藉藉无名，难怪阁下不知。阁下既说比武之议不妥，比灌黄汤嘛，阁下又是喝遍天下无敌手，那便如何是好，倒要请教。” 司徒千钟道：“要说喝遍天下无敌手，此事谈何容易，当真谈何容易？想当年我在济南府……”正要唠唠叨叨的说下去，人丛中有人喝道：“醉不死，别在这儿发酒疯啦，大伙儿没空听你胡说八道。”又有人说：“到底谢逊的事怎样？屠龙刀的事怎样？”另有人道：“空智禅师，你是今日英雄大会的主人，叫咱们这么干耗着，算是怎么一会子事？”众人你一言，我一语，都是催司徒千钟别再罗唆，要空智拿一句言语出来。 这些人在人丛中纷纷呼喝，或远或近，声音来自四面八方。司徒千钟道：“江陵府黑风寨的史老大，你不用性急，你的黑沙掌虽然厉害，未必便打遍天下无敌手。鄱阳湖的水底金鳌侯兄弟，那谢狮王的武功水陆俱能，你别欺他不会水底功夫，何况人家还有一位紫衫龙王没出面，嘿嘿，鳌鱼岂是龙王之比？青阳山的吴三郎，你是用剑的，便是夺到屠龙刀，你又不会使，瞎起个甚么劲……”这人说话疯癫癫，却另有过人之能，相识既广，耳音又是绝佳，从一片嘈杂的人声之中，居然将一个个说话之人指名道姓的叫了出来，无一有误。群雄见他显了这手功夫，却也忍不住喝采。 空智身后一名老僧站起身，说道：“少林派忝为主人，不巧方丈突患重病，盛会主持无人，倒让各位见笑了。谢逊和屠龙刀二事，其实一而二，二而一，尽可合并办理。以老衲之见，适才青海派这位叶施主说得甚是有理。与会群雄，英才济济，只须各人露上一手，最后那一位艺压当场，谢逊归他处置，屠龙刀也由他执掌，群雄归心，岂不是好？”
张无忌问彭莹玉这僧人是谁。彭莹玉摇头道：“属下不知。这僧人并未参与围攻光明顶之役，也没曾被郡主娘娘擒入万安寺中，可是他一再抢在空智大师的前头说话，似乎在寺中位份不低。”赵敏低声道：“这人十九是圆真一党。我猜想空闻方丈已落在圆真手中，空智大师受了这群叛徒挟制，以致委靡气沮。” 张无忌心中一凛，问道：“彭大师以为如何？”彭莹玉道：“郡主的猜测颇有道理。只是少林寺中高手如云，圆真竟敢公然犯上作乱，胆子忒也大了。”张无忌道：“圆真布置已久。第一次想瓦解本教，第二次意图控制丐帮，两次奸谋均是功败垂成。这一次我想他是要做少林派的掌门方丈。”赵敏道：“单是做掌门方丈，也还不够。”张无忌道：“少林派是武林中的第一门派，做到掌门方丈，已是登峰造极，可不能再高了。”赵敏道：“武林至尊呢？不是更高于少林派的掌门方丈么？”张无忌一呆，道：“他想做武林至尊？” 赵敏道：“无忌哥哥，周姊姊嫁了旁人，你神魂不定，甚么事也不会想了。”张无忌被她说中了心事，脸上一红，心道：“张无忌，你不可只管顾念儿女之情，将今日营救义父的大事搁在一旁。”定了定神，心想圆真深谋远虑，今日这英雄大会，也正是他一力促成的，其中定有奸谋，便道：“敏妹，你猜圆真有何诡计？”赵敏道：“圆真此人极工心计，智谋百出……” 周颠一直在旁听着他二人低声说话，终于忍不住插口道：“郡主娘娘，你也是极工心计，智谋百出，我看不输于圆真。”赵敏笑道：“过奖了。”周颠道：“不是过奖……”彭莹玉道：“颠兄，你别打断郡主的话。”周颠怒道：“你先别打断我的话……”彭莹玉笑了笑，不再说话，知道跟他纠缠下去，争上一两个时辰也不希奇，还是乘早收口的干净。周颠道：“你怎么不说话了？”彭莹玉道：“你叫我别打断你的话，我就不打断你的话。”周颠道：“可是你已经打断过了。”彭莹玉道：“那你再接下去说就是。”周颠道：“我忘了，说不下去啦。” 赵敏笑了笑，道：“我想圆真若是单想做少林寺方丈，不必请天下英雄来此。谢大侠既已落入他的手中，何必又要叫群雄比武争夺？无忌哥哥，说到武功之强，只怕当今之世，无人及得上你，此节圆真不会不知。他决不能这般好心，安排下群雄大会，让你技胜群雄，成为武林至尊，然后将谢大侠和屠龙刀献上给你。” 张无忌、彭莹玉、周颠三人一齐点头，问道：“你猜他有何诡计？” 这时杨逍已走到张无忌身旁，插口道：“我也一直在想，圆真这厮奸谋定是不小……”周颠忍不住又道：“圆真是本教的大对头，郡主娘娘，以前你也是本教的大对头。圆真这厮诡计百出，郡主娘娘，你也是诡计百出。你两个儿倒有点儿差不多。”杨逍喝道：“又来疯疯癫癫的瞎说了。” 赵敏微微一笑，道：“周先生之言倒也有理，倘若我是圆真，我该当如何图谋呢？嗯，第一，我要劝空闻方丈大撒英雄帖，请得天下英雄来到少林寺。那空闻方丈深解佛法，原是个慈悲和平之人，自来不喜多事，但我只须提起空见和空性两个神僧，空闻方丈念着师兄弟之情，自必允可。再者，少林寺要是杀了谢大侠，和明教仇深似海，以他一派之力，未必挡得住明教的倾力进攻，但如往天下英雄头上一推，明教总不能将与会的数千好汉一古脑儿的给宰了。”众人都点头称是。 赵敏又道：“英雄大会一开成，我自己也不露脸，叫人以谢大侠与屠龙刀为饵，鼓动群雄自相争斗残杀。明教势必与群雄为敌，斗到后来，不论谁胜谁败，明教的众高手少说也当损折一半，元气大伤。” 张无忌道：“正是。此节我原也想到了，但义父对我恩重如山，与众兄弟又是数十年的交情，咱们岂能坐视不救？唉，咱们上山没几天，外祖父已然仙逝，圆真这厮定是躲在暗中拍手称快。” 赵敏道：“斗到最后，武功第一的名号多半是张教主所得，于是少林群僧说道：'张教主技压群雄，实乃可敬可贺，本寺谨将谢大侠交于张教主，请张教主到寺后山峰顶上亲去迎取便是。'于是大伙儿一齐来到峰顶，张教主便须独力去破那金刚伏魔圈。若是旁人上前相助，圆真的党羽便道：'技压群雄的是明教张教主，跟旁人可不相干，阁下还是站在一旁的为妙。'张教主夺得这武功天下第一的名头，就算身上毫不带伤，也不知已耗了多少内力神功，到那时如何是这三位老僧之敌？结果谢大侠是救不出，反而自己死在三株苍松之间。冷月凄风，伴着一代大侠张无忌的尸首，岂不妙哉？” 群豪听到这里，都是脸上变色，心想这番话确不是危言耸听，张无忌血性过人，不论多么艰苦危难，总是非救谢逊不可，纵然送了自己性命，也是决无反悔。圆真此计看准了张无忌的性子，教他明知是刀山油锅，也要跳将进去。 赵敏叹了口气，说道：“这么一来，明教是毁定了。圆真再使奸计，毒死空闻，却将罪名推在空智大师的头上，这一着安排起来十分容易，只须证据捏造得确实，不由得少林僧众不信。于是各党羽全力推举，他老人家顺理成章的当上了方丈。他老人家一声号令，群雄围攻明教，以多胜少，聚而歼之。那时候武功天下第一的名号，除了他老人家之外，只怕旁人也争夺不去。屠龙刀不出现便罢，若在江湖上现了踪迹，天下英雄人人皆知，这把宝刀的正主儿，乃是少林寺方丈圆真神僧。宝刀的得主若不给他老人家送去，只怕多有不便哪！” 她说得声音甚低，只聚在木棚这一角中的几个人听到。这番话一说完，周颠伸手在大腿上用力一拍，叫道：“正是，正是！好大的奸谋。”他这几句话却十分响亮，广场上倒有一大半人都听了，各人的眼光一齐望到明教的木棚来。
司徒千钟问道：“是甚么奸谋？说给老夫听听成不成？”周颠道：“这话是不能说的。老子一心想挑拨离间，要天下英雄自相残杀，拚个你死我活，这话要是说了出来，岂不是不灵了么？”司徒千钟笑道：“妙极，妙极！却不知如何挑拨离间，愿闻其详。”周颠大声道：“我心中有一个阴谋毒计，却假意说道：屠龙刀是在老子这里，哪一个武功最强，老子就将屠龙刀给他……”司徒千钟叫道：“好计策！好阴谋！那便如何？” 赵敏与张无忌对望了一眼，均想：“这酒鬼跟我们无亲无故，倒帮忙得紧。” 周颠大声说道：“你想这屠龙宝刀号称'武林至尊'，哪一个不想出全力争夺？于是疯子给酒鬼杀了，酒鬼给和尚杀了，和尚给道士杀了，道士给姑娘杀了……杀了个尸横遍野，血流成河，呜呼哀哉，不亦乐乎！” 群雄一听，都是栗然心惊，均想这人说话虽然疯疯癫癫，这番话却实是至理。 崆峒派的二老宗维侠站起身来，说道：“这位周先生言之有理。咱们明人不说暗话，各家各派对这把屠龙刀吗，都不免有点儿眼红，可是为了一把刀子闹得个身败名裂，甚至是全派覆灭，可有点儿犯不着。我想大伙儿得想个计较，以武会友，点到为止，虽分胜败，却不伤和气。各位以为如何？”光明顶一役，张无忌以德报怨，替他治好了因练七伤拳而蓄积的内伤，后来又蒙他救出万安寺，崆峒派这次上少林寺来，原有相助明教之意。 司徒千钟笑道：“我瞧你好大的个儿，却是怕死，既不带彩，又不伤命，这场比武有甚么看头。” 崆峒派的四老常敬之怒道：“要伤你这酒鬼，那也不用叫你带彩。”司徒千钟道：“我酒鬼不过说句玩话，常四先生何必这么大的火气？谁不知道崆峒派的七伤拳杀人不见血。少林寺的空见神僧，不也是死在七伤拳之下么？我司徒酒鬼这几根老骨头，如何是空见神僧之比？”群雄均想：“这酒鬼出口便是伤人，既得罪崆峒派，又损了少林派。他在江湖上打滚，居然给他混到这大把年纪还不死，倒也是奇事一桩。” 宗维侠却不去睬他，朗声道：“依在下之见，每一门派，每一帮会教门，各推两位高手出来，分别较量武艺。最后那一派武功最高，谢大侠与屠龙刀便都凭他处置。”群雄轰然鼓掌，都说这法子最妙。 张无忌留心看空智身后的少林群僧，大都皱起眉头，颇有不悦之色，知道赵敏识穿圆真的奸谋，破了他挑拨群雄自相残杀之计。 一个白面微须的中年汉子站起身来，手摇描金折扇，神情甚是潇洒，说道：“在下深觉宗二侠此议甚是。咱们比武较量之时，虽说点到为止，但兵刃拳脚上不生眼睛，若有失手，那也是各安天命。同门同派的师友，可不许出来挑战报复，否则纠缠不清，势必斗个没有了局。”群雄都道：“不错，正该如此。” 司徒千钟尖着嗓子，说道：“这一位兄台好英俊的人物，说话又是哈声哈气的，想必是湘南衡阳府的欧阳兄台了？”那人折扇摇了两摇，笑道：“不敢，正是区区，你捧我一句，再损我一句，刚好抵过。”司徒千钟道：“欧阳兄和我好像都是孤魂野鬼，不属甚么帮会门派。我好酒，你好色，咱哥俩创一个'酒色派'，咱们酒色派两大高手并肩子齐上，会一会天下众高手如何？”群雄哈哈大笑，觉得这司徒千钟不住的插科打诨，逗人乐子，使会场平添不少笑声，减却了不少暗中潜伏的戾气。 彭莹玉向张无忌说道，这白脸的汉子名叫欧阳牧之，一共娶了十二名姬妾，他武功虽强，却极少闯荡江湖，整日价倚红偎翠，享那温柔之乐。 欧阳牧之笑道：“若跟你联手组派，我这副身家可不够你喝酒。各位，说到比武较艺，咱们可得推举几位年高德劭、众望所归的前辈出来作公证才是。以免你说你赢，我说我赢，争执个不休。”司徒千钟笑道：“输赢自己不知道么？谁似你这般胡赖不要脸？” 宗维侠道：“还是推举几位公证人的好，少林派是主人，空智大师自然是一位了。”司徒千钟指着说不得的布袋道：“我推举山东大侠夏胄夏老英雄。” 说不得提起布袋，向司徒千钟掷了过去，笑道：“公证人来啦！”司徒千钟抛下葫芦酒杯，抱住布袋，便去解布袋上的绳子，不料说不得打绳结的本事另有一功，那捆缚袋口的绳子又是金丝混和鱼鳔所缠成，司徒千钟用尽力气，始终无法解开。说不得哈哈大笑，纵身而前，左手提起布袋，拿到自己背后，右手接着，十根手指扭了几扭，又提到身前，就是这么在身前身后兜了个圈子，布袋上的绳结已然松开。他倒转袋子一抖，夏胄滚了出来。司徒千钟忙伸手解了他的穴道。 夏胄在黑漆一团的袋中闷了半天，突然间阳光耀眼，又见广场上成千对眼睛一齐望着自己，不由得羞愧欲死，翻身拔出身边短剑，便往自己胸口插了下去。 司徒千钟夹手夺过，笑道：“胜败乃兵家常事，夏大哥何必如此心拙？” 人丛中一个矮矮胖胖的汉子大声说道：“这位布袋中的大侠，只怕没资格做公证人，我推举长白山的孙老爷子。”又有一个中年妇人说道：“浙东双义威震江南，他两兄弟正直无私，正好作公证人。”群雄你一言，我一语，霎时之间推举了十余人出来，均是江湖上颇具声望的豪杰。
突然峨嵋派中一个老尼姑冷冷的道：“推举甚么公证人了？压根儿便用不着。”她话声并不十分响亮，但清清楚楚的钻入各人耳中，显然内力修为颇是了得。司徒千钟笑道：“请教这位师太，何以不用公证人？”那老尼道：“二人相斗，活的是赢，死的便输。阎王爷是公证人。”众人听了这几句冷森森的话，背上均感到一片凉意。 司徒千钟道：“咱们以武会友，又无深仇大冤，何必动手便判生死？出家人慈悲为本，这位师太之言，也不怕佛祖嗔怪么？” 那老尼冷冷道：“你跟旁人说话胡言乱语，在峨嵋弟子跟前，可得给我规矩些。” 司徒千钟拾起葫芦酒杯，斟了一杯酒，笑道：“啧啧啧！好厉害的峨嵋派。常言道：好男不与女斗，好酒鬼不与尼姑斗！”举起酒杯，放到唇边。 突然间嗖嗖两响，破空之声极强，两枚小小念珠激射而至，一枚打中酒杯，一枚打中葫芦，跟着又是一枚射至，正中他的胸口。 只听得嘭嘭嘭三声巨响，三枚念珠炸了开来，葫芦酒杯登时粉碎，司徒千钟胸口炸了个大洞。他身子被炸力一撞，向后摔出数丈，全身衣服立时着火。夏胄上前扑打，只见司徒千钟已然气绝，脸上兀自带着笑意。可见那三枚念珠飞射爆炸之速，司徒千钟直至临死，丝毫没想到大祸已然临头。 这一下奇变犹如晴空打了个焦雷，群雄中不乏见多识广之士，可是谁也没见过如此迅速厉害的暗器。 周颠叫道：“乖乖不得了！这是甚么暗器？”杨逍低声道：“听说西域大食国有人从中国学得造火药之法，制出一种暗器，叫作'霹雳雷火弹'，中藏烈性火药，以强力弹簧机括发射。看来这老尼姑所用，便是这个家伙了。” 夏胄抱着司徒千钟烧得焦黑的尸身，朗声道：“这位司徒兄弟虽然口头上尖酸刻薄些，只不过生性滑稽，心地却甚是仁厚，一生之中，从未做过任何伤天害理之事。今日天下英雄在此，可有哪一位能说他干过何等恶行？”群雄尽皆默然。夏胄指着那老尼姑，愤然说道：“峨嵋派号称是侠义道名门正派，岂知竟会使用这等歹毒暗器。武林中虽说力强者胜，却也走不过一个'理'字去。请问这位师太上下？” 那老尼道：“我叫静迦。这位袋中大侠在此指手划脚，意欲如何？” 夏胄惨然道：“姓夏的学艺不精，惨受明教诸魔头的凌辱，那是姓夏的本领不济，却不损在下一生侠义之名。静迦师太，你如此狠毒，对得起贵派祖师郭襄郭女侠么？” 峨嵋派群弟子听他提到创派祖师的名讳，一齐站起身来。 静迦两条长眉斜斜竖起，喝道：“本派祖师的名讳，岂是你这混蛋随便叫的？”夏胄道：“你峨嵋弟子多行不义，玷辱祖师的名头。别说郭女侠，便是灭绝师太当年，纵然心狠手辣，剑底却也不诛无罪
In the midst of the chaos, four female nuns in black clothes suddenly walked into the square, each holding whisks, and said in a loud voice: "Zhou Zhiruo, the head of the Emei Sect, leads his disciples to pay homage to Abbot Kongwen of Shaolin Temple." Kong Zhi put down the empty body, said: "Please come in!" He greeted him out calmly.The remaining eight old monks in the Bodhidharma Hall were still following him, and they turned a blind eye to the tragedy just now, and didn't care about it at all. The four nuns backed up after saluting, turned around and went back out, floating in and out, what is rare is that the four of them advanced and retreated together, as if they were one person, and their feet were light and graceful, like flowing clouds and flowing water. When Zhang Wuji heard Zhou Zhiruo's arrival, his face flushed immediately, and he stole a look at Zhao Min.Zhao Min was also looking at him, their eyes met, there was a faint smile in Zhao Min's eyes, the corners of his mouth were slightly tilted, as if there was contempt, he didn't know whether he was laughing at Zhang Wuji's embarrassment, or looked down on the Emei faction's bluff. The heroines of the Emei Sect came to the square on their own, unlike the gang of beggars, and waited until Kong Zhi led the group of monks to meet them, and then marched in line, but saw eighty or ninety female disciples in the same black clothes, most of them were women with hairless hair Ni, less than half are old, middle-aged and young women.After the female disciples had finished walking, there was a distance of more than ten feet, and a beautiful and elegant girl in green shirt walked forward slowly. It was Zhou Zhiruo, the head of the Emei School. Zhang Wuji saw that her face was pale and haggard, and felt pity and shame in his heart. A few feet away behind Zhou Zhiruo, there are more than twenty male disciples, wearing black robes, most of them are refined and elegant, not as vigorous as the martial arts figures of the other schools.Each male disciple is carrying a wooden box, long or short.More than a hundred Emei people did not carry weapons on their bodies or in their hands, and the weapons were obviously stored in wooden boxes.The heroes secretly praised: "The Emei Sect is very polite, and their weapons are not exposed, which means respecting the Shaolin Sect." Zhang Wuji waited for the Emei faction to sit down, walked to the wooden shed, and bowed to Zhou Zhiruo, shyly saying, "Sister Zhou, Zhang Wuji has come to make an apology." More than a dozen female disciples of the Emei Sect stood up abruptly, all of them raised their brows and their faces were full of anger. Zhou Zhiruo Wanfu returned the salute, and said: "Don't dare, why does Zhang Jiaozhu need to be so polite? Don't come to make peace." Her face was calm, and she didn't know whether she was happy or angry.Zhang Wuji was stunned, and said: "Zhiruo, that day I missed the gift because I was in a hurry to save my adoptive father, so I feel very sorry." Zhou Zhiruo said: "I heard that Mr. Xie was trapped in the Shaolin Temple, and the leader Zhang is a hero, so he must have been rescued." Zhang Wuji blushed, and said: "All the eminent monks of the Shaolin School have superb martial arts skills. The Ming Cult has already lost a battle. My grandfather Unfortunately, he passed away because of this." Zhou Zhiruo said: "Mr. Yin is a hero throughout his life, what a pity, what a pity!" Zhang Wuji saw that she didn't show any expression of joy or anger, he didn't know what she was thinking, every word he said was hit back by her soft nail, he was really boring.But after thinking about it, on the day she married her, she went with Zhao Min in front of countless guests. The sadness in her heart at that time was thousands of times compared to her little boredom today, and she said immediately: "We will meet later. To save my adoptive father, I still look forward to the old love and give him a helping hand." As soon as he said these few words, his heart moved: "In the past six months, her skill has improved greatly. On that day, even Fan Youshi had such a skill in the wedding hall. , was forced away by her in just one move. Minmei, who is also the leader of various sects, was almost killed by her on the spot. And the day when Du Baidang and Yi Sanniang were killed, it was even more... more... ...I think that anyone who takes over as the head of Emei, she has another secret martial arts secret in her sect. Her understanding is higher than that of Miejue Shitai, so that the green is better than the blue, and even better than the blue. If she is willing to join hands with me, I am afraid that I can break the Vajra I'm subduing the demon circle." Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile, and said, "Zhiruo, I have something to ask." Zhou Zhiruo's complexion suddenly became serious, and she said, "Master Zhang, please respect yourself. How can you use the old title?" He stretched out his hand and moved behind him, and said, "Qingshu, come here and tell Master Zhang about our affairs. Say." A bearded man came over, clasped his fists and said, "Hi, Master Zhang." Zhang Wuji heard that the voice was Song Qingshu, looked closely, and recognized that it was him, but he put on a lot of make-up and looked old Ugly, covering his true face, so he clasped his fists and said, "So it's Brother Song, he's always been well." Song Qingshu smiled slightly, and said, "Speaking of which, I'd like to thank Master Zhang. You were about to marry your wife that day, but you were born temporarily Regret..." Zhang Wuji was taken aback, and asked in a trembling voice, "What?" Song Qingshu said: "My happy marriage, I would like to thank Master Zhang for making it possible." All of a sudden, Zhang Wuji was like a thunderbolt, he stood there blankly, he could see a vast expanse of whiteness in his eyes, he heard countless chaotic voices in his ears, but he didn't have the slightest idea what others were saying, after a long time, he only felt that someone was holding him Arm, said: "Master, please go back!" Zhang Wuji regained his composure, squinted, and saw that it was Han Liner holding his arm.I saw that his face was full of sorrow, sorrow and indignation, and he said to Zhou Zhiruo: "Miss Zhou, my leader is a hero of great benevolence and righteousness. It was just a little misunderstanding that day, so you married this... this... hmph Huh!" He wanted to scold Song Qingshu a few words, but because of Zhou Zhiruo's face, the words came to his mouth, but he held back. Although Zhang Wuji has a deep affection for Zhao Min, he still thinks that he and Zhou Zhiruo already have a marriage contract. He had no choice but to go with Zhao Min in order to save his adoptive father. He expected Zhou Zhiruo to be gentle and docile, so he just had to explain the reason to her frankly. No matter how badly you accompany her, she will definitely forgive her, but she unexpectedly married Song Qingshu in a fit of rage. The pain in her heart at this moment is far worse than being stabbed by her on the top of the light. He turned his head, and saw Zhou Zhiruo stretching out her slender hand as white as jade, beckoning to Song Qingshu.Song Qingshu walked up to her side triumphantly, and sat next to her, with a half-smile on his lips, he said to Zhang Wuji: "When we got married, we didn't make a lot of announcements to alarm others. This glass of wedding wine should be made up in the future Your Mightiness." Zhang Wuji wanted to say "Thank you very much", but his throat seemed to be hoarse, and he couldn't say these three words. Han Liner took his arm and said, "Master, don't bother with this kind of person." Song Qingshu laughed and said, "Brother Han, this glass of wedding wine will not be without you." Han Liner spit on the ground, feeling bitter He said: "Even if I drink three tanks of horse urine, it is better than drinking your unlucky dead man's wine." Zhang Wuji sighed, took Han Liner's arm and walked away sadly.
At this time, the head of the Beggar Gang, with a loud voice, was fighting fiercely with a Shaolin monk.The words Zhang Wuji, Zhou Zhiruo, Song Qingshu, and Han Lin'er spoke in front of the wooden shed of the Emei Sect in the northwest corner, did not attract attention.The heroes have been listening to the dispute between the Beggar Clan and the Shaolin Clan. Zhang Wuji went back to the Mingjiao wooden shed and sat down, still out of his mind, vaguely listening to the Shaolin monk in the scarlet cassock say: "I said that Senior Brother Yuan Zhen and Chen Youliang are not in this temple, and your gang will definitely not believe it. The elders of your gang who teach Unfortunately lost his life, my uncle Kongru has already arrived, so what else can we say?" Zhang Bang Longtou said: "You said that Yuan Zhen and Chen Youliang are not here, who can trust you! Unless we search for it." The Shaolin monk sneered and said: "Your Excellency wants to search the Shaolin Temple, is it a little arrogant? It's just a gang of beggars. , may not be able to do this." Zhang Bang Longtou said angrily: "You look down on the beggars, well, I will learn from you first." The Shaolin monk said: "For thousands of years, I don't know how many heroes have come to Shaolin, relying on The ancestor is merciful, but Shaolin Temple didn't teach people to burn it." The two of them talked more and more stiffly, and they were about to do it.Kong Zhi sat aside, but did not intervene. Suddenly I heard Situ Qianzhong's yin and yang voice saying: "The heroes of the world gathered in Shaolin today, and some of them came from thousands of miles away. Could it be that they came to avenge the beggars' gang?" Xia Zhou said: "That's right. The beggars' gang and Shaolin Liangzi sent, please put it aside for the time being, and it will not be too late to settle the accounts slowly, let's take care of that traitor Xie Xun first." The leader of the palm stick said angrily: "Don't be dirty with your mouth, the golden lion king Xie Daxia, but One of the kings of Mingjiao, what kind of traitor is not a traitor?" Xia Zhou said loudly, "You are afraid of Mingjiao, but I am not afraid of Mingjiao. Do you respect a traitor like Xie Xun as a hero?" Yang Xiao walked to the middle of the square, clasped his fists together and saluted, and said: "My Mingjiao Guangming Zuoshi, I have something to say to the heroes of the world. My teacher thanked the lion king for killing innocent people in the past, there is something wrong..." Xia Zhou said: "Hmph, he killed everyone, can you bring the dead back to life with your light words?" Yang Xiao said proudly: "We walked the rivers and lakes and lived a life of licking blood on the knife head. Who does not have a few lives in his hands? Those who are strong in martial arts, kill more people, and those who are not good at learning skills will be killed." Losing hands. If every person killed has to be killed, hehe, there are thousands of heroes in this square, and there are probably very few left. Old hero Xia, have you never killed anyone in your life?" At that time, the world was in chaos, all directions were disturbed, martial arts people walked around the rivers and lakes, if they were not killing people, they were being killed, it was very difficult to survive alone, except for a few monks and nuns of the Shaolin Sect and the Emei Sect, it was extremely rare.This Shandong Dahao Xia Zhou has a violent nature and hurts countless people. Yang Xiao's words immediately made him speechless.He was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Evil people should be killed, but good people should not be killed. This Xie Xun is exactly the same as all the devils in the Ming Cult. He specializes in doing things that hurt the nature and justice. I wish I could cut him into pieces, eat his flesh and sleep his skin. Hmph, you surnamed Yang, I think you are not a good guy." He knew that there were many powerful figures in the Ming Cult, but if he wanted to kill Xie Xun today to avenge his brother, he would have to fight a bloody battle with the Ming Cult, so he never said anything. Leave no room for it. A person in the Mingjiao wooden shed said sharply, "Xia Zhou, do you think I'm not a good person?" Xia Zhou looked at the speaker and saw that his cheeks were slashed and his mouth was sharp, his face was gray and bloodless. He didn't know what kind of person he was, and he shouted: "I don't know who you are. Since you are the head of the demon sect, Naturally, it's not a good thing." Situ Qianzhong interjected: "Brother Xia, don't you know this one? That is the Green Winged Bat King, one of the Four Great Dharma Kings of the Ming Sect." Xia Zhou said: "Bah , Bah! Vampires!" All of a sudden, the eyes of the heroes flickered, and they saw that Wei Yixiao had bullied Xia Zhou.The two of them were separated by more than ten zhang, I don't know how Wei Yixiao could arrive in such an instant.Wei Yixiao raised his hand, slapped four times, slapped him four times, stretched his elbow, and hit the acupuncture point on his lower abdomen.Xia Zhou's martial arts are not general at all, if Wei Yixiao fights him with real kung fu, at least fifty moves will be needed to defeat him, but Wei Yixiao's light body kung fu is really weird, like a ghost, like a ghost, attacking him He was caught off guard, Xia Zhou was about to fight, and he had already caught his way. Amidst the exclamations of the heroes, another white figure sprang out from the Mingjiao wooden hut, although its movement was not as thunderous and lightning-like as Wei Yixiao's, it was still faster than a galloping horse. When the white shadow came to Xia Zhou, a cloth bag opened, and under the hood, wrapped him in the cloth bag and carried him on his shoulders, only then did the heroes see clearly that it was a smiling monk, it was the cloth bag monk. Can't say.He couldn't help laughing and said: "Good thing, you are a good thing, the monk carries it home, cooks and eats slowly!" Carrying Xia Zhou on his back, he returned to the wooden shed lightly. This extremely weird incident started and stopped suddenly. Although Xia Zhou had a dozen friends and disciples by his side, the two of them came and went so fast that no one was in time to rescue them.After Wei Yixiao and said that he could not return to the wooden shed and take his seat, those ten or so people drew their weapons and rushed to the Mingjiao shed, shouting and cursing the dignitaries one after another.Unable to say anything, he opened the mouth of the cloth bag, and said with a smile: "You all go back to me and sit quietly. After the meeting, I will let him go. Are you disobedient? The monk just urinates in this cloth bag and urinates. A meal of shit, even the most polite, has to fart a lot. Do you believe it or not?" As he said, he reached out to untie his belt.The faces of the dozen or so people turned blue or yellow, but I thought that Mingjiao people would do all kinds of evil, and they could do it, but it would be impossible to seize people by force. Urine, Old Hero Xia must commit suicide.Everyone, you looked at me, and I looked at you, so I had to go back dejectedly. Watching the crowd is both astonishing and funny.When they went up the mountain, everyone was very happy, they wanted to see how to kill Xie Xun, but now seeing the skills of the two masters of Mingjiao, they feel that today's meeting is very dangerous, even if Xie Xun is killed, the square will not be covered with blood. Dead bodies can't be laid all over the place, and everyone can't help but feel that they are in danger.
I saw Situ Qianzhong holding a wine glass in his left hand and a wine gourd in his right, walking to the center of the square shaking his head, and said: "Look at the excitement today, some want to kill Xie Xun, some want to save Xie Xun, but After all, whether this Xie Xun is really in Shaolin Temple is a big mystery. I said, Master Kongzhi, why don't you invite the Golden Retriever Lion King out and let everyone see him first. Then you have to kill and save Wouldn't it be interesting for the two sides to fight each other with their true abilities?" When he said these words, more than half of the heroes in the square applauded. Yang Xiao thought to himself: "The Lion King Xie has too many enemies. Even if the Ming Cult joins forces with the Beggar Gang, it is not enough to fight against the heroes of the world. It is better to focus on the dragon sword and stir up a situation of fighting with each other." So he said loudly: "All the heroes gathered in Shaolin today. Firstly, they have their own grievances with Xie Lion King. Secondly, hehe, I am afraid that I also want to see this dragon-slaying sword. If it is according to what Mr. A scuffle, so who owns this precious sword?" When the heroes heard this, they all felt reasonable, among these thousands of people, there were only a hundred or so who really had a blood feud with Xie Xun, and the rest of the people couldn't help but thump when they thought of the word "Supreme of Martial Arts". An old man with a black beard stood up and said, "Who is in the hands of the dragon-slaying knife now? Please envoy Yang Zuo show me." Yang Xiao said: "I don't know about this festival, I'm going to ask Chan Master Kongzhi for advice." Kong Zhi shook his head and remained silent.All the heroes were secretly dissatisfied: "The Shaolin sect is the master of the meeting, but Abbot Kongwen pretended to be sick temporarily, and this Zen master Kongzhi looked like he was neither dead nor alive, I don't know what kind of mystery he was playing." A middle-aged man in a green kudzu robe stood up and said, "Although Chan Master Kongzhi doesn't know, Xie Lion King must know. Let's invite him out and ask him a question. Then each of us will see the truth with his skills. Whoever's martial arts is the best in the world, so worthy of the name, is naturally the "Supreme Martial Arts". No matter who owns this knife, it should be handed over to the Supreme Martial Arts. According to me, everyone has agreed on this section first. To avoid disputes afterwards, if there is any dissatisfaction, the heroes of the world will attack them together. What do you think?" Zhang Wuji recognized that the person who spoke was one of the three masters of the Qinghai School who besieged the Vajra Demon Circle that night. 司徒千钟道：“那不是打擂台么，我瞧有点大大儿的不妥。”那青袍汉子冷然道：“有何不妥？依阁下之见，不比武，是要比酒量了？哪一个千钟不醉，哪一个醉而不死，便是武林至尊了？” 众人轰然大笑，有人怪声说道：“这还比个甚么？这位武林至尊嘛，自然是'醉不死'司徒先生！” 司徒千钟斜过葫芦，倒了一杯酒仰脖子喝了，一本正经的道：“不敢，不敢！要说到'酒林至尊'，我'醉不死'或许还有三分指望，至于'武林至尊'哪，哈哈，不敢当啊，不敢当。”对那青袍汉子道：“阁下既提此议，武学上自有超凡入圣的造诣，在下眼拙，却不知阁下尊姓大名。” 那汉子冷冷的道：“在下是青海派叶长青，喝酒本事和装丑角的玩艺，都不及阁下。”言下之意，自是说武功上的修为，只怕要比阁下强得多了。 司徒千钟侧头想了半晌，说道：“青海派，没听见过。叶长青，嗯嗯，没听见过。” 众人暗想：“这司徒老儿好大胆子，侮辱叶长青一人那也罢了，他竟敢侮辱青海一派，难道他身后有甚么强大的靠山？还是跟青海派有何解不开的仇怨？单凭这两句话，青海派只怕立时便要出手。”只有深知司徒千钟平素为人的，才知他孤身一人，并无靠山，跟青海派也没甚么梁子，只是生性狂妄，喜欢口舌招尤，虽然一生曾因此而吃了不少苦头，却始终改不了这个脾气。 叶长青心中杀机已起，脸上却不动声色，说道：“青海派与叶某原本藉藉无名，难怪阁下不知。阁下既说比武之议不妥，比灌黄汤嘛，阁下又是喝遍天下无敌手，那便如何是好，倒要请教。” 司徒千钟道：“要说喝遍天下无敌手，此事谈何容易，当真谈何容易？想当年我在济南府……”正要唠唠叨叨的说下去，人丛中有人喝道：“醉不死，别在这儿发酒疯啦，大伙儿没空听你胡说八道。”又有人说：“到底谢逊的事怎样？屠龙刀的事怎样？”另有人道：“空智禅师，你是今日英雄大会的主人，叫咱们这么干耗着，算是怎么一会子事？”众人你一言，我一语，都是催司徒千钟别再罗唆，要空智拿一句言语出来。 这些人在人丛中纷纷呼喝，或远或近，声音来自四面八方。司徒千钟道：“江陵府黑风寨的史老大，你不用性急，你的黑沙掌虽然厉害，未必便打遍天下无敌手。鄱阳湖的水底金鳌侯兄弟，那谢狮王的武功水陆俱能，你别欺他不会水底功夫，何况人家还有一位紫衫龙王没出面，嘿嘿，鳌鱼岂是龙王之比？青阳山的吴三郎，你是用剑的，便是夺到屠龙刀，你又不会使，瞎起个甚么劲……”这人说话疯癫癫，却另有过人之能，相识既广，耳音又是绝佳，从一片嘈杂的人声之中，居然将一个个说话之人指名道姓的叫了出来，无一有误。群雄见他显了这手功夫，却也忍不住喝采。 空智身后一名老僧站起身，说道：“少林派忝为主人，不巧方丈突患重病，盛会主持无人，倒让各位见笑了。谢逊和屠龙刀二事，其实一而二，二而一，尽可合并办理。以老衲之见，适才青海派这位叶施主说得甚是有理。与会群雄，英才济济，只须各人露上一手，最后那一位艺压当场，谢逊归他处置，屠龙刀也由他执掌，群雄归心，岂不是好？”
张无忌问彭莹玉这僧人是谁。彭莹玉摇头道：“属下不知。这僧人并未参与围攻光明顶之役，也没曾被郡主娘娘擒入万安寺中，可是他一再抢在空智大师的前头说话，似乎在寺中位份不低。”赵敏低声道：“这人十九是圆真一党。我猜想空闻方丈已落在圆真手中，空智大师受了这群叛徒挟制，以致委靡气沮。” 张无忌心中一凛，问道：“彭大师以为如何？”彭莹玉道：“郡主的猜测颇有道理。只是少林寺中高手如云，圆真竟敢公然犯上作乱，胆子忒也大了。”张无忌道：“圆真布置已久。第一次想瓦解本教，第二次意图控制丐帮，两次奸谋均是功败垂成。这一次我想他是要做少林派的掌门方丈。”赵敏道：“单是做掌门方丈，也还不够。”张无忌道：“少林派是武林中的第一门派，做到掌门方丈，已是登峰造极，可不能再高了。”赵敏道：“武林至尊呢？不是更高于少林派的掌门方丈么？”张无忌一呆，道：“他想做武林至尊？” 赵敏道：“无忌哥哥，周姊姊嫁了旁人，你神魂不定，甚么事也不会想了。”张无忌被她说中了心事，脸上一红，心道：“张无忌，你不可只管顾念儿女之情，将今日营救义父的大事搁在一旁。”定了定神，心想圆真深谋远虑，今日这英雄大会，也正是他一力促成的，其中定有奸谋，便道：“敏妹，你猜圆真有何诡计？”赵敏道：“圆真此人极工心计，智谋百出……” 周颠一直在旁听着他二人低声说话，终于忍不住插口道：“郡主娘娘，你也是极工心计，智谋百出，我看不输于圆真。”赵敏笑道：“过奖了。”周颠道：“不是过奖……”彭莹玉道：“颠兄，你别打断郡主的话。”周颠怒道：“你先别打断我的话……”彭莹玉笑了笑，不再说话，知道跟他纠缠下去，争上一两个时辰也不希奇，还是乘早收口的干净。周颠道：“你怎么不说话了？”彭莹玉道：“你叫我别打断你的话，我就不打断你的话。”周颠道：“可是你已经打断过了。”彭莹玉道：“那你再接下去说就是。”周颠道：“我忘了，说不下去啦。” 赵敏笑了笑，道：“我想圆真若是单想做少林寺方丈，不必请天下英雄来此。谢大侠既已落入他的手中，何必又要叫群雄比武争夺？无忌哥哥，说到武功之强，只怕当今之世，无人及得上你，此节圆真不会不知。他决不能这般好心，安排下群雄大会，让你技胜群雄，成为武林至尊，然后将谢大侠和屠龙刀献上给你。” 张无忌、彭莹玉、周颠三人一齐点头，问道：“你猜他有何诡计？” 这时杨逍已走到张无忌身旁，插口道：“我也一直在想，圆真这厮奸谋定是不小……”周颠忍不住又道：“圆真是本教的大对头，郡主娘娘，以前你也是本教的大对头。圆真这厮诡计百出，郡主娘娘，你也是诡计百出。你两个儿倒有点儿差不多。”杨逍喝道：“又来疯疯癫癫的瞎说了。” 赵敏微微一笑，道：“周先生之言倒也有理，倘若我是圆真，我该当如何图谋呢？嗯，第一，我要劝空闻方丈大撒英雄帖，请得天下英雄来到少林寺。那空闻方丈深解佛法，原是个慈悲和平之人，自来不喜多事，但我只须提起空见和空性两个神僧，空闻方丈念着师兄弟之情，自必允可。再者，少林寺要是杀了谢大侠，和明教仇深似海，以他一派之力，未必挡得住明教的倾力进攻，但如往天下英雄头上一推，明教总不能将与会的数千好汉一古脑儿的给宰了。”众人都点头称是。 赵敏又道：“英雄大会一开成，我自己也不露脸，叫人以谢大侠与屠龙刀为饵，鼓动群雄自相争斗残杀。明教势必与群雄为敌，斗到后来，不论谁胜谁败，明教的众高手少说也当损折一半，元气大伤。” 张无忌道：“正是。此节我原也想到了，但义父对我恩重如山，与众兄弟又是数十年的交情，咱们岂能坐视不救？唉，咱们上山没几天，外祖父已然仙逝，圆真这厮定是躲在暗中拍手称快。” 赵敏道：“斗到最后，武功第一的名号多半是张教主所得，于是少林群僧说道：'张教主技压群雄，实乃可敬可贺，本寺谨将谢大侠交于张教主，请张教主到寺后山峰顶上亲去迎取便是。'于是大伙儿一齐来到峰顶，张教主便须独力去破那金刚伏魔圈。若是旁人上前相助，圆真的党羽便道：'技压群雄的是明教张教主，跟旁人可不相干，阁下还是站在一旁的为妙。'张教主夺得这武功天下第一的名头，就算身上毫不带伤，也不知已耗了多少内力神功，到那时如何是这三位老僧之敌？结果谢大侠是救不出，反而自己死在三株苍松之间。冷月凄风，伴着一代大侠张无忌的尸首，岂不妙哉？” 群豪听到这里，都是脸上变色，心想这番话确不是危言耸听，张无忌血性过人，不论多么艰苦危难，总是非救谢逊不可，纵然送了自己性命，也是决无反悔。圆真此计看准了张无忌的性子，教他明知是刀山油锅，也要跳将进去。 赵敏叹了口气，说道：“这么一来，明教是毁定了。圆真再使奸计，毒死空闻，却将罪名推在空智大师的头上，这一着安排起来十分容易，只须证据捏造得确实，不由得少林僧众不信。于是各党羽全力推举，他老人家顺理成章的当上了方丈。他老人家一声号令，群雄围攻明教，以多胜少，聚而歼之。那时候武功天下第一的名号，除了他老人家之外，只怕旁人也争夺不去。屠龙刀不出现便罢，若在江湖上现了踪迹，天下英雄人人皆知，这把宝刀的正主儿，乃是少林寺方丈圆真神僧。宝刀的得主若不给他老人家送去，只怕多有不便哪！” 她说得声音甚低，只聚在木棚这一角中的几个人听到。这番话一说完，周颠伸手在大腿上用力一拍，叫道：“正是，正是！好大的奸谋。”他这几句话却十分响亮，广场上倒有一大半人都听了，各人的眼光一齐望到明教的木棚来。
司徒千钟问道：“是甚么奸谋？说给老夫听听成不成？”周颠道：“这话是不能说的。老子一心想挑拨离间，要天下英雄自相残杀，拚个你死我活，这话要是说了出来，岂不是不灵了么？”司徒千钟笑道：“妙极，妙极！却不知如何挑拨离间，愿闻其详。”周颠大声道：“我心中有一个阴谋毒计，却假意说道：屠龙刀是在老子这里，哪一个武功最强，老子就将屠龙刀给他……”司徒千钟叫道：“好计策！好阴谋！那便如何？” 赵敏与张无忌对望了一眼，均想：“这酒鬼跟我们无亲无故，倒帮忙得紧。” 周颠大声说道：“你想这屠龙宝刀号称'武林至尊'，哪一个不想出全力争夺？于是疯子给酒鬼杀了，酒鬼给和尚杀了，和尚给道士杀了，道士给姑娘杀了……杀了个尸横遍野，血流成河，呜呼哀哉，不亦乐乎！” 群雄一听，都是栗然心惊，均想这人说话虽然疯疯癫癫，这番话却实是至理。 崆峒派的二老宗维侠站起身来，说道：“这位周先生言之有理。咱们明人不说暗话，各家各派对这把屠龙刀吗，都不免有点儿眼红，可是为了一把刀子闹得个身败名裂，甚至是全派覆灭，可有点儿犯不着。我想大伙儿得想个计较，以武会友，点到为止，虽分胜败，却不伤和气。各位以为如何？”光明顶一役，张无忌以德报怨，替他治好了因练七伤拳而蓄积的内伤，后来又蒙他救出万安寺，崆峒派这次上少林寺来，原有相助明教之意。 司徒千钟笑道：“我瞧你好大的个儿，却是怕死，既不带彩，又不伤命，这场比武有甚么看头。” 崆峒派的四老常敬之怒道：“要伤你这酒鬼，那也不用叫你带彩。”司徒千钟道：“我酒鬼不过说句玩话，常四先生何必这么大的火气？谁不知道崆峒派的七伤拳杀人不见血。少林寺的空见神僧，不也是死在七伤拳之下么？我司徒酒鬼这几根老骨头，如何是空见神僧之比？”群雄均想：“这酒鬼出口便是伤人，既得罪崆峒派，又损了少林派。他在江湖上打滚，居然给他混到这大把年纪还不死，倒也是奇事一桩。” 宗维侠却不去睬他，朗声道：“依在下之见，每一门派，每一帮会教门，各推两位高手出来，分别较量武艺。最后那一派武功最高，谢大侠与屠龙刀便都凭他处置。”群雄轰然鼓掌，都说这法子最妙。 张无忌留心看空智身后的少林群僧，大都皱起眉头，颇有不悦之色，知道赵敏识穿圆真的奸谋，破了他挑拨群雄自相残杀之计。 一个白面微须的中年汉子站起身来，手摇描金折扇，神情甚是潇洒，说道：“在下深觉宗二侠此议甚是。咱们比武较量之时，虽说点到为止，但兵刃拳脚上不生眼睛，若有失手，那也是各安天命。同门同派的师友，可不许出来挑战报复，否则纠缠不清，势必斗个没有了局。”群雄都道：“不错，正该如此。” 司徒千钟尖着嗓子，说道：“这一位兄台好英俊的人物，说话又是哈声哈气的，想必是湘南衡阳府的欧阳兄台了？”那人折扇摇了两摇，笑道：“不敢，正是区区，你捧我一句，再损我一句，刚好抵过。”司徒千钟道：“欧阳兄和我好像都是孤魂野鬼，不属甚么帮会门派。我好酒，你好色，咱哥俩创一个'酒色派'，咱们酒色派两大高手并肩子齐上，会一会天下众高手如何？”群雄哈哈大笑，觉得这司徒千钟不住的插科打诨，逗人乐子，使会场平添不少笑声，减却了不少暗中潜伏的戾气。 彭莹玉向张无忌说道，这白脸的汉子名叫欧阳牧之，一共娶了十二名姬妾，他武功虽强，却极少闯荡江湖，整日价倚红偎翠，享那温柔之乐。 欧阳牧之笑道：“若跟你联手组派，我这副身家可不够你喝酒。各位，说到比武较艺，咱们可得推举几位年高德劭、众望所归的前辈出来作公证才是。以免你说你赢，我说我赢，争执个不休。”司徒千钟笑道：“输赢自己不知道么？谁似你这般胡赖不要脸？” 宗维侠道：“还是推举几位公证人的好，少林派是主人，空智大师自然是一位了。”司徒千钟指着说不得的布袋道：“我推举山东大侠夏胄夏老英雄。” 说不得提起布袋，向司徒千钟掷了过去，笑道：“公证人来啦！”司徒千钟抛下葫芦酒杯，抱住布袋，便去解布袋上的绳子，不料说不得打绳结的本事另有一功，那捆缚袋口的绳子又是金丝混和鱼鳔所缠成，司徒千钟用尽力气，始终无法解开。说不得哈哈大笑，纵身而前，左手提起布袋，拿到自己背后，右手接着，十根手指扭了几扭，又提到身前，就是这么在身前身后兜了个圈子，布袋上的绳结已然松开。他倒转袋子一抖，夏胄滚了出来。司徒千钟忙伸手解了他的穴道。 夏胄在黑漆一团的袋中闷了半天，突然间阳光耀眼，又见广场上成千对眼睛一齐望着自己，不由得羞愧欲死，翻身拔出身边短剑，便往自己胸口插了下去。 司徒千钟夹手夺过，笑道：“胜败乃兵家常事，夏大哥何必如此心拙？” 人丛中一个矮矮胖胖的汉子大声说道：“这位布袋中的大侠，只怕没资格做公证人，我推举长白山的孙老爷子。”又有一个中年妇人说道：“浙东双义威震江南，他两兄弟正直无私，正好作公证人。”群雄你一言，我一语，霎时之间推举了十余人出来，均是江湖上颇具声望的豪杰。
突然峨嵋派中一个老尼姑冷冷的道：“推举甚么公证人了？压根儿便用不着。”她话声并不十分响亮，但清清楚楚的钻入各人耳中，显然内力修为颇是了得。司徒千钟笑道：“请教这位师太，何以不用公证人？”那老尼道：“二人相斗，活的是赢，死的便输。阎王爷是公证人。”众人听了这几句冷森森的话，背上均感到一片凉意。 司徒千钟道：“咱们以武会友，又无深仇大冤，何必动手便判生死？出家人慈悲为本，这位师太之言，也不怕佛祖嗔怪么？” 那老尼冷冷道：“你跟旁人说话胡言乱语，在峨嵋弟子跟前，可得给我规矩些。” 司徒千钟拾起葫芦酒杯，斟了一杯酒，笑道：“啧啧啧！好厉害的峨嵋派。常言道：好男不与女斗，好酒鬼不与尼姑斗！”举起酒杯，放到唇边。 突然间嗖嗖两响，破空之声极强，两枚小小念珠激射而至，一枚打中酒杯，一枚打中葫芦，跟着又是一枚射至，正中他的胸口。 只听得嘭嘭嘭三声巨响，三枚念珠炸了开来，葫芦酒杯登时粉碎，司徒千钟胸口炸了个大洞。他身子被炸力一撞，向后摔出数丈，全身衣服立时着火。夏胄上前扑打，只见司徒千钟已然气绝，脸上兀自带着笑意。可见那三枚念珠飞射爆炸之速，司徒千钟直至临死，丝毫没想到大祸已然临头。 这一下奇变犹如晴空打了个焦雷，群雄中不乏见多识广之士，可是谁也没见过如此迅速厉害的暗器。 周颠叫道：“乖乖不得了！这是甚么暗器？”杨逍低声道：“听说西域大食国有人从中国学得造火药之法，制出一种暗器，叫作'霹雳雷火弹'，中藏烈性火药，以强力弹簧机括发射。看来这老尼姑所用，便是这个家伙了。” 夏胄抱着司徒千钟烧得焦黑的尸身，朗声道：“这位司徒兄弟虽然口头上尖酸刻薄些，只不过生性滑稽，心地却甚是仁厚，一生之中，从未做过任何伤天害理之事。今日天下英雄在此，可有哪一位能说他干过何等恶行？”群雄尽皆默然。夏胄指着那老尼姑，愤然说道：“峨嵋派号称是侠义道名门正派，岂知竟会使用这等歹毒暗器。武林中虽说力强者胜，却也走不过一个'理'字去。请问这位师太上下？” 那老尼道：“我叫静迦。这位袋中大侠在此指手划脚，意欲如何？” 夏胄惨然道：“姓夏的学艺不精，惨受明教诸魔头的凌辱，那是姓夏的本领不济，却不损在下一生侠义之名。静迦师太，你如此狠毒，对得起贵派祖师郭襄郭女侠么？” 峨嵋派群弟子听他提到创派祖师的名讳，一齐站起身来。 静迦两条长眉斜斜竖起，喝道：“本派祖师的名讳，岂是你这混蛋随便叫的？”夏胄道：“你峨嵋弟子多行不义，玷辱祖师的名头。别说郭女侠，便是灭绝师太当年，纵然心狠手辣，剑底却也不诛无罪