Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

The heavy rain in the past few days has washed away the snow in the mountains and forests. At night, there is no snow on Yunhua Mountain, but a clear night sky with no stars or moon.

The sleeping hall was still dark, the lanterns under the eaves were swaying in the wind, the faint light only reflected the hazy shadows of the two people on the bed, the sound of dripping water was endless, no one knew where it came from, It sounded like a light rain.

The true qi in his body had been exhausted, and the strength in his whole body disappeared as quickly as the tide ebbed. Gongzi Fan withdrew his hand, leaned against the bedpost and panted heavily.He coughed in a low voice, and blood dripped continuously between the fingers covering his lips, soaking his front skirt soaked.

A few figures flew past the window, and the disciple of Fanxin Valley in black tiptoed open the curtain and walked in.

"Father, Man Jiangxue has just come out of the Library Pavilion, your side...Father!"

The blood slid down the back of his hand, and a small puddle of blood had already accumulated on the ground in front of the bed. Young Master Fan shook his hands and took out a handkerchief to wipe his face. He said weakly, "Clean it up as soon as possible, without leaving any traces. Open the window. Light the incense again."

Time was running out, and the disciples didn't have time to care too much, so they hurriedly divided the work and followed suit.

A female disciple wiped off the blood on Yin Qiu's face and neck with a wet handkerchief, and changed her into a set of clean clothes. Everyone tidied up everything swiftly. A pill was fed to Yin Qiu.

"Qingxin Peak is not too close to here, at least half a stick of incense is needed to walk," the female disciple asked, "Can Miss Yin wake up before Man Jiangxue comes back?"

Young Master Fan stood up, eyes darkened, and replied: "I don't know, and I didn't expect to hide anything from Man Jiangxue, let's go."

The female disciple looked at him and said regretfully, "The foster father's skill...can't come back?"

Gongzi Fan closed his eyes and walked forward according to his feeling, waving his hands as he walked: "Now is not the time to talk about this." He took two steps and looked back at Yin Qiu, "Before the effect of the medicine is over, I'm going to take it now." I can leave by myself, but if the medicine wears off, I will have to trouble you to carry me back."

After he finished speaking, he smiled at Yin Qiu's peaceful sleeping face, and staggered out of Shen Xing Hall. Several disciples watched the movement behind him, and wiped away the blood left by Gongzi Fan one by one until the group of people After leaving Chen Xingdian and entering Fenglin, the disciples were relieved, not so tense.

"What is the effect of the medicine that foster father just said...?" The female disciple who was at the end of the line asked in a low voice to a male disciple beside her.

"It's Hanxiang Pill," the male disciple stared at the back of Young Master Fan, and said worriedly, "Ye-father's old illness is still unhealed, and his skill is insufficient. Hanxiang Pill can raise a person's skill to the peak of his life in a short period of time. , This medicine is mostly used in critical moments, so you can't take too much, once the effect of the medicine wears off, people will suffer backlash, and it is extremely difficult to take care of."

Hearing what he said, the female disciple said in a daze, "What's the backlash?"

"You are also a martial arts practitioner, what do you mean by backlash?" The male disciple looked up to the sky and sighed, "If you are a person who is not sick or injured, the backlash is naturally the skill. How much you have improved, the loss will be doubled after the effect of the medicine ends, but If someone is sick or injured..."

"The adoptive father has given all the skills to Miss Yin tonight!" The female disciple said in shock, "According to what the senior brother said, the only thing that the adoptive father can use to counterattack is life?!"

The male disciple frowned and remained silent, before saying for a while: "Before leaving, foster father has given me the seal of Master Shaogu..."

Before he finished speaking, the female disciple ran towards Young Master Fan with red eyes, and said anxiously: "Father, let's go straight to Weicheng to find Hall Master Meng! The Hall of Nine Immortals contains all kinds of wonders in the world. Martial arts, including medical skills are also extremely good, they must have a way to save foster father!"

The night wind was cold, but it couldn't blow Young Master Fan's clothes. He was top-heavy, and he moved forward entirely by holding his breath.Gongzi Fan said: "Now it's New Year's Eve, the guards in Yunhua Palace are lax, you and I can come and go freely, but it is different in Shangyuan City, the chief disciple is stationed in person, we can only hide in the mountains tonight, waiting for them You can only find a chance to leave when you change shifts, so where is the time to go to Weicheng? I will die on the way."

"Then what should we do?" The female disciple was burning with anxiety, "Once the effect of the Hanxiang pill wears off, the adoptive father must be in danger. I told you to detoxify Miss Yin and let us come. The foster father is really good!"

"Good boy, don't make noise," Young Master Fan patted her and said with a smile, "If you keep pestering me and lose your temper, I'm going to faint later, will you carry me away?"

"I'll carry it!" Wiping her tears, the female disciple said with heartache and unwillingness, "It's just the daughter of an old man, why did the adoptive father do such a thing? We are also your sons and daughters. We can also bear the sin!"

The disciples were all suffocated in their hearts, seeing that the female disciple was outspoken, they all stood there with complicated expressions and refused to leave.

"What are you doing? Do you have to force your adoptive father at such a critical time?!" The male disciple said angrily, "Everyone is so ignorant, it's a waste of adoptive father's heart and soul to you! Leave quickly! Let’s talk about what happened later, I will not forgive anyone who dares to make trouble again!”

After he finished speaking, he angrily supported Young Master Fan, and the two walked hand in hand at the front. Seeing that the senior brother lost his temper, the disciples didn't dare to speak any more, and they all followed Young Master Fan one after another.

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Yin Qiu gasped in the dark, and sat up from the bed in shock.

There was still a strong smell of blood in her mouth, but the pain in her chest was no longer there. She looked around blankly, but did not see the figure of Young Master Fan, Shen Xing Palace was empty, except for herself, there was no living person around.

All kinds of scenes after Young Master Fan's arrival were played back in front of him. Yin Qiu's thoughts were messy and his heart was complicated.

In the forest, the shadows of the trees are whirling and the branches are intertwined. Except for the cold wind that is everywhere, no one can be seen.Yin Qiu lowered her voice and called "Father" a few times. Although she didn't get a response, and she knew that Young Master Fan must have left long ago, she still hurriedly searched the whole maple forest, and waited for Yin Qiu to return depressed. When she was sinking into Xingdian, she suddenly realized that she just used lightness kung fu.

Can she use light work?

Realizing this, Yin Qiu belatedly pressed his heart, and only after feeling it did he realize that all the old wounds in his body had healed.Not only that, but she was full of energy and energy, and the sickness of the past few days was swept away, and she became radiant and rosy, as if she had never been injured.

Yin Qiu froze in the corner of the corridor in disbelief.

Is it because Young Master Fan detoxified her from Gu poison?

He also healed her wound?

Even Elder Xu couldn't do anything about the poison, what method did he use?What price did you pay?

Is Young Master Fan...a good guy or a bad guy?

All kinds of questions came to mind one after another, but there were no answers. Yin Qiu suddenly felt restless and didn't know what to do.She slid and sat down against the wall, her mind was in a mess, she was at a loss and at a loss, with a dazed expression.

Do you want to tell Uncle?Yin Qiu thought nonchalantly.

But Gong Zifan has repeatedly emphasized that he will never harm her. If Yin Qiu tells about him, will it affect him?

But tonight, she already had doubts about Young Master Fan. Even if Yin Qiu was saved by him, those doubts cannot be ignored because of this kindness. If Young Master Fan is really the one who killed Ye Zhilan, then he is very likely to be the one who killed Ye Zhilan. The mastermind behind the disciples of the hidden guard, no matter how you look at it, you can no longer hide it from Man Jiangxue.

The grace of saving one's life is one thing, but his true identity is another. If Man Jiangxue is still not told now, if any accident happens in the future, causing irreversible consequences, it is not Yin Qiu's fault at all. able to afford it.

Thinking of this, Yin Qiu immediately made up her mind to confess the matter to Man Jiangxue. She suddenly got up and turned out of the corner of the corridor. Before she had taken two steps, she saw Man Jiangxue coming from outside the courtyard, and the two faced each other across the air. At the moment of watching, Yin Qiu flinched for no reason.

How would she speak?

Man Jiangxue has been secretly dating Young Master Fan for so many years, once Man Jiangxue finds out, how will she react?

Yin Qiu paused, his expression changed a few times, and finally stopped in the corridor.

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"What are you doing standing outside?" Maybe it was too dark, Man Jiangxue didn't see the flashing expression on Yin Qiu's face, she held up her skirt and went up the steps, standing at the door and beckoning to Yin Qiu.

The lantern was blown wildly by the wind, and the weak dim light was also shifting. Man Jiangxue, dressed in white, stood in the place where the light and shadow intersected, looking clean and beautiful for years.

Yin Qiu dragged his feet and walked towards her.

"Why don't the lights go on?" Man Jiangxue grabbed Yin Qiu and led her into the hall, "When did you wake up?"

Yin Qiu glanced at her, and said softly, "It's been a while... Has the uncle gone to see the head?"

Man Jiangxue let out a "hmm", groped for the booklet on the case, and said, "It's Chinese New Year anyway, it's too deserted without the lights on, are you hungry?"

Yin Qiu said, "I'm not hungry." She glanced at Man Jiangxue again, "Where's uncle?"

"I'm not hungry either," Man Jiangxue said, "Why are you peeping at me all the time?"

Yin Qiu lowered his eyes guiltyly, rubbing the hem of his clothes with both hands, hesitant to speak.

The candle was lit, and the room gradually lit up. Man Jiangxue turned around, looked at Yin Qiu and said, "What's the matter?"

Yin Qiu doesn't intend to play tricks on her either, after all, she can never escape Man Jiangxue's eyes for any petty thoughts she has, not to mention that she is so entangled in her heart that it is difficult to calm down.So Yin Qiu took a deep breath and said, "I have something to tell you."

Sensing Yin Qiu's preoccupation, Man Jiangxue frowned slightly, and was about to ask a question, but suddenly smelled a faint scent of incense.She turned her head and looked towards the bedroom, and said, "Is there someone inside?"

Yin Qiu was taken aback, and hurried over to open the curtain, looked at it and said, "No one, what's wrong?"

"No one?" Man Jiangxue entered the room holding a lamp, looked at the incense burner on the table and said, "You remember to light the incense instead of the lamp, did you light the incense?"

After Yin Qiu woke up, she was only focused on looking for Mr. Fan, and she never saw that the room was lit with incense.Yin Qiu was a little dazed, Man Jiangxue put down the lamp, stood with Yin Qiu behind his back for a moment, then turned around and said, "Has anyone been here?"

Yin Qiu thought that Man Jiangxue was too perceptive. She wanted to confess on her own initiative, but Man Jiangxue noticed it first. In this way, Yin Qiu directly turned from surrender to confession.

"Hmm..." Yin Qiu huddled in the corner, eyes dodging, "Someone has been here."

"This fragrance is to cover up the smell of blood, but you didn't clean it up enough, you must have been in a hurry," Man Jiangxue suddenly became serious, "What happened? Who came here?"

Even Yin Qiu herself didn't know who lit the incense, and she didn't even smell the blood.Yin Qiu was dumbfounded and said, "I..."

Before she could answer, Man Jiangxue approached Yin Qiu, and checked her for a long time like turning over a pancake. After confirming that Yin Qiu was safe and sound, Man Jiangxue lowered her face and said in a low voice, "Don't tell me yet?"

Yin Qiu held back for a while, wanted to cry but said without tears: "I don't know how to say..."

Seeing her faltering, Man Jiangxue knew that something important must have happened. She was already in a complicated mood because of the conversation with Meng Jing, so she couldn't help feeling a little anxious at the moment.Man Jiangxue said: "You can say what you want, someone came to Shen Xing Palace and was injured, who is it?"

Yin Qiu stood with his head down, standing straight, hesitating and saying, "Yes...it's Young Master Fan."

Man Jiangxue was quiet for a moment, as if she didn't hear what Yin Qiu said, she asked, "Who?"

The corner of the clothes in Yin Qiu's hand was almost torn by her, she wished she could find a crack in the ground and jump in, lowered her head and said, "Young Master Fan."

Man Jiangxue was silent again, and asked again: "Which son Fan?"

Yin Qiu's forehead was almost stuck to the ground, and upon hearing this, he could only bite the bullet and continue to answer: "That's... that's the owner of Brahma Heart Valley..."

The lamp on the desk suddenly made a crisp sound, and the flower exploded, splashing a few drops of candle tears on the table, which soon solidified into a few drops of white wax.

Both of them fell silent in the sound.

After a long time, Yin Qiu raised his head cautiously, and found that Man Jiangxue was looking at her without saying a word, with no expression on his face.

Yin Qiu's scalp went numb, and he quickly buried his head back.

I don't know how long it took before I heard Man Jiangxue's voice, saying, "What is Young Master Fan doing here?"

Yin Qiu's whole body was stiff and her neck was about to be buried. She stared at the tip of her shoe, as thin as a mosquito's foot, and said, "He came to find me..."

As soon as Man Jiangxue heard this, he knew that there was something to talk about tonight.She stretched out her hand and weighed Yin Qiu's chin, signaling her to stand up straight, then turned around and sat down on the wooden chair in front of the screen, and made a "please" gesture to Yin Qiu.

When Yin Qiu saw this posture, he knew that tonight was going to be over.She lowered her eyebrows and walked towards Man Jiangxue obediently, not daring to sit on an equal footing with her, but sat on the cushion next to her short feet, as if she would obediently listen to the training with her head bowed.

Man Jiangxue wanted to sit down too, or wake her up, but thinking about how much this girl had hidden from her behind her back, she also wanted to clean up Yin Qiu, so she let her go.

"Then let's talk," Man Jiangxue leaned back in his chair, melting into the smoke from the incense burner, "You know Gongzi Fan?"

Yin Qiu didn't dare to look at her, and lowered his voice in response.

Man Jiangxue said, "How did you know each other?"

Yin Qiu said: "The year he entered the palace, he found me in the New Disciple Academy and said he wanted to teach me Kung Fu, so... that's how we got to know each other."

Man Jiangxue did some calculations, and said in a low voice, "Very good, you kept it from me for six years."

Yin Qiu sat with his knees bent, holding his legs with both hands, choked when he heard the words, and said, "I didn't mean to hide it from you for so long."

"It's not intentional to hide it for six years," Man Jiangxue said, "How can it be unintentional?"

Yin Qiu was speechless.

"Why did he come to you?" Man Jiangxue asked.

Yin Qiu said: "He is an old member of Ruyimen, and he still knows my mother. He said that if my uncle hadn't found me first, he originally planned to take me to Brahma Heart Valley."

Could Young Master Fan be an old member of Ruyimen?No wonder he wanted Yin Qiu to hide this matter.

"You were under 11 years old when you entered the palace," Man Jiangxue said, "You didn't understand anything at that time, so aren't you afraid that he is lying to you?"

Yin Qiu recalled for a moment, and said: "He has a letter written by my mother. I have compared the Ziyin Heart Sutra, and it is indeed my mother's handwriting. Besides, the uncle was not in the palace at that time, and he was carrying the mission given by the head. When I went to Jincheng, I had contact with him a few times, and I didn’t think he was a bad person, and I really wanted to learn Kung Fu from him, so I agreed.”

"How long have you been studying?"

"I followed him until the end of the New Disciple Conference."

"How did you meet?"

"Every night in the middle of the night... he will come to me, and we will practice swords in the back mountain of the disciple's courtyard."

Man Jiangxue stopped talking.

She recalled Yin Qiu's performance in that year, and immediately understood many things.

"It's no wonder you improved so fast at that time, it turned out that someone else taught you," Man Jiangxue said, "It's no wonder you always dozed off during the day, it turned out that you didn't get enough sleep at night."

Yin Qiu tightened his lips, thought for a while and said: "He is very kind to me, and he is also very attentive in teaching me Kung Fu. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't be able to get No.2 in the New Disciples Conference."

Man Jiangxue looked at Yin Qiu, recalling the past secretly in her heart, she suddenly remembered a little thing, and said: "That year when I went back to the palace to visit you in the disciple's room, I found a lot of medicine in the cabinet in your room. Bottle, you said at the time that Fu Xiang entrusted someone to take it, but now it seems that it is also Young Master Fan?"

Yin Qiu said, "It's him."

"Since this is the case, it can also explain why he appeared in the main altar of the Ziwei Sect at the same time as Meng Wugui," Man Jiangxue said, "You already knew why he saved you, but you have been lying to me all the time. He even pretended to be stupid with me when I was analyzing his reason for coming."

Yin Qiu was extremely guilty, put his chin on his knees, and said softly: "He said that if you find out, you will definitely find out his real identity, and maybe prevent us from communicating. good."

"Then do you know his real identity?" Man Jiangxue asked, "Who is he from Ruyimen?"

Yin Qiu raised his face and looked at her twice, then said dejectedly, "I...I don't know yet."

We've known each other for six years and still don't know the origin of each other?

Man Jiangxue said, "Are you trying to piss me off?"