[Lu Xiaofeng] Beside the flowers and the willows

Thunder

Liu Mogui has been busy for more than ten days, and the new printing plate is finally completed. During these ten days, Hua Manlou and Lu Xiaofeng have not been idle. They have been inquiring about Wanhua Valley, but there is no news. Finally, they decided to find Dazhi Chase.

Dazhi and Datong are two strange people in the world. There is nothing in this world that they don't know, but there is only one person who knows where they are - that is Mr. Guisun.

Mr. Guisun hangs around the brothel again these days, has no money to pay the bill, and is tied up in the brothel.Lu Xiaofeng went in to redeem him, but Huamanlou waited in the distance with Liu Mogui—how could he let the little girl go to the brothel?

Liu Mogui seemed to be unusually silent that day, A-Gump rubbed her waist coquettishly, she didn't speak, but just stretched out her hand, stroking A-Gump casually.

"Ah Mo?" Hua Manlou sensed something was wrong, and was slightly worried, "What's wrong with Ah Mo? Are you unhappy or have something on your mind?"

"I..." The little girl bit her lip and said softly, "I'm just a little nervous."

—— Nervous, whether or not I can go home.

Hua Manlou smiled, and warmly covered the top of her head with his palm: "Don't be nervous, I promised to take you home, and I will definitely do it."

Liu Mogui raised his head, Huamanlou's clear and jubilant eyebrows looked more gentle under the spring sunshine.The little girl gave him a deep look, pursed her lips and nodded.

Mr. Guisun was quickly redeemed by Lu Xiaofeng, and he took the three of them straight to the wilderness, and finally stopped in front of a cave: "Dazhi Datong is here, old rules, 50 taels per question." After finishing speaking He bent down and got into the cave.

Lu Xiaofeng was about to take out some silver, but Huamanlou had already thrown a 50 taels of silver ingots into the cave—well, love is a matter of the sweetheart, so you have to experience it yourself!

Lu Xiaofeng raised his eyebrows, and was not polite to him, he folded his arms and looked at them leisurely - anyway, Huamanlou is a rich man, not less than a few hundred taels.

"Do you know the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers?" Hua Manlou began to ask the first question.

The voice of Dazhi Datong came out of the cave immediately: "In the 23rd year of Kaiyuan in the Tang Dynasty, Dongfang Yuxuan saw a valley in the mountains of Qingyan in the Qinling Mountains. It was a fairyland, so it was built as the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers. There are piano, chess, calligraphy, painting and medicine in the valley. There are seven sages of Gonghua, hundreds of disciples, and 200 strange and famous scholars who live in seclusion, and it is one of the three great places of elegance in the Tang Dynasty."

Dazhi Datong knew Wanhua Valley, so it would be easy to handle. Hua Manlou couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, threw another 50 taels in, and asked, "Where is Wanhua Valley now?"

"In the 14th year of Tianbao, Anlu Mountain rebelled. During the Anshi Rebellion, the martial arts in the Central Plains tried their best to defend their homes and the country. There were countless casualties. Hidden in the mountains, there has been no news since then, and it is hard to say whether there are any descendants."

Huamanlou and Lu Xiaofeng were stunned at the same time when they heard the words, they subconsciously looked at Liu Mogui, Huamanlou couldn't see it, but Lu Xiaofeng clearly saw the little girl's face turned pale and her eyes turned red, hanging by her side Her hands had already been clenched into fists, and even her fingers turned white, her lips were about to bleed out from her own bite!

Liu Mogui's mind was blank, only the words "bring out all the elite, countless casualties" remained, which kept circling in her mind over and over again——

The fellow disciples and teachers in the valley do not love prosperity and fame and wealth on weekdays, and only want to live in seclusion in the valley. But if the country is in trouble, no one can sit still and is willing to stand by. Then, is it true that everyone... …

She didn't dare to think about it anymore, but she couldn't control her thoughts, she just felt that the blood in her body had been completely cooled.

Although Huamanlou couldn't see it, she sensitively sensed that the atmosphere was not right, and stretched out her hand to hold the little girl's hand, but it was completely cold, Huamanlou's heart skipped a beat, and for the first time, she also became a little flustered :

"Amo, what's wrong with you, Mo?"

Huamanlou's voice woke Liu Mogui up from the nightmare-like words. Looking at Huamanlou's worried face, the little girl took a deep breath, and tried her best to open her eyes wide to keep from crying. Falling down, slowly shaking his head:

"I, I'm fine, I'm just...just because they said there's no news from Wanhua Valley, so I'm a little disappointed."

"Ah Mo..." Hua Manlou didn't believe it, but was disappointed, how could she be so cold all over?

Liu Mogui didn't respond, but just shook his head, repeating "I'm fine, I'm fine..." over and over again. I don't know whether it was to stop Hua Manlou from worrying or to convince himself. When he started crying, his voice was so hoarse that it had long since lost its usual crispness.

Hua Manlou didn't dare to ask any more, and hesitated for a moment, whether it was because of his distressed heart, and without caring about other things, he reached out and hugged the little girl into his arms, patted her on the back and comforted her softly:

"I know Ah Mo is fine, I know, I know everything..."

The little girl lying in his arms bit her lip and raised her head: "Huamanlou, let's go to Qingyan tomorrow, okay? It doesn't matter if they don't know, I can find it myself, I will definitely do it!"

Hua Manlou's hand paused slightly, but immediately continued to gently line her back:

"it is good."

……

Liu Mogui and Hua Manlou set off early the next morning. The little girl seemed to have returned to her usual appearance, but her face was still pale, and she didn't talk much, and suddenly became quiet.

Hua Manlou's brows were full of worry, but he took the little girl's emotions into consideration, so he didn't ask any more questions, but just led her to ride the horse all the way to Qingyan.

"Ah Mo, it's getting late, let's stay in the city overnight!" Hua Manlou reined in his horse at the gate of the city, and turned his head to "look" at the little girl who was also riding on the horse.

The little girl frowned, and said with some hesitation: "Hua Man Lou, I... I'm not tired yet."

"Even if you are not tired, the horse has already been running for a day. If you don't rest, I'm afraid it will be too much." Hua Manlou sighed, "You should also take a good rest, so that you can go on the road tomorrow."

The little girl was startled, looked at Hua Manlou's eyes full of worry, bit her lip, but still nodded.

The two found an inn and asked for two upper rooms. After eating and taking a bath, they went back to their rooms early to rest.

Liu Mogui didn't feel tired after driving for a whole day, but now that he packed up and lay down, he felt exhausted, but lying on the bed, he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, and those bloody characters still flashed through his mind from time to time:

"Extremely elite, countless casualties."

She wants to go back, she wants to go back right away, she has a part to defend her home country, even if she dies, it doesn't matter, it's good to die with her family...

The more the little girl thought about it, the more she couldn't fall asleep, so she simply lifted the quilt and got out of bed, put on her robe and opened the door, and sat on the porch quietly in a daze.

I don't know how long it took, the door of the next room opened with a creak, and Hua Manlou's gentle but worried voice sounded from above his head:

"Ah Mo, why don't you rest so late? Sitting here will catch a cold."

As soon as the man's voice fell, a warm robe came down immediately.

The robe was so big that it almost covered her whole body. It still carried Hua Manlou's body temperature, and it was full of his refreshing and pleasant smell...

After blowing the wind alone on the porch for a long time, the little girl finally calmed down a lot this time. She stretched out her hands and gathered her robe to wrap herself tighter, and apologized softly:

"I'm sorry, Huamanlou, for making you worry."

Hua Manlou shook his mouth and sat down beside her, shielding her from the cool night breeze.

The two of them just sat there quietly, and the atmosphere was unprecedentedly quiet.

The little girl was silent for a while, but said softly: "Hua Man Lou, you will take me home, right?"

"Yes," Hua Manlou nodded, "I promise you."

The little girl paused, then asked again: "If I go home, you will come to see me often, won't you?"

"Yes, I will come often."

Huamanlou's expression was gentle, but the face of the little girl he couldn't see was also calm and gentle:

"You said you wouldn't forget me."

"Well, it won't."

"You have touched my face, you will remember what I look like, right?"

"Yes, I remember, Ah Mo is very beautiful, and I will never forget it."

...Liu Mogui just felt that his heart settled down little by little with Huamanlou's voice. He knew that he couldn't go back, but he still stubbornly wanted to hear Huamanlou say, "I promised you , I will definitely send you back." Knowing that if he could really return home, he would never see Hua Manlou again, but he kept asking him over and over again, "You will definitely come to see me, right?" "You You will never forget me, right?"... Hearing him say yes over and over again, saying that he would never forget, it was as if he had relaxed and settled down little by little...

The little girl gradually calmed down and relaxed, but her eyelids became heavier and heavier unconsciously. Hua Manlou only felt her shoulders sink, and then warm breath sprayed on the side of her neck, causing bursts of pain. Itching - the little girl is already asleep!

Hua Manlou stretched out his hand, caressing the slightly wet corners of her eyes, pulled her heart, sighed softly, carried her into the room and put her on the bed, pulled the quilt over her and covered her carefully, But he didn't leave right away. Instead, he sat quietly on the edge of the bed for a while. Even those dull eyes were full of pity at this moment——

Ah Mo, what are you hiding from me?Tell me, I will share with you, okay?

The author has something to say: Mo Mo is homesick TAT

Three more reached!Tomorrow is at nine o'clock in the morning!

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