Chapter 88 Chapter 88 Getting ready for big things
However, Chen Qing just sneered and said, "I am the daughter of the Duke of Han, a disciple of the Xuanji Pavilion, the daughter of Ye Niang, and your fiancée."
After saying that, Chen Qing suddenly raised her head and bumped into the tip of his tall nose, as if she wanted to die together with him.
Li Daoxuan had no expression on his face. He increased the strength in his hands, and Chen Qing's head was immediately clamped tightly, unable to move.
"Lies," he said.
Chen Qing: "Whether I lied or not, you can tell by opening the bamboo tube."
Li Daoxuan's strength in his hand relaxed for a moment, but he quickly tightened it again. He pursed his lips tightly, letting the long-beaked bird in his hand croak.
Chen Qing keenly grasped his hesitation and suddenly came to her senses. She blinked, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly, and said meaningfully, "Why don't you open it and take a look?"
Li Daoxuan remained silent.
Chen Qing then pressed, "Don't you want to? Are you too lazy to open it?" As she spoke, the movement of her scratching on his wrist quietly changed.
She slowly raised one hand, and gently placed her soft palm on his cheek, stroking it again and again, as if she was soothing a restless giant dog.
Ruyuan saw the thick darkness in his eyes dissipate for a moment, and Chen Qing smiled again, "Still... don't dare?"
When Li Daoxuan heard this, he felt as if someone had accurately hit a hidden pain point. His whole body trembled, and he retracted his hand reflexively, and decisively slapped away the hand that was still caressing his face and arousing him to the point of confusion.
Chen Qing was hurt by his sudden action and couldn't help but gasp, but the smile in his eyes not only did not fade, but became even more intense, as if he had discovered the most interesting new thing in the world.
She was like a naughty child. Taking advantage of the momentum, she propped herself up and sat down on the waist-high desk with her legs swinging happily. She looked like she didn't care at all about the little incident that had just happened.
"Oh, it seems that I guessed something right, but you really don't dare to open it and take a look. Why, are you afraid that I have ill intentions and am plotting something bad towards you, or are you afraid that I am a bad person with ulterior motives?" She tilted her head, her eyes full of mischief, and deliberately lengthened her tone.
As soon as she said this, she shook her head and denied this assumption: "No, this is definitely not the reason."
She rolled her eyes, put her chin on her hand, and pretended to think about it. Then, she changed the subject, her tone a little confident and a little teasing, "Or are you afraid that I'm a spy, and if I open the bamboo tube and see something, you'll be sad?"
She widened her eyes and said shockingly, "Li A'man, you wouldn't..."
Li Daoxuan immediately retorted hastily and firmly: "No!" But as soon as he said it, he regretted it. He saw a teasing smile on Chen Qing's face, staring at him intently.
He was tricked by her again. Li Daoxuan took a deep breath, but he couldn't calm down his mind after being disturbed by her words. He knew that she always had this magical ability to easily make him lose control of his emotions.
Li Daoxuan simply stopped questioning her and decisively pulled out the letter from the bamboo tube. When he was about to open it, his hands were tightly grasped by someone.
Chen Qing's almond-shaped eyes flickered, "Li A'man, are you sure you want to see it?"
Li Daoxuan said in a firm tone: "This king is sure."
"What if after reading this letter I find that I have been wrongly accused?"
Li Daoxuan answered without hesitation: "If I have wrongly accused you, I will let you deal with me."
Hearing this, Shen Qing let go.
Seeing her so free and easy, Li Daoxuan hesitated. But after meeting Shen Qing's sparkling eyes, the last bit of hesitation in his heart disappeared.
Spreading out the letter paper, there were only three simple lines of words on it:
"Thank you, Senior Brother. You'an has learned the method to exterminate the Insect Mother."
"Don't worry, mother. Everything is fine with my daughter following Li Daoxuan."
"Li A'man is the best young man in the world. My daughter loves him the most."
Li Daoxuan looked at Chen Qing, but saw a triumphant smile on her face, her almond eyes curved, and she smiled like a cunning cat.
I was tricked again.
She pretended to be guilty and aroused his suspicion, but after getting his promise, she smiled like a cat that had successfully stolen some fish.
But this was a promise he had made with his own mouth, and he always kept his promises and never broke them.
"You lost. It's time to fulfill your promise, Li A'man." She smiled sweetly.
Willing to accept defeat, Li Daoxuan's eyelashes trembled, "This king does not do things that do not involve murder, arson, or stealing. As for the rest, you decide."
"Then I'll tell you, I want you to promise me three things."
"allow."
"First, I don't like what you did just now. You hurt me. Apologize to me." She pretended to be angry, crossed her arms over her chest, and her face showed "I'm very angry."
"I'm sorry, I was impulsive." Li Daoxuan clasped his fists and bent at the waist, his movements smooth and flowing, a perfect posture. At this moment, one could glimpse a bit of the innate restraint of a royal noble, making it difficult to associate him with his usual unruly image.
Chen Qing looked down at him and accepted everything.
"Second, you must take me with you wherever you go. Since we are getting married, we should be one from now on. No matter what you do, I have the right to know."
Li Daoxuan raised his eyelids and stared at her intently. "What I did was extremely treasonous and punishable by the death of my entire clan. Are you sure you want to get involved?"
Chen Qing: "Don't try to fool me. Even if the prince suddenly rebels one day, you will never rebel." She said firmly, "You care about the lives of the people of Chang'an, and you care about the lives of all people in this world. How could you do something that would cause them to suffer?"
If he didn't care about the people, he wouldn't risk his life to hunt down the Red and White Evil demons alone, even if he was misunderstood and despised by the world.
Li Daoxuan stared at her for a long time after hearing this.
"allow."
"Third, call me Youan."
The person opposite was stunned, seemingly puzzled as to why she would make such a request.
Chen Qing simply said, "After all, we are companions who have been through thick and thin together. Calling each other by first and last names is so unfamiliar, and I don't like it. From now on, you can only call me You'an, and similarly, I will call you by your nickname, Ah Man."
This was the second time she brought up the question of address.
Li Daoxuan's throat rolled, "Yes."
"Call me." she suddenly demanded.
Li Daoxuan stared at her for a long time, and finally said, "You'an." His voice was low and a little hoarse, which made people feel itchy.
Chen Qing was satisfied, she smiled again, tilted her head and said, "A Man."
This soft call made Li Daoxuan feel dizzy. A trace of imperceptible joy flashed through his mind, which he himself did not even realize.
"I want to take a shower." Chen Qing frowned suddenly.
The noise just now made Chen Qing realize belatedly that he had rolled on the dirty desk.
Everything was dirty, she wanted to take a bath.
After the farce ended, Li Daoxuan went to get hot water for her out of guilt.
It was the middle of the night and the innkeepers were already asleep. It was impossible to find hot water in a short time.
While Li Daoxuan was away, Chen Qing pulled out the letter paper hidden in his sleeve, stuffed it back into the bamboo tube, and threw the long-beaked bird out of the window.
Looking at the dark shadow gradually disappearing in the moonlight, Chen Qing breathed a sigh of relief and closed the window.
Just as she closed the window, the figure in red who had been waiting on the roof beam for a long time slowly raised his hand and pressed the mechanism in his sleeve.
I saw a silver light flash in the moonlight, and the long-beaked bird in the sky froze in an instant, then fell at the speed of light, hit the ground, and stirred up a cloud of dust.
Under the moonlight, the young man's figure looked particularly tall and straight. He jumped down from the roof, stepped on the moonlight and landed on the ground, with his back to the moonlight. The dark shadow completely covered the half-dead bird.
He drew his sword and pointed it at the thing on the ground. A black snake spitting out its tongue crawled down the sword, grabbed the bird's neck in its mouth, turned around, and crawled to the hilt of the sword.
Under the cover of night, Qiu Ren's pair of snake eyes looked particularly scarlet.
Li Daoxuan pulled out the paper from the bamboo tube, spread it out, and used the moonlight to glimpse the words on the paper. He didn't recognize any of them.
He re-rolled the paper and stuffed it back into the bamboo tube, his expression indifferent as he stuffed another tracking talisman into the long-beaked bird's mouth.
Qiu Ren threw the half-dead long-beaked bird out with one gulp. The long-beaked bird fell heavily to the ground and lost half its life again.
"After reading this, go check where this font comes from." He said to someone unknown.
The secret passage was quiet and windless. In the distance, a few hoarse cries came from the branches of a dead tree. Two birds were startled by something and suddenly rushed out of the treetops and flew away. Only a dead leaf fell down in a spiral.
Li Daoxuan slowly wiped his hands with a white handkerchief, turned around and disappeared into the darkness.
Time passed quietly, and the long-beaked bird lying motionless on the ground moved. It staggered to its feet, shook its head, then flapped its wings and flew away, completely forgetting the episode that happened a while ago.
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