snatch the fox

★If you are afraid of the intrigues and deceptions in this world, I would like to become a thorn in your body, protect you, and bear all the suffering for you. . ★

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There was a cool breeze blowing in the yard, and he was sitting on a stone bench in his unlined clothes, looking at the moonlight like a stone sculpture.

As soon as his shoulders warmed up, Xie Er covered him with the cloak, and put a jug of wine and two small cups on the table.

"Brother, if you care about it, you will be chaotic. Just don't worry about it."

Xie Er sat down opposite him and poured him a glass of sake.

"He didn't ask me to bring you wine before going out, but how does he know that not all good wine is cold, this is my own fruit wine, just warmed over a low fire, try it?"

He didn't pay any attention to it, just took it and drank it with his head up, looking very depressed.

"Brother, you can't stand it just like this?" Xie Er chuckled, and poured him another glass, "You don't know, in the past, Big Brother was so ruthless that no one dared to provoke him, and he would be crippled with a knife. If you move, the nine clans will all be wiped out, and it’s still the kind where you have nowhere to avenge your grievances.”

"Oh? Then should I be happy?"

Contrary to the vigor with which she was drinking before, Shen Linyan sipped the glass of wine lightly, her eyes calm.

"The moonlight lightly hooks the Xiaoxuan window, and the shadow of the tree reflects the blood of the poplar... During those days, every time the moon rose, he would drag me to work under the poplar tree, smelling of alcohol."

"He asked me if I liked poplars. I didn't say anything, so he pierced my pipa bone with a barbed hook chain on the poplars, and I looked at the phoenix trees not far away... Pei Yuanzheng liked poplars the most in his life. The poplar forest behind the mansion once made me very complicated."

Shen Linyan's bright eyes reflecting the moonlight couldn't see the expression clearly.

"That woman has liked poplars since she was a child."

"Pei Yuanzheng said that she has a very high status in the clan, and there are rumors that she is the shadow of a supervisor from all walks of life sent by the Emperor of Heaven after his soul was divided. Pei Yuanzheng likes her, there is nothing wrong with it? After all, no one will refuse such an identity... ..."

"Dangdang!"

Xie Er suddenly accidentally knocked over the jug of fruit wine that he cherished very much.

"What? You said that the woman that Pei Yuanzheng likes in this life... is the shadow of the Emperor of Heaven after his soul was divided?! No, hurry up! It's too late..."

"Yo~ why are you going, you are in such a hurry~"

The verdant poplar leaves all over the sky are falling like rain, and a graceful woman in green clothes descends from the sky, like a fairy coming to the world.

"Old never die..."

"Snapped!"

Xie Er's face was severely tilted to one side, five fingers of red marks appeared on his swollen handsome face.

The woman in green caressed her exquisite nails, covered her mouth and smiled lightly: "It's not big or small, how can you call my fifth younger sister old and immortal? Besides, the identity of the high priest in the clan also allows you to be so provocative." Is it?!"

The bewitching smile retracted as if changing face, and the snake-like whip shadow rushed over. Xie Er wanted to dodge, but the timing was half a beat too late, and the speed difference was too big, so there was only a muffled "pop", On Xie Er's shoulder, the whip wound to the bone can be seen deep and blood is flowing.

Xie Er didn't say anything, just stared at the woman in green with a white face, with deep hatred in his eyes.

The woman withdrew her whip and put her hands behind her back. She seemed to have not noticed Shen Linyan from the beginning to the end. She sniffed lightly for a while, her eyebrows and eyes suddenly opened, and she played with her taste:

"Brother is back? Why don't you ask him to come out to see me? The brocade box that my shikigami gave you is my little love for Xiao Liu~"

Xie Er gritted his teeth: "Brother was injured a little bit, I made him take tranquilizing medicine and went to bed early, why alarm him?"

"Are you injured?" The woman looked disappointed, then frowned, looked around for a while, suddenly smiled, and looked at Xie Er who was opposite him strangely, "Why is Second Brother still thinking like this, Jinwu Cangjiao? "

Before the words were finished, the swift whip shadow was thrown towards Shen Linyan's place, and the sound of the wind cutting the whip shadow was howling and ear-piercing.

"Snapped!"

A tall figure stood in front of him, and Shen Linyan stared blankly at the man's hand grasping the whip, blood was flowing, the whip was tightly wound, and the crunching sound of dislocation of muscles and bones could even be heard!

"Big brother?!"

Xie Er exclaimed, completely different from the calmness he had just gritted his teeth and forbeared.

Xie Linyuan threw off the whip wrapped around his arm. Unlike Xie Er's bloody wound, Xie Linyuan's visible whip wound was covered with golden red light, and it was recovering and healing quickly at a speed visible to the naked eye. After a while, The wound was intact.

Only a piece of bright red witnessed the danger just now.

And the splashed blood stopped in front of Shen Linyan... To be precise, it should have splashed on the barrier in front of Shen Linyan.

Only then did Shen Linyan realize that there was a barrier around him, and the only people who could see him were probably Xie Linyuan and Xie Er.

However, after this commotion, I am afraid that this enchantment is useless.

Sure enough, the whip was lying on the ground without moving anything, but the woman shook the handle of the whip, and the thick whip instantly turned into a snake image, divided into countless strands, and rushed towards him in all directions, densely packed with black The shadows almost seemed to be connected into a big black net.

Under such a swift and violent attack, such a thick barrier was so fragile that it could not withstand a single blow. In an instant, the crisp sound of "ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, blushing."

Just like that, Shen Linyan quietly appeared in front of the woman.

The woman's originally good-humored smile disappeared, and she frowned and said sinisterly: "You..."

"Pei Yuanzheng didn't look for you?" Shen Linyan said lightly.

The woman sneered and asked: "On the eve of the wedding, I was dissatisfied with the rumors of marriage and elopement, did you spread it?"

Shen Linyan nodded calmly.

"it's me."

Xie Linyuan at the side was shocked.

Shen Linyan took a deep look at Xie Linyuan's stiff back, but kept talking: "I can't see that you and Pei Yuanzheng are on good terms, so I seduced your elder brother to send news to the Yu clan, right, Xie Linyuan?"

Xie Linyuan didn't speak, but Xie Er on the side looked at him dumbfounded, and then at the silent Xie Linyuan.

"Yo~ I thought you didn't know that I was Xie Linyuan's fifth sister until now~ Big Brother is so frank? It's strange that he is willing to tell you my identity so early. It doesn't look like his usual style. Could it be..."

The woman smiled harmlessly.

"He really cares about you?"

"Xie Wanping!" Xie Linyuan roared angrily suddenly, Shen Linyan couldn't see his expression because he was behind his back, "I can't touch you if my second child can't touch you. If you want to live longer, restrain yourself!"

"Hmph~ Do you think I'm afraid?"

A thunderbolt suddenly exploded from the sky, piercing the void, and a fireball mixed with a thunderous posture, dragging its long tail, instantly landed on the hill behind the woman in green, and there was a loud "bang", and the entire hill was razed to the ground.

The woman's face turned pale, and she taunted with a steady voice:

"If you act like this, you are not afraid of being blamed by the heavens? The crime of destroying the mountain... just wait for the land to sue you!"

After speaking, it turned into a ray of green light and swept up the sky.

Shen Linyan looked up suspiciously.

The way Xie Wanping looked at him before leaving just now seemed to be different from when he was hostile because of Pei Yuanzheng.

That is longer and more ruthless...

"When did you start to know that I spread that rumor?"

Xie Linyuan still carried him behind his back and asked softly.

He closed his eyes and answered the wrong question: "Is Xie Wanping your sister?"

"……Yes."

He smiled desolately.

"I have long heard that the Xie family of the Yu clan is mixed with fish and dragons. Although the family has a great fortune, it has long been controlled by the high priest. It seems that the rumors are true~"

Xie Er who was on the side couldn't see it, and endured it, but finally couldn't hold it back.

"That guy dared to be so arrogant, it's all because the elder brother left suddenly at that time... Otherwise, with the influence of the elder brother in the clan, how could it be easy for her to infiltrate her contacts here! The Xie family is in her hands, and it will be destroyed sooner or later!"

"Second child."

"Brother, what are you doing for him and sacrificing so much and you won't say anything? Shen Linyan, if it wasn't for you..."

"Second!"

"...Forget it, you can settle your own affairs! Old Immortal already knows of his existence, and you plan to continue the quarrel. Only loved ones will hurt enemies, so think about it yourself!"

After finishing speaking, Xie Er went back to the house with a wave of his sleeves, feeling so depressed that he hated iron for not being steel.

He turned his face away, with a stiff tone: "I said before, I don't believe anyone's words, I only believe in myself."

Xie Linyuan turned around and looked at him with the moonlight behind his back, which he will never forget in his life.

He said, "I don't trust anyone in this world."

"But I believe in you, Shen Jingzhi."

"I only trust you."

……

"Brother, good news! Xiao Liu's illness is cured!"

Xie Linyuan frowned: "So fast?"

"Why, elder brother seems unhappy?"

"Xiao Liu's illness...I've had an attack since I came back, and I still have that box of pills, and I met Xie Wanping last night, today Xiao Liu will..."

"You suspect..."

"Maybe, the third child is under control."

Xie Er was surprised: "How could it be? The third brother has never shown any abnormal behavior, how could he be controlled? Wasn't he the first to rise up against Xie Wanping?"

"Don't forget, all these years he has been struggling to support Xie Wanping's struggle, and he has to take care of Xiao Liu, so Xiao Liu can easily become a target to blackmail him." Xie Linyuan sighed, "It's all my fault. Spoiled little six and failed to save old three some snacks."

Xie Er stopped talking.

However, a strange sarcasm came over.

"I don't know what kind of pet it is that makes your Xiaoliu 'like' you so much... teach me too, so that I can continue to 'carry forward' my son Xiaoyan..."

A man with a tightly covered cloak entered the door, before he could finish his sentence, Xie Linyuan pulled him over, checked up, down, left, and right to make sure that he was not injured, and then gave him a dull look. Breathe a sigh of relief.

"Don't mention son Xiaoyan again!"

"Do you think no one likes me in this world?"

"..."

"Hmph! Even if I like me, I have to see if I like it or not."

The hat of the cloak was blown away, and Shen Linyan fanned himself sullenly:

"Your Xiaoliu is amazing. As soon as I sent the prescription and that pill, I woke up as soon as I took it, and called me a vixen when I was teased. You Xie's eyes are so sharp, aren't they?"

Xie Linyuan and Xie Er looked at each other tacitly.

"Jingzhi, aren't you willing to guard me?"

Shen Linyan glanced at the two of them strangely, and replied to Xie Linyuan: "I will force myself to do things I am not willing to do? Do you want me to leave now? Yes~"

"Respect!" Xie Linyuan had no choice but to hold his hand and play it in the palm of his hand, as if he couldn't put it down, "Since I am in this situation, I have to rely on you...don't run outside. When the child comes down, let me guard you , how are you?"

"..."

"Whether you agree or not, whether you refuse or accept, I will not change... Just treat it as if I used the child to threaten you to stay, so what if I'm a despicable person? As long as you can live in peace... "

Xie Linyuan suddenly turned pale and frowned, looking very painful.

He was so shocked that he quickly got down from Xie Linyuan's knees, and Xie Er who was beside him felt his pulse swiftly with his hands and feet.

"Help him in and lie down, and I'll prescribe a prescription for decocting medicine... I said, brother, he is still here, what do you do, you are always worried about this and that, and if you can't keep this child, it depends on what you will get when the time comes Hitch him!"

"Much, talk too much..."

Shen Linyan was stunned for a moment, so he could only help him to lie down silently, then took a towel, soaked it in water and wrung it dry, wiping his sweat.

"feeling bad?"

"……fine."

"Then why are you smiling and frowning?"

"I'm glad... I'm glad it wasn't you who suffered this. I have a good background and can stand up to it. Don't worry."

Hearing this, Shen Linyan suddenly withdrew her sweat-wiping hand, bit her lip with a dark face, and said sullenly: "Who, who will worry about you! You are the only one who did such a stupid thing to take that medicine!"

Xie Linyuan's expression suddenly faded.

"If I hadn't taken this elixir, you would have left Pei Yuanzheng's heir even if you were betting on your life... right?"

Shen Linyan froze, unable to speak for a long time.

He had thought this way before, desperate, crazy...

However, it wasn't until Pei Yuanzheng broke the matter up that time that his heart turned cold, so how could he use this medicine to keep people?

"Since you had such an idea, now I am in the same mood as you were at that time... With this bond between us, I don't believe you can still escape from my side. This is your child, respect it."

Xie Linyuan's hand held his, generous and warm, reassuringly strong.

"So, come with me... Let's go to the end of the world and see all kinds of life."

Shen Linyan still hesitated in his heart, afraid of his life experience, afraid that he would still be nostalgic for his former status. With his ability, it would be a breeze if he really wanted to come back. Then he ruthlessly turned and left...

If he was as ambiguous as Pei Yuanzheng to the end, he would only be left with the sentence "We are not suitable, what we have is just brotherhood".

He didn't know what crazy things he was going to do.

Maybe torment him, maybe... destroy yourself.

"Xie Linyuan, I told you, don't promise me, I don't believe it."

"I was too hasty about Pei Yuanzheng, but I can't help it. I don't want you to get too deep... I'm afraid that if I don't promise you, you will run away with others. After all, whoever treats you well, you will have a good impression Isn't it?"

"Ridiculous!" Shen Linyan was so angry that he tossed the handkerchief, "Who do you think I am? Whoever treats me well has a crush on him? Why don't you just say that my son, Xiaoyan, doesn't refuse anyone who comes? Be direct and don't beat around the bush! I Don't be afraid..."

A force pulled him into the broad embrace, warming the heart like a safe haven.

"I'm afraid." Xie Linyuan's breath brushed his forehead, "I don't like you mentioning the matter of young master Xiaoyan, let the past go, you should have a new start."

Shen Linyan suddenly felt that his heart, which had been exhausted for many years, seemed to be relaxed like never before at this moment. These hands, this person... What kind of magical power does it have that can make him let go of his guard so far...

With a groan, he took on the original shape of Firefox, found a comfortable position, subconsciously rubbed, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Xie Linyuan smiled faintly, embraced the warm little fox, and closed his eyes.

When Xie Erduanyao entered the room, seeing this warm scene, he couldn't help but had the urge to cry, so he retreated lightly, and after covering the door behind his back, he was so pleased that he almost turned over the tray of Duanyao.

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