Chapter 97 Kaifeng Weird Things

Xiangyang is an important city. When the war was intense, it was the front line. It was named Xiangyang because it was located on the south side of the Xiang River. The mighty Han River passed through the city. In winter, heavy snow fell into the river, like a misty white fog gently falling down, with a kind of hazy beauty of a pipa covering the face. If you get up early in the morning, you will be lucky enough to see the red sun jump out of the haze, which is really a magnificent sight.

Xiangyang King Zhao Jue was quite capable in his rule. Although Xiangyang City was located a little remote, its scale was in no way inferior to Jingzhou Prefecture. It was so prosperous that it could even be called a small Kaifeng.

There were more than a thousand people coming and going at the city gate every day, and the guards had seen a lot of people. However, they had never seen a wandering female knight bring two living creatures in addition to a sword, a bag, and a horse.

The pretty female warrior was holding the horse with her left hand and handing out a pass with her right hand. The guard took it and saw that she was from Changzhou.

He returned the pass and glanced over the other person's shoulders curiously.

The black cat squatting on the right shoulder of this female hero is of excellent appearance. Although it is only the size of two hands, its golden eyes are bright and its sitting posture is very upright. From the time we were in the queue until now, it has never barked once. It even took the pass out of its bag. This is the first time I have seen such a human-like cat guard.

As for the thing lying on the heroine's left shoulder... He felt that he didn't know much at this moment. What on earth was this thing, only the size of his fist, completely white, with only a pair of dark eyes? It looked a bit like a rat, but it didn't match any of the rats he had seen before.

...Looks pretty cute.

The guard wanted to ask, he had a daughter at home whom he doted on very much, and whenever he saw something good he wanted to bring it back to his beloved daughter.

But there were too many people queuing up to enter the city, so he had to let them in first and thought about asking others later.

It can't be... that this is unique to this heroine.

It's a pity that the guard loves his daughter so much. This little thing is really one of a kind.

The black cat is naturally Zhan Zhao. Anyway, he also has the title of Zhan Zhao, so it is not unacceptable if he really turns into a cat.

The snow-white, fluffy cotton-like little thing, scientifically known as the Snowball Hamster, is the Baiyutang, also known as the Golden-haired Rat.

Master Bai Wu was very depressed at this time. He lay on the shoulder of the pretty heroine with a sullen, sad and unconvinced look, his dark eyes full of regret.

Although he has a nickname of Rat, it doesn't mean he is willing to become a... hamster? What is this? Why is it so small! ?

If he had known it would turn out like this, he would never have tried Lady Jia's magic on himself!

How come Zhan Zhao can become so normal and big, but he can only become so small? This is not fair! He doesn't want to be shorter than Zhan Zhao!

The tiny Snowball hamster waved his little paws in protest indignantly. The black cat who was watching nearby almost couldn't help laughing. He protected his lips with his paws, but his tail behind him revealed his mood at the moment, as it was swinging back and forth happily.

The blood dragon once again turned into an ordinary horse and looked at others with aloofness. Was its defense broken? This time, its master ordered it not to show even its horns, and to hide its proud bloody appearance. Did it say anything?

...Although it wanted to protest, its noble and powerful master was too cruel and ruthless, so it dared not

Having become like this, it is naturally impossible for anyone to recognize them. It is not like anyone has opened their third eye to tell that this cat and hamster are transformed from humans.

But Tarona just liked to take precautions before things happen, and she happily cast no less than five kinds of magic on Black Cat and Snowball Mouse, and stacked eighteen layers of defensive magic, ensuring that even a cannon shot at them would not be able to break their defense.

Just like the magic overlay she set up for Wuqing and Zhui Ming in the first mission world.

After entering Xiangyang City, Tarona took a whole sense of the city. To her surprise, the city was very clean, extremely clean, without even the slightest abnormal smell.

The Great Witch seemed to be thinking about something. She did not take any action first, but turned around and chose an inn closest to the Xiangyang Palace and asked the innkeeper for a room on the upper floor.

The blood dragon was obediently led by the waiter to the stable at the back. Fortunately, there were no other horses in the stable, otherwise it would have caused some trouble.

As for the dragon, you can't expect it to be very obedient.

As soon as he entered the room, the snow-white hamster on his left shoulder jumped up and landed steadily on the table. Even though it was difficult for him to do anything at this size, he still insisted on pouring his own tea and, as expected, he ended up pouring tea all over himself.

"Meow."

The black cat gave a soft cry and jumped off Talona's shoulder quickly and lightly. He landed on the table with almost no sound.

Before the depressed little hamster could slap the teapot to show his frustration at failing to pour the tea, the silent black cat picked him up by the back of his neck. His light pink little paws frantically stroked the air twice, and then dropped down as if he was dead, with even the tips of his paws revealing a sense of despair.

The black cat touched the spilled tea with his pink paw pads, and after making sure the tea was cool, he heaved a sigh of relief, lowered his head and put the snow-white hamster down, then carefully and awkwardly poured out a cup of tea with his two front paws and slowly pushed it in front of the hamster who was sitting on the table pretending to be dead.

"Meow."

Drink it.

The snow-white hamster glanced at the sitting black cat, its dark eyes filled with silence.

You've adapted pretty quickly... As expected! You're the black cat that has transformed into a spirit, and now you've revealed your true form!

The black cat wagged its tail noncommittally, and its golden eyes looked at the pretty heroine who walked to the window and looked out with her hands folded.

"Meow?"

He made a puzzled sound. Did he discover something?

Tarona looked back at them with a big smile on his face: "This city is very clean."

She emphasized again.

Bai Yutang stood up by holding onto the rim of the cup. The cup was not high and the rim was wide enough for him to bury his head directly into it.

He gulped down two sips of tea to ease the dryness in his throat, and then he looked over with Zhan Zhao: Xiangyang is very clean, and then what? Where is it clean?

He felt that the "clean" that Lady Jia meant had completely different meanings from what they understood as "clean".

Tarona walked over and sat down, pouring himself a cup of tea and also pouring one for Zhan Zhao.

She said: "There are no ghosts in Xiangyang, not even one."

Even in Kaifeng, the capital city where the emperor resided, the streets and alleys were filled with ghosts, who were wandering around in the human world.

Some are wandering ghosts whose bodies have not been sacrificed and no one has collected them. Some come back on the seventh day to take a look and will leave soon. Some are too obsessed and are unwilling to go to the underworld.

Finally, this kind of ghost will hide from the ghost catcher, and the ghost catcher, who is so busy that he wishes he could break himself into four pieces, will not have time to look for them in any corner, so he will put this kind of ghost last.

But there is no need to worry that these ghosts will cause trouble in the world. It is impossible to hide from them. As long as time is a little longer, they will dissipate in the vast power of heaven and earth.

So from this perspective, the underworld is actually their refuge, able to protect them from being consumed and dissolved by the power of heaven and earth.

If Kaifeng is like this, why is Xiangyang so different?

There is only one possibility -

Someone did this on purpose.

There are only a few motives for doing this, and it's not hard to guess.

The only puzzling question right now is where are the fragments and why is there no breath of air in this city?

Could it be that... there is someone more capable than Zhiji?

Hmm...

The Great Witch touched her chin and said, it is not impossible. Human power is unlimited. Give them a chance and they can even kill God.

"Meow."

Zhan Zhao suggested that they could act separately. Tonight he and Brother Bai would explore the Prince of Xiangyang's Palace, while Lady Jia could go and look for the fragment without any worries.

Bai Yutang pushed away the teacup and nodded solemnly.

The task of exploring Prince Xiangyang's palace at night was left to him and Mao'er. No matter how deep Prince Xiangyang hid, he would find him.

The two cute cats and mice held their heads high and promised to complete the task. Tarona was touched by their cuteness. He reached out and rubbed their fluffy heads and said softly: "It's a deal then. Remember to be more careful."

But don't rush forward recklessly just because she cast magic on them.

The two who were touched on the head felt quite embarrassed. One of them swung his tail twice, his pair of little ears twitched a few times, and he nodded in an obvious way, trying to hide the fact that he was shy.

Although I know that Lady Jia is much older than Da Song, but...

Well, it’s still embarrassing.

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When night fell, the noise in the city gradually faded away. The black cat with golden eyes, which almost merged with the darkness, slid out of the window like liquid. He shook his fur lightly, jumped onto the roof silently, and sneaked quickly in this moonless night.

The only thing that could be considered a flaw was the white mass on top of his head.

Bai Yuting felt that the anger he felt today was the sum of all the anger he felt in previous years. He really didn't expect that such a majestic and awe-inspiring god like Lady Jia would have such a bad taste.

Why make him so small? It's inconvenient for him to do anything. He even has to rely on this cat to travel?

I'm really pissed off!

The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. The palm-sized hamster slapped the black cat that was hurrying along.

The black cat's pace did not slow down at all.

To be honest, given Brother Bai's current size, he would be fine even if he bumped into him directly.

It doesn't hurt.

Bai Yutang also thought of this, and he became even angrier.

The dark shadow beside him retreated quickly, and soon, the black cat with the little hamster on its head had landed in the backyard of the Xiangyang Palace.

They heard singing and dancing, lascivious music, and knew immediately that lascivious people were having fun.

Bai Yutang patted Zhan Zhao's head, meaning: Listen, do you still think Prince Xiangyang is serious now?

Zhan Zhao scratched his ear and sighed.

Brother Bai is really always thinking about how to surpass him, he is really energetic.

He listened carefully, chose a direction, and crept past in the shadows.

At the end is a pavilion in the middle of the lake. A lotus platform is built in the lake. A beautiful woman is dancing barefoot on the platform, and musicians are playing on the shore. The pavilion is decorated very luxuriously, with pearls scattered on the stone table and the pavilion is colorful. Some places seem to be inlaid with colorful shells and gold and silver. There are even a few night pearls on the pillars, which are softer than candlelight.

Prince Xiangyang, dressed in bright red, with a broadsword and a golden horse, sat in the pavilion, hugging people on both sides, with a group of servants following him, looking very happy.

The cat had excellent eyesight, and perhaps with the help of Lady Jia, Zhan Zhao could still clearly see the embroidery on Prince Xiangyang's clothes even from a distance of over a hundred feet.

That is a dragon, a human dragon, a five-clawed dragon.

Brother Bai is right. In a few years, this Prince of Xiangyang might usurp the throne.

However, Bai Yuting's attention was attracted by the dark shadow further away.

It was too dark tonight, but with the candlelight from the palace, he could see the dark shadow clearly.

It was a building, a very tall building.

Even though he was not familiar with official rules, he knew that it was against the rules to build a building of this size in a royal palace.

Why did Prince Xiangyang build such an illegal high-rise building in his own palace?

Bai Yutang's intuition told him: There is something big in this building!