Blacksmith Lao Hong sits in his Puzili, the furnace fire extinguishes, the bellower is silent, on the tool covers entirely the dust, he had one year not to bump the iron hammer, friends and neighbors cheerful dingdong the sound listens to be similar to the abnormal noise that in him another world does not transmit carefully. 铁匠老洪坐在自己的铺子里,炉火熄灭,风箱静默,工具上布满灰尘,他已经有一年时间没碰过铁锤了,左邻右舍欢快的叮当声在他听来如同另一个世界不小心传来的异响。 The recollection the experience of multi- half a lifetime, he discovered in the past his effort threw away carelessly, the person who cares about he goes first, the ideal of pursue is deteriorating, the occupation that painstakingly plans also when he also has the ample force interrupts. 回想过去多半生的经历,他发现自己的努力都打了水漂,在意的人先他而去,追求的理想正在变质,就连苦心经营的职业也在他还有余力的时候中断。 The first person comes, holds the flare to stand in the entrance, the look is very young, is intense and excited, the vision sweeps to sweep off vigilantly, reminding Lao Hong of another young people. 第一个人进来,举着火把站在门口,相貌还很年轻,紧张而兴奋,目光警惕地扫来扫去,让老洪想起另一个年轻人。 The second person comes, shoulders both sides to stand in Lao Hong opposite, calm, as if had the words to say. 第二个人进来,背负双方站在老洪对面,心平气和,似乎有话要说。 The increasing number of people file, arranges to the second person, forms half circle, like giant palm that refers to much, only need grasp gently, can push the powder powder him. 越来越多的人鱼贯而入,向第二个人两边排列,形成半个圈子,像一只多指的巨人手掌,只需轻轻一握,就能将他挤成齑粉。 Lao Hong recognizes these 11 people, to several especially familiar, they once were the friends, was angry to the present situation together, has formed the Sky Mountain sect in the difficult situation, now he becomes a bystander, even did not have the speech argument of right at own trial meeting. 老洪认得这11个人,对其中几位尤其熟悉,他们曾经是朋友,一起对现状感到愤慨,在艰难的情况下组建了天山宗,如今他成为外人,甚至没有权利在自己的审判会上发言辩解。 The middle person is Du Jian, was never Lao Hong's friend, sovereign that now is to have great power. 中间的人叫杜渐,从来就不是老洪的朋友,现在却是大权在握的宗主。 Lao Hong has not set out, sits on the worn-out chair, gained ground saying: „Has decided?” 老洪没有起身,就坐在破旧的椅子上,抬头说:“已经决定了？” Du Jian nods slowly, probably makes such decision is a very difficult matter, „we have not chosen.” 杜渐缓慢地点点头,好像做出这样的决定是一件非常困难的事情,“我们没有选择。” „You look but not see the present choice.” “你们只是对眼前的选择视而不见。” Du Jian has smiled one short, what reveals is one type the sympathy of doping the ridicule, „you adhere stubbornly to own opinions, Dragon King is not trustworthy, we had discussed many times.” 杜渐短促地笑了一声,显露出来的是一种掺杂着讥讽的同情,“你还是固执己见,龙王不值得信任,咱们已经讨论过很多次了。” Right, many times, Lao Hong gradually loses the right to speak in this process. 没错,很多次,老洪就是在这个过程中逐渐失去话语权的。 Du Jian has stopped a meeting, still hugged is convincing the Lao Hong's last hope, „you give Dragon King Lin Xiaoshan, he died \; The Sky Mountain sect and Dragon King form an alliance, got rid \; Dragon King that the country of admission fragrant product has no way out, extinguished the country \; The free sea the princess will marry Dragon King, has become the barracks, the casualty are innumerable \; Northern Court invited Dragon King to be a guest, split......” 杜渐停顿了一会,仍抱着说服老洪的最后一点希望,“你把林小山交给龙王,他死了\;天山宗与龙王结盟,被抛弃了\;香积之国接纳走投无路的龙王,灭国了\;逍遥海将公主嫁给龙王,成了兵营,死伤无数\;北庭邀请龙王做客,分裂了……” No one can deny that this series of fact, side a Du Jian blacksmith has opened the mouth, he thinks that he was still Lao Hong's friend, had the duty to draw his, „Dragon King was sinister, takes the red crow as the flag, clarified is the unlucky person, which he arrived, which had the destruction, cannot give such person Jade City. Lao Hong, awakes, is faced with an archenemy, the Sky Mountain sect should work as one......” 谁也不能否认这一连串的事实,杜渐身边的一名铁匠开口了,他认为自己仍是老洪的朋友,有义务拉他一把,“龙王阴险狡诈,以红鸦为旗,摆明了就是不祥之人,他走到哪,哪就有毁灭,绝不能把璧玉城交给这样的人。老洪,醒醒吧,大敌当前,天山宗应该齐心协力……” Lao Hong knew perfectly well that disputes will not change the reality, cannot bear say: „Why don't you look in turn? All places that Dragon King goes to cover entirely the trap and destruction, but he lived, this showed that he was an unusual character. Doesn't Jade City in the crisis, why seek help from this person? If must look for one to look after the house to protect the dog of institute, vicious dog that I rather must refuse to acknowledge family.” 老洪明知辩驳不会改变现实,还是忍不住说:“你们为什么不反过来看呢？龙王去的一切地方都布满陷阱与毁灭,但他活下来了,这证明他是一个不同寻常的人物。璧玉城处在危机之中,为什么不向这种人求助呢？如果要找一条看家护院的狗,我宁愿要六亲不认的猛犬。” „This does not look after the house to protect institute, this is seeking for the master, even/including the perspiration kings cannot fetter Dragon King, we are more impossible.” Du Jian voice starts becomes severe. “这不是看家护院,这是在寻找主人,连老汗王都束缚不住龙王,咱们更不可能。”杜渐的声音开始变得严厉。 Lao Hong long puts out the one breath, „added that these do do? Begins, making everybody also good to rest earlier.” 老洪长长地吐出一口气,“还说这些干嘛？动手吧,让大家也好早点休息。” Lao Hong's argument and indifferent manner have enraged the opposite party, his „friend” said loudly: „Lao Hong, everybody viewpoint is different, what did not have, but you collude with Dragon King, kills head-family many masters, didn't you acknowledge guilt?” 老洪的辩解与无所谓的态度激怒了对方,他的一位“朋友”大声说:“老洪,大家观点不同,本来也没什么,可你勾结龙王,害死本宗诸多高手,难道你不认罪吗？” „Has not handled matter, how did I acknowledge guilt?” Lao Hong lowers the head, appearance that being resigned to bad conditions, but the expression is firm and strong, „, let alone the slayer is Dawn Moon Hall He Nu......” “没做过的事情,我怎么认罪？”老洪低着头,一副逆来顺受的样子,但语气却是坚定而强硬的,“何况杀人者是晓月堂荷女……” „He Nu is the Dragon King personal servant, they are one group!” Another „friend” said loudly that as the friend, they desperately hopes the solid Lao Hong's charge compared with the enemy. “荷女是龙王的跟班,他们是一伙的！”另一位“朋友”大声说道,作为朋友,他们比敌人更迫切地希望坐实老洪的罪名。 In comparison, Du Jian appeared very kind, „Dragon King in Jade City, this point was indubitable, you should be clearer than us.” 相比之下,杜渐就显得非常和蔼了,“龙王就在璧玉城,这一点无可置疑,你应该比我们都清楚。” „I had two years not to see Dragon King quickly, has not seen his subordinate, this is my complete view, remaining, is decided by you.” “我已经快有两年没见过龙王,也没见过他的部下,这就是我的全部说法,剩下的,由你们定夺。” Du Jian looks to the two sides, Lao Hong had been pushed aside the insignificant status actually, drags in lots of people to him, to give the old blood confession of Sky Mountain sect completely, they still harbored all sorts of fantasies to this founder. 杜渐向两边望了望,老洪其实已经被排挤到无足轻重的地位,对他兴师动众,完全是为了给天山宗的老成员一个交代,他们仍对这们创始人抱有种种幻想。 Du Jian blacksmith first walks, the iron slab that the complexion just cooled likely, pulls out a handle dagger from the bosom, „you disappoint us.” He said that lifts the blade edge to puncture. 杜渐身边的铁匠第一个走出来,脸色像是刚刚冷却的铁块,从怀里掏出一柄匕首,“你让我们失望。”他说,举刃欲刺。 „Wait / Etc..” Lao Hong said that stands, the stiff physique, „was good.” ” “等等。”老洪说,站起来,挺直身板,“好了。”” The dagger jabs into the shoulder, the steel and iron common blacksmith shivers suddenly, does not have the strength to pull out again the dagger, keeps on it the criminal, retrocedes crampedly, the vision moves void. 匕首刺进肩头,钢铁一般的铁匠突然颤抖,再也没有力气将匕首拔出来,将它留在犯人身上,局促地后退,目光挪向虚空。 The Sky Mountain sect leader walks one after another, some people insert a handle new dagger on Lao Hong, some people grasped his dagger to shake, indicated one also participated in execution, everybody avoided the critical part, will be fatal strikes to leave the last person. 天山宗首领一个接一个走上来,有人在老洪身上插上一柄新匕首,有人只是握着他身上的匕首晃了一下,表示自己也参加了行刑,大家都避开要害部位,将致命一击留给最后一个人。 The blood drops before the foot, Lao Hong still stood upright, probably this pain is nothing to speak, but in his volume has seeped out the big grain of beads of sweat. 鲜血滴落在脚边,老洪仍然挺立,好像这点痛苦不值一提,但他的额上已经渗出大粒的汗珠。 Du Jian is the Sky Mountain sect sovereign, therefore is also last executes the person, he sighed, walks to go forward, plans to use Lao Hong existing dagger to finish his surname life, „matter should not be this.” 杜渐是天山宗宗主,因此也是最后一名行刑人,他叹了一口气,走上前,打算就用老洪身上已有的匕首结束他的姓命,“事情本来不该是这样的。” „Humans affair difficult material.” Lao Hong said four characters difficultly. “世事难料。”老洪艰难地说出四个字。 Du Jiangang lifted the hand, a blacksmith in crowd said suddenly excitedly: „Perhaps we have made a mistake, does Lao Hong this appearance have to collude with Dragon King likely? Dragon King has not even come to save him.” 杜渐刚抬起手,人群中的一名铁匠突然激动地说:“或许我们弄错了,老洪这个样子像是跟龙王有勾结吗？龙王甚至没来救他。” „Dragon King never saves the partner, do not pass on a message to confuse, only if profitable, Dragon King will make the stance.” Du Jian voice is suddenly severe, some questions can discuss in private that reveals the dissident views like the present publicly, is he cannot permit. “龙王从来不救同伙,别被传言迷惑,除非有利可图,龙王才会做做姿态。”杜渐声音骤然严厉,有疑问可以私下讨论,像现在这样公开表露不同意见,是他所不能允许的。 The blacksmiths lowered the head ashamed, does not dare to look sovereign, embarrassed looks at each other with Lao Hong. 铁匠羞愧地低下头,不敢看宗主,也不好意思与老洪对视。 „If Dragon King looks for me, I choose the union, but has not realized.” Lao Hong exhausts the strength saying that by this indicated one indeed „guilty”. “如果龙王找我,我选择联合,只是还没实现而已。”老洪用尽力气说道,以此表明自己的确“有罪”。 Du Jian waited for a meeting, nobody raised the question, he decided to begin. 杜渐又等了一会,没人提出疑问,他决定动手了。 The reinforcements at this time appeared. 救兵就是这个时候出现的。 The roof caves in suddenly a bulk, landing is actually not the person, but is the big piece deep yellow smog, disperses in several places separately, quick fills the entire room. 房顶突然塌陷一大块,降落的却不是人,而是大片深黄色的烟雾,分别在几处地点散开,很快就弥漫整个房间。 „Do not be chaotic!” Du Jian called out loudly, simultaneously Bi Zhu breathes. “不要乱！”杜渐大声叫道,同时闭住呼吸。 The smog diverges, nobody is injured, but Lao Hong disappears. 烟雾散去,没人受伤,可老洪不见了。 „Dragon King! Was Dragon King rescues him!” The people are noisy. “龙王！是龙王把他救走了！”众人吵吵嚷嚷。 Du Jian complexion is pale, actually thinks at heart this is the good result, „also some people believe that Lao Hong hasn't colluded with Dragon King?” 杜渐脸色铁青,心里却想这是再好不过的结局,“还有人相信老洪没跟龙王勾结吗？” Nobody believed Lao Hong. 没人相信老洪了。 Lao Hong had once fainted, when he wakes up, discovered one lie on the bed, dagger did not see, the wound has been wrapped up, but he knows that he soon died. 老洪一度晕了过去,等他醒来的时候,发现自己躺在床上,身上的匕首已经不见,伤口得到包扎,但他知道自己快要死了。 „Is you rescues me?” Lao Hong looks at the stranger before bed, asked weakly. “是你把我救出来的？”老洪看着床前的陌生人,虚弱地问道。 „Is they.” Gu Shenwei still maintained Yi Rong, Nie to increase and Tie Linglong stood about, „was a pity that late one step, the wound was not fatal, Du Jian is very difficult to process in that palm that on you struck against.” “是他们两个。”顾慎为仍保持易容,聂增与铁玲珑站在左右,“可惜晚了一步,伤口并不致命,杜渐在你身上拍击的那一掌却很难处理。” Lao Hong thought one shouted was not the air, but was the sword, the ache extended the abdominal cavity from the throat, in his carried off flash, Du Jian has hit his, „you should not save me, died in any case, now everybody believe me with you ‚colluding’.” 老洪觉得自己呼进的不是空气而是刀剑,疼痛从喉咙漫延到腹腔,在他被带走的一刹那,杜渐打了他一下,“你不该救我,反正都是死,现在人人都相信我跟你‘勾结’了。” Lao Hong has recognized the stranger is Dragon King. 老洪已经认出陌生人就是龙王。 „Sorry that I have to do this, many doubts can only be explained from your here.” Gu Shenwei hopes that saved Lao Hong, but he must guard against the trap of Sky Mountain sect, to remove accident, Nie to increase and Tie Linglong spend a lot of time. “很抱歉,我不得不这样做,有许多疑惑只能从你这里得到解答。”顾慎为希望将老洪原封不动地救出来,但他必须防备天山宗的陷阱,为了排除意外,聂增与铁玲珑花费不少时间。 „Asked that can also speak while me.” The life completely, Lao Hong will think that the brains are particularly sober, depending on experiencing him knows that Dragon King made him take the medicine of stimulation, „, but I must ask one first.” “问吧,趁我还能说话。”生命将尽,老洪却觉得头脑分外清醒,凭经验他知道龙王让他吃了提神的药物,“可是我要先问一句。” „Please.” “请。” „Dragon King plans to monopolize Jade City, gives Central Plains or Northern Court it?” “龙王打算独占璧玉城,还是把它交给中原或是北庭？” Gu Shenwei stares slightly, many people have asked his Golden Roc Castle handling plan, this is some first people cares about Jade City, „I have not thought.” In front, the Gu Shenwei choice told the facts at the point of death, „what idea did you have?” 顾慎为微微一愣,许多人问过他金鹏堡的处置方案,这还是第一次有人关心璧玉城,“我还没有想过。”在临死者面前,顾慎为选择实话实说,“你有什么想法？” „Jade City is all people, but does not turn over to anybody overall to control, this is its prosperous reason, I did not have the qualifications to conceive the Jade City destiny, if possible, I hope that it maintains the present situation.” “璧玉城属于所有人,但又不归任何人全盘掌控,这是它兴盛的原因,我已经没资格设想璧玉城的命运,如果可能的话,我希望它保持现状。” „Is this also the desire of Sky Mountain sect?” Gu Shenwei was a little clear. “这也是天山宗的愿望？”顾慎为有点明白了。 „The Sky Mountain sect does not know that own desire is anything, Unrivalled King has the ambition, they opposed Unrivalled King, the Northern Court person cavalry soldier came, they opposed the Northern Court cavalry soldier, the present is the Central Plains person, Sky Mountain sect Xiang resists the foreign enemy, finally actually went to a bigger enemy, right, the Sky Mountain sect has formed an alliance with Golden Roc Castle.” “天山宗根本不知道自己的愿望是什么,独步王有野心,他们反对独步王,北庭人骑兵来了,他们反对北庭骑兵,如今是中原人,天山宗想抵抗外敌,结果却投向更大的敌人,没错,天山宗已经与金鹏堡结盟。” Gu Shenwei guessed correctly that can be this, doubts have not actually reduced, „does the Central Plains person want to seize Jade City?” 顾慎为猜到会是这样,疑惑却没有减少,“中原人想要抢占璧玉城？” „Central Plains plans to act according to circumstances, if possible, dispatches troops to occupy the city, if the price is too big, they hope to abolish supervise the position of city officer, sets up a permanent city lord, in brief, Central Plains hopes that Jade City henceforth pledges allegiance.” “中原打算见机行事,如果有可能,就派兵占城,如果代价太大,他们希望废除督城官的职位,设立一位永久的城主,总而言之,中原希望璧玉城从此归顺。” Jade City supervises the city officers to hold the post by Central Plains, Northern Court and Shu Le country in turn, now Northern Court fission and Shu Le perishing country, on no wonder Central Plains ambition inflation. 璧玉城督城官由中原、北庭、疏勒国轮流担任,如今北庭分裂、疏勒亡国,也就难怪中原野心膨胀。 „Next year is one's turn Central Plains to supervise city officers to take office.” Gu Shenwei thinks of this point immediately. “明年轮到中原督城官上任。”顾慎为马上想到这一点。 „Um, therefore most arrives late in the summer of next year, Central Plains will adopt the method to capture Jade City, these Central Plains martial arts world masters are the cutting edges.” “嗯,所以最晚到明年夏天之前,中原就会采取手段夺取璧玉城,那些中原武林高手就是先锋。” „I little see the Central Plains person in the city.” “我在城里很少见到中原人。” „Because now the population are not many, moreover they live in the four attentively gardens outside city.” “因为现在人数还不多,而且他们都住在城外的四谛伽蓝里。” „Do four gardens hire oneself attentively Central Plains?” “四谛伽蓝投靠中原？” „Perhaps, the monks did not have the explicit statement.” “或许吧,和尚们还没有明确表态。” „Unrivalled King and Sky Mountain sect forms an alliance, because he doesn't want to publicize and Central Plains for the enemy?” “独步王与天山宗结盟,因为他不想公开与中原为敌？” Lao Hong blinks, „is.” He many strengths had not spoken. 老洪眨眨眼睛,“是。”他已经没有多少力气说话了。 The matter understands, Gu Shenwei discovered one likely ahead of time have the conflict with Central Plains. 事情明了,顾慎为发现自己可能提前与中原发生冲突。 Lao Hong has fulfilled one's obligation, at point of death, he only remaining only worrying about, „hill...... How dead?” 老洪已经尽过义务,弥留之际,他只剩下唯一的挂怀,“小山……是怎么死的？” The rumor is numerous, Lao Hong wants to know the truth from the Dragon King mouth, considers the Lin Xiaoshan many years, makes him die in front of oneself, Lao Hong has been guilty, he did not remember that the appearance of person of unrequited loving, is actually not able to reduce the component of promise. 传言众多,老洪更想从龙王口中得知实情,照顾林小山多年,却让他死在自己前面,老洪一直愧疚不已,他已经不记得暗恋之人的模样,却无法减轻诺言的分量。 Gu Shenwei hints Nie to increase and Tie Linglong exits, then pasted in Lao Hong ear said: „He has not died, he in Central Plains.” 顾慎为示意聂增与铁玲珑出去,然后贴在老洪耳边说:“他没有死,他在中原。” Lao Hong silent some little time, „I believe you.” This is his choice. 老洪沉默了好一会,“我相信你。”这是他的选择。 ( to be continued ) （未完待续）