my weird life.

Chapter 377 Shikigami (12)

Originally, Su Wu thought that the courtyard of Inoue's house was already a safe place, and there would be no treacherous invasion.

But also did not expect,
This courtyard is only 'relatively safe', not 'absolutely safe'.

There are still some cunning who invade the courtyard at night and kill the unsuspecting people here.

For example, Su Wu met this creepy one in his dream tonight.

It seems to be aimed at people who have fishing experience or make a living by fishing. It appears in the dreams of anglers and fishers, and constantly asks them for 'fish'.

This 'fish' is not that fish,

It is the gathering of living energy,

Every time this trick asks for a fish, part of the mind energy of the person it targets will be lost,

After the fish in the fish basket is completely exhausted,

The person will also die directly in the dream.

previously,

In the dream, Su Wu dumped all the fish in his fishing basket into the river—this is an extremely dangerous move for ordinary people, and he will definitely die because of Li Gui's deprivation of all his mind energy!

But Su Wu's intentions were too grand,

It is so huge that it falls into the river, and it turns into a dragon snake that disturbs the river.
That Li Gui couldn't bear such a huge mind energy at all, it was about to withdraw from Su Wu's dream due to the impact of mind energy, but at this moment, Wangcai jumped out of Su Wu's mind, and bit it in turn one bite,
The dream is completely shattered,

Wangcai grew in size again because he swallowed part of the cunning rhyme.

And Li Gui's body is still missing.

Su Wu stood at the door and gently poked a hole in the window paper, he leaned closer to the hole and looked out,

In the hazy night,
A pine tree stretches its bony branches in the corner,
The white dress on the shoulders drooped down, revealing the round shoulders of the 'woman' who floated along the treetops, suddenly turned into a layer of water mist, soaked in the air, and left the courtyard.

This woman is the Li Gui who asked Su Wu for fish in the dream.

When the mist it turned into spreads over the courtyard stone wall,

Some patterns traced in gold paint in the corners of the walls shone slightly,
But it couldn't stop the mist from flooding, allowing it to leave.

"What exactly are those patterns?"

Doubts flashed in his heart, Su Wu ordered Wangcai to return to his heart, pushed the door lightly, and was about to go out, go to the wall to check those patterns, and distinguish their effects.

however,
He just stepped out the door with one foot,
The voice of 'Father' sounded behind him: "Have you forgotten Kira's instructions?

During the seven days after entering the ink, do not go out at night!

You see nothing moving outside the door now, it seems very safe.

After walking out the door,

Everything will be different..."

Su Wu's expression remained unchanged, and he slowly retracted the steps he had taken, closed the wooden door again, and turned around - seeing the ghostly charm of 'Father' glowing pale like moonlight,
Those strange rhymes match with the moonlight projected from outside the window, and there is still light and dust dancing inside.

Its figure is somewhat blurred at first glance,
When staring again,

Has completely become a normal person.

Even the 'moonlight charm' emanating from around her body disappeared into nothingness.

'Original owner's father' is so cruel, is it similar to my 'ghost hand', with the ability to use light to shuttle?
I didn't feel the slightest movement just now,
He appeared suddenly.

Thoughts turned in his mind, Su Wu's expression remained unchanged, and he said in a low voice: "I just woke up and heard a sound outside the door, so I leaned against the door and looked, it seemed that when some fog passed through the courtyard wall,
The golden and red painted plaques hanging on the courtyard wall lit up. "

"That's a god order.

Onmyoji's methods are specially used to defend the courtyards of noble houses. "'Father' looked down at Su Wu, "Are you interested in Onmyoji?" "

"Today I suddenly felt that those lacquered plaques were different from ordinary wooden plaques,

So some confusion arose in my heart. "Su Wu replied 'Father', and then said, "Onmyoji's shikigami decree can block the invasion of evil?

What is a shikigami order? "

"Using the spirits of people, animals, and vegetation over a hundred years old as materials,

Through means such as 'support', 'worship', 'curse', 'bondage',

To really fix this spirit,
The fixed spirit is the shikigami. "'Father' said slowly, "The Shikigami Token is a token that contains some Shikigami power, and is used to protect the manor and courtyard.

Inoue's family now enshrines an onmyoji.

However, the art of "Onmyoji" is mostly a fusion of folk art such as Yan Sheng, Zhu You, and Mantra Ban.

In fact, it is a trivial path,
If it were not in the special environment of Dongliu Island where "yin and yang are separated and people live together strangely",
Their means may not be able to display.

Onmyoji's methods are useless to learn. "

Shikigami is a product that is fixed with all kinds of living beings and various means.

but,

Do people, animals, and plants really have "souls"?

Su Wu walked in the underworld,

His own understanding of consciousness is even more outstanding. He has never realized that there is such a thing as a "soul" in himself, only "consciousness". Thinking about it, people's research on "consciousness" is not thorough enough.
I can't realize that the so-called "spirit" is actually the consciousness of living beings.

Dongliu Island is in a special environment where 'yin and yang are separated and people live together strangely', which leads to the onmyoji being able to play a huge role here.

Then,

The current special environment of Dongliu Island,

is artificial,

Or is it made in heaven?

Su Wu felt that 'father' had a little more scrutiny on himself,

Realized that his performance today was too 'outstanding', beyond the inherent impression of 'father' on the original owner in the past.

He heard 'Father' say,
Without saying anything more, he said, "I know.

Rest early, father. "

Then sit back on the bed,
Seeing his father's tall and thin back walking into the room, he also covered his body with deerskin and fell asleep slowly.

This time,
There is no more treacherous intrusion in the dream.

He slept until the second day when the body clock of the original owner woke up.

There were soft footsteps outside the window,
There were faint voices of conversation.

"The time is coming, the master is going to start divination..."

"Master Anlu Onmyoji is already waiting in the main hall."

"Is the master awake?

Go alone and ask the master to get up! "

"..."

The sky is not bright yet, and the light coming in from the window is dim blue.

Hearing this sound, Su Wu got up from the bed.

The buckskin that covered him was soft and warm,

Even in the colder early spring, when he slept on the icy floor covered with buckskin, he didn't feel too cold.

But other people will not be like him, who has a brave father who can hunt and kill wild boars and deer in the mountains and skins to use as bedding, so they can only cover themselves with thin clothes and survive one after another. It's cold night.

'Father' sat cross-legged at the small table. He saw Su Wu get up from the bed and said in a low voice, "Why did I wake up so early today? It doesn't matter if I can sleep a little longer."

The servants of the Inoue family are busy outside,
In the house, 'Father' actually told Su Wu to sleep a little longer.

Su Wu guessed from this,

The status of my family in the Inoue family should be quite special.

Unlike ordinary domestic servants,

It should be similar to the general status of 'menke' and 'diner'.

He shook his head, got up, made the bed, and sat down at the small table.

There is already a plate of rice and a bowl of bone soup with a salty aroma on the small table.

"Eat."

'Father' said briefly,

Su Wu ate a mouthful of rice and another mouthful of soup to serve the meal. The bone soup was a bit salty, but it was still hot.

In such a cold early spring,
Drinking a bowl of bone soup is already a supreme enjoyment for the common people today.

The room was filled with the sound of Su Wu drinking soup and grilling rice.

Not long after,

Plates and bowls are empty.

"The onmyoji of the Inoue family is in the main hall right now, divination for Toshio Inoue.

If you are interested, you can go and have a look. "'Father' stood up, took some things from the dark wall, and spread them out on the table. It was a big bow, a barrel of arrows, and several 'wakizashis' wrapped in leather sheaths. .

Although Dongliu Island has mastered the "skill of training a sharp sword", but in fact, the iron ore resources on this island are relatively scarce.

Like 'Father', there are a few people who are close to him,
It is absolutely impossible to be as simple as a servant of a noble family.

It seemed that he had sensed his son's gaze,

'Father' inserted several wakizashi into his belt one by one, and said to Su Wu: "Now that the weather is getting warmer, bears should wake up from hibernation and move around.

I wonder if I can peel off a complete bear skin these days,

You can take it to the sword casting place, and you can exchange some 'Jade Gang', where you can make yourself a short knife or dagger for self-defense.

These weapons of your father, if you, a teenager who doesn't have the power to take them out, will cause trouble. "

"Thank you father."

Although the original owner's father's tone was indifferent, he often couldn't feel his emotions in words,

But his love for his son was hidden deep in his words, and when he revealed it occasionally, Su Wu inadvertently recalled his father—his father was similar in the past.

"gone."

'Father' took off his cloak and put it on his body, covering the weapons on his body, and left the room first.

Su Wu stayed in the room for a while, then got up and left.

Go to the main hall that 'Father' said.

But watch the divination ceremony of the head of the family in the morning.

The nobles of Dongliu Island in the current era, after getting up early every day, the first thing to do is "divination".

Or after waking up, read the name of the corresponding star in the sky seven times today,

Then observe your own face to see whether your complexion is rosy or dark, whether it is sluggish or excited.

According to these circumstances,
Judge your own fortune for today.

If today's luck is too bad,
Aristocrats can rest behind closed doors at home, and they don't even have to go to 'work'.

Such is the life of ordinary nobles.

However, all the great nobles have onmyoji registered in Yinyangliao sent by "Yinyangliao" or invited by themselves to live in their homes to divination daily good and bad luck for them.

Although the Inoue family is not a wealthy and noble family, they are quite powerful in the local area.

The head of the family, Toshio Inoue, is 'Hoki Kunisuke', and although he is not among the 'six masters', he is also the closest bureaucrat to the 'sixth place'.

The current Dongliu Island,

Officials who are ranked sixth or above in Pinyin order,
was allowed to go to the temple.

(End of this chapter)