fairy family

Chapter 68: Returning to the monastery with mixed feelings

Yu Que suddenly thought of the Fu family's blood relatives. Of course, he did not want to use this kind of kinship to practice evil blood magic.

Instead, he was pondering the recent signs of the Fu clan, especially the clan leaders Fu Jin and Fu Ling. He always felt that something was wrong.

"Also, when I killed Fu Shiqi in the ancestral hall, I always felt that there was something secretly watching in the hall, and it was happy to smell blood."

Yu Que frowned: "Could it be that there is also a big ghost in the Fu family's ancestral hall?"

Although apart from this, he had no more evidence to support his guess.

But he is lacking, so why does he need evidence to prove it?

Yu Que immediately made a decision in his heart that he would stay away from the Fu Family Ancestral Hall from now on and never set foot inside.

Jingle Bell!
The sound of phoenix bells rang.

As Yu Que was daydreaming along the way, the ghost car finally stopped at the county school.

Outside the carriage, the examiner Lu Tiehua's rough voice was heard. He also banged on the carriage and shouted:
"Get off the bus, you idiots. Go back to your own homes and your own mothers."

Upon hearing this, the candidates became agitated, and all of them, except those who were seriously injured or dead, got off the carriages.

Most of them were directly flipped down from the windows of the carriage.

Now that the exam was over, they no longer cared about etiquette. If they were not worried that their behavior might affect their chances of getting on the list, some would even want to climb onto the roof of the carport naked and howl a few times.

Yu Que also suppressed his distracting thoughts and jumped out of the car window with a happy expression.

He greeted the eight new members and agreed to get together in a few days. Then he shook off his clothes and walked towards the gate of the county school.

When I arrived at the door, there was another crowd of people gathered outside.

However, compared to before the exam, there are fewer people outside today, and there are also fewer vendors.

However, when Yu Que walked out of the county school, he still felt that it was bustling outside. Many pairs of eyes were staring at him, revealing expressions of confusion and envy.

When they saw that Yu Que was not the person they were looking for, their gazes quickly turned away.

The short distance of two or three hundred steps was more difficult for Yu Que to walk than when he was rushing to take an imperial examination. He had to pass through several families from time to time.

Various voices rang in his ears:

"Mom, I've finished the exam!"

"Haha, I'm sure to win this time!"

"My son! My son!! Why are you so miserable..."

Laughter, crying, tears of joy, wailings of despair, and the hawking of vendors...all mixed together, making one's head buzz.

Yu Que even saw an unscrupulous vendor carrying shrouds and straw mats, hunched over like a vulture, and circling around the family of a candidate who had just heard the bad news.

The other party also said: "Look, it's the finest white cloth! Hey, cover it quickly, don't let your daughter lose face."

The third subject was a ghost test, and quite a few candidates died.

Yu Que shook his head and chose to bypass that family.

When he finally squeezed out of the crowd and was about to set off for the nearby station, a shout suddenly rang out beside him:

"Brother! Hey, Brother Yu, it's me!"

Yu Que paused and looked to the side in surprise, then he found a small one-horse ghost carriage slowly driving out of an alley and appearing in front of him.

Then, the simple face of Ma Zai'er emerged from the carriage.

He smiled and waved his face in front of Yu Que, then jumped out of the carriage like a monkey, sat down in front of the handle of the carriage, took the reins and pulled out the whip.

This man was none other than the young coachman who had taken Yu Que to the exam, and he hadn't left yet.

Snap! The henchman cracked the whip and muttered:
"Please get on board quickly. I'm coming out of the alley and on my way. I can't stop for too long. Otherwise, if those black dogs see me, they'll blackmail me."

The black dogs mentioned by the other party are hangers-on of the city's yamen runners, responsible for collecting mule and horse taxes, horse manure taxes, taxes on disturbing pedestrians, etc. Sometimes they would confiscate ghost carts, and would not release them until the head of the cart dealership went to drink and apologize.

Yu Que stood on the road, slightly startled, then said with a smile: "OK!"

He quickly jumped onto the ghost carriage, sat next to the horseman, and said:
"Didn't you say you would just wait until dawn? Why are you still here, Brother Ma?"

The horseman smiled naively and said a little embarrassedly: "Hehe, there is nothing I can do. I overslept and it is past the shift change time. I might as well wait a little longer until you get in. After I send you off, I will go to the car dealership to change shifts with others."

Yu Que chatted with the other party for a few words before he realized that the ghost car the two men were riding in was not Ma Zai'er's own, but one he rented. He often had to team up with others to make money.

"Hey, don't be ridiculous. I can't afford to keep a household god! The household god on the car is attached to the car body."

Ma Zai'er said hurriedly, his face slightly red, for fear that Yu Que would think he was really very capable.

But after explaining a few words, he whispered:
“In another two years… no, in three years, I will definitely be able to raise a household god!
At that time, I don’t need to go to the rickshaw dealership to take jobs, I can work on my own. Even if I can’t afford to keep a horse and become a horseman, it’s great to drive a rickshaw, I can do it.”

When talking about "working on his own", Ma Zai'er's eyes sparkled, just like Yu Que's expression when he thought about getting into the county school. But now, Yu Que was just one step away from getting into the county school. Ma Zai'er was still saving money and hadn't even taken out a ghost loan yet.

"Good good!"

Yu Que naturally would not discourage the other party's thoughts, and he was in a good mood today. He laughed loudly and shouted loudly in the whistling wind:

"Brother Ma, keep working hard. We both have a bright future!"

Ma Zai'er heard it, and he nodded seriously, not thinking that Yu Que's words were false at all, but his eyes were excited:

"The future is bright! Go..."

Yu Yu!

Soon, the two of them and their horse arrived at the Alchemist Guild.

After Yu Que bowed to Ma Zai'er, without waiting for him to say a few more words, the other party, as if in a hurry, drove hurriedly to the car dealership.

Yu Que shook his head and laughed, then turned around, holding up his robe, and walked towards the guild.

It was early morning and the sky was bright.

Although the small event in the county had just ended and all kinds of news were spreading among the people, the lives of the rest of the people continued as usual.

After leaving the county school, Xiaoju's atmosphere suddenly faded and even disappeared.

Only when he was squeezed into the crowd would he occasionally hear people talking about the Xiaoju County Examination because they were really bored while waiting in line.

So he walked straight ahead, passed through the front lobby, and headed for the backyard.

As a result, before he could take a few steps, he turned around and heard an urgent shout in his ears:

“Que’er! Que’er!!”

Behind the threshold of the backyard, I saw my uncle, aunt, Fu Yuan and Fu Yun, all of them leaning on the door frame on one side, looking towards Yu Que with their heads raised. The shouting came from my aunt.

When Yu Que saw his family, he was delighted and quickly walked forward, saying, "Uncle, aunt, what are you all doing here?"

There was excitement in my uncle and aunt's eyes, and their faces showed fear and joy.

The aunt who had just called out in a loud voice was now just mumbling something and touching Yu Que's body, checking if he was intact, with any missing arms or legs, or any ears or fingers.

The other two cousins ​​stood aside, watching for fun.

Especially the little cousin Fu Yuan, she jumped up and down on the doorstep, shouting: "Yu Que, you are going to be rich! Your fame has spread here before dawn..."

The uncle was calmer. He patted Yu Que's shoulder heavily and did not ask about the results of the third subject. He just said:
"You must be tired. Let's go back to the room and have a rest."

The family surrounded Yu Que and walked towards the quiet room in the backyard, which attracted the attention of people passing by in the backyard of the guild.

Suddenly, Yu Que saw Huang Guishan standing in front of an oil pan stove in the backyard. He hurriedly walked forward, bowed and wanted to thank him.

Unexpectedly, Huang Guishan pointed in front of him and made a hushing sound. It turned out that someone was conducting a spiritual cultivation assessment, and not long after it began, Huang Guishan signaled Yu Que not to come forward and disturb them.

Yu Que hurriedly stopped and heard the other party whisper:
"Your family has been waiting at the door since before dawn. Go back to your room and have a good talk with them first."

"Yes." Yu Que bowed in response.

When he turned to leave, Huang Guishan suddenly said, "By the way, within seven days... no, within three days, remember to come to me. I will take you to be formally certified as a ninth-grade refiner."

Yu Que looked serious and bowed to the other party again.

After Huang Guishan waved his hand again, he walked back to his family.

At this moment, my uncle and aunt were also standing by the roadside, bowing stiffly towards Huang Guishan, and received a kind smile from Huang Guishan.

The family of five gathered together and returned to the quiet room in high spirits. The aunt brought out a pot of cooked chicken soup from somewhere and repeatedly urged Yu Que to eat something first and asked about his well-being.

The two cousins ​​also asked a lot of questions.

These two little girls were very smart and kept asking Yu Que if he felt happy when he won the first place in the subject, and if it was a great feeling to show off in front of others!

To be honest, Yu Que has somewhat forgotten how he felt when he won first place. Maybe he felt happy at the time, but he simply didn't have the time to care about it.

But he knew that now that he was being pestered by his two cousins, who were looking up at him with admiration in their eyes, he felt extremely happy in his heart!
In addition, there was his uncle's eyes that seemed to reflect his honor, and he would smile at him from time to time.

In such a warm atmosphere, Yu Que's nerves, which were tense during the exam, are now completely relaxed.

He felt as if he was wandering in hot water, his whole body was warm, his fatigue disappeared, and only excitement remained!
Yu Que’s family of five lives happily together.

At the same time,
The entire Fu clan, far away in their territory, was filled with gloom and sadness, and all the clan members were silent.

The clan leader Fu Jin was seen slumped down on the stone steps in front of the ancestral hall. He was speechless and just stared blankly at another body being brought to him on a white cloth stretcher...

(End of this chapter)