Chapter 11 Chapter 11 Building Walls
Disciples of Wanmen were in chaos for a while, how could they catch any enemies?
Wan Zhenshan told Qi Fang not to bring up the matter of losing the sword manual to his brothers.Qi Fang wholeheartedly agreed.Over the years, she has become more and more aware that among the master and apprentice of the Wan family, everyone has their own plans. You guard me, and I guard you.Wan Zhenshan was frightened and angry, and returned to his room, only contemplating the marks of the flowers and butterflies.Who is the enemy?Why did you send the sword manual?But snatched it again?Is it the one who saved Yan Daping?Or Yan Daping himself?
Wan Gui galloped while chasing the enemy, the blood flow accelerated, the wound on the back of his hand started to hurt again, he lay on the bed to rest, and fell asleep after a while.
Qi Fang thought: "This book is useful, it will be soaked in blood for a long time, it will be ruined!" She went to the room and called "Third Brother" twice, seeing that he was sleeping soundly, she came out and picked it up The copper basin, poured the bloody water into the patio downstairs, revealing the book.She thought to herself: "Water spinach is so good!" A smile appeared on her face.
The book was soaked in blood and had a stench, Qi Fang didn't want to take it with her hands, but thought: "But where should I hide it?" Thinking of the sieves, hoes, stone mortars, fans and other sundries piled up all the time in the west side room of the back garden At this time, there was no one to pass by, so I picked some leaves from the chrysanthemums in the garden to cover the book, just like holding a plate of chrysanthemum leaves and coming to the back garden.She walked into the west side room, put the book in the fan belly of Fangu, and thought: "This fan will only be used in the rent-collecting valley. Hidden here, no one will find it."
She held the washbasin, hummed softly, and came back pretending nothing happened. When she passed the corridor, suddenly a person appeared from the corner of the wall and said in a low voice, "At midnight tonight, I will wait for you in the woodshed. Don't forget!" It was Wu Kan.
Qi Fang was worried in her heart, but when she suddenly saw him say these words, her heart beat even more violently, and she spit out: "It's nothing to die for, a dog is so courageous, it doesn't even take its life?" Wu Kan salivated and said: "I gave my life for you, I really did it willingly. Sister-in-law, do you want an antidote?" Qi Fang gritted her teeth, put her left hand into her bosom, grabbed the handle of the dagger, and pulled it out unexpectedly. The dagger, give him a blow, and snatch the antidote.
Wu Kan giggled and said in a low voice: "If you use the move 'Mountain rises from the face' and stab me with a straight knife, I will use the move 'Clouds next to the horse's head to grow' to avoid it, and just raise it casually, throwing the knife at me. The antidote fell into this water tank." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, and in his palm was the bottle of antidote.He was afraid that Qi Fang would come and snatch her away, so he took two steps back.
Qi Fang knew that she couldn't take it by force, so she turned sideways and walked past him.
Wu Kan said in a low voice: "I'll just wait for you to arrive at the third watch. If you don't come at the third watch, I will take the antidote and go away at the fourth watch. Gao Fei will go away and never return to Jingzhou. Even if the surname Wu is going to die, he can't come." Died at the hands of the Wan family father and son."
Qi Fang returned to the room, only to hear Wan Gui moaning uncontrollably, obviously the scorpion poison had flared up again.She sat on the side of the bed, thinking: "He poisoned Senior Brother Di with extremely despicable means, but the big mistake has already been made, so what can we do? That is the fate of Senior Brother, and it is also my fate. He has treated me in the past few years Very good, I marry a chicken and follow him, and I will always be a husband and wife with him for the rest of my life. Wu Kan is such a hateful thief, how can I get his antidote?" Seeing Wan Gui's haggard face, his eyes sunken , thinking: "Third brother is seriously injured, if I tell him, he will go down in a rage and fight Wu Kan desperately, only to make things worse." It was getting dark, Qi Fang ate dinner indiscriminately, put her daughter to bed, after much deliberation, she had to tell her father-in-law, guessing that he was scheming and must have a good plan.I can't let my husband know about this matter. I have to wait until he is asleep before going to tell my father-in-law.Qi Fang and her clothes lay at Wan Gui's feet.In the past few days to serve her husband, she has never taken off her clothes, and has not had a good night's sleep.Until Wan Gui's breath was heavy, she quietly got up, went downstairs, and came outside Wan Zhenshan's house. The lights in the room were turned off, but there was a burst of strange voices, "Hey, hey, hey!" It seemed that someone was doing something with great effort.Qi Fang was very surprised, she retracted the sentence "Grandfather" that was on the verge of her mouth, and opened it from the window to the room.At that time, the moonlight shone obliquely, and reflected into the room through the window paper. Wan Zhenshan was lying on his back on the bed, slowly pushing his hands into the air, but his eyes were tightly closed. Qi Fang thought: "It turns out that my father-in-law is practicing advanced internal skills. When practicing internal skills, the most important thing is to avoid being disturbed by the outside world, otherwise it is very easy to go crazy. You can't call him at this time, we can talk about it after he finishes practicing Kung Fu." Wan Zhenshan pushed his hands in the air for a while, then sat up slowly, stretched his legs out of the bed, took a few steps forward, squatted down, and stretched out his hands to grab something in the air.Qi Fang thought to herself: "My father-in-law is practicing grappling." She watched for a while, but saw that Wan Zhenshan's gestures became more and more strange, his hands kept grabbing something in the air, and then they lined up neatly together, It seemed that many bricks were placed and stacked, but under the moonlight, it was clear that there was nothing on the floor. I saw him grabbing in the air for a while, comparing his hands, he seemed to think it was big enough, so he picked up a big object on the ground with both hands, and stuffed it forward.Qi Fang was very bewildered, seeing that Wan Zhenshan's eyes were still closed, and his every move did not look like he was practicing kung fu, but rather like a dumb man performing a show. Suddenly, she thought of the words that Tao Hong said outside the ruined ancestral hall: "Master gets up in the middle of the night to build the wall!" But Wan Zhenshan's actions are definitely not building a wall. If it has anything to do with the top of the wall, it is tearing down a hole in the wall. Qi Fang felt a burst of fear: "That's right, my father-in-law is suffering from the disease of leaving the soul. I heard that people who have this disease will get up and walk to do things in their sleep. Some people walk on the roof without clothes, and some even kill people and set fires. Know nothing." After Wan Zhenshan stuffed the empty heavy object into the empty hole in the wall, he pushed hard a few times in the air, then picked up the empty bricks from the ground, and built the wall. Yes, he really was building a wall!Smile on your face and build the wall triumphantly! When Qi Fang saw his gloomy appearance at the beginning, she was a little creepy, but when she saw that he was indeed building a wall, she had a preconceived idea in her heart, so she was not afraid, and said in her heart: "According to Tao Hong's words, Father-in-law has been suffering from the disease of leaving the soul for a long time. Most people who are sick don't want to know about it. Tao Hong has sex with him, and if he finds out the truth, father-in-law will naturally be very unhappy." In this way, the one in his heart was relieved. Doubtful, understand why Tao Hong was expelled, and thought: "I don't know how long it will take for him to build the wall. If after the third watch, that guy at Wu Kan really destroys the antidote and escapes, that would be terrible." But seeing Wan Zhenshan put all the removed "bricks" into the "wall hole", and then brushed up "lime", until the "kungfu" was done properly, then he smiled and went to bed to sleep peacefully. Qi Fang thought to herself: "My father-in-law has been busy for a long time, and his mind has not yet settled down. Let him rest for a while, and I will call him again." At this moment, someone knocked lightly on the door, followed by someone calling in a low voice: "Daddy, Daddy!" It was the voice of her husband Wan Gui.Qi Fang was slightly startled: "Why is the third brother here? What is he doing here?" Wan Zhenshan immediately sat up, regained his composure, and asked, "Is it Gui'er?" Wan Gui said, "It's me!" "Did you get the information about the sword manual?" Wan Gui called "Father!" He stretched out his left hand and held the back of the chair. Qi Fang was afraid that her shadow would be reflected on the window, so she shrank under the window and listened sideways, not daring to watch the movement of the two of them. Wan Gui called "Father" again, and said: "Your daughter-in-law...your daughter-in-law...is not a good person." Qi Fang was startled: "Why did he say that?" Wan Zhenshan also asked "What's the matter? Did the young couple quarrel?" Wan Gui said, "I found the sword manual, and it was your daughter-in-law who took it." Wan Zhenshan said happily, "As long as you find it! Where is it?" Qi Fang was extremely surprised: "How did you tell him? Well, it's probably because the little guy named Water Spinach couldn't help but say it." But Wan Gui's next words immediately let her know that her guess was wrong.Wan Gui told his father: he saw Qi Fang and his daughter exchanged glances, with different expressions, and expected something strange, so he pretended to be asleep, but watched Qi Fang's movements from the crack of the door, and saw her walking towards the back garden with a copper basin in her hand. Following quietly, she saw that she hid the sword manual in a fan in the west side room of the back garden. Qi Fang sighed in her heart: "Father, I finally got this book for my father-in-law and third brother. If I want to get it back, it will be very difficult. Well, I admit defeat, third brother is much better than me. " I just heard Wan Zhenshan say: "That's very good. Let's go and get it out, you pretend you don't know anything, just wait and see what she does. If she doesn't mention it, you don't have to tell the truth. I'm always suspicious, this book Where did the book come from? I'm afraid...I'm afraid...I'm afraid..." He said "I'm afraid" three times in a row, but didn't continue. Wan Gui shouted: "Father!" The voice seemed very painful.Wan Zhenshan exclaimed: "What?" Wan Gui said: "Your daughter-in-law... Your daughter-in-law stole our sword manual because of..." At this point, his voice trembled, Wan Zhenshan said: "For whom? ?” Wan Gui said, “So... it’s because of Wu Kan, that bastard!” Wan Zhenshan's voice was also full of surprise: "For Wu Kan?" Wan Gui said: "Yes! I saw this bitch hiding the sword manual in the back garden, so I followed her from afar, how could I know that she... ...When she got to the corridor, she hooked up with that fellow Wu Kan, this whore...is really shameless!" Wan Zhenshan pondered, "I think she is well-behaved, she doesn't look like this kind of person Are you reading right? What are they talking about?" Wan Gui said, "I'm afraid they might perceive you, so I don't dare to get too close. There is no hiding place in the corridor, so I can only hide behind the corner. These two dogs and men He spoke very softly, so he couldn't hear all of it, but...but he also heard most of it." Wan Zhenshan said "Yes", and said: "My child, don't be impatient. Why is it that a man has no wife? Now that we have obtained the sword manual, If you find out the secret in the middle, you will be rich in the world in a blink of an eye, and you want to buy a hundred concubines, that's easy. Sit down and speak slowly!" Wan Gui sat on the bed and said out of breath, "The adulteress hid the book and was so proud of herself that she actually hummed a ditty. When the adulterer saw her, his face was full of joy." , and said: "Tonight at three o'clock, I will wait for you in the firewood room, don't forget!" It is indeed these few words, I can hear them clearly." Wan Zhenshan said angrily: "That little boy What does the adulterer say?" Wan Gui said: "She...she said: 'There is nothing to die for, a dog is so courageous, it will even die!'" Qi Fang could only hear it outside the window, her heart was in a mess: "He...the two of them kept calling me an adulterer, how...how could they be so wronged? Third brother, I am out of my heart for you, and I want to win back the solution. Medicine, to heal your wounds, but you insult me like this, do you still have a conscience?" I just heard Wan Gui continue: "I... I heard what they said, and my heart became angry. I wished I could draw my sword and go forward and kill the two of them. It's just that I didn't bring a sword, and I was weak from the injury, so I couldn't tell them clearly. I want to fight, and go back to the room immediately, so that the thief and adulteress will not see me when she returns to the room and become suspicious. I will not hear what the adulterer and adulteress will say in the future." Wan Zhenshan said: "Hmph, if you have a father, you must There is a daughter, and sure enough they are all shameless people. Let's go get the sword manual first, and then wait outside the firewood room. Catch the adulterer and the couple, and let the pair of scumbags die without complaint!" Wan Gui said: "The whore Women love and adultery are hot, before the third watch, I went out long ago, now... now..." He gritted his teeth as he spoke.Wan Zhenshan said: "Then let's go right away. You have the sword, but don't make a move yet, wait until I cut off the brothers and feet of the two of them, and then you will take the lives of these dogs and men with your own hands." The door was pushed open, Wan Zhenshan put his left hand under Wan Gui's armpit, and the two ran straight to the back garden. Qi Fang leaned against the wall, tears rolling down her skirt.She only hoped to heal her husband's injury, but he was so suspicious of herself.My father never came back, Senior Brother Di was wronged by me, now...now my husband treats me like this, how can I live like this?She was at a loss, she just didn't want to live anymore, she didn't think to argue with her husband, she didn't think to ask Wu Kan to confront her, she just leaned against the wall as if her whole body was paralyzed. After a while, only the sound of footsteps was heard, and Wan's father and son returned to the hall, stood still and discussed in a low voice.Wan Gui said: "Father, why didn't you just kill Wu Kan in the firewood room?" Wan Zhenshan said: "There is only an adulterer in the firewood room. The thief and adulteress must have gotten wind of it and slipped away first. Neither can catch the adulterer Zhu Shuang, we are a big family in Jingzhou City, how can we kill people so easily? After we get this sword manual, we have many things to do in Jingzhou, if we can't bear it, we can make big plans, so we can't do anything!" Wan Gui said: "Could it be just like this? How can my child get rid of this anger?" Wan Zhenshan said: "It's not easy to vent your anger? Let's use the old method!" Wan Gui said: "The old method?" Wan Zhenshan said: "The old way to deal with Qi Changfa!" He paused, and said: "You go back to the room first, I will order someone to gather all the disciples, and then you come outside my room with everyone. Don't make people suspicious .” Qi Fang's mind was in a mess and she had no idea at first, she just thought: "I don't want to live anymore when I get to this stage of the field, but what about the water spinach? Who will take care of her?" Suddenly Wan Zhenshan said that she would use "to deal with Qi Changfa When dealing with Wu Kan in the old way, it was as if a block of ice had been placed on his head, and he immediately became sober: "How did they deal with my father? We must find out the truth. The father-in-law sent all the disciples to come outside the room, so we can't delay here." Where did you hide to eavesdrop?" It was only heard that Wan Gui agreed to go.Wan Zhenshan walked outside the hall and loudly called for the servants to light the lamps.Not long after, human voices could be faintly heard from the front and back halls, and all the disciples and servants gathered around.Qi Fang knew that as soon as a moment passed, someone would pass by the window immediately, she hesitated for a moment, and immediately walked into Wan Zhenshan's room, lifted the bed curtain, and got under the bed.The curtains on the bed were hanging down to the ground, if someone hadn't lifted them deliberately, there would never be a trace of her.
She was lying on the bottom of the bed, and soon light came in from under the curtain of the bed. Someone lit a lamp, came in and put it in the room.She saw Wan Zhenshan's pair of feet wearing double beam shoes stepping into the room, and these feet moved to the chair, and the chair made a soft rattling sound, Wan Zhenshan sat down, and heard him call the servant Close the door. Eldest brother Lu Kun said outside the room: "Master, we are all here, and we will listen to your old man's orders." Wan Zhenshan said: "Very good, you come in first!" When Qi Fang saw the door open, Lu Kun walked in with a pair of feet, and the door closed again. Wan Zhenshan said: "An enemy is coming to us, do you know?" Lu Kun said: "I don't know who it is." Wan Zhenshan said: "This man pretended to be a drug seller and came to our house today "Qi Fang thought: "Does he know who the medicine seller is? The man has changed his disguise, I haven't seen it with my own eyes, so I can't figure out his details. Early tomorrow morning, you go to the north of the city to investigate carefully. Now you go out first, and I have something to assign later." Lu Kun agreed to go out. Wan Zhenshan called his fourth disciple, Sun Jun, and fifth disciple, Bu Yuan, to come in one by one. He said roughly the same thing. He asked Sun Jun to inspect the south of the city, and Bu Yuan to inspect the east of the city.When instructing Bu Yuan, he casually added: "Ask Wu Kan to visit the area west of the city, and Feng Tan and Shen Cheng should report the news. Your Brother Wan is still injured and cannot go out." Bu Yuan said, "Yes, Master Wan. Brother should rest more." Open the door and go out. Qi Fang knew that these words were deliberately told to Wu Kan, so that he would not be suspicious.Wan Zhenshan said: "Wu Kan come in!" The voice was exactly the same as when calling Lu Kun and others, neither more severe nor particularly gentle. Seeing that the door opened again, Qi Fang hesitated a little when Wu Kan stepped over the threshold with his right foot, but finally walked in.The feet moved a few steps towards Wan Zhenshan and stopped. Qi Fang saw the hem of his robe slightly moving, and knew that he was afraid and trembling. Wan Zhenshan said: "There are enemies coming to us, do you know?" Wu Kan said: "The disciple heard from the master outside the door. It is the doctor who sells medicine. This person is the disciple who asked him to come to Master Wan I really didn't expect him to be an enemy when I saw a doctor, please forgive me, Master." Wan Zhenshan said: "This person is disguised, and you can't see him, so it's no fault of you. Tomorrow morning, go to the western part of the city to investigate. If you see him, you must pay attention to his movements." Wu Kan said: "Yes!" Suddenly, Wan Zhenshan moved his feet and stood up. Qi Fang couldn't help stretching out her hand to lift a corner of the bed curtain and stretched it out. After seeing it, she couldn't help being shocked, and almost cried out. I saw that Wan Zhenshan's hands were already strangling Wu Kan's throat, and Wu Kan stretched out his hands to strangle Wan Zhenshan's hands, but it was useless.But Wu Kan's eyes protruded outwards, like goldfish, opening wider and wider.The backs of Wan Zhenshan's hands were scratched with bloodstains by Wu Kan's nails, but he grabbed Wu Kan by the throat and refused to let go no matter what.Wu Kan couldn't make a sound, but twisted his body. After a while, his hands slowly opened and lowered.Seeing his tongue sticking out, Qi Fang looked terrified, and couldn't help being terrified.Seeing that Wu Kan finally stopped moving, Wan Zhenshan let go of his hand, put him on the chair, picked up two pre-soaked tissue papers on the table, and stuck them on his mouth and nose.As a result, he could no longer breathe, and he could not wake up. Qi Fang's heart was beating wildly, thinking: "Elder-in-law said that they are from a Jingzhou family, and they cannot kill people casually. Wu Kan's father heard that he is a local gentleman, so he must not let it go. This matter will become a big deal." At this moment, Wan Zhenshan suddenly heard shouting loudly: "You should confess what you did, do you still want me to do it?" Qi Fang was shocked: "So my father-in-law saw me." But in her heart But he wasn't panicked, instead he felt relieved: "It's fine to die in his hands, anyway, I don't want to live anymore!" Just about to get out from under the bed, Wu Kan suddenly heard Wu Kan say: "Master, what do you... want the disciple to confess?" Qi Fang's shock was no small matter, why did Wu Kan speak, did he come back from the dead?But obviously not, he reclined on the chair, motionless.Looking up from under the bed, he saw Wan Zhenshan's lips moving. "What? It's my father-in-law talking, not Wu Kan. Why is it clearly Wu Kan's voice?" Wan Zhenshan said loudly again: "What are you confessing? Huh, Wu Kan, you are so bold, you should cooperate inside and outside, Colluding with the gangsters, I want to make a big case in Jingzhou City." "Master, what kind of case is this disciple doing...?" This time Qi Fang could see clearly that Wan Zhenshan was imitating Wu Kan's voice, it's hard for him to imitate it so much. "Elder-in-law actually has the ability to imitate people's speech, I never knew, what is his purpose in imitating Wu Kan's voice so loudly?" She vaguely thought of something, but it was just a hazy mass Shadow couldn't figure it out at all, but felt an inexplicable fear in his heart. Wan Zhenshan said: "Hmph, don't you think I don't know? You brought that drug seller to Jingzhou City. This man is actually a gangster. Wu Kan, you colluded with him and wanted to break in..." "Master... broke into what?" "You want to break into the mansion of the prefect of Ling to steal a confidential official document, don't you? Wu Kan, you...you still want to deny it?" "Master, you... how do you know? Master, please forgive me this time for the sake of my disciple's filial piety, my disciple will never dare again!" "How can such a big event be left alone?" Qi Fang realized that Wan Zhenshan's accent was not very similar to that of Wu Kan's. He just lowered his voice and spoke very vaguely. He always used the title "Master" in every sentence, and at the same time kept calling himself "disciple". , to others, they would naturally think it was Wu Kan who was speaking.What's more, everyone saw Wu Kan walking into the room, heard him talking to Wan Zhenshan, and when he continued speaking, although the voice was not the same, but besides Wu Kan, how could there be anyone else?Moreover, in Wan Zhenshan's words, he was called "Wu Kan" from time to time. Wan Zhenshan gently lifted Wu Kan's body, slowly bent down, and lifted the curtain of the bed with his left hand.Qi Fang was so frightened that her heart almost stopped beating: "Elder-in-law must have found me, this time he will strangle me to death!" In the dim light, a head came in from under the bed, it was Wu Kan His head, with his eyes wide open, really looked like the head of a dead goldfish.Qi Fang could only try her best to avoid it, but Wu Kan's body couldn't help squeezing in, touching her legs and her waist. Wan Zhenshan sat back on his chair and shouted sharply: "Wu Kan, are you still kneeling? I bound you to see the prefect of Ling. Whether to forgive or not is his business, I can't make the decision." "Master, are you really unable to forgive the disciple?" "Training such a disciple, you will lose all face of the Wan family, I...how can I forgive you?" Qi Fang looked through the cracks in the bed curtains, and saw Wan Zhenshan pull out a dagger from his waist, and gently inserted it into his chest.His chest was obviously covered with cork, wet mud, bread, and the like. The dagger was inserted into it, and it remained there. As soon as Qi Fang understood, she heard Wan Zhenshan shout loudly: "Wu Kan, you still don't kneel!" Then she lowered her voice and imitated Wu Kan's voice: "Master, you forced me, no wonder Disciple!" Wan Zhenshan yelled, "Ouch!" He kicked open the window with a flying leg, and shouted, "Little thief, you...how dare you commit murder!" There was a bang, someone kicked open the door, Wan Gui rushed in first (he knew he should break in at this time), Lu Kun, Sun Jun, Bu Yuan and other disciples followed.Wan Zhenshan pressed his chest, with blood dripping from his fingers (probably holding a small bottle of red water in his hand), he staggered, pointed to the window, and shouted: "This thief Wu Kan... stabbed me and ran away! Hurry up... Hurry up!" After saying these few words, he leaned over and fell on the bed. Wan Gui exclaimed: "Daddy, Daddy, how are you hurt?" Lu Kun, Sun Jun, Bu Yuan, Feng Tan, and Shen Cheng jumped out of the window one after another, and chased after them yelling.Back and forth in the mansion, many people screamed in alarm. Qi Fang lay on the bottom of the bed, feeling that Wu Kan's body was getting colder and colder.She was terrified in her heart, but she didn't dare to move.The father-in-law is lying on the bed, and the husband is standing in front of the bed. Wan Zhenshan said in a low voice: "Is anyone suspicious?" Wan Gui said: "No, dad, you really pretended. It's like killing Qi Changfa, there is no flaw at all." "It's like killing Qi Changfa, without any flaws!" These words pierced into Qi Fang's heart like a sharp dagger.She had already vaguely thought of this terrible event, but she definitely couldn't believe it. "My father-in-law has always been kind to me, and my husband has always been gentle and considerate. How could he kill my father?" But this time she saw it with her own eyes. They arranged such a clever mechanism to kill Wu Kan. She heard it outside the study that day. "Father quarreled with Wan Zhenshan", saw "Wan Zhenshan was stabbed by his father", saw "father escaped through the window", obviously, those were also traps arranged by Wan Zhenshan, they were exactly the same.At that time, his father had already been killed by him, he...he imitated his father's accent, no wonder his father's voice was hoarse at that time, which was very different from usual.If it wasn't a mistake, how could she have guessed it when she lay down under the bed and witnessed the tragedy with her own eyes? Wan Gui said: "What about that bitch? How can we let her go?" Wan Zhenshan said: "Let's find her slowly and make it up. This has to be done without people knowing it, or without anyone noticing it. It has ruined the family style of the Wan family and ruined the reputation of my father and son." Wan Gui said: "Yes, father is really thoughtful. Ouch..." Wan Zhenshan said: "What?" Wan Gui said: "The wound on the back of my son's hand It hurts again." Wan Zhenshan said "Yes", although he had many schemes, he was really helpless with this matter. Qi Fang slowly stretched out her hand and touched Wu Kan's arms, the small porcelain bottle was coldly in his pocket.She took it out.I put it in my pocket, feeling miserable in my heart: "Third brother, third brother, you only heard half of what was said, and you wronged me for having an affair with this thief. You didn't want to hear it clearly, so you didn't hear it. This bottle The antidote is on him. Your father has killed him, and the antidote can be obtained with little effort, but after all, you don’t know.” Lu Kun's gang couldn't catch up with Wu Kan, so they came back one by one, and came to the bed of Wanzhen Mountain to greet them one by one.Wan Zhenshan exposed his chest, and the cloth belt was wrapped around his neck to his chest.Around the back, and around the neck. This time his "injury" was not as "severe" as last time. After all, Wu Kan's martial arts were not as good as his uncle Qi Changfa.The knife didn't stab deeply, so it didn't hurt much.All the disciples were relieved, they all scolded Wu Kan for being ungrateful, and said that they must go to his father to settle the score tomorrow, please take care of the master, and everyone retreated.Wan Gui sat in front of the bed, accompanying his father. Qi Fang just wanted to find a chance to escape, she was next to Wu Kan's body, she couldn't think of a way to escape because of the indescribable disgust in her heart, and she was afraid that Wan's father and son would find out. Wan Zhenshan said: "Let's dispose of the corpse first, don't show our feet." Wan Gui said: "Is it still the same as Qi Changfa?" Wan Zhenshan pondered for a moment, and said: "It's still the old way." Qi Fang's tears dripped down, she thought to herself: "How will they deal with my father?" Wan Gui said: "Is it just built here? I'm afraid it's not good for you to sleep here!" Wan Zhenshan said: "I'll move in with you for now, I'm afraid there will be troubles. How can someone give the sword manual so easily In our hands? We have to work together to deal with it. If we make a fortune in the future, are we afraid that there will be no place to live?" Qi Fang heard the word "build", and suddenly, like a lightning bolt flashed in her mind. After passing by, I immediately understood: "He... he built my father's body in the wall, hid the body and wiped out the traces, no wonder there was no news after my father left. No wonder my father-in-law... no, not my father-in-law, no wonder Wan Zhen The traitor Shan got up to build the wall in the middle of the night. After he did this bad thing, he felt uneasy. He got the disease of leaving the soul, and he would get up and build the wall in his sleep. This traitor... this traitor would actually feel uneasy... that's really strange. No , He is not uneasy, he is very proud, this matter of building the wall, he has to do it again and again unconsciously... Wasn't he smiling all the time when he was building the wall in his dream just now?"
Wan Gui said: "Father, what is the benefit of this sword manual? You said we want to make a fortune? We can become rich in the world? Could it be... Could it be that this is not the secret of martial arts, but a treasure of gold and silver?" Wan Zhenshan said: "Of course it's not the secret of martial arts. What is written in the sword manual is the location of a great treasure. Old Mei Niansheng was deceived by lard, and wanted to pass this sword manual on to others. Hehe, this old immortal. Guier, Quick, quick, get the sword manual." Wan Gui hesitated for a moment, and took out the book from his pocket.It turned out that as soon as Qi Fang stuffed it into the fan in the west side room, Wan Gui followed and took it out. Wan Zhenshan glanced at his son, took the book, and flipped through it page by page.The pages of this "Poetry of the Tang Dynasty" on both sides and the cover were soaked in blood and were still wet, but the pages in the middle were still dry. Wan Zhenshan said in a low voice: "Whether we, father and son, will be able to keep this sword manual is really hard to say. Let's find out the secrets in the book first, even if someone else takes it away, it doesn't matter. Take a pen, Write it down and remember it well. The first move of Liancheng swordsmanship comes from Du Fu's "Spring Return"." He stretched out his finger to wet the page next to Du Fu's "Spring Return" poem, and cheered softly Say: "It's the word 'four'! Okay, 'Moss Path Linjiang Bamboo', the fourth word is 'Jiang', you remember it. The second trick is still Du Fu's poem, from "Chongjing Zhaoling" " He wet his fingers again, and wiped the paper: "Well, it's 'fifty-one'!" He counted down the words one by one: "One five, one ten, fifteen, twenty...'Mausoleum plate Kongqu, "Xiong Wei Shou Cuiwei", the fifty-first character, that is a word for "Ling". 'Jiangling', 'Jiangling', wonderful, it turns out that they are in Jingzhou." Wan Gui said: "Daddy, keep your voice down!" Wan Zhenshan smiled slightly, and said, "Yes! Don't get complacent. Guier, your father's hard work all his life is finally not in vain. After all, we have found this big secret!" Suddenly, he covered the book, slapped his thigh, and said in a low voice, "I understand why the enemy sent the sword manual to me!" Wan Gui said: "What is the reason? I have never been able to figure it out." Wan Zhenshan said: "If the enemy has the sword manual, what's the point if they can't figure out the secrets in it? Our Liancheng swordsmanship, the name of each move is a Tang poem, people from other sects, let him do martial arts Tongtian, but he doesn't know either. In this world, only Yan Daping and I know what the first move is and what the second move is. Only then do we know that the first word is in the poem "Spring Return". Find it in the poem, and find the second word in the poem "Chongjing Zhaoling." Wan Gui said: "Didn't you already teach us the name of the Liancheng swordsmanship?" Wan Zhenshan said: "The sequence is messed up." Wan Gui said: "Father, you didn't even teach me the truth Swordsmanship." Wan Zhenshan was slightly embarrassed, and said: "I have eight disciples, and we all stay together day and night, if I just teach you, they will definitely feel it, and that would be bad." Wan Gui gave a "hmm" and said: "The enemy's conspiracy must be like this. He knows that the handwriting will be revealed when the paper is wet with water, so he intentionally handed over the sword manual to us, and also deliberately revealed a few words with water, and asked Let's find out the secrets in the sword manual, let's go to find the treasure, and he will come up with a 'grandfather who meets a thief'." Wan Zhenshan said: "That's right! We have to be careful at every step, don't end up in a hard job, we have to If you don’t reach the treasure, you will even lose your life.” He wet his fingers again, went to look for the third word, and said: "The third move of swordsmanship comes from Chumo's "Shengguo Temple", thirty-three, thirty-three characters, 'The city below is near, the bell The word 'city' in Qingza Shengge, 'Jiangling City', yes, yes! Then what is there to be suspicious about? Eh, why is it so itchy here?" He stretched out his right hand and scratched the back of his left hand a few times , felt that his right hand was itchy, stretched out his left hand to scratch a few times, looked at the sword manual again, and said: "The fourth move is twenty-eight, um, one five, ten, fifteen... the twenty-eighth move The character is 'South', 'Jiangling City South', haha, hey! It's so itchy!" Looking down at his left hand, he saw three ink marks on the back of his hand, and was slightly surprised: "I didn't write today, the back of my hand Why is there black ink on it?" I felt more and more itching on the backs of my hands, and when I looked at my right hand, there were also several criss-crossing ink marks. Wan Gui said "ah", and said: "Father, where... where did it come from? This seems to be the flower scorpion poison of Yan Daping." Wan Zhenshan reminded him, and his hands itched even more Terrible, I couldn't help reaching out to scratch it again. Wan Gui shouted: "Don't scratch, it's... it was poison on your nails." Wan Zhenshan exclaimed: "Ah! It's really so." Suddenly realized, he said: "That little whore soaked the sword manual in blood, your blood contains scorpion poison...Wu Kan, this little thief, just refuses. He died quickly, but he scratched so many bloodstains on my hands. Damn, the scorpion venom has been introduced into the wound, but fortunately, there is not much, so it will not be a problem. Oh, why is it getting more and more painful , ouch, ouch." I couldn't help moaning loudly. Wan Gui said: "Father, you don't have much poison in this scorpion, I'll scoop up water to wash you." Wan Zhenshan said: "That's right!" He shouted loudly: "Peach Hong, Tao Hong! Fetch water!" Wan Guishan said. Gui frowned, and said to himself: "Daddy was so frightened that he didn't know what to do. Tao Hong was driven away by him long ago, and now he's calling her again." Scoop up a basin of Tianluoshui from the tank, bring it in and put it on the table.Wan Zhenshan hurriedly immersed his hands in the clear water, it was cold for a while, and the pain and itchiness were greatly reduced. Unexpectedly, when the scorpion venom in Wan Gui's hand meets the antidote, the black blood that flows out is also highly poisonous, and the toxicity is only more severe than the original scorpion venom. , when encountering this poison, it is actually more poisonous than Wan Gui.When his hands were soaked in the clear water for a while, the water in the basin had turned into pale ink.The ink turned from light to dark, and after a while, it became like a pot of thick ink. Wan's father and son looked at each other pale.Wan Zhenshan lifted his palms up, couldn't help but let out an "Ah", and exclaimed, his hands were almost swollen into two balls.Wan Gui said: "Oh, it's not good, I'm afraid it can't be soaked in water!" Wan Zhenshan was in so much pain that he kicked him in the waist and scolded: "You know you can't soak in water, so why are you trying to scoop water? Isn't this intentional to harm me?" Wan Gui squatted down in pain, saying: "I didn't know at first, how could I come to harm you?" Qi Fang heard the father and son quarreling under the bed, and she didn't know whether it was desolation or the joy of revenge. Wan Zhenshan only heard Wan Zhenshan shout: "What should I do? What should I do?" Wan Gui said: "I have some painkillers upstairs, although they can't detoxify, they can relieve the pain for a while, do you want to apply some?" Wan Zhenshan said "Okay, okay, okay! Go get it!" Wan Gui said: "I don't know if it's effective or not, maybe the more you apply it, the more wrong it will be, and Daddy will kick me again." Wan Zhenshan scolded: "You bastard羔子！这会儿还在不服气么？老子生了你出来，踢一脚又有甚么大不了？快去，快去拿来。”万圭应道：“是！”转身出去。 万震山双手肿胀难当，手背上的皮肤黑中透亮，全无半点皱纹，便如一个吹胀了的猪尿泡一般，眼看再稍胀大，势非破裂不可，叫道：“我和你一起去！可……可不能耽搁了。”将剑谱往怀中一揣，奔行如飞，抢出房门，赶在万圭之前。
戚芳听得二人远去，忙从床底爬了出来，自忖：“却到哪里去好？”霎时间六神无主，只觉茫茫大地，竟无一处可以安身：“他们害死我爹爹，此仇岂可不报？但这血海深仇，却如何报法？说到武功、机智，我和公公、三哥实是差得太远，何况他们认定我和吴坎结了私情，一见面就会对我狠下杀手，我又怎能抵挡？眼下只有去……去寻找狄师哥，再作计较。可又不知他在哪里？空心菜呢？我怎能撇下了她？”一想到女儿，当即拔步奔向后楼，决意抱了女儿先行逃走，再想复仇之法。 在她内心，又还不敢十分确定万氏父子当真是害死了她父亲。万震山是个心狠手辣之徒，那是绝无怀疑，但万圭呢？对于丈夫的柔情蜜意，终不能这么快便决绝的抛却。 她奔到楼下，听得万震山嘶哑的声音大叫大嚷，心想：“这么叫法，要将空心菜吵醒了！”想到女儿会大受惊吓，便顾不得自身危险，轻轻走上楼去，小心不让楼梯发出声息。空心菜睡觉的小房便在她夫妻的卧室之后，只以一层薄板隔开。戚芳溜进小房，卧房中灯光映了进来，只见女儿睁大了眼，早已醒转，脸上满是恐怖之色，一见到母亲，小嘴一扁，便要哭叫出来。戚芳急忙抢上前去，将她搂在怀里，做个手势，叫她千万不可出声。空心菜既聪明，又听话。当下一声不响，娘儿俩搂抱着躺在床上。 只听得万震山大叫：“不成，不成，这止痛药越止越痛，须得寻到那草头郎中，用他的解药来治。”万圭道：“是啊，只有那解药才治得这毒，等天一亮，叫鲁大哥他们大伙儿一齐出马，去寻那郎中。我手上的伤口也痛得很。”万震山怒道：“怎等得到天亮？啊哟，哎唷！受不了啦，受不了啦！”突然间脚下一软，倒在地下，痛得打滚，叫道：“快，快！拿剑来，将我这双手砍了！快砍了我的手！”只听得房中家具砰嘭翻倒，瓶碗乒乓打碎之声，响成了一片。 空心菜吓得紧紧的搂住了妈妈，脸色大变。戚芳伸手轻轻抚慰，却不敢作声。 万圭也是十分惊慌，说道：“爹，你……你忍耐一会儿，你的手怎能砍了？咱们快找解药正经。”万震山痛得再难抵受，喝道：“你为甚么不砍去我双手，除我痛楚？啊，知道了，你……你想我快快死了，好独吞剑谱，想独自个去寻宝藏……”万圭怒道：“爹，你痛得神智不清了，快上床睡一忽儿。我又不知剑招的次序，得了剑谱又有甚么用？” 万震山不断在地下打滚，道：“你说我神智不清，你自己就存心不良。我……我痛得要死了……要死了……一拍两散，大家都得不到。” 突然之间，他红了双眼，从怀中掏出剑谱，伸手一页页的撕碎。他十根手指肿得便如一根根胡箩卜般，动作不灵，但还是撕碎了好几页。 万圭大惊，叫道：“别撕，别撕！”伸手便去抢夺。他抓住了半本剑谱，万震山却抓住了另一半，牢不放手。那剑谱在血水中浸过，迄未干透，霉霉烂烂的，两人这么一拉扯，登时撕成两半。万圭呆了一呆，万震山又去撕扯。万圭不甘心让这已经到手的宝藏化作过眼云烟，忙伸手推开父亲，两人在地下你抢我夺，翻翻滚滚，将剑谱撕得更加碎了。 突然间听得万圭长声惊呼：“哎唷……糟了……我伤口中又进了毒，啊哟，好痛！”两人这么你拉我扯，剑谱上的毒质沾进了万圭手背上原来的伤口。片刻之间，万圭手背又高高肿起，剧痛椎心穿骨。他久病之后，耐力甚弱，毒素一入伤口，随血上行，发作奇快。父子二人在楼板上滚来滚去，惨呼号叫。 戚芳听了一会，究竟夫妻情重，再也不能置之不理，从床上站起身来，走到门口，冷冷的道：“怎么啦？两人在干甚么？” 万氏父子见到戚芳，剧痛之际，再也没心情愤怒。万圭叫道：“芳妹，快去找那个草头郎中，请他快配解药，哎唷，哎唷……实在……实在痛得熬不住了，求求你……” 戚芳见他痛得满头大汗的模样，心更加软了，从怀中取出瓷瓶，道：“这是解药！” 万震山和万圭一见瓷瓶，同时挣扎着爬起，齐道：“好极，好极！快，快给我敷上。” 戚芳见万震山目光凶狠贪婪，有如野兽，心想若不乘此要挟，如何能查明真相，便道：“慢着，不许动！谁要动上一动，我便将解药抛出窗外，投入水缸，大家都死！”说着推开窗子，拔开瓷瓶的瓶塞，将解药悬在窗外，只须手一松，瓷瓶落水，再也无用了。 万氏父子当即不动，我瞧瞧你，你瞧瞧我。万震山忽道：“好媳妇，你将解药给我，我让你跟了吴坎，远走高飞，决不阻拦，另外再送你一千两银子，让你二人过长远日子……哎唷，好痛……既然你心有他意，圭儿也留你不住……你……你放心去好了。” 戚芳心道：“这人当真卑鄙无耻，吴坎明明是你亲手扼死了，却还来骗人。” 万圭也道：“芳妹，我虽然舍不得你，但没有法子，我答应不跟吴坎为难就是。” 戚芳冷笑一声，道：“你二人胡涂透顶，还在瞎转这卑鄙龌龊的念头。我只问一句话，你们老老实实的回答，我立刻给解药。” 万震山道：“是，是，快问，哎唷，啊哟！” 一阵风从窗中刮了进来，吹得满地纸屑如蝴蝶般飞舞，纸屑是剑谱撕成的，一片片飞出窗外。忽然，一对彩色蝴蝶飞了起来，正是她当年剪的纸蝶，夹在诗集中的。两只纸蝶在房中蹁跹起舞，跟着从窗中飞了出去。戚芳心中一酸，想起了当日在石洞中与狄云欢乐相聚的情景。那时候的世界可有多么好，天地间没半点伤心的事。 万圭连连催促：“快问！甚么事？我无有不说。” 戚芳一凛，问道：“我爹爹呢？你们把他怎么了？” 万震山强笑道：“你问你爹爹的事，我——我也不知道啊。哎唷——我很挂念这位老师弟——哎唷！师兄弟又成了亲家，哎唷，好得很啊。” 戚芳沉着脸道：“这当儿再说些假话，更有甚么用处？我爹爹给你害死了，是不是？害死他的法儿，就跟你们害死吴坎一样，是不是？你已将他尸身砌入了墙壁，是不是？” 戚芳连问三声“是不是”，万氏父子这一惊当真非同小可，没料想她不但知道自己父亲被害，连吴坎被杀的一事也知道了。万圭颤声道：“你……你怎知道？” 他说“你怎知道”，便是直承其事。戚芳心中一酸，怒火上冲，便想松手将解药投入窗下的一排七石缸中。万圭眼见情势危急，作势便想扑将上去。万震山喝道：“圭儿，不可莽撞！”他知道当时情景之下，强抢只有误事。 忽然间，塌塌塌几声，空心菜赤着脚，从小房中奔了出来，叫道：“妈，妈！”要扑入戚芳的怀中。 万圭灵机一动，伸出左臂，半路上便将女儿抱了过来，右手摸出匕首，对准女儿的天灵盖，喝道：“好！咱们一家老小，今日便一起死了，我先杀了空心菜再说！” 戚芳大惊，忙叫道：“快放开她，关女儿甚么事？” 万圭厉声道：“反正大家活不成，我先杀了空心菜！”匕首在空中虚刺几下，便向空心菜头顶刺落。 戚芳道：“不，不！”扑过来抢救，伸手抓住万圭的手腕。 万震山虽在奇痛彻骨之际，究竟阅历丰富，见戚芳给引了过来，当即手肘一探，重重撞在她腰间，夹手夺过她手中瓷瓶，忙不迭的倒药敷上手背。万圭也伸手去取解药。戚芳抢过女儿，紧紧搂在怀中。 万震山飞起一脚，将她踢倒，随手解下腰带，将她双手反缚背后，又将她两只脚都绑住了。空心菜大叫：“妈，妈，妈妈！”万震山反手一记巴掌，打得她晕了过去，但这一掌碰到自己肿起的手背，又是大叫一声：“啊哟！” 那解药实具灵效，二人敷药之后，片刻间伤口中便流出血水，疼痛渐减，变为麻痒，再过得一阵，麻痒也渐渐减弱。父子二人大是放心，知道性命是拾回来了，见到房中的纸片兀自往窗外飞去，两人同声大叫：“糟糕！”扑过去拦阻飞舞的纸片。 但地下的纸屑已乱成一团，一大半掉入了窗外的缸中，有的正在盘旋跌落。万震山叫道：“快，快，快抢！”二人飞步奔下楼去，拚命去抓四散飞舞的碎纸。但数百片碎纸有的飘飘荡荡吹出了围墙，有的随风飞上天。二人东奔西突，状若癫狂，却哪里又能收集碎片、使得撕碎了的剑谱重归原状？ 万震山手上疼痛虽消，心中的伤痛却难以形容，气无可消，大声斥骂儿子：“都是你这小贼，跟我来争夺甚么？若不是你跟我拉扯，剑谱怎会扯烂？”万圭叹了口气，不再去追抢碎纸，说道：“孩儿若不拦阻，爹爹早将这剑谱扯得更加烂了。”万震山道：“放屁！”他心中知道儿子所说是实，但还是不住的呼喝：“放屁，放屁，放屁！” 万圭道：“好在咱们知道那地方是在江陵城南，再到那本残破的剑谱中去查查，只要能再找些线索，未始不能找到那个地方。”万震山精神一振，道：“不错，那地方是在'江陵城南'……” 忽听得墙外有个声音轻轻的道：“江陵城南！” 万氏父子大吃一惊，一齐跃上墙头，向外望去，只见两个人的背影正向小巷中隐没。 万圭喝道：“卜垣、沈城，站着别动！” 但那两人既不回头，也不站住，飞快的走了。万震山待要下墙追去，万圭道：“爹，楼上还有……还有那……那淫妇。”万震山转念一想，点了点头。
父子俩回到楼头，只见小女孩空心菜已醒了过来，抱住了妈妈直哭。戚芳手足被绑，却在不住安抚女儿。空心菜见到祖父与父亲回来，更“哇”的一声，惊哭起来。 万震山上前一脚，踢在她屁股之上，骂道：“再哭，一刀剖开你小鬼的肚子。”空心菜吓得脸都白了，哪里还敢出声。 万圭低声道：“爹，这淫妇甚么都知道了，可不能留下活口。怎生处置她才是？”万震山微一沉吟，道：“刚才墙外二人，你看清楚是卜垣、沈城么？”万圭道：“正是那二人，错不了！只怕秘密已经泄漏，他们知道是在江陵城南。”万震山道：“事不宜迟，须得急速下手。这淫妇么，跟她父亲一般处置便了。” 戚芳早将生死置之度外，只是放不下女儿，说道：“三……三哥，我和你夫妻一场，你杀我不打紧，我死之后，你须好好看待空心菜！” 万圭道：“好！”万震山道：“斩草除根，岂能留下祸胎？这小女孩精灵古怪，今日之事都给她瞧在眼里了，怎保得定她不说出来？”万圭缓缓点了点头。他很疼爱这个女儿，但父亲的话也很对，若是留下祸胎，将来定有极大后患。 戚芳泪水滚下双颊，哽咽道：“你……你们好狠心，连……连这个小小女孩儿也不放过吗？”万震山道：“塞住她的嘴巴，别让她叫嚷起来，吵得通天下的人都知道了！” 戚芳想起女儿难保一命，突然提起嗓子，大叫：“救命，救命！” 静夜之中，这两声“救命”划破了长空，远远传了出去。 万圭扑到她身上，伸手按住她嘴。戚芳仍是大叫：“救命，救命！”只是嘴巴被按住了，声音郁闷。万震山在儿子长袍上撕下一块衣襟，递给了他，万圭当即将衣襟塞在戚芳口中。万震山道：“将她埋在戚长发的墓中，父女同穴，最妙不过。” 万圭点了点头，抱起妻子，大踏步下楼。万震山抱了空心菜。四个人进了书房。 戚芳瞧着书房西壁的那堵白墙，心想：“我爹爹是给老贼葬在这堵墙之中？” 万震山道：“我来拆墙，你去将吴坎拖来！小心，别给人见到。”万圭应道：“是！”奔向万震山的卧室。 万震山拉开书桌的抽屉，其中凿子、锤子、铲刀等工具一应俱全，他取出来放在墙边，瞧着那堵白墙，双手搓了几下，回头向戚芳望了一眼，脸上现出十分得意的神情。戚芳不禁打了个寒噤。万震山拿起铁锤和凿子，看好了墙上的部位，在两块砖头之间的缝中，将凿子凿了进去。凿裂了一块砖头，伸手摇了几摇，便挖了出来，手法甚是熟练。他挖出一块砖头后，拿到鼻子边嗅了几嗅。 戚芳见了他挖墙的手法，想起适才见到他离魂病发作时挖墙、推尸、砌墙的情状，心中已是发毛，待见到他去嗅夹墙中父亲尸体的气息，又是害怕，又是伤心，又是愤怒，破口大骂：“你这奸贼，无耻的老贼！”只是嘴巴被塞住了，只能发出些呜呜之声。 万震山伸手又去挖第二块砖头，突然脚步声急，万圭踉跄抢进，说道：“爹，爹！不好了，吴坎……吴坎……”身子在桌上一撞，呛啷一声响，油灯掉在地下，室中登时黑了，只有淡淡的月光从窗纸中透进来。 万震山道：“吴坎怎样？大惊小怪的，这般沉不住气。”万圭道：“吴坎不见啦！”万震山骂道：“放屁！怎会不见？”但声音颤抖，显然心中惧意甚盛。拍的一声，手中拿着的一块砖头掉下地来。 万圭道：“我伸手到爹爹的床底下去拉尸体，摸他不到，点了灯火到床底去照，尸体已影踪全无。爹爹房中帐子背后、箱子后面，到处都找过了，甚么也没见到。”万震山沉吟道：“这……这可奇了。我猜想是卜垣、沈城他们搅的鬼。”万圭道：“爹，莫非……莫非……吴坎这厮没死透，闭气半晌，又活了过来？”万震山怒道：“放屁，你老子外号叫作'五云手'，手上功夫何等厉害，难道扼一个徒弟也扼不死？”万圭道：“是，按理说，吴坎那厮定是给爹爹扼死了，却不知如何，尸体竟然会不见了？难道……难道……”万震山道：“难道甚么？”万圭道：“难道真有僵尸？他灵魂不息……” 万震山喝道：“别胡思乱想了！咱们快处置了这淫妇和这小鬼，再去找吴坎的尸首。事情只怕已闹穿了，咱父子在荆州城已难以安身。”说着加紧将墙上砖头一块块挖出来。他睡梦中挖砖砌墙，做之已惯，手法熟练，此时虽无灯烛，动作仍是十分迅捷。 万圭应了声：“是！”拔刀在手，走到戚芳身前，颤声道：“芳妹，是你对不起我。你死之后，可别怨我！” 戚芳无法说话，侧过身子，用肩头狠狠撞了他一下。万氏父子要杀自己，那也罢了，竟连空心菜也不肯饶，狼心狗肺，实是世所罕有。万圭给她一撞，身子一晃，退后两步，举起刀来，骂道：“贼淫妇，死到临头，还要放泼！” 便在此时，只听得格、格、格几下声响，书房门缓缓推开。万圭吃了一惊，转过头去，惨淡的月光之下，但见房门推开，却不见有人进来。 万震山喝问：“是谁？” 房门又格格、格格的响了两下，仍是无人回答。 微光之下，突见门中跳进一个人来。那人直挺挺的移近，一跳一跳的，膝盖不弯。万震山和万圭都是大骇，不自禁的退后了两步。 只见那人双眼大睁，舌头伸出，口鼻流血，正是给万震山扼死了的吴坎。万震山和万圭同声惊呼：“啊！”戚芳见到这般可怖的情状，也吓得一颗心似乎停了跳动。 吴坎一动也不动，双臂缓缓抬起，伸向万震山。 万震山喝道：“吴坎小贼，老子怕……怕……你这僵尸？”抽出刀来，向吴坎头上劈落。突觉手腕一麻，单刀拿捏不定，呛啷一声，掉在地下，跟着腰间一麻，全身便动弹不得。 万圭早吓得呆了，见吴坎的僵尸搅倒了父亲后，又直着双臂，缓缓向自己抓来，只想大叫：“吴师弟，吴师弟！饶了我！”可是声音在喉头哽住了，无论如何叫不出来，倒退了两步，腿下一软，摔倒在地。只见吴坎的右手垂了下来，摸到他脸上，手指冷冰冰地，没半分暖气。万圭吓得魂飞魄散，差一点就晕了过去。 突然之间，吴坎身子向前一扑，伏在万圭的身上，一动也不动了。 吴坎身后，却站着一人。 那人走到戚芳身边，取出她口中塞着的破布，双手几下拉扯，便扯断了绑住她手足的绳子，回过身去，在万圭腰里重重踢了一脚，内力到处，万圭登时全身酸软。 戚芳先将空心菜抱起，颤声道：“恩公是谁，救了我的性命？” 那人双手伸出，月光之下，只见他每只手掌中都有一只花纸剪成的蝴蝶，正是那本《唐诗》夹着的纸蝶，适才飘下楼去时给他拿到了的。戚芳一瞥眼间，见到他右手五根手指全无，失声叫道：“狄师哥！” 那人正是狄云，斗然间听到这一声“狄师哥！”胸中一热，忍不住眼泪便要夺眶而出，叫道：“芳妹！天可怜见，你……你我今日又再相见！” 戚芳此时正如一叶小舟在茫茫大海中飘行，狂风暴雨交加之下，突然驶进了一个风平浪静的港口，扑在狄云怀中，说道：“师哥，这……这……这不是做梦么？” 狄云道：“不是做梦，芳妹，这两晚我都在这里瞧着。这父子两人干的那些伤天害理事情，我全都瞧见了。吴坎的尸体，哼，我是拿来吓他们一吓！” 戚芳叫道：“爹爹，爹爹！”放下空心菜，奔到墙洞之前，伸手往洞中摸去，却摸了个空，“啊”的一声叫，颤声道：“没……没有！” 狄云打亮了火折，到墙洞中去照时，只见夹墙中尽是些泥灰砖石，却哪里有戚长发的尸体？说道：“这里没有，甚么也没有。” 戚芳在万震山床头拿过一个烛台，在狄云的火折上点燃了蜡烛，举起烛台，在夹墙中细细察看，哪里有父亲的尸体，谁的尸体也没有，她又恼又喜，心中存了一线希望：“或许，爹爹并没有给他们害死。”转身向万圭道：“三……三哥，我爹爹到底怎样了？” 万圭和万震山却不知她在夹墙中并未发见尸体，只道她见了父亲的遗体，便要动手复仇。万震山昂然道：“大丈夫一身做事一身当，戚长发是我杀的，你冲着我报仇便是。” 戚芳道：“爹爹真的给你害死了？那么……他的尸首呢？”万震山道：“甚么？夹墙里的死人难道不是他？”戚芳道：“这里有甚么死人？”万震山和万圭面面相觑，脸色惨白，兀自不信。狄云拉起万震山，让他探头到墙洞中一看。 万震山颤声道：“世上真……真有会行走的僵尸？我……明明……明明……”忽地改口：“
Qi Fang returned to the room, only to hear Wan Gui moaning uncontrollably, obviously the scorpion poison had flared up again.She sat on the side of the bed, thinking: "He poisoned Senior Brother Di with extremely despicable means, but the big mistake has already been made, so what can we do? That is the fate of Senior Brother, and it is also my fate. He has treated me in the past few years Very good, I marry a chicken and follow him, and I will always be a husband and wife with him for the rest of my life. Wu Kan is such a hateful thief, how can I get his antidote?" Seeing Wan Gui's haggard face, his eyes sunken , thinking: "Third brother is seriously injured, if I tell him, he will go down in a rage and fight Wu Kan desperately, only to make things worse." It was getting dark, Qi Fang ate dinner indiscriminately, put her daughter to bed, after much deliberation, she had to tell her father-in-law, guessing that he was scheming and must have a good plan.I can't let my husband know about this matter. I have to wait until he is asleep before going to tell my father-in-law.Qi Fang and her clothes lay at Wan Gui's feet.In the past few days to serve her husband, she has never taken off her clothes, and has not had a good night's sleep.Until Wan Gui's breath was heavy, she quietly got up, went downstairs, and came outside Wan Zhenshan's house. The lights in the room were turned off, but there was a burst of strange voices, "Hey, hey, hey!" It seemed that someone was doing something with great effort.Qi Fang was very surprised, she retracted the sentence "Grandfather" that was on the verge of her mouth, and opened it from the window to the room.At that time, the moonlight shone obliquely, and reflected into the room through the window paper. Wan Zhenshan was lying on his back on the bed, slowly pushing his hands into the air, but his eyes were tightly closed. Qi Fang thought: "It turns out that my father-in-law is practicing advanced internal skills. When practicing internal skills, the most important thing is to avoid being disturbed by the outside world, otherwise it is very easy to go crazy. You can't call him at this time, we can talk about it after he finishes practicing Kung Fu." Wan Zhenshan pushed his hands in the air for a while, then sat up slowly, stretched his legs out of the bed, took a few steps forward, squatted down, and stretched out his hands to grab something in the air.Qi Fang thought to herself: "My father-in-law is practicing grappling." She watched for a while, but saw that Wan Zhenshan's gestures became more and more strange, his hands kept grabbing something in the air, and then they lined up neatly together, It seemed that many bricks were placed and stacked, but under the moonlight, it was clear that there was nothing on the floor. I saw him grabbing in the air for a while, comparing his hands, he seemed to think it was big enough, so he picked up a big object on the ground with both hands, and stuffed it forward.Qi Fang was very bewildered, seeing that Wan Zhenshan's eyes were still closed, and his every move did not look like he was practicing kung fu, but rather like a dumb man performing a show. Suddenly, she thought of the words that Tao Hong said outside the ruined ancestral hall: "Master gets up in the middle of the night to build the wall!" But Wan Zhenshan's actions are definitely not building a wall. If it has anything to do with the top of the wall, it is tearing down a hole in the wall. Qi Fang felt a burst of fear: "That's right, my father-in-law is suffering from the disease of leaving the soul. I heard that people who have this disease will get up and walk to do things in their sleep. Some people walk on the roof without clothes, and some even kill people and set fires. Know nothing." After Wan Zhenshan stuffed the empty heavy object into the empty hole in the wall, he pushed hard a few times in the air, then picked up the empty bricks from the ground, and built the wall. Yes, he really was building a wall!Smile on your face and build the wall triumphantly! When Qi Fang saw his gloomy appearance at the beginning, she was a little creepy, but when she saw that he was indeed building a wall, she had a preconceived idea in her heart, so she was not afraid, and said in her heart: "According to Tao Hong's words, Father-in-law has been suffering from the disease of leaving the soul for a long time. Most people who are sick don't want to know about it. Tao Hong has sex with him, and if he finds out the truth, father-in-law will naturally be very unhappy." In this way, the one in his heart was relieved. Doubtful, understand why Tao Hong was expelled, and thought: "I don't know how long it will take for him to build the wall. If after the third watch, that guy at Wu Kan really destroys the antidote and escapes, that would be terrible." But seeing Wan Zhenshan put all the removed "bricks" into the "wall hole", and then brushed up "lime", until the "kungfu" was done properly, then he smiled and went to bed to sleep peacefully. Qi Fang thought to herself: "My father-in-law has been busy for a long time, and his mind has not yet settled down. Let him rest for a while, and I will call him again." At this moment, someone knocked lightly on the door, followed by someone calling in a low voice: "Daddy, Daddy!" It was the voice of her husband Wan Gui.Qi Fang was slightly startled: "Why is the third brother here? What is he doing here?" Wan Zhenshan immediately sat up, regained his composure, and asked, "Is it Gui'er?" Wan Gui said, "It's me!" "Did you get the information about the sword manual?" Wan Gui called "Father!" He stretched out his left hand and held the back of the chair. Qi Fang was afraid that her shadow would be reflected on the window, so she shrank under the window and listened sideways, not daring to watch the movement of the two of them. Wan Gui called "Father" again, and said: "Your daughter-in-law...your daughter-in-law...is not a good person." Qi Fang was startled: "Why did he say that?" Wan Zhenshan also asked "What's the matter? Did the young couple quarrel?" Wan Gui said, "I found the sword manual, and it was your daughter-in-law who took it." Wan Zhenshan said happily, "As long as you find it! Where is it?" Qi Fang was extremely surprised: "How did you tell him? Well, it's probably because the little guy named Water Spinach couldn't help but say it." But Wan Gui's next words immediately let her know that her guess was wrong.Wan Gui told his father: he saw Qi Fang and his daughter exchanged glances, with different expressions, and expected something strange, so he pretended to be asleep, but watched Qi Fang's movements from the crack of the door, and saw her walking towards the back garden with a copper basin in her hand. Following quietly, she saw that she hid the sword manual in a fan in the west side room of the back garden. Qi Fang sighed in her heart: "Father, I finally got this book for my father-in-law and third brother. If I want to get it back, it will be very difficult. Well, I admit defeat, third brother is much better than me. " I just heard Wan Zhenshan say: "That's very good. Let's go and get it out, you pretend you don't know anything, just wait and see what she does. If she doesn't mention it, you don't have to tell the truth. I'm always suspicious, this book Where did the book come from? I'm afraid...I'm afraid...I'm afraid..." He said "I'm afraid" three times in a row, but didn't continue. Wan Gui shouted: "Father!" The voice seemed very painful.Wan Zhenshan exclaimed: "What?" Wan Gui said: "Your daughter-in-law... Your daughter-in-law stole our sword manual because of..." At this point, his voice trembled, Wan Zhenshan said: "For whom? ?” Wan Gui said, “So... it’s because of Wu Kan, that bastard!” Wan Zhenshan's voice was also full of surprise: "For Wu Kan?" Wan Gui said: "Yes! I saw this bitch hiding the sword manual in the back garden, so I followed her from afar, how could I know that she... ...When she got to the corridor, she hooked up with that fellow Wu Kan, this whore...is really shameless!" Wan Zhenshan pondered, "I think she is well-behaved, she doesn't look like this kind of person Are you reading right? What are they talking about?" Wan Gui said, "I'm afraid they might perceive you, so I don't dare to get too close. There is no hiding place in the corridor, so I can only hide behind the corner. These two dogs and men He spoke very softly, so he couldn't hear all of it, but...but he also heard most of it." Wan Zhenshan said "Yes", and said: "My child, don't be impatient. Why is it that a man has no wife? Now that we have obtained the sword manual, If you find out the secret in the middle, you will be rich in the world in a blink of an eye, and you want to buy a hundred concubines, that's easy. Sit down and speak slowly!" Wan Gui sat on the bed and said out of breath, "The adulteress hid the book and was so proud of herself that she actually hummed a ditty. When the adulterer saw her, his face was full of joy." , and said: "Tonight at three o'clock, I will wait for you in the firewood room, don't forget!" It is indeed these few words, I can hear them clearly." Wan Zhenshan said angrily: "That little boy What does the adulterer say?" Wan Gui said: "She...she said: 'There is nothing to die for, a dog is so courageous, it will even die!'" Qi Fang could only hear it outside the window, her heart was in a mess: "He...the two of them kept calling me an adulterer, how...how could they be so wronged? Third brother, I am out of my heart for you, and I want to win back the solution. Medicine, to heal your wounds, but you insult me like this, do you still have a conscience?" I just heard Wan Gui continue: "I... I heard what they said, and my heart became angry. I wished I could draw my sword and go forward and kill the two of them. It's just that I didn't bring a sword, and I was weak from the injury, so I couldn't tell them clearly. I want to fight, and go back to the room immediately, so that the thief and adulteress will not see me when she returns to the room and become suspicious. I will not hear what the adulterer and adulteress will say in the future." Wan Zhenshan said: "Hmph, if you have a father, you must There is a daughter, and sure enough they are all shameless people. Let's go get the sword manual first, and then wait outside the firewood room. Catch the adulterer and the couple, and let the pair of scumbags die without complaint!" Wan Gui said: "The whore Women love and adultery are hot, before the third watch, I went out long ago, now... now..." He gritted his teeth as he spoke.Wan Zhenshan said: "Then let's go right away. You have the sword, but don't make a move yet, wait until I cut off the brothers and feet of the two of them, and then you will take the lives of these dogs and men with your own hands." The door was pushed open, Wan Zhenshan put his left hand under Wan Gui's armpit, and the two ran straight to the back garden. Qi Fang leaned against the wall, tears rolling down her skirt.She only hoped to heal her husband's injury, but he was so suspicious of herself.My father never came back, Senior Brother Di was wronged by me, now...now my husband treats me like this, how can I live like this?She was at a loss, she just didn't want to live anymore, she didn't think to argue with her husband, she didn't think to ask Wu Kan to confront her, she just leaned against the wall as if her whole body was paralyzed. After a while, only the sound of footsteps was heard, and Wan's father and son returned to the hall, stood still and discussed in a low voice.Wan Gui said: "Father, why didn't you just kill Wu Kan in the firewood room?" Wan Zhenshan said: "There is only an adulterer in the firewood room. The thief and adulteress must have gotten wind of it and slipped away first. Neither can catch the adulterer Zhu Shuang, we are a big family in Jingzhou City, how can we kill people so easily? After we get this sword manual, we have many things to do in Jingzhou, if we can't bear it, we can make big plans, so we can't do anything!" Wan Gui said: "Could it be just like this? How can my child get rid of this anger?" Wan Zhenshan said: "It's not easy to vent your anger? Let's use the old method!" Wan Gui said: "The old method?" Wan Zhenshan said: "The old way to deal with Qi Changfa!" He paused, and said: "You go back to the room first, I will order someone to gather all the disciples, and then you come outside my room with everyone. Don't make people suspicious .” Qi Fang's mind was in a mess and she had no idea at first, she just thought: "I don't want to live anymore when I get to this stage of the field, but what about the water spinach? Who will take care of her?" Suddenly Wan Zhenshan said that she would use "to deal with Qi Changfa When dealing with Wu Kan in the old way, it was as if a block of ice had been placed on his head, and he immediately became sober: "How did they deal with my father? We must find out the truth. The father-in-law sent all the disciples to come outside the room, so we can't delay here." Where did you hide to eavesdrop?" It was only heard that Wan Gui agreed to go.Wan Zhenshan walked outside the hall and loudly called for the servants to light the lamps.Not long after, human voices could be faintly heard from the front and back halls, and all the disciples and servants gathered around.Qi Fang knew that as soon as a moment passed, someone would pass by the window immediately, she hesitated for a moment, and immediately walked into Wan Zhenshan's room, lifted the bed curtain, and got under the bed.The curtains on the bed were hanging down to the ground, if someone hadn't lifted them deliberately, there would never be a trace of her.
She was lying on the bottom of the bed, and soon light came in from under the curtain of the bed. Someone lit a lamp, came in and put it in the room.She saw Wan Zhenshan's pair of feet wearing double beam shoes stepping into the room, and these feet moved to the chair, and the chair made a soft rattling sound, Wan Zhenshan sat down, and heard him call the servant Close the door. Eldest brother Lu Kun said outside the room: "Master, we are all here, and we will listen to your old man's orders." Wan Zhenshan said: "Very good, you come in first!" When Qi Fang saw the door open, Lu Kun walked in with a pair of feet, and the door closed again. Wan Zhenshan said: "An enemy is coming to us, do you know?" Lu Kun said: "I don't know who it is." Wan Zhenshan said: "This man pretended to be a drug seller and came to our house today "Qi Fang thought: "Does he know who the medicine seller is? The man has changed his disguise, I haven't seen it with my own eyes, so I can't figure out his details. Early tomorrow morning, you go to the north of the city to investigate carefully. Now you go out first, and I have something to assign later." Lu Kun agreed to go out. Wan Zhenshan called his fourth disciple, Sun Jun, and fifth disciple, Bu Yuan, to come in one by one. He said roughly the same thing. He asked Sun Jun to inspect the south of the city, and Bu Yuan to inspect the east of the city.When instructing Bu Yuan, he casually added: "Ask Wu Kan to visit the area west of the city, and Feng Tan and Shen Cheng should report the news. Your Brother Wan is still injured and cannot go out." Bu Yuan said, "Yes, Master Wan. Brother should rest more." Open the door and go out. Qi Fang knew that these words were deliberately told to Wu Kan, so that he would not be suspicious.Wan Zhenshan said: "Wu Kan come in!" The voice was exactly the same as when calling Lu Kun and others, neither more severe nor particularly gentle. Seeing that the door opened again, Qi Fang hesitated a little when Wu Kan stepped over the threshold with his right foot, but finally walked in.The feet moved a few steps towards Wan Zhenshan and stopped. Qi Fang saw the hem of his robe slightly moving, and knew that he was afraid and trembling. Wan Zhenshan said: "There are enemies coming to us, do you know?" Wu Kan said: "The disciple heard from the master outside the door. It is the doctor who sells medicine. This person is the disciple who asked him to come to Master Wan I really didn't expect him to be an enemy when I saw a doctor, please forgive me, Master." Wan Zhenshan said: "This person is disguised, and you can't see him, so it's no fault of you. Tomorrow morning, go to the western part of the city to investigate. If you see him, you must pay attention to his movements." Wu Kan said: "Yes!" Suddenly, Wan Zhenshan moved his feet and stood up. Qi Fang couldn't help stretching out her hand to lift a corner of the bed curtain and stretched it out. After seeing it, she couldn't help being shocked, and almost cried out. I saw that Wan Zhenshan's hands were already strangling Wu Kan's throat, and Wu Kan stretched out his hands to strangle Wan Zhenshan's hands, but it was useless.But Wu Kan's eyes protruded outwards, like goldfish, opening wider and wider.The backs of Wan Zhenshan's hands were scratched with bloodstains by Wu Kan's nails, but he grabbed Wu Kan by the throat and refused to let go no matter what.Wu Kan couldn't make a sound, but twisted his body. After a while, his hands slowly opened and lowered.Seeing his tongue sticking out, Qi Fang looked terrified, and couldn't help being terrified.Seeing that Wu Kan finally stopped moving, Wan Zhenshan let go of his hand, put him on the chair, picked up two pre-soaked tissue papers on the table, and stuck them on his mouth and nose.As a result, he could no longer breathe, and he could not wake up. Qi Fang's heart was beating wildly, thinking: "Elder-in-law said that they are from a Jingzhou family, and they cannot kill people casually. Wu Kan's father heard that he is a local gentleman, so he must not let it go. This matter will become a big deal." At this moment, Wan Zhenshan suddenly heard shouting loudly: "You should confess what you did, do you still want me to do it?" Qi Fang was shocked: "So my father-in-law saw me." But in her heart But he wasn't panicked, instead he felt relieved: "It's fine to die in his hands, anyway, I don't want to live anymore!" Just about to get out from under the bed, Wu Kan suddenly heard Wu Kan say: "Master, what do you... want the disciple to confess?" Qi Fang's shock was no small matter, why did Wu Kan speak, did he come back from the dead?But obviously not, he reclined on the chair, motionless.Looking up from under the bed, he saw Wan Zhenshan's lips moving. "What? It's my father-in-law talking, not Wu Kan. Why is it clearly Wu Kan's voice?" Wan Zhenshan said loudly again: "What are you confessing? Huh, Wu Kan, you are so bold, you should cooperate inside and outside, Colluding with the gangsters, I want to make a big case in Jingzhou City." "Master, what kind of case is this disciple doing...?" This time Qi Fang could see clearly that Wan Zhenshan was imitating Wu Kan's voice, it's hard for him to imitate it so much. "Elder-in-law actually has the ability to imitate people's speech, I never knew, what is his purpose in imitating Wu Kan's voice so loudly?" She vaguely thought of something, but it was just a hazy mass Shadow couldn't figure it out at all, but felt an inexplicable fear in his heart. Wan Zhenshan said: "Hmph, don't you think I don't know? You brought that drug seller to Jingzhou City. This man is actually a gangster. Wu Kan, you colluded with him and wanted to break in..." "Master... broke into what?" "You want to break into the mansion of the prefect of Ling to steal a confidential official document, don't you? Wu Kan, you...you still want to deny it?" "Master, you... how do you know? Master, please forgive me this time for the sake of my disciple's filial piety, my disciple will never dare again!" "How can such a big event be left alone?" Qi Fang realized that Wan Zhenshan's accent was not very similar to that of Wu Kan's. He just lowered his voice and spoke very vaguely. He always used the title "Master" in every sentence, and at the same time kept calling himself "disciple". , to others, they would naturally think it was Wu Kan who was speaking.What's more, everyone saw Wu Kan walking into the room, heard him talking to Wan Zhenshan, and when he continued speaking, although the voice was not the same, but besides Wu Kan, how could there be anyone else?Moreover, in Wan Zhenshan's words, he was called "Wu Kan" from time to time. Wan Zhenshan gently lifted Wu Kan's body, slowly bent down, and lifted the curtain of the bed with his left hand.Qi Fang was so frightened that her heart almost stopped beating: "Elder-in-law must have found me, this time he will strangle me to death!" In the dim light, a head came in from under the bed, it was Wu Kan His head, with his eyes wide open, really looked like the head of a dead goldfish.Qi Fang could only try her best to avoid it, but Wu Kan's body couldn't help squeezing in, touching her legs and her waist. Wan Zhenshan sat back on his chair and shouted sharply: "Wu Kan, are you still kneeling? I bound you to see the prefect of Ling. Whether to forgive or not is his business, I can't make the decision." "Master, are you really unable to forgive the disciple?" "Training such a disciple, you will lose all face of the Wan family, I...how can I forgive you?" Qi Fang looked through the cracks in the bed curtains, and saw Wan Zhenshan pull out a dagger from his waist, and gently inserted it into his chest.His chest was obviously covered with cork, wet mud, bread, and the like. The dagger was inserted into it, and it remained there. As soon as Qi Fang understood, she heard Wan Zhenshan shout loudly: "Wu Kan, you still don't kneel!" Then she lowered her voice and imitated Wu Kan's voice: "Master, you forced me, no wonder Disciple!" Wan Zhenshan yelled, "Ouch!" He kicked open the window with a flying leg, and shouted, "Little thief, you...how dare you commit murder!" There was a bang, someone kicked open the door, Wan Gui rushed in first (he knew he should break in at this time), Lu Kun, Sun Jun, Bu Yuan and other disciples followed.Wan Zhenshan pressed his chest, with blood dripping from his fingers (probably holding a small bottle of red water in his hand), he staggered, pointed to the window, and shouted: "This thief Wu Kan... stabbed me and ran away! Hurry up... Hurry up!" After saying these few words, he leaned over and fell on the bed. Wan Gui exclaimed: "Daddy, Daddy, how are you hurt?" Lu Kun, Sun Jun, Bu Yuan, Feng Tan, and Shen Cheng jumped out of the window one after another, and chased after them yelling.Back and forth in the mansion, many people screamed in alarm. Qi Fang lay on the bottom of the bed, feeling that Wu Kan's body was getting colder and colder.She was terrified in her heart, but she didn't dare to move.The father-in-law is lying on the bed, and the husband is standing in front of the bed. Wan Zhenshan said in a low voice: "Is anyone suspicious?" Wan Gui said: "No, dad, you really pretended. It's like killing Qi Changfa, there is no flaw at all." "It's like killing Qi Changfa, without any flaws!" These words pierced into Qi Fang's heart like a sharp dagger.She had already vaguely thought of this terrible event, but she definitely couldn't believe it. "My father-in-law has always been kind to me, and my husband has always been gentle and considerate. How could he kill my father?" But this time she saw it with her own eyes. They arranged such a clever mechanism to kill Wu Kan. She heard it outside the study that day. "Father quarreled with Wan Zhenshan", saw "Wan Zhenshan was stabbed by his father", saw "father escaped through the window", obviously, those were also traps arranged by Wan Zhenshan, they were exactly the same.At that time, his father had already been killed by him, he...he imitated his father's accent, no wonder his father's voice was hoarse at that time, which was very different from usual.If it wasn't a mistake, how could she have guessed it when she lay down under the bed and witnessed the tragedy with her own eyes? Wan Gui said: "What about that bitch? How can we let her go?" Wan Zhenshan said: "Let's find her slowly and make it up. This has to be done without people knowing it, or without anyone noticing it. It has ruined the family style of the Wan family and ruined the reputation of my father and son." Wan Gui said: "Yes, father is really thoughtful. Ouch..." Wan Zhenshan said: "What?" Wan Gui said: "The wound on the back of my son's hand It hurts again." Wan Zhenshan said "Yes", although he had many schemes, he was really helpless with this matter. Qi Fang slowly stretched out her hand and touched Wu Kan's arms, the small porcelain bottle was coldly in his pocket.She took it out.I put it in my pocket, feeling miserable in my heart: "Third brother, third brother, you only heard half of what was said, and you wronged me for having an affair with this thief. You didn't want to hear it clearly, so you didn't hear it. This bottle The antidote is on him. Your father has killed him, and the antidote can be obtained with little effort, but after all, you don’t know.” Lu Kun's gang couldn't catch up with Wu Kan, so they came back one by one, and came to the bed of Wanzhen Mountain to greet them one by one.Wan Zhenshan exposed his chest, and the cloth belt was wrapped around his neck to his chest.Around the back, and around the neck. This time his "injury" was not as "severe" as last time. After all, Wu Kan's martial arts were not as good as his uncle Qi Changfa.The knife didn't stab deeply, so it didn't hurt much.All the disciples were relieved, they all scolded Wu Kan for being ungrateful, and said that they must go to his father to settle the score tomorrow, please take care of the master, and everyone retreated.Wan Gui sat in front of the bed, accompanying his father. Qi Fang just wanted to find a chance to escape, she was next to Wu Kan's body, she couldn't think of a way to escape because of the indescribable disgust in her heart, and she was afraid that Wan's father and son would find out. Wan Zhenshan said: "Let's dispose of the corpse first, don't show our feet." Wan Gui said: "Is it still the same as Qi Changfa?" Wan Zhenshan pondered for a moment, and said: "It's still the old way." Qi Fang's tears dripped down, she thought to herself: "How will they deal with my father?" Wan Gui said: "Is it just built here? I'm afraid it's not good for you to sleep here!" Wan Zhenshan said: "I'll move in with you for now, I'm afraid there will be troubles. How can someone give the sword manual so easily In our hands? We have to work together to deal with it. If we make a fortune in the future, are we afraid that there will be no place to live?" Qi Fang heard the word "build", and suddenly, like a lightning bolt flashed in her mind. After passing by, I immediately understood: "He... he built my father's body in the wall, hid the body and wiped out the traces, no wonder there was no news after my father left. No wonder my father-in-law... no, not my father-in-law, no wonder Wan Zhen The traitor Shan got up to build the wall in the middle of the night. After he did this bad thing, he felt uneasy. He got the disease of leaving the soul, and he would get up and build the wall in his sleep. This traitor... this traitor would actually feel uneasy... that's really strange. No , He is not uneasy, he is very proud, this matter of building the wall, he has to do it again and again unconsciously... Wasn't he smiling all the time when he was building the wall in his dream just now?"
Wan Gui said: "Father, what is the benefit of this sword manual? You said we want to make a fortune? We can become rich in the world? Could it be... Could it be that this is not the secret of martial arts, but a treasure of gold and silver?" Wan Zhenshan said: "Of course it's not the secret of martial arts. What is written in the sword manual is the location of a great treasure. Old Mei Niansheng was deceived by lard, and wanted to pass this sword manual on to others. Hehe, this old immortal. Guier, Quick, quick, get the sword manual." Wan Gui hesitated for a moment, and took out the book from his pocket.It turned out that as soon as Qi Fang stuffed it into the fan in the west side room, Wan Gui followed and took it out. Wan Zhenshan glanced at his son, took the book, and flipped through it page by page.The pages of this "Poetry of the Tang Dynasty" on both sides and the cover were soaked in blood and were still wet, but the pages in the middle were still dry. Wan Zhenshan said in a low voice: "Whether we, father and son, will be able to keep this sword manual is really hard to say. Let's find out the secrets in the book first, even if someone else takes it away, it doesn't matter. Take a pen, Write it down and remember it well. The first move of Liancheng swordsmanship comes from Du Fu's "Spring Return"." He stretched out his finger to wet the page next to Du Fu's "Spring Return" poem, and cheered softly Say: "It's the word 'four'! Okay, 'Moss Path Linjiang Bamboo', the fourth word is 'Jiang', you remember it. The second trick is still Du Fu's poem, from "Chongjing Zhaoling" " He wet his fingers again, and wiped the paper: "Well, it's 'fifty-one'!" He counted down the words one by one: "One five, one ten, fifteen, twenty...'Mausoleum plate Kongqu, "Xiong Wei Shou Cuiwei", the fifty-first character, that is a word for "Ling". 'Jiangling', 'Jiangling', wonderful, it turns out that they are in Jingzhou." Wan Gui said: "Daddy, keep your voice down!" Wan Zhenshan smiled slightly, and said, "Yes! Don't get complacent. Guier, your father's hard work all his life is finally not in vain. After all, we have found this big secret!" Suddenly, he covered the book, slapped his thigh, and said in a low voice, "I understand why the enemy sent the sword manual to me!" Wan Gui said: "What is the reason? I have never been able to figure it out." Wan Zhenshan said: "If the enemy has the sword manual, what's the point if they can't figure out the secrets in it? Our Liancheng swordsmanship, the name of each move is a Tang poem, people from other sects, let him do martial arts Tongtian, but he doesn't know either. In this world, only Yan Daping and I know what the first move is and what the second move is. Only then do we know that the first word is in the poem "Spring Return". Find it in the poem, and find the second word in the poem "Chongjing Zhaoling." Wan Gui said: "Didn't you already teach us the name of the Liancheng swordsmanship?" Wan Zhenshan said: "The sequence is messed up." Wan Gui said: "Father, you didn't even teach me the truth Swordsmanship." Wan Zhenshan was slightly embarrassed, and said: "I have eight disciples, and we all stay together day and night, if I just teach you, they will definitely feel it, and that would be bad." Wan Gui gave a "hmm" and said: "The enemy's conspiracy must be like this. He knows that the handwriting will be revealed when the paper is wet with water, so he intentionally handed over the sword manual to us, and also deliberately revealed a few words with water, and asked Let's find out the secrets in the sword manual, let's go to find the treasure, and he will come up with a 'grandfather who meets a thief'." Wan Zhenshan said: "That's right! We have to be careful at every step, don't end up in a hard job, we have to If you don’t reach the treasure, you will even lose your life.” He wet his fingers again, went to look for the third word, and said: "The third move of swordsmanship comes from Chumo's "Shengguo Temple", thirty-three, thirty-three characters, 'The city below is near, the bell The word 'city' in Qingza Shengge, 'Jiangling City', yes, yes! Then what is there to be suspicious about? Eh, why is it so itchy here?" He stretched out his right hand and scratched the back of his left hand a few times , felt that his right hand was itchy, stretched out his left hand to scratch a few times, looked at the sword manual again, and said: "The fourth move is twenty-eight, um, one five, ten, fifteen... the twenty-eighth move The character is 'South', 'Jiangling City South', haha, hey! It's so itchy!" Looking down at his left hand, he saw three ink marks on the back of his hand, and was slightly surprised: "I didn't write today, the back of my hand Why is there black ink on it?" I felt more and more itching on the backs of my hands, and when I looked at my right hand, there were also several criss-crossing ink marks. Wan Gui said "ah", and said: "Father, where... where did it come from? This seems to be the flower scorpion poison of Yan Daping." Wan Zhenshan reminded him, and his hands itched even more Terrible, I couldn't help reaching out to scratch it again. Wan Gui shouted: "Don't scratch, it's... it was poison on your nails." Wan Zhenshan exclaimed: "Ah! It's really so." Suddenly realized, he said: "That little whore soaked the sword manual in blood, your blood contains scorpion poison...Wu Kan, this little thief, just refuses. He died quickly, but he scratched so many bloodstains on my hands. Damn, the scorpion venom has been introduced into the wound, but fortunately, there is not much, so it will not be a problem. Oh, why is it getting more and more painful , ouch, ouch." I couldn't help moaning loudly. Wan Gui said: "Father, you don't have much poison in this scorpion, I'll scoop up water to wash you." Wan Zhenshan said: "That's right!" He shouted loudly: "Peach Hong, Tao Hong! Fetch water!" Wan Guishan said. Gui frowned, and said to himself: "Daddy was so frightened that he didn't know what to do. Tao Hong was driven away by him long ago, and now he's calling her again." Scoop up a basin of Tianluoshui from the tank, bring it in and put it on the table.Wan Zhenshan hurriedly immersed his hands in the clear water, it was cold for a while, and the pain and itchiness were greatly reduced. Unexpectedly, when the scorpion venom in Wan Gui's hand meets the antidote, the black blood that flows out is also highly poisonous, and the toxicity is only more severe than the original scorpion venom. , when encountering this poison, it is actually more poisonous than Wan Gui.When his hands were soaked in the clear water for a while, the water in the basin had turned into pale ink.The ink turned from light to dark, and after a while, it became like a pot of thick ink. Wan's father and son looked at each other pale.Wan Zhenshan lifted his palms up, couldn't help but let out an "Ah", and exclaimed, his hands were almost swollen into two balls.Wan Gui said: "Oh, it's not good, I'm afraid it can't be soaked in water!" Wan Zhenshan was in so much pain that he kicked him in the waist and scolded: "You know you can't soak in water, so why are you trying to scoop water? Isn't this intentional to harm me?" Wan Gui squatted down in pain, saying: "I didn't know at first, how could I come to harm you?" Qi Fang heard the father and son quarreling under the bed, and she didn't know whether it was desolation or the joy of revenge. Wan Zhenshan only heard Wan Zhenshan shout: "What should I do? What should I do?" Wan Gui said: "I have some painkillers upstairs, although they can't detoxify, they can relieve the pain for a while, do you want to apply some?" Wan Zhenshan said "Okay, okay, okay! Go get it!" Wan Gui said: "I don't know if it's effective or not, maybe the more you apply it, the more wrong it will be, and Daddy will kick me again." Wan Zhenshan scolded: "You bastard羔子！这会儿还在不服气么？老子生了你出来，踢一脚又有甚么大不了？快去，快去拿来。”万圭应道：“是！”转身出去。 万震山双手肿胀难当，手背上的皮肤黑中透亮，全无半点皱纹，便如一个吹胀了的猪尿泡一般，眼看再稍胀大，势非破裂不可，叫道：“我和你一起去！可……可不能耽搁了。”将剑谱往怀中一揣，奔行如飞，抢出房门，赶在万圭之前。
戚芳听得二人远去，忙从床底爬了出来，自忖：“却到哪里去好？”霎时间六神无主，只觉茫茫大地，竟无一处可以安身：“他们害死我爹爹，此仇岂可不报？但这血海深仇，却如何报法？说到武功、机智，我和公公、三哥实是差得太远，何况他们认定我和吴坎结了私情，一见面就会对我狠下杀手，我又怎能抵挡？眼下只有去……去寻找狄师哥，再作计较。可又不知他在哪里？空心菜呢？我怎能撇下了她？”一想到女儿，当即拔步奔向后楼，决意抱了女儿先行逃走，再想复仇之法。 在她内心，又还不敢十分确定万氏父子当真是害死了她父亲。万震山是个心狠手辣之徒，那是绝无怀疑，但万圭呢？对于丈夫的柔情蜜意，终不能这么快便决绝的抛却。 她奔到楼下，听得万震山嘶哑的声音大叫大嚷，心想：“这么叫法，要将空心菜吵醒了！”想到女儿会大受惊吓，便顾不得自身危险，轻轻走上楼去，小心不让楼梯发出声息。空心菜睡觉的小房便在她夫妻的卧室之后，只以一层薄板隔开。戚芳溜进小房，卧房中灯光映了进来，只见女儿睁大了眼，早已醒转，脸上满是恐怖之色，一见到母亲，小嘴一扁，便要哭叫出来。戚芳急忙抢上前去，将她搂在怀里，做个手势，叫她千万不可出声。空心菜既聪明，又听话。当下一声不响，娘儿俩搂抱着躺在床上。 只听得万震山大叫：“不成，不成，这止痛药越止越痛，须得寻到那草头郎中，用他的解药来治。”万圭道：“是啊，只有那解药才治得这毒，等天一亮，叫鲁大哥他们大伙儿一齐出马，去寻那郎中。我手上的伤口也痛得很。”万震山怒道：“怎等得到天亮？啊哟，哎唷！受不了啦，受不了啦！”突然间脚下一软，倒在地下，痛得打滚，叫道：“快，快！拿剑来，将我这双手砍了！快砍了我的手！”只听得房中家具砰嘭翻倒，瓶碗乒乓打碎之声，响成了一片。 空心菜吓得紧紧的搂住了妈妈，脸色大变。戚芳伸手轻轻抚慰，却不敢作声。 万圭也是十分惊慌，说道：“爹，你……你忍耐一会儿，你的手怎能砍了？咱们快找解药正经。”万震山痛得再难抵受，喝道：“你为甚么不砍去我双手，除我痛楚？啊，知道了，你……你想我快快死了，好独吞剑谱，想独自个去寻宝藏……”万圭怒道：“爹，你痛得神智不清了，快上床睡一忽儿。我又不知剑招的次序，得了剑谱又有甚么用？” 万震山不断在地下打滚，道：“你说我神智不清，你自己就存心不良。我……我痛得要死了……要死了……一拍两散，大家都得不到。” 突然之间，他红了双眼，从怀中掏出剑谱，伸手一页页的撕碎。他十根手指肿得便如一根根胡箩卜般，动作不灵，但还是撕碎了好几页。 万圭大惊，叫道：“别撕，别撕！”伸手便去抢夺。他抓住了半本剑谱，万震山却抓住了另一半，牢不放手。那剑谱在血水中浸过，迄未干透，霉霉烂烂的，两人这么一拉扯，登时撕成两半。万圭呆了一呆，万震山又去撕扯。万圭不甘心让这已经到手的宝藏化作过眼云烟，忙伸手推开父亲，两人在地下你抢我夺，翻翻滚滚，将剑谱撕得更加碎了。 突然间听得万圭长声惊呼：“哎唷……糟了……我伤口中又进了毒，啊哟，好痛！”两人这么你拉我扯，剑谱上的毒质沾进了万圭手背上原来的伤口。片刻之间，万圭手背又高高肿起，剧痛椎心穿骨。他久病之后，耐力甚弱，毒素一入伤口，随血上行，发作奇快。父子二人在楼板上滚来滚去，惨呼号叫。 戚芳听了一会，究竟夫妻情重，再也不能置之不理，从床上站起身来，走到门口，冷冷的道：“怎么啦？两人在干甚么？” 万氏父子见到戚芳，剧痛之际，再也没心情愤怒。万圭叫道：“芳妹，快去找那个草头郎中，请他快配解药，哎唷，哎唷……实在……实在痛得熬不住了，求求你……” 戚芳见他痛得满头大汗的模样，心更加软了，从怀中取出瓷瓶，道：“这是解药！” 万震山和万圭一见瓷瓶，同时挣扎着爬起，齐道：“好极，好极！快，快给我敷上。” 戚芳见万震山目光凶狠贪婪，有如野兽，心想若不乘此要挟，如何能查明真相，便道：“慢着，不许动！谁要动上一动，我便将解药抛出窗外，投入水缸，大家都死！”说着推开窗子，拔开瓷瓶的瓶塞，将解药悬在窗外，只须手一松，瓷瓶落水，再也无用了。 万氏父子当即不动，我瞧瞧你，你瞧瞧我。万震山忽道：“好媳妇，你将解药给我，我让你跟了吴坎，远走高飞，决不阻拦，另外再送你一千两银子，让你二人过长远日子……哎唷，好痛……既然你心有他意，圭儿也留你不住……你……你放心去好了。” 戚芳心道：“这人当真卑鄙无耻，吴坎明明是你亲手扼死了，却还来骗人。” 万圭也道：“芳妹，我虽然舍不得你，但没有法子，我答应不跟吴坎为难就是。” 戚芳冷笑一声，道：“你二人胡涂透顶，还在瞎转这卑鄙龌龊的念头。我只问一句话，你们老老实实的回答，我立刻给解药。” 万震山道：“是，是，快问，哎唷，啊哟！” 一阵风从窗中刮了进来，吹得满地纸屑如蝴蝶般飞舞，纸屑是剑谱撕成的，一片片飞出窗外。忽然，一对彩色蝴蝶飞了起来，正是她当年剪的纸蝶，夹在诗集中的。两只纸蝶在房中蹁跹起舞，跟着从窗中飞了出去。戚芳心中一酸，想起了当日在石洞中与狄云欢乐相聚的情景。那时候的世界可有多么好，天地间没半点伤心的事。 万圭连连催促：“快问！甚么事？我无有不说。” 戚芳一凛，问道：“我爹爹呢？你们把他怎么了？” 万震山强笑道：“你问你爹爹的事，我——我也不知道啊。哎唷——我很挂念这位老师弟——哎唷！师兄弟又成了亲家，哎唷，好得很啊。” 戚芳沉着脸道：“这当儿再说些假话，更有甚么用处？我爹爹给你害死了，是不是？害死他的法儿，就跟你们害死吴坎一样，是不是？你已将他尸身砌入了墙壁，是不是？” 戚芳连问三声“是不是”，万氏父子这一惊当真非同小可，没料想她不但知道自己父亲被害，连吴坎被杀的一事也知道了。万圭颤声道：“你……你怎知道？” 他说“你怎知道”，便是直承其事。戚芳心中一酸，怒火上冲，便想松手将解药投入窗下的一排七石缸中。万圭眼见情势危急，作势便想扑将上去。万震山喝道：“圭儿，不可莽撞！”他知道当时情景之下，强抢只有误事。 忽然间，塌塌塌几声，空心菜赤着脚，从小房中奔了出来，叫道：“妈，妈！”要扑入戚芳的怀中。 万圭灵机一动，伸出左臂，半路上便将女儿抱了过来，右手摸出匕首，对准女儿的天灵盖，喝道：“好！咱们一家老小，今日便一起死了，我先杀了空心菜再说！” 戚芳大惊，忙叫道：“快放开她，关女儿甚么事？” 万圭厉声道：“反正大家活不成，我先杀了空心菜！”匕首在空中虚刺几下，便向空心菜头顶刺落。 戚芳道：“不，不！”扑过来抢救，伸手抓住万圭的手腕。 万震山虽在奇痛彻骨之际，究竟阅历丰富，见戚芳给引了过来，当即手肘一探，重重撞在她腰间，夹手夺过她手中瓷瓶，忙不迭的倒药敷上手背。万圭也伸手去取解药。戚芳抢过女儿，紧紧搂在怀中。 万震山飞起一脚，将她踢倒，随手解下腰带，将她双手反缚背后，又将她两只脚都绑住了。空心菜大叫：“妈，妈，妈妈！”万震山反手一记巴掌，打得她晕了过去，但这一掌碰到自己肿起的手背，又是大叫一声：“啊哟！” 那解药实具灵效，二人敷药之后，片刻间伤口中便流出血水，疼痛渐减，变为麻痒，再过得一阵，麻痒也渐渐减弱。父子二人大是放心，知道性命是拾回来了，见到房中的纸片兀自往窗外飞去，两人同声大叫：“糟糕！”扑过去拦阻飞舞的纸片。 但地下的纸屑已乱成一团，一大半掉入了窗外的缸中，有的正在盘旋跌落。万震山叫道：“快，快，快抢！”二人飞步奔下楼去，拚命去抓四散飞舞的碎纸。但数百片碎纸有的飘飘荡荡吹出了围墙，有的随风飞上天。二人东奔西突，状若癫狂，却哪里又能收集碎片、使得撕碎了的剑谱重归原状？ 万震山手上疼痛虽消，心中的伤痛却难以形容，气无可消，大声斥骂儿子：“都是你这小贼，跟我来争夺甚么？若不是你跟我拉扯，剑谱怎会扯烂？”万圭叹了口气，不再去追抢碎纸，说道：“孩儿若不拦阻，爹爹早将这剑谱扯得更加烂了。”万震山道：“放屁！”他心中知道儿子所说是实，但还是不住的呼喝：“放屁，放屁，放屁！” 万圭道：“好在咱们知道那地方是在江陵城南，再到那本残破的剑谱中去查查，只要能再找些线索，未始不能找到那个地方。”万震山精神一振，道：“不错，那地方是在'江陵城南'……” 忽听得墙外有个声音轻轻的道：“江陵城南！” 万氏父子大吃一惊，一齐跃上墙头，向外望去，只见两个人的背影正向小巷中隐没。 万圭喝道：“卜垣、沈城，站着别动！” 但那两人既不回头，也不站住，飞快的走了。万震山待要下墙追去，万圭道：“爹，楼上还有……还有那……那淫妇。”万震山转念一想，点了点头。
父子俩回到楼头，只见小女孩空心菜已醒了过来，抱住了妈妈直哭。戚芳手足被绑，却在不住安抚女儿。空心菜见到祖父与父亲回来，更“哇”的一声，惊哭起来。 万震山上前一脚，踢在她屁股之上，骂道：“再哭，一刀剖开你小鬼的肚子。”空心菜吓得脸都白了，哪里还敢出声。 万圭低声道：“爹，这淫妇甚么都知道了，可不能留下活口。怎生处置她才是？”万震山微一沉吟，道：“刚才墙外二人，你看清楚是卜垣、沈城么？”万圭道：“正是那二人，错不了！只怕秘密已经泄漏，他们知道是在江陵城南。”万震山道：“事不宜迟，须得急速下手。这淫妇么，跟她父亲一般处置便了。” 戚芳早将生死置之度外，只是放不下女儿，说道：“三……三哥，我和你夫妻一场，你杀我不打紧，我死之后，你须好好看待空心菜！” 万圭道：“好！”万震山道：“斩草除根，岂能留下祸胎？这小女孩精灵古怪，今日之事都给她瞧在眼里了，怎保得定她不说出来？”万圭缓缓点了点头。他很疼爱这个女儿，但父亲的话也很对，若是留下祸胎，将来定有极大后患。 戚芳泪水滚下双颊，哽咽道：“你……你们好狠心，连……连这个小小女孩儿也不放过吗？”万震山道：“塞住她的嘴巴，别让她叫嚷起来，吵得通天下的人都知道了！” 戚芳想起女儿难保一命，突然提起嗓子，大叫：“救命，救命！” 静夜之中，这两声“救命”划破了长空，远远传了出去。 万圭扑到她身上，伸手按住她嘴。戚芳仍是大叫：“救命，救命！”只是嘴巴被按住了，声音郁闷。万震山在儿子长袍上撕下一块衣襟，递给了他，万圭当即将衣襟塞在戚芳口中。万震山道：“将她埋在戚长发的墓中，父女同穴，最妙不过。” 万圭点了点头，抱起妻子，大踏步下楼。万震山抱了空心菜。四个人进了书房。 戚芳瞧着书房西壁的那堵白墙，心想：“我爹爹是给老贼葬在这堵墙之中？” 万震山道：“我来拆墙，你去将吴坎拖来！小心，别给人见到。”万圭应道：“是！”奔向万震山的卧室。 万震山拉开书桌的抽屉，其中凿子、锤子、铲刀等工具一应俱全，他取出来放在墙边，瞧着那堵白墙，双手搓了几下，回头向戚芳望了一眼，脸上现出十分得意的神情。戚芳不禁打了个寒噤。万震山拿起铁锤和凿子，看好了墙上的部位，在两块砖头之间的缝中，将凿子凿了进去。凿裂了一块砖头，伸手摇了几摇，便挖了出来，手法甚是熟练。他挖出一块砖头后，拿到鼻子边嗅了几嗅。 戚芳见了他挖墙的手法，想起适才见到他离魂病发作时挖墙、推尸、砌墙的情状，心中已是发毛，待见到他去嗅夹墙中父亲尸体的气息，又是害怕，又是伤心，又是愤怒，破口大骂：“你这奸贼，无耻的老贼！”只是嘴巴被塞住了，只能发出些呜呜之声。 万震山伸手又去挖第二块砖头，突然脚步声急，万圭踉跄抢进，说道：“爹，爹！不好了，吴坎……吴坎……”身子在桌上一撞，呛啷一声响，油灯掉在地下，室中登时黑了，只有淡淡的月光从窗纸中透进来。 万震山道：“吴坎怎样？大惊小怪的，这般沉不住气。”万圭道：“吴坎不见啦！”万震山骂道：“放屁！怎会不见？”但声音颤抖，显然心中惧意甚盛。拍的一声，手中拿着的一块砖头掉下地来。 万圭道：“我伸手到爹爹的床底下去拉尸体，摸他不到，点了灯火到床底去照，尸体已影踪全无。爹爹房中帐子背后、箱子后面，到处都找过了，甚么也没见到。”万震山沉吟道：“这……这可奇了。我猜想是卜垣、沈城他们搅的鬼。”万圭道：“爹，莫非……莫非……吴坎这厮没死透，闭气半晌，又活了过来？”万震山怒道：“放屁，你老子外号叫作'五云手'，手上功夫何等厉害，难道扼一个徒弟也扼不死？”万圭道：“是，按理说，吴坎那厮定是给爹爹扼死了，却不知如何，尸体竟然会不见了？难道……难道……”万震山道：“难道甚么？”万圭道：“难道真有僵尸？他灵魂不息……” 万震山喝道：“别胡思乱想了！咱们快处置了这淫妇和这小鬼，再去找吴坎的尸首。事情只怕已闹穿了，咱父子在荆州城已难以安身。”说着加紧将墙上砖头一块块挖出来。他睡梦中挖砖砌墙，做之已惯，手法熟练，此时虽无灯烛，动作仍是十分迅捷。 万圭应了声：“是！”拔刀在手，走到戚芳身前，颤声道：“芳妹，是你对不起我。你死之后，可别怨我！” 戚芳无法说话，侧过身子，用肩头狠狠撞了他一下。万氏父子要杀自己，那也罢了，竟连空心菜也不肯饶，狼心狗肺，实是世所罕有。万圭给她一撞，身子一晃，退后两步，举起刀来，骂道：“贼淫妇，死到临头，还要放泼！” 便在此时，只听得格、格、格几下声响，书房门缓缓推开。万圭吃了一惊，转过头去，惨淡的月光之下，但见房门推开，却不见有人进来。 万震山喝问：“是谁？” 房门又格格、格格的响了两下，仍是无人回答。 微光之下，突见门中跳进一个人来。那人直挺挺的移近，一跳一跳的，膝盖不弯。万震山和万圭都是大骇，不自禁的退后了两步。 只见那人双眼大睁，舌头伸出，口鼻流血，正是给万震山扼死了的吴坎。万震山和万圭同声惊呼：“啊！”戚芳见到这般可怖的情状，也吓得一颗心似乎停了跳动。 吴坎一动也不动，双臂缓缓抬起，伸向万震山。 万震山喝道：“吴坎小贼，老子怕……怕……你这僵尸？”抽出刀来，向吴坎头上劈落。突觉手腕一麻，单刀拿捏不定，呛啷一声，掉在地下，跟着腰间一麻，全身便动弹不得。 万圭早吓得呆了，见吴坎的僵尸搅倒了父亲后，又直着双臂，缓缓向自己抓来，只想大叫：“吴师弟，吴师弟！饶了我！”可是声音在喉头哽住了，无论如何叫不出来，倒退了两步，腿下一软，摔倒在地。只见吴坎的右手垂了下来，摸到他脸上，手指冷冰冰地，没半分暖气。万圭吓得魂飞魄散，差一点就晕了过去。 突然之间，吴坎身子向前一扑，伏在万圭的身上，一动也不动了。 吴坎身后，却站着一人。 那人走到戚芳身边，取出她口中塞着的破布，双手几下拉扯，便扯断了绑住她手足的绳子，回过身去，在万圭腰里重重踢了一脚，内力到处，万圭登时全身酸软。 戚芳先将空心菜抱起，颤声道：“恩公是谁，救了我的性命？” 那人双手伸出，月光之下，只见他每只手掌中都有一只花纸剪成的蝴蝶，正是那本《唐诗》夹着的纸蝶，适才飘下楼去时给他拿到了的。戚芳一瞥眼间，见到他右手五根手指全无，失声叫道：“狄师哥！” 那人正是狄云，斗然间听到这一声“狄师哥！”胸中一热，忍不住眼泪便要夺眶而出，叫道：“芳妹！天可怜见，你……你我今日又再相见！” 戚芳此时正如一叶小舟在茫茫大海中飘行，狂风暴雨交加之下，突然驶进了一个风平浪静的港口，扑在狄云怀中，说道：“师哥，这……这……这不是做梦么？” 狄云道：“不是做梦，芳妹，这两晚我都在这里瞧着。这父子两人干的那些伤天害理事情，我全都瞧见了。吴坎的尸体，哼，我是拿来吓他们一吓！” 戚芳叫道：“爹爹，爹爹！”放下空心菜，奔到墙洞之前，伸手往洞中摸去，却摸了个空，“啊”的一声叫，颤声道：“没……没有！” 狄云打亮了火折，到墙洞中去照时，只见夹墙中尽是些泥灰砖石，却哪里有戚长发的尸体？说道：“这里没有，甚么也没有。” 戚芳在万震山床头拿过一个烛台，在狄云的火折上点燃了蜡烛，举起烛台，在夹墙中细细察看，哪里有父亲的尸体，谁的尸体也没有，她又恼又喜，心中存了一线希望：“或许，爹爹并没有给他们害死。”转身向万圭道：“三……三哥，我爹爹到底怎样了？” 万圭和万震山却不知她在夹墙中并未发见尸体，只道她见了父亲的遗体，便要动手复仇。万震山昂然道：“大丈夫一身做事一身当，戚长发是我杀的，你冲着我报仇便是。” 戚芳道：“爹爹真的给你害死了？那么……他的尸首呢？”万震山道：“甚么？夹墙里的死人难道不是他？”戚芳道：“这里有甚么死人？”万震山和万圭面面相觑，脸色惨白，兀自不信。狄云拉起万震山，让他探头到墙洞中一看。 万震山颤声道：“世上真……真有会行走的僵尸？我……明明……明明……”忽地改口：“