my weird life

Chapter 417 "Rashomon" (12) ([-])

'An Gang' walked ahead holding a sword.

Hongzheng followed behind him, looking at the back of 'An Gang'.

Just now, Master An Gang still couldn't hide the nervousness on his face, why did he seem to relax a lot when he came back from a trip to the latrine?
Hitherto he had been walking behind him,
Now he is ahead of himself,

strolling in the yard,

It was as if he had returned to the place where he always lived.

Hongzheng was thinking in his heart.

I always feel something is wrong,

But it's hard to pinpoint what's wrong.

He glanced sideways at the 'demon bells' on the Zen staff - these bells were slightly manipulated by him before, so that when Watanabe Tsuna entered the door, the bells would ring at the right time,

It is convenient for Hongzheng to advance his plan.

Everything is indeed going on as he deduced.

But amid the faint sense of weirdness lingering in his heart, Hongzheng began to have a 'distrust' of everything.

Speaking of,
The timing of the startling demon bell ringing earlier was not quite right with the timing I had set in advance.

It was supposed to be when Tsuna Watanabe sat in front of him,

His breath will 'disturb' the startling demon bell,
The startling demon bell made a sound, which should have attracted the attention of Watanabe Tsuna and An Gang.

But that time,
Tsuna Watanabe just entered the door,
and the bell rang,

Waiting for him to sit beside me,

The bells suddenly stopped.

Why is that?
Although the 'Shocking Demon Bell' is not a very delicate magic weapon, it shouldn't be possible to make mistakes at such a critical moment, right?

Could it be that... In fact, the 'Watanabe Tsuna' who went to the door earlier had a problem?
The Demon Bell gave the right reminder.

The hands and feet that I moved on the startling demon bell were not 'triggered' at that time?
Hongzheng's eyes became serious, he pinched the Yinjue covertly in his hand, and tapped lightly on the Zen stick.

He followed An Gang and walked towards the room where the warriors patrolled and guarded.

The Zen stick squatted on the wooden floor at the door of the house.

The startling demon bells adorned on it remained motionless.

No sound was made.

Hongzheng felt more and more heavy in his heart.

Three or five warriors gathered in front of the hall, playing flower cards.

This is a popular chess and card game in Heian-kyo, played according to the suits of the cards.

Tsuna Watanabe sat by the stove, sitting cross-legged instead of kneeling, with his back leaning on a wooden pillar, with a relaxed and contented expression.

An Gang and Hongzheng walked over and sat down around the stove.

Hongzheng glanced at the warriors who were immersed in the flower card game, and a thought flashed in his heart, and he said to the people around him: "Master Watanabe Tsuna, Master An Gang, the long night is long,

Why don't we play flower cards for a while to pass the time. "

"I've never played that kind of card."'An Gang' whispered.

Watanabe Tsuna looked at Hongzheng, smiled and said: "The night is still very long, it would be great to play some games to pass the time, did Master Hongzheng bring a flower card with him?
If not, I can ask other warriors to borrow a pair. "

"I have." Hongzheng nodded, and took out a pair of flower cards with bamboo strips as the backing, covered with white paper, and drew exquisite patterns on the paper. He looked at An Gang next to him and said, "This time Let's play a new game, even if Master An Gang has never played it before, he can easily learn it."

"In that case, I can try." 'An Gang' was a little relieved when he heard the words, and nodded in agreement.

Watanabe Tsuna on the other side said curiously: "I also often play flower cards in Kyoto, and I have tried various ways.

What kind of gameplay is the new gameplay that the mage mentioned?
Is it something I haven't tried? "

"Yes."

Hongzheng nodded, and he turned his head to meet Tsuna Watanabe's eyes.

Looking at Tsuna Watanabe's curious expression,

I was a little shaken in my heart.

This person is clearly the former 'Watanabe Tsuna', so he should have nothing to do with ghosts.

Are you too nervous?

Everything at the moment is real, and the weird feeling that comes from the heart is not enough to be trusted?

Hongzheng looked back,

He glanced at the Zen staff that he placed between himself and Watanabe Tsuna.

The startling demon bell on the Zen stick remained motionless.

Obviously he used 'Watanabe Tsuna's breath' as ​​the bell spring and put it into the bell. Once the bell felt more of Watanabe Tsuna's breath, it would definitely touch the bell spring and hit the bell to make a sound.

Obviously right now the Zen stick is placed beside Tsuna Watanabe,

But the startling demon bell did not make the slightest sound.

——How could this be my own illusion? !

How could it be untrustworthy? !

—A real person or a ghost,
Just one more verification.

Just use this pair of 'job cards' in your hand!
Hongzheng opened the pair of beautifully crafted 'Flower Cards', and drew out three of each of the six flower cards 'Samurai', 'Geisha', 'Monk', 'Craftsman', 'Thief', and 'Passerby', and stacked them together. in a pile.

Subsequently,

From the bottom of the 'Flower Card', he drew a 'Evil' card.

Putting the evil card among the three of them, when Hongzheng was about to introduce the rules,
Suddenly, the startling demon bell on the Zen stick rang, ding-ding!

Hongzheng looked at the bell in surprise,

Then he looked up at Tsuna Watanabe,

Watanabe Tsuna looked at him strangely, and said: "Master, is this startling demon bell broken? Why does it ring a few times in a while? Is there any strangeness around?"

"Maybe……"

Hongzheng put the Zen stick between himself and An Gang,

The startling demon bell on it became silent.

His mind was confused at the moment, and he felt that the warning effect of the startling demon bell was completely a display, and instead began to mislead his own judgment.

I no longer pay attention to the ringtone,

Instead, I started to introduce the new way of playing cards with the other two.

Pointing to the 'Evil and Guile' card, Hongzheng said: "Among the stack of flower cards I drew, there are three cards each for Warrior, Geisha, Monk, Craftsman, Thief, and Passerby, but there is only one 'Evil and Guile Card'.

Next,
I would shuffle the flower cards, put the trick cards in them, and deal them out to the three of us in turn.

After the deal is over,
The first person in the deal order can draw a card from the second person's hand, the second person draws a card from the third person's hand, and so on.

Until someone gathers six types of flower cards, plus the "evil" card, a total of seven flower cards,

will be the ultimate winner.

The game is over. "

While Hong Zheng was talking, he had completely messed up the order of the stack of flower cards in his hand.

The evil card was stuck in a certain position of the stack of flower cards in his hand by a special technique.

Make sure it's within your grasp,

It will be issued to someone you want to 'screen'.

Holding a stack of thick flower cards, he smiled and asked the two of them, "Do you understand the rules?"

Watanabe Tsuna nodded thoughtfully: "It sounds like a very interesting way to play..."

An Gang also agreed in a low voice: "I understand."

"it is good."

Hongzheng raised the flower cards in Yang's hand, and motioned to the two of them: "Then I'll start dealing the cards? The first time you play, let's start with Master An Gang?"

"can."

"can."

Neither of them had an opinion.

Hongzheng began to deal the cards.

Swish, swish, swish...

Flower cards are distributed one by one.

The back of the flower card is the natural color of bamboo and wood, and there is no special mark.

But this pair of 'job cards' itself is a magical weapon for divination by onmyojis and monks, as well as spells and bans. The special marks he left on the ghost cards are not visible to the naked eye.

shuh...

The 'Sinister' card is face down,

It fell into the pile of cards in front of Tsuna Watanabe.

After another three cards were dealt, Hongzheng's hand was empty.

He picked up the pile of cards in front of him, arranged the cards into a fan shape, and the back of the flower cards faced An Gang who had also arranged the cards in his hand, and said: "Master An Gang, you can choose a card from my hand. "

"well."

An Gang looked a little nervous,
He reached out and hesitated for a while among the cards in his hand, and finally chose the middle card and put it in his hand.

is a 'Samurai' card.

Hongzheng looked at the remaining samurai card in his hand, smiled, turned to fold up the cards in his hand, looked at Tsuna Watanabe with the back of the card facing him, and said, "It's my turn."

"Haha, the mage can do whatever he wants." Watanabe Tsuna said with a smile.

Hongzheng easily found the 'Evil Card' in Watanabe Tsunade's hand, and drew it.

on the cards,
Li Gui with red face, fangs and first-born one-horned man was shrouded in a red cloud.

When Master Hongzheng looked at the card,
The ghastly faces on the cards become clearer,
There is a green light in the eyes!

Seeing the 'change' on this card, Hongzheng felt a chill in his heart. He looked at the cards in his hand and didn't pay attention to the other two. He had only one thought in his heart: Tsuna Watanabe was transformed by a ghost!
Watanabe Tsuna is transformed into a ghost!
The person sitting next to him was actually an inhuman ghost!
Aware of this,
Hongzheng is sitting on pins and needles!
What kind of treachery is it?Unknowingly replaced the real 'Watanabe Tsuna'?
Where is the real Tsuna Watanabe now?

Wearing the 'half letter ghost armor' on his body, Genji's vassal who had personally cut off the 'Rashomon's Guile' which was close to the level of a ghost king, was replaced by a ghost in such a silent way?

Is the current 'Watanabe Tsuna' cunning?
Or is it a monster formed by the souls of the dead?

Many thoughts surged in Hongzheng's mind,

At this time, An Gang's voice suddenly rang in Hongzheng's ears: "Master, it's my turn."

Hongzheng took a deep breath, turned his back to An Gang, with the same smile on his face: "Please feel free."

……

An Gang sat in a corner by the fire,
He put the black cloth-wrapped dagger hanging from his waist in front of his knees.

He silently observed Hongzheng and Watanabe Tsuna.

Listening to Hongzheng's introduction of a game rule of flower cards: "As long as someone collects six types of flower cards, plus the 'Evil and Mischievous' card for a total of seven flower cards,

will be the ultimate winner.

The game is over.

Do you both understand? "

With a smile on the corner of Hongzheng's mouth, he looked at Watanabe Tsuna and then at An Gang.

An Gang carefully reviewed the rules of the game in his mind,
I think it's quite simple.

This type of game is entirely a game of luck and probability.

He nodded: "I understand."

After returning to the room with Hongzheng, Hongzheng suddenly proposed to play this flower card game.

The samurai around the house are tensely defending, looking around vigilantly, each samurai has his own things to do,
But Tsuna Watanabe, who is a public minister, and the monk with extraordinary means can play cards and games at this time to dissolve the long night.

I am just a person who follows the light...

(End of this chapter)