The first floor of Luhua Tianxia

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short.

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Lu Xiaofeng and his friends left Yuxiu Villa and returned to Baihualou, and stayed there for a full month.

It has been raining for a few days outside, and the rainy and cold air of late autumn can be felt even if you are not in the rain curtain.The sound of the pattering rain makes people worry, and even Lu Xiaofeng will show melancholy when he hears it too much,

"Brother Lu, is he waiting for someone?"

Lu Xiaofeng acquiesced, raised the red yeast rice in his cup and drank it down in one gulp,

"Although Qiu Yu makes people worry, why do you make Brother Lu so worried?" Hua Manlou asked him, the cup in his hand was already empty,

"Or, brother Lu is worried about the person who is waiting?"

Lu Xiaofeng closed his eyes, rubbed the center of his brows, "I'm not waiting for people, but for trouble."

I don't know what time it is, except for the shadow of the sycamore tree shaking in the rain outside, there are two red lanterns hanging under the eaves outside the building.

"You knew early in the morning that I would be waiting for someone tonight, so you hung up the lantern." Lu Xiaofeng asked him,

Hua Manlou smiled faintly, "We can't let guests enter the door in the dark in the rain."

In response to his words, wet footsteps came in, Lu Xiaofeng saw the puddle of water he had left behind, and couldn't help frowning,

The person who came came to the table, first took off the rain cape and put it aside carefully, then wiped the hair that was soaked in the rain on his face, and finally turned his attention to the two people who were sitting.

"Oh it's you."

Zuo Xuan glanced at him, "What's the difference between everyone and the head of the Demon Cult, whether it's me or Daoist Gu?"

"How to say?" Lu Xiaofeng didn't bother to raise his eyes,

"Everything that needs to be said has been said in the letter, and Daxia Lu has already seen it."

"Then what are you doing here?"

Zuo Xuan was not annoyed by his attitude, and said without changing his face, "Daxia Lu didn't reply, so let me ask, whether to go or not."

The corner of Lu Xiaofeng's mouth seemed to twitch, "Go."

Zuo Xuan didn't wait for him to chase away the guests, he shook his sleeves and got up, and walked back into the rain curtain again.

A gust of wind swept in with rain, making the candles on the table flicker, dazzling people's eyes.Lu Xiaofeng raised his head and found that Huamanlou didn't intend to go to the gate, but stood up by himself,

"What are you going to do?" Hua Manlou asked behind him,

"Close the window?"

Hua Manlou shook his head, "I mean, what are you going to do with him?"

The rain stains blown in by the wind just now are still on the table, and there are water marks left by Zuo Xuan on the ground, and the indoor temperature has also dropped several degrees.

The window was closed, Lu Xiaofeng stood by the window sill, and said, "The Devil's Cult sent a letter saying that Jade Rakshasa has returned to the west, and asked me to go to the Heavenly Sacrifice Ceremony for the succession of the new leader of the Devil's Cult."

"Lu Xiaofeng, have I been treating you well?" Hua Manlou was silent for a while, and then said,

"Okay, of course, among Lu Xiaofeng's friends, you are the best one."

Hua Manlou's appearance was still calm, showing no emotion, "In that case, can you promise me something?"

"I promise you a hundred things."

"One piece is enough. This trip, let's go together."

The man by the window did not answer,

Hua Manlou couldn't stand his silence the most, and was a little annoyed, "In terms of martial arts, in terms of mind, why can't I go with you?"

Lu Xiaofeng looked at him, and suddenly laughed, "Brother Hua, it's almost winter, the weather there is no worse than this, the journey is difficult, and the journey alone costs money..."

"It's better than staying here and worrying about you every day."

Lu Xiaofeng closed his mouth, he didn't know what he could see from Hua Manlou's expression, he just didn't speak, but the person had walked away from the window,

Sensing him approaching from behind, Hua Manlou shuddered all over, and then Lu Xiaofeng asked him suddenly, "Have the brook roses that bloomed a few days ago been harvested?"

The tone of this sentence was already wrong, Huamanlou was distracted by the sound of rain, but just now Lu Xiaofeng saw the faint shadow of flowers on the fence outside through the window paper on the opposite side, he felt suspicious, went first to protect Huamanlou behind him, to ask him again,

How could Huamanlou not collect the flowers even after it rained for a few days? Both of them understood.

The flower shadow has no fragrance, and Lu Xiaofeng will be glad that it has no fragrance when it gets close. If such a hidden weapon is scented, it will be much more dangerous than without it.The palm-sized flower plate is dazzling, carrying the cold air outside, the two of them have already prepared to step aside,

The golden flower plate suddenly opened, and the golden light turned around, Lu Xiaofeng didn't expect this, Hua Manlou beside him had already slapped the table,

The table was fine, the black jade jug and wine glasses were all broken, the pieces were not too many and not enough, just enough to stop the golden flower rain one by one.

"It's amazing, you have to forget before you go down, the Hua family is the most prestigious family of hidden weapons in the Jianghu," Zuo Xuan stepped in,

Lu Xiaofeng looked at him coldly,

Seeing his eyes, Zuo Xuan said proudly, "Why, if I want to kill you, do I still need this?"

Lu Xiaofeng still wanted to confront him tit for tat, "I said goodbye and didn't leave, what are you doing here?"

"I still have some unfinished business with Lu Daxia, and you don't welcome me, just wait here and wait for the two of you to finish talking." Zuo Xuan refused to give in at all,

Lu Xiaofeng stopped answering the conversation, and quickly grabbed Hua Manlou who was going to pick up hidden weapons from the debris,

"Be careful it's poisonous."

"Whether there is poison or not depends on the eyes." Zuo Xuan said calmly,

Hua Manlou didn't respond to the thorn in his words, and was about to bend over to take it, when there was a crash, a pile of gold and jade pieces were swept under the table,

"What are you looking for, I'll find it for you." Lu Xiaofeng said, squatting down, and when he stood up, he spread out a handful of golden stone petals in his hands, which were originally made of gold leaf, and the colors flowed under the candlelight, both beautiful and strange .

"The Hua family has not been involved in these things for a long time. I only heard about this hidden weapon from my brother," Hua Manlou said, "Just now I heard the sound of gold leaf separation, and suddenly remembered this Tianyu flower, and thought that there are 33 hidden weapons in total. It’s really a fluke to be able to stop it.”

He went to Lu Xiaofeng again and said, "The inside of this gold leaf should be engraved with words,"

"What word?" Lu Xiaofeng asked, pinched and copied each piece with his fingers,

"Of course it's the name of its owner." Zuo Xuan answered, "It should be someone with the surname Hua."

"That may not be right." Hua Manlou shook his head,

The Hua family in Jiangnan used to be the most famous family of hidden weapons. They cooperated with the Tang Sect, who was very skilled and poisonous. One was first created for cartography, and the other was later dipped in medicine to extract poison. ,

"The early batch should have a Chinese character and a Tang character."

"Ah," Lu Xiaofeng suddenly called softly, and went to look at Huamanlou, "It turns out that the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Nail was made by Brother Hua's ancestors."

Hua Manlou smiled helplessly, "This, I don't know the details."

After the Hua family withdrew, they left all the machine crossbow equipment to the Tang Sect for free. In the Jianghu, only people from the Tang family used them to kill people, and gradually forgot who else made them.

"On the gold leaf petals, there is indeed only a flower character." Lu Xiaofeng held a piece between his fingers, Hua Manlou didn't know what to say for a while,

Zuo Xuan suddenly reached out to him, "Give it to me."

Lu Xiaofeng regained his composure, smiled, and poured all the gold leaf into his hands.Zuo Xuan took the golden concealed weapon and sat under the candlelight, buried his head to examine it carefully, and then arranged them one by one on the table, carefully holding up his fingers, weighing and arranging them repeatedly like embroidery,

"What do you think he is doing?" Lu Xiaofeng struck Hua Manlou's arm,

"I guess he is doing a replay, just to put the used hidden weapon back in."

Lu Xiaofeng tilted his head to look at him, "Could it be that he can put it back, Brother Hua, but you can't?"

"Tianyuhua uses the Qiqiao chain lock in the past. It doesn't need a nail, and there is no core. The 33 pieces of gold foil are interdependent and can be integrated."

"These are not the important points. The important point is that your surname is Hua and his surname is Zuo,"

Hua Manlou pursed her lips, she also seemed to feel that she was not convincing, Lu Xiaofeng wanted to tease him a few more words when he saw his appearance, there was a loud huffing sound,

Zuo Xuan walked over with the installed Tianyu flower in his hand, and tripped over the chair in excitement,

Lu Xiaofeng glanced at him in dissatisfaction, and found it very interesting, because he found more and more that, under his world-weary aura of aloofness, from time to time, he revealed emotions that were preconceived and contrary,

Zuo Xuan handed it to Hua Manlou,

"I was lucky to be able to install it well. Regarding this Tianyu flower, although I know how to reassemble it, this is the first time I have seen it today."

Neither of them expected that he would just pretend not to stay, and they were extremely surprised.

After some time, the three of them sat down again at the clean table, with three sets of tea and three chairs.

"Have you figured it out?"

Lu Xiaofeng paused while pouring tea, "What do you want to understand?"

The tea was hot, Zuo Xuan picked it up and took a sip, then said, "Tianyuhua, like the frightening rainstorm pear flower nail, is the ultimate hidden weapon. Even though such a hidden weapon is used, it does not extract poison. Why is this?"

"This hidden weapon has been extinct for many years, and now it can only be in the hands of the Tang family. There are only Chinese characters on the gold foil but no Tang characters. Why?"

Hua Manlou said, "The elder meant that the Tianyuhua was specially sent for me today."

Zuo Xuan glanced at him with an unpredictable expression, "You're still a smart playboy."

Hua Manlou smiled miserably, "This answer is not something that makes me happy."

"The other party gave the unextracted poisonous Tianyu flower engraved with a single character as a gift, and returned it to Zhao as a complete copy. This is an invitation to the flower family to come out of the mountain again."

Lu Xiaofeng had already filled the teacup for him, Hua Manlou rubbed the side of the saucer for a long time, he was so worried that he didn't take a sip.

"You said earlier that you still have something to say," Lu Xiaofeng deliberately changed the subject, "Shall we go out and talk?"

Zuo Xuan put down the tea saucer in his hand, "Since you are going to take the dude with you, you don't have to shy away, it's raining and cold outside."

Lu Xiaofeng choked at his words and gave him a hard look, but he could only acquiesce.