"Don't you really blame the teacher?"

The two big jewel-like eyes of the Ghost Cheng Tianzun suddenly lit up, and the slender hand pressed on Xu Ning's shoulder with some excitement, shaking violently.

"Master, how can the apprentice blame you? Stop, if you shake it any longer, you'll be dizzy. ”

Xu Ning was rocked around by the Ghost Cheng Tianzun like a rocking chair, and smiled a little helplessly.

"Uh-huh~"

Ghost Cheng Tianzun's delicate lips twitched slightly, and the slender and slender ten fingers gently rubbed on Xu Ning's face like a piano.

Hiss~

Seeing that this demon woman suddenly became so gentle, Xu Ning subconsciously shuddered, and then an indescribable subtle feeling surged up on both cheeks, as if there were ants crawling on her face.

"Good boy, you have a great future."

Ghost Cheng Tianzun's fingertips poked Xu Ning's chin, and his two big eyes were full of seriousness.

"You can be lifted at the age of sixteen, so you are naturally talented. And it is even more extraordinary to be in a remote place like Lingnan. ”

She sighed, gently lifted Xu Ning's chin, met the latter's strange expression, and said.

"After the move, you will take the test in Beijing, and with your talent, it will be easy to pass the test. After the examination, he became a tribute, and then the final palace examination. ”

"Since the founding of the Great Liang Dynasty, the palace examination has not disgraced students, but only decided on the first, second and third grades. The top three of the palace examination become the first class, the jinshi and the first, in turn for the champion, the list eye, and the flower. Although you are extraordinary, there are so many talents in the world, and you may not be able to get in. ”

Ghost Cheng Tianzun sighed "hey" again, with a smile between his eyebrows, as if Xu Ning had really become a champion in high school.

"But the second-class jinshi, as a teacher, I think you still have a lot to do. After becoming a jinshi, he entered the Hanlin Academy for a few years, and then whether he went to the state capital or stayed in the capital, he had a bright future. ”

Her face fell again in an instant, and she just sighed.

"But because of the teacher..."

"Master, what are you talking about?"

Xu Ning smiled brightly and gently patted the Ghost Cheng Tianzun's shoulder.

"If I hadn't met you, I'm afraid the apprentice would have died in this black water river a long time ago, let alone in the future?"

The predecessor was originally to take the road of entering the imperial examination, but Xu Ning was not interested in it.

is a very good minister, what about the achievement of princes and generals?

After all, it still has to be turned into loess.

He only wanted to attain immortality, but it was possible to follow the Ghost Rider Heavenly Venerable to cultivate.

"That's good."

Ghost Cheng Tianzun smiled tactfully, she originally thought that Xu Ning was a person who loved to study and study his career, and she was afraid that he would be resentful because he was forcibly taken away and cut off his career.

"Besides, the apprentice's father has always disapproved of the apprentice's expedition. Now it's okay, I have broken the scientific examination and practiced with the master. ”

Xu Ning shook his head and said casually.

"Huh?"

Ghost Cheng Tianzun was slightly stunned, and a trace of astonishment flashed on his jade face.

Xu Ning is obviously a reading material, but his father would not support him to participate in the imperial examination, shouldn't this be?

Even if it is an extremely poor family, if the son can go on the road to the imperial examination, the parents will support it.

And the wealthy villagers or clansmen in the village are also quite willing to sponsor.

After all, once you win the imperial examination, you will soar to the sky, and you will no longer need to dig in the soil.

But Xu Ning's family is not poor, and there is no such problem as it is difficult for him to study.

That's a little weird.

Seeing that Xu Ning was not in high spirits, Ghost Cheng Tianzun did not continue to ask, but just gently grabbed his shoulders and looked at the water calmly.

。。。。。。

At noon, the sun was just at the beginning.

Xu Ning and the ghost got off the boat with Tianzun and walked slowly towards Dongxi Village according to the memories in their minds.

After turning over a hill, Xu Ning finally looked at the outline of Dongxi Village from a distance, and suddenly an inexplicable emotion arose in his heart.

In the distance, the village under the mountain beam that winds like a dragon and snake is Dongxi Village, and there is a babbling stream flowing through the west of the village.

It was a ghost riding Tianzun, but the two willow eyebrows were slightly frowned when they looked at it from a distance.

"Master, what's wrong with you?"

Xu Ning looked at the Ghost Cheng Tianzun and asked with some confusion.

"Didn't you notice something wrong?"

Ghost Cheng Tianzun said lightly.

"Huh?"

Xu Ning was slightly stunned, and then carefully stared at the village from afar, and his brows suddenly wrinkled.

Everything is normal in the village, and there is no change in the layout of the village after leaving for more than a month.

But there was no one working in the fields, and there was not a single household in the village where smoke rose from the cooking.

It's all this time, even if everyone stays at home and doesn't farm, but no matter how they live, they have to live and cook, right?

Moreover, not a single barking dog was heard from afar, and the village was surprisingly quiet.

"Looks like we're here at the right time."

Xu Ning shook his head slightly, and led the Ghost Chengtianzun towards the village.

"By the way, Master, can the apprentice ask your name? If the family asks..."

Xu Ning turned his head to look at the Ghost Cheng Tianzun with a playful face, and asked with some trepidation.

Now that they've brought this witch home, they have to tell their parents her name, right?

The name of the ghost multiplying Tianzun Tianzun is not a good person when he hears it, how can the family rest assured that they will follow her to cultivate together?

"For the name of the teacher?"

Ghost Cheng Tianzun grinned, and a few hints of cunning flashed in his eyes.

"The surname is the ghost name and the word Tianzun, hahaha."

Xu Ning: =_=

Oh, enchantress.

。。。。。。

When Xu Ning walked into Dongxi Village, his mood became heavier and heavier.

Dongxi Village is a relatively large village, with two or three hundred households and a population of more than 1,000.

But now, even though it was still noon, there was not even a single figure in the village.

Whether it is in the field or in the wilderness, there is silence.

The doors and windows of every house are closed, a puddle of glutinous rice is sprinkled outside the door, and a bronze mirror hangs high on the door frame.

Such a strange scene made Xu Ning frown tightly, he could be sure that this was not some strange custom in Dongxi Village, because he had never seen such a scene before he left his hometown.

Xu Ning took a deep breath, it seemed that something had indeed happened in the village, so he hurried to his home at the moment.

The Xu family is the No. 1 family in Dongxi Village, and the family members and forty or fifty villagers all live in the big manor in the east of the village.

But compared with the past doors, the Xu family is now as deserted as other families in the village.

Xu Ning stood at the gate of the Xu family, a trace of complexity flashed in his eyes, but it was immediately replaced by a deep heaviness.

The layout outside the gate of Xu's house is not much different from other houses in the village, the same door frame is hung with copper mirrors, and a layer of glutinous rice is laid in front of the door.

But the difference is that there are more than a dozen horizontal and vertical cracks on the gate of the Xu family, as if they have been slashed by a sword.

The glutinous rice spread in front of the door is not all snow-white, and there are two places in the middle that have become extremely black, which looks very eye-catching in a piece of white.

Xu Ning could even faintly smell a rotten stench from these pitch-black glutinous rice.

And about a foot in front of these two black glutinous rice, a pitch-black oil-paper umbrella stood quietly.