The flower is a tulip [Chu Liuxiang]

Hua Manlou was stunned for a while before turning his ears to listen to the movement in the dark.A little red seemed to be aware of his movements, and said lightly: "Let's go."

Yidianhong is the number one assassin in the Central Plains, and his ability to hide his tracks alone is not inferior to Japanese ninjas.Therefore, Hua Manlou naturally believed what he said.

So Hua Manlou smiled and said, "Brother Hong is saving me for the second time."

Yidianhong said coldly: "I don't know how to save people, I only kill people."

Hua Manlou said: "Then brother Hong is here to kill me, or is he here to kill someone else?"

Dianhong seemed to have noticed the teasing in his tone, snorted and said, "I said before, I owe you my life. Last time I paid half of it back, this time I pay the other half."

Hua Manlou wanted to wave his hand, only to realize that his arm was still being pulled by a little red, as if he was afraid that he would be in any danger, he couldn't help laughing and said: "If brother Hong is talking about the last time in Jinan, help me It shouldn't be me, but Chu Liuxiang, right?"

Before Yidianhong could answer, a voice not far away laughed and said, "What are you talking about behind my back?"

At the same time, a moon-white figure floated in the mist in the mountains, and almost no sound could be heard.

It was Chu Liuxiang who came back.

Yidianhong immediately turned around and said, "The debt is settled, I'm leaving."

He just let go of Huamanlou's arm, but Huamanlou caught him backhanded unexpectedly.He naturally knew that Hua Manlou's listening skills, lightness kung fu, and finger kung fu were all excellent, and he didn't want to have such a delicate grasping technique, so he was startled for a while, but he didn't use all his strength to break free.

Before Hua Manlou could open his mouth, Chu Liuxiang laughed again: "Why does Brother Hong leave every time I come? Does my appearance make Brother Hong so annoying?"

Yidianhong looked at the face that made countless girls sleepless, but his expression remained unchanged, and said coldly: "My surname is not Hong, and I am not as old as you."

Chu Liuxiang choked for a moment, so she touched her nose and said, "Then what should I call you?"

In fact, when Yidianhong said that sentence, he wanted to ask "Your Excellency's surname" in a serious manner, but for some reason, he didn't want to treat Yidianhong with such a strange attitude, as if they were already very familiar friends.

Dianhong seemed to understand what he meant, and said, "I don't have a surname. Since you all call me Zhongyuan Dianhong, let's call it that."

Hua Manlou suddenly laughed and said, "I'm afraid Brother Hong is a little taller than me, so I still call you that."

Yidianhong raised her eyebrows and did not object, but Chu Liuxiang murmured by touching her nose: "Leave a ready-made brother here to stop calling, and go to recognize others..."

Although his voice was not loud, Hua Manlou could hear him clearly, so he coughed and said, "How are you? Are you injured?"

Chu Liuxiang was immediately happy, and came up and took Hua Manlou's hand and said, "I'm fine. It's just that the ninja disappeared just after jumping down, and then I guessed that he was going to deal with you, and broke out in a cold sweat." .Fortunately, there is Hong...a little Hong to help you."

Yidianhong said coldly: "I'm not helping, I'm just paying back the debt." His gaze was fixed on Huamanlou. Although he deliberately kept an indifferent expression, there was still a trace of indescribable emotion in his eyes.As if to cover up, he quickly continued, "I owe you my life, and now the money is due."

Hua Manlou felt that his arm was struggling, so he quickly pulled it back, and said with a smile, "Even so, Brother Hong saved me twice, but I owe you a favor."

A little red said: "It's considered interest."

Hua Manlou shook his head and said with a smile, "Although I am the son of a merchant, I don't have the habit of lending usury!"

A little red couldn't help coughing, and hurriedly said: "In this case, if you fight with me another day, it will be equal." Without waiting for Hua Manlou to answer, she finally broke free from his hand and hid in the forest .

Chu Liuxiang couldn't help laughing and said, "He walked quickly, as if he was afraid of making friends with us."

Hua Manlou frowned, turned to Chu Liuxiang's direction and said, "You also think this is a good friend?"

Chu Liuxiang said: "I'm not a good friend, why would I sneak along all the way and want to help us. It's a pity that the friend they recognize is you, not me, and the only one who pays back the love is you!"

Hua Manlou laughed and said, "Why does this sound like jealousy!"

Chu Liuxiang scratched the bridge of her nose, and sighed: "I'm jealous, but I still have to thank him! I was negligent for a while, and I let you go into danger alone. Now I think about it, I'm still a little scared."

Hua Manlou felt that he was holding her hand tightly and would not let go, and her heart was warm. After thinking about it, she suppressed her smile and said slowly: "There is one thing... Although I am not completely sure, but it is still I think I should tell you, I hope you won't be angry."

Chu Liuxiang was stunned, and asked casually: "What's the matter?" As soon as the words came out of his mouth, his eyes flashed, showing a look of enlightenment, and he pulled Huaman down the corridor, "Can you guess who that ninja is? Is it his martial arts or his accent?...It must be the accent! Your ears are always ten times more sensitive than others....Could it be that he is someone we have met before?"

Hua Manlou listened to his series of questioning, pondered for a long time, and then said: "It's someone I've met... But for you, I'm afraid it's not that simple."

Chu Liuxiang concentrated for a long time, as if waiting for the next sentence, but Huamanlou remained silent.It wasn't until Chu Liuxiang almost gave up the idea of ​​asking, that he opened his mouth again and uttered a name.

Although it was only a short name, it was as heavy as a thousand-weight stone, pressing on the bottom of Hua Manlou's tongue, and on Chu Liuxiang's heart.

After a long time, Chu Liuxiang smiled and said, "Guess who I saw just now?"

Hua Manlou didn't know that he was eager to change the subject, so he took advantage of the situation and asked, "Who? The little prince, or the Nangong Sect Leader?"

Chu Liuxiang clapped his hands and said, "Even if you miss it, it's not far away! I saw the little prince...'s horse."

Hua Manlou wondered, "The little prince's horse?"

Chu Liuxiang said: "I know you didn't pay attention. Although the little prince was driving with us, her horse has been following behind. It is one of the best horses from the Western Regions. I will not admit it when I see it once."

Hua Manlou pondered: "Since it is a good horse, the little prince will definitely not abandon it. It means that she is also in the mountains, but I don't know if she is going to do something or if she is in danger..."

Chu Liuxiang laughed and grabbed Hua Manlou's hand again, whistled, got on his mount and followed the two of them down the mountain.While running, he said: "I am so happy to be with you! You can guess what you are thinking without saying a word at all! Let's go quickly, don't let the child really have a right and wrong, but just Oh no."

Hua Manlou smiled slightly and said, "No matter how fierce you say, you still care about her in your heart."

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When the two came to the edge of the stream at the bottom of the mountain, Heizhu's horse was still there.This is an extraordinary black horse, smooth and shiny, not even a single variegated hair, walking slowly by the stream with long legs, as if counting on Chu Liuxiang's coming, waiting impatiently watching them.

What was even more surprising was that when Chu Liuxiang and his two horses saw the black dragon horse, they lowered their heads and did not dare to approach it, as if they were full of awe.

Chu Liuxiang felt that she was also infected by the two horses, and walked slowly towards the black horse with a smile on her face.Seeing that it didn't reject him too much, he tentatively patted the horse's neck and said softly, "Do you know where the little prince has gone?"

He spoke very clearly, every word was very clear, as if he was speaking to someone with bad ears.

The black horse looked at him seriously for a long time with its big golden brown eyes with long lashes.

Hua Manlou finally couldn't bear it and asked, "What does it say?"

At this moment, Chu Liuxiang laughed when he saw the black horse turn around, but turned back to look at him, its front hooves tapping on the stones on the ground.

"It said it could take us there."

Hua Manlou didn't speak any more, but followed Chu Liuxiang's footsteps.But Chu Liuxiang couldn't hold back any longer, and walked forward with the black horse, while laughing in a low voice: "Do you believe me if I say I know animal language well?"

Hua Manlou said: "Did you make a mistake? Isn't it leading us the way?"

Looking at the figure of the black horse in the forest, Chu Liuxiang sighed softly and said, "It will really take us to find the little prince?"

Hua Manlou smiled and said, "Everything has a soul, not to mention such a handsome BMW, and Chu Xiangshuai personally came to Gu Dong to ask, I think it won't lie to you."

Chu Liuxiang had no choice but to touch his nose and whispered: "Sometimes what you say, I really don't know whether it should be a compliment or a sarcasm..."

While muttering like this, the black horse in front suddenly stopped, turned half a circle on the spot, then raised its head and let out a long hiss.Seeing its anxious expression, Chu Liuxiang hurried forward to grab the rein, and when she wanted to move forward, the black horse was rigidly fixed in place, refusing to take half a step.

Chu Liuxiang twitched her brows, and stopped to look deep into the dense forest.But there was silence in the forest, there was no sound, and no human presence could be detected.

"What's ahead?" Hua Manlou walked up to him and asked.Chu Liuxiang shook his head, but asked him back: "What do you think is ahead?"

"I don't know." Hua Manlou hesitated, "There is no strange sound, but it always makes people feel..."

He didn't say what he felt, but Chu Liuxiang already understood his feelings roughly.

Hua Manlou, who was blind since childhood, has other senses that are far more acute than ordinary people, so she can also detect hidden dangers.

The woods in front of them, although they looked innocuous, had an air of uneasiness.

"It's a formation." Chu Liuxiang said slowly.

Hua Manlou wondered, "Formation? What kind of formation?"

Chu Liuxiang shook his head and said, "I'm not sure yet, this is different from the formations I've seen before."

Hua Manlou listened attentively, and asked again: "Do you think the little prince is inside?"

As if answering his question, the black horse neighed again.

Chu Liuxiang sighed: "Looks like it's probably true. I'm afraid there will be danger inside, so horses dare not approach."

Hua Manlou thought for a while and said, "Horses dare not enter, only people enter."

Chu Liuxiang said, "Human?"

Hua Manlou said: "Aren't we going in to find the little prince?"

Chu Liuxiang seemed a little hesitant, and then said after a pause, "Going in alone is better than going in with two people, and the risk is less."

Hua Manlou smiled and said, "I think it's the opposite. Two people can see more danger than one person."

Chu Liuxiang stared at his bright face under the sunlight in the forest, and the serene smile on the corner of his mouth, finally let out a long breath, shook his hand tightly, and said, "Okay, let's go in."

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Hua Manlou followed Chu Liuxiang, just after taking three steps, he suddenly felt a cold breath enveloping his whole body, as if this was not the scorching heat of midsummer, but a severe cold day in March and September.Even the sunlight that scorched his skin just now has disappeared all of a sudden.If it weren't for the rustling of grass blades and the soft soil under his feet, he would have thought that he had walked into an ice cave full of mysterious ice that would not melt for thousands of years.

windy.

cold wind.

The cold wind blowing towards their faces whizzed past the trees and grass, and also slashed their cheeks like knives.

Hua Manlou didn't speak, but carefully discerned the surrounding sounds.From the swaying sound of the grass and trees, he has "seen" that there are two roads in front of him, one is on the left and the other is on the right.

Chu Liuxiang thought for a while, then set foot on a road on the left.Hua Manlou followed without hesitation.

Chu Liuxiang suddenly turned around and asked, "Is that right?"

This was the first sentence they said after entering the formation.

Hua Manlou exhaled lightly and said, "I don't know yet."

He just felt that there was no obvious danger on the two roads, and Chu Liuxiang chose the left road, so he naturally had Chu Liuxiang's thoughts.

I'm afraid he himself didn't realize that he had trusted Chu Liuxiang wholeheartedly.

And Chu Liuxiang didn't realize that Hua Manlou's opinion was already indispensable to him.

Neither of them spoke any more, they were just full of vigilance, and continued to walk deep into the trees one after the other.

Suddenly, Hua Manlou gave a suspicious "Huh".Almost at the same time, Chu Liuxiang hurried forward a few steps, inspected the trunk of a tree, and then sighed angrily.

"We're walking back again, aren't we?"

Hua Manlou nodded, then shook his head again.

"But you didn't go wrong. This road was originally going back to the original place."

Chu Liuxiang frowned and said, "That's not what I'm surprised about. I obviously walked in one direction very carefully, but I don't know why I turned back again. Could it be this formation..."

Hua Manlou's expression changed, and he interrupted: "I understand! It's the wind!"

Chu Liuxiang's eyebrows twitched, but she didn't speak. He continued, "We usually use the position of the sun to determine the direction, but there is no sunlight on this whole road."

Chu Liuxiang nodded and said, "That's right, so I went to see the weeds and moss under the tree roots..." His eyes lit up suddenly, and he said quickly, "You mean, there is really no sunshine in this forest , the grass and trees will not grow in the sunny place as usual, but should be in the leeward place?"

Hua Manlou said, "I think the wind here doesn't come from one direction."

Chu Liuxiang thought about it, then suddenly laughed, looked at Huamanlou and said, "You are right, two people can see more things than one person."

Hua Manlou also smiled and said, "Which way shall we go this time?"

Chu Liuxiang said: "To the right." After speaking, he stepped on the road on the right.

Hua Manlou still stopped there, pondering: "Have you ever thought that since this is a formation, it is possible that no one is manipulating it?"

Chu Liuxiang nodded and said, "Yes."

Hua Manlou said: "The purpose of setting up the formation is to prevent outsiders from entering. If a person enters the formation, walks along the left road like us, and finds himself back to the same place, then the next step he will do what?"

Chu Liuxiang said: "Naturally, take the right path."

Hua Manlou said: "So the road on the right will also be a dead end. The left and right are the same, why don't we find another way?"

Chu Liuxiang smiled and said, "If you and I are the only ones in the battle, I will listen to where you want to go. But now, we are looking for the little prince."