Chapter 12: The Dance of the Roses (I)
After lying down for a long time, there was no abnormal movement, only the sound of the waves and the whispers of the porters in the distance. Xiao Dongshan prayed secretly: "Ma'er, don't show these two people, if you find that I'm nearby, don't turn it over!" Xingxi has not heard from Tabakbai and Porta, and he does not dare to open the box and come out to see.
After a while, I heard only the sound of footsteps, and many people walked towards this direction. One said: "Brother Liu, hard work!" Another said: "My own people say such kind words!" "Someone approached the box, and all I could hear was a click, and the box was locked. Xiao Dongshan secretly complained.
After a while, I don't know how many people came, and carried the boxes onto the boat, but no one noticed anything unusual, and when the trumpet sounded, the boat first wobbled a little, and then started steadily. Xiao Dongshan hid in the box, his body was in pain, and more importantly, he was getting more and more out of breath, touching it with his hands, and finally touched a little gap in the box, fortunately, the broken knife was still carried, and he slowly peeled off the gap with the knife, and gradually peeled it bigger and bigger, and finally he could breathe.
This movement involved the injured arm, and as soon as it stopped, it became more and more painful. After resting for a while, I thought the gap was too small, and then peeled it again, and finally peeled it a finger wide, and looked at it closely, but I was disappointed - another same box blocked it to death, but fortunately there was a foot wide between the boxes, which could breathe.
The inside of the box is really fragrant! In order to calm his mind, he cultivated the Chaoyang Nine Qi Mystery Method, and the true qi walked back and forth on his body a few times before he reached the state of forgetting things and me.
I don't know how long it took, someone came to lift the box and get off the boat, Xiao Dongshan took the credit, only to feel that the pain on his body was greatly reduced, and he touched the wound, as if the bleeding had stopped. The box was carried away for half an hour, only to hear someone say: "Hard work!" Another commanded: "These four will be carried to the cabinet!" Xiao Dongshan looked out along the gap, only to see the gatehouse, a wide stone road leading directly to the inner house, and there were countless unknown trees and flowers on the side of the road. After walking for a long time, it was another gatehouse, this time Xiao Dongshan saw it from a distance, and the plaque was written with the words "gradually getting better", and the pen was handsome. After this gatehouse, only to see a magnificent treasure hall, this group of people into the side door, into the garden, only to see pavilions, rockeries and strange stones, everything. I don't know how many corridors I walked and how many side halls I walked through before I entered a stone door. The stone gate reads "Xinyang Pavilion". After passing the stone gate, I saw a red carpet pointing straight to the backyard. Along the way, there were also people who occasionally said a word or two and coughed, and at this time everyone seemed to hold their breath, and their feet were gentle.
Walked along the red carpet for a while, passed a row of chambers, came to a courtyard, only to see that the courtyard was surrounded by hills on three sides, the courtyard was covered with red carpets, everyone gently put down the box, and opened the lock of the box one by one, and then retreated.
It was quiet, and you could hear the sound of birdsong in the distance. Xiao Dongshan looked through the gap and saw that there were already various boxes around him, all of which were similar in size to the one he was lying in.
Just as he was about to climb out, he felt the light and shadow in the courtyard move, and a woman came to the courtyard. She wore a long skirt of dark blue brocade, covered with a light blue emerald water thin smoke veil, long black hair coiled into a bun, a jade hairpin with a loose hairpin, and a Qibao coral hairpin. She has a light gait, a waist posture as soft as water, and a pair of bare feet, which are white and tender, and her toes are painted with dark red Kodan, which makes Xiao Dongshan dizzy. She walked to a box, opened it and looked at it, closed the box, and turned around and walked to another box.
Miss Yang opened the box, put down the lid of the box, and suddenly fought out of thin air with a left palm and a right palm next to the box. Xiao Dongshan was fascinated by it, and said in his heart: "There is such a swordsmanship in the world, I am really a frog at the bottom of the well!" This sword is not old, and it turns into a move, and this move seems to have more than a dozen changes, this sword ...... Oops, it turned out to be guarded, what is the purpose of this trick? I can't figure it out for a while......"
Miss Yang played with swordsmanship for a while, suddenly changed her moves, and used another set of palm techniques. I saw her left palm and right fist slapped into the box, and then changed her left fist and right palm to pull out, and there seemed to be a whirlwind in the box, blowing out a black line, and the black line gradually spread out, slowly revealing red, only to see that it was a petal of a rose. Miss Yang fought and retreated, her palm became louder and louder, and the rose petals flew higher and higher, and she was already high to the eaves for a while. Miss Yang had retreated to the center of the courtyard, and the rose petals in the box seemed to be sucked out by the force of her palm, and all of them flew out of the box, and the whole courtyard was full of roses floating in the air, but all of them floated in the air, and none of them fell on the carpet.
Xiao Dongshan's eyes almost fell off when he saw it, and he was inexplicably excited that there were people in the world who had such miraculous skills.
Miss Yang kept putting out her palms in the center of the courtyard, her feet were like flying, and she was like a dragon. I saw that the rose petals in the courtyard kept rotating, turning faster and faster, and gradually gathered into a large circle, the big circle shrank smaller and smaller, and after a while, Miss Yang was surrounded inside. After a while, Xiao Dongshan couldn't see Miss Yang's face, only a dark red big round kept spinning.
Suddenly, Miss Yang screamed, turned her palm into a knife, split the rose ball in half from top to bottom, jumped out of the flower ball, and used her right hand as a knife, and used a knife against the rose ball one by one.
Xiao Dongshan almost shouted when he saw the knife momentum, Miss Yang actually used the knife technique recorded in the "Mingxia Sutra"!
Miss Yang used the Mingxia sword technique very quickly, fortunately, Xiao Dongshan was very familiar with this set of sword techniques, unlike the first set of sword techniques that he couldn't see very thoroughly, after watching a few moves, Xiao Dongshan almost jumped out and hugged Miss Yang. Why? It turned out that Miss Yang had made slight improvements to her knife skills, and these improvements were exactly what Xiao Dongshan had always wondered. He has extraordinary talent, and he has long noticed that some of the moves of this set of knife techniques are not practical enough, some places are too procrastinating, and some places are too aggressive, but after all, he is young and has too little actual combat with others, and he vaguely feels inappropriate, although he has the idea of changing, and even has several changes to some moves, and has taken out the best modifications, but he has not dared to change them, always thinking that the predecessors who created this set of knife techniques may have other deep meanings, but they did not understand. At this time, seeing Miss Yang's improvement, it was her own optimal change, and there were two tricks, Xiao Dongshan thought that there was no problem with the original move, but Miss Yang changed it, and the change was completely unexpected by Xiao Dongshan. Xiao Dongshan was very excited in his heart, and his closeness and admiration for Miss Yang increased again.
Miss Yang's knife technique is sandwiched in the palm technique, the rose flowers are scattered, and the rose petals are full of scattered and floating in the air for a while, but Miss Yang sits down cross-legged, and her palms keep shooting out of thin air, but this time there is no change, just a plain palm after a palm, for a while, the rose petals in the air gradually form a large column, the pillar slowly flutters, and then floats to the mouth of the box and falls.
Miss Yang waited for all the rose petals to return to the box, and then slowly stood up, there was already fine sweat on her forehead, and her skin was more and more crystal like jade, and it could be broken by blowing.
Xiao Dongshan looked at this dance of roses, and no longer knew whether it was in the world or in the fairyland, and only sighed secretly: "Master is looking for some gods everywhere, isn't this a fairy!" I was hesitating whether to go out of the box to meet, only to hear the sound of footsteps, an old woman walked in quickly, only to see that she was wearing a coarse cloth dress, full of silver hair, but she was full of energy, her steps were steady, she was holding a cane in her right hand and a brocade box in her left hand. Miss Yang said, "Have you opened it?" The old woman said, "I've seen it!" Miss Yang opened the brocade box and looked at it, and said, "Won't it be wrong?" The old woman said: "Fu Xia'er is meticulous, she can't be wrong!" Miss Yang said: "It's the third child's turn to use this pseudonym?" The old woman said, "Yes! Xiao Dongshan was puzzled in the box, why did Xinyang Pavilion take the head of Liu Yingyang, the master of the Qinglong Hall of the Jinsha Gang, could it be that he was also avenging the boatman and the Yuanhuai monk for Tianxingdao?
I only heard Miss Yang continue: "You came just in time, what I told you last time, I will personally go to the Jinsha Gang tomorrow, and the road will be quiet in the future, I have told Sister-in-law Xu to prepare, you just take care of the house, and on the day I am away, I will tell the guys who go to sea to be careful." The old woman said: "The little thief of the Jinsha Gang, why should the little lady go in person!" Just wait for the old woman to go...... Oh, let's go in person, I'm confused. ”
Miss Yang smiled: "Old woman, old woman, where are you old!" I look at you, Kong Wu is powerful, radiant, and clearly a tiger general! The old woman said, "Little Miss, don't laugh at me!" I heard that the leader of the Jinsha Gang has made great progress in martial arts in recent years, so don't be too underestimated. Miss Yang smiled: "The light of rotten grass can compete with the sun and the moon. ”
The old woman said, "There are two strange things that I have not yet told you. The first one, one of your eight horses, was found abandoned at the docks, and when Director Feng saw it, he pulled it on the boat and brought it back with him, and now it has been sent to the stable. Miss Yang said: "When I was looking for a doctor in Jiangxi, I sent a horse to a person who took a child to seek medical treatment. Have you ever looked around the abandoned horse, and there are any traces of a fight? The old woman said: "At that time, Director Feng had seen it, and I didn't see anything abnormal. The second thing is that it is reported that two strange people have recently appeared on the road, both of whom are not Chinese, one of them has a long beard, tall and strong, and carries a huge sword, which is a wide sword, and I think it may be the second disciple of Rahe. Miss Yang said, "What about the other person?" The old woman said, "The other person is not very old, but his body is very ordinary......"
Miss Yang was slightly disappointed and said, "It seems that only the bearded man came, and after ten years, he finally came." Hey, good! ”
The old woman said, "Little Miss, wait until I go to find out, and then make a decision." ”
As he was talking, he heard three gongs in the distance. Miss Yang said: "You go and see, if they come, don't do it, bring it in." The old woman agreed. Miss Yang entered a room and came out quickly, already wearing Luo socks and embroidered shoes, and had another style. She stood in the courtyard, thoughtful.
After a long time to hear the sound of footsteps, the old woman, Tabakbai, and Porta walked into the courtyard, and Tabakbai arched his hand at Miss Yang and said, "I heard that Senior Yang is dead, and it is you, the little girl, who is in charge, for the sake of Senior Yang, I will give you a salute!" Miss Yang said lightly: "Bearded, where is your master?" Tabak bowed and said: "My master can't come for a while, so I was specially sent to worship on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of Senior Yang!" Xiao Dongshan said in his heart: "It turns out that Senior Yang has been dead for ten years, and he asked me if Senior Yang is okay, and I also said that it is okay, it turns out that there are horses and feet here." Miss Yang said, "Bearded, go back and tell your master that I think about his old man's goodness!" Tabak bowed and said, "Little girl, don't resent my master......"
The old woman suddenly struck, and the crutch stabbed Tabakbai's right eye, and said loudly: "Fanhan! Don't be rude to my master! Seeing the ferocity, Tabak hurriedly retreated, drew the giant sword in his hand, and said: "The fists and feet have no eyes, the swords are ruthless, and I accidentally injured Senior Yang, and my master can't help it......
Miss Yang waved her hand, signaled the old woman not to do it, and said: "I have already learned the skill of your master and apprentice to take advantage of people's danger, and if you want to worship my father, I will not stop you, oh, my father's tomb is here!" As he spoke, he pointed with his hand, and sure enough, twenty or thirty paces away, there was a burial chamber close to the mountain behind. There was a stone tablet in front of the tomb, and Xiao Dongshan couldn't see what was written. Tabakbai and Pota walked over, and Tabakbai said, "Open the tomb, I will go in and worship!" Miss Yang said: "This tomb is very tightly sealed and should not be opened and closed. Every time Zhongyuan is Qingming, I just worship outside, so you can worship outside. ”
Bota knelt down on his knees, took out the incense candle paper horse from the baggage, burned it, and said in his mouth: "Senior Yang, I have heard of the name for a long time, I can't wait to see you before you die, and the junior Porta will kowtow to your old man!" As he spoke, he kowtowed respectfully. Tabakbai didn't come to burn the paper together, nor did he kowtow, he only squinted at the tomb and said: "Senior Yang, my master misses you, his old man said, he has lived for nearly fifty years, only you can fight, senior, you are dead, my master is very lonely!" ”
The old woman said, "It's all frogs at the bottom of the well!" "It means that even Miss Yang's father looks down on her.
Tabakbai ignored her, took out a piece of paper from his arms, and read aloud: "My dear friend, brother, the soul of Dongtu Wulin: Brother Yang Xu, you are dead, I miss you so much, I miss you and I fought for the first time in the Valley of Martyrdom thirty years ago, the knife technique was not rushed, and I made you a friend, I miss you and I fought for five days and five nights twenty years ago, you lost half a move because of drinking too much urine, I think you ten years ago, like a walking corpse, you want to seek death under my palm, you don't care if you die, you want me to feel guilty for a lifetime, you are wrong!" You hurt yourself, your skills have been greatly reduced, and you have made yourself half dead, at first I didn't know the first ten moves, so I did my best, and after ten moves, I already knew, but I still did my best, just because you dared to defy my ten-year covenant, it is damned. The road is so long, you know how much wind and snow I have to go through to make a trip! If you don't respect your friends, don't blame me for being ruthless. Brother Yang, I don't feel guilty at all, I only hate you, I hate you for not understanding my heart! Hate your contempt for me! I know that you are sad for women, and I have no sense of guilt, you are to blame! Brother Yang, people should cherish themselves first, and then they can love others, as a warrior, they are people who change their lives against the sky, and they should take care of their bodies to live up to the world. Brother Yang, although you are not in every way, I still miss you. ”
After Tabak finished reading, Miss Yang's eyes were already moist.
Tabakbai said, "The first thing Master told me has been done, and now it's the second thing. After speaking, he raised his giant sword and slashed at Miss Yang. Miss Yang had already taken precautions, did not retreat but advanced, and grabbed Tabakbai's right ribs, Tabakbai's robe shook, and a sky-shaking roar, Miss Yang was almost unable to stand by his exhibition, and had to jump away in a hurry. Tabak Bai stepped on Miss Yang's instep with his foot, Miss Yang kicked her feet and rose into the air, and the old woman had already taken a long sword and took the opportunity to throw it into the air. Miss Yang got the sword in the air, with a coquettish sound, the sword was pulled into a big circle, Miss Yang fell from the sky with the sword body together, and Tabak Baizhou's body was covered by sword flowers, and there was nowhere to hide. Tabakbai roared again, raised the giant sword with both hands to block up, the long sword was hitting the body of the giant sword, the two swords intersected, the long sword slid on the giant sword, only to hear a click, Miss Yang's long sword has been broken, Tabakbai's hands turned into one hand, raised the sword and stabbed Miss Yang in the face, Miss Yang had to use the broken sword to lead the giant sword, and even took seven or eight steps back before standing.
Xiao Dongshan saw that Miss Yang was in distress, and almost called out, but he came back to his senses and secretly wondered, with the dance of roses he saw just now, Miss Yang's martial arts were obviously still above the beard, and he deliberately admitted defeat for some reason.
Miss Yang sneered: "It's me who lost, what does the bearded man want to do!" ”
Tabak said: "My master said, the martial arts of the people in the East are too many flowers, and they are useless, only Yang seniors recruit people to die, let me try the martial arts of the little girl, but I can get the essence of your father, how do you know that it is also a flower frame, and there is no one in the East Land!" There is no successor! As he spoke, he looked very disdainful.
The old woman was furious and said, "Ignorant Fanhan! Dare to fight my old woman for 300 rounds! Miss Yang waved her hand to signal her not to move, and said, "The little girl is not good at learning, so the bearded man laughs!" What is the martial arts of my Middle-earth people, you can't look at me as a little woman. Please tell Master Rahe that the daughter of the deceased is waiting for her in Xinyang Pavilion, and that my father has a relic and wants me to hand it over to Master Rahe! ”
Tabak bowed: "Hmph! Just leave something to me, what a fuss! You're just so upset! Miss Yang said, "The bearded man just talks." Tabak bowed and said, "Hmph, Dongtu is incompetent, my master is only afraid that he is not interested in coming again!" Porta, let's go! ”
Miss Yang said: "Don't send it!" ”
Tabakbai and Pota swaggered out of the courtyard gate and walked forward.
The old woman said, "Little Miss, what do you mean by this?" Miss Yang said: "The revenge of killing my father is not shared." The old woman said, "Little miss, don't take any chances!" Miss Yang said: "I have a plan, so I don't need to say more. The old woman wanted to say something, but Miss Yang said: "You go and pass the word, so that the third child will keep an eye on these two people, and if there is any movement, he will pass the book back...... Oh, wait, you go get the fire first, there's something wrong with this box, burn it! As he spoke, he pointed to the box where Xiao Dongshan was lying.