Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

The strong wind could not disperse the dark clouds, and swept away the mud and sand on the ground. The remaining blood beads on the blade rolled down, brushed against the blade, condensed the tip, and fell silently.

The men and horses standing in front of them are heavier than the dark clouds, like a gust of swift wind, as long as they come, they seem to be able to tear the stagnant air and destroy the seemingly solid city gate.

"I want to fight."

Yin Qiu held Zhubing and stood in front of the disciples. Ji Wanshu, Wen Zhaoyu, and Bai Ling stood behind her, facing the dark figure with their chests straight.

The disciples blocked the gate of the city, although all of them looked dignified, but none of them felt timid. In this chilling atmosphere, all of them held their swords firmly, and they didn't hold back their swords because of the number of people on the other side. And feel no fear.

"All bow and arrow disciples enter!" Lu Huaiwei appeared on the high city wall and shouted loudly, "The rest of the people are outside the city to resist the invasion, close the city gate!"

A group of bow and arrow disciples immediately closed the city gate, climbed up the wall one after another, set up arrows and drew bows one after another, and stood beside Lu Huaiwei, ready to go.

"She's really here!" Seeing the battle, Bai Ling was furious, "It's a shame that you still think about her when you have no time to take care of yourself, and it's a shame that I almost ran to remind her that the future will be dangerous. How can this person This kind of kindness will be repaid with revenge!"

Yin Qiu turned a deaf ear to these words, and did not reply, just looked at Fu Xiang silently.

The sky was gloomy and the wind was strong, and Fu Xiang's mourning clothes fluttered like white flags in the wind. She sat on the horse's back, tightened the reins in her hand, and looked at Yin Qiu from a distance.

The radiant look in the past did not know when to retreat, but the melancholy and melancholy that could not be washed away remained on his face. Fu Xiang looked very tired and lost a lot of weight, and he no longer had the original freedom and radiance.

The wind brought her voice to Yin Qiu's ear, and Fu Xiang asked, "Long time no see, how are you?"

Seeing the haggardness on her face that couldn't be concealed, Yin Qiu frowned, looked back at Fu Xiang and said, "I'm fine."

Although Yin Qiu didn't ask back, Fu Xiang still said to herself: "I'm fine too." She pulled out her saber and jumped off the horse, "Today's battle is not what I want, Xiao Qiu, is it right?" Living."

Yin Qiu was quiet for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Don't say anything that is right or wrong. You didn't feel sorry for me, and I didn't feel sorry for you. We have come to this day because of the situation."

Fu Xiang took a deep breath, felt ashamed of Yin Qiu, looked away at the ground and said, "I didn't intend to hurt anyone, but I've reached this point, and I can't turn back," she said sincerely after a pause , "If you don't want to see casualties, please lead someone out of the way. As long as you are willing to open the city gate and let it go, I will make the decision and never let anyone touch a finger of you."

"You want me to lose without a fight?" Yin Qiu said, "Impossible, even if I can agree, my classmates behind me will not agree."

After she said this, the disciples echoed each other.

"That's right! Are you kidding me? Why let you go!"

"You, Fu Xiang, were once a member of our Yunhua, and you were also the closed disciple of the master! Now you are here to crusade against the master, and you are not afraid of being ridiculed if you spread the word!"

"Don't be so loud before the fight starts. It's not certain who wins and who loses! Even if we all die here, we will protect the people in the city and protect us, Yunhua!"

"You told us to let you go, and we'll tell you to get out! You won't end well if you do a lot of evil, so hurry up and go back and forth wherever you go!"

……

Facing a pair of eyes full of hostility and hatred, Fu Xiang stood in place, quietly listening to those straightforward words, and did not speak again.

She ignored the abuse, and turned a blind eye to the gazes cast by everyone. She just looked at Yin Qiu, watched her raise her arm, and pointed the tip of her sword at herself.

"I understand your embarrassment, and I also know that you don't intend to hurt anyone," Yin Qiu said solemnly, "but every yard counts, and I will never let you step into the city gate today."

When we met again after a few months, except that her face was no longer sickly and pale, in fact, there was not much change, but the aura revealed by her was quite different from the past.

At this critical and anxious juncture, Fu Xiang suddenly thought inappropriately: Spring has already begun, and the injuries Xiaoqiu suffered in Weicheng should all be healed.

She looked radiant, not at all like her tired-looking self.

As soon as this thought came up, Fu Xiang thought of Yin Qiu from before.

She recalled the bits and pieces of the time they had been together. In those quietly passing days, she and Yin Qiu studied together, practiced martial arts together, went to the dining hall to eat together, and went to the soup room to take a bath together.

She will care about Yin Qiu like she takes care of her younger sister. If someone bullies her, she will be the first to stand up.Yin Qiu didn't have time to eat, so she would pack the food and send it to her room. In occasional thunderstorms, when Yin Qiu didn't dare to sleep alone, she would go to accompany her.

And when she was sad, Yin Qiu would try every means to comfort her. When she sprained her ankle while practicing martial arts, Yin Qiu would wipe her with medicinal wine.She still remembered that Yin Qiu, the new disciple assembly, was deliberately wounded by the Bai Ling sword, and she bled a lot, but she never yelled out the pain.

At that time, they were inseparable and had a sincere affection for each other. Everyone knew that the two of them were best friends.

But why... did they come to this point?

Feeling a little sad and indescribably sad in his heart, Fu Xiang looked at Yin Qiu for a long time, then raised his hand stiffly.

"Go."

Following this sigh-like order, the disciples of Mingyue Tower and Jiuxian Hall got the signal, immediately got off their horses and rushed towards the city gate with their long swords in hand.

"kill!"

"Be sure to complete the hall master's entrustment and attack Yunhua Mountain!"

"The victory or defeat is in one fell swoop, kill them!"

……

As soon as the brief reminiscence was over, there was another howl and roar.

Suddenly, the situation changed, and the two sides collided head-on, and their swords collided.The thick dust and mist vibrated, and the flying sand and rocks shot straight into the sky, boiling back to the sky.

The orderly crowd just now quickly became chaotic, and the surrounding area was full of flashes of swords and swords, dazzling people's eyes.

Yin Qiu rushed forward before the disciples left, and both Bai Ling stood in front of them.

The outer robe was already soaked in blood, and Ji Wanshu moved quickly among the crowd, and everywhere he passed was the figure of a hastily fallen figure.She took off her robe and guarded Wen Chaoyu's side. The two of them cooperated far and near, and they had a tacit understanding. They blocked the front like an iron wall, protecting the disciples behind them, and did not play too passively under the disadvantage of the small number of people.

The arrow strikes, the tip of the arrow is condensed with a cold light, and pierces the enemy's heart fiercely.Without the common people, the bow and arrow disciples no longer need to restrain their hands and feet, and the disciples of the same sect also know how to dodge dexterously. Lu Huaiwei, who was recovering from a serious illness, still couldn't lift a sword to participate in this fierce battle, so she stood on the city gate overlooking the battle and commanded loudly in time.

"Bai Ling! Pay attention behind you!"

There were several long knives in the wind, Bai Ling got Lu Huaiwei's reminder, and immediately jumped up. When she landed, the bow in Lu Huaiwei's hand had sent five sharp arrows, which solved the problem for her perfectly. Several people.

Bai Ling didn't forget to thank her in his busy schedule: "Thank you, Senior Sister!"

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"The other party knows how to shoot arrows, Miss Afu! What are you still doing?" Someone shouted anxiously among the crowd.

Afu squatted on the periphery of the battlefield with her bow on her back, looked at Fu Xiang who was standing upright in front of her with a little guilt, and replied weakly: "Master and senior sister didn't go up... I didn't go up either!"

"How can there be any reason why the owner of the first floor can go out so easily? You shoot the woman on the city wall!"

Lu Huaiwei was on a high place, so she could see everything below. Whenever something was wrong, she could see it at a glance, and then asked Ji Wanshu and Wen Zhaoyu to rush over to help.With her pointing Jiangshan, Mingyuelou and Jiuxiantang will naturally suffer a bit.

"If you don't make a move, the hall master will see it in the dark, but it's no good for you!"

As soon as the dream was lost, Afu immediately looked left and right, and then took off the bow with a look of embarrassment, but who knew that she was aiming at the city wall just now, and Lu Huaiwei ordered the disciples to erect their shields, and they all knelt down on one knee, Arrows were released again through the brick holes specially used for arrows on the wall stack.

Afu couldn't bear to see Yunhua's disciples die, nor did she want to see her own people die, but when she thought that her own people would die because they were going to fight them, she stomped her feet and said angrily: "Hit you! I can't shoot that shield You can't blame me!" Yan Bi took another step forward, grabbed Fu Xiang's sleeve and said, "In my opinion, let's go! There is no injustice, why do you want to kill innocent people indiscriminately? If the master blames it, it's a big deal She chopped me off with a knife, and she saved my life anyway!"

Fu Xiang looked at Yin Qiu and Bai Ling who were fighting the enemy bravely in the middle of the battlefield, and said nothing.

Her heartbeat quickened suddenly, and her back was sweating. She thought blankly: If she was still in the palace, no matter what happened, she should be the one fighting side by side with Yin Qiu.

But now, she is on the opposite side of Yin Qiu.

"Did you hear what I said?" Afu asked anxiously, "Everyone in Yin Qiu is here, so Xie Yijun can no longer use her to blackmail Master, even if she sends someone to arrest Yin Qiu, we can still protect her Man Jiangxue hasn’t shown up for so long, she might have confronted Xie Yijun in Yunhua Palace. The so-called injustice has a head and a debt, what’s the use of killing these innocent people? It’s fine for Gong to seek revenge from Xie Yijun, there’s no need for us to fight here!”

Hearing this, Fu Xiang frowned: "Do you think I don't understand this truth?" She said sadly, "Before it is confirmed that Xie Yijun has fallen, Yunhua Palace must be taken down. This is what Master repeatedly explained before leaving. The thing is, I have betrayed her once, and it is absolutely impossible for me to betray her a second time. You want me to withdraw, it is really easy for you to say, everyone of you thinks that I, Fu Xiang, is a wolf-hearted man who doesn't know how to repay her and is double-faced. But now both of them have a lot of friendship with me, it's wrong for me to help either side!"

Afu said, "But—"

"There is nothing wrong!" Fu Xiang interrupted, "I am destined to be unfair to this bowl of water! Compared with the two, it is still Master's kindness that is as heavy as a mountain, not to mention that I have already agreed with her, as long as I finish this time In the future, I will leave and never get involved in these grievances. This is my last chance to repay Master's kindness. After today, I will completely owe her and part ways. Besides, , do you really think Yunhua Palace will lose?"

Afu said firmly: "I will lose! I will lose! How many of us? How many of them? Even if Ji Wanshu and Yin Qiu are peerless masters, it is impossible for the two of them to defeat so many of us!"

Fu Xiang felt a little angry for a moment, and gritted his teeth: "I can't control so much! Now even you are coming to force me? The reason you uphold justice like this is because you seem to be involved in the whirlpool, but in fact everything is with you It doesn't matter!" She said, and put the sword in Afu's hand, "Then I beg you to give me a happy time now, as long as you kill me, everyone here will listen to you, you let them retreat go!"

Afu leaned against the sword, as if touching something hot, and said, "I won't kill you if I kill anyone. What nonsense are you talking about! Then what should I do? You really can't bear to look at Yunhua Palace." Was it shot down by us!"

After fighting against that large group of men in black, Yunhua's disciples have already lost a lot. There are not many disciples stationed in Shangyuan City, and the disciples in the mountains have to guard the major entrances and exits, so they cannot rush over to help easily.Once they leave, there will be a gap. If the city gate is not easy to break through, Meng Wugui will choose another way, and they can get in no matter what.

Besides, the people in Yunhua Palace still don’t know if they have received the news. Even if they know, it’s impossible to abandon the palace and run down the mountain. .In addition, the disciples of the major states and cities are still on their way back to Shangyuan City after receiving Lu Huaiwei's letter, and they can't rush over to support so quickly even if they have wings. It's all about being beaten.

"Don't force me anymore!" Fu Xiang struggled with pain on his face, "Either you kill me with a sword, or you..."

As she was talking, she suddenly heard Lu Huaiwei shouting on the city wall: "Xiaoqiu!"

Fu Xiang hurriedly turned her head, only to see that Yin Qiu hit the outer ring on the south side of the city gate at some point, and several men in black who had gone back and forth threw ropes around her neck, and they were sparing no effort to drag Yin Qiu away. Drag it into the woods.

The rope was so tight that Yin Qiu was about to suffocate. She raised her hand and swung her sword to cut the rope, but when she got up, she was bound by several chains again.

Seeing this, Ji Wanshu and Wen Chaoyu immediately ran towards Yin Qiu, but before they arrived, a white shadow flashed at the end of their sight, and Fu Xiang went to Yin Qiu's side faster than them.She cut off the chain at the waist, pulled Yin Qiu up, and said quickly: "Xiao Qiu! Are you okay?"

A string of tiny blood oozes from Yin Qiu's neck.

Fu Xiang hurriedly took out a handkerchief and wiped it for her. Afu, who followed closely, shot and killed the men in black, cursing: "Bah! Despicable! You really deserve to be under Xie Yijun's hands. Engage in a sneak attack!"

Yin Qiuben was gasping for breath, and when she heard this, she froze there suddenly. She suddenly raised her eyes to look at Afu, and said in shock: "You, what did you say?!"

Afu paused, and immediately covered her mouth reflexively, and then remembered that there was no need to keep this matter a secret, so she yelled: "Xie Yijun! I said Xie Yijun! She is the mastermind behind the disciples of the dark guards, and she also killed your mother." And the murderer of my master's parents!"

Her voice was quite loud, and Ji Wanshu and Wen Chaoyu had extraordinary ears, and they heard it from a long distance away. The two of them stopped at the same time, and they both froze in place with astonished expressions.

"Keep your voice down!" Seeing that Yunhua's disciples were all looking at this place, Fu Xiang said angrily, "You said just now that you didn't want to see them die, so shut up now and don't let Yunhua's disciples hear you Lose your mind later!"

Afu let out an "ah", quickly covered her mouth again, and said in a muffled voice, "I, I didn't do it on purpose!"

Yin Qiu's face turned pale, and he staggered back two steps.

The head...how could it be the head? !

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"Little baby, don't talk nonsense!" Wen Zhaoyu and Ji Wanshu rushed here, and they all looked at Afu.

Wen Chaoyu said seriously: "Yi Jun and Man Dong are sisters who worship under the same master, how could she kill her!"

Afu couldn't grasp the point, and first argued: "What little baby? I'm two or three years older than Yin Qiu!" Then she continued, "How do I know why she killed Master Shen? Anyway, it was what my master said , definitely can’t go wrong!”

Wen Chaoyu felt a "thump" in his heart, and said incredulously, "Are you sure?"

"Why did I lie to you?" Afu said, "If you don't believe me, ask my senior sister! She entered the palace to protect Yin Qiu and to find the holy sword. Unfortunately, Xie Yijun hid it too tightly. My senior sister is in Yunhua Palace. After waiting for a year, I couldn't find it, so my master told her to go back to Mingyue Tower!"

"Is that true?" Ji Wanshu looked at Fu Xiang.

Fu Xiang heaved a sigh of relief and nodded.

All three of them suddenly realized at this moment.

No wonder the disciples of the hidden guards were selected from different peaks so coincidentally that they belonged to the same group. Ye Zhilan also said that she was taken advantage of in this matter, and Xie Yijun was the head of the sect. In his hands, who would dare not to follow the wolf?

It's no wonder Ye Zhilan said that that person had a close relationship with Yin Qiu. At that time, Yin Qiu only cared about suspecting Young Master Fan, but didn't expect that there was Xie Yijun among the people who had a close relationship with her!

Thinking about it this way, she was the one who sent people to Jinhuai City to take away Yin Qiu before Man Jiangxue, she was the one who caused the tragic death of Meng Jing's parents, and she was the one who shot Ye Zhilan coldly at the top of Yunhua Mountain!

"I really didn't expect that!" Wen Chaoyu was very angry, and said angrily, "I have stayed in the palace for so many years, and I have never heard of any enmity between her and the Shen family, nor have I seen any quarrel between her and Man Dong. This, this is really ..."

Ji Wanshu snorted coldly, raised his hand and slapped Fu Xiang on the chest. Fu Xiang was defenseless, and was immediately hit by her and fell to the ground.Ji Wanshu said: "I said earlier, as long as you dare to come, I will not show mercy. Now that she knows that the head of the sect is the real murderer, and the uncle has not gone down the mountain for a long time, she must have become suspicious and stayed in the palace .Now that you bring so many people to destroy the city, I will kill you first. Without the landlord, I will see how you can continue to fight without a leader in Mingyue Tower!"

After finishing speaking, she was about to stab Fu Xiang in the heart with a sword. Afu was so frightened that her hairs stood on end, and hurriedly stood in front of Fu Xiang: "What are you doing! My senior sister was also forced to do nothing, you obviously talked to her in the building , it is impossible for you not to know how difficult her situation is! If you have the skill, why not catch that Xie Yijun!"

"There is a master uncle at the head, so I'm not worried at all!" Ji Wanshu said with a sullen face, "As the young head of Yunhua Palace, how can I tolerate your Mingyue Tower and Jiuxiantang acting wild in our Yunhua territory? I will give you two choices, one is to immediately send a message to tell your people to retreat, the other is to die in my hands, you make a decision!"

Afu's eyes turned red, she supported Fu Xiang and said, "Senior Sister...you should come up with an idea!"

Fu Xiang was stunned for a moment, wiped the blood from his lips with a blank expression, and after a moment of silence, he said dejectedly: "That's fine, senior sister kill me."

Afu was slightly startled, grabbed her skirt and said, "You fart! Death is like a lamp going out. There is no such thing as reincarnation in this world. Don't take your own life seriously!"

Fu Xiang threw away the saber in his hand, looked up at Ji Wanshu with a desolate smile, and said, "I'm serious, kill me. I will never betray Master again. If my death can end all this, then I have no complaints, and I am willing. Over the years, I have already lived enough of this kind of life, if my senior sister can really kill me, it will be a relief for me, and I still want to thank you."

Ji Wanshu didn't hesitate for a moment, and immediately sent the long sword forward. Seeing that she didn't come here, Afu couldn't help but lost her mind and said, "No, don't kill my senior sister! If you want to kill her, kill me first! After finishing speaking, he remembered Yin Qiu was still standing beside him, and quickly called her, "Yin Qiu! Why are you so dazed at this moment? Do you want to watch my senior sister die!"

Yin Qiushi just heard that Shen Mandong was killed by Xie Yijun, but he has not recovered from this appalling fact.She turned her face blankly, her eyes became extremely red, and the continuous tears blurred her vision, and Yin Qiu couldn't see anything clearly.

"The head... the head is half of my master," Yin Qiu whispered in tears, "I have practiced swords with her for five years in the Mingguang Palace. She told me a lot about my mother's past, saying that they had a very good relationship, and that the string of prayer beads she wore for half her life was made by my mother herself..."

Wen Chaoyu couldn't bear to hear her being so beaten, so he pressed Ji Wanshu's sword hand, and sighed, "Forget it, are there still fewer innocent souls in this world? It's the same to capture her alive. Tap the hole and tie it up."

Hearing this, Afu seemed to be born again, she shook her lips and said, "Yes, yes, yes... You can also capture her alive! Don't bother you two, I'll tie her up!"

After speaking, he tapped Fu Xiang's acupuncture point quickly, and tied Fu Xiang up with the rope left by the men in black.

"Yin Qiu," Wen Chaoyu pulled Yin Qiu into his arms with one hand, and said gently, patting her on the shoulder, "Don't be too busy being sad, we still have a lot of things to do, and now is not the time to be sad. From you Since you came back to us, have you experienced fewer things? In fact, this is not bad, right? You are a good boy with a strong heart, and no ups and downs will break you, so this time will be the same, You have to cheer up, don't be discouraged. You see, we are still here, we will be with you, Mandong is in the spirit of the sky, and she will protect you, as long as you don't forget her, she will always be there, she has never been left you."

Yin Qiu's eyes were blurred and her breath was short of breath. She couldn't speak, only tears were still streaming down endlessly.

"Pick up Zhubing," Ji Wanshu said, "This is Uncle Shen's sword. If you take her with you, you will fight side by side with Uncle Shen. Don't you regard Yunhua Palace as your home? Now that your family is in trouble, how can you How can we just care about being sad? If Martial Uncle Shen is still here, with her style, she will definitely fight to the end and never give up."

Yin Qiu's eyelashes moved slightly, and he looked down at Zhubing on the ground.

The sword has a spirit, as if it can understand human language. The moment Yin Qiu looked at it, Zhubing's light rose sharply, and the blade trembled violently.

There was a brilliant brilliance in his eyes, and his vision suddenly became clear. Yin Qiu was silent for a while, raised his arm and wiped his eyes vigorously, wiping away the tears on his face.

She bent down, held Zhubing in her hand again, then straightened up, and said firmly: "Okay... I will never give up!"