"What's wrong? What's wrong?" The voice came before the person arrived. Seeing Gu Fuyou shouting so anxiously, Ms. Zhai thought something had happened, so she ran over and saw Gu Fuyou standing by the door looking out. When she arrived, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Mr. Zhai said with a smile, "Why? You miss me so much after not seeing me for a day?"
"Don't talk nonsense." Gu Fuyou couldn't help but glance at Zhong Michu. Zhong Michu sat at the table and was pouring tea. Gu Fuyou said, "I have a difficult and arduous task, and it must be you."
“Hard, arduous, and extremely difficult?”
"yes."
"It has to be me?"
"That's right."
"Perhaps Miss Zhong is more qualified. Look at me, I am powerless."
"It has to be you."
"…Okay. You talk first."
Gu Fuyou first used the wind to detect the surroundings and knew that there was no outsider, then he whispered: "The girl in the yellow dress we met today. Go and approach her, don't be too deliberate, and pretend to admire her."
"I admire her?"
"yes."
Mr. Zhai said sarcastically, "I prefer someone like Miss Zhong."
Gu Fuyou said: "Mr. Zhai."
Mr. Zhai said, "Just kidding. Go on. What do you want to do to get close to her?"
"See what kind of person she is and what her attitude is towards the Zuo family."
"What's so special about this girl?"
"She is not from the Zuo family. Her mother's family has been bullied by the Zuo family. She has been married to the Zuo family for a long time. As the concubine of the second young master of this mansion, she knows a lot about this city lord's mansion. I believe I can know a lot about this place from her..."
Mr. Zhai smiled and murmured, "Oh, a plot to sow discord."
Zhong Michu, who had been silent the whole time, said, "In fact, you don't have to go to such great lengths to get close to her. Just call Xiao Zhongting to meet her, and she will trust you."
Gu Fuyou asked: "Xiao Zhongting?"
Zhong Michu said: "You want to find out Zuo Shaode's background. When you go to Bailu City in the future, you must also find out the relationship between the forces in Bailu City, so as to know yourself and the enemy? If so. Xiaocheng is a small city affiliated with Bailu City, and it is a military border defense. Xiao Zhongting is the general defending Bailu City. He knows Bailu City well. If you get his support, it will be much easier for you to act."
Gu Fuyou groaned and said, "I want to see him, but he may not want to see me. Even if I meet him, he may not trust me." If Xiao Zhongting's temperament has not changed, and he heard that she was a guest of honor of the Zuo family, he would probably raise his eyebrows and look angry when he saw her.
Zhong Michu said: "If you want to see him, I will bring him here."
Gu Fuyou was delighted to hear this. Without even thinking twice, after Zhong Michu said this, Gu Fuyou really believed that she could bring the person here. "Okay!" Thinking about it afterwards, Zhong Michu knew the Xiao family so well, maybe she had some dealings with the Xiao family over the years. If she had some friendship with Xiao Zhongting, it wouldn't be difficult for Zhong Michu to bring him to meet her.
Zhong Michu stood up and said, "I'll make the arrangements."
Gu Fuyou asked, "Let's go now?"
Zhong Michu said: "Bailu City is quite far from here, and there is no formation connecting it. It will take some time for Xiao Zhongting to enter the city quietly."
Gu Fuyou nodded and said, "Well, be careful and don't let the Zuo family find out."
"Yeah." Zhong Michu responded lightly, then went out, walking lightly and gradually away.
Gu Fuyou leaned against the door and watched her leave. Mr. Zhai stretched out his folding fan and waved it in front of her eyes. Gu Fuyou asked, "What are you doing?"
Mr. Zhai smiled and said, "I said Miss Zhong should take on this important task."
Gu Fuyou glanced at her. Mr. Zhai smiled and said, "Do I still need to approach that girl?"
"go."
"… "
Ms. Zhai had a good appearance, interesting conversation, unique insights, and she was a woman, so it was easy for people to let down their guard and feel close to her. In Gu Fuyou's words, she could get close to anyone.
Mr. Zhai went to the fighting arena several times. In the eyes of the Zuo family, although she was Gu Fuyou's slave, she was Qingluan's slave after all. Now Qingluan was Zuo Shaode's distinguished guest, with a noble status, and everyone in the mansion knew it, so they treated Mr. Zhai very respectfully and let her go to the fighting arena.
After going there several times, he saw Xiao Zhongting's daughter again. Mr. Zhai found an opportunity to talk to her and learned that her name was Xiao Zhi. Xiao Zhi was a smart and cautious girl, and would not tell her secrets to an outsider. But Mr. Zhai knew her background, she was not a cultivator, and she was also very eloquent, so Xiao Zhi and her got along very well.
Mr. Zhai noticed the distress in Xiao Zhi's heart. This girl had good talent and wanted to be like an eagle, with lofty ambitions to fly in the sky. She wanted to strengthen Xiaocheng, be a shoulder to her father, and be respected and loved by the people. If it were in ancient times, this girl would want to be a heroine. All these "want" died in Wantong City.
If you have no ambition, it doesn't matter if you live a mediocre life. But she is a proud girl, and when her wings are broken, how can she not complain and feel bitter, and hate the injustice of fate. So she is depressed and sad all day long.
Xiao Zhi is now a canary in a cage for people to admire. Although she has talent, she cannot display it. Her only use is to become a seedbed for breeding high-quality offspring. She still has her cultivation now, but if she gets pregnant, both her cultivation and her body will be reduced. It will be even more difficult to escape from the cage, and she will be trapped here for the rest of her life.
It had been some time since Mr. Zhai found out about this, and when he told Gu Fuyou about it today, Zhong Michu had already arranged everything, and came to inform Gu Fuyou, and she also heard these words, which were so familiar. She stared at Gu Fuyou silently, and her heart ached.
Gu Fuyou sat at the table, his elbows resting on the table, revealing a thin and frail wrist. His palm rested on his cheek, and his other finger was clasped on the table, making a beeping sound. He listened quietly to what Mr. Zhai said. Then his fingers stopped, the sound stopped, and he called softly, "Mr. Zhai."
"Um."
"Go tell her that if she wants to fly out, I'll help her."
Mr. Zhai said, "She doesn't fully trust us yet. This is not the right time."
Gu Fuyou looked at Zhong Michu, and Mr. Zhai also looked over. Zhong Michu said, "Xiao Zhongting has arrived, and he is already outside the city."
"It's time." Gu Fuyou stood up and said, "It's not convenient to meet people here. Senior Sister Zhong, go and invite them to Simiao's private residence. Mr. Zhai, you stay in the City Lord's Mansion and take care of the spirit beast."
"Okay, be careful."
Gu Fuyou left the City Lord's Mansion first. The cultivators of the Zuo family followed Gu Fuyou, saying that they were following the orders of the City Lord and would obey her orders. At this moment, she was very grateful for Qingluan's arrogant temper, which allowed her to be unscrupulous and openly rebuke these tails and drive them away.
After she was alone, she casually wandered around the city twice and went to Si Miao's private residence. Si Miao was in the house, and the two of them sat in the hall in front of the backyard waiting for someone. Gu Fuyou told her about the Xiao family and the ape-shaped spirit beast.
She slowly wiped away the hatred, and suddenly a sound of broken glass rang in her mind. Her expression turned cold, and she stood up suddenly and looked outside the yard.
The formation outside the house was broken, and someone forced his way in.
Who was it? Was it someone from the Zuo family who secretly followed her here? Impossible. She had been paying attention and there was no one following her. She had not been subjected to any magic to track her down.
She thought about this for a while. A black shadow jumped over the high wall and pressed down from the sky. The spiritual energy was strong and as sharp as a cold current. When it landed, the strong wind blew on Gu Fuyou and Si Miao's cheeks.
The two of them had gathered their spiritual power and were ready to go. Gu Fuyou's dark green eyes flashed with a deep light, staring coldly at the person who broke into the backyard, but when he saw the person's figure clearly, his face froze and he was a little confused for a moment.
A black wolf fell into the yard, with a majestic and upright figure and fierce eyes, looking like a king. Sitting on the wolf's back was a little girl, about nine or ten years old, with red lips, white teeth and bright eyes. The other little girls were wearing pink flowery dresses, but this little girl was wearing a black gilded dress. She was young, but she looked chic and heroic. Compared with her childish appearance, she looked cute and endearing.
Gu Fuyou thought to himself: "Whose girl has taken the wrong path?"
Unexpectedly, the little girl opened her mouth and called out in a crisp voice: "Mom!"
Gu Fuyou thought: "Where did this unlucky child come from? He starts by calling me mother."
Then she saw the little girl looking inside, and he was not calling her or Si Miao.
Gu Fuyou walked over and said with a smile: "Little girl, you must have come to the wrong place. Why did you come here looking for your mother? We don't have any mothers here."
The little girl shook her head and said, "Kun Ling said that my mother is in Wantong City, so I came here following the smell."
Gu Fuyou saw how serious she was when she spoke, like a little adult, and asked happily, "Who is your mother?"
The little girl said: "My mother is..."
Before the little girl finished speaking, two more people came in from outside the door. They seemed to be the little girl's guards. One of them looked familiar. Gu Fuyou recognized him at a glance. He was the man who was guarding outside Zhong Michu's palace that night in Lihentian. His name was Xinghan. He called out, "Little prince, you can't run so fast."
When she saw him, Gu Fuyou understood. She looked at the little girl again, with mixed feelings, and said with a smile: "You are the daughter of Senior Sister Zhong."
The little girl's eyes lit up, and she was very happy: "Yes. You are my mother's junior sister? Is my mother here?"
"right."
Gu Fuyou looked at the little girl back and forth, and felt that she didn't look much like Zhong Michu. Could it be that she looked more like her father? He thought about Jiuyao's face, but couldn't remember much. He only had the impression that he was very handsome, so he thought that the girl looked like her father.
Gu Fuyou asked Si Miao to form a new formation, and then walked to the side of the black wolf, wanting to pick up the little girl: "Your mother will be back soon." He said to the two men: "You two can also come in and sit down."
Who knew that as soon as he approached the black wolf, it roared like thunder, shaking people's hearts, and bared its white fangs. Its eyes became more fierce. The black wolf was protecting the little girl and was extremely vigilant. As soon as Gu Fuyou approached, it warned him like this.
Gu Fuyou was stunned for a moment, then suddenly said, "You, you are Ah Fu."
“Ha…” Gu Fuyou’s smile blossomed all of a sudden, his voice trembling: “Ahfu, you are Ahfu.”
She had only noticed the little girl and had not carefully examined the black wolf. The dark clouds covered the snow, and the small tuft of white hair on its forehead was Ah Fu.
The little girl asked, "Uncle Master, do you know Ah Fu?"
More than just recognizing it, I delivered it with my own hands.
Gu Fuyou really wanted to hug it like before and bury her face in its chest, but as soon as she got close to it, Ah Fu snored alertly, with his eyes lowered and staring at her, which was a state of alert.
"Don't you recognize me? I'm Gu Fuyou."
Si Miao just came back. Gu Fuyou said, "Si Miao, help me get a plate."
Si Miao brought her a porcelain plate and handed it to her. Zhong Michu just came back with Xiao Zhongting and saw Gu Fuyou throwing the plate in front of Ah Fu.
Ah Fu did not run out to catch it like he had done before. He held his head high, showing pride, his wolf eyes looking down, without the wide-eyed daze in his memory.
Gu Fuyou saw the plate thrown on the ground, and Ah Fu glanced at her indifferently. She was in a trance for a while. During the time in Xiaoyao City, Ah Fu loved to play the plate-catching game with Yi'er. She once scolded it, saying that it was like a house dog and it was not a game that Zhen Mao should play.
Now Ah Fu really doesn't care about this.
Gu Fuyou's eyes were bitter, and he murmured, "You are not Ah Fu, you are Zhen Mao, you are Zhen Mao."
It has been seven hundred years, how could she have forgotten. It finally became a thunderous beast that shook the sky and roared like thunder, as she wished.
Why still so sad.
Zhong Michu came quietly. The little girl shouted happily: "Mother!" Ah Fu also whistled softly.
Zhong Michu walked straight to the porcelain plate, bent down to pick it up, returned to Gu Fuyou, and handed it to her: "Afu was too young at that time and forgot many things. It's not that he doesn't remember you, but now you have a different body, and it may take some time for him to get familiar with you."
"Zhong Michu..."
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