I played as an assistant in ancient times

The little black cat's four claws were no match for four hands. Although it was not pushed into the basin of water, it was eventually taken to the yard by the uncle and nephew to be washed. Its eyes were full of grievance, and it didn't even have the energy to meow.

Shen Xiaoye quickly wiped it clean with a cloth, and after drying it for a while, he took it back to the room. "Do you want me to bring you some herbs or something? Taoist Hengxi's fellow disciples seem to know medical skills, and the aroma of medicine is also very fragrant in Taixu Temple."

"No need." The little black cat squatted on the bed and refused decisively, and did not allow her to open the closed door, saying: "Humph, I wanted to show you some treasures, but now forget it."

"Really?" Shen Xiaoye was very magical. He pinched a small dried fish from the small white porcelain jar on the table and took a bite of it deliberately. "I heard that it was the Taoist's senior brother who learned the method of pickling fish from the fishermen on the seashore. It still has the original flavor of the sea."

The little black cat jumped up with a meow, and actually jumped onto the round table nearly ten feet away from the bed. The moment its claws reached for the small porcelain jar, Shen Xiaoye quickly grabbed it into her arms a second before it did.

He bent down and looked into its green eyes and said, "Little black cat, you used to be confined to the dark and couldn't move freely, but from today on you are a little cat with flesh and blood. After you are with me, you will often walk in front of people.

You have to keep this a secret, like you said human language. You can't just rush over to grab food. When you come home after playing, you need to clean yourself to ensure cleanliness.

This is not to make things difficult for you, but medical conditions in ancient times were limited, so it is better to prevent illness before it happens.

There are some rules, let's discuss it. If you feel constrained, you can leave on your own and I will prepare some dry food for you."

"You threaten me! Humph, don't you want your space?" The kitten stood up, trying to be taller than her.

But Shen Xiaoye straightened up and immediately stood taller than it, "Is it useful? You're the one who usually sleeps in there."

As she spoke, she handed the small pendant to its face, "And it follows you when you leave. It is never under my control."

The moment the little black cat lowered its head to take a closer look, the pendant and its collar brushed against each other, and then a magical scene appeared. Two green lights flew out of the little black cat's collar and instantly fell into the cat's eye of the wood carving of the pendant. The little black cat pendant became lively again.

Shen Xiaoye looked at the little black cat and then at the pendant, and after repeating this several times, he asked, "What's going on?"

"I want to know more!" The little black cat connected his own space grid with his mind and found that the two small round beads that appeared in the collar were gone, leaving only his few toys and the empty jar of pickled fish.

It quickly stared at the pendant, but this time it didn't rush to grab it.

Instead, he said, "I'm going in."

Shen Xiaoye nodded slightly as if thinking about something, but the next moment he saw that after the little black cat pressed the pendant, its body was still on the table.

Seeing it was motionless, she thought it was another spirit entering, "Are there any changes?"

As a result, the little black cat withdrew his hand and said disappointedly: "It won't let me in."

"Then I can't get in even more." Shen Xiaoye took it, closed his eyes and sensed the car space. He found that this time it appeared between his thoughts, but his soul could no longer enter it.

Yes, they were brought in because the little black cat was inside.

She opened her eyes and said, "Things should be able to go in, right? You try."

"It's not mine." The little black cat grabbed a teacup but did not let the cup enter.

However, under its eager gaze and Shen Xiaoye's slightly nervous operation, the teacup was put on the car seat.

So, the man and the cat looked at each other in confusion.

Until the door was knocked and creaked open, Shen Changsui filled a kettle with hot water and brought back a box: "What are you doing?"

"Uncle, come and see." Shen Xiaoye slammed the door shut and sent the tea set on the table into the space and took it out again like presenting a treasure.

Shen Changsui said in surprise: "Before, we had to rely on the little black cat to help us, but now we don't need it anymore."

"Meow..." The little black cat was quite frustrated. Although it had a space, it was not big and could only hold a few things.

It's nothing like the car space, where you can jump and lie down and play, but I think only the soul can enter there.

Shen Changsui was seen trying to control the space in vain under Xiaoye's instigation, so he meowed again, feeling inexplicably happy.

He poured hot water into the thermos and said, "Maybe the little black cat accidentally used the energy of it and the pine tree outside the temple gate to return, so it became an ordinary storage object.

Take it with you, and put some money or weapons in it for self-defense when you go on a long journey."

"Yeah!" It would be a lie to say that he was unhappy that he could control the situation. Shen Xiaoye stroked the little black cat's head and said, "I can store a lot of dried fish for you in the future. You can take them out anytime."

"Where's this?" The little black cat pressed the small white porcelain jar on the table.

Shen Xiaoye generously opened it for her and said, "It's all for you."

"That's good enough." The little black cat sniffed it happily, "Help me get it out!"

"Don't be in a hurry, there are a lot here." Shen Changsui took out the things in the savings box, a plate of dried fish, a plate of winter melon candy, a plate of sesame seeds, and a plate of dried dates.

He took out a red gift envelope from the bottom of the box, and then took out another envelope with a simple picture of a cat on it. On it was written: The King of the East has confirmed that he will not go south, and the Queen Mother of the West has confirmed that she will not travel north. The horizontal banner read: The indenture of a cat.

"Hiring a cat?" It was the first time Shen Xiaoye had seen something so formal, with a few Taoist scriptures arranged in the form of the Eight Diagrams. I guess my uncle had specially asked the Taoist priest in the temple to invite one.

Shen Changsui nodded and smiled, "Little cat, if you are willing to come home with us and live together and abide by the rules of the human world, then accept these betrothal gifts and engagement letters, and we will help each other in the future.

If you don't want to be bound, these few things should be your farewell.

Today is the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, auspicious, everything will go well. "

"Of course I'll go with you. I don't know the others." The little black cat stroked a few things with its claws, and they disappeared from the table with a few swipes.

Shen Xiaoye quickly looked down at the pendant in her hand. She had just mastered the method of connecting with the space with her mind without closing her eyes.

Unfortunately, the betrothal gift did not appear on her side.

The little black cat said proudly: "I have a gift in return too!"

After he finished speaking, he touched the collar with his claws, and two luminous pearls and several pieces of lustrous jade fell out on the table one after another. All of them were uncarved, and judging from the shapes of the jade, which were either emerald or cottony, they were of very high quality.

Shen Xiaoye looked at her uncle and knew that the cat had space. She grabbed a piece of jade and said, "Is this your treasure?"

"Well, there are still a lot. I use them to hit the fish in the river for fun." The little black cat said as he was about to take more out.

Shen Changsui pressed down its little paw: "The return gift is too heavy. We prefer something else, such as gold or a sword that can cut through iron like mud."

“Don’t try to trick me, the sword is also very valuable.

Ah yes, there is a precious sword. Shen Xiaoye, do you want to come with me to get it? It is on the next hilltop, and you can see a temple opposite. "Little Black Cat suddenly remembered the business.

Shen Xiaoye asked: "Mr. Cui? Did you meet someone who brought the precious sword to you?"

The little black cat swung its tail and said dissatisfiedly, "How is it possible? It's hidden in the mountains without an owner. Do you want it?

If I had known I would have brought it back for you to see."

Shen Changsui: "Can you tell me in detail?"

"Oh." As the little black cat told the story, the uncle and nephew frowned slightly.

After a moment's silence, Shen Xiaoye said, "Uncle, should we go take a look? There's a box of embroidered cloth!"

"There is also a box of bows, arrows, swords and guns. The cloth may have been damaged." Shen Changsui couldn't help but weigh it in his mind for a moment, "Little Black Cat, are these the only two?"

"Probably. I didn't go in." Seeing that they really didn't want to take the toys on the table, the little black cat simply gave one to each of them and put it away.

"Don't you want the knife anymore? If not, save the leopard first. The flesh on its butt is rotten and it's dying."

"Uncle, there's nothing to do here. And it's very convenient for us to transport it out." Shen Xiaoye seriously suspected that these were things that were hidden by someone during the war decades ago.

The Great Zhou did not prohibit the people from using swords and guns, but armor was strictly prohibited. She picked up the little black cat and said, "The cloth that can be hidden in the mountains must not be ordinary cotton cloth. If it is silk, it would be a great profit.

The little black cat said that the box has been opened, and even silk fabrics will deteriorate over time."

Shen Changsui stood up and said, "Bring some tea and snacks, and we'll go take a look."

After he gave a few instructions to Little Black Cat, the three of them left without delay. The Taoists in the temple were all busy with their own things, and one could even see someone cleaning a large furnace in the alchemy room.

The Taoist priests didn't seem to care about the coming and going of pilgrims. The key point was that Shen Xiaoye didn't see any other pilgrims along the way from the guest room.

Finally, the boy sweeping pine needles at the door greeted them and said, "Two laymen, we will have lunch soon, so it is not advisable to go far."

"Thank you, we'll just take a stroll and come back, and we'll have lunch at the foot of the mountain.

Please let my elder brother and Taoist Hengxi know when they come back." Shen Changsui thanked the boy and turned to see Xiaoye looking at the pine tree she had supported with a strange expression.

The little black cat looked around in surprise. When it left, the pine tree was clearly growing well, but now most of its pine needles had fallen off.

Shen Changsui had just told it not to let anyone else hear it speak human language.

Fortunately, it can still use the secret method of voice transmission to talk to Shen Xiaoye.

When they reached the bottom of the mountain, Shen Xiaoye couldn't help but ask for it: "Uncle, pine tree?"

Shen Changsui: "Well, not long after you fell asleep, the needles fell.

I think it has something to do with the little black cat. The Taoist priests didn't care, saying that it was natural and that they would just water it and let it grow naturally.

The little black cat transmitted a message to Shen Xiaoye: "I sensed myself from it and thought my body was under the tree.

Unexpectedly, it flew to the treetops and returned to the body in an instant.

Also, we just came out from the small door at the back of the yard, which made it faster to get down the mountain."

"The mountain behind is very steep. I can't climb it." Before setting off, Shen Xiaoye took a look and said, "You focus on positioning. We won't take the difficult animal path."

The little black cat meowed regretfully, and as the two walked deeper and deeper, it found that the next hill they mentioned was not close to here.

Only Shen Xiaoye and the other two had good physical strength and kept shuttling between the mountains and forests.

"How far is it?" After passing a stream, Shen Xiaoye washed his face. It was now around 3 p.m. and they had been walking for more than two hours.

After having some snacks in the guest room to fill my stomach, if I still have to walk for another hour or two, I may have to stay in the mountains at night.

Not only her, but even Shen Changsui would not be willing to do this. After all, they only had a short dagger and two bamboos that they had cut to make bamboo spears.

Little Black Cat: "It's almost there, there's a medicinal herb growing on a rock ahead, just slide down from there.

It’s not deep, and there are lots of vines. Hey, it came by itself.”

"Be alert!" Shen Changsui, who was looking around vigilantly, suddenly clenched the knife in his hand.

Shen Xiaoye only felt something flash before his eyes, and a leopard jumped out from the woods a few steps away. Looking closely, its body was not stable, and the broken arrow in its body was still there.

"Don't scream, I'll find someone to save you." The little black cat ran from her side to the growling leopard and actually spoke to it in human language.

Shen Xiaoye was speechless. Fortunately, the cat meowed a few times to communicate with the leopard.

Therefore, the rescue process became relatively simple. After cutting out the arrow head and removing the dead flesh, they quickly bandaged the leopard with the medicine and triangular bandage in their backpacks.

Not long after, the two men followed the two beasts down to the hidden cave, and what they saw was a pile of exquisitely crafted brocade materials on the ground.

Shen Xiaoye looked at the leopard and said, "It really enjoys itself. This is Yunjin.

Little black cat, you really are a lucky charm."

When she stepped forward and bent down to walk into the cave, the leopard began to growl again and blocked the cave entrance with a whoosh.

The little black cat jumped on its head and patted it, "As agreed, I'll get a reward if I find someone to save you."

Roaring, the leopard shook it off and instantly clamped its tail with its sharp claws. The little black cat rolled over and scratched the leopard, but to no avail.

Shen Xiaoye finally understood why the little black cat came to them to get something. It turned out that it couldn't beat them. Of course, it seemed that the leopard was mostly teasing it.

As the big and the small were fighting, Shen Changsui took out a pig's trotter from his backpack. The leopard immediately stopped its claws and stopped bullying the little black cat.

It opened its mouth, took the meat and swallowed it, then looked for more.

Shen Changsui said to the little black cat, "Ask it if it wants to change. I still have two roast ducks here."

The food at Taixu Temple is really good, and the wild game in the mountains has been researched into delicacies.

The leopard ate the whole cooked food and actually made way for it, but it still went in ahead.

Shen Changsui: "The cave shouldn't be that big. I'll follow you first."

After he brought the little black cat in, he saw a little leopard as big as a cat licking its tongue in the brocade on the ground.

No wonder the leopard didn't want them to come in.

Looking towards the bottom of the cave, which was only about 20 to 30 feet deep, there was some dug-up soil and box lids. When I got closer, I saw a box of brocade and a box of knives inside.

He said to the cat on his shoulder, "Little black cat, can you put it away?"

"I can only accept one." Its space grid is the size of a box, and there are boxes under these two boxes. "Her name is Shen Xiaoye."

When Shen Xiaoye came in, the cave suddenly seemed narrow. When she put away the cloth and knife above, she used the knife to pry open a box below.

The cowhide wraps the things inside tightly, what does it look like in a long shape?

The little black cat grabbed with its claws, and she and her uncle were stunned on the spot, "Fire. Gun!"

"Put it away quickly." Just as Shen Changsui finished speaking, the little black cat said, "Someone is coming this way."