Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Woman in the Zhao Family's Backyard
"In this world, no one can be relied on except yourself." Yan Ran looked at the girl in front of her who was suddenly gloomy, and after a moment of silence, she rarely said this sentence without a smile.
"This is also the wisdom of your people in the capital?" Zhao Liusi reluctantly smiled and asked jokingly.
"Well, the wealth in Beijing changes much more frequently than you think," Yan Ran sighed, then walked to the side of the chair and sat down, and said a little tiredly, "The right minister was demoted a few days ago, and the person who told the whistleblower was his younger brother. β
"Ahh Zhao Liusi cried out in surprise.
"The right minister is from a poor family, his parents died early, and he personally pulled his younger brother to grow up, and the brothers depended on each other, named brothers, just like father and son. But when the right minister was defeated, it was his own brother who gave the fatal blow. β
Zhao Liusi stood there, speechless.
"The right minister was rejected by the saint because he advised the saint not to have sexual pleasures. Hehe, he is still the emperor, when the power was at its peak, only eight or nine scholars in the world came out of his door. He is an upright person, with countless virtuous people, known as Lu Banchao, but once defeated, when he was demoted to Lingnan, there was only one person and one horse...... I don't know if I can get it. β
It was the first time Zhao Liusi had come into contact with this kind of thing, and he squatted in front of Yan Ran and couldn't say anything.
"He was defeated and he trusted his family, brothers, and students too much...... How can such an adult be so naΓ―ve. At the feet of the Son of Heaven, can you trust people? β
"You don't like the capital very much." Zhao Liusi asked cautiously.
"Yes," Yan Ran lifted the corners of her lips, "People often say that the eighteenth layer of hell is terrible, but there, it's the nineteenth layer. β
"Do you want to go back?" Zhao Liusi asked weakly, suddenly knowing where the contradictory temperament on Yan Ran's body came from.
"Nature."
"Why?" Zhao Liusi frowned, if she didn't like a place so much, she would definitely find a way to leave.
"Because," Yan Ran smiled and reached out to flick Zhao Liusi's forehead, "That's my home." β
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"Because, that's my home!"
Zhao Liusi woke up from his dream in the middle of the night, thought of Yan Ran's words, and subconsciously covered his chest.
It was obviously the most ordinary sentence, but it made her uncomfortable whole person curl up, and the grievances since the crossing seemed to explode at this moment.
Maybe it's because she occupies another person's body, her memory is gradually merging with the second miss, she remembers more and more things, she has gradually become accustomed to this person's life, and suddenly a family word pulled her out of the chaos of daily life.
Who is she? Where is her home?
The memories of fusion made her more and more vague about the things in her original world, and now that she thinks about it, except for some unimportant things in terms of living utensils, the only thing she remembers is the name Zhao Liusi.
Now, Zhao Liusi is the second miss, so who is Zhao Liusi?
Yan Ran's firmness is because he has a way back, but what about her?
Meow~
In the dark, a cat meow sounded, and then Zhao Liusi felt his body sink, and it was Xiao Hei who jumped onto Zhao Liusi's quilt.
"Xiao Hei," Zhao Liusi called out, reaching out to touch Xiao Hei, but was cleverly avoided by Xiao Hei.
Xiao Hei is a cat with a lot of personality, Zhao Liusi finally negotiated a "employment" agreement with it, and reluctantly became its boss at the cost of a chicken leg a day, but it was unwilling to live in Zhao Liusi's house, and still ran out to have fun during the day, and would not come back until he was tired.
Until now, Zhao Liuyi has not yet found how to swap bodies with Xiao Hei again.
"Meow meow!" What to touch, with my permission? Little Black Fried Hair screamed.
Zhao Liusi was amused by Xiao Hei, forcibly grabbed it and stroked it twice, and then scratched its ears affectionately, and sighed sincerely, "Xiao Hei, you are like me, you are a homeless person." β
"Meow meow." Phew, who's going to have a home like you two-legged beasts, master, I'm born with a natural breed, and admirers are everywhere, as long as the sun is good, someone will make offerings when I go there, you can compare with me.
"Yes, yes, it can't be compared." Zhao Liusi scratched her, smiled lowly, and asked after a while. "Xiao Hei, don't you really remember who killed Aunt Qian?"
"Meow meow." I don't remember how many times I've said it, and I'm not in her house during the day. That day she finished eating, went into the house and cried and laughed, and then fell asleep, and of course I went out to catch birds while people were not looking.
"Catch birds, catch birds, I see you go out and run crazy all day long, and I don't see you really catching." Zhao Liusi muttered a few words, Xiao Hei was not happy, "You think the bird is easy to catch, otherwise the body will be given to you, you go and catch one for me." β
"Catch it, what's the big deal!" Zhao Liusi replied indifferently, and then the next moment, her eyes were dizzy, and she felt that her perspective had changed.
"Meow~" She looked at herself who was still sitting on the bed, and the cat's paw she raised, "Meow meow?" β
Did she change it?
Xiao Hei was also very surprised, "Oh, how did I become you, my claws are hairless." β
"Meow!" Zhao Liusi screamed, grabbed a handful of Xiao Hei, and signaled it to calm down, "Be quiet, if you recruit Chunxiang over, we will die." β
"I don't care, I don't want to be a person, hurry up and change it." Xiao Hei touched his body twice and shouted unwillingly.
"Wait, wait, didn't you just say that you gave me your body, you let me go out to play, and I'll bring you birds and fish when I come back!" Zhao Liuyi deftly dodged Xiao Hei's hand to grab her, and then increased the chips, "I treat you as the boss!" I call you master! Master! Master! β
In order to borrow this cat's body, she really lost her temperament.
Xiao Hei had never complained about not reaching a "master-servant" relationship with Zhao Liuyi before, but when he saw Zhao Liuyi take the initiative to kneel, he was happy at the moment, meowed, and then washed his face with his "paws", "Okay, I reluctantly agreed, but you have to come back before dawn." β
"Got it, you wait." Zhao Liusi breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly jumped towards the door.
**
In the night breeze, Zhao Liusi rolled happily on the roof, and then jumped lightly on another wall.
Since the last time she swapped bodies with Xiao Hei, she tried several times later, but to no avail. Today's unexpected success, Zhao Liusi felt as if she had touched the trick, "It takes her to have a very urgent desire for a swap, and Xiao Hei's willing consent to reach a swap." β
Taking advantage of that excitement, Zhao Liusi ran a few laps on the roof, waiting for the novelty to disappear, but he felt a difficulty in his heart. This time she woke up in the middle of the night, and it was already the end of the night, and everyone in the house had finished sleeping, where was she going?
Do you just wander around the wall by yourself?
She's not really a cat.
Zhao Liusi parkoured on the roof of the house, startled a few sparrows that had fallen asleep, and finally saw some bright lights on the periphery of the house, near the back door.
Strange, how can there be lights there? Zhao Liusi thought a little strangely, and involuntarily ran in that direction.
The Zhao family is not really a big family, so there is no particularly strict vigil system, and at night, only two family members are left to guard at the gate to prevent anyone from knocking on the door at night and not being heard, and the rest of the place is pitch black. Especially the back door, close to the garden, the granary, and the storehouse where the vegetables and animals are kept, there is nothing of value, so there is no one to guard it at all.
How can there be light here today?
Zhao Liusi ran in and found that the light was coming from the door, the person carrying the lantern was very careful, took the kraft paper and pasted the lantern, and avoided the way, if it weren't for the cat's eyesight that was different from ordinary people, and it was condescending, he wouldn't have found it here at all.
It's Zhao Qiaoyun!
Zhao Liusi was lying on the wall and looking up, only to see Zhao Qiaoyun dressed as a maid, with a package beside her, stamping her feet anxiously, as if waiting for someone.
My sister likes to run around in the middle of the night. Thinking of Zhao Qiaoyun who he met in Luoyunxuan last time, Zhao Liusi thought mockingly in his heart.
Suddenly, there was two knocks on the door, the sound was very small, as if it was sticking to the door and knocking, Zhao Qiaoyun was originally guarding the door, listening to this sound, he suddenly came to his senses, clumsily opened the door bolt, pushed the heavy door open a crack, and then saw a young man flash in.
"Genro." Zhao Qiaoyun whispered softly, her voice was full of joy and excitement, and an irrepressible sweetness appeared on the girl's face.
Zhang Yuan! Zhao Liusi was taken aback, these two people actually had a night meeting here.
"Be quiet." Zhang Yuan's expression was much calmer, he subconsciously covered Zhao Qiaoyun's mouth, closed the door and looked around, his eyebrows were full of blame, "Why did you ask me to come over at this time, do you know that this kind of weather can cost people a lot of lives!" I walked on the road for two hours. β
"I can't help it." Zhao Qiaoyun hugged the package full of grievances, "Something happened at home, the eldest lady sent someone to tell me, there are people watching everywhere, and I can't hand things out at all." β
"Something? What's going on in your house? Hearing this, Zhang Yuan frowned slightly and asked unhappily.
"Nothing." Zhao Qiaoyun's expression darkened, but she quickly pretended not to care and shifted her words, "The eldest lady and Zhao Liusi pinch each other every day, and it is a strange thing if there are no two things in the family one day." β
"Zhao Liusi......" Zhang Yuan chewed on the name, the expression on his face was a little playful, "This second young lady of your family is really unusual. β
"Are you also fascinated by her face?" Women are sensitive, and Zhao Qiaoyun, who originally looked like a little daughter, raised her head and looked at Zhang Yuan vigilantly.
"What nonsense are you talking about, how can I possibly fall in love with that kind of shrew." Zhang Yuan hurriedly changed his words, and said with a serious face, "That kind of demonic appearance is not a serious person at first glance." Hmph, what kind of woman is suitable to marry home, I know very well in my heart. β
Zhao Qiaoyun glared at him coquettishly, and then when she talked about Zhao Qiaoyun, her face was also full of disgust, "You don't know, she is at home all day, and she won't be able to live without tossing something." And her wet nurse, as if she was the only one in the family, and we were all slaves. β