Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

Duan Ning ran for a while on the horse farm in her own village, she was hot and sweaty, she sat on the horseback, passed through the pavilions and saw a group of figures entering the gate of Duan's house, rushing to the inner hall, she turned her head and asked Said: "Who are here?"

There was a famous little maid standing beside the fence, and she craned her neck to look at it, she shook her head and said, "I don't know, it seems that there are quite a lot of people there, I guess they are the guests invited by the master."

"It's about this time, what guests are you inviting?" Duan Ning looked at the almost dark sky, and reined in the reins in his hand.

"Isn't the master talking about the grain business with Wei Cheng recently?" said the little maid, "there are a lot of people coming and going in the village, miss, why don't you go for a while?"

Duan Ning let out an "oh" and didn't have the heart to join in the fun, so he swung his whip and started to gallop again. After a while, he saw one of his men rushing up and said loudly: "Miss! The master told you not to run, Hurry up and leave with your subordinates, go to another courtyard on the outskirts of the city to hide!"

The horse's hooves splashed thick dust and mist, Duan Ning was confused when he heard it, she rode the horse over with a face full of irritability, and said condescendingly: "What are you hiding? You are staying at home well, why go to another courtyard!"

"Those poisoned refugees all died in Zhengya Hall!" Feng Da, that subordinate shouted at the top of his voice, "Now the people of Yunhua Palace are blocked in the inner hall, I want the young lady to come out and confront them in the hall!"

Duan Ning raised his eyebrows: "What kind of quality!"

"Oh, those refugees were all poisoned to death. Now the murderer has not been caught. The magistrate has detained the disciple in charge of Yunhua Palace and put him in prison. How can Yunhua Palace swallow this breath? Naturally Are you trying to get someone out of prison!"

"Save it!" Duan Ning stared, "Then they should go to the government office, what are they doing at our Duan's house? You idiot, you can't finish what you said in one go! What are you asking me for!"

The subordinate said anxiously: "A few days ago, in front of so many people at the gate of the city, you said that you would put laxatives in the clear porridge of Yunhua Palace! Now that all the refugees have died, the matter has become serious, you Leaving something to talk to others has already caused trouble!"

When Duan Ning heard this, she understood in an instant. Her complexion changed slightly, and she immediately jumped off the horse and said coldly, "Grandma, I just said that casually! They Yunhua Palace wanted to save people, so they took I'm here as a gunner!"

"Isn't that the case? Come with us, the master is dealing with it in the inner hall, and we won't be able to leave any later!"

"Walking is like a coward!" Duan Ning yelled, "I am not afraid of the shadow slanting, but I will be convicted of the crime if I walk away! Go and meet them!"

The subordinate was so anxious that he hurried forward to stop him, but Duan Ning lashed him with a whip, and said as he walked, "Go away, miss! I'll see who can pour dirty water on me today!"

With a cold face, Duan Ning angrily left the racecourse and went to the inner hall. She lifted the bead curtain and saw the blue-robed boy sitting in the hall at a glance.

Meng Jing had just relieved a little pain, but her face was still very pale. A group of disciples stood in the open space beside her, and only Meng Jing sat down.

She was holding the teacup, her forehead was still wet, and there was a bit of coolness in her downcast eyes.

Duan Ning inexplicably calmed down her anger at this tense moment. She heard the jingle of the bead curtain beside her ear, and looked at Meng Jing for a while. After a while, she saw Meng Jing cast her gaze towards her as if feeling something.

There was a cold light in those eyes, like knives in the sun, shiningly showing a menacing aura.

"Yo," Duan Ning threw the bead curtain in his hand behind his head, and swaggered out under Master Duan's astonished gaze, "What's wrong with today's auspicious day, so many young gentlemen came to my door to propose marriage to me?" gone?"

The tea in Master Duan's mouth spewed out with a "puchi".

"Sinister! The front hall is a place where men talk, what are you doing out here, a lady who hasn't left the court!"

"You didn't stop me when I was galloping on the street," Duan Ning snorted coldly, met Meng Jing's eyes, walked up to her, stepped on the short stool, and said with a whip, "I heard that you If you want to find me trouble, how do you find a way?"

Meng Jing put down the teacup, stared at Duan Ning calmly, and said, "Whether you want to cause trouble or not depends on whether your Duan family is willing to cooperate."

Duan Ning sneered: "Who did the Yamen detain?"

Meng Jing said, "Yin Qiu."

"Yin Qiu?" Duan Ning frowned, and looked back at Master Duan, "Why did you detain her? Did I tell you that a lifesaver came from Yunhua Palace."

"Take care of yourself first!" Master Duan looked down at everyone in the hall with a grim expression, "Your Yunhua Palace didn't take good care of you, causing those refugees to be poisoned to death. This matter has nothing to do with our Duan family. If you want to save people , go beat the drum in front of the government office by yourself, come to our Duan's house to figure out what's going on!"

Meng Jing said: "If a person needs to be saved, the case must also be investigated. Wansheng came here not to save people, but to investigate the case."

Master Duan saw that this kid was not pleasing to the eye, and said coldly: "Go to the government office to investigate the case! Don't you understand people's words!"

Meng Jing pinched the handkerchief and coughed twice, and said: "Not long ago, Ling Ai said in public that she would give laxatives to the refugees, and within two days something happened to the refugees. Yunhua disciples and a group of people testified. Reasonable, Miss Duan should go to the government office and cooperate with the investigation."

"For what reason, and for what reason?" Master Duan said, "I heard that you send refugees to the hospital, but don't give them antidote to detoxify them. That's why they all died in there. What do you really want to say? Reasonable, that is also your Yunhua Palace's dereliction of duty!"

"Well said," Meng Jing straightened up and looked up at Master Duan in the hall, "Our Yunhua Palace has set up a post station in Yaoding City for a long time, and the disciples are also very familiar with the situation in the city. I have asked about it on the way here. Well, Mr. Naya has no medical knowledge, but he was able to open such a large clinic precisely because of the financial support of the Duan family behind him. Our Yunhua Palace is indeed to blame for the death of the refugees, but the doctor of Zhengyatang Prescribing medicine indiscriminately and not detoxifying the refugees, who did you listen to? Who is Mr. Ya's subordinate? After analyzing this layer by layer, Master Duan, Wan Sheng's words are clear, and you should know it in your heart."

Master Duan's face was livid, and the wrench on his thumb was crackling.

"Mr. Ya was invited by my family to sit in Zhengya Hall, and the real owner of the medical center is indeed our Duan family." Duan Ning shook the horsewhip in his hand and retracted the legs on the short table, "But he can't cure the disease." , What does it have to do with our Duan family? He cured someone, so why don't you just take him? What do you mean by holding onto our Duan family?"

Meng Jing glanced at her, a smile finally appeared on her face, and said: "I just said, in addition to investigating the case, it is also for saving people."

Duan Ning couldn't understand what she meant.

Seeing her admitting the relationship between Zhengyatang and Duan's family in public, Master Duan's blood surged and he cursed: "Evil... evil! Get out of here!"

Duan Ning said: "Why are you scolding me? People are grabbing my words and trying to trouble me. It was Mr. Na Ya who cured the dead man. Let them arrest him and send him to the government! Why are you doing Tai Chi here? "

"Evil!" Master Duan took the teacup and threw it on Duan Ning, "How did you raise such a thing! Shut up!"

Duan Ning dodged, his face collapsed: "Okay! I'm not wanted for an outsider, so I'll go to jail!"

Master Duan pointed at her with trembling hands: "You..."

"Let's gossip, let's make a decision." Meng Jing impatiently watched the father and daughter quarreling, and said with a blank expression, "Do you want Mr. Baona Ya, or Bao Ling Ai?"

Master Duan stared at Meng Jing for a long time, and finally sneered: "What a powerful boy!" He turned the wrench in his hand, and said without squinting, "Come on, let's go to the government office for a while, and tell them to put him in prison. Let that go!"

Seeing this, Duan Ning couldn't help muttering: "Did I say it earlier...wasting time!"

"Go back to the room and face the wall and think about it!" Master Duan was furious, "What a disgrace!"

The goal was achieved, Meng Jing's face remained calm, but she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, she wiped the cold sweat on her neck, and said neither humble nor overbearing: "Since that's the case, then I haven't heard what Miss Duan said that day, Mr. Duan , I have offended you today, please forgive me."

After she finished speaking, she bent down and saluted, and immediately led the disciples out of the hall.

Duan Ning rolled his eyes a few times, glanced at the furious father, and ran out after him as if oiling the soles of his feet.

"What are you going to do!" Master Duan yelled, "Get out of here!"

Duan Ning turned a deaf ear and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

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Several bright lamps were lit in the hall, and the hall was as bright as day. Man Jiangxue was sitting on a wooden chair, picking up the wick with a dagger, and the dancing flames were reflected in his indifferent eyes.

The corpses of the refugees outside had been collected almost completely, and it was cold in winter, so they would not be damaged for a while, so they were covered with white cloth and placed in the snow.

The disciples came and went, and there was a lot of movement, but the doctors and medicine boys in the hall were silent, with their heads buried very low, not daring to make a sound.

In the center of the lobby, stood two figures, one old and one young.

"Let's talk." Man Jiangxue didn't look at anyone, she held the wick with an extremely focused expression, she showed the dagger in full view, with a cold silver glow, constantly flashing the eyes of everyone in the room.

It was raining and snowing outside the hall, and the ghostly weather was very strange. Mr. Ya looked outside, wondering whether it was snow or rain, he wondered wildly, since it was snowing, where did the rain come from?But what is that thing that drips like water?

Suddenly, two officials flew down from the eaves, dragging a bloody corpse in their hands. It was already dark, and by the candlelight in the house, Mr. Ya wiped his dizzy old eyes and saw that the corpse was none other than him in vain. A doctor who has only been called in the past few days.

"This guy couldn't stand the beating, so he wiped his own neck," the official stood outside the door, and said to Man Jiangxue, "You haven't finished the trial yet?"

Man Jiangxue said without turning her head, "It's under trial."

The officer looked at Mr. Ya whose face changed suddenly, and grinned: "You Yunhua Palace are all great benevolent people, and you are willing to help with the interrogation after being so busy. I would like to thank you first, but no one has spoken for a long time. In my opinion, according to the way our government office handles affairs, it is more convenient to delay and beat me up, no matter how hard the mouth is, I can pry it open for him, how about it?"

Man Jiangxue took advantage of the situation and said, "Mister, you can choose for yourself. Do you want this lord to interrogate you, or do you want me to interrogate you?"

Mr. Ya immediately bent his knees and knelt down with a "plop", but Man Jiangxue looked sideways at the people beside him: "You speak first."

"I said, I said..." The young man named Liu Ba was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he knelt down immediately, and hurriedly said, "I injected the poison in the station, and Mr. Ya gave the poison. He promised me After the work is done, you can go to Zhengyatang to find a job with a lot of money and easy money for a month. I deliberately pretended to be drunk and stumbled, dragged the poison in the bucket at the end, and I will explain everything that needs to be done. , as long as the adults can let me go, I am willing to testify at any time!"

Man Jiangxue poured a cup of hot tea, handed it to Lu Huaiwei who was coughing constantly beside her, and said calmly, "You said that he told you to poison you, do you have evidence?"

Liu Ba wiped his sweat with his sleeve, and hurriedly said: "Yes! Yes!" Trembling, he took out a piece of paper from his pocket, and said in awe, "After all, it is something that will kill someone's life, so of course I won't make a verbal promise." , so that day I specially asked Mr. Ya to draw up a receipt for me. He gave me 200 taels of silver and covered the red stamp of Zhengya Hall with the excuse of buying rice. If you don't believe me, you can show the account book to a pair of Zhengyatang's back kitchen, there is no record of buying rice at all!"

Man Jiangxue leaned on the back of the chair, glanced at the content on the receipt, and immediately said to the official: "Okay, the murderer has been found out, and you adults should make a deal with him."

Several officials entered the hall at once, and wanted to arrest people. Mr. Naya was taken aback. He stepped back and shouted: "What kind of joke! This kid told you to believe me in a few words? I didn't issue the receipt, and neither did the red stamp." Damn it, I don’t know him at all! How can I tell him to poison him?!”

Man Jiangxue didn't say a word, as if she didn't want to spend more time with him. The official from earlier said: "The doctor of your Zhengyatang committed suicide in fear of crime, and then this kid accused him face to face. How long can you shirk and go? Go to the government prison Come on, I see you still dare to quibble!"

"I'm from the Duan family!" Mr. Ya said in a hurry, "Zhengyatang also left Master Duan's name on the register of the government office. I don't have the right to put a red stamp on it! Which bastard stole the seal with this kid?" I won't admit to engaging in unscrupulous business! You don't want to talk nonsense and gossip!"

The official sneered: "According to what you mean, I have to go to that old man for questioning? Did he instruct you to do this?"

Mr. Ya spat: "It's none of my business anyway!"

"Then it's always your idea to ask the doctors not to detoxify the refugees!" The official said sharply, "Whether you ordered him to ingest the poison is another matter, so whether you have saved so many lives or not, how can you?" How to explain!"

Mr. Ya immediately pointed to the corpse outside the door and said, "Ask him! The old man has never trained in medicine, and the medicines are all prepared by others. How could I know that they would prescribe tranquilizers for the refugees? I am wronged!"

"Still quibbling!" The officer drew his knife, "I'm not giving you shame, you have to ask for trouble! Come on! Drag me out and beat me hard!"

Several officials stepped forward and immediately dragged Mr. Ya to the yard, where they beat and kicked the corpses of the refugees.

"You...you abuse lynchings! I am a slave of the Duan family, and the courtyard of your yamen was built with the funds of my master! You dare to beat me... Ouch! You... can't spare you!"

The officer kicked him on the head, and smiled coldly: "Beat him to death!"

There was a lot of commotion outside, which made the doctors and medicine boys in the room terrified. Man Jiangxue propped her head on her elbows, her eyes wandered in the night, her expression was calm.

Lu Huaiwei drank the wind-cold medicine given by the medical disciples, and drank tea to rinse her mouth. Her voice was very hoarse, and it was a bit difficult to speak, but she still tried to enunciate clearly: "You have all seen it, adults, move your hands!" But don't show mercy, our Yunhua Palace does not beat people, and we have no right to beat people, but if you are not willing to tell the truth in front of us, then you can only hand it over to the adults, so if anyone among you knows the truth, please take advantage of this It’s not too late for the opportunity to speak out.”

As soon as she finished speaking, several doctors looked at each other and quickly stood up.

"Let's talk! It was Mr. Ya who asked us to prescribe tranquilizers!"

"That's right! Is he the boss? How dare we disagree with what he says?"

"Young heroes, we are also obeying orders, not maliciously hurting others. If we don't do what he said, how can we stay in Yao Dingcheng in the future? This is also a last resort!"

Lu Huaiwei sighed, shook her head and said: "It is said that doctors are parents, those refugees are so pitiful, and you are so cruel-hearted to put them to death, which one here is not Yao Dingcheng's famous doctor? This move has a lot of meaning. It's against the law of heaven, and it's also detrimental to morality," she said here, sighed again, and told her disciples, "Go ahead, distribute the pen and ink, and write the confession and submit it to the officials."

Man Jiangxue got up before the case. She took out a handkerchief and wiped the dagger, walked slowly to the door, and said in a low voice: "You, the owner of a medical clinic, have no grievances or grudges with these refugees, and have no motive for harming others. Who called you?" You did that?"

The snow was stained with a lot of blood. Mr. Ya's nose was bruised and his face was swollen with blood. He was dragged down the steps by the officials, his prostrate body trembling in the wind.

Seeing that he kept silent, Man Jiangxue said again: "You can instigate that young man to poison my Yunhua Station, which means you are going to deal with our Yunhua Palace." She wiped the dagger clean and held it in her hand Turning around, "What is the relationship between you and the Ziwei sect?"

Mr. Ya was lying on the bottom of the steps, his mouth and nose were still dripping blood, he looked up at the white woman on the steps, there was no fear in his eyes, even a bit of absurd hatred, he said: " My master... is the head of the Duan family..."

Man Jiangxue's eyes were indifferent, she lowered her eyes to look at him for a moment, then suddenly smiled for no reason and said, "Since you don't want to live anymore, don't blame me for not saving you."

The draft reverberated in the corridor, blowing the brocade robe on Man Jiangxue's shoulders. She raised her legs and stepped down the steps. When she passed by Mr. Ya, she wrote lightly: "No matter who the person you loyally protect is, he is truly It's ignorant and ridiculous, you haven't shaken Yunhua Palace, and you haven't made any profit, your life is actually more contemptible than anyone else's."

They instigated the young men from the Liu family to poison, resulting in the death of hundreds of refugees. Now that there are all witnesses and evidences, there is no need to say anything about what will happen to Mr. Ya, everyone knows it well.

But there is a question behind this, why does he act like this?Whose order did you follow?It should be known that he won't get any benefit from this poisoning scheme. When the Dongchuang incident happened, his reputation would be ruined. According to the current law, he would have to behead his head to make amends.

Even if he insisted on holding on to the Duan family, anyone with a discerning eye can imagine that the Duan family is a big family in Yao Dingcheng and has a good reputation, so they would not be so stupid as to commit such a stupid act in order to kill a group of worthless refugees. The prestige accumulated by the Duan family for several years was destroyed, and at this moment, the Duan family would definitely wish to get rid of Zhengyatang as soon as possible, so as not to be so stupid as to get involved in this case.

"The Duan family won't save you, you're just a wild dog that no one cares about!" An official stepped on Mr. Ya's back, his tone cold, "Say! Who ordered you!"

This kick almost broke the spine. Mr. Ya coughed up blood, showing hideousness under the official's feet, gritting his teeth and carrying it for a long time.

It wasn't until the blade reached his neck and scratched the skin there that he seemed to wake up, and the previous arrogance and persistence were suddenly defeated.

He raised his arm slightly, his five fingers trembled violently, and his index finger vaguely pointed towards a certain direction inside the door.

Man Jiangxue turned slightly sideways, looked in along his fingertips, and saw Bai Ling with a pale face.

"Uncle Master..." Bai Ling looked terrified, and hurriedly moved a step aside, "Yao Dingcheng, who I came with Xiaoqiu, didn't know this person at all before!"

Man Jiangxue's eyes turned cold.

After a while, the hand changed direction again. This time, Man Jiangxue saw Lu Huaiwei standing by the counter.

Lu Huaiwei's face was also pale, but she was sick, and the handkerchief she used to cover her mouth was already oozing blood, and she coughed very hard. Lu Huaiwei met the eyes of the people waiting outside, and a trace of doubt flashed in her eyes. Then, she turned her head Turning over, I saw a statue of Guanyin on the shelf behind the counter beside me.

Lu Huaiwei was so coughing that she couldn't speak, she thought for a moment, said "offended" in a hoarse voice, and then slashed with a sword, smashing the Guanyin statue to pieces.

A piece of land deed fell in the room full of silence.

"Zi, Ziwei Sect..." Mr. Ya stared at the land deed, and said dying, "As long as the refugee dies, the Duan family's Zhuangzi will be mine..."

Lu Huaiwei picked up the land deed, looked at Mr. Ya with a little more compassion, and said, "Poor."

"Put me in prison!" Mr. Ya suddenly shouted, "Ziwei Church rescued me... Ziwei Church rescued me! I'm not afraid of going to prison! I'm not afraid!"

But just after he finished speaking, he spat out a mouthful of black blood.

The pupils of the officials shrank, and they hurriedly shouted: "Where is the doctor? Come out and show him! This man can't die yet!"

The doctors immediately filed out.

Bai Ling let out a long breath and was almost suffocated by what he just pointed out. She followed Lu Huaiwei to the door and heard Lu Huaiwei say: "The Ziwei Cult will not save you, but will kill you," she read The bloodstain glanced, "You have already been poisoned by them, but it's a pity that you don't understand medical science, and you didn't know it for a long time."

Mr. Ya was waving his hands wildly, his eyes had begun to lose sight, and he murmured unwillingly: "Save me...save me..."

Standing beside him was a drug boy with tears all over his face. Lu Huaiwei covered his eyes, watched the doctors lower their hands, sighed deeply, and said, "Please trouble everyone, just take it away."

"Look at the money-eyed dog!" Several officials took turns to spit, "There's more than enough to die for!"

"Please trouble me again," Lu Huaiwei staggered and closed her eyes, "prescribe me some medicine..."

After she finished speaking, one of them fell backwards, Bai Ling was startled, and hurriedly caught her and said, "Senior Sister Lu?!"

The inside and outside of the hospital were busy all of a sudden, everyone collected the corpses, and diagnosed patients, many medicine boys were sobbing, and the hall was noisy and noisy.

Man Jiangxue stood in the night, watching everyone quietly, like a cloud tourist passing by here, separated from everyone by a little distance.

"Where is Uncle Master going at this time?" Seeing the white shadow walking out, Bai Ling hurriedly got up and shouted, ignoring Lu Huaiwei.

"You leave to deal with the aftermath." Manjiang Xuesong loosely held the dagger, and the clean cloud boots avoided the blood.

"I'm going to pick someone up," she said.