甲)皿煮帮东土别院·次日晨
晨雾中的别院,死一般寂静。
大殿内,米鬼高坐主位。54Please respect copyright.PENANAFGxYdn4EvM
皿煮刀横于膝上,刀身血丝仍在微微蠕动,仿佛意犹未尽。
殿外,近百名昨日亲历黄山的弟子,被铁链锁住。54Please respect copyright.PENANAammhkq2rw4
跪在寒风中,瑟瑟发抖。
“帮主,”54Please respect copyright.PENANAJju6OeJGib
欧财富躬身禀报,声音压得极低,54Please respect copyright.PENANAi2BHYdmN3m
“这些人……都亲眼看见了。”
米鬼缓缓睁眼,眼中猩红一闪。54Please respect copyright.PENANAAttJaOSfqA
“皿煮帮天下第一的威名,不可丢。”54Please respect copyright.PENANALbDgKuvGNc
顿了顿,一字一句道:54Please respect copyright.PENANAtQbpgyn6ag
“你明白该怎么做。”
欧财富浑身一颤,低头道:54Please respect copyright.PENANAoP4ajy4zhc
“属下明白。”
54Please respect copyright.PENANAyHPCfUWWes
乙)皿煮帮东土别院偏厅·午后
十余名衣着华贵的中年人围坐一堂。54Please respect copyright.PENANAsGOVwa7wzP
这些人皆是皿煮帮中家财万贯的弟子,54Please respect copyright.PENANAWvaJ9WkCK1
或是西域巨贾之后,54Please respect copyright.PENANAbj2CFMt4q1
或是东土富商之子。54Please respect copyright.PENANA1DU16cGIDA
投入皿煮帮门下,本就为借势敛财。
“诸位,”54Please respect copyright.PENANAYOMzrSPR2a
欧财富面色凝重,54Please respect copyright.PENANA0QYKLEAjg8
“昨日之事,想必已有耳闻。”54Please respect copyright.PENANAoQjDPqnOzr
“若让真相传出,我皿煮帮威名扫地。”
他环视众人:54Please respect copyright.PENANAMuLmQLppoP
“诸位在东土的生意……怕也不好做了。”
一个肥胖商人拭了拭额角汗珠:54Please respect copyright.PENANAdfmCYJ76sE
“欧长老的意思是?”
“用银子,把假的说成真的。”54Please respect copyright.PENANAmQXeTEJ9Sd
欧财富从怀中掏出一叠银票,拍在桌上。54Please respect copyright.PENANAlcO2q39CXt
“这里是三十万两。不够还有。”
“我要在三个月内,让整个江湖都相信——”54Please respect copyright.PENANAh9rV8avA9U
“黄山演武场上,是米鬼帮主大展神威,”54Please respect copyright.PENANA6mt4pZ4Vas
“刀劈霹雳盾,令狐牙跪地求饶。”
众人对视,眼中皆闪过精光。54Please respect copyright.PENANAiS7XJmFbfM
他们不在乎真相,只在乎利益。54Please respect copyright.PENANAoJv2n6g5rq
若皿煮帮这棵大树倒了,他们的靠山也就没了。
“此事交给我!”54Please respect copyright.PENANATZtGoYCsDb
一个瘦高商人起身,54Please respect copyright.PENANAzUcNiUg68j
“江南七十二家戏班,我认识大半。”54Please respect copyright.PENANAKtcCkBenR4
“只需五千两,就能让他们排新戏,连演三个月!”
“说书人好办。”另一人道,54Please respect copyright.PENANA5OE6BPbKAR
“市井茶楼的说书先生,给一两银子能说三天,给一百两能说三年。”54Please respect copyright.PENANAEBsFcnceeW
他做了个抹脖子的手势:54Please respect copyright.PENANA0p4um9e0BE
“若有不从的……”
“各门派武馆需威逼利诱。”54Please respect copyright.PENANAF3KGYbjlBU
第三个人接口,54Please respect copyright.PENANA4HC8zgozk2
“送钱,送兵器,送秘籍。”54Please respect copyright.PENANAtOlFQvc48G
“若还不肯闭嘴,就让欧长老夜里去‘拜访’——”54Please respect copyright.PENANA6dqYzdBz0D
“资犹剑的声波,足够让他们全家不得安眠。”
计划迅速敲定。54Please respect copyright.PENANANN53Ak7YhY
接下来的日子,54Please respect copyright.PENANAYsY8gUbGHr
银钱如流水般洒将出去。
54Please respect copyright.PENANAgwaoSjeQWT
某江南戏班,后台。
戏班主捧着一百五十两雪花银,手都在抖——54Please respect copyright.PENANAqjQ8BZB6av
这是他班子半年的收入。54Please respect copyright.PENANAPhU8FtwfPe
面前坐着个锦衣商人,笑眯眯道:54Please respect copyright.PENANAewtKkTWo2H
“这银子,是定金。”54Please respect copyright.PENANAdD6RoG1fw5
“新戏本我已写好,叫《皿煮刀劈霹雳盾》。”54Please respect copyright.PENANAdBXZvkhq7Y
“只要你们连演三个月,再加二百两。”
“可这剧情……”54Please respect copyright.PENANAamMeTkrcV0
班主看着戏本,面露难色,54Please respect copyright.PENANAuDUCWeNyOl
“明明江湖传言是黄山派……”
“传言?”商人冷笑,54Please respect copyright.PENANAEVRFAxOwPK
“传言能当饭吃?这银子,能。”
54Please respect copyright.PENANANQyPzEIIeH
某府城茶馆,二楼雅间。
三个说书先生战战兢兢坐着,每人面前摆着五十两银子。54Please respect copyright.PENANAQoXmVr1fzs
朴不成亲自接见,慢条斯理品着茶:54Please respect copyright.PENANAP00n66N8pA
“三位都是城里最有名的先生。”54Please respect copyright.PENANA8fkh31q8zp
“从明日起,我要你们每天说三场‘皿煮帮黄山大捷’。”54Please respect copyright.PENANAsa6jAEhRNx
“怎么说,我这里有本子。”
一个年轻些的说书人犹豫:54Please respect copyright.PENANAa1NEDHjv1m
“可小人听说……”
“听说什么?”54Please respect copyright.PENANAEIWvvSTWEH
朴不成放下茶杯。54Please respect copyright.PENANAaF95vA6yfD
“你家里有个老母,还有个三岁的儿子,是吧?”54Please respect copyright.PENANAErCteduOsn
声音转冷:54Please respect copyright.PENANAXqXpVbVhXp
“城东张屠户你认识吗?”54Please respect copyright.PENANAws2Zfv8cDc
“昨天他多嘴说了句本帮的坏话,今早被人发现断了三根手指。”
说书人脸色煞白,再不敢言。
54Please respect copyright.PENANAXDr76vHOFi
市集,肉铺前。
两个妇人正在闲聊:54Please respect copyright.PENANA7jWlWQZkuY
“听说了吗?黄山派那个令狐掌门,可了不得,把皿煮帮帮主都打退了……”
话音未落,三个地痞围了上来。54Please respect copyright.PENANAK8jF55VayQ
为首的一把揪住妇人衣领:54Please respect copyright.PENANAygE3XrWlPC
“造谣生事,污蔑皿煮帮,该当何罪?”54Please respect copyright.PENANAuadyyS1UzQ
说罢一耳光扇去。
旁边卖菜的汉子想劝,地痞瞪眼:54Please respect copyright.PENANANRfSed3ExY
“你也想试试?”54Please respect copyright.PENANAz0BC40HVu9
汉子低头,不敢再言。
54Please respect copyright.PENANAXM1J03kh1u
不过旬日,舆论风向开始逆转。
而别院大殿内,米鬼依旧每日接受“朝拜”。54Please respect copyright.PENANAYClUdwiPcw
不明真相的百姓、小商人、江湖散人,依旧排着长队入殿。54Please respect copyright.PENANATRMDa5xRlp
舔皿煮刀,舐资犹剑,高呼万岁。
“皿煮帮万岁!”54Please respect copyright.PENANANSoCcWjOpZ
“米鬼帮主武功盖世,一统江湖!”54Please respect copyright.PENANABPCfslH9Kc
声音震天,掩盖了所有真相。
一个月后,米鬼终于启程回西域。54Please respect copyright.PENANAVthoSoUQfr
临行前,他对欧财富道:54Please respect copyright.PENANA98ZP5KiKpH
“那些被锁的弟子……血祭了吧。”54Please respect copyright.PENANAhqyZGTXjaD
目光扫过膝上长刀:54Please respect copyright.PENANAq9bqtlSaUj
“皿煮刀,渴了。”
欧财富垂首:54Please respect copyright.PENANAko5kVBSqx5
“是。”
54Please respect copyright.PENANAW7p7xTJPL5
丙)江湖茶馆·五日后
“话说那日黄山演武场。”54Please respect copyright.PENANA7dyJSLWgow
“飞沙走石,日月无光!”54Please respect copyright.PENANAx1O81I0Ry4
“皿煮帮米鬼帮主手持神刀,使出一招‘血海滔天’——”54Please respect copyright.PENANAPBiNYgXxus
“那令狐牙举盾来挡,只听‘咔嚓’一声——”54Please respect copyright.PENANAEilQA28S6z
“您猜怎么着?”
茶馆里,说书先生一拍醒木,唾沫横飞。54Please respect copyright.PENANARYFsZrGy22
满堂茶客伸长脖子。
“那面传了三代的霹雳盾,竟被一刀劈成两半!”54Please respect copyright.PENANAMhMsO3NPiN
说书人声情并茂:54Please respect copyright.PENANA6afwxamM1f
“令狐牙吓得魂飞魄散,跪地求饶,”54Please respect copyright.PENANAjmDbGaPq7D
“愿献上黄山金矿,岁岁纳贡!”54Please respect copyright.PENANAkQCJjynXIZ
“米鬼帮主宽宏大量,饶他一命,”54Please respect copyright.PENANA9eRJ3R7kmW
“这才有了今日江湖太平!”
“好!好!”54Please respect copyright.PENANAMlErZwFzRC
台下几个大汉齐声喝彩,拍桌震碗,54Please respect copyright.PENANAdsT8atUpZq
“米鬼帮主神功盖世!”54Please respect copyright.PENANAFZLP5duMYT
“就是!我早说那黄山派不堪一击!”54Please respect copyright.PENANAYOsG7NqDsV
“皿煮帮天下第一!”
茶客们窃窃私语。54Please respect copyright.PENANAygwgFafKsn
有人将信将疑,有人已被说服。54Please respect copyright.PENANAVGqSJLDVWG
那几个喝彩的大汉彼此交换眼色——54Please respect copyright.PENANAIJdkuWFfe4
他们都是欧财富安排的“托儿”,每人每日三钱银子,专司捧场。
角落里,一个黄山的长工气得脸色发青,想站起来争辩。54Please respect copyright.PENANA0nDGYx3G4s
被同伴按住。54Please respect copyright.PENANA866S0YXr2k
“别冲动,”54Please respect copyright.PENANAZ7EHRHoZi9
同伴低声道,54Please respect copyright.PENANAf2q6C9aEuP
“你没看见门口那几个人?”54Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7OCZxjMkR
“都是皿煮帮的眼线。现在说真话,是要挨打的。”
那位长工咬牙,拳头握得咯咯响。54Please respect copyright.PENANA50aWOHWV5W
谎言重复千遍,正在成为“事实”。
54Please respect copyright.PENANAMxQDmdcY8i
丁)黄山派正气堂·十日后
“冤枉啊——”54Please respect copyright.PENANAdmNK6zfxRX
“令狐掌门,你不能不管我们母子啊!”
正气堂前,一个衣衫褴褛的妇女拉着个四五岁的男孩,哭天抢地。54Please respect copyright.PENANAUVc4NQVQxp
男孩面黄肌瘦,怯生生躲在母亲身后。
令狐吉皱眉:54Please respect copyright.PENANAP1zn4NwGQI
“掌门在练功。这位大嫂,何事冤枉?”
妇女一把鼻涕一把泪:54Please respect copyright.PENANAWq2IhA1BQO
“三年前,”54Please respect copyright.PENANAugsOLCxKH3
“令狐牙掌门下山办事,在镇上客栈……与我有一夜之缘。”54Please respect copyright.PENANA9ZrGwpXQsg
“后来我怀了孩子,令狐牙掌门却一去不回。”54Please respect copyright.PENANA3mAaIn0G6k
“如今孩子大了,要吃饭。”54Please respect copyright.PENANANczYwZTbGu
“你们令狐家不能不管啊!”
堂内一片哗然。
令狐吉怒道:54Please respect copyright.PENANAAffbmZvZbw
“胡说八道!”54Please respect copyright.PENANADrOgzqHg1A
“我们家掌门这五年从未单独下过山!”
妇女哭得更凶:54Please respect copyright.PENANAyzs7emG0a4
“你们名门大派,欺负我们孤儿寡母!我不活了——”54Please respect copyright.PENANAaeHjs54ufP
说着就要往柱子上撞。54Please respect copyright.PENANAI8qHDBVYEC
几个家丁慌忙拉住。
就在这时,一个壮年长工李大头从人群中走出。54Please respect copyright.PENANA4EKoYSBGVT
眯着眼看了妇女半晌,忽然道:54Please respect copyright.PENANAac2qkeaBuC
“你不是镇东头王老六的媳妇吗?”54Please respect copyright.PENANAoA6RQRk2tk
“王老六去年病死了,你改嫁给了西街的张铁匠。”54Please respect copyright.PENANAW4jCL4PpTx
他指着那男孩:54Please respect copyright.PENANAd8HqD0jFFJ
“怎么又成了我们掌门的人了?”54Please respect copyright.PENANAD4Jr7fY7JW
“这孩子……看着倒像张铁匠的死鬼大婆娘留下的大儿。”
妇女脸色骤变。54Please respect copyright.PENANAezuH24c6P1
李大头继续道:54Please respect copyright.PENANAi88SvFxduD
“上个月我还见你在市集卖鸡蛋,怎突然就多了个四五岁的孩子?”
谎言被当场戳穿。54Please respect copyright.PENANAhl6wEJMS78
妇女面红耳赤,拉起孩子就跑,连头也不敢回。
54Please respect copyright.PENANAcM2KGl3wxF
令狐牙练功完毕,自后堂走出。54Please respect copyright.PENANAp6jWLuC6Zi
面色平静,仿佛什么都没发生。
家丁散去,各自忙活。
令狐树匆匆进堂来,神色凝重:54Please respect copyright.PENANATs0q1nEpKY
“掌门二哥,刚收到马师父的信。”
马师父是山下“振威武馆”的馆主,与黄山派交好多年。54Please respect copyright.PENANAxu3l4ZOmpP
令狐树年幼时,常下山去看马师父打拳,还多次在武馆吃饭过夜。
信中写道:54Please respect copyright.PENANAL3YeJTetkA
五日前,武馆突然来了十六个外地人,54Please respect copyright.PENANAg034fm2fF2
说要拜师学艺。54Please respect copyright.PENANAoPgIai3yBJ
每人奉上二十两拜师银——54Please respect copyright.PENANAcQxNuvPWo9
整整三百二十两银子。54Please respect copyright.PENANAbCluBodwFN
相当于他们五年学费!54Please respect copyright.PENANABWon0nxQ1m
这一十六人个个身强体壮,却不愿报真实姓名、籍贯。54Please respect copyright.PENANAzXldHMfvFo
马师父心生警惕,婉拒。
结果,从三日前开始,54Please respect copyright.PENANA780pOCIwwG
武馆外每到子时便传来诡异声波,似哭似笑。54Please respect copyright.PENANAoSspzbEb6m
搅得全馆弟子心神不宁,无法安睡。
“是资犹剑的声波骚扰。”54Please respect copyright.PENANA5NMTbDgmUv
令狐树道。
令狐吉满脸愤慨,插话道:54Please respect copyright.PENANAEm0htkWx48
“二哥,我刚从镇上回来。”54Please respect copyright.PENANAXCnJH38rS6
“咱们常往来的几个商号,今日都推说货物不足,不肯交易了。”54Please respect copyright.PENANAXcodF1X5mB
“我听伙计私下说,是皿煮帮放了话——”54Please respect copyright.PENANAespAak08eb
“谁敢与黄山派做生意,就是与皿煮帮为敌。”
众人义愤填膺,唯有令狐牙脸色平静。
他走到窗前,望着远处云海,缓缓道:54Please respect copyright.PENANADkHqbxVNrf
“谎言如沙上筑塔,筑得越高,崩时越狠。”54Please respect copyright.PENANABL2vM2R6H2
“他们今日用银子堆起万丈高塔,”54Please respect copyright.PENANAlyPOJnk7gr
“他日塔崩之时——”54Please respect copyright.PENANAyPl0Co4TRX
他转身,眼中紫芒微闪。54Please respect copyright.PENANAB8SOZocnLt
“便是他们自食恶果之日。”
“可眼下怎么办?”54Please respect copyright.PENANA2dEK6qQTRW
令狐吉急道,54Please respect copyright.PENANAemtUv0H9wN
“总不能任由他们污蔑!”
“清者自清。”54Please respect copyright.PENANA8bNDtPfHet
令狐牙道,54Please respect copyright.PENANA2eTp9mMx65
“传令下去:黄山派弟子近日少下山,避其锋芒。”
“马师父那边,”54Please respect copyright.PENANA0u1j1UuJq2
“三弟你去一趟,带上我写的‘紫霞气功入门心诀’。”54Please respect copyright.PENANABoGXHzvqkK
“你去陪马师父几日,指导他们抵御资犹剑声波。”
一夜无话。
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