The little fox does not want to hide the cub

It was not until the next morning that Jiang Shen was awakened by the little fox's paw.

"How can you sleep here?" The little fox squatted beside him, his hairs bristling with anger.

Jiang Shen was in a daze for a moment, then pressed the center of his brow wearily: "Is it dawn?"

He looked very bad, even worse than when the little fox was sleepy two days ago, his eyes were black and blue.

The little fox climbed up Jiang Shen's trouser legs, climbed to his chest, stretched out his paw and patted his face: "Why is your face so bad, are you sick?"

Jiang Shen yawned: "No problem, I just didn't sleep well."

"If you have a bed but don't sleep, of course you can't sleep well here." Li Ruan obviously had a good rest last night, and now he is full of energy, and scolded him fiercely, "No, it's not a question of whether you can sleep well or not, it's so cold outside , sleep here, what if you freeze to death?"

Jiang Shen: "..."

The little fox seemed very worried that he would accidentally die in various weird ways, but it was normal, if Jiang Shen died, he would have to find other mortals to double cultivate with him.

other mortals...

In the past, when Jiang Shen refused the double cultivation, it was not that the little fox had never said such a thing. He only took it as a joke and didn't care at first.

But today, for some reason, even if I just think about this possibility, I feel like something is blocked in my heart.

Very uncomfortable.

Jiang Shen closed his eyes and didn't continue to think about it.

"I didn't sleep here." Jiang Shen picked up the little fox and walked into the cave, "I couldn't sleep last night, so I sat outside the cave for a while and took a nap just before dawn."

As a result, not long after closing his eyes, he was woken up by the little fox.

More than a month has passed, and Jiang Shen's leg injury has recovered at least seven or eight times. Although his walking is still unstable and he cannot walk for too long, he no longer needs the help of crutches.

He stayed outside most of the night, and his whole body was cold.After returning to the cave, he took off his cold cloak and put it aside, then added some firewood to the fire.

The firewood burned quickly, making the whole cave very warm.

Li Ruan lay by the fire and watched Jiang Shen finish all this, and then asked, "Why can't I sleep? Is there something bothering me in the letter from the capital?"

Jiang Shenzheng threw two sweet potatoes into the fire, and he paused when he heard the words.

That's right, since he couldn't sleep last night, why didn't he take the opportunity to read those letters and divert his attention?

For the first time in history, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who used to waste sleep and food in order to deal with official duties, even forgot the letter from his subordinates.

If the little fox hadn't mentioned it now, he wouldn't even have thought of it.

"Well, there are some things." Jiang Shen put on a calm expression and cleared his throat, "So I have to take another look now."

The little fox let out an "oh", without any doubts.

Just staring at the roasted sweet potatoes in the fire.

Jiang Shen dug up those letters again.

Although there were quite a few letters from the capital, most of them were messages, and few of them required him to reply decisively.But today, as he looked at it, his brows were slightly frowned.

Maybe it's because they stayed together for too long, or maybe it's because of the monster nature, Li Ruan is very sensitive to Jiang Shen's emotional changes.He turned his head and patted Jiang Shen's trouser legs with his little paw: "What's the matter?"

"It's nothing." Jiang Shen threw the finished letter into the fire, "Someone wants to ask me to meet."

"Ah?" Li Ruan asked suspiciously, "Didn't you let someone pretend to be you and go to the south?"

Last summer, the current emperor ordered Jiang Shen to go south to help the disaster.

The disaster relief should have ended in late autumn, but the Holy Majesty did not intend to let Jiang Shen return to Beijing. Instead, he ordered him to stay in the south of the Yangtze River for a longer period of time to understand people's livelihood and supervise officials.

Jiang Shen knew why the Holy Majesty did this.

If he wants to inherit the throne, he must never lose the hearts of the people, and parade is the best way to improve the hearts of the people.

Of course, if he took advantage of his status to collude with local officials on a parade and search for the people's fat and anointing, firstly, he would lose the support of the people, and secondly, the Holy Majesty might have to reconsider the position of the crown prince.

Therefore, this is also a trial.

When Jiang Shen was recalled to the capital by a fake secret letter, it was when he was on the southern tour.Therefore, the fake body he arranged has now replaced him and went on a tour south.

Jiang Shen said: "The person who invited me will go to Jiangnan in a few days."

It was the governor of Huguang who had just taken office. Jiang Shen had met him a few times when he was in the capital, but he was not very close.

This person is Tanhualang from a few years ago, who was previously affiliated to the Ministry of Household Affairs. When he first entered the court, there were officials in the prince's faction who wanted to win him over.

But it didn't work out.

This person is now promoted to governor of Huguang, but for some reason, he suddenly thought of showing Jiang Shen a favor, and sent him a letter asking about his current residence, wanting to visit him face to face.

But before the letter was sent out of the capital, it was intercepted and delivered to Jiang Shen.

"If you don't know each other well, it doesn't matter if you meet each other?" Li Ruan said.

"How can it be so simple?" Jiang Shen finished burning the letter, and the sweet potatoes under the fire were almost roasted.He took it out to cool down, handed one to the little fox, and said, "This is testing me."

The heat of the roasted sweet potatoes is just right, it is still steaming when you break it open, and it is soft and sweet when you bite it.

While gnawing, Li Ruan asked him, "Why is it a temptation?"

Before meeting Jiang Shen, Li Ruan never knew that the mortal world was so wonderful.What intrigue, what infighting, it sounds like telling a story.When he was free these days, Li Ruan would pester Jiang Shen to tell him about the affairs of the court.

Although sometimes I can't understand it, but it's still enjoyable to listen to.

Li Ruan always felt that if he listened to these stories more, maybe he could become smarter.

Jiang Shen was noncommittal about this statement, but as long as the little fox wanted to hear it, he would never hide it.

"If I just want to divert the attention of the real culprit behind the scenes and prevent him from sending people to Changming Mountain, why didn't I just release the news that I was visiting privately on a private micro-service, but instead asked someone to pretend to be me and go south with great fanfare? Wouldn't this be an extra problem?"

Li Ruan blinked her eyes, she didn't know how much she understood, but she still asked cooperatively, "Why?"

Jiang Shen smiled: "If I just hide among the people, how can I lead out the real murderer who assassinated me?"

"Oh!" Li Ruan suddenly realized, "So you released the news on purpose. If the murderer failed to kill you once, he will definitely kill you a second time, so that he can be caught, right?"

Jiang Shen was silent for a moment without answering.

The little fox's ears drooped: "Well, I guessed wrong."

"It's not wrong." Jiang Shen smiled, "But I don't think the murderer would be so stupid as to dare to kill me a second time."

Li Ruan: "?"

Li Ruan: "Are you calling me stupid?"

Jiang Shen didn't answer, cleared his throat, and continued: "But you're right, I did want to lure him out."

"If it were me, and I found out that the target I had planned for a long time, and even thought I had succeeded, appeared in another place safe and sound, no matter how difficult it is, I would have to confirm it myself."

"...The governor of Huguang was probably sent to confirm this matter."

"But..." The little fox scratched his ears, "What if, I mean what if... what if he is really unlucky and just wants to come and see you at this time?"

Jiang Shen couldn't hold back, and laughed softly: "He is Tanhua Lang handpicked by the Holy Majesty today, and it took only five years to change from a small head of the household department to a governor. Who do you think he is? Little fox demon?"

"The little fox demon won't take five years so slowly."

Li Ruan didn't hear the teasing meaning in Jiang Shen's words, he swung his tail and said triumphantly: "If the little fox demon wants to be an official, he can directly cast a psychedelic spell on the emperor, any official he wants is fine."

Jiang Shen: "..."

No wonder the folks are so taboo against monsters, they always shout and kill them.If there is really a monster so troublesome, the world will probably be in chaos.

But Li Ruan said again: "But what's the point of being an official? There are so many rules and so many things, and a group of people have to rob them. It's better to cultivate immortals. What do you want after you cultivate. By the way, otherwise you will also cultivate immortals Bar?"

"Although you have no roots and are too old, we can both cultivate. What if you are lucky and successfully build your foundation?"

Jiang Shen: "..."

He deserves to be the one who can get around to dual cultivation on any topic.

Jiang Shen rubbed his eyebrows: "Are you still listening to the story?"

Li Ruan: "Listen!"

Jiang Shen also thought about Li Ruan's doubts, so he planned to write a letter to the governor of Huguang first, pretending to be sick and politely rejecting the invitation.This person is a fine person, if you just want to show his favor, then you should give up.But if he insisted on meeting Jiang Shen, his intention might not be so pure.

It is better to kill the wrong than let it go, this is Jiang Shen's way of doing things all the time.

"Since you've thought it all over, why are you still worrying?" Li Ruan asked.

"It's not worrying." Jiang Shen paused, and said, "My secret agent in the capital once reported that this governor of Huguang seems to be very close to my third brother, maybe...has joined the faction of the third prince."

The third prince, Jiang Yan, was the one closest to Jiang Shen among several brothers.

If the governor of Huguang was really ordered to test him, and he joined the faction of the third prince...

Li Ruan asked: "Does that prove that the one who wants to kill you is your younger brother?"

Jiang Shen: "Maybe."

Li Ruan: "Then what should we do?"

"What else can I do? If he wants to kill me, I'll kill him." Jiang Shen's eyes flashed with fire, and he laughed lightly, "Everyone wants the throne, but you always have to weigh whether you are worthy or not."

After eating, Jiang Shen wrote a letter back to the capital.

The little tit was probably really exhausted yesterday, Jiang Shen waited in the cave until noon, but it still didn't show up.But the governor of Huguang will not go south after a few days, so there is no need to rush to reply, Jiang Shen just let it go.

Today was a rare sunny day, the afternoon sun was just right, Li Ruan pulled Jiang Shen out of the cave.

It had been snowing in the mountains a while ago, and Li Ruan was in low spirits, and hadn't gone out to look for food for several days.

As a result, all the meat and fruits in the cave were eaten up, and they ate roasted sweet potatoes for several days in a row.

He didn't want to continue eating baked sweet potatoes.

Li Ruan was in good spirits today, and took Jiang Shen to catch a few hares, a few pheasants, and found the last few fruit trees still bearing fruit in the canyon.

Jiang Shen didn't sleep all night, and only took a nap in the morning after sorting out the letters.When he first went out, he could barely accompany him, but later, he turned into a little fox jumping around, catching chickens and picking fruits, while he sat under the tree and yawned.

"Cheer up."

The little fox jumped from one fruit tree branch to another, and the bright red figure drew a smooth arc in the air: "You have to go out more often and bask in the sun, so that you won't always be unable to sleep because of those annoying things .”

"……Oh, I see."

Jiang Shen was helpless.

Who is his trouble because of?

And it's not all because of this heartless little fox.

Jiang Shen yawned again, trying to pull himself together.

The bright red shuttled through the dense canopy, and the fruits fell one by one, picked up by Jiang Shen and thrown into the small basket they brought out.

The little fox was like a puppy who hadn't come out to let the wind for many days, playing happily on the branch, and the fruits he picked filled two small baskets in a short time.

Still eager to go to the next tree.

"Little fox, this is enough, we can't eat—"

Jiang Shen just raised his head to call him, but for some reason, the little fox suddenly tilted his body and almost lost his balance.

He hastily grabbed hold of the branch so as not to fall off the tree.Li Ruan looked down, Jiang Shen was standing under the tree, looking at him worriedly.

"I'm fine." Li Ruan flicked his tail, turned over lightly in mid-air, and stood on the branch again, "I just felt a little dizzy just now, but I'm fine now."

Jiang Shen didn't answer.

He stared at the bright red figure on the tree, his eyebrows slightly lowered.

He had clearly seen a flash of red light on the little fox just now.

In the red light... there seemed to be a vague figure.

Back in the cave, Jiang Shen went outside the cave to deal with the hare.

Holding the dagger, he skinned and cleaned the hare, but his movements were a little absent-minded.

What he saw in the woods just now was just a blurred figure, which disappeared very quickly, as if it was just an illusion of his.But Jiang Shen knew that most likely it was the little fox in human form.

Is he... on the verge of regaining his human form?

Jiang Shen felt conflicted. He couldn't figure out whether he expected the little fox to transform into a human form, or hoped that he would remain in his current form.

If he could change human form, would he still be so resolute in rejecting his request for double cultivation?

But if you don't refuse...

"Aren't you alright?" The little fox's voice suddenly came from behind.

Jiang Shen shook his hand, and the dagger made a gash on his fingertip, and blood flowed profusely immediately.

He frowned in pain, subconsciously flicked his hand, a fluffy paw stretched out and held down his hand.

"Don't waste it." The little fox raised his head and put his finger in his mouth, "The essence in the blood is very precious and cannot be wasted."

The little fox's tongue was soft and warm to the touch, as if afraid of hurting him, it licked gently on his fingertips.

Jiang Shen found it difficult to breathe.

It seemed that it was no longer the little fox that was licking his fingers, but the vague but exquisite and slender figure seen in the woods.

"Enough, enough." Jiang Shen withdrew his hand, realized that his tone was a bit stiff, and lowered his voice again, "The bleeding has stopped, thank you."

The little fox blinked, but didn't doubt it: "You're welcome, it's delicious."

Jiang Shen: "..."

Terrible.

Jiang Shen looked away, and asked again: "Didn't you say you were tired from playing, why did you come out? Are you hungry?"

"I'm not hungry." Li Ruan shook his head, "It's just that I suddenly felt very tired just now, and I wanted to ask you to eat some essence, and now I'm fine."

"...That's good." Jiang Shen's heart was in a mess, he could only lower his head as if nothing had happened, and continue to deal with the hare in his hand, "Go back and rest for a while, I'll be fine soon."

Li Ruan: "Yes!"

The little fox went back to the cave.

Jiang Shen sighed.

He can't go on like this.

He will stay in Changming Mountain for a while, and if he continues to think about it like this, how will he face the little fox in the future?The little fox has a pure mind and doesn't understand these things. What is he thinking? Doesn't he understand it himself?

It cannot continue like this.

Jiang Shen said to himself in his heart.

Not to mention that the little monster is now an ordinary fox who can only talk, so what if he really turns into a human.His Royal Highness, the crown prince, can sit still in the face of so many temptations in the capital. This little fox demon can make him lose his concentration, so embarrassed?

how is this possible.

Jiang Shen took a deep breath to calm himself down.

He quickened his movements, quickly washed and stripped the hare, and returned to the cave.

The cave was very quiet, probably because the little fox fell asleep again.Jiang Shen walked in carrying the hare, but stopped suddenly after seeing the scene in the cave.

The little fox has indeed fallen asleep. When he falls asleep, his body is always curled up habitually, rolling himself into a round red fluffy ball.But now, above the pompom, a figure clearly appeared.

The figure was translucent, very thin, with a well-proportioned and petite figure.He was lying sideways on Jiang Shen's hay bed, with no clothes on, his long hair hanging down, half covering his face.

A slender wrist hangs down from the bed, with slender and transparent fingertips.

Jiang Shen's heart skipped a beat, and then he started clamoring violently.