Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

After opening the grave to search for the sword years ago, the Observatory was dug into a mess, but not long after that, the disciples who were responsible for repairing and maintaining the Clothes Tomb have reorganized the place, making it even more beautiful than before , it can be said to be completely new.

There are no flowers and colors on the observatory, only the evergreen spruce stands around, like a natural barrier to surround here.Every time I come here to worship, the green and vibrant cedar trees lighten the desolation of many graves.

Man Jiangxue was walking ahead, the corners of her skirt brushed against the weeds on the side of the mountain road, and got some dew on her. She was playing with the Ningshuang in her hand all the way, her face with her back to Xie Yijun was calm and expressionless, showing no emotion.

The two stood quietly in front of Master's tombstone for a long time.

"To ask someone to bring incense and candles, it is necessary to be courteous." Man Jiangxue said.

Xie Yijun looked around, but he didn't see any accompanying disciples.

It stands to reason that she is the head of the sect, as long as she comes here to pay homage, there will be disciples rushing to arrange everything.It was strange today, not only was half of the person missing, but also no one came out to greet me in the office that passed by when I came here, as if no one was there.

"This place is quiet, I'm afraid that if I stay for a long time, I will leave my post and hide and be lazy," Xie Yijun said, "Wait a minute, I'll go and have a look in person."

Man Jiangxue said "Yes", and Xie Yijun turned around and walked towards the office.Opening the door and looking, the inside was empty and no one was on duty. Xie Yijun walked around for two times before he saw a sleeping male disciple lying in the room, apparently in a deep sleep.

Xie Yijun wanted to reprimand him, but he saw a medicine bowl beside the male disciple, thinking that he might be sick, so he didn't make a sound.On the other hand, the male disciple seemed to have heard the movement, and suddenly woke up, and hurriedly got up and said: "I have met the master! I also ask the master to forgive me, I fell asleep because of the wind and cold, I was really uncomfortable, I hope the master forgives... "

"Where did everyone go?" Xie Yijun asked.

"Brothers are going to Tianyin Peak," the male disciple said respectfully, "Dianjian Pavilion is short of manpower, and we usually have nothing to do here, so we are often called by the senior sister in charge of Tianyin Peak to help. I stayed because of the cold. Come down, if you have anything to do with the head, tell me to come."

"Don't be alarmed," Xie Yijun said kindly, "Just get some incense sticks."

The disciple nodded in response, and immediately went to the storage shelf to do as he said. Xie Yijun sat down in front of the desk, and casually flipped through the notebook on top. Seeing this, the male disciple opened the drawer and found the account book for her, saying : "It just so happens that the master came here in person. I have something to report to you. The money spent on repairing the observatory has not yet been approved. Please take a look at it."

Xie Yijun took a look, and said: "There are spare silver taels allocated everywhere in the palace, and you should have not left behind here."

"That's what happened," the male disciple replied, "The previous spare silver taels were almost used up. This time the repair happened to happen to Senior Sister Ye, so we didn't care about it. I used my own monthly salary to subsidize it. Now that Senior Sister Ye is gone, and Senior Sister Ji just took office, there is no need to mention Senior Sister Bai Ling. She has a lot of things to do recently, so how can she take care of us? Disciples should not have told such trifles to us. The master listened, but the disciples are penniless, and it will be the beginning of the month soon, and the family members are waiting for us to send the money back for spring plowing."

Xie Yijun understood, and said: "Okay, I'll call someone to do the accounting, and you won't be missing a penny, don't worry."

The male disciple smiled happily, and seeing Xie Yijun's gentle words, he chatted with her again: "The head of the sect is so busy with official duties, but he often thinks about coming to worship the ancestors. You have been here many times in recent months, right? Last winter Li also specially ordered us to repair the Clothes Tomb several times, the spirits of the masters and ancestors in the sky, they should be happy to see them, and they will definitely protect us Yunhua even more."

"It's not as exaggerated as you said. From the beginning of winter last year to today, I have only come to worship twice." Xie Yijun felt that this junior could talk, so he chatted with him a few more words, "Besides repairing the tomb, it is also Zhilan In making arrangements, I've been busy all day long, but I don't have time to take care of this, so I'm somewhat ashamed of what you said."

The male disciple said with a smile: "How can you be ashamed of it? I still remember that in the cold winter last year, the senior guards from Jingyue Peak also came here to renovate the Clothes Tomb. What you said, is there actually a need for this? Since we are here to take care of the observatory, we should do all the work by ourselves. After the head of the house, we will call us directly, and we should do our job after receiving the monthly salary. If we let other disciples do it for us, we will feel sorry."

Xie Yijun frowned when he heard his words, and asked: "The disciples of the hidden guards from Jingyue Peak came here to renovate the Clothes Tomb? When did it happen?"

The male disciple was surprised and said: "I don't know the master?" After finishing speaking, he snapped his fingers and calculated, "It was the time when the refugees in Yao Dingcheng had an accident. At that time, my uncle and senior sister Yin received the invitation from Hall Master Meng and wanted to go Wei Cheng is attending the organ meeting."

Xie Yijun leaned back a little, leaned back on the chair, and said in a deep voice: "At that time, the refugee incident was a turmoil, and I couldn't sleep because of the rapid decline in the reputation of Yunhua Palace in Jianghu. Observatory?" She looked at the male disciple and asked again, "Did you see it with your own eyes? Did those disciples from the dark guard say who ordered it?"

The male disciple didn't seem to expect that Xie Yijun didn't know about this, and he said in surprise: "A senior brother got up in the middle of the night and went to the latrine to see them, but it was just a coincidence that he saw them leaving with a shovel and didn't take it seriously. Our second After Tian heard about it, he went to have a look at the Clothes Tomb, and found that the snow in that place had been cleaned up, and it was specially renovated. Although I don’t know why the brothers of the dark guards went to the renovation in the middle of the night, but the disciples thought that they were kind, It did the job we were supposed to do. At that time, the uncle was not there, so the only one who could mobilize the disciples of the hidden guard was the head? Why do you seem to have no idea at all...?"

Hearing what he said, Xie Yijun's expression changed slightly, he threw away the account book in his hand, hurried back to Man Jiangxue, and asked: "The disciples of the dark guards came here in the middle of the night last year to renovate the Clothes Tomb, do you know about this?" have no idea?"

Man Jiangxue looked at her for a moment, then frowned and said, "A disciple of the dark guard?"

"I just heard from the disciples in the office that they came during the period when you and Yin Qiu went to Weicheng." Xie Yijun looked annoyed, "No one reported this matter, and I didn't hear the news , thinking about it now, they must have removed the holy sword at that time!"

Man Jiangxue was silent for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "I haven't heard of this."

Xie Yijun flicked his sleeves, paced back and forth, suppressing his anger and said: "Even when I heard about it at that time, I couldn't find out why. The holy sword was in the palace. I only found out later that they moved the holy sword away in advance. The purpose is to prevent us from knowing about it in the future. After Zhilan died, I wondered if she had lied. In fact, the holy sword was not in the observatory at all. Just missed the opportunity... What a rainy day, and made us play around!"

Man Jiangxue signaled her to be safe and calm, and said, "That's okay, the left and right holy swords have been removed. Apart from proving our previous conjecture, this matter has no effect on finding that person."

Xie Yijun turned his eyes, looked at Man Jiangxue and said, "Do you know what else that disciple said just now?"

Man Jiangxue's eyes revealed inquiries.

"You are not in the palace, and I am the only one who can mobilize the disciples of the hidden guards. Anyone who hears this has to think so," Xie Yijun sneered, "It's very good, both Huaiwei and Zhilan have been indirectly used as scapegoats. People are coming directly at me."

Man Jiangxue lowered her head, looked at Ningshuang in her hand, and gently stroked the sharp thin blade with her fingertips.Man Jiangxue said: "It seems so on the surface, but when you think about it, it has nothing to do with who is able to mobilize the disciples of the hidden guard. It is not me and you who can mobilize them. Even if that person is unknown in the palace, even He is the person in charge of sweeping and boiling water, since he can form the disciples of the hidden guards, he can give orders and make them obey orders."

Xie Yijun said: "You are clear-headed. It's good to be able to analyze like this. I'm not afraid of being suspected, but I'm the head of the sect after all. If my disciples find out about this, I'm afraid it will make people panic again."

Man Jiangxue said: "Then we have to find a way to suppress this matter, or conduct an in-depth investigation based on this matter, to see if we can follow the clues to find out who that person is."

"The problem is that the disciples of the hidden guards are all dead, who to look for?" Xie Yijun said this, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "No, there is still one locked in the execution hall! Come on, you just follow me to find that disciple Ask clearly."

Man Jiangxue said: "Don't worry, everyone is here, let's talk about it after worshiping first."

Earlier that disciple followed Xie Yijun out of the office, and kept standing at a distance with his things, not daring to approach rashly.Man Jiangxue waved at him and told him to bring the things over. The three of them lit joss sticks and burned some paper money. Xie Yijun and Man Jiangxue went to the execution hall together, but he thought of a place to see, the cell was clean However, he did not see where the disciple of the hidden guard was.

After asking, the two found out that it was Yin Qiu and Meng Jing who came here early in the morning and killed him.

Xie Yijun was furious immediately after hearing this, and reprimanded: "Nonsense! The reason why the man was kept until now without any punishment is because he may still be useful. What do you eat!"

Several Xingtang disciples hurriedly knelt down and said tremblingly: "Back to the head, Senior Brother Meng has a grudge against him. Disciples all know that Senior Brother Meng has come here to torture him frequently these days. Disciples have long been used to it and thought he was We came here today as usual, so we didn't watch from the sidelines. We didn't expect him to kill someone so suddenly... Afterwards, Senior Sister Yin ordered us to bury the body, and we naturally did so. Shut up!"

Xie Yijun was very angry, he pinched his brows and said: "It's really not enough to accomplish something! It's more than a failure! The murder of a relative must be avenged, but it's time to bear it, so what's the point of bearing it for two more days? I haven't said anything yet, Meng Jing Just take people's lives on your own initiative, and don't take the rules of the palace seriously! You have been in the torture hall for so long, don't you know how important the people locked up here are? That damned person has already been guillotined. It is still useful! One by one neglected their duties and treated the palace rules like a child's play, no one can control you!"

The disciples were flustered and unable to defend themselves, so they could only kowtow to admit their mistakes.Seeing this situation, Man Jiangxue had no choice but to explain: "Senior sister, don't blame me, I asked Meng Jing to do it."

Xie Yijun said without hesitation: "The facts are in front of us, you don't come to cover for him, I don't know you yet? Every time these juniors make mistakes, you are there to take responsibility for them!"

"I'm not trying to protect anyone," Man Jiangxue said, "It's true that I told Meng Jing that this person doesn't have to stay any longer, it's up to her to handle it herself."

Xie Yijun said: "That's really a coincidence. You signaled with your front foot, and he came to kill someone with his back foot. It just so happened that the matter of the disciple of the dark guard transferring the holy sword surfaced at this time. This is good, the only remaining breakthrough point is gone. Now, that person can still continue to get away with it!"

Man Jiangxue waved his hand, told the punishment hall disciples to retreat, and comforted him: "Calm down first, there must be a way for the car to reach the mountain. The so-called if people don't know unless they do nothing, they can get away with it for a while. Besides Who is that person, Meng Wugui and Nangong Min know, he will be exposed sooner or later, senior sister don't need to get angry."

Even if Xie Yijun was angry, it was useless at the moment.Everyone is dead, she can't call Meng Jing here to scold him, and that can't bring people back from the dead.

Man Jiang Xuefu comforted her for a while, and Xie Yijun waved his hand and said: "Forget it, the matter has come to this point, we can only wait for Meng Wugui to fight back. What you said is also reasonable, so let's wait and see what happens."

The two left the punishment hall with their own concerns and returned to the Mingguang Hall.Bai Ling brought back the folders in Lanfeng Pavilion, Man Jiangxue sat in the hall for a while, chatted with Xie Yijun for a while, and then left.She first went back to Jingyue Peak, and then went to the observatory once again. The male disciple was waiting in the office, and when Man Jiangxue showed up, he quickly closed the door.

Man Jiangxue said: "Tell me about the process."

The male disciple responded, and immediately repeated all the conversations with Xie Yijun and Man Jiangxue, and finally concluded: "The head should not have discovered that I lied. Anyway, I will say what the uncle explained. I told her, from my observation, the headmaster's reaction doesn't seem to be a lie, she probably really doesn't know about the disciple of the hidden guard."

In fact, no one got up to go to the latrine in the middle of the night, and no one saw the disciples of the dark guards renovating the observatory. Everything was intentionally explained by Man Jiangxue when she arrived at the Mingguang Palace in the morning and asked Bai Ling to wait for her.

That day in the punishment hall, the disciple of the dark guard claimed that it was Xie Yijun who gave the order, and the elder brother ordered them to go to the observatory to repair the clothes tomb in the middle of the night. She went to the observatory to pay homage to her master, and at that time she did indeed hear the accompanying disciple of the dark guard say so.Adding up the former and the later, all the suspicions were piled on Xie Yijun. After Man Jiangxue thought about it, this was the only way to try it.

But just as she analyzed with Xie Yijun before, being able to mobilize the disciples of the hidden guards was not something that she and Xie Yijun could do alone, and it was not enough to conclude that Xie Yijun was the mastermind behind the scenes.

It should be noted that among the disciples of the hidden guard, only the senior brother and the sixth child know who the mastermind behind the scenes is. Since that person has long counted Ye Zhilan in his name, he knows to use her banner in everything he does, and even the rest They all believed that they were working for Ye Zhilan, and they didn't know that Ye Zhilan was not the master they said until they died. Then why didn't they continue to use Ye Zhilan's name for such a big matter as transferring the holy sword?

And once the matter of removing the holy sword is found out, anyone will be the first to think of Xie Yijun after hearing it, but as long as they think a little, they can draw the above inferences.

So, is this low-handed way of framing the blame, is that person deliberately making Xie Yijun the next scapegoat after Ye Zhilan, in order to confuse the view and arouse suspicion within the Yunhua Palace, or is it that Xie Yijun directed and acted on his own, and deliberately came out of desperation? A trick to confuse?

Man Jiangxue is not sure yet.

There must be a motive for the murder. Xie Yijun and Shen Mandong have no grievances or enmity. She must have a reason to kill her, but Man Jiangxue can't think of any reason for Xie Yijun to kill Shen Mandong.

Furthermore, during the years when the five masters and apprentices were still in the palace day and night, Xie Yijun did not fight or rob, except that she did not deal with Wen Chaoyu and would quarrel when they met. She had no quarrel with Shen Mandong, and had no contact with the Shen family or even the Ruyimen.

If it is for the head of the sect, although the tradition in the palace has always been to appoint the chief disciple as the head of the sect, Xie Yijun has never shown any signs of wanting to be the head of the sect.After the Ruyimen incident, the master had been ill for a long time and had no medical treatment. First, he wanted to pass on the headship to Man Jiangxue. After Man Jiangxue expressed that he had no intention of doing so, the master thought of Wen Chaoyu again. Ziwei taught, thinking that she disappeared for no reason, but after hearing the truth later, the master chose Xie Yijun.

During this process, not only did Xie Yijun not recommend himself, but when he heard that the master had chosen her, he once refused and did not agree for a long time.If it wasn't for the master's repeated persuasion, Xie Yijun might not be able to take over the head of the sect if he died soon after, and there were many elders persuading him.Although she was kicked out of the market, Xie Yijun has done her best all these years. Everyone in the palace can see that she is not the strongest, but she has the ability to lead. As for the knight-errants outside, there are many people who are full of praise for her.

Would such a person kill Shen Mandong in order to become the master?

Man Jiangxue had no way of knowing, she didn't know Xie Yijun well.In fact, she doesn't even know Shen Mandong and Wen Zhaoyu very well, and the only person who can make her say a word of understanding without hesitation is Yin Qiu.

Thoughts turned back and forth, various pictures appeared in front of her eyes one after another, Man Jiangxue remained silent, going through all the possibilities secretly in her heart.After a while, she finally opened her mouth and said: "Don't leak what happened today, if anyone comes to spy on you, please remember to let me know."

The disciple looked hesitant, and thought it over: "Speaking of it, this matter is really not a big deal, why do you dare to ask the uncle why he cares so much? Even if the head of the sect called the brother Anwei to come here to repair the observatory, it shouldn't be a big deal... "

"Don't ask too much, I have my own reasons," Man Jiangxue said, "You just need to do what I say, understand?"

The disciple obediently complied.

Man Jiangxue then gave a few words of advice, and then returned to Jingyue Peak without any movement. She entered Shenxing Hall, looked at the red maples that were as strong as fire outside the door, leaned on the rattan chair and fell into a long of contemplation.