Chapter 2 Chapter 2 We meet again, enemies...
After the system finished transmitting the plot, it disappeared. Chen Qing called back the maid to do her hair.
Calculating the time, there are still two months left before the Shen family's accident. I still remember that in my previous life, when the East Market was plagued by demons, Liu Jiuyue arrived early and fought a fierce battle with the demon for a long time before subduing it.
However, what no one expected was that the big monster was a pair of male and female. The male monster was causing trouble in the East Market, and the female monster was causing trouble in the Shen family.
The East Market has Liu Jiuyue to protect it, but the Shen family has no one to protect it.
When danger came, Chen Qing was forced by Ye Niang to drink a bowl of drugs and hid in the wine cellar. They chose to delay time on the ground.
Perhaps because the drug was administered too hastily, Chen Qing felt limp, but she was still conscious. She watched helplessly as her father, A-niang, was ripped open by the demon in order to protect her, and died tragically before her eyes.
The sky was stained with blood, and wisps of smoke were floating in the air. The blood from Aye's palm seeped into the wooden board and dripped into Chen Qing's eyes. Her world was warm, fishy and wet, and was dyed a miserable red.
For a moment, her breathing became heavier with hatred.
As if sensing her trembling, a chubby hand caressed her face. Cui Ya, who was pinning her hair, asked, "Madam, are you cold?" The little girl was puzzled. "No, it's just the beginning of summer, and the weather is warm..."
Her eyes suddenly widened, "Is my wife going to be sick again?"
Shen Qing came back to her senses, pinched her wrist and said, “No, keep combing, don’t stop.”
Cui Ya hesitated and said, "Oh..."
It's no wonder that this girl is so nervous. Chen Qing has been weak since childhood and has almost grown up surrounded by medicine. Getting sick is as common as eating.
Looking at the delicate eyebrows and eyes of the person in the mirror, he fell into deep thought.
In the previous life, male monsters would attack before female monsters, and it would be the same in this life. Even if Chen Qing forced Liu Jiuyue to stay in the Shen Mansion, he would still go to the East Market after receiving the news of the monster plague in advance.
At the beginning, Liu Jiuyue spent most of his time to subdue a demon and was seriously injured. When he rushed to the Shen Mansion, it was inevitable that he would have difficulty in subduing another demon, so the female demon escaped by chance. Later, Shen Qing searched for it for several years but was unable to find it for revenge.
Even the chief disciple of Xuanji Pavilion had a hard time dealing with one of the big monsters, let alone other fellow disciples.
Others couldn't help, his senior brother was also too busy, and he himself was not talented enough to deal with such a big monster, so Chen Qing thought of one person, Li Daoxuan.
Li Daoxuan, the fourth prince, became a disciple of You Daozi, the abbot of Dongshan Temple, since he was young. At the age of twelve, he traveled with his master. On the fifteenth year, he returned to Chang'an and was named King Cang. He captured countless monsters in three years, and his strength is unknown.
In the previous life, the protagonists were in danger many times. Although most of the dangers were eliminated by Liu Jiuyue, Li Daoxuan just watched with his sword in hand. However, when Liu Jiuyue was too busy to protect herself, Li Daoxuan rescued the heroine from danger several times. Seeing how relaxed and leisurely he was when slaying demons, his strength is definitely not weak.
Cui Ya, with her deft hands, quickly put her hair into a long bun. Chen Qing looked at the empty bun and said, "Bring me my magnolia hairpin and put it on."
A pink and white jade hairpin was inserted into the bun. As the owner's head shook gently, the amethyst bells that fell from the stamens of the hairpin made a crisp sound, and the girl in the mirror curved her eyebrows with satisfaction.
She added, "Cui Ya, go prepare the carriage."
"Yes, ma'am."
After sending the people away, Chen Qing reached out and rang the amethyst bell on his head, then asked the brass mirror, "Do you know where he is?"
The empty room was completely silent. However, the girl at the dressing table seemed to have received an unsatisfactory response and said unhappily, "It was you who asked me to capture him, but now I can't even tell you his location. What's the point of having a useless person like you?"
001 was scolded for the first time, and it thought at a loss: It seems, it seems, that it is really useless?
The carriage was ready, and Cui Ya asked, "Madam, where are you going?"
Chen Qing stood up and said, "Dongshi, I haven't eaten the soft-noodle dumplings from a restaurant in a long time."
Cui Ya exclaimed, "My lady, it's already three quarters past three in the afternoon. It will be dark if we go to the East Market and back. The master and the mistress will be worried about you. If you really want to eat, why don't I ask someone to buy it for you?"
Chen Qing refused: "The soft noodles will be stale when they are delivered. I want to eat fresh ones." She stopped Cui Ya from trying to persuade her, "If you keep nagging, it will be dark by the time you get back."
Cui Ya sighed helplessly.
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The East Market was bustling with people, the shouts of peddlers and the sounds of children playing mixed together. A carriage stopped in front of a restaurant, and Chen Qing and a group of servants walked into the restaurant lobby. The waiter warmly welcomed them to the private room.
On the second floor next door, several young men were sitting at a table facing each other. When they saw Chen Qing come in, someone said, "Hey, who is this young lady? She is so beautiful. I have never heard of such a beauty in Chang'an before."
There was no frivolity in his eyes, only pure admiration and curiosity.
The companion said, "I know! This is General Shen's daughter, the young lady of the Shen family! Because she was weak as a child, the doctor asserted that she would not live past the age of five. The sage, sympathizing with the general's dedication to the country and his only child, sent her to Xuanji Pavilion to be raised by Master Qianji."
"You know what, Xuanji Pavilion really has something. This lady from the Shen family has been in Xuanji Pavilion for a few years, and she has actually recovered and can even run and jump."
For the sake of Shen Qing's health, General Shen and his wife reluctantly let their daughter stay in Xuanji Pavilion in spring and autumn, and stay at home in winter and summer.
Chen Qing also lived in peace and grew up until he was seventeen.
A companion jokingly said, "Now that you mention it, it's quite a coincidence. Madam Shen is a nun, and our Ah Man is also a Taoist priest!" He hooked his arm around the shoulder of the young man beside him and said with a smile, "Madam Shen and our Ah Man are destined to be together. They are also of similar age. Ah Man, take a good look at her. Do you like her?"
The young man in the red robe, whose shoulder was linked by his companion, drank the last sip of wine in his hand, played with the wine glass between his fingers, then raised his eyelids slightly, and his gaze lightly passed through the railing and swept across the downstairs.
The girl in a pink and white chest-length skirt walked briskly towards the private room. As she lifted her toes, the edge of her skirt began to ripple, and the magnolia flowers on the hem of her skirt also danced lightly.
The light blue shawl hanging from her arm resembled clouds and water, rippling in the air.
As if noticing the boy's gaze, Shen Qing suddenly turned around and glanced at him.
The girl who looked at him was not afraid at all, and her eyes were calm.
Li Daoxuan lowered his eyes and drank, when suddenly a black snake jumped out from his shoulder, stretching its head and staring straight at the girl downstairs.
He looked again, but the girl had already averted her gaze and was chatting and laughing with the maid beside her. It was unclear what they were talking about, but her round eyes were smiling brightly, and they seemed to be filled with flowing waves and stars, and they were full of water.
Several companions around were stunned for a moment.
Only Li Daoxuan withdrew his gaze indifferently, lowering his eyes and sneering, "Beneath the flesh are bones. This king has no interest in such vulgar people."
His companion was furious. "You are the most noble, we are all vulgar people!" He was so angry that he even made a half-joke. "I don't think so. What if that lady Shen happens to kill you? Just wait and see!"
Someone echoed: "That's right! Just looking at Madam Shen's open-minded and calm demeanor, she is different from other ladies. I think if Ah Man says she doesn't like it, she might chase after her!"
He was too lazy to answer, but seeing the black snake on his shoulder still staring at her, Li Daoxuan was a little annoyed. He slapped it back with a palm, then silently turned the wall of the wine glass, lowered his eyes and said nothing.
Li Daoxuan was wearing fingerless black leather gloves, and the knuckles exposed under the gloves were white and shiny. As the cup wall rotated more and more diligently, the indigo cup wall touched the porcelain white fingertips, and his fingertips were also stained with a light pink.
Chen Qing only brought Cui Ya into the private room, and the rest of the servants were left in the lobby.
After ordering food, Chen Qing was halfway through her meal when she suddenly wanted to eat the sesame Hu pancakes sold by the vendor on the street next door, so she looked at Cui Ya with a smile.
Cui Ya left, and Chen Qing was the only one left in the private room. She took out an ice silk handkerchief, slowly wiped her mouth, then stood up and walked towards the back door of the private room.
She remembered that at that time Chang'an was plagued by demons, with many little demons causing trouble. Among them was a flamboyant monster who particularly liked beautiful jewelry.
Chen Qing gently adjusted the magnolia hairpin on her head and swaggered out of the corridor.
As she expected, after she wandered around for a while, a shadow opposite her stared at the hairpin on her head and gradually moved closer to her.
Chen Qing pretended to be completely unaware and just walked on.
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There was a restaurant on the second floor. Apart from a few tables for drinking near the fence, the rest of the space was guest rooms where all kinds of travelers coming to and from Chang'an stayed.
The lobby was bustling with noise, but no one knew that the young men who had been drinking earlier had dispersed. Some went to the next door to fight, while others returned to the lobby, looking around at the guests sitting in the lobby one by one. Li Daoxuan stayed on the second floor with a companion.
Black smoke-like objects were running around the room at a dizzying speed. The young man in blue robe swung his sword with great effort, but he could not catch up with the tail of the black smoke and was almost injured by it.
At this moment, a long sword broke through the air, pierced through the black smoke's body with a swish, and firmly fixed it to the wall.
The black smoke struggled and let out a shrill and piercing scream from its mouth.
His companions couldn't bear it anymore and covered their ears, but Li Daoxuan stood there as if nothing had happened, holding the scabbard and looking at it coldly.
The young man's black hair was all tied up high with a red rope, making his figure look even taller and straighter like a pine tree.
He quietly threw out a talisman, which instantly transformed into a puff of black smoke and slipped out the window. He then said, "It has sent a clone to escape. You go chase it, and I'll stay and deal with it."
His companion turned his gaze to the window and saw a faint black smoke slipping out of the window. He immediately shouted, "Monster, where are you escaping!" Then he climbed out of the window and chased after the black smoke.
At this moment, Li Daoxuan was the only one left in the room.
He seemed like a different person. His laziness had completely disappeared, replaced by a full of hostility.
Li Daoxuan narrowed his peach blossom eyes, turned the hilt of the sword on the wall in his hand, and asked: "You just escaped from the ghost town? Which exit did you escape from? Tell me!" Li Daoxuan just realized clearly that it had the evil spirit unique to the ghost town.
As the sword's edge spun, the black smoke seemed to be in great pain. It cried out, "Ahhhh, no! I don't have it! How could I have such great power to break the barrier? I was one of the demons that escaped more than ten years ago! After that, the barrier was closed, and no other demon has escaped since then!"
Trying to escape the barrier, it nearly lost its body and soul. It trembled and hid in a place for more than ten years before finally consolidating its physical form. But its efforts were unsuccessful. It had just eaten a child to replenish its body, and before its wounds had fully healed, it was captured by these young Taoist priests.
Upon learning that the ghost town's barrier was intact, Li Daoxuan became more sober. His eyes were filled with gloom at this moment, and he couldn't tell whether he was sad or happy.
Li Daoxuan pulled the sword from the wall, and black smoke slid down.
Seeing that it had regained its freedom, it thought that the young man was going to let it go, and immediately prepared to slip away, but unexpectedly the next moment:
“Ahhhh—”
Li Daoxuan raised his hand slightly, and a yellow talisman flew out and stuck to the black smoke body. The yellow talisman instantly ignited without fire.
The black smoke also dissipated along with the burning talisman paper, disappearing between heaven and earth.
Before Li Daoxuan could sheath his sword, the door was suddenly pushed open. "Give me back my hairpin!" followed by the dissatisfied and pouty voice of a young girl.
The next moment, the sharp sword blade was across the girl's neck.
Chen Qing was so frightened that he immediately fell silent, looking at the person in front of him in horror.
We meet again, my enemy.
The man pursed his lips, his eyes filled with impatience at being disturbed. "The corridor is encircled by a barrier. How did you get here?"
It took the girl a long time to find her voice: "I, I don't know, a monster stole my hairpin, and I chased it here."
After she finished speaking, she glanced around, but saw no familiar figure. Frightened, she said anxiously, "I clearly saw him run in! My hairpin..."
Li Daoxuan looked at her coldly, and suddenly increased the strength in his hands. Chen Qing clearly felt the slight itchy pain coming from her neck, and warm liquid oozing from her neck.
The other party said coldly: "Liar."
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