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发信人: huanggua (黄瓜), 信区: emprise
标 题: 越女剑8
发信站: 听涛站 (Fri Jul 14 22:13:03 2000), 转信
"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.
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