Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

At the hour of the hour, Ji Wanshu took a bath and changed his clothes in a hurry. When he was combing his hair in the mirror, Lu Huaiwei knocked on the door outside and asked, "Is senior sister awake?"

Ji Wan replied, "The door is unlocked, come in."

Lu Huaiwei entered the room, took out a letter from her sleeve pocket and handed it to Ji Wanshu, saying: "The headmaster had a good time last night, and had two more glasses of wine with Junior Sister Bai Ling. Now I don't have a headache. She wants to Let me tell you that there is no need to go to the Mingguang Hall to bid farewell to her later. This is the sympathy letter written by the head just now, if Junior Sister Fu is willing to see you, you can just give this letter to her to read."

Ji Wanshu changed into a strong dress with arrow sleeves that is easy to walk in. It is light blue in color, with a drapey skirt, and a pair of stone blue boots. She looks very energetic.She put the letter into her bosom, took the saber, and the two went out of the room together. Ji Wanshu glanced into the arched door on the north side of the courtyard and said, "When I go down the mountain, tell them for me Just say that my trip to Jinhuai City is an important task given by the head, and time is tight, so there is no time to say goodbye."

Lu Huaiwei hesitated for a moment, and said: "It's only two steps away. At this time, my uncle and aunt should also wake up. You don't meet many times throughout the year, so you should go there in person."

Ji Wanshu frowned, and said in a helpless tone: "It's not that I'm unfilial. Last night you were admiring the lanterns in the palace, but I was being scolded here. I've listened to the preaching all night, and I dreamed about it in the middle of the night. My father is scolding me, this early in the morning, I really don't want to conflict with them anymore."

Lu Huaiwei sighed, and had no choice but to quietly leave the yard, and said: "Uncle and aunt are getting old, and you are the only daughter, so please take care of everything. After all, they are elders, and it's not like they look up and look down. It's not easy to come to the palace. As a returning guest here, it’s exhausting and exhausting.” When she said this, her eyes dimmed for some reason, and she paused for a moment before she whispered again, “You can’t listen to their nagging now, when uncles and aunts have to leave If you don’t move, you won’t be able to speak well, and at that time, you won’t be able to listen even if you want to.”

When Ji Wanshu heard this, her first reaction was to justify a few words, but when she said something, she suddenly changed her mind, thinking of Lu Huaiwei's life experience, and then swallowed back what she wanted to say.

Lu Huaiwei entered the palace for three years longer than Ji Wanshu. When Ji Wanshu was still a daughter in Jincheng, Lu Huaiwei was already practicing martial arts and swords in the palace. Wen Chaoyu's seat is high, otherwise she would have to call Lu Huaiwei Senior Sister.

Lu Huaiwei's family is poor, and her parents are farmers who rely on the sky for food. There are many younger brothers and sisters in the family. Except for the two old people, there are seven people in the family.Due to too many brothers and sisters, Lu's father and Lu's mother could not earn much money just by farming. There was a drought that year, and the family's harvest was small, so they could not support so many children.After discussing with each other, the couple decided to pick one and give it away, and sell it to a rich family, planning to exchange it for some money to save the emergency.

At that time, the eldest brother was already 16 years old. He was an indispensable labor force in the family and could help the farm work. The rest of the children were still young. After asking several families, they refused to take them, saying that they were too young to serve others. All of them still need their parents to take care of them.Under such a balance, only the second child, Lu Huaiwei, is the most suitable.

That day Lu's father brought Lu Huaiwei into the city, and knocked on doors from door to door to ask if there was a shortage of maids. Lu Huaiwei looked good, and had a gentle and polite personality. Such a girl should be very desirable, but he didn't want to ask. In the morning, I didn't meet anyone who wanted to buy a maid.When the father and daughter were about to return home, they happened to bump into the Yunhua Station in the city to recruit new disciples. Father Lu asked how much money Lu Huaiwei was worth, and the disciple who wrote the pen laughed and said, "We are serious sects, not businessmen. If you want to let this little girl practice martial arts, you will have no worries about food and drink when she joins our Yunhua. If she is talented, she will be paid a monthly salary every month if she goes to a peak in the future and becomes an inner sect disciple. Isn't this better than being a maid?"

When Lu's father heard this, he thought that although the conditions of Yunhua Palace are good, it is still a place where he can make a career, but it can't save the poverty in front of him. How many years will it take to wait for Lu Huaiwei to become an inner disciple?She was afraid that the whole family would starve to death, and she wouldn't be able to get a few bucks.

Lu's father didn't agree, so he took Lu Huaiwei back home. Within two days, the rice vat at home ran out.Lu's father and Lu's mother were in a hurry, and when they were about to go to the street to beg, Lu's mother suggested that it is better to find a husband's family for Lu Huaiwei. The daughter's family is married, and with a husband and son-in-law, she can help the family more or less.They can't prepare dowry, so they don't need any gift from the man, just a few bags of grain are enough.

Lu's father thought it was a good idea, so he asked his acquaintances to tell Lu Huaiwei about the marriage. At first, Lu Huaiwei was reluctant to hear about it, but when he thought about the situation at home, and seeing his younger brothers and sisters crying and fussing with hunger, he had no choice but to nod.However, the night before the man came to pick her up, Lu Huaiwei found out that the person she was going to marry turned out to be a demented boy, who even beat his parents when he got sick.

Lu Huaiwei asked her parents if they knew about this, Mother Lu hid in the room and pretended not to hear, Father Lu said bravely: "If he wants to hit someone, you should stay away, don't tell him to hit you. Although that kid is an idiot, his family is a serious and wealthy family, and many girls didn't make them fall in love with it. Thanks to your mother for giving you a good appearance, people take a look at you from a distance. I fell in love with you. This is a blessing. As long as you marry, our whole family will be blessed, and we won’t even have to plant land in the future. Huaiwei, Dad knows that you are wronged, but what do people want in this life? Just stutter Yes, you should repay me and your mother for the upbringing, and marry happily."

That night, Lu Huaiwei stayed up all night, and the next morning, she made the most daring decision since she was a child—she escaped through the window.

Lu Huaiwei escaped from the marriage and walked to Shangyuan City in a daze. She passed by Yunhua Station, and found that the platform there had not been withdrawn, and Yunhua Palace was still recruiting people.Lu Huaiwei was afraid of being caught by the family of the demented boy, so she stepped forward and said her name, expressing that she wanted to enter Yunhua Palace.The disciple who wrote the book still had a little impression of her, touched her bones, said that she was suitable for martial arts, and then asked her family if they agreed.Lu Huaiwei lied and said she agreed, and the disciple arranged for her to enter Yunhua Palace, and sent her to Yunhua Mountain on the same day to enter the new disciple's courtyard.

From then on, Lu Huaiwei entered the palace, and endured a year of fear. In the following year, she was assigned to Wuhui Peak because of her outstanding performance. She became an elder's disciple and received a monthly salary very early.Lu Huaiwei thought about her situation at that time, she should have the face to go home to meet her parents, so she returned home with the money she had saved for several months, but when she got home, she learned that Lu's father had died of illness, and her younger siblings I don't know where to go, and my grandparents are gone, so there are only two people left in the family, my eldest brother and Lu's mother.

It turned out that after Lu Huaiwei fled privately, the family of the idiot kid came to him and became furious, and beat Lu's father on the spot. After suffering for a month, Lu's father didn't recover from his injuries, so he died like that.Lu's mother couldn't get sick because of this, and two elderly people also passed away one after another. The elder brother had no choice but to take his younger siblings to the streets to beg. Unexpectedly, beggars also have gangs. Let them ask for money on their own turf?

The children were driven out of the city, dizzy with hunger, and unable to walk, so the eldest brother had to run to the river to fill them with two pots of water, but when he returned, he could not see his younger siblings. After a long time, no one was found. The beggar who chased him gloated and said that he was tied up by traffickers and taken away on a cart.

Knowing all this, Lu Huaiwei regretted it too much, cried loudly, and knelt in front of Lu's father's grave for three days and three nights.She gave the money she brought to Mother Lu, and took leave of absence to stay with Mother Lu for half a month.Until now, Lu Huaiwei hardly keeps any money for herself, except for necessary expenses, or giving gifts to friends in the palace, if she has any good things, she must send them home first.If there are young new disciples in the palace, she will take extra care of them, treating them as brothers and sisters, like Yin Qiu and Meng Jing, Lu Huaiwei is sincere, and only hopes that she will be good to others, and others will be happy. It can also be good to her separated brothers and sisters.

Therefore, after getting acquainted with Ji Wanshu, Lu Huaiwei often advised her not to quarrel with her parents. This is why Ji Wanshu's attitude towards her is different from others. She can listen to whatever Lu Huaiwei says.

It was still early, and although the sky had brightened up, there was no sunshine. It seemed to be a cloudy day today.Lu Huaiwei was dressed thickly, and her face was still a little pale. Ji Wanshu looked at her, silently thinking about Lu Huaiwei's past experiences, and thinking that she was wronged by Ye Zhilan as a spy, and she suffered a lot of grievances and hardships .Ji Wanshu felt emotional in his heart, and said, "Then you wait here, I'll be right back."

Lu Huaiwei was surprised, she didn't know why Ji Wanshu suddenly changed her mind because of her few words, she stopped at the spot and looked at Ji Wanshu's back in a hurry, recalling all the things Ji's couple treated Ji Wanshu , couldn't hold back the wet eyes, and shed a few tears alone.

Not long after, Ji Wanshu ran back again. Lu Huaiwei picked up her mood and asked with a smile, "Have you said goodbye? I guess uncle and aunt must not have preached to you anymore, but instead asked for warmth, afraid that you would not be able to sleep well on the way." Isn't it good?"

She was right, but Ji Wanshu said deliberately: "You think too much, my father still doesn't give me a good look, and what my mother said is not nice. It's okay, I've listened to you As a filial piety, will this let me go on the road?"

Lu Huaiwei knew that she had lied just by looking at her expression. She was not only moved, but also a little sour.The two left the courtyard and led the horse out of the palace gate. Lu Huaiwei said: "I noticed last night that Uncle Wen didn't leave in a hurry. She stayed on the roof and listened to your uncle and aunt talking to you, waiting for you to go back to the room." She didn't leave the palace until she fell asleep. Since you're going out of the city this time, you might as well drop by to see her."

Ji Wanshu felt that this person was really careful, gentle and considerate. She feared that she would never be able to make such a good friend again in her life.Ji Wanshu wanted to say a few words of his own to her, but he was too stupid to speak, so he could only perfunctoryly say: "Well... I see."

"Be careful on the road," Lu Huaiwei warned, "When you arrive at Mingyue Tower, you must pay more attention to safety. I'm not worried that someone will hurt you, but you are impulsive, and I'm afraid that if someone wants to deal with you, it will inevitably make some troubles." As a means, you will fall into the trap as soon as you are provoked, it is hard-won to have a young master in the palace, so don't cause trouble after you have been in office for two days."

"Please say something auspicious, I'm about to go out now," Ji Wan cast a blank glance at her, got on the horse, but didn't rush to leave, but stood still for a while, and asked suddenly, "Huai Wei, do you have a sweetheart?"

When she said this suddenly, Lu Huaiwei was stunned, and said angrily, "What did Senior Sister say? You're not shy."

"What's so embarrassing," Ji Wanshu said, "Just tell me if you have it, and I'll check it out for you, and then let my parents accept you as a goddaughter. Don't worry, with our Ji family backing you, whatever Whoever marries you dare not bully you, if your husband-in-law is dishonest in the future, I will give him a fistful and beat him until he cries for his father and mother."

Lu Huaiwei laughed when she heard this, and said: "Senior Sister has such a heart, I accept it. But my kung fu is not weak, and I don't need you to do anything, my sword is on his neck. Okay, don't delay , get on the road early."

Ji Wanshu responded with "Okay" and gave a rare smile on the horseback.She stretched out the reins, whipped away in the early spring flowers, and soon followed the path down the mountain.

To go to Jinhuai City, you don't need to cross Shangyuan City, just go directly south from the forest, but Ji Wanshu remembered Lu Huaiwei's point, so he also planned to go to the city to have a look at Wen Zhaoyu.However, she had just driven down Yunhua Mountain, and as soon as she rode her horse out of the woods, she saw a horse with its tail flicking in the middle of the road ahead, and there was a person sitting on the open space on one side.

A woman wearing a bamboo hat and black dress drinking early in the morning.

Ji Wanshu immediately tightened the reins and stopped in surprise.When Wen Zhaoyu saw her, he grinned, shook the jug at her, and said, "Why are you so dawdling, I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"You know I'm going down the mountain?" Ji Wanshu got off the horse, reached out to help Wen Chaoyu up, and smelled the clear aroma of wine.

"I'm sorry, my hearing is too good," Wen Zhaoyu patted the dust off his clothes, and said seriously, "Yijun's voice is too loud. I squatted on the roof to watch the scenery, and I heard everything."

Ji Wanshu knowingly asked, "What are you waiting for me?"

Wen Chaoyu said, "I will be your accompanying protector, no money will be charged."

Ji Wanshu is tall, so she couldn't see Wen Zhaoyu's face clearly with her eyes down. She took off the bamboo hat from Wen Chaoyu's head, pressed her joy and said, "I still wear this on such a cloudy day."

"You want to see me, tell me clearly," Wen Zhaoyu moved closer to her, "Come on, see enough."

As they got closer, Ji Wanshu wanted to kiss her a little bit, but he wasn't ashamed to be abrupt.Seeing her unnatural expression, Wen Chaoyu couldn't help joking, "Yo, the young master is a decent person."

Ji Wanshu knew what she meant, she was calm on the surface, but there were ripples in her heart.She brought Wen Chaoyu's horse over, and abruptly changed the topic: "I'm not going here for sightseeing, I'm in a hurry, can you run a horse?"

Wen Zhaoyu said: "Why do you have to leave in such a hurry? People have been dead for several days, and it's not in a hurry to see each other for the last time, just to go to a funeral." She brushed her right shoulder, "Why, I think I have a broken arm hand, can’t run? I can run faster than you, try chasing me?”

Ji Wanshu said: "Can you stop talking nonsense? I didn't mean that."

"That's to care about me, lest I get tired," Wen Chaoyu slapped the horse's ass, "It's okay, take me with you, just let me have a leisurely time."

The horse received this slap, and ran to Shangyuan City by himself very spiritually.Wen Chaoyu took advantage of the opportunity to get on Ji Wanshu's horse. Seeing her standing still underneath, he urged, "Stupid? Let's go."

Ji Wanshu took a look at her, stepped on the stirrups and sat behind Wen Zhaoyu in every possible way. She stretched out her hand to reach for the reins, but Wen Zhaoyu snatched it away before her, and pressed Ji Wanshu's hand on her waist superior.Seeing this, Ji Wanshu said, "Aren't you going to relax?"

Wen Zhaoyu smiled slightly in front of him, and said confidently: "A woman can always go back on what she said. I changed my mind as soon as I got on this horse. Just wait, I will show you the horse."

After she finished speaking, she clamped the horse's belly with her legs, and shouted "Drive!", but saw that the horse not only remained motionless, but even lowered its head.

Wen Chaoyu frowned, freed his hand to take the whip and lashed the horse, and repeated the action just now, but the horse seemed to be deaf and ignored her at all.

"Hey, why is your horse so disobedient?" Wen Chaoyu said angrily, pulling the rein, "Such a disobedient thing, just kill it and eat it!"

Ji Wanshu leaned against her back, almost wrapping Wen Chaoyu in his arms, and couldn't help laughing lowly when he saw this.

Wen Chaoyu felt a numbness in the back of his neck, and Ji Wanshu's warm breath and deep laughter gave goosebumps all over his body.She turned her head, looked at Ji Wanshu and said, "What are you laughing at?"

Ji Wanshu stopped laughing, and said flatly: "It's nothing, this horse recognizes the owner."

Wen Chaoyu was silent for a moment, feeling that it was boring, and he couldn't hold back his face.She put on a smile and said: "I said, a good horse has a donkey temper, so it follows the owner."

Ji Wanshu pretended not to hear, and took the reins from Wen Zhaoyu. She didn't even say a word, and the horse started to move the next moment.Wen Zhaoyu snorted, and said, "A horse is powerful, and these beasts are more snobbish than humans. I'll feed it two pieces of grass later. If we get to know each other well, it will definitely listen to me."

Ji Wanshu let her talk nonsense, but she was willing to listen, she thought for a while, then told the horse to stop, and said to Wen Chaoyu: "It doesn't need to be so troublesome, I just need to tell it, and it will be fine after listening to it." I also recognize you as the master."

Wen Zhaoyu didn't believe it: "Is it possible that he has become a genius?"

Ji Wanshu passed her and leaned over, leaned close to the horse's ear and said something in a breathy voice, then sat back and said, "Okay, try again."

Wen Chaoyu said: "Is there really such a human nature?"

She was suspicious, but she took the rein again, Ji Wanshu secretly pinched the horse's belly with her legs, and the horse started walking again.Wen Chaoyu's eyes lit up immediately, and now he had to believe it if he didn't believe it, and said in amazement: "It's really very human, it's a good horse!"

Looking at her smiling side face, Ji Wanshu silently curled the corners of her lips.

Wen Zhaoyu was in a better mood and had enough of playing around, so he put the reins back to Ji Wanshu and said, "Forget it, you're the one to command it. I woke up too early today and didn't sleep enough. In order to wait for you The cold wind has been blowing for a long time again, and it froze me. I want to take a nap, hold me tight, and don't let me fall."

Ji Wanshu said: "Okay." She took off her outer robe and wrapped Wen Zhaoyu up, rode the horse with one hand, and wrapped Wen Zhaoyu with the other hand, and the horse walked slowly.

Wen Chaoyu yawned, and really leaned into Ji Wanshu's arms and closed his eyes to rest his mind. Ji Wanshu lowered his eyes to look at her for a while, and seeing that Wen Zhaoyu seemed to have really fallen asleep, he gently fell on her cheek. kissed.

Unexpectedly, Wen Chaoyu immediately opened his eyes and said, "I just said that you are a decent person, and you made a sneak attack so soon!"

Ji Wan said without changing his face: "I have never claimed to be a decent person. I am not willing to have the false name you gave me."

Wen Chaoyu said triumphantly, "Kiss again?"

Ji Wanshu pinched her chin and turned her around, kissed Wen Zhaoyu's lips, and Wen Zhaoyu said with satisfaction: "Okay, concentrate on your journey, I'm really sleepy."

"Then sleep for a while," Ji Wanshu said, "I won't let you fall."

Wen Zhaoyu said "hmm" and didn't reply. The two walked along the forest to the south path. The morning breeze in spring was breezy, and there was a faint fragrance of flowers everywhere.The two of them rode together like an ink painting drawn with a wave of their hands. They walked in the quiet and quiet mountain forest, and gradually drove to the distance through the dust and mist.