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My great-grandfather wondered if the words written on the paper made Granny Zhao like this, and he had the heart to ask Granny Zhao what to do, who knew that Granny Zhao lowered her head and turned around and walked into her bedroom. When my great-grandfather saw this, he couldn't chase him in and ask again.

Then, my great-grandfather took out the small bottle from his arms with a frown, pressed it on Guo Er's eyebrows, recited a mantra in his mouth, and accepted the general's ghost. At the same time, my great-grandfather felt that Granny Zhao was leaning on his stomach door to peek at him, turning his head towards the bedroom, but there was no one.

At this time, Guo Er in the basin poured a breath of "root", his body shook, and he woke up.

My great-grandfather quickly put the bottle away, checked his pulse, and checked his pupils. After making sure that everything was normal, my great-grandfather breathed a sigh of relief, and then told Guo Er a few words to let him put on his shoes and socks and go home.

Here, it must be explained again that there is a certain difference between cutting the pulse and pinching the middle finger, and pinching the middle finger can only determine whether it is possessed by a ghost. Pulse cutting is much more complicated, and many undesirable factors can be found due to "this aspect".

Straight to the point. Granny Zhao has not come out since she walked into her own bedroom, and after Granny Zhao's two daughters, after Guo Er left, they went to rest in Mr. Zhao's house, and my great-grandfather fell asleep on the temporary bed that their mother and daughter had built for him.

This night was peaceful.

Maybe the spirit has been too tight in the past few days, my great-grandfather slept very deeply, and when he woke up in a daze, his ears and eyes were full of "woo" crying, it sounded like there were men and women, crying was quite sad, and when he opened his eyes, there was no one in the hall, and the cry came from Granny Zhao's room.

My great-grandfather's heart sank, and he felt that something was wrong, and he hurriedly got up from the bed.

At this moment, a small object rolled out of his arms, fell to the ground, and made a crisp "horn" sound.

My great-grandfather hurriedly looked down and saw that it was the small bottle that contained the general's ghost, fortunately it was not broken, but my great-grandfather hit the spirit fiercely at this time, and the lid on the bottle was gone!

My great-grandfather bent down to pick up the small bottle, and at the same time realized something, and walked quickly towards Granny Zhao's bedroom.

As soon as Bu entered the door, my great-grandfather saw a cloth silk tied to the side beam of the bedroom at first sight, and there was an overturned long-legged square stool lying under the cloth silk.

Looking at Granny Zhao's bed again, her two daughters and her youngest son, Zhao Laosan, were kneeling in front of the bed and crying. On top of the bed, a shabby flower quilt covered his head and feet covered a thin figure.

At this moment, there is no need to ask, my great-grandfather understands what is going on.

Perhaps because the three children did not cover Granny Zhao tightly, Granny Zhao's one hand was still exposed outside the quilt, and that hand was tightly clenched into a fist and hung on the side of the bed.

When my great-grandfather turned his eyes to Granny Zhao's clenched fist, the fist opened suddenly, and in the old palm, a bottle lid slowly slipped down and fell to the ground......

Later, my great-grandfather returned to Weishi County and showed the eight characters written by Guo Er to my great-grandmother......

Postscript: On the night when Granny Zhao hanged herself, Zhao Laosan's soul returned, and Zhao Laosan returned to his previous appearance. As for my great-grandfather, I feel very ashamed that I was invited by Granny Zhao from afar, but I couldn't help her, but let her die because of it. My great-grandfather stayed at Granny Zhao's house for a few more days and helped with Granny Zhao's funeral, and he himself also dressed Granny Zhao in filial piety clothes.

The eldest of the Zhao family, when he heard that his mother was dead, came back from his father-in-law's house with his wife and children, wearing linen and filial piety; The second child of the Zhao family, in order to prevent the villagers from poking his backbone behind his back, pinched his nose and sent Granny Zhao to mourn; The third child of the Zhao family, crying to death, after all, her mother died because of him, and he was the saddest, sadest, and most regretful.

Later, Zhao Laosan asked my great-grandfather, what did he do with the things he dug up from the tomb before? My great-grandfather sighed and said to him, "Let's do something with them......

At this point, my great-grandfather's experience in Tongxu County is finished. After listening to my grandmother talk about the above, I analyzed it, the soul that Zhao Laosan lost may be in the ancient tomb, and it is very likely to be in the two apprentices of the old Taoist, just imagine, since Zhao Laosan can take out a piece of "Soul Warming Jade" from the mouth of the general's body, the two apprentices of the old Taoist priest should also get something in the tomb and put it on their bodies.

After Zhao Laosan was put on the body by the general's ghost, the soul ran out, probably panicked, and hid directly in the items on the two apprentices of the old Taoist, as a result, he hid in the wrong place, he didn't expect that the two apprentices of the old Taoist priest could be hacked to death by Zhao Laosan, and it was full of blood, which must have frightened Zhao Laosan's soul, which was equivalent to being trapped in those items and never daring to come out again.

My great-grandfather thought that the spirits would not go to bloody places, but he ignored the question of "before" and "after".

Another friend asked, didn't the old Taoist priest run away, why was he also hacked to death in the ancient tomb. My explanation is that the old Taoist priest should have been hacked to death by Boss Zhao, and the old Taoist priest may have returned to the ancient tomb once and was hacked to death by the possessed Boss Zhao.

As for my great-grandfather's second time at the entrance of the cave, "ask the gods incense" why he can't light it, this, I don't know, there are gods three feet above my head, maybe there are gods watching in the dark......

Two years later, that is, in 1879, the fifth year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, the year of Jimao. My great-grandfather was fifty-two, my great-grandmother was thirty-four, and my great-grandfather was twelve. This year, my grandfather participated in the "hospital examination".

The imperial examination in the Ming and Qing dynasties was divided into four levels, the lowest level was called the "Yuan Examination", which was invigilated by the government, prefecture and county officials, and became "Xiucai" after passing the examination, and then the "Township Examination", which belonged to the provincial level of the examination, and became "lifting people" after passing. The next level is the "Hui Examination", which is presided over by the Ministry of Rites, and after passing it, he becomes a "Gongshi", and if he can pass the "Hui Examination", he is eligible to participate in the highest level of the "Palace Examination". "Palace Examination" is also called "Court Examination", presided over by the emperor of the current dynasty himself, all those who can pass the palace examination are called "Jinshi", and the top three in the palace examination are: champion, Bangyan, and Tanhua.

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, only those who obtained the title of Xiucai were eligible to participate in the real imperial examination, and the "Yuan Examination" was regarded as a preliminary examination. It feels like it's like graduating from elementary school now.

My grandfather took the "Xiucai" test, and it went very smoothly and passed in one fell swoop. At the age of twelve, he won the title of "Xiucai", and the whole family was very happy, especially my grandfather's grandfather Cai Wenye, who immediately held a feast and feasted neighbors, relatives and friends. (We call my grandfather grandpa and grandma grandma.) ）

However, my grandfather actually doesn't like to read the Four Books and the Five Classics very much, and he is more keen on dancing with guns and sticks.

My great-grandfather taught him those ghost-hunting skills, he didn't like it very much, he was happy to learn a little, if he was not happy, he would throw it aside, my great-grandfather really couldn't do anything about him, especially after he was admitted to the "Xiucai", he couldn't control it, and during the period, he was protected by Cai Wenye and his wife, saying that reading is a big deal, and he will be the top student in the exam in the future, and he can glorify his ancestors.

It's not that Cai Wenye opposes my grandfather learning this, but I'm afraid that my grandfather will delay his studies while learning this, but Cai Wenye pinned all his hopes for the "champion" on his grandson.

Writing here, some people may ask, why doesn't Cai Wenye object to your grandfather's martial arts? This, don't let my grandfather practice martial arts, my grandfather won't study, at this point, Cai Wenye can't do anything about him, at this time, my great-grandfather will teach my grandfather the craft of catching ghosts, three-pronged, Cai Wenye is worried that my grandfather will not be able to bear it, afraid that his "champion" seedlings will be tired, and sometimes intentionally or unintentionally, oppose my grandfather to learn this.

Three years later, that is, in 1882, the eighth year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, the year of Renwu. My great-grandfather was fifty-five, my great-grandmother was thirty-seven, and my great-grandfather was fifteen. This year, my grandfather participated in the township examination, and the scientific examination in the Ming and Qing dynasties was held every three years, every child, meridian, mao, and unitary year. After passing the township examination, it is followed by the general examination and the palace examination.

My grandfather was not competitive this time, and he failed in the first township test. After my grandfather fell off the list, Cai Wenye also comforted himself and said that he would take the scientific examination at the age of fifteen, and he was a little younger, and he had never heard of the top student in the fifteen-year-old examination since ancient times, so he would study for another three years, and wait until he was eighteen years old to take the exam.

Actually, with my grandfather's qualifications, he should be able to pass the township test, but at this time, he spent all his thoughts on practicing martial arts. Later, according to his own words, during the exam, he still wanted to practice a certain move well, and in such a state, it was strange that he could get a good score in the exam.

At this time, the martial artists in Cai's Mansion can no longer satisfy my grandfather, and their housekeeping skills have been squeezed out by my grandfather.

In order to coax him to study, Cai Wenye invited a Shaolin monk to professionally guide my grandfather. In fact, this warrior monk was no longer a Shaolin disciple at this time, he committed the killing precept and expelled the Shaolin Temple from the master. According to the monk himself, he once went down the mountain to fast, and halfway through, a big wolf dog came out of the roadside, pounced on it and bit it, out of self-defense, he kicked the big wolf dog, and as a result, he kicked the dog to death.

However, there is such a sentence, the dog has to depend on the owner, the dog kicked by the warrior monk is raised by a large local family, the dog died, the family did not forgive, and directly dragged the warrior monk to the Songshan Shaolin Temple. Shaolin Temple knew that the fault was not in the monk, because the dog didn't know how many people it had bitten, and it should have died a long time ago, but it was not good to offend this big family, and the monk obviously committed the killing ring, so he had to punish the monk with a staff twenty and expel him from the division