Enter Chang Xiangsi and help Jingzhai fight

At the foot of the mountain, I heard Mori Ying say that the Snow Cloud Cave is located on the top of Tushan Mountain, which is covered with snow all year round. It is surrounded by clouds and mist, hence the name Snow Cloud Cave. In the moonlight, I could only see the dark blue mountain hidden in the white clouds, with only the faint appearance of warm yellow candlelight. If Mori Ying had not used her spiritual power to lift me up, I would not have been able to climb to the Snow Cloud Cave.

When Senying arrived at the cave entrance, she stood still and said, "Please come in, young lady. Senying is waiting outside the cave."

I nodded, looked at her gratefully, and followed the flickering candlelight into the cave.

As soon as I entered the cave, I heard the sound of water, but I didn't feel a bit of coolness, but a warm air flow. I walked forward carefully with the candlelight on the walls on both sides of the cave, and secretly on guard, wondering if there were any snakes or insects in the cave that would suddenly jump out and scare me.

The entrance of the cave was not deep. After turning left and right, you would reach a dead end. There was a stone wall in front of the road. There was a small doorway carved on the side, which was just wide enough for one person to pass through. The sound of water became louder and louder, and I thought it came from there.

I pushed aside the branches covering the top of the cave and leaned in.

Then I was stunned.

The cave was suddenly open, with gilded candlesticks and night-shining pearls embedded on the walls, lighting up the cave. In the middle was a large round pool, steam rising from the pool, which looked like a hot spring. At the end of the pool was a stone-carved green-eyed fox, whose eyes seemed to be inlaid with jasper, with nine tails spread out behind it, and water from the pool flowing out of its mouth.

Tu Shanjing was lying on the pool wall with his hair loose, his back to me. Half of his long black hair was hanging down on his neck, and the other half was immersed in the water and spread out softly. His snow-white shoulders were slightly pink, reflecting the candlelight and pearls, with a beautiful curve. For a moment, I thought I had stepped into the goblin cave in the story of Liao Zhai, and was about to be sucked away by this fox spirit.

Hearing my footsteps, he said, "Ruiyang, you——"

Before I could run away, he slowly turned around.

I only saw a flash of surprise in my eyes, which dyed the corners of his eyes red, and then dyed his cheeks red. He pursed his lips and quickly raised his hand. With a flash of blue light, the white clothes hanging on the edge of the pool seemed to be blown by the wind and fell into the pool, covering him.

He held the hem of his clothes near his collarbone with his bare hands, and the water drops slid down his slender wrist and rolled into the pool. He looked down, then raised his head with a frown and asked, "How did you get in?"

I didn't dare look at him, but I couldn't help looking at him, so I could only look between him and the blue-eyed fox behind him, and said timidly: "Um... didn't the young master ask Ruiyang to call me in?"

He said angrily, "I told him to call you over after dinner, not immediately."

I blinked and tried to make excuses for Ruiyang: "Maybe... he misunderstood? After all, the young master wants to complete the order as soon as possible~"

He sighed, reached out to push his wet hair behind his ears, revealing his slightly red ears. A drop of crystal clear water on his earlobe slowly dripped down to his collarbone.

I swallowed quietly. This scene was really too shocking for a little girl like me.

Then he said something even more shocking to me: "Forget it. Since you are here, just help me wash my hair."

I felt like I was frozen in place when I heard that, not daring to move. He waited for a while but didn't see me coming over, so he looked up and asked, "What's wrong? Did you forget how to wash your hair?"

I smiled apologetically: "No, no, I still remember this."

He raised the corner of his lips, grabbed the shelf beside the pool, and a bag of powder fell into the pool. In an instant, the clear water turned milky white, and exuded a hint of sandalwood fragrance. He walked a few steps in the water, walked to a corner of the pool, pointed at the shelf next to him, and stood with his back to the shore.

I walked one step at a time, like a scholar who knew the other party was a monster but couldn't control his desire to get close to the beauty. I looked at the dishes and jars on the shelf, and there were not many that I recognized. After all, he was a young master, and the things he used were many times more advanced than those of a little maid like me.

I saw a dish of cream that was sticky and had the same texture as shampoo, so I scooped a little and put it on my hand. His nose twitched a few times and he smiled and said, "Do you want to wipe my body for me? You don't have to do this job."

I imagined the scene in my mind and was so shocked that my face turned red on the spot.

He turned around, half smiling, with a sly look in his eyes, as if he was laughing at the fact that he had finally gained the upper hand. I was so competitive that I rubbed my hands together and said with a smile, "Young Master, you don't know, I went to that bathhouse in my dream, and they all used this massage, called head massage."

After that, I applied a little cream on his temples and massaged gently. He shuddered and then closed his eyes, looking very comfortable. While observing him, I said, "Come, give you a head massage and a facial mask. I guarantee that you will feel refreshed, your skin will be smooth, and all your worries and sorrows will be washed away!"

He let me apply the cream all over his face. When I applied it on my cheeks, I deliberately increased the pressure. My fingertips felt soft. He didn't notice it, but just closed his eyes and sighed, "If it can be as you said..."

I scooped his long hair out of the water, mixed it with a bunch of other things, and gently placed it on the bank of the pond, saying, "Young Master is extremely intelligent, how could there be any troubles that cannot be solved? It is us little maids who have more troubles every day!"

He closed his eyes and asked, "Like?"

"For example, I don't even know who the shampooer is. Another example...for example, that Mori Ying, who has a pair of wonderful hands for playing the piano, but spends every day in the kitchen either peeling potatoes or peeling fresh bamboo shoots. What a waste of food!" I tentatively told Mori Ying about his story.

The corners of his mouth curled up and he smiled, "That's not easy to solve? You take the light green soapnut mud at the bottom first, and I will transfer her to the study room tomorrow to fill in for Lan Mei. Isn't this trouble solved?"

I wanted to kiss his hair, but I held back and whispered in his ear with a smile, "Thank you, young master! You are a chivalrous man with a kind heart, and you are the most compassionate to your servants!"

He cleared his throat and said, "You've heard about your troubles, why not listen to mine?"

I leaned over quickly and said, "I'm all ears!" He shivered and a piece of cream got on his pink ear. I quickly raised my hand and applied it on him.

He stretched out his slender hand from the water, lifted my chin back to its original position, and said, "The mansion was robbed a while ago, and a lot of things were stolen..."

As soon as I heard this story, I knew it and listened attentively.

He continued, "The stolen items are not valuable, but there is something strange about them. The thieves took great pains to get into the house, but they didn't take anything valuable, nor did they go to the confidential study. Instead, they went to the storeroom in my yard, took a few bottles and jars, and ran away."

I asked curiously, "What bottles and jars?"

"A mutton-fat jade bottle, two white porcelain plum-shaped double-handled pots, and two mother-of-pearl rosewood boxes. They are nothing rare. Moreover, the next room is the room where jewelry and jade are stored, but the thief didn't even enter it."

"Maybe he was discovered and is in a hurry to leave?"

"No, by the time the patrolling servants found you, you would have already fainted on the ground. There would be no one around, so he should have had enough time."

I thought for a moment and then asked, "What are the contents of those bottles and jars? Some people buy the casket and return the pearl, and some people return the casket and take the pearl away. Everyone has a different opinion on the value."