I'm taking the imperial examinations in Liaozhai

"You mean, my grandpa went to wander the rivers and lakes?" Ji Zihe's whole body was capitalized with the word "muddled".What does it mean to venture into the rivers and lakes? These words seem so ordinary, why they are combined together, he can't understand.

"That's it." The elders in the village looked at the elders of the Ji clan, and they also saw the embarrassment on their faces, "A few days ago, Uncle Ji received your letter from your family. We'll start packing things in a few days."

"Does my aunt know about this?" Ji Zihe asked.

Why did he have to give him such absurd news as soon as he came back, what kind of adventures in the rivers and lakes, isn't that something that a young boy in his teens should do when he is hot-headed?How old is his grandfather now? To put it bluntly, with his old arms and legs, isn't he afraid of encountering any accidents when he goes out?

"I know, but your aunt can't persuade him. We all persuaded him, but he insisted on leaving. He said that he would come back when he was tired from playing. Your aunt moved in to live with him and didn't take care of her for a while. He disappeared. No one in our village saw him come out of the house, and they don't know when he left." The elder of the Ji clan said.

Ji Zihe felt a little tired, what is this all about!He had never heard his grandfather say that he wanted to venture into the rivers and lakes before, why was it so sudden.He was outside alone, did he have enough money, did he eat well, did he dress well, would he meet bad people, and if something happened, no one would take care of him... Ji Zihe really couldn't figure it out, he Why on earth did Grandpa leave.He finally passed the Jinshi exam, so he can honor him well, why did he have to leave.

"Have you ever gone out to look for it?"

"I found it. Our village and the surrounding villages sent people out to search, but they couldn't find it. Your aunt hurriedly reported to the government, and the government also sent people to look for it, but they still couldn't find it. Later, your aunt paid the government A notice was posted offering a reward, but so far no one has provided any information."

Ji Zihe withered, and the joy of being a flower in the exam disappeared immediately.He was suddenly a little dazed. He really didn't like reading much when he was admitted to Jinshi. If it wasn't because of his grandfather's expectations, why would he have to study hard for so many years.But he finally passed the exam, but his grandfather left, so what's the use of his hard work for so many years.

Meng Zhang rubbed his cheek, not knowing how to comfort him.He has been by Xiao Hezi's side for so long, so he naturally knows that Xiao Hezi's greatest wish is to make his grandfather an old man and enjoy his old age in peace. As a result, he has obviously succeeded, but who knows that he has disappeared.

With so many people watching, Ji Zihe couldn't touch him even though Meng Zhang tried to deceive him.He wanted to smile at Meng Zhang, but he couldn't.

"Don't worry, I remember that your grandfather will be fine, maybe he will come back after a while." The elder of the Ji clan said.

"Well, thank you for taking care of my grandfather when I was not at home. Elder, do I want to be alone for a while?" Ji Zihe said.

"Then you have a good rest." The village chief sighed, Ji Zihe was the child everyone saw growing up.They all knew that it was not easy for them, who knew that such a thing would happen.

"Everyone should go away. Tanhualang must be tired after walking such a long distance. Don't pile up here, let Tanhualang take a good rest. Let's go away."

The elders of the village and the elders of the Ji clan worked together to maintain order and persuaded all the villagers to leave.Soon, the lively house became colder.

Huang Jiulang closed the door. His master is not in the mood to receive guests now, let's wait until he calms down.

"Xiao Hezi, don't be sad, the rivers and lakes are not so easy to break through, maybe your grandpa will know the difficulties will come back in a few days." Meng Zhang made himself a little bigger, the waist of the chopsticks became the waist of the bucket, stretched out The big paw patted Ji Zihe's head and comforted him.

"Although they all said that my grandfather insisted on going out and wandering the rivers and lakes by himself, I always feel that things are not that simple." Ji Zihe grabbed Meng Zhang's claws. The dragon claws were not easy to touch at all. His long nails made it a bit harsh to hold, but he still didn't let it go.

"I heard from my grandfather that he really wandered through the rivers and lakes when he was young. Although the things about the rivers and lakes he said are quite similar, I know they are all made up by him. The old man in the village said that he once watched He used to be a waiter in a big restaurant in the county town. If he was as powerful as he said, he wouldn’t have come back to the village in a few years, married my grandma, and worked peacefully for so many years. land." Ji Zihe said.

"In that case, could it be that his former enemy came here?" Meng Zhang said.This is very possible, because I am afraid that the enemy will retaliate against the family, so I leave alone without implicating the family, it is not impossible.

"No." Ji Zihe affirmed, "Although my grandfather often boasted that he was a martial arts master when he was young, he can sometimes twist his waist when he catches a chicken. He doesn't know much about martial arts at all. I know his character best. At most, there will be some quarrels with others, and it is impossible to have any major grievances with others."

Meng Zhang thought for a while, and flew around several rooms, as if trying to find some clues.Ji Zihe was not idle either, and went to the study. If Old Man Ji left him something, he would definitely leave it in his study.

Not long after, Meng Zhang poked his head out of Old Man Ji's room, and shouted towards the study, "Xiaohezi, come quickly."

"What's the matter?" Ji Zihe hurriedly walked over from the study, and Huang Jiulang also came out of the kitchen to follow.

"Look here." Meng Zhang called, pointing to the mattress he had turned out of the box.

"This is..." Ji Zihe said that he was about to grab the mattress, but was stopped by Meng Zhang.

He moved the mattress out of the box and spread it out on the clean bed that had already been cleaned up. A huge black hole caught everyone's eyes.

"Is this burned?" Ji Zihe observed closely, the cotton wool in the mattress was all black, like traces of being burned.

But how did this mark come out? The black mark was as long as an arm, and it was across the middle of the mattress, but it was not too wide, not as thick as Ji Zihe's thumb, but it burned through the mattress.Spread the quilt on the bed, and after aligning, you can even see the black marks on the bed board through it.

"It's not fire, it's poison." Meng Zhang said.

"Poison?" What kind of poison can actually corrode a thick cotton mattress.

"I don't know. Although I'm not proficient in the art of healing poison, I can be regarded as a small success. But I can't recognize what this poison is. The person who uses poison must be a master." Meng Zhang affirmed road.

"Then my grandfather..." Ji Zihe raised his heart, looking at the traces on the mattress, he could think of the danger at that time.

At that time, Grandpa was lying on it. If he hadn't dodged, then Ji Zihe probably didn't see this trace now, maybe what he saw was Grandpa's body.

"This poison is not a mortal thing. Feel it carefully. Although it is very faint, you can still feel a lot of mixed spiritual power left in this room. There should be more than one person who came at that time. These spiritual powers have not been released yet. Dissipate, it shouldn't be too long." Meng Zhang squinted his eyes, "Xiaohezi, is your grandfather really an ordinary person?"

Ji Zihe tried it, but he didn't feel the spiritual power that Meng Zhang said.But he didn't doubt that Meng Zhang lied to him, probably because his cultivation base was too low. After all, he was new to cultivation, and he was not very diligent, so it was normal not to feel it.

"I don't know, grandpa didn't tell me. And you know, I just started to practice recently, and I couldn't find anything before. But bone, you have lived with me and grandpa for so long, you haven't noticed what?"

Meng Zhang was a little embarrassed, "In the past, cough, I was still a remnant at that time, my brain was not very good. By the way, Xiao Jiu, you are not here, did you find anything?"

Huang Jiulang, who was suddenly named, shook his head quickly, "No, no, I always thought the master was just an ordinary mortal."

Meng Zhang nodded, and said solemnly, "Look, he didn't find out either. Your grandfather must be a well-hidden expert."

Ji Zihe looked at him suspiciously. If that was the case, then could his grandfather be a monk too?

"Don't worry too much. When your grandfather left, he said goodbye to everyone, which means that he was not in a panic at the time, and he still had time to deal with things after he left. And at that time, no one saw anything unusual about him , It means that he was still safe at that time, the people who came did not hurt him, your grandfather is very powerful. Don't worry too much, he just went out to deal with some things, and he will come back when he is done."

Ji Zihe lowered his eyes, "I hope so."

Ji Zihe was very busy in the past few days when he was back home.Ji's family opened an ancestral hall to comfort their ancestors.Ji Zihe and Ning Caichen brought gifts together and went to thank Mr. Liu.Afterwards, the people in the town paid for them to build an archway for them. After all, there was a Tanhua and a Jinshi in the town, and the whole town was honored, and even the county magistrate sent gifts to congratulate them.

Today's county magistrate is no longer the Lu Gong who Ji Zihe took the college entrance examination for a long time. This county magistrate, surnamed Shi, was transferred from Jianzhou.The former magistrate of Lu county had been promoted long ago and transferred to other provinces to be the magistrate.

County magistrate Shi sent them congratulations, Ji Zihe and the others would definitely pay a visit.After all, they will leave their hometown to serve as officials in other places in the future, but their relatives are still in the local area, so it is inevitable that the county magistrate will take care of them.

The day before going to the county, Ji Zihe encountered another incident.

As soon as it got dark that day, there was a knock on Ji's door.Huang Jiulang was washing dishes in the kitchen, and Ji Zihe wandered over to open the door when he had nothing to do.

There was a woman standing outside the door. When Ji Zihe saw her face, his scalp felt numb, because most of the woman's face was covered with pitted burns, which was very scary.

"You are..." Ji Zihe is also a loose fairy anyway, and he can tell at a glance that this woman is not human.But there was no evil in her body, so Ji Zihe managed to calm down.

The woman fell to her knees, "Also please help my husband."

"Are you married?"

"The husband of the slave family is surnamed Lang, and his name is Yuzhu."