Li Yu felt that his legs and feet were not very strong. It was probably because he had been a fish for a long time and was accustomed to swimming. At the beginning, he walked lightly and staggered, but this feeling did not last long, and he got used to it more.
Because he didn't have suitable shoes, he was barefoot all the time. Fortunately, the weather was mild and he couldn't feel the cold. The grounds of King Jing's mansion were cleaned quite cleanly. He paid extra attention to the soles of his feet.
It's just that his attire, with only his underwear on and bare feet, is really terrible. It is precisely because of this that several servants bumped into Li Yu's face, but they did not dare to go forward and question him.
Today is King Jing holding a banquet. There are many guests in the palace, all of them are princes and nobles. There are guards outside the palace, and they need to hold invitations to enter. Therefore, there will be no unidentified people in the palace. If they dare to dress up like this, I am afraid that someone is a child. The boy is angry.
But it's not appropriate for this little boy to walk around. There were already servants of King Jing's house rushing to ask the prince to deal with him, while others followed Li Yu from a distance.
One of the servants was soft-hearted. Seeing Li Yu walking all the way barefoot, she couldn't stand it any longer. She walked out and asked softly, "Whose son are you, why are you dressed like this?"
Li Yu listened to Wang Xi and said a lot, and it was not a problem to talk to the ancients. He said vaguely: "Auntie, I... I'm here to be a guest, and I accidentally lost my way."
When planning, he felt that everything was safe, but the actual situation frequently occurred, either without clothes or without shoes, and finally solved it on the spot. Next, he thought that the dining room was easy to find, but it turned out that King Jing’s mansion was too big, and he could easily find it from the rockery. It's not easy, and I don't dare to ask for directions, so I'm a little anxious.
The old lady saw his clean face, handsome and lovable, and his dark eyes were like a pair of black pills kept in mercury.
The old lady said, "Since the young master is lost, how about I lead you to the prince?"
How could Li Yu meet Wang Xi, and said hurriedly: "No need, the prince must be in Ninghui Hall at the moment, I should be able to find it after a walk... Aunt, do you know where the dining room is? ?"
Li Yu blushed and touched his stomach. The old lady understood it and said with a smile, "Young master is hungry? If you can trust me, please come with me."
The old lady was dressed as a servant of the palace, with an apron on her body. Li Yu subconsciously trusted the people from the palace, so she followed the old lady to the dining room.
Li Yu talked with the old lady all the way. It turned out that the aunt was the cook of King Jing's mansion. Li Yu felt that he had lost his luck. With the cook taking him, he was afraid that he would not be able to find a place to eat
The old lady's surname was Xu, and she brought Li Yu into the back kitchen. Li Yu saw many dishes that he had been thinking about, and his eyes were straight.
Aunt Xu took out the plate with a smile, and asked Li Yu what he liked to eat. Li Yu looked at the dishes and gave a long list of dish names.
Aunt Xu chose some according to his preference, and sandwiched two whole plates: "These dishes have already been served here, and I won't ask for them again. This is an extra portion that no one has touched. Young master, please feel free to eat."
Aunt Xu took a wooden bowl and filled a bowl of fragrant white rice, and put it on a tray and brought it to Li Yu.
After Li Yu turned back into a human, it was the first time anyone was so kind to him. The heat of the food made his eyes numb. He thanked Aunt Xu, took the bowl and ate it.
The unique taste of human food bloomed on the tip of his tongue, making him feel that his life as a fish in the past was like a dream, but—
He glanced down at his bare ankles, it was just a temporary shape-shifting medicine, and it shouldn't take long before he turned back into a fish.
Seeing that he was gobbling down, Aunt Xu seemed to be hungry for several days, and persuaded him to slow down, for fear that he would choke, Li Yu smiled and did not explain.
"Little son, why are you alone?"
Aunt Xu asked hesitantly. The young man in front of her looked at the same age as her youngest son, and Aunt Xu couldn't help but want to care.
Li Yu remembered the sad thing, but he couldn't rashly mention King Jing's name, so he casually insinuated: "My lord... lord, I want to ask for a second... daughter-in-law. I can't take care of me. I'll go out for a walk."
When Aunt Xu heard the words, she was both the master and the daughter-in-law. It turned out that the boy was a concubine raised by a noble
No wonder he ran out without clothes, presumably he was kicked out by the future mistress, and he was hungry for a long time.
Aunt Xu made up the scene of cleaning up the concubine in the main room. Li Yu said it pitifully, but she did not look down on Li Yu because of this, but patted his hand kindly and comforted him: "It doesn't matter, you are here. Stay here for a while and eat more."
It's not an option just to wear underwear all the time. Aunt Xu looked at Li Yu's figure, and brought him a clean cloth and a pair of cloth shoes for his youngest son. The clothes were emerald green, the color of seagrass Li Yu liked. Li Yu was worried that he could not find suitable clothes to change, nor shoes to wear. He was overjoyed when he saw it, but he thought about it when he changed clothes, and still put the underwear and profanity out of King Jing Chushun. Pants are worn inside.
Aunt Xu was afraid that Li Yu would be embarrassed, so she did not continue to ask.
It is rare for Li Yu to eat a meal of human food, until his belly bulges slightly, and then he puts down his chopsticks reluctantly. After eating, he went to the kitchen in the back of the dining room, followed Aunt Xu for a walk, and digested food by the way. This is a habit formed after being raised by King Jing, and it is still maintained after becoming a human.
The ancient back kitchen looked very lively. Li Yu felt fresh when he saw the chopping board and kitchen knife, but he was very sensible and knew that some cooks and maids would be taboo, so he just looked at it with a pair of eyes and didn't touch it.
Li Yu found a fish basket, and remembered the thousand carp soup of the imperial concubine that he heard when he was just reading the book, and became curious: "Auntie, do you want to cook thousand carp soup too?"
Aunt Xu laughed: "That's for birthday celebrations in the palace. The palace doesn't pay attention to this. His Highness used to drink fish soup a lot, but I don't know why I don't drink it recently."
When Aunt Xu said that she was talking to herself later, Li Yu heard it with the tip of her ear, and she wondered if it was because of him
After all, King Jing still loves his fish.
Li Yu couldn't help feeling a little sad when he recalled the various benefits King Jing had done to him.
Aunt Xu smiled and asked him, "Young Master talked about fish soup, but do you want to drink fish soup?"
Li Yu hurriedly shook his head. What kind of fish soup did he drink? He quickly stopped and asked Aunt Xu about where the stage was.
According to his plan, after eating and watching the play for a while, it is time to retreat, because the clothes and getting lost have delayed a lot of time, and I don't know how long the shape-shifting medicine will last.
Aunt Xu told him that the stage of the palace was set up in Yayin Garden near Ninghui Hall.
Li Yu planned to rush to Yayin Garden, and before leaving, he caught a glimpse of several bamboo boxes on the kitchen counter.
Li Yu was familiar with the appearance of this bamboo box, and Aunt Xu opened several boxes to him generously: "This is the fish food requested by His Highness. There are several kinds, and it is not a rare thing."
Li Yu's nose was sour for no reason. He pointed to the box containing the red fish food and said, "Can I get some?"
Aunt Xu said: "Yes, yes, the pantry has prepared a lot, so I'm not afraid of not enough. It's just for the fish, do you want the young master too?"
Li Yu nodded randomly: "...Yes, yes."
Aunt Xu thought that he also raised fish, so she vacated an empty box and filled him with a small half box.
Li Yu imitated the ancients, tucked the box into his sleeve, thanked Aunt Xu, and went to Yayin Garden.
Passing by Ninghui Hall, Li Yu thought cautiously, he must not help but go in and see, the protagonist will meet, what about the fish, and what the fish does not need to do.
He resolutely didn't look in the direction of Ninghuitang. When he arrived at Yayin Garden, he could hear the music from far away, but the guards outside Yayin Garden stopped him and wanted to check his waist card.
As soon as Li Yu thought about it, he was not checked in the pantry just now. Why should he be checked after listening to a play
Besides, where does he have such a thing as a waist card!
Li Yu didn't know, because he was wearing the old cloth of Aunt Xu's son and cloth shoes, and he looked like an ordinary servant. According to the rules in the palace, ordinary servants were not allowed to enter Yayin Garden at will, so the guard stopped him.
Li Yu didn't dare to argue with the guards. Anyway, listening to the play is not a must. There is not much time left for him. There is no place for the master here. Li Yu wisely changed the place and turned around. He was facing an acquaintance, Eunuch Wang Xi.
... Isn't this Wang Xi!
When Li Yu was still in the future and greeted, Wang Xi waved his hand, causing the surrounding guards to come and surround Li Yu.
"Hurry up and grab this man!"
Wang Xi was still gasping for breath, and it could be seen that after running for a long time, he was following King Jing in the garden to find someone, and he didn't pay much attention to the news handed over from elsewhere. , Wang Xi thinks and thinks, this person is most likely the thief who stole King Jing's clothes.
Thinking further down the line, the clothes and the fish are gone together. Isn't the person who stole the clothes the one who stole the fish, immediately inform King Jing and rush over to take a look.
Li Yu was shocked when he saw Wang Xi stopping him, and immediately remembered that he was a human body, and his arrangement in King Jing's room should not be so easy to be discovered.
Li Yu asked with a smile, "What's the matter with Eunuch Wang?"
Wang Xi snorted coldly: "Well, you thief, you stole His Royal Highness's fish, how dare you ask what's the matter!"
Li Yu:! ! !
Eunuch Wang always treats him kindly, but suddenly he is not used to being scolded.
Wait, Li Yu reacted. Could it be that the fish pillow and the window he deliberately opened were all pierced
There is not much time left, in case Wang Xi is caught, and there will be a big change in front of so many guards...
Li Yu wants to calm down, but this is not something that can be solved by calmness. He has to find a place to hide first, and he can't turn back into a fish in front of so many people!
Li Yu had an idea, took something out of his sleeve, and shouted, "There—"
He threw the contents out of his sleeve with all his might, and ran away while Wang Xi and the guards were stunned!
Wang Xi wasn't sure whether the young man in front of him was a thief, that is, he was cheating first, but who knew that this person had escaped... This does not mean that he is really a thief!
But this man was moving too fast and couldn't see what was missing. Wang Xi gritted his back molars. He was really afraid that this man was throwing the fish master out. The rest of the people followed behind.
Li Yu ran fast and hurriedly found a room to hide in.
King Jing originally brought people to look around in the garden, and when he received the urgent news from Wang Xi, he also rushed over to meet with Wang Xi, and together they blocked Li Yu in the house.
The thing that was thrown out before turned out to be a bamboo box for fish food. Now it's even more certain that this person stole the fish. Wang Xi was so angry that he was waiting for the person to be caught. He messed up the banquet at King Jing's mansion, and he also stole His Highness's clothes and the lively and lovely fish master. It really deserves a thousand cuts!
"Come out quickly and hand over His Highness's fish, or you will be at your own risk!" The prince slammed on the door and shouted sharply.
King Jing's face was sinking like water, standing outside the house with a sword, Li Yu poked a hole in the paper window to look out, when he saw King King fish having a sexual attack, he subconsciously wanted to go out and flick his tail.
Immediately remembered that he was a human, King Jing didn't recognize him, wouldn't he be cut to death by a sword when they met directly, and Wang Xi asked him to hand over the fish.
The fish is right in front of their eyes, what to pay!
He originally wanted to wait until all the people looking for him had left before leaving the house, but looking at the situation, King Jing and Wang Xi were both staring at him and couldn't get out for a while.
Li Yu burst into tears: ... It's just a meal, how could it be like this.
There is also a sudden drop of a system reminder!
"Host, time to maintain human form is running out..."
The pit fish system usually pretends to be dead, but now it has started to count down for him!
This is the rhythm that is about to change back!
It's hard to change once, but it's gone after a meal. This is not the point. The point is that he was blocked by King Jing in the room, and if he changed back to a fish in the room, how to explain the appearance of the fish, his big job People "suddenly disappeared"
Li Yu thought of a way, choked the countdown, and shouted to the people outside: "I won't go out, I have the ability - come in and catch me, and if you catch me, pay the fish!"
Li Yu is taking a gamble to buy time for himself, and he is also preparing for the aftermath. Usually, he takes the initiative to ask the people who are guarding outside to rush in. The other party will definitely feel that there is a trap, but he will not easily enter!
He thought King Jing would have to hesitate for a while, but who knows—
The moment he finished speaking, King Jing broke into the door.
Li Yu was stunned, and let out a soft cry of "Yeah".
Mu Tianchi saw a young man in green clothes that he had never seen before, looked back at him, and hurriedly fled to a window in the house.
Mu Tianchi suffered a loss before. Because of the open window, he mistakenly thought that the thief escaped through the window, but he did not catch anyone. It is estimated that the thief was suspicious and made him go in the wrong direction.
This time, people were blocked in the house, and the position of each window was placed in advance by several guards, and they were sure to be guarded before Wang Xi called the door.
Mu Tianchi chased after him with strides, and the boy jumped to the windowsill, looking back at him with a mischievous smile.
Mu Tianchi was stunned for a moment, wondering if it was an illusion, seeing this young man...
This is a handsome and clean boy, his eyes are as bright as glass, and his lips are hooked, which is a little strangely familiar.
Mu Tianchi paused for a moment, his hands were delayed for a moment, he wanted to catch the suspicious young man, but he only had time to catch a corner of his clothes.
The figure flashed, and the boy jumped out from the windowsill.
Mu Tianchi was not in a hurry, and waited for the guards in ambush outside the window to capture the young man, but after waiting for a while, there was no movement at all.
Mu Tianchi went out of the house to see by himself. The guards who were in ambush in the dark did not see anyone. Mu Tianchi frowned, only to see clothes scattered under the window. His fish was in a tea cup on the ground, thumping. joyous.