juvenile onmyoji

"It smells so good, it turns out to be a human cub."

"Where? I can't see it."

"Go a little to the right, see? That little thing with a flushed face."

"Hee hee, I see."

The chirping sound came from under the wooden bridge, accompanied by the sound of turbulent water, and drifted into the ears of the girl sitting on the bridge.

Lizi stopped her dangling legs, put down the red bean paste bun in her hand, and looked towards the bottom of the bridge.

A girl wearing a light orange undershirt, neatly combed bangs, and braids hanging down each side of her temples was reflected on the surface of the water.On the clear and fair face, two thin and curved eyebrows were currently furrowed.

It was her own face.

who is talking?

"I like her, it looks like the left cheek is more meaty than the right cheek."

"Hey, how do you know?"

The voice came again.

Thinking of being alone in the woods at dusk and encountering evil spirits.Pear hurriedly stood up and wanted to leave here.When I turned around, I caught a glimpse of two finger-thin small fish in the gap between two big rocks.

"Hee hee, she's looking at us too."

Lizi suddenly opened her eyes wide.

At dusk, the warm wind suddenly stopped, and the sound of the stream also disappeared.

Only two scarlet lights stared at her.

A chill suddenly rose from the bottom of her stomach, she screamed, and fled towards the village.

The rice in the basket was spilled, the white vinegar was poured out, and one of the two catfish jumped out.

Facing the wind, she felt like her lungs were going to explode.

It's really a monster...

Lizi ran back to the village in one breath, ran into her courtyard, and collapsed under the eaves panting.

A breeze blows overhead, ringing the blue wind chimes hanging on the door.

The sliding door opened with a "squeak", and a small paper doll protruded from the gap.This little paper man in the shape of a gingerbread man tilted his head in doubt, and opened the door further, revealing the figure of Granny Sushi kneeling on the grass ball.

"Hey, our little pear is back." Sushi Granny looked at her with a smile, holding sushi in her hands.

A little paper doll jumped over her body, and more little paper dolls ran out, took off the bamboo basket on her shoulders, and jumped in to collect the ingredients.

Lizi raised her eyes in panic, and before she could catch her breath, she said loudly, "I, I just saw a monster in the pine forest."

"Pfft," Sushi Granny laughed, the wrinkles at the corners of her mouth looked like blooming chrysanthemums, "I probably met a kappa, right? That kind of little monster, who likes to play with children the most, is a good monster."

"Kappa?" The girl's beautiful almond-shaped eyes were stretched round. "No, I know Kappa. There is a shell on its back and a saucer of water on its head. But what I saw today is not like that." A scarlet light flashed in her mind, and the cold killing feeling made her shiver uncontrollably.

"You must have read it wrong," Sushi Granny said with a smile, "the monsters are all locked in the Shura Dao, and the only ones scattered in the world are some little monsters who are not good enough. And, even if there are monsters, we can drive away ghosts by throwing beans. .”

"But this year, Zhuang Zhang won't let you spread the beans." Lizi frowned.

More than 100 years ago, the demon clan attacked Kyoto and killed many people, causing no peace in the world.Later, the onmyojis fought against the demon clan in Heianjing, and locked most of the monsters into Shura Dao.Since then, the Night Walk of the Hundred Ghosts has become a legendary thing, and spreading beans has become a superfluous thing.

This year, the head of the village proposed not to scatter beans, and the villagers agreed.

"Why don't we sprinkle it secretly?" Lizi suggested.

"No," Sushi Granny said, "If you are seen, you are standing on the opposite side of the whole village, and you will be excluded."

Lizi was slightly taken aback, forget it, she can afford to hide if she can't be provoked.

The girl clasped her hands together, clapped three times, then turned and said crisply to the shrine in the house, "Please bless me, Lord God, don't let ghosts come to our house."

Her serious appearance made Sushi Granny couldn't help but pursed her lips and smiled, "Don't worry, burning old utensils can also exorcise evil spirits. I'll look for them in a while. Make some bean soup to drink, the same It can exorcise evil spirits."

Hearing the footsteps getting farther and farther away, Lizi slowly opened her eyes, and the pupils reflected the wooden fish head with its mouth wide open in the shrine.

There are too many gods in this era, and there are legends of 800 million gods.After picking and picking, their family enshrined the catfish god.

According to legend, the bottom of the island is supported by a catfish.Only He can protect Japan from the storms of the sea.But catfish are constantly moving around, so there are always earthquakes.

Worshiping the catfish god is to hope that he will not move around all the time.There is nothing more satisfying than having a stable life.

She exhaled lightly and sat cross-legged on the grass.The golden Benping bell tied around his waist made a crisp sound due to the shaking of his body.

She paused, took off the bell, and clasped her hands together.A slight light flashed, and besides the bell, there was a small round wooden sign in the palm of his hand.It is engraved with five deep tadpole-shaped grooves.

The wooden sign exudes a long fragrance, which instantly fills the room.

She was brought to the Heian Era from another time and space by this thing.When she opened her eyes, Li Lizi, the granddaughter of the paper-cutting successor, became Shimizu Rikako, the youngest granddaughter of the sushi mother-in-law.

The Qingshui family was originally an aristocrat, but because of the court struggle, the family began to decline.Qingshui Lihuazi's parents died early, and her elder brother disappeared.In the end, I could only hide with my grandma in the countryside where birds don’t lay eggs, and make a living selling sushi.

This body was only five years old when she came through it.After living here for nine years, the memories of the past have become more and more blurred, and only the paper-cutting craft has not been forgotten.

Here, her cutouts can come alive.The little paper man can do the work, and the light bulb will shine brightly.Otherwise, no matter what you cut, it is a piece of paper that does not respond.

Every time she cuts, she can see a golden thread moving in the direction of the scissors, and at the end of the cut, the thread will be connected to the beginning.Those paper-cuts that have not come alive either have no lines at all, or they are broken when cut.She doesn't seem to have really figured out a way to bring the cutouts to life yet.

Speaking of which, she also seriously considered going to Datang on the opposite side.But now is the end of the Tang Dynasty.It seems that the end of the Tang Dynasty was also quite chaotic, and Concubine Yang Gui was strangled to death.

And sea navigation is not so easy.Every time Japan sends envoys to the Tang Dynasty, it takes three years to prepare.The sea is fierce, and if a thousand people are sent, only two hundred can survive in the end.What's more, as a girl living in the countryside, how could she have the opportunity to get on a boat?No one wants to die.

"Xiao Li, dinner is ready." The voice of Sushi Granny came from behind.

"Hey, here we come." She tied the bell around her waist again, stood up and helped Grandma Sushi prepare the meal.

"Our Xiaoli will be 14 in a month," Sushi Granny looked at Lizi lovingly and said at the dinner table, "Speaking of which, we can discuss the marriage with my husband's family. But with the current family situation, Genji is no longer as high as Genji."

"So, in a few days, the cherry blossoms will bloom, so let's go to Heianjing to call off the engagement. We can also take a stroll. Don't you always want to see the prosperity of Heianjing?"

Lizi stuffed her mouth with plum rice balls, and nodded with puffy cheeks.

It is not uncommon for marriages to be established early in ancient times.When the Shimizu family was not in decline, they had an agreement with the noble Genji.But now that she is in decline, instead of waiting for the other party to come to the door to withdraw the engagement, it is better to take the initiative to withdraw.Besides, she didn't want to marry a stranger.She also hopes to leave here one day.

In short, we must figure out the secrets in Benpingling.

After the meal, she found an old broom and burned it in the courtyard, which was supposed to exorcise ghosts.

The grandmother next door saw her burning old things, so she hurriedly found one.

Through the low wall, Lizi asked, "Grandma Chunji, is Sister Lingmei feeling better?"

"It's still the same." Grandma Chunji sighed, "Eat food if you give it, and don't take it if you don't give it. Sitting numbly and motionless."

This is really strange.

Li Zi frowned, Suzumi, who was always lively, suddenly became very dull this morning.Not only that, the animals in the village suddenly became restless.Early in the morning, cows, pigs, sheep, chickens and dogs kept barking.

She turned her head to look outside the courtyard.The village began to burn old things one after another, and the smell of fireworks was everywhere.The fire that keeps burning is like red eyes that keep opening.

Li Zi gently twitched her eyelashes, a faint uneasiness fermented in her heart.

When the fire is gradually extinguished and night falls, the villages without entertainment turn off their lights and go to bed early.The moon was covered by thick clouds and could not reveal a little light.

Under the tree roots, on the Banqiao, and in the courtyard, pairs of scarlet eyes gradually emerged.

"Hee hee hee."

"smell good."

"It's really delicious."