Onmyoji--Xiao Hei entered Xiao Bai's body

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The down-and-out boy I rescued unintentionally returned to this forest after many years, fulfilling the vow he made back then.

When he returned to Fenghuang Forest, he was so loud that I even dared to hide and take a peek.He climbed the mountain on a six-person vehicle, followed by countless nobles and female officials.The various sleeves that are as brilliant as the clouds overwhelm the flowers and plants all over the mountain, which made me see the splendor beyond the mountains and forests for the first time.

If he hadn't walked straight to the simple grave, I would not have thought that this frightening old man was the weeping young man.

Seeing his aging figure, I suddenly realized that I had already existed for a lifetime.In such a long time, my flame is very weak, but it has not been extinguished.

Do you think it's strange that the boy burned a volume of waka for me, and I can burn it for so long?

I was also confused at that time, but please listen to my story to the end, then you will find that it is not magical.

The old boy took a child and pulled him to kneel. His voice was hoarse because of old age and sadness: "Thanks to the blessing of father and elder brother, the child escaped from the capital with humiliation, attached himself to the Wu family, and suppressed the rebels. He was recalled to the capital with the emperor's pardon." .Three days ago, the new emperor received Zen, and rehabilitated our family. The child finally... finally has a face to meet his father and brother on the other side of the Santu River..."

The child is very sensible, and he bowed at the head: "I have worshiped the ancestors for four generations. I thank the great-grandfather and uncles for protecting the grandfather. The four generations will pray day and night, study Buddhism diligently, and pray for the ancestors and fathers to enter the Pure Land as soon as possible. "

Ah, it turns out that the boy back then has already become a grandfather.

The fourth generation showed a child's smile: "Grandfather, is this the place where you said you saw the divine fire falling from the sky?"

"Exactly. If I hadn't encountered that cluster of flames, my grandfather would have been a lonely soul that froze to death. Then there would be no you in this world, little guy!"

"Grandfather, tell me again, what does that fire look like?"

The old man stroked his head: "You can't hear enough of this story..."

"Because my grandfather said it was the most beautiful flame in the world. It won't bother me to hear such a story again and again!"

What a wise child, you will be fascinated by beautiful things when you hear them, and you will never forget them when you see them.

"Grandfather, the flame you mentioned is so brilliant, it should be a blessing from the gods, right?"

The old man smiled and asked: "Oh? Which god is it according to the fourth generation?"

The child thought for a while and clapped his hands and said, "It's a phoenix! Four generations have read the legends of Tang Tu and heard of such a divine bird. The phoenix is ​​the king of all birds, and it is also a virtuous bird that will bring auspiciousness to the world. It is said that There is the spirit of Vulcan in the Phoenix. It must be the injustice suffered by the great-grandfather and uncle, so the Phoenix has been protecting you."

"The fourth generation really read a lot of books."

The fourth generation smiled and raised his face: "Because I like it."

"It was the same when my grandfather was young."

The once young man was already wrinkled, his sharp and wise eyes filled with tenderness, looked at the forest, nodded and said: "Okay, if the fourth generation said it was a phoenix, then it is a phoenix. Let's build a temple for the phoenix, and then enshrine the phoenix." As a ancestral hall, the sacred bird is enshrined from generation to generation, and it is also prayed for the eternal blessing of the divine bird.”

Yes, you heard it right, the completion of the Phoenix Shrine has nothing to do with the Phoenix, and it has nothing to do with me.This temple may just come from a child's innocent fantasy, and an old man's nostalgia for his youth.

Isn't it incredible that there has never been a phoenix in the Phoenix Shrine?

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I learned the language from the prayers of the priests, and the songs and dances from the gatherings of the nobles.The phoenix is ​​also really known from people's word of mouth stories.

They say that the phoenix will sing on the high hills and descend to the mortal world with the sound of the beautiful flute.They also said that the phoenix never stops flying, but only rests on the sycamore tree, tastes the fruits of green bamboos, and drinks sweet spring water.

So the priests transplanted phoenix trees in the forest, planted bamboo forests, and dug out clear spring water.This weedy place suddenly becomes green and intoxicating.

"Turn the mountain into this, maybe one day it will really attract phoenixes."

"Is it a divine bird recorded in ancient books? It must have a rare beauty. It would be great if I could take a look."

The priests often look at the sky and say this.

I believed the words of the priests, so every day I sat in the ever-burning lamp and waited to see the Phoenix again.

While waiting, I saw four generations of coronation ceremonies, prayers for his grandfather's blessings, prayers for four generations of newborn children and grandchildren, and vows made by a daughter who was elected as a female imperial concubine.

They use phoenixes as family patterns and embroider them on flags and clothes.Their chariots and horses were decorated with crested heads.They use gold and beautiful jade to depict the phoenix. Although it seems so superficial to me, the world praises the phoenix for its nobility and beauty.

According to the priests, there are dozens of children in this family who are officials in the court, and there are countless female sons and daughters who have entered the palace as female officials, female emperors, and even the middle palace.Unprecedented, rare in the world.

The priests were proud of this: "If there is a phoenix in the world, he should come to bless it, right? After all, the world worships the phoenix because of the prestige of the master. Speaking of it, it is us mortals who add luster to the divine bird."

And I gradually understand that the richer the family is, the more prosperous the Phoenix Shrine will be, and the more the reputation of Phoenix will be spread.Correspondingly, the human race wants to be protected by the phoenix.

Later I learned that this is called "exchange".Although it was not the original intention of the boy and the fourth generation to establish the Phoenix Shrine, most of the things in the world are essentially this.

The arrogant words of the priests displeased me, but I am grateful to the generations of priests for building this place where the phoenix can stay, and I also thank them for always accompanying me to wait here.Therefore, if it is only to protect the descendants of the fourth generation, I am willing to take the responsibility for Phoenix.

The deepest memory in my heart has always been the appearance of the phoenix.So the body I transformed with my mind can only be an imitation of the Phoenix.

It's a pity that my wings are so weak, my tail feathers are so short, and the feathers on my head are so sparse.The gorgeous flames drawn by the phoenix in flight are just a few sparks under my wings.

All the birds in the mountains say that I am dazzling and very beautiful.Alas, these unlucky little birds don't know that what they see is only the afterglow of the phoenix, and they cry at my insignificant firelight.

I skimmed across the lake in the mountains, and in my reflection I saw little flamingos flapping their wings laboriously.I was so powerless and stupid at that time, if the phoenix came at that time, he would probably regard me as blasphemy.

It was with such an ugly face that I flew into Heian-kyo for the first time, and stepped into the human world for the first time.