wangfuneiguibeiliangenbaqide“qingxinkongqi”haimeixishangliangkou，yidaoguozhesaiwaifengshahexuexingqidebabailijiajijunbao，rutongsangzhongbanzazailejinluandianshang！
“bao——！beidiershiwantieqifanjing！lianposanguan！shuofengchenggaoji！shoujiangzhansi！beijingweidai——！”
jibaoshengsilijie，shunjiansilielejingchengxujiadefanhuaningjing。chaotangzhishang，yipiansiji，suijihuaran！huangdiliansetieqing，longyifushoubeitaniedegegezuoxiang。beidixionghan，cicilaishixiongxiong，xianranxumouyijiu！chaozhongnengzhengshanzhanzhijiang……quzhikeshu。
suoyourendemuguang，rutongbeiwuxingdexianqianyin，qishuashuaditouxianglezhanzaiwujiangzhishou、yishenxuansemangpao、lianseyijiudaizhejifenbingtaicangbaidechulingyuanshenshang。
镇北王！
北境的定海神针！
chuleta，sheihainengdangdezhubeididetieti？
huangdidemuguangfuzazhiji。tajidanchulingyuandebingquan，gengjidantanei“busibuxiu”defengjing。dancike，beijingfenghuoliantian，shejiweidai……tabiewuxuanze！
“zhenbeiwangchulingyuan！”huangdideshengyindaizheyisibuyichajuedegansehewunai，“beidichangjue，fanwojiangtu！zhenmingniweizhengbeidayuanshuai，jikedianbing，chiyuanbeijing！wubijiangdilu……quzhuchujing！”
“chen，lingzhi。”chulingyuanchulie，shengyindichenpingwen，tingbuchuxinu。tashenzhimeiyouduokanhuangdiyiyan，fangfojiexiadebushiqianjinzhongdan，ershiyijianxunchangchashi。zhiyoulitazuijindejigedachen，cainengkandaotaweiweishoujindexiahexianheyandishenchuyishanershide、rutongbingfenghuoshanbandebaolizhanyi。
xiachaohou，zhenbeiwangfushunjianjinrubeizhanzhuangtai。yishijianzhanmasiming，jiazhoukengqiang，diaobingdelingfuheguntangdejunqingrutongliushuibanyongrujinglanyuanshufang。kongqilimimanzhetiexiu、hanshuiheyizhongshanyuyulaidejinzhanggan。
mianduizheituruqilaidebiangu，jiangwanbiaoshiyoudianmeng。tazhengmodaohuohuozhunbeiqujingjiao“tanwang”zhoufu，jieguozuidade“baohusan”（jianjianshiqi）yaopaole？zheiganjue……youmeiyouneizhongdayouxigangshuawanxiaoguaizhunbeituiboss，duiyouturanbeixitongqiangzhixiaxiandesuanshuang！zheigecaozuo，queshirangrenyoudianfanyingbuguolai。
taduanzheyiwangangaohaode、weidaoyijiuganrende“gubenpeiyuantang”，zoujinqifenningzhongdeshufang。cishidechulingyuanzhengfuzaijudadebeijingyutuqian，zhengzuozhezhanqianbushu，tadezhijianmanmanhuaguoyidaodaoguanai，meitoujinsuo，bochunminchengyitiaobinglengdezhixian。tiaoyuedezhuguangyingzhetacangbaidecelian，haiyouyanxiamingxiandeqingying，xianran“shixindu”dezhemohelianridezuozhanbushurangtaxiaohaojuda。
“wangye（dalang），gaiheyaole。”jiangwanjiangyaowanfangzaizhuojiao，shengyinpingjing，xinliquefanqilelanghua。cishiyizhongmingweixiaosuanpandedongxi，zhengdadepipaxiang：tazoule，wangfujiushitadetianxiale？zhoufu！wangshi！yaorenmimi！……yixiangdaozheixie，jiangwandexinlibujinkaishianshuang，wenzhuwenzhuqianwanyaowenzhu，bunengrangmourenkanchuduanni。
chulingyuantaiqitou，muguangrutongbinglengdetanzhen，shunjiankantoulejiangwanneidian“gongshun”deweizhuangshenzhihaikandaoletayandineisibuyichajuede……qiexi？
taduanqineiwanheiqiqideyaozhi，kandoumeikan，yangtouyiyinerjin。kusedeyaozhihuaguohoulong，tameitoudoulandezhouyixia，buzhidaodehaiyiweitahedeshibaishuini。
“beijingzhanshijinji，benwangmingrimaoshikaiba。”chulingyuanfangxiakongwan，shengyintingbuchuqingxu，muguangquerutongshizhibansuozhujiangwan，“wangfu，jiujiaojinile。”
jiangwanxintouyitiao！jiaojita？zheifengpizhuanxingle？haishidurunaole？
haimeidengta“ganjitiling”，chulingyuandexiayijuhua，rutongbingshuijiaotou：
“lingfengliuxia，tonglingwangfuweidui，huweiwangfei‘anquan’。”tateyijiazhongle“anquan”erzi，yanshendaizhehaobuyanshidejinggao，“wangfuneiwai，yiyingshiwu，wangfeike‘zhuoqing’chuzhi。dan——”
taweiweiqingshen，daizheyiguyapoxingdetiexueqixi，bijinjiangwan。neishuangshenbujiandideyanmouli，fanyongzhebinglengdehanguangheyisiburongzhiyidezhanyouyu：
“jizhunideshenfen，jiangwan。”
“nishibenwangdewangfei。”
“gengshibenwangde‘jieyao’。”
taxiuzhangdeshouzhi，daizhebojianhebinglengdewendu，jiqihuanmandi、rutongdushetuxinban，dianzailejiangwandexinkouweizhi，gezheyiliao，fangfonengganshoudaotashunjianjiasudexintiao。
“zaibenwanghuilaizhiqian，”
“安分守己，”
“好好活着。”
“ruogantachuwangfubanbu，”
“huoshishaoleyigentoufa……”
chulingyuandechunjiaogouqiyimohaowuwendu、quezhimingweixiandehudu，shengyindichenrutongemodexuangao：
“benwangbujieyi……rangzhenggejingcheng，weini‘peizang’。”
“……”jiangwandexintiaolouleyipai！bushihede，shiqide！zheinashijiaoquan？fenmingshijitataolege24kchunjindedianzijiaoliao！haifudaiyigequanfangweiwusijiaodejiangongtouzilingfeng！shunbianyongquanchengbaixingdemingjitashangledaojinguzhou！hen！zhenhen！
“wangyefangxin，”jiangwanyaxiafantengdenuhuo，jichuyige“guaiqiaodongshi”deweixiao，shenzhihai“qingzhenyiqie”dibuleyiju，“chenqiedingdangkeshoubenfen，meirifenxiangdaogao，qiqiuwangye……qikaidesheng，zaorikaixuan。”xinlimomobuchong：zuihaogenbeidimanzitongguiyujin，biehuilaile！
chulingyuanshenshenkanletayiyan，fangfokanchuanletaneidiankoushixinfeidexiaojiujiu。tameizaishuoshenme，zhishiconghuaizhongmochuyimeifeijinfeiyu、chushoubingliang、kezhezhengningyazishoushoudexuanselingpai，suishoudiuzaijiangwanmianqiandezhuoanshang。
“nazhe。ruoyoubukaiyandelaiwangfu‘zuoke’……bubikeqi。”lingpaishang“zhenbei”erzi，tiehuayingou，shaqilinran！zheishinengdiaodongwangfushengyuanweihebufenjingchengyinmililiangdelingpai！shihushenfu，yeshi……cuimingfu！yongbuhao，fanshizishen！
jiangwankanzheneimeichendiandiandelingpai，yanshenfuza。zheifengpi……dayibangzijigetianzao？
“xiewangye。”tashouqilingpai，zhijianchuanlaibingliangdechugan。
chulingyuanbuzaikanta，zhuanshenjixuduizheyutu，shengyinhuifulepingridebingleng：“chuqu。benwangyaoyijunwu。”
jiangwanshiqugaotui。zoudaomenkou，tarenbuzhuhuitoukanleyiyan。
zhuguangxia，chulingyuantingbaquetouzheyisigujidebeiyingyingzaijudadeyutushang，fangfoyibingjijiangchuqiao、zhanpobeijinghanfengdejueshixiongren。taweiweikesouleliangsheng，jianbeijibukechadizhandongleyixia，taishouyongpaziyanzhulechun。
yisijidande、daizhetiexiuweidexuexingqi，zaikongqizhongruoyouruowudimimankai。
jiangwandejiaobuweiweiyidun。xintouneidianbei“jianshi”denuqi，momingdidanleyixie，querdaizhideshiyisiliantazijidouweicengchajuede……yiyangqingxu。
taminleminchun，zhuanshen，qingqingdaishangleshufangdemen。
翌日，卯时。
tianseweiming，hanfenglinlie。
wangfuzhengmendakai，huobatongming。xuanjiasensendezhenbeitieqirutongchenmodegangtiehongliu，suliyuzhangjiezhishang，shaqichongtian！
chulingyuanyishenxuansezhongjia，xinghongdepifengzaihanfengzhonglieliezuoxiang！taduanzuoyutongtiqiheidezhanmazhishang，lianseyijiucangbai，danneishuangshensuideyanmouquerutonghanxing，ruilibiren，zaiwubanfenbingtai，zhiyoupinitianxiadezhanyihebinglengdeshafazhiqi！
lingfengyishenrongzhuang，danxiguidi：“wangye！dajunjijiewanbi！”
chulingyuanweiweihanshou，muguangsaoguosushadejunzhen，zuihou，luozailewangfudamennei，neigeguozhehuqiu、zhanzailangxiayinyinglidexianxishenyingshang。
gezhezhongzhongrenyinghelinliedehanfeng，liangrendemuguangzaikongzhongduanzanjiaohui。
chulingyuandeyanshenshensuifuza，youjinggao，youshenshi，sihu……yeyouyisijidande、nanyiyanyude……tuofu？
jiangwanzepingjingdihuiwangzheta，lianshangmeishenmebiaoqing，zangzaihuqiulideshou，quewuyishidizuanjinleneimeibinglengdeyazilingpai。
meiyougaobiedehuayu，meiyouduoyudeyanshen。
chulingyuanmengdiyilejiangsheng，zhanmarenlierqi，fachuyishengzhentiandesiming！
“出发！”
yishenglingxia，rutongjinglei！tietitasuilimingqiandeheian，daizhexijuanyiqiedeshaqi，xiangzhefenghuoliantiandebeijing，gungunerqu！
hanfengjuanqichentu，milerenyan。
jiangwanzhanzailangxia，kanzheneixuansehongliuxiaoshizaizhangjiejintou，zhidaozuihouyimianjingqiyekanbujian。wangfuhouzhongdedamenzaitashenhouhuanhuanguanbi，fachuchenmendeshengxiang。
tahuanhuantankaishouxin，kanzheneimeibinglengdeyazilingpai，youmolemoxiuzhongzangzhede、neiben《yaorenpian》canjuanheshengmude**。
jiangongtouzilingfengrutongmenshenbanchuzaishenpang，yanshenjingti。
jiangwandezuijiao，quehuanhuangouqiyimobinglengerruilidehudu。
山高王爷远。
周管家，王夫人……
nimende“haorizi”……kaishile！