The flower is a tulip [Chu Liuxiang]

A little red goes fast and comes back even faster.

But as soon as he came to the tent, all the guarding soldiers were alarmed, shouting and pointing their guns at the man who came out at some time.

A little red just sneered, and the blade of the long sword in his hand stuck to Princess Pipa's neck.

Ji Bingyan also opened the tent door at the right time, and shouted: "Let them in, and we will guarantee the safety of the princess! Otherwise..."

Needless to say, the soldiers re-surrounded the tent after watching Didianhong kidnap the princess into the tent.

Princess Pipa didn't say a word, and her eyes with dark blue light scanned the three people in front of her in turn, and when they finally fell on Hu Tiehua, her eyes were as cold as ice.

Hu Tiehua was so scared by her, coughed and said: "You...you tell us the truth obediently..."

"What's the truth?" Princess Pipa interrupted Hu Tiehua's words, "It's not enough for you to steal the Star of Bliss, do you still want to know the secret from me?"

Ji Bingyan's heart suddenly moved, and he said lightly: "Are you willing to say?"

Princess Pipa smiled, and said in a drawn-out voice, "You guys really planned that, but you found the wrong person. I don't know that secret at all."

Ji Bingyan said: "Really? You are the king's daughter, how could you not know?"

Princess Pipa looked at him like an idiot, and said: "I am the second daughter, even if I inherit the throne, it will not be my turn."

As soon as this sentence came out, she suddenly realized that she had made a mistake.But Ji Bingyan sneered in response: "Sure enough, Princess Jialing knows about it."

Princess Pipa understood that she was the one being treated as an idiot, so she couldn't help but paused and said, "So what? My sister's life or death is uncertain..."

This time even Hu Tiehua knew the way, and asked first: "Is Princess Jialing still alive?"

Princess Pipa gave him a white look, but did not answer.A little red said: "It is said that when he hanged himself, he was discovered by the maid, and he was still breathing when he put it down."

Princess Pipa said angrily: "What are you guys trying to do? Let me out quickly! If something happens to my sister..."

Before she could finish her sentence, there was already a commotion outside the tent.Princess Pipa's eyes lit up, and she shouted, "Let me go! Do you think you can escape!"

Ji Bingyan said: "Escape? Who said we have to escape?"

Princess Pipa sneered and said, "Do you think your father won't dare to touch you if you coerce me?"

Ji Bingyan said lightly: "I didn't think so."

Princess Pipa said: "Looking at your appearance, you still understand current affairs."

Ji Bingyan seemed to have exchanged glances with Hu Tiehua before slowly saying: "Do you think that if the king knew that his eldest daughter was killed by his second daughter, and that the Star of Bliss was also stolen by his second daughter, would he move us, or should he move us first?" Move you?"

Princess Pipa froze suddenly.

The shouts of the Kucha warriors came from outside the tent, it was nothing more than "let Princess Pipa go, spare you not to die".

A little red long sword flashed suddenly.

Princess Pipa only felt a chill in her ears, and quickly reached out to touch it, only to find that an earring had been cut in half and fell to the ground with a tinkling sound.

A little red still did not speak, and with a flick of the sword, the two halves of the earrings shot out from the gap in the middle of the tent.A soldier shouted outside, as if he had been hit by this unknown hidden weapon.

Ji Bingyan smiled and shouted: "If you don't retreat, next time it will be the princess' ears!"

The outside suddenly fell silent, unimaginably quiet.

Princess Pipa bit her lip, there seemed to be tears in her eyes, but she tried her best not to let them fall.

Seeing her like this, Hu Tiehua softened her heart again, and said in a low voice, "Did you do it? You...you don't look like such a vicious person..."

Princess Pipa said bitterly: "Is it up to you to say it all, what else should I say?"

She seemed to be able to say whatever she wanted only when facing Hu Tiehua.

Hu Tiehua scratched his head and said, "Where did the king put the star of bliss?"

Princess Pipa said: "Always keep it by his side. Not to mention me, even my sister may not be able to get it."

Ji Bingyan sneered and said, "If that's the case, why should he doubt Chu Liuxiang?"

Princess Pipa blinked, and said: "Although I am in the Western Regions, I have heard that Chu Liuxiang wanted to steal something because I learned martial arts, and there is nothing that I can't steal. If it wasn't him, who else would it be? It won't be me Father himself?"

Ji Bingyan said: "Can't it be you?"

Princess Pipa opened her mouth, as if she wanted to retort, but in the end she only sighed and said, "I never fight for what belongs to my sister."

Ji Bingyan said: "Haven't you thought about becoming a queen?"

Princess Pipa said: "What's so good about being a queen? What's more, the Kucha Kingdom has been destroyed. No matter how much we deceive ourselves, we are just a homeless royal family in exile."

Hu Tiehua's expression moved, and he said: "You and your father really think differently!"

Princess Pipa said: "I can understand my father's feelings, but I don't want to take on such a big responsibility. My sister, she...she is the real strong person, she knows what our future is like me, But she still promised her father that she would inherit the throne of Kucha."

Ji Bingyan said: "If that's the case, why did she commit suicide?"

Princess Pipa sneered and said, "I've been wondering too. If Huamanlou hadn't run in time, I would have said that he killed my sister and pretended to be my sister's suicide. Unexpectedly, you would have suspected me instead!"

Hu Tiehua was suddenly a little angry, and was about to speak, when she saw Ji Bingyan's gaze in the blink of an eye, she had to close her mouth and touch her nose.

He learned this habit of touching his nose from Chu Liuxiang, and now he does it exactly the same way.

Princess Pipa watched him touch his nose, her expression became a little complicated, and she said slowly: "I know that I doubt your friends, and you will be unhappy. But have you ever thought about whether it is fair to doubt me like this out of thin air?"

Hu Tiehua had to cough, not daring to look into her eyes.

But Ji Bingyan said: "Princess Jialing should always be accompanied by a maid? Why did you give her a chance to be alone?"

If there is a maid by her side, no matter whether the princess commits suicide or plots against her, it will not be so easy.

Princess Pipa thought for a while, then shook her head and said, "I haven't heard of that."

Ji Bingyan said again: "Who is the person who found out that Princess Jialing committed suicide?"

Princess Pipa said: "She is my sister's personal maid."

Ji Bingyan sighed, because there was really no clue.

Princess Pipa grabbed his sleeve in a rebellious manner, and said repeatedly: "You...what are you thinking? Have you thought of anything? My sister will definitely not commit suicide. If you can find the murderer, I... I will go to my father and tell him to ask him not to pursue you any longer."

Ji Bingyan said coldly: "Can your father stop pursuing the matter of the Bliss Star?"

Princess Pipa was taken aback, and said, "Did you steal the Star of Bliss?"

Hu Tiehua said angrily: "You think we are all fools? Old Chu stole something, and we still cover the tank for him?"

Ji Bingyan didn't stop Hu Tiehua, and even smiled, then looked at Princess Pipa and said, "Even you don't know that secret, where can we find out?"

Princess Pipa's face turned red immediately, and she stammered, "I, I forgot for a while... Then you don't doubt me, do you?"

Ji Bingyan didn't answer, but thought for a while and asked instead: "Except for the king and Princess Jialing, does no one know that secret?"

Princess Pipa said: "Absolutely not."

Ji Bingyan said: "Then has anyone asked the two of them?"

Princess Pipa thought for a long time before hesitating: "I... I asked my father, but he didn't tell me. Others... I don't know."

Seeing her haggard face, Hu Tiehua felt that she couldn't get angry, and turned to Ji Bingyan and said, "Maybe...do you think...the person who stole the Star of Bliss didn't know that secret?"

Ji Bingyan was startled, and said: "You mean..."

Hu Tiehua followed his own train of thought and said: "The things the king keeps beside him, except for traitors, only martial arts masters can steal them away. The outsiders who came to the camp recently, who know martial arts, include us and the Wu brothers , Du Huan, Situ Liuxing, and the person named 'Wang Chong'."

Ji Bingyan nodded, and said: "Those who entered the king's golden tent that night, all know that there is a secret hidden in the Star of Bliss. If you can't get that secret, the gem is useless. Only those who didn't enter the tent..."

Princess Pipa couldn't help but cast a glance at Dianhong before saying, "Then who exactly is Wang Chong?"

This time, even Ji Bingyan and Hu Tiehua turned their attention to Dianhong.Yidianhong said lightly: "I've never seen this person before, I'm just guessing."

Hu Tiehua came up and took his arm and said, "I don't know you yet? If you can't guess correctly, no one will be able to guess it!"

A little red seemed to be very unacceptable to this kind of enthusiasm. She twitched her arm but didn't twitch. She said helplessly, "Looking at the man's appearance and age, he looks like the Huashan swordsman and Liu Yanfei who have been missing for ten years in the rumors in the world."

"Liu Yanfei!"

Ji Bingyan and Hu Tiehua showed surprise at the same time.Hu Tiehua even shouted: "The Liu Yanfei you are talking about is the Liu Yanfei who made his debut at the age of weak crown 15 years ago, and is known as the 'Little Dragon Swordsman' by people in the world?"

Yidianhong said: "I never heard that there is a second person named Liu Yanfei."

Hu Tiehua said: "But... I heard that Liu Yanfei is the most famous Huashan swordsman after the Huashan Seven Swords, and his character is also elegant and elegant. How could he...how could he come to this desert without his name? Became like that?"

Ji Bingyan sighed lightly, and said: "I'm afraid this reason is not enough for outsiders like me."

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Chu Liuxiang and Hua Manlou have set off again.

In the desert in winter, you can only feel some warmth after the sun rises, so they took this opportunity to take turns to rest.But thinking that King Qiuci might send troops to pursue them after he found out that they had escaped, he didn't dare to stay any longer.

After running for a day and a night, Hua Manlou discovered the gap between himself and Chu Liuxiang.Although under the leadership of Chu Liuxiang, he could still keep up with the quick steps, but his breath had begun to become heavy, while Chu Liuxiang still maintained a normal breathing sound.

Chu Liuxiang also seemed to notice that he was listening carefully, and said with a smile: "Your internal strength is deeper than I imagined. The Jiangnan Hua family has always been wise and safe, and doesn't ask about the affairs of the world. Could it be that your generation changed the rules?"

Hua Manlou couldn't help but shook his head and smiled, and immediately slowed down by half a step, and was caught by Chu Liuxiang's arm before he followed again, and couldn't help sighing: "I'm afraid I won't be able to practice like you in my life!"

After saying this, she blushed again.Because Chu Liuxiang's lightness kung fu is unique in the world, and it has been a fact recognized by the world for a hundred years, Hua Manlou only felt that he was too overestimated.

But Chu Liuxiang laughed loudly and said, "I am a thief, if I didn't run faster, I would have been caught a hundred times by the vultures! Don't be impatient, although practicing kung fu requires hard work, it depends on your understanding." Yes. If you don’t use your brain and only know how to practice hard according to the scriptures, no matter how proficient you practice, it will be useless when you really need it!”

Hua Manlou was startled, and said, "Your words are different from others."

Chu Liuxiang said: "I am not someone else."

Hua Manlou heard his tone full of complacency, and couldn't help laughing again, but this time he had paid attention, and immediately stabilized his breath, so he didn't lag behind.Then he said: "I was originally the youngest son in the family, but later I had eye problems. My father and brothers were afraid that I would work hard, so they didn't ask me to intervene in anything. I was arguing and had nothing to do. Father invited an old friend to teach me martial arts."

Chu Liuxiang said, "Old friend?"

Hua Manlou said: "Although the Hua family doesn't set foot in the rivers and lakes, they always have friends in the rivers and lakes."

Chu Liuxiang said: "My father, this old friend, could it be that he is a famous Wudang sect?"

He suddenly thought that Hua Manlou's best kung fu, apart from Lu Xiaofeng's "Consonant Finger", is the Wudang School's "Liuyun Feixiu".

Hua Manlou smiled and said, "Yes."

Chu Liuxiang said: "Then you are considered a disciple of Wudang?"

Hua Manlou said: "It doesn't count. According to this old man, my father did him a favor in the past, and he was just paying back the favor. He taught me Kung Fu for three months, then drifted away, and I never saw him again. pass him."

Chu Liuxiang was surprised: "Only three months?"

Hua Manlou said: "I only taught for three months, but I practiced for eight years."

Chu Liuxiang smiled and said: "From your tone, it seems that you still feel that you are slow in practicing."

Hua Manlou said: "Isn't it slow? But every time I make a move, I feel that it's not fast enough, not accurate enough, and there are many, many problems."

Chu Liuxiang couldn't help but shook his head and said, "Do you really know that you are a genius? Even if you are a direct disciple of Wudang, you may not have the same skill as you after eight years of learning."

Hua Manlou said: "I don't know. I don't have many fights with people, but I don't think it's very easy."

Chu Liuxiang said: "In a real fight, the one who can easily defeat the opponent is probably only someone like your martial arts senior who can do it."

Hua ManLou wondered, "You can't do it either?"

Chu Liuxiang said: "I can't do it either. Do you think I'm a god?"

Hua Manlou said: "Although it is impossible to be a god, in my heart, you are indeed a senior in the world, and there is nothing wrong with you."

Chu Liuxiang was choked by her own saliva, coughed for a long time to catch her breath, staggered and stopped.He collected himself, only to see that Hua Manlou had a narrow smile on his face, as if he was "watching" his embarrassing expression.

Chu Liuxiang couldn't help scratching the bridge of her nose, and shouted: "Huamanlou! You don't want to learn from it, but go to learn from Hu Tiehua, and make fun of me for nothing!" After thinking about it, she couldn't help laughing.

The moon rose quietly amidst the laughter of the two.

After running for a while, they finally slowed down and adjusted their breath in this way.They guessed that the sprint for this period of time was enough to get rid of Qiuci's pursuers, so they stopped worrying and re-identified the direction.

Hua Manlou listened attentively to the howling wind in the distance, and suddenly asked, "Is there someone over there?"

Chu Liuxiang followed his fingers to look far out, and sure enough, he saw a black shadow in the sand sea under the moonlight.At the same time, Chu Liuxiang himself could vaguely hear the extremely subtle sound of metal knocking mixed with the sound of the wind.

The two of them did not gallop, but walked over cautiously.In this desert of uncertain future, every step may be a new trap.

However, when they got to the front, Chu Liuxiang could see clearly that the black shadow was two people leaning against each other, their heads and faces were covered with sand, they couldn't see their original appearance anymore, but they seemed to be exhausted.

One of them held a long sword horizontally in his hand, and the metallic sound came from him striking the sword with a stone.

They seemed unable to shout or stand up, and could only curl up and lean against each other to keep warm.If Chu Liuxiang and the others hadn't heard the sound, they might have turned into two dead people before dawn the next day.

Chu Liuxiang slowly walked up to the man holding the long sword, looked at him and said, "May I ask who you are?"

The man seemed to have just realized that there were two people beside him, and it took a lot of effort to raise his head, but immediately said in a hoarse voice: "Chu...Chu Liuxiang?"

Before his words fell completely, Hua Manlou blurted out in surprise, "Mr. Wang Chong?"

The author has something to say:

There are two versions of the name of Little Dragon Swordsman, I chose the one that looks more normal.According to Gu Long's problem of naming people Laoai with poetic style, it seems that this should also be the case.

Shi Guanyin slaughtered the Huashan School 20 years ago. If the Little Swordsman Shenlong had debuted at that time, it seems that he would not have been spared...whether it is from the school or his own appearance...so his debut time was postponed. Then the time to come out to find the legendary elder brother will be even later.

Huahua's mentorship was made up by me.

The premise is still that the Jiangnan Hua family is a wealthy businessman, and has basically nothing to do with officialdom and the world.

By the way, it is also set that Lu Xiaofeng and Huamanlou met relatively late, after Huamanlou lost his sight.

By the way, have you ever wondered what is the reason for Huamanlou's blindness?I think it is retinal detachment caused by congenital myopia...