The little fox does not want to hide the cub

"Jiang Shen, what's the matter with you?"

Naturally, Li Ruan also saw the blood, and hurried towards him.

Jiang Shen covered his mouth and nose, and didn't dare to look at him: "It's okay, I'm just—"

Before he finished speaking, the boy raised his hand in the void.

As if there was a gentle wind blowing by, Jiang Shen was startled, and let go of his hand.The bleeding had stopped, and there was no trace of blood on the cuff of his hand.

Turning around, the young man looked at him with a smile, his ears puffed up triumphantly: "My mana has also recovered a little bit."

"You..." Jiang Shen felt his mouth dry for a while.

He cleared his throat, and said seriously: "It's probably a side effect after taking the medicine, Yang... Yang Qi is a little too strong."

"Oh." Li Ruan didn't doubt that he was there, "I'll inhale more that night, and help you get it all out."

I heard this a lot on weekdays, but now that the little fox has transformed into a human, it feels strange to hear it again.Jiang Shen dodged his eyes, caught a glimpse of the little fox standing naked in front of him from the corner of his eye, and didn't even know how to put his hands down for a while.

He was about to speak, but saw the little fox suddenly squatted down.

In fact, the boy is not a very thin figure, on the contrary, he is exquisite, but his frame is very small, standing only up to Jiang Shen's shoulders.After squatting down, he looked even smaller, not even the height of Jiang Shen's waist, as if he could wrap it around with one arm.

He stretched out his hand, and put his palm on the old wound on Jiang Shen's right leg through his clothes.

This time it took a lot longer, as if a warm current flowed into Jiang Shen's body along his palm, it was warm and very gentle.

After a while, he let go of his hand and breathed a sigh of relief: "It should be cured, you try?"

After more than two months, Jiang Shen's leg injury has almost recovered, and there are almost no traces of the injury when walking.However, high-intensity movements such as sprinting or practicing exercises are a bit strenuous.

The little fox kept muttering that he would be cured completely when his mana was restored.

He has always kept his word.

Jiang Shen didn't move, Li Ruan directly tried to tear off his pants to see if there were any traces, Jiang Shen couldn't bear it anymore, and quickly pulled him up.

He had been in human form for a while, and he hadn't put on any clothes. His exposed skin was covered with snowflakes, and it was icy cold.

On the other hand, Jiang Shen's hand was astonishingly hot.

Li Ruan was scalded by him, Jiang Shen suddenly withdrew his hand.

"You...you put on your clothes first." Jiang Shen said with difficulty, "Can't you change clothes?"

Li Ruan said: "Of course I can."

He cast another spell.

Li Ruan conjured up a red dress for herself.The clothes were very light and thin, with wide sleeves and narrow waist, and cloud patterns were outlined with gold thread on the top.

It is a lifelike little fox.

His long hair was untied, and the red dress made his complexion white.

Jiang Shen looked at him for a while, then moved his eyes down: "Where are the shoes?"

"I don't like wearing shoes." The hem of the clothes is not long, it only reaches the ankles, and below is a pair of feet as white as jade.Li Ruan stepped on the ground with bare feet, and moved his feet when he heard the words, "The shoes are uncomfortable to wear."

Jiang Shen asked: "Aren't you cold?"

Li Ruan made a "huh" sound: "...it seems a little bit."

When it is a fox, there are thick fluff and flesh pads on its paws to keep warm, but it is gone after it transforms into a human.

Jiang Shen was about to say something, but Li Ruan suddenly leaped lightly onto his back.

He hooked Jiang Shen's arm, his tail wagging happily behind him: "Can't you just carry me back?"

He used to be like this, when he went out with Jiang Shen, he hung it around Jiang Shen's neck when he was too lazy to walk, and asked Jiang Shen to carry him.

Relying on the fact that he was a little kid, he didn't understand Jiang Shen's leg injury at all.

Jiang Shen's body stiffened slightly: "Little fox, you are a human being now."

Li Ruan: "But I shouldn't have become very heavy, have I?"

Of course he wasn't heavy, this weight even made Jiang Shen suspect, this little fox usually eats so much, where did it go?

"You are so much taller than me, you can do it." Li Ruan rubbed against his neck, "And I just healed your leg, you should repay me."

The little fox turned into a human in appearance, but his behavior did not feel like a human at all, and he still maintained a fox-like appearance.

Jiang Shen was itchy from being rubbed by him, and hurriedly said: "I know, I will carry you...don't rub me."

"go home!"

Jiang Shen walked back with the little fox on his back.

"By the way, why did you come to me all of a sudden?"

"The capital sent some Lantern Festival over and told you to go back and eat."

"What is Lantern Festival?"

"You do not know?"

"do not know."

"Everything you eat during Chinese New Year."

"oh oh……"

"Then what is New Year's Eve?"

"..."

Back in the cave, Jiang Shen put Li Ruan by the fire.

When they returned, the snow had already fallen heavily, and Li Ruan's hair was covered with a lot of snow, it was indeed a bit cold.When I got back to a warm place, I immediately stretched my feet to the fire to keep warm.

Jiang Shen dug out a few clay pots from the sundries piled deep in the cave.

Before Jiang Shen came, Li Ruan didn't have these utensils in his cave, and he rarely even lit a fire to keep warm, let alone these.

This clay pot was picked up when they were looking for food in the mountains recently. It was a little damaged, but it could be used to cook something and heat hot water after washing.

The other utensils and chopsticks were sharpened by Jiang Shen himself with wood and bamboo in his spare time.

Jiang Shen cleaned the clay pot first, filled it with clean water and put it on the fire.After the water boils, put the Lantern Festival down, and it will be steaming after a while.

While waiting for the Lantern Festival to be cooked, Li Ruan asked again: "So is there another message from the capital today? What did you say?"

During this period of time, Li Ruan has been concentrating on cultivating in order to establish the foundation as soon as possible, and has been paying attention to the news from the capital for a long time.

Of course, the so-called concern is nothing more than the mentality of listening to stories.

Jiang Shendao: "The governor of Huguang deliberately assassinated the crown prince and has already been captured. He will probably be escorted back to Beijing in the beginning of spring."

"Ah?" Li Ruan's eyes widened in surprise.

He didn't pay attention to it for less than a month, how did things become like this?

It seems like I missed a lot.

Li Ruan couldn't turn his head around for a while, and asked: "So it was really he who wanted to kill you before? How did you find out?"

"It's not Changming Mountain."

Li Ruan didn't understand anymore.

Jiang Shen asked: "A month ago, the governor of Huguang was about to go south, and he wrote a letter asking to see me, remember?"

"Remember." Li Ruan nodded, "You said he was trying to test you."

"En." Jiang Shen said, "He insisted on seeing me, so I complied with him and sent someone to pretend to be me to meet him."

"Shortly after that meeting, he sent someone to attempt to assassinate 'me' and was captured on the spot."

Li Ruan still didn't understand: "But didn't you say before that the murderer wouldn't be stupid enough to kill you a second time?"

Jiang Shen: "It's true that the murderer won't, but the governor of Huguang, this is the first time."

Li Ruan: "Aren't they a wave of people?"

"Even if they really belong to the same faction, they will have their own plans, not to mention..." Jiang Shen said, "It's hard for him to ride a tiger."

Li Ruan blinked, apparently not understanding.

"The murderer failed to assassinate me and wanted to send someone to test me. Who do you think he will arrange?"

"Hmm... someone you can trust?"

"No, he'll send a sacrificial son."

There are obvious cliques and factions in the court today, and the governor of Huguang has never belonged to any faction on the surface.If Jiang Shen hadn't found out in advance that he was very close to the third prince, he would not have known.

The prince had just been assassinated, so sending someone to test him at this time would definitely arouse his suspicion.

It is the best choice to choose such a clean person who has not joined any faction on the surface.

But in other words, this person is also equivalent to being abandoned by the faction.

Because once he was implicated in any way, the faction behind him would never lend a helping hand.

Li Ruan came to a sudden: "It turns out to be like this."

While they were talking, the Lantern Festival was gradually cooking.

Jiang Shen served Li Ruan a bowl, and then continued: "The governor of Huguang naturally understands what I want, so he will find a way to protect himself."

"Report to me and expose the truth about Changming Mountain's interception, or kill me to prove your worth to the faction."

This is not just a simple factional struggle, nor is it just a choice of how to save his life. It is related to which side he will stand in the struggle for imperial power.

"I deliberately made the fake body look like he was seriously injured and the guards were empty. Under such a situation, whether he wants to come to inform or come to assassinate, it is very beneficial."

Jiang Shen shrugged: "Unfortunately, he chose the latter."

"That's a pity." Li Ruan held the soup bowl and nodded half-understood.

Jiang Shen looked at the cute little fox, smiled, and didn't finish the rest.

In fact, he had already guessed that the governor of Huguang would not choose the former, because he would never let anyone who might be disloyal to him stay by his side.The governor of Huguang was implicated in the matter of entering Changming Mountain to intercept and kill him. Even if he really turned his back, Jiang Shen would not keep him for long.

It seems that there are two paths, but in fact there is only one.

If the assassination fails, it means death.

"But this is also good news, right?" Li Ruan said, "At least you have caught one person, and it should be easier to find the murderer next time, right?"

"It's good news, but..." Jiang Shen paused, and said, "It's not that easy to find out the real culprit."

Whether it was the assassin who intercepted him at the beginning, or the spies who sneaked into Changming Mountain later, they didn't have any valuable clues on them.

It can be seen that the real culprit behind the scenes is a very appropriate person.

There is no evidence, no clues, and the investigation is like finding a needle in a haystack.

Jiang Shen sighed and said, "It's a pity that I burned the forged secret letter back then, otherwise there should be a way to find the clues."

This kind of secret letter has always been burned after reading it. At that time, Jiang Shen saw that the secret letter had the secret seal of the current Holy Majesty on it, so he had no doubts, and burned the thing after reading it.

Who knew this would happen.

"Hmm... burnt?" Li Ruan was thoughtful.

Jiang Shen asked him, "What do you want to say?"

Li Ruan said: "If you still remember the general content on it, and how you got it back then, maybe I can help you find it."

It is a kind of memory recalling spell, which can enter the scene in other people's memory. The clearer the memory, the more realistic the scene construction.As long as Li Ruan can go in, he can imitate the letter and create an identical letter, which can be brought back to the present world.

Jiang Shen's eyes brightened: "Is it possible?"

"Not yet..." Li Ruan rubbed his nose, "My mana has not fully recovered, this spell is very difficult, I have to wait for a while."

"Okay." Jiang Shen didn't feel regretful, it was a surprise to have the opportunity to retrieve the things, and he was not in a hurry.

He said again: "Let's not talk about this now, eat it quickly, it will be cold in a while."

Li Ruan nodded: "Yeah!"

After eating and drinking, Li Ruan lay on Jiang Shen's bed and moaned.

"It's so supportive..."

"Who made you want to eat the last bowl even though you couldn't eat any more?" Jiang Shen cleaned the bowls, chopsticks, clay pots and returned to the bedside, "Do you know it's uncomfortable now?"

"But it's really delicious." Li Ruan rubbed his stomach, "How can there be so many delicious things in the world, I really envy you."

Jiang Shen paused.

"There are still many delicious and interesting things in the world, you..." He glanced at the boy on the bed, and tentatively said, "If you want to see it, I can take you there."

"Not yet." Li Ruan didn't take his words at ease, and replied almost without consideration, "Although there are many good things in the mortal world, the mortal world is full of people and turbid air, so it is not suitable for cultivation. I still want to ascend, No time to play."

Jiang Shen frowned slightly.

It's for ascension again.

But he didn't say anything, on the contrary, Li Ruan suddenly thought of something, got up quickly, and found the medicine bottle beside the bed: "You should take medicine!"

Jiang Shen: "..."

Jiang Shen: "Do you still want to eat today?"

Li Ruan knelt on the bed, holding up the blue-glazed medicine bottle: "Why don't you take it?"

Jiang Shen: "Didn't you already build the foundation?"

"It's just foundation building, it's not enough." Li Ruan said, "With my current practice progress, it may take decades to break through to another level. I can wait, can you wait? Secret letter Don't want to get it back?"

The boy's expression was extremely serious, as if this was just an ordinary exercise like before, not...

No, there would have been no other meaning.

Jiang Shen closed his eyes.

"...Okay." Jiang Shen said, "I'll just eat it."

The medicine took effect very quickly today, Li Ruan leaned on Jiang Shen's body as usual, put it on the side of the neck and took a deep breath first.

Jiang Shen was stiff all over, sitting on the bed motionless.

"Why don't you touch me?" Li Ruan asked him displeased, "You always touch me."

Now he can no longer lie on Jiang Shen's chest like before, so he can only retreat and kneel with his legs apart, leaning forward to stick to Jiang Shen.

While talking, the tail was still sweeping back and forth, touching Jiang Shen's calf from time to time.

Jiang Shen gritted his teeth and urged, "Hurry up."

Li Ruan is like a picky eater who eats free food every day. For a while, he dislikes Jiang Shen for not touching him, and for a while he dislikes that Jiang Shen's body is stiff and not as comfortable as before.

Jiang Shen was almost driven crazy by him.

After a while, Li Ruan sighed suddenly: "Why isn't it over yet, I'm tired."

Jiang Shen couldn't believe it: "Are you asking me?"

"But you really have a lot of essence today, and it hasn't disappeared here." Li Ruan wondered, "I've sucked it up a lot."

Jiang Shen: "..."

Li Ruan was still asking: "Why hasn't he recovered? Is it also because of the medicine?"

Jiang Shen gritted his teeth.

He probably was really driven to lose his mind by this little fox today, Jiang Shen closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

"Well, it's because of the medicine."

Jiang Shen's voice was low and hoarse, and he said softly: "Otherwise... you can touch it, maybe you can go faster."