The flower is a tulip [Chu Liuxiang]

For some reason, when Chu Liuxiang heard the name Liu Wumei, she felt inexplicably anxious.

The note that said "Sincerely, Thrush", seemed to be slowly becoming hot in his sleeve, almost burning a hole in the sleeve.

thrush?No eyebrows?

No eyebrows... thrush...

Is there any connection between this name, or the person who sent the letter to Miss Lin, and the murderer who killed Nangong Ling with an arrow in Nanjing?

Chu Liuxiang clenched her fingers unconsciously.He knew that at this moment, he had no more energy to deal with the sudden situation.

But Murong Qingcheng still smiled naturally, and asked back: "Have you ever heard of Gusu Yongcui Villa?"

Chu Liuxiang was still contemplating, but instinctively replied: "Naturally. One of the three great families of the martial arts, 'Lingfeng Swordsman' Li Guanyu's residence, senior Li, how could I..." His expression changed suddenly, and he realized, "You said Liu Wumei is from Yongcui Villa?"

Murong Qingcheng said: "In terms of quick thinking and drawing inferences from one instance, no one can compare to Brother Chu! Old Uncle Li has only one son, named Li Yuhan, and Liu Wumei is his wife, Uncle Li's daughter-in-law. .”

Chu Liuxiang rubbed his nose and asked curiously, "You said Liu Wumei is a woman?"

Murong Qingcheng said: "Of course it's a woman. Brother Chu probably doesn't know that this woman's temperament is simply much more bold than a man's. When it comes to playing swords and making friends in the Jianghu and being powerful, I'm afraid her husband will be half as inferior to her." So she rarely used the banner of Li Yuhan and Yongcui Villa, and always used her real name."

Chu Liuxiang smiled and said, "She was really bright with the little prince for a while."

Murong Qingcheng also smiled, but said: "However, when it comes to dealing with people, Liu Wumei is still very measured, so Huanyu... oh, even my cousin, I am willing to make friends with her."

Only then did Chu Liuxiang realize that Ms. Lin's boudoir name was "Huanyu", and she lifted her spirits, and said, "I heard that this year's Shengyuanfa will have Wuhua appear on the stage, and these big girls and young wives have already discussed to come. gone?"

Murong Qingcheng shook his head helplessly and said: "Girls don't know that people's hearts are sinister, do people in the Buddhist sect necessarily have clean six senses and not be stained with dust?"

Chu Liuxiang also sighed deeply, but in his eyes, there was an extremely dazzling and penetrating light.

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It was already September [-]th when the group arrived in Putian.The next day is the time for the Dharma conference, but it will be the third day of the Dharma conference for Wuhua to officially open the altar to give lectures.

Murong Qingcheng didn't care about these at all, the first thing he did after he arrived was to find Liu Wumei and Li Yuhan.Of course Chu Liuxiang and Hua Manlou were also walking together, only a little red and a cold face, and they didn't know where they went in a blink of an eye.

Thinking of finally being able to see Su Rongrong and the others, as well as Miss Lin Huanyu who had just met and hadn't seen her real face yet, Chu Liuxiang was inexplicably excited.

Yongcui Villa has always been as famous as the Murong family, so it is very easy to find out the whereabouts of Li Yuhan and his wife.As soon as Chu Liuxiang walked into the largest and most gorgeous inn in the city, she couldn't help touching her nose and secretly laughing.

Hua Manlou heard it nearby, and said in a low voice, "What are you laughing at?"

Chu Liuxiang also suppressed his voice, leaned into his ear and said, "I laugh at the mannerisms of these aristocratic children, they are almost like officials!"

Hua Manlou just laughed, then stopped, pulled his sleeve and said, "Be careful what you say, don't let your Miss Lin overhear."

The two met and muttered a few words, and then left with smiles on their faces, as if nothing had happened.Only Ying Wanli, who was following the crowd, coughed again.

Li Yuhan and Liu Wumei were not as arrogant and domineering as Chu Liuxiang imagined, but delicate and elegant, with the unique atmosphere of Jiangnan Water Town.It's just that after Chu Liuxiang looked carefully, she found that Liu Wumei really had no eyebrows as her name suggests, and her two curved crescent eyebrows were completely painted on.

Liu Wumei seemed to have noticed Chu Liuxiang's gaze, and she took the initiative to smile and said, "Chu Xiang is handsome, but is it strange that I have such eyebrows?"

When she said this, Chu Liuxiang felt embarrassed, so she nodded.

Li Yuhan embraced Liu Wumei with a smile, and said: "When she was young, she had a serious illness, and even her hair and eyebrows fell out. Although she is cured now, for some reason, the eyebrows just can't grow back. Fortunately, I I'm used to seeing it, but it's more pleasing to the eye than someone with eyebrows."

It stands to reason that the Central Plains has strict etiquette, but in a family with some rules, women are not allowed to show their faces.Although people in the martial arts world don't care much about these things, there are very few people who express their intimacy in public like their husband and wife.However, no one was surprised that these two people did it. On the contrary, they thought that this young couple must be very affectionate, and people couldn't help but feel a little envious.

Chu Liuxiang was still thinking about the inscription "Thrushbird" on the note, and hearing them admit it directly, she felt that she was suspicious, so she laughed.Murong Qingcheng asked: "How about Huanyu? Didn't she come with you?"

Liu Wumei said in surprise: "No! I heard that her old problem has fallen again, and I don't know when she will be able to go out, so I told her that we will come here first, and then come to me when she arrives."

Murong Qingcheng twitched his brows and said, "Are you agreed?"

Seeing his solemn expression, Liu Wumei hurriedly said: "Could it be that she is not in good health? Or did she not receive my letter? It's also my fault. As soon as I heard about Master Wuhua's lecture, I hurried over here. I should have gone to Nanjing should meet her."

Murong Qingcheng did not answer, but exchanged glances with Chu Liuxiang.Both of them saw the heaviness in each other's eyes.

Lin Huanyu, Su Rongrong and others set off before Murong Qingcheng, but now that Murong Qingcheng has arrived in Putian, they have not seen them, nor have they met along the way.

What is the reason for these smart, dexterous and martial arts girls to disappear out of nowhere?

Could there be some conspiracy behind this matter?

Chu Liuxiang thought hard, trying to figure out a clue as soon as possible.Unexpectedly, my mind was in chaos, and even my ears began to buzz, and I couldn't think of anything clearly.His face also became paler than ever before.

After all, he was only one person, and under these successive changes, he felt physically and mentally exhausted.

A hand suddenly reached out and grabbed his arm.Chu Liuxiang turned her head a little stiffly, just in time to meet Huamanlou's warm smile like a spring breeze, and felt a little relieved in her heart.

Then Hua Manlou calmly said: "Madam Liu, when did you send the letter to Miss Lin?"

Liu Wumei thought for a while, and said, "I remember it was twelve days ago, which was the beginning of September...the sixth day of the month!"

Hua Manlou turned to Murong Qingcheng again, with a questioning expression.

Murong Qingcheng understood, and said, "I heard from my family that Huanyu and the others received the letter on the fifth day of the lunar new year, and they left on the eighth day."

Liu Wumei asked in surprise, "The fifth day?"

Hua Manlou shook his head, and said slowly: "I'm afraid someone used Madam's name to send a letter to Miss Lin in advance to lure her out."

This is exactly what Murong Qingcheng and Chu Liuxiang were thinking at the same time, but neither of them dared to say it, as if as long as it was not announced, this matter would not become a reality.

Liu Wumei and Li Yuhan seemed to be affected by the heavy atmosphere, and neither of them spoke.

Murong Qingcheng finally opened his mouth and said: "This... Who will attack Huanyu?"

His voice was heavy and stagnant, as if he was holding a rusty copper coin.

Chu Liuxiang sighed: "Maybe it wasn't aimed at Ms. Lin, maybe... it was a thrush again..."

Murong Qingcheng raised his eyebrows and said, "Thrushbird?"

Chu Liuxiang took out the note with the signature of the thrush bird from his sleeve, handed it to Murong Qingcheng, and said in a deep voice: "This person is obviously related to the case of Wuhua. Now it seems that this method may be used Come stop me."

Murong Qingcheng said: "You mean, the target of the other party is Miss Su and the others?"

Chu Liuxiang said: "Yes. This person also knows our whereabouts very well, so he sent this letter before you came home."

Liu Wumei blinked, and said: "But he... this thrush, how could he write a letter in my name? I still know my handwriting!"

Chu Liuxiang suddenly smiled.A careful person like Liu Wumei can already see that there is indeed some loss and fatigue in his smile, but his eyes are still as bright as the northern stars in the sky.

He smiled and said, "'Miao Monk' Wuhua, Qin, Chess, calligraphy and painting are all masters. How difficult is it to imitate Madam's handwriting?"

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September [-]st.

The weather on this day is very fine, and the Guanyin Shengyuan Dharma Assembly in Putian Shaolin Temple has also reached its grandest end.

In the courtyard in front of the Daxiong Palace, more than a dozen huge copper tripods curled up with green smoke, and the whole courtyard was filled with the choking smell of incense.

The monks standing in two rows in the courtyard chanted a volume of "Great Compassion Dharani Sutra" in unison.Sanskrit sounds surround the beam, and the atmosphere of compassion fills the world.

However, most of the believers present at the ceremony, except for some devoted to the Buddha, had secretly revealed expressions of being unable to wait.As soon as the chanting stopped, people rushed to the scripture hall behind, pushing and shouting for a while.

Chu Liuxiang and the others were not among the crowd.

Just because the sutra hall where Wu Hua wants to open the altar to preach is not too big, most of the ordinary people watching the ceremony outside can't accommodate it, and those eunuchs, rich and powerful businessmen who came all the way from all over the world have already entered the sutra hall , Selected a seat and sat down.

Murong Qingcheng, Li Yuhan and his wife naturally brought Chu Liuxiang and the others to the seats facing the podium.All of them in this group are elegant, elegant and extraordinary, and there is also a woman like Liu Wumei who has a beautiful face but is not visible, which inevitably attracts a lot of attention.

Chu Liuxiang looked around, and then pulled Hua Manlou to snicker: "I heard that women are a hundred times more powerful than men if they are lustful! Look at the eyes of those girls and wives, they are so fierce through the veil, no flower wants If you don't come out, you will be eaten by them!"

Just as Hua Manlou was about to speak, she couldn't help but sneezed, then rubbed her nose and said helplessly, "Are you sure they want to eat me, not you?"

Chu Liuxiang was stunned for a moment, but before he could refute, he heard him say again: "Your nose is not good, so you can't smell the incense. Don't you have a bad ear? They said, 'That young man in blue is so handsome, with bright eyes. It makes people panic, does it mean that I can't do it?"

Chu Liuxiang looked down at her sky blue sleeves, and had no choice but to stop talking.

At the same time, there was a sudden burst of suppressed exclamations and sighs in the scripture hall.

The "wonderful monk" Wuhua has already stepped onto the podium.

Chu Liuxiang saw that he was wearing a flaming red cassock, which made him look more beautiful, with a solemn expression, just like the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva descending from his seat, and couldn't help sighing: "This man is really pretending to be a dragon like a dragon, and a phoenix like a phoenix, no wonder There will be so many people fascinated by his appearance!"

Wuhua also saw Chu Liuxiang at this time, but she just smiled and began to speak.

His smile naturally attracted countless women's low praise, but only Chu Liuxiang could see that in his smile, there was a kind of provocative meaning that he knew he would win.

"Do you want to challenge me?" he seemed to be saying, "Have you stopped caring about your loved ones?"

Chu Liuxiang has concluded that Lin Huanyu and Su Rongrong were robbed and disappeared under Wuhua's behest, or even by himself.

Perhaps after his conspiracy was exposed, Chu Liuxiang would never be able to see the three girls who had been with him for nearly ten years.Perhaps, Wuhua wanted to use this method to force Chu Liuxiang to remain silent.

But Chu Liuxiang did not intend to give up.

Chu Liuxiang was never a person who would give up when threatened.

Wuhua on the podium is still talking like a lotus flower, and her witty words are like pearls.Both his language and his demeanor are so lively and interesting, and they also imply philosophy, which makes people immerse themselves in the profound and profound Buddhism without knowing it.

Except Chu Liuxiang.

Chu Liuxiang, who made up her mind, slowly stood up from her seat.

Wu Hua had just finished telling a story in the "Sutra of Victory", which caused the believers to laugh endlessly, and she couldn't help smiling. Suddenly, her eyes flickered and she fixed on Chu Liuxiang.

But Chu Liuxiang touched his nose nonchalantly and said with a smile: "I also have a story I want to tell Master Wuhua, would you like to hear it?"

Wuhua looked at him, without any change in expression on her face, she still smiled and said, "I have heard that Chu Tanyue is very knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and this story must be very exciting."

There seemed to be some people in the scripture hall who wanted to reprimand Chu Liuxiang for his recklessness, but when they saw "that handsome young man in blue", they calmed down and listened with bated breath.

Chu Liuxiang smiled faintly, "This story must start 29 years ago."

"There were rumors in the rivers and lakes that every ten years or so, there would be great chaos in the martial arts. It is unknown who made this statement, but 29 years ago, the bloody battle between the two sects of Huashan and Huangshan was really called Martial arts catastrophe. This was originally just a battle caused by martial arts and sect opinions, but in the end it became a battle of thousands of people, and the Huangshan faction ended in a disastrous defeat in this fire. Only 15-year-old orphan Li Qi escaped , drifting overseas."

His voice was clear, slow and heavy, and the story he told was so tragic and shocking that all the people present fell silent. When he paused, only the sound of his breathing could be heard.

"Fortunately, after Ms. Li went to Japan, she happened to meet a brave man who not only took her in, but also cared for her more carefully. He got married and had a baby soon after, and the family lived happily together."

At this point, Chu Liuxiang stopped talking on purpose, and after listening to the gratified sighs of the noble women around her, she continued: "However, these happy days did not last long. Maybe it was because of the blood and deep hatred. Nine years later, that Miss Li finally left her husband and children and returned to the Central Plains. Because she had learned a wonderful kung fu in Dongying, after returning, she went on a killing spree, massacring hundreds of people from the Huashan faction, and then disappeared. No one ever knew where she went."

Wuhua heard him tell such a bloody past in such a flat tone, she couldn't help clasping her hands together, and said in a low voice: "Amitabha!"

Chu Liuxiang's eyes flashed, she looked at Wuhua and said, "What do you think of this story, master?"

Wuhua lowered her eyes and said: "Although it is karma and retribution, one drink and one peck is predestined, but this kind of revenge method is too cruel after all."

Chu Liuxiang said: "Oh? Master also thinks it's cruel?" Before Wuhua could reply, he said again, "But the story is far from over. The Dongying man who rescued Miss Li and married her Seeing his wife leaving without saying goodbye, he even took his children to chase him to the Central Plains. It's a pity that although Feng Shishilang was infatuated that day, there was no result after all."

As he spoke, he stared straight at Wuhua's face.Sure enough, the corners of Wuhua's eyes twitched slightly, and she said calmly, "What do you think the Dongying people's name is?"

Chu Liuxiang said: "Tianfeng Fourteenth Lang."

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【Victory Rosary Sutra (?rīmālā-simha-nāda-sūtra)】Buddhist classics.It belongs to the Tathagata Tibetan system.The full name is "The Sutra of the Great Convenience of Sheng Mansion and Lion's Roar One Vehicle", and the other is called "The Sutra of Lion's Roar".

The above is from Du Niang Encyclopedia.

To put it simply, this scripture, especially the first three chapters, talks about a lady who saw the Buddha and listened to the teachings. Many marketing accounts will also quote it to compile some chicken soup articles such as how women can be beautiful. .So this is a scripture that is very suitable for fans of noble women without flowers.

The saying "every 13 years there will be great chaos in the martial arts world" comes from "Wulin Outer History".

However, during the period when Old Chu became the core of the Central Plains martial arts, there had never been any evil forces that became popular. On the contrary, he had eliminated many of them in succession, such as Xue Xiaoren's killer organization, such as Bat Island.

It can be seen that Chu Liuxiang's contribution to martial arts is still quite large.