Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

Ye Zhilan hung the lantern on the wall, and just about to enter the Library Pavilion, a female disciple ran up from behind, and shouted at her from afar: "Senior Sister Ye! The sect master told you to come over!"

It was snowing heavily at night, and a thick layer of snow accumulated on the steps. Ye Zhilan lifted her skirt, turned around and said, "What's the matter?"

"I don't know," the female disciple took the initiative to take down the lantern and held it in her hand, "Senior sister Bai Ling from Liuli Peak has returned, and the letter from the uncle has also arrived. It is estimated that something important has happened, and the master's expression is not very good. Alright, senior sister, go over and have a look."

Hearing her words, Ye Zhilan frowned, but didn't ask any further questions, and immediately left Wenxin Peak with an umbrella, heading towards Mingguang Palace.

When they arrived at the place, the disciples on duty outside the hall were withdrawn for some reason, but there were a few disciples from the punishment hall standing inside. Seeing this scene, Ye Zhilan couldn't help feeling suspicious, and quickly stepped under the eaves, entering the Mingguang Hall. Look, Xie Yijun was sitting in the hall with a solemn expression, and beside him stood Bai Ling who had been down the mountain for a long time.

"I've seen Master." Ye Zhilan greeted Xie Yijun first, then looked at Bai Ling and asked, "Junior Sister is back?"

Bai Ling smiled faintly, and glanced at her: "It's been a few days since I've been back."

Ye Zhilan was about to ask when she came back, but Xie Yijun threw a letter at her and said, "Don't be in a hurry to chat, read this letter."

Sensing that Xie Yijun's tone was a little cold today, Ye Zhilan showed doubts, opened the letter and looked at it, and soon said in surprise: "This... all the disciples of the dark guard died in Weicheng, and you want to attack Xiaoqiu?"

"The letter just arrived, but it has happened for several days." Xie Yijun flicked the beads in his hand, frowning. They actually want to go to Weicheng to kill people!"

Ye Zhilan's complexion changed a few times, and she hurriedly asked: "Then what's the matter with Shishu and Xiaoqiu?"

"Uncle Master is fine," Bai Ling looked at her intentionally or unintentionally, "It's just that Xiaoqiu suffered a lot and almost lost his life. I just woke up when I left, and I should be able to stay in bed and walk around now."

Ye Zhilan breathed a sigh of relief, then quickly frowned and said, "How could this be? Those disciples of the hidden guards have stayed at Jingyue Peak to guard their uncle for so many years, how did they become traitors in the palace overnight? Why do you want to kill Xiaoqiu?"

Bai Ling didn't answer this question, but just moved her eyes to look at Xie Yijun, Xie Yijun didn't say anything, her brows turned cold, she looked at Ye Zhilan without saying a word, her expression was very complicated, it seemed a little difficult to speak.

Seeing that the two people looked at her with strange eyes, Ye Zhilan was very confused, pinching the letter and looking around, said: "Master?"

Seeing her bewildered face, Xie Yijun sighed, got up from the wooden chair, and said, "Then I have to ask you, this batch of hidden guards was handpicked by you. After passing away, I just became the head of the sect. It was a time of internal and external troubles. Jiang Xue was running around outside all day long for the sake of the sect's stability. When she came back, she didn't even have anyone to bring tea. Send some to her so that she can share her worries, but why did you pick them so well, why are all of them secret creations harboring evil intentions?"

When Ye Zhilan heard this, the alarm bells rang in her heart, she couldn't believe it: "Master, what you mean is...you doubt me?"

Xie Yijun frowned, with regret in her expression, she sighed: "Let's not talk about whether you doubt it or not, tell me about the process of selecting the hidden guard in detail."

Ye Zhilan couldn't hide her panic, but she also tried her best to maintain her composure, and replied: "Back then... I was ordered by my master to go to the major peaks to select suitable candidates. At that time, what was considered was not only their kung fu, but also the innocence and moral character of each person," she said at this point, glanced at Xie Yijun and added, "... besides, Master didn't read the list at the beginning. Is it you who nodded, and I sent them to Jingyue Peak."

There was nothing wrong with what she said in the first few words, but Xie Yijun's face darkened when she heard the last few words: "I nodded? Is it my fault if you say it like this?"

Ye Zhilan's heart trembled, and she quickly knelt down: "I'm not blaming Master...just telling the truth, and please don't get angry, Master!"

"I just nodded." Xie Yijun suppressed his anger, paced back and forth, and said in a deep voice, "But Zhilan, how much I value you and trust you as a teacher, don't you know? You hand in the list, and I just scan it. I took a glance and asked a few words. I will give you full responsibility for the whole matter. Now that something happened to these people, do you dare to say that you are not at fault at all? According to what you said, the person who finally nodded is me, then What am I going to do to Jiang Xue and Yin Qiu? I can even give Jiang Xue the headship right now, so what am I going to do with her? Besides, Yin Qiu, she is Man Dong’s daughter, and she is my half-disciple , What did I send someone to kill her again?"

Ye Zhilan was in a hurry, and quickly argued: "Master, I didn't mean that, I..." She couldn't help sobbing, and it was rare for her to panic, "It is true that I selected the disciples of the dark guards, and the list was also drawn up by me. , but I don’t know why they attacked Xiaoqiu, master, don’t be angry, maybe I was negligent somewhere, but it’s been so many years, I can’t remember for a moment, but I really have nothing to do with them!”

Seeing her like this, Xie Yijun couldn't help feeling a little bit heartbroken, and said: "Then think about it carefully, is there something wrong, my teacher came to you tonight to ask about the situation, not to convict you. When such a big event happened, it is always necessary to find out the source of those people. They were all selected from various peaks. How could it be so coincidental that they happened to be in the same group? You recall that during the selection process, there was Did anyone interfere with you, or recommend them to you?"

Ye Zhilan was stunned, she pondered for a while and said: "No... No one intervenes, and no one recommends them. They are all selected by myself..."

Hearing this, Xie Yijun let out a long sigh, and said with a tired face: "Zhilan, you can't explain everything clearly, but this has already happened, and you are the person in charge, so tell me, what should you do with me as a teacher?" Woolen cloth……"

Ye Zhilan's eyes turned red for a moment, and she was speechless.

The wind and snow were thick outside the hall, and the room was full of cold wind. Xie Yijun stood at the door, letting the wind and snow hit her, she was silent for a long time, and finally said without looking back: "Bai Ling."

When Bai Ling got the call, he immediately understood, and winked at a punishment hall disciple beside him, who immediately went to the side hall to fetch a wooden box, and put it in front of Ye Zhilan.

"Senior Sister, on the way to ask Xinfeng, I searched the room of Senior Sister with several younger brothers and sisters," Bai Ling said, and gently opened the wooden box, "Sister, please tell me, where did these things come from? "

Ye Zhilan was stunned, and slowly cast her gaze towards the wooden box, and after seeing the contents clearly, her face turned pale in an instant.

I saw that the box contained a lot of materials for the producer|leather mask, scattered, new and old, it can be said that everything is available.

"No...it's not mine," Ye Zhilan looked at Xie Yijun suddenly with red eyes, "Master! It's not mine!"

Xie Yijun turned around, with complicated expressions on her face, she said slowly: "A few years ago, Wen Chaoyu pretended to be the female disciple of Tianyin Peak and sneaked into the palace, and took Yin Qiu away. Jiang Xue and I did not find any evidence after our thorough investigation." Find out who gave Wen Zhaoyu the mask. Now that something happened to the disciple of the dark guard, I searched your room and found these things. Zhilan, how do you explain?"

Ye Zhilan sat slumped on the ground and finally shed tears. She looked at the disappointment and doubt in Xie Yijun's eyes, and said in a hoarse voice: "Master, you believe me! I have been with you for so many years, don't you understand me?" What? I have no vendetta against Xiaoqiu, and I have no vendetta against my uncle, how could I have planned for so many years to deal with them?"

"The disciples of the dark guards were selected by you, and the materials for these masks were also found in your room." Xie Yijun held back for a long time, and finally couldn't help shouting, "You are still quibbling! I have cultivated you for many years as a teacher, and treat you as my own. You treat me like a daughter, but you secretly collude with the Ziwei Sect, you are going to kill me!"

Ye Zhilan sadly said: "Master, you must believe me! If I was the one who cooperated with Wen Chaoyu back then, how could I have kept these criminal evidences until now? No matter how stupid a person is, he should know how to deal with it in time, even if he wants to If it is still useful in the future, I will not put it in the room. Master, it is clear that someone deliberately framed me, maybe it is the mastermind behind the disciple of the dark guard!"

Xie Yijun was filled with grief and anger, and her eyes were also red with anger. She looked at Ye Zhilan and said, "The mastermind behind it? Which one of those people was not picked out by you? Tell me who is the mastermind behind it?" After speaking, she stepped forward a few steps , pointing to the wooden box and said, "You are the senior sister of the palace gate, no one has a better chance of getting this thing than you. Back then, Jiang Xue and I guessed that there was something wrong inside Wuhui Peak, but it was a little doubtful. I can't find it anywhere. Now that I think about it, you are the head of the sect. You are the only one who can come in and out of the major peaks in Yunhua Palace. If you take things without anyone noticing, who would suspect you? superior!"

Ye Zhilan's lips trembled, she was speechless when questioned, Xie Yijun followed closely and said: "Besides, when Jincheng and his party were in the past, I asked Jiang Xue to deliberately pretend to be Mandong to lure out secret agents in the palace. The only people who knew about it were Jiang Xue and I. Xue, you are the only one, but things got out in the end. The Ziwei Sect went straight to Jincheng without any warning. If it wasn't what you said, who could it be? I also doubted you at that time , but after all, you let go of your suspicions. Later, when you returned to the palace, I wanted you to thoroughly investigate whether the disciples of Jincheng and his party had secret works, but you made that secret work die by poisoning! Although I scolded Wan Shu at the time, but now that I think about it, What were you doing at that time? Did you kill the secret work too!"

Ye Zhilan's face was pale, and she burst into tears: "Master...it's really not me...I really don't know anything!"

"I originally thought that Wanshu would be ineffective, and her temperament can't afford to be the leader, so I thought about giving you the leader." Xie Yijun closed his eyes, as if he had aged a lot at this moment, "Zhilan, oh Zhilan... ...You are so disappointing for the teacher."

Ye Zhilan stared at her blankly, her throat was dry, and she couldn't utter another word.

Bai Ling watched for a long time, and couldn't help but said at this time: "Senior sister, these materials were found in a dark compartment in your room, hidden very secretly... It took us a long time to find them, you..." She didn't finish her sentence, just sighed softly.

There were disciples of the hidden guard in the front, and mask materials in the back. Under all kinds of evidence, Ye Zhilan had no power to refute. She covered her face and wept bitterly, whispering: "Master..."

Xie Yijun sighed heavily, looked at Ye Zhilan for a long time, finally turned his back and said dejectedly: "Take her down."

Several punishment hall disciples took orders, immediately picked up Ye Zhilan from the ground, and dragged her to the outside of the hall.

Xie Yijun's eyes were wet, and he couldn't help staggering a few steps. Bai Ling quickly supported her, and said with concern: "Master! You..."

"Forget it, forget it..." Xie Yijun gave a wry smile and waved his hand, "If it's someone else, I can accept it, but if it's Zhilan..."

Bai Ling was also in a complicated mood, and seeing this, he could only comfort him and said, "Master, please take care of your health, don't be too sad, although there are all the evidence of the crime now, but the final conclusion can only be made after the uncle comes back, don't think too much , this disciple will set off and rush back to Weicheng to explain the situation tonight to my uncle."

Xie Yijun was exhausted physically and mentally, and he no longer had the energy to reply to her words, Bai Ling helped him into the inner bedroom, looking at the empty Mingguang Palace, he couldn't help but sighed again.

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A few days later, news of Ye Zhilan's detention in the criminal hall spread to Weicheng, causing a storm.

It was really hard work for Bai Ling to go back and forth. She got caught in the snow a few times in Shangyuan City, and caught up with another rain in Weicheng. So he hurriedly reported the matter in the palace to Man Jiangxue, Meng Jing boiled several large bowls of medicinal soup for her, Bai Ling drank it all in one breath, and then found a room to sleep in the dark, unable to shout Awake.

Ever since the man in black confessed Ye Zhilan's name, Yin Qiu and Man Jiangxue had been waiting for Bai Ling's letter. This time they heard that Ye Zhilan had been detained by Xie Yijun, but they didn't show any joy.

"I can't figure it out." Yin Qiu sat in front of the short-legged table, with his sleeves rolled up, making tea for Man Jiangxue, "Senior Sister Ye has no motive to deal with us. She has also been very different from the Ziwei sect in the past few years, and has never had any How could she be a secret agent in the palace?"

Misty rain came in from the window, Man Jiangxue did not close the window, she looked at the falling rain outside and said: "If she is really the secret agent of the Ziwei sect planted in the palace, then she ordered the disciples of the dark guards to attack you, it can only be She got Nangong Min's order, but Nangong Min obviously didn't mean it, not only did she notify you in advance that someone was going to kill you, but she didn't do anything after arriving in Weicheng, which shows that Zhilan didn't obey her orders."

"Then Senior Sister Ye wants to kill me?" Yin Qiu frowned deeply, and said in a deep voice, "But she has nothing to do with the Ruyimen incident, why did she kill me? We have analyzed before, the reason why the dark guards want to attack me , just to warn Meng Wugui not to reveal who the other murderer who destroyed Ruyimen is. However, Senior Sister Ye has been with the headmaster since she was very young. It can be said that Ruyimen has almost no relationship, she has no reason to deal with me, not to mention that when Ruyimen had an accident, she was not very old, and she was not capable of contributing to the demise of Ruyimen, how can this make sense?"

However, the current situation is that the disciples of the hidden guards were indeed formed by Ye Zhilan, and the materials for those masks were indeed found in a secret compartment in her room.

Even if the material of the mask might have been deliberately blamed on her, she couldn't give an exact statement about the disciples of the hidden guards. Everyone was carefully selected by her, and they came from different peaks. Now something happened to these people , the man in black also said that it was Ye Zhilan's handwriting that they got together.

Over the years since Yin Qiu entered the palace, she has received care and love from many people, but she still remembers the first night when she first entered Yunhua Palace, she sneaked out of the disciple courtyard and wanted to find Man Jiangxue, but was inspected by disciples Stopped her, and took her to the punishment hall for questioning. Ye Zhilan came forward to rescue her. Not only that, after she sent Yin Qiu back to the disciple's courtyard, she still guarded Yin Qiu by the bed for a long time. Ye Zhilan left quietly after Yin Qiu fell asleep.

That year, Yin Qiu was often talked about in the palace because of her identity as Shen Mandong's descendant. When she entered the palace, everyone looked at her with eyes full of scrutiny and novelty. Only Ye Zhilan, she was mediocre. Indifferent, never making a fuss, his attitude towards Yin Qiu is neither warm nor cold.New disciples are not allowed to leave the disciple courtyard easily, but she knows that Yin Qiu relies on Man Jiangxue, so whenever Yin Qiu asks to go to Jingyue Peak, Ye Zhilan will never refuse her, no matter how busy she is, she will take her there.

These are small things, and they are not considered a great favor, but Yin Qiu has always kept it in her heart. She remembers everyone's kindness to her. However, such a senior sister who is as indifferent as a chrysanthemum suddenly became For those who want to deal with her.

If the senior brother and the sixth senior brother hadn't died in the bamboo forest, maybe they could have been forced to ask if they obeyed Ye Zhilan, but unfortunately they were already dead, and the only living man in black didn't know who the mastermind behind it was, he even He had never even met that person, he only knew that they were all sent to Jingyue Peak by Ye Zhilan, and in his heart, he always thought that all the disciples of the hidden guards were sent by Ye Zhilan. Whether Zhilan is real or not, he himself cannot confirm, but this is the only clue he can give.

"I always feel that this matter is not that simple," Yin Qiu said after being bored for a while, "Maybe Senior Sister Ye was set up by someone, or someone had already set up the trap long before the group of hidden guards was formed. , once the matter develops to the point where it is today, whoever has a hand in the selection of the disciples of the hidden guards will become the target of public criticism. Even if Senior Sister Ye is replaced by someone else, the outcome will be decided early in the morning, so I guess, Senior Sister Ye herself must be a head Wushui, she probably doesn't know why she has evolved into what she is now."

Seeing her frowning and serious face, Man Jiangxue stretched out her hand, smoothed Yin Qiu's frowning eyebrows, and said, "But there is a problem here. The disciples of the dark guards were not arrested after they went to Jingyue Peak. Buying, they had already participated in the Ruyimen incident before that, that is to say, after the Ruyimen incident, they stayed in the major peaks on the surface and had nothing to do with each other, but in fact they were a group behind them. Afterwards they She was precisely picked out by Zhilan among the many disciples and sent to Jingyue Peak, since you think Zhilan was tricked by someone, then think again, is there such a coincidence in the world?"

Hearing her words, Yin Qiu couldn't help sighing, and said with a headache, "Yeah, how could such a coincidence happen?" She rubbed her forehead, fell down on Man Jiangxue as if discouraged, and lay her pillow on Man Jiangxue. Xue’s legs, and continued, “It’s like I went to the street to buy buns at noon. Although the boss made fresh ones, he wanted me to buy the leftovers from the morning’s sale. In the case of getting it for me, just let me buy the rest?"

Man Jiangxue said: "Either you are so unlucky that you picked out each one accurately, or the boss told you clearly that you can only pick those few, and he won't sell the others."

Yin Qiu's heart moved, he looked up at Man Jiangxue and said, "So, someone ordered Senior Sister Ye?"

Man Jiangxue looked back at her with downcast eyes, smiled suddenly, and said, "Well, my uncle can't guess this."

Seeing that she was actually smiling, Yin Qiu wondered, "Master, why is he still laughing at this moment? I'm almost dying of worry..."

"I'm also worried," Man Jiangxue said, "It's useless to worry, it's better to relax."

Yin Qiu drooped his eyelids: "I can't relax. It would be fine if these disciples of the hidden guards just ran after me, but they have ambushed in Jingyue Peak many years ago. It is obvious that they wanted to deal with Uncle Shi at the beginning. Yes, if we can't find out the mastermind behind it, we will still face unknown dangers, and I don't have to worry about it."

Man Jiangxue looked at Yin Qiu and asked, "So, do you believe in Zhilan?"

Yin Qiu was quiet for a moment, then shook his head and chuckled: "It's not like I believe her. Ever since I experienced what happened to the brothers in the dark guards, I have been somewhat suspicious of everyone, but Senior Sister Ye's matter is really strange, and I need to treat it rationally." , Don’t jump to conclusions from the surface, it is easy to convict a person, but it is not easy to get rid of the crime, so I have to be cautious, and I can’t easily ruin a person’s future.”

Man Jiangxue stretched out her hand to add some charcoal to the stove, and said calmly: "Actually, it's a good thing that she was locked up. Now that everyone thinks that she is the master of the Ziwei sect, let's think so, then If there are still people in the palace secretly making trouble, it can prove Zhilan's innocence, but if she enters the punishment hall and the situation is calm, it can only prove that she is indeed a secret agent."

Yin Qiu was physically and mentally exhausted, turned over and fell into Man Jiangxue's arms, and said sullenly: "Bai Ling has made some progress here, but I don't know what's going on with Senior Sister Ji, but Senior Sister Lu stays outside the palace all year round, and the secret guards The disciple has never had any contact with her, and she has never touched the disciples of the hidden guards, so Senior Sister Ji probably won't get any useful clues during her secret investigation this time."

Man Jiangxue touched her face, thought for a while and said: "Actually, as long as Meng Wugui is willing to tell who that person is, everything will be easy to handle, but she wants to rebuild Ruyi Gate, and also wants to deal with Yunhua Palace at the same time." The Ziwei sect is very ambitious, and she will definitely not say anything unless I have made it clear that I want to help her. Besides, she used the news of her senior sister to lure us to Weicheng this time, so you come out There was an accident, and out of consideration for you, she probably won't do anything in the future."

Yin Qiu tilted his head: "Then shall I go see her?"

Man Jiangxue said, "She won't see you."

Yin Qiu fell silent again.

After a while, she suddenly remembered something, stood up and said: "Meng Wugui refuses to see me, but another person will definitely see me!"

The author has something to say: I am not far from schizophrenia, besides sleeping, my mind is full of plot plots...