Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

At [-]:[-] a.m., a light rain fell in Weicheng.

The covered bridge is not windproof, so the four-sided gauze curtains hanging from the waterside pavilion are blown up high, and when they get wet with rain, they all fall back.There are ripples on the surface of the lake, and a group of koi chase the wet river lanterns and play happily.The woman in purple leaned over from the fence and picked up the river lantern that was about to fall apart.

You Yu was frightened and scattered, and the splashing water splashed on Afu's hands. She retracted her head and said to Meng Wugui, "Just now there is a letter from Jinhuai City. Should Master read it in person, or listen to me?"

Meng Wugui leaned on the railing and looked into the distance, the river lantern in her hand fell into the stove, she said softly, "Read it to me."

Afu responded, opened the envelope and browsed through the ten lines at a glance, and finally her face changed, and she said, "This... you should read it yourself."

Green smoke rose, and the river lantern burned slowly in the fire, and soon turned to ashes.Meng Wugui smelled the pungent smell, but did not avoid it, she repeated: "Read it to me."

Afu glanced at her, and said hesitantly: "A few days ago, Luo Shi had a slippery tire, and Mr. Fu found out that it was the senior sister who did it. Not only did she abolish her young host, but also put her in a confinement room, saying If Senior Sister does not plead guilty, she will be handed over to the Luo family, regardless of her life or death."

Meng Wugui turned around, a bit of coldness appeared on his plain face.

"Senior Sister must have been framed!" Afu threw the letter into the stove and burned it, and said, "She can't do such a thing."

Meng Wugui pondered for a moment, then sat down on the side of the stone table, and said calmly: "I would rather it was her who did it. I heard that Luo Shi was pregnant. I also thought about letting the child be aborted, but I didn't expect to be killed by her." People got there first."

"Who could it be?" Afu didn't have enough brains, "Who in Mingyue Tower has a grudge against senior sister?"

"You can't guess?" Meng Wugui said.

"I can't guess." Afu said.

"It has been spread all over the rivers and lakes that a master of the Ziwei sect died in Yunhua Palace. It was Ye Zhilan, the elder sister of the palace gate," Meng Wugui said, "She was not only the flute player who asked Wen Chaoyu to protect Yin Qiu, but also You haven’t heard of the informer who leaked the blueprint of Liucangshan’s underground mechanism?”

Afu was stunned, and said in surprise: "I haven't heard of it... Where did this person come from?"

"She had a grudge with Man Jiangxue, and she couldn't kill Man Jiangxue, so she turned to help Nangong Min destroy the Ruyi Gate, and wanted to use this to torture Man Jiangxue," Meng Wugui sneered, "For so many years, I always thought that It was Yin Xuan who did it, but I didn't expect it to be an unknown person, it's ridiculous that Yin Xuan has been blamed for so many years."

Afu didn't understand: "Then what does Ye Zhilan have to do with senior sister? She is dead, so it can't be her who did it?"

Meng Wugui was a little speechless, and analyzed it to her: "It is rumored that Ye Zhilan captured Yin Qiu and hung her on the edge of the cliff, and asked Man Jiangxue to watch her die. Yunhua Palace wanted to capture Ye Zhilan alive. , but someone shot a cold arrow in the back, Ye Zhilan was strangely stabbed several times after falling off the cliff, and died on the mountainside under the cliff. Then, who do you think will kill her?"

Afu thought for a while, and guessed: "Since she is the master of the Ziwei sect, and the flute player Yin Qiu talked about...then she must know who killed Master Shen!"

"That's right," Meng Wugui said, "that person was worried that Ye Zhilan would expose him, so he hid in the dark and killed her. Once Ye Zhilan dies, only Nangong Min and I will know who he is. He will definitely start to deal with me and Nangong Min next. Compared with Nangong Min, he will of course choose to deal with me first."

Afu suddenly realized, she raised her eyes and said, "Senior Sister was framed by him!" After saying this, she said in doubt, "But not many people know about the relationship between Senior Sister and us, even if he wants to deal with you, he can't help you!" How did you know Senior Sister?"

"There is no impenetrable wall in the world." Meng Wugui took an orange from the fruit plate and peeled it slowly, "Your senior sister told Yin Qiu, and Yin Qiu will definitely tell others. Once it is passed on, it is no longer What a secret. Besides, when Fu Cen got married that year, I was invited to attend. Many people in Jianghu already knew that I had contacts with Mingyue Tower. If that person didn’t want to attack Jiuxiantang directly, he could only guess at me. Whether there are other forces helping, the first thing he thinks of is Mingyuelou. Even if he doesn't know the relationship between your senior sister and me, as long as she loses the position of the young landlord, Mingyuelou will lose an heir. There is nothing wrong with it.”

Afu drew a long tone, "Oh", and said, "Then what should I do? The senior sister finally became the young landlord, and now she is a prisoner again. If she can't clear up the suspicion, Fu landlord will definitely kill her relatives righteously. In this way, Master won't be able to get the Mingyue Tower, so won't we fall into that person's hands this time?"

Meng Wugui put the peel at hand, handed the peeled orange to Afu, and said with a smile: "On the surface, I have been attacked from both sides, and after this incident, I have lost the wind, but from my own point of view, your senior sister Getting killed is not a bad thing."

Afu showed doubts on her face: "Why is it not a bad thing? She is already the young landlord. If it hadn't happened suddenly, even if Luo Shi gave birth to an heir, the senior sister might still become the landlord, but it's different now. Life is at stake!"

"You are still too young and short-sighted," Meng Wugui said, "Even if that person doesn't take action, I won't let Luo Shi give birth to a child. The child will be dead anyway. He thinks he suppressed me and weakened my power. But the fact is, he accidentally stepped in and helped me this time."

Afu heard that she didn't understand, and couldn't help but said anxiously: "Oh, just say it quickly, I'm so worried about Senior Sister!"

Meng Wugui looked at her and smiled: "It's been so long since the incident in the bamboo forest, I think Nangong Min must have guessed who I am, and once she learns about Ye Zhilan's death, she will definitely guess who I am. She is about to start dealing with me, so she will definitely take advantage of the situation in the dark and trouble me. Now that these two forces are targeting me, then at this critical juncture, I can only get Mingyue Tower into my hands as soon as possible , your senior sister has nothing to worry about, it doesn’t matter whether her suspicion is cleared or not, I have no patience, if it is not for Yin Qiu’s safety, I will never be able to endure and let that person live until today.”

Afu played with the orange in her hand, and asked, "Then how can I take Mingyue Tower over?"

The wind passed, and Meng Wugui's long hair and skirt fluttered in the air in a beautiful arc. She watched the rain falling outside the pavilion, and wrote lightly: "It's very simple. If you don't do anything, since they want me If I am driven to a dead end, then I can only give it a go.”

Afu looked at her for a while, and suddenly understood something, enlarged her eyes and said, "You...you don't mean to..."

"Go and invite Mr. Wen over here." Meng Wugui got up and stood by the fence, "He was the master who sold the underground mechanism to our Shen family, but he failed to keep the blueprint. Zhilan was killed. Now, this account should be settled with him."

Afu frowned, and sat down on the ground angrily: "I won't go! You have to go by yourself!"

Meng Wugui looked sideways at her.

Facing Meng Wugui's eyes that suddenly turned cold, Afu's heart trembled, but she still held back her fear and said, "Although senior sister always likes to bully me, she is actually very kind to me. What you are going to do will hurt me." How can I bear to hurt her..."

"If you don't want to hurt her, you have to hurt me," Meng Wugui said, "You choose your senior sister, or choose your master."

Afu was dumbfounded: "This, how do I choose this?"

"She has no ability by herself, and even the young landlord relied on Yin Qiu to think of ways for her to earn," Meng Wugui said, "Now she is in prison again, unable to save herself, my revenge plan is about to fail, if If you want to regain a few percent chance of winning, this is the only way to go. If you feel sorry for her and refuse to listen to me, then you should get out of the Nine Immortals Hall as soon as possible. I can still take revenge without the two of you. People will die in my hands one day!"

Afu was so frightened by her words that her face turned pale, her eyes turned red instantly, but she didn't dare to cry.

"Who did I, Shen Man, really rely on? And who did I rely on!" Meng Wugui's eyebrows turned cold, and his tone gradually became fierce, "I have made it all the way to this day, relying on my determination to revenge! Back then, I saw Dong My sister died in the hands of that person, and I saw the Ruyi Gate burned into ruins in the sea of ​​flames, let alone Fu Xiang, let alone you, if I want to be smashed to pieces, I will go through fire and water, as long as I can kill that person, I will die. Don't hesitate, never back down! Do you know you are afraid at this moment? What did I tell you when I picked you up from the refugee pile? Do you still remember the oath you made!"

Afu's face was pale, trembling all over, and she quickly knelt down on the ground with her knees bent, grabbed the corner of Meng Wugui's skirt and said: "Master, don't be angry... I know I was wrong, and I will never forget it! Master's kindness in nurturing me in this life Don't even dare to forget, I just listen to you... I will definitely listen to you!"

"If I don't avenge this revenge, I am ashamed of the ancestors of the Shen family!" Meng Wugui kicked Afu away, and said angrily, "Hurry up!"

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"Aren't you going soon?"

Man Jiangxue changed her clothes behind the screen, and said to Yin Qiu, who was sitting cross-legged under the window, "I just woke up in the morning and said I wanted to see if the bamboo branch was still there. Why didn't it move after grinding?"

There was no rain on Yunhua Mountain, and there was no snow in the past few days after the New Year's Eve. The maple trees in the yard had lost many leaves. Yin Qiu leaned against the window and was making tea. Hearing this, he sighed and said, "Don't look at it, It has been a few days, and I think the foster father may not come again."

Man Jiangxue was tall, and she could see her brows and eyes clearly even standing behind the screen. She tilted her head and looked at Yin Qiu, and said, "Since he said that he would not do things that are not sure, then it proves that He really came prepared. There is no movement at the moment, so let’s take it as good news. If you continue to be so sad, this year will soon be over."

Yin Qiu said: "I am sitting here well, but I don't even know whether he is alive or dead. My conscience is not at ease." Why hasn't the spirit come back? I'm really worried to death."

After changing her clothes, Man Jiangxue came out from behind the screen, took a seat opposite Yin Qiu, and said, "It's useless for you to worry, it's better to put your mind at ease."

Yin Qiu couldn't control his worry, and sighed again: "I'm just afraid that something will happen to Fu Xiang. If she's okay, Bai Ling should come back to report the news as soon as possible. But she has been delayed for so many days, maybe it's Fu Xiang. There is an accident, and I have to worry that my foster father may send someone, so it is not convenient to go down the mountain to Mingyue Tower to have a look, so I am waiting so hard for news, how can I not worry about it?"

Man Jiangxue unbuttoned the button just now, and said, "Then do something else, divert your attention, maybe Bai Ling will come back later."

Yin Qiu pushed the brewed tea to Man Jiangxue. Hearing this, he got up and took the medicine box, cleaned his hands and changed Man Jiangxue's medicine.

After these days of recuperation, the sword wound on Man Jiangxue's neck has healed, and it looks very abrupt on the side of the neck. Yin Qiu gently applied the medicine, and when he saw the wound, he couldn't help feeling depressed: "It's so deep. The wound, but must not leave a scar."

"Is it ugly?" Man Jiangxue asked.

"How can it be ugly? It's not ugly at all." Yin Qiu said.

"If there is a scar, do you still like me?" Man Jiangxue looked at her with a hint of teasing in her tone.

"Uncle Master, what are you talking about?" Yin Qiu said, "I like you no matter what you look like."

The bitterness of the medicine powder floated between the two of them, Man Jiangxue's face was still slightly pale when the sky was shining, she leaned slightly towards Yin Qiu, and suddenly asked: "What do you like about me?"

Yin Qiu was taken aback by this question, she wanted to reply "I like everything my uncle", but felt that such an answer seemed insincere, so she asked back while thinking: "Then why does uncle like me? "

Man Jiangxue stared at her for a while and said, "If I say I don't know, will you be angry?"

When Yin Qiu heard this, instead of being angry, he laughed and said, "It's normal if you don't know, I won't be angry."

"Normal?" Man Jiangxue put one hand on the table and supported her cheek, "Why is it normal?"

"Because Uncle Shi is a person who is too far away from the world of mortals," Yin Qiu said, "It's like if I ask you now, when did you start liking me, you probably can't tell, right?"

Without hesitation, Man Jiangxue said solemnly: "There is nothing to say, I liked you when you were still in the belly of Senior Sister."

Unexpectedly, she would answer like this, Yin Qiu couldn't help laughing and said: "It's the same in reverse, when I was in my mother's womb, I knew that I had a uncle, and I also liked you at that time," she said After saying this, he said again, "If you can't say it, just admit it generously. I've said it all. For you, it's normal that you don't know about these problems. Uncle Shi, don't need to talk nonsense."

Listening to her words, Man Jiangxue somehow felt like being lectured by Yin Qiurou.She felt that she was in a delicate mood, looked Yin Qiu in the eye and said, "What about you?"

"What am I?"

"Since when did you like me?"

Yin Qiu finished applying the last bit of ointment, lowered his head to adjust the clean bandage, and showed a meaningful smile: "Uncle Master seems to be very interested in these issues today," she said, leaning closer to Man Jiangxue, holding her Lifting her hair, "You want to know?"

Man Jiangxue looked up at her, brushed back her hair, and said, "Say it."

Yin Qiu saw that she had a look of anticipation, but seemed to be covering it up, so she couldn't help feeling a little playful, and said, "Let me think about it..."

She tilted her head and wrapped the bandage around Man Jiangxue's neck with her fingertips. She didn't speak during this period, and Man Jiangxue didn't urge her, just waited quietly.However, until the bandages were wrapped, Yin Qiu also packed the medicine box, and even ran to the dressing table to clean his hands, Man Jiangxue never waited for her next words.

After the detoxification and internal injuries were healed, Yin Qiu's situation in just a few days was quite different from the previous period, and she returned to the appearance in Man Jiangxue's impression.Those beautiful eyes are bright again, the skin is rosy, and the complexion is very good, sitting in front of the window like this is especially pleasing to the eye.

Man Jiangxue looked at Yin Qiu for a long time without saying a word, and saw that she was silent as if she had nothing to do, so she straightened up, stretched out her hand and stuffed Yin Qiu into her arms, and asked, "Do you want to talk?"

Yin Qiu pursed his lips slightly, raised his hand to button up Man Jiangxue's button, and pretended to be puzzled, "What did you say?"

Man Jiangxue looked down at her.

Yin Qiu thought the uncle was cute, so he blinked: "I don't know."

Man Jiangxue lowered her head, pressed Yin Qiu and kissed her for a while, then asked, "What about now?"

Yin Qiu's cheeks were flushed by her kiss, and his breathing was short: "I still don't know."

Man Jiangxue said "Okay", then laid Yin Qiu down on the soft satin, and looked down at her: "Then how do I know?"

Yin Qiu said, "I don't..."

Before he finished speaking, Man Jiangxue's lips pressed against her again.

Yin Qiu fell to the ground with her head up, bearing the weight of Man Jiangxue, she couldn't stop laughing in the thick kiss, no matter how Man Jiangxue pressed her, she deliberately didn't open her mouth, and Man Jiangxue had nothing to do with her.

The two made a fuss, rolling on the ground, and the laughter lingered in the room, which didn't stop for a long time.Yin Qiu was so oppressed by Man Jiangxue that he couldn't hold back any longer and said, "Okay, okay, uncle, don't mess with me, I'll tell you right now."

"It's too late," Man Jiangxue clasped Yin Qiu's wrist and put her hands behind her head, "I don't want to know now."

Yin Qiu couldn't move, couldn't break free at all, Man Jiangxue was still kissing her, soft lips fell on her lips, and fell on her neck again.Yin Qiu's face gradually turned red, and his hair became messy.She felt very itchy where Man Jiangxue had kissed her, and felt very embarrassed to be pressed like this.Yin Qiu had no choice but to beg for mercy: "Master, I was wrong... just let me go..."

Man Jiangxue ignored her, and withdrew her hand. Wherever Yin Qiu was ticklish, her hand would touch it. Yin Qiu burst into tears, and couldn't escape at all.She could only push Man Jiangxue with one hand, and said in a soft voice: "I was wrong, I was really wrong, uncle, don't..."

"Do you still dare?" Man Jiangxue pinched Yin Qiu's waist, and said lightly, "Do you think I can't cure you?"

"No," Yin Qiu blushed, his chest rising and falling, "...don't dare."

Man Jiangxue leaned over her, and saw that Yin Qiu's face was blushing, and his eyes were wet. He looked pitiful and painful.She looked at Yin Qiu for a while, and felt that Yin Qiu was so beautiful no matter how she looked at the moment, prettier than all the girls she had ever seen.This face that has been seen countless times has a new look at some point, Man Jiangxue suddenly forgot her previous appearance, maybe she can easily remember it later, but at the moment, she can only clearly See Yin Qiu now.

Yin Qiu held in her hand.

A faint smile appeared on her lips, Man Jiangxue straightened Yin Qiu's messed up clothes, and said, "I know what I like about you, just now."

Yin Qiu saw in her eyes the affection that others couldn't share, such obvious love completely covered her, leaving no gap.Yin Qiu asked, "What is it?"

Man Jiangxue's heart was moving, and the tears in Yin Qiu's eyes were also moving, just like the sparkling lake surface at sunset, every twinkling light spot only existed in Man Jiangxue's eyes.

This cannot be seen or touched by outsiders.

It belongs to her alone.

Man Jiangxue said, "You want to know?"

Yin Qiu nodded.

Man Jiangxue said, "Then let me think about it."

She imitated Yin Qiu's previous appearance, pretending to be in thought, and then she didn't say a word.

The thick curtain blocked the cold wind pouring in from the door, but the window was still open, and the soaking wind could not dissipate the heat in Yin Qiu's body, nor could it blow away the blush on her face.

Man Jiangxue stared at her expression, the original cold hands were warmed by Yin Qiu's body temperature through the fabric, she held Yin Qiu's face, buried her head in her lips and kissed her again.

Yin Qiu's back was sweating a little, she was like the remaining thin snow on the maple leaves in the yard, which was about to be melted by the sun.

A river full of snow is sunlight.

Yin Qiu lay limp on the ground, trying hard not to make a sound, but Man Jiangxue pried open her lips and teeth, and those intermittent gasps leaked out, which she couldn't control.

The breathing is intertwined, the scents that belong to each other are passing each other, Man Jiangxue softly shouted: "Xiaoqiu..."

Yin Qiu couldn't answer.

Under Man Jiangxue's gentle treatment, she forgot those anxieties that had troubled her for a long time, and also abandoned all worries and anxieties.She half-opened her eyes, hugged Man Jiangxue tightly, tried her best to adjust her disordered breathing, and hid her face in Man Jiangxue's arms in the bright sky outside the window.