I'm taking the imperial examinations in Liaozhai

"Cousin, why are you standing here in a daze, I just called you for a long time, why didn't you answer me?" Ning Caichen slapped Ji Zihe on the back, successfully bringing him back to his senses.

"Uh, big cousin, where are the bones?" Ji Zihe shuddered, looking at Ning Caichen in front of him in a daze, and looking around, there was no sign of bones.

"Bones? What bones? Oh, I got it, you must know that Luo Feng specially stewed your favorite ribs today to celebrate your exam. I'm a little hungry after thinking about it. Let's go back, the ribs are late." It's all going to be stewed."

Ji Zihe looked around resolutely, but still couldn't find the figure, and followed Ning Caichen back to the temple in a bit of despair.

"Congratulations on passing the exam. I was very good today. Look at this flower, I didn't even throw it away!" As soon as Ji Zihe opened the door, a ghost came towards him, holding a dry red lotus in his hand.

"Bone, you're still there!" Ji Zihe said in surprise.

"Of course I'm here, where can I go." Gu Gu said and threw the dried flower into Ji Zihe's arms, "Hey, I'll return this flower to you intact."

Bones looked nonchalant, but his heart was full of emptiness.This flower has so many petals, Xiaohezi probably wouldn't notice that two petals are missing.

This can't be blamed on him, the third lady of the lotus has practiced for so many years, even if she is seriously injured, she is still a spiritual plant.Xiaohezi wouldn't let him throw it, insisting on letting the two of them live alone in the same room, it would be a shame for the audience if they didn't do anything.

Bones didn't want to do anything to the lotus at first, but who told her to seduce him all the time, he was so angry that he pulled off a petal of hers, thinking it would be a waste to throw it away, so he ate it, the taste was not bad, and then grabbed it again took a slice.Fortunately, Bone's self-control is excellent, and he immediately stopped his evil claws, otherwise, this flower would have been bald long ago.

Ji Zihe didn't count how many petals there were in the dried lotus, he just scanned them and found nothing unusual, so he put the lotus on the table.It really relieved the bone who was observing secretly, but fortunately, the third lady of the lotus flower can't speak now.

"Bone, have you left the temple today?" Ji Zihe said bluntly.

"No, the sun is so bright outside, and you're not around, where can I go?" Xiao Hezi didn't notice the problem, and when Gu Gu spoke, her back straightened a lot.

What Gu Gu said made Ji Zihe guess. The man he saw at the entrance of the Gongyuan today was wearing a white jade crown, and Gu Gu had long hair hanging all the time.The man was wearing white clothes, the material of the clothes felt very unusual, and there were faint golden lines on them; looking at the bones, although they were also white clothes, they were tattered, not of the same grade at all.Furthermore, even though he looks the same, that person is cold all over, as if everything is out of his sight, like a banished immortal from the nine heavens, who is beyond reach; Silly bone, he is completely the second dog in the village, so down-to-earth.

All that said, they are definitely not the same person.Maybe he fainted in the exam and had hallucinations, Ji Zihe guessed.

"Bone, what are you smelling?" Pushing away the bone dog who was sniffing at him.

"What's the smell on you? It smells really bad. Could it be that you fell into the latrine today?" Bones pinched his nose and said with disgust.

It smells bad, you still smell it on me, what a hobby!

"You just fell into the latrine. I don't have any smell on me. Even if there is, it can only be the fragrance of ink!" Ji Zihe pulled up his clothes and smelled it.

"Where does the ink smell? It stinks. Besides, you don't smell like ink."

"What could that taste like?"

"Anyway, it's a very nasty smell. Did you meet any strange people today?"

Ji Zihe thought for a while and hesitated, "Speaking of strange people, after I finished the exam today, I saw a person who looked exactly like you at the gate of the Gongyuan. I thought it was you, but he wouldn't mind calling him Just ignore me, so I thought you were going to leave. But when I came back, I found that you were still in the temple, so I asked you if you left today."

"Don't be kidding, I'm so handsome, how could someone look as good-looking as me, you must be hallucinating. By the way, it's also possible that some monster has changed. The smell on your body may be contaminated at that time Up."

"Really." Ji Zihe was skeptical, he had clearly grabbed the corner of the man's clothes with his own hands, was it really a fake?

Regardless of whether it was true or not, Ji Zihe had never seen that person again anyway, and with the announcement of the results of the college examination, this matter was completely forgotten by him.

"I got it, I got it, hahahaha, did you see that the first case in this court test is my cousin!" Ning Caichen, who was crowded in the crowd to watch the red case, laughed wildly, and pulled a few people by his side casually. began to yell.

"congratulations."

"Cousin Ling is really a talent!"

With his voice, many people immediately perked up and began to compliment him.

Looking down at his toes, Ji Zihe sneaked a few steps to the side, but was dragged back by Ning Caichen with quick eyesight and quick hands.Later, I don't know what happened, Ning Caichen has made friends with several newly released talents who have passed the examination in the academy, even to the point of calling them brothers and sisters, and then dragged Ji Zihe, and the few of them went to drink together The celebration went.

Ji Zihe really admired Ning Caichen's communication skills. During the meeting, several people were talking, but Ji Zihe didn't know how to intervene.Of course, other people will definitely not ignore the little case, deliberately find a topic to talk to him, Ji Zihe is thin-skinned, he has never seen such a situation before, with such a big head and become the focus, he really couldn't stand it, and made a fuss joke.

How can this work, my cousin will be an official in the future, how can he be unsociable?No, you have to practice.Ning Caichen instantly felt that the burden on his shoulders was getting heavier, and immediately decided that he would bring Ji Zihe with him when he attended various literati gatherings in the future, practice more, and save him.

A total of 26 scholars were selected for this college examination, and the number is not large. Only a few dozen of them can be produced in a county in a few years.The magistrate of this county has always attached great importance to the court examination. According to the past practice, after the announcement of the red case, a special banquet was held for them.

For this banquet, Ning Caichen specially bought new clothes for Ji Zihe.Anyway, he is also the leader of the court examination, no matter how shabby his clothes are, he will be laughed at by others.But when he thought of Ji Zihe's communication skills that he hadn't had time to teach, Ning Caichen was worried again.When Ji Zihe was sent to the gate of the county magistrate's mansion, he was specifically instructed to eat more and talk less during the banquet.I don't want to be able to amaze everyone at the banquet, but I just want to make no mistakes and be laughed at by others.

Ji Zihe followed Ning Caichen's instructions and tried not to speak if he could.It's just that the county magistrate seemed to take special care of him, and looked at him with a very kind expression, which made everyone present feel weird.Although the head of the case is a bit young, Mr. Lu County, don't you think you are acting too much now?