Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

Another year of winter came, and the snow fell from the sky, burying the world.

This year's snow came quickly and with great momentum. Within two nights, it crushed houses in several prefectures, especially in remote counties and counties near mountainous areas. The heavy snow destroyed various villages and buried many people to death.

The disaster was ruthless, and a large number of refugees were born. The government couldn't control it, so they had to send help posts to the major Jianghu sects. Yunhua Palace and several prestigious sects immediately sent disciples to help. After the small sect received the documents, they also launched disaster relief measures one after another, but the winter is long and spring is still early, and the number of refugees is large and scattered unevenly. How to settle down has become a problem.

"Open the door, open the door quickly! If we don't open the door, we will freeze to death!"

"Yes, I beg you to open the city gate quickly and give me a way out, my lords!"

"It's the twelfth lunar month of winter, where did the disease come from? If you don't open the city gates, we will starve to death and freeze to death. Do you have the heart!"

……

Cang County is located in the south, and in previous years, the snow rarely fell like this. This year, I don’t know which god was displeased. Several states in the north that have been snowing all year round are safe and sound, but the south has suffered surprisingly.

These refugees are homeless and have wandered all the way here. Although there is a porridge shed at the gate of the city every day, they can get some food so that they will not starve to death, but the snow is still falling, and they have no thick winter clothes to keep out the cold, and they have no place to live. Sleep well, every day countless people fall in the wind and snow, and the people above closed the gate of the city in the past two days, and no one came to deliver the porridge, as if they wanted to let them fend for themselves, As a result, a crowd gathered at the gate of the city to make a big fuss to ask for an explanation.

The gate of Hei Shen was always closed tightly, and the guards on the four walls turned a blind eye to the situation below. They all stood upright like sculptures, and they were determined to ignore it.

Seeing the indifference of these officials, they were indifferent after a long time of trouble. The refugees were excited, pointing at the people on the city wall and yelling, they picked up stones and dug yellow mud to smash them, making a loud noise.

The outside has become a mess, but the city of Cangjun is not affected by the slightest twists and turns. There are hawkers in the streets and alleys. Separated by a door, it seems to be two different worlds.

Only on the top of a bell tower near the city gate, there were two people looking at the scene outside from a distance.

The curtain was rolled up, and a mahogany table was placed under the porch. A round hole was cut in the center of the table, and a charcoal fire was spread underneath, which was burning vigorously. Thick and fresh, it provoked a wild cat to crawl over the beams of the house, crouched on it and sniffed the fragrance.

The woman holding the chopsticks was a beauty, with black hair and a beautiful face, with a soft smile and a red dress.

Her red dress is not a strong and gorgeous red, but a deep and unpredictable red, unassuming, even a bit low-key, with a bit of blue and black in the red, the red is not pure.

Anyway, it suits her very well.

Qin Zheng stood on the edge of the porch, his eyes fell on the chaos outside the city, and said: "The leader ordered people to close the door these days, and the porridge also stopped. These people are naturally going to make a fuss for their lives. After all, it is a document sent by the government, and it is not easy for me to wait for the Jianghu sect to accept it, so my subordinates don't understand, what does the leader mean?"

Nangong Min boiled a piece of mutton and threw it on the ground casually. She watched the wild cat jump down, sniffed the mutton cautiously, and said casually: "Your words are interesting."

Qin Zheng looked puzzled.

"The matter of saving people should be done by a decent sect," Nangong Min said, "What's the matter with our Ziwei sect?"

Qin Zheng leaned on the porch pillar: "Then let them make such a fuss?"

That wild cat is very courageous, and it doesn't show timidity in front of people, and it doesn't care about anything when it's hungry, and it eats deliciously.Nangong Min was amused to see it, so he threw a few slices of mutton to it, and said, "What's the matter? A loner like me would find it lively after listening to it." She leaned back in her chair, still looking at the cat, her tone of voice He said casually, "Why should my Ziwei sect take care of things that the government doesn't even want to take care of? I don't like the money for disaster relief. If you want to enter the city of my Ziwei sect, even the emperor has to wait for me when he comes." Open the door, and when they calm down, drive them away."

Qin Zheng said, "Where are you going?"

Nangong Min laughed: "Where Yunhua Palace is, just go there."

Qin Zheng understood, and immediately said: "Understood, this subordinate will order others to do it."

"Before you drive people away, remember to confiscate their household registrations," Nangong Min said as he boiled the mutton with great interest, but refused to eat it. "These two years of clean life are enough, and it's time to add some ingredients to Yunhua Palace." .”

After she finished speaking, she raised her head again, and there was heavy snow on the sky, as light as a bird's feather, but the accumulation of those things could kill a person.

So she said lightly: "As for my holy sword, it should be returned to its original owner."

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In the middle of the night, wailing suddenly sounded outside Yaoding City.

The voice was shrill and mournful, mixed with men, women, old and children, and spread over the wind, sweeping across the city in an instant, like countless wild ghosts howling, filled with resentment, every household in shock lit up their lamps and opened their doors to look.

"Who is crying and howling outside?"

Hearing the sound, several night patrol disciples led people to the city gate, and rows of torches burned in the night, illuminating the people and scenery outside the gate.

I saw a large number of refugees from unknown sources suddenly gathered in one place, crying and screaming to smash the door. At a glance, there were dark figures everywhere. It was hard not to be surprised when they came out suddenly in the middle of the night. .

"What's going on? Why are there so many people suddenly?"

"It seems that they are all refugees, but haven't we settled the surrounding refugees a long time ago? Where did these come from?"

"Quickly tell them to stop making trouble, open the door first, and ask them clearly before talking."

……

These few disciples have a little right to speak, and have been in charge of the refugee affairs for the past half month. After discussing with them, they decided to open the city gate first, and make the next arrangement after finding out what happened.

Unexpectedly, they opened the door just a moment ago, when they heard a deafening sound of horseshoes behind them, and soon heard someone shouting loudly: "A group of idiots, who told you to open the door!"

Hearing the battle, all the disciples were startled. Looking back, they saw a group of people holding torches approaching at high speed in the night.

The one riding the horse in the front is a young girl, estimated to be twenty-nine years old, wearing a green skirt like a lotus leaf. Cold and arrogant.

Seeing her face, the disciples secretly thought it was bad.

Sure enough, the girl approached the gate of the city with people in a hurry, stopped in front of the disciples, and cursed: "Who gave you the right to open the door? If you want to enter the city, you don’t even know if you are sick or not, and you Yunhua Palace is so hasty to let them in, have you considered the safety of the people in the city? Quickly close the door for me!"

If there is anyone in Yaoding City who dares to confront Yunhua Palace, it must be the eldest lady of the Duan family.

The Duan family is a big family in Yao Dingcheng, and they have a lot of contacts with many Jianghu sects. Except for the famous and far-reaching sects such as Yunhua Palace and Mingyue Tower, most of the small sects have received financial support from the Duan family. Known as the Gods of Spreading Wealth, although they don't participate in martial arts struggles, they are also supported by people in the martial arts. The eldest daughter of this family has learned a lot of miscellaneous skills in various sects since she was a child, and she is loved by her parents, acting arrogantly I'm used to it, even the Yunhua Palace is ignored, it's like the little overlord in Yaoding City.

Although the disciples had dealt with her quite a bit in the past half month, they still felt uncomfortable being trained by her at this moment, and they inevitably had to refute a few words.

"We don't want to open the door indiscriminately. We can't just ignore them making such a mess outside?"

"That's right! It's freezing cold, so many people are here, so there's no reason to ignore it. Are you responsible for what happened?"

"You Duan family only know how to expel refugees, but don't know how to help them, so why stop us from saving people!"

Duan Ning held his horsewhip and sneered: "Just because my Duan family is the richest man in Yao Dingcheng, just because I am the daughter of the richest man, which of the people in this city doesn't listen to our Duan family? What is your Yunhua Palace! I'm not sure. No!"

Seeing her being so unreasonable, several disciples sneered in unison: "Nonsense!"

Duan Ning snorted, "You dare to scold me?" She jumped off the horse, stood in front of the door and raised her head, "Whatever you say, just don't open!"

She moved on this side, and the rest of her men also dismounted, and they all blocked the door in unison, intending to oppose Yunhua Palace.

Several disciples gritted their teeth angrily, but they couldn't do anything to her, so the two sides became deadlocked, and no one would give in.

"Since you refuse to open the door, let me tell you, what do you plan to do with these people?"

Duan Ning said coldly: "How to deal with it is the business of your Yunhua Palace. As a big family in Yao Dingcheng, my Duan family only considers the safety of the people in the city. Anyway, they are not allowed to enter!"

The leading disciple held back his anger and said, "They are just refugees! They are not gangsters! Why are they here!"

"I don't care!" Duan Ning said without doubt, "Either you go out by yourself and ask the doctor to see if they are sick, or wait until dawn!"

She refused to open the door and didn't have a good way to deal with it. She only knew how to hinder everyone's work. The disciples were furious, and they had to wave their hands: "Let's go! Go ask Senior Sister Lu to uphold justice!"

Those refugees were driven here by the Ziwei Sect all the way, and they thought they would have a shelter when they arrived at the territory under the jurisdiction of Yunhua Palace, but unexpectedly, there were still some people who didn't care about their life and death, and wanted to keep them out. Get angry.

"The government wants your Jianghu faction to help settle us down. Is that how you do things after receiving the relief money?"

"Is there any reason! We are all innocent people who suffered from the disaster, and I hope you can accept us. The Ziwei Sect doesn't care, and the Yunhua Palace doesn't care. You are going to force us to die!"

"Everyone, don't listen to this girl! What kind of thing is she? Come here and smash this door down!"

"Yes! Slam the door down!"

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The refugees were angry from their hearts, and they huddled together and rushed towards the door.

Duan Ning happened to be standing in the middle, and he forgot to close the door in time during an argument with disciple Yunhua, so he was the first to be beaten and kicked by a man, and immediately fell face down on the cobblestone road with a bloody nose All knocked out.

Her kung fu is not very good, but she learns two tricks from one school and two tricks from another school, which is very inappropriate. Facing these refugees who have fainted from anger, Duan Ning can only be beaten and has no power to fight back.

She especially judges people by their appearance, even the servants and maids around her have to be upright, the same is true for the subordinates brought out this time, all of them are very pleasing to the eye, but they are all just putting on airs and have no real skills Well, Duan Ning and the others couldn't protect him, and he was beaten to the ground with stones.

At this time, all the disciples of Yunhua had left, except for Duan Ning and his party, there were only a few drunken officials sitting on the city wall, which were useless.

Duan Ning was so frightened that her face turned pale, half of her face was smeared with nosebleeds, surrounded by refugees who were beating and scolding her, and his subordinates had already fled to save their lives, and no one took care of her.

Helpless, Duan Ning didn't dare to be arrogant anymore, so he had to run away, forced to beg for mercy: "Stop beating! Stop beating..."

However, she blocked disciple Yunhua from opening the door earlier, and the refugees saw it clearly, how could they let her go so easily?The more Duan Ning begged for mercy, the more he evaded, the harder everyone beat her, and they all vented their anger and resentment on her.

Duan Ning was about to vomit blood from being beaten by these people. She was terrified, desperate and helpless, and couldn't break free with all her strength. She was about to draw her sword to force them back, but she found that her sword had been lost at some point. Duan Ning fell to the ground, endured the punches and kicks of the refugees, and finally burst into tears.

Suddenly, a slender but powerful hand surpassed everyone and grabbed her firmly.

Duan Ning's eyes were blurred from crying, and he couldn't see anything clearly. He saw the shadow of that hand in a haze, and thought that someone was going to attack her again, so he screamed and broke away violently, but the next moment, that hand One hand pulled her back accurately, Duan Ning only felt his body lighten, and his whole body took advantage of the momentum to fly high into the sky.

Duan Ning's dress kept swaying in the wind. She watched herself getting farther and farther away from the ground, and thought to herself that this man was going to throw her to death, so she struggled hysterically , but when she looked up, she saw a fair and gentle face.

It was a young girl in fluttering white clothes, about sixteen or seventeen years old, like pear blossoms in spring, her whole body was snow-white, not stained with dust, at this time the sky was full of wind and snow, and it was chilly, but she was only wearing a pair of clothes. The thin dress, like a light and nimble white goose, the firelight reflected on her clean and demure face, making her gentle as water, yet as calm as pine.

Duan Ning's eyes lit up, and she forgot to shout, she glanced at the girl in this space, and after a while, the two of them fell to the ground steadily.

A slightly sweet fragrance suddenly spread in the wind, some like orchids, some like narcissus, it smells very fresh and pleasant.

The bones of Duan Ning's whole body were about to fall apart. Her legs were weak and she couldn't stand firmly. When she was about to fall again, the girl reached out to help her in time. First, she took a look at the surrounding scenery. In the end, he took her to a tea shed very intimately, and gently pressed her to sit down.

Soon, a pure white and clean silk handkerchief was handed over to Duan Ning.

"You're hurt, wipe it off."

Hearing the soft and sweet voice, Duan Ning wiped the blood from her face, but for some reason she didn't have the nerve to pick up the veil with her dirty hands. She looked up at the girl in front of her, and an unknown sound came from her heart. marvel.

—God!This is too pretty!

The girl didn't know where her surprised and fiery eyes came from, but she just maintained the movement of handing over the handkerchief, smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, it's all right now."

Duan Ning looked at her hands, and then at his own. For the first time, he showed a little restraint in front of a person, and said, "Your handkerchief is so clean, I... can't do it."

Seeing her raising her sleeves to wipe the nosebleeds on her face indiscriminately, the girl seemed amused, and took the initiative to stuff the handkerchief into Duan Ning's hand, and said gently: "It's okay, I'll give it to you."

Duan Ning said "Oh" and glanced at her again. Then he wiped his face with the handkerchief. After wiping twice, he heard another voice coming from the side: "Xiaoqiu! Your side how's it going?"

When the girl heard the call, she immediately replied: "Bai Ling? There is a girl here who has been injured. You can take her to the hospital to have a look."

As soon as the words fell, another girl in a white skirt also flew towards this place.

Duan Ning looked at her a few times, and felt that the girl named Bai Ling was not very good-looking, so he was not interested in talking to her, and only heard the girl from before say: "Senior Sister Lu hasn't come yet, I'll go to appease the refugees first, Take care of this girl for me."

Hearing what she said, Duan Ning couldn't help but pause as he wiped his face.

How many senior sisters does Yao Dingcheng have?Isn't it Lu Huaiwei from Yunhua Palace?

Duan Ning subconsciously shouted: "Wait a minute, are you from Yunhua Palace?"

The girl had already left, only Bai Ling beside her was still there, she smiled modestly at Duan Ning, and replied: "Exactly."

Duan Ning's expression changed immediately.

Why is it someone from Yunhua Palace again!