Rent me for three coppers

When night falls in the city, where light and shadow intersect, the boundaries become blurred.

In the place facing the light, there are feasting lights and people's voices; in the place facing the yin, there is boundless darkness dormant.

Hooligans, garbage, survivors on the edge, germs invisible to the naked eye and visitors from other worlds...

There is also an atmosphere that is incompatible with this bustling city.

A black cat jumped lightly in the dark, and occasionally stepped on the messy head of a beggar who was sleeping on the spot, causing a series of dirty curses.

The more he walked into the box, the darkness seemed to condense into substance, and the cold and humid air made the black cat let out a slightly threatening growl.

The black cat cautiously came to a trash can that she often rummaged for food on weekdays, and was about to lift the lid to find food for tonight, when she watched the trash can move twice by itself.Then, a man in tattered linen clothes stood up from inside.

The man was not tall, and his messy hair covered most of his face.When the black cat noticed the indistinct emerald green lines flowing across her face, it barked fiercely, and when the man looked down at him, he ran away furiously.

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When the baby woke up, he was huddled in a trash can.

The smell of rotten food, the sound of footsteps from far to near, all perceptions were magnified several times and echoed in the infant's mind.

He fumbled and pushed the cover off his head, but what he saw was still darkness.

Standing up against the wall of the trash can, Zhiying looked around in confusion.

What is this place?

"Where can the evildoer escape!"

A man wearing a yellow gossip suit ran in from outside the alley, holding a mahogany sword in his right hand and a stack of talisman papers in his left hand. As he ran, the ill-fitting gossip suit floated behind him.

The silhouette of the whole person looks like a frisky goose.

However, Zhiying didn't see any evil spirits in front of him, but behind him was a fierce ghost that was bleeding from all seven orifices and was chasing after him.

……

When the man ran to Zhiying's side, he kindly yelled at her: "Hey, little brother, run! There are ghosts in this alley!"

After speaking, he slipped faster under the wind.

When Li Gui approached the trash can where the baby was, he paused for a moment, then turned to look at the baby with its terrifying face.

After a while, the whole ghost was trembling and wanted to turn around and run away.But Zhiying didn't give him this chance, he made a seal with his backhand and slapped it on the wall.

The sharp ghost howl that the Li Gui made when it was trapped made the infant's brows furrowed fiercely, and he managed to get out of the trash can, then half-kneeled on the ground unbearably.

"Oh! Master!" The man who ran away just now came back with a flattering face, cupped his hands and said to the baby: "I don't know where the master is from? I am Chen Yong, the teacher..."

"Are you a celestial master?" Because he hadn't spoken for a long time, the baby's voice was extremely dry, and he couldn't tell the difference between male and female: "Outer disciple?"

"what?"

"never mind."

Seeing the stupid look of that person who didn't understand anything, Zhiying impatiently supported the wall on one side and stood up, uttering a formula for cleansing himself before leaving.

Unexpectedly, that useless man with no aura fluctuating all over his body dared to reach out and stop her.

"Master! Is the master accepting apprentices?!"

"Master, are you using the body purification formula? Oh, it's amazing!"

The man is as noisy as a frog on a midsummer night, croaking like a baby's brain hurts.

'thump. '

Before the baby could attack, a strong sense of dizziness hit the sky and covered the sky.She leaned halfway against the wall and firmly grasped the position of her heart with one hand, her temples throbbed violently due to throbbing pain.

'Plop, plop. '

It is the heartbeat of a living person.

The beating heart seems to be visible in the sight covered by blood, the blood vessels connecting the whole body, and the flowing blood...

The pulse that can support the flesh to live.

With red eyes, she looked up at the man who wanted to approach her, and with a wave of her hand, she threw him into the trash can where she was just now, turned around and walked towards the still struggling Li Gui.

"Hey, that's a good slap! The master is a master, and he really deserves his reputation!" The man struggled out of the trash can with a plastic bag on his head, looked at the empty wall, and was shocked: "Master, that ghost Woolen cloth?"

"died."

"Oh!" The man slapped his thigh, and said without tears: "Master, that ghost is worth 30 yuan! You beat him to death, what will I do with my money?"

"Money?" Seemingly annoyed by being called by this man, Zhiying waved his hand impatiently: "Just help you earn it back, don't make noise."

Hearing this, the man approached Zhiying with a smile, and said, "Master, are you serious?"

The baby looked at the man's clothes, and habitually touched the three-bell rope wrapped around his waist with his right hand.

The man's clothes are something I have never seen before, so this place is either a foreign vassal or... a future generation.

Thinking of what he saw before he passed out, Zhiying calmed down instead.

That's fine, but if you're unfamiliar with the place, there must be someone you can ask.

"Master, master, you haven't answered me yet, are you accepting apprentices?"

"Take it." Zhiying took out a piece of jade from his pocket and asked, "What's your name?"

"Ah! My name is Chen Yong, Chen of Old Wine, forever Yong. Our family was originally a brewer, so my father named me this name. The scent lasts forever. But now..."

Zhiying was suddenly very thankful that he had learned the ability to go in the left ear and out the right ear with his master in the early years, otherwise he would definitely want to chop this frog at this time... Oh, he said his name is Chen Yong.

"Here you are, my name is Zhiying."

The jade finger was cold in his hand. When Chen Yong took the finger, he felt a coldness from his fingertips all the way to his heart. A wisp of emerald green smoke flashed from his pupils, and he waited until he woke up. At that time, he had already put the wrench on his hand.

There were two glowing patterns on the finger, Chen Yong looked at it for a long time but couldn't figure out what it was, so he could only ask if he didn't understand.

"Master, what is this glowing thing?"

"your name."

"Oh...Master, how did you engrave it? No, why does this glow?"

"Speaking of which, Master, you are really the most approachable master I have ever met. Many masters I met before said that I am not suitable, that I should make wine better, but ah, I think they are not as good as you. When I was young, the fortune teller said, My life is destined to gossip, and I will definitely become a famous celestial master in the future."

The sound of their footsteps, one light and one heavy, echoed in the alley, Zhiying looked down at the road under her feet, and listened to what Chen Yong said without saying a word.

"Master, Master?"

"Ok?"

"Do you think I'm talented? Actually, I'm pretty good. I've caught ghosts before..."

After walking a little outside the alley, Zhiying discovered that Chen Yong's face was dirty, and there was still some immature, unworldly brilliance in his eyes.

It turned out that he was still a child who hadn't grown up.

Not wanting to pursue the loopholes in Chen Yong's words, Zhiying nodded: "Work hard."

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Regardless of Chen Yong's ability as a celestial master, the gossip is quick to understand.

Within two days, he found a big job and came back.

It is said that some strange things have happened to Lin Zongsheng's family, the richest man in City C. The things in the house are always inexplicably changing places. Every morning, the tablet of the deceased wife is found parked outside the door of the eldest daughter.

Let no one go in, and no one come out.

The eldest daughter was also frightened. Once she opened the window and jumped from the second floor, breaking her tailbone and lying in the hospital for more than half a month.

During those half a month, the family was silent for a period of time.

I thought this was the end of the matter, but I didn't expect that the eldest daughter had just returned home.The housekeeper at home rolled down the stairs at night and injured his head. He is still lying in the intensive care unit, not knowing whether he is dead or alive.

After such a commotion, most of the servants in the family resigned and left because of fear, leaving only a small number of people who were lured by money to stay.

I also asked the celestial master to look at it, and each of them either left in shock after entering the door; or bluntly said that there was no way, and suggested that Mr. Lin move.

But this house was bought by Mr. Lin when he married his late wife.Mr. Lin had a deep affection for his dead wife, and he hadn't remarried for decades, so how could he be willing to leave this house behind.

What's more, can the matter of ghosts and gods be solved by moving?

"Master is not here today, you go in and have a look, and come out if something is wrong, we won't go in." A man with wicked eyebrows and mouse eyes led two people to the outside of the house, took out a contract and handed it to them. He said with some disdain: "If you want to go in, you have to sign this contract. Life and death are up to God, and it has nothing to do with us."

Zhiying lowered his head and glanced at the weird squares on the white paper, then calmly turned his head to look at Chen Yong.

"Eh, okay."

Chen Yong signed his name while smiling, and then turned his head to meet Zhiying's eyes with three points of confusion.

"That... Master, would you like to sign it too?"

"Hey." The man who brought them in just now sneered, "Why are the masters dressed like this now? Do you really think it's amazing to look like a tramp?"

Ignoring the man's provocation, Zhiying took the pen and drew a strange character on the paper.

"I asked you to sign it, what did you draw?"

"I can't write your words."

"Yo, I really think I'm an expert in the world! Stop talking nonsense and hurry up and sign!" The man shouted impatiently: "Hey, you really think I can't do anything about you, do you?"

Seeing Zhiying ignoring him, he walked inside, and the man wanted to follow behind with a contract in his hand, cursing.

It's just that the moment he entered the room, the man felt a cold wave hit him, he was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly retreated, only raised his finger and pointed at the baby, leaving a harsh word.

"I'll see how you die!"