Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

With a sound of "Boom", a muffled thunder suddenly sounded outside the house. Yin Qiu was awakened by the thunder in his sleep, subconsciously propped himself up and sat up, sweating all over his head.

The lingering sound of the thunder still lingered, as if it was lingering in the ears, the bedroom was in a gloom, no lights were lit, only a few lanterns hung in the outer corridor.

It was dark.

Listening to the sound of his own heartbeat, Yin Qiu suddenly felt restless for some reason, and had a vague premonition.She touched the black and put on her clothes, opened the curtain and went to the main hall, but there was no figure of Man Jiangxue outside.

"Where did Uncle Master go?" Yin Qiu leaned against the door, his voice was hoarse after waking up.

There were not many people in the yard, and several disciples were gathering together to play with throwing knives. When they heard the question, they all turned around and looked at Yin Qiu.

"It should be to go to the Mingguang Palace. Not long after the senior sister fell asleep, someone came to Jingyue Peak and invited the uncle away."

There was no time to wipe off the sweat on her forehead, and the cool evening wind made Yin Qiu shiver. She looked up at the sky, calmed down for a while, and said, "What time is it?"

The disciples replied in unison: "Xu Shi is the end."

His heart was still pounding, and he could not calm down. Yin Qiu took out a handkerchief and wiped his sweat, and said, "Today is New Year's Eve, and we have eaten the New Year's Eve dinner. Why are you still here? Go down and rest."

A disciple laughed and said: "If we go to rest, there will only be senior sister left in Shen Xingdian. When the uncle left, he specially explained that we should stay and accompany the senior sister."

Yin Qiu clutched the handkerchief, his expression was not very good, and he asked, "Is there any news about Bai Ling?"

The disciples whispered to each other and shook their heads: "Not yet, even if you hurry up, at least you won't be able to come back until the fourth day of the lunar new year. I guess you just arrived at Mingyue Tower yesterday. Don't worry, Senior Sister, Senior Sister Ji is already guarding in Shangyuan City." Yes, if Senior Sister Bai Ling comes back, we will be able to trust you soon."

Yin Qiu pressed his chest and took a deep breath. Hearing the words, he was stunned for a while, and finally said: "Okay, you go down first. It's rare to be leisurely in the palace during the Chinese New Year. Don't guard me. Remember to drink less, don't be too late sleep."

The disciples bowed their bodies in response, and retreated joyfully.

The figures disappeared one after another, and the wind also slowed down. The thunder came suddenly, but now it was no longer heard.Yin Qiu frowned, always thinking about Fu Xiang's safety in her heart, she comforted herself not to think too much, but at the same time she couldn't help feeling flustered, always feeling that something was going to happen.

Just thinking about it sullenly for a while, Yin Qiu calmed down a little impetuous mood in the cold wind, but when she was about to turn around and enter the hall, there was a sudden sound of steady footsteps behind her.

Hearing the movement, Yin Qiu was overjoyed, thinking that it was Man Jiangxue who had returned, she quickly poked her head out to look, but under the dim light, it was the son Fan who hadn't seen him for a long time.

"What's wrong with Zha Fuk..." Yin Qiu was slightly surprised, and hurriedly glanced around, seeing that there were no other figures around, she hurriedly dragged Young Master Fan into the hall, and closed the door smoothly.

"What are you afraid of?" Young Master Fan's lips curved slightly, showing a kind smile, "Everyone is gone, no one saw me coming."

"You are getting more and more courageous," Yin Qiu looked out from the door, "What if someone sees you?"

The door was closed, and the dim light outside was also blocked. Standing in the shadows, the two couldn't see each other clearly.Gongzi Fan said: "There are no contingencies, I will not do things that I am not sure of, Man Jiangxue is not here, and those disciples are gone again, just don't worry."

Hearing what he said, Yin Qiu breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately asked, "Why did you come to me at this time?"

"Today is New Year's Eve," Young Master Fan said, "Since it's Chinese New Year, let's go to Fu Nang to feed the pure and pure Ci Ke!

Yin Qiu couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and said: "If it's not that we can't meet upright, I should take the initiative to go to Shuling to climb Chacha!

"It's good if you have this kind of heart." Young Master Fan Chao Yin Qiu took a few steps, bent slightly to look at her, "Come, let me see how you are."

Yin Qiu stretched out a hand to him, and Young Master Fan placed his fingertips on her wrist, Yin Qiu said, "Don't you want to go to Weicheng for Zha Fugu?"

Gongzi Fan glanced at her, and said softly: "I've been delayed by something, after I meet you tonight, I have to leave immediately."

"What's the delay?" Yin Qiu subconsciously asked this sentence. After asking, he felt that it was inappropriate, so he continued, "Something happened in the palace. I don't know if you heard about it?"

Gongzi Fan cast his eyes on Yin Qiu's hand, and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Last time we met, I told you that the secret agent in the palace is Senior Sister Lu from Wuhui Peak," Yin Qiu said, "We made a mistake, Senior Sister Lu was wronged, and the real secret agent is Senior Sister Lu." Ye Zhilan, is this Zha Gangdao?"

Young Master Fanlue thought about it, and replied: "I've heard that it's Xie Yijun's first disciple?"

"That's right," Yin Qiu said, "Xiaoqi is her, the flute player is also her, and the person who leaked the blueprint of the underground organization is also her."

"She also leaked the blueprints?" Gongzi Fan withdrew his hand, still not looking at Yin Qiu, "What enmity does she have with Ruyimen?"

Yin Qiu sighed: "She has no enmity with Ruyimen at all. She helped Nangongmin destroy Ruyimen just to deal with the uncle, but she is already dead, and the headmaster wanted to capture her alive. Who is the mastermind behind the disciple of the dark guard, but I didn't expect that person to have been watching secretly, and even passed all of us to kill her."

The cold wind lingered at the door and refused to leave, and the unlit Shen Xing Temple seemed even more deserted in the sound of the wind.After listening to Yin Qiu's words, Gongzi Fan didn't comment, but asked: "Your internal injuries have improved, but I saw that you have a lot of external injuries on your hands, how did you do it?"

Yin Qiu was worried that Man Jiangxue would come back suddenly, so she gave a brief overview of what happened that day to Gongzi Fan. She was not at peace, and after she finished speaking, she took Gongzi Fan to the west window and said: " To make a long story short, I don't know when the uncle will come back, if you hear the noise, jump out of the window right away, don't be caught by the uncle."

Seeing her flustered, Young Master Fan couldn't help laughing and said, "I told you to rest assured that she won't come back so soon, don't be afraid."

Finding that he reacted very calmly after listening to his own words, Yin Qiu felt somewhat strange, and asked, "I've said so much, are you stupefied and paralyzed?"

Gongzi Fan looked at the injury on her hand, buried his head and said: "This is called not being surprised, everyone is already dead, so it's useless to be surprised."

Yin Qiu paused, and then said, "But I also mentioned my mother... aren't you surprised?"

Gongzi Fan was silent for a moment, then sighed, "Maybe it's because I guessed that Man Dong is no longer alive, so you just mentioned that she was plotted against by that person. I don't know what to say for a while," he finished. With these words, he touched Yin Qiu's face, "It's useless to regret that a person cannot be resurrected after death. The most important thing now is you. As long as you are fine, everything will be fine."

The mask on his face glowed with sporadic cold light, making it impossible to tell what his expression was. Yin Qiu looked at Young Master Fan, and at this moment, he felt some unspeakable strangeness in his heart.

She originally thought that Young Master Fan would be greatly shocked when he heard the news of Shen Mandong's death, so she was extra cautious when she narrated the matter just now, and she also used words carefully, but she didn't expect that Young Master Fan was so calm, he didn't even show it. The slightest heartache and regret.

Is this normal?

How could a person who loved Shen Mandong so much and cared for her daughter in every way for so many years react so indifferently after hearing the news of her death?

Even though Yin Qiu was prepared for Shen Mandong's death, when she heard it with her own ears, she still felt that the sky was about to fall.On the one hand, she felt that it was expected, but on the other hand, she still couldn't accept it. Although she and Gongzi Fan's feelings for Shen Mandong cannot be confused, since she knew Gongzi Fan, Yin Qiu knew how infatuated he was with Shen Mandong. Shen Mandong will never marry for life, no matter how he thinks about such a deeply affectionate person, he shouldn't be as calm as he is now.

Yin Qiu was calm on the surface, but he was thinking a lot in his heart.

Either Gongzi Fan was really as he said, he had expected it long ago, so he wasn't surprised at the moment, or he knew the truth about Shen Mandong's death before that, so he wasn't surprised at all.

How about the former, Yin Qiu can't judge now, but if it's the latter, when did he know?

Was it the year when the Ruyimen incident happened, or the night Ye Zhilan locked her up?

Regarding Shen Mandong's death, Ye Zhilan never mentioned it on the edge of the cliff, if Young Master Fan didn't know about it many years ago, then he could only have heard it with his own ears that night.

That is to say, it is very likely that he witnessed everything in secret, and he is actually very clear about all the events that have happened these days, and there is no need for Yin Qiu to relay them.

So when he said earlier that he didn't go to Weicheng because of other delays, was he referring to Ye Zhilan's matter?

Then Ye Zhilan...was he the one who killed her?

If so, then Young Master Fan...could be the mastermind behind the disciple of the hidden guard?

Thinking of this all of a sudden, Yin Qiu's back felt chills, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and a layer of goose bumps appeared on his arms in an instant.

Noticing that Yin Qiu's limbs were suddenly stiff, Young Master Fan's drooping eyes darkened, and he asked, "Cold?"

Yin Qiu suppressed the discomfort in his heart, smiled as calmly as possible, and said, "It's a little bit colder."

Gongzi Fan seemed to understand what she was thinking, so he smiled and said, "Little girl, don't lie, you are not cold." He raised his head, looked directly at Yin Qiu and said, "You are afraid of me."

Yin Qiu panicked for a moment, but he tried his best to calm down and said, "I'm afraid what are you doing?"

Gongzi Fan looked at her and sighed softly: "You don't have to be afraid of me," he said, and suddenly reached out and touched Yin Qiu's acupuncture points, "Besides Man Jiangxue, the only person you can trust in this world is me .”

"You—" Yin Qiu's expression changed slightly, and he struggled, "What are you doing on my acupuncture points?!"

Gongzi Fan said: "Of course it is to save you." After he finished speaking, he took out a pill from his bosom, stuffed it into Yin Qiu's mouth, and forced her to swallow it.

"What is this?" Yin Qiu was shocked, "You, what did you eat for me?"

"It's not poison anyway." Young Master Fan carried Yin Qiu to the bed in the bedroom and put him down, and said calmly, "I know what you are doubting, but I have already said, you can trust me, the children in the valley have already checked When it comes to the method of detoxification, I came to you today because of this."

Hearing his words, Yin Qiu froze for a moment, and said, "...you want to detoxify me?"

Young Master Fan nodded: "Yes."

Yin Qiu looked at him with complicated eyes: "How to solve it?"

Gong Zifan looked down at Yin Qiu, hesitated for a moment but didn't answer, but laughed softly.He said softly: "Xiaoqiu, don't be afraid, you will be fine after you sleep, you don't do much, no matter what you thought just now, you have to remember that I will not harm you. Wait for your The poison is cured, and Man Jiangxue should not be able to hide this matter for too long, if she asks, if you really can’t avoid it, it’s okay to tell her about me.”

With the help of the light in the porch, Yin Qiu looked at him steadily, and couldn't help asking: "Who are you?"

Gongzi Fan didn't speak. He took out a small knife from his sleeve and cut a deep wound on his wrist. Warm blood flowed down immediately, staining Yin Qiu's dress.

"What are you doing...?" Yin Qiu opened his eyes wide in the dark, "Tell me first—how do you detoxify?!"

Gongzi Fan still didn't say a word, he gathered his five fingers into a fist, and sent it to Yin Qiu's lips. The blood flowed down his lips and teeth and went straight down his throat. Yin Qiu couldn't move, so he could only be forced to swallow.

"Zhafu Biqiu was choked and coughed, and shouted, "You...what the hell are you going to do! "

"Don't talk," Gongzifan smiled softly, and he patted Yin Qiu's chest with his other hand, coaxing her like a child, "When you wake up, nothing will happen, you Soon you will be able to change back to that frisky Xiaoqiu. When you recover, you still have a lot of things to do. You must keep in mind that you will be replaced by Minδke!

As soon as he finished speaking, a soft halo immediately lit up in his palm.

A familiar severe pain suddenly came from his chest, Yin Qiu gasped for breath, and was speechless after a while, and Gongzi Fan made another knife in his wrist, and more blood poured into Yin Qiu's lips and teeth.

The darkness was shattered, and the small world between the bed and curtain suddenly seemed to be shone with moonlight.The halo grew stronger and stronger, and the pain in Yin Qiu's body became more and more unbearable.

But soon, she felt dizzy gradually. At the moment before her consciousness completely disappeared, Yin Qiu half-opened her eyes, but she couldn't see clearly the masked face of Young Master Fan.

She only saw the scarred hand of Young Master Fan.

·

"This is the new medicine developed by Master today." Meng Jing sat down in front of the case holding a small oil lamp, and made a cup of tea for Man Jiangxue opposite.

No fire was allowed in the Zangshu Pavilion at night, and the two stayed in the outer hall. There were no bookshelves around, only tables and chairs for people to rest.The light was as small as a bean, and the candle was so weak that it could only illuminate the books and a small medicine bottle on the desk.

Man Jiangxue took a sip of tea, watched as Meng Jing opened the seal of the medicine bottle, and poured out a small pitch-black pill, a pungent and unpleasant smell immediately diffused between their nostrils.

"According to those medicines, I compared them with Master, and found the Gu poison made by Senior Sister Ye in ancient books." Meng Jing opened the book in hand, and pushed towards Man Jiangxue, "This Gu poison is called Frustration Gu is considered to be a milder type of poisonous Gu art outside the pass."

Man Jiangxue glanced at the page, didn't have the time to read it carefully, and said, "Gentle?"

"Well, it's really gentle," Meng Jing said, "Without the active control of the Gu keeper, the Gu worms would not attack for no reason while staying in the human body, and the other Gu poisons recorded in this book would not be so easy to talk about." , people will be tortured to death in a very short time if they eat it, so I say it is mild."

Man Jiangxue expressed her understanding, and asked, "Then what is wrong with it?"

Meng Jing said: "Gentleness does not mean that there is no aggression at all. Even if the Gu person does not control it, if it stays in the human body for a long time, it will slowly suck the person's blood. At most one year, the Gu person will gradually He became weak and sickly, bedridden, and lost his mind in a foolish way, and finally he bleeds from the seven orifices, and died without treatment."

Man Jiangxue frowned, looked at the pill and said, "Is this the antidote?"

Meng Jing sighed for a long time: "Not yet, its current function can only allow us to detect the signs of Gu worms' activity. If we want to detoxify, we still need to use medicine."

Man Jiangxue said: "What kind of medicine?"

Meng Jing looked distressed, and said after a long while in a murmur, "...to nourish the Gu people's blood."

Man Jiangxue was taken aback for a moment, and unconsciously tightened her fingers holding the teacup a little.

"This kind of Gu worm needs to be fed with the blood of the Gu keeper since its infancy. The Gu worm raised by this method will not listen to anyone except the Gu keeper," Meng Jing said. He lowered his head, not daring to look at Man Jiangxue, and said in a voice like a mosquito, "That means, if Yin Qiu doesn't have the vital blood of the Gu keeper, even if Yin Qiu takes this elixir, the Gu worm won't eat it. The smell of the medicine can also stimulate the Gu worm in turn, causing it to attack the Gu person without the master's order...so this medicine cannot be taken, and the real antidote...can't be done either."

Ye Zhilan was dead, and her body was cremated into a pile of ashes and buried. Where in this world is her blood alive?

"I've asked someone to search Senior Sister Ye's room, but I haven't found any medicine left by her," Meng Jing said in a low voice, her frustration palpable, "Maybe she has made an antidote, but we can't find it at all." arrive……"

There was a moment of silence in the hall.

After a long time, Man Jiangxue said again: "Then besides developing an antidote, is there any other way?"

Meng Jing put the pill back, and after hearing that, she was silent for a moment, and said, "Yes, but..."

"What is it?" Man Jiangxue asked quickly.

Meng Jing hesitated for a while, and finally shifted his gaze to Man Jiangxue's face, and said hesitantly: "It is written in ancient books that if there is no antidote, it is impossible to directly kill Gu worms in the human body, so the only way It is to have a person with profound skills forcefully force that Gu worm out."

Hearing this, Man Jiangxue eased her dignified expression slightly, she put down the teacup in her hand, and said softly: "I have thought about this, but I don't know if it is feasible, please tell me how to do it in detail .”

"Uncle, this method is too dangerous. It's not just as simple as talking about it." Meng Jing couldn't hide his tiredness, and said wearily, "I know that your martial arts are strong, but if you are careless in this process, Yin Qiu But it's going to die, and, and..."

"And what?" Man Jiangxue was a little anxious, and asked: "What exactly are you going to do, you just say it."

Meng Jing frowned, organized some words in her mind, and replied: "First of all, let the bewitched person enter a state of suspended animation, this is to confuse the bewitched insects, making them believe that they are not attached to the body of a living person, but stay in the body of a living person. Inside a dead body. Afterwards, the rescuer has to feed his own blood to the voodoo victim, and only when the voodoo is half-satiated can he start to force him with true energy. But in this process, the blood cannot stop, when the voodoo The worm finds that the victim is dead, and there is external interference, it will naturally run with the fresh blood, but even if it is forced out, the rescuer cannot easily interrupt the internal force, and continue to protect the victim's life. And in this way, it means that the rescuer has no extra energy to manage the Gu worm, so it will follow its nature and smell the smell and crawl towards the source of the blood. In other words, although it can leave the Gu people, but it will also quickly penetrate into the wound of the rescuer. Uncle Shi, let me say this... Can you understand?"

Man Jiangxue was silent for a moment, then said: "Understood," she paused, "If you want to save Xiaoqiu, you have to lure the Gu worms to me."

Meng Jing said solemnly: "Exactly..." He wrinkled the medical book in his hand, and said in a hoarse voice, "And this method may not be successful, if it is successful, the rescuer's skills will not be restored Come on, if the situation is dangerous, the rescuer will even exhaust all the skills he has practiced all his life, then... he will become a useless person. Coupled with the poison in his body, the situation of the rescuer will only be worse than Yin Qiu is even more troublesome, maybe he can't even protect himself."

After hearing what he said, Man Jiangxue was silent for a while and said: "In that case, then..."

"Uncle Master—" Before she could finish speaking, Meng Jing interrupted, "This matter is definitely not a joke, you must think carefully before making a decision."

Man Jiangxue sat quietly for a while, with a smile on her lips: "Don't think about it," she said, standing up with her skirt on her back, "You also said that this is the only way to save Xiaoqiu. If we don't save her, then she will have less than a year to live, and I can't watch her die."

Seeing the smile that Man Jiangxue rarely showed in front of outsiders, Meng Jing was startled, gritted her teeth and struggled silently for a moment, then got up and said, "Why don't you let me come."

After hearing this, Man Jiangxue glanced at Meng Jing: "You?"

Meng Jing turned her body sideways and didn't look at Jiang Xue. She lowered her head and said with a hint of self-deprecation in her tone: "You and I are also a useless person. They are insignificant in this world and no one cares. If you die, you will die. As long as the teacher Uncle is around to activate the internal force, I can use my blood to attract Gu worms."

Hearing this, Man Jiangxue couldn't help being surprised, and the brows that had been stretched just now frowned again.

Far away from the light on the long table, Meng Jing's whole body seemed to melt into the darkness. She was depressed for a while, as if she had made up her mind, she turned around to meet Man Jiangxue's gaze, and said neither humble nor overbearing: "Uncle Master , I know that you and Yin Qiu fall in love, but I... But I also have feelings for her!"

Hearing her words, Man Jiangxue raised his eyelashes slightly, and the brilliance in his eyes flashed.

Meng Jing clenched her palms tightly. She obviously had no confidence in front of Man Jiangxue, but she still suppressed her shame and said firmly, "I have admired Yin Qiu for a long time, and I like her very much. Maybe in the eyes of others, I am just A poor boy from a farmer in the mountains is not good enough for Yin Qiu. I hated her and bullied her when I was young, but I already knew that I was wrong. Over the years, I have tried my best to make up for her, even if I did not do well. It's not enough, Yin Qiu already has her own heart, but that doesn't prevent me from continuing to like her. In my heart, my uncle is indeed the most suitable person to accompany Yin Qiu, so...so I hope you can be together well I am willing to save her, my life is worthless, but Master Uncle is different, if something happens to you, Yin Qiu will be very sad, that is not what I want to see——Master Uncle, I am serious, Let me do it!"

Man Jiangxue looked at her quietly, without saying a word for a long time.

Meng Jing had nowhere to hide under her gaze, and it was difficult to move.She stripped herself naked and exposed herself to Man Jiangxue.It was not an easy task. She abandoned the dignity she had tried to protect since she was a child, and revealed her heart to someone for the first time. She trembled for such straightforwardness, and was also delighted by her courage.

Even if that bit of joy is so humble and not worth mentioning.

The two looked at each other quietly across a long desk.After a long time, Man Jiangxue sighed and said: "First of all, people have their own value in life, you don't have to belittle yourself to nothing, at least Xiaoqiu cares about you very much, she has never hated you since she was a child, and still I have always regarded you as a good friend," she paused after saying this, and then said, "Secondly, one person does things and one person is responsible, Xiaoqiu will have such a life-threatening situation, and I can hardly absolve myself of the responsibility, so I didn't let you come to save me. In her way, no one else can do it."

Meng Jing hurriedly said: "But..."

"No but," Man Jiangxue waved her hand, signaling that she doesn't have to say anymore, "You can correct your mistakes, you are also a good boy, I have seen your performance in the palace these years, you are not what you said It’s as contemptuous as you said, it’s true that you like Xiao Qiu, and it’s true that you want to save her with your own life, but I can’t let you take this risk, don’t mention this matter in the future, I understand your intentions, but I won’t tell Xiaoqiu for you, after she recovers, you can tell her yourself.”

Meng Jing lost his mind and said: "But this method is too dangerous. If something happens to you, then Yin Qiu..."

Man Jiangxue said: "If something happens, we can only resign ourselves to fate, but don't worry, I will protect Xiaoqiu so that no accident will happen to her." She glanced at Meng Jing, and her eyes became pale. Gentle, "If I can succeed, Xiaoqiu will have to entrust you in the future, and you will take good care of her for me."

Meng Jing's eyes were red, and she stood there without making a sound.

"If I only have one year to live, I will leave Xiaoqiu before I die," Man Jiangxue said, "She just needs to remember my usual appearance, and when I die, you must protect her, you know? "

Meng Jing's throat choked, and she cried, "Uncle Master..."

"Then what you and I are talking about tonight, remember to keep it a secret from Xiaoqiu," Man Jiangxue said, "Until the matter is successful, you can't reveal a word to her."

Meng Jing covered her face and wept bitterly, whimpered a few times in a trembling voice, but could no longer speak.

Man Jiangxue looked at her for a while, then walked up to Meng Jing and patted her head, then she turned around, picked up the medicine bottle on the case, and walked slowly away from the Library Pavilion.