Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

碎雪掩着茶花,雪景里搀了艳丽的红，满院花香四溢，减淡了冬日的霜气。

Holding a set of clean clothes, Yin Qiu stood alone on the porch and waited. After a while, he heard a slightly hoarse voice from the soup room say, "Come in."

尹秋推门而进,屋子里萦绕着木柴燃烧后的烟火味,四处冷飕飕的，唯一有热气的地方,是汤池边的两个木桶，那里头装着刚烧好的热水。

"I'm sorry, Senior Sister." Yin Qiu hung his clothes on the screen, tested the water temperature, and smiled at the person beside him, "Senior Sister must have been tired because of something recently, and she has been dozing off in the boiler room every day. In the past few days, I always come to take a bath in the morning, disturbing my senior sister's lucid dreams, I am really sorry."

The female disciple had messy hair like a chicken coop as usual, and her clothes were dirty and wrinkled, but it didn't smell bad, but her appearance was really unsightly, and Yin Qiu had a lot of contact with her these days , but I still haven't gotten used to it. I wanted to persuade her not to dress herself up like this because of her appearance, but she felt that it was wrong, and she was afraid that speaking out would hurt her self-esteem, so she had to hold back her words every time. went back.

锅炉房挂着门帘，那帘上的缝隙不断浮来烧柴的气味，那女弟子侧着身，不咸不淡地说：“没什么不好意思的，我从前都是按规矩打理着锅炉，后来发现早上来沐浴的人不多，也就干脆偷懒不去管了。”

尹秋将外袍脱下来，闻言笑了笑，说：“那从明日起，我还是晚上来沐浴好了，不给师姐添麻烦。”

那女弟子“嗯”了一声，一边掀帘一边说：“随你。”

尹秋看着她的背影，忍不住说道：“我观师姐身形端正，举手投足都是练过功夫的样子，师姐何不向陆师姐另寻个差事？似这般待在汤房照料锅炉，委实有些屈才了。”

那女弟子掀帘的动作一顿，半回了首，意味不明道：“武艺再好又如何，我沦落至今，也不见得因为武艺好而改变命运，倒不如远离江湖，独善其身，落个自在。”

Even though he couldn't see her eyes clearly, Yin Qiu could still feel her eyes were tightly attached to his body, inexplicably a little cautious, Yin Qiu secretly thought it was bad, lest she think of sad things because of his words, and she would feel sad. Ruo inadvertently looked away, maintained a smile and said, "What Senior Sister said is absolutely true."

那女弟子不再接话，佝偻着身子钻入了帘内，只留给尹秋一个似曾相识的背影。

Where did you see her?

尹秋不禁沉思起来。

她方才本想将话题展开，问问这女弟子的名姓，可对方显然不愿多谈，且对尹秋有些防备，尹秋自是不好再多问。

可这些天的接触下来，尹秋越发觉得这女弟子很是熟悉，然而她那副打扮，又确实是从未见过。

难道是在她还没毁容前，尹秋在宫里见过她？

想了许久也始终没将这女弟子与谁人联系起来，尹秋也就不再冥思苦想，趁那桶里的水还热着，尹秋动作利索地褪了衣衫，取了柜子里的澡豆，沐起浴来。

Since the hot water was not added to the soup pool in the soup room, there was no warmth in the room. After washing with two buckets of water, Yin Qiu not only didn't feel warm, but was chilled by the cold wind. She clearly closed the doors and windows before she came in. It was closed, not knowing where the wind came from, Yin Qiu sneezed, looked around, and found that the curtain of the boiler room was blown high by the wind, and the windows and doors in the inner room were wide open, just coming through the hall Aim at Yin Qiu.

Yin Qiu smiled helplessly, quickly took the handkerchief to wipe off the water stains on her body, and put on the clean clothes. She held the two wooden barrels in her hands, and just walked into the boiler room, she sneezed loudly again.

"Senior Sister, the window is open, but it froze me to death." Yin Qiu smiled, without any hint of blame in his words.

The female disciple had already lit the boiler, and was nestling on the woodpile gulping down wine. She glanced at the window and said, "The smoke from the fire just now was too heavy, open the window to disperse it."

Yin Qiu put the barrel down, walked over and sat down on the firewood pile, and said, "Then I will squeeze with my senior sister and lean on the boiler to keep warm, and I will go back later."

许是见她冷得厉害，那女弟子晃了晃手里的酒壶，说：“喝点儿？”

Yin Qiu pursed his lips and waved his hands: "I don't know how to drink."

"Wine to drive away the cold," the female disciple handed the jug to Yin Qiu's eyes, "Try it."

惊月峰上的师兄们常年在沉星殿外守着，每年寒冬都靠喝酒过日子，尹秋其实对酒也有点好奇，但她那年过生辰被谢宜君喂了几筷子酒，小醉过一场，知道这东西不是谁都能喝的，便还是婉拒道：“多谢师姐好意，不过我真的不会喝酒，会醉的。”

“怕什么，”那女弟子没收手，“大不了我把你扛回去，你这身板儿能有多沉？”

Yin Qiu couldn't help laughing: "It still doesn't work. Disciples are forbidden to drink alcohol in the palace. Senior sister can drink it by herself. I won't tell others. I'm exempt from it myself."

“我这酒不烈，”那女弟子说，“尝两口无伤大雅，省得你若是回去后着了凉，还成了我的罪过。”

她一再规劝，尹秋实是难以拒绝，犹豫少顷便接过了酒壶，说：“那就当给师姐一个心安，我喝点就是了。”

After she finished speaking, she brought the jug close to her lips, and politely did not touch the spout. The cold wine sank into her lips and teeth like a trickle, and immediately burst out with a wonderful spicy feeling. Yin Qiu swallowed with difficulty. He didn't choke, but he was so stimulated that his face wrinkled and he stuck out his tongue.

"Senior sister, how can you lie to me? She also said that the wine is not strong..." Yin Qiu frowned and coughed lightly, "What's so good about drinking such a strange thing?"

“我是借酒浇愁，要的就是这滋味，”那女弟子似乎来了点兴致，饶有趣味地看着尹秋，“你是借酒驱寒，又非饮酒之人，自然喝不惯。”

But with such a small mouthful, Yin Qiu felt a rapid heat on his face, and a burning sensation in his stomach.

“是不是觉得身子发热，暖和起来了？”

Although Yin Qiu was not feeling well, she did feel that her hands and feet were gradually getting warmer. In addition, she was leaning on the boiler again, and her cheeks flushed not long after.

“还真是，”尹秋回味着嘴里的那点酒味，捂着脸说，“难怪师兄们每年冬季都要喝那么多酒，驱寒还真不错。”

那女弟子说：“再来。”

尹秋本想回她一句“不喝了”，可不知为何，方才那口酒下了肚，脑子有些晕乎起来，她无端有些不知来源的开心，像是因着那口酒心情大好，便又对着壶嘴喝了一口。

After tasting it carefully, Yin Qiu found that although the wine was strong, the aftertaste was somewhat sweet and slightly fragrant. She held it in her mouth and felt it for a while, when the tip of her tongue suddenly touched something small and round.

“那是枸杞，”看出尹秋神情疑惑，那女弟子道，“我这是药酒，吞了也无妨。”

尹秋舌头都麻了，听她这么说，赶紧一口将嘴里的酒咽了下去。

见状，那女弟子伸手将酒壶拿了回去，靠上墙壁说：“两口足矣，多饮你真醉了。”

尹秋匆忙换着气，单单两口还是不够她学会喝酒，尹秋依旧觉得这酒难喝，但也不得不承认确实满口留香，回味悠扬，只是喝的过程太磨人了些，比生吃辣椒还叫人难以忍受。

“糟了，我好像头晕起来了，”尹秋晃了下头，脸上如同火烧一般，“我得回房了，不然待会儿真得叫师姐把我扛回去。”

The female disciple looked at her, and responded with a simple voice from her throat, without saying much, Yin Qiu thanked her, but before leaving, she did not forget to take the dirty clothes she changed.

There was a biting cold wind blowing in the courtyard, and after Yin Qiu drank the wine, the feeling of drinking came as quickly as expected. She stood in the wind for a while with the support of the porch pillar, and Yin Qiu felt that the wind was blowing like this. I became more and more dizzy, and a little uncontrollably lost my mind.

She secretly thought something was wrong, and she didn't have the patience to climb the stairs obediently at this time, so she flew up to the second floor directly in the yard, opened the door and rushed towards the bed.

·

Man Jiangxue got up early today, and sat down on the porch to watch the disciples practicing swords in the martial arts field.

Every time she goes down the mountain, she is especially welcomed and loved by her disciples. There is nothing in the city these two days. Last night, the disciples invited her to come here the next day to teach swordsmanship. Man Jiangxue readily agreed and came early in the morning.

冬日里的天亮得晚，卯时已经残缺了，天色还有些发昏，满江雪没睡够，这会儿有些困倦，她喝了两杯浓茶提精神，搁下茶盏时，廊子那头快步行来了一名女弟子。

“师叔，”那女弟子手里提着几个油纸包，瞧着沉甸甸的，“这是师叔要我买的东西，都在这儿了。”

满江雪看了一眼，示意她放去小几，说：“都买齐了？”

那女弟子笑道：“除了糖葫芦，别的都有，时日尚早，街上都是卖早点的，没见到卖糖葫芦的小贩，等迟些我再出去一趟。”

Man Jiangxue responded, got up from the wooden chair, said "hard work" to the female disciple, and carried the oiled paper bag into the small building.

一路顺着阶梯而上，满江雪找到尹秋的房间，扣了三下门，等了片刻不见人来迎，她伸手将门推了，发现里头半个人影也无。

not there?

满江雪看了眼天色，又立在廊边往汤房瞧了瞧，暗想这个时分尹秋该是沐完浴回来了，可她既然不在房中，应是有别的事要忙，满江雪本想将油纸包搁在她房里，但转念想到尹秋若是回来，必会直接去她房里找她，便也拎着东西转去了隔壁。

两扇木门甫一推开，那床榻上躺着的人便直直映入眼帘。

Seeing that Yin Qiu was actually sleeping here, Man Jiangxue was slightly surprised, closed the door smoothly, and put the things in her hand on the table gently. She walked to the bed, and before she could ask a question, the tip of her nose first There was a faint smell of alcohol.

Smelling that scent, Man Jiangxue paused when she reached out to hug Yin Qiu.

She leaned slightly and lowered her eyes in the morning light.

尹秋没脱衣，也没脱鞋，裙袍下的两条腿垂挂在床沿，就那么毫无防备地仰首倒在云被里，身上也没盖被子。

她满脸通红，发丝凌乱，两手随意搭在颈侧，衣襟处的领子像是被她扯过，开了一些，那里的肌肤白皙如玉，泛着春桃般的红。

满江雪指尖微动，抬手在那桃红上碰了一下，最后移去了尹秋的脸颊。

very hot.

If it wasn't for the smell of alcohol, Man Jiangxue would almost have thought that she had caught a cold and had a fever.

What is this kid drinking for no reason?

满江雪又将身子俯低了些许，高挑的身形自上方罩住了尹秋，她摸了摸尹秋的脸，轻声唤道：“小秋？”

尹秋浑身绵软，像是躺在云上，她脑子还在尽量保持着清醒，可就是怎么也集中不了注意力，脸颊上贴了只冰凉的手，那凉意驱散了少许燥热，尹秋觉得很舒服，歪着头在那手心里蹭了蹭，软着声音说：“师叔……”

The Xuan window was open, and the cold wind wrapped in crushed snow fell into the room, shaking the folded skirts of the two of them, Man Jiangxue pulled the quilt and covered Yin Qiu's body, saying: "Sleeping like this will catch cold."

“不要……”尹秋呼吸有些紊乱，闭着眼将那被子扒开了，“我热。”

她始终将面颊贴在满江雪手心里，汲取着那点凉意，满江雪便维持着俯在她上方的姿势，也没收手，满江雪说：“你是为了什么事想不开，大清早跑去找酒喝。”

满江雪适才从室外进来，身上还带着外头的霜气，不带一丝暖意，尹秋在她手心里停留了一会儿，本能驱使着她凑近了满江雪，靠在了满江雪的臂弯里。

“师姐说，喝酒驱寒。”尹秋一直没睁过眼，像只小狗似地直往满江雪身上凑。

“哪个师姐？”发觉尹秋是在贪恋自己身上的风霜，满江雪看她这模样，心知她定是喝了酒身子发热，便干脆坐在榻边，将人捞进了怀里。

There was still a little snow foam on the snow-white shirt and skirt, and the cool touch was exactly what Yin Qiu needed at the moment. She lay on Man Jiangxue's shoulders and stretched out her arms to wrap around Man Jiangxue's neck like she did when she was a child. .

熟悉的疏香涌进口鼻，减淡了萦绕不去的酒气，尹秋因着这个怀抱觉得遍体舒适，她半睁了眼眸，视线中是满江雪冷玉般的脖颈，尹秋轻轻笑起来，语调充满着愉悦道：“不告诉你。”

满江雪埋下头，看着尹秋那双被长睫半掩着波光的眼睛，说：“为什么不能告诉我。”

"I just can't," Yin Qiu limply put his whole body weight on Man Jiangxue, "Students are not allowed to drink alcohol in the palace. If I say so, I will be a villain who will sue. Senior sister is doing it for my own good."

两人挨得很近，尹秋说话时的温热吐息，都悉数喷薄在满江雪的脖间，那吐息里含着酒水的芬芳，还掺了独属于少女的体香，像一片轻飘飘的羽毛，有意无意地撩拨在满江雪的耳际。

"You know that the palace rules can't be done," Man Jiangxue moved a little away, and the eyes that fell on Yin Qiu's face did not move away, "First, you committed a crime knowingly, and second, you came to cover for the same family. I have committed many crimes, and I have to punish you. .”

也许是酒壮怂人胆，尹秋得了这话，非但没有表露出畏惧，也不知第一时间认错，反倒像是听了什么笑话一般，轻声笑了出来。

她偏过头，半睁的眸中仿佛笼着一层湿漉漉的雾气，眼角含着那点桃红，在笑意里愈发活泛生姿。

尹秋有恃无恐地说：“师叔不会舍得罚我。”

满江雪看着她，指腹无意识地在尹秋手臂上摩挲起来，她神情平静地道：“你错了，我向来赏罚分明，不会饶了你。”

“那师叔要怎么罚我？”尹秋仰着脸，眼里闪动着漂亮的光华，“凭我与师叔的交情，就不能网开一面吗？”

Noticing that those usually clear and pure eyes had an expression they had never seen before, Man Jiangxue's mood suddenly became a little more subtle.

She seems to realize that Yin Qiu has indeed grown up at this moment. Over the years, she has watched Yin Qiu grow up day by day, watching her transform from the sickly little girl to the gentle and quiet girl she is now. Clearly aware of all her changes, but before this moment, the person in her arms was still a child.

The wind and snow outside the window seemed to intensify, whistling between the sky and the earth, clearly separated so far, but seemed to surround the two of them.

晨光自窗口投到里间，越过帷帐洒下一片浅淡的光影，尹秋在那微弱的光线中笑得有些孩子气，满江雪伸手拨了拨她额前的碎发，口吻平淡地道：“你我什么交情。”

尹秋一直仰脸将她看着，在对话间逐渐有些力不从心了，她尽力维持着灵台清明，身子却是一点力也回不起来，尹秋气息微促，含糊不清地说：“交情……”

她两眼迷蒙，脑子快坨成了一团浆糊，开始心不由己地胡言乱语：“师叔把我捡回来，我就是师叔的人，这该叫什么交情呢……”

听清她说了什么，满江雪微抬了眼，没接这话，片刻后，她才神色如常道：“你醉了。”

Feeling that Man Jiangxue's hand holding her showed signs of letting go, Yin Qiu resisted the dizziness in his head, and quickly hugged her tightly.

“我没醉……”尹秋附在满江雪耳边，声量渐渐弱了下去。

“醉酒的人都说自己没醉，”满江雪抚着尹秋的后背，“睡一会儿？”

Yin Qiu was very dizzy, and her vision was uncontrollably blurred, but even so, she didn't feel sleepy at all at this time, and was about to say "I don't want to sleep", but Man Jiangxue made the decision on her own, pinching Yin Qiu The back of his neck wanted to put her down on the bed.

However, Yin Qiu's hands were still around Man Jiangxue's neck. As soon as she fell backwards, Man Jiangxue was forced to follow her and bent down. The two hugged each other, and both fell into the soft bedding .

Layers of skirts and robes are layered, and they are more tightly attached at this moment, piled up in one place like white clouds floating in the air.

Yin Qiu only felt that the world was spinning for a while, and there was a heavy weight on her body. She hooked Man Jiangxue's neck and did not let it go. Her long eyelashes fluttered with soft light and pink eyes and opened, and she saw Man Jiangxue in a haze. His face was directly above her.

Yin Qiu's neckline was skewed, and more flushes appeared on the exposed skin. She was so thin and petite, and she curled up in Man Jiangxue's arms, tightly enveloped by her.

The bed was very soft, and the girl in her arms was even softer. All the breaths were mixed together, and for some unknown reason, Man Jiangxue looked at Yin Qiu with lowered eyes, and looked at her slightly parted lips, with a fascinated expression. Luan, also looking at herself reflected in her eyes.

“师叔……”尹秋呼吸不畅，几乎是用气音在说，“你压得我喘不过气了……”

Man Jiangxue wanted to leave her body, but for some reason she didn't move. She smelled the wine and fragrance from Yin Qiu's body, and an indescribable emotion spread in her heart. Itchy, every time Yin Qiu said a word, her heart would beat accordingly.

“那你倒是松开我，”满江雪终于叹了口气，“不然我也要醉了。”