
暮色初臨,西湖外郊的「夏松客棧」檐角掛起三盞褪色燈籠。27Please respect copyright.PENANAcAlb3IA0Jn
江小由推開吱呀作響的榆木門,撲面而來是陳年黴味混著龍井茶香。櫃檯後的老掌柜正就著燭火撥算盤,見三人風塵僕僕,眼皮都懶得抬。27Please respect copyright.PENANA6sQ7rv8zlE
「小二!」江小由一串銅錢拍在裂紋密佈的櫃面,「來兩間上房。」27Please respect copyright.PENANA17IPL5U0TT
店小二拎著銅壺過來笑說:「姑娘稍候,上房這就拾掇!」27Please respect copyright.PENANAEefkW6Z3hn
江小由低聲問頭:「這離『觀月社』還有多少腳程?」27Please respect copyright.PENANAH4kzwkNKkZ
店小二手一顫,壺裡熱湯潑濕袖口:「姑、姑娘說笑了...這西湖邊詩社七八個,小的不知道...」27Please respect copyright.PENANAdXkzIXcMkI
洪青沙滑步插入兩人之間:「咱妹子好聽風雅事,聽說西湖有位擅書的先生。」他指尖輕彈,一枚銅錢「叮」地嵌入櫃檯木縫,「勞煩小哥指點個雅座?」27Please respect copyright.PENANASFJOve6LT2
小二喉結滾動,攥著抹布連退三步:「客官們樓上請!天字房臨湖景緻最佳...」27Please respect copyright.PENANAoBjcFUPP8E
待三人登上吱嘎木梯,青沙方壓著嗓子道:「永樂爺登基後,『觀月』二字在西湖一帶已是提不得的忌諱。當年方孝孺案牽連的翰林,半數化名混跡此社。」他推開廂房雕花門,湖風捲著花香味灌入,「如今觀月社也大不如前,雖說仍是「一江三湖」的大門派,但...」話到嘴邊忽轉,「林兄臉色怎這般差?」27Please respect copyright.PENANA2OadryrZLp
林戴志扶著窗欞悶咳:「自貢珠樓強運心法,氣海穴便時有滯塞。」27Please respect copyright.PENANAFr0MfnvZC6
「任何內功像你這般硬催蠻練——」青沙突然並指點向他臍下三寸,「自是氣海非海,反成死潭!」27Please respect copyright.PENANAqd6tzBVibY
林戴志頓覺丹田如針刺,未及反應,青沙已繞至他背後,掌心「啪」地貼上命門穴:「家師提過,林兄弟略懂「月湖潮歌」,當年創此心法的高人,可是對著錢塘大潮悟道。你且幻想內息如潮水——」27Please respect copyright.PENANAluOLme9N02
話音未落,洪青沙掌勁驟吐。林戴志眼前忽現幻象:月光下怒潮拍岸,每一道浪峰皆暗合呼吸節奏。他驚覺自己正無意識模仿潮汐律動,丹田似有銀流奔湧。27Please respect copyright.PENANAOGRMC4nMpc
青沙收掌拭汗,「剛才助你運氣過手太陰肺經,自雲門至少商,恰如漲潮漫灘,暫時應可竭止氣海滯塞。」27Please respect copyright.PENANAdiE0qHtBAi
江小由抱臂冷哼:「蠢魚!這幾日都瞞著我?」指尖戳向他肋下,「再敢藏傷,就把你泡進西湖餵烏龜!」27Please respect copyright.PENANAwrz9aViCOV
林戴志謝過洪青沙後,揉著發麻的曲池穴訥訥道:「當真無礙…」27Please respect copyright.PENANAYmY3XZFwst
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三更梆響,林戴志盤坐於臨窗竹榻。窗外西湖夜潮輕叩石岸,他懷抱《月湖潮歌》卷軸,正按指示運轉「子午周天」。臍下氣海穴卻如塞入炙炭,任憑如何意守丹田,內息始終淤滯難行。27Please respect copyright.PENANAU5JZ5U9Lze
「林兄這般練法,怕是未成潮歌先變喪曲。」洪青沙慵懶嗓音自梁上傳來。但見他倒懸房梁,髮梢幾乎觸及林戴志鼻尖,「素聞月湖潮歌是「以觀潮、養內氣』,你對窗枯坐半宿,可曾聽見潮聲?」27Please respect copyright.PENANAjGn7r7OAsF
林戴志蹙眉:「潮聲每刻鐘六次拍岸,與記載『潮汐八動』全然不合。」27Please respect copyright.PENANAxzBNZ6Bpfo
「傻瓜!」洪青沙翻身落地,「你當天下潮水同律?當真死讀經書!」27Please respect copyright.PENANA7Ld60EsgCR
「洪兄這是什麼意思?」林戴志愕然。27Please respect copyright.PENANA3gSxQjrPj3
洪青沙指尖指向林戴志臍下兩寸,「氣海非海,此處才是真氣樞紐!」27Please respect copyright.PENANA7QncXuGr4k
林戴志按指示運氣,驟覺鼠蹊部竄起寒流,洪青沙掌根已貼上他尾閭穴:「當年創此心法的前輩,是在潮中頓悟。以形化意,把潮汐潮聲化為內息周轉,如你只看眼前潮水,不懂其意,豈非笑話??」說著驟催內勁。27Please respect copyright.PENANA1RaVU6FrP7
「唔!」林戴志渾身劇震。眼前再現幻象:月光下兩道怒潮對撞,激起漫天銀沫。他無意識模仿潮汐節奏,先導氣過手太陰肺經,再逆沖足少陽膽經,任督二脈竟自行貫通如虹。27Please respect copyright.PENANACk1M1YSKge
洪青沙此時收手笑說:「倒是塊練武料子,只可惜未有明師指導,希望來日觀月社是你容身之所。」27Please respect copyright.PENANA1fCe3rnofS
話音未落,西廂房傳來「咔嗒」瓦片碎裂聲。27Please respect copyright.PENANAnUbHgYL4bl
「小由!」兩人對望半刻,林戴志已抄起短刀破門而出。青沙袖中柳葉鏢已先一步射穿門紙,卻見兩名蒙面漢正扛著江小由翻出窗欞。房內彌漫著甜膩異香,竟是迷暈用的「帳中香」!27Please respect copyright.PENANADaQfzj7D0O
「閉氣!」洪青沙甩出浸濕汗巾。林戴志掩面沖入毒霧,榻邊掙扎痕跡猶在,卻見房內窗扉洞開,兩道黑影正挾著人形麻袋躍出廊外。27Please respect copyright.PENANAee4QvaE1yP
「分頭走!」挾持江小由的黑衣人暴喝,兩道身影驟分左右兩方逃去。洪青沙左掌已凝起「鐵砂掌」,掌心泛起鐵灰色:「林兄弟追右路!」27Please respect copyright.PENANAd2QS0Bib1P
林戴志狂奔時果然瞥見右側黑衣人肩頭微沉——正是扛人的姿勢!洪青沙在另一邊大叫:「這邊交我!」話音剛落,洪青沙「轟」地踏裂地磚,身形如投石般射向左側黑衣人。27Please respect copyright.PENANAwcl80gK8um
黑衣人長劍抖出七點寒星,劍鋒帶起濕冷凍氣,正是「水雲勁」!27Please respect copyright.PENANADnTJAVTmj9
洪青沙不避不讓,右掌「開碑手」直劈劍幕,天罡勁震得劍身「嗡嗡」顫鳴。27Please respect copyright.PENANAwOSz6xom34
「鐵砂掌?」黑衣人嘶聲冷笑,劍勢忽化柔韌,如綿密雨幕罩下,「巨鯊幫的看家本領?趙舵主果然沒猜錯!」27Please respect copyright.PENANAd3qFMHGe0z
青沙雙掌交錯成「推山式」,「趙山紅真陰魂不散!」掌風捲起滿地青落葉:「鐵山濤海!」27Please respect copyright.PENANAanRwVyKm3D
一招交手,空氣中炸開焦土腥氣,洪青沙雙掌已凝成玄鐵色。黑衣人長劍抖出漫天雨幕,劍鋒未至,森寒劍氣已壓低洪青沙身影。27Please respect copyright.PENANA3bcCVRojsU
「鐵砂洗天!」青沙暴喝如雷,右掌劈出竟帶風雷之聲。27Please respect copyright.PENANAB2gxB9kaBo
鐵掌過處,地面犁出淺溝,黑衣人的劍幕被硬生生撕開缺口。劍刃擦過掌緣,迸出連串青紫火星,竟將劍身燒出赤紅烙痕!27Please respect copyright.PENANAD6BHcIRxuU
黑衣人虎口崩裂,卻獰笑著劍交左手使出一招「雨泣魂銷」!27Please respect copyright.PENANAA9y9S8sc41
劍勢驟變陰柔,劍尖由一顫出多重虛影,宛如暴雨撲面,向洪青沙全身大穴刺進,周遭古柏「喀嚓」折斷,斷口平滑如鏡。27Please respect copyright.PENANAuI846z1rM5
青沙雙目充血,運「天罡勁」催至再上一層。雙掌交疊成於下盤,渾身筋肉暴脹撐裂直綴:「八荒摧山!」27Please respect copyright.PENANAcPwgrVDTgI
掌影如嶽鎮江河,雙足陷地三寸,方圓丈內地磚盡成蛛網,與劍勢轟然對撞。27Please respect copyright.PENANA9Dk2s8BoFA
交手過後,黑衣人七竅溢血,卻突然棄劍合身撲上,雙臂纏滿水雲氣勁:「去見洪浪吧!」27Please respect copyright.PENANAgPwg4NjqD3
青沙驚覺足三陰經被封,黑衣人渾身經脈已鼓如蟾蜍。千鈞一髮間,他強運天罡勁自傷經脈,雙掌「轟」地插入身後石屋:「起!」27Please respect copyright.PENANATQfZOkZDS3
薄層石牆被洪青沙掀作盾牌,黑衣人自爆的血撞上石磚,竟腐蝕出蜂窩狀孔洞。迸射的骨刺擦過青沙左頰,犁出深紅的血槽!27Please respect copyright.PENANAqGx2AR1FJL
煙塵中,洪青沙拄著半截岩柱喘息。左臂密布紫黑毒斑,天罡勁正與腐毒激烈拉鋸。27Please respect copyright.PENANABo03uw1Wo1
遠處驟響尖叫聲,洪青沙瞳孔驟縮,扯下染血衣擺紮緊傷臂,踏著滿地毒血疾奔而去。27Please respect copyright.PENANAEvu8K0pHTZ
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子夜的湖水如墨般暈開,林戴志在蘆葦叢中飛掠,緊咬前方黑影。荒原驟現,黑衣人猛然駐足,將江小由拋至亂石堆旁,反手抽出雁翎刀。27Please respect copyright.PENANA2dGcyR3rKs
「鏘!」刀鋒擦過林戴志左頰,顴骨綻出細細血線,珠血濺上草葉。27Please respect copyright.PENANA95RDU4ncn0
「為何擄人?」林戴志短刀劃出半弧,格擋第二記劈砍時,腕骨傳來酥麻震顫。27Please respect copyright.PENANARZxPaPHJHe
黑衣人刀尖垂地,驟然旋身撩起一抹弧光——正是「翻江八勢」的「浪起勢」!刀風捲動蘆絮成霧,刃鋒掠過頸側,血珠連串墜落。27Please respect copyright.PENANAnmehsP1bOw
「不是要打聽觀月社?還裝傻?」黑衣人刀勢轉如綿密春雨,每招留三分餘力,「浪花勢」緊接而至,「寧錯殺,不輕放!」27Please respect copyright.PENANAUuTp99miV6
蘆絮如龍捲襲來,林戴志急催「月湖潮歌」迎擊。飛絮在視線中驟化潮影,他側身閃過刀勢,短刀反撩新月弧光。黑衣人變招奇快,「破浪勢」以刀背壓得林戴志連退三步。27Please respect copyright.PENANAdV4D85Earj
纏鬥間,林戴志呼吸漸重,內息在經脈左衝右突。他模仿洪青沙所授,幻想立於錢塘潮頭,短刀陡然爆出烈勁,震開雁翎刀,直刺咽喉!此招本該如潮湧連綿,卻因真氣不繼,刀尖凝滯於死穴三寸外。27Please respect copyright.PENANAl2f26O0bcD
「可惜了。」黑衣人獰笑,雁翎刀貼刃滑下,刀鐺「錚」地撞上拇指關節。右臂如遭電亟,短刀斜插土中。27Please respect copyright.PENANA2vYI64hR55
兵刃脫手,黑衣人「翻江勢」驟出,刀影如網罩下。林戴志緊盯刃光,潮歌心法催至極致,硬生生避開九成殺招——「嗤!」肩頭仍被拉出森然血口。他借勢滾至江小由身旁,但刀尖仍追向咽喉:「說!觀月社藏了在哪?」27Please respect copyright.PENANAywWVIteI9r
林戴志暴起,雙指插向對方「膻中穴」。黑衣人冷笑變招「浪花勢」,刀勢壓頂。千鈞一髮之際,潮聲驟響耳畔——他竟徒手抓住刀背!27Please respect copyright.PENANA6ShZguiMKH
「潮生…明月…」經脈浮凸如浪紋,雁翎刀「喀嚓」斷裂,見此劇變,黑衣人急退。27Please respect copyright.PENANAiKaJ7whs7i
林戴志踉蹌跪地,七竅緩緩溢血,強催真氣已傷經脈。27Please respect copyright.PENANAt5VEPU5AJ2
此時江小由驚醒,見狀失聲尖叫。27Please respect copyright.PENANAF8nqp1sjGo
「好小子!」黑衣人棄刀拔出腰間匕首,「且看你能撐幾式『翻江八勢』!」27Please respect copyright.PENANA0eZoQHkdE7
匕首如惡蛟襲來,林戴志勉力閃避。至第五刀時,氣海驟空,刃尖直逼眉心——27Please respect copyright.PENANAihlbmq2iIo
「叮!」27Please respect copyright.PENANAcyYsQ0jB6F
一柄銀白直劍破空而至,劍柄鮫綃泛著冷光,精準釘入岩縫。劍鳴如潮,嚇得黑衣人連退數步。27Please respect copyright.PENANAo0aAmvSPrC
「誰?!」黑衣人怒吼。27Please respect copyright.PENANA9eBF5QeaNb
夜霧中腳步聲漸近,靛青勁裝青年踏出陰影。領口銀線浪紋微閃,肩搭半舊蓑衣,竟是五年未見的江小發!27Please respect copyright.PENANA6DQOJi0r9y
林戴志怔望那張稜角如鑿的臉:頰上添了幾道淡疤,青絲帶隨風拍打後頸,鷹眼般的雙瞳與自信笑容依舊:「只是幾年不見,戴志你身手怎這般好?」27Please respect copyright.PENANAsj7gt3rTYf
「哥小心!」江小由掙扎起身。黑衣人匕首已劈向江小發後心!27Please respect copyright.PENANACB0Q9zcDGX
江小發冷笑,指尖輕撫銀劍:「觀月社就在此——」劍影暴漲,「你的頭顱,我要收下了!」27Please respect copyright.PENANALAFf03uJXY
黑衣人急催「水雲勁」護體,銀劍卻如活蟒纏身,只消一個失神,江小發翻腕輕扯,「喀啦!」頸血已濺紅荒草。27Please respect copyright.PENANAqjNDckA1hu
「月湖潮歌不是這般硬催的。」他按住林戴志背心,一股內力灌入,「看好了,潮起!」27Please respect copyright.PENANABlVk9aq4NM
林戴志渾身劇震,眼前浮現錢塘交叉潮幻象。江小發劍尖劃地成圓:「潮生明月,要義在借勢化勁,而非蠻抗。」27Please respect copyright.PENANAUeKBVHhg3j
運氣完畢,江小發收劍歸鞘:「走吧,往觀月社的船…要啟航了!」27Please respect copyright.PENANApPlRL8Cw7g
此時江小由眸中已盈滿淚光,顫抖的雙手攙起林戴志,另一手緊攥住兄長衣袖:「哥...這些年你...」語聲哽咽,似有千言萬語堵在喉頭。27Please respect copyright.PENANAQipuusIvMK
江小發眼底閃過一絲憐惜,笑意卻更深了。他抬手輕撫妹妹髮頂,掌心溫暖如昔:「噓——」動作溫柔卻帶著不容置疑,隨即低聲道:「這些年,辛苦妳了。」指尖拭去她眼角的淚珠,「先回客棧,哥慢慢說與妳聽。」27Please respect copyright.PENANAW0L52pLCDM
此時,渾身染血的洪青沙趕至,掃視現場,默然頷首。
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