Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

The sound of the wind intensified, howled endlessly, and the sky was filled with remnant clouds, as if they were about to be suppressed.

The disciples of the two factions were still fighting, figures fell one after another, the sound of swords colliding one after another, the situation was turbulent, but looking at the other place, it was an untimely silence.

Wen Chaoyu knelt on his knees, his eyes could not hide his shock, Ji Wanshu and Ye Zhilan also fell silent at this moment, the expressions on the faces of the three of them were exactly the same astonishment.

"That's..." Ye Zhilan stared blankly at the person coming.

Ji Wanshu's face changed a few times, and he looked back and forth between the woman in blue and the fake Shen Mandong who had died diagonally behind him several times, and said in disbelief, "She wouldn't..."

Ji Wanshu didn't finish what she said, Ye Zhilan gave her a sideways glance, and the two looked at each other with complicated expressions, they were speechless for a moment.

If it is said that the female subordinate of Ziwei Sect can confuse the real with the fake, then this one in front of her can be called the real Shen Mandong.

Ji Wanshu and Ye Zhilan went to Yunhua Palace after urinating. Although neither of them had ever worshiped Shen Mandong, but ten years ago, they had close contacts with Shen Mandong and had received careful guidance from Shen Mandong. Even if they hadn't seen each other for ten years , but Shen Mandong's voice and smile are still vivid in my memory, as if she never left.

And the figure and demeanor of this blue-clothed woman can be said to be unforgettable. Compared with the female subordinates of the Ziwei Sect, it can be called a difference between clouds and mud. If you want to achieve this level of resemblance, Except for Shen Mandong herself, there is really no other person in the world who can be so similar to her.

Could it be... this woman is the real Shen Mandong?

The cold wind blew past, and there was a faint smell of blood. There was a bit of cold frost in the wind, and there was also a familiar fragrance that had not been seen for many years.

Wen Zhaoyu breathed a sigh of relief, lowered her head and coughed up a few mouthfuls of blood, and when she looked up again, her face was as pale as a piece of white paper, and she sniffed the bursts of sweet fragrance rushing towards her, and hummed weakly.

The corners of her lips hidden under the veil were slightly raised, and the woman in blue looked at the eyes of the three people opposite her calmly, and said loudly, "Senior Sister Wen, don't come here without any harm."

Wen Chaoyu smiled silently, did not answer, but looked at her suspiciously.

The woman kicked her leg, kicked the big knife that fell by her feet back to Wen Zhaoyu's hand, and said, "Your knife."

Wen Chaoyu supported the ground with a knife, and stood up slowly while clutching her chest. Her eyes fluctuated, she looked at the woman carefully, and said, "Xie Yijun is capable, and found someone who looks like this."

The woman's footsteps moved slightly, she approached Wen Zhaoyu, and said with a teasing smile: "I haven't seen you for ten years, and the senior sister has not made any progress, and she was beaten all over the floor by two juniors. I am really disappointed."

The two juniors were already too shocked to speak.

Wen Chaoyu squinted his eyes, and said, "You did a good job with Piercing Yunyan just now, but you only have seven points of Shen Mandong's skill, so you can't fool me."

The woman walked around her and said with a smile: "Didn't Senior Sister give me a retreat powder? I tried my best to make a move, and it is rare to get seven points."

Wen Chaoyu remained silent, his eyes stuck to her all the time.

Ye Zhilan finally couldn't bear it any longer, she stepped forward and said, "Uncle Shen? Are you really Uncle Shen?"

The woman looked up at her, her bright eyes were filled with a bright smile, and she said, "Zhilan? Did you come out well? You were only this young when I left." She said, raising her hand in front of her I made a gesture.

Having already suffered a loss once, Ye Zhilan became defensive this time. She turned her head to look at the serious Ji Wanshu, and said, "I still can't believe whether senior is Master Shen or not. Dare I ask senior how to prove it?"

"How do you want me to prove it?" the woman said, "I heard that Xiaoqiu was seriously ill, so I came from outside the customs overnight. After passing Jincheng, Shangyuan City, as long as you go to Yunhua Palace, Senior Sister Xie and Axue met I know, isn't this the best proof?"

Ye Zhilan was undecided, and heard the woman say: "I am willing to go to Yunhua Palace with you, so it is true, but the fake one before, do you think she was willing to go with you?"

The person in front of me is too familiar, the brisk tone and clear demeanor are exactly the same as Shen Mandong back then, Ye Zhilan's heart shakes when she hears it, but she doesn't know how to make a decision, so she can only look at the silent Ji Wanshu .

However, although Ji Wanshu had a mentoring relationship with Shen Mandong, after all, she followed Wen Chaoyu all the year round, and she only thought about Master and had no interest in others, even though the woman in blue looked at her from a distance, or observed her closely. , Shen Mandong is alive and well, but Ji Wanshu can't tell the truth from the fake, she is more difficult to judge than Ye Zhilan.

"Don't look at me," Ji Wanshu frowned, "I'm not familiar with Uncle Shen, so I don't recognize him very well."

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The sound of fighting stopped at some point, and the disciples of the Ziwei Cult and the disciples of Yunhua Palace separated from each other and quietly watched the situation of the four people.

Ye Zhilan was still considering how to respond, Wen Chaoyu cast a sideways look at his subordinates, signaling them to retreat when they see the opportunity, then wiped the blood from his lips, and said to the woman: "Since you are the real Shen Mandong, take off your veil, What are you doing under cover? As long as you show your face, we need to work hard to guess whether it is true or not?"

The woman smiled: "What if I refuse?"

Wen Chaoyu stared at her: "That means you're a guilty conscience, so why ask?"

The woman chuckled again and said, "That's true."

As soon as the words fell, she really raised her hand to remove the veil.

The faint sunlight came through the gaps in the branches and leaves, like streams of tiny streamers, reflecting on her fair and clean face, seeing her face with her own eyes, Wen Chaoyu's heart was shocked, Ye Zhilan and Ji Wanshu's eyes widened involuntarily .

The three of them fell silent at the same time, but the Yunhua Palace disciples in the back were all exclaiming incessantly.

"Look! That's really Uncle Shen!"

"It's true that she is right!"

"It's been ten years, but Uncle Shen hasn't changed at all!"

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"Uncle Man is right," Ye Zhilan was overjoyed, "Uncle Shen! It's really you!"

The veil fluttered down on the ground, and the woman looked relaxed and said, "Is this the letter?"

Even though Wen Zhaoyu was in a difficult mood, she had no choice but to believe it at the moment. She stared at the woman, doubting again and again and said: "You are really still alive."

"I never said I was dead," the woman said.

Never thought that Yunhua Palace did not release fake news this time, but actually found Shen Mandong. Wen Zhaoyu knew that the plan arranged by Nangong Min had failed. Not only did he not kill anyone in Yunhua Palace, but he himself Lost a lot of subordinates, and was exposed by Shen Mandong himself on the spot.

But now that Shen Mandong has appeared, is she really holding the holy sword?

The disciples of Yunhua were still excited, Wen Chaoyu glanced back cautiously, and saw that his subordinates had started to evacuate in an orderly manner, so he asked, "Is the holy sword in your hand?"

The woman nodded: "It's with me, but you are seriously injured now, I'm afraid you won't be able to take it back."

Wen Chaoyu gritted his teeth secretly, and then showed his usual smiling face, saying: "This is the end of the matter, and it is a happy event if Junior Sister Shen is still alive. The two juniors on the left and right are also there, why don't you take the time to go back and see that child, I won't stay any longer, so as not to disturb your reminiscence."

Hearing that she meant to run away, Ji Wanshu immediately shouted: "You are already a trapped beast, want to leave?"

Wen Chaoyu looked at her with a playful smile, and said, "What can I do if I don't leave? Can I go to Yunhua Palace with you to drink tea?"

Ji Wanshu just had a big quarrel with her parents two days ago. Seeing her now, the lingering anger in his heart still persisted, and he said coldly, "If you don't explain the matter clearly, do you think you can leave so easily?"

Ye Zhilan followed closely and said, "That's right, how did you know that we would meet Mr. Shen in Jincheng? Seeing that you came prepared, you even made a fake Mr. Shen. You obviously knew what we were going to do this morning. Who reported the letter to you!"

It should be known that only she, Xie Yijun and Man Jiangxue knew about taking care of Shen Manyong, and even Ji Wanshu only knew about it not long ago, so why does Ziwei Sect seem to know better than them?

Wen Chaoyu laughed lightly, spread his hands and said, "I really don't know how to evaluate you, it has been spread all over the world, saying that you Yunhua won Shen Mandong and the Holy Sword, and our Ziwei Cult took action, is it hard to understand? "

"Even so, since you came directly to Jincheng, didn't you get accurate information in advance?"

"That said, I, the Ziwei Cult, don't do anything for nothing. After you and your party go down the mountain, it's not difficult to find out where you're going after that. It doesn't have to be as complicated as you think."

Ye Zhilan showed surprise.

Ji Wanshu moved his eyes to look at Ye Zhilan, and asked, "What?"

Ye Zhilan hesitated and said: "Not many people know about this incident. I thought it was completely kept secret, but I didn't expect it to have spread in the Jianghu."

what happened?Could it be that someone secretly leaked the secret?

"It's true that I lost this time," Wen Chaoyu said, "but if you want to get some news from me, then I advise you to save some energy and ask me here, why not go back and ask your leader Xie Yijun, what is the purpose of her arranging such an outing?"

"Even if it's as you said, you can't leave," Ye Zhilan said, "Your subordinates have already left, and now you have no power to fight back. Ten years ago, you were hiding in the palace as an undercover agent. You can't just go like this today." Let you go."

After finishing speaking, Ye Zhilan wanted to go up and capture Wen Chaoyu. Ji Wanshu had wanted to capture her back all these years, but Master was Master after all. She always looked unsatisfactory, and of course she would not let go of such a good opportunity.

The two started to approach Wen Chaoyu together. Wen Chaoyu knew that he was not their opponent now, so he didn't struggle, and waited generously for them to tie him up, but Shen Mandong who hadn't spoken for a long time suddenly said: "Wait a minute, let her go!" gone."

As soon as these words came out, the two juniors were taken aback.

"Release?" Ji Wanshu said first.

"Let her go." Shen Mandong nodded.

"This... how could it be let go?" Ye Zhilan didn't know why, "Uncle Shen, the Ruyi Gate was destroyed back then, and she had nothing to do with it. If she hadn't secretly tipped off the news, how could the Ziwei Sect attack Liucang Mountain so easily? This person has many evil deeds." , Master repeatedly asked us to arrest her, and you are just taking revenge? What do you mean by letting her go?"

Shen Mandong didn't answer, just raised her hand and pulled Wen Chaoyu behind her, looked at her and said, "Go back and report to Nangong Min that the holy sword is with me. If she wants it, she can exchange her life for it."

Wen Zhaoyu obviously didn't expect that she would let him go, so he smiled and said, "It's just a sword, even if you refuse to return it, she can't be stupid enough to give her life to you."

Shen Mandong said: "This is not something you should consider. You just need to tell Nangong Min what happened today, and the rest has nothing to do with you."

Wen Zhaoyu took a few steps back tentatively and said, "Are you really going to let me go?"

"Otherwise?" Shen Mandong smiled kindly, "Don't tell me you want to go to Yunhua Palace to drink tea with us?"

Ji Wanshu couldn't help having a fit, and was about to stop her, but Shen Mandong waved her hand and said, "Let her go, you don't have to worry about how Senior Sister Xie will explain, everything is up to me."

Ji Wanshu hesitated for a while, but had to endure it.

Wen Chaoyu slung the big knife to his waist, and took a few steps back cautiously. Seeing that the three people really didn't seem to want to stop her, he ran away without looking back.

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"You two come with me." Seeing Wen Chaoyu disappear, Shen Mandong walked towards the depths of the forest.

Letting Wen Chaoyu go in vain, Ji Wanshu's stomach was full of anger, her face was livid, Ye Zhilan knew she was feeling bad, so she had to drag Ji Wanshu to follow Shen Mandong's footsteps.

The trees were scattered, the mountain wind brought snow, and the disciples who stayed in place gradually blurred into a shadow due to the distance. Shen Mandong looked back, then stopped, picked a big tree to block himself, and said: "Today's matter, but does anyone else know?"

Ji Wanshu was angry and didn't want to talk to her, so Ye Zhilan said, "Except for Master and Uncle Man, only the accompanying disciples know about it, but they don't know that we are here to pick you up. As for Junior Sister Ji, it's just now I just found out."

Shen Mandong pondered for a moment, then said: "No, besides the person you mentioned just now, there should be others who know about it."

Ye Zhilan asked: "Why did Martial Uncle Shen say that?"

"I ordered people to spread the news in Jianghu," Shen Mandong said, "but I didn't let people explain that I would come to Jincheng. They must have received a secret report a long time ago, so they deliberately passed by here, wanting to take the opportunity kill you."

Ye Zhilan was surprised: "The news you released?"

"Let's not mention this for now," Shen Mandong looked at her, "Are you sure you didn't tell anyone else that you are coming to Jincheng except the accompanying disciples?"

Ye Zhilan said sternly: "Indeed not."

Shen Mandong said: "Then we have to check this group of disciples, whether there is anyone suspicious."

Ye Zhilan was startled, and thought to herself: "This time the accompanying disciples are all personally selected by me, all of them are clean and raised in the palace since childhood, so there should be no problem."

"Wen Chaoyu lied earlier." Shen Mandong didn't smile at the moment, his eyes were calm, "Nangongmin asked her to come to Jincheng, obviously because of someone's advice. I guess Nangongmin's plan is to get Wen Chaoyu to take the fake Shen Mandong with her." She deliberately showed up to confront you and kill you all, but she didn't guess that Shen Mandong was really alive, so Wen Zhaoyu fell into our trap this time, losing his wife and losing his army."

Ji Wanshu was extremely disturbed, and said coldly: "Then why did you release the news? Just to lure them over?" Without waiting for Shen Mandong to answer, she continued, "It's true that Nangong Min made a mistake in his calculations, and I didn't expect you to come here." Will show up, but we didn't get any benefits. The Ziwei sect didn't kill a few villains, and Wen Chaoyu let go. What do you think? No matter how you look at it, it's like playing house, just playing around ?”

Her tone was harsh and her attitude was a bit harsh, Ye Zhilan immediately patted Ji Wanshu to signal her to restrain her emotions.

Ji Wanshu was upset and snorted coldly.

"The reason why the news is released is to attract Nangong Min's attention," Shen Mandong said, "She has been tracking down the whereabouts of the holy sword for ten years, and she will definitely find out if she hears about it. , but I want to use this to find out who the eyeliner in the palace is."

Now it seems that someone pointed Nangong Min to the road of Jincheng, which means that there are indeed spies from the Ziwei Sect in Yunhua Palace.

"According to what you said," Ji Wanshu stared at Shen Mandong, "You planned this all by yourself? Have you met the head and Uncle Man long ago?"

What a joke!These three people met in private early in the morning and joined forces to create such a farce, just to find out the spies in the palace. But the shadow has not been touched at all, and it took a few days to mobilize the crowd, and this is the result?

The more Ji Wanshu thought about it, the more angry he sneered, "I'm not as enlightened as you are, and I don't care about anything else. I just know that Wen Chaoyu shouldn't be let go. Even if she is left behind, those believers will understand what happened today when they go back." Report to Nangong Min that the duck you got flew away, and it will not be so easy to catch it again!"

Ye Zhilan said helplessly: "Junior Sister Ji, calm down, the plan can't keep up with the changes, there will always be side issues, didn't Master Shen say that? They did this to catch the spies in the palace, and now they have a clue, as long as they Those who know about this matter should check it out, and they will be able to find that person out soon. As for Wen Chaoyu, she is Nangong Min's capable subordinate, and if she goes back to report in person, it is certainly more credible than what those believers said Reliability."

"So what?" Ji Wanshu said, "Even if Nangongmin knew that Master Shen was alive and the news about the Holy Sword was true, what use would it be?"

Ye Zhilan moved her lips, and was about to explain her doubts according to her own thoughts, but she heard Shen Mandong cut off the words: "Of course it works."

Ji Wanshu has no old feelings for Shen Mandong. Now that she has let Wen Chaoyu go, she has lost her goodwill. She couldn't help but sneer: "She can't obediently give her life to you in exchange for that broken sword."

"Of course she wouldn't do that," Shen Mandong said, "but in this way, she will fall into a passive situation."

Ji Wan paused for a moment: "What do you mean?"

"Because Shen Mandong is fake, and the holy sword is also fake."

Ji Wanshu was taken aback for a moment, and even Ye Zhilan was puzzled when they heard this, and they both said in unison: "...Fake?"

Shen Mandong slowly raised his hand, touched the corner of the mandible, twisted his fingertips lightly, and rolled up a little wrinkled skin. Under the gradually enlarged eyes of the two, there was a "hiss", and a A person as thin as cicada's wings | The leather mask was peeled off her face in an instant, revealing another completely different beautiful face.

Seeing what this face looked like, Ji Wanshu's anger dissipated immediately, and he stayed where he was.

"Uncle Man?!" Ye Zhilan was usually steady and dignified, but she couldn't help losing her composure at this moment, "What the hell is going on?"

Man Jiangxue glanced at them, lowered her head and put the mask into her sleeve, and said, "As you can see, I won't explain much."

Ji Wanshu's face was weird, and he murmured for a long time before saying: "...you didn't say it earlier." If she had known that Shen Mandong in front of her was Man Jiangxue in disguise, she would not have vented her resentment even if she had great grievances.

"Go back to the palace first," Man Jiangxue said with a calm expression, "After I go back, I will monitor all the accompanying disciples. I will not go with you. I have other things to do, so I will go in the morning."

After she finished speaking, she held her sword and walked away, not caring about the reaction of the two juniors.

Ji Wanshu and Ye Zhilan looked at each other for a while, but they couldn't get back to their senses for a while.