Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

"Doctor, what poison did he suffer from?" Lu Huaiwei asked the doctor who was standing beside the bed, taking his pulse.

There were not many people in the room, only two accompanying disciples, Meng Jing was breathing weakly, lying on the bed with a painful expression, the doctor was checking on his condition, and Man Jiangxue was sitting at the table pouring tea.

Not long after, the doctor withdrew his hand and said: "There is no sign of poisoning, but this child is very weak, with loss of energy and blood, and has been ill for a long time."

"Not poisonous?" Lu Huaiwei was surprised.

"But that woman obviously fed me a pill." Meng Jing also found it strange.

The doctor checked his pulse again, and finally said firmly: "Anyway, the little old man didn't realize that there is poison in your body, you just suffer from heart disease, and it was brought out from the mother's womb. The emotional turmoil added fuel to the fire, so he coughed up blood."

Meng Jing's expression became extremely shocked when he heard these words: "What did you say... heart disease?!"

It is true that he has been sick since he was a child, and he was not always very prosperous, but his family is helpless. His parents can only make a living by farming and hunting, and they can't make much money. Over the years, although his parents have tried their best to seek medical treatment for him, they still have trouble. I can't afford to hire any good doctors, they are all half-hearted wild doctors, and no one has ever told Meng Jing that he has a heart disease.

The doctor prescribed some medicine, gave some instructions, and then said: "You have to recuperate for this disease, and you can't stop taking the medicine for several years. You need to recuperate carefully, and don't have too much emotional ups and downs. Be calm, otherwise you will easily get sick if you don't pay attention, and you can't do too much physical work, so as not to be out of breath. There is nothing to worry about, and you should also avoid spicy things in your diet. Besides, you must not drink alcohol .”

Meng Jing seemed to be struck by lightning, and she almost recovered from her breath, shaking her lips and said: "You mean... I can't practice martial arts in the future?"

The doctor said: "It's okay to learn some simple self-defense techniques to strengthen your body, but you don't need to learn internal skills. If there is a slight mistake, your body can't bear it."

If you can't learn martial arts, how can you avenge your parents?

Meng Jing originally had the idea of ​​learning martial arts, so he humbly asked Ji Wanshu to take him with him, but he didn't expect that God would make such a big joke on him.

For a moment, Meng Jing's heart was ashamed.

After sending the doctor away, Lu Huaiwei breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Fortunately, he was not poisoned. It seems that that person is just deliberately scaremongering, trying to trick you, uncle."

Man Jiangxue gave a "hmm" without any extra words, just said: "I'm so good to take care of you."

Lu Huaiwei nodded: "Uncle Master, don't worry, I will take good care of him."

In the room on the other side, Yin Qiu was sitting by the bed, uneasy in his heart, and kept looking towards the door.

After returning to the inn, Lu Huaiwei immediately called for a doctor to see Meng Jing. Yin Qiu didn't dare to follow them, fearing that Meng Jing would get angry when she saw her, so she had to go back to her room to avoid it for the time being.

I don't know what kind of poison Meng Jing was poisoned by, and whether there is any way to detoxify it. If even the doctor can't do anything, Meng Jing hates her for being a trivial matter, so Yin Qiu is most worried about her death.

It was almost nighttime, and Man Jiangxue hadn't come back to look for her, Yin Qiu sighed again and again, feeling that the room was deserted, without Man Jiangxue's company, he was really helpless and lonely.

Since the acquaintance, Yin Qiu has always been inseparable from Man Jiangxue. It seems that such a small separation is the first time. Yin Qiu is restless and decides to check the situation. Before she got up, she saw Man Jiangxue's face. A figure appeared outside the door.

Yin Qiu quickly jumped out of bed, opened the door first, and hurriedly asked, "How is it? Is he okay?"

"People are fine." Man Jiangxue said succinctly.

"All right?" Yin Qiu was puzzled.

"Wen Chaoyu didn't poison him." Man Jiangxue said.

"She lied on purpose!" Yin Qiu was stunned.

Man Jiangxue looked at the untouched meals on the table: "Why don't you eat?"

Yin Qiu narrowed her eyes and whispered, "I can't eat..." She paused for a moment, then let out a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, Meng Jing was not poisoned, otherwise I don't know how to face him in the future."

"It's not your fault," Man Jiangxue said, "Don't blame yourself."

"But I think what he said makes sense, it's all because of me..." Yin Qiu buried his head.

"You are all right," Man Jiangxue reached out and touched Yin Qiu's forehead, "Does it still hurt?"

Yin Qiu shook his head: "It doesn't hurt a long time ago."

Man Jiangxue looked at her, and then gently stroked her wound with her fingers.

Yin Qiu immediately took a deep breath in pain and dodged subconsciously.

"Still saying it doesn't hurt," Man Jiangxue said, "What a show."

The plain words, but hearing Yin Qiu's ears moved her, and felt that the tears were flooding again, Yin Qiu suppressed the grievance in her heart in time, and said: "It will get better, this pain is nothing. "

Under the dim candlelight, Yin Qiu's face was tired, although his complexion had improved a lot, but his expression was not relaxed. The little person's brows and eyes contained melancholy that did not match her age, but when he said these words, there was a look of melancholy. Strong and relieved, appearing weak and quiet.

Man Jiangxue looked at her for a while, pulled her to sit down by her side, and said softly, "Let's eat first, tomorrow I have to get up early and go to bed early tonight."

Yin Qiu had no appetite, but she was used to Man Jiangxue arranging her daily life, so she obediently ate.

After drinking the medicine and washing up, the two turned off the lamp together and fell asleep hugging each other.

·

Originally planned to set off on the second day to rush back to Yunhua Palace, but Ji Wanshu didn't come back for a whole day and night, and thinking that Meng Jing was not suitable for traveling, Man Jiangxue changed his mind and decided to stay longer Leave in a few days.

This day, Yin Qiu had nightmares again in his deep sleep. Not only did he dream that Meng Jing's parents were looking for her to kill him, but he also dreamed that Meng Jing seemed to have died of poisoning, and he came to ask her to seek revenge with bleeding from his orifices. The family of three fought hard. Chasing after her desperately, the shining knife pierced her body fiercely. The intense pain was so real that it penetrated into the bone marrow, which made Yin Qiu scream in pain and woke up in a cold sweat.

The icy cold wind howled outside the room, like a lonely ghost crying in a dream, the whole inn was shrouded in heavy wind and snow, Yin Qiu was panting heavily in the lonely and noisy wind , It took a long time to recover.

Man Jiangxue had already left, and Yin Qiu didn't know when she left. In the winter morning, the sky was gray and the visibility in the room was very low. He retracted his body into the quilt again and began to cry.

After hiding and crying for a while, he felt much better. Yin Qiu put on his clothes and got down on the bed, washed his face with cold water, and was about to go out when the door was pushed open.

Thinking that it was Man Jiangxue who came back, Yin Qiu immediately turned around expectantly, but saw a piece of blue skirt coming into view, it was actually Ji Wanshu who hadn't returned all night.

"Where's uncle?" Ji Wanshu obviously didn't expect Man Jiangxue to be away, so he asked Yin Qiu.

Yin Qiu didn't say a few words to her, and for some reason he was inexplicably afraid of her, so he said cautiously, "I don't know, I just woke up."

Ji Wanshu had nothing to say to Yin Qiu, and when she got a reply, she turned back and went out again. Yin Qiu hurriedly followed her back and went downstairs together.

Coincidentally, as soon as the two stepped into the hall, they saw Man Jiangxue walking over from the backyard. The Ningshuang sword in his hand had not yet been harvested into a dagger, and it seemed that he had gone to practice swords early in the morning.

"Are you back?" Man Jiangxue spoke first as soon as the three met.

"Forget her to run fast." Ji Wanshu's face was full of irritability.

Man Jiangxue seemed to know that she would not be able to catch up with Wen Chaoyu, so she smiled silently and waved to Yin Qiu.

When Yin Qiu saw her, he immediately put aside the nightmare he had before, stepped forward to hug Man Jiangxue skillfully, and sniffed her pleasant fragrance.

Holding the long sword in his arms, Ji Wanshu snorted coldly, and said extremely unwillingly: "This time, it's because she is more familiar with Qingluo City than I am, otherwise I would never let her escape."

A disciple presented a medicine box, and Man Jiangxue took out trauma medicine and bandages to change Yin Qiu's dressing, and said, "So what if you catch it?"

Ji Wanshu frowned and said, "She owes me an explanation."

Man Jiangxue said flatly: "If she wanted to say it, she would have told you in the first place, so it wouldn't be the case that she would never mention it now."

Ji Wan was silent.

Man Jiangxue said again: "Your temperament is impetuous, and you lack a little calmness. I advise you not to spend too much time on her. The gain outweighs the loss."

Ji Wanshu remained silent for a while, and then calmed down and said, "Uncle Master is right." After Yan Bi finally remembered Meng Jing, he asked again, "What's the matter with that kid?"

"He wasn't poisoned, but he suffered from congenital heart disease. Wait until he recovers before heading back to the palace." Man Jiangxue said.

"I'll listen to my uncle, so I'll take my leave first." Ji Wanshu cupped his hands.

Man Jiangxue nodded, and Ji Wanshu immediately went up to the second floor. Yin Qiu had only a half-knowledge of the conversation between the two of them just now, so he couldn't help asking curiously, "Wen Chaoyu, did you know each other before?"

"She also worshiped in Yunhua Palace, started at the same time as me and my senior sister, and she is also Wanshu's master." Man Jiangxue said.

Wen Chaoyu turned out to be Ji Wanshu's master? !

Yin Qiu was stunned: "Then why did she go to Ziwei Sect?"

Man Jiangxue took a bandage for her, smeared the medicinal powder carefully, and said: "She is originally from the Ziwei sect, and she came to Yunhua Palace as an undercover agent to inform the Ziwei sect. Her help is indispensable for the incident between your mother and Yin Xuan." After the Ruyi Gate incident, Yin Xuan died, and she left without saying goodbye, and then reappeared as the protector of the Ziwei sect."

Yin Qiu understood: "So she didn't lie to me when she said she was friends with my father."

No wonder Ji Wanshu had such a violent reaction when she met Wen Chaoyu, and said that Wen Chaoyu owed her an explanation, so there was such a reason behind it.

"Was Wen Chaoyu involved when my parents had an accident?" Yin Qiu asked.

"No, she didn't reveal that she was a spy." Man Jiangxue said.

"Then why did she leave suddenly?" Yin Qiu was puzzled.

Since he went to Yunhua Palace as an undercover agent with a mission, and pretended to be an undercover agent for many years without anyone seeing through, it stands to reason that Wen Chaoyu should continue to lie dormant, so why did he take the initiative to return to the Ziwei sect?Wouldn't it be a waste of so many years of time and hard work, and fall short?

"This is what we've always wanted to know," Man Jiangxue said, "especially Wan Shu."

It must be very difficult for Ji Wanshu to accept that the master she trusted with all her heart was actually the protector of the Demon Cult and left her apprentice without saying a word. That's why she chased after her so hard that she wanted to ask for a clear explanation. .

Thinking about it, Wen Chaoyu must have felt guilty towards Ji Wanshu, otherwise why would he choose to give up because of Ji Wanshu twice in a row?

Yin Qiu was thinking secretly, and heard Man Jiangxue ask again: "Why are your eyes so red?"

Yin Qiu was taken aback, avoided Man Jiangxue's gaze, pretended nothing happened, and said, "Maybe it's because I didn't sleep well last night."

Man Jiangxue looked at her for a while and said, "Crying?"

"No..." Yin Qiu didn't know why he didn't want to admit it, "It's just a nightmare."

Seeing that she didn't want to talk about it, Man Jiangxue didn't ask, she put away the medicine bottle and covered the medicine box, got up, and said, "I have something to do, I have to go out, you stay at the station, don't run around."

Yin Qiu stood up immediately: "Can't I go with you?"

"Do business," Man Jiangxue said, "not go out to play, you are still sick, try to avoid going out to blow the cold wind."

Yin Qiu wanted to beg her again, but he held back his words.

Yin Qiu didn't have a stable place to live since she was a child, and she was able to live to this day thanks to her talent for seeing people, which saved her from a lot of crimes. Since getting along with her these days, she has more or less figured out Man Jiangxue's temper, and knows her Although he is kind and friendly on the surface, he doesn't respond to everyone's requests and won't be used to anyone. Instead, he has a consistent style of doing things and has his own principles.

Even if Yin Qiu is playing tricks on her right now and insists on going out with her, although Man Jiangxue will not get angry with her, she will never let go of her wish.

Knowing that he couldn't be a little follower, Yin Qiu obediently said, "Well, don't forget to wear your outer robe." After speaking, he added, "I'll wait for you to come back."

Man Jiangxue patted her head, and soon, Lu Huaiwei came with a few disciples. Everyone passed by Yin Qiu's side one by one, and they all imitated Man Jiangxue's actions and touched Yin Qiu's head. After Yin Qiu spoke up, he left the station in an orderly manner and went outside.

·

Man Jiangxue and Lu Huaiwei didn't come back until dark, Yin Qiubai was bored and could only play in the room.

When it was time for dinner, she ate with the disciples next to her, and waited in the room for a long time, but she didn't wait until Man Jiangxue, so she took her clean clothes and planned to take a bath in the soup pond.

There are dedicated staff in the soup room, so there is no need to worry about running out of hot water. Yin Qiu stepped on the snow carefully to avoid slipping. As soon as he walked to the corridor, he saw someone push open the door and come out with the curtain lifted.

Seeing who this person was, Yin Qiu paused and became flustered uncontrollably.

The paper lanterns hanging from the eaves of the corridor swayed left and right in the wind. Under the light, Meng Jing's face was like ice scum, exuding a chilling air, and staring at Yin Qiu fiercely.

"Death disaster star!" Meng Jing blurted out a curse.

Yin Qiu didn't want to argue with him, so she moved aside without saying a word. She wanted to avoid it, but from Meng Jing's point of view, she clearly wanted to escape because of a guilty conscience.

"Hiding for what?" Although Meng Jing's complexion looked worse than Yin Qiu's, his strength was surprisingly strong, and he caught Yin Qiu in one go.

He held Yin Qiu tightly with both hands, pinching Yin Qiu's flesh with his fingertips, the strength was getting heavier and heavier, Yin Qiu couldn't shake it off, so he could only endure the pain and say, "Let go... ..."

"Can't bear it anymore?" Meng Jing sneered, "Can you feel more pain than when my parents died!"

The hatred in his eyes was overwhelming, as if a knife was about to cut off Yin Qiu's flesh in the air. Yin Qiu looked into his eyes and felt that he had never seen such a look in such a child's eyes when he grew up. When Meng Jing kicked her yesterday, she became even more frightened, so she said in a loud voice: "If you do this again... I will call someone."

"You shout!" Meng Jing was not afraid, but became bolder, and pushed Yin Qiu to the ground with one palm.

"Don't think I'm afraid of you if someone backs you up!" Meng Jing looked down at Yin Qiu, "Since they don't allow me to hit you face to face, then I'll come behind someone's back, even if you shout it's useless, No one saw me beat you with their own eyes, and I can still say that you pretended to frame me on purpose, let's see what they can do to me!"

Yin Qiu rubbed his arms and leaned on the cold ground, he didn't have the confidence to argue with him, he just said: "You go, I won't tell others, don't embarrass me."

"I hate you!" Meng Jing said, grabbing Yin Qiu's braid and pulling her up forcefully, "Don't you want to take a bath? Then go and wash!"

He just dragged Yin Qiu all the way, dragged her to the ice-covered pool in the yard, and then shoved her with both hands, pushing Yin Qiu into the icy cold water.

Accompanied by the sound of the thin ice shattering, Yin Qiu plunged into the icy water, drenched all over, and immediately let out a scream.

The water in the pool is not deep, so no one can be drowned, but it is inevitable that they will choke if they fall in like this. Meng Jing watched Yin Qiu struggling in the water with cold eyes, and when she was about to crawl out tremblingly, she stretched out her hand to push her away. go back.

After repeating this for several times, Yin Qiu gradually lost her strength, feeling cold and afraid, but she still had her senses, and she didn't want to make a big mess, so she resisted making a sound, and could only stay inside trembling, not moving any more.

She didn't move, and Meng Jing also had no chance to continue to punish her.

She wanted to just let Yin Qiu soak in the water and let her freeze for a while longer, but Meng Jing was worried about being discovered, so she spit at Yin Qiu and left the place with her head held high.