Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

"Uncle Master likes you too."

A few simple words, to Yin Qiu's ears, it was like a mountain wind blowing through everything, falling to the sky, and she was covered in hazy spring mist in the breeze and flower rain.

With their eyes intertwined, the two people looked at each other quietly, and they were both looking at each other's expressions calmly, but the white mist in the room suddenly became thicker, staining each other's eyes with a layer of moonlight Like tulle, there seems to be a distance of waving away, so that those secrets and things that are about to come out are hidden in time, and turned into inexplicable heart palpitations.

For a moment, Yin Qiu almost fell into this sentence, but when she stretched out her hand to push away the smoke in front of her eyes and saw Man Jiangxue's face clearly, those messed up emotions quickly returned to calm .

The liking that the uncle said was her liking for the junior.

Yin Qiu thought so.

Although she hoped that the liking was different from what she thought, she knew very well in her heart that it was really impossible for her to want her uncle to like her.

Will the uncle ever fall in love with someone?

If so, what would it look like?

Yin Qiu couldn't imagine it.

And the person who can make the uncle like him, can he like the uncle like her?

Yin Qiu was a little worried again.

Man Jiangxue is good at everything, but there is nothing in the emotional aspect. Although Yin Qiu herself is half-hearted, she has already explored the world of mortals at this age, but Man Jiangxue has not made any movement until now.

The two have known each other for so long, except for Yin Qiu who took the initiative to ask about some emotional matters, Man Jiangxue almost never mentioned it herself. There seems to be no such thing as love and love in her world, and she doesn't have many hobbies. There were very few people coming and going, Yin Qiu sometimes felt that Man Jiangxue was a little lonely, but she never said it, so Yin Qiu couldn't be sure if she was really lonely.

So Yin Qiu can only stay by her side as much as possible, so as not to make her feel deserted or lonely, but even though she hopes to be with Man Jiangxue for the rest of her life, but her life is so long, she can be the one who can accompany Man Jiangxue to the end. Whether the person will be her, Yin Qiu can't predict at all.

More importantly, is she the one Man Jiangxue would be willing to accompany her for the rest of her life?

Yin Qiu thought endlessly, and inevitably felt a sense of loss.

The heat of the steamer made Man Jiangxue's clothes wet, and she stared at Yin Qiu for a long time amidst Yin Qiu's sudden contemplation, then Man Jiangxue let go of her hand, and covered Yin Qiu with the towel on the shelf. face.

"If you don't come out, the water should be cold."

Yin Qiu's scattered thoughts were pulled back by the sudden darkness. She slowly took off the veil, glanced at Man Jiangxue, and said, "Then Master, wait for me behind the screen."

Man Jiangxue got up immediately, walked behind the screen and waited, not forgetting to turn her back to Yin Qiu.

The candlelight outlined her shadow on the screen, just like Man Jiangxue's figure was clearly cast in Yin Qiu's eyes on that day in Yunjian City, like an ink painting done in one go.

Yin Qiu looked at her, and raised her hand just like that day, tracing her outline through the void for a while, where Man Jiangxue couldn't see, and after a while, she came out of the pool and walked with great effort. After wiping off the water stains on his body, he closed his eyes and put on the thin obscene clothes.

The doors and windows were closed tightly, and the white mist was getting thicker and thicker. Yin Qiu was dizzy and a little breathless. She believed the doctor's words. It turned out that taking a bath during a serious illness would really wash away the strength.

She couldn't stay in this house any longer.

"Master Uncle..." Yin Qiu stabilized his figure with the help of a stand, with golden stars appearing in front of his eyes.

Hearing the call, Man Jiangxue came out quickly, and as soon as she saw Yin Qiu's weak appearance, Man Jiangxue took her coat and wrapped Yin Qiu up, picked her up by the waist, and kicked the door belt in a hurry Follow people into the corridor.

The cold night wind hit in an instant, Yin Qiu finally got fresh air, breathed heavily, and leaned limply in Man Jiangxue's arms.

Man Jiangxue carried her back to the room, laid her down gently on the couch, and finally opened the farthest window halfway.

Yin Qiu was still a little dizzy, but he kept his eyes open stubbornly, looking at Man Jiangxue.

"Wait for me," Man Jiangxue took out her clothes from the closet again, "If you are really uncomfortable, you can go to bed first."

Yin Qiu nodded, but said, "I'll wait for you."

Man Jiangxue patted her head, and watched over Yin Qiu by the bed for a while. Seeing Yin Qiu fell asleep drowsily, she took her clothes and went to the soup room to take a bath.

When she came back, Yin Qiu had already fallen into a deep sleep. Man Jiangxue turned off the lights, took off her clothes and went to bed, watching Yin Qiu's peaceful sleeping face by the moonlight cast into the room.

After this serious injury, Yin Qiu lost a lot of weight. She was originally a thin person. Every time Man Jiangxue hugged her, she didn't feel heavy. This time, she became even lighter. She didn't feel tired even after holding her for a long time, but she became thinner. Holding hands makes people feel distressed.

The moonlight was clear and light, reflecting this room just right. Man Jiangxue kept looking at Yin Qiu. After a long time, she raised her arms to embrace him in her arms, kissed Yin Qiu's forehead lightly, and pressed Yin Qiu Qiu's head fell asleep.

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At dawn the next day, the hour and hour were almost incomplete, and the two people sleeping in each other's arms on the bed hadn't woken up yet.

Ji Wanshu and Bai Ling left due to some business, and the rest of the disciples seemed to have lost their backbone. They woke up early every morning, but they didn't dare to wake up Man Jiangxue and Yin Qiu easily, especially now that Yin Qiu was still there. During the illness, the disciples were even more uncertain. They prepared hot water and breakfast one by one at dawn, but until now no one dared to knock on the door, for fear of disturbing the clear dreams of the two inside. .

In the past few days after Yin Qiu fully woke up, she was lethargic. She was not in good spirits. Apart from drinking medicine and meditating to adjust breath, she could only rely on more sleep to recover her vitality. Needless to say, Man Jiangxue was the one who was really lethargic , It's okay if there is something to do, but if there is nothing to do, he will be lazy all day long, and he always looks like he can't wake up.What's more, in order to take care of Yin Qiu these days, Man Jiangxue sat by the bed and took care of her day and night. In the past two days, she slept more deeply than before. Anyway, no one came to call, and neither of them could wake up. .

The disciples waited outside for a while, calculating the time and guessing that Man Jiangxue and Yin Qiu would have to sleep until noon again, so they all planned to retreat, but before they had time to move, they saw the closed door suddenly gently pushed open Right after, Man Jiangxue's figure appeared at the door.

"Master uncle is awake?" The disciples hurried up to greet him, "You got up early today."

Man Jiangxue put her index finger between her lips and made a gesture of "silence". The disciples followed her to a wing room at the end of the corridor. After Man Jiangxue washed with hot water, she sat down and said: " Is the doctor in the guest room still there?"

A disciple replied: "I left last night. He said that Senior Sister Yin's injury is not serious. As long as you pay attention to recuperating and don't get hurt again, you will gradually recover. So he prescribed a prescription and went back to the medicine hall."

Man Jiangxue asked again: "Where are the medical disciples?"

"It's boiling medicine in the kitchen."

"Go call the best doctor over here."

The disciple got the order, and immediately ran to the kitchen to invite a medical disciple over.

"What is the master's order?"

There was freshly boiled hot water and tea leaves on the table. Man Jiangxue made the tea by himself, looked at the medicine disciple, felt a little impressed, and said, "Are you the first disciple of Elder Xu?"

The medicine disciple seemed not expecting that Man Jiangxue would recognize him, half surprised and half frightened: "Return to Master Uncle, this disciple is right."

"That means your medical skills are good," Man Jiangxue said, "I'm asking where Xinfeng ranks?"

When the medical student heard this, a trace of shame flashed across his face, and he lowered his head and said: "Although this disciple is the first student under Elder Xu's seat, his medical skills are not outstanding, and he only ranks fifth in Wenxin Peak, not as good as later Brother Meng."

Man Jiangxue paused for a moment, and said, "Fifth is also very rare, so don't belittle yourself, I called you here to ask you something," she said, holding the teacup in her hand and blowing, "Just you In the medical books I have read, is there any case of being injured by the sound of the flute?"

When the medical student heard her words, he immediately raised his head and said, "The sound of the flute hurts people?"

Man Jiangxue looked at him: "You know?"

"I don't know about the lack of talent and learning, but Junior Brother Meng was also looking for this before he disappeared," said the medical student. "He looked through a lot of medical books and ancient books, and also looked for many other books, but found nothing. Now Master Uncle actually asked about this matter, was anyone hurt by the sound of the flute?"

Man Jiangxue didn't answer him.

That night Ji Wanshu specially told her before leaving that Wen Chaoyu mentioned a flute player who told her to go to the bamboo forest to rescue Yin Qiu. She couldn't deduce any useful clues, but when the doctor prescribed Yin Qiu the day before yesterday, he inadvertently mentioned that Yin Qiu seemed to have other injuries. Man Jiangxue asked how it happened, but the doctor said I don't know, only that Yin Qiu seemed to have been vomiting blood, but he couldn't find anything, and in the end he just said ambiguously, it didn't look like it was caused by martial arts practitioners fighting, it was more like being injured by something in the air. Yes, and that person must have deep inner strength.

With this episode, Man Jiangxue became a little suspicious when he connected the wounding in the air with the flute player.

And now the medicine disciple said that Meng Jing had been investigating this for a long time, which means that Yin Qiu was indeed injured by someone using the sound of a flute, and Meng Jing was hunted down because of this matter. rise.

Why didn't Yin Qiu tell her?

Thinking of this level, Man Jiangxue couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

The flute player wanted to hurt Yin Qiu, but at the same time asked Wen Chaoyu to save Yin Qiu. It seemed contradictory on the surface, but after careful consideration, it can be deduced that he and the disciple of the dark guard are not the same, and he can know the secret of the dark guard. If Disciple Wei wants to deal with Yin Qiu, it can prove that he is the same as Meng Wugui, and he must know who the other murderer who destroyed Ruyi Gate is. At the same time, he and Meng Wugui are not the same.

So, what is the reason for what he did to Yin Qiu?

Did he not want her to die in the hands of others, but in his own hands?

But he didn't really kill Yin Qiu, he just hurt her with the sound of the flute. If it is regarded as a kind of torture for the time being, who would have such a big hatred against Yin Qiu who is not deeply involved in the world?

The tea was filled with mist, and Man Jiangxue's pensive face looked a little deep in the mist.

The room was silent, and the needle could be heard, and the disciples held their breath in a tacit understanding, not daring to make any movement.

Man Jiangxue thought about it, and raised her eyes suddenly.

That's right, Yin Qiu is not deeply involved in the world, nor has he had any contact with people in the world, so there will never be many people who want to deal with her, except for the people behind the disciples of the hidden guards, it can be said that there are almost none.

In this way, after eliminating the Nine Immortals Hall, there is only Ziwei Sect left. However, Nan Gongmin also has no motive to deal with Yin Qiu, and she will not use such insidious tricks. Yin Qiu has no enemies, so Maybe the Piper didn't come for Yin Qiu at all, his goal was someone else.

Seeing Yin Qiu being plotted against but helpless, who is the person who loves her the most and who can be tortured the most? Apart from herself, Man Jiangxue can't think of a second candidate for the time being.

According to various speculations, the piper could only come for her.

In the front, there was the disciple of the hidden guard behind the scenes, and in the back, there was the flute player who came out on the way. These two parties were secretly checking and balancing her.

At this moment, Man Jiangxue's heart was like a mirror.

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There was no one in the room for a long time, and the atmosphere became tense for no reason. The disciples all remained silent, not daring to speak hastily to break the silence.

After a long time, Man Jiangxue came back to his senses, nodded and sipped his tea, and said, "You just said that Meng Jing didn't find anything?"

The medical student nodded: "It was true that we didn't find out at that time. As for the result now, Junior Brother Meng is currently in Cang County, so the disciples have no way of knowing."

Man Jiangxue thought for a moment again, and said: "Then go to Cang County immediately and bring Meng Jing back as soon as possible. I want to discuss this matter with him in detail."

The disciples responded repeatedly.

Man Jiangxue frowned, put the teacup in his hand on the table, got up and walked to the door, but heard the medicine disciple suddenly say from behind: "Uncle master, the disciple just racked his brains and thought about it, can you Hurting people with the sound of a flute actually has nothing to do with medical skills, but a rare kung fu. To tell you the truth, my disciple traveled outside the customs for a few years when he was young. He had heard of this kind of kung fu before, but it was just It’s just a supernatural rumor, is it possible that the person who knows this kind of kung fu is actually from outside the customs? In short, in the Central Plains, we rarely hear cases where the sound of the flute hurts people.”

Hearing his words, Man Jiangxue paused when she raised her leg.

Customs?

Immediately, I recalled a sunny day when she was young. She first learned martial arts through her mother's teaching in the martial arts training ground of the Royal Courtyard. Among the friends I met, Man Jiangxue served everyone tea. Although they didn't say "Master", everyone said that for the sake of their mother, they would give her all their money and teach her martial arts.

There was only one person, and he sat on the sidelines for a long time, and his mother always treated him as if he didn't exist, and didn't let Man Jiangxue go over to talk to him.

The next day, the man came again. He quietly found Man Jiangxue, and said to Man Jiangxue: "You are a martial arts prodigy, one of the best seedlings in ten thousand. It's a pity that I don't teach you. Your mother won't let you get along with me." I come and go, do you want to learn from me?"

Man Jiangxue remembered what her mother said, and replied: "You are not from the Central Plains. My mother said that she will not allow me to touch any martial arts outside the pass."

The man was not angry when she heard her words, but just smiled. He had a bamboo flute pinned to his waist, and he played a tune lightly with that flute. The next moment, a bird fell from the top of Man Jiangxue's head and landed on the ground. It died when it was about to die, blood still dripping from the edge of its beak.

"This is not a kung fu that everyone can learn. Your mother looked down on Guanwai and said it was a crooked way." The man leaned over and stared at Man Jiangxue, and said, "What do you think?"

Man Jiangxue didn't say anything, just looked down at the bird.

The man leaned over and picked up the bird, and said: "Learning to my level, melody is a sharp weapon for killing people. Unless it is a master with deep inner strength, most people can't stand it at all. I have also received a few good ones before." , but none of them have the savvy I want, they only learned a half-baked trick."

Man Jiangxue said: "A half-baked guy?"

"It depends on Gu poison." The man found a black pill from nowhere, and he spread his palm, and the pill turned into an eight-legged worm like a magic trick, wriggling and rolling in his hand endlessly. up.

At the same time, a faint smell of medicine permeated Man Jiangxue's breath.

Man Jiangxue looked at the long worm, and said indifferently: "My mother's words are true, she is really crooked."

The man laughed again: "Kungfu learning is for killing people, so don't care about high or low, if you don't look down on it, then forget it, I won't force it."

Man Jiangxue waited politely for him to finish, then turned around resolutely, and walked away resolutely.

That year, Man Jiangxue was not yet seven years old.

It happened more than 20 years ago, and it was just a small episode on her way of learning martial arts. The dust of time was so deep and thick that Man Jiangxue had already forgotten it. Xue probably won't remember it in his life.

So, was the flute player the one who was rejected by both her and her mother back then, or was he a half-hearted apprentice?

At this moment, I recalled the inexplicable smell of medicine on Yin Qiu's body. From Yao Dingcheng to now, the smell of medicine on Yin Qiu's body has not dissipated.

That is a half-baked apprentice.

Man Jiangxue was silent for a while, without thinking any more, she turned around and walked towards the wing where Yin Qiu was.