Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

Chapter 203

Meng Jing threw the basket containing the medicinal herbs into the yard, but didn't enter the door. She ran around the fence for a while, and then stopped holding her heart.

The brothers were chasing after her, Elder Xu shouted: "Jing'er! Why are you running in such a hurry?"

Meng Jing stuffed the elixir he was carrying with him into his mouth, swallowed it carelessly while holding the pool water beside him, and said, "Something must have happened to Yin Qiu, I have to go and see!"

"Oh, the water is very dirty. Why don't you go into the house to drink clean water if you want to take medicine?" Elder Xu strode forward, grabbed Meng Jing, and said out of breath, "He is better than you in martial arts. You've beaten Invincible Hands all over the place, and your Uncle Man is still here, what are you worrying about? Go back to the house and lie down and rest!"

"No, I'm going to the palace," Meng Jing said in a deep voice, "I've thought about it on the way, this matter is not as simple as a superficial diversion of the tiger from the mountain. She is also smart, even if she encounters a dangerous situation, she herself knows how to respond. But the master is in a hurry, and she may not have time to tell the master and the disciples what happened. Once she goes down the mountain, the mastermind behind the disciples of the dark guard will have a chance Run away, I have to go to Mingguang Palace to see what's going on."

Elder Xu said: "According to your analysis, I think that person must have escaped when Jiang Xue left the palace. If you rush over at this time, it may be too late. I am worried about your body for the teacher! You are in trouble. It's easy to be impatient, but don't suffer from heart disease again!"

"He must still be in the palace," Meng Jing said decisively, "If he really wants to escape, there's no need to go to such lengths to come out like this. We still don't know who he is, and he can leave at any time. It's over, but he didn't do it, it's because he and Meng Wugui have never been victorious, so he doesn't need to expose himself prematurely, after all, no one knows who will win until the end. He is still Meng Wugui. But now that Meng Wugui has got the Mingyue Tower, and has the strength to contend with him, maybe he will lead troops to fight over in two days. In this case, that person can stop Meng Wugui from The only solution left is Yin Qiu."

"But wasn't Yin Qiu tricked into going down the mountain?" Elder Xu knew that he was not as smart as Meng Jing, so he stroked his beard and asked, "He can also go down the mountain in advance, catch Yin Qiu and go straight away. Even the snow can't catch up."

"Master hasn't figured it out yet?" Meng Jing said, "This person hasn't left for a long time, not only because he is afraid that we will hunt down and kill him with all his strength if his identity is exposed, but he has been hiding for the rest of his life and dare not walk around in the rivers and lakes in public. It is more likely that he cannot give up certain things. For example, he may be an important person in the palace. He does not want to give up his status and rights, so he will never leave Yunhua Palace easily until the last moment. This person He has already gambled many times, and now the situation is not good, he can only hold Yin Qiu in his hands, but because of his uncle's face, he can't do it in the palace, so he wants to trick Yin Qiu down the mountain, so how can Yin Qiu go down the mountain? He cannot be sure that he cannot be captured alive, so he will definitely stay in the palace and wait until the news of Yin Qiu's capture comes."

As long as Yin Qiu is captured alive, even if Meng Wugui brings someone, he will not dare to act rashly, he can only continue to suffer from this uselessness, and that person can continue to stay in the palace to live his good life.But if Yin Qiu hadn't fallen into the trap, he would have left after he got the news, and since Man Jiangxue wasn't around, maybe no one could stop him.

"So I have to rush to Mingguang Palace as soon as possible," Meng Jing didn't want to say any more, and when he ran away, he still didn't forget to tell him, "I will leave Wenxin Peak to you, and keep this place safe, so that no one can come in and out at will!"

Seeing her running so fast, Elder Xu said in fear, "What should you do if you run out of breath? Hurry up! Give him a ride with a good lightness kung fu!"

A senior brother also threw away the basket in a hurry, jumped in front of Meng Jing and knelt down, Meng Jing climbed onto his back, this senior brother immediately carried Meng Jing down Wenxin Peak, and rushed towards the palace.

After walking up the palace road and arriving at Wangtian Daochang, there were already many people gathered there. Meng Jing landed on the ground and before he could stand still, he asked, "What are you guys doing here? Did something happen in the palace?" What's the matter!"

A disciple replied: "I don't know. Earlier, my uncle hurried down the mountain and asked us to guard the palace. We guessed that something was going to happen, but we looked around and found nothing suspicious."

"What about Yin Qiu? Has she come back yet?"

"No! Don't talk about Senior Sister Yin, the senior sisters in charge are not here, the head of the sect is sick again, and he is still lying in the Mingguang Palace, we are also at a loss!"

When Meng Jing heard this, she secretly thought it was not good.

Ji Wanshu went to Jinhuai City and has not returned yet, Yin Qiu and Bai Ling went down the mountain, Lu Huaiwei was not there, and even Man Jiangxue was missing this time.In this huge Yunhua Palace, shouldn't everyone be gone?

Now there is only Xie Yijun who is sick, if something happens, where does she have the spirit to preside over the overall situation?

"It's not too late, you should send a message to the major peaks immediately," Meng Jing made a decisive decision, "I want the disciples and elders of the peaks to strengthen their guard and guard all the main roads leading to the palace. Whoever intends to leave must ask why, and anyone who looks suspicious will be killed!"

The disciples obviously didn't expect the situation to be so urgent, and they all followed Meng Jing's words.

After arranging all this, Meng Jing went back to the Mingguang Hall, wanting to see if Xie Yijun had woken up, but just after leaving the dojo, he saw a female disciple walking hurriedly in front of him, with a nervous look on her face.

Meng Jing squinted her eyes, and took a closer look, and found that the female disciple was wearing a Liuli Peak badge—it was the person who died of an emergency in Xiaohe Mountain before!

"Grab her!" Meng Jing immediately yelled at the senior brother beside her, "This person is in suspended animation, stop her!"

The people around him soared into the sky in an instant, and the surrounding disciples followed suit with their swords. Seeing this, the female disciple's face changed slightly, and she quickly performed lightness kung fu and fled in another direction.Meng Jing immediately ran down the stairs to the Mingguang Hall. The inside was deserted, and Lu Huaiwei and the others were nowhere to be seen.

After driving all the way in, Meng Jing lifted the curtain and found that there was no Xie Yijun in the bedroom, only two disciples who were accompanying him packing the medicine bowls, so he asked, "Where is the head?"

"I went to the soup room," a disciple replied. "It is said that I had a fever last night and sweated a lot. I have to take a bath and wash off. I have been there for a while. Brother, you might as well wait a moment. The master should hurry up." came back."

Xie Yijun's private soup was in the courtyard on the other side of Mingguang Hall, Meng Jing turned and walked there without thinking, walked two steps but stopped hesitantly.

Except for Yin Qiu, no one in the palace knew that she was a daughter. How could she, a male disciple in the eyes of outsiders, break into Xie Yijun's private soup?What's more, there is nothing important to report to the private soup at this time. Since Xie Yijun has woken up, he must also know that Yin Qiu and Man Jiangxue have gone down the mountain, and she has ordered all the corresponding arrangements that should be made. , Meng Jing thought for a while, turned around and sat down in the hall without going any further.

Not long after, the senior brother who came here with Meng Jing on his back quickly entered the palace gate and called out, "Junior brother! Someone caught him!"

As soon as the words fell, several disciples brought in the female disciple who had escaped before. Meng Jing stood up abruptly, stepped forward and asked, "Who told you to lure Master Uncle to Xiaohe Mountain? Tell me!"

The female disciple clenched her lips and teeth and remained silent.

"Since we want to design fake death, we should spare our lives." Meng Jing pulled out the saber of a disciple beside her and put it around her neck, "I don't have that much time to torture you. Have fun!"

The female disciple showed panic, as if she was about to speak, when Xie Yijun's voice suddenly sounded behind her, asking, "What's the noise?"

Meng Jing looked sideways, Xie Yijun's clothes were loose and his long hair was wet, he looked like he had just taken a bath.Meng Jing briefly reported the matter, Xie Yijun frowned after hearing this, and said: "Is this okay? Who are you instigated by, please explain quickly!"

The female disciple looked left and right, and said crisply: "No... I didn't lie to Master Uncle, I really thought that Senior Sister Yin went to Xiaohe Mountain!"

"Lie!" Meng Jing said in a bad tone, "If you didn't tell a lie, why are you pretending to be dead? You are obviously afraid of being caught by the master and catch you on the spot, so you took some medicine to hide it from us!"

"I didn't take any medicine! I didn't pretend to be dead!" The female disciple tried her best to argue, "I'm already sick, and it happens every time I get sick. Don't blame me!"

Meng Jing clenched the hilt of the sword in her hand, already feeling murderous, but she was not impulsive.She was about to cross-examine a few more sentences, when suddenly she saw another male disciple coming from outside, stepped over the crowd and entered the door, saluted Xie Yijun and said: "Master, I have something important to report, please move to the study."

Xie Yijun gave a "hmm", looked at Meng Jing and said, "Go on with the interrogation, ask the question clearly before you start, don't let her use any tricks or commit suicide." After finishing speaking, he left the place with the male disciple, Go to the study instead.

Seeing this scene, Meng Jing felt something was wrong for some reason, she glanced at Xie Yijun, and when she looked away, a disciple accompanying her passed her with a medicine bowl, leaving behind a faint smell of medicine.

Meng Jing smelled the smell, raised her eyes quickly and said: "Wait a minute, bring the medicine bowl here and let me have a look."

The attendant disciple handed her the medicine bowl, and seeing Meng Jing's brows furrowed, he couldn't help but wondered, "What's wrong?"

"Is this the medicine prescribed by the Medical Pavilion?" Meng Jing dipped his finger in some of the medicine juice and tasted it.

"It should be," said the disciple, "it's placed on the head of the bed. After the head woke up, he ordered us to decoct this medicine and give her to drink."

Meng Jing tasted the smell of the medicine with the tip of her tongue, she was calm on the surface, but she was terrified secretly, her heart sank suddenly.

Holding the sword in hand, she turned her head slowly, and her complicated eyes fell on the closed door of the study.

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"Good news or bad news?" Xie Yijun sat down in front of the desk and took a sip of the cold tea on the desk.

"...It's bad news." The male disciple's face was sour, and he lowered his voice extremely low, "Yin Qiu is good at kung fu, the few people we sent didn't take her down, Senior Sister Chang was captured alive, Ji Wanshu Wen Zhaoyu and Wen Chaoyu both rushed back and happened to run into each other."

Xie Yijun stopped drinking tea, and when he looked up again, he showed a sneer: "Understood, it's expected." She put down the teacup and stood up, "But it's harmless, the ambushing people in the city will kill you." They held on, and Jiang Xue had already descended, so I had enough time to leave."

The male disciple said: "But when I rushed back just now, I found that the disciples had already guarded every place. How are you going to leave under the watchful eyes of everyone?"

Xie Yijun combed his hair in front of the bronze mirror unhurriedly, and said softly: "I have my own way, you go out now, ask Meng Jing to take that female disciple to the execution hall, and find a time to kill her, I will There is no need to worry here. Once I leave, no one will find out about you. As long as there is chaos in the palace, you will pretend that you don't know anything. After the limelight passes, you will take the rest of the people to the contact point to talk to me. confluence."

The male disciple hurriedly responded, pushed the door and went to the outside room, and said to Meng Jing: "The master has something to say, according to the rules, this person should be sent to the punishment hall for interrogation. Brother Meng, take him there."

Meng Jing looked at him, a cold smile appeared on his lips, and said coldly: "What if I refuse?"

"No?" The male disciple obviously didn't expect Meng Jing to have such a reaction, and raised his eyebrows, "Do you dare not listen to the master?"

Meng Jing stared at him, and said every word: "You tell the head to come out, I want to hear her say it herself."

The male disciple saw that her expression was different, and a few doubts flashed in his heart, and said: "You are so arrogant, and you want the master to come out in person, don't you know that the master is ill? Just do what she ordered Take orders, maybe you want to make trouble in public!"

"It's not certain who is going to make trouble," Meng Jing beckoned, with a little bewilderment in her eyes, "Brother, come to me, there is something I have to show you, you will know when you see it Why should I come out personally."

The male disciple's eyes flickered, and he wanted to go back to the study, but seeing the disciples in the hall staring at him, he told him not to leave on the spot, and then he thought that Meng Jing was a sick child, who didn't know kung fu, so he went He also walked towards her.

"what?"

Meng Jing retracted her hand into her sleeve, and after a while she clenched it into a fist and took it out again. She took the initiative to approach the male disciple, shoved her hand into his arms in a mysterious manner, and quickly retracted it.

"Here you are," Meng Jing said, "Let's see for yourself."

The male disciple sized her up and took out an unremarkable pill from his bosom. He looked down, and before he could ask a question, someone tapped his back twice suddenly, and immediately called He couldn't speak, couldn't move.

"Hurry up and invite the elders and first disciples from all the peaks, and don't make any noise!" Meng Jing said in a low voice, "Everyone, immediately surround the Mingguang Palace!"

After she finished speaking, she signaled to the accompanying seniors to pick up the male disciple whose acupuncture point had been sealed, and the group of people immediately exited the hall door and closed the door.

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Hearing the sound of the door closing heavily from outside, Xie Yijun tidied up his appearance in front of the bronze mirror, opened the door and took a look outside, and found that Meng Jing and others had left, closed the door again, and walked to the bookshelf calmly forward.

She moved the bookshelf away, and there was an inconspicuous nail embedded in the base of the wall inside, which almost merged with the place, and it couldn't be seen without looking carefully.She raised her leg and stepped the nail into the ground, and the sound of the mechanism operating immediately sounded in the room. When Xie Yijun turned his head again, a brick protruded from the wall directly above the window behind him.She stepped on the window sill and climbed up, and took out a sword case that was not stained with any dust from the dark compartment inside the brick.

Xie Yijun touched the sword box as if it were a treasure, and he couldn't put it down.

The moment the box was opened, a dazzling and intense cold light instantly illuminated the entire study room like fireworks in the daytime. Inside was a slender silver-white sword, shaped like a spirit snake, with a blade like autumn frost. The blade was sharp and snow-white. It is engraved with complicated and realistic crape myrtle patterns, which is extremely beautiful.The hilt of the sword is inlaid with a night pearl which is rare in the world, the cold light comes from that pearl, it is as gorgeous as a star, it can compete with the sun and the moon, it is incomparably exquisite.

It has been sealed away for many years and never seen in the world, but this sword is still as sharp as before, with a compelling momentum.Xie Yijun heard the melodious sound of the sword, her eyes were full of amazement, she threw away the sword case, held the hilt in her hand, and felt its tremor and strong sword intent.

"Holy sword..." Xie Yijun muttered to himself, "How many people want you? After hiding for 20 years, you should really come in handy."

After she finished speaking, she laughed softly alone in this room, but it didn't take long for the smile on her face to fade away, and the eyes that gradually deepened even rarely shed tears.

Stretch out your hand and push the window, the scenery outside remains unchanged, there are many pavilions, surrounded by palace walls, red lacquered doors, white jade steps, swallows resting on the eaves, spring flowers are blooming, and the scenery is infinitely beautiful.

This is where she has spent most of her life.

But from today onwards, she will leave here, wandering in the rivers and lakes from now on, bearing infamy, and never coming back for the rest of her life.

Indescribable melancholy and sorrow filled my heart, tears welled up in my eyes, dripped on the window sill, and splashed imperceptibly.

After decades of walking on thin ice, this day has finally come.

With a self-deprecating laugh, Xie Yijun closed the window, hid the holy sword in his wide sleeve and walked out of the study room, and then entered the bedroom through the empty hall.

She picked up the curtain slowly, but before she could enter, she stopped suddenly.

I don't know when someone sat in it.

The man was dressed in a snow-white shirt and skirt, with long hair like ink, and his clear eyebrows reflected the skylight from the window. The expression in his eyes was indifferent at first, but slightly cold when he looked at it again.

Xie Yijun was startled, but she didn't show any surprise on her face. She let go of the curtain and took a few steps in, covered her mouth and coughed softly, and asked hoarsely, "Jiang Xue? Didn't you go down the mountain to chase Yin Qiu?" What, why are you here?"

Man Jiangxue sat lazily on the wooden chair, fingered the cold thin blade of the dagger, looked at Xie Yijun expressionlessly, and said, "I'm waiting for you."

Xie Yijun's eyes changed, and under Man Jiangxue's calm gaze, he sat down on the couch, frowned and said, "Wait for me? Yin Qiu was tricked down the mountain, and I don't know what dangers she will encounter. Don't you rush to save her , what if something happens?"

The cool wind poured in from the window, blowing the snow-covered skirt fluttering, she turned her wrist, shaking the gleaming dagger, and said softly: "I am very confident in Xiaoqiu, I believe She knows how to turn danger into a breeze," he said with a smile on his lips, and said inexplicably, "She is no longer someone who has to rely on my protection to survive."

"After all, people change."