[Lu Xiaofeng] Looking at the sea by leaning on flowers

The vegetation is lush and lush, and the forest is dense.The breeze was blowing slowly, Li Canghai sat quietly in the pavilion, his eyes were absent-minded, his eyes fell into the distance, his thoughts were misty and even nine days away, and there were voices in his ears.

Suddenly a flock of birds flew in fright, the Taoist robe girl suddenly turned her head, and she saw Lu Xiaofeng walking behind Huamanlou with a folding fan in his hand.

"I can't even bear to disturb the sparrows, it really is full of flowers!" The prodigal teased frivolously.

Hearing Huamanlou chuckled but said nothing, Li Canghai raised his brows slightly, and joked back for him: "Come here uninvited, and eavesdropping behind your back, it really is only Lu Xiaofeng." Lived in Baihualou In such a long time, she and Lu Xiaofeng have met several times, and they are considered close friends.

Opening the folding fan, Lu Xiaofeng fanned it a few times pretending to be anxious: "Hey, Li Canghai, what's the matter? Every time you are so anxious to maintain Huamanlou, as if I, Lu Xiaofeng, are some kind of villain, lest I bully him."

Normally, Li Canghai would have blocked him one or two times without minding, but now he just froze for a moment, then remained silent and did not answer, turned his head and looked into the distance again, with an unpredictable expression.

Lu Xiaofeng was a little puzzled by the girl's reaction, and when he looked at her carefully, he didn't look shy or angry, and he was even more puzzled, his eyes scanned Huamanlou and Li Canghai back and forth strangely.

Hua Manlou looked pale, and after putting the guqin in the box, he asked the thoughtful Lu Xiaofeng, "Lu Xiaofeng, have you received the invitation from the Hua family?"

"I'm a wandering cloud wild crane, I have no fixed place to live," Lu Xiaofeng said lazily, "Your family's invitations have nowhere to send!"

The three of them stepped out of the post pavilion.Hearing what Lu Xiaofeng said, Li Canghai took up the conversation: "You have a good nose, you must have known where to drink."

Lu Xiaofeng smiled triumphantly: "Isn't this saving a lot of trouble? Anyway, I will find the gate of Hua's family by myself."

Hua Manlou laughed: "You don't need to come to the door, we are going back to Hua's house now, let's go together!"

Lu Xiaofeng quickly waved his hands, looked at the two friends jokingly, and said in a drawn-out tone: "I, Lu Xiaofeng, am a smart person, so I won't disturb your getting along, haha..." Turning around and striding away, he suddenly stopped at the intersection, mouthing Asked Hua Manlou, but looked at Li Canghai, "Hua Manlou, although I don't know the rhythm, I just heard your piano sound very sad... Did you encounter any sad things?"

Hua Manlou and Li Canghai paused at the same time, and the person who asked the question disappeared in an instant as if he didn't care about the answer.

"I didn't encounter any sad things." Hua Manlou tilted his head slightly, explaining Lu Xiaofeng's problem to the woman beside him, "The tune of that piano song was originally sad."

"Ah, um." Li Canghai didn't know how to respond for a while, and he was often in a trance for the past two days, feeling as if there was a backlog of stagnant things in his heart.

"What about you?" Hua Manlou asked suddenly, "I always feel that you have been restless recently. What kind of difficulties have you encountered?"

"I..." Li Canghai opened his mouth, and suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes, swallowed his words, and replied softly like a sigh, "It's okay." A moment later, a carriage slowly stopped in front of the two of them.

Hua ManLou didn't ask any further questions.

The carriage was sent by the Hua family to pick up Hua Manlou, and the driver was Hua Ping, the servant of the Hua family.Hua Ping informs Hua Man Lou that the birthday feast originally scheduled to be held at Peach Blossom Castle has been changed to Yuxiu Villa.

The two got into the car one after another.Li Canghai instinctively felt a little weird, but he couldn't explain what he was feeling, so he said to Hua Manlou, "Will it be troublesome to temporarily change the venue of the birthday banquet?"

"Yeah," Hua Manlou was also surprised, and replied, "I don't know why."

I couldn't figure it out for a while, so I had to suppress my doubts for the time being.There is not much space in the carriage, and the two people sitting side by side, their bodies are a little close, and their aura blends together, which is vaguely ambiguous... Li Canghai frowned slightly, not because of disgust or repulsion, but because the irritability in his heart suddenly became apparent Then he deliberately distracted himself, turned around and opened the curtains, casually enjoying the scenery beside the post road, with Huaping's voice in his ears.

"Master, the master ordered something to be delivered to you, it's in the box behind you."

Li Canghai subconsciously turned his head back, and when he saw Hua Manlou stretching out his hand to open the red wooden box, his heart was startled, and he hurriedly stopped him: "Don't open it..." Before he could finish speaking, a burst of thick white smoke rushed towards the two of them.

What a domineering drug!The girl wanted to take out the antidote pill she carried with her, but she was powerless. As soon as she raised her hand, her body collapsed weakly: it seems that the anti-drug ability still needs to be improved!Before he fell into a coma, a thought flashed through him.

Li Canghai woke up in a quiet and elegant room. At that time, she was lying on the same bed with Hua Manlou.Slightly stunned, he subconsciously looked down at the clothes of the two of them. They were all neat and tidy, so he didn't care. He looked around guardedly, while carefully fumbling for the weapons and poisons on his body. He unexpectedly found that none of them had been searched away. .

After getting up and walking around the room, she found that the doors and windows were nailed to death with iron plates. Apart from that, there was no other danger. There was even a water tank full of water and a table full of food in the room.

Li Canghai was very puzzled, so he could only suppress his doubts first. Waking up Huamanlou is the main thing right now. She is highly resistant to medicines, so she can wake up early...Take out the medicine bag and pour some pills that are specially designed to relieve confusion. , and stuffed it into Huamanlou's mouth.

Not long after, Huamanlou woke up. After a moment of bewilderment, he sat up in shock, groping for the wall, and shouting anxiously: "Changhai! Canghai..." He looked very flustered.

Li Canghai, who was thinking about how to get out, came back to his senses when he heard the sound, froze for a moment, and hurriedly replied: "I'm fine, Huamanlou." Sitting on the side of the bed, she said in a low tone, "We should have been flattened by that Huamanlou." Kidnapped, the doors and windows of this room were all nailed to death with iron plates..."

Before she could finish speaking, Hua Manlou looked dazed and said with a sense of loss: "This is my room in Yuxiu Villa."

Li Canghai was startled: "How could it be?!" Now the situation became more and more weird, she almost doubted whether Lu Xiaofeng deliberately played a prank on them.

While she was contemplating, Hua Manlou anxiously checked the room, opened the window, and found that the way out was blocked by a solid iron wall. In desperation, he threw his fist at the iron wall.

Fortunately, Li Canghai found out in time, threw out the cold silk satin, and grabbed the other party's reckless move: "The flowers are all over the building, your hands will be hurt!"

Hua Manlou was in a panic she had never seen before. He tugged at his arm that was trapped by the cold, and said in an anxious tone, "Something may have happened to my father, I have to get out of here quickly!"

Withdrawing his coldness, Li Canghai sighed softly: "The doors and windows are nailed to death." Although it may be possible to blast them open with the use of internal energy, they are impregnable walls after all. The situation of the Hua family is unknown at the moment, so we should try our best to conserve our strength, "Wait for me for a while."

She flung out her cold gauze, climbed lightly on the roof beams, and said to Hua Manlou, "Fortunately, the roof is not nailed," and ordered, "You keep an eye on the movement outside for me." To avoid alarming the guards, Although she checked carefully just now, she didn't find anyone guarding outside.

When Li Canghai was studying mechanism precision work, he kept a very practical mind, that is, in case of danger, he should not be trapped by any mechanism, chain or cage.Breaking open such an ordinary roof took only half an hour for her.

When the two left the room, they found that the entire Yuxiu Villa was empty.Li Canghai looked at the anxious Huamanlou with some concern. After checking the villa, the two decided to go to Peach Blossom Fort first.

They rushed to the home without stopping, but the two were surprised to find that Peach Blossom Castle was full of joy, and the servants were busy making preparations for the birthday feast.

Hua Manlou anxiously strode into the mansion, Li Canghai followed closely behind him, and saw Hua Ping, who had kidnapped them, walking back and forth and looking around.

The girl frowned, and just about to tie her down with cold silk, Huamanlou was already one step ahead of her, restraining Huaping, his expression was unprecedentedly serious, and his tone was serious: "Say, why plot against me?"

Huaping faltered and begged for mercy, and Huamanlou became more and more angry. At this moment, Hua Ruling suddenly appeared. Immediately, the two knew that it was Hua Ruling who ordered Huaping to kidnap them.

As the person involved, Li Canghai went to Hua Ruling's study with Hua Manlou. After listening to the cause and effect of the incident: it turned out that the iron shoe robber who caused disasters in the Central Plains more than ten years ago was not dead, and he sent a bloody footprint on purpose. On Hua Ruling's birthday, he came to Hua's house to seek revenge, and Hua Ruling was most worried about Hua Manlou, so he was deliberately kidnapped and locked up to avoid the chaos.

"Father, how can I back down when the enemy is in front of me?!"

Li Canghai looked at Huamanlou following the sound, and was shocked by his sad and angry expression, which could be called resentment: Such a Huamanlou is so unusual!

It seems that there is something hidden...

After talking with Hua Manlou, Hua Ruling cupped his hands at Li Canghai: "Young Xia Qi, I made you suffer this time."

Presumably, except for Lu Xiaofeng and the others, they all regarded themselves as men.Li Canghai thought to himself, repeatedly rejecting the elder's apology.

The environment of the Huayuan Garden is quiet and elegant, and the beauty cannot be concealed.Li Canghai didn't care about sightseeing for a while, walking beside the preoccupied Huamanlou, thinking about the Iron Shoes Bandit in his heart, he always felt that there was something strange about it.She recalled the vague stories in her mind again, and the ones that left a deep impression on her were the Great Jinpeng Dynasty, the Embroidered Thief, and the decisive battle between Ximen Chuuxue and Ye Gucheng. The Iron Shoes Thief was completely unheard of...

"sea……"

Li Canghai heard the sound and looked over, but saw Hua Manlou solemnly took out a ruby ​​ring, handed it to her, and said, "Put it on."

"Ah?" Her heart tightened suddenly, she stared blankly at the ring in the man's palm, not understanding what he meant at all.

"Put it on." Sensing the girl's hesitation, Hua Manlou repeated with a firm and serious face.

In ancient times, rings had a different meaning than in modern times.Li Canghai had already reacted, took the ring, did not put it on, and only asked, "Why did you give me this ring?"

"Put it on." Hua Manlou repeated again, his attitude was unprecedentedly tough, and he said seriously, "After you put it on, I want to tell you something."

Some people have no way to refuse such Huamanlou!Li Canghai sighed secretly, and obediently put the ring on his thumb: "Speak."

Hua Manlou got up and walked slowly to the window, with his back to the girl, and after a long time, he slowly talked about the past.It was only then that Li Canghai knew that Hua Manlou's eyes were stabbed blind by iron shoe thieves who came to Peach Blossom Castle to steal treasures when he was seven years old.

Hearing Hua Manlou repeating the phrase "This is the last face you will see in this world", Li Canghai, who has cultivated himself in this life and rarely experienced emotional ups and downs, tightened his fists suddenly, feeling his internal organs Like burning on fire.She could clearly feel that Hua Manlou didn't really care about her blindness. There was a dead knot hidden in that soft, considerate and life-loving heart. This dead knot stuck there, and sooner or later it would turn into a heart attack. .

In Li Canghai's heart, Huamanlou is the embodiment of beauty. She couldn't imagine that he was treated so maliciously...

Hua Manlou's mood gradually calmed down, and he continued: "Over the past ten years, I have often felt that the Iron Shoes Thief is still lingering near the secret passage... But," the words paused, "I have never experienced such a situation in the past few years." so I'm worried..."

Li Canghai asked softly, "What are you worried about?"

"I'm worried that if he appears this time, he must come from a bad person." Hua Manlou turned to face the girl, "Cang Hai, I will leave this ring to you for safekeeping. It was passed down to me by my mother before she died."

Li Canghai was silent, although she knew it was inappropriate to give the ring to her, but at this moment, she could not refuse Hua Manlou's prudent request.

"Flowers are all over the building, nothing will happen." Li Canghai finally said, "If the iron shoe thief really dares to come, I will tell him to go and never return." She will be called an evil doctor, and an "evil" is enough to explain her means.She pursues peace and indifference, but her practice is far from home. The disciples of the Xiaoyao Sect repay kindness with kindness and revenge with hatred... Huamanlou is her most valued friend. He has been hurt like that, and she will definitely not let the iron shoe thief go. of.

At this time, Li Canghai suddenly felt that the life and death talisman of the elder sister was actually valuable.

Hua Manlou smiled suddenly, the previous gloom was completely resolved.He said softly: "Thank you, Cang Hai. But I don't want you to encounter any danger," and then said firmly, "I will settle the grievances with the Iron Shoes Thief with my own hands. You... just stay by my side ,Will suffice."

Li Canghai smiled lightly, he had her own idea in his heart, and didn't say anything more.