Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

The corner of the skirt was lifted, and the vision returned to clear. Ding Lianzhen opened Yin Qiu's acupoints and threw it on the ground. He saw a few men in black standing around, staring at her and laughing non-stop.

"Busy and busy, isn't this child still in our hands?"

"That's right, Yunhua Palace has raised a lot of rice bags and straw bags!"

"Our Dharma protectors can come and go freely in Yunhua Palace, if it is spread out, it will be a shocking power!"

……

A burst of loud laughter exploded, and several men leaned forward and backward with laughter, their interest was quite high.

Just hearing them call Ding Lianzhen "Dharma Protector", Yin Qiu suddenly opened his eyes wide and said in a daze, "You, you are a member of Ziwei Sect?!"

Ding Lian looked at her condescendingly and said, "Exactly."

It turns out that the spy in the palace is her!

Yin Qiu's heart was shocked, as if someone had poured a basin of ice water on his head, which made his head cool down to the soles of his feet.

Unexpectedly, Ding Lianzhen would be the undercover agent of the Ziwei Sect in the palace, and if it fell into her hands this time, it would be a disaster.

"Are you going to arrest me and go to the Ziwei sect?" Yin Qiu couldn't restrain the fear in his heart, and trembled all over.

Ding Lianzhen had playful eyes, squatted down and approached Yin Qiu, pointed to his face and asked, "Does it look like it?"

Yin Qiu's face was pale, and he took a step back: "What...?"

Seeing that Ding Lian raised her hand to touch the corner of her jaw, she suddenly tore off a mask from there, revealing a familiar face. She looked at Yin Qiu and said, "I asked you if you look like me." After finishing speaking, She shook the mask in her hand again, and grinned, "Isn't it true that her name is Ding Lian?"

As if conjuring a magic trick, the person in front of him instantly changed into a heroic and bright face. Yin Qiu was shocked and said dumbfounded, "You...how could it be you?"

Wen Chaoyu threw off his mask casually and said, "Why can't it be me?"

Yin Qiu looked back and forth between her and the mask several times before he suddenly realized.

She changed her appearance into Ding Lian's real appearance and sneaked into the palace!

"Look, what is this?" Wen Zhaoyu raised a hand and stretched it out to Yin Qiu's eyes.

Yin Qiu looked terrified, looking at her warily and helplessly.

"Speak," Wen Zhaoyu maintained the posture of reaching out, "I ask you what this is."

Yin Qiu's mind went blank, and he said in a daze for a long time: "Hand..."

Wen Chaoyu said, "Aside from hands, what else could it be?"

Yin Qiu's hair was disheveled and he looked embarrassed, he said, "Five..."

Several subordinates laughed loudly behind them.

"I praised you for impressing me before, but now I'm stupid again." Wen Zhaoyu was very patient, and put his hand closer to Yin Qiu's eyes, "Think again?"

Yin Qiu's eyes diverged, and he said in a trembling voice, "I, I don't know..."

Wen Chaoyu put his five fingers together and gestured a few times, and said, "This is called Hand Dao, remember?"

Yin Qiu looked bewildered and was speechless.

Wen Chaoyu glanced at her, saw that Yin Qiu was stupefied with fright, and thought it was funny, so he swung the knife in his hand and slashed Yin Qiu's neck, knocking Yin Qiu unconscious immediately.

"What is taught by Yunhua Palace, you don't even know how to use swords in your hands?" Wen Chaoyu turned around and raised his chin at his subordinates, "Go, carry her on your back, and run away without delay!"

A subordinate immediately picked up Yin Qiu and hung it on his back. Wen Chaoyu looked at him and said, "You follow me, and the rest of you walk separately."

Several subordinates looked at each other, then withdrew and left one after another, each marching into the mountains and forests in different directions.

·

Thin light casts across the window paper and casts on the ground, depicting a small piece of bright space. Under the window is a short table with a chess board on it. Black and white chess pieces fall alternately, but there is only one hand holding the chess.

Man Jiangxue knelt down and played Go with herself when she had nothing to do. She looked up at the sky outside the window, saw that the noon hour was already incomplete, and the end hour was coming soon, so she got up and cleaned her hands, and planned to go to the disciple's courtyard Yin Qiu took it.

When reading in the pavilion yesterday, Yin Qiu asked Man Jiangxue to teach Yin Qiu the sword skills after the literary test, so that he could deal with the martial arts test. Man Jiangxue readily agreed. Go for it yourself.

The door of the hall opened, and Man Jiangxue walked out of the hospital slowly. A disciple of the hidden guard approached in front of him, leaned forward and said, "Master, I have something to report."

Man Jiangxue didn't stop walking, and said while walking, "What's the matter?"

The disciple replied: "Sister Xu from the Disciple Academy just now sent someone to spread the word that Junior Sister has disappeared, and I have searched the entire Disciple Academy but there is no sign of anyone."

Man Jiangxue paused, looked sideways and said, "It's gone?"

The disciple nodded: "It is said that some patrolling disciples saw Senior Sister Ding of Tianyin Peak in the back mountain, and found that she was hiding her eyes and wanted to go to the disciple's courtyard. The patrolling disciple was worried that Senior Sister Ding would come out secretly to find trouble with Junior Sister and others. , and secretly reported the letter to Senior Sister Xu, but when Senior Sister Xu led someone to rush, she did not see Senior Sister Ding. Both Senior Sister Fu and Junior Brother Meng stayed in the room and claimed that they had never seen Senior Sister Ding. Only Junior Sister is not in the room, and I don't know where she went."

Man Jiangxue frowned slightly, thinking: "Ding Lian really should be grounded in Tianyin Peak to repent, she is not allowed to leave without the order of the senior sister in charge, how could she sneak out without telling the guards?"

The disciple said: "I don't know, and Senior Sister Xu has gone to Tianyin Peak to ask Senior Sister Ding, but she said that she has never left the room. When she appeared in the back mountain, both sides insisted on their own opinions, and it didn't seem like they were lying, Senior Sister Xu couldn't make up her mind, and she couldn't find her junior sister, so she could only call her disciple to let you know."

Man Jiangxue said: "Have you searched elsewhere in the palace?"

The disciple said, "I'm looking for it."

Man Jiangxue's eyes flickered, she thought for a moment and said, "Go to the disciples' courtyard first."

The two left Jingyue Peak one after the other, and rushed towards the new disciples' courtyard on a familiar road. From a distance, they saw many disciples searching around, calling Yin Qiu's name loudly.

"Uncle!" Fu Xiang was also in the team looking for someone. When he saw Man Jiangxue, he hurried up to meet him, frowning and said, "Xiao Qiu is gone!"

Man Jiangxue didn't take it seriously when she heard the news, and she just guessed where Yin Qiuxing might have gone to play on the way. It happened that the patrolling disciple saw Ding Lianzhen appearing in the back mountain, so people inevitably suspected that she was killed by Ding Lian. Lian Zhen took him away, but at this moment, seeing the battle among the disciples, Man Jiangxue couldn't help feeling a little confused, and asked Fu Xiang, "What happened?"

Fu Xiang said: "I don't know too well. After the essay test, Xiaoqiu and I had dinner together, and then we went back to our rooms to rest. When we were half asleep, Senior Sister Xu led someone to come to me and asked me if I saw her." After seeing Senior Sister Ding, we went to Xiaoqiu’s room together. She was not there and the door was open. At first we thought she had gone somewhere else, but it was late and she hadn’t come back. Xiaoqiu never ran around, Senior Sister Xu felt something was wrong, so she asked us to come out and look for her."

Man Jiangxue said: "You mean, you haven't seen her after lunch, and she hasn't returned to the disciples' courtyard until now?"

Fu Xiang gave a "hmm" and was a little worried: "I didn't think it was a big deal at first, but I was a little worried when I heard that Senior Sister Ding had come to the disciple's academy, uncle, Xiaoqiu was probably hidden by Senior Sister Ding, right? "

Ding Lianzhen couldn't protect herself now, why did she come out to find Yin Qiu at the risk?

Man Jiangxue didn't comment on Fu Xiang's words, and they went to Yin Qiu's disciple's room to see the situation.

After Meng Jing heard the news, she was also helping to find people everywhere. When she saw Man Jiangxue and Fu Xiang here, she immediately followed in their footsteps.

Down the long corridor, the doors and windows of the disciple rooms were all closed, only Yin Qiu's room was wide open. Man Jiangxue entered the room and looked around, and saw that there was nothing unusual inside, except that the mattress on the couch was a bit There were traces of wrinkles, as if someone had slept on it, and there were still some books and pens on the table, which looked almost the same as usual.

Looking at the small wooden table, Man Jiangxue frowned suddenly.

Noticing the change in her expression, Fu Xiang asked softly: "Did Master see something wrong?"

Man Jiangxue pointed to the table, and said: "Books and pens are placed on the table, scattered and disorganized. Based on my understanding of Yin Qiu, unless there is something urgent and needs to leave quickly, she usually puts things away. Very good, I won't throw them around like this."

Fu Xiang has been here several times but didn't notice what she said, so he couldn't help being surprised: "That means she left in a hurry, and she didn't even have time to pack her things properly."

Man Jiangxue gave a "hmm", turned her head to look at Fu Xiang, and asked, "When you were with her, did she mention who she was looking for?"

Hearing this, Meng Jing who was standing by the door raised his eyelids, a look of unnaturalness flashed across his face.

Fu Xiang thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "I didn't mention it, but what my uncle said, she seemed a little restless today, and she always looked around when we were eating in the dining hall, and the way back to the disciple's courtyard was also very slow. Hurry up, but at the time I thought she was tired and wanted to go back to her room to rest quickly, but now it seems that she must have something to hide from me." Speaking of this, Fu Xiang guessed again, "Could it be that Senior Sister Ding found her early in the morning?" Fucked her?"

Man Jiangxue did not reply.

This should not be said, according to the report of the inspecting disciples, it was noon when Ding Lianzhen appeared in the back mountain, and Yin Qiu should have not returned to the room at that time, judging from the time, even if they were going to meet, it would be at noon After Yin Qiu returned to his room, let alone if Ding Lianzhen really wanted to sneak into the disciple's courtyard and made a detour to go from the back mountain, he would never have contacted Yin Qiu in advance, no one would be so stupid.

Furthermore, it is still unknown whether Ding Lianzhen really came to the disciples' courtyard. At present, only people have seen her appear in the back mountain, but no one has seen her appear in the disciples' courtyard with their own eyes, and the guard disciple of Tianyin Peak is also Ding Lian. Lianzhen testified that she had never stepped out of the room, so who is that Ding Lian that the inspecting disciples saw?

Besides, Yin Qiu, she shouldn't have predicted that Ding Lian would really come. The reason why she left in a hurry should be to find someone else.

Who does she want to see?And who hasn't come back until now?

What's more, so many disciples are looking for her everywhere, even if they go to a secluded place, they should rush back when they hear the news. Why hasn't Yin Qiu shown up yet?

All sorts of conjectures emerged in her mind, and the more Man Jiangxue thought about it, the more wrong she was, and she was about to go out to look for Yin Qiu in person, but she saw Xu Lianzhi leaping over the wall, holding a letter in his hand and saying, "Uncle Master! Something happened. Already!"

Man Jiangxue frowned, and walked out quickly.

"This is the letter from Feige just received by the disciple on duty at the mountain gate," Xu Lianzhi said. "Someone deliberately robbed Yin Qiu!"

As soon as this remark came out, both Fu Xiang and Meng Jing's expressions changed, and even Man Jiangxue showed surprise. She took the letter and unfolded it, and there were several neat big characters written on it—Sword for a man.

Seeing the handwriting on it clearly, Man Jiangxue's face turned cold, and he crumpled the letter paper violently.

Xu Lianzhi was in doubt, and asked, "Who could have done it? The letter only said to use a sword to change people, but it didn't say what kind of sword to use, nor did it say where to change people."

Who else could it be?What kind of sword could it be?

Man Jiangxue threw the letter paper away, and said in a deep voice, "Report this matter to the Sect Leader immediately."

After she finished speaking, she took off the dagger at her waist and shook it, leaped onto the beam with the sword in hand, and flew away from mid-air like a gust of wind, and walked out of the disciple's courtyard in the blink of an eye.

Xu Lianzhi was stunned, and shouted in the direction Man Jiangxue was leaving: "I haven't said anything clearly yet, where are you going!"

Unable to get a reply, Man Jiangxue has disappeared.

·

"Senior Sister, everything has been arranged in the city, do you want to send someone to guard outside the city?"

Ji Wan stood sparsely on the city wall, overlooking the mountains and forests outside the city, and said, "When Huaiwei was on duty, how did you arrange it?"

The female disciple beside her smiled and replied: "In the past, when Senior Sister Lu was here, there were people inside and outside the city, but generally nothing happened outside the city. What do you think, this year, everything is easier and better. That's all."

Xie Yijun's stern words flashed in his mind, Ji Wanshu frowned, and waved his hands: "We still can't take it lightly, if something really happens this time, the head has to drive me back to Jincheng, continue to follow Huaiwei's previous years Make arrangements."

The female disciple replied: "Then listen to the senior sister, and I will do it right away."

As the year approached, Shangyuan City was in full swing, pedestrians and businessmen were in an endless stream, and vehicles and horses were constantly coming and going. Ji Wanshu divided the disciples who came down the mountain into several teams, and went to the key points set up in Yunhua Mountain to be stationed on duty. She brought a few An accompanying disciple lingered in the deep mountains for a while, and when she heard the disciples shouting that she was hungry, she sent them back to have lunch, while she walked alone in the forest.

There is no snow today, the weather is surprisingly good, the dome is clear, the sun shines on the world, warming the snow on the branches, and the rain is dripping down.

Ji Wanshu picked a dry boulder and sat down, stared blankly for a while, then lay down on his back with his arms under his pillow, watching the melting and falling snow all over his body, his eyes were a little distorted.

As the wind blows, a few drops of water slapped gently on her cheeks. Ji Wanshu reached out to touch it, and raised her water-stained fingertips to cover the light. She looked at the branches above through the gaps between her fingers. Interlaced, but a bright smiling face appeared in front of my eyes.

It was also a sunny day, the summer was scorching hot, and the sun was shining brightly. She was holding a dark red banner painted with golden edges in her hand, and she was standing in the middle of the spacious training ground with sweat on her head, surrounded by cheers from her disciples. The sound and applause, the master was not yet dead at that time, sitting on the high platform looking at her with great love, Man Jiangxue, Shen Mandong, Wen Zhaoyu, including the current head Xie Yijun were also sitting on that platform, throwing their hands at her one after another. Come to appreciative gaze.

Ji Wanshu raised his face to look at the people on the stage, and the first thing he saw was Wen Chaoyu, who was sitting in an extremely improper posture.

She thought, who is this person, why can't she remember?

The master asked her: "You won the No. 1 new disciple meeting at the age of seven, and you are the youngest one in the history of Yunhua Palace. Who do you want to choose as the master?"

Ji Wanshu looked at several young and promising uncles back and forth, thinking about it, and then heard Wen Chaoyu laughingly said: "Since ancient times, there has been no saying that apprentices choose masters, and the number one scholar has to have a palace test to be considered a true pass. Which round will she pick?"

Ji Wanshu has been in the palace for a year, and she is rarely familiar with the people in the palace. She is all focused on practicing swords. She has never seen Wen Chaoyu a few times, and she feels a little uncomfortable after hearing this, and said indifferently: "Because I am No. 1. My master has to be chosen by myself.”

Wen Chaoyu laughed heartily and said, "Then who do you have your eye on?"

Ji Wanshu straightened his back, pointed at Wen Zhaoyu with the banner in his hand, and said, "You."

Wen Chaoyu looked at her, and said with great interest: "Thanks for your love, but I don't accept apprentices, you can change someone else."

Ji Wanshu said: "If you don't change, I want you."

Wen Zhaoyu pretended to be surprised, covered his mouth and said: "You are not very old, but you are domineering. You want to be my apprentice, can you beat me?"

Ji Wanshu said: "If I can beat you, you should be my apprentice."

Wen Chaoyu's face was bright, and Shen Mandong beside him laughed, put Wen Zhaoyu's shoulders and said: "The senior sister has met an opponent, and the little apprentice has a sharp mouth. It is not easy for me to handle it."

Master Zu was also amused by the conversation between the two of them, and asked Ji Wanshu, "Do you really want her to be your master?"

Ji Wanshu nodded.

Master Master sighed softly: "That's a pity, whether you are Man Man or Shen Master, you are all outstanding, but you, Master Wen, have only learned a half-baked trick. If you worship her as your teacher, I'm afraid you will lose your job within two years." Go beyond her."

Wen Chaoyu was extremely injured, and immediately embraced Xie Yijun and said: "Master's words hurt people, so I should be better than Yijun?"

In fact, Xie Yijun was the weakest among them, and now he was implicated innocently, so he pushed Wen Chaoyu away and said: "Don't mention my name, you just defeated me yesterday, don't deny it."

The master and apprentice were having fun and joking with each other. Ji Wanshu became impatient and asked Wen Chaoyu, "Are you my master or not? Tell me a good word."

Wen Zhaoyu looked at her with his chin up, showing disgust on his face: "It's not right, I like smart children, your temperament is not in line with me," she said, and pulled the silent Man Jiangxue to her side, "You are full of love!" Martial uncle is also a taciturn person who doesn't like to laugh, why don't you ask her to go, no one will think anyone is noisy, it's very wonderful."

Man Jiangxue pushed Wen Zhaoyu's hand away calmly, and said flatly: "I have a heart for talents, but I have no intention of accepting apprentices. Wanshu, she is just playing with you."

After being rejected one after another, Ji Wanshu couldn't bear it, and the child's temper came up, and he said with a broken face: "Who cares if you like it or not."

After finishing speaking, Ji Wanshu was about to withdraw and leave under the eyes of everyone, but Wen Zhaoyu changed his mind again and stopped her and said, "You keep saying that you want me to be your master, but it's just this sincerity? You don't even knock your head off. Don't take me seriously, why should I accept you as a young lady?"

Ji Wanshu turned around and said calmly, "I can kowtow if you want, but show me the sword dance first."

Wen Zhaoyu found it interesting, so he took off his sword and walked to the field, looked back and smiled: "Then you can watch it."

The disciples present shouted in a hurry again, Ji Wanshu stood there expressionless, watching Wen Chaoyu flying with his sword, like a chic and unrestrained falcon, the moves were very beautiful, Ji Wanshu looked at it , the eyes gradually overflowed with bright brilliance.

A drop of water fell into the eyes, rippling tiny ripples, blurring the bright smiling face in memory, Ji Wanshu closed her eyes, got up and sat up.

She silently let go of her eyes, and the images in her mind disappeared in an instant, including Wen Zhaoyu's eyebrows and eyes.

Things on her mind are like the spring rain in March, it comes and goes quickly, Ji Wanshu sat for a while, feeling a little irritable for no reason, she jumped off the stone surface, and was about to rush back to the city, when a light beam suddenly broke into her sight The figure of Dai Lan.

Ji Wanshu's heart skipped a beat, and she froze in place, frowning.