Chapter 3 Chapter Three

At noon on the second day, seventeen inmates were locked in consecutively.Tall and short, young and old, everyone could tell from their appearance that they were all figures in the world. They crowded a prison room to the brim, and they could only sit with their knees hugged.Seeing more and more people, Di Yun couldn't help but secretly startled, knowing that these people came here to deal with Ding Dian.He originally said that there were five powerful enemies, but unexpectedly seventeen came. Ding Dian kept lying down against the wall, ignoring it. These prisoners yelled, talked and laughed loudly, and in a moment they quarreled.Di Yun lowered his head and listened to what they said.It turned out that the seventeen people were divided into three factions, and they were all thinking about getting something valuable.Occasionally, Di Yun glanced sideways and met the ferocious eyes of this dry man, and turned his head away in fright, thinking: I pretended to be Brother Ding, but I lost all my martial arts, and I will do it later, so what should I do?No matter how powerful Brother Ding is, he still can't beat all these people to death.

Seeing that it was getting dark.A burly man said loudly: "Let's explain what we have said first. This is exactly what our Dongting Gang asked for."If anyone refuses to accept it, take the opportunity to see the real chapter under his hands early, so as not to cause more trouble later.There are nine members of his Dongting gang in prison, the most numerous of them.A gray-haired middle-aged man said in a strange way: "It's good to see the real chapter under my hands."Do you want to fight in groups here, or go to the yard to find out?The big man said: "The yard is the yard, who is afraid that you will fail?"He stretched out his hand to grab an iron grid and pushed it to the left, and the iron bar immediately bent.He casually bent an iron fence on the right, his physical strength was really astonishing.

The big man was about to get out from between the two twisted iron bars, suddenly a figure appeared in front of him, and a person blocked the gap, it was Ding Dian.Without saying a word, he reached out and grabbed the big man's chest.This big man was half a head taller than Ding Dian, but when he grabbed him, he immediately limp and did not move.Ding Dian pushed his huge body through the iron bars and threw him into the yard.The big man curled up on the ground and didn't move again, apparently dead. Everyone in the prison was shocked when they saw such a strange situation.Ding Dian grabbed one person at random and threw them out from the iron bars, followed by another person, grabbed and threw them one after another, until a total of seven people were thrown out by him successively.Everything he grabbed with both hands would kill him instantly, without even humming.

The rest of the ten people were all shocked, three retreated to the corner of the prison cell, and the other seven attacked Ding Dian at the same time, punching and kicking.Ding Dian neither dismantled the frame nor dodged it, he just stretched out his hand to grab it, one person would definitely be caught, and the one caught by him would definitely die in an instant, Di Yun couldn't see how he was fatally injured . The three people hiding in the corner of the cell were so frightened that they knelt down and kowtowed for mercy.Ding Dian didn't seem to notice, he grabbed them one by one and threw them out.

Di Yun just stared dumbfounded, as if in a dream. Ding Dian clapped his hands, and said with a sneer: "This is a bit of a low point, and I want to snatch Liancheng Jue!"Di Yun was stunned, and said: Brother Ding, what Liancheng Jue?Ding Dian seemed to regret his slip of the tongue, but he didn't want to make up words to deceive him, so he sneered a few more times and didn't answer. Di Yun saw that the seventeen people were alive and well just now, but in a moment, all of them were lying on the ground. He had never seen so many dead people piled up together in his life, and sighed: Brother Ding, these people are all dead. Is there a reason to die?

Ding Dian said: "It's not necessarily true that there is more than one guilt in death."It's just that none of these people have good intentions.If I hadn't practiced the martial arts in the Shenzhao Sutra and was forced to confess by these people, it would be miserable. Di Yun knew what he said was true, and said: You can hurt people's lives just by grabbing them casually, I have never heard of this kind of kung fu.If I told my junior sister, she wouldn't believe that the moment I said this, she immediately came to her senses, her chest felt sore, and her heart seemed to have been punched hard.

But Ding Dian didn't laugh at him, he sighed and said to himself: Actually, even if you practice peerless martial arts, you can't do everything as you want Di Yun suddenly let out a cry of surprise, and pointed at a dead body in the courtyard. Ding Dian said: "What?"Di Yun said: This man is not dead, his feet moved a few times.Ding Dian was taken aback and said, "Really?When he said these two words, his voice trembled.Di Yun said: I saw him move a couple of times just now.I thought to myself: If a person is injured and survives, that is no big deal, and I must never get up and start a fight again.

Ding Dian frowned, as if he had encountered a serious problem, he got out from between the iron bars and leaned over to inspect. Suddenly there were two hisses, and two small hidden weapons shot towards his eyes, which were fired by the person who was not completely dead.Ding Dian leaned back sharply, two sleeve arrows flew past his face, he smelled a faint stench in his nose, obviously the arrows were highly poisonous.As soon as the man sent out the sleeve arrow, he immediately jumped up and ran towards the eaves. Ding Dian saw that he was very good at lightening his body, and he was handcuffed and unable to move. He was afraid that he would not be able to catch up with him, so he picked up a dead body and threw it upwards.With a bang, the corpse's head hit the man's waist heavily.The man had just stepped on the eaves with his left foot when he was hit by the corpse, he couldn't stand upright, and fell down.Ding Dian took a few steps forward, grabbed the back of his neck, brought him into the prison cell, and when he stretched out his hand to check his breath, he was really dead this time.

Ding Dian sat on the ground, resting his chest on his hands, thinking hard: Why didn't he catch him to death with this previous move?What is wrong with my skills?Could it be that this divine illumination technique has not been practiced after all?Unable to figure out why for a long time, he got annoyed, stretched out his hand to plunge into the corpse's chest, suddenly a strong yet soft force bounced his finger back, Ding Dian was pleasantly surprised, and shouted: Yes, yes !Tore off the man's coat, only to see that he was wearing a shiny black inner coat, and said happily: Yes, that's how it was, it really surprised me.

Di Yun wondered: What?Ding Dian stripped off the man's coat and his black inner coat, then threw the body out of the prison cell, and said with a smile: "Brother Di, you wear this coat on your body." Di Yun expected that this black dress was very precious, and said: "This is the eldest brother's property, brother dare not covet it."Ding Dian said: "If it's not your thing, don't you covet it?"The voice is very harsh.Di Yun was startled, afraid that he would get angry, and said, "Brother wants me to wear it, so I will." Ding Dian said seriously: "I'm asking you, it's not your property, do you want it?"Di Yundao: Unless the owner insists on giving it to me and I have to accept it, otherwise it is not mine, so naturally I cannot take it.If you covet other people's things, wouldn't you become a robber and a thief?After speaking, he looked proud and said, "Brother Ding, you understand that I was framed by someone, so I was imprisoned here."I have been innocent all my life, but I have never done anything bad.

Ding Dian nodded and said: Very good, very good!It is not in vain that I, Ding, made you this friend.You wear this dress close to your flesh. Di Yun didn't want to be obedient, so he took off his shirt, put on the black undershirt, and put on the stinky clothes that haven't been washed for more than three years.He was wearing handcuffs and iron chains, it was extremely difficult to change his clothes, it was all thanks to Ding Dian to tear the sleeves of the old clothes for him, so that he could take them off and put them on again.The black undershirt was actually two pieces at the front and back, and the underarms were buttoned up, so it wasn't too difficult to put on. Ding Dian waited for him to put it on, and then said: This invulnerable precious garment is woven with the silk of black silkworms from the Daxue Mountain.You see, these are just two pieces of material, and the scissors can't cut them, so the front piece and the back piece have to be fastened together.This guy is an important figure in the Xueshan School, so he has this black silkworm robe.He wanted to come to get the treasure, but he didn't expect it to be a gift! When Di Yun heard that this black dress was so rare, he hurriedly said: Brother, you have many enemies, you should wear it yourself.Besides, on the fifteenth day of every month, Ding Dian waved his hands again and again, saying, "I have the magic power to protect my body, so I don't need this black silkworm robe."The torture on the 15th of every month, I am willing to suffer, but using this treasure armor to protect myself, on the contrary, it is dishonest.Some flesh and blood pain, but it can't hurt the muscles and bones, what's the difference? Di Yun was so strange that he wanted to ask questions later.Ding Dian said: "I asked you to put on a beard and pretend to be me. Although I am protecting you, you are always worried about something. Now this is good."I'm going to pass on the mental method of inner strength to you now, so listen carefully. In the past when Ding Dian wanted to teach him Kungfu, Di Yun was so desperate that he decided not to learn it. Now that he understood the cause and effect of being framed, a fire of revenge blazed in his chest, and he wished he could get out of prison and find Wan Gui to settle the score.He saw with his own eyes that Ding Dian killed many masters in a row with his bare hands, and thought that he only needs to learn from him two or three times to succeed in kungfu and escape from prison for revenge. Ding Dian only said that he was still determined not to learn this internal skill, and was about to try to enlighten him, when Di Yun suddenly knelt down on his knees, burst into tears, and shouted: Brother Ding, please teach me.I want revenge!I want revenge! Ding Dian laughed long and loudly, his voice shook the roof tiles, and he said: It's not easy to take revenge? After Di Yun's enthusiasm passed, Ding Dian immediately taught him the formulas and methods of practicing kung fu. Once Di Yun got the instruction, he practiced according to the law without stopping.Seeing that he practiced vigorously, Ding Dian said with a smile: "Practice the Sutra of Shenzhao, you will be invincible in the world."Is it so easy to practice?I have all kinds of chances and coincidences, and I have a good foundation of internal strength. It has only been twelve years since I have achieved great success.Brother Di, it is very important to practice martial arts diligently, but haste makes waste, one must proceed step by step, especially one must be calm and free from distracting thoughts.Please remember my words well. At this time, Di Yun called him "big brother" in his mouth, but he actually regarded him as a master in his heart, and he listened to whatever he said.But how can he be calm when the hatred in his chest is surging like waves? The next day the jailer made a fuss and made a fuss.The yamen servants, the policemen, and the gangsters harassed for a long time, and at dusk, they carried out the 17 corpses.Ding Dian and Di Yun only said that this group of people fought with each other and died.The official did not ask too much. During this day, Di Yun only worked hard according to the formulas taught by Ding Dian.The method to get started with Shenzhao Gong is very simple, but it is extremely difficult if you don't have any delusions in your heart.Di Yun thought of his junior sister for a while, Wan Gui for a while, and his master for a while. After practicing until late at night, he calmed down a little. Suddenly, he received a heavy blow on his chest and back at the same time. These two strokes are like two big hammers hitting back and forth.Di Yun's eyes darkened, and he almost fainted. After the pain subsided, he opened his eyes and saw a monk standing in front of him, one monk on each side, and when he turned his head, he saw three more monks behind him and on both sides, a total of five monks. He is in the middle. Di Yun thought to himself: The five powerful enemies that Brother Ding mentioned have arrived, I have to hold on and not show any weakness.Immediately he laughed and said, "Five masters, what's your business looking for me, Mr. Ding?" The monk on the left said: "Hand over the Liancheng Jue quickly!"Hey, you, you, you, suddenly, there was a slap on his back, and he was punched. He shook his body a few times and almost fell down.Following the second monk, he was punched again, and with a bang, he spat out a mouthful of blood. Di Yun was amazed and couldn't help but look at Ding Dian, he suddenly jumped close and punched out a punch, this punch was silent and very fast, it hit the third monk's chest.The monk yelled, stepped back a few steps, and hit the wall. Following Di Yun's gaze, the other two monks looked at Ding Dian who was curled up in the dark corner, and exclaimed in unison: "Shen Zhao Gong, Wu Ying Shen Fist!"The very tall monk pulled a wounded monk with each hand, escaped from the iron gate that had already been opened, and went over the wall.Another monk hugged the blood-spitting monk by the waist, and struck back at Ding Dian.Ding Dian raised his fist and punched fiercely.The monk received his punch, took a step back, received another punch, took another step back, received the third punch, and had already exited the iron fence. The monk staggered a few steps, then took another step back, swaying his body as if he was drunk, let go and threw the blood-spitting monk on the ground, as if he wanted to escape alone, but every step he took, his feet seemed to be dragged A gigantic boulder weighed heavily, and after struggling to take six or seven steps, he was panting, his legs gradually bent, and he fell to the ground, unable to stand up again.The two monks twisted a few times on the ground and then stopped moving. Ding Dian said: "What a pity, what a pity!"Brother Di, if you don't look at me, that monk can't escape.Seeing the miserable death of these two monks, Di Yun couldn't bear it, and thought to himself: It's good to let those three escape, Brother Ding really killed too many people.Ding Dian said: You think I'm too aggressive, don't you?Di Yun said: I suddenly had my throat blocked, and I sat down, unable to speak. Ding Dian hurriedly pushed the blood across the uterus for him, massaged for a long time, the air constriction in his chest was just relieved. Ding Dian said: "You think I'm hot, but those two evil monks gave you a high five as soon as they came up, if you weren't wearing black silkworm clothes, you would have died a long time ago."Hey, the elder brother is too negligent in this matter, so I thought they would do it as soon as they came up.I figured they'd have to press first.Well, that's right, they are very afraid of me, they want to beat me severely first, so they press me. He wiped off the beard on Di Yun's cheeks, and said with a smile: That thief bald was so frightened that he didn't dare to mess with us again.He said seriously again: Brother Di, the tall monk who escaped is called Baoxiang.The fat one is called Shanyong.The one I knocked down with the first punch was the most powerful, and it was called Shengdi.These five monks are all masters of the Xuedao Sect in Tibet. If I hadn't succeeded in ambushing them secretly, one against five, I'm afraid I can't beat them.Both Shanyong and Shengdi have been hit by my magical fist, even if they survive for a while, they will not live for a few days.The remaining treasure elephant is cruel and merciless, if you meet him in the rivers and lakes in the future, you must be careful.After pondering for a while, he said again: "I heard that the master of these five monks is still alive, and his martial arts are extremely powerful. I will fight against him in the future." Although Di Yun was protected by precious clothes, his chest and back were both pinched, and his injuries were not serious. After more than ten days of kung fu under Ding Dian's guidance, and Ding Dian's daily internal strength to help him, he recovered. The next two years passed peacefully. Occasionally, one or two people from the rivers and lakes would come to the prison. Ding Dian either grabbed or punched them, killing them instantly. In the past few months, Di Yun has been practicing Shenzhao Kungfu, and his progress seems to have stagnated. After practicing, it is still the same as it was a few months ago.Fortunately, although his comprehension is not high, his nature is extremely resolute, he knows that such profound inner strength cannot be easily cultivated, so under Ding Dian's guidance, he practiced patiently day and night, hoping to break through the difficulties. When he woke up this morning, he was lying on his side with his face facing the wall, breathing out according to the law, when he suddenly heard Ding Dian's cry, the voice was quite anxious, and after a while, he heard him talking to himself again: I won't thank you today, and it's not too late to change tomorrow.Di Yun was a little surprised, turned around, and saw that he raised his head and was staring at the flowerpot on the window sill in the distance. Since Di Yun practiced the Divine Illuminating Technique, his eyes and ears have become far more sensitive than before. At a glance, he saw that one of the three yellow roses in the pot was missing a petal.He always sees Ding Dian staring at the flowers in this pot, dazed, for years like a day, thinking that there is nothing to do in prison, only this pot of flowers will stay bright forever, and it is not surprising that Ding Dian likes to appreciate it.It's just that the flowers in this flowerpot are either budding or blooming in the sun, and they will be replaced without waiting for a petal to wither.Jasmine in the spring breeze, crabapple in the autumn moon, day and night, there is always a pot of flowers placed on the window sill.Di Yun remembered that this pot of yellow roses had been stored for six or seven days, and it had been changed long ago, but this time it hadn't been changed. This day Ding Dian was restless from morning till night.The next morning, the pot of yellow roses was still intact, and five or six petals had been blown away by the wind.Di Yun felt vaguely ominous in his heart, and seeing Ding Dian's expression was extremely ugly, he said, "This man forgot to change the flowers this time, so I think he will remember in the afternoon." Ding Dian said loudly: How could you forget?Never!Could it be that he was sick?Even if you are sick, you will ask someone to exchange flowers!Walking up and down without stopping, his expression was extremely disturbed. Di Yun didn't dare to ask more questions, so he sat down cross-legged and practiced quietly. In the evening, the cloudy clouds merged, and soon it began to rain, a gust of cold wind passed, and several petals from the three yellow roses fluttered down again.During the past few hours, Ding Dian had been staring at the potted flower intently, every time a petal fell, his face muscles would always twist and look miserable, as if a piece of flesh had been gouged out from his body. Di Yun couldn't bear it any longer, and asked: Brother Ding, why are you so restless?Ding Dian turned his head, with an angry look on his face, and shouted: "What's the matter with you?"What are you talking about?Since he taught Di Yun martial arts, he has never been so vicious and rude.Di Yun felt very sorry, and was about to say a few words to break it down, but he saw a desolate expression gradually appearing on his face, obviously very sad in his heart, so he stopped talking. Ding Dian didn't even sit down that night.Di Yun could not fall asleep when he heard him walking up and down, the shackles rattling constantly. In the early morning of the next day, the slanting wind and light rain continued unabated.When I looked at the pot of flowers in the twilight, I saw that the petals of the three roses had fallen off, and only a few flower branches remained in the pot, trembling in the wind and rain. Ding Dian shouted: "Dead?"died?are you really dead?Grab the iron gate with both hands and shake it. Di Yun said: "Brother, if you miss someone, let's go and take a look."Ding Dian let out a tiger roar, and shouted: Look!Can I go and see?If I could go, I would have already gone, so why spend time in this stinky cell?Di Yun didn't understand why, so he opened his eyes wide and had no choice but to remain silent.During this day, Ding Dian covered his head with his hands, sat on the ground without speaking or moving, neither eating nor drinking. I could hear the sound of the beep, the beep, and I heard the beep.Time flies in the silence, so beckon, beckon, Dangdang beat the second watch. Ding Dian stood up slowly and said: Brother, let's go and have a look.The voice was very calm.Di Yun said: Yes.Ding Dian stretched out his hands, grabbed the two iron bars, and slightly moved them to the sides, and the two iron bars bent immediately.Ding Dian said: "Hold on to the iron chain, don't make any noise."Di Yun grabbed the iron chain according to his words. Ding Dian walked to the wall, raised his breath, and jumped up to the top of the wall, saying in a low voice: "Jump up!"Di Yun imitated him and jumped upwards, but unexpectedly, after the pipa bone was pierced, he could not use any strength in his whole body. With this jump, he only jumped three feet.Ding Dian reached out to grab him and brought him up to the top of the wall, and they both jumped down at the same time. After passing this wall, there is another extremely high wall outside the prison. Ding Dian may be able to climb it, but Di Yun cannot pass it no matter what.Ding Dian snorted and leaned his back against the wall.But hearing the rustling sound of sand scattered, bricks and stones fell one after another.Di Yun's eyes blurred, and he saw a big hole in the wall, and Ding Dian was gone.It turned out that he broke through the wall with the supreme internal strength of Shenzhao Gong.Di Yun was both surprised and happy, and hurriedly got out of the hole in the wall. Outside is an alley.Ding Dian waved to him and walked towards the end of the alley.Out of the alley is the street.Ding Dian seemed to be very familiar with the streets and alleys in Jingzhou City, he passed one street, crossed two alleys, and came to the door of an iron shop. Ding Dian raised his hand and pushed, and with a slap, the bolt that locked the gate had already broken.The blacksmith in the shop was taken aback, jumped up and shouted: "There are thieves!"Ding Dian grabbed his throat and said in a low voice: "Light a fire!" The blacksmith didn't dare to disobey, so he turned on the lamp. He saw that the two of them had long hair hanging down their shoulders and full beards.Ding Dian said, "Cut out our shackles!" The blacksmith expected that the two of them were serious criminals who escaped from the yamen, if they cut off the shackles for them, the government would investigate them and punish them severely, so he couldn't help hesitating.Ding Dian casually grabbed an iron bar with a diameter of one inch, bent it back and forth a few times, snapped it into two pieces, and shouted: "Is your neck so hard?" The blacksmith also said that he encountered ghosts and gods, and he had to stir the iron bar for a long time with a steel chisel sledgehammer, but the big man broke the iron bar with a raised hand. But there was absolutely nothing wrong, and he kept saying: yes, yes!He took out a steel chisel and an iron hammer, and first opened the shackles for Ding Dian and then for Di Yun. Ding Dian first pulled out the iron chain from his lute bone.When he pulled the iron chain out of the lute bone on Di Yun's shoulder, Di Yun almost fainted from the pain. Finally, Di Yun held the blood-stained iron chain in both hands and stood in front of the anvil. Leaving the body, I couldn't help being happy and sad at the same time, and shed tears in a daze. He followed Ding Dian out of the iron shop.He was unshackled at first, and he was not used to walking lightly. He was top-heavy several times and almost fell down. However, seeing Ding Dian's steady steps and walking faster and faster, he followed him closely, fearing that he would be separated from him in the dark. too far. In a short while, the two had come to the window where the flowerpot was placed.Ding Dian raised his head, hesitated for a while, as if he wanted to go in, but he didn't want to.Seeing that the windows were closed tightly and there was no sound in the building, Di Yun said, "Let me go and have a look first, okay?"Ding Dian nodded. Di Yun walked around to the door of the small building, stretched out his hand to push the door, and found that the door was locked.Fortunately, the wall was very low, and a willow tree branch protruded from the wall. With a slight jump, he grabbed the branch and turned into the wall.A small door inside was ajar.Di Yun pushed the door in and walked up the stairs. In the dark, he heard the slight creaking sound of the stairs, and felt that his feet were flimsy and uncomfortable.For more than five years, he walked around a prison cell day and night, never stepping on a step. When I got to the top of the building, I listened quietly, but there was absolutely no sound. In the dim light, I saw a door on the left, and I walked in lightly. There was not even the sound of breathing in the room.I vaguely saw a candlestick on the table, reached out my hand to touch the fire knife and flint on the table, lit the candle, and under the light of the candle, I suddenly felt an indescribable sense of loneliness and desolation. The room is empty, except for a table, a chair, and a bed, there is nothing.A white linen curtain was hung on the bed, a thin quilt, a cloth pillow, and a pair of green cloth women's shoes were placed at the foot of the bed.Only this pair of women's shoes made it appear that the room was originally occupied by a woman. He was stunned for a while, and when he walked to the second room to look, there was not even a table or chair there.But looking at it, it's not that the household utensils have been removed recently, but that it has been so empty for many years.Ten steps came downstairs and checked every place, but there was no one there. He faintly felt something was wrong, so he came out and informed Ding Dian.Ding Dian said: "Nothing?"Di Yun shook his head.Ding Dian seemed to have expected this scene long ago, without any surprise, he said: "Go to another place to have a look." The other place is a mansion, with a vermilion gate, with copper nails the size of a bowl, and two large lanterns outside the gate, one with the main hall of Jingzhou Mansion and the other with Ling Mansion.Di Yun was startled: This is the residence of Ling Zhifu in Jingzhou Prefecture, why did Brother Ding come here?Are you going to kill him? Ding Dian held his hand and walked over the wall without saying a word.He was very familiar with the doors in Ling's mansion, passing through the corridors, it was like walking in his own home.After passing through two corridors, he came to the door of the flower hall, saw the light shining through the window paper, Ding Dian suddenly trembled, and said in a trembling voice: "Brother Di, go in and have a look." Di Yun stretched out his hand and pushed open the hall door, only to see the dazzling candlelight, and two plain candles lit on the table, it turned out to be a mourning hall.He had been worried that he would see a mourning hall, a coffin, or a dead person, and now he finally saw it. Although he had expected it, he couldn't help shivering. Words, suddenly felt the wind howling behind him, Ding Dian rushed in. Ding Dian was stunned for a while, threw himself on the table, groaned loudly, and shouted: Shuanghua, you really left before me. All of a sudden, Di Yun thought of many things in his mind, all kinds of weird behaviors of this big brother Ding, just as he touched the table and cried, he completely understood.But if you think about it again, there are all kinds of incomprehensible things. Ding Dianquan ignored that he was a felon who escaped from prison, and that the place he was in was the residence of the magistrate, and the more he cried, the more sad he became.Di Yun knew that he couldn't persuade him, so he could only let it be. Ding Dian cried for a long time, then he slowly stood up, stretched out his hand to lift the plain curtain, behind it was a coffin.He hugged the coffin tightly with both hands, put his face against the lid of the coffin, and said sobbingly: Shuanghua, Shuanghua, why are you so cruel?Before you go, why don't you ask me to come and see you again? Di Yun suddenly heard footsteps, and several people came outside the door, he hurriedly said: Brother, someone is here. Ding Dian kissed the coffin with his lips, he didn't pay attention to the presence of someone. Seeing the bright fire, two people held the torch high, walked in, and shouted: "Who is making noise here?"Behind those two people was a middle-aged man of forty-five or six years old, with luxurious clothes and a vigorous look. He glanced at Di Yun and asked: "Who are you?"What are you doing here?Di Yun was full of anger, and asked back: "Who are you?"What are you doing here?A person holding a torch shouted and cursed: "Little thief, this is Lord Ling of Jingzhou Prefecture. You are so bold. You came here in the middle of the night. Do you want to rebel?"Get down on your knees!Di Yun sneered and ignored it. Ding Dian wiped away his tears and asked: On which day did Shuanghua die?What's wrong?The voice was very calm. Prefect Ling glanced at him and said, "Ah, I don't know who it is, so it's Daxia Ding."The little girl passed away unfortunately, I am sorry to mourn, and feel the same.It has been five days since the little girl passed away, and the doctor couldn't say what the illness was, only that it was stagnation that was hard to get rid of. Ding Dian said bitterly: This can fulfill your wish.Magistrate Ling sighed: "Ding Daxia, you are so stubborn. If you had said it earlier, of course my daughter would not have been killed by you. You and I have become son-in-law. What a wonderful thing that is." Ding Dian said loudly: You said that Shuanghua was killed by me?Didn't you kill her?As he spoke, he took a step towards Ling Zhifu, his eyes grew fierce. Prefect Ling was very calm, shook his head and said: "This is the case, what else do you say?"Shuanghua, Shuanghua, under the nine springs, I must blame my father for not being considerate of you.Walking slowly to the spiritual seat, he held the table with his left hand and wiped his tears with his right hand. Ding Dian said calmly: If I kill you today, Shuanghua's spirit in the sky will definitely hate me.Ling Tuisi, for your daughter's sake, you have tortured me for seven years, so let's write it off.If you mess with me again in the future, don't blame the ruthless Ding.Brother Di, let's go.Prefect Ling let out a long sigh, and said, "Ding Daxia, what do you think is good for us to end up today?"Ding Dian said: You ask yourself Qingye, are you also a little ashamed?You are only greedy for that Liancheng Jue, you would rather kill your own daughter. Prefect Ling said: "Ding Daxia, if you don't rush to leave, you should tell the sword formula, and I will give you the antidote, so as not to kill yourself in vain." Ding Dian was startled, and said: What antidote?At this moment, he felt a slight numbness on his cheeks, lips, and palms, and at the same time, he smelled a faint fragrance of flowers, this fragrance of flowers, this fragrance of flowers. Prefect Ling said: I am afraid that some unscrupulous people will open the coffin and insult my daughter's innocent body, so Ding Dian suddenly came to his senses and said angrily, "Did you smear poison on the coffin?"Ling Tuisi, you are so vicious!He jumped up and hit him with a palm.Unexpectedly, the poison is really powerful, it wears away the kung fu in an instant, and the divine illumination kung fu can't be used. Prefect Ling Tuisi dodged sideways, his movements were very agile, he snatched four men outside the door, armed with knives and swords, they attacked Ding Dian at the same time.Ding Dian flew up his left foot and kicked the wrist of the person on the left, the direction of this kick was very clever, the single knife in that person's hand must be kicked.Unexpectedly, when he reached halfway, his strength suddenly disappeared and he stopped moving forward. It turned out that the poison had spread to his feet.The man flipped the back of the knife and hit him on the bone of his foot with a slap.Ding Dian's leg was broken and he fell to the ground. Di Yun was shocked, unable to think about it in panic, he jumped at Ling Tuisi, thinking that only by catching him as a threat could he save Ding Dian.Unexpectedly, Ling Tuisi stretched out his left palm obliquely, and hit him on the chest with a slap, the strength of the technique was very good.Di Yun risked his life a long time ago, no matter what, he still rushed forward.Ling Tuisi's palm clearly hit the opponent's chest, but Di Yun ignored it. He didn't know that Di Yun was wearing a black silkworm robe for protection, and he also said that his martial arts skills were extremely high. He was startled, and Di Yun's left hand grabbed his chest. Middle point. As soon as Di Yun succeeded in attacking, he leaned over and carried Ding Dian on his back, his left hand was still firmly grasping the vital acupoint on Ling Tuisi's chest.Those four men had scruples in their hearts, they just yelled and cursed, but they didn't dare to go forward.Ding Dian shouted, "Throw away the torches and blow out the candles."The man holding the torch dared not disobey, and the mourning hall was suddenly pitch black. Di Yun grabs Ling Tuisi's chest with his left hand, and holds Ding Dian in his right hand, and grabs it quickly.Ding Dian pointed out the way, and in a short while came to the garden gate, Di Yun kicked open the plank gate, punched Ling Tuisi's Tanzhong acupoint with all his might, and escaped with Ding Dian on his back.In the dark, one foot is high and the other is low, rushing wildly. He has been practicing Shenzhao Sutra for two years. Although he has not achieved any major achievements, his internal strength is already extraordinary.He punched Ling Tuisi desperately and desperately, and the force was so heavy that it happened to hit the opponent's chest point again.After being punched, Ling Tuisi groaned and fell backwards.His men and martial artists were panicked and were busy saving each other, no one cared about chasing Ding and Di. Ding Dian's hands and feet became more and more numb, but his mind was still clear.He was familiar with the roads in Jiangling City, and instructed Di Yun to turn left and right, and soon he was far away from the busy city and came to an abandoned garden.Ding Dian said: "The prefect of Ling will definitely order to guard the gate of the city and strictly interrogate me. I have been deeply poisoned, so I cannot leave the city."This abandoned garden has always been haunted by ghosts, no one dares to come, let's hide for a while. Di Yun gently placed him under a plum tree, and said: Brother Ding, what kind of poison have you been poisoned by?How to rescue them? Ding Dian sighed, smiled wryly and said: It's useless.It was the poison of Jinbo Xunhua, and there was no medicine in the world to cure it, and it lasted moment by moment.Di Yun was taken aback, as if his whole body had fallen into a cellar of ice, he said in a trembling voice: What?Are you kidding me?But in his heart he knew that Ding Dian was not joking.Ding Dian said: "Ling Tuisi, this Jinboxun flower is extremely poisonous, hehe, I just smelled it a few times before and fainted."This time it touched the skin, so it's okay? Di Yun said anxiously: Brother Ding, don't be sad.Keep the green hills in the woman's business, I am the same, this is called no way, you have to find a way to get rid of the poison, and then I will get some water to wash you.In a panic, he spoke completely incoherently. Ding Dian shook his head and said: It's useless.After washing the poison of Jinbo Xunhua with water, the skin immediately swelled and rotted, and the death was even worse.Brother Di, I have a lot of things to tell you, don't be in a hurry, if you are in a hurry, I'm afraid I'll miss something important.Time is running out, I have to finish talking, you sit quietly for me, don't interrupt me. Di Yun had no choice but to sit beside him, but how could he calm down in his heart? Ding Dian spoke very smoothly, as if he was talking about someone else's business, someone who had nothing to do with him. I am from Jingmen, from a family of martial arts.My dad is quite famous in Lianghu.My aptitude for learning martial arts is not bad. Apart from my family inheritance, I also worshiped two masters.When he was young, he loved fighting against injustices, and he actually made a little name for himself.Later, my parents passed away, and my family had a lot of money, but I didn't want to get married. I just practiced martial arts diligently and made friends in the world. That was fifteen years ago. I came down from Sichuan by boat, and after leaving the Three Gorges, the boat was moored at Sandouping.That night, in the boat, I heard the sound of fighting on the shore.I love martial arts by nature, so I cared about it, so I looked out the window.The moonlight was bright that night, and it was clear that three people were besieging an old man.These three people are all well-known figures in the two lakes martial arts, and I recognize them all.One is Wuyunshou Wan Zhenshan. (Di Yun interjected: Ah, it's my uncle!) The other one is Yan Daping, the land dragon. (Di Yun said: Well, he is my second uncle, but I have never met his old man.) The third person wields a long sword, and his skill is very agile. (Di Yun jumped up and shouted: It's my master!) Wan Zhenshan and I have known each other on several occasions, knowing that his martial arts are not weak, I was far behind him at that time, seeing the three of them join hands to attack the enemy, I think there must be a chance of winning.The old man's back was already injured, he was bleeding continuously, and he didn't have a weapon in his hand, he just fought with the three of them with a pair of fleshy palms, but his kung fu was far superior to Wan Zhenshan and the others.The three of them dared not approach him.The more I looked at it, the more unfair it became, but seeing that Wan Zhenshan and the others were all killing, it was obvious that they wanted to put the old man to death.I didn't dare to say a word, for fear that they would find out that the disaster was not small.This kind of vendetta in the Jianghu, if others see it, they will often kill to silence it. After fighting for a long time, the blood on the old man's back flowed more and more, and he couldn't hold it anymore, so he suddenly shouted: "Okay, I'll leave it to you."He reached into his bosom to find something.Wan Zhenshan and the three of them rushed forward together, as if they were afraid that others would compete first.Suddenly, the old man pushed out with both palms, and the three of them were forced by the force of the palms to retreat.The old man turned around and ran, and jumped into the river with a splash.The three screamed loudly and rushed to the river. The Yangtze River rushes down from the Three Gorges, how urgent is the river in Sandouping?In an instant, the old man disappeared without a trace.But your master still refused to give up, jumped into my boat, pulled out the penny, and fished in the river for a while.Since the three of them forced the old man to death, they should be happy, but the faces of the three of them are extremely frightening.I didn't dare to look too much, covered my head in the quilt, and vaguely heard what they were arguing about, as if they were blaming each other. I didn't dare to get up until I heard the three of them had gone far away. Suddenly, I heard a slap on the back, and a slap from Shao Gong, shouting: "There is a water ghost!"I looked sideways, and saw a person lying on the deck of the boat dripping wet, it was the old man.原來他跳入江中後，鑽入船底，用大力鷹爪手法鈎住船底，凝住了呼吸，待敵人退走後這才出來。我忙將他扶入船中，見他氣息奄奄，話也說不出來了。 我心中想，萬震山他們如不死心，定會趕向下游尋覓這老者的屍體。也是我自居俠義道，要救人性命，便命船家立即開船，溯江而上，回向三峽。船家當然不願，半夜中又沒縴夫，上三峽豈是易事？但總而言之，有錢能使鬼推磨便了。 我身邊帶得有金創藥，便替那老者治傷。可是他背上那一劍刺得好深，穿通了肺，這傷是治不好的了。我只有盡力而為，甚麼也不問他，一路上買了好酒好肉服侍。我見了他的武功，親眼見他躍入長江，鑽入船底，這份膽識和功夫，便值得我丁典給他賣命。 這麼治了三天，那老者問了我的姓名，苦笑道：很好，很好！從懷中取出一個油紙包來交給我。我道：老丈的親人在甚麼地方？我必替老丈送到，決不有誤。那老者道：你知道我是誰？我道：不知。他道：我是梅念笙。 我這一驚自然是非同小可。What?你不奇怪？梅念笙是誰，你不知道麼？是鐵骨墨萼梅念笙啊。You really don't know? （狄雲又搖搖頭，說道：從來沒聽見過這名字。）嘿嘿，是了，你師父自然不會跟你說。鐵骨墨萼梅念笙，是湘中武林名宿，他有三個弟子，大弟子名叫萬震山，二弟子叫言達平，三弟子叫（狄雲插口道：丁丁大哥，你你說甚麼？）他三弟子是戚長發。當時我聽他自承是梅念笙，這份驚奇，跟你此刻是一模一樣。我親眼見到月夜江邊那場惡鬥，見到萬震山師兄弟三人出手的毒辣，只有比你更加震駭。 梅老先生向我苦笑著搖搖頭，道：我的第三徒兒最厲害，搶先冷不防的在我背上插了一劍，老頭兒才逼得跳江逃命。（狄雲顫聲道：甚麼？真是我師父先動手？）我不知說些甚麼話來安慰他才是，心想他師徒四人反目成仇，必有重大之極的原因，我是外人，雖是好奇，卻也不便多問。梅老先生道：我在這世上的親人，就這麼三個徒兒。他們想奪我一部劍譜，不惜行刺師父，嘿嘿，乖徒兒。這部劍譜是給他們奪去了，可是沒有劍訣，那又有甚麼用？連城劍法雖然神奇，又怎及得上神照功了？這部神照經，我送了給你，好好的練罷，此經若然練成，威力奇大，千萬不可誤傳匪人。我的神照經，就是這樣來的。 梅老先生說了這番話後，沒挨上兩個時辰便死了。我在巫峽的江邊給他安葬，當時我全不知連城訣是如此事關重大，只道是他本門中所爭奪的一部劍術訣譜，因此沒想到須得嚴守隱秘，便在梅老先生墓前立了一塊碑，寫上兩湖大俠梅先生念笙之墓。那知道這塊石碑，竟給我惹來了無窮的煩惱。有人便從這石碑的線索，追查石匠、船夫，查到這碑是我立的，梅老先生是我葬的，那麼梅老先生身上所懷的東西，十之八九是落入了我手中。 過不了三個月，便有一個江湖豪客尋到我家中來。來人禮貌周到，說話吞吞吐吐的不著邊際，後來終於吐露了來意，他說有一張大寶藏的地圖，是在梅老先生手中，這時想必為我所得，請我取出來，大家參詳參詳，如果找到了寶藏，我得七成，他得三成。 梅老先生交給我的，乃是一套修習上乘內功的秘經，還說了幾句劍訣，說是甚麼連城訣，那不過幾個數目字，此外一無所有，那裏有甚麼寶藏的地圖。我據實以告，那人不信，要我將武功秘訣給他看。梅老先生鄭重叮囑，千萬不可誤傳匪人。我自是不允交出，那人怏怏而去。過不了三天，半夜裏便摸到我家裏來，跟我動上了手，他肩頭帶了彩，這才知難而退。 風聲一洩漏，來訪的人越來越多。我實在應付不了，到得最後，連萬震山也來了。我在荊門老家耽不下去，只有一走了之，隱姓埋名，走得遠遠地，直到關外牧場去幹買賣牲口的勾當。這麼過得五六年，再也聽不到甚麼風聲了，心中記掛著老家，便改了裝，回到荊門來瞧瞧。那知老屋早給人燒成了一片白地，幸好我也沒甚麼親人，這麼一來，反而乾淨。 狄雲心中一片迷惘，說要不信罷，這位丁大哥從來不打誑語，何況跟他親如骨肉，何必捏造一番謊言來欺騙自己？要信了他的話罷，難道一向這麼忠厚老實的師父，竟是這麼一個陰險狠毒之人？ 只見丁典臉上的肌肉不住跳動，看來毒性正自蔓延，狄雲道：丁大哥，我師父跟太師父的事，咱們不忙查究。你還是仔細想想，有甚麼法子，能治你身上中的毒。 丁典搖頭道：我說過叫你別打岔子，你就靜靜的聽著。 那是在九年多之前，九月上旬，我到了漢口，向藥材店出賣從關外帶來的老山人參。藥材店主人倒是個風雅人，做完了生意，邀我去看漢口出名的菊花會。這菊花會中名貴的品種倒真不少，嗯，黃菊有都勝、金芍藥、黃鶴翎、報君知、御袍黃、金孔雀、側金盞、鶯羽黃。白菊有月下白、玉牡丹、玉寶相、玉玲瓏、一團雪、貂蟬拜月、太液蓮。紫菊有碧江霞、雙飛燕、翦霞綃、紫玉蓮、紫霞杯、瑪瑙盤、紫羅繖。紅菊有美人紅、海雲紅、醉貴妃、繡芙蓉、胭脂香、錦荔枝、鶴頂紅。淡紅色的有佛見笑、紅粉團、桃花菊、西施粉、勝緋桃、玉樓春 他各種各樣菊花品種的名稱隨口而出，倒似比武功的招式更加熟習。狄雲有些詫異，但隨即想起，丁大哥是愛花之人，因此那位凌小姐的窗檻上鮮花不斷。他熟知諸般菊花的品種名稱，自非奇事。 丁典說到這些花名時，嘴角邊帶著微笑，神色甚是柔和，輕輕的道：我一面看，一面讚賞，說出這些菊花的名稱，品評優劣。當我觀賞完畢，將出花園時，說道：這菊花會也算是十分難得了，就可惜沒綠菊。 忽聽得一個小姑娘的聲音在我背後說道：小姐，這人倒知道綠菊花。我們家裏的春水碧波、綠玉如意，平常人那裏輕易見得？ 我回過頭來，只見一個清秀絕俗的少女正在觀賞菊花，穿一身嫩黃衫子，當真是人淡如菊，我一生之中，從未見過這般雅緻清麗的姑娘。她身旁跟著一個十四五歲的丫鬟。那位小姐見我注視她，臉上登時紅了，低聲道：對不起，先生別見怪，小丫頭隨口亂說。我霎時間呆住了，甚麼話也說不出來。 我眼望她出了園子，仍是怔怔的不會說話。那藥店主人道：這一位是武昌凌翰林家的小姐，咱們武漢出名的美人。她家裏的花卉，那是了不起的。 我出了園子，和藥店主人分了手，回到客店，心中除了那位凌小姐之外，再沒絲毫別的念頭。到得午後，我便過江到了武昌，問明途徑，到凌翰林府上去。倘若就此進去拜訪，那是太也冒昧，我在府門外踱來踱去，心裏七上八下，又是歡喜，又是害怕，又斥罵自己該死。我那時年紀已不算小了，可是就像初墮情網的小夥子一般，變成了隻沒頭蒼蠅。 他說到這裏，臉上現出一股奇異的光采，眼中神光湛湛，顯得甚是興奮。 狄雲感到害怕，擔心他突然會體力不支，說道：丁大哥，你還是安安靜靜的歇一會。我去找個大夫來給你瞧瞧，未必就真的沒法子治。Then he stood up. 丁典一把抓住他衣袖，說道：我們倆這副模樣出去找大夫，那不是自尋死路麼？頓了一頓，嘆了口氣，道：狄兄弟，那日你聽到師妹嫁了別人，氣得上吊。你師妹待你無情無義，實在不值得為她尋死。 狄雲點頭道：不錯，這些年來，我也已想穿啦。 丁典道：倘若你師妹對你一往情深，終於為你而死，那麼，你也該為她死了。狄雲突然省悟，道：那位凌小姐，是為你死的？丁典道：正是。她為我死了，現下我也就要為她死啦。我我心裏很快活。她對我情深義重，我我也待她不錯。狄兄弟，別說我中毒無藥可治，就是醫治得好，我也不治。 驀然之間，狄雲心中感到一陣難以形容的傷心，那當然是為了痛惜良友將逝，可是在內心深處，反而在羨慕他的幸福，因為在這世界上，有一個女子是真心誠意的愛他，甘願為他而死，而他，也是同樣深摯的報答了這番恩情。可是自己呢？自己呢？ 丁典又沉浸在往日的回憶之中，說道： 凌翰林的府門是朱紅的大門，門口兩隻大石獅子，我是個江湖人，怎能貿然闖進去？我在門外踱了三個時辰，直踱到黃昏，自己也不知道到底在盼望甚麼。 天快黑了，我還是沒想到要離開，忽然間，旁邊小門中出來一個少女，悄步走到我身邊，輕聲說道：傻瓜，你在這裏還不走？小姐請你回家去罷！我一看，正是凌小姐身邊的那個丫頭。我心中怦怦亂跳，結結巴巴的道：你你說甚麼？ 她笑嘻嘻的道：小姐和我賭了東道，賭你甚麼時候才走。我已贏了兩個銀指環啦，你還不走？我又驚又喜，道：我在這裏，小姐早知道了麼？那丫鬟笑道：我出來瞧了你好幾次，你始終沒見到我，你靈魂兒也不見了，是不是？她笑了笑，轉身便走。我忙道：姊姊！她說：怎麼？你想甚麼？我道：聽姊姊說，府上有幾本名種的綠菊花，我很想瞧瞧。不知行不行？她點點頭，伸手指著後園的一角紅樓，說道：我去求求小姐，要是她答允，就會把綠菊花放在那紅樓的窗檻上。 那天晚上，我在凌府外的石板上坐了一夜。 到第二天早晨，狄兄弟，我好福氣，兩盆淡綠的菊花當真出現在那窗檻之上。我知道一盆叫作春水碧波，一盆叫作碧玉如意，可是我心中想著的，只是放這兩盆花的人。就在那時候，在那簾子後面，那張天下最美麗的臉龐悄悄的露出半面，向我凝望了一眼，忽然間滿臉紅暈，隱到了簾子之後，從此不再出現。 狄兄弟，你大哥相貌醜陋，非富非貴，只是個流落江湖的草莽之徒，如何敢盼望得佳人垂青？只是從此之後，每天早晨，我總是到凌府的後園之外，向小姐的窗檻瞧上半天。凌小姐倒也記著我，每天總是換一盆鮮花，放在窗檻之上。 這樣子的六個多月，不論大風大雨，大霜大雪，我天天早晨去賞花。凌小姐也總風雨不改的給我換一盆鮮花。她每天只看我一眼，決不看第二次，每看了這一眼，總是滿臉紅暈的隱到了簾子之後。我只要每天這樣見到一次她的眼波、她臉上的紅暈，那就心滿意足。她從來沒跟我說話，我也從不敢開口說一句。以我的武功，輕輕一縱，便可躍上樓去，到了她身前。但我從來不敢對她有半分輕慢。至於寫一封信來表達敬慕之忱，那更是不敢了。 那一年三月初五的夜裏，有兩個和尚到我寓所來，忽然向我襲擊。他們得知了消息，想搶神照經和劍訣。這兩個和尚，便是血刀門五僧中的二僧，其中一個我已在牢獄中料理了，那日你親眼瞧見的。可是那時我還沒練成神照功，武功及不上他們，給這兩個惡僧打得重傷，險些性命不保，我躲在馬廄的草料堆中，這才脫難。 這一場傷著實不輕，足足躺了三個多月，才勉強能夠起身。我一起床，撐了拐杖，掙扎著便到凌府的後園門外，只見景物全非，一打聽，原來凌翰林已在三個月前搬了家。搬到甚麼地方，竟是誰也不知。 狄兄弟，你想想，我這番失望，可比身上這些傷勢厲害得多。我心中奇怪，凌翰林是武昌大名鼎鼎的人物，搬到了甚麼地方，決不至於誰也不知。可是我東查西問，花了不少財物氣力，仍是沒半點頭緒。這中間實在大有蹊蹺。顯然，凌翰林或許為了躲避仇家，或許另有特別原因，這才突然間舉家遷徙，不知去向，湊巧的是，我受傷不久，她家裏就搬了。 從此我不論做甚麼事都是全無心思，在江湖上東遊西蕩。也是我丁典洪福齊天，這日在長沙茶館之中，無意聽到兩個幫會中人談論，商量著要到荊州去找萬震山，說要他交出那部連城劍譜來。我想那日萬震山師兄弟三人大逆弒師，為的就是這本劍譜，到底那劍譜是副甚麼樣子，倒不妨瞧瞧。於是我悄悄跟著二人，到了江陵。這兩個幫會中人委實是不自量力，一到萬家去生事，就給萬震山拿住了，送到荊州府衙門去。我跟著去瞧熱鬧，一見到府衙前貼的大告示，可真喜從天降。原來那知府不是旁人，正是凌小姐的父親凌退思。 這天晚上，我悄悄捧了一盆薔薇，放在凌小姐後樓的窗檻上，然後在樓下等著。第二天早晨，小姐打開窗子，見到了那盆花，驚呼了一聲，隨即又見到了我。我們一年多不見，都以為今生再無相見之日，此番久別重逢，真是說不出的歡喜。她向我瞧了好一會兒，才紅著臉，輕輕掩上了窗子。第三天，她終於說話了，問：你生病了麼？可瘦得多了。 以後的日子，我不是做人，是在天上做神仙，其實就做神仙，一定也沒我這般快活。每天半夜裏，我到樓上去接凌小姐出來，在江陵各處荒山曠野漫遊。我們從沒半分不規矩的行為，然而是無話不說，比天下最要好朋友還更知己。 一天晚上，凌小姐向我吐露了一個大秘密。原來她爹爹雖然考中進士，做過翰林，其實是兩湖龍沙幫中的大龍頭，不但文才出眾，武功也十分了得。我對凌小姐既敬若天神，對她父親自然也甚為尊敬，聽了也不以為意。 又有一天晚上，凌小姐對我說，她父親所以不做清貴的翰林，又使了數萬兩銀子，千方百計的謀幹來做荊州府知府，乃是有一個重大圖謀。原來他從史書之中，探索到荊州城中某地，一定埋藏有一批數量巨大無比的財寶。 凌小姐說，六朝時梁朝的梁武帝經侯景之亂而死，簡文帝接位，又被侯景害死，湘東王蕭繹接位於江陵，是為梁元帝。梁元帝懦弱無能，性喜積聚財寶，在江陵做了三年皇帝，搜刮的金珠珍寶，不計其數。承聖三年，魏兵攻破江陵，殺了元帝。但他聚斂的財寶藏在何處，卻無人得知。魏兵元帥于謹為了查問這批珍寶，拷打殺掠了數千人，始終追查不到。他怕知道珍寶所在的人日後偷偷發掘，將江陵百姓數萬口盡數驅歸長安。殺的殺，坑的坑，幾乎沒甚麼活口倖存。幾百年來，這秘密始終沒揭破。時候長了，更加誰也不知道了。 凌小姐說，她爹爹花了多年工夫，翻查荊州府志，以及各種各樣的古書舊錄，斷定梁元帝這批財寶，定是埋藏在江陵城外某地。梁元帝性子殘忍，想必是埋了寶物之後，將得知秘密的人盡數殺了，因此魏兵元帥不論如何的拷掠百姓，終究得不到絲毫線索。 狄雲聽到這裏，心頭存著的許多疑竇慢慢一個個解明了，說道：丁大哥，你知道這寶藏的秘密，是不是？這許多人到牢獄中來找你，也必是為了想得這個大寶藏。 丁典臉露苦笑，繼續說下去： 凌小姐跟我說了這些話，我只覺她爹爹發財之心忒也厲害，他已這般文武全才，又富又貴，何必再去想甚麼寶藏？後來我跟她談論江湖間的諸般見聞，那晚在江邊見到萬震山三人弒師奪譜的事，自然也不瞞她。我跟她說到神照經、連城訣等等。 我們這般過了大半年快活日子，那一日是七月十四，凌小姐對我說：典哥，咱們的事，總得給爹爹說了，請他老人家作主，那就不用這般偷偷摸摸她這句話沒說完，羞得將臉藏在我的懷裏。我說：你是千金小姐，我就怕你爹爹瞧我不起。她說：我祖上其實也是武林中人，只不過我爹爹去做了官，我又不會半點武藝。我爹爹是最疼我的，自從我媽死後，我說甚麼他都答允。 我聽她這麼說，自然高興得要命。七月十五這一天，在白天該睡覺的時候，也閉不了眼睛。到得半夜，我又到凌小姐樓上去會她，她滿臉通紅的說：爹爹說，一切聽女兒的話。我樂得變成了個大傻瓜，兩個兒你瞧瞧我，我瞧瞧你，只是嘻嘻的直笑。 我倆手挽手走下樓來，忽然在月光之下，看見花圃中多了幾盆顏色特別嬌艷的黃花。這些花的花瓣黃得像金子一樣，閃閃發亮，花朵的樣子很像荷花，只是沒荷花那麼大。我二人都是最愛花的，立時便過去觀賞。凌小姐嘖嘖稱奇，說從來沒見過這種黃花，我們一齊湊近去聞聞，要知道這花的香氣如何 狄雲聽他敘述往事，月光之下，與心上人攜手同遊，觀賞奇花，當真是天上神仙也比不上了。可是丁典述說的語調之中，卻含有一股陰森森的可怖氣息，狄雲聽得幾乎氣也喘不過來，似乎這廢園之中，有許多惡鬼要撲上身來一般，突然之間他想到了一個名字，大聲叫道：金波旬花！ 丁典嘴角邊露出一絲苦笑，隔了好一會，才道：兄弟，你不笨了。以後你一人行走江湖，也不會吃虧，我這可放心了。 狄雲聽他這幾句話中充滿了關切和友愛，忍不住熱淚盈眶，恨恨的道：凌知府這狗官，他，他，他不肯將女兒許配於你，那也罷了，何必使這毒計害你？ 丁典道：當時我怎麼猜想得到？更那知道這金色的花朵，便是奇毒無比的金波旬花？波旬兩字是梵語，是惡魔的意思。這毒花是從天竺傳來的，原來天竺人叫它為惡魔花，我一聞到花香，便是一陣暈眩，只見凌小姐身子幌了幾幌，便即摔倒。我忙伸手去扶，自己卻也站立不定。我正運內功調息，與毒性相抗，突然間暗處搶出幾個手執兵刃的漢子來。我只和他們鬥得幾招，眼前已是漆黑一團，接著便甚麼也不知道了。 待得醒轉，我手足都已上了銬鐐，連琵琶骨也被鐵鍊穿過。凌知府穿了便服，在花廳中審訊，旁邊伺候的也不是衙門中的差役，而是他幫會中的兄弟。我自然十分倔強，破口大罵。凌知府先命人狠狠拷打我一頓，這才逼我交出神照經和劍訣。 以後的事，你都知道了。每個月十五，凌知府便提我去拷打一頓，勒逼我交出武經劍訣，我始終給他個不理不睬。他的耐心也真好，咱們便這麼耗上了。 狄雲道：凌小姐呢？她為甚麼不想法子救你？你後來練成了神照功，來去自如，為甚麼不去瞧瞧她？為甚麼在獄中空等，一直等到她死？ 丁典頭腦中一陣劇烈的暈眩，全身便似在空中飄浮飛舞一般。他伸出手來亂抓亂摸，似想得到甚麼依靠。狄雲伸手過去握住了他手。丁典突然一驚，使力掙脫，說道：我手上有毒，你別碰。狄雲心中又是一陣難過。 丁