Chapter 26 Chapter 26 Surrounding the Temple
Linghu Chong traveled quickly to the north, arrived at a big town at dawn, and walked into a restaurant.The most famous snack in Hubei is bean curd, which is made of bean flour and wrapped in dishes, which is very delicious.Linghu Chong made three dishes in a row, paid the bill and went out.
I saw a group of men walking towards me, one of them was short and fat, and he was obviously one of the "Yellow River Patriarchs".Linghu Chong was overjoyed and shouted loudly: "Old man! How are you?"
When the old man saw him, he immediately looked extremely embarrassed, hesitated for a while, and drew out his big knife with a swipe.
Linghu Chong took another step forward, and said: "Zu Qianqiu..." After only saying three words, the old man raised his knife and slashed at him, but although the knife was powerful, its accuracy was extremely poor, unlike Linghu Chong's. There was a gap of more than a foot between the shoulders, and they slashed straight down with a whoosh.Linghu Chong was startled, jumped back, and shouted: "Mister, I... I am Linghu Chong!"
The old man shouted: "Of course I know you are Linghu Chong. All my friends have heard that the holy lady had an order that day, no matter whoever sees Linghu Chong, he must be killed, and the holy lady will reward him very much. This sentence, everyone Do you know all about it?"
Everyone said loudly: "We all know it." Even though everyone said so, everyone looked at me and I looked at you, with strange expressions on their faces, and no one drew their swords to fight, some even smiled, as if feeling very interesting.
Linghu Chong blushed, remembering that day when Yingying asked the old man to wait for rumors in the world, she must kill herself. She hoped that she would never leave her side, but also wanted the group to know that she was not madly in love with Linghu Chong, but hated Linghu Chong. He went to the bone.There have been many changes since then, and I have long forgotten this sentence at that time. Now I heard the old man say that, and I remembered that her order has not been cancelled.
At that time, the old man waited for the rumors to spread, but Qunhao didn't believe her anymore. To save Linghu Chong's life, she willingly went to Shaolin Temple to die.Everyone praises her for her deep love and righteousness, but it's also funny, thinking that this young lady is too aggressive and aggressive, she clearly loves her, but she doesn't admit it, trying to cover it up, it's inevitable that she wants to cover it up.This matter is not only well known by Yingying's subordinates who are heretics, but also decent people have heard about it, and their daily chats are often made into a laughing stock.At this moment, Qunhao suddenly saw Linghu Chong appearing. He was surprised and surprised, but he was also at a loss.
The old man said: "Mr. Linghu, the holy aunt has ordered us to kill you. But you are very skilled in martial arts. Just now I missed you with the knife. I accept that you are merciful and didn't take my life. I am grateful for your kindness. Everyone My friend, everyone has seen it with your own eyes, we definitely don’t want to kill Mr. Linghu, we really can’t kill him, my old man can’t, and of course you can’t either. Isn’t it?”
Everyone laughed, and they all said: "Exactly!" One said: "Just now we had a thrilling fight, both sides were exhausted, and neither could kill the other, so we had no choice but to stop fighting. Everyone might as well go for a wine fight. If there is Which hero can make Mr. Linghu drunk to death, and when he sees the holy lady in the future, he will have an explanation." The group laughed wildly, and they all said: "Wonderful, wonderful!" Another laughed and said: "Holy Aunt, as long as we kill Young Master Linghu, there is no rule that we must use a knife. It is also okay to use good wine to get him drunk to death. This is called incompetence, and it is easy to outsmart."
The crowd cheered and shouted, surrounded Linghu and rushed to the largest restaurant in the area, more than forty people filled six tables.Several people knocked on the table and stool, shouting: "Wine!"
As soon as Linghu Chong sat down, he asked, "What's the matter with the saint? I'm so worried."
Qunhao was overjoyed to hear that he cared about Yingying.
The old man said: "Everyone has decided on the fifteenth day of December, and we will go to the Shaolin Temple to pick up the saint girl out of the temple. These days, everyone is arguing about who will be the leader of the alliance, which greatly hurts the peace. Mr. Linghu arrives, then It couldn't be better. If you are not the leader, who else will be? If someone else is, even if the holy lady is picked up, she will not be happy."
An old man with a white beard smiled and said: "Yes. As long as Mr. Linghu is in charge of the overall situation, even if he encounters obstacles for a while and cannot meet the holy lady, as long as she hears the news, he will be very happy. , it was made in heaven and earth, and it was Mr. Linghu who came to do it."
Linghu Chong said: "Who is the leader of the alliance is a trivial matter. As long as the holy lady is rescued, I will be smashed to pieces, and I am willing." These few words are not random nonsense. If he wanted to die for Yingying, it would be an indomitable move forward, so there was no need to think about it.But as usual, it's enough to think about this idea in my own heart, and I don't need to announce it to others, but now I want to try my best to appear affectionate, so that others will not laugh at Yingying.
When Qunhao heard this, he was even more relieved, and felt that the holy lady had taken a fancy to this person, and her eyes were really good.
The white-haired old man said with a smile: "It turns out that Mr. Linghu is indeed a hero with love and righteousness. If it is as rumored in the Jianghu, saying that Mr. Linghu stays out of the matter and ignores it at all, it will make everyone feel cold."
Linghu Chong said: "In the past few months, I have lost my hand and been trapped in a cage. I don't know anything about the world. But I miss the holy aunt day and night, and my hair is turning gray. Come, come, let me offer a toast to all my friends, thank you for your support Saintess contributes." He stood up and drank a toast.Qunhao also did it.
Linghu Chong said: "Old man, you said that many friends are vying for the position of the leader, which greatly hurts peace. We must rush to stop it immediately." The old man said: "Exactly. Zu Qianqiu and the night owl have already rushed away We are going too." Linghu Chong said: "I don't know where everyone is?" The old man said: "We are all meeting in Huangbaoping." Linghu Chong said: "Huangbaoping?" The white-bearded old man said: "That's west of Xiangyang Among Jingshan."
Linghu Chong said: "Let's eat and drink quickly, and go to Huangbaoping immediately. We have been drinking for three days and three nights, everyone has worked hard, and we still can't kill Linghu Chong. When we see the holy lady in the future, we can explain it."
The group of heroes laughed and said: "Mr. Linghu can drink like a sea, I'm afraid if we fight for three days and three nights, I won't be able to do anything to you."
Linghu Chong walked side by side with the old man, and asked: "Is Ling'ai recovering from her illness?" Seeing that the rest of the people were several feet away, he asked: "All my friends say that the holy aunt has great kindness to you all. I really don't understand the reason. How can the holy aunt extend her kindness to so many friends in the world at such a young age?" The old man Asked: "Master, you really don't know the reason?" Linghu Chong shook his head and said: "I don't know." The old man said: "Master is not an outsider, so there is no need to hide it, but everyone swore to the holy lady not to reveal the secret. Please, sir Forgive me." Linghu Chong nodded and said: "It's not convenient to say it, it's better not to say it." The old man said: "Isn't it so much better for the holy aunt to tell the young master in person?" Linghu Chong said: "I hope that day will be sooner. The better to come."
On the road, Qunhao met two more groups of heroes, both of whom were going to Huangbaoping. The three groups got together, and there were already more than a hundred people.
It was already late at night when Qunhao arrived at Huangbaoping, and the gathering place of all heroes was in the wilderness west of Huangbaoping.Still beyond Lixu, there was already a commotion of people, some shouting and cursing, some screaming.Linghu Chong hurried forward. Under the moonlight, he could see countless people gathered in a dark lawn surrounded by mountains. At a glance, there were more than a thousand people at least. Only someone said loudly: "Leader, leader, since you are called the word 'lord', naturally you have to be one person. If all six of you are going to be the leader, then what kind of leader will you be?" Another person said: "The six of us are one person, and one person is six people. You all listen to the orders of my six brothers, and my six brothers will be the leader of the alliance. If you talk too much, I will tear you into four pieces first." Let's talk later." Linghu Chong didn't need to see him to know that he was one of the "Six Immortals of Peach Valley", but his six brothers all spoke with similar voices, but they couldn't tell which one it was. He was frightened by that person before, and he didn't dare to speak again.But the heroes were obviously dissatisfied with the "Six Immortals of Peach Valley". Some shouted and cursed in the distance, some hid in the dark and laughed loudly, and some even threw stones and sand, making a mess. Peach Blossom Immortal shouted loudly: "Who threw stones at me?" Someone said in the darkness, "It's your old man." Peach Blossom Fairy said angrily, "What? You are my elder brother's old man, that is to say, my old man? "Someone said: "That's not necessarily it!" Immediately hundreds of people laughed in unison.Peach Blossom Immortal said: "Why not?" Another person said: "I don't know about that either. I only have one son." Peach Root Immortal said: "You only have one son, what has it to do with me?" Another loud voice He smiled and said, "It has nothing to do with you, most likely it has something to do with your brother." Tao Ganxian said, "Does it have anything to do with me?" Said it looks a little like mine, come out and have a look." The man laughed and said, "What's so interesting, you can look in the mirror yourself!" All of a sudden, the four figures jumped up swiftly and rushed forward, grabbing the man out of the darkness.This man was tall and big, he weighed more than two hundred catties, and the Four Immortals of Peach Valley grabbed his limbs, but he couldn't move at all.The four caught him and took a photo under the moonlight.Tao Shixian said: "It's not like me, how can I be so ugly? Third child, I'm afraid it looks a bit like you." Tao Zhixian said: "Bah, am I uglier than you? The heroes of the world are here, why don't you please comment. " The heroes have long seen that the six immortals of Peach Valley have abnormal facial features and ugly faces. It is really not easy to judge which one is better. The meeting will be torn into four pieces, everyone is trembling with fear, and no one can laugh. Linghu Chong knew the temper of the Six Immortals of Peach Valley, and if he was wrong, he would tear the big man to pieces. He said loudly: "Six Immortals of Peach Valley, how about letting me judge by Linghu Chong?" He walked out of the dark slowly. As soon as the heroes heard the word "Linghu Chong", they immediately stirred up, and more than a thousand pairs of eyes focused on him. Linghu Chong stared intently at the Four Immortals of Peach Valley, fearing that they would tear the big man apart on a whim, and said: "Put this friend down, so I can see clearly." The Four Immortals of Peach Valley immediately put him down. This big man is extremely majestic, standing on the ground, like an iron tower.He had escaped from death just now, but he was already frightened out of his wits, his face was ashen, and his body was trembling.He knew that trembling in public was not a heroic act, but his whole body wanted to tremble, but he couldn't force it. If he wanted to say a few words to support his appearance, he trembled: "I...I...I..." Linghu Chong saw that he was terribly frightened, but this man's facial features were correct, and he said to the Six Fairies of Peach Valley: "Six Peach Brothers, your appearance is completely different from this friend, but you are much more handsome than him. Tao Ganxian is tall and tall, Taozhixian has slender limbs, Taoyexian has beautiful eyebrows, and Taohuaxian... this...this eyes are like bright stars, and Taoshixian is full of energy. Anyone who sees them will immediately know that they are the six heroes The jade-faced hero of righteousness, handsome young... this handsome middle-aged man." When the heroes heard this, they all laughed.The Peach Valley Six Immortals were even more delighted. The old man has suffered from these six brothers, and knows that they are not easy to mess with, so he followed suit and said: "In my opinion, looking around the world, there are many heroes in the world, and when it comes to appearance, no one can compare with Taogu Liu." Fairy." The group of lords followed suit, and some said: "It's not just handsome, it's really chic. There is no one before, and there will be no one after." Some said: "Pan An retreats, Song Yu is willing to bow down." Some said: "From the martial arts The handsome men from the first to the sixth should be counted as six of them. Mr. Linghu can be ranked seventh at most." The Six Immortals of Peach Valley didn't know that everyone was making fun of him, but they actually praised him sincerely, and laughed from ear to ear.Tao Zhixian said: "My mother said that the six of us were ugly, so it was wrong." Someone laughed and said: "Of course not, you only have six people, how can you be ugly?" Someone said lightly: "In addition to their parents ..." Before he could finish his sentence, someone covered his mouth. The old man said loudly: "My friends, everyone is very lucky. Mr. Linghu was about to go to Shaolin alone to pick up the holy lady. He met us on the road. He heard that everyone was here, so he came over to discuss with everyone. When it comes to the beauty of appearance, it is natural to count the Six Immortals of Peach Valley..." When the heroes heard this, they all laughed again.The old man shook his hands again and again, and continued amidst the laughter of the crowd: "But the important matter of going to Shaolin and picking up the holy lady has nothing to do with his appearance. In my opinion, we regard Mr. Linghu as the leader of the alliance, and invite him Preside over the overall situation, issue orders, and everyone obeys, what do you think?" Everyone in the group knows that Shenggu was trapped in Shaolin because of Linghu Chong. Linghu Chong's kung fu skills are outstanding, and he joined hands with Xiang Wentian in Henan that day to fight against heroes from all walks of life. On the face of the holy aunt, she should also regard him as the master, so when she heard the old man's words, there were thunderous cheers, and many people applauded. Peach Blossom Immortal suddenly said strangely: "Let's go to save Miss Ren, if we rescue her, will we be Linghu Chong's wife?" The group of heroes respected Miss Ren very much, although they felt that what Tao Huaxian said was true, none of them dared to say so openly.Linghu Chong was even more embarrassed, so he had no choice but to keep silent. Tao Yexian said: "He got a wife and became the leader of the alliance, that would be too cheap for him. We went to help him save his wife, but the leader asked us six brothers to do it." Taogen Xian said: "Exactly! Unless he is strong If you pass us, it’s a different matter.” Suddenly, the peach root, peach stem, peach branch and peach fruit four immortals grabbed Linghu Chong's limbs and lifted him into the air.The four of them struck out too quickly, and without any warning, they grabbed as soon as they said they wanted to, but Linghu Chong couldn't dodge it in time. All the heroes exclaimed in unison: "I can't do it, let me go!" Tao Yexian said with a smile: "Don't worry everyone, we will never hurt his life, as long as he agrees to let our six brothers be the leader..." Before he could finish his sentence, the four immortals Peach Root, Peach Dried, Peach Branch, and Peach Shi yelled in unison, hurriedly threw Linghu Chong down, and shouted: "Ah, you... what kind of magic are you using?" It turned out that Linghu Chong's brothers and feet were captured by four people respectively, and he was really afraid that the four of them would be stupid and do all kinds of weird things, so don't really tear yourself apart, and use the star-absorbing method immediately.The Four Immortals of Peach Valley only felt that their internal energy leaked from their palms, the more they used their kung fu to fight against each other, the faster their internal energy rushed out, they were terrified and let go of their hands immediately.Linghu Chong straightened his back and stood up steadily. Immortal Taoye quickly asked: "What?" Immortal Taogen and Immortal Taoshi said together: "This... Linghu Chong's kung fu is so strange, we can't catch him." Immortal Taogan said: "It's not that we can't catch him, but All of a sudden, I don't want to catch him anymore." The heroes cheered loudly, and they all said: "Six Immortals of Peach Valley, are you convinced this time?" Taogen Immortal said: "Linghu Chong is a good friend of our six brothers, Linghu Chong is Peach Valley The Six Immortals, the Six Immortals of Peach Valley is Linghu Chong. If Linghu Chong came to be the leader of the alliance, he would wait for the Six Immortals of Peach Valley to be the leader of the alliance, so what is there to be dissatisfied with?" Peach Blossom Immortal said: "Is there any reason in the world not to accept oneself? You are too stupid to ask." Seeing the expressions of the Peach Valley Six Immortals, the heroes guessed that they had secretly suffered a disadvantage when they caught Linghu Chong just now, they just wanted to save face and refused to admit it, although they didn't know the reason, they all laughed and cheered. Linghu Chong said: "Everyone, let's go to welcome the holy aunt this time, and rescue many friends who are trapped in Shaolin Temple. Shaolin Temple is the Taishan Beidou in martial arts. Shaolin's seventy-two unique skills have been famous all over the world for hundreds of years. We can't compete with it. But we have a large number of people, besides more than a thousand heroes here, there are still many heroes here. Even if our martial arts are not as good as Shaolin monks and disciples, if ten of them fight one, we will always win .” The crowd roared: "Yes, yes! Could it be that the monks in Shaolin Temple really have three heads and six arms?" Linghu Chong said again: "But although the masters of Shaolin Temple kept the holy aunt, they didn't make things difficult for her. The masters in the temple are all eminent monks with the right way, they are merciful and respectful. Even if we destroy Shaolin Temple, I'm afraid that the heroes in the rivers and lakes will say that we rely on the many to win, and we are not heroes. Therefore, in my opinion, we must first be polite before fighting. If we can say that Shaolin Temple has made a step back, we will not make it difficult for the holy aunt and other friends. It would be great to avoid a fight." Zu Qianqiu said: "Mr. Linghu's words are just what I want. If you really do something, there will be many casualties on both sides." What's the fun in that?" Zu Qianqiu said: "Since we enshrine Mr. Linghu as the lord of the alliance, everyone should obey him when he gives orders." Tao Genxian said: "That's right, it's up to us Taogu Six Immortals to give orders. gone." The heroes heard that his six brothers were making trouble for no reason and obstructing the business, they couldn't help but feel annoyed, many of them put their hands on the handles of their knives, and only waited for Linghu Chong's signal, they wanted to cut these six people into pieces. Dozens of people can't stop fighting with swords. Zu Qianqiu said: "What does the lord do? Naturally, he gives orders. If he doesn't give orders, what is he called a lord? The word 'lord' means to give orders." Peach Blossom Immortal said: "In this case, just call him the word 'Meng', and the word 'Master' will be missing." : "In my opinion, since the word 'Meng' is awkward, you can take it apart and call him 'Bright Blood'!" Tao Zhixian shouted: "Wrong, wrong! The word 'Meng' is broken. Come on, it's not the word 'blood', it's one less than the word 'blood'. What's that word?" The six immortals of Peach Valley didn't know the word "dish" for the utensil, and the heroes let them make a fool of themselves, and no one spoke out to point them out. Tao Ganxian said: "If there is a little less, it will still be blood. It's like when I cut you with a knife, the cut is deep, and the blood is much. Although it is less, it is still blood." Taozhixian said angrily: "You cut me, even if you cut me lightly, it is not because of brotherhood. Why did you cut me?" Taoganxian said: "I But I didn't cut it, and I don't have a knife in my hand." Peach Blossom Immortal said: "What if you have a knife in your hand?" Hearing that they were getting further and further away, the heroes couldn't help shouting angrily: "Be quiet, everyone listen to the leader's order." Tao Zhixian said: "He will give orders as soon as he gives orders, so why be quiet?" Linghu Chong raised his voice and said, "My friends, by counting with your fingers, there are still seventeen days left before December 15th. Let's all start walking slowly, and it's almost time to reach Songshan Mountain. We are not acting in secret this time. Tomorrow, let’s go buy a cloth flag with the words “Heroes from all over the world go to Shaolin to welcome the holy lady” and buy more leather drums, beat them all the way to teach Shaolin monks and lay disciples to listen. Come on, let’s be frightened first.” Nine out of ten of these heretical tyrants are good people. Hearing him say that he is going to make such a big fuss is a great joy, and the cheers shook the valley.There are also some old and stable people among them, but seeing that everyone likes to mess around, they can only be noncommittal, stroking their beards and smiling. In the early morning of the next day, Linghu Chong invited Zu Qianqiu, Ji Wushi and the old man to make flags and buy leather drums.By noon, dozens of white cloth banners had been written, but only two leather drums were bought.Linghu Chong said: "Let's set off right away, pass through towns along the way, and just keep buying more." Immediately, someone beat the drum, and the group of heroes shouted in unison, marching northward in line. Linghu Chong had seen the Hengshan faction's disciples being attacked on Xianxia Ridge, so he discussed with Ji Wushi and others and sent out seven gangs, two gangs in the front as outposts, two gangs for left guards, two gangs for right guards, and another gang The back of the palace responded, and the rest were the Chinese army brigade; and the Shenwu Gang of Hanshui was sent back and forth to pass the news.The Shenwu Gang is a local gang, and its sphere of influence extends from northern Hubei to southern Henan. If there is any trouble, it will be known as soon as possible.Qunhao saw that his assignments were well-organized, and everyone obeyed and obeyed him except the Six Immortals of Peach Valley.
After walking for several days, there were many nobles coming to gather along the way.There were more and more banners and leather drums. Amidst the sound of the puffy skin drums, more than two thousand people clamored and flocked to Shaolin. Today we will arrive at the foot of Wudang Mountain.Linghu Chong said: "The Wudang faction is the second largest faction in the martial arts. It is second only to Shaolin in terms of momentum. We are going to meet the holy lady this time. Even the Shaolin faction doesn't want to offend, and naturally we don't want to offend the Wudang faction. Let's avoid it." Follow the Tao to show respect for the head of the Wudang School, Daoist Chongxu. I don't know what you think?" The old man said: "You can do whatever you say, Mr. Linghu. We only need to receive the holy lady, then So I am satisfied, I don’t need to grow more side branches, so many powerful enemies. If I can’t get the holy lady, even if Wudang Mountain is flattened, what’s the use of it?” Linghu Chong said: "That's very good! Then please send an order to stop the flags and drums, and turn eastward." At present, Qunhao diverted to the east.On the day of the journey, someone rode a donkey in front of him, followed by two peasants, one carrying a load of vegetables and the other carrying a load of firewood.An old man was riding on the donkey's back, bent over and coughing, and his clothes were covered with patches.There are many heroes in the group, armed with weapons, shouting and screaming along the way, the momentum is very powerful, passers-by on the road have already avoided it when they saw it.But the three of them turned a blind eye and rushed towards Qunhao. Immortal Taogen scolded: "What are you doing?" He stretched out his hand and pushed it, and the donkey neighed and fell out. There were a few clicks, and the leg was broken.The old man on the donkey's back fell to the ground and couldn't get up for a long time. Linghu Chong was so sorry, he jumped over to help him up immediately, and said, "I'm really sorry. Old man, did you hurt from the fall?" The old man groaned and said, "This... this... what is this? I am poor..." The two peasants put down their burdens and stood in the middle of the road with their hands on their hips, their faces full of anger.The man picking vegetables said out of breath: "This is at the foot of Wudang Mountain. Who are you, you dare to beat people here?" Taogenxian said: "At the foot of Wudang Mountain, what then?" , everyone knows martial arts. You outsiders come here to play wild, you really don't know how to live or die, and ask for trouble." Qunhao saw that the two were sallow and thin, they were both in their fifties, and the picker was out of breath, so he actually claimed to know martial arts, dozens of people immediately burst out laughing. Peach Blossom Fairy smiled and said, "You know martial arts?" The man said, "At the foot of Wudang Mountain, three-year-olds can also box and five-year-olds can use swords. What's so strange?" , smiled and said: "What about him? Can he use a sword?" The man picking firewood said: "I... I... I learned it for a few months when I was young, but I haven't practiced it for decades. This kung fu... cough cough, But I put it all aside." The picker said: "The martial arts of the Wudang School is the best in the world, as long as you learn it for a few months, you are no match." Tao Yexian said with a smile: "Then you can practice a few moves for us to see. " The man picking firewood said: "What are you practicing? You don't understand." The group of heroes laughed loudly, and they all said: "If you don't understand, you have to look." The man picking firewood said: "Well, if this is the case, I will practice a few hands , I just don’t know if you still remember everything? Which one borrowed a sword.” Immediately, a person smiled and handed the sword over.The man took it, went to the dry rice field, practiced stabbing eastward and westward, making three or four strokes, suddenly forgot, scratched his head in meditation, and made a few more strokes. Qunhao saw that he was completely disorganized and his skills were extremely clumsy, all of them burst out laughing. The vegetable picker said: "What's so funny? Let me practice and borrow a sword." Taking the long sword in his hand, he slashed and stabbed wildly, his moves were extremely fast, as if going crazy, which made people laugh wildly . Linghu Chong smiled with his hands behind his back at first, but after seeing more than a dozen moves, he couldn't help feeling surprised. One of these two men's sword moves was slow, and the other was quick.The postures of the two are indeed extremely ugly, but the sword moves are simple and vigorous, and the power of the sword seems to be only 10 to 20 percent, and the rest is waiting to be hidden, and they immediately took a few steps and cupped their hands Said: "It is a great honor to meet the two seniors today and to see the brilliant tricks." The tone is very sincere. The two men put away their long swords.The firewood picker stared and said: "You boy, can you understand our swordsmanship?" Linghu Chong said: "I dare not say I understand. The two swordsmen are profound and profound. How can the word 'understand' be said? Wudang Pai swordsmanship is famous all over the world, it really is amazing." The picker said: "You kid, what's your name?" Before Linghu Chong could answer, several people in the group shouted: "What kind of boy is not a boy?" "This is our leader, Mr. Linghu." "You bumpkin, please speak more politely!" The firewood picker turned his head and said, "Linghu Guazi? It's not called a cat or a dog, but it's called melon seeds and peanuts. It's an ugly name." Linghu Chong clasped his fists and said, "Linghu Chong is very impressed when he sees the Wudang Excalibur today. He will go up the mountain in the future. Kowtow to Daoist Chongxu, I would like to express my sincerity of admiration. Can you tell me your surnames?" The firewood picker spit thick phlegm into the ground and said: "Many of you, clattering, beating gongs and drums , but a big funeral?" Linghu Chong knew that these two must be masters of the Wudang sect, so he bowed respectfully and said, "We have a friend who was detained in Shaolin Temple. We are going to plead with the abbot Fangzheng and ask him to be merciful and release him." The vegetable man said: "So it's not a big funeral! But you broke my uncle's donkey, will you pay for it?" Linghu Chong took the three horses by the hand and said: "These three horses are naturally not as good as the donkeys of the seniors, so I have to ask the seniors to ride them. The juniors didn't know the seniors were coming, and there was a big collision. Please forgive me." The three horses sent them to the past. Seeing Linghu Chong's demeanor becoming more and more humble, Qunhao were all surprised that it was not intentional. The vegetable picker said: "Since you know our swordsmanship is very good, do you want to compare?" Linghu Chong said: "The younger generation is not an opponent of the two of you." The picker said: "You don't want to compare, but I want to compare. " With a slanted sword, he rushed towards Linghu.Linghu Chong saw that his sword covered nine vital points on his upper body, it was indeed exquisite.He shouted: "Good swordsmanship!" He drew out his long sword and stabbed back.The man stabbed wildly with his sword towards the empty space.Linghu Chong's long sword turned around and also cut in the empty space.The two of them fired seven or eight swords in a row, each of which pierced the empty space, and the two swords never crossed.But the man carrying firewood retreated step by step. The vegetable picker shouted: "Peanut seeds and peanuts, you really have some skills." He raised his sword and stabbed and slashed wildly, and in an instant he chopped twenty times in a row.Every sword is aimed at Linghu Chong, the edge of the sword is seven or eight feet away from his body. Linghu Chong lifted the long sword, sometimes he made a false move at the wood picker, and sometimes he stabbed empty at the vegetable picker, the blade was seven or eight feet away from their bodies.But when the two of them saw him make a move, their expressions became tense, they either jumped to dodge, or danced their swords to block. The heroes were all stunned, Linghu Chong's sword was obviously far away from them, and when he drew the sword, there was no strong wind, and he definitely did not attack with invisible sword energy, why did these two people avoid it so much? Lest it be too late?Seeing this moment, all the heroes knew that these two people were masters of profound martial arts.Although one of them is still sluggish and the other is crazy when they attack, but when they dodge and parry, their movements are light and steady, and they are both. Suddenly, two men shouted in unison, their swordsmanship changed drastically, the picker's long sword opened wide and closed, with a mighty momentum, the picker retreated quickly, and there were dots of cold stars on the tip of the sword.The tip of the long sword in Linghu Chong's hand tilted up slightly, but he didn't move anymore, his eyes sometimes stared at the picker, and sometimes squinted at the picker.Everywhere he looked, the two men immediately changed their moves, or yelled to retreat, or switched from attack to defense. Ji Wushi, the old man, Zu Qianqiu and other martial arts masters have gradually figured out the clues, and realized that what the two men are avoiding and protecting must be where Linghu Chong's eyes are, and it is also the vital point on their bodies. I saw the man carrying firewood raised his sword to slash at each other, Linghu Chong shot his eyes at the "Shangqu acupoint" on his lower abdomen, the man's sword didn't make him old, he immediately turned around and blocked his "Shangqu acupoint".At this time, the vegetable picker straightened his sword and stabbed Linghu Chong repeatedly. Linghu Chong saw the "Tianding Point" on his left neck. Hidden weapon, he would never let the opponent's eyes meet his "Tianding acupoint" no matter what. The two men wielded their swords for a while, sweating profusely all over their bodies, and their clothes and pants were soaked in sweat in an instant. The old man riding the donkey had been watching without saying a word, then suddenly coughed and said: "I admire, I admire, you step back!" The two men responded in unison: "Yes!" But Linghu Chong's gaze Still circling back and forth, never leaving the important points on the two of them.The two of them backed away while dancing their swords, and they couldn't escape Linghu Chong's gaze.The old man said: "Excellent swordsmanship! Master Linghu, let the old man learn the best tricks." Linghu Chong said: "I dare not do it!" Turning his head, he clasped his fists and bowed to the old man. At this point, the two men finally got rid of the shackles of Linghu Chong's gaze, and at the same time they moved backwards, like two big birds, flying steadily several feet away.Qunhao couldn't help applauding in unison, it's hard to comprehend the sword skills of the two of them, but this vertical move, the distance of the leap, and the beauty of the movement, everyone knows it is a superior skill. The old man said: "Mr. Linghu is merciful with his sword. If you really fight, you two will already have thousands of holes in your body. How can you allow you to use all the sword skills calmly? Come and thank you." The two men flew over and bowed to the ground.The vegetable picker said: "Today I know that there is a sky beyond the sky, and there are people above all. Your master is brilliant, which is rare in the world. You have spoken rudely just now, so please forgive me." Linghu Chong bowed his hands back and said, "Wudang swordsmanship is amazing. Both of you His sword strokes are one yin and one yang, one strong and one soft, but is it Taiji swordsmanship?" The picker said: "But you are laughing at me. We use the 'liangyi swordsmanship', the sword divides yin and yang, and we can't mix them It's one." Linghu Chong said: "I'm watching from the sidelines, and I can barely distinguish some subtleties in the swordsmanship. If we really fight each other, we may not be able to take advantage of the gap." The old man said: "My lord, why should you be overly modest? Your eyes are everywhere, which is the weakness of every move of the Liangyi swordsmanship. Alas, this swordmanship... this swordmanship..." Shaking his head, he said, "Fifty More than a year ago, there were two Taoist priests of the Wudang sect who spent decades of hard work on this Liangyi swordsmanship, and they felt that there are yin and yang in the swordsmanship, both strong and soft, alas!" A long sigh, obviously He said: "I don't know that when I meet a master of swordsmanship, I'm still vulnerable." Linghu Chong said respectfully: "These two uncles are already so exquisite in swordsmanship. Daoist Chongxu and other masters of the Wudang School must be even more difficult to see. This junior and all friends passed by the foot of Wudang Mountain this time. Because of important matters, it is very impolite not to go up the mountain to meet Daoist Chongxu. Once this matter is over, I will become a true martial artist and kowtow to Emperor Zhenwu and Daoist Chongxu." Linghu Chong was originally arrogant, but just now Seeing that the swordsmanship of the two people is strong and soft, there are many miraculous works in it. Although the flaws have been found, any moves in the world have flaws, so I really admire them. I guess this old man must be from the Wudang School He is a first-class master in the game, so these few words are very sincere. The old man nodded and said, "It's really rare to be young without arrogance. Master Linghu, have you ever been personally taught by senior Huashan Fengqingyang?" Linghu Chong was startled: "His eyes are so sharp, he actually I know the origin of what I have learned. Although I can't reveal the whereabouts of Uncle Feng Tai, but since he asked frankly, he can't lie and deny it." Said: "The younger generation is fortunate to have learned some superficial aspects of Uncle Feng Tai's swordsmanship. "This sentence is ambiguous, and it does not directly admit that Feng Qingyang passed the sword by himself. The old man smiled and said: "Fur, fur! Hehe, is Senior Feng's swordsmanship so good?" He took the long sword from the picker, held it in his left hand, and said, "I will teach some old senior Feng. The fur of fencing." Linghu Chong said: "How dare the junior dare to fight the senior?"
The old man smiled again, turned his body slowly to the right, raised the sword in his left hand, the blade of the sword lay across his chest, his left and right palms faced each other, like holding a ball.Linghu Chong saw that his long sword hadn't been drawn yet, and he had already gathered a lot of momentum, so he watched him intently.The old man's left-handed sword slowly moved forward, forming an arc.Linghu Chong only felt a chilly air coming towards him, if he didn't fight back, it would be impossible, and he said: "I've offended you!" He couldn't see any flaws in his sword technique, so he had to make a point of the sword in vain.Suddenly, the old man crossed his right hand with the sword, and with a flash of cold light, it struck Linghu Chong's neck.This move was so fast that the crowd of onlookers couldn't help shouting.But when he fought so vigorously, Linghu Chong had already seen the opening in his side, so he stabbed out with the long sword, pointing directly at the "Yuanye Point" under his side. The old man stood upright with his long sword, and with a clang, the two swords intersected, and both of them took a step back.Linghu Chong felt a strong force in the opponent's sword, which made his right arm faintly numb.The old man let out a "Hey", a look of surprise appeared on his face. 那老者又是剑交左手，在身前划了两个圆圈。令狐冲见他剑劲连绵，护住全身，竟无半分空隙，暗暗惊异：“我从未见过谁的招式之中，竟能如此毫无破绽。他若以此相攻，那可如何破法？任我行前辈剑法或许比这位老先生更强，但每一招中难免仍有破绽。难道一人使剑，竟可全无破绽？”心下生了怯意，不由得额头渗出汗珠。 那老者右手捏着剑诀，左手剑不住抖动，突然平刺，剑尖急颤，看不出攻向何处。 他这一招中笼罩了令狐冲上盘七大要穴，但就因这一抢攻，令狐冲已瞧出了他身上三处破绽，这些破绽不用尽攻，只攻一处已足制死命，登时心中一宽：“他守御时全无破绽，攻击之时，毕竟仍然有隙可乘。”当下长剑平平淡淡的指向对方左眉。那老者倘若继续挺剑前刺，左额必先中剑，待他剑尖再刺中令狐冲时，已然迟了一步。 那老者剑招未曾使老，已然圈转。突然之间，令狐冲眼前出现了几个白色光圈，大圈小圈，正圈斜圈，闪烁不已。他眼睛一花，当即回剑向对方剑圈斜攻。当的一响，双剑再交，令狐冲只感手臂一阵酸麻。 那老者剑上所幻的光圈越来越多，过不多时，他全身已隐在无数光圈之中，光圈一个未消，另一个再生，长剑虽使得极快，却听不到丝毫金刃劈风之声，足见剑劲之柔韧已达于化境。这时令狐冲已瞧不出他剑法中的空隙，只觉似有千百柄长剑护住了他全身。那老者纯采守势，端的是绝无破绽。可是这座剑锋所组成的堡垒却能移动，千百个光圈犹如浪潮一般，缓缓涌来。那老者并非一招一招的相攻，而是以数十招剑法混成的守势，同时化为攻势。令狐冲无法抵御，只得退步相避。 他退一步，光圈便逼进一步，顷刻之间，令狐冲已连退了七八步。 群豪眼见盟主战况不利，已落下风，屏息而观，手心中都捏了把冷汗。 桃根仙忽道：“那是甚么剑法？这是小孩子乱画圈儿，我也会画。”桃花仙道：“我来画圈，定然比他画得还要圆。”桃枝仙道：“令狐兄弟，你不用害怕，倘若你打输了，我们把这老儿撕成四块，给你出气。”桃叶仙道：“此言差之极矣，第一，他是令狐盟主，不是令狐兄弟。第二，你又怎知道他害怕？”桃枝仙道：“令狐冲虽然做了盟主，年纪总还是比我小，难道一当盟主，便成为令狐哥哥、令狐伯伯、令狐爷爷、令狐老太爷了？” 这时令狐冲又再倒退，群豪都十分焦急，耳听得桃谷六仙在一旁胡言乱语，更增恼怒。 令狐冲再退一步，波的一声，左足踏入了一个小水坑，心念一动：“风太师叔当日谆谆教导，说道天下武术千变万化，神而明之，存乎一心，不论对方的招式如何精妙，只要是有招，便有破绽。独孤大侠传下来的这路剑法，所以能打遍天下无敌手，便在能从敌招之中瞧出破绽。眼前这位前辈的剑法圆转如意，竟无半分破绽，可是我瞧不出破绽，未必便真无破绽，只是我瞧不出而已。” 他又退几步，凝视对方剑光所幻的无数圆圈，蓦地心想：“说不定这圆圈的中心，便是破绽。但若不是破绽，我一剑刺入，给他长剑这么一绞，手臂便登时断了。” 又想：“幸好他如此攻逼，只能渐进，当真要伤我性命，却也不易。但我一味退避，终究是输了。此仗一败，大伙儿心虚气馁，哪里还能去闯少林，救盈盈？”想到盈盈对自己情深义重，为她断送一条手臂，又有何妨？内心深处，竟觉得为她断送一条手臂，乃是十分快慰之事，又觉自己负她良多，须得为她受到甚么重大伤残，方能稍报深恩。 言念及此，内心深处，倒似渴望对方能将自己一条手臂斩断，当下手臂一伸，长剑便从老者的剑光圈中刺了进去。 当的一声大响，令狐冲只感胸口剧烈一震，气血翻涌，一只手臂却仍然完好。 那老者退开两步，收剑而立，脸上神色古怪，既有惊诧之意，亦有惭愧之色，更带着几分惋惜之情，隔了良久，才道：“令狐公子剑法高明，胆识过人，佩服，佩服！” 令狐冲此时方知，适才如此冒险一击，果然是找到了对方剑法的弱点所在，只是那老者剑法实在太高，光圈中心本是最凶险之处，他居然练得将破绽藏于其中，天下成千成万剑客之中，只怕难得有一个胆敢以身犯险。他一逞而成，心下暗叫：“侥幸，侥幸！”只觉得一道道汗水从背脊流下，当即躬身道：“前辈剑法通神，承蒙指教，晚辈得益非浅。”这句话倒不是寻常的客套，这一战于他武功的进益确是大有好处，令他得知敌人招数中之最强处，竟然便是最弱处，最强处都能击破，其余自是迎刃而解了。 高手比剑，一招而决。那老者即见令狐冲敢于从自己剑光圈中挥刃直入，以后也就不必再比。他向令狐冲凝视半晌，说道：“令狐公子，老朽有几句话，要跟你说。”令狐冲道：“是，恭聆前辈教诲。”那老者将长剑交给挑菜汉子，往东走去。令狐冲将长剑抛在地下，跟随其后。 到得一棵大树之旁，和群豪已相去数十丈，虽可互相望见，话声却已传不过去。那老者在树荫下坐了下来，指着树旁一块圆石，道：“请坐下说话。”待令狐冲坐好，缓缓说道：“令狐公子，年轻一辈人物之中，如你这般人才武功，那是少有得很了。” 令狐冲道：“不敢。晚辈行为不端，声名狼藉，不容于师门，怎配承前辈如此见重？” 那老者道：“我辈武人，行事当求光明磊落，无愧于心。你的所作所为，虽然有时狂放大胆，不拘习俗，却不失为大丈夫的行径。我暗中派人打听，并没查到你甚么真正的劣迹。江湖上的流言蜚语，未足为凭。” 令狐冲听他如此为自己分辩，句句都打进了心坎之中，不由得好生感激，又想：“这位前辈在武当派中必定位居尊要，否则怎会暗中派人查察我的为人行事。” 那老者又道：“少年人锋芒太露，也在所难免。岳先生外貌谦和，度量却嫌不广……”令狐冲当即站起，说道：“恩师待晚辈情若父母，晚辈不敢闻师之过。” 那老者微微一笑，说道：“你不忘本，那便更好。老朽失言。”忽然间脸色郑重，问道：“你习这'吸星大法'有多久了？” 令狐冲道：“晚辈于半年前无意中习得，当初修习，实不知是'吸星大法'。” 那老者点头道：“这就是了！你我适才三次兵刃相交，我内力为你所吸，但我察觉你尚不善运用这项为祸人间的妖法。老朽有一言相劝，不知少侠能听否？”令狐冲大是惶恐，躬身道：“前辈金石良言，晚辈自当凛遵。”那老者道：“这吸星妖法临敌交战，虽然威力奇大，可是于修习者本身却亦大大有害，功行越深，为害越烈。少侠如能临崖勒马，尽弃所学妖术，自然最好不过，否则也当从此停止修习。” 令狐冲当日在孤山梅庄，便曾听任我行言道，习了“吸星大法”后有极大后患，要自己答允参与魔教，才将化解之法相传，其时自己曾予坚拒，此刻听这老者如此说，更信所言非虚，说道：“前辈指教，晚辈决不敢忘。晚辈明知此术不正，也曾立意决不用以害人，只是身上既有此术，纵想不用，亦不可得。” 那老者点头道：“据我所闻，确是如此。有一件事，要少侠行来，恐怕甚难，但英雄豪杰，须当为人之所不能为。少林寺有一项绝艺《易筋经》，少侠想来曾听见过。” 令狐冲道：“正是。听说这是武林中至高无上的内功，即是少林派当今第一辈的高僧大师，也有未蒙传授的。” 那老者道：“少侠这番率人前往少林，只怕此事不易善罢，不论哪一边得胜，双方都将损折无数高手，实非武林之福。老朽不才，愿意居间说项，请少林方丈慈悲为怀，将《易筋经》传于少侠，而少侠则向众人善为开导，就此散去，将一场大祸消弭于无形。少侠以为如何？”令狐冲道：“然则被少林寺所拘的任氏小姐却又如何？”那老者道：“任小姐杀害少林弟子四人，又在江湖上兴风作浪，为害人间。方证大师将她幽禁，决不是为了报复本派私怨，实是出于为江湖同道造福的菩萨心肠。少侠如此人品武功，岂无名门淑女为配？何必抛舍不下这个魔教妖女，以致坏了声名，自毁前程？” 令狐冲道：“受人之恩，必当以报。前辈美意，晚辈衷心感激，却不敢奉命。” 那老者叹了口气，摇头道：“少年人溺于美色，脂粉陷阱，原是难以自拔。” 令狐冲躬身道：“晚辈告辞。” 那老者道：“且慢。老朽和华山派虽少往来，但岳先生多少也要给老朽一点面子，你若依我所劝，老朽与少林寺方丈一同拍胸口担保，叫你重回华山派中。你信不信得过我？” 令狐冲不由得心动，重归华山原是他最大的心愿，这老者武功如此了得，听他言语，必是武当派中一位响当当的前辈脚色，他说可和方证方丈一同担保，相信必能办成此事。师父向来十分顾全同道的交谊，少林、武当是当今武林中最大的两个门派，这两派的头面人物出来说项，师父极难不卖这个面子。师父对自己向来情同父子，这次所以传书武林，将自己逐出门墙，自是因自己与向问天、盈盈等人结交，令师父无颜以对正派同道，但既有少林、武当两大掌门人出面，师父自然有了最好的交代。但自己回归华山，日夕和小师妹相见，却难道任由盈盈在少林寺后山阴寒的山洞之中受苦？想到此处，登时胸口热血上涌，说道：“晚辈若不能将任小姐救出少林寺，枉自为人。此事不论成败若何，晚辈若还留得命在，必当上武当山真武观来，向冲虚道长和前辈叩谢。” 那老者叹了口气，说道：“你不以性命为重，不以师门为重，不以声名前程为重，一意孤行，便是为了这个魔教妖女。将来她若对你负心，反脸害你，你也不怕后悔吗？” 令狐冲道：“晚辈这条性命，是任小姐救的，将这条命还报了她，又有何足惜？” 那老者点头道：“好，那你就去罢！” 令狐冲又躬身行礼，转身回向群豪，说道：“走罢！” 桃实仙道：“那老头儿跟你比剑，怎么没分胜败，便不比了？”适才二人比剑，确是胜败未分，只是那老者情知不敌，便即罢手，旁观众人都瞧不出其中关窍所在。 令狐冲道：“这位前辈剑法极高，再斗下去，我也必占不到便宜，不如不打了。” 桃实仙道：“你这就笨得很了。既然不分胜败，再打下去你就一定胜了。”令狐冲笑道：“那也不见得。”桃实仙道：“怎么不见得？这老头儿的年纪比你大得多，力气当然没你大，时候一长，自然是你占上风。”令狐冲还没回答，只听桃根仙道：“为甚么年纪大的，力气一定不大？”令狐冲登时省悟，桃谷六仙之中，桃根仙是大哥，桃实仙是六弟，桃实仙说年纪大的力气不大，桃根仙便不答应。 桃干仙道：“如果年纪越小，力气越大，那么三岁孩儿力气最大了？”桃花仙道：“这话不对，三岁孩儿力气最大这个'最'字，可用错了，两岁孩儿比他力气更大。”桃干仙道：“你也错了，一岁孩儿比两岁孩儿力气又要大些。”桃叶仙道：“还没出娘胎的胎儿，力气最大。”
群豪一路向北，到得河南境内，突然有两批豪士分从东西来会，共有二千余人，这么一来，总数已在四千以上。这四千余人晚上睡觉倒还罢了，不论草地树林、荒山野岭，都可倒头便睡，这吃饭喝酒却是极大麻烦。接连数日，都是将沿途城镇上的饭铺酒店，吃喝得锅镬俱烂，桌椅皆碎。群豪酒不醉，饭不饱，恼起上来，自是将一干饭铺酒店打得落花流水。 令狐冲眼见这些江湖豪客凶横暴戾，却也皆是义气极重的直性汉子，一旦少林寺不允释放盈盈，双方展开血战，势必惨不忍睹。他连日都在等待定闲、定逸两位师太的回音，只盼凭着她二人的金面，方证方丈释放盈盈，就可免去一场大厮杀的浩劫。屈指算来，距十二月十五日只差三日，离少林寺也已不过一百多里，却始终没得两位师太的回音。 这番江湖群豪北攻少林，大张旗鼓而来，早已远近知闻，对方却一直没任何动静，倒似有恃无恐一般。令狐冲和祖千秋、计无施等人谈起，均也颇感忧虑。 这晚群豪在一片旷野上露宿，四周都布了巡哨，以防敌人晚间突来偷袭。寒风凛冽，铅云低垂，似乎要下大雪。方圆数里的平野上，到处烧起了一堆堆柴火。这些豪士并无军令部勒，乌合之众，聚在一起，但听得唱歌吆喝之声，震动四野。更有人挥刀比剑，斗拳摔角，吵嚷成一片。 令狐冲心想：“最好不让这些人真的到少林寺去。我何不先去向方证、方生两位大师相求？要是能接盈盈出来，岂不是天大的喜事？”想到此处，全身一热，但转念又想：“但若少林僧众对我一人动手，将我擒住甚或杀死，我死不足惜，但无人主持大局，群豪势必乱成一团，盈盈固然救不出来，这数千位血性朋友，说不定都会葬身于少室山上。我凭了一时血气之勇而误此大事，如何对得住众人？” 站起身来，放眼四望，但见一个个火堆烈焰上腾，火堆旁人头涌涌，心想：“他们不负盈盈，我也不能负了他们。”
两日之后，群豪来到少室山上、少林寺外。这两日中，又有大批豪士来会。当日在五霸冈上聚会的豪杰如黄伯流、司马大、蓝凤凰等尽皆到来，九江白蛟帮史帮主带着“长江双飞鱼”也到了，还有许许多多是令狐冲从未见过的，少说也有五六千人众。数百面大皮鼓同时擂起，蓬蓬之声，当真惊天动地。 群豪擂鼓良久，不见有一名僧人出来。令狐冲道：“止鼓！”号令传下，鼓声渐轻，终于慢慢止歇。令狐冲提一口气，朗声说道：“晚辈令狐冲，会同江湖上一众朋友，前来拜访少林寺方丈。敬请赐予接见。”这几句话以充沛内力传送出去，声闻数里。 但寺中寂无声息，竟无半点回音。令狐冲又说了一遍，仍是无人应对。 令狐冲道：“请祖兄奉上拜帖。” 祖千秋道：“是。”持了事先预备好的拜盒，中藏自令狐冲以下群豪首领的名帖，来到少林寺大门之前，在门上轻叩数下，倾听寺中寂无声息，在门上轻轻一推，大门并未上闩，应手而开，向内望去，空荡荡地并无一人。他不敢擅自进内，回身向令狐冲禀报。 令狐冲武功虽高，处事却无阅历，更无统率群豪之才，遇到这等大出意料之外的情境，实不知如何是好，一时呆在当地，说不出话来。 桃根仙叫道：“庙里的和尚都逃光了？咱们快冲进去，见到光头的便杀。”桃干仙道：“你说和尚都逃光了，哪里还有光头的人给你来杀？”桃根仙道：“尼姑不是光头的吗？”桃花仙道：“和尚庙里，怎么会有尼姑？”桃根仙指着游迅，说道：“这个人既不是和尚，也不是尼姑，却是光头。”桃干仙道：“你为甚么要杀他？” 计无施道：“咱们进去瞧瞧如何？”令狐冲道：“甚好，请计兄、老兄、祖兄、黄帮主四位陪同在下，进寺察看。请各位传下令去，约束属下弟兄，不得我的号令，谁也不许轻举妄动，不得对少林僧人有任何无礼的言行，亦不可毁损少室山上的一草一木。”桃枝仙道：“当真拔一根草也不可以吗？” 令狐冲心下焦虑，挂念盈盈不知如何，大踏步向寺中走去。计无施等四人跟随其后。 进得山门，走上一道石级，过前院，经前殿，来到大雄宝殿，但见如来佛宝相庄严，地下和桌上却都积了一层薄薄的灰尘。祖千秋道：“难道寺中僧人当真都逃光了？”令狐冲道：“祖兄别说这个'逃'字。” 五个人静了下来，侧耳倾听，所听到的只是庙外数千豪杰的喧哗，庙中却无半点声息。 计无施低声道：“得防少林僧布下机关埋伏，暗算咱们。”令狐冲心想：“方证方丈、方生大师都是有道高僧，怎会行使诡计？但咱们这些旁门左道大举来攻，少林僧跟我们斗智不斗力，也非奇事。”眼见偌大一座少林寺竟无一个人影，心底隐隐感到一阵极大的恐惧，不知他们将如何对付盈盈。 五人眼观四路，耳听八方，一步步向内走去，穿过两重院子，到得后殿，突然之间，令狐冲和计无施同时停步，打个手势。老头子等一齐止步。令狐冲向西北角的一间厢房一指，轻轻掩将过去。老头子等跟着过去。随即听到厢房中传出一声极轻的呻吟。 令狐冲走到厢房之前，拔剑在手，伸手在房门上一推，身子侧在一旁，以防房中发出暗器。那房门呀的一声开了，房中又是一声低呻。令狐冲探头向房中看时，不由得大吃一惊，只见两位老尼躺在地下，侧面向外的正是定逸师太，眼见她脸无血色，双目紧闭，似已气绝身亡。他一个箭步抢了进去。祖千秋叫道：“盟主，小心！”跟着进内。令狐冲绕过躺在地下的定逸师太身子，去看另一人时，果然便是恒山掌门定闲师太。 令狐冲俯身叫道：“师太，师太。”定闲师太缓缓张开眼来，初时神色呆滞，但随即目光中闪过一丝喜色，嘴唇动了几动，却发不出声音。 令狐冲身子俯得更低，说道：“是晚辈令狐冲。” 定闲师太嘴唇又动了几下，发出几下极低的声音，令狐冲只听到她说：“你……你……你……”眼见她伤势十分沉重，一时不知如何才好。定闲师太运了口气，说道：“你……你答允我……”令狐冲忙道：“是，是。师太但有所命，令狐冲纵然粉身碎骨，也当为师太办到。”想到两位师太为了自己，只怕要双双命丧少林寺中，不由得泪水直滚而下。 定闲师太低声说道：“你……你一定能答允……答允我？”令狐冲道：“一定能够答允！”定闲师太眼中又闪过一道喜悦的光芒，说道：“你……你答允接掌……接掌恒山派门户……”说了这几个字，已是上气不接下气。 令狐冲大吃一惊，说道：“晚辈是男子之身，不能作贵派掌门。不过师太放心，贵派不论有何艰巨危难，晚辈自当尽力担当。”定闲师太缓缓摇了摇头，说道：“不，不是。我……我传你令狐冲，为恒山派……恒山派掌门人，你若……你若不答应，我死……死不瞑目。” 祖千秋等四人站在令狐冲身后，面面相觑，均觉定闲师太这遗命太也匪夷所思。 令狐冲心神大乱，只觉
It was already late at night when Qunhao arrived at Huangbaoping, and the gathering place of all heroes was in the wilderness west of Huangbaoping.Still beyond Lixu, there was already a commotion of people, some shouting and cursing, some screaming.Linghu Chong hurried forward. Under the moonlight, he could see countless people gathered in a dark lawn surrounded by mountains. At a glance, there were more than a thousand people at least. Only someone said loudly: "Leader, leader, since you are called the word 'lord', naturally you have to be one person. If all six of you are going to be the leader, then what kind of leader will you be?" Another person said: "The six of us are one person, and one person is six people. You all listen to the orders of my six brothers, and my six brothers will be the leader of the alliance. If you talk too much, I will tear you into four pieces first." Let's talk later." Linghu Chong didn't need to see him to know that he was one of the "Six Immortals of Peach Valley", but his six brothers all spoke with similar voices, but they couldn't tell which one it was. He was frightened by that person before, and he didn't dare to speak again.But the heroes were obviously dissatisfied with the "Six Immortals of Peach Valley". Some shouted and cursed in the distance, some hid in the dark and laughed loudly, and some even threw stones and sand, making a mess. Peach Blossom Immortal shouted loudly: "Who threw stones at me?" Someone said in the darkness, "It's your old man." Peach Blossom Fairy said angrily, "What? You are my elder brother's old man, that is to say, my old man? "Someone said: "That's not necessarily it!" Immediately hundreds of people laughed in unison.Peach Blossom Immortal said: "Why not?" Another person said: "I don't know about that either. I only have one son." Peach Root Immortal said: "You only have one son, what has it to do with me?" Another loud voice He smiled and said, "It has nothing to do with you, most likely it has something to do with your brother." Tao Ganxian said, "Does it have anything to do with me?" Said it looks a little like mine, come out and have a look." The man laughed and said, "What's so interesting, you can look in the mirror yourself!" All of a sudden, the four figures jumped up swiftly and rushed forward, grabbing the man out of the darkness.This man was tall and big, he weighed more than two hundred catties, and the Four Immortals of Peach Valley grabbed his limbs, but he couldn't move at all.The four caught him and took a photo under the moonlight.Tao Shixian said: "It's not like me, how can I be so ugly? Third child, I'm afraid it looks a bit like you." Tao Zhixian said: "Bah, am I uglier than you? The heroes of the world are here, why don't you please comment. " The heroes have long seen that the six immortals of Peach Valley have abnormal facial features and ugly faces. It is really not easy to judge which one is better. The meeting will be torn into four pieces, everyone is trembling with fear, and no one can laugh. Linghu Chong knew the temper of the Six Immortals of Peach Valley, and if he was wrong, he would tear the big man to pieces. He said loudly: "Six Immortals of Peach Valley, how about letting me judge by Linghu Chong?" He walked out of the dark slowly. As soon as the heroes heard the word "Linghu Chong", they immediately stirred up, and more than a thousand pairs of eyes focused on him. Linghu Chong stared intently at the Four Immortals of Peach Valley, fearing that they would tear the big man apart on a whim, and said: "Put this friend down, so I can see clearly." The Four Immortals of Peach Valley immediately put him down. This big man is extremely majestic, standing on the ground, like an iron tower.He had escaped from death just now, but he was already frightened out of his wits, his face was ashen, and his body was trembling.He knew that trembling in public was not a heroic act, but his whole body wanted to tremble, but he couldn't force it. If he wanted to say a few words to support his appearance, he trembled: "I...I...I..." Linghu Chong saw that he was terribly frightened, but this man's facial features were correct, and he said to the Six Fairies of Peach Valley: "Six Peach Brothers, your appearance is completely different from this friend, but you are much more handsome than him. Tao Ganxian is tall and tall, Taozhixian has slender limbs, Taoyexian has beautiful eyebrows, and Taohuaxian... this...this eyes are like bright stars, and Taoshixian is full of energy. Anyone who sees them will immediately know that they are the six heroes The jade-faced hero of righteousness, handsome young... this handsome middle-aged man." When the heroes heard this, they all laughed.The Peach Valley Six Immortals were even more delighted. The old man has suffered from these six brothers, and knows that they are not easy to mess with, so he followed suit and said: "In my opinion, looking around the world, there are many heroes in the world, and when it comes to appearance, no one can compare with Taogu Liu." Fairy." The group of lords followed suit, and some said: "It's not just handsome, it's really chic. There is no one before, and there will be no one after." Some said: "Pan An retreats, Song Yu is willing to bow down." Some said: "From the martial arts The handsome men from the first to the sixth should be counted as six of them. Mr. Linghu can be ranked seventh at most." The Six Immortals of Peach Valley didn't know that everyone was making fun of him, but they actually praised him sincerely, and laughed from ear to ear.Tao Zhixian said: "My mother said that the six of us were ugly, so it was wrong." Someone laughed and said: "Of course not, you only have six people, how can you be ugly?" Someone said lightly: "In addition to their parents ..." Before he could finish his sentence, someone covered his mouth. The old man said loudly: "My friends, everyone is very lucky. Mr. Linghu was about to go to Shaolin alone to pick up the holy lady. He met us on the road. He heard that everyone was here, so he came over to discuss with everyone. When it comes to the beauty of appearance, it is natural to count the Six Immortals of Peach Valley..." When the heroes heard this, they all laughed again.The old man shook his hands again and again, and continued amidst the laughter of the crowd: "But the important matter of going to Shaolin and picking up the holy lady has nothing to do with his appearance. In my opinion, we regard Mr. Linghu as the leader of the alliance, and invite him Preside over the overall situation, issue orders, and everyone obeys, what do you think?" Everyone in the group knows that Shenggu was trapped in Shaolin because of Linghu Chong. Linghu Chong's kung fu skills are outstanding, and he joined hands with Xiang Wentian in Henan that day to fight against heroes from all walks of life. On the face of the holy aunt, she should also regard him as the master, so when she heard the old man's words, there were thunderous cheers, and many people applauded. Peach Blossom Immortal suddenly said strangely: "Let's go to save Miss Ren, if we rescue her, will we be Linghu Chong's wife?" The group of heroes respected Miss Ren very much, although they felt that what Tao Huaxian said was true, none of them dared to say so openly.Linghu Chong was even more embarrassed, so he had no choice but to keep silent. Tao Yexian said: "He got a wife and became the leader of the alliance, that would be too cheap for him. We went to help him save his wife, but the leader asked us six brothers to do it." Taogen Xian said: "Exactly! Unless he is strong If you pass us, it’s a different matter.” Suddenly, the peach root, peach stem, peach branch and peach fruit four immortals grabbed Linghu Chong's limbs and lifted him into the air.The four of them struck out too quickly, and without any warning, they grabbed as soon as they said they wanted to, but Linghu Chong couldn't dodge it in time. All the heroes exclaimed in unison: "I can't do it, let me go!" Tao Yexian said with a smile: "Don't worry everyone, we will never hurt his life, as long as he agrees to let our six brothers be the leader..." Before he could finish his sentence, the four immortals Peach Root, Peach Dried, Peach Branch, and Peach Shi yelled in unison, hurriedly threw Linghu Chong down, and shouted: "Ah, you... what kind of magic are you using?" It turned out that Linghu Chong's brothers and feet were captured by four people respectively, and he was really afraid that the four of them would be stupid and do all kinds of weird things, so don't really tear yourself apart, and use the star-absorbing method immediately.The Four Immortals of Peach Valley only felt that their internal energy leaked from their palms, the more they used their kung fu to fight against each other, the faster their internal energy rushed out, they were terrified and let go of their hands immediately.Linghu Chong straightened his back and stood up steadily. Immortal Taoye quickly asked: "What?" Immortal Taogen and Immortal Taoshi said together: "This... Linghu Chong's kung fu is so strange, we can't catch him." Immortal Taogan said: "It's not that we can't catch him, but All of a sudden, I don't want to catch him anymore." The heroes cheered loudly, and they all said: "Six Immortals of Peach Valley, are you convinced this time?" Taogen Immortal said: "Linghu Chong is a good friend of our six brothers, Linghu Chong is Peach Valley The Six Immortals, the Six Immortals of Peach Valley is Linghu Chong. If Linghu Chong came to be the leader of the alliance, he would wait for the Six Immortals of Peach Valley to be the leader of the alliance, so what is there to be dissatisfied with?" Peach Blossom Immortal said: "Is there any reason in the world not to accept oneself? You are too stupid to ask." Seeing the expressions of the Peach Valley Six Immortals, the heroes guessed that they had secretly suffered a disadvantage when they caught Linghu Chong just now, they just wanted to save face and refused to admit it, although they didn't know the reason, they all laughed and cheered. Linghu Chong said: "Everyone, let's go to welcome the holy aunt this time, and rescue many friends who are trapped in Shaolin Temple. Shaolin Temple is the Taishan Beidou in martial arts. Shaolin's seventy-two unique skills have been famous all over the world for hundreds of years. We can't compete with it. But we have a large number of people, besides more than a thousand heroes here, there are still many heroes here. Even if our martial arts are not as good as Shaolin monks and disciples, if ten of them fight one, we will always win .” The crowd roared: "Yes, yes! Could it be that the monks in Shaolin Temple really have three heads and six arms?" Linghu Chong said again: "But although the masters of Shaolin Temple kept the holy aunt, they didn't make things difficult for her. The masters in the temple are all eminent monks with the right way, they are merciful and respectful. Even if we destroy Shaolin Temple, I'm afraid that the heroes in the rivers and lakes will say that we rely on the many to win, and we are not heroes. Therefore, in my opinion, we must first be polite before fighting. If we can say that Shaolin Temple has made a step back, we will not make it difficult for the holy aunt and other friends. It would be great to avoid a fight." Zu Qianqiu said: "Mr. Linghu's words are just what I want. If you really do something, there will be many casualties on both sides." What's the fun in that?" Zu Qianqiu said: "Since we enshrine Mr. Linghu as the lord of the alliance, everyone should obey him when he gives orders." Tao Genxian said: "That's right, it's up to us Taogu Six Immortals to give orders. gone." The heroes heard that his six brothers were making trouble for no reason and obstructing the business, they couldn't help but feel annoyed, many of them put their hands on the handles of their knives, and only waited for Linghu Chong's signal, they wanted to cut these six people into pieces. Dozens of people can't stop fighting with swords. Zu Qianqiu said: "What does the lord do? Naturally, he gives orders. If he doesn't give orders, what is he called a lord? The word 'lord' means to give orders." Peach Blossom Immortal said: "In this case, just call him the word 'Meng', and the word 'Master' will be missing." : "In my opinion, since the word 'Meng' is awkward, you can take it apart and call him 'Bright Blood'!" Tao Zhixian shouted: "Wrong, wrong! The word 'Meng' is broken. Come on, it's not the word 'blood', it's one less than the word 'blood'. What's that word?" The six immortals of Peach Valley didn't know the word "dish" for the utensil, and the heroes let them make a fool of themselves, and no one spoke out to point them out. Tao Ganxian said: "If there is a little less, it will still be blood. It's like when I cut you with a knife, the cut is deep, and the blood is much. Although it is less, it is still blood." Taozhixian said angrily: "You cut me, even if you cut me lightly, it is not because of brotherhood. Why did you cut me?" Taoganxian said: "I But I didn't cut it, and I don't have a knife in my hand." Peach Blossom Immortal said: "What if you have a knife in your hand?" Hearing that they were getting further and further away, the heroes couldn't help shouting angrily: "Be quiet, everyone listen to the leader's order." Tao Zhixian said: "He will give orders as soon as he gives orders, so why be quiet?" Linghu Chong raised his voice and said, "My friends, by counting with your fingers, there are still seventeen days left before December 15th. Let's all start walking slowly, and it's almost time to reach Songshan Mountain. We are not acting in secret this time. Tomorrow, let’s go buy a cloth flag with the words “Heroes from all over the world go to Shaolin to welcome the holy lady” and buy more leather drums, beat them all the way to teach Shaolin monks and lay disciples to listen. Come on, let’s be frightened first.” Nine out of ten of these heretical tyrants are good people. Hearing him say that he is going to make such a big fuss is a great joy, and the cheers shook the valley.There are also some old and stable people among them, but seeing that everyone likes to mess around, they can only be noncommittal, stroking their beards and smiling. In the early morning of the next day, Linghu Chong invited Zu Qianqiu, Ji Wushi and the old man to make flags and buy leather drums.By noon, dozens of white cloth banners had been written, but only two leather drums were bought.Linghu Chong said: "Let's set off right away, pass through towns along the way, and just keep buying more." Immediately, someone beat the drum, and the group of heroes shouted in unison, marching northward in line. Linghu Chong had seen the Hengshan faction's disciples being attacked on Xianxia Ridge, so he discussed with Ji Wushi and others and sent out seven gangs, two gangs in the front as outposts, two gangs for left guards, two gangs for right guards, and another gang The back of the palace responded, and the rest were the Chinese army brigade; and the Shenwu Gang of Hanshui was sent back and forth to pass the news.The Shenwu Gang is a local gang, and its sphere of influence extends from northern Hubei to southern Henan. If there is any trouble, it will be known as soon as possible.Qunhao saw that his assignments were well-organized, and everyone obeyed and obeyed him except the Six Immortals of Peach Valley.
After walking for several days, there were many nobles coming to gather along the way.There were more and more banners and leather drums. Amidst the sound of the puffy skin drums, more than two thousand people clamored and flocked to Shaolin. Today we will arrive at the foot of Wudang Mountain.Linghu Chong said: "The Wudang faction is the second largest faction in the martial arts. It is second only to Shaolin in terms of momentum. We are going to meet the holy lady this time. Even the Shaolin faction doesn't want to offend, and naturally we don't want to offend the Wudang faction. Let's avoid it." Follow the Tao to show respect for the head of the Wudang School, Daoist Chongxu. I don't know what you think?" The old man said: "You can do whatever you say, Mr. Linghu. We only need to receive the holy lady, then So I am satisfied, I don’t need to grow more side branches, so many powerful enemies. If I can’t get the holy lady, even if Wudang Mountain is flattened, what’s the use of it?” Linghu Chong said: "That's very good! Then please send an order to stop the flags and drums, and turn eastward." At present, Qunhao diverted to the east.On the day of the journey, someone rode a donkey in front of him, followed by two peasants, one carrying a load of vegetables and the other carrying a load of firewood.An old man was riding on the donkey's back, bent over and coughing, and his clothes were covered with patches.There are many heroes in the group, armed with weapons, shouting and screaming along the way, the momentum is very powerful, passers-by on the road have already avoided it when they saw it.But the three of them turned a blind eye and rushed towards Qunhao. Immortal Taogen scolded: "What are you doing?" He stretched out his hand and pushed it, and the donkey neighed and fell out. There were a few clicks, and the leg was broken.The old man on the donkey's back fell to the ground and couldn't get up for a long time. Linghu Chong was so sorry, he jumped over to help him up immediately, and said, "I'm really sorry. Old man, did you hurt from the fall?" The old man groaned and said, "This... this... what is this? I am poor..." The two peasants put down their burdens and stood in the middle of the road with their hands on their hips, their faces full of anger.The man picking vegetables said out of breath: "This is at the foot of Wudang Mountain. Who are you, you dare to beat people here?" Taogenxian said: "At the foot of Wudang Mountain, what then?" , everyone knows martial arts. You outsiders come here to play wild, you really don't know how to live or die, and ask for trouble." Qunhao saw that the two were sallow and thin, they were both in their fifties, and the picker was out of breath, so he actually claimed to know martial arts, dozens of people immediately burst out laughing. Peach Blossom Fairy smiled and said, "You know martial arts?" The man said, "At the foot of Wudang Mountain, three-year-olds can also box and five-year-olds can use swords. What's so strange?" , smiled and said: "What about him? Can he use a sword?" The man picking firewood said: "I... I... I learned it for a few months when I was young, but I haven't practiced it for decades. This kung fu... cough cough, But I put it all aside." The picker said: "The martial arts of the Wudang School is the best in the world, as long as you learn it for a few months, you are no match." Tao Yexian said with a smile: "Then you can practice a few moves for us to see. " The man picking firewood said: "What are you practicing? You don't understand." The group of heroes laughed loudly, and they all said: "If you don't understand, you have to look." The man picking firewood said: "Well, if this is the case, I will practice a few hands , I just don’t know if you still remember everything? Which one borrowed a sword.” Immediately, a person smiled and handed the sword over.The man took it, went to the dry rice field, practiced stabbing eastward and westward, making three or four strokes, suddenly forgot, scratched his head in meditation, and made a few more strokes. Qunhao saw that he was completely disorganized and his skills were extremely clumsy, all of them burst out laughing. The vegetable picker said: "What's so funny? Let me practice and borrow a sword." Taking the long sword in his hand, he slashed and stabbed wildly, his moves were extremely fast, as if going crazy, which made people laugh wildly . Linghu Chong smiled with his hands behind his back at first, but after seeing more than a dozen moves, he couldn't help feeling surprised. One of these two men's sword moves was slow, and the other was quick.The postures of the two are indeed extremely ugly, but the sword moves are simple and vigorous, and the power of the sword seems to be only 10 to 20 percent, and the rest is waiting to be hidden, and they immediately took a few steps and cupped their hands Said: "It is a great honor to meet the two seniors today and to see the brilliant tricks." The tone is very sincere. The two men put away their long swords.The firewood picker stared and said: "You boy, can you understand our swordsmanship?" Linghu Chong said: "I dare not say I understand. The two swordsmen are profound and profound. How can the word 'understand' be said? Wudang Pai swordsmanship is famous all over the world, it really is amazing." The picker said: "You kid, what's your name?" Before Linghu Chong could answer, several people in the group shouted: "What kind of boy is not a boy?" "This is our leader, Mr. Linghu." "You bumpkin, please speak more politely!" The firewood picker turned his head and said, "Linghu Guazi? It's not called a cat or a dog, but it's called melon seeds and peanuts. It's an ugly name." Linghu Chong clasped his fists and said, "Linghu Chong is very impressed when he sees the Wudang Excalibur today. He will go up the mountain in the future. Kowtow to Daoist Chongxu, I would like to express my sincerity of admiration. Can you tell me your surnames?" The firewood picker spit thick phlegm into the ground and said: "Many of you, clattering, beating gongs and drums , but a big funeral?" Linghu Chong knew that these two must be masters of the Wudang sect, so he bowed respectfully and said, "We have a friend who was detained in Shaolin Temple. We are going to plead with the abbot Fangzheng and ask him to be merciful and release him." The vegetable man said: "So it's not a big funeral! But you broke my uncle's donkey, will you pay for it?" Linghu Chong took the three horses by the hand and said: "These three horses are naturally not as good as the donkeys of the seniors, so I have to ask the seniors to ride them. The juniors didn't know the seniors were coming, and there was a big collision. Please forgive me." The three horses sent them to the past. Seeing Linghu Chong's demeanor becoming more and more humble, Qunhao were all surprised that it was not intentional. The vegetable picker said: "Since you know our swordsmanship is very good, do you want to compare?" Linghu Chong said: "The younger generation is not an opponent of the two of you." The picker said: "You don't want to compare, but I want to compare. " With a slanted sword, he rushed towards Linghu.Linghu Chong saw that his sword covered nine vital points on his upper body, it was indeed exquisite.He shouted: "Good swordsmanship!" He drew out his long sword and stabbed back.The man stabbed wildly with his sword towards the empty space.Linghu Chong's long sword turned around and also cut in the empty space.The two of them fired seven or eight swords in a row, each of which pierced the empty space, and the two swords never crossed.But the man carrying firewood retreated step by step. The vegetable picker shouted: "Peanut seeds and peanuts, you really have some skills." He raised his sword and stabbed and slashed wildly, and in an instant he chopped twenty times in a row.Every sword is aimed at Linghu Chong, the edge of the sword is seven or eight feet away from his body. Linghu Chong lifted the long sword, sometimes he made a false move at the wood picker, and sometimes he stabbed empty at the vegetable picker, the blade was seven or eight feet away from their bodies.But when the two of them saw him make a move, their expressions became tense, they either jumped to dodge, or danced their swords to block. The heroes were all stunned, Linghu Chong's sword was obviously far away from them, and when he drew the sword, there was no strong wind, and he definitely did not attack with invisible sword energy, why did these two people avoid it so much? Lest it be too late?Seeing this moment, all the heroes knew that these two people were masters of profound martial arts.Although one of them is still sluggish and the other is crazy when they attack, but when they dodge and parry, their movements are light and steady, and they are both. Suddenly, two men shouted in unison, their swordsmanship changed drastically, the picker's long sword opened wide and closed, with a mighty momentum, the picker retreated quickly, and there were dots of cold stars on the tip of the sword.The tip of the long sword in Linghu Chong's hand tilted up slightly, but he didn't move anymore, his eyes sometimes stared at the picker, and sometimes squinted at the picker.Everywhere he looked, the two men immediately changed their moves, or yelled to retreat, or switched from attack to defense. Ji Wushi, the old man, Zu Qianqiu and other martial arts masters have gradually figured out the clues, and realized that what the two men are avoiding and protecting must be where Linghu Chong's eyes are, and it is also the vital point on their bodies. I saw the man carrying firewood raised his sword to slash at each other, Linghu Chong shot his eyes at the "Shangqu acupoint" on his lower abdomen, the man's sword didn't make him old, he immediately turned around and blocked his "Shangqu acupoint".At this time, the vegetable picker straightened his sword and stabbed Linghu Chong repeatedly. Linghu Chong saw the "Tianding Point" on his left neck. Hidden weapon, he would never let the opponent's eyes meet his "Tianding acupoint" no matter what. The two men wielded their swords for a while, sweating profusely all over their bodies, and their clothes and pants were soaked in sweat in an instant. The old man riding the donkey had been watching without saying a word, then suddenly coughed and said: "I admire, I admire, you step back!" The two men responded in unison: "Yes!" But Linghu Chong's gaze Still circling back and forth, never leaving the important points on the two of them.The two of them backed away while dancing their swords, and they couldn't escape Linghu Chong's gaze.The old man said: "Excellent swordsmanship! Master Linghu, let the old man learn the best tricks." Linghu Chong said: "I dare not do it!" Turning his head, he clasped his fists and bowed to the old man. At this point, the two men finally got rid of the shackles of Linghu Chong's gaze, and at the same time they moved backwards, like two big birds, flying steadily several feet away.Qunhao couldn't help applauding in unison, it's hard to comprehend the sword skills of the two of them, but this vertical move, the distance of the leap, and the beauty of the movement, everyone knows it is a superior skill. The old man said: "Mr. Linghu is merciful with his sword. If you really fight, you two will already have thousands of holes in your body. How can you allow you to use all the sword skills calmly? Come and thank you." The two men flew over and bowed to the ground.The vegetable picker said: "Today I know that there is a sky beyond the sky, and there are people above all. Your master is brilliant, which is rare in the world. You have spoken rudely just now, so please forgive me." Linghu Chong bowed his hands back and said, "Wudang swordsmanship is amazing. Both of you His sword strokes are one yin and one yang, one strong and one soft, but is it Taiji swordsmanship?" The picker said: "But you are laughing at me. We use the 'liangyi swordsmanship', the sword divides yin and yang, and we can't mix them It's one." Linghu Chong said: "I'm watching from the sidelines, and I can barely distinguish some subtleties in the swordsmanship. If we really fight each other, we may not be able to take advantage of the gap." The old man said: "My lord, why should you be overly modest? Your eyes are everywhere, which is the weakness of every move of the Liangyi swordsmanship. Alas, this swordmanship... this swordmanship..." Shaking his head, he said, "Fifty More than a year ago, there were two Taoist priests of the Wudang sect who spent decades of hard work on this Liangyi swordsmanship, and they felt that there are yin and yang in the swordsmanship, both strong and soft, alas!" A long sigh, obviously He said: "I don't know that when I meet a master of swordsmanship, I'm still vulnerable." Linghu Chong said respectfully: "These two uncles are already so exquisite in swordsmanship. Daoist Chongxu and other masters of the Wudang School must be even more difficult to see. This junior and all friends passed by the foot of Wudang Mountain this time. Because of important matters, it is very impolite not to go up the mountain to meet Daoist Chongxu. Once this matter is over, I will become a true martial artist and kowtow to Emperor Zhenwu and Daoist Chongxu." Linghu Chong was originally arrogant, but just now Seeing that the swordsmanship of the two people is strong and soft, there are many miraculous works in it. Although the flaws have been found, any moves in the world have flaws, so I really admire them. I guess this old man must be from the Wudang School He is a first-class master in the game, so these few words are very sincere. The old man nodded and said, "It's really rare to be young without arrogance. Master Linghu, have you ever been personally taught by senior Huashan Fengqingyang?" Linghu Chong was startled: "His eyes are so sharp, he actually I know the origin of what I have learned. Although I can't reveal the whereabouts of Uncle Feng Tai, but since he asked frankly, he can't lie and deny it." Said: "The younger generation is fortunate to have learned some superficial aspects of Uncle Feng Tai's swordsmanship. "This sentence is ambiguous, and it does not directly admit that Feng Qingyang passed the sword by himself. The old man smiled and said: "Fur, fur! Hehe, is Senior Feng's swordsmanship so good?" He took the long sword from the picker, held it in his left hand, and said, "I will teach some old senior Feng. The fur of fencing." Linghu Chong said: "How dare the junior dare to fight the senior?"
The old man smiled again, turned his body slowly to the right, raised the sword in his left hand, the blade of the sword lay across his chest, his left and right palms faced each other, like holding a ball.Linghu Chong saw that his long sword hadn't been drawn yet, and he had already gathered a lot of momentum, so he watched him intently.The old man's left-handed sword slowly moved forward, forming an arc.Linghu Chong only felt a chilly air coming towards him, if he didn't fight back, it would be impossible, and he said: "I've offended you!" He couldn't see any flaws in his sword technique, so he had to make a point of the sword in vain.Suddenly, the old man crossed his right hand with the sword, and with a flash of cold light, it struck Linghu Chong's neck.This move was so fast that the crowd of onlookers couldn't help shouting.But when he fought so vigorously, Linghu Chong had already seen the opening in his side, so he stabbed out with the long sword, pointing directly at the "Yuanye Point" under his side. The old man stood upright with his long sword, and with a clang, the two swords intersected, and both of them took a step back.Linghu Chong felt a strong force in the opponent's sword, which made his right arm faintly numb.The old man let out a "Hey", a look of surprise appeared on his face. 那老者又是剑交左手，在身前划了两个圆圈。令狐冲见他剑劲连绵，护住全身，竟无半分空隙，暗暗惊异：“我从未见过谁的招式之中，竟能如此毫无破绽。他若以此相攻，那可如何破法？任我行前辈剑法或许比这位老先生更强，但每一招中难免仍有破绽。难道一人使剑，竟可全无破绽？”心下生了怯意，不由得额头渗出汗珠。 那老者右手捏着剑诀，左手剑不住抖动，突然平刺，剑尖急颤，看不出攻向何处。 他这一招中笼罩了令狐冲上盘七大要穴，但就因这一抢攻，令狐冲已瞧出了他身上三处破绽，这些破绽不用尽攻，只攻一处已足制死命，登时心中一宽：“他守御时全无破绽，攻击之时，毕竟仍然有隙可乘。”当下长剑平平淡淡的指向对方左眉。那老者倘若继续挺剑前刺，左额必先中剑，待他剑尖再刺中令狐冲时，已然迟了一步。 那老者剑招未曾使老，已然圈转。突然之间，令狐冲眼前出现了几个白色光圈，大圈小圈，正圈斜圈，闪烁不已。他眼睛一花，当即回剑向对方剑圈斜攻。当的一响，双剑再交，令狐冲只感手臂一阵酸麻。 那老者剑上所幻的光圈越来越多，过不多时，他全身已隐在无数光圈之中，光圈一个未消，另一个再生，长剑虽使得极快，却听不到丝毫金刃劈风之声，足见剑劲之柔韧已达于化境。这时令狐冲已瞧不出他剑法中的空隙，只觉似有千百柄长剑护住了他全身。那老者纯采守势，端的是绝无破绽。可是这座剑锋所组成的堡垒却能移动，千百个光圈犹如浪潮一般，缓缓涌来。那老者并非一招一招的相攻，而是以数十招剑法混成的守势，同时化为攻势。令狐冲无法抵御，只得退步相避。 他退一步，光圈便逼进一步，顷刻之间，令狐冲已连退了七八步。 群豪眼见盟主战况不利，已落下风，屏息而观，手心中都捏了把冷汗。 桃根仙忽道：“那是甚么剑法？这是小孩子乱画圈儿，我也会画。”桃花仙道：“我来画圈，定然比他画得还要圆。”桃枝仙道：“令狐兄弟，你不用害怕，倘若你打输了，我们把这老儿撕成四块，给你出气。”桃叶仙道：“此言差之极矣，第一，他是令狐盟主，不是令狐兄弟。第二，你又怎知道他害怕？”桃枝仙道：“令狐冲虽然做了盟主，年纪总还是比我小，难道一当盟主，便成为令狐哥哥、令狐伯伯、令狐爷爷、令狐老太爷了？” 这时令狐冲又再倒退，群豪都十分焦急，耳听得桃谷六仙在一旁胡言乱语，更增恼怒。 令狐冲再退一步，波的一声，左足踏入了一个小水坑，心念一动：“风太师叔当日谆谆教导，说道天下武术千变万化，神而明之，存乎一心，不论对方的招式如何精妙，只要是有招，便有破绽。独孤大侠传下来的这路剑法，所以能打遍天下无敌手，便在能从敌招之中瞧出破绽。眼前这位前辈的剑法圆转如意，竟无半分破绽，可是我瞧不出破绽，未必便真无破绽，只是我瞧不出而已。” 他又退几步，凝视对方剑光所幻的无数圆圈，蓦地心想：“说不定这圆圈的中心，便是破绽。但若不是破绽，我一剑刺入，给他长剑这么一绞，手臂便登时断了。” 又想：“幸好他如此攻逼，只能渐进，当真要伤我性命，却也不易。但我一味退避，终究是输了。此仗一败，大伙儿心虚气馁，哪里还能去闯少林，救盈盈？”想到盈盈对自己情深义重，为她断送一条手臂，又有何妨？内心深处，竟觉得为她断送一条手臂，乃是十分快慰之事，又觉自己负她良多，须得为她受到甚么重大伤残，方能稍报深恩。 言念及此，内心深处，倒似渴望对方能将自己一条手臂斩断，当下手臂一伸，长剑便从老者的剑光圈中刺了进去。 当的一声大响，令狐冲只感胸口剧烈一震，气血翻涌，一只手臂却仍然完好。 那老者退开两步，收剑而立，脸上神色古怪，既有惊诧之意，亦有惭愧之色，更带着几分惋惜之情，隔了良久，才道：“令狐公子剑法高明，胆识过人，佩服，佩服！” 令狐冲此时方知，适才如此冒险一击，果然是找到了对方剑法的弱点所在，只是那老者剑法实在太高，光圈中心本是最凶险之处，他居然练得将破绽藏于其中，天下成千成万剑客之中，只怕难得有一个胆敢以身犯险。他一逞而成，心下暗叫：“侥幸，侥幸！”只觉得一道道汗水从背脊流下，当即躬身道：“前辈剑法通神，承蒙指教，晚辈得益非浅。”这句话倒不是寻常的客套，这一战于他武功的进益确是大有好处，令他得知敌人招数中之最强处，竟然便是最弱处，最强处都能击破，其余自是迎刃而解了。 高手比剑，一招而决。那老者即见令狐冲敢于从自己剑光圈中挥刃直入，以后也就不必再比。他向令狐冲凝视半晌，说道：“令狐公子，老朽有几句话，要跟你说。”令狐冲道：“是，恭聆前辈教诲。”那老者将长剑交给挑菜汉子，往东走去。令狐冲将长剑抛在地下，跟随其后。 到得一棵大树之旁，和群豪已相去数十丈，虽可互相望见，话声却已传不过去。那老者在树荫下坐了下来，指着树旁一块圆石，道：“请坐下说话。”待令狐冲坐好，缓缓说道：“令狐公子，年轻一辈人物之中，如你这般人才武功，那是少有得很了。” 令狐冲道：“不敢。晚辈行为不端，声名狼藉，不容于师门，怎配承前辈如此见重？” 那老者道：“我辈武人，行事当求光明磊落，无愧于心。你的所作所为，虽然有时狂放大胆，不拘习俗，却不失为大丈夫的行径。我暗中派人打听，并没查到你甚么真正的劣迹。江湖上的流言蜚语，未足为凭。” 令狐冲听他如此为自己分辩，句句都打进了心坎之中，不由得好生感激，又想：“这位前辈在武当派中必定位居尊要，否则怎会暗中派人查察我的为人行事。” 那老者又道：“少年人锋芒太露，也在所难免。岳先生外貌谦和，度量却嫌不广……”令狐冲当即站起，说道：“恩师待晚辈情若父母，晚辈不敢闻师之过。” 那老者微微一笑，说道：“你不忘本，那便更好。老朽失言。”忽然间脸色郑重，问道：“你习这'吸星大法'有多久了？” 令狐冲道：“晚辈于半年前无意中习得，当初修习，实不知是'吸星大法'。” 那老者点头道：“这就是了！你我适才三次兵刃相交，我内力为你所吸，但我察觉你尚不善运用这项为祸人间的妖法。老朽有一言相劝，不知少侠能听否？”令狐冲大是惶恐，躬身道：“前辈金石良言，晚辈自当凛遵。”那老者道：“这吸星妖法临敌交战，虽然威力奇大，可是于修习者本身却亦大大有害，功行越深，为害越烈。少侠如能临崖勒马，尽弃所学妖术，自然最好不过，否则也当从此停止修习。” 令狐冲当日在孤山梅庄，便曾听任我行言道，习了“吸星大法”后有极大后患，要自己答允参与魔教，才将化解之法相传，其时自己曾予坚拒，此刻听这老者如此说，更信所言非虚，说道：“前辈指教，晚辈决不敢忘。晚辈明知此术不正，也曾立意决不用以害人，只是身上既有此术，纵想不用，亦不可得。” 那老者点头道：“据我所闻，确是如此。有一件事，要少侠行来，恐怕甚难，但英雄豪杰，须当为人之所不能为。少林寺有一项绝艺《易筋经》，少侠想来曾听见过。” 令狐冲道：“正是。听说这是武林中至高无上的内功，即是少林派当今第一辈的高僧大师，也有未蒙传授的。” 那老者道：“少侠这番率人前往少林，只怕此事不易善罢，不论哪一边得胜，双方都将损折无数高手，实非武林之福。老朽不才，愿意居间说项，请少林方丈慈悲为怀，将《易筋经》传于少侠，而少侠则向众人善为开导，就此散去，将一场大祸消弭于无形。少侠以为如何？”令狐冲道：“然则被少林寺所拘的任氏小姐却又如何？”那老者道：“任小姐杀害少林弟子四人，又在江湖上兴风作浪，为害人间。方证大师将她幽禁，决不是为了报复本派私怨，实是出于为江湖同道造福的菩萨心肠。少侠如此人品武功，岂无名门淑女为配？何必抛舍不下这个魔教妖女，以致坏了声名，自毁前程？” 令狐冲道：“受人之恩，必当以报。前辈美意，晚辈衷心感激，却不敢奉命。” 那老者叹了口气，摇头道：“少年人溺于美色，脂粉陷阱，原是难以自拔。” 令狐冲躬身道：“晚辈告辞。” 那老者道：“且慢。老朽和华山派虽少往来，但岳先生多少也要给老朽一点面子，你若依我所劝，老朽与少林寺方丈一同拍胸口担保，叫你重回华山派中。你信不信得过我？” 令狐冲不由得心动，重归华山原是他最大的心愿，这老者武功如此了得，听他言语，必是武当派中一位响当当的前辈脚色，他说可和方证方丈一同担保，相信必能办成此事。师父向来十分顾全同道的交谊，少林、武当是当今武林中最大的两个门派，这两派的头面人物出来说项，师父极难不卖这个面子。师父对自己向来情同父子，这次所以传书武林，将自己逐出门墙，自是因自己与向问天、盈盈等人结交，令师父无颜以对正派同道，但既有少林、武当两大掌门人出面，师父自然有了最好的交代。但自己回归华山，日夕和小师妹相见，却难道任由盈盈在少林寺后山阴寒的山洞之中受苦？想到此处，登时胸口热血上涌，说道：“晚辈若不能将任小姐救出少林寺，枉自为人。此事不论成败若何，晚辈若还留得命在，必当上武当山真武观来，向冲虚道长和前辈叩谢。” 那老者叹了口气，说道：“你不以性命为重，不以师门为重，不以声名前程为重，一意孤行，便是为了这个魔教妖女。将来她若对你负心，反脸害你，你也不怕后悔吗？” 令狐冲道：“晚辈这条性命，是任小姐救的，将这条命还报了她，又有何足惜？” 那老者点头道：“好，那你就去罢！” 令狐冲又躬身行礼，转身回向群豪，说道：“走罢！” 桃实仙道：“那老头儿跟你比剑，怎么没分胜败，便不比了？”适才二人比剑，确是胜败未分，只是那老者情知不敌，便即罢手，旁观众人都瞧不出其中关窍所在。 令狐冲道：“这位前辈剑法极高，再斗下去，我也必占不到便宜，不如不打了。” 桃实仙道：“你这就笨得很了。既然不分胜败，再打下去你就一定胜了。”令狐冲笑道：“那也不见得。”桃实仙道：“怎么不见得？这老头儿的年纪比你大得多，力气当然没你大，时候一长，自然是你占上风。”令狐冲还没回答，只听桃根仙道：“为甚么年纪大的，力气一定不大？”令狐冲登时省悟，桃谷六仙之中，桃根仙是大哥，桃实仙是六弟，桃实仙说年纪大的力气不大，桃根仙便不答应。 桃干仙道：“如果年纪越小，力气越大，那么三岁孩儿力气最大了？”桃花仙道：“这话不对，三岁孩儿力气最大这个'最'字，可用错了，两岁孩儿比他力气更大。”桃干仙道：“你也错了，一岁孩儿比两岁孩儿力气又要大些。”桃叶仙道：“还没出娘胎的胎儿，力气最大。”
群豪一路向北，到得河南境内，突然有两批豪士分从东西来会，共有二千余人，这么一来，总数已在四千以上。这四千余人晚上睡觉倒还罢了，不论草地树林、荒山野岭，都可倒头便睡，这吃饭喝酒却是极大麻烦。接连数日，都是将沿途城镇上的饭铺酒店，吃喝得锅镬俱烂，桌椅皆碎。群豪酒不醉，饭不饱，恼起上来，自是将一干饭铺酒店打得落花流水。 令狐冲眼见这些江湖豪客凶横暴戾，却也皆是义气极重的直性汉子，一旦少林寺不允释放盈盈，双方展开血战，势必惨不忍睹。他连日都在等待定闲、定逸两位师太的回音，只盼凭着她二人的金面，方证方丈释放盈盈，就可免去一场大厮杀的浩劫。屈指算来，距十二月十五日只差三日，离少林寺也已不过一百多里，却始终没得两位师太的回音。 这番江湖群豪北攻少林，大张旗鼓而来，早已远近知闻，对方却一直没任何动静，倒似有恃无恐一般。令狐冲和祖千秋、计无施等人谈起，均也颇感忧虑。 这晚群豪在一片旷野上露宿，四周都布了巡哨，以防敌人晚间突来偷袭。寒风凛冽，铅云低垂，似乎要下大雪。方圆数里的平野上，到处烧起了一堆堆柴火。这些豪士并无军令部勒，乌合之众，聚在一起，但听得唱歌吆喝之声，震动四野。更有人挥刀比剑，斗拳摔角，吵嚷成一片。 令狐冲心想：“最好不让这些人真的到少林寺去。我何不先去向方证、方生两位大师相求？要是能接盈盈出来，岂不是天大的喜事？”想到此处，全身一热，但转念又想：“但若少林僧众对我一人动手，将我擒住甚或杀死，我死不足惜，但无人主持大局，群豪势必乱成一团，盈盈固然救不出来，这数千位血性朋友，说不定都会葬身于少室山上。我凭了一时血气之勇而误此大事，如何对得住众人？” 站起身来，放眼四望，但见一个个火堆烈焰上腾，火堆旁人头涌涌，心想：“他们不负盈盈，我也不能负了他们。”
两日之后，群豪来到少室山上、少林寺外。这两日中，又有大批豪士来会。当日在五霸冈上聚会的豪杰如黄伯流、司马大、蓝凤凰等尽皆到来，九江白蛟帮史帮主带着“长江双飞鱼”也到了，还有许许多多是令狐冲从未见过的，少说也有五六千人众。数百面大皮鼓同时擂起，蓬蓬之声，当真惊天动地。 群豪擂鼓良久，不见有一名僧人出来。令狐冲道：“止鼓！”号令传下，鼓声渐轻，终于慢慢止歇。令狐冲提一口气，朗声说道：“晚辈令狐冲，会同江湖上一众朋友，前来拜访少林寺方丈。敬请赐予接见。”这几句话以充沛内力传送出去，声闻数里。 但寺中寂无声息，竟无半点回音。令狐冲又说了一遍，仍是无人应对。 令狐冲道：“请祖兄奉上拜帖。” 祖千秋道：“是。”持了事先预备好的拜盒，中藏自令狐冲以下群豪首领的名帖，来到少林寺大门之前，在门上轻叩数下，倾听寺中寂无声息，在门上轻轻一推，大门并未上闩，应手而开，向内望去，空荡荡地并无一人。他不敢擅自进内，回身向令狐冲禀报。 令狐冲武功虽高，处事却无阅历，更无统率群豪之才，遇到这等大出意料之外的情境，实不知如何是好，一时呆在当地，说不出话来。 桃根仙叫道：“庙里的和尚都逃光了？咱们快冲进去，见到光头的便杀。”桃干仙道：“你说和尚都逃光了，哪里还有光头的人给你来杀？”桃根仙道：“尼姑不是光头的吗？”桃花仙道：“和尚庙里，怎么会有尼姑？”桃根仙指着游迅，说道：“这个人既不是和尚，也不是尼姑，却是光头。”桃干仙道：“你为甚么要杀他？” 计无施道：“咱们进去瞧瞧如何？”令狐冲道：“甚好，请计兄、老兄、祖兄、黄帮主四位陪同在下，进寺察看。请各位传下令去，约束属下弟兄，不得我的号令，谁也不许轻举妄动，不得对少林僧人有任何无礼的言行，亦不可毁损少室山上的一草一木。”桃枝仙道：“当真拔一根草也不可以吗？” 令狐冲心下焦虑，挂念盈盈不知如何，大踏步向寺中走去。计无施等四人跟随其后。 进得山门，走上一道石级，过前院，经前殿，来到大雄宝殿，但见如来佛宝相庄严，地下和桌上却都积了一层薄薄的灰尘。祖千秋道：“难道寺中僧人当真都逃光了？”令狐冲道：“祖兄别说这个'逃'字。” 五个人静了下来，侧耳倾听，所听到的只是庙外数千豪杰的喧哗，庙中却无半点声息。 计无施低声道：“得防少林僧布下机关埋伏，暗算咱们。”令狐冲心想：“方证方丈、方生大师都是有道高僧，怎会行使诡计？但咱们这些旁门左道大举来攻，少林僧跟我们斗智不斗力，也非奇事。”眼见偌大一座少林寺竟无一个人影，心底隐隐感到一阵极大的恐惧，不知他们将如何对付盈盈。 五人眼观四路，耳听八方，一步步向内走去，穿过两重院子，到得后殿，突然之间，令狐冲和计无施同时停步，打个手势。老头子等一齐止步。令狐冲向西北角的一间厢房一指，轻轻掩将过去。老头子等跟着过去。随即听到厢房中传出一声极轻的呻吟。 令狐冲走到厢房之前，拔剑在手，伸手在房门上一推，身子侧在一旁，以防房中发出暗器。那房门呀的一声开了，房中又是一声低呻。令狐冲探头向房中看时，不由得大吃一惊，只见两位老尼躺在地下，侧面向外的正是定逸师太，眼见她脸无血色，双目紧闭，似已气绝身亡。他一个箭步抢了进去。祖千秋叫道：“盟主，小心！”跟着进内。令狐冲绕过躺在地下的定逸师太身子，去看另一人时，果然便是恒山掌门定闲师太。 令狐冲俯身叫道：“师太，师太。”定闲师太缓缓张开眼来，初时神色呆滞，但随即目光中闪过一丝喜色，嘴唇动了几动，却发不出声音。 令狐冲身子俯得更低，说道：“是晚辈令狐冲。” 定闲师太嘴唇又动了几下，发出几下极低的声音，令狐冲只听到她说：“你……你……你……”眼见她伤势十分沉重，一时不知如何才好。定闲师太运了口气，说道：“你……你答允我……”令狐冲忙道：“是，是。师太但有所命，令狐冲纵然粉身碎骨，也当为师太办到。”想到两位师太为了自己，只怕要双双命丧少林寺中，不由得泪水直滚而下。 定闲师太低声说道：“你……你一定能答允……答允我？”令狐冲道：“一定能够答允！”定闲师太眼中又闪过一道喜悦的光芒，说道：“你……你答允接掌……接掌恒山派门户……”说了这几个字，已是上气不接下气。 令狐冲大吃一惊，说道：“晚辈是男子之身，不能作贵派掌门。不过师太放心，贵派不论有何艰巨危难，晚辈自当尽力担当。”定闲师太缓缓摇了摇头，说道：“不，不是。我……我传你令狐冲，为恒山派……恒山派掌门人，你若……你若不答应，我死……死不瞑目。” 祖千秋等四人站在令狐冲身后，面面相觑，均觉定闲师太这遗命太也匪夷所思。 令狐冲心神大乱，只觉