Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

"It's the fourth time," Fu Xiang looked at Yin Qiu with a strange expression and said, "Did you really hear nothing last night?"

There was a lot of noise in the dining hall, but Yin Qiu still lowered his voice and said, "I didn't hear it."

Fu Xiang gave Yin Qiu all the meat dishes in the bowl, and sighed, "You, you slept too soundly, didn't you? Even I didn't close my eyes all night, but you are fine, sleeping deeper than a pig's head! "

Yin Qiu was a little embarrassed and guilty: "I was so sleepy, I fell asleep accidentally."

"Then go back to your room and take a nap after dinner," Fu Xiang said, "After class in the afternoon, I'll go to bed early after finishing my homework. Let's do it again tonight. I don't believe we can't catch him!"

"But my injury is almost healed," Yin Qiu said, "will he come again?"

Fu Xiang threw away his chopsticks, took out a handkerchief to wipe his mouth, and said, "You'll have to wait until you know if you come or not, so don't snooze tonight."

Yin Qiu hesitated for a moment, then asked after consideration: "Fu Xiang, why don't I squeeze with you tonight... okay?"

Seeing her worried face, Fu Xiang smiled slightly, and said, "It's not impossible if you want to sleep with me, but don't worry if you don't know who this person is, he can hurt you today Medicine, what if someone sends you poison tomorrow?"

Startled, Yin Qiu whispered, "But I haven't made any enemies with anyone..."

"That's why I have to figure out what's going on," Fu Xiang comforted Yin Qiu, "Okay, I'm here, don't be afraid, just do as I say."

Yin Qiu had no choice but to agree again.

With things in mind, it was inevitable that he would feel a little restless during class. Yin Qiu was whipped by the teacher's sister again in the afternoon, and Fu Xiang scolded her while watching. , Raised enough energy, just waited to catch the thief at night.

When it was Haishi, the disciple who was ringing the bell made a routine inspection around the disciple courtyard, yelling for everyone to go to bed early. Yin Qiu lay down by the window and looked around. Not long after, he saw another row of disciples across a corridor. In the room, Fu Xiang also poked his head out of the window, and the two looked at each other from a distance, showing a little smile on each other, Fu Xiang made a gesture to Yin Qiu, Yin Qiu understood, both of them closed the windows, and each got dressed Lie down on the couch.

After two sleep sessions during the day, Yin Qiu wasn't sleepy at all this time. While she felt scared, she was also faintly excited, as if she and Fu Xiang were planning some big event this time.

Waiting for the rabbit to catch the thief, like the knight in the story, so majestic!

Just like last night, Yin Qiu huddled under the quilt without moving, and waited until midnight with his eyes open, during which time he still didn't hear any movement.

The yard is quiet, and even the noise of the wind has subsided a lot tonight. There are no candles in the room, but the visibility is not low. The snow has stopped for many days, and it is rare to see the moonlight this night. The moonlight shines in through the window paper. A faint white light was cast on the ground, like a thin layer of gauze.

Yin Qiuling's platform was clear and bright, and all the complex emotions in her heart faded away in the waiting. She even took her breath lightly, and she was not in a hurry. She just remembered Fu Xiang's words, closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep, while secretly paying attention to her surroundings. trend.

Midnight was deep, everything was still, and she didn't know how long she had waited, when Yin Qiu started to feel drowsy again, she suddenly heard an extremely faint sound.

The sound was very soft, like a small wind that could only be heard through a thick wall, or someone pushed open the door very slowly.

Yin Qiu's heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't help becoming flustered, but he still kept his eyes closed and pretended to be asleep.

However, after listening with pointed ears for a while, the sound quickly disappeared, and it never sounded again after that.

The room was still so quiet, and she couldn't feel anyone's presence, but Yin Qiu was already frightened, and she inevitably became suspicious. She always felt as if someone was coming, but she didn't dare to open her eyes rashly. For a while, Yin Qiu Qiu's heart was extremely anxious.

After waiting so stiffly for a while, Yin Qiu silently comforted himself in his heart, thinking to himself that he was too nervous and misheard some sound.

She exhaled cautiously, raised her eyelids very cautiously in the dark, and quickly scanned the scene in the room, and with this look, she found that there was a man standing by the door a few steps away from the bed. Indistinct figures.

At that moment, Yin Qiu felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, and the blood all over his body rushed straight to the top of his head.

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In the moonlight that was as pale as thin clouds, the man stood tall and tall, standing quietly at the door. Although he couldn't see his specific appearance, he could tell that he was a man. He was tall and thin, and his robe was shaking slightly, like a man. The tree is independent of the tall and straight green pine in the snow.

Yin Qiu was horrified in her heart, and her limbs felt cold. At this moment, she lost both the urge to scream and the strength to move, so she could only open her mouth wide and look at this man in shock in the darkness.

Sure enough, he is still here!

The moonlight was light, and there were dead branches and fallen leaves all over the sky outside the room, flying and circling, it was supposed to be noisy, but standing there, this person seemed to resist all the howling cold wind, making this corner very clean stand up.

Yin Qiu was so frightened that she broke out in cold sweat, her hands and feet were cold, her mouth was dry, her back was soaked in sweat in an instant, her whole body was terrified, as if she was in a world of ice and snow, helpless and terrified.

On the other hand, the man was calm. Although he couldn't see his face, Yin Qiu could feel that he was looking at him silently. Yin Qiu was flustered and frightened, and hurriedly closed his eyes to calm himself down.

After a while, footsteps sounded, Yin Qiu quickly narrowed his eyes again, and caught a glimpse of the man walking towards her.

The black shadow is like a ghost, and there is an indescribable sense of eerieness in the movement of its steps.

At this moment, Yin Qiu almost couldn't restrain himself from shouting, but before she could make a sound, the man stopped in his footsteps and stopped by the table.

Immediately afterwards, the man gently placed something on the table. Yin Qiu suppressed his panic, squinted his eyes and took a look, and it turned out to be a small blue medicine bottle.

There was silence in the room.

Yin Qiu held his breath and did not dare to move at all. After putting down the medicine bottle, the man stood by the table for a while, then turned around and walked towards the door.

Seeing that he seemed to be leaving soon, and there was no need to move, Yin Qiu immediately breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and fixed his eyes on this person, but unexpectedly he took two steps, but stopped suddenly, without turning his head. Back to the ground and said: "You are pretending to sleep."

It's not a question, nor a surprise, but a flat and indifferent tone.

But this short sentence, to Yin Qiu's ears, was like a bolt from the blue.

The tense string in his mind was broken in an instant, and Yin Qiu was so frightened that he was about to yell out a scream, but the man seemed to have expected it a long time ago, turned around and rushed to the bed with one hand He attacked Yin Qiu, and lightly tapped her chest twice.

Yin Qiu couldn't move for a moment, and all voices were blocked in his throat for a moment.

Finding himself unable to speak suddenly, Yin Qiu was shocked, and struggled vigorously, but it was in vain.

"I tapped your acupuncture points," the man looked down at her, "Don't panic, I'm not a bad person."

When discussing with Fu Xiang during the day, the two of them almost guessed all the possible changes, except that they would be acupointed if they missed it. She was filled with grief and indignation for a moment, and couldn't help but her eyes turned red.

"Don't cry," the man seemed to smile, and said softly, "I won't hurt you, but you're emotional right now, I'll talk to you when you calm down."

After he finished speaking, he didn't care about Yin Qiu and sat down on his own.

Yin Qiu's mood was indeed difficult to calm down, but not to mention that she was still young, even if other people encountered such strange things, they would not be calm and calm. Fortunately, Yin Qiu still remembered what Fu Xiang had analyzed, since this person came to give When she delivered the medicine, she didn't kill her at the moment, and his words were gentle and comforting, so he probably wasn't a villain, at least it seemed so at the moment, Yin Qiu could only force himself to calm down and stop thinking wildly.

The moonlight seemed to be getting darker, and the small room gradually became brighter. After a long while, Yin Qiu restrained his fear and secretly looked at this person.

The door was still open, and this man was sitting firmly at the table, pouring a cup of cold tea. He was wearing a wide-sleeved cloud-patterned black robe, the hem of which hung straight to the ground, his black hair was tied neatly, and his face was covered with a silver mask. The eyebrows and eyes could not be seen clearly, only a well-defined chin and a slightly thin lip could be seen.

A well-dressed man with a mask on.

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Yin Qiu looked and looked to confirm that he had never seen this person before. Xu Shi noticed her gaze, the man tilted his head slightly, his lips curled up, and said, "Are you still afraid?"

He didn't look like an assassin or killer, and he was always smiling slightly. Yin Qiu heaved a sigh of relief, and blinked at him with some hesitation.

"Aren't you really afraid?" The man smiled, "You are a little smart, you know how to pretend to be asleep, I originally planned not to come again, but seeing that you slept so early today, I guessed that you noticed something strange, so I want to see how you handle it."

Hearing what he said, it was clear that he was firmly in control of his every move. Thinking that after entering the palace, he might be under the surveillance of this person, Yin Qiu felt chills and got goosebumps all over his body again.

"I can untie your dumb point first," the man said, "but don't make a sound, you know?"

Even if he wanted to call for help, judging from his previous skills, he might be able to subdue Yin Qiu before she could make a sound. Yin Qiu was much calmer now, so he blinked his eyes twice again.

"Very good, good boy," the man said, and tapped Yin Qiu with two fingers together, "Try it?"

Yin Qiu looked at him defensively and coughed softly.

"Do you know Brahma Valley?" the man said.

"No, I don't know..." Yin Qiu's voice trembled.

"It's also a Jianghu sect," the man said, "but it's not as famous as your Yunhua Palace."

Yin Qiu seems to understand but not understand.

"I come to Yunhua Palace every year," the man said again, "Among the new disciples every year, there are more or less good seedlings. This year, I think you will be good."

Yin Qiu didn't quite understand, and asked, "What do you mean...?"

"Packing the wall," the man laughed, "I think your aptitude is fair, and you are good at martial arts. Do you want to learn kung fu from me?"

This person came to Yunhua Palace secretly to poach the wall?Yin Qiu was surprised, and said after a while, "But I'm already a disciple of Yunhua Palace."

The man said: "So what? Your sect head worshiped in the palace back then, didn't you also learn art from other sects?"

Yin Qiu said dumbfounded: "But I, but I don't know you yet, and I will have a master in the future."

"I won't take you as an apprentice," the man smiled softly, "I don't want anything else from you, as long as you learn Kung Fu from me."

Will there be such a good thing in the world?Yin Qiu felt wary, paused for a moment and said, "No way..."

"Why not?"

"I don't know who you are, even if you want to teach me kung fu, you have to ask the uncle's opinion first."

"Man Jiangxue?"

Yin Qiu subconsciously wanted to nod, but realized that he could not move yet, so he let out an "um".

"You can't tell her," the man said, "you have to keep it a secret, including your good friend who is still in the room waiting for your news."

He even knows about Fu Xiang!Yin Qiu was shocked: "Why do you..."

"Since I came here on a special trip to poach the wall, I won't just pay attention to you," the man said, "Your good friend is also good, but it's a pity that she is a descendant of Mingyue Tower. After comparison, you are the most suitable."

He neither accepts apprentices nor has other plans, so the sky will be free?Yin Qiu is not so easy to deceive, and boldly said: "I don't believe it."

The man still smiled: "Then how do you believe it?"

Yin Qiuxin said that you behaved suspiciously, and you couldn't tell the truth from the fake, so what could you do to make her believe it?

Yin Qiu said: "I don't believe it anyway, just go away and don't come back again."

The man pondered for a while, then suddenly said, "If I say I know your mother, would you believe me?"

Yin Qiu thought about it, but maintained a skeptical attitude on his face, and said, "My mother?"

"Your mother's name is Shen Mandong, she was the great disciple of Yunhua Palace in the past," the man said, "Your father's name is Yin Xuan, and he is a member of the Ziwei sect, right?"

Yin Qiu was silent for a while, and said: "These things are not difficult to investigate, and you can find out by just asking around. Don't think I'm young, but I'm not easy to deceive."

"I see," the man said, "It's good to be wary. Children shouldn't trust strangers. You've done a good job."

Yin Qiu couldn't help wondering: "Then who are you?"

The man looked down at her for a while, and said with a smile: "I won't tell you my name, but everyone in the world calls me Gongzi Fan."

"Young Master Fan?" Yin Qiu read the three characters once, raised his eyes and asked, "Your surname is Fan?"

The man laughed: "My surname is not Fan, I am the owner of Fanxin Valley."

It's really strange that the master of a valley went to other sects to recruit new disciples in the middle of the night.

Yin Qiu thought to himself, and asked again: "Then why do you wear a mask? Are you...can't you see me with my true face?"

The man said: "You think too much. Walking in the rivers and lakes, some people change their appearance and some disguise themselves. Wearing a mask is not uncommon. Now whether you and I can get to know each other depends on whether you are willing or not."

There were questions and answers in the conversation with him, but Yin Qiu still felt that she didn't understand anything at all. She thought and thought, feeling at a loss for the current situation, and kept silent for a long time before saying: "I don't know..."

"If you want to learn Kung Fu well, keep the door open tomorrow night," the man said, "I will come to you when I see you, and vice versa."

Yin Qiu couldn't make up his mind.

"If I really don't want to, I won't force it," the man said again, "Just do as you wish, and never come again, how about it?"

Yin Qiu was stunned: "Oh..."

Seeing her bewildered face, the man bent his lips, got up and patted her on the head lightly, and said, "However, please keep quiet about our meeting, especially don't tell your uncle or your uncle." good friend."

The generous palm left a little warmth in the hair. Yin Qiu didn't know why, but because of his action, most of her fear was dispelled. She looked directly at this man and asked, "Why?"

"Because it doesn't sound good to spread the word," the man laughed. "When the time comes, everyone in the world will know that I broke into the Yunhua Palace disciples' courtyard at night, and I will have no face to face people."

Yin Qiu hesitated and said nothing.

"If you don't speak, I'll take it as your acquiescence," the man walked to the door and said sideways, "Then I'll come back tomorrow night, and the acupoints will unravel by themselves in an hour, so you can sleep peacefully."

After he finished speaking, he strolled out, his robes fluttering, and the two wooden doors closed gently without making a sound.