Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

Man Jiangxue stood on the bridge for a long time.

The blue waves are rippling, the sound of the water is clear, and the moat is like a green silk belt, surrounding the whole Weicheng.Above the clear sky are white floating clouds that are rarely seen in winter. Several gray herons swooped down under the clouds and landed on the embankment by the river. The reflections of the weeping willows on both sides of the river were reflected on the water surface. An immobile snow-white figure.

On the other side of the bridge came a peddler carrying a burden, and the fragrance spread along the breeze. Bai Ling smelled the smell, and was so hungry that she shouted at the peddler, "Old man, you are here to sell What do you eat?"

The peddler was an old man with gray hair. Seeing that he was full of energy and in good health, he strode over and replied, "Wonton! Fresh and delicious wonton, eight copper coins a bowl, would you like it?"

"I want it!" Bai Ling went out early and didn't have time to eat breakfast. She took out the copper plate and asked casually, "Master, do you want some?"

Man Jiangxue didn't reply.

She didn't seem to hear it at all, her lowered eyes showed obvious thoughts, and she didn't respond at all.

Ever since they left the house in the west of the city, the two of them stopped when they passed by this place. Man Jiangxue had been standing on the bridge to watch the scenery without speaking.At first, Bai Ling thought that she saw the beautiful scenery of this place, so she wanted to take a second look, but she didn't expect that two full hours had passed, and it was almost noon, and Man Jiangxue was still standing silently, She didn't even move.

Bai Ling didn't dare to ask her what she was thinking about, so she didn't want to disturb her, so she just stood there and waited boredly. She was so hungry that her mouth was sour, but Man Jiangxue didn't eat. Where did she go? Are you embarrassed to eat alone next to me?

"Well...forget it," Bai Ling thought, and took the copper back again, "No more, no more."

"No more?" The old man has been peddling in the streets for many years, and he has already practiced the ability to observe words and expressions. Seeing this, he looked at Man Jiangxue and said, "I said, girl, it's not too late to think about something after dinner. This little girl is so hungry that her face is pale, how can she do without food?"

Bai Ling was taken aback, and hurriedly put his index finger between his lips, and gave a "shh", signaling the old man not to disturb Man Jiangxue, but Man Jiangxue finally said, "You can eat it, I won't eat it."

Bai Ling glanced at her, and obediently responded "Yes", without much persuasion, she happily squatted down against the bridge railing with the wontons in her hand, and quickly wiped out the bowl of wontons like a windstorm, and the old man waited for her to eat After collecting the bowl, he carried the burden and walked away from the other side of the stone bridge.

The noon sun poured down, making people warm all over. Bai Ling ate this bowl of wonton very comfortably. She looked at the sky and couldn't help reminding: "Master, it's already noon, Mengtang The Lord sent someone to invite you early in the morning, so it might be inappropriate to delay for so long?"

Man Jiangxue looked up at the sky, where the warm sun was blocked by thin clouds, and the sunlight penetrating down was not glaring, but very soft.

"Wait a little longer." Man Jiangxue said.

Bai Ling looked at Man Jiangxue quietly for a moment, seeing that she was very dull today, as if she had something on her mind, she thought about it and asked: "Uncle Master must have encountered some kind of problem or trouble , although this disciple is less talented and less learned, he has honed a lot in the past few years in the palace, so you may as well tell me if you have something to do, the so-called bystander knows, maybe I can give you some advice?"

trouble?Man Jiangxue seemed to be moved by Bai Ling's words, she was silent for a while, then murmured: "It's really a trouble..."

Hearing her words, Bai Ling became more and more curious: "What's the trouble? I've never seen my uncle so troubled."

Man Jiangxue paused, as if she wanted to answer, but her lips moved twice, but she still remained silent.

A few gray herons spread their wings and flew high, circling the bank of the moat, and a few bird feathers fell on the water surface. Man Jiangxue looked at the bird feathers, and what floated in front of her eyes was Yin Qiu brushing her lips against the back of her hand and the memory of last night. picture.

Maybe it was because she asked the wrong question and said the wrong thing last night, Yin Qiu was obviously affected by her emotions, and stayed on the other side of the bed all night, not even daring to move.

She had an intuition that something was wrong with her, but she couldn't confirm what was wrong, so she lay upright in the middle of the night. During this time, she thought about comforting Yin Qiu countless times, but she didn't know where to start. She fell asleep, but she herself stayed up all night.

"Isn't Shishu just Shishu, who else could it be?"

Yin Qiu's words were always in her heart, Man Jiangxue thought over and over again, but she couldn't figure out why she was so obsessed with it.

if not?Besides Shi Shu, who else could she be?

Does she still want to be someone other than uncle in Yin Qiu's eyes?

But how is that possible?

Trouble, really no small trouble.

And it was her own trouble.

"Uncle?" Bai Ling couldn't help calling her again before waiting for Man Jiangxue's response.

On the snowy surface of Man Jiang, neither mountains nor water were visible, but she sighed secretly in her heart, she turned around as if nothing had happened, and said, "Let's go."

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Meng Jing swallowed the elixir in the room, drank some water, and lay down for a long time before feeling that the colic in her heart eased a little.

The doors and windows in the room were tightly closed, and the bed curtains were also tightly covered. The air was inexplicably stuffy, and she felt more and more difficult to breathe, so she simply put on her clothes and opened the door, and went to the yard to blow some air to breathe.

The moon was in the middle of the sky, and the house was filled with moonlight, making it extremely quiet.

All the wing rooms were dark, this was not Yunhua Station, and there was no disciple on duty at night, Meng Jing sat down on the bench in the corridor, the heat in her body was swept away by the cool evening wind, her body felt better. few.She sat quietly for a long time, and saw that it was the beginning of Yin Shi, she stood up and planned to go back to her room, but just as she was moving her legs, she heard a very soft sound from the other end, as if someone had pushed the door open .

Meng Jing paused, turned her head, and by the moonlight saw the door of a wing room behind her was indeed opened, at the same time, another familiar figure came out of the door.

Although there were no lanterns on in the porch, the moonlight was bright tonight, and Meng Jing recognized Yin Qiu at a glance. She was a little surprised, and wanted to go over to say hello, but Yin Qiu closed the door lightly. He carefully looked at the surrounding environment, and his behavior was a bit sneaky.Meng Jing thought for a moment, then quickly turned around and hid in the corner of the corridor.

The whole courtyard was silent, and even the sound of the wind was weaker than usual. Yin Qiu's light figure was stepping on the eaves, and quickly climbed out of the fence and disappeared without a trace.

Meng Jing's eyes fluttered, and she couldn't help frowning.

In the middle of the night, where is she going by sneaking around?

Meng Jing suddenly had a bad premonition, she naturally thought of the flute player, her expression changed, and she hurried out through the courtyard.

But she has never practiced martial arts, and she doesn't know how to do light work, so how can there be Yin Qiu after chasing outside the door like this?

What is this guy doing?Running out alone at such a late hour, what if the piper was secretly staring at her at any time and took the opportunity to follow her?

Meng Jing was startled, and hurriedly ran towards the house again, but she stopped after running a few steps.

Man Jiangxue went to the Nine Immortals Hall early in the morning, and hadn't come back until now. Meng Jing intuitively felt that this matter could no longer be hidden from her. Even if Yin Qiu really ignored her from now on, she couldn't know that Yin Qiu was in danger. But turn a blind eye.

Meng Jing made a decisive decision and made up her mind to report the truth to Man Jiangxue, so she immediately left the house and hurried towards the Nine Immortals Hall.

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Yin Qiu ran quietly on the roofs of the houses for a while, until the tall city wall appeared at the end of her sight, and then she landed lightly, found a secluded and dark corner, and rushed before the guarding disciples of the Nine Immortals Hall turned around. , quietly climbed up the city wall, and jumped down neatly.

Knowing that he was going to walk at night tonight, Yin Qiu specially changed into a strong attire that was easy to walk in. The waist was narrowed and the sleeves were narrow, the corners of the skirt hung straight, and even the boots were chosen to be light and easy to walk. means.

The moonlight was especially bright in the middle of the night, reflecting the small bamboo forest more clearly. Yin Qiu had overslept earlier and came a little late. She lingered in the forest for a while before seeing Afu flying down from the sky. As soon as they met, Afu asked, "You came empty-handed?"

"Empty hands?" Yin Qiu was a little confused, so, "Should I bring something?"

"Sword!" Afu said, "You are a martial artist, how can you do without a weapon?"

Yin Qiu took a look at her and felt that the girl was speaking without thinking, so he took off Zhu Bing hanging from his waist and said, "Don't you have it?"

Afu's eyes brightened immediately, and she said with relief: "That's good, that's good," she said, and pulled Yin Qiu to hide in the darkest place in the bamboo forest, and said in a low voice, "Don't make a sound yet." , wait a minute."

Yin Qiu was a little confused by her behavior, but lowered his voice and asked, "What are you waiting for?"

Afu watched the movement around with burning eyes, and replied, "Don't ask so many questions, just listen to me and wait, someone should come later."

Seeing her mysterious, Yin Qiu couldn't help the doubt in his heart: "Didn't you ask me to see my mother? Where is she?"

"Oh, why are you so disobedient?" Afu couldn't help the impatience in her heart, "Just do what I say, and it won't hurt you!"

She is a straightforward person, and she always does what she wants when dealing with people. She doesn't know how to worry about other people's feelings. Yin Qiu is cautious and assertive, and Afu naturally thinks that she is long-winded and difficult to cooperate with.

It was not the first time that Yin Qiu was disgusted by her, and she didn't care. After hearing Afu's words, she also calmed down and didn't ask any more questions.

However, the two huddled together and waited for a long time, but no one came out of nowhere.

Even though Yin Qiu didn't really believe in Afu's words from the beginning, she still had some uncontrollable expectations about Shen Mandong, but she came as promised, but she didn't see anyone for a long time , I naturally felt a little anxious in my heart.

"What the hell are you playing?" Yin Qiu held back for a long time, but still couldn't hold back and said, "If you lie to me, tell me as soon as possible, I won't argue with you, but don't treat me like a fool on."

Afu felt uncomfortable when she heard this. She leaned her head towards Yin Qiu and said in a bad tone: "Who left you alone? I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry! Besides, I'm not sure if they will Come, wait and see!"

Yin Qiu looked at her, and suddenly saw that she was not only carrying the curved bow as usual today, but also full of sharp arrows in her quiver. Yin Qiu's eyes darkened, and suddenly remembered that she deliberately mentioned weapons when they met, and couldn't help but A little suspicious.

"What are you bringing so many arrows with you for?" Yin Qiu looked away from Afu's shoulder, pretending to be casual and said, "You can't just go hunting at night, and there are no wild animals in this place."

Hearing this, Afu paused for a moment to look around, and Yin Qiu caught it immediately. She secretly clenched Zhubing in her hand, and heard Afu say angrily: "Annoying, really annoying, I really don't want to Dealing with people like you, if it wasn't for my teacher... I wouldn't be bothered to come!"

"Teacher? What is it, teacher?" Yin Qiu stared at Afu's side face, recalling it for a moment, "Meng Wugui asked you to call me here, and she specially invited the uncle away during the day, It's just to drive her away, in fact, my mother won't come tonight at all, will she?"

When Afu heard her words, she was a little surprised and a little discouraged. She looked at Yin Qiu with a complicated expression and said, "Although I am annoyed by your temper, I have to praise you. You really have an exquisite heart. Surprisingly sharp."

Yin Qiu was verified by her words, and said in a deep voice, "It's better to say that you deceived me by thinking too well."

After she said that, she stood up straight.

"Hey! Where are you going?" Afu quickly grabbed Yin Qiu, "You can't leave yet!"

"Let go," Yin Qiu rarely showed a little coldness, "Before I really get angry, stop your tricks of teasing me, and don't bother me again."

Frightened by her sudden coldness, Afu shrank her neck, and whispered: "But this matter is very important to you. You are the protagonist. How can you sing after you leave this play?"

"Is it important to me, or is it important to you and Meng Wugui?" Yin Qiu tried his best to suppress the unhappiness in his heart, "You made a fuss about my mother's life and death, and set me up again and again to lure me to Weicheng , lured me here again, do you understand that such behavior is against morality, and I can't accept it. What do you mean you haven't seen my mother for so many years, and you are not in a hurry? You speak so lightly , but not on yourself."

Afu was speechless, feeling guilty, and extremely regretful that she couldn't speak properly, revealing what she shouldn't have said, and Yin Qiu came to her senses.

"Oh, don't be angry... okay, okay, your mother really won't come, Master told me to lie to you with this," Afu had no choice but to confess the truth, trying her best to keep Yin Qiu, "but you really can't Let's go, there is a reason for asking you to come here, please calm down first, and I will talk to you, okay?"

Yin Qiu brushed off her hand without changing his eyebrows and said, "Then please tell me."

Afu stomped her feet angrily, gritted her teeth and said, "I also listen to Master's arrangement, and I don't know too much. Master only said that someone will kill you. If Man Jiangxue is around, that person will be difficult to do so, so she put Man Jiangxue called away, and used other methods to drag Man Jiangxue in Jiuxiantang and couldn't come back, and then she asked me to call you out of the city. Since that person wants to harm you, he must always Staring at you in the dark, seeing that you are alone and running to such a place, he will definitely not let go of such a good opportunity, and will definitely send someone to kill you."

Yin Qiu's expression changed when she heard this, she was half-believing, she was silent for a moment, and said: "As you said, you and Meng Wugui deliberately designed for me to lure that person out... Are you actually helping me?"

"That's not it!" Afu said, "Aren't you just helping you? I left a note for you that day, but I failed to trick you out, so I had to trick you with your mother again. I didn't mean to tease you! Since you I understand, don't cross the river and tear down the bridge and leave me behind, if Master finds out that I not only told you the truth, but also told you to run away, I will die!"

"Indeed, he is doomed," Yin Qiu frowned and said indifferently, "Let's not say whether that person will come or not. It's fine if he doesn't come. If he comes, he will bring a large number of killers with him. The two of us can't resist no matter what."

Afu scratched her head, glanced at a certain direction in the forest without a trace, and said falteringly: "...how could you not be able to resist it? You are so good at kung fu. I heard that you have never been defeated in Yunhua Palace." Whoever it is, even the world has spread rumors about you, saying that the descendants of Shen Mandong are born out of..."

"That's just exaggerated rumors," Yin Qiu interrupted her, "Besides, that person can hurt me through the air with the sound of a flute, and can also make my qi disorder and uncontrollable. without him."

"What, what flute sound?" Afu was taken aback, "Master never said this! You and that person have already fought?!"

Seeing her suspicious face, Yin Qiu couldn't help but coldly said: "Since you know that someone wants to kill me, why don't you know what he has to do? I really don't know how to set up such a plan without discussing it with me in advance. It's good to evaluate you," she said, without another word of nonsense, she turned around neatly, "it's not too late, leave as soon as possible!"

Afu stared, and immediately shouted: "Why are you like this? You really want to cross the river and tear down the bridge!" After shouting, she hurriedly covered her mouth and followed Yin Qiu quickly, "...I really fell into your hands, Oh, let me tell you this, you are a cripple today, it doesn't matter if that person comes, my senior sister..."

Before she finished the second half of the sentence, a sharp voice suddenly sounded in her ear, like something sharp and sharp, cutting through the night wind, and Afu's ears rang in shock, and half of her body instantly Like falling into an ice cave.

"Be careful!" Yin Qiu hurriedly dodged to avoid it, pulling Afu behind her with all her strength.

While shifting between positions, she raised her eyelashes and saw a long sword with a cold light in the night.

"Here we come!" Afu was overjoyed, blushing and said, "Look, I didn't lie to you! Someone really wants to kill you!"

The long sword was alive, but failed to hit the person, and soon turned around and attacked the face of the two people.Yin Qiu held Afu firmly in his arms, and led her to turn over and jump into the air, dodging again.

"You don't need to tell me!" Yin Qiu replied to Afu in the midst of his busy schedule, "There's no reason to be so happy!"