Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

In the middle of the night, a few muffled thunders sounded from the sky, which seemed to be a sign of rain. The cold wind enveloped the deep forest, rolled up the leaves in the sky, and the lights and shadows in the forest flickered. It's a paper lantern.

"Xiaoqiu!"

"Senior Sister Yin!"

"Yin Qiu!"

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Since the news of Yin Qiu's disappearance spread, Xie Yijun immediately ordered to search everywhere, but he couldn't find it after searching around in the palace. His disciples searched Xifeng Mountain for most of the night, and by now they were almost familiar with the terrain. , but people still haven't even seen a shadow.

Although Ye Zhilan wrote about Xifeng Mountain Top in the letter left by Ye Zhilan, as long as it is the top of a mountain, it can be called the top of the mountain in any direction, and she didn't specify where it is. The whole mountain was searched carefully, and Ji Wanshu took people to search around Shangyuan City, but they found nothing.

Wen Chaoyu untied his robe and put it on his arms, his head was covered with sweat, and said: "It's not a way to find it like this. Ye Zhilan wants to hide, it must be a very secret place. In my opinion, don't bother, as soon as possible." It's serious to go back to rest and get your spirits back up, the big deal is to meet her at noon tomorrow, and then we'll play by ear."

Man Jiangxue's face turned cold, and there was a strong terrifying aura all over her body. Except for Wen Chaoyu and Ji Wanshu, no one else dared to hang around her, nor dared to take the initiative to speak to her, even Bai Ling Those who hid far away, only dared to search for Yin Qiu's whereabouts, and did not dare to relax at all.

"We can ambush around in advance, and wait for her to show up with Yin Qiu," Ji Wanshu ran around all night, the corners of her skirt were stained with mud, she looked around and said, "Unless she is not in Xifeng Mountain at all, Just using that letter to catch our attention, she may be hiding somewhere else."

Wen Zhaoyu said: "If you can think of this, she might not have thought that the person is definitely not here, so I told you not to look for it. What should come will always come. Why bother to waste energy? Besides, she will never be alone tomorrow If you come here, you will bring a large group of men, how can you fight her tomorrow without saving any energy?"

What she said was not unreasonable, Ji Wanshu pondered for a while, looked at Man Jiangxue and said, "What do you think, uncle?"

Man Jiangxue looked up at the night sky, but did not reply.

Ever since she learned that Yin Qiu was taken away by Ye Zhilan, until now, she has not said a single word, she has been silent all the time, quite dull.

The distant sky is still ringing with thunder from time to time, people stand on the top of the mountain, the wind at night is even more rapid and frenzied, endless, no matter how many clothes you wear, you can't resist the cold.

Seeing that Man Jiangxue was silent all this time, Wen Chaoyu sighed softly, patted her on the shoulder, and said, "Don't worry too much, Ye Zhilan is here for you, I believe Yin Qiu is safe now , there will be no suffering, there must be a way for the car to reach the mountain, and we will definitely be able to rescue Yin Qiu."

"Yes, Uncle." Ji Wanshu has never been consoling, but at this moment he racked his brains to comfort him, "The head of the palace has made arrangements before, and all the disciples in the palace who are skilled in archery are on their way. As soon as Senior Sister Ye shows up, we have a chance to kill her and keep her safe."

"It would be great if the little apprentice Meng Wugui was here," Wen Zhaoyu wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said, "It seems that her name is Afu? Although she is a bit stupid, her archery skills are indeed accurate. If there is her Now, our chances of winning are much higher.”

Ji Wanshu glanced at her, and for the first time in these days, he took the initiative to talk to Wen Chaoyu: "Then where's your throwing knife?"

Wen Chaoyu rubbed his chin and shook his head: "There's no comparison. Flying knives rely entirely on arm strength and have a limited range. Bows and arrows are different. I won't be afraid of Ye Zhilan if I fight alone, but she has Yin Qiu as a hostage." , I dare not boast about how accurate my head is.”

Not to mention that her throwing knife was only practiced in the past few years, and it was not learned at the beginning of martial arts. If one arm hadn't been crippled, Wen Zhaoyu would naturally use the big knife to make it more flexible.

Man Jiangxue didn't speak for a long time, the two of them talked for a few words and then fell silent one after another, and the sky was about to dawn in another hour, it seemed that it was almost impossible to find Yin Qiu, even if the disciples all They were well aware of this, but no one stopped searching hastily. They all ran around carrying lanterns, but until the sky gradually brightened, Yin Qiu was still nowhere to be seen.

The dome was covered with dark clouds, and the muffled thunder rang all night without bringing out the rain. In the early morning, the disciples holding bows hid in the forest without making any noise. Xie Yijun sat withered in the Mingguang Hall all night. Even if he didn't return, he couldn't hold back his anxiety and rushed to Xifeng Mountain in person.

"What's the matter?" As soon as they met, Xie Yijun hurriedly asked, "Did anyone find it?"

Man Jiangxue leaned against the tree trunk and closed her eyes to fall asleep, but she still had no intention of opening her mouth. Ji Wanshu shook her head and said, "Not yet, we can only wait for the present plan."

Xie Yijun said worriedly: "What should we do? Yin Qiu's injury is still unhealed, and she is still poisoned by Gu poison. She must not be able to escape by herself. With her as a hostage, we can't easily attack Zhilan. What should we do? ..."

"I just don't know what Ye Zhilan means now," Wen Chaoyu said, "Since she asked us to meet, she must want to have a final ending, but how she wants to end it, I really can't guess right now."

"What is there to guess?" Xie Yijun continued, "She can't beat Jiang Xue, and she can't kill her. Just think about it and you can know that she must face Yin Qiu in front of Jiang Xue—— "

"...Cough!" Seeing her indiscretion, Wen Zhaoyu cleared his throat quickly, "With so many of us, why are we afraid of her being a short-lived ghost? Yin Qiu will definitely be able to save her!"

Xie Yijun paused, glanced at Man Jiangxue hastily, and quickly remedied: "Yes, yes... I can definitely be rescued, don't worry, don't worry, you can't mess yourself up..."

Several people quieted down tacitly, giving Man Jiangxue a clean atmosphere.The sound of the wind is still circling around, refusing to go away, the dark clouds above the sky are getting thicker and thicker, so gloomy that they seem to be falling down in the next moment, the disciples who are dormant in the dark are sweating in this cold winter season, and they are all focused on staring at Looking at Siye, even breathing is extremely shallow.

However, until noon arrived as promised, no one was seen on the top of Xifeng Mountain.

Everyone became more and more anxious and heavy during the waiting process, and everyone was holding a heart, restless.Bai Ling got Xie Yijun's order, flew up into the air, ran over the mountain quickly, but still couldn't see Ye Zhilan and Yin Qiu, Xie Yijun couldn't help but said annoyed: "If you wait any longer, it will be almost noon, what the hell are people doing?" When is it coming?"

"Stop talking," Wen Chaoyu has always been the one with the best attitude among the few, and he couldn't help being a little restless at the moment, "It will come sooner or later, just wait obediently!"

Xie Yijun paced back and forth, she couldn't relax at all, looked at Man Jiangxue and said, "Jiang Xue, don't be bored, think about where they might be, in case Zhilan didn't plan to come to see us at all, but Take Yin Qiu to other places, even leave Shangyuan City, then we have to make plans early!"

Man Jiangxue slowly opened her eyes, her expression was surprisingly calm, she seemed to have the desire to speak, but she couldn't make a sound for a long time.

Seeing this, Wen Zhaoyu said angrily, "Don't bother her, can you? She's not some kind of God of Da Luo who can't tell the truth, so how can you know where Ye Zhilan is going?"

"I'm not in a hurry!" Xie Yijun said, "I watched that child grow up, and he is still half of my apprentice. Now that such a big thing has happened, I can't settle down in my heart. Don't do it. Stand still, think of a way!"

She had just finished speaking, when Bai Ling who was standing on the side suddenly gasped, and said in a broken voice, "That, that is... look at the other side!"

As soon as these words came out, several people present suddenly turned their heads and looked towards the other side across the river.

This place is Xifeng Mountain, and opposite is Yunhua Mountain where Yunhua Palace is located. There is a Fengkou River between the two mountains. The river is wide, at least one mile wide.I saw a person hanging on the edge of the cliff on the top of the mountain at this moment, hanging on a tree trunk extending in mid-air. When everyone looked closely, they saw a brilliant white light go straight into the sky and exploded suddenly. Under the dark clouds, there was a clearly visible fireworks.

Wen Chaoyu's expression changed immediately, and he scolded: "Damn it! She really isn't here!"

The moment the voice fell, Man Jiangxue in front of her flew into the forest and rushed down the mountain at high speed, almost disappearing in an instant.

"Go quickly!"

Xie Yijun immediately ordered his disciples to follow, and the rest of them didn't dare to delay, and immediately chased in the direction where Man Jiangxue left.

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Before noon, there was a drizzle falling from the sky, the thunder came back, hidden behind the heavy dark clouds, the cold wind mixed with the cold rain, soon wet Yin Qiu's clothes.

Ye Zhilan tied her tightly with a hemp rope, and put a chain around her ankles. At the end of the chain was a heavy iron ball. Ye Zhilan had to use two hands to barely hold the iron ball .

Yin Qiu was still wearing the outer robe Ye Zhilan gave her, even so, the cold wind from the edge of the cliff made her feel chilly all over her body, and she couldn't even open her eyes.Yin Qiu stayed up all night, and the corners of her eyes were still red. She looked around in a daze and asked, "Isn't this Yunhua Mountain?"

Ye Zhilan was so tired that she was panting and coughing endlessly. While helping Yin Qiu up, she replied, "If I go to Xifeng Mountain, I will die. This is unexpected."

Looking at her movements, Yin Qiu somewhat guessed what she wanted to do, so he sighed and said, "You said you picked a good place, so that's what happened."

There was a thick and crooked-neck green pine growing on the edge of the cliff. Ye Zhilan threw the left rope over the tree trunk, and grabbed the tail that had swung back in her hand.She was not in a hurry to hang Yin Qiu up, but stood on the edge of the cliff, took a look at the rushing river below, and said: "For you, this is indeed a good place, there is a river below, you may not die if you fall , maybe you can go straight down the current and be rescued by nearby fishermen, I have given you a chance to survive, so don't thank me too much."

After this night of self-regulation, Yin Qiu's current state of mind has returned to peace.She can't persuade Ye Zhilan, and Ye Zhilan won't change her mind suddenly. In short, everything is a foregone conclusion. Whether Yin Qiu is desperate or crying, it is all futile and meaningless. Up to now, she can only Can face it calmly.

"If you really want to give me a way out," Yin Qiu looked at Ye Zhilan and said, "you should take off this iron ball. If you have this thing hanging on me, I'm still tied up by you, so what's wrong with it? Straight down? It must have fallen into the river and would sink to the bottom very quickly, before drowning."

Ye Zhilan laughed when she heard that, and stood with her hands behind her back, "Are you afraid?"

Yin Qiu said, "Scared."

"That can't be helped," Ye Zhilan said, "The arrow is on the string, so I have to. After you die, you can turn into a ghost and come to me to ask for your life, but whether I can live or not is not certain yet."

"Then I can only seek revenge on you on Huangquan Road." Yin Qiu said.

"That's fine." Ye Zhilan bent her knees and knelt down, and found out a rope from somewhere, tied it to her ankle, and the loose skirt hung down, just enough to cover the rope completely.

Yin Qiu glanced at it, and found that the rope was going down the cliff all the way, with no end in sight, so he couldn't help asking: "Is this the escape route you left for yourself?"

Ye Zhilan gave a "hmm" and explained: "After I heard about the observatory, I was already prepared. I don't need Man Jiangxue and the others to do it myself. I will jump down by myself. This rope is embedded in the mountain. , straight to the middle of the mountain, there are some old plank roads left there, although I don’t know who built it and when it was built, but it’s no problem to use it to settle down, as long as Man Jiangxue and others don’t see anything strange , I can live."

Yin Qiu sighed again: "You have worked hard."

"You just said that you were afraid, but I didn't see it." Ye Zhilan looked at Yin Qiu and said, "At a time like this, most people would definitely cry and beg me to spare his life. Why are you like this? calm?"

Yin Qiu said, "I beg you, will you let me go?"

Ye Zhilan said, "Of course not."

Yin Qiu said, "Then there is no need to beg you."

Ye Zhilan looked at her, and suddenly sighed inexplicably, and said: "It's only your fault that you can't use your true energy, otherwise with your usual skill, it would not be difficult to break free from this hemp rope, so it's not me who wants to harm you." , God is also afraid that you will die."

"Then I think I'm unlucky," Yin Qiu said expressionlessly, "Stop talking nonsense, and I don't want to gossip with you anymore. If I'm destined to die here today, I can only resign myself to fate."

Ye Zhilan laughed: "If you met Man Jiangxue, would you still be able to maintain your composure?"

Yin Qiu said: "Just knock me out, I don't want to see Master worrying about me."

"Don't worry, I will knock you out later," Ye Zhilan said, turning Yin Qiu around, "But before I do it, I can let you see Man Jiangxue for the last time. "

Yin Qiu followed her gaze to the other side, where there were several familiar figures standing there.

When his eyes touched one of the snow-white figures, Yin Qiu's calm mood still fluctuated after all.

She stared at Man Jiangxue from a distance, lowered her eyelashes after a while, and said softly: "Enough."

Ye Zhilan raised her hand and asked, "Is there anything else you want to say?"

Yin Qiu looked up at her and asked, "What about you?"

"I haven't," Ye Zhilan said, "Even if I get away with it this time, I won't have a few years to live in the future. If I want to say anything, I talked about it with you last night."

Yin Qiu said, "Then you can do it."

"You don't want to leave a few last words?" Ye Zhilan said, "I can tell Man Jiangxue for you."

Yin Qiu thought for a while, then said softly: "Then you tell her, if there is an afterlife, I will still be with her."

When Ye Zhilan heard this, a trace of surprise flashed across her face: "Your words... don't sound quite right."

Yin Qiu closed his eyes.

Ye Zhilan sized her up for a while, then asked: "Is there anything else you want to say?"

Yin Qiu said helplessly: "What do you want to hear from me?" She opened her eyes again, looked down at the abyss below, and said after a while, "If I have to say something, then I just hope you can Get back on track as soon as possible, don’t make mistakes again and again, don’t hurt other people again, and in your next life, you will vote for an ordinary and good family.” After saying this, he paused, “It’s the same with me and uncle.”

Hearing this, Ye Zhilan frowned, as if a little dazed: "You don't hate me?"

"I've hated it before," Yin Qiu said, "my hatred is temporary, and I won't engrave the hatred in my heart forever like you, it will only hurt myself. I don't want to hate anyone, especially I don't want to become like you Same. But this does not prevent me from still wanting to kill you to avenge all the innocent people who died in vain, but now that I am in your hands, I still can’t do it.”

Ye Zhilan was silent, took out a bracelet from her sleeve, and put it on Yin Qiu's wrist.

"This is your birthday present," Ye Zhilan said, "wear it, don't lose it."

Yin Qiu closed his eyes again.

Ye Zhilan didn't say much anymore, Yin Qiu quickly lost consciousness and fell limply in her arms.

Looking at the face that combined the faces of Shen Mandong and Yin Xuan, Ye Zhilan suddenly felt some indescribable feeling. She looked at Yin Qiu indifferently for a while, got up and pulled the rope to hang her over the cliff, and then lifted the end tied around his waist.

After doing this, she turned to Xifeng Mountain, took a section of the flag flower from her bosom, and pulled the wire.

The dazzling white light roared up to the sky, and the fireworks exploded, briefly illuminating the dark clouds.

The people standing on the top of the mountain on the opposite bank were quickly drawn to their attention, and they all turned away at the same moment. Ye Zhilan looked at the other side, and let out an unknown sneer from her throat, but there was no expression on her face.