Rent me for three coppers

Seeing Qi Qi staring at him dully, the tiger's tail slapped the ground twice, and then moved forward to encircle his strong four hooves.

She uttered a delicate 'Huh? 'Voice.

Qi Qi: Do all animals now need to learn the business skill of being cute?

"This...is also what you took home?"

"...I can't hold it." Zhiying took out the three-bell rope and a small stack of charms from the bag, and after sticking some charms on the tiger's body, Zhiying pointed to the entrance of the village with his finger and ordered: "Go there and guard."

I don't know if it was Qi Qi's illusion, she seemed to see the tiger blinking at her after getting the order?

"Come with me."

Zhiying quietly glared at the tiger, and led Qi Qi to the back of the village.

The village is not big, and you can see the end of the village from the entrance of the village.Most of the houses have been destroyed, and only a few ruins remain, turning into eerie silhouettes at night, threatening the unknowing who accidentally step into it.

There is a small yard surrounded by broken walls at the back of the village. Zhiying asked Qi Qi to stay in the center of the yard, and he sprinkled talisman paper and white salt around her in a circle.

Just like Monkey King who trapped Tang Monk with a golden circle in Journey to the West.

"Stay inside, no matter what you see, don't come out at will."

The bells on the Three Bells Rope have completely turned into three ghost faces, and the baby has no way to use that thing to continue to protect Qi Qi's safety, so he can only use this ancient but useful method.

She bought the salt from a canteen when she left Lijia Village, and the spells placed around her were drawn with Qi Qi's own blood when he was unconscious.

The function is... to be mistaken for the same kind by low-level monsters.

"What about you?"

Qi Qi didn't know what was drawn on those talisman papers, but she knew that salt could drive away evil spirits.

After all, it is a widely spread and well-known method of exorcising evil spirits.

Zhiying let herself stay inside, what about her?

Is she going to go away?

Looking at the dark surroundings, Qi Qi suddenly became frightened.

"Don't be afraid, I won't be too far away from you." As if seeing through Qi Qi's fear, Zhiying reached in and touched her head: "We've all gone in, who will clean up that thing?"

"Oh……"

Qi Qi nodded, and then he relaxed.

After relaxing, the drowsiness hits overwhelmingly.When Qi Qi wanted to take out his mobile phone to check the time, he realized that his backpack was gone.

"Your backpack was left at the old man's house just now. People are running around here, afraid that you might lose the things in it."

"That's it." Qi Qi stretched out his hand and pinched his thigh, trying to pull himself together: "Speaking of which, what's going on at the old man's house?"

"This is the first time I've seen this kind of thing." Zhiying frowned and organized his words, and then said, "Do you know how gods are born?"

"Uh... born in chaos, live with the earth?"

Qi Qi thought for a while, and copied the lines from the TV series.

"That's a born god." Zhiying gently tapped twice on the three-bell rope: "The gods worshiped in the mortal world are mostly acquired gods. In fact, they are gods born in the belief of mortals."

Seeing Qi Qi's confused face, Zhiying continued to explain.

"Let's give an example: in ancient times, mortals living along the river suffered from the flooding of the river, so they hoped that there would be a god living in the river. This god would be worshiped by him, and he could appease the angry and someone. This kind of thinking will be promoted over time. Such a god who fits everyone's ideas was born. This method will also be used by people with ulterior motives, and they will use 'making gods' to get what they want."

"Making gods? How do you make them?"

"Gods are born because of faith. It is impossible for ordinary people to create a god to serve themselves alone, because the power of faith is not enough, then gods cannot be condensed into entities. Therefore, the "creation of gods" in sorcery , more like 'making ghosts'." When Zhiying said this, he shook his head: "Actually, I don't know much about this, I just heard it from the master before."

"When he was traveling in his early years, he saw... making gods in a small remote village."

"How can you be sure that this is a god-made place?"

"After you passed out, the old man was also unconscious. But from his few words, we can know that the boss gave him a high salary and got his son who was serving a sentence out of prison in the early years, just to make him look after the god. Cage. According to him, the village behind should be used as a sacrifice, but when we came, the uncle told us that 'the village disappeared because of mudslides'. Before entering, the uncle wanted us to leave , this old man is also trying to make us leave, if that uncle knows something..."

When she said this, Zhiying's movements suddenly froze in place, and after a while, she cursed in a low voice and rushed out.

Before leaving, he specially warned: "Don't move!"

After the baby left, Qi Qi only felt that the air around him became cold.

She hugged her arms tightly in bewilderment and looked around nervously.

The moon hid behind the clouds at some point, and Qi Qi couldn't tell if his vision was blurred, or the surroundings were really so dark that he couldn't see his fingers.

'Swish... Swish...'

The sound of something rubbing against fallen leaves was approaching her.

"Baby?"

Qi Qi turned his head to look in the direction of the voice in doubt, but saw nothing.But the voice didn't intend to stop at all, it only became louder and louder, as if it had reached her ears.

"..."

The stench hit Qi Qi's face head-on, and Qi Qi leaned back suddenly, with one hand resting on the talisman paper Qi Qi placed in the inner circle.

Goosebumps were already covered all over his body, Qi Qi buried his face between his knees with his hair standing on end, trying to hypnotize himself.

'It's nothing, don't move, the baby said not to move. '

'Please, don't come here. '

The creepy sound finally stopped, and the stench seemed to have disappeared.

After a long, long time, Qi Qi mustered up the courage to open his eyes.

The dark clouds had already drifted away, and the faint silver glow sprinkled on the ground, not bright enough, but enough for Qi Qi to see clearly what kind of monster it was.

Sharp teeth covered in flesh and blood, cold eyes, twisted hands and feet, scorched outer skin, and a ring of white tiger hair hanging from his mouth and a golden bell around his neck.

The monster walked along the small circle drawn by the infant, and its gaze fell on Qi Qi's body motionlessly, so sharp that it almost made Qi Qi feel a real burning pain.

The baby's golden bell?

Looking at the three familiar golden bells on the monster's neck, Qi Qi only heard a 'buzz' in her head. She got up without fear and looked at the monster in front of her until she confirmed that the hair around the monster's mouth was the one just now. Tiger's.

And for so long... the baby didn't come back.

baby... baby...

she died?

It seemed that such helpless emotions drowned him in his memory, Qi Qi covered his head and squatted down, strange memories easily broke through the defense and poured into his mind.

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Flower Street, Long Alley, the singer's babbling vocals;

Sleeping halls, corridors, eaves bells tinkling.

"It's okay, I will protect you."

……

"This little guy is really powerful. A few days ago, he fought with Daoist Xu's eldest disciple, and forced him to bleed."

……

Desert, ancient folk songs, cramped space.

The altar, the lengthy oration, the cold room.

"A few days ago, I found the body of a Han Chinese in the desert. She has a token of the princess in her arms. Do you know her?"

"If you want to see without a cause, it will be difficult to fight. If there is no fate in the previous life, wait for a reunion and make a wish in the next life."

"I still only write these nonsense things, it's really useless."

The chaotic picture in her mind kept changing, and finally stayed at the time when she saw the baby for the first time in her dream.

That piece of glowing and blooming peach blossoms, the person standing under the tree with a phoenix crown and Xiapei.

"I'm getting married."

The man held three copper plates in his hand and handed them to the silent person kneeling on the ground next to her.

"I am a princess, and I have a reputation for nothing, but only this is really my own. Even if you want the rest, I can't give it to you. If you don't dislike it, you can accept it."

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"Qi Qi! Don't come out!"

A familiar voice came from not far away, and Qi Qi suddenly raised his head to look at the blood-stained figure riding towards him in the distance, and finally broke down and called out: "Little Bell!"

——"Zhiying, hey, it's not kind to call you like that. I'll call you Xiaoying? Zhier? That's strange. Speaking of which, your magic weapon is the three-bell lock. Should I call you Little Bell?"

Hearing Qi Qi's cry, Zhiying only stopped for a moment.Soon she soared into the air and landed on the monster's body, grabbing the bell around the monster's neck with one hand.

"God-making, the person I met in the morning."

The monster struggled desperately, Zhiying tried his best not to let himself be thrown off.

"relief."

The openings of the three bells restored to their original state were closed at the same time, thousands of golden lights exploded in an instant, the monster raised its head and roared silently, only seeing his figure shrinking slowly in the golden light, the outermost layer of scorched skin was peeled off, revealing The scarred flesh inside.

After regaining his human form, he opened and closed his mouth silently a few times, and finally passed out.

And a warm light also wrapped Qi Qi and Zhiying in it.

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Zhiying is a girl who makes small movements with a muffled voice