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11此后几天，林平之不知该不该将这事告诉父母。突然陈七惊慌失措地走了进来，道:“总……总镖头……”林震南喝道:“什么事大惊小怪的?”陈七道:“白……白二死了。”众人大惊，当即随陈七前往查看。
In the next few days, Lin Pingzhi didn’t know whether to tell his parents about it. Suddenly, Chen Qi came in in panic and said, “Chief Escort…” Lin Zhennan shouted, “What’s the fuss?” Chen Qi said, “Bai… Bai Er is dead.” Everyone was shocked and immediately followed Chen Qi to check.
12林震南见白二的尸体没有伤痕，以为是病死，就不放在心上，林平之却暗暗怀疑是仇人干的，非常担心。这时又有人惊呼:“啊哟，郑镖头死了!”
Lin Zhennan saw that Bai Er’s body was not scarred. He thought it was sick and died, so he didn’t care about it. Lin Pingzhi secretly suspected that it was the enemy and was very worried. Then someone exclaimed, “Ah, Escort Zheng is dead!”
13林氏父子同时一惊。林平之从椅中直跳而起，颤声道:“是他们来报仇…”当下将事情的原委一一说了出来。林震南惊道:“什么?你杀的那汉子姓余?”林平之道:“是!”林震南道:“说不定是余观主的儿子余人彦…”
Lin’s father and son were shocked at the same time. Lin Pingzhi jumped straight out of his chair and said in a trembling voice, “They are the ones who have come to revenge…” Now he told the whole story one by one. Lin Zhennan said, “What? The man you killed is Yu?” Lin Pingzhi said, “Yes!” Lin Zhennan said, “Maybe it’s Yu Renyan, the son of Lord Yu…”
14林氏父子带着众人来到酒店后面的菜园查看。当尸体挖出来时，大家都惊呆了——埋着的竟是史镖头的尸体。林平之颤声道:“咱们明明埋的是那姓余的，怎地……”见父亲脸色铁青，便住了囗。
Lin’s father and son took everyone to the vegetable garden behind the hotel to check. When the body was dug out, everyone was shocked – it was the body of Escort Shi who was buried. Lin Pingzhi said in a trembling voice, “We are clearly burying the man named Yu. Why…” He stopped when he saw his father’s face was blue.
15林震南等纵马回城，远远望见镖局外火把照耀，聚集多人。王夫人见丈夫回来，铁着脸说:“你瞧!人家都欺上门来啦!”原来镖局前的两根旗杄已被人砍断在地上。林震南也不说话，就拉夫人进了屋。
Lin Zhennan and others rode back to the city and saw torches shining outside the escort agency from a distance, gathering many people. When Mrs. Wang saw her husband coming back, she said with a steely face, “Look! People are coming to deceive you!” It turned out that the two flags in front of the escort agency had been cut off on the ground. Lin Zhennan did not speak, so he pulled his wife into the room.
16林平之就将当日杀人和近日来的变化一一说给母亲听。王夫人怒道：“这口气倘若出不了，咱们也不用做人啦!”林震南点了点头，道：“你在这里陪着平儿，我去派人加强防守!”
Lin Pingzhi told his mother one by one about the killings that day and the changes in recent days. Mrs. Wang said angrily, “If it doesn’t work out, we don’t have to be human!” Lin Zhennan nodded and said, “You’re here with Pinger, I’ll send someone to strengthen the defense!”
17第二天刚亮，林氏全家就发现镖局大厅里躺了许多尸体，尽是镖局中的镖头。王夫人气得提着金刀，站在天井里大骂起来:“下三滥的狗强盗，就只会偷偷摸摸的暗箭伤人，若是好汉，就下来会会老娘的金刀！“
At dawn the next day, Lin’s family found many bodies lying in the hall of the escort agency, all of which were the escort leaders. The Wangfu was so angry that he stood in the courtyard with a golden knife and cursed: “If you are a good man, you will only stab people secretly“
18话音刚落，屋角里飞出一暗器来，当的一声，将王夫人金刀打落在地上。林震南一声轻叱，跃上屋顶，一招“扫荡群魔”，剑点如飞花般散开来，疾向屋角刺去，屋角里却空无一人。
As soon as the words were finished, a concealed weapon flew out of the corner of the room, and with a clanging sound, Mrs. Wang’s golden knife fell to the ground. Lin Zhennan sprang up to the roof with a light chiming and a move to “mop up the demons”. The sword points spread like flying flowers and rushed to the corner, but there was no one in the corner.
19这时，一名男仆慌慌张张奔过来，颤声道:“请总镖头去看……看…”林震南眉头一皱，便来到大门口，只见大门外青石板上，淋淋漓漓的鲜血写着六个大字:“出门十步者死!”离门约莫十步处，画着一条血线。
At this time, a male servant ran over in a panic and said in a trembling voice, “Please go to see the chief escort… look…” Lin Zhennan frowned and came to the gate. There were six big words written in dripping blood on the flagstone outside the gate: “Ten steps out of the gate will die!” There was a blood line drawn about ten steps away from the gate.
20林震南提高嗓子朗声道:“姓林的活得不耐烦了，倒要看看怎地出门十步者死!”大踏步走出门去。众人同时惊呼，林震南却已将地下字迹擦得一片模糊。朗声说道:“这是吓人的玩意儿，大伙儿不用怕。”
Lin Zhennan raised his voice and said, “Lin is impatient to live. I want to see how to go out ten steps and die!” He strode out of the door. At the same time, everyone exclaimed that Lin Zhennan had wiped the underground handwriting into a blur. “This is a scary thing,” he said aloud. “Don’t be afraid.”
