Chapter 16 The sixteenth round of spying on the Yufu, knocking on the window to warn the duel on the cemetery.

Cai Jiu's father and daughter accidentally learned from Xianggu that the person standing next to Miss Yu when Yufu performed skills last time was not Gao Shiniang, but Zhao Mama.Since then, his father and daughter have taken turns to wait outside the gate of Yufu all day long, waiting for Gao Shiniang to leave the mansion, and when she is sure that he is the blue-eyed fox, they will go forward and arrest her.Unexpectedly, his father and daughter waited for half a month near the gate of Yufu, but Gao Shiniang did not come out.Cai Jiu was a little anxious, thinking, Bi Yanhu has always been cunning, she didn't show up in the garden before, and replaced Zhao Ma as a substitute, most of the time she acted carelessly, and she alerted the snake.If this is the case, then she must have refused to come out so easily.If this delay continues, there will be no ending!The father and daughter were helpless and helpless.Liu Taibao always comforted him in every possible way, persuading his father and daughter to wait patiently, fearing that his father and daughter would be reckless and cause trouble.

Therefore, every night, Liu Taibao went to accompany his father and daughter, and everyone drank a few cups of wine, and then went to sleep sullenly. It was early winter, and the weather was getting colder.On this day, the sky suddenly darkened, as if it was going to snow. Cai Jiu lowered the felt hat on his head, almost covering the upper half of his face.He clasped his hands, lowered his head, and wandered around the gate of Yufu alone, secretly watching the movement in front of the gate of Yufu.Suddenly a voice came from behind him: "Isn't that Brother Yi?" Cai Jiu was taken aback, and quickly turned around to look, but it was the lame old man, looking at him sharply with eagle eyes.

Cai Jiu hurriedly stretched out his hands and cupped his fists and said, "Ah, it's my brother! It's been a long time." The two of them greeted each other, but neither of them spoke again, they just stood there facing each other with their own thoughts, looking at each other.After a while, the lame old man said again: "It's been so cold outside for half a month, your father and daughter have worked hard enough." Cai Jiu heard his hint, and he just told him that he had already noticed what his father and daughter had been secretly watching outside the gate of Yufu for half a month.Cai Jiu sighed and said, "My father and daughter are also in a dilemma!"

The crippled old man also sighed and said: "Yes, you and I have taken over other people's jobs, and we can't help ourselves. Each has its own situation, and each has its own difficulties!" Cai Jiu said again: "My father and daughter have been away from home for more than a year, and they can't always be wandering in the rivers and lakes like helpless ghosts!" Cai Jiu lamented in his tone, and his voice became hoarse. The lame old man was silent for a while, then suddenly changed a strange expression and said: "You were in the garden that day, although there were many people in the Yu Mansion, it was actually in the back garden beside the pavilion, except for Miss Yu, Xianggu and Gao Except for Mrs. Mistress, there is not even a single person in sight. Miss Yu likes to be quiet, except for her personal maid, Xianggu, who lives upstairs with her, even Mrs. Gao can only live downstairs."

Cai Jiu couldn't figure out the meaning of what he said for a while, so he just listened attentively, without opening his mouth, the lame old man stopped, and he said without beginning or end: "Listen, brother Yi, I plan to talk to Yu tomorrow. Your Excellency will take ten days off, and I will go back to the countryside to have a look." After speaking, he nodded to Cai Jiu with a half-smile, said, "Go!" and limped away. Cai Jiu could hear from his last casual but incoherent words that the lame old man seemed to be telling him intentionally or unintentionally that Mrs. Gao lived under the building where Miss Yu lived in the back garden. There is no defense.The lame old man also hinted that he would stay away for ten days so that he could do it.Seeing that the time had come, Cai Jiu secretly made up his mind and decided to visit the Yu Mansion at night to find the blue-eyed fox himself, force her out of the mansion, and use martial arts to decide the outcome according to the rules of the world.If she wins against her, it means she is very capable, and she will tear up the arrest papers in front of her face, and then she will live in the rivers and lakes and die of old age; if she is defeated by her own hands, she will have no choice but to accept her fate, obediently accept the chains, and go to justice with herself.Cai Jiu was walking while thinking, but he had already returned to the inn.Seeing that her father was still the same as usual, Cai Yaomei didn't bother to inquire, and went to the kitchen to cook.When she brought the rice into the room and saw her father packing up weapons and clothes, Cai Yaomei couldn't help being surprised and asked her father what happened.Only then did his father tell her about the lame old man he met outside the gate of Yufu, and what the old man hinted to him.

He also said that he had decided to go to the mansion tomorrow night to force Bi Yanhu out of the mansion for a martial arts contest to close the case.Master Cai was afraid that Liu Taibao would worry too much and come to dissuade him again, so he asked his daughter to keep quiet for now.Cai Yaomei nodded in agreement. When Liu Taibao came over to chat in the evening, Mr. Cai and Mrs. Cai Yaomei did not talk about it as usual. The next day, light snow flew in the sky.Master Cai and Yaomei Cai stopped waiting outside the gate of Yufu, and hid in the room to prepare to visit the mansion.Master Cai decides to enter the mansion alone with only his sidearm, the nine-section steel whip. Cai Yaomei refuses to say anything, and must go with her father to take care of her.Master Cai couldn't resist her, and finally agreed to let her stay outside to let the wind go, so that he could take care of it in case of any accident.

The father and daughter managed to stay until dark, and when they were eating dinner, Liu Taibao came into the house again.He was still the same as before, talking about the inn's business situation, Master Cai didn't answer, and they each buried their heads in their meals.Although Cai Yaomei was listening to his conversation, she seemed absent-minded.Liu Taibao couldn't help being surprised. He observed carefully and saw that Master Cai was uncharacteristically tonight and hadn't even touched a drop of alcohol. Looking at Cai Yaomei's face, he also showed an unusually serious expression.Liu Taibao knew that there was something different, but it was inconvenient for Heng to ask.

Just as he was in doubt, Cai Yaomei stood up to serve her father a meal, and when she raised her hand, a piece of narrow-sleeved tights that she used to wear when performing skills was exposed from the cuff, Liu Taibao looked at her cuff again, and saw that there was a The back of the tights is faintly exposed.Liu Taibao is a delicate person, and he already understands three points in his heart.He said worriedly and sadly: "Godfather, Yaomei, you must have something to hide from me tonight, I have already seen it." Mr. Cai and Mrs. Cai Yaomei exchanged glances, but they didn't say anything.

Liu Taibao said aggrievedly: "Don't tell me godfather and Yaomei still don't trust me, why don't you discuss with me." Master Cai had no choice but to tell him the hint of the lame old man yesterday and his decision to visit the mansion tonight.Although Liu Taibao had a lot of concerns about the night visit to the Yufu, he was full of worries, but seeing that his father and daughter had already made up their minds to go, and the lame old man in the Yufu had already given such hints, it was inconvenient to force him to persuade him, so he had no choice but to go He put forward various scenarios and possible difficulties in order to help his father and daughter make more thorough preparations.In the end, Liu Taibao also proposed that he also go with him, so as to have more eyes and more helpers.Cai Ye and Cai Yaomei both politely declined.When Liu Taibao saw that Grandpa Cai and his daughter were determined not to let him go with him, he said impassionedly: "I, Liu Taibao, am by no means a person who cannot share adversity. As the saying goes, 'See the true heart in times of crisis', this is exactly what expresses my sincerity." How can I not go!"

Cai Yaomei's heart was moved, and she begged her father: "Father, let Brother Liu go together, don't let him show his blood." Master Cai said solemnly: "The Admiral's Mansion at Nine Gates is no better than the Marshal's Mansion, so don't be careless. In case of being exposed, I still have arrest papers by my side, and at most it's just a matter of leaving. Taibao has a store with a bottom, and it's in this street, and the teacher comes from an unknown person. , why take this risk. As long as you are not implicated, you can also give my father and daughter more escape routes. "Seeing Master Cai's sincere attitude, Liu Taibao said the same thing, and gradually calmed down, and no longer insisted on going with him.

The second watch has been called on the street.At this time, the snow had stopped, and the house was covered with snow everywhere, and the streets were completely deserted, and everything was completely silent.Cai Ye and Cai Yaomei took off their cotton clothes, revealing a bodysuit with narrow sleeves and tied feet.Cai Ye took out a nine-section chain steel whip and wrapped it around his waist, Cai Yaomei tightened the ribbon, and then only took out a single knife, and inserted it obliquely into the back.The father and daughter tidied up, blew out the lights, stepped out of the room, walked along the eaves, bowed their feet and walked towards the gate.Liu Taibao was already waiting there, he gently opened the door, Grandfather Cai and his daughter jumped out of the door one after the other, jumped into the alley three times and two times.After passing the empty dam where he performed skills a few days ago, he came under a camphor tree, which is the junction of the front and rear gardens in Yufu.Master Cai saw that there was no one around, and there was no movement in the wall when he listened to him, so he climbed up the branch and looked into the garden again. When he was sure that there was nothing suspicious in the garden, he held his hands against Yaomei. With one move, he jumped up to the top of the wall, and then lowered down lightly.As soon as Master Cai's feet landed, Cai Yaomei jumped over the wall like a shadow of a ghost.Master Cai raised his eyes and saw a building not far in front of him. The lights upstairs had been turned off, but there was still a faint light in the west room downstairs.Master Cai thought that the building must be Miss Yu's boudoir, and the place where the light was on must also be the bedroom of Mrs. Gao.So, his father and daughter, one in front of the other, appeared and disappeared from time to time, stopped and moved, and ran straight to the place where the light was exposed.When he arrived in front of the building, Master Cai motioned his daughter to hide behind the tree so that he could observe the surroundings. Then Master Cai got down from his body and walked up to the window. A woman is divination with a dental card under the lamp.Master Cai took a closer look under the light, and he recognized the high cheekbones, the more sunken eyes, and the red mole between the eyebrows that was particularly conspicuous under the light.At this moment, Master Cai was really pleasantly surprised and nervous, as if suddenly hooking a big fish, his heart couldn't help beating.He regained his composure, and tapped lightly on the window three times with his hand.With a slight knocking sound, the lights in the room suddenly went out.Master Cai also hurriedly stepped aside to prevent plotting.After a while, when there was no movement, Master Cai turned to the window and said softly: "Geng Liuniang, you have revealed your true colors, and you don't need to hide anymore. There is a champion's tomb three miles outside Yongding Gate. Tomorrow night two At another moment, I will wait for you in front of the grave, and we will settle this case according to the rules of the world. If you don't come, I will submit a letter to the Jiumen Admiral's Office, and you can stop blaming me." Although Master Cai's voice was low, his tone was very dignified.Without waiting for a response from the room, they turned around and jumped down the steps, gave Cai Yaomei a signal that they had succeeded, then they all went straight to the wall, turned their bodies, and both jumped over the wall.Unexpectedly, as soon as his father and daughter's feet hit the ground, a person jumped down from the tree. Master Cai took two steps back in fright.The man waved his hand quickly and whispered at the same time: "Godfather, Yaomei, it's me. Has the matter been settled?" Only then did the father and daughter see clearly that the person standing in front of them was actually Liu Taibao. Master Cai nodded first, and then complained to him, "Why are you here?" Liu Taibao smiled and said, "I'm always worried, so I'm here to do my best." Cai Yaomei didn't understand what he meant by "come to do my best" and said with a slight sarcasm but kindly: "You are just here to let the wind go, why don't you follow in?" Liu Taibao said: "I haven't practiced light kung fu, so I can't jump in; my feet are heavy, and they will leave deep marks." Master Cai was also happy to see that Liu Taibao spoke sincerely.Busy said again: "If you have something to say, go back and talk about it. This is not a place to stay for a long time." Liu Taibao said: "Godfather, Yaomei, please go first." Master Cai and Cai Yaomei walked a long distance, only to see Liu Taibao stepping back and slowly following from behind.The father and daughter felt very strange, so they stopped to see what happened.Only when Liu Taibao came to him did he see clearly.I saw him dragging something like a big broom made of strips of cloth, back and forth, erasing all the footprints of the three people left on the snow. Master Cai hurriedly looked back at the footprints left on the ground when he came up, and he had already cleaned them up without a trace.Master Cai looked at Liu Taibao, secretly amazed at his thoughtfulness.When he arrived in front of the inn, Master Cai waited for Liu Taibao to come and open the door, and he couldn't help saying to his daughter very appreciatively: "In the past, your mother often praised me for my meticulous work, but I think Taibao is much more refined than your father." When Cai Yaomei heard that her father brought Liu Taibao and her mother together with herself, she couldn't help but feel hot in the face, and felt sweet in her heart.But she pretended to be disapproving, flattened her mouth, and said, "His fineness is not for himself. Why didn't he go into the garden and destroy those footprints, but only this section?" Master Cai slightly scolded him and said: "You girl has a lot of heart! How can you be so demanding of others? If Taibao heard what you said, he would be overhearted." Cai Yaomei still pretended to be angry and said: "Father just tell him and let him worry about it." After finishing speaking, she couldn't help but "poof" laughed out loud. Master Cai was full of affection and said, "I'm almost eighteen years old, and I'm still so ignorant." As the father and daughter were talking, Liu Taibao had arrived.The three returned to the house, just as the third watch was heard on the street. "Cai Yaomei brought a cotton coat for her father to put on, and then went to take out his father's old cotton robe and handed it to Liu Taibao, then the three of them sat around again and listened to Master Cai talking about how he went to find Biyanhu just now. Cai Yaomei heard that his father had made an appointment with Bi Yanhu to compete at the Zhuangyuan Tomb outside Yongding Gate on the second day of tomorrow. She couldn't help being excited and worried. Although Liu Taibao had fought with others many times, it was only out of a moment of anger. Most of the fists and kicks are used. After hitting, the anger will dissipate. At most, it will only break the skin and hurt the flesh, but he has never fought with real swords and guns. He heard that Master Cai has made an appointment with Biyan Hu Yu went to a duel outside the city at night, and his expression changed. Master Cai calmly talked about some rules of the world that should be followed in a duel and his estimation and arrangement for this duel.Master Cai said, this is a matter between him and Bi Yanhu, no one should interfere, let alone help, otherwise, it would break the rules of the world and violate the faith of the world, even if he wins, he would not be convinced. It will also be ridiculed by the world. Therefore, Cai Ye Zhuang Rong said to Cai Yaomei: "No matter how I fight her, you can only stand aside and watch, and don't come to help. If I subdue her, you only need to bring her chains, and let her go." I'll pack her up. If I lose to her, if I die or get injured, I can only accept my fate." Cai Yaomei said: "If something happens to you, can I just stand by and watch?!" Master Cai was silent for a while, and said: "If I am killed by her, you can write down this revenge. Right now, you are not her opponent." Liu Taibao listened attentively and did not speak. At this moment, he hurriedly interjected: "Godfather, what is the martial arts of this blue-eyed fox? Are you sure you can fight her tomorrow night?" Master Cai smiled lightly, and said: "In terms of martial arts, she is only mediocre. But this woman is ruthless, and her temperament is very aggressive. If you fight with her, you must be very careful." Cai Yaomei said disapprovingly: "Father, didn't you also tell me that her martial arts are not as good as yours, so why are you worried now?" Cai Ye said: "Two years ago, I would have thought that I could beat her. As the saying goes, 'If you don't see her for three days, you'll see with a new eye', who knows what's going on with her now! It's always better to be careful." Liu Taibao agreed with Master Cai's views, and also talked about the gains and losses of the struggle he had heard.Although what he talked about was eloquent, as if it was the experience he got from personal experience, in fact, it was mostly hearsay and unrealistic talk. Master Cai knew it well, knowing that it was not true, he did not refute him, but listened graciously.Cai Yaomei was delighted when she heard it, and she fell in love with him.The three of them kept talking about the fourth watch before going back to their rooms to sleep. Besides, after Yu Jiaolong got up early in the morning, she walked out of the room and leaned on the railing in the corridor to watch the snow-covered garden.She suddenly saw two rows of shallow footprints printed on the snow, one was printed directly from the garden to the steps in front of Gao Shiniang's bedroom window; the other was printed directly from the steps to the garden.Yu Jiaolong was taken aback, she understood in her heart: Someone came to look for Mrs. Gao last night. But who is this person?Judging from the direction in which the footprints came and went, it can be concluded that they came from outside the wall.Yu Jiaolong suddenly couldn't help it, as if she was offended by someone, a sullen look faintly rose between her brows. Just as Yu Jiaolong finished putting on her make-up, Mrs. Gao came into the room with a gloomy face.Yu Jiaolong saw her bloodshot eyes and her pale face in an instant.Mrs. Gao lingered, but said nothing.Yu Jiaolong suddenly asked coldly: "Who asked Mrs. Shi last night?" Mrs. Gao's face suddenly turned gray.She opened her eyes wide in surprise, she didn't expect Miss Yu to know what happened last night.She was even more puzzled how she knew. Seeing Mrs. Gao's slow response, Yu Jiaolong looked at her and smiled coldly, then said, "Is there anything inconvenient for Mrs. Gao to say?" Only then did Gao Shiniang murmur, "It's that Cai Jiu who performed his skills, and he actually broke into the mansion." Yu Jiaolong still asked coldly: "Why did he pursue you from the western border to the capital?" Gao Shiniang raised her head, straightened her body, and said in a cold tone, "Why? It's not an old case." Yu Jiaolong said "Ah" and said, "Have you ever committed a crime?!" Gao Shiniang suddenly became aggressive and said: "I have committed a crime. More than once. Miss Yu, would you like me to tell you all the crimes I committed!" Yu Jiaolong has already sensed that her intentions are not good, she glanced at her contemptuously, and said vigilantly: "I don't want to know about you, and I never know about you. I only ask you, how dare he commit crimes against Yufu at night?" ? What did he say to you again?" Gao Shiniang still said with a challenging look: "Miss Yu, why bother to get angry! In fact, Cai Jiu is the only one who committed crimes in Yufu at night! It's just that I'm not as good as you. He didn't come here to reminisce about the old days, but he came to demand my life .” Yu Jiaolong's eyes suddenly flashed with anger, she stood up suddenly from the table, bit her lips tightly, and stared at Gao Shiniang.Gao Shiniang has no intention of backing down, and from her resentful eyes, she can already see that she is ready to go all out.It was with great difficulty that Yu Jiaolong restrained her hand that had already exercised enough strength.She stood concentrating for a while, and then slowly calmed down. Gao Shiniang found out that Yujiaolong was already in Kerang, and took the opportunity to say: "Cai Jiu asked me to go to the Zhuangyuan Tomb outside Yongdingmen to have a duel with him. If I don't go, he will submit a letter to the admiral's office. Let me report it now, and let Master Yu show his shame." Yu Jiaolong: "Are you going or not?" Gao Shiniang blinked cunningly, and said, "That depends on what Miss Yu has to say." Yu Jiaolong already understood what she meant, and couldn't help hesitating.After pondering for a while, he asked again: "Are you really no match for him?" Gao Shiniang said: "Cai Jiu's nine-section chain steel whip is famous in Shaanxi, and even three or five younger generations can't get close to him. Although I stole a few sword techniques from your teacher Gao a year ago, I still can't match the sword technique. I am also worried that I may not be able to defeat him. What's more, Cai Jiu has a chick with him, if she is in a hurry and doesn't abide by the rules of the world, if she comes up together, I will be finished." Yu Jiaolong was still hesitating, and asked hesitantly: "What are you going to do?" Gao Shiniang suddenly turned down again, and half begged and half provoked him and said: "I think you, Mr. Gao, brought me into the Yu Mansion because you wanted to use the big yellow umbrella of Mr. Yu to provide shade. Unexpectedly, Cai Jiu wanted to even use the big yellow umbrella. Take it together, but how did he know that standing behind me is a powerful Guanshiyin Bodhisattva like you. Then again, one person does things and one person is responsible. I never dared to ask you to come forward for me But the matter has come to this point, due to the situation, I can't help it. I think it's better not to show your face if you go, just hide aside to help me strengthen my courage. If I win him, everything will be fine; Losing, and not being killed by Cai Jiu, because of your usual affection, you came here to pay me back with a sword, to make me happy, and to save me from going to court to be ugly, I am very grateful." After hearing her words, Yu Jiaolong felt waves of disgust in his heart.But she also knew that the current situation of herself and Yufu was only like this.She didn't want to say anything more to Mrs. Gao, but asked indifferently: "How do I get there tonight?" Gao Shiniang said confidently: "I'll hire a mule cart and tell him to wait outside the back door at all hours. Fortunately, Xianggu still has the key." Yu Jiaolong was startled again: "How does she know that Xianggu has the key to the back door?" Yu Jiaolong only smiled faintly, and said: "Master, please go ahead." Then she ignored her. Besides, in the "Sihaichun" inn, Cai Jiu still got up very early as usual, first moved his body in the courtyard, walked a few times, and then had breakfast with his daughter.Normally, his father and daughter would talk and laugh at the dinner table, express their caring, and seek happiness, but today at the dinner table, the two of them were silent, just absorbed in eating, each thinking about their own concerns.Master Cai's expression was particularly serious.It's no wonder, because after more than a year of eating and drinking, and traveling more than ten thousand miles, the blue-eyed fox he was hunting finally found its trace, and he will start a desperate fight with her tonight.If you win, you will return home triumphantly; if you lose, you will die of old age.But who will win and who will lose, he feels uncertain in his heart.At this moment of failure, how can Master Cai not be worried and excited.After all, Cai Yaomei is a bit more innocent, and what she thought of was fighting against Biyanhu and bringing her to justice, but after capturing Biyanhu, she was bound to leave for Shaanxi, which made her feel a little bit of bitterness in her joy. .Why is this?Are you reluctant to part with the prosperity of the capital?No, she seemed to have a thin thread in her heart being held by someone, it couldn't be finished, she couldn't figure it out, she couldn't stop pulling! After breakfast, Master Cai still didn't say much, and after Cai Yaomei went to pack up the dishes, he cleaned up his luggage in the room.He bundled all his personal belongings into packages one by one, leaving only the nine-jointed chain steel whip he used to use, a single knife and a chain used by Cai Yaomei. When Cai Yaomei went back to her room and saw this scene, she couldn't help but felt a sense of loss, and said in a sour voice, "Father, the blue-eyed fox hasn't been caught yet, what are you up to!" Master Cai said in a reprimanding tone: "It will be too busy to clean up at that time." Cai Yaomei said in confusion: "What's the rush! It won't be too late to clean up after you get the Bi-eyed Fox back."You don't have to think about it too long!What is this place? It's just that she is submissive and doesn't yell or yell, and things always have to be publicized. This is not intentional to sweep Master Yu's face.In case the Yu Mansion intervenes, relying on the large number of people to rob her and cause trouble, how to deal with it? " Only then did Cai Yaomei understand, and felt that his father's concerns were extremely serious.She became even more restless and said, "So what should I do?" Cai Jiu said without hesitation: "I have to fight with my back! I will take my bags away tonight. If I take the blue-eyed fox, my father and daughter will leave the capital overnight to avoid accidents. If I lose to her, I will lose face." If we stay in the capital again, the two of us will go to the east of the Guandong overnight." Cai Yaomei didn't make a sound anymore, her heart was disturbed. Just at this time, Liu Taibao came into the house.Seeing that Mr. Cai had packed his bags, he was quite surprised, so he asked Cai Yaomei with his eyes.Cai Yaomei had a sad look on her face, and her eyes were filled with tears.Liu Taibao understood in his heart.In fact, he went to bed last night and thought over and over again that capturing Bi Yanhu meant that Cai Yaomei would soon return to Shaanxi with his father, and he and Cai Yaomei would end there.Although he was very sad in his heart, he couldn't think of a good way to keep his father and daughter.He tossed and turned in such a way that he hardly closed his eyes all night.Although it was already his expectation that Master Cai would leave "Sihaichun", he did not expect it to be so sudden.Right now he saw Cai Yaomei's distressed and pitiful look again, Liu Taibao couldn't help feeling sad.He stood by the door for a while, and then said in a desolate tone: "Godfather, it seems that you are always going to leave. It is only my fault that I, Liu Taibao, have a shallow fate and can't keep you old and Yaomei; I wish you Lao Tonight will be successful, catch the blue-eyed fox, and go back to Shaanxi. Yaomei has suffered a lot with you, and she should have a happy home of her own." When Cai Yaomei heard this, she couldn't help crying bitterly.Master Cai also said sadly: "Taibao, I have known you for the past few days with you, so I don't need to talk to you anymore. My father and daughter will remember you in their hearts. You have Such a prosperous family business will have endless blessings in the future, so you don't have to worry about me, an old man." Then, Master Cai walked up to Cai Yaomei and said to her, "Little girl, don't blame your father, there has been no one to make paper for her in front of your mother's grave for more than a year. She is also thinking about it under the spring." After returning to Pucheng to do business, I resigned from the yamen and rented a few acres of land in the countryside to plant and live. When I die in the future, someone will send me back to the mountain and bury me and your mother together go." Liu Taibao originally wanted to bite the bullet and ask Cai Ye to betroth Cai Yaomei to him.Don't want to be secretly hesitating and puffing up, hearing Master Cai's words, he couldn't bear it anymore, and retracted the words that had come to his lips.How could he just start a family for himself, but let a lonely old man escort a woman with a heart like a snake to trek across mountains and rivers alone!How could he leave a poor old man to spend his desolate and lonely old age in order to marry a wife!But as soon as he looked up and saw Cai Yaomei crying like a tearful person, he couldn't cut off the lingering love again.Liu Taibao suddenly thought of a way to achieve both ends, and he followed the wish expressed by Master Cai just now: "Godfather don't need to be sad, Yaomei don't need to be sad, listen to me, Liu Taibao: If godfather really thinks of me, Liu Taibao, wait After you escort the prisoner back to Pu County for business, I will welcome you to come to my house to take care of you. In the future, after you are old for a hundred years, I, Liu Taibao, will send you back to Pu County to be buried with your godmother in hemp and mourning." Liu Taibao's words actually made it clear to Cai Ye that he proposed to Cai Yaomei, but he didn't say the word marriage.Of course Master Cai understood in his heart, but how could he answer this question!He was ashamed to say what he promised to come to his home for the elderly.Therefore, Master Cai pondered and did not speak.Cai Yaomei held back her tears, glanced at her father, and asked, "Who will sweep the mother's grave?" Liu Taibao hurriedly said again: "I can go to pay homage to it once every three or two years; every Chinese New Year, festival, birthday and death, it is the same to pay homage to the paper here." Master Cai was afraid that Cai Yaomei would say something inappropriate again, so he glared at his daughter, quickly changed the conversation, and said, "Tonight's outcome is hard to predict, so how can we talk about it! Let's discuss the matter of tonight's duel important." Then, the three of them really changed the subject and talked about the duel tonight.Liu Taibao suggested that it is better not to rush to take the luggage, so as not to get in the way.To prevent accidents, he asked to go with him.He also said that he could watch from a distance and would never intervene.After catching the blue-eyed fox.Then let him go into the city to pick up the luggage, in case of any accident.He is also easy to take care of. Seeing that what he said was reasonable, Master Cai nodded in agreement. After the night fell, Grandpa Cai, his daughter and Liu Taibao packed up, quietly left the inn and walked towards the gate of Yongding. After about one more watch, he came to the tomb of the number one scholar.This tomb of the number one scholar was originally a Song tomb, and it was repaired very grandly.In front of the tomb, there are stone tablets and Huabiao. The worship platform is ten feet square, surrounded by Hanyu railings, and there are long Hanyu seats. The back of the tomb is full of Bo Yang, each plant has a large enclosure, with high stems and dense leaves, covering the sun. The shade adds a solemn and quiet atmosphere to the whole cemetery.Behind Berlin is the boulevard. Because there are trees blocking it, pedestrians on the road will not be able to see the cemetery even if they pass by during the daytime. It is a good duel place. Master Cai was tightly tied up, wearing a padded jacket, and sat on a stone to rest his mind and luck quietly: Cai Yaomei sat next to her father, with a single knife slanted beside her, holding a chain in her hand, and watched Zhou Yu's movements attentively; Liu Taibao As soon as they arrived at the cemetery, they retreated to the back of a mound about fifty feet away from the tomb as promised. There was a new moon in the sky, and the snow in the fields had not yet melted. The moonlight and snow reflected the graveyard like daytime.The night is quiet, but the hearts of Cai Jiu and his daughter are tightly bound.There was a faint sound of more voices in the distance, and Cai Jiu's father and daughter knew that the agreed time had come, and their moods suddenly became tense.Cai Yaomei was looking around, when she suddenly saw a black figure looking around at the side of the cypress forest, looking forward and backward, walking this way. Cai Yaomei whispered in her father's ear: "The blue-eyed fox is here." Unconsciously, she stretched out her hand and held the knife tightly. Cai Jiu stood up, shook off the padded jacket on his shoulders, and went forward.The black shadow also sped up and rushed over, and the two stopped in the center of the worship platform, facing each other.Neither of them spoke, they just stared at each other face to face.One has a serious expression and eyes flashing with anger, and the other has a resentful look and fierce eyes.The two confronted each other for a while, and Master Cai finally spoke first, "Geng Liuniang, you're still here after all." Geng Liuniang said resentfully: "Cai Jiu, you are too aggressive!" Cai Jiu said: "The Jade Mansion is not your safe haven, and Master Yu can't be your amulet. Your case should be settled!" Geng Liuniang asked bitterly: "Where did you find out that I was in Yufu? And from whom did you know that Mrs. Gao is me, Geng Liuniang?" Cai Jiu said: "This is called 'It's not that you don't report, the time has not come'. Tonight is the day you will be 'reported', so you don't need to ask more questions." Geng Liuniang pointed to Cai Yaomei who was sitting by the stage and said, "Cai Jiu, why didn't you obey the rules and brought your daughter here?" Cai Jiu said: "My father and daughter, Cai Jiu, are definitely not villains. No matter who wins or loses, whether we are dead or injured, she will never step forward to intervene." Geng Liuniang said cunningly: "I don't care if she comes up, I'm still worried that she won't intervene!" As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly pulled out a steel knife from her waist trousers, and slashed at Cai Jiu's head with a swipe. .Cai Jiu was not on guard in time, and was almost hit by her. Fortunately, he dodged quickly, so he escaped the blade.Geng Liuniang didn't let go, and pressed on every step of the way, slashing at him several times, but always dodged with Cai Jiu.Cai Jiu was extremely angry, and taking advantage of the opportunity to dodge, he quickly untied the nine-jointed steel whip from his waist, and swung it with the strength of his wrist.Immediately there was a whirring sound, and the steel whip was swung straight at Geng Liuniang with the wind and whistle: Geng Liuniang saw that he was coming too fast, and was frightened by the power of the steel whip, so she didn't dare to block it with a knife, and was forced to retreat again and again.When she had retreated to the side of the tombstone, she suddenly had an idea and turned around to hide behind the tombstone.Cai Jiu was hindered by the stele, and the steel whip could not move. After a short pause, Geng Liuniang suddenly turned out of the stele, stabbed and slashed at Cai Jiushang three times.Because they were too close to shake the whip, Cai Jiu had to hold the whip with both hands and use the whip as a stick to parry.Geng Liuniang saw that Cai Jiu was unable to fight back, so she would not let go of the opportunity, so she mixed the sword technique she stole from Gao Yunhe into the saber technique.All of a sudden, I saw her slashing and stabbing suddenly, snaking and standing tall, leaping and flying, each knife was as tight as a knife, and the tip of the knife passed an inch or two from the throat badge on Cai Jiu's chest.For a moment, Cai Jiu couldn't figure out which way she was using. She felt a white light in front of her eyes, panicked, and broke out in a cold sweat.Cai Yaomei could see clearly from the side, seeing that her father was already at a disadvantage, it was difficult for her to even fight, let alone fight back.Seeing that he has been forced to the railing by the blue-eyed fox, the situation is very critical.Cai Yaomei wanted to rush over to help her father several times, but she remembered that her father had told her many times before the duel: "Whether he is dead or injured, you must not come forward to help, otherwise you will be ridiculed by the people in the world." , she dared not do it again.At this time, seeing that her father was at the critical point of life and death, she realized that she had to use her wits in a hurry, and hurriedly pinched a snow ball, and when the blue-eyed fox was unaware, she secretly threw it violently at the blue-eyed fox's face.Biyanhu was eager to kill Cai Jiu with a knife, when she suddenly saw a ball flying towards the door, she was startled, suspected it was a hidden weapon, she quickly dodged her head and dodged the snow ball.Cai Jiu seized Geng Liuniang's opportunity to stop the saber for a moment, and suddenly jumped out of the way. Taking advantage of the situation, he swung the steel whip, and rushed towards Geng Liuniang like a whirlwind.Geng Liuniang panicked, and hurriedly retreated to the stele again.Knowing her intentions, Cai Jiu stepped forward to stop her, and while she was in a panic, he whipped her hard on the head with all his strength.Geng Liuniang couldn't retreat in time, so he had to use the knife to fight up, the whip fell on the knife, the whip tip immediately entangled the knife, Cai Jiu took advantage of the situation and pulled it into his arms, Geng Liuniang staggered and was pulled in front of Cai Jiu.Cai Jiu raised his left hand and slashed at Geng Liuniang's right wrist, knocking her down with a thousand-mile steel knife. Cai Jiu also swung the steel whip, freed his hand, twisted Geng Liuniang's hands backwards, and threw her to the ground with a sweep of her legs. up.Cai Jiu clasped her hands back with all her strength, and at the same time pressed her back with her knees.Cai Yaomei saw that her father had already won, so she hurriedly lifted the chain and ran straight over.The blue-eyed fox struggled desperately on the ground, while cursing angrily with the most vicious and unbearable words.Cai Yaomei was about to go to help her father lock Bi Yanhu, but her father stopped her sharply.She could only watch helplessly as the two of them twisted and struggled on the ground.In the end, the blue-eyed fox gasped heavily, and the curse turned into a howl. The sound echoed in the night sky and scattered into the wilderness, making one's hair stand on end and screaming.When she was hoarse with exhaustion and was about to be caught without a fight, she exerted her last strength, raised her head suddenly, and roared in a voice like howling a wolf: "Help! Come and help!" At this moment, a white shadow suddenly floated out from the cypress forest behind the tomb, like a shooting star, it flashed to the cemetery in a single glance.Cai Yaomei was the first to see it, and exclaimed: "Papa, be careful!" and hurriedly ran to the side of the stone to get the single sword.Cai Jiu raised his head and caught a glimpse of the white figure in white clothes and pants, with a black silk handkerchief wrapped around his mouth and nose, only revealing a pair of shining eyes, holding a gleaming sword in his hand.蔡九见白影来得这般飘忽，心里大吃一惊，赶忙放开耿六娘，顺手抓起地上的钢鞭，准备拼斗。不料他刚立身未稳，那白影便已闪到他的面前。人到剑到，只见那白影将宝剑一抖，蔡九眼前便好似有五六柄寒闪闪的利剑一齐向他刺来。蔡九慌忙挥鞭迎丢，那剑锋倏地一转，避开鞭梢，又向他下三路削来。 蔡九收鞭不赢，又已闪躲不及，腿上早已中了一剑。他虽觉疼痛难禁，但却好似被剑页平击一般，并无伤破感觉。他真感心惊魄动，不知正在和他交手的人是谁。这时，蔡幺妹也提刀赶了过来，便从侧面挥刀向白影砍去。那白影毫不慌乱，轻轻一拨，将蔡幺妹的刀口拨开，还未等她收回刀去，剑锋忽然一弹，已经击中她的手腕。蔡幺妹顿觉一阵疼麻，刀已坠落地上。白影趁势一脚将刀踢出栏杆外面去了。蔡九又趁此抖开钢鞭，一阵风响直向白影击来。那白影却毫不闪退，只用剑尖去挑他鞭腰，那鞭腰一经挑着，就如蛇身中了弓弹一般，缠咬都落空，顿时萎软下来。这时，蔡幺妹已去拾回单刀又跳进栏仟，刘泰保也呼喝着向坟台奔来。白影有些急了，将手中宝剑一紧，犹如道道闪电般地直向蔡九斩刺过去。蔡九被逼得连连后退。正慌乱间，不料耿六娘已挣扎起来，正立在蔡九背后，她满怀仇恨，使出全身气力猛然一头向蔡九背上撞去。蔡九立足不住，向前一扑，正好白影手中的宝剑直刺过来，只听“扑”的一声，剑已刺进蔡九胸膛。白影突如呆了一般，痴痴立在那儿，耿六娘抢步上前，一把将白影拉住，说了声：“还不快走！”一白一黑便跑过坟台，闪入林中去了蔡幺妹见爹爹被刺倒在地，也顾不得去追那白影，忙扑下身去将爹爹抱在怀里，口里不停地呼唤着。刘泰保也在一旁唤着“干爹”。 二人唤了多声，蔡九才微微睁开眼睛，看了看蔡幺妹，又看了看刘泰保，他已经一句话也说不出来了，只用一只手拉着蔡幺妹，一只手拉着刘泰保，又把他二人的手拉到他的胸前，让二人的手叠放在一块，然后又看着他二人点了点头，嘴角边留下一丝笑意，便闭上了双眼。