Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

The spring thunder rolls, the wind blows suddenly, there is no rain for a long time between the sky and the earth, the room is alternately light and dark, and there is no human voice for a long time, it is almost audible.

Both of them fell silent tacitly, looking directly at each other with different expressions.

"Why?" After a long silence, Man Jiangxue asked first.

Xie Yijun's tied hair was still a little wet, with sporadic drops of water hanging from the ends, she walked to the dressing table calmly, took the veil, and wiped it gently.

"what why?"

Man Jiangxue looked at her strolling in the yard as if nothing had happened, and tightened her muscles and bones while holding Ningshuang's hand.

"Why did you kill Senior Sister?"

Xie Yijun looked at himself in the bronze mirror, and was stunned for a moment when he heard this.

The seemingly peaceful surface was easily torn apart by these words, and there was clearly only one desk between the two of them, but suddenly there seemed to be a distance between heaven and earth.

Xie Yijun didn't say a word, she leaned closer to the mirror, pulled out a few white hairs from her sideburns, and said after a while: "Do you want to avenge her?"

Man Jiangxue said: "Before that, I need to know the reason."

Xie Yijun twisted the white hair with his fingertips, and laughed silently: "Why don't you guess?"

Man Jiangxue stopped pretending, and the killing intent in her eyes was completely exposed."I'm not in such a good mood," she said.

"But I want to hear it," Xie Yijun looked sideways at her, "In your opinion, why would I attack Man Dong?"

Ningshuang was trembling, it seemed to be able to understand the conversation between the two, Man Jiangxue did not act rashly, she suppressed all the emotions in her heart, trying to behave as usual.

Man Jiangxue said: "You have no grievances or enmities with your senior sister, and you don't have much contact with Ruyimen, and I don't see any relationship between you and anyone in the Shen family." She paused, "Then only the head of the school is left." seat."

Xie Yijun lowered his arms, the white hair on his fingertips fell to the ground, and was blown away by the slight breeze.The arc of her lips overflowed with a bit of sarcasm, and she said, "Let's think so, but that's not the whole truth."

"Then what is everything." Man Jiangxue said.

"Even if I tell you everything, you won't understand," Xie Yijun turned his head and looked at Man Jiangxue, "You and Man Dong, the sweet girls of heaven, won't understand me."

"I'm not interested in knowing what you are now," Man Jiangxue said, "I just want to know why you killed her."

Hearing this, Xie Yijun suppressed the smile on his face and said, "Yes, no one wants to understand me. You are like this, Man Dong is like this, and Wen Chaoyu and Master, none of you have ever looked at me highly."

Man Jiangxue frowned.

A few figures suddenly flashed outside the window, and not long after, many familiar faces came outside.Xie Yijun watched Meng Jing lead people to surround the Mingguang Palace, but he was not panicked at all, let alone surprised.She said gently: "You know everything about Mandong, and you know everything about Wen Zhaoyu, but you don't know me." She paused briefly, "You don't know where I came from, and you don't know what is in my heart." I think, in your eyes, I am just a dispensable person, and you have never asked a question about my life experience and experience after all these years of getting along. Of course, it is not just you, you and the master are all like this. "

Man Jiangxue looked at her indifferently: "What are you trying to say?"

"Do you still remember the house in Weicheng?" Xie Yijun suddenly changed the subject, "Have you ever thought about why I bought a house so far away from Weicheng?"

Of course Man Jiangxue remembered and thought about this issue, but she didn't take it to heart.

After Yin Qiu received the invitation from Mengwugui to chase the ice and the organization meeting in Yao Dingcheng, Man Jiangxue went back to the palace to discuss the matter with Xie Yijun. On the day the two met, Xie Yijun mentioned that he was in Weicheng. There is a house that was bought many years ago.She knew that Man Jiangxue was happy and quiet, and she also knew that the post house of Jiuxiantang to entertain visitors must be a mixed bag, with people from all schools and sects, so she took the initiative to tell Man Jiangxue about it, gave her the key, and hoped that she would go to Weicheng I can live more comfortably in the future.

It has to be said that the house is a good place, where Man Jiangxue and Yin Qiu made mutual understanding, and where Wen Chaoyu and Ji Wanshu reunited after a long absence.

"Are you from Weicheng?" Man Jiangxue asked.

"Yes," Xie Yijun said, "Nowadays when anyone mentions Weicheng, the first thing that comes to mind is the Nine Immortals Hall, but when I was young, it was our Xie family who was associated with Weicheng."

After she finished speaking, she looked at Man Jiangxue and smiled slightly: "Since you have never asked me about my past, then I will tell you now."

"Things, we have to start from 25 years ago..."

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Twenty-five years ago, although the Nine Immortals Hall had established their sect in Weicheng, they were low-key and not well-known, and Cang County, not far away, was not yet dominated by Nangongmin. That place was well-known in the city. In existence, there is only one famous Xie family.

Xie's family has been doing business in Escorts for several generations from their ancestors. In addition to delivering goods for people, Escorts also have the ability to guard the courtyard and watch the night.The so-called sitting shop refers to the shop that sells valuables such as gold and silver jewelry. In order to prevent thieves, people from the escort agency are specially guarded.As for the nursing home, as the name suggests, some big families hired people from the escort agency to guard the home, also to guard against thieves.As for the night watch, it is some place where there are people during the day and no one at night, so the bodyguard bureau is asked to send people to be on duty at night.

The Xie Family Escort Bureau is very big, and the orders they take over are almost without error, so the shops and wealthy families in Weicheng basically have inseparable business dealings with them.Compared with any other official government, the Xie family is the real patron saint of Weicheng. With them there, Weicheng is known as a good place. There are no bandits, no thieves, and the city does not close its doors at night and does not pick up things. It is a truly peaceful and prosperous age.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long. By the year Xie Yijun was born, many sects from all corners of Weicheng had come one after another. The disciples in these sects were good at martial arts, far surpassing the bodyguards and thugs trained by the Xie family themselves.In order to establish a solid foundation and win the favor of the people, they not only took the initiative to maintain order in the city for the officials, but also caught thieves for the merchants and the people for free. In this way, who would pay for some kind of bodyguard?Since then, the Xie family has gradually declined, and they can only make a living by transporting goods for others.

But even the only business of transporting goods was robbed by various sects in the next few years. Although they also charge money for this matter, they are half cheaper than the Xie family. As long as the common people are not stupid, He would never spend more money wrongly. Since then, the Xie Family Escort Bureau has completely embarked on the path of defeat.

That year Xie Yijun was already 13 years old. Everyone knew that the head of the Xie family had a son and a daughter.Although Mrs. Xie passed away early, the Xie family was considered wealthy when she was pregnant with Xie Yijun, and they made a baby marriage before the child was born.When Xie Yijun grew up, no one cared about the Xie Family Escort, the business couldn't continue, and he couldn't afford to support so many bodyguards and thugs, Master Xie had to dismiss them all, and rely on his brute force to carry goods for others at the pier to make money.

As long as a person is alive, he only earns a living. As long as he can make money, he does not distinguish between high and low. Master Xie can afford it and let it go. People make jokes, but he thinks so himself, but he can't prevent others from thinking otherwise.

After returning home from work one day, Mr. Xie found that the yard was in a mess, and there was still a pool of blood. After asking, he found out that it was the He family who had a baby relationship with Xie Yijun. He looked down on this marriage very much, so he sent a few servants to come to the door and wanted to annul the engagement.

Xie Yijun went to the school that day, and there was only his elder brother Xie Jiaping at home. When he heard that the other party disliked the poor and loved the rich and wanted to regret the marriage, Xie Jiaping couldn't help but got into a fight with him on the spot.Xie Jiaping used to be a dandy who only knew how to have fun. He was beaten by several servants and beat him to the ground, and he vomited a lot of blood.

Ding Yaowu of that family said proudly: "What kind of family is our He family, and what kind of family is your Xie family? How much dowry can you afford to marry the second girl of your family? I don't think you can even pay a tael of silver. Go away as soon as possible!"

Xie Jiaping was pissed and beaten again. After hearing that his father came back, he hid in the room and wiped his tears, and said bitterly: "I know I am a useless thing. I used to have whatever I wanted at home. I'm used to being extravagant, and I don't want to make progress, and now I'm not capable of being beaten! But Yijun... Yijun is my sister, how can I make her suffer? The He family is too bullying, even if I risk my life, I will Ask them to give an explanation!"

Mr. Xie stood in the porch, sweaty and hungry, unable to speak a word.

The father and son kept this matter a secret, without letting Xie Yijun know.

But they didn't say anything, Xie Yijun also heard the news in the school, and the young master of the He family shared the same classroom with her, so he brought the matter to her the next day and told her about it, the classmates roared with laughter, To flatter the young master of the He family, they all sneered at Xie Yijun, belittling him to nothing, no matter how ugly the words in his mouth were.

That night, Xie Yijun returned home angrily, and before he could ask a few words, Master Xie said joyfully, "A good day is coming! Yijun, Dad accepted a big business today, and the price offered by the other party is enough for us You won’t have to worry about eating and drinking in this life! Your elder brother and I write ugly handwriting, but your handwriting is pretty good. Come and help daddy write a few letters, so I can invite those old acquaintances back, and wait until this order is done. , no one will look down on us anymore!"

After hearing this, Xie Yijun suppressed all the anger in his stomach, and asked: "The bodyguard bureau has collapsed, where is the business?"

Master Xie motioned her to keep her voice down, and replied: "Daddy told you, you don't want to reveal it. Let me ask you first, there is a school called Ruyimen in Liaoping County, have you heard of it?"

Xie Yijun was still young at that time, and she learned martial arts from her father at home, and she devoted all her attention to her studies. Her knowledge of Jianghu sects was limited to those small sects in Weicheng, and she had never heard of the name Ruyimen. .

"Then Yunhua Palace, do you know about it?" Mr. Xie said, "Yunhua Palace is the largest sect in the Jianghu. It is famous and known to everyone. In addition to Yunhua Palace, there is also a Ruyi Gate in today's martial arts world, which can be regarded as the first. The second sect. Their ancestors built their sect on Liucang Mountain. Although the scenery there is beautiful, it is not as easy to defend and difficult to attack as Yunhua Mountain. Therefore, the Shen sect master made a deal with Jiuxiantang for a huge sum of money. Build an underground mechanism and bury it under Liucang Mountain."

The less people know about this kind of thing, the better, especially not for the Ziwei Sect to know about it.The Nine Immortals Hall had built the mechanism a few days ago, but how to transport these scattered parts to Liucang Mountain is a problem.

"The Nine Immortals Hall took the money, but they didn't even help to transport things?" Xie Yijun didn't understand, "If they don't send people over there, how will the institution be built?"

Master Xie said: "Nine Immortals Hall has always been low-key and mysterious. Of course they will not make any noise about this matter. If it gets out, won't everyone know what mechanism Nine Immortals Hall has made and sold it to Ruyi Gate? Then Master Shen I didn't want too many people to know about this, so I did business with Jiuxiantang secretly. It's a good thing that they don't help luck. Isn't this falling on your father and me? As for how to build the agency , that's not our business, as long as I send the things to Ruyimen safely, I will get a generous reward, and your dowry will be settled!"

When Xie Yijun heard the word "dowry", he immediately became furious and said, "With that money, I would rather give it to the beggars in the city than send any to He's family!" The old father gritted his teeth and said, "I, Xie Yijun, swear here that I will make a name for myself in this life, and I will never marry until I die!"

Whether she will marry or not is something to be discussed later. Both her father and elder brother know that she is angry, and they don't take her words seriously.In fact, the father and son already hated the He family, even if they earned the dowry, they would not marry Xie Yijun over again.With this happy event that fell from the sky, the family of three quickly forgot about the He family's anger at regretting the marriage.

Five days later, the original team of the Xie Family Escort was reunited and set out on the road to Liaoping County with a lot of goods.

Mr. Xie led the team, and Xie Yijun and Xie Jiaping also followed. The family of three came out to pledge the goods, and the atmosphere was very happy along the way.

Xie Yijun didn't like Xie Jiaping in the past, he felt that his elder brother was useless and useless, he only knew to hang out in the place of fireworks all day long, and out of twelve hours a day, he was drunk for almost six hours.Every time Xie Yijun went to school or was away from home, once he heard Xie Jiaping's "brilliant deeds", he wished to sever his brother-sister relationship with him immediately.

But after the He family regretted the marriage, Xie Yijun's impression of Xie Jiaping changed for the better. She thought that although her elder brother had no talent or character, he still loved her very much as a younger sister. Therefore, during the delivery, the two brothers and sisters got along very well. They are very harmonious and friendly, and they have never even mixed their mouths.

The things are heavy and eye-catching, and the bandits are guarding against the small ones along the way. The delivery of the goods is extremely difficult, especially Ruyimen has sent a message that they are not allowed to take the official road, so they can only take a detour through the mountain path, even if they arrive The place can't go up the mountain directly, and you have to wait until night to avoid the city of Liaoping County to deliver the goods.

That night, the bodyguard team waited for an hour outside the city before they saw someone come to join them. The other party took them up Liucang Mountain. A couple who claimed to be surnamed Yin checked the numbers according to the list given by Jiuxiantang to confirm that there was nothing missing. After missing it, he welcomed the group into the living room of Ruyimen, and entertained them with a good meal of wine and food.

Xie Yijun slept until midnight, when she heard someone smashing the wall next door, she ran over to see, Xie Jiaping fell on the ground, spitting blood, and said in pain, "Quick...go and see dad, the food is poisonous!"

Xie Yijun fell ill on the way due to acclimatization, and went to the guest room to rest early after arriving at Ruyimen, and she didn't eat any of the meals.Seeing Xie Jiaping's appearance, Xie Yijun was so frightened that he was at a loss, when he was about to run to Mr. Xie's room to have a look, suddenly there was a burst of fire outside.

The heat wave quickly hit, thick smoke filled the air, and the fire climbed to the roof almost instantly.

"Let's go... let's go!" Seeing Nahuo, Xie Jiaping hurriedly pushed Xie Yijun and said, "I should have thought...there is nothing so good in the world, you run away!"

Xie Yijun was at a loss, tears welled up in her eyes, she shook Xie Jiaping's hand and said in a trembling voice: "...Where are you going?"

Xie Jiaping held her back tightly, and said hoarsely: "Before the fire is completely burned, as long as you can live, you can go anywhere! Dad may not be here anymore, he drinks more than me. Yijun... …Brother, I’m sorry for you. I used to be ignorant and told you to be laughed at when you were young. Unfortunately, I woke up too late. If I had known that there would be a day when my family would fall, I would definitely be obedient and considerate to you. What kind of elder brother is, I...I will be like..."

Blood and tears oozed out of his eyes, and gradually began to bleed from the seven orifices. Xie Yijun stared at him blankly, but he still didn't dare to cry, and could only call out in a low voice: "Brother...!"

Xie Jiaping's eyes were still open, but he was out of breath.

The sound of hurried footsteps came from outside the door, accompanied by the sound of kicking the door one after another. Xie Yijun was startled by the sound and trembled all over, and hurriedly let go of his elder brother's hand and hid under the bed.

The next moment, several Ruyimen disciples kicked in the door and stabbed Xie Jiaping in the chest a few times with their swords. Seeing that he was really dead, they exited the door and walked to the next door.

Xie Yijun covered her mouth, lying under the bed and looking at Xie Jiaping, she stretched out a hand with tears streaming down her face, but she couldn't touch him no matter what.

"elder brother……"

The author has something to say: Regarding the business of the Escort, I learned about it after I was interested in the Longmen Escort, but it has been a long time and I can’t remember where I saw it. Here I will mark it as a reference from Baidu.