juvenile onmyoji

Hei Yi Qingming closed his eyes after saying this, and opened them again to reveal a pair of eyes full of rage.He untied the shackles from Lizi's body, and pulled her back to the room.

"That bad Qingming didn't do anything, just asked me to wish him a happy birthday. I think maybe he's a little lonely." Li Zi was pulled forward, whispering in her mouth.

"I didn't expect that he could force me to sleep and occupy my body." Qingming said frost in his voice.

"Ah, that's quite dangerous." Lizi said, "If he occupies your body again next time, or if it takes longer and longer."

"What did he say?" Qingming asked.

"He said that he felt that your breath was very close to him recently. He tried it with a lot of strength and it succeeded. But it could only stay for a short time." Lizi recalled and said slowly.

"The same breath as him..." Qingming blinked her eyelashes thoughtfully.

"What does this mean?" Lizi asked, they had already walked back to the room from the courtyard, and the warm air suddenly rushed up, "Ah, it's so warm."

"It's freezing. I'm sorry, it's my fault." Qingming took her hand and covered it for her. The boy's eyes were slightly lowered, his slender eyelashes fluttered slightly, and he looked very beautiful under the candlelight.

Li Zi's heartbeat missed a beat, and the tips of her ears turned red. She quickly pulled her hand out, "I don't blame Seimei-sama, but you'd better think of a way, and I'm also worried that you will fall asleep again. The Yamata no Orochi in my impression seems to be It's like this too. I feel like there are two people in his body."

"That's really strange," Qingming said, "because generally speaking, even if a god is an evil god, he won't allow others to fuse with him. But if it's not fusion, then how did the people in his body get in?"

Riko is not interested in Yamata no Orochi, and she doesn't care at all who merges with him.She was just worried that Seimei would end up in the state of Yamata no Orochi.

"Master Seimei, you won't be like that in the end, will you?"

"No." Qingming said flatly, "I won't let that happen."

……

In the snowy valley, the narrow mountain road is covered by snow, making it difficult to see the direction.In the night sky, a round of moon that had not yet turned round was about to rise, and the orchid moonlight scattered, and the earth immediately became crystal clear.On the tall fir trees and camphor trees, the branches are covered with thick snow.Shanbi Mountain is hung with icicles like spikes.

The white plum blossoms bloomed somewhere, bringing a soft and charming taste to the snowy night.In addition to this smell, there is also a smell of burning twigs.

Following this scent, a small cabin stood deep in the woods.This is for mountain watchers or hunters passing by.Now that the New Year is approaching, Kanshanren has already returned home.Hunters don't hunt in snow, either.Now there are only two unlucky Jinshan chopping firewood.

Zhenren and Xingren are a pair of brothers, because they wanted to collect more firewood after entering the mountain, and got lost as they walked deeper and deeper.Fortunately, the house was found before the snow fell, and a fire was lit.Otherwise, you will freeze to death in the mountains.

"It's easy to find the way after dawn and the snow stops." Zhenren said.

"Then let's sleep like this tonight," said Xingren, resting his head on the firewood.

The fire next to it was very small, and Xingren was reluctant to waste the hard-earned firewood, so he only used a little to light the fire.

"It's fine if it's not extinguished. As for the warmth, it's fine if it doesn't die from the cold." Xingren said.

"However, I heard that in a snowy day, if the fire is not big, it will attract monsters in the snow." Zhenren hesitated.

"How can there be so many monsters?" Xingren laughed.

The two of them were lying on the ground, exhausted from working all day.Soon he closed his eyes and snored loudly.

Not long after, there was a knock on the door, and a soft female voice resounded in the wind and snow, "It's so cold, please open the door and let me in to avoid the wind and snow."

Zhenren woke up suddenly, sat up and pushed Xingren.Xingren opened his eyes in a daze, "What's wrong?" The woman begged again from outside the door, "Please open the door and let me in, I'll just sit until dawn and leave."

"Ah, she seems to be lost too," said Yukito, "I'll open the door and let her in."

"Don't open it," the real person was full of hesitation, "Where does such a woman come from a snowy day, don't be a monster?"

"How come?" Xingren laughed, "Even if it's a monster, can't we two be strong enough to defeat the female monster?" Saying so, he went to open the door.

Before Masato could stop him, the door opened.

A girl in a white kimono stood outside the door.The beautiful face, snow-white skin, and pitiful posture made the real person who originally opposed it speechless.

"My name is Xuezi. I went to visit relatives. On the way home, I encountered a snowstorm and lost my way. I just sit until dawn." She scanned the faces of the two brothers, and finally chose the relatively handsome real person , smiled charmingly at him.

Zhenren came back to his senses and began to wonder if such a thinly dressed woman was human.But he didn't dare to speak in front of the other party, he just speculated secretly in his heart.

After a long time, he couldn't bear the exhaustion of his body, so he fell asleep.On the contrary, Xingren was excited because of the beauty, but he didn't feel sleepy, just pretending to sleep there.From time to time, he squinted his eyes and peeked at Xuezi.

Xuezi sat there with a smile on her face, her expression seemed very happy.After a while, she stood up and slowly approached the real person, blowing into his ear.

As the white cold air approached the real person, a layer of crystals slowly formed on the surface of his body.Soon he was transformed into a crystal clear iceman.

Xingren, who witnessed all this with his eyes squinted, felt a chill down his spine, his scalp was numb, and his trembling teeth made a rattling sound.

Xuezi turned around and looked at him critically, "Hey, let me let you go, ugly thing. But after you have seen my beauty, you are not allowed to see other women."

She picked up the real person who had turned into an iceman and flew out of the window.In a blink of an eye, it disappeared into the wind and snow.

"Hee hee hee, so beautiful."

"It's all, all of them are my men."

……

Qingming bought some Bingliang balls made of glutinous rice, which would turn into small soft balls when boiled in water.

Riko sat at the low table, resting her chin and watching him pack, "I heard that there will be monsters like Yukidouji in the winter of Mt. Tsukuba."

"There are not only snow boys, but also snow girls." Qingming said.

"Are you going to find the snow girl?" Lizi recalled the snowflakes she saw on Cat Island.

"Well, I suspect that she is the monster that made the residents of Cat Island and cat monsters disappear." Seimei said.

"There are hundreds of cat monsters on Cat Island. The Snow Maiden only belongs to the middle-level monsters in the monster atlas. Is she so powerful?"

"It would be different if she got the remaining half of the white tuft."

"The remaining half of white hair?" Li Zi blinked her eyes slightly, "Master Seimei, do you remember the sunny doll I told you before? The sunny doll that made the entire Heian capital helpless, just got a man For the white hair."

"Well, I remember." Qingming nodded.

"Will we not be able to defeat Yuki?" Lizi was worried.

"Not necessarily," Qingming said, "You remember Yu Nu, right? We also got the first bunch of white hair from her, but we don't think she's so amazing."

"That's right," Lizi remembered, "Why?"

"I think it may be like a weapon. Not everyone will use its maximum power." Qingming said with a smile, "So don't worry, if the situation is not good, we will run away."

"Wow, the snow girl with the power of white hair, if Seimei-sama knocks her down, will my wooden cards be full at once?" Riko said with eyes full of longing, obviously thinking about something else.

Qingming smiled lightly, "Because the opponent may be very powerful. I can't control my strength in a real fight. I must go all out. Maybe you won't harvest her."

"What I'm saying is, Lord Qingming, don't worry about me, just try your best to fight the snow girl. My third tadpole is only one monster's measure away. I hope I can meet a little monster on the way." The girl raised her chin and mouth. Whispering sound.The cute appearance makes Seimei's heart dripping softly, and he almost wants to say the words "Yue Nu, let's give it to you too."

But thinking that once the wooden sign is full, she will return to a place he can never reach.His heart immediately cooled down.

Even if you become the most powerful person in this world, you can't go beyond thousands of years.

They are in Mito Castle in Hitachi.But Mount Tsukuba is in Isaki County.Fortunately, the two places are next to each other, otherwise we would not be able to hire a bullock cart in such cold weather.Even for the two cities that are so close to each other, the city gates that left in the morning did not arrive until the evening.

Sitting in the lobby of the house in Ibaraki, Seimei said regretfully, "It's a pity that we came at an untimely time, otherwise we could have eaten honeydew melons in Ibaraki."

"The Angler fish pot is also good." Lizi looked at the steaming fish pot in front of her.

Angler fish is a specialty of the city. It is stewed with mushrooms, carrots and winter bamboo shoots. It is the best delicacy in snowy days.After drinking a bowl, the frozen body will be completely warmed up.And Mito natto.Because it is very close to Mito, Izu City also sells Mito natto.The shredded beans, if you can bear the taste, are actually quite delicious.

"We'll go into the mountains when we get up early tomorrow." Qingming said, putting a bowl of fish soup in front of her with a wooden spoon.

"Into the mountain? What mountain to enter?" A man next to him turned his head in horror, "There are monsters in that mountain, and they can turn you into icemen with one breath."

There was a roar of laughter in the lobby. This dormitory closed late, so the nearby residents like to come to this restaurant for dinner.

"Fortunately, you are making up stories again. Are you deceiving outsiders because no one believes you?"

"I didn't make up a story." Xing said angrily, "I saw that girl named Xuezi turn my brother into an iceman with my own eyes. If it wasn't for my ugly looks, I'm afraid I would be dragged away by her too."

The laughter in the lobby grew louder.

"Fortunately, don't disturb the guests eating." The owner raised his head and said sternly.

Xingren's mouth moved a bit, and he lowered his head to continue wiping the table.Since that incident happened, he didn't dare to go into the mountains to collect firewood.It's hard to find work now, so the shopkeeper finally agreed to take him in.

Seimei showed an interested smile, "What monster did you see?"

Xingren glanced at the shopkeeper secretly, and said in a low voice, "It's just a beautiful girl, dressed in white, who can breathe out the cold."

"That's the snow girl." Lizi said.

Seimei nodded and looked at Xingren, "Tomorrow we are going into the mountains, if you are willing to lead the way, I will pay you handsomely."

"I won't go." Xingren shook his head and said firmly, "Compared with money, I value my life more."

Seimei took out a small gold cherry blossom, and Xingren's eyes straightened immediately, but he still muttered, "You earn flowers without life."

Seimei picked up the cherry blossoms and put them in Xingren's hands. As soon as Xingren was about to join his palms together, he lay down on the ground with a "boom".The cherry blossoms in his hand seemed to weigh a thousand pieces of gold, making him unable to get up.

"Master Seimei is a high-ranking onmyoji," Li Zi bent down and said to him, "I am a witch. Do you think this configuration is safe?"

Xingren was so overwhelmed by the cherry blossoms that he couldn't get up. When he heard Riko's words while he was terrified, he nodded immediately, "Onmyoji and witch? No wonder I can't get up. Safe, safe."

Qingming took the golden cherry blossoms away with a smile, and Xingren sat up again, and the courage returned, "My lord, I am willing to guide you. But I don't guarantee that I will see that monster."

"It doesn't matter," Qingming said, "You just need to lead us to the place where you saw the monster, and on the basis of guaranteeing your safety, I will also give you a reward of golden cherry blossoms. What do you think?"

"Deal." Yukito said with a grin.

The next day the weather was fine, and lucky people came to them early in the morning.Seimei treated him to a bowl of warm soba noodles, and they walked towards Mt. Tsukuba.

Lizi looked at Xingren and saw that he was carrying two hatchets and a dagger stuck in his waist. She pursed her lips and smiled, "Bringing so many weapons."

"You don't know, that monster is powerful." Thinking of what happened that night, Xingren shivered. "But it looks like it's going to be a fine day and it won't snow."

"Where there is a snow girl, it will snow at any time." Qingming said, "otherwise, how can people be trapped in the mountains?"

"I see." Lizi said with a smile, "I really want to see the snow girl right away."

"Why do you want to see Yuki?" Seimei asked.

"Because the other party is a very famous monster. There are many legends about her in the picture books. There is more than one snow girl in this world, right?"

"More than one. Snow girls are a kind of ethnic group. The children they gave birth to are snow boys. Snow boys are a kind of very friendly monsters. They will guide the lost people."

"But when they grow up, it will be different, and their personalities will become very cruel. Their demon nature will gradually increase, and their bodies will completely become women, becoming snow girls. When they get older, they will become snow monsters again, a kind of snow monster like a white snow monster. A monster of a hairy monkey."

"Wow, that's how it is." Lizi stuck out her tongue lightly. She was kind when she was a child, but became evil when she grew up.In addition to the demon nature, it is mainly due to the sudden change of gender and body.It feels like the whole world is wrong.

Yukito's originally worried emotions were dispelled by their relaxed conversation.Looks like a great man.

Fortunately, people have a good memory, and general woodcutters are good at remembering mountain roads.In addition, the wooden house was originally used by mountain watchers, and it would not be built in a very remote place, so they quickly found the small wooden house in the mountain.

"It's not dark yet, let me gather some firewood near here. If there is no firewood at night, we will all freeze to death." Xingren said.

"Don't bother, I'll get firewood." Because she promised to save his life, Lizi was worried that he would run into Yukino again while running around.

"How can I ask adults to collect firewood? It's too shameful." Xingren said in fear.In the eyes of the common people, witches are people who communicate with gods, and using witches to work is equivalent to commanding gods.

"I don't collect firewood, let my little paper man do it."

"What paper..." Xingren's voice stopped abruptly, his eyes widened, and he watched the three little paper figurines run out of the house.He looked at the door in disbelief.The little paper people quickly picked up dead branches around them.

It seems that he really met a great person this time.Fortunately, this time I finally believed it.

The little paper people quickly brought back the firewood and piled it up in a big pile in the house.Qingming lit the brazier, and the air immediately began to warm up.

Lizi took out a small copper pot and put it on the fire, and asked Seimei to use a spell to conjure rootless water.Pour the army grain pills into the pot, and cook them soft and sticky after a while.The smell of glutinous rice is everywhere.

They shared some.

Once he was full and the house was warm, Xingren immediately became lazy and fell asleep leaning against the firewood.

Lizi was also a little sleepy, but when she saw Qingming still looking calm and sitting there tall and straight, she immediately woke up.

Qingming glanced at her and smiled, "Generally speaking, Xue Nu will come at night. You should rest for a while."

"But, where do you rest?" Lizi glanced at the room, the floor was dirty, if it wasn't for the felt cloth she brought, there would be nowhere to sit.

"Sleep on my lap." Qingming said.

"No need." Lizi was embarrassed to do this, and dragged the felt to the wall, intending to lean against it and squint for a while.But this leaning, surrounded by warm air, soon fell asleep.

Qingming didn't stop her, he looked out the window quietly, and waited until she was sure that she was asleep before dragging the blanket and sitting by the wall.With a light hug, her head tilted and fell on his shoulder.

Qingming glanced down at her, adjusted her posture to make her lean more comfortably, and then turned her gaze out of the window again to wait for Xuenv's visit.

Lizi has been sleeping very deeply, she never thought that she could fall asleep with such a big heart while waiting for the monster.Maybe it's because by Seimei's side, she can always get a great sense of security.

There was a light knock on the door, and she woke up suddenly.Qingming's expression was still calm, and he only smiled at her when he noticed that she woke up, "Wake up, are you thirsty?" He pushed the water bag over.

"Master Qingming, someone is knocking on the door." Lizi said softly.

As if matching what she said, the knock on the door became more urgent.At this time, Xingren also woke up.Eyelids trembled, not daring to open them.

Seimei thought for a while, let Xingren hide in the corner, and covered him with firewood.In case Xue Nu recognizes him after a while.

After finishing all this, he asked in a lazy voice, "Who is outside."

"A poor lost person," a delicate female voice came from outside the door, "please let me in to escape the wind and snow, and I will definitely repay you well."

Blizzard?Lizi looked out of the window, it was already evening, but the cold wind and snowflakes outside made it impossible to tell the time.Gray and white colors are everywhere.

Sure enough, the snow girl's arrival was accompanied by wind and snow.

"Do you want to repay me?" Qingming chuckled, "Then I will let you in as hard as I can." He walked over and opened the door, and the snow girl at the door immediately raised her beautiful face.The eyes that were originally used to charm humans widened in surprise, "Master Seimei?"

Qingming was also a little surprised, "You recognize me?"

"I know it," Yukino nodded hurriedly, "You were brought to Ibaraki by God Inari when you were young, and I even built a snowman with you."

"Later you returned to Heiankyo, and I went there in winter because I wanted to play with you again. But at that time, Inari God had already fallen, and you said that you had to practice Yin Yang properly so you couldn't play anymore. I will give it to you. There's a big snowman at your door. It's me, Snow Boy." She rubbed her hands on her waist.

Qingming carefully identified her, "I remember," he said with a smile on his face, "I can vaguely recognize her facial features."

Xue Nu showed a relieved smile on her face, "It's great to see you after so many years."

Lizi didn't expect that it would go in such a direction.She is ready for Xue Ying's paper-cutting, ready to fight.

"By the way, how did you get to Mount Tsukuba?" Yuki asked.

"Come to find something." Seimei said.

"What are you looking for? Can I help? I'm familiar with this place." Xue Nu said enthusiastically.

"Come to find half a bunch of white hairs, that's my mother's consciousness."

"Inari God?" Yukino was slightly surprised, she thought for a while, and pulled out a silver chain from her neck, with half a bunch of white hair tied on it, "Look, is it this?" She handed it over.

Qingming took it over, touched it gently with her hand, her eyes moved slightly, she didn't expect the rest of the hair to be here.

"Sure enough," Yukino said in surprise, "Since it's Inari God's thing, you can take it away."

"Where did you get it?" Seimei asked.

"It was given to me by a man, he said it could bring me strength." Snow Girl admitted honestly.

"Then you also killed the people on Cat Island?"

"That," Yukio suddenly hesitated, "I got such a big benefit, so I promised to help him drive everyone, including cats, to the gate of Inari Shrine. There, I met Izanami. He sent The water of the underworld was drawn out and swallowed up all the people, not even corpses, and they all became residents of the kingdom of the underworld."

"That person asked me to go back to Mt. Tsukuba, saying that he would come to me to help with some things in the future."

"Do you remember what that person looked like?"

"The appearance is very good-looking, and she is a feminine beauty." When talking about Jianmei, Xuenv immediately became interested. She likes to collect beautiful men the most. But there is an interest in killing in his eyes. I remember that Izanami called him Yamata."

"Yamata?" There was a little coldness in Qingming's eyes.

There was a little noise from the firewood pile, and Qingming glanced over there, "Did you freeze a man a few days ago?"

"I used to freeze men every day," Xue Nu giggled, "They decorated my cave so beautifully."

"Is it possible to let them go back?"

"The ones that have been frozen for too long cannot be stored, because they will disappear once they thaw. But the ones that have been frozen for ten days and a half months can still be stored. Is there anyone you know in it? I will release them when I go back." Snow Maiden said.

Seimei knew that the habits of the race of snow girls could not be changed.It's good that she's willing to let some people go.Then nodded.

"I know, onmyoji don't like to see monsters kill people. But I can't restrain the malice in my heart. But bad things like us, after a long time, someone will clean them up, right? Hee hee." Xue Nu seemed to be concerned about life and death Look very light, just want to play in the snow.

She flew lightly into the air and was about to leave. When she left, she glanced at Qingming again, "You know, I used to be a snow boy, but now I am a snow girl. Although this change is very distressing, it is still a human change. But after all In more than ten years, I will become a snow monster. At that time, when we meet again, you must recognize me."

"I will recognize it." Qingming said calmly.

"That's great," Snow Girl giggled and spun around in the sky, "It's really great to be recognized by my friends." She smiled and flew eastward, and soon disappeared in the wind. in the snow.

Lizi walked up to Qingming, and followed Qingming's gaze to the direction where the snow girl disappeared, "I didn't expect it to be solved so easily. It's a pity that my wooden sign has no chance."

Qingming pushed her back to the house, and pulled the wooden door to block the wind and snow, "We'll go back to Heianjing when the snow stops and dawn breaks."

"Back to Heiankyo?" Riko was a little surprised, "Don't you want to see God Inari's consciousness? Find the person who framed God Inari, and your innocence can be restored."

Qingming casually filled the brazier with branches, "Suddenly I don't want to watch it."