Sometimes, even a vigorous strike, veins bulging, can only make the willows by the river sway a little.

Sometimes, a light and airy word can be like a thunderbolt.

Granny Qi came to Hu Ma for fengzheng (bestowal of formal status), likely because the time was ripe. It knew this intuitively. Normally, it didn't possess people, and couldn't even speak. It could only ask this question when it felt the time was right.

Moreover, it sought out Hu Ma not because it knew anything specific about him, but simply because it was familiar with him within a few dozen *li* around the village, and Hu Ma was someone in charge.

The last time it came to ask this question, Hu Ma told it to wait two months, and it did.

Now it asked again, merely asking. In its heart, it probably didn't even understand what this represented.

But after Hu Ma gave that answer, it, or rather she, was suddenly shocked, vaguely aware that something had changed.

This made Granny Qi, who was usually cautious and suspicious, instinctively want to flee, but some invisible force seemed to hold her back. She didn't dare to escape, wanted to squat on the chair, but felt that was inappropriate. Jumping on the table seemed even more impolite.

She was like a country woman who had entered a grand mansion, feeling uncomfortable everywhere, with everything out of order.

While kowtowing, its shadow actually became somewhat blurred.

Those in silence, those chatting and laughing, those sullenly grinding medicine, all were distracted from what they were doing, and suddenly looked up, vaguely feeling that something had happened in Ming Prefecture.

Hu Ma sat across the Eight Immortals table. He couldn't actually see Granny Qi's perspective, nor did he deliberately look. He simply felt the weight of the words he had just spoken.

And at this moment, they all suddenly sensed something, a feeling that was hard to describe, just a hunch.

When she finished kowtowing, something inside her seemed to crackle.

They all felt a little uneasy and hurriedly stood up.

This imposing solemnity frightened her so much that her head almost shrunk into her neck, but she still instinctively knew to kowtow to those shadows, kowtowing three times in one go.

And then, she suddenly heard a thunderclap in her ear, vaguely seeing invisible shadows appearing above her head, wearing tall crowns and wide robes, holding something in their hands, whispering something to her.

He suddenly found it a little funny, how could it be so much like those mean matchmakers in rural villages who went around arranging marriages?

He saw that after those words were spoken, Granny Qi suddenly became uneasy, first wanting to flee, then listening intently, as if someone was speaking to it. Then, it became excited and knelt down to kowtow in an empty space.

Sometimes it became slender, sometimes stout, sometimes a rough and burly man, sometimes an old farmer, sometimes a young child, and sometimes a robust peasant woman.

And in the end, this shadow gradually stabilized, and then Hu Ma saw an old woman wearing blue clothes, with pearls and jade ornaments in her hair, a pointed mouth and monkey cheeks. She was dark and thin, with a white face and a large mole with long black hairs on her cheek.

"Granny Qi has turned into a human?"

Those with magical powers naturally wanted to see what was happening.

It seemed that his eyes were blurred by the wind, and he vaguely saw Granny Qi's thin yellow figure actually lengthening.

Some people were calculating accounts in Plum Blossom Lane, some were in the government office, lighting oil lamps and checking the recently submitted complaints from various counties and towns, collecting them one by one, and then arranging for watchmen to strike the hours. Some were grinding medicine in the pharmacy, adjusting the prescription little by little.

At the same time that Hu Ma gave Granny Qi fengzheng in this village, Ming Prefecture City was originally a quiet place, with living people and evil spirits each having their own paths, not interfering with each other.

Hu Ma, who was giving fengzheng for the first time, was also surprised, and then confirmed: "Not turning into a human, just having a human shadow, but this shadow"

In the Red Lantern Society, the goddess was also dissatisfied, complaining that the young shopkeeper had invited her, and after returning, why didn't he come to kowtow?

She was thinking about whether to put on airs and show her displeasure when she saw him later.

Those who understood divination also wanted to immediately begin a divination to see the auspiciousness.

But as they started their divinations, those who used their magical powers, those who used their magical powers, they suddenly felt a kind of cold and stern gaze, invisibly, as if there were two soap-clothed strongmen with knives on their waists, turning left and right, and shouting sharply:

"Zhen Sui Office matters, those who peek shall be beheaded!"

""

"Swish!"

This stern shout was soul-stirring, and they hurriedly escaped from that inexplicable panic, already covered in cold sweat.

Not qualified to see?

In Plum Blossom Lane, the pen in the hand of the person who was calculating the accounts stopped, and a large drop of ink fell on the page that was already filled with small characters, but he dared not move for a long time.

Only after a long time did he slowly turn his head and look out the window that was open a crack. A bright moon in the sky was now being slowly covered by layers of dark clouds, and there was a faint sense of solemnity between heaven and earth.

"The incense distribution next year, I'm afraid it won't be easy to do."

After a long time, he looked down at his account book, looking at the handwriting that had been submerged by the ink, and smiled bitterly in a low voice.

In Grass Heart Hall, Miss White Wine, who had already fallen asleep and was only wearing a clean white undergarment, woke up in a trance. She floated straight up and suddenly flashed to the window, but saw that the cat she was raising was staring fixedly at one place, motionless.

"Fengzheng should only bestow a human body, but he"

""

In the Red Lantern Society's unfinished temple, the Red Lantern Goddess, who was originally sullen, knelt down with a snap.

Her body was stiff, and she dared not move for a long time, not knowing what had happened.

In Old Yin Mountain, gloomy aura lingered all year round, obscuring the sky and the sun, but on this day, the gloomy aura was unexpectedly lighter, and the evil spirits and monsters all over the mountains seemed to smell a faint fragrance.

On an old tree stump, sat a figure in wide robes and large sleeves. He was clearly smiling, but also seemed a little helpless:

"Too cautious."

"How can spending the silver under your own bed be like being a thief?"

""

In the Ming Prefecture government office, it was the dead of night, and the sound of gongs and drums shook the area in front of the yamen. The clerk in charge of punishment felt that his ears were about to go deaf, but others could not hear it. And a box placed in the deepest part of the document storehouse was shaking invisibly, as if something inside was about to burst out.

He did not move, nor did he pay attention to it, and even forcibly suppressed his curiosity, not looking at the extra names inside. Only after a long time, when everything returned to silence, did he sigh lowly: "That noble person is also unwilling to be lonely?"

"Ming Prefecture, so many new minor officials?"

""

""

"So, this is actually the appearance that Granny Qi herself wanted to become?"

While the people in Ming Prefecture were in shock and panic, Hu Ma was now curious. He also wanted to know the changes after the fengzheng of the goblin, so he did not miss a single change.

But no matter how much he thought, he never expected that the appearance of Granny Qi changing would be so down-to-earth?

"Aiya"

At this time, Granny Qi opposite him was also looking left and right in surprise, the wrinkles on her face smoothing out. She gave Hu Ma a flirtatious look, pinched her lotus fingers to her cheeks, and said shyly: "Young shopkeeper, is my appearance good-looking?"

"I used to be in the grass nest, watching that old lady sitting in a sedan chair, with people flattering her wherever she went, and drinking wine everywhere."

"She looked so majestic and respectable, and I thought it would be great to become like that."

""

Hu Ma sighed helplessly as he listened.

The case was solved.

No wonder Granny Qi would become like this, it was originally what she wanted to become.

People have all kinds of appearances, some are noble, some are down-to-earth, some are rugged, some are charming, but who can help Granny Qi's most envious appearance?

It must be said, it is really respectable.

While thinking, he also sighed softly, and looked up at the deep night sky.

Just now, he borrowed the help of Granny Qi's fengzheng, and he also took this opportunity to take a look at the source of that dark and mysterious power. He only took a look, after all, his current ability is not enough, and his Taoism is not enough to see clearly, but for him now, it is enough.

This glance allowed him to glimpse a tall hall and large tiles, and see a fire pit so large that he could hardly estimate it.

"Zhen Sui Hu family, this name is not called for nothing."

He finally understood what kind of ability the Zhen Sui Book was, and also understood the heavy weight of his identity as a descendant of the Hu family.

He sighed lowly, then put away his mood, picked up his wine glass, and congratulated Granny Qi.

Now, when the people in the city did not know what the deep meaning of that noble person's sudden action was, Hu Ma was happily drinking wine with Granny Qi, in an unprecedentedly good mood.

Granny Qi was in high spirits at a happy event, and had already happily drank two cups, and her eyes were still rolling around, looking at the two live chickens tied on the table, both happy and a little embarrassed, carefully probing: "That"

"Can these chickens be eaten?"

""

"Haha, just eat as you please, today is my treat."

Hu Ma also laughed heartily, generously greeting: "Eat your fill, drink your fill, and you'll know what to do in the future, right?"

"Know, know."

Granny Qi happily grabbed the chicken and said: "I have to abide by the rules of human beings!"

"The young shopkeeper helped me, I can't go out and talk nonsense, if the young shopkeeper wants to fight with someone, my whole family will go up and bite their toes."

""

"After fengzheng, your brain has become much smarter."

Hu Ma also smiled happily.

He had just glanced at the Hu family's old fire pit, it was very big, and the water was very deep, so he was in a very good mood.

After talking for a few words, seeing that Granny Qi was knowledgeable and understood the rules, his last worries had also disappeared, and his mood suddenly became even better.

Through this small fengzheng, he understood how to open the Zhen Sui Book, so this mood

Great!

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