Chapter 19 The Nineteenth Round of Kyushu Jutie Casting One Character Hundred Gold and Standing Wood to Attract Demons
Eighteen Shaolin monks, Wei Xiaobao and Shuang'er descended to Jinxiu Peak.Cheng Xin returned the scriptures to Wei Xiaobao, and asked, "Is the benefactor going back to Beijing immediately?" That's great. I was worried that this thin penny-like Toutuo would not give up, and he came again. But everyone is walking with me, is there any protection for Master Xingzhi?" Cheng Xin said: "Don't worry, Master Yulin. There are arrangements." At this moment, Wei Xiaobao admired the old monk Yulin very much, he closed his eyes and meditated, as if he didn't care when the sky was falling, but kept his face, everything was arranged properly in the dark.
Since he was escorted by the Eighteen Arhats of Shaolin, there was no danger at all along the way, although the tall and thin Fat Toutuo didn't show up, and he didn't even bump into a single person from other martial arts.
Not one day later, when they arrived outside Beijing, eighteen Shaolin monks and Wei Xiaobao saluted and said goodbye.Chengxin said: "The benefactor has arrived in the capital, and the old monks will leave and go back to the monastery." Wei Xiaobao said: "All great monks, I thank you for not being afraid of hard work and sending me here. I... I am really grateful, please accept I bow." Said, knelt down and kowtowed.Cheng Xin hurriedly stretched out her hand to help her up, and said, "The benefactor has been kind to you all the way. We traveled from Shanxi to Beijing, so why bother?"
It turned out that Wei Xiaobao hired nineteen carts when he came to Mount Wutai, and he and Shuang'er took one, and eighteen Shaolin monks each took one, and he ordered Eight Kuai Ma to go first, to stop at the front one day earlier, and book inns along the way. Prepare famous tea, fine point, and vegetarian food, all of which are extremely rich.Wei Xiaobao distributed bounties in every place, and the shopkeeper and shop assistants treated the eighteen Shaolin monks as gods and bodhisattvas.Shaolin monks practiced hard, so they didn't covet these desires of food and drink, but they were very happy to see that he respected each other very sincerely.
Although Wei Xiaobao is glib and insincere, but he loves friends very much by nature, and he is sincere when making friends with people.Talking with the monks along the way, they got along very well, and when they suddenly said that they wanted to break up, they felt sour and couldn't help crying.
Cheng Xin said: "It's good, it's good! Why should the little benefactor be sad? If there is a predestined relationship in the future, please come to Shaolin Temple to talk about it." Wei Xiaobao choked up and said: "That must come." Cheng Xin said goodbye to the monks and left.
When entering Beijing, it was too late to enter the palace.Wei Xiaobao came to a big inn in Xizhimen "Rugui Inn", asked for an upper room, and after a night's rest, he went to see Kangxi tomorrow and explained everything.
Thinking: "That skinny Fat Toutuo is desperately trying to snatch this scripture from me, maybe he is still following me secretly. After the eighteen Shaolin monks have left, he comes to snatch it again. Shuang'er and I can't resist it. It's still troublesome." A little bit, first hide the scriptures well, go to the palace tomorrow and lead a brigade of guards to pick them up, and present them to the little emperor, this is called 'lost nothing'!"
So he ordered Yu Bamai to apply things, sent out Shuang'er, and bolted the door.Before closing the window, I checked that there was no Fat Toutuo prying outside the window, so I wrapped the "Forty-two Chapters" with an oilcloth, opened the table, took out the dagger, and cut a hole in the brick wall under the table.The dagger cuts iron like mud, and cuts through bricks without any effort.Put the scriptures into the hole in the wall, pile up the bricks, take water to dissolve the lime, and paste the brick joints.After the lime is dry, if you don't look for it deliberately, you will definitely not find it.
In the early morning of the next day, Yu Ba was ordered to set up a car. He had to take Shuang'er to have a sumptuous breakfast, show off lavishly, and let the little girl's eyes open, and then go to buy a set of eunuch clothes and hats before entering the palace.It is really difficult to buy eunuch clothes and hats in the market. If you can't buy them, you can simply put on the clothes of the guards, and then rush to make a yellow jacket to put them on. Wouldn't it be interesting to be dumbfounded?I, the deputy head of the imperial bodyguard, was personally appointed by the emperor, so it's not a fake?He thought to himself: "That's the idea, what are you doing as Lao Shizi's eunuch? I just wear a yellow jacket and enter the palace."
He Shuang'er got into the mule cart, bent his tongue, and said with a Beijing accent, "Let's go to Xidan Laokuixing Restaurant first. The fried sheep tail and mutton dumplings there are still good." The coachman replied respectfully: " Yes!" Yu Ba straightened his back, sat beside the coachman, and said, "Hey, even mules in the capital are different, such big-eyed and dark-eyed ones are called mules, and we can't find one in Shanxi Province." Wei Xiaobao Returning to Beijing after success, I feel indescribably proud.
The mule cart drove for a while, and suddenly came out of Xizhimen.Wei Xiaobao said: "Hey, you are going to Xidan, how did you get out of the city?" The coachman said: "Yes, I'm sorry, sir! This little man's mule has a stubborn temper, when he reached the gate of the city, he had to go out of the city gate for a walk You can't do circles." Both Wei Xiaobao and Shuang'er laughed.Yu Badao: "Hey, even mules in the capital have official airs."
After leaving the city, the cart headed northward, and after traveling for more than a mile, Wei Xiaobao still didn't turn back. Wei Xiaobao felt that there was something wrong with the governor, and shouted: "Driver, what the hell are you doing? Go back!" The coachman repeatedly agreed, shouting: "Turn back, Deer, deer, huh, huh! Deer, turn around!" The whip slapped wildly, but the mule ran northward with all its strength, faster and faster.The coachman yelled: "Fucking stinky mule, I tell you to turn around! Dear, stop, stop! Your grandma's bastard mule!" He shouted more and more urgently, but how could the mule stop?
At this moment, with the sound of horseshoes, two horses rushed up from the side and stuck them to the side of the mule cart.The immediate passengers were two burly men.
Wei Xiaobao said in a low voice: "Do it!" Shuang'er leaned forward, stretched out his fingers, and hit the back of the coachman.He swayed, fell off the cart, yelled, and was kicked by the horse beside the cart.Immediately the man flew up and sat on the driver's seat.Shuang'er pokes again.The man grabbed her wrist with his backhand, turned his palms over, and slapped him in the face.The man opened his left palm and grabbed her shoulder with his right hand.The two played eight or nine tricks, but the mule still ran fast.The passenger on the left immediately shouted: "What's the matter? What's the matter?" With a bang, the man in the car was hit on the chest by Shuang'er's right palm and fell out.Another man came up with a whip.Shuang'er reached out to grab the whip and wrapped it around the car.The mule cart was running forward, and the man fell off the horse immediately under the sudden pull, let go of his whip hastily, and yelled loudly.
Shuang'er picked up the reins of the mule, she didn't know how to drive the cart, so she handed it over to Ba, and said: "You drive the cart." Yu Ba said: "I...I...can't either." Wei Xiaobao jumped onto the driver's seat and took it. He didn't know how to drive the cart, he imitated the coachman and barked a few times, he let go of the rein with his left hand and tightened it with his right hand, just like riding a horse. up?
Only the sound of horseshoes was heard, more than a dozen horses came, Wei Xiaobao was shocked, he pulled the mule and rushed towards the inclined road.The chasing rider turned his horse's head and followed quickly.The horses were fast and the carts were slow. After a while, more than ten riders surrounded the mule carts.
Wei Xiaobao saw the men on horseback each holding their weapons, and shouted: "It's a blue sky, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, do you want to block the way and rob?" A man smiled and said: "We are envoys to treat guests, not robbers to rob. Mr. Wei, my master invites you Go drink a glass of wine!" Wei Xiaobao was startled, and asked: "Who is your master?"
The man said: "Young Master, I will recognize him naturally. If our master is not your friend, how can we invite you to drink?" Wei Xiaobao saw that these people were eccentric, most of them had malicious intentions, and shouted: "How can there be such a treat? Excuse me Let's get out of the way!" Another big man laughed and said, "Get out of the way!" With a knife in his hand, he chopped off the mule's head, and the mule's carcass tilted and fell to the ground, bringing the mule cart down.Wei Xiaobao and Shuang'er jumped down to the ground.Shuang'er's strikes were like the wind, but the enemy was on a horse, and she was short, so she couldn't hit the enemy, she poked one after another, either blinding the horse's eyes, or hitting the acupuncture points on the enemy's legs.
All of a sudden, people were screaming and horses neighing, and it was a mess.Several men jumped off their horses and stepped forward with their knives.Shuang'er was extremely agile, pointing east and west, knocking down seven or eight men.The remaining four or five people looked at each other, not knowing what to do.
A small car came galloping on the avenue, and a woman's voice in the car shouted: "It's my own, don't do it!"
When Wei Xiaobao heard the voice, he was elated and shouted: "Aha! My wife is here!"
Shuang'er and the men immediately stopped fighting.Shuang'er was very surprised, she didn't expect that this husband had already married the young mistress.Early marriage was prevalent at that time, and it was common for men to marry wives at the age of fourteen or fifteen, but Wei Xiaobao never told her that he had a wife.
The car came to him, and a person jumped out of the car, it was Fang Yi.Wei Xiaobao was full of joy, went up to her and held her hand, and said: "My good sister, I miss you to death, where have you been?" Fang Yi smiled and said: "Let's talk slowly. Why are you fighting?" Seeing There were many people lying on the ground, and the mules' blood was spilled all over the ground, which made me quite surprised.
A man bowed and said: "Ms. Fang, we are here to invite Mr. Wei to drink. I think everyone is not polite and offended Mr. Fang. Mrs. Fang came to invite me in person, nothing could be better." Fang Yi said strangely: "These Are you the one who knocked down people? Your martial arts has improved a lot." Wei Xiaobao said: "It's not so fast to improve, it's Miss Shuang'er who showed off her skills in order to protect me."
Fang Yi looked at Shuang'er, saw that she was only fourteen or fifteen years old, and looked timid, she couldn't believe her martial arts were so strong, so she asked, "What's your sister's name?" Phase, so the two do not know each other.
Shuang'er went forward and knelt down and kowtowed, and said: "My maid, Shuang'er, kowtow to young mistress." Wei Xiaobao laughed out loud.Fang Yi blushed with embarrassment, hurriedly dodged, and said, "You...what did you call me? I...I...not." Shuang'er stood up and said, "Msanggong said you are his wife, maidservant Serving my husband, I will naturally call you Young Mistress." Fang Yi gave Wei Xiaobao a hard look, and said, "This man is full of nonsense, don't trust him. How long have you been serving him? Don't you know his temper? I am Miss Fang. Shuang'er smiled slightly, and said: "Then let's not call it now, and call it later." Fang Yi said: "I will call it later..." His face turned red again, and he retracted the last word "Mo".
Shuang'er looked at Wei Xiaobao and saw his triumphant expression. Suddenly, she also blushed, but she remembered that on Mount Wutai, he once told Fat Toutuo that he was his wife, so he had a temper , like to call young girls wives.After hearing this, he smiled and asked again: "Where is my little wife?" Shuang'er didn't think it was different.
Fang Yi rolled his eyes at him again, and said: "It's been so long since we've been apart, and we don't talk serious when we meet, just play dumb." Immediately, he ordered all the men to pack up and leave.The acupoints were tapped by those men, but they couldn't move, and Shuang'er undid them one by one.
Wei Xiaobao smiled and said: "I knew it was you who invited me to drink, I wish I could fly over with two wings on my back." Fang Yi gave him another look, and said: "You forgot me a long time ago, naturally you didn't expect it to be me who invited you. Wei Xiaobao said sweetly in his heart, "How could I have forgotten you for a moment? If I had known it was you who called me, don't talk about drinking, even drinking horse urine and poison, they would always be there and never stay for a moment." "Fang Yi stared at him with a pair of wonderful eyes, and said: "Don't say it so nicely, what if I invite you to drink poison at the ends of the earth?" Wei Xiaobao smiled when he saw her talking. Land, said: "Don't talk about the ends of the earth, I will go up the knife mountain and down the oil pan." Fang Yi said: "Okay, once the man speaks out, no horse is hard to chase." Wei Xiaobao patted his chest and said loudly: " When a man speaks his word, it's hard to chase." They both laughed at the same time.
Fang Yi ordered someone to lead a horse for Wei Xiaobao to ride, let Shuang'er sit in her cart, and rode the horse and Wei Xiaobao side by side, galloping slowly towards the rising sun, followed by all the men.Fang Yi said: "You are really capable, what kind of guns did you lose, and you took in a little girl who is so good at martial arts?" Wei Xiaobao laughed: "Where did you lose what guns? She is willing to be with me."
Wei Xiaobao then asked about the whereabouts of Mu Jianping, Xu Tianchuan and others, and said: "In that haunted house, you were captured by those guys from the Shenlong Sect. How did you escape? The third young lady of the Zhuang family invited someone to rescue you Is it?" Fang Yi asked: "Who is the third young lady of the Zhuang family?" Wei Xiaobao said: "It is the owner of the Zhuangzi." Fang Yi shook her head and said: "The owner of the Zhuangzi? We have never seen it. The Dragon Sect is looking for it It's you, and they didn't mean anything to you. That Zhang Laosan couldn't find you, so he let us go. The little Princess and the others are right in front, and we will see you soon." Turning his head, with a slightly angry look, he said: " The only thing you are thinking about is the little princess, you have only met her for a while, and you have already asked me seven or eight times." Wei Xiaobao smiled and said, "When did you ask me seven or eight times? It's really unfair. If I saw her, I didn't see you , At this time, I have asked seventy or eighty times." Fang Yi smiled and said: "Even if you have ten mouths, it is too late to ask seventy or eighty times. But you, one mouth is more important than ten mouths. sharp."
The two of them talked and said that they had walked more than ten li in a short time, they had bypassed the city of Beijing, and they had been heading east.Wei Xiaobao said: "Is it coming soon?" Fang Yi said angrily: "It's still far away! You don't have to be so impatient when you miss the little princess, if you knew you were like this, it would be much better to let her pick you up, so that you won't be dragged I’m so upset.” Wei Xiaobao stuck out his tongue, and said: “From now on, I’ll just not ask a word.” Fang Yi said: “If you don’t ask, you’ll be anxious and make people even more angry.” She seemed very jealous, Wei Xiaobao became happier the more he listened, and said with a smile, "If I'm even half anxious, I'm not your husband, I'm your son." Fang Yi chuckled and said, "Good boy..." His face flushed, and the word "son" below Did not say it.
At noon, they stopped in town, and the group headed east again.Wei Xiaobao didn't dare to ask where he was going, seeing that he was far away from Beijing, he couldn't rush back to the palace to meet Kangxi today, he thought: "Anyway, Xiaoxuanzi didn't limit me when to return, even if I was delayed in Mount Wutai, Or let Fat Toutuo catch him and return to the palace a few days later, what's the harm?"
Along the way, Fang Yi talked to him irrelevant gossip.That day in the palace, although the two were in the same room, but there was Mu Jianping, Fang Yi was quite reserved, and now they were walking slowly, but they were smiling and courteous.The rest of the people are very knowledgeable and are far behind.Wei Xiaobao's first love affair, when he called her "wife" in the palace, 60% of it was a joke, 30% of it was frivolity, and only 10% had a vague meaning of a man and a woman.Reunited after this day's farewell, I saw Fang Yi being slightly angry and slightly angry, and smiling softly at other times, and I couldn't help being emotional. Seeing her riding a horse for a long time, her cheeks were flushed, and thin beads of sweat were oozing, she was indescribably beautiful and lovely , staring blankly, can't help being crazy.
Fang Yi smiled and asked: "Why are you in a daze?" Wei Xiaobao said: "My good sister, you...you are really pretty. I think... I think..." Fang Yi said: "What do you think?" Wei Xiaobao said: "I Don't be angry after I told you." Fang Yi said: "If it's serious, I won't be angry. If it's not serious, I'll be angry naturally. What are you thinking?" Wei Xiaobao said: "I think, if you really become my wife, I don't know How happy."
Fang Yi gave him a sideways look, turned her head away with a straight face.Wei Xiaobao asked urgently: "Good sister, are you angry?" Fang Yi said: "Of course you are angry, one hundred and twenty times." Wei Xiaobao said: "There is nothing serious about this, I... " Fang Yi said: "When I was in the palace, I swore a long time ago that I would follow you and serve you all my life. What's the truth? You said this because you want to change your mind."
Wei Xiaobao was overjoyed, if it wasn't for the two of them riding on the horse, he would have hugged her immediately, kissed her delicate face, immediately stretched out his right hand, grabbed her left hand, and said: "How could I change my mind? You won’t change your mind for one or ten thousand years.” Fang Yi said: “It’s a lie if you say that, how can a person live well for a thousand or ten thousand years, unless you are Wu...” When it comes to the word “wu” , sneered, turned his head, and let him hold one hand.
Wei Xiaobao held her soft and soft palm, his heart was full of joy, and he said with a smile: "You treat me so well, I will never be a little turtle." If a wife steals a man, the husband will be a turtle, Fang Yi also understands this sentence.She put on a pretty face and said: "Without three good words, a dog's mouth will not grow ivory." Wei Xiaobao smiled and said: "If you marry a chicken, you will follow the chicken, and if you marry a dog, you will follow the dog. I want to see your husband's mouth grow ivory all my life." Come on, that's hard to come by." Fang Yi leaned on her saddle and smiled, holding his palm tightly with her left hand.
The two talked and laughed all the way, and in the evening, they slept in an inn in a big town.The next morning Wei Xiaobao ordered Yu Ba to hire a large cart, and he and Fang Yi rode in the cart together.When the two talked about their deep love, Wei Xiaobao put his arms around her waist and kissed her face, Fang Yi didn't resist, but if there was anything wrong, she would never allow it.Wei Xiaobao seemed to understand the relationship between men and women, so far, he has been very happy.I only hope that this big cart will continue to travel like this, sitting on the jade man, going to the ends of the world, and then turning around, I will go to the ends of the world again. The roads in the world will never end.Every day I go and sleep, and then go after the night, I'm afraid Fang Yi will suddenly say that he has arrived.
Living in a gentle village, the emperor's edict, the "Forty-two Chapters", and the old emperor on Wutai Mountain are all forgotten, and he is confused about the passage of time and the distance of the road.
One evening, when the chariots and horses arrived at the shore of the sea, Fang Yi took his hand, walked to the seashore, and said softly: "My dear brother, I will sail the ocean with you, travel around the world, and live a life like a fairy. Not good?" When she said this, she took his hand and leaned her head on his shoulder, her body was limp, as if she had lost all strength.
Wei Xiaobao put his left hand around her waist to prevent her from falling, he felt her hair rubbing against his cheeks, her waist was soft and trembling slightly, although it was too abrupt to go out to sea by boat, he faintly felt that something was wrong, but when In this situation, how can the word "no" be uttered?
There was a big boat parked by the sea, the sailors on the boat saw Fang Yi's subordinates waving blue scarves, so they sent a small boat over, first picked Wei Xiaobao and Fang Yi onto the big boat, and then picked up the rest of them one after another.Yu Bajian wanted to get on the boat, said he was seasick, and refused to go out to sea no matter what.Wei Xiaobao didn't force it, and rewarded him with a hundred taels of silver.Yu Baqian went back to Shanxi with gratitude. Wei Xiaobao entered the cabin, he saw that the furnishings in the cabin were rich and rich, the floor was covered with thick carpets, and the table was filled with fine tea and fruits, just like the flower hall in the homes of princes and dignitaries, he thought: "My good sister treats me like this, You will never intentionally harm me." Two servants on the boat took hot towels and asked them to wipe their faces, and then brought two bowls of noodles.Strips of chicken shreds are spread on the surface, which is delicious and different from ordinary chicken shreds.I only felt that the hull of the ship was shaking, and the sails were already sailing out to sea. Life in a boat is another world.Fang Yi accompanied him drinking and guessing, talking and laughing, until late at night, after putting him to bed, she went to the cabin to sleep peacefully, and the next morning, she came to help him dress and comb his hair.Wei Xiaobao thought to himself: "She still doesn't know that I'm not a eunuch at this moment, she just knows that we are a fake husband and wife after all, when will I tell her the truth?" After sailing for several days, the two leaned against the window this day, watching the sunrise on the sea together, and saw the golden snakes on the sea, which was inexplicably wonderful.Fang Yi sighed: "I went to assassinate the emperor of the Tartars that day, but I knew that I would die in the palace. How could I know that God blesses me to meet you, and I will share this blessing with you today. Good brother, I know a little bit about your life experience. I don't understand, how did you enter the palace, and how did you learn martial arts?" Wei Xiaobao smiled and said: "I just wanted to tell you, just because I was afraid that you would be shocked, and that you would faint from joy." Fang Yi leaned closer to him again, and said in a low voice: "If I hear joy, that's the best, even if I don't like to hear it, as long as what you tell the truth, then... then... I don't care " Wei Xiaobao said: "My good sister, I will tell you the truth, I was born in Yangzhou, and my mother works in a brothel." Fang Yi was startled, turned around, and asked in a trembling voice: "Where is your mother? Do you work in a brothel? Do you do laundry, cook food, or... or sweep the floor and serve tea?" Wei Xiaobao saw her complexion changed drastically, her eyes showed a look of fear, his heart went cold, he knew that she despised the "brothel" very much, if he just said that his mother was a prostitute, he was afraid that she would never treat her again in this lifetime. I had half a point of respect and intimacy, so I immediately laughed and said: "My mother was only six or seven years old when she was in the brothel, how can she wash and cook for others?" Fang Yi's face softened slightly, and said: "You're only six or seven years old?" Wei Xiaobao said casually: "After the Tartars entered the customs, they killed many people in Yangzhou, you know?" Be proud.Fang Yi said: "Yes." Wei Xiaobao said: "My grandfather was a high-ranking official in the Ming Dynasty. He served as an official in Yangzhou. The Tartars broke through Yangzhou. My grandfather died fighting the enemy. My mother was a little girl at that time, living on the streets in Yangzhou brothels. There was a rich and wealthy client who saw her pitiful, and took her in as a little girl. After asking, he respected my grandfather, so he took my mother as a foster daughter, took her home, and became Miss Qianjin again. Later she married My father, he is a well-known rich man in Yangzhou." Fang Yi was skeptical, and said: "So that's the case. I was taken aback by saying that your mother was reduced to a brothel and worked as a maid for those who don't know shame. A lovable...bad woman." Wei Xiaobao grew up in a brothel since he was a child, and never felt that his mother was a "bad woman who knows no shame". Hearing Fang Yi say this, he couldn't help feeling angry in his heart, and said to himself: "Is the woman in your Mu Palace really amazing? Fuck it!" , I think people don’t know shame, and people can do whatever they want.” He originally wanted to tell his life experience frankly, but after this, he couldn’t say anything, so he just talked nonsense about what happened to his family in Yangzhou. Splendid, it's an extravagant talk, but the halls, houses, and furnishings are inevitably the layout of the Lichun Courtyard. Fang Yi didn't pay attention to listen, and said: "You said one thing, I'm afraid I'd faint with joy, is that all?" I care about it, I can't help losing interest, I don't bother to say that I am not a eunuch, and said casually: "That's it, so you are not happy when you hear it." Fang Yi said lightly: "I am happy." This sentence is obviously insincere. The two faced each other in silence for a moment, and suddenly saw a piece of land in the northeast, and the boat was sailing straight past.Fang Yi wondered: "Hey, what is this place?" After less than an hour, he had already approached, but he saw green trees on the shore, and a long beach with no end in sight, full of fine white sand.Fang Yi said: "I'm dizzy after sitting on the boat for a few days, let's go up and have a look, okay?" Wei Xiaobao said happily: "Yes, it seems to be a big island. I don't know if there are any interesting things on the island." Fang Yi called Shaogong into the cabin and asked him what the island was called and what specialties it had.Shao Gong said: "Return to the girl's words: This is the famous fairy island in the East China Sea. I heard that there are fairy fruits on the island, and they can live forever if they eat it. Only those who are blessed can eat it. You and Wei Xianggong may as well go up and try your luck." Fang Yi nodded, and when Shaogong got out of the cabin, she said softly: "I don't want to live forever, the days before me are happier than being a fairy." Wei Xiaobao was overjoyed, and said: "You and I will live on this island For the rest of my life, it doesn't matter what fairy fruit or something, as long as you stay with me forever, I will be a fairy." Fang Yi leaned against him and said softly, "Me too." The two went ashore in a small boat, stepped on the fine sand of the beach, smelled the fragrance of flowers wafting from the forest, and felt like they were in a fairyland.Fang Yi said: "I don't know if there are people living on the island." Wei Xiaobao said with a smile: "There are no people, but there is an extremely beautiful female fairy who brought a servant and came to the island." Fang Yi smiled sweetly and said: " Good brother, you are my servant, and I am your girl." Wei Xiaobao heard the word "girl", thought of Shuang'er, looked back, and saw that she was not following her, he felt a slight feeling in his heart that he had neglected Shuang'er these days I feel guilty, but I think it would be inconvenient for me to be too intimate with Fang Yi if she followed behind, so it's better not to follow. The two went into the forest hand in hand, and smelled the strong fragrance of flowers.Wei Xiaobao said: "The fragrance of this flower is very strong, could it be a fairy flower?" Walking a few steps forward, suddenly there was a rustling sound in the grass, followed by a flash of yellow shadows in front of him, seven or eight poisonous snakes with yellow and black in the center rushed out. Wei Xiaobao shouted: "Ah yo!" Pulling Fang Yi, he turned around and left, only took a step, there were seven or eight snakes blocking the way in front of his eyes, blood all over his body was red, his tongue was hesitating, and he made a hissing sound.These snakes have triangular heads and are highly poisonous. Fang Yi stood in front of Wei Xiaobao, drew his saber and waved it, and shouted: "Run quickly. I'll stop the poisonous snake!" How could Wei Xiaobao run for his life alone without regard for loyalty?Hastily pulled out the dagger, and said: "Go this way!" Pulling Fang Yi, he ran out obliquely, took two steps, his head and neck felt cold, a poisonous snake hung down from the tree, wrapped around his head and neck, and he was so frightened. He was out of his wits and screamed loudly.Fang Yi hurriedly stretched out her hand to pull the snake's body.Wei Xiaobao shouted: "No way!" The snake turned its head.He bit the back of Fang Yi's hand and held on firmly.Wei Xiaobao quickly swung the dagger and cut the snake into two pieces.At this moment, the legs and feet of the two of them were wrapped in poisonous snakes.Wei Xiaobao swung the dagger to chop, but felt numb on his left leg, it has been bitten by a poisonous snake. Fang Yi threw away the single knife, hugged him, and cried: "My husband and wife died here today." Wei Xiaobao relied on the sharpness of the dagger, every time he swung the knife, he chopped off a poisonous snake.But there were more and more poisonous snakes in the forest, the two struggled to get out of the forest, they were bitten in seven or eight places.Wei Xiaobao only felt dizzy, and gradually fell into a coma, looking into the sea, the small boat was sailing towards the big one, the distance was already far away.Fang Yi yelled a few times, but how could the sailors in the boat hear it? Fang Yi rolled up Wei Xiaobao's trousers, leaned over to suck the snake venom from his leg.Wei Xiaobao said in shock: "No...no way!" Suddenly he heard footsteps behind him, someone said: "What are you doing here? Aren't you afraid of death?" Wei Xiaobao turned around and saw three middle-aged men, and hurriedly called: "Uncle help, we were bitten by a snake." A man took out the medicine cake from his bosom, threw it into his mouth and chewed it for a while, and applied it on Wei Xiaobao's snakebite.Wei Xiaobao said: "You...you treat her first." At this time, his legs were black and he was completely unconscious.Fang Yi took the medicine and applied it to the wound by herself. Wei Xiaobao said: "My dear sister..." His vision went dark, he fell backwards with a thud.
When he woke up, he felt dry lips and tongue, severe pain in his chest, and couldn't help moaning.He heard someone say: "Okay, wake up!" Wei Xiaobao slowly opened his eyes, and saw someone took a bowl of medicine and fed it to his mouth.The medicine had an unusual stench, so he drank it without hesitation, the taste was extremely bitter, and after drinking the medicine, he said: "Thank you for saving my life, uncle, I... is my sister okay?" Good morning, we only need to be late for a moment, and both of us will die. You are so bold, why did you come to this fairy island?" Wei Xiaobao was overjoyed when he heard that Fang Yi was saved, and thanked him without a word, only then did he realize that he was sleeping in Under the quilt on the bed, all the clothes have been removed, and the legs are still numb. That man was ugly, with scars all over his face, but in Wei Xiaobao's eyes, he was really like a life-saving Bodhisattva.He breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "The sailor on the boat said that there are fairy fruits on this island, and you can live forever if you eat them." The man smiled and said: "If there are fairy fruits, why don't they come to pick them?" Wei Xiaobao exclaimed: "Ah, these sailors have bad intentions, I still have companions on board, don't... don't fall for the bad guys Daoer. Uncle, please find a way to save her." The ugly man said: "The boat sailed three days ago, but where can I find it?" Wei Xiaobao was puzzled, and said at a loss: "Three days ago? "The ugly man said: "You have been in a coma for three days and three nights, you probably don't know it?" Wei Xiaobao thought of Shuang'er, although she was very skilled in martial arts, but she was alone in the vast ocean, how could she escape from the vicious hands of all the villains , could not help but be anxious. The ugly man comforted him: "It's useless to be anxious at this time, you should rest well. The poisonous snakes on this island are very serious, at least you need to take medicine for seven days before they can be sterilized." He asked Wei Xiaobao's name, and claimed that his surname was Pan. On the third day, Wei Xiaobao could stand up and walk slowly while leaning on the wall.The ugly man surnamed Pan took him to see Fang Yi.It turned out that she was taken care of by another woman, but she was haggard and depressed.When the two met, they were both happy and uncomfortable, and they couldn't help crying in their arms.Afterwards, the two shared the same room during the day, and their hairs stood on end when they talked about the poisonous snake. On the sixth day, the person surnamed Pan said: "Mr. Lu, the doctor on our island, has returned from the sea. I have invited him to show Brother Wei." Wei Xiaobao thanked him.Not long after, a person came in, about forty years old, dressed as a scribe, with an amiable expression, asked about Wei Xiaobao's experience of being devoured by a poisonous snake, and said: "The residents of the island all carry realgar snake medicine with them, even if they put a poisonous snake on their bodies, the snake will also die." Run away immediately, never dare to bite anyone." Wei Xiaobao said: "So that's the case, no wonder Big Brother Pan and the others are not afraid." Mr. Lu showed him the wound, took out six pills, and said: "You take three pills, and the other three pills. Give it to your companion, take one tablet a day." Wei Xiaobao thanked deeply, took out two hundred taels of silver, and said, "It's a little medical money, sir, please don't laugh at me." Mr. Lu was taken aback, and said with a smile: "Why do you need so much? My master gave me two taels of silver, and I am very grateful." Wei Xiaobao insisted on giving it, Mr. Lu thanked him and accepted it, and said with a smile: "Master, you are very generous." Thank you, but it's disrespectful. I'm afraid the young master will be bored living here, how about going to have a drink with the young master's female companion tonight?" Wei Xiaobao was overjoyed and readily agreed. In the evening, Mr. Lu sent two bamboo sedan chairs to pick up Wei Xiaobao and Fang Yi.This bamboo sedan chair is actually just a bamboo chair, with bamboo poles on both sides, people at the front and back carry each other, the island residence is simple and there is no real sedan chair. Two bamboo sedan chairs walked along the mountain stream, the stream was gurgling, the vegetation was fresh, and they felt very relaxed and happy, but when Wei and Fang saw the big trees and grass, they trembled and feared, lest a poisonous snake would come out.After traveling seven or eight miles, the sedan chair stopped in front of three bamboo huts.The walls and roof of the house are made of thick bamboo the size of a bowl, and it looks very solid.Jiangnan and Hebei have never seen such a bamboo house. Mr. Lu greeted them and invited them in.In the living room, a woman in her thirties came out to greet the guests. She was Mr. Lu's wife.The woman held Fang Yi's hand, looking very affectionate.Mr. Lu invited Wei Xiaobao to sit in the study. There are many books on the bamboo bookshelves in the study, and the walls are covered with calligraphy and paintings. It seems that Dr. Lu is a refined person. Mr. Lu said: "I'm on a deserted island in the lower reaches. I'm extremely lonely and ignorant. Mr. Wei is from a resort in the Central Plains. He is a son of the Chinese nationality. He has a wide vision and a fine appreciation. Looking at these calligraphy and paintings, can you still enter the Fang family's eyes?" Wei Xiaobao didn't understand a word of his polite words, but when he pointed to the calligraphy and paintings on the wall, he looked up and saw that one of the pictures was a landscape, and the other had a white crane and a tortoise , said with a smile: "This old tortoise is really fun." Mr. Lu was slightly startled, pointed to a vertical scroll, and said, "Mr. Wei, how do you see the writing on this stone drum?" Wei Xiaobao saw that the characters were crooked, like drawn symbols, nodded and said: "Okay, very good! Mr. Lu pointed to another large character and said, "This one is near Qin Langya's carved stone. What do you think, Mr. Wei?" Wei Xiaobao thought it would be boring to just say yes, so he shook his head and said: "This one is not very well written." Mr. Lu respectfully said, "I would like to ask Mr. Wei to point out where the weakness of this calligraphy is. Wei Xiaobao said: "There are many failed strokes, but few successful ones!" He thought that there are "failed strokes" and "successful strokes" naturally. When Mr. Lu first heard the word "Shengbi", he was stunned for a moment, and said: "Great, clever." Pointing to a cursive script on the west wall, he said: "What do you think of this wild cursive, Mr. Wei?" Wei Xiaobao looked sideways After a while, he shook his head and said, "The ink on these words is dry, and I don't want to rub the ink. Well, these thin lines are dragged around, and they won't be wiped clean." Mr. Lu's face changed drastically when he heard that.Cursive script pays attention to the method of ink drying and dampness, wet pen is wet, dry pen is dry, dry and wet alternately, thick and light, because dryness is wet, wetness is used to set off dryness, yin and yang are reflected, like clouds blocking the sky, it is a wonderful book.As for the thin lines connecting the strokes, the painters call them "gossamer", which may be combined with several strokes or numbers.Wei Xiaobao revealed his truth within a few words. Mr. Lu pointed to a picture and said: "This one is full of ancient oracle bone inscriptions. My brother is a little learned and doesn't know a single word. Please ask Mr. Wei for advice." Wei Xiaobao saw that every word on the paper was like tadpoles, like the inscriptions carved on the stone tablet in Puji Temple, Jinxiu Peak, Mount Wutai, and thought, "I know these words, it's 'Shenlongjiao Hongjiaozhu Wanwan'." You will never grow old, you will enjoy immortal blessings forever, you will have great supernatural powers, and you will live as long as the heavens!'” Mr. Lu was full of joy and said, "Thank God, you really know this character!" Seeing that he was so happy that his voice trembled when he spoke, Wei Xiaobao became suspicious: "I can read these words, why is he so happy? Could it be that he was also taught by Shenlong? Ah, no! Snake...snake... Spirit snake... Could this be Shenlong Island?" blurted out: "Where is Fat Toutuo?" 陆先生吃了一惊，退后数步，颤声道：“你……你已经知道了？”韦小宝点了点头，其实他是甚么也不知道。陆先生脸色郑重，说道：“既然你都知道了，那也很好。”走到书桌边，磨墨铺纸，说道：“请你将这些蝌蚪古文，一字一字译将出来。哪一个是'洪'字，哪一个是'教'字。”提笔醮墨，招手要他过去。 要韦小宝提笔写字，那真比要他性命还惨，韦小宝暗暗叫苦，但见陆先生神色难看，不敢违拗，硬着头皮，走过去在书桌边坐下，伸手握管，手掌成拳。他持笔若像吃饭拿筷，倒也有三分相似，可是这么一握，有如操刀杀猪，又如持锤敲钉，天下却哪有这等握管之状？ 陆先生怒容更盛，强自忍住，缓缓的道：“你先写自己的名字！” 韦小宝霍地站起，将笔往地下一掷，墨汁四溅，大声说道：“老子狗屁不识，屁字都不会写。什么'洪教主寿与天齐'，老子是信口胡吹，骗那恶头陀的。你要老子写字，等我投胎转世再说，你要杀要剐，老子皱一皱眉头，不算好汉。” 陆先生冷冷的道：“你什么字都不识？” 韦小宝道：“不识！不识你乌龟的'龟'字，也不识你王八蛋的'蛋'字。”他西洋镜既给拆穿，不由得老羞成怒，反正身陷蛇岛，有死无生，求饶也是无用，不如先占些口舌上的便宜。 陆先生沉吟半晌，拿起笔来，在纸上写了个蝌蚪文字，问道：“这是甚么字？” 韦小宝大声道：“去你妈的！我说过不识，就是不识。难道还有假的？” 陆先生点点头，道：“好，原来胖头陀上了你的大当，可是此事已禀报了教主，你这小贼！”突然一跃而前，扠住韦小宝的头颈，双手越收越紧，咬牙切齿的道：“你害得我们蒙骗教主，人人给你累得死无葬身之地，大家一起死了干净，也免得受那无穷无尽的酷刑。” 韦小宝给他扠得透不过气来，满脸紫胀，伸出了舌头。陆先生眼见手上再一使劲，这小孩便得气绝毙命，想到此事干系异常重大，心中一惊，便放开了手指，双手一推，将他摔在地下，恨恨出房。 过了良久，韦小宝才惊定起身，“死乌龟，直娘贼”也不知骂了几百声，心想身在这毒蛇岛上，无处可逃，倘若逃入树林草丛之中，只有死得更快。走到门边，伸手推门，那竹门外面反扣住了，到窗外一望，下临深谷，实是无路可走，转头看到壁上的书画，心道：“这些屁字屁画，有什么好？”拾起笔来，醮满了墨，在一幅幅书画上便画，大乌龟、小乌龟画了不计其数。 画了几十只乌龟，手也倦了，掷笔于地，蜷缩在椅上，片刻间就睡着了。睡醒时天已全黑，竟然无人前来理会，肚中饿得咕咕直响，心想：“这只绿毛乌龟要饿死老子。” 过了好一会，忽听得门外脚步声响，门缝中透进灯光，竹门开处，陆先生持烛进房，侧头向他凝视。韦小宝见他脸上不示喜怒，心下倒也有些害怕。 陆先生将烛台放在桌上，一瞥眼间，见到壁上所悬书画已尽数被他涂抹得不成模样，忍不住怒发如狂，叫道：“你……你……”举起手来，便欲击落，但手掌停在半空，终于忍住怒气，说道：“你……你……”声音在喉间憋住了，说不出话来。 韦小宝笑道：“怎么样？我画得好不好？” 陆先生长叹一下，颓然坐倒，说道：“好，画得好！” 他居然不打人，还说画得好，韦小宝倒也大出意料之外，见他脸上神色凄然，显是心痛之极，倒也有些过意不去，说道：“陆先生，对……对不起，我涂坏了你的画。” 陆先生摇摇头，说道：“没……没什么。”双手抱头，伏在桌上，过了好一会，说道：“你想必饿了，吃了饭再说。” 客堂中桌上已摆了四菜一汤，有鸡有鱼，甚是丰盛。跟着方怡由陆夫人陪着出来，四人共膳。韦小宝大奇：“莫非我这十几只乌龟画得好，陆先生一高兴，就请我吃饭？”但他一点儿自知之明倒还有的，看情形总似乎不像。几次开口想问，见陆先生脸上阴晴不定，深恐触怒了他，饭未吃饱，便被夺下饭碗，未免犯不着。当下一言不发，闷声吃了个饱。 饭罢，陆先生又带他进书房。 陆先生从地下拾起笔来，在纸上写了“韦小宝”三字，道：“这是你自己的名字，你会不会写？” 韦小宝道：“他认得我，我可认不得他，怎么会写？” 陆先生嗯了一声，眼望窗外，凝思半晌，左手拿了烛台，走到那幅蝌蚪文之前，仔细打量，指着一个个字，口中念念有辞，回到桌边，取过一张白纸，振笔疾书，伸指数了数蝌蚪文字的字数，又数纸上字数，再在纸上一阵涂改，回头又看那幅蝌蚪文字，喃喃自言自语：“那三个字相同，这两个字又是一般，须得天衣无缝，才是道理。”沉思半天，又在纸上一阵涂改，喜道：“行了！” 韦小宝不知他捣甚么鬼，反正饭已吃饱，也就不去理会。只见陆先生又取过一张白纸，仔仔细细的写起字来。 这一次他写得甚慢，写完后摇头晃脑的轻轻读了一遍。韦小宝只听到有什么“神龙岛”、“洪教主”、“寿与天齐”等等语句，最后则是第一部在何地何山，第二部在何地何山。他心下恍然，这些话都是他在普济寺中向胖头陀信口胡吹的，哪知胖头陀居然信以为真，回来大加传扬。又想：“那日胖头陀邀我上神龙岛来见洪教主，我说什么也不肯，不料鬼使神差，这船又会驶到了这里，眼下西洋镜拆穿，洪教主又已知道了。他当然要大发脾气，只怕要将好姊姊和我丢入蛇坑，给几千几万条毒蛇吃得尸骨无存。”想到无穷无尽的毒蛇缠上身来，当真不寒而栗。 陆先生转过身来，脸上神色十分得意，微笑道：“韦公子，你识得石碣上的蝌蚪文，委实可喜可贺。也是本教洪教主洪福齐天，才天降你这位神童，能读蝌蚪文字。” 韦小宝哼了一声，道：“你不用取笑。我又识得什么蝌蚪文、青蛙文了？老子连癞蛤蟆文也不识。我是瞎说一番，骗那瘦竹篙头陀的。” 陆先生笑道：“韦公子何必过谦？这是公子所背诵的石碣遗文，我笔录了下来，请公子指点，是否有误。”说着读道： “维大唐贞观二年十月甲子，特进卫国公李靖，右领军大将军宿国公程知节，光禄大夫兵部尚书曹国公李绩、徐州都督胡国公秦叔宝会于五台山锦绣峰，见东方红光耀天，斗大金字现于云际，文曰：'千载之下，爰有大清。东方有岛，神龙是名。教主洪某，得蒙天恩。威灵下济，丕赫威能。降妖伏魔，如日之升。羽翼辅佐，吐故纳新。万瑞百祥，罔不丰登。仙福永享，普世崇敬。寿与天齐，文武仁圣。'须臾，天现青字，文曰：'天赐洪某《四十二章经》八部，一存河南伏牛山荡魔寺，二存山西笔架山天心庵，三存四川青城山凌霄观，四存河南嵩山少林寺，五存湖北武当山真武观，六存川边崆峒山迦叶寺，七存云南昆明沐王府，八存云南昆明平西王府。'靖请恭录天文，雕于石碣，以待来者。” 陆先生抑扬顿挫的读毕，问道：“有没读错？”韦小宝道：“这是唐朝的石碣，怎会知道后世有个平西王吴三桂？”陆先生道：“上帝聪明智慧，无所不知，无所不晓，既知后世有洪教主，自然也知道有吴三桂了。”韦小宝暗暗好笑，点头道：“那也说得是。”心想：“不知你在捣什么鬼？” 陆先生道：“这石碑上的文字，一字也读错不得。虽然韦公子天赋聪明，但依我之见，那也是圣灵感动，才识得这些蝌蚪文字，日后仓卒之际，或有认错。最好韦公子将这篇碑文读得滚瓜烂熟，待洪教主召见之时，背诵如流，洪教主一喜欢，自然大有赏赐。” 韦小宝双眼一翻，登时恍然大悟，连连点头，说道：“原来如此，原来如此。”料知胖头陀和陆先生禀报洪教主，说有个小孩识得石碑上的文字，洪教主定要传见考问。哪知道这件事全是假的，陆先生怕教主怪罪，只得假造碑文，来骗教主一骗。 陆先生道：“我现在读一句，韦公子跟一句，总须记得一字不错为止。'维大唐贞观二年十月甲子……'” 事到临头，韦小宝欲待不读，也不可得，何况串通了去作弄洪教主，倒也十分有趣，便跟着诵读。他生性机伶，听过一段几百字的言语，要再行复述，那是半点不费力气，说到读书，可就要他的命了，这篇短文虽只寥寥数百字，但所有句子都十分拗口，含义更是全不明白，什么“丕赫威能”、“吐故纳新”，浑不知是甚么意思，只得跟着陆先生一遍又一遍的读下去。幸亏陆先生不怕厌烦的教导，但也读了三十几遍，这才背得一字无误。 当晚他睡在陆先生家中，次晨又再背诵。陆先生听他已尽数记住，甚是欢喜，于是取过纸笔，将一个个蝌蚪字写了出来，教他辨认，哪一个是“维”字，哪一个是“贞”字。这一来韦小宝不由得叫苦连天，这些蝌蚪文扭来扭去，形状都差不多，要他一一分辨，又写将出来，当真是难于登天，苦于杀头。他片刻也坐不定，如何能静下心来学蝌蚪文？ 韦小宝固然愁眉苦脸，陆先生更加惴惴不安。陆先生这时早已知道，石碣上文字另有含义，他数了胖头陀所拓拓片中的字数，另作一篇文字，硬生生的凑上去，只求字数相同，碣文能讨得洪教主欢心，哪管原来碣文中写些什么。如此拼凑，自然破绽百出，“维大唐贞观二年”这句中，“二”字排在第六，但碣文中第六字的笔划共有十八笔之多，无论如何说不上是个“二”字，第五字只有三笔，与那“观”字也极难拉扯得上。但顾得东来西又倒，陆先生才气再大，仓卒间也捏造不出一篇天衣无缝的文章来。洪教主聪明之极，这篇假文章多半逃不过他眼去，可是大难临头，说不得只好暂且搪塞一时，日后的祸患，只好走着瞧了。 这天教韦小宝写字，进展奇慢，直到中午，只写会了四个蝌蚪文，幸好蝌蚪文本来奇形怪状，在韦小宝笔下写出来难看之极，倒也不觉如何刺眼，若是正楷，由一个从未学过写字的孩子写将出来，任谁一看。立知真伪。 下午学了三字，晚间又学了两个字，这一天共学了九个字。韦小宝不住口的大吵大嚷，几次掷笔不学。陆先生又是恐吓，又是哄骗，最后叫了方怡来坐在旁边相陪，韦小宝这才勉强耐心学下去。陆先生一面教，一面暗暗担心，只怕洪教主随时来传，倘若一篇文章尚未学全，便给教主叫了去，韦小宝这颗脑袋固然不保，自己全家难免陪着他送命。 可是这件事丝毫心急不得，越是盼他快些学会，韦小宝反而越学越慢，脑子中塞满的这许多蝌蚪，便如真的在纠缠游动一般，实在是难以辨认。 学得数日，韦小宝身上毒蛇所噬的伤口倒好全了，勉强认出的蝌蚪文却还只二三十个，而且缠夹不清，十个字中往往弄错了七八个。 陆先生正烦恼间，忽听得门外胖头陀的声音说道：“陆先生，教主召见韦公子！”陆先生脸如土色，手一颤，一枝醮满了墨的毛笔掉在衣襟之上。 一个极高极瘦的人走进书房，正是胖头陀到了。韦小宝笑道：“胖尊者，你怎地今日才来见我？我等了你好久啦。”胖头陀见到陆先生的神色，知道大事不妙，不答韦小宝的话，喃喃自语：“我早该知道这小鬼是在胡说八道，偏是痰迷了心窍，要想立什么大功，以求自保，不料反而死得更加早些。”陆先生冷笑道：“你不过是光棍一条，姓陆的一家八口，却尽数陪了你送命。”胖头陀一声长叹，道：“大家命该如此，这叫做劫数难逃。就算没这件事，教主也未必能容咱们多活得几日。” 陆先生向韦小宝瞧了一眼，道：“是他们这种人当时得令，我们老了，该死了，那又有什么法子？”语气中充满愤愤不平。胖头陀叹道：“也是我见他年纪小，投其所好，就这么不顾前、不顾后的禀报了上去，唉！”陆先生瞪了他一眼，道：“小也未免小得过了份。”胖头陀道：“陆兄，事已至此，你我同生共死，大丈夫死就死了，又有何惧？” 韦小宝拍手道：“胖尊者这话说得是，是英雄好汉，怕甚么了？我都不怕，你们更加不用怕。” 陆先生冷笑一声，道：“无知小儿，不知天高地厚，等到你知道怕，已然迟了。”出神半晌，道：“胖尊者请稍待，我去向拙荆吩咐几句。” 过了一会，陆先生回入书房，脸上犹有泪痕。胖头陀道：“陆兄，你的升天丸，请给我一粒。”陆先生点点头，从怀中取出一个瓷瓶，拔开瓶塞，倒出一粒红色药丸给他，说道：“这丸入口气绝，非到最后关头，不可轻举妄动。”胖头陀接过，苦笑道：“多谢了！胖头陀对自己性命也还看得不轻，不想这么快就即升天。” 韦小宝在五台山上，见胖头陀力敌少林寺十八罗汉，威风凛凛，此刻讨这毒药，显是当洪教主怪罪之时便即自杀，才明白事态果真紧急，不由得害怕起来。 三人出门，韦小宝隐隐听得内堂有哭泣之声，问道：“方姑娘呢？她不去么？”胖头陀道：“哼，你小小年纪，倒是多情种子，五台山上有个双儿，这里又有个方姑娘。”左手一把将他抱住，喝道：“走罢！”迈开大步，向东急行，顷刻间疾逾奔马。 陆先生跟在他身畔，仍是一副愁眉苦脸的模样。韦小宝见他显得毫不费力，却和胖头陀并肩而行，竟不落后半步，才知这文弱书生原来也是身负上乘武功，说道：“胖尊者、陆先生，你们二位武功这样高强，又何必怕那洪教主？你们……”胖头陀伸出右掌，一把按住他口，怒道：“在这神龙岛上，你敢说这等大逆不道的话，可是活得不耐烦了？”韦小宝给他这么一按，气为之窒，心道：“他妈的，你怕洪教主怕成这等模样，还自称是英雄呢，狗熊都不如。” 三人向着北方一座山峰行去。行不多时，只见树上、草上、路上，东一条，西一条，全是毒蛇，但说也奇怪，对他三人却全不滋扰。转过了两个山坡，抬头遥见峰顶建着几座大竹屋。胖头陀抱着韦小宝直上峰顶。 这时山道狭窄，陆先生已不能与胖头陀并肩而行，落后丈许。胖头陀将嘴凑在韦小宝耳边，低声问道：“你那部《四十二章经》呢？”韦小宝道：“不在我身边。”胖头陀道：“那还用说？你身边早已搜过了几遍。到哪里去啦？”韦小宝道：“少林寺十八罗汉拿了经书，自然去交了给他们方丈。”心想这瘦竹篙头陀打不过少林十八罗汉，听得经书到了少林寺方丈手中，自然不敢去要，就算敢去要，也必给人家撵了出来。 那日胖头陀亲手将经书交在澄心和尚手中，对韦小宝这句话自无怀疑，低声道：“待会见了教主，可千万不能提到此事。否则教主逼你交出经书来，你交不出，教主他老人家非将你丢入毒蛇窠不可。” 韦小宝听他语声中大有惧意，而且显然怕给陆先生听到，低声道：“你明明已抢到了经书，又还给了少林寺和尚，教主知道了，非将你丢入毒蛇窠不可。哼哼，就算暂时不罚你，派你去少林寺夺还经书，也有得够你受的了。” 胖头陀身子一颤，默然不语。 韦小宝道：“咱哥儿俩做桩生意。有什么事，你照应我，我也照应你。否则大家一拍两散，同归于尽。” 陆先生突然在身后接口问道：“什么一拍两散，同归于尽？” 韦小宝道：“咱三人有福同享，有难同当。”心想此刻处境之糟，已是一塌胡涂，能把这两个好手牵累在内，多少有点依傍指望。 胖头陀和陆先生都默不作声，过了一会，两人齐声长叹。 又行了一顿饭时分，到了峰顶。只见四名身穿青衣的少年挽臂而来，每人背上都负着一柄长剑。左首一人问道：“胖头陀，这小孩干什么的？” 胖头陀放下韦小宝，道：“教主旨令，传他来的。” 西首三名红衣少女嘻嘻哈哈的走来，背上也负着长剑，见到三人，迎了上来。一个少女笑道：“胖头陀，这小孩是你的私生子么？”说着在韦小宝颊上捏了一把。胖头陀道：“姑娘取笑了。这小孩是教主他老人家特旨呼召，有要紧事情问他。”另一个圆脸少女捏了一下韦小宝的右颊，笑道：“瞧这娃娃相貌，定是胖头陀的私生儿，你赖也赖不掉的。” 韦小宝大怒，叫道：“我是你的私生儿子。你跟胖头陀私通，生了我出来。” 一群少年少女一怔，随即哈哈大笑起来。那圆脸少女脸上通红，啐道：“小鬼，你作死啊！”伸手便打。韦小宝侧头避开。这时又有十几名年轻男女闻声赶到，都向那圆脸少女取笑。那少女又羞又恼，左足飞起，在韦小宝屁股上猛力踢了一脚。韦小宝大叫：“妈，你干么打儿子？”众少年笑得更加响了。 突然间钟声当当当响起，众人立即肃静倾听，二十多名年轻男女转身向竹屋中奔去。 胖头陀道：“教主集众致训。”向韦小宝道：“待会见到教主之时，可千万不能胡说八道。”韦小宝见他神色郁郁，这些年轻男女对他又颇为无礼，心想他武功甚高，干么怕了这些十几岁的娃娃，不由得对他有些可怜，便点了点头。 只见四面八方有人走向竹屋，胖头陀和陆先生带着韦小宝走进屋去。过了一条长廊，眼前突然出现一座大厅。这厅硕大无朋，足可容得千人之众。韦小宝在北京皇宫中住得久了，再巨大的厅堂也不在眼中。可是这一座大厅却实在巨大，一见之下，不由得肃然生敬。 但见一群群少年男女衣分五色，分站五个方位。青、白、黑、黄四色的都是少年，穿红的则是少女，背上各负长剑，每一队约有百人。大厅彼端居中并排放着两张竹椅，铺了锦缎垫子。两旁站着数十人，有男有女，年纪轻的三十来岁，老的已有六七十岁，身上均不带兵刃。大厅中聚集着五六百人，竟无半点声息，连咳嗽也没一声。 韦小宝心中暗骂：“他妈的，好大架子，皇帝上朝么？”过了好一会，钟声连响九下，内堂脚步声响。韦小宝心道：“鬼教主出来了。” 哪知出来的却是十名汉子，都是三十岁左右年纪，衣分五色，分在两张椅旁一站，每一边五人。又过了好一会，钟声镗的一声大响，跟着数百只银铃齐奏。厅上众人一齐跪倒，齐声说道：“教主永享仙福，寿与天齐。”胖头陀一扯韦小宝衣襟，令他跪下。
There was a big boat parked by the sea, the sailors on the boat saw Fang Yi's subordinates waving blue scarves, so they sent a small boat over, first picked Wei Xiaobao and Fang Yi onto the big boat, and then picked up the rest of them one after another.Yu Bajian wanted to get on the boat, said he was seasick, and refused to go out to sea no matter what.Wei Xiaobao didn't force it, and rewarded him with a hundred taels of silver.Yu Baqian went back to Shanxi with gratitude. Wei Xiaobao entered the cabin, he saw that the furnishings in the cabin were rich and rich, the floor was covered with thick carpets, and the table was filled with fine tea and fruits, just like the flower hall in the homes of princes and dignitaries, he thought: "My good sister treats me like this, You will never intentionally harm me." Two servants on the boat took hot towels and asked them to wipe their faces, and then brought two bowls of noodles.Strips of chicken shreds are spread on the surface, which is delicious and different from ordinary chicken shreds.I only felt that the hull of the ship was shaking, and the sails were already sailing out to sea. Life in a boat is another world.Fang Yi accompanied him drinking and guessing, talking and laughing, until late at night, after putting him to bed, she went to the cabin to sleep peacefully, and the next morning, she came to help him dress and comb his hair.Wei Xiaobao thought to himself: "She still doesn't know that I'm not a eunuch at this moment, she just knows that we are a fake husband and wife after all, when will I tell her the truth?" After sailing for several days, the two leaned against the window this day, watching the sunrise on the sea together, and saw the golden snakes on the sea, which was inexplicably wonderful.Fang Yi sighed: "I went to assassinate the emperor of the Tartars that day, but I knew that I would die in the palace. How could I know that God blesses me to meet you, and I will share this blessing with you today. Good brother, I know a little bit about your life experience. I don't understand, how did you enter the palace, and how did you learn martial arts?" Wei Xiaobao smiled and said: "I just wanted to tell you, just because I was afraid that you would be shocked, and that you would faint from joy." Fang Yi leaned closer to him again, and said in a low voice: "If I hear joy, that's the best, even if I don't like to hear it, as long as what you tell the truth, then... then... I don't care " Wei Xiaobao said: "My good sister, I will tell you the truth, I was born in Yangzhou, and my mother works in a brothel." Fang Yi was startled, turned around, and asked in a trembling voice: "Where is your mother? Do you work in a brothel? Do you do laundry, cook food, or... or sweep the floor and serve tea?" Wei Xiaobao saw her complexion changed drastically, her eyes showed a look of fear, his heart went cold, he knew that she despised the "brothel" very much, if he just said that his mother was a prostitute, he was afraid that she would never treat her again in this lifetime. I had half a point of respect and intimacy, so I immediately laughed and said: "My mother was only six or seven years old when she was in the brothel, how can she wash and cook for others?" Fang Yi's face softened slightly, and said: "You're only six or seven years old?" Wei Xiaobao said casually: "After the Tartars entered the customs, they killed many people in Yangzhou, you know?" Be proud.Fang Yi said: "Yes." Wei Xiaobao said: "My grandfather was a high-ranking official in the Ming Dynasty. He served as an official in Yangzhou. The Tartars broke through Yangzhou. My grandfather died fighting the enemy. My mother was a little girl at that time, living on the streets in Yangzhou brothels. There was a rich and wealthy client who saw her pitiful, and took her in as a little girl. After asking, he respected my grandfather, so he took my mother as a foster daughter, took her home, and became Miss Qianjin again. Later she married My father, he is a well-known rich man in Yangzhou." Fang Yi was skeptical, and said: "So that's the case. I was taken aback by saying that your mother was reduced to a brothel and worked as a maid for those who don't know shame. A lovable...bad woman." Wei Xiaobao grew up in a brothel since he was a child, and never felt that his mother was a "bad woman who knows no shame". Hearing Fang Yi say this, he couldn't help feeling angry in his heart, and said to himself: "Is the woman in your Mu Palace really amazing? Fuck it!" , I think people don’t know shame, and people can do whatever they want.” He originally wanted to tell his life experience frankly, but after this, he couldn’t say anything, so he just talked nonsense about what happened to his family in Yangzhou. Splendid, it's an extravagant talk, but the halls, houses, and furnishings are inevitably the layout of the Lichun Courtyard. Fang Yi didn't pay attention to listen, and said: "You said one thing, I'm afraid I'd faint with joy, is that all?" I care about it, I can't help losing interest, I don't bother to say that I am not a eunuch, and said casually: "That's it, so you are not happy when you hear it." Fang Yi said lightly: "I am happy." This sentence is obviously insincere. The two faced each other in silence for a moment, and suddenly saw a piece of land in the northeast, and the boat was sailing straight past.Fang Yi wondered: "Hey, what is this place?" After less than an hour, he had already approached, but he saw green trees on the shore, and a long beach with no end in sight, full of fine white sand.Fang Yi said: "I'm dizzy after sitting on the boat for a few days, let's go up and have a look, okay?" Wei Xiaobao said happily: "Yes, it seems to be a big island. I don't know if there are any interesting things on the island." Fang Yi called Shaogong into the cabin and asked him what the island was called and what specialties it had.Shao Gong said: "Return to the girl's words: This is the famous fairy island in the East China Sea. I heard that there are fairy fruits on the island, and they can live forever if they eat it. Only those who are blessed can eat it. You and Wei Xianggong may as well go up and try your luck." Fang Yi nodded, and when Shaogong got out of the cabin, she said softly: "I don't want to live forever, the days before me are happier than being a fairy." Wei Xiaobao was overjoyed, and said: "You and I will live on this island For the rest of my life, it doesn't matter what fairy fruit or something, as long as you stay with me forever, I will be a fairy." Fang Yi leaned against him and said softly, "Me too." The two went ashore in a small boat, stepped on the fine sand of the beach, smelled the fragrance of flowers wafting from the forest, and felt like they were in a fairyland.Fang Yi said: "I don't know if there are people living on the island." Wei Xiaobao said with a smile: "There are no people, but there is an extremely beautiful female fairy who brought a servant and came to the island." Fang Yi smiled sweetly and said: " Good brother, you are my servant, and I am your girl." Wei Xiaobao heard the word "girl", thought of Shuang'er, looked back, and saw that she was not following her, he felt a slight feeling in his heart that he had neglected Shuang'er these days I feel guilty, but I think it would be inconvenient for me to be too intimate with Fang Yi if she followed behind, so it's better not to follow. The two went into the forest hand in hand, and smelled the strong fragrance of flowers.Wei Xiaobao said: "The fragrance of this flower is very strong, could it be a fairy flower?" Walking a few steps forward, suddenly there was a rustling sound in the grass, followed by a flash of yellow shadows in front of him, seven or eight poisonous snakes with yellow and black in the center rushed out. Wei Xiaobao shouted: "Ah yo!" Pulling Fang Yi, he turned around and left, only took a step, there were seven or eight snakes blocking the way in front of his eyes, blood all over his body was red, his tongue was hesitating, and he made a hissing sound.These snakes have triangular heads and are highly poisonous. Fang Yi stood in front of Wei Xiaobao, drew his saber and waved it, and shouted: "Run quickly. I'll stop the poisonous snake!" How could Wei Xiaobao run for his life alone without regard for loyalty?Hastily pulled out the dagger, and said: "Go this way!" Pulling Fang Yi, he ran out obliquely, took two steps, his head and neck felt cold, a poisonous snake hung down from the tree, wrapped around his head and neck, and he was so frightened. He was out of his wits and screamed loudly.Fang Yi hurriedly stretched out her hand to pull the snake's body.Wei Xiaobao shouted: "No way!" The snake turned its head.He bit the back of Fang Yi's hand and held on firmly.Wei Xiaobao quickly swung the dagger and cut the snake into two pieces.At this moment, the legs and feet of the two of them were wrapped in poisonous snakes.Wei Xiaobao swung the dagger to chop, but felt numb on his left leg, it has been bitten by a poisonous snake. Fang Yi threw away the single knife, hugged him, and cried: "My husband and wife died here today." Wei Xiaobao relied on the sharpness of the dagger, every time he swung the knife, he chopped off a poisonous snake.But there were more and more poisonous snakes in the forest, the two struggled to get out of the forest, they were bitten in seven or eight places.Wei Xiaobao only felt dizzy, and gradually fell into a coma, looking into the sea, the small boat was sailing towards the big one, the distance was already far away.Fang Yi yelled a few times, but how could the sailors in the boat hear it? Fang Yi rolled up Wei Xiaobao's trousers, leaned over to suck the snake venom from his leg.Wei Xiaobao said in shock: "No...no way!" Suddenly he heard footsteps behind him, someone said: "What are you doing here? Aren't you afraid of death?" Wei Xiaobao turned around and saw three middle-aged men, and hurriedly called: "Uncle help, we were bitten by a snake." A man took out the medicine cake from his bosom, threw it into his mouth and chewed it for a while, and applied it on Wei Xiaobao's snakebite.Wei Xiaobao said: "You...you treat her first." At this time, his legs were black and he was completely unconscious.Fang Yi took the medicine and applied it to the wound by herself. Wei Xiaobao said: "My dear sister..." His vision went dark, he fell backwards with a thud.
When he woke up, he felt dry lips and tongue, severe pain in his chest, and couldn't help moaning.He heard someone say: "Okay, wake up!" Wei Xiaobao slowly opened his eyes, and saw someone took a bowl of medicine and fed it to his mouth.The medicine had an unusual stench, so he drank it without hesitation, the taste was extremely bitter, and after drinking the medicine, he said: "Thank you for saving my life, uncle, I... is my sister okay?" Good morning, we only need to be late for a moment, and both of us will die. You are so bold, why did you come to this fairy island?" Wei Xiaobao was overjoyed when he heard that Fang Yi was saved, and thanked him without a word, only then did he realize that he was sleeping in Under the quilt on the bed, all the clothes have been removed, and the legs are still numb. That man was ugly, with scars all over his face, but in Wei Xiaobao's eyes, he was really like a life-saving Bodhisattva.He breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "The sailor on the boat said that there are fairy fruits on this island, and you can live forever if you eat them." The man smiled and said: "If there are fairy fruits, why don't they come to pick them?" Wei Xiaobao exclaimed: "Ah, these sailors have bad intentions, I still have companions on board, don't... don't fall for the bad guys Daoer. Uncle, please find a way to save her." The ugly man said: "The boat sailed three days ago, but where can I find it?" Wei Xiaobao was puzzled, and said at a loss: "Three days ago? "The ugly man said: "You have been in a coma for three days and three nights, you probably don't know it?" Wei Xiaobao thought of Shuang'er, although she was very skilled in martial arts, but she was alone in the vast ocean, how could she escape from the vicious hands of all the villains , could not help but be anxious. The ugly man comforted him: "It's useless to be anxious at this time, you should rest well. The poisonous snakes on this island are very serious, at least you need to take medicine for seven days before they can be sterilized." He asked Wei Xiaobao's name, and claimed that his surname was Pan. On the third day, Wei Xiaobao could stand up and walk slowly while leaning on the wall.The ugly man surnamed Pan took him to see Fang Yi.It turned out that she was taken care of by another woman, but she was haggard and depressed.When the two met, they were both happy and uncomfortable, and they couldn't help crying in their arms.Afterwards, the two shared the same room during the day, and their hairs stood on end when they talked about the poisonous snake. On the sixth day, the person surnamed Pan said: "Mr. Lu, the doctor on our island, has returned from the sea. I have invited him to show Brother Wei." Wei Xiaobao thanked him.Not long after, a person came in, about forty years old, dressed as a scribe, with an amiable expression, asked about Wei Xiaobao's experience of being devoured by a poisonous snake, and said: "The residents of the island all carry realgar snake medicine with them, even if they put a poisonous snake on their bodies, the snake will also die." Run away immediately, never dare to bite anyone." Wei Xiaobao said: "So that's the case, no wonder Big Brother Pan and the others are not afraid." Mr. Lu showed him the wound, took out six pills, and said: "You take three pills, and the other three pills. Give it to your companion, take one tablet a day." Wei Xiaobao thanked deeply, took out two hundred taels of silver, and said, "It's a little medical money, sir, please don't laugh at me." Mr. Lu was taken aback, and said with a smile: "Why do you need so much? My master gave me two taels of silver, and I am very grateful." Wei Xiaobao insisted on giving it, Mr. Lu thanked him and accepted it, and said with a smile: "Master, you are very generous." Thank you, but it's disrespectful. I'm afraid the young master will be bored living here, how about going to have a drink with the young master's female companion tonight?" Wei Xiaobao was overjoyed and readily agreed. In the evening, Mr. Lu sent two bamboo sedan chairs to pick up Wei Xiaobao and Fang Yi.This bamboo sedan chair is actually just a bamboo chair, with bamboo poles on both sides, people at the front and back carry each other, the island residence is simple and there is no real sedan chair. Two bamboo sedan chairs walked along the mountain stream, the stream was gurgling, the vegetation was fresh, and they felt very relaxed and happy, but when Wei and Fang saw the big trees and grass, they trembled and feared, lest a poisonous snake would come out.After traveling seven or eight miles, the sedan chair stopped in front of three bamboo huts.The walls and roof of the house are made of thick bamboo the size of a bowl, and it looks very solid.Jiangnan and Hebei have never seen such a bamboo house. Mr. Lu greeted them and invited them in.In the living room, a woman in her thirties came out to greet the guests. She was Mr. Lu's wife.The woman held Fang Yi's hand, looking very affectionate.Mr. Lu invited Wei Xiaobao to sit in the study. There are many books on the bamboo bookshelves in the study, and the walls are covered with calligraphy and paintings. It seems that Dr. Lu is a refined person. Mr. Lu said: "I'm on a deserted island in the lower reaches. I'm extremely lonely and ignorant. Mr. Wei is from a resort in the Central Plains. He is a son of the Chinese nationality. He has a wide vision and a fine appreciation. Looking at these calligraphy and paintings, can you still enter the Fang family's eyes?" Wei Xiaobao didn't understand a word of his polite words, but when he pointed to the calligraphy and paintings on the wall, he looked up and saw that one of the pictures was a landscape, and the other had a white crane and a tortoise , said with a smile: "This old tortoise is really fun." Mr. Lu was slightly startled, pointed to a vertical scroll, and said, "Mr. Wei, how do you see the writing on this stone drum?" Wei Xiaobao saw that the characters were crooked, like drawn symbols, nodded and said: "Okay, very good! Mr. Lu pointed to another large character and said, "This one is near Qin Langya's carved stone. What do you think, Mr. Wei?" Wei Xiaobao thought it would be boring to just say yes, so he shook his head and said: "This one is not very well written." Mr. Lu respectfully said, "I would like to ask Mr. Wei to point out where the weakness of this calligraphy is. Wei Xiaobao said: "There are many failed strokes, but few successful ones!" He thought that there are "failed strokes" and "successful strokes" naturally. When Mr. Lu first heard the word "Shengbi", he was stunned for a moment, and said: "Great, clever." Pointing to a cursive script on the west wall, he said: "What do you think of this wild cursive, Mr. Wei?" Wei Xiaobao looked sideways After a while, he shook his head and said, "The ink on these words is dry, and I don't want to rub the ink. Well, these thin lines are dragged around, and they won't be wiped clean." Mr. Lu's face changed drastically when he heard that.Cursive script pays attention to the method of ink drying and dampness, wet pen is wet, dry pen is dry, dry and wet alternately, thick and light, because dryness is wet, wetness is used to set off dryness, yin and yang are reflected, like clouds blocking the sky, it is a wonderful book.As for the thin lines connecting the strokes, the painters call them "gossamer", which may be combined with several strokes or numbers.Wei Xiaobao revealed his truth within a few words. Mr. Lu pointed to a picture and said: "This one is full of ancient oracle bone inscriptions. My brother is a little learned and doesn't know a single word. Please ask Mr. Wei for advice." Wei Xiaobao saw that every word on the paper was like tadpoles, like the inscriptions carved on the stone tablet in Puji Temple, Jinxiu Peak, Mount Wutai, and thought, "I know these words, it's 'Shenlongjiao Hongjiaozhu Wanwan'." You will never grow old, you will enjoy immortal blessings forever, you will have great supernatural powers, and you will live as long as the heavens!'” Mr. Lu was full of joy and said, "Thank God, you really know this character!" Seeing that he was so happy that his voice trembled when he spoke, Wei Xiaobao became suspicious: "I can read these words, why is he so happy? Could it be that he was also taught by Shenlong? Ah, no! Snake...snake... Spirit snake... Could this be Shenlong Island?" blurted out: "Where is Fat Toutuo?" 陆先生吃了一惊，退后数步，颤声道：“你……你已经知道了？”韦小宝点了点头，其实他是甚么也不知道。陆先生脸色郑重，说道：“既然你都知道了，那也很好。”走到书桌边，磨墨铺纸，说道：“请你将这些蝌蚪古文，一字一字译将出来。哪一个是'洪'字，哪一个是'教'字。”提笔醮墨，招手要他过去。 要韦小宝提笔写字，那真比要他性命还惨，韦小宝暗暗叫苦，但见陆先生神色难看，不敢违拗，硬着头皮，走过去在书桌边坐下，伸手握管，手掌成拳。他持笔若像吃饭拿筷，倒也有三分相似，可是这么一握，有如操刀杀猪，又如持锤敲钉，天下却哪有这等握管之状？ 陆先生怒容更盛，强自忍住，缓缓的道：“你先写自己的名字！” 韦小宝霍地站起，将笔往地下一掷，墨汁四溅，大声说道：“老子狗屁不识，屁字都不会写。什么'洪教主寿与天齐'，老子是信口胡吹，骗那恶头陀的。你要老子写字，等我投胎转世再说，你要杀要剐，老子皱一皱眉头，不算好汉。” 陆先生冷冷的道：“你什么字都不识？” 韦小宝道：“不识！不识你乌龟的'龟'字，也不识你王八蛋的'蛋'字。”他西洋镜既给拆穿，不由得老羞成怒，反正身陷蛇岛，有死无生，求饶也是无用，不如先占些口舌上的便宜。 陆先生沉吟半晌，拿起笔来，在纸上写了个蝌蚪文字，问道：“这是甚么字？” 韦小宝大声道：“去你妈的！我说过不识，就是不识。难道还有假的？” 陆先生点点头，道：“好，原来胖头陀上了你的大当，可是此事已禀报了教主，你这小贼！”突然一跃而前，扠住韦小宝的头颈，双手越收越紧，咬牙切齿的道：“你害得我们蒙骗教主，人人给你累得死无葬身之地，大家一起死了干净，也免得受那无穷无尽的酷刑。” 韦小宝给他扠得透不过气来，满脸紫胀，伸出了舌头。陆先生眼见手上再一使劲，这小孩便得气绝毙命，想到此事干系异常重大，心中一惊，便放开了手指，双手一推，将他摔在地下，恨恨出房。 过了良久，韦小宝才惊定起身，“死乌龟，直娘贼”也不知骂了几百声，心想身在这毒蛇岛上，无处可逃，倘若逃入树林草丛之中，只有死得更快。走到门边，伸手推门，那竹门外面反扣住了，到窗外一望，下临深谷，实是无路可走，转头看到壁上的书画，心道：“这些屁字屁画，有什么好？”拾起笔来，醮满了墨，在一幅幅书画上便画，大乌龟、小乌龟画了不计其数。 画了几十只乌龟，手也倦了，掷笔于地，蜷缩在椅上，片刻间就睡着了。睡醒时天已全黑，竟然无人前来理会，肚中饿得咕咕直响，心想：“这只绿毛乌龟要饿死老子。” 过了好一会，忽听得门外脚步声响，门缝中透进灯光，竹门开处，陆先生持烛进房，侧头向他凝视。韦小宝见他脸上不示喜怒，心下倒也有些害怕。 陆先生将烛台放在桌上，一瞥眼间，见到壁上所悬书画已尽数被他涂抹得不成模样，忍不住怒发如狂，叫道：“你……你……”举起手来，便欲击落，但手掌停在半空，终于忍住怒气，说道：“你……你……”声音在喉间憋住了，说不出话来。 韦小宝笑道：“怎么样？我画得好不好？” 陆先生长叹一下，颓然坐倒，说道：“好，画得好！” 他居然不打人，还说画得好，韦小宝倒也大出意料之外，见他脸上神色凄然，显是心痛之极，倒也有些过意不去，说道：“陆先生，对……对不起，我涂坏了你的画。” 陆先生摇摇头，说道：“没……没什么。”双手抱头，伏在桌上，过了好一会，说道：“你想必饿了，吃了饭再说。” 客堂中桌上已摆了四菜一汤，有鸡有鱼，甚是丰盛。跟着方怡由陆夫人陪着出来，四人共膳。韦小宝大奇：“莫非我这十几只乌龟画得好，陆先生一高兴，就请我吃饭？”但他一点儿自知之明倒还有的，看情形总似乎不像。几次开口想问，见陆先生脸上阴晴不定，深恐触怒了他，饭未吃饱，便被夺下饭碗，未免犯不着。当下一言不发，闷声吃了个饱。 饭罢，陆先生又带他进书房。 陆先生从地下拾起笔来，在纸上写了“韦小宝”三字，道：“这是你自己的名字，你会不会写？” 韦小宝道：“他认得我，我可认不得他，怎么会写？” 陆先生嗯了一声，眼望窗外，凝思半晌，左手拿了烛台，走到那幅蝌蚪文之前，仔细打量，指着一个个字，口中念念有辞，回到桌边，取过一张白纸，振笔疾书，伸指数了数蝌蚪文字的字数，又数纸上字数，再在纸上一阵涂改，回头又看那幅蝌蚪文字，喃喃自言自语：“那三个字相同，这两个字又是一般，须得天衣无缝，才是道理。”沉思半天，又在纸上一阵涂改，喜道：“行了！” 韦小宝不知他捣甚么鬼，反正饭已吃饱，也就不去理会。只见陆先生又取过一张白纸，仔仔细细的写起字来。 这一次他写得甚慢，写完后摇头晃脑的轻轻读了一遍。韦小宝只听到有什么“神龙岛”、“洪教主”、“寿与天齐”等等语句，最后则是第一部在何地何山，第二部在何地何山。他心下恍然，这些话都是他在普济寺中向胖头陀信口胡吹的，哪知胖头陀居然信以为真，回来大加传扬。又想：“那日胖头陀邀我上神龙岛来见洪教主，我说什么也不肯，不料鬼使神差，这船又会驶到了这里，眼下西洋镜拆穿，洪教主又已知道了。他当然要大发脾气，只怕要将好姊姊和我丢入蛇坑，给几千几万条毒蛇吃得尸骨无存。”想到无穷无尽的毒蛇缠上身来，当真不寒而栗。 陆先生转过身来，脸上神色十分得意，微笑道：“韦公子，你识得石碣上的蝌蚪文，委实可喜可贺。也是本教洪教主洪福齐天，才天降你这位神童，能读蝌蚪文字。” 韦小宝哼了一声，道：“你不用取笑。我又识得什么蝌蚪文、青蛙文了？老子连癞蛤蟆文也不识。我是瞎说一番，骗那瘦竹篙头陀的。” 陆先生笑道：“韦公子何必过谦？这是公子所背诵的石碣遗文，我笔录了下来，请公子指点，是否有误。”说着读道： “维大唐贞观二年十月甲子，特进卫国公李靖，右领军大将军宿国公程知节，光禄大夫兵部尚书曹国公李绩、徐州都督胡国公秦叔宝会于五台山锦绣峰，见东方红光耀天，斗大金字现于云际，文曰：'千载之下，爰有大清。东方有岛，神龙是名。教主洪某，得蒙天恩。威灵下济，丕赫威能。降妖伏魔，如日之升。羽翼辅佐，吐故纳新。万瑞百祥，罔不丰登。仙福永享，普世崇敬。寿与天齐，文武仁圣。'须臾，天现青字，文曰：'天赐洪某《四十二章经》八部，一存河南伏牛山荡魔寺，二存山西笔架山天心庵，三存四川青城山凌霄观，四存河南嵩山少林寺，五存湖北武当山真武观，六存川边崆峒山迦叶寺，七存云南昆明沐王府，八存云南昆明平西王府。'靖请恭录天文，雕于石碣，以待来者。” 陆先生抑扬顿挫的读毕，问道：“有没读错？”韦小宝道：“这是唐朝的石碣，怎会知道后世有个平西王吴三桂？”陆先生道：“上帝聪明智慧，无所不知，无所不晓，既知后世有洪教主，自然也知道有吴三桂了。”韦小宝暗暗好笑，点头道：“那也说得是。”心想：“不知你在捣什么鬼？” 陆先生道：“这石碑上的文字，一字也读错不得。虽然韦公子天赋聪明，但依我之见，那也是圣灵感动，才识得这些蝌蚪文字，日后仓卒之际，或有认错。最好韦公子将这篇碑文读得滚瓜烂熟，待洪教主召见之时，背诵如流，洪教主一喜欢，自然大有赏赐。” 韦小宝双眼一翻，登时恍然大悟，连连点头，说道：“原来如此，原来如此。”料知胖头陀和陆先生禀报洪教主，说有个小孩识得石碑上的文字，洪教主定要传见考问。哪知道这件事全是假的，陆先生怕教主怪罪，只得假造碑文，来骗教主一骗。 陆先生道：“我现在读一句，韦公子跟一句，总须记得一字不错为止。'维大唐贞观二年十月甲子……'” 事到临头，韦小宝欲待不读，也不可得，何况串通了去作弄洪教主，倒也十分有趣，便跟着诵读。他生性机伶，听过一段几百字的言语，要再行复述，那是半点不费力气，说到读书，可就要他的命了，这篇短文虽只寥寥数百字，但所有句子都十分拗口，含义更是全不明白，什么“丕赫威能”、“吐故纳新”，浑不知是甚么意思，只得跟着陆先生一遍又一遍的读下去。幸亏陆先生不怕厌烦的教导，但也读了三十几遍，这才背得一字无误。 当晚他睡在陆先生家中，次晨又再背诵。陆先生听他已尽数记住，甚是欢喜，于是取过纸笔，将一个个蝌蚪字写了出来，教他辨认，哪一个是“维”字，哪一个是“贞”字。这一来韦小宝不由得叫苦连天，这些蝌蚪文扭来扭去，形状都差不多，要他一一分辨，又写将出来，当真是难于登天，苦于杀头。他片刻也坐不定，如何能静下心来学蝌蚪文？ 韦小宝固然愁眉苦脸，陆先生更加惴惴不安。陆先生这时早已知道，石碣上文字另有含义，他数了胖头陀所拓拓片中的字数，另作一篇文字，硬生生的凑上去，只求字数相同，碣文能讨得洪教主欢心，哪管原来碣文中写些什么。如此拼凑，自然破绽百出，“维大唐贞观二年”这句中，“二”字排在第六，但碣文中第六字的笔划共有十八笔之多，无论如何说不上是个“二”字，第五字只有三笔，与那“观”字也极难拉扯得上。但顾得东来西又倒，陆先生才气再大，仓卒间也捏造不出一篇天衣无缝的文章来。洪教主聪明之极，这篇假文章多半逃不过他眼去，可是大难临头，说不得只好暂且搪塞一时，日后的祸患，只好走着瞧了。 这天教韦小宝写字，进展奇慢，直到中午，只写会了四个蝌蚪文，幸好蝌蚪文本来奇形怪状，在韦小宝笔下写出来难看之极，倒也不觉如何刺眼，若是正楷，由一个从未学过写字的孩子写将出来，任谁一看。立知真伪。 下午学了三字，晚间又学了两个字，这一天共学了九个字。韦小宝不住口的大吵大嚷，几次掷笔不学。陆先生又是恐吓，又是哄骗，最后叫了方怡来坐在旁边相陪，韦小宝这才勉强耐心学下去。陆先生一面教，一面暗暗担心，只怕洪教主随时来传，倘若一篇文章尚未学全，便给教主叫了去，韦小宝这颗脑袋固然不保，自己全家难免陪着他送命。 可是这件事丝毫心急不得，越是盼他快些学会，韦小宝反而越学越慢，脑子中塞满的这许多蝌蚪，便如真的在纠缠游动一般，实在是难以辨认。 学得数日，韦小宝身上毒蛇所噬的伤口倒好全了，勉强认出的蝌蚪文却还只二三十个，而且缠夹不清，十个字中往往弄错了七八个。 陆先生正烦恼间，忽听得门外胖头陀的声音说道：“陆先生，教主召见韦公子！”陆先生脸如土色，手一颤，一枝醮满了墨的毛笔掉在衣襟之上。 一个极高极瘦的人走进书房，正是胖头陀到了。韦小宝笑道：“胖尊者，你怎地今日才来见我？我等了你好久啦。”胖头陀见到陆先生的神色，知道大事不妙，不答韦小宝的话，喃喃自语：“我早该知道这小鬼是在胡说八道，偏是痰迷了心窍，要想立什么大功，以求自保，不料反而死得更加早些。”陆先生冷笑道：“你不过是光棍一条，姓陆的一家八口，却尽数陪了你送命。”胖头陀一声长叹，道：“大家命该如此，这叫做劫数难逃。就算没这件事，教主也未必能容咱们多活得几日。” 陆先生向韦小宝瞧了一眼，道：“是他们这种人当时得令，我们老了，该死了，那又有什么法子？”语气中充满愤愤不平。胖头陀叹道：“也是我见他年纪小，投其所好，就这么不顾前、不顾后的禀报了上去，唉！”陆先生瞪了他一眼，道：“小也未免小得过了份。”胖头陀道：“陆兄，事已至此，你我同生共死，大丈夫死就死了，又有何惧？” 韦小宝拍手道：“胖尊者这话说得是，是英雄好汉，怕甚么了？我都不怕，你们更加不用怕。” 陆先生冷笑一声，道：“无知小儿，不知天高地厚，等到你知道怕，已然迟了。”出神半晌，道：“胖尊者请稍待，我去向拙荆吩咐几句。” 过了一会，陆先生回入书房，脸上犹有泪痕。胖头陀道：“陆兄，你的升天丸，请给我一粒。”陆先生点点头，从怀中取出一个瓷瓶，拔开瓶塞，倒出一粒红色药丸给他，说道：“这丸入口气绝，非到最后关头，不可轻举妄动。”胖头陀接过，苦笑道：“多谢了！胖头陀对自己性命也还看得不轻，不想这么快就即升天。” 韦小宝在五台山上，见胖头陀力敌少林寺十八罗汉，威风凛凛，此刻讨这毒药，显是当洪教主怪罪之时便即自杀，才明白事态果真紧急，不由得害怕起来。 三人出门，韦小宝隐隐听得内堂有哭泣之声，问道：“方姑娘呢？她不去么？”胖头陀道：“哼，你小小年纪，倒是多情种子，五台山上有个双儿，这里又有个方姑娘。”左手一把将他抱住，喝道：“走罢！”迈开大步，向东急行，顷刻间疾逾奔马。 陆先生跟在他身畔，仍是一副愁眉苦脸的模样。韦小宝见他显得毫不费力，却和胖头陀并肩而行，竟不落后半步，才知这文弱书生原来也是身负上乘武功，说道：“胖尊者、陆先生，你们二位武功这样高强，又何必怕那洪教主？你们……”胖头陀伸出右掌，一把按住他口，怒道：“在这神龙岛上，你敢说这等大逆不道的话，可是活得不耐烦了？”韦小宝给他这么一按，气为之窒，心道：“他妈的，你怕洪教主怕成这等模样，还自称是英雄呢，狗熊都不如。” 三人向着北方一座山峰行去。行不多时，只见树上、草上、路上，东一条，西一条，全是毒蛇，但说也奇怪，对他三人却全不滋扰。转过了两个山坡，抬头遥见峰顶建着几座大竹屋。胖头陀抱着韦小宝直上峰顶。 这时山道狭窄，陆先生已不能与胖头陀并肩而行，落后丈许。胖头陀将嘴凑在韦小宝耳边，低声问道：“你那部《四十二章经》呢？”韦小宝道：“不在我身边。”胖头陀道：“那还用说？你身边早已搜过了几遍。到哪里去啦？”韦小宝道：“少林寺十八罗汉拿了经书，自然去交了给他们方丈。”心想这瘦竹篙头陀打不过少林十八罗汉，听得经书到了少林寺方丈手中，自然不敢去要，就算敢去要，也必给人家撵了出来。 那日胖头陀亲手将经书交在澄心和尚手中，对韦小宝这句话自无怀疑，低声道：“待会见了教主，可千万不能提到此事。否则教主逼你交出经书来，你交不出，教主他老人家非将你丢入毒蛇窠不可。” 韦小宝听他语声中大有惧意，而且显然怕给陆先生听到，低声道：“你明明已抢到了经书，又还给了少林寺和尚，教主知道了，非将你丢入毒蛇窠不可。哼哼，就算暂时不罚你，派你去少林寺夺还经书，也有得够你受的了。” 胖头陀身子一颤，默然不语。 韦小宝道：“咱哥儿俩做桩生意。有什么事，你照应我，我也照应你。否则大家一拍两散，同归于尽。” 陆先生突然在身后接口问道：“什么一拍两散，同归于尽？” 韦小宝道：“咱三人有福同享，有难同当。”心想此刻处境之糟，已是一塌胡涂，能把这两个好手牵累在内，多少有点依傍指望。 胖头陀和陆先生都默不作声，过了一会，两人齐声长叹。 又行了一顿饭时分，到了峰顶。只见四名身穿青衣的少年挽臂而来，每人背上都负着一柄长剑。左首一人问道：“胖头陀，这小孩干什么的？” 胖头陀放下韦小宝，道：“教主旨令，传他来的。” 西首三名红衣少女嘻嘻哈哈的走来，背上也负着长剑，见到三人，迎了上来。一个少女笑道：“胖头陀，这小孩是你的私生子么？”说着在韦小宝颊上捏了一把。胖头陀道：“姑娘取笑了。这小孩是教主他老人家特旨呼召，有要紧事情问他。”另一个圆脸少女捏了一下韦小宝的右颊，笑道：“瞧这娃娃相貌，定是胖头陀的私生儿，你赖也赖不掉的。” 韦小宝大怒，叫道：“我是你的私生儿子。你跟胖头陀私通，生了我出来。” 一群少年少女一怔，随即哈哈大笑起来。那圆脸少女脸上通红，啐道：“小鬼，你作死啊！”伸手便打。韦小宝侧头避开。这时又有十几名年轻男女闻声赶到，都向那圆脸少女取笑。那少女又羞又恼，左足飞起，在韦小宝屁股上猛力踢了一脚。韦小宝大叫：“妈，你干么打儿子？”众少年笑得更加响了。 突然间钟声当当当响起，众人立即肃静倾听，二十多名年轻男女转身向竹屋中奔去。 胖头陀道：“教主集众致训。”向韦小宝道：“待会见到教主之时，可千万不能胡说八道。”韦小宝见他神色郁郁，这些年轻男女对他又颇为无礼，心想他武功甚高，干么怕了这些十几岁的娃娃，不由得对他有些可怜，便点了点头。 只见四面八方有人走向竹屋，胖头陀和陆先生带着韦小宝走进屋去。过了一条长廊，眼前突然出现一座大厅。这厅硕大无朋，足可容得千人之众。韦小宝在北京皇宫中住得久了，再巨大的厅堂也不在眼中。可是这一座大厅却实在巨大，一见之下，不由得肃然生敬。 但见一群群少年男女衣分五色，分站五个方位。青、白、黑、黄四色的都是少年，穿红的则是少女，背上各负长剑，每一队约有百人。大厅彼端居中并排放着两张竹椅，铺了锦缎垫子。两旁站着数十人，有男有女，年纪轻的三十来岁，老的已有六七十岁，身上均不带兵刃。大厅中聚集着五六百人，竟无半点声息，连咳嗽也没一声。 韦小宝心中暗骂：“他妈的，好大架子，皇帝上朝么？”过了好一会，钟声连响九下，内堂脚步声响。韦小宝心道：“鬼教主出来了。” 哪知出来的却是十名汉子，都是三十岁左右年纪，衣分五色，分在两张椅旁一站，每一边五人。又过了好一会，钟声镗的一声大响，跟着数百只银铃齐奏。厅上众人一齐跪倒，齐声说道：“教主永享仙福，寿与天齐。”胖头陀一扯韦小宝衣襟，令他跪下。