After the beginning of autumn, the weather is different from before. Especially in the morning, when you come to the garden, the first thing you see is a clear sky with high clouds and clouds.

In the beginning of autumn, especially at this moment of "hot" and "cool", the feeling is even more obvious, and the weather is exceptionally cool in the morning and evening. After an unbearable summer, life is about to enter a new autumn in life.

Jingmo received a text message from Nie Xiaoman from Wei Pu at breakfast, so he hurriedly packed it up and said goodbye to his wife Nanxing.

Nie Xiaoman's text message has only one simple sentence:

"Jingmo, do you remember the old raccoon slave, please come to the gluttonous cat fast!"

In the past few days, Jing Mo has been busy with other things, and he has not been free to go to Gluttony for several days, so now that he has received this text message, he happens to be fine, Jing Mo can't help but be interested~ Get up, ready to go to this old friend for a good time.

When he came to the courtyard, Jing Mo saw that the yellow leaves fell on the wide and clean ground, and the fallen leaves danced one after another, just like dancing orchids in the sky. The leaves of the longan tree float in the air, like butterflies flying around, which is very beautiful. The yellow leaves are like a new carpet on the ground.

When Jing Mo arrived at Gluttony, he saw a four-wheeled carriage waiting at the door, and the time was already about two o'clock. I saw that Nie Xiaoman was wearing a brand-new wide-sleeved silk robe and fat silk trousers, wearing a big hat and black boots on his feet. Nie Xiaoman saw Jing Mo from a distance, so he raised his hand to greet him.

"Jingmo, please hurry up! Let's go right away. ”

The two got into the carriage and sat down, and the carriage moved. The cool breeze of the early morning came in from the mouth of the carriage and blew on the face, making me feel very comfortable. Nie Xiaoman sat opposite Jingmo, and saw that Nie Xiaoman's rare face was also full of energy, on his tall forehead, his hair and sideburns were combed neatly, and under the two thick eyebrows, there were a pair of shining eyes, with a straight nose in the middle, which was more and more heroic.

Jing Mo smiled and said, "Nie Xiaoman, it's like you're going to a banquet today, not like you're going to visit anyone, and it's not like you're going to investigate a case." ”

"Exactly, hahaha, today we are going to see a senior master - you have seen it before - of course we can't help but be tidy."

"Superior! Who? What is this after all?

Nie Xiaoman didn't answer, but reached into his pocket and took out the small notebook that was almost torn. He checked out a quick letter from his notebook and handed it to Jing Mo.

The letter reads: "Niu Yizhi, the owner of Tuzhong Yanying Study, was killed last night, and the plot is very strange. In the past, Ouchi was close to Zhao Leren, but he was arrested this morning because of suspicion, and he was expected to come to investigate. ”

Cen Mingkai in the beginning of autumn night"

Su Jingmo read the text message and asked, "It turned out that I was going to investigate the case, didn't you just say it, let's go see the old raccoon slave you said." ”

Xiaoman smiled: "Actually, seriously speaking, it seems inappropriate to call it a raccoon slave, but this is an ancient name, there are ancients who call themselves like this, such a statement has been used, if it is accurate, it seems that it should be called the old cat slave." ”

Jing Mo asked, "Is there anything else to say about this?" ”

Xiaoman smiled: "Of course, domestic cats are cats, and wild cats are raccoons." There are also several species of raccoon dogs. The size is like a fox, the hair is yellow and black, spotted like hair, the round head and big tail are cats and civets, and they are good at stealing chickens and ducks. ”

Jingmo nodded and said, "I see, then I should call you a cat slave in the future." I read the poems of my predecessor Lu Fangweng, and there is one poem: Wrap salt to welcome the little raccoon slave, and protect the mountain house with thousands of books. I am ashamed that my family is poor and thin, and I have no felt to sit and eat without fish. It seems that in addition to writing poems, Mr. Lu is also a cat lover. ”

Xiaoman said: "Yes, raising cats is fun, ancient and ancient, but it really became a fashion in the Tang Dynasty, that there is a big food country for the Persian lion cat, this lion cat is extremely precious, this time it has raised a lot of levels, and it has become a fashionable fashion that the royal ladies also like." ”

Jing Mo said: "Yes, looking at the pictures of the ladies of the Tang Dynasty, many of the palace women are accompanied by cats. ”

"Well, in this way, when it comes to the Song Dynasty, it is even more so, and there are more and more raccoon dogs in paintings, and more and more poems, such as you just mentioned Lu Fangweng."

"However, I'm afraid that the style of loving cats in this dynasty is better than that of the previous dynasty, right?"

"Yes, in this dynasty, raising cats has reached its peak. From the civilian cloth clothes to the noble emperors, they all love cats, and the atmosphere of raising cats in the palace is even more prevalent. There are a group of cats in the palace of this dynasty, and our Jiajing Ye also gave the cats a lot of chic names, such as "Iron General", "Danxiazi", etc., and some cats even gave the official promotion and received the Lu. There is a special cat room in the palace to raise a variety of precious breeds of pet cats, and a group of fifteen is assigned to be responsible for raising and managing them. Cats have their own special names: male cats are called "a certain little girl", and female cats are called "a certain girl"; Those who have been awarded the title are called "a certain master", and those who have been gelding are called "a certain father". It is said that the geldings in some of the ministers' homes are even taller than ordinary dogs. ”

Su Jingmo said: "You also have a share of this." ”

Nie Xiaoman nodded, and sighed in a low voice: "The flood of cats in the palace began with our Jiajing master, I heard that there are many cats in the palace, it is said that because the cats fight and neigh at night, some of the babies born in the palace were shocked by the sound of cats and convulsed. ”

Jing Mo whispered: "I can't imagine that there are such strange things? ”

Xiaoman nodded: "Yes, it is said that our Jiajing Emperor's favorite lion cat is very rare, it has a smooth and curly light cyan hair, but the eyebrows are "white as snow". Emperor Jiajing couldn't put it down, and gave the royal cat a good name of "frost and snow". ”

"Frost and snow? I've never heard of that. ”

Xiaoman said: "I heard that 'Frost Snow' is not only docile, but also empathetic. It can read Jiajingye's eyes and knows when to be coquettish and when to avoid it. For Jiajingye's living habits, frost and snow are all engraved in his heart. Whenever Jiajing Ye closed his eyes and took a nap, Shuangxue would quietly accompany him, even if he was hungry and thirsty, he had to endure until the emperor woke up, very well-behaved. Therefore, Jiajing Ye has reached the point where he will never leave it. ”

"I can't imagine that there are such psychic cats in the world, it's really better than most people, I don't know how much."

Xiao Man nodded, and continued: "Later, Shuangxue died, and Jiajing Ye gave this favored but immortal cat the treatment of "loyalty and reward" and "life glory and death shirt". Not only did he decree a grand funeral, he made a coffin out of gold and buried it on the northern slope of Wanshou Mountain, but also inscribed a stele for it and named it "Qiulong Tomb". Jiajing Ye also set up an altar to pray for it in accordance with Taoist etiquette, and wrote a large number of green words to mourn the cat. The emperor attached so much importance to it that the ministers did not dare to slack off, and also offered all kinds of green words. Yuan Wei, a scholar of this dynasty, has a sentence in his green words, "turning a lion into a dragon", which won the holy will, and I heard that this Yuan Lord was soon promoted to a member of the imperial court. ”