I'm taking the imperial examinations in Liaozhai

"Old man, we haven't seen any villages around here, why are you here?" Ji Zihe asked.

"My house is nearby, and I'm going out for a walk after dinner. It's already dark, in this wilderness, why don't you guys go to my thatched hut to rest for the night." Old man Zhang asked.

"Old man, where is your house?" Ji Zihe pointed to the place where the lights were on.

"Oh, it's a good thing I'm here, young masters, that's not a safe place, hurry up and follow me." The old man Zhang secretly glanced at Xiao Hei on the donkey, and at some point, Xiao Hei turned his head and looked at He had a half-smile on his face.

The old man Zhang trembled all over, and quickly turned his gaze to Ji Zihe again, thinking silently in his heart, don't be afraid, the one on the donkey is fake, and won't come to bite people.

"Brother Ji, this..." An Youyu looked at Old Man Zhang, unable to tell whether what he said was true or not.

"Since it's not a good place, let's go with this old man." Ji Zihe said with a smile. Last time he chose not to listen to the old man's words and ended up in the snake's den. This time he made another choice.

"Please ask the old man to lead the way."

The old man Zhang nodded, and walked in front with a cane, and several people followed slowly.

An Youyu moved closer to Ji Zihe and whispered, "Brother Ji, do you think this old man is strange?"

"No, isn't this quite normal?" Ji Zihe said.

An Youyu was a little anxious, "It's too strange that someone would come to this wilderness for a walk, it's almost as if they came here just for us."

"Brother An, don't worry, I don't think this old man has any malicious intentions, so don't think too much about it."

Seeing that Ji Zihe couldn't be persuaded, An Youyu sighed, "I hope so."

After traveling for more than a mile, everyone came to a small village.The old man Zhang knocked on one of the firewood doors, and an old woman in gray clothes opened the door, seeing the old man Zhang asked in a low voice, "The old man is back, is the gentleman here?"

The old man Zhang responded, showing the person behind him, and the old lady Zhang was a little surprised, "Why are there so many distinguished guests here, please come in quickly."

"I'm disturbing the old man."

Ji Zihe and An Youyu entered the house, and the old man Zhang led the bone and tied the donkey to the crooked neck tree in front of the house.Xiao Hei on the donkey still didn't move, just tilted his head and looked at the bone.

With a flick of Gu Gu's long arm, he lifted Xiao Hei off the donkey.Xiao Hei not only looks like a doll, but also looks like a porcelain doll in his arms.The hand is extremely light, the skin is smooth, the body temperature is cold, the eyes are like black pearls, big and round, but there is no expression at all.

Gu Gu put Xiao Hei on the ground and ignored him, but Xiao Hei moved by himself, and followed him into the room slowly.

Old man Zhang’s house is really a hut, not to mention short, and the corners are still a little damp.The room was lit with oil lamps, emitting a warm light, and everyone sitting around the table felt much more at ease.

"Old lady, hurry up and prepare meals, the guests are all hungry." Old man Zhang turned on the oil lamp and said to Mrs. Zhang.

Mrs. Zhang nodded, and asked in a low voice, "I'll go right away, but my wife has bad legs and feet. The guests are all our benefactors, and they are not outsiders. I'll let Aunt Hua come out to heat the bar in a while."

Ji Zihe thought for a while, Hua Guzi, this name sounds familiar, is it the woman I met at the Snake Temple more than a month ago?

"Okay, when the food is ready, let Aunt Hua deliver it." Old man Zhang said.

The old lady Zhang went to the kitchen, and the old man Zhang stayed to greet the guests.Everyone chatted for a while, when Ji Zihe suddenly saw Xiao Hei sitting there without saying a word, he felt very abnormal.Thinking about it carefully, Xiao Hei hasn't said a single word since it was dark. Could it be that this kid is holding back some bad idea?

"Xiao Hei, what's wrong with you?" Ji Zihe asked.

Xiao Hei looked up at him and smiled without saying a word.

Ji Zihe raised his eyebrows, no, this is very wrong.He was about to reach out to touch Xiao Hei, but Xiao Hei suddenly stood up and stepped aside.

"Master, Xiao Hei wants to go to the latrine, but he doesn't know the way. Old man, can you take us to the latrine?" Bone asked with a smile.

The smile on Old Zhang's face froze, and he was alone with the big ghost and the snake demon. Did he think his life was not long enough?

"Old man, is there any inconvenience?" Ji Zihe asked.

The old man Zhang smiled reluctantly, "No, please come with me, both of you."

It doesn't matter, with Aunt Hua protecting him, they must not dare to do anything to themselves.The old man Zhang strengthened his courage, his little heart thumped wildly, and they went out with the bones.

An Youyu let out a big breath, and whispered to Ji Zihe, "I'm really ashamed, but I still doubted this old man. If it wasn't for Brother Ji's insight, we didn't go home with this old man. We went to that brightly lit place, maybe we would meet What danger is there?"

Ji Zihe drank tea calmly, big brother, it seems too early for you to rest assured.Although the brightly lit place may not be a good place, but here is also a den of monsters.

"Two, this is here." After going out, the old man Zhang respectfully took the bones and they went to the toilet.

"Thank you old man."

There was a gentle smile on Gu Gu's face, but the old man Zhang looked at him and felt that he had malicious intentions.Nonsense, the meat eater smiled at the grass eater, did he want to eat it, or did he want to eat it?

The old man Zhang was cautious, "If you two are okay, then I will go into the nest... I am entertaining guests in the house."

"Please."

After getting Gu Gu's approval, the old man Zhang turned his head and walked away, walking fast, as if a vicious dog was chasing him.

Bones clicked his tongue, he was so approachable, how could it make people feel intimidated.Huang Jiulang must be too ugly to scare the old man like this. (Huang Jiulang: What did I do wrong?)

Xiao Hei stood behind him motionless, with Bones reaching out to put his hand on top of his head, his hand softened suddenly.The little girl disappeared, and a piece of snakeskin fell to the ground.

"I don't know where the stinky boy went. He used a piece of snake skin to fool people. He is so passive and sabotage. This snake skin is confiscated." The snake skin with very rude bones was stuffed into his pocket. The shedding of the skin is also considered a treasure, no loss.

A big house far away on a hill sneezed and changed its shape.Looking closely, it turned out that the door of the house was the big mouth of the black snake, and the lantern on the door was the bright eyes of the black snake. If someone entered the house, it would be the black snake's stomach to deliver food to him.

"Why hasn't anyone come for so long, maybe he went to the wrong place." Xiao Hei moved his big mouth that had been open for a long time, and his face was about to stiffen after maintaining the posture for so long.

"The incarnation of the snake skin was broken. It must be a good thing. It seems that he has found out that I am gone. Those road idiots pointed them out and they couldn't find it. It seems that today's plan will not work. Forget it. Forget it, go to them first, there will be more opportunities in the future." Xiao Hei said, twisting his big waist of the bucket, sticking out his tongue, looking for Ji Zihe's smell.

After the bones collected the snake skin, they returned to the house and stood behind Ji Zihe.

"Xiao Jiu, where's Xiao Hei?" Ji Zihe asked when Gu Gu came back alone.

"He has diarrhea, so let me come back first."

Ji Zihe nodded, and wanted to ask something more, when suddenly, a young woman entered the room with wine and vegetables.Ji Zihe was immediately attracted to her. This shy woman with two big braids and a peasant girl's clothes was definitely Hua Guzi.

If you haven't seen her before, you probably won't be surprised to see her like this.But Ji Zihe had seen her look like a fairy before, but now the contrast is too big, no matter how you look at it, it's awkward.

If it wasn't for An Youyu next to him, Ji Zihe really wanted to ask them, what was the purpose of their acting? Could it be that Aunt Hua still didn't give up on wanting to have a child for him?

Aunt Hua set up the food and drink, and stood behind old man Zhang, sizing up the three people opposite with a pair of autumnal eyes.

An Youyu caught Hua Guzi's eyes and looked aside busyly, her face flushed slightly, this girl is really handsome, like a fairy from heaven and earth.It's just that the behavior is too bold, and you always look at yourself. Could it be that you have taken a fancy to yourself?

Aunt Hua looked at the three people opposite, but in fact the most important thing was to look at the bones, and she greeted him.Bones looked at her with some dissatisfaction, why does this deer spirit keep jumping out and dangling around.Aunt Hua smiled at him and looked at An Youyu, she didn't want to hang out in front of them either, this is An Youyu's recent death, they must be careful in everything.

"Hua aunt, go warm the wine for the guests." Old man Zhang said.

"Yes." Aunt Hua took the wine, opened the door curtain, and walked into the west room.

An Youyu's eyes followed Aunt Hua, and seeing Aunt Hua's figure was covered by the curtain, he felt a little disappointed, and turned to chat with old man Zhang.

"Old man, who is this girl to you?" An Youyu asked.

"My husband's surname is Zhang. He is over 70 years old this year. He has a daughter named Hua Guzi. The family is poor and has no servants. That's why they let their wives and daughters come out to greet guests. The hospitality is not good. I hope the guests will not laugh at me." " said the old man Zhang.

"How come, we are very grateful that the old man can take us in, how could he laugh at you." An Youyu said.

"That's good, that's good, don't just talk too much, the food is cold, you two young masters should eat quickly. There is no good food at home, I hope you don't dislike it, this little brother also sit down and eat together Bar."

"No need, I'm not hungry." Bone said.

"Sit down, Xiao Jiu, anyway, it's the old man's kindness." Ji Zihe said.

"Yes, master." Bones sat down.The old man Zhang heaved a sigh of relief, this big ghost was too scary standing there, he was afraid that the big ghost would be charged with poor hospitality and would come to cause trouble later.

"Old man, where did Aunt Hua marry?" An Youyu asked again.

"I haven't promised anyone yet." The old man Zhang looked weird. Did this young man take a fancy to his daughter?

An Youyu didn't ask any more questions, but just praised Aunt Hua for her beauty, and by the way began to tease her family.Even Ji Zihe could see his intentions, let alone others.

The old man Zhang ran away on the pretext of going to help in the kitchen.No matter what other people think, he can't do it to repay his kindness by involving his daughter in it.Besides, as long as the security guard Xiaoyu survives this calamity, their kindness will be gone, so he doesn't want to marry him.How could a mortal man be worthy of such an excellent daughter!