Chapter 10 Chapter Ten Selected Poems of Tang Dynasty

Xiangxi and Jingzhou are not far apart, and after a few days, they arrived in Jingzhou.This road was the one he had traveled along with his master and junior sister back then.Mountains and rivers are still like this, roads are still like this.When walking back then, the road was full of Qi Fang's laughter.This time, from Maxipu to Jingzhou, he didn't hear a single laugh.Of course someone laughed, but he didn't hear it. After inquiring outside the city, I found out that Ling Tuisi was still the magistrate.Di Yun's face was still covered in mud, covering his true colors, and walked into the city.

The first thought was: I want to see with my own eyes how Wan Gui suffers.Has his wound been healed?I don't know if he has come back, maybe he is still in Hunan for treatment. Strolling to the gate of Wan's house, he saw Shen Cheng coming out of the gate in a hurry from afar, with a very hasty expression on his face.Di Yun thought to himself: Since Shen Cheng is here, Wan Gui has already returned home if he wanted to.As soon as it got dark, I went to explore.So to the abandoned garden. The abandoned garden is not far from Wan's family. Ding Dian passed away, killed Zhou Qi, killed Geng Tianba, killed Ma Daming, all in this abandoned garden. This time the old place is revisited, we can only see the same weeds and rubble everywhere.He walked to the old plum tree, stroked the uneven trunk, and thought: that day Brother Ding passed away under this old plum tree, the plum tree still looks like this, it hasn't changed at all.Brother Ding has turned into ashes.

He sat under the plum tree and closed his eyes to sleep.Sleeping until the second watch, I took out some dry food from my arms to eat, left the abandoned garden, and came towards Wanjia.Going around to the back door of Wan's house, entering over the wall, and reaching the back garden, I couldn't help but feel a pang of pain in my heart: I was seriously injured that day and hid in the woodshed.Junior sister didn't help me save me, she was considered cruel, but instead she asked her husband to kill me.Just as he was about to move forward, he suddenly saw three lights flickering beside the Taihu Stone.

He immediately shrank behind the tree and looked towards the fire.When I stared, I saw that the three lights were three burning incense sticks in the incense burner.The incense burner was placed on a small table. A few days ago, two people knelt and kowtowed to the sky, and stood up after a while.Di Yun could clearly see that one was Qi Fang, and the other was a little girl. Her daughter was also called Water Spinach. I could only hear Qi Fang praying softly: the first incense burner, please God bless my husband to get rid of suffering, relieve swelling and detoxify, and no longer suffer from the pain of this scorpion poison.Water spinach, you say, please pray to the Bodhisattva to bless your father from illness.The little girl said: "Yes, mother, I beg the blessings of the Bodhisattva, so that Daddy will not be in pain or screaming."Although Di Yun was not close, her mother and daughter could hear clearly what they said. Knowing that Wan Gui was still suffering after being poisoned, he felt both gloating and resentful that Qi Fang had so much affection for her husband.

I only heard Qi Fang say: "The second incense burner, I pray to God to bless my father to be safe, free from disasters and troubles, and come back soon."Water spinach, you said that the heavenly Bodhisattva would bless grandpa with a long life.The little girl said: Yes, grandpa, come back quickly, why don't you come back?Qi Fang said: I pray to the Bodhisattva for protection.The little girl said: "Heavenly Bodhisattva blesses grandpa, and also bless grandpa and dad."She had never met Qi Changfa before, and her mother asked her to pray, but what she cared about was her grandfather and father.

Qi Fang paused for a moment, and said in a low voice: "This is the third incense stick, please God bless him, bless him in everything, bless him to marry a virtuous wife, and give birth to a precious son." , wiped away tears.The little girl said: Mom, you think of uncle again.Qi Fang said: Tell me, God bless Uncle Water Spinach to be safe When Di Yun heard her praying for the third stick of incense, he wondered: Who is she praying for?Suddenly she heard the words "Uncle Water Spinach", and her ears couldn't help buzzing, and she only said in her heart: Is she talking about me?Is she talking about me?

The little girl said: "Mom misses Uncle Water Spinach. The Heavenly Bodhisattva blesses Uncle Gong Xifa Cai. Buy me a big baby. He is Water Spinach, and I am Water Spinach."Mom, where did Uncle Water Spinach go?Why hasn't he come back yet?Qi Fang said: Uncle Water Spinach has gone to a very, very far place.Uncle left your mother and ignored him, but mother remembered what he said every day, picked up her daughter, hid her face in her chest, and walked back in quickly. Di Yun walked to the side of the incense burner, looked at the three shimmering incense heads, and couldn't help but be infatuated.

He stood there in a daze, the three incense burnt to the end, all turned into ashes, he still stood motionless. In the early morning of the next day, Di Yun came out of Wanjia's backyard and wandered around in a daze in Jingzhou City. Suddenly, he heard choking and choking sounds.Di Yun's heart moved, he wanted to see Wan Gui's moaning and screaming misery with his own eyes, so he took out ten taels of silver and wanted to buy his clothes, medicine box, and tiger brace.The doctor was very surprised that these were not valuable things, at most worth three or four taels of silver, so he happily sold them to him.

Di Yun returned to the abandoned garden, changed into the doctor's clothes, smashed some herbs, smeared the juice on his face, and applied a large piece of herbs under his left eye, making his face unrecognizable. in front of the house. When he was about to arrive at the gate of Wan's house, he rattled and rattled the tiger, and when he got closer, he shouted in a hoarse voice: "Specialist in intractable diseases, nameless swollen poison, poisonous insects and snake bites, Immediate success! After walking back and forth like this three times, I saw a person hurried out from the gate, beckoning: "Hey, Mr. Doctor, come here, come here."Di Yun recognized him as a disciple of Wanmen, and it was Wu Kan who cut off five of his fingers back then.But Di Yun's attire and appearance are very different from those in previous years, Wu Kan certainly couldn't recognize him.Di Yun was afraid that he could recognize his own voice, so he walked over slowly, lowered his voice even more, and said: What is the order of this master, but what intractable disease, unknown swelling and poison occurred on his body?

Wu Kan said with a pooh, "Do you think I have contracted an unknown swollen poison?"Hey, let me ask you, you were stung by a scorpion, can you cure it well? Di Yundao: Green bamboo snakes, red chain snakes, gold-legged belts, shovel heads, all the first-class poisonous snakes in the world have bitten people, and they are all poisoned to the point of injury.What about the scorpion, hehe, what is it? Wu Kan said: Don't brag, this stinging scorpion is not an ordinary guy.All the famous doctors in Jingzhou shook their heads when they saw it. Are you cured again? Di Yun frowned and said, "Is it so powerful?"All the scorpions in the world are just gray-haired scorpions, black-and-white scorpions, money scorpions, prickly-headed scorpions, red-tailed scorpions, ground-biting mother-biting scorpions, and white-footed scorpions. The toxicity of scorpions is different, and each has its own treatment method. Even a famous doctor may not know everything if he is not really capable.

Wu Kan saw that he was ugly and dressed in rags, and although he said many names of scorpions, he stuttered and slurred his speech, guessing he had no skills, so he said, "If that's the case, go and have a look, anyway, it's a dead horse." As a living horse doctor.Di Yun nodded, and followed him into Wanfu. As soon as he stepped through the door, he immediately remembered the scene when he followed his master and junior sister to celebrate his birthday. At that time, a country boy came to the city, and he could see in his eyes that everything was fresh and fun. The two junior sisters looked around and pointed. , Come back today, the court is still the same, but I only feel a burst of bitterness in my heart.He followed Wu Kan through two courtyards and came to the east building. Wu Kan raised his head and said in a loud voice: Third Senior Sister, there is a grass-head doctor, he said he can cure scorpion poison, do you want him to come and show Senior Brother? With a bang, the upstairs window opened, Qi Fang poked her head out of the window, and said, "Okay, thank you Brother Wu, your brother is in more pain today, sir, please go upstairs."Wu Kan said to Di Yun: You go up.I didn't follow up.Qi Fang said: "Junior Brother Wu, please come up too, please help me take a look."Wu Kan said: Yes!Only then did I go upstairs. When Di Yun came upstairs, he saw a large desk by the window in the middle, with pens, ink, paper and inkstones, a dozen books, and a half-sewed child's clothes.Qi Fang came out from the inner room, her face was not covered with makeup, her complexion was quite haggard.Di Yun only glanced at her, afraid that she would recognize him and dare not look further, so he went into the room.There was only one person sleeping face to face on a big bed, moaning continuously, it was Wan Gui.His youngest daughter was sitting on a small stool in front of the bed, gently beating her father's legs.Seeing Di Yun's filthy and strange face, she exclaimed and hurriedly hid behind her mother. Wu Kan said: My senior brother was stung by a poisonous scorpion, but the poison has never disappeared, it seems something is wrong.Di Yundao: Well, is that right?When he was talking to Wu Kan outside the door, he was calm and composed, but when he saw Qi Fang, his heart was beating wildly, he felt his cheeks were hot, his lips were dry, and he couldn't speak anymore.He walked to the bed and patted Wan Gui on the shoulder. Wan Gui turned over slowly, and when he opened his eyes and saw Di Yun's expression, he couldn't help being slightly startled.Qi Fang said: "Third Brother, this is the doctor that Junior Brother Wu found for you, he may have some elixir that can heal your injury.In his tone, he really has no confidence in this doctor. Without saying a word, Di Yun looked at the back of Wan Gui's swollen hand, saw that the back of his hand was a black mass again, and looked very terrifying, so he said hoarsely, "This is a piebald poisonous scorpion from the Yuanling area in western Hunan." Bite, we don't have this kind of scorpion in Hubei! Qi Fang and Wu Kan said in unison: Yes, yes, it was stabbed at Yuanling in Xiangxi.Qi Fang said again: Master saw the origin of the scorpion, so it must be curable?The voice is full of hope. Di Yun counted the days with his fingers, and said: It was bitten at night, so now, um, it has been seven days and seven nights. Qi Fang glanced at Wu Kan, and said, "Mister is really good at predicting things, it was indeed stung at night, and it has been seven days and seven nights today." Di Yun said again: Did this master hit the scorpion to death with his backhand?Had it not been so, there would have been salvation.Now the scorpion is beaten to death on the back of the hand, all the poison is forced in, and it will be extremely difficult to rescue it. Qi Fang had heard that he had calculated the time very accurately, and expected that there must be a cure, and her face was filled with joy. After saying this, she became anxious again, and said: "Sir, you made it clear, but no matter what, I must ask you to save his life." . Di Yun pretended to be a doctor and entered Wan's house this time, with the intention of witnessing Wan Gui's death in agony, so as to vent the pent-up anger in his heart. As for saving his life, he naturally had no intention of saving his life.But he has always been obedient to Qi Fang since he was a child, and he never disobeyed her in the slightest. Hearing her begging so anxiously at this moment, his heart softened, and he wanted to open the medicine box and get Yan Daping's antidote, but then he changed his mind: Wan Gui caused me so much misery, and took away my junior sister. It would be considered extremely polite not to kill him with my own hands, how could I save his life?Then he shook his head and said: "It's not that I don't want to save him, it's just that he was poisoned too deeply, and it took a long time for him to get poisoned into his brain, so he can't be rescued." Qi Fang shed tears, took her daughter's hand, and said: Water Spinach, baby, kowtow to this uncle, begging him to save Daddy's life. Di Yun shook his hand hastily, and said: No, you don't need to kowtow but that girl is very good, she always listens to her mother, and knowing that her father is seriously injured, she is also very anxious, so she knelt down on the ground and kowtowed to him.Di Yun lost his five fingers on his right hand and hid them in his sleeve all the time. He immediately stretched out his left hand to help the girl up.I saw that when the girl got up, there was a gold lock piece hanging from her neck, and four words were engraved on the gold piece: De Rong Shuang Mao. When Di Yun saw it, he couldn't help being stunned, remembering that day when he passed out in the woodshed of Wanjia, and when he woke up, he was already in the boat on the Yangtze River, with some gold and silver jewelry beside him, including a piece of gold lock piece of a child , there are four words engraved on it, could it be He only glanced at it, and didn't dare to look again, his mind was in chaos, and finally gradually became clear: I fainted in the woodshed of Wanjia, if it wasn't for my junior sister to save me, there would be no one else.I used to suspect that she intended to harm me, but last night she prayed to God and confided her thoughts. Since she loves me so much, she will definitely not harm me that day.Could it be, does God have eyes, can my junior sister and I be reunited after going through all these hardships? When he thought of the word "reunion" again, he couldn't help his heart pounding again. He glanced sideways at Qi Fang, only to see that her face was full of concern, and she was staring at Wan Gui intently, with a look of love and compassion in her eyes. As soon as Di Yun saw her look, his heart sank immediately, and his back felt icy cold. He remembered clearly that day when he fought with the eight brothers of Wanmen, and his nose and eyes were bruised and swollen by the eight of them fighting together. The junior sister mended his clothes, and her eyes were full of love and tenderness.Now, her eyes are given to her husband, and she will never give them to him again. If I don't give the antidote, no one can blame me.When Wan Gui died of pain, I quietly came to take her for a walk at night, who can stop me?I don't mention the old things, I will do it with her again and be a husband and wife.Well, this girl, I'll just take her along.Oh, no, no!Junior sister has been working as a young mistress in Wan's family for the past few years, and she is used to it comfortably, so how can she go with me to plow the fields and herd cattle?What's more, I describe it as ugly, I can't read a few hundred words, and my hands are disabled, how can I be worthy of her?Why is she willing to follow me?Ashamed of himself, he couldn't help feeling ashamed and lowered his head. Qi Fang didn't know that this herbal doctor was thinking so many thoughts, she just stared at him blankly, hoping that he would say two words: Help! Wan Gui let out a long moan and a short moan. At this time, the scorpion venom had invaded the armpit joints, and the whole arm and palm were swollen with unbearable pain. Qi Fang waited for a long time, but when Di Yun didn't make a sound, she begged again: "Sir, please give it a try, as long as it relieves his pain a little, even if it doesn't matter, you won't be blamed."It means that since Wan Gui's life is unavoidable, just ask him to stop the pain, even if he dies in the end, he can avoid suffering like this. With a groan, Di Yun woke up from his contemplation.In an instant, my heart felt empty, all thoughts were lost, and I wished I could die immediately.He loves this junior sister with all his heart, but she is married to his great enemy, and she is still begging himself to save this enemy.I'd rather be like Wan Gui, who suffers so much, but has my junior sister looking at me with pity, even if I can't live for a few days, what is it?He let out a sigh of relief, opened the medicine box, took out Yan Daping's bottle of antidote, poured out some black powder, and put it on the back of Wan Gui's hand. Wu Kan exclaimed: Ah, it's exactly this kind of antidote, this can be saved. Di Yun heard that his voice was different, and he should have been happy when he said that he had saved five words, but his voice was extremely disappointed and somewhat annoyed, Di Yun felt strange, and glanced sideways at him, I saw a very fierce and vicious look in his eyes.Di Yun felt even more strange, but he thought that none of the eight disciples of Wanmen was a good person.Wan Zhenshan, Yan Daping and the others are fighting each other, and the friendship between Wan Gui and Wu Kan may not be good, but why did he come out to find a doctor for Wan Gui again? As soon as the powdered medicine was applied on the back of Wan Gui's hand, black blood flowed from the wound not long after.His pain gradually subsided, and he said: Thank you doctor, this antidote is right.Qi Fang was overjoyed, she took a copper basin to collect the blood, only heard a light thud, thud, thud, the blood dripped into the copper basin.Qi Fang thanked Di Yunlian. Wu Kan said: "Third sister-in-law, did the younger brother do something good this time?"Qi Fang said: Yes, I really want to thank Junior Brother Wu.Wu Kan laughed and said: Saying thank you empty-handed, that won't work!Qi Fang ignored him, and said to Di Yun: What's your surname, sir?We will be richly rewarded. Di Yun shook his head and said: No thanks.The scorpion poison needs to be applied ten times in a row before it can be relieved.My heart was sore, but I felt that everything in the world was suffering, so I said: I will give it to you!Handed over the bottle of antidote. Qi Fang didn't expect the matter to be so easy, but she didn't dare to accept it for a while, and said: We bought it from the master, how much money does it cost?Di Yun shook his head and said: It's for you, no money is needed. Qi Fang was overjoyed, took it with both hands, bowed with blessings, thanked deeply, said: Sir is so generous, I really don't know how to thank each other.Brother Wu, please accompany this gentleman to sit downstairs for a while.Di Yun said: Don't sit down, take your leave.Qi Fang said: No, no, sir, we can't repay you for saving your life. A glass of water and wine, no matter what, I want to respect you.Sir, don't go! don't go!As soon as these four words fell into Di Yun's ears, his heart softened immediately, and he thought: I can't avenge my revenge. After I buried Brother Ding, I would never come to Jingzhou City again.In this life, I will never see my junior sister again.She wants to toast me a glass of wine, well, it would be good to look at her a little more.Immediately nodded. The banquet was set in the small living room downstairs, Di Yun sat in the middle and Wu Kan accompanied him.Qi Fang was extremely grateful for the doctor's kindness and served the dishes herself.It seems that Wan Zhenshan and other people in Wanfu are not at home, and the rest of the disciples did not come to the banquet to drink. Qi Fang respectfully toasted three glasses of wine.Di Yun drank it all up, his heart ached, his eyes filled with tears, knowing that he could no longer hold on, and if he sat down for a while, he would show signs of it, so he stood up immediately and said: "There is enough wine, I can't help it." going!From now on, never come again!Qi Fang heard his nondescript words, but the doctor was very weird at first, so he didn't take it seriously, and said: Sir, we can't thank you for your kindness, here is a hundred taels of silver, please buy wine on the way, sir.As he spoke, he held a bag of silver in both hands. Di Yun turned his head away, looked up to the sky and laughed, and said: I saved him, I saved him, haha, haha!so funny!Is there anyone more stupid than me in the world?He laughed out loud, but two tears streamed down his cheeks. Qi Fang and Wu Kan couldn't help looking at him in astonishment when they saw that he seemed crazy.The little girl said, "Uncle is crying, uncle is crying!" Di Yun was startled, afraid of showing his feet, he didn't dare to talk to Qi Fang again, and thought: From now on, I will never see you again.Stretching his hand into his bosom, he took out the shoe-shaped collection of poems taken from the cave in Yuanling, put it in his sleeves, lowered his sleeves and put it quietly on the chair, not daring to look at Qi Fang again, his head turned He went downstairs without returning. Qi Fang said: "Junior Brother Wu, send me off for Mr. Wu."Wu Kan said: Good!Followed out. Holding the bag of silver in her hand, Qi Fang's heart was beating wildly: Who is this gentleman?Why is his laugh so similar to that man?Oh, what's wrong with me?These days, the third brother has been injured so badly, but my mind is topsy-turvy, always thinking about him, he puts the silver on the table, supports it with his hand, and sits on the chair again. Di Yun had sat on that chair before, and felt something was on it, so he stood up hurriedly, and saw that it was an old yellow book with the words "Anthology of Tang Poetry" written on the cover. She let out a soft cry, reached out to pick it up, flipped through it casually, and a shoe pattern fell out of the book, which she had cut in her hometown in Xiangxi back then.She opened her mouth wide and couldn't close it, her hands were trembling, and she turned a few pages, and saw a pair of paper-cut patterns of butterflies.The scene when I sat side by side with Di Yun in the cave and cut out this pair of paper butterflies suddenly flashed into my mind like lightning.She couldn't help but yelled out, thinking in her heart: Where did this book come from?Who brought it?Could it be Mr. Doctor? Seeing her mother's expression changed, the little girl panicked and called out: Mom, Mom, what are you doing? Qi Fang was stunned, grabbed the book and put it in her arms, rushed downstairs, and chased out the door.Since she was married as the daughter-in-law of the Wan family, she has always been gentle and gentle, and she has never run so fast in the halls.The servants of the Wan family suddenly saw the young mistress unfolding lightness kung fu, piercing through several courtyards and rushing out, all of them were surprised. Qi Fang ran to the front hall, saw Wu Kan coming in from the door, and hurriedly asked, "What about Mr. Doctor?"Wu Kan said: This man is very strange, he left without saying a word.Third sister-in-law, why are you looking for him?Did the senior brother get repeated injuries?Qi Fang said: No, no!He hurried out of the gate and looked around, but there was no trace of the medicine seller. She stood outside the gate for a while, then reached out and took out an old book from her bosom to flip through it. Every time she saw a shoe pattern, a pattern, and all kinds of joyful things in her youth, she rushed to her heart like a tide, and tears burst out of her eyes. She suddenly changed her mind: Why am I so stupid?My father-in-law and third brother recently went to Xiangxi to meet Master Yan. Maybe they broke into that cave by accident and took this book at random.How could this Mr. Doctor have anything to do with this book?But then I thought again: No, no!How could things be so coincidental?The cave is so secret that even my father doesn't know about it, apart from me, only my senior brother knows about it, how can my father-in-law and third brother find it?They were looking for Master Yan, how could they break into this cave?When I set up the banquet just now, I clearly remembered to wipe this chair. What books are there?If the doctor didn't bring this book, where did it come from? She was full of doubts, and slowly returned to the room, seeing that after Wan Gui had applied the wound medicine, his energy was much better.Holding the book in her hand, she wanted to ask her husband, but then she thought: don't be reckless, if that doctor, that doctor Wan Gui said: "Sister Fang, this Mr. Doctor is really my savior, I must reward him well."Qi Fang said: That's right, I gave him a hundred taels of silver, but he refused to accept it, he is really a stranger, this bottle of antidote, where is the antidote?Did you put it away?After the medicine seller gave her the antidote, she put it on the table in front of Wan Gui's bed, but at this moment she had disappeared.Wan Gui said: No, isn't it on the table? Qi Fang searched everywhere on the table, beside the bed, dressing table, chairs, chests, under the bed, under the table, but the antidote was nowhere to be found.She was very anxious: Could it be that I was insane just now and fell to the ground when I ran out?No, I remember it clearly, it was placed next to the medicine bowl on the table.Wan Gui was also very anxious, and said, "You look for it quickly, how could it not be there?"I closed my eyes for a moment just now, and when I was about to fall asleep, I remembered seeing this porcelain vase on the table. When he said this, Qi Fang became even more anxious, turned around and left the room, pulled her daughter and asked: "Who came in when Mom was out just now?"The little girl said: "Uncle Wu came up, and when he saw Daddy fell asleep, he went down!" Qi Fang let out a long breath, vaguely aware that something was wrong, but Wan Gui was ill, so he couldn't be worried, and said, "Kangui, you stay with Daddy, and say that Mommy is going to buy another bottle of medicine from Mr. Langzhong to heal Daddy's wound."The little girl nodded and said: Mom, come back soon. Qi Fang regained her composure, opened the desk drawer, took out a dagger, hid it next to her body, and walked downstairs slowly, thinking: This fellow Wu Kan always sees me in a place where no one is around, and always has malicious intentions. .This doctor was invited by him, could it be that he colluded with the doctor and arranged some conspiracy?Otherwise, why didn't the doctor ask for money and the antidote disappeared? While she was thinking, she walked towards the back garden and reached the corridor, only to see Wu Kan leaning on the railing, watching the goldfish in the pond.Qi Fang said: Junior Brother Wu, are you here alone?Wu Kan turned his head back, with a wry smile on his face, and said: I don't know who it is, so it's the third sister-in-law.Why don't you accompany Third Senior Brother upstairs, come here with great interest?Qi Fang sighed and said, "Oh, I'm very bored.Accompanied by a patient all day, your elder brother's hand hurts badly, and his temper is getting worse and worse.If you don't come out to relax and find someone to talk to to relieve your boredom, you can suffocate people to death.When Wu Kan heard this, he was really overjoyed, and said with a smile: Third senior brother is really unsatisfactory. It's too hard to wait for a beautiful woman like you, and lose your temper even if you are with you. Qi Fang walked up to him, leaned on the railing, looked at the goldfish in the pond, and said with a smile: "My sister-in-law is an old woman, and she said that she is as beautiful as a flower, and she is not afraid that people will laugh at her."Wu Kan hurriedly said: "Where?"There?The sister-in-law has the beauty of a daughter when she is a daughter, and the handsomeness of a young wife when she is a young wife.Everyone says: A flower in Jingzhou city is full of beauty in thousands of homes. Qi Fang let out a hey, turned around, stretched out her hand, and said: "Bring it!" Wu Kan smiled and said: What are you taking?Qi Fang said: Antidote!Wu Kan shook his head and said: What antidote?Did Senior Brother Zhi Wan get hurt?Qi Fang said: Exactly, obviously you took it.Wu Kan smiled cunningly, and said: I invited the doctor, and I found the antidote.Brother Wan has already applied it once, if you don't say anything, it will save you a few days of pain.Qi Fang said: "Mr. Langzhong said to apply ten times in a row.Wu Kan shook his head and said: I regret deeply, deeply regret.Qi Fang said: "What are you regretting?"Wu Kan said: "I saw this herb doctor was filthy and filthy, like a beggar. I thought he had no skills, so I led him upstairs. I just wanted to find something to do and see you one more time. I didn't expect this dog to kill me by mistake. There is actually a wonderful medicine to cure scorpion poison.This, that is totally against my original intention. Qi Fang was furious when she heard this, but the medicine was in the hands of someone else, so she had to cheat the antidote first, and then settle accounts with him, suppressing her anger at once, and said with a smile: According to you, how can I thank you from your senior brother? Are you willing to hand over the antidote? Wu Kan sighed, and said, "Third Senior Brother has enjoyed many years of good fortune, so he should have died a long time ago."Qi Fang's face changed color, she bit her lip and remained silent.Wu Kan said: That year when you came to Jingzhou, among the eight of us brothers and sisters, which one didn't fall in love with you the moment we saw you?That idiot Di Yun is by your side all day long, we can only see that everyone is very angry, everyone agrees, go beat him first to have his head cracked, and then Qi Fang said: So you beat my senior brother, it was because of me ! Wu Kan smiled and said: What everyone is saying is of course a different story, saying that he forcibly stepped forward to fight against the bandit Lu Tong, and cut the face of the disciples of Wanmen.In fact, in everyone's heart, it's all for you, my sister-in-law!You mend clothes with him, talk about yourself, this kind of intimacy, the eight of us brothers and sisters saw it in our eyes and were annoyed in our hearts. Which one of us didn't drink up so much vinegar that he only drank thirty-six teeth? Is it all sour? Qi Fang was secretly startled: Is it because of me?Third brother, third brother, why don't you ever tell me?Still pretending to be indifferent on his face, he said with a smile: "Junior Brother Wu, you are just joking."At that time, I was a country girl, with a village style, and I was dressed so ridiculously, what's so good about it?Wu Kan said: No, no!What kind of attire does a real beauty need?If you hadn't caused everyone to lose their minds, you would suddenly shut up and stop talking at this point. Qi Fang said: What?Wu Kan said: We left you in the Wan family, and my surname Wu also made a lot of effort.But, sister-in-law, you usually don't smile when you see me, doesn't it make people feel aggrieved?Qi Fang gave a piss, and said: I stay in Wan's family, and marrying you, Senior Brother Wan, is of my own free will.What effort have you made again?At that time, you didn't come to persuade me with a single word, what nonsense!Wu Kan shook his head and laughed, "Why didn't I exert my strength?"You just don't know. Qi Fang was even more frightened, and said softly: "Junior brother Wu, tell me what strength you have put in, my sister-in-law will never forget your goodness."Wu Kan shook his head and said: "Old things, why bring them up?"It's useless if you know it, let's just talk about fresh ones.Qi Fang said: All right, if you don't want to say it, forget it.Quickly give me the antidote, if someone bumps into the two of us here, it's not safe. Wu Kan smiled and said: During the day, someone ran into him, but at night, there is no one here.Qi Fang took a step back, her face was frosty, and she said sharply: What did you say?Wu Kan smiled and said: You want to heal Senior Brother Wan's injury, it's not difficult.At three o'clock tonight, I'll wait for you in the woodshed over there. If everything goes according to my wishes, I'll give you a dose of medicine for one treatment. Qi Fang gritted her teeth and scolded: You thief, you dare to say such a thing, how brave you are! Wu Kan said in a low voice: I risked my life a long time ago, this is called being willing to cut myself to pieces, and daring to pull the emperor off the horse.How is Wan Gui better than my surname Wu?It's just that he is my master's own son, and he was reincarnated well.Everyone has worked hard, why let this brat enjoy the beauty alone? Qi Fang listened to him saying it several times, she lost her strength, she became suspicious, but he couldn't bear to listen to his obscenities, she said: When the father-in-law comes back, I will tell the truth, see if he doesn't peel your skin. Wu Kan said: I will stay here and not leave.As soon as Master called me, I poured the antidote into the lotus pond and fed it to the goldfish.I asked the doctor, and he said that there is only one bottle of the antidote, and it needs to be remixed, and it will not be able to make it for a year or so.As he spoke, he took out the antidote from his bosom, uncorked the bottle, stretched out his hand to the surface of the pool, as long as his palm was slightly sideways, the antidote would be poured into the pool, and Wan Gui's life would be considered lost. Qi Fang said urgently: Hey, hey, quickly put away the antidote, we can discuss it slowly.Wu Kan smiled and said: Is there anything to discuss?If you want to save your husband's life, you have to listen to me.Qi Fang said: "If you really cared about me and worked hard for me before, then otherwise, I wouldn't bother you." Wu Kan was overjoyed, put the cork on the bottle, and said: Sister-in-law, if I tell the truth, you will meet me tonight, right?Qi Fang said: It also depends on whether what you said is true or not.What's the use of lying?Wu Kan said: "It's absolutely true, how can there be any falsehood?"That was the plan Junior Brother Shen had in mind.Brother Zhou and Brother Bu pretended to be flower pickers, and lured a silly boy, Di Yun, to the peach red room to save people.The gold and silverware under this fool's bed were put by me, Wu Kan, for him.Sister-in-law, if we didn't use this trick, how could we keep you in Wanfu? Qi Fang felt her head was dizzy, her eyes were dark, Wu Kan's words were like a sharp knife piercing her heart, she couldn't help but whisper: I wronged you, I wronged you! She swayed and was about to fall, she reached out her hand to hold onto the railing, and said: "I don't believe it, what happened?"You made it up to lie to me.The voice was very bitter. Wu Kan said anxiously: "Don't you believe it?"Well, no one else can ask, you can ask Tao Hong, she lives in the broken ancestral hall behind.After asking, don't tell others.All of us brothers and sisters swore that this secret should never be revealed.If it wasn't for the third watch tonight, sister-in-law, for you, I, Wu Kan, would throw everything away! Qi Fang yelled, rushed out, pushed open the back door of the garden, and rushed out. Distraught, she ran out the back door, walked through several vegetable gardens, collected herself, and found the small dilapidated ancestral hall in the northwest corner. Seeing that the door was concealed, she stretched out her hand and pushed it open, and walked in. I saw that the ground was full of dust, and the tables and chairs were all broken. I thought to myself: How could my father-in-law's concubine, Tao Hong, live in such a place?Wu Kan is a liar, could it be that he tricked me into coming here with evil intentions?I'd better go back soon. Suddenly, only the sound of tapping, tapping, and slow footsteps was heard, and a woman came out of the inner hall.It was a middle-aged beggar woman with bowed head, disheveled hair, and dirty and tattered clothes. The beggar woman was startled when she saw someone, and immediately turned back.She was about to enter the inner hall, and turned to take another look, this time seeing Qi Fang's face clearly, she couldn't help but let out an exclamation.She took two steps back, knelt down suddenly, and said: Young Mistress, don't tell me that I'm here.Qi Fang was amazed and asked: Who are you?What are you doing here?The beggar woman said: "Why don't you do it?"As I said that, I immediately stood up and walked quickly into the inner hall. Hearing hurried footsteps, the beggar woman hurriedly escaped through the back door.Qi Fang thought to herself: This woman is so scared when she sees me for some reason. When I think about it, she is Tao Hong!Thinking that it was her, Qi Fang stepped out from the gate of the ancestral hall, stepped on the rubble, grabbed the back door, stretched out her hand and pulled out the dagger from her waist, and shouted: Tao Hong, you are sneaky, what are you doing here? The beggar woman was Tao Hong, she panicked when she heard Qi Fang calling out her name, she became even more frightened when she saw a gleaming dagger in her hand, her knees trembled, she was about to kneel again, and said in a trembling voice : Young mistress, please forgive me. Qi Fang only met Tao Hong a few times in Wan's house, and she hasn't seen her for a long time. Whenever she thinks that Di Yun is going to run away with this woman, she is heartbroken. Do not ask.Even if someone mentions it, she is determined not to listen, it will definitely touch the biggest wound in her heart.Who knew she would hide here.This ancestral hall is not far from Wan's family, but after Qi Fang became a young mistress, she was cautious in everything, which was quite different from when she was a daughter in her hometown in Xiangxi. She never wandered outside. But never went in. Tao Hong is now unkempt and haggard, she seems to be twenty years older after not seeing her for a few years.Wu Kan asked Qi Fang to come to this ancestral hall to find Taohong to ask the truth, although she saw her face to face, but if Taohong walked away slowly as if nothing had happened, she was determined not to recognize her. She raised the dagger in her hand and said threateningly: What are you doing hiding here?Tell me quickly. Taohong said: I don't do anything.Young mistress, the master drove me out, he said that if he saw me staying in Jingzhou, he would kill me.But I have nowhere to go, so I have to hide here for a stutter.Young Mistress, I don't know anywhere except Jingzhou City, where are you telling me to go?Please do me a favor, don't tell the master. Qi Fang heard her speak pitifully, put away the dagger, and said: Why did the master drive you out?Why don't I know? Tao Hong wept and said: "I don't know why Master doesn't like me all of a sudden.It's not my fault about that Hunan guy whose surname is Di.Ugh, I shouldn't have said that. Qi Fang said: "Okay, if you don't tell me, you can go with me to see the master."Stretching out his left hand, he grabbed her skirt.Qi Fang loves cleanliness by nature, her pink skirt is full of filth and greasy, when she grabbed it, her palms were slippery and very uncomfortable.But she was eager to find out the truth about Di Yun's injustice, even if it was ten times dirtier, she didn't care about it at the moment. Tao Hong trembled, and hurriedly said: I said, I said, young mistress, what do you want me to say? 戚芳道：狄狄那姓狄的事，到底是怎麼？你為甚麼要和他私逃？ 桃紅心下驚惶，睜大了眼，一時說不出來。 戚芳凝視著她，心中所感到的害怕，或許比之桃紅更甚十倍。她真不敢聽桃紅親口說出來的事。如果她說：狄雲當時確是約她私逃，確是來污辱她，那怎麼是好？桃紅一時說不出話，戚芳臉色慘白，一顆心似乎停止了跳動。 終於，桃紅說了：這這怪不得我，少爺逼著我做的，叫我牢牢抱住那姓狄的湖南鄉下佬，冤枉他來強姦我，要帶了我逃走。我跟老爺說過的，老爺又不是不信，只吩咐我千萬別說出去，還給了我衣服銀子。可是可是我又沒說，老爺卻趕了我出來。 戚芳又是感激，又是傷心，又是委曲，又是憐惜，心中只是說：師哥，是我冤枉了你，我原該知道你對我一片真心，這可真苦了你，可真苦了你！這時她並不憎恨桃紅，反而有些感謝她，幸虧是她替自己解開了心中的死結。甚至對於吳坎，都有些感激，是他吐露了真相，是他指點自己到這破祠堂來找桃紅的。 在傷心和淒涼之中，忽然感到了一陣苦澀的甜蜜。雖然嫁了萬圭，但她內心中深深愛著的，始終只是個狄師哥，儘管他臨危變心，儘管他無恥卑鄙，儘管他有千般的不是、萬般的薄倖，但只有他，仍舊是他，才是戚芳嘆息和流淚之時所想念的人。 突然之間，種種苦惱和憎恨，都變成了自悔自傷：要是我早知道了，便是拚著千刀萬剮，也要到獄中救他出來。他吃了這麼多苦，他他心中怎樣想？ 桃紅偷看戚芳的臉色，顫聲道：少奶奶，謝謝你，請你放了我走，我就出了荊州城，永不回來了。 戚芳嘆了口氣，道：老爺為甚麼趕你走？是怕我知道這件事麼？唉，今日總算問明白了。說著鬆手放開她衣襟，想要給她些銀子，但匆匆出來，身邊並無銀兩。 桃紅見戚芳放開了自己，生怕更有變卦，急急忙忙的便走了，喃喃的道：老爺晚上見鬼，要砌牆，怎麼怪得我？又又不是我瞎說。戚芳追了上去，問道：甚麼見鬼？砌牆？桃紅知道說漏了嘴，忙道：沒甚麼，沒甚麼。喏，老爺夜裏常常見鬼，半夜三更的起來砌牆。 戚芳見她說話瘋瘋顛顛，心想她給公公趕出家門，日子過得很苦，腦筋也不大清楚了。公公怎麼會半夜三更起來砌牆？家裏從來沒見有公公砌的牆。 桃紅生怕她不信，說道：是假的砌牆，老爺老爺，半夜三更的，愛做泥水匠。我說了他幾句，老爺就大發脾氣，打得我死去活來的，又趕了我出來，說道再見到我，便打死我她嘮嘮叨叨的說個不停，弓著背走了。 戚芳瞧著她的後影，心想：她最多不過大了我十歲，卻變得這副樣子。公公不知為了甚麼要趕她出門？甚麼見鬼砌牆，想是這女人早就顛顛蠢蠢的。唉，為了這樣一個傻女人，師哥苦了一輩子！ 想到這裏，不禁怔怔的流下淚來，到後來，索性大聲哭了出來。 她靠在一棵梧桐樹上哭了一場，心頭輕鬆了些，慢慢走回家來。她避開後園，從東面的邊門進去，回到樓上。 萬圭一聽到她上樓的腳步聲，便急著問：芳妹，解藥找到了沒有？戚芳走進房去，只見萬圭坐起身子，神色甚是焦急，一隻傷手擱在床邊，手背上黑血慢慢滲出來，過了好一會，才嗒的一聲，滴在床邊的那隻銅面盆裏。小女孩伏在爹爹腳邊，早睡熟了。 戚芳聽了吳坎和桃紅的話，本來對萬圭惱怒已極，深恨他用卑鄙手段陷害狄雲。這時看到他憔悴而清秀的臉龐，幾年來的恩愛又使她心腸軟了：究竟，三哥是為了愛我，這才陷害師哥，他使的手段固然陰險毒辣，叫師哥吃足了苦，但終究是為了愛我。 萬圭又問：解藥買到了沒有？戚芳一時難以決定是否要將吳坎的無恥言語告知丈夫，順口道：找到了那郎中，給了他銀子，請他即刻買藥材配製。萬圭吁了口氣，心中登時鬆了，微笑道：芳妹，我這條命啊，到底是你救的。 戚芳勉強笑了笑，只覺臉盆中的毒血氣味極是刺鼻，於是端過一隻青瓷痰盂來接血，將銅盆端了出去。只走出兩步，毒血的氣息直衝上來，頭腦中一陣暈眩，心道：這蠍毒這麼厲害！快步走到外房，將臉盆放在桌邊地下，轉過身來，伸手入懷去取手帕，要掩住了鼻子，再去倒血。 她手一入懷，便碰到了那本唐詩，一怔之下，一顆心又怦怦跳了起來，摸出這本舊書，坐在桌邊，一頁頁的翻過去。她記得清清楚楚，那日翻檢舊衣，從箱子底下的舊衣服中見到了這本書，爹爹西瓜大的字識不上幾擔，不知從那裏拾了這本書來，她剛好剪了兩個繡花樣兒，順手便挾在書中。那天下午和狄師哥一齊去山洞，便將這本書帶了去，以後就一直留在那邊。怎麼會到了這裏？是狄師哥叫這郎中送來的麼？ 這郎中莫非他他右手的五根手指都給吳坎削去了。這郎這郎中為甚麼？為甚麼他他的右手始終不伸出來？突然之間，她想起了這件事。她凝神回想那郎中扶起女兒，回想他開藥箱、取藥瓶、拔瓶塞、倒藥末的情景，回想他接了自己送過去的酒杯，將酒杯送到唇邊喝乾，這許多事情，似乎都是用一隻左手來做的，只不過當時沒留心，實在記不真切。 難道，他就是師哥？怎麼相貌一點也不像？她心煩意亂，忍不住悲從中來，眼淚一滴滴的都流在手中那本書上。 淚水滴到書頁之上，滴在那兩隻用花紙剪的蝴蝶上，這是梁山伯和祝英台，他們要死了之後，才得團圓 萬圭在隔房說道：芳妹，我悶得慌，要起來走走。但戚芳沉浸在回憶之中，沒有聽見。她在想：那天他打死了一隻蝴蝶，將一對情郎情妹拆散了。是不是老天爺因此罰他受苦受難 突然之間，背後一個聲音驚叫起來：這這是連連城劍譜！ 戚芳吃了一驚，一回頭，只見萬圭滿臉喜悅之色，興奮異常的道：芳妹，芳妹，你從哪裏得來了這本書？你瞧，啊，原來是這樣，對了，是這樣！他雙手按住了那本唐詩選輯，只見在一首題目寫著聖果寺的詩旁，現出三十三三個淡黃色的字來，這幾行字上，濺著戚芳的淚水。 萬圭大喜之下，忘了克制，叫道：秘密在這裏了，原來要打濕了，才有字跡出現！Wonderful, wonderful!一定是這本書。Water spinach, water spinach!他大聲叫嚷，將女兒叫醒，說道：空心菜快去請爺爺來，說有要緊事情。小女孩答應著去了。 萬圭緊緊按著那本詩集，忘了手上的痛楚，只是說：一定是的，不錯，爹爹說那劍譜充作是唐詩選輯，那還不是？他們就是揣摸不出這中間的秘密。原來要弄濕書頁，秘密才顯了出來。 他這麼又喜又跳的叫嚷，戚芳已然明白了大半，心想：這就是爹爹和公公所爭的甚麼連城劍譜？這麼說來，原來是爹爹得了去，我不知好歹，拿來夾了鞋樣？爹爹不見了這本書，怎麼不找？想來一定是找過的，找來找去找不到，以為是師伯盜去了。他為甚麼不問我，這真奇了！ 如果是狄雲，這時候就一點也不會奇怪。他知道只因為戚長發是個極工心計之人，即使在女兒面前，也不肯透露半點口風。不見了書，拚命的找，找不到，便裝作沒事人一般，暗暗察看，用各種各樣的樣子來偵查試探，看是不是狄雲這小子偷了去？是不是女兒偷了去？只因為戚芳不是偷，不會做賊心虛，戚長發自然查不出來。 萬震山從街上回來，正在花廳吃點心，聽得孫女叫喚，還道兒子毒傷有變，一碗豆絲沒吃完，忙放下筷子，抱起孫女，大步來到兒子樓上，一上樓梯便聽見萬圭喜悅的聲音：天下的事情真有這般巧法。芳妹，怎麼你會在書頁上濺了些水？天意，天意！ 萬震山聽到兒子說話的音調，便放了一大半心，舉步踏進房中。 萬圭拿著那本唐詩選輯，喜道：爹，爹，你瞧，這是甚麼？ 萬震山一見到那本薄薄的黃紙書，心中一震，忙將孫女兒放在地下，接過兒子遞來的那本書，一顆心怦怦亂跳。花盡心血找尋了十幾年的連城劍譜，終於又出現在眼前。 不錯，正是這本書！他和言達平、戚長發三人聯手合力、謀害師父而搶到的，正是這本書。三個人在客棧之中，翻來覆去的同看這本劍譜。可是這只是一本平平無奇的唐詩，和書坊中出售的唐詩選輯完全一模一樣。他師父教過他們一套唐詩劍法，以唐詩的詩句作劍招名字，這些詩句在這本書中全有。可是跟傳說中的連城劍譜又有甚麼相干？ 師兄弟三人曾拿這本書到太陽光下一頁頁的去照，想發現書中有甚麼夾層；也曾拿書中這幾十首詩順讀、倒讀、橫讀、斜讀，跳一字讀、跳二字讀想要找出其中所含的大秘密來然而一切心血全是白費了。三人互相猜疑，都怕給人家發現了秘密而自己不知。三人晚上睡覺之時，將書本鎖入鐵盒，鐵盒又用三根小鐵鍊分別繫在三人的腕上。但一天早晨，這本書終於不翼而飛，從此影跡全無。 於是十幾年來無窮的勾心鬥角，無盡的探訪尋找。突然之間，這本書又出現在眼前。 萬震山翻到第四頁上，不錯，書頁的左上角被撕去了小小的一角，那是他當年偷偷做下的記號，生怕言師弟或是戚師弟用一本同樣的唐詩選輯來掉包，而自己卻被蒙在鼓裏。 萬震山又翻到了第十六頁，不錯，當年自己劃著的那個指甲痕仍是在那裏。這是真本！他點了點頭，強自抑制內心喜悅，對兒子道：正是這本書。where did you get it 萬圭的目光轉向戚芳，問道：芳妹，這本書那裏來的？ 戚芳自從一見到萬圭的神情，心中所想的只是自己爹爹：爹爹不知到了那裏？我這不孝的女兒，將他這本書拿到了山洞之中，他老人家這可找得苦了。在爹爹心中，這本書一定是非常非常的寶貴。不知這本舊書有甚麼用？然而這是我拿了爹爹的，是爹爹的書，決不能給公公強搶了去。 如果是在一天之前，還不知道狄雲慘受陷害的內情，對丈夫還是滿腔柔情和體貼，那麼在她心裏，丈夫的份量未必便及不上父親，何況，父親不知到那裏去了，不知道會不會再回來。然而現今可不同了。決不能讓爹爹這本書落入他們手裏。狄師哥去取了書來交在我手裏，要我替爹爹保管，當然不能給他們搶了去。不但是為了爹爹，也為了狄師哥！ 當萬圭問她這本書那裏來的之時，她心中只是在想：怎樣將書奪回來？書是在公公手裏。萬震山武功卓絕，何況丈夫便在旁邊，硬奪是不成的。她心中飛快的在轉念頭，眼珠骨溜溜的轉動。 她看到了書桌旁那隻銅盆，盆中盛著半盆血水，那是萬圭洗過臉的水，滴了不少他手背上傷口中流出來的毒血。這盆水全成了紫黑色如果悄悄將書丟進了血水之中，他們就找不到了。可是，那本書只怕要浸壞。不過若不乘這時候下手，以後多半再也沒有機會了，寧可將書毀了，也不能讓他們稱心如意 萬氏父子凝視著戚芳。萬圭又問：芳妹，這本書那裏來的？ 戚芳一凜，說道：我也不知道啊，剛才我從房裏出來，便見這本書放在桌上。這不是你的麼？ 萬圭一時想不明白，暫時不再追究，一心要將重大的發現說給父親知道：爹，你瞧，這書頁子一沾濕，便有字跡出來。他伸出食指，指著聖果寺那首詩旁淡黃色的三個字：三十三。 （如果他知道這是妻子的淚水，是思念狄雲而流的眼淚，他心中會怎樣想？） 萬震山伸指點著那首詩，一個字一個字數下去：路自中峰上，盤回出壁蘿。到江吳地盡，隔岸越山多。古木叢青靄，遙天浸白波。下方城第三十三字，那是個城字！ 萬震山一拍大腿，說道：對啦，正是這個法子！原來秘密在此。圭兒，你真聰明，虧你想到了這個道理！要用水，不錯，我們當年就是沒想到要用水！ （如果他知道這是媳婦的淚水，是思念另一個男人而流的眼淚，他心中會怎樣想？） 戚芳見他父子大喜若狂，聚頭探索書中的秘奧，便拉著女兒的手走到內房，將她摟在懷裏，輕聲道：空心菜，那隻面盆，你瞧見麼？小女孩點了點頭，道：瞧見的。戚芳道：等會爺爺、爹爹和媽媽一起奔出去，媽媽將爺爺手裏那本書放在抽屜裏，你去拿了出來，悄悄丟在面盆裏，讓髒水浸著，別給爺爺和爹爹看見，叫他們找不到。 小女孩大喜，只道媽媽要玩個極有趣的遊戲，拍掌笑道：好，好！戚芳道：可別讓爺爺和爹爹知道，也別跟他們說！小女孩道：空心菜不說，空心菜不說！ 戚芳走到房外，說道：公公，我覺得這本書很有點古怪。萬震山轉過身來，問道：甚麼古怪？他內心早已隱隱覺得這本書突然出現，來得太過容易，恐怕不是吉兆，媳婦這麼一說，更增他的疑慮。戚芳道：在這裏！說著伸出手去。萬震山將書交了給她。 戚芳翻開書頁，取了那兩隻紙剪蝴蝶出來，道：公公，你這書中，本來就有這兩隻蝴蝶麼？萬震山將兩隻紙蝴蝶接了過去，細細察看，道：沒有！戚芳道：這是甚麼意思？武林之中，可有那一個人外號叫做花蝴蝶甚麼的？江湖上有沒有一個蝴蝶幫？他們留下這本書，多半不懷好意。 江湖人物留記號尋仇示警，原是十分尋常，萬震山生平壞事做了不少，仇家眾多，聽了戚芳的話，又見這一對紙蝴蝶剪得十分工細，不禁惕然而驚，尋思：我有甚麼仇家外號叫做花蝴蝶的？有沒有一個蝴蝶幫？ 他正自沉吟，忽聽得戚芳喝道：是誰？鬼鬼祟祟的想幹甚麼？伸手向窗外屋頂上一指。萬氏父子同時向窗外瞧去。戚芳反身從牆上摘下兩柄長劍，一柄拋給萬震山，一柄拋給萬圭，叫道：屋上有人！萬氏父子接住兵刃，戚芳拉開抽屜，將那本唐詩擲了進去，低聲道：莫給敵人搶了去！萬氏父子點了點頭。三人齊從窗口躍出，登上瓦面，四下裏一看，不見有人。萬震山道：到後面瞧瞧！ 三人直奔後院，只見牆角邊人影一幌，萬震山喝道：是誰？縱身而前，見那人是六弟子吳坎，問道：見到敵人沒有？ 吳坎見到師父、三師兄、三師嫂仗劍而來，只道事發，嚇得面色慘白，待聽師父如此詢問，心中一寬，忙道：有人從這邊奔過，弟子趕了過來查問。他是為自己掩飾，卻正好替戚芳圓了謊。 四人直追到後門之外，吳坎連連呼哨，將魯坤、卜垣等都招了來，自是沒發現敵人的蹤跡。 萬震山和萬圭記掛著連城劍譜，命魯坤等繼續搜尋敵蹤，招呼了戚芳，回到樓房。萬震山搶開抽屜，伸手去取 抽屜之中，卻那裏還有這本書在？ 萬氏父子這一驚自然是非同小可，在書房中到處找尋，又那裏找得到了？問小女孩道：有沒有人進來過？小女孩道：沒有啊！轉頭向母親霎霎眼睛，十分得意。 萬氏父子明明見到戚芳將書放入抽屜，追敵之時，始終沒離開過她，當然不是她做的手腳。定是敵人施了調虎離山之計，盜去了劍譜！ 萬氏父子面面相覷，懊喪不已。 戚芳母女你向我霎霎眼，我向你霎霎眼，很是開心。