Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

The night is dark and windy, there is no bright moon, and the stargazing platform is cold, with spruce forests and shadows of trees dancing.

This place is the top of Yunhua Mountain, the highest place in the entire Yunhua Palace, and because of the tombs of the masters and ancestors, there are few people walking around here, even visiting disciples.As far as the eye could see, the night was dark all around, and the sight was unclear, only a few vague wooden tombstones could be seen.

Wen Zhaoyu took the fire folder and ordered Xue Tan to light up the palace lanterns set up at the four corners of the star observatory. Although the candlelight was not bright, it was still enough to illuminate the hall. As the light spread, the whole picture of the star observatory was gradually presented to several people. in front of you.

Seeing those neatly arranged and numerous tombs, Wen Chaoyu was dumbfounded and said, "Are you kidding...why are there so many?!"

Surrounded by many tall spruce trees, there are hundreds of cloak mounds standing on the flat ground in the center. At a glance, it is astonishing, but at the same time it makes people feel a little cool.

Running to the cemetery at night is really scary!

"When I left, this place was still used for those old men and women to lecture on scriptures and Taoism." Wen Zhaoyu was dumbfounded, "Why is it like this now? Why can't I remember that there are so many masters in Yunhua Palace! "

Xie Yijun stayed far away, standing on the side and didn't want to approach at all, heard the words and replied: "Nonsense, don't you think about how many years you have been absconding in fear of crime, Tianchi is a long way away, and the palace mobilizes people every year to worship, I changed this place for the convenience of my disciples to worship."

Wen Chaoyu said: "Then there is no need to do so many! Where did Yunhua Palace get more than 100 masters?"

Xie Yijun said: "In addition to the patriarch, the previous masters, and all the masters and uncles are here," she said, and glanced at Wen Zhaoyu, "If you weren't an undercover agent taught by Ziwei, after a hundred years, you would be a You are qualified to erect a monument here, but don’t think about it now, if you die, I don’t even want to bury you.”

"Who cares?" Wen Zhaoyu disdainfully said, "If I'm about to die, I'll find a mountain with a good view and jump by myself, listening to the wind and seeing the snow every year, it will be more comfortable than being buried here."

Xue Tan was carrying a few shovels, and was startled when he saw this scene, and said to Wen Chaoyu in a low voice: "The guardian...is this too much? There are only six of us in total, and each of us has to dig at least a dozen. When do we have to dig?"

Wen Zhaoyu said: "Where are the six people? Do you think this distinguished head is about to make a move?"

Xie Yijun said bluntly: "I have made a great determination to promise you to open the grave. If you want me to do such a rebellious thing by myself, don't even think about it!"

"I didn't expect you at all! You're just lazy!" Wen Zhaoyu took a shovel and eagerly said, "Then stop talking nonsense and dig!"

After she said that, she was the first one to walk towards the middle of the field, kicked over the tombstone and started shoveling soil. Seeing her rude action, Xie Yijun not only kicked her foot, but also threw the wooden sign on the ground at random, he couldn't help but stare at her with anger, almost wanting to Jue on the spot.

Ji Wanshu picked a place farthest from Wen Chaoyu, and silently began to dig a hole. Yin Qiu took the shovel from Xue Tan's hand, and said to Man Jiangxue: "Uncle Master, let's rest with the head. Just come."

Man Jiangxue took off his coat, took a shovel and held it in his hand, and said, "It's okay, I have no taboos in this regard, you still have injuries, you can't be tired, you go and sit down."

At night, the cold wind on the top of the mountain was even worse. The four-cornered palace lamp was covered with a lampshade, but it didn't have much effect. The candlelight flickered, reflecting the chaotic tree shadows all over the place.

Man Jiangxue's cuffs were slightly rolled up, the hand holding the shovel was well-boned, and the white skin was covered with clear tendons, which looked slender, beautiful, calm and powerful.

Yin Qiu looked at those hands in the ambiguous light, and many images suddenly flashed before his eyes—the hands held her, hugged her, and touched her.Combed her hair, added clothes, and wiped her tears.

Those were the most beautiful and most secure hands she had ever seen.

Yin Qiu couldn't help laughing slightly, and said in a low voice, "Master's hand should be used to hold a sword. How can you hold these things? It doesn't suit you."

Man Jiangxue has indeed never done such a thing. Although she was disciplined by her mother in her childhood, and she was not pampered compared to other heirs of the emperor, she would never touch any rough work.Later, when she came to Yunhua Palace, she became the disciple of the head of the sect when she was about ten years old, and she was the uncle of all the disciples in the palace. Except for some things she liked to do by herself, she didn't have much chance to do hard work at all.

Wen Zhaoyu said earlier that she is a prudish person who does not eat the fireworks of the world, which is half correct. After hearing Yin Qiu's words, Man Jiangxue knew that she did not mean the same thing as Wen Zhaoyu, but she also laughed and said: "It doesn't matter." Doesn't fit the line, I'm also an ordinary person, what you can do, I can naturally do."

Yin Qiu wanted to say, "How can Master Uncle be an ordinary person", but seeing that Man Jiangxue had already leaned over, he didn't say any more. Except for Xie Yijun, everyone dug up the tomb without complaint. It fell silent, and no one spoke again.

Fortunately, tonight these people are all martial arts practitioners, not weak and weak, except for Xue Tan who is slower because of his inconvenient hands and feet, the other four are very agile, and these clothes are not really buried in the tomb. All the belongings are just empty shells with steles erected for people to worship, so there is no need to prevent damage to anything when digging up, and you can do whatever you want.

Although Wen Chaoyu had broken an arm, she has long been used to doing things with her left hand in the past five years, and she is more agile than Xue Tan. She dug a few holes in a hurry, but she didn't find any trace of the holy sword, so she felt a little Uncontrollable irritability, she shoveled here and there, shoveling here and there, wherever she didn't like it, she was about to shovel the whole place.

After an unknown amount of time, Wen Chaoyu was so tired that his head was sweating, and was about to throw away the shovel to rest for a while, but when he got up and stepped back, he bumped into something.

The soil was soft and still covered with snow, Wen Chaoyu slipped on the soles of his feet and nearly fell down, but fortunately a hand reached out in time to hold her firmly, without causing her to fall all over the mud.

Wen Zhaoyu looked sideways, Ji Wanshu lowered his eyebrows and withdrew his hand, neither looking at her nor talking to her, and turned around as if nothing happened.

Since the reunion in the Mingguang Palace today, Wen Zhaoyu and Ji Wanshu have never exchanged a word, and Wen Chaoyu is keenly aware that Ji Wanshu seems to be deliberately avoiding her, the number of times the two have looked at each other throughout the day There are very few, and even the passing by just now is the first time.

It stands to reason that this way of getting along should make Wen Chaoyu happy, and after Wei Cheng said goodbye, she also knew clearly that Ji Wanshu would not pester her again in the future, but Wen Zhaoyu really did not expect that Ji Wan What he said in his mouth no longer pursued her relentlessly, but it turned out to be such a stranger.

On the one hand, Wen Zhaoyu felt that it was expected, but on the other hand, he felt that it was unexpected.

At the same time, she was gratified by Ji Wanshu's choice, but in addition to her gratification, she also felt another inexplicable emotion.

That kind of emotion is indescribable, but it has always been entrenched in the depths of her heart, making Wen Zhaoyu extremely restless. She thought about it all day and couldn't figure out what that emotion was, but after the brief touch just now, Wen Zhaoyu finally understood. ——She wanted to get close to Ji Wanshu.

People are cheap sometimes, and when they are being chased, they refuse to face it head-on, and try to hide in every possible way, but when the other party really flinches one day and stops stalking, Wen Chaoyu suddenly feels empty in her heart, and she feels herself I sincerely hope that Ji Wanshu can chase her like before.

But now Ji Wanshu is about to draw a line with her, what should she do?Did she fulfill her wish against her will, or went after her with a shy face?

Wen Chaoyu was entangled and full of worries.

She stood there thinking wildly, and countless thoughts flashed through her mind. It wasn't until Ji Wanshu's figure faded away that Wen Chaoyu suddenly came back to his senses, and quickly strode after him, grabbing Ji Wanshu's wrist.

The temperature in her palm was almost fiery, and it spread continuously to Ji Wanshu's arm through the material of the clothes. Ji Wanshu was a little surprised by her sudden action, but he didn't speak, he just looked at her quietly.

Wen Chaoyu glanced at the other people who were immersed in their work, and saw that Xie Yijun couldn't bear to see the tombs of the ancestors being destroyed and turned his back. Said lightly: "Why, are you avoiding me now?"

Ji Wanshu stood upright and straight, her plain green clothes swaying slightly in the wind, she looked away, but she didn't break away from Wen Zhaoyu's hand, she just said lightly: "No."

Wen Zhaoyu said, "Then why don't you dare look at me?"

Ji Wan was quiet for a while, and then turned his gaze back to her face.

Reflected by the dim light, Ji Wanshu's face was expressionless, and even the bottom of her eyes were not stained with any emotion. She looked very calm, only the other hand behind her back was holding the shovel tightly. The handle revealed her nervousness and panic in a place where Wen Zhaoyu couldn't see.

The person in front of him was as quiet as a pine, and his usually cold face showed a rare softness in the charming twilight. The two stood facing each other and looked at each other. Only at this moment did Wen Zhaoyu realize that Ji Wanshu's stature was actually smaller than that of Ji Wanshu's. Five years ago, she moved a lot, and she had to raise her head slightly to see the whole of her.

This sudden discovery suddenly made Wen Zhaoyu feel a little majestic.

Before she knew it, her little apprentice had grown so big.

The little girl who practiced sword with her in the past has grown into a mature woman with the passage of time. Although she still looks so unapproachable, it seems that there is not much change from the past, but Wen Zhaoyu is looking at her at this moment, But for the first time, he felt an unspeakable strangeness towards Ji Wanshu.

She thought, is she too slow, or is Ji Wanshu growing up too fast?It was so fast that she had no chance to capture her growth and changes.

But after thinking about it, more than ten years have passed. It is not an exaggeration to describe this process as long, so how can it be said to be fast?

She just happened to miss it just like that.

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The wind carried a lingering frosty air, wet and cold, stubbornly hovering around the two of them, but it couldn't blow away the warmth that was passed from each other when their skins touched each other, on the contrary, it made the warmth even more obvious.

One of the lamps suddenly went out, and the light around her dimmed instantly. Ji Wanshu withdrew her hand at this moment of changing light and shadow, but her gaze was still fixed on Wen Zhaoyu's face. She said softly, "If you have nothing to say to me, Say, don't waste time."

There was a slight bitterness in his heart, Wen Zhaoyu smiled and said, "Didn't I ask?"

Ji Wanshu frowned slightly: "What did you ask?"

Wen Chaoyu said, "You seem to be avoiding me, aren't you?"

After hearing this, Ji Wan fell silent again.

Wen Chaoyu approached her, and said softly, "You said you would never pester me again, is that true?"

The brilliance in Ji Wanshu's eyes flickered, she turned her face away, and gave a low "um".

Wen Zhaoyu stared at her, and asked: "From now on, we will never communicate with each other, and we will be strangers, so we will pretend that we have never met?"

Ji Wanshu's clenched palms were covered with hot sweat. She closed her eyes and didn't answer.

"It's immoral for you to do this," Wen Chaoyu laughed, raised his hand to touch Ji Wanshu's cheek, and gently turned her to face him, "If I kiss you, will I turn my face and deny anyone?"

Ji Wanshu was stunned, and it took a while to realize what Wen Zhaoyu said. She frowned even more, and waved Wen Zhaoyu away without hesitation, but held her back the next moment.

"Isn't this what you want?" Ji Wanshu said, "I just respect your wishes."

"This has never been what I really want." Wen Zhaoyu said.

"Then what do you really want?" Ji Wanshu asked.

Wen Chaoyu paused, then said slowly: "What do I want, don't you understand?"

"I don't understand," Ji Wanshu said quietly, "I never understand what is going on in your heart."

Wen Zhaoyu was about to answer her, but Ji Wanshu let her go quickly, and took two steps back, saying with a complicated expression: "The relationship between children and children is no longer my top priority now, I talked to you that day. Clearly, I am the chief disciple of Yunhua Palace, and I have important responsibilities on my shoulders, and now is not a good time to talk," she said, sighing, "I just want to find out the spies as soon as possible, and return Huai Wei One is fair. As for anything else, I don’t have the energy to take care of it right now, and whatever you want to say to me tonight, put it on hold for now, and when everything is settled, I have something to say to you.”

Subconsciously, Wen Chaoyu wanted to ask her what she wanted to say to him, but Ji Wanshu obviously didn't want to give her another chance to reply, so he simply turned around and ended the conversation.

Although Wen Zhaoyu looked careless most of the time, he was actually a careful person. She recalled Ji Wanshu's words, and then recalled Ji Wanshu's various performances today, it was hard for Wen Zhaoyu not to feel confused.

Just now she asked Ji Wanshu if she wanted to never communicate with each other from now on, as if she had never met each other. Ji Wanshu didn't answer this question, which showed that she didn't want to do that.

Then what is she doing hiding from herself?

What did she want to say to herself?

Thoughts turned back and forth, thinking about all possible reasons, the more Wen Zhaoyu thought about it, the more something went wrong, staring at Ji Wanshu's back and fell into deep thought.After a long time, she picked up the shovel again and continued to work, but without moving the two shovels, she went straight to Man Jiangxue not far away.

Wen Zhaoyu didn't talk nonsense, and asked directly, "Did you tell her?"

Man Jiangxue straightened up, looked Wen Chaoyu in the eyes, and asked, "What did you say?"

With a sullen face, Wen Chaoyu pointed at Ji Wanshu.

Man Jiangxue came to his senses, and said as usual, "No."

"No?" Wen Chaoyu put her hands on her hips, "I wouldn't believe it if she was killed! She looks like she already knows something."

Man Jiangxue raised her chin, motioned Wen Chaoyu to look at Yin Qiu on the other side, and said, "She is like this today, so she already knows something."

Wen Chaoyu looked at Yin Qiu and said, "Then what does that matter to me? I didn't say anything."

Man Jiangxue looked at Ji Wanshu and said, "Then she's none of my business, and I didn't say anything."

Wen Zhaoyu couldn't help but irritatedly said: "Then what's going on? Could it be possible that these two people can predict the future? Who else can reveal my secret except you!"

Man Jiangxue said: "This is also what I want to say. No one can reveal it except you...Of course, it is not a secret to me."

"But the two of them must know," Wen Chaoyu said, "compared to my affairs, yours is nothing. Man Jiangxue, at least we got to know each other, you have to help me."

Man Jiangxue said: "It's okay to help you, but you have to say how to help."

This question stumped Wen Chaoyu.

How to help?

She knew there was a ghost!

"...Why don't you ask around for me?" Wen Zhaoyu scratched his head, "She refused to tell me, but you are different. Aren't there secrets between you two? Go and test it out for me."

Man Jiangxue said: "Then you have to think about it, in case she doesn't know about it, but you are just suspicious, if I ask you here, if Wan Shu notices the suspicion instead, how should you deal with it?"

Wen Zhaoyu was stunned for a moment, and said in a bad mood: "So people are alive, so don't have anything wrong with your heart..." She sighed softly, "Forget it, forget it, don't ask, just wait and see what happens."

While the two were talking in low voices, Yin Qiu and Ji Wanshu on the other end also got together. Ji Wanshu was bored because of the conversation with Wen Chaoyu just now, so he asked Yin Qiu suddenly after holding back for a long time: "Yin Qiu, there is a Something... I want to ask you."

Yin Qiu said: "Sister, please tell me."

Ji Wanshu turned her head slightly, glanced at the two people behind her, and said in a low voice, "Did Uncle Master tell you about Wen Chaoyu's life experience?"

Wen Zhaoyu's life experience?Yin Qiu thought for a while: "No... What happened to her background?"

Hearing this, Ji Wanshu hesitated for a moment, then replied, "That's all, it's nothing."

Yin Qiu didn't ask any further questions, but seeing Ji Wanshu take the initiative to ask her questions, thinking that he also had something on his mind, Yin Qiu couldn't help but feel a little depressed, and asked Ji Wanshu, "Then senior sister also answer me a question." Problem solved."

Ji Wanshu looked at her and said, "Is there anything you can't figure out?"

Yin Qiu organized his words, and after careful consideration, he asked again: "Senior sister entered the palace early, and she also met my mother before. I want to know, what happened between my mother... and my uncle?"

Ji Wanshu said, "Which aspect are you referring to?"

which aspect?Yin Qiu was a little confused, and thought to himself, what should I say?

She was quiet for a moment, and finally gave up the urge to ask, and Ji Wanshu might not know it, Yin Qiu said: "That's all, it's nothing."

The four people who had their own concerns quickly dispersed, stopped talking privately, and only focused on the matter at hand.

The long night passed slowly, the night was forced back by the dawn, and the sky came, and all the tombs in the observatory had been dug up. Several people who had worked hard all night took their seats in the pavilion, looking at the excavated ground with different expressions. Three feet of empty space.

There is no holy sword in the observatory at all.