The flower is a tulip [Chu Liuxiang]

Hua Manlou couldn't remember clearly, this was the first time Chu Liuxiang held hands and ran down the street.He wanted to shake off his hand at first, but with a slight movement, he found that although Chu Liuxiang's pull was not very tight, it was not too loose, which happened to allow him to shake it off without using internal force.

Since Chu Liuxiang has repeatedly claimed that they are friends, Hua Manlou is not ashamed to really use her internal strength.

What's more, even if he really uses his internal strength, he is not sure that he can compete with Chu Liuxiang.

Although they only knew each other for a short night and half a day, Hua Manlou knew that he was nothing compared to Chu Liuxiang.

He didn't feel annoyed at all, but thought it was normal, just like it would rain and people would eat when they were hungry.

So Hua Manlou just ran along with Chu Liuxiang, and smiled softly, "I'm not a child anymore."

Chu Liuxiang didn't let go of his hand, but turned to look at him, and also smiled and said, "You haven't told me, how old are you?"

Hua Manlou said helplessly: "23. You didn't tell me where we were going, and who is the 'old acquaintance' you mentioned?"

Chu Liuxiang smiled and said, "So it's faster for you to follow me directly. You see, you are so much younger than me, how can I let go?"

Hua Manlou didn't know how to answer, so he simply didn't speak.Chu Liuxiang finally stopped.

There was something familiar about where they stopped.Hua Manlou listened attentively, then smiled, and said, "Tianxing Gang?"

Chu Liuxiang also smiled and said, "You have a good memory! We walked on the roof last night, and you can still tell the difference now."

Hua Manlou shook his head, stretched out his hand and pointed to the right.When Chu Liuxiang looked over, she found that there was a blacksmith's shop. There were some knives, scissors, hammers and anvils hanging in front of the door as a cover to attract business. Occasionally, when the wind blew, it would make a "jingling" sound.

Chu Liuxiang laughed suddenly, took Hua Manlou's hand again, and said, "Let's go in."

Hua Manlou was puzzled and said, "But the Tianxing Gang...you said that 'Tianqiangxing' Song Gang was killed by that murderer."

Chu Liuxiang said: "They lost the first and second masters, but there is still the third master."

Although Hua Manlou couldn't see her, she couldn't help but blinked, as if she had come to her senses and said: "You mean..."

Chu Liuxiang said: "It's the woman who entered your room and then climbed into my bed, Shen Shangu, the third head of the family."

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The person who knocked on the door was Hua Manlou, and Chu Liuxiang followed behind him, pretending to be following him.

Of course, the image of Huamanlou will not bring any displeasure.They were soon regarded as "friends of the third family" and invited into the yard.No one recognized that these two people had stepped on the roof to spy on them last night, and they had also fought against the famous and fearful killer "Zhongyuan Yidianhong".

Shen Shangu personally came out of the main hall.Hua Manlou stood in the middle of the yard with a casual and gentle expression, while Chu Liuxiang looked around while rubbing his nose.

The members of the Tianxing Gang seemed to be packing their things.

Although Shen Shangu had a polite smile on her face, she still couldn't hide her depression and uneasiness.

She was wearing a purple dress, which seemed to fit her body perfectly, showing off her graceful figure.

Chu Liuxiang blinked, secretly nodded happily.

No matter when, he appreciates beautiful things.

When the sound of footsteps reached her, Hua Manlou raised her hand respectfully: "Miss Shen."

Shen Shangu was startled, her eyes kept sizing up Hua Manlou, she almost forgot to return the gift.After a while, he said, "May I ask who you are?"

Huamanlou said: "I'm down here, Huamanlou."

Shen Shangu's expression became even more puzzled, she repeated "Flowers Man Lou" several times, and finally said: "Excuse me, I don't remember when I met you, Young Master."

Hua Manlou smiled and said, "It was last night, at the Yuelai Inn."

"Yuelai" is a very common name. Among the inns in the world, nine out of ten are named Yuelai.

But Aunt Shen suddenly remembered the house he was talking about, and her rosy face turned pale, and said in a low voice, "You...you are...you are the one..." Before Hua Manlou could answer, she suddenly Screaming, "What are you doing here? Are you here to see my joke?"

Hua Manlou sighed, and said: "If yesterday... I offended the girl, I would like to apologize here." As he spoke, he actually gave a deep bow.

Shen Shangu seemed to be stunned for a moment, and then shouted again: "I don't have time to talk to you! You go, go!" Then, she stretched out her hand to push Huamanlou.Unexpectedly, a figure flashed in front of her eyes, and someone stood between her and Hua Manlou.

Shen Shangu's eyes were wide open at first, wanting to scold that person, but her gaze was fixed, seeing that he was handsome and chic, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and his eyes were like Beichen stars. Filled with incredible light.For some reason, the anger subsided, the chest sank, and then stood up again, and then changed into a gentle tone: "You... what does this big brother have to teach?"

Chu Liuxiang's smile deepened, and he said slowly, "We just want to ask the girl..."

Shen Shangu suddenly screamed and interrupted his words, and stepped back in horror, as if seeing some beast, stammering: "You! You... beast! Animal! You..."

Before she could finish her sentence, she turned around and ran into the hall, as fast as her butt was on fire, and even Chu Liuxiang's light work couldn't catch up.And she immediately closed the door tightly, and no one could knock it open.

Chu Liuxiang turned around and found that other people in the yard, except Hua Manlou, were staring at him, as if they wanted to see what kind of "beast" he was, what kind of "animal".His hand touched his nose again.

The two finally walked out angrily.Although the members of the Tianxing Gang didn't make things difficult for them, they didn't show any friendly attitude.

Moreover, Shen Shangu refused to meet, and no one else knew what they wanted to inquire about.

After walking silently for a long time, Chu Liuxiang shook her head and said, "This woman's ears are as good as yours!"

Hua Manlou couldn't help bursting out laughing, and said, "Maybe it's just because...you were her first guest, and you left a deep impression on her."

Chu Liuxiang was still touching her nose, and her voice came out muffled from under her palm: "If you keep talking like this, even I will feel like a beast."

Hua Manlou's smile became softer, and after thinking for a while, he asked, "You once said that the murderer recognized you?"

Chu Liuxiang put down his hands, and said seriously: "I know you are afraid of embarrassing me, but you turned the topic too bluntly."

Hua Manlou ignored him, and continued: "Your identity is clear, but he is still in the dark, so wherever you go, he will take the first step and destroy the clues you want to investigate."

Chu Liuxiang sighed and said, "Do you have to increase my sense of frustration? Now Shen Shangu won't tell us..." Just halfway through speaking, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said quickly, "You mean, since we Finding Shen Shangu means that the murderer will not attack her? In other words, the murderer is sure and she doesn't know anything?"

Hua Manlou nodded and said, "Since she is still alive and well."

Chu Liuxiang looked at him, for some reason, burst out laughing, and said, "I think you really care about her."

Hua Manlou said: "I just don't want to see someone get killed again."

Chu Liuxiang said: "No more. The Tianxing Gang suffered such a big setback. Although the third family was released by the Zhushamen, they have no face to stay in Jinan City. I think they will leave early tomorrow morning to go back to the Wannan main hall and shut the door well. Rest and rest."

Hua Manlou let out a breath and said, "That's good."

Chu Liuxiang covered her mouth and smiled, "You always seem to be very gentle with girls. If those girls in my family see you, they don't know how happy they will be."

Hua Manlou was startled, and said, "You..."

Chu Liuxiang guessed what he was going to ask, and said first: "Since you know Li Hongxiu of my family, you also know Su Rongrong and Song Tian'er. They have been with me since childhood. Although they are not related by blood, they are almost like brothers and sisters. You Do you want to meet them?"

Hearing this friendly and casual tone, Hua Manlou's heart suddenly warmed up, but he hesitated: "Is this inappropriate? You...you don't investigate the case anymore?"

Chu Liuxiang watched a faint blush rise on his cheek, and almost wanted to reach out to touch it again, and laughed quickly: "We are all friends now, what's wrong with that! Right now, the clues in Jinan City have been lost, so I have no choice but to Find another way. You and I, plus the three of them, five cobblers, can always come up with a way."

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According to what Chu Liuxiang said, he has already made an appointment with Su Rongrong to meet at the Daming Lake.And in the sunset by the lake, a young girl's figure is reflected.

Her figure is so beautiful, so otherworldly.The golden-red sunset in the sky dyed her white clothes, and also outlined her shapely and moving figure.Her long, jet-black hair fell like a waterfall of thick ink over her back.Although she still couldn't see her appearance or her smile, Chu Liuxiang felt a warm feeling in her heart.

Feelings for loved ones and friends.Years of companionship have made each other a very important part of their lives.

Chu Liuxiang smiled brightly, and was about to wave her hand to call her, but suddenly touched her nose again, said "hehe", and said to Huamanlou in a low voice, "I'll scare her."

Hua Manlou tactfully stopped, listening to Chu Liuxiang groping over there lightly.Strangely, after only reaching the third step, Chu Liuxiang's figure suddenly stopped, and then jumped up like lightning!

At the same time, the girl's scream of "Ah" was heard from a distance by the lake, followed by the sound of "噗嗵" falling into the water.

Chu Liuxiang was in the air, his pupils shrank in an instant!

He already saw four figures rushing out from the surrounding bushes at the same time, rushing towards the girl surrounded by them, and also saw the girl jumping up to avoid them immediately.In the sky where the girl flitted, countless small needles as thin as a cow's hair reflected the light of the setting sun.

The next moment, the girl cried out in surprise, and the figure that had just jumped up faltered, and fell powerlessly into the lake.

Chu Liuxiang didn't care about the four figures running away, she jumped into the water and kept groping in the water.

The moment he entered the water, he saw a bright red color rising from the bottom of the water.

blood color.

Holding his breath tightly, he dived deeper, continuing to search for the place where the girl might have fallen.His movements are close to crazy.

"Rongrong! Rongrong!"

He didn't say anything, but he kept shouting in his heart, eager to hold that hand in the next moment.

But waiting for him in the depths of the water was a knife.

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A knife appeared silently behind Hua Manlou.

A long and narrow hundred-steel knife.

Reflecting the afterglow of the setting sun, the blade shone with a strange light.Under the light of this sword, everything is peaceful and chilling.

This knife with complete dead silence was less than five feet away from Huamanlou's vest, but Huamanlou couldn't see it.

He kept facing the direction where Chu Liuxiang jumped, which was also the direction where Su Rongrong fell into the water.In the lake over there, there were still some muffled sounds of water, presumably Chu Liuxiang was rescuing the injured girl at the bottom of the lake.

In any case, it is impossible for him to perceive the danger that has crept into him.

But his figure moved in an instant.

Just moved once, then stopped moving again.It seemed that he was still standing where he was, not even moving the position of his feet.

Slash with a knife!

This knife is so fast, so sharp, so strong!Even the surrounding air seemed to have been split in half by this knife!

Although Hua Manlou couldn't see the dazzling brilliance when the knife was struck down, he could feel the power of the knife from the sound of the wind.

It was too late for him to turn around, and it was too late for him to perform that trick.The blade wind enveloped his whole body in an instant.

He could only do his best to dodge.

Just halfway through the turn, he realized that he couldn't escape.

He didn't turn far enough on his side, nor crouch low enough.Although he avoided the vital point on the top of his head, this lightning-like knife slashed straight at his left shoulder.

With a "poof", it seemed so light and soft in the strong wind blown by the blade.

The blood sprinkled down and stained the white clothes, like blossoming plum blossoms in the snow.

In the shadow behind the knife light, there seemed to be a hint of a sinister smile.

Then there was another "Zheng" sound.

The deathly silence was torn apart, and the wind stopped immediately.

The slender and sharp steel blade was caught between Hua Manlou's two fingers.

The smile in the shadows disappeared.A voice said incredulously: "You..."

After just saying a word, the voice was completely cut off.Immediately, the blade rose in the opposite direction, as if it wanted to attack again.

Half blade.

Hua Manlou let go of his fingers, and the broken blade on his shoulder fell to the ground with a "clang clang".

This sound, especially the smile on Hua Manlou's lips, seemed to hit the knife holder's heart heavily.Amidst the roar of anger, the half-blade with the handle flew across the air like a sharp arrow, and struck quickly!

However, for Hua Manlou, dodging such an attack was much easier than dodging the knife just now.The sleeves of his clothes swung lightly, and the other person jumped back.

But the knife holder still didn't give up, before the broken knife landed, he flew forward and pushed out with a palm.

Hua Manlou heard the direction of this palm, and immediately raised his hand to greet it.Suddenly there was another gust of wind blowing by, he didn't receive the palm, but hearing the opponent's figure, he stepped back in an instant.

There was the sound of sharp blades piercing the wind in the air.

Hua Manlou's eyebrows twitched, and he blurted out: "The Central Plains is red!"

It was completely different from the ground-breaking knife just now, this sharp and mournful sound of the wind was just a little red fast sword.

In just a short moment, the attacking swordsman was stopped by a little red, and he retreated again and again.Just as Hua Manlou was about to step forward, he heard a loud explosion in the air, followed by a strong and pungent smell of fireworks.

A little red resentfully threw the sword on the ground, saying: "Tell him to escape!"

Hua Manlou let out a long breath, ignored the wound on his shoulder, stepped forward and bowed, and said, "Thank you, Brother Hong, for saving me."

Yidianhong still said coldly: "You save my life, and I will pay you back. It's just that I haven't paid it off completely this time, and I will make up the other half next time."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Hua Manlou to reply, he paused, and his figure was gone.

Hua Manlou wanted to stop him but didn't, so he just stood there, showing a calm and gentle smile.