Whoever dotes on me will be the best in the world

The ceremony of praying for rain came to a successful conclusion. Nie Zhen took the little Luomo from the master of the state, put his big hand on the cat's head, and stroked it all the way down until it touched the tip of the tail. He was not annoyed when the kitten turned his head and bit his finger. Just waiting for Xiao Luomo to let go of his mouth, he put the cat into his clothes.

Zhu Ming stood aside and watched Prince Rui's movements, feeling a little complicated, then lowered his head and smiled in relief.Seeing that the other party nodded to him, he took the lead to walk down the mountain. Zhu Ming also supported his crutches and slowly went down the mountain with the support of Princess Changle and his attendants.

He is the most trustworthy.In this whole life, he has been deeply influenced by his master, and has been studying the art of prophecy and drawing symbols since he was a child. Among his brothers, he has the most outstanding talent, but he has always been the one with the worst performance. However, after the old master passed away, he still followed the prophecy. The position of national teacher was passed on to him.These years, he has carried the heavy burden of the national teacher with fear and fear, never daring to neglect it, and even tried to use the power of Xiao Luomo in order to become famous all over the world.

The word "fate" had a great influence on him.It was within his expectation that Prince Rui would kill the old national teacher, and it was also within his prediction that Prince Rui would not end well. Therefore, even if the master died at the hands of Nie Zhen, he never hated him.Tat for tat, Master's prophecy almost ruined Nie Zhen's life, so Nie Zhen's revenge is also a karmic reincarnation.

But who would have thought that Prince Rui's fate would be reversed?A person who should have suffered all his life alone, but because of a holy cat that should not have appeared, he completely avoided the fate of dying young.It's not that he hasn't hated it, but he can't hate it.

When Nie Zhen snatched the cat from him, he had no idea how precious and heaven-defying Xiao Luomo's abilities were.Maybe it was because he tried his best to protect the kitten, so Xiao Luomo recognized him.

"Why are you so out of your mind? But you were tired from praying for rain just now?"

A woman's voice full of concern came from next to her ears, Zhu Ming came back to her senses, and said with a sly smile, "It's nothing, just saw the interaction between Prince Rui and Shengmao just now, and I feel a little uncomfortable."

"It's normal not to get used to it." Princess Changle laughed, "Brother Wang is cold-tempered, who would have thought that he would become what he is now? The first time I saw him hugging a cat, I was stunned for a long time. After watching for a long time, you will not I'm afraid of him, Brother Wang has nothing else to make him angry except about the cat."

"Don't Le'er think that Prince Rui shouldn't be like this?" Zhu Ming probed, "This is different from what the world expects of him."

"So what if it's different?" Princess Changle wondered, "Could it be that you've lost your mind in fortune-telling? Is there anyone in this world whose life is unchangeable? No matter how well you know the past, present, and future, there are always things you can't grasp and know." It is precisely because of the unknown that people are prone to fear, but they also have the desire to live. If the truth is within your grasp, isn’t it against the sky? What’s the point in the days to come? Let’s talk , the secret must not be leaked, you know too much, the emperor's brother may not be able to tolerate you, why do you bother to trouble yourself?"

Zhu Ming listened to Chang Le's words in a daze, and even stopped unknowingly, and the two were left far behind Nie Zhen.

He thought carefully about what the woman in front of him said, smiled wryly for a while, and said in relief, "I was thinking about it, Le'er taught me a lesson very well."

"What's a lesson?" Princess Changle squinted at him, "You haven't seen me beating someone with a whip, that's called a lesson, just now I was trying to persuade you, why, you think it's too harsh?"

"No, no, no..." Zhu Ming shook his head again and again, warmly took the woman beside him and continued to walk down, and said with a smile, "Le'er can always wake me up at just the right time. Zhu Ming is so lucky to have you. In the future, we still need to be happy." Give me a lot of advice."

"It's more or less the same." Princess Changle raised her smiling face and carefully helped the man down the mountain.

Looking at each other's smiling face, Zhu Ming felt that all the unknown resentment and fear towards Prince Rui that had been hidden in his heart for many years disappeared in the soft words.

It is better to have no books than to believe in books, and the same is true for prophecy.

***

Xiao Luomo followed Nie Zhen back to the palace, and waited until dark without seeing the system come back.

One person and one cat had all washed and bathed, Nie Zhen sat at the table reviewing official documents, and little Luomo was placed on the couch to play with its toys.

Raising its paws to mess up the chess pieces in front of it, the kitten looked up at the window again.

There are lanterns in the courtyard outside, and from the house, you can see the red pavilion.

There was no sound of chess pieces colliding on the left for a long time. Nie Zhen looked up at the kitten and asked warmly, "What's wrong with the cat? But you want to go out to cool off?"

"Meow, no." Xiao Luomo retracted his gaze and whispered, "The system is gone."

The system didn't return for a long time, it couldn't contact it, and it couldn't find it, except to tell Nie Zhen, it didn't know how to relieve the uneasiness in its heart.

"That thing?" Nie Zhen frowned slightly, "What happened? Didn't Maomao say that it would go out alone on weekdays?"

"It's different this time." Xiao Luomo shook his head, "I usually ignore the system when I go out to play, but today the temple on Qingfeng Mountain seems to have restrictions on it, and it was left there. That place is dangerous, and the system said I can't Go. Although it says it will come back in fifteen days, I'm still worried."

"Why is Maomao worried?" Nie Zhen put down the official letter with a cold expression, "According to what you said before, the system is not very good. If it doesn't come back, wouldn't Maomao be more carefree?"

"No." Xiao Luomo raised his paw and patted the bed, a little distressed, "The system is indeed not a good person, but I don't want it to die after getting along for a long time. Can Nie Zhen understand?"

"Yeah." The man thought for a moment, nodded slightly, then seemed to think of something, and suddenly chuckled, "Since Maomao's system said it would come back, it has confidence in itself, why not wait a few days? It lives You are not young, so you must have rich experience. What's more, Mao Mao is worried, and this king is also worried, do you hope so?"

Xiao Luomo blinked and said softly, "I understand. Don't be unhappy, Nie Zhen, I will trust the system."

Seeing that the kitten was not as sullen as before, Nie Zhen got up again, went to the wall to open the hidden compartment, and took out a delicate and beautiful glazed lamp.

He lit the lamp, took it to the bed and hung it up, let the kitten look at the painting on it, and asked softly, "Do you like it?"

This glazed lamp was made by himself after he returned from the expedition. The paintings on it were all the scenes he remembered most from his travels and battles. He locked it up after he finished it and never lit it up.

"Is the frontier fortress painted on this side? It looks like a lunar eclipse!" Xiao Luomo said in surprise.

"Yeah." Nie Zhen looked down at the lamp, his long and narrow eyes were dimmed, and he just said calmly, "That's what I saw with my own eyes at night after the battle one day, and I just thought it was strange, so I wrote it down."

In the battle in Youzhou, they fought fiercely with the enemy for several months, and both suffered losses.When he came back at dusk, he was shot with arrows and his life was at stake. The horse Chi Yan was also seriously injured and covered in blood, and he still carried him desperately across the vast desert until he arrived at the barracks. None of the accompanying doctors could guarantee that he would survive.

That night, he suddenly woke up from the pain. An old soldier didn't know his identity, so he only brought him a bowl of wine.Strong wine poured into his throat, the full moon hung high, from appearing to disappearing, he was drowsy, faintly heard the low sobs of young soldiers in his ears, he tried his best to open his eyes and looked at the night sky, as if he saw his mother and concubine talking again when he was a child look like.Another half month later, he recovered from his injuries and led the army in a complete defeat.

"Nie Zhen."

In the silent bedroom, a soft meow suddenly sounded.

Nie Zhen came back to his senses, lowered his eyes and chuckled, "Can Maomao recognize the other paintings on the lamp?"

Xiao Luomo's blue cat eyes fixedly looked at the man's expression, and instead of answering the other's question, he hesitated and said, "Nie Zhen looked... sad just now. Are these paintings Nie Zhen's bad memories from before? "

"Nonsense." Nie Zhen shook his head and smiled lowly, squatting down on the side of the couch, stroking the kitten's soft fur, and muttering, "I just remembered some old things. Do cats like this lamp?"

"I like it." Xiao Luomo stretched out his tail and hooked the man's wrist, but he stopped paying attention to the lamp and said seriously, "Nie Zhen, do you want to hear me tell you about the past?"

"Before?" Nie Zhen stood up and sat down on the couch, holding the cat on his lap, "Is it before the cat met me?"

"...Almost." Xiao Luomo flicked his tail, seemed to be thinking about how to speak, and said after a while, "A long time ago, I played with the stone monster. It was a very good monster. It took me to various places. I don't know who I am, where I come from, and I don't know other people, but because I don't remember anything, I don't have much trouble. The two of us don't know how to navigate in the human world. Survival, so I often hit the wall, every time I am hungry, the stone demon will look at me and cry."

"Does it love you?" Nie Zhen asked softly.

"Yeah." Xiao Luomo nodded, "But I don't think it's just because I love me. Sometimes when I wake up in the middle of the night, it will say something strange, saying that I shouldn't be reduced to that kind of life. Nie Zhen, the stone demon remembers There are a lot of things that I don't remember, so it's sad. I think whether it's a human or a monster, with too many past and memories, it's easy to be troubled and painful."

"The cat doesn't remember, isn't it a good thing?" Nie Zhen coaxed softly.

"Yes, I'm the lucky one." Xiao Luomo agreed, "But Nie Zhen is different from me. When we first met, you have a lot of memories. There are more things in Nie Zhen's eyes than stone monsters. Memory, you never said it, every time you tell me a story, you always say something happy. But there is no trace of happiness in your eyes. "

"Maomao doesn't need to worry, but it's okay to sigh occasionally when I remember it. It's not a big deal." Nie Zhen softened his voice and said with a smile, "Now that I have a cat, I don't feel so sad. On the contrary, this life is perfect. ,Is not it?"

Xiao Luomo paused when he heard the words, sat down and stopped talking, and retracted his protruding tail.

It turned its head to look at the delicate glazed lamp that was slowly rotating, its round cat pupils did not blink, and it only felt that the more it looked, the more ugly it became.

Nie Zhen rubbed the kitten's forehead reassuringly, and watched with it.

Until the man thought that the kitten was fascinated, Xiao Luomo suddenly stood up and jumped off the bed, and walked out the door without looking back.

"What's wrong with the cat?" Nie Zhen was stunned for a moment, then got up and followed.

The kitten stopped walking, turned its head and meowed: "I won't talk to you. Don't follow me." After speaking, he speeded up and slipped out through the crack of the door.