Chapter 6 The Sixth Mysterious Man
Cheng Gai walked for half an hour and came to a teahouse. He felt thunder in his stomach. When he entered the teahouse, he saw that there were only two people in the teahouse. Long beard, the one on the west is a beggar covered in filth, but his eyes are majestic and shining, one can tell at a glance that he is not an ordinary beggar, but a person with background.
Cheng Gai didn't pay any attention to it, at this moment, after the battle with Qi'er, he felt that his martial arts were really useless, and his reputation was in vain. When he first debuted, he thought that no one in the world could compete with him except his master, Chi Chengzi. It was a tie, and now he knew that his thinking was wrong.
After being seated, the bartender made a pot of good tea and Cheng Gai poured it for himself, thinking secretly, unexpectedly, in the past half month, there are so many strange things that he experienced, which made him unexpected.The Remnant Gold Poison Palm reappeared in the martial arts, causing the people in the martial arts to be robbed, Diamond Palm Situ Xiangcheng became a solo thief because of the loss of his dart silver, the robber died tragically when he stole the government's silver, and Gu Zhuopiao's strange trekking, all these things made Cheng Gai feel... Amazing.
At this moment, a figure from outside the door rushed in and came to sit beside Cheng Gai. Cheng Gai saw that the person who came was not him, and it was the chess piece that made him admit it. He couldn't help saying in surprise: "Qi'er, What are you doing here? The young master told you to come to me?"
Qi'er opened his eyes wide, and asked: "Master Cheng, this is not your place, and you didn't open this teahouse. You can come, why can't I come?"
Cheng Gai nodded and said, "Of course you can come, I'm asking if you were sent by the young master?"
Originally Cheng Gai was defeated by Qi'er, so he should hate him, but now he feels that his strength is really weak, with such martial arts, how can he compete for strength, so he has no hatred towards Qi'er.
Qi'er shook his head and said, "Young master won't ask me to come." After a pause, he asked again: "Master Cheng, are you afraid of our young master?"
This made it difficult for Cheng Gai to answer. For Gu Zhuopiao, Cheng Gai still can't figure out who he is.
This Gu Zhuopiao is a puzzling character. However, mentioning Gu Zhuopiao makes everyone interested. It is like a mystery. No matter what, this mystery must be solved.
Seeing that he was thinking hard, Qi'er asked, "Master Cheng, what are you thinking? Do you remember the scene when I beat you half a move just now?"
Cheng Gai shook his head and said: "No, your martial arts are good, I deserve to lose." Cheng Gai also thought through the issue of the strong winning the weak.
Qi'er suddenly lowered his voice and said: "Master Cheng, don't be sad, I was just playing with you just now, I didn't intend to embarrass you, so I will not tell anyone that you lost to me."
Cheng Gai stretched out his hand and patted Qi'er's shoulder lightly, nodded and said: "Qi'er, you are both smart and brave, and you will definitely be an outstanding figure in the martial arts in the future, but unfortunately..."
Qi'er quickly asked, "What's the pity?"
Cheng Gai said: "It's a pity that you are too young, otherwise there would be one more person to deal with Remnant Gold Poison Palm."
Qi'er suddenly realized: "So that's the case, but I advise you to give up your mind! Remnant Gold Poison Palm is so powerful, it seems that no one can beat him."
Cheng Gai had a thought and asked, "How do you know?"
Qi'er smiled mysteriously, this smile was very treacherous.
At this time, a strange thing happened again. The Taoist priest sitting on the east side, holding the wine pot, chanted loudly: "The heaven and the earth are righteous, clear and turbid with form, the clear is clear, and the turbid is turbid. If the world knows it, it will be a dream awakening." .”
These few sentences, which seemed like poems but not poems, and words that looked like words but not words, sang from the mouth of the Taoist priest, but they were very pleasant, but Cheng Gai's ears felt a little loud, and Cheng Gai couldn't help thinking to himself: "What a profound inner strength!"
It turns out that for those who practice martial arts, when their inner strength has reached a profound level, every word they say can penetrate directly into the opponent's nerve glands, and even destroy the opponent's five internal organs. Gai was taken aback, fortunately he was also a person who had practiced martial arts, although the inner strength of the Taoist priest could stimulate him, but it was just a buzzing in his eardrums.
However, something even more strange happened again. A beggar who was sitting on the west side suddenly stood up, looked up to the sky and laughed, and laughed a few times in a row, laughing non-stop.
Qi'er pulled Cheng Gai and said in a low voice, "Don't make a sound, don't get involved in this vortex."
Cheng Gai nodded and said, "I know that."
The Taoist priest suddenly changed his complexion from red to blue, then took a sip of wine, and sprayed it towards the beggar, a burst of hops, used as a hidden weapon, as long as he was shot by the hops, his body would definitely turn into a honeycomb.
Cheng Gai was also an expert, when he saw this situation, he blurted out ahh, worried for the beggar.
In an instant, the beggar put his feet on the ground, "plucked onions from the dry land", jumped up in the air, avoided the hops, made a somersault in mid-air, and then landed. !"
Suddenly, with a bang, the beggar and the Taoist backed away a few feet, and both of them fell to the ground. Cheng Gai couldn't help shaking his head and said, "Both are hurt!"
According to the book, although Yin Zhiqing, the Taoist priest who fought with the beggar, had profound martial arts skills, but the beggar's martial arts were just as weird as Qier said. Come on, so the pair of chopsticks are very hard. He pressed down the iron crutch, but the beggar used the "murder stick method" of the beggars' gang. The iron crutch sank and hit Yin Zhiqing's chest. However, at the moment when he was in danger, a pair of chopsticks flew out of his hands and stuck into the Qimen acupoint of the beggar, so the beggar also fell down.
Seeing this situation, Cheng Gai felt compassion, and wanted to go up to check on the injuries of the two, but Qi'er quickly grabbed him and said, "Master Cheng, I think you should not intervene in these grievances and grievances in the arena. it is good."
The grievances in the rivers and lakes?This sentence can remind Cheng Gai.
Yes, there are many grievances and grievances in the world, how can he resolve them with his power?Therefore, he thought of the reappearance of the Golden Poison Palm in martial arts, why did he come here?Qi'er said: "Master Cheng, why don't you go back to your son!"
Cheng Gai seemed to be very obedient to everything Qi'er said, so he and Qi'er returned to Gu Zhuopiao's Xiangfu.
Gu Zhuopiao stood gloomy and stern in the courtyard, Cheng Gai remembered the matter of Yujian Xiaoling, and asked: "Gu Gongzi, how is Yujian Xiaoling's condition?"
Gu Zhuopiao was still so indifferent, and said: "Brother Cheng, don't worry about things!"
Cheng Gai was silent, he thought that Yujian Xiaoling was invited by a martial artist to deal with the Remnant Gold Poison Palm, now that he didn't know how her condition was, he couldn't help feeling suspicious, so he turned his face to look at Gu Zhuopiao again, but saw that although his face was full of concern The content, but there is no expression of surprise, the heart can not help but move.
Because it stands to reason that the handsome young master of the Xiangguo would feel surprised and suspicious when he suddenly found the jade sword Xiao Ling in the Xiangfu garden, unless—but at this time and place, Cheng Gai could no longer afford to think too much. Although he is still ambitious at the moment, he is unwilling to get involved in such matters. He slightly raised his head, looked up at the white clouds and the sky, and thought of his old friend Jindao Wudi who had passed away, and he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart.
This story is full of knots, so far, only one knot has been opened, that is, Gu Zhuopiao not only knows martial arts, but also his martial arts must not be weak.
But is there any connection between Gu Zhuopiao and Remnant Gold Poison Palm?If so, what is the connection?Why did Xiao Xu, the father of Yujian Xiaoling, fly to the north?And why is his whereabouts secretive?Why does Remnant Gold Poison Palm act so suddenly and suddenly?And why can't the golden palm print be found on the corpse of Huang Gongshao, the invincible golden sword?Could it be that besides the real Remnant Gold Poison Palm, is there another one that is fake?There is also Remnant Gold Poison Palm, whose whereabouts have been sudden for a hundred years, and has been confirmed dead by the martial arts several times, but after many years, why did it suddenly appear?If it is said that it was faked by someone else, but why has the body and martial arts not changed at all?And he still has his fingers and arms broken, and even his disposition has not changed?These mysteries are like peeling cocoons, and the truth will only be unraveled slowly.
Officer, you saw the Taoist Yin Zhiqing and the beggar fighting in the tavern in Chenggai, and the outcome was determined by their lives. Is there any festival, is it related to the grievances between the rivers and lakes?Yes, Yin Zhiqing and the beggar did have a feud, and it was not between the two of them, but Liang Zi from the Kongtong faction and the Jiangnan beggar gang. A mourning stick under his command ran across the south of the Yangtze River. It turns out that the Jiangnan beggars have a gang rule. Anyone who can pass on the mourning stick method of the gang leader is qualified to be considered as the successor of the gang leader. Mochou is qualified to be the leader of the gang, so he can It is really unexpected to learn how powerful the mourning stick technique is.
The current leader of the Jiangnan Beggars' Gang is Ma Mengliang, who is the head of the third generation of the Beggars' Gang. They were begging for alms, but most people in the world were dissatisfied with the current emperor's incompetence. Knowing that the general trend was over, they didn't want to rebel, so they wandered around. The power of the beggar gang became stronger and stronger.
When Lao Tianliang was dying, he called together the ten disciples with the strongest martial arts skills, and asked them to compete in martial arts.
Anyone who can become the leader of the beggar gang must be good at martial arts, but more importantly, he must be able to convince people with virtue, because there are many beggars in the south of the Yangtze River, if he cannot convince people with virtue, he cannot be the leader of the beggar gang.After Lao Tianliang summoned ten disciples to compete in martial arts, he felt that one of the disciples named Xiao Qi was the strongest in martial arts, so he ordered him to be the leader of the gang. The one with the strongest martial arts is the current leader, Ma Mengliang.
It was not easy for Ma Mengliang to win the throne of the gang leader back then. Among the disciples, besides Ma Mengliang, there was another disciple, Liu Wenhai. Therefore, in addition to working hard on the mourning stick, the two also studied a special martial art alone, hoping to knock each other down on the day of the martial arts test.As a result, Liu Wenhai practiced a set of "three-in-one kung fu". This "three-in-one kung fu" is very powerful. It's even more subtle. Originally, any disciple of the Beggar Clan would think that Liu Wenhai must have obtained the throne of the third-generation Clan Leader. However, on the day of the competition, at the final stage, his only opponent, Ma Mengliang, made an extremely weird trick. Liu Wenhai was defeated by his "Ecstasy Stick Technique" and this "Ecstasy Stick Technique" was integrated into the "Weeping Stick Technique" of our sect.
In the end, of course, Ma Mengliang took over the throne of the beggar gang leader, but Liu Wenhai refused to accept it, thinking that what Ma Mengliang used was a kind of sorcery, not the "weeping stick method" of the beggar gang's own sect, and declared to everyone that he wanted to overthrow Ma Mengliang's beggar gang. The status of the gang leader, however, the gang leader of the beggar gang is not easy to change, unless the gang leader has committed an unforgivable mistake, he can be condemned by the disciples of the beggar gang and recommend another person to do it.
Now that Liu Wenhai is not as capable as Ma Mengliang, he actually wants to overthrow Ma Mengliang's position as the leader of the clan. Of course, this cannot be echoed.In a fit of anger, Liu Wenhai immediately declared to leave the Beggar Gang, which was invisibly a rebellion. Therefore, the disciples of the Beggar Gang did not forgive Liu Wenhai and wanted to hunt down Liu Wenhai. No one can beat him, so there is no way.
Later, Liu Wenhai joined the disciple of elder Yushan of the Kongtong sect. Since Liu Wenhai's own martial arts is strong, and he was taught by elder Yushan carefully, his martial arts are even more powerful than when he was in the beggars' gang. , It is also famous in the rivers and lakes.
With his own three-in-one kungfu and Feiyun swordsmanship, he raised the reputation of the Kongtong faction in the martial arts. Originally, the Kongtong faction had lost its status in the martial arts. Everyone was overjoyed for it. As a result, after the death of Elder Yushan, he elected Liu Wenhai as the head of the Kongtong Sect.
Because Liu Wenhai belonged to the rebels of the Beggar Clan and members of the Beggar Clan, they hated him very much. Although he has now become the head of the Kongtong Sect, they still want to capture him and let the Beggar Clan dispose of him.Liu Wenhai was very disgusted with the aggressiveness of the Beggar Gang. Originally, he was dissatisfied with the Beggar Gang, but now that he had this relationship, he hated it even more.
For this reason, there was a great discord between the Jiangnan Beggars' Clan and the Kongtong Clan. These grievances could not be resolved for more than ten years.
There have been many times when martial arts masters wanted to resolve the disputes between the two factions, but because the heads of the two factions had deep grievances, there was no way to resolve them no matter how they tried. Since then, the two factions have become worse and worse. hostile state.
Back then, Yin Zhiqing and Mo Chouren had fought once, but neither side could take advantage of it. Now that they met in a tavern and provoked their old hatred, they had a duel. Unexpectedly, both sides suffered losses.
At this time, Mo Chou was seriously injured because Yin Zhiqing stuck his chopsticks into his chest, but he was able to hold on because of his deep inner strength. Glancing at Yin Zhiqing, he said coldly: "Yin Zhiqing, mountains and rivers meet again, and there are still many opportunities for us to meet!"
After saying that, he ran away in a hurry, and disappeared in a blink of an eye. His heart was pierced by chopsticks, and he was seriously injured, but on the outside, he didn't seem to care.
Yin Zhiqing's chest was hit by Mo Chouren's iron crutches, and he lay on the ground. It took him a long time to stand up, his face was ashen, and he left the tavern.He knew that Mochou's crutch was very heavy, even if he could barely support it, he couldn't last long, so he tried his best to use his inner strength on the injured part.The Kongtong School is famous for its internal skills, and the current leader Liu Wenhai has integrated the Sanhe Gong created by himself into the "Three True Qigong", which is even more powerful. Although Yin Zhiqing is the second generation disciple of the Kongtong School , but following Liu Wenhai for many years, honing day and night, his internal skills are not weak, so he can withstand Mo Chou's abduction, otherwise he will die on the spot.
So he supported it with all his strength, walked eastward, and fell to the ground when he came to the door of a big house.
This big house is the residence of Huo Wuya, the "Seven Star Sword" who shocked the martial arts. Back then, Huo Wuya opened a Yaowu Escort Agency in Beijing. His only companion was his daughter Huo Yue'e, and when she had nothing to do, she taught her the seven-star swordsmanship that he dominated in the martial arts world.As for the grievances and grievances between Jianghu and Jianghu, he has no leisure to pay attention to them, so as not to cause disputes. Therefore, Remnant Gold and Poison Palm reappeared in the martial arts world, embarrassing people in Jianghu. A person who has been in the rivers and lakes for decades, he can see through these things.
At this time, there were seven oil lamps in the middle of the hall, Huo Yuee was in the middle of the oil lamps, holding a sword and dancing, Huo Wuya sat on the chair, and explained the sword tactics, Huo Yuee practiced each move according to the sword tactics his father said.
Suddenly, a servant rushed in from the outside, and said angrily: "Master Huo, there is a Taoist priest at the door who fell in front of the stone steps. It seems that he was seriously injured. He came to ask you to heal him, but he fell to the ground."
Although Huo Wuya didn't care about the grievances and grievances between Jianghu and Jianghu, but because he was proficient in medical theory, whenever someone was injured and came to ask him for treatment, no matter what sect he was from, he would heal him and he would never refuse.
Huo Wuya heard the servant say someone was injured, nodded and said: "Bring him in."
The servant made a promise, and went out to carry Yin Zhiqing in. Huo Wuya looked at it and wondered: "So it's Yin Zhiqing, his ability is not weak, why did he get hurt so badly!"
At that moment, Huo Wuya asked his daughter to come into the room and took out two homemade Nine-turn Resurrection Pills, dissolved them in water, asked his servants to pry open Yin Zhiqing's teeth, and poured the medicine into Yin Zhiqing's mouth.
Huo Yue'e said in the middle of the room: "Daddy, do you know this Taoist priest? How could he be hurt so badly?"
Huo Wuya said: "This person's name is Yin Zhiqing, and he is the proud disciple of Liu Wenhai, the head of the Kongtong Sect. I met him once when we met Liu Wenhai. At that time, his martial arts foundation was already very good. , now after many years, his martial arts should have made great progress, and the people who injured him are certainly not weak."
Huo Yue'e asked suddenly: "Could it be that the poisonous palm of the broken gold hurt him? If so, I think you don't need to pay attention to these things."
Because Huo Yue'e had been with her father since she was a child, she had acquired a personality of not caring about worldly affairs. She was unwilling to get involved in the vortex when encountering anything on weekdays. Trouble happened, hence the saying.
However, although Huo Wuya didn't care about martial arts, he didn't give up when it came to medical treatment. He shook his head and said, "Yue'e, you're wrong if you think so. You can't ignore death alone. Yin Zhiqing's life is at stake. If you save half an hour late, you will lose your life, the so-called saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda, it should not be ignored."
While talking, Yin Zhiqing had already woken up leisurely, and said in a miserable voice: "It hurts me to death!"
Huo Wuya, the seven-star sword, was very happy when he saw Yin Zhiqing wake up. This is a kind of psychology, and everyone wants to see the improvement of the person he healed.
Seeing that Yin Zhiqing was awake, Huo Yue'e shouted: "Father, this Taoist priest is awake!" Then she approached Yin Zhiqing and asked, "Why are you hurt so badly?"
Huo Wuya quickly stopped her and said: "Yue'e, don't talk to him too much, so as not to affect his injury, his injury is not minor."
After speaking, he put Yin Zhiqing flat on the ground, and stretched out his hands to push him everywhere. After pushing for half an hour, he saw that Yin Zhiqing's gray face gradually turned red, and his breathing became even.
Injured Yin Zhiqing thought to himself that it would be difficult to be rescued, but unexpectedly, after being pushed by Huo Wuya, the seven-star sword, he felt waves of warmth from Huo Wuya's palm to his body, and the pain gradually disappeared.
This is Huo Wuya's use of the excellent medical method of "pushing blood across the palace" to treat Yin Zhiqing's injuries. Now he is the only one who can use this excellent medical method in the world. Although his daughter Huo Yue'e has also learned this skill, but "Pushing blood across the palace" requires deep internal energy to be effective, otherwise it will not be effective, so Huo Yue'e has never healed others.
At that moment, Yin Zhiqing said leisurely: "Father Huo, it is thanks to you that I survived! This kindness and virtue, the younger generation will never forget it." As he spoke, he wanted to sit up.
Huo Wuya quickly shook his head and said: "Nephew Yin, although your blood has been reconciled, you can't get up immediately, otherwise the injury will be shaken, even if Hua Tuo comes back to life, it will be difficult to heal."
When Yin Zhiqing heard about it, he lay back on the ground, but he still couldn't thank you enough, saying: "Father Huo, you saved me, how can I thank you?"
In the blink of an eye, Cheng Gai, the eight-step chasing cicada, was full of doubts and thoughts, and at the corner of his eyes, Gu Zhuopiao had already hugged Xiao Lingheng, and he couldn't help smiling and thinking: "Actually, what do these things have to do with me?" ? Why do I bother to think about it?"
Feeling slightly at ease in my heart, I followed Gu Zhuopiao into the bamboo forest, my heart trembled when my eyes moved.
It turned out that Gu Zhuopiao, who was walking in front of him, was holding someone in his arms, but walking on this snow-covered trail, he didn't leave half a footprint under his feet, he couldn't help but secretly gasped. Qi, this is also a person who has become famous for his light work. Compared with others at this moment, the difference is indeed too far.
He couldn't help but flashed another thought in his mind: "This ancient master's skill is as deep as the ocean, it's hard to fathom, I'm afraid it's not much worse than the golden poisonous palm that crosses the martial arts world. In today's world, who can do it?" How can you train Mr. Guijie, who is only in his weak years, so well?"
As soon as he thought about it, he was alive again, and thought of the corpse of Huang Gongshao, who is invincible in golden swords: "He was hit with the golden poisonous palm, but he didn't have the golden palm print. Could it be that besides the real golden poisonous palm, there is another person who is fake? What is the relationship between the person who pretends to be the Remnant Gold Poison Palm and this Xiangguo Prince?" He sighed slightly, still at a loss.
Although he told himself not to think too much about these unsolved mysteries, this natural curiosity was beyond his control.Since ancient times, although human beings have changed a lot, the desire to uncover the mystery has not changed. Therefore, there is not a mystery in the world that will never be revealed for thousands of years.
He stepped up the steps quietly, when his feet suddenly sounded, he looked down and saw that there was some mud on his boots, and on the mud was a piece of paper, he brushed it on the ground with his other foot inadvertently, Silently following Gu Zhuopiao into the door, at this moment, he suddenly felt that he was so small, so small that he couldn't help but feel a little inferior.
Gu Zhuopiao gently put Xiao Ling on the bed, looked around, and asked with a frown: "Where is Qier?"
Cheng Gai shook his head, and he couldn't help sighing inwardly again, it must be known that Cheng Gai is also a well-known figure in the martial arts world, but now that Gu Zhuopiao asked him such words with such an attitude, he was naturally very upset.
This is a common problem of human beings. When he feels that he is small and has low self-esteem, his mood will be extremely sensitive and he will not be able to bear the slightest stimulation. If he is calm in his heart, he will know that what people said is not asking him at all. Not to mention looking down on him.
Gu Zhuopiao also seemed to notice his hesitation, smiled, and said slowly: "My little brother is in a state of confusion, and he never greeted Cheng Daxia."
When I moved my eyes, I suddenly saw Qi'er running in, looking at a letter with his head down, and said: "Qi'er, go and pour some tea."
But Qi'er didn't seem to hear it, he was still looking at the letter in ecstasy alone, Gu Zhuopiao's two sword eyebrows frowned slightly, his heart suddenly moved, but Qi'er raised his head and smiled, and handed the letter in front of him , smiled and said: "Master, where did this note come from, and how did it run to the steps outside?"
Cheng Gai saw that the letter was covered with mud, which was on his boots earlier, and he couldn't help wondering: "Could it be that there is something else on this letter?"
Gu Zhuopiao had already received the word card, glanced at it, and couldn't help smiling slightly: "Master Cheng, it seems that the Feiying Excalibur has also come here."
The tone was light, but Cheng Gai was taken aback, and quickly took it over to take a look, but saw that it read: "Ling'er knows: there is nothing to do here, so don't stay longer, don't miss it when you return to Jiangnan, there are horses behind the house, There is silver under the pillow, you can take it yourself, after returning to the castle, you must not reveal my whereabouts, remember, remember. Father"
But it was the slip of jade sword Xiao Ling obtained in that abandoned house, and after she casually threw it away, Cheng Gai got it on her feet by a coincidence.
This note made Cheng Gai, who was already full of thoughts, add another layer of doubts: "Xiaoxiang Fort has never set foot in the rivers and lakes, so why did this Feiying Excalibur come here? And its whereabouts are so secretive. He actually wanted to hide it from his family members and not even meet his daughter."
He let out a long sigh, raised his head, and met Gu Zhuopiao's sharp eyes, he couldn't help lowering his gaze, but saw a cold and cruel smile on the corner of Gu Zhuopiao's mouth.
He couldn't help shivering, and thought: "It would be great if Tianlingxing was here, maybe he can explain something."
At this point, he thought of his nephew and uncle Sun again: "Where did they go?" Then he thought again: "Where did Lin Peiqi, the Dragon Tongue Sword go?"
That night they found a figure in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and when they chased them out, they found that it was the Remnant Gold Poison Palm. The Dragon Tongue Sword had never shown up, but now it was not in the Prime Minister's Mansion. Cheng Gai couldn't help feeling uneasy, and suddenly a feeling of loneliness overwhelmed him. heart.Because all the doubts in his heart can only be hidden in the bottom of his heart, and no one can confide in them.
Looking up, the smile on the corner of Gu Zhuopiao's mouth has disappeared, and he is also in a daze, as if he, like himself, has many knots in his heart that cannot be resolved.
"It's such an enigmatic figure."
Cheng Gai sighed secretly, but decided to stay here, because this mysterious Mr. Xiangguo has attracted him deeply at this moment.
Xiao Ling's illness quickly recovered under careful care and expensive medicines, but this torture made her physically and mentally weak.
She was perfectly quiet, for no one disturbed her in her sick-room except for a servant girl who waited on her.Of course, she didn't know where she was hiding, because Gu Zhuopiao hadn't visited her since she came to her senses. Of course, she also wondered how she could change from a gloomy abandoned house to This is because when she was sick, she was in a coma and couldn't feel anything.
At this moment, she only felt that her body was still soft. Although she wanted to know where she was, no one told her, and she didn't have the strength to find out by herself.
What about Cheng Gai?From time to time, he ran out of the small gate in the back garden that Qier had told him, and walked around aimlessly. Feiying Excalibur Xiao Xu.
But he was disappointed, these days, he didn't even see Gu Zhuopiao.
The days seem to be very peaceful, but are these days really peaceful?Three days passed, and the night after three days was still the same as three days ago, dark and cold, a black shadow suddenly swooped into the backyard of the Prime Minister's mansion, his body was light, nimble, fast, and incomparably graceful.
But as soon as the figure hit the ground, he threw himself backwards, staggered, and fell to the ground. He struggled and gasped in a rough voice, as if he had suffered a serious injury, but his expression was extremely panicked, as if it made him panic. The wounded enemy was still following him at this moment.
He struggled to get up, looked around, the garden was dead, he seemed to be relieved a little, tried his best to swipe his body again, slid into the shadow under the rockery, seemed exhausted, and sat on the ground with a bang.In the dim light of night, one could see that his face was covered with a black square scarf, and only a pair of black and white eyes were exposed. As long as the eyes were closed, his face would be pitch black.
Suddenly, there was a gust of wind blowing from the sleeves of his clothes, and he was startled, barely holding back his panting, but a figure had already swooped over, and he shouted in a low voice, "Who?"
It was Cheng Gai.
Cheng Gai has been in the rivers and lakes for decades, he can be regarded as an old rivers and lakes, of course he is very alert when he sleeps, although the voices of passers-by in the garden at night are low, but he has already noticed it, rushed over, and sure enough, he saw a black figure hiding In the shadow of the rocks.
Babu Cicada's heart skipped a beat: "Could it be that the Dragon Tongue Sword is back?"
With a stride, he rushed over again, but saw that the night traveler was dressed in black, even his face was black.
He couldn't help being startled, his body suddenly stopped, and suddenly, there was a whistling wind behind him, and he said in a clear accent: "Where is the friend, what is the purpose of coming here late at night?"
With a sound of wind, he passed Cheng Gai, stretched out his right hand, fingers like hooks, and grabbed the right arm of the night walker.
Even though Ye Xingren was seriously injured that night, his martial arts skills were extremely high and he remained unruffled in times of danger. He made a slight wrong step, circled and spat out his left palm, cut and hit the opponent's wrist and elbow in the opposite direction.
At this moment, Cheng Gai could already see that the person passing by him was Gu Zhuopiao, thinking that the voice had alarmed him, he also rushed over.
Gu Zhuopiao made an empty move, and said in a low voice: "My friend is so fast!" With a sudden flip of his palm, he grabbed the night pedestrian's wrist. ".
Ye Xingren didn't seem to expect him to change his moves so quickly, he withdrew his right arm violently, swung his left palm around, and slashed at Gu Zhuopiao's flank. It's a wonderful move, but he has been seriously injured, the use of moves has become a little slow, and the force from the palm also seems weak.
Cheng Gai shuddered in his heart: "Why did such a master come out again?"
But Gu Zhuopiao smiled lightly, his body tilted, but his feet seemed to have taken root, and the palm of the night traveler was barely enough, but the palm wind pressed down, and Gu Zhuopiao's palms were already hard Handed over.
Ye Xingren suffered internal injuries, so of course he didn't dare to take this move head-on, and at this moment he was panting harder, and his strength was getting weaker and weaker.
But Gu Zhuo was so unreasonable, whoosh, whoosh, two palms came in a row, the night pedestrian grunted, tried his best, and suddenly made a move.
His right arm stretched suddenly, and he pointed to a sword. With a slight but graceful fluctuation, he pointed towards the left "Pylorus Point" next to the Juque Point under Gu Zhuopiao's heart.
This move looks ordinary, but the magic is in his slight fluctuation, as if he recognized the gap in other people's moves, he slipped out suddenly.
Gu Zhuopiao let out a low laugh, kicked his heels, and took five steps back, but Cheng Gai, who was watching, exclaimed, "Zhong Nan Yu Dafu!"
It turns out that the move used by Ye Xingren is exactly the "smile pointing to the sky" that the masked swordsman Zhongnan Yu Dafu used in the Huashan battle in the old days to severely injure the golden poisonous palm.
Even though Cheng Gai had never seen this move before, he had heard of it, and now he saw that Ye Xingren didn't have a sword in his hand, but he was using his fingers as a sword, and he was using swordsmanship. His whole body in black, and the black scarf covering his face, couldn't help but let out a cry of surprise when his heart moved.
Hearing this exclamation that night, the passer-by acted even more panicked, moved his body, and rushed towards the wall with the last remaining strength, as if he was afraid that others would see his true face.
Gu Zhuopiao sneered slightly at the corner of his mouth, as if he knew that he couldn't run out, so he stood there without moving, but took a step forward to catch the cicada in eight steps, and shouted loudly: "Hero Yu."
That night pedestrian didn't turn his head back, he had already fled under the wall, but he didn't know that three people "swoosh" and "swoosh" from outside the wall came in and stood in front of him.A thin man said loudly: "Hero Yu, we have had a hard time finding you. Hero Yu, why do you have to hide your behavior? Do you disdain to be with us?"
A short and fat man standing beside him laughed loudly and said, "After the Huashan meeting, Hero Yu appeared as a dragon, and it has been more than ten years. Does Hero Yu still recognize me as an old man?"
Babu Chasing the Cicada also flew behind him at this moment, and couldn't help being ecstatic when he saw the three people rushing into the wall. It turned out to be Uncle Sun Qingyu, the star of the sky, and Lin Peiqi, the Dragon Tongue Sword.
Pedestrian was caught back and forth that night, and it was a miracle that he was still able to support himself with his profound internal strength even though he was seriously injured. At this moment, when he suddenly relaxed, he couldn't hold on any longer. With a long sigh, he collapsed to the ground. fainted.
Sky Spirit Star Sun Qingyu, Dragon Tongue Sword Lin Peiqi, and Babu Chasing Cicada Cheng Gai all rushed over in shock.
Lin Peiqi stretched out his iron arms and hugged him horizontally. Just as he was in a panic, Gu Zhuopiao walked over slowly and said loudly: "Hero Yu seems to be injured, so let's send him to Xuanzhong for now, let's see how the injury is." Say it again."
Sky Spirit Star Sun Qingyu quickly cupped his fists, chuckled lightly, and said, "Xiao Ke is really disturbed when he comes to disturb you again in the middle of the night."
Gu Zhuopiao smiled slightly and said: "If Old Hero Sun said that, he is out of touch." He made a gesture with his right hand: "Please come with me!"
As soon as Fang turned around, there was the sound of chaotic footsteps, and the flames appeared behind the rocks, Gu Zhuopiao frowned slightly, and said: "Brother Cheng is leading everyone to go ahead, Xiao Ke will go there first, so that those useless Your servants are disgusting." As he spoke, he hurried forward, his shoulders motionless, but his feet were like flowing water.
Sun Qingyu snorted and said: "Sure enough, my old eyes are still immature." His long gray eyebrows frowned, "Brother Cheng, please lead us to the Xuanzhong, I'm afraid there will be no delay in the injury of Yu Daxia!"
Cheng Gai wondered: "With Zhongnan Yu Dafu's kung fu, who else can hurt him? How did Sun Qingyu and the others gather together? And they just happened to come here?" While turning his thoughts, he was already walking along the path, Lead them to the side pavilion.
He still flitted in through the window he jumped out of, lit the lamp, and then opened the door to let Long Tongjian and others come in, and put the injured Zhongnan Yu Dafu on the bed where he had slept before.Tian Lingxing walked to the bed, sighed, and said slowly: "Until today, my old man guessed things for more than ten years before he knew the answer."
As he spoke, he slowly stretched out his hand to uncover the black scarf on the face of the famous masked swordsman Zhongnan Yu Dafu, who only appeared as a dragon in the rivers and lakes.
Cheng Gai, Lin Peiqi, and even Sun Qi were also nervous at the moment, and their eyes were fixed on the black scarf, because as soon as the black scarf was uncovered, a person who had been suspected by many people in the martial arts world for more than ten years The answer to this secret is about to be revealed - all secrets will be revealed one day, it's just a matter of time.
Swipe, the black scarf was removed, revealing the face hidden behind the black scarf, Tianling star Sun Qingyu and Dragon Tongue Sword Lin Peiqi couldn't help exclaiming, thump, thump, thump, and took three steps back, feeling dizzy for a while, It's almost like it's untenable.
Cheng Gai and Sun Qi glanced over, but saw that the face was thin, delicate and fair, with a short beard under the chin. Although his complexion was paler than others, it was the same.
"Why are Tianlingxing and Longtongjian so surprised?" They couldn't help wondering.
After a long silence, Sun Qingyu and Lin Peiqi let out a sigh of relief, almost unanimously said: "It turned out to be him!"
"Who is it?" Cheng Gai asked immediately.
天灵星孙清羽长叹一声，道：“他就是江南潇湘堡的堡主，当代的大剑客，从来未曾涉足江湖的飞英神剑萧旭。”
须知龙舌剑林佩奇手持竹木令远赴江南时，曾在潇湘堡中见过这江湖虽然闻名，却极少有人见到的飞英神剑一面，而天灵星孙清羽多年前也和他有一面之缘，是以他们一见巨创残金毒掌的终南剑客郁达夫，竟是潇湘堡主萧旭，自然是大吃一惊。
程垓、孙琪虽然未曾见过此人之面，但听孙清羽一说，也不由轻呼出声，猛以拳击掌，道：“这就对了。”
轻易不出江湖的飞英神剑为何北来？又为何行踪诡秘？这在程垓心中百思不解的疑团之一，此刻也同时得到了解答，他疑念一解，心中大畅，竟叫了出声。
但别人可不知道他叫的原因，孙清羽不禁问道：“什么对了？”
八步赶蝉程垓这才将金刀无敌黄公绍的死，和自身所遭遇到的事，说了说来。
孙清羽一直凝神倾听着，却问道：“那古公子方才和萧大侠动手时所用的招式，你可曾看清是哪一门派的？”
程垓沉吟了半晌，道：“他第一式用的是'武当擒拿手'中的'金丝剪腕'，第二式用的却像是'昆仑云龙八式'中的一招'云龙三现'，但方位却又似乎稍有变化。”
须知八步赶蝉久历江湖，武功虽不甚高，但见识极广，是以一眼便能认出古浊飘的招式。
天灵星孙清羽“哦”了一声，长眉微皱，又陷入深思中。
林佩奇却向程垓说出了他的遭遇：原来那天晚上程垓等所居的侧轩屋顶上，发现了夜行人的踪迹，程垓等跟踪追去，龙舌剑却因连日劳顿、奔波，睡得较沉，没有惊觉。直到后来，相府卫士满园搜查时所发出的嘈声、沉重的脚步声，才把他吵醒。
他惊醒之后，知道相府中出了事，起来一看，程垓、黄公绍、孙氏叔侄全已不在，他不禁暗叫：“惭愧。”
须知闯荡江湖之人，睡觉若如此沉法，同屋之人走了都不知道，那的确是值得惭愧的。
他不知道到底生出什么事故，心里着急，但外面搜得火剌刺的，他不能出去，但势又不能不出去。
终于，他悄然推开窗子，听得嘈乱的人声已渐远去，他才一掠出窗，嗖，嗖，几个起落，极快地离开了相府。
四下一转，寂无人影，这时残金毒掌已追至废宅，而孙氏叔侄惊魂初定，也离开了，是以他找了半天，也未找着。
自然，他非常奇怪他同伴们的去向，正发着愣，突然身后一个奇怪的声音缓缓说道：“林佩奇——”
林佩奇悚然一惊，错步回身，运腰微扭，金光一闪，在这一瞬间，他已将腰边仗以成名的奇门兵刃龙舌剑撤到手里，借着回身之势，“立解残云”，向后挥去。
这种地方，就可看出这龙舌剑之成名确非幸致，就凭他这身手之速，反应之快，就不是普通武林同道能望其项背的。
哪知他这迅如闪电的一招，竟连人家衣袂都没有沾上一点。
他一招落空，知道自己又遇着劲敌，不敢再轻易出招，手腕一抖，龙舌剑呼的反弯了回来，左手疾伸，捏住龙首，这龙舌剑名虽是剑，其实招式却大部和蛟鞭相同。
他闪目而望，只见身前五尺开外，卓然站着一人，黑衣蒙面，带着一种沙哑的奇怪口音，向自己微微发着笑声道：“林老弟当年一别至今十余年，功力精进得很呀！”
林佩奇凛然一惊：“莫非他就是终南郁达夫！”
仔细再打量了几眼，忽然看到这黑衣人肩头所露的剑柄，竟是用白色丝绦系住的，心中闪电般倒退十七年，想到那时在华山绝壁前，那宛如天际神龙倏然而来的蒙面剑客终南郁达夫，正是这种打扮，掌中所使，也是这系着白色丝绦的长剑。
一念至此，他心中再无疑念，脱口道：“郁大侠，你——”
那自称“终南郁达夫”的黑衣人，朗声一笑，接口道：“残金毒掌再现江湖，郁达夫也静极思动，来再会十七年前的故友，方才那残金毒掌现身之际，我隐在屋脊后，因为另有原因，是以未曾现身，但经我十数天的奔走，对那残金毒掌的落脚地，心里已有个谱，等到时机成熟，郁达夫自然要联络各位——”
他微微一顿，又道：“据我所知，四川唐门也有人北来，似乎还另有一人随同而行，却是个武林中的生面孔，年纪虽不大，但一眼望去，却像是内家高手。”
他长叹一声：“自残金毒掌再现江湖后，武林中似乎大半都已静极生动，而且其中还有几个新起高手，真是所谓长江后浪推前浪，一辈新人换旧人，林老弟，郁达夫今日所要言明的，就是在时机未熟之前，切切不可轻举妄动，免得白白牺牲一些人的性命。”
这一席话讲得龙舌剑林佩奇心中又惊又喜，却又有些惭愧。
惊奇的是这武林中神秘剑客“终南郁达夫”怎的突然现身京畿，却在人不知鬼不觉之间，已经打探出残金毒掌的端倪。
喜的是，此人一现，再加上闻说已经北来，毒药暗器天下无双的唐门中人，或可将这残金毒掌歼灭。
惭愧的却是人家劝告自己的话，虽然都是金石之言，但因此可见，却显得自己能为太差，纵然拼命，也是白搭。
他心中这几种思潮一齐翻涌，顿时愕了半晌，哪知那终南郁达夫朗声一笑，道：“今日暂且别过，有事当再联络。”身形一动，快如飞燕地没入黑暗。
龙舌剑林佩奇连忙喊道：“郁大侠暂留一步。”
但人家身形太快，他说出口时，人家已失去踪影，林佩奇微喟了一下，暗忖这蒙画剑客的行踪，的确有如“见首而不见尾”的神龙，对人家的功夫，更是五体投地。
他出了一会儿神，信步在黑暗中的街道上走着，突然想起自己方才忘记问问终南郁大侠有没有看到天灵星等人。
“现在他们都不知去向，我再回到相府，已无意义，但是，我该到哪里去呢？”举目四望，寒冷凛冽中，东方已现曙色。
龙舌剑林佩奇本是江湖间的游侠一流人物，终岁漂泊江湖，四海为家，不知怎的，此刻他却有了无处可去的寂寞感觉。
但转瞬天光大亮，他精神又为之一振，方才在黑暗中所有的那种颓唐、阴郁的感觉，此刻已一扫而空，他本是个没遮挡的血性男儿，心中感怀虽多，但志气却未因此而消磨。
天虽已亮，但在这严寒的清晨，街上仍无人迹，林佩奇踱了几步，看到前面一家小门面里，正热腾腾地冒着气，林佩奇久走江湖，知道这是磨豆腐的磨坊，早上却兼卖着刚出锅的新鲜豆浆和一些烧饼、果子一类的吃食——此处所谓的“果子”，非水果也，而是北方人对“油条”的称谓。
林佩奇觉得身上有些寒意，遂信步走了过去，想喝碗豆浆解解这饥寒之气，哪知刚走到门口却听一人道：“好汉不吃眼前亏，识时务者，才是俊杰之士，琪儿，这道理你要记住，否则徒逞一时匹夫之勇，却丧了性命，却又何苦？”
林佩奇暗忖：“这口音好熟，好像是天灵星。”大步走了上去，一看果然是他。
两人相见之下，各个将自己所遇说了，天灵星听了龙舌剑林佩奇所说的话，脸上喜形于色，以手加额，连声道：“好了，好，'终南郁达夫'和唐门中人这一来，十七年前华山绝壁的故事不难重现，残金毒掌呀，残金毒掌，看来你又是难逃公道了。”
他哈哈一阵大笑，又对孙琪道：“琪儿，凡人都应顺着天命，恃强胡来，是万万不行的。”
孙琪却垂着头，发着愕。天灵星孙清羽大笑方住，又道：“林老弟，现在北京城里可有热闹好看了，你我当先之务，最好将终南郁达夫找着，告诉我们他发现有关残金毒掌的端倪，我老头子帮他参考些意见，也许能早点得到下落了。”
龙舌剑自然唯唯称是，他们是以也不便再回相府，就寻了个客栈住下，晚上，他们却四处探查着，希冀能发现终南郁达夫的行踪。
天灵星孙清羽老谋深算，他知道自己既然已在残金毒掌手下奇迹般地逃生一次，那么知道即使自己再遇着残金毒掌也无所谓，是以放心大胆地四下搜寻着，并不顾虑。
两三天下来，“终南郁达夫”的影子都没有探出半点，却算北京城里那些黑道下三门的鼠窃倒楣，只要在这几天中出来做案的，大多都被龙舌剑林佩奇抓到，打得个半死。
于是北京城下三门中就开始传说：“六扇门”的“鹰爪孙”，突然出来几个硬手，这两天要避风声才好。闻言表过不提。
且说那天灵星、龙舌剑等三人，方自有些失望。
哪知在第四天的晚上，他们正在卷帘子胡同一带打转，突然身后起了阴恻恻一阵冷笑，他们大惊转身，哪知就在他们眼角瞬处，一条金色的人影已如惊鸿般掠过他们。
这三人心头不禁一跳，却见那金色人影倏然停了下来，对着黑暗冷冷说道：“不敢见人的鼠辈，你整天跟着我，活得起腻了吗？”
三人望着他的背影，听到他说话时那种冷入骨髓的声音，看到他空空的左臂，心中方自吃惊地暗暗忖道：“残金毒掌！”
哪知黑暗中突然一阵长笑，一个粗哑而奇怪的声音道：“残金毒掌果然了得，一别十七年，耳目还是如此灵敏，故人无恙，真叫我郁达夫高兴得很。”
随着话声，倏然掠出一条人影，黑衫黑巾，正是天灵星遍找不获的“终南郁达夫”。
残金毒掌全身僵立，目光阴森森地望着他，仿佛在忆着十七年前的那一剑之仇。那“终南郁达夫”却又笑道：“想不到，想不到，阁下果然是位不死的神仙，十七年前那一剑——”
话未说完，残金毒掌已冷叱一声，身形一动，已掠“郁达夫”身前，右手一探，轻飘飘一掌击过去，掌势并不急速，掌风也不锐利，就像是行所无事间，随意挥出一样。
但郁达夫却识货得很，知道在这位内家高手手下，越是轻描淡写的招式，其中暗藏的杀手也愈厉害。微啸一声，身形倏然后退五步，“呛然”一声龙吟，背后长剑已自出匣。
一看到这两人动手，天灵星、龙舌剑眼睛都直了，大气也不敢出，心中却凛然吃惊，但却又舍不得离去。
因为他们都是“练家子”，知道这种十年难得一见的比斗，其精彩简直不能想像。何况这两人都是一别江湖十七年，这十七年里，他们的武功又有什么精进？谁能抢得先机？他们眼睛瞬也不瞬，却见郁达夫长剑挥出，手腕突然一抖，顿时满天剑气森冷，青白的剑色染得夜色一白。
残金毒掌又是一声冷笑，丝毫不见作势纵跃，人已凌空而起，金色的掌影如黄金之雨，转瞬间，已连环拍出三招。
这三招竟是从那满天的剑气中抢攻而进，郁达大连退几步，手中长剑施展开，刹那间，虽然冷芒电掣，但却只是自保而已，并没有抢得先机。
旁观的三人，都是武林人物，此刻见了，都不禁暗里着急，哪知郁达夫脚下突然连退三步，手中长剑画了个极大的圈子，在自己面前布下一道青白森冷的剑幕。
这一招奇诡怪异，竟是天灵星前所未见，也前所未闻的招式，孙清羽微叹一声，忖道：“这'终南郁达夫'到底是何来历，实在令人费解。他这一招非但不是终南剑法，也不是中原任何一个剑派的招式，但精妙之处，却远在各门各派的剑术之上。残金毒掌武功虽突出，可是我也不相信他能破去这一招。”
这些念头在他心中原是一闪而过，终南郁达夫这一招使出后，残金毒掌果然愕了一下，脑中已极快地闪过四字：“凝金固石！”
原来终南郁达夫连连失机，眼看就要不敌，竟使出武林中盛传，但却都没有见过的“四十九手回风舞柳剑”中的绝招来。
残金毒掌突然仰天长啸一声，掌势突然一变，出手比先前更为缓慢，郁达夫却觉得自己使出的剑式，仿佛被一种阴柔但却巨大的力量吸引着了，招式竟施展不开。
他眼光一瞬，忽然遇着残金毒掌的眼睛，不知怎的，那残金毒掌眼中仿佛也有那种阴柔而巨大的吸引之力，终南郁达夫两只炯然有光的眼睛，竟也被他吸引住了。
郁达夫招式一缓，天灵星方自觉得不妙，哪知残金毒掌忽的冷笑一下，右臂本是前劈之势，中途却突然顿住，手掌一翻，“三指”如钩，嗖的，竟抓住郁达夫的长剑。
郁达夫大惊，闷哼一声，右臂真气满布，猛的夺剑。
哪知残金毒掌冷笑声中，手势忽然往前一送，郁达夫本来就是“向后扯”的力量，再被他这种强大的力道一送，顿时立脚不稳，噔，噔，往后退了两步，方自拿桩站稳。
却不知就在他功力尚未凝聚的那一刹那，残金毒掌猛叱一声：“拿来。”
铁腕一抖，郁达夫手中的剑竟被他硬生生夺了过来，而他所使出的这种阴柔而奇异的内力，也未将长剑震断。
郁达夫惊惧之下，身形一转，嗖然，掠起三丈，就往后逃。但就在他身形方自掠起之际，残金毒掌的身躯已凌空而起，左掌探处，却快如闪电，啪的，击在郁达夫背上。
天灵星等不禁惊唤出声，残金毒掌缓缓回过头来，目光凛然从他们脸上掠过，这三人不禁又生出一阵寒意。
天灵星果然不愧为老江湖，在这种情形下，仍能抱拳强笑道：“孤独大侠——”
哪知人家根本不理他，在发出一声冷入骨髓的冷笑后，掠去无踪。
天灵星突然收敛去面上的笑容，长叹一声，道：“想不到我们惟一希望所寄的人，也伤在这残金毒掌的掌下，唉，放眼江湖，竟像没有一人是这魔头的敌手了。”
他目一瞑，遂又睁开，道：“那终南郁达夫中了他一掌，仍未倒下，不知有否生机，无论如何，我们也得找找他看，若是仍有救，那自是最好，否则，唉，我们也得将这位终南剑客的尸身安葬起来，免得他曝尸街上。”
年纪大了的人，对“死”总是最易感触，天灵星又叹了一声。和龙舌剑等跟踪终南剑客逸去的方向掠去。
三转两转，他们却转到那相府的后院院墙外，此刻恰巧八步赶蝉正在惊呼着：“郁大侠。”
这三字一入耳，孙清羽等立刻掠了进去，刚好挡在终南郁达夫前面——龙舌剑简略地说出这几天来自己的经过，程垓方自唏嘘间，那孙清羽却突然又惊“咦”了一声。程垓回头望去，原来孙清羽已解开那终南郁达夫——飞英神剑萧旭的衣服，查看他的伤势，此刻转过头来，惊异地说道：“这又是奇事。”
他朝飞英神剑裸露的后背一指：“萧大侠明明中了残金毒掌一掌，但后背上却怎的没有金色掌印呢？”
众人随着他手指望去，飞英神剑的后背只有一片淤黑，哪有金色掌印？林佩奇和孙琪却眼见他中了残金毒掌一掌，此刻都也惊唤出声。八步赶蝉心中却一动，暗暗忖道：“怎的他的伤痕竟和金刀无敌的一样？”
遂将金刀无敌在中了残金毒掌一掌后，身上也无金色掌印的事说了出来，又道：“据小弟推测，这北京城里，除了真的残金毒掌外，还另有一人假冒残金毒掌，只是这人武功也极高，行事也极怪——”
林佩奇忍不住接口问道：“只是这人是谁呢？又为着什么原因他要假冒残金毒掌呢？”
众人默然，这问题也是大家心中都在疑惑不解的问题，当然没有一人能够为林佩奇解答。
天灵星沉默了半晌，才缓缓说道：“程老弟说那位古公子的武功像是深不可测，以我所见，方才他在前行时的身法，轻功也委实到了深不可测的境界，若说这北京城里有着一个武功绝高，高得可以假冒残金毒掌的人，那么这位神秘诡异的古公子，实在大有可能。”
众人暗叹一声，不禁都默默颔首，这位天灵星的分析，素来都被他们折服的。
稍微一顿，孙清羽又道：“至于他假冒残金毒掌的原因，往好处去想，那是这位古公子身怀绝艺，不甘永蛰，想和残金毒掌斗一斗，是以穿了这魔头的衣服，学着这魔头的举动，因为假如残金毒掌知道除了自己外，还有一个冒牌货，他自然会现身一斗——”
林佩奇迫不及待地接口道：“若往坏处想呢？”
天灵星孙清羽长叹一声，道：“若往坏里想，这位古公子可能就是残金毒掌的弟子，假如残金毒掌到别处去了，他可能让他的弟子留在北京城做出一些事来，而收到扰乱天下武林耳目的效果。”
他一捋长须道：“若果然如此，有了一个残金毒掌，已使天下武林不安，现在又多了一个，那真是不堪设想了。”
众人又陷入沉默里，良久——始终未说过话的孙琪却突然说道：“依小侄看，这位古公子当真有些可疑，他受了师父之命，故意取出竹木令，引得潇湘堡中的人来，然后再击伤他，让他的师父没有后顾之忧，那天他突然送来竹木令的时候，我就有些怀疑，他怎肯将这种东西贸然送给陌生人。”
孙清羽目光凝注，孙琪微微顿了顿，又说道：“不过奇怪的是，若说是他是假冒残金毒掌，那么他为什么也是断臂缺指，面孔吓人，和叔叔说的残金毒掌一样呢？”
孙清羽缓缓说道：“这倒可以解释，他可以穿着一件没有左袖的衣服，将左臂藏在里面深陷在身中，这以他的功力，不难办到，然后再戴起一只镂金的手套，让人家根本不知道他有多少手指。”
这叔侄两人的一问一答，使得龙舌剑、八步赶蝉都听得出神，心中忐忑，惊讶之中，又掺合着些钦服。
孙清羽两道长眉一皱，沉声又道：“奇怪的是他这位相国公子，怎会做了残金毒掌的徒弟，学得了这一身武功——”
他突然一顿，像是想起什么，问道：“那玉剑萧凌是在这里养病吗？”
程垓一点头，孙清羽又道：“那我倒要问问她，她怎么会和这位古公子认识的，他们之间是什么交情，依我看，要想知道残金毒掌的下落，只有从这位古公子身上着手，若想知道这古公子的真相，也只有惟一一条路，那就是从玉剑萧凌身上打听一些。”
程垓沉吟了半晌，道：“只是那位萧姑娘病得很重，根本不省人事，终日说着呓语，此时就算去问她，恐怕也不能问出个结果来。”
屋内各人言来语去，都是在讨论着这震慑武林百余年的残金毒掌，和那奇诡神秘，武功绝高的贵公子古浊飘。
只是他们却未想到，究竟他们知道了残金毒掌的下落，和古公子的真相又当如何？难道凭他们的武功，还能将残金毒掌怎样？难道凭他们的身份，还能将这相国公子怎样？天灵星孙清羽虽然智计的确过人，在武林中的声望也极高，可是他武功却仅平平而已，纵然绞尽脑汁，可也挡不住人家的一掌。
就在他们谈话之际，在这侧轩的窗外，卓然立着一人，听着他们的谈话，脸上泛着一种冷削已极的微笑，嘴角挂着讥诮。
等到他们说完了，他才缓缓走进去，却故意放重了脚步。
他，正是奇诡神秘的古浊飘。
这时天已放出暮色，又是一天过去，有谁知道武林中的恩怨情仇，随着这一天的过去，又增加了几许？