The flower is a tulip [Chu Liuxiang]

When Huamanlou woke up, he heard someone whispering in his ear, "Are you awake? Are you still feeling sick?"

The voice was strange yet familiar.It was only because the first time he heard this voice was just one night ago, but this night, he almost only heard this voice talking, and he said a lot.

Hua Manlou moved his body a bit, then sat up, and said slowly, "Is it Chu Xiangshuai?" Without waiting for Chu Liuxiang to answer, he touched the smooth and hard board under him and continued to ask, "Is this your boat? Then the one who played the piano just now...by the way, the Central Plains..."

Before he could finish his sentence, he felt two slender fingers pressing on his lips, and he was stunned for a moment before hearing Chu Liuxiang laugh and say, "Don't mention that name again! I just said it out of the blue. , our Wuhua master immediately threw his Fuxi Jiuxiaohuan Piqin into the water, saying that it was infected with murderous aura and could no longer play ethereal sounds. If you say it again, I think he will jump Go to the lake to wash your ears before giving up!"

Huamanlou had already heard that there was another person in the cabin, and before he had time to ask, he had already received Chu Liuxiang's answer, so he quickly stood up and saluted, "I'm going down to Huamanlou, please don't blame Master Qingxing for disturbing him."

A clear and gentle voice immediately proclaimed the Buddha's name, saying: "Young master, don't listen to brother Chu's one-sided remarks. The poor monk is just here to entertain himself, so why bother? The son's righteousness to save people is just in line with my Buddha's mercy." The poor monk also respects him very much. As for that Mr. Chu, he has already been sent ashore by Brother Chu, so it must be all right, my lord, don’t worry."

Huamanlou heard that monk Wuhua's voice was very young, and his words were modest and polite, so he responded with a smile.But Chu Liuxiang seemed to be afraid that people would forget him, so she jumped up and laughed, "You still don't want to say that name. If you are such a noble person, if you don't become a monk, you might not be able to survive a day in this world! No wonder with your martial arts talents, when Shaolin Tianhu master selected the next head disciple, he actually chose Wuxiang who can't match you in anything."

Wuhua smiled lightly and said, "Brother Wuxiang is kind and honest, so he is more suitable for the position of head than me."

Chu Liuxiang also clapped his palms and laughed loudly: "I'm afraid you're really relieved when you say that! If you really want to be the head of Shaolin, and if you meet someone like 'that gentleman', you'll run away without hesitation. , show others the ass of the head of Shaolin Temple!"

Wu Hua was not angry, and still said calmly: "Amitabha! Brother Chu, if he is quick with his tongue, he is not afraid of going to hell after death?"

Chu Liuxiang choked suddenly, stamped his feet and yelled strangely: "I remember that Shaolin Temple is originally Zen Buddhism, you monk, how did you learn to curse people from Tantric Buddhism!"

Hua Manlou listened to the words of these two people, neither of them would give in, but the tone was mostly joking, so she knew it in her heart.

"Presumably this Wuhua monk is also Chu Xiangshuai's good friend."

As soon as he thought of this, he thought of Lu Xiaofeng again, knowing that he couldn't think about it right now, so he coughed and diverted his thoughts.

But Chu Liuxiang walked up to him immediately, and asked in a low voice, "Did you catch a cold? I'll accompany you back to the inn and change clothes."

Wu Hua also smiled and said: "You really have to take good care of Mr. Hua, as for our hand-talking agreement..."

Chu Liuxiang interrupted him and said, "Don't worry, I'll see you next time, and I promise that the clothes on my body are dry."

Wu Hua nodded and said: "I hope that if there is a destiny, I can invite Mrs. Hua to come and meet with me."

Holding Hua Manlou's hand, Chu Liuxiang leaped onto the shore of the lake, and said with a big smile, "I also hope that you will meet an opponent who can kill you to pieces!"

Hua Manlou seemed to be used to being led around by Chu Liuxiang like this, following behind him as if he didn't make any effort, and said after a while: "How do you know I can play chess?"

Chu Liuxiang didn't stop, but turned her head slightly, looking at Hua Manlou with bright and warm eyes like the rising sun.Then he said softly: "Because I can't think of a way you won't."

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The bandaged wound on Hua Manlou's hand was cut open again when he grabbed the sword from the crazy Yidianhong.While sighing, Chu Liuxiang helped him clean up again, and at the same time turned his head to look at the increasingly bright sky outside the window.

Hua Manlou seemed to have noticed his action, and immediately said: "If Xiang Shuai has something important, please feel free to do so."

Chu Liuxiang finished wrapping the bandage, but didn't let go of that hand, and said with a smile, "Are you tired? Do you want to walk with me again?"

Hua Manlou was startled, and said casually, "Why should I go?"

Chu Liuxiang touched her nose habitually, and said sullenly, "I don't want to find you walking away without a sound when I come back."

Hua Manlou didn't know how to answer for a while, but he was dragged out of the door again.

When Chu Liuxiang and Hua Manlou arrived at the entrance of the Happy Hall, the door was still closed.

Happy Hall is a casino.Casinos only do business at night.

But Chu Liuxiang dragged a guy who came out to splash dirty water and muttered a few words in a low voice, and the guy looked him up and down in a panic, and ran into the door quickly.

After a while, Leng Qiuhun, the head disciple of the Cinnabar Sect and behind-the-scenes owner of the Happy Hall, came out.

He was still wearing the emerald robe, with his hands casually sleeved, his face seemed paler and colder than the night before.

As soon as she saw him, Chu Liuxiang walked forward with a smile, raised her hand and said, "Why, brother Leng is busy with work, could it be that you have forgotten my little brother?"

Hua Manlou had heard Chu Liuxiang mutter to the clerk earlier, "I'm Mr. Leng's brother-in-law, I need to find him for something important", and he almost burst out laughing when he heard that he was still pretending to greet him.

However, Mr. Leng took it seriously and said indifferently: "Forgive my blindness, I don't remember where I have seen you before."

This time, Huamanlou heard Chu Liuxiang say in a serious voice, "Next is Zhang Xiaolin."

It was only then that Hua Manlou realized that when Chu Liuxiang saw her for the first time, she should have been easy-going, but now, for some reason, she reappeared in her true colors.That's why Mr. Leng, who had seen "Zhang Xiaolin" before, couldn't recognize Chu Liuxiang.

"It turns out that being a blind person can sometimes see more clearly than ordinary people."

Hua Manlou happily thought so.Although Chu Liuxiang used a pseudonym when he first met him, he was always Chu Liuxiang. No matter how many faces he changed, to him, he was just Chu Liuxiang.

Being so distracted, Hua Manlou missed the conversation between Chu Liuxiang and Leng Qiuhun afterwards.Chu Liuxiang ran back suddenly, grabbed his hand and said, "Chengnan Yingbin Building! I hope I won't arrive too late this time."

Hua Manlou didn't bother to ask anymore, so he followed Chu Liuxiang to the inn called "Yingbinlou" in the south of the city.As soon as he entered the gate, Chu Liuxiang hurriedly asked someone about "Hainan Sword School Tianyingzi".

"Hainan sword sect?" Hua Manlou couldn't help but wonder, "If this sect is really in Hainan, why did it come all the way to Shandong?"

Chu Liuxiang grabbed his hand and ran towards the courtyard, saying hastily, "When you find him, you will naturally have an answer to your question. I'm afraid I won't be able to make it in time..."

The sentence was not finished, and it was never said again.

Noticing that Chu Liuxiang not only stopped speaking, but also stopped in footsteps, Hua Manlou was just about to ask, but already smelled a pungent aura.

Bloody smell.

Chu Liuxiang stayed up all night, running back and forth, and finally found this person, who was sitting quietly in the room in front of the two of them, but there was a hole in his chest, from which blood was oozing out.

Chu Liuxiang walked over, walked around the room, and murmured: "A sword pierces the heart, such a fast technique!"

Hua Manlou took a breath of air in surprise, and said, "A sword pierces the heart! This...is this person dead?"

Chu Liuxiang nodded and said, "Dead, I can't die anymore."

Hua Manlou thought for a while, then said: "Is he the Tianyingzi you are looking for?"

Chu Liuxiang said: "Hainan Sword Sect is a Taoist sect, and this person is dressing up in Taoist attire. According to Leng Qiuhun, they just met, so there should be no mistake."

Hua Manlou said: "Then, who killed him?"

Chu Liuxiang said in a deep voice: "I don't know... All I know is that this person must be a master, he stabbed with a sword, and he died, but his body is still sitting here without moving."

Hua Manlou said: "Are there many experts like this?"

Chu Liuxiang shook his head and said, "Not many, it can be said that there are too few."

Hua Manlou said: "Can you guess who it is?"

Chu Liuxiang sighed for a long time, and said, "Unfortunately, I can't." As if to explain to Hua Manlou, he quickly continued, "If you mean, those who can use this sword in the Jianghu People, I can probably name seven or eight. But I am sure that none of these seven or eight people are the murderer, because the murderer is someone else, and I have seen him before."

Hua Manlou said: "Have you seen him?"

Chu Liuxiang said: "To be precise, I only saw his back."

Hua Manlou said: "So you didn't see his face, and you don't know who 'he' is?"

Chu Liuxiang said: "I can only say that 'he' is not anyone I know, 'he' is completely unfamiliar to me."

Hua Manlou was stunned for a long time before saying, "Why are you so sure?"

Chu Liuxiang said: "Because of 'him', the murderer, he should be from Dongyun. I don't know Dongyun people."

Hua Manlou wondered, "How do you know that 'he' is from Dongxu?"

Chu Liuxiang said: "'He' escaped in front of me, using the ninjutsu of the Dongxu ninja. This kind of ninjutsu is the same as the unique martial arts of some martial arts families in our Central Plains, and it will never be passed on to the outside world."

Hua Manlou couldn't help frowning, and said: "Why did the Dongxu people go to the Central Plains to kill people? What's his purpose?"

Chu Liuxiang looked at him suddenly, smiled slightly and said, "Are you starting to care about this too?"

Hua Manlou said: "I don't like to see people die, and I don't like to see people kill people."

Chu Liuxiang nodded and said: "Well, I don't like it either. But we have to leave quickly. If the innkeeper comes to clean up the room, we will have nothing to say."

Hua Manlou heard him quickly turn around the room again, then held her hand again, couldn't help showing a smile, and said, "This time I know the way back."

Chu Liuxiang led Hua Manlou to the roof, and started running again, before he said leisurely, "Your lightness kung fu is not as good as mine. Listen, is there someone making a fuss about reporting to the police?"

If someone else said to Hua Manlou, "Your qinggong is not as good as mine", Hua Manlou might not take it seriously, but when Chu Liuxiang said this, he felt it was too right, it was a matter of course.He just smiled and said, "Chu Xiangshuai, is he also afraid of the government?"

Chu Liuxiang felt that it was the first time he heard this gentle and elegant young man speak in such a sarcastic tone, and couldn't help but burst out laughing, and said, "Chu Liuxiang is just a thief."

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When the two of them returned to the inn where they were staying, the sun had risen for half a day.However, Chu Liuxiang yawned facing the sunlight, and said, "Are you sleepy? After all, I haven't closed my eyes for fourteen hours. Are you about the same?"

Hua Manlou didn't answer, but just quietly walked back to her room.Chu Liuxiang thought for a while, and unexpectedly followed.

Hua Manlou heard him enter the door, and said calmly, "What else can Xiangshuai want?"

Chu Liuxiang suddenly felt as if she had bumped into the door panel, she couldn't help touching her nose and said, "I...I just want to ask, what's your plan next?"

Hua Manlou was silent for a long time before saying, "I think... I should go back."

Chu Liuxiang said: "Go back? Where are you going back?"

Hua Manlou said: "Of course I'm going home."

Chu Liuxiang was stunned for a long time, as if she couldn't even speak fluently, she stammered, "You...you have a home?"

Hua Manlou smiled and said, "Although I'm blind, I didn't just jump out of a crack in the rock. Of course I have a family."

Chu Liuxiang suddenly realized that she had made a big mistake.

He has never asked about Huamanlou's origin and life experience, but from Huamanlou's manner and conversation, it is not difficult to see that he has received a good education, and that simple and sincere attitude also shows that this person grew up under the careful care of his relatives. big.

How could such a cared person leave the family after a change?

If there are changes in the family and you have to leave your hometown, how can you always have a relaxed and comfortable look?

Before that, Chu Liuxiang had never thought of this, let alone that Huamanlou would go back one day.

The friend he had just met was about to withdraw from his sight again.

Chu Liuxiang couldn't tell what was going on in her heart, she just rubbed her nose vigorously and said, "Then...then you don't want to go to Lu Xiaofeng anymore?"

Hua Manlou turned to face him, smiled and said, "I won't look for it anymore, because I can't find it."

Chu Liuxiang shouted angrily: "Who said you can't find it? Didn't I promise to help you find it together? There are people in the world who I, Chu Liuxiang, can't find?"

Hua Manlou was not in a hurry, and waited for him to finish before saying leisurely: "Yes... If this person doesn't exist at all, you can't find it."

Chu Liuxiang's voice immediately choked up, and he said in a low voice, "Doesn't exist? What do you mean?" Suddenly an ominous premonition filled his heart, and he asked tentatively, "That friend of yours...is he dead?"

Hua Manlou shook his head, still with that inscrutable smile, slowly said: "He is not a dead person, nor is he a god, he just never existed at all... The name 'Lu Xiaofeng' was made up by me. "

Chu Liuxiang's eyes widened in surprise, and she said in a loud voice, "It's made up? It doesn't exist at all? You mean...you lied to me?"

Hua Manlou's smile widened a bit, and there seemed to be a strange brilliance in those blind eyes.He said word by word: "That's right, I lied to you, there has never been such a Lu Xiaofeng! Chu Liuxiang, the famous bandit commander in the Jianghu, would fall for my trick, I am so excited and happy!" He said Before he finished speaking, his body had already bent down, and he pressed his hand on his chest, as if he couldn't breathe from laughing.

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First of all, I would like to thank Dongfeng Drunk Officer for the evidence that Gu Long is unreliable XDDD

For the convenience of other readers, cite the following

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OK, great. Murong praised, "Silk, Silk Road." He sighed, "Even if you aim Ximen Chuuxue's sword at my throat, I can't think of a better name." "

——Midnight Orchid from the legend of Chu Liuxiang.

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This passage refuted the unreliable false evidence made by Mo Dao a few days ago, that is, the story of Chu Liuxiang happened before Lu Xiaofeng.But I choose to take as little faith in the Midnight Orchid as possible for the following reasons.

One is the time of creation.The main body of the Chu Liuxiang series, the Jagged Legend trilogy (namely "Fragrant from the Sea of ​​Blood", "The Great Desert", "Thrushbird") was written in 1966-1969, almost immediately followed by "Ghost Love" and "Bat Legend", no later than the end of 1971.Then there is "Legend of Peach Blossom", which was completed in 1972 at the latest. It can be seen that Gu Da's writing power has declined, that is, Chu Liuxiang has nothing to write, and it is still unfinished.

The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng began to be serialized in 1972, and in 1975, it was serialized to "The Invisible Man", which is the unit that was later renamed "Feng Wu Jiu Tian".The last unit was finally completed around 1979.

Chu Liuxiang's "Legend of the New Moon" did not come out until 1979, and "Midnight Orchid" was created in 1982.

Judging from the actual order of Gu Da's writing, he is used to inserting the stories he wrote earlier in the stories he created later, as the background and background of the people in the book.According to this habit, Lu Xiaofeng will definitely call Chu Liuxiang a senior.And Dudu mentions Li Xunhuan, Shen Lang, and Ximen Chuuxue in the unit "Midnight Orchid" because it was written late.Gu Da's life and writings are as long as he is, and he has that kind of personality, so he doesn't bother to arrange who comes first, so the bug is big.

Another one, "Midnight Orchid" can be regarded as the result of fandom forcing the original work. The model of this fanfic is the movie "Chu Liuxiang Finale" (starring Zheng Shaoqiu) that appeared at the same time as "Midnight Orchid" in the early 80s.From the chronological order that can be found on the Internet, it seems that the book is before the movie, but from the content point of view, both the plot and the characters of "Midnight Orchid" are obviously greatly influenced by the movie-because this system was previously in the Chu Liuxiang series. Never appeared, I mean, the Murong family, Lin Huanyu, Jiangnan beautiful swordsman Liu Shangdi... and other nonsense. "Legend of Peach Blossom" is also very ridiculous, but it is to open up a new situation for Chu Liuxiang to explore, and most readers who only read the original work will probably be baffled by "Midnight Orchid".

"You didn't describe those people at all, why did you mention them?"——It's because the movie was played like this, and the plot of the movie was created by the same people, and Gu Da didn't participate.

Gu Long was more helpless about the adaptation and popularity of Chu Liuxiang's film and television dramas during that period.The audience clearly liked it, but those adaptations were obviously shot without his authorization.

So he said:

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I can only smile. Speaking of it, I can go to court, and I can say that I can definitely be protected by law.

But I can only smile, because since ancient times, Chinese literati don't like to go to court. Going to court is too troublesome and not fun, but Fei Fei and Qiu Zai are such fun people.

——Chu Liuxiang and his friends—Preface to "The New Biography of Chu Liuxiang? Midnight Orchid"

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But he probably got on with the movie version of "The Finale": Didn't you say that Chu Liuxiang died?I want him to come alive!The things you made up, even if they exist, but you still underestimated Chu Liuxiang and other people who were ignored by you, so you thought that such a scheme would succeed.Put it all down and let a professional tell you what the strategy is like!Let me show you how to get Chu Liuxiang hooked, and willingly!Let you see who he really loves! ...

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The above is just an irresponsible guess.

Anyway, we know that it is not easy for Zhiqi to produce good works.The Chu Liuxiang series, which had declined in "Legend of Peach Blossoms", did not regain its vitality with "Midnight Orchid", and Gu Da's so-called "New Detective" concept has no more...

So I said, the chronological order should be the one I said before, and by the way, "Biography of Heroes of the Banner", which happened around the Jingnan period, can be added.Chu Liuxiang's martial arts should be inherited from Tie Zhongtang, this is not a big controversy. "Bat Legend" also directly mentions that Tie Zhongtang is still alive.

As for the two wonderful flowers of peach blossom and orchid... I will try my best to deal with it orz