"This country teacher trusts his intuition."
Yun Yuan retorted: "You say I'm a monster, then I'll say you're a monster too."
Jiuli's expression instantly turned cold, his whole body emitting a chill, and he stared at her with sharp eyes, as if he was going to attack her at the next moment.
Yun Yuan didn't expect Jiuli to react so strongly. It was obvious that he was very concerned about his identity as a demon being exposed. It turned out that she was right not to look for him.
She twitched the corner of her mouth slightly and said, "I was just joking. Your Excellency, the Imperial Master is very generous and will not hold it against me, right?"
Jiuli tried to discern something from her expression, but there was nothing on that face except confusion and a little uneasiness.
"No matter your origins, the Xuanyuan Kingdom is under the protection of this national master. No demons or monsters are allowed to enter the imperial city. You have three days to leave here, otherwise this national master will show no mercy."
After saying that, he walked past Yun Yuan without waiting for her reaction and went inside.
Yun Yuan curled her lips. They were both foxes, so why could he stay in the human world but she couldn't? She wouldn't listen to her.
She returned to the Third Prince's Mansion as if nothing had happened.
When it was dark, Xuanyuan Chengze, wearing a mask, tied Xiao Chang'an to an abandoned house. In order to ensure that he would not be exposed, he also had someone blindfold Xiao Chang'an.
Xiao Changan struggled hard and tried to reason with the people who tied him up.
"I'm Xiao Chang'an, a reader at the Hanlin Academy. You've kidnapped the wrong person. Let me go!"
"The person we want to kidnap is Xiao Changan." Seeing that he was refusing to cooperate and move inside, Xuanyuan Chengze's subordinate Xiaoliu pushed him rudely.
Xiao Changan lost his balance and fell to the ground, his knee hurting. He angrily said, "I am an official appointed by the court. I advise you to let me go, otherwise I will not let you go in the future."
Xuanyuan Chengze was sitting on the only clean chair. Seeing this, he winked at Xiaoliu. Xiaoliu understood and kicked Xiao Changan in the stomach.
"Ah!" Xiao Changan screamed, feeling as if his internal organs had shifted, and the pain was so severe that cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
He bent his body and said with difficulty, "You, who are you? I don't know when I offended you. I am willing to pay you silver to make amends..."
"Stop talking nonsense!" Xiao Liu kicked Xiao Changan in the back again, knocking him to the ground and making him unable to get up. Only then did he stop.
"Tell me, on the first day of June two years ago, I rescued a fox in Puling Mountain. I went out for a while and when I came back, it was gone. Someone saw you steal it. Do you admit it?"
When he mentioned the fox, Xiao Changan subconsciously thought of Yun Yuan, stopped wailing, and became quiet.
"That happened two years ago, too long ago. Besides, I didn't see any foxes, and I haven't been to Puling Mountain...ah!"
Xiao Changan had just gotten up when he was kicked again and fell to the ground. His lips were broken and bleeding.
Xiaoliu continued his performance; "Damn it, I finally got a red fox and wanted to give it to my sweetheart to please her, but because of you, my sweetheart ran away and married someone else a few days ago."
After saying that, he kicked Xiao Changan a few more times, as if his sweetheart had really run away with someone, and each kick was real.
"Wait, wait." Xiao Changan groaned weakly, feeling that he would be beaten to death if he didn't speak up. "I didn't see a red fox, only a white fox."
The subordinate retracted his foot and looked at Xuanyuan Chengze. Xuanyuan Chengze nodded slightly, indicating that he should continue asking.
Xiao Liu said, "You said the white fox is a white fox? I heard it from others. It was you who took it away!"
"No." Xiao Changan didn't want to be beaten, so he said hurriedly, "That day, there was a thunderclap in the clear sky. I tried for a long time but failed. I suspected that I had encountered an evil spirit, so I wanted to break off a piece of lightning-struck wood and take it back. I didn't see a red fox, but only a white fox that was charred by the lightning.
"What happened next? Did you take the white fox back?"
"No." Fearing that he would be chased back home for the fox, Xiao Changan said, "I fed the fox some elixir, and it got better. I released it and didn't take it home."
Xiao Liu looked at Xuanyuan Chengze and saw that he had a very cold expression. He kicked Xiao Changan again with force, sending him flying.
"You were a poor bastard back then, how could you possibly have gotten the elixir? And you were willing to give it to a fox? In the end, you let it go without getting anything in return. Do you think I'm easy to fool?"
“I, I…”
"Tell the truth quickly, or I'll beat you to death!"
Xiao Changan was about to cry: "It really is my medicine."
Xiao Liu kicked him, but Xiao Changan insisted that the pill was his and would rather be beaten than tell the truth.
Xuanyuan Chengze had a gloomy expression. He took out the "Truth Talisman" given by Yun Yuan from his arms and quietly put it on Xiao Changan's back when he lied again.
During this process, he kept paying attention to the weather outside the window. When he didn't see the changes that Yun Yuan mentioned, he nodded to Xiao Liu.
Xiaoliu felt around in his arms, took out a piece of paper and asked.
"Did you really save the white fox?"
Xiao Changan wanted to say yes, but the words that came out of his mouth had a different meaning.
"When I arrived, the white fox was dying. There was a pill next to its mouth. I'm not sure who gave it to it, but the white fox ate it right in front of me, and most of its injuries healed immediately."
Realizing what he was saying, Xiao Changan's face turned pale. Thinking that Yun Yuan couldn't be here, he felt a little less worried.
Xiao Liu: "Is there really such a magical pill? If I had one, wouldn't I be rich? Xiao Changan, do you really not know who gave it to you?"
"No, I don't know."
"Do you know what kind of medicine it is?"
"have no idea."
"Besides the fact that the fox's wounds were mostly healed after eating it, are there any other magical effects?"
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