Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

Afterwards, Ding Lianzhen's story quickly spread throughout the Yunhua Palace, creating a commotion.

All the things she did behind the scenes in the past were revealed. The disciples who had been oppressed by her dared not speak out, but now seeing her fall from the horse, they naturally clapped their hands and cheered.

But apart from the few female disciples who were fined with the cane, there are many people who followed Ding Lianzhen in Tianyin Peak and did a lot of evil. They were not so happy when they heard about this. Having a little relationship with Ding Lianzhen implicates himself.

On the same day, Man Jiangxue returned to the Mingguang Palace and reported the matter in person. Xie Yijun was furious after hearing this, and ordered a thorough investigation. As long as the disciples who violated the palace rules with Ding Lianzhen, they would not be able to escape the punishment.Other peaks should also be used as a lesson. Check if the disciples have similar cases. A few days ago, there was a big cleanup to reorganize the palace and have a good year.

The next day, Yin Qiu was called by Man Jiangxue to Jingyue Peak.

The snow has stopped, and the warm light reappears in the world, illuminating the red maple and white snow all over the mountain. There is a small pavilion in the forest, with bamboo curtains hanging outside to warm the tent, and a coffee table and stove inside. Man Jiangxue leans on the bamboo chair, and Yin Qiu can be seen When she appeared in the forest, she put down the scroll and went to pick her up.

The snow melted, and Yin Qiu was doused with snow water half of her head. She wiped her face and smiled at Man Jiangxue: "What's the matter that uncle asked me to come?"

Man Jiangxue picked her up and said, "Can't I call you here if I have nothing to do?" She weighed Yin Qiu and smiled again, "It's a bit heavy, and I won't be able to hold her in two years."

Yin Qiu smiled and said, "Then I should eat less?"

Man Jiangxue scratched Yin Qiu's nose and said, "That's not okay, you still need to grow."

After entering the pavilion, Man Jiangxue pushed a batch of cakes to Yin Qiu, poured her a cup of hot tea, and asked, "Tomorrow is the monthly exam, how are you preparing?"

Tomorrow's Wen test, the day after tomorrow's martial arts test, and the day after tomorrow will be Chinese New Year. Of course Yin Qiu wanted to get a good ranking, so he replied: "Master, don't worry, I know it well."

Man Jiangxue gave a "hmm" and said: "The palace will have a few days of annual vacation during the New Year's festival. Many people in your disciples' courtyard will go home. After the monthly exam, you can come to me. You can go back to school after returning to school." go back."

Of course Yin Qiu was delighted to be able to spend the New Year with Man Jiangxue without going to school, but he couldn't help asking, "Master, isn't he going home?"

Man Jiangxue's cuffs were slightly rolled up, and her hands were white and elegant, she looked down at the tea soup and said, "I won't return."

Yin Qiu suddenly remembered that it had been so long, and he had never heard of Man Jiangxue mentioning his home, so he asked curiously, "Where is the uncle's home?"

The tea soup was boiling, the bubbles were like fish eyes, and also like pearls, reflected in Man Jiangxue's eyes, like dots of twinkling stars, she said softly: "Outside the pass, a far away place."

Customs?Yin Qiu was a little surprised: "Uncle...isn't he from the Central Plains?"

Man Jiangxue pondered for a moment, and said, "It is, but I grew up outside the pass when I was young."

"Outside the pass, it's quite far away," Yin Qiu thought for a while, "I used to hear people say that outside the pass is not very stable, there are wars all the year round, it's not as peaceful as our Central Plains, my uncle lived outside the pass when he was a child, have you ever seen wars? ?”

Man Jiangxue said, "I've seen it before."

Yin Qiu was secretly surprised. She had never asked about Man Jiangxue's life experience and experience before. She never thought that she grew up outside the pass and had seen wars in troubled times. Yin Qiu was aroused even more curiosity, and then Asked: "Then how did the uncle come to the Central Plains?"

Man Jiangxue said: "My mother is from the Central Plains, and I followed her when I was young."

Yin Qiu then remembered that Man Jiangxue's mother had passed away long ago, and she never mentioned her biological father and other relatives from the beginning to the end. Could it be that they are also gone?

Yin Qiu thought to himself, looked at Man Jiangxue's expression, and said carefully: "The father of the uncle..."

The tea boiled, splashing a little tea foam. Man Jiangxue wiped her hands, poured tea for Yin Qiu and said, "He is from outside the Guan, and he passed away before my mother passed away."

The conjecture in his heart was confirmed, Yin Qiu was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "I'm sorry, uncle, I... shouldn't ask these questions."

There was a little smile in Man Jiangxue's eyes, and he said calmly: "It's okay, if something can be mentioned casually, it means that it has already been put down."

In this way, Man Jiangxue and Yin Qiu are the same, both of their parents died, and they have nowhere to go. For the two of them, the current Yunhua Palace is their home.

There were gusts of cold wind howling outside the pavilion, but they were all blocked by the warm tent. Yin Qiu took the tea soup and blew on it, holding the cup to keep warm, and said, "What about Yunhua Palace? How did Master come here?"

Man Jiangxue leaned on the back of the chair, and when she heard this, she showed a look of reminiscence, and said, "On a snowy night 15 years ago, I met my master, and she brought me back."

Yin Qiu counted with his fingers: "Uncle Shi was ten years old at that time?"

Man Jiangxue nodded.

"My uncle's master, I have to be called Shizu," Yin Qiu said, "She is also my mother's master? How did you meet?"

How did you meet Master?When Man Jiangxue heard this, the hand holding the cup stopped unconsciously.

She raised her head without changing her expression, looked out through the gap between the bamboo curtains and warm tents, and saw patches of white snow on the thin red maple leaves, the maple leaves were dense and crowded, like a thick crimson smoke. Like the blood river seen many years ago, dazzling and dazzling.

She stared at the past along the memory, and saw that the snow that night was heavier than any snow this year, falling in balls like cotton wool, and felt pain when it hit people. She held a sword , kneeling in the snow, trembling all over, a large piece of bright red blood flowing from the front, staining the snow red, overflowing the corner of her skirt, she reached out her hand to touch the blood river, it was still warm of.

In a cold place, she was alone, looking around in a daze, a woman came step by step through the snow with an oil-paper umbrella made of Xiangzhu, and stretched out her hand to her and said, "Son, stand up."

Maybe it was because she was too young at that time, or maybe it was many years later, she didn't quite remember what Master looked like back then, but only remembered that Master's hand holding the umbrella was clean and white, not stained with dust or blood.

She still remembered the girl standing behind the master, wearing a blue dress, with fluttering black hair, and her smile was brighter than the sun in the sky. She also stretched out her hand to her and said with a smile: "My name is Shen Mandong, what is your name?" ?”

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A small wind came across the gap, disturbing the hot air on the tea, and very lightly blurring Man Jiangxue's preoccupied face.

"Uncle?" Yin Qiu raised his hand and waved in front of Man Jiangxue, "Every time you talk about the past, you are always in a daze. Did you remember something?"

Her thoughts were interrupted for a moment, and Man Jiangxue was stunned for a rare moment. She looked at Yin Qiu's face close at hand, and for a moment, she almost mistook Yin Qiu for Shen Mandong.

Man Jiangxue looked at Yin Qiu, frowned slightly, and said after a long time: "No," paused, and then said, "I don't remember."

Yin Qiu saw that there was a little confusion in her eyes, and there were still some imperceptible emotions, so she wondered if she asked something that she shouldn't have asked again.

Yin Qiu was thinking of a different topic to talk about, when Man Jiangxue asked: "There is no class today, do you plan to play with me for a while, or go back to review your homework?"

Yin Qiu immediately took out the books he brought over and smiled: "Just study here."

Man Jiangxue beckoned to her, and Yin Qiu moved to her side understandingly, leaning against Man Jiangxue's arms, and the two cuddled each other, softly reading the text in the book together.

During these days, Yin Qiu hardly had a good night's sleep. She attended classes during the day, practiced sword with Young Master Fan at night, and had many miscellaneous things. There were only two of them together in the small pavilion, and the wind sounded outside for a long time, like a soft lullaby, Yin Qiu gradually became sleepy, and fell asleep on Man Jiangxue's body after a while.

When he woke up again, it was already dark outside the pavilion. Yin Qiu felt a "thump" in his heart, and hurriedly straightened up. When he looked at Man Jiangxue, he found that her eyes were also closed, and her sleeping face was very peaceful.

Yin Qiu didn't dare to wake her up, so he tiptoedly put the book on the table, and leaned gently into her arms.

The faint fragrance brushed the tip of his nose, and Yin Qiu smelled the familiar smell, thinking: Master uncle smells so good.

She looked up at Man Jiangxue, the sky was almost dark at this time, there were no candle lights in the pavilion, only the charcoal brazier was still emitting a faint fire light, in the hazy sight, Man Jiangxue's face was slightly dim Yin Qiu couldn't see her eyebrows clearly, but could only see Man Jiangxue's unpainted red lips and a clearly defined chin.

Those lips are plump and moist, red but not bright, and they are a little cold when they are not talking, but as long as the corners of the lips are slightly raised and curved out in a beautiful arc, it can make people feel a different kind of tenderness and kindness.

Yin Qiu watched intently, and for some reason, his heart beat faster in an instant.

She thought of many images for no reason. First, she thought of standing in front of her when she was taking a bath with Man Jiangxue, unabashedly taking off layers of shirts and skirts, revealing her snow-white skin and graceful figure. Then she thought of the way to Yunhua Palace. Man Jiangxue once fed her water with her own mouth, just like now, the distance is very close, so close that you can feel her warm breath, so close that it seems that Yin Qiu just needs to move closer to her to touch the beautiful picture. red lips.

The uncle's lips must be very soft.

Yin Qiu thought blankly.

His thoughts flew to the sky, and everything around him was hidden, only the sleeping person in front of him.

By coincidence, Yin Qiu suddenly raised his hand lightly, and touched that lip.

It was icy and cool, not as warm as imagined, but the touch from her fingertips was much softer than she expected.

Yin Qiu subconsciously twirled her fingertips, and when she lowered her eyes, she suddenly came back to her senses, and then left Man Jiangxue's arms in panic.

what is she doing?

Yin Qiu stared blankly at his hands, feeling an unspeakable horror and shame in his heart.

How could she act like this to her while her uncle was asleep?How could he have those weird thoughts about his uncle?

It's so inappropriate.

A slight cool wind blew in, and Yin Qiu's face became hot, and immediately turned red.

The soft and cold touch is still lingering on the fingertips, lingering for a long time, Yin Qiu hastily clenched his hands, and glanced at Man Jiangxue in a panic. A pair of deep and quiet eyes, in which sparks flickering are reflected, like the silent starry sky in autumn night, far-reaching and unpredictable.

Yin Qiu's breathing was stagnant, and his chest jumped wildly in an instant.

Her limbs were stiff, her heart was beating like a drum, and she froze in place in a daze.

"Master, master uncle..." Yin Qiu tried his best to hide his panic and sat upright, "Are you awake?"

Man Jiangxue didn't move, just looked at her quietly and didn't speak.

Seeing that she didn't respond at all, Yin Qiu felt extremely guilty, and hurriedly got up and hurriedly cleaned up the tea sets on the table that didn't need to be cleaned up, and said, "It's getting dark, I have to go back to the courtyard."

Man Jiangxue seemed to be a little sleepy, she rubbed the center of her brows, and then said "hmm" and said, "Okay."

Hearing her voice, Yin Qiu was still a little uneasy. She was lucky enough to think that maybe Man Jiangxue just woke up by chance and didn't see what she did, otherwise she should ask a question.

However, this idea just popped up, and Man Jiangxue asked: "What were you doing just now?"

Yin Qiu paused, and her heart, which had calmed down just now, couldn't stop fluctuating. She turned her head as naturally as possible, and asked, "What?"

Man Jiangxue raised her hand thoughtfully to touch the corner of her lips.

Seeing her action, Yin Qiu's heart suddenly twitched, his eyes dodged and he asked, "What's wrong?"

Man Jiangxue didn't actually see what she did, but she felt a little itchy on her lips in a half-dream and half-awake, as if something had brushed her over, as if a butterfly stopped briefly at the corner of her lips, gently, Soft.

Her vision was dim and she couldn't see Yin Qiu's face. Man Jiangxue didn't pay much attention. She looked at Yin Qiu, got up and said, "It's nothing, let's go."

Hearing this, Yin Qiu quietly let out a sigh of relief.

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Although there is no class today, and Young Master Fan had already said that he would not come again the day before the monthly test, Yin Qiu still did not choose to stay overnight at Jingyue Peak. After dinner, Man Jiangxue sent her back to the disciples' courtyard as usual .

After many days, Man Jiangxue hadn't been to Yin Qiu's room for a few days. She took a look at the items in the room and saw that Yin Qiu didn't seem to have anything missing. After sitting for a while, she said to Yin Qiu: "Time is not enough It's early, I'll go back first, so you can rest."

After the previous incident, Yin Qiu still didn't dare to look at Man Jiangxue directly, so he got up after hearing this, opened the door for Man Jiangxue and said, "Master, walk slowly on the road, watch your steps when it's dark. "

In the past, whenever Man Jiangxue wanted to leave, Yin Qiu would show great reluctance, but this time he was straightforward, not only didn't act like a baby with her, but also didn't say anything to persuade her to stay.

Man Jiangxue was slightly surprised, looked at Yin Qiu and said, "Aren't you going to stay with me?"

Yin Qiufei glanced at her quickly, then lowered his eyes and said, "Of course I'm happy if my uncle wants to stay a little longer."

Man Jiangxue looked at her for a moment, and said, "I didn't see it." She put her hand on Yin Qiu's face, making Yin Qiu look up to her, "I can see that you seem to want me to leave quickly."

As soon as he met Man Jiangxue's eyes, Yin Qiu couldn't control his heartbeat speeding up, and couldn't help but turned his face away and said: "How could it be... Uncle, don't talk nonsense."

Why is this kid acting weird today?Man Jiangxue was puzzled, but she didn't ask any further questions, she just stopped and said, "I'm just kidding, I'm leaving now."

Yin Qiu was silent for a moment, and when Man Jiangxue was about to leave the house, he held her back and said in a low voice, "Why don't you sit down for a while..."

Feeling that Yin Qiu's hand was extremely hot and wet, Man Jiangxue stopped, spread Yin Qiu's palm with his backhand, and said, "Why are you sweating so much?"

Yin Qiu glanced at his hands and said, "...is there any?"

Man Jiangxue took out a handkerchief and wiped her, then looked at Yin Qiu and said, "Why is your face so red?" She leaned over and looked at Yin Qiu carefully, "Are you sick?"

Seeing that beautiful face approaching swiftly, Yin Qiu's heart skipped a beat again.

She couldn't help taking a step back, and said nonsense: "Maybe it's because I walked in a hurry on the way back, and it's a little hot."

After finishing speaking, a gust of invisible cold wind came in from outside the door, sweeping across the two of them. Yin Qiu was hot and hot for no reason, but now he shivered violently when he was blown by this cold wind.

Thick snow was still accumulated everywhere in the courtyard, and with the cold wind blowing, there was a freezing scene everywhere. Occasionally, a few disciples passed by outside, and they all described it as shrinking their heads and rubbing their hands to breathe.

Man Jiangxue straightened her waist and raised her eyebrows slightly at Yin Qiu.

Yin Qiu was so embarrassed that he could only sneer: "Okay, it seems to be a little cold again..."

Man Jiangxue bent the corners of her lips silently, touched Yin Qiu's head lightly, raised her legs and walked out the door without saying a word.

Yin Qiu patted her flushed face annoyed, and when she saw Man Jiangxue disappearing at the end of the corridor, she hurriedly closed the door, leaning her back on the door frame and letting out a sigh of relief.

As soon as Man Jiangxue left, the room became quiet, and Yin Qiu heard his own heartbeat becoming more and more obvious, even overshadowing the sound of the wind outside, it was fast and heavy.

She pressed her heart and stood there blankly, all she could think about was Man Jiangxue's words and smiles, and she didn't come back to her senses for a long time.