Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

With the rapid wind and rain, Jinhuai City fell into a lonely cold.

The new year is approaching, and the city has been decorated everywhere, and there are bright red and festive scenes everywhere, but today the rain came suddenly, which persuaded many pedestrians to leave, and the hawkers quickly closed their stalls and returned home. Occasionally, a few passers-by supported Passing by with an umbrella, the pace is also in a hurry, only the caravan that just entered the city gate was not in a hurry, and walked very leisurely, like a stroll in the street.

"Miss, this is Jinhuai City? It doesn't look very good, it's not as lively as our Yaoding City." A maid poked her head out of the car window, and was quickly forced back by the rush of rain.

Duan Ning leaned in the car, crossed his legs, and replied after hearing the words: "Didn't you see such a heavy rain? How lively do you expect this ghostly weather to be?"

The maid wiped the water from her face with a handkerchief, and said, "I heard that Mingyue Tower, the second largest school in Jianghu, is here. Miss, isn't the master not allowing you to enter Yunhua Palace for a long time? Do you know anything about Mingyue Tower?" interest?"

Duan Ning held a booklet in one hand and a pen in the other, wrote and drew on it, and said with a slight sneer: "I want the best in everything, since I have the first, why go to that place?" Second?" She said, throwing up the booklet and catching it again, "I will complete my merits and virtues by delivering the last shipment. If my father backtracks again, I won't obey him, and he will definitely make trouble Turns out, anyway, I'm going to settle for Yunhua Palace!"

The maid covered her mouth and chuckled, and asked, "Then we're here in Jinhuai City, who are we going to do business with?"

Duan Ning looked at her: "Didn't I mention it to you? Mingyue Tower!"

The maid was stunned, and the carriage stopped immediately, the driver lifted the curtain, Duan Ning didn't want the umbrella, and jumped down in the rain.The maid hurriedly caught up with her with an umbrella, and the two entered a magnificent and imposing building in a hurry. They drove straight all the way, not only did not see anyone blocking them, but they all greeted her with smiling faces, and they praised Duan Ning all the stars. Welcomed into the waiting hall like a moon.

"Steward Zhao," Duan Ning drank half a cup of tea, and saw a middle-aged man outside the door, so he got up and greeted, "Don't come here, you look good."

Housekeeper Zhao has always been stern, but at this moment when he saw Duan Ning, he showed a smile for the first time, cupped his hands and said, "Miss Duan came quickly, and she didn't send a letter, otherwise the old man will definitely send someone to the gate of the city to meet him, what a mistake." Yuan Ying, Miss Duan, don't take offense."

Duan Ning waved his hand and said, "What's wrong with you? You and I are relatives-in-law, so it's polite to say this. This time, my father asked me to deliver a batch of goods, and he had to go by water. He was worried that I wouldn't walk around the rivers and lakes often. I can't live with those mountain bandits, I'm afraid of being robbed, so I want you Mingyue Tower to protect me, my father should have written about this a long time ago, right?"

"Don't worry, it's already been prepared," Zhao steward said softly, "Don't worry about the road and water, if we Mingyuelou come forward, Ms. Duan can just go with peace of mind this time, and you won't make any mistakes."

Duan Ning smiled and said: "It's easy to talk about! Having this relationship saves me from going to some bodyguard agency, and I have to give it to my family if I have money, right? Is it just my booklet? I have to trouble you to stamp me, otherwise my father will give it to me." Don’t admit it, otherwise my trip would be in vain.”

Housekeeper Zhao took the booklet, looked at it, and asked, "Hey, these are Miss Duan's sales records for the past two months. You said that you are a rich lady, and you are not pampered in the Zhuangzi. Why do you come out to suffer these crimes?" ?”

The itinerary listed in the booklet was written by Master Duan himself. Duan Ning clamored to go to Yunhua Palace. After completing all the tasks in the booklet, Master Duan will let her go to Yunhua Palace to learn art from a teacher.

She also wants to live a comfortable life, isn't there no way?It's just that it's hard to tell Steward Zhao the truth about these words. How can there be any reason to say that he is going to Yunhua Palace in front of Mingyuelou?Duan Ning smiled slightly, pretending to be serious and said: "I have only one seedling in my family, and I will take over sooner or later. I am not young anymore, and it is time to share these business matters for my father. Uncle Zhao, this seal can be obtained It's the private seal of Master Fu, so don't give it to me indiscriminately, or I'll come here for nothing."

"The owner of my house is having a happy event, so I can't get away at this time," Zhao steward said, "Miss Duan, wait a moment, this old man will stamp you right now."

Duan Ning rolled his eyes: "Happy event?" She guessed, "Could it be my cousin's happy event?"

Butler Zhao replied: "Exactly. I just invited the doctor to come. The wedding has just been finalized. Miss Duan just happened to come. Your shipment will not leave until tomorrow. Tonight is just a family dinner, so I can feel happy."

Duan Ning said: "That's kind, I'll just stay in your building for one night, and I'll go to Mrs. Fu to say hello later."

Housekeeper Zhao responded repeatedly, and immediately called the maid to prepare a guest room for Duan Ning, and set up a small table of food for her.After Duan Ning was full, he brought his maid to wander around Mingyue Tower to pass the time. The maid asked curiously, "Our Duan family and Mingyue Tower are still in-laws? Why didn't Miss mention it before?"

The garden is full of plum fragrance, and yellow wintersweets are planted everywhere. This scene has a special artistic conception in the rain. Duan Ning broke off a flower branch and said: "Actually, I don't come here often. Although my cousin and Mr. Fu have been married for a few years, But her stomach hasn't moved, so we don't have a chance to come here, if it wasn't for the delivery this time, I wouldn't even come to Jinhuai City, let alone Mingyue Tower."

The maid said: "Then who is the cousin? It's not ordinary to be able to marry the owner of Mingyue Tower."

"Who else can there be? The Luo family in Jinhuai City," Duan Ning said. Speaking of which, the relationship is quite ordinary.”

The master and the servant did not bring any extra entourage, so they strolled around in the garden, enjoying the scenery and chatting, when suddenly the maid exclaimed: "Ah, miss, look, there is a beautiful woman over there!" !"

As soon as Duan Ning heard that there was a beauty, Duan Ning's eyes lit up immediately, and he hurriedly looked in the direction of the maid's finger, only to see a tall and slender figure of Pingting walking through the rain curtain among the fragrant clumps of wintersweet flowers come quickly.The woman wore a lilac-colored fluttering gauze dress, with cross-collared waist, narrow cuffs, and elegant moon patterns embroidered on the side of the skirt. , walking very steadily, quite like a knight in the rivers and lakes.

"It's her." Duan Ning took a closer look, and felt that the scene in front of him was very eye-catching, so he couldn't help laughing, "I will never forget it, she is indeed a beauty."

The maid looked around and asked, "Who is it?"

Duan Ning snorted and didn't answer this question, she turned the wintersweet branch in her hand, walked towards the woman with strides when she stepped up the steps, and said loudly: "Yo, young master, how are you doing these days?"

Fu Xiang held an umbrella in her left hand and a sword in her right. She went up the steps, looked at Duan Ning, and said politely, "Young lady is..."

"So you forget about me?" Duan Ning grinned, "The day my cousin got married, we had a drink at the same table, and I spilled the wine on you at that time. It’s been a few years, don’t you have any memory at all?”

Fu Xiang showed a clear face, and then smiled a little, and said, "It's Miss Duan."

"I see you are walking in a hurry," Duan Ning said, "Where are you going?"

Fu Xiang actually didn't have much impression of her. He knew who she was only after hearing her talk about Xiaoniang, but he also politely responded: "Just now someone came to report that there was a happy event in the building, and my father asked me to come out and take a look."

Duan Ning turned Huazhi's hand and paused, looked at Fu Xiang and said, "This happy event... I'm afraid it's not what you want to hear, I think you'd better not go, go back and practice your sword."

Fu Xiang was slightly puzzled, and asked, "What do you mean by that?"

Duan Ning leaned on the porch pillar, and said lightly: "My cousin is happy, your father is happy, you either don't go, or you have to pretend to be happier than him, but I suggest you, it's better Don't go, you won't find yourself in trouble."

Fu Xiang was slightly stunned, and secretly clenched the hilt of the sword in her hand, but she did not express her emotions. She said calmly: "Miss Duan has a heart, but since the mother is pregnant, as a daughter, how can I not be there to congratulate? For Mingyue As far as Lou is concerned, this is indeed a great happy event.”

"You don't even have the slightest smile on your face, what are you pretending for?" Duan Ning said, "In Mingyue Tower, you are the person who doesn't want to see my cousin happy?"

Fu Xiang's expression was slightly cold, and he said in a deep voice, "Miss Duan, speak carefully."

Duan Ning laughed: "Don't be nervous. According to seniority, you are still my cousin's niece. I am willing to tell you these things, but I don't treat you as an outsider. My cousin often writes letters home. Over the years I have been worrying about pregnancy, your situation has spread among my mother and sisters, everyone knows that you are a young landlord who is hardworking and studious, and has a strong momentum," she said, poking Fu Xiang with her elbow, "Then you have to hurry up. If my cousin gives birth to a son, all your hard work these years will be in vain."

Fu Xiang looked at her sideways, without changing his expression, and said, "Then according to Miss Duan, what should I do?"

Duan Ning said: "What should I do? I just reminded you. It's impossible for you to deal with my cousin? You can only try to show yourself, let your father abdicate as soon as possible."

Fu Xiang said in his heart that there is a lot of nonsense, do you need to talk about it?She was impatient, she didn't have the mind to chat with Duan Ning any more, she walked two steps but her heart changed, she turned her head and said, "You and I don't see each other very often, what is Miss Duan talking to me about?"

Duan Ning immediately smiled brightly, showing his big white teeth, and said: "I just remembered that you once studied in Yunhua Palace, and you are a closed disciple of the head, right?"

Fu Xiang said "hmm": "What?"

"Then can you do me a favor?" Duan Ning took two steps closer to her, "I also want to go to Yunhua Palace to learn from a teacher, but I am worried that no one will recommend you. You are my cousin's niece after all, help me to make troubles?"

Fu Xiang looked at her for a while, and said bluntly, "I'm busy, I'm sorry I can't do anything."

Duan Ning was surprised: "Why can't you do anything? Aren't you the apprentice of the head?"

"I am indeed the master's apprentice, but I only stayed in Yunhua Palace for a short year, and I don't have any sense of master-student relationship," Fu Xiang said. If you want to enter Yunhua Palace, you don't need to look for me, based on your connections in the Duan family, this should be a trivial matter."

"It's a pity that my father doesn't like it, he won't help me," Duan Ning sighed, "Well, there's nothing you can do, so I won't force you, then I'll ask you for someone?"

Fu Xiang said, "Who?"

Duan Ning dismissed the maid beside him, and whispered: "Meng Jing, do you know him?"

Fu Xiang frowned slightly: "Meng Jing? What do you want to know about him?"

"It seems that you guys know each other," Duan Ning said excitedly, with bright eyes, "Then tell me quickly, I want to know everything about her, preferably her background, whether she is married or not, etc. Tell me everything!"

Fu Xiang looked at her and said, "He has no family background. He is the son of a farmer in the mountains. His parents were killed by the Ziwei sect in the early years. As for the marriage...he should not have it yet." After she finished speaking, she asked, "You two What is the origin?"

"It's a bit of a relationship, I saved her life," Duan Ning said, "She's an interesting person, I'm very interested in her."

Unexpectedly, there are still people in this world who are interested in Meng Jing, Fu Xiang is a little speechless.She has been in Mingyue Tower for the past few years, and has never been back to Yunhua Palace. Her impression of Meng Jing is still in the past. Naturally, she does not know how Meng Jing has changed now, but seeing Duan Ning's blushing face, how much does Fu Xiang feel? Guessing that she might have a little affection for Meng Jing, she asked again: "You are going to Yunhua Palace because of him?"

Duan Ning shook his head: "That's not true. I just met Yin Qiu and the others in Yao Dingcheng for a while, and met Man Jiangxue! When I was young, I looked down on Jianghu sects, but now I don't think so. Is it good to walk in Jianghu like them? That’s why I want to go to Yunhua Palace, so to speak, it’s the biggest school in Jianghu!”

As soon as she heard that Yin Qiu was mentioned, Fu Xiang's complexion immediately improved, and she was no longer indifferent or alienated. She turned her eyes, and suddenly saw the flower branch in Duan Ning's hand, and her heart sank.

It turns out that the plum blossoms are all in bloom?That Xiaoqiu's birthday...

Surprised that she had forgotten about it, Fu Xiang became depressed again. She sighed lightly, looked at Duan Ning and said, "What is the reason you came to Mingyue Tower this time?"

Duan Ning said: "For my business, I have to go north to send a batch of goods. The dry road is time-consuming and laborious. I plan to take the waterway. It just so happens that the batch of goods is provided by the merchants here in Jinhuai City, so I asked my father to say hello to Mingyue Tower. Ask your father to send someone to give me a ride."

"Going north..." Fu Xiang pondered for a moment, then asked again, "Which river to go?"

Duan Ning was taken aback: "Which river?" She turned her head and asked the maid, "Which river!"

The maid replied: "Fengkou River."

Fu Xiang said, "Is it the Fengkou River sandwiched between Yunhua Mountain and Xifeng Mountain?"

The maid nodded yes.

"So you will pass Yunhua Mountain on this trip north," Fu Xiang said, "Then please do me a favor."

The corner of Duan Ning's mouth twitched, and he rolled his eyes: "Who are you? It's fine if you don't help me, but if you want me to help you in turn, I think you might as well stop being a young landlord and go do business Forget it, just rely on your brains to keep you making money and making money every day!"

Fu Xiang turned a deaf ear to her words, and didn't care about her sarcasm. He just said plainly: "I and the Yin Qiu you mentioned just now are best friends. It was her birthday not long ago. I used to send letters and gifts every year, but this year There are too many things to forget in a hurry, please pass the things to her for me when you pass Yunhua Mountain."

Duan Ning said: "I have to go on the road tomorrow, so you have to get ready quickly, why don't you just come with me? With you, the young landlord, escorting me, I can sleep soundly on the boat."

"No, I can't leave," Fu Xiang said, "Father will not allow me to leave Mingyue Tower. If you are willing to help me, I will try to help you too."

When Duan Ning heard this, his face didn't stink at all, and he immediately said with joy: "Okay, okay! It's a deal!"