snatch the fox

★It is better to forget each other than to forget each other in the rivers and lakes. ★

……

Shen Linyan tried a few sounds, and then hummed lightly and subconsciously:

"Qingfeng bids farewell to the moon and reflects the morning clouds, floats on the water and listens to the bell. There is no worry and peace in the world, and the Buddha should take pity and take the Zen heart."

"Qingfeng's farewell to the moon... Ying Chao... Yun..."

In the end, Xie Linyuan still couldn't finish singing the song he was humming, and fell into a deep sleep.

Shen Linyan carefully placed the child in his arms, then patted the robe, stood up, and stood with his hands behind his back: "Come out."

In the corner, Xie San came out with a complicated expression on his face.

"I knew that today's demon king's incident was related to Xie Wanping's visit. Xiao Liu's illness is not cured, is it?"

Xie San subconsciously glanced at the little guy in Xie Linyuan's arms who hadn't opened his eyes, and his expression softened unconsciously.

"Xiao Liu was like this back then... When Xie Wanping was eyeing the male heirs of the Xie family and planned to get rid of them one after another, Xiao Liu was secretly cast into a magic spell by her. Only I knew about this. Others thought he had a strange disease and was not in good health. .”

"So, in order to prevent your sixth younger brother from being controlled by Xie Wanping, are you going to continue to act as a pawn against your conscience?"

"Big Brother, Second Brother and Fourth Brother are not at Xie's house anymore, who else can protect Xiao Liu except me?"

"You still hate Xie Linyuan?"

"...If he hadn't left us first, the second brother and the fourth brother wouldn't have gone with us."

"Since you said that he left Xie's house because of me, I can accompany you."

Xie San raised his head abruptly: "Do you know what Xie Wanping ordered me to rob you for?"

Shen Linyan shook his head.

"I don't know, but I know that Xie Linyuan is planning, planning a big net. At that time, no matter whether it is the Xie family or his escape, it will be beneficial and harmless. And he has everything ready. What he lacks now is an opportunity, right? ?”

"No..." Xie San smiled desolately, "If you knew why Xie Wanping arrested you, you would definitely regret it."

"..."

Shen Linyan took out a delicate fiery red jade pendant from his sleeve, with the word "King" carved in the hollow, and hung it around the little guy's neck with great care, and then reluctantly got up.

"Let's go."

Xie San looked back at Xie Linyuan who was still sleeping deeply, hesitated for a long time, then hurriedly threw a bamboo pipe beside him, and chased him out.

Blindfolded, he walked through many winding corridors, and he came to a room where the blindfolded black cloth was torn off.

He only heard the snap of his fingers, and the moment the candles around him lit up one by one, he felt that all the strength in his limbs was completely taken away, and his body was transitioning between the shape of a fox and that of a human.

"Yo~ The fox bead is really gone...Come here, stop his human form." Xie Wanping, who was sitting at the top, ordered so.

The person who came forward didn't know what to eat for him, and the illusory outline became clear and full in an instant, but his hands and feet still didn't obey, so he had to be manipulated by others.

"Come here! Take off his clothes!"

"Third brother, don't be idle, let's get started~ I don't mind if you fake it for real~"

"..."

Shen Linyan looked at Xie San who was getting closer, and kept shouting "No" in his heart, but he no longer had the good luck of being rescued by the hero before, and he couldn't stop it.

"For Xiaoliu, Shen Linyan... can only feel sorry for you!"

"..."

He gritted his teeth, and kept silent.

"Just treat it as if you were bitten by a dog. It's better than resisting Xie Wanping now. As long as your life is still alive, what is this reputation? God knows, you know, I know, and she, Xie Wanping, knows that as long as Xie Wanping is brought down, the people in this world Nobody knew about it."

"..."

Xie Wanping didn't know when to retreat, there were only two people left in the room, the sky was dark, day and night were not distinguished.

And when a staggering tall figure covered in blood stains kicked in the door with a baby in his arms, everything came to an end.

Xie San came to his senses abruptly, looked at the burning incense in a complicated manner, rushed over to extinguish it quickly, and froze there.

"Brother! I..."

Xie Xiaoliu took the opportunity to rush forward, pointing at him who was slumped in the corner like a useless person: "Brother! According to the Xie family's family rules, he dyed ~ refers to the younger brother in the clan, and his style is corrupt. According to the law, he should be immersed in a pig cage and sink in the river!"

"Snapped!"

Xie Xiaoliu's eyes widened, he covered his swollen face with aggrieved eyes, and looked at Xie Linyuan pitifully: "Brother... I'm not wrong..."

"Respect, I only listen to you."

Shen Linyan, who was sitting slumped in the corner like a dead man, quietly covered up the blurry outline and traces all over his body that could not be covered by his clothes, his eyes fell on the ground with clear eyes, and his voice was as rough as swallowing coals: "What do you think I should say? "

"Hey! What's going on?" Suddenly, Xie Wanping, who had disappeared, suddenly appeared behind Xie Linyuan, gloating: "This scandal has happened before we even entered the house, come on! Bind this guy, and drown him in a pig cage." !"

"Yes!"

Not long after, two strong men came in and almost dragged him away.

The two legs were dragged on the ground, forming glaring bloodstains. It was obvious that the legs and feet were injured, and the hands were hanging down weakly, as if the injuries were not serious.

After Xie Wanping took him away, Xie San suddenly knelt down in front of Xie Linyuan.

Xie Linyuan slammed into pieces the grand teacher's chair beside him, waiting for Xie San who was kneeling on the ground with a pale face.

"How dare you...?!"

"Xie Wanping has tampered with Xiangxiang, Third Brother doesn't know..." Xie Xiaoliu, who was at the side, said anxiously.

"He doesn't know, don't you know?!" Xie Linyuan took a deep breath and closed his eyes fiercely: "According to the plan, there must be no mistakes in robbing people downstream! After receiving the person, immediately send them to the neighboring city for training and protection !"

Xie San quickly took orders, hurriedly put on his clothes and left with a pale face.

"Brother, then I..."

"Take care of Chaoyun for me." Xie Linyuan handed the baby to Xie Xiaoliu with great care, and gently stroked the fiery red jade pendant on the baby's neck with his fingertips. By his side... I can't wait to bring down Xie Wanping, the child stays by my side, it's not as safe as him."

"..."

"Why, are you not happy?"

"No..." Xie Xiaoliu pouted, "I just don't like you getting too close to that Shen Linyan."

Xie Linyuan's expression turned cold: "Haven't you enjoyed acting in front of Xie Wanping?"

"..." Xie Xiaoliu looked sad, "If elder brother doesn't like it, I just don't treat him that way."

Xie Linyuan looked at him for a long time, then touched the top of his head, and sighed: "It's hard for you to pretend to be crazy and stay in Xie's house to take care of you all these years."

Xie Xiaoliu shook his head: "No! I, I like big..."

"Xiao Liu." Xie Linyuan interrupted him suddenly, and said solemnly, "I have a family now, you will meet someone better in the future, and that person... will never be me."

After finishing speaking, he turned and left resolutely, without nostalgia.

"Brother! Big..."

The baby in her arms suddenly cried with a "wow".

Xie Xiaoliu stood there desolately holding the crying child.

He suddenly had an evil thought, if this child was strangled to death, would Shen Linyan give up?Will the elder brother lose his bargaining chip to keep Shen Linyan?

Or... Shen Linyan died at the bottom of the river...

Xie Xiaoliu suddenly woke up, afraid of his own thoughts.

The eldest brother trusts himself, so he will give this child to him at this time. How can he easily live up to the expectations of the eldest brother?

Gradually let go of the hand holding the baby, Xie Xiaoliu finally couldn't bear it, hugged the baby and started crying.

"Big brother..."

Wiping away tears, carefully wrapping the baby up, he climbed the window and jumped onto the roof, and left silently towards the county town downstream of the river, how could he look as sickly and lazy as usual?

……

riverside

The only onlookers were the old faces of the Xie family. Shen Linyan lay in the bamboo cage without sadness or joy, without saying a word.

His gaze crossed the crowd and rested on the man.

Xie Linyuan just looked back at him quietly, neither angry nor moved.

Those people swiftly tied the iron chain tied at the end of the bamboo cage to a stone half a person's height, and just a few people worked together to lift and throw the stone, and the hemp rope, which had been wound into dozens of rolls, was stretched instantly. Down.

"Today there is the Hu Shen clan who infiltrated into the Yu Clan, intending to bring disaster to my Xie Clan's ten thousand-year-old foundation. Now, according to the order of the Heavens and the clan's rules, bind a boulder and sink a bamboo cage to the bottom of the river, so that the common people will be angry!"

"Execution—punishment—"

"Pfft!"

He thought that at least Xie Linyuan would ask him why. He thought that Xie Linyuan's so-called trust in him must not mean that he believed whatever he said.

His temper, his arrogance did not allow him to say everything, if he compromised, it would be the real doom.

Fighting a self-deceiving anger, maybe he still has a little bit of faith to support his life.

If he hadn't heard Xie Linyuan's order with his own ears, even if he was ripped apart, he wouldn't have the will to die.

And now, Xie Linyuan finally disappeared from his sight, didn't he?

But why, my heart hurts so much.

The pain was colder and deeper than the icy river water.

...Xie Linyuan...

Vaguely, on the thick and swaying bottom of the river, he vaguely saw a figure swimming towards him quickly, with dense small air bubbles, saving him the air that was regarded as a treasure at the bottom of the river.

The jade pendant hanging around the man's neck floated out, he only felt that the emerald jade pendant looked very familiar, and even the carving with the character "Qian" engraved on it could be clearly seen under the water.

However, he couldn't think too much, and subconsciously pressed the back of the man's head, desperately searching for air and asking for it.

And then... and then he didn't know anything.

……

Water...can't breathe...so uncomfortable...

"Respect?"

Someone patted his cheek lightly, calling out softly, as if far away but not near.

"Respect, wake up, hurry up~"

He frowned, opened his eyes that had been sleeping for a long time, looked at the familiar face in front of him, his mind was spinning a thousand times, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "You...?"

"Why, even the senior brother can't recognize him?"

The man laughed.

Shen Linyan's face turned pale, and his lips trembled for a long time before he said tremblingly: "Who are you? Where is this?"

The man froze for a moment, then said patiently with a good temper:

"My surname is Pei, Pei Yuanzheng."

He blinked suspiciously, hid in the corner like a frightened little rabbit and protected himself with the quilt, looked at him pitifully with a pair of red pupils, tears swirled: "I don't know you..."

This time the man couldn't laugh anymore, the drenched clothes were all hanging on his body before he could change in the future, he stood at the head of the bed and looked at him quietly, and suddenly smiled.

"It's best if you don't know me...Listen, we were childhood sweethearts who made a sincere promise. There was a bully named Xie Linyuan who always wanted to take you away, so he forcibly tore us apart. ... If I hadn't come here to visit friends, and happened to meet you who died in the middle of the river, you would be in danger."

He shook his head, hesitantly pressing the back of his head: "It seems to have fallen into the water, but before...why can't I remember anything?"

"that is because……"

"Bang bang bang!"

The two people in the room were shocked by the anxious and rough knock on the door. Pei Yuanzheng lowered his eyes, retracted his body that was leaning out to threaten him, and Void pulled out an invisible barrier with his bare hands in the space where he was.

Only then did he walk out of the courtyard and unlock the door.

A man with a more scholarly temperament than a scholar rushed in, carrying a big medicine box and looking like a doctor, panting and asked Pei Yuanzheng, "Did you pass the river across the mountains on this way?"

Pei Yuanzheng thought for a while, then shook his head.

"Then... have you ever seen a person trapped in a bamboo cage, with his hands tied behind his back and a heavy stone sinking into the river, and was washed down by the current?"

Pei Yuanzheng paused, but still shook his head. Because his back was facing him, he didn't know Pei Yuanzheng's expression every time he responded. He only knew that the only person he recognized so far was Pei Yuanzheng.

"Xie Er, I was just passing by here to visit your friend who I haven't seen for many years, and I actually made you so unhappy."

The man named Xie Er sighed, looking back at the way he had come, his voice was sincere and concerned:

"Don't talk to me about other things. Brother has been searching along the river for more than ten days, but he still can't find him... Now that he has no hope of surviving, he fell ill all of a sudden. Now his heart is ashamed. Don’t eat, I’m afraid he won’t be able to survive.”

Xie Er's voice was so loud that the roof was almost toppled over, as if no one would hear him.

Even he who was hiding behind the barrier was taken aback.

"Why, you don't take care of your demon king who may lose control at any time, so you have time to talk about things here?"

Xie Er pushed Pei Yuanzheng away and rushed into the room, walked carefully, and then stared at Pei Yuanzheng: "If this matter is really related to you, you'd better send him back as soon as possible, otherwise, even I will rescue him." Not you."

After speaking, he walked away.

Pei Yuanzheng did not withdraw the barrier, but went straight through and sat down beside him.

"Fear not, you still have me."

"But...you are really mine..."

"Yes."

"But I don't remember you."

"It's okay, I remember you enough."

"..."

"It's not safe here, let's leave now!"

Just like that, he took Pei Yuanzheng's hand in a ignorant way, and embarked on a journey away from Rongcheng.

In the same year, Xie Wanping failed in the power struggle, and his whereabouts are unknown. There are rumors that the Xie family's son, who returned suddenly after many years abroad, is operating behind the scenes in a chasing chess game in which the Xie family's power is integrated. Xie Wanping's defeat in the battle will inevitably fall to Thank you parents and children.

Some people also said that Xie Wanping fled while taking advantage of the chaos.

Some people even said that Xie Wanping was burned to death in a luxurious palace on the night when the clan rebelled.

No matter what, the Xie mansion caught fire on the night of the incident, which was obvious to all. It burned for more than three days and three nights, and the fire was so intense that no one dared to carry water to put out the fire.

The next year, the Patriarch of the Xie family named Xie's Linyuan as regent. The famous Xie Linyuan said that he was sick at home, refused such a reward, and even resolutely left a letter and left.

The rumors that Xie Linyuan and his son wandered around the rivers and lakes once again spread vigorously.

……

"Yuan Zheng, it's so lively here~"

Shen Linyan held snacks in his hands, and looked left and right curiously while eating.

Pei Yuanzheng pointed to the pavements on the street one by one, and patiently identified them for him.

"Where is this place?"

"The small town at the foot of Mount Fuze, Fuze Town."

"Why are you here?"

"Because..." Before they knew it, the two had come to a remote alley, and Pei Yuanzheng suddenly pointed a sharp knife at him, with a grim look on his face, "I will use your heart to save her life!"

All the snacks in Shen Linyan's hands fell to the ground, his slightly widened eyes were covered in bright red.

However, before the sharp edge of his heart was pierced through, a dazzling light and shadow suddenly flashed from the side, rushing into the confrontation between the two in an instant, and flew the knife stuck in his heart.

"It's you?"

Pei Yuanzheng covered his injured hand, and glared fiercely at the troublemaker.

The man raised his hand and threw a cloth bag over, and his voice became clearer and clearer: "In this world, not only his heart can save Xie Wanping... Although the things in the bag can't restore all her skills, they are enough to save her life, which is better than his heart." Be useful."

Pei Yuanzheng didn't care about these things, and hurried to an inn not far away with the package in his arms.

The man turned around, walked into him slowly, and said softly:

"Respect, are you willing to come back?"

He looked up blankly.

"I'm your childhood sweetheart's brother... Lu Yan, named Ziqian."

The man handed an emerald green jade pendant to his hand, pressed his shoulder and lowered his head, staring at his height:

"He's also the fiancé of your family."

The author has something to say: Xiao Xie planned to plan, but accidentally involved Shen Xiaohu...

Shen Xiaohu's fragile heart~ Before the collapse, he could only temporarily protect himself with amnesia.

Inspiration source: I seem to have seen a temporary amnesia symptom of self-protection somewhere, only remembering or keeping good things, and the rest is completely blocked for the time being, and some severe cases will change their minds...