treacherous world

Kaifeng Mansion has always been a place like Senluo Temple, but these days it is full of joy, even Mr. Bao's usual dark face is rosy in black, different from others.

Everyone was happy and busy, but Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were the only ones who were free.

Seeing that it was the day before the wedding, everyone in the Kaifeng Mansion was crazy busy, and the little maids ran back and forth without touching the ground.

Zhan Zhao woke up from a late sleep, only to find that there was no one around him.

Stretching and walking outside, Zhan Zhao felt that he had gained a little weight in the past two days, so he stretched out his hand and pinched his arm, and said to himself, "Oh, it's no wonder I'm not fat."

Walking into the yard, the guard Zhan drew his sword to practice two moves. Just as the sword was unsheathed, he heard a "meow" from above the yard.

Zhan Zhao was stunned for a moment, then raised his head to follow the prestige, and saw a beautiful white cat squatting on the top of the wall.

The white cat didn't know if it was lost or what, it sat gracefully on the wall and licked its front paws, while looking at Zhan Zhao with slightly squinted eyes, it made a nice "meow" sound from its mouth.

Zhan Zhao looked at it for a moment, hooked his fingers, "tsk tsk tsk"

After wooing it twice, I thought the little white cat would turn around and run away, but the strange thing is that instead of running away, it jumped.

Zhan Zhao reached out to pick it up, looked at the cat in surprise, and sighed in his heart, what a beautiful white cat, with a well-proportioned body and beautiful features, it should be a Persian cat, there would not be such a big cat in the Central Plains.

"Meow~" the white cat yelled again, rubbing against Zhan Zhao's arm in an intimate manner.

"Good boy, whose cat are you?" Zhan Zhao sat down at the table with the white cat in his arms, and found a chain made of red rope tied to the white cat's left front leg.

Zhan Zhao was stunned, and raised the cat's paw to look carefully. He knew the red-headed rope because the weaving method was very special.This was brought to him and Bai Yutang by the fourth son the day before yesterday.These two are big men, and they don't have much interest in wearing jewelry, so the fourth son specially asked Xiaoyu and the others to weave two bracelets with red strings for them, and specially made two peach blossom festivals.

Zhan Zhao subconsciously stretched out his hand to look at the red string on his wrist, and then looked at the white cat...it was the same!

Pick up the cat and look around.Seeing the haughty look on the cat's face, looking at Zhan Zhao with a high air, Zhan Zhao subconsciously called out with that expression, "Yutang?"

Sure enough, I heard someone reply, "Cat..."

Zhan Zhao took a deep breath, held the cat in his arms, and called again, "Bai Yutang?"

"What are you doing, cat?" The cat opened its mouth and answered him.

Zhan Zhao hugged the cat, turned around and ran away, thinking—wonderful, how did Bai Yutang become a white cat? !

When Zhan Zhao hurried out, Bai Yutang came out from the next room. He was rubbed by rock-scissors for a long time last night, so he wondered if he had lice all night?Itchy all over.I got up early in the morning and went to take a bath. I just took a bath to feel more comfortable, when I heard Zhan Zhao next door calling me, I agreed twice, put on my clothes and hurried out.

But after he came out, he looked around and saw that the yard was empty and there was no one there.

Bai Yutang was a little puzzled - what's going on?Is it my hallucination?

Turning around and entering the room, he found that Zhan Zhao seemed to have woken up, and the quilt was not folded today, why is he in such a hurry?

Fifth Master Bai yawned as he helped to fold the quilt, and shook his hand... Gululu, a beautiful black cat rolled out of the quilt.

Bai Yutang stared at the cat.

The little black cat also looked up at Bai Yutang. At this moment, its eyes were sleepy, as if it was woken up by Bai Yutang shaking the quilt.

Bai Yutang looked at it for a long time, and remembered that there were two cats in Kaifeng Mansion besides his family, Zhan Zhao. There was always a big tiger and a small tiger, both of them were little yellow cats with tiger stripes.When did such a little black cat come out?

Just wondering, the black cat let out a lazy cry, got up and stretched.

Bai Yutang frowned, and saw a red rope wrapped around the little black cat's wrist, with a peach blossom festival on it, no matter how you look at it, it looks familiar!

Bai Yutang raised his hand and looked at the red string on his wrist that the fourth son gave him a few days ago, the other one should be tied to Zhan Zhao's wrist, why did he come here?

Just as he was wondering, he saw the little black cat yawned and walked over, lifted its soft pad to grab Bai Yutang's leg, and looked up at him.With that expression, smiling and pursed lips, Bai Yutang couldn't laugh or cry, "Mao'er, are you showing your original shape?"

"Meow... Yutang."

Bai Yutang was taken aback.

"Cat?!" He raised the black cat and stared at it, only to see the black cat's mouth open, "Yutang, it's really you..."

"Heh..." Bai Yutang took a deep breath, turned around and ran out the door with the black cat in his arms, thinking that it was terrible, did the little cat Zhan really show its original shape? !

Just as Bai Yutang left, Zhan Zhao carried the little white cat back into the house through the back window.

He just ran a few steps with the white cat in his arms, and felt that his brain was sick, how could it be possible? !If Bai Yutang wanted to change, he would become a white mouse. How could he become a white cat for no reason?

So he yelled at the white cat again... It was a coincidence that when Zhan Zhao yelled, it happened to be right after Bai Yutang yelled cat, so the two of them said "cat" and "Yutang" together It's like a question and an answer, not to mention more co-productions.

Zhan Zhao scratched his head in disbelief, took the cat and decided to go back to the house and search for it.

I was too lazy to walk and turned over the back window, which happened to be blocked by a screen. Bai Yutang walked in front, and he came in behind.

Zhan Zhao stood in a daze in the room - no way? !Is it really a white cat talking?

At this time, Bai Yutang happened to run to the back of the yard where Zhan Zhao was standing just now, facing the rear window of Zhan Zhao's house, because it was blocked by the screen, he couldn't see what was going on inside the house.In Mrs. Zhan’s room, there is a screen around the bed, all of which are solid wood screens, blocking the doors and windows—for no other reason, mainly because there are too many people cracking the doors and windows in Kaifeng Mansion.

Bai Yutang ran to the courtyard and calmed down. He felt that he just washed his hair and came out to blow the wind. Although Zhan Zhao is called a cat, he is not the reincarnation of a cat demon. .

Standing in the yard, Bai Yutang held the cat in his arms and looked up, "Cat, is it really you?"

Zhan Zhao was in a daze in the room, and when he heard the little white cat called himself, he tremblingly picked it up, "Well, you called me?"

Bai Yutang was shocked, holding the cat in his hands, "Zhan Zhao, Zhan Kitten! Are you really Zhan Kitten?!"

"Bai Yutang, White Mouse! My God!"

Outside the window, Bai Yutang held the cat in his arms and was speechless.

Inside the window, Zhan Zhao held the cat and opened his mouth wide in shock.

After a while, Zhan Zhao asked, "What's going on?!"

Bai Yutang frowned, "How do I know, I woke up early in the morning and took a shower, and when I came back..."

"Bath?!" Zhan Zhao's brows twitched, could it be that there was a problem with the water when taking a bath or he encountered a water ghost? !

He asked in a low voice, "I met a water ghost."

Bai Yutang also looked serious, "Did you encounter a water ghost?"

Zhan Zhao frowned, "Sure enough!"

"Then what should we do?" Bai Yutang was anxious, "Tonight is going to be a show..."

"I don't know why this happened, why don't you ask Mr. Gongsun... Ah, don't! Maybe Mr. Bao has a better way."

It's just that when Zhan Zhao mentioned Mr. Gongsun, Bai Yutang hurried away with the cat in his arms, and Zhan Zhao hurried to find Master Bao with the little white cat in his arms.

The backyard is bustling with activity.

Bai Yutang carefully carried the cat to the back, looking around.

His mother was calling for people to set up the wedding hall and set up the table, when she saw Bai Yutang coming in, she rushed him out, "Why are you here, you are not allowed to enter the wedding hall before the engagement party, go outside to play!"

Bai Yutang had no choice but to ask his mother, "Where is Gongsun, did you see it?"

Xiao Liangzi, who was lying on the roof and tied the red silk, raised her hand, "Sir and Jin'er have gone to the Taibai Juding wedding banquet."

Bai Yutang nodded, and went out with the black cat in his pocket.

Seeing him running so fast, Lu Xueer was a little puzzled, "Why is Yutang carrying a black cat? Isn't he most afraid of putting furry things in his arms, afraid of lice."

Yin Lanci came over with two jars of wine, "Speaking of which, where did that black cat come from? It's pretty pretty."

"It belongs to the princess."

Xiaoyu came in with a basket of petals, "That day a Persian envoy came to the palace to pay tribute to two beautiful cats. The princess caught his eye and asked me to weave two red string bracelets, saying that they looked very much like Mr. Zhan. And Bai Wuye."

Lu Xueer and Yin Lanci looked at each other - thinking about whether their own sons had been abducted by the other party's son, should they raise something to make up for it.

Zhan Zhao rushed to Bao Zheng's study room, and saw blood rushing into the sky as soon as he entered the door, he was so shocked that he quickly retreated out, and after a closer look, it turned out that it was not, but the room was full of red things, red blankets, red silk, red rope, Red cloth head, red paper.

Zhan Zhao glanced around, "What is this for?"

"Brother Zhan, move away, don't block the road." Bao Yan rushed to Zhan Zhao, "Today, the Kaifeng mansion will be covered with red blankets, and the empress dowager and the emperor will come to congratulate them later, and there will be a grand celebration tonight. In three days, the red carpet has to be spread to the door, there is no place to put it, and my father's place is temporarily used as a warehouse."

Pang Yu also waved his hand, telling Zhan Zhao to go outside to play.

Zhan Zhao looked around, but couldn't care less, "Where is Lord Bao?"

"My lord went to the Eighth Prince's Mansion to borrow chairs." Xiao Baofu passed by with a large bundle of red strings in his arms, "Although outsiders are not invited, the passing guests still can't sit down. I have borrowed all the chairs in the Grand Master's Mansion, and there are still eight chairs left. My lord borrowed it from the Eighth Prince."

"Oh." Zhan Zhao turned and ran away.

Pang Yu checked the accounts while asking Bao Yan, "Why does Zhan Zhao have a white cat? Isn't his cat yellow?"

Bao Yan didn't understand either.

"That's the princess's cat, right? One is Xiaobai and the other is Xiaozhao." Bao Fu replied with a smile, "They are both cats who paid tribute from Persia. The princess asked Xiaoyu to weave a red-headed rope, or did she get it from me? .”

Everyone nodded, thinking that Zhan Zhao'aiwu and Wuai Baiyutang also touched the white cat, otherwise why would they hold the white cat and not let go?

On the street, everyone saw Bai Yutang hugging a black cat and galloping towards Taibai Residence on a white cloud sail.

Not a moment later, I saw Zhan Zhao holding a white cat and riding Zao Duoduo straight to the Eight Princes' Mansion.

Everyone in Kaifeng Mansion was still puzzled, thinking that the big day is just around the corner, are these two still busy? !

The ones who are most puzzled are Bai Yunfan and Zao Duoduo.The two of them had red silk hanging on their chests and were about to get married, and they were grazing together, when Bai Yunfan was dragged away by Arang Bai Yutang, and Zao Duoduo was also dragged away by Zhan Zhao after a while.

Bai Yunfan rolled his eyes at Bai Yutang while running—do you want to bother you, disturb my love affair!

Zao Duoduo was also depressed while running - Zhan Zhao didn't know what to meddle in, and he kept getting engaged.

In Taibai's house, Gongsun was holding a long banquet menu, and the fourth son lay down on the table and checked one by one, "Daddy, I'm missing the eight-treasure longan rice."

"Oh." Gongsun hurriedly filled it up with a pen, "Do you want river crabs or sea crabs?"

The fourth son wrinkled his nose, "Hey crab, the shell is so hard."

Gongsun nodded to record, when he heard the door "bang", Bai Yutang broke in.

Zhao Pu, who took the opportunity to rest with him, was sleeping soundly on the couch beside him, but these days the noise made him one head and two big.After squinting for a while, he was startled and jumped up.

The three of them stared stupidly at Bai Yutang who broke into the door, and saw that his anxious face changed color.

Bai Yutang entered the room, held the black cat to the fourth son and Gongsun, "Cat, tell them!"

……

Zhao Pu was silent for a while, turned over and continued to sleep calmly, thinking that that boy Bai Yutang, don't look at his usual cold and fearless appearance, he is not as good as himself.When he and Gongsun got married, he was in a trance and even had hallucinations, but it was only after a kiss, he started to have hallucinations, will he be able to get married in the future?

Gongsun and the fourth son stared at the black cat, and then at Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang also looked at the cat, and thought to himself, you are the one who said, you were the one who came up with the idea of ​​finding Gongsun!

The black cat looked innocently at Gongsun and then at the fourth son. It seemed to know the fourth son, so it flicked its tail lightly.

"Ah, Xiao Zhao!" The fourth son always played with Zhao Yuan and the others. Of course he knew the black cat, so he quickly reached out and hugged it, rubbing his head.

Bai Yutang asked the fourth son in surprise, "Your fourth son, you also know about this?"

The fourth son held the cat in his arms and looked at Bai Yutang suspiciously, a little puzzled, "Know what?"

Gongsun clasped his fingers to Bai Yutang calmly, "Stretch out your hand."

Bai Yutang stretched out his hand subconsciously, Gongsun three fingers pressed his pulse and listened for a while, then nodded, "I'm not sick."

Bai Yutang was helpless, "This cat..."

"Sister Yuanyuan's, has she gone to Kaifeng Mansion?" The fourth son pinched the cat's paw and asked the little black cat, "Where's Xiaobai? Are you here?"

The little black cat meowed, nestled into the arms of the fourth son, and decided to make up for the sleep that did not wake up in the morning.

Bai Yutang stood there awkwardly, "Uh..."

Gongsun stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, "Brother Bai, although you are engaged, this posture is almost the same as getting married. You can understand that you are nervous. Zhao Pu was in a hurry to urinate at that time. It is said that he has never been so nervous on the battlefield! "

Zhao Pu rolled down from the rattan couch with a "coax", what an image of him!

The fourth son hugged the cat and asked Bai Yutang, "Bai Bai, you should have a good rest today! Tomorrow, before dawn, you will get up to hold a banquet and welcome guests. Also, have you worn the clothes you got engaged with Miaomiao? Is the confidant ready?"

Bai Yutang opened his mouth, looked at the white cat, and remembered that the two of them had received gifts so frequently recently that they almost forgot, and they hadn't given anything to Zhan Zhao yet.

Thinking of this, Bai Yutang left like a gust of wind.

The fourth son and Gongsun looked at each other in dismay - what exactly is Bai Yutang doing here?Send a cat?

The little black cat meowed and lowered its head to lick the red band on its wrist.

On the other side, inside the Eighth Prince's Mansion, Bao Zheng, Eighth Prince, Concubine Chai, Prime Minister Wang, Taishi Pang, Queen Mother, Concubine Toffee, and Concubine Pang were all holding Xiao Xiangxiang.Recently, there is nothing to do in the court, and there is a big wedding, so everyone sits and chats together.

Bao Zheng went to borrow a chair, just sat and chatted together, and saved himself from going back and causing confusion for everyone.

Speaking of Bao Zheng, the past few days have not been easy.He has to go to work, the whole Kaifeng Mansion is in a quarrel, but fortunately there are no major cases to deal with.Want to help, Master Bao picked up the broom, a dozen people rushed over to snatch it, they all said that he didn't do this job, they had nothing to do, so they had to come here to rest, it can be said to be half a day's leisure.

It's just that the high officials and relatives of the imperial court who had been talking happily looked at Zhan Zhao in puzzlement.

I saw Zhan Zhao hugging a little white cat and said to Bao Zheng, "My lord, look, Yutang, tell your lord!"

……

Bao Zheng was silent for a long time, and stretched out his hand to pat Zhan Zhao, "Guard Zhan, you should rest well, don't think wildly, and don't be too nervous, it's just a normal thing."

Everyone nodded, comforting Zhan Zhao and telling him not to be nervous.

Concubine Pang asked curiously, "Isn't this the little white raised by Yuanyuan? And that little black cat?"

Zhan Zhao opened his mouth, "Xiaobai..."

Xiao Xiangxiang seemed to know the white cat, she smiled and clapped her hands, the little white cat ran over lightly and neatly, sat down beside Xiangxiang and licked its paws.

Zhan Zhao stood there in a daze, as if... he had made a fool of himself.

"Guard Zhan, come, let's sit down and have some snacks together?" Princess Chai saw that Zhan Zhao seemed to be in a trance, and knew that he might be nervous, after all, it was the top priority in life.Pulling him to sit, he asked, "I'm going to make a deal soon, are you ready?"

"Oh..." Zhan Zhaoxin said, are you ready?Although he didn't prepare much, it was all prepared by everyone.

"It's all ready." Bao Zheng nodded with a smile, and asked Zhan Zhao, "Have you tried on the clothes? Remember that the souvenirs should not be too big, and the clothes won't fit."

Zhan Zhao was taken aback for a moment - that's right!Engagement is also a promise of love, Bai Yutang spends a lot of money, and will definitely give himself a gift on the night of marriage.Not to mention the value of the gift, but it is a heart after all!If he was empty-handed at that time, wouldn't it appear that he didn't take him seriously? !

Zhan Zhao secretly scolds himself for being confused.

So, Guard Zhan stood up, bowed his hands to everyone, turned around and ran away.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, the queen mother stroked the back fur of the little white cat in her hand, and asked puzzledly, "What is the guard Zhan doing here? Sending a cat?"

White cat lays down and basks comfortably in the sun

Bai Yutang went out, worried - what to give Zhan Zhao?I don’t care about money when giving things, I have enough money and Zhanzhao is not short of money, today is a special day, so I must give something commemorative!It is best that Zhan Zhao can carry it with him at any time without losing or damaging it.Walking while thinking, turning the corner and looking up... Bai Yutang smiled pickily, there it is!

Zhan Zhao went out, troubled - what to give Bai Yutang?He has plenty of money, and he will buy what he likes, and the young master has everything.Today is a special day, so I must give him something very precious. It is best that Bai Yutang can keep it with me at any time, so that it will not be lost or damaged, and it will not damage his image as a noble son.After thinking about it, he walked onto the street, and when he raised his head... Zhan Zhao curled up his lips and smiled, there it is!