The Legend of Manhua

Chapter 18

When drinking to the point where the mood faded, Man Hua simply walked slowly in the courtyard while drinking with the wine jug, moving his fingers from time to time, placing the stone bench in the courtyard from left to right, picking whatever flowers were blooming and holding them in his arms Here, if some insects are in the grass, you have to cut through the grass to see what they are doing and what they are going to do...

Later, when I was ecstatic, I felt that the courtyard was too small to accommodate a... tail?what tail?

The aura around him was suddenly strong, and he turned into a long black dragon in a blink of an eye. The courtyard was really small, and the dragon couldn't even stretch it. After soaring back and forth, it rushed out of Huaze, circled several times over the pool, and then rushed for a few miles. After driving away, it fell heavily into the woods again, flicked the faucet, and then hung down again, too lazy to move.

"Please wait a moment." Suddenly there was a clear voice from a distance, as well as the rustling sound of branches rubbing against each other in the forest.

Heilong just thought it was the wind, his eyelids were heavy, he wanted to close his eyes but he opened them, when he was about to close them, he suddenly felt something heavy on his tail, he felt displeased, he retracted his black tail, rolled the thing back to Huaze.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, he returned to his human form. He was really drowsy and fell asleep on the spot.

After about two hours, Man Hua suddenly realized that something was wrong, opened his eyes suddenly, got up and looked around, not to mention how messy the courtyard was, there was actually a white shadow moving through it.

are people.

Manhua approached slowly, the man was taking off his clothes from the branch, after putting them on, he turned to leave, and almost bumped into Manhua who was already standing in front of him.

This is a young boy with a tall figure, white clothes better than snow, icy muscles and bones, lips like peach blossoms, especially those eyes that seem to have stars, clear and beautiful, like a whirlpool that can easily drag him into the depths.

There was only a flash of surprise in the young man's eyes when they first met each other, and then his expression was indifferent, his eyes were quiet, and he asked, "How can I get out of here?"

After a while, Manhua's mouth curled into a teasing smile, and he said, "You made my courtyard look like this, are you going to leave?"

The young man looked at Manhua strangely, and then started tidying up the courtyard without saying a word.

Manhua went to sit on the mat on the veranda with his hands behind his back, and glanced at the whole jug of wine he had drunk, including the unfinished jug of wine with Yunxi last time, no wonder he was so drunk Great, Qing Lan can't let Qinglan know about this matter.Several times when he was drunk, he caused a lot of troubles. He even kicked some of the refining stoves of Mr. Shen Shanmiao, so every time he got drunk and got into trouble, he couldn't drink clean wine for at least a month.

Fortunately, this time I just went out to kidnap someone and came back. Last time he fell asleep, this time we can have a good talk.

"Hey, what's your name?"

Man Hua leaned against the stone pillar, rested her left hand on the table, propped her cheek, and asked while watching the boy tidy up.The boy didn't return, Manhua asked again: "Can you see a black dragon? He doesn't seem to have a good temper."

"Xue Zai." The boy answered truthfully.

"I thought you were really not afraid." Man Hua chuckled lightly.

Xuezai was sweeping fallen leaves and flowers under a tall pomegranate tree at the moment, when the dragon's tail swung, the originally lush tree was half bare, and the fallen flowers shattered all over the ground.I don’t know whether it’s love and pity that gave birth to such a pure and meaningful person, or the loose leaves and flowers finally couldn’t catch the branches and fell down, falling into the snow-laden black hair, shoulders and white clothes, as if for this The spotless white clothes were embroidered with a few bright red flowers.

This is the case here, and it is also the case when it is next to the sweet-scented osmanthus tree and under the grape trellis.

"You..." Xuezai was carrying a broom, which he had made with the sorghum ears from the courtyard earlier, turned around and looked at Manhua who was wriggling his fingers to make trouble, with a rather cold expression, and said: "If I offend you, I will definitely To make amends, I hope Your Excellency will not make things so difficult."

"Oh." Man Hua withdrew her hands and said, "It's not about making things difficult, but it's interesting to see you clean up so seriously. You don't really think that you can leave after cleaning the courtyard."

Xuezai withdrew his gaze, continued with the work in hand, and replied, "I just know that I won't be able to leave until I finish cleaning."

"It's not my fault, it's just because you saw my real body, and you are a mortal, if you let you go like this, it would be a violation of the rules." Man Hua said very helplessly.

"I won't say it." Xuezai replied affirmatively.

"Everyone would say this, no, a woodcutter saw my real body a hundred years ago and said he couldn't tell, and then there were many curious and bold people coming, and I was so annoying, so I took that The woodcutter's family gave it to me, and no one dared to come or mention it later, so the lesson of blood is always more effective." Man Hua lazily stated, lying flat on the mat with her hands under her head.

Xue Zai paused, and said: "If you are careful, you won't be easily seen by others."

"You dare to talk to me like this, aren't you afraid of death?" Manhua threatened him with a slightly stronger tone.

"If you let me go because I'm afraid, it's not difficult for me. But you won't, so I'm just telling the truth. No one wants to see your real body, especially if you have to die for it." Xue Zai While saying this, the work at hand still didn't stop, cleaning fallen leaves and flowers, watering, pruning flower branches, everything was done with ease.

"You said this too absolutely. Is there really no one? Money, beauty, longevity and beauty, as long as you ask for it, even if my place is an endless hell, there will be more people coming."

"Nowadays, everyone in M ​​Ancheng is living in dire straits. Not to mention using money and longevity as bait, even a mouthful of hot rice and a piece of cake can make them fight with their lives."

Man Hua chuckled, "The richer the place, the more relentless the pursuit of what you want."

"So, you are willing to make a bet with me." Xuezai stood up and turned to look at Manhua with a serious expression.

"Bet?" Manhua hadn't had this kind of contact with ordinary people for a long time, and he was very excited, and asked, "What is the bet?"

"Just bet on what you just said."

"How to bet?"

"If I can prove that what you said just now is not true, then I will win, and you will let me go, and there will be no debt from now on."

"Sounds good, but how do you prove it? And... what if you lose?" Man Hua stood up and looked at Xue Zai with interest. He was full of thoughts, but he had nothing to worry about.

"I have my own way, but now that ?M Ancheng is in danger, it doesn't match the situation you said. Therefore, this bet cannot be implemented now, and I need to go back to ?M Ancheng's home until ?M Ancheng overcome obstacles."

Man Hua was silent, Xuezai said again after seeing this: "If you think it's not possible, you can take my life now, because I have no power to restrain the chicken."

After a while, Manhua replied: "But you haven't said what to do if you lose."

"At your disposal."

"There is a saying in the world: work hard or be a cow or a horse, but you are willing?"

"It's what it should be."

"So good."

After going back and forth, Manhua and Xuezai reached an agreement; Xuezai was not sent back to M Ancheng until three o'clock in the morning that night. Before leaving, he did not forget to remind him, "You know that I can hold everything in my hands with just a flick of my finger."

In fact, it's not that Manhua can remind Xuezai how he is, so he doesn't need to mention the obvious things, but he just enjoys the feeling of frightening the seemingly calm young man by speaking out. expression.

Well, there will definitely be!

As soon as she returned to Huaze, Manhua fell asleep with her head covered, until she woke up later, remembering that Yunxi said she was coming yesterday, I don't know when it was, and why she didn't come.

Manhua yawned and walked out of the room, walked to the verandah, and saw a light blue figure under the grape trellis, complementing the green grapes, it looked so elegant and comfortable, the fragrance and sour smell of grapes could be detected from a distance.

"Why didn't you call me when you came?" Man Hua said, approaching Yun Xi, until he was almost at his side, Yun Xi came back to his senses as if he had discovered Man Hua, and said, "You're up."

"Waiting for a long time? So next time you meet me sleeping, just call me. Anyway, I have something to do, and I have nothing to doze off."

"That's kind of like a cat."

"That's right, I like cats the most among all the little beasts." Man Hua pretended that cats were making coquettish noises and waving "cat paws" in a serious way. This is a stupid thing he would do when he just woke up. However, Yunxi seemed to be lacking in interest, so he asked, "What? Helped me deal with the matter here, is there any trouble at East Lake?"

"How could it be... probably less rest." Yunxi walked to the mat on the verandah, sat down on the futon, and asked, "You don't sleep less at the latest?"

Man Hua smacked her lips twice and said, "It's okay."

"There was so much flower wine left last time, why don't you take it out and share it?" When Yunxi asked this, he looked at Manhua who was standing with his hands behind his back not far away, so that he didn't dare to look directly at her.

"Uh...not many." Man Hua walked in small steps in the courtyard with his hands behind his back, suddenly thought of something, and asked: "By the way, in my dream, I saw that Gu Qianqiu was really a person of good conduct, and he must have made a lot of friends. , and with your help, it won’t be long before the siege of M’an city is over.”

"You also think Gu Qianqiu is a perceptive person?"

"Ah."

"Then do you take what he said about the way of getting along with all walks of life to your heart?" Yunxi looked at Manhua with a calm expression that was inexplicably serious.

Manhua paused, his expression darkened, and he asked, "Did that fox tell you everything?"

"The fox only works when I want to send you a message, otherwise it is just an ordinary living thing... But it is also dead, I just smell the smell of mortals."

Manhua suddenly remembered that when she was drunk last night, she accidentally swept off the stone bench in the courtyard and killed the little fox, and Xuezai found it and buried it, and she felt guilty. "I'm sorry, I'll pay you one, any kind will do."

"No need." Yunxi tried hard to suppress his emotions, and continued: "You sent people into Huaze, and you sent them out after he knew everything. Do you know how much such carelessness will bring you here in the future? Hidden danger?"

"I know, but I just did it." Manhua's stubbornness came up again.He doesn't like being restrained and controlled. Yunxi knows this, and he knows what will happen after continuing. He can suppress it, follow Manhua, and talk about it after he calms down.

It is perfectly possible to do so, just like before.