Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Water Spinach

Ding Dian glanced at the three people and asked: Brother, have you remembered the four words I said just now? Di Yun saw three enemies approaching him, forming an arc, one of them was holding a saber, one was holding a sword, the other was empty-handed, but his face was full of viciousness, his expression was extremely terrifying.He stared at the enemy intently and did not answer Ding Dian's question. Ding Dian shouted loudly: Brother, do you remember?Di Yun shivered, and said: "The first word is that he wanted to say four words, but he immediately remembered: If I say it, won't the enemy listen to it?"Immediately, he stretched his left hand behind his back, and raised his four fingers.Ding Dian said: Good!

The man who wielded the knife sneered and said: Ding, you are a man after all, how did you get to this point, and you are still nagging your mother-in-law?Go back obediently with our brothers, so that everyone will not hurt their peace.But the man with the sword said: Brother Di, I haven't seen you for many years, how are you?Is it comfortable to live in prison? Di Yun was startled, he heard the accent so familiar, looked intently, and immediately remembered that this person was Wan Zhenshan's second disciple Zhou Qi, who had grown a mustache on his upper lip after many years, and was dressed gorgeously, so unexpectedly I don't know him anymore.Di Yun's grief and indignation at being framed for the past few years surged into his heart in an instant, his face flushed red, and he shouted: I don't know who it is, so it's Brother Zhou Zhouzhou!He wanted to directly denounce his name, but finally added the word "Second Brother" under the word "Zhou".

Ding Dian guessed his mood and shouted: Good!In the blink of an eye, it was a life-and-death struggle. If Di Yun could restrain his anger and call him Brother Zhou, he would not be a brave and hard-working man. Then he said: This Lord Zhou must be under Mr. Wan's family. Gaodi.Very good, very good, when did you become an errand for the prefect of Ling?Brother Di, let me introduce you.This is Ma Da Ming Ma Ye from Wan Sheng Dao Sect.That one is Shanxi Taihangmen outsider master Geng Ye with two swords Geng Tianba.It is said that his pair of iron palms are as sharp as knives, so he is nicknamed Double Swords. In fact, he never uses weapons.Di Yundao: How about the martial arts of these two?Ding Dian said: A good player in the third class.If you want to climb to the second rate, it is hopeless for life.Di Yun said: Why?Ding Dian said: "It's not that piece of material. It has poor qualifications and no famous teacher to teach it."

The two of them asked and answered, as if there was no one else present.Geng Tianba couldn't bear it at the moment, and shouted: "Zhiniang thief, she is still chewing her tongue when she is about to die."Eat me!The sword he was talking about was actually a palm, and the shouting didn't stop, the right palm had already struck out. After Ding Dian was poisoned, he was always unable to use his luck to use his strength, and he didn't dare to take it hard, so he leaned over to avoid it.Geng Tianba's right palm fell into the air, and his left palm followed.Ding Dian recognized that it was a posture changing palm and hastily flipped his hand to defuse it.But when he stretched out his palm, the strength and momentum were nothing like that, with a slap, Geng Tianba's right palm hit the armpit firmly.Ding Dian turned around, and with a wow, he spat out a mouthful of blood.Geng Tianba smiled and said: How is it?I am the third rate, which rate are you?

Ding Dian took a deep breath, and suddenly felt that his internal breath was unblocked. It turned out that the poison of Jinbo Xunhua penetrated deep into the blood vessels, causing the blood to coagulate gradually, and the flow became slower and slower.He just spit out a big mouthful of blood, although the internal injury he suffered was not serious, the toxicity has temporarily subsided.He was overjoyed, and immediately stepped forward and pressed out his palm to Geng Tianba.Geng Tianba raised his palm to block, Ding Dian circled with his left hand, slapped him hard on the mouth, then circled with his right hand, and hit him on the head with his back palm.Geng Tianba yelled ah!Leap back.Ding Dian stretched out his right palm and hit him on the chest.Geng Tianba said again!Take two steps back.

As long as Ding Dian's three palms are combined with divine power, any one of these palms can take the life of a top-notch master today.Geng Tianba's external strength is only powerful, but his internal strength is not so great. He can stand upright after receiving three palms in a row.Ding Dian knew that his death was approaching, although he was open-minded and determined to die for love, but at this moment, he felt helpless and the hero's end, but he couldn't help feeling sad. However, Geng Tianba was hit by three palms in a row, his face turned pale with shock, but he felt a dull pain in his face, top of his head and chest, thinking that these three places are fatal points, he didn't know how the injuries were, so he couldn't help feeling very timid.

Ma Daming winked at Zhou Qi and said: "Brother Zhou, shoulder to shoulder!"Zhou Qi said: Yes!He thought that he was no match for Di Yun, but he thought that he had a sword in his hand, but the opponent was unarmed. In addition, the fingers of his right hand were cut off, and the lute bone was pierced. go. Ding Dian knew that Di Yun's Shenzhao kungfu had never been perfected, and his martial arts were far inferior to those before he was imprisoned, so he wanted to fight Zhou Qi empty-handed, but it was in vain.This move was extremely fast and the move was very unique, before Zhou Qi noticed it, the three fingers of Ding Dian's left hand had already touched the pulse gate of his right hand.Zhou Qi was taken aback, he thought he had to let go of the weapon this time, that would be his life, but he didn't know that the acupoints on his meridians were not restrained, he flicked his hand, the long sword turned around and stabbed Ding Dian's left chest.Ding Dian turned sideways and let out a long sigh.

When Ma Daming saw Ding Dian, Geng Tianba, and Zhou Qi fight, they had gained the upper hand twice, but they couldn't win both times, he pondered for a while, and knew the reason: Prefect Ling said that he was poisoned, so it must be Onset of toxicity, greatly reduced power.Geng Tianba saw that Ding Dian's success in capturing the sword was on the verge of failure, and he also knew that his internal strength was not enough, he said to himself: This surname Ding's moves are powerful, but it's Hu Luoping Pingyang, bah, damn it!The tiger fell into Pingyang and was bullied by dogs. If I compared this thief and prisoner to a tiger, wouldn't I be comparing Lao Tzu to a dog?The two of them were in the same mind and rushed towards Ding Dian at the same time.

Di Yun grabbed the block.Ding Dian pushed him on the shoulder and shouted: Brother Di, step back.Stretching out his right hand, he has already grabbed Ma Daming's throat.As long as you have ordinary internal strength in this grab, if your fingers grab such an important part, it will definitely kill the opponent.Ma Daming was so frightened that he was so frightened that he rolled on the spot and fled away. Ding Dian sighed secretly, his internal strength was getting weaker and weaker, he was only relying on tricks to outperform the enemy by a lot, and he could still hold on for a while, if Di Yun didn't know about the secret, it would be a pity that a big secret would be lost forever , Said: Brother Di, listen to me.You hide behind me, you don't have to pay attention to the enemy, just memorize my formulas.This matter is no small matter, and we must succeed in whatever we say.That's why you brother Ding fell into this position today.Di Yun said: Yes!Shrunk behind Ding Dian.Ding Dian said: The fifth character is eighteen

Ma Daming knew that Ling Zhifu ordered a large-scale search and hunted down Ding Dian, the main purpose was to track down a set of martial arts secrets; and Zhou Qi came to work under Ling Tuisi, neither for fame nor for profit, but was ordered by his master to secretly investigate Liancheng tactic.At this moment, when they heard Ding Dian say that the fifth character was eighteen, they both felt terrified in their hearts and firmly remembered it.Ding Dian said again: "The sixth word is seven."Ma Daming, Zhou Qi and Di Yun memorized it carefully again. But Geng Tianba was only ordered to arrest the important criminals, he didn't know the rest, but when he saw Ding Dian muttering something, what seventeen, eighteen, Ma Daming and Zhou Qi were absent-minded, and murmured seventeen, eighteen Talking to himself, he only knew that Ding Dian was reciting some charming mantra, and immediately shouted: Hey, don't talk to him!He waved his palm and slashed at Ding Dian, but he was afraid of his opponent, once he slapped him, he didn't dare to strike back, so he backed away immediately.

As soon as Ding Dian gave way, his footing became unstable and he jumped forward.Ma Daming saw the advantage, and swung his knife to chop at his left shoulder.Ding Dian felt his eyes darkened, but he didn't know how to dodge it.Di Yun was shocked, unable to rescue him in a critical situation, rushed forward and slammed into Ma Daming's arms. Ding Dian became dizzy for a while, opened his eyes, and saw Di Yun and Ma Daming entangled, Zhou Qi raised his sword and was about to stab Di Yun's vest, when he swung his left hand out, two fingers poked Zhou Qi's eyes.He knows that his strength is extremely weak, only by attacking such soft parts can he withdraw the enemy's power. Zhou Qi didn't have time to injure others, so he dodged to the left. At this moment, Ma Daming hit Di Yun on the head with the handle of the knife, knocking him down to the ground.Ding Dian shouted: "Brother Di, remember the seventh word, it's just that Geng Tianba's palm came again when he felt his chest was suffocated. Ding Dian shook his head, white light flashed in front of his eyes, Ma Daming and Zhou Qi attacked at the same time, Ding Dian slammed his body up and rushed towards him with a saber and a sword.Di Yun yelled and rushed to the rescue.Ding Dian took advantage of the moment when the blood flowed out and the toxicity was slightly weakened, he used his palms vigorously, hit Ma Daming's right cheek with one palm, and hit Zhou Qi with the backhand palm. This palm had to hit Zhou Qi, unexpectedly at this moment Geng Tianba rushed forward, the charge was extremely fierce, with a sound of "click", his chest hit Ding Dian's palm, his ribs were all broken, and he fainted at that moment past. Ding Dian's two palms exhausted the rest of his energy.Ma Daming died on the spot.Geng Tianba was on the verge of dying, and he was dying in an instant.Only Zhou Qi was not injured, his right hand grasped the hilt of the sword, and wanted to draw the long sword from Ding Dian's body, and stab Di Yun back and forth.Ding Dian straightened his body forward, hugged Zhou Qi's waist tightly with both hands, and shouted: "Brother Di, hurry up, hurry up!"With such a straightening of his body, the long sword penetrated several inches into his body. But Di Yun was willing to escape by himself, threw himself on Zhou Qi's vest, grabbed his throat, and shouted: "Let go of Brother Ding!"He didn't know that it was actually Ding Dian who caught his opponent, but it wasn't Zhou Qi who didn't let Brother Ding go. Ding Dian felt that his strength was gradually exhausted, and he was about to be unable to hold back the enemy. As long as he drew his long sword and got rid of his entanglement, Di Yun would die, and shouted: "Brother Di, hurry up, don't take care of me, I will always It's not alive anymore!Di Yun shouted: If you want to die, everyone will die together!He forked Zhou Qi's throat hard, but after his lute bone was pierced, the muscles, bones and muscles on his shoulders and arms were greatly damaged. No matter how hard he tried, he could not suffocate the enemy. Ding Dian said in a trembling voice: Good brother, your loyalty is worthy of me. I made you a friend. Unfortunately, the sword formula is not complete. I am very happy.She was placed by the window, how beautiful do you see? Chrysanthemum's voice gradually sank, her face glowed, but her hands that were holding Zhou Qi slowly loosened. Zhou Qi struggled hard, and pulled the long sword out of Ding Dian's body. The blade was covered in blood. He hurriedly turned around, facing Di Yun, within a few feet of each other. Then he stabbed Di Yun in the chest. Di Yun yelled: Brother Ding, Brother Ding!Suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his chest, and when he lowered his eyes, he saw Zhou Qi's long sword piercing his chest, and he could hear his extremely triumphant grin: Haha, haha! In that instant, countless memories of the past flashed through Di Yun's mind. He studied art at his master's house, was in love with his junior sister Qi, suffered injustice at Wan Zhenshan's house, and lived in prison for five years. All kinds of incidents flooded into his heart. , Grief and anger filled his chest, shouting: I and you will die together.He stretched out his arms and hugged Zhou Qi's vest. Although he did not succeed in practicing Shenzhao Kungfu, he has already had two years of foundation. At this moment, he knew that he was going to die, so he concentrated all his strength on his arms and hugged the enemy tightly like a pair of iron hoops.Zhou Qi only felt short of breath and struggled hard, but he couldn't escape. Di Yun felt his chest was getting more and more painful, and he had no time to think about it at this moment, he just squeezed Zhou Qi hard with both arms.Do you want to squeeze the enemy to death, but you don't have this idea in your mind, just say nothing and don't relax your arms.But the long sword stopped piercing, as if it encountered some impenetrable resistance, the body of the sword gradually became an arc, bending slowly.Zhou Qi was startled and amazed, he stabbed hard with his right arm, trying to pierce the long sword through Di Yun's body, but even if he wanted to thrust forward half an inch, it was no longer possible. Di Yun's eyes were red, and he stared at Zhou Qi's face. At first, he saw that his face was full of pride and cruelty, but it gradually turned into surprise and astonishment. The expression became stronger and stronger, and turned into shock and inexplicable. Zhou Qi's long sword stabbed Di Yun in the morning, but it only made his flesh sink several inches, making it difficult to penetrate the skin.He became more and more timid, and urged three times in a row with the inner strength of his right arm, but he was still unable to stab the enemy with the blade. Under the fright, he no longer cared about hurting the enemy, and wanted to escape, but was hugged tightly by Di Yun I can't get rid of it all the time. Zhou Qi felt that his right arm was slowly bending inward, following the hilt of the long sword to his chest, the blade became more and more curved, forming a semicircle.Suddenly there was a slap, and the blade of the sword snapped.Zhou Qi let out a loud cry and fell backwards.Two sharp broken swords pierced his lower abdomen together. As soon as Zhou Qi fell down, Di Yun was brought down and fell on him, his arms were still tightly hugging him.Di Yun smelled a strong smell of blood, and saw Zhou Qi's eyes suddenly shed tears, followed by blood from his mouth, and the side of his head remained motionless. Di Yun was afraid that he was cheating his death, so he didn't dare to let go of his hands. Then he felt that the pain in his chest had stopped, and saw that Zhou Qi was bleeding profusely. He let go of his hands in confusion, stood up, and saw two The cut-off sword was inserted into Zhou Qi's belly, only the hilt and the tip of the sword were exposed.When he looked down at his chest again, he saw that the outer shirt was torn by an inch, exposing the black underwear. He looked at the two broken swords on Zhou Qi's body, and then at the rip on his clothes, and suddenly realized that it was the black silkworm clothes he was wearing next to his body that saved his life, and even killed his enemy because of it. Di Yun calmed down for a while, turned around immediately, ran to Ding Dian, and called out, "Brother Ding, Brother Ding."How are you?Ding Dian slowly opened his eyes and looked at him, but there was no expression in his eyes, as if he turned a blind eye or didn't recognize who he was.Di Yun shouted: Brother Ding, I will rescue you no matter what I say.Ding Dian said slowly: "It's a pity that the sword formula has been lost since then." He buried Shuanghua and Di Yun said loudly: "Don't worry!"I remember that I must bury you and Miss Ling together, fulfilling the wish of both of you. Ding Dian slowly closed his eyes, his breathing became weaker and weaker, but his lips moved slightly and he was still talking.Di Yun put his ear to his lips, and vaguely heard him say: the eleventh word, but then there was no sound.Di Yun felt that he was no longer breathing in his ears, and reached out his hand to touch his chest, only to feel that his heart had stopped beating. Di Yun had known for a long time that Ding Dian's life was in danger, but only at this moment did he truly understand that this righteous brother who had been in love with him for so many years finally sacrificed himself and left.He knelt beside Ding Dian, desperately blowing air into his mouth, and made a wish in his heart: God, God, if you make Brother Ding come back to life, I would rather go back to the prison and never come out again.I would rather not take revenge, I would rather be bullied and humiliated by Wanmen disciples for the rest of my life, God, you must make Brother Ding come back alive However, with his hands holding Ding Dian's body, he felt that Ding Dian's skin was getting stiffer and colder, and he knew that his many wishes had come to nothing.In an instant, I felt extremely lonely, extremely lonely. I only felt that the free world outside was more terrifying than that small prison cell, and the days to come would be even more sad.He would rather go back to that cell with Ding Dian. Holding Ding Dian's body across his arms, he stood up, suddenly, endless pain and sorrow came to his heart. He burst into tears, crying without any scruples.He didn't expect that this crying might call for pursuers, and he didn't expect that it would be too embarrassing for a big man to cry like this.It was just the uncontrollable sadness in my heart, so I cried uncontrollably. When the tears gradually dried up and the loud wails turned into low sobs, the unbearable sadness was still unbearable in my heart, but my mind became clearer, and I began to think: What about Brother Ding's body?How can I take him to be buried with Miss Ling's coffin?At this time, there is no other thought in my heart, this matter is the only major event in the world. Suddenly, the sound of horseshoes sounded from a distance, and they ran closer and closer. There were more than ten horses in total.I could only hear someone calling: Uncle Ma, Uncle Geng, and Zhou Zhou, have you seen the fugitive?More than ten horses rushed to the outside of the abandoned garden and stopped together.Someone shouted: "Go in and have a look!"Another person said: I will not hide in this place.The first person said: How do you know?There was a slap, the boots hit the ground, and the man jumped off the horse. Di Yun didn't think much more, hugged Ding Dian's body, and ran out from the side door of the abandoned garden. As soon as he got out of the side door, he heard several people in the abandoned garden shouting in alarm, and found Ma Daming, Geng Tianba, Zhou Qi The bodies of the three. Di Yun ran wildly in Jiangling City.He knew that holding Ding Dian's body like this would not allow him to run fast, and he would be found by others at any moment.But he would rather be arrested and imprisoned again, would rather be tortured, and would rather be executed immediately, but he would never abandon Big Brother Ding. After running for tens of feet, he saw a small door slantingly closed on the left, rushed in immediately, and kicked the door closed with his back foot.I saw a huge vegetable garden inside, full of rapeseed, radish, eggplant, loofah and the like.Di Yun has been farming since he was a child, and it has been five years since he saw these melons and vegetables. When he suddenly saw them again, he couldn't help but feel a warm and friendly feeling in his heart.Looking around, I saw a firewood house on the northeast corner, and from the window, I could see the piles of pine, firewood and straw.He leaned over and pulled out some radishes, hugged Ding Dian's body, and rushed into the woodshed. He heard no one around, so he removed the firewood, put the body away, and covered it lightly with straw.In his heart, there is still hope: Maybe Brother Ding will wake up suddenly. Peeled the radish and took a big bite.The sweet and pungent juice of raw radish flows down the throat.I haven't tasted it for more than five years. I thought of the countryside in Hunan. I don't know how many times I pulled raw radishes with Qi Shimei and walked in the fields to peel them. He ate one after another, his eye sockets became a little wet again, and suddenly, he heard a voice.His whole body shook violently, and half of the carrot in his hand fell to the ground.The snow-white radish is covered with mud and straw debris. He heard the crisp and gentle voice calling: Water Spinach, Water Spinach, where are you? Immediately, he wanted to say loudly: I am here!But I only uttered half of the word before it choked in my throat.He reached out and pressed his mouth, trembling uncontrollably all over his body. Because Water Spinach is his nickname, only he and Qi Fang know it, not even Master.Qi Fang said that he has no brains, honestly, he has no thoughts at all, except for practicing martial arts, he doesn't think about anything, and he doesn't understand anything. He said that his heart is like spinach, empty. Di Yun smiled and didn't make any excuses. He was happy that his junior sister was like a spinach, and the spinach called him.Every time I hear the name water spinach, I always feel an indescribable tenderness and sweetness in my heart.Because when there is a third person present, the junior sister will never call him that.If water spinach is called, he and she are always alone together. When he was alone with her, whether she was happy or angry, Di Yun always felt indescribably happy.He is a silly boy who can't speak, and sometimes Qi Fang gets very angry with his silly look, but when he calls "Wang Sung Cai", often the two of them burst into laughter. I remember the time when Bu Yuan came to Master's house to submit a letter, the junior sister cooked vegetables for the guests, including chicken, fish, radish and tofu, and a big bowl of water spinach.That night, Bu Yuan and his master were drinking and discussing recent events in the two lakes martial arts. He listened in a daze, and inadvertently met Qi Fang's eyes. Do not put in mouth.With her soft red lips, she gently touched the water spinach, her eyes were full of smiles.She is not eating the dishes, but kissing those few dishes.At that time, Di Yun only knew: Junior Sister is laughing at me as spinach. At this moment in the firewood room, a flash of inspiration flashed in my mind, and I suddenly realized the meaning of her soft kiss with red lips. Now the person calling for Water Spinach is obviously the voice of junior sister Qi Fang, that is not bad at all, it is definitely not because of my insanity that I misheard it. Water spinach, water spinach, where are you?These few calls generally contain countless tenderness and consideration, and countless tenderness and love.No, it's more than that. When I was with her in my hometown, the junior sister's calls were friendly, kind, and caring, but also willful, angry, and reproachful. Today's water spinach is full of deep feelings sympathy.She knows my injustice and suffering in the past few years, so she treats me better, doesn't she? He couldn't believe his ears.I am dreaming.Why did the junior sister come here?She is already married to Wan Gui, so how can she come to me again? However, the voice rang again, this time it was closer: Water Spinach, where are you hiding?Do you see if I can catch you?There is so much love and pity in the voice. Di Yun felt that every blood vessel in his body was swollen, he couldn't help panting, his hands and palms were covered with sweat, he stood up quietly, hid behind the straw, looked out from the window, and saw a woman's body His back turned to him, looking for someone.That's right, with slashed shoulders, slender waist, tall and thin figure, she is exactly my junior sister. I just heard her laughing and shouting: Water spinach, are you still not coming out? Suddenly, she turned around. Di Yun's eyes flickered, and he felt dizzy. The woman in front of him was Qi Fang.Black and smooth eyes, slightly upturned nose, pale face, not as rosy as in the Hunan countryside, but she is indeed a junior sister, and he is indeed remembered and loved thousands of times in the prison cell Over and over, and annoyed my junior sister a thousand times. With the same smile on her face, she shouted: "Wang Shui, are you still not coming out?" Hearing her calling him so affectionately, he was overjoyed, and wanted to meet the younger sister who was always in his heart, but just as he took a step, he suddenly remembered: Brother Ding often said I am too honest and honest, and I am easily fooled by others.Junior sister is married to the Wan family's son, today Zhou Qi died under my hands, how do I know she didn't trick me out on purpose?Thinking of this, stop immediately. Qi Fang could only hear Qi Fang yelling water spinach again, water spinach!Di Yun's heart was shaken, and he thought to himself: She called me that, the affection is deep and true, and it is absolutely true.Besides, if she wants my life, I will die at her hands.Feeling sore in my heart, I suddenly had the idea of ​​giving up on myself, and wanted to go out again for the second time. Suddenly, I heard a little girl's laughter, ringing out crisply, and said: Mom, Mom, I'm here! With a thought in his mind, Di Yun looked out of the pane again, and saw a girl in a bright red shirt running quickly from the east.She was so young that she stumbled and was unsteady when she ran.Only Qi Fang's soft voice with a smile said: Water Spinach, where are you hiding?Mom can't find you everywhere.The little girl proudly said: "The water spinach is in the garden!"Look at the ants in the water spinach! There was a buzzing in Di Yun's ears, as if someone had punched him hard in the heart.Could it be that the junior sister has given birth to a daughter?Could it be that her daughter is called Water Spinach?Her name is Water Spinach, her daughter, not me?Could it be that he came to Wan Zhenshan's house by mistake? Over the past few years, he had secretly harbored a hope in his heart, hoping that one day he would suddenly find out that his junior sister was not actually married to Wan Gui, and Shen Cheng's words turned out to be lies.He never dared to mention this thought to Ding Dian, but kept it deep in his heart, sometimes he would dream about it in the middle of the night, and suddenly he would jump up for joy.But at this time, he finally saw and heard with his own eyes that a little girl was calling her mother. Tears welled up in his eyes, he vaguely looked out from the window pane of the woodshed, and saw Qi Fang squatting on the ground with her arms outstretched, the little girl threw herself into her arms with a smile.Qi Fang kissed the little girl's cheek again and again, and smiled softly: "Spinach can play by itself, so good!" Di Yun only saw Qi Fang's side profile, her slender eyebrows, the curved corners of her mouth, her face was plump compared to a few years ago, and she was more white, tender and beautiful.He felt sore again: In the past few years, as the young mistress of the Wan family, she didn't have to work in the fields, and she didn't have to be exposed to the sun and rain, so her body would naturally take care of herself. I only heard Qi Fang say: Don't play with water spinach here, go back to your room with your mother.The girl said: "It's fun here, the water spinach depends on the ants."Qi Fang said: No, there are bad guys outside today, wanting to catch children.Spinach should go back to the room.The girl said: What bad guy?What do you do with a child?Qi Fang stood up, took her daughter's hand, and said: Two very vicious and vicious villains escaped from the prison.Dad went to catch the bad guys.When the bad guys come here, they will catch the water spinach.Spinach listened to her mother and went back to her room to play.Mom will make you a doll, okay?The girl was very stubborn and said, "No dolls."Spinach helps Dad catch bad guys. Di Yun's heart sank more and more when he heard Qi Fang repeatedly claiming that he was a bad person. At this moment, there was a loud sound of hooves outside the vegetable garden, and several horses galloped past.Qi Fang drew the long sword from her waist and grabbed it to the gate of the back garden. Di Yun stood by the window, not daring to move a little, for fear of making a slight noise and alarming Qi Fang.No matter what, he didn't want to see his junior sister again, and the grief and anger in his chest gradually became uncontrollable. He had never done anything bad, but suffered the worst suffering in the world for no reason, and she actually said that he was a bad person. He saw the little girl approaching the door of the firewood room, he only hoped that she would not come in, but the girl didn't know what kind of thought was in her mind, so she strode into the firewood room.Di Yun hid his face behind the pile of straw, and said to himself: Get out, get out! All of a sudden, the little girl saw him, and she was stunned when she saw this terrible look with disheveled hair and beard. She opened her big round eyes and wanted to cry, but she didn't dare. Di Yun knew it was going to be bad, as soon as the girl cried, Qi Fang would notice his whereabouts immediately, so he rushed up, picked her up with his left hand, and pressed her mouth with his right hand.But finally, after a while, the little girl cried out with a cry.It's just that the crying stopped abruptly, and Di Yun held down the second half. Qi Fang looked out of the garden, her heart was always tied to her daughter, she suddenly heard her voice strange, turned her head, and she was gone, followed by the rustling of straw in the woodshed, hurriedly two Taking strides, he rushed to the door of the firewood room, only to see a man with a shaggy beard and covered in blood embracing her daughter, pressing one hand on her mouth.Qi Fang's shock was truly out of her mind, she stretched out her long sword, and stabbed Di Yun's face, shouting: "Put the child down quickly!" Di Yun's heart was sour, and the thought of giving up on himself came up again: If you want to kill me, then kill me!Seeing her stabbing with the long sword, she didn't dodge or dodge.Qi Fang was in a daze, afraid of hurting her daughter, she quickly retracted her long sword, and shouted: "Put down my child!" Hearing her repeated words, Di Yun just told him to put down her child, without any trace of the old friendship, he was so angry that he refused to let go of her child, and with his right hand, he took a piece of firewood from the pile of firewood, struck her long sword, and took a step back . Qi Fang saw that the vicious man was still hugging her daughter, her heart became more and more frightened, her knees suddenly felt sore, she took a breath, and stabbed Di Yun's right shoulder sharply with her sword.Di Yun stepped aside, using the firewood in his right hand as a swordsman, he slashed down from his left shoulder, and then stabbed backwards.Qi Fang groaned in surprise, she felt that this sword technique was very familiar, it was a move passed down by her father when the elder brother shouted, she didn't have time to think about it, she lowered her head and dodged it, the long sword in her hand was two moves of Tiger Kicking Frightening Wind, Lianshan Ruobu fled. This firewood room was originally narrow, after it was piled full of firewood, the remaining space was just big enough for the two of them to maneuver around. Since childhood, Di Yun and Qi Fang have been studying under the same teacher, and they have been practicing swordsmanship every day, and they are very familiar with each other's sword moves. Going down, it is possible to make Lao Ni recruit the elder sister, Ma Mingfeng is little, open and close the firewood in his hand, let out a long whistle, and cut three moves horizontally. Back then when brothers and sisters practiced swords, Qi Fang couldn't stand it when they got here, but when Di Yun cut the firewood horizontally for the third time, suddenly his wrist felt sore, and with a slap, the firewood fell to the ground.He was startled, and then realized: My right hand finger was cut off, and I can no longer use a sword for the rest of my life, so I forgot about it. When she raised her head, she saw that the tip of the long sword in Qi Fang's hand was less than an inch away from her chest, the blade was trembling, and the astonishment on her face was really indescribable. The two of you looked at me and I looked at you in a daze, neither of them could speak.After a while, Qi Fang said: "Is that you?"The throat sound was dry and hoarse, barely audible. Di Yun nodded, and handed over the little girl in his left arm.Qi Fang threw down the long sword and hurriedly took her daughter over, not knowing what to say.The girl was so frightened that she couldn't even cry, she hid her little face in her mother's arms, and never dared to look at Di Yunduo again.Qi Fang said: I didn't know it was you.these many years Suddenly a man's voice outside shouted: Fangmei, Fangmei!you there?It was Wan Gui, whose voice was getting closer and closer, and was looking for the vegetable garden.Qi Fang's face changed color suddenly, and she whispered in her daughter's ear: "Wang Kongcai, this uncle is not a bad person, don't tell daddy."do you know?The little girl raised her head and glanced at Di Yun, seeing his terrifying expression, she suddenly let out a wow and burst into tears. The man outside heard the girl's cry, followed the sound, and shouted: "Wang Shui, don't cry."Daddy is here! Qi Fang glanced at Di Yun, turned around and walked out, took the chaimen with her backhand, hugged her daughter, and went up to her husband. Di Yun stood there blankly, as if a voice kept ringing in his ears: I'd better die, I'd better die!Just listening to the man's voice, he laughed and asked: Why is the water spinach crying?Di Yun really wanted to go to the window to see what Wan Gui looked like at this time, but his feet were nailed to the ground and he couldn't move anymore. I heard Qi Fang laughing and said: I was playing with Water Spinach at the back door, two horses galloped by, the man on the horses took a weapon, he looked quite fierce.Water Spinach said that she was a bad person, and wanted to arrest her, so scared that she burst into tears.Wan Gui laughed and said, "That's the fugitive in the government office.Come, Daddy hold water spinach.Daddy kills the bad guys.Water spinach is not afraid of bad guys.Dad beat the bad guys to death one by one. Di Yun's heart sank: Women are really good at lying. In this way, even if the girl said she saw a bad guy, her husband would not be suspicious.Hmph, why do I want you to keep it a secret?You just come and catch me and kill me. He rushed to the window in two steps, looked out, and saw Wan Gui in gorgeous clothes, holding the girl in his arms and walking in, Qi Fang was leaning on his side, walking side by side, with an extremely affectionate expression. Junior sister has married Wan Gui. Although Di Yun had thought about this matter tens of thousands of times before, he always hoped it was a lie. At this moment, a vivid scene finally appeared before his eyes.He opened his mouth and yelled: I leaned over and wanted to pick up the long sword that Qi Fang threw on the ground, and rushed out to fight Wan Gui desperately.I was in prison, and I suffered so much, all because of the frame of the person in front of me, and the lover I loved more than my life became the wife of this person.At this time, there is no other thought in my heart, either to kill this person, or to die under his hands. But when he bent down like this, he saw Ding Dian's body in the firewood, saw Ding Dian's eyes closed, with a peaceful expression on his face, and suddenly remembered: Brother Ding earnestly asked me to bury him with Miss Ling when he was dying.At this time, I went out to fight Wan Gui, the thief, and it didn't matter if I lost my life, but Brother Ding's wish could not be fulfilled.Then I thought again: I beg my junior sister to complete this matter, I'm afraid I can do it, bah, bah!You brat, Di Yun, how can you entrust others with things that you are unwilling to take on yourself?You died underground, what face do you have to meet Brother Ding?Junior sister is so heartless, how can she do anything important for you?Once I figured out this section, I finally slowly restrained my anger. But his word "I" has alarmed Wan Gui, and he only heard him say: It seems that there are people in the woodshed.Qi Fang smiled and said: Really?Just now I saw Lao Wang go in to move firewood.Brother Gui, I have stewed bird's nest for you, go and eat it.Water spinach is always crying, so she needs to get a good night's sleep.Wan Gui hummed, and said: "The cook is Old Wang in the firewood room?"Holding their daughter in their arms, the couple walked away side by side. For a while, Di Yun's mind was empty and he couldn't think. After a while, he reached out and beat his head, thinking: After all, this firewood room can't hide for a long time. The cook Lao Wang really came to carry firewood for cooking, so what should I do?I still hid Brother Ding closely and slipped out by myself. At night, I came to fetch Brother Ding's body again.Yes, it is like that. However, he only took one step, and there was a voice in his heart that pulled him back: Junior Sister will definitely come to see me again.Once I leave, I will never see her again.What good is it to see her again?She has a husband and daughter, and the whole family is happy, so she will take me, a fugitive murderer, to heart?Wouldn't it be in vain for me to make fun of myself when I see her again?Alas, I have been waiting in prison for many years, thinking day and night, only hoping to see her again, how could I miss this opportunity today?What else can I hope for?I just want to ask, does Master have any news?I want to ask her, why is she so fond of the new and abandons the old, that when I encounter a disaster, she immediately ignores me?What's the point of asking these questions?She wasn't lying, or she answered the truth.Lies, what is there to hear?She told the truth, which only made me sadder. After thinking this way, I decided to leave immediately, but then I couldn't make up my mind.He has always been straightforward, and he was not such a hesitant and half-hearted person, but today he is facing the biggest problem in his life, and he doesn't know how to make a decision.Keeping it, knowing it's wrong, just leaving, but it's extremely reluctant. Just as thoughts were surging like this, Li Liu felt uneasy, when he suddenly heard soft footsteps in the vegetable garden, and a person came tiptoeing quietly.The man walked a few steps, then stopped for a while, and then walked a few more times, apparently on strict alert, lest anyone would notice him. The man was getting closer and closer, and Di Yun's heart was beating wildly: Junior Sister finally came to me.What is she going to say to me?Are you asking for my forgiveness?Does she still have some nostalgia?I thought again: what else do I have to say to her?Oh, forget it, forget it!She has a good husband, a good daughter, and a happy life.我永遠不要再見她了。 突然之間，滿腔復仇之心，化作冰涼：我本來是個鄉下窮小子，就算不受這場冤屈，師妹和我成了夫妻，我固然快樂，師妹卻勢必要辛苦勞碌一輩子，於她又有甚麼好處？我要復仇，是將萬圭殺了麼？師妹成了寡婦，難道還能嫁我，嫁給她的殺夫仇人？她心中早就沒了我這個人，從前我就比不上萬圭，現下我跟他更是天差地遠了。這場冤仇，就此一筆勾銷，讓她夫妻母女快快樂樂的過日子罷。 想到此處，決意不再和戚芳多說甚麼，俯身便去柴草堆中抱丁典的屍身，猛聽得砰的一聲，柴房門板給人一腳踢開。狄雲吃一驚，轉過身來，只見一個高瘦男子手中長劍光芒閃爍，站在門口，卻是萬圭。狄雲輕噫一聲，不假思索，便俯身拾起戚芳遺下的長劍。 萬圭滿臉煞氣，他早已得知狄雲越獄的消息，整日便心神不定，這時一眼看到狄雲手中長劍是戚芳之物，更是又妒又恨，冷冷的道：好啊，在柴房裏相會，她連自己的兵刃也給了你，想謀殺親夫麼？只怕也沒這麼容易！ 狄雲腦中一片混亂，一時也不懂萬圭在說些甚麼，心中只想：怎麼是他來了？他怎會知道我在這裏？自然是師妹說的，叫她丈夫來捉我去請功領賞。她怎麼會這般無情無義？ 萬圭見狄雲不答，只道他情怯害怕，挺劍便向他胸口疾刺過去。狄雲揮劍擋過，自然而然的使出了昔年老乞丐所授的那招刺肩式，長劍斜轉，已指向萬圭肩頭。這招劍法怪異之極，萬圭當年招架不住，事隔五年，雖然武功已大有長進，卻仍是招架不住。 萬圭一驚之下，手中長劍不知如何運使才好，收劍抵擋已然不及，發劍攻敵也已落了後手，便這樣微一遲疑，一條性命已全然交在對方手中，心下憤怒已極，卻絲毫不敢動彈，瞧著狄雲一張滿臉鬍子的污穢臉孔，憤怒之情漸漸變為恐懼。 狄雲這一劍卻也不刺過去，心中轉念：我殺他不殺？ 萬圭在萬分危急之際，忽然見到對方眼神中流露出惶惑之色，而持劍的手腕卻又微微顫抖，靈機一動，大聲叫道：戚芳，你來看！ 狄雲聽他大叫戚芳，心中一驚，微微側頭去看。不料萬圭這是用計使詐，乘他略一轉頭，立即長劍挺上，奮力上格。狄雲右手手指被削，持劍不牢，長劍脫手飛出。萬圭大喜，立即挺劍刺出。狄雲連閃兩閃，躲在柴堆之後，順手抽起一條硬柴，以柴當劍，奮力打去。萬圭刷刷兩劍，將他那段硬柴削短了一截。狄雲將手中半截硬柴用力擲出，待他躍身閃避，又抽了一段硬柴，再度攻去。 萬圭見他失了兵刃，自己已操必勝，就算他以柴作劍，戳中自己一下兩下，也無大礙，定了定神，展開劍法緩緩進攻。數招之後，狄雲一聲怒吼，右腕中劍，登時血如泉湧，手指無力，拋下了硬柴。萬圭跟著又是一劍刺中他大腿，飛起左足，將他踢倒。狄雲掙扎著還待爬起，萬圭又是一腳踢在他顴骨之上，狄雲登時暈了過去。 萬圭罵道：裝死嗎？在他右肩上砍了一劍，見他並不動彈，才知是真的昏暈，心想：凌知府許下五千兩銀子的重賞，捉拿這兩名囚犯，自然是捉活的好。反正這一次送將官裏去，這人自是難以活命，我何必親手殺他？一瞥眼，見到柴草堆中露出一隻腳來，不由得又驚又喜：這裏還有一人！他不知丁典已死，急忙揮劍，砍在屍體腳上。 狄雲雖被踢暈，腦子中卻有個聲音在大叫大喊：我不能死，我不能死！我答應過丁大哥的，要將他屍身和凌小姐合葬。這念頭強烈之極，很快便醒了過來。迷迷糊糊的想起：許多年之前的一天晚上，我也曾被他打倒，也曾被他在頭上重重踢了幾下。緩緩睜開眼來，只見萬圭正揮劍向丁典的屍身上砍了下去。他初時還未十分清醒，不知眼前之事是甚麼意思，但隨即見到萬圭將丁典的屍身從柴草裏拖了出來，他大叫一聲：丁大哥！突然間全身精力瀰漫，急縱而起，撲在萬圭背上，右臂已扼住了他喉嚨。 萬圭大驚之下，待要反劍去刺，但手臂無法後彎，連劈幾劍，都劈在硬柴堆上，而狄雲扼在他喉頭的手臂卻越收越緊了。 狄雲見他傷殘丁典的屍體，怒發如狂。這人陷害自己、奪去戚芳，這怨仇尚可置之不理，但如此殘害丁典，卻萬萬不能干休，一時心中更無別的念頭，只盼即刻便將敵人扼死。但覺萬圭掙扎了一會，抵抗已漸漸無力，可是狄雲數處受傷，傷口中流血不止，自己手臂上的力氣卻在更快的消失。心中不住說：我再支持一會，便能扼死了他。到後來眼前金星亂舞，腦中亂成一團，終於甚麼也不知道了。 他雖然暈去，扼在萬圭喉間的手臂仍是沒有鬆開。萬圭給他扼得難以呼吸，就在狄雲暈去之時，同時失卻了知覺。 柴草堆上躺著這一對冤家。兩個人似乎都死了，但胸間都還在起伏，口鼻間仍有呼吸。 真不知冥冥間如何安排？若是狄雲先醒轉片刻，他拾起地下的長劍，自是一劍便將萬圭殺了。倘若萬圭先行醒轉，他也不會再存將狄雲生擒活捉的念頭，那實在太過危險，勢必是隨手一劍，砍在他頭上，立時便取了他性命。 世界上甚麼事情都能發生。未必好人一定運氣好，壞人一定運氣壞。反過來也一樣，也未必壞人運氣好，好人運氣壞。每個人都會死的，遲死的人也未必一定運氣好些。 但對於活著的人，對於戚芳和她的小女兒，狄雲先死，還是萬圭先死，中間便有很大的差別。倘若這時候要戚芳來抉擇，要她選一個人，讓他先行醒轉，不知她會選誰？ 柴房中的兩個人兀自昏暈不醒，有一個人的腳步聲音，慢慢走近柴房。 狄雲耳中聽到浩浩的水聲，臉上有冰涼的東西一滴滴濺上來，隱隱生疼，隨即覺得身上很冷，半點也沒有力氣。他一有知覺，立即右臂運勁，叫道：我扼死你！我扼死你！但臂彎中虛空無物，跟著又發覺自己身子在不住搖幌，在不住移動。驚惶中睜開眼來，眼前黑沉沉地，只覺得一滴滴水珠打在臉上、手上、身上，原來是天在下大雨。 身子仍是不住搖幌，胸口煩惡，只想嘔吐。忽然間，身旁有一艘船駛過，船上張了帆，那清清楚楚是一艘船。奇怪極了，怎麼身旁會有一艘船？ 只想坐起身來看個究竟，但全身酸軟，連一根指頭也動不了，只能這般仰天臥著，眼見得頭頂有黑雲飄動，那不是在柴房之中。心中突然想起：丁大哥呢？一想到丁典，身上驀地裏生出了一股力氣，雙手一按，便即坐起，身子跟著幌了幾幌。 他是在一艘小舟之中。小舟正在江水滔滔的大江中順流而下。是夜晚，天上都是黑雲，正下著大雨，他向船左船右岸上凝目望去，兩邊都是黑沉沉地，甚麼也瞧不見。他心中焦急，大叫：丁大哥，丁大哥！他知道丁典已經死了，但他的屍身萬萬不能失去。突然之間，左足踢到軟軟一物，低頭一看，不由得驚喜交集，叫道：丁大哥，你在這裏！張開雙臂，抱住了他。丁典的屍身，便在船艙中他的足邊。 他虛弱得連喘氣也沒力氣，連想事也沒力氣。只覺喉乾舌燥，便張開了口，讓天空中落下來的雨點濕潤嘴唇和舌頭。這般迷迷糊糊的似睡似醒，雙臂抱著丁典的屍身，直至天色漸明，大雨卻兀自不止。 晨光熹微之中，忽然見到自己大腿上有一大塊布條纏著，定了定神，發覺布條是包紮著傷口，跟著發覺手臂和肩頭的兩處傷口上也都有布帶裹住，鼻中隱隱聞到金創藥的藥氣。一晚大雨，繃帶都濕透了，但傷口已不再流血。 是誰給我包紮了傷口？要是傷口不裹好，也不用誰來殺我，單是流血便要了我的性命。驀地裏感到一陣難以忍耐的寂寞淒涼：這世上還有誰來關懷我、幫助我？丁大哥已經死了，更會有誰盼望我活著？會費心來替我裹傷？細看那幾條繃帶，纏得極不整齊，似乎包紮的人動手時十分的心急慌忙，然而繃帶不是粗布，而是上佳的緞子，緞帶的一邊鑲著精緻的花邊，另一邊是撕口，顯然，是從衣衫上撕下來的，是女子的衣衫。 是師妹麼？他心中怦然而動，胸口隨即熱了起來，嘴角邊露出了自嘲的苦笑：她去叫丈夫來殺我，怎麼又會給我裹傷？要不是她通風，我躲在柴房裏，萬圭又怎會知道？ 可是自己是在一艘小舟之中，小舟是在江中飄流。不知這地方離江陵已有多遠？無論如何，是暫時脫離了險境，不會再受凌知府的追拿了。 是誰給我裹了傷口？是誰將我放在小船之中？連丁大哥也一起來了？他對自己的生死已並不如何關懷，但丁典的屍體也和他在一起，這事卻不能不令他衷心感激。 苦苦思索，想得頭也痛了，始終沒能想出半點端倪。他竭力追憶過去一天中所發生的事，想到萬圭劍砍丁典、自己竭力扼他咽喉之後，就再也想不下去了。以後的事情，腦海中便是一片空白。 一側頭間，額角撞著了一包硬硬的東西，那是用綢布包著的一個小小包袱。他心中一喜，料得這包袱之中定有線索可尋，顫抖著雙手打了開來，只見包裏有五六錠碎銀子，還有四件女子首飾：一朵珠花、一隻金鐲、一個金項圈、一隻寶石戒指。另外是小孩子頸中所掛的一個金鎖片，鎖片上的金鍊是給人匆忙拉斷的，鍊子斷處還鈎上了一小塊衣衫的碎片，顯然，那是臨時從小孩頸中扯了下來，倒像是盜賊攔路打劫而得來一般。金鎖片上刻著德容雙茂四個字。狄雲沒讀過多少書，字雖識得，卻不懂這四個字是甚麼意思，心想：是那小孩的名字罷？ 他撥弄著這五件首飾，較之適才未見到那包袱之時，心中反更多了幾分胡塗：銀子和首飾，自然是搭救我的那人給的，以便小舟靠了岸後，我好有錢買飯吃。可是，到底是誰給的呢？首飾不是師妹的，我可從來沒見她戴過。 浩浩江水，送著一葉小舟順流而下。這一天中，狄雲只是苦苦思索：是誰給我包紮了傷口？是誰給了我銀兩首飾？