Copper Coins

On one side is the black dragon who is trying to stick himself on the mountain road, on the other side is the scarred man who is petrified in place and feels like he is sleepwalking, and on the other side is the young monk holding someone's tail and staring down the mountain .These happen to constitute three delicately balanced points, like a frozen still painting.

For a while, no one moved.

The time of snapping fingers is infinitely lengthened.After about 100 years, the scar-faced man started to move——

His sluggish eyes rolled, and he raised his head in a trance, staring at the jagged mountain wall for a long time, except for the vast thin snow and the gloomy sky above his head, there was no living thing.He thought of what he had just seen, from thick to thin, with scales, there seemed to be something else...

I can't remember clearly, but in short, something that didn't know what it was swung back and forth in front of the tip of his nose a few times, and even almost hit him in the face.

But how could such a big thing disappear in an instant?

"Boss, why don't you leave? The horse is making trouble again?" The carriage curtain at the back was lifted, and someone asked.

Only then did the scar-faced man come back to his senses, he shook his head violently, shook the weird thing out of his mind just now, and thought to himself: He must have driven for a long time, was sleepy, and a little confused.

Thinking of this, he picked up the jug and took another sip of wine.This wine does not seem to be brewed in the south of the Yangtze River, but it seems to be from the northern part of the country. It is strong and thick, and it is so hot that it only burns the heart after one sip.He gave a jolt, his hands and feet warmed up a lot, and he regained his energy.

"Hey——" the scar-faced man raised his head and glanced at the end, then whipped his whip, driving the horses to move on.

After the sound of Dada's horse's hooves bypassed this level of mountain road and walked towards the next level, and gradually drifted away, the black dragon lying on the mountain road rolled his eyes and let out a long breath.

The real dragon's breath is not the kind of vitality that ordinary people open and close, which can easily cause a strong wind in the mountains.In order to cover up the movement and let the scar-faced man dispel his doubts earlier, Xue Xian was holding his breath just now, not breathing at all, and almost suffocated to death.

The crisis was lifted, and the ancestor came alive again, as if the one who was sticking to the mountain road just now was not him at all.

Seeing him leaning up, looking down at Xuan Min who was standing behind him, he sneered, "Look, I still have to come out to clean up the situation for you, if I didn't react in time, now that scarred face should be Come face to face with your own corpse."

What a big face!

"..." Xuan Min originally planned to put down the tip of his tail for him, but when he heard this, he stopped his hands and straightened his waist again.

He didn't speak, just kept the tip of his tail and looked at Xue Xian indifferently, with a feeling of "you say it again and I'll listen".

When Xue Xian saw that sharp point, he wished he could chop off his tail: this bald donkey held and played with this bald donkey when it shrunk, but it still couldn't escape the bald donkey's claws when it returned to its real body. , what is the use of it?Um?

He stared down at Xuan Min, and Xuan Min raised his eyes to look at him with the tip of his tail, neither humble nor overbearing, apparently waiting for him to get rid of his unwanted face.

The tail was pinched by Xuan Min, it was not only a vital part of the body, but also the evidence of his embarrassment just now, he couldn't allow him to continue to be thick-skinned.

So after a moment of confrontation, Xue Xian gave a "tsk" unwillingly, and compromised: "Okay, you are amazing!"

Xuan Min asked calmly, "Who cleaned up the situation?"

"..." Xue Xian rolled his eyes, and dragged on half-deadly, "You—you cleaned it up, okay? It's almost over, let go!"

Hearing this, Xuan Min bent down and let go with a calm expression, and put the tip of the wicked's disobedient tail on the ground.

Xue Xian only felt that if he got along with this bald donkey for a long time, his life would probably be shortened.

The two were delayed for some time because of this unnecessary confrontation. When Xue Xian took advantage of the mountain wall to transform back into a human form and put on his clothes, and then returned to the carriage with Xuan Min, the entire convoy had just finished walking down the mountain road and left. The county seat ahead is also getting closer.

The sky outside was getting darker and darker, and it was estimated that it was already evening.

"It's almost night, how long will it take to enter the city?" Shitou Zhang looked out of the curtain, the journey was safe and sound, and there was no real loss, but he really didn't want to spend any more time in this "ghost carriage" Stay away, go to town earlier, part ways earlier.

"Hurry up." Jiang Shining pointed to the snow-covered ground outside the car, "Since I walked this road, you can see that there are several layers of ruts, obviously it is not far from the city gate."

Shi Shi looked at the package containing the dry food with open eyes, swallowed, covered his growling stomach, and asked with a bitter face: "Can we take a rest when we enter the city? Get something to eat, I'm so hungry My heart is flustered."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Nianqi's stomach growled next to him.

"Are you hungry too?" Jiang Shining asked.

Lu Nianqi still had a youthful heart. He probably felt that the growling of his stomach made him very embarrassed, so he lowered his eyes and retorted: "No, it's not me." It's just that when he said this, his tone was cold and stubborn, but his ears were already flushed.

Xue Xian exercised his shoulders and muscles after sitting for a long time, and said lazily: "The snow will not stop around. Looking at the color of the day, maybe it will be bigger at night. Anyway, the horses and horses can't go fast, so it will be sooner and later. Not far behind."

If the person who is the most difficult to serve has spoken, it is agreed.

As for the other...

Jiang Shining and the others glanced at Xuan Min and found that he had no intention of speaking, so it was no different from acquiescence.

After about half an hour, the speed of the convoy became slower and slower, and slightly chaotic human voices could be heard vaguely.

"It's here!" Shitou Zhang rubbed his hands excitedly, like a gray fly with a big belly and a round brain.

The county they passed was called Huazhi County.Because it is near the river and is the closest to Guanyin Ferry, although it is located on the border of Anqing Prefecture, it is quite a lively county.It's just that the county is extremely small, and it takes at most an hour to go around the city from east to west, north to south.But even in such a small city, there are some rules when entering and exiting the city gate.

Xue Xian had stopped here once before. If I remember correctly, this Huazhi County has always been very strict with the people entering the city. Getting off the horse and opening the door is the most basic. Holy shit, anyone from other places must be registered in the register when entering and exiting the city gate.

Sure enough, with a few short inquiries, the convoy stopped in front of the city gate.A guard was holding a list and was counting the number of people in one carriage after another.

When he knocked on the door of Xue Xian's carriage and poked his head in to check the registration, everyone's expressions instantly became a little strange——

I saw that the guard had a thick black concoction smeared on half of his cheek and a piece on the back of his hand, exuding an indescribable strange smell.

With this rather unpleasant concoction, the guard himself probably felt uncomfortable, checked in a hurry, only took a second look at Xuan Min, then closed the car door and waved them to hurry into the city.

"Why was he staring at Grandmaster just now?" Jiang Shining asked puzzled.

"Who knows, maybe he doesn't look like a good person." Xue Xian seemed to be very interested in the scene outside the car, looked outside the curtain, and replied casually without turning his head.

Everyone: "..." The most reliable person in this car is Xuan Min, this ancestor has the face to say.

The scarfaced man and the others were kind after all, and they sent Xue Xian and the others to the door of an inn before parting ways with them.

The theater troupe seemed to be in a hurry and didn't want to delay for a moment, so naturally they didn't plan to stay in this county.

"If you want to rent a carriage, just tell the owner of the inn. Huazhi County is small. A beam fell and killed five people. Three of them may be related. The boss has plenty of ways to help you find a carriage. Just give him some money for hard work." The scar-faced man reminded him before leaving.

Naturally, Xue Xian and the others would not sit in their carriage for nothing.

It's just that everyone in this opera troupe has a bad temper, and they don't want money. It must be said that they don't even accept money for the opening of the opera these days at the end of winter.Jiang Shining, who was the only one who could speak a little human language, pushed and shoved them for a long time, but failed to give out the money. He was really helpless.

In the end, it was Lu Nianqi who said quietly: "Stop dragging, you can always pay back in the future."

When he said this, he touched his few wooden branches with his fingers, and his expression was quite unpredictable.

"What... have you figured out?"

Lu Nianqi didn't speak, but said, "Anyway, I won't owe you anything."

Even Xue Xian wouldn't be too suspicious of what this little magician said, let alone Jiang Shining.The theater troupe said hello, then rushed towards the direction of leaving the city, and quickly disappeared into the night.

When they sat down on the first floor of the inn and planned to order some food and drink to warm their bodies, Xue Xian's attention was still on the street outside.

"What are you looking at?" Jiang Shining asked strangely.

"I've seen a lot. I've been here before, and this county is not as lively as it used to be. There are a lot fewer people, and... there are notices posted on every door, have you seen them?" Xue Xian said.

"What notice? I'll take a look." Shitou Zhang couldn't stay idle, he ran out of the inn door as soon as he heard this, and came in mysteriously clutching his skirt after a while.The seats they sat in were relatively remote, blocked by red-painted columns, and their movements could not be seen clearly from other tables.

"I don't know if this notice can be revealed. I just picked up one that happened to fall from the wall." Shi Zhang took it out of his pocket and spread it flat on the table, "Look——"

He was outside before, there was no light, and he didn't see clearly what was painted on the notice, but now he opened it up and looked at it, everyone at the table was stunned, and then they all looked at Xuan Min.

"Master, this..." Shitou Zhang stammered, "Why did you get a notice from the government? You, what did you do?"

Xuan Min also frowned, carefully looking at the portrait on the notice.

"Before in Ningyang, didn't Master Liu mistook the master for the person on the sea arrest document?" Jiang Shining wondered, "Didn't he deny it again?"

Xue Xian raised his hand to touch the notice, and said, "I took a special look at Ning Yang's notice. Except that the people in the painting are all monks and have a mole on the side of their necks, they don't resemble this bald donkey at all. Besides, the person in the painting is much older than this bald donkey."

But now this...

"It's said that the batch of sea arrest paperwork is almost full, right?" Xue Xian twisted the notice and trembled, "This one... feels like it was posted only a few days ago."

And the portrait on this notice has been changed a little bit compared to the one in Ningyang County, the person has been changed to look younger, and the facial features have also been adjusted. It looks... six points similar to Xuan Min.