The start is Koga Ninja

Chapter 86
It was nearly three o'clock in the afternoon.

Liu Fang simply packed up and immediately hired a car to go to Higurashi Shrine.

The next day...

In the quiet mountain forest, a stone step of unknown age stands next to the mountain.

The trees here are lush, with an ancient charm, distant and quiet, it is a mountain forest.

Listening quietly, cicadas chirping and birds chirping, the distance is clear and empty. On this stone step facing the mountain stands the entrance of the shrine, the dividing line between the gods and the world.

People call it "Torii"

The basic shape, with horizontal columns parallel to the ground, is called "Kami Torii".

It is quite similar to the word "open".

This is similar to the archway, revealing a silent Zen.There is a kind of indifference, emptiness and emptiness that cannot be described in words, giving people a feeling like entering a paradise in the mountains, forests and wild streams.

The so-called shrine is actually the place where the gods live in the local religion of Japan, Shintoism.

In the island country of Japan, Shintoism belongs to the polytheistic sect. They believe that everything in the world can be a god, such as the sun, moon, mountains, rivers, and even foxes, frogs, and cats.

Therefore, under the influence of Dongying Shintoism, in the eyes of many Dongying people, there are 800 million gods in this world, which basically covers everything in the world, and even a grain of rice is inhabited by gods.

Therefore, because there are many gods, people regard the torii as the dividing line between the realm of the gods and the human world, and walking through the torii to the shrine means entering the realm of the gods.

Due to its simple structure and strong raw materials, the torii gate remains standing and adds a lot of mystery to many places in Japan.

The stone steps built against the mountain here are the entrance to the so-called Higurashi Shrine. If you go up the steps, you will find a wall about one person high halfway up the mountain. Inside the wall is a wooden house of unknown age. That is the shrine dedicated to the gods. .

In the courtyard surrounded by walls, there is also a towering tree. Looking at its branches that block the sky and the sun, the age of the tree is estimated to be at least several hundred years old.

This big tree is admired and worshiped by the local people, and it is also a sacred tree for the local people to find love and meet their fate.

People call it the sacred tree, and after offering the incense sincerely, they write their wishes on a red piece of cloth and throw it up the tree.

At the same time, there is a three-story wooden building in the courtyard, which looks like a modern residential building.

In one of the bedrooms of the residence...

A man broke in and suddenly opened the curtains. This man had gray hair and was at least 70 or [-] years old. He was wearing a sarong, white clothes, scarlet hakama, white footbags, and red button straw sandals.

The back of the gray hair was wrapped in white sandalwood paper.

The old man was dressed in a red and white priestess, pointed at the figure on the tatami mat and said, "Get up soon, the sun is already drying your ass, and the gods will punish you!"

The dazzling light shone into the room from the moment the curtains were opened, and the one who was huddled under the quilt was a beautiful-looking innocent girl who exuded a harmless air to humans and animals.

Seeing her struggling to open her sleepy eyes at this moment, she groaned, buried her head in the bed again, and muttered while covering the quilt: "It doesn't matter, no one is here anyway, I'll sleep a little longer... "

"Stinky girl, you're still sleeping. If you sleep again, the gods will punish you!"

"Oh...Grandma, no one has come to the shrine for the past few days, and you can see that the gods want to have a holiday, so what if I sleep in late?" The girl became more and more impatient.

"Nonsense, as a priestess who serves beside the gods, she must hold a Kagura bell and dance the Kagura dance at any time to pray for the pilgrims.

You have to help manage social affairs, and you can't slack off in the slightest! "

As a result, just halfway through the conversation, the girl's resting sound came from under the quilt.

The older witch couldn't help but sighed and shook her head, then lifted the quilt, and saw a girl in pajamas, with disheveled hair and drooling at the corner of her mouth, sleeping soundly.

Seeing this, the old witch grabbed her arm, intending to force her to get up.

The girl struggled to raise her eyelids and leaned on the tatami, unwilling to get up. She said helplessly: "Oh, this period is not an auspicious day, so naturally there will be fewer people.

Just let me sleep well..."

“Recently, mascots, commemorative cards, and charms cannot be sold.

It is because of your negligence in your heart that the gods condemned you and your business plummeted!
If things go on like this, the two of us will have to breathe the northwest wind! "The old witch didn't want to let go.

The young witch was too lazy to get up again, and the two pulled each other, each talking about complaining about each other.

"Grandma, how can you blame me for bad business? I have done everything I should do. Who can I blame for bad luck?

If you want me to say, it's because our shrine is too remote, just in the outskirts of the city where the birds don't shit. "

"Don't talk nonsense, get up and work, you are so unmotivated at such a young age, I want to see what you will do in the future!"

Just when an old man and a young man were pulling each other, a shout suddenly came from the courtyard!
"Moshi, Moxi, is anyone there? Is anyone here!"

When the two people in the room heard the movement, they were startled subconsciously, and the old witch immediately let go and said hurriedly: "Bless you, my lord, there is finally a business!"

After saying that, he hurriedly swung his legs and left. Before leaving the bedroom, he gave the woman lying on the tatami a sharp look and said angrily: "Get up quickly, I didn't see business coming to the door!" Then he turned and left.

Looking at the back of her grandmother leaving, the girl pursed her lips and muttered: "Old money fan..."

That's why he reluctantly got up slowly and began to dress up.

On the other side, in the courtyard, under a towering tree, a person was looking up at the lush branches.

The person who came was Liu Fang who heard the news in Wang Puna yesterday. After hearing that there were clues about Chong Ren here, he rushed here non-stop. He hadn't slept all night, and his eyes were red.

When he rushed to the shrine and saw no one was taking care of him, he had no choice but to shout to see if anyone entertained him.

At this moment, he was looking at the big tree in front of him. Liu Fang was calculating in his heart how long it would last if the tree was cut down and used as firewood.

Seeing the sound of footsteps coming from behind, an old voice asked him, "May I ask you what's the matter?"

Liu Fang looked back and saw that it was an elderly man, dressed in red and white clothes, a typical Japanese witch dress. He immediately became energetic and said hurriedly: "I'm here to ask something!"

"Oh, if you want to divination, it's no problem, my granddaughter is in charge.

But first worship the gods.

The money for sesame oil and the sacrifices for worship are indispensable. I have some things here. You can see what you need first.

After worshiping the gods and lords, you have to pray for blessings to get rid of the filth on your body, and then you will be divined.

These are the intentions of serving the gods, I hope you can understand. "

Liu Fang shook his head: "No, no, I just want to ask one thing."

"It costs money to ask anything!" The old witch secretly said in her heart, still smiling on her face: "This is a shrine, no matter what you do, you have to enshrine the gods first, what do you think?"

(End of this chapter)