The little fox does not want to hide the cub

At sunset, the young man in white stood on the side of the road, with his back turned to the direction of the mountain, and his head bowed.

Li Ruan didn't look back, but released his spiritual power far away, and carefully explored every place in the forest.Although he didn't think that stinky Taoist priest was his opponent, it didn't mean he would underestimate the enemy.

This is the instinct left over from years of living in the wild, and it is also Li Ruan's habit when facing the enemy.

He never underestimated any danger.

What's more, he could feel that Jiang Shen had been hiding in the dark watching him.The worry in that sight seemed to be real, like those beasts guarding the calf in the mountains, as if they were ready to rush up to protect him at any time.

Jiang Shen was really worried about his safety.

No matter how many times he emphasized that his spells were really high, no matter how many times he explained, he almost passed the Ascension Thunder Tribulation. In the entire mortal world, there may not be a few people or demons who can reach his level.

But Jiang Shen just didn't listen.

I have never seen such a stubborn and caring person.

Thinking of this, the corners of Li Ruan's lips couldn't help but curl up again.

There was no way, even if it was for Jiang Shen, he had to be more careful.

But he didn't wait long, and the spiritual power sense he released brought back a change, and someone came.

Alone, without any intention of hiding or lurking, just walked along the mountain path so openly.

Li Ruan opened his eyes, and soon heard the sound of horseshoes in the distance.

Jiang Chengzhou rode his horse through the woods and approached slowly.

He changed into a simple and elegant green shirt with bamboo leaves painted on it, wearing a jade crown on his head, looking a little more refreshing and bookish than usual.

This was Jiang Chengzhou's attire when he met Lin Jianxue for the first time in this life. At that time, he pretended to go out of the city to go fishing, but he saw the young man taking a nap on a tree outside the city.

The young man in white, like a fairy in a painting, appeared there without warning, attracting countless people to watch.

Jiang Chengzhou was also riding a horse at that time, and he became one of the onlookers without any suspense.

Immediately afterwards, the young man chose the most ostentatious and unreasonable way, jumped down from the tree, and fell into Jiang Chengzhou's arms.

Jiang Chengzhou, who was in his teens, fell to the ground in an instant.

The sound of horseshoes stopped behind Li Ruan. Li Ruan turned around and met Jiang Chengzhou with a dazed expression.

But he didn't look at him for long, and quickly turned his head away.

"As expected, he still doesn't want to see me." Jiang Chengzhou said softly as if sighing.

Li Ruan was startled.

Discovered so soon?

He hasn't said a word yet!

Jiang Chengzhou asked again: "Is it Mr. Li?"

In the distance, Jiang Shen held the pale pink little fox jade pendant on his waist.

He led people to ambush far away, and he shouldn't have heard the conversation between Jiang Chengzhou and Li Ruan.But before setting off, Li Ruan cast a spell on the jade pendant so that they could perceive each other.

Li Ruan didn't answer.

Jiang Chengzhou glanced around, and said to himself: "So, Ah Shen should be there."

"...he shouldn't have come in person."

Li Ruan raised his head: "What do you mean?"

"Although Shen Wuwei was indeed brought by me, I am not the same person as him." Jiang Chengzhou did not answer Li Ruan's question, but continued to himself, "He came to me three years ago, I don't know how he He found out about me and A Xue, but he offered to help me."

"The condition is that I will fight for the throne."

"He is very skilled in Taoism, and promised that as long as I become emperor, he will bring Axue out of Changming Mountain and bring him to my side."

Li Ruan frowned.

"I know this is against his original intention, but at that time I had no other choice." Jiang Chengzhou raised his eyes and looked at the road up the mountain ahead, and sighed, "He must have cast some spell on me so that I would never be able to Set foot on Changming Mountain. He refuses to see me, and no one can help me except Shen Wuwei."

Li Ruan asked, "Why are you telling me this?"

"Don't you want to hear it?" Jiang Chengzhou asked back, "I thought you would want to know what I have done all these years. After all, Brother Huang should not want me to leave Changming Mountain alive today. If I don't say it now, maybe Never got a chance to say it again."

Jiang Chengzhou ignored him, and continued: "At that time, it was actually not easy to fight for the throne. My emperor brother was a good emperor, and Daheng was in full swing under his rule, and I could hardly find a breakthrough."

"But I was lucky, and after a while, I found a way."

Li Ruan asked: "Is it to make Emperor Chongxuan seriously ill?"

"No, earlier than that." Jiang Chengzhou said, "Because of some...well, probably the rules of heaven? Shen Wuwei actually didn't want to directly attack the emperor. He said that would easily affect his merits, so I can only choose The more troublesome way is to start from his side."

Li Ruan frowned.

For a moment, he didn't realize what Jiang Chengzhou was talking about, but he instinctively felt extremely uncomfortable.

In the distance, Jiang Shen realized something, and his eyes darkened.

"Ah Shen should have been very curious. Why did the third prince Jiang Yan attack him? I instigated it." Jiang Chengzhou's tone was calm, as if it was just an ordinary matter, "Jiang Yan lost his mother since he was a child and has a gloomy nature. Sensitive and easy to use. If he hadn't been instigated by me, he might not have fallen into such a fate now."

The uncomfortable feeling in Li Ruan's heart became more and more obvious, he asked: "You... what did you do?"

"I told him that his mother died at the hands of the Queen."

Li Ruan opened his eyes wide in shock.

In the distance, Jiang Shen's breathing suddenly became heavy.

"It's impossible." Li Ruan retorted, "How is this possible, the queen is such a good person, she won't..."

"The queen is indeed a good person, but Jiang Yan's concubine mother is not a good person." Jiang Chengzhou said leisurely, "She was sent to get close to my emperor brother, with the intention of tripping him before he ascended the throne."

"In fact, Emperor Chongxuan should have instructed the queen who was still a princess to do this."

When he said this, he sighed softly: "My brother, in order to achieve his own goals, he always likes to use everyone around him. But he probably didn't expect that this mistake back then would kill the person he loves the most in his life. woman."

Li Ruan was stunned.

He subconsciously glanced to the side, it was Jiang Shen's direction.

"However, Brother Huang was forced to do this. The struggle for imperial power back then was much crueler than it is now. If they failed to seize the throne, they would all die." Jiang Chengzhou sighed, "But no matter what, it was indeed the queen who did it."

"With the help of Shen Wuwei, I successfully found the evidence and witnesses back then. Since then, Jiang Yan has had a different heart."

Li Ruan lowered her head, feeling so sad that she couldn't breathe: "So the queen... didn't she die of illness?"

"No." Jiang Chengzhou said, "Jiang Yan asked Mr. Shen to take a medicine. It is colorless and tasteless. If you eat it, you will die soon, but it looks like a simple cold."

Jiang Shen was cold all over, his hands trembling uncontrollably.Someone around him noticed his strangeness and asked in a low voice, but he couldn't hear what the people around him were saying at all.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the bow and arrow in his hand, grabbed it, drew the bow and set the arrow.

The sharp point of the arrow pointed directly at the man on horseback.

In the woods, Li Ruan seemed to feel Jiang Shen's feelings at the moment, her eyes turned red quietly: "It's too much..."

"So, people who are too kind-hearted really cannot survive in this palace." Jiang Chengzhou said leisurely, "Jiang Yan's mother and concubine were secretly poisoned to death by the queen after giving birth to a child. The queen begged for mercy when she wanted to execute Jiang Yan as well. Maybe she felt guilty, or maybe she just couldn't bear to involve such a young child, so she took the initiative to bring the child to her side to raise, and tried her best to make up for it all these years."

"But after all, it's raising tigers..."

"Of course, he can't be completely blamed. If I hadn't provoked him, this secret might have been hidden forever." Jiang Chengzhou said, "I'm sorry for Shen."

Li Ruan looked away, not wanting to chat with him anymore.

But Jiang Chengzhou continued: "After the empress passed away, Emperor Chongxuan was depressed for a while, and I also tried to do something in Beijing. But it was not enough. The foundation he laid earlier was too solid, and the depression of several months could not shake the foundation."

"It just so happened that he came to my fief on a tour to relax. I worked with Shen Wuwei and cast a spell on him."

Jiang Chengzhou: "Emperor Chongxuan couldn't get sick, and the forces in the court and China began to waver. You should all be clear about the next thing."

Li Ruan still didn't look at him, and asked bluntly, "Is there anything else you want to say?"

"Beware of Shen Wuwei." Jiang Chengzhou whispered, "His purpose is inconsistent with mine, and he may have other plans today, but..." He smiled lightly, "What he wants should never be realized again. .”

Li Ruan frowned: "What do you mean, you—"

Before he finished speaking, Jiang Chengzhou suddenly took something out of his sleeve.

Li Ruan only felt a golden light flash in front of his eyes, and something flew towards him like a snake.

He was upset by Jiang Chengzhou's words, but he didn't let his guard down completely.He quickly backed away, dexterously dodged sideways, condensed his true energy and struck with his palm.

bass--

The sound seemed like metal breaking, and Li Ruan saw clearly that what Jiang Chengzhou used to attack him turned out to be a gold chain.The golden chain was cut off by his palm, and it fell to the ground in pieces, and the light dimmed accordingly.

All this happened too quickly, and then there was another snort from ahead.

Jiang Chengzhou was still sitting on the horseback, but a long arrow pierced through his chest, and the blood smeared from the wound, staining the elegant blue shirt red.

He looked down at the wound, smiled slightly, leaned his body, and fell off the horse.

In the distance, Jiang Shen dropped the bow in his hand and walked towards Li Ruan quickly.

Li Ruan changed back to her original appearance, and was hugged by Jiang Shen: "Are you all right?"

"I'm fine." Li Ruan asked softly, "Are you okay?"

Jiang Shen didn't answer.

He closed his eyes, his racing heart still beating.

Emperor Chongxuan's order was to capture Prince Su alive.

But just now he was so angry that Jiang Chengzhou said that he lost his mind a little bit, and when he saw that this man wanted to do something to his little fox, he couldn't help but shoot an arrow.

He also didn't expect that Jiang Chengzhou would be defenseless.

The guards quickly surrounded him and checked Jiang Chengzhou's injuries: "Your Highness, Prince Su..."

That arrow hit his chest, with such a serious injury, he shouldn't be able to live for long.

Jiang Shen took a deep breath, let go of Li Ruan, and turned to look at Jiang Chengzhou: "Where is Shen Wuwei?"

Jiang Chengzhou fell to the ground, vomited a mouthful of blood, and his voice was extremely hoarse: "He never told me his plan, all I know is that he should have come to Changming Mountain as well."

He came to Changming Mountain, but he didn't show up for so long, even Jiang Chengzhou was shot by an arrow, and he didn't come to rescue him.

Proof that he wasn't even around here.

He is on the mountain.

Li Ruan raised his head suddenly, grabbed Jiang Shen's sleeve, and said anxiously: "Zai Zai is still in the cave, will he-"

The sky gradually darkened, and a red light quickly passed through the woods.

Before Li Ruan left, he set up a protective barrier outside the cave, and outsiders could not easily enter Changming Mountain, even if they did, it would not be so easy to find his cave among the mountains.

He originally thought there would be no problem.

But they have been delayed at the bottom of the mountain for so long, if Shen Wuwei planned to sneak into the mountain from the beginning, then...

Li Ruan didn't dare to think about it at all.

He returned to the cave from down the mountain almost in an instant, and after seeing the scene outside the cave, his heart suddenly sank.

The barrier outside the cave gate was broken.

Li Ruan didn't dare to stop at all, walked in quickly, but was stunned again.

Li Ruan went to the mortal world this time, and after he came back, he imitated the mortals and made the cave extremely comfortable.In today's cave, there are all tables, chairs and beds, and the fire in the center is still burning, illuminating the entire cave brightly.

A figure was sitting on a chair by the fire, bowing its head and having fun with the fox cub on its lap.

Sensing him coming in, the latter raised his head and smiled at him: "It's considered back. If you don't come back, your son will be taken back to the cave by me."

"Axue?" Li Ruan walked over, "Why are you here?"

"If I wasn't here, would you still be able to see your little brat?" Lin Jianxue returned the little ball of hair to Li Ruan, and pointed to a corner beside her.

Li Ruan followed to look over, only to find a weasel that was tied tightly and trembling was lying there.

Li Ruan frowned, "Why are you?"

Lin Jianxue raised her hand and waved lightly, and the cloth strips tied around the opponent's mouth disappeared.

He said softly: "What did you do, tell yourself."

"I didn't intend to harm you!" Weasel spirit choked up his voice, and when he opened his mouth, tears flowed down his face. "There is a Taoist priest who threatened me. If I don't help him, he will kill me."

Li Ruan asked: "How does he want you to help him?"

"He...he just asked me to bring him here once to see your cave." Weasel spirit tremblingly said, "Other than that, he didn't do anything else, and he didn't even do anything these days. Contact me. Until... until yesterday.”

"He said that you should leave today, and gave me a talisman that can break all protective barriers. He asked me to take advantage of you to leave..." The Weasel Spirit's voice became lower and lower, as if guilty, "Take that A little fox cub was caught."

The little brat probably understood, lying on Li Ruan's palm, arching his back: "Oh!"

The weasel spirit flinched from his yelling, and cried again: "That little fox cub is so scary, how dare I catch him! I just wanted to come here and break the barrier casually, but then I said he ran away, I didn't get caught. But just after I broke the barrier, before I could run, I was... caught by Senior Lin."

"Believe me, I really didn't want to harm you, I didn't want to help that Taoist priest." Weasel spirit gasped, and whispered, "Although I'm angry with Li Ruan for robbing my cave, that's our own business , I will not help mortals harm him."

Li Ruan was dubious about his words.

But fortunately, Zai Zai was fine.

"Thank you, Axue." Li Ruan said, "You helped me again."

Lin Jianxue smiled: "It's just a little effort."

He got up and wanted to go out, but Li Ruan called to him: "Where are you going?"

"I..." Lin Jianxue paused for a moment without looking back, and said with a smile, "Since your little brat is fine, why am I still here?"

Li Ruan let out an "oh" and said, "Jiang Chengzhou..."

"I know." Lin Jianxue interrupted him softly, closed his eyes, "I know..."

He didn't say anything more, and walked away from the cave.

Li Ruan hugged the cub and sat down on the chair.

Zai Zai is fine, but he still can't be completely relieved.

Where is Shen Wuwei?

Li Ruan originally thought that Shen Wuwei was taking advantage of Jiang Chengzhou to drag them along to sneak into Changming Mountain to do something.But he clearly knew the location of Li Ruan's cave, but he didn't come in person, but only found a little monster with low cultivation.

This is so weird...

And Jiang Chengzhou said that Shen Wuwei always wanted him to be emperor.

Li Ruan once heard that some monks in this world will indeed choose people with the destiny of emperors and assist them to become emperors in exchange for merit.Especially in troubled times, when the old dynasty is about to collapse and people with the destiny of the emperor emerge, this situation is even more common.

But now is clearly not a troubled time.

If it was only for the merits of cultivation, Jiang Chengzhou should not be the No. 1 choice for Shen Wuwei's assistant no matter what he thought.

He obviously has better options.

Li Ruan stopped stroking the cub.

That's right, Jiang Shen is clearly the one to inherit the throne, why didn't he choose Jiang Shen?

There is a possibility.

He didn't do it for merit, he did all this just to offset his sins.

He wants to kill a person who is appointed by the emperor, so he needs to assist another Mingjun, so that he will not be condemned by heaven.

He has spent a lot of trouble, tossed and tossed for so many years, involving countless lives, what he wants... Is it Jiang Shen?

Is his real goal, what he came to the capital to fetch, related to Jiang Shen?

This thought made Li Ruan feel as if a basin of cold water had been poured head-on.Just now he was too worried about Zai Zai, but there were too many guards around Jiang Shen, he couldn't bring Jiang Shen back to Changming Mountain, so he had to come back by himself.

That Jiang Shen is now——

Li Ruan quickly released his spiritual sense and called out: "Jiang Shen, where are you now, you—"

Before the spiritual induction was transmitted to the other party's ears, it was as if being strangled by a pair of invisible hands, and then severed.

In the woods, Shen Wuwei folded his palms together and crushed the pale pink jade pendant bit by bit.

He looked at the person in front of him, with a smile on his old face: "His Royal Highness, we meet again."