The flower is a tulip [Chu Liuxiang]

Chu Liuxiang was silent for a long time, he knew that Shi Guanyin was right.These days, he hasn't really taken the painkillers Shi Guanyin gave him, so every time the toxicity occurs, he can only forcefully grit his teeth and endure, not even daring to make a sound.

And each time the pain was more severe than the last time, and lasted longer.

He himself didn't know how long he could last without an antidote.

While thinking this way, Chu Liuxiang found that Shi Guanyin was looking at him with concern, as if observing his reaction to her words.And there was a gratified smile on her face.

So Chu Liuxiang closed her eyes deeply, and said in a low voice: "Actually, you don't really want me, do you? You just want someone to belong to you completely."

Shi Guanyin's eyes flashed sharply, but he immediately laughed again and said, "Actually... I really like you very much. After you say such words, I like you even more."

Chu Liuxiang ignored this sentence.A strange expression gradually appeared on his face, which seemed both sad and sympathetic, but also contemptuous.He shook his head and said, "Then why did you abandon Tianfeng Shishilang?"

When he said this name, Shi Guanyin's body froze suddenly, as if he had really turned into a beautiful stone sculpture.After a long time, she finally said shyly, "I don't know what you're talking about."

Chu Liuxiang said: "I'm talking about your husband, the father of your son, who also saved your life and loved you with his life."

Shi Guanyin giggled and said, "You can really make up stories! Where did I get my husband and son?" However, there was no smile on her face.

Chu Liuxiang said calmly: "Your husband's name is Tianfeng Shishilang. He was from Dongying. He died 20 years ago. Wuhua is your and his son."

Shi Guanyin said: "Wuhua? You say Wuhua is my son? Ha! You're going to laugh me to death!"

Chu Liuxiang sighed, and said: "No wonder you keep complaining that Wuhua doesn't listen to you, but you are still accommodating him. It's because you are still a mother after all."

Shi Guanyin's face darkened, and she said slowly: "Mother? Can I still be considered a mother? In his eyes, I am nothing at all."

She still admitted her relationship with Wuhua.Maybe it's because she can't find another person to listen to her talk and whine.

Chu Liuxiang said: "So in your eyes, what is he? If you really love this son, why would you abandon him when he was seven years old?"

Shi Guanyin sneered: "You really think you know everything? How old were you then?"

Chu Liuxiang said: "I am older than you at that time. I can naturally judge the authenticity and connection of what I have heard."

Shi Guanyin said: "Oh? How did you judge my relationship with Wuhua?"

Chu Liuxiang said: "Just because I know that the stone camel that was crippled by you turned out to be the former leader of the Seven Swordsmen of Huashan, the 'Swordsman of Benevolence and Righteousness' Huangfu Gao. Seven swords, the whole family was slaughtered by her, how could Huangfu Gao be spared? Unless... someone who wanted to kill him took him away, and you are that person."

Shi Guanyin brushed her hair that was blown tousled by the mountain wind, and said with a light smile, "Who do you say I am?"

Chu Liuxiang said: "The Huangshan family, Li Qi."

Shi Guanyin sighed: "Li Qi, the Huangshan family... I haven't heard these two names for a long time, and I even seem to have forgotten the hatred that I thought would be engraved in my heart and made me restless all my life."

Chu Liuxiang shook her head and said, "Maybe it's just because you found something more worthy of your memory and pursuit...power and desire..."

Shi Guanyin said: "So what? You men can pursue these things openly, but women can't? Do you also think that women can only wash and cook at home and give birth to a bunch of children for you?"

Chu Liuxiang smiled and said, "I don't think so. If anyone thinks that you should give birth at home, that person must be a complete idiot."

Shi Guanyin said: "Then, you can understand why I left Tianfeng Shishilang."

Chu Liuxiang really understood.He knew how the Dongying people treated women, and Shi Guanyin's character, even in an ordinary family in the Central Plains, was enough to raise eyebrows.She must not be content with the trivial life of caring for her husband, raising her children, and doing housework.

Therefore, Chu Liuxiang just murmured: "You don't want to be bound by Tianfeng Shishilang, and you don't want to be angry with Huangfu Gao. Instead of being controlled by men, you want to control men, don't you?"

Shi Guanyin smiled and said: "You use the word 'control' very well. Because it makes me feel that I am the master, not a sow who can only give birth to piglets."

Chu Liuxiang smiled wryly and said, "I'm the pig...I'm the one controlled by you, am I?"

Shi Guanyin looked at him, then stretched out his hand suddenly, gently stroked his slightly frowning brows, and said softly: "Don't think about it...just think about it, I like you, I wish I could see you all the time You, as long as you take half a step away from me, I will go crazy... Then you will feel better."

She even snuggled into Chu Liuxiang's arms like a bird, with an obedient look.But Chu Liuxiang just felt dumbfounded, rubbed his nose and said: "I really haven't cultivated to that level, and I can indulge myself without conscience."

Shi Guanyin laughed and said: "I have taught you the method, it is up to you whether you listen or not. In fact, you are not suffering any disadvantages when you are with me? When I become the queen of Kucha, you will naturally Prince Zhenggong, even if there are others, I will definitely rank them after you."

Chu Liuxiang's gaze suddenly flickered, and she said, "Do you really want to be a queen?"

Shi Guanyin said: "Is there anything else that can stop me now?"

Chu Liuxiang looked down into her eyes and said softly: "Did you know that Hua Manlou once said to me... He said that when a person is proud, he must always think about possible failures, otherwise he will wait until he really fails." He will feel that he is the biggest bastard in the world..."

Shi Guanyin took a step back before he finished speaking, as if stung by something, looked at him with a distorted expression, and suddenly said, "You're here with me, but what you're thinking about is Huamanlou?"

Chu Liuxiang said lightly: "Can't you think about it?"

Shi Guanyin said: "The most beautiful and charming woman in the world is in your arms, telling you that she will put you in the first place, but you are thinking about what flowers are all over the building? You... I really doubt Are the rumors about you in the Jianghu false? There is something wrong with you!"

Chu Liuxiang rubbed his nose and smiled: "You missed two words, you should be the number one in the 'harem'. If a man is reduced to the point of being someone else's slave, I'm afraid there is nothing to be happy about. Besides, you don't seem to be happy. Don't just use me as a man."

Shi Guanyin said angrily: "What are you talking about, I don't understand!"

Chu Liuxiang said: "Wu Hua is your son, but he never regarded you as his mother. If he hadn't been unable to stay in the Central Plains, he would not have gone to the desert to seek your asylum. You want him to listen to you, and even put Changsun Hong also gave it to him, but he killed Changsun Hong. You are angry with him, but you are reluctant to control him with the way you control other men, so you are eyeing me, right?"

He found that Shi Guanyin's face was flushed with anger, but the light in his eyes became colder and colder.He suddenly felt that the resentment of being imprisoned and threatened for the past few days had welled up in his chest, so he continued to speak regardless.

"You actually don't want to treat me as a lover, because you want to take revenge on those men who made you angry. You control me, not only as if you are torturing Tianfeng Shishilang or Huangfu Gao, but also as if you are torturing Wu Hua, just because he clearly has your blood in his body, but he despises you and hates you like other men. You can only find all the unhappiness that Wu Hua brought to you. This is not only because of me You are about the same age as Wuhua, and you used to be friends, and because you know that Wuhua hates me, and you torture me in every possible way, maybe you can win him a little favor."

A white shadow suddenly passed Chu Liuxiang's eyes, stopping his voice.He found that Shi Guanyin's hand was pinching his throat, and his fingers had become colder than ice and snow.He forced a smile and said hoarsely, "Are you willing to kill me?"

Shi Guanyin's five fingers suddenly tightened in a unique way.Chu Liuxiang's eyes went dark, and her body fell limp as if it had been emptied.

But he regained consciousness soon, and found himself lying on the rough sand and gravel, his whole body was too heavy to move.And Shi Guanyin's fingers were still clasped around his neck, like a sickle ready to harvest his life at any time.

The coquettish smile just now had disappeared from Shi Guanyin's face, like a layer of frost that would not melt for thousands of years.She sneered, "Do you want to die?"

Before Chu Liuxiang answered, she suddenly felt her hand retracted again.Her technique was very ingenious, instead of blocking the trachea from the front, she slammed down the jugular arteries on both sides, cutting off the blood flow there.Chu Liuxiang felt that she had once again fallen into a bottomless hell.

This time it seemed that it took him a long time to wake up, because he lay there stiffly, and he could feel the piercing cold of the ground even in the crevices of his bones.Shi Guanyin withdrew his hand, looked down at him, and asked, "How does it feel to die?"

Chu Liuxiang smiled weakly, the corners of his lips could no longer fully outline a smile, but he was still smiling, panting while laughing, "It's better...much...much better than...you..."

Shi Guanyin was so angry that she slapped him on the face, paused, and slapped him several times before lifting him up and throwing him back on the camel's back.Chu Liuxiang lay groggy in that small tent, feeling that her life was coming to an end.

In the days that followed, he couldn't tell where it was or whether the team was still moving forward.Shi Guanyin did not give him any more painkillers, nor did he give him food or water.Whenever the toxicity flares up, he is like suffering in purgatory.

He didn't know when he passed out, let alone whether he would wake up again.

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"And then? When did you wake up?"

After a long time, when that memory no longer brings pain to people, but only as a kind of talk, Hua Manlou asked.

Chu Liuxiang didn't answer, but smiled first.

Of course Chu Liuxiang was still alive.As in the legend, he lived for a long time, until there was no trace of him in the rivers and lakes, and he was still alive in people's impressions.

But Chu Liuxiang, who was controlled by Shi Guanyin and tortured by various means, of course didn't know about this.

Thinking of that time, Chu Liuxiang sighed with a smile and said, "I don't know, but I must have missed the most exciting part of the story."

Hua Manlou asked again: "What's the most exciting part?"

Chu Liuxiang said: "It was the time when Shi Guanyin arrived at the legendary place and began to use the Star of Bliss to summon the invincible army."

In the narration of King Kucha, the Star of Bliss contains a secret that has been passed down from generation to generation in the royal family.The secret is that when the heir to the royal family needs it, he can hold the Star of Bliss, come to the appointed place, and summon an army that has sworn an oath and will be loyal to Kucha forever.

It is said that everyone in this army is a battle-hardened soldier, and every battle they fought ended in a perfect victory.

After hearing the secret, Hua Manlou couldn't help but asked, "Shi Guanyin really believes this? Does she believe in the existence of this army?"

Chu Liuxiang shook her head and said, "I don't know what she thinks. Maybe... maybe she understands the customs of the Western Regions, and knows that there will be "dead warriors" like the Central Plains in the Western Regions, and maybe the one who made the oath of eternal loyalty The army will also pass on the beliefs of our ancestors from generation to generation in that place..."

Hua Manlou said: "But this hope is too slim after all."

Chu Liuxiang said: "Shi Guanyin is a person who believes in miracles. She once slaughtered more than a hundred people from the Huashan faction by herself, and she also led pirates to rob the imperial court's trading fleet. A great self-confidence in power, and this self-confidence led her to believe in more mysterious and legendary things."

Hua Manlou said: "Then the army she so identified...has it appeared?"

Chu Liuxiang smiled and said, "Of course not."

The legendary army did not appear.Chu Liuxiang decided on this ending almost the moment she heard Shi Guanyin tell the secret.

But Shi Guanyin cannot be persuaded.

Chu Liuxiang said again: "What appeared was the Kucha army...or rather, it was the Kucha army we thought it was."

Waiting for Shi Guanyin is the five-way army led by King Qiuci himself.Arranging a mighty formation in the valley, instantly surrounded the troops she led impenetrably.

Hua Manlou also sighed softly, and said, "It was not long before that that we realized that the Kucha we saw was actually no longer the real Kucha."

King Kucha's army did not have such a majestic lineup, so he naturally found reinforcements.

A warrior from the Timurid Empire.

If the King of Kucha is really a descendant of the Kucha Kingdom that was wiped out by the Chahatai Khanate, how could the Timur Empire lend him troops?

Chu Liuxiang said: "I should have thought of it a long time ago. Kucha is originally a Buddhist country, but the clothes of the king and princess look like Muslims."

Hua Manlou said: "Yes, we learned from the little prince that the King of Kucha was secretly supported by the Chahatai Khanate. He was only put on the shelf to appease the people of Kucha, but he won the throne The means are so deceitful and bloody."

Chu Liuxiang sighed: "Because every crown is stained with blood. If the crown had not been stained with blood, it would not be worshiped wholeheartedly."

Huamanlou remained silent for a while, perhaps because this topic was too heavy for his mind accustomed to receiving sunshine and joy.After a while, he forced a smile and asked: "Although the king knows that you did not steal the Star of Bliss, he may not let you go?"

Chu Liuxiang showed a hint of helplessness, and said, "He doesn't necessarily want to target me. In the midst of the chaos, it is very difficult for a person to save his life."

Hua Manlou said: "But you are still alive."

Chu Liuxiang smiled and said, "Yes. You never dreamed of who saved me."

Hua Manlou tilted his head curiously, as if he was listening carefully to what Chu Liuxiang hadn't said.Then he also smiled and said, "Stone Guanyin?"

Chu Liuxiang said, "It's Shi Guanyin."

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Chu Liuxiang was bouncing in the tent on the camel's back, and when he heard the earth-shattering shouts outside, the sound of sword clashes, and the dull sound of flesh falling to the ground, he suddenly felt chills in his heart.

With his current physical condition, it might be very difficult for him to even stand up, so how can he use lightness kung fu to escape from this place that has become a Shura field?

Then a hand suddenly reached in, grabbed his skirt, and dragged him out.

When Chu Liuxiang realized it, she found that she was being lifted up by a belt and leaping up a higher rock like flying.

At the same time, he heard a sharp and piercing sound, as if someone was blowing a bamboo whistle.Despite the sound of killing from all sides, the whistle still pierced through the sky like a sharp arrow.

Not long after, a strange scene made everyone on the battlefield raise their heads in surprise, almost forgetting to fight.

Flocks of vultures rushed over like black clouds before a storm, covering the sun for a while.Under the huge shadow, a boat-shaped gondola hangs precariously in the air.

Chu Liuxiang suddenly thought of Shi Guanyin's boat sailing in the desert.