Meow meow meow
In the hall, Ren Beixi bowed and took his leave.
After the lady nodded, the man in front of her just led the way. Gui Yao raised her head slightly and carefully described his figure.
How do novels describe generals? Eight feet tall, imposing, tall and mighty... Indeed.
But at this moment, Guiyao was preoccupied with something and had no intention of savoring it.
She was very worried about the escaped cat and kept holding the handkerchief close to her palm as she walked.
She had not expected that the pace of the man next to her was much slower than before. When she came to her senses again, General Ren was leaning against the vermilion pavilion with his sword in his arms, as if waiting for her to turn around.
"Why did you stop, General?" Gui Yao lowered her eyes.
Looking at her actions as if admitting her mistake, Ren Beixi frowned for no reason.
"Nothing." He glanced away briefly, and seeing that Gui Yao was very nervous, he said in a deep voice, "It's still early, but I still have some rice porridge that I cooked this morning, which may help alleviate your qi deficiency."
"good."
The roads to the General's Mansion were complicated, and Gui Yao could no longer tell whether they were going from west to north or from south to east.
She just knew.
She wanted to lie again and go back to her residence, but the animal voice in her heart told her to go with the flow and take one step closer until she reached her residence in the bamboo forest.
"The young general doesn't live in the mansion?"
Guiyao looked at the surrounding furnishings curiously.
Ren Beixi didn't say anything, but a young man next to her appeared out of nowhere and explained to her.
"This is where the young general practiced swordsmanship at the attached middle school when he was young. Later, the Madam, missing him, followed Master Ren's suggestion and renovated a residence here."
"Every time the young general returns home, he prefers to live here." The young man came out with a bowl of rice porridge, as if it had been prepared in advance.
Guiyao thanked him softly, took the rice porridge and blew on it.
The rustling bamboo forest seemed to be wary of the newcomers. A breeze blew quietly, making the rice porridge more palatable.
"My name is Guiyao. What's your name?" Guiyao sat on a small bench at the entrance of the bamboo forest, looking at the young man standing beside her and curled her eyes.
This kind of person doesn't look like a servant, should he be called a guard? She didn't know this, she just ate the information.
The young man blinked dejectedly, and as he hesitated, a silent voice came from beside him.
"Just call him Little Gray."
Good name.
Ren Beixi spoke in vain, holding a cat in his right hand as he walked over: "Do you recognize this cat?"
The cat in his arms was dying. He saw Guiyao's mouth slightly open, and changed the posture of holding the cat by the scruff of the neck to hugging it.
He looked into her eyes, confused.
The young lady, who had been deliberately moving her steps in a disorderly manner just now, suddenly frowned, and her almond-shaped eyes showed an unconcealable anxiety.
it hurts……
The cat had severe bruises on its legs and blood on its ears, but the beautiful tortoise shell color had become the best camouflage to hide the wounds.
Guiyao took the cat steadily. It was so light that without thinking too much, she squatted down and put the cat on the stool to check its wound.
how so?
When woken up in the morning, the tortoiseshell cat was still very energetic and was showing off its escape to the white cat and the black dog.
She shouldn't have delayed again.
"Do you have hot water here?"
There was determination in Guiyao's eyes.
When Xiao Hui saw the injured cat, he went to get a basin of hot water and some utensils.
Ren Beixi picked up the bottles and jars in the small basin one by one and showed them to Guiyao: painkillers, disinfectant ointment, disinfectant powder, these things looked quite old.
"Astragalus, Astragalus..." Guiyao's hands did not stop moving, cleaning the hair and dirt on the wound.
Although she knew all the ancient medicines, she couldn't speak when she was anxious. At this moment, her eyes were tinged with a light red, which made people feel heartbroken.
"Astragalus, mugwort, honeysuckle, warm the meridians and stop bleeding, dispel cold and relieve pain." Ren Beixi lowered his eyes and took out one of the cans, shaking out the powder into her hands, his voice deep.
Guiyao looked at him gratefully and bandaged the cat's wound properly in just a few seconds.
The bright red dagger cut through the white bandage, and the tortoiseshell cat returned to its flat position. She noticed the cat's movements, and the words in her mind began to become active.
The kitten thanked her weakly, she pursed her words on her lips and suddenly looked into the deep eyes of the person next to her.
Gui Yao realized it belatedly and touched her dagger.
Most of the eyes in the bamboo forest were focused on her. For some reason, she always felt that there shouldn't be only a master and servant in the bamboo hut. Weren't those novels in the past all written in a strange way, with secret guards and spies? Don't think about it, or your neck will feel cold.
She saw Ren Beixi take the dagger from her hand and hold it in front of her eyes.
A cold glint flashed in his eyes: "The blade is not even sharpened."
Even when he knelt on one knee, he was still much taller than her when she was squatting.
Gui Yao also noticed this and clutched her own skirt, as if mocking the desolate scene before her. What was this about tears flowing before words? She was the first to cry. It would be best if she could then take the cat back to her room and submit a clue to the system.
"General, I, I've had a weak brain since I was a child and have been mentally retarded for many years. Fortunately, my uncle and aunt took care of me, and only then was I able to... ahem, only then..."
She blinked, tears on the verge of falling, but the spectator remained motionless. She had no choice but to speak in a voice as soft as a mosquito: "This is my daughter's self-defense item. Can you please... return it to me?"
I still can't stand the way my little girl calls herself.
Guiyao drew circles in her heart.
The noise of the bamboo forest fell silent at some point, and she seemed not to hear it. However, the cat in her arms suddenly arched its body, and a hoarse attacking sound resounded through the silence.
The girl's hand was soothing.
"Take her in." Ren Beixi looked at her fair wrists that were not afraid of being scratched at all, put the dagger at the end of the table, stood up and turned his back.
The noise outside the bamboo forest came in with the wind.
Is this an enemy or an assassin? Gui Yao pursed her lips and shrank her arms around the cat. This General's Mansion was so powerful, and they had gone to great lengths to capture the cat.
Xiao Hui brought a chair. Gui Yao was still dizzy after squatting for a long time and standing up suddenly.
Through the screen.
She squinted her eyes to peek at what was happening outside.
"General, the servants outside are catching cats. The leader said he saw a cat running into the bamboo forest."
Ren Beixi didn't move.
"Do you think so?"
Ren Beixi still didn't move.
Then I saw that group of people walking in in a mighty manner.
Gui Yao recognized the leader, who was the lady's personal maid. There were about ten people following behind, countless in number. Gui Yao listened carefully to their conversation, which was very respectful. It was just normal inquiries.
"The young general saw a cat."
"That's right. Madam Tai said that the cat is cunning by nature and has committed murder. It is really hard to find peace when it wanders around the mansion."
In front of her was a dark place blocked by the screen. Gui Yao sat down with the help of the wooden armrest. The cat in her arms began to breathe steadily. She held it in a position that would not press on the wound.
It's just that I just spent a lot of energy, so my pace was much faster when I walked in.
At this moment I suddenly felt like coughing, very much so.
…
…
"Cough, cough cough."
Gui Yao covered her mouth with a handkerchief, bit her lips and tried to lower her voice, which made the back of her ears turn red.
The movement outside suddenly stopped.
Well it didn't work.
There was some helplessness in Gui Yao's eyes. She looked up at Xiao Hui, but found that the place where this person had stood before was now empty.
Phew, this is easier to explain +1.
At most, the fiancée hid in her fiancé's room, and she could have added reasons like she was shy to see guests or she was not feeling well and needed to rest for a while.
You ask me about cats? There are no cats.
Guiyao stroked the tortoiseshell cat's head, as the area closest to the head was the most accurate in conveying mind-reading skills.
"Listen to me carefully. I'm putting you in the closet now. Don't scream, don't move, and don't make any noise."
Seeing that the kitten was enduring the pain and still curious about this kind of communication, Guiyao picked up the cat and walked towards the wardrobe, moving as quickly as possible. She couldn't tell which one was the wardrobe, so she found a black cabinet and opened it.
Guiyao bit her lip and stuffed the cat in.
At the same time, outside the bamboo forest.
The leading maid, whose temperament mirrored her master's, was extremely perceptive. "May I ask what's going on in the young general's room?"
Ren Beixi sat at the tea table in front of the room, and his movements of making tea were a little rough.
"The cat you're looking for is different from the cat inside."
The man's eyes were filled with unquestionable determination. He could hear the low murmurs in the room, but his expression was calm.
"Really? All cats in the world have four legs, two ears and a tail." The maidservant continued.
She was a smiling person, but the servants behind her were not empty-handed. She said frankly: "It's just that the cat we want to catch is indeed different. Its right arm was hit by an awl while chasing, and its ear was also hit by an arrow."
"I wonder where the faint smell of blood in the young general's courtyard comes from?"
There are countless heroic souls in the General's Mansion, and there may be many souls killed by the sword.
Gui Yao collected so many notes on the map of Xiaohe Village, which allowed her to see a lot about the world.
She is still unclear about the truth of the matter.
But just now she heard the tortoiseshell cat's sincere voice, saying that she was very kind.
Just like the person who gave her food that day.
"Congratulations to the host, the completion rate of the side quest Cat Killing Lady has increased to 7%."
The mechanical sound of the system suddenly rang in my ears.
Gui Yao turned around and went back to the cabinet, or to be more specific, the previous cabinet, and picked out a clean dagger that suited her needs from a neatly arranged pile of weapons.
"hiss……"
Does it smell like blood?
The girl came out from behind the screen coughing and sat at the other end of the tea table.
Her face was pale, and her wrists were lifted loosely from her light clothes, the bright red color looking extremely eye-catching.
Guiyao was really frowning.
She was both grateful and resentful towards the cabinet of weapons. When she looked at General Ren, she bit her lip and was unwilling to say much, half-heartedly wanting to give him the advantage.
But this person just drank tea and was still quieter than her.
Gui Yao sat there with her eyes downcast, blood slowly seeping out of her wrist. The maidservant next to her finally stepped forward and saluted.
"Hello, madam. I am Lan Fang who works for the Madam Dowager." After she said that, her brows furrowed, as if she wanted to check the wound.
Guiyao covered her face and coughed, then took the white handkerchief handed to her by Xiaohui and covered the wound as if wiping the blood.
The blood was already a slip of the tongue and constituted perjury. If the maid could see that the wound was too fresh, she would have to make up another excuse.
She thought of the tortoise-shell cat in the house and said in a hoarse voice, "Just now, Erlang said he had food, so I came here."
The gratuitous endearment was just her being clever.
Gui Yao secretly raised her eyes. Ren Erlang was holding the cup without saying a word. Had he not finished his tea yet?
Everyone exchanged glances and realized that what Madam Gui said was true. They had indeed seen the bamboo bowl and bamboo stool just now.
But... at this moment, the place that should have been quiet was being invaded by a big black dog. Mo Mo was scratching the bowl with his left paw, and some rice porridge accidentally spilled out. Before eating, he didn't even think about why there was only half a bowl left.
Gui Yao bit her lip. She knew what had happened without even looking up. The carefully thought-out speech she had just prepared in her head was secretly invaded by the dog.
"It smells so good, woooo, today we added meat, lick it, lick it, it's delicious."
Thinking about it, it was a blessing in disguise. The serious situation just now was distracted by this incident. Later, she could use her hunger as bait to lure this group of people out with her.
Gui Yao raised her eyes and finally met the gaze of the person behind the teacup.
His thin lips didn't move at all, but she somehow understood what he meant: "Why did you make yourself so embarrassed?"
When the tea was finished, he poured another cup.
Push it towards her desk.
"Hand." Ren Beixi said lightly, and when he saw that she didn't move, he repeated it again.
Gui Yao had no choice but to hand over her wrist. The wound was just covered by the man's sleeve. Her lips were already pale, and she bit her lip and looked at him, not understanding what he was doing.
Then I saw him take out a bottle of celadon from his sleeve.
There was a word "Gui" written neatly on the mouth of the celadon vase. Gui Yao struggled with her hands, thinking of that night, and was afraid that she would miss the mark.
The light from the bamboo forest shone on her fair arm. The wound, which was of unknown severity, stood out against the smoothness of her arms, making people feel disgusted for no reason.
However, men cannot apply the medicine with their hands.
He reached out and pulled away Guiyao's subconsciously curled up white handkerchief. His fingertips gently rubbed and pressed through the thin fabric. When he was done, the person in front of him forcefully pulled his arm away, and the tears in the corners of his eyes looked pitiful.
The collar of his clothes fell to the ground with the movement.
Lan Fang also came to her senses and said to Ren Beixi sternly, "That cat has a heavy responsibility. If it has offended the young general, please spare it and return it alive to the madam."
Gui Yao just nodded when she heard this, and was very obedient.
Then he came over silently, smacking his lips and wagging his tongue, turned around towards her, and finally lay down next to Ren Beixi.
This young lady Gui was extremely beautiful but had a foolish mind. She was already quite famous when she was still waiting to be married.
Later, her doctor Gui came through. Others didn't know, but they only knew that her mind had finally recovered and matured. The Gui family was a medical family, so it wasn't anything special.
Gui Yao curled her eyes and summed it up in one sentence.
Anyway, no one would suspect Gui Xiaoniang if she did something bad, not to mention that rescuing the tortoiseshell cat was not a bad thing.
It’s a pity that Ren Erlang will be misunderstood.
"I remember the young general just mentioned that there was a cat in the house?" Lan Fang's expression remained unchanged.
This time, Guiyao paused.
However, she vaguely guessed that General Ren had just returned to the mansion and was having a lot of trouble, so he didn't like to stay in the back house.
Gui Yao rarely had the time to think about this matter. Just as she loosened her hand holding the teacup, she heard Ren Beixi speak in a deep voice.
"She hurt her hand."
"You found a cat, is it the same as mine?"
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