CHAPTER XXIX

I watched as so many men in armor or robes rushed in, angry or reprimanded. Pen Γ— fun Γ— Pavilion www. biquge。 info Xiao Qi pointed at me and said that the third prince wanted to see the strange raccoon. And this wine, the last cup of wine that the third prince drank, must have been poisoned.

The flowers are almost gone. I gazed at them sadly. The dream is about to wake up. There won't be any more stupid beavers like me going down the mountain and planting flowers for them to see. Before thanks. Please! Please fold a flower.

Nobody moved their hands. They all surrounded me vigilantly and vigilantly, staring at me. The white lotus withered under their hostile gaze. Before thanking you, the last glory is even greater than when it is in full bloom, a dying flower event, and the moonlight that is about to fall.

With the glory and sorrow of an artist, I sat staggering. I'm drunk, and I'm a good poet.

Xiao Qi stretched out his hand to me.

Actually, I'm the most incompetent tanuki. I want to say to him. In the demon world, I couldn't grow anything, except for eating and drinking. I smiled at him. He was the one who lifted me into the realm of wonder, and I thank Him.

"Can you become the Third Prince?" Xiao Qi said urgently, "Today, our county king is seriously ill, and the third prince is the most powerful candidate for ****." We were going to rush back to fight for the position. It must have been the other princes who poisoned the third prince. We can't let them know that the third prince has been tricked. You must become like him and go back to the county with us! ”

The people in armor or robes all agreed with Xiao Qi. Their voices are nothing more than a vague and noisy background to me. All I know is that this hand is in front of me, and wherever it wants to take me, I can only agree.

His hand, this hand, now lifts off one drawing paper after another, and his memory turns into a clumsy black and white drawing, falling to the ground piece by piece. It's too far away from the crack in the demon world, and my demon power has been seriously affected, and I don't dare to struggle to recover, for fear of stirring up too much movement and causing trouble, Elder Ju will come to hunt me down. So I maintained the appearance of the third prince, and I could no longer change it, and I could no longer cut the light and shadow into suits. Such a big sacrifice, I didn't tell Xiao Qi. I don't think there's anything to talk about.

Xiao Qi's hometown is very prosperous, and the majesty of the palace city scared me. But as long as Xiao Qi is by my side, I have the courage to hold on. In those days, Xiao Qi's face was always bad, because the third prince was removing poison in a secret place, but the poison was always not clean, which made Xiao Qi very worried. Fortunately, their king is too sick to open his eyes to look at me and not say anything, otherwise even if Xiao Qi is always by the side to mention me, I will be helped soon.

Later, a letter came out from the palace that the king was willing to make the third prince the crown prince, as long as the third prince was willing to marry the lord of Minrong as his wife.

That Lord Minrong is the niece of Concubine Dong in the palace. That letter is the meaning of Concubine Dong. Xiao Qi told me. He asked me to first respond to the marriage of the lord of Minrong, ascend to the throne, and wait for the third prince to recover from his illness, and then we will return the throne to the third prince.

I pretended to be the third prince and was already pretending to be afraid of death, and then I heard that I was going to marry a wife and ascend the throne, and the two tremblers almost wanted to escape, pulling Xiao Qi's sleeve and crying: "I won't do it." You can do it! What the third prince, you sit in this position yourself, come on! ”

There was no answer for a moment. At that time, I was still wearing the crystal ring of the Wang family on my hand, and the face of the ring was as smooth as a mirror, reflecting his eyes. In an instant, there was a sharp smoothness in his eyes, like a beast of prey.

I looked up in panic when I was wrong. When he looked up, his expression was gentle again, and no matter how skilled a craftsman was, he could not carve such an amiable mask. He stroked my head and said, "What a stupid boy, you should do your best!" The county lord is very willful, and said that he would see you first before deciding whether he would marry you or not! I would say that you have a sudden heat sore, and it is inconvenient for you to talk, so you should try not to talk. ”

I don't think I have the charm to seduce any girl into marriage, with or without language. But Xiao Qi probably thinks that this is not important, that woman is just a pawn under the family power, see each other, a little willful, see that I am not scarred, not numb, not crazy, not stupid, and behaves politely, so I can get married.

After that, it was not as good as he expected, but I still ascended the throne, and became a prisoner with my hands tied, and watched him put between his fingers, and the pieces of paper fell to the ground, and only one was left, and he held it up in front of me.

One piece of paper, two people. The young man on the left, with his soft long hair covering the collar of his battle shirt, is Xiao Qi. The woman on the right, wearing a small golden crown and a cute side face, is the lord of Minrong. She leaned over to him and touched his ear.

"I heard that the third prince's record was not won by himself, but by a civilian boy under his command." Princess Minrong declared, "So if I want to tie my fate to the third prince, I must meet this person." What kind of people are they? Born out of the lowliest of slaves, bloodthirsty, warlike, handsome, and ambitious? ”

"This is what you saw." Xiao Qi asked me, still smiling, but the smile was much colder.

I nodded confusedly.

"That's what you saw, Your Highness?" Xiao Qi bit the last two words sarcastically.

I looked at him in amazement, and suddenly understood what he meant, and why he dared to open the door and let the light pour into the room.

In the past, he didn't know that my demonic power had been greatly damaged, so he was wary of me in every way, and a forbidden spell was sealed in the wall of this week, and the light that came through the only small iron window was also cut into pieces and could not be used.

But if I'm not a demon fox, but the third prince himself, then it doesn't matter if I have more light.

"When I met Min Rong, Tanuki-kun was not there, you are here, Your Highness." The smile in Xiao Qi's eyes was cold, "You are locked in the tower by me, and you can see your head from that window." ”

I jerked my head up, the blood vessels in my temples didn't jump, and I thought, "Yes." It's me. ”

Follow his will and admit to him that I am not the third prince of the tanuki, but the third prince himself.

"No wonder the forbidden spell was broken last month, and you didn't take advantage of it. You simply don't have the ability to take advantage of the gap. Xiao Qi put the last piece of paper back on the table and looked down playfully, "Your hands were locked at that time, how could you open the curtains and see us?" ”

"That day the civet cat danced, you poisoned me, before the attack, I," I stammered. I'm always not fluent in lying, "I picked a petal of it, I don't know how to use it, but it's amazing anyway." ”

Xiao Qi believed it and sighed: "The poison really wasn't given by me, it was given to you by your own brother, I just took advantage of the situation." Later, I killed your brothers, and I avenged you? "Your Highness, can you explain how you exchanged identities with Tanuki at that time?" ”

Actually, I don't need to say it.

Suddenly, there was a commotion, more than half of the guards in the tower were killed and wounded, the cell was opened, a person wearing the clothes of the third prince fled with the county lord of Minrong, and another person wearing the clothes of the third prince shrank in the corner of the wall, stretched out his hand to him and called for help: "Xiao Qi, the blood here is too heavy." Of course, he thought it was a tanuki who was calling for help.

"Actually, Tanuki-kun and Min-young didn't have time to save you?" Xiao Qi gritted his teeth.

I carefully scribbled his face. Maybe this is my only chance to escape in ten years, or maybe he'll kill me in the next second? Take a gamble! I said, "Yes." ”

Xiao Qi's expression was even more hideous: "How could they find out that you are in the tower?" And why did they join forces to save you? ”

"Then you're going to ask themβ€”"

"I'll kill His Highness first, and then I'll go to them and ask." Xiao Qi said coldly.

So he imprisoned me, was it really just to force out the legendary special secret medicine irrigated by the demon civet, and when he heard that I was no longer a demon civet, he thought I was useless?

He is such a person, so why did I abandon the demon world and come to him, why did I sit on the corner of the tower with the smell of blood, and stretched out my hands to him, thinking that he was the only person in the world who would save me?

"What does Your Highness want to say?" Xiao Qi asked me gloomily.

"I am indeed your tanuki." I wanted to tell him, "I'm so obsessed with you for no reason, and when I first came down the mountain to meet you, if you asked me for an elixir, I would really give it to you." But not anymore. No way. We are so covered with water that it is difficult to recover, and it is difficult to recover from the water. ”

Finally swallowed these sincere words back with difficulty. I should have been smarter now. I can't tell him, I don't have any demonic power now, I can't tell him everything that Lord Minrong promised me. I just said, "If you want to live forever, you can't kill me." ”

"Why?" Xiao Qi's eyes really flashed with interest.

I pretended to be cowardly, and said, "Because, because Lingrong told Min Young that he would come to save me." You keep me as bait, and you can catch them. ”

"They're going to come to your rescue?" Xiao Qi didn't believe it, "They haven't come for ten years, what's the use of your bait?" ”

"Because the civet was injured when he saved me, I need to heal my wounds!" I tried to win his trust, "I've been raising it for years, and now it's finally coming!" It's sending me a letter! ”

Xiao Qi didn't believe it even more: "I imprisoned you so tightly, how could a letter be delivered?" ”

"Yes, we communicate with special dishes and spices!" I admired myself so much that I could come up with this statement.

Thanks to Xiao Qi's kindness, the dishes sent in are always sumptuous, and I can even order them. "They asked the kitchen to add jujube paste to the taro, I ordered sugar twist again, and they gave me a plate of finely chopped oranges, so I knew they were almost there." Well! That's what it looks like!

Xiao Qi really believed it, and said hatefully: "I have to tidy up those people in the kitchen!" ”

"Don't! Other! It's that they're too cunning to blame the people in the kitchen! I flattered.

Xiao Qi snorted, but he didn't insist anymore, he only discussed with me how to lure the demon fox and Min Rong into the trap, and Xiao Qi was very satisfied with the advice I gave.

This is the first time in my life that I have deceived someone, and I have actually deceived a hero like Xiao Qi, which surprised me. This may also be the ...... Talent?

Anyway, we finalized the so-called "date", and I pretended to do something and Xiao Qi to death. Xiao Qi pretended to be angry with me and wanted to take me out and fall to my death. He's going to carry me to the cliff - I told him that the fox will come to the cliff and make a tunnel to save me.

Xiao Qi set up a rat cage-like spell on this side of the cliff, and the demon civet has no return.

This plan is really wonderful, Xiao Qi is in a good mood and talks a lot, so he will chat with me: "I wonder if Min Rong will come together?" ”

I think so! After all, Lord Minrong has long loved the third prince. Although Xiao Qi and they didn't know, it was the county lord of Minrong who found out that the third prince might be in danger, and as soon as they met, he exposed my identity as an impostor, raised her suspicions about Xiao Qi, and asked me to turn into her and drag Xiao Qi and let her go to the third prince.

The county lord of Minrong, who saw Xiao Qi, was me. So I was able to draw that scene.

I can't transform anymore, but there's still a elixir. The so-called elixir of immortality, in the tip of the tail of the civet cat, is born and grows with the civet. I reluctantly cut out this elixir and gave it to Lord Minrong, she still has a shadow. The shadow works with the elixir, and when she goes to find the third prince, she can have more self-defense, and in addition, she can temporarily turn me into her.

The Lord of Minrong who went to see Xiao Qi was me.

Lord Minrong was born so beautifully, I am willing to become like her and go to meet Xiao Qi, even once.

In my heart, I want to see Xiaoqi beautifully. Living in the village, I don't know what a beauty should look like, and when I saw Lord Minrong, I thought, if I can grow up to live with Xiao Qi like this, even if I live for a few decades and get old and die, then it's okay! As for what Heavenly Saint practice......

"What's the most precious thing you say??" Xiao Qi seemed to ask casually.

"Glory and wealth?" I wanted to laugh at him. I felt that the ridicule was too bitter, so I stopped it.

Xiao Qi looked at me and turned his head: "I used to think that wealth and glory are the most important, once the power is in hand, it is worth it to turn around and die." But...... Fell in love with someone......"

Ay?

"Min Young ......"

Hey?!

"Actually, I've seen her for a long time. Strong, proud, the eldest lady from a rich and noble family, she was born beautiful......"

So you've seen it? So you think she's beautiful, too? I couldn't control myself from thinking sourly.

"But that night, it was different." Xiao Qi said quietly.

I lowered my eyes and was quiet.

That night, the moonlight was soft, the shadows of the leaves dragged long, and the bushes exuded a fragrance, mellow as wine. As soon as I became Minrong, I went to find Xiao Qi with my skirt, I couldn't get used to wearing a skirt, I was panicked, and when I stepped on the edge of my skirt, I was about to fall and gnaw mud.

A hand grabbed my arm. I turned around, and Xiao Qi's face was surprised: "You? What are you doing? ”

The Bishop of Minyoung-gun told me what to do with him, but the high-sounding reasons slipped out of my head at once. I looked at him, "I just wanted to come and see you." ”

Xiao Qi sighed and stared at me. At that moment, I had the illusion that he couldn't see the whole world, only me in his eyes, just like I could only see him.

We could have looked at each other for a while, but a mosquito flew over and wanted to bite his ear, and without thinking about it, I reached out to help him chase away the mosquito, and he struck at once. Not to the mosquitoes, but to me.

For a moment, his gaze was cold and hard, and his gestures were as sharp as a blade.

At that moment, I suddenly realized what the county lord of Minrong had warned me, and Major General Qi was full of blood and murder.

The mosquito seemed to be frightened by him, stopped clamoring, froze in mid-air, and died. His fingers were an inch away from my wrist, and he stopped, his gaze still cold, but something melted under the cold shell, sad and soft, slightly extended, and then hidden, and returned to his calm and indifferent appearance.

The murderous aura disappeared without a trace, and I gently moved my fingertips, and the mosquito ran away. He took a step back, distanced himself from me, and bowed politely: "County Lord, please stay away from the last general." The last general has experienced a lot of killing, and the fighting is a natural reaction, and it is not good to accidentally injure the county lord without braining. ”

As soon as I stretched out my hand just now, he thought I was going to attack him, so he naturally wanted to fight back against me? If I hadn't stood here in the form of Lord Minyoung, would he really have killed me?

I asked, "How many people have you killed?" ”

The corners of his lips tugged: "I don't remember." ”

"Why kill people?" I asked again with difficulty.

"Because I want to live, and live a little better." The corners of his lips pulled more sarcastically, "In order to stand here face to face with the county lord, instead of kneeling outside the small door and holding the reins." In order to eat meat, you can eat meat, and if you want to wear a fur, you can wear a fur. ”

Tears welled up in my eyes and I said, "I'm sorry. ”

"What?" Xiao Qi's expression seemed to be frightened by me.

Being able to stand on an equal footing with your lover and be fed and clothed is such a low requirement that should not be achieved by killing. Something is wrong with this world. I'm also a member of this world, but I haven't been able to make this world a better place. Our Demon Emperor is very powerful, and the Minister of State is also very powerful, but for some reason, he can't make this world better. So, I said I'm sorry, and I'll also say sorry to the Prime Minister on behalf of the Demon Emperor, Xiao Qi!

I couldn't say it, and there was a commotion on the other side of the tower. Xiao Qi took a sharp breath of cold air, glared at me fiercely, turned around and ran, and the silver money in his battle clothes was flowing in the moonlight. I stumbled along, Lord Minrong had already rescued the third prince, and I was almost collapsed by the smell of blood in the tower, and I returned to the appearance of the third prince. Xiao Qi still forced me to ascend the throne and imprisoned me to this day.

Today, he actually looked up at the sky and confessed to me crampedly: "That night, I fell in love with that girl's eyes. ”

How do I answer this? I hope that back then, when the chestnuts were just ripe, he was a white-clothed blood-stained boy who came from the foot of the mountain, and I was a demon cat who escaped from the demon world, and he said: "I fall in love with your eyes." I must have replied, "Yes." Then he took his hand. Ends. There is always a place at the ends of the earth where we can live in seclusion. I don't care how many bad things he does. Leave it behind! I will even throw away my orb so that I can grow old with him and die with him, which is the greatest happiness.

But he imprisoned me alive. For the first three years, I thought that captivity was not a big deal, as long as there was good food and drink, and it was a blessing to be close to him. In the middle three years, I realized that I had overestimated my yearning for freedom. I miss the big meadows, the tall old trees, the sun on the leaves, the wind and the wings of the butterflies in the sun, and I miss it like crazy. I cried and swore to him that I had given the spirit bead to Lord Minrong, and that I would not come back unless she voluntarily returned it to me. But Xiao Qi didn't listen to me, and he was still imprisoned, imprisoned for a long time in the dark. In the next three years, I was repeatedly weighing my infatuation with him, and in exchange for the freedom of the mountain breeze, was it worth it? Every day, I dig out my feelings for him a little bit. In the last year, all I thought about was freedom, and I didn't think about him anymore.

It's all late. It's all late, Xiao Qi. The cliff is already in front of you.

Xiao Qi lowered his head and asked me: "In a long life, if you think about someone who loves you, your heart will be a little warmer, right?" ”

Despite the fine lines at the corners of his eyes and the fact that his figure has been blessed, his smile at this moment is as warm as ten years ago.

I nodded unconsciously.

The cliff has arrived. There is a movement in the grass, who is coming? No, just a small animal jumping by.

At the moment when the little animal caught Xiao Qi's attention, I jumped out of the cliff.

I don't have any demonic power anymore, and if I jump out there, I'll die.

What's more, there are traps set by Xiao Qi.

Jumping down from there, there is only death.

But, at least, from the moment I jumped to the moment I touched the ground and died, I was free. If only death can set me free, then I will die. In the last twelve months of the decade, day by day, moment by moment, I have built up this determination. I heard that the demon who betrayed the demon world, if you want to get the forgiveness of the demon emperor, there is only one way, and that is to die.

The wind of freedom whistles through my ears. The clouds are misty. The cloud of the law, with a flick of the finger, has twenty moments, one moment has twenty thoughts, one thought has sixty moments, and one moment has nine hundred births and deaths. In this way, I still have tens of thousands of lives left, which is too rich. When tens of thousands of lives and deaths are over, the shadow will come back, and my corpse will be transformed into a tanuki again, right? I have sincerely repented and died, and I wish to die as a tanuki, so that I will not be bound to the terrible shell of human beings.

The ground is not far away. Someone drove a delicate blue feather cart, came quickly, ignored the prohibition, stretched out his hand, and put me in the car. I fixed my eyes and looked again, it was Elder Ju. His face tightened, and he said, "The emperor misses you pitiful and takes you away." ”

"Thank you." Lord Minyoung said to me with a smile. She's already a demon.

"You've lost weight." The third prince is also a demon body, so he said to me.

Yes, both me and my shadow are thin and silent. The car spun around and headed towards the sky, and I looked down at the people on the cliff, only the ants were a little smaller. I still recognize Xiao Qi among the ants.

Then we drove away together.

Originally, I wanted to save Minrong and the third prince, so I rescued them. I asked them, "How did you become demons?" ”

"Do you think you can save them?" Elder Ju sneered beside him.

"......" I looked at Min Rong and the third prince.

"Later it was the elders who saved us." They looked grateful.

...... "I'll look at Elder Ju again."

"Who is like you who only sticks upside down to others?" Elder Ju despised me again and had a proud face, "Of course I want to add new strength to our demon world. ”

But ...... "I always think it's not good."

"We volunteered." Min Young said this to the third prince. (To be continued.) )