Luo Xiaofan was taken aback when he saw the cat holding a scroll and said, and hurriedly said, "Are you sure?" Really found it? ”

The cat said triumphantly: "There is a unique symbol of our cat clan on it, and the patterns on it were created by our ancestors, can you tell me the story of my ancestors in the book?" ”

For this cat, Luo Xiaofan has always been at a loss. In the 21st century, how can there be "supernatural events", in reality, no matter how much a cat evolves, it is impossible to speak human language, let alone come out of a painting. How can there really be a magic pen Ma Liang in this world, it is just a strange person imagined by literati and.

Thinking of this, Luo Xiaofan said to the cat: "I've always wondered, what kind of cat are you?" Could it be that you have become a sperm, can not only speak human words, but also find the books you want to read, how can there be a cat like you in the world, is it possible...... You're a cat demon! Luo Xiaofan couldn't help but shudder, and then asked the cat: "Moreover, the one you found is not a book at all, just a scroll of paintings." ”

The cat said calmly: "Don't care what kind of cat I am, just call me 'Fanhu'", and it repeated what he just said: "There is a unique symbol of our cat family on it, and the patterns on it are created by our ancestors, can you tell me the story of my ancestors in the book?" Even if it's a scroll, it's left by my ancestors. ”

"Your name is 'Fanhu'? That's a good name. I suddenly remembered that I had read in an article before, which was a story about the ancients' love for cats, and the article mentioned that the names given by the ancients to their pet cats were very distinctive. For example, the patriotic poets of the Southern Song Dynasty named their cats "Xiao Yu Su", "Xue'er" and "Pink Nose"; Lin Ling, a famous Taoist priest in the Northern Song Dynasty, has a cat named "Roaring Golden Whale"; Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty named his cat "Xue Nu", "Hanxu Slave", "Wu Cangnu", "Qingning Raccoon", "Renzhao Raccoon", "Cai Fang Raccoon", "Pufu Raccoon", "Flying Raccoon" and so on; And the name Guan Xiu gave his cat is "Fanhu", and it seems that it really came out of the painting.

Saying that, Luo Xiaofan took the scroll in Fan Hu's hand, and the scroll was wrapped in a red brocade cloth bag, with some special patterns on the bag and a special text sign. Luo Xiaofan took out the scroll from the cloth bag, unfolded it and found that the scroll was about 20 centimeters wide, Luo Xiaofan opened the scroll and found that it was 5 meters long. Luo Xiaofan looked at the title of the painting: "The Picture of Heroes in the Cat World", and there were about 800 knights in the painting, all of whom were vivid and lifelike.

Fan Hu asked Luo Xiaofan, "What is painted on it?" ”

"This is the "Picture of the Heroes of the Cat World"" Luo Xiaofan said.

""The Heroes of the Cat World"? That means there should still be a book, I heard my grandfather once say that "The Legend of the Cat World Rangers" and "The Legend of the Cat World Heroes" are placed in two different places. If you find "The Legend of the Cat Rangers" here, then "The Legend of the Cat Rangers" must be elsewhere. I'm sorry you can help me take a look, is it written on it, where does "The Legend of the Cat World Ranger" exist? Fan Hu said solemnly.

Luo Xiaofan originally regarded the cat's words as nonsense, but he actually found such a painting, and the name of the painting was even called "The Picture of the Heroes of the Cat World", which means that what the cat said is true, which is really incredible. The text on the painting was written in Xingshu, and he carefully read the words on the painting, and there was no record of "The Legend of the Ranger of the Cat World".

He said to the cat, "There is no text on it about The Legend of the Cat Ranger. ”

Fan Hu jumped onto the table with a "bang", looked at the painting carefully, and saw that there were three red seal characters on the far right side of the painting, he pointed to Luo Xiaofan and asked, "What is written here?" ”

Luo Xiaofan looked at it carefully and read out the three words word by word: "Stone-bamboo-city-"

"Yes, it's Shizhu City, my grandfather mentioned this name!" Fan Hu said ecstatically.

At this time, Luo Xiaofan was also interested for some reason, and asked, "Where is Shizhu City, and there is really the book you are looking for?" ”

Fan Hu said: "It should be true, but I don't know where Shizhu City is. ”

Luo Xiaofan found the map of China, the map of the world, and the territory maps of various dynasties in history in the library, but could not find the location of Shizhu City.

"Do you know when that book was written?" Luo Xiaofan asked.

Fan Hu replied thoughtfully: "It should be the Tang Dynasty." ”

Luo Xiaofan searched through the Tang Dynasty classics in the library again, but did not find any records about Shizhu City.

After searching for a long time and not finding any clues about Shizhu City, Luo Xiaofan complained: "Shizhu City, Shizhu City, is there Shizhu City as you said?" ”

Just then, an old man walked in.

"Xiaofan, what's wrong? What are you muttering about? ”

When Luo Xiaofan heard this, he stopped searching and said, "Teacher, I'm looking for a place called Shizhucheng, but I can't find where that place is." ”

It turned out that the old man was none other than the director of this library, and Luo Xiaofan had always called him "teacher".

At this time, Luo Xiaofan saw that the Fanhu beside him was gone, and looked around and found that it had run back into the painting. He hurried next to the painting and muttered, "Come out, come out!" Why did you run back again? But the cat didn't move in the painting.

Luo Xiaofan didn't tell the curator about the strange thing that happened just now, because the cat went back again, even if he told the curator the truth, he wouldn't believe it.

Luo Xiaofan could only lie to the curator and said: "I just suddenly thought of such a place name, so I wanted to find out where it is, is there such a place?" ”

After hearing this, the curator smiled slightly and said: "Shizhu City, there is indeed such a place as Shizhu City, I remember I saw it in a book many years ago, and it is said that it is a magical place. However, I only read it once, and when I tried to find the book again and reread it, I never found it, and I don't know which tourist borrowed the book and never returned it. It was also from that time that I made a rule that all books in the Guzhen Library were not allowed to be borrowed, and they could only be read in the library. ”

"Teacher, you mean, is there really a place in Shizhu City? Do you remember what it says in the book? Luo Xiaofan couldn't wait to ask the curator.

The curator said thoughtfully: "I can't remember clearly, it probably goes like this, there is a thousand-year-old castle at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and the murals in the castle record a place called Shizhucheng...... I don't know exactly how it was recorded, but it may be that the name of the thousand-year-old castle is Shizhu City. Anyway, there are some stories of legends of the rivers and lakes of the other world, as well as legends of grievances and hatreds...... I think there should be too many secrets in this Shizhu City, and no one has explored it so far, and the history of Shizhu City has always been blank. ”

When Luo Xiaofan heard this, he became interested again, what "thousand-year-old castle", "murals", "otherworldly rivers and lakes" and "legendary stories", is there any treasure in this Shizhu City.

The curator continued, "Ten years ago, I thought about looking for the Bamboo City, but I didn't want to go to the library and the tourists who came to visit the library, so I didn't go to the ......."

As soon as the curator left, Fan Hu jumped out of the painting again.

Fan Hu said excitedly: "I have heard it all, I am going to the foot of the Tianshan Mountain to find the thousand-year-old castle." As he spoke, he was about to walk out the door.

"Wait! I'll go with you! Luo Xiaofan couldn't wait to say.

"What? Why are you going with me? Fan Hu asked suspiciously.

Luo Xiaofan replied: "You came out of the painting, how can you go to such a far place alone, what if you are captured by the bad guys?" I'll take you with me, and it will be much safer. ”

Fan Hu smiled and said, "I just met, you care about me so much?" ”

Luo Xiaofan said: "I have always liked cats, cats like you who can speak human words are so rare, of course I have to care." I'll take you with me, and I'll protect you. ”

Fan Hu continued to ask, "What about this library?" ”

Luo Xiaofan said: "This is easy to do, I will write a letter to the teacher and tell him that I will take a few days off and come back in a few days." As he spoke, he picked up the pen and paper on his desk and began to write.

In Luo Xiaofan's opinion, there must be many secrets and treasures hidden in that thousand-year-old castle. This time, I took this talking cat to explore, and it was best to find countless treasures, even if I didn't find the treasure, I could write this experience into a treasure hunt novel when I came back, and it would definitely be a great seller.

Early the next morning, the curator came to the library and saw a piece of stationery on the table, on which a sentence was written: Teacher, I went to the foot of the Tianshan Mountains to look for Shizhu City, and I will return in a few days.

The curator turned his head to look at the ancient painting hanging next to him, the Brahma Tiger in the painting was no longer there, leaving only the empty temple courtyard. He put the painting away and rolled it up, took out a wooden box from the cabinet under his desk, and placed the painting in the wooden box.

Then, he got up, picked up the letterhead, and walked to the bookshelf. The bookshelf was stocked with many books, two of which were Sanskrit scriptures and several Buddhist scriptures. He pulled out a Sanskrit scripture and opened it, filled with Sanskrit scriptures. He folded the letter in two and sandwiched it in the Sanskrit text. When he closed the Sanskrit book again, the cover of the book showed three Chinese characters: Shizhuji.

The curator sighed and said to himself: "Xiaofan, I hope you can fulfill the teacher's lifelong wish and complete the writing of the "Shizhu Ji", and by that time, the teacher will have no regrets in this life......

Looking at the three words "Shizhu Ji" on the cover, the curator smiled a little meaningfully.