Chapter 31 Chapter Thirty

After a while, everyone suddenly smelled a faint fragrance of flowers.XuanNan shouted: "The enemy released poison, quickly hold your breath and smell the antidote." But after a while, he didn't feel any difference, but his mind was refreshed, as if there was no poison in the fragrance of flowers. The man outside said: "Seventh sister, are you here? There is a strange man in the fifth brother's house who actually calls himself An Lushan." A woman's voice said: "Only the eldest brother has not arrived yet, the second brother, the third brother, the fourth brother, Sixth brother and eighth brother, let's all show up together!"

As soon as she finished her sentence, there was suddenly a bright light outside the gate, and a strange light enveloped five men and one woman.In the light, an old man with black beard said loudly: "Old Wu, get out of here quickly." He held a square piece of wood in his right hand.That woman is a middle-aged beauty.Two of the other four were dressed as Confucian scholars, and one seemed to be a carpenter, holding a hatchet and carrying a long saw.The other one has a green face, long fangs, red hair and green beard, and looks extremely terrifying. It is just a monster, wearing a shiny brocade robe.

Deng Baichuan concentrated his attention, and he could already see that this person's face was painted with oil paint, he was not really born with a different appearance, he was dressed like an actor singing on a stage, just now he was playing both Tang Minghuang and Mei Concubine, Naturally, it is this gentleman, and he said loudly: "Your surnames and names, I am Deng Baichuan, a disciple of the Murong family in Gusu." Before the other party could answer, a group of black shadows rushed out from the hall, the knife was shining, and it slashed seven times at the actor, just like a storm.The opera singer was caught off guard, hiding here and there, in a very embarrassing situation.But I heard him sing: "Strengthening the mountain, the momentum is overwhelming, the time is not good, the time is not dying, the time is not dying, but..." But the storm was too aggressive, and he couldn't continue singing before he finished the third line.

The black-bearded old man scolded: "You are so unreasonable, you are so unreasonable, you slashed wildly as soon as you came up, and I used the 'big iron net' move!" With a wave of the square plank in his hand, it hit Feng Bo E on the top of his head. Feng Bo felt disgusted and muttered: "I have fought hundreds of battles in my life, but I have never seen such a square board as a weapon." The single sword fell quickly and chopped towards the board.With a clang sound, the knife cut on the edge of the board, and the board did not move at all. It turned out that this square board looks like a board, but it is steel, but the outside is painted with wood grain.Feng Bo E immediately withdrew his saber, and waited to strike again, but unexpectedly his arm retracted, he couldn't retract the single saber, but was firmly sucked by the steel plate.The wind and waves were shocked, and with a swipe of luck, the single knife separated from the steel plate, and shouted: "The most evil! Is this iron plate of yours made of a magnet?"

The man smiled and said: "Don't dare, dare not! This is the old man's food guy." Feng Boye glanced at it and saw many straight lines drawn vertically and horizontally on the board, obviously it was a chessboard for playing Go , Said: "It's weird, I'll fight with you!" The knife entered like the wind, and the faster and faster it was, but the blade dared not touch the opponent's magnet board again. The actor took a breath, and sang in a rough voice: "What can I do if the dying is not dying, what can I do if I am dying?" Suddenly it turned into a female voice, and said delicately: "Your Majesty, don't worry, although the battle of Gaixia today is unfavorable, my concubine Follow Your Majesty and break out of the siege."

Bao BuTong shouted: "The overlord of Chu and Concubine Yu who are traitors of the straight mother, kill yourself quickly, I am Han Xin." He stretched out his palm and grabbed the actor's shoulder.The actor dodged his shoulders and sang: "The wind is blowing, the clouds are flying, and... ah, my Han Gaozu killed you Han Xin." With his left hand in his waist, he shook out a soft whip, and with a sound of brushing, I draw it differently to a bag. XuanNan saw that these people were fighting like a joke, but both sides were very skilled in martial arts, but he didn't know the origin of the other party, he frowned slightly, and shouted: "Everyone, let's stop fighting for now, let's make things clear first."

But it is very difficult to stop the turmoil and stop fighting. He knows that after suffering from the cold poison, his physical strength is not as good as usual, and the cold poison will be released at any time, which is very dangerous. A single sword is like a blowing wind, and he must win as soon as possible. passed the opponent. Amidst the sound of four people fighting fiercely, another person came out from the hall, with a clang sound, the two sabers collided, majestic but painful.He said loudly: "You group of traitors who poison people, the old monk is killing people today." He was tortured by the cold poison for several days, and he was exhausted. At this time, he didn't ask any more questions. Cut off a Confucian scholar.A Confucian scholar dodged it, and the other reached into his arms, and took out a weapon in the shape of a judge's pen, and fought with Xuan Tong using his delicate kung fu.

Another Confucian scholar shook his head and said, "It's so strange! The monks are so angry, but I don't know where it comes from?" Stretching his hand into his bosom, he wondered, "Hey, where did it go!" In the pocket on the left Feeling, digging in the right pocket, shaking the sleeves, patting the chest, nothing can be found. Xu Zhu became curious and asked: "Benefactor, what are you looking for?" The Confucian scholar said: "This great monk has very high martial arts skills, my brother can't beat him, I want to take out my weapon, and fight with two enemies. , Huh, strange, strange! Where did I put my weapon?" He tapped his forehead, thinking hard.Xu Zhu couldn't help laughing, he thought: "It's interesting to go into battle but forget where the weapon is." Then he asked: "Benefactor, what kind of weapon are you using?"

The Confucian scholar said: "A gentleman should be courteous before fighting, my first weapon is a book." Xu Zhu said: "What book? Is it the secret of martial arts?" The Confucian scholar said: "No, no. It is a book, I Use the words of a sage to influence the other party." Bao Ditong interjected, "You are a scholar, and you can't even memorize it. What kind of books do you read?" The Confucian scholar said, "I only know one thing, I don't know the other. When it comes to Mencius and Spring and Autumn Annals, I Naturally, I can read it thoroughly, but the other party is a Buddhist disciple, and he only reads Buddhist scriptures. He may not have read Confucian books. It can be denied, it is difficult to argue, and this is effective. As the saying goes, this is called "there is a book to prove it." As he said, he was still groping everywhere on his body.

Bao BuTong shouted: "Little Master, hit him quickly!" Xu Zhu said: "Wait until this benefactor finds the weapon, it will not be too late to do it." The Confucian scholar said: "Song Chu fought Yu Hong, the people of Chu hadn't crossed the river, and the ranks hadn't formed yet. It can be attacked rightly, but Song Xianggong said: 'It is not a gentleman'. The little master has this heart, and Song Xiang is also benevolent." The man who looked like a craftsman saw Xuan Tong's pair of Jie Dao flying up and down, his moves were extremely fierce, and he would dismantle several more moves, fearing that the scholar who used the judge's pen would be in danger of life, so he immediately swung his ax forward, ready to help in the battle.Gongye slapped him dryly.Gongye has a gentle appearance, his palm strength is really powerful, he is known as "No. 2 in the south of the Yangtze River", that day he competed with Xiao Feng in a wine competition, even though he lost, Xiao Feng respected him very much, which shows that his internal strength attainment is extraordinary.The craftsman dodged sideways and struck with his axe.

The Confucian scholar still couldn't find his book, but saw that his companion's judge's brush was scattered and couldn't resist Xuantong's two swords, so he said to Xuantong: "Hey, great monk, the master said: 'A gentleman has no food for his life. If you violate benevolence in time, you will be wrong if you make mistakes, and you will be in trouble." You want to kill my fourth brother, that would be inhumane. Yan Yuan asked about benevolence, and the master said: "Restraining oneself and returning to the rites is benevolence. One day, self-restraining and returning to the rites, the world Return to benevolence.” The master said again: “Do not look at injustice, listen not to injustice, do not speak inappropriate, and do not act inappropriate.” You wield your swords indiscriminately, and the tyrannical one just wants to kill. There is no “self-denial” in this kind of action. , that is 'indecent' to the extreme." Xu Zhu asked Hui Fang, a Shaolin monk next to him in a low voice: "Master, is this person pretending to be stupid?" Hui Fang shook his head and said, "I don't know either. This time when I leave the temple, the master told everyone to be careful, the people in the world will be happy Deceitful, you can do all kinds of tricks." The nerd said to Xuantong again: "Great monk, the Master said: 'The benevolent must have courage, and the brave must have benevolence.' You are brave if you are brave, but you may not have benevolence, so you cannot be regarded as a real gentleman. The master said: 'Ji Do not do to others what you do not want it to be done to you'. If someone kills you, of course you are very unwilling. You don’t want to die yourself, but how do you kill someone?" Xuantong and the scholar danced back and forth, wielding their knives and fighting fiercely. The bookworm followed Xuantong from east to west, left and right, always staying within three feet of him, and kept admonishing him, obviously his martial arts were not weak.Xuan Tong was secretly vigilant: "This guy is talking so nonsense, obviously to distract me, as soon as he finds a flaw in my moves, he immediately takes advantage of it. This person's martial arts are still higher than the person who uses the judge's pen, so it is impossible No defense." In this way, he used six parts of his energy to guard against bookworms, and only four parts of his energy to attack the scholar who uses the judge's pen.The scholar's situation immediately improved. After more than ten moves, Xuan Tong became anxious and shouted: "Go away!" He turned the Jie Dao upside down, raised the hilt of the saber and slammed it into the nerd's chest.The nerd stepped aside and said: "I saw that the master's martial arts are very strong, my fourth brother and I are two against one, and we may not be able to beat you, so I advise you with good words, or give up the fight twice. Said: "Chenhu! My way is consistent." Zeng Zi said: "The way of the master is loyalty and forgiveness." As human beings, this "way of forgiveness" must always be followed, and it must not be too arrogant." Xuantong was furious, swiped his knife, slashed across, and cursed: "What is the way of loyalty and forgiveness? Benevolence and morality? Why do you put poison in the coffin to harm people? If the old monk is not careful, he will have passed away by now, and he is still a loser." What do you mean 'do unto others as you would have them do unto you'? Do you want to be poisoned and die?" The nerd took two steps back and said, "Wonderful! Wonderful! Who put poison in the coffin? The husband's coffin contains the things of the dead body. The Master said: "The carp also dies. There are coffins but no outer shells." Inside the coffin Putting poison, wouldn’t even the dead body be poisoned to death? Oh, no, the dead have already died.” Bao DiTong interjected: "No, no. You put poison in your coffin instead of dead bodies, just to poison us living people." The bookworm shook his head and said, "Your Excellency, with the heart of a villain, save you The belly of a gentleman is gone. There is neither a coffin nor poison here." Bao BuTong said: "The master said: 'Only a woman and a villain are difficult to raise.' You are a villain." Pointing to the middle-aged beautiful woman opposite, he said: "She is a woman. You two are really difficult to raise. Kong Is there something wrong with what Master said?" The nerd was stunned, and said, "'Wang Gu left and right to talk about him.' I just ignored your words and didn't reply." The nerd and Bao Budong answered each other, Xuan Tong was less concerned, and the two knives became tighter again, which made the scholar with the judge's pen suddenly feel tighter.The nerd walked up to Xuantong and said: "The Master said: 'People are not benevolent, what is it like to be polite? People are not benevolent, what is it like to be happy?' Great monk, 'People are not benevolent', it is really bad." Xuantong said angrily: "I am a Buddhist, what kind of poems, books, rituals and music are you talking about like a rotten Confucian? You are not humane, and you can't move my heart at all." The bookworm stretched out his finger, knocked on his forehead repeatedly, and said, "Extremely, extremely! I can be said to be a bookworm, a real bookworm. The great monk is obviously a disciple of Buddhism. Let me tell you about Confucius and Mencius." His benevolence, righteousness and morality are naturally incompatible." The turmoil is vicious for a long time, and it is difficult to win against the person who made the iron chessboard. After a long time, the cold poison is faintly felt in the lower abdomen.Bao BuTong fought with the actor, and found that the other party's martial arts were not very high, but his moves changed a lot. He played the role of Xi Shi for a while, uttered words and mumbled, and frowned and held his heart together. In an instant, he played the role of Li Taibai, who is a romantic poet and wine, drunk and staggering.The wonderful thing is that he has a set of martial arts to match all kinds of characters. The soft whip in his hand can be used as a long sleeve for a beauty, or as a brush for a scholar. The nerd complained for a while, then suddenly chanted in a long voice: "Since you have given up all your pleasures, can you take care of yourself? If you don't let go, can you go deep into the truth?" Xuan Nan and Xuan Tong were both startled: "This nerd It is really profound, and even the verses of Kumarajiva, an eminent monk in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, can be recited." Just listen to him continue to chant: "After all, in the void, his heart has no joy. If you are happy with the wisdom of Zen, it is the nature without illumination. There is no truth in lying and waiting, and it is not a place to stop. Great monk, what are the following two sentences? I have forgotten." Xuantong said: "The benevolent person has obtained the Dharma, and I wish to show what I want." The nerd laughed loudly, and said: "Zhao Ye! Zhao Ye! You Buddhist master, don't you also say 'the benevolent'? The principles of the world are the same. I advise you to turn around and put down the butcher's knife!" Xuantong was startled, and suddenly realized, and said: "Good! Good! Namo Amitabha, Namo Amitabha." There were two clangs, and the two ring knives were thrown on the ground. He sat cross-legged, smiled, and closed his eyes. language. The scholar fought fiercely with him, and suddenly he was surprised to see him like this, and the judge's pen in his hand did not strike. Xu Zhu called out: "Master Uncle, has the cold poison reappeared?" He stretched out his hand to help, XuanNan shouted: "Don't move!" When he checked Xuan's painful nose, he felt that his breathing stopped, unexpectedly he passed away.XuanNan clasped his palms together and recited the "Rebirth Mantra".Seeing Xuantong passed away, all Shaolin monks cried loudly in unison, picked up their Zen sticks and sabers, and wanted to fight the two scholars with their lives.XuanNan said: "Stop! Brother XuanTong comprehends the True Tathagata and is reborn in bliss, but he has achieved the right fruit, you must be happy." The people who were fighting fiercely suddenly saw this change, and they all stopped and jumped away. The bookworm yelled: "Old Wu, Fifth Brother Xue, come out quickly, someone gave me a word that shocked me to death, come out and save my life! If you don't come out to save lives, you goddamn doctor Xue, you will be so obedient!" Deng Baichuan Said: "Master Xue is not at home, this gentleman..." The bookworm still let go of his voice, and shouted in a panic: "Xue Muhua, Xue Lao Wu, Yan Wangdi, Master Xue, get out and save people quickly!" Wow! Your third brother has provoked someone to death, and he will have trouble with us." Bao BuTong said angrily: "You killed someone, and you are still pretending to be hypocritical." With a slap, he slapped him, and then his left hand came out from the bottom of his right palm, and with a move of "Old Dragon Exploring the Pearl", he went straight scratch his beard.The bookworm dodges away.Feng Bo E, Gong Ye Gan and others started to fight, but they didn't want to stop there, they fought again. Deng Baichuan shouted: "Lie down!" He stretched out his left hand and grabbed the back of the actor.Deng Baichuan was the first under the Murong family in Gusu Yanziwu, he is proficient in martial arts and powerful in internal strength, although he is not well-known in the world, everyone who knows him respects him.He grabbed the actor with his hand and threw it to the ground.The actor was very nimble, as soon as his left shoulder touched the ground, he turned his body in a half circle, swept his right leg, and kicked Deng Baichuan's leg.This movement was extremely fast, Deng Baichuan's body was fat and he couldn't turn easily, seeing that it was difficult to dodge, he immediately sank down, and forcibly received his leg.There was only a click, and one of his legs was broken. The actor rolled several times in a row, rolled several zhang away, and shouted: "I call you Mao Yanshou, a traitor, for harming Zhongliang, ah, my legs!" It turned out that the two forces on the legs intersected, and the actor was no match , Broken leg. The middle-aged beautiful woman had been standing aside in a gentle manner. At this time, she saw that the actor had a broken leg, and the rest of her companions were also threatened by the attack, and said: "What is the reason for you people to occupy my fifth brother's place?" In the house, do you attack someone without asking why?" Although she was questioning the other party, her tone was still gentle and gentle. The actor was lying on the ground, looked up to the sky and saw the two lanterns hanging at the gate, and exclaimed in shock: "What? What? 'Mourning of Xue Gong and Mu Hua', is my fifth brother wailing?" The chessboard maker, the two scholars, the ax maker, and the beautiful woman all followed his fingers and saw the lantern.The candles in the two lanterns were extinguished early, and the darkness hung there. As soon as everyone came up, they fought, and no one paid attention to it. It wasn't until the actor fell to the ground that he looked up and saw it. The actor burst into tears and sang: "Alas, alas, my good brother, I am sworn brothers with you in Taoyuan, we meet in the ancient city, you pass five passes, kill six generals, what a majesty..." At first they sang "Cry Guan Yu "The opera was so emotional that I couldn't sing it out of tune.The other five people shouted one after another: "Who killed Fifth Brother?" "Fifth Brother, Fifth Brother, which god murderer killed you?" "Today we must fight to the death with you." Xuannan and Deng Baichuan glanced at each other, both thought: "These people seem to be sworn brothers of Divine Doctor Xue." Deng Baichuan said: "Our companion was injured, so we came here to ask Divine Doctor Xue for treatment, but..." The woman Humanity: "You didn't know that he refused to heal, so you killed him, didn't you?" Deng Baichuan said: "No..." Before the word "yes" was out of his mouth, he saw the middle-aged beautiful woman flicking her sleeve Suddenly, I smelled a strong fragrance in my nose, and suddenly my head became dizzy, and my feet seemed to be flying through the clouds, and I couldn't stand still.The beautiful woman shouted: "It's true, it's true!" Deng Baichuan was furious, and shouted: "What a temptress!" With the strength in his palm, he slapped it out with a clap.The beautiful woman saw Deng Baichuan's body swaying, she was already in the right place, unexpectedly he was able to slap her palm, she was too late to lean over to dodge, but she felt a strong force pushing her towards her, her breath immediately Choking, he couldn't help but fell straight out.There were a few clicks, several ribs in his chest were broken, and he passed out before his body touched the ground.Deng Baichuan felt pitch black in front of his eyes, and he also fell down. Both sides fell one person each, and the rest shot one after another.XuanNan pondered: "There must be a serious problem in this matter. Only by capturing the other party first can we avoid more casualties on both sides." He said, "Bring the Zen stick!" Hui Jing turned around and picked up the Zen stick leaning against the door, Pass it to Xuannan.The scholar who made the judge's pen flew towards him, and the judge's pen with his right hand touched Huijing's chest.Xuannan slapped out his left palm, but before the palm reached, the force of the palm reached his back, the scholar fell to the palm.XuanNan let out a long laugh, with his stick in his hand, he took two steps across, swung his stick and threw it at the person holding the chessboard. The man saw the mighty approaching force, before the Zen stick arrived, the wind of the stick had already covered his whole body, he immediately stretched his strength on his arms, raised his hands to block the chessboard upwards, there was a loud bang, and sparks flew everywhere.The man felt his arms were numb, and his hands were bursting.With one stroke of Xuannan's Zen staff, he lifted up the chessboard together.The chessboard is extremely magnetic, it used to absorb the enemy's weapons, but today the enemy is strong and we are weak, it is absorbed by XuanNan's Zen stick.XuanNan's Zen staff then smashed down on the top of the man's head.The man shouted: "I can't resist this 'Zhenshentou' and 'Leaning Cover'!" and rushed forward. XuanNan flicked his Zen stick upside down, and shouted: "Bookworm, lie down for me!" Sweeping the stick over, the power was unstoppable.The nerd said: "Master, it's a holy time! If the wind blows and the grass dies, why not fall down, why not?" Before finishing a few words, he fell to the ground.Several Shaolin monks jumped up and held him down. The head of the Dharma Academy of Shaolin Temple was really extraordinary, with just one move, he knocked down the other three masters. That made the axe's double bucket bag different and the turmoil vicious, and it was overwhelmed, and it was about to be defeated.The person who made the chess board said: "Forget it, forget it! Sixth brother, we admit defeat in the middle game, and there is no need to play this game again. Monk, I just want to ask you, what did our fifth brother do to you? You want to kill him ?” Could it be that Xuan said, “Why is there such a thing…” Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard two clangs from the piano, which came from afar.As soon as these two zither sounds came to the ear drums, everyone's hearts jumped twice violently.When Xuannan was stunned, he could only hear the piano clanging twice again.At this time, the sound of the piano was closer, and everyone's heartbeat was even stronger.Feng Bo E only felt annoyance in his heart, he let go of his right hand, and with a "dang" sound, the sword fell to the ground.If it wasn't for Bao Ditong's hastily protecting his palm, the enemy's ax would have hit him on the shoulder.The nerd shouted: "Brother, come, come! Be good! Why are you playing the qin so slowly? The Master said: 'Your order, don't wait for the driver to go!'" The sound of the zither sounded continuously, and an old man with big sleeves fluttering walked out slowly, with a high forehead, a strange appearance, a smiling face and an extremely kind smile, holding a Yaoqin in his hand. The nerd waited for a group of people to call: "Brother!" The man approached, clasped his fists at XuanNan and said, "Which Shaolin eminent monk is here? You are so rude." XuanNan folded his hands and said, "" Old Na Xuannan." The man said: "Hehe, it's senior brother Xuannan. Master Xuanku of your sect is the senior brother of the master, right? The little old man has met him several times before, and the conversation is very speculative. He recently His body must be healthy." Xuan Nan said sadly, "Brother Xuan Ku was unfortunately plotted against by traitors, and he has passed away." The man was in a daze for a while, then suddenly jumped upwards, the height was more than Zhang, before his body landed, he could only hear his mournful cry in mid-air, and started to cry.Xuannan and Gongye Gan were all taken aback, they didn't expect this person to cry like a child at such a young age.As soon as his feet touched the ground, he immediately sat down, pulled his beard vigorously, and kept hitting the ground with the heels of his two feet like beating drums.Weeping: "Xuanku, why didn't you know me and died right away? Isn't that reasonable? Many people who heard my song "Sanskrit Pu'an Zuo" didn't understand the reason, but you said that in this song , full of Zen, I listened to it again and again. You, Xuannan Junior Brother, may not have your understanding. If I play it to him, I will probably play the piano to the cow, and the cow will not listen to it! Alas! Alas! I am lucky. Bitter!" When Xuannan heard him cry bitterly at the beginning, he thought that he was a man of the utmost nature, grieving over the death of senior brother Xuanku, and couldn't help but mourn, but the more he listened, the more wrong it became, it turned out that he was mourning the loss of a bosom friend in the world, and after crying, He actually said that playing the piano to himself is "playing the piano to a cow".He is a virtuous and eminent monk, he was not angry, he only smiled slightly, and said in his heart: "This group of people are all insane. This person's temperament is similar to that of his disciples, it's really called birds of a feather flock together." Only to hear the man cry again: "Xuan Ku, Xuan Ku, in order to repay my confidant, I worked so hard to compose a new song for you, called "Yi Wei Yin", praising the ancestor of Shaolin Temple, Bodhidharma, who crossed the river with a reed. Why don’t you listen to his great achievements?” Suddenly turned to Xuan and said, “Where is the grave of Senior Brother Xuan Ku? Take me there quickly, fast, fast, the sooner the better. I will play on his grave Maybe this new song can make him feel refreshed and come back to life." Xuan Bu said: "Don't talk nonsense, benefactor, after my senior brother passed away, he would have been burnt to ashes long ago." The man was stunned, then jumped up suddenly, and said, "That's very good, you give me his ashes, and I will use cowhide glue to separate his ashes and stick them under my Yaoqin. I can hear it. Do you think it’s good or not? Haha, haha, is my idea good?” The more he talked, the happier he was, and he couldn’t help clapping his hands and laughing. Suddenly seeing the beautiful woman lying aside, he said in surprise: “Hey, seven Sister, what's wrong? Who hurt you?" Could it be that Xuan said: "There is a misunderstanding in the middle, we are waiting to clarify." The man said: "What misunderstanding? Who misunderstood? In short, it is not a good person to hurt the seventh sister. Ah, the eighth brother was also injured, and the eighth brother was injured. My younger brother is not a good person either. Which ones are not good people? There is no need to say that you have to name yourself and report yourself to the public." The actor shouted: "Brother, they killed the fifth brother, you should avenge the fifth brother quickly." The old man playing the piano changed his face and shouted: "This is unreasonable! The fifth brother is the enemy of the king of hell, how can the king of Yama get it?" He?" Xuan said: "Master Xue is pretending to be dead, there is only poison in the coffin, no dead body." The old man playing the piano and others were all overjoyed, and asked one after another: "Why is the fifth child pretending to be dead?" "Where did the dead body go?" He didn't die, how could there be a dead body?" Suddenly, a thin voice came from a distance: "Xue Muhua, Xue Muhua, your old uncle is here, come out to meet him quickly." The voice was intermittent and far away, but it was clear to the ear, and it was clearly a call People have profound internal strength, which is no small matter. The actor, nerd, craftsman, etc. all exclaimed in unison.The old man playing the piano shouted: "A catastrophe is coming, a catastrophe is coming!" Looking around, his expression was terrified, and he said: "It's too late to escape! Quick, quick, everyone go into the house." Bao BuTong said loudly: "What catastrophe is imminent? Is the sky falling?" The old man tremblingly said: "Quick, go in! It doesn't matter if the sky falls, this..." Bao BuTong said: "Your old man, please Well, I won't go in." The old man suddenly stretched out his right hand and grabbed the acupuncture point on Bao BuTong's chest.This shot was too fast, Bao Budong was caught off guard, he was already restrained, his body was lifted by the opponent, his feet were lifted off the ground, and he involuntarily carried him into the gate. Both Xuannan and Gongyegan were greatly surprised, and when they were about to speak, the man who played the chessboard said in a low voice: "Master, everyone, hurry up and enter the room, a very powerful big devil will arrive in a blink of an eye." Xuannan is a master of martial arts, he has few opponents in the martial arts world, so what kind of big or small devil should he be afraid of?Asked: "Which big devil? Qiao Feng?" The man shook his head and said: "No, no, it's much more vicious than Qiao Feng. It's XingXiu old monster." XuanNan smiled slightly and said: " It's XingXiu old monster, that's really great, I'm looking for him." The man said: "Your master is strong in martial arts, so naturally you are not afraid. But here everyone is going to be killed by him, and you are the only one alive, which is kind of merciful. Tight." These few words of his were sarcasm, but they were really effective, XuanNan was startled, and said: "Okay, everyone go in!" At this moment, the old man playing the piano had put down his bag, and ran out of the door again, urging: "Quick, quick! What are you waiting for?" Feng Bo snarled and asked, "Where is my third brother?" Palm, swept across his right cheek.The cold poison in Feng Bo'e's body had already begun to take hold, he was in a state of difficulty, when he saw his palm coming, he hurriedly lowered his head to avoid it.Unexpectedly, the old man's left hand didn't get old, suddenly changed his strength and sank downwards, he had grabbed Feng Bo's back of the neck, and said: "Quick, quick, come in!" He lifted him like a chicken brought it in. Seeing that the old man didn't seem to have any malicious intentions, Gongye Gan restrained the two guards with a single move. He immediately shouted loudly and wanted to wait for the attack, but the old man's movements were like the wind, and he had already rushed in. door.The scholar carried the actor in his arms, and the craftsman supported the beautiful woman, and they all rushed into the house. XuanNan thought about today's events, there are so many weird things, he should not be reckless, if something goes wrong, he said: "Benefactor Gongye, everyone should go in, it's a long-term plan." At that moment Xu Zhu and Hui Fang lifted Xuan Tong's body, Gong Ye hugged Deng Bai Chuan and went into the room together. The old man playing the qin came out again to urge him. Seeing that everyone had already entered, he hastily closed the door and took the bolt to lock it.The man who made the chessboard said: "Brother, the door is still wide open. This is called what is real is empty, and what is empty is real. It makes him dare not rush in." The old man said: "Is that so? , I will follow you. Is this... okay?" There was no confidence in the voice. Xuannan and Gongye Gan glanced at each other, both thought: "This old man is so strong in martial arts, why is he so flustered? Such a door, even ordinary thieves can't resist it, let alone Xingxiu monster, whether it is closed or not , what's the difference? It seems that this person has suffered a great setback under the hands of the old monster Xingxiu, and became a frightened bird. When he knew that he was nearby, his soul flew out of his wits." The old man said repeatedly: "Sixth brother, think of an idea, think of an idea quickly." Although Xuannan is quite self-cultivated, but seeing him so terrified, he couldn't help feeling angry, and said: "Old man, as the saying goes: when soldiers come to block, water comes to cover up. No matter how powerful and vicious this XingXiu old monster is, let's all join hands to defend against the enemy." , it may not be lost to him, so why wait...wait...heh...be careful." At this time, candles were lit in the hall, and he glanced at the old man's frightened expression. People who make chessboards, nerds, craftsmen, and judges' pens all have the meaning of chestnut.Xuannan saw with his own eyes that these people were not weak in martial arts, but also crazy and careless. They seemed to be unrestrained people playing in the world, but suddenly they turned into frightened, useless cowards. Incredible. Seeing that Bao BuTong and Feng BoE were both sitting on the chairs, Gongye Gan couldn't stop shivering due to the attack of cold, so he supported Deng Baichuan to sit in the same chair, fortunately his pulse was well-balanced, as if he was drunk Alcohol is generally drowsy, and there is no danger.
Everyone looked at each other, and after a while, the craftsman who made the hatchet took out a curved ruler from his pocket, measured it in the corner of the hall, shook his head, picked up the candlestick, and walked to the back hall.Everyone followed in, but seeing him looking around, he jumped up hastily, measured it on the beam, shook his head again, walked back, came to the fake coffin of Miracle Doctor Xue, took a few glances, Shaking his head, he said, "What a pity, what a pity!" The old man playing the qin said, "Is it useless?" With a hatchet, he said, "No, Master Uncle must be able to see it." The old man playing the qin said angrily, "You... you still call him Uncle Master?" Hatchet shook his head, and walked back without saying a word. Gongye thought to himself: "This person seems to be unable to do anything other than shake his head." The short-axe man measured the corners of the wall, counted his steps, and counted them with his fingers, just like a man who built a house, counting his steps all the way to the back garden.He held the candlestick, pondered for a while, walked towards the row of five stone mortars in the corridor, thought for a while, put the candlestick on the ground, walked to the second large stone mortar on the left, and put some dry chaff and earth into it. In the mortar, he picked up a large stone pestle next to him and pounded it into the mortar. There was a bang, and another bang. The stone pestle was heavy, and it was very powerful when it fell. Gongye sighed softly, and said in his heart: "It's really bad luck this time. He met a group of lunatics. At this moment, he still has the mood to pound rice. If it's rice, then that's fine. Shichong What was put in the middle was obviously rice chaff and dirt, alas!" After a while, Bao BuTong and Feng BoE rested from the cold poison, and rushed to the back garden. Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, the sound of pounding rice continued. Bao BuTong said: "Brother, do you want to pound the rice for cooking? What you are pounding is not rice. I think we should plow the land, sprinkle grain seeds, and wait for the seedlings to grow..." Suddenly There were a few crackling sounds from the seven or eight feet in the middle and south corners of the garden.The sound was slight, but quite peculiar, Xuannan, Gongyegan and others looked around where the sound came from, and saw four osmanthus trees planted side by side. Bang, bang, the hatchetman kept pounding the pestle, strange to say, the second sweet-scented osmanthus tree to the east a few feet away shook its branches and leaves, and slowly moved outward.After a while, everyone could see that the laurel tree would move an inch and a half with each blow of the hatchet axeman.The old man playing the piano gave a cheer, ran towards the osmanthus tree, and said in a low voice: "Not bad, not bad!" The crowd followed him.I saw where the osmanthus tree moved away, a large stone slab was exposed, and an iron ring was growing on the slate to hold hands. Gong Yegan was amazed and ashamed at the same time, and said: "The arrangement of this underground mechanism is extremely ingenious, really incredible. This man discovered the location of the mechanism in an instant. under those who built it." Bao Budong said: "No, no. How do you know that he didn't build this mechanism?" Gongye said with a dry smile: "I said that his intelligence is not inferior to those who built the mechanism. If the mechanism was built by him , his intelligence is naturally not inferior to his own." Bao Butong said: "No, no. It is not below it, or above it. How can his intelligence be above his own?" The short axeman pounded for more than ten times, and the large stone slab was completely exposed.The old man playing the piano held the iron ring and pulled it up, but it didn't move at all. When he needed more strength to pull it again, the hatchetman screamed: "Brother, stop!" Let's piss, and shouted: "Everyone, come and piss together!" The old man playing the piano hurriedly put down the iron ring, and in a flash, the chessboard maker, the nerd, the judge's pen maker, plus the old piano player and the hatchet Guests, all urinate into the stone mortar. Seeing these five people urinating madly, Gongye Gan couldn't help laughing, but in an instant, everyone could smell the smell of gunpowder in their nostrils.The hatchetman said: "Okay, there's no danger!" But the old man who played the piano had the longest piss, urinated endlessly, and muttered to himself: "Damn, damn, I broke another mechanism. Sixth brother, if you hadn't seen the opportunity so quickly, we would have been blown to pieces." Gongye Gan and the others felt awe-inspiring, they all knew that in this moment, they had actually gone to the gate of hell, obviously there were flints, fire knives, and medicinal wires attached to the iron ring. The hidden gunpowder exploded immediately, but fortunately the hatchetman was extremely alert, everyone urinated and soaked the fuse, and the catastrophe was avoided. Shortaxe walked to the first stone mortar on the right, turned the mortar three times to the right, raised his head to the sky, muttered formulas in his mouth, calculated silently for a while, and then turned the mortar six and a half times to the left.Only a slight crunching sound was heard, and the large stone slab retracted sideways, revealing a hole.This time, the old man playing the piano didn't dare to be reckless anymore, and waved to the Hatcheter, asking him to lead the way.The Hatcheter knelt down and looked at the first mortar on the left.
Suddenly someone from the ground scolded: "Old monster Xingxiu, your grandma, you bastard! Very good, very good! You finally found me, you are amazing! You will get retribution for your evil deeds. Come on!" , Come! Come in and kill me!" Scholars, craftsmen, actors and so on cheered in unison: "The fifth is indeed not dead!" The old man playing the piano shouted: "Fifth brother, we are all here." The voice from the ground stopped, and then shouted: "Is it really the eldest brother?" ?” The voice was full of joy. With a chirping sound, a person came out of the hole, it was the enemy of Hades, Miracle Doctor Xue. 他没料到除了弹琴老者等义兄弟外，尚有不少外人，不禁一怔，向玄难道：“大师，你也来了！这几位都是朋友么？” 玄难微一迟疑，道：“是，都是朋友。”本来少林寺认定玄悲大师是死于姑苏慕容氏之手，将慕容氏当作了大对头。但这次与邓百川等同来求医，道上邓百川、公冶乾力陈玄悲大师决非慕容公子所杀，玄难已然信了六七分，再加此次同遭危难，同舟共济，已认定这一伙人是朋友了。公冶乾听他如此说，向他点了点头。 薛神医道：“都是朋友，那再好也没有了，请大家一起下去，玄难大师先请。”话虽如此，他仍然抢先走了下去。这等黑沉沉的地窖，显是十分凶险之地，江湖上人心诡秘难测，谁也信不过谁，自己先入，才是肃客之道。 薛神医进去后，玄难跟着走了下去，众人扶抱伤者，随后而入，连玄痛的尸身也抬了进去。薛神医扳动机括，大石板自行掩上，他再扳动机括，隐隐听得轧轧声响，众人料想移开的桂树又回上了石板。 里面是一条石砌的地道，各人须得弯腰而行，走了片刻，地道渐高，到了一条天然生成的隧道之中。又行十余丈，来到一个宽广的石洞。石洞一角的火炬旁坐着二十来人，男女老幼都有。这些人听得脚步声，一齐回过头来。 薛神医道：“这些都是我家人，事情紧迫，也不叫他们来拜见了，失礼莫怪。大哥，二哥，你们怎么来的？”不等弹琴老者回答，便即察视各人伤势。第一个看的是玄痛，薛神医道：“这位大师悟道圆寂，可喜可贺。”看了邓百川，微笑道：“我七妹的花粉只将人醉倒，再过片刻便醒，没毒的。”那中年美妇和戏子受的都是外伤，虽然不轻，在薛神医自是小事一件。他把过了包不同和风波恶的脉，闭目抬头，苦苦思索。 过了半晌，薛神医摇头道：“奇怪，奇怪！打伤这两位兄台的却是何人？”公冶乾道：“是个形貌十分古怪的少年。”薛神医摇头道：“少年？此人武功兼正邪两家之所长，内功深厚，少说也有三十年的修为，怎么还是个少年？”玄难道：“确是个少年，但掌力浑厚，我玄痛师弟和他对掌，也曾受他寒毒之伤。他是星宿老怪的弟子。” 薛神医惊道：“星宿老怪的弟子，竟也如此厉害？了不起，了不起！”摇头道：“惭愧，惭愧。这两位兄台的寒毒，在下实是无能为力。'神医'两字，今后是不敢称的了。” 忽听得一个宏亮的声音说道：“薛先生，既是如此，我们便当告辞。”说话的正是邓百川，他被花粉迷倒，适于此时醒转，听到了薛神医最后几句话。包不同道：“是啊，是啊！躲在这地底下干什么？大丈夫生死有命，岂能学那乌龟田鼠，藏在地底洞穴之中？” 薛神医冷笑道：“施主吹的好大气儿！你知外边是谁到了？”风波恶道：“你们怕星宿老怪，我可不怕。枉为你们武功高强，一听到星宿老怪的名字，竟然如此丧魂落魄。”那弹琴老者道：“你连我也打不过，星宿老怪却是我的师叔，你说他厉害不厉害？” 玄难岔开话题，说道：“老衲今天所见所闻，种种不明之处甚多，想要请教。” 薛神医道：“我们师兄弟八人，号称'函谷八友'。”指着那弹琴老者道：“这位是我们大师哥，我是老五。其余的事情，一则说来话长，一则也不足为外人道……” 正说到这里，忽听得一个细细的声音叫道：“薛慕华，怎么不出来见我？” 这声音细若游丝，似乎只能隐约相闻，但洞中诸人个个听得十分清楚，这声音更像一条金属细线，穿过了十余丈厚的地面，又如是顺着那曲曲折折的地道进入各人耳鼓。 那弹琴老者“啊”的一声，跳起身来，颤声道：“星……星宿老怪！”风波恶大声道：“大哥，二哥，三哥，咱们出去决一死战。”弹琴老者道：“使不得，万万使不得。你们这一出去，枉自送死，那也罢了！可是泄漏了这地下密室的所在，这里数十人的性命，全都送在你这一勇之夫的手里了。”包不同道：“他的话声能传到地底，岂不知咱们便在此处？你甘愿装乌龟，他还是要揪你出去，要躲也是躲不过的。”那使判官笔的书生说道：“一时三刻之间，他未必便能进来，还是大家想个善法的为是。” 那手持短斧、工匠一般的人一直默不作声，这时插口道：“丁师叔本事虽高，但要识破这地道的机关，至少也得花上两个时辰。再要想出善法攻进来，又得再花上两个时辰。”弹琴老者道：“好极！那么咱们还有四个时辰，尽可从长计议，是也不是？”短斧客道：“四个半时辰。”弹琴老者道：“怎么多了半个时辰？”短斧客道：“这四个时辰之中，我能安排三个机关，再阻他半个时辰。” 弹琴老者道：“很好！玄难大师，届时那大魔头到来，我们师兄弟八人决计难逃毒手。你们各位却是外人。那大魔头一上来专心对付我们这班师侄，各位颇有逃命的余裕。各位千万不可自逞英雄好汉，和他争斗。要知道，只要有谁在星宿老怪的手底逃得性命，已是了不起的英雄好汉。” 包不同道：“好臭，好臭！”各人嗅了几下，没闻到臭气，向包不同瞧去的眼色中均带疑问之意。包不同指着弹琴客道：“此人猛放狗屁，直是臭不可耐。”他适才一招之间便给这老儿制住，心下好生不愤，虽然其时适逢身上寒毒发作，手足无力，但也知自己武功远不及他，对手越强，他越是要骂。 那使棋盘的横了他一眼，道：“你要逃脱我大师兄的掌底，已难办到，何况我师叔的武功又胜我大师兄十倍，到底是谁在放狗屁了？”包不同道：“非也，非也！武功高强，跟放不放狗屁全不相干。武功高强，难道就不放狗屁？不放狗屁的，难道武功一定高强？孔夫子不会武功，莫非他老人家就专放狗屁……” 邓百川心想：“这些人的话也非无理，包三弟跟他们胡扯争闹，徒然耗费时刻。”便道：“诸位来历，在下尚未拜聆，适才多有误会，误伤了这位娘子，在下万分歉仄。今日既是同御妖邪，大家算得一家人了。待会强敌到来，我们姑苏慕容公子手下的部属虽然不肖，逃是决计不逃的，倘若当真抵敌不住，大家一齐毕命于此便了。” 玄难道：“慧镜、虚竹，你们若有机会，务当设法脱逃，回到寺中，向方丈报讯。免得大家给妖人一网打尽，连讯息也传不出去。”六名少林僧合十说道：“恭领法旨。”薛慕华和邓百川等听玄难如此说，已明白他是决意与众同生共死，而是否对付得了星宿老怪，心中也实在毫无把握。 弹琴老者一呆，忽然拍手笑道：“大家都要死了。玄苦师兄此刻就算不死，以后也听不到我的无上妙曲《一苇吟》了，我又何必为他之死伤心难过？唉，唉！有人说我康广陵是个大大的傻子，我一直颇不服气。如此看来，纵非大傻，也是小傻了。” 包不同道：“你是货真价实的大傻子，大笨蛋！”弹琴老者康广陵道：“也不见得比你更傻！”包不同道：“比我傻上十倍。”康广陵道：“你比我傻一百倍。”包不同道：“你比我傻一千倍！”康广陵道：“你比我傻一万倍！”包不同道：“你比我傻十万倍、百万倍，千万倍、万万倍！” 薛慕华道：“二位半斤八两，谁也不比谁更傻。众位少林派师父，你们回到寺中，方丈大师问起前因后果，只怕你们答不上来。此事本来是敝派的门户之羞，原不足为外人道。但为了灭除这武林中的大患，若不是少林高僧主持大局，实难成功。在下须当为各位详告，只是敬盼各位除了向贵寺方丈禀告之外，不可向旁人泄漏。” 慧镜、虚竹等齐声道：“薛神医所示的言语，小僧除了向本寺方丈禀告之外，决不敢向旁人泄漏半句。” 薛慕华向康广陵道：“大师哥，这中间的缘由，小弟要说出来了。” 康广陵虽于诸师兄弟中居长，武功也远远高出侪辈，为人却十分幼稚，薛慕华如此问他一声，只不过在外人之前全他脸面而已。康广陵道：“这可奇了，嘴巴生在你的头上，你要说便说，又问我干么？”
薛慕华道：“玄难大师，邓师傅，我们的受业恩师，武林之中，人称聪辩先生……” 玄难和和邓百川等都是一怔，齐道：“什么？”聪辩先生便是聋哑老人。此人天聋地哑，偏偏取个外号叫做“聪辩先生”，他门中弟子个个给他刺聋耳朵，割断舌头，江湖上众所周知。可是康广陵这一群人却耳聪舌辩，那就大大的奇怪了。 薛慕华道：“家师门下弟子人人既聋且哑，那是近几十年来的事。以前家师不是聋子，更非哑子，他是给师弟星宿老怪丁春秋激得变成聋子哑子的。”玄难等都是“哦”的一声。薛慕华道：“我祖师一共收了两个弟子，大弟子姓苏，名讳上星下河，那便是家师，二弟子丁春秋。他二人的武功本在伯仲之间，但到得后来，却分了高下……” 包不同插口道：“嘿嘿，定然是你师叔丁春秋胜过了你师父，那是不用说的。”薛慕华道：“话也不是这么说。我祖师学究天人，胸中所学包罗万象……”包不同道：“不见得啊不见得。”薛慕华已知此人专门和人抬杠，也不去理他，继续说道：“初时我师父和丁春秋学的都是武功，但后来我师父却分了心，去学祖师爷弹琴音韵之学……” 包不同指着康广陵道：“哈哈，你这弹琴的鬼门道，便是如此转学来的了。” 康广陵瞪眼道：“我的本事若不是跟师父学的，难道是跟你学的？” 薛慕华道：“倘若我师父只学一门弹琴，倒也没什么大碍，偏是祖师爷所学实在太广，琴棋书画，医卜星相，工艺杂学，贸迁种植，无一不会，无一不精。我师父起始学了一门弹琴，不久又去学弈，再学书法，又学绘画。各位请想，这些学问每一门都是大耗心血时日之事，那丁春秋初时假装每样也都跟着学学，学了十天半月，便说自己资质太笨，难以学会，只是专心于武功。如此十年八年的下来，他师兄弟二人的武功便大有高下了。” 玄难连连点头，道：“单是弹琴或弈棋一项，便得耗了一个人大半生的精力，聪辩先生居然能专精数项，实所难能。那丁春秋专心一致，武功上胜过了师兄，也不算希奇。” 康广陵道：“老五，还有更要紧的呢，你怎么不说？快说，快说。” 薛慕华道：“那丁春秋专心武学，本来也是好事，可是……可是……唉……这件事说起来，于我师门实在太不光彩。总而言之，丁春秋使了种种卑鄙手段，又不知从哪里学会了几门厉害之极的邪术，突然发难，将我祖师爷打得重伤。祖师爷究竟身负绝学，虽在猝不及防之时中了暗算，但仍能苦苦撑持，直至我师父赶到救援。我师父的武功不及这恶贼，一场恶斗之后，我师父复又受伤，祖师爷则堕入了深谷，不知生死。我师父因杂学而耽误了武功，但这些杂学毕竟也不是全无用处。其时危难之际，我师父摆开五行八卦、奇门遁甲之术，扰乱丁春秋的耳目，与他僵持不下。 “丁春秋一时无法破阵杀我师父，再者，他知道本门有不少奥妙神功，祖师爷始终没传他师兄弟二人，料想祖师爷临死之时，必将这些神功秘笈的所在告知我师父，只能慢慢逼迫我师父吐露，于是和我师父约定，只要我师父从此不开口说一句话，便不来再找他的晦气。那时我师父门下，共有我们这八个不成材的弟子。我师父写下书函，将我们遣散，不再认为是弟子，从此果真装聋作哑，不言不听，再收的弟子，也均刺耳断舌，创下了'聋哑门'的名头。推想我师父之意，想是深悔当年分心去务杂学，以致武功上不及丁春秋，既聋且哑之后，各种杂学便不会去碰了。 “我们师兄弟八人，除了跟师父学武之外，每人还各学了一门杂学。那是在丁春秋叛师之前的事，其时家师还没深切体会到分心旁鹜的大害，因此非但不加禁止，反而颇加奖饰，用心指点。康大师兄广陵，学的是奏琴。” 包不同道：“他这是'对牛弹琴，己不入耳'。” 康广陵怒道：“你说我弹得不好？我这就弹给你听听。”说着便将瑶琴横放膝头。 薛慕华忙摇手阻止，指着那使棋盘的道：“范二师兄百龄，学的是围棋，当今天下，少有敌手。” 包不同向范百龄瞧了一眼，说道：“无怪你以棋盘作兵刃。只是棋盘以磁铁铸成，吸人兵器，未免取巧，不是正人君子之所为。”范百龄道：“弈棋之术，固有堂堂之阵，正正之师，但奇兵诡道，亦所不禁。” 薛慕华道：“我范二师哥的棋盘所以用磁铁铸成，原是为了钻研棋术之用。他不论是行走坐卧，突然想到一个棋势，便要用黑子白子布列一番。他的棋盘是磁铁所制，将铁铸的棋子放了上去，纵在车中马上，也不会移动倾跌。后来因势乘便，就将棋盘作了兵刃，棋子作了暗器，倒不是有意用磁铁之物来占人便宜。” 包不同心下称是，口中却道：“理由欠通，大大的欠通。范老二如此武功，若是用一块木制棋盘，将铁棋子拍了上去，嵌入棋盘之中，那棋子难道还会掉将下来？” 薛慕华道：“那究竟不如铁棋盘的方便了。我苟三师哥单名一个'读'字，性好读书，诸子百家，无所不窥，是一位极有学问的宿儒，诸位想必都已领教过了。” 包不同道：“小人之儒，不足一哂。”苟读怒道：“什么？你叫我是'小人之儒'，难道你便是'君子之儒'么？”包不同道：“岂敢，岂敢！” 薛慕华知道他二人辩论起来，只怕三日三夜也没有完，忙打断话头，指着那使判官笔的书生道：“这位是我四师哥，雅擅丹青，山水人物，翎毛花卉，并皆精巧。他姓吴，拜入师门之前，在大宋朝廷做过领军将军之职，因此大家便叫他吴领军。” 包不同道：“只怕领军是专打败仗，绘画则人鬼不分。”吴领军道：“倘若描绘阁下尊容，确是人鬼难分。”包不同哈哈大笑，说道：“老兄几时有暇，以包老三的尊容作范本，绘上一幅'鬼趣图'，倒也极妙。” 薛慕华笑道：“包兄英俊潇洒，何必过谦？在下排行第五，学的是一门医术，江湖上总算薄有微名，还没忘了我师父所授的功夫。” 包不同道：“伤风咳嗽，勉强还可医治，一遇到在下的寒毒，那便束手无策了。这叫做大病治不了，小病医不死。嘿嘿，神医之称，果然是名不虚传。” 康广陵捋着长须，斜眼相睨，说道：“你这位老兄性子古怪，倒是有点与众不同。”包不同道：“哈哈，我姓包，名不同，当然是与众不同。”康广陵哈哈大笑，道：“你当真姓包？当真名叫不同？”包不同道：“这难道还有假的？嗯，这位专造机关的老兄，定然精于土木工艺之学，是鲁班先师的门下了？” 薛慕华道：“正是，六师弟冯阿三，本来是木匠出身。他在投入师门之前，已是一位巧匠，后来再从家师学艺，更是巧上加巧。七师妹姓石，精于莳花，天下的奇花异卉，一经她的培植，无不欣欣向荣。” 邓百川道：“石姑娘将我迷倒的药物，想必是取自花卉的粉末，并非毒药。” 那姓石的美妇人闺名叫做清露，微微一笑，道：“适才多有得罪，邓老师恕罪则个。”邓百川道：“在下鲁莽，出手太重了，姑娘海涵。” 薛慕华指着那一开口便唱戏的人道：“八弟李傀儡，一生沉迷扮演戏文，疯疯颠颠，于这武学一道，不免疏忽了。唉，岂仅是他，我们同门八人，个个如此。其实我师父所传的武功，我一辈子已然修习不了，偏偏贪多务得，到处去学旁人的绝招，到头来……唉……” 李傀儡横卧地下，叫道：“孤王乃李存勖是也，不爱江山爱做戏，嗳，好耍啊好耍！” 包不同道：“孤王乃李嗣源是也，抢了你的江山，砍了你的脑袋。” 书呆苟读插口道：“李存勖为手下伶人郭从谦所弑，并非死于李嗣源之手。” 包不同不熟史事，料知掉书包决计掉不过苟读，叫道：“呀呀呸！吾乃郭从谦是也！啊哈，吾乃秦始皇是也，焚书坑儒，专坑小人之儒。” 薛慕华道：“我师兄弟八人虽给逐出师门，却不敢忘了师父教诲的恩德，自己合称'函谷八友'，以纪念当年师父在函谷关边授艺之恩。旁人只道我们臭味相投……” 包不同鼻子吸了几下，说道：“好臭，好臭！”苟读道：“易经系辞曰：'同心之言，其臭如兰。'臭即是香，老兄毫无学问。”包不同道：“老兄之言，其香如屁。” 薛慕华微笑道：“谁也不知我们原是同门的师兄弟。我们为提防那星宿老怪重来中原，给他一网打尽，是以每两年聚会一次，平时却散居各处。”
玄难、邓百川等听薛神医说罢他师兄弟八人的来历，心中疑团去了大半。 公冶乾问道：“如此说来，薛先生假装逝世，在棺木中布下毒药，那是专为对付星宿老怪了。薛先生又怎知他要来到此处？” 薛慕华道：“两天之前，我正在家中闲坐，突然有四个人上门求医，其中一个是胖大和尚，胸前背后的肋骨折断了八根，那是少林派掌力所伤，早已接好了断骨，日后自愈，并无凶险。但他脏腑中隐伏寒毒，却跟外伤无关，若不医治，不久便即毒发身亡。” 玄难道：“惭愧，惭愧！这是我少林门下的慧净和尚。这僧人不守清规，逃出寺去，胡作非为，敝寺派人拿回按戒律惩处，他反而先行出手伤人，给老纳的师侄们打伤了。原来他身上尚中寒毒，却跟我们无关。不知是谁送他来求治的？” 薛神医道：“与他同来的另外一个病人，那可奇怪得很，头上戴了一个铁套……” 包不