Copper Coins

Xue Xian squinted at his palm, and then scanned the bald donkey's body.The monk's robe was loose, but Xuan Min was tall and thin.From the outline of his straight shoulders and back, it can be seen that his thinness is not the kind of thin soup with little water, but should be thin and powerful.But in any case, it is still far from "strong".

So, Xue Xian raised his chin distrustfully: "You can catch it with one hand? How about coaxing ghosts?"

Xuan Min's expression didn't move, his palms were still spread out.

"Okay, you have to take responsibility for the injury." Xue Xian said nonchalantly, and jumped off the wall with both hands.

But the moment he fell, he had changed from a skinny living person back to a paper man with a puff.Probably in order to match the width of Xuan Min's palm, he also purposely shrunk the paper a few times, making it no bigger than a palm, and laying in Xuan Min's hand leisurely like a fallen leaf from a branch...

In large font.

Xuan Min: "..."

I'm used to seeing the living appearance of this wicked person, but suddenly I saw this "death without regret" portrait, even if it was shrunk down a little, it was really hurting my eyes.

Xuan Min silently looked away.He imitated what he did before, and put this evil obstacle back into the dark pocket at his waist, with the intention of seeing what is out of sight.But this time he talked a little bit about human nature, instead of letting it sink to the bottom, he let this evil person show his head, so that he could lie on the side of his dark pocket and take a breath from time to time.

Who knows that this evil is not happy.

"Excuse me, change the place." Xue Xian said "excuse me", but his tone was not polite at all.

Xuan Min never expected, but in just a few short words, this evil person had already forgotten that he was the one who was caught, and had a vague intention to turn the world upside down.

Have you ever seen a prisoner who has been sent to a big prison ask for a better berth?

"How?" Xuan Min lowered his gaze.

The paper man was born with no bones, so he turned his face up lightly, rolled his eyes and asked Xuan Min, "I want shoulders!"

Xuan Min: "..."

The cardboard man surnamed Xue still complained with justification: "The vision in Laoshizi is too low, and I can't see anything. I want to lift my shoulders!"

Xuan Min: "..."

Why don't you go to heaven?

"At this time, I'm not afraid of falling again." Xuan Min said calmly.

Xue Xian turned back without thinking: "Are you slouching your shoulders? Are you hopping? If you don't skating or hopping, how can I fall?"

This evil obstacle is always plausible, Xuan Min can't say no to him, he just shook his head and said helplessly, "Go ahead."

After finishing speaking, he ignored Xue Xian and took a step forward.

Xue Xian waited for a while at the mouth of the secret bag, but Xuan Min didn't see his hand reaching out to help him change places, so he said angrily, "Where's the hand?"

Xuan Min replied coldly, "Climb yourself."

Xue Xian: "..."

For a gentleman like Xue Xian, crawling all over the ground is an insult to his status, and he can't do it even if he is killed.But he borrowed his arms to climb up like a monkey climbing a tree, which he reluctantly accepted.So he looked up and measured the height of the bald donkey with his eyes, and condescendingly stretched out his two dragon claws, hooking them on the bald donkey's monk robe.

The texture of Xuan Min's monk's robe is a bit strange, raw hemp is not like raw hemp, and cooked hemp is not like cooked hemp, the texture is not fine but quite soft, and it is so white with tanning that it is not stained at all.In short, it's not like ordinary monks can wear it.

There's also... an indescribable smell.

Like a snow-fallen alpine pine forest.

The paper man was really light and small, so Xue Xian grabbed Xuan Min three times and then climbed up from Xuan Min's waist all the way to the neckline.

Originally, the shoulders can be lifted by turning sideways along the neckline, which can be regarded as a shortcut.However, Xue Xian didn't agree, he leaned on Xuan Min's collar and turned his head to look at his shoulders, then raised his face again.

From his strange angle, one can see Xuan Min's thin chin, and it cannot be seen further up.

Xue Xian rested for a while, then swayed suddenly, climbed onto Xuan Min's chin, and touched the bridge of the nose with three or two claws like burning his buttocks. With the help of Xuan Min's eyebrows, he fell from the side to his shoulders, physically There was a show about what it means to "push your nose on your face".

Xuan Min: "..."

Those who can cultivate such a fearless temperament must not be some simple little demon, but Xue Xian's original body aura is too weak, so that Xuan Min has been unable to determine the origin of this evil obstacle.

Speaking of the original body...

Xuan Min glanced at the paper man sitting on his shoulder, and asked in a deep voice, "You told that wild ghost scholar earlier that your lifespan is not over yet."

Xue Xian adjusted his posture, chose a comfortable position, and sat lazily on his back. Hearing this, he responded perfunctorily: "Yes, so it's unfair for you to accept me."

Xuan Min didn't answer his words, but asked again: "Then where is your original body?"

In this world, there are always some sticks who are especially good at talking, who only pick on the painful feet of others, and pick which pot is not open.

Jiang Shining's reed stick is one, and so is this bald donkey.

Where is the original body?

I'm afraid even Xue Xian himself doesn't know it well.

Recalling that day at the beach in Huameng County, Guangdong Province, after he was tortured alive, it rained heavily and the sea tide swelled.The waves swept him whole into the sea.He was in unbearable pain and lost his mind. When he regained a little consciousness, he found that his Yuanling had left his body.

Without the support of Yuan Ling, such a huge body could not maintain its original appearance, and shrank into a golden bead just like before.

He originally wanted to keep the golden beads, and restore his original body after raising Yuan Ling again, but God played a terrible joke on him.When his consciousness was not completely clear, the golden bead was sent ashore by a big wave.He only vaguely saw people dressed as fishermen pick it up through the sea.

When he regained his sanity completely and tried to chase after him, the man had disappeared without a trace.

Thinking of this, Xue Xian became a little annoyed, so he replied in a nonchalant tone: "I'm looking for it right now!"

Xuan Min glanced at him again: Even being able to lose the original body, this evil obstacle is quite capable.

It's not that Xue Xian really doesn't take it seriously, but that Yuan's troubles are much smaller than the enmity of the flesh and blood.Now he can't find it, it's just because his vitality was seriously injured and he broke the connection with the original body.When he fully recuperates, he will naturally be able to sense the original body, and it will be easy to find him.

However, it's one thing not to look for it deliberately, and another thing to deliver it to your door.

Xue Xian recalled the buzzing sound he heard before, and couldn't help muttering to himself: "The location of this house is a bit old—"

When he was saying these words, Xuan Min had already led him through the hall and into the room calmly, passed through two narrow doors without any risk, walked through a corridor, and was about to open the other narrow door.

Therefore, Xue Xian cut off the word "weird" before he could say it, and hastily changed the topic: "Wait! Why does this place look familiar?"

More than familiar...

The ground paved with bluestone slabs, the house with carved wooden doors, and the old tree protruding from the wall and the long vines winding up... Isn't this the place where Xue Xian opened his eyes earlier? !

Dare the bald donkey lead him around, and return to the original place? !

Xuan Min shook his head, and said, "The place just now was false, but this place is real."

Xue Xian glanced at him, and said in his heart: All right, since this bald donkey is proficient in eight techniques of armor shielding, there won't be any big mistakes in his calculations.He said it was true...

"Then what's the use of finding this truth?" Xue Xian watched as the bald donkey crossed the threshold of the narrow gate and walked towards the empty room.

Xuan Min said: "This is the gate of life. From here, the situation can be broken."

Xue Xian was about to speak, but suddenly heard a vague human voice coming from the room where there shouldn't be anyone.

Xuan Min stopped the steps he took, turned his toes, took the paper man on his shoulders, and quietly hid behind the pillars of the corridor.

How can anyone?

Xue Xian leaned on Xuan Min's shoulder and poked his head slightly from behind the pillar. Fortunately, the paper was not very eye-catching, so it was extremely difficult to attract the attention of others.

The voice of the people in the room gradually became clearer, and the tone was slightly familiar.It was only when the door of the room was pushed open with a "squeak" and the people in the room stepped over the threshold awkwardly and took a leg, that Xue Xian suddenly realized that it was the voice of the idiot Liu Chong.

Could it be possible to find other trapped people without any effort?Who is he talking to?Jiang Shining?

However, Xue Xian was not a reckless man after all, so he realized something strange in a blink of an eye.

The thick robe Liu Chong wore was different from before.He was wearing a gray-blue robe before, but now he is wearing a dark ochre-colored robe, with a dark red edge rolled on the sleeves, which is quite festive.

As soon as this idea came to his head, Liu Chong, who was standing outside the door, turned around to help the person inside.

He is clumsy in his hands and feet, and even the movements of helping people show [-]% strength, and likewise, [-]% sincerity.

The one who staggered out holding his hand was an old lady with her hair in a bun.The old lady's hair was pale and sparse, and her bun was only in a tiny bun, which was fixed limply behind her head.Her face was haggard, her eyes drooped, her face was full of grooves and wrinkles, her lips were a little purple, and she looked obviously sick at first glance.

She put one hand on Liu Chong's wrist, holding Liu Chong tightly like the stump of an old tree gripping the mud.In the other hand, he leaned on a dusty wooden cane.Even so, her movement across the threshold was still somewhat reluctant.

The old man dragged his legs and feet, and the threshold was obviously too high for her.

The old lady finally stood outside the door with her cane in both hands, smiled at Liu Chong again, and muttered with her mouth shrunken: "Chong'er can do it, go to the house and get me a wooden stool."

Liu Chong nodded. Just as he was about to enter the house, the old lady added another sentence: "By the way, there are still lanterns and ingots."

A fool can only focus on one thing at a time.The old lady ordered three things in a row, which was too complicated for the fool Liu Chong.He stepped inside the door with one foot and outside the door with the other, staring blankly at the old lady, biting his words vigorously, and said, "Wooden stool...Yuanbao?"

The old lady sighed inaudibly, then smiled and said: "Well, Chong'er is smart."

Liu Chong returned with a foolish smile and hurriedly entered the room. After a while, he came out with a wooden stool in one hand and a huge cloth bag in the other.The fool's hands were occupied, and he seemed to have no idea how to step. He hesitated for a moment on the edge of the threshold, and finally stepped out. He staggered a step before handing the wooden stool and the cloth bag to the old lady.

He probably wanted to help stabilize the wooden stool and open the cloth pocket, but because of his clumsy hands and feet, the wooden stool almost fell over, and he accidentally tore the slipknot of the cloth pocket into a dead knot.I don't know if it's really here to help, or to make trouble for others.

However, the old lady didn't show the slightest bit of impatience, she still smiled at Liu Chong with her lips pursed, and said, "Go get two more lanterns from the house."

Liu Chong probably felt that he had been praised, and he was even more active. He responded with an "ah", then turned his head and searched the house, and after a while, he picked up two red lanterns.

"It's the new year, it's time to replace this white lantern." The old lady taught Liu Chong to change the lantern by the door into a more festive red one, then sat back on the wooden bench, squinting and undoing the knot on the cloth bag .

It took a long time to take it apart.

The cloth pocket was scattered in all directions, and piles of paper ingots inside were spread out on the ground.

The old lady carefully took out a fire stick from her pocket, borrowed a light from the white leather lantern she took off, and threw it on the pile of paper ingots.

The warm yellow flame jumped up instantly, and the piles of paper ingots shrank instantly as if their energy had been sucked dry.One of the ingots on the corner was not burned by the fire, but was blown to the side of the beam by the wind, Xuan Min quietly copied it, and the paper ingot fell into his hands.

Xuan Min turned the paper ingot upside down, and as expected, he saw a few characters written on the bottom of the ingot, and he was ashamed of the five-horse dismembered corpse, and at a glance he knew it was the hand of the idiot Liu Chong.

Xue Xian squinted his head to identify it, and found that it was a person's name——Liu Xian.

He immediately thought of the unrecognizable ingot in Liu Chong's room, and thought to himself: Could it be that Liu Xian was written?

But when you think about it carefully, it's not the same, the word Liu Xian, Liu Chong can write clearly now, how could it become a mess when the time changed?Looking at the paste of the ink, there are not only two words.

After reading the words under Yuan Bao, Xuan Min let go of his hand again.The paper ingot was blown back again by the wind, just caught up with the last bit of fire, and was licked clean.

While pulling the embers of fire with her cane, the old lady babbled, "This year's body is not so sharp, and you can't bend your waist anymore. The paper ingots are a little less than last year, so you can just use them."

Liu Chong sat on the threshold and listened quietly.After hearing a few words, he turned around and ran back to the room, took a small stack of yellow paper out, buried his head in his knees and folded the things, and said while folding: "I... I will, I will."

The old lady turned her head to look at him, her brows and eyes were illuminated by the firelight, and there was some distress mixed with gentleness.

Liu Chong was a bit clumsy in other things, but he was much more proficient in folding ingots, so it can be seen that he helped fold them a lot.He folded one, held it in the palm of his hand, raised his head and smiled at the old lady, with a silly expression on his face that wanted to be praised.

The old lady also beamed at him with a smile: "The ingots I folded are better than mine."

"Here—" Liu Chong handed the ingot to the old lady, motioning for her to throw it into the remaining fire.

The old lady waved her hand: "Not busy, it will be the same next time. I didn't write the name, it's not easy to burn, and I don't know who it is. Your grandfather doesn't know how to collect it."

Liu Chong nodded thoughtfully, then lowered his head and carefully folded the new one.

The old lady tapped her cane on the ground beside her, knocking out a little spark that was stuck on it, and fiddled with the paper ash again to make the ones below burn through.While fiddling with it, he muttered again: "Taking the ingots is delicious and fun, mountains of gold and silver, safe and sound."

While folding the ingots, Liu Chong subconsciously chanted to the old lady intermittently: "It's delicious and fun, Jinshan...Silvershan, safe and safe."

The bag of paper ingots was quickly burnt clean, the old lady tapped on her cane, and pulled Liu Chong into the house together.In the end, I don't know what the fool bumped into. When the two entered the room with their front feet, there was a crisp sound from their back feet, which sounded like some porcelain was broken.

"Don't panic, it's okay, ah, it's okay." The old lady's voice came faintly from the room, perhaps because Liu Chong had done something wrong and was frightened, so she said a few words of comfort in a tight voice.

After a while, the old lady and Liu Chong came out of the house again.

The old man used the front hem of his thick robe to pocket a few pieces of broken porcelain, while Liu Chong held a...

Xue Xian squinted behind the door for a long time, and found that it looked like a small bronze mirror.

What are you using the bronze mirror for?

He was really puzzled.

The old lady ordered Liu Chong to dig up the mud from the old tree by the wall, put the broken porcelain pieces into the mud pit, and put the bronze mirror into it.When burying the bronze mirror, the old lady muttered a few more words: "Put a mirror in, and the bad omens will turn into good omens, and the broken pieces will be safe."

Xue Xian: "..."

After the two finished burying the broken porcelain pieces and bronze mirror, they went back into the house.

Although Liu Chong was stupid, he knew some principles of filial piety. After helping the old lady into the house, he stepped over the threshold by himself.

Xue Xian turned his head and asked Xuan Min softly: "This door of life is also weird, and we need to replay some old scenes before letting it out?"

Xuan Min frowned, and immediately raised his hand to touch his lips, motioning him to keep silent.

However, it was still a step too late. Liu Chong, who was also stepping into the room with his hind feet, seemed to have heard some movement, and stuck his head out again with a blank expression.He was so lucky that he happened to look straight at Liang Zhu, and Xue Xian's eyes met.

It stands to reason that with such a small piece of paper, you may not be able to see the eyebrows clearly if you hold it three inches away, let alone seven or eight steps away.

However, Liu Chong really saw him.

I don't know if it was Xue Xian's delusion, but he found that Liu Chong's somewhat stupid eyes were condensed in an instant, and the pitch-black eyes were staring at this place without moving, which inexplicably gave people a creepy feeling.

At that moment, the wind in the courtyard suddenly stopped and then rose again, but it completely reversed the direction, and the sudden change was indescribably treacherous.Liu Chong stepped forward suddenly, and there was also a procrastinating pace in the room, thin and stiff, a little different from the old lady's previous pace.

Xuan Min no longer hid behind the beams and pillars, but leaned against the narrow door and dodged behind the door while Liu Chong was walking.

The rustling footsteps did not stop, from far to near.

Xuan Min glanced left and right, and decided to choose the corridor on the right.He crossed the courtyard obliquely, avoiding all the places facing the house, and strode towards the narrow door at the oblique angle.

"Why did it suddenly change?" Xue Xian held on to his monk's robe tightly with both hands, and couldn't help turning his head to glance, only to see that the old and the young had already come out through the narrow door, no matter whether they were walking or walking. It's facial expressions and movements, all of which have a strange feeling of hollowness and chilling.

"For some reason, the gate of life has been replaced by the gate of death." Xuan Min stood still beside the narrow gate, and while replying to Xue Xian, he raised his hand and pushed the narrow gate open.

Xue Xian: "...So those eight gates are different from what you originally planned?"

Xuan Min: "Yes."

"What will happen to us if we accidentally enter the door of death?" Xue Xian asked.

Xuan Min said calmly: "All the evil situations will be triggered together, and similar scenes will appear in each door. It's just a matter of not being seen by those people. Once they see it, they will immediately catch up."

"..." Xue Xian thought of the old and the young who had suddenly changed their faces just now, and asked again: "When did you catch up?"

Xuan Min: "I will never die."

Xue Xian: "..."

After saying that, Xuan Min has already crossed the threshold and entered the narrow gate.This time it was a hall, and for some unknown reason, there were three or five girls and servants gathered around the table.One of the girls said: "This old lady is not getting better, and her complexion is getting worse. Don't tell me that Jiang's medicine is not suitable for the disease?! Quack doctors are killing people!"

Another round-faced girl continued: "I don't know, we don't understand the prescription, just take care of the old lady. I was really scared to death last night. The old lady couldn't breathe. Fortunately, I Boldly hit her on the back. Are you two guarding tonight? Be careful!"

Before she could finish her words, a girl hurriedly ran over from behind, panting and said: "Quick! Go to the back! The old lady is afraid—"

Xuan Min, who was hiding in the shadows, turned around and walked out of the narrow door without waiting for her to finish speaking.Xue Xian couldn't help turning his head to glance, and then slapped Xuan Min fiercely: "I saw it! I saw it again! Go!"

Following his words, the sound of footsteps in the room suddenly changed, and they all came towards the narrow door.

He opened two doors without any hassle, and provoked seven or eight people who didn't know if they were humans or ghosts to chase after him. This was really a bit of fun!

And the bald donkey turned on its toes, and stood at the third narrow gate without any delay.

Xue Xian: "..." Ancestor, can you think it through before driving? !