Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

Fu Xiang stood in front of the window, with a lot of incense ash on his pure white mourning clothes.

She unloaded her sword, put her hands on the window bier, and her fingers unconsciously grasped the wood there.The nail was broken, and the small and sharp sawdust pierced into the flesh, oozing traces of blood. It was expected to be painful, but she was indifferent, and there was no superfluous expression on her calm face.

There is no bright sunlight in Jinhuai City. Today is the first rain after the early spring. The dark clouds are low, heavy and dense.

There was a lot of noise outside the building, and I don't know who was making the noise. Fu Xiang let the cold rain beat on her, and the increasingly dense flower scene in early spring faded away in her eyes like dust and mist. The bleak figure of Ma Daixiao.

The sky and the earth have lost all their bright colors, leaving only a bleak plain white. Grief and gloom enveloped the Mingyue Tower up and down, dyeing this place with an indelible haze.

"Lord Fu's tragic death on the outskirts of the city is truly appalling! That mechanism was built by the Nine Immortals Hall. Heroes, let's go to the Nine Immortals Hall to find out!"

"How do I have to ask to make it clear? They replied yesterday! The mechanism was sold a few months ago during the Mozitai period, and the buyer claimed that the things were stolen years ago. Both sides can come up with an explanation! This is someone The conspiracy that has been plotted a long time ago, it is useless for us to hold on to Jiuxiantang!"

"Yes, Jiuxiantang has always had a good reputation, and they have no grievances or enmities with Mingyuelou. How could they do such a thing that would damage their reputation? The buyer is just an ordinary person who has not traveled in the world, but his family is rich. , likes to study mechanics, bought it for his own enjoyment, and he doesn't know when he lost it. The real murderer wanted to set the blame on him, so he cleaned everything up. It's hard to find out about Mr. Fu now! "

"Then you can't do nothing! Mingyue Tower is the second largest faction in the Jianghu. Even Master Fu has an accident. In the future, people like us may plot against others. Do you understand the truth? If we don't work together to find out the truth, this fire will burn on you and me sooner or later!"

"Then why are you talking about how to investigate? In fact, in my opinion, who has such a great ability to kill the owner of Mingyue Tower? Maybe it's Nangong Min who is behind the scenes again!"

"That's right! The Ziwei Sect has done a lot of evil and killed people like hemp. After the refugees in the major states and cities had accidents a year ago, they didn't move. Isn't this weird? It must have been caused by the Ziwei Sect again!"

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Through the door, Daoist's voice came clearly. Fu Xiang could hear everyone's words clearly, but he still didn't respond at all.

Ever since Fu Cen's body was discovered, as soon as the news got out, many knights from other sects flocked to the building. They gathered together, and they were very excited. They had been arguing about this matter for two days and two nights without giving up.

Hearing the news of Fu Cen's death, Housekeeper Zhao immediately released Fu Xiang from the confinement room. The disciples of Mingyue Tower were all shocked when they arrived at the scene. After leaving the mourning hall, she behaved very calmly, and even up to this point she hadn't said a word.

The sound of the rain was noisy, and the noise outside continued, and the whole world was not at peace.Afu crouched in a corner, watching Fu Xiang's back silently. After a long time, she mustered up the courage to call out: "Senior Sister..."

Fu Xiang didn't move, standing straight.

Seeing her like this, Afu's heart felt as if it was being fried in a frying pan, and she couldn't express the pain.Afu thought over and over again, and finally walked towards Fu Xiang, pulled her sleeves and said, "Senior Sister, just say something."

Fu Xiang seemed to have lost his soul, his eyes were distorted, and he couldn't make a sound for a long time, but the strength in his hands became heavier and heavier.With tears in her eyes, Afu quickly wiped Fu Xiang's blood with a handkerchief, and called out again: "Senior sister...?"

Only then did Fu Xiang turn his head to look at her, and asked, "My father... did he leave any words?"

Afu wiped her tears and shook her head.

"It's so strange. When people are still alive, when they think of my father, they always think of his bad things," Fu Xiang murmured, "Now that people are dead, they only think of his good things. Well, I can't think of one at the moment."

When Afu heard this, her tears burst instantly. She lowered her head and cried bitterly: "Senior sister, I'm sorry...you hate me. From now on, my life is yours. When do you want to ask me for it?" I can die, I...I'm sorry for you."

Fu Xiang turned around, sat down slowly in front of the case, and said in a low voice: "I hate you...the master's fate is hard to break, how could I hate you?" When I was a disciple, she made it so clear to me. Over the years, she has reminded me countless times what will happen in the future. I have already expected and knew the current situation. I thought I I don't have any real feelings for the Fu family. I came back to ask my father to collect debts, but after getting along for several years, blood is thicker than water, and I was moved with compassion. Now it's a done deal, and it's hard to recover. How can I just blame others? This I am also one of the accomplices.

That day when I met Fu Cen for the last time in the confinement room, Fu Xiang originally thought to choose the two routes given by the Luo family. As long as she is willing to go private, as long as she is willing to leave Mingyue Tower, the Luo family will let it go, Mingyue Lou will retreat from the cusp of the storm to a safe place, and Meng Wugui will not kill Fu Cen again. After all, she is gone. Even if Fu Cen's head is in a different place, Meng Wugui will not kill her. Bound back to Mingyue Tower to succeed the landlord.

But she really didn't expect Meng Wugui to attack so quickly, and she didn't even meet her before making any plans.

Recalling Fu Cen's heartbroken and battered appearance that day, Fu Xiang's heart was pierced by a knife, and he asked stupidly: "I have been locked in the confinement room for so long, do you and Master really never see me in the future?"

Afu looked at her facelessly, and could only bury her head and say, "The one who came here was the day when Lord Fu talked to you for the last time."

Fu Xiang was stunned for a moment, then said clearly: "So, what did we say, did you and Master hear it?"

Afu said, "I heard..."

"That's it," Fu Xiang said, "When she heard that I wanted to protect Mingyue Tower, she knew that I was going to retreat, and she must have done it before I left."

Afu hurriedly said: "Senior Sister, don't hate Master. If you want to hate, hate me. I was the one who drugged Master Fu's drink. If it wasn't for this, Master would not be able to kill him even if he set up a trap. You know, Master has waited for revenge for so many years, and now that person and Nangong Min have to deal with her, she has no choice but to do it. Killing Master Fu to take his place is the worst strategy Master has said many years ago. Originally, she There are not many people you can rely on. When she heard that you were leaving and breaking your original oath, how could she calmly watch you pat your ass and leave? Sister... If you want to seek revenge, come at me, You must not hate Master..."

Fu Xiang looked at her, his lips moved, and his eyes gradually filled with hot tears.

Afu was heartbroken, and immediately bent her knees and knelt down, kowtowed her head to Fu Xiang, and said, "It's because I take these things too much for children's play. In the past few years, although I have been running around with Master Let's go, but I have never faced the danger directly. I have Master protecting me in everything. I was raised by her so much, but what did I do for her? In fact, I can't do anything. I only eat and have fun. It will only mess up everything Master gave me."

"It wasn't until now that I realized that Master had never been alarmist, but I had always ignored her words. I thought... I thought revenge would be easy. I don't need to face choices, and I don't need to go up and down the mountain of swords Huo Hai, in short, I will do what Master says, and it was only at this point that I realized that my thinking was too simple, how could I know that things would really develop to the day where I would kill Lord Fu?"

"If I could have had such an awareness from the beginning, I wouldn't be so muddled today, like a headless chicken. Sister, I don't want to speak for Master, but the two of us can live to this day because we are all Thanks to Master's kindness, you can either put this debt of blood on my head, or you should think hard about it. Is Master Fu really treating you well? If Master didn't teach you painstakingly behind your back, you would find it yourself. When he returned to Mingyue Building, he would not even look at you. He might keep you in the building because of public opinion, but he would never reuse you. He wanted a son from the beginning to the end. Send you to Yunhua Palace? Senior Sister...you hate me, please hate me..."

Fu Xiang was in a trance, and suddenly remembered the day when Meng Wugui found her.

It was a snowy day, the county was poor, and the place was remote. Fu Xiang was wearing tattered clothes and was digging mud in the woods with a few neighbors.The children are young, have never been to school, and don't understand reason. There was friction over a trivial matter. Fu Xiang was originally helping to persuade the quarrel, but in the end, for some reason, she, the one who persuaded the quarrel, was joined by the quarrelsome He cursed a lot.

"I want you to be nosy! You are the only one who can talk? We are arguing with us, what are you talking about?"

"That's right! No wonder your father doesn't want you, let's not play with her anymore!"

"Wild girl without father or mother, go away! Let's go!"

A child who is only a few years old is the most capable of poking at people's pain when he speaks. Fu Xiang just helped to mediate a few words, so he didn't want to offend both parties.She was still holding the freshly made clay figurine in her hand, and she just stood there so stupidly, and she didn't know how to refute when she was scolded.A few children walked not far away and turned their heads to make faces at her frequently, grabbed mud and threw it at her. Fu Xiang was hit a few times, so she had to hide in a panic, but she ran into it before taking two steps. A warm embrace, a woman in purple supported her, and showed her a gentle smile.

"Do you want me to teach them a lesson for you?" Meng Wugui asked.

Fu Xiang looked at her with tears in his eyes, and said, "How can I teach you a lesson?"

Seeing Meng Wugui suddenly appear, those children were very surprised, they all stood on the other side and looked fresh.Meng Wugui bent down to pick up a few stones. Before Fu Xiang saw her movements clearly, he saw the children hugging their heads and screaming. Bumps soon swelled up on their foreheads, and they cried and cried. He fled here in a hurry, not even daring to turn his head back.

Fu Xiang's eyes lit up, and he asked curiously, "How did you do it?"

Meng Wugui said: "You can do it by practicing martial arts."

Fu Xiang said: "Like those heroes in the story? Then how can I practice martial arts?"

Meng Wugui sized her up for a while and said, "If you worship me as your teacher, I will teach you martial arts."

Fu Xiang asked, "Who are you?"

Meng Wugui said: "Don't worry about who I am, you can answer me first, do you want to learn martial arts?"

Fu Xiang said: "I think so, but I have to discuss it with my family. How much do you charge for apprentices? I'm afraid they won't agree."

"I don't need money to accept apprentices," Meng Wugui said, "but I still have to ask you a question. After you learn martial arts in the future, will you go back to Mingyue Tower to find your father?"

Fu Xiang was stunned, and said in frustration: "He doesn't want me anymore, why should I look for him?"

Meng Wugui said: "If you learn Kung Fu well, he will naturally want you."

Fu Xiang dubiously said: "Really? I heard from others that he only likes his son and doesn't like his daughter. Even if I learn kung fu, he definitely won't want me. People in the village say girls are useless." , my father must have thought so too."

Meng Wugui said, "But I don't think so."

Hearing her words, Fu Xiang felt warm in his heart, as if he had inadvertently received a recognition he had never had before.She was puzzled and said: "Are you someone sent by my father? If you are, please tell him for me. I hate him to death. He doesn't want me, and I don't want him. Even if I learn it by myself in the future. If I work hard, I will not go back to Mingyue Tower to curry favor with him, although I am young now, I have a lot of backbone, and I don't care if he takes me back."

Meng Wugui laughed and said, "Don't worry, it wasn't your father's idea that I came here to look for you."

Fu Xiang said: "Then you came to me on a special trip just to teach me martial arts? But we don't know each other."

"If you are willing to learn martial arts from me, we will get to know each other in the future," Meng Wugui said, "but you have to be clear about one thing. If you become my apprentice, you will have to stand against Mingyue Tower in the future and help I take revenge, you have to learn how to kill, and you have to face many dangers that you can't imagine, and you are more likely to become an enemy with your father, I said that, are you still willing?"

Fu Xiang thought for a while: "Who did you kill, and when did you start killing?"

Meng Wugui replied: "Kill the person who deserves to be killed. When the time is right, when you need to kill, I will tell you."

Fu Xiang said: "It's so simple? There are no other conditions?"

"You think it's easy?" Meng Wugui raised his eyebrows slightly, "If I let you kill your father, do you think it's easy too?"

Fu Xiang was taken aback, and said in shock: "Although I hate my father and have no feelings for him, but if I want to kill him, I still can't do such a rebellious thing... So you have something to do with my father... hatred?"

"I have a grudge against others, killing your father is just a possibility, I don't necessarily have to kill him," Meng Wugui said, "but the premise is that you have to learn kung fu well and take over the position of landlord from him , if you can't do it, then your father will probably die under my hands. The so-called "speak first and then stop chaos", you have to think carefully after hearing what I said, and I will come to you in three days. At that time, you must Give me an accurate answer."

After she finished speaking, she immediately disappeared into the forest like a puff of green smoke. Fu Xiang didn't even see her shadow clearly, so she disappeared.

For the next three days, no matter where Fu Xiang went, he was followed by a group of children who were extremely enthusiastic about her.

"Fu Xiang, who was that person that day? Is she your mother?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Fu Xiang's mother died a long time ago, okay? Her father probably got married later!"

"Good Fu Xiang, she is so powerful, does she want to teach you kung fu? You let her teach us too, we will never bully you again!"

"That's right! We recognize you as the boss, you let us go east, we dare not go west!"

Fu Xiang has been the boss for these three days, and he has deeply realized how important it is to have a good martial arts. Meng Wugui just taught these people a lesson for her, and they respected her and obeyed her words.If she herself can be like a dream without return, maybe not only the people here, but even her father will kneel down to her face to admit his mistakes, how happy it would be!

So three days later, Fu Xiang ran to the forest early in the morning to wait. When the sun climbed to the top of the mountain, Meng Wu returned, but she did not come alone. girl.

"Who is this? Your apprentice?" Fu Xiang asked.

"Her name is Afu, and I rescued her from a pile of refugees last month," Meng Wugui said, "If you don't agree to accept me as your teacher, then I will teach her kung fu and find a way to make her enter the bright moon." building."

"Will you let her kill my father?" Fu Xiang looked at Afu with unconscious hostility in his eyes.

Meng Wugui said: "I told you three days ago that I may not kill your father, it depends on the future situation. I let her enter Mingyue Tower because I want her to worship your father as a teacher, and then step by step to become a young master." The landlord, that is to say, she wants to go the way you should go. I could have found a boy, but I didn’t lie, I don’t think girls are worse than boys, so I won’t say more, just watch now your decision."

Fu Xiang thought to himself: He can learn Kung Fu and be a host at the same time. Why should such a good thing be made cheaper by others?Her father will not die, as long as she is willing to work hard, learn kung fu well, and take over the Mingyue Tower from her father, everything will be fine.As for what happened to her father after Mingyue Tower disappeared, she didn't care, who made her father care about her life?

"Well, I promise you," Fu Xiang thought a lot, and finally made up his mind, "I understand what you mean, I don't care about Mingyue Tower, I just want to learn martial arts from you, my father will always be my father, I can't just watch him die, so I will try my best to be the landlord."

Meng Wugui said: "But if you didn't become the landlord, and the situation is not good, I will choose to kill your father and then fix you up. You don't know this well?"

"Clear!" Fu Xiang was very confident, patted his chest and said, "But I won't give you this chance, I will definitely be the landlord with my own strength!"

Since then, Fu Xiang and Afu worshiped Meng Wugui as their teacher on the same day, and started a journey of martial arts that she never even imagined.

Meng Wugui said: "After worshiping the teacher and making an oath, I will be responsible for what I said, but you are still young, so I won't take your words completely to heart. Wait a few years when you grow up. Now, I will ask you again, if at that time you feel withdrawn and don't want to participate in these things, as long as you say it clearly, I can let you go."

Fu Xiang felt that this person was very good, taught her Kung Fu for free, and gave her a way out. Fu Xiang believed that her luck was in luck, and when she met a nobleman, she said with high spirits: "Although I haven't studied, I also know that one day As a teacher and a father for life, I will never forget the oath I made, don't worry, I will work hard!"