I'm taking the imperial examinations in Liaozhai

During the hard work every day, feeding chickens is Huang Jiulang's favorite housework. Although he can't eat them, he feels very happy watching these chickens being fed fat and fat every day.

Ji Zihe went to school, and the old man Ji took Mr. Yang to the town. It is estimated that he will live in his aunt's house today, so Huang Jiulang is the only housekeeper left today.

In the evening, he took the stubborn buffalo back home.It is said that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, but he thinks that non-newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. He has seen what a cow's temper is.He is a vixen who eats meat, but he can barely restrain an ordinary big buffalo, and he is led around by the cow every day.

The owner’s cow dares not to beat it, and it’s useless to scold it. It even uses its horns to scare people. This buffalo is simply the most difficult creature in the world. How to keep it honest.Fortunately, this big buffalo knew that he had to go home every day, otherwise Huang Jiulang would have to work hard to invite it home every day.

After tying the rope to the cowshed, Huang Jiulang wiped the sweat from his brow. This day was really tiring.Although the big buffalo didn't eat, it kept chewing. According to Mr. Ji, it was the cow chewing the food it ate during the day. Do you find it troublesome?

As the sun faded to the west, the chickens and ducks returned to the yard one after another. Huang Jiulang used an old wooden ladle to fill a spoonful of rice grains, and sprinkled them into the yard with his hands, calling out, "咕咕咕咕~"

The chickens and ducks who heard the call rushed over with long legs, and the chickens that hadn't come back outside the yard were also rushing home with flapping wings.When no more chickens and ducks came back, Huang Jiulang began to count the number of chickens and ducks over and over again like an old dragon counting gold coins.

Ji Zihe's family raised more than [-] chickens, but the number of ducks was less. There were originally ten. No, two were sent to the Ning family a few days ago, but now there are only eight left.

Compared with ducks, Huang Jiulang still prefers chickens. He counted chickens several times before he started counting ducks, "One pair, two pairs, three pairs, four... Hey, why is there one missing?"

Huang Jiulang hurriedly counted it again, and there were indeed only seven ducks. He panicked, oh no, they won't be lost.

He hurriedly locked the door of the house, and went to the place where the ducks usually move to find it.The poultry in the village are all free-range, and they are not kept at home on weekdays, but let them go out for activities by themselves to find some wormwood seeds to eat.Domestic ducks like to go to the small river ditch not far from the village for activities, and occasionally they can pick up duck eggs in the grass in the ditch.

He found several places by the river where the ducks usually rest, but he did not see the shadow of the duck, but he found a duck egg.

Huang Jiulang stared at the duck eggs, his heart was broken. What's the use of duck eggs, and a duck can't be hatched immediately.He is a vixen, if the master thinks he ate the duck, he can't tell even if he has a hundred mouths.No, he wanted to see people in life and corpses in death, so he had to find that duck.

Huang Jiulang is also a vixen after all, a canine with a good nose.He smelled the duck and searched by the river, and in the end he actually found some clues.

When Ji Zihe came home from school, he found the door locked. Huang Jiulang is usually cooking at this time, so why isn't he at home today?

Because he thought there was someone at home, Ji Zihe didn't bring the key. Looking at the high courtyard wall of his house, he sighed and squatted obediently at the door waiting for someone to come back.

"I don't know if the little fox ran away, how about I take you to jump in from the courtyard wall." Bone suggested.

"No, how can I explain it if someone sees you."

"Then I broke the lock for you?"

"Why didn't you just choose to unlock it for me?" Ji Zihe asked.What kind of lock are you smashing? The lock in his house is older than him. It doesn't cost money to buy a new lock!

Bones poked through the keyhole on the door and looked inside, "I don't know how to open the lock. There are quite a lot of parts inside, and I don't know which one to move. I've heard people say that someone can open the lock with a wire or a strand of hair." , why don't you pull out a few and let me try?"

Bones looked eager to try, and looked at Ji Zihe's black hair with piercing eyes.

Ji Zihe covered his head with his hands to protect the strands of my hair, "No, I'm afraid I'll become bald."

"I think you can trust me once." Bones said seriously.

"Your promise is as unreliable as Erhei's promise not to steal the dried fish my grandpa dried under the eaves during the Chinese New Year."

bone:……

Why is his reputation so low? Erhei is a cat. How can you guarantee that a cat doesn't like fish?

There was no other way, Ji Zihe could only continue to wait.After waiting, it was already dark, so Huang Jiulang waited for him to come back.

"Master, why don't you go in?" Huang Jiulang saw Ji Zihe rushing over.

"I didn't bring the key, where did you go, and why did you come back so late?"

"Master, it's my fault. I didn't know you didn't bring the key." Huang Jiulang hurriedly opened the door and said nervously, "I lost one of the ducks at home. I went to find the duck."

"Did you find it?" Ji Zihe didn't suspect that Huang Jiulang ate it.

Huang Jiulang breathed a sigh of relief. If the master suspected him, he might not be able to stay here any longer. "I found it, but I can't bring it back."

"What's going on?" Ji Zihe asked suspiciously.

"After the duck was lost, I went to the river to look for it, and then I found a place with a lot of duck feathers beside the river, and there were human footprints beside it. I wrote down the smell, and after looking for the smell, I found a place in the west of the village. A family came to ask them for ducks, but who knew they wouldn’t give them, and instead coaxed me out, saying that I was framed and wronged a good person. I really couldn’t come up with evidence, so I had to come back first .” Huang Jiulang said.

"What's the family name?"

"Master, I haven't been in the village for a long time, and I haven't remembered everything. I don't know the family name. But I know, there is a big plum tree in front of his house."

Ji Zihe thought for a while, "I see, it's Wang Laoer's family. His family is not easy to mess with. Wang Laoer's surname is Wang, and he is the second eldest in the family. He was originally a student of my master. After studying for a few years, he felt that reading was too boring. Didn’t read any more. Because of literacy, I went to a restaurant in the town to work as an accountant. As a result, I was dismissed from the account of the master’s family because of corruption, and then returned to live with my old mother’s house with my wife and children. Mingai takes advantage of it, but you can't offend him, otherwise, even if you won't be sacked, he will try to get back at you. Forget it, let's talk about it when grandpa comes back. I don't want to see the Wang family when I open the door tomorrow Wearing a white cloth on your head, weeping in front of our house."

"Then no one reported to the officials to arrest them?" Huang Jiulang asked.

"It's all from the same village. I don't see you when I look up. Wang Laoer didn't make any serious mistakes. It's not easy to report to the officials. However, someone went to the head of the Wang family, and the head of the Wang family locked Wang Laoer for several times. After he came out of Tianxiaoheiwu, he burned the firewood pile of the complainant's house, but no one could catch him, so he could only let him get away with it, so people in our village didn't want to mess with him. "

"This little bastard is pretty smart, but what are you going to do with him?" Bone said.

"Waiting for grandpa to wait for this matter depends on grandpa's intentions. By the way, where is grandpa?"

"The master said that he is staying at your aunt's house today and will come back tomorrow."

"Then he's coming back tomorrow. Tell him about it. But we can't produce evidence, and we can't say that you smelled it with your nose. Don't say that other people don't believe it, even grandpa won't believe it." Ji Zihe is not optimistic about this matter, and it is estimated that they will suffer from being dumb by then.

"How about, leave this matter to me, and I will help you solve it." Bone volunteered.

"Aren't you going to burn down other people's houses again?" Ji Zihe asked.

"How come, when I burned someone's house, I was just joking!" Bone smiled, wow, his usual performance is so bad, it's too sad, no, he has to save it own image.

"You can, but you can't hit people, you can't show your real body, you can't burn other people's houses, cut down other people's trees, fill other people's wells, or steal property..."

"Stop—, then you just say nothing and don't do it." Bone curled his lips.

You can't kill and set fire, rob the rich and help the poor, what kind of chivalry is that?

"Then stay at home, I don't worry about you going out alone." Ji Zihe said, "Xiao Jiu, hurry up and cook, I'm going to starve to death."

"Okay, I'll go right away." Huang Jiulang hurried into the kitchen.

Bone rubbed his chin, no, he still has to get this thing done, last time he didn't do it well, he lost too much face, this time he must get his face back.

At night, everything was silent, and when Ji Zihe fell asleep, the bones set off.

The lights in Wang's second house have also been turned off, and the couple are still in bed, talking quietly.

"Erlang, you said we stole ducks from Old Man Ji's house, will he come to you tomorrow?" Wang's second wife asked.

"It's okay, that duck will be eaten by us, I threw the bones and feathers far away, what are you afraid of, there is no evidence, why should they say that I stole the duck." Wang Lao Er mumbled with his eyes closed. .

"I'm still not at ease. I always feel that after eating that duck, my whole body is not right. Could it be that the gods saw us doing bad things and wanted to punish us?"

"What nonsense, what kind of gods and ghosts are there? Go to sleep, if you are not sleepy, I will still be sleepy!" After finishing speaking, Wang Lao Er quickly snored.

The woman didn't dare to think any more, and closed her eyes.

The bone floated to the bed of the two, thought for a while, made a formula in his hand, and cast a spell on Wang Laoer.Then it turned into a wisp of green smoke and entered Wang Lao Er's dream from his nose.

In the dream, Wang Laoer was eating duck and drinking wine, very happy.Gu Gu cast a spell, which made him feel extremely itchy all over his body while eating, and duck feathers grew all over his body.

"Aiyo, aiyo, it hurts so much." Wang Lao Er wanted to scratch it, but when he touched the duck feather, he felt extremely painful.

Bone turned into an old fairy, and appeared in front of Wang Laoer, "I am the Bone Immortal, destined to be with you, and I am here to save you today."

"Great Immortal, quickly remove my duck feathers, I can't take it anymore!" Wang Er Er shouted.

"It's not difficult to get rid of it. Your illness is God's punishment. Those who have to gain or lose will scold you, and the hair will fall."

"What kind of cure is this, hey, I'm afraid you are not a magic stick!"

"Hmph, I'm kind enough to tell you how to save yourself, but you still dare to doubt me, believe it or not!" The old fairy flicked his sleeves and disappeared angrily.

Wang Laoer panicked, and hurriedly shouted, "Daxian, don't go, I'm wrong, help me! Daxian, don't go..."

"what--"

The woman's scream woke up Wang Er Er who was in a nightmare. He opened his eyes, saw the bright sky, and heaved a sigh of relief. It turned out to be a dream!

"It's so early in the morning, why are you arguing!" Seeing his wife's terrified expression, Wang Er said angrily.

"Duck, duck feather!" The woman pointed at Wang's second child and called.

Wang Laoer lowered his head, his eyes widened, and he had the same duck feathers as in his dream.