Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

Yin Qiu put the oily paper bag on the table, gestured to Man Jiangxue, turned around and pushed the door open.

There is no rain or snow today, and the wind is not strong. It is a comfortable cloudy day. The courtyard in the house is dotted with a few pots of sparse green plants, which are evergreen one-leaf orchids. There are no bright colors in this place. The flowers and even the potted plants are newly added. The green tiles on the eaves may not have been taken care of for a long time, with green moss growing, the beams and pillars also look old, and the house is old.

This was bought by Xie Yijun in Weicheng. It has been many years. She has almost never lived here, and no one knows why she bought a house so far away from Yunhua Palace. After all, it was many years ago. Even Man Jiangxue didn't ask her why.

There are still four days away from Mozi Terrace, and many Jianghu sects who were invited to come live in the special posthouse set up by Jiuxiantang. Man Jiangxue is happy and quiet. Got the key to the house.

Bai Ling led his disciples to work for a whole day before tidying up the inside and outside of the house. There were still many people cleaning up the dirt and fallen leaves in the yard. Man Jiangxue was sitting in the house making tea on wooden clogs. Qiu said, "Where are you going?"

Yin Qiu showed her an expression of "I won't tell you" when closing the door. The smile on her face was somewhat sly. She pursed her lips and did not speak. Almost disappeared into the corridor.

Man Jiangxue didn't stop Yin Qiu, she looked away and looked at her tea quietly.

Since the kneeling in Yunjian City that day, the disciples have been extremely cautious in the past few days, thinking about keeping things quiet in everything they do, for fear of disturbing Jiangxue.Yin Qiu walked through the corridor and greeted the disciples who were working. Both sides tacitly did not make a sound, as if they were playing charades.Yin Qiu turned to the backyard alone, her expression was calm, she seemed to be taking a walk, but her hands behind her back kept shaking her fingers, and she seemed to be inexplicably anxious.

There were a lot of washed clothes hanging outside the laundry room, which were still wet. Yin Qiu carefully walked around the place twice, and after confirming that no one was there, she quickened her pace and rushed to the sink behind the laundry room, supporting the wall. Spit out blood.

Yin Qiu had been on the street before, and she didn't let herself show anything wrong. She acted very well and deceived Man Jiangxue.

The bright red and warm blood fell into the ditch, quickly lost its original color in the dirty sewage, and scattered into strands of unreal dark red trickles, wrapped in the silt.The smell also disappeared quickly, and Yin Qiu didn't even smell any blood.

The zhenqi surged and ran rampant in every corner of the body, which was the result of being forcibly suppressed. Now that the shackles were untied, it was like a wild horse running wild, and the attack was extraordinarily violent.Yin Qiu's chest felt like it was on fire, and he vomited several mouthfuls of blood one after another. Finally, he slid down the wall as if exhausted, and sat down in the wet dust.

The Lingtai became no longer clear, dizziness appeared in front of her eyes, Yin Qiu gasped for breath, her pretended composure disappeared at this moment, she became weak and confused, her mind went blank.

The sound of the flute... the sound of the flute again.

Is that black shadow that comes and goes without a trace the person Nangong Min said was going to kill her?

Yin Qiu's eyes were distorted, and he was thinking wildly with the remaining consciousness.

He is very courageous, he dared to do something under Man Jiangxue's nose, he was provocative.

But Yin Qiu couldn't figure out who she had offended even after thinking about it.

She has no grievances with anyone in this world, but why would someone want to kill her?

Still in such a tortured way.

Yin Qiu can only be sure that this person has nothing to do with the Ziwei Sect, otherwise Nangong Min would not come to remind her personally, but besides the Ziwei Sect, she really can't think of other suspects.

Who is it?

The cold wind dries people's sweat and brings a deeper level of coldness, as if it is stuck under the skin and embedded in the bones, lingering for a long time.Panting in the wind, Yin Qiu tried to force herself to ignore the unbearable pain. She stood up with a pale face, scooped up water with a wooden ladle, and washed away the remaining dirty blood in the ditch.

Fortunately, Man Jiangxue didn't notice it, and fortunately no one saw it here, and fortunately she hadn't fainted yet.

Yin Qiu thought of three "fortunately" in a row to comfort herself, but when she put down the wooden ladle and was about to turn around, she heard a familiar voice behind her saying, "How long are you going to hide it?"

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Suddenly there was a figure in the ditch, the swaying water made the figure disorderly, but the cold wind brought the medicinal fragrance of that person over.

A drop of cold sweat dripped down between his brows, adding to the confusion. Yin Qiu closed his eyes, turned to look at Meng Jing and said, "As long as you are willing to keep your mouth shut, I can keep it a secret."

Meng Jing stood in front of the drying line, with pieces of clothes and sheets hanging behind him. Those fabrics separated this place from the outside world, dividing the two into a small world.

"I'm fine," Yin Qiu couldn't laugh today, and she didn't want to, so she simply said seriously, "Don't make a fuss."

Meng Jing's light blue pine robe was curved by the wind, she frowned tightly, clutching a tattered booklet in her hand, she didn't speak, just stared at Yin Qiu for a long time, then she suddenly turned around body, flipped over the clothes covering the back of the head, and tore a gap in this small world.

"Meng Jing!" Yin Qiu called out anxiously, "Come back!"

Meng Jing's face was sullen, and she turned a deaf ear to Yin Qiu's yelling. She took a few quick steps, and finally ran.As soon as Yin Qiu gritted his teeth, he could only forcibly circulate his undiminished zhenqi and rushed to her, and for the first time used force violently against Meng Jing, dragging her back involuntarily.

The two wrestled next to the laundry room.

"Someone is going to kill you, isn't it?" Meng Jing was pushed to the sink by Yin Qiu, her face was extremely ugly, the booklet in her hand was rattling, and she couldn't stand still.

"I said, I'm fine." Yin Qiu's face turned cold, and his tone was also cold.

"It doesn't matter what you say!" Meng Jing couldn't control his emotions and became furious, "This person hides in the dark to deal with you, plotting against you all the time, what defense do you have? How long has it been since the last time, and now he has made a comeback, even Not afraid of Master Man's whereabouts, he is provoking it clearly! This is so rampant, so crazy, if you want to solve it by yourself, you have to have that ability!"

Yin Qiu's complexion was pale and her footsteps were flimsy. When she was a child, she and Meng Jing had never quarreled with her before the misunderstanding was solved, but at this moment, Yin Qiu said in a stern voice: "I have my own plan, and I know how to deal with it. , if you really treat me as a friend, don't worry about it."

"I just want to be troublesome!" Meng Jing said, "You broke up with me because of this, and you will be strangers from now on. I will tell my uncle!"

Before Yin Qiu could answer, Meng Jing said again: "You think this matter is too simple! If you think about it carefully, if that person has a grudge against you and wants to kill you, he won't even need to use such dirty tricks. It's easy and convenient to kill you with a single blow! But why does he want to torture you? Have you ever thought about whether it's really you who he tortured? It's right that he tortured someone else!"

Yin Qiu was surprised when he heard this: "What do you mean...?"

"Since you vomited blood that day, I have thought a lot," Meng Jing suppressed the anger in her heart, and tried to calm herself down, "In less than half a month, I have ruined this medical skill, but I have been looking for it." It doesn’t match your symptoms. I’ve checked classics and ancient books, including the sorcery of gods, ghosts, and ghosts. But so far, there is no book that records that the sound of the flute hurts people but does not cause harm. Residual skills, what does this mean? It means that the person who wants to kill you came prepared. He carefully selected and deliberately chose this method to deal with you. What does this mean? It means that he actually doesn't want to kill you at all. , His purpose is just to torture you."

"Torture me..." Yin Qiu mumbled, "What's the benefit of torturing me?"

"Yes, what's the use of torturing you?" Meng Jing bit every word hard in her mouth, her chest heaved, and she took a few steps closer to Yin Qiu and said, "You have no family or relatives. Hua Gong grows up, what enemy do you have? Who are you worthy of such painstaking efforts?"

She walked up to Yin Qiu step by step, with a ruthless expression as if she had returned to the old Meng Jing, she seemed to be asking questions, but she didn't seem to be.

"Who cares about you the most? Who cares about you the most? And who doesn't want to see you get hurt or have an accident?"

Yin Qiu was terrified by her sharp gaze, she took a step back and said, "There are many such people..."

Meng Jing said: "I asked 'most'."

Yin Qiu was startled, then raised his eyelashes and said, "Uncle Master..."

"You went out with Master Uncle today, and soon after you came back, you hid and vomited blood," Meng Jing said, "Did you bump into that person while you were outside?"

Yin Qiu's expression changed a few times, but he didn't answer.

Meng Jing didn't need her answer either, she had already verified it from Yin Qiu's expression.

"On the way that day, he was just trying to see if his method worked, so he let you hear the sound of the flute, and then left quickly. But today he came again, no, to be precise, he In fact, I have been following you all the time. When he found that you were standing with the uncle, that was the scene he wanted. He made a move on you under the eyes of the uncle, because he just wanted to let the uncle know his existence. He is using you to deal with the uncle, he is not your enemy at all!"

A frenzied wind suddenly picked up, blowing over the overflowing clear water in the tank and splashing it down.Yin Qiu was agitated by the ordinary sound of water, and his deep voice was like a whisper: "He is not...he is the enemy of the uncle!"

"That's right, he is the uncle's enemy," Meng Jing said decisively, "Even though the facts have not been clarified, I can already confirm that my deduction will not be wrong. When you hear this, you still feel that this matter must be kept a secret Uncle? This is not your business alone, do you understand?"

Yin Qiu's mind was in turmoil, and he was completely silent at this moment.

Seeing that she was only in a daze and did not give a reply, Meng Jing asked again: "This person is sinister and has a vicious mind. He is in the dark and you are in the open. You say you know how to deal with it, so tell me Say, what are you going to do about it?"

Yin Qiu couldn't answer.

She didn't have any way to deal with it at all. The only thing she could do was to bear it alone and try her best not to let Man Jiangxue know.

Perhaps because of concern, Yin Qiu should have thought about Meng Jing's analysis, but she only had Man Jiangxue in her heart, and she didn't put her own safety first. She focused all her thoughts on how to hide Man Jiangxue In this matter, and this also caused her to ignore a lot of key information and clues, she was deluded by the authorities.

"No matter what you say, this time I must report the truth to my uncle," Meng Jing said, with a trace of grief in her complicated eyes, "Your situation is too dangerous now, I can't turn a blind eye to it, I have already I have seen a precious person die in front of my eyes once, so I can no longer just watch you... look at you..."

She didn't finish the rest.

Yin Qiu looked back at Meng Jing with a frown, and quickly analyzed all the stakes during the short time when both of them fell silent.

It took a long time for her to restrain her out-of-control emotions and regain her usual demure.Yin Qiu said: "I understand what you said, and I think it makes sense, but Meng Jing, my decision will not change, I still want to hide it from my uncle."

"You—" Hearing what she said, Meng Jing was very puzzled, "I have analyzed it so clearly with you, why do you still insist on going your own way?"

"Because I don't want that man's treachery to succeed," Yin Qiu said, "If he really wants to deal with my uncle and wants to use me to threaten or torture my uncle, then I will put all the dangers on me." Bear it, as long as the uncle doesn't know, that person's plan will be in vain, and I will let him waste his efforts."

"You are taking your own life for nothing!" Meng Jing raised her voice.

"My life was saved by my uncle," Yin Qiu said, "and my whole being belongs to my uncle. I don't want my uncle to be disturbed, I don't want my uncle to be tricked, and I don't want that person to see my uncle so anxious." But helpless and self-satisfied, I can bear it, as long as my uncle is happy, I am willing to do anything."

"But this may not be what Uncle Master wants. If she finds out, she won't be happy." Meng Jing's tone was blunt.

"Then I'm selfish," Yin Qiu said, "In this matter, I want to be selfish."

Meng Jing was speechless.

She is selfish?

She is obviously a complete fool!

"When I was young, I always wanted to be as outstanding as my uncle, but later I found that it was impossible. I was just an ordinary person with mediocre qualifications," Yin Qiu said with a smile, "So when I grew up, I changed A thought, I want to protect her in turn like my uncle protects me, you see, God is good to me, it gave me such a chance, why can't I take this opportunity firmly? I want to protect my teacher Uncle, I feel that my life has so much value, this can be the meaning of my life."

When she was young, she asked Man Jiangxue how to repay her, and Man Jiangxue said that she didn't need her repayment, she just needed her to grow up well.

But that was only Man Jiangxue's wish, not Yin Qiu's.

"I know you care about me, just like I care about my uncle." The atmosphere of the dispute has faded, and Yin Qiuyu said earnestly, "But you can replace me with yourself, and replace your uncle with Senior Sister Lu, then you Think about it, will you make the same choice as me?"

Meng Jing was stunned for a moment, she did not let go of her clenched teeth, she said in a cold tone, "Two different things," and added, "The person who saved my life was actually Senior Sister Ji, and Senior Sister Lu has no grace to save my life." , only care and love."

"You are making unreasonable words," Yin Qiu laughed. "Actually, you can understand my heart, but you don't want to admit it."

Meng Jing became irritable again: "Stop talking."

Yin Qiu ignored her and continued: "It's like you refused to let me know every time your heart disease relapsed in the palace. You can let others know, but you insist on keeping it from me. Why?" She looked at it Looking at Meng Jing, I tried to convince her with words, "Because you know that I will be worried and anxious, and I concealed it from my uncle because of the same concerns."

"No, it's different." Meng Jing said.

"What's different?" Yin Qiu was very patient.

"Your feelings for Master Uncle, and my feelings for you..." Meng Jing's voice gradually weakened when she said this.

"How do you feel about me?" Yin Qiu asked.

Meng Jing held back for a long while, and then uttered angrily: "...you are not my uncle!"

"I am a friend you grew up with," Yin Qiu said, "My friend is in trouble, please help me, do you want to refuse?"

Meng Jing struggled, gritted her teeth and said: "You have a good mouth, I can't beat you!"

"You lost your composure today. If Elder Xu sees you like this, he will be disappointed." Yin Qiu smiled calmly and said deliberately, "You pretended to be calm and calm for so many years, but you were in front of me. If you don't pay attention, you will expose your true nature, and you have to work harder."

Meng Jing was taken aback, as if Yin Qiu had poked her into a scar, but before she could refute, Yin Qiu sighed quietly, and continued, "It would be great if Fu Xiang was here, she will definitely not embarrass me of."

Meng Jing's face was cloudy and uncertain, sometimes blue and sometimes red, she seemed to be naked in front of Yin Qiu's eyes, and she was completely seen.

Yin Qiu is right, her stable appearance is all pretending, the so-called country is easy to change, but she is still the irritable self. If she is not suffering from heart disease, she will let go of her hatred. Nor will I turn myself into a completely different person.

Being able to be seen through by Yin Qiu is not an embarrassing thing for Meng Jing.

She even had some unspeakable joy.

"Where are you going?" Realizing that Meng Jing was about to leave without saying a word, Yin Qiu quickly chased after him.

Meng Jing paused, turned her head and gave Yin Qiu a cold look: "...go and make medicine for you." After she finished speaking, she left without looking back.

Yin Qiu laughed again, and only after Meng Jing left did she regain the smile on her face.

Relieved, she let out a long sigh.

The author has something to say: A friend disappeared for a while after going to work in other places, and one day he suddenly knocked on my Penguin number.

"Dear one, can you send me some of your novels? The more the better."

"What are you going to do?"

"It's like this. I have a girlfriend. When I confessed to her, I bragged that I could write novels, so she agreed to be with me. Now she wants to see, can you make a mess of what you wrote?" TXT to me? Help me."

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(Why does even this kind of person have a girlfriend, but my reader angels are still single???)