Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

"The filial piety of a gentleman is loyalty and respect; the opposite is chaos."

"Do your best to be polite, respectful and peaceful."

"Admonitions are tireless, listening and never slacking off, joyful and faithful, never blamed, this can be called filial piety."

……

Amidst the intermittent sound of reading, Yin Qiuxing followed Ye Zhilan step by step into the disciples' courtyard.

There were layers of snow on the ground, and when I stepped in, half of my boots were gone.

The weeping willow has no leaves, but it seems to be full of pear blossoms. The rustling snow powder is like fluttering catkins, falling lightly, landing on the corner of the skirt, and being carried away by the wind in an instant.

"This is the New Disciple Academy, you will study here from now on." Ye Zhilan closed the door and led the two of them down the corridor.

Unfamiliar environment, strange people, although Yin Qiu has lived in many different places, but at this moment, he still feels a sense of loneliness at a loss, and has no desire to look at the surrounding scenery, and his heart is dull and lacks interest.

"I'm going to arrange a place to stay, and I'll inform my master by the way." Ye Zhilan took the two of them to the side hall and said, "Just wait, don't run around."

After saying that, she left, leaving only the two little girls waiting in the room.

Lang Lang's reading continued, as if it was not far from the next door, but Yin Qiu ignored it and just stared at the snow scene outside the window in a daze.

There was a pot of cold tea on the table, the girl poured a cup out of her hand, raised her head to drink it, and finally asked Yin Qiu, "Are you thirsty?"

Yin Qiu was immersed in the anxiety of being separated from Man Jiangxue all the way, and even forgot the existence of this girl. Hearing this, he withdrew his divergent thoughts, shook his head and said, "Thank you, I'm not thirsty."

"My name is Fu Xiang." The girl seemed very interested in Yin Qiu, and asked while looking at her, "What's your name?"

Yin Qiu looked at her twice, and replied, "My name is Yin Qiu."

"Autumn water is the same autumn as the sky?" Fu Xiang laughed.

"Are you Xiaoxiang's Xiang in the middle of the night and the moonlight?" Yin Qiu looked at her.

"Have you ever read?" Fu Xiang sat casually, with his legs crossed, "Even I don't know this poem."

"I haven't read it, and I can't read." Yin Qiu saw that she was talkative and behaved informally, so he added a few more words, "I just heard someone read it, so I guessed."

"Then you guessed it right." Fu Xiang twirled his fingers around the tip of his hair with a smile in his eyes, "Xiaoxiang's Xiang is the right word."

After saying this, Yin Qiu was speechless, not knowing what to chat with her, but Fu Xiang pointed to Yin Qiu's forehead and asked, "You got hurt here, did you fall?"

Yin Qiu raised his hand to touch the scab, and couldn't help thinking of Meng Jing kicking her, and said in a low voice, "Well, I fell."

Fu Xiang looked at her for a while, then switched legs and said, "You have a lot of preoccupations, are you reluctant to part with that beautiful sister in a white dress just now?"

Yin Qiu muttered for a moment, then asked, "Are you willing to part with your father?"

"He doesn't want me anymore," Fu Xiang said nonchalantly, "I haven't seen him since I was a child, so I can't say he doesn't want me. Anyway, he definitely wants me."

When Man Jiangxue and Ye Zhilan talked about her earlier, Yin Qiu could hear them clearly. Unexpectedly, Fu Xiang knew this well and was not sad at all.

"Aren't you sad?" Yin Qiu asked.

"There's nothing to be sad about," Fu Xiang said. "My father doesn't like my daughter. I was sent to a distant relative's house when I was born. If my brother hadn't died, my hometown had been hit by floods, and my relatives would have disappeared. I'm afraid I won't be able to see him in my life, I don't have any feelings, so there's no reason to be sad."

Yin Qiu thought for a while, and decided to comfort her, saying: "Since your father sent you here himself, he must hope that you can succeed in your studies, and he will not want you."

Fu Xiang didn't comment on this, and said, "Then what's your relationship with that pretty sister?"

Yin Qiu said: "She... and my mother are sisters from the same school."

Fu Xiang made a long voice "Oh": "So you are also considered as the junior of Yunhua Palace, and what about your mother?"

Yin Qiu's eyes dimmed, and he said, "My parents are gone, it was my uncle who brought me back from outside."

"That's it." Fu Xiang jumped up from the chair and patted Yin Qiu's shoulder, "Then we are in the same boat, let's make friends, and we will take care of each other and be a companion in the future."

Fu Xiangsheng has a clever look, and she looks much brighter than Yin Qiu. She seems to love to laugh, and she is easy-going in her speech, she is not timid. The loss gradually became less intense, so he smiled back and said, "Okay."

"Then do you recognize who I am?" Fu Xiang looked at Yin Qiu and said suddenly.

Yin Qiu was taken aback, then looked at Fu Xiang carefully, wondering: "Have we met?"

Fu Xiang sat down beside her again, let Yin Qiu look at her openly, and said, "Don't you think I look familiar?"

Yin Qiu quickly recalled all the people he had met before, but he couldn't connect her face with anyone, so he shook his head and said, "Sorry, I don't have any memory."

Fu Xiang was not surprised either, and said with a smile, "I only saw it once in a hurry, and I didn't expect you to remember it," she said, taking a purse from her waist and shaking it in front of Yin Qiu, "What about this one? Remember?"

It was a money bag made of white silk cloth, which had been washed very clean, with patterns of snow lotus flowers embroidered on it, small and elegant.

Yin Qiu stared at the purse for a while, then raised his eyes and said, "This is my uncle's purse, where did you get it from?"

"You gave it to me," Fu Xiang smiled heartily, "When I was in Qingluo City."

Yin Qiu remembered for a moment, and exclaimed, "It's you!"

The child who pointed out Meng Jing's whereabouts to her and Man Jiangxue at the gate of Qingluo City Inn!

Fu Xiang said: "Finally remembered?" She weighed the purse and said, "At that time you gave us food, and that pretty sister also gave us a lot of money. If it weren't for your help, I would My son is still begging for food on the way."

Yin Qiu remembered that she said that her hometown was flooded and she was going to join relatives in Jinhuai City. It turned out that she was the daughter of the owner of Mingyue Tower!

Comparing before and after, it really matches the number.

"I thought you were a boy." Yin Qiu was both pleasantly surprised and surprised, "The difference is too big, no wonder I can't recognize you."

"At that time, it was good to have clothes to wear," Fu Xiang said. "Besides, we were begging along the way, and several girls were captured by hooligans on the way. I was very worried, so I made myself a tomboy on purpose. Don't you know?" It's normal for me."

"Then how old are you?" Yin Qiu asked.

"13 years old," Fu Xiang said, "How about you?"

"Kaichun is 11 years old." Yin Qiu said.

Fu Xiang's eyes lit up: "Then I'm older than you, I'm a sister!"

"Don't worry, I will take care of you," Fu Xiang put his arms around Yin Qiu, and said with pride, "This is to repay your kindness!"

Yin Qiu laughed and said, "Okay, let's take care of each other."

·

Ye Zhilan took care of everything, and when she returned to the side hall, the two girls were already getting to know each other, talking and laughing.

Ye Zhilan distributed two sapphire plaques to the two of them, and said: "I have entered the roster for you, from now on, you are the new disciples of Yunhua Palace, follow me to meet the master first."

Having made new friends and meeting once again, Yin Qiu is of course happy in his heart, all the worries when he came here have dissipated, and now he doesn't feel lonely anymore, Fu Xiang happily took Yin Qiu's hand, The two followed Ye Zhilan through a corridor and came to an inner courtyard.

It was already noon at this time, and the disciples in the school had already finished their classes and were going to eat. Seeing the figures of Yin Qiu and Fu Xiang, they all huddled in the yard and watched non-stop.

"Is that a new classmate?"

"Hey, there are two girls."

"Brother Elder Sister brought it here in person. It seems that her identity is very unusual."

Whispering came, both of them heard it, Fu Xiang whispered to Yin Qiu: "Are you afraid?"

Yin Qiu also replied in a low voice: "A little bit before."

"You don't have to be afraid when I'm here," Fu Xiang said, "I've been the king of children since I was a child. I'm not afraid of life, so don't worry."

Yin Qiu smiled gratefully and nodded in response.

The master has already been waiting in the hall, and Ye Zhilan has already explained the situation of Yin Qiu and Fu Xiang. The two respectfully offered tea and kowtowed, and the master gave them two sets of pens, ink, paper and inkstones. , and touched their heads one by one, which means that these two students have been accepted.

"Start at the hour of the day and rest at the hour of Hai." The master took a sip of tea and handed a booklet to the two small figures in front of him. Come to me to study in the morning, practice martial arts in the martial arts field in the afternoon, and have one day off at the end of each month, but you are not allowed to go down the mountain, and the other rules are written on it, you must memorize them all today, tomorrow I will come to ask questions in person."

The two accepted the brochures and responded repeatedly, and the master stood up and said, "I have nothing else to say, go to the cafeteria to have lunch first, and you can go around by yourself in the afternoon, get familiar with the disciples' courtyard, and start the formal class tomorrow, remember Hold on, Hugh will be late."

After bidding farewell to the master, Ye Zhilan led Yin Qiu and Fu Xiang to the dining hall to get food. Almost all the new disciples in the hall were about their age, and they all stared at them curiously. He ate seriously and didn't talk much, as if he was indifferent to those gazes.

Fu Xiang was the opposite of Yin Qiu. She was obviously good at dealing with people. She walked around the hall with her job bowl in hand and met many people.

When the disciples all returned their rice bowls and left the dining hall, Yin Qiu and Fu Xiang had almost finished eating, and while they were listening to Ye Zhilan explaining the big and small rules, there was a sudden commotion in the small courtyard outside.

Yin Qiu raised his head, looked out the window beside him, and saw the snow-white figure like a moon surrounded by stars at a glance, and he was overjoyed immediately.

"Hey, it's that pretty sister!" Fu Xiang squeezed her eyes and said, "Is she here to look for you?"

Yin Qiu didn't reply, but fixed his eyes firmly on Man Jiangxue. After a while, as if feeling something, Man Jiangxue was also surrounded by many disciples enthusiastically, and looked up at Yin Qiu.

Across the sky full of snowflakes and the courtyard full of figures, the two looked at each other from afar.

Yin Qiu moved her lips, and wanted to call Man Jiangxue, but for some reason, she looked at the disciples surrounding Man Jiangxue, and swallowed the "Uncle Master" again.

Ye Zhilan couldn't help but laugh at the two of them crowded at the window, and said, "Okay, sit down quickly, the uncle will come in."

The two sat upright, and after hearing laughter in the yard for a while, Man Jiangxue's figure appeared at the door.

"Have you eaten yet?" Man Jiangxue said.

"I've already eaten," Ye Zhilan got up to salute, "Master Uncle hasn't eaten yet?"

"I'll go back to Jingyue Peak to eat," Man Jiangxue looked at Yin Qiu and then at Fu Xiang, "Are you full?"

Perhaps there were other people around, but Yin Qiu didn't know how to react, and seemed a little cautious. Seeing that she didn't answer, Fu Xiang smiled and said, "I'm full."

"Then follow your Senior Sister Ye to familiarize yourself with the environment," Man Jiangxue said, "Listen to what she says, be good."

Yin Qiu nodded slightly, and heard Fu Xiang say, "Sister, I have to pay you back."

After saying this, she took off the purse from her waist and handed it to Man Jiangxue.

Seeing the money bag, Man Jiangxue raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at Fu Xiang again, but didn't ask a question, just said: "If I give it to you, it's yours, keep it."

Fu Xiang bowed and said with a smile: "Then thank you sister... oh no, thank you uncle."

·

Lunch time was over, and the rest of the disciples went to the martial arts training ground in a group, and the disciples' courtyard was cleared up. Ye Zhilan led the people to the residence first, and then took the disciples inside and out of the courtyard. But there were no details, and she couldn't fully explain many things. After giving Yin Qiu and Fu Xiang a few words, she resigned first.

During this period, Man Jiangxue was always by her side, she seldom spoke, but followed quietly. After Ye Zhilan left, Man Jiangxue personally sent the two of them back to their residence.

"I didn't expect our houses to be so far apart." Fu Xiang pushed open the door, looked back at Yin Qiu with a smile, "Then master uncle will send Yin Qiu back, I will take care of here myself."

When starting from Shangyuan City, Man Jiangxue bought a lot of snacks for Yin Qiu, and Yin Qiu distributed some candied fruit and dried fruit to Fu Xiang, saying: "The master said that we will ask questions tomorrow, remember to endorse."

Fu Xiang took the things, thanked her several times, and only when Man Jiangxue and Yin Qiu disappeared in the corner of the corridor did she close the door.

Youyou Lengxiang floated beside him, and a snow-white shadow was swaying in his eyes all the time. Seeing that there was no one around, Yin Qiu stopped, hugged Man Jiangxue, and buried her in her arms softly. Said: "Uncle Master..."

When we met in the cafeteria earlier, Yin Qiu acted timidly. Man Jiangxue thought she was disturbed by the change of environment, but seeing her take the initiative to make out with her, she smiled and said, "Okay, let's go back to the room first. .”

Yin Qiu was very attached to the body temperature and fragrance of her body, even if he left Man Jiangxue's arms, he still held her hand. The two walked through the corridor and entered the room. Before they could sit down, Yin Qiu stuck together again. On Man Jiangxue, she acted coquettishly restrained.

"How do you feel these half a day?" Man Jiangxue hugged Yin Qiu and sat down on the wooden chair.

"Not so good..." Yin Qiu lay on Man Jiangxue's shoulder, smelling the fragrance of her hair.

Man Jiangxue guessed that she would say that, but still asked: "Why?"

Yin Qiu raised his face, looked at Man Jiangxue, and said, "I'm not used to not having my uncle around."

"Master is here," Man Jiangxue stroked Yin Qiu's back, "Good boy."

"But Fu Xiang is a very nice person, we are friends now." Yin Qiu said.

"You helped her once," Man Jiangxue said, "If she is grateful, she will definitely treat you well."

Yin Qiu took out the booklet given by his master from his bosom, and said frowningly, "But how do I memorize this? I don't know how to read yet..."

The booklet was not too thick, only a dozen pages in total, but Yin Qiu couldn't understand a single word.

Man Jiangxue said, "I'll read it to you."

Yin Qiu was still a little worried: "I can't remember that either."

"It's okay," Man Jiangxue comforted her, "I'll tell your master, you try to remember as much as possible."

Yin Qiu nodded, and began to read with Man Jiangxue. Every time Man Jiangxue read a sentence, Yin Qiu repeated it. The two leaned against each other in the room, and read the terms and conditions in the booklet many times.

Although the method is a bit stupid, there is no other way at the moment. Man Jiangxue is very patient, and even picked some easy-to-remember words to teach Yin Qiu to recognize. Yin Qiu is also very serious. Can memorize a lot of rules.

Unknowingly, the sky outside the room has quietly darkened.

"Uncle, you haven't eaten yet!" Yin Qiu suddenly remembered this.

"It's okay," Man Jiangxue put down the booklet, and said, "After reading for a while, it's time for dinner. I'll go back after having dinner with you."

Yin Qiu was silent for a while, and asked, "What does Master Uncle's Jingyue Peak look like?"

Man Jiangxue said: "In the future, you will know when you read it."

Yin Qiulai refused to leave on her body, with a sleepy expression: "Then when can I go?"

Man Jiangxue said: "If you perform well in the disciple academy, I will pick you up to play."

Yin Qiu said, "Really?"

Man Jiangxue said: "Uncle Master lied to you?"

Yin Qiu shook his head and smiled lightly: "Uncle Master keeps his word and won't lie to me."

"Remember to tell Master if you have anything," Man Jiangxue said, "If you are bullied, don't worry about it. Remember what I told you before?"

Yin Qiu said, "I remember, I haven't forgotten."

"Get a good night's sleep when you have a full meal," Man Jiangxue put Yin Qiu on the ground and got up, "I will ask someone to prepare the medicine you drank and bring it to you. Although you have recovered a lot, you can't take it lightly. Dress warmly every day, don’t catch a cold, and you’ll be fine if you get sick.”

The more Yin Qiu heard it, the more uncomfortable he felt. After holding it in for a whole day, he still couldn't hold back his red eyes, and said, "How can I repay my uncle?"

Man Jiangxue patted her head and said: "You don't need to repay anything, just grow up well."