Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Prison

Amidst the sound of clanging weapons, white light shone, and long swords flew up.One fell into the crowd, and all the servants were in a mess, one fell on the mat, and the other went straight into the beam above the head.In an instant, the long swords in the hands of Bu Yuan, Wu Kan, Feng Tan, and Shen Cheng were all strangled by Di Yun in a sword-removing style. Wan Zhenshan slapped both palms, and said with a smile: Very good, very good!Junior Brother Qi, it's hard for you to practice the Liancheng swordsmanship!congratulations!The voice was full of desolation. Qi Changfa was stunned, and asked: What Liancheng swordsmanship?

Wan Zhenshan said: "Brother Di Shi, what are these moves, not the Liancheng swordsmanship?"Kuner, Qier, Guier, everyone is back.Your senior brother Di learned the Liancheng swordsmanship from Uncle Qi, how can you be his opponent?Then he sneered at Qi Changfa: "Junior Brother, you pretended to be real, you are really wise and foolish!"Locking Hengjiang in iron is truly remarkable. Di Yun used the three-way sword move of stabbing the shoulders, slapping the face, and removing the sword, and defeated the eight disciples of the Wanmen in a short time. , Look at the master, look at the junior sister, and look at the uncle, I don't know what to say.

Qi Changfa approached him, took the long sword in his hand, suddenly the tip of the sword shook, pointed at his throat, and shouted: Who did you learn these sword moves from? Di Yun was taken aback, he didn't dare to lie to his master about anything, but the old beggar made it clear that if he leaked the story of passing on the sword, the old beggar would definitely die. In a few words, he said, "Master, master, it was the disciples who came up with it themselves." Qi Changfa shouted: You can come up with such a clever sword move yourself?How dare you talk nonsense to me!No matter how untruthful it is, I will kill you with one sword strike.Slightly moving his wrist forward, the tip of the sword pierced his throat for several minutes, and blood oozed from the tip of the sword.

Qi Fang ran over, hugged her father's arm, and shouted: Dad!Senior brother is always with us, who can teach him martial arts?Aren't these sword moves taught by your old man? Wan Zhenshan sneered and said: Junior Brother Qi, why do you put on airs again?Ling Ai has made it clear.The brilliant method of iron locking Hengjiang doesn't have to be used on his senior brother.Come come come!Three glasses of congratulations to you, brother!As he spoke, he poured two full glasses of wine, raised his neck and drank a glass first, and said: "As a brother, do it first and respect it!"You can't help but give me this face.

Qi Changfa snorted, threw his sword to the ground, turned around and took the wine glass, drank three glasses in a row, turned his head to the side in thought, his face full of doubts, and murmured: Strange, strange! Wan Zhenshan said: "Junior Brother Qi, I have something I want to talk to you about, let's talk in the study.Qi Changfa nodded.Wan Zhenshan took him by the hand, and the two senior brothers walked towards the study side by side. The eight disciples of Wanmen looked at each other in blank dismay.Some had pale faces, while others cursed. Shen Cheng said: I'm going to pee!Giving this kid Di Yun such a sudden blow made me piss and shit.Lu Kun grimaced and shouted: Eighth Junior Brother, aren't you ugly enough?

Shen Cheng stuck out his tongue and hurriedly left the table.He walked out of the hall door, went to the toilet, tiptoed to the door of the study, and listened carefully. I could only hear the master's voice saying: "Junior Brother Qi, the mystery that has been unsolved for twenty years has only been revealed today." Hearing Qi Changfa's voice say: "Little brother doesn't understand what it means to reveal the truth." Do I need to say more?Master, how did the old man die? The master lost a book on martial arts, but he couldn't find it after looking for it. He was depressed and passed away.It's not that you don't know, why ask me?

yes.What is the name of this martial arts book? how could I know?What are you asking me for? But I heard from my master that it is called Liancheng Jue. I don't understand what can and cannot be achieved through practice. Those who know are not as good as those who are good, and those who are good are not as good as what? Not as good as those who enjoy themselves! Hehe, haha, hehe! What's so funny? You are obviously full of poetry and books, but you pretend to be rude.We have been studying in the same discipline for more than ten years, who still doesn't know who's background?If you don't know the three characters Lianchengjue, how can you recite the Analects of Confucius and Mencius?

You're here to judge me, aren't you? bring it! What are you getting? You know it yourself, what more garlic do you want? I, Qi Changfa, have never been afraid of you. Shen Cheng heard the louder and louder the master and the uncle were arguing, he became scared in his heart, hurried back to the living room, walked up to Lu Kun and said in a low voice: Senior brother, the master and the uncle are arguing, I'm afraid there will be a fight! Lu Kun was startled, stood up and said: Let's take a look!Zhou Qi, Wan Gui, Sun Jun and others hurriedly followed. Qi Fang tugged at Di Yun's sleeve, and said: Let's go too!Di Yun nodded, and just two steps away, Qi Fang stuffed a long sword into his hand.When Di Yun turned his head, he saw Qi Fang holding two long swords in his left hand.Di Yun said: Two?Qi Fang said: Dad didn't bring a weapon!

The eight disciples of Wanmen all stood outside the study door with heavy faces.Di Yun and Qi Fang stood a little further away.The ten people held their breath and listened to the quarrel between the two in the study. Junior Brother Qi, Master, the old man's life was obviously caused by you.That was Wan Zhenshan's voice. Fart, fart your mother, Master Wan, you can speak more clearly, why did I kill Master?Under Qi Changfa's rage, his voice changed drastically and became very hoarse. Master and his copy of Liancheng Jue, didn't your brother Qi steal it? What do I know about people and ghosts?Brother Wan, it is not so easy for you to falsely accuse me of being Qi.

Could it be that the sword move your disciple used just now was not the Liancheng sword technique?Why so light and ingenious? My apprentice is born smart, he realized it by himself, even I don't know it.What kind of city-linking swordsmanship is there?You asked Bu Yuan to invite me, and said that you have mastered Liancheng swordsmanship, did you say that?Let's call Bu Yuan to testify! Everyone outside the door looked at Bu Yuan together, and saw that his expression was extremely ugly, obviously Qi Changfa's words were true.Di Yun and Qi Fang looked at each other and nodded, thinking: I also heard what Bu Yuan said, so it's impossible to deny it.

Wan Zhenshan laughed and said, "Of course I said that."If you don't say that, how can you be deceived.Qi Changfa, let me ask you, you said that you have never heard the name of Liancheng swordsmanship, why did you rush here as soon as Bu Yuan said that I have mastered Liancheng swordsmanship?Do you still want to rely on it? Aha, the surname Wan, did you trick me into coming to Jingzhou? That's right, you hand over the sword formula, and kowtow on the master's grave to apologize. Why should I give it to you? Humph, I'm a big brother. There was silence in the room for a long while, only Qi Changfa's hoarse voice said: "Okay, I'll leave it to you." When everyone outside the door heard the five words I handed you, they couldn't help but tremble all over their bodies.Di Yun and Qi Fang wished there was a hole in the ground they could drill into.Lu Kun and the other eight people looked at Di Qi with disdain.Qi Fang was annoyed and extremely humiliated at the same time, she really didn't expect her father to do such a shameless thing. Suddenly, Wan Zhenshan's long and miserable cry came from the room, it was extremely shrill. Wan Gui exclaimed: Dad!Fei Kicked open the door and rushed in.Wan Zhenshan was seen lying on the ground with a gleaming dagger stuck in his chest, and blood was all around him. The window is wide open, and it is still shaking, but Qi Changfa has disappeared. Wan Gui cried: Dad, Dad!He rushed to Wan Zhenshan's side. Qi Fang also called in a low voice: Dad, Dad!Trembling, he took Di Yun's hand. Lu Kun shouted: "Hurry up, chase the murderer!"He and Zhou Qi, Sun Jun and other juniors jumped out of the window one after another, shouting: "Catch the murderer, catch the murderer!" Di Yun saw the eight disciples of Wanmen go out to chase the master one after another, this sudden turn of events really scared him to the point of confusion, he didn't know what to do.Qi Fang yelled again: Daddy!His body was covered twice, and he couldn't stand still.Di Yun quickly stretched out his hands to support him, and when he lowered his head, he saw Wan Zhenshan's eyes were closed tightly, and his face looked horrifying, as if he was in great pain when he was about to die. Di Yun didn't dare to look any more, and said in a low voice: Junior sister, shall we go?Qi Fang hadn't answered yet, only heard a voice behind her say: You are the accomplices who murdered my master, you can't leave! Di Yun and Qi Fang turned their heads, and saw the tip of a long sword pointed at Qi Fang's back, and the hilt was in Bu Yuan's hand.Di Yun was furious, he was about to quibble with each other, but when he got to the point of speaking, thinking of his master and brother, what else could he say?Involuntarily lowered his head, without saying a word. Bu Yuan said coldly, "Both of you, please go back to your own room. After we get Qi Changfa, we will send them to the officials for punishment."Di Yun said: "This matter is all caused by me alone, it has nothing to do with my junior sister.If you want to kill or cut, you can find me alone.Bu Yuan pushed his vest violently, and shouted: Let's go, this is not the time for you to be a hero.Di Yun only heard that the murderer was caught outside, the murderer was caught!The sound of gongs, gongs, and gongs on the street, and the sound of running and shouting, became a mess. I felt so ashamed that I couldn't tell, I gritted my teeth, and walked to my room. Qi Fang cried: Senior brother, what happened?Di Yun choked up and said: I don't know.I'm going to apologize to Master.Qi Fang cried: Daddy, where has he been? Di Yun was sitting in the room. At that time, it had been more than two hours since Wan Zhenshan was killed. He was sitting blankly at the table, looking at the half-inch burnt candle, his heart was in a state of confusion. At this time, everyone who chased Qi Changfa had returned.The murderer has escaped from the city, and there is no way to catch him!Let's go to Hunan tomorrow, no matter what, we must catch the murderer and avenge Master!I'm afraid that the murderer fled to the rivers and lakes, and he will never be found again.snort!Even after chasing him to the ends of the earth, he will be caught in pieces.Tomorrow, I will spread the post across the rivers and lakes, and I will invite martial arts heroes to uphold justice and hunt down this despicable and shameless murderer together.Yep!We slaughtered the murderer's daughter and the puppy surnamed Di first, and used them to worship the heroic spirit of the master.No!Let's wait until the county magistrate comes to examine the corpse tomorrow.Disciples of the Wanmen family were discussing these things one after another, and they had already stopped. Di Yun wanted to ask his junior sister to escape alone, but he thought: she is a young girl, she is living in the world, who will take care of her?Should I run away with her?no no!This calamity was all caused by me, if I hadn't acted bravely and fought with all the senior brothers of the Wan family, how could Master Wan have suspected that my master stole the formula of Liancheng Sword?My master is the most honest and good person, how could he steal some sword formula?These three sword moves were taught to me by that old beggar.But Master has killed someone, if I say it now, others will never believe it, even if I believe it, what's the use?I have committed a heinous crime, and it is all my own fault.I will speak out in public tomorrow to defend Master.But Master Wan was clearly killed by his master, how can his bad name be wiped away?No, I must not run away, I will save it for the master to pay for the crime, let them kill me! Just as his thoughts were ebbing and flowing, he suddenly heard a light click on the roof outside. When he raised his head, he saw a black shadow leaping across the roof from west to east. He almost called out Master, but when he took a closer look, The man was tall and thin, definitely not the master.Then there was another figure jumping over, and this time it was more clear that the figure was holding a single knife. He thought to himself: Are they looking for Master?Could it be that the master is still nearby and has not gone far?While he was wondering, he suddenly heard a woman's exclamation from the east room. He was taken aback, grabbed the hilt of his sword, and jumped up. The first thing he thought of was: Are they bullying Junior Sister?Then I heard a woman's cry: Help! The voice didn't seem to be Qi Fang, but he cared too much, before he had time to tell if Qi Fang was in danger, he jumped out of the window and just stood on the eaves when he heard the woman screaming: Help!Help! He ran to follow the sound, only to see the light from the upstairs in the east, and a window was still shaking.He went to the window and looked in, only to see a woman lying on the bed with her hands and feet tied, two men stretched out their hands to touch her cheeks, while the other wanted to untie her clothes.Di Yun didn't know who this woman was, but seeing her pale with fright, she was rolling and struggling on the bed, calling for help. Although he himself was in trouble, but seeing this scene, he couldn't ignore it, immediately he rushed in through the window with his sword and led someone, stabbing the back of the man on the left with his sword.The man on the right raised a chair, and the man on the left had already drawn out his single knife and slashed over.Seeing that the faces of these two men were covered with black cloth, only a pair of eyes were exposed, Di Yun shouted: "Bold villain, save your life!"Swipe, swipe and stab three swords. The two men kept silent, and each used single-handed combat.A man shouted: "Brother Lu, shit!Another person said: Count Wan Zhenshan's luck, and come to revenge next time!Raising both sabers together, they slashed at Di Yun's head. Seeing the ferocious approach, Di Yun dodged to avoid it.A man quickly kicked over the table, the candlestick fell down, and the room was pitch black.There was only a whooping sound, and the two jumped out of the window, followed by a series of ping-pong sounds, and a few tiles were thrown towards them.Di Yun couldn't see clearly in the dark, and he wasn't good at this kind of light-handedness, so he didn't dare to chase him out. He thought to himself: one of the thieves is surnamed Lu, and he probably belonged to Lu Tong's group, and he came for revenge.They still don't know that Uncle Wan is dead. Suddenly I heard the woman on the bed shout: "Oh, it hurts to death, I have a small knife in my chest!"Pull it out for me quickly.Di Yun was taken aback, and said, "The thief stabbed you?"The woman moaned, "I've been stabbed!"Stabbed! Di Yun said, "I'll light a candle for you to see."The woman said: "Come here, come quickly, come here quickly!"Hearing what she said, Di Yun panicked, took a step closer, and said: What? Suddenly, the woman opened her arms, hugged him by the waist, and shouted: Help, help! Di Yun was even more shocked than Shicai. Seeing that her hands and feet were bound, why would he hug him?He hurriedly stretched out his hands to push, trying to break away from her embrace, but unexpectedly, the woman hugged his waist desperately, and couldn't push her away for a while. All of a sudden, there was a light in front of his eyes, and two torches were stuck in the window, illuminating the room as bright as day, and several people asked at the same time: "What's the matter?"What's up?The woman shouted: "Flower picker, flower picker!"Murder for money, help, help! Di Yun was very anxious and shouted: "You, you, why don't you know what is good and what is bad?"He stretched out his hand and shoved at her.The woman was hugging his waist, but now she resisted with all her strength, shouting: Don't touch me, don't touch me! Di Yun was about to run away, when he suddenly felt a chill on the back of his neck, and a long sword was already resting on his neck.He was about to make a decision, when a white light flashed suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his right palm, and with a clang, the long sword in his hand fell to the floor.He looked down and was so frightened that he almost fainted. He saw that the five fingers of his right hand had been cut off, and blood was gushing out like a fountain. When he squinted in panic, he saw Wu Kan holding a bloody long sword, stand aside. All he said was: You!Flying up with his right foot, he kicked towards Wu Kan, suddenly he was punched violently in the back of the heart, he staggered and fell on the woman.The woman called again: Help, flower picker!I could only hear Lu Kun's voice saying: Bind this little thief! Although Di Yun was a country boy who had never seen the world, he knew at this moment that he had fallen into the insidious trap set up by others.He jumped up, turned around, and was about to pounce on Lu Kun, when he suddenly saw a pale face, it was Qi Fang. Di Yun was stunned, only to see that the expression on Qi Fang's face was sad, humble, and angry.He shouted: Junior sister!Qi Fang's face flushed all of a sudden, and said: Why are you doing this?Di Yun was full of grievances, how could he say it now? Qi Fang let out a cry, and said, "I, I, I'd better die."Seeing that all five fingers of Di Yun's right hand were cut off, his heart ached again. He gritted his teeth, tore off a piece of his shirt, and approached him to bandage his wound.At this time, her face turned white again. Di Yun was so painful that he wanted to faint a few times, but he couldn't help himself, he only bit his lip until it bleeds, and he couldn't say a word. Lu Kun said: "Little lady, if this bastard dares to be rude to you, we will kill him to vent your anger."It turned out that this woman was Wan Zhenshan's concubine.She covered her face with her hands, sobbed, and said: He said a lot of nonsense.He said your master is dead and told me to follow him.He said that Miss Qi's father killed someone, and he was going to be implicated.He also said that he had obtained a lot of gold, silver and jewels and made a fortune, and told me to go away with him immediately, and eat forever Di Yun's mind was in chaos, and he just murmured: "It's fake, it's fake!" Zhou Qi said loudly: Go, go!Go search the thief's room! Everyone pushed and pulled Di Yun to his room.Qi Fang followed behind in a daze. Wan Gui said: "Everyone, don't make things difficult for Senior Brother Di. You can't wrong a good man if you don't understand the matter!"Zhou Qi said angrily: What else do you not understand?This kid is a good fart!Wan Gui said: "I don't think he is a person who does evil.Zhou Qi said: "Didn't you hear it with your own ears just now?"Didn't you see it with your own eyes?Wan Gui said: "I think he drank a few more glasses, but it's just a disorderly sex after drinking." All these things came one after another, Qi Fang had already lost her mind, hearing Wan Gui's defense for Di Yun, she was secretly grateful, and said in a low voice: Senior Brother Wan, my senior brother is indeed not that kind of person. Wan Gui said: That's right, I said he was just drunk, and he definitely wouldn't steal money. While speaking, everyone pushed Di Yun to his room.Shen Cheng's eyes turned around in the room, he lowered his body, and stretched out his hand to pull out a heavy package under the bed, but he heard clanging and metal bumping noises.Di Yun was even more stunned. He saw that Shen Cheng unwrapped the package, and his eyes were full of squashed gold and silverware, jugs and wine glasses, and so on. They were all things from the banquet in Wanfu. Qi Fang let out an exclamation, and stretched out her hand to support the table. Wan Gui comforted: "Junior Sister Qi, don't panic, let's think of a way slowly. Feng Tan lifted the quilt and found two more packages.Shen Cheng and Feng Tan unwrapped it separately, one bag contained silver ingots and ingots, and the other bag contained women's jewelry, pearl necklaces, gold bracelets and gold rings. At this moment, Qi Fang has no more doubts, she is full of resentment, and wished she could kill herself immediately with a horizontal sword.She grew up with Di Yun since she was a child, and she had already regarded him as her future husband in her heart, but she never expected that this lover whom she had always loved would go far away with another woman when she was in trouble.Could it be that this enchanting woman really fascinated him?Or is he afraid of being implicated by his father and wants to escape alone? Lu Kun yelled loudly: "Stinky thief, the stolen goods are all there, do you still want to deny it?"Bowing left and right, Di Yun was slapped hard twice.Di Yun's arms were grabbed by Sun Jun and Wu Kan respectively, unable to block, his cheeks on both sides swelled up immediately.Lu Kun dismissed the sex and punched him in the chest. Qi Fang shouted: Don't fight, don't fight, you have something to say. Zhou Qi said: "Kill this little thief to death, and then report to the officials!"Said is also a punch.Di Yun opened his mouth and spat out a big mouthful of blood.Feng Tan stepped forward with his sword straightened, and said: "Cut off his left hand too, let's see if he can do bad things again?"Sun Jun raised Di Yun's left arm, and Feng Tan raised his sword to chop it off.Qi Fang yelled urgently.Wan Gui said: "Everyone look at me, don't make things difficult for him, we will send him off immediately." Seeing Feng Tan slowly withdrawing his sword, two lines of tears rolled down his cheeks, Qi Fang glanced at Wan Gui, her eyes were full of gratitude. One five, ten, fifteen, twenty The guard counted, and hit Di Yun's hind leg with all his strength.Di Yun's body was held down by two other guards, and the bamboo board fell down again and again.These blows were nothing compared to the pain in his heart, not even the pain in his right palm. He just thought: Even sister Fang thinks I'm a thief, even she thinks I'm a thief. Twenty-five thirty-five forty-five boards were falling, the skin was swollen and cracked, blood stained the boards and splashed all around the ground. When Di Yun woke up in the cell of the prison, he was still groggy, not knowing where he was or how much time had passed.Gradually, he felt the pain where the five fingers of his right hand were severed, and also the pain where he was beaten with a plank on his back, legs, and buttocks.He wanted to turn over so that the wound would not be pressed to the ground, but suddenly, there was an indescribably severe pain in the two shoulders, which made him faint again. After waking up again, he first heard his own hoarse moans, and then felt severe pain all over his body.But why does the shoulder hurt so badly?Why is this pain so unbearable?He only felt an indescribable fear, and for a long time, he didn't dare to lower his head to look.Have both of my shoulders been chopped off?After a while, he suddenly heard the sound of iron objects colliding lightly. When he lowered his head, he saw two iron chains hanging down from his shoulders.He was horrified, and when he looked sideways, his whole body trembled with fright. This trembling made the pain in his shoulders even worse.It turned out that these two iron chains passed through the lute bone of his shoulder blades, and were locked together with the iron shackles on his hands and the iron chains on his ankles.Wearing the lute bone, he once heard his master say, that is the government's way to deal with the most vicious Jiangyang robbers, no matter how strong your martial arts are, if the lute bone is pierced by an iron chain, you will not be able to use it at all.In an instant, countless thoughts turned in my mind: Why did you treat me like this?Did they really think I was a thief?I have been wronged like this, can't the official find out? In the magistrate's hall, he had told the story intermittently, but Wan Zhenshan's concubine Taohong strongly testified that it was he who intended to rape and not someone else.The eight disciples of the Wan family and many family members testified that they saw him hugging Tao Hong, and saw the stolen goods being searched out from under his bed and under the quilt.The servants in the yamen also said that Jingzhou's ten thousand families are famous far and wide, so how many thieves would dare to make a move. Di Yun remembered that the county magistrate had a handsome appearance and a very kind face.He wanted to know that the magistrate of the county listened to people's words for a while and wronged a good person, but he would find out in the end.However, the five fingers of his right hand were cut off, how can he use a sword again in the future? He was full of anger and grief, stood up regardless of the pain, and shouted: Wronged, wronged!Suddenly, my legs became sore and limp, and I bent over and fell straight to the ground.He struggled and wanted to get up again, but he just stood up straight, his legs and knees were sore and he didn't fall forward.He crawled on the ground, still shouting: wronged, wronged. Suddenly a voice from the corner of the room said coldly: "If someone wears a pipa bone, all his kung fu will be wasted, hehe, hehe!"It's a lot of money!Di Yun didn't pay attention to who was speaking, let alone what these words meant, and still shouted: Wronged, wronged! A jailer came over and shouted: "What are you doing yelling?"Don't shut up!Di Yun shouted: Wronged, wronged!I want to see the county magistrate and ask him to redress his grievances.The jailer shouted: "Can you shut up?"Di Yun yelled even louder. The jailer grinned grimly, turned around and picked up a wooden bucket, and poured the wooden bucket down on him through the iron bars.Di Yun only felt a pungent stench, and it was too late to dodge, his whole body was drenched immediately, and the bucket was actually urine.The urine dripped on the broken wounds all over his body, and the pain became even more severe.His eyes darkened and he passed out. He had a high fever in a daze, and called out for a while: Master, Master!At one point he called again: Junior Sister, Junior Sister!For three consecutive days, the jailer brought brown rice, but he was still unconscious and never ate a bite. On the fourth day, the fever on my body finally subsided gradually.All the wounds were numb with pain, and it was not as intense and unbearable as it was a few days ago.He remembered his grievances, opened his mouth and shouted again: Wronged!But at this time, the screaming sound was extremely weak, just a few intermittent groans. He sat for a while, staring blankly at the cell.It was a big stone house about two feet square. The walls were made of rough big stones, and the ground was also paved with big stones. There was a dung bucket in the corner of the wall, and the smell was full of stench. and musty. He turned his head slowly, only to see a pair of eyes staring fiercely at him in the corner of the west room.Di Yun shuddered, not expecting that there were other people in the cell.I saw this man with a bearded face, long hair hanging down to his neck, and ragged clothes, he looked like a savage in the barren hills.He was handcuffed and fettered, exactly like himself, even wearing two iron chains in his luteal bone. The first thought in Di Yun's mind was joy, a smile flickered on the corner of his mouth, and he thought to himself: So there are still people as unfortunate as me in the world.But then he changed his mind: This person is so vicious, he must be a murderer, arsonist, and all kinds of evil gangsters.He deserved what he deserved, but I was wronged!Thinking of this, I couldn't help but burst into tears. He was tried and flogged, and Lang Dang was imprisoned. Although he suffered so much, he gritted his teeth and endured it. He never shed a single tear. At this time, he could no longer hold back and simply burst into tears. The bearded prisoner sneered and said: "It's really good at pretending!"Are you an actor? Di Yun ignored him and cried loudly on his own.Only the sound of footsteps was heard, and the jailer came over with another bucket of urine.No matter how stubborn Di Yun was, he didn't dare to contradict him, so he had to slowly stop crying.The jailer looked at him sideways, and suddenly said: "Little thief, someone is watching you." Di Yun was both surprised and delighted, and hurriedly said: Who is it?The jailer looked sideways at him for a while, took out a big iron key from his side, and opened the iron door outside.Only the sound of footsteps was heard, the jailer walked through a long corridor, the sound of opening the iron gate, followed by the sound of closing and locking the iron gate, the sound of footsteps of three people in the corridor, walking towards this side. Di Yun was overjoyed, and immediately jumped up, his legs gave way and he was about to fall, so he hurriedly leaned against the wall beside him, the pipa bone on his shoulder was stretched, causing another burst of pain.But he was full of joy, forgot all the pain, and shouted loudly: Master, sister!He only has two relatives in this world, master and junior sister, and there are two other people in the tunnel besides the jailer, naturally they are master and junior sister. All of a sudden, he called out the word "shi" from his mouth, but the word "father" was stuck in his throat, and he opened his mouth wide, unable to close it.The first one who came in through the iron gate was the jailer, the second one was a handsome young man with rich clothes, but it was Wan Gui, and the third one was Qi Fang. She yelled: Senior Brother, Senior Brother!Jumped to the iron fence. Di Yun took a step forward and saw that she was wearing a silk shirt, not the new clothes she wore from the countryside, so he stopped taking the second step.But when she saw her eyes were red and swollen, she just called: Senior Brother, Senior Brother, you, you Di Yun asked: Where is Master?Has Coco found his old man?Qi Fang shook her head, tears streaming down her face.Di Yun asked again: How are you?live there?Qi Fang choked and said, "I have no place to go, so I'm staying at Brother Wan's house for the time being." Di Yun shouted: "This is a harmful place, I must not live there, move out quickly."Qi Fang lowered her head and said softly: I have no money.Brother Wan has treated me very well, he has been going to the yamen every day for the past few days, spending money to rescue you. Di Yun was even more annoyed, and said loudly: I haven't committed a crime, so what do I want him to spend?How will we survive him in the future?The county magistrate found out my wrongdoing, and he will let me go out. Qi Fang cried out again, and said bitterly: Why do you do such a thing?Why leave me? Di Yun was startled, and immediately understood that at this moment, Junior Sister still believed that Tao Hong's words were true, and believed that these bags of gold, silver and jewels were indeed stolen by herself.All his life, he respected and loved Qi Fang, pitied and feared her, told her everything, discussed everything with her, but when faced with such a big matter, she was no different from others, and most people think that Go rape women by yourself, steal gold and silver, thinking that you can do such bad things. In this instant, the pain he felt in his heart was a hundred times stronger than all the pains he suffered in his body.He was tongue-tied and wanted to defend Qi Fang with thousands of words, but his throat suddenly became hoarse and he couldn't utter a single word.He exerted all his strength, his face flushed red, but his throat and tongue were always out of order, and he couldn't make the slightest sound. Seeing his terrifying expression, Qi Fang became frightened and turned her head not to look at him. Di Yun struggled for a long time, but still couldn't say a word, and suddenly saw Qi Fang turned her head away from him, and couldn't help but feel great grief: She hates me, hates me for abandoning her to find another woman, hates me for stealing other people's gold, silver and jewels , hated me for wanting to sneak away alone when my teacher was in trouble.Junior sister, junior sister, why do you come to see me if you don't believe me so much?He no longer dared to look at Qi Fang, and slowly turned his head towards the wall. Qi Fang turned her face back and said: Senior brother, there is no need to talk about the past, I just hope to get a message from my father as soon as possible.Brother Wan, he's trying to find a way to get you out. Di Yun thought in his heart: I don't want him to protect me.I want to say again: Don't live in his house.But the harder he tried, the more tense and twitched the muscles all over his body, and he couldn't speak a word.He couldn't help shaking, and the iron chain clanked. The jailer urged: "It's time."This is a death row prison, dedicated to murder and repeat offenders, and no one is allowed to visit the prison.If the higher-ups know about it, we can't afford it.Girl, even if this person gets out alive, he is also a useless person.You forgot about him long ago and marry a rich and beautiful young master!As he spoke, he cast a glance at Wan Gui, and laughed lewdly. Qi Fang begged: Uncle, I still have a few words to say to my senior brother.He reached into the iron fence, pulled Diyun's sleeve, and said softly: Senior Brother, don't worry, I will definitely ask Senior Brother Wan to rescue you, let's find Daddy together.Passed a small bamboo basket in and said: "That's some bacon, cured fish, boiled eggs, and two taels of silver."Brother, I will come to see you tomorrow The jailer became impatient and shouted: "Miss, if you don't leave, I'll be rude to you!" Only then did Wan Gui speak: Brother Di, don't worry.Your business is my business, my younger brother will try his best to plead with the county magistrate and convict you as lightly as possible. The jailer kept urging her, but Qi Fang had no choice but to walk out aggrieved, looking back at Di Yun every step of the way, but seeing him was like a stone statue, always facing the wall motionless. All Di Yun could see were the bumps and bumps on the stone wall. He really wanted to turn his head, look at Qi Fang's back, and call her Junior Sister, but not only could he not speak, his head and neck were also stiff.He heard the footsteps of the three people in the corridor gradually going away, heard the sound of unlocking and opening the iron gate, and heard the footsteps of the jailer coming back alone in the corridor, and thought: She said that she will come to see me tomorrow.Alas, it will be a long day before I see her again. He reached into the bamboo basket to get food.Suddenly a big furry hand stretched out and snatched the bamboo basket. It was the vicious prisoner.I saw him grab a piece of bacon in the basket, put it in his mouth and chew it. Di Yun said angrily: This is mine!He was suddenly able to speak, and he felt very strange.He took a step forward, wanting to snatch it.The prisoner stretched out his hand and pushed, Di Yun couldn't stand still, and fell backwards, with a bang, the back of his head hit the stone wall.Only then did he understand the true meaning of wearing the lute bone and becoming a cripple. Qi Fang didn't come to see him the next day.It didn't come on the third day, and it didn't come on the fourth day. Di Yun hoped and disappointed day after day, and on the tenth day, he almost went crazy.He yelled, made noise, and bumped his head against the wall, but Qi Fang never came, and all he got in return was urine from the jailer and beatings from the murderer. After half a month, he finally gradually calmed down and became silent. One night, suddenly four guards came into the cell, all with steel knives in their hands, and escorted the murderer out. Di Yun thought to himself: should we take him out to execute and behead him?That's good for him, he won't have to endure such hardships in the future, and I won't have to be bullied by him anymore. He was sleeping dimly, when he suddenly heard the sound of iron chains scraping the ground, and the four jailers carried the murderer back.When Di Yun opened his eyes, he saw that the murderer was covered in blood all over his body, obviously someone had tortured him severely. As soon as the prisoner fell to the ground, he fell unconscious.After the four guards left, Di Yun looked at him with the moonlight shining into the cell, and saw bloodstains on his face, arms, and legs from the brutal beating.Although Di Yun was bullied by him for several days, he couldn't help but feel unbearable when he saw such a miserable situation, so he poured some water from the water bowl and fed him. The prisoner slowly woke up, opened his eyes and saw that it was Di Yun, suddenly raised the iron cuffs, and slammed them on his head.Although Di Yun lost his strength, he still had the wit to respond, and hurriedly dodged to avoid it, but the prisoner didn't have enough strength in his hands, and halfway back, he came back and hit him hard on the waist with a bang.Di Yun was unsure of his footing, and fell straight to the left.There were iron chains connecting his hands and feet to the lute bone, and the pain was unbearable, he couldn't help being startled and angry, and cursed: Madman! The prisoner laughed wildly and said, "How can you hide it from me, you bitter trick. Don't try to trick me sooner." Di Yun only felt that the ribs between his flanks were almost broken, and the pain was so painful that he couldn't speak, after a while, he said: "Madman, you can't protect yourself, what's your idea to beat someone?" The prisoner jumped forward, stepped on Di Yun's vest with his left foot, kicked him hard with his right foot, and shouted: "I think you are a young thief, and you don't do much evil. You are just ordered by others, otherwise I won't kick you." It's your fault. Di Yun was so angry that he forgot the pain on his body, thinking that it was already unfortunate that innocent people were imprisoned, and being in the same room with this unreasonable madman was even more unfortunate. On the night of the second full moon, the prisoner was taken out again by four guards armed with knives, tortured, and sent back to his cell.This time Di Yun learned how to be good, no matter how horrible his appearance was, he still ignored him.Unexpectedly, ignoring him didn't work, the prisoner couldn't get out, even though he was covered in bruises, he still came to find him bad luck, and kept yelling: "Your grandma, if you go undercover for ten or eight years, I won't be fooled by you."If someone beats your ancestor, your ancestor will beat your grandson!Let's spend so much time, let's see who suffers more.It seemed that he was tortured, and it was all Di Yun's fault. He beat and kicked, making a fuss for a long time. From then on, every time the moon was about to be full, Di Yun would frown, knowing that the day of cruel torture was approaching.果然每月十五，那囚犯總是給拉出去經受一頓拷打，回來後就轉而對付狄雲。總算狄雲年紀甚輕，身強力壯，每個月挨一頓打，倒也經受得起，有時不免奇怪：我琵琶骨被鐵鍊穿後，力氣全無。這瘋漢一般的給鐵鍊穿了琵琶骨，怎地仍有一身蠻力？幾次鼓起勇氣詢問，但只須一開口，那瘋漢便拳足交加，此後只好半句話也不向他說。 如此匆匆過了數月，冬盡春來，屈指在獄中將近一年。狄雲慢慢慣了，心中的怨憤、身上的痛楚，倒也漸漸麻木了。這些時日之中，他為了避開那瘋漢的毆辱，始終正眼也不瞧他一下。只要不跟他說話，目光不與他相對，除了月圓之夕，那瘋漢平時倒也不來招惹。 這一日清晨，狄雲眼未睜開，聽得牢房外燕語呢喃，突然間想起從前常和戚芳在一起觀看燕子築巢的情景，心中驀地一酸，向燕語處望去，只見一對燕子漸飛漸遠，從數十丈外高樓畔的窗下掠過。他長日無聊，常自遙眺紗窗，猜想這樓中有何人居住，但窗子老是緊緊的關著，窗檻上卻終年不斷的供著一盆鮮花，其時春光爛漫，窗檻上放的是一盆茉莉。 正在胡思亂想，忽聽得那瘋漢輕輕一聲嘆息。這一年來，那瘋漢不是狂笑，便是罵人，從來沒聽見他嘆過甚麼氣，何況這聲嘆息之中，竟頗有憂傷、溫柔之意。狄雲忍不住轉過頭去，只見那瘋漢嘴角邊帶著一絲微笑，臉上神色誠摯，不再是那副兇悍惡毒的模樣，眼睛正望著那盆茉莉。狄雲唯恐他覺察自己在偷窺他的臉色，當即轉過了頭不敢再看。 自從發現了這秘密後，狄雲每天早晨都偷看這瘋漢的神情，但見他總是臉色溫柔的凝望著那盆鮮花，從春天的茉莉、玫瑰，望到夏天的丁香、鳳仙。這半年之中，兩個人幾乎沒說上十句話。月圓之夜的毆打，也變成了一個悶打，一個悶挨。狄雲早已覺察到，只要自己一句話不說，這瘋漢的怒氣就小得多，拳腳落下時也輕得多。他心想：再過得幾年，恐怕我連怎麼說話也要忘了。 這瘋漢雖然橫蠻無理，卻也有一樣好處，嚇得獄卒輕易不敢到牢房中囉嗦。有時獄卒給他罵得狠了，不送飯給他，他就奪狄雲的飯吃。若是兩人的飯都不送，那瘋漢餓上幾天也漫不在乎。 那一年十一月十五，那瘋漢給苦打一頓之後，忽然發起燒來，昏迷中儘說胡話，前言不對後語，狄雲依稀只聽得他常常呼喚著兩個字，似乎是雙花，又似是傷懷。 狄雲初時不敢理會，但到得次日午間，聽他不斷呻吟的說：水，水，給我水喝！忍不住在瓦缽中倒了些水，湊到他嘴邊，嚴神戒備，防他又雙手毆擊過來。幸好這一次他乖乖的喝了水，便即睡倒。 當天晚上，竟然又來了四個獄卒，架著他出去又拷打了一頓。這次回來，那瘋漢的呻吟聲已是若斷若續。一名獄卒狠狠的道：他倔強不說，明兒再打。另一名獄卒道：乘著他神智不清，咱們趕緊得逼他說出來。說不定他這一次要見閻王，那可不美。 狄雲和他在獄中同處已久，雖苦受他欺凌折磨，可也真不願他這麼便死在獄卒的手下。十七那一天，狄雲服侍他喝了四五次水。最後一次，那瘋漢點了點頭示謝。自從同獄以來，狄雲首次見到他的友善之意，突然之間，心中感到了無比的歡喜。 這天二更過後，那四名獄卒果然又來了，打開了牢門。狄雲心想這一次那瘋漢若再經拷打，那是非死不可，忽然將心一橫，跳起來攔在牢門前，喝道：不許進來！一名高大的獄卒邁步過來，罵道：賊囚犯，滾開。狄雲手上無力，猛地裏低頭一口咬去，將他右手食中兩指咬得鮮血淋漓，牙齒深及指骨，兩根手指幾乎都咬斷了。那獄卒大吃一驚，反身跳出牢房，嗆啷一聲，一柄單刀掉在地下。 狄雲俯身搶起，呼呼呼連劈三刀，他手上雖無勁力，但以刀代劍，招數仍是頗為精妙。一名肥胖的獄卒仗刀直進，狄雲身子一側，一招大母哥鹽失，長鵝鹵翼圓（其實是大漠孤煙直，長河落日圓），單刀轉了個圓圈，刷的一刀，砍在他腿上。那獄卒嚇得連滾帶爬的退了出去。 這一來血濺牢門，四名獄卒見他勢若瘋虎，形同拚命，倒也不敢輕易搶進，在牢門外將狄雲的十八代祖宗都罵了個臭死，甚麼污言穢語都罵了出來。狄雲一言不發，只是守住獄門。那四名獄卒居然沒去頒求援軍，眼看攻不進來，罵了一會，也就去了。 接連四天之中，獄卒既不送飯，也不送水。狄雲到第五天時，渴得再也難以忍耐。那瘋漢更是嘴唇也焦了，忽道：你假裝要砍死我，這狗娘養的非拿水來不可。狄雲不明其理，但想：不管有沒有用，試試也好！當下大聲叫道：再不拿水來，我將這瘋漢先砍死再說。反過刀背，在鐵柵欄上碰得噹噹噹的直響。 只見那獄卒匆匆趕來，大聲吆喝：你傷了他一根毫毛，老子用刀尖在你身上戮一千一萬個窟窿。跟著便拿了清水和冷飯來。 狄雲餵著那瘋漢吃喝已畢，問道：他要折磨你，可又怕我殺了你，那是甚麼道理？ 那瘋漢雙目圓睜，舉起手中的瓦缽，劈頭向他砸去，罵道：你這番假惺惺的買好，我就上了你的當麼？乒乓一聲，瓦缽破碎，狄雲額頭鮮血涔涔而下。他茫然退開，心想：這人狂性又發作了！ 但此後逢到月圓之後，那些獄卒雖一般的將那瘋漢提出去拷打，他回來卻不再在狄雲身上找補。兩人仍然並不交談，狄雲要是向他多瞧上幾眼，醋缽大的拳頭還是一般招呼過來。那瘋漢只有在望著對面高樓窗檻上的鮮花之時，臉上目中，才露出一絲溫柔的神色。 到得第四年的春天，狄雲心中已無出獄之念，雖然夢魂之中，仍是不斷的想到師父和師妹，但師父的影子終於慢慢淡了。師妹那壯健婀娜的身子，紅紅的臉蛋，黑溜溜的大眼睛，在他心底卻仍和三年多前一般的清晰。 他已不敢盼望能出獄去再和師妹相會，每天可總不忘了暗暗向觀世音菩薩祝禱，只要師妹能再到獄中來探望他一次，便是天天受那瘋漢的毆打，也所甘願。 戚芳始終沒有來。 有一天，卻有一個人來探望他。那是個身穿綢面皮袍的英俊少年，笑嘻嘻的道：狄師兄，你還認得我麼？我是沈城。隔了三年多，他身材已長高，狄雲幾乎已認他不出。 狄雲心中怦怦亂跳，只盼能聽到師妹的一些訊息，問道：我師妹呢？ 沈城隔著柵欄，遞了一隻籃子進來，笑道：這是我萬師嫂送給你的。人家可沒忘了舊相好，大喜的日子，巴巴的叫我送兩隻雞、四隻豬蹄、十六塊喜糕來給你。 狄雲茫然問道：那一個萬師嫂？甚麼大喜的日子？ 沈城哈哈一笑，滿臉狡譎的神色，說道：萬師嫂嘛，就是你的師妹戚姑娘了。今天是她和我萬師哥拜堂成親的好日子。她叫我送喜糕雞肉給你，那不是挺夠交情麼？ 狄雲身子一幌，雙手抓住鐵柵，顫聲怒道：你你胡說八道！我師妹怎能怎能嫁給那姓萬的？ 沈城笑道：我恩師給你師父刺了一刀，幸好沒死，後來養好了傷，過去的事，既往不咎。你師妹住在我萬師哥家裏，這三年來卿卿我我，說不定說不定哈哈，明年擔保給生個白白胖胖的娃娃。他年紀大了，說話更是油腔滑調，流氣十足。 狄雲耳中嗡嗡作響，似乎聽到自己口中問道：我師父呢？似乎聽到沈城笑道：誰知道呢？他只道自己殺了人，還不高飛遠走？那裏還敢回來？又似乎聽到沈城笑道：萬師嫂說道：你在牢裏安心住下去罷，待她生得三男四女，說不定會來瞧瞧你。 狄雲突然大吼：你胡說，胡說！你你你放甚麼狗屁提起籃子用力擲出，喜糕、豬蹄、熟雞，滾了一地。 但見每一塊粉紅色的喜糕上，都印著萬戚聯姻，百年好合八個深紅的小字。 狄雲拚命要不信沈城的話，可又怎能不信？迷迷糊糊中只聽沈城笑道：萬師嫂說，可惜你不能去喝一杯喜酒 狄雲雙手連著鐵銬，突然從柵欄中疾伸出去，一把捏住沈城的脖子。沈城大驚想逃。狄雲不知從那裏突然生出來一股勁力，竟越捏越緊。沈城的臉從紅變紫，雙手亂舞，始終掙扎不脫。 那獄卒急忙趕來，抱著沈城的身子猛拉，費盡了力氣，才救了他性命。 狄雲坐在地下，不言不動。那獄卒嘻嘻哈哈的將雞肉和喜糕都撿了去。狄雲瞪著眼睛，可就全沒瞧見。 這天晚上三更時分，他將衣衫撕成了一條條布條，搓成了一根繩子，打一個活結，兩端縛在鐵柵欄高處的橫檔上，將頭伸進活結之中。 他並不悲哀，也不再感到憤恨。人世已無可戀之處，這是最爽快的解脫痛苦的法子。只覺脖子中的繩索越來越緊，一絲絲的氣息也吸不進了。過得片刻，甚麼也不知道了。 可是他終於漸漸有了知覺，好像有一隻大手在重重壓他胸口，那隻手一鬆一壓，鼻子中就有一陣陣涼氣透了進來。也不知道過了多少時候，他才慢慢睜開眼來。 眼前是一張滿腮虬髯的臉，那張臉裂開了嘴在笑。 狄雲不由得滿腹氣惱，心道：你事事跟我作對，我便是尋死，你也不許我死。有心要起來和他廝拚，實是太過衰弱，力不從心。那瘋漢笑道：你已氣絕了小半個時辰，若不是我用獨門功夫相救，天下再沒第二個人救得。狄雲怒道：誰要你救？我又不想活了。那瘋漢得意洋洋的道：我不許你死，你便死不了。 那瘋漢只是笑吟吟的瞧著他，過了一會，忽然湊到他的身邊，低聲道：我這門功夫叫作神照經，你聽見過沒有？ 狄雲怒道：我只知道你有神經病，甚麼神照經不神照經，從來沒聽見過。 說也奇怪，那瘋漢這一次竟絲毫沒有發怒，反而輕輕的哼起小曲來，伸手壓住狄雲的胸口，一壓一放，便如扯風箱一般，將氣息壓入他肺中，低聲又道：也是你命大，我這神照經已練了一十二年，直到兩個月前方才練成。倘若你在兩個月之前尋死，我就救你不得了。 狄雲胸口鬱悶難當，想起戚芳嫁了萬圭，真覺還是死了的乾淨，向那瘋漢瞪了一眼，恨恨的道：我前生不知作了甚麼孽，今世要撞到你這惡賊。 那瘋漢笑道：我很開心，小兄弟，這三年來我真錯怪了你。我丁典向你賠不是啦！說著爬在地下，咚咚咚的向他磕了三個響頭。 狄雲嘆了口氣，低聲說了聲：瘋子！也就沒再去理他，慢慢側過身來，突然想起：他自稱丁典，那是姓丁名典麼？我和他在獄中同處三年，一直不知他的姓名。好奇心起，問道：你叫甚麼？那瘋漢道：我姓丁，目不識丁的丁，三墳五典的典。我疑心病太重，一直當你是歹人，這三年多來當真將你害得苦了，實在太對你不起。狄雲覺得他說話有條有理，並無半點瘋態，問道：你到底是不是瘋子？ 丁典黯然不語，隔得半晌，長長嘆了口氣，道：到底瘋不瘋，那也難說得很。我是在求心之所安，旁人看來，卻不免覺得我太過傻得莫名其妙。過了一會，又安慰他道：狄兄弟，你心中的委屈，我已猜到了十之八九。人家既然對你無情無義，你又何必將這女子苦苦放在心上？Why does a man have no wife?將來娶一個勝你師妹十倍的女子，又有何難？ 狄雲聽了這番說話，三年多來鬱在心中的委屈，忍不住便如山洪般奔瀉了出來，但覺胸口一酸，淚珠滾滾而下，到後來，更伏在丁典懷中大哭起來。 丁典摟住他上身，輕輕撫摸他的長髮。 過得三天，狄雲精神稍振。丁典低低的跟他有說有笑，講些江湖上的掌故趣事，跟他解悶。但當獄吏送飯來時，丁典卻仍對狄雲大聲呼叱，穢語辱罵，神情與前毫無異樣。 一個折磨得他苦惱不堪的對頭，突然間成為良朋好友，若不是戚芳嫁了人這件事不斷像毒蟲般咬噬著他的心，這時的獄中生涯，和三年來的情形相比，簡直算得是天堂了。 狄雲曾向丁典問起，為甚麼以前當他是歹人，為甚麼突然察覺了真相。丁典道：你若真是歹人，決不會上吊自殺。我等你氣絕好久，死得透了，身子都快僵了，這才施救。普天下除了我自己之外，沒人知道我已練成神照經的上乘功夫。若不是我會得這門功夫，無論如何救你不轉。你自殺既是真的，那便不是向我施苦肉計的歹人了。狄雲又問：你疑心我向你施苦肉計？那為甚麼？丁典微笑不答。 第二次狄雲又問到這件事時，丁典仍是不答，狄雲便不再問了。 一日晚上，丁典在他耳邊低聲道：我這神照經功夫，是天下內功中威力最強、最奧妙的法門。今日起我傳授給你，你小心記住了。狄雲搖頭道：我不學。丁典奇道：這等機緣曠世難逢，你為甚麼不要學？狄雲道：這種日子生不如死。咱二人此生看來也無出獄的時候，再高強的武功學了也是毫無用處。丁典笑道：要出獄去，那還不容易？我將初步口訣傳你，你好好記著。 狄雲甚是執拗，尋死的念頭兀自未消，說甚麼也不肯學。丁典又好氣又好笑，卻也束手無策，恨不得再像從前這般打他一頓。 又過數日，月亮又要圓了。狄雲不禁暗暗替丁典擔心。丁典猜到他心意，說道：狄兄弟，我每個月該當有這番折磨，我受了拷打後，回來仍要打你出氣，你我千萬不可顯得和好，否則於你我都是大大的不利。狄雲問道：那為甚麼？丁典道：他們倘若疑心你我交了朋友，便會對你使用毒刑，逼你向我套問一件事。我打你罵你，就可免得你身遭惡毒慘酷的刑罰。 狄雲點頭道：不錯。這件事既如此重要，你千萬不可說與我知道，免得我一個不小心，走漏了風聲。丁大哥，我是個毫無見識的鄉下小子，倘若胡裏胡塗誤了你的大事，如何對得你起？ 丁典道：他們把你和我關在一起，初時我只道他們派你前來臥底，假意討好於我，從中設法套問我的口風，因此我對你十分惱怒，大加折磨。現下我知道你不是臥底的奸細了，可是他們將你和我關在一起，這般三年四年的不放，用意仍在盼你做奸細。只望你討得我的歡心，我向你吐露了機密，他們便可拷打逼問於你。他們情知對付我很難，對付你這個年輕小夥子，那便容易之極。你是知縣衙門的犯人，卻送到知府衙門的囚牢來監禁，自然便是這個緣故。 十五晚上，四名帶刀獄卒提了丁典出去。狄雲心緒不寧，等候他回轉。到得四更天時，丁典又是目青鼻腫、滿身鮮血的回到牢房。 待四名獄卒走後，丁典臉色鄭重，低聲道：狄兄弟，今天事情很是糟糕，當真不巧之極，給仇人認出了我。狄雲道：怎麼？丁典道：每月十五，知府提我去拷打一頓，那是例行公事。可是今天有人來行刺知府，眼見他性命不保，我便出手相救，只因我身有銬鐐，四名刺客中只殺了三個，第四個給他跑了，這可留下了禍胎。 狄雲越聽越奇怪，連問：知府到底為甚麼這般拷打你？這知府這等殘暴，有人行刺，你又何必救他？逃走的刺客是誰？丁典搖搖頭，嘆道：一時也說不清楚這許多事。狄兄弟，你武功不濟，又沒了力氣，以後不論見到甚麼事，千萬不可出手助我。 狄雲並不答話，心想：我姓狄的豈是貪生怕死之徒？你拿我當朋友，你若有危難，我怎能不出手？ 此後數日之中，丁典只是默默沉思，除了望著遠處高樓窗檻上的花朵，臉上偶爾露出一絲微笑之外，整日仰起了頭呆想。 到了十九那一天深夜，狄雲睡得正熟，忽聽得喀喀兩聲。他睜開眼來，月光下只見兩名勁裝大漢使利器砍斷了牢房外的鐵柵欄，手中各執一柄單刀，湧身而入。狄雲驚得呆了，不知如何是好，但見丁典倚牆而立，嘿嘿冷笑。 那身材較矮的大漢說道：姓丁的，咱兄弟倆踏遍了天涯海角，到處找你，那想得到你竟是躲入荊州府的牢房，做那縮頭烏龜。總算老天有眼，尋到了你。另一名大漢道：咱們真人面前不說假話，你將那本書取出來，三份對分，咱兄弟非但不會難為你，還立刻將你救出牢獄。丁典搖頭道：不在我這裏。十三年前，早就給言達平偷了去啦。 狄雲聽到言達平三字，心中一動：那是我二師伯啊，怎地跟此事生了關連？ 那矮大漢喝道：你故布疑陣，休想瞞得過我。去你的罷！揮刀上前，刀尖刺向丁典的咽喉。丁典不閃不避，讓那刀尖將及喉頭數寸之處，突然一矮身，欺向身材較高的大漢左側，手肘撞處，正中他上腹。那大漢一聲沒哼，便即委倒。 那矮大漢驚怒交集，呼呼兩刀，向丁典疾劈過去。丁典雙臂一舉，臂間的鐵鍊將單刀架開，便在同時，膝蓋猛地上挺，撞在矮大漢身上。那人猛噴鮮血，倒斃於地。 丁典霎息間空手連斃二人，狄雲不由得瞧得呆了。他武功雖失，眼光卻在，知道自己縱然功力如舊，長劍在手，也未必及得上這矮漢子，另外那名漢子未及出手，便已身亡，功夫如何雖瞧不出端倪，但既與那矮漢聯手，想來也必不弱。丁典琵琶骨中仍是穿著鐵鍊，竟然在舉手投足之間便連殺兩名好手，實令他驚佩無已。 丁典將兩具屍首從鐵柵間擲了出去，倚牆便睡。此刻鐵柵已斷，他二人若要越獄，實是大有機會，但丁典既一言不發，狄雲也不覺得外面的世界比獄中更好。 第二日早晨，獄卒進來見了兩具屍體，登時大驚小怪的吵嚷起來。丁典怒目相向，狄雲聽而不聞。那獄卒除了將屍首搬去，一點也問不出甚麼緣故來。 又過兩日，狄雲半夜裏又被異聲驚醒。朦朧之中，只見丁典雙臂平舉，正和一名道人四掌相抵。兩人站著動也不動。這道人何時進來，如何和丁典比拚內力，狄雲竟然半點不知。他曾聽師父說過，比武角鬥之中，以比拚內力最為凶險，不但毫無旋迴閃避的餘地，而且往往是必分生死，說不上甚麼點到為止。 星月微光之下，但見那道人極緩極慢的向前跨了一步，丁典也慢慢的退了一步。過了好一會，那道人又邁出一步，丁典跟著退了一步。 狄雲見那道人步步進逼，顯然頗佔上風，焦急起來，突然搶步上前，舉起手上鐵銬，往那道人頭頂擊了下去。鐵銬剛碰到道人的頂門，驀地裏不知從何處湧來一股暗勁，猛力在他身上一推。他站立不定，直摔了出去，砰的一聲，重重在牆上一撞，一屁股坐將下來，伸手撐地欲起，黑暗中卻撐在一隻瓦碗邊上，喀的一聲，瓦碗被他按破了一邊，但覺滿手是水。他更不多想，抓起瓦碗，將半碗冷水逕往那道人後腦潑去。 丁