小鱼说书之一<<the book and the sword>>
[color=blue] [/color]事先声明,这部书是中文翻译过去得,也不是我写的,我也写不出,中文原著然肯定比英文精彩了,而我现在所作得事情只不过是把这部英文书再翻译过来;P 对原著虽然听说很多但是不了解,试试看吧,没看过中文原著,如果有兴趣得朋友可以与我一起看.本人英文能力有限,借着字典和大家一起看了形式是连载形式,帖一段英文,翻译一段,希望大家支持:lol 目的只是为了玩玩而已
PART ONE
** 1 **
It was a hot summer's day in June, l754, the eighteenth year of the reign of Emperor Qian Long. In the inner courtyard of the military commander's Yamen in Fufeng in Shaanxi province, a fourteen-year-old girl skipped towards her teacher's study, eager for a history lesson. All was peaceful: not even a thread of cool wind stirred. The girl hesitated, afraid that her teacher had not yet woken from his afternoon nap. Quietly, she circled round to the window, pierced a hole in its paper covering with one of her golden hair clips, and peeped inside.
She saw her teacher sitting cross-legged on a chair, smiling. His right hand waved slightly in the air, and there was a faint clicking sound. Glancing over to where the sound came from, she noticed several dozen flies on a wooden partition opposite, all as still as could be. Puzzled, she looked more closely and noticed a golden needle as slender as a hair protruding from the back of each fly. The needles were so small that she was only able to see them because they reflected the rays of the late afternoon sun slanting in through the windows.
Flies were still buzzing to and fro around the room. The teacher waved his hand again, there was a small noise, and another fly was pinned to the partition. Absolutely fascinated, she ran to the door and burst in, shouting: "Teacher! Show me how to do that."
The girl was Li Yuanzhi, the only child of the local military commander, Li Keshou. Her fresh, beautiful face was flushed with excitement.
"Hmm," said her teacher, a scholar in his mid-fifties named Lu. "Why aren't you playing with your friends? You want to hear some more stories, do you?"
Moving a chair over to the partition, she jumped up to look, then pulled the needles out of the flies one by one, wiped them clean on a piece of paper and handed them back to him. "That was a brilliant piece of kung fu, teacher," she said. "You have to show me how to do it."
Lu smiled. "If you want to learn kung fu, there's no-one better at it within a hundred miles of here than your own father," he said.
"My father knows how to shoot an eagle with an arrow, but he can't kill a fly with a needle. If you don't believe me, I'll go and ask him."
Lu thought for a moment, and then nodded. "All right, come tomorrow morning and I'll teach you. Now go off and play. And you're not allowed to tell anyone about me killing the flies. If anyone finds out, I won't teach you."
Yuanzhi was overjoyed. She knelt before him and kowtowed eight times. Lu accepted the gesture with a smile. "You pick things up very quickly. It is fitting that I should teach you this kind of kung fu. However ..." He stopped, deep in thought.
"Teacher," said Yuanzhi hurriedly. "I will do anything you say."
"To be honest, I don't agree with much of what your father does," he said. "When you're older, I hope you will be able to distinguish between right and wrong, good and evil. If you accept me as your teacher, you must also accept the strict rules of the Wudang Martial Arts Order to which I belong. Do you think you can?"
"I would not dare defy your orders," she said.
"If you ever use the skills I teach you to do evil, I will take your life as easily as turning my hand over."
His face and voice became stern and hard, and for a moment Yuanzhi was frightened. But then she smiled. "I'll be good," she said. "Anyway, how could you bear to kill me?"
[[i] 本帖最后由 鱼尾巴 于 2008-3-15 01:27 PM 编辑 [/i]] 1754年6月得一个夏天,也就是乾隆十八年,在陕西省([color=blue]幸好还有一个扶风可以看出来是陕西,不然我真以为是山西[/color])扶风的总兵衙门内,一个14岁的女孩跳着奔向他在看书的老师,乞求他讲一段历史故事,一切是那么的平静,没有一丝风吹过,小女孩犹豫了,害怕她老师没有从午睡中醒来,她绕到窗前,用金色的发卡在纸创上扎了个洞,偷看着屋内的状况.
她看见她的老师笑着盘着腿坐在椅子上,右手微微的一挥,发出一点微弱的敲打声.往着声音发出来的地方一看,几十只苍蝇([color=blue]这个地方是看的原著,实在是没有想到fly是苍蝇的意思[/color])全被定在对面的木板上不动了.她十分奇怪,仔细一看,原来每只苍蝇背后都插着一只金针.她能看见从窗外斜射进屋里照在金针上反射过来阳光罢了.
苍蝇仍然嗡嗡的在房间里飞,老师又把手一挥,一只苍蝇又被钉在了木壁上,完全被吸引住了,她跑到门前,冲进房里喊道:"老师,你把这玩意交给我吧."
女孩叫李沅芷,是总兵李可秀([color=blue]人物一律沿用中文原著中名字[/color])的独女.红润又漂亮的脸蛋上充满着兴奋的表情.
"嗯."她的老师叫陆高止一位饱学之士,50来岁的样子,他问到:"你为什么不和你的小伙伴玩,要来这里听故事呢?"
她搬了张椅子到木壁下,跳上椅子,拔下钉在苍蝇背上的金针,用纸擦干净,然后交还给了老师,"这是一门很厉害的功夫."她问道:"老师能交给我吗?"
"我爹知道如何用弓箭射鹰,但是他不知道怎么用金针射苍蝇了.如果你不信,我去问问他会不会."
陆菲青想了片刻,然后点了点头,"好吧,明天早上我教你,你先去玩吧,但是我射杀苍蝇的事情不允许你告诉别人,不然我就不教你了."
([color=blue]英文版中此处省略了很大一段剧情,包括陆高止其实是武当大侠叫陆菲青[/color])
沅芷十分高兴,拜倒磕了八次头,行了拜师礼.陆菲青受礼笑着说道:"你很聪明,学东西也非常快,很适合学我教你的这门功夫,但是......"陆菲青沉默不语.
"老师."沅芷急了,"你说的我都能做到."
"实话说来,我也未必比你父亲高明,"他继续说道,"等你长大了我希望你能能区分对与错,善与恶,你接受了我这个老师,你也就必须接受武当派严格的门规,你能做到吗?'
"弟子不敢有违师命."沅芷说道.
"如果你用我教你的功夫去作坏事,我会亲自清理门户的."
他的脸色得严厉起来,话语也强硬了,沅芷吓呆了,过了一会,她仍然笑着说道:"我会好好听师父话的,再说师父怎么舍得杀我呢."
[[i] 本帖最后由 鱼尾巴 于 2008-3-15 01:21 PM 编辑 [/i]] [size=4][color=purple][b][font=Trebuchet MS][i][u]小鱼[/u][/i],这是你翻译达?[/font][/b][/color][/size]
**** 作者被禁止或删除 内容自动屏蔽 **** 太厉害了吗。 中文名字呢先保密,说出来大家一定都知道,话说原著比英文版好看多了,不过我怕大家看了原著就不会来看我的了,^_^.对武侠有点了解的跟着我的说书来,你自然就知道是哪部小说了.
接下来的故事里面会出现许多大家非常熟悉的人物了.
** 2 **
The Wudang kung fu sect to which Lu belonged, one of the most famous, stressed the use of Internal Force Kung Fu. In his prime, Lu had roamed China fighting for justice, and had become a famous member of the Dragon Slayer's Society, a secret anti-Manchu organisation whose power and influence had been widespread during the reign of Yong Zheng, the former Emperor. But the society had been rigorously suppressed, and by the seventh or eighth year of Emperor Qian Long's reign, it had disintegrated. Lu fled to the border areas of China. The Manchu court dispatched men to look for him, but he was quick-witted and a good fighter and managed to avoid capture. Working on the principle that 'small crooks hide in the wilderness, middling crooks in the city and big crooks in officialdom', Lu eventually made his way to Commander Li's household and set himself up as a teacher.
From that day, Lu began teaching Yuanzhi the basic techniques of the Wudang school's kung fu style, known as Limitless Occult Kung Fu. He taught her control of her emotions and thoughts, the ten Tapestries and the thirty-two Long-arm Blows. He trained her to use her eyes and ears, and showed her the use of hand darts and other hidden projectiles.
More than two years passed. Yuanzhi, hard-working and clever, made fast progress. Her father, Commander Li, was transferred toGansu province as military commander at Anxi, one of the major towns in the northwest border regions, bordering on the great desert of central Asia. His family, including Lu, went with him.
Another two years passed as Lu taught Yuanzhi the Soft Cloud sword technique and the secret of the Golden Needles. She did as her teacher had ordered, and did not tell a soul that she was learning kung fu. Every day she practised by herself in the rear flower garden. When the young mistress was practising her kung fu, the maids did not understand what they saw, and the menservants did not dare to watch too closely.
Commander Li was a capable man, and he advanced steadily through the ranks of officialdom. In 1759, the twenty-third year of the Emperor Qian Long's reign, he distinguished himself in the battle of Ili, in which the largest of the tribes in the Muslim areas was defeated, and received an Imperial decree promoting him to the post of Commander-in-Chief of Zhejiang Province in the southeast.
Yuanzhi had been born and raised in the border areas of the northwest, and the prospect of travelling to new and beautiful lands filled her with excitement. She pressed her teacher to come as well, and Lu, who had been away from the central areas for a long time, agreed with pleasure.
Li Keshou went ahead with a small escort to take up his post and left his chief-of-staff and 20 soldiers in charge of his family who were to follow him. The officer's name was Deng, a vigorous and energetic man in his forties who sported a small moustache.
The entourage consisted of more than a dozen mules and a few horses. Madame Li sat in a mule-drawn carriage, but Yuanzhi couldn't bear to be cooped up and insisted on riding. Since itwould have been improper for the daughter of a high official to be seen riding in public, she changed into boy's clothes which made her look so extraordinarily handsome that she refused to change back into her normal attire no matter what anyone said. All Madame Li could do was sigh and let her daughter do as she pleased.
It was a deep autumn day. Lu rode far behind the group looking at the passing scenery as the colours of late afternoon merged into evening. But there was little to see around the ancient road except yellow sand, withered grasses and the occasional crow flying homewards. A breeze sprang up from the west and Lu began to recite:
"His body and name scarred by a hundred battles
The general approaches a bridge across a river
And turns to look back 10,000 miles
At the dead men left behind.
Cold are the waters of the River Yi
And the whistling west wind,
Full of cloaks and crowns like snow.
The hero's song of lament has not yet ended....."
"The poet Xin Jiaxuan could have been writing of my own feelings," he thought. "He was much like me when he wrote it, watching China fall to the barbarian tribes, with no way of knowing when the old days would return. No wonder he sang such a sad song."
The entourage crossed the summit of a hill. Looking at the darkening sky, the mulemen said that another three miles would bring them to Twin Pagodas, a large town, where they planned to spend the night.
Just then, Lu heard the sound of galloping hooves and saw far in front two magnificent chestnut horses racing towards them through a cloud of dust. The two riders flashed by, one on either side of the line of mules, and were gone. Lu slapped his horseand caught up with Yuanzhi.
"Did you get a good look at those two?" he asked in a low voice.
"Were they bandits?" she replied excitedly. She would have liked nothing better than for them to be outlaws bent on robbery, giving her a chance to display the skills she had worked so hard to attain over the past five years.
"It's hard to say," said Lu. "But judging by their ability in the martial arts, they wouldn't be ordinary highwaymen."
"Are they kung fu masters?"
"From the way they ride their horses, I'd say it's unlikely they are novices."
As the entourage neared the town, two more horsemen galloped past.
"Mm, this is very strange," mused Lu. The country was desolate and the evening mist was thickening. He wondered why anyone would set out on a journey at this time of day.
Not long after, the muletrain entered the town. Officer Deng led them to a large inn and Yuanzhi and her mother were shown to one of the best rooms. Lu was given a smaller room, and after he had eaten dinner, a servant lit the lantern. All was quiet, and he was about to go to sleep when a dog barked. From far away he heard the faint sound of galloping horses approaching and he thought again about the four riders they had passed on the road.
The clip-clop of horses' hooves came closer and stopped right in front of the inn. There was a knock on the front door and Lu heard a servant open it and say: "You've been riding hard. There's food and drink prepared for you."
"Go and feed the horses quickly," said a rough voice. "We must start out again as soon as we've finished eating."
Lu considered the situation. Groups of men hurrying northwest, and judging by the way they rode, all of them experts in the martial arts. In all his years in the border areas, he had never seen the like of it. He slipped quietly out of his room, crossed the courtyard and went round to the back of the inn.
"All right, you say the Young Helmsman is very young," he heard the rough-voiced man say. "Do you think he will be able to control all the brothers?"
Lu followed the voice and stationed himself underneath the window.
"He'll have to," he heard the other say. "It was the old master's wish whether the Young Helmsman likes it or not."
The man had a deep, sonorous voice, and Lu could tell his Internal Strength was profound. Not daring to make a hole in the window paper to peep through, he continued to listen from where he was, breathing as lightly as he could.
"Of course," the rough-throated one replied. "But we don't know if the Young Helmsman will be willing to do it."
"You don't have to worry about that," said the other. "He'll follow the old master's wishes."
He said the word 'follow' with a peculiar southern Chinese accent, and Lu's heart jumped. "Where have I heard that voice before?" he thought. He sifted through his mind, and finally remembered that it belonged to his old friend Zhao Banshan, whom he had known 20 years before in the Dragon Slayers' Society. Zhao was about 10 years younger than he, but the two had often trained together, and had a great respect for each other. Lu had heard no news of him since the Dragon Slayers' Society had broken up and he was delighted at chancing upon an old friend in such an unlikely place. As he was about to call out to Zhao, the light in the room was suddenly doused and a dart shot out of the window.
But it was not aimed at Lu. A figure shifted in the shadows nearby and caught the dart, then stood up, about to challenge the dart thrower. Lu leapt over and whispered fiercely: "Don't make a sound! Come with me." It was Yuanzhi.
No one chased them. Lu pulled Yuanzhi into his room, and under the light saw an expression of such eagerness on her face that he was both angry and amused.
"Yuanzhi, do you know what sort of men they are? What were you doing trying to pick a fight with them?" he asked sternly.
"What were they doing shooting a dart at me?" she replied defiantly.
"If they aren't outlaws, then they are secret society men," he said. "One of them I know, and his kung fu would not be weaker than mine. Travelling through the night as they are, they must be on very urgent business. That dart was not meant to injure you, it was just telling you not to be nosy. If he had really wanted to hit you, I doubt if you would have been able to catch it. Now go and sleep."
They heard a door open and the sound of horses' hooves as the two men galloped away.
The next morning, the muletrain started out again, and travelled ten miles in just over two hours.
"Look, teacher," said Yuanzhi. "There's someone coming."
Two chestnut horses galloped towards them, and because of theprevious night's incident, they paid particular attention to the riders. The horses, fine and spirited, were identical. Even stranger, the two riders were also identical. Both were aged about 40, tall and thin with faces as yellow as wax, sunken eyes and long slanting eyebrows: the effect was frightening.
As they passed by, the two men glanced at Yuanzhi with their strange eyes. She reined in her horse and stared back belligerently, but they took no notice and raced on westwards.
"Where did that pair of ghosts come from, I wonder," she said.
Lu glanced back at the receding figures. "Aha, it must be them," he cried.
"You recognise them?" she asked excitedly.
"They must be the Twin Knights of Sichuan. Their surname is Chang, but everyone calls them Black Death and White Death."
Yuanzhi laughed. "They've got good nicknames. They look like a couple of skeletons."
"Little girls shouldn't make jokes about other people," said Lu. "They may be ugly but they are skilled fighters. I've never met them, but from what I've heard, they travel the country fighting evil and doing justice. They are widely known as outlaws, but they steal only from the rich and help the poor. They have made a great name for themselves."
"But if they are identical, why are they called Black and White?"
"From what I've been told, the only difference between them is that one has a black mole in the corner of his eye, and the other doesn't. There's probably no one better at Black Sand Palm Kung Fu than those two."
"What are they doing in the border areas?" Yuanzhi asked.
"I have no idea," Lu replied. "I've never heard of them operating out here before."
As he spoke, they heard more horses coming towards them. This time, the riders were a Taoist priest and a hunchback dressed in brightly-coloured clothes. The priest had a longsword slung across his back. His face was pale and sickly and he had only one arm: his left sleeve was tucked under his belt.
Seeing the hunchback's ugly face and his garish attire, Yuanzhi laughed. "Teacher," she shouted before Lu could stop her, "Look at the hunchback!"
The hunchback glared at her angrily and as he passed, stretched out his hand to grab hold of her. The priest seemed to have guessed what he would do, and stopped the hunchback's hand with a flick of his horse whip. "Tenth Brother," he growled, "Don't make trouble."
Lu and Yuanzhi looked back and saw the two horses breaking into a gallop. Suddenly, the hunchback did a reverse somersault off the back of his horse, and with three steps covered the distance to Yuanzhi. Yuanzhi's sword was in her hand, but the hunchback did not attack her. He grabbed the tail of her horse, and the animal, which was galloping along, reared back on its hind legs with a loud scream. The hunchback's strength was frightening: the horse had not pulled him forward an inch. He chopped at the horse's tautly-stretched tail with his right hand, and snapped off the end as if with a knife. The horse lunged forward, and Yuanzhi was almost thrown. The hunchback turned and ran off swiftly. In a second, he caught up with his horse, still galloping westwards, leapt onto its back and soon disappeared from view.
"Teacher!" Yuanzhi called out in a plaintive voice. Lu frowned and was about to berate her. But seeing her eyes glistening with tears, he stopped himself.
Later, they heard a shout from behind: "Weiyang...Weiyang."
Yuanzhi was mystified. "What's that?" she asked.
"It's the call of a bodyguard agency shouter," he said. "The agencies hire out bodyguards or escort goods and people, especially on long journeys. Every bodyguard agency has a different call, and they use it to let both outlaws and friends know who they are. The bodyguard agency business is based seven parts on goodwill and three parts on fighting ability. If the head of an agency is generous and creates a lot of goodwill, he will gain many friends, and his business will prosper. Outlaws will hear the call and let them pass without attacking. 'Being friends is better than being enemies,' as the saying goes. Now, if you were to try the bodyguard agency business...ha! With allthe people you have annoyed in less than half a day, you would have trouble travelling an inch, even if you were ten times the fighter you are now."
"Which bodyguard agency's call is that?" she asked, ignoring his teasing.
"The Zhen Yuan Agency from Beijing, probably the biggest in north China. The head of the agency is 'North China Earth Shaker' Wang Weiyang. He must be seventy by now, but they're still calling 'Weiyang', so he hasn't retired yet. Ah, perhaps he ought to. The Zhen Yuan Agency has been making big profits for 40 years now. That should be enough for anyone."
"Have you ever met him?" Yuanzhi asked.
"I've met him. He uses an Eight Diagram sword and the Eight Diagram boxing technique. In the old days, there was no one in north China who could beat him."
Yuanzhi was elated. "They're travelling very fast. When they catch up to us, you can point the old hero out to me."
"Now why would he come out himself?" Lu said. "You really are a silly girl!"
Yuanzhi sulked. She was always being told off by her teacher. It wasn't fair. She spurred her horse forward and caught up with the carriage, planning to talk to her mother for a while to relieve the frustration. Glancing round, she saw the stub of her horse's tail and shuddered. There was nothing unusual about breaking a spear with one blow, but a horse's tail was pliable. How had the hunchback managed to snap it? She reined in her horse, meaning to wait for Lu to catch up so she could ask him, but changed her mind and galloped up the line to Officer Deng instead.
"Officer Deng," she said, pouting. "My horse's tail looks very ugly."
"I don't know what to do with this horse of mine," Deng replied, guessing her meaning. "He's in a bad mood today and won't do anything I say. You are a good horsewoman, mistress. Perhaps you could help me break him in."
"I probably won't be able to handle him either," she said modestly. The two exchanged horses. Deng's horse was of course very docile.
"Very good, mistress," he complimented her. "Even horses do your bidding."
The bodyguard agency's call came closer and closer, and before long, a muletrain consisting of a score or more heavily laden animals began to pass.
Lu was afraid one of the agency men would recognise him, so he covered the top part of his face with a large fur cap. As the lead escorts trotted past, he heard one of them remark: "According to Brother Han, Brother Jiao Wenqi's body has been found."
Lu's heart missed a beat as he heard the name. Jiao was one of the Six Devils of Guandong and a formidable fighter. Five years before while on an errand to the Muslim regions, Jiao had discovered Lu was hiding in Commander Li's household and had come at the dead of night with two other fighters with the aim of capturing Lu and taking him back to Beijing to claim the reward on his head. After a hard fight, Lu had killed all three and hidden their corpses on a deserted hillside.
Lu looked round at the escort who had spoken, but had time to see only that he had a full beard and a face as black as thunder. Once he had passed, Lu saw he was carrying on his back a red knapsack and a pair of Five Element Wheels, steel rings covered in knives.
"Could it be that the Guandong Devils have become bodyguard agency escorts?" he wondered. Of the six Devils, Lu had only ever seen Jiao, but he knew that the rest were excellent fighters, and that two of them, the Yan brothers, used Five Element Wheels.
Lu thought about the number of top fighters they had met in the past two days and wondered if it had anything to do with himself. From the look of things, the Zhen Yuan Agency men were actually on an escort assignment, so they posed no threat. As to the fighters travelling westwards in pairs, they did not seem to be looking for him. But where were they going and why?
Having exchanged mounts with Officer Deng, Yuanzhi reined in her horse to wait for Lu to pass.
"Teacher," she smiled. "How come no more riders have passed us? I want to see a few more of these heroes."
Her words jogged Lu's mind and he slapped his thigh. "Ah, you old fool," he rebuked himself. "Why didn't you think of the 'Greeting The Dragon's Head Ceremony'?"
"What's that?" she asked.
"It is the most solemn of the ceremonies held by the secret societies to honour an important personage. Usually, the six most senior men in the society are chosen to go to greet the guest, but for really important meetings, 12 are chosen and they go in pairs. Five pairs have passed us now, so there must be still be one pair in front of us."
"Which secret society do they belong to?" Yuanzhi asked.
"That I don't know. But if the Twin Knights of Sichuan and that hunchback are members, the society's power and influence must be tremendous. Whatever you do, don't provoke anyone else, do you hear?"
Yuanzhi nodded, and waited expectantly to see who else would pass them by. ** 2**
陆菲青的武功属于威名显赫的武当一派,注重内功的修习.在他年少的时候,过着四海为家的生活作了不少行侠仗义的事情,成为了屠龙会的一员.这是一个建立于雍正年间的组织,以反清为宗旨有着强大实力和影响的组织,成员分布全国各地.但是屠龙会在乾隆7,8年的时候已经被镇压瓦解.陆菲青逃到了边疆,清廷多次派出爪牙四处寻找他的下落,但是每次陆菲青都凭借着他灵活的头脑和高强的武功躲避了朝廷的抓捕.他想到大隐隐于朝,中隐隐于市,小隐隐于野([color=blue]这句是看原著的,我没有想到是这个意思,原来这句话是这么翻译的,crook钩子的意思,也有恶棍的意思[/color]),最后躲进了李总兵的家里作了一名教师爷.
从那以后陆菲青开始教沅芷一些武当的入门功夫,他不断训练沅芷的眼力和听声,并且教给她暗器以及其他的功夫.
两年过去了,沅芷的勤奋好学再加上她的聪明才智,武功颇有长进.她的父亲被调任甘肃安西当总兵,这是一个西北重镇,位于中亚沙漠边境.李总兵全家前往此地,陆菲青也随着前往.
接下来的两年多的时间里,陆菲青教授给李沅芷柔云剑法以及这绝密的金针功.她谨遵师命,没有把她学功夫的事情告诉任何人,每天她都独自一人在后花园练习.小姐每天练武,婢女们看了也不明白,男仆们也不敢太近的观看.([color=blue]menservant是我看了原著才知道是男仆,是个组合词[/color])
李可秀是个能人,在朝廷官员中是个典范.(看原文写的,原文是什么官运亨通之类的话).乾隆23年(1759年),在伊犁一战成名,击败了一个强大的回族([color=blue]原文是穆斯林,在中国还是叫回族好了[/color])部落,圣旨一下,朝廷提升他为浙江总兵.
李沅芷在西北出生,在西北长大.能够去崭新又美丽的新地方游玩让她十分兴奋.她压着陆菲青与她同去,陆菲青离开中原以久,对故乡也乐意通往.
李可秀挑选了20名亲兵带着圣旨先走,一位参将([color=blue]这个又是看了原文原来把参将叫作small esort[/color])护着家眷跟在后面.这个参将叫曾图南([color=blue]也不知道是语言差异还是什么,这两个名字差太大了吧[/color]),是一个精神抖擞的汉子,40岁左右,留着一撮小胡子.
一行人带着十几头马和骡子,李夫人坐在马车里,但是李沅芷不愿坐车,坚持要骑马.李夫人不愿意让这位总兵的女儿在大庭广众之下骑马,于是就要李沅芷换上男人的衣服,换上之后看起来还真像一位英俊的少年,以致于后来无论怎么说李沅芷再也不肯换回女孩子的装饰了.李夫人叹息了一声,只好由着女儿的性子来了.
这是一个深秋.陆菲青骑着马远远的落在了队伍的后面,他欣赏这半晚的风景.但是这条古道上上除了黄沙,落叶就只有偶尔有乌鸦回巢了.对着吹来的西风,陆菲青吟起诗来.
"将军百战身名裂。
向河梁，回首万里，故人长绝。
易水萧萧西风冷，满座衣冠似雪。
正壮士，悲歌未彻......([color=blue]辛弃疾 《贺新郎》,所以直接找的原文,没办法译了[/color])"
"辛弃疾写出了我心中之所想啊."他想到"他在作这首诗的时候也是我现在这种情形,汉人的天下已经落入蛮夷的手中了.不知道何时才能重拾旧河山啊.([color=blue]又是文言文,汗.我不会翻译了[/color])"
随行人员翻过了一座山,此时天色已晚,马夫说到下一个镇子离这里有3里的路程,叫双塔镇是个大镇子,今晚就在那里歇脚吧.
就在这个时候,陆菲青听见远处一阵急促的马蹄声,只见前方两匹枣红大马飞奔而来,两个骑马人从他的两边一闪而过,陆菲青一拍马追上李沅芷.
"你看清楚刚才那两人了吗?"陆菲青压低声音问道.
"是刚才那两个绿林([color=blue]看原文知道的,不说我还以为是强盗,其实也叫强盗了[/color])人吗?"她兴奋的答道.她想没有什么比能看出他们是绿林好汉来的更直接检验她五年所学的成果的更好的方法了.
"很难这么说."陆菲青道"看能力应该是行伍出生,但是并非一般的高手."
"那他们的功夫怎么样."
"从他们骑马的本领来看,我敢说他们不是庸手."
当一行人靠近镇子的时候,又有两匹马飞奔而过.
"嗯?这倒奇怪了,"陆菲青沉思到.这个地方人烟稀少,这个时候还有人从镇子里出来,除非是要赶路.
没过多久,一行人进入小镇.曾图南领着大伙住进了一家大客栈,李沅芷和李夫人被安排在了一间上房内.陆菲青独自被安排在一间小屋.随后客栈挂起了灯笼,大家开始用餐.平静的夜晚只有几声狗叫声,大家都已经睡着了.从远处传来马蹄声越来越近,让他再次想起白天在路上遇见那四个骑马人的事情.
马蹄声越来越近,最终停在客栈前的右方,接着从前门传来一阵敲门声,陆菲青听见一个伙计前去开门并且问道:"您骑马累了,这里有酒饭是给您备的."
"快去把马喂了."一个粗鲁的声音说道:"我们吃完还得接着赶路."
陆菲青琢磨着店内的情形.这些人赶向安西,看来都是身怀武功的.([color=blue]这里用了原文,其实是我实在是没看明白[/color])在边疆这么多年,他还没有见过如此情形.他轻轻的溜出了自己的房间,绕过了庭院,来到客栈的后面.
"三哥([color=blue]原著中的说法,应该此人就是赵半山[/color].)少舵主太年少了,"他听见说话得就是刚才那个说话粗鲁得汉子"你说他能镇得住弟兄们吗?"
陆菲青走到窗下继续听着.
"他来了,"他听见另外一个人说"这是老舵主得遗愿,大家都着听少舵主得话了."
这个人说话得声音很洪亮,陆菲青能感到他得内功十分深厚.所以没敢在纸窗上扎个洞偷看里面得情况,但是他屏住呼吸,想听清楚里面的人是何来路.
"那是当然."这个粗嗓子的人答道:"但是我们不知道少舵主乐意不乐意出来."
"你不用担心这个."另外一个人接着说道:"这是老舵主的遗命,少舵主会遵守的."
他说的这个"守"字带着独特的南方口音,陆菲青心咯噔了一下,"我从哪里听过这声音."他想到.他搜索着脑子里的记忆,作后终于想起来了,这是他的老朋友赵半山.那是20年前屠龙会里的兄弟.尽管赵半山比他小10岁,但是两个人经常一起切磋武功,彼此十分照应.自从屠龙会瓦解以后再无他的消息,陆菲青很高兴在这个不开心的地方能遇见这么一位老朋友.他想叫出赵半山,但是这个时候屋里的灯突然灭了,从屋内打出一枚暗器.
但是不是对着陆菲青的.人影一闪,有人把暗器接了过去.站起来变叫阵.([color=blue]参照原文,实在太难翻译了[/color])陆菲青跃过去低声喝道:"别出声,跟我来."原来这个黑影是李沅芷.
没有人追上来,他把李沅芷推进了他的房间,在灯下看着她这张充满着怨气和童趣的脸
"沅芷,你知道这些人是来路的吗?你为什么要找他们打架."陆菲青严厉的问道.
"是他们拿暗器射我."她反驳道.
"这两个人如果不是绿林之人,也是帮会的.([color=blue]参照原文[/color])"他继续说道:"其中一个人为师还认识,他的武功不在为师之下.今晚在此住宿必然有非常大的买卖.射那只暗器的目的不是要伤害你,只不是是提醒你不要偷听罢了.如果他们真要伤害你,我怀疑你是否能接住刚才那一暗器.好了,现在你去睡觉了."
他们听见开门声,接着马蹄声渐渐远去.
第二天早晨,大家继续赶路,一个时辰内车队已经走了20里路了.([color=blue]中文版本有出入,是30里[/color])
"看,师父."李沅芷说道:"有人来了."
两匹枣红色的马向他们跑来,因为有了昨晚的事情,他们对这些骑马的人格外注意.这马是一样的马.更加奇特的是,骑马的人也是孪生兄弟,又高又瘦,面色蜡黄.深眼窝,长眉毛,样子很吓人.
他们经过是用奇怪的目光扫了李沅芷一眼,李沅芷骑着马,一副要打架就上来的眼神,不过两人没有说话,骑着马继续向西而去.
"这个两个人要干什么."李沅芷说道.
陆菲青瞟了后面一下,"啊,一定是他们.:他喊道.
"你认识他们."她激动的问道.
"他们一定是西川双侠,常氏兄弟,道上的人都称他们为黑白无常."
李沅芷笑道:"好一个绰号,他们看起来确实像两只吊死鬼."
"小丫头,不要取笑人家."陆菲青说道,"他们虽然长相奇特,但是武功高强.我尽管以前没有见过他们,但是早闻他们的大名,他们这次来肯定是除恶扬善的.尽管他们是有名的绿林好汉,但是他们干的都是劫富济贫的事,因此有着极好的声誉."
"他们是孪生兄弟,但是人们为什么叫他们黑白无常呢?"
"我来告诉你,这仅仅是因为他们中间一人眼角边有颗黑痣,两外一个没有.江湖上恐怕没有人能赢过他们兄弟二人的黑沙掌了."
"那他们来边疆做什么."李沅芷又问道.
"这个我就不知道了,"他说道:"之前我没有听过他们此行的目的."
在他说话的时候,他们听见有更多的马蹄声朝这边来了.这次骑马的人是一个道士和一个衣着光鲜的驼背.这个道士背后背着一柄长剑.苍白的脸略显病态,他只有一个胳膊,左袖口用带子扎起来了.
看着这个驼背丑陋的样貌和光鲜的衣着,"师父."抢在陆菲青要阻止她之前说道:"看这个驼背."
这个驼背生气的瞪着她,向她奔来,伸出他的手要来抓住她.这个道士似乎猜到他想要做什么,用马鞭轻轻弹开他的手,"十弟([color=blue]原文[/color]),不要惹麻烦."
陆菲青和李沅芷看着两匹马飞奔而去,突然这个驼背一个后空翻,跳到离李沅芷只有三步的地方,但是这个驼背没有袭击她.他抓起她在奔跑的马的马尾,伴随着一声长叫,这匹马没能再前进一步.这个驼背的武功令人震惊.他右手用刀子切下马尾,这马继续飞奔,但是李沅芷几乎被惯性扔了出去.驼背迅速的再跑了回去.一瞬间里,他骑着马继续向西走了,一会儿就不见影子了.
"师父."李沅芷用一种哀伤的声音问道.陆菲青皱着眉头严厉的责备她,但是看见她眼角挂着泪水又不忍心了.
随后,他们听见后面传来喊声:"我武...扬威...."
李沅芷疑惑的问道:"那是什么啊?"
"那是镖师喊的口号."镖局每次出门运送货物和保护人的时候都要喊口号,每次都有不同的口号,这么喊黑白两道都认识了.押镖七分靠信誉,三分靠人情.如果这个镖局信誉良好又又有十分好的人际,会有很多朋友,生意也会很兴隆了.绿林朋友听见了这口号也会让他们安全的通过了.'拳头熟不如人情熟'.要是你去走镖,哈...你半天就得罪这么多人,本领再大10倍也寸步难行啊."
她知道被师父戏弄了,她问道:"这个镖局叫什么名字."
"北京的镇远镖局.京城最大的镖局.总镖头是"威震河朔"王维扬.说起来也有70多岁了.但是大家一直喊维扬,以至于现在他还没有退隐,或许是他还不想退隐了.这个镖局有着40多年的历史,赚了很多的钱.足够满足任何一个人了."
"你见过他?"李沅芷问道.
"我确实见过他,此人使一把八卦刀善用八卦拳.早年确实没有人能胜过他."
李沅芷兴奋的说道:"那我们加快速度赶上他们,到时候你指认那位老英雄给我看好吗."
"现在他还会亲自出来吗?"他说道:"你真是个傻丫头."
李沅芷闷闷不乐了,她一直很听师父的话,这不公平.她拍马赶上马车,打算河母亲说会话来消除心中的不悦.看了看四周,她发现自己的马尾被割断了.但是没有任何被东西割过的痕迹,但是马尾是软的,用手是割不断的.([color=blue]原文中写到这时李沅芷已经为刚才师父责备的事情在赌气了[/color])难道是那个驼背弄断的?本来想等师父上来了去问他的,但是赌气一想又转身去问曾参将了.
"曾参将."她撅着小嘴问道:"我的马尾怎么这么难看啊?"
"我不知道我的马为什么会这样."曾图南猜到了她的心思:"他今天的心情不好,我说什么他都不会做,小姐你是割好骑手,也许你能制住他了."
"我想我也许也不行."李沅芷谨慎的说道.两个人交换了马,其实曾参将的马很温顺.
"很好,小姐."曾参将称赞到:"马比以前温顺多了."
镖局队伍的喊声越来越近了,许多马匹拖着中午经过.
陆菲青怕镖局的队伍里面有人认出他,于是用他的帽子遮住了大半边脸,护送的队伍快速的前进着,他听见一个人说道:"韩兄弟,焦文期兄弟的尸首有下落了."
听到这个名字,陆菲青心理一震.焦文期是关东六魔之一.是个很厉害的人物.5年前在去回族部落的一件差使上,焦文期发现了陆菲青躲在总兵府,带着两个高手准备趁夜带着陆菲青的脑袋回京城领赏.那晚后,陆菲青杀了他们三个并且把他们的尸体藏在一个荒芜的山上.
陆菲青想看看这些人中到底是谁在说话,但是只见一个大胡子和他们擦身而过,背上背着一个红色的包袱,还有一对奇特的兵器,五行轮.
"关东五魔都改行做镖师了?"他寻思到,这关东六魔他只认识焦文期,但是知道他们都是高手,这就是其中的两个,这个是杨兄弟,他们都使用五行轮.
他琢磨着这些高手和这两天遇见的人,是不是要对他们有什么企图.从这件事情看来,这镇远镖局是个护送组织.似乎没有恶意.但是这些高手来到西部,他们应该不是要找他的.但是他们来这里是为了什么呢?
换了马的曾图南和李沅芷在等陆菲青的到来.
"师父."她笑着问道:"为什么越来越多的英雄们经过这里."
她的话真合他的心意,他拍着大腿说道:"哎,你老糊涂了."他懊悔的说"你怎么会没想到这是千里接龙头呢."
"这是怎么一回事情啊?"她不解的问道.
"这是一个很有势力的帮会在接一位重要的人物.通常这里会有6个大人去迎接这位客人,为了一次重大的会议.要出去12个人,已经过去5对了,还有一队在我们前面."
"这是一个什么样的帮会啊?"李沅芷问道.
"这个我就不知道了,但是这川西双侠和那个驼背肯定是其中的成员.这个帮会的力量和影响肯定很强大,无论怎么样,你不要再招惹他们其中任何人了,听见没有?"
李沅芷点了点头,期待的看着还有谁要从这里经过.
[[i] 本帖最后由 鱼尾巴 于 2008-3-16 08:39 PM 编辑 [/i]] :qq69] 太厉害了! :victory: 鱼尾巴真的是太有才了 書劍恩仇錄
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