juvenile onmyoji

Dried silk fish, radish pickles, natto, mentaiko rice balls, and yam porridge made with sweet kudzu juice are the breakfast of the Abe family.

Even though there were rumors in Heian capital, the door of Abe's mansion was closed tightly, and there was another scene inside the door.The only five servants work methodically.Shikigami are responsible for the safety of the entire house.

"Did yesterday's dim sum taste good? If you think it's delicious, I'll buy some more when I come back today." Riko put the spoon back into the empty bowl, stood up and took her satchel to go to the shrine.

Qingming lowered his eyes and stirred the porridge slowly, as if he had no appetite.I didn't eat a few bites all morning.

"No." He said softly.

Compared with usual, Seimei said very little today.Lizi didn't think much about it, but thought that the other party hadn't recovered from his illness and had no mental reason. "What is Master Qingming doing at home today?"

"Bo Ya will come and play chess with me." It was still the sound of the spoon slowly stirring the porridge, knocking against the wall of the bowl from time to time, but he didn't see him take a bite.

"Master Boya is so kind." Lizi praised with a smile, and those who can come to the door at this time can be called a timely help.However, as a nobleman, Yuan Boya has never cared about worldly views.

Qingming nodded slightly, and raised his eyes after Lizi's back disappeared, the fundus of his eyes was full of bloodshot eyes.

"Did you stay up all night?" Jiu Tun, who was sitting under the corridor, asked.

"Insomnia in the second half of the night." Qingming said lightly.

Ibaraki got the chance to go to the shrine with Riko.Riko knew that Shuten did it on purpose, in order to give Ibaraki more chances to follow her.But the excuse he made was very poor, saying that he was soft on receiving gifts at the shrine, and wanted Ibaraki to feel the gap of not receiving gifts.

Ibaraki is different from Shuten, he is a monster who never treats himself badly.To avoid suspicion, Jiu Tun always sat next to the coachman.But Ibaraki sat firmly next to Rika.

"For this kind of thing, just draw a line in your heart. The car is so comfortable, and there are cushions to lean on." Ibaraki said.

I don't know if Shuten awakened the crow's mouth ability or something else, but Ibaraki didn't get any gifts.But it can't be blamed that Jiu Tun's prediction was too accurate.Ibaraki has a deep aversion to humans other than her, which may have something to do with the white eyes he received when he was a child.He has a distrustful and unfriendly face to everyone.

Follow Lizi all day, and will grab the work that Lizi has to do.But others, even if it was the God Lord who accidentally fell in front of him, he coldly watched with his arms folded.Not only that, but there was a sneer at the corner of his mouth, "Stupid God Lord."

But when he left the shrine, he changed his appearance immediately, and pulled Riko's sleeve, "Buy me a dango, my lord. You can eat four of them, and just leave one for me."

As the New Year approaches, gomorai dango are sold in the streets and alleys in advance.

Different from the Hanami Maruko when viewing cherry blossoms, although this one is also made of glutinous rice, it is baked on a small net made of wire.There are five in a string, red, white and green.

The top half represents the head, the middle represents the arms, and the bottom represents the legs.It was originally a sacrifice to the gods.There are also many flavors.Some are baked with soy sauce and sugar, some are topped with red bean paste after roasting, and there are small dumplings of soybean flour.

I bought a bunch of pears for Ibaraki, and I only wanted red bean paste.Roasted soft and warm glutinous rice dumplings, served with sweet bean paste, there is nothing better than this.

She and Ibaraki sat in the bullock cart, each occupying a window, eating hot dumplings while looking at the scenery on the roadside.

The ox cart drove to the gate, and Lizi couldn't help frowning as soon as she got off the cart.Teng She and Jiu Tun were cleaning at the door, and a big pot of blood had been poured here.On the door, it was also written that evil spirits get out of Ping An Jing.

"It's really disgusting. I'll be sitting on the roof in a while, and I'll roll him to death with my tail." Teng Snake said viciously.He has been with Qingming for a long time, and he has great affection for both Qingming and Zhaizi.On the contrary, Shuten seemed indifferent.

Lizi walked back to the small courtyard, Yuan Boya had already left, Qingming sat alone at the low table and played chess.His eyelashes are long and drooping, like butterfly wings kissing the eyelids.

"It smells so good," she said as she walked in. "Why do you smell the scent of chestnuts?"

Qingming raised his eyes, with a warm smile in his eyes, "Sweet chestnuts sent by Boya. I asked Suzaku to roast until you come back to eat."

Saying so, he picked out a grain from the pottery bowl, made a mark with a copper clamp, and squeezed the shell lightly to open it.The peeled chestnuts were placed in a very small porcelain dish and pushed in front of the pear.

Seeing that he was much better emotionally and mentally than in the morning, Lizi sat down with a smile and put the sweet chestnut into her mouth.

Seeing that she had eaten it, Qingming silently peeled it with her eyes closed.She eats one, he peels one.

"I won't eat." After eating a dozen chestnuts, she pushed the plate away.

"Well, it's time for dinner." Qingming picked up a small bamboo basket and swept all the chestnut skins into it.There was a deep red mark on the index finger because he kept peeling the chestnuts with the copper card.

Arriving here, no matter how dull Lizi is, she can feel that Seimei is surrounded by a faint sense of loss.

Is it because of God Inari?

She put her hands on her face and looked at each other.

"What's wrong?" Sunny asked.

"I always feel that Seimei-sama is unhappy. Is it because of what happened at the door today?"

"What happened to the door?"

"Master Seimei doesn't know?" Lizi immediately hesitated.Worried that speaking out would make him even more depressed.

"If you don't tell me, I can ask Teng Snake and Suzaku." A little smile returned to Qingming's face.

"Someone poured dog blood and wrote ugly words on the door."

"It's just that," Qingming smiled, "it's not enough to make me unhappy."

"Then why is Seimei-sama so depressed?"

"Because I can't get what I want." Qingming leaned back leisurely, and there was a particularly thick big cushion there.It was made after the arrival of the pears.Qingming likes it very much, and has made several at home.

"Can't get what?"

"It's nothing." Qingming said indifferently, his eyes casually glanced at Ben Pingling on Lizi's waist.

Seeing that Seimei became depressed again, Lizi didn't know what to do.He was not that unhappy when he heard the news about the son of the white fox that day.

Shuten walked in from the outside, saw Ibaraki sitting on the porch guarding the brazier to keep warm, and sat down next to him.Ibaraki praised while stretching out his hand to warm the fire, "I went to the shrine today, and no one gave me anything at all. But Shuten, you come back with a lot of rewards every day. Your charm is so charming that even Heian-kyo can't let it go, you are worthy of it."

Jiu Tun twitched the corner of his mouth, "It's fine, this is not a big country, so don't praise me every day."

Ibaraki caught a glimpse of the people sitting in the room from the corner of his eye, and everyone was looking at him, "Ah, sorry."

"By the way," Riko suddenly remembered, "Too many things happened at once yesterday, so I forgot to tell you. When I came back from the shrine, I met Hatsue Dai and Gen Hatsue. He said to spread the news of Inari God It's not him, but Yamata no Orochi."

"He admitted that Yamata no Orochi gave him the Illusory Pupil?" Qingming was slightly surprised.

"Well, he admitted it. He also said that Yamata no Orochi could share his sight through the shattered pupil. He has blocked his eyes with an eye mask now, but Yamata no Orochi can still hear the sound."

"So that's how it is," Qingming said softly, "No wonder the last time I saw him, I always felt that there was something wrong with him. A feeling of being spied on. Why did he deal with me?" He frowned slightly, thinking for a while, His eyes moved to Lizi's face.

"What's wrong?" Pear asked.

"It's nothing." Qingming still decided to keep the secret in his heart.After all, it was his guess.But even if it is true, he thinks that Xiaoli probably doesn't want a brother who mixes with evil gods.

Suzaku walked in carrying a food box.Because Ibaraki and Shuten were sitting on the porch warming up by the fire, the door opened.Snowflakes drifted into the house.She subconsciously glanced at Qingming, seeing that he was wrapped in thick clothes and didn't mind, so she didn't close the door.Set the meal and leave.

"Yachi no Orochi, I can't help trembling when I hear this name." Ibaraki said.

"Why tremble?" Lizi looked at him, "Is it because of fear?"

"How could it be fear?" Ibaraki said, "It's the will to fight. I really hope that one day I can fight him."

"You won't say that when you meet him." Jiu Tun said, "I once saw him fighting Tsukiyomi God once. He revealed his body, a monster with eight heads and eight tails, covered with moss and cedar , can fill eight valleys and eight hills. The place where he passes is barren, a piece of scorched earth. I don’t even have to fight him, I can only feel his huge evil spirit, and I tremble.”

Ibaraki was slightly surprised, "Does someone as proud as Shuten say that?"

"Pride is useless in front of monsters who used to dominate the God Realm with force." Jiu Tun said.

Ibaraki smiled, "It sounds more curious. I really want to meet him."

"I think in a few days, when my body fully recovers, I will take a long trip." Qingming said suddenly.

Riko was eating udon noodles, her eyes widened in surprise.She quickly swallowed the food in her mouth, "Where are you going?"

"Go to Cat Island. The place where my mother built the first shrine. I always feel that the clue of the remaining strand of hair is still there. If I find the last strand of hair, I will know who framed my mother. "

"I'll go too." Lizi said immediately.

"It's winter, it's too cold. You stay at home," Seimei said.

"I'm better than Lord Seimei in anti-freeze, right? Besides, if you take me with you, I can fill in the wooden sign again when I have time."

Qingming slowly tightened his fingers calmly, his face was still calm, and he even smiled, "Okay."

……

After breakfast, Riko walked out of the house and took a car to the shrine as usual.As soon as I got into the bullock cart, I heard a "boom" on the carriage.Immediately afterwards, there was another "crack clap clap".

"It's too presumptuous, this is Miko-sama's car." The coachman roared outside.

"I'll go and have a look." Ibaraki jumped out of the car.

Lizi sat quietly in the car and waited.After a while, Ibaraki reopened the car door and sat in, "It's a human cub, throwing stones and mud. I went to ask them, and they said that this house is full of monsters, let the monsters get out of Heianjing."

Lizi was silent for a while, "You didn't do anything to those urchins, did you?"

Ibaraki's expression changed unnaturally, but he still told him honestly, "I let them throw mud at each other."

Lizi smiled, "I'm afraid I'm going to be beaten when I go home?"

"That's their business. You can't dirty other people's cars, you shouldn't be responsible at all." Ibaraki said with a smile.

"indeed."

When they arrived at the shrine, Lizi was still responsible for stamping the believers.Unlike the previous few days, news spread that she was staying at Qingming's house.Everyone knows that there is a shrine maiden in Yebisu Shrine who is in league with evil spirits.There are more and more believers who resist her stamping.There was no other way, the Almighty had no choice but to change someone.

But the affairs of the shrine are all in contact with the believers, whether they are stamped or unwrapped, or they are sold.But Lizi is now affected by the son of the white fox, and she can't do anything in the shrine.

Not only that, no matter where she goes, there will be believers pointing and pointing.If they didn't dare to be disrespectful to the shrine, they would have spit everywhere.

Lizi walked to the backyard and sat on the stone steps under the old fir tree in some silence.Holding his chin, he looked at the snow on the ground.The people of Heian-kyo will never know what they have done.Taiji Sunshine Doll, Tuji Hungry Ghost, and the Kingdom of Mirrors, no matter what they say, Heianjing was pulled back from danger.

It's a pity that the sunny doll is back in time, and the remaining two things are believed to be the credit of Yinyangliao.The same is true for Yinyang Liao, Seimei-sama has done so much even if he is big.Something that Onmyoji has never done.

But they deprived Seimei of Onmyoji's qualifications without hesitation.Human beings, there are so many good deeds that are not as good as one bad one.

"Depressed?" A grinning voice came from above his head.She raised her head and saw the old man who asked her how the Omoru was doing last time.

He was wearing a black hat and a thick brown hunting jacket embroidered with large snappers.It looks rich.

"It's a common feature of human beings to favor the high and depress the low. After this incident is over and people find out that they were wrong, they will smile at each other again," said the old man.

"But how do people find out they're wrong?" Riko asked.

"Isn't that onmyoji in your family already thinking of a way?" the old man said with a smile.

"Lord Seimei?" Lizi was slightly surprised.Qingming did say yesterday that he was going to look for the remaining strand of white hair, but how did this old man know?

"A person's life will always encounter many unsatisfactory, not only you, even the gods. But can we solve the unsatisfactory by sitting and being depressed?" The old man asked with a smile, "Obviously not. What's the matter? The mentality, there is a kind of life. Positive face, will be resolved. Just like dark clouds, there will always be blown away by the wind."

"That's right." Lizi suddenly felt better and smiled.

"Yes, you have to laugh, the more you smile, the better your luck will be."

There was the sound of hurried footsteps around the corner, and the Almighty walked out quickly.Seeing the two people under the fir tree, she was slightly taken aback.But soon she restrained her surprised expression, and called out softly, "Xiaoli, His Majesty sent someone to pick you up into the palace to pray for the Queen. Now the car is at the door, go quickly, don't make people wait."

"Look, isn't good luck just here?" the old man said with a smile.

Lizi stood up happily, "Thank you for your explanation, I'm going." She ran to the god and bowed again before running away from the corner.

The Almighty adjusted his clothes, walked over and knelt down, "Why are you here?"

She was extremely shocked that Yebisu came to enlighten a little witch.It was the same last time.

Except for the matter of the son of the white fox, Qingshui Lihuazi should have been fired.But Master Ebisu asked Li Huazi to go home an hour earlier every day.This can be called the care that opened the back door, which made her suspect that Li Huazi was his relative.

Lizi got on the bullock cart to the palace.When she arrived at the gate of the palace, it was the servant with the shadow and tail who brought her into the courtyard last time.

Yuzao was sitting in front of the hall, cracking melon seeds, and when she saw her coming, she handed her a handful, "It's fried with sugar, it's so sweet."

Seeing that the other party asked her to pray for blessings, it was fake, and Lizi was probably helping her to block her tongue.After all, the witch who was invited by the emperor to enter the palace to pray for blessings is too shameful to say that she is evil.Those who originally talked about her behind her back just closed their mouths angrily.

"Thank you." She thanked softly.

"It's nothing," Tamamo said, "Because of you last time, I got a good thing from the evil god at the bottom of the sea. This thing is just a matter of effort. What's more, everyone is a fox. Seeing the fate of Inari God, I also feel that the world is too Too extreme. Why are foxes evil?"

Lizi pursed her lips and smiled, almost forgetting that Yuzao was also a big fox.

During the whole afternoon here, Tamamo rambled a lot.Lizi could tell that this fox was very lonely.There is hardly anyone to chat with.Grabbing a pear is like opening a chatterbox.

"Are you going to stay here forever?" she asked softly.

"That's the case for the time being. There's more food here." Yuzao propped his chin with one hand, "If there are other good places, let's talk about it."

In the evening, Lizi stood up to say goodbye.Yuzao asked someone to take a big box, "This is yam. Fusang country is barren, and yam is very rare, so it becomes a good thing here. You can take it home and make porridge. You can eat it roasted, or shredded with sugar."

She smiled a little at this point, "I heard that the greatest wish of some officials before death is to drink a bowl of yam porridge to their fullest. Thinking about it this way, the people here are really miserable. I'd better stay in the palace. "

Lizi took it and thanked her, and was sent out of the palace by the servant.

Ibaraki stood in front of the bullock cart and waited for him with arms folded, seeing the servant frowned slightly.After Lizi got into the bullock cart, he said, "The person who sent you out was a weasel. I can smell him from such a distance."

"Really?" Lizi turned around and looked at the servant's back, probably Yuzao came to Fusang to subdue her.

……

Three days later, Rika and Seimei left Heian-kyo in an ox cart.There is no Shikigami, because Seimei said that if there are too many people with him, he will be noticed.

Shuten's suggestion that he could hide his figure was also rejected by Seimei.Qingming said with a half-smile, "Even if ordinary people cannot see monsters, Onmyojis are not restricted."

The coachman sent them to the beach and went back.

"Do you still want to take the boat of Haizatou?" Lizi asked anxiously.The last time it was brought to the bottom of the sea by the head of the unscrupulous sea.

"Well," Seimei gently comforted, "The Umizutou is a group, so it doesn't make sense that we have encountered bad things all the time. Besides, if you want to get to Cat Island as quickly as possible, the only way is to take the Umizutou boat."

Pear had no choice but to nod in agreement.

The journey went very smoothly, Kaizato put them on the coast of Hitachi country and left.

"Why don't you just put us on Cat Island?" Li Zi wrapped herself tightly in a turban, and the wind on the seaside in winter felt like her blood was being taken away every time she blew.But after walking a few steps, my whole body froze.

Qingming untied the fur cloak and circled her in, "Because even Haizuotou has territorial distinctions. He won't go to other people's places to grab business without authorization. Hey, where are you going?"

Lizi slipped out of his arms, "I'm not cold. Master Qingming, you are more afraid of the cold than me, don't catch cold anymore."

Qingming pulled her back again, and said flatly, "I'll let you out when the wind calms down after I walk across this beach."

The waist was tightly hugged, and the boy's chest was very warm.Huddled in the cloak, his frozen body suddenly came to life.At this time, even if her brain screamed out, her body refused to move.

"Look, it's always right to listen to me." Qingming said with a smile, "Is my side very warm?"

"Very warm." Li Zi nodded, the fur was thick and airtight, but from the outside it looked like a cloak with two heads growing out.

After walking for a while, Qingming suddenly asked, "How many tadpoles on the wooden sign are already full?"

"Two of them are full, and I guess the third one will be full with another monster. Then there are two empty ones." Thinking of the wooden sign, Lizi felt a little happy.I originally thought it would be difficult to fill up five, but within a year since I came to Heian-kyo, I was about to fill up three.

"So fast." Qingming said softly.

"It's really fast," Lizi said with a smile, "Thanks to Master Qingming's help."

"What are you going to do when you're full?" Qingming asked.

"Isn't my current paper-cut technique only changed twice? I really want to know how it will change the third time?"

"Can this wooden sign only upgrade the paper-cutting technique?"

Lizi was slightly taken aback, and said hesitantly, "It's not just this one, there's another one."

Qingming was a little surprised, looked down at her slightly, with a smile in his eyes, "There is another one? What is it?"

"It's a lock." Lizi said.

"Lock?"

"Yes." She told Qingming about the conversation she heard from the gods, that the wooden sign was actually a lock to lock the Asura Realm.

"No wonder," Qingming said in a low voice, "We have been chased by people before, so it's because the wooden sign is a lock. Since that's the case," he smiled slightly, "let's return it back and lock the Shura Road again. gone."

"I don't want it, I knew I wouldn't tell you." Lizi said hastily, and got out of the cloak.The cold wind blew over suddenly, making her shiver.

"Then I won't return it," Qingming hurriedly pulled her back, shielded her from the wind with a cloak, rested his chin on top of her head, and patted her on the back reassuringly.

"I didn't dare to tell Master Qingming before because I was afraid that you would return it. But this wooden sign is very important to me, so I don't want to return it."

"Well, don't return it. In fact, even if you return it, there is no way to lock the group of ghosts now."

"why?"

"Because the ghosts have to be driven in before locking the door." Qingming smiled softly, "What's more, we don't know who to return it to. This lock has no owner in the first place."

"Is that right?"

"That's it."

Pear breathed a sigh of relief.

"Aside from paper-cutting and lock, does this wooden sign have other functions?" Qingming asked softly.

There was another one, which might take her back to her original time, but that was just her guess.Besides, it is impossible to say whether it is a guess or not.

"No more," she said dryly.

"That's it." The boy's eyes sank again.

Seimei: Suddenly troubled by her own charm, she wanted to keep her, and tried repeatedly on the verge of blackening.It takes sweet reassurance to be a good person again.