Liaozhai: I just want salted fish with invincible magical powers

Chapter 50 Big Bamboo Branch
Hu Qian was taken aback for a moment, it sounded like he had rabies.

So he asked, "Has he ever been bitten by a dog before?"

Guo Yu shook his head and said, "No, my fourth brother is a young scholar. Before, he had been studying behind closed doors. After he fell ill, he asked the doctor to look at it. He didn't find anything, and he didn't see any wounds."

Hu Qian said again: "Then is he afraid of water and light?"

"No, when I came, he jumped into the big water tank at home, and now it's too cold. Brother Jinggong, please hurry over and have a look."

Hu Qian nodded, cupped his hands at Du Jianzhi and the others, and said, "Everyone, it's important to save lives, so I'll take my leave first."

Du Jian knew: "Speaking of which, I have only heard of Jing Gong being good at solving difficult and miscellaneous cases before, but I have never seen it before. Now I have an opportunity, so how can I miss it." As he said, he was about to follow Hu Qian and the two of them.

When the rest of the people heard it, they also wanted to see and see.

A group of people followed Guo Yu to Guo's house quickly.

The fourth brother he mentioned was Guo Zhengyi, the son of his uncle Guo Gangquan, who was only 17 years old after the new year.

Because he was selected as a scholar early, his parents had high expectations for him and urged him to study and practice calligraphy all day long.

Guo Zhengyi was also very obedient. He usually stayed at home and studied at home.

Although many matchmakers came to the door, they were all rejected by their parents.

When Guo Yu led Hu Qian and others to arrive, Guo Zhengyi was wrapped in three thick quilts and pressed firmly on the bed. There were servants watching at the head of the bed and at the end of the bed to prevent him from moving around.

But even so, he didn't lie down or sleep on his side like normal people, but lay there on his stomach, and his expression was more like a dog than a person.

Guo Gangquan was pacing back and forth in the main room with anxiety, while Guo's mother was sitting by the bed, wiping her tears while looking at her son.

"Uncle, Mr. Hu Qian is here."

Guo Gangquan immediately went out to greet him, and immediately knelt down, "Young Master Hu, please save my Zhengyi."

Hu Qian quickly helped him up, "I can't, I can't. Let me see Zhengyi's situation first."

Guo Gangquan immediately led Hu Qian and others to the bedroom.

Hu Qian glanced at it, and was taken aback for a moment. There was a blue mist on his body that hadn't dissipated.

He immediately concluded that this must not be a disease, but something like a nightmare.

Seeing that Hu Qian was stunned, Guo Yu hurriedly asked, "Jinggong, what's the matter? Did you see any problem?"

Hu Qian nodded, "I probably see some clues, but I can't be sure yet."

So he went forward and touched Guo Zhengyi's forehead, looked into his eyes, and retreated to the main room.

Du Jianzhi asked curiously: "Jinggong, is he sick or is there some monster at work?"

When everyone heard it, they immediately pricked up their ears.

Hu Qian said, "It's definitely not sick."

"It's not sick, it's..."

Everyone looked at me and you, not only did not feel afraid, but showed excitement.

"I've grown up so much, I've heard a lot about ghosts and foxes, but I've never seen anything before!"

"Me too, I want to see and see today."

Hu Qian thought for a moment, then turned to Guo Gangquan, "Uncle, has Zhengyi met anyone recently?"

"No, the autumn period is approaching, and Zhengyi has never been out of the house, and has been studying in his room."

"Then he has been in the room all the time, and he hasn't been anywhere, has he?"

Guo Gangquan thought for a moment, then nodded with certainty.

"Have you come into contact with any animals? Cats, dogs, birds, etc.?"

"This... probably not."

Hu Qian was silent in thought.

Du Jianzhi asked: "Jinggong, what do you want to know by asking these questions?"

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Hu Qian couldn't help laughing and said: "Since you are so curious, you can't help but try it together and see if you can solve the case according to your method."

Du Jianzhi was afraid of his thighs, "Great! I'll be a case-solving judge today too!"

All the students agreed one after another.

Hu Qian asked again: "Since he hasn't been anywhere, and hasn't seen any people or animals, the reason should be the things he often comes into contact with."

Guo Gangquan said: "But Zhengyi just stays in the study every day."

Hu Qian said: "Then go to his study."

So everyone went to Guo Zhengyi's study together.

The furnishing of the study is very simple, apart from two rows of bookshelves, a desk, and a chair, there is only a wooden couch left.

Hu Qian first looked on the wooden couch, but found nothing, and then looked under the bed, under the table and several hidden corners, and there were no signs of holes or breaks.

Du Jianzhi and others looked at it, but they didn't find anything.

At this moment, a prompt flashed in Hu Qian's mind.

[There may be clues in the book he read recently]

Hu Qian immediately asked: "Uncle, do you know what books Zhengyi has read recently?"

Guo Gangquan shook his head and said, "I'm ashamed to say that I've only cared about business recently, but I didn't pay attention to the books he read, and I rarely come here."

Hu Qian nodded, so he asked Du Zijian and others to search together.

After looking around, they are just some common subsets of classics and history.

At this moment, a person suddenly said: "I found it, here is a copy of "Ode to Women in the Forest"."

Hu Qian knew this book. It was about the former poet Bai Shaofu who found a book in the forest when he was playing in the mountains. He picked it up and read it. Unexpectedly, a beautiful woman came out of the book and made friends with him.

At the time, the book was considered banned.

Guo Gangquan blushed and said angrily, "This kid, I don't know where I got such a book!"

Du Jian knew; "You said, could it be that someone who walked out of the book killed Zhengyi?"

Hu Qian shook his head secretly, if that was the case, with his supernatural powers, he would have already seen the strangeness of this book.

But looking at it now, this is just an ordinary book.

He flipped through it again, and suddenly found that a page had been torn out.

Judging from the content of the previous and subsequent pages, this torn page is not of any importance.

Guo Yu said: "Uncle, who is usually handling the garbage in Zhengyi's house, has it been dumped?"

So everyone immediately got busy, trying to find the torn page.

However, after searching for a long time, I couldn't find it.

The scraps of manuscripts in this room have been thrown away for a long time.

Only Hu Qian stood where he was, staring blankly at the book, and then touched it with his hand.

Du Jian knew: "Respectfully, the books have been torn up, what else can we find?"

Hu Qian said: "Dezheng, please prepare a pen, ink, paper and inkstone and a piece of tissue paper."

Guo Yu immediately ground it and found another piece of thin paper.

Hu Qian covered the thin paper on the back page of the book, picked up a brush and carefully applied a layer.

Everyone was puzzled, when they suddenly saw a few blurred words on the thin paper.

If you look closely, you can see that it is vaguely:
Big bamboo branches, big bamboo branches, tear stains send lovesickness little by little.

(End of this chapter)