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。53Please respect copyright.PENANApwfxO4CYej
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。53Please respect copyright.PENANAR1YiwyXmi6
跪在寒风中,瑟瑟发抖。
“帮主,”53Please respect copyright.PENANAUulkMSCQjF
欧财富躬身禀报,声音压得极低,53Please respect copyright.PENANAEPzPTMVzP5
“这些人……都亲眼看见了。”
米鬼缓缓睁眼,眼中猩红一闪。53Please respect copyright.PENANAsQgfFzBuwU
“皿煮帮天下第一的威名,不可丢。”53Please respect copyright.PENANARi2TeL2knz
顿了顿,一字一句道:53Please respect copyright.PENANAfs3UI98hSB
“你明白该怎么做。”
欧财富浑身一颤,低头道:53Please respect copyright.PENANA0mRlTg0Z7r
“属下明白。”
53Please respect copyright.PENANAgSsHEqQYx1
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。53Please respect copyright.PENANA15Dt9NgeML
这些人皆是皿煮帮中家财万贯的弟子,53Please respect copyright.PENANAByKOSgLI01
或是西域巨贾之后,53Please respect copyright.PENANAPA10mH6OaU
或是东土富商之子。53Please respect copyright.PENANAYm0xOPWFWH
投入皿煮帮门下,本就为借势敛财。
“诸位,”53Please respect copyright.PENANAgNki68X1og
欧财富面色凝重,53Please respect copyright.PENANAMZGOF4MuGT
“昨日之事,想必已有耳闻。”53Please respect copyright.PENANAMpVZUO8VH2
“若让真相传出,我皿煮帮威名扫地。”
他环视众人:53Please respect copyright.PENANAL81fTuxCNv
“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:53Please respect copyright.PENANAZEJPHtq2Ex
“欧长老的意思是?”
“用银子,把假的说成真的。”53Please respect copyright.PENANATJvlvhofSh
欧财富从怀中掏出一叠银票,拍在桌上。53Please respect copyright.PENANAFvQ6lrjwXM
“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——”53Please respect copyright.PENANAeSl4H77D2f
“黄山演武场上,是米鬼帮主大展神威,”53Please respect copyright.PENANAbg0E9vjGLr
“刀劈霹雳盾,令狐牙跪地求饶。”
众人对视,眼中皆闪过精光。53Please respect copyright.PENANAaJrHtnHaug
他们不在乎真相,只在乎利益。53Please respect copyright.PENANAtJWPcvYuIf
若皿煮帮这棵大树倒了,他们的靠山也就没了。
“此事交给我!”53Please respect copyright.PENANAx498iFoq7k
一个瘦高商人起身,53Please respect copyright.PENANAkvlhNWeNbb
“江南七十二家戏班,我认识大半。”53Please respect copyright.PENANAS256QcZvxR
“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,53Please respect copyright.PENANAplkptH0AcP
“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。”53Please respect copyright.PENANA3oCRh3nx7i
他做了个抹脖子的手势:53Please respect copyright.PENANALqWvufmL5h
“若有不从的……”
“各门派武馆需威逼利诱。”53Please respect copyright.PENANAryLH478Yh2
第三个人接口,53Please respect copyright.PENANAaWDztVBrjL
“送钱,送兵器,送秘籍。”53Please respect copyright.PENANAs73NkoVl07
“若还不肯闭嘴,就让欧长老夜里去‘拜访’——”53Please respect copyright.PENANADBidyfZQf5
“资犹剑的声波,足够让他们全家不得安眠。”
计划迅速敲定。53Please respect copyright.PENANAosIVIH1EBu
接下来的日子,53Please respect copyright.PENANAftMYi0p88H
银钱如流水般洒将出去。
53Please respect copyright.PENANAJeDWnOEt41
某江南戏班,后台。
戏班主捧着一百五十两雪花银,手都在抖——53Please respect copyright.PENANAJW0KEf8r27
这是他班子半年的收入。53Please respect copyright.PENANAuttDGpWevS
面前坐着个锦衣商人,笑眯眯道:53Please respect copyright.PENANApupazxO3kV
“这银子,是定金。”53Please respect copyright.PENANAzcvPy6phRV
“新戏本我已写好,叫《皿煮刀劈霹雳盾》。”53Please respect copyright.PENANAdmLXAax9eR
“只要你们连演三个月,再加二百两。”
“可这剧情……”53Please respect copyright.PENANAFWfK65gHMF
班主看着戏本,面露难色,53Please respect copyright.PENANAKRIt6A4jud
“明明江湖传言是黄山派……”
“传言?”商人冷笑,53Please respect copyright.PENANA2olHxPt9Ue
“传言能当饭吃?这银子,能。”
53Please respect copyright.PENANA87hpdvzNKU
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。53Please respect copyright.PENANAHni6GKMHls
朴不成亲自接见,慢条斯理品着茶:53Please respect copyright.PENANAdt5ss9dfKf
“三位都是城里最有名的先生。”53Please respect copyright.PENANAX8q8BFgtNw
“从明日起,我要你们每天说三场‘皿煮帮黄山大捷’。”53Please respect copyright.PENANAwISFoopRVw
“怎么说,我这里有本子。”
一个年轻些的说书人犹豫:53Please respect copyright.PENANAenXBErw9GL
“可小人听说……”
“听说什么?”53Please respect copyright.PENANAEC1giZvq7u
朴不成放下茶杯。53Please respect copyright.PENANAnrXXWTMVj0
“你家里有个老母,还有个三岁的儿子,是吧?”53Please respect copyright.PENANAbb5Ro2859v
声音转冷:53Please respect copyright.PENANA2iNvibjJsN
“城东张屠户你认识吗?”53Please respect copyright.PENANAXcr4CJ5nkl
“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。
53Please respect copyright.PENANAsW4zRpSqjR
市集,肉铺前。
两个妇人正在闲聊:53Please respect copyright.PENANAT6qiaM0qfT
“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。53Please respect copyright.PENANAnuYl8h1Hw1
为首的一把揪住妇人衣领:53Please respect copyright.PENANA6YccZTYUes
“造谣生事,污蔑皿煮帮,该当何罪?”53Please respect copyright.PENANAEorXihhyvb
说罢一耳光扇去。
旁边卖菜的汉子想劝,地痞瞪眼:53Please respect copyright.PENANALFNsCDShfM
“你也想试试?”53Please respect copyright.PENANAKsPIsxZ3ny
汉子低头,不敢再言。
53Please respect copyright.PENANAJuftijyJQs
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”。53Please respect copyright.PENANAZqjaJZJuOl
不明真相的百姓、小商人、江湖散人,依旧排着长队入殿。53Please respect copyright.PENANAdy4SM7VbVR
舔皿煮刀,舐资犹剑,高呼万岁。
“皿煮帮万岁!”53Please respect copyright.PENANAla7SwGmv1J
“米鬼帮主武功盖世,一统江湖!”53Please respect copyright.PENANApa20bwRhJ7
声音震天,掩盖了所有真相。
一个月后,米鬼终于启程回西域。53Please respect copyright.PENANAuUiq5RAco0
临行前,他对欧财富道:53Please respect copyright.PENANA5BjRK8QksF
“那些被锁的弟子……血祭了吧。”53Please respect copyright.PENANAnJVMA30lju
目光扫过膝上长刀:53Please respect copyright.PENANACSVNYHvg3n
“皿煮刀,渴了。”
欧财富垂首:53Please respect copyright.PENANArBOXjsZUhg
“是。”
53Please respect copyright.PENANAfUsDDVt7v4
丙)江湖茶馆·五日后
“话说那日黄山演武场。”53Please respect copyright.PENANAzjMzKah0hR
“飞沙走石,日月无光!”53Please respect copyright.PENANA51762Y4SZc
“皿煮帮米鬼帮主手持神刀,使出一招‘血海滔天’——”53Please respect copyright.PENANAQxjFnq8fN6
“那令狐牙举盾来挡,只听‘咔嚓’一声——”53Please respect copyright.PENANAEg5NzmZPfO
“您猜怎么着?”
茶馆里,说书先生一拍醒木,唾沫横飞。53Please respect copyright.PENANASlNoaUpK2a
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!”53Please respect copyright.PENANAY7FTFVVkNt
说书人声情并茂:53Please respect copyright.PENANAJVSmt7153B
“令狐牙吓得魂飞魄散,跪地求饶,”53Please respect copyright.PENANAhvupG2yRrh
“愿献上黄山金矿,岁岁纳贡!”53Please respect copyright.PENANApe2TsWOSVb
“米鬼帮主宽宏大量,饶他一命,”53Please respect copyright.PENANALdPNal5kWG
“这才有了今日江湖太平!”
“好!好!”53Please respect copyright.PENANAoGR9B2KFj2
台下几个大汉齐声喝彩,拍桌震碗,53Please respect copyright.PENANAqNzpAmcLeA
“米鬼帮主神功盖世!”53Please respect copyright.PENANAsfhMH8IrSW
“就是!我早说那黄山派不堪一击!”53Please respect copyright.PENANAGKFaBvE1mp
“皿煮帮天下第一!”
茶客们窃窃私语。53Please respect copyright.PENANAE2sVjKS7Lr
有人将信将疑,有人已被说服。53Please respect copyright.PENANA9ECPaK48JR
那几个喝彩的大汉彼此交换眼色——53Please respect copyright.PENANAOGUYoEQznr
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。53Please respect copyright.PENANApJhbhfnT67
被同伴按住。53Please respect copyright.PENANAWyGSfj6p2o
“别冲动,”53Please respect copyright.PENANAPSAH0TQR5x
同伴低声道,53Please respect copyright.PENANAfIbCsYX8ex
“你没看见门口那几个人?”53Please respect copyright.PENANAJcIw8mIYFg
“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。53Please respect copyright.PENANAAsSwbQ4Jk2
谎言重复千遍,正在成为“事实”。
53Please respect copyright.PENANAhz7f7aQ3FM
丁)黄山派正气堂·十日后
“冤枉啊——”53Please respect copyright.PENANAyRRFX8FWGl
“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。53Please respect copyright.PENANAVK6l8Rfz1I
男孩面黄肌瘦,怯生生躲在母亲身后。
令狐吉皱眉:53Please respect copyright.PENANAgT3f2k1Lrp
“掌门在练功。这位大嫂,何事冤枉?”
妇女一把鼻涕一把泪:53Please respect copyright.PENANAlQldjawcXH
“三年前,”53Please respect copyright.PENANACt1GmHwODV
“令狐牙掌门下山办事,在镇上客栈……与我有一夜之缘。”53Please respect copyright.PENANAuHjadtXhTl
“后来我怀了孩子,令狐牙掌门却一去不回。”53Please respect copyright.PENANA0Fua1l2MrF
“如今孩子大了,要吃饭。”53Please respect copyright.PENANAEMTuUXhrVJ
“你们令狐家不能不管啊!”
堂内一片哗然。
令狐吉怒道:53Please respect copyright.PENANAUwFHRcuaUy
“胡说八道!”53Please respect copyright.PENANA6CKEDUFtrs
“我们家掌门这五年从未单独下过山!”
妇女哭得更凶:53Please respect copyright.PENANA02QBlJKjqI
“你们名门大派,欺负我们孤儿寡母!我不活了——”53Please respect copyright.PENANAEtzx9ABf2i
说着就要往柱子上撞。53Please respect copyright.PENANAKV9NJEgZ3g
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。53Please respect copyright.PENANAhR1C7q3YpT
眯着眼看了妇女半晌,忽然道:53Please respect copyright.PENANANIWaUgii0Q
“你不是镇东头王老六的媳妇吗?”53Please respect copyright.PENANAGHeHvBkcZO
“王老六去年病死了,你改嫁给了西街的张铁匠。”53Please respect copyright.PENANAbFLbAFBGVI
他指着那男孩:53Please respect copyright.PENANAKn3RNuTZUb
“怎么又成了我们掌门的人了?”53Please respect copyright.PENANAfBiVlJk0F4
“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。53Please respect copyright.PENANAELgyBk0h5N
李大头继续道:53Please respect copyright.PENANA6IJnBvn4xY
“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。53Please respect copyright.PENANA3Ta5jZ2Ibi
妇女面红耳赤,拉起孩子就跑,连头也不敢回。
53Please respect copyright.PENANAjZWkUzJC4r
令狐牙练功完毕,自后堂走出。53Please respect copyright.PENANAGCxTsNOnVv
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:53Please respect copyright.PENANAQZPZeAss9w
“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。53Please respect copyright.PENANADvEITVPNXn
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:53Please respect copyright.PENANAeR01wgSVvw
五日前,武馆突然来了十六个外地人,53Please respect copyright.PENANAzmGkwU7wL5
说要拜师学艺。53Please respect copyright.PENANAxUz5F62a0N
每人奉上二十两拜师银——53Please respect copyright.PENANACDslR6rRJa
整整三百二十两银子。53Please respect copyright.PENANA1hqYhMzoLU
相当于他们五年学费!53Please respect copyright.PENANAg5prGR0g0l
这一十六人个个身强体壮,却不愿报真实姓名、籍贯。53Please respect copyright.PENANAbqeQY4ZNz5
马师父心生警惕,婉拒。
结果,从三日前开始,53Please respect copyright.PENANAgqBny8xvFj
武馆外每到子时便传来诡异声波,似哭似笑。53Please respect copyright.PENANAMt9RX812AO
搅得全馆弟子心神不宁,无法安睡。
“是资犹剑的声波骚扰。”53Please respect copyright.PENANAMfaqqFoT2n
令狐树道。
令狐吉满脸愤慨,插话道:53Please respect copyright.PENANAsATKaLWQM7
“二哥,我刚从镇上回来。”53Please respect copyright.PENANA8Ww7C4mZDQ
“咱们常往来的几个商号,今日都推说货物不足,不肯交易了。”53Please respect copyright.PENANAWiyNFcB6qx
“我听伙计私下说,是皿煮帮放了话——”53Please respect copyright.PENANA5sQ0CTiRyd
“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:53Please respect copyright.PENANAlhpwyj4kdM
“谎言如沙上筑塔,筑得越高,崩时越狠。”53Please respect copyright.PENANASB6m7uoqbP
“他们今日用银子堆起万丈高塔,”53Please respect copyright.PENANA60VX6jemn1
“他日塔崩之时——”53Please respect copyright.PENANAYHX1JRRcB4
他转身,眼中紫芒微闪。53Please respect copyright.PENANAZQox8CXTEA
“便是他们自食恶果之日。”
“可眼下怎么办?”53Please respect copyright.PENANAME3nXRPuCu
令狐吉急道,53Please respect copyright.PENANAnwEU4t7kOU
“总不能任由他们污蔑!”
“清者自清。”53Please respect copyright.PENANAyRJWuycJPN
令狐牙道,53Please respect copyright.PENANAw1byZXnKkP
“传令下去:黄山派弟子近日少下山,避其锋芒。”
“马师父那边,”53Please respect copyright.PENANAGQ0SaKglHe
“三弟你去一趟,带上我写的‘紫霞气功入门心诀’。”53Please respect copyright.PENANAZRDuYrHoqj
“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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