The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng: The Safflower Mystery Case

Her tone was still calm, without any ups and downs, as if this was a very normal thing.She was just stating a fact.

Hua Manlou was stunned. It would be such a painful thing for a person to have no friends.

The garden suddenly fell into dead silence.After a long time, a slight sound suddenly came from the pavilion, it was the sound of flowers blooming.The girl in white walked into the pavilion. She bent down and sniffed the flowers lightly.

"I don't know how lucky Hua Qi is to be a girl's friend." Hearing Hua Manlou's words, the woman in white froze for a moment, and the flower branch broke in her hand.Looking at the flower branch in his hand, he said for a long time: "You are the first person who wants to be my friend. Are you not afraid that I am a vicious woman?"

Hua Manlou smiled and said, "How can a woman who worships Buddha all day long have a vicious heart?"

The woman in white stood up straight, turned to look at him and said, "How do you know?" After asking, she smiled and said, "It's Canaan incense."

Hua Manlou nodded.Since he walked into the garden, the fragrance of Canaan has slowly drifted over.Among the four famous incenses of agarwood and dragon musk, Canaan incense is even higher than agarwood, so it can be said that it has a price but no market.Only rich and powerful families can get some. If you use Canaan smoked clothes, it is a waste of money.If a person wants to acquire a certain taste, he must be immersed in it all year round.According to the cold temperament of the woman in white, if she said the words "meeting is destined", there are nine out of ten people who have practiced Zen and enlightened Taoism.The combination of the two can be deduced.

The woman in white walked out of the pavilion, walked straight in front of him, and then looked at him quietly, as if there was an answer in him that had puzzled her for a long time.

No matter who has been watched for a long time, they will definitely feel embarrassed.For example, now, Hua Manlou felt that his face was going to burn, he had never envied Lu Xiaofeng so much as now.If it was Lu Xiaofeng, he might have said a few obscene and ambiguous words, scaring the girl so red that she ran away.But he is full of flowers, although he knows those methods, but he can't do them.What's more, the girl in front of her didn't have any malice.

After a long time, the woman in white looked away.She pinned the flower branch in her hand to Hua Manlou's skirt, then slowly took his hand and placed it on her face.Hua Manlou naturally understood what she meant, after all, she was not the first person to do this.When Hua Manlou moved his hands over this strange face, he suddenly thought of the girl named Shi Xiuyun, and tears flowed from his empty eyes.

There was a look of compassion in the eyes of the woman in white, and then she hugged him slowly.

How long this embrace lasted, no one knows.When Hua ManLou came out of grief, the girl in white was nowhere to be seen. Only the flower pinned to his skirt exuded a faint fragrance, reminding the unknown past at that moment.Pick up the flower branch and put it on the tip of your nose to sniff lightly, only to find out that it is an epiphyllum.

The Canaan incense in the air has dissipated, and there seems to be a strange smell mixed in, but it is nowhere to be found.

The ninth day of August.

Lu Xiaofeng and Huamanlou had just had breakfast when a maid came to invite them to see Miaogu in the Guanyu Hall.The maid has a round face like an attractive apple.

Lu Xiaofeng asked curiously: "Who is Miaogu?"

Maid: "Miaogu is the Layman Miaoyin of Biyun Temple. She is also the half owner of the villa, and she is also the one who invited you in last night."

Hua Manlou: "From this point of view, I should thank this Miao Gu. But what does this half master mean?"

The maid looked at him strangely and said, "Half master naturally means neither the master nor the guest."

This answer is really wonderful, there is not much difference between answering and not answering.

Lu Xiaofeng suddenly leaned in front of the little girl, stroked his beard and asked with a smile: "What else do you know?"

The maid was startled, looking at the handsome face that suddenly enlarged in front of her eyes, her face was like a burning cloud in the sky, it was even redder than the red satin in the century-old shop.He quickly lowered his head and said softly: "Master didn't come back long, but before the Dragon Boat Festival, a letter was sent saying that he was coming back for the Dragon Boat Festival, and there was an important event to be announced. Then Master brought Miaogu back, everyone guessed The matter that the master wants to announce is related to Aunt Miao. But before the Dragon Boat Festival, the young lady left home first, and then the master also left. However, the master explained before leaving that if there are important matters, Aunt Miao can decide. So, isn’t she half-hearted? My master." After speaking, he peeked at Lu Xiaofeng, then quickly lowered his head, his apple-like face seemed to be even redder.

The lovely maid led them all the way to the Guanyu Hall, seeing her hesitant to speak, Lu Xiaofeng wondered: "Could it be that you are hiding some little secret from me?"

The little girl shook her head and said, "I just feel a little strange."

Lu Xiaofeng: "What's so strange?"

Maid: "Miaogu lives in Luomeiyuan, and she doesn't come out very often. Even if she does, she goes to the library. But she wants to meet you in the Guanyutang. Besides, He Bo always handles the affairs in the villa. The master is not here. The villa will never receive guests. Even with the master's instructions, Miaogu never asks about the affairs of the villa. He Bo went out to buy flowers and trees and will not come back until today, so it was Miaogu who you asked for instructions about entering the villa yesterday. According to her usual way of ignoring everything, she thought she would refuse, but unexpectedly she agreed and invited you to stay. She didn't intend to see you yesterday, she just said to wait for Uncle He to come back to deal with it, but she It is possible for you to come back today and find Uncle He directly, but in that case, I am afraid that you will not be able to enter the gate of the villa. Now that Uncle He is back, she wants to see you in person again. Isn’t it strange?"

There are a lot of strange things in this world, if you want to understand all of them, you may not be able to think of them even if you think about them.In Lu Xiaofeng's opinion, it is better to ask directly than to think about things that he can't understand at all.So now he just wants to go to the Guanyutang as soon as possible, and meet that strange woman named Miaogu as soon as possible.

Guanyutang.

Miaogu is leaning against a screen, on which is painted a branch of plum blossoms slanting out from the side, with an ancient poem written on it: This body in the ice and snow forest is different from peaches and plums mixed with fragrant dust.There is a small red clay stove next to it, warming the soup bottle.

She knelt on the brocade mat, and there was a short table in front of her, beside which were borneols burning in the animal furnace, and they flew into the nostrils, making the altar clear.

Huamanlou Yili knelt and sat on the brocade mat opposite Miaoyin.Lu Xiaofeng found a comfortable position, sat casually beside Huamanlou, then leaned forward trying to stare at Miaogu's hand, as if to see a flower.

There is a set of tea sets on the low table, and everyone is prepared for everything.At this moment, Miaogu had three Jianzhan in front of her. She filled the soup bottle with one hand and beat the bamboo whisk with the other.

The skill of ordering tea has not been handed down since the Song Dynasty, and it is different from the method of frying tea in the Tang Dynasty.To order tea, you need to decoct water in a bottle first, then put the finely ground tea powder into the teacup, and then pour a little boiling water into it to make a paste, which is thicker.Then tap water with one hand and blow with the other.The foam is pure and white, and the water feet are dewed at night and do not disperse.Due to the fusion of tea and milk, the water quality is thick, and the cup does not stick to dry after drinking, which is called "bite cup".Tea people use this to compare the outcome.

Following Miaogu's "please", the maid Yun Lan who was accompanying her brought tea to the two of them.

Lu Xiaofeng stared blankly at the tea on the low table, then turned to Miaogu.She was dressed in plain white, without makeup, and a hairpin carved from white sandalwood was inserted on her head, which was simple and unadorned.With a faint smile on his face, he is full of joy, just like the Guanyin in the mural.As if he had seen too much suffering in the world, there was a hint of bitterness between his brows.Wisps of blue smoke made everything unreal, as if the whole person was isolated from the world of mortals.

Noticing that Lu Xiaofeng was distracted, Hua Manlou coughed lightly twice and reminded: "Brother Lu, the tea is getting cold."

Miaogu said indifferently: "It's just a skin. If Daxia Lu wants to see it, please feel free to do so. But no matter how long you look at it, Miaoyin's face will not bloom. I'm afraid I will disappoint Daxia Lu."

Lu Xiaofeng smiled and said: "I've been thinking just now, if there are more people like Miao Gu in the world, I'm afraid there will only be tea ghosts and no alcoholics in this world."

Miao Gu: "It's just a trick."

Hua Manlou: "Since Brother Lu said so, I think the girl's water painting must be wonderful."

Lu Xiaofeng sighed and said, "Hua Man Lou, sometimes I really doubt whether you are blind or not."

Hua Manlou: "I was about to forget about this, but brother Lu always reminded me."

Lu Xiaofeng stroked his beard in embarrassment, changed the subject and said, "We obviously didn't say anything, how did you know?"

Hua Manlou smiled and said: "The sound of blowing whisks. When I met Mr. Wenyue last time, he had a tea fight with Monk Bitter Gourd. I was lucky enough to be by my side. This skill has not been passed on for a long time. I don't know where the girl learned it from." ?”

Miao Gu: "Of course I'm asking Mr. Yue."

Lu Xiaofeng looked at her in surprise and said, "I never thought Miaogu would have such a deep relationship with Mr. Wenyue."

Miao Gu sighed and said, "Master Wen Yue and I do have some connection, but this matter is not for outsiders. If we talk about connection, the two of you also have."

Hua ManLou wondered, "I don't know what the girl means by that?"

Miaogu looked at them strangely and said, "Living in someone else's house and eating other people's food, isn't that considered a relationship?"

Both of them seemed to be stunned.Before today, they never thought that one day they would have a relationship with the legendary Young Master Wenyue, and they always thought that a person like that should be someone who is unknown.Wenyue is a human being, no matter how capable he is, he still has to eat and sleep, because he is a human being, not a god.So it is not surprising that he is the owner of Xiecui Villa.It's just that if a person lives in the legend for a long time, in the eyes of others, he will gradually become a fairy who drinks wind and dew but does not eat the fireworks of the world.