The little fox does not want to hide the cub

After finally returning to Changming Mountain, Jiang Shen originally wanted to stay in the mountain with the little fox for a few more days.The environment in Changming Mountain is quiet and full of spiritual energy. Compared with the mortal world, this is the most suitable place for the little fox to raise a fetus.

But Jiang Shen was worried about the strange disease in the nearby village.

The little fox didn't think too much, after eating and drinking enough, he urged Jiang Shen to go down the mountain.

Because he could see that since A Xue told them this matter, Jiang Shen had a preoccupied appearance.

It must be very worrying.

So, they rested in the cave for a while, and waited until the sun was not so strong before heading down the mountain.

Before going down the mountain, Jiang Shen deliberately changed his clothes.

The clothes he and the little fox were originally wearing were extremely luxurious brocade clothes brought from the palace, but now they were replaced by the old commoner clothes in the cave.Although the material is not much worse, due to repeated washing, it is even partially damaged, making it look more like ordinary people.

In order to match his outfit, Li Ruan even specially changed his clothes.

It was the outfit he wore to meet Jiang Shen.

"So, don't you plan to go back to the capital first?" Li Ruan asked him.

Dressing up as an ordinary person naturally wants to keep a low profile. If you want to go back to the palace, you don't need to do this.

Li Ruan understood this truth.

"No hurry." Jiang Shen led him on the path down the mountain, and said, "This strange disease caused a lot of trouble last year, and even alarmed His Majesty. It is impossible for the government in the capital to be unaware of such a big incident. But Now that there is an illness, but it is concealed and not reported, there may be something hidden in it."

"...If we send people to investigate after returning to Beijing, it will be difficult to know what they are hiding."

Li Ruan understood: "So you want to investigate secretly first?"

Jiang Shen nodded.

Moreover, as Lin Jianxue said, the pool of water in the capital is now mixed, and all parties are busy taking care of themselves, and the government may not necessarily take care of these small villages.

But when he thought of this, he was a little suspicious.

"Little fox, Axue... really hasn't been to the mortal world in these years?" Jiang Shen asked.

Li Ruan said without thinking, "No."

Jiang Shen asked: "But you usually stay in the cave to practice, how do you know that he hasn't been there?"

Li Ruan was stunned: "...it seems so."

Jiang Shen: "..."

What a little fool.

Jiang Shen said again: "So, he just told you that he has stayed in Changming Mountain all these years, but in fact, you don't know where he has been, right?"

Li Ruan: "Well..."

This is true.

During this period of time, Li Ruan and Axue were quite close, but before, especially before he failed to cross the tribulation and was seriously injured, he locked himself in the cave every day to practice, and sometimes he didn't see Axue for a few days all year round. Second-rate.

He didn't know whether Ah Xue was in the mountain or not.

Li Ruan frowned: "Are you saying that Axue lied to me? But why did he lie to me?"

"That's not what I meant." Jiang Shen hesitated for a moment, then said, "I just think that Axue seems to know too much about mortal affairs."

Usually, a little monster who has never been to the mortal world should be like his little fox. Even if he is not as ignorant and simple and ignorant of world affairs, he shouldn't be so familiar with the mortal world.

It is a bit unreasonable to find a strange disease in a village, but not to ask the government for help, but to come directly to Jiang Shen to intervene.Even if it can be explained by the relationship between Jiang Shen and the little fox, how did he know the current situation in the capital?

Lin Jianxue just pointed out in one sentence that the current chaotic situation in the capital is the result of conflicting interests of all parties.This point, even many ordinary people who live in the capital all year round, may not be able to see through it.

How does a demon who has lived in seclusion for hundreds of years and has never stepped into the mortal world know?

The more Jiang Shen thought about it, the more strange he felt.

"I don't know..." Li Ruan thought for a moment and guessed, "Maybe it's because Axue has been to the mortal world before, so he knows a lot about the mortal world. He has always been very smart."

Jiang Shen sighed, "I hope I thought too much..."

If Lin Jianxue really went to the mortal world often, he would just go freely, Jiang Shen couldn't think of the significance of his concealment.Moreover, judging from the fact that he came here to remind Jiang Shen that there was a strange disease among the people, Lin Jianxue was definitely not that kind of evil monster. Even if he was in the mortal world, he would never do anything that would endanger the people.

Then there is no need to hide it.

Jiang Shen couldn't think of the reason for this, so he could only put these doubts aside for the time being.

They went down the mountain quickly.

The horse they rode yesterday was still tied at the foot of the mountain, Jiang Shen unhooked the horse, put a letter in the saddle, and slapped the horse's butt hard.The horse neighed and rushed back and forth.

They came out for almost a day and a night, and this time they didn't have any entourage with them. If they didn't send some news back, the palace might be in chaos.

Jiang Shen also considered whether to let the little fox go back to the palace to rest first, but as soon as he finished speaking, he was blocked by people's eager eyes looking at him.The little fox was too clingy to him, and the night before, he sucked enough essence and got a good night's sleep, and now he was in high spirits, so naturally he refused to leave by himself.

Jiang Shen had no choice but to take him along and walk towards the capital together.

There are many large and small villages outside the capital, but most of them are concentrated in the river valley plain near the official road.In order to investigate where he went during the three months of amnesia, Jiang Shen searched all the nearby villages.

Lin Jianxue said that the first sick village was at the foot of Changming Mountain, so it should be the villages connected on the road from Changming Mountain to the capital.

The two arrived at one of the villages before sunset.

This village is called Rongxia Village, named after a tall banyan tree planted at the entrance of the village. It is one of the villages with the best geographical location and the largest population near Changming Mountain.

This village is next to the official road, but it is far away from the front and rear post stations. Pedestrians who take the official road and plan to enter Beijing on weekdays, if they can't catch up with the curfew in the outer city, they often stay in this village.

Jiang Shen and Li Ruan also planned to enter the village pretending to be pedestrians.

They had just arrived at the entrance of the village when they happened to see a man and a woman standing under the banyan tree at the entrance of the village, chatting and talking about something.Those two people were not very old, the boy was slightly older, about seventeen or eighteen years old.The woman wore two buns and looked only fourteen or fifteen years old.

The young man was dressed in ordinary farmer's clothes, his face and exposed arms were a bit tanned, and he looked like he was doing farm work regularly.

Jiang Shen led Li Ruan and walked over, before they could speak, the two of them were the first to show some surprise when they saw them.

"Outsider?" The girl asked first.

"Yes." Jiang Shen greeted the two of them politely, and then said, "We passed by here, and it's getting late now, so we want to spend the night in the village. I wonder if you two can make it easier?"

The girl's eyes lit up, and she was about to speak, but the boy said, "It's not convenient."

"Brother!" The girl said angrily, "It's fine if you don't let me go out, now two foreigners have finally come here, why do you—"

The boy dragged her behind him and reprimanded in a low voice, "Shut up."

Then he said to Jiang Shen: "Young Master, I'm really sorry, our village has recently...been thieves and lost a lot of things. So the village chief ordered the village to be closed these few days and no foreigners are accepted."

Jiang Shen didn't answer, and looked thoughtfully at the displeased girl behind him.

"Who?" A voice sounded behind them, Jiang Shen turned his head, and several officials came running quickly, "Where did you come from, and what are you doing here?"

No official has ever dared to speak to Jiang Shen like this. Even if he is just an ordinary citizen, talking to him with this tone and attitude is really too arrogant.

They didn't do anything wrong.

Jiang Shen glanced at him, and said softly, "Come on, let's stay overnight."

"Stay overnight?" The leading officer looked them up and down for a moment and asked, "Are you planning to go to Beijing? Show me the document."

Ordinary people need customs clearance papers to enter and leave the big city, but Jiang Shen does not have such a thing.

He is the prince, and the whole world belongs to him.

Jiang Shen: "I lost it."

"Lost it?" the officer asked, "Then how did you enter Beijing?"

Jiang Shen: "I plan to defect to relatives in the capital, and I will make up later."

The official narrowed his eyes suspiciously.

But in the end, he didn't say anything, and waved them away: "A few villages near here were recently attacked by thieves. Before the thieves caught them, these villages were sealed off, and foreigners were not allowed to enter. You can find another place to stay."

After finishing speaking, he looked at the man and woman in front of him: "And you, why are you hanging out here in the dark, be careful to turn around and arrest you as suspects. Go back!"

The girl glanced at Jiang Shen and Li Ruan hesitantly, and was dragged away by the young man beside her.

"Still leaving?" The official turned around again.

Jiang Shen was silent for a moment, took Li Ruan with him, turned and left the village.

But they didn't go far, and they stopped by the side of the road when they saw that the officials didn't follow up.

Jiang Shen tilted his head, saw Li Ruan's thoughtful look, and asked, "What are you thinking about?"

"I think those officials are weird." Li Ruan said.

Jiang Shen: "How to say?"

"If something was lost in my cave, everyone would look like a thief. Especially someone who has never seen it before. If you catch one, you must interrogate it. Why did they let us go like this? And just now The two were talking at the entrance of the village, but they were caught and were not interrogated, and they were just sent home." Li Ruan was a little confused, "Can they really catch people if they catch thieves like this?"

"Your analysis makes sense." Jiang Shen nodded seriously, and asked again, "Then why do you think they are patrolling around here since they don't seem to be arresting people?"

Li Ruan let out a "huh" and said uncertainly, "Maybe...you don't want foreigners to get close to this village, so you just made up an excuse?"

Jiang Shen nodded again: "I see."

"Do you think I'm right?" Li Ruan said happily, "Have I become smarter?"

"Aren't you always smart?" Jiang Shen felt his little fox was so cute, he touched his head and tried to persuade him, "Then can my smart little fox tell me, if I want to know the history of this village Secret, what should I do now?"

Li Ruan was a little carried away by his boast: "I can cast a spell to fly you in."

Jiang Shendao: "But even if we fly in, if we want to know what happened here, we can only ask the villagers. You saw the attitude of the young man just now. He and the officials said the same thing, obviously he was lying. Wan - There are many people in this village who have the same attitude as him, and if we don’t find out the truth, we will easily expose ourselves.”

"That's right..." Li Ruan pondered for a moment, "Then how about I cast a spell to arrest a villager or official, and we can scare him and force him to find out the truth."

Jiang Shen laughed.

Sure enough, it was a solution that the little monster could come up with, and it was really simple and rude.

"Actually, I have an easier solution, but I have to wait until dark." Jiang Shen had already planned in his heart, and said to Li Ruan, "You come with me first."

Because of its geographical location and the large number of people coming and going, Rongxia Village was the place that Jiang Shen sent people to investigate.He has seen the map of this place countless times, and he has long been familiar with it.

He led Li Ruan around a small road, and after a short walk, he saw a stretch of fields.

It's not yet time for the farmers to collectively go to the field to cultivate, and at a glance, there is no one in the field.Most of the fields that have not been sown are bare, and only a few vegetable patches are still growing.

But because they were not picked in time, the ends of some grass blades began to wither and turn yellow.

Jiang Shen looked at it thoughtfully for a moment, then led Li Ruan to continue walking.

The farmland is not far from the river bank, where tall reeds grow.Now it is the time when spring and summer are intersecting, and the grass is everywhere, and the eyes are fresh and green beyond the horizon.

Jiang Shen led Li Ruan in.

This Rongxia Village does not only have an entrance and exit at the head of the village.

Near the field, there are still two or three small roads to leave the village. Jiang Shen led Li Ruan to walk carefully among the reeds while looking in the direction of the village. Finally, he found a place where he could see all the entrances and exits. Secluded location.

"Right here." Jiang Shen stopped.

"Here?" Li Ruan blinked, looked left and right, a little hesitant, "No, isn't it good?"

Now Jiang Shen was puzzled: "Why?"

Li Ruan: "Because..."

Li Ruan hesitated to speak.

Although Jiang Shen said that they have to wait until dark, although he doesn't mind doing something to pass the time while waiting for dark, although the reeds at dusk are indeed one of the scenes that appear most frequently in the script besides the bedroom one.

but……

Jiang Shen couldn't wait too much.

Li Ruan asked a bit embarrassed: "Do you have to be here?"

Jiang Shen: "?"

He had an intuition that what the little fox was thinking was not good. He raised his hand and pointed to the distant village to explain, but he heard a scolding sound from the nearby reeds.

"Fuck, you guys want to be here?!" It was a young man dressed as a Jianghu man. He lifted up the reeds that were half as tall as a person, his clothes were slightly open, and his face was flushed with anger. Can't change it? What a bad luck!"

"You're fucking unlucky, I'll tell you not to stay here!" Another young man dressed as a quack emerged from the grass.

His ears were red, he kicked the person in front to the ground first, wrapped up his clothes, and flew away with a light effort.

"Daughter-in-law, daughter-in-law, wait for me! You have used all my money to drink, I can't afford to open a hotel, daughter-in-law!!!"

The two chased after each other, and soon disappeared.

Jiang Shen was silent for a moment, then looked away.

"Look, I just said that this place is not very good." Li Ruan also looked back angrily, worried that Jiang Shen would be disappointed, and comforted him, "But it's okay now!"

Jiang Shen: "..."