I'm taking the imperial examinations in Liaozhai

Chapter 163 The Great Seal

"No more to say?"

"That's not true! I just don't know people clearly at the moment, I'm not as stupid as you say." Hu Xiaoliu muttered.

"Heh." Rong Ge chuckled, "Although you don't look young on the outside, you are still a child on the inside. Judging by your appearance, you must be very pampered at home, so you can develop this temperament. Go home and go out when you grow up. Don't worry, no one will keep you forever, not even your family. When you grow up, there will be opportunities to go out, even if you want to be controlled by then You, I'm afraid it's all wishful thinking."

Hu Xiaoliu didn't answer any more questions, and kept the fire burning silently.After Rong Ge cooked the meal, he invited him to stay and eat together, as a reward for his first fire.

Hu Xiaoliu shook his head, "No need, I'm leaving. Today's kindness, I will repay you in the future."

"Didn't I say it, lighting a fire is a way of repaying a debt of gratitude," Rong Ge said again.

"Needless to say, since I, Hu Jialiulang, said that I want to repay my kindness, I will definitely not be so perfunctory. Goodbye." After Hu Xiaoliu finished speaking, every time Rong Ge answered, he climbed over the wall and left.

From that day on, Rong Ge never saw the little fox again, and she forgot what he said about repaying her kindness.

And that Gu Xiucai, after being beaten up by Hu Xiaoliu, never appeared in front of Rong Ge again.Even if they meet by accident, they still hide their faces and walk around, as if they are afraid of getting involved with Rong Ge.

The Taoist asked Chen Moer to monitor Ji Zihe, so Chen Moer naturally did not dare to neglect.However, the county government office was heavily guarded, and she tried her best to sneak into the county government office while it was dark, climbed onto the beam of the study room where the county magistrate worked, and lay on top of his desk.

Although the distance is a little farther, Chen Mo'er's eyesight is no longer what it was when she was a human.From such a long distance, she could easily see the words written on the official document on the table.Chen Mo'er is full of confidence, she will definitely be able to complete the master's task now.

Early in the morning, after eating, Ji Zihe came to the office with Meng Zhang.

"When I think about Xiao Jiu leaving, I always feel that something is missing." Ji Zihe said.

"Come on, when Xiao Jiu didn't leave, he didn't often run without even seeing him. Why didn't you feel that you were missing at that time?" Meng Zhangfei was beside him.

"That's different, at least when he went out before, I knew he would definitely come back, but now..." Ji Zihe sighed, pushed open the door of the office, and was about to walk in, but Meng Zhang stopped him.

"what happened?"

"Something's wrong."

As Meng Zhang spoke, he flew in and circled around.

Chen Mo'er was lying on the beam of the house. Although she couldn't see Qinglong, nor could she hear him speak, but from the meaning of Ji Zihe's words, she could still sense that there should be someone invisible to him.But the master said that as long as she doesn't reveal anything about her body, no one will be able to detect her abnormality.He didn't dare to move at all, and didn't dare to make the slightest sound, which was no different from the behavior of the dead things around him.

"Did you find anything?" Ji Zihe asked.

Meng Zhang shook his head, "No."

"It seems that Xiao Jiu disturbed you too." Ji Zihe laughed.

"My lord, the Chen couple is here again." A yamen servant hurried over and saluted.

Ji Zihe's face froze, and he pursed his lips, "Bring them here."

"Yes."

After the yamen servant retired, Ji Zihe walked into the room, sat down at the desk, and picked up the official documents to read again during the waiting time.Meng Zhang walked around and didn't find any abnormal aura, and didn't feel any traces of spells, but he just felt something was wrong in his heart.

"Stop spinning, take a rest." Ji Zihe said.

"No, if I can't find it, I just feel uncomfortable." Meng Zhang began to poke around corners rather irritablely.

Anyway, Meng Zhang didn't have anything serious to do all day long, so Ji Zihe let him go and continued to read the official documents.Review from time to time, but also take the big seal of the county magistrate to stamp on it.

Not long after, the yamen servant reported that the Chen couple had arrived, and Ji Zihe let them in.

Chen Huanxi brought his old wife into the house, and hurriedly knelt down to salute Ji Zihe, "Meet the county magistrate."

Father, mother?The little wooden man was lying on the beam of the house, looking at the two old men kneeling below, his heart was peaceful.

Obviously she died not long ago, but seeing the two elders again now, it feels like a world away.She still remembers the days when she lived with her parents, and she also knows that her current reaction is wrong. Seeing her parents, she should be happy, wronged, and scream in pain, but now she has lost all these emotions, and has become extremely indifferent.It was as if she lost her body and heart, and no one could provoke her, even herself.

No, no, there is another person who can arouse her emotions, and that is her master.Obviously she didn't even know the master's name, but she gradually became more loyal and fanatical to the master.

What the hell happened to her?

Chen Mo'er was suddenly a little confused. Thinking about it carefully, since she was put on this wooden body, something has changed her, making her more and more different from before she was alive.Without the body, will it have such a big impact?Or, what kind of hands and feet have been touched on the body of this wooden man?

Chen Mo'er began to panic in her heart. If this was the case, she would become another person sooner or later.

"Please get up, old man."

"Thank you, sir." The two old men supported each other to get up, like two thin old sheep cuddling each other, their stature was thinner than the previous few days, and they seemed to be overthinking.

Chen Mo'er was introspecting herself. Looking at this appearance, she didn't know which tendon in her head had been provoked. She moved her body involuntarily, exposing her body more outside the beam, trying to get closer to the old man.

Meng Zhang suddenly felt something, and hurriedly flew out from behind the bookshelf, only heard a few bangs, and several books couldn't stand the force and fell to the ground.

"My lord, this..."

Ji Zihe laughed dryly, "Don't worry about him, it's probably a rat problem, I'll ask the rat catcher to come over later."

In order to prevent mice from dominating the county government, there are cats in the county government.Not only did they keep more than one cat, but they also appointed the cat as an official. He is a serious civil servant of the imperial court.

After the big rat Mengzhang got out from behind the bookshelf, he flew directly onto the beam.He glanced at it just now, but he didn't see anything unusual on the roof, so he didn't come up to look.Unexpectedly, when he was digging into a corner, he suddenly heard a sound on the roof, even though it was very small, it could not escape his ears.

After Meng Zhang flew to the beam, although he still didn't find any strange things, he saw a small wooden figure on the beam.There is nothing strange about the little wooden man, but the place where it appears is too strange. Who would put such a thing on the roof when they have nothing to do?

"My lord, I don't know if there is any progress in the case of the little girl?" Chen Huanxi said the purpose of his visit today.

"The thief has not been caught yet." Ji Zihe said.

The old man would come to the county office every day, but he couldn't find the Taoist priest, and Ji Zihe was also worried.The county lieutenant who was in charge of this matter had been so anxious these days that he had several bubbles, but there was no sign of the thief, and Ji Zihe couldn't help but began to wonder if the thief had left Ning'an County.

"Oh, that stinky Taoist deserves to be hacked into pieces. He actually injured my little girl's life just to practice some sorcery. My lord must not let him escape!" Chen Huanxie said eagerly.

This damn Taoist priest, when Chen Huanxi mentioned him, he wanted to eat his flesh and bones to relieve his hatred.If it weren't for the testimony of blind Li's boy, he would have wronged a good man.

In order to arrest the Taoist priest, Ji Zihe asked people near Chen's house to inquire, and found that someone had seen the Taoist priest outside the village, and the Taoist priest took the opportunity to ask someone about Chen Mo'er.It's just that even the neighbors don't necessarily know the birth date of his daughter's family, so he didn't succeed.

Ji Zihe took the opportunity to tell the story of his visit to the blind Li, hiding the results of the blind Li's calculations for the Taoist priest, and focused on the Taoist priest who wanted to talk to the blind man for Chen Mo'er.

Zi Li asked about her birth date.Then it was judged that the Taoist priest was the suspect who killed Chen Mo'er, and his motive for killing was probably to practice some sorcery.

The Chen family had doubts about this result, so they went to Qingyue Lane to ask the blind man Li for verification.Blind Li didn't see them, but just asked the boy to tell them that everything should be trusted by the county magistrate.

When the Chen family heard the words, they dispelled their doubts.They don't know the depth of the county magistrate, but Blind Li's reputation can't be faked. He said before that Chen Mo'er will be doomed, isn't this fulfilled?

Later, when Ji Zihe said that he wanted to arrest the Taoist priest, the Chen family offered to offer a reward, and it was determined that the Taoist priest was the murderer.

"Don't worry, old man, I will do my best to give you two and Miss Chen an explanation." Ji Zihe got up and bowed to the Chen couple.

The Chen couple hurriedly returned the gift, and after getting the guarantee, they stopped entanglement, "Thank you, Eldest Master, since that's the case, then I will not disturb the Master's work, and leave."

This scene happens every day.Every time Chen Huanhuan came, he never urged anything, and left after getting Ji Zihe's guarantee, as if to seek peace of mind.

But he is not urging, but it is better than urging.Days passed, and the victim's family members had to be seen every day, but the prisoner hadn't been caught yet, which made Ji Zihe, the parent officer, feel even more ashamed of the two.

Meng Zhang always said that the old man was cunning and played tricks on the heart.But it was his daughter who died, and he definitely wanted to solve the case earlier.Don't say that they don't urge them now, even if they yell at the top of their voices every day, Ji Zihe can't just avoid the two of them just because he is afraid of feeling guilty.

After seeing off the two old people, Ji Zihe sat on the chair, not wanting to move.Not because of physical fatigue, but because of mental fatigue.

Meng Zhang grabbed the little wooden figure and flew down, throwing the wooden figure onto Ji Zihe's table.

"What is this?" Ji Zihe asked.

"I don't know, I just found it on the beam."

Ji Zihe didn't touch the villain with his hands, but observed for a while and said, "I've heard that someone can use villain's method to harm others, could it be this thing?"

"That's not even possible."

"Then let me give it a try."

Ji Zihe looked at the table, there was ink on the inkstone, so he definitely couldn't pick it up.The paperweight is porcelain, not strong.It seems that the county magistrate's big seal is the most suitable. Although I don't know what kind of metal it is made of, it is hard and strong enough, and it will definitely not damage anything if it falls on the wood.

Ji Zihe weighed the big seal and threw it at the little wooden figure.