Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

"Guarda Qin has already sent someone to urge you three times. Are you sure you don't want to go have a drink?" The subordinate stood by the door, holding an invitation card in his hand, carefully looking at the person on the couch.

"I won't go." Wen Chaoyu lay with his head on his back, feigning sleep with his arms on his head.

The house is deserted and clear, but the outside is very lively. In the night snow, bright lanterns are hung everywhere in the main altar, red silk flutters, and there is joy in the surroundings.

"Today is Protector Qin's birthday," the subordinate said, looking at the falling snow outside, "She has made meritorious deeds a few days ago and was rewarded by the leader. I am so unhappy to have a big banquet to celebrate this time. This subordinate feels that the protector should go there."

The cold wind wrapped a little bit of snow across the door frame and caressed his face, Wen Zhaoyu didn't say anything, but his expression showed impatience.

Not long ago, Qin Zheng led people to Shangyuan City and seriously injured a disciple of Yunhua Palace. She used this to make a fuss and secretly ordered someone to kill the subordinate who was ambushing in Yunhua Palace. She also made a bad tempered statement on behalf of Ziwei's sect because of the Jincheng incident, caught Yunhua Palace by surprise, and asked Nangong Min to praise her greatly.

Hearing about Qin Zheng's birthday, Nangong Min even specially arranged a birthday banquet for her. Although Wen Chaoyu did not attend due to his illness, he also heard from his subordinates that Nangong Min was extremely generous. Hundreds of tables were set up for a banquet. The wine was good, the food was good, the singing and dancing were good, and a lot of gold, silver and jewels were rewarded, which gave Qin Zheng a great favor.

Now that Wen Chaoyu is sick in bed, although Nan Gongmin didn't say it clearly, everyone can see that Wen Chaoyu has fallen out of favor. Qin Zheng took the opportunity to take the position and was in the limelight for a while. The subordinates, at this moment, are playing with the wind, and they all turn to curry favor with Qin Zheng.

Wen Chaoyu lay silent for a while, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that the subordinate was still leaning against the door, motionless, and asked, "Do you want to go?"

Hearing this, the subordinate raised his head in surprise, but did not reply.

Qin Zheng was at the time when she was popular, and she had always been friends with the other two protectors. She had invited many people for a birthday banquet, and even the little-known little ones could get a glass of fine wine, but Wen Zhaoyu didn't This news, although the subordinates didn't say it directly, they all wished that Wen Chaoyu would say something quickly, so that they would also be happy and have a good meal.

The subordinate smiled and said: "If the guardian really doesn't want to go, the subordinate will push it for you again. What's so good about wine? You can only be serious if you take care of yourself."

Wen Zhaoyu sneered: "Go if you want, no one is stopping you," she said flatly, "You ask all the subordinates in the courtyard to go, just take it for me, and when you see Qin Zheng, tell me I'm sick I'm going to die, I can't get out of bed, go, don't disturb my rest here."

Hearing her words, the subordinate was very happy, but he didn't forget to show off his face, expressed his loyalty to Wen Chaoyu for a while, and then resigned as he said, but he even forgot to put on Wen Zhaoyu's belt.

Wen Zhaoyu sneered again, she was too lazy to get out of bed and close the door, her head was covered, and she planned to sleep.

After a while, there were gentle footsteps by the door again.

"What time is it, can you sleep?"

As soon as the familiar voice sounded, Wen Chaoyu knew who was coming. She hid under the quilt with a slumped face, but when she lifted the quilt, she was smiling all over her face, and said, "Oh, what wind brought you here ?”

Nangong Min was wearing a red dress, and looked at Wen Zhaoyu with a smile in her eyes. Standing there, she was as beautiful as a lifelike picture scroll. She walked to the side of the couch and helped Wen Chaoyu up, saying: "Get up and do something, do it well." Lie down."

Wen Chaoyu didn't want to move at all, so he took advantage of the situation and leaned against the head of the bed, and said kindly: "The leader is here, and the humble house is full of brilliance, how can I not get up to greet him?"

Nangong Min smiled, but didn't answer. She glanced around the room and said teasingly, "It's a Dharma protector, and he's still sick. Why isn't there even a charcoal fire in this room?" After finishing speaking, she raised her hand again Touching the teapot on the table, "The tea is also cold, it really makes my heart ache for the leader."

"It's not what it used to be," Wen Zhaoyu sighed softly, "The leader has neglected me for so many days, who can still serve me well? Thank God if he doesn't bully me."

Nangong Min covered his mouth and smiled lightly: "Bullying you? Who can bully you?"

Wen Chaoyu grinned, and said, "You, the leader, you have always thought of ways to bully me. For a long time, you have learned all the tricks now. I am suffering in my heart, and I have no one to talk to. I am really aggrieved."

The candlelight in the room flickered slightly, reflecting Nangong Min's affectionate eyes, somewhat deep and somewhat quiet, she teased and said, "That's just right, I'm here in person, if you have any grievances, just tell me. "

"I don't dare," Wen Chaoyu said, "I worked my life for the leader, and I am willing. Is it right to be ignored by the leader if things are not done well?"

"It's so lively at Protector Qin's place," Nangong Min looked at her, "Why don't you go and have a look?"

"Wouldn't you be powerless?" Wen Chaoyu said haha, "It hurts like hell, and I can't walk."

Nangong Min just smiled: "Then, the leader, shall I rub it for you?"

"I can't," Wen Zhaoyu said hastily, "That's going to kill me."

"I came here to tell you something," Nangong Minxing went to the table and poured a cup of cold tea, and said, "Xiaoqi has found out in the past few days that Shen Mandong and the holy sword are fake, it is Xie Yijun's trick .”

Wen Chaoyu observed Nangong Min's expression calmly, and said, "Really?"

In fact, she guessed it more or less. There has been a lot of rumors about this matter in the world recently, but there is no movement in Yunhua Palace. Shen Mandong appeared in a hurry, and then there was no news. It is unreasonable no matter how you look at it.

"So I can't figure it out," Nangong Min put down the teacup and looked at Wen Zhaoyu, "You came to the scene in person that day, and when you came back, you told me that Shen Mandong was fake and not fake, but now it seems that with your How could you be deceived so easily?"

Knowing that she was here tonight to ask for a crime, Wen Zhaoyu stopped smiling and said seriously: "I'm really to blame for this matter. I couldn't find it out in time, and the feedback was wrong. Even if the leader punishes me, I, Wen Chaoyu, have no complaints."

Nangong Min let out a "hey" and said, "Why don't you punish me? You have been teaching for so many years and made countless contributions. How could I punish you for this mistake?"

Wen Chaoyu looked at her: "The leader came to me..."

Nangong Min smiled, and said softly: "I don't want to blame you, but I can't stop others from criticizing you. If this continues, Protector Qin will squeeze you out sooner or later. It's not easy for you to get to where you are today. Over time Are you willing to be robbed of the limelight by others?"

Wen Zhaoyu didn't take it seriously, and said with a smile: "They are all doing things for the leader. There is no such thing as being in the limelight. If the leader has something to say, you may as well speak up."

"Okay," Nangong Min said, "I'll give you a chance. If you do well, I won't care too much about Jincheng. What position did you have in the church before, and it will be the same in the future. What do you want? ?”

Wen Chaoyu said: "The relationship is good, the leader can let go of the past, I should do my best, but I don't know what the leader wants me to do?"

Nangong Min's eyes flickered, he looked at her firmly and said, "I want you to bring that child back, can you do it?"

Wen Chaoyu paused, and said unexpectedly: "You want me to go to Yunhua Palace to rob people?"

Nan Gongmin nodded: "Xie Yijun made me suffer from being dumb once, how can I bear it? Since she deliberately made Shen Mandong come out, then I believe that the holy sword is in her hands, you take that child over, I'll just see what Xie Yijun uses to replace me."

If Yin Qiu is in hand, the Ziwei Sect can use her to coerce Yunhua Palace to hand over the holy sword. Xie Yijun thinks that he has suppressed the Ziwei Sect to a certain extent, but in fact he is in a cocoon. Now everyone in the world knows that the holy sword is in her hands At that time, she would not be able to exchange the holy sword for hostages, which would definitely lead to a lot of rumors. Nangong Min wanted to join her army instead, so as to regain almost [-]% of the chance of winning.

Wen Chaoyu's heart is like a bright mirror, but he smiled wryly: "The leader has stumped me this time, breaking into Yunhua Palace and robbing people is as difficult as climbing the sky, no one can beat me with this injury, I'm afraid it won't work. "

"That's your business," Nangong Min smiled, "Do you want me to think of something for you?"

Wen Zhaoyu hesitated: "This..."

Nan Gongmin withdrew his gaze and stopped looking at her: "Of course, I am not an unreasonable person, the leader. This is tricky and difficult to do, so I have already arranged for you. You will leave for Shangyuan in two days. Cheng and Xiao Qi meet, with his help, we will get twice the result with half the effort."

At this point, Wen Zhaoyu could only accept her fate even if she wanted to refuse, she frowned slightly and asked, "Then how can I find him?"

Nangong Min glanced at the door, then leaned over to Wen Chaoyu's ear, and whispered a name.

After hearing the name clearly, Wen Chaoyu looked surprised, raised his eyes and said, "It's him?"

"Now the only ones who know Xiao Qi's identity are you and me," Nangong Minfu straightened up again, "If the news gets out, I don't need to tell you, you should know it."

Wen Zhaoyu was silent for a moment, then said, "I understand."

"Then I'll just wait for the good news," Nangong smiled generously, "You don't have to worry, there's plenty of time, just don't disappoint me this time."

He thought that he would be able to live a peaceful life in the future, but he didn't expect that there would be another important task, and he also knew who the inner man should be. Wen Zhaoyu had complicated emotions, but he could only respond: "Don't worry, the leader, I will do my best. "

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In the blink of an eye, it is already halfway through the twelfth lunar month, and it will be the end of the new year in ten days or so. Many disciples who stayed in various states and cities have rushed back to Yunhua Palace one after another, while the disciples in the palace are busy going down the mountain to buy new year's goods The lanterns in Shangyuan City have already been hung up, and there is a festive atmosphere everywhere.

Early this morning, Yin Qiu was woken up from her sleep. She put on her clothes and opened the window to see that many disciples were busy in the courtyard, all of them were carrying lanterns and paper-cuts. It must have been very early in the morning. Just setting up the courtyard, divided into busy.

It was still dark and no one was ringing the bell. At this time, it was still early for class. When Yin Qiu was thinking whether to continue to sleep or go out to help, there was a knock on the door behind her. She turned her head and saw that it was Man Jiangxue. coming.

"Uncle?" Yin Qiu rushed to meet him, "Why are you here at this time?"

Man Jiangxue patted the broken snow on his shoulders, put Yin Qiu's coat back together, and said, "I've been busy for the past few days, and I haven't come to see you, so I'm finally free today."

Hearing that a spy of the Ziwei sect died in the palace, and that Lu Huaiwei hadn't woken up for a long time, Yin Qiu knew that Man Jiangxue must be very busy these days, so he said: "Take more rest when you have time, the uncle doesn't need to come here specially." Look at mine."

Man Jiangxue looked tired and a little tired. She rubbed the center of her brows, pushed Yin Qiu and said, "You did well in the monthly test this time. I should have come to see you long ago. I have already asked your wife for leave just now. You Pack up, and I'll take you down the mountain."

Yin Qiu was pleasantly surprised: "Going down the mountain?"

Man Jiangxue said: "Take you to a place."

Yin Qiu cheered, and hurried to the couch to get dressed, asking, "Where is it?"

Man Jiangxue said: "You will know when you go."

Since coming to Yunhua Palace, Yin Qiu hadn't been down the mountain for a long time. Hearing the news, she was very happy. She quickly dressed her hands and feet and combed her hair by herself. The two of them didn't even eat breakfast. I went down the mountain.

Shangyuan City is even more lively than the palace. There are vendors and pedestrians everywhere. The snow can't stop people's enthusiasm. The market is very crowded. Yin Qiuduan is sitting on the horseback, looking around non-stop.

The two rode their horses through a market, surrounded by many jugglers performing on the street, Yin Qiu exclaimed again and again, leaning into Man Jiangxue's arms and applauding, Man Jiangxue scattered money along the street, generously Rewarded those buskers.

All of a sudden, the street market became more and more noisy, many people scrambled for money, and a group of children chased after the horse's buttocks, shouting loudly, "let the good man bring more".

Realizing whoever he was applauding for, Man Jiangxue would give money to anyone. Yin Qiu was so distressed that he quickly withdrew his eyes and turned his head to say: "Master uncle gave them money for nothing like this, do we still need it?"

Man Jiangxue held the rein, and smiled when she heard the words: "You don't have to worry about this, the uncle has plenty of money."

Yin Qiu has never had such an experience of spending money like water, and she can't say such rich and powerful words. Seeing that Man Jiangxue's purse is almost empty, she can't laugh or cry: "If you have money, you can't spend it like this. Then That's a lot of money, enough to buy a lot of things, why doesn't Master Master know how to save money?"

Man Jiangxue said: "Why do you want to save money, and you don't need these two money."

Yin Qiu was afraid of being poor since she was a child, and had never lived a prosperous life. Hearing her words, she replied, "Of course we have to save money. When we were in the Su family, the nanny in charge often taught us that she didn't know how to save money when I was young. Money, you don’t have to spend it when you’re old.”

Man Jiangxue smiled but said nothing, stretched the reins and left the place, and took Yin Qiu into a restaurant, it was noon, the hall was full of guests drinking and punching, noisy and crowded, the servant took the two of them up After entering the elegant seat on the third floor, a table of delicacies with all kinds of color, fragrance and taste was delivered to the table not long after, and a table was filled to the brim.

Seeing plate after plate of food being brought in, Yin Qiu couldn't help being surprised, and asked Man Jiangxue, "Why did you order so much? The two of us couldn't finish it."

Man Jiangxue filled a bowl of rice for her, and took some vegetables for her, and said: "I don't want you to finish eating, you can eat whatever you like, and if you don't like it, let people take it away."

Yin Qiu looked at the table in front of him and said in astonishment: "This is too extravagant and wasteful..."

"I didn't ask you to pay for it," Man Jiangxue knocked on Yin Qiu's head, "Eat it while it's hot."

Yin Qiu took the bowls and chopsticks and planed a few mouthfuls of rice. She thought about it for a while, and felt that Man Jiangxue's behavior today seemed a little abnormal. First, she took her down the mountain for no reason, and then generously called so many buskers. Thank you, and now I went to the restaurant to order such a big table of good tea and dishes, as if I didn't know how to spend too much money, and the money was extremely generous.

Even though Man Jiangxue has never been a stingy person, since Yin Qiu got along with her, he has always had no worries about food, drink, and even more clothing and shelter, but he has never lived in such a manner as today.

The window was half-closed, fine snowflakes came over the eaves, and floated lightly on the ends of Man Jiangxue's hair, which set off her calm face and demeanor. Yin Qiu looked up at her for a while, and asked, "Master, is there any help?" Any happy event?"

Man Jiangxue took a sip of tea and said, "No."

No?Yin Qiu took a glutinous rice ball and wanted to ask a few more questions, but Man Jiangxue asked her first, "Do you have anything you like?"

Yin Qiu was taken aback by her question, and thought for a while: "What do you like...?"

"Pen and story books, pearl hairpin jewelry," Man Jiangxue said, "or some kind of food, do you have any?"

Yin Qiu thought about it again, and finally shook his head and said: "There should be, but I can't think of it for a while... What is the master asking?"

Man Jiangxue looked at her, did not answer, but said: "Eat first, and I will take you for a stroll when you are full."

After lunch, the two left the restaurant. Man Jiangxue took Yin Qiu to a clothing store and bought a lot of beautiful new clothes for her. Except for the winter clothes that are needed now, Man Jiangxue also bought spring and summer clothes after the spring. After thinking about it for Yin Qiu, the two went to several shops and almost visited the entire Shangyuan City. During this period, Man Jiangxue almost didn't say anything about anything Yin Qiu paid attention to. After buying them all, she spent a lot of money and banknotes without even frowning.

The purchased items were packed into several wooden boxes, ranging from clothing and jewelry to all kinds of gadgets, miscellaneous and everything, it was more complete than the things in the grocery store. Xue's letter came quickly in a carriage, and the heavy wooden boxes were transported to the palace on the spot.

In the bleak wind and snow, Yin Qiu watched the disciples leave with both joy and confusion in her heart. She couldn't help asking Man Jiangxue, "Master, why did you buy me so many things?"

Man Jiangxue said, "It's a reward for you."

Yin Qiu didn't understand: "What reward?"

Man Jiangxue said again: "You are third in the literary test and fifth in the martial arts test. You have only been in the palace for more than a month. It is really rare to have such a result. Uncle Shi should reward you."

Yin Qiu suddenly realized, and while smiling happily, he couldn't help feeling a little distressed: "But this is too expensive for the uncle, why is it necessary to spend so much money?"

"Since you can't tell what you like, I can only buy a little of everything," Man Jiangxue touched Yin Qiu's head, and said softly, "Money is for spending, it doesn't matter how you spend it, the important thing Are you happy?"

Yin Qiu was overjoyed, hugged Man Jiangxue and said, "Happy!" After that, she raised her face to look at Man Jiangxue again, "This is the happiest day I have ever lived since I was a child."

The sky gradually darkened, and bright lights were lit on both sides of the street. Man Jiangxue looked down at Yin Qiu's soft little face in the light, and said with a smile, "Really?"

Yin Qiu nodded solemnly: "It's more real than real gold!"

"Then do you remember what day it is?" Man Jiangxue asked suddenly.

what day?Yin Qiu tilted his head and said, "I don't remember, what day is it?"

Man Jiangxue hugged her, leaned slightly to look at Yin Qiu and said, "Today is your birthday," she gently held Yin Qiu's face in her hands, her eyes reflected the falling snow, and said, "Are you here again?" One year older."