Chapter 3 The heroine plots against the hero
"Hiss—it hurts!" Tears welled up in Chen Qing's eyes instantly. Even if it was only a little bit painful, her superb acting skills made it look very painful.
However, facing the tearful girl, Li Daoxuan felt no pity at all. Instead, he became increasingly impatient. He said irritably, "This king wants to know how you got up here and what your purpose is."
Chen Qing also lost her temper. She cried out in a weak voice, "I told you I didn't know! I came here just to chase my maid! She suddenly snatched my hairpin and ran away. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get her to stop. That hairpin is very important to me!"
Li Daoxuan stared at her quietly, with unknown emotions flickering in his dark pupils.
Chen Qing glared back at him, tears hanging from the corners of her eyes, about to fall, her eyes reddened, and she looked extremely pitiful.
If others saw her like this, they would definitely feel pity for her and would want to coax her softly.
But Li Daoxuan remained indifferent, and instead the murderous intent in his heart grew stronger.
Just when Shen Qing thought that he was going to pierce her through with a sword like he did in her previous life, the door was suddenly pushed open by a huge force.
"Bang--"
The violent hurricane blew up all the debris in the house, entangled the corners of the two people's clothes, and shook violently.
"Ding!" Li Daoxuan swung his sword to block the flying object, and the object was nailed to the wall. Upon closer inspection, he found that it was a pink and white magnolia hairpin.
Chen Qing suddenly shouted, "My hairpin!" She waved away Li Daoxuan's hand and ran to pull out the jade hairpin embedded in the wall. Seeing that the hairpin was intact, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Chen Qing had barely finished exhaling when she was knocked to the ground by the evil wind. Her palms left bloody marks on the floor, and her long bun was undone. Her long, smooth black hair fell down her back like the finest ink-wash silk.
Although she fell to the ground, the hairpin was protected by her in time and was intact, and the sword across her neck was also removed. Chen Qing couldn't help but feel fortunate that the demon arrived in time, otherwise she would have already started thinking about how to make this person buried with her.
Li Daoxuan stood as still as a rock, letting the evil wind rustle his robes.
"How dare you, a young boy who has not even grown his teeth, kill my companions!"
An angry male voice was heard, and then a green figure was seen attacking Li Daoxuan.
The sound mixed with demonic power penetrated the eardrums directly, and Chen Qing couldn't help but cover his ears and cry out in pain.
Li Daoxuan had no intention of helping Chen Qing at all. Instead, he shouted at the newcomer: "So what if I kill your companions? I will also chop you into ashes." After saying that, he glanced at Chen Qing in the corner, then picked up his sword and fought with the attacking male demon.
The man and the demon fought without caring that there was an ordinary person in the house. After a few moves in an instant, they smashed everything in the house to pieces.
Chen Qing didn't just sit there. For the sake of her life and ears, she took out the yellow talisman she had prepared in advance from her sleeve and set up a barrier around herself to isolate herself from all harm.
In her previous life, before the Shen family was wiped out, Chen Qing was not talented enough, so no matter how hard she practiced, it was all in vain. She simply started to become a lazy person early on.
At Xuanji Pavilion, Liu Jiyue took care of everything for her. At home, with her parents and family as her guardians, Chen Qing only needed to enjoy life. Before she turned seventeen, her biggest worries were worrying about the occasional morning classes at Xuanji Pavilion, or wanting a certain dress but not being able to buy it.
Ever since the Shen family was wiped out and Shen Ling came to Xuanji Pavilion, Shen Qing, who had a sense of crisis, began to work hard.
But no matter how hard she practiced, there was no improvement, and her swordsmanship was surprisingly poor, so she put more effort into the formation.
Although she focused on targeting Shen Ling in the later period, wasting a lot of time and energy and being exhausted from practicing, she had learned the formation to a satisfactory level before that and could barely use it.
Otherwise, in her previous life, she would not have been able to use the forbidden formation to sacrifice Li Daoxuan in exchange for her own rebirth.
Now that the formation was blocking them, the harsh demonic power disappeared instantly. The two people in the house were fighting fiercely, but it did not affect Chen Qing in the corner at all.
The male demon had a delicate face and wore a conspicuous blue-green robe. His hair was also green and his ten fingers were covered with sharp claws. One claw could even create dazzling sparks on Li Daoxuan's silver arm guard.
However, soon after the sparks died out, one of his claws was chopped off by the other party.
During the fight between the two, the male demon was obviously struggling more, while Li Daoxuan was always at ease and never even used his full strength.
The peacock demon seemed to realize that he was no match for him, and hurriedly plucked a few beautiful feathers from his body and shot them at Li Daoxuan.
Li Daoxuan swung his sword to block, and several feathers changed direction and embedded themselves into the wall beside Chen Qing.
Chen Qing pulled out a feather from the wall and after careful observation, he found that it was a feather from a peacock's tail. It seemed that the male demon's true form was a peacock.
After admiring the peacock feather, Chen Qing lightly threw it towards Li Daoxuan.
When Li Daoxuan drew his sword to block Lingyu, the Peacock Demon took the opportunity to escape through the window. Before leaving, he did not forget to swear: "Just wait, I will come back for revenge!"
Li Daoxuan was not an idiot. He sneered "idiot" and chased after him by stepping on the window frame. His long hair formed a beautiful arc behind him.
The room instantly became quiet.
Chen Qing removed the formation and walked carefully to the window, stepping on the debris.
Looking at the two figures, one red and one green, chasing each other on the tile beams in the sunset, Chen Qing sneered, "Two idiots."
After saying this, she pulled out the feather nailed to the window frame. At the end of the feather, there was a Pisces jade pendant hanging.
The jade pendant is shaped like two chubby fish playing with each other's tails. The jade body is round and smooth without any sharp edges, which shows that it is often played with by someone.
Chen Qing took one look at it and put it into his brocade bag.
After getting what she wanted, Chen Qing didn't stay any longer. She avoided the crowd and returned to the private room through the back door. Not long after, Cui Ya followed her back.
The breathless maidservant holding a sesame cake pushed open the door and saw that her wife's hair was disheveled, her clothes were messy, and there was even a wound on her neck with blood still oozing out of it.
The scarlet blood dripping on her tender white neck was particularly conspicuous, like a red bead supported by jade.
"Bang!" The cake she had just bought fell to the ground. Cui Ya's eyes suddenly turned red and she screamed, "My wife! What's wrong with you?"
Cui Ya ran towards Chen Qing crying. She quickly took out a handkerchief from her bosom and pressed it on Shen Qing's neck to stop the bleeding, wailing, "Could it be, could it be that a bad guy just broke in! Madam, why didn't you call for help!"
Chen Qing was still eating snacks on the table, letting Cui Ya hug him and cry. Seeing that she had cried enough and was about to call for help, Chen Qing stuffed the jade crystal bag into her mouth.
"Your wife is fine. I just encountered a little demon that was harming people, so I took it away."
Everyone in Chang'an City knew that Chen Qing grew up in Xuanji Pavilion. She was not surprised that she could subdue the little demon Cui Ya, but when she saw her wife in such a miserable state, she inevitably felt distressed.
When Cui Ya came back from the next street just now, she did see a few young Taoist priests looking for something on the street. She subconsciously thought that a demon that had escaped the net had chased them into the restaurant.
She hurriedly said, "My lady! It's dangerous here, we won't eat anymore! Let's go home quickly! Deputy Envoy Liu is coming to visit us today. With Deputy Envoy Liu's protection, our house will definitely be safe!"
Chen Qing did not reject Cui Ya's suggestion and nodded happily.
Cui Ya tied a handkerchief around Shen Qing's neck to cover her wound, and then used a magnolia hairpin to tie her hair into a simple bun.
But the messy clothes could not cover it, so the little girl hurriedly bought a cloak from the clothing store next door for her wife to put on.
She only breathed a sigh of relief after she walked out of the lobby and got safely into the car.
Cui Ya urged, “Hurry up and go!”
The driver received the order and whipped his horse more vigorously.
Chen Qing did not forget to remind Cui Ya: "When we return home later, don't say anything. I'm fine anyway, so don't let your mother worry about me for nothing."
Cui Ya's eyebrows knitted together, and after hesitating for a while, she finally agreed. The master and his wife had worked hard for her for half their lives, so they really should worry less about them.
The horses were breathing heavily, their four hooves were prancing non-stop, the wheels of the carriage were making noises, and as the carriage moved away, two long ruts were left deep in the ground, which were soon covered up by the footprints of the crowd.
After returning to the Chen Mansion, Chen Qing secretly applied medicine to the wound, but if she wanted to completely eliminate the trace, it would take at least a few days. The girl sighed and frowned in front of the mirror. She was worried.
I took the watermelon, but sprained my ankle.
If Ye Niang saw the wound on her neck, the two of them would definitely make a big scene.
Chen Qing scowled for a while, then suddenly an idea flashed through her mind. She sat up abruptly and shouted, "Cui Ya! Bring me those neckbands!"
The girl combed her hair into two buns again, changed into a light yellow skirt, and tied light green bells on her buns. When she shook them gently, the bells rang.
At this moment, she was holding the neck strap and gesturing around her neck in front of the bronze mirror.
In her previous life, Chen Qing was obsessed with buying neckbands. Neckbands of various colors and patterns matched with skirts made her neck look slimmer.
It just comes in handy now.
Finally, she chose a light green necklace and wore it around her neck, which matched her outfit perfectly. She stood up and turned around a few times, looking like an elf among flowers, light and agile.
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On the outskirts of Chang'an, where few people go, the Peacock Demon and Li Daoxuan fought fiercely and chaotically. The surrounding weeds were not spared and had their heads cut off and lowered by three inches.
In the end, the peacock demon was defeated and turned back to its original form by the opponent's sword.
Li Daoxuan grabbed its tail, lifted the whole peacock, and then sheathed the sword.
His beautiful eyes were filled with arrogance and contempt, "You talk a lot of nonsense, but that's all you really say."
Peacock vomited blood and was held in Li Daoxuan's hand like a dead fish, unable to move. Hearing this, blood spurted out of his mouth again.
Li Daoxuan took it away with disgust.
Thinking back to the two monsters that were dealt with today, they happened to be in the two places where monsters were causing trouble. Now that the chores were done, Li Daoxuan prepared to go home.
As for this peacock, it's just right to feed Qiu Ren.
While thinking, Li Daoxuan put the sword behind his back, and then his hand subconsciously reached for his waist, but when his hand touched nothing, he stopped in an instant.
Looking down, he found that his waist was empty and the jade pendant that was originally hanging there had disappeared. Li Daoxuan's body was instantly covered with a layer of cold frost.
His jade pendant is missing.
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