Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

The garden is quiet and there are no extra people walking around.As night fell, the bright moon hung high in the sky, clear and bright, and the cold splendor covered the three of them, as if they were covered with a layer of tulle.

"Tonight, I have two moons," Yin Qiu lay on the table, shaking his wine glass, "one is in the sky and the other is in the water."

Wen Chaoyu hadn't enjoyed such a spring night for a long time. She took a peanut and threw it on the lake, pointing to the place where the ripples were rippling, and said, "No, your moon is broken."

Yin Qiu raised his head and took a look, then said generously, "No problem, there is only one left."

Seeing that she seemed a little drunk after drinking, Wen Zhaoyu wanted to tease her, so he stretched out his hand to block Yin Qiu's eyes, and said, "Then there are none left now."

Yin Qiu lay back on his stomach again, waved Wen Zhaoyu's hand away, and smiled softly.Instead of looking up, she looked at Man Jiangxue and said, "There are still."

Her cheeks were flushed, her eyebrows were smiling, the light in her eyes covered the lamps around her, Man Jiangxue met her eyes, and looked at Yin Qiu quietly with a little smile on her lips .

"Where is it?" Wen Zhaoyu pretended not to see it, and asked intentionally, "Where is there a moon?"

"Here," Yin Qiu raised his chin, "it's opposite me."

Wen Zhaoyu felt his teeth hurt, and thought that this girl is not too old, but she knows how to please his sweetheart, so he teased: "You are drunk and confused, such a living person, you think she is the moon?"

Yin Qiu said, "Have you never heard of a poem?"

Wen Chaoyu said: "I don't read much, so come and listen to me when you read."

Yin Qiu thought for a while, as if weighing which poem to read in his heart, then shook his head and said: "Yejue spring is late, and there are no begonias, only red and broken branches. rain."

"Good poem." Wen Zhaoyu was ignorant of knowledge, but he was very appreciative, "I don't know which great poet wrote it? I heard that there are you and me in this sentence. It's quite a coincidence."

"It's not just you and me," Yin Qiusha said in a serious manner, "People are like a moon, so I'm talking about my uncle."

Wen Zhaoyu paused for a moment, then understood in a flash, and said "oh" in a drawn-out tone, jokingly said, "I mean, you are a great poet, so it turns out that this is a love poem."

Yin Qiu smiled meaningfully, and said: "I don't dare to be a poet, I just put together words. Uncle Wen's house is good, but we should keep the spring day longer."

"Don't worry," Wen Zhaoyu said, "Whenever you come, it will be spring."

After drinking and eating, Xue Tan arranged a guest room and sent him to the residence with a lantern.Yin Qiu entered the door, first found a pen and ink to write down the poem just now, Man Jiangxue illuminated the lamp for her, and the shadows of the two fell on the rice paper.

"I'll make a poor poem for you." Yin Qiu folded up the rice paper and stuffed it into Man Jiangxue's arms, "The poem is not good, but my handwriting is still improving. Master, please keep it carefully, so don't lose it." gone."

Man Jiangxue bent her lips into a smile, answered "OK", brought hot water to wipe Yin Qiu's face, and said, "Go to bed early, I have to go back to the palace tomorrow."

Yin Qiu was drunk, her cheeks were like peaches, she was in a good mood tonight, she went back to the room and kept giggling nonstop, Man Jiangxue helped her wash up, and left a lamp outside, the two of them lay down, in the hazy light They slept together on the same pillow and kissed a drunken kiss.

"Uncle Wen, this is the end of all hardships, isn't it?" Yin Qiu snuggled into Man Jiangxue's arms, and said longingly, "It would be great if Uncle Wen and I could live in Xifeng Mountain permanently in the future. I have only been to that place once. Never forget it."

Man Jiangxue said: "When this troubled time is over, you can live wherever you want."

The breeze closed the window screen, and there was a white moonlight gathering there. Yin Qiu looked out of the window and suddenly asked, "What is it like outside the pass? Is it any different from the scenery in our Central Plains?"

Man Jiangxue lay on her back, staring at the lotus flowers on the bed curtain and said, "It's probably different, but I forgot a little bit, and I can't remember clearly."

Yin Qiu turned over and lay face down, smiled at Man Jiangxue, and said, "After that, Master Uncle will take me to see outside the pass?"

"Okay," Man Jiangxue teased, "I'll take you outside the customs and sell you as a maid, can you get it back yourself?"

"There's nothing wrong with that," Yin Qiu said, "Even if you sell me, I can escape, unless the owner of the house is better than me."

"What about the money?" Man Jiangxue asked.

"I can perform on the street," Yin Qiu said, "Yunhua's swordsmanship should be well-known outside the pass, so it's okay to earn some money and rent a carriage?"

Man Jiangxue imagined the scene, and said with a smile: "It's so pitiful, I'm alone in a foreign land, and I still have to perform for a living."

Yin Qiu laughed softly: "Yeah, for the sake of being so pitiful to me, uncle, please don't sell me out. Wouldn't it be good for me to be your maid?"

Man Jiangxue said: "It's okay, a maid who is beautiful, good at kung fu and can write love poems is hard to come by, so I won't sell it, just follow me."

"It's easy to say, I'll write you some love poems." Yin Qiu spoke boldly.

"Let your master know that the beard is crooked with anger." Man Jiangxue said.

"How would Master know? Just don't show it to him," Yin Qiu said, "Since it was written for you, only you can read it."

Finding that Yin Qiu was still in high spirits at this time, and had the energy to joke with herself, Man Jiangxue said, "Are you still sleepy? You won't be able to get up tomorrow morning."

Yin Qiu kissed her on the cheek and said, "I can wake up whenever I sleep, unlike my uncle, who sleeps until the sun rises every day, and can't wake up even by shouting."

Man Jiangxue said: "Then let's compete to see who will get up first tomorrow."

Yin Qiu answered straight away: "Just compare, I'm sure I'll win."

Man Jiangxue immediately pulled up the quilt to cover her tightly, and said: "Then let's compare now, who will fall asleep first."

Yin Qiu laughed loudly under the quilt, poked his head out, and said, "I don't want to compare this, I can't breathe inside, master, don't make trouble with me."

Man Jiangxue said: "Then what do you want to do if you have been refusing to sleep for so long?"

Yin Qiu stopped talking, just looked at her with a smile.

Man Jiangxue quickly understood, turned the man inside to lie on his back, leaned forward and kissed Yin Qiu.

After a long kiss, both of them felt sleepy. On the second day, the first thing Man Jiangxue did after waking up was to visit Yin Qiu. Yin Qiushuo slept sweetly and soundly in her arms. Man Jiangxue smiled silently, and kissed Yin Qiu on the forehead, thinking that it was too early to wake her up, so she got up first.

The view of the courtyard outside the wing room is also good, the sky is still bright, there are no people everywhere, the river is full of snow, blowing the cold wind to refresh, Wen Chaoyu shuttles around the promenade, and he is surprised and surprised: "Why do you get up so early, the canonization ceremony is not Will it officially start at noon?"

Man Jiangxue said: "It takes time to go up the mountain, so it's not advisable to go to bed late today," she asked, "What are you doing up so early?"

Wen Zhaoyu sighed, folded a flower branch and sniffed it on the tip of his nose, and said sadly, "I haven't slept all night, do you think I'm going or not?"

Man Jiangxue saw that her eyes were black and she was tired, she said speechlessly: "Go if you want to go, don't go if you don't want to go, what are you talking about."

"You put it lightly," Wen Chaoyu said, "I don't want to go, I worry about Wanshu expecting me to go, if I go, I have to avoid those two, hide and hide, and cover up, I'm not happy."

Man Jiangxue originally wanted to ask her how she planned to face the two elders of the Ji family in the future. After all, the rest of her life is still long, and some things have to be resolved.But considering that this person is bothering her, Man Jiangxue didn't want to make her more depressed, she just reassured her a little: "It's not the first time that she hides and hides, just look away."

The two stood by a rockery pool, Wen Chaoyu looked at the reflection in the water, and said in a deep voice, "I've been thinking about something for a long time," she paused, and looked at Man Jiangxue, "Ye Zhilan and Yin Qiu said that she hadn't touched the holy sword, and it was indeed in the observatory, which means that the holy sword was removed by that person, so when did he remove it?"

When she mentioned this suddenly, Man Jiangxue didn't find it abrupt, and continued, "It's hard to say, maybe when Meng Wugui led me and Xiaoqiu to Weicheng, he secretly moved to another place."

"That was several months ago." Wen Zhaoyu rubbed his chin, pondering for a moment, "In the past, the observatory was still the Taoist temple, I remember that there was a special person responsible for cleaning that place, and later the Clothes Tomb was built, so there should be someone in charge? "

Man Jiangxue nodded: "There should be."

"The holy sword is hidden in a certain clothes tomb, there is absolutely nothing wrong with it," Wen Zhaoyu analyzed, "But when we opened the grave that night, we didn't see any traces of being dug in any of the clothes tombs, which shows that the man was indeed ahead of time." The holy sword was taken away after a long time. This winter, the snow fell frequently and the rain fell many times. If he had done this a few months ago, then the night we searched for the sword, all the traces he left would have been wiped out. The rain and snow cover it up naturally, and no one can detect it."

Man Jiangxue said: "So? What do you want to say."

Wen Chaoyu said: "What I want to say is that after you return to the palace, you can look up the disciples who are in charge of the observatory. They are close and have duties. Maybe there are subordinates who have been placed by that person. For example Whether the Clothes Tomb has been moved or refurbished, or who has visited frequently in a short period of time, these should all be recorded, what do you think?"

Hearing her words, Man Jiangxue's eyes moved, as if she thought of something at this moment after Wen Zhaoyu's reminder.

Wen Zhaoyu quickly caught her sudden expression change, and quickly asked, "What did you think of? Who did you think of?"

The dawn dawned on the horizon, and strands of golden light shone in all directions. Man Jiangxue frowned tightly in the suddenly brightening light, but did not answer.

"You are talking," Wen Zhaoyu knew that she must have some guesses or clues, and said anxiously, "Do you suspect someone?"

Man Jiangxue's gaze was momentarily distorted. She was silent for a long time, and then she said solemnly: "I remembered something... I won't tell you when I go back to the palace to test it out."

Wen Chaoyu rolled his eyes, and was almost terrified by her: "What can't be said? Even if I found out, I wouldn't rush into Yunhua Palace to ask someone to question me. Tell me quickly!"

Man Jiangxue was silent again, shaking his head and said: "I don't want to talk about things without evidence, just guessing. I have accidentally injured Huai Wei once before, and I have to be more cautious in the future. I can't just get suspicious. Who There is no guarantee that what I think of will be a loophole deliberately left by that person, the purpose is to make me suspect someone. Don't ask, I will tell you when I have a conclusion. "

Now that she said so, Wen Zhaoyu couldn't keep asking, so he had to give up: "...It's fine, then if you confirm your conjecture, please remember to talk to me."

Man Jiangxue gave a "hmm" and said without frowning: "Okay."

·

The Shangyuan Festival has finally arrived as scheduled. Today, the sky is clear and clear, and the sky is clear and cloudless. The majestic and towering Yunhua Mountain is bathed in a bright golden light.

The spring rain has not yet fallen after the New Year's Eve, and the mountains, flowers and forests have not yet been nourished by the New Year, and the spring breeze will revive everything.The whole palace was decorated with new decorations, the pavilions and pavilions were covered with red silk, lanterns were hung, the red carpet was laid on the avenue, and the morning bell was ringing. Today is a good day for double happiness.

It is rare to have a happy event in the palace, and the disciples are naturally very busy. Before the sun rises, the disciple in charge of the enthronement ceremony has already started to arrange various important tasks, and the disciples of other peaks have also bathed and burned incense. With new clothes, everyone is waiting for the auspicious time to come, and everyone is excited and happy.

Before the cold spring had passed, many disciples who were strong and powerful had already changed into their spring clothes, but Lu Huaiwei was still wearing winter clothes and a heavy cloak, wrapping her whole body like a rice dumpling.She ate three cups of tea outside, but the people inside the screen hadn't come out for a long time. Lu Huaiwei glanced at the sky and urged, "Is Senior Sister alright? It's just a change of clothes, which takes longer than your bath time, Sect Master." I’m afraid I’ll have to wait impatiently there.”

There were rustlings inside the screen, and the movement never stopped. Lu Huaiwei heard that the head had knocked over a lot of things again, she couldn't help but sighed softly, and asked, "What is it that I don't understand? Do you want me to come in and help?" ?”

Then Ji Wanshu said hastily: "It's over, it's almost over."

Lu Huaiwei had no choice but to stand up, opened the beaded curtain and entered the room. As soon as she entered, the figure on the screen also moved.The next moment, Ji Wanshu, who was neatly dressed, walked out slowly with her skirt on, and Lu Huaiwei was taken aback by that look.

Reflecting the sky, Ji Wanshu wore a royal blue wide-sleeved long dress with a brocade belt wrapped around it, which was very elegant.She usually dresses up lightly, and she only wears a plain Tsing Yi all the year round. She doesn't use makeup on her face, and she looks beautiful, but she is too simple.It was rare to see such a well-dressed scene like this one in ten years. Lu Huaiwei looked at her again and again, only to feel that Ji Wanshu was particularly eye-catching today. The clothes were tailor-made for her, and they matched her perfectly Ji Wan is fair-skinned and beautiful, with a graceful figure, and her already cold and aggressive aura adds a bit of natural majesty, and she really has the look that a young master should have.

Lu Huaiwei even claimed that it was good, walked around Ji Wanshu a few times, and praised: "It's amazing, I don't know what was blindfolded in the past, and I forgot that my senior sister is still a lady from a family with golden branches and jade leaves. You are dressed like this today, so you can wear it." Makes me suddenly think of who you are," she said from the bottom of her heart, "Everyone will be dumbfounded when you leave this door later, I will be the first one to convince you all the seniors and sisters in this palace. Qiu has a good face, looking at it now, senior sister can even compare with Xiao Qiu."

Ji Wanshu was rarely praised for his appearance, so he felt a little awkward after hearing these words, and frowned, "I'm not a golden branch and jade leaf, you are too exaggerated," she tugged at her sleeves, and then said again He straightened his clothes, "I haven't worn such complicated clothes when I grow up so big, you can help me see if there is anything wrong, why do I feel panicked?"

Lu Huaiwei smiled and said, "Your collar is turned upside down, the buttons are wrongly buttoned, and the belt is wrapped so tightly, it's no wonder if you don't tighten it."

Ji Wan left home early, with no parents to take care of her, and no master to guide her. In the past, she used to wear what was convenient, and she was used to rough clothes. How could she wear such delicate clothes?Ji Wanshu opened her arms and let Lu Huaiwei play with her. She looked outside the door for a while and said, "Is Wen Chaoyu here?"

"I don't know, I haven't heard anyone mention it yet," Lu Huaiwei said, "I have asked more than [-] times in one morning, and my uncle and Xiao Qiu haven't come back yet. They will definitely come together. What are you in a hurry for?"

Ji Wanshu sighed for no reason: "I don't know why, but I'm a little nervous. Tell me, why am I nervous?"

Lu Huaiwei jokingly said: "That's right, it's not about marrying someone, why are you nervous?"

Ji Wan glanced at her and moved her body a bit before she felt better.Lu Huaiwei opened the jewelry box on the dressing table, picked out some beautiful jewelry for her to wear, and said, "This is what my aunt sent over earlier. It's so beautiful. My family is not rich, and no one can afford it." Give me the item. Sister, I’m so envious."

"If you like it, you can pick whatever you want," Ji Wanshu said generously, "You can take all of them. I don't like these, so what's the point in playing with a sword."

Lu Huaiwei was amused to hear that, and added some make-up to Ji Wanshu, and put on some rouge and gouache. After everything was cleaned up, the two left for the Mingguang Palace.

Along the way, as Lu Huaiwei said, all the disciples' eyes lit up when they saw Ji Wanshu, as if they had seen some fairy descending from the earth, and their amazement was beyond words.Ji Wanshu felt uncomfortable all over, and had to pretend to be calm. When they arrived at the Mingguang Palace, Xie Yijun and all the elders praised him generously. place to hide.

"Wanshu, come to Auntie." Mrs. Ji's face was bright, her lips were grinning from ear to ear, and she waved to Ji Wanshu, "There are a few things you need to see, and give me and your father an idea." .”

Ji Wanshu rushed out of the crowd surrounding her as if she had been pardoned, and asked, "What is it?"

It's been a long time again, the unhappiness in Jincheng has faded away, Master Ji looks at Ji Wanshu with a relieved expression.Mrs. Ji dragged Ji Wanshu into the side hall, and called Xie Yijun in. There were several portraits on the long case, all of which were handsome young men. Mrs. Ji said: "I heard that you have learned a lot. , and canonized as the young head of Yunhua Palace. Many courtships have come to the family in the past few days, and the threshold is almost broken. I discussed it with your father. You are not young now, it is time to start a family .Look, which of these young masters can catch your eyes?"

Ji Wanshu never expected Mrs. Ji to talk to her about this matter at this time, she couldn't help but change her face and said: "I still think it's something, you can take it away, there is no need to look at it, I don't like any of them."

Mrs. Ji knew that she would react like this, but she still said happily: "It's okay if you don't like it. I just negotiated with the head of Xie. After the enthronement ceremony is over, she will give you a few days off. Come back to Jincheng with us, and you can pick them yourself when you get home. Right now, your father and I are looking for these, and their wealth and looks are not bad. Several of them are notoriously famous young heroes of the rivers and lakes. You should get in touch with them more. Contact, maybe you will see the right one, right?"

Ji Wanshu was impatient, and thought of his parents traveling a long way, so he didn't want to quarrel with them face to face.Ji Wan said in a dull voice: "Let's talk later, don't mention this to me yet."

"Oh, since it's all mentioned, why don't you take a second look?" Mrs. Ji winked at Xie Yijun, "What did Mr. Xie say? My family has seen you more than us over the years. You I must know Wan Shu very well, so you can come and see, which young master here is right with us Wan Shu?"

Xie Yijun glanced at Ji Wanshu indiscriminately, and said with a smile: "Young people have to decide what to do about young people. Young people like their generation don't like their parents' orders and matchmaker's words. They should let their children decide on their own." Let's choose."

Mrs. Ji scolded: "That's not okay, you also know Wanshu's temper, I won't urge her, she doesn't think about these things at all, of course, marriage matters have to be handled by parents, what is it like to let her decide? "

Xie Yijun smiled and said nothing, and left here with an excuse after a few words of politeness. The more Mrs. Ji talked, the happier she was. With the grandson on top, the two of them were in a particularly good mood, and even discussed how to take care of the grandson in the future.

Ji Wan Shuchu stood there with an indifferent face, and wanted to interrupt countless times, but endured it again.Mrs. Ji said: "You don't need to be unhappy, I can tell you that it is difficult for a girl to marry after her marriageable age. You are still not married at this age, and you are not afraid of being laughed at if you say it. Me and your father I haven't urged you in the past few years, now you can't mess around anymore, you don't like the one here, you have to pick a satisfactory one when you go home."

Ji Wanshu endured and endured, and finally said displeased: "What's the joke? Who dares to make irresponsible remarks? Whose skin will I pick off?"

"Oh, you're so fierce, no one dares to take you anymore," Mrs. Ji said, "It's better for my daughter's family to be more gentle. You and Huaiwei often stay together, why don't you take advantage of her? Learned it? You have to get rid of your temper as soon as possible and change it."

"I won't accept it, and I won't change it. Everyone knows that I have a bad temper," Ji Wanshu said with a sullen face, "I'm not an object, let alone a flower, and who's going to pick and choose? Still have to hope that people will want me? Is it contemptuous."

"The last few sentences are decent. Our Ji family's daughter, of course, can't be picked by others," Mrs. Ji said, "You have to pick someone else to be serious. I think this young man is not bad. The day he came, he will be with you." Dad has a very happy conversation, he is very polite and knowledgeable, what do you think of him?"

Ji Wanshu pressed down the portrait in her hand, tried her best to suppress the urge to tear it up, and said bluntly: "Okay, don't talk about it, don't disturb my mood, if I don't have a good time at the ceremony later Face, you have to teach me that I don't know the rules again."

Mrs. Ji glared and said, "Who do you want to show your face to on such a good day?" When she said this, she lowered her voice, "You see, you are nearly forty years old and have not yet married and had children. To put it bluntly, what does she look like? A woman, so what if she becomes the head of a faction? You don’t have a husband and no heirs, you can learn everything from her, but you can’t learn anything from her.”

"What are you doing behind your back?" Ji Wanshu couldn't take it anymore, and said coldly, "It's none of your business if the family is poor or not. It didn't block our Ji family's wealth, if you want to say it again, I'm really embarrassed."

Seeing that her attitude was getting worse, Master Ji shouted: "Presumptuous! Your mother has worked so hard, I don't ask you to listen to every word, and don't come to teach others. You talk to your parents like this!"

Ji Wanshu turned his back and fell silent.

"On the day of great joy, don't scold her," Mrs. Ji pushed Master Ji away, looked at her daughter and said, "Wanshu, it's true that Madam's length is wrong, but everything else is justified, and you don't have to rush back to us." If you want to, but you have to take it to heart, think it over carefully, we will not choose the children of the businessman's family, if they are not suitable for you, how about young heroes from other factions?"

Ji Wanshu lowered her eyes and stared at the ground, as upset as she wanted to be, she clenched her fists secretly, after a long silence, she still gritted her teeth and said, "That's enough, you don't have to pretend to be confused with me, I like men or women, You two know better than anyone else."

She raised her head, held back her anger, and said as calmly as possible: "I don't care about anyone except Wen Chaoyu. Don't bring up this matter again in the future, so as not to hurt your friendship."

Mrs. Ji choked, and her face immediately showed embarrassment. Seeing this, Mr. Ji became angry again, but before he could reprimand, Ji Wanshu brushed off all the portraits on the table, and walked out with a livid face. Mingguang Palace.