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81一天晚上，南小姐正端药给苗人凤喝，忽见屋外浓烟滚滚，火舌直卷进屋来。
One night, Miss Nan was serving medicine to Miao Renfeng, when she saw the smoke billowing outside the room and the flames rolling into the room.
82外厅中有三人叫道:“谁救那坏了腿的客人，老子打开他的脑袋。”众人自逃性命不及，又有谁敢去救人?
Three people in the outer hall shouted, “Who can save the guest with broken leg? I will open his head.” Who dares to save people when they can’t escape?
83南小姐一见大火，吓得夺门而出。苗人凤双腿不能行走，叹道:“难道我一世英雄，今日竟活活烧死在这里不成?”
Miss Nan rushed out of the door when she saw the fire. Miao Renfeng could not walk on both legs, and sighed, “Is it possible that my hero of my life was burned alive here today?”
84火光中苗人凤见角里放着一捆粗绳，叫声:“天可怜见!”便爬将过去，抖开绳索，在手臂上绕了十来圈。
In the light of the fire, Miao Renfeng saw a bundle of thick rope in the corner, and cried, “Poor heavens!” He climbed over, shook the rope, and circled his arm about ten times.
85三个放火盗贼原是为他们的门徒补锅匠来报仇的，眼见烟火围门，以为苗人凤必葬火海无疑。猛听得一声大喝，一条绳索从火焰中窜将出来，一端刚卷住门外那棵银杏树杆，苗人凤的身躯已飞了出来。
The three arson thieves came to avenge their disciples, the tinkerer. Seeing the fireworks surrounding the door, they thought that the Miao Renfeng would be buried in the sea of fire. Hearing a loud cry, a rope sprang out of the fire. One end had just wrapped up the gingko tree outside the door, and the body of Miao Renfeng had already flown out.
86众盗见他突似飞将军自天而降，无不骇然，当即发足奔跑，可哪有苗人凤拉着绳子飞荡迅速，苗人凤伸出蒲扇般的手掌，一抓一扔，把三个放火的盗贼扔进了火堆。
When the thieves saw that he suddenly appeared to be a general flying from the sky, they were all shocked. They ran at once, but there was no Miao Renfeng who was holding the rope and flying quickly. The Miao Renfeng stretched out the palm like a cattail fan, grabbed and threw it, and threw the three arson thieves into the fire.
87数日之后，苗人凤腿伤痊愈，便和南兰结为夫妻。新婚不久，他便带着南兰去拜祭胡一刀夫妇的墓。
After a few days, Miao Renfeng recovered from her leg injury and married Nanlan. Shortly after his marriage, he took Nanlan to pay homage to the tomb of Hu Yidao and his wife.
88拜祭完毕，苗人凤便把这把冷月宝刀封在坟土之中。他对妻子说:世上除了胡一刀外，再也无人配用这把宝刀。他既然不在世上了，宝刀就该陪着他。
After the sacrifice, Miao Renfeng sealed the cold moon sword in the grave. He said to his wife, “No one in the world can use this sword except Hu Yidao.”. Since he is no longer in the world, the treasured sword should accompany him.
89苗人凤平素不爱说话，这一天却说得滔滔不绝，说到对这位辽东大侠的钦佩与崇敬，说到造化小儿的弄人，人世的无常，说到胡夫人对丈夫的情爱，他说:“象这样的女人，要是丈夫在火里，他一定也在火里，丈夫在水里……”
Miao Renfeng was always quiet, but this day he spoke eloquently, talking about his admiration and respect for the Great Xia of Liaodong, about the tricks of children, the impermanence of the world, and about Mrs. Hu’s love for her husband, he said: “A woman like this, if her husband is in the fire, he must be in the fire, and her husband is in the water…”
90突然之间，南兰的脸色变了，掩着面远远跑开。苗人凤追上去想解释，但他不会说话，何况那次小客店起火，她独自先逃了出去却是真的。
Suddenly, Nanlan’s face changed and ran away with her face covered. Miao Renfeng chased after her to explain, but he couldn’t speak. Besides, it was true that she escaped first alone when the small inn caught fire.
