Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

When I woke up the next day, there was a lot of noise downstairs, and the laughter of the disciples could be heard from a distance, as if some distinguished guest had come.

Yin Qiu was awakened by the movement, and when he opened his eyes, Man Jiangxue was washing and washing, with a white dress and white silk belt, slim and graceful, with a quiet face.

"It's so lively down here." Yin Qiu rubbed his eyes, put on his clothes and got off the couch.

"It should be that Wan Shu came, and I just woke up, and I haven't gone to see it yet." After Man Jiangxue finished washing, she skillfully put on Yin Qiu's shoes.

"Is that the one who rescued me with you that day?" Yin Qiu asked.

"It's her," Man Jiangxue braided Yin Qiu's hair again, "Her name is Ji Wanshu, and she is the eldest disciple of Yunhua Palace. You have to call her Senior Sister."

Man Jiangxue combed Yin Qiu's hair every day, and her skills gradually improved. The two braids were neatly braided and fixed with red strings. It's kind of exquisite and cute.

The two went downstairs hand in hand, and saw that the disciples in the inn were surrounded in the yard. Among the crowd, Ji Wanshu was dressed in a plain Tsing Yi, holding a long sword, and his expressionless face showed a kind of non-angry expression. Compared with the disciples beside her, she is very outstanding in her aura of self-prestige.

"Senior Sister Ji is here too? Our inn is really lively."

"Yes, there is Uncle Xiaoman in the front, and Senior Sister Ji in the back. It's really rare to see you both."

"Why don't you stay with Master Uncle for a few more days? Tell us about our martial arts!"

……

Although Ji Wanshu is famous for her fiery temper, her reputation in the palace is not low. She is the second person with outstanding swordsmanship since Shen Mandong. Her position as a disciple is quite appreciated and favored by the sect master and all the elders, and all the disciples in the palace also admire her very much.

Ji Wanshu was on the road later than Man Jiangxue and Yin Qiu, but she was able to arrive at Qingluo City the next day after they arrived at the inn, which shows that she must have been galloping along the way without much rest.

Under the condition of lack of sleep, Ji Wanshu was inevitably a little irritable. Hearing the disciples chattering and laughing around her, he felt like a swarm of flies were buzzing incessantly in his ears. It was extremely noisy, so he wanted to reprimand them Going back and forth, just about to speak, she saw Man Jiangxue walking out of the hall with Yin Qiu.

"I've met Master Uncle." Ji Wanshu frowned deeply, stepped forward and saluted Man Jiangxue.

A group of disciples also asked her about Ann.

"Thank you." Man Jiangxue nodded slightly.

"It's not hard work, but Wanshu is ashamed for not being able to complete the task assigned by my uncle." Ji Wanshu immediately knelt down on one knee.

"A stab in the back is hard to guard against, you don't need to blame yourself," Man Jiangxue helped her up, and said, "Are you injured?"

Ji Wanshu shook his head: "No."

Man Jiangxue swept around the crowd, then asked, "Where's the child?"

Hearing her words, the disciples all looked around.

child?Where did the child come from?

Ji Wanshu moved sideways, and the disciples also followed her and divided into two groups, only to reveal the gray-clothed boy who was blocked from the crowd.

"Hey, there really is a child!"

"Why didn't you see it just now?"

"Senior Sister Ji, wouldn't you pick up a doll and bring it back to raise like uncle?"

Amidst the harmonious banter, Meng Jing was still wearing the dirty ragged clothes, and there were still darkened blood stains on his chest, which looked as if he had been stained with a lot of mud. His face was pale, compared to the beginning Yin Qiu is more than that.

Looking at the various gazes cast towards him, there were sizing up, doubts, and some imperceptible surprises, as if he was surprised that he was like a little beggar, his whole body was dirty and smelly.

Meng Jing felt like sitting on pins and needles, and almost wanted to flee here on the spot, but when he saw the neatly dressed little girl in a white skirt opposite him, he stared at her sharply and restrained the urge to run away.

·

After a brief uproar, Lu Huaiwei took the lead and said, "It's a boy, he looks about the same age as my junior sister."

Ji Wan stood on one side, calmly summarizing the events of the night of the assassination, and then said: "His parents entrusted him to me before they died. His relatives can rely on him, and he was brought back after weighing it."

Hearing what happened to Meng Jing, the disciples couldn't help showing pity.

"It's just a good time to be with my junior sister." Lu Huaiwei liked children since she was born, and she approached Meng Jing and said, "From now on, you can stay with us in Yunhua Palace. Don't worry, senior brothers and sisters will treat you well."

Meng Jing didn't respond, and still kept her gaze firmly on Yin Qiu. Yin Qiu met his gaze, and found that his gaze was obviously hostile. She couldn't help shivering, and subconsciously grabbed Man Jiangxue's hand. .

Thinking that Yin Qiu was blown cold by the cold wind, Man Jiangxue looked at her with lowered eyes, held Yin Qiu back, and said to Ji Wanshu: "I've been working hard all the way, first take a bath to wash off the wind and dust, eat Come to my room after dinner and talk about it."

Ji Wan shrugged and walked forward regardless of Meng Jing, Lu Huaiwei took Meng Jing's hand and said with a smile: "Come with me, I'll ask someone to bring you something delicious, you must be hungry gone."

Unexpectedly, Meng Jing suddenly threw her away, and rushed towards Yin Qiu's leaving back.

"Murderer!" Panting heavily, Meng Jing kicked Yin Qiu's waist, "You pay for my parents' lives!"

The sudden situation caught everyone present by surprise.

Meng Jing kicked Yin Qiu firmly with that kick, and slapped Yin Qiu ruthlessly. Yin Qiu was defenseless, and his breath stopped immediately. He was about to vomit blood from his kick. Before he had time to react, Yin Qiu knocked on the ground with a muffled sound.

"Murderer! Murderer!" Without waiting for the crowd to stop him, Meng Jing turned red-eyed and rushed over to punch and kick Yin Qiu, "You killed my parents, you pay my parents back!"

Yin Qiu's head was bleeding, and he was extremely panicked, and he was still sick, weak and weak, so it was inevitable that he would hit him a few times again.

"Presumptuous," Man Jiangxue's rare eyes turned cold, she stretched out her hand to lift Meng Jing away, and shouted, "Why do you hurt someone?"

Ji Wanshu had already crossed the hall to go up to the second floor, when he heard the movement, he flew back, grabbed Meng Jing and said, "Why are you crazy!"

Meng Jing's face was full of tears, struggling endlessly, pointing at Yin Qiu and shouting hoarsely: "It's all because of her! My parents were killed by her!"

Ji Wanshu had already analyzed the death of his parents with him, but now he was still biting like this, and his tone became cold: "What did you promise me that day? You begged me not to leave you alone, and bring you to the cloud Hua Gong, I want you to stop angering others, concentrate on practicing martial arts and seek revenge from the Ziwei Sect when you grow up, it's only been a few days, and you think what I said is fart?"

When Meng Jing saw Yin Qiu, he recalled the scene where his parents were crushed to death while resisting numerous heavy stones for him. He was filled with grief and indignation, and lost his mind.

"If it wasn't for her, how could my parents die so badly!" Meng Jing burst into tears, glaring at Yin Qiu fiercely, "She deserves to die! She should pay for my parents' lives!"

Ji Wanshu was impatient, so he threw Meng Jing towards the door with all his strength: "Enough! Your parents saw the money, and you deserve to die!"

Meng Jing fell in pain, but didn't realize it, stood up and argued: "They only accepted the 50 taels of silver for my medical treatment! What's more, my parents didn't kill her, but died because of her." , I will seek revenge on her!"

"It was the Ziwei sect that killed your parents, how many times do I need to say it?" Ji Wanshu looked uneasy, "The killers ambush on the mountain road are members of the Ziwei sect, and they are also the ones who pushed down the falling rocks and killed your parents. I want to find a soft persimmon that is easy to pinch, and vent the resentment in my heart. I really want to avenge your parents so much. Now you go to the Ziwei Sect and kill those wicked people. If you can do it, I, Ji Wanshu, will live forever I will be your cow and horse, and let you order me!"

Meng Jing was rendered speechless by her words, unable to refute, his mind was in chaos, and it seemed that there was raging anger burning in his chest, which was about to burn him out.

Ji Wanshu became angry, and the other disciples didn't dare to interrupt rashly. Man Jiangxue was busy bandaging Yin Qiu's injury. Yin Qiu listened to Meng Jing's words, tears filled his eyelashes, but it was I tried my best not to fall.

"Okay, okay, stop messing around." Helpless, Lu Huaiwei had no choice but to stand up to ease the atmosphere, "Little sister, like you, has both parents dead, and her life experience is miserable. She and you are both innocent, don't blame her, come on." If you have a chance, the brothers and sisters will avenge you, so come quickly."

Meng Jing stood alone at the door, very thin in the cold wind. Facing these people in front of him, he felt alone and helpless, and felt even more sad in his heart.

"Don't say any more!" Meng Jing wiped away her tears fiercely, and said coldly, "You are all in the same group, you all joined together to harm my parents, and now you are working together to bully me! Protect her, protect this murderer, I never want to see you again!"

After he finished speaking, he cried hysterically and ran out of the station without looking back.

·

Unexpectedly, such a thing happened early in the morning, and the scene immediately became heavy.

"We can't let him go out alone," Lu Huaiwei said, "I'll go find him."

Ji Wanshu was extremely angry, and shouted: "What do you want him for? Let him fend for himself!" After finishing speaking, everyone left first.

The clean clothes were stained with fresh blood, and Yin Qiu let Man Jiangxue play with them, speechless in a daze.

Man Jiangxue wrapped a bandage on her forehead and asked, "Does it hurt?"

Yin Qiu's eyes were red, and he moved his lips, but just shook his head.

Lu Huaiwei had already brought a few disciples out of the post house to look for Meng Jing. It was freezing cold and he was not familiar with the place, so it would be bad if something happened to him.

The rest of the disciples came forward to care about Yin Qiu's injury.

"Why is there so much blood, is it alright?"

"The child must be very sad about losing his parents. Junior sister, please don't take what he said to heart."

"Yeah, after he is over angry, explain the truth to him, I believe he will understand."

……

Yin Qiu wanted to cry very much, but he held back in the end, pulled the corners of his mouth and said, "I don't blame him, I know what it's like not to have parents."

The farce ended with Meng Jing's departure, and the disciples comforted Yin Qiu for a while, and then they all went back to their busy work.

Yesterday Lu Huaiwei made an appointment with a doctor. After breakfast, she came here to check Yin Qiu's pulse, and prescribed some medicine for her. As long as she doesn't get cold, she should be able to recover gradually in the next month.

Lu Huaiwei and others didn't return until noon, Yin Qiu felt uneasy, found Man Jiangxue and said, "Master, can you take me out?"

Man Jiangxue knew what she wanted to do, and asked: "He treats you as an enemy now, and you still want to go find him?"

There was still a dull pain in the lower back. Of course Yin Qiu was afraid, but she couldn't help but care about what Meng Jing said, and she felt very guilty. As a result, the couple died tragically in the barren hills. Yin Qiu was very sorry, and also felt that he had something to do with it.

She thought, even if the couple had ulterior motives, it was because of her.

"It's okay, it's not the first time I've been beaten," Yin Qiu said, "I have my uncle who can take care of me, but now he has no relatives, what if he meets a bad guy like me and gets sold out, what should I do?" manage?"

Man Jiangxue patted her head, smiling: "Good boy, let's go."

The two put on their robes and left the inn. Before leaving, Yin Qiu carried some pastries on her body. She followed Man Jiangxue step by step, looking around for Meng Jing.

Today's snow is negligibly small, but the cold wind is as strong as blowing. There are not many pedestrians in the city, only the market in the central area is still lively.

Where will people go?

Yin Qiu recalled the days when he was living on the street, and thought to himself, "When I used to beg on the street, I would squat in a place with many people, but now he is hiding in a place with few people to avoid us. .”

"That makes sense," Man Jiangxue asked Yin Qiu suddenly, "Are you afraid of heights?"

Yin Qiu looked at her blankly: "What?"

Seeing Man Jiangxue suddenly hugging her by the waist, she flew up to the tall building beside her. During the shift, Man Jiangxue stepped on the railing of the building and led Yin Qiu to the roof unimpeded.

The cold wind hit in an instant, blowing Yin Qiu's two braids up high, and their robes rattled in the wind.

"Wow!" Yin Qiu shouted excitedly.

From a bird's eye view, Qingluo City is surrounded by high walls on all sides, and the roads in the city are criss-crossing. The houses and buildings are like jade ice sculptures, covered by a vast expanse of white snow.

Who will cut and carve thousands of piles of snow on the flat ground into this smallpox.

The wide field of view made the mood suddenly clear. Yin Qiu stood steadily and said with joy, "It's so beautiful. I've never been to such a high place."

The two stood on the top of the building and watched for a while. After a while, they saw Lu Huaiwei leading his disciples walking on the street on the left near the city wall. Man Jiangxue said: "They are over there, then we will go to the opposite place." try to find."

After speaking, Man Jiangxue jumped to the ground with Yin Qiu in his arms again, and walked towards the street on the right.

The two of them had just left when a vague figure suddenly appeared in a dark corner behind them, quietly watching their backs.

Then the man let out a low laugh and completely disappeared.

·

After searching carefully for a long time, there was no trace of Meng Jing. Yin Qiu accidentally took a few breaths of cold air and hiccupped non-stop. Man Jiangxue found a nearby restaurant and ordered a few cups of hot tea for her. .

On the steps at the entrance of the restaurant, a few children in ragged clothes huddled together to keep warm, and looked at the guests who were feasting in the building.

Yin Qiu couldn't bear it, and when he saw them, he thought of himself living on the street like this, so he asked Man Jiangxue, "Can I give them something to eat?"

Man Jiangxue nodded.

Yin Qiu distributed the pastries to them. The children were overjoyed and rushed to grab them. Yin Qiu distributed them one by one and said with a smile, "Eat slowly, don't choke."

"Where are you from?" Yin Qiu asked.

"There was a flood in my hometown, and almost everyone in the village died. We went to Jinhuai City to join our relatives." Said a child who seemed to be the oldest.

"Jinhuai City is still far away, and it will take several months to walk there." Yin Qiu said.

"That can't be helped, or I will starve to death on the street." The child said again.

Then Man Jiangxue took out her purse and handed it to them, saying: "This money is enough for you to rent a carriage, save some money."

The children were so flattered that they all opened their eyes wide, but no one dared to reach out to pick it up.

"Don't reveal the money, keep it away and don't let anyone see it." Man Jiangxue took the initiative to stuff the money bag to the child who answered.

The child held the money bag with a complicated expression: "This..."

"Take it, I'll ask you something again," Man Jiangxue said, "Have you ever seen a little boy, about your age, wearing gray clothes, not too tall?"

The child raised his eyes suddenly and said, "Is it crying, his complexion is not good, and he is sick."

"Exactly!" Yin Qiu hurriedly asked, "Have you seen him?"

The child first put the purse into his pocket, and finally said: "A woman told me just now that if anyone comes to ask us about this, he should answer that he is in the abandoned building near the south gate."

Yin Qiu was taken aback, and immediately turned to look at Man Jiangxue: "No, he was really arrested by the bad guys, right?"

"What does that woman look like?" Man Jiangxue said.

"I didn't see it clearly. She was hiding in a dark alley, just talking to us through the air, and threw us a few big buns." The child replied.

Man Jiangxue immediately took Yin Qiu to the south gate, Yin Qiu was suddenly a little uneasy, and worried: "Who could it be? How does she know that we are looking for someone?"

"She not only knows that we are looking for someone, but also knows who we are looking for," Man Jiangxue said. "She also knows that we will definitely pass by here. It seems that she has been following us."

Hearing what she said, Yin Qiu suddenly felt his back trembling, and asked again: "Could it be someone from Ziwei?"

Man Jiangxue simply carried Yin Qiufei up to the roofs of the shops on both sides, and replied to her while stepping on her: "It is possible."

The location of the two of them happened to be close to the south gate, and it didn't take much time to fly all the way there. When the two of them landed, they saw a dense and dilapidated small building nearby, which looked like it had been abandoned for a long time, and no one lived there. Demolition and construction of new buildings.

Almost all the doors of these abandoned buildings were closed, only one door was open. Man Jiangxue guarded Yin Qiu behind him, and the two of them stepped over the threshold and entered together.

The humid and dull air was mixed with a bit of stench, and the floor was full of crooked tables and chairs and broken vases. Meng Jing was sitting in this mess, her hands and feet tied with ropes, struggling desperately.

Sensing that someone was coming, Meng Jing stopped moving, raised a pair of red eyes to look at Man Jiangxue and Yin Qiu, and immediately let out an indistinct cry for help from his mouth stuffed with rags.

"Wow!"