Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

Fu Xiang sat in front of the long desk, holding the pen in her hand for almost half an hour, the ink dripped sporadically on the letter paper, but she didn't write a complete word.

It was raining outside, and it was beating on the eaves. Fu Xiang sat in the noisy rain for a while, but finally put down his pen, got up while sighing, opened the door and walked out.

The disciples had been waiting in the corridor for a long time. Seeing that Fu Xiang was finally willing to come out of the room, they were secretly relieved. Housekeeper Zhao urged him many times before, but Fu Xiang was indifferent. Seeing her now, he couldn't help saying impatiently: "Young master, It's getting late, let's get on the road as soon as possible, don't delay any longer."

Fu Xiang glanced at him expressionlessly, blocked the umbrella held up by the guard disciples, walked out of the station in the rain and got on the carriage.

A group of people immediately started on the road, heading out of the city along the market, when they passed a street corner, Fu Xiang suddenly lifted the curtain of the car and jumped off without saying a word.

The rain was so heavy, she didn't seem to care that she would get wet at all, and she didn't care about the surprised eyes cast behind her, she walked in the rain at her own pace, without even turning her head.

"Young master!" Seeing this situation, Steward Zhao hurriedly stopped in front of Fu Xiang, "Where are you going now?"

Fu Xiang ignored him and didn't speak, but continued to walk forward.

Seeing this, a disciple immediately ran over to hold an umbrella for Fu Xiang. Seeing her indifferent expression, Steward Zhao felt a headache, and said, "The original scheduled return date has been postponed for several days, and the host has been here many times. The letter urges us to go back, so don't be self-willed, and go quickly before it's too late."

When Fu Xiang heard this, she stopped in her tracks. She looked at Steward Zhao, but she still didn't say anything. The two faced each other in the rain for a while, then Fu Xiang sneered, and then flew into the air Then, he performed lightness kung fu and jumped to a nearby tall building, and there was no one in the blink of an eye.

Steward Zhao and a group of disciples soon heard shouts from behind, but Fu Xiang turned a deaf ear to them, jumped up and down among the buildings, and returned to the Hall of Nine Immortals.She landed on the ground and hurriedly walked around the courtyard to the small building where Meng Wugui lived. Afu was squatting on the edge of the steps and playing with mud. Fu Xiang couldn't help but wondered: "Senior sister... why are you here?"

Fu Xiang was drenched all over, and the rain dripped down her chin continuously. She stood in the yard with a livid face and said, "Where is Master?"

Afu was too frightened by her appearance to speak loudly, so she raised her hand, pointed behind her and said, "It's inside..."

Fu Xiang wiped the rain from his face, and said, "Go to the pass immediately, and tell me that I must see her today, otherwise I will never go back to Mingyue Tower."

To this day, she has not been able to meet with Meng Wugui as she wished. During these days, Fu Xiang often went to the Nine Immortals Hall, but Meng Wugui was determined not to see her, and she was shut out every time. Seeing that she was going back to Jinhuai City on the road today, Fu Xiang's patience was finally exhausted. If she didn't talk to Meng Wugui face to face, she wouldn't even be able to sleep at night.

Afu sighed and had to get up and walk to the building to ask for instructions. Fu Xiang did not go up the stairs to show his sincerity, so he stood in the rain and waited.

After a long time, I saw Afu walking out listlessly. She glanced at Fu Xiang and said dejectedly, "I have received more scolding for you than I have for causing trouble..."

Hearing her words, Fu Xiang was overjoyed, and hurried up the steps. When he entered the door, he didn't forget to rub Afu's head. He went out, and immediately closed the door.

Incense was burning in the hall, and green smoke lingered everywhere. Meng Wugui was leaning against the long desk under the window, and was lowering her head to make incense. When she heard Fu Xiang coming in, she didn't lift her head or look at her, as if When people don't exist.

Fu Xiang just stood three steps away from Meng Wugui, dripping wet, and said with a complicated expression: "Master is finally willing to see me."

Meng Wugui remained silent, her focused eyes fell on the spices in her hand, and she never looked at Fu Xiang. After a long while, she opened her mouth and said, "Do you know why I refuse to see you?"

Fu Xiang buried his head, took a deep breath, and said, "I know..."

"The reason why I asked you to come all the way to Weicheng is to let you protect Yin Qiu," Meng Wugui said calmly, but full of alienation, "but you made a mistake at a critical moment, which caused Yin Qiu to die. You were caught in a dangerous situation and almost died, if that Wen Chaoyu hadn't appeared to save you for no reason, even your junior sister would have died there."

Fu Xiang looked ashamed, and immediately knelt down when he heard the words, and said in a hoarse voice: "It is indeed my fault that I failed to fulfill Master's entrustment. Master can punish you as much as you want. Fu Xiang has no complaints, but just... don't treat me Shut it out, avoid it."

Only then did Meng Wugui look sideways at her, her eyes were a bit cold, she said slowly: "In the past five years, you have achieved nothing in Mingyue Tower, the Fu family's mental skills are not satisfactory, and even your identity as the young landlord is useless. Even a lowly housekeeper dares to ride on your head. Fortunately, your little mother is not pregnant yet, and Fu Cen is still willing to cultivate you. If Fu Cen has a son in the future, if you still have this virtue, let alone the position of the landlord , whether you can stay in Fu's house or not is a question, have you forgotten your mission? Or, the things I told you have to be left to your junior sister to do now?"

Fu Xiang was ashamed of being trained by her, his face was blushed, and he kept silent like a cicada.

"Fortunately, Yin Qiu didn't lose his life this time." Meng Wugui looked at Fu Xiang coldly, and his tone gradually became cold, "If something happens to her, all my hard work will be in vain. It's over, you don't have to stay long in Weicheng, go back to Mingyue Tower as soon as possible."

Seeing that she got up to leave after saying this, Fu Xiang quickly stood up, followed Meng Wugui's footsteps, and called her in a daze: "Master..."

Meng Wugui ignored her, and walked quickly, Fu Xiang's throat was choked up, both aggrieved and regretful, he wanted to keep Meng Wugui but he didn't dare to speak, so he just stood there resentfully, but Meng Wugui walked a few steps and then turned back Looking at her, he said, "Man Jiangxue and Yin Qiu already know the existence of that person, they will try their best to find out the truth, and Yin Qiu will also take the initiative to meet you, so you'd better get on the road immediately, don't If you really can't avoid meeting her, you don't need me to teach you what to say and what not to say."

Fu Xiang's eye circles were slightly red, and he looked at her with melancholy, and said bitterly: "Master, don't worry, I understand..."

Meng Wugui glanced at her, then walked away without another word, and soon disappeared without a trace.

Afu hid on the beam of the house and eavesdropped for a while. Seeing that the dream had no return, she left. She hung her head upside down on the beam and poked her head into the door. Looking at Fu Xiang, she said, "Okay, senior sister, we've met and we've spoken, you It's better to go back to Mingyue Tower quickly, don't be in a daze."

Fu Xiang's heart was extremely tormented, as if being sharpened by a blunt knife, she walked to the door with a dull face, and sighed a long time.

Afu looked at her for a while, then turned over and fell from above. After thinking about it for a long time, she couldn't think of anything to say, so she scratched her head and said, "Then what...you wait for me first, I'll get it for you." Put on clean clothes, change your clothes before you go."

After she finished speaking, she swiftly rushed into the hall and rummaged through a set of clothes, but Fu Xiang just waved his hand and walked towards the door again in the rain.

Afu had no choice but to follow Fu Xiang to see her off. When the two arrived at the gate, Housekeeper Zhao was already waiting outside with his chariot and horses. He wanted to reprimand Fu Xiang, but seeing Fu Xiang's expression Unhappy, he held back his anger and didn't open his mouth. Fu Xiang was about to step into the car with his skirt in hand, when he heard Afu exclaiming from beside him: "No, Yin Qiu is here!"

Fu Xiang was taken aback when he heard the words, and looked sideways at the other side of the market, only to see Yin Qiu walking towards this place holding an umbrella, Fu Xiang couldn't help but panicked, and hurriedly got into the carriage, Afu hurriedly shouted to Steward Zhao: "Hurry up, hurry up! "After she said that, she also flew into the door and hid.

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Even though he didn't understand why Fu Xiang had returned to the Nine Immortals Hall, and why he was avoiding the girl in white now, Housekeeper Zhao didn't want to delay any longer, and quickly ordered his disciples to move, and galloped away waving their whips.

Yin Qiu had gone to the Nine Immortal Hall station before that, but the people there told her that Fu Xiang had left, so Yin Qiu had to ask a senior sister to go outside the city for her to see if Fu Xiang had gone far. The injury hasn't healed yet, and he still can't do light work, so if he thinks about it, he might as well go to the Nine Immortals Hall to try his luck and see if Fu Xiangke is here.She was lucky, she saw Fu Xiang's figure as soon as she came, but Fu Xiang glanced at her from a long distance and then hurried away. Yin Qiu knew that she must be hiding from him on purpose, so she quickly ran at a faster pace. .

"Fu Xiang! Wait for me!"

The carriage staggered towards the street, and Fu Xiang sat in it like a drowned rat. Hearing Yin Qiu's call, she felt guilty and tormented.

"Fu Xiang!"

There were puddles everywhere on the ground, making it difficult to get down. Yin Qiu felt a throbbing pain in her chest within two steps. Panting for breath, she had to stop to rest, and after her breathing calmed down a little, she chased after her again.

The heavy rain was endless, the sound of the rain was dense, and the crisp sound of horseshoes lingered in my ears, but it couldn't cover up the hurried footsteps and urgent calls. Fu Xiang struggled, biting his lower lip tightly, and pinching his palms tightly. Seeing that the carriage was about to turn the corner, she struggled with pain for a moment, and finally said, "Stop!"

Butler Zhao was very annoyed, and was about to reply her, "It's important to hurry", when Fu Xiang pulled up the curtain of the car impatiently, and yelled at him, "Did you hear me when you were asked to stop? Do you still see me as a young girl?" Landlord! Stop for me!"

When she was so stern, the disciples were startled. Butler Zhao took a look at her, and had to reluctantly signal the disciples to rein in their horses and stand still.

Fu Xiang's mood fluctuated, but she didn't have the courage to get out of the car to meet Yin Qiu. From the corner of her eyes, she saw Yin Qiu running towards this place. She retreated into the car reflexively. Soon, she heard Yin Qiu's voice in the car. There was a sound outside the window: "Fu Xiang."

Hearing that Yin Qiu's breath was unsteady and his voice was weak, Fu Xiang's heart trembled, he raised his hands to cover his face, and said in a low voice, "Xiao Qiu..."

Yin Qiu supported the car body to breathe heavily, exhausted enough, she lowered her head and smiled, and said to Fu Xiang through the car curtain: "You are leaving, why don't you say goodbye to me?"

Hearing her words, Fu Xiang felt mixed emotions in his heart, and replied hoarsely, "I didn't leave without saying goodbye, I just...have no face to see you."

"Why don't you have the face to see me?" Yin Qiu's fingertips pinching the umbrella bone turned white, and the corners of his skirt were soaked, "We finally had the chance to meet. We have been in Weicheng for so long, but we haven't sat down yet. Come down and have a good talk, now you are going back to Mingyue Tower, at least let me see you off."

Fu Xiang's eyes were red, and he thought over and over again about the exhortation of Meng Wugui, hesitating whether to agree to Yin Qiu, but Yin Qiu seemed to know what she was worrying about, and said empathetically, "Don't worry, if you make things difficult, I will I won't ask a single word, I just want to meet you, Fu Xiang, can you come out?"

Hearing Yin Qiu's soft and gentle voice, coaxing her like a child, Fu Xiang couldn't bear the grief in her heart anymore, tears welled up in her eyes, she raised her sleeve and wiped her eyes vigorously, and then panicked Zhang Di jumped out of the car, looked at Yin Qiu with red eyes and said, "Xiao Qiu, I...I..."

Yin Qiu sized her up for a while, then covered her mouth with a light smile and said, "Why are you still crying? What wronged you?"

Fu Xiang sobbed twice, and seeing Yin Qiu's face turned pale, she wanted to drag her to find a place to shelter from the rain, but she looked around in a daze, and suddenly realized that although she was an apprentice who had never returned to her dream, she was not justified. , unknown to outsiders, the Nine Immortals Hall is not her teacher at all, and now Yin Qiu is suffering from the cold wind and rain in order to see her, but she can't even give Yin Qiu a place to sit.

Fu Xiang's heart was full of melancholy, and he was at a loss as he tugged at Yin Qiu's hand. Seeing her downcast expression, Yin Qiu didn't speak. The boss poked his head out and said in a low voice, "You two... go to my room..."

Fu Xiang lost his mind, and when he heard this, he didn't make a sound, Yin Qiu held her hand instead, and said with a smile, "Let's go?"

The two walked into the gate of the Nine Immortals Hall hand in hand. Afu led him into her room, first gave Fu Xiang a set of clean clothes, and then served a pot of hot tea and a few plates of snacks. Staying in the room, after greeting Yin Qiu, he backed out again.

The room is not big, and the bows that Afu used since she was a child are hung on the four walls. The table is also small, and it is a little crowded in the room. Holding the teacup, he looked sullen.

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"You don't have to be nervous," Yin Qiu sat upright, looking at Fu Xiang softly, "I didn't come to ask you to collect debts, what are you doing while hiding from me?"

Fu Xiang didn't dare to look at her, his gaze fell on the steaming tea, and he said, "...you know all about it."

"Understood," Yin Qiu said, "You are the senior sister that Afu talks about, and you are also the apprentice who has never returned from dreams, right?"

Fu Xiang sighed softly, closed his eyes: "I didn't mean to hide it from you, it's just..."

Yin Qiu smiled: "I understand, you don't need to say more." She took a sip of tea and continued, "Although I guessed that you might have another origin before, I didn't expect that you are actually from the Nine Immortals Hall , no wonder your kung fu was so good at that time."

Fu Xiang leaned on the back of the chair, paused, and said, "Actually, I'm not a member of Jiuxiantang. Except for Master and Afu, no one here knows my relationship with Jiuxiantang."

"Then how did you meet with Meng Wugui?" Yin Qiu took a sip of tea and tried his best to control the Major's eyes on Fu Xiang so as not to make her feel uncomfortable.

"We've known each other since we were very young," Fu Xiang still lowered his head, and said in a low voice, "The things I told you in the past are not all false. , my father sent me to a distant relative's house. That family was not good to me. Although they had clothes to wear and food to eat, they didn't want to send me to school to read and read. It was Master who took the initiative to find me and taught me I studied and taught me kung fu, without her, I would not be where I am today."

Yin Qiu listened quietly, and suddenly said: "So you want to be the young landlord so much, but you also listened to the words that there is no return."

"Yes."

"Then when you entered Yunhua Palace, besides your father's arrangement, it also meant that you had no return in your dreams?"

"That's right, in fact, I never thought of going back to Mingyue Tower to meet my father. It's just that there was a flood in my hometown that year, and I lost my place after being separated from my nanny. It just so happened that your news was uploaded in the rivers and lakes. Master So I asked her to go to Jinhuai City to find you, but when we arrived, the Su family had already been taught by Ziwei to be a killer, and you were also taken away by my uncle first. Although my master was very unwilling, I thought you could follow me It's also a good place to be around my uncle, but the Ziwei sect was looking for you at the time, so my master was still a little worried. She knew that my uncle would definitely take you back to Yunhua Palace, so she asked me to go back to Mingyue Tower, and Let me take the initiative to propose to my father to go to Yunhua Palace, my father readily agreed to see if I have talent in martial arts, and after that, I entered the palace and met you."

Unexpectedly, behind the scenes that he didn't know, Fu Xiang already knew of her existence, and even found her in advance. After hearing what she said, Yin Qiu felt a little delicate.

"That is to say, the reason why you want to enter Yunhua Palace is only for me?"

Fu Xiang finally twitched the corners of his mouth, showing a slight smile, and said, "Do you still remember what I told you when I left the palace?"

Yin Qiu looked at her: "I remember."

"You are a mission to me," Fu Xiang said, "It is a mission entrusted to me by Master."

After saying this, she withdrew the smile she had finally squeezed out, and said in frustration: "It's a pity that I haven't been able to complete this mission once."

"Why do you say that?" Yin Qiu asked.

Fu Xiang pinched the lid of the cup, flicked the tea leaves, and said: "I failed to protect you when I was in the palace, and I told you to be arrested by Wen Chaoyu and taken to the main altar of the Ziwei Sect. , Master was so angry, he scolded me severely, and even took Afu to save you. Now I made the same mistake again, I should have protected you with Afu that night in the bamboo forest, but I made a mistake again , once again put you in a dangerous situation... Whether as a mission or as a friend, I didn't do well enough, so I said, I have no face to see you..."

The moment Yin Qiu heard her words, an unspeakable feeling could not be restrained in her heart. She sat quietly in the weak light for a long time, finally shook her head and chuckled, and said with a sigh: "Fu Xiang, you know Is it? Sometimes, I feel a deep sense of powerlessness."

Fu Xiang frowned, puzzled and said, "What powerlessness?"

Yin Qiu looked at her, and said with a bit of melancholy: "I seem to... have influenced the fate of many people."

At this point in the conversation, Fu Xiangcai finally plucked up the courage to look at Yin Qiu. After a moment of silence, she replied: "...Are you guilty? But your fate is being influenced by many people?"

The fine cold wind squeezed out from the window, blowing Yin Qiu's hair vaguely, she stared at the teacup in her hand, rubbed her fingertips unconsciously on the cup, and said, "You are like this, and so is Meng Jing. In this way, there are also Shishu, and many other people. You have all experienced many things that you shouldn’t have because of my existence. I felt guilty a long time ago. Maybe you can’t understand my feelings. I want to repay you in return, but I don’t know how to do it.”

Fu Xiang said: "But these things didn't happen just because of you."

"I know, I don't want to take everything on myself," Yin Qiu said, "It's just that from an objective point of view, many things are indeed caused by me."

"Actually, it's not because of you," Fu Xiang said, "It's the grievances of the previous generation, and you are just forced to face these things."

Yin Qiu bent his lips, looked at Fu Xiang, and suddenly changed the subject: "Listen to what you said just now, we met by chance in Qingluo City back then, maybe it was not a coincidence? You probably didn't want to go back to Jinhuai City for food. .”

Speaking of this, Fu Xiang's face flashed with embarrassment, and he said helplessly: "It's really not... Master and I found out that Master Uncle took you to Qingluo City after inquiring, so we immediately followed, wanting to take a look secretly In your case, I pretended to be a beggar on purpose. It happened that Meng Jing ran out and was caught by Wen Zhaoyu at that time, so I specially guarded the place where you might pass by, thinking of reporting to you, and taking a closer look along the way. Look at you, and when I said that Wen Chaoyu told you to go to the abandoned building to save Meng Jing, I actually made it up..."

Yin Qiu said: "Afu is with you too, right?"

Fu Xiang was stunned: "How do you know?"

"Meng Jing said that she saw you fighting with a little girl on the street, so it must be Afu," Yin Qiu said, "That year in the palace, the reason why I wanted to test your kung fu was precisely because Meng Jing told me about it."

Fu Xiang's expression was astonished, and he couldn't laugh or cry: "That kid really doesn't fit with me, this can also be seen."

Yin Qiu laughed and teased her, "You liar."

Fu Xiang glanced at her, scratched his head and said, "I didn't mean to lie to you..."

At this moment, the atmosphere between the two finally improved. Yin Qiu smiled knowingly, stretched out a finger, and said, "The last question, who is Meng Wugui?"

Fu Xiang looked at her: "You still don't know? Didn't Master Uncle meet my Master the night you went to the bamboo forest?"

Yin Qiu shook his head: "Master Uncle only said that she is a descendant of the Shen family just like me. I didn't say much else. Besides, I was muddled and in a bad state during those few days, and I seldom talked with Master Uncle in detail. Now you and I are both See you, why don't you come and tell me."

Fu Xiang was silent for a while, but still replied truthfully: "The head of Ruyi Sect back then was your grandfather, and he also had a brother, your grandfather, and my master was her daughter."

Yin Qiu's eyes brightened slightly, and he said in half surprise and half joy: "So, Meng Wugui is my mother's cousin, should I still call her aunt?"

Fu Xiang said: "That's right, maybe in your eyes, my master may not be a good person, but she survived the Ruyimen incident by chance, and it is not easy to be able to come to this day, which is why I used to talk to you again and again. Emphasize that I will never harm you, because my plan from the very beginning, Master and I, was to find you and bring you to our side."

Originally thought that the Shen family all died in Liucang Mountain, but Meng Wugui survived, and she is different from Nan Gongmin, she is the real relative with Yin Qiu.

"What about my mother?" Yin Qiu couldn't help getting excited, grabbed Fu Xiang's hand, and asked, "Is my mother still alive?"

Hearing this, Fu Xiang was a little stunned. She looked down at Yin Qiu holding her hand tightly, and after a long while, she murmured: "This matter... you should ask my master yourself..."