Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

Man Jiangxue made tea in the house, waited for a long time and didn't see Yin Qiu coming back, so he drank a cup of hot tea first, Bai Ling pushed the door in after a while, and said: "Master, what is the matter in the Yao Dingcheng station?" I have already investigated that Senior Sister Cheng."

Man Jiangxue gave an "um" and signaled her to say with his eyes.

"I sent a letter specially to Master and her elders," Bai Ling presented the letter in his hand to Man Jiangxue, "Actually, the reply letter has already arrived, but these days I have been wandering around all the time, and there is no settled place. This letter also lingered for many days before it came into my hands. Master said in the letter that there was indeed a female disciple named Cheng Xiu in Liuli Peak, and it was true that she was set on fire by the Ziwei Sect six years ago and her appearance was ruined. Sister Cheng did not lie."

Man Jiangxue skimmed through the contents of the letter, and Bai Ling followed up and said: "After my uncle specifically explained that day, I also paid attention to that senior sister Cheng for a few days. She usually stays in the boiler. In the room, I almost don’t go to other places, except for sleeping late and drinking some wine, there is nothing wrong with people, so looking at it like this, the uncle should be at ease.”

Man Jiangxue nodded slightly, without expressing her opinion, she threw the letter into the stove and burned it, and heard footsteps and voices in the front yard, as if someone had come.

Bai Ling was about to go out to have a look, and Yin Qiu also came at this time. The two stood on the porch and watched together, and saw a few boys and girls walking in from the gate of the courtyard, all wearing uniform gray and white robes, with hands in their hands. They all carry pens, inks, papers and inkstones.

The leader was a little girl, with a remarkable appearance and a clever look.She obviously had a different status, and she wore a blue round-neck skirt that was different from the others. She was well-dressed and had a small bow on her back.

"Hi everyone, I am a disciple of the Nine Immortals Hall, and I am here to make a registration record for the organ meeting in four days." The little girl stood in the courtyard and saluted Man Jiangxue in the room, then looked at Yin Qiu and smiled Laughing, "Brothers and sisters, please help me!"

Even though the disciples who came this time have never participated in Mozitai, they also know that many people have come to the organization meeting held once every ten years and invited heroes.During such a mixed period, for the sake of safety, Jiuxiantang will register everyone who comes to Weicheng, so as to avoid any unexpected situation and deal with it in time.

Bai Ling responded with "Okay", and immediately called all the accompanying disciples in the house to the front yard. After exchanging greetings, they quickly set up tables and lined up. The disciples of Nine Immortal Hall recorded one by one. It went very well.

Knowing that Man Jiangxue didn't like to make noise, Yin Qiu closed the door specially. When she turned her head, she saw Afu greeted her enthusiastically, and said, "There are only so few people here in your Yunhua Palace? Didn't I tell you The Ziwei Sect will also come, if you fight because of old hatred, there will be no advantage if there are fewer people."

Yin Qiu looked at her and asked with a smile: "Then why don't you tell me again, how many people from Ziwei Sect have come this time?"

Afu laughed mischievously: "Anyway, there are more than you. The roster has written several pages. There are still many people who have not come in ambushes outside the city. At least there are hundreds of them. I think you have added up. There are not thirty, is it too underestimating the enemy?"

Yin Qiu smiled slightly, and said: "We Yunhua are here to participate in the meeting of your faction, not to seek revenge and cause trouble, and to bring so many people for what."

"Talk to me and still put on airs, is that necessary?" Afu said, "You Yunhua Palace and Ziwei Sect have always been incompatible, enemies are extremely jealous when they meet, let's fight!"

Yin Qiu looked her in the eyes, smiled and said: "So I can think that you not only told me about my mother, but also told Nangongmin?"

Afu rolled her eyes and said with a playful smile, "It's none of my business. I obey my master very much. I will do whatever she asks me to do. If you have any objections, please go to my master."

No wonder Nangong Min also knew that Shen Mandong would show up in Weicheng. It turned out that it was a letter reported to her by Meng Wugui.

What did she tell Nangong Min?

Yin Qiu chuckled lightly: "Thank you for reminding me, I should definitely visit the house when I have time some other day, but I am not looking for trouble. I have never had the chance to thank Hall Master Meng for saving me in person. Please tell me something for me, please Mengmeng. The hall master took some time before the meeting, so I can thank her."

Afu looked at Yin Qiu, and the butterfly hairpin in her hair was shaking like it was about to fly. She said casually: "I can't help you, not only my master, but the nine hall masters of our Nine Immortals Hall all stood up on the eve of the meeting." The purpose of refusing to see guests is to avoid suspicion, if you really want to thank her, it's not too late after the conference is over, there is plenty of time."

"It seems that he doesn't want to see me." Yin Qiu acted very accommodating, "He asked me to come on a special trip, and then deliberately avoided me when he came. You two, master and apprentice, are interesting."

Afu crossed her arms and leaned against the porch pillar: "You are invited to come for a reason, and you are willing to come, aren't you? I have already said that Jiuxiantang should avoid suspicion and will not have too much contact with any sect , you are very suspicious."

Yin Qiu looked at her sideways: "Where is my mother?"

Afu said: "I don't know, I'm not her personal maid, you will see her on the day of the conference, what's the hurry?"

Yin Qiu observed her expression, paused for a moment and said, "You're not acting realistic enough, you know where she is."

"I only know that she is indeed in Weicheng," Afu laughed endlessly, "but I don't know where she is exactly. You haven't seen her in so many years, so don't be in a hurry."

Realizing that she was doing Tai Chi with him all the time, Yin Qiu narrowed his eyes, raised his legs after a while and said, "Well, let's take a step to talk."

Afu looked inquiringly, and saw Yin Qiu glanced sideways into the room, as if to remind her who was still sitting inside, Afu rolled her eyes, quickly recalled, and immediately straightened up to look at Yin Qiu's back followed.

·

The disciples were all gathered in the front yard, and naturally there was no one in the back yard. The two walked through the corridor and entered the courtyard. Afu looked left and right, and asked, "There is no one here, what are you going to say? Just say it quickly, I have to go to the next sect to drop by."

Yin Qiu stopped, his eyes fell on the empty courtyard, he didn't look at Afu, but asked again: "Where is my mother?"

Afu rolled her eyes and said helplessly, "How many times do I need to say it? I don't know!"

Yin Qiu didn't look sideways, and still didn't look at her: "I can give you time to think, but you have to think it over before answering."

Hearing that there was some elusive meaning in her words, Afu raised her eyebrows and made a "speechless" expression: "You are so annoying, I don't know what I said, I keep asking."

After she finished speaking, she scratched her cheeks impatiently, and planned to leave, but she only stepped out with one leg, when the light in front of her eyes suddenly dimmed, and she carried a palm wind that was infuriating. Immediately, the pocket head hit, startling the trembling butterfly hairpin on Afu's head, making a small sound.

Afu was shocked, and hurriedly raised her hand to block it, but Yin Qiu caught her alive with quick eyesight and quick hands, broke off her two arms and locked her behind her tightly, and pressed her against the cold corridor pillar superior.

Afu is proficient in archery, and her lightness kung fu is also very good, but she is more than a star and a half behind in boxing kung fu. Half of her face was numb and painful from the impact, and her teeth were even bitten to the tip of her tongue.Afu turned pale in shock and shouted, "What are you doing!"

Yin Qiu hugged her effortlessly, the smile on her face remained the same as before, she asked slowly, "Say you?"

Afu let out a "bah": "If you don't let me go, I'll call someone!"

"Shout," Yin Qiu said unmoved, very amiable, "I want you disciples of the Nine Immortals Hall to know that you can't pass half a move with me, how majestic."

"You—why are you this kind of person?" Afu was genuinely stunned, "Why are you different from what the senior sister described!"

Yin Qiu stared at her: "What's the difference?" Then he said, "Who is your senior sister? She knows me?"

Afu struggled hard, deliberately ignoring Yin Qiu's question: "I really don't know where your mother is!"

"You don't have a half-truth in your mouth," Yin Qiu said, "Since you refuse to tell, I can only detain you. If my mother didn't show up on the day of the meeting, or if you were the one who got all the news about her He Mengwugui is fabricating it out of thin air, then I will invite you to visit Yunhua Palace and meet my master."

"You still have Master?" Afu looked terrified.

"The head of the sect counts me as half a master," Yin Qiu said, "She is my mother's senior sister, and she has always wanted to find my mother. Tell me, if she knows that your Jiuxiantang is pretending to be a ghost, how will she deal with you?"

"No one dares to touch our Nine Immortals Hall," Afu said, "even the head of Yunhua Palace!"

"But you are not a big shot," Yin Qiu said, "You and Meng Wugui brought us here, and you also brought Nangong Min here. You are afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and you maliciously incite our two parties to confront each other. What are you doing in Jiuxiantang? Idea? I think if the headmaster finds out, she won't let anyone who might endanger Yunhua Palace go, are you right?"

Afu poked her neck and shouted, "No!"

"wrong?"

"Because Master and I didn't make up lies, your mother is indeed in Weicheng!"

"Where is Weicheng?"

"I really don't know this!" Afu was so anxious that she was about to cry, "Why are you like this? I thought you were gentle and generous, and I always wanted to be friends with you! But you are so bad! It's still hidden bad!"

Yin Qiu's quiet eyes wandered over Afu's blushing cheeks, she was trying her best to capture every subtle change in Afu's expression, but to Yin Qiu's surprise, the girl really didn't look like she was lying. she.

Maybe Meng Wugui just told her to pass on a message, and didn't tell her too much?

If you think about it, if you are so poor at knowing too much, you will be caught and pried your mouth open sooner or later. She is not a strong man, and the little girl can't keep many secrets.

"I scared you," Yin Qiu thought a lot in an instant, and let him go neatly, "It's just because you don't want to talk properly. It's meaningless to act strange in front of me. It will only make me I suspect that you are trying to deal with me on purpose, so when we meet again in the future, it's better to be more frank."

Afu was amnesty, and quickly distanced herself from Yin Qiu. Her eyes were red with anger, and she pointed at Yin Qiu and said viciously, "You want to teach me how to behave? I'm happy to do that!"

"Then you can do whatever you want," Yin Qiu said, "I apologize to you for my behavior just now, but you don't have to ask why, I can only say that you and Meng Wugui are too mysterious, and I can't treat you as good people for the time being, and treat you as good people." Bad guy, I have my way, if you feel wronged, you can call back."

Afu said: "Crazy! You are still so dignified after bullying someone, I will sue you!"

Yin Qiu said, "Who are you suing me with?"

Afu glared at her, jumped onto the beam, and said angrily, "You wait for me—!"

·

Fu Xiang cooperated with the Nine Immortals Hall to register the roster of disciples in the posthouse. She glanced at Steward Zhao and his attendants, left the room calmly, found a Nine Immortals Hall disciple and asked, "Brother, please trouble me. Let me ask, where do the people from Yunhua Palace rest?"

The disciple of the Nine Immortals Hall saluted and said: "I have seen the young master, Yunhua Palace did not stay in our Nine Immortals Hall's post house, but went to a house in the west of the city."

West of the city?Fu Xiang understood, thanked the disciple, and was about to find a reason to ask Butler Zhao to go out, when suddenly a green figure flew down from the corner of the corridor, before she could see who it was, her chest was covered The small stone that flew in the face smashed it.

"Come here!" Afu hid in the corner of the corridor, gritted her teeth and shouted in a low voice.

Fu Xiang got a headache when he saw her, and seeing all the people in the house busy, he quickly took Afu to the back of the corridor.

"What are you doing here? It's not good to be seen."

"I've been bullied!" Afu twitched, raising her fist and hitting Fu Xiang's chest.

"Then why are you beating me?" Fu Xiang was annoyed, "Go to Master and vent your anger on me when you are bullied?"

"It was your Xiaoqiu who bullied me!" Afu complained, "She held me down and beat me!"

"Xiaoqiu?" Fu Xiang's eyes lit up, "Have you seen her? Is she okay? What is she doing?"

Afu was confused by her series of questions: "Are you human! I said she hit me, but you still care about her so much!"

Fu Xiang put his hand behind his back and smiled: "I can think of it with my fingers. You must have provoked her. Xiaoqiu has such a good temper, she won't hit someone easily. You are a liar, I don't believe it."

Afu took a step back, covering her heart, and said dumbfounded: "Who is a liar? I didn't lie, I didn't lie! Why don't you all believe me!"

"Oh, let's go," Fu Xiang said ruthlessly, without the energy to talk to her, "Don't come to me if you don't have time, I'm busy, if anyone sees you with me, let alone Xiaoqiu, I will beat you , what are you supposed to do."

"You... you guys!" Afu was so angry that she wanted to go to heaven, and kicked Fu Xiang's leg, "I'm ignoring you!"

After she finished speaking, she flew into the garden again, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Fu Xiang was kicked so hard by her for nothing that he didn't even dare to scream.

What medicine did this guy take by mistake today? !

·

"I tried it, she doesn't know where my mother is now." Yin Qiu sat cross-legged beside the short feet, and took the tea from Man Jiangxue.

The disciples of the Nine Immortal Hall outside the gate had already left one after another. Bai Ling was ordering everyone to retreat, and the courtyard quickly became quiet.

"Meng Wugui will not tell anyone where the senior sister is," Man Jiangxue said, "it doesn't matter whether the senior sister is still alive or not."

Yin Qiu kept silent for a moment, put the ice-chasing bag on the table, and said, "Afu repeatedly emphasized that she said that my mother is in Weicheng, but I have already come, why didn't she come to see me?"

Man Jiangxue's eyes fell on Zhubing's sharp thin blade, and she paused for a while before saying: "Since she also said that she will see her senior sister on the day of the meeting, then there is no need to rush it right now, just wait."

"I always think it's not that simple," Yin Qiu said, "This time Ziwei taught a lot of people, and there are still a large number of believers outside the city who have not entered the city. We don't know where Nangong Min is, and we don't know that she brought so many people." What do you want to do here? If the news about my mother’s stay in Weicheng is just a lie released by Meng Wugui, then what does she mean by bringing us and Nangong Min together? What is her origin?”

"At present, one thing can be confirmed, Meng Wugui is an old member of Ruyimen." Man Jiangxue lightly clasped the rim of the cup, dipping some crystal clear tea on her fingertips, "She may have unknown purpose, but she will definitely not harm you. Nangong Min, she just transferred everyone from the Ziwei Sect to Weicheng, as long as she dares to harm us, I can tell her to come and go, what are you afraid of?"

If someone else said this, Yin Qiu would just laugh it off, but when it came out of Man Jiangxue's mouth, there was no doubt about it.

"I'm not afraid of Nangong Min." Yin Qiu felt a little headache, "I'm just..."

She was just worried about the flute player.

"Just what?" Man Jiangxue asked.

Yin Qiu looked away, trying to hide her anxiety, she said softly: "I just feel as if everything is crowded together, and I can't tell the truth from the fake, and I don't know what to do next."

"You are confused," Man Jiangxue said, "You have to understand what we are here for."

Yin Qiu sighed: "It is because I understand that I am suspicious... Am I being too impetuous?"

"If you feel like you're stuck in a situation where you can't tell the truth from reality," Man Jiangxue said, "you might as well look for things that you think are real."

reality?

Yin Qiu thought for a while, then looked sideways at Man Jiangxue: "Then what should I do?"

Man Jiangxue said: "To touch, to feel, let the truth in your eyes break the illusion that covers you."

The doors and windows were closed tightly, and the sky was still clearly reflected in the house. Yin Qiu looked very transparent in the light, as if a thin light had passed through her body. There was a hint of thought in her expression, and then she slowly raised her hand and stroked it. Chasing ice.

But this sword can only represent itself, and it can only prove Shen Mandong's past, not Shen Mandong's present.

Chasing ice isn't quite real.

The thin blade held a coldness that could easily go deep into the bone marrow. Yin Qiu felt the coldness. She didn't think it could calm the waves in her heart, so she let go of Zhubing and took Man Jiangxue's hand instead. .

It's still the same faint body temperature, and the familiar touch that can be recalled even with eyes closed.

The cold is gone.

Yin Qiu suddenly realized.

what is the relationship?Meng Wugui, Nangong Min, Shen Mandong, and the flute player, who are they, or what does it matter if they live or die?

Problems will always be solved. Since these people want to push her to swim passively in the misty waves, then she should go. At least in the waves, there is always someone who is with her.

So what does it matter?

"Master uncle," Yin Qiu clasped Man Jiangxue's fingertips, and said suddenly, "I really want to drink again."

Man Jiangxue raised her eyebrows slightly, looked at Yin Qiu's bright face, and said, "Drink?"

"In fact, illusory things are sometimes very wonderful," Yin Qiu smiled meaningfully, "It allows me to get something that I can't get normally."

Man Jiangxue looked at her and said, "For example?"

Yin Qiu didn't speak, she held Man Jiangxue's hand, and the drunk snowy day appeared in front of her eyes, this hand held her in her arms, making her unable to distinguish between reality and dream.

"For example, my uncle is real in front of my eyes now." Yin Qiu lowered his long eyelashes, raised that hand, and lowered his head as if to kiss it. "But if I am drunk, I will In the dream, if I can truly feel the uncle in the dream, then from now on, I won't be afraid of any illusions."

Even the unreal will become more beautiful because of it.

Man Jiangxue looked down at her, watching her hold her hand, as if she was holding something precious.Man Jiangxue said: "Then what are you doing now?"

"Wine tasting." Yin Qiu was a little cheerful, but also a little bold. She deliberately let her lips brush against the back of that plain hand, and then deliberately disguised it.

"Uncle Master is wine," Yin Qiu said, "It's not a violation of palace rules, I just smell it."

The soft lips are like a light feather, leaving a tingling and itchy long touch on the skin on the back of the hand.The touch is like water flowing, lingering continuously, and like the spring rain in March, pattering.

Man Jiangxue's eyes flickered slightly.

Her eyes were like pools of water, and the usually calm water surface was startled by the blown feathers. The way Yin Qiu lowered his head was swaying in the ripples, and at an unknown moment, he was slowly touched. The coming pond water submerged at the bottom.

"Are you sure it's just to smell it?" Man Jiangxue said, pinching Yin Qiu's chin with his backhand, and the two looked at each other, one up and one down.

Yin Qiu was forced to raise her head, and she was unstable for a moment, but Man Jiangxue supported her with the other hand.

A few figures passed by in the corridor, and Yin Qiu heard the laughter of her disciples, and she felt a little secret joy in that voice.

"Is it not possible?" Yin Qiu smiled calmly, his eyes were clear and clean, "I won't get drunk."

Man Jiangxue looked at her, smiled slightly, and said in the usual tone: "Then you'd better not get drunk."