Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

Xie Yijun dropped the teacup, and the hot tea splashed all over the floor, splashing on the disciple of the dark guard in the hall.

In the Mingguang Palace, a group of people knelt in unison, all crouched low, not daring to raise their heads.

Ye Zhilan just came back from the disciple's courtyard, and saw this scene as soon as she entered the door, her heart sank, and she quickly asked: "Why is Master so angry, what happened?"

Xie Yijun held the beads in his hand, and she rattled those beads, Xie Yijun said, "Ask him!"

Ye Zhilan didn't know why, so she walked quickly to Xie Yijun's side, and looked at the shadow guard disciple.

The disciple of the hidden guard raised his head slightly and said in a low voice: "Return to senior sister, it's...it's the uncle who disappeared."

Ye Zhilan was startled, and said in surprise, "It's gone?"

"Hmm..." The dark guard disciple had a sad face, and sighed, "On the night of the first day of the lunar new year, my uncle came to the Mingguang Hall and told us that we don't have to take turns. After rest, the next day we were guarding around Jingyue Peak as usual, but we didn't see the uncle, but the uncle would stay in the new disciples' courtyard from time to time recently, so we didn't take it seriously. Days have passed, and my uncle has not come back..."

After he finished speaking, Xie Yijun shouted: "A bunch of idiots! There are not many hidden guards in the palace, and I transferred most of you to Jingyue Peak, just to share more affairs for Jiang Xue, and also Take care of her more, now that she is gone without a sound, you actually came to report to me at this time!"

The disciple of the hidden guard frowned, and said with a bitter face: "It is true that the disciples neglected their duties and failed to take good care of the uncle. Please punish the master!"

Xie Yijun was so angry that he touched his forehead.

Originally, Xie Yijun kept remembering that night after it was agreed to discuss it the next day, but Man Jiangxue didn't come to see her the next day, and Xie Yijun had a lot of work to do, so he forgot about it when he was busy. When he got up, he was no longer in the palace.

I really didn't expect that Man Jiangxue, who is as calm as Man Jiangxue, could do such a thing. For a child, she went down the mountain to find Ziwei to teach her without saying hello.I'm afraid they can't even enter the door of Ziwei Sect.

The more Xie Yijun thought about it, the angrier he became. He was not angry with Man Jiangxue's recklessness, but also worried that something might happen to her, so he paced back and forth in the hall anxiously, with a very bad expression on his face.

Ye Zhilan came here to report something, but seeing Xie Yijun's appearance, she couldn't speak up, so she just stood aside and remained silent.

But Xie Yijun thought of it again, and asked her, "What are you doing in such a hurry?"

Ye Zhilan hesitated for a while, and reported: "A disciple came to report just now, and he said that Wan Shu has disappeared." She looked at Xie Yijun's face, and said, "She brought a sword and changed her clothes, so I guess it's time for her to leave." up the mountain..."

When Xie Yijun heard this, he was even more indignant, he slapped the table and said: "Everyone is upside down!"

Ye Zhilan thought about it: "How about... this disciple will lead someone to chase them?"

"It's been a long time, why are you chasing after me!" Xie Yijun shouted, "Both of them are capable, and I don't know how far they have traveled these days. A master of the peak and a chief disciple, who of you can Can you catch up?"

Ye Zhilan sighed: "Actually, my uncle is only worried about my junior sister. That's Ziwei sect, and no one who enters will come out alive."

Xie Yijun said: "Nangongmin wants to find the Holy Sword, and with Yin Qiu, Man Dong can be brought to appear. She will definitely not do anything to Yin Qiu. It is so obvious that Jiang Xue has been very measured since she came. Why? You are so ignorant now!"

Ye Zhilan paused for a moment, but said with a slight smile: "Master, don't be in a hurry. I think that since the uncle brought the junior sister back, he has become more humane than before. She must have a clever plan in her heart, so she is in a hurry." left the palace."

Xie Yijun frowned, looked at her and said, "What should I say?"

"Since Uncle Shen's accident, my uncle has become more and more quiet," Ye Zhilan said, "This disciple grew up in the palace. In the past few years, although my uncle was not a talkative person, after the Ruyimen Incident, She became increasingly estranged and cold, and even lived alone in Jingyue Peak without contact with others, but now she has a junior sister, and her uncle has someone she cares about and cherishes. Senior Sister is accompanying, nothing will happen, Master can rest assured."

Xie Yijun was silent for a while, but still said angrily: "What you imply is that she is more like a human being than before, but what's the use of that? If something goes wrong, it's hard for the gods to save them!"

Ye Zhilan said: "But this is the end of the matter, it's useless for you to be angry, little junior sister has been kidnapped for so long, you have to find a way to rescue her back, right?"

Xie Yijun remained silent for a while, and finally said in a calm tone: "Forget it, everyone has already left. If that's the case, you hurry up and take people to Hezhou City, and meet them as soon as possible. This single-handed man is just messing around!"

Ye Zhilan responded repeatedly, Xie Yijun was still angry, waved her hands and went back to the bedroom, Ye Zhilan didn't want to comfort her anymore, immediately retreated from the hall to gather people, and hurried down the mountain as soon as possible.

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"Uncle, we are here."

Ji Wanshu tightened the reins and dismounted in the hidden woods. She raised her hand to build a shed on the brow bone, and looked across the gap between the branches and leaves to the distant city gate where people were coming and going.

"It's Hezhou City, that's right, the main altar of the Ziwei Sect is inside."

There was a gentle sound of horseshoes behind her, and she quickly caught up. Man Jiangxue sat on the horse's back, holding the rein in one hand, and the saddle in the other. She wore a black gauze hat to hide her face. Dressed in a black dress that is capable and elegant, it looks more energetic and a little more indifferent than when wearing a white dress.

The breeze blew, blowing the black veil on the bamboo hat, revealing Man Jiangxue's quiet eyes. She gazed into the distance for a moment, and said in a voice: "At the New Year's Eve, the checkpoints of all states and cities are strictly checked. Enter through the front door."

Ji Wanshu led the horse and said without thinking, "I know there is a place to go."

Man Jiangxue raised her eyelashes and cast a scrutinizing gaze at her.

Meeting Man Jiangxue's calm eyes, Ji Wanshu seemed to be taken aback for some reason, lowered his voice for no reason and said, "I have been here many times when I used to track down Wen Chaoyu..."

Man Jiangxue glanced at her again, and smiled silently: "I haven't said anything yet, why are you nervous?"

Ji Wanshu quickly turned his face away, and said calmly, "I'm not nervous."

After she finished speaking, she led the horse around the path and walked towards the city wall. Man Jiangxue got off the horse and followed her footsteps.

Avoiding the eyes and ears of the city guards, the two came to a dark corner. Two figures were walking on the city wall. Ji Wanshu hid in the dark and watched for a while. Seeing them walking slowly to another place, he rushed across the river. Xue snapped her fingers, and the two of them flew up silently using lightness kung fu. Before the two guards turned around, they both fell back into the wall.

This movement was as smooth as clouds and flowing water, without making any noise, the two of them walked against the wall, went around in the streets and alleys, and chose a relatively remote inn to stay.

As soon as he entered the room, Ji Wanshu took out a sheepskin drawing, spread it on the table, and said, "This was found on a member of the Ziwei Sect three years ago. The terrain, but it has been three years, and it is estimated that many places have changed."

Man Jiangxue stood by the window, leaning on the railing, and said: "Ziwei Sect is located in the basin of the Cangxia Mountains. It is surrounded by mountains and water, and it is airtight. Even the sect door is dug from the mountain. If you want to enter, There is almost no other way to go than to go through the front door."

Ji Wanshu looked at the drawing again and again, and said slowly: "That's true, and the high mountains on all sides are towering and steep, and they are connected as one, like a man-made city wall, which happens to enclose the main altar of the Ziwei Sect, and the geographical location is excellent Well, there is a watchtower every mile on the mountain, and there are people patrolling it day and night, even if you want to jump off the cliff, there is a great risk of being noticed."

This is more difficult.

Needless to say, the gate, other than pretending to be a member of the Ziwei sect, the only way to get in is to break in. The former is not advisable. After all, the two of them are too conspicuous. It is not easy to doubt life, and needless to say about the latter, even if both of them are peerless masters, they don't have the supernatural ability to forcibly break into a sect without leading a soldier.

In addition, if you want to jump down from the high mountains on all sides with lightness kungfu, even if you can deceive the inspectors, it will be difficult to escape easily after entering, not to mention that they are not familiar with the terrain of the main altar of the Ziwei Sect, and only rely on that one for three years. With the crude blueprints before, people might be caught just entering. In short, if you want to go in and save people, it is impossible to force your way in, and there is no way to retreat if you go quietly.

Not to mention fleeing with Yin Qiu, which is even more difficult.

Ji Wanshu pondered for a moment, then raised her head and said, "It's really impossible, I'll go and tie Wen Chaoyu here and force her to lead us."

Man Jiangxue said without turning her head: "The last time you beat her seriously, she must be staying in the Ziwei sect. Where are you going to tie her up?"

Ji Wanshu thought for a while, and then said: "Then let's go there after nightfall, pick a watchtower and kill those patrolling believers, and find Yin Qiu first."

She was still too young, she was too reckless, and she was too reckless. Man Jiangxue rubbed the center of her brows, and said thoughtfully, "It would be easier if I could have a detailed drawing."

Ji Wanshu was quiet for a moment, and said: "But we, Yunhua, have never placed any eyeliner in the Ziwei Sect. It is as difficult as heaven to get the blueprint."

What's more, how confidential is the topographic layout map of a sect, which can be accessed by ordinary people. Except for Nan Gongmin himself, only the four guardians have it. Needless to say, the other three guardians rarely show up. Only Wen Chaoyu and the others are familiar with it. , but absolutely can't subdue her.

As a result, the matter of rescuing Yin Qiu was already full of difficulties before the action started.

So what to do?

The reason why Wen Chaoyu was able to come and go freely in Yunhua Palace was because she was very familiar with Yunhua Palace and helped her secretly, while Man Jiangxue and Ji Wanshu knew nothing about Ziwei Sect and had no one to help Moreover, Nangong Min must have been prepared for this incident. Even if the two of them successfully entered the main altar, they don't know what kind of traps they will encounter on the way to rescue.

Both of them fell silent when they talked about this, Ji Wanshu was secretly thinking about a strategy in his heart, when Man Jiangxue called her, "Wanshu."

Ji Wanshu raised his head: "What?"

Man Jiangxue narrowed her eyes slightly, and raised her chin somewhere outside the window: "Look."

Ji Wanshu followed her gaze, and suddenly saw a young girl sitting on the roof of a restaurant across the street.

The little girl was holding a thin bow in her hand, basking in the sun very leisurely, Xu Shi noticed the sight of the two of them, she grinned, and waved her hands at Man Jiangxue and Ji Wanshu to say hello, Then he took an arrow from the quiver on his back and put it on the bowstring.

Ji Wanshu frowned: "What is she doing?"

As soon as the words fell, the little girl let go of her hand suddenly, and a arrow flew out instantly, and the next moment it was nailed to the window coffin beside Ji Wanshu.

Then the little girl turned over and jumped off the roof, and disappeared from sight in the blink of an eye.

Ji Wanshu frowned, and immediately pulled out her sword and jumped out of the window, chasing after the little girl in the direction where the little girl left.

The point of the arrow pierced the wood for three points, it can be seen that the shooter's arm is not weak, if he didn't see it with his own eyes, it would be hard for people to believe that it was done by a little girl.

Seeing that Ji Wanshu disappeared into the crowd, Man Jiangxue still stood quietly by the window without moving. She moved her eyes and saw a small and delicate purse hanging on the arrow feather, which seemed to contain something.

Man Jiangxue's eyes flashed, she tore off the purse, opened it, and found a brand new sheepskin blueprint inside.

It not only drew all the locations of Ji Wanshu's drawing, but also carefully marked the various topographical routes in the main altar, starting from the gate and continuing to each palace, it can be said that it has drawn all the landforms of the Ziwei Sect. clearly.

And on that paper, there is also a marked red dot, which is in a building at the end of the main altar.

Not only that, but beside the red dot, there are two petite characters written - secret way.

Man Jiangxue looked at the drawing, and looked back out of the window again. There were many people in the market, but Ji Wanshu was no longer there.

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The restaurant was bustling with people, and the hall was filled with the aroma of vegetables. At a table in the corner by the window, a woman in purple was pouring tea with a calm expression.

Not long after, a light and nimble figure turned over from the window and hurriedly hid under the table.

The woman in purple tugged at the corner of her skirt nonchalantly, looked at the woman in green passing by outside the window, and said flatly: "If you lure her in, you will not follow me from now on."

The little girl lay on her lap, laughing, "As expected of the chief disciple of Yunhua Palace, the lightness kung fu is very good, almost caught by her!"

"You can barely get on the stage with lightness kung fu," the woman in purple said, "Have the things been delivered?"

The little girl clapped her hands, shrank under the table and didn't come out, she said complacently: "It's no problem if I do it!"

The woman moved her legs, kicked the little girl aside, looked at the woman in black standing diagonally opposite on the second floor of the inn, and said: "With the blueprints, they can enter the main altar of the Ziwei Sect to save people, and save us They took a risk and showed up."

The little girl poked her head out, glanced at Man Jiangxue, and said with a smile: "They will never think that I am hiding here, and what's the use of chasing me? I'm not a bad person. I gave them the blueprint this time. Yunhua Palace owes me a favor."

Seeing that Man Jiangxue had taken her purse and entered the room, the woman thought for a while, and said, "Although Man Jiangxue is good at kung fu, Ziwei Sect has a large number of people after all, and she and Ji Wanshu alone may not be able to make good friends." , we have to arrange people to watch outside the secret passage, if they are chased and killed by the Ziwei Sect when they come out, we can help them in time."

The little girl wondered: "But in this way, wouldn't we be exposed? Didn't you say that Man Jiangxue can't see you?"

The woman knocked on her head and sighed: "Why are you so stupid? You and I watch secretly, just don't show up. I have to do everything myself. Then what do those people down there eat?"

The little girl covered her head: "Oh..."

"Get out of here as soon as possible," the woman stood up, and threw some silver coins on the table, "Next time if something like this happens again, don't deliberately provoke them again. If you were caught up by that Ji Wanshu just now, I won't go out save you."

"I just thought it was fun," the little girl smiled slyly, "I even greeted them, didn't they catch me?"

The woman snorted and said, "It's just because they are not familiar with Hezhou City. If you are in Shangyuan City this time, would you dare?"

The little girl thought for a while, and said decisively: "How dare you!"

The woman glanced at her and stopped talking, the little girl laughed again, and rushed to admit her mistake, the two of them paid attention to the movement around them calmly, crossed the hall and walked out from the back door of the restaurant.