[Lu Xiaofeng] Hidden Forest of Flowers and Leaves

The further you go, the colder it gets.Almost a month later, Huamanlou and Han Yexin had arrived at the foot of the Snow Mountain where they needed to be wrapped in fox furs to brave the wind and snow from the warm and fragrant Jiangnan.

During this period, Han Yexin once had an outbreak.This time the cold poison came very quickly, and the onset process was longer than ever before.If it wasn't for Hua Manlou by his side, he thought he would not be able to support himself.When he woke up from the long cold, what he saw was the flowers all over the building under the lights.

He didn't need lights.But he always lights the lamp, because it makes people feel warmer.

The weather at the foot of Daxue Mountain is unpredictable.One moment the sky was clear and clear, but the next moment suddenly a cold wind blew across the ground, and heavy snow fell.

Huamanlou and Han Yexin were blocked in the inn by the sudden heavy snow.

The inn is not small. Although there is only one building, there are many rooms.But the inn is broken.The whole wooden building looks dark, and there will be creaking noises when the feet step on the wooden boards.Not many people live in the inn.

Because this is the inn at the foot of Daxue Mountain, walking forward from the inn is the mysterious snow mountain.

There are many terrifying legends about Daxue Mountain, which swallowed up the lives of many people.Very few people would think to come to this place.

But it's not entirely without guests.

It is said that although the Daxue Mountain is terrifying, it has many treasures.What people in the Jianghu yearn for the most is the snow lotus that grows on the top of the Daxue Mountain.But picking snow lotus flowers requires a lot of risks, and few people can walk out of the snow-capped mountains alive.But there is also a group of special people who claim to be the "guests" of Daxue Mountain, who can bring things out of Daxue Mountain alive.

There are very few "guests" in Daxueshan, and the things they bring out are even more difficult to find.

This inn is where the "guests" stay temporarily.Like many mysterious people, you can't tell which of them is a "guest" from the outside.

Hua Manlou and Han Yexin didn't care about these things.They just hope that the wind and snow will stop as soon as possible so that they can enter the mountain earlier.

The next [-]th is getting closer and closer, and Han Yexin himself doesn't know if he can survive it.

It has been snowing heavily for three days.Han Yexin got up in the morning and opened the window, and saw the sky full of snow again, and couldn't help frowning.

Hua Manlou asked while getting dressed, "Has the snow not stopped yet?"

Han Yexin let out a "hmm" and closed the window: "I heard people say yesterday that maybe we should stop today. But Daxueshan's temper is not certain."

Hua Manlou smiled lightly: "Go down and have breakfast."

They discussed last night that if the snow doesn't stop, they will go into the mountain in the snow when they are a little younger.Because time is too late.But it would be great if the heavens suddenly improved.After all, Daxueshan is full of crises.

Arriving here, the previous disguise could no longer be maintained.At the beginning, I would repair it by myself, but later I was on the road all night, and I couldn't take care of it.But along the way, no assassin really appeared.They were able to reach the foot of the Great Snow Mountain smoothly all the way because Lu Xiaofeng and Sikong Zaixing successfully attracted those people away.

The two packed up and went downstairs.There were people sitting in twos and threes in the dining hall. From what they looked like, there were hunters, medicine farmers, scholars, and fortune tellers.But no one here will think that other people are really just hunters, drug farmers, and scholars.Everyone hides an identity, and you may not be able to imagine what his real identity is.

At the foot of the Daxue Mountain, ingredients are like gold.A small plate of pickled side dishes, two half-cold steamed buns, the money spent is unimaginable in the outside world.After a brief breakfast, Hua Han and the others, like everyone else, waited downstairs for the wind and snow to stop.

The fortune teller saw that the two were dressed beautifully, so he had talked to them a long time ago.However, the two of Hua Han were preoccupied and didn't say much.On this day, the fortune teller sat down again after seeing the two of them finished eating.

After exchanging pleasantries, the fortune-teller rubbed his hands and looked at the window and said, "This snow has been falling for a long time." He quietly pointed to the few medicine farmers, "They are getting impatient. If they don't go into the mountain again, it is estimated that there will be a harvest." There is no more snow lotus."

Han Yexin was very interested in the legendary snow lotus, and asked, "So the snow lotus is really so magical?"

The fortune teller smiled: "I don't dare to talk about the flesh and bones of the living dead, but..." He looked dazed all over the building: "It's true that you can clear your mind and eyesight."

The building is full of flowers but smiles silently.

Han Ye thought, "It doesn't seem to be very powerful."

The fortune-teller laughed even more mysteriously: "Young master's words are wrong. If it is an ordinary effect, how can it make people in the Jianghu flock to it?"

Han Yexin shook his head.He didn't know if what the fortune teller said was true or not.But if this snow lotus really has such a miraculous effect, with the strength of the Hua family, wouldn't it be possible to buy it?

It can be seen that the legend is also false.

The fortune teller seemed to be very interested in the two of them: "You two young masters, are you here to visit the Great Snow Mountain?"

Hua Manlou smiled and said, "Sir, you are joking."

The man said: "I don't even look like it. But you two... are you going to go up the mountain?"

Neither Huamanlou nor Han Yexin answered.

But the man turned pale with shock: "I can't go, I can't go!" He waved his hands again and again: "This Daxue Mountain, except for 'guests', no one has ever heard of anyone who went in and came out alive!"

"Why are you here, sir?" Hua Manlou asked.

The fortune-teller sat up straight and sighed, "It's all because of a silly dream."

"We are roughly the same as the husband. Although it is a silly dream, we still have to try."

The man looked at them in amazement, but gradually there was more admiration in his eyes: "That's right. It's just that you young people still have courage, while old people... have no more."

At noon, the wind and snow gradually became lighter.The two of Hua Han were shocked, thinking that if the snow stopped, they could go up the mountain tomorrow.

At this time, the heavy curtains of the inn were opened, and a person walked in through the wind and snow.

The man was wrapped in a black cloak and covered in snow.After entering the door, he first glanced slowly at the room, his eyes gliding over everyone, before he took off his cloak and shook off the snow on it.The innkeeper was a young man of indeterminate age. He was sitting lazily behind the counter at this moment. Seeing him shaking the snow all over the floor, he didn't say anything.

After taking off the cloak, the man showed a young and sharp face.

He was handsome, and there was a trace of wealth in his handsomeness, and when he lowered his head and shook the falling snow, there was a gentle and tender aura.

He was dressed in soap, with a long knife hanging from his waist.

As he moved, the handle of the knife tapped on the belt, making a tinkling sound.

When the fortune teller saw him, his expression changed and he returned to his seat.

The young man raised his face again, his eyes swept across, and finally stopped on Hua Manlou and Han Yexin.

Hua Manlou took Han Yexin's hand under the table, and wrote the words "Six Doors" on his palm.

And this person hung the nameplate of the six doors on his waist without any scruples.

He walked straight to the two of them, clasped his fists in front of the table and saluted: "Young Master Han, Young Master Han."

Hua Manlou and Han Yexin were a little surprised to be called out so directly.Although this place is already at the foot of the Daxue Mountain, after all, they haven't entered yet, and the assassin from Tsing Yi Building may appear at any time.

Hua Manlou said: "My lord, why not sit down and talk."

The young man smiled: "I don't dare to be an adult." But he also sat down: "Don't be surprised, you two. The reason why I can find you is only because of the support of my friends."

"Which friend?"

"Of course it's Lu Xiaofeng."

It can only be Lu Xiaofeng.

Hua Manlou said: "I don't know how Lu Xiaofeng is doing now."

"Don't worry, Playboy. At least when I saw him, he was still alive and kicking. It's just that he still has to pretend to be you, and he has to run around, so he can't come to meet you."

However, Han Yexin was still full of doubts about the identity of this person: "May I ask what your name is?"

The man smiled at Han Yexin. Even though he was wearing a six-door policeman's soap suit, he still felt like a son in troubled times: "Young Master Han, just call him Jin Jiuling."

Jin Jiuling!

Han Ye was shocked, seeing that the future "Embroidered Thief" had a decent smile, but he didn't ignore his shock, a sharp light flashed in his eyes.

Hua Manlou gently shook Han Yexin's hand, and said, "So it's Jin Butou, nice to meet you."

Why is the head catcher of Six Doors here?But before the two had a chance to ask, Jin Jiuling had already started talking.It turned out that he was Liu Shuyao's fellow apprentice. Because of his inexperience, he had never had the opportunity to handle major cases like his seniors.The friendship between him and Liu Shuyao has always been very good. After Liu Shuyao went back this time, he explained to his master what happened in Changtong in detail.

Three of the four brothers were killed, and one was seriously injured, which made their master very angry, and hated Hua Manlou for a moment.But for some reason, after a period of time, the master did not pursue this matter any more.

Jin Jiuling thought it was strange, so he called his senior sister to hear it.Liu Shuyao didn't hide anything from her, and described the events of that day in detail.She already felt that Hua Manlou was kind to her, so she naturally spoke to them.

Jin Jiuling knew about this, but he wasn't very interested.It wasn't until one day that he met a friend named Lu Xiaofeng, and after talking about it, he realized that Huamanlou and Lu Xiaofeng were also good friends.

"So the world is so big, there is no place where people who are destined don't meet each other." Jin Jiuling said with a smile.

Han Yexin was naturally full of doubts about Jin Jiuling.Jin Jiuling in front of him had a completely kind expression on his face, and also had a charming demeanor. If he hadn't known that this person was the future "Embroidered Thief", he might have been deceived by his superficial skills.

Maybe he is not what he is now, or why is Lu Xiaofeng also his friend?

Jin Jiuling was very perceptive, knowing that Han Yexin was wary of him, but he didn't deliberately confess, as if saying, "That's how I am." He didn't care about those doubts.

Hua Manlou said: "That's true. Why is Brother Jin here?"

Jin Jiuling sighed: "Although the seniors are self-inflicted, they are the right-hand man of the master after all. At this time, he will go to the other side, and the old man will put it down on the surface, but in fact, he is still very fussy in the interior. No, send me to investigate the playboy If there is any trouble, report to his old man."

"So, thank you, Young Master Jin."

Jin Jiuling smiled and shook his head: "I also deliberately asked for this job, just wanting to go out to relax. The place at the six doors is really..."

Han Ye thought: "Jin Butou, how did you know we are here from Lu Xiaofeng?"

Just now Jin Jiuling seriously explained the process of meeting Lu Xiaofeng by mistake, and said that Lu Xiaofeng asked him to take care of the two of them.

"Mr. Laojin will take care of you."

In fact, even if Han Yexin didn't know Jin Jiuling's future identity, he and Hua Manlou didn't plan to rely on anyone anymore.Now that he has come here, he can only walk down the Daxue Mountain by himself.

As I was talking, looking back, the snow was getting smaller and smaller.After a while, as the last few snowflakes flew away, the sun came out again, shining brightly on the earth.

Both Han Yexin and Hua Manlou felt lighthearted, and they shook hands.After working hard for a month, it was finally time to go up the snow mountain.

Because the snow stopped, many people in the inn cheered.A dumb drug farmer ran outside the house to have a look, then ran back suddenly, gesticulating and talking for a long time.His companions seemed to understand, and immediately prepared their backpacks, and they wanted to go up the mountain at this time.

The fortune teller from before also came over. Although he saw Jin Jiuling's disgusted face, he was very polite to Hua Han and the two, and said, "If you two young masters want to go up the mountain, you can start now."

Han Yexin wondered, "Why are you in such a hurry?"

The fortune teller quietly boxed the dumb drug farmer: "Although this man is dumb, he is very good at watching the sky. He just told his companions that if he can't enter the mountain before the sun goes down tonight, he won't have a chance to enter the mountain again after that."

Han Yexin saw that the medicine farmers were well equipped, said goodbye to the innkeeper one by one, opened the curtain and went out.And a middle-aged scribe in white who had been sitting by the window also stopped his wine glass at this time, carrying a long piano bag on his back, and went out casually.

As soon as this person went out, he disappeared in a flash and walked so far that there were no footprints on the snow.

The end is the light work of stepping on the snow without a trace.