Wang Xue and others recuperated for a day and a night in a hut in the mountains.

On the morning of the second day, Wang Xue took Zhao Xiaocao, Hu Xiaochen, and Chang Long to the foot of the mountain, preparing to go up the mountain to attack the Black Spirit Gang cottage. Zhao Xiaocao and Hu Xiaochen are villagers of Yiwei Mountain, who have been persecuted by bandits for several years, and have been resentful for a long time. Chang Long was a little timid, and said to Wang Xue: "Although Jin Yunqi and Huang Qiangfeng are injured, the Black Spirit Gang is only afraid of no less than a few dozen people, and with a few of us alone, most of them can't attack the cottage. Zhao Xiaocao couldn't wait, and scolded in a low voice: "Coward, I'm afraid that you will go back alone, I have to get rid of these harmful bandits tonight." Chang Long said angrily: "Who said I'm scared, I just don't want to be a vain ghost." Wang Xue said: "Don't quarrel with the two of you. This time, a few of us attacked from the main gate of the cottage, Barda and Lin Tikun will sneak attack from the back door of the cottage, and the two of us will attack back and forth, and the Black Spirit Gang will be caught off guard, and it will not be difficult to eradicate them in one fell swoop. Rest assured, I have experience in this matter. Hu Xiaochen said curiously: "Master, do you have experience in this kind of thing?" Wang Xue said proudly: "Back then, on Bozi Mountain in Bozi Town, Senior Brother Liu led a few of our disciples to attack a group of bandits called the Liangshan Gang, and at the beginning, we only had four or five people and dozens of bandits on the mountain to fight, and in the end we won. Although the Black Spirit Gang is ferocious, they are far worse than the Liangshan Gang back then, I can eliminate the Liangshan Gang, and I can also eliminate the Black Spirit Gang. Chang Long thought to himself: "The bandits are not big fools, how can they be eliminated so easily?" but after listening to what Wang Xue said, he was quite confident, so he stopped talking.

The four of them rested at the foot of the mountain for two hours, and at noon, Wang Xue said: "The thieves should have lunch at this time, the guard of the cottage must be relaxed, let's take advantage of this time to go up the mountain." "Get up and set off with three disciples.

The four of them walked to a small hill not far from the gate of the cottage and looked at the cottage, only to see that the gate of the cottage was wide open, and the front of the door was empty, and there was no thief guarding it. Zhao Xiaocao was overjoyed and said in a low voice: "The thieves have all gone to eat, no one is guarding the door, let's attack quickly." Immediately jump down the hill and lead the way. Wang Xue felt that something was wrong, and thought: "There are many cold guns and hidden arrows on the rivers and lakes, and we must always be vigilant. The Black Spirit Gang is so powerful, with the experience of Jin Yunqi and Huang Qiangfeng, how could they not even understand such a superficial reason, and they didn't even send people to guard the gate? Could it be that they were all beaten as idiots by my senior brother last night and forgot to send people?" Hu Xiaochen and Chang Long had already followed Zhao Xiaocao to the gate at this time, and when they saw that Wang Xue was still standing on the hill and did not leave, they were all stunned. Chang Long gestured to Wang Xue and asked Wang Xue to come over quickly. Wang Xue hesitated for a moment, walked over, took Chang Long and Hu Xiaochen in front of him, and said in a low voice: "I think the situation is a little bad, with the ability of the Black Spirit Gang, I will never even guard the gate, I will sneak into the cottage to inspect it in a while, you follow behind me, listen to my orders, don't act rashly." As soon as Wang Xue's last four words of "rash action" came out, she suddenly heard a loud bang behind her, and saw that the gate of the cottage was shaken open, but it was Zhao Xiaocao who couldn't bear it and took out the palm power of the "thunder palm" to break the door. Zhao Xiaocao jumped into the door and shouted: "Those who are wronged hold their grievances, those who have revenge take revenge, the bandits and beasts of the Black Spirit Gang have come out to die!"

Wang Xue saw that the matter had come to this point, and she could no longer sneak in to investigate, so she couldn't help but sigh lightly and said, "You children are really 'obedient'. Walking into the door, seeing that there was no one in the cottage quietly, the whole cottage seemed to have become an empty village, and I was even more surprised, for fear that there were bandits hiding in the dark and ambushing, I paused, and said loudly: "You all come out, you don't have to hide, I Wang Xue can't bear to hurt my life, I don't want to be your enemy, you drop your blade and raise your hand to come out, as long as you swear not to do evil in the future, I will protect you from retreating." After a while, the surroundings were still quiet, and no one came out, and the four of them couldn't help but be puzzled. Hu Xiaochen said: "Could it be that Jin Yunqi expected that we would attack and hid elsewhere in advance?" Wang Xue said: "This is also possible, we are scattered, let's search nearby, you should be careful." ”

I heard one person say in a loud voice: "There is no need to search, the Black Spirit Gang has been away from the country last night." A person came out from behind the mountain, wearing a cloak and holding an iron rod, and it was Lin Tikun who came. Wang Xueqi said: "The Black Spirit Gang left last night, how did you know about it?" Lin Tikun said: "Coincidentally, when Barda and I came up from the back mountain road, we happened to bump into him!" Barda huffed, "This bastard ran away so fast that I almost didn't catch him." Then he put the man in his hand on the ground, and saw that the man was Wang Bao. Lin Tikun raised the iron rod and slashed twice on the top of Wang Bao's head, and said, "I just asked you about the situation of the Black Spirit Gang's cottage, what did you say, and then tell Wang Xue Woman." Wang Bao saw that there were strong enemies around him, and he was so frightened that he trembled, and nodded vigorously: "Yes, yes, yes!" Lin Tikun said: "What is yes, yes, you are talking." Wang Bao said: "Jin Da gang leader, alas, no, it is Jin Yunqi, Jin Yunqi, a harmful bandit, when he came back that night, he ordered his subordinates to pack their bags and hurry away overnight the next day. Wang Xue asked: "Where are you going?" Wang Bao said: "Jin Yunqi didn't say it, I don't dare to ask!" Wang Xue saw Wang Bao's frightened expression, and expected that this was true, and asked again: "What else did the Jin Da gang leader say?" Wang Bao said: "I only heard Jin Yunqi muttering angrily and dejectedly saying something after grabbing the cheats to sensational the world, and it is not too late to find you and Liu Yue to take revenge." Wang Xue was slightly stunned, only to feel that these words were a little familiar, as if she had heard them somewhere, hesitated for a moment, her heart moved, and blurted out: "It's Shaolin Temple! Jin Yunqi has gone to Shaolin Temple!" Everyone was surprised in unison. Lin Tikun asked: "Even Wang Bao can't tell where Jin Yunqi is, how did you know about it?" Wang Xue said: "Obviously, didn't Jin Yunqi tell my senior brother that night, he wants to attack Shaolin Temple, first, to show off his martial arts, and secondly, to snatch the martial arts scriptures of Shaolin Temple." Lin Tikun said: "I see, I just watched the excitement that night, and I didn't pay attention to what Jin Yunqi said, and then I think about it, Jin Yunqi seems to have said that he would attack Shaolin." ”

Wang Xue turned back to Zhao Xiaocao, Chang Long, and Hu Xiaochen and said: "Master Kongjing was kind to me in the past, Shaolin Temple is in trouble, I can't ignore it, I have to rush to help Shaolin Temple fight against Jin Yunqi immediately." Will you come with me?" Hu Xiaochen said: "Of course, the Black Spirit Gang is our great enemy, even if they flee to the ends of the earth, I will not let them go." Chang Long said: "The Black Spirit Gang and I don't have any grudges, I couldn't have chased and killed them from all over the world, but if I don't have mercy to help you, I can't beat Jin Yunqi if I forgive you, not to mention that the Black Spirit Gang is also for the benefit of the people of the world, so I will work hard to go with you to Fujian Shaolin Temple." Zhao Xiaocao pouted and said, "Prince Chang is willing to help us deal with the Black Spirit Gang, that's great." When the time comes, other thieves will be handed over to us to solve, then Jin Yunqi, Chang Gongzi will fight with him alone, Jin Yunqi's martial arts are only a little higher than Master Wang Xue, Chang Gongzi wants to defeat Jin Yunqi, it is not difficult to think. Wang Xue smiled: "Okay, you two don't have to fight, let's go back and pack our bags and set off overnight." ”

The four of them immediately bid farewell to Lin Tikun and Barda, packed their bags that night, took dry food and copper coins given by the villagers, hired a carriage in the small town outside the village, and rushed to Shaolin.

In less than a day, he arrived in Fujian. Wang Xue took Zhao Xiaocao, Hu Xiaochen, and Chang Long to fight in a small inn at the foot of Shaolin Temple Mountain. Chang Long sat on a wooden chair by the wall, saw that the inn was small, the furnishings were old, and Lao Gao's brows were furrowed, and said: "We don't have to be so poor, in this broken shop, if the master is short of money and has no money to live in the big inn, I can write a feather book immediately, and ask my father to send someone to send a silver ticket over." Zhao Xiaocao said: "The shop is a little dilapidated, but it's not that it can't be lived, you Chang Dagongzi don't shake the silver here and play prestige!" Chang Long said: "I'm kind and kind, I don't want the master to suffer, why do you little girl keep talking to me?" Wang Xue said: "I live in this dilapidated inn." It's not that I feel sorry for the silver, it's just that when I came to Fujian when I was young, I was in this shop, and today I want to sit here. Chang Long smiled: "I see, Master is still an infatuated person." Wang Xue said: "Don't look at this shop is old and dilapidated, but many people in the rivers and lakes have come to this small shop back then." Senior Brother Xiao Yuansheng, my Senior Brother Liu, Ah You, Qiu Haibo, used to make a big fight in front of this small shop back then, so much so that we later made an appointment to fight the Zhenwu Conference. ”

The innkeeper was settling accounts on the counter next to him, and when he heard Wang Xue and others screaming from the left and the right, he only smiled bitterly in his heart, and secretly thought: "Where did you little ghosts come from, my inn is dirty, old, dilapidated and messy, and I didn't force you to stay." ”

Wang Xue asked the shopkeeper about the Shaolin Temple, and the shopkeeper said: "After the empty old abbot of the Shaolin Temple passed away, all the big and small things in the temple were handed over to his disciples. Wang Xue asked, "Is it the monk named Yuanxiang?" The shopkeeper said, "Exactly." I heard that the abbot of the empty net has three disciples who enter the room, called Yuanxiang, Yuanyin, and Yuanse, and after the empty-clean Yuanzhi, it is this Yuanxiang who is in charge of the temple gate. Wang Xue asked again: "Are there any Jianghu people or bandits who have been to Shaolin recently?" The shopkeeper said: "Shaolin Temple is an important place for martial arts, and the pilgrims who go to burn incense and worship every day and the masters who go to meet friends with martial arts are not a hundred but eighty, as for whether it is a bandit, how can I know, and the word 'bandit' will not be written on the face." ”

Wang Xue turned around and said to Zhao Xiaocao and the others: "The Black Spirit Gang set off from Yiwei Mountain one day earlier than us, and it stands to reason that they should arrive one day earlier than us." They want to go to the Shaolin Temple to commit murder, they will act when the night is dark and the wind is high, we go to the room to sleep in the afternoon, and go to the Shaolin Temple at night to keep an eye on the door. Hu Xiaochen said: "Why bother so much, let's go directly to the Shaolin Temple to find the Yuanxiang abbot and tell him about the Black Spirit Gang, and he will send more people to protect the temple." Wang Xue said: "I had a little grudge with Shaolin Temple in the past, and it was all resolved by the Master of Empty Purity, so that this catastrophe was avoided, and now Master Empty Pure has passed away, and then let me rashly go to Shaolin Temple, I am a little embarrassed, not to mention that the Black Spirit Gang is only my conjecture that they want to come to Shaolin Temple to commit murder, and I don't know if they will come, if they don't come, we spread false news, it is not very appropriate." Chang Long said: "We are watching tonight, if the Black Spirit Gang doesn't come tonight, won't we have to stare all night?" Wang Xue said: "That's also something that can't be helped, since we have come here, don't be tired." If the Black Spirit Gang doesn't show up tonight, they will also appear tomorrow night, let's keep an eye on it for a few more nights, if the Black Spirit Gang doesn't show up for a long time, it means that they haven't come to Fujian, and we don't have to pay attention to it. ”

In the past two days, Wang Xue, Zhao Xiaocao and others have slept in the inn during the day, and sneaked into the woods and grass in front of the Shaolin Temple at night to wait for the Black Spirit Gang, but they have never seen the Black Spirit Gang appear.

At noon on the third day, after the four of them had lunch, Chang Long said, "The Black Spirit Gang is not showing up, and we don't have to waste time here, Master, let's pack up our things and leave in the afternoon." Zhao Xiaocao said to Wang Xue: "Master, I also think it's not much fun for us to stay here any longer, with Jin Yunqi's resolute temperament, if he really has the intention to attack Shaolin, he has already done it at this time, and he won't be rubbing it for many days." Chang Long laughed and said, "Senior Sister Zhao will even speak to me this time!" Zhao Xiaocao stuck out her tongue at Chang Long and said, "Who is talking to you, I am just telling the truth to my master." Wang Xue thought for a while and said: "After the Shaolin Temple is over, we are going to go directly to Bozi Town to participate in the Zhenwu Conference, the Zhenwu Conference will be held after three months, and from here to Bozi Town, it will not take a month to be full, we will go to Bozi Town at the moment, the time is a little too early, if we go back to Yiwei Mountain, then we will not live on the mountain for a few days, in my opinion, we might as well live at the foot of this Shaolin Temple, wait for Jin Yunqi for a few more days, if Jin Yunqi does not appear again, let's go to Bozi Town again." Hu Xiaochen sat aside without saying a word, and then suddenly said, "I also think we should stay for a few more days." Although the Black Spirit Gang set off a day earlier than us, they had nearly 100 people, and the trip must be very slow, and it was common for us to come to Shaolin Temple a few days late, not to mention that Jin Yunqi's injury could not be recuperated in just a few days, and it was difficult to say that they attacked Shaolin a few days later. Hu Xiaochen doesn't talk much on weekdays, and he doesn't like to quarrel and joke like Zhao Xiaocao and Chang Long, but what Hu Xiaochen says must be reasonable after careful consideration. Hu Xiaochen said so, and Chang Long and Zhao Xiaocao had no objections.

That night, the four of them came to the woods and grass in front of the Shaolin Temple as usual to ambush and wait for the Black Spirit Gang to attack. Chang Long lay under a tree for more than an hour, couldn't bear it, and complained in a low voice: "None of the Black Spirit Gang came, but the mosquitoes attracted a large swarm." Hu Xiaochen beside him said, "Aren't you afraid of being bitten by mosquitoes?" Hu Xiaochen said lightly: "I'm different from you, I'm a bitter child who came out of the mountains, where can I be afraid of mosquitoes?" Chang Long said: "These ghost mosquitoes are about to swallow me, I won't wait, Master Wang Xue, I'm going back." Wang Xue lowered her voice and said, "You keep quiet, don't be discovered by those people in the Black Spirit Gang, maybe they have already come at this time, and they are quietly investigating where they are hiding." ”

Zhao Xiaocao suddenly pointed to the corner of the wall next to the door of the Shaolin Temple and shouted: "Look!" Everyone turned their heads in a daze, only to see more than a dozen sneaky figures quietly turning into the temple from the corner, although they couldn't see who the person was from a distance, but they could vaguely see that it was the bandit of the Black Spirit Gang by the bright moonlight. Wang Xue's heart sank, she stood up and said: "They are finally here, let's go in and report the news, with the strength of the four of us, plus the masters of the Shaolin Temple, we will be able to exterminate the Black Spirit Gang tonight." As he spoke, the dozen or so figures of the Black Spirit Gang had all rushed into the temple. Zhao Xiaocao was the most anxious, seeing that the Black Spirit Gang that he had been waiting for had disappeared from front of him, for fear that he would never be able to find it again, he hurriedly stood up and shouted, "Let's go quickly!"

Chang Long hurriedly ran to the gate of Shaolin Temple, raised his hand and knocked on the door a few times, shouting: "The bandits are coming! The bandits are coming! You guys are coming out!" Several little monks guarding the door heard someone shouting outside the door, and hurriedly put on monk's clothes and came out to inspect. The little monks did not know the situation and did not dare to open the door at will, so they only opened the large wooden door on the first floor, but the iron door on the second floor did not open. The little monk at the head didn't know that Chang Long shouted that the bandit was coming, which meant that the Black Spirit Gang was sneaking over the wall, and saw Chang Long standing at the door angrily, and said that Chang Long himself was a thief, and said angrily: "If the donor is desperate, Shaolin Temple will give porridge in the morning and evening, and the donor can come to fast, if the donor wants to use force, Shaolin Temple is not afraid of you!" Shaolin Temple is about to be in a dilemma, and you are not in a hurry, so it can be seen that Shaolin Temple has no great ability. The little monk's face did not change, and Sen Ran said: "You are young, what kind of ability do you have, whether the Shaolin Temple is in danger or not, I am afraid that it will not be your turn to speak more." ”

Wang Xue also rushed over with Zhao Xiaocao and Hu Xiaochen, Wang Xue said: "If you have something to say, don't quarrel." The little monk saw that there were many people coming from the other party, and he knew that things were not good, so he hurriedly sent his fellow disciples to the inner hall to report the news. Wang Xue said to the little monk: "Little Master, we came here late at night to report something important, there is really no other malice, you open the door first and let us in." The little monk saw that Wang Xue was not like a bandit and robber, and his face was peaceful, but what a reputation Shaolin Temple has, every day there are strange people with bad intentions to bother here, and the little monk saw that Wang Xue and others were weird, so he didn't dare to open the door easily, and said: "My uncle is about to come, what do you have to say when he comes." Zhao Xiaocao's eyes widened, and he shouted: "We didn't sleep well for a few days and nights, just to save your lives, but you are so big and treat us as wicked people, and your Shaolin Temple is too rude." ”

Suddenly, I heard a high-pitched voice inside the door say: "Who dares to say that my Shaolin Temple is rude?" I saw an old monk walking over quickly with the support of several young monks. The old monk's eyebrows were raised, his face was majestic, and he said: "A few people broke into Shaolin at night, thinking it was a big rude, why do you say that my Shaolin Temple has a big shelf and is rude, this is to ask for advice." "Zhao Xiaocao and Chang Long made a special trip to solve the problem for the Shaolin Temple this time, and they were not afraid of this old monk, but the old monk was an elder, but it was inconvenient to fight with the old monk, the two looked at each other, and had nothing to say for a while. Seeing that no one answered, the old monk sighed and said to the little monk beside him: "Close the door, thank you." ”

(End of chapter)