Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

A gust of wind blew up the tall sycamore trees outside the skylight, and the trembling branches and leaves mercilessly split the bright moon, and also shattered the moonlight cast on the ground.

Sitting in the shattered moonlight, Yin Qiu felt as if he was in a vast ice field for an instant.

Shen Mandong died.

He died to protect her.

There was an unspeakable sharp pain in his heart, which instantly penetrated into the bone marrow and spread to all limbs and bones. Yin Qiu's eyes turned black, his brain was buzzing, and hot tears burst out of his eyes in an instant.

It turned out that my mother really didn't leave her alone, she really had difficulties, and she was really forced to do so.

No wonder after so many years, no one knows where Shen Mandong has gone. Everyone said that she chose to retire because she could not accept the demise of Ruyimen. Now that I think about it, it must be a lie deliberately spread by the murderer. Shen Mandong didn't know it at all. Whereabouts, she really died in the catastrophe that year.

Otherwise, even Meng Wugui could bear to come back for revenge for many years, how could Shen Mandong remain silent from the beginning to the end?Even if she doesn't want to take revenge, she should still show up. After all, there are her relatives in this world, as well as the one she truly loves. If she is still alive, how can she still refuse to show up until today?

It was only at this moment that Yin Qiu suddenly realized that Shen Mandong's death had never been untraceable, but she had always had a glimmer of fantasy, always hoping that Shen Mandong might still be alive, even though Yin Qiu had quietly complained all these years I have thought about her, speculated about her, and even thought about whether she is gone, but every time, as long as the news of Shen Mandong spreads in the world, she will very earnestly hope that it is true, but every time, she Expectations were as expected to be in vain.

The cold wind whistled outside for a long time, sweeping across the world, bringing boundless desolation, hot tears slid down his cheeks, and soon soaked the skirt of his clothes, Yin Qiu bit his lips tightly to prevent himself from crying, She silently endured the grief in her heart, fixed her red eyes on Ye Zhilan, and said in a hoarse voice: "It's you...you are the one who killed Ruyimen and everyone in the Shen family. The murderer of Ruyimen! You are more hateful than Nangong Min. You planted the crime of adultery with the Ziwei sect on my father, and indirectly pushed my mother into a desperate situation. You killed my parents, you murderer murderer!"

Facing Yin Qiu's tearful accusation, Ye Zhilan didn't take it seriously, and even acted very indifferently.She took out a handkerchief and wiped Yin Qiu's tears, and said with a smile, "Is it painful? When I saw my father's corpse, it was more painful than you are now."

"Don't touch me!" Yin Qiu stepped back abruptly, his face full of obvious resistance and hatred.

Ye Zhilan sneered, stretched out her hand to pinch Yin Qiu's chin, and pulled her back forcefully.Ye Zhilan looked directly at her, and said word by word: "Remember how you feel now, as much as you hate me now, I hate Man Jiangxue as much, no... Even so, you still can't understand how I feel. How much you hate her, you can't imagine what kind of pain and despair I have experienced."

"I'm going to kill you," Yin Qiu said with a cold look in his eyes, "If you don't kill me today, I will kill you tomorrow with my own hands. I want to avenge everyone in Ruyimen!"

Ye Zhilan laughed heartily: "Of course I won't be willing to kill you, I still want to torture Man Jiangxue with you." Her laughter was shrill and sad, without any sense of joy, "How could you kill me with your own hands? Me? I am indeed your murderer and enemy, but I am also your savior, you know?"

Yin Qiu subconsciously struggled, her wrists and ankles were worn out by the hemp rope, and there were traces of blood, Ye Zhilan tightened the rope around her neck, her voice was as soft as that of the usual senior sister, she looked at Yin Qiu Said: "Why do you think you survived? The man killed Shen Mandong and threw her body into the sea of ​​fire, and then he deliberately threw you into the delivery room where you were born, trying to burn you alive. I put you Saved from the fire, before you entered Yunhua Palace, I was the one who watched over you in secret, otherwise you would have died long ago, there is absolutely no way you would have survived to this day!"

Yin Qiu froze, and the tears dripping from his cheeks hit the ground, splashing fine and faint dust mist.The rope around her neck was constantly tightening, making her breathless, she coughed violently, and her bound hands spared no effort to push Ye Zhilan.

"Do you know how happy I was when I saw Man Jiangxue struggling to find Shen Mandong in Liucang Mountain?" Ye Zhilan's expression gradually became tinged with madness, and her eyebrows became a little ferocious, "If she hadn't avoided Shen Mandong, Shen Mandong would not die if she insisted on avoiding her on the pretext of being busy with business. I watched Man Jiangxue running in the sea of ​​flames, and saw her always indifferent face showing impatience, self-blame, remorse, guilt, and With so many complicated expressions, at that moment, the pain in my heart was greatly relieved, since I left Yongye Kingdom, I have never been so happy, can you understand?"

Yin Qiu was gasping for breath, her face was flushed red, and tears were still dripping down. Ye Zhilan admired her appearance for a while, then let go of her hand at last, and said to herself, "But that's not enough, it's still far away." Not enough, Shen Mandong in Man Jiangxue's heart is at best a senior sister who treats her well, not a particularly important person, if she dies, she will die, and she will forget it in a short time, Shen Mandong's death and Ruyimen's death Destruction cannot permanently torture Man Jiangxue, that is not the effect I really want to achieve."

The suffocation was relieved the moment Ye Zhilan let go, Yin Qiu coughed violently, and fell to the ground as she wiped the wall, Ye Zhilan stretched out her hand to straighten her messy hair, and said, "So I want you to live, I also want to send you to Man Jiangxue, let her watch you grow up, let you get along day and night, and become relatives who cannot do without each other. You are a good boy, well-behaved, sensible, and lovable, which is very good, and neither do you Let me down, you really walked into Man Jiangxue's heart, and you were pampered and cared for by her. This is exactly what I want to see. Now, as long as I hurt you in front of her, or directly If I kill you, Man Jiangxue will definitely suffer an unprecedented blow. Losing you will cause her more pain than losing Shen Mandong."

After saying that, she laughed loudly again, Ye Zhilan's wanton and insolent laughter echoed throughout the room, covering up the wind outside.

Listening to her words, Yin Qiu suddenly recalled Jinhuai City in the early spring. When she was young, she was squatting in the alley. Someone gave her a steamed bun and sent her to the Su family as a maid.

"It turned out to be you..." Yin Qiu said in a hoarse voice with a dazed look on his face, "You let me go to the Su's house, and you told me that I would be able to return to the place where I should go after a year. It was you who released me in the Su's house. That's why Uncle Master found me, I always thought...it was just a dream."

"That's not a dream, it's a memory from your childhood." Ye Zhilan straightened up and leaned back in her chair. She looked down at Yin Qiu and said, "The reason why you have to suffer so many years outside Suffering is just to let Man Jiangxue know what is lost and found again. When she heard that the deceased senior sister left behind a child, she will definitely try her best to bring you by her side to raise, and make up for the mistakes she made back then. And once your news spreads, the Ziwei Sect will also know, then after you were picked up by Man Jiangxue, everything I planned can be staged in turn."

"Uncle Shi is not wrong," Yin Qiu questioned, "What's the matter between you and uncle!"

Hearing her words, Ye Zhilan twitched the corners of her mouth, looked at the bright moon outside the window and said, "Holiday?" Her pale face reflected the cold moonlight, making her look a little transparent, "Xie Yijun said that she originally intended to set me up." To be the head of the sect, but who cares about what to be the head of the sect? Since I was born, I have been trained by my father as the heir. If the country is not ruined and the family is destroyed, I will be the king of a country. Do you think I will look up to mere martial arts sects? head?"

Yin Qiu was stunned for a moment, and looked at Ye Zhilan with more surprise.

"You were ten years old when you entered the palace. When I was ten years old, I was studying in the palace." Xu felt that the moonlight was too bright, and Ye Zhilan moved her chair to hide in the shadows. , but he just dotes on me alone, because he and my queen mother are childhood sweethearts, and the relationship is beyond the comparison of ordinary women, but my mother queen was killed, and the murderer is still unknown. The father is sad for this matter Desperate, he killed many suspected beauties. In order to make up for me and prevent me from being bullied, he issued an imperial edict to make me the crown prince very early. Not only that, he also asked me to move out of the harem and live in his He gave me the best of everything, and the only person close to me in the palace is my father."

But Mulder was dead.

As soon as Mu De died, Xiling Kingdom also perished. Everything that was once owned disappeared overnight.

"Now you are 17 years old. When I was 17 years old, I was still in the palace, but it was not Xiling, but Yongye," Ye Zhilan said expressionlessly, her slender hands tightly clutching the dress, her sideways Looking at Yin Qiu, a cool smile overflowed from his lips, "You might as well guess what kind of life I live in Yongye."

It was getting colder and heavier, the night was getting darker, and the incoming cold wind became more forceful as time passed. Yin Qiu met Ye Zhilan's gaze, and couldn't help shivering. She glanced at Ye Zhilan's heart , whispered: "What did you experience in the Palace of Eternal Night?"

The bottom of Ye Zhilan's eyes was gray, and her dark pupils were like a pool of bottomless stagnant water. She sneered, but her voice was still very gentle: "The King of Yongye wants Man Jiangxue to marry her. If she escapes, there must be someone On the top, then who do you think will be the person who will replace her?"

Before Yin Qiu could reply, Ye Zhilan followed closely and said, "Man Jiangxue grew up in the imperial palace. It is said that although her mother does not know kung fu, she met many knights from the Central Plains martial arts. Under the guidance of the teacher, he learned a good martial arts, and he is still a little famous outside the pass. That year, the palace held a sacrificial ceremony, and there was a heavy rain. Man Jiangxue protected the Xiling banner with his own strength, and saved a group of people who were almost smashed. The dead subject, because of that incident, she became famous and became a household name in Xiling. My father and king also received her because of this, but the two of them had no relationship and couldn't agree on each other. In the end, they broke up. San. Has Man Jiangxue told you about this?"

Yin Qiu raised his arm and wiped his eyes, and gave a low "hmm".

"This is the main reason why I hate her," Ye Zhilan said, "It's not terrible to lose the country. Xiling can't beat Yongye. This is something that no one can save. As the prince, I know very well that Xiling will leave sooner or later. To the end, so when the generals of the Yongye Kingdom entered the palace, I was very calm, not even flustered at all. But the first thing that the King of Yongye mentioned after entering the palace was to see Man Jiangxue. Do you know this?"

Yin Qiu nodded slowly, and fell on the cold ground without moving. Ye Zhilan stretched out his hand to help her up, put on her clothes again, and continued: "Man Jiangxue's fame has spread to Yongye, and Lian Guojun We all know that there is a princess in Xiling who is very good at martial arts at a very young age. That monarch has been brave and good at fighting all his life, and he loves beauty, but his children are withered and he has no daughter. He heard that Man Jiangxue is outstanding in appearance and skillful. Bufan came up with the idea of ​​Man Jiangxue, to see her that night, but Man Jiangxue did not enter the palace that night, but my father and King Yongye reached an agreement in private, as long as Man Jiangxue is willing to marry him until Yongye, Then they can have a truce and live in peace with Xiling."

Hearing this, Yin Qiu couldn't help but said: "Uncle Master is willing to get married, she didn't resist, but King Yongye backed down, he violated the contract and killed Mu De, and he didn't want to let Xi Ling go, since So, what's wrong with my uncle and aunt fleeing to the Central Plains? Couldn't she choose her own destiny and let others slaughter her?"

"She escaped well, she escaped, but she hurt me," Ye Zhilan said, "She escaped from the Palace of Eternal Night twice because of her kung fu, and even the generals were ignored. The remaining heirs of us are not as capable as hers. I have only been learning the art of Gu poison from my master for two years. Let alone killing people, I don’t even have the ability to protect myself. Man Jiangxue escaped, forever Ye Guojun was furious, he brutally killed my father's beauties one by one, and then gathered us royal heirs together as living targets, and wanted to shoot us with his own hands, treating us as playthings, calming Man Jiangxue and bringing them to him anger."

"So you blamed all of this on Master Shu?" Yin Qiu said.

"Then what else?" Ye Zhilan snorted coldly, "If she doesn't show off at the sacrificial ceremony, King Yongye will not know of her existence, and there will be no such thing as a marriage. She made a wrong choice and is missed by others." I have done it, but I have to bear the consequences for her, why can't I hate her?"

"That's not something that my uncle can control, and she doesn't want to become like this." Yin Qiu couldn't agree with her rhetoric.

"But everything started because of her!" Ye Zhilan raised her voice and looked down at Yin Qiu, "You said it lightly, you haven't experienced it, so you can hang on high, but if you have experienced me personally You will know why I hate her so much."

Yin Qiu didn't want to argue with her, and he couldn't change her mind with words at all, so he could only stay silent.

Ye Zhilan said: "The King of Yongye wants to shoot our remaining heirs to death, we can only dodge in the narrow prison, and let others be slaughtered like livestock, not only me, everyone present hates Man Jiangxue! It’s just that they all died in the end, and only I survived. If they can also survive, then I’m not the only one who wants to seek revenge on Man Jiangxue today. .”

"So, can you guess how I survived?" Ye Zhilan curled her fingertips slightly, pinching her own flesh bit by bit, she gritted her teeth, "I am Prince Xiling, I will replace Man Jiang Xue couldn't be more suitable, so King Yongye didn't kill me, because my existence is the proof that he killed Xi Ling. He wanted to humiliate me, trample me, put me in Yongye Palace, and let everyone know that Xi Ling The monarch is dead, and even the crown prince is under his control. He can’t survive or die, and that will give him an incomparable sense of satisfaction. If he wants to enjoy such a victory, I am the victim he used to show off his brilliant achievements!”

The moment she finished speaking, the small oil lamp on the wall went out without warning, and the room was plunged into darkness, even the moonlight from the window also dimmed.

Yin Qiu curled up on the ground, her body shivering uncontrollably, she didn't know if it was because of the cold, or because after hearing Ye Zhilan's words, her chest and back felt cold, and the tears on her face were still wet. After a long silence, she said in a low voice: "Then you should also hate Monarch Yongye, not Master Uncle."

"Who says I don't hate him?" Ye Zhilan laughed in the dark, "I endured humiliation and tried to please him in every possible way. I spent a long time in the Palace of Eternal Night, and then I finally had a chance. Then It was the annual autumn hunt. I begged him to take me out of the palace, and he agreed. Then I won his favor with riding and archery, and made him relax a little bit. At night, I was in the tent I poisoned him, fed him poisoned wine, and after he passed away, I also drank poisoned wine, but I took the antidote early in the morning, but passed out, and when I woke up, someone had already passed out. Throwing it to the mass grave, then I crawled out of the cemetery, traveled across mountains and rivers to the Central Plains, tried every means to enter Yunhua Palace, was accepted by Xie Yijun and became the first disciple, and then, I started to deal with Man Jiangxue plan of."

Yin Qiu felt uncomfortable when he heard it: "Stop talking..." She lowered her head and tapped her forehead on her knees, "I sympathize with your experience, but everything you have experienced was not caused by your uncle, even if your uncle Back then, King Yongye would never let you go. No matter what, you have killed him and avenged him. Uncle Shi is also a victim. Since you are both from Xiling, you are also related by blood. Relatives, you should understand that the uncle also has her embarrassment, if it were you, seeing Mu De killed, would you still be willing to make a kiss? You definitely won't."

"Don't reason with me, I understand more than you," Ye Zhilan retorted, "You think killing the old emperor of Yongye Kingdom can calm all my resentment? You are too naive! Jiang Xue endured it, but she escaped, and it all fell on me. I just want to let her taste the pain, and give her back all the things that belonged to her! Over the years, I have actually had countless times Opportunity can feed her Gu poison without anyone noticing, but I didn't do that, because that would be boring. Physical torture is far less unforgettable than the pain in my heart. I helped Nangongmin destroy Ruyimen , watching Shen Mandong being stabbed through the heart with a sword, I watched Man Jiangxue living alone in Jingyue Peak in Yunhua Palace, the resentment in my heart was relieved incomparably. Tell me to be implicated and imprisoned in the torture hall. I will not attack you so soon. Now that the matter has reached this point, I am too lazy to wait. Tomorrow, I will give Man Jiangxue a heavy blow. Let her live in regret all her life, unable to extricate herself!"

The cold wind hit, blowing Ye Zhilan's skirt and black hair. With the remaining moonlight, Yin Qiu could clearly see the madness and cold smile in her eyes.

Such a ferocious face made Yin Qiu uncontrollably panic, this is the Ye Zhilan she had never seen in the past years.

"Senior Sister, it's time to turn around..." Yin Qiu looked at her blankly, "You have killed too many innocent people, it's time to let go."

"You have no right to persuade me to let go!" Ye Zhilan was furious, "There is no one in this world who can tell me to turn back! Years of long-cherished wishes are about to come true, how can I be soft-hearted at this time? Aren't you always Do you want to see your parents? I will do a good deed to give you this opportunity to reunite your family of three. Isn't Man Jiangxue also very capable? Let's see if she can save you!"

Perhaps because she learned too many shocking truths tonight, Yin Qiu calmed down at this moment. She sighed and asked, "Then what do you want to do tomorrow?"

Ye Zhilan snorted, got up from the wooden chair, approached Yin Qiu again, touched Yin Qiu's face, and said with a pleasant face: "The people I killed, except for those refugees in Yao Dingcheng, the rest are not good things Whether it is Shen Mandong or Yin Xuan, although they all died because of me, neither of them are good men and women, but you are different. I have treated you with sincerity all these years since you entered the palace, so I Having said that, I don't know whether you will die tomorrow or not, it depends on whether Man Jiangxue can save you."

Yin Qiu was silent for a moment, then said: "You are planning to die. Even if the uncle doesn't do anything, the sect leader and senior sister Ji won't tell you to run away. Have you worked so hard for so many years just to die?"

"So what if you want to die, it's not certain who will live and who will die," Ye Zhilan said, "You don't need to worry about my fate, I have already put life and death aside, and you can't persuade me with your words. Don't worry, I have chosen a good one. Place, whether you can keep this little life or not, just leave it to fate."

Seeing that she was about to turn around and leave after saying this, Yin Qiu quickly stopped her and asked, "Who was the one who killed my mother?"

Ye Zhilan paused, and turned her head slightly: "If I can survive tomorrow, then I will consider whether to tell you." She raised her hand and gave Yin Qiu a weak nod, "But the premise is that you also Gotta have that chance."

"Wait a minute!" Yin Qiu begged and said anxiously, "It's fine if you don't want to tell me, then can you reveal some clues about him?"

Ye Zhilan looked indifferent.

"I didn't harm you, but you caused my family to be ruined. Can you just treat it as a kindness?" Yin Qiu said, "I will cooperate with you and won't cause trouble for you. Sister, I am still willing to do it now." Call you Senior Sister... Please!"

Ye Zhilan's eyes flickered, and she stood there without saying a word. After a long time, she opened her mouth and said, "That person used to have a good relationship with your mother." She smiled and said with a slight sarcasm, "You have seen him before." , you also have an unusual relationship with him."