The Legend of the Royal Cat

A year later, when the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming again, Kaifeng is still prosperous

"Master Bai, you've worked hard! Take a break and drink a bowl of bean curd!" Old man Wang, who sells bean curd on the street, greeted Bai Yutang kindly.

Bai Yutang responded with a polite smile, ready to continue patrolling the next street.

"Master Bai, Master Zhan is about to finish his long vacation. When he comes back, remember to let him taste Old Man Wang's bean curd. I have made a new flavor!" Old Man Wang's voice suddenly came from behind.

"Definitely!" Bai Yutang replied softly, looking at the prosperity that was being guarded every day in front of him, his thoughts went back to a year ago, the Battle of Huashan—after the hustle and bustle settled, everyone searched Huashan for a whole month, and Huashan was almost turned inside out. I searched for more than ten times, but I didn't even find the cat's hair. The strange thing is that the mysterious white tiger and black cat disappeared as if the world had evaporated. Zhao'er and Xue'er are completely insane. The grief-stricken Huai Wang Qiansui took the princess away from the court to Wutai Mountain to meditate, and the moon slave also escaped into Buddhism to stay away from the world of mortals; , although old senior Meng was disheartened, he had to take up the important task of rectifying the righteous way of martial arts again, but in the dead of night, the head master of the three sects was just a lonely old man who missed his beloved disciple; The mansion is still where the people's hearts aspire, but there is less vigor and warmth in the past, and more sighs of regret—however, I and Ling'er have always believed that the cat is still alive, but in a very far away place, shouldering new heavy responsibilities ——As a result, the cat's sacrifice ceremony has never been held, and the people in Kaifeng always thought that Mr. Zhan, who is always upright but kind and gentle in red, just took a long, long vacation, and the person who replaced the red is a The young man in white is less calm and more agile. The only thing that remains the same is his awe-inspiring righteousness——Mao'er, I will take good care of everything you cherish and wait for you to come back!By the way, Linger and I are married, and Lingdang just gave birth to a pair of beautiful little princesses, you are a stinky cat, and I will be your uncle when you come back, but don’t expect me to call you uncle——and Zhao Hu The wedding ceremony with Miss Ziling, Zilong and Shuang'er is waiting for you to come back and make up for it!

The familiar figure flashed in front of his eyes, as if he came out of a house, that whiteness - so fast!That house is just an ordinary family, and an old man is about to close the house!

"Old man!" Bai Yutang rushed forward and asked, "Who was it that went out just now?"

"Oh, it turned out to be Master Bai! That young man just now was passing by. The child was hungry, so he came to buy some goat milk for the child!" The old man replied seriously.

"Thank you, old man! Farewell!" I was dazzled, and the cat must go directly to Kaifeng Mansion when he comes back.

"It's not easy to take care of two nursing babies at such a young age!" the old man behind him said to himself.

It was almost dusk when we returned to the government office, Zhao Hu greeted him, "Lord Bai, you won't be on duty tomorrow, right?"

"Well, what's the matter?" After being busy with the New Year's Eve, Mr. Bao specially granted him a day off, thinking that he was afraid that he would be as tirelessly busy as that stupid cat.

"Oh, it was my wife who asked me to tell Lord Bai that the princess will go to Mount Wutai to visit the prince and concubine tomorrow, and my wife will also accompany her. The two little princesses are still in their infancy, so they are not suitable for long-distance travel, so please go back to the house—take care of the two princesses." Little princess, and please buy these things on the way back to the mansion today." A long list was stuffed in Bai Yutang's hands.

"What?! Watching the children?" Bai Yutang regretted for the umpteenth time that he dismissed Linger's princess ostentation, leaving only Ziling in the mansion. The only vacation Bai Yutang had for the majestic Chinchilla Mouse was to take care of the two baby babies alone. , It’s not that I don’t want to accompany my daughter, it’s just that Bell, are you sure I can take good care of our two precious daughters——Bai Yutang couldn’t help but look up to the sky and sigh when he recalled the first time he hugged his daughter and jumped up and down.

"Zhao Hu, we are good brothers, aren't we? If I hadn't helped propose a marriage, would you have successfully married Miss Ziling?" Bai Yutang put his arms around Zhao Hu's shoulders, and began to be seductive.

"Well, of course! However, if Mr. Zhan is the one who helps to propose the marriage, it must be smoother!" Thinking that Bai Yutang made things difficult for him in the process of proposing marriage in order to enliven the atmosphere in the government office, Zhao Hu was full of grievances.

"Brother Zhao Hu, help me and persuade my sister-in-law to let me accompany Linger to Mount Wutai tomorrow, okay?" Since I took over the job of Maoer, I haven't been alone with Linger for a long time. I think I took Linger to travel all over the great rivers and mountains My dream is even more unimaginable!

"Okay—no! I can't stand Ziling losing her temper!" Zhao Hu hurriedly shook his head.

"It's unreasonable for a big man to take care of a child—" Bai Yutang was about to change his tactics, and vomited bitterly, but swallowed the second part of the sentence because of the situation in front of him.Following Bai Yutang's surprised gaze, Zhao Hu saw a man in white, wearing a gauze hat, his face could not be seen, but his temperament and figure were indescribably familiar. The strangest sight was the man behind him. Carrying a milk doll, what seems to be held in her arms is also - a swaddling baby!No wonder Bai Wuye swallowed his words before he finished speaking.

"You—have a grievance to avenge?" Looking at each other for a long time, Bai Yutang finally asked tentatively, but the answer in his heart became more and more clear, and he was not sure, because he was afraid that the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

The man in white shook his head, turned around and walked towards the gate of the government office——

"Stop! Since you have no grievances to avenge, what crime should you be guilty of trespassing on the Kaifeng government?" Before the words fell, Hua Ying had already unsheathed. Whether it was a cat or not, it was naturally a true chapter under the sword.

The man in white chuckled lightly, jumped up, avoided Huaying and the servants in front of him, and disappeared into the government office.Bai Yutang raised his sword and chased after him, and he found that the visitor was very familiar with the terrain of the government office, and his target was Master Bao's study.

Finally, the visitor stopped suddenly in front of Mr. Bao's study. Bao Zheng inside the room also felt the visitor, and slowly raised his head. The case file in Gongsun Ce's hand also slipped down on the table——Bai Yutang quietly stopped beside the man in white, waiting with -

The baby's laughter broke the silence, the gauze hat was slowly taken off, and the man in white knelt down on his knees: "I'm late, I'm worrying my lord!" There was the sound of a teacup being knocked down in the room, and Bao Zheng was trembling slightly. He slowly lifted the young man in front of him with both hands, his charcoal-black face was now filled with two lines of tears, he looked up and down with reluctance to make sure——

"Guard Zhan, you're finally back! Guard Bai said you'll be fine, unexpectedly—"

"I told you a long time ago - he is a strange cat with nine lives!" Bai Yutang wanted to laugh, but his eyes turned red, so he had to sniff his nose and hold back his tears.

"Master Zhan?!—Master Zhan, you're back! Master Zhan, you're finally back!" Zhao Hu, who arrived afterward, roared happily, and the entire Kaifeng Mansion came alive!

Kaifeng Mansion, Flower Hall

"Guard Zhan—Prince Huai and Concubine—" Bao Zheng decided to tell Zhan Zhao what happened after thinking about it.

"I know, I went to Mount Hua first, asked the master to take in two more grandchildren, and then went to Mount Wutai. My mother saw me and my two grandchildren are already much better. My father said that when my mother is better, I will go back to the capital to see Me and Linger!" Zhan Zhao smiled faintly, that smile was full of family happiness.

"Grandson?! Cat, these two dolls are—you—Na Xue—" Bai Yutang almost jumped up from his seat, his phoenix eyes widened.

"By the way, congratulations to Brother Bai—brother-in-law!" Zhan Zhao suddenly raised his eyebrows and smiled.

"Everything is different, who wants to be your stinky cat's brother-in-law?! Brothers have settled their accounts clearly, and the 5000 taels of principal with interest should be paid back? And Grandpa Bai and my freedom for this year—if you If you don't make it clear, you can't live in peace!" Bai Yutang picked up the doll in Zhan Zhao's arms and teased him, while threatening, this doll has a tiger head, thick eyebrows and thin lips, a pair of bright black eyes like stars in the night sky, it really looks like a cat!

"That's right, Guard Zhan, that day you were poisoned by the death of the soul, fell off a cliff with serious injuries, and had a heart attack, but we couldn't find you. What happened? And these two dolls—" Gongsun Ce He hugged the baby on Zhan Zhao's back to his chest, but was startled, a pair of big clear blue eyes were staring at him with curiosity.

"Don't worry, Mr. Zhan Zhao is doing well! As for these two boys, they are the children of Xue'er and me! Xue'er still has a mission and can't come back for the time being. I will pick them up in a few days." She!" Zhan Zhao replied earnestly, and everyone exclaimed in unison.

My thoughts drifted back to the darkness of a year ago. When the last pain and touch disappeared, the body that fell rapidly gave up struggling completely. This time, I can really sleep forever——

The sound of ticking water gradually becomes clearer, and you can even hear every throb of your heart. The unbearable heartache gradually subsides, and you can feel the heat slowly filling every part of your body, soothing the unbearable pain. Scenes that I missed flashed before my eyes, and crystal tears slipped from the corners of my eyes——when I could no longer feel the pain in my body, and my breathing gradually became smoother, I slowly opened my eyes, and there was a cloud of mist in front of me, which seemed to be real magical--

"You're finally awake!" Feeling the furry in his hands, he tried to move his body, but he was able to move freely. He stood up slowly, and finally saw clearly the white tiger lying beside him, and the black baby who was gradually changing in front of him.

The rainbow light dissipated, and the former black kitten has become a graceful girl, fresh and refined like a fairy in the cloud, looking at herself with a smile——

"Hei Wa? Why am I here? I should be dead, right?" Zhan Zhao asked aloud after confirming that everything in front of him was not a dream.

"I have waited and searched for thousands of years, and finally I have you, Zhao!" The girl smiled slightly, "I am a ray of spirit left by Empress Nuwa in the world, and I cultivated into a human form just to wait for you!"

"Wait—me? Why?"

"At the beginning of the chaos, Pangu created the heaven and the earth, with the clear rising as the sky, and the turbid falling as the earth, holding the sky and the earth to divide yin and yang into light and dark, and giving up itself to transform the sun, moon and stars. Since then, chaos has been divided. The sky feels its meaning, and the red rain falls to mourn it. The color is as red as blood, it enters the ground when it touches the ground, solidifies into a stone, and sleeps in the ground to absorb the essence of the sun and the moon. One day, it will reappear under the clear sky to correct the turbidity of the world!——This is the red blood stone Back then, Empress Nuwa relied on the red blood stone to refine stones and mend the sky. This stone was so precious and hard to find, so there was a white tiger looking for it to transport—however, the white tiger was inert, and part of the red blood stone was neglected during the transportation, so If you are convicted, you will suffer catastrophe, but fortunately there is a young man who is destined to help you to avoid this catastrophe!" The girl came, and the white tiger on the side nodded in agreement, showing guilt.

"The empress refined the colorful stones in time to make up for the rest of the cave, and no catastrophe was caused! Thinking of God's own arrangements in the dark, the empress did not find the left red blood stone, and only left me to wait for the red blood stone." The bloodstone reappears in the sky."

"Then you are waiting now?"

"That's right! Two red blood stones have awakened: the red stone that refines the three peerless swords Juque, Huaying, and Liuguang is one of them. They have already chosen their own masters! The other has turned into a blood sword." The jade was split in two—”

"Parent's love jade pendant?!" Zhan Zhao was startled.

"Yes! Half of it was swallowed by Ruyue, turned into flesh and blood, and fused with the child in her womb—you were born with a heart disease, and the half of the blood jade was a foreign object in your heart, so you were killed by two red blood jade at the same time. Shi Xuan, that is the person I am looking for - the leader of the Xuesha clan!"

"The other half is in Cher's hands—so—"

"Xue'er, like Bai Yutang and Ling'er, is also a member of your clan, but they have not yet awakened! Zhao, you have already experienced the calamity of the blood brake, and the moment the blood is drained, the blood jade has turned red into blood, reborn you, Your pain and heart disease are gone! The Xuesha clan shoulders the responsibility of guarding the world and defending righteousness. From today on, the gate of time and space will be controlled by you!" Heiwa said happily.

"Could it be that the ghost spell of controlling the heart is also part of the blood brake? Do you know how many innocent lives were killed? What if I was completely manipulated? Since you have the ability, why didn't you stop it?" Zhan Zhao dared not imagine using amazing power Consequences of terrible actions.

"As you have realized, no one can control people's thoughts, and neither can gods! The bloodstone has chosen you, and fate is continuing its pace. How to choose is up to you. We have no right to interfere. I The only thing I can do is to tell you the truth of the matter and your mission—and if you make a wrong decision, I am ordered to destroy you before the big mistake is made—” Hei Wa paused when he calmly told the truth After a pause, he continued, "Xue'er has been waiting for you in the world of ice and snow! Go pick her up and wake her up with your true feelings! The white tiger will guide you to find her—" The voice gradually faded, the clouds and mist slowly dissipated, and silver light flashed , the sleeves tightened, Zhan Zhao was pulled into the silver light by the white tiger——

Withdrawing his thoughts, Zhan Zhao smiled faintly, healed Hei Wa, and guided him to find Xueer. He simply told everyone about the experience, but he avoided the truth about the Xuesha clan——in the silver light, Hei Wa’s admonition still remained Haunting in my ears—the existence of the Blood Brake Clan can only be a legend forever!

"Brother Zhan—" Ling'er's surprised voice came into the flower hall—it was night, mixed with the children's laughter and crying, and the spring in Kaifeng was as warm as ever—

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