Chapter 40 Chapter Forty
The next morning Zhang Wuji got up early and jumped up a tall tree to look out. He saw the enemy's banners unfurling at the foot of the mountain, men and horses galloping, and the sound of horns in the camp came and went. It was obvious that he was very busy dispatching troops.Zhang Wuji said: "Sister Min!" Zhao Min replied: "Well, what's the matter?" Zhang Wuji hesitated a little, and said: "It's nothing, I will call you casually." She is resourceful and resourceful, and she must have a clever strategy, but then she thought: "She is the princess of the imperial court, she betrayed her father and brother and followed me, and if she wants to make a plan to kill her own Mongolian, it will be difficult for her." He refrained from speaking again.Zhao Min recognized his intentions by looking at his appearance, sighed, and said: "Brother Wuji, if you can understand my difficulties, I don't need to say more."
Zhang Wuji went back into the room, hesitant and helpless, he took out the two bundles of papers that Zhao Min took last night, read a few pages of "Nine Yin Scriptures", and then flipped through "Wu Mu's Suicide Notes", and read a few chapters , I accidentally saw the five small characters "Soldiers Trapped in Niutou Mountain", and my heart moved. After reading it carefully, it was Yue Fei who described how he was surrounded by the golden army, how he escaped from the trap, how he stood out from the strange soldiers, and how he achieved great success by attacking both inside and outside. Victory, various strategies, and detailed descriptions.
Zhang Wuji slapped the table and shouted: "God help me too!" Covering his military script, he thought quietly, although the situation on Shaoshi Mountain is quite different from Yue Fei's situation when he was trapped in Niutou Mountain, but with his last intention, he could not win by surprise before the beginning .The more he thought about it, the more he admired him, he thought to himself that Yue Wu Mu Guo was a genius of the sky, so dangerous, how could ordinary people think of it, and he wanted to use soldiers like martial arts. You can't count miles.He dipped his fingers in the tea and drew figures on the table, although he felt that the action was dangerous, he never failed to get away with it.Now that I have made up my mind, I come to the Daxiong Hall and ask Abbot Kongwen to summon a group of heroes.
In a moment, heroes from all walks of life gathered in the hall.Zhang Wuji stood in the middle and said, "Right now the Tatars are gathering at the foot of the mountain, and it is expected that they will attack the mountain in a big way soon. Although our small victory yesterday has dampened the enthusiasm of the Tartars, if the Tartars swarm up without regard for their lives, it will be our fault. It's hard to resist. I'm not talented. I was recommended by all the heroes to temporarily serve as the coach. Today the enemy is united in hatred, please listen to the order." The heroes said together: "But there are orders, and you should obey them, and dare not disobey them. " Zhang Wuji said: "Okay! The envoy of Wu Qi listens to the order!"
Wu Jincao took a step forward with Ruijin Banner in charge of the flag, bowed and said, "I will obey the order." I thought to myself, "It is a great honor for me to be the first one to send me the order given by the leader. No matter what I am ordered to do, No matter how difficult the situation is, you must risk your life." Zhang Wuji said: "I order you to lead the brothers of this banner and take charge of the military law. If any hero does not obey the order, the sharp gold banner will greet him with spears and hatchets. Seniors and martial arts elders, without exception." Wu Jincao said loudly, "Decree!" He drew out a small white flag from his bosom and held it in his hand.Wu Jincao's reputation in martial arts is not top-notch in Jianghu, so others didn't pay much attention to him.But ever since the five-element flag displayed its majesty on the square that day, all the heroes knew that wherever the white flag went in his hand, five hundred feathered arrows, five hundred javelins, and five hundred hatchets followed. His abilities are so high that he becomes a ball of meat sauce in an instant, so seeing his white flag unfurling, his heart shudders.
It turned out that Zhang Wuji read "Wu Mu's Suicide Notes", and when he saw the first chapter, he said: "The way to govern the army, strict orders are the first." He knew that these heroes of the rivers and lakes have always been arrogant and acted their own way. If it wasn't for the Ministry of Shenling to make everyone obey the command, they would never be able to fight against the elite Mongolian soldiers. Therefore, the first thing they did was to order the Ruijin Banner Supervision Order to enforce the law.
Zhang Wuji pointed to a screen wall in front of the hall, and said: "Heroes, whoever has light kung fu and is capable of leaping up this screen wall, please do your part." He thought to himself: "What is it that you ask us to do this insignificant vertical jumping?" Some senior masters felt that he underestimated others, and they were very unhappy.
Zhang Songxi came out in line with the crowd and said: "I can jump up." He jumped up to the screen wall and turned down from the other side lightly. It was effortless, but he didn't show off, he just obediently obeyed the order and jumped over.
Then Yu Lianzhou, Yin Liting, Yang Xiao, Fan Yao, Wei Yixiao, Yin Yewang and other masters obeyed one by one. I saw the heroes jump over the wall one after another like butterflies wearing flowers, some of them showed off their lightness skills, and even performed various flowers in midair. In this way, more than 400 people jumped, and no one else tried.This screen wall is really not low, if it is not for the lightness kung fu, it is not easy to jump up it.There are different levels of martial arts among the heroes, those who are good at punching, kicking and fighting with swords are often very common, and the famous people in the Jianghu are all self-aware, and they are absolutely not willing to expose their shortcomings in public.
Zhang Wuji saw that among the more than four hundred people, Shaolin monks accounted for eighty or ninety people, and thought: "Shaolin is the number one sect in the martial arts, and it really deserves its reputation. In terms of lightness kung fu alone, the masters are far superior to others." There are many sects." So the order was sent: "Yu Erbo, Zhang Sibo, and Yin Liushu, please bring the three heroes who are good at light kung fu together, bluff and pretend that all the people in the temple are fleeing, so as to attract the enemy to chase them. That's it." Wudang sent Yu, Zhang and Yin's three heroes to receive the order in unison.Zhang Wuji assigns them one by one, who will lie in ambush, who will break the rear, who will attack the fortress, and who will attack from the flank, all of them are arranged in detail.
Yang Xiao and the others saw that his plan was ingenious, and that his formation to meet the enemy was so well-organized. If there was a premeditated plan, they were all surprised, but they didn't know that he was using the method left by Yue Wumu, only slightly changed due to the different terrain and different subordinates. .
Zhang Wuji finished his assignment, and finally said: "Abbot Kongwen and Divine Monk Kongzhi, please lead the Emei Sect to rescue the dead and wounded." Zhou Zhiruo was not on the mountain, and the Emei Sect had no leader. , it is inconvenient to command, so I asked Kong Wen and Kong Zhi, two highly respected monks, to lead. It is expected that the disciples of the Emei group will not disobey orders.He gave an order, and the male and female disciples of the Emei Sect accepted the order silently without any objection.
Zhang Wuji said in a loud voice: "Today, the people with lofty ideals in the Central Plains are working together to deal with the Tartars. Masters of the Shaolin School who are in charge of the bells and drums, please beat the drums and ring the bells."
Liehuoqi moved out all the firewood stored in the temple, piled it in front of the temple, and set it on fire, and the smoke rose into the sky in a moment.The Thick Earth Banner spreads mud and sand on the top of Buddhist temples everywhere, and the Fiery Banner piles firewood on the sand and pours fuel, and ignites the fire, so that the fire will not spread to the temple. Looking up from the bottom of the mountain, hundreds of There were raging fires everywhere in the monastery.
The Yuan army at the foot of the mountain first heard the sound of bells and drums, and they were already on guard. When they saw the fire on the mountain, they all said: "No, the barbarians set fire to the temple and must flee."
Yu Lianzhou led more than 150 heroes with excellent lightness skills, and ran down from the left side of Shaoshi Mountain.Before they could reach the mountainside, the Yuan army had already clamored loudly and lined up to chase after them.The heroes scattered in all directions, so that the Yuan army's feathered arrows could not be fired in clusters.The second batch was led by Zhang Songxi, and the third batch was led by Yin Liting.Each of them carries a big burden on their back, and what is hidden in the bag is either wooden boards or clothes and quilts.From the perspective of the Yuan army, it was the embarrassment of abandoning the temple and fleeing for their lives. The feather arrow hit the burden, but it did not hurt anyone.The Yuan army couldn't see the number of people clearly in the smoke, so they divided up 10,000 troops to pursue, and the remaining 10,000 troops stayed in place to prevent change.
Zhang Wuji said to Yang Xiao: "Yang Zuoshi, the Tartar general is quite capable of using troops, and he doesn't want to pursue with the whole army. This is troublesome." Yang Xiao said: "Yes, this matter is indeed worrying."
Only the horn sounded from the bottom of the mountain, and two thousand-man troops of the Yuan army came up the mountain from left and right. The hillside was rugged, but Mongolian ponies galloped like flying, with spears and iron armor, and the army was very strong.When the vanguard of the Yuan army reached the side of the pavilion in the middle of the mountain, Zhang Wuji waved his hand, and the people of Lihuo Banner rushed away from both sides and lay down in the grass.When the enemy's 2,000 men and horses had advanced more than a hundred feet, Xin Ran whistled, and the oil in the spray gun shot out, and the fire burst out suddenly, and all of them burned on the horses.The group of horses neighed and screamed, and more than half of them rolled down the mountain, causing chaos.
The Yuan army's military discipline was strict. Although the front team was defeated, the rear team did not move. Under the order, three thousand-man teams abandoned their horses and attacked on foot.The fire flag sprayed flames again, and hundreds of people were burned to death and injured, and the rest of them still went forward bravely.The flood flag held the flag and Tang Yang waved the black flag, spraying poisonous water, followed by the thick earth flag throwing poisonous sand, beating the Yuan soldiers to pieces.Although hundreds of people attacked the mountain peak, they were all wiped out by the two banners of Ruijin and Jumu.
Hearing the beating of drums at the bottom of the mountain suddenly, the five thousand-man team erected huge shields, lined up in a horizontal line, and slowly pushed forward like an iron wall.In this way, the raging fire, poisonous water, and arsenopyrite are useless. Even if the giant wooden flag hits with a giant log, it seems that it can only break through a few gaps, which is of no avail.
Abbot Kong Wen saw that the situation was urgent, and said: "Master Zhang, please retreat quickly to preserve the vitality of my martial arts in the Central Plains. Although I am defeated today, I will make a comeback in the future."
While panicking, he suddenly heard the sound of a golden drum beating down the mountain, and a rocket soared into the sky, followed by the sound of killing.Yang Xiao was overjoyed, and said: "Master, our reinforcements are here!" Looking down from the top of the mountain, he couldn't see the scene below, but the smoke and dust rose into the air, people were noisy and horses neighed, it was obvious that the reinforcements had come in large numbers.
Zhang Wuji shouted loudly: "The reinforcements have arrived, everyone charge!" The heroes on the mountain all raised their weapons and charged down.Zhang Wuji called again: "Heroes, kill officials first, then soldiers." All the heroes shouted: "Kill officials first, then soldiers!"
Every ten soldiers in the Mongolian army is a ten-man team, led by a chief, and above it is a team of hundreds, thousands, and ten thousand people, all under the leadership at every level. refer to.Zhang Wuji sent an order to select the officers of the Yuan army to kill. If the two armies confronted each other and fought in formation, it would be difficult to do so. But at this moment, the Yuan army was fighting scattered on the hillside. The commanders of thousands and centurions were immediately killed.A group of elite Mongolian soldiers became a mess.
Zhang Wuji and others rushed to the mountainside, and saw the flags waving at the foot of the mountain, with the word "Xu" on the South Head Banner and the word "Chang" on the North Head Flag, he knew that Xu Da and Chang Yuchun had arrived.Xu Chang and Xu Chang were originally in Huaisi, but at this time they were in the south of Henan Province. They were told by Budai monk that they could not be summoned. When they learned that the leader was besieged on Shaoshi Mountain, they gathered all their subordinates and came to help them at night.At that time, in the area of southern Henan and northern Hubei, the Mingjiao Rebel Army and the Yuan Army had been fighting for years, and the territories occupied by the two sides were intertwined.The people led by Xu Da and Chang Yuchun were all battle-hardened fighters, and their numbers were large, forcing the Yuan army to retreat westward.
Another group of 10,000 Yuan troops chased the heroes who pretended to abandon the temple and escaped, and went straight to the western valley.Yu Lianzhou, Zhang Songxi, Yin Liting and hundreds of heroes with outstanding lightness kung fu fled into the valley while fighting and retreating.Master Wan of the Yuan Army saw that the valley was surrounded by cliffs on three sides, and the terrain was dangerous, but he saw that there were not many enemies, even if there was an ambush in the valley, he could deal with it as best he could, so he sent his army to chase into the valley.Yu Lianzhou and others rushed to the bottom of the cliff, there were already dozens of long cables hanging down from the cliff, and everyone climbed up.Seeing that he had hit the trick, the captain hurriedly ordered the army to retreat. Unexpectedly, fire, poisonous sand, feather arrows and poisonous water shot at the entrance of the valley, and the giant wooden flag piled up sections of giant trees to seal the entrance of the valley.
At this moment, the Yuan army's second route of defeated soldiers arrived again. Seeing that there was no way out, they scattered and fled all over the mountains and plains.Zhang Wuji and Xu Da arrived one after another, both shouting: "It's a pity!" If the contact is made properly in advance, the second 10,000-man team of the Yuan army can be driven into the valley together, and they can be wiped out in one blow.Zhang Wuji didn't expect the Yuan army to chase after only half of them, and he didn't know that the reinforcements would come so quickly.After all, commanding battle formations is not his forte. Although the tactics taught in "Wu Mu's Suicide Notes" are excellent, they are hard to master after all. If Xu Da and Chang Yuchun hadn't arrived in time, the Shaolin Temple would surely be doomed escape, and the first 10,000 yuan army trapped in the valley will finally be rescued by the friendly army.
Now Xu Da ordered the troops to move the soil and rocks, and then seal the valley mouth. Teams of archers climbed to the top of the cliff and fired arrows into the valley condescendingly.The Yuan army was in a desperate situation, unable to fight back, so they could only look for mountains and rocks to hide.
Not long after, Chang Yuchun led a team to arrive, met Zhang Wuji, and reunited after a long absence, all of them were overjoyed.Chang Yuchun yelled: "Move away the earth and rocks, let's rush in and kill all the Tartars." Xu Da said with a smile: "There is no water or rice in the valley, and within seven or eight days, the Tartars will die of thirst and starve. Starve to death, why bother you and my brother?" Chang Yuchun laughed and said, "It's always easy to kill with your own hands." Although he is older than Xu Da, he usually obeys Xu Da's resourcefulness, and seeing Zhang Wuji echoing Xu Da's words, at the moment Don't say any more.
The two Xu and Chang have fought battles for a long time, and every order is properly and briefly explained.Zhang Wuji knew that it was too late, so he asked Xu and Chang to command and search and kill the scattered Yuan soldiers.
That night, there were thunderous cheers at the foot of Shaoshi Mountain, and the Mingjiao Rebel Army and heroes from all walks of life celebrated their victories.All the heroes ate vegetarian food in Shaolin Temple for several days, and their mouths were already so sad. At this time, they were feasting on wine and meat.
During the meeting, Zhang Wuji asked Chang Yuchun how he was and whether he followed the prescription he prescribed.Chang Yuchun laughed loudly, and said, "Master, you don't have to worry. Old Chang is as healthy as a cow. He eats three catties of meat and six bowls of rice for one meal. When a war starts, he won't sleep for three days and three nights." It's the same thing." The implication is that there is no need to take any medicine.Zhang Wuji recalled what Hu Qingniu said in the past, and earnestly advised him to take medicine and take care of himself.Chang Yuchun agreed, but he didn't think so in his heart.
Xu Daman poured a glass of wine, offered it to Zhang Wuji, and said, "Congratulations to the leader, please use up this glass!" Zhang Wuji took the drink.Xu Da said: "I usually admire the leader's courage and superb martial arts. Unexpectedly, the use of soldiers is so wonderful. It is really a blessing for this religion and a blessing for the common people." Zhang Wuji laughed and said: "Brother Xu, you don't have to compliment me. Today's big victory, firstly, Xu Chang and his two eldest brothers came very quickly, and secondly, it relied on Yue Wumu's legacy. The younger brother really did not have half of the credit." Xu Daqi said: "Why is it Yue Wumu's legacy? I hope the leader Express."
Zhang Wuji took out a bunch of thin yellow paper from his bosom, which was the "Wu Mu's Suicide Note" originally hidden in the dragon-slaying knife, turned to the section "Soldiers Trapped on Niutou Mountain", and handed it over.Xu Da took it with both hands, read it carefully, couldn't help being surprised and admiring, and sighed: "Wu Mu used soldiers like a god, which is beyond the reach of future generations. If Yue Wumu is still in the world today, leading the heroes of the Central Plains, why worry about it?" Don't drive the Tartars back to Mobei." He said respectfully and handed back the suicide note.
But Zhang Wuji didn't take it, and said: "'The Supreme Being of the Martial Arts, the precious sword slays the dragon, commands the world, no one dares not to obey', I only know the true meaning of these sixteen words today. The so-called 'Supreme Martial Arts' does not lie in the sword itself, And the suicide note hidden in the knife. Facing the enemy with this method of war, you will be able to fight and conquer, and in the end, you will "command the world, and no one dares not to follow". Otherwise, how can you really command the world with only a precious sword? The world? Brother Xu, this book of war is passed on to you as a gift, I hope you will carry on Yue Wumu’s will, return my rivers and mountains, and go straight to Huanglong.”
Xu Da was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "What virtue and ability do you have, how dare you receive such a generous gift from the leader?" Zhang Wuji said: "Brother Xu, you don't have to decline. I give you this book of war for the sake of the common people in the world." Xu Da held the book of war in his hands. , hands trembling.Zhang Wuji said: "Among the rumors of martial arts, there are still two sayings: 'If the Yitian does not come out, who will fight for the front'? The Yitian sword is currently broken in two, but it will be connected in the future. Hidden in the sword is a piece Extremely powerful martial arts secret book. I understand the true meaning of these few words. The book of war is used to drive away the Tartars. But if someone once in power, turns out to be a domineering, violent for violent, and the people of the world are tortured by him, then there will be a hero in the end. Holding the Yitian long sword in his hand, he came to take the head of the tyrant. Even if a man who commands millions of soldiers has power over the world, he may not be able to be a blow of the Yitian sword. Brother Xu, please write down these words."
Xu Da was sweating profusely, he didn't dare to resign, he said: "I would like to obey the order of the priest." He offered "Wu Mu's Last Letter" on the table, respectfully kowtowed four times, and thanked Zhang Wuji for his gift of the book.
After that, Xu Da used his troops like a god, defeated the Yuan army in a row, and finally led the Northern Expedition, driving the Mongols to the outside of the Great Wall, and shocked Mobei, establishing a generation of achievements.
Since then, the heroes of the Central Plains have devoted themselves to Mingjiao, and Zhang Wuji's orders have been obeyed everywhere.The Ming Cult has been despised by people for hundreds of years, and it has been regarded as a demon for adultery. After this earth-shaking change, it has become the leader of the Central Plains, and has successfully accomplished the great cause of the great man's grandson Zhongxing.Afterwards, although Zhu Yuanzhang had different intentions and repeated treacherous schemes to ascend to the throne, the people who helped him conquer the country were all members of the Ming religion, so the name of the country had to be called "Ming".From Wushen in the first year of Hongwu to Jiashen in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, the world in 277 years all came from Mingjiao.
All the heroes drink happily until they get drunk.In the afternoon, all the heroes bid farewell to Kong Wen and Kong Zhi. Seeing the disciples of the Emei Sect in disarray, Zhang Wuji felt pity, and saw Song Qingshu lying on a stretcher, not knowing whether he was alive or dead, so he approached him and said to Jinghui, "Let me take a look at Brother Song's injury." Jinghui He said coldly: "There is no need to be merciful when a cat cries for a mouse." Zhou Dian was nearby, and couldn't help cursing: "Master, I cared about the old relationship with your leader, so I treated this Song. In fact, everyone who bullies his master and betrays his father will be rewarded." Kill him, what are you talking about, you evil nun?" Jing Hui was about to retort, but seeing Zhou Dian's ugly appearance and fierce expression, he was afraid that he would be unreasonable, and if he really made a move, he would suffer immediate losses, so he could only hold back his anger and sneered, "I am the Emei Patriarch." It has been passed down from generation to generation that the disciples are all pure and pure women. If the head of the sect Zhou is not a young girl who guards her body like a jade, how can she be the head of the sect? Hmph, if a traitor like Song Qingshu stays in the sect, it will tarnish the name of the head of the sect. Nephew Li and Nephew Long, send this guy back to the Wudang faction!" The two Emei disciples who were carrying Song Qingshu agreed in unison, carried the stretcher in front of Yu Lianzhou, put it down and left. Everyone was taken aback.Yu Lianzhou said: "What... what? Isn't he the husband of your head?" Jinghui said bitterly: "Hmph, how could my head take such a person seriously? She couldn't be more angry than Zhang Wuji, who changed his mind and ran away from marriage, humiliating the faction before the heroes of the world, and tricked this kid into pretending to be some kind of husband. Who would have known... hum, if I had known this, why would my head have such a bad name? Right now she...she..." Zhang Wuji was stunned listening to it, and couldn't help but stepped forward and asked: "You said Mrs. Song...she...she is not Mrs. Song?" Jinghui turned her head, and said bitterly: "I won't talk to you say." At this moment, Song Qingshu, who was lying on the stretcher, moved and moaned, "Kill...Kill Zhang Wuji?" Jinghui sneered, "Don't dream! It's beautiful to think about death. " Yin Liting saw that Jinghui was so angry that she couldn't understand what she was saying, so she asked Bei Jinyi, another female disciple of the Emei Sect, in a low voice, "Junior Sister Bei, what's going on?" Bei Jinyi and Ji Xiaofu were very good friends back then, when he heard him ask, she pondered for a while and said: "Senior sister Jinghui, Yin Liuxia is not an outsider, my little sister told him, okay?" Jinghui said: " What outsiders are not outsiders? Not outsiders want to say it, but outsiders want to say it. Our head Zhou is innocent and has nothing to do with this traitor surnamed Song. You can see the palace sand on the head's arm with your own eyes. This matter must be known to all martial arts colleagues in the world, so as not to break the centuries-old rules of my Emei Sect..." Yin Liting thought to himself: "Master Jinghui is not very clear-headed, and his words are a bit confusing." He said to Bei Jinyi: "Sister Bei, since this is the case, I look forward to explaining in detail. How can my nephew Song join the noble sect? What is the relationship between the head of your faction, I will have to report to my teacher in the future. This matter involves both the noble faction and our faction, so it’s better not to hurt the peace of both parties.” Bei Jinyi sighed, and said: "Given the character of Song Shaoxia's martial arts, he was a rare figure in the martial arts world, but he fell into karma because of his infatuation. My head seems to have promised him that he would kill Zhang Wuji , to get rid of the humiliation of abandoning the marriage, he married him immediately. Therefore, he willingly joined the sect and asked my head master for wonderful martial arts. At the hero meeting the day before yesterday, the head suddenly claimed that he was "Mrs. Song" and said yes This Song Shaoxia's wife, everyone in the school was very surprised at the time. The head of the school was so powerful that day that he overwhelmed all the schools..." Zhou Dian interjected: "Our leader deliberately gave in, so what's the big deal!" Bei Jinyi ignored him, and continued: "Although the disciples of our sect are very happy, but at night, everyone still asked her the origin of the word 'Mrs. Song'. The head of the sect showed his left arm and said solemnly:' Come and have a look, everyone!" We all saw with our own eyes that the sand on her arm was as red as before, and she was indeed a virgin who knew the etiquette and guarded herself. The head said: "I call myself Mrs. Song because it is a temporary expediency. It's just a plan. It's just to be angry with that guy Zhang Wuji, so that he can be restless, so that he can take advantage of the opportunity to defeat him in the martial arts competition. This kid is excellent in martial arts, and I really can't match him. For the reputation of our school, my own reputation is worthless. ?'" She said these words clearly, intending to make many people around her understand, and said: "If the male and female disciples of this school are not monks and cultivate Taoism, they would not be able to help marrying, but since the founder of the school, Guo Zushi, the highest and most profound Kungfu is only taught to virgins who guard their bodies like jade. When every female disciple apprentices, the master touches the palace sand on our arms. Every year on the birthday of Master Guo, the former master will inspect it. At that time, the senior sisters... that's it ..." When she said this, she was vague and said no more. However, Yin Liting and the others already understood, knowing that Bei Jinyi wanted to say that Nian Xiaofu was seduced by Yang Xiao and lost her virginity, and Shou Gongsha disappeared, so Miejue Shitai found out.Yin Liting and Yang Buhui were very affectionate after their marriage, but when he thought of Ji Xiaofu, he couldn't help feeling embarrassed, and couldn't help but cast a glance at Yang Xiao, seeing tears in his eyes, he turned his head away. Bei Jinyi said: "Yin Liuxia, the head of my sect intends to teach Master Zhang with anger, but it happens that this Song Shaoxia is obsessed with my sect leader, so many things happen in the middle. I only hope that Song Shaoxia will recover, and Yin Liuxia will return to the school again. Zhenren Zhang and Daxia Song have a few words of kindness, so as not to create a rift between our two factions." Yin Liting nodded and said: "That should be the case. My nephew is a disobedient person. It is not a pity to die. It is really a shame for our sect. I hope he will die sooner." He was soft-hearted, but he thought of Song Qingshu's death. Shenggu's crimes are truly hated. While he was talking, he suddenly heard a sharp cry from a distance, it seemed to be Zhou Zhiruo's voice, the sudden and frightening voice seemed to have encountered some extremely dangerous accident. All of a sudden, everyone couldn't help but feel horrified. At this moment, in broad daylight, people were standing all around, but this exclamation sounded like a ghost appeared suddenly.Everyone turned their heads to look where the voice came from.Zhang Wuji, Jing Hui, Bei Jinyi and others all rushed to meet him.
Zhang Wuji was afraid that Zhou Zhiruo would encounter a formidable enemy, so he rushed quickly, after a few ups and downs, he had passed through the woods, only to see a blue shadow rushing towards him, it was Zhou Zhiruo.He rushed up to greet the general, and asked: "Zhiruo, what's the matter?" Zhou Zhiruo's face was extremely horrified, and she shouted: "Ghost, ghost, there is a ghost chasing me!" He threw himself into Zhang Wuji's arms, trembling. Zhang Wuji saw that she was scared out of her wits, so he patted her on the shoulder and comforted her: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid! There will be no ghosts. What did you see?" Her coat was torn by thorns, and her face and hands were covered with bruises. There are many bloodstains, and half of the sleeve of the left arm has been torn off, revealing a white arm like a snow lotus root, with a point in the middle of the upper arm, like coral, like ruby, it is the Shougongsha of a virgin. Zhang Wuji is proficient in medicine, and he knew that after getting this shougong sand on his virgin's arm, if he didn't get married or lost his virginity, he would never retreat for life.He had heard Jinghui and Bei Jinyi's words before, and he was still doubtful, but now that he saw it with his own eyes, he had no doubts, and in an instant, countless thoughts turned in his mind: "Marrying Song Qingshu as a roommate, it really is nothing. Why did she lie to me? Why is she trying to get angry with me? Is it really because of the title of 'No. 1 martial arts in the world'? Or do you want to test if I still have affection for her in my heart?" Then I thought again: "Zhang Wuji, Zhang Wuji , Miss Zhou is the big enemy who killed your cousin, whether she is a virgin or someone else's wife, what does it have to do with you?" But seeing that Zhou Zhiruo was really terrified, she couldn't bear it and pushed her away. Lying in Zhang Wuji's arms, Zhou Zhiruo felt the strong muscles on his chest and smelled the masculine breath on his body. She gradually calmed down and said, "Brother Wuji, is that you?" Zhang Wuji said, "It's me! What did you see? Why are you afraid of being like this?" Zhou Zhiruo suddenly panicked again, with a bang, tears burst into tears, and she leaned on his shoulder, sobbing uncontrollably. At this time, Yang Xiao, Wei Yixiao, Jinghui, Yin Liting and others had already arrived, suddenly seeing this scene, they exchanged winks and retreated quietly.In the hearts of Mingjiao, Wudang School, and Emei heroes, they all hope that Zhou Zhiruo and Zhang Wuji will reconcile and become husband and wife.Everyone's grudge against Zhao Min in the past is difficult to let go, but they always feel that Zhao Min is a Mongolian noble daughter, if Zhang Wuji marries her, it may hinder the great cause of recovery. Zhou Zhiruo cried for a while, and suddenly said: "Brother Wuji, is anyone chasing you?" Zhang Wuji said: "No! Who is chasing you? Is it the second eldest of Xuanming?" Zhou Zhiruo said: "No! No! You see clearly, Is there really no one... no, not people... is there anything chasing you?" Zhang Wuji smiled and said, "Under the blue sky and broad daylight, there is nothing that can't be seen clearly." His voice turned soft, and he said, "Zhiruo, you have been chasing me for days. Excessive force, really tired, must be dizzy, misread something." Zhou Zhiruo said: "No, definitely not. I saw it three times, three times in a row." The voice trembled, and there was still a lingering fear.Zhang Wuji said, "What did you see three times?" Zhou Zhiruo supported his shoulders, stood up tremblingly, and looked back.Seeing this glance seemed to have exerted great strength, and immediately turned to look at Zhang Wuji. Seeing his gentle and caring expression, his heart felt sour, his whole body was weak, he fell to the ground, and said, "Brother Wuji, I... Lie to you, I stole the Yitian Sword and the Dragon Saber...Yin...I killed... Miss Yin, and Xie Daxia was the one who opened the acupoints. I...I didn't marry Song Qingshu. In my heart... In fact, from beginning to end, there is only one you." Zhang Wuji sighed: "I know all these things, but...but why do you bother?" Zhou Zhiruo cried: "You don't know what my master told me on the high tower of Wan'an Temple. She told me the secrets of the Dragon Slaying Saber and Yitian Sword, and asked me to swear to steal the sword and sword , Everbright Emei faction. You want me to swear a poisonous oath, pretending to be friends with you, but you are not allowed to really fall in love with you..." Zhang Wuji caressed her arm, recalling the time when he personally saw Miejue Shitai shoot Ji Xiaofu to death with his palms, saw her swear in the desert to annihilate the Ming Cult, and saw her holding the Yitian sword and killing the congregants under the Ruijin Banner indiscriminately, until later Wan'an Temple in the capital Under the pagoda, she would rather die than be helped by herself. It is conceivable that she has deep hatred and hatred for Mingjiao.Since Zhou Zhiruo inherited her mantle and accepted her will, all kinds of vicious and vicious actions must have been ordered by her master.His nature is very easy to forgive the mistakes of others, and he has never been good at holding grudges. He also thought of her virtue of feeding and serving in the Hanshui boat when she was young, and the vicious battle on the Bright Peak that day. , Maybe I had already died at that time; I also remembered that although her actions were sinister and cunning, they were really out of deep affection for him. She said softly, "Zhiruo, what did you see that made you so scared?" Zhou Zhiruo jumped up and said: "I won't tell. It was that wronged soul who entangled me, and I did a lot of evil, so I should have this reward. I have explained everything to you today, I... I have a long life... "As he spoke, he covered his face and hurried down the mountain. Zhang Wuji was at a loss for a clue, thinking: "What kind of ghost haunted her? Could it be that the gang of beggars took revenge and pretended to be ghosts to scare her?" He followed slowly.Seeing her walking into the group of Emei sect disciples, Bei Jinyi took a coat and put it on for her.Zhou Zhiruo ordered something in a low voice, and the group of disciples bowed together. At this time, a large number of other heroes left the mountain, and Kong Wen and Kong Zhi were busy saying goodbye.Yang Xiao, Fan Yao and others all gathered beside Zhang Wuji.Zhang Wuji said: "Let's go too." Zhou Zhiruo walked up to Kong Wen and whispered a few words to him, Kong Wen's expression changed drastically, he was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head as if in disbelief.Zhou Zhiruo said a few more words, then knelt down suddenly, put her hands together, and muttered a prayer.Kong Wen looked solemn and recited the Buddha's name. Zhou Dian said: "Master, you have to stop this matter, and you can't stop it." Zhang Wuji said, "Stop what?" Zhou Dian said: "Miss Zhou is going to become a monk. She...she entered the Buddhist sect, you can't do it." Yes." Yang Xiao sneered and said, "Even if Miss Zhou becomes a monk, she will only be a nun and not a monk. How can she worship Shaolin monks as her teacher?" Zhou Dian slapped himself hard on the forehead and said, "Yes. Yes! I was confused for a while. So what is Miss Zhou asking Master Kongwen for? A Shaolin sect head and a Emei sect head, there is no need to kneel down." Zhou Zhiruo stood up, with a slightly relieved look on her face.Zhang Wuji sighed: "We don't have to worry about other people's business." Turning his head, he said, "Sister Min, we should go." Unexpectedly, when he turned his head, he did not see Zhao Min. These days, Zhao Min was by his side, inseparable, Zhang Wuji was slightly startled, and asked: "Where is Miss Zhao?" Minmei saw it, and she only said that my old love continued, and you left me?" Busyly sent people to look for it.Xin Ran, the envoy of the Lie Huo Banner, said: "Report to the leader, I see that Miss Zhao has gone down the mountain!" Yang Xiao said: "Brother Yang, please take care of the affairs here for me, I will go first." So he bid farewell to Kong Wen and Kong Zhi, and said goodbye to Yu Lianzhou, Zhang Songxi, Yin Liting and others, and said to Zhou Zhiruo: "Zhiruo, Take care, there will be a period later." Zhou Zhiruo lowered her eyes and lowered her eyebrows, but did not answer, she just nodded slightly, and a few tears fell into the dust.
Zhang Wuji unfolded his lightness kung fu and galloped down the mountain.On the mountain road for several miles, there were heroes from all walks of life returning from Shaolin Temple, he didn't want to greet them one by one, and walked past them all, but he never saw Zhao Min.After chasing for more than 30 miles in one breath, it was getting late and the roads were becoming less and less crowded. I suddenly thought: "Ms. Min is a stratagem. Since she wants to avoid me, she probably won't walk on the main road. Otherwise, with my fast pace, I will be gone sooner or later." I just caught up. Could it be that she is hiding in Shaoshi Mountain, and after I leave, she will go back to the road again?" For a moment, she was so anxious that she didn't care about hunger and thirst, and went around in the mountains again, jumping up to the top of the tree every now and then. Gaopo, looking around.The empty mountain is silent, only the crows can be seen. He went all the way to Shaoshi Mountain, but he still didn't see Zhao Min, he thought: "No matter what, I will never change my heart for you, even if it is far and wide, I will find you eventually." Thinking of this, his heart became calm, seeing Two big locust trees stand side by side in the mountain depression in the northeast corner. Immediately, they jumped up the tree, found a branch extending horizontally, and stretched themselves down.Tired all day, after many accidents, I lay down and soon fell into a deep sleep. In the middle of the night, when I was dreaming, I suddenly heard the sound of light footsteps tens of feet away, and I was startled immediately.At that time, a bright moon had slanted to the west, and under the moonlight, I saw a person floating very fast on the hillside, heading south.That person has a slender back and a thin waist. She is a slender woman. He was overjoyed and almost called out "Ms. Min", but he immediately realized that something was wrong. The woman's figure was slightly taller than Zhao Min's, and her lightness kung fu and body skills were even more different. Not as good as Zhou Zhiruo.He became curious: "What is the reason for this girl walking alone late at night?" Originally, this matter had nothing to do with him, and he didn't want to pry into other girls' private affairs, but he couldn't help thinking: "Maybe we can find sensitive things from this girl." Sister. If she has nothing to do with Sister Min, I’ll just walk away quietly, and it’s fine. It’s better not to let go of any clues so easily.” So she leaned on the trunk and slid down gently. He was afraid of being discovered by the girl, so he didn't dare to approach him, thinking that following a girl he didn't know in the middle of the night would inevitably be considered frivolous.Seeing her wearing black clothes, she was going to Shaolin Temple, she thought to herself: "Even if she has nothing to do with Minmei, what she is plotting must be something in Wulin. If her intention is not good for Shaolin, I have to intervene in this trivial matter." Take care of it." He stopped to listen, and there was no one else around, knowing that the girl had no backup. After about a meal, the girl never looked back once.Zhang Wuji felt that her back was vaguely familiar, as if he had seen her before, and thought: "Is it Miss Wu Qingying? Is it a female disciple of the Emei Sect?" After walking for a few miles, Shaolin Temple was already in sight.The girl turned around the hillside and came to the side of the temple.She slowed down and dodged among the trees and rocks, obviously afraid of being found by others. Suddenly, several chimes were heard, coming from the main hall of Shaolin Temple, followed by Sanskrit singing, and hundreds of monks chanted sutras together.张无忌大奇：“少林僧人居然半夜三更还在念经，且是这许多僧人，难道在做甚么大法事么？” 那少女行止更加闪缩，又前行数十丈，已到了大殿之旁。忽听得脚步声轻响，那少女在草丛中伏下，跟着四名少林僧手提戒刀禅杖，巡视过来。那少女待四僧走过，这才长身，纵身一跃，已到了殿外长窗之旁。这一纵跃飘如飞絮，已是武林中一流的轻功。张无忌见她双手没带兵刃，孤身一人，不像是到少林寺来生事的模样，要瞧明她究是何人，到底是否相识，于是弯腰从她身后绕过，斜行到大殿西北角上。他自知此时处境十分尴尬，若被少林寺中僧人知觉，以他身分，竟然深夜来寺窥探，对方纵然佯作不知，也是大损颜面，是以加倍小心，一步一动，轻捷有如猫鼠。 这时殿中诵经声又起，他凑眼窗缝看去，见大殿上数百名僧人排列整齐，一行行的坐在蒲团之上，各人身披黄袍，外罩大红金线袈裟，有的手执法器，有的合十低诵，正在做超度亡魂的法事。他登即省悟：“这次英雄大会伤了不少人，元军攻山，双方阵亡更众。寺中僧侣连夜为死者超度，愿他们往生极乐。”见空闻大师站在供桌前亲自主祭，他右首站的却是个少女。张无忌一见，微微一惊，这少女正是周芷若。虽只见到她侧面，亦已看出她神色怔忡不定，秀眉深蹙，若有深忧，心道：“是了。日间芷若在空闻大师面前跪倒，原来是求他做法事，想必是她深深忏悔自己所作所为，她爪下剑底，伤的无辜太多。”凝目向供桌上瞧去，只见中间一块灵牌之上写的赫然是“女侠殷离之灵位”七字。 张无忌一阵神伤，想起表妹身世之惨，对自己之一往情深，不由得怔怔的掉下泪来。 钟磬木鱼中，周芷若盈盈下拜，口唇微动，低声祷祝。张无忌运起神功，凝神倾听，依稀听到：“殷姑娘……你在天之灵，好生安息……别来扰我……”他手扶墙壁，思潮起伏：“表妹命丧于她剑底，固然命苦，但芷若内心深受折磨，所受痛苦，未必比表妹更少。”脑海中突然隐隐涌起了当日在光明顶上听到明教教众所诵的几句歌来：“生亦何欢，死亦何苦？怜我世人，忧患实多！怜我世人，忧患实多！” 周芷若缓缓站起身来，微一侧身，脸向东首，突然脸色大变，叫道：“你……你……你又来了！”声音尖锐，压住了满殿钟磬之声。 张无忌顺着她目光瞧去，只见长窗上糊的窗纸不知何时破了，破孔中露出一张少女的脸来，满脸都是一条条伤痕。张无忌吓得身子发颤，忍不住一声惊呼。 那少女脸上虽是伤痕斑斑，又无昔日的凹凸浮肿，却清清楚楚便是已死的殷离！ 他待要上前招呼，只是一双脚一时不听使唤，竟然僵住了不能移动。只见那张脸突然隐去，大殿中砰的一声，周芷若往后摔倒。 张无忌这时再也顾不得少林派生嫌，大声叫道：“蛛儿，蛛儿，是你么？”却无人回答。他微一定神，飞身往来路追去，只见冷月斜悬，满地树影，那黑衣少女已不知去向。他虽素来不信鬼神，但身当此情此景，禁不住出了一身冷汗，心中发毛，站定了脚步，自声自语：“是她，是她！怪不得背影好熟，原来是蛛儿。难道她鬼魂知道少林高僧为她超度，特来领经么？难道她死得冤屈，真的是阴魂不散？” 少林群僧听得声响，早有数人抢将出来察看，见到是张无忌，都不禁呆了。一名年长僧人上前行礼，说道：“不知张教主夤夜降临，未曾迎迓，伏乞恕罪。”张无忌拱手道：“不敢！”闪身便进殿中，只见周芷若双目紧闭，脸上无半点血色，兀自未醒。他抢上前去，在她人中用力捏了几下，再在她背上推拿数过。 周芷若悠悠醒转，一见张无忌，纵体入怀，搂住了他，叫道：“有鬼，有鬼！”张无忌道：“此事好生奇怪，你别害怕。眼前这许多高僧在此，定能解此冤孽。”周芷若向来端庄稳重，这时实是怕得狠了，才在众目睽睽之下抱住了他，听他这么说，脸上一红，忙放开了他，站了起来，但兀自不住发抖，抓着他手掌，死也不敢放脱。 张无忌和空闻见过了礼，说起适才有人在外窥探之事。空闻和群僧都没见到，但窗纸新裂，破孔俱在。 周芷若道：“无忌哥……张教主，我见到的，确然是她。”张无忌点了点头。周芷若颤声道：“你……你……见到的是谁？”张无忌道：“是殷姑娘，我的表妹殷离。”周芷若低低一声惊呼，又晕了过去。这一次张无忌拉着她手，是以她并没摔倒，略一昏晕，便即醒转。张无忌道：“我见到了表妹，可是……她是人，不是鬼！”周芷若颤声道：“她不是鬼？”张无忌道：“我一路跟着她到少林寺来。她行走如常，决非鬼魂。”这几句话只是安慰周芷若，在他内心，可实难以确定。 周芷若问道：“你当真见她行走如常，确非鬼魂？” 张无忌回想一路跟随那黑衣少女来到少林寺，又见她躲在长窗之外向殿中窥探，一举一动，全是一个身怀武功的姑娘，毫无特异之态，向空闻道：“方丈，在下有一事不明，要向方丈请教。人死之后，是否真有鬼魂？” 空闻沉思半晌，道：“幽冥之事，实所难言。”张无忌道：“然则方丈何以虔诚行法，超度幽魂？”空闻道：“善哉，善哉！幽魂不须超度。人死业在，善有善报，恶有恶报。佛家行法，乃在求生人心之所安，超度的乃是活人。”张无忌登时领悟，拱手道：“多谢指点。在下深夜滋扰，至为不安，万望方丈恕罪。”空闻微笑道：“教主乃敝派的大恩人，数度拯救，使少林派得免于难，何必客气。” 当下张无忌与群僧作别，向周芷若道：“咱们走罢！”周芷若脸有迟疑之色，不敢离开佛殿。张无忌也不便强劝，拱手道：“既是如此，咱们就此别过。”说着走出殿门。 周芷若望着他的背影，突然叫道：“无忌哥哥，你还见我不见？我……和你一起去。”纵身奔到他身旁，和他并肩出了寺门。
二人离少林寺既远，周芷若便靠到张无忌身边，拉住了他手。张无忌知她害怕，握着她软滑柔腻的手掌，身畔幽香阵阵，心中不能无感。 二人默不作声的走了一阵，周芷若悠悠叹了一口长气，说道：“无忌哥哥，那日我和你初次在汉水之中相逢，得蒙张真人搭救，若是早知日后要受这么多苦楚，我当时便死在汉水之中，倒也干净得多。” 张无忌不答，心中又想起了明教徒所唱的那首歌，忍不住轻轻哼道：“生亦何欢？死亦何苦？怜我世人，忧患实多。”周芷若听着歌词，握着他的手微微颤动。 周芷若低声道：“张真人送我去峨嵋派，自是为了我好，但如他老人家收留我在武当山上，让我归入武当门下，今日一切又是大不相同。唉，恩师对我何尝不好？可是……可是她逼我罚那些毒誓，要我痛恨明教，要我恨你害你，可是我心中……实在……” 张无忌听她说得真诚，颇为感动，知她确有许多难处，种种狠毒之事，大都是奉了灭绝师太的遗命而为，眼见她怕得厉害，对她怜惜之情又深了一层。 山道上晚风习习，送来阵阵花香，其时正当初夏，良夜露清，耳听着一个美貌少女吐露深情，张无忌不能不怦然心动，何况当时在小岛替她逼毒时曾有肌肤之亲，过去她既于己有恩，又有婚姻之约，不由得心中迷惘。 周芷若道：“无忌哥哥，那日在濠州你正要和我拜堂成亲，为甚么赵姑娘一叫你，你便随她而去？你心中真的十分爱她么？”张无忌道：“我正要将这件事跟你说知。咱们坐下来说。”说着指了指路旁的一块大石。 周芷若道：“不，我此刻心烦意乱，听不下去，走一会静静心再说。”张无忌点点头，任由她携着手，信步所之。周芷若带着他走向一条小路，行了四五里路，说道：“好了，你跟我说罢。”走到一丛灌木前的一块山石边，两人并肩坐下。 张无忌于是将赵敏手中握着谢逊一束金发、引得他非走不可的诸般事情一一说了。周芷若听毕，半晌不语。张无忌道：“芷若，你怪我么？”周芷若哽咽道：“我做了这许多错事，只怪我自己，还能怪你么？”张无忌轻抚她肩头，柔声道：“世间事阴差阳错，原难逆料，你也不用太过伤心。” 周芷若仰起头来，说道：“无忌哥哥，我有句话问你，你须得真心答我，不能有丝毫隐瞒。”张无忌道：“好，我不会瞒你。”周芷若道：“我知道这世上曾有四个女子真心爱你。一个是去了波斯的小昭，一个是赵姑娘，另一个是……她……”她心中要说“殷姑娘”，但始终不敢说出口来，顿了一顿，道：“倘若我们四个姑娘，这会儿都好好的活在世上，都在你身边。你心中真正爱的是哪一个？” 张无忌心中一阵迷乱，道：“这个……嗯……这个……” 当日张无忌与周芷若、赵敏、殷离、小昭四人同时乘船出海之时，确是不止一次想起：“这四位姑娘个个对我情深爱重，我如何自处才好？不论我和哪一个成亲，定会大伤其余三人之心。到底在我内心深处，我最爱的是哪一个呢？”他始终徬徨难决，便只得逃避，一时想：“鞑子尚未逐出，河山未得光复。匈奴未灭，何以家为？尽想这些儿女私情作甚么？”一时又想：“我身为明教教主，一言一动，与本教及武林兴衰都有关连。我自信一生品行无亏，但若耽于女色，莫要惹得天下英雄耻笑，坏了本教的名声。”过一时又想：“我妈妈临终之时，一再嘱咐于我，美丽的女子最会骗人，要我这一生千万小心提防，妈妈的遗言岂可不谨放心头？” 其实他多方辩解，不过是自欺而已，当真专心致志的爱了哪一个姑娘，未必便有碍光复大业，更未必会坏了明教的名声，只是他觉得这个很好，那个也好，于是便不敢多想。他武功虽强，性格其实颇为优柔寡断，万事之来，往往顺其自然，当不得已处，雅不愿拂逆旁人之意，宁可舍己从人。习乾坤大挪移心法是从小昭之请；任明教教主既是迫于形势，亦是殷天正、殷野王等动之以情；与周芷若订婚是奉谢逊之命；不与周芷若拜堂又是为赵敏所迫。当日金花婆婆与殷离若非以武力强胁，而是婉言求他同去金花鸟，他多半便就去了。 有时他内心深处，不免也想：“要是我能和这四位姑娘终身一起厮守，大家和和睦睦，岂不逍遥快乐？”其时乃是元末，不论文士商贾、江湖豪客，三妻四妾实是寻常之极，单只一妻的反倒罕有。只是明教源自波斯，向来诸教众节俭刻苦，除妻子外少有侍妾。张无忌生性谦和，深觉不论和哪一位姑娘匹配，在自己都是莫大的福泽，倘若再娶姬妾，未免太也对不起人，因此这样的念头在心中一闪即逝，从来不敢多想，偶尔念及，往往便即自责：“为人须当自足，我竟心存此念，那不是太过卑鄙可耻么？” 后来小昭去了波斯，殷离逝世，又认定殷离是赵敏所害，那么顺理成章，自是要与周芷若成婚。不料变生不测，大起波折，其后真相逐步揭露，周赵二女原来善恶颠倒，幸好自己并未与周芷若成婚，铸成大错。赵敏更公然与父兄决裂，则此事已不为难。万不料赵敏突然不告而别，而周芷若又有此一问。 周芷若见他沉吟不答，说道：“我问你的乃是虚幻之事。小昭当了波斯明教的处女教主，我又……又杀害了殷姑娘。四个女子之中，只剩下了赵姑娘。我只是问你，倘若我们四人都好端端的在你身边，你便如何？” 张无忌道：“芷若，这件事我在心中已想了很久。我似乎一直难决，但到今天，我才知道真正爱的是谁。”周芷若问道：“是谁？是……是赵姑娘么？” 张无忌道：“不错。我今日寻她不见，恨不得自己死了才好。要是从此不能见她，我性命也是活不久长。小昭离我而去，我自是十分伤心。我表妹逝世，我更是难过。你……你后来这样，我既痛心，又深感惋惜。然而，芷若，我不能瞒你，要是我这一生再不能见到赵姑娘，我是宁可死了的好。这样的心意，我以前对旁人从未有过。” 他初时对殷离、周芷若、小昭、赵敏四女似是不分轩轾，但今日赵敏这一走，他才突然发觉，原来赵敏在他心中所占位置，毕竟与其余三女不同。 周芷若听他这般说，轻声道：“那日在大都，我见你到那小酒店去和她相会，便知你内心情爱之所系。只是我还痴心妄想，若是与你……与你成亲之后，便……便可以拉得你回心转意，实在……实在……那是是万万不能的。” 张无忌歉然道：“芷若，我对你一向敬重，对殷家表妹心生感激，对小昭是意存怜惜，但对赵姑娘却是……却是铭心刻骨的相爱。” 周芷若喃喃道：“铭心刻骨的相爱，铭心刻骨的相爱。”顿了一顿，低声道：“无忌哥哥……我对你可也是铭心刻骨的相爱。你……你竟然不知道么？” 张无忌大是感动，握着她手，柔声道：“芷若，我是知道的。你对我这番心意，今生今世，我不知要如何报答你才好。我……我真的对你不起。” 周芷若道：“你没对我不起，你一直待我很好，难道我不知道么？我问你：倘若赵姑娘此番不别而行，你永远找不到她了，倘若她给奸人害死了，倘若她对你变心，你……你便如何？” 张无忌心中已难过了很久，听她这么说，再也忍耐不住，流下泪来，哽咽道：“我……我不知道！总而言之，上天下地，我也非寻着她不可。” 周芷若叹了口气，道：“她不会对你变心的，你要寻着她，那也很容易。” 张无忌又惊又喜，站了起来，道：“她在哪里？芷若，你快说。” 周芷若一对妙目凝视着张无忌，见他脸上大喜若狂的神情，轻轻的道：“你对于我永远不会这么关心。你要知道赵姑娘的所在，须得答允我一件事，否则你永远找她不到的了。”张无忌道：“你要我答允甚么事？” 周芷若道：“这件事我现下还没想起，日后想到了再跟你说。总之这事不违侠义之道，不碍光复大业，也于明教及你自己的名声无损，只是做起来未必容易。” 张无忌一呆，心想：“当日敏妹要我做三件事，也说甚么不违侠义之道，迄今为止，她只要我做过两件事。那两件事可真不易办，怎么芷若也学起她的样来？” 周芷若道：“你不答允，自然也由得你。不过大丈夫言而有信，要是答允了我，事到临头，可不能推委抵赖。” 张无忌沉吟道：“你说此事不违侠义之道，不碍光复大业，也于明教及我自己的名声无损？”周芷若道：“不错！”张无忌道：“好，当真不违侠义之道，无损于光复大业，我便答允你了。”周芷若道：“咱们击掌为誓。”伸出手掌，要与他互击。 张无忌情知跟她击掌立誓之后，便是在自己身上套了一道沉重之极的枷锁，这个周姑娘外表温柔斯文，但心计之工，行事之辣，丝毫不在赵敏之下，一时提起了手掌，拍不下去。 周芷若微笑道：“你只须答允我这件事，我教你顷刻之间，便见到你的心上人。”张无忌胸口一热，再也不计其他，便和她击掌三下。周芷若笑道：“你瞧这里是谁。”伸手拨开了身后的树丛。只见一丛树叶之后坐着一个少女，脸上似笑非笑，却不是赵敏是谁？ 张无忌惊喜交集，大叫一声：“敏妹！” 忽听得身后数丈之外，一个女子声音“咦”的一声，似乎突然见到赵敏现身，忍不住惊呼了出来。这一声惊呼声音甚轻，但张无忌已听得清清楚楚。 他一呆之下，心中转过了无数念头，缓缓伸出手掌去拉赵敏的手，双掌相接，只觉她手掌颇为僵直，登时省悟，只道她日间不别而行，到处找她不到，原来却是被周芷若擒住了，点了她穴道，藏在这里，周芷若故意带他到这里来说这一番话，自是句句要赵敏听见。倘若自己不忍令周芷若伤心，随口讨好，对她说些情浓言语，甚至搂住她亲热一番，可又堕入了她计中，那时赵敏可当真非走不可了。言念及此，不由得暗叫：“惭愧！”背上出了一身冷汗，顺手一搭赵敏的脉搏，察觉气血运行如常，并未受伤。 月光之下，只见她眉间眼角，笑意盈盈，说不尽的娇媚可爱，想是他适才与周芷若这番对答，都教她一一听在耳中。她虽然身不能动，口不能言，但听到他背后吐露心曲，对自己竟是如此铭心刻骨的相爱，情意恳切，自是禁不住心花怒放。 周芷若弯下腰来，在张无忌耳边低声说了几句话，张无忌低声回答一句。周芷若怒喝：“张无忌，你竟全然没将我放在眼里，你仔细瞧瞧，赵姑娘中毒之后，还活得成么？” 张无忌惊道：“她……她中了毒！是你下的毒么？”俯身察看，刚翻开赵敏左边的眼睛，只觉背心一麻，已被点中穴道。张无忌“啊哟”一声，身子摇晃。周芷若出手
All the heroes drink happily until they get drunk.In the afternoon, all the heroes bid farewell to Kong Wen and Kong Zhi. Seeing the disciples of the Emei Sect in disarray, Zhang Wuji felt pity, and saw Song Qingshu lying on a stretcher, not knowing whether he was alive or dead, so he approached him and said to Jinghui, "Let me take a look at Brother Song's injury." Jinghui He said coldly: "There is no need to be merciful when a cat cries for a mouse." Zhou Dian was nearby, and couldn't help cursing: "Master, I cared about the old relationship with your leader, so I treated this Song. In fact, everyone who bullies his master and betrays his father will be rewarded." Kill him, what are you talking about, you evil nun?" Jing Hui was about to retort, but seeing Zhou Dian's ugly appearance and fierce expression, he was afraid that he would be unreasonable, and if he really made a move, he would suffer immediate losses, so he could only hold back his anger and sneered, "I am the Emei Patriarch." It has been passed down from generation to generation that the disciples are all pure and pure women. If the head of the sect Zhou is not a young girl who guards her body like a jade, how can she be the head of the sect? Hmph, if a traitor like Song Qingshu stays in the sect, it will tarnish the name of the head of the sect. Nephew Li and Nephew Long, send this guy back to the Wudang faction!" The two Emei disciples who were carrying Song Qingshu agreed in unison, carried the stretcher in front of Yu Lianzhou, put it down and left. Everyone was taken aback.Yu Lianzhou said: "What... what? Isn't he the husband of your head?" Jinghui said bitterly: "Hmph, how could my head take such a person seriously? She couldn't be more angry than Zhang Wuji, who changed his mind and ran away from marriage, humiliating the faction before the heroes of the world, and tricked this kid into pretending to be some kind of husband. Who would have known... hum, if I had known this, why would my head have such a bad name? Right now she...she..." Zhang Wuji was stunned listening to it, and couldn't help but stepped forward and asked: "You said Mrs. Song...she...she is not Mrs. Song?" Jinghui turned her head, and said bitterly: "I won't talk to you say." At this moment, Song Qingshu, who was lying on the stretcher, moved and moaned, "Kill...Kill Zhang Wuji?" Jinghui sneered, "Don't dream! It's beautiful to think about death. " Yin Liting saw that Jinghui was so angry that she couldn't understand what she was saying, so she asked Bei Jinyi, another female disciple of the Emei Sect, in a low voice, "Junior Sister Bei, what's going on?" Bei Jinyi and Ji Xiaofu were very good friends back then, when he heard him ask, she pondered for a while and said: "Senior sister Jinghui, Yin Liuxia is not an outsider, my little sister told him, okay?" Jinghui said: " What outsiders are not outsiders? Not outsiders want to say it, but outsiders want to say it. Our head Zhou is innocent and has nothing to do with this traitor surnamed Song. You can see the palace sand on the head's arm with your own eyes. This matter must be known to all martial arts colleagues in the world, so as not to break the centuries-old rules of my Emei Sect..." Yin Liting thought to himself: "Master Jinghui is not very clear-headed, and his words are a bit confusing." He said to Bei Jinyi: "Sister Bei, since this is the case, I look forward to explaining in detail. How can my nephew Song join the noble sect? What is the relationship between the head of your faction, I will have to report to my teacher in the future. This matter involves both the noble faction and our faction, so it’s better not to hurt the peace of both parties.” Bei Jinyi sighed, and said: "Given the character of Song Shaoxia's martial arts, he was a rare figure in the martial arts world, but he fell into karma because of his infatuation. My head seems to have promised him that he would kill Zhang Wuji , to get rid of the humiliation of abandoning the marriage, he married him immediately. Therefore, he willingly joined the sect and asked my head master for wonderful martial arts. At the hero meeting the day before yesterday, the head suddenly claimed that he was "Mrs. Song" and said yes This Song Shaoxia's wife, everyone in the school was very surprised at the time. The head of the school was so powerful that day that he overwhelmed all the schools..." Zhou Dian interjected: "Our leader deliberately gave in, so what's the big deal!" Bei Jinyi ignored him, and continued: "Although the disciples of our sect are very happy, but at night, everyone still asked her the origin of the word 'Mrs. Song'. The head of the sect showed his left arm and said solemnly:' Come and have a look, everyone!" We all saw with our own eyes that the sand on her arm was as red as before, and she was indeed a virgin who knew the etiquette and guarded herself. The head said: "I call myself Mrs. Song because it is a temporary expediency. It's just a plan. It's just to be angry with that guy Zhang Wuji, so that he can be restless, so that he can take advantage of the opportunity to defeat him in the martial arts competition. This kid is excellent in martial arts, and I really can't match him. For the reputation of our school, my own reputation is worthless. ?'" She said these words clearly, intending to make many people around her understand, and said: "If the male and female disciples of this school are not monks and cultivate Taoism, they would not be able to help marrying, but since the founder of the school, Guo Zushi, the highest and most profound Kungfu is only taught to virgins who guard their bodies like jade. When every female disciple apprentices, the master touches the palace sand on our arms. Every year on the birthday of Master Guo, the former master will inspect it. At that time, the senior sisters... that's it ..." When she said this, she was vague and said no more. However, Yin Liting and the others already understood, knowing that Bei Jinyi wanted to say that Nian Xiaofu was seduced by Yang Xiao and lost her virginity, and Shou Gongsha disappeared, so Miejue Shitai found out.Yin Liting and Yang Buhui were very affectionate after their marriage, but when he thought of Ji Xiaofu, he couldn't help feeling embarrassed, and couldn't help but cast a glance at Yang Xiao, seeing tears in his eyes, he turned his head away. Bei Jinyi said: "Yin Liuxia, the head of my sect intends to teach Master Zhang with anger, but it happens that this Song Shaoxia is obsessed with my sect leader, so many things happen in the middle. I only hope that Song Shaoxia will recover, and Yin Liuxia will return to the school again. Zhenren Zhang and Daxia Song have a few words of kindness, so as not to create a rift between our two factions." Yin Liting nodded and said: "That should be the case. My nephew is a disobedient person. It is not a pity to die. It is really a shame for our sect. I hope he will die sooner." He was soft-hearted, but he thought of Song Qingshu's death. Shenggu's crimes are truly hated. While he was talking, he suddenly heard a sharp cry from a distance, it seemed to be Zhou Zhiruo's voice, the sudden and frightening voice seemed to have encountered some extremely dangerous accident. All of a sudden, everyone couldn't help but feel horrified. At this moment, in broad daylight, people were standing all around, but this exclamation sounded like a ghost appeared suddenly.Everyone turned their heads to look where the voice came from.Zhang Wuji, Jing Hui, Bei Jinyi and others all rushed to meet him.
Zhang Wuji was afraid that Zhou Zhiruo would encounter a formidable enemy, so he rushed quickly, after a few ups and downs, he had passed through the woods, only to see a blue shadow rushing towards him, it was Zhou Zhiruo.He rushed up to greet the general, and asked: "Zhiruo, what's the matter?" Zhou Zhiruo's face was extremely horrified, and she shouted: "Ghost, ghost, there is a ghost chasing me!" He threw himself into Zhang Wuji's arms, trembling. Zhang Wuji saw that she was scared out of her wits, so he patted her on the shoulder and comforted her: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid! There will be no ghosts. What did you see?" Her coat was torn by thorns, and her face and hands were covered with bruises. There are many bloodstains, and half of the sleeve of the left arm has been torn off, revealing a white arm like a snow lotus root, with a point in the middle of the upper arm, like coral, like ruby, it is the Shougongsha of a virgin. Zhang Wuji is proficient in medicine, and he knew that after getting this shougong sand on his virgin's arm, if he didn't get married or lost his virginity, he would never retreat for life.He had heard Jinghui and Bei Jinyi's words before, and he was still doubtful, but now that he saw it with his own eyes, he had no doubts, and in an instant, countless thoughts turned in his mind: "Marrying Song Qingshu as a roommate, it really is nothing. Why did she lie to me? Why is she trying to get angry with me? Is it really because of the title of 'No. 1 martial arts in the world'? Or do you want to test if I still have affection for her in my heart?" Then I thought again: "Zhang Wuji, Zhang Wuji , Miss Zhou is the big enemy who killed your cousin, whether she is a virgin or someone else's wife, what does it have to do with you?" But seeing that Zhou Zhiruo was really terrified, she couldn't bear it and pushed her away. Lying in Zhang Wuji's arms, Zhou Zhiruo felt the strong muscles on his chest and smelled the masculine breath on his body. She gradually calmed down and said, "Brother Wuji, is that you?" Zhang Wuji said, "It's me! What did you see? Why are you afraid of being like this?" Zhou Zhiruo suddenly panicked again, with a bang, tears burst into tears, and she leaned on his shoulder, sobbing uncontrollably. At this time, Yang Xiao, Wei Yixiao, Jinghui, Yin Liting and others had already arrived, suddenly seeing this scene, they exchanged winks and retreated quietly.In the hearts of Mingjiao, Wudang School, and Emei heroes, they all hope that Zhou Zhiruo and Zhang Wuji will reconcile and become husband and wife.Everyone's grudge against Zhao Min in the past is difficult to let go, but they always feel that Zhao Min is a Mongolian noble daughter, if Zhang Wuji marries her, it may hinder the great cause of recovery. Zhou Zhiruo cried for a while, and suddenly said: "Brother Wuji, is anyone chasing you?" Zhang Wuji said: "No! Who is chasing you? Is it the second eldest of Xuanming?" Zhou Zhiruo said: "No! No! You see clearly, Is there really no one... no, not people... is there anything chasing you?" Zhang Wuji smiled and said, "Under the blue sky and broad daylight, there is nothing that can't be seen clearly." His voice turned soft, and he said, "Zhiruo, you have been chasing me for days. Excessive force, really tired, must be dizzy, misread something." Zhou Zhiruo said: "No, definitely not. I saw it three times, three times in a row." The voice trembled, and there was still a lingering fear.Zhang Wuji said, "What did you see three times?" Zhou Zhiruo supported his shoulders, stood up tremblingly, and looked back.Seeing this glance seemed to have exerted great strength, and immediately turned to look at Zhang Wuji. Seeing his gentle and caring expression, his heart felt sour, his whole body was weak, he fell to the ground, and said, "Brother Wuji, I... Lie to you, I stole the Yitian Sword and the Dragon Saber...Yin...I killed... Miss Yin, and Xie Daxia was the one who opened the acupoints. I...I didn't marry Song Qingshu. In my heart... In fact, from beginning to end, there is only one you." Zhang Wuji sighed: "I know all these things, but...but why do you bother?" Zhou Zhiruo cried: "You don't know what my master told me on the high tower of Wan'an Temple. She told me the secrets of the Dragon Slaying Saber and Yitian Sword, and asked me to swear to steal the sword and sword , Everbright Emei faction. You want me to swear a poisonous oath, pretending to be friends with you, but you are not allowed to really fall in love with you..." Zhang Wuji caressed her arm, recalling the time when he personally saw Miejue Shitai shoot Ji Xiaofu to death with his palms, saw her swear in the desert to annihilate the Ming Cult, and saw her holding the Yitian sword and killing the congregants under the Ruijin Banner indiscriminately, until later Wan'an Temple in the capital Under the pagoda, she would rather die than be helped by herself. It is conceivable that she has deep hatred and hatred for Mingjiao.Since Zhou Zhiruo inherited her mantle and accepted her will, all kinds of vicious and vicious actions must have been ordered by her master.His nature is very easy to forgive the mistakes of others, and he has never been good at holding grudges. He also thought of her virtue of feeding and serving in the Hanshui boat when she was young, and the vicious battle on the Bright Peak that day. , Maybe I had already died at that time; I also remembered that although her actions were sinister and cunning, they were really out of deep affection for him. She said softly, "Zhiruo, what did you see that made you so scared?" Zhou Zhiruo jumped up and said: "I won't tell. It was that wronged soul who entangled me, and I did a lot of evil, so I should have this reward. I have explained everything to you today, I... I have a long life... "As he spoke, he covered his face and hurried down the mountain. Zhang Wuji was at a loss for a clue, thinking: "What kind of ghost haunted her? Could it be that the gang of beggars took revenge and pretended to be ghosts to scare her?" He followed slowly.Seeing her walking into the group of Emei sect disciples, Bei Jinyi took a coat and put it on for her.Zhou Zhiruo ordered something in a low voice, and the group of disciples bowed together. At this time, a large number of other heroes left the mountain, and Kong Wen and Kong Zhi were busy saying goodbye.Yang Xiao, Fan Yao and others all gathered beside Zhang Wuji.Zhang Wuji said: "Let's go too." Zhou Zhiruo walked up to Kong Wen and whispered a few words to him, Kong Wen's expression changed drastically, he was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head as if in disbelief.Zhou Zhiruo said a few more words, then knelt down suddenly, put her hands together, and muttered a prayer.Kong Wen looked solemn and recited the Buddha's name. Zhou Dian said: "Master, you have to stop this matter, and you can't stop it." Zhang Wuji said, "Stop what?" Zhou Dian said: "Miss Zhou is going to become a monk. She...she entered the Buddhist sect, you can't do it." Yes." Yang Xiao sneered and said, "Even if Miss Zhou becomes a monk, she will only be a nun and not a monk. How can she worship Shaolin monks as her teacher?" Zhou Dian slapped himself hard on the forehead and said, "Yes. Yes! I was confused for a while. So what is Miss Zhou asking Master Kongwen for? A Shaolin sect head and a Emei sect head, there is no need to kneel down." Zhou Zhiruo stood up, with a slightly relieved look on her face.Zhang Wuji sighed: "We don't have to worry about other people's business." Turning his head, he said, "Sister Min, we should go." Unexpectedly, when he turned his head, he did not see Zhao Min. These days, Zhao Min was by his side, inseparable, Zhang Wuji was slightly startled, and asked: "Where is Miss Zhao?" Minmei saw it, and she only said that my old love continued, and you left me?" Busyly sent people to look for it.Xin Ran, the envoy of the Lie Huo Banner, said: "Report to the leader, I see that Miss Zhao has gone down the mountain!" Yang Xiao said: "Brother Yang, please take care of the affairs here for me, I will go first." So he bid farewell to Kong Wen and Kong Zhi, and said goodbye to Yu Lianzhou, Zhang Songxi, Yin Liting and others, and said to Zhou Zhiruo: "Zhiruo, Take care, there will be a period later." Zhou Zhiruo lowered her eyes and lowered her eyebrows, but did not answer, she just nodded slightly, and a few tears fell into the dust.
Zhang Wuji unfolded his lightness kung fu and galloped down the mountain.On the mountain road for several miles, there were heroes from all walks of life returning from Shaolin Temple, he didn't want to greet them one by one, and walked past them all, but he never saw Zhao Min.After chasing for more than 30 miles in one breath, it was getting late and the roads were becoming less and less crowded. I suddenly thought: "Ms. Min is a stratagem. Since she wants to avoid me, she probably won't walk on the main road. Otherwise, with my fast pace, I will be gone sooner or later." I just caught up. Could it be that she is hiding in Shaoshi Mountain, and after I leave, she will go back to the road again?" For a moment, she was so anxious that she didn't care about hunger and thirst, and went around in the mountains again, jumping up to the top of the tree every now and then. Gaopo, looking around.The empty mountain is silent, only the crows can be seen. He went all the way to Shaoshi Mountain, but he still didn't see Zhao Min, he thought: "No matter what, I will never change my heart for you, even if it is far and wide, I will find you eventually." Thinking of this, his heart became calm, seeing Two big locust trees stand side by side in the mountain depression in the northeast corner. Immediately, they jumped up the tree, found a branch extending horizontally, and stretched themselves down.Tired all day, after many accidents, I lay down and soon fell into a deep sleep. In the middle of the night, when I was dreaming, I suddenly heard the sound of light footsteps tens of feet away, and I was startled immediately.At that time, a bright moon had slanted to the west, and under the moonlight, I saw a person floating very fast on the hillside, heading south.That person has a slender back and a thin waist. She is a slender woman. He was overjoyed and almost called out "Ms. Min", but he immediately realized that something was wrong. The woman's figure was slightly taller than Zhao Min's, and her lightness kung fu and body skills were even more different. Not as good as Zhou Zhiruo.He became curious: "What is the reason for this girl walking alone late at night?" Originally, this matter had nothing to do with him, and he didn't want to pry into other girls' private affairs, but he couldn't help thinking: "Maybe we can find sensitive things from this girl." Sister. If she has nothing to do with Sister Min, I’ll just walk away quietly, and it’s fine. It’s better not to let go of any clues so easily.” So she leaned on the trunk and slid down gently. He was afraid of being discovered by the girl, so he didn't dare to approach him, thinking that following a girl he didn't know in the middle of the night would inevitably be considered frivolous.Seeing her wearing black clothes, she was going to Shaolin Temple, she thought to herself: "Even if she has nothing to do with Minmei, what she is plotting must be something in Wulin. If her intention is not good for Shaolin, I have to intervene in this trivial matter." Take care of it." He stopped to listen, and there was no one else around, knowing that the girl had no backup. After about a meal, the girl never looked back once.Zhang Wuji felt that her back was vaguely familiar, as if he had seen her before, and thought: "Is it Miss Wu Qingying? Is it a female disciple of the Emei Sect?" After walking for a few miles, Shaolin Temple was already in sight.The girl turned around the hillside and came to the side of the temple.She slowed down and dodged among the trees and rocks, obviously afraid of being found by others. Suddenly, several chimes were heard, coming from the main hall of Shaolin Temple, followed by Sanskrit singing, and hundreds of monks chanted sutras together.张无忌大奇：“少林僧人居然半夜三更还在念经，且是这许多僧人，难道在做甚么大法事么？” 那少女行止更加闪缩，又前行数十丈，已到了大殿之旁。忽听得脚步声轻响，那少女在草丛中伏下，跟着四名少林僧手提戒刀禅杖，巡视过来。那少女待四僧走过，这才长身，纵身一跃，已到了殿外长窗之旁。这一纵跃飘如飞絮，已是武林中一流的轻功。张无忌见她双手没带兵刃，孤身一人，不像是到少林寺来生事的模样，要瞧明她究是何人，到底是否相识，于是弯腰从她身后绕过，斜行到大殿西北角上。他自知此时处境十分尴尬，若被少林寺中僧人知觉，以他身分，竟然深夜来寺窥探，对方纵然佯作不知，也是大损颜面，是以加倍小心，一步一动，轻捷有如猫鼠。 这时殿中诵经声又起，他凑眼窗缝看去，见大殿上数百名僧人排列整齐，一行行的坐在蒲团之上，各人身披黄袍，外罩大红金线袈裟，有的手执法器，有的合十低诵，正在做超度亡魂的法事。他登即省悟：“这次英雄大会伤了不少人，元军攻山，双方阵亡更众。寺中僧侣连夜为死者超度，愿他们往生极乐。”见空闻大师站在供桌前亲自主祭，他右首站的却是个少女。张无忌一见，微微一惊，这少女正是周芷若。虽只见到她侧面，亦已看出她神色怔忡不定，秀眉深蹙，若有深忧，心道：“是了。日间芷若在空闻大师面前跪倒，原来是求他做法事，想必是她深深忏悔自己所作所为，她爪下剑底，伤的无辜太多。”凝目向供桌上瞧去，只见中间一块灵牌之上写的赫然是“女侠殷离之灵位”七字。 张无忌一阵神伤，想起表妹身世之惨，对自己之一往情深，不由得怔怔的掉下泪来。 钟磬木鱼中，周芷若盈盈下拜，口唇微动，低声祷祝。张无忌运起神功，凝神倾听，依稀听到：“殷姑娘……你在天之灵，好生安息……别来扰我……”他手扶墙壁，思潮起伏：“表妹命丧于她剑底，固然命苦，但芷若内心深受折磨，所受痛苦，未必比表妹更少。”脑海中突然隐隐涌起了当日在光明顶上听到明教教众所诵的几句歌来：“生亦何欢，死亦何苦？怜我世人，忧患实多！怜我世人，忧患实多！” 周芷若缓缓站起身来，微一侧身，脸向东首，突然脸色大变，叫道：“你……你……你又来了！”声音尖锐，压住了满殿钟磬之声。 张无忌顺着她目光瞧去，只见长窗上糊的窗纸不知何时破了，破孔中露出一张少女的脸来，满脸都是一条条伤痕。张无忌吓得身子发颤，忍不住一声惊呼。 那少女脸上虽是伤痕斑斑，又无昔日的凹凸浮肿，却清清楚楚便是已死的殷离！ 他待要上前招呼，只是一双脚一时不听使唤，竟然僵住了不能移动。只见那张脸突然隐去，大殿中砰的一声，周芷若往后摔倒。 张无忌这时再也顾不得少林派生嫌，大声叫道：“蛛儿，蛛儿，是你么？”却无人回答。他微一定神，飞身往来路追去，只见冷月斜悬，满地树影，那黑衣少女已不知去向。他虽素来不信鬼神，但身当此情此景，禁不住出了一身冷汗，心中发毛，站定了脚步，自声自语：“是她，是她！怪不得背影好熟，原来是蛛儿。难道她鬼魂知道少林高僧为她超度，特来领经么？难道她死得冤屈，真的是阴魂不散？” 少林群僧听得声响，早有数人抢将出来察看，见到是张无忌，都不禁呆了。一名年长僧人上前行礼，说道：“不知张教主夤夜降临，未曾迎迓，伏乞恕罪。”张无忌拱手道：“不敢！”闪身便进殿中，只见周芷若双目紧闭，脸上无半点血色，兀自未醒。他抢上前去，在她人中用力捏了几下，再在她背上推拿数过。 周芷若悠悠醒转，一见张无忌，纵体入怀，搂住了他，叫道：“有鬼，有鬼！”张无忌道：“此事好生奇怪，你别害怕。眼前这许多高僧在此，定能解此冤孽。”周芷若向来端庄稳重，这时实是怕得狠了，才在众目睽睽之下抱住了他，听他这么说，脸上一红，忙放开了他，站了起来，但兀自不住发抖，抓着他手掌，死也不敢放脱。 张无忌和空闻见过了礼，说起适才有人在外窥探之事。空闻和群僧都没见到，但窗纸新裂，破孔俱在。 周芷若道：“无忌哥……张教主，我见到的，确然是她。”张无忌点了点头。周芷若颤声道：“你……你……见到的是谁？”张无忌道：“是殷姑娘，我的表妹殷离。”周芷若低低一声惊呼，又晕了过去。这一次张无忌拉着她手，是以她并没摔倒，略一昏晕，便即醒转。张无忌道：“我见到了表妹，可是……她是人，不是鬼！”周芷若颤声道：“她不是鬼？”张无忌道：“我一路跟着她到少林寺来。她行走如常，决非鬼魂。”这几句话只是安慰周芷若，在他内心，可实难以确定。 周芷若问道：“你当真见她行走如常，确非鬼魂？” 张无忌回想一路跟随那黑衣少女来到少林寺，又见她躲在长窗之外向殿中窥探，一举一动，全是一个身怀武功的姑娘，毫无特异之态，向空闻道：“方丈，在下有一事不明，要向方丈请教。人死之后，是否真有鬼魂？” 空闻沉思半晌，道：“幽冥之事，实所难言。”张无忌道：“然则方丈何以虔诚行法，超度幽魂？”空闻道：“善哉，善哉！幽魂不须超度。人死业在，善有善报，恶有恶报。佛家行法，乃在求生人心之所安，超度的乃是活人。”张无忌登时领悟，拱手道：“多谢指点。在下深夜滋扰，至为不安，万望方丈恕罪。”空闻微笑道：“教主乃敝派的大恩人，数度拯救，使少林派得免于难，何必客气。” 当下张无忌与群僧作别，向周芷若道：“咱们走罢！”周芷若脸有迟疑之色，不敢离开佛殿。张无忌也不便强劝，拱手道：“既是如此，咱们就此别过。”说着走出殿门。 周芷若望着他的背影，突然叫道：“无忌哥哥，你还见我不见？我……和你一起去。”纵身奔到他身旁，和他并肩出了寺门。
二人离少林寺既远，周芷若便靠到张无忌身边，拉住了他手。张无忌知她害怕，握着她软滑柔腻的手掌，身畔幽香阵阵，心中不能无感。 二人默不作声的走了一阵，周芷若悠悠叹了一口长气，说道：“无忌哥哥，那日我和你初次在汉水之中相逢，得蒙张真人搭救，若是早知日后要受这么多苦楚，我当时便死在汉水之中，倒也干净得多。” 张无忌不答，心中又想起了明教徒所唱的那首歌，忍不住轻轻哼道：“生亦何欢？死亦何苦？怜我世人，忧患实多。”周芷若听着歌词，握着他的手微微颤动。 周芷若低声道：“张真人送我去峨嵋派，自是为了我好，但如他老人家收留我在武当山上，让我归入武当门下，今日一切又是大不相同。唉，恩师对我何尝不好？可是……可是她逼我罚那些毒誓，要我痛恨明教，要我恨你害你，可是我心中……实在……” 张无忌听她说得真诚，颇为感动，知她确有许多难处，种种狠毒之事，大都是奉了灭绝师太的遗命而为，眼见她怕得厉害，对她怜惜之情又深了一层。 山道上晚风习习，送来阵阵花香，其时正当初夏，良夜露清，耳听着一个美貌少女吐露深情，张无忌不能不怦然心动，何况当时在小岛替她逼毒时曾有肌肤之亲，过去她既于己有恩，又有婚姻之约，不由得心中迷惘。 周芷若道：“无忌哥哥，那日在濠州你正要和我拜堂成亲，为甚么赵姑娘一叫你，你便随她而去？你心中真的十分爱她么？”张无忌道：“我正要将这件事跟你说知。咱们坐下来说。”说着指了指路旁的一块大石。 周芷若道：“不，我此刻心烦意乱，听不下去，走一会静静心再说。”张无忌点点头，任由她携着手，信步所之。周芷若带着他走向一条小路，行了四五里路，说道：“好了，你跟我说罢。”走到一丛灌木前的一块山石边，两人并肩坐下。 张无忌于是将赵敏手中握着谢逊一束金发、引得他非走不可的诸般事情一一说了。周芷若听毕，半晌不语。张无忌道：“芷若，你怪我么？”周芷若哽咽道：“我做了这许多错事，只怪我自己，还能怪你么？”张无忌轻抚她肩头，柔声道：“世间事阴差阳错，原难逆料，你也不用太过伤心。” 周芷若仰起头来，说道：“无忌哥哥，我有句话问你，你须得真心答我，不能有丝毫隐瞒。”张无忌道：“好，我不会瞒你。”周芷若道：“我知道这世上曾有四个女子真心爱你。一个是去了波斯的小昭，一个是赵姑娘，另一个是……她……”她心中要说“殷姑娘”，但始终不敢说出口来，顿了一顿，道：“倘若我们四个姑娘，这会儿都好好的活在世上，都在你身边。你心中真正爱的是哪一个？” 张无忌心中一阵迷乱，道：“这个……嗯……这个……” 当日张无忌与周芷若、赵敏、殷离、小昭四人同时乘船出海之时，确是不止一次想起：“这四位姑娘个个对我情深爱重，我如何自处才好？不论我和哪一个成亲，定会大伤其余三人之心。到底在我内心深处，我最爱的是哪一个呢？”他始终徬徨难决，便只得逃避，一时想：“鞑子尚未逐出，河山未得光复。匈奴未灭，何以家为？尽想这些儿女私情作甚么？”一时又想：“我身为明教教主，一言一动，与本教及武林兴衰都有关连。我自信一生品行无亏，但若耽于女色，莫要惹得天下英雄耻笑，坏了本教的名声。”过一时又想：“我妈妈临终之时，一再嘱咐于我，美丽的女子最会骗人，要我这一生千万小心提防，妈妈的遗言岂可不谨放心头？” 其实他多方辩解，不过是自欺而已，当真专心致志的爱了哪一个姑娘，未必便有碍光复大业，更未必会坏了明教的名声，只是他觉得这个很好，那个也好，于是便不敢多想。他武功虽强，性格其实颇为优柔寡断，万事之来，往往顺其自然，当不得已处，雅不愿拂逆旁人之意，宁可舍己从人。习乾坤大挪移心法是从小昭之请；任明教教主既是迫于形势，亦是殷天正、殷野王等动之以情；与周芷若订婚是奉谢逊之命；不与周芷若拜堂又是为赵敏所迫。当日金花婆婆与殷离若非以武力强胁，而是婉言求他同去金花鸟，他多半便就去了。 有时他内心深处，不免也想：“要是我能和这四位姑娘终身一起厮守，大家和和睦睦，岂不逍遥快乐？”其时乃是元末，不论文士商贾、江湖豪客，三妻四妾实是寻常之极，单只一妻的反倒罕有。只是明教源自波斯，向来诸教众节俭刻苦，除妻子外少有侍妾。张无忌生性谦和，深觉不论和哪一位姑娘匹配，在自己都是莫大的福泽，倘若再娶姬妾，未免太也对不起人，因此这样的念头在心中一闪即逝，从来不敢多想，偶尔念及，往往便即自责：“为人须当自足，我竟心存此念，那不是太过卑鄙可耻么？” 后来小昭去了波斯，殷离逝世，又认定殷离是赵敏所害，那么顺理成章，自是要与周芷若成婚。不料变生不测，大起波折，其后真相逐步揭露，周赵二女原来善恶颠倒，幸好自己并未与周芷若成婚，铸成大错。赵敏更公然与父兄决裂，则此事已不为难。万不料赵敏突然不告而别，而周芷若又有此一问。 周芷若见他沉吟不答，说道：“我问你的乃是虚幻之事。小昭当了波斯明教的处女教主，我又……又杀害了殷姑娘。四个女子之中，只剩下了赵姑娘。我只是问你，倘若我们四人都好端端的在你身边，你便如何？” 张无忌道：“芷若，这件事我在心中已想了很久。我似乎一直难决，但到今天，我才知道真正爱的是谁。”周芷若问道：“是谁？是……是赵姑娘么？” 张无忌道：“不错。我今日寻她不见，恨不得自己死了才好。要是从此不能见她，我性命也是活不久长。小昭离我而去，我自是十分伤心。我表妹逝世，我更是难过。你……你后来这样，我既痛心，又深感惋惜。然而，芷若，我不能瞒你，要是我这一生再不能见到赵姑娘，我是宁可死了的好。这样的心意，我以前对旁人从未有过。” 他初时对殷离、周芷若、小昭、赵敏四女似是不分轩轾，但今日赵敏这一走，他才突然发觉，原来赵敏在他心中所占位置，毕竟与其余三女不同。 周芷若听他这般说，轻声道：“那日在大都，我见你到那小酒店去和她相会，便知你内心情爱之所系。只是我还痴心妄想，若是与你……与你成亲之后，便……便可以拉得你回心转意，实在……实在……那是是万万不能的。” 张无忌歉然道：“芷若，我对你一向敬重，对殷家表妹心生感激，对小昭是意存怜惜，但对赵姑娘却是……却是铭心刻骨的相爱。” 周芷若喃喃道：“铭心刻骨的相爱，铭心刻骨的相爱。”顿了一顿，低声道：“无忌哥哥……我对你可也是铭心刻骨的相爱。你……你竟然不知道么？” 张无忌大是感动，握着她手，柔声道：“芷若，我是知道的。你对我这番心意，今生今世，我不知要如何报答你才好。我……我真的对你不起。” 周芷若道：“你没对我不起，你一直待我很好，难道我不知道么？我问你：倘若赵姑娘此番不别而行，你永远找不到她了，倘若她给奸人害死了，倘若她对你变心，你……你便如何？” 张无忌心中已难过了很久，听她这么说，再也忍耐不住，流下泪来，哽咽道：“我……我不知道！总而言之，上天下地，我也非寻着她不可。” 周芷若叹了口气，道：“她不会对你变心的，你要寻着她，那也很容易。” 张无忌又惊又喜，站了起来，道：“她在哪里？芷若，你快说。” 周芷若一对妙目凝视着张无忌，见他脸上大喜若狂的神情，轻轻的道：“你对于我永远不会这么关心。你要知道赵姑娘的所在，须得答允我一件事，否则你永远找她不到的了。”张无忌道：“你要我答允甚么事？” 周芷若道：“这件事我现下还没想起，日后想到了再跟你说。总之这事不违侠义之道，不碍光复大业，也于明教及你自己的名声无损，只是做起来未必容易。” 张无忌一呆，心想：“当日敏妹要我做三件事，也说甚么不违侠义之道，迄今为止，她只要我做过两件事。那两件事可真不易办，怎么芷若也学起她的样来？” 周芷若道：“你不答允，自然也由得你。不过大丈夫言而有信，要是答允了我，事到临头，可不能推委抵赖。” 张无忌沉吟道：“你说此事不违侠义之道，不碍光复大业，也于明教及我自己的名声无损？”周芷若道：“不错！”张无忌道：“好，当真不违侠义之道，无损于光复大业，我便答允你了。”周芷若道：“咱们击掌为誓。”伸出手掌，要与他互击。 张无忌情知跟她击掌立誓之后，便是在自己身上套了一道沉重之极的枷锁，这个周姑娘外表温柔斯文，但心计之工，行事之辣，丝毫不在赵敏之下，一时提起了手掌，拍不下去。 周芷若微笑道：“你只须答允我这件事，我教你顷刻之间，便见到你的心上人。”张无忌胸口一热，再也不计其他，便和她击掌三下。周芷若笑道：“你瞧这里是谁。”伸手拨开了身后的树丛。只见一丛树叶之后坐着一个少女，脸上似笑非笑，却不是赵敏是谁？ 张无忌惊喜交集，大叫一声：“敏妹！” 忽听得身后数丈之外，一个女子声音“咦”的一声，似乎突然见到赵敏现身，忍不住惊呼了出来。这一声惊呼声音甚轻，但张无忌已听得清清楚楚。 他一呆之下，心中转过了无数念头，缓缓伸出手掌去拉赵敏的手，双掌相接，只觉她手掌颇为僵直，登时省悟，只道她日间不别而行，到处找她不到，原来却是被周芷若擒住了，点了她穴道，藏在这里，周芷若故意带他到这里来说这一番话，自是句句要赵敏听见。倘若自己不忍令周芷若伤心，随口讨好，对她说些情浓言语，甚至搂住她亲热一番，可又堕入了她计中，那时赵敏可当真非走不可了。言念及此，不由得暗叫：“惭愧！”背上出了一身冷汗，顺手一搭赵敏的脉搏，察觉气血运行如常，并未受伤。 月光之下，只见她眉间眼角，笑意盈盈，说不尽的娇媚可爱，想是他适才与周芷若这番对答，都教她一一听在耳中。她虽然身不能动，口不能言，但听到他背后吐露心曲，对自己竟是如此铭心刻骨的相爱，情意恳切，自是禁不住心花怒放。 周芷若弯下腰来，在张无忌耳边低声说了几句话，张无忌低声回答一句。周芷若怒喝：“张无忌，你竟全然没将我放在眼里，你仔细瞧瞧，赵姑娘中毒之后，还活得成么？” 张无忌惊道：“她……她中了毒！是你下的毒么？”俯身察看，刚翻开赵敏左边的眼睛，只觉背心一麻，已被点中穴道。张无忌“啊哟”一声，身子摇晃。周芷若出手