Chapter 54
Because the injury has not healed completely, Wu Zhen has been in a cat-like manner every day, which can help her recover faster. It is strange that Wu Zhen was a person who couldn't rest and had to find some fun every day, otherwise he would feel bored. But since she got closer and closer to Mei Zhuyu, she seemed to be infected by her husband and could tolerate that kind of tranquility.
Without horse racing in the suburbs, school competitions, Cuju polo, even less go to brothels. During this period of recuperation, Wu Zhen’s most common period was to become a cat in the daytime to work in the Ministry of Justice, stay in his arms and take a nap in the evening, and he was in a human form, sleeping on his knees and sleeping on his knees' knees, and he was lazy.
However, during the day, she doesn't always stay with Mei Zhuyu. After occasionally she has enough sleep, she will run out to go around the various government offices.
Since petting cats became a trend, there have been a lot more cats in the blue tiles and red walls. Unlike those stray wild cats, cats with shiny fur and strong figures are usually brought by officials, and many officials have been secretly competing with their cats recently.
Wu Zhen also ran to a group of bored officials and watched their cats compete with each other. The scene was really bad. A group of cats almost started fighting, which made the officials who raised cats almost fight for it.
In addition, the one who Wu Zhen went to the most was the Censorate. Because the two cats Liu Yushi were raised by his daughter Liu Taizhen, her appearance was the same as Wu Zhen's cat shape, and Censor Liu could not recognize the difference between Wu Zhen's cat appearance and the two cats, so Wu Zhen often ran over to pretend to be one of the cats.
When Yushi Liu saw her, she looked straight and raised her eyes, but she turned into a cat, but she could jump to Yushi Liu's head to show off her power. Wu Zhen felt secretly happy and came to play if he had anything to do, and often took the opportunity to avenge his personal revenge. For example, if he suddenly jumped up and kicked him, Yushi Liu would only smile with a loving look on his face, and he was as kind as a fake Yushi Liu.
Every time this happened, Wu Zhen felt that the two cats he chose for Xiaoshe a few years ago were good, otherwise she would not be able to take advantage of the same appearance today.
However, considering that he was his friend's father, Wu Zhen did not dare to go too far, for fear that if Liu Taizhen knew about it, she would be beaten into a dead cat. So she just occasionally came over and stumbled around someone's shoulders and heads, and suddenly a flying cat kicked him. The cat fist that was not painful was not annoyed, but also always showed off her cat's closeness to others.
Wu Zhen went to the Censorate more times. Before Mei Zhuyu came back before the time came, she would wait at the door of the Censorate. The first time I found something wrong, Yushi Liu saw three identical cats appearing at the same time and was stunned. When Mei Zhuyu looked at the three cats for a long time and finally picked up one of them carefully, Yushi Liu was not very good.
Yushi Liu: "Is this your cat?"
Mei Zhuyu was still looking at the cat she was holding carefully, thinking that it should be right, so she nodded and said, "Yes."
Yushi Liu looked at the innocent and well-behaved cat in Mei Zhuyu's arms in suspiciously, and suddenly felt a strong suspicion, feeling that he had taken advantage of this period, but this suspicion came inexplicably.
Mei Zhuyu kept talking on the way back with the cat, but the cat in her arms didn't say anything, as if she couldn't understand his words. Mei Zhuyu's eyesight increased so much in these days, much better than before. She could accurately choose her wife nine times in ten times, but every time even if he chose the right choice, Wu Zhen would deliberately tease him, pretending to be a real cat. Once Mei Zhuyu took her back, but she didn't see her back until the middle of the night. She thought she had made a mistake and almost carried her to go over the Liu family's house in the middle of the night, which made Wu Zhen laugh for the middle of the night.
He was deceived by his wife several times. Mei Zhuyu didn't dare to make a conclusion easily. He held up the cat and looked at her with round eyes for a long time. Finally, Wu Zhen couldn't help it. He pressed his claws on his forehead and said with a smile: "I chose the right choice today!"
Mei Zhuyu breathed a sigh of relief.
Taoist Master Shuangjiang had already left Chang'an a few days ago. With Wu Zhen there, Taoist Master Shuangjiang was not even torn apart by the old master uncle. Before he left, Wu Zhen heard him talking to himself that he would tell his senior brothers, masters, and uncles about the marriage of his uncle. His tone was somewhat like "Fellow Taoist dies with me and will live up to this great friendship."
Wu Zhen thought to himself, it will be a while before the Taoist priests of Chang Xiguan gather in Chang'an City?
It was midsummer, and in previous years, Wu Zhen had to look for treasures to escape the summer heat. This year, he could bear it and lived peacefully in Mei Zhuyu's house. Before he knew it, she stayed here almost every day, and the Duke of Yu rarely went back.
Mei Si and Cui Jiu and others wanted to go out to play with her. They failed to find someone at the Duke of Yu's mansion several times. They gradually got used to finding her here. However, Wu Zhen was injured and was on duty with Mei Zhuyu almost every day. Cui Jiu and others rarely met her. As a result, they finally met her once, and the young and girls were extremely resentful. The tone made Wu Zhen feel like a disheartened man.
On this day, Wu Zhen finally went out to play with Cui Jiu and the others, and did not serve Mei Zhuyu. Mei Zhuyu felt that her arms were empty and she was very uncomfortable. She stopped writing dozens of times in the morning and looked at the tung tree outside the window several times, but she never saw Wu Zhen's cat shadow. At noon, two monsters carrying food boxes came to deliver food to him. They were two rat monsters. Sniffing the residual Wu Zhen's aura here, the two little monsters trembled and ran away after delivering the food.
Although the food was still rich, Mei Zhuyu felt that it was not very good. She paused with the bowl for a moment, then sighed and put down the bowl.
On that day, Wu Zhen did not show up and did not come back tonight. Mei Zhuyu waited for her to have dinner until the sound of the door closed. The sky was completely dark and there was no one waiting for him, so he had to eat something simple. In fact, Wu Zhen had said before that he would not come back today, but he still waited until this time.
The lights burned quietly, making a whisper, and a breeze blew into the house, the windows were wide open, and the mosquito repellent sachets hanging on the edges of the window swayed slightly.
It was just that one person was missing, but the room seemed extremely empty and quiet.
When Wu Zhen was there, even if the two were not intimate, they slept a little late, because Wu Zhen was a night owl, and Mei Zhuyu's rest time was postponed later.
It was earlier than before, but Wu Zhen was not there, Mei Zhuyu sat there alone and blew the wind for a while, read a book, and then washed and went to bed.
When he slept until midnight, Mei Zhuyu suddenly woke up. He heard the movement from the window keenly, and sat up silently. The next moment, a figure jumped into the window. Of course, this was not a little thief, but Wu Zhen who was climbing the window.
She jumped into the room with a small jar in her hand, and the sound of landing lightly did not make any sound. At the sight of Mei Zhuyu sitting up from the bed, she chuckled, stopped making a light sound, touched her nose and said, "I'm waking you up."
Mei Zhuyu got up and lit the light. Her voice was dull and she was concerned, "Didn't she say she won't come back tonight, why did she suddenly come back?"
Wu Zhen said oh and replied casually: "I wasn't going to come back. I played with Cui Jiu and the others for a day and planned to sleep on Huzhu at night, but I couldn't sleep. I caught some interesting things and wanted to bring them back for you to see, so I came back."
Mei Zhuyu looked at her lowered her head and untied the rope on the jar, and her eyes became soft and joyful unconsciously.
Wu Zhen put the untied rope in his mouth and bit it, then lifted the red paper covered by the can. He raised his head and met Mei Zhuyu's quiet and gentle eyes. She was stunned. Suddenly, she spat out the rope in her mouth with a spit, walked to Mei Zhuyu in two steps, pulled him down with his clothes, and kissed him on the face.
Somehow, she felt a little moved and promised: "There is nothing to do in the future. I will definitely go home to sleep at night."
Mei Zhuyu never thought she would say such things. Seeing her eyes appear bright in the light and a bright light leaping in her eyes, she couldn't help but reach out to hold her. After a long time, she opened her mouth and said, "Are you tired? Let's take a rest."
"Wait, let's show you something first." Wu Zhen said, pulling him to a study room separated by a screen.
There is a white wall in the study. When the doors and windows are wide open, the shadows of trees in the courtyard outside will be reflected on the white wall. On sunny days, the waves of the small pond outside will also ripple on the white wall. At this moment, Wu Zhen pulled Mei Zhuyu to the opposite side of the white wall, raised his foot and pushed the bamboo mat on the couch to the ground, and then pressed Mei Zhuyu to sit on the bamboo mat.
Mei Zhuyu sat on the bamboo mat as she wanted and looked at her. Wu Zhen mysteriously uncovered a layer of paper covered in the jar in his hand, and then pinched out a piece of slippery translucent dough from the jar.
"Look." She swung the trembling "block" in her hand on the white wall. The "block" stuck to the wall with a bang, and finally slowly melted into the wall. After a moment, there was no trace on the wall. At the same time, a small shadow suddenly appeared on the wall, which was the shadow of a butterfly, flying around on the white wall, and its movements were beautiful. It looked like there was a butterfly outside the window, illuminated by the moonlight, reflected on the wall.
Wu Zhen pinched out a piece of dough that was similar to that of the jar and threw it on the wall again. This time, the shadow of a bird appeared on the wall. The bird was lively and vivid. Although it was just a shadow, it made people feel as if it could hear its chirping.
Seeing this, Mei Zhuyu had already guessed what this was. While Wu Zhen continued to take out the translucent pieces from the jar, he explained to Mei Zhuyu: "This is a kind of monster that is harmless to ordinary people, called shadow insects. They have various forms and will turn into various shadows, human shadows, animals shadows, and flowers, plants and trees. This thing is hidden tightly, so it is difficult to catch."
Because they only appear at night, they will become various shadows and blend into the surrounding environment, and there is no abnormal breath, so it is difficult to find out.
Wu Zhen found this jar and was very proud. He threw out two more pieces. This time, one piece turned into a bunch of bamboo, forming a bunch of bamboo shadows at one corner of the white wall, and the other piece turned into a peony flower shadow, falling on the other side. So the previous bird fell on the bamboo shadow, and the butterfly fell on the flowers.
Mei Zhuyu saw that Wu Zhen was still raising things into the jar and threw them on the wall. Seeing that various shadows gradually appeared on the white wall, it seemed more and more lively. He suddenly felt that his wife was very similar to the little girl catching fireflies in the middle of the night.
At this moment, Wu Zhen clapped his hands, turned the empty jar in his hand and said proudly: "Look, how is it? Is it fun?" It was a tone of coaxing the child, but she didn't know that her own behavior was more like a child.
Chapter completed!