Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

The sky was overcast and the winter was getting colder. Meng Jing sat still for a long time and was shaking in the cold wind. He rubbed his hands and saw that the tea in the tea shed was still steaming, so he went over and poured a bowl of hot tea drive away the cold.

"Hi, your name is Meng Jing, isn't it?" Suddenly, the voice of a female disciple sounded beside her.

Meng Jing turned her head and found a group of female disciples walking towards him at some point, all of them were holding long swords, their expressions were indifferent, and their eyes were staring straight at him.

"Who are you?" Meng Jing dropped the tea bowl and looked back at them.

"It's your turn to ask who we are?" the female disciple said, "Forging Jiange sent manpower today, the elder heard that you blocked Senior Sister Ding's important person yesterday, so he ordered us to take you to Tianyin Peak to work and come with us stop."

Meng Jing glanced at them and took two steps back: "I won't go."

"Aren't you going?" The female disciple said coldly, "You don't have a place to speak! Tianyin Peak has to go to the New Disciple Academy to find someone to help. This is something that everyone in the palace knows. From, I can't help but you don't go!"

Meng Jing also sneered, and said: "Don't put on an air, I helped Yin Qiu yesterday, and today you come to find fault with me, do you think I can't see it?"

Seeing his bad attitude, the female disciple was furious: "What are you? How dare you contradict us," she said, waving her hand, "I have to tie you up!"

Hearing this, Meng Jing dropped the small bench and was about to leave on the spot, several female disciples came forward to catch him one after another, with disdain on their faces.

These are all old disciples of Tianyin Peak. They have practiced martial arts since childhood. Even if they didn't really fight, Meng Jing is certainly not their opponent. I was so weak that I couldn't break free.

"Let me go!" Meng Jing was furious and kicked these female disciples.

"Okay, you dare to attack senior!" Seeing this, the female disciple shouted again, "Hit me!"

When the other female disciples heard what she said, they all pushed and shoved Meng Jing impatiently. You slapped me and slapped each other, playing around with Meng Jing like a monkey. Meng Jing had no power to fight back and could only be beaten. They were pushed to the ground and kicked several times.

"A poor boy from a farmer in the mountains dares to play tricks in front of Senior Sister Ding," the female disciple held her hand and watched Meng Jing being beaten coldly, "You are right, I came here to pick you on purpose, but unfortunately you don't know Shi Wu, if you follow obediently to Tianyin Peak, we won't be like this, you asked for it!"

These people didn't hit hard at the beginning, but later they beat more and more fiercely. Meng Jing was in pain all over, and couldn't help yelling: "Ugly woman! I'll kill you!"

After he yelled this sentence, he pushed aside the surrounding people with all his strength, got up, and rushed straight at the leading female disciple, clenching his fists as if to hit her, but the female disciple didn't move, sneered, and raised her leg. He kicked Meng Jing's chest, and immediately kicked Meng Jing back.

"There is no respect for the elders, if you commit the crime below, drag him to the execution hall!"

Several female disciples held Meng Jing tightly, dragging Meng Jing's legs to take him away.

Meng Jing's eyes were about to burst, and he was almost suffocated by that kick. His face was pale, his breathing was short of breath, and his eyes gradually turned white.

A female disciple noticed and said suspiciously: "Sister, look at him..."

"This kid is smart, maybe he's just pretending," said the leading female disciple, "Don't worry about him, drag him away!"

The female disciple hesitated for a moment, looked at Meng Jing's reaction, although she was a little worried, she didn't dare to disobey her senior sister, and followed her advice.

A few people were about to walk out, and suddenly there was a shout from behind: "Stop!"

The female disciples turned their heads and saw two young junior sisters of similar age rushing over, their faces were familiar.

"Let him go quickly!" Seeing Meng Jing's pale face, Yin Qiu thought it was bad, and rushed to grab Meng Jing.

Fu Xiang also followed behind, and said sternly: "Why are you beating someone? Meng Jing already suffers from a heart disease, so he can't get angry. Didn't you see that his face is wrong? What if he dies!"

The leading female disciple saw the two of them and smiled: "I don't know who it is, so it's you." She scanned the three juniors and said coldly, "If you two hadn't annoyed Senior Sister Ding, this kid is a bit of a problem No, since you guys are not willing to go to Tianyin Peak to do things, then someone has to take the responsibility. You are one after Master Shen, and the other is after Mingyue Tower. Others, get out of the way!"

Yin Qiu protected Meng Jing to death, and said: "Even if you are going to Tianyin Peak to do something, there is absolutely no reason to beat people. What you do is against the palace rules. If the master knows about it, he will not agree."

"Don't scare people with the sect master!" the female disciple said, "You two should understand that he was the one who beat people first, and he was also the one who violated the palace rules. If you try to stop it, if the matter gets to the head of the house, we will not be punished!"

Fu Xiang has always been good at dealing with interpersonal relationships, and he would not get angry easily if he was friendly, but at this moment, he could not help but sullen his face and said: "Then we will report to the head, Meng Jing has been beaten by you and has become ill. You can't take him away at this time, are you responsible for his life?"

The female disciple said domineeringly: "Whether he is really ill or not, I will have my medical disciples decide if he goes to the punishment hall, and if he makes a mistake again, I will take you away with me!"

Not to be outdone, Fu Xiang stood in front of Yin Qiu and Meng Jing, looked at the female disciple and said, "Then you have a try!"

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The cold wind hit in an instant, blowing Fu Xiang's black hair. She restrained her usual smile, her expression was serious, and her brows were not friendly. When the female disciple met her eyes, there was an inexplicable fear.

Meng Jing yelled in a low voice: "Yin Qiu...I hurt..."

Yin Qiu hurriedly pushed away the female disciples who were capturing Meng Jing, groped Meng Jing's chest and said, "Don't be afraid, I'll give you medicine right now."

Just like the day in Zangshu Pavilion, Yin Qiu first felt a piece of inconspicuous softness, she was stunned for no reason, and her hand movements stopped for a while, Meng Jing seemed to have noticed her strangeness, clenched her teeth and said: " The vial is in the sleeve pocket..."

Yin Qiu gave him a complicated look.

Meng Jing was lying on his back with cold sweat on his neck, and his expression was painful. From Yin Qiu's point of view, his face was soft and delicate, the skin on his neck was as white as jade, and there was a little soft light in his slightly closed eyes, which looked very pitiful.

Yin Qiu looked at him, and an absurd idea popped up in her heart for no reason. She moved her hands calmly, and when she was about to confirm it again, Meng Jing grabbed Yin Qiu's wrist like an electric shock, and said through gnash teeth: "Sleeve bag……"

Recalling the day in Zangshu Pavilion, Meng Jing also reacted in such a hurry. Yin Qiu suddenly understood something. She was shocked, and her wrist was painfully pinched by Meng Jing. The medicine bottle in the sleeve pocket quickly fed him a pill, and then ran to the tea shed to pour a bowl of water.

After this action was over, it took Meng Jing a long time to recover, her chest heaved violently, Yin Qiu looked at him with deep brows, and there seemed to be some tactile sensation left in her palm.

Seeing that Meng Jing didn't seem to be pretending to be sick, the female disciple looked sharply, looked again and again, and finally said: "Okay, the medicine is fed, and everyone is fine, you two get out of the way!"

Fu Xiang stood still: "No, just wait."

She stopped again and again, and the female disciple couldn't hold back her anger and said: "My patience is limited, no matter what your identity is, if you get in the way of our arrest, you will be punished, take the two of them away together !"

Fu Xiang snorted, turned his head decisively and protected Yin Qiu and Meng Jing behind him, and said neither humble nor overbearing: "Either you invite the head master, or you invite the elders of Tianyin Peak, otherwise we will not go with you."

The female disciple had completely lost her patience, and shouted: "Why are you still standing there in a daze! Drag them all to the torture hall!"

The other female disciples quickly reached out to arrest them, Yin Qiu hurriedly blocked Meng Jing, and Fu Xiang spread his hands to grab them both, and a group of people just started pulling, and the scene was very chaotic.

They were in a stalemate, but at the next moment, another angry shout sounded out of nowhere: "What are you doing!"

Hearing that voice, several female disciples were taken aback for a moment, and after seeing who was coming, their expressions changed instantly, and they quickly withdrew their hands and retreated to one side.

Yin Qiu's hands were sweating, and her knuckles were turning white. She looked sideways, and saw the instructor leading a group of guard disciples rushing over. After watching for a while, he was overjoyed to see a silver dagger pinned to the man's waist.

It's Man Jiangxue!

"Your Tianyin Peak is becoming more and more rampant!" The instructor waved a whip, pointing at those female disciples and cursed, "In previous years, you had to pick people to do coolies. I thought it would be a kind of exercise for new disciples to do more things. It doesn’t matter if you have two classes, so I didn’t care too much about you when I came here, but now you are making progress, and you are all robbing people directly! Do you think my new disciples here are easy to bully! "

The teacher's sister's name is Xu Lianzhi. She is 28 or [-] years old and has been in charge of the new disciples' academy for many years. Because of her strict style and unsmiling temperament, she is quite prestigious in the palace. Now, among the disciples from all peaks and veins, which one is not a classic? Did she teach it by hand?Even Ye Zhilan, Ji Wanshu and the others wanted to give her a little bit of fluff. To say it was an exaggeration, Xu Lianzhi counted many people as half-masters, and these female disciples of Tianyin Peak were no exception. They were her half-disciples. .

Seeing Xu Lianzhi coming upon hearing the news, and Man Jiangxue personally present, these female disciples knew that the situation was not good, and they didn't dare to act like a bully any more, they fell to their knees in haste.

"I've met Uncle Master, I've seen Senior Sister Xu!"

Although Xu Lianzhi was a few years older than Man Jiangxue, they had different status and seniority, so Xu Lianzhi wanted to respectfully address Man Jiangxue as "Master Uncle". She spoke first, then turned around and said: "I'm really pissed off. Use our new disciple's house as a handyman's house. Since the master uncle is also present, it's up to you to decide this matter."

Under the gloomy sky, Man Jiangxue was covered in snow-white, dazzling white from top to bottom, as if she was glowing. She had just been notified by the disciple of the dark guard, and when she heard about it, she immediately rushed to this place. They were dragged to Yin Qiu and several people were taken away.

"Who told you to come?" After a brief silence, Man Jiangxue asked softly.

The female disciples were all afraid of her, and they didn't dare to truthfully report Ding Lianzhen's name, so they all knelt in fear and didn't speak.

"If you don't answer, then I will assume that Elder Cheng ordered you to come," Man Jiangxue said, "Go and invite Elder Cheng."

A guard disciple received his order and was about to go to Tianyin Peak to invite people immediately. The female disciple who was the head thought it was not good, and quickly raised her head and said: "Master, wait a minute! The disciples are not here under the order of Elder Cheng, but rather yes……"

Xu Lianzhi raised his voice and said, "Hurry up!"

Several people looked at each other and exchanged glances. The female disciple frowned tightly and said hesitantly, "Yes...it's Senior Sister Ding."

Man Jiangxue looked at her: "Which Senior Sister Ding?"

The female disciple hesitated for a while, and finally lowered her voice: "It's Ding Lianzhen...Senior Sister Ding."

Man Jiangxue was not surprised.

It was Xu Lianzhi who cursed again: "It's her again! It's that Ding Lianzhen again! Everyone in Tianyin Peak only looks up to her and praises her like a local emperor. You really are lawless!"

Compared to her, Man Jiangxue seemed very calm, she didn't have any extra words, she just said lightly: "Call someone here."

The female disciple had a bitter face, thinking to herself that it was really over this time, but she didn't dare to hesitate, and hurriedly got up to find where Ding Lian really was.

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After a cup of tea, everyone gathered in the hall of the punishment hall. Man Jiangxue sat on the high hall, Xu Lianzhi sat on the lower right of her, and there was a figure kneeling under her, including Yin Qiu and Fu Xiang, only Meng Jing was alone. There are chairs to sit on.

Yin Qiuduan was kneeling upright, looking up at Man Jiangxue. Although she didn't dare to speak to Man Jiangxue, her eyes showed joy bluntly. Looking back at her tenderly.

Yin Qiu pursed his lips and smiled, and Man Jiangxue also raised the corners of his lips slightly, showing a little smile.

The atmosphere in the hall was tense, and everyone was waiting blankly. Fu Xiang accidentally caught a glimpse of Man Jiangxue's faint smile, and then rolled his eyes to see Yin Qiu was also smiling. Unexpectedly, he could still laugh at such a time. Uncle Man was really approachable, so Fu Xiang unconsciously smiled along with him.

Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, she saw Xu Lianzhi staring at her obliquely in front of her.

The corner of Fu Xiang's mouth froze, and he quickly lowered his head.

Not long after, they heard hurried footsteps coming from outside the hall, everyone looked back, and saw Ding Lianzhen leading the female disciple from before walking quickly, before raising his eyes to look at the people sitting in the hall, Ding Lianzhen Then he knelt heavily, leaned over and said: "Disciple Ding Lianzhen, I pay my respects to Uncle Man and Senior Sister Xu."

When Xu Lianzhi saw her, his eyes were extremely disgusted, but Man Jiangxue was the biggest here, and she should be the presiding judge, so Xu Lianzhi cast his eyes sideways at Man Jiangxue.

The sky is not clear in winter, but lamps are indispensable in any room, Man Jiangxue is playing with the dagger, the sharp thin blade glows with a cold and cold light under the light, reflecting Man Jiangxue's emotionally unclear eyes.

"Speak."

Ding Lianzhen straightened up and said: "Returning to my uncle, the Forging Sword Pavilion has always been short of manpower, you know that, and this disciple has been responsible for picking people to fight in the disciple's courtyard. This is also the task assigned by Elder Cheng to this disciple. I was sick, so I ordered the junior sister next to me to go for me. I also asked her on the way here, but I didn't expect them to act like this. In the end, the disciple is also to blame, and I asked my uncle to punish me. "

Man Jiangxue turned her eyes and looked at the female disciple: "The implication is not that she instigated you to beat up the new disciple, but your own idea?"

The female disciple's expression was hesitant, she looked at Ding Lianzhen, but the latter didn't look at her, the female disciple gritted her teeth secretly, nodded and said: "Yes, Senior Sister Ding only asked us to pick someone..." She said this At the same time, he hurriedly said, "But this disciple has never beaten anyone sincerely. That Meng Jing has a bad attitude, and he was the one who hit people first. I had nice words with a few junior sisters, but he scolded me for no reason. , and was kicked by him, even if the disciples were wrong, it was he who was wrong first, not to mention that he was already sick, and it wasn't us who beat him, so I ask my uncle to learn from you!"

How could Meng Jing get used to her slandering herself like this?With a white face, he said: "You are talking nonsense! You ganged up to punish me, and you also admitted before that you said that you deliberately made things difficult for me because I helped Yin Qiu yesterday and didn't ask her to come with me. If you go to Tianyin Peak, you will take revenge on me, besides, I didn't make the first move, it was you who came to catch me first!"

The female disciple was about to refute, but Ding Lianzhen was the first to say: "Little brother, what you said is wrong, what do you mean they join forces to punish you? Among the new disciples in history, which one has not gone to our Tianyin Peak to fight?" Overcomplicated? When I came here, I heard from this junior sister that you were the one who disobeyed orders and insulted others. Since Senior Sister Xu is also here, the disciple dared to ask, according to the palace rules, whoever disobeyed the orders of seniors, Should it be handed over to the prison hall for punishment?"

After saying this, she followed up and said: "If the disciple is stubborn, not only refuses to go to the execution hall to be punished, but also beats the senior sister, should he be stopped in time? Is the elder’s disciple going to be charged with beating a fellow sect? I don’t know the truth about these questions, so please ask Uncle Man and Senior Sister Xu to clarify the doubts for me.”

Her words are not incomprehensible, as she spoke eloquently, she not only pointed out that Meng Jing disobeyed orders and committed the crime first, but also cleared the charges for the female disciples who beat others, and it was well-founded, which made people wonder for a while I can only follow her train of thought and consider these few questions of hers.

Although Xu Lianzhi didn't want to see Ding Lianzhen, he replied truthfully: "Disobedience to orders is disrespect, and the first to hit someone is disrespect. What you said is indeed reasonable."

As soon as Meng Jing heard that this was the momentum to convict him, he immediately defended himself, Yin Qiu grabbed him and said in a low voice: "Don't talk, with the uncle and sister teacher here, they will not be wrong. Fair."

Sure enough, just after Yin Qiu finished speaking, Xu Lianzhi continued: "However, regarding the matter of your Tianyinfeng coming to the disciple's academy to pick people, I have stated before that you cannot force or threaten, let alone Meng Jing, a junior who has never practiced martial arts. , and still sick, he can do the errands of your Forging Jiange? How much of the heavy black iron can he hold? Even if he doesn't want to go, you shouldn't force it, let alone attack it in groups. More bullying than less, oppressing the same sect, this is a firm fact, no matter what you say, it will not be overturned."

Ding Lianzhen said: "Then, is Senior Sister Xu present? Have you ever heard with your own ears that the disciples forced him?"

Xu Lianzhi said, "Nonsense, if I'm there, can I tell them to fight?"

Ding Lianzhen said again: "That's it. Just based on Meng Jing's one-sided words, how can we conclude that our Tianyin Peak forced him?" After she finished speaking, she turned to look at Yin Qiu and Fu Xiang, "But the two junior sisters were there. , Then did you hear it with your own ears?"

Yin Qiu and Fu Xiang were so far apart when the incident happened, of course they didn't hear anything.

Seeing the two of them shaking their heads solemnly, Ding Lianzhen smiled and stopped talking.

She was secretly complacent when she heard Man Jiangxue, who hadn't spoken for a long time, say: "They didn't hear it, but someone from me did."

After finishing speaking, he saw a dark guard disciple in black standing beside Man Jiangxue.

"This disciple is a secret guard in the palace, under the jurisdiction of Master Uncle Man. When the incident happened earlier, he happened to pass by the disciple's courtyard and witnessed everything. Senior Sister Ding, you female disciples from Tianyin Peak did indeed force Meng Jing. Besides, they claimed that Meng Jing had offended you, so they came here to find fault with him today, what I have heard with my own ears, there is absolutely no falsehood, and the details have already been reported to my uncle, I hope all the fellow disciples present will know."

Hearing these words, Ding Lianzhen's face changed slightly, and several female disciples were also full of panic, and lowered their heads even lower.