The little fox does not want to hide the cub

After seeing Imperial Physician Feng away, Jiang Shen returned to the house.

Li Ruan still slept deeply, and without Jiang Shen beside him, he curled up tightly again, making his figure even smaller.This was Li Ruan's habitual sleeping position when he was a fox, but after listening to Feng's words just now, this posture fell into Jiang Shen's eyes, and he interpreted it as insecure.

It hurts even more.

Jiang Shen walked back to the couch, leaned over and hugged him back into his arms.

"What happened between us?" Jiang Shen stroked the young man's thin back and sighed.

In fact, before the boy appeared, Jiang Shen roughly guessed, thinking that most of his lost memories were related to who.

Because in his memory, he remembered everything about the capital very clearly.I can't remember clearly, only where I lived during that time, who I met, and what happened around me.

If it's just plain amnesia, it doesn't make sense to only forget some of the things.

So what he forgot was not "things" but "people".

The jade pendant he found on his body further confirmed this point.

Someone rescued him, helped him heal his injuries, and probably spent some time with him day and night.

But when he returned to the capital, he completely forgot about the most important person.

But if so, that would be too outlandish.

Such a precise forgetting of part of the memory is definitely not caused by injury or accident.What's more, the imperial physician had checked him a long time ago, and the injuries left by the attack had already healed completely, and there was no abnormality in his body at all.

Was he also stimulated?

Or... contrived.

Jiang Shen's eyes darkened slightly.

He knew that there were many mystical spells in this world, such as witchcraft in the southern borders, alchemy in the western regions, maybe one of them could cause his current result.But if this incident is really man-made, someone deliberately erased his memory, and...

Jiang Shen folded his arms and hugged the boy in his arms tightly.

He also caused his people to suffer so much, and was stimulated to suffer from hysteria.

He must make that person pay the price.

Jiang Shen was full of thoughts for a while, and the boy in his arms moved slightly again, bringing him back to his senses.

He breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the boy and walked into the inner room.

The small couch outside is only for people to rest for a while, and there is another slightly wider bed in the inner room.Jiang Shen put the boy on the bed, just about to get up, the boy turned over and grabbed his sleeve tightly.

Jiang Shen: "..."

The young boy looked slender, but for some reason he was so strong, Jiang Shen couldn't pull the sleeve out of the opponent's hand after pulling for a long time.

He stood by the bed and thought for a moment, remembering the instructions of Imperial Physician Feng just now.

Juvenile hysteria is a heart disease, and there is no cure, only heart medicine.

Since he got sick because he was worried that Jiang Shen would leave, then remove his worries from the source.In short, give him what he wants.

It's really out of courtesy to sleep with a young man you just met, but if it's for healing, there's nothing wrong with it.

Thinking of this, Jiang Shen leaned over and moved the boy to the inner side of the bed, and lay down on it.

The ancestors who built this ancestral hall obviously felt that only a poor environment can reflect sincerity.Therefore, the layout of this ancestral hall is extremely simple, and the bed prepared is just a small single bed.

Two grown men lay on it, a little crowded.

The night was already very dark at this moment, Jiang Shen didn't rest well last night, and after tossing and tossing for most of the night tonight, he was tired and a little tired.But most of the bed was occupied by the young man. He was lying on his side on the bed, and he would fall off the edge of the bed almost as soon as he turned over. He was not comfortable lying down.

YouQi seemed to feel that after he was lying beside him, the boy suddenly began to arch towards him, as if he wanted to get closer to him.

Clingy like a puppy.

Jiang Shen looked down at the young man's face close at hand, thought for a while, and opened his arms slightly.

The boy was ignorant, and directly arched into his arms.

The bed was finally no longer crowded.

The postures of the two fit together as if they had been used thousands of times. Jiang Shen hugged the soft body in his arms, moved it to the inside, squeezed the back of the boy's neck, and closed his eyes contentedly.

——Even he himself didn't realize that this movement was terribly skillful.

This should be the first time in Jiang Shen's memory that he slept with others, especially with someone he just met.He thought that he would be unaccustomed to sleeping, but unexpectedly, he almost fell into a deep sleep after lying down with the boy in his arms.

Even sleep more peacefully than usual.

The next day, Jiang Shen had a rare late sleep and was woken up by the harsh sunlight outside.

When he just woke up, his consciousness was not yet clear, so he reached out and touched his side first.

The boy still maintained his sleeping position in his arms. Logically speaking, it shouldn't be too comfortable to sleep with someone suddenly in his arms.But the young man was extremely light and his body was very soft. He hugged him more comfortably than the soft pillows sewn by the maids in the prince's bedroom.

Jiang Shen didn't understand why the young man was so soft to the touch when he looked thin and small with no flesh on his body.

The clothes on the young man were changed by Jiang Shen himself last night. Through the thin layer of clothes, he can feel the soft and delicate texture.Jiang Shen touched down on the opponent's shoulder, but felt something different.

It was also very soft, warm and hot, as if it was covered with fluff, and it was a little itchy when it was brushed on the back of the hand.

Jiang Shen was still in a sleepy state of half-dream and half-awake, so he didn't open his eyes, and didn't realize what it was.He touched down along the fluffy and soft down, kneaded and squeezed again, and soon touched the root.

The body in his arms trembled slightly, and broke free from his arms.

Jiang Shen was in a daze, opened his eyes, and met a pair of moist pupils.

The soft touch still remained in the palm, Jiang Shen twisted his fingers, and asked in a daze, "...what's wrong?"

With red eyes, Li Ruan said angrily, "You took advantage of me!"

Jiang Shen suddenly woke up, realizing what he had just done.

He sat up quickly, his ears burning hot: "Hold, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."

Li Ruan leaned his back against the wall, clasped his hands behind his back, and looked at him angrily.

"You, don't be angry." Jiang Shen knew he was wrong, and quickly coaxed, "I really didn't mean it, I... I just met you?"

After waking up, Jiang Shen was belatedly aware of it, and felt that the touch he had just touched was extraordinarily special, and it didn't seem like a human would.

Instead... like a tail.

Jiang Shen looked behind Li Ruan, but there was nothing there.

He felt right, it was indeed a tail.

Maybe Li Ruan's spell yesterday was too much, the essence he absorbed was not enough, and he accidentally exposed his tail in his sleep.

...almost found out.

Li Ruan half felt lingering fear, half felt wronged.

Of course he didn't mind Jiang Shen touching him, on the contrary, he really hoped Jiang Shen could touch him more.

But...but how could he touch there!

The base of the fox's tail is the most sensitive part of the whole body. When Jiang Shen was excited and touched the base of his tail, Li Ruan was so sensitive that he could cry immediately.

Jiang Shen now refuses to double cultivate with him, and touches his place, which is really too much.

Seeing that the young man was really angry, Jiang Shen could only suppress the question in his heart, and didn't dare to ask any more.

He asked again: "Are... are you feeling better?"

"It's much better." Li Ruan paused, then whispered, "I'm just a little hungry."

Jiang Shen wished to find a reason to escape from this embarrassment, so he hurriedly said, "Okay, I'll get someone to prepare breakfast."

After speaking, he put on his robe and went outside.

After Jiang Shen left the room, Li Ruan let go of the hands covering his back.

A bright red tail sticks out from behind him.

Even the hair on the tail exploded, and it seemed to be twice as big as usual.

"You are not allowed to come out again." Li Ruan turned his head and said fiercely, "What should I do if I scare him to death?"

The tip of the tail drooped, and it patted lightly on the bed.

Li Ruan used a trick to hide the tail again.

Because of what happened yesterday, Jiang Shen simply did not withdraw the guards outside the ancestral hall.He went out and told the guards outside the door to prepare meals, and when he came back, the young man had already sat down by the couch.

Things were urgent last night, and the boy's existence could not be exposed, so Jiang Shen couldn't help him find another suit that fit him.Therefore, the clothes the boy is wearing now belong to Jiang Shen.

The boy's figure was a little smaller than Jiang Shen's, and the clothes were much bigger on his body, his shoulders slumped, and his sleeves were so long that they completely covered his hands.Further down, a pair of jade-white feet were looming under the wide trouser legs. Without shoes, the toes lightly touched the ground, swaying leisurely.

Jiang Shen paused, feeling a little thirsty in his throat.

He looked away and walked over: "You...don't you have any other luggage?"

Li Ruan didn't understand: "What luggage?"

"Clothes." Jiang Shen said, "You were wet yesterday, and I have sent someone to help you wash them. You can't wear mine all the time these few days."

Li Ruan said "Oh" and said, "But I only have that one piece of clothing."

In fact, it would not be difficult for him to change into another outfit, but last night Li Ruan had used such a costly spell that he almost couldn't even hide his tail, so he decided to rest for a few days and stop casting spells.

Moreover, if Jiang Shen changed his clothes in front of him, how could he hide his identity as a monster?

Jiang Shen did remember that when the young man came to him that day, he was empty-handed and had nothing with him.He didn't understand, the ancestral temple was hundreds of miles away from the capital, and the young man had no possessions, how did he find it?

... How much has he suffered?

Thinking of this, Jiang Shen's heart softened again.

He reached out and stroked the young man's hair, and said softly: "That's okay, when I get back to the capital, I'll have someone make some more clothes for you."

Li Ruan didn't answer, but secretly looked up at him.

Jiang Shen: "What do you want to say?"

"I just feel..." Li Ruan quietly moved towards Jiang Shen, getting closer to him, "You seem to be different from before, don't you refuse to get close to me?"

As a result, I was still holding him to sleep yesterday.

If Li Ruan hadn't recovered his magic power now, Jiang Shen would be sucked by him again after this night, so he should take tonic.

"Isn't that good?" Jiang Shen said, "You came all this way to find me, don't you just hope that I can treat you better?"

He didn't say what Doctor Feng said last night.

Suffering from hysteria, the problem can be big or small.

Jiang Shen still remembered that when he was very young, his third uncle—that is, the Prince Su who treated him very well since he was a child and gave him a dagger—had suffered from hysteria at the beginning.

At that time, the current emperor had not succeeded to the throne, and Prince Su was still living in the capital.

For some reason, Prince Su suddenly suffered from hysteria, and began to lose consciousness all day long, going crazy, and no one could recognize him.

Later, he was sent to a fiefdom for recuperation, and he gradually recovered.

Because of this, Prince Su became the only prince still alive today.

The other princes were all removed by the second prince in various ways when they seized the throne.

Compared with Prince Su's hysteria back then, the juvenile is conscious and behaves normally, so his condition should not be considered serious.

Since Prince Su can recover slowly through self-cultivation, there is no reason why the young man can't.

Just stop prodding him.

This was the conclusion Jiang Shen reached after discussing with Imperial Physician Feng last night.

Li Ruan didn't know Jiang Shen's "good intentions", but Jiang Shen was willing to accept his closeness, which was the best thing.

He moved a little closer to Jiang Shen, looked up at him: "Then can you kiss me now?"

Jiang Shen paused.

Li Ruan tugged at Jiang Shen's sleeve, and begged softly, "Kiss me, you haven't kissed me for a long time."

"You..." Jiang Shen said in a hoarse voice, "Do you really want it?"

Li Ruan nodded seriously: "Yes, I really want to."

He really needs some energy, otherwise the tail will not be able to hide.

Jiang Shen swallowed.

Although they were already acquainted in the teenager's cognition, Jiang Shen doesn't remember those things now, in his memory they just met each other.Yu Li, he shouldn't be too close to the boy.

but……

Isn't this for healing?

It's okay to coax him for the sake of healing, right?

Jiang Shen lowered his head.

The boy sat on the couch and looked up at him.

His clothes were not neatly dressed, the belt was just tied in a knot casually, and the neckline was slightly loose, revealing a small piece of white porcelain-like texture on his chest.He seemed to be very happy, his eyes were filled with a smile that he couldn't hide, and even when Jiang Shen bent down, he reached out and put his hand on Jiang Shen's shoulder skillfully.

Getting closer and closer.

Jiang Shen's breathing became a little short.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door: "Your Highness, breakfast is ready."

Jiang Shen's body froze, before he could react, the boy quickly propped up his body and kissed him on the lips.That kiss looked like a superficial touch, but Jiang Shen clearly felt a soft and moist tip of his tongue swipe across his mouth.

Li Ruan shrank back, licked his lips contentedly, and said politely, "Thank you."

Jiang Shen almost didn't catch his breath.

Is this over?

He still...hasn't tasted anything yet.

Of course he couldn't bear to blame Li Ruan, so he could only vent his anger on the guy who came too late outside.So, when Yu Xiu entered the room alone with the breakfast, and met the expressionless but extremely resentful eyes of the Crown Prince, he almost shook his hand and spilled the breakfast on the ground.

Last night, Jiang Shen entered the Nuan Pavilion alone, and later called Imperial Physician Feng for diagnosis and treatment, and he was the only one to enter.

Therefore, Li Ruan's existence is still kept secret from the outside world.

Only Yu Xiu knew who was around Jiang Shen.

At this moment, only Yu Xiu can serve in the Nuan Pavilion.

Poor Commander Yu didn't know what happened before, so he could only put the breakfast for two on the table in a daze under the eyes of His Royal Highness who wanted to eat people.

After setting it up, there was no rush to leave.

Jiang Shen asked angrily, "Is there anything else?"

"...Yes." Yu Xiu hesitated a bit, "About last night's assassination..."

Jiang Shen pressed the space between his eyebrows.

That's right.

He could only suppress his displeasure, sat down on the side of the couch, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Li Ruan secretly glanced at him.

In fact, he was very hungry after casting the spell last night, but he always waited for Jiang Shen to eat together, seeing that Jiang Shen was going to deal with business first, he could only suppress his hunger, fiddling with his chopsticks.

Yu Xiu turned a blind eye to all this and replied: "This morning, I have told the accompanying adults what happened last night, and the news will probably be sent back to the capital soon. But according to His Highness's instructions, the thief caught last night is now It is still locked in the ancestral temple, waiting for His Royal Highness to send it."

Jiang Shen nodded, and asked again: "Where's the one who set the fire, is he awake?"

After the fire was extinguished by the rain last night, Jiang Shen's guards found the dead man who set fire at the back of the hall.

There was no scar on his body, but he fainted in the bushes for some reason and remained unconscious.

"Just woke up, does Your Highness want to see him?" Just as Yu Xiu finished speaking, there was a soft sound in the room.

Li Ruan accidentally shook his hand and dropped the chopsticks on the table.

Both eyes looked at him.

The dead man who set fire last night was, of course, Li Ruan who was still in the back of the palace after being fainted.

He doesn't kill mortals, so he can only use this method.

And because the situation was too urgent yesterday, he was in a hurry to cast a spell to put out the fire, and he didn't have time to erase the memory of the dead man seeing him.After casting the spell, he was exhausted, so he had no chance.

If I knew it earlier, I would hide people away.

Li Ruan felt annoyed.

Jiang Shen naturally noticed the young man's guilty conscience, but he didn't say anything, just said: "I'm gone now, shut it up."

Yu Xiu: "Yes."

Li Ruan breathed a sigh of relief.

Yu Xiu said again: "There is also the oily substance that the dead man used to light the fire last night. The subordinate found some residues in the back of the hall."

Jiang Shen asked: "What is that?"

"It doesn't seem to be ordinary oil, but what is it, subordinate..."

Li Ruan pricked up his ears.

He was also curious about what it was. It smelled so bad that it caught fire when it touched it.If he hadn't been present last night, relying only on the power of mortals, it probably wouldn't have been easy to put out the fire.

Jiang Shen pondered for a moment, then said, "Send the things to the Ministry of Industry and let them have a look."

Yu Xiu was stunned: "Ministry of Industry? Your Highness means..."

"A few years ago, the magistrate of Qingzhou came to report that a black oily substance was dug out from the ground near the coast. It was easy to ignite. After burning, the fire was extremely fierce and difficult to extinguish." Jiang Shen said leisurely, "The Holy Majesty has been letting workers There is no research on this thing, but the Holy Majesty has been in poor health recently, and the research has not made much progress, so not many people know about it."

Yu Xiu: "Your Highness thinks that this matter is related to the Ministry of Industry?"

"They are researching, but it doesn't mean they are the only ones who can get it." Jiang Shen smiled and said, "If you want to know how things came from, it may be faster to start with the chief priest of the shrine."

Yu Xiu: "This subordinate will go to the interrogation."

Jiang Shen ordered again: "Remove all the people outside the gate. No matter what, my fasting and praying for these three days must continue. It is against the rules to have guards staying in the ancestral hall."

Yu Xiu said: "Then this subordinate ordered people to retreat outside the courtyard to protect His Highness."

Jiang Shen nodded, sent the person away, and then looked back at Li Ruan.

"Why don't you eat?" When speaking to him, the voice became much gentler again.

"Wait for you."

Li Ruan handed him a pair of chopsticks.

This breakfast was prepared by Yu Xiu, and he specially prepared two pairs of chopsticks, so they finally didn't have to share the same pair of chopsticks.

Jiang Shen took it, but didn't move his chopsticks in a hurry, but looked up at him: "Don't you have anything to say to me?"

Li Ruan's eyes dodged: "What... what are you talking about..."

Jiang Shen sighed lightly: "You, it's time to learn how to lie, even Yu Xiu saw something wrong just now."

Li Ruan was silent for a moment, then asked: "Am I behaving abnormally?"

"It's very abnormal." Jiang Shen simply didn't go around in circles with him, and asked directly, "You knocked out the person who set fire last night, right?"

If he was just a little skeptical before, after seeing the boy's reaction now, he can already conclude.

This man is true and will not lie at all.

Li Ruan lowered his head and responded softly, "...um."

Jiang Shen: "So, you know martial arts."

Li Ruan still lowered her head: "Forget...forget it a little bit."

Jiang Shen laughed: "More than a little?"

The guards brought by Jiang Shen have been practicing martial arts since childhood, and the group of dead soldiers who came last night are also highly skilled in martial arts, killing people without killing them.But this young man not only broke into his guard's guard twice quietly, but also knocked out a dead man unharmed last night.

This martial art, I'm afraid even Ouchi's guards are hard to match.

But Jiang Shen didn't quite understand: "Why do you want to hide that you know martial arts?"

Li Ruan let out a "huh" and said truthfully, "I'm afraid I'll scare you."

Jiang Shen: "..."

What is the reason for this?

But after thinking about it, the boy's words are not unreasonable.

If Jiang Shen knew that the young man was such a martial artist when they met on the first day, he might not feel at ease letting him stay by his side.

Jiang Shen thought for a moment, and said: "In the future, when you return to the capital with me, you can continue to hide, don't show your martial arts to others easily."

Li Ruan asked: "Why?"

Jiang Shen smiled: "Because...that certain person is a simple little fool."

A young man with a pure heart, such a person has a good martial arts, the most likely to be feared by others, and also easy to be used by others.

It is a kind of protection for him to conceal his knowledge of martial arts.

"Why don't you start calling me stupid." Li Ruan frowned, "You can teach me if I don't understand, but you can't call me stupid. If you talk too much, you will become more and more stupid."

Jiang Shen didn't know where his theory came from, and coaxed: "Okay, then I will praise you for being smart in the future, maybe it will make you smarter?"

Li Ruan thought for a while, then nodded seriously: "You can try."

The boy is actually not cute and handsome, his facial features are bright, if his temperament is more calm, he should have that kind of oppressively beautiful temperament.

It's a pity that the young man looked ignorant and foolish no matter his demeanor or manner.

Terribly cute.

Jiang Shen really likes him like this.

There are too many shrewd people in the capital, meeting a young man with such a pure personality is like finding a piece of rough jade in the sea of ​​people.

How can one not cherish it?

What's more, this person... still likes him so much.

Jiang Shen thought of the appearance of the boy begging for a kiss from him just now, as well as the superficial kiss after being interrupted, and felt more and more unbearable.

"Let's stop here." He pursed his lips, sat up slightly, and tried his best to look nonchalant, "Then what we didn't finish just now..."

Li Ruan looked as if he was very hungry, Jiang Shen's two sentences were broken for a long time, he just listened to the first half, and immediately took a piece of sugar cake impatiently.

After taking a big bite, he listened to the second half of the sentence and raised his head in doubt: "Just now? What's the matter?"

"...It's okay." Jiang Shen was silent for a moment, "Go ahead and eat."

It seems that in the eyes of the teenager, his kisses are not as important as sugar cookies.

Jiang Shen sighed.

That's it.

Jiang Shen did a full set of acting, even if the assassination and arson occurred in the middle, he still insisted on completing the three-day fast and praying for blessings.

Li Ruan also stayed with him in the ancestral hall for three days.

Three days later, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince led the crowd to return to Beijing.

The convoy had been on the road for nearly a day, and just outside the capital, they could hear the sound of people outside the carriage, very lively.

Li Ruan lifted the corner of the car curtain and secretly looked outside.

"Wow, there are many people outside!" Li Ruan said.

After leaving the ancestral hall, Li Ruan no longer needed to hide.Jiang Shen found him the clothes of a servant, and asked him to pretend to be a bodyguard and follow him.

Jiang Shen also leaned over to take a look.

The convoy was still some distance away from the city gate. Outside the city gate, the people lined up on both sides, and the atmosphere was particularly lively.

Jiang Shen thought for a moment and understood.

Someone set fire to the ancestral hall of the ancestral temple and spread it back to the capital a few days before. The head priest of the ancestral hall wanted to make a big fuss about it and make Jiang Shen lose popular support.But I didn't want a heavy rain to come in time to put out the fire.

In the hearts of the people who believe in ghosts and gods, this is a symbol of God's blessing.

Therefore, this arson not only did not hurt Jiang Shenmin's heart, but on the contrary enhanced his reputation.

Jiang Shen briefly explained the reasoning to Li Ruan, and the latter suddenly said, "So there is such a saying."

He turned his head and lay down by the window looking out at the crowd, feeling elated.If he hadn't cast a spell to hide his tail, most of the fox tails behind him would be wagging happily.

He seemed to have accidentally done Jiang Shen a big favor.

very nice.

Regarding the heavy rain that happened so coincidentally, even Jiang Shen does not believe in ghosts and gods, so far he still finds it mysterious.

But it's useless to think about such ghosts and gods, Jiang Shen smiled lightly, turned around and sat down in the carriage.When he turned around, he caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of his eye, and he froze in place.

He seemed to have seen just now, a smear of bright red suddenly appeared behind the young man.

Like a fluffy tail.

Jiang Shen frowned, rubbed his eyes, and looked intently.

Nothing at all.

...Did he read it wrong?

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