Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

"Senior Sister Lu's room is in the West Wing. She doesn't stay in the palace often, and she doesn't need someone to clean it up for her. The room is probably covered with ashes." A disciple opened the courtyard door and took Yin Qiu inside. Chatting with Yin Qiu while walking.

Yin Qiu crossed the threshold with her skirt in her hand. The small courtyard in front of her was elegant and quiet, with a thick layer of snow on the ground. A long corridor separated the courtyard from the house. The doors and windows of the disciple rooms were closed, and only one was the upper one. locked.

Lu Huaiwei is a disciple of the elders of Wuhui Peak, and she is also in charge of affairs outside the palace. Logically speaking, with her status, she should be able to have an independent residence, but she chooses to live with other disciples. An overly particular person, Yin Qiu has been to Wuhuifeng many times during the years since he entered the palace, but he has never been to Lu Huaiwei's residence once, so he couldn't help but take a second look.

"This is the key to the house," the disciple who led the way handed the key to Yin Qiu and asked, "It will be the end of the new year soon, why hasn't Senior Sister Lu come back by herself? I still need Senior Sister to help her get things."

Yin Qiu went up the steps, and replied calmly: "Senior sister Lu is busy with business, and I also have to go down the mountain, so I picked it up for her on the way, and I will help the younger sister to lead the way. "

The two saluted each other and said goodbye politely. After the figure of the disciple disappeared into the courtyard, Yin Qiu opened the lock and opened the door to enter.

Lu Huaiwei has been working at the foot of the mountain for a long time, the room is indeed full of dust, but it is also neatly arranged and not cluttered.Yin Qiu closed the door, opened a window to let in air, and searched all the places visible to the naked eye in the house under the dim skylight, but found nothing as expected.

Since he wants to come to the palace to work carefully, he will definitely not leave any handles in the room at will. Even if he wants to hide things, it must be a secret place like a hidden compartment. Yin Qiu understands this truth very well, so he walks around in the room again. She started to grope, but time passed bit by bit, but she couldn't find any mechanism, not even a hidden compartment, the whole room was simple and elegant, no different from other places, Yin Qiu even put the floor and the brick wall one by one Tried it again, but found nothing.

Didn't Lu Huaiwei leave any clues in the room?

But if a person has to lie in ambush somewhere for many years, no matter how careful he is, there will always be moments of relaxation and negligence. How could it be so clean without leaving even a trace?

However, the room is not big, and you can see the end at a glance. Yin Qiu has searched here many times, and she is tired from sweating. She stands up while leaning on the wall, and sits on the wooden stool in front of the dressing table casually for a while. , caught a glimpse of a jewelry box on top of it, and opened it to have a look. Inside were some jewelry commonly used by her daughter, nothing special, Yin Qiu roughly rolled her eyes, and when she was about to close the box, she found It was the same unique thing that attracted the attention.

It was a bracelet made of black string, with two brightly colored small golden beads strung on it, and a light blue-gray bird feather hanging on it. The style was a bit special and not very common.

However, what attracted Yin Qiu's attention was not the rare style of the bracelet, but the patterns on the two small gold beads.

Yin Qiu had seen the totem of Xiling Kingdom painted by Man Jiangxue, which was clearly the same as the pattern on this bead.

Lu Huaiwei is indeed an old man from Xiling Country!

Yin Qiu was overjoyed, and immediately took out the bracelet. She looked at it again and again, secretly glad that she didn't leave soon. With this thing, it can be regarded as a small gain. Yin Qiu put the bracelet away, and returned After going around the room again, after confirming that there were no omissions in this place, she pushed the door open, planning to return to Jingyue Peak immediately to report the matter to Man Jiangxue.

The snow kept flying and the wind was chilly. Yin Qiu closed the window, locked the door, and went down the steps with the brocade robe on her shoulders. She was in a good mood because of the bracelet, and when she walked through the courtyard gate on the snow, she felt sad. Seeing a handsome young man in a light blue pine robe coming towards him, holding a medical book in his hand as usual, when he saw Yin Qiu, he paused and stopped in place.

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"Meng Jing?" Seeing who it was, Yin Qiu's eyes lit up, "Why did you come to Wuhui Peak?"

Green bricks with green moss, white snow piled on the eaves, Meng Jing inexplicably looks a bit elegant in this scene, but also a bit dull without knowing the source. She doesn't seem to have expected to run into Yin Qiu here. The look of surprise flashed by, and then asked back: "You should be in Jingyue Peak at this time, why did you come to Wuhui Peak?"

Meng Jing hadn't heard anything about Lu Huaiwei so far. When Yin Qiu heard this, he hesitated whether to tell her, but after seeing the key in her hand, Meng Jing frowned and said, "You Have you been to Senior Sister Lu's room?"

Yin Qiu looked up at her, smiled as naturally as possible, and said, "It's just an ordinary key, why do you have to guess that I went to Senior Sister Lu's room?"

Meng Jing's wide sleeves swayed in the wind, and a light scent of medicine also permeated the two of them. Meng Jing's fingers holding the medical book were slightly closed, and after a moment of silence, he said: "I heard that you and Master Uncle Come back, I went to Mingguang Palace before, and I wanted to visit you." She paused, looked away from Yin Qiu, looked at the ground and said, "I didn't expect to hear you talking about Senior Sister Lu outside the door, saying that she ..."

"You heard it all," Yin Qiu sighed, "So you came here because you also wanted to visit Senior Sister Lu's room?"

Meng Jing nodded slowly, still not looking at Yin Qiu: "Since you have already seen it, I don't need to go. Did you find anything?"

Yin Qiu also said bluntly: "You must have heard us guess that Senior Sister Lu is an old person from Xiling Country. I found a bracelet in her room with the totem of Xiling engraved on it. This thing can be regarded as proof of this. Coupled with the personal testimonies of Uncle Wen and Senior Sister Ding...Meng Jing, you should be mentally prepared as soon as possible, it is almost indisputable that Senior Sister Lu is a spy."

Meng Jing's expression was slightly stunned, and the look in his eyes dimmed for a moment.

Yin Qiu knew that it would be difficult for her to accept this matter. Since Meng Jing entered the palace, she has been taken care of by Lu Huaiwei. The two are like siblings and have a good relationship. Now that Lu Huaiwei has suddenly become a secret agent in the palace, no one will feel comfortable with this matter. go.

Yin Qiu took a few steps closer to Meng Jing, and was about to comfort her, but Meng Jing glanced at her, moved her footsteps slightly, backed up a little, and said, "...that's fine. There are few ancient books, and I still can't find a way to dissolve the poison, since you have found out that Senior Sister Lu is the flute player, then when she comes back, the matter of the poison should be solved easily."

Yin Qiu looked at her stepping back, and after a moment of silence, he said, "I didn't think much about it. Even if Senior Sister Lu can admit that she is a spy, she might not hand over the antidote."

Even if Lu Huaiwei is caught, she can no longer hurt Yin Qiu with the sound of the flute, and the poison will lose its effect, but she can't just let the poison stay in her body because of this. Negotiating conditions, so if Yin Qiu can find a solution to the Gu poison issue by himself, it is naturally much better than making a deal with Lu Huaiwei.

It's a pity that Meng Jing has yet to find a direction.

"I will try my best to deal with the poisonous poison." Meng Jing put the medical book into her sleeve, turned around and said, "Please tell Master Uncle. Once there is any progress, I will notify you immediately."

Hearing her words, Yin Qiu smiled: "What are you talking about? It's my own business, and I need to trouble you. Why are you being so polite?"

Meng Jing lowered her eyebrows, leaned sideways and said, "The medical disciples at Wenxin Peak are already responsible for treating illnesses and injuries for their fellow disciples, and this is also my job, so it's nothing troublesome."

When Yin Qiu heard this, she felt a strange feeling in her heart for a moment. She looked at Meng Jing and said, "It's a matter of duty, but it's what Yu Gong said. With the friendship between the two of us, how can it be a sentence?" Is it possible to sum up what you do? You are too polite to say that."

Meng Jing frowned, and whispered: "I..."

"You don't seem to want to talk to me very much," Yin Qiu put his hands behind his back, walked two steps closer to Meng Jing, and tilted his head to look at her, "You are doing well in Weicheng, why did you become estranged from me after returning to the palace? What's wrong with you?"

Meng Jing glanced at her quickly, turned her face away and said, "It's nothing."

"No?" Yin Qiu straightened up with clear eyes, "During the time we talked, you hardly looked at me, and you always looked elsewhere. Is it because your eyes are not good, or I can't bear to look directly at you today? Can't you see it?"

Meng Jing clenched her palms secretly, and after a long silence, she met Yin Qiu's gaze and said, "You're overthinking, I'm just in a bad mood because of Senior Sister Lu, so I don't want to talk to you."

Yin Qiu could see that she was prevaricating herself. Maybe she was indeed in complicated moods because of Lu Huaiwei, but her politeness and alienation today were not Yin Qiu's illusion. Yin Qiu couldn't figure out what was wrong with her, but Meng Jing had always been awkward. What she didn't want to say, it would be useless for others to ask questions, so Yin Qiu didn't say much. The two walked side by side, chatting with each other, and left Wuhui Peak with their own thoughts.

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Wen Chaoyu entered Shen Xing Hall, stood in the hall for a long time, the wind and snow came across the door of the hall, messing with her hair, and a childish voice said behind her: "You are lazy again, who is the master and who is the master?" apprentice?"

Wen Chaoyu froze, turned his head slowly, and there was a young girl in Tsing Yi leaning against the door with a long sword in her arms, her face was stinky and her tone was very aggressive.

"It's long past the time for sword practice, can you be more conscious every day, and don't always ask me to invite you?"

Wen Chaoyu was slightly stunned, and lowered his head. The dark blue dress on his body changed into a plain white palace uniform at some point, and the small flying knife on his waist became a long silver sword.

"Too lazy to wait for you." Seeing that she did not respond, the little girl left the hall with a cold face, and disappeared without a trace in an instant.

Wen Chaoyu called her, and immediately chased her out. The red maple was shaking in the courtyard, the wind and snow were lingering, and there was no one around.Wen Zhaoyu was looking around, when something hit her back suddenly, she looked back, the little girl was standing in the corner of the corridor at the moment, holding a few snowballs in her hand, and said to her with a smile: "Your sword It’s already broken to recruit me, and it’s nothing serious, do you want me to teach you?”

After she finished speaking, she flew up triumphantly, stepping on the beam of the house and jumped, Wen Zhaoyu was worried that she would not be found again, so he immediately used his lightness kung fu to follow.

The maple trees in the backyard were more dense, and the wind and snow confused people's eyes, and they could hardly see the scenery clearly. Wen Chaoyu covered his face and searched for a while, but he couldn't find anyone. Hearing that voice, I thought that this person was crying so sadly. I stood on the wall and saw that the little girl was crying, her face was full of tears, and Man Jiangxue was standing opposite her holding an umbrella.

"Why did she leave? Why didn't she tell me?" The little girl's eyes were red, and she rattled the hilt of her sword.

"Go back." Man Jiangxue helped him up.

"I want to find her!" said the little girl, "I want to ask her to understand!"

Man Jiangxue didn't seem to know how to coax her, so she didn't speak.

"Did the uncle already know?" The little girl said, "You all kept it from me."

Man Jiangxue said: "I didn't hide it from you, none of us knew."

The little girl was heartbroken: "Since she came to be an undercover agent, why did she accept me as an apprentice? I sincerely regard her as my master, but now she left me without saying a word and ran away. Uncle, what will I do in the future?" ?”

Man Jiangxue said: "Overnight, you lost a master, and I lost two senior sisters. If you ask me what to do, I don't know now."

Wen Zhaoyu couldn't bear to listen any longer, she turned around, and fled from this place that broke her heart, but the sky suddenly darkened, the night came suddenly, but there was no light in the yard, she looked around blankly, and when she backed away, she suddenly arrived There was something sharp, and at the same time, a voice sounded coldly beside her ear: "You still have the face to come back."

The thick night was like ink that couldn't be wiped away. The little girl from before disappeared and was replaced by the grown-up Ji Wanshu. Her brows were cold, her expression was cold, and her hand holding the long sword was trembling in the cold wind.

"You still have the face to come back!"

There was an indescribable pain in his heart, Wen Zhaoyu gasped, sat up suddenly from the low couch, and knocked over the tea in hand.

The hot water splashed, and the tiles shattered all over the floor. Xue Tan was taken aback by the side, and Man Jiangxue, who was on the other side of the long table, also slightly raised his eyebrows and looked at Wen Chaoyu.

Xue Tan covered his chest and said, "Guardian...?"

Wen Chaoyu was short of breath, and sat quietly for a while with a blank expression. After seeing Xue Tan and Man Jiangxue clearly, he took a long breath.

"Are you... having a nightmare?" Xue Tan packed up the broken teacup and gave Wen Zhaoyu a new one.

Wen Chaoyu was in a cold sweat, took the teacup and drank it clean in one gulp, before he was stunned for a while before saying, "When did I fall asleep?"

Xue Tan looked at her and said, "It hasn't been long, you were tired earlier and said you wanted to take a nap, why did you have a nightmare in just a short while?"

Wen Zhaoyu was so exhausted that she might as well not sleep after sleeping for a while. She rubbed her forehead and was about to speak when a white shadow flashed at the entrance of the hall. Just in time, guess what I found?"

Upon hearing the movement, Bai Ling followed into the hall, closing the door and saying, "Have you found any physical evidence?"

Yin Qiu looked back and smiled, slowed down and waited for Bai Ling. After the two sat down together, Yin Qiu took out the bracelet, handed it to Man Jiangxue and said, "Look, uncle, the patterns on this bead are Is it the Xiling Totem?"

Man Jiangxue glanced at it and nodded: "Yes." After finishing speaking, she looked at the bracelet for a while, and then said, "This thing seems familiar."

Yin Qiu said: "Uncle Master? Maybe Senior Sister Lu wore it before."

Man Jiangxue recalled for a moment, raised her eyes and said: "Remember, she did wear it. At that time, I reminded her that it was a subjugated item. It is best not to wear it on her body. She said that Wan Shu got it from a Western Region peddler. I bought it as a gift for her, and I didn't think much about it at the time."

"Then can this be regarded as physical evidence?" Yin Qiu asked, "I was a little happy at first, but after hearing what my uncle said, Senior Sister Lu can deny that it was bought, and it seems that it can't play any role in proving her."

Man Jiangxue said: "If you bought it, just ask Wan Shu and you will know. Keep this thing for now, don't lose it."

Yin Qiu replied "OK" and put the bracelet away again.

Before nightfall, Bai Ling led his disciples to tidy up the Shen Xing Palace, cleaned out a few vacant rooms, ordered people to prepare hot water and meals, and arranged everything in an orderly manner, but she was the first disciple of Liuli Peak after all. After coming back, I haven't greeted my master, so I can't stay in Jingyue Peak all the time, and I will take the initiative to leave after the matter is settled. Now Jingyue Peak has no disciples from the dark guards, and once Bai Ling takes people away, this place looks extremely deserted .

Because Wen Chaoyu broke the relationship, Yin Qiu was embarrassed to stay in the dormitory overnight, greeted Man Jiangxue, and went back to his room.

She pushed the door open, and immediately cast her gaze towards the wall. There used to be a special cabinet for food, but now it disappeared. Yin Qiu thought that it must be Bai Ling who helped her move it out. Throwing it away, while secretly sighing at Bai Ling's carefulness, Yin Qiu couldn't help feeling lonely for a while.

During the day, there are many things to do, so even after returning to Jingyue Peak after a few months, Yin Qiu has no extra time to feel anything, but now that night is coming, everything is silent, she just sits on the couch. She suddenly realized that this place was no longer the Jingyue Peak in her memory.

There were no shadow guards on the maple tree. After Lu Huaiwei's incident, Wen Chaoyu and Xue Tan would leave naturally. In this place, there were really only her and Man Jiangxue left.

The shadow of the lamp swayed, reflecting the coldness of the room, Yin Qiu stayed alone for a long time, and finally sighed, ready to turn off the lamp and go to bed, but she raised her hand just now, before she could start to move, the candle in front of her eyes suddenly went out by herself up.

The room suddenly plunged into darkness.