The White Deer Still Remains
In the middle of the night, Yue Fuge hurriedly notified all the wolf clan members who were about to go on the expedition. He looked at the sky and paced anxiously in his tent.
It's almost time, why isn't Jinwei back yet? Could it be that Suifeng was lying to him?
"leader!"
As soon as you speak of the devil, he appears. Yue Fuge immediately lifts the curtain and sees the guard's frightened expression, which makes her feel relieved.
That person who followed the wind was right.
“You don’t need to say anything more, I already know what’s going on at Kongsang Mountain,” Yue Fuge pinched the bridge of her nose. “Guard, go and tell all the commanders in the team to come to my tent. I have something to say.”
"Yes, ma'am."
—
"How could this be...?"
After leading a group of guards to ambush at Kongsang Mountain for nearly two hours but ultimately failing, King Sen crumpled and tore up the letter delivered by the secret agent. Leaning on his cane, he walked shakily out of the main hall and stood in the corridor looking at the sunlight.
"Your Majesty, could the information sent by the spy be false?" Shi Xu carefully draped a blue coat over the Sen King and whispered.
Shi Xu belongs to the White Lion Clan. He is one of the most trusted confidants of the Forest King. Similarly, the White Lion Clan is also the clan that worships the Forest King the most and is the strongest shield behind the Forest King.
He was also present this morning.
No, that won't happen.
Senwang coughed twice and then exhaled a breath of stale air.
He's really gotten old.
"But everyone who knows our plans for today is in Kongsang Mountain. It's impossible for anyone to tip off the wolf clan right under our noses!"
Shi Xu angrily slammed his fist on the railing, his voice filled with rage.
No, not everyone is on Mount Kongsang. Senwang closed his eyes.
And Lu Yixin.
But he believed that the boy would never betray his clan.
He recalled the overwhelming dragon aura surrounding him when he approached the child a few days ago, and a vague answer came to him.
—
"What? Grandpa's coming over in a bit!"
Lu Yixin nearly popped her eyes out; she had just taken a sip of tea, but now she spat it all out.
"Be careful, Xin Xin." The guard who came to deliver the message looked at her amusedly and helped her catch her breath.
"I'll go on my duty now, see you later."
"See you later..."
Lu Yixin stiffly shook her arm, and the next second she rushed into the house, like a tornado, knocking over all the home furnishings along the way.
"Brother Qiexing! Brother Qiexing... Ahhh, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts!"
She clutched her knee, gasped a few times, and hopped on one leg to search every room. Finally, she found Shen Qixing pruning the branches in the oak tree in the backyard.
He tied his long hair up high, held scissors in one hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead with the other. Seeing Lu Yixin grimacing below, he sighed and jumped down.
"Are you alright, Little Deer? How did you manage to bump into yourself?"
Shen Qiexing pressed her down onto the swing under the tree, squatted down, lifted her skirt, and checked her wounds.
Fortunately, it was just a minor cut with slight bleeding.
"Grandpa's coming soon, you'd better hide quickly." Lu Yixin helped him stand up by his arm and carefully stretched her legs.
"Am I really that shameful?" Shen Qiexing couldn't help but laugh.
"Didn't you say that you can't let others know where you are?"
Lu Yixin puffed out her cheeks and pushed him into the abandoned hut in the backyard.
—That should prevent them from being discovered, right? Grandpa never goes to the backyard when he comes, Lu Yixin thought to herself.
"What's the use of that? His aura wasn't concealed at all," Shen Qiexing thought.
He was once again amused by Lu Yixin's foolishness, and had no choice but to cast a spell to erase his own aura.
"grandfather!"
Lu Yixin saw Sen Wang's hunched body from afar and quickly ran over to help him walk slowly.
"Your health is not good, why do you always have to come to Xin Xin's place in person? You only need to send someone to Xin Xin with a message, and she will definitely set off for the Cang Gu Temple immediately."
“The Sen tribe has been in turmoil lately. Grandpa is worried that something might happen to you if you're alone. How will Grandpa live if you get into another accident?”
King Sen patted her hand kindly and sighed, "Especially those wolf clans, for some reason they canceled the attack. We lay in ambush in Kongsang Mountain for nearly two hours, but we didn't see anything."
“How could that be?” Lu Yixin took out a plate of snacks for him and frowned. “The spy sent an urgent report that day, so it must have been ready to be launched. Why would the wolf clan cancel a plan that had been planned for a long time without any reason?”
"Grandpa doesn't understand either."
“No, that’s not right,” Lu Yi thought for a moment, then her eyes suddenly lit up, “I know!”
"Since we can plant spies among the wolves, who says the wolves can't plant spies among us? It must be their spy who leaked the contents of that conversation to the wolves, which is why they had to hastily cancel the operation!"
She's so easy to hook up with.
Whether it's the hook of the god who walks or the hook of the forest king.
“How could Grandpa not have thought of that?” King Sen’s face lit up with joy, but he immediately shook his head. “Impossible… Everyone who knew about this operation went to the battlefield with me, and they are all people Grandpa trusts. Why would they inform the wolf clan?”
As he spoke, he observed Lu Yixin's expression. Sure enough, her face seemed to twist for a moment, and she avoided his gaze, not daring to look at him.
Without needing to say anything more, he already knew who was tipping him off.
With something weighing on her mind, Lu Yixin made up an excuse to send Sen Wang away and rushed to the backyard, pushing open the creaking wooden door.
At that moment, Shen Qiexing was carving a small wooden piece in his hand. When he saw her coming, he smiled, picked it up, and shook it: "Look, doesn't it look like you?"
Lu Yixin's anger vanished instantly.
The small wooden piece was carved into the shape of a leaping deer, so lifelike that it seemed as if it could come to life at any moment while standing in Lu Yixin's palm.
"So cute!"
She looked at Shen Qiexing with delight, her doe-like eyes seemingly filled with a sky full of stars. "Thank you, Brother Qiexing, I like it very much!"
The girl's beautiful face was like a newborn crescent moon, her cherry-colored lips were outlined in a perfect arc, and the pea-green hair ribbons hanging down on both sides of her hair bun swayed slightly with her head shaking, and the glass hairpins gently collided and made a crisp tinkling sound.
For a moment, the sound of Shen Qiexing's heartbeat and the rhythm of his swaying hair ornament seemed to miraculously resonate. He hurriedly looked away, not daring to look at her again.
What's wrong with him...?
The little deer fairy seemed to possess some kind of allure, tugging at his heartstrings.
At 11:00 AM that night.
"Brother Qiexing! I almost forgot to ask you! Did you tell others about the wolf clan that I told you about the other day?"
Lu Yixin pounced on Shen Qiexing's bed, yanked off his blanket, and glared at him through gritted teeth.
It's all his fault for giving her the wooden deer carving this afternoon, which made her completely forget what she wanted to say!
I just remembered!
Shen Qiexing was not at all surprised that the little deer fairy would ask him that question.
It is estimated that Mori-oh's sudden visit this afternoon was to confirm this matter.
This stupid deer probably never thought to erase his aura when he went to the Ancient Temple, so it's only natural that the Forest King came looking for him.
Whatever, he just enjoys watching this drama of hating him but being unable to catch him.
“Xin Xin, why do you say that to me?” Shen Qiexing looked at her with a pained expression, tears welling up in his eyes. “You know, in this vast Mitianze, you are the only person I know.”
"Why do you doubt me? To put it bluntly, we've been together for so long, and you've probably never given me even the slightest bit of trust..."
He bit his lower lip, his eyes red-rimmed. "It's okay, Little Deer. Even if you doubt me, I won't be angry with you, because you're all I have left."
Uh, that makes sense.
He never even leaves his house, how could he possibly know anyone from the wolf clan? She really went too far this time, making baseless accusations. What gives her the right to say such things about others?
"Yes, I'm sorry, Brother Qiexing, I didn't mean to."
Shen Qiexing shook his head and forced a smile, saying, "Little Deer, you will never have to apologize to me. Maybe I haven't done enough."
"No, no," Lu Yixin waved her hands repeatedly. "That's not what I meant. I was too impulsive just now. I blamed everything on you without even thinking it through."
"Don't be sad," she said, sitting on the edge of the tatami mat, gently embracing Shen Qiexing and patting his back. "I was wrong, okay?"
The person in her arms stiffened, and Lu Yixin looked down in confusion, only to be taken aback.
"Brother Qiexing, are you sick?" She loosened her embrace and touched his forehead with one hand. "It's not hot."
Why is your face so red?
"I...I'm fine."
Shen Qiexing quickly covered himself with the blanket, blew out the candle, and said obediently, "I'm sleepy, goodnight, little deer."
Lu Yixin was quite confused, but still replied, "Good night, Brother Qiexing."
Hearing the door close, Shen Qiexing shrank into the blanket and touched his face.
...It's so hot.
—
Ten days after the wolf clan canceled their plan, Shen Qiexing approached Yue Fuge again.
He glanced at Qian Dai Yao Hua and Yue Lan Xin inside the tent, and Yue Fu Ge immediately understood, signaling his wife and daughter to leave first.
"Lord Suifeng, how have you been?"
“King Sen will leave Mitianze at the beginning of next month for three days,” Shen Qiexing said, sitting below him. He didn’t respond to Yue Fuge’s words and continued, “This opportunity is for you. Whether you can seize it or not is up to you.”
...Having learned from what happened last time, Yue Fuge had no doubts this time. Her expression hardened. "Thank you, Lord Suifeng. But in doing so, I now owe you two favors. If there is anything I can do to help you, please feel free to ask."
Shen Qiexing didn't stand on ceremony with him. He straightened his expression and slowly said, "I want to enter the Scroll Pavilion of the Canggu Temple."
Yue Fuge's expression changed rapidly. He tentatively asked, "Could it be that three months ago...?"
"Don't ask unnecessary questions. Number 29, I need you to take me into the Scroll Pavilion." Shen Qiexing interrupted him impatiently.
Aside from the Forest King, the only other people qualified to enter the Scroll Pavilion are the leaders of various tribes. Shen Qiexing decided to help him in the first place precisely because of this.
"Can."
"Then, I will come to see you again at this time on the 29th."
Whether the news that Sen-ou will travel at the beginning of next month is true or false, Shen Qiexing is not entirely sure.
But he was 70-80% certain that this was a smokescreen deliberately released by Senwang.
He didn't believe that someone as shrewd and worldly as Senwang would make the same mistake twice.
To be honest, the only person who would fall twice in the same place is Little Deer Fairy.
He recalled the way Lu Yixin looked when she told him the news last night, and couldn't help but smile.
Shen Qiexing didn't care whether the news was true or false. To him, if it was true, the wolf clan would instigate a riot, and the forest clan would be in chaos, which would suit his wishes perfectly. If it was false, the forest king would fight with the wolf clan, and both sides would be severely weakened, making it easier for him to interfere.
Why wouldn't he do such a sure-fire, risk-free business?
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