Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

The sun warmed the snow, and beads of snow water dripped down the eaves, like a sparse drizzle, blown by the slanting wind, and fell to the pool surrounded by red maples.

The water in the pond was emerald green, and there were a lot of colorful koi swimming in it. Nan Gongmin was standing by the pond, holding a box of fish food in his hand, and was feeding the fish leisurely.

"Master, Wen Hufa is here."

A maid whispered from behind.

Nangong Min kept feeding, without turning his head, he said: "Call her over."

The maid gave a salute, and immediately exited the garden to pass on a message. Not long after, Wen Chaoyu entered the garden, stood behind Nangong Min, and asked, "Why did the leader ask me?"

Nan Gongmin put down the food box, turned around and glanced at Wen Chaoyu, then walked towards the water pavilion.

"Can't I call you here?"

Wen Chaoyu coughed for a while in the cold wind, and followed her into the gazebo limping.

"Why is your injury getting worse?" Nangong Min sat down in front of the short table, and poured tea with a half-smile, "You don't even see your big knife, are you so weak?"

Wen Chaoyu stood upright, with no expression on his face, and said: "My life is miserable, but I am always the one who gets beaten when I walk in the rivers and lakes. The leader will not understand."

Nangong Min looked at her meaningfully: "But I see that your injury has lasted for several months, not only did it not improve, but it seems to have worsened after seeing you today, why, Yunhua Palace and his party were beaten by Man Jiangxue again? "

Wen Chaoyu paused, then said lightly: "I can't blame her. The person who entered Yunhua Palace this time was Protector Qin. I don't know if she was beaten or not. Anyway, my injury is an old disease, so I can't blame others. "

Nangong Min sneered slightly: "You are quite magnanimous. Whether you are old or not, isn't it all at the hands of Man Jiangxuexia? Don't you blame her or whom?"

Wen Chaoyu took a look at Nangong Min's expression, then showed his usual smile, and said, "Of course I blame you, the leader. If you didn't let me go out to do bad things, how could I bear this anger?"

Nangong Min had a playful expression, and said lazily: "I'm afraid I can't blame me. Your hard work is not thankful. Others took credit for your work and you got a new injury. What does it matter to me?"

Hearing her words, Wen Chaoyu's eyes flickered.

"You are also an old man in the sect," Nangong Min sighed softly, and took a sip of tea, "Why don't you know that the sect can't hide anything from me, big or small?"

Wen Chaoyu lowered his eyes, chuckled, and said nothing.

Nangong Min stared at her for a moment, and said: "You are the head of the four guardians, but you have no prestige at all. Let the other three plan on you all day long, and get nothing from you. You are a white wolf with nothing, you guardian It would be too worthless to be the leader.”

"Then what can I do?" Wen Chaoyu leaned against the pillar of the pavilion, and said indifferently, "You have tacitly accepted that they bullied me, what can I do?"

Nangong Minruo pointed out: "If it wasn't for being caught by someone, who could bully you to this extent?"

Wen Chaoyu turned his head to look at the swimming fish in the pond, and said, "I have nothing to say, don't talk nonsense."

Nangong Min snorted, stood up, and said in a cold tone: "Speaking of which, you should thank your apprentice this time, if she wasn't present, Qin Zheng would have killed you behind my back, and then sent you The crime was planted on Yunhua Palace, given your situation at the time, it would be very easy for her to kill you."

Wen Zhaoyu and Nangong Min's way of getting along has always been very cryptic. Even if they both know something well, no one will easily say it clearly, but Nangong Min is obviously not in the mood to play around with her today. He also restrained his disguise and lost his smile.

"Having said that, my patience is almost exhausted," Nangong Min looked at him with a cold tone, "Over the years, you have been merciful to Ji Wanshu countless times and ruined my plan. Yin Qiu brought her back, but it also touched my bottom line. Originally, I wanted to cultivate you, but you are so absent-minded and unwilling to make progress. I will not keep her for too long."

If Nangong Minruo was present that day, seeing Ji Wanshu being poisoned, she would definitely kill her without hesitation. Once Ji Wanshu died, Yunhua Palace would lose its chief disciple, which would be a great loss to Xie Yijun, after all, like Shen Mandong A swordsmanship genius like Ji Wanshu is hard to come by. Killing Ji Wanshu will be of great benefit to the future development of Ziwei Cult.

Although Nangongmin knew that Wen Zhaoyu would not kill her, she did not expect that she would be willing to make concessions. She would rather ask Qin Zheng to take the position than take her own future seriously. Ziwei Sect is not as extensive as Yunhua Palace. Accepting disciples, although none of the four guardians in the sect should be underestimated, but Nan Gongmin has always been more at ease only Wen Chaoyu, and because of this relationship, she gave Wen Chaoyu many privileges.

However, under the privilege, Wen Chaoyu was not so grateful. For an enemy, she disregarded herself and Ziwei Cult. This was something Nangong Min could not bear.

Wen Chaoyu raised his eyes suddenly, and said in silence for a while, "You know the reason why I show mercy to her."

Nangong Min's eyes were sharp, and his tone remained unchanged: "It is because I know it well that I am warning you."

Wen Chaoyu frowned and fell silent.

"It's absolutely impossible for you and her to cut off this root of love as soon as possible," Nangong Min said slowly, "Actually, it's not up to me to care who you like, but if you affect my plan because of your children's affection, then I just had to intervene one or two."

Wen Zhaoyu was suddenly very disturbed, she rarely showed her emotions in front of Nangong Min, but at this moment she couldn't help but said angrily: "You know what happened between me and her, and you also understand that I can't do anything to her, so you shouldn't do it this time." Every time you want me to face her, you can already predict this result, so why make it difficult for me on purpose?"

Nangong Min paused and said: "I just want to make things difficult for you, and I want you to keep it in your heart again and again. You have no chance with her," she said, walking sideways in front of Wen Chaoyu, looking at her firmly, " You are the protector of the Ziwei Sect, and she is the future head of Yunhua Palace. What is more important, do you still need me to remind you? If you really can’t let her go, you know the rules of the sect. Change skin and flesh, as long as you can survive, you will be free from now on, but if you don’t have the guts, just stay in the teaching and do your best as a protector.”

Wen Chaoyu clenched his fists secretly, with veins all over the back of his hands.

"What I'm afraid of is that you are willing to walk through the fiery pool for her, but she is unwilling to give up Yunhua Palace for you." Nangong Min saw all her reactions in his eyes, and said without changing his face, "Take a step back, she Even if you are willing to abandon Yunhua Palace, how can you be willing to leave Ji's house? You are no longer that bratty girl, do you want me to tell you these truths over and over again?"

The fingertips sank deep into the palm, and pinched the flesh there, but Wen Zhaoyu didn't feel the pain. She kept silent for a long time, and finally bowed her head and said: "Stop talking, I understand."

Nangong Min glanced at her, turned around and sat down in front of the short table, and said calmly: "She and Man Jiangxue have been down the mountain for a long time, maybe they will come to Ziwei Sect to save people in these two days, if they really come, you Do you know what to do?"

Wen Zhaoyu's face was serious, and he said "hmm" in a low voice: "I know."

·

"My lord, Guardian Wen has come out."

Yin Qiu was squatting on the ground to play with the snow, and when she heard this, she stood up quickly. She looked out the door and saw Wen Chaoyu walking slowly from the end of the path.

"Uncle Wen!" Yin Qiu rushed towards her with an expectant expression, "Have you delivered my letter yet?"

Wen Chaoyu's face was gloomy, watching Yin Qiu pause, and it took a long time before he said, "What letter."

Yin Qiu was taken aback, and said anxiously: "The letter I asked you to bring to my uncle that day, you won't forget it?"

Wen Chaoyu bid farewell to Nangong Min just now, feeling very irritable in his heart, when he heard the words, he said coldly: "Forgot."

forget? !Yin Qiu's expression changed, and he lost his voice: "How could you forget? You clearly promised me that day!"

Wen Chaoyu was full of anger, and was worried that there was no place to vent his anger, but seeing Yin Qiu lose his temper at her, he said in a bad tone: "So what if I promised you? What if I didn't keep my word? I'm not your servant, and I'm not your subordinate." Next, why should I do something for you?"

Yin Qiu is really innocent, he got into her bad luck for no reason, and he still doesn't know why this person treats her badly, Yin Qiu was stunned by her for a while, and finally came back to his senses, with a strange expression on his face: "Forgot Just forget...why are you attacking me?"

"I'll kill you." Wen Zhaoyu said without emotion.

"You—" Yin Qiu asked aggrievedly, "Why do you kill me?"

"Because I'm an adult." Wen Chaoyu looked at her expressionlessly.

Yin Qiuping was angered by her in vain, confused and feeling uncomfortable, so he pointed at Wen Chaoyu angrily and said, "You bad woman! I hate you!"

After she yelled these few words, she couldn't help but twitched the corners of her mouth, and the circles of her eyes immediately turned red.

Seeing Yin Qiu covered his mouth and began to sob and cry, Wen Zhaoyu was stunned for a long while, and finally regained his senses amidst Yin Qiu's crying.

"Oh, why are you crying?" Wen Chaoyu had a headache, "I'm so annoying today, please stop crying!"

Yin Qiufu pushed Wen Chaoyu away to hold her hand, and complained while wiping away tears: "You bad woman... I still call you uncle, you are not good at all, do you think you can bully me just because you are an adult?" ? I hate you to death..."

She cried more and more fiercely, Wen Chaoyu had one head and two big ones, so he could only persuade the maid standing far away: "What are you all looking at? Come here and take her away!"

Several maids hurried over to help Yin Qiu, and they all spoke to comfort her, but when Yin Qiu cried like this, all the suppressed emotions after coming to Ziwei Sect were aroused, and he cried heartbroken for a while.

She thought, Wen Chaoyu is really bad, ran into Yunhua Palace to hijack her here, and even vented his anger on her, it is really abominable, she has been trying not to think too much these days, just because she is afraid that she will not be able to control her emotions and cry all day long Washing her face, even though Nangong Min was nice to her, all she could think about was her uncle, she just wanted to write a letter to her uncle, it was fine if Wen Zhaoyu refused to help, why would she lie to her?

If you lie, just lie...you still want to get angry at her and don't give her a good look, why?

"You bad woman..." Yin Qiu cried out of breath, and still scolded Wen Zhaoyu, "I don't want to talk to you anymore..."

Wen Chaoyu was not afraid of anything in his life, but he was afraid that Ji Wanshu and the children would cry. She was just unhappy, so she deliberately lied to Yin Qiu. In fact, she had ordered someone to give the letter to Man Jiangxue a long time ago. Looking at these maids, Wen Chaoyu couldn't tell Yin Qiu the truth.

This is good, it's not easy to coax people to cry.

"Go, go! Take him away!" Wen Chaoyu was annoyed, "Hurry up!"

Several maids had no choice but to pull Yin Qiuchao back, but Yin Qiu pushed them all away, crying unceasingly.

"I don't want you to care!"

Yin Qiu gave Wen Zhaoyu a hard look, and ran away angrily after saying this.

Several maids also hurriedly followed.

Tuliu Wen Zhaoyu stood on the spot in astonishment, sighing in one breath, or not sighing.

What has she done?Why even a child scolded her!

·

Back in the small building, Yin Qiu plunged into the quilt, whimpered and cried for a long time, no matter how the maids coaxed her, Yin Qiu remained indifferent, and was about to vent all the grievances and boredom in her heart.

At night, Yin Qiu always huddled on the bed, depressed, and refused to eat. She ignored the voices of the maids, and just stared at the curtain with teary eyes in a daze.

Uncle... Where is Uncle?

When did she come to save her?

But if she really came, what would she do if she was in danger?

Yin Qiu wrapped himself tightly with a quilt, and his heart had already flown to Man Jiangxue's side.

Since the acquaintance, she has never been separated from Man Jiangxue for so long. Although there are times when she is not seen for several days in the palace, how can that be compared with the current situation?Even if Man Jiangxue could not be seen in the palace, Yin Qiu knew that she would definitely go to the Disciple Academy to see him, or she could take the initiative to go to Jingyue Peak to find Man Jiangxue, but now it is different. Go, Man Jiangxue can't get in outside, the two are separated, and they don't even know what the other is doing.

If Man Jiangxue doesn't come, or if she comes but can't save herself, will she be stuck in Ziwei Sect forever?

Yin Qiu suddenly thought of this incident, and his heart, which had been calmed down just now, stirred up again in an instant.

No, she can't just sit and wait for Man Jiangxue to come to her rescue, she can't just sit and wait for death like this.

But what exactly should Nangong Min do to let her go?

Nangong Min said that even if Yunhua Palace is willing to exchange the holy sword for her, she will not let her go. Since Nangong Min has made up his mind to keep her by his side, how can he persuade her?

Yin Qiu thought wildly, thinking a lot in his heart, and his worried intestines were about to be knotted.

She was silently thinking about a plan when she suddenly saw all the maids by the bed retreating towards the palace gate. Yin Qiu moved his eyes and saw a crimson skirt coming in from the gate, and then there was a sound Hearing Nangong Min's questioning voice: "Where's the person?"

Yin Qiu quickly grabbed the quilt and covered his head.

At the door, a few maids dared not speak, but cast their eyes tacitly at the bed in the gauze tent. Nangong Min glanced at it from a distance, saw the bed swell, and laughed: "She hides herself What, which of you bullied her?"

The maids quickly denied: "Slaves don't dare to bully the young master, it's...it was in the afternoon, the young master and Wen Hufa said a few words, the servants stood far away and didn't hear what they said, and they heard it after a while. The little master started to cry, and he was still very sad up to this time, neither eating nor saying a word, the leader should go and have a look."

Nangong sympathized and said that Wen Chaoyu is really capable. She has deliberately scared Yin Qiu more than once these days, and the child has never been scared to cry. This Wen Chaoyu can make people sad like this with a few words, and I don't know what she said.

After dismissing the maids, Nan Gongmin walked to the inner hall, sat down on the side of the couch, patted Yin Qiu through the quilt, and said, "Isn't it stuffy inside? Come out quickly."

As soon as Yin Qiu heard her voice so gentle, he immediately thought of Man Jiangxue's tone when he spoke to her, and couldn't help but tremble in his heart, and tears welled up again.

"Auntie is here, just tell Auntie if you have anything on your mind." Nangong Min smiled, and gently pulled the quilt away, "Don't get bored."

Yin Qiu shrank into a ball, his eyes narrowed by the sudden light.

Seeing her appearance, Nangong Min thought it was a little funny, and said: "Which ignorant person made us Xiaoqiu cry? Come, complain to aunt, and aunt will clean her up for you."

Yin Qiu stared blankly at Nangong Min, held back for a while before recovering his voice, but broke down in tears as soon as he opened his mouth and said, "I, I miss Master...I want to see Master..."

Nangong Min looked at her, and smiled meaningfully: "This is not possible, you can give it to you if you want other aunts, but this is not enough."

"Why not?" Yin Qiu kept sobbing, wiping his tears with both hands, "Didn't you say that I can do whatever I want, you bring my uncle to see me, I miss her so much."

"Aunt and Uncle, you can only choose one," Nangong Min said, "but Aunt does not allow you to choose her."

Yin Qiu choked, and couldn't help saying angrily: "You are also a bad woman! I don't want to talk to you!"

After she finished speaking, she pulled the quilt over to cover herself again, refusing to meet Nangong Min's gaze.

Nangong Min couldn't laugh or cry, coaxed Yin Qiu for a while, but Yin Qiu was determined not to talk to her, Nangong Min thought about it, and could only say: "Then aunt, tell you a story?"

How could Yin Qiu be in the mood to listen to her storytelling?He said angrily, "I won't listen."

"Really not listening?" Nangong Min said.

"Don't listen." Yin Qiu simply turned over and faced the wall.

"Are you sure?" Nangong Min said persuasively, "The story I want to tell is related to your uncle who has been thinking about you so much, you really don't think about it?"

Yin Qiu hesitated for a moment, and was once again defeated by Man Jiangxue, huddled under the quilt and said in a low voice, "...then you go ahead."

Then Nan Gongmin asked: "Do you know that there is a small country outside the pass called Xiling?"

Xiling?

Yin Qiu opened his eyes, thought for a while without saying a word, and pondered: "I seem to have heard this name somewhere... What's wrong with Xi Ling?"

Nangong Min smiled slightly, his eyes darkened for a moment, and said softly, "That's a good place."

After finishing speaking, she stretched out her hand and pulled Yin Qiu out of the quilt, looked at Yin Qiu and said, "The story, we have to start from 15 years ago..."