kill the fox

It was already bright, and it snowed all night last night. It seemed that a new layer of rice paper had been laid on the spacious avenue of the Moon Order Wall. All the monsters took a broom to sweep the snow in front of their houses. On the street, people were busy , talking and laughing, deliberately keeping silent about what they saw last night.

Ning Ci woke up and saw the clothes beside the table, and then remembered that she and Keqing Shen came back last night and originally wanted to borrow his clothes to wear. They got together and had a splitting headache. Pain like a past, I don't know how to resolve it, suddenly feel like something is moving in my peripheral vision?

???

Crawl over with hands and feet together to have a look, half of a handsome face is exposed under the quilt, oh, Shen Keqing.

But the bed was too big, so I didn't find it for a while.

I think both of them drank too much last night, and thanks to Keqing Shen, he could still remember the way back. Otherwise, it would be freezing cold, and the two of them would freeze to death outside. Ning Ci put on his clothes, and the moment he opened the door, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure.

The figure of a man in black.

This is... Shen Keqing's secret guard?Or...that person?

On the way he was escorted back to Hengqing Mountain, a man in black suddenly rushed out halfway. When they were in trouble, he drew his sword and attacked them. The man in black had already gained the upper hand as soon as he made a move. It was effortless to hit them, but he seemed to be scruples, restraining them everywhere and not hurting anyone. After a few hits, he unexpectedly Give up, turn around and leave.

If it is really the man in black, he showed up twice, from Xiaozhoushan to Xuanquanzhi, what is his purpose?

Or, the man in black who intercepted him on the way was Shen Keqing's hidden guard?

The accumulated snow in the garden was blindingly bright, and the road had been swept clean.

Ning Ci was walking on the road, but he was still brooding over Furry's death.

He believed it last night, but he doesn't want to believe it today.

I don't know if it's because they deliberately don't believe and don't want to admit the facts, or if they feel that they can't put an end to everything about them so simply.

Maybe it's because the consciousness of self-help is too strong, and I instinctively avoid pain.

Either way, he doesn't want to think about that little fox anymore, he needs to let go, let go, let go again, turn his body upside down, bury his soul in the snow, and seal everything about him ...Otherwise, he's going crazy.

"Master."

The little demon called Ning Ci three times before turning to look at him.

"Master Dao, there are guests looking for you at the door."

It was still the little demon wearing the bellyband last night who was talking, and Ning Ci carefully discovered that the little demon on the ground seemed to be the same demon as the one that Jiang Linxian Mansion had given him the sword. Wearing a red bellyband, Ning Ci asked, "Aren't you cold?"

Little demon in the bellyband: "Thank you for your concern, I am not cold."

Answering so generously and politely, it must not be the stupid and stupid one in Jiang Linxian's mansion.Seeing that it still didn't leave, Ning Ci remembered what he seemed to have said to himself just now, but he forgot, so he asked again: "Excuse me, what did you just say?"

"..."

"Master Dao, there are guests looking for you at the door, and they are only at the door, please don't come in."

"Oh, thank you."

Could it be the man in black?But it’s not true, people in the dark will not easily come to the bright side.

When he reached the door, Ning Ci realized that he was going in the wrong direction, so he smiled and went up to him.

"Little uncle."

Du Hengxi looked impatient: "Why are you so slow?! I'm going to panic! If I didn't want to go in, I would have left!"

Ning Ci put his arms around his shoulders: "Ah, ah, ah, I'll come to see you when I come together."

Du Hengxi: "Look at what time is it?! You just got up?! Fortunately, you are not in Hengqing Mountain, otherwise I would ask all the female disciples in Shuge of Shangqing to watch you get up!"

Ning Ci: "Overqualified, I don't need the whole Qingshu Pavilion. Do you know why I get up early in Hengqing Mountain? A junior junior sister is enough for me."

Du Hengxi's expression changed, and he pushed away his hand on his shoulder, and his irritability calmed down a little: "You forgot to tell my junior sister when you went down the mountain, do you know?"

Just as Ning Ci was about to answer, Du Hengxi pushed him, "Stop talking, follow me."

Ning Ci: "Where are you going?"

Du Hengxi: "It's a teahouse, my junior sister is still waiting for us, let's go."

Ning Ci was slightly surprised: "She's here too?"

Du Hengxi: "If she hadn't said that she missed you, you thought I would come to you? Hearing that you left, I was angry for three days in a row."

"..."

They arrived at the teahouse where he listened to the book that day, but they didn't know why it was so quiet today. The storyteller seemed a little at a loss when no one echoed him on stage.

Perhaps it was quite lively at first, but it became quiet as soon as Ning Ci came in.

Ning Ci looked around, but didn't look at him, but was surprisingly quiet, this... guess who gave birth to him?

But the storyteller didn't mention his existence that day.

Du Hengxi was a little strange, and asked in a low voice, "Why is it so quiet?"

Ning Ci: "How would I know?"

The little junior sister suddenly saw Ning Ci, jumped up from her seat, and ran over to hug him.

"Master!"

The tea drinkers continued to drink tea, the storytellers continued to tell stories, and the people who played, played, and sang had intoxicated expressions, which was quite normal, but when they heard such a clear and crisp cry in such a quiet place, no one looked sideways, no one frowned, No one clicked, this, this is not normal.

Ning Ci carefully probed: "Nian Yi, senior brother has a mission to go down the mountain, I forgot to tell you, you won't blame me, will you?"

The three of them walked to the table, sat down, and poured a cup of tea for Ning Ci after reading aloud: "I blame you to death, you forgot me again..." She probably felt that the voice she said just now was too loud. His voice was lower than usual, but his tone of voice still couldn't help but blame him.

Ning Ci touched her head and felt that it felt so good, he smiled and said, "What do you want, brother, I will apologize to you?" Then he heard Du Hengxi say bitterly: "Brother, I want to eat candied haws~ "

"..." No one is used to such a grown-up person, who gave him this courage?

Ning Ci's face was full of black lines: "Little uncle, don't make trouble."

"By the way," Nian Yi pulled Ning Ci's hand, his expression suddenly became serious, and Ning Ci stopped laughing, knowing that she had something to say: "Brother, my plain silver bracelet is missing, and it was just in Yuan Ye. That day, I used it to press the lantern, hung it in the small bamboo forest and forgot, and when I looked for it again in a few days, it was gone!"

Ning Ci: "The things in the bamboo forest are specially guarded by disciples, have you asked?"

Nian Yi: "I asked! But that night, everyone hung their lanterns in the grove. There were so many people that I was dazzled by seeing them. Who has the time to meddle in other people's affairs? I originally hung it on the tallest tree. The one on the bamboo, it can't be confused with anything else, it's just gone!"

Ning Ci was most afraid that the little junior sister would be sad: "Okay, what do you like, I will buy you a better one."

Nian Yi lowered his head, still feeling a little bit reluctant: "Actually, it's not necessary to have a substitute. I just feel that it's a pity that things that have been lost for many years are gone. Let me tell you casually, right, where is Senior Brother Xu? Why not?" Come back with you?"

Xuzhi?Xu Zhi is here too?He didn't see it.At this time, Du Hengxi continued: "He didn't come out after he went in to look for you. It couldn't be ah ha ha ha... It couldn't be because he was seduced by the people there."

Ning Ci found out before going in last night that Jinxi Hexi is very big. There is a small attic decorated beautifully and it is very lively inside. At that time, I thought it was Shen Keqing's family members who were celebrating the Lantern Festival. Now think about it, what happened to the family members? Maybe live in such a luxurious and extravagant place?

Nian Yi couldn't understand: "What ecstasy, you won't let me go, you're still whetting my appetite!"

Du Hengxi was still laughing: "Ahahaha let your senior brother tell you why you can't go!"

Ning Ci: "...I don't know, I went there for the first time last night." Thinking that he missed the trip by going to Xiaozhou Mountain, he hurriedly said, "What is the place?"

Du Hengxi wondered: "You..."

"Brother Xuzhi is back! Hmph, I won't let you guys talk anymore, I'll go ask him directly!"

Ning Ci raised his head and saw a white-clothed Taoist looking around at the door and walking towards this side. Ning Ci felt that it was too quiet for a conversation, so he wanted to change a place, so he got up: "It's almost noon, let's go to eat Let's talk while eating."

Du Hengxi was nasty: "I'll go as soon as Senior Brother treats you."

"..." Ning Ci: "I invite you."

A group of people left the teahouse, came to a small tavern, sat down and ordered a few dishes, and continued the topic just now.

It's a little normal here, it's not as quiet as a chicken, it's still bustling and bustling, eating and drinking, drinking and guessing, no one notices them, the tavern is very noisy.

Du Hengxi: "Did you arrive here last night?"

Ning Ci: "I arrived yesterday afternoon, and Jinxi Hexi only entered last night."

Du Hengxi: "You just arrived in the afternoon, and you lived in Jinxi Hexi in the evening?! See... have you seen it? How is it developing?"

Ning Ci thought that he was going back to report the progress of the plan to Master, and replied honestly: "I see, he was the one who brought me in, we are okay, we had a drink together, and we slept in the same bed last night, he should be right I wasn't too defensive."

Du Hengxi's complexion was a little bad: "He's a bit weird, you have to be careful."

"know."

Ning Ci wondered: "How did you know to find me on Jinxi Hexi? You came here before I told you."

Du Hengxi: "Master said, doesn't he just live there?"

...Oh, he suddenly remembered that the master seemed to have told him the address, but he forgot, no wonder he still felt a little familiar when he heard Jiang Linxian say it that day.

It seems that often forgetting things is a very troublesome thing.

Nian Yi became impatient: "So what kind of place is there? Brother Xu, why didn't you come out after you went in?"

Liu Xuzhi sat upright, hearing this, her body became a little stiff.

The other three looked at him curiously.

Liu Xuzhi said in a warm voice: "It's nothing." The voice was calm, just like usual.

After speaking, his face turned red.

Ning Ci sighed, if you can't tell a lie, don't tell it.

Seeing him like this, Du Hengxi's guess became more certain, and he burst into laughter: "Ahahaha! I knew it! There must be something! Tell me, tell me!"

Liu Xuzhi frowned and let go immediately, only then did he realize that he had been cheated, he was not angry, but rather helplessly said: "Little Martial Uncle, so you already knew..."

Du Hengxi laughed wildly as if he had succeeded: "Hahaha, yes, yes, I tricked you into it just because I knew it! How about it? Shall I fool you?! Hahahahahahaha..."

He laughed heartily, as if he had accomplished an epic achievement, or as if he had tricked a rabbit into the wolf's den. Ning Ci knew very well that the fact should be the latter. His identity doesn't look like an elder. When he heard him say this, his curiosity reached its peak, and he was anxious and dissatisfied: "Oh, what the hell is it! You are all half-talking!"

Liu Xuzhi paused for a while, unwilling to make the little junior sister anxious, and slowly said: "There, it is... a romantic place, full of singers and dancers, who are taking off... singing some... sound."

Ning Ci was slightly surprised, he lived in such a romantic place last night!But he soon calmed down again. What surprised him was that although Shen Keqing's temperament was not cold and cold, there was still a sense of distance caused by majesty. Think, people are in charge of the whole Xuanquan home, so what you want is not easy to get?Moreover, the folk customs in the demon world are open, and the emphasis is on being happy, what you love and what I want. Fengyue places are places for people to entertain like teahouses and taverns. Everyone is equal, and no one looks down on anyone. The essence is the same in the inn, only the level and ceremony are different.

After Liu Xuzhi finished speaking, she seemed to have remembered something, her face turned even redder, and there was still a little imperceptible anger.

Seeing him like this, Ning Ci was slightly surprised, knowing that there were other things happening, but Liu Xuzhi was always steady and reserved, so he wouldn't say anything.

It's not that Liu Xuzhi has no temper. In Hengqing Mountain, only the junior uncle who is half an elder dares to tease him like this.

Du Hengxi was still laughing, he was laughing like crazy, Nianyi took a bun and was about to gag him, unfortunately the bun was a bit small, but he managed to choke and finally stopped laughing.

Nian Yi has always been well protected, and is full of curiosity about the legendary land of Fengyue: "Senior brother Xu, what does it look like there? Are they beautiful beauties? What clothes do they wear?"

"Forget, yes, no clothes."

"..."

Seeing that his face was flushed, Ning Ci knew that he couldn't cope with the junior sister, so he quickly changed the subject, "That's right, that's right, do you know the head of the mountain? Didn't you come down secretly?" Ning Ci just finished speaking , and found that the little junior sister immediately wilted, and he understood half of it in his heart.

Du Hengxi: "Do you still need to guess? I see, this girl will be scolded when she goes back, so don't ask me to block arrows for you."

Nian Yi was anxious: "Hmph, what do you like, anyway, you brought me down, you can't run away even if you want to, then I will ask Senior Brother Xu to take me back! Senior Brother Xu will definitely not have the heart to let me suffer Cursed!"

Needless to say, Ning Ci also knows that Junior Sister always asks Junior Martial Uncle and Liu Xuzhi for matters. Although Junior Martial Uncle is not easy to talk to, Liu Xuzhi will definitely ask for one. The uncle would block the entrance of the mountain again, and follow down shamelessly.

Du Hengxi shook his head, and said meanly: "I'm his uncle, I'm older than him, he has to listen to me, I'll let him leave you and go."

Nian Yi patted the table with his hands, and looked at Liu Xuzhi eagerly: "Brother Xuzhi, look at him—Brother Xuzhi, don't listen to him, he's dead. Don't take him with you, okay?"

Liu Xu, who is indifferent to the world: "..."

In such a situation, Ning Ci definitely turned to Nian Yi without saying a word, but Liu Xuzhi was different. He lowered his eyes and said nothing. He was idle in the four seasons, drinking tea slowly, looking at a tree outside the window. The tree with bare branches seems to have nothing to do with him.

Ning Ci admired Liu Xuzhi's character of Qingfengmingyue, and said with a smile: "Xuzhi, you brought two children out, thank you for your hard work."

Liu Xuzhi: "It's nothing, senior brother, you are here...protect yourself." His eyes were sincere, it seemed that something really happened that impacted his three views just now, Ning Ci felt a little distressed:

"Don't worry, you don't have to worry about me here."

The dishes were served one after another, and the bickering stopped, and they started to eat. Ning Ci tasted one of the "Maple Flower Chicken". Unexpectedly, the taste of the demon was not much different from the taste of the human. Now sitting in the demon Who would have thought that they used human flesh as food more than ten years ago?It's really procrastinating.

Several people walked out of the restaurant and bid farewell to each other. Although Nian Yi was reluctant to give up, he also knew that Ning Ci had a task now, so he worked hard not to show his displeasure.Ning Ci went back to Jinxi and Hexi, and the other three returned to Hengqing Mountain.

The group of people walked not far away, and the tavern was completely empty. The people who had been drinking and eating meat all of a sudden shook their hands and dropped their jobs, and their voices were uniform and clear.

"It's time to die! It's time to die!"

"I'm going to die! That Teacher Shen has finally been accepted! I thought the cultivation world was dead!"

"I've been useless for hundreds of years!"

"Finally, there is no need to copy the Yueling! When he dies, let's fight!"

"Good good!"

"..."

The three of Du Hengxi walked until dusk, rested in an inn for the night, and asked for three rooms. When they were tired from walking, they went into the room to wash and sleep without saying a word. The rooms of Liu Xuzhi and Du Hengxi were on both sides, just right Sandwich Nian Yi's room in the middle.

The two came to the door of Nianyi at the same time.

Liu Xuzhi: "Do you wash?"

Du Hengxi: "I will wash."

Liu Xuzhi nodded, and left. After a while, a slender wrist brought out a footbath. Du Hengxi took the basin, and skillfully squatted on the ground to rub a pair of white socks floating in the basin.

The moonlight is cool.It was half past night.

"Who are you? You are quite courageous, dare to break in casually if you have enough rewards?"

The man was about to take a bath, most of his clothes had already been taken off, he was not annoyed at being disturbed, but looked at him jokingly and smiled.

A pair of peach blossom eyes smiled coquettishly and charmingly, like peach blossoms wrinkled by the spring breeze.

Qiaoxiaoqianxi, beautiful eyes look forward to Xi.

Liu Xuzhi wanted to turn around immediately, but when he saw it was a man, he steadied himself, bowed his head, and saluted, "I'm sorry, I didn't know you were taking a bath." And he didn't even close the door.

"Are you here... to catch demons?" As he spoke, this man was not dressed properly, still only wearing a thin layer of clothes, and walked towards Liu Xuzhi with a smile.

Liu Xuzhi: "No."

"It's not here to catch demons, it's just here to find me."

Liu Xuzhi was puzzled, but still said warmly: "No. I want to find someone, I wonder if you can inform me."

"You have to tell me your name first."

"The willow catkin."

"Oh, my name is Jiang Linxian."

Liu Xuzhi: "Then can you..."

Jiang Linxian: "No - you didn't even call me by my name."

"..."

As Jiang Linxian said, he was already standing in front of Liu Xu, their eyes met, and they were slightly staggered.

Liu Xuzhi behaved well: "Young Master Jiang, can you inform me?"

Jiang Linxian smiled. He had never seen such an honest person. He was so obvious that he deliberately said in a bad mood: "No—why didn't you find me?"

Liu Xuzhi was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer, and felt that this person was a bit strange.

Jiang Linxian suddenly leaned forward slightly, getting closer to Liu Xuzhi, and whispered in his ear while laughing, "Do you know, you came just right, really."

Liu Xuzhi never expected him to make such a move, his eyes widened slightly, and instantly realized who he might be, he was stunned in place, not daring to move, he suddenly felt a little itchy on his waist, and dared not look down , After that, the whole person instantly petrified, his expression was ugly, as if he was facing a big enemy.

Jiang Linxian burst into laughter, deliberately put his head on the shoulder of the person in front of him, reached out his hand and patted his back lightly, and laughed so loudly: "Hahaha... Don't be afraid, don't be afraid..."

The moonlight was thick, the snow was shining brightly, and the wind suddenly picked up, blowing miserably through the windows of the inn.

Although the man's movement was extremely light, and when he landed on a tree like a bird, Du Hengxi noticed it all at once. The tree was facing the window of Nian Yi. He got up and flew out like a shadow.

"who."

The man in black covered his face with a bamboo hat, seeing him standing firmly on the treetop, he wasn't surprised or afraid at all, he even smiled and didn't answer.

Liu Xuzhi felt that she was sweating profusely, stuck in a quagmire, anxious, and didn't know what to do, when she suddenly heard the sound of weapons being exchanged outside, she suddenly woke up from her dream, sat up, and broke through the window.

I saw that the junior martial uncle was fighting with a man in black, and the man in black was on par with the junior martial uncle. It can be said that he saw a strange thing, and he quickly drew out his sword, wanting to step forward to help.

Du Hengxi sternly said, "Xuzhi! Go and guard Nianyi!"

Liu Xuzhi immediately retreated and went back to the inn. The junior sister was coming out of the room, her eyes were sleepy, and her voice was soft: "Brother Xuzhi, what happened? I think I heard my junior uncle call my name." But it was quiet now, and she wasn't sure if she had heard wrong.

Liu Xuzhi sent her into the room, and said softly, "It's okay, you go to bed first."

Nian Yi really couldn't hold it anymore, "Okay then." He fell on the bed and fell asleep immediately.

Liu Xuzhi gently closed the door, drew out his sword and guarded the door.

After ordering Liu Xuzhi to go back, Du Hengxi and the man in black tacitly moved the fighting scene. Du Hengxi was so angry that the man in black stood on the tree just now and said lightly: "Come to see me!" Sweetheart, what does it have to do with you?"

He thought that Nian Yi never blows out candles when he sleeps, and he doesn't know if this girl has closed the windows, in case he comes a little late... No, he wants to see who this is, he is so bold!Dare to make Nianyi's idea!

Both of them made great efforts in their hands, neither of them wanted to give the other a way out, but they were still in a stalemate. The man in black didn't gain the upper hand, but he smiled disdainfully and said, "It's very simple if you want to know who I am." , I’ll just show you.” After speaking, he picked up the bamboo hat with one hand, and the bamboo hat fell to the ground with a soft sound.

Du Hengxi's sword also fell in response.

Look at this face.

Look at this face.

For a moment he forgot to pick up the sword on the ground.

"You almost killed Xuzhi today, you don't even know it."

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