The orange cat in the painting is lifelike and resembles its owner, which shows the cat’s status in the Qian family.
The orange cat demon once lived in the capital, conquered the desert, and has lived for more than three hundred years.
The founding of the Liang Dynasty was also three hundred years ago, so the time and experience basically match up.
It's just that Cheng Yu originally thought that the orange cat was raised by Wujun Zhuang Dakuan, but he didn't expect that his shit shovel officer was actually Zhuang Dakuan's archrival, Marquis Jingan.
But looking at the orange cat demon's attitude towards the Qian family, something must have happened later that made him so scornful of the current Qian family.
After withdrawing his thoughts, he looked along the paintings hanging on the wall of the ancestral hall. Not far from the portrait of Marquis Jing'an, there was Qian Wenjun, Wenjun of Qingchuan, but there was no outstanding figure after that.
After viewing this round of Qian family history exhibition, Cheng Yu couldn't help but sigh.
Ever since Qian Wenbing was beaten up, the Qian Mansion has really been a weasel, and every litter is worse than the next.
The founding marquis was lost in the second generation, although in the third generation a Qian Wenpin came out, which made the Qian family revive for a while.
But even if he became the literary monarch of a county, he could not stop Qian's literary decline.
Not long after him, the Qian family was driven out of the capital and moved back to Qingchuan County.
And eventually he transformed into a businessman all the way, and now he can only gain a false reputation by donating his official position.
Just when Cheng Yu was getting bored and was about to fly away, he suddenly noticed a circle of yellow light ripples on the green brick ground below.
Just as this ripple flashed, a stronger blue light appeared on the entire hall floor, instantly suppressing the yellow light and disappearing together.
Cheng Yu's heart skipped a beat, and he spread his wings and hurriedly flew to the high beams.
It seems like a habit I have developed over the years as a bird. Whenever I encounter a strange phenomenon, only high places are safe.
As soon as he flew into the air, he looked up and saw that there were no beams on the roof directly above, but a caisson ceiling.
There are four layers of enclosed wooden beams in this caisson, and each layer of wooden beams forms a square shape, staggered and shrinking upward.
At the very top is a small hexagonal wood carving pattern. Due to its age and the darkness inside the caisson, its shape can no longer be clearly seen.
In previous lives, architectural ceiling shapes like caissons were only allowed to appear in religious buildings such as royal palaces or temples.
I don’t know what etiquette is in this world, or is it because there is an imperial pen in the palace that I am worthy of enjoying the caisson?
He landed on a wooden beam below the caisson. As soon as his two claws touched the beam, he suddenly felt an inexplicable coldness all over his body. It seemed that a stream of essence was being pulled out of his body, all the way up from his abdomen along his chest, and finally fell off his forehead.
Out.
Cheng Yu was startled again. He raised his head and looked upward. Except for the hexagonal wood carving pattern, there was nothing on the top.
Only then did Cheng Yu see clearly that the wood carving was an unknown flower.
Under the illumination of the dim and flickering oil lamp, the six petals that were originally closed began to rotate slowly, and were about to bloom.
"Whoops"
Another stream of energy from the body came out from the top of the head, and the six petals bloomed a little more, and the whole flower was nearly half open.
Two strands of essence were inexplicably sucked away. Cheng Yu suddenly felt a little weak, but he also knew that it was not advisable to stay here for a long time.
Without bothering to explore the root cause, he hurriedly spread his wings and flew out of the palace.
After Cheng Yu flew outside the ancestral hall and landed far away on the courtyard wall, he calmed down a little and moved his consciousness throughout his body. He felt that the sparrow body was weaker than before...
"..."
If I had known there was such a weird thing, I should have summoned the human spirit to take a look outside.
Cheng Yu flew further away, found a suitable position, summoned his soul and looked towards the ancestral hall.
The entire ancestral hall was shrouded in a blue halo, but there seemed to be a faint yellow light coming from inside the ancestral hall.
Fortunately, I only had two breaths of essence sucked away. What if...
Cheng Yu took a deep breath and turned around unintentionally. The Qian clan members, who had just finished worshiping their ancestors, marched solemnly to the front yard in square steps, maintaining formation.
At night, the three soul fires on each person's body may be bright or dark, strong or weak.
Only the leader has three soul fires of different colors. The top of his head is still a normal white flame, but there are two thick yellow masses on his shoulders.
That's the groom's official, Qian Ruyu.
It perfectly complements the bride next to him.
……
The banquet finally started in the front yard of the Qian Mansion, with people drinking and drinking, and the silence of the ancestral hall forming two different worlds.
Cheng Yu returned to his original position, spread his wings and flew towards the Bell and Drum Tower in the center of the city.
The orange cat demon was squatting quietly on the roof of the Drum Tower, looking at Cheng Yu flying over.
There was no moon that night, and under the cold starry sky, a bird and a cat stood on the roof ridge and eaves respectively, looking together at Qian's Mansion not far away, which was as lively and festive as a carnival.
Before Cheng Yu could ask, the orange cat demon seemed to be following Cheng Yu all the way and asked directly:
"Brother Que has entered the Qian's ancestral hall?"
The little sparrow stood on the eaves and nodded silently,
"Does that portrait look like it?"
Cheng Yu turned his head and glanced at the orange cat demon, and saw that he suddenly took a deep breath and said slowly:
"Three hundred years ago, I was an ignorant kitten, playing in Qian's house all day long.
I don’t know the specific year, but I just remember that it was the spring of the year. Emperor Taizu led the Northern Expedition with the power of founding the country and was always victorious. The Marquis accompanied him to escort him. I followed the Marquis and my concubine, and also mingled with the army.
When the army came out of the pass, they marched arrogantly, sometimes not advancing, sometimes advancing rashly, and finally they were ambushed and all their elite troops were lost.
It was the Marquis who gave up his mount to Taizu to get out of trouble. At that time, only a few hundred horses were left in the 100,000-strong army to return to the pass. The Marquis's beloved concubine had long since died in the rebellion. I was also a wild cat, following him from a distance.
You have to live in the back."
The orange cat demon looked in the direction of Qian Mansion and paused, then continued:
"After returning to the capital, the Marquis made great contributions to rescuing the enemy, but in the end he returned due to a huge defeat. The officials did not reward him lavishly for the sake of face.
After five years of hard work, I went on another expedition and won a complete victory, and then I was awarded a title. I also went through hardships and finally returned to the Qian family. Perhaps because the Marquis saw things and fell in love with him, my status in the Qian family also increased. In the ancestral hall
The first portrait that was hung was painted at that time. Later..."
The orange cat demon adjusted his mood slightly, looked up at the sky and continued:
"Later, the Duke passed away, and the officials originally granted him the honor of being buried with him in the imperial mausoleum. However, because the Duke's second son was involved in the dispute over the throne, the officials were annoyed and ordered him to move out of the imperial mausoleum and be buried by himself. However, he finally thought
Because he was able to rescue the driver, he was awarded the honor of being the caisson of the ancestral hall."
After saying this, Cheng Yu realized why the Marquis of Jing'an was eliminated after only passing on to the second generation, and the caisson in this world is not available to just anyone.
The orange cat demon stared at the Qian Ancestral Hall not far away and continued to preach:
"It was in Qingchuan County that the Marquis rose to power. At that time, all his clansmen also moved here, so they were buried here.
When I was buried, my descendants buried me together in the tomb. I was ignorant at the time. I was buried in the ground and all I wanted to do was escape, but the surroundings were sealed with bricks and stones and there was no way out.
I don't know how long later, a huge mountain rat got into the tomb for some reason. After rummaging through the tomb of the Marquis, he found nothing. It actually opened a tomb brick with its bare claws and dug a hole. I was small at the time and the mountain rat was big.
It was quite big, so I escaped through the tunnel dug by it.
After I sneaked back to Qian's house, I was afraid of being recognized by Qian's family and thrown back into the tomb. I didn't dare to show my face during the day, so I hid on the caisson of the newly built ancestral hall.
At that time, I felt that the wooden carvings in the middle of the caisson were very beautiful. I stared at them all day long, and later I could even smell the faint fragrance of flowers.
I don’t know how many days I have been living like this. I just remember that it was quite difficult to climb up the wooden beam.
But one morning, after I woke up in Liangshang, I suddenly felt that my mind was extremely clear, and it was no longer as chaotic as before.
Recalling the past events, it is as if they are still vivid in my mind, and my skills are even stronger than when I was young.
But that’s all secondary. The most surprising thing to me is that these cat eyes are completely different..."
When the orange cat demon talked about this, Cheng Yu had already guessed that there must be something strange about the wood carvings. Over time, the orange cat opened up its spiritual intelligence, and by the way, the cat's eyes also developed supernatural powers.
A pair of cat eyes in the night sky were glowing with a faint blue light, and the cat demon continued:
"Since the day when my mind was clear, my eyes usually don't look strange, but once I open my Dharma Eyes, I can see the life of all kinds of living creatures.
Such as the vitality of a newborn child, the twilight energy of a dying person, and the strong aura of some people will still steam on the top of the head. As for the evil spirits of ghosts and officials, even those with demonic aura and sword aura, I have seen them countless times.
Second, but..."
Garfield paused for a moment, looking at Cheng Yu with a trace of doubt in his eyes, and then said after a moment of pause:
"But Brother Sparrow made me misjudge you for the first time. At noon that day, when I first met you in the back kitchen of Huichun Building, I saw that you were just like an ordinary sparrow. Maybe you seemed a little smarter, but you were not particularly out of the ordinary.<
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At sunset, I saw Brother Que on the roof of the building for the second time, and he was still the same as during the day.
But later, when I took in the moonlight, I opened my blue light Dharma eyesight, and when I looked at Brother Que, it was completely different.
There is a black patch of black water in your sparrow body, but there is no trace of ferocious evil in the body. I was suddenly curious, so I took the liberty to say hello to Brother Sparrow.
Later, I saw the black breath you exhaled after inhaling the moonlight, and I was able to confirm that you were a water-based cultivator. It wasn't until Brother Que summoned the soul that I realized that it was me who was lucky enough to meet a powerful person."
When the orange cat demon saw that the little sparrow remained silent and did not summon his soul, the conversation suddenly changed and he said:
"Brother Que, did you see green and yellow lights in that ancestral hall just now?"
