Liu Changxi wanted to take Li back to his residence, but this decision was resolutely opposed by the guards around him.

In the eyes of the guards, such an unknown little girl appearing alone in such a strange place is a huge danger signal in itself, and there must be something hidden after this. Liu Changxi, as a prince, it is better not to mix in this troubled water. Even if you really want to save this little girl, leave it to the guards, and there is no need to take her with you personally.

Although Liu Changxi has little power in the palace and is not as powerful as the other two princes, Liu Dingrui has always been fond of him for some reason. It is precisely because of this that the forces of the eldest prince and the second prince have never completely let down their guard against Liu Changxi, and it is normal to do some deviant things. Maybe this little girl was specially sent by the other two princes to assassinate Liu Changxi, and such a danger had to be guarded against.

To the surprise of the guards, Liu Changxi, who has always been cautious and cautious, has a strange sense of trust for the lonely little girl in front of him. No matter how the guards tried to dissuade him, Liu Changxi was determined to keep him by his side.

"Your Highness, do you know what you're doing?!" Several attempts of persuasion were ineffective, and the guard's tone became a lot harsher in the end, trying to make Liu Changxi realize the seriousness of the problem in this way, "This girl of unknown origin is likely to be involved in some shady things, with your identity, the best way to deal with it is to stay away! ”

"She doesn't seem to understand our language, how do you know where her home is?" Liu Changxi shook his head, "She's not a bad person, if someone really wants to harm me, there are a lot of opportunities inside and outside the palace, and they won't choose such an incompatible way." ”

"Why are you so confident?" the guard was puzzled.

"You use your brain a little, this time I ran out completely on my temporary initiative, the route and timing are full of uncertainty, if you really want to arrange such a girl to come to me, why bother so much? It is more efficient to buy off a palace maid than this, right? As for what you said about this girl, there may be some ulterior things hidden behind this girl, I think so. That's why I had to keep this girl with me and teach her our language until she was able to tell her what she had been going through. ”

"Then leave it to us, and you don't need His Highness to investigate it thoroughly, right?"

"You think too hard to see what's behind the surface. Liu Changxi shook his head and said, "If it is handed over to you to deal with, I am afraid that in the end, it will be a hasty matter, and the content under the surface of the water will not be found." ”

"This little girl doesn't understand our language and doesn't look like people from the countries around Tunan. So the question is, how did she end up in Tunan?"

"Human trafficking?" the guard said.

"Eight or nine is not far from ten. The cellar is so hidden that it is difficult for the average person to notice. If it weren't for the footprints after the rain that revealed our whereabouts, we would never have found out. And this wilderness is already remote, and there is not even a hunter in the mountain, otherwise the father and the emperor would not have chosen this place as a place to rest and rest. The closest to this cellar is the mansion where we live. ”

"Your Highness means that this little girl has something to do with the royal family?"

"Or, it has something to do with the original owner of the mansion. Liu Changxi said as he walked.

"No, that's a big businessman, and he's doing a human transaction behind it?"

"About, sixty percent likely. Liu Changxi reasoned, "This big merchant controls almost all the trade routes and post stations in the entire Tunan and Northwest, and it is not difficult to sneak a few people in." In addition to this little girl, there may have been even worse behavior. For example, poisons, treasures, weapons, or armies. ”

"This..."Liu Changxi said more and more, and the guards suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

"Don't think it's impossible, it's actually very possible. Liu Changxi continued, "It is recorded in the history books of Tunan that in the year when my father first succeeded to the throne, he took advantage of the large-scale invasion of Qingyan in the north, and many foreign races and southern barbarians also took advantage of the fire to loot. At that time, Tu Nan was a little overwhelmed by the offensive against Qingyan, and there was no extra military force sent to suppress it, causing great losses. Interestingly, however, in the liquidation that was done after the end of the war, only the great merchant's trade routes suffered the least losses, and the main trade routes were almost all preserved intact, which is a bit unconvincing if this is a coincidence. ”

"Could it be that this person is colluding with the surrounding aliens?" the guard also came back to his senses and realized the seriousness of the problem.

And the little girl in front of her is likely to be the key to finding more clues. Such an important piece of evidence, of course, must be in my own hands. Liu Changxi said with a smile.

After all, if such a traitorous party can be caught, not only can the people of Tunan, who died tragically in the northwest that year, be able to give an explanation, but also improve their status in the heart of their father.

If you don't have anything, you have to fight for everything.

Li watched Liu Changxi holding her hand and going straight forward, while arguing passionately with the guards around her, and she was a little stupid for a while. The boy in front of him was obviously not a few years older than himself, but the smile on his face was so calm and calm. Rei couldn't understand his words, but his voice remained soft and steady, which made Rei's heart gradually settle down.

It's been a long, long time since Leigh left home to feel so at ease. She didn't know Liu Changxi's identity, but the child's intuition told her that the person in front of her was definitely not a bad person.

It should be said that he is a savior who can take himself out of suffering.

That's what Leigh believes.

Therefore, until Liu Changxi finally took Li back to his residence, Li never had any intention of resisting along the way, just followed Liu Changxi without saying a word, looking very well-behaved.

"Take her to take a shower and change into clean clothes. Liu Changxi didn't tell anyone about Li's existence, but just ordered the maid to clean Li first.

Before figuring out Li's specific life experience, Liu Changxi did not plan to expose the existence of this little girl too early. If someone asks about it in the future, Liu Changxi will say that it is the personal maid he likes around.

Li is not a fool, after coming to Liu Changxi's bedroom, she naturally understood that the status of the teenager in front of her who saved her was definitely not ordinary, but out of trust in Liu Changxi, Li still obediently followed the palace maid to clean her body. She believed that Liu Changxi would not harm her. Shih Tzu literature

As it turned out, Liu Changxi did not live up to her expectations.

When Leigh finished washing and changing into her scented new clothes, she felt like she was alive again. The suffering and suffering that I had endured before were no longer important.

Looking at the rejuvenated beauty standing in front of him, Liu Changxi was also a little sluggish for a while. After spending too long in that filthy and damp cellar, Li's delicate face was already stained with thick mud. Although Liu Changxi knew that this little girl was definitely a beauty just by looking at the outline of her facial features and her dark blue eyes that were as clear as water, she couldn't help but be surprised when she really saw her original appearance.

This girl is so beautiful, her pitiful appearance and exotic face make a prince like Liu Changxi, who is used to seeing many beautiful palace maids, can't bear to admire it sincerely.

And this also made Liu Changxi secretly make up his mind that he must not let Li's existence be discovered by others. Born in such troubled times, beauty is not a gift, but a curse.

A curse that will never be shaken off for life.

Liu Changxi thought about it again and again, and finally found the most trusted teacher, Li Mu, the right minister, and told Li Mu about the whole thing, and then under Li Mu's suggestion, he found the loyal guard beside his father, the chief of the palace guard, Wang Zhiyu, and asked him for help.

Liu Changxi's request was very simple, before he had enough evidence of the treason of the Great Shang, he would hide Li's existence and let him learn some basic martial arts so that he could defend himself in the future. After all, she is weak in the palace, and it is difficult to protect her.

Wang Zhiyu knew Liu Changxi's status in Liu Dingrui's heart, and he had some pity for this lonely and helpless prince, and was surprised that the third prince had such ambitions at a young age, wanting to eliminate harm for the country, and wanting to fight for something that did not belong to him, so he readily accepted it. Not only did he personally teach Li some basic martial arts, but he also secretly sent them to the Tianji Pavilion in the northeast of the Tunan Kingdom.

The Pavilion Master of Tianji Pavilion and Wang Zhiyu are old acquaintances, and what he is best at is the technique of concealing his whereabouts.

After everything was arranged, Liu Changxi, with the joint cooperation of Lan Ci, the chief of the dark department, and Wang Zhiyu, sent Li secretly to Tianji Pavilion for cultivation.

At the time of parting, Rei, who has a talent for languages, can already use Tunan Chinese for some basic daily communication. But she didn't even say a word, didn't say that she didn't want to go, didn't say that she didn't want to leave Liu Changxi's side, and didn't even look back at Liu Changxi's figure.

didn't open her mouth because Li knew that only when she became strong could she stay by Liu Changxi's side all the time. She knew Liu Changxi's identity, and she also knew that with Liu Changxi's status, she could be content to serve as a personal maid. Therefore, more than anyone else, she needs this opportunity to practice, and she wants to become stronger as soon as possible more than anyone else.

didn't look back, because Li didn't have confidence, and when she saw Liu Changxi's figure, she was able to restrain the tears that had been in her eyes.

Although the days with Liu Changxi are not long, it makes Li feel at home for a long time. Liu Changxi did not do anything cheating on himself, but respected him very much, and even made careful physical contact, which is too far from the rumored image of the prince of Qingyan.

Liu Changxi patiently taught Litu Nanyu so that Li could communicate with her. He knew Li's real name, and by the way, he re-named it in Tunan, and watched not far away when Li was practicing martial arts with the palace guards. Every time she saw him staring at herself, the exhausted Li was always able to regain her fighting spirit and digest all the cultivation content arranged by Wang Zhiyu one by one.

Wang Zhiyu said that Li's martial arts talent is extremely high, and even his own son Wang Zhiyan is indistinguishable, if the improvement speed of the True Qi Realm is even higher than Wang Zhiyan, according to this progress, in the case of falling behind at the start, I am afraid that it is possible to be promoted to the Qi Void Realm before the age of twenty. Compared with the core disciples of the Ten Masters Society, this talent is not far behind.

Liu Changxi was obviously very happy when he heard it, and he told Li that he was helpless in the palace, and there were few people who could put his heart into his heart. I sleep very lightly every day, and I always have to worry about being wiped out by my two brothers.

Liu Changxi hopes that Li can be by his side, be his most important confidant, and be a person he can trust wholeheartedly.

Rei didn't hesitate, just kept nodding violently, as if she wanted to prove her resolve with the strength and frequency of her nod.

Therefore, when Liu Changxi and Wang Zhiyu proposed to send him to Tianji Pavilion to practice the art of concealment, so as to better protect Liu Changxi, Li did not hesitate, and did not even think that she would not see the gentle young man in front of her for many years because of this.

The three years of practicing in Tianji Pavilion have been the most desperate three years since Li's birth. She digested and absorbed the concealment technique taught by the master of the Heavenly Machine Pavilion at an astonishing speed, and her ability to conceal her aura and body shape was even stronger than some of the senior disciples in the Heavenly Machine Pavilion, and ordinary masters could not feel her existence at all, which could ensure Li's safety in the palace, and also allow Li to accompany Liu Changxi at all times, protect him, and help him do something inconvenient for him by the way.

With Li's help, Liu Changxi soon thoroughly investigated the evidence of collusion with foreign races in the Northwest Dashang. Li's memory is very good, and after many years, she can still remember the hidden mountain road that the big merchants walked when they brought themselves into the country. There, Liu Changxi and the dark department managed to get all the stolen goods.

The evidence is ironclad, the moths of the country have also been eradicated, and the gold and silver treasures provided by the alien race seized in his home are innumerable, which is embarrassing.

As a result, Liu Changxi received warm praise and amazing rewards from his father, and his reputation in the court also soared. Since then, he has really been able to compete with his two royal brothers.

And Li, it can be regarded as partial revenge. The merchant who abducted and sold her back then had died, but Li herself didn't know that as for the fierce land of Freeport, no one in the entire continent had the ability to eradicate it, and Li knew it in her heart. The only Northwest merchant who could take revenge also paid the price for the act of human trafficking.

Fortunately, Li didn't have any sense of emptiness at this time, and she didn't care about her tragic past experience for a long time.

When she was homeless and in despair, it was Liu Changxi's appearance that dispelled the haze that lingered over her head and rekindled her desire for life. From the moment she saw Liu Changxi's face in the dark cellar, from the moment she was called out by Liu Changxi in a gentle voice, and from the moment she saw Liu Changxi's signature indifferent smile for the first time, Li had sworn that she would protect him for the rest of her life.

She didn't ask for anything in return, because Li believed that Liu Changxi's own existence was already the best gift from God.

What she has to do is to silently accompany Liu Changxi, protect him, witness him grow step by step, and accompany him step by step to get closer to his dream and the highest throne.

As long as that's it, that's enough.