Chapter 11 A Pair of Geniuses

"Why don't you talk?"

Shang Zongguan asked calmly.

The courtyard was dark, and apart from a few vague figures beside him, only the cat's pupils on the wall were still shining.

But with just this little light, how could you tell whether the cat was black or white?

The eunuch from Yanqu Palace said so confidently just to clear himself of suspicion.

What happened tonight was indeed strange, but they had no better way than to tell the truth at that time.

They just had some insight, but they didn't have any quick wits to weave a flawless lie in a moment to deal with a person like Shang Zongguan.

But it's not good to tell the truth too ambiguously, so they took the initiative to determine some details.

To be serious, the eunuch didn't lie.

The cat he saw before was indeed a black mass, and the size was almost the same as what he saw.

"I'm asking you, answer it!"

Shang Zongguan's tone was a little impatient.

The two eunuchs did not dare to delay any longer, so they had to open their eyes wide and try to identify.

"Okay, it seems to be black."

In the darkness, Shang Zongguan did not say much, but just nodded gently:

"Okay, next one."

Another figure jumped up from the wall, still holding a cat in his hand.

"What color is this one?"

"It seems... still black."

The two eunuchs had already accepted their fate, but still answered according to what they saw.

"The last one."

"..."

Another cat came up, and this time the two eunuchs did not dare to guess again.

"Ancestor, we know we are wrong!"

"We did not see what the cat looked like, but the cat's eyes were definitely not wrong, just like the three now, the eyeballs were shining with a strange light, extremely conspicuous."

The two young eunuchs never thought that they just added a little water to their words, and immediately asked Shang Zongguan to squeeze them out mercilessly.

"It's not just cats' eyes that glow at night. Are you sure they're not jackals, tigers or leopards?"

Without waiting for them to continue arguing, Chief Steward Shang ordered, "Light up the lights."

As the words fell, the candlelight lit up again, illuminating the courtyard.

The two eunuchs were still staring at the courtyard wall. As the light lit up, their faces suddenly turned pale.

The three people on the wall were holding three cats, but the color was...

"Raccoon, Golden Tiger, Butterfly."

"But there is no Clouded Leopard as you said."

The three people on the wall got instructions from Chief Steward Shang, jumped down with the cats, and came to the front.

The three cats were firmly grabbed by the back of their necks and could not move.

Chief Steward Shang touched the heads of the three little guys, and a smile appeared on his face.

"This little thing, the white lines on the face are unique."

He pointed to the white "convex" lines on the face of Butterfly and joked.

Then he looked at the two young eunuchs kneeling on the ground and asked them, "Among the three, only this one with a butterfly in its mouth has black. Tell me, is this the food box that was thrown at your feet?"

They looked at the black and white cat, and then their expressions were tangled, as if they had been constipated for three days and three nights.

This butterfly in its mouth is of good quality, but it looks too stupid, and its big eyes reveal an unconcealable clarity and stupidity that makes people reluctant to bully it.

"Old ancestor, it must be this cat!"

The two young eunuchs pointed at the butterfly in its mouth and identified it with a firm attitude.

The cat was suddenly pointed at, and it was stunned for a long time, and then suddenly shrank back, obviously not very sensitive.

With such talent, it is really difficult to take on the task.

But for the sake of survival, the two eunuchs could not care about anything else.

"Okay, okay..."

Shang Zongguan was silent for a moment before reacting, and seemed to be a little surprised by the reactions of the two people.

From the beginning, he had never believed the two men's lies.

When he picked up the lunch box from the ground, he knew that it was not a weight that a cat or a dog could carry.

It was just a way to kill time and see what these two people could do.

Obviously, this trouble was still useful.

Manager Shang did not expect that the two daring young men in front of him really had something.

With their abilities, as long as they could seize an opportunity in the future, their achievements would be limitless.

Their ability to confuse right and wrong and call a deer a horse was so impressive that even Manager Shang had to admit that they were old.

"Talents emerge in every generation, and the waves behind push the waves ahead!"

Manager Shang could not be so shameless when he was their age.

They told such an outrageous lie without blinking, and they spoke it as if it was true.

In terms of character alone, these two young men undoubtedly have top talents.

"It's a pity that their brains are not very good." Manager Shang shook his head in his heart.

Not to mention the stealing of the imperial meal, the lie to excuse himself was also clumsy.

"Although they are geniuses, their shortcomings are too fatal."

After silently making the final comments in his heart, Shang Zongguan had lost interest in these two people.

At this time, the people who had searched before returned, and it was obvious that they had gained something.

"Eunuch, we caught the people and the evidence."

The man presented a brocade handkerchief, and inside the handkerchief were several bones covered with sand and soil, which were black in color and had obviously been buried underground for some time.

"Under the floor tiles in their room and under several large trees around, there are such food remains, some old and some new, and the longest buried should be several months."

When the two eunuchs in Yanqu Hall heard that this strange thing was dug out from their room, their faces were full of confusion, and they couldn't figure out what was going on.

"Well, take them back to await trial, and then leave someone to guard this place. No one is allowed to move the scene without permission. The others, follow me back."

Shang Zongguan gave orders in an orderly manner.

"Grandfather, it's unfair, it's unfair..."

When the two eunuchs heard this, they were so scared that their eyes were about to burst, and they shouted wildly.

But before they could shout a few words, the flower-dressed eunuch next to them stretched out his hand and pried their jaws apart. They could only make whimpering sounds and could not continue to rap.

The flower-dressed eunuchs dragged the two men away like dead dogs, and the yard soon returned to silence.

Shang Zongguan was also preparing to go back. He looked back and saw that the three kittens were still being held. After teasing them a few more times, he ordered: "Okay, let these three little guys go."

After the golden tiger and the butterfly were released, they immediately climbed up the courtyard wall and disappeared.

Only the cat slave got out of the trap, scratched the eunuch holding him, and then fell to the ground with his hair standing up and roaring, but refused to leave easily.

The eunuch who was scratched looked at the bloodstains on the back of his hand, his eyes turned cold, and he clenched his fists.

But before he could make any move, Shang Zongguan silently pressed down his fist and said in a gentle voice: "Forget it, we were unreasonable first, so let's take it as an apology to this little guy."

"Yes, eunuch!"

The scratched eunuch immediately loosened his fist, knelt down respectfully, and bowed his head in response.

Shang Zongguan took a few steps forward, squatted in front of the furry cat slave, and stretched out his hand to smooth its fur.

"Don't be upset, don't be upset, I'll bring you some delicious food tomorrow as an apology, okay?"

Shang Zongguan's tone was gentle, as if he was coaxing a child.

But strangely enough, the grumpy cat slave immediately became obedient, and after making an unwilling cat cry, he left obediently.

"Okay, let's go back."

After sending the cat slave away, Shang Zongguan walked out of the courtyard with his hands behind his back, followed by the other eunuchs in flowery clothes.

"Oh, that's right."

"Remember to send someone to check the Yanqu Palace tomorrow to find out what's missing and fill in the gaps."

"I want to see if those two eunuchs are really that stupid!"

Shang Zongguan's eyes flashed, and he issued the last order of the night.