Chapter 41: Heroes Gathering
After Hua Manlou returned to the manor, he went back to his room alone. He recalled Song Yuhua's gentle voice from time to time in his mind. Although they only communicated for a short while, he had a very deep impression of this considerate girl.
"Alas, I don't know if we will meet again." Hua Manlou sighed.
In the manor, Su Yu was practicing Taichu Sutra in seclusion. He would not come out until the full moon day, and Ximen Chuxue was the same.
"A Fei, where is your brother Hua?" Lu Xiaofeng asked when he saw A Fei practicing.
"He went back to the room when we came back." A Fei said.
"Why are you hiding in the room? Brother Qiao and I are going to drink with him." Lu Xiaofeng said and turned to leave to find Hua Manlou.
"Blind Hua, what are you doing? Come out quickly." Lu Xiaofeng came to the outside of Hua Manlou's room and shouted.
"Ah, I'm here." Hua Manlou also came back to his senses at this time and responded quickly.
"Squeak..."
"What's the matter?" Hua Manlou asked as he opened the door.
"…What's the matter? What's wrong with you? Didn't we agree in the morning that Brother Qiao and I would drink together in the evening?" Lu Xiaofeng looked at Hua Manlou strangely.
"Oh, okay, let's go." Hua Manlou said hurriedly.
"What's wrong with you? You seem a little absent-minded." Lu Xiaofeng knew Hua Manlou very well. This person was usually calm, but now he looked worried.
"Let's go, don't let Brother Qiao wait anxiously." Hua Manlou hurriedly pulled Lu Xiaofeng and left, he was afraid that his thoughts would be guessed later.
"Something's wrong, this kid is not right." Lu Xiaofeng thought to himself.
When the two passed by Ah Fei's practice place, Lu Xiaofeng's eyes turned and said.
"You go first, I have a bottle of good wine in my room, I'll go back and get it." Lu Xiaofeng said.
Hua Manlou did not doubt him, nodded and went to find Qiao Feng.
"Ah Fei, I want to ask you something." Seeing Hua Manlou walking away, Lu Xiaofeng pulled Ah Fei and whispered.
"What's wrong?" Ah Fei asked.
"Didn't you go to the street today? Did anything strange happen?" Lu Xiaofeng asked.
"Strange things? It seems nothing, I just went to the restaurant for a while. Then I met a few people and chatted for a while." Ah Fei said.
"Oh? Who did you meet?" Lu Xiaofeng continued to ask.
"Humph, I'm still angry when I talk about it, Brother Lu, you don't know, that girl is so annoying..." Ah Fei told about the encounter with Song Yuhua and others.
"Okay, you practice yours." Lu Xiaofeng said after listening.
"Hey, this kid is probably in love." Lu Xiaofeng thought secretly. Then he turned around and prepared to look for Qiao Feng and Hua Manlou.
"Mr. Lu, Mr. Lu." At this time, a servant ran in from outside.
"What's wrong?" Lu Xiaofeng asked.
"Mr. Lu, there are a few people outside, saying they are looking for Mr. Hua." The servant said.
"It's almost dark, why are there still people?" Lu Xiaofeng was a little confused.
"Okay, lead the way, I'll go with you to see." Lu Xiaofeng said.
Lu Xiaofeng came to the gate of the manor and saw three people waiting outside with horses.
"Who are you?" Lu Xiaofeng saw that there were two women and one man, both of them were young.
"Excuse me, Hua Manlou, is Mr. Hua here?" the older woman asked.
"Yes, yes, who are you, what can I do for you?" Lu Xiaofeng asked.
"Sorry, I'm Song Yuhua, I want to ask Mr. Hua for help." These people were the daughters of the Song family.
Lu Xiaofeng's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he quickly explained enthusiastically.
"Oh, it turns out to be Miss Song. Hua Manlou has been talking about you since he came back, saying that you are kind and gentle, a beautiful and considerate girl, come in quickly, come in quickly." Lu Xiaofeng started talking nonsense.
"Ah, this... Mr. Hua..." Song Yuhua blushed immediately.
Song Yuzhi and Song Shidao also looked unbelievable. They were a little skeptical. Would a gentleman like that say that?
Lu Xiaofeng invited the three people into the manor, and talked a lot of nonsense while walking.
"Well, we didn't find a place to live in the city, so..." Song Yuzhi couldn't stand Lu Xiaofeng's nonsense and interrupted him.
"No problem, we have a lot of places to live here, you can live anywhere, you can live as long as you want, come on, I'll take you to find Lao Hua." Lu Xiaofeng said.
"Sister, this person seems unreliable." Song Shidao said secretly.
"Don't talk nonsense." Song Yuhua glared at her brother.
"Wow, this place is so big, bigger than our home." Song Yuzhi said.
"Haha, this is the royal palace, of course it's big." Lu Xiaofeng said.
"Palace? There is an emperor here?" Song Yuzhi suddenly became excited.
"Uh... that's not the case." Lu Xiaofeng said.
Song Yuzhi curled his lips, thinking that Lu Xiaofeng was bragging.
When passing by Ah Fei, Song Yuzhi made a face at Ah Fei who looked puzzled.
"Hey, why are you here?" Ah Fei said hurriedly.
"Hmph, what do you care?" Song Yuzhi said coquettishly.
As a result, Ah Fei was also dragged by Lu Xiaofeng to find Qiao Feng and the others.
After walking for a while, they came to a small courtyard. Before they entered, they heard bursts of laughter coming from inside.
"Why hasn't Brother Hua come yet?" Qiao Feng asked after drinking a glass of wine.
"I'm also surprised." Hua Manlou replied. Then his ears moved, and he immediately showed a trace of doubt.
"What's wrong, Brother Hua." Ah Qing asked.
"Someone is coming, five people." Hua Manlou said.
"Huh?" Qiao Feng and Jiang Yuyan were also a little confused.
"Hahaha, I'm here." Lu Xiaofeng's voice came, and several people breathed a sigh of relief.
Then Huamanlou stood up quickly after smelling the familiar fragrance.
"Miss Yuhua, why are you here?" Hua Manlou said in surprise.
"Ah, aren't you blind? How did you know it was us." Song Yuzhi asked with a surprised look on his face.
"Can you speak?" A Fei said angrily.
"Old flower, hehe." Lu Xiaofeng smiled mischievously.
"Sorry, Mr. Hua, we couldn't find a place to live in the city, so..." Song Yuhua said a little embarrassed.
After hearing this, Hua Manlou quickly patted his head and said with an apologetic expression.
"Oh, Hua is stupid. The inns in the city have been full in recent days, but I didn't expect this. If I had known, I would have asked you to come back with me. I'm so sorry, everyone."
Then Huamanlou introduced Song Yuhua and others to Qiao Feng and others.
"You guys sit here for a while, and I'll go get someone to clean up the guest room." Jiang Yuyan said.
"Thank you so much." Song Yuhua said quickly.
"Haha, come here, please take a seat." Qiao Feng was very happy to learn that these people were friends of Huamanlou.
Lu Xiaofeng deliberately asked Song Yuhua to sit next to Huamanlou, and Song Yuhua's face suddenly turned red again.
"Hey, why are you sitting next to me?" On the other side, Song Yuzhi gave A Fei a wave.
"You, you..." A Fei suddenly became furious.
"A Fei." Hua Manlou shouted.
Ah Fei was immediately discouraged, stood up and changed places with Ah Qing.
"My name is A Qing." A Qing said to Song Yuzhi with big eyes blinking.
"Call me Yuzhi, Ah Qing, you are so beautiful." Song Yuzhi looked at Ah Qing and said.
"Hehe, you look good too." After Ah Qing finished speaking, he went to the table and took out a roasted lamb leg and handed it to Song Yuzhi.
"Hey, I baked this myself. It's always delicious."
Song Yuzhi's eyes widened with an incredible expression. He looked at this huge leg of lamb and suddenly didn't know what to do.
In the end, Qiao Feng stepped forward and took the leg of lamb and cut it into several portions with a knife, thus resolving the embarrassment.
"Wouldn't it be better to chew one whole?" Ah Qing muttered.
"Hahaha." Everyone laughed immediately.
After a while, the Song sisters also became familiar with several people.
"Da Sui, I didn't expect you to come all the way here." Qiao Feng said in surprise.
"Well, this is the first time for us to come to a place so far away." Song Yuhua said.
In this way, Song Yuhua and others settled down in Yuhuangzhuang in a daze.
Hulong Villa.
"Thank you for your hard work," Zhu Wuwu said to the group of people in front of him.
These people are exactly Mu Taoist and his group, Shaolin Fangzheng, Fang Ren, and Songshan Zen Master Zuoleng brothers.
"Hey, Prince, don't forget your promise." Mu Taoist said.
"Amitabha, subduing demons and slaying demons is what my Buddhist disciples should do," Fang Zheng said.
"Hmph, as long as I can kill Qiao Feng to avenge my two junior brothers, I can do anything." Zuo Lengchan said.
"Haha, you can rest assured, I am completely sure this time." Zhu Wu said with a smile. After speaking, his whole body's aura was revealed.
The Mu Tao people suddenly looked shocked.
"You've actually become stronger again." Mu Taoren said with a look of disbelief.
"Amitabha, congratulations, Your Majesty."
"Hehe." Zuo Lengchan smiled softly.
You must know that in the realm of Grand Master, every step up is extremely difficult. Some people stay at the primary stage of Grand Master their whole life. At this time, Zhu Wuwu had reached the late stage of Grand Master based on his momentum.
"How does the prince plan to take action?" Mu Taoren asked.
"Since they want to watch the competition, let's not spoil their fun. After the competition is over, I will personally challenge the emperor. My subordinates will deal with the others. You only need to pay attention to the girl named A Qing. The others It’s nothing to worry about,” Zhu Wu said.
"Qiao Feng, leave it to me," Zuo Lengchan said. He had already broken through to become a great master after taking the Great Return Pill given by Shaolin half a year ago.
"Where is the emperor?" Mu Taoren asked again.
Zhu ignored the complicated expression at this time, and then regained his determination and said.
"I have made arrangements. Someone will kill him when the time comes. I will pass the responsibility to Dongchang and Yuhuang Pavilion afterwards."
Zhu Wuli had made a lot of preparations for this day, and he didn't even tell his adopted sons.
Afterwards, everyone discussed some details. After seeing off a few people, Zhu Wuli sat on the seat alone.
Zhu Wuwu took out a wooden box from his arms and opened it. There was something like a seed inside, exuding a strange fragrance.
"Su Xin, just wait. When I become the emperor, I will use all the power of the Ming Dynasty to collect Tian Fragrant Cardamom to save you." Zhu Wuwu muttered to himself as he looked at the Tian Fragrant Cardamom in his hand.