Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Mouse Soup
The terrain below Jiangling is flat, and the Yangtze River twists and turns between Hunan and Hubei, flowing eastward, and small boats float slowly with the river.I saw towns and villages passing by the boat on both sides of the Yangtze River, and the boats coming down from the upper reaches passed him one by one with sails and sculls.When the people on the boat passed by the small boat, they all cast curious and surprised looks at Di Yun, who had long beard and long hair and blood on his face.
Near the evening, Di Yun finally had some strength, and at the same time his stomach was rumbling non-stop, and he felt very hungry.He sat up, picked up a plank, and slowly rowed the boat to the north bank, thinking of buying some food in a small restaurant.The area of Piansheng is very desolate, and there is no family in sight.The small boat turned a bend along the river, and saw three fishing boats tied under the shade of willows, with smoke rising from the boats.When his small boat approached the fishing boat, he could only hear the creaking sound of fish being fried in the pan on the stern, and the aroma came straight over.
He rowed the boat over and said to the old fisherman on the stern: "Old fisherman, can you sell me a fish to eat?" Seeing his terrifying appearance, the old fisherman was frightened and didn't want to , but dared not refuse, and said: "Yes, yes!" Put a fried herring in a bowl and sent it over by the boat.Di Yun said: "If you have white rice, buy a bowl for Yifa." The old fisherman said: "Yes, yes!" He gave him a large bowl of brown rice, mixed with more than half of sweet potatoes and sorghum.
Di Yun ate up a large bowl of rice after pawing twice, and was about to ask for more, when he heard a hoarse voice from the bank shouting: "Fisherman! There are some big fish, bring some."
Di Yun looked sideways, and saw that he was a very tall and thin monk, with very big eyes, shining brightly.Di Yun's heart skipped a beat, he recognized him as one of the five monks who came to prison that night to make things difficult for Ding Dian, after thinking about it, he remembered that Ding Dian had said his name was Baoxiang.That night Ding Dian shot and killed two monks and seriously injured them, but the elephant saw the opportunity and escaped.
Di Yun didn't dare to look at him again.Ding Dian said that this monk is very skilled in martial arts, and he once told him to be careful if he encounters him in the future.It would be terrible if Ding Dian's body was found by Baoxiang Monk.He held the rice bowl in both hands, although he was not a cowardly person who was afraid of death, but he couldn't help his heart beating wildly, and his arms couldn't help shaking slightly, and he only said in his heart: "Don't tremble, don't tremble, don't show your hair." Tell me!" But the more I wanted to calm down, the more I couldn't control myself.
I just heard the old fisherman say: "All the fish caught today are sold, and there are no more fish." Baoxiang said angrily: "Who said there is no fish? I am so hungry that I can get some quickly! There are no big fish, but small ones." It’s okay.” The old fisherman said: “No really! I have fish and you have silver, why don’t you sell it?” As he spoke, he picked up the fish basket, turned it over, and the bottom of the basket was facing the sky, and there was no fish in the basket.
Bao Xiang was very hungry, and when he saw a big boiled fish beside Di Yun, he had only eaten a small half, so he called out, "Man Wu, do you have any fish?"
Di Yun was flustered, seeing him talking to him, he thought he had recognized him, let alone answering, he raised the plank of the boat, pushed hard on the willow tree roots by the river, and the boat swung out into the river.
Baoxiang said angrily: "Thief man, I asked you if you have any fish, why did you run away?"
Di Yun was even more frightened when he heard him yelling, so he rowed the boat vigorously, and swung the boat towards the center of the river.Baoxiang picked up a stone from the bank and threw it at him vigorously.When Di Yun saw the stone being thrown, he immediately leaned over, but he heard the strong wind, the stone flew past his head, and with a bang, it fell into the river, splashing high.
Seeing him dodging the stones swiftly, Baoxiang looked like a Lianjiazi, definitely not an ordinary fisherman and boatman. He became suspicious and shouted: "Fucking back, or I will kill you!"
Di Yun didn't care about him, and rowed desperately.Bao Xiang squatted down, picked up a stone with his right hand, threw it immediately, followed by throwing another stone with his left hand.Di Yun was rowing the boat with his hands, his eyes focused on the way the stones came from.The first one avoided it sideways, and the second one came very low, flew flat against the hull, and immediately fell down, lying on the bottom of the bilge.The difference was only an inch, and I saw a black thing flying past quickly, and the severe wind blew my nose and cheeks with pain.As soon as he sat up, the third stone hit the bow of the boat with a slap, and sawdust flew all over the boat, and a piece was missing from the bow.
Seeing that Di Yun dodged nimbly and the boat was drifting along the river, Baoxiang immediately threw two stones, aiming at the boat.If he threw the boat as soon as he made a move, the small wooden boat would be pierced and sunk immediately, but at this time, the distance was far away, although several stones hit the boat one after another, but the strength was already weakened, only some of the sides of the boat were broken, It's just a boat.
Seeing that he couldn't restrain him, Kong Xiang yelled and cursed angrily, and saw Di Yun's messy beard and long hair fluttering in the distance, suddenly remembered: "This man seems to be a prisoner who escaped from prison. He escaped from the prison, and rumors spread all over the world. Maybe we can find out some traces of Ding Dian from this prisoner." Thinking of this, his greed flourished, but his anger was extinguished, and he shouted: "Fisherman, fisherman, hurry up!" Let me go after him."
But the fishermen on the three boats under the willow tree saw him throwing stones and beating people, they were very vicious, they had already quietly let go and went down the river.Baoxiang kept shouting, but who would come back to pick him up?Baoxiang threw several stones whirringly, and one of them hit a fisherman on the head.The fisherman's brain cracked and he fell into the river backwards.The rest of the fishermen were scared out of their wits and rowed even faster.
Baoxiang chased along the river bank, running fast, much faster than Di Yun's boat.The treasure elephant was chasing on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and Di Yun couldn't stop rowing diagonally to the south bank.Although Baoxiang overtook him, he was still getting farther and farther away from the boat.Di Yun thought to himself: "If I find him a boat on the shore and force the boatman to chase me away, it will be hard to escape his murderous hands." In his panic, he could only pray: "Brother Ding, Brother Ding, you are dead and alive, so this evil monk can’t find a boat.”
There are many boats going up and down the Yangtze River, but fortunately there are no boats berthed along the north bank for several miles.With all his strength, Di Yun rowed the boat to the south bank. Although the river is not wide in this area, it is covered by trees and the treasure elephant can no longer be seen. So he put the small bundle in his arms, picked up Ding Dian's body, Just go ashore.Suddenly remembered something, turned around, and pushed the boat towards Jiangxin, only hoping that the treasure elephant would look at it from afar, and said that he was still in the boat, chasing all the way downstream.
He ran south in a panic, hoping that the farther away from the river the better.Running to Lixu, he couldn't help crying out, but seeing a vast expanse of white water, the big river was in front of him, and it turned out that the Yangtze River turned here and turned south.
He hurriedly turned around and saw a small ruined temple on the right, he immediately carried Ding Dian's body to the front of the temple, and was about to open the door to enter, when suddenly his knees gave way and he fell to the ground, unable to stand up again.After he was injured, he bled profusely and was already very weak. He was exhausted from rowing and running with his corpse in his arms, and he had no strength at all.After struggling twice, unable to sit up, he could only lean on the ground and pant for breath.But seeing the sky was getting dark, he felt relieved and thought: "As long as it is night, that evil monk Baoxiang will never be able to find us." Although Ding Dian was dead at this time, in his heart, he still regarded him as a close friend. My partner is average.
Lie straight outside the temple for more than half an hour, gradually recovering strength, then struggled to get up, carried Ding Dian's body and pushed the door into the temple.Seeing that it is an earth temple, the clay sculpture of the earth god is short and trivial, and its appearance is very funny.When Di Yun was wounded and defeated, when he saw the little statue, he suddenly felt awe, knelt down respectfully, and kowtowed to the statue a few times, feeling a little more comforted in his heart.
Sitting in front of the idol seat, he stared blankly at Ding Dian lying on the ground with his head folded.As the sky darkened little by little, he gradually felt a little more peaceful in his heart.
He lay next to Ding Dian's body, just like in the small prison cell in the past few years. Before midnight, it suddenly began to rain, pattering, heavy and light.Feeling cold all over his body, Di Yun huddled into a ball and leaned against Ding Dian. Suddenly, he touched Ding Dian's icy skin. Thinking that Brother Ding was dead and could no longer talk to him, he felt pain in his chest, and two lines of tears slowed him down. Slowly run down the cheeks. Suddenly, there was a sound of kicking and kicking footsteps in the sound of rain, walking towards the Earth Temple.The man trampled on the mud, but walked extremely fast.Di Yun was taken aback, and heard the man getting closer, hurriedly hid Ding Dian's body under the altar, and shrank himself behind the altar. The closer the footsteps came, the faster Di Yun's heart beat, and there was a thud, and the temple door was pushed open, followed by someone who cursed: "Damn it, I don't know where this old thief has escaped to, and he's doing this again." The heavy rain made me drenched all over." This voice was exactly Baoxiang, and it was out of place for monks to yell at "Mother's son", and calling himself "Lao Tzu" was even more absurd.Although Di Yun didn't know much about the affairs of the world, he was no longer the ignorant country boy he was when he heard Ding Dian talk about the world these past few years. There is absolutely no scruple in killing people, most likely he is a fierce and extremely vicious thief." Hearing more and more obscene words from Baoxiang's mouth, after cursing for a while, he sat down in front of the altar, followed by rustling sounds, and he could be heard taking off all his wet clothes and going to the corner of the hall Wringed out, put it on the edge of the altar, lay down on the ground, and soon snored, and fell asleep by itself. Di Yun thought to himself: "Isn't it a crime for this evil monk to take off his clothes naked and sleep in front of the statue?" Then he thought: "I'll take this opportunity and smash him to death with a big stone, so as to avoid disasters tomorrow." He really didn't want to kill people casually, and he knew that Baoxiang's martial arts were ten times better than his own, if he couldn't kill him with one blow, as long as he had a little strength to fight back, his life would be in danger. At this time, if he escaped quietly from the backyard, Bao Xiang would definitely not notice it, but Ding Dian's body was under the altar, and he was determined not to let it go, as soon as he moved it, the evil monk was alarmed.Hearing the constant dripping of the rain in the courtyard, he was at a loss what to do. He only hoped that the rain would stop in the morning and that the precious elephant would leave him.But it sounds like the rain will never stop.At dawn, if Baoxiang refuses to come out of the temple in the rain, he will search around the temple, and he must see the corpse.Even so, I still had a lucky thought in my heart: "Maybe the rain will stop at dawn, and this evil monk is eager to chase me, so he hurried out of the temple." Suddenly remembered something: "When he came in, he yelled and said he didn't know where the 'old thief' had escaped to. I am not old, why did he call me an 'old thief'? Could it be that he was chasing another old man?" After thinking for a while , I suddenly realized: "Ah, yes, I have long hair and a long beard on my face. I haven't shaved for several years. I am naturally an old man in the eyes of others. He called me an 'old thief', hehe, called me an 'old thief'. Old thief'!" Thinking of this, he stretched out his hand to stroke the grass-like beard on his cheek. Suddenly there was a slapping sound, and Baoxiang turned around.In his sleep, he kicked under the altar, just in time to kick Ding Dian's corpse.As soon as he felt the situation was different, he immediately woke up. He only knew that there were enemies under the altar, and he didn't know how many people were ambushing in the temple in the dark. , Shouted: "Who is it? Damn it, you bastard!" After scolding several times, no one agreed, and held his breath, he still didn't hear anyone. In the dark, Bao Xiang hacked fifteen or six knives, hacking all over in all directions. It was the "Eight Ways of Night Fighting", kicked up the altar with a bang, swung the knife, and slapped it softly. Mixed with the sound of bones breaking, Ding Dian's body had already been hacked. Di Yun heard clearly that Bao Xiang was slashing Ding Dian.Although Ding Dian is dead and has long been ignorant, in Di Yun's heart, he is still his most respected and beloved brother-in-law. This knife is like being cut on his body, and he immediately wants to rush out and fight for his life, but in the past five years The prison torture had turned this simple and reckless young man into a young man who thought about things.As soon as I thought about it, I thought: "I rushed out to fight with him, and there is no other result other than my own life. Brother Ding and Miss Ling's wish to be buried together cannot be fulfilled. How can I be worthy of him?" Bao Xiang slashed at Ding Dian's body, but there was no further movement, and he couldn't see the slightest clue in the darkness.The torch he was carrying was already soaked in the heavy rain, and he couldn't light it to see clearly. He backed up slowly step by step, leaning his vest against the wall to prevent the enemy from sneaking up behind him, and then listened attentively. At this time, there was a screen wall between the two, and there was no other sound except the patter of rain. Di Yun knew that as long as his breathing was a little louder, his life would be lost immediately, so he could only absorb the breath extremely finely, inhale it slowly, and exhale it slowly, but his mind was spinning quickly: "After more than an hour, the sky will It is clear that this evil monk will definitely spoil Brother Ding's body when he sees it, so what should we do?" His mind is not flexible at all, but trying to save Ding Dian's body from Bao Xiang's hands is a huge problem.He thought hard, and really couldn't come up with any idea. He was extremely anxious and complained to himself: "Di Yun, Di Yun, you stupid guy, naturally you can't come up with an idea. If Brother Ding doesn't die, he will die." There is a way." In panic, he stretched out his hand to grab the hair, pulled it hard, and tore off six or seven strands. Suddenly, a thought appeared in my mind: "This evil monk called me an 'old thief'. When he saw that I was full of beards, he thought I was an old man. If I shaved my beard clean, wouldn't he recognize me? Not out? It’s just that I don’t have a razor by my side, so how can I shave off this beard? Hmph, I’m not afraid of death, so why should I be afraid of pain? Just pull it out one by one with your hands, that’s all.” When I thought of it, I did it. I felt the beards one by one and pulled them out gently one by one. I was afraid of making the slightest sound. I thought to myself: "Even if the evil monk doesn't recognize me, it's just that he doesn't come to kill me. What do I have to do?" Is there any way to protect Brother Ding comprehensively? Well, one step counts, one step counts, I just need to save my life for the time being, and I can get close to the evil monk, and when he is unaware, I can try to kill him." After pulling out more than half of the beard, I suddenly remembered: "Even if I don't have a beard, my long hair still reveals my true face. This evil monk chased me by the Yangtze River, so he naturally made me look like I have disheveled hair." You can see it clearly." Without doing anything, without stopping, he stretched out his hands to grab the hair on both sides, shook it lightly, and then pulled it out. Pulling out the beard is not painful, but it is really painful to pull out all the hairs.While pulling it out, I thought to myself: "Don't say it's just such a trivial matter as plucking beard and hair, as long as it's for Brother Ding, even if you want me to cut off my own limbs, I won't frown." The trick is really stupid, Brother Ding's ghost must be laughing at me. But...but...he can no longer teach me a clever method." Hearing that Baoxiang had fallen asleep again, he was afraid that the evil monk would hear his voice, so he pulled out some hair and beard, and then took a step back very slowly, it took half an hour before he retreated into the courtyard, and again After a long time, I slowly left the back door of the Earth Temple.The heavy rain hit his face bit by bit, and Fang Shi let out a sigh of relief. You don't have to worry about being heard by Baoxiang outside the temple. It is much faster to pluck the beard and hair, and finally pluck out the long hair and beard.He buried the hair and beard that he had pulled out in the mud, so as not to make Baoxiang suspicious when he found out, and touched his bald head and chin. Not only was he no longer an "old thief", but he had become a "bald thief". Finally, I couldn't help laughing, and thought: "After pulling out like this for a while, the top of my head and chin must be stained with blood, and I have to wash it well to avoid showing traces." So I raised my head to let the rain wash away the dirt on my face. He thought again: "I have no flaws on my face. If this clothes are recognized by the evil monk, it will still be bad after all. Well, I have no clothes to change, so I will follow the example of the evil monk and take off naked, but What?" So I took off my clothes and trousers, and I couldn't take off the black silkworm clothes, so I only had underwear but no trousers, so I tore off the coat and wrapped it around my waist, fearing that the treasure elephant would recognize the silkworm After knowing the origin of the clothes, he rolled in the mud, and his whole body was covered with mud. At this time, Ding Dian came back to life, fearing that he may not be recognized for a while.Di Yun groped under a big tree, dug a hole in the mud with his fingers, buried the small bundle in it, and thought to himself: "If you can escape the evil monk's poisonous hands and protect Brother Ding, you will be rewarded in the future." The man who bandaged my wounds and gifted me two pieces of silver jewelry is a great kindness. But who is he?" By this time, the sky was slightly brighter.Di Yun quietly headed south, turned west, and walked about a mile. It was already dawn, and seeing the heavy rain continued, he expected that Baoxiang would not leave the temple. He wanted to find a weapon, but where was he in the wilderness? looking for it?I had no choice but to pick up a sharp piece of stone and hid it in my waist, thinking that if I could poke this evil monk's vitals, it might kill him too.It's best that the evil monk has left the temple, that's good luck. Taking a photo in the puddle, I couldn't help laughing when I saw my weird appearance, but then I felt a burst of unspeakable misery.
With Ding Dian in mind, he couldn't wait to find another more suitable weapon, so he walked east towards the Temple of Earth, thinking: "I must go crazy and pretend to be a local rascal." When he was near the Temple of Earth, let go Throat, sing a folk song loudly: "Sister Duishan, listen to me sing, Don't marry a rich man when you marry, Mr. Wang and grandson have a bad conscience! If you want to marry me, my dysentery-headed Ah San, please shine! " When he was in the countryside of Hunan, he was good at singing folk songs. He and Qi Fang had sung tens of thousands of folk songs in the fields by the lake, in front of the stream and behind the mountains.Hunan rural customs and folk songs are all impromptu compositions in response to the occasion, uttered casually, with rough and shallow rhymes, which are not much different from daily speech.As soon as he sang, he couldn't help feeling sore in his chest. Since he and Qi Fang traveled hand in hand that year, this folk song has not come out of his throat for more than five years. .The song listener was no longer that pretty little junior sister, but a naked, vicious monk. He slowly approached the Earth Temple, tightened his throat, and sang again imitating a female voice: "What's the fragrance of your dysentery-headed Asan? Want to marry me like a flower and a jade girl? Coveting your hairless hair without combing? Coveting you..." The following line "covet you" has not finished singing, Bao Xiang has already walked out of the earth temple.He wrapped his coat around his waist and opened it to see who was coming. He saw Di Yunkou singing a folk song, with a bald head, and said that he was really a bald man with dysentery, but the folk song was full of self-deprecating , couldn't help laughing, and shouted: "Hey, bald man, come here!" Di Yun sang: "What did Master tell me? Want to send me gold and silver? The man with dysentery is lucky, The master wants to treat me to a fat pig. " As he sang, he walked towards Baoxiang. Although he tried his best to pretend to be calm, his heart couldn't help beating violently and abnormally, and his face changed color.But Baoxiang didn't notice it, and said with a smile: "San, the mangy head, go and find me something to eat. The master will reward you very much. Is there a fat pig?" Di Yun shook his head and sang: "There are no fat pigs in the barren mountains..." Baoxiang shouted: "Speak well, don't sing and sing." Di Yun stuck out his tongue, tried his best to put on a glib air, and said, "Ah San, the mangy dysentery, is used to singing folk songs, and his speech is not so smooth. Master, this place is not in the front of Bacun, nor in the back of Badian, within ten miles , there is no human habitation. Don't say you want to eat fat pigs, even vegetables and rice are hard to find. Fifteen miles west of here, there is a big town with wine and meat, chicken and fish. Master can get whatever he wants You might as well go." He knew that he was powerless to kill Baoxiang, and avenged him for slaying Ding Dian, but only hoped that he would believe his words and go west to find food, so that he could carry Ding Dian's body and escape. But the heavy rain never stopped, and it fell on the two of them. Baoxiang said: "Go and find me something to eat. It's best to have wine and meat, otherwise you can kill a chicken or a duck." Di Yun only cared about Ding Dian, agreed with "ohhh" in his mouth, walked into the hall, and saw that Ding Dian's body had been dragged out from under the altar, and all his clothes were torn, obviously he had been carefully searched by Bao Xiang .Di Yun felt grief and resentment in his heart, and could no longer hide it, he said, "This...there is a dead person here...is...you killed him?" His face changed drastically, and Bao Xiang only said that he was afraid of seeing the dead, and said with a smirk, "I didn't kill him. Come and identify him, who is this man? Do you recognize him?" Di Yun was startled, and for a moment Feeling guilty, he also said that he had seen through his hiding place, if he hadn't decided to protect Ding Dian, he would have run away, but he tried to calm down and said: "This man looks very strange, he is not from this village." Baoxiang smiled and said, "Of course he's not from your village." Suddenly he said sharply, "Hey, go find something to eat. You're disobedient. See if God wants your dog's life?" Seeing that Ding Dian's body was safe for the time being, Di Yun felt relieved, and replied, "Yes, yes!" Turning around and leaving the temple, he thought, "I'll avoid him for a while, as long as he doesn't come back for a long time, he can't bear the hunger, and he will go out of his own accord." He will go to look for food. He will not be able to take Brother Ding away. He has searched around Brother Ding and can't find anything, so he can give up." Unexpectedly, after only two steps, Baoxiang shouted sharply: "Stop! You Where are you going?" Di Yun said, "I'll buy you something to eat." Bao Xiang said, "Well, it's very good! How soon will you be back?" Di Yun said, "Soon, it will be over in a while. I'm back." Baoxiang said, "Go!" Di Yun turned his head and glanced at Ding Dian's body, then walked out of the temple.Suddenly there was a slight movement of the wind behind him, two slaps, and a slap on the left and right cheeks.Fortunately, Bao Xiang only said that he is a country boy who does not know the slightest martial arts, and his strikes are not heavy; and fortunately, Bao Xiang's movements are extremely fast, and he can hit him as soon as he makes a move. Naturally, he would dodge and dodge, and it was too late for him to think of pretending not to know martial arts. Di Yun was taken aback, and said: "You...you..." He thought to himself: "Since he has seen through, he has no choice but to work hard." He only heard Bao Xiang say: "How much money do you have on you, show me it." Look!" Di Yun said: "I...I..." Baoxiang said angrily: "You are naked, sorry you poor man has no money, but with your bad face, you can get it on credit and owe it Humph, you said you were going to buy food for me, didn’t you mean to sneak away?” Hearing what he said, Di Yun felt relieved: “It turns out that he only saw that I was fake when I went shopping, so that’s okay.” Bao Xiang He said again: "You bald man said that there are no people living within ten miles, so how can you buy food and come back immediately? Isn't this a lie to me? Huh, tell me the truth, what are you thinking?" Yun stammered and said, "I...I...I was scared when I saw Master, and wanted to run away home." Baoxiang laughed loudly, patted his black-haired chest, and said, "What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that I will eat you?" As soon as the word "eat" was mentioned, his stomach growled and he became even more hungry. uncomfortable.After dawn, he had already searched everywhere in the temple, but there was nothing to eat.He murmured a few words: "Are you afraid that I will eat you? Are you afraid that I will eat you?" As he said this, a fierce light suddenly appeared in his eyes, and he looked Di Yun up and down. Di Yun's hair was all over his body when he saw this look, and he already guessed what the evil monk was planning.Sure enough, Baoxiang was thinking: "Human flesh tastes good, but human heart and liver are even more delicious. There is a pig here, why not kill it and eat it?" Di Yun couldn't help crying: "I was killed by him, but it's nothing. Looking at the appearance of this evil monk, he obviously wants to cook me and eat him. This is a very wronged thing. I will fight you." However, if you try your best, you will definitely be killed. After you are killed, you will still be eaten by him, so what's the difference?I saw the fierce light in Baoxiang's eyes, grinning grinningly, and walking over. Seeing him approaching step by step, Di Yun retreated step by step with his ugly face becoming more and more terrifying.Bao Xiang smiled and said, "Hey, you skinny guy, it must taste bad. This dead body is fatter than you, but it's a pity that the dead body is poisonous, so you can't eat it. There is no other way, there is no fat pig, and the thin pig has no choice but to make do with it." Deal with it." He reached out and grabbed Di Yun's left arm. Di Yun struggled desperately, but how could he struggle?The anxiety and fear in my heart is really indescribable.After these years of torture, he was no longer afraid of death, but the thought of being eaten alive by this evil monk made him shudder. Seeing that Di Yun couldn't escape, Baoxiang thought it would be better to tell him to boil the soup first, and then slaughter him. It's a pity that this person won't kill himself, and then burn himself into a big bowl of braised human flesh. The general came up and said, "I'll kill you to eat. There are two ways. One is to cut the muscles on your legs, and roast them as you go. Then you will suffer a lot. The second way is to kill you with a knife. Already, let’s cook meat soup. Which method do you think is better?” Di Yun gritted his teeth and said, "You want... to kill me, you... you... you evil monk..." He wanted to yell at him, but he was afraid that he would make himself suffer from Ling Chi in a fit of anger, and scolded others The words came to my mouth, and I finally held back. Baoxiang smiled and said: "Yes, you know it. The more obedient you are, the easier it is to die. If you struggle stubbornly, you will suffer a lot. Hey, San with dysentery, let me tell you, go to the kitchen and put that Bring an iron wok, and boil a wok full of water." Di Yun knew that he was going to use it to cook himself, but he couldn't help but ask, "What for?" Baoxiang smiled and said: "There is no need to ask more about this. Go!" Di Yun said: "I need to boil the water. I have to boil it in the kitchen. It is inconvenient to take out an iron wok." Baoxiang said: "The kitchen is full of water. Dust, cobwebs, Lafayette sneezes as soon as he enters. I don’t look at you, you little mangy must run away.” Di Yun said: “If I don’t run away.” Baoxiang said angrily: “What did I say? , What is it. How dare you be disobedient?" As he spoke, he swung out his palm and hit him hard on the right side of the face, kicking him somersaults again. Di Yun rolled on the ground, and suddenly remembered: "He asked me to boil water. This is a chance. I waited until a large cauldron of water boiled, took it up and poured it on him. He was naked, wouldn't he be scalded to death immediately?" After seeing this idea, he no longer feared at once, so he went to the kitchen and brought out a broken wok.Seeing that the top half of the iron wok is broken, it can only hold half a wok of water, half a wok of hot water may not be able to scald the evil monk to death, but he thinks it would be good to scald him half to death even if he is not killed. He brought the iron wok to the courtyard in front of the hall, collected the rainwater from the eaves, washed it clean first, and then filled it with rainwater until the water broke through and could no longer be filled. Baoxiang praised: "Excellent, excellent! Diarrhea-headed San, I really don't want to eat you. You are clean and neat, and you are good at cooking human meat soup." Di Yun smiled bitterly and said, "Thank you, master, for your compliment." He picked up seven or eight bricks and put them under the iron wok.There are many broken tables and broken chairs in the ruined temple. Di Yun was eager to fight Bao Xiang for life and death, so he quickly picked up the old wood and piled it under the iron wok.But it is difficult to find the kindling.Di Yun opened his hands, showing a helpless expression. Bao Xiang said: "What? Is there no kindling? I remember he has it." He pointed at Ding Dian's body.Seeing that Ding Dian's thigh was cut to bloody pulp by the elephant, Di Yun rushed up with grief and indignation in his chest. He turned his head and stared at the elephant, wishing he could pounce on him and bite him a few times.The treasure elephant was like an old cat catching a mouse. It had to play with it before eating it. It didn't care about Di Yun's anger at all, and said with a smile: "You look for it. If you can't make a fire, the great monk It’s okay to eat raw meat.” Di Yun bent down and felt in Ding Dian's pocket, and sure enough, he came across two small hard objects, which were a fire knife and a flint. But without these two things, where did he get them?" Turning over the fire knife, he saw a line of Yangwen signs cast on the knife: "Jingzhou Laohexing Ji".Di Yun and Ding Dian went to the iron shop to cut off the shackles on their bodies, so this is the shop name of that iron shop.Di Yun took the pair of knives and stones and thought to himself: "Brother Ding was very considerate. He took the knives and flints from the iron shop. He originally intended to use them to travel with me in the rivers and lakes. Unexpectedly, he didn't use them last time, so he was sent to the underworld. "Looking at the fire knife and flint in a daze, I couldn't help crying. Baoxiang only said that after he discovered the fire, he knew that his life would not last long, so he wept bitterly, and laughed: "The great monk is a noble body. You have cultivated it in your previous lives, and you can use the stomach of the great monk as a coffin, and use the stomach of the great monk as a coffin. The monk's belly is used as a tomb, and the blessings are deep, and the luck is really not bad, let's light a fire!" Di Yun didn't say much, he found an extremely old yellow paper stick in the temple, put it beside the fire knife and flint, and lit the fire.The flame burned to the yellow paper sign, and the handwriting that had been covered by dust was exposed. I saw "Xiaxia", "Unable to seek an official", "Difficult to get married", "Unfavorable to travel", "Difficult to get sick" printed on the sign. "Heal" and other words, in a short while, the tongue of fire burned half of the paper stick.Di Yun thought to himself: "I have been unlucky in my life, I don't need to ask for a lottery to know." When he took the paper lottery and lit the wood chips, the dead wood at the bottom of the wok gradually burned. The clear water in the iron wok slowly produced crab-eye foam, he knew that half of the wok would boil in less than a stick of incense.He was nervous, looking at the water, and at the naked belly of the treasure elephant, thinking that life and death were at stake, and his hands trembled uncontrollably.Finally, the white air was steaming, and the water bubbles in the broken wok boiled.Di Yun stood up straight, picked up the iron wok, and raised his hands to pour it on the elephant's head. Unexpectedly, as soon as he moved, Baoxiang was startled, stretched out his fingers, grabbed his wrist first, and shouted sharply: "What are you doing?" Di Yun would not lie, trying to pour boiling soup on Baoxiang He tried to go, but his wrist was caught, as if he was wrapped in a pair of iron hoops, he couldn't move an inch. If Bao Xiang wanted to pour the boiling soup on Di Yun's head, he only needed to shake his arm, which would be an easy task, but it was a pity that the half-pot of hot soup drowned the dysentery man to death, so he re-boiled the soup himself , it would be troublesome.He exerted a little strength with his arms, pressed down flatly, put the iron wok back to its original place, and shouted: "Let go of your hands!" No matter how willing Di Yun was to let go of the iron wok, he grabbed it with both hands again.Baoxiang kicked out with his right foot, and with a bang, he fell straight out, head and foot forward, and crashed into the altar.Bao Xiang thought to himself: "This mangled dysentery has a lot of head and hands." At this moment, he didn't think about it carefully, and shouted: "I'm going to kill you. Obediently undress yourself, so I won't bother you." Di Yun took out the sharp stone hidden in his waist, and wanted to rush out to fight the evil monk, when suddenly he saw two rats with their bellies facing the sky at the foot of the altar, their bodies twitching uncontrollably, dying, and suddenly Seeing a glimmer of light in the darkness, he shouted: "I caught two mice, let me eat them for you first, okay? The taste of mice is really fresh, even better than dog meat." Bao Xiang said: "What? Is it a mouse? Is it dead or alive?" Di Yun was afraid that he wouldn't eat the dead mouse, so he hurriedly said, "Of course it's alive, it's still moving, but I pinched it half to death." Grabbing the two mice, Reach out from under the altar to show him. Baoxiang had eaten mice before, and knew that the taste of rat meat was similar to that of lean pork. Seeing that the two mice were not fat, he thought it was because there was not much food in the ruined temple, so he hesitated for a while. Di Yun said: "Master, I peeled the skin of the mouse for you, and cooked a big bowl of soup for you. It's fast and delicious for you." Baoxiang is a big lazy man, and it makes him feel annoyed to think of killing, washing, peeling, cutting and cooking. Hearing Di Yun say that cooking him mouse soup is what he likes, saying: "Two mice are not enough to eat. Go catch some more." Di Yun thought to himself: "I've lost my kung fu right now, my hands and feet are not working well, where can I catch the mouse?" But a glimmer of life finally appeared, and he must not let it go, he hurriedly said: "Master, I will cook these two for you first. A big rat for snack, catch it immediately!" Baoxiang nodded and said, "That's fine too. If I'm full and spare your life, what's the problem?" Di Yun came out from under the altar and said, "I borrowed your knife and cut off the mouse's head." Baoxiang didn't think it was a thing to be a little bald man in the country, pointed at Shandao, and said, "You can use it!" Then he added: "If you have the courage, try to slash me a few times!" Di Yun really intended to grab the single knife and turn around to chop, but he cut it first, so he didn't dare to act rashly. He chopped off the rat's head with two swords, ripped open the belly, peeled off the skin, and used the mouse's stomach, heart and lungs together. Wash it with rainwater and put it in the wok. Bao Xiang nodded again and again, and said: "Very good, very good. You are a bald man, you are good at cooking mouse soup. Hurry up and catch some more." Di Yun said: "Okay, I will catch them." Turning to the back hall go.Bao Xiang said: "If you want to escape, I will cut off your flesh and eat it alive." Di Yun said: "If you can't catch mice, catch frogs. There are fish and shrimps in the river, and you can do anything Eat. I serve your great master. I am full and comfortable. Why do you have to eat me? Diarrhea head Ah San has sores and leprosy on his body. If you eat it, you will have diarrhea and chills." Baoxiang said: "Humph , don't make me wait impatiently. Hey, you can't go out of the temple, you know?" Di Yun agreed loudly, crawled on the ground, pretended to be a mouse catcher, slowly crawled to the back hall, and stood up straight.He looked around, trying to find a hiding place to hide. Looking out from the back door, he saw a small pond on the left. He didn't care about it, and ran quickly, and slipped into the pond gently, only his mouth and nose were exposed. The water surface is breathable, and some duckweed and weeds are grabbed and piled on the nose. 他自幼生于水滨，水性倒是极好，只可惜这地方离江太远，否则跃入大江之中，顺流而下，宝象无论如何追赶不上。 过了好一会，只听得宝象叫道：“好汤！老鼠汤不错。可惜老鼠太少。小秃子阿三，捉到了老鼠没有？”叫了几声，跟着便大声咒骂起来。狄云将右耳伸出水面，听他的动静。但听他满口污言秽语，骂得粗俗不堪，跟着踢踢跶跶，踏着泥泞寻了出来。只跨得几步，便到了池塘边。狄云哪里还敢露面，捏住鼻子，全身钻在水底。幸好那池塘生满了青萍水藻，他一沉入塘底，在上面便看不到了。 但水底不能透气，他一直熬到忍无可忍，终于慢慢探头上来，想轻轻吸一口气，刚吸得半口，忽喇一声，一只大手抓将下来，已抓住了他后颈。宝象大骂：“不把你这小秃子割成十七八块，老子不是人。你胆敢逃走！”狄云反手抱住他胳臂，一股劲儿往池塘内拉扯。宝象没料到他竟敢反抗，塘边泥泞，脚下一滑，扑通一声，跌入了塘中。 狄云大喜，使劲将他背脊往水中按去。只是池塘水浅，宝象人又高大，池水淹不过顶，他一踏到塘底，反手便扣住狄云手腕，跟着左手将他头掀下水去。狄云早豁出了性命不要，人在水底，牢牢抱住了宝象身子，说甚么也不放手。宝象一时倒给他弄得无法可施，破口大骂，一不小心，吞进了几口污水，怒气更盛，提起拳头，直往狄云背上擂去。 狄云只觉这恶僧一拳打来，虽给塘水阻了一阻，力道轻了些，却也疼痛难忍，只要再挨得几拳，非昏去不可。他绝无还手之力，只有将脑袋去撞宝象的胸膛。 正纠缠得不可开交，突然之间，宝象大叫一声：“啊哟！”抓住狄云的手慢慢放松，举在半空的拳头也不击落，竟缓缓的垂下，跟着身子挺了几挺，沉入了塘底。 狄云大奇，忙挣扎着起来，只见宝象一动不动，显已死了。他惊魂未定，不敢去碰他身子，远远站在池塘一边观看。只见宝象直挺挺的躺在塘底，一动也不再动，隔了良久，看来真的已死，狄云兀自不敢放心，捧起一块石头掷到他身上，见仍是不动，才知不是装死。 狄云爬上岸来，猜不透这恶僧到底如何会忽然死去，心中忽然闪过一个念头：“难道我的神照功已然大有威力，自己可还不知？在他胸口撞得几头，便送了他的性命？”试一运气，只觉“足少阳胆经”一脉中的内息，行到大腿“五里穴”，无论如何便不上行，而“手少阳三焦经”一脉，内息行到上臂，“清冷渊”也即遇阻滞。比之在狱中时只有反见退步，想是这几日来心神不定，搁下了功夫所致。显然，要练成神照功，时日火候还差得很远。 他怔怔的站在池塘之旁，对眼前的情景始终不敢相信是真事，但见雨点一滴滴的落在池塘水面，激起一个个漪涟。宝象的尸身躺在塘底，了无半丝生气。 呆了一阵，回到殿中，只见铁镬下的柴火已经熄灭，铁镬旁又有两只老鼠死在地下，肚皮朝天，耳朵和后足兀自微微抖动。狄云心想：“嗯，原来宝象自己倒捉到了两只老鼠，没福享受，便给我打死了。”见镬中尚有碗许残汤，是宝象喝得剩下来的，他肚中正饥，端起铁镬，张口便要去喝老鼠汤。突然之间，鼻中闻到一阵奇特的香味。 他一呆之下，双手持着铁镬，缩嘴不喝，寻思，“这是甚么香气？我闻到过的，那决不是甚么好东西。”再闻了闻老鼠汤中的奇香，登时省悟，大叫一声：“好运气！”双手一抬，将铁镬向天井中抛了出去，转过身来，向着丁典的尸身含泪说道：“丁大哥，你虽在死后，又救了兄弟一命。” 在千钧一发的瞬息之间，他明白了宝象的死因。 丁典中了“金波旬花”的剧毒，全身血肉都含奇毒。宝象刀砍丁典尸身，老鼠在伤口中噬食血肉。老鼠食后中毒而死，宝象煮鼠为汤而食，跟看便也中毒。两人在池塘中纠缠斗殴，宝象突然毒发身亡。眼前铁镬旁这两头死鼠，也是喝了镬中的毒汤而死的。 狄云心想：“倘若那金波旬花不是有这么一股奇怪的香气，倘若我心思转得稍慢片刻，这毒汤已然下肚去了。” 又想：“我第一次闻到这'金波旬花'的香气，是在凌小姐的灵堂之中，凌知府涂了在他女儿的棺木上。丁大哥以前却曾闻过的，曾中过毒，第二次怎能不知？是了，那时丁大哥见到凌小姐的棺木，心神大乱，甚么都不知道了。” 他曾数度万念俱灰，自暴自弃，不想再活在人世，但此刻死里逃生，却又庆幸不已。天空仍是乌云重重叠叠，大雨如注，心中却感到了一片光明，但觉只须留得一条命在，便有无尽欢乐，无限风光。
他定了定神，先将丁典的尸身端端正正的放在殿角，然后出外将宝象的尸身从池塘里拉起来，挖个坑埋了。回到殿中，只见宝象的衣服搭在神坛之上，坛上放着一个油布小包，另有十来两碎银子。 他好奇心起，拿过油布小包，打了开来，见里面又包着一层油纸，再打开油纸，见是一本黄纸小书，封皮上弯弯曲曲的写着几行字不像字，图不像图的花样，也不知是甚么。翻将开来，见第一页上绘着一个精瘦干枯的裸体男子，一手指天，一手指地，面目极是诡异，旁边注满了五颜六色的怪字，形若蝌蚪，或红或绿。狄云瞧着图中男子，见他钩鼻深目，曲发高颧，不似中土人物，形貌甚是古怪，而怪异之中，更似蕴藏着一股吸引之力，令人不由自主的心旌摇动，神不守舍，他看了一会，便不敢再看。 翻到第二页，见上面仍是绘着这个裸体男子，只是姿式不同，左足金鸡独立，右足横着平伸而出，双手反在身后，左手握着右耳，右手握着左耳。一路翻将下去，但见这裸体人形的姿式越来越怪，花样变幻无穷，有时双手撑地，有时飞跃半空，更有时以头顶地倒立，下半身却凭空生出六条腿来。到了后半本中，那人手中却持了一柄弯刀。 他回头翻到第一页，再向图中那人脸上细瞧，见他舌尖从左边嘴角中微微伸出，同时右眼张大而左眼略眯，脸上神情古怪，便因此而生。他好奇心起，便学着这人的模样，也是舌尖微吐，右眼张而左眼闭，这姿式一做，只觉得颜面间十分舒畅，再向图形中看去时，隐隐见到那男子身上有几条极淡的灰色细线，绘着经脉。狄云心道：“是了，原来这人身上不绘衣衫，是为了要显出经脉。” 丁典在狱中授他神照功之时，曾将人身的经脉行走方位，解说得极是详细明白，练这项最上乘的内功，基本关键便在于此。他早已记得熟了，这时瞧着图中人身上的经脉线路，不由自主便调运内息，体内一股细微的真气便依着那经脉运行起来。 寻思：“这经脉运行的方位，和丁大哥所授的恰恰相反，那只怕不对。”但随即转念：“我便试他一试，又有何妨？”当即催动内息，循图而行，片刻之间，便觉全身软洋洋地，说不出的轻快舒畅。他练神照功时，全神贯注的凝气而行，那内息便要上行一寸、二寸，也是万分艰难，但这对照着图中的方位运行，霎时之间便如江河奔流，竟丝毫不用力气，内息自然运行，他心中又惊又喜：“怎么我体内竟有这样的经脉？莫非连丁大哥也不知么？”跟着又想：“这本册子是那恶和尚的，而书上文字图形又都邪里邪气，定不是甚么正经东西，还是别去沾惹的为是。” 但这时他体内的内息运行正畅，竟不想就此便停，心中只想：“好罢，只玩这么一次，下次不能再玩了。”渐渐觉得心旷神怡，全身血液都暖了起来，又过一会，身子轻飘飘地，好似饱饮了烈酒一般，禁不住手舞足蹈，口中发出呜呜呜的低声呼叫，脑中一昏，倒在地下，便甚么也不知道了。
过了良久良久，这才知觉渐复，缓缓睁开眼来，只觉日光照耀，原来大雨早停，太阳晒进殿来。狄云一跃而起，只觉精神勃勃，全身充满了力气，心想：“难道这本册子上的功夫，竟有这般好处？不，不！我还是照丁大哥所授的功夫用心习练才是，这种邪魔外道，一沾上身，说不定后患无穷。”拿起册子，要想伸手撕碎，但想了一想，总觉其中充满秘奥，不舍得便此毁去。 他整理一下衣衫，但见破烂已极，实在难以蔽体，见宝象的僧衣和裤子搭在神坛之上，倒是完好，于是取过来穿在身上。虽然穿了这恶僧的僧袍，心中甚觉别扭，但总胜于裤子上烂了十七八个破洞，连屁股也遮不住。他将那本册子和十多两碎银都揣在怀里，到大树下的泥坑中将那包首饰和银两挖了出来收起，抱起丁典的尸身，走出庙去。 行出百余丈，迎面来了一个农夫，见到他手中横抱着一个死尸，不由得大吃一惊，一失足便摔在田中，满身泥泞的挣扎起来，一足高一足低的快步逃走。 狄云知道如此行走，必定惹事，但一时却也想不出甚么善策。幸好这一带甚是荒僻，一路走去，不再遇到行人。他横抱着丁典，心下只想：“丁大哥，丁大哥，我舍不得和你分手，我舍不得和你分手。” 忽听得山歌声起，远远有七八名农夫荷锄走来，狄云急忙一个箭步，躲入山旁的长草之中，待那些农夫走过，心想：“若不焚了丁大哥的遗体，终究不能完成他与凌小姐合葬的心愿。”到山坳中拾些枯枝柴草，一咬牙，点燃了火，在丁典尸身旁焚烧起来。 火舌吞没了丁典头发和衣衫，狄云只觉得这些火焰是在烧着自己的肌肉，扑在地下，咬着青草泥土，泪水流到了草上土中，又流到了他嘴里……
狄云细心捡起丁典的骨灰，郑重包在油纸之中，外面再裹以油布。这油纸油布本是宝象用来包藏那本黄纸册子的。包裹外用布条好好的缚紧了，这才贴肉缚在腰间。再用手挖了一坑，将剩下的灰烬拨入坑中，用土掩盖了，拜了几拜。 站起身来，心下茫然：“我要到哪里去？”世上的亲人，便只师父一人，自然而然的想起：“我且回沅陵去寻师父。”师父刺伤万震山而逃去，料想不会回归沅陵老家，必是隐姓埋名，远走高飞。但这时除了回沅陵去瞧瞧之外，实在想不出还有旁的甚么地方可去。 当下转上了大路，向乡人一打听，原来这地方叫做程家集，是湖北监利县之北，要到湖南，须得先过长江。 狄云到了市集，取出碎银买些面食吃了，来到渡口，搭船过江，回想昨日过江时逃避宝象的追赶，何等惊慌，今日却悠悠闲闲的重过长江，相隔不过一日，情景却全然不同了。 渡船靠了南岸，狄云上得岸来，只听得喧哗叫嚷，人头涌涌，不少人吵成一团，跟着砰砰声响，好些人打了起来。狄云好奇心起，便走近去瞧瞧热闹。 只见人丛之中，七八条大汉正围住一个老者殴打。那老者青衣罗帽，家人装束。那七八条汉子赤足短衣，身边放着短秤鱼篓，显然都是鱼贩。狄云心想这是寻常打架，没甚么好瞧的，正要退开，只见那老家人飞足将一名壮健鱼贩踢了个筋斗，原来他竟身有武功。 这一来，狄云便要瞧个究竟了。只见那老家人以寡敌众，片刻间又打倒了三名鱼贩。旁边瞧着的鱼贩虽众，一时竟无人再敢上前。忽听得众鱼贩欢呼起来，叫道：“头儿来啦，头儿来啦！”只见江边两名鱼贩飞奔而来，后面跟着三人。那三人步履颇为沉稳，狄云一眼瞧去，便知是身有武功之人。 那三人来到近前，为首一人是个四十来岁的汉子，蜡黄的脸皮，留着一撇鼠须，向倒在地下哼哼唧唧的几名鱼贩望了一眼，说道：“阁下是谁，仗了谁的势头，到我们华容县来欺人？”他这几句话是向那老家人说的，可是眼睛向他望也没望上一眼。原来过江之后，这里已是湖南华容县地界。 那老家人道：“我只是拿银子买鱼，甚么欺人不欺人的？”那头儿向身旁的鱼贩问道：“干么打了起来？”那鱼贩道：“这老家伙硬要买这对金色鲤鱼。我们说金色鲤鱼难得，是头儿自己留下来合药的。这老家伙好横，却说非买不可。我们不卖，他竟动手便抢。” 那头儿转过身来，向那老家人打量了几眼，说道：“阁下的朋友，是中了蓝砂掌么？”那老家人一听，脸色变了，说道：“我不知道甚么红砂掌、蓝砂掌。我家主人不过想吃鲤鱼下酒，吩咐我拿了银子来买鱼。普天下可从来没有甚么鱼能卖、甚么鱼又不能卖的规矩？” 鱼贩头儿冷笑道：“真人面前说甚么假话？阁下尊姓大名，能见告么？倘若是好朋友，别说这两尾金色大鲤鱼可以奉送，在下还可送上一粒专治蓝砂拳的'玉肌丸'。” 那老家人脸色更是惊疑不定，隔了半晌，才道：“阁下是谁，如何知道蓝砂拳，如何又有玉肌丸？难道，难道……”鱼贩头儿道：“不错，在下和那使蓝砂掌的主儿，确是有三分渊源。” 那老家人更不打话，身形一起，伸手便向一只鱼篓抓去，行动极是迅捷。鱼贩头儿冷笑道：“有这么容易？”呼的一掌，便往他背心上击了过去。老家人回掌一抵，借势借力，身子已飘在数丈之外，提着鱼篓，急步疾奔。那鱼贩头儿没料到他有这一手，眼见追赶不上，手一扬，一件暗器带着破空之声，向他背心急射而去。 那老家人夺到鲤鱼，满心欢喜，一股劲儿的发足急奔，没想到有暗器射来。鱼贩头子发射的是一枚瓦楞钢镖，他手劲大，去势颇急。狄云眼见那老家人不知闪避，心中不忍，顺手提起地下一只鱼篓，从侧面斜向钢镖掷去。 他武功已失，手上原没多少力道，只是所站地位恰到好处，只听得卜的一声响，钢镖插入了鱼篓。那鱼篓向前又飞了数尺，这才落地。 那老家人听得背后声响，回头一瞧，只见那鱼贩头子手指狄云，骂道：“兀那小贼秃，你是哪座庙里的野和尚，却来理会长江铁网帮的闲事？” 狄云一怔：“怎地他骂我是小贼秃了？”见那鱼贩头子声势汹汹，又说到甚么“长江铁网帮”，记得丁大哥常自言道，江湖土各种帮会禁忌最多，若是不小心惹上了，往往受累无穷。他不愿无缘无故的多生事端，便拱手道：“是小弟的不是，请老兄原谅。” 那鱼贩头子怒道：“你是甚么东西，谁来跟你称兄道弟？”跟着左手一挥，向手下的鱼贩道：“将这两人都给拿下了。” 便在此时，只听得叮当叮当，叮玲玲，叮当叮当，叮玲玲一阵铃声，两骑马自西至东，沿着江边驰来。那老家人面有喜色，道：“我家主人亲自来啦，你跟他们说去。” 鱼贩头子脸色一变，道：“是'铃剑双侠'？”但随即脸色转为高傲，道：“是'铃剑双侠'便又怎地？还轮不到他们到长江边上来耀武扬威。” Before he finished speaking, the two horses had galloped to him.狄云只觉眼前一亮，但见两匹马一黄一白，都是神骏高大，鞍辔鲜明。黄马上坐着一个二十五六岁的青年男子，一身黄衫，身形高瘦。白马上乘的是个少女，二十岁上下年纪，白衫飘飘，左肩上悬着一朵红绸制的大花，脸色微黑，相貌却极为俏丽。两人腰垂长剑，手中都握着一条马鞭，两匹马一般的高头长身，难得的是黄者全是黄，白者全是白，身上竟无一根杂毛。黄马颈下挂了一串黄金鸾铃，白马的鸾铃则是白银所铸，马头微一摆动，金铃便发出叮当叮当之声，银铃的声音又是不同，叮玲玲、叮玲玲的，更为清脆动听。端的是人俊马壮，狄云一生之中，从未见过这般齐整标致的人物，不由得心中暗暗喝一声采：“好漂亮！” 那青年男子向着那老者道：“水福，鲤鱼找到了没有？在这里干甚么？”那老家人道：“汪少爷，金色鲤鱼找到了一对，可是……可是他们偏偏不肯卖，还动手打人。” 那青年一瞥眼见到地下鱼篓上的那枚钢镖，说道：“嘿，谁使这般歹毒的暗器？”马鞭一伸，鞭丝已卷住钢镖尾上的蓝绸，提了回来，向那少女道：“笙妹，你瞧，是见血封喉的'蝎尾镖'！” 那少女道：“是谁用这镖了？”话声甚是清亮。 那鱼贩头子微微冷笑，右手紧握腰间单刀刀柄，说道：“铃剑双侠这几年闯出了好大的名头，长江铁网帮不是不知。可是你们想欺到我们头上，只怕也没这么容易。”他语气硬中带软，显然不愿与铃剑双侠发生争端。 那少女道：“这种蝎尾镖蚀心腐骨，太过狠毒，我爹爹早说过谁也不许再用，难道你不知道么？幸好你不是用来打人，打鱼篓子练功夫，还不怎样。” 水福道：“小姐，不是的。这人发这毒镖射我。多蒙这位小师父斜刺里掷了这只鱼篓过来，才挡住了毒镖。要不然小的早已没命了。”他一边面说，一面指着狄云。 狄云暗暗纳闷：“怎地一个叫我小师父，一个骂我小贼秃，我几时做起和尚来啦？” 那少女向狄云点了点头，微微一笑，示意相谢。狄云见她一笑之下，容如花绽，更是娇艳动人，不由得脸上一热，很感羞涩。 那青年听了水福之言，脸上登时如罩了一层严霜，向那鱼贩头子道：“此话当真？”不等待对方回答，马鞭一振，鞭上卷着的钢镖疾飞而出，风声呼呼，拍的一响，钉在十数丈外的一株柳树之上，手劲之强，实足惊人。 那鱼贩头子兀自口硬，说道：“逞甚么威风了？”那青年公子喝道：“便是要逞这威风！”提起马鞭，向他劈头打落，那鱼贩头子举刀便格。不料那公子的马鞭忽然斜出向下，着地而卷，招数变幻，直攻对方下盘。鱼贩头子急忙跃起相避。这马鞭竟似是活的一般，倏的反弹上来，已缠住了他右足。那公子足尖在马腹上轻轻一点，胯下黄马立时向前一冲。那鱼贩头子的下盘功夫本来甚是了得，这青年公子就算用鞭子缠住了他，也未必拖他得倒。但这公子先引得他跃在半空，使他根基全失，这才挥鞭缠足。那黄马这一冲有千斤之力，鱼贩头子力气再大，也是经受不起，只见他身躯被黄马拉着，凌空而飞。众鱼贩大声呐喊，七八个人随后追去，意图救援。 那黄马纵出数丈，将那马鞭绷得有如弓弦，青年公子蓄势借力，振臂一甩，那鱼贩头子便如腾云驾雾般飞了出去。他空有一身武功，却是半点使不出来，身子不由自由的向江中射去。岸上众人大惊之下齐声呼喊。只听得扑通一声，水花溅起老高，鱼贩头子摔入了江中，霎时间沉入水底，无影无踪。 那少女拍手大笑，挥鞭冲入鱼贩群中，东抽一记，西击一招，将众鱼贩打得跌跌撞撞的四散奔逃。鱼篓鱼网撒了一地，鲜鱼活虾在地上乱爬乱跳。 那鱼贩头子一生在江边讨生活，水性自是精熟，从江面上探头出来，已在下游数十丈之外，污言秽语的乱
He lay next to Ding Dian's body, just like in the small prison cell in the past few years. Before midnight, it suddenly began to rain, pattering, heavy and light.Feeling cold all over his body, Di Yun huddled into a ball and leaned against Ding Dian. Suddenly, he touched Ding Dian's icy skin. Thinking that Brother Ding was dead and could no longer talk to him, he felt pain in his chest, and two lines of tears slowed him down. Slowly run down the cheeks. Suddenly, there was a sound of kicking and kicking footsteps in the sound of rain, walking towards the Earth Temple.The man trampled on the mud, but walked extremely fast.Di Yun was taken aback, and heard the man getting closer, hurriedly hid Ding Dian's body under the altar, and shrank himself behind the altar. The closer the footsteps came, the faster Di Yun's heart beat, and there was a thud, and the temple door was pushed open, followed by someone who cursed: "Damn it, I don't know where this old thief has escaped to, and he's doing this again." The heavy rain made me drenched all over." This voice was exactly Baoxiang, and it was out of place for monks to yell at "Mother's son", and calling himself "Lao Tzu" was even more absurd.Although Di Yun didn't know much about the affairs of the world, he was no longer the ignorant country boy he was when he heard Ding Dian talk about the world these past few years. There is absolutely no scruple in killing people, most likely he is a fierce and extremely vicious thief." Hearing more and more obscene words from Baoxiang's mouth, after cursing for a while, he sat down in front of the altar, followed by rustling sounds, and he could be heard taking off all his wet clothes and going to the corner of the hall Wringed out, put it on the edge of the altar, lay down on the ground, and soon snored, and fell asleep by itself. Di Yun thought to himself: "Isn't it a crime for this evil monk to take off his clothes naked and sleep in front of the statue?" Then he thought: "I'll take this opportunity and smash him to death with a big stone, so as to avoid disasters tomorrow." He really didn't want to kill people casually, and he knew that Baoxiang's martial arts were ten times better than his own, if he couldn't kill him with one blow, as long as he had a little strength to fight back, his life would be in danger. At this time, if he escaped quietly from the backyard, Bao Xiang would definitely not notice it, but Ding Dian's body was under the altar, and he was determined not to let it go, as soon as he moved it, the evil monk was alarmed.Hearing the constant dripping of the rain in the courtyard, he was at a loss what to do. He only hoped that the rain would stop in the morning and that the precious elephant would leave him.But it sounds like the rain will never stop.At dawn, if Baoxiang refuses to come out of the temple in the rain, he will search around the temple, and he must see the corpse.Even so, I still had a lucky thought in my heart: "Maybe the rain will stop at dawn, and this evil monk is eager to chase me, so he hurried out of the temple." Suddenly remembered something: "When he came in, he yelled and said he didn't know where the 'old thief' had escaped to. I am not old, why did he call me an 'old thief'? Could it be that he was chasing another old man?" After thinking for a while , I suddenly realized: "Ah, yes, I have long hair and a long beard on my face. I haven't shaved for several years. I am naturally an old man in the eyes of others. He called me an 'old thief', hehe, called me an 'old thief'. Old thief'!" Thinking of this, he stretched out his hand to stroke the grass-like beard on his cheek. Suddenly there was a slapping sound, and Baoxiang turned around.In his sleep, he kicked under the altar, just in time to kick Ding Dian's corpse.As soon as he felt the situation was different, he immediately woke up. He only knew that there were enemies under the altar, and he didn't know how many people were ambushing in the temple in the dark. , Shouted: "Who is it? Damn it, you bastard!" After scolding several times, no one agreed, and held his breath, he still didn't hear anyone. In the dark, Bao Xiang hacked fifteen or six knives, hacking all over in all directions. It was the "Eight Ways of Night Fighting", kicked up the altar with a bang, swung the knife, and slapped it softly. Mixed with the sound of bones breaking, Ding Dian's body had already been hacked. Di Yun heard clearly that Bao Xiang was slashing Ding Dian.Although Ding Dian is dead and has long been ignorant, in Di Yun's heart, he is still his most respected and beloved brother-in-law. This knife is like being cut on his body, and he immediately wants to rush out and fight for his life, but in the past five years The prison torture had turned this simple and reckless young man into a young man who thought about things.As soon as I thought about it, I thought: "I rushed out to fight with him, and there is no other result other than my own life. Brother Ding and Miss Ling's wish to be buried together cannot be fulfilled. How can I be worthy of him?" Bao Xiang slashed at Ding Dian's body, but there was no further movement, and he couldn't see the slightest clue in the darkness.The torch he was carrying was already soaked in the heavy rain, and he couldn't light it to see clearly. He backed up slowly step by step, leaning his vest against the wall to prevent the enemy from sneaking up behind him, and then listened attentively. At this time, there was a screen wall between the two, and there was no other sound except the patter of rain. Di Yun knew that as long as his breathing was a little louder, his life would be lost immediately, so he could only absorb the breath extremely finely, inhale it slowly, and exhale it slowly, but his mind was spinning quickly: "After more than an hour, the sky will It is clear that this evil monk will definitely spoil Brother Ding's body when he sees it, so what should we do?" His mind is not flexible at all, but trying to save Ding Dian's body from Bao Xiang's hands is a huge problem.He thought hard, and really couldn't come up with any idea. He was extremely anxious and complained to himself: "Di Yun, Di Yun, you stupid guy, naturally you can't come up with an idea. If Brother Ding doesn't die, he will die." There is a way." In panic, he stretched out his hand to grab the hair, pulled it hard, and tore off six or seven strands. Suddenly, a thought appeared in my mind: "This evil monk called me an 'old thief'. When he saw that I was full of beards, he thought I was an old man. If I shaved my beard clean, wouldn't he recognize me? Not out? It’s just that I don’t have a razor by my side, so how can I shave off this beard? Hmph, I’m not afraid of death, so why should I be afraid of pain? Just pull it out one by one with your hands, that’s all.” When I thought of it, I did it. I felt the beards one by one and pulled them out gently one by one. I was afraid of making the slightest sound. I thought to myself: "Even if the evil monk doesn't recognize me, it's just that he doesn't come to kill me. What do I have to do?" Is there any way to protect Brother Ding comprehensively? Well, one step counts, one step counts, I just need to save my life for the time being, and I can get close to the evil monk, and when he is unaware, I can try to kill him." After pulling out more than half of the beard, I suddenly remembered: "Even if I don't have a beard, my long hair still reveals my true face. This evil monk chased me by the Yangtze River, so he naturally made me look like I have disheveled hair." You can see it clearly." Without doing anything, without stopping, he stretched out his hands to grab the hair on both sides, shook it lightly, and then pulled it out. Pulling out the beard is not painful, but it is really painful to pull out all the hairs.While pulling it out, I thought to myself: "Don't say it's just such a trivial matter as plucking beard and hair, as long as it's for Brother Ding, even if you want me to cut off my own limbs, I won't frown." The trick is really stupid, Brother Ding's ghost must be laughing at me. But...but...he can no longer teach me a clever method." Hearing that Baoxiang had fallen asleep again, he was afraid that the evil monk would hear his voice, so he pulled out some hair and beard, and then took a step back very slowly, it took half an hour before he retreated into the courtyard, and again After a long time, I slowly left the back door of the Earth Temple.The heavy rain hit his face bit by bit, and Fang Shi let out a sigh of relief. You don't have to worry about being heard by Baoxiang outside the temple. It is much faster to pluck the beard and hair, and finally pluck out the long hair and beard.He buried the hair and beard that he had pulled out in the mud, so as not to make Baoxiang suspicious when he found out, and touched his bald head and chin. Not only was he no longer an "old thief", but he had become a "bald thief". Finally, I couldn't help laughing, and thought: "After pulling out like this for a while, the top of my head and chin must be stained with blood, and I have to wash it well to avoid showing traces." So I raised my head to let the rain wash away the dirt on my face. He thought again: "I have no flaws on my face. If this clothes are recognized by the evil monk, it will still be bad after all. Well, I have no clothes to change, so I will follow the example of the evil monk and take off naked, but What?" So I took off my clothes and trousers, and I couldn't take off the black silkworm clothes, so I only had underwear but no trousers, so I tore off the coat and wrapped it around my waist, fearing that the treasure elephant would recognize the silkworm After knowing the origin of the clothes, he rolled in the mud, and his whole body was covered with mud. At this time, Ding Dian came back to life, fearing that he may not be recognized for a while.Di Yun groped under a big tree, dug a hole in the mud with his fingers, buried the small bundle in it, and thought to himself: "If you can escape the evil monk's poisonous hands and protect Brother Ding, you will be rewarded in the future." The man who bandaged my wounds and gifted me two pieces of silver jewelry is a great kindness. But who is he?" By this time, the sky was slightly brighter.Di Yun quietly headed south, turned west, and walked about a mile. It was already dawn, and seeing the heavy rain continued, he expected that Baoxiang would not leave the temple. He wanted to find a weapon, but where was he in the wilderness? looking for it?I had no choice but to pick up a sharp piece of stone and hid it in my waist, thinking that if I could poke this evil monk's vitals, it might kill him too.It's best that the evil monk has left the temple, that's good luck. Taking a photo in the puddle, I couldn't help laughing when I saw my weird appearance, but then I felt a burst of unspeakable misery.
With Ding Dian in mind, he couldn't wait to find another more suitable weapon, so he walked east towards the Temple of Earth, thinking: "I must go crazy and pretend to be a local rascal." When he was near the Temple of Earth, let go Throat, sing a folk song loudly: "Sister Duishan, listen to me sing, Don't marry a rich man when you marry, Mr. Wang and grandson have a bad conscience! If you want to marry me, my dysentery-headed Ah San, please shine! " When he was in the countryside of Hunan, he was good at singing folk songs. He and Qi Fang had sung tens of thousands of folk songs in the fields by the lake, in front of the stream and behind the mountains.Hunan rural customs and folk songs are all impromptu compositions in response to the occasion, uttered casually, with rough and shallow rhymes, which are not much different from daily speech.As soon as he sang, he couldn't help feeling sore in his chest. Since he and Qi Fang traveled hand in hand that year, this folk song has not come out of his throat for more than five years. .The song listener was no longer that pretty little junior sister, but a naked, vicious monk. He slowly approached the Earth Temple, tightened his throat, and sang again imitating a female voice: "What's the fragrance of your dysentery-headed Asan? Want to marry me like a flower and a jade girl? Coveting your hairless hair without combing? Coveting you..." The following line "covet you" has not finished singing, Bao Xiang has already walked out of the earth temple.He wrapped his coat around his waist and opened it to see who was coming. He saw Di Yunkou singing a folk song, with a bald head, and said that he was really a bald man with dysentery, but the folk song was full of self-deprecating , couldn't help laughing, and shouted: "Hey, bald man, come here!" Di Yun sang: "What did Master tell me? Want to send me gold and silver? The man with dysentery is lucky, The master wants to treat me to a fat pig. " As he sang, he walked towards Baoxiang. Although he tried his best to pretend to be calm, his heart couldn't help beating violently and abnormally, and his face changed color.But Baoxiang didn't notice it, and said with a smile: "San, the mangy head, go and find me something to eat. The master will reward you very much. Is there a fat pig?" Di Yun shook his head and sang: "There are no fat pigs in the barren mountains..." Baoxiang shouted: "Speak well, don't sing and sing." Di Yun stuck out his tongue, tried his best to put on a glib air, and said, "Ah San, the mangy dysentery, is used to singing folk songs, and his speech is not so smooth. Master, this place is not in the front of Bacun, nor in the back of Badian, within ten miles , there is no human habitation. Don't say you want to eat fat pigs, even vegetables and rice are hard to find. Fifteen miles west of here, there is a big town with wine and meat, chicken and fish. Master can get whatever he wants You might as well go." He knew that he was powerless to kill Baoxiang, and avenged him for slaying Ding Dian, but only hoped that he would believe his words and go west to find food, so that he could carry Ding Dian's body and escape. But the heavy rain never stopped, and it fell on the two of them. Baoxiang said: "Go and find me something to eat. It's best to have wine and meat, otherwise you can kill a chicken or a duck." Di Yun only cared about Ding Dian, agreed with "ohhh" in his mouth, walked into the hall, and saw that Ding Dian's body had been dragged out from under the altar, and all his clothes were torn, obviously he had been carefully searched by Bao Xiang .Di Yun felt grief and resentment in his heart, and could no longer hide it, he said, "This...there is a dead person here...is...you killed him?" His face changed drastically, and Bao Xiang only said that he was afraid of seeing the dead, and said with a smirk, "I didn't kill him. Come and identify him, who is this man? Do you recognize him?" Di Yun was startled, and for a moment Feeling guilty, he also said that he had seen through his hiding place, if he hadn't decided to protect Ding Dian, he would have run away, but he tried to calm down and said: "This man looks very strange, he is not from this village." Baoxiang smiled and said, "Of course he's not from your village." Suddenly he said sharply, "Hey, go find something to eat. You're disobedient. See if God wants your dog's life?" Seeing that Ding Dian's body was safe for the time being, Di Yun felt relieved, and replied, "Yes, yes!" Turning around and leaving the temple, he thought, "I'll avoid him for a while, as long as he doesn't come back for a long time, he can't bear the hunger, and he will go out of his own accord." He will go to look for food. He will not be able to take Brother Ding away. He has searched around Brother Ding and can't find anything, so he can give up." Unexpectedly, after only two steps, Baoxiang shouted sharply: "Stop! You Where are you going?" Di Yun said, "I'll buy you something to eat." Bao Xiang said, "Well, it's very good! How soon will you be back?" Di Yun said, "Soon, it will be over in a while. I'm back." Baoxiang said, "Go!" Di Yun turned his head and glanced at Ding Dian's body, then walked out of the temple.Suddenly there was a slight movement of the wind behind him, two slaps, and a slap on the left and right cheeks.Fortunately, Bao Xiang only said that he is a country boy who does not know the slightest martial arts, and his strikes are not heavy; and fortunately, Bao Xiang's movements are extremely fast, and he can hit him as soon as he makes a move. Naturally, he would dodge and dodge, and it was too late for him to think of pretending not to know martial arts. Di Yun was taken aback, and said: "You...you..." He thought to himself: "Since he has seen through, he has no choice but to work hard." He only heard Bao Xiang say: "How much money do you have on you, show me it." Look!" Di Yun said: "I...I..." Baoxiang said angrily: "You are naked, sorry you poor man has no money, but with your bad face, you can get it on credit and owe it Humph, you said you were going to buy food for me, didn’t you mean to sneak away?” Hearing what he said, Di Yun felt relieved: “It turns out that he only saw that I was fake when I went shopping, so that’s okay.” Bao Xiang He said again: "You bald man said that there are no people living within ten miles, so how can you buy food and come back immediately? Isn't this a lie to me? Huh, tell me the truth, what are you thinking?" Yun stammered and said, "I...I...I was scared when I saw Master, and wanted to run away home." Baoxiang laughed loudly, patted his black-haired chest, and said, "What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that I will eat you?" As soon as the word "eat" was mentioned, his stomach growled and he became even more hungry. uncomfortable.After dawn, he had already searched everywhere in the temple, but there was nothing to eat.He murmured a few words: "Are you afraid that I will eat you? Are you afraid that I will eat you?" As he said this, a fierce light suddenly appeared in his eyes, and he looked Di Yun up and down. Di Yun's hair was all over his body when he saw this look, and he already guessed what the evil monk was planning.Sure enough, Baoxiang was thinking: "Human flesh tastes good, but human heart and liver are even more delicious. There is a pig here, why not kill it and eat it?" Di Yun couldn't help crying: "I was killed by him, but it's nothing. Looking at the appearance of this evil monk, he obviously wants to cook me and eat him. This is a very wronged thing. I will fight you." However, if you try your best, you will definitely be killed. After you are killed, you will still be eaten by him, so what's the difference?I saw the fierce light in Baoxiang's eyes, grinning grinningly, and walking over. Seeing him approaching step by step, Di Yun retreated step by step with his ugly face becoming more and more terrifying.Bao Xiang smiled and said, "Hey, you skinny guy, it must taste bad. This dead body is fatter than you, but it's a pity that the dead body is poisonous, so you can't eat it. There is no other way, there is no fat pig, and the thin pig has no choice but to make do with it." Deal with it." He reached out and grabbed Di Yun's left arm. Di Yun struggled desperately, but how could he struggle?The anxiety and fear in my heart is really indescribable.After these years of torture, he was no longer afraid of death, but the thought of being eaten alive by this evil monk made him shudder. Seeing that Di Yun couldn't escape, Baoxiang thought it would be better to tell him to boil the soup first, and then slaughter him. It's a pity that this person won't kill himself, and then burn himself into a big bowl of braised human flesh. The general came up and said, "I'll kill you to eat. There are two ways. One is to cut the muscles on your legs, and roast them as you go. Then you will suffer a lot. The second way is to kill you with a knife. Already, let’s cook meat soup. Which method do you think is better?” Di Yun gritted his teeth and said, "You want... to kill me, you... you... you evil monk..." He wanted to yell at him, but he was afraid that he would make himself suffer from Ling Chi in a fit of anger, and scolded others The words came to my mouth, and I finally held back. Baoxiang smiled and said: "Yes, you know it. The more obedient you are, the easier it is to die. If you struggle stubbornly, you will suffer a lot. Hey, San with dysentery, let me tell you, go to the kitchen and put that Bring an iron wok, and boil a wok full of water." Di Yun knew that he was going to use it to cook himself, but he couldn't help but ask, "What for?" Baoxiang smiled and said: "There is no need to ask more about this. Go!" Di Yun said: "I need to boil the water. I have to boil it in the kitchen. It is inconvenient to take out an iron wok." Baoxiang said: "The kitchen is full of water. Dust, cobwebs, Lafayette sneezes as soon as he enters. I don’t look at you, you little mangy must run away.” Di Yun said: “If I don’t run away.” Baoxiang said angrily: “What did I say? , What is it. How dare you be disobedient?" As he spoke, he swung out his palm and hit him hard on the right side of the face, kicking him somersaults again. Di Yun rolled on the ground, and suddenly remembered: "He asked me to boil water. This is a chance. I waited until a large cauldron of water boiled, took it up and poured it on him. He was naked, wouldn't he be scalded to death immediately?" After seeing this idea, he no longer feared at once, so he went to the kitchen and brought out a broken wok.Seeing that the top half of the iron wok is broken, it can only hold half a wok of water, half a wok of hot water may not be able to scald the evil monk to death, but he thinks it would be good to scald him half to death even if he is not killed. He brought the iron wok to the courtyard in front of the hall, collected the rainwater from the eaves, washed it clean first, and then filled it with rainwater until the water broke through and could no longer be filled. Baoxiang praised: "Excellent, excellent! Diarrhea-headed San, I really don't want to eat you. You are clean and neat, and you are good at cooking human meat soup." Di Yun smiled bitterly and said, "Thank you, master, for your compliment." He picked up seven or eight bricks and put them under the iron wok.There are many broken tables and broken chairs in the ruined temple. Di Yun was eager to fight Bao Xiang for life and death, so he quickly picked up the old wood and piled it under the iron wok.But it is difficult to find the kindling.Di Yun opened his hands, showing a helpless expression. Bao Xiang said: "What? Is there no kindling? I remember he has it." He pointed at Ding Dian's body.Seeing that Ding Dian's thigh was cut to bloody pulp by the elephant, Di Yun rushed up with grief and indignation in his chest. He turned his head and stared at the elephant, wishing he could pounce on him and bite him a few times.The treasure elephant was like an old cat catching a mouse. It had to play with it before eating it. It didn't care about Di Yun's anger at all, and said with a smile: "You look for it. If you can't make a fire, the great monk It’s okay to eat raw meat.” Di Yun bent down and felt in Ding Dian's pocket, and sure enough, he came across two small hard objects, which were a fire knife and a flint. But without these two things, where did he get them?" Turning over the fire knife, he saw a line of Yangwen signs cast on the knife: "Jingzhou Laohexing Ji".Di Yun and Ding Dian went to the iron shop to cut off the shackles on their bodies, so this is the shop name of that iron shop.Di Yun took the pair of knives and stones and thought to himself: "Brother Ding was very considerate. He took the knives and flints from the iron shop. He originally intended to use them to travel with me in the rivers and lakes. Unexpectedly, he didn't use them last time, so he was sent to the underworld. "Looking at the fire knife and flint in a daze, I couldn't help crying. Baoxiang only said that after he discovered the fire, he knew that his life would not last long, so he wept bitterly, and laughed: "The great monk is a noble body. You have cultivated it in your previous lives, and you can use the stomach of the great monk as a coffin, and use the stomach of the great monk as a coffin. The monk's belly is used as a tomb, and the blessings are deep, and the luck is really not bad, let's light a fire!" Di Yun didn't say much, he found an extremely old yellow paper stick in the temple, put it beside the fire knife and flint, and lit the fire.The flame burned to the yellow paper sign, and the handwriting that had been covered by dust was exposed. I saw "Xiaxia", "Unable to seek an official", "Difficult to get married", "Unfavorable to travel", "Difficult to get sick" printed on the sign. "Heal" and other words, in a short while, the tongue of fire burned half of the paper stick.Di Yun thought to himself: "I have been unlucky in my life, I don't need to ask for a lottery to know." When he took the paper lottery and lit the wood chips, the dead wood at the bottom of the wok gradually burned. The clear water in the iron wok slowly produced crab-eye foam, he knew that half of the wok would boil in less than a stick of incense.He was nervous, looking at the water, and at the naked belly of the treasure elephant, thinking that life and death were at stake, and his hands trembled uncontrollably.Finally, the white air was steaming, and the water bubbles in the broken wok boiled.Di Yun stood up straight, picked up the iron wok, and raised his hands to pour it on the elephant's head. Unexpectedly, as soon as he moved, Baoxiang was startled, stretched out his fingers, grabbed his wrist first, and shouted sharply: "What are you doing?" Di Yun would not lie, trying to pour boiling soup on Baoxiang He tried to go, but his wrist was caught, as if he was wrapped in a pair of iron hoops, he couldn't move an inch. If Bao Xiang wanted to pour the boiling soup on Di Yun's head, he only needed to shake his arm, which would be an easy task, but it was a pity that the half-pot of hot soup drowned the dysentery man to death, so he re-boiled the soup himself , it would be troublesome.He exerted a little strength with his arms, pressed down flatly, put the iron wok back to its original place, and shouted: "Let go of your hands!" No matter how willing Di Yun was to let go of the iron wok, he grabbed it with both hands again.Baoxiang kicked out with his right foot, and with a bang, he fell straight out, head and foot forward, and crashed into the altar.Bao Xiang thought to himself: "This mangled dysentery has a lot of head and hands." At this moment, he didn't think about it carefully, and shouted: "I'm going to kill you. Obediently undress yourself, so I won't bother you." Di Yun took out the sharp stone hidden in his waist, and wanted to rush out to fight the evil monk, when suddenly he saw two rats with their bellies facing the sky at the foot of the altar, their bodies twitching uncontrollably, dying, and suddenly Seeing a glimmer of light in the darkness, he shouted: "I caught two mice, let me eat them for you first, okay? The taste of mice is really fresh, even better than dog meat." Bao Xiang said: "What? Is it a mouse? Is it dead or alive?" Di Yun was afraid that he wouldn't eat the dead mouse, so he hurriedly said, "Of course it's alive, it's still moving, but I pinched it half to death." Grabbing the two mice, Reach out from under the altar to show him. Baoxiang had eaten mice before, and knew that the taste of rat meat was similar to that of lean pork. Seeing that the two mice were not fat, he thought it was because there was not much food in the ruined temple, so he hesitated for a while. Di Yun said: "Master, I peeled the skin of the mouse for you, and cooked a big bowl of soup for you. It's fast and delicious for you." Baoxiang is a big lazy man, and it makes him feel annoyed to think of killing, washing, peeling, cutting and cooking. Hearing Di Yun say that cooking him mouse soup is what he likes, saying: "Two mice are not enough to eat. Go catch some more." Di Yun thought to himself: "I've lost my kung fu right now, my hands and feet are not working well, where can I catch the mouse?" But a glimmer of life finally appeared, and he must not let it go, he hurriedly said: "Master, I will cook these two for you first. A big rat for snack, catch it immediately!" Baoxiang nodded and said, "That's fine too. If I'm full and spare your life, what's the problem?" Di Yun came out from under the altar and said, "I borrowed your knife and cut off the mouse's head." Baoxiang didn't think it was a thing to be a little bald man in the country, pointed at Shandao, and said, "You can use it!" Then he added: "If you have the courage, try to slash me a few times!" Di Yun really intended to grab the single knife and turn around to chop, but he cut it first, so he didn't dare to act rashly. He chopped off the rat's head with two swords, ripped open the belly, peeled off the skin, and used the mouse's stomach, heart and lungs together. Wash it with rainwater and put it in the wok. Bao Xiang nodded again and again, and said: "Very good, very good. You are a bald man, you are good at cooking mouse soup. Hurry up and catch some more." Di Yun said: "Okay, I will catch them." Turning to the back hall go.Bao Xiang said: "If you want to escape, I will cut off your flesh and eat it alive." Di Yun said: "If you can't catch mice, catch frogs. There are fish and shrimps in the river, and you can do anything Eat. I serve your great master. I am full and comfortable. Why do you have to eat me? Diarrhea head Ah San has sores and leprosy on his body. If you eat it, you will have diarrhea and chills." Baoxiang said: "Humph , don't make me wait impatiently. Hey, you can't go out of the temple, you know?" Di Yun agreed loudly, crawled on the ground, pretended to be a mouse catcher, slowly crawled to the back hall, and stood up straight.He looked around, trying to find a hiding place to hide. Looking out from the back door, he saw a small pond on the left. He didn't care about it, and ran quickly, and slipped into the pond gently, only his mouth and nose were exposed. The water surface is breathable, and some duckweed and weeds are grabbed and piled on the nose. 他自幼生于水滨，水性倒是极好，只可惜这地方离江太远，否则跃入大江之中，顺流而下，宝象无论如何追赶不上。 过了好一会，只听得宝象叫道：“好汤！老鼠汤不错。可惜老鼠太少。小秃子阿三，捉到了老鼠没有？”叫了几声，跟着便大声咒骂起来。狄云将右耳伸出水面，听他的动静。但听他满口污言秽语，骂得粗俗不堪，跟着踢踢跶跶，踏着泥泞寻了出来。只跨得几步，便到了池塘边。狄云哪里还敢露面，捏住鼻子，全身钻在水底。幸好那池塘生满了青萍水藻，他一沉入塘底，在上面便看不到了。 但水底不能透气，他一直熬到忍无可忍，终于慢慢探头上来，想轻轻吸一口气，刚吸得半口，忽喇一声，一只大手抓将下来，已抓住了他后颈。宝象大骂：“不把你这小秃子割成十七八块，老子不是人。你胆敢逃走！”狄云反手抱住他胳臂，一股劲儿往池塘内拉扯。宝象没料到他竟敢反抗，塘边泥泞，脚下一滑，扑通一声，跌入了塘中。 狄云大喜，使劲将他背脊往水中按去。只是池塘水浅，宝象人又高大，池水淹不过顶，他一踏到塘底，反手便扣住狄云手腕，跟着左手将他头掀下水去。狄云早豁出了性命不要，人在水底，牢牢抱住了宝象身子，说甚么也不放手。宝象一时倒给他弄得无法可施，破口大骂，一不小心，吞进了几口污水，怒气更盛，提起拳头，直往狄云背上擂去。 狄云只觉这恶僧一拳打来，虽给塘水阻了一阻，力道轻了些，却也疼痛难忍，只要再挨得几拳，非昏去不可。他绝无还手之力，只有将脑袋去撞宝象的胸膛。 正纠缠得不可开交，突然之间，宝象大叫一声：“啊哟！”抓住狄云的手慢慢放松，举在半空的拳头也不击落，竟缓缓的垂下，跟着身子挺了几挺，沉入了塘底。 狄云大奇，忙挣扎着起来，只见宝象一动不动，显已死了。他惊魂未定，不敢去碰他身子，远远站在池塘一边观看。只见宝象直挺挺的躺在塘底，一动也不再动，隔了良久，看来真的已死，狄云兀自不敢放心，捧起一块石头掷到他身上，见仍是不动，才知不是装死。 狄云爬上岸来，猜不透这恶僧到底如何会忽然死去，心中忽然闪过一个念头：“难道我的神照功已然大有威力，自己可还不知？在他胸口撞得几头，便送了他的性命？”试一运气，只觉“足少阳胆经”一脉中的内息，行到大腿“五里穴”，无论如何便不上行，而“手少阳三焦经”一脉，内息行到上臂，“清冷渊”也即遇阻滞。比之在狱中时只有反见退步，想是这几日来心神不定，搁下了功夫所致。显然，要练成神照功，时日火候还差得很远。 他怔怔的站在池塘之旁，对眼前的情景始终不敢相信是真事，但见雨点一滴滴的落在池塘水面，激起一个个漪涟。宝象的尸身躺在塘底，了无半丝生气。 呆了一阵，回到殿中，只见铁镬下的柴火已经熄灭，铁镬旁又有两只老鼠死在地下，肚皮朝天，耳朵和后足兀自微微抖动。狄云心想：“嗯，原来宝象自己倒捉到了两只老鼠，没福享受，便给我打死了。”见镬中尚有碗许残汤，是宝象喝得剩下来的，他肚中正饥，端起铁镬，张口便要去喝老鼠汤。突然之间，鼻中闻到一阵奇特的香味。 他一呆之下，双手持着铁镬，缩嘴不喝，寻思，“这是甚么香气？我闻到过的，那决不是甚么好东西。”再闻了闻老鼠汤中的奇香，登时省悟，大叫一声：“好运气！”双手一抬，将铁镬向天井中抛了出去，转过身来，向着丁典的尸身含泪说道：“丁大哥，你虽在死后，又救了兄弟一命。” 在千钧一发的瞬息之间，他明白了宝象的死因。 丁典中了“金波旬花”的剧毒，全身血肉都含奇毒。宝象刀砍丁典尸身，老鼠在伤口中噬食血肉。老鼠食后中毒而死，宝象煮鼠为汤而食，跟看便也中毒。两人在池塘中纠缠斗殴，宝象突然毒发身亡。眼前铁镬旁这两头死鼠，也是喝了镬中的毒汤而死的。 狄云心想：“倘若那金波旬花不是有这么一股奇怪的香气，倘若我心思转得稍慢片刻，这毒汤已然下肚去了。” 又想：“我第一次闻到这'金波旬花'的香气，是在凌小姐的灵堂之中，凌知府涂了在他女儿的棺木上。丁大哥以前却曾闻过的，曾中过毒，第二次怎能不知？是了，那时丁大哥见到凌小姐的棺木，心神大乱，甚么都不知道了。” 他曾数度万念俱灰，自暴自弃，不想再活在人世，但此刻死里逃生，却又庆幸不已。天空仍是乌云重重叠叠，大雨如注，心中却感到了一片光明，但觉只须留得一条命在，便有无尽欢乐，无限风光。
他定了定神，先将丁典的尸身端端正正的放在殿角，然后出外将宝象的尸身从池塘里拉起来，挖个坑埋了。回到殿中，只见宝象的衣服搭在神坛之上，坛上放着一个油布小包，另有十来两碎银子。 他好奇心起，拿过油布小包，打了开来，见里面又包着一层油纸，再打开油纸，见是一本黄纸小书，封皮上弯弯曲曲的写着几行字不像字，图不像图的花样，也不知是甚么。翻将开来，见第一页上绘着一个精瘦干枯的裸体男子，一手指天，一手指地，面目极是诡异，旁边注满了五颜六色的怪字，形若蝌蚪，或红或绿。狄云瞧着图中男子，见他钩鼻深目，曲发高颧，不似中土人物，形貌甚是古怪，而怪异之中，更似蕴藏着一股吸引之力，令人不由自主的心旌摇动，神不守舍，他看了一会，便不敢再看。 翻到第二页，见上面仍是绘着这个裸体男子，只是姿式不同，左足金鸡独立，右足横着平伸而出，双手反在身后，左手握着右耳，右手握着左耳。一路翻将下去，但见这裸体人形的姿式越来越怪，花样变幻无穷，有时双手撑地，有时飞跃半空，更有时以头顶地倒立，下半身却凭空生出六条腿来。到了后半本中，那人手中却持了一柄弯刀。 他回头翻到第一页，再向图中那人脸上细瞧，见他舌尖从左边嘴角中微微伸出，同时右眼张大而左眼略眯，脸上神情古怪，便因此而生。他好奇心起，便学着这人的模样，也是舌尖微吐，右眼张而左眼闭，这姿式一做，只觉得颜面间十分舒畅，再向图形中看去时，隐隐见到那男子身上有几条极淡的灰色细线，绘着经脉。狄云心道：“是了，原来这人身上不绘衣衫，是为了要显出经脉。” 丁典在狱中授他神照功之时，曾将人身的经脉行走方位，解说得极是详细明白，练这项最上乘的内功，基本关键便在于此。他早已记得熟了，这时瞧着图中人身上的经脉线路，不由自主便调运内息，体内一股细微的真气便依着那经脉运行起来。 寻思：“这经脉运行的方位，和丁大哥所授的恰恰相反，那只怕不对。”但随即转念：“我便试他一试，又有何妨？”当即催动内息，循图而行，片刻之间，便觉全身软洋洋地，说不出的轻快舒畅。他练神照功时，全神贯注的凝气而行，那内息便要上行一寸、二寸，也是万分艰难，但这对照着图中的方位运行，霎时之间便如江河奔流，竟丝毫不用力气，内息自然运行，他心中又惊又喜：“怎么我体内竟有这样的经脉？莫非连丁大哥也不知么？”跟着又想：“这本册子是那恶和尚的，而书上文字图形又都邪里邪气，定不是甚么正经东西，还是别去沾惹的为是。” 但这时他体内的内息运行正畅，竟不想就此便停，心中只想：“好罢，只玩这么一次，下次不能再玩了。”渐渐觉得心旷神怡，全身血液都暖了起来，又过一会，身子轻飘飘地，好似饱饮了烈酒一般，禁不住手舞足蹈，口中发出呜呜呜的低声呼叫，脑中一昏，倒在地下，便甚么也不知道了。
过了良久良久，这才知觉渐复，缓缓睁开眼来，只觉日光照耀，原来大雨早停，太阳晒进殿来。狄云一跃而起，只觉精神勃勃，全身充满了力气，心想：“难道这本册子上的功夫，竟有这般好处？不，不！我还是照丁大哥所授的功夫用心习练才是，这种邪魔外道，一沾上身，说不定后患无穷。”拿起册子，要想伸手撕碎，但想了一想，总觉其中充满秘奥，不舍得便此毁去。 他整理一下衣衫，但见破烂已极，实在难以蔽体，见宝象的僧衣和裤子搭在神坛之上，倒是完好，于是取过来穿在身上。虽然穿了这恶僧的僧袍，心中甚觉别扭，但总胜于裤子上烂了十七八个破洞，连屁股也遮不住。他将那本册子和十多两碎银都揣在怀里，到大树下的泥坑中将那包首饰和银两挖了出来收起，抱起丁典的尸身，走出庙去。 行出百余丈，迎面来了一个农夫，见到他手中横抱着一个死尸，不由得大吃一惊，一失足便摔在田中，满身泥泞的挣扎起来，一足高一足低的快步逃走。 狄云知道如此行走，必定惹事，但一时却也想不出甚么善策。幸好这一带甚是荒僻，一路走去，不再遇到行人。他横抱着丁典，心下只想：“丁大哥，丁大哥，我舍不得和你分手，我舍不得和你分手。” 忽听得山歌声起，远远有七八名农夫荷锄走来，狄云急忙一个箭步，躲入山旁的长草之中，待那些农夫走过，心想：“若不焚了丁大哥的遗体，终究不能完成他与凌小姐合葬的心愿。”到山坳中拾些枯枝柴草，一咬牙，点燃了火，在丁典尸身旁焚烧起来。 火舌吞没了丁典头发和衣衫，狄云只觉得这些火焰是在烧着自己的肌肉，扑在地下，咬着青草泥土，泪水流到了草上土中，又流到了他嘴里……
狄云细心捡起丁典的骨灰，郑重包在油纸之中，外面再裹以油布。这油纸油布本是宝象用来包藏那本黄纸册子的。包裹外用布条好好的缚紧了，这才贴肉缚在腰间。再用手挖了一坑，将剩下的灰烬拨入坑中，用土掩盖了，拜了几拜。 站起身来，心下茫然：“我要到哪里去？”世上的亲人，便只师父一人，自然而然的想起：“我且回沅陵去寻师父。”师父刺伤万震山而逃去，料想不会回归沅陵老家，必是隐姓埋名，远走高飞。但这时除了回沅陵去瞧瞧之外，实在想不出还有旁的甚么地方可去。 当下转上了大路，向乡人一打听，原来这地方叫做程家集，是湖北监利县之北，要到湖南，须得先过长江。 狄云到了市集，取出碎银买些面食吃了，来到渡口，搭船过江，回想昨日过江时逃避宝象的追赶，何等惊慌，今日却悠悠闲闲的重过长江，相隔不过一日，情景却全然不同了。 渡船靠了南岸，狄云上得岸来，只听得喧哗叫嚷，人头涌涌，不少人吵成一团，跟着砰砰声响，好些人打了起来。狄云好奇心起，便走近去瞧瞧热闹。 只见人丛之中，七八条大汉正围住一个老者殴打。那老者青衣罗帽，家人装束。那七八条汉子赤足短衣，身边放着短秤鱼篓，显然都是鱼贩。狄云心想这是寻常打架，没甚么好瞧的，正要退开，只见那老家人飞足将一名壮健鱼贩踢了个筋斗，原来他竟身有武功。 这一来，狄云便要瞧个究竟了。只见那老家人以寡敌众，片刻间又打倒了三名鱼贩。旁边瞧着的鱼贩虽众，一时竟无人再敢上前。忽听得众鱼贩欢呼起来，叫道：“头儿来啦，头儿来啦！”只见江边两名鱼贩飞奔而来，后面跟着三人。那三人步履颇为沉稳，狄云一眼瞧去，便知是身有武功之人。 那三人来到近前，为首一人是个四十来岁的汉子，蜡黄的脸皮，留着一撇鼠须，向倒在地下哼哼唧唧的几名鱼贩望了一眼，说道：“阁下是谁，仗了谁的势头，到我们华容县来欺人？”他这几句话是向那老家人说的，可是眼睛向他望也没望上一眼。原来过江之后，这里已是湖南华容县地界。 那老家人道：“我只是拿银子买鱼，甚么欺人不欺人的？”那头儿向身旁的鱼贩问道：“干么打了起来？”那鱼贩道：“这老家伙硬要买这对金色鲤鱼。我们说金色鲤鱼难得，是头儿自己留下来合药的。这老家伙好横，却说非买不可。我们不卖，他竟动手便抢。” 那头儿转过身来，向那老家人打量了几眼，说道：“阁下的朋友，是中了蓝砂掌么？”那老家人一听，脸色变了，说道：“我不知道甚么红砂掌、蓝砂掌。我家主人不过想吃鲤鱼下酒，吩咐我拿了银子来买鱼。普天下可从来没有甚么鱼能卖、甚么鱼又不能卖的规矩？” 鱼贩头儿冷笑道：“真人面前说甚么假话？阁下尊姓大名，能见告么？倘若是好朋友，别说这两尾金色大鲤鱼可以奉送，在下还可送上一粒专治蓝砂拳的'玉肌丸'。” 那老家人脸色更是惊疑不定，隔了半晌，才道：“阁下是谁，如何知道蓝砂拳，如何又有玉肌丸？难道，难道……”鱼贩头儿道：“不错，在下和那使蓝砂掌的主儿，确是有三分渊源。” 那老家人更不打话，身形一起，伸手便向一只鱼篓抓去，行动极是迅捷。鱼贩头儿冷笑道：“有这么容易？”呼的一掌，便往他背心上击了过去。老家人回掌一抵，借势借力，身子已飘在数丈之外，提着鱼篓，急步疾奔。那鱼贩头儿没料到他有这一手，眼见追赶不上，手一扬，一件暗器带着破空之声，向他背心急射而去。 那老家人夺到鲤鱼，满心欢喜，一股劲儿的发足急奔，没想到有暗器射来。鱼贩头子发射的是一枚瓦楞钢镖，他手劲大，去势颇急。狄云眼见那老家人不知闪避，心中不忍，顺手提起地下一只鱼篓，从侧面斜向钢镖掷去。 他武功已失，手上原没多少力道，只是所站地位恰到好处，只听得卜的一声响，钢镖插入了鱼篓。那鱼篓向前又飞了数尺，这才落地。 那老家人听得背后声响，回头一瞧，只见那鱼贩头子手指狄云，骂道：“兀那小贼秃，你是哪座庙里的野和尚，却来理会长江铁网帮的闲事？” 狄云一怔：“怎地他骂我是小贼秃了？”见那鱼贩头子声势汹汹，又说到甚么“长江铁网帮”，记得丁大哥常自言道，江湖土各种帮会禁忌最多，若是不小心惹上了，往往受累无穷。他不愿无缘无故的多生事端，便拱手道：“是小弟的不是，请老兄原谅。” 那鱼贩头子怒道：“你是甚么东西，谁来跟你称兄道弟？”跟着左手一挥，向手下的鱼贩道：“将这两人都给拿下了。” 便在此时，只听得叮当叮当，叮玲玲，叮当叮当，叮玲玲一阵铃声，两骑马自西至东，沿着江边驰来。那老家人面有喜色，道：“我家主人亲自来啦，你跟他们说去。” 鱼贩头子脸色一变，道：“是'铃剑双侠'？”但随即脸色转为高傲，道：“是'铃剑双侠'便又怎地？还轮不到他们到长江边上来耀武扬威。” Before he finished speaking, the two horses had galloped to him.狄云只觉眼前一亮，但见两匹马一黄一白，都是神骏高大，鞍辔鲜明。黄马上坐着一个二十五六岁的青年男子，一身黄衫，身形高瘦。白马上乘的是个少女，二十岁上下年纪，白衫飘飘，左肩上悬着一朵红绸制的大花，脸色微黑，相貌却极为俏丽。两人腰垂长剑，手中都握着一条马鞭，两匹马一般的高头长身，难得的是黄者全是黄，白者全是白，身上竟无一根杂毛。黄马颈下挂了一串黄金鸾铃，白马的鸾铃则是白银所铸，马头微一摆动，金铃便发出叮当叮当之声，银铃的声音又是不同，叮玲玲、叮玲玲的，更为清脆动听。端的是人俊马壮，狄云一生之中，从未见过这般齐整标致的人物，不由得心中暗暗喝一声采：“好漂亮！” 那青年男子向着那老者道：“水福，鲤鱼找到了没有？在这里干甚么？”那老家人道：“汪少爷，金色鲤鱼找到了一对，可是……可是他们偏偏不肯卖，还动手打人。” 那青年一瞥眼见到地下鱼篓上的那枚钢镖，说道：“嘿，谁使这般歹毒的暗器？”马鞭一伸，鞭丝已卷住钢镖尾上的蓝绸，提了回来，向那少女道：“笙妹，你瞧，是见血封喉的'蝎尾镖'！” 那少女道：“是谁用这镖了？”话声甚是清亮。 那鱼贩头子微微冷笑，右手紧握腰间单刀刀柄，说道：“铃剑双侠这几年闯出了好大的名头，长江铁网帮不是不知。可是你们想欺到我们头上，只怕也没这么容易。”他语气硬中带软，显然不愿与铃剑双侠发生争端。 那少女道：“这种蝎尾镖蚀心腐骨，太过狠毒，我爹爹早说过谁也不许再用，难道你不知道么？幸好你不是用来打人，打鱼篓子练功夫，还不怎样。” 水福道：“小姐，不是的。这人发这毒镖射我。多蒙这位小师父斜刺里掷了这只鱼篓过来，才挡住了毒镖。要不然小的早已没命了。”他一边面说，一面指着狄云。 狄云暗暗纳闷：“怎地一个叫我小师父，一个骂我小贼秃，我几时做起和尚来啦？” 那少女向狄云点了点头，微微一笑，示意相谢。狄云见她一笑之下，容如花绽，更是娇艳动人，不由得脸上一热，很感羞涩。 那青年听了水福之言，脸上登时如罩了一层严霜，向那鱼贩头子道：“此话当真？”不等待对方回答，马鞭一振，鞭上卷着的钢镖疾飞而出，风声呼呼，拍的一响，钉在十数丈外的一株柳树之上，手劲之强，实足惊人。 那鱼贩头子兀自口硬，说道：“逞甚么威风了？”那青年公子喝道：“便是要逞这威风！”提起马鞭，向他劈头打落，那鱼贩头子举刀便格。不料那公子的马鞭忽然斜出向下，着地而卷，招数变幻，直攻对方下盘。鱼贩头子急忙跃起相避。这马鞭竟似是活的一般，倏的反弹上来，已缠住了他右足。那公子足尖在马腹上轻轻一点，胯下黄马立时向前一冲。那鱼贩头子的下盘功夫本来甚是了得，这青年公子就算用鞭子缠住了他，也未必拖他得倒。但这公子先引得他跃在半空，使他根基全失，这才挥鞭缠足。那黄马这一冲有千斤之力，鱼贩头子力气再大，也是经受不起，只见他身躯被黄马拉着，凌空而飞。众鱼贩大声呐喊，七八个人随后追去，意图救援。 那黄马纵出数丈，将那马鞭绷得有如弓弦，青年公子蓄势借力，振臂一甩，那鱼贩头子便如腾云驾雾般飞了出去。他空有一身武功，却是半点使不出来，身子不由自由的向江中射去。岸上众人大惊之下齐声呼喊。只听得扑通一声，水花溅起老高，鱼贩头子摔入了江中，霎时间沉入水底，无影无踪。 那少女拍手大笑，挥鞭冲入鱼贩群中，东抽一记，西击一招，将众鱼贩打得跌跌撞撞的四散奔逃。鱼篓鱼网撒了一地，鲜鱼活虾在地上乱爬乱跳。 那鱼贩头子一生在江边讨生活，水性自是精熟，从江面上探头出来，已在下游数十丈之外，污言秽语的乱