Bending the villain big devil

As the New Year's Eve approaches, the days seem to be passing faster than usual. Xiaohan passes by in a flash, and it is only ten days away from New Year's Eve.

But for Bai Sheng, the life in Pingqing Palace is actually not much different from that in the Fox Cave. You don't have to worry about what to eat every day to fill your stomach, Bai Sheng is already very satisfied.

Bai Sheng has been in the demon world for more than 500 years. During these 500 years, the number of times he went down the mountain can be counted on one's fingers. Although the lonely king and fox queen wanted to protect him, she had to detain him because of this, so Bai Sheng was tired of staying there. I feel fresher everywhere I go than on the mountain.

Rong Xu didn't go to the imperial gate to listen to the government every day, sometimes he would go to the Qinzheng Hall to sort out some papers in the early morning, but he usually came back within an hour.

But Bai Sheng discovered that the man would go out for a few hours almost every afternoon, and the time when he would come back was uncertain. Bai Sheng had smelled blood on him several times, so every time Rong Xu came back at night, Bai Sheng felt a little nervous. Scared, afraid to run over to stick to him.

Other than that, Rong Xu treats it very well. Although he always takes pleasure in bullying Bai Sheng to the point of being wronged, he never falls short of him in terms of food and drink.

What's more, Rong Xu saved its life several times. The peach didn't let Bai Sheng starve to death, and gave it a nest to keep out the cold. Bai Sheng instinctively had unique trust in that man.

The only downside is that there are no playmates here.

Apart from the eunuchs and palace guards in Pingqing Palace, there are not even a mouse to be seen. When he is alone, Bai Sheng always thinks of his parents and sisters, and those on Changlu Mountain who are very kind to him and often give him His fellow clansmen brought back delicious food from the foot of the mountain.

At this moment, Bai Sheng was sitting by the carp pond, looking at the sun that was about to set against the red wall, and at the long shadow drawn by the setting sun, he couldn't help but feel melancholy again.

That day, Bai Sheng sneaked down Changlu Mountain and saw bloody corpses everywhere at the foot of the mountain. On the way up the mountain in panic, he encountered an army of demons attacking the mountain. Fortunately, two white-bearded grandfathers came to his rescue.

Bai Sheng has always been well protected, and only learned about the catastrophe in the demon world from them. The two white-bearded grandfathers said that they had found a way to break it, but they needed Bai Sheng's help, and they had to dig out his insides. Dan.

To the demon, the inner alchemy is more important than life. Losing the inner alchemy will not only result in the loss of cultivation, but also greatly shorten the lifespan, which is almost fatal.

If Bai Sheng loses his inner alchemy, his thousand-year life expectancy will be less than 20 years.

Although they could forcefully dug its inner alchemy, digging the inner alchemy was originally just a means to keep it from being noticed five years ago. A mission without the slightest clue.

But they didn't expect that this little fox, who looked timid and ignorant, was more resolute and courageous than anyone else. It agreed without hesitation, and there was no trace of cowardice in its eyes.

Although Bai Sheng was raised innocently, with a pure and kind heart.

But he is not stupid, he knows who treats him well, the tribe protects him carefully and dotes on him, even if Bai Sheng is afraid of pain, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, he will dare to give everything to protect the peace of the fox tribe.

Bai Sheng's idea was very simple, he was useless in the first place, and it was worth it to exchange one of his inner alchemy for Taiping of the Fox Clan.

It's just that he still has to stay here for five full years, and he can only go back again when the time overlaps with the present world, which makes Bai Sheng often feel very melancholy.

In the past few days, the snow outside the hall has melted. At first, Bai Sheng thought it had been a long time, but when he snapped his paws to do the math, he realized that he had only been here for more than half a month. Five years is still a long way off...

Bai Sheng flicked the water, and yelled "Awow" to the carps in the pond with a worried face.

The reddish-brown colored carp in the pond is just an ordinary fish, without spiritual consciousness, unable to understand the fox's words, and was instantly scared by the splashing water and fled in all directions.

Bai Sheng sighed.

It will be a long, long time before I can see my parents again.

It was not easy for Bai Sheng to concentrate.

He only worried for a while, and then he was distracted by the fish in the pond.

Especially the one mixed in a group of variegated fish, that big carp with a somewhat exaggerated tail and a body covered in pure gold, made Bai Sheng's eyes light up instantly.

The setting sun is fleeting, and the night is getting darker.

In winter, the moonlight was dim, the sky seemed to be splashed with thick ink, and there was not even a slight starlight. Only the thousands of palace lanterns inside and outside the Pingqing Palace were lit as usual.

Rong Xu got out of the sedan chair, and just stepped into the palace gate when he heard the little eunuch in Pingqing Palace rushing to report.

"Report...Report to Your Majesty, that royal pet has gone somewhere and hasn't come back yet..."

Jiang Youquan was startled. That fox would often run out of the main hall to play, but it would come back before dark every day. It hasn't come back at this time today. I'm afraid there must be some accident...

Jiang Youquan reprimanded urgently: "Then why don't you go find it quickly! Have you asked the guards at the gate of the palace if they ran out?"

Rong Xu also stopped, turned his head, and looked coldly at the kneeling little eunuch.

There are several evergreen trees standing in the hall, the shadows elongated by the pale yellow light and shadow sway with the wind, the leaves and grass are rustled by the wind, and the cold wind blows slowly to the bone.

The little eunuch was frightened out of his wits by this look, and tremblingly said: "Already, I have already looked for it. The guard at the gate of the palace said...that he did not see it coming out of the gate of Pingqing Palace, but some patrolling guards said that at sunset I have seen it by the carp pond in the east hall, but no one else has seen it..."

"But the servants searched all over the Pingqing Palace, and even opened and searched the side hall, but they couldn't find it..."

Jiang Youquan frowned, "Trash! Could it disappear out of thin air? Hurry up and send someone to look for it, it must be hiding in some corner, look carefully..."

"Don't look for it."

Rong Xu only said this lightly, then turned around and walked towards the main hall. Jiang Youquan and the little eunuch who came to report were stunned for a moment, and they looked at each other.

In this daze, Rong Xu had already walked a foot away, Jiang Youquan quickly put his whisk on his arm, and ran after Rong Xu.

Jiang Youquan followed into the hall, waited for Rong Xu to untie the black fox fur cloak, bowed and tidied it up lightly, and handed it to the little eunuch who was serving at the side to take it away and put it away.

After a while, a young eunuch came in outside and served the new tribute of Lushan Yunwu. Jiang Youquan was pouring tea for Rong Xu while carefully watching Rong Xu's face.

Rong Xu brushed off the non-existent dust on his robe, picked up the hot tea and gently skimmed off the floating leaves, bowed his head and took a sip.

From the beginning to the end, his expression was as usual, and he didn't even ask a question.

It seemed that what was lost was not the little fox he had been doting on recently, but an insignificant carp that was lost in the carp pond next door.

The color of Yunwu Yajian is emerald green and white, and the tea is fragrant. After coming back from the cold outside, drinking a cup can not only warm up the body but also purify the heart.

But Rong Xu only took a sip before putting it down, and asked lightly: "How many princes with different surnames left in the previous dynasty, how many are there now? How about the heirs?"

"Your Majesty, there are still two people in the fief, Nanming King Pang Chen and Guangle King Lu Qing, both of whom have made great contributions to the late Emperor."

Jiang Youquan carefully looked at Rong Xu's face, bowed and said in a low voice: "But King Guangle was sick and sick for many years during the reign of the first emperor, and died soon after, leaving behind his twin sons who were still in their infancy. , now that the young prince of Guangle has inherited the title, he is still no more than the chief executive, as for the king of Nanming, Pang Chen..."

Rong Xu put down the teacup, raised his eyes and looked over, Jiang Youquan immediately lifted it up, not knowing what to say or not.

Rong Xu stretched out his hand and randomly picked the plum blossoms on the table, and said in a low voice, "Go on."

Jiang Youquan took a deep breath and said tremblingly: "Pang Chen, the king of Nanming, is now at the age of no doubt. He has six sons and four princesses under his knees. The eldest son is almost weak, and two princesses have reached the age of Ji..."

Jiang Youquan also got a little bit of information about what happened in the court hall today. The victory in the Northern Saibei War, this year's New Year's Eve welcomes all parties to come to court, and vassal princes from all over the world will also come to Beijing to pay homage.

The gathering of the royal family was originally a happy event, but the bad thing is that it was only four days since the imperial decree was promulgated, and the city guard of Nanjun sent the news that the king of Nanming had passed the customs. Nanming is located in the southernmost part of the Great Zhou Dynasty. It will take at least three days, that is to say, the convoy of King Nanming, with his family and his family, traveled from the southernmost point to Nanjun, which is only more than ten miles away from the capital, in less than a day.

Unless this King Nanming has contacts in the capital and got the news in advance.

So this morning, there was a minister who wrote a report, that the King of Nanming made a private relationship with the courtiers, and this time he brought two daughters to Beijing to discuss marriage.

Rong Xu's phoenix eyes were slightly raised, and the corners of his lips were smiling, "The king of Nanming came to Beijing this time, I don't know if he came to pay homage, or... If he wants to marry his daughter, I must personally find a good marriage for him."

Jiang Youquan buried his head even lower, not daring to say more, with an apologetic smile on his face, but irony in his heart.

If King Nanming wanted to come to the capital to get married, he had to have someone who dared to marry him.

Back then, the King of Changyang supported the capital and colluded with a group of courtiers. He was many times stronger than the King of Nanming. In the end, he was decapitated and left with no bones left.

The King of Nanming also dared to follow suit and tried to seize power from Rong Xu's hands. He was afraid that he would eat his brains out of the fiefdom and think that he had lived too long, so he didn't want to see if he had that life.

Rong Xu seemed to be thinking about something, and seemed to be in a good mood, and said with a faint smile: "King Nanming, he is quite a character..."

Jiang Youquan didn't dare to talk about government affairs, so he could only pretend that he didn't understand, nodded and smiled, "King Nanming is the heir, compared to other county kings, it is true...Speaking of it, except for Prince Ping, who has a daughter, other Several county kings have no heirs yet..."

Rong Xu didn't say anything more, picked up a bunch of flower branches and squeezed them between his fingers to play with, bowed his head and chuckled.

Jiang Youquan waited on him carefully, not knowing what Rong Xu was thinking.

When the kings of all dynasties heard about the collusion between the clan and courtiers, they all felt as if they were facing a big enemy, but Rong Xu seemed very happy.

Jiang Youquan thought for a while, and suddenly remembered that when King Changyang rebelled, His Majesty was also like this, calm and interested, and couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat.

"Go down and prepare water for a bath."

"No." Jiang Youquan heaved a sigh of relief, bowed and stepped back, halfway back, he remembered something again, so he asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, if the fox comes back by itself after a while, then..."

The flower branch broke in his hand with a "click", Rong Xu smiled with his lips curled up, but there was no smile in his eyes.

"Animals are unfamiliar."

Jiang Youquan was flabbergasted by that half-hearted smile.

When Rong Xu was the crown prince, Jiang Youquan was the chief eunuch by his side. He has been with Rong Xu for many years. Seeing Rong Xu's expression at this time, he knew that he had made a slip of the tongue. The servant talks too much..."

"Back off, lonely."

Jiang Youquan sent someone to move out the small wooden nest in the hall, just retreated outside the hall, turned around, before he had time to deliver His Majesty's oral order.

Suddenly, a white figure ran past the feet of the little eunuch in charge, and just before the door closed, squeezed into the only gap in the door.

A wet water stain was left on the ground where the little white figure ran.

The little eunuch who followed ran over with a look of surprise, "Director Jiang, Director Jiang...the royal pet has been found!"

Before the little eunuch could say a second sentence, he noticed that Jiang Youquan's face changed suddenly.

Jiang You was pale all over, anxious in his heart, and didn't have time to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, turned around and walked back, looked at the closed door, and gently buttoned it.

The animal is not familiar with it, so there is no need to raise it anymore. His Majesty's words should mean that you don't need to let it in when you come back.

But now that animal ran in, Jiang Youquan was charged with a crime of dereliction of duty. The crime of dereliction of duty can be big or small, and it mainly depends on His Majesty's attitude. If His Majesty is unhappy, his eyes will be gouged out that night. Xiao Xiazi is a lesson for him...

Jiang Youquan trembled, but there was no movement inside the door.

Bai Sheng looked at the light of Pingqing Hall from afar, and when he saw the candles lit in the main hall, he knew that the man must be back.

Relying on his small stature, Bai Sheng easily got into the half-closed door, and happily ran over looking for Rong Xu.

Bai Sheng bypassed the screen, and ran straight towards Rong Xu who was on the couch, glanced at the screen from the corner of her eye, and unexpectedly found that her nest was gone.

Bai Sheng was very surprised, and tilted his head in doubt, turned his head and ran back, and turned around against the screen, but couldn't find it. Bai Sheng's eyes suddenly lit up, thinking that his little nest must be the Moved to the side of the bed.

But when he turned his head to look at the bed, he found that not only was there no nest, but even the blanket he used to sleep on was gone.

Bai Sheng was confused, raised his head for no reason, and bumped into Rong Xu's extremely cold phoenix eyes.

Those eyes were very dark, like a deep ice pond in a deep valley, with a icy coolness, without a trace of warmth.

Just like when I met him for the first time at the bottom of the white jade steps, he seemed to be indifferent to everything, even his bones were cold.

Bai Sheng was startled, and suddenly sensed something was wrong, the big carp in his mouth suddenly fell to the ground, and because of the cold, he accidentally sneezed.

His small body trembled, and his big black eyes were instantly filled with mist, making him look extremely pitiful.

Resisting not to shake the water on his hair, Bai Sheng lowered his head and picked up the big carp he caught in the water, and ran over joltingly, like offering a treasure, he raised his head to give it to Rong Xu.

Rong Xu sat leaning on the slum, ignored him, and didn't take it to take a bath as usual, just looked at him lightly, without a trace of emotion in his eyes.

Bai Sheng saw that he didn't pay attention to him at all, so he just swayed around in front of the couch, as if he could be seen as long as he swayed in front of men more times.

The big golden carp had just been fished out of the water, it was slippery and heavy, Bai Sheng took it in his mouth and walked around a few times, feeling his cheeks hurt from being pressed by this big fat fish.

Bai Sheng whined twice in aggrieved manner, turned around and ran out with the big fish in his mouth, gently put it behind the screen, where there was no carpet, and even raised his paw to pat it.

It means, stay here obediently and don't run around, I will come back to eat you in a while.

Bai Sheng freed his mouth, turned back and whined to Rong Xu.

Bai Sheng stretched out his paws, because the hair on the paws was wet, so he hooked the tip of his nails on the man's boots, raised his head, opened his big black eyes and asked Rong Xu innocently.

Don't you like it?

But it is really delicious, I have eaten it!

It's smooth and tender, don't believe me, try it?

Feeling guilty, Jiang Youquan waited outside impatiently, and finally waited until the hot water room delivered hot water for bathing. Looking for an opportunity to go in, he heard wailing in the hall.

Jiang Youquan's feet wobbled and he almost fell.

Xiao Xizi quickly supported him, and found that Jiang Youquan's hands were sweaty, and said in a low voice, "Master..."

Jiang Youquan waved his hand, and before he had time to speak, he saw Rong Xu coming out from behind the screen in the inner hall, holding the little fox that Rong Xu had just scolded him for not being familiar with in his arms.

The little fox wagged its tail, grabbed the man's hand with its paws, and let him look at the ground with a whimper.

Rong Xu moved his eyes to the ground, glanced at the carp that was about the same length as a little fox, and said in a low voice, "Send this fish to the imperial dining room, steam it and pick out the spines."

After that, he took the little fox to the back bathroom.

Xiao Xizi stared dumbfounded at the beautiful golden carp on the ground, "Master, why does this fish look so... anchovy koi?"

The phoenix-tailed koi is very rare, and one tail is worth thousands of gold. Except for those in the Pingqing Palace, there are only a few in the Imperial Garden. Those in the Imperial Garden are counted by the eunuchs who are specially in charge.

Jiang Youquan was silent for a moment, then wiped the sweat from his forehead, "I'm afraid it's just..."