Dressed as a palace cat butler

The snow was getting tighter, but there were many pedestrians on the long street. After asking Pei Ye, Qian Niuwei beside him finally opened an umbrella for the two of them.

Fang Tishuang's eyes often looked out from under the umbrella, and hurriedly landed on those people selling goods along the street, often at this time Pei Ye's voice would ring in his ears: "Want?"

The child always subconsciously shook his head and said no, but in the end he regretted it in his heart. After that, His Majesty simply stopped asking. Seeing him staring, he asked the inner guards to buy a copy for him.

He refused to say that he wanted it, but as long as Pei Ye bought it for him, he would take it all. Fang Tishuang never had trouble with food.

Seeing such a lively scene, Pei Ye couldn't help but feel a little novelty in his heart, so he turned his head and asked the child beside him who was busy eating hot buns: "Is it also so lively in your hometown?"

Fang Tishuang shook her head, chewed the steamed stuffed bun, and replied vaguely, "Only Chang'an City is so lively. On the way to Chang'an, Aniang and I met a village in the prefectural capital that was suffering from famine..."

When he said this, he stopped, and he didn't even like to chew the meat buns in his hand.

When Pei Ye heard him talk about the famine, he thought for a while, and then recited in a deep voice: "In the fourth year of the apocalypse, there was a great famine in Jingzhou and Yangzhou. The price of rice is nearly ten thousand yuan, and people can easily eat it."

This is just an understatement in the history books, a sentence that reads lightly, but it is not known how many lives were piled up as a tragedy.

The little emperor remembered this natural disaster, and even more remembered that the first emperor ordered a large amount of money to go down, but it fell like raindrops into the sea, and even a large splash could not be stirred up.

The roots of those high-ranking officials and dignitaries are already rotten, and it may not be a grain of rice that will be delivered to the victims.

His grandfather didn't have the wrist strength like Emperor Taizu, so he didn't dare to stretch out his hand to pull out the family veins buried deep in the ground, so he just cut off a few side branches and beards hastily, and after a little warning, there was nothing to say.

Immediately afterwards, the cowardly man died suddenly, leaving all this mess to him.

Fang Tishuang stuffed the half-eaten buns into a paper bag, remembering His Majesty's last sentence "People are easy to eat", I don't know what came to mind, I always felt sick in my heart, so I put a candied fruit in my mouth and thought for a while Thinking about it, he stuffed another one into Pei Ye's mouth.

His Majesty frowned. He had never liked these overly sweet things, but when he saw the child handing them over, he couldn't help opening his mouth.

The food that has been put into the mouth, even if it is not to the taste, there is absolutely no reason to spit it out again.

Pei Ye swallowed the candied fruit, and then said: "Street food is not proper, if the censor sees it, it will be recorded in the annals of history."

"Let's eat secretly under the umbrella, how can there be a censor with such sharp eyes?" Fang Tishuang said confidently, "The master just told us a few days ago that there is a record of a censor in "The Chaoye Qianzai" Zhang Heng was impeached and demoted because the censor saw him eating a steamed pancake on the way back to court. I think this rule is too bad, even if the gods are hungry, they can’t help but want to eat.”

Seeing the child shaking his head, Pei Ye was very relieved: "I remember so clearly, it seems that the book was not wasted."

The child raised his head proudly, asking him to recite a book, he always fails, but if you want to tell him some anecdotes, he will remember it better than anyone else.

The two chatted one after another, and in a blink of an eye they arrived at the door of Fang Tishuang's house. The appearance of the small courtyard didn't change much, but the eaves and tiles were covered with snow.

In the second half of the road, Pei Ye noticed that the child's words were obviously much less, and his eyes were a little dazed when he looked around.

Pei Ye first pushed back the inner guards, and then carried a small wooden box into his arms, Fang Tishuang didn't bother to pay attention to what he was carrying.

Right now, he was staring blankly at the very shabby courtyard gate, and suddenly a kind of fear of being close to his hometown surged in his heart.

He was looking forward to it, but also a little scared.

The emperor did not urge him, but stood beside him patiently and waited.

After quite a while, Fang Tishuang seemed to muster up her courage, and finally raised her hand and knocked on the door, and a clear female voice came out from the courtyard immediately: "Who is it?"

Hearing Second Sister Cao's voice suddenly, Fang Tishuang's eyes became moist, he raised his sleeves to wipe away his tears, and called her as before, "Sister..."

Inside, Second Sister Cao's hand, which was about to pull the door latch, stopped suddenly. She opened her mouth, but said nothing.

She was silent for a moment, but she heard Grandpa's voice from inside the room again: "Second Sister, who is outside?"

Second Sister Cao didn't know how to respond, so she had to run into the house first and ask Grandpa what he meant, her eyes were red, and she said in a low voice: "Grandpa, the person outside the door spoke like Shuang'er, and he still called me Grandpa. What about my sister..."

Cao Ji'an didn't believe it, and laughed at her, "Don't talk nonsense, you are about to get married—you must have heard wrong, I think the neighbor's children came to deliver things, you go and open the door, don't let them Wait in a hurry."

Second Sister Cao was also ambiguous in her heart. After what Grandpa said, she also felt that she might have heard wrong, so she hurriedly ran out and opened the door.

Hearing the "creak" of the wooden door, Second Sister Cao was stunned.

Holding the lamp, Fang Tishuang took a step inside, and called her timidly, "Sister, I'm back."

Second Sister Cao involuntarily took a small step back, her face was full of disbelief at first, and then her eyes suddenly turned red: "Shuang'er? You're not...you're not..."

She had seen Fang Tishuang's body before, her little face was pale and pale, she couldn't bear to look at it closely, she was about to cry at the first sight, the day when A Niang took Shuang'er home, their brothers and sisters almost cried I shed all my tears.

No one could believe that a child who was fine when he went there turned into such a cold corpse when he came back.

She finally accepted the fact that her younger brother passed away...but who is this person standing in front of her right now?

Cao Ji'an, who was on the couch inside the room, saw his daughter went outside to open the door, but there was no sound after so long, he became anxious immediately, suspecting that some kind of gangster had kidnapped her, so he patted the couch and called her: "Two Sister? Lian'er! What happened outside?"

"It's okay, Grandpa." Second Sister Cao wiped away tears, and hurriedly bypassed Fang Pei and the two to close the door, "Lian'er is now entering the house."

After the door bolt was inserted, Second Sister Cao glanced timidly at Fang Tishuang, even though she had a thousand words in her heart, she didn't know what to say or ask first, so she could only say: "Let's go in and have a look." Grandpa, right?"

Fang Tishuang nodded.

The room was pitch black, and as soon as they entered the house, a gust of cold air hit their faces. In order to save the two copper coins, unless it was necessary at night, they never turned on lights in their house, and they were never reluctant to burn charcoal for warmth when it was not very cold.

As soon as Fang Tishuang entered the room, he smelled a familiar smell, and then remembered the time when he and his brothers and sisters were hugging each other in bed to keep warm.

He found a place to hang the lantern, while Second Sister Cao dug out a low candle at home while sobbing.

Cao Ji'an's eyes haven't fully adjusted yet, he only saw a few blurred figures, and heard his daughter sobbing, he was a little anxious: "Lian'er, what's wrong with you?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the short silhouette getting closer and closer. With the light of the lantern and the candle that Second Sister Cao had just lit, he finally saw the person in front of him clearly.

Cao Ji'an's reaction was obviously not much better than Second Sister Cao's. His lips trembled, and he couldn't believe his eyes: "Shuang... Shuang'er?"

Fang Tishuang's eyes were also red, if he hadn't suppressed his tears, he might not even be able to speak clearly: "Uncle..."

Cao Ji'an calmed down faster than Second Sister Cao, he didn't need to look closely at his own child, he could tell at a glance that he was their family's Shuang'er: "How did you come back?"

His eyes scanned every part of Fang Tishuang's body carefully, and he saw that he had a lot of arms and legs, and his small face was a lot paler, and his face was more fleshy, presumably even if he went Underground, and have not suffered any grievances.

Another glance was to see the clothes on his body, such a good texture, it seemed to have streamers under the candlelight, he had never seen such expensive clothes in his life.

Then there was the man standing next to him, that young gentleman looked to be more than a head taller than Fang Tishuang, with a jade crown and brocade robe, a long body, and a very outstanding appearance, his gestures and gestures were not like ordinary people .

Fang Tishuang didn't know how to explain to him, she was a little hoarse for a while, but the young emperor standing beside him suddenly answered for him: "Tishuang is currently working as a servant in the fairy palace in the sky, the emperor of heaven thinks of him He is kind and well-behaved, so he is allowed to go home and visit his relatives once."

Cao Ji'an looked at Fang Tishuang suspiciously, and the child nodded quickly: "He's right."

Using the words Pei Ye gave, Fang Tishuang took advantage of the situation and made it up: "The one next to me is the fairy king I served in the fairy palace. He was afraid that I would get lost when I came down, so he came with me. here."

Second Sister Cao poured a cup of hot water for the two of them, and then asked hesitantly, "How are you... in that fairy palace?"

"I'm doing well," Fang Tishuang wiped away tears with the back of her hand, "There is meat to eat every day in the Immortal Palace, Xianjun... Xianjun is also very kind to me, I can have whatever I want, there In winter, even the ground is warm, not cold at all—and grandpa and grandma are there too."

Listening to what he said, Cao Ji'an actually didn't believe it in his heart, but the little corpse that day was still lingering in his mind. If it wasn't what he said, how would he explain it? What about the living Shuang'er in front of her eyes?

The child paused, then asked, "Where did Auntie and the others go?"

"She was finally free today, so my uncle asked her to take your brothers and sisters to watch the lanterns. The second sister said she would stay and take care of me, so she didn't leave..."

At this point, Cao Ji'an suddenly paused, then raised his eyes to look at his little nephew, his eyes were also red: "Shuang'er, your aunt...she has no choice, so don't blame her, blame her. So I blame my uncle, it's all because of my uncle's incompetence."

Fang Tishuang shook her head: "I don't blame my aunt, nor my uncle."

Pei Ye lowered his eyes halfway, listening to the child next to him wiping tears while reminiscing with his family members. When they were almost finished talking, Pei Ye reminded softly: "Tishuang, it's time."

Fang Tishuang glanced at the two of them longingly, and said in a low voice: "Uncle, sister, I have to go."

Pei Ye put the wooden box in his hand on the potholed table, and said in a deep voice, "This is a gift from Tishuang for you. From now on, every other year, you can go to the tree in the yard to see what happened." Get it back down again."

After speaking, he held Fang Tishuang's hand, and said respectfully and politely, "Farewell."

Cao Ji'an didn't care what was in the box, he just hurriedly reached out to grab Fang Tishuang, but he didn't take his hand, he barely touched his cold sleeve corner.

"Frost!"

Fang Tishuang clasped Pei Ye's hand tightly, resisting the desire to turn back, he was afraid that if he just looked back, he would be reluctant to leave.

As soon as the two stepped out of the courtyard, Second Sister Cao chased them out of the house, but in a flash of magic, she found that the figure of their family, Shuang'er, had disappeared into the boundless snow.

In the vast white snow field, only the figure of the "Xianjun" was left, holding a snow-white raccoon slave in his arms, turned his head slightly, and said to her in a cold voice: "Go back."

As soon as he finished speaking, that crimson figure disappeared into the night, like a handful of snow or a mist, and disappeared without a trace in an instant.

Second Sister Cao walked slowly back into the house as if she had lost her soul, and shook her head at the middle-aged man on the bed: "I just left the yard, and Shuang'er disappeared. Holding a raccoon slave in his arms... But how can we have such a beautiful raccoon slave here? It seems to have appeared out of thin air..."

Cao Ji'an was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Lian'er, come over and have a look at this."

Second Sister Cao hurriedly walked over, and then opened the lacquered wooden box with a "click" with a brass lock on the box.

After seeing what was on their heads, both of them were stunned at the same time——

I saw that the box left by those two people just now was full of broken silver and more than a dozen copper coins, enough for their family to live comfortably for a whole year.

At the same time, inside an inconspicuous carriage.

The young emperor reached out and rubbed the kitten's head, and praised: "You are so clever, this time it became very timely."

The little cat looked up at him curiously: "Meow meow?" What did you leave for them?

"Want to know what's in that box?" Pei Ye guessed.

Kitten nodded heavily: "Meow!"

Pei Ye didn't intend to hide it from him, so he explained: "I only put some broken silver and copper coins, they are not rare items."

The little cat immediately patted the back of his hand gratefully. He didn't mean to send something to the family, but he was too embarrassed to speak to the emperor along the way.

But he was still a little puzzled in his heart. He didn't understand why the emperor, who had always spent a lot of money, didn't give gold. Wouldn't that be once and for all?There is no need for people to send money under the tree in the yard every year.

The emperor pinched the little cat's face lightly, and said with a smile, "Are you wondering why Gu didn't just give them a box of gold?"

Xiaomao'er was stunned for a moment and didn't answer, wondering why Pei Ye could always guess what he was thinking recently.

"Silly cat, if the old and weak women and children in your family are given gold, how can you tell them to spend it? Isn't it obvious that someone will come and rob you?"

As soon as the little cat figured this out, he couldn't help rubbing against his palm vigorously, gave a grateful "ow" and then swung his fluffy tail at Pei Ye like a puppy.

He really didn't expect that Pei Ye not only considered his family, but also considered it so thoughtfully.

"Meow meow!" The kitten happily scurry around on him, rolling around coquettishly.

Pei Ye let him spoil himself, and then smiled lightly: "You don't need to say thank you."