C37 White Cat
Yun Shu quickly hid the account book on her body. She wanted to push open the window to get out, but she discovered that the window in front of her couldn't be opened at all. However, the sound of the door opening could already be heard behind her.
Yun Shu's heart immediately jumped into her throat. Fortunately, the other person only stood at the door for a moment before she retreated and pulled the door shut. "Doctor Lin, I suddenly remember that the brush in this study seems to have been taken by this child to play with. Should I take you to the west wing's study?"
"Sure." This was a somewhat aged voice.
As the sound of their footsteps gradually faded, Yun Shu couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief as she hurriedly slipped out of her room to look for Xiao Cui.
The rest of the way, she walked absent-mindedly. Although she was standing behind the innermost row of bookshelves, she wasn't too sure if the person standing at the door could see her through the bookshelf.
Just as she passed by the west gate, a group of servant girls hurriedly walked past them. Inside, a servant girl turned her head and saw Xiao Cui, who was by Yun Shu's side, and hurriedly bypassed the people around her. "The general told everyone in the house to go to the hall.
Upon hearing the girl's words, Yun Shu's hands, which were holding the box, couldn't help but tighten.
Xiao Cui asked: "Do you know what happened?"
"I don't know, but from what I heard, something important dropped."
"Then I'll go with you." After Xiao Cui finished speaking, she turned to look at Yun Shu, "Miss, I might not be able to take you in the back."
Yun Shu said, "It's fine, Miss Xiao Cui just need to tell me how to get there. It shouldn't be too far away."
She had proposed to walk around the general's manor. If she said that she didn't need to walk around the manor in order to leave, wouldn't she be the one to tell them that she had most likely stolen the loot? Besides, her intuition told her that it was the account book.
Xiao Cui nodded her head: "It is indeed not far, first walk along the wall, and after a hundred steps there will be a small bamboo forest. After walking for a while, you will see two small paths, one on the left and one on the right, and then you will be able to go out. Once we're out of the small bamboo forest, I will be able to see the door. At that time, I will just hand the box over to the servant guarding the door. "
Just as Yun Zhui thanked him, Xiao Cui was dragged away by a servant girl standing next to her.
She followed Xiao Cui's route and entered the small bamboo forest. Before she even reached the fork in the path, a white cat suddenly appeared from somewhere to her right. As if it had realized the intruder's existence, it immediately stopped and rolled its big eyes, staring at Yun Shu.
Yun Shu only felt that this cat was familiar.
The cat probably saw that she looked familiar, so it meowed at her twice before continuing on its way.
She had only taken a few steps when the cat ran up to her again. Once again, it blocked the path and barked, then ran off to the side. After running two steps, it even turned its head to look at her, as if it wanted to take her with it.
Several times after that she tried to move forward, but the result was the same as before. Wherever she went, the white cat blocked her path, and finally she found out that it was only in the same direction that the white cat had gone before that she was allowed to move forward — more precisely, to lead her forward.
She had never thought that one day, she would be played around by a cat.
The white cat stopped by the general's manor wall. After patting the mud on the corner of the wall a few times with its thick white claws, it raised its round head to look at Yun Shu and cried. Then, like a pampered royalty, it slightly raised its head and moved to the side.
Yunshu had the illusion that the cat opposite her was ordering her to dig out the things below …
In order to prevent anything like this from happening, she put the box aside, picked up a sharp piece of rock, and began to pry open the soil that the white cat had patted with her claws.
Unexpectedly, after digging about three inches deep, half of a fish's skeleton appeared before his eyes. The white cat immediately grabbed the fish bone and pulled it out. Yun Shu was amused by its slightly clumsy posture. "So that's why you're doing this... However, the fish has already died into a pile of bones, yet you still haven't forgotten to make people dig its grave, isn't that a bit too cruel? "
However, the cat, who was busy pulling out the fish bone, didn't have the time to pay attention to her. It used all its strength to drag the fish bone out, but at the same time, it pulled the brick that was pressed onto the fish bone.
Naturally, Yun Shu saw the brick that had been removed from the corner of the wall. She pulled the brick out and saw the path of an alley outside the general's mansion. Only then did she know that the general's mansion's ground was higher than the street outside the mansion.
Then, she quickly put the brick back into the hole in the wall and poked it out again. She didn't expect that she would have to cover more than half of the brick before she took out the account book hidden in her bosom and rolled it up. She stuffed more than half of the hole into the hole in the wall and covered the part of the wall that was exposed with dirt.
After doing all this, she picked up the box and stood up. Only then did she realize that the white cat was already gone.
After Yun Shu walked out of the small bamboo forest in confusion, she saw the general's residence looking for something. When she handed the box over to the servant that was still resolutely behind the door, she almost dropped the box. Fortunately, a servant who passed by was rather skilled, and managed to pick up the box that was about to fall to the ground in time. Yun Shu hurriedly thanked him, but when she received the box, she accidentally saw the callus on the side of his right middle finger.
She smoothly handed the box over to the servant behind the door, and just as she was about to walk out, Xiao Cui who was rushing over suddenly called out to her: "Miss, please wait, the general has sent a servant to find Miss."
"What does your general want from me?" She pretended to be confused.
"That... "This …" Xiao Cui bit her lower lip.
Seeing that the other party was clenching his hands tightly and looking troubled, Yun Shu said: "Alright, I can probably guess what it is, I'll have to trouble Miss Xiao Cui to help me lead the way."
The main hall was not far from the study room, and from afar, she saw the sturdy looking middle-aged man sitting in the innermost area of the hall. The middle-aged man was drinking the steaming hot water from his teacup in one gulp. When he turned his head to see Xiao Cui bringing her over, the boredom on his face dissipated slightly.
This was the rumored General Aches, who was very close to Jia Daoping.
"General Ao." After Yun Shu stepped into the great hall, she was the first to nod her head.
Och got up, and started to look at her while walking until he was about one step away from her: "Xiao Cui said that she took you around the mansion, and that you left her for a while."
"Yes."
Ao Qi looked at her for a moment, then waved to the two servant girls beside Xiao Cui: "Search her."
Seeing the two maidservants approach her, Yun Shu subconsciously took a step back. "General Ao, I'm afraid this isn't a good idea."
"Something dropped in my general's manor, I can't even find it now! Besides, I didn't ask a man to search you, what are you afraid of? Could it be that you really stole something from me? "
However, just as he finished speaking, a young woman who was pregnant entered the room. "General." Xiao Jin and the master and servant of the Qin Province, as well as Xiao Bao, who was carried in Xiao Jin's arms, entered the room with the woman.
Yun Shu had also roughly guessed who this pregnant woman was.
"Why is the Madam here?" Aches was like a mouse that suddenly saw a cat, his face full of surprise.
Madam Lu frowned slightly and said, "If I don't come, wouldn't the general be making a ruckus again? Uncle told me that the lady hasn't even gotten married yet, so how can she be searched in public?" It would be better for the maidservant to bring this lady to a room at the side, otherwise it would not offend you too much. "
"Madam has thought it through carefully." After Ochey praised Lady Lu, he told the two maidservants to do as Lady Lu said.
The moment Yun Zhuyi entered the room, the two maidservants closed the doors and windows on each side. Then one of them latched the door and led her behind the screen.
After finishing their search, the two of them opened the doors and windows before bringing her to the main hall.
Oki saw that the two maidservants had nothing in their hands and could no longer detain Yunshu, but there was no sign of apology on that infuriating face. Instead, it was Lady Lu who came to her side and took her hand and said, "I'm sorry," asking her to forgive the general for looking for a lost object.
Yun Shu also did not want to stay any longer. Nodding, she turned and left the hall, so she could not see that the man who called himself Xiao Xiang had just fished out a small piece of dried up bamboo leaf from the white cat's fur.