chewing dragon

Chapter 157
Looking back at this moment, Qi Jingzhi still remembered that he had curiously asked Grandpa what kind of a good day he made such a sumptuous meal, but he did not get an answer from Grandpa.

Now the old man Qi told him in this letter that the reason why the food was rich that day was because he was going to travel far away, so he had to celebrate his grandson's 16th birthday in advance.

The old man Qi said that according to the "Great Qi Law", when a man reaches the age of sixteen, he is considered a Ding, and he can set up a household and be the master of the family.If there is another military service such as fighting tigers or even border guards, the grandson will take the place of the grandfather.

It is also because of this that when he heard his grandson say at the birthday banquet that he ate meat for martial arts and that he would go deep into the mountains in the future, the old man Qi did not stop him.

Seeing this, Qi Jingzhi no longer feels sorry for missing Shanjiao, Qixiang and Shaking Niutou. He only hates that he was absent-minded at the beginning, thinking about spiritual practice while wolfing down food, but he never carefully savored the extraordinary meaning and anything. A family feast that cannot be replaced by delicacies.

Looking back, the old man Qi was rambling in the letter, but the meaning he wanted to express was very clear, that is, the future route should be followed by Qi Jingzhi himself.

As for the whereabouts of old man Qi himself, he only said that he was going to complete an unfinished business, and told Qi Jingzhi not to worry about searching. If he survived, he would naturally go home. If there is still no news in three to five years... Quan When he is dead!

After reading the letter, Qi Jingzhi couldn't sit still, but he didn't know what he could do at the moment.

He turned back to the previous pages written by Meng Fuzi, and after reading the content mentioned in the latter part, he frowned even more.

Master Meng said in the letter that the old man Qi had never left Songling County except for a few conscripts in his life. If there was anything unfinished, it must have happened during those few military service. After searching the relevant volumes of that year, no unusual records were found.

Afterwards, Master Meng thought of Qi Jingzhi's deceased father again. After a search, he was surprised to find that the relevant records about his death in the war were all empty. Then he found the scribe who handled the matter and asked for details.

The clerk was old and had already been lying on the bed waiting to die. It was hard to recall it, saying that none of the hundreds of young people sent by Songling County to serve in the army survived, and the relevant military documents were captured by the Zhenmo captain. After the official office was transferred away, there was no more information. No one knew how those people died in battle, and when and where they died.

The clues were cut off at this point, and Master Meng only said that he was trying to ask someone to investigate, but the person kept his words light, and the matter was obviously strange, and there was an interval of more than ten years, so it may not be possible to find out for a while.

Before he knew it, Qi Jingzhi's eyes were already red.

The people of Daqi usually apply for military service twice. The first time is mostly in the county of the state, and the second time is to guard the capital or go to the border town.

At that time, Qi Jingzhi's mother was pregnant with Liujia, his father obviously had already applied for two conscripts, but he was tempted to earn more money for his unborn son, and even fight for a family background, so he left Qi Jingzhi the cow ear Jiandao went out to join the army, and because of his qualifications, he also served as the team leader, but he never came back after this trip.

Qi Jingzhi's mother was so sad that she passed away not long after giving birth to him.

Qi Jingzhi once heard old man Qi say that his father was still guarding the border that time, but every time he asked which border town he was guarding, old man Qi just shook his head and remained silent.

"Devil's Office? Why does the Town Demon Academy take care of conscripting husbands and guarding the border?"

Qi Jingzhi thought anxiously, but still read the letter patiently.

Master Meng said at the end that because of the seriousness of this matter, he has entrusted his colleagues in private, begging the Yin Division from Linzhou to Liaozhou to help pay attention to Qi Jingzhi's movements, and let him rush back to Songling County as soon as he sees him, but Afraid that his status is low and no one is willing to help, so he still sent this letter to the Town God of Jiuzhen County, Liaozhou, and asked Qi Jingzhi to reply as soon as he saw the letter.

"I made a detour from Chaozhou, I'm afraid I missed it, and the closer I get to Liaozhou, the less ghosts and ghosts are willing to sell Mencius's face, so it's extremely great to be able to deliver this letter smoothly Easy."

Qi Jingzhi immediately suppressed all kinds of distracting thoughts in his heart, asked Miaozhu for a pen and paper, and wrote a reply letter to Master Meng.

The main point is just one thing, please ask Master Meng to ask Liu Muzhi, the meritorious officer of the Modu Lieutenant Office in Huaide County, about this matter. Even if the other party has changed his post to the county, he should also send a letter of his appointment to the Songling County Government , please pay more attention to Mencius.

As for Qi Jingzhi himself, it is natural to end the matter in Liaozhou as soon as possible and rush back as quickly as possible.

He handed the letter to Miao Zhu, took out Jiao Yulang's purse, poured all the few golden melon seeds in it into Miao Zhu's hand, and left after earnestly pleading with him.

Seeing that the sun had already risen, there was finally some popularity on the street, especially as Qi Jingzhi called the door of the Town God's Temple to open, and the surrounding shops also removed their door panels one after another.

Although it was still early at night, Qi Jingzhi had no intention of waiting until dark, so he thought about it for a while, went to sit down in an empty restaurant not far away, and gave the shop assistant a handful of copper coins as a reward. He went to invite Wei Bao here for a while.

The guy had already been bluffed by the Ban Nu who was lying at the door, so he dared not ask for any reward, put it respectfully on Qi Jingzhi's table, turned his head and ran out of the shop.

The shopkeeper of the restaurant walked over tremblingly, with 12 cautions on his face, and asked Qi Jingzhi and Baoju outside what they wanted to eat.

When the word "Baoju" was mentioned, the shopkeeper's gaze kept on looking at Bannu, with a strange look that he didn't dare to look at but forced himself to look at it.

Seeing his attitude, Qi Jingzhi couldn't help thinking of the extra attention that the Gu team was paying attention to Bannu before, and the fear and hostility that the gatekeepers showed when they heard their identity as the Devil's Academy.

He immediately asked, "Shopkeeper, what happened in the city last night? Why did I see the deserted streets."

"The guest officer doesn't know?"

The face of the shopkeeper of the restaurant was horrified, and he deliberately lowered his voice and said: "Last night, a dog landed on the east gate and smashed the gate to pieces! Now the whole Jiuzhen County has spread the word that it is... …Said to be……"

Seeing that the other party hesitated to speak, Qi Jingzhi couldn't help asking: "What are you talking about?"

"It is said that once the Tengu appears in the world, there will be a catastrophe of blood flowing into the river! In order to eliminate the disaster, the lord specially sent an expert from the Demon Town to follow the Tengu, and every time he went to a place, he would drive a monster named ' The evil spirit of "Zi Cu' is dedicated to poaching the hearts and livers of living people to bribe the Tengu, so as not to make it angry and mischievous!"

The shopkeeper of the restaurant finished speaking in one breath, but the more he spoke, the more frightened he became, and his face turned pale.

(End of this chapter)