The flower is a tulip [Chu Liuxiang]

Chu Liuxiang frowned, watching this gentle young man laughing almost crazy, but there was no anger in his heart.After a while, he said softly: "Can you tell me why you lied to me?"

Hua Manlou slowly suppressed his laughter, turned his head away, and said coldly: "I lied to you, are you not angry?"

Chu Liuxiang sighed, and said, "I don't know whether I should be angry or not. But now I just want to know the reason."

Hua Manlou said loudly: "There are so many reasons, I just want to deceive people! Who knew that Chu Liuxiang could be deceived by a single deception, and who knew that Chu Liuxiang could be so easy to deceive! Haha... Tell me, if I tell others, they will Don't believe it?"

Chu Liuxiang smiled bitterly and said, "I'm afraid that half of the people in this world wish Chu Liuxiang could be deceived ten more times. But you... I really don't understand..."

Hua Manlou hurriedly said: "What don't you understand? My family is rich and powerful, I have no worries about food and clothing, and I am blind. Only when something happens will you be happy!"

He originally thought that after hearing these words, although Chu Liuxiang would not be furious, he would leave helplessly, but after a long time, he still did not hear footsteps.He pondered for a long time, finally couldn't help coughing, and said: "You...you still not leaving?"

As if waiting for his words, Chu Liuxiang took two steps forward and said with a smile, "You just want me to go after talking so much?"

Hua Manlou said: "I...I don't think it's that fun to lie to you, I'm getting bored now. Don't you have something to investigate? You..."

Chu Liuxiang laughed loudly suddenly, took advantage of the opportunity to sit beside him, and said, "Look at you, you are born to not tell lies, and if you can't say three sentences, you can't make it up."

Hua Manlou was startled, and said, "What do you mean?" Chu Liuxiang pulled his hand up before he finished speaking.

Bandaged hand.

Then he heard Chu Liuxiang say in a gentle and comforting tone: "You didn't lie to me. People who lie to others for fun don't care what else I have to do, let alone risk their lives to save irrelevant people." people."

Hua Manlou's body couldn't help shaking.He wanted to withdraw his hand, but Chu Liuxiang exerted a little force and held it on his wrist.He could only listen to Chu Liuxiang and continue: "I said I would help you, but you want to refuse me, maybe because you don't want to cause me trouble, maybe... because I am Chu Liuxiang...so you used this method, You're trying to piss me off, aren't you?"

Hua Manlou didn't answer right away, but kept silent.Chu Liuxiang didn't speak any more.The two of them sat side by side.

Finally, Huamanlou took a deep breath and said with determination: "I do have a friend named Lu Xiaofeng."

Chu Liuxiang said: "I know."

Hua Manlou said again: "He does have four eyebrows."

Chu Liuxiang said: "I know. This kind of characteristic cannot be made up casually."

A hint of hesitation gradually appeared in Hua Manlou's tone, and he said slowly, "But... no one can find him."

Chu Liuxiang's eyebrows twitched, and said, "Why?"

Hua Manlou said: "The reason... is very complicated. You can think of him as being far away, a place where no one can go."

Chu Liuxiang thought for a while, and suddenly said: "So when you first mentioned it to me, you said that you might not be able to find him?"

Hua Manlou said: "Yes."

Chu Liuxiang quickly continued: "But I proposed that I must help you find this person, and you know that this is impossible, and you are afraid that I will not believe your judgment, so you simply want to drive me away?"

Hua Manlou's face suddenly turned red, and he said, "Mmm..."

Chu Liuxiang watched his face gradually blushing due to continuous injuries and falling into the water, and his face lacked some blood, and his heart seemed to jump, as if seeing a beautiful flower blooming, with indescribable comfort and joy.So he patted the back of his hand lightly and said, "Don't worry, I believe in you."

Hua Manlou paused, let out a long breath, and turned to Chu Liuxiang.On his face, there was that kind of gentle and serene smile, which was as intoxicating as the dewdrops on the petals.

Then he said softly, "Thank you."

Hua ManLou finally fell asleep.His sleeping face was very quiet and peaceful, and there was a smile on the corner of his mouth, as if he had solved a big problem.

Chu Liuxiang looked at him and breathed a sigh of relief, then felt a little ridiculous.

"My own troubles are not over yet. How can I worry so much about a young man I just met?"

Chu Liuxiang himself did not have an answer to this question.While thinking like this, he stretched out his hand and tucked the blanket over Hua Manlou's body again, as if he was afraid that he would catch a cold.

Hua Manlou moved suddenly, and said in a daze, "Why...you haven't left yet?"

Chu Liuxiang smiled and said: "Go to sleep quickly, I will leave when I fall asleep."

Hua Manlou closed his eyes, seemed to have lost the energy to argue, but murmured: "You are really annoying... more annoying than my six brothers put together..."

Then his breathing gradually calmed down, and he fell into a deep sleep.

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When Huamanlou woke up, he suddenly felt very hot.He stretched out his hand, and immediately touched the person lying beside him.

Lying on the bed covered tightly on a summer afternoon, with another person beside me, it's strange that it's not hot.

However, Hua Manlou didn't think about these things.He was trying to remember what had happened before, trying to figure out who it was that he was lying in the same bed with.

Before he could figure it out, that person had already moved.A clear voice seemed to be smiling: "Are you awake?"

Chu Liuxiang's voice.

It was only then that Hua Manlou remembered that he had met this well-known Bandit Commander, and had experienced some bizarre incidents with him.A killer with a quick sword, a monk playing a piano, a Taoist priest whose heart was pierced by a sword...

He sat up abruptly.

Chu Liuxiang didn't seem to see his startled expression, but still smiled and said, "Have you rested yet? I heard you slept peacefully, like a child."

Hua Manlou was stunned for a long time before he murmured: "You...why are you..."

Chu Liuxiang interrupted him and said, "Like you, I ran all night. I was really sleepy, and I didn't want to take another step. We are friends after all. It's okay to sleep together in the same bed, right?"

Hua Manlou could only sigh, and said, "Nothing." Suddenly he realized something, and said nervously, "You...I...we..."

Chu Liuxiang said in a positive tone: "We are friends."

After a while, Hua Manlou shook his head lightly and said, "You have enough business, I don't want to trouble you."

Chu Liuxiang saw him sitting on the bed, so she leaned over and sat side by side with him, and said with a smile, "What's the trouble? By the way, you said that there are six older brothers. Will your family come to you?"

Hua Manlou's eyebrows twitched before he said, "No."

Chu Liuxiang said: "Are you not looking for Lu Xiaofeng anymore?"

Hua Manlou sighed softly, "I won't go."

Chu Liuxiang said: "If you have nothing else to do, you might as well go with me and relax."

Hua Manlou said: "But..." His expression was obviously hesitating, but his mouth became more and more vague, and it took him a few times to speak clearly, "But I don't know anything."

Chu Liuxiang was stunned, then laughed loudly and said, "You don't know anything? With two fingers, you can hold the blade that someone cut down with all your strength. You have been running around on the roofs of Jinan City all night, saving your life. Lost two lives...you don't know what to call this?"

Hua Manlou shook his head and said, "I'm not talking about that. You know, when I was at home, I didn't do anything except learn from those rich kids. When I was 22 years old, I finally convinced my father and elder brother , promised me to move out alone. I learned to take care of myself, to wash and cook, to clean the garden, to plant flowers and grass... Several brothers came to visit me in turn, and they could see that I was living alone. If they are happy, they will be satisfied... But after all, I have not managed my own life, my food and clothing are all from my family, and I don't have a penny earned by myself..."

When he was narrating like this, Chu Liuxiang listened quietly, and finally smiled and said slowly: "You are already amazing."

Hua Manlou said: "I know, you all think that it is good for a blind man like me to take care of himself and not drag others down. But I don't think so."

Chu Liuxiang's heart seemed to be hit by something, although it was not heavy, it felt a long time.Then he said with a solemn expression: "I don't think so either. I believe that your ability is far from that."

Hua Manlou didn't seem to expect that Chu Liuxiang would answer like this, and his tone was very solemn, so he couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and said, "You..."

Chu Liuxiang hurriedly said: "Washing and cooking, cleaning the house, even piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, astrology, medicine and divination, these are just some of the abilities of human beings. It's not surprising whether they can or won't. I need help with one thing now. But people must have the ability to penetrate the heavens and penetrate the earth."

Hua Manlou couldn't help smiling and said, "Then Xiangshuai found the wrong person?"

Chu Liuxiang also smiled and took his hand, saying, "That's right, I believe you."

Hua Manlou didn't say anything else, just asked, "What can I do for you?"

Chu Liuxiang said word by word: "Find the murderer who killed in front of us."

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Chu Liuxiang finally talked about what he had encountered, the series of bizarre events.During the process of his narration, Hua Manlou didn't say a word, but his expression became serious and serious, and his brows gradually tightened.

For a moment, Chu Liuxiang almost wanted to stop talking, and smoothed the delicate eyebrows with her fingers.

Hua Manlou took a deep breath, and said, "You said that you came to Jinan just to find the murderer of Chun's serial murder?"

Chu Liuxiang immediately calmed down, nodded and said, "Yes."

Huamanlou said, "Why Jinan?"

Chu Liuxiang said: "Because it's close." He suddenly realized that Hua Manlou didn't seem to know much about the forces in Jianghu, so he explained in detail, "The five dead men belonged to different sects. The Tianxing Gang is in southern Anhui, and the Hainan Sword Sect and The desert 'Kingdom of Wind' is in the South China Sea and in the Western Regions, and I will start to investigate from the nearest place."

Hua Manlou nodded, and continued to ask: "However, not only the Jinan Cinnabar Sect, but also the possible insiders of the Tianxing Gang and Hainan Sword Sect were killed?"

Chu Liuxiang sighed: "That's right. Now I'm afraid I have to go to the Western Regions to know the contents of the mysterious letter that hurriedly summoned these people together."

Hua Manlou turned his face to the side, seemed to be thinking about something, and asked after a while, "Do you think these people received letters with similar contents?"

Chu Liuxiang shook his head and said, "I'm not sure. But it's obvious that these people have nothing to do with each other except for leaving in a hurry after receiving a letter."

Hua Manlou pondered and said: "You said that the Tianxing Gang and Zhushamen are deadly enemies?"

Chu Liuxiang smiled and said: "That's right. 37 years ago, the real power figures of the two families got married, but the daughter married by Zhu Shamen passed away within two years. Less than ten years later, the disciples of the Tianxing Gang robbed Zhushamen of a consignment of dart money. From then on, people from Zhushamen and Tianxing Gang would fight whenever they met."

Hua Manlou suddenly said: "Dare to ask Xiangshuai Guigeng?"

Chu Liuxiang didn't expect him to ask such a question inexplicably, and then said in a daze, "28. What about you?"

Hua Manlou didn't answer, but said, "I've known it for 500 years, and I've known it for [-] years. You're worthy of Chu Liuxiang, the commander-in-chief of bandits."

Chu Liuxiang immediately started touching her nose again, and after touching for a long time, she said with a smile: "I don't know about these things, but I have a younger sister who knows everything about martial arts events in the past century. We call her a know-it-all."

Hua Manlou couldn't help laughing, and said, "Xiang Shuai, this Lingmei, is Miss Li Hong Xiuli?"

Chu Liuxiang asked in surprise, "How do you know?"

Although Li Hongxiu knew the history of Jianghu for hundreds of years, her people had never set foot in Jianghu.

It seems that Hua Manlou can't even tell the martial arts school, but he knows Li Hongxiu.

This comparison made Chu Liuxiang full of curiosity.

But Hua Manlou didn't answer anymore, he changed the topic again, and asked, "Have there been any contacts between the Hainan Sword Sect and the Cinnabar Sect?"

Chu Liuxiang had to think for a while, and replied: "I don't know, but we should be famous for each other."

Hua Manlou said: "But as soon as Lingjiuzi disappeared, Tianyingzi immediately came to Zhushamen."

Lingjiuzi was one of the Three Swords in Hainan, and was also a deceased in the serial murder case.

Chu Liuxiang's eyes suddenly brightened, and he lost his voice: "You mean, Tianyingzi knows the connection between Lingjiuzi and Zhushamen's 'killer scholar' Ximenqian?"

Hua Manlou said slowly: "I just listened to your narration and speculated like this. If Tianyingzi knew the content of the letter Lingjiuzi received and at the same time knew that there were other people who might have received the same letter letter, his sudden visit makes sense."

Chu Liuxiang touched his nose unconsciously, and murmured: "That letter, that letter... In other words, the Tianxing Gang is not only because of the old grievances with the Zhushamen, but also because of the second head of the "Tianqiangxing" Song Gang I also read the letter sent to his elder brother, so I came to Zhushamen Xingshi to inquire about the crime..." Before the words fell, he suddenly jumped up, with a somewhat excited and nervous expression on his face, "Tell me, are there any more? Anyone read that letter and know that letter?"

Hua Manlou was taken aback by him, and after thinking for a while, he said, "You mean...the Leng Qiuhun of the Cinnabar Sect?"

Chu Liuxiang touched his nose, smiled triumphantly, shook his head and said, "I have almost squeezed out the contents of Leng Qiuhun's stomach. Have you forgotten that there is another member of the Tianxing Gang, who is considered old with you and me?" acquaintance……"

The author has something to say:

The author presses:

Yesterday, a guest officer asked why Huamanlou didn't know that Wuhua was the serial murderer. I think it's normal. We don't know everything that happened in the past, let alone the details and truth, so I don't think about it. Much explanation.

(Another reason is that my cp replied a long paragraph under the guest officer's comment, which made me completely at a loss for words...