after ghost king retired

For Xiaoluman, no matter how long he stays in other places, the concept of "home" will always be the small bamboo forest house that he was brought back by Jiu Tun for the first time.

The bamboo grove was still lush and lush, and the house was very clean. Just as Jiu Tun got out of the car, the little deer man ran into the gate with a kick.

"...Really, is there a need to be so excited?" Jiu Tun couldn't understand why the little deer man was so happy all day long, so he walked in leisurely.

Ibaraki hugged the ghost gourd and followed behind Jiu Tun. He was wearing a black yukata. Against the backdrop of the black clothes, the figure of a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy looked a little thinner, and his height was just up to Shu Tun's jaw. The unruly wildness of the future.

"My best friend, I'll go and tidy up your bedroom." His voice was also a boyish voice, and his original long white hair had been cut into short hair just past his neck, with curly ends, looking fluffy and cute.

"Go, take the ghost gourd with you." Jiu Tun waved his hands casually, and walked under the big tree in the backyard to find the aged wine he had hidden for more than ten years.

Ibaraki hugged the ghost gourd and actively went to clean up his best friend's house.

Ten years is just a blink of an eye for the almost immortal big monster. Jiu Tun still remembers the place where he hid his wine back then, and he has a fixed habit of hiding his wine, always hiding it in a tree hole.

Jiu Tun pulled out a jar of wine from the tree hole, and blew off the fine layer of dust on it, but felt that it was still not cleaned, so he got up and planned to find a kerchief or something to wipe it off.

He had just stood up, turned around and walked two steps, when suddenly a gust of wind blew from behind him, blowing his red hair hanging down his entire back, and sending off a faint cold fragrance.

That cold fragrance is very familiar, Jiu Tun looked back, and saw a tall figure wearing a fox mask standing under the shadow of a big tree that was empty at first. He was dressed in very neutral clothes and had a soft and neutral voice. , with a delicate and slightly dumb, even standing so casually, one can't help but tremble in the heart.

"Long time no see, Jiu Tun."

"Tamamoqian?" Jiu Tun was stunned, retracted his foot that was already on the corridor steps, and turned to look at the man, "It's rare, I actually came to find me on my own initiative, I thought you were in Abe Seimei It hibernates there."

"Why does the fox sleep in winter?" There was a smile in the soft voice, a very shallow smile, but it was particularly exciting, "I heard Qingming say that after the monsters were cured, the ghost king Jiu Tun died, I didn't believe it."

"Hmph," Jiu Tun snorted and leaned on the pillar with folded arms, "The ghost king is dead, but Jiu Tun is still alive."

"Qingming said that the future world doesn't need the ghost king, so the ghost king must die. But I didn't expect that you can still live safely when you are destined to die, so I came back to look for you." Yuzao walked forward a few steps, Walking from the shadows to the sun, her long ink-splashed hair shone with dark blue fragments in the sun, and the lips and chin under the mask were so exquisite that it made people dizzy, "How did you hide the truth?"

"Back then?" Jiu Tun thought for a while, and casually scratched his red hair back, revealing his neat sideburns, "Back then, I also made a mistake and used a puppet substitute to make those human onmyojis think they had successfully killed This uncle, and this uncle does not intend to continue to be the ghost king, so logically speaking, the identity of Dajiangshan ghost king is indeed extinct. Now this uncle is just an ordinary monster, so he can live."

"That is to say, as long as you give up your original identity..." Yuzao thought for a while, and seemed to have a decision in her heart, and then asked, "There is one more thing, I have already raised my wife's soul." , but I don’t know what went wrong and she couldn’t wake up, do you know where Shen Zihuang is? I need to ask him, but he disappeared for too long, I can’t find it.”

"Oh, he is connected with Fengshen, and he lives some distance from here." Jiu Tun said, "I can take you to find him, wait for a while."

Yuzao nodded slightly, Jiu Tun turned and walked into the corridor, shouting: "Xiaolu!"

"I'm here~~" A clear and clear boy's voice came from a distance, a beautiful head with antlers emerged from the daisy bushes, looking at Shuten from half of the backyard, "What's wrong, brother? "

"I'm going out for a trip. I probably won't eat lunch and dinner here. You and Ibaraki can solve it by yourself without waiting for my uncle."

"OK--"

After saying hello, Jiu Tun and Tamamo-mae got into the oboro car and flew to a distant place.

Not long after the car disappeared from the sky, Ibaraki came out after tidying up the room. He walked around the front yard and backyard a few times but couldn't find Shuten. He only saw a silly deer with flowers hanging on his head among the flowers.

"Xiaolu, where's my friend?"

"Huh? My brother is going out." The little deer man in the flowers looked up, his round green eyes were as clear as green crystals, and he was as beautiful as a girl. "He said that he won't come back for lunch and dinner, so we don't have to wait." he."

Ibaraki frowned, turned around and went back to the room. When he came out again, the home clothes on his body had been changed into a more serious black bathrobe, "I'm going to find my best friend, stay at home and don't run around."

"Eh?" Xiaolunan raised his head in surprise, only to see a piece of black clothes passing by the corner of the corridor, and Ibaraki's demonic aura was quickly fading away.

But he didn't care that much, after all, Ibaraki was more fierce than him, and he could run amok in this area.

The little deer man stood up from the bushes, patted the petals on his clothes, and was about to find something to eat, when he suddenly heard the sound of a zither.

At the beginning, there were just a few untuned strings, like a sound test, and after a short pause, a smooth and beautiful tune poured out.

The little deer man was a little stunned when he heard it, stepped out of the flowers, ran out of the gate, ran along the direction of the sound of the piano, ran across a bamboo forest path, his pace gradually slowed down, and finally stopped.

He opened his clear green eyes wide, and a young man sitting and playing the piano under a big tree in front of him was reflected in his eyes.

Perhaps hearing the sound of footsteps approaching, the man raised his head, his fingers still stroking the strings, and the pale golden eyes shrouded in the shade of the tree looked at the little deer man. His cold gaze made the little deer man subconsciously take a few steps back.

After taking a look, the man lowered his head and continued playing the piano, as if he was the only one around.

The little deer man blinked, sat down slowly, and listened to him playing the piano quietly.

On the other side, Jiu Tun took Yuzao in front of the car to find Huang, although it was a bit far away, they arrived soon.

It happened that Yimulian and the two young boys were not at home when they went, so Huang, Shuten, and Yuzao sat in the small side hall drinking tea.