Chapter 6 The Old Man Encounters
That night, Shu Muli escaped from the encirclement and lost his strength for a while, and passed out in the vast snow, a mouthful of blood stained the pure white snow. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info After about half an hour, a woman in white suddenly appeared out of nowhere. The woman was slender, wearing a white dress with a purple belt and a white cloak of rabbit velvet, and a draped gauze hat to hide her face. The woman looked at Shu Muli lying on the ground and smiled slightly, and reached out and grabbed Shu Muli's waist. Suddenly, I heard a childish voice and said: "Stop! Hugh has to move the old man!" Before the voice fell, a small hand slashed at the woman's side face with the palm as a blade, and the woman unhurriedly reached out and turned the palm away, and with the other hand, Shu Muli's body was lifted and turned to the side, so that he lay flat on the snow. The child saw that the two of them were hands together, and the weapon method was useless, so he learned Guo Mu's hands to pinch the woman's joints. Who knew that the woman did not avoid it, and the child thought to himself that this was done, and he was overjoyed at the moment. Just when his hands touched the sleeves of the woman's clothes, the woman's right hand suddenly stretched out, and in an instant, it hit the child's left and right shoulder chastity points. The child was weak and fell to the ground with his shoulders down.
"You are a disciple of the Xianxia Sect, why are you protecting this blind man?" the woman said with a smile, and took out a small box in her hand, and the smell of medicine in the box was very strong. The woman smeared some medicine on Shu Muli's wound with her hand and wrapped it in a cotton cloth. When the child saw it, he seemed to be relieved, and said, "I am not from the Xianxia faction, and the old man is my great benefactor." The woman couldn't help but giggle when she heard that he had been calling Mu Li an old man, and she thought to herself: "Brother Li is only seven out of twenty, how can he be called an old man, this kid knows some martial arts, Brother Li knows some martial arts in the world, Mo is not taught by Brother Li." Then he asked, "What is your name, child, and who are you this old man?" The child frowned lightly and said, "My name is He Laiming, old man of the book...... He is my great benefactor. He Laiming originally wanted to say that Shumu Li was his master, but the two of them had not yet performed the ritual of apprenticeship, so they only said that he was their benefactor. The woman was surprised, thinking that this child was neither a Xianxia sect nor an apprentice of Shu Muli, so where did he learn this martial arts, so he asked: "You are neither an old man's apprentice nor a disciple of the Xianxia faction, so where did you learn the wrong muscles and bones just now?" As he spoke, he suddenly stood up, knelt heavily on the ground and fell into the snow, and said, "Auntie, you are kind-hearted, please save the old man!"
When the woman saw him, she thought sincerely that he was not lying, and she could not help but be amazed at the child's great understanding. The woman carried Shu Muli on her back, let He Lai Ming take the wooden staff and short sword, and asked as she walked: "He Lai Ming, let me ask you, why did he get injured like this with such a high martial arts?" He Lai Ming told the woman all about his experiences in the past few days. The woman looked back at the book Mu Li on her back, with tenderness in her eyes, and said, "How many times do you want me to give up on me." The two of them walked slowly in the snow, leaving a deep and a shallow footprint in the snow for a long time, one large and one small.
The three of them returned to Jiaxing City and entered a hut in the south of the city, where the woman gently put Shu Muli on the bed and gave him a pill. In an instant, I saw Shu Muli frowning, showing a painful look, and his forehead was constantly sweating. He Laiming was anxious when she saw it, and hurriedly asked the woman to heal quickly. The woman smiled faintly, but she was wearing a hanging gauze hat, how could He Lai Ming see her expression, but the woman was powerless, thinking that Shu Mu Li was already unable to escape death, and couldn't help crying. The woman unhurriedly took out a black xylophone, the rhyme of the piano sounded slowly, the tune was so soft, like a person sighing softly, and it seemed to be the morning dew dark petals, and the breeze was blowing the willow tops. After hearing this, He Laiming's tears gradually stopped, and his heart calmed down a lot, and Shu Muli's brows gradually relaxed, revealing a serene expression. When He Laiming didn't listen much, his eyes began to droop, and before he knew it, he had entered a dream. When he woke up, the piano had stopped, and the woman sat in front of the piano and watched the two. He Lai Ming blushed unconsciously, and said: "Auntie, don't be angry, I was listening to the piano, I shouldn't have gone to sleep, but I was too tired today, so I ......" He didn't finish speaking, and the woman smiled: "I don't blame you, this song was originally called 'Sleeping Ning Mantra', the qin rhyme originally had the meaning of hypnosis, and the appropriate time to play was to let Brother Li regulate his internal breath and heal internal injuries." As she spoke, she took out another piece of white paper, on which she wrote: angelica, black beans, shou wu, ginseng, turtle gum, purple river car and other medicinal materials. She handed the note to He Laiming and said, "Tomorrow, do you hear when you go to the street to buy these medicinal herbs?" He Laiming nodded and responded. Leaned against the corner of the wall and covered it with a quilt, and went to sleep.
The next day, He Laiming bought medicine and came back. The woman boiled the medicine and gave it to Shu Muli, but when she saw that Shu Muli was still asleep, she was not in a hurry, so she waited by the bedside, just like a wife. At night, the woman saw that He Lai Ming was in good health, so she said to He Lai Ming: "Are you all bored?" He Lai Ming bowed slightly after hearing this, and her heart was full of worries about Shu Mu Li, and she had no intention of answering. The woman asked again: "Then do you want to learn some kung fu?" He Laiming's eyes suddenly lit up after hearing this, he was going to learn martial arts from Shu Muli, but Shu Muli was suddenly seriously injured and was still unconscious at this time, and the matter of learning martial arts was put on hold. At this moment, when the woman mentioned it, He Lai Ming naturally agreed. But he thought about it again, he had decided to worship Shu Mu Li as a teacher, how could he suddenly change his hexagram now, the woman seemed to see through his thoughts, and said, "It's okay, we don't have a master-apprentice relationship." ”
After speaking, the woman jumped into the courtyard, untied a white soft whip from her waist, and said with a smile: "I'll teach you a trick first, 'Divine Dragon Sees the Head'!" she said as she jumped up, and the soft whip turned into a number of circles of different sizes in the air, only to see her wrist tremble, and the soft whip turned into a white line that bent and bent, and the whip head was erratic, covering the opponent's whole body. With a "boom", the "dragon's head" burst out of the air, shattering a row of earthen jars next to the wall. The woman threw the whip and threw it to He Laiming, saying, "Let's practice!"
The whip is a soft weapon, different swords, and the strength is slightly not right, not to mention attacking the enemy, and may even hurt yourself. At first, He Laiming couldn't even try a few times, and sometimes he hit his face with the whip and his nose was bruised and swollen, and sometimes he was wrapped around his neck and couldn't breathe for a while. However, He Lai Ming has a very high level of understanding and is willing to endure hardships, and it doesn't take three hours to make a difference. The woman was so happy that she thought she would simply pass on the "Ice and Snow Golden Dragon Whip" to him. But everyone knows the truth of being greedy and chewing too much, the woman has never accepted apprentices in her life, and suddenly saw such a highly perceptive child, but she forgot this truth. So he passed on his tricks such as "dragon head saw horn" and "dragon Xingyun". But He Lai Ming learned three more tricks, but he couldn't learn it, and even the "Divine Dragon Seeing the Head" that he learned at the beginning made it difficult to get into the eye. The woman sighed lightly and thought: Yes, I have also practiced for seven years to thoroughly understand this set of "Ice and Snow Golden Dragon Whip" whip method, how can I expect Xiao Er's work in one night? I can't help but laugh at myself. She called, "Don't practice! He Lai Ming answered. In the cold night, the woman lay on the edge of the bed and looked intently at Shu Mu Li's nose that was gently fanning because of her breathing.
Three days later, Shumuli still hasn't woken up. He Lai Ming was called by the woman to go to the city to buy medicine, passing by the tavern, he suddenly heard a person: "Do you still remember the boiling and snowy night death fight in the city two days ago?" When He Lai Ming heard this, he quickly stopped, only to hear another person whisper: "Hey, who doesn't know? I heard that the court prisoner was fighting in the snow and killing many officers and soldiers in a row, and the heads of the generals in the battalion were screwed off!" Another person shouted loudly: "Xiao Er, add water!" Xiao Er answered and added water to the two. The big man who called for people to add water said again: "Hey, be quiet, I heard that this matter involves the Ten Thousand Poison Gang, otherwise why do you think no one will say it so soon." The other person took a sip of hot tea, shook his head and smiled: "I'll tell you, no matter what gang this person is involved in, I only heard that this person is fierce and cruel, and he eats people without spitting out bones, and he is still a flower thief! Just as he was about to raise his fist, he saw a drunk man suddenly standing in front of the table of the two. The two looked at each other, glanced at the drunk man together, and said, "What do you want to do?" I saw that the drunk man was wearing a yellow cloak, his skin was fair, he didn't speak but stood there, suddenly the white light flashed, "ding, ding" twice, the drunk turned back to the table, glared at the two of them, and said, "You guys are talking nonsense!" The two stayed for a while, only to hear one of them exclaim, "Brother, look! ...... this person is there?" I saw that the two porcelain cups containing tea were cut off by half an inch, and the two porcelain rings fell next to the porcelain cups, but the porcelain cups did not overturn, such a miracle is indeed rare in the world.
He Laiming saw the frightened look of the two, and his heart suddenly became much happier, and he was extremely grateful to the righteous man who made the move. He was just about to step away when he heard another person, and said, "He is the one who fought to the death in the snowy night!" The other person heard this, and said in a trembling voice: "You mean, he is a member of the Ten Thousand Poison Gang?!" The two hurriedly paid the bill and fled in panic. He Lai Ming listened, stared at Yan Xiuyu for a long time, and saw that he didn't seem to have any intention of leaving, so he hurriedly ran back to the hut in the south of the city. As soon as he entered the house, he saw the woman standing in the courtyard and practicing.
"Coming back?" the woman asked, closing her eyes. He Lai Ming did not answer, but ran into the house to get Shu Mu Li's short sword, ran out of the door, and said, "I'll go out again!" The woman did not answer, but walked back to the house and lay on the edge of the bed, and whispered to Shu Mu Li: "He Lai Ming, go out, I guess he is going to avenge you...... Tell me why you are so unlucky, you are miserable, and all you meet are hard-working people. She couldn't help but shed tears when she said it, and said: "Three years ago, didn't you always pester me and let me tell you my life experience and my enemy?" The woman smiled miserably, and next to Shu Muli's ear, she smiled bitterly: "Okay, I'll tell you." ”
"Eighteen years ago, my family used to be a tyrant in Jiaxing City, and there was no Ten Thousand Poison Gang at that time. My father is the head of the Hundred Doors, and the Hundred Doors is a martial arts sect established by my father, which mainly teaches tricks such as acupoints and grappling. The night I was six years old, I quietly went out to learn from a kabuki. That night, the enemy came to the door and killed dozens of members of our family in a row, and when I returned home, I saw that there was a fire in the house, and my parents were all locked in the house and killed alive. That's when I saw four men with poisonous insects tattooed on their bodies, each carrying a sharp knife with blood dripping from it. I was terrified and ran away. But how could a young girl of mine escape from their pursuit, and after escaping two ****, she was caught by several men, who pulled my hair, and suddenly there was a bang, and I had a sharp pain in my head, and I ate a stick, and I wanted to escape but it was a stick, and the man scolded: "Little bastard! You can let us chase so hard!" They scolded and beat at the same time, and then drew their swords and said that they were going to pick my eyeballs and pierce my lute bones. I kept begging for mercy: "Please spare me, I won't run away, spare me!" The man raised his sword and poked me in the eye!
I struggled with all my might, but I couldn't struggle, so I had to close my eyes, only to feel the cold approaching, suddenly heard a long howl, the cold was gone, a woman said loudly: "You thieves, do you still have a conscience!?" she said, pulled out a nine-dragon whip, and whipped it towards the men, only to see her whip empty, and the wrists trembled immediately after those people fell to the ground, and their leg bones were broken and they could no longer stand up. That woman is my master's 'Tianxue Girl' Xiao Xiang. ”
When she said this, a smile spread on her face, and her eyes were full of gratitude and tenderness. She glanced at Shu Mu Li and saw that he had not woken up, so she continued: "The master took me to the mountainside of Changbai Mountain to live and taught me to read and write, and to tune the piano with poetry and painting. He also taught me some secret recipes for healing. In the past 12 years, the master has personally taught the whip method of the 'Ice and Snow Golden Dragon Whip', and six years ago, I felt that my kung fu had been completed, and I wanted to go down the mountain to take revenge. But the master stopped me, and the master said to me, "Xue Qi, you haven't done your kung fu, and although the leader of the Ten Thousand Poisons Gang is not a powerful person, his hundreds of subordinates are not something you can deal with." You haven't done it yet, and you still have to practice. It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years. I don't understand this truth, but I've been waiting for 12 years, and my revenge has not been avenged, so how can I practice with peace of mind. So that night, while the master was asleep, I rushed down the mountain and returned to Jiaxing City two months later. ”
"But when I came back here, it was completely different from what I remembered. The people are miserable, and the snake of the Ten Thousand Poisons Gang has entrenched in this Jiaxing City. One night, I jumped into the place where the leader of the Ten Thousand Poisons Gang lived, but I saw that the house was like a palace, and there were hundreds of guards, not to mention it. My whereabouts were exposed, I was hunted down, and I was seriously injured when I got rid of them, but I didn't even see what the leader of the Ten Thousand Poison Gang looked like. In the future, I disguised myself as a kabuki and made a living in the city, waiting for the right time. It's ridiculous, I still owe fifty taels of silver to the Ten Thousand Poison Gang in order to buy a residence, and I haven't returned it yet!" Xue Qi said while smiling bitterly, and after a while, there was a trace of comfort in his eyes, and said: "Three years, that night, I had no intention of strolling to the three-step Liangyi Bridge, you say this is not strange, I actually picked up a man covered in his body there," she gently helped Shu Muli brush away a few broken hairs that covered her face, and continued: "That was the first time I saved you, and after you recovered from your injury, you listened to me practice the piano every day after you were injured and talked with me......"
Before she finished speaking, she suddenly heard Mu Li on the bed, and said, "Yes, I still remember that it was you who took me all over Jiaxing City last time." As soon as she heard the book, Mu Li woke up, suddenly calmed her emotions, and said in a different tone: "Yes, that's all three years, what did you say goodbye for three years ago? Shu Muli didn't answer her question, but sat up by himself, and said, "I just woke up, and I didn't hear a word of what you said!
"What? Do you want to say goodbye again!?" Xue Qi asked with an angry look in her eyes as she clenched her soft whip. Shu Muli laughed twice and said, "No, I'll just go and pick it up from Helai Xiao'er." As he spoke, he slowly walked away with his blind cane.
Xue Qi looked at the stars reflected in the puddles of water after the snow melted on the ground, and a sense of loneliness and despair enveloped her from all directions, and tears slipped down her cheeks inexplicably.