Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

The cold wind howled in the forest, and the wind carried the unique frosty air in winter. Yin Qiu looked at Man Jiangxue, jumped off the stone, held Man Jiangxue's hand and said: "That was before, but now the uncle can It’s not alone anymore, there’s me too.”

Man Jiangxue smiled knowingly, knowing that Yin Qiu was comforting herself, but teasingly said: "You? You will have to live in Mingguang Palace next year, and it has nothing to do with Jingyue Peak."

Yin Qiu's good intentions were poured with cold water, and he immediately curled his lips and said, "Then you just accept me as your apprentice... Shishu is a small child!"

"I'm not someone who can teach apprentices," Man Jiangxue laughed, "You want to follow me so much, but you don't know how good the senior sister is."

Yin Qiu frowned and said, "I don't even know if I will be No. 1 next year. You just don't want to control me and want to push me to others."

Man Jiangxue said: "You have a small temper again, you don't even have that confidence, and you still want to be my apprentice?"

Yin Qiu couldn't say no to her, so he could only say angrily: "If you are confident, you won't want me. Even if you get No.1, you have to worship the master as your teacher. It's you who say, I won't fight with you!"

Man Jiangxue was amused by Yin Qiu. She pinched Yin Qiu's nose and said, "I am my uncle, you have to listen to me in everything. What's the point of arguing?"

Yin Qiu said: "I can't compete with you!" After she finished speaking, a look of embarrassment flashed across her face, she squatted down and grabbed a handful of snow, and quietly rubbed a snowball. When Man Jiangxue was not paying attention, Yin Qiu smashed the snowball It was thrown on Man Jiangxue's skirt.

Man Jiangxue saw her every move, but didn't hide, just stood and received Yin Qiu's blow, shook his head and smiled lightly: "I have learned to beat people."

Yin Qiu laughed loudly, looked up at Man Jiangxue with the crushed snow in his hands, and said, "Master uncle will play with me, shall we have a snowball fight?"

Man Jiangxue turned her eyes, stared at Yin Qiu's cuff and said, "What are you doing with a bamboo branch in your sleeve?"

Yin Qiu withdrew his gaze and glanced down. The bamboo branch was given to her by Young Master Fan in the bamboo forest at the foot of the mountain when he taught her sword practice the first night. With the incident of the medicine bottle, Yin Qiu knew that he could not reveal anything. It was strange, so he took out the bamboo branch generously, fiddled with it a few times, and said: "The iron sword is too heavy. After a few strokes, the wrist is so sore that I can't lift it. I use this as a sword." .”

Man Jiangxue gave a "hmm" and said, "Then show me the sword skills I have learned these days."

Yin Qiu danced the sword obediently. She had thought about it, and she was not so stupid as to show Man Jiangxue the sword skills taught by the young master Fanjiao, but just played it rigidly like the instructor taught her.

The sky after the rain was spotless, and the sky was a bit cloudy blue. Yin Qiu was focused, and her two long braids swayed in the wind with the moves. She was wearing a well-fitting snow-white student uniform, and her figure was light and straight, with a lustrous body. Her small face was full of childishness, but her expression was determined.

As for the moves, Yin Qiu remembers them very well, and she has practiced the basic skills seriously. The horse stance that has been done for more than a month is also effective, and her foot is stable, but her body is not strong enough, and her strength is not enough. It is true that she dances beautifully with swordsmanship, but It also lacks strength, but among the new disciples, it can already be regarded as having good comprehension.

After the sword dance, Yin Qiu's breath was somewhat disordered, and she worshiped Man Jiangxue, Yin Qiu felt ashamed to show off in front of Man Jiangxue like this, and she asked embarrassedly: "Master, can I Are you practicing well?"

"It's not bad," Man Jiangxue applauded solemnly, and commented, "It can be seen that he has worked hard, not bad."

Yin Qiu looked at the bamboo branch in her hand, gasped slightly, and said, "It's still far away from my uncle." She smiled softly, and looked at Man Jiangxue again, "It would be great if I could grow up sooner." .”

Man Jiangxue said: "Then eat more and practice more, so you can grow faster."

Yin Qiu said: "Really? But my appetite is too small. Fu Xiang always said that I eat too much, but I really can't eat that much."

"If you eat too much, you will grow into a little fat man." Man Jiangxue held Yin Qiu's waist with both hands, and said, "Uncle Master will find a way for you to make you grow taller very quickly."

Yin Qiu was pleasantly surprised: "What way?"

Man Jiangxue pushed Yin Qiu hard and said, "Like this."

Yin Qiu immediately lifted his feet off the ground, and was lifted above his head by Man Jiangxue. She laughed happily and said loudly: "Then I am taller than my uncle!"

Man Jiangxue smiled without saying a word, then hugged Yin Qiu in her arms, and flew up on the top of the maple forest with her in her arms. The two of them were like a pair of white geese, circling among the white snow and red maple leaves, and the entire Jingyue Peak reverberated Yin Qiu laughed happily.

·

After lunch, Man Jiangxue was invited away by the messenger disciple sent by Xie Yijun. Yin Qiu took a nap in the room for a while. After waking up, he did not forget to memorize and practice calligraphy. Without Man Jiangxue, the hall seemed very deserted. Jingyue Peak was also too quiet, Yin Qiu played in the courtyard for a while, and suddenly remembered that he hadn't done one thing, so he trotted all the way back to the disciples' courtyard.

Today is on vacation, but there are not many people in the disciple’s courtyard, and most of them have gone out to play. Yin Qiu found Fu Xiang’s room with ease, but there was no sign of Fu Xiang. After waiting for a while, she still did not come back. After standing for a while, he was about to go out to look for someone, but he saw Fu Xiang turning out from the corner of the corridor with the wooden basin in his arms.

"Fu Xiang!" Yin Qiu shouted.

Seeing Yin Qiuchao rushing towards him, Fu Xiang was slightly surprised, held Yin Qiu down, and said, "What are you shouting for? I didn't see you yesterday. Where did you go?"

Yin Qiu took the wooden basin from Fu Xiang's hand and said, "I'm going to Master's Jingyue Peak."

"No wonder I can't find you," Fu Xiang snorted, "He has no conscience, and he didn't know how to say hello to me before he left."

Yin Qiu smiled embarrassedly and said, "I'm sorry, I forgot... Then what, I, I have something to tell you."

Fu Xiang raised his legs and stepped into the room, beckoned Yin Qiu to come in, and asked while closing the door, "What's the matter?"

Yin Qiu hesitated for a while, then said softly: "Yesterday...didn't Master Master come to see me in the disciple's courtyard yesterday?"

Fu Xiang responded casually, hung the washed clothes by the window, and said, "I know, she took you to Jingyue Peak, you must be very happy?"

Yin Qiu scratched his head, and said listlessly: "Happiness is joy, but those medicine bottles were seen by my uncle."

Fu Xiang said "Oh": "Then did you tell her? The two of us can't find out why. It's good to let Master Man know. Can we ask her to find out who that person is?"

Yin Qiu was silent for a while, and said in a low voice: "I didn't tell her, I... lied to her."

"Lying?" Fu Xiang finished drying his clothes, poured himself a cup of tea, and raised his eyebrows, "Why are you lying?"

Yin Qiu picked at his fingers: "I just don't want my uncle to worry if he finds out."

"Someone is worried about you, it's a good thing," Fu Xiang looked puzzled, "If I have such a good uncle, I will definitely tell her the matter as soon as possible, why do you do it the other way around?"

"I can't tell her," Yin Qiu lowered his head, looking at the toe of his shoes, "Uncle Shi is already very tired, she has so many things to do, I don't want her to worry about my affairs, let alone that person is just You just gave me medicine, and you have no bad intentions, think about it, it will take a lot of effort to find out who that person is, how can I have the heart to let my uncle worry about it?"

Fu Xiang thought for a while and said, "That's right. There's no evidence for this. It's just a few medicine bottles. It's not easy to check." After she finished speaking, she asked Yin Qiu again, "Then you What do you want to say to me?"

Yin Qiu narrowed his eyes, looked at Fu Xiang apologetically, and said in a thin voice: "When my uncle saw the medicine bottle, he asked me where I came from, and I said, said..."

Fu Xiang stretched his neck: "Say what?"

Yin Qiu was a little hard to open his mouth, and murmured, "I said, you gave it to me."

Fu Xiang was taken aback for a moment, then he realized it and said with a smile: "Understood, you are taking my blame."

Yin Qiu hurriedly took Fu Xiang's hand, and said very sincerely: "I was impatient and didn't know how to answer, so I moved you out. I'm sorry Fu Xiang, I can't help it, please don't mad at me."

Fu Xiang laughed: "What's so angry about this? When something happens to you, the first person you think of is me or someone else. It means that you regard me as a good friend. I should be happy."

Seeing her being so considerate, Yin Qiu felt really guilty, and could only apologize again and again: "It's my fault, I'm so sorry to drag you into it by talking nonsense."

"Okay, stop rambling, I don't blame you," Fu Xiang plucked his ear, "I see, you came all the way to find me just to talk to me, don't worry, someday if Uncle Man is with me When you ask about this, I will definitely cover for you, don’t make a bitter face, it’s not a big deal.”

After Yin Qiu heard her words, the stone in her heart finally fell to the ground, and then she showed her face and said, "Thank you."

"Don't say thank you if you are a good friend." Fu Xiang leaned on the wooden chair and whistled at Yin Qiu suddenly, "But if you really appreciate me, don't just talk about it, can you do me a favor?"

Yin Qiu immediately said: "What's the matter? Just say it, as long as I can do it, I will definitely help you!"

Fu Xiang grinned, with a smile on his face, and said, "Are you busy? It's really not a difficult task for you, but it's really troublesome for me."

Yin Qiu was curious: "What's the trouble?"

For the first time, Fu Xiang stumbled a little. She didn't know what she thought of, and the expression on her face became a little strange. After a while, she asked, "Do you know someone named Ding Lianzhen Senior Sister?"

Yin Qiu recalled for a moment, then shook his head: "I've never heard of it."

"She is a disciple of Tianyin Peak," Fu Xiang said, "Tianyin Peak is in charge of the weapons in the palace. Even kitchen knives have to be obtained from them. I was dragged to work last time, but you didn't go That time, I went to Tianyin Peak to clean up the sewage ditch, and Senior Sister Ding came to supervise our work at that time."

Yin Qiu expressed understanding: "And then? What happened to her?"

Fu Xiang cleared his throat and said, "You didn't go, so I don't know. This senior sister Ding is not only beautiful, but also very approachable. After finishing the work, she gave each of us sweet soup to drink. I have a good impression of her." That's right, later the senior sisters in the courtyard led us back, and senior sister Ding sent us off on purpose without saying anything, and even followed us into the disciples' courtyard to see our residence, asking people not to treat us harshly."

Yin Qiu became interested: "Sounds like a very good person, what next?"

Fu Xiang crossed Erlang's legs, looked up at the beams, and said dryly, "After that, we became acquainted, and she ran into the yard every few days. At first I didn't take it seriously, I just thought she She cared about us new disciples, but she suddenly came again the night before yesterday, saying that Tianyin Peak needed to dispose of a batch of scrap swords, and she was short of manpower, so she picked me to make up the number."

Yin Qiu speculated: "So when you went to Tianyin Peak, did you encounter the trouble you mentioned earlier?"

Fu Xiang supported his forehead, nodded with a sad face, and said: "If it's just a simple fight, then I have nothing to say, but after I followed her, there was nothing she said at all. She took me In a small garden with no one around, she first asked me to practice swords with her, and then asked me to go to her room to have some snacks, and finally..." Fu Xiang squeezed the space between his eyebrows, "You know what she did in the end? Did you tell me something?"

Yin Qiu shook his head.

"She told me!" Fu Xiang stood up "whoosh" and paced, "She said she liked me!"

Yin Qiu was quiet for a moment, then said in a daze, "Huh?"

"Ah, what?" Fu Xiang scratched his head and scratched his head, "I was so stupid at the time! Tell me, what should I do?"

Yin Qiu was stunned for a long time before he understood what she said, and slowly said in surprise: "No way...you mean, Senior Sister Ding likes you?"

"That's right!"

"Which one likes...?"

"Who else would like it?!"

Now it was Yin Qiu's turn to be stupid.

"At first I also thought she was joking, sisters from the same school, there is nothing wrong with being in love with each other," Fu Xiang said, "But she told me again and again that her liking for me was not because of the friendship of the same school, but rather... ..."

"But what?" Yin Qiu's eyes were dull.

"Do you have to ask why you know it!" Fu Xiang rolled his eyes.

"This..." Yin Qiu didn't expect it, as if he was listening to a story, "Then did you promise her?"

"I promise you a fart," Fu Xiang rolled his eyes to the sky, "I'm being targeted this time, you don't know, this senior sister Ding is really good at life, she just confesses to me, and doesn't ask for it." I responded one or two, so I came to the courtyard to see me every day, and then I found an explanation to take me out to play with her. If I go to Tianyin Peak to look for her again, I have said hello to Senior Sister Ye in advance, if I don't go, Senior Sister Ye will definitely think that I am lazy, how can I bear it in the long run?"

Yin Qiu endured it again and again, and couldn't hold it back any longer. He burst out laughing with a "puchi" and said with laughter, "It's over, Fu Xiang, you're finished."

Fu Xiang rushed over to hit her, and said angrily, "You're still gloating! Don't laugh!"

Originally, Yin Qiu was still a little uneasy, for fear that Fu Xiang would blame her when he knew about the medicine bottle, but after hearing what Fu Xiang said, Yin Qiu's mood suddenly became brighter, and he couldn't help but teased Fu Xiang: "Don't jump! , Someone likes you, it's a good thing."

Fu Xiang let go of Yin Qiu's skirt, pouted: "What's the matter, I don't like her."

Yin Qiu laughed heartily: "Then who do you like?"

Fu Xiang froze for a moment, then said in an irritable tone, "I don't like anyone."

"Well then," Yin Qiu said, "I understand everything, so how do you want me to help you?"

Hearing this, Fu Xiang rolled her eyes a few times, and immediately put on a smiling face. She hugged Yin Qiu, pinched Yin Qiu's chin frivolously, and said inscrutably, "Then you should remember it. After the monthly test, you just do this..."

·

When Man Jiangxue left Mingguang Palace, the sky had already darkened.

"Master Uncle," Ye Zhilan followed behind and asked, "Wan Shu has been found, do you want her to come see you?"

Man Jiangxue waved his hand: "No, tomorrow you two will investigate the group of disciples who went to Jincheng together. Remember, don't do it too deliberately, just ask around."

Ye Zhilan took the order and asked again: "What about dinner?"

Man Jiangxue said: "According to yesterday, sweets are the main food."

Ye Zhilan showed a slight smile, and said: "Master uncle never likes to eat sweets, little junior sister is very lucky to have such love and care from my master."

Recalling last night's banquet, Yin Qiu was full of smiles, and Man Jiangxue sighed softly: "If the senior sister is here, Yin Qiu will also have the children next to me. Since the senior sister is gone, the child will suffer so much." How hard it is, we should all give her some heart."

Ye Zhilan nodded and said: "Uncle Shi is right, don't worry, I have prepared the new clothes and bedding for my junior sister, and I will send them to her room tonight."

Man Jiangxue nodded: "Very good, thank you."

Ye Zhilan made a salute and took her leave first. Man Jiangxue gathered her robe and walked straight towards Jingyue Peak. Halfway there, hurried footsteps sounded from far and near behind her. She looked back slightly and saw the bright palace lanterns. Under the light, Yin Qiu strode towards her, shouting intermittently: "Master, master uncle...wait for me!"

Man Jiangxue stopped, turned around to pick up Yin Qiu, and said, "Run slowly, it just rained, what if you fall?"

Yin Qiu just bid farewell to Fu Xiang, seeing that it was already so late, she was afraid that Man Jiangxue would be worried, so she ran fast all the way, out of breath, she leaned into Man Jiangxue's arms and said, "I'll go play with Fu Xiang in the afternoon Already, has the uncle just finished his work?"

Man Jiangxue stroked Yin Qiu's back, sympathizing with her, and said, "I just finished talking with the senior sister in charge, how about you? What did you do with Fu Xiang?"

The two walked hand in hand, Yin Qiu thought about Fu Xiang and that senior sister Ding, and her surprise only increased. She thought for a while, then asked Man Jiangxue: "Uncle, how old are you?"

How old are you?Man Jiangxue raised his eyebrows and replied, "25, why do you think of asking this?"

Yin Qiu opened his mouth wide and said incredulously, "25? But Master Uncle looks about the same age as Senior Sister Ji."

"Wanshu is only eighteen," Man Jiangxue said, "I can't compare with her."

"But if you're 25 years old," Yin Qiu said innocently with clear eyes, "then why isn't the uncle married yet?"

Man Jiangxue paused slightly.

Before Man Jiangxue could answer, Yin Qiu said to himself again: "Girls outside can get married when they are twelve or thirteen years old. Why is my uncle still not married at twenty-five? The old woman in Su Zhai told me before, When I grow up, Mrs. Su will promise me a good family, she said that if a girl is over 25 years old and hasn't married yet, she is an old girl, so is my uncle already an old girl?"

Man Jiangxue: "..."

Man Jiangxue: "Who taught you to ask these questions?"