Chapter 99: A cat hidden in a golden house, and you can eat dried fish every meal
"Did you understand what the warhorse said?" Fang Qianxue frowned and asked, "Can this be used as evidence?"
When she thought of Xu Miaoyan, who claimed to be able to understand animal language, she instinctively felt that there was something wrong.
"After Lu Changli sent people to investigate, he found that Prince Yong's Mansion had frequently purchased war horses from a merchant in the Western Regions within half a year. There were actually thousands of horses in total," Yan Fenghua said. "This record of horse purchases became evidence to overthrow Prince Yong."
"So Prince Yong did buy war horses. Why would a prince buy so many war horses?" Fang Qianxue rolled her eyes and said, "I'll trouble Brother Yan to send someone to Jiangning to investigate this matter."
"Don't worry, I have already sent people to Jiangning, it just takes some time."
After Yan Fenghua left, Fang Qianxue sat in front of the window and thought for a moment. Instead of serving the meal, she took out a can of dried fish from the drawer, poured it into a plate, and placed the plate on the windowsill.
About half an incense stick of time passed, a "meow" sound was heard outside the window, and a skinny orange cat appeared on the courtyard wall. After seeing the Qilin in the courtyard, it did not dare to come down and turned away. After another half an incense stick of time, the orange cat led the fur ball over.
Two cats stood trembling on the courtyard wall, meowing.
Fang Qianxue frowned and asked Cuishuang to bring the two cats in.
When Maotuan passed by Qilin, he was scared and broke out in a cold sweat. It was not until he realized that Qilin had no intention of eating him that he quickly slipped into the door.
The orange cat went straight to eat the dried fish, but Maotuan didn't eat it and jumped directly into Fang Qianxue's arms.
"Your friend?" Fang Qianxue glanced at the orange cat.
Maotuan nodded: "He's a poor kid wandering around here. He hasn't had anything to eat in a few days."
Fang Qianxue did not stop the orange cat. Seeing it finished half the plate in a few bites, she added half a bucket of dried fish to it.
"That monster in the yard is so scary!" Maotuan glared outside the door.
"Qilin is a vegetarian. You can come in directly from now on. Don't be afraid of it." Fang Qianxue picked up the fur ball and tickled its round chin. "You have become thinner after being hungry outside for the past few days!"
Maotuan looked aggrieved: "As cats, we are naturally not as good as Qilin beasts. We don't eat as well as Qilin beasts, and we don't live as well as Qilin beasts. Can't you raise me too? Why do you have to let me wander outside?"
It heard from a few stray cats that the Fang family had built a house for Qilin that was as luxurious as a palace, and Maotuan felt even more uncomfortable.
Isn’t the Qilin just of noble bloodline? What’s so great about that?
Fang Qianxue smiled and said, "Don't underestimate yourself. Qilin is my bodyguard and you are my spy. If you stay at home all day, who will help me get information?"
Maotuan only then felt that he was useful, and grinned: "In that case, I am more useful than Qilin!"
"Of course, you are much smarter than it, and I rely on you more than on it." Fang Qianxue smiled and fed it a dried fish.
Mao Tuan immediately became happy, and while chewing the dried fish, he began to chatter non-stop: "I've been walking around the wall of the Lu Mansion these days. Guess what? I heard from the maid in the Lu Mansion that Ban Tong Shui has started to make trouble again these days. She said that Second Master Lu has always refused to marry her, so she wants to get married as soon as possible. Old Madam Lu said that she is not worthy of Second Master Lu, so this matter has been delayed. Also, Xu moved into your Meihuaao, and as soon as she moved in, she cut down all the plum trees in the yard, and also flattened all the swings in the yard."
"Let her do whatever she wants. I won't live in that yard anyway." Fang Qianxue fed another dried fish to Maotuan. "You don't have to wait at the Lu family all day. Their affairs have nothing to do with me."
After she completely let it go, she no longer had any interest in the chaos going on in the Lu family.
Mao Tuan was still complaining: "That half-bucket of water really takes herself seriously. She told the servants in the courtyard that her food, clothing and other expenses will all be compared to yours in the future. How shameless!"
"Okay, let's not talk about this," Fang Qianxue stroked the cat's fur, "I have more important things for you to investigate."
"Tell me quickly, what's the matter?" Maotuan suddenly became excited and rubbed his hands together.
"Xu heard from the horses of Prince Yong's mansion that Prince Yong's mansion was buying war horses on a large scale and had the intention of rebellion." I want you to check, "What did those horses say at the time, and whether Prince Yong really had the intention of rebellion."
Mao Tuan said with a bitter face: "Prince Yong's Mansion? That's in Jiangning. From Shangjing to Jiangning, even for us cats, it would take us ten days or half a month to run. Besides, my short legs will be broken if I run too much."
"I know I'm embarrassing you." Fang Qianxue said apologetically, "Don't you have friends outside? Can't you ask your friends in Jiangning?"
Maotuan scratched his head and thought for a while: "Most of my friends...are in Shangjing. But I can help you ask if there are any horses coming from Jiangning."
"I'll leave this matter to you. Remember to do it as soon as possible." Fang Qianxue thought about it and decided to offer a generous reward. "If you can find out the answer, there will be a generous reward."
"I don't want the dried fish this time." Maotuan glanced at the orange cat who was busy eating, and thought that this guy was really useless. He was satisfied with just a few bites of dried fish.
Look at what the Qilin eats; those are fresh red fruits transported from the Western Regions at full speed every day. The place where the Qilin lives is so magnificent.
"Then what do you want?" Fang Qianxue asked with a smile.
Maotuan took a look at the yard and meowed a few times: "I want to have a little nest in this yard like Qilin, so I can eat dried fish every meal and invite my friends to come and play."
Fang Qianxue knew that it had seen the place where Qilin lived, so she patted its head and said, "Sure. As long as you find any useful information, I will build you a pure gold cat bed."
After Qilin arrived, she ordered people to build a luxurious Qilin nest in the yard using the finest golden nanmu wood. The white sand inside was brought from the East China Sea, and there was also a pond decorated with colorful stones for Qilin to play in.
Qilin Residence is the most luxurious place in the entire Fang Mansion. Now both children don’t like to stay in their own yard. Whenever they have free time, they run out to play in Qilin Residence.
Every day Maotuan stood on the courtyard wall and watched Qilin being doted on, eating and sleeping, and not having to do anything every day. He felt so envious.
"Once a word is spoken, it cannot be taken back!" The temptation of "a cat hidden in a golden house" was too great. Maotuan made up his mind to make a great contribution and let Fang Qianxue build a pure gold cat nest for him so that he could show off among his friends.
Just one day later, a fat tabby cat rolled into the Fang family's yard like a ball.
Fang Qianxue's injury recovered quickly. She was helping Cuishuang practice walking on the corridor. She was surprised to see Maotuan running in. "Why did you come back so soon? Didn't you go to Jiangning to ask for news?"
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