Copper Coins

Whether Xuan Min will turn into cakes is temporarily unknown. Anyway, Xue Xian who finished saying this sentence was dragged into Zhang's courtyard by his tail.

"If it wasn't for my discomfort and I can't take care of it for the time being, you would already be being chased and struck by thunder." Xue Xian threatened.

He probably intends to show his teeth and claws, but he is drowsy from the heat, the actual effect of his words is laziness, comparable to humming, and his claws only move twice like a cramp, in short, he is not at all majestic. .

Earlier in the river, Xuan Min was half dizzy, and missed him going straight up to the sky.Just looking at this slender little dragon at this moment, it really can't hold up any deterrence.

Xuan Min originally planned to find a random room to put the little dragon down as soon as he entered the door, but when he actually stood in the courtyard, he changed his mind.

Xue Xian was so hot that he didn't know what night it was, and his mind was boiling with paste.He vaguely felt that Xuan Min stopped walking as soon as he entered the door, and he didn't know what he saw, and he didn't intend to move at all, as if he was quietly watching what happened.He felt Xuan Min let go of the fingers pinching his tail, and rested him on the skeletal wrist again.

It's just that Xue Xian's paws were slipping right now, and he was so weak that he couldn't even lift his head, let alone coil himself tightly.Almost as soon as he landed on the wrist, he slid down the arm, and he couldn't even hang it.

But Xuan Min's skin was warm and cool, and for Xue Xian, who was so hot that he was almost breathing fire, it was more comfortable to stick on it.

After he slid twice in a row, he felt that Xuan Min had changed the place for him, as if he was holding it in the palm of his hand to prevent him from falling to the ground.

Ordinary people's palms are connected to heart fire, which is always warmer than other places.Xue Xian writhed his belly twice, feeling that this place was not as cool as his wrists, so he wanted to move around in a daze.Almost instinctively, he walked towards a little coolness, and in just a moment, he swam around Xuan Min's fingers and got entangled in Xuan Min's fingers.

The tip of the tail hangs dangling on the little finger, but the head sticks to the side of the thumb. There are five fingers, and there are four finger gaps. He is everywhere, and he never misses the slightest bit of coolness.

When the soft scales on the abdomen and back were rubbed between the fingers, Xuan Min frowned slightly and lowered his eyes, seeing the half-dead appearance of the ancestor, he looked away helplessly, and let him go.

As expected of a mason, the pile of stones in the courtyard was more serious than that outside the door. They were high and low, large and small, and almost surrounded the courtyard. There was only a small gap in the porch, which was enough for one person to walk around.And the reason why Xuan Min stood still and watched the changes as soon as he entered the courtyard was because the stones surrounding the courtyard were not ordinary.

Except for some unfinished or abandoned stone materials, most of the animal-shaped stone sculptures surrounded the courtyard.The beasts are not ordinary beasts. Xuan Min glanced at them roughly. There are Tianlu with a single horn on its head that looks like a deer and a horse; These ferocious beasts that exorcise evil and turn evil.

The craftsmanship of this stone sheet is really amazing, the carving is exquisite and lifelike.These ferocious beasts were about as tall as a person, and the smaller ones could reach the waist. They either lowered their eyes or looked up, their eyes were half closed or wide open, and they all looked in the direction of the gate.At the feet of these stone beasts or on the top of their backs, wherever there are gaps, there are stone sculptures such as tortoises and tengus. In short, they are so full that it is almost suffocating.

However, when an ordinary person enters this house, he must first be startled by the things in the yard.

I don't know if it can be avoided, but people can certainly drive it away.

This is a bit weird...

For a stonemason who relies on his craftsmanship for a living, it is understandable to pile up some sculptures that can prove his ability in the yard, but it is a bit intriguing to put them so scary.Xuan Min carefully looked at the bluestone slab at the foot of the stone sculpture, then raised his hand to touch the nearest stone sculpture——

Judging from the moss on the stone slabs, these stone sculptures have not been placed in the courtyard for too long, about one or two months.And some of the stone carvings are newly carved. Although there is aura, there is still some haste in the details.

I really want to attract visitors, and I will never put such a finished product in such a conspicuous place.

"Why are you standing still and not walking away?" Xue Xian groaned, "I'm going to swell to death..."

Xuan Min didn't even look at him, he fiddled with his head with his thumb, and said, "There's a formation in the yard, if I lift my feet and leave, I'm afraid I won't be able to find a room where I can stay until you're exhausted .”

"Speak as you say, don't mess with my head." Xue Xian complained drowsily, "I'm already dizzy enough, let me add to the chaos..."

Xuan Min glanced down at him.This ancestor probably wasn't lying, and it was no exaggeration to say that his dragon skin was so hot that his hands were almost scorching.Thanks to Xuan Min, if it was someone else, such as Jiang Shining or Lu Nianqi, they would have "hissed" and shook him off in fear of death.

It's like spilling a cup of hot tea on your hand, and it happens to splash on the thinnest skin between your fingers.

I don't know why this evil person didn't get burned.Xuan Min saw that he always put it in a cooler place, and thought it would not be good, so he simply covered Xue Xian's scales with the fingers of his other hand.

The drowsy Xue Xian let out a rather comfortable sigh, then moved his body automatically, and put his head on Xuan Min's fingertips.

Now he doesn't dislike other people touching his head.

Xuan Min was quite speechless, he lifted his foot and walked around the courtyard along the circle of stone sculptures.

I didn't notice it when I didn't leave before, but now I stood close and realized that among these bluffing beasts, there were some thumb-sized stones standing sporadically.

At first glance from a distance, it looks like peeling gravel, but it is actually some small stone tablets.The engravers in this area are famous not only because of their excellent craftsmanship, exquisiteness and meticulousness, but also because of their ability to "did not dare to carve anything".A space as small as a teeny-headed millet can also be carved with precision.

This thumb-sized stone tablet is carved extremely finely. On the forehead of the tablet there is a lively and ferocious animal face. The ears, nose, mouth and mouth are all meticulously crafted, and the eyeballs did not forget to put two small dots on it.On the surface of the stele under the forehead of the animal face, three words were engraved in small editors - Shi Gandang.

Stone Gandang is a spirit stone used to ward off evil spirits. It is often found in the murderous place of the gate or at the intersection of streets and alleys to drive away evil spirits.In some places among the people, it is also called General Shi.

It’s just that no matter what, ordinary people will only put a piece on the side of the door of the door of the dead or the house with too much yin, and it is really rare to secretly fill in a circle like the Zhang family along the gaps in the stone carvings. .

In the yard of Shitou Zhang’s family, there are about twenty Shigandangs of different sizes, and seven of them are sealed off in eight directions, leaving only one opening, which is the place leading to the gate, which means it goes without saying--

Please where did you come from and where are you going back.

Therefore, in fact, all the beasts used to frighten people in the courtyard are just a pretense to startle ordinary people. It is these Shi Gandang who are hard to be noticed that really work.

"Your panting is a bit noisy..." Xue Xian complained in a murmur, not forgetting to meddle in his own business.

"..." Xuan Min was silent for a moment, "If I'm not mistaken, the panting sound was probably made by yourself."

This ancestor's ability to catch thieves is first-rate, Xuan Min does not intend to share his knowledge, after all just listening to the breathing of the bellows, the ancestor has already suffered.

Xue Xian lowered his head and remained silent for a while, and finally realized in a daze that the disturbing heavy breathing came from himself.And the reason why the sound of breathing alone cannot be ignored is because the surrounding environment is so quiet that it is not normal.They seemed to be trapped in this courtyard...

It also seemed that someone deliberately didn't want others to hear other movements in the room.

Xuan Min rubbed Xue Xian's head with his cooler fingers again, he stopped caring about those distracting stone beasts, and glanced back and forth over the circle of stones twice.

"Sure enough..." he said lightly.

"What is it..." Xue Xian, with a weak body and a strong mind, still listened to all directions without giving up.

"Don't worry about dizzying you." Xuan Min simply put a finger on his ear, if it was indeed his ear.

The more this ancestor didn't stop, the hotter his body became.Xuan Min even felt that he would burn up by himself in the next second.

Don't be so bloated...

Xue Xian stretched out his paw subconsciously and scratched, but he couldn't get his hand, and he no longer had the strength to be a monster.

As expected, what Xuan Min said meant that these Shi Gandangs were actually in order—the animal faces on the foreheads of different Shi Gandangs had slightly different eyes.Some stared angrily, some squinted half-closed, and some closed tightly.

The process from closing to opening is the order he should follow.

Xuan Min stretched out his hand to pinch the copper coin at his waist, the wound on his finger earlier, when he touched the edge of the copper coin, blood suddenly oozes again.

Just some tiny bloodshots made the string of copper coins make a soft "buzz".

He hadn't used this string of copper coins for a long time, and whenever he touched the copper coins, he would always feel an inexplicable sense of disgust, not for the copper coins, but for whom, he was not clear.He just felt that he didn't want to use this string of copper coins unless it was absolutely necessary...

It wasn't until he woke up the copper coins with blood in the tomb with the head of the grave down that the feeling of restraint was broken.

The first time he was born and the second time he was familiar with it, he seemed to know how to use copper coins from birth, as if it was engraved in his body, not a memory.

I don't know how many times he has used it before he is so familiar with it.

He determined Shi Gandang's position order one by one.

northeast

正西

正北

southwest

……

Every time he walked a direction, his index finger flicked lightly on the copper coin.

when--

The sound made by copper coins is not like knocking, but like a bell, simple and heavy.

Every time the copper coin rang, Shi Gandang in that direction would shatter with a click.

A broken stone accidentally rolled down to the wrong direction, jingling and bumping into the evil claws that were as tall as a person.

Shi Bixie's half-closed eyes slowly opened a little, and he tilted his head silently, his thick chest suddenly rose and fell slightly, as if he came alive instantly.

Just when it raised its front paws, arched its back, and was about to pounce over.

Xuan Min walked to the next direction without changing his expression, and flicked the copper coin with his finger.

when--

The evil spirit that was about to move was instantly petrified again, maintaining an attacking posture, motionless.

There were eight unhurried sounds of copper coins in succession, and all the stones were shattered to the ground.

In the blink of an eye, small voices poured in, and the whole room suddenly became alive.

The stone beast automatically gave way to several paths, leading to the short corridor, the side room and the main hall.

The moment the road got out of the way, the sound of whimpering and terrified crying came from the direction of the main hall.

Xuan Min frowned, walked into the main hall with big strides.

Behind the huge and finely carved screen, a short man with a slightly raised belly was looking at Xuan Min tremblingly.

He was terrified and defensive, holding a two-foot-long sword in his hand.It's just that the sword is very special, neither copper nor iron, but bone white, as if...

It seemed to be carved out of the bones of something.

At that moment, there was a burning pain in Xuan Min's palm, and the force wrapped around his fingers suddenly loosened.

A heaven-shattering howl suddenly sounded beside his ears, shocking the little man to sit down on the ground, his hand holding the sword trembling like chaff.

boom--

A huge black long shadow suddenly appeared behind Xuan Min, golden light suddenly appeared, clouds and thunder surged.

Immediately afterwards, four bolts of lightning thundered down from above the nine heavens.

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, slammed on the short man's side neatly, every strike barely brushed against his body, not falling anywhere, frightened the man to tears on the spot, his crotch was wet .

Amid the deafening thunder, the majestic dragon's head passed over Xuan Min, and with a gust of howling tigers, it slammed in front of the man, and asked eagerly, "Which one gave you the courage to use a real dragon?" Dragon Bone Carved Sword?! Huh?"

The man crossed his eyes in fright, and immediately passed out.

Seeing a person successfully frightened, Xue Xian held the huge dragon's head, turned his face to Xuan Min expressionlessly and said, "I'm suffocating..."

Xuan Min: "…………………"