juvenile onmyoji

"You...why did you change your appearance?" Lizi blinked in surprise.Looking at Yu Ziji's appearance as if she had changed her head, she had a faint guess in her heart.

Yuziji hesitated for a moment, and said in an unnatural voice, "I've been controlling my diet recently. After I lost weight, my eyes became bigger and my face became sharper."

"So that's how it is." Lizi pretended to be suddenly enlightened, feeling a little cold in her heart.

"Is it... a big change?" Yu Ziji touched her face with her hand a little uneasy.

Lizi looked at her face carefully, and expressed her opinion seriously, "It's not particularly big, but it does look more beautiful if it's thinner."

"That's right, I think so too." Yuziji suddenly became happy.Repeating Li Zi's words, as if hypnotizing herself, "If you lose weight, you will change a lot. Father has a female imperial servant who is very fat. Originally, she was not allowed to enter the palace. But the father of that female imperial servant is a guard of the state, so she made an exception and let her Enter the palace."

"This female royal is very persevering. When she saw her father, she didn't call her often, so she worked hard to control her diet. At a palace banquet, she came in wearing twelve singles. With so many layers of clothes wrapped around her body, she could see her slender waist .The skinny girl is really beautiful."

"Indeed." Lizi nodded in agreement.But I thought in my heart, but you used to be a thin person.

"Yuzi." A voice sounded behind him, not only that, but also more noisy voices sounded together.

When Lizi caught a glimpse of Yuziji, a flustered look appeared on her face.It's like having plastic surgery and wanting to shock everyone, but the expression of guilty conscience when it comes to the critical moment.When Lizi went to see who it was, Yuziji still faced the cherry tree and dared not move.

Lizi turned around and saw three or four women in Chinese clothes who hired Tingting, walking towards them while chatting with small embroidered folding fans.

She immediately understood that it had been two days since Yuziji had become beautiful.For the past two days, she stayed in the yard and waited until the cherry blossoms were in full bloom. She used the pretext of viewing cherry blossoms to invite everyone to come, which was impressive.No wonder Yuziji couldn't wait to invite her when the cherry blossoms just opened.

"Yuzi." The leading girl patted Yuziji's shoulder with a smile.

As expected of sisters, you can recognize them just by looking at their backs.Lizi went to see Yuziji, saw her pale face, bit her lip hard, and turned around as if she was going all out, "Sister Xuezi."

Yukiko Hime, known as Yukiko, is the second daughter of Emperor Murakami.Because of her snow-white skin, bright and moving, the emperor named her Xuezi.Yuziji has always been envious of her beauty.Even if Yuziji is more beautiful than before, compared with Xueziji, it is still a comparison between a young lady and a maid.

Xueziji's eyes widened suddenly, and the folding fan in her hand fell to the ground with a "slap", "You, are you Yuzi?"

"Yuzi?" "Yuzi?" The rest of the girls were all surprised, their eyes wishing to triple their size, and to see Yuziji inside and out.

"That's right, it's me." Yuziji smiled dryly, "What's wrong with you, you don't know me anymore?"

"How is this possible?" The girls showed doubting expressions on their faces, "What did you do? It's just a different face."

"I just control my diet." Yuziji said with a guilty conscience.

"Control your diet? Don't be kidding. Who doesn't control your diet? It hasn't changed as much as you have."

"It's okay," Yuziji touched her face with her hands, "Shimizu said that I just lost weight, and I would become more beautiful if I became thinner. You forgot about Deyu Nuyu? Didn't she just lose weight? Does it look good?"

"She used to be really fat, but then she was really thin. What are you?"

"It's like this anyway, believe it or not." Yuziji turned her face away, pouted her lips and stopped talking.

Several Ji girls looked and looked around Yuziji, but couldn't figure out how she could do it, so they turned their attention to Lizi.

"Are you the witch who cured Tamako? I heard that you are at Ebisu Shrine?"

"Yes." Pear nodded.

"That's weird," the girls frowned. "If you're at the Kawai Shrine, it's okay. The gods at the Kawai Shrine are the gods who are in charge of beauty. In Ebisu, Tamago's beauty has nothing to do with you. What is it?" How did you do it?"

Lizi thought it was a bit funny, they thought she was the one who made Yuzi beautiful.She has no such skills.

"I just said it was the reason for my thinning." Seeing that everyone had no way to expose her, Yuziji immediately became bolder, "But what you said is also reasonable. Maybe the gods made me beautiful. You should have known me for several years Are you all worshiping gods? Maybe some god suddenly thought of me."

"That makes sense." The girls nodded.Although Yuziji is more beautiful than before, but the facial features can still find the shadow of the past, and it is not out of the ordinary.So they gradually accepted such Yu Ziji.

After the cherry blossom viewing, everyone left one after another.Lizi also bid farewell to Yuziji.

She knew that Yuziji made a wish to the shrine to become beautiful, so she persuaded her veiledly, "You are very beautiful now. I don't think there is any need to control your diet. The way you look now is very good. If you blindly pursue beauty and control your diet, In the end, I may not be able to regain my desire and become very bad."

Yuziji frowned slightly, "Do you think I'm really beautiful now? To be honest."

"very beautiful."

"Do you think I'm pretty or sister Xuezi is pretty?"

Uh... Lizi hesitated for a moment, Xue Ziji could already be called a great beauty, and she was out of the category of beauty.

"Xuezi Ji is beautiful, and you are cute." She described it cautiously.

"Cute is not pretty."

Yu Ziji was not easy to fool, Li Zi sighed softly in her heart and looked at this dissatisfied girl.

"I think you look good now. It's good to maintain this state."

Yuziji looked critically at Lizi's face, "If I grew up like you, I might think it's enough to maintain this state. But it's not enough now. I have to control my diet. I have to be prettier than Sister Xuezi."

To control your diet is to make a wish at a shrine.

Seeing that Lizi could not persuade her, she accepted and bid farewell to her.

When she got home, she told Qingming what she had seen and heard today.

"Will Yu Ziji make a wish like a shrine?"

"Maybe." Qingming said indifferently.Now it's spring, and the monsters are awake, and Yinyang Liao is getting busier.He was so busy that even if he went home, he had to bring his official duties back to do it. "The more beautiful she becomes, the more people will notice her abnormalities. You don't need to tell her, His Majesty will notice."

"That's right." Lizi was completely relaxed when she heard that, "When His Majesty notices her, he will ask Yinyang Liao. Master Qingming, what are you writing?"

"Collating the case file," Qingming said without raising his head, "it's all reported by the common people. They said they encountered monsters. What I have to do is to pick out the suspicious events in it. Find out the real monsters."

"That's it, I'll help you." Lizi immediately stretched out her hand enthusiastically.

"Aren't you tired after standing all day?" Qingming raised her eyes with a smile, "Go and have a rest, we'll have dinner later."

"I'm not tired, I'll help you see the speed will be faster."

"Okay." Qingming couldn't resist her, so he picked out two words with few words and pushed them over to her.

Lizi took it and immediately scanned the words quickly.

"This man said that the cat he raises brings back fish for two or three days in a row. Does it mean he has become a sperm?"

Qingming smiled, "Sue him for being a jerk."

Not perfect.But it is recommended to ask the neighbors if they have lost fish.Lizi unloaded the case file with a pen, but did not listen to Qingming.

She picked up another one, "This person said that his daughter went out of the city to go out for vegetables and didn't come back for two days."

"It's their job to transfer it to the Non-violation Inspection Office," Qingming said.

Lizi knows that the Prosecutor's Office is in charge of maintaining public security in Heian-kyo, and will also arrest, try and resolve civil issues.She wrote it down with a pen and forwarded it to the Nonviolation Inspection Office.

"Is there any more, give me a few more, I think it's very interesting."

Qingming raised her lips and smiled and handed her a few more.

……

The entire Heian Kyoto is shrouded in pink-like cherry blossoms.

There is also an old cherry tree in Yebisu Shrine, which is more than ten meters high and very huge.It is said that God Yebisu broke off a cherry tree branch from a sacred mountain called Heo Valley, and planted it himself after returning to Heianjing.This cherry blossom is different from others. The buds are pink and the flowers are white.When it is about to wither, it will turn into light ink.That's why it's also called root tail light ink cherry.

Believers who come and go can't help but stop and admire.

"This cherry tree is blooming really well." A voice of admiration sounded from Lizi's side.Because the voice was familiar, she turned to see who was speaking.

The girl in the primrose-colored kimono immediately caught her eye.Beautiful almond eyes, with thick eyelashes blinking, are pure and lustful like the eyes of a deer.It is a face that makes people forget the vulgarity.Everyone around was secretly looking at the girl.

"You don't know me? I'm Yuzi." The girl said with a smile.

"Yu Ziji?" Although he knew that the other party would not give up on that matter, but when his eyes confirmed that it really happened, his heart sank.

"Are you controlling your diet again?" Lizi asked dryly.

"Well, I'm controlling my diet again." Yuziji smiled lightly, knowing each other well.

"Should you be satisfied now?" Lizi asked.

"I'm not satisfied," Yuziji said. "My current appearance is too shallow. Beauty is beautiful, but not eye-catching enough. I want to be the most eye-catching person in the world."

"It's beautiful now."

Yuziji was silent for a while, "Tell me something that makes you unhappy. I am as beautiful as you now. Now that I have mastered the method of becoming beautiful, I don't want to just stand at this stage. I want to be uniquely beautiful .Instead of mentioning me, it will also mention another person who can be compared to me."

"Beauty comes at a price." Xiao Li carefully reminded her.

"It's just a little bit of blood." Yuziji said softly, "Although it will make people howl in pain when taking blood. But it's only for a while. It's not unbearable. You see, we exchanged equal value. I won't Something's up. But you," her expression suddenly changed, and her pure face suddenly became hideous, "If you dare to tell me about me, I will definitely not forgive you."

"I won't." Pear said flatly.

Yuziji regained her composure and nodded, "That's good." She turned around and took another look at the huge cherry tree before leaving.

Lizi looked at her back and sighed softly.

"You've tried your best." An old man in a brown suit walked up to her and said.

Startled, she turned around and recognized the old man who often came out to talk to her.She has always suspected that the other party is Ebisu Dashen.

"Do you think she is different from the Yuziji you first met?"

"Face? It must be different." Lizi responded.

"Not only the face, but also the character. Of course, part of it is her low self-esteem that has been suppressed for too long, and she wants to live proudly with her head up too much. Another part is that she was affected after contacting evil spirits."

"Do you know the origin of that evil spirit?" Hearing this, Lizi has already confirmed that the old man is Yebisu God.

"A lot of evil spirits start with desires. Especially in dreams, people will release their desires unconsciously. These desires are the root cause of the birth of evil spirits." Ebisu said, "Sometimes, human beings always complain that they are entangled by monsters .But I never thought that the monsters were made by themselves."

Riko nodded, "For example, Fu Sangshen, who turned into a monster because of being abandoned for a hundred years. It's also like Hashihime, who became a monster because of being betrayed by her lover. There is also Adachihara hag."

"Yes," Ebisu looked up at the huge cherry tree with a smile, "even this tree, if it is not brought back to Heian-kyo, it is just a branch on a cherry tree. It will never be conscious .But when it grows in the shrine, it becomes a cherry blossom demon."

"Sakura demon?" Lizi was slightly taken aback, then turned to look at the huge light-ink cherry tree.The breeze blows through the branches, and the petals seem to be dancing.When she turned her head again, Ebisu God had disappeared.

Yuziji never came to her again.

When the cherry blossoms are in full bloom, people all over the city are enjoying the cherry blossoms.Especially at night, the Takase River is crowded with people.Along the river are full of food stalls and trinkets.

Seimei was wearing a light blue hunting robe embroidered with silver thread grass and sandalwood clogs.Riko is wearing a light orange kimono with flying dandelions embroidered with white silk thread.The beautiful embroiderer made many women couldn't help casting their eyes over it.

Both clothes, including embroidery, were made by Suzaku.Riko sometimes thinks that Suzaku is an all-rounder.Cooking, cleaning the house, bodyguards, female celebrities, she took care of it all.Simply the perfect spokesperson.If Shikigami also gets married, almost no one can match her.

"Shikigami can get married." Hearing her doubts, Seimei explained, "You forgot Daitengu? His ancestors were the shikigami of my teacher's ancestors. If you don't find a partner, how can you give birth to Daitengu? "

Oh yes, she almost forgot, she was holding a fragment of a big tengu.Ah no, it's a temporary contract.When did you use this opportunity?It is estimated that the big tengu is also very painful. I always feel that something is pinched in the hands of others.

"Huh, Qingming, Xiaoli?" Yuan Boya stood in front of them, holding a bunch of mountains in his hand.There was a look of surprise on his face, as if he was delighted to meet a friend by chance.

"Bo Ya, I'm not surprised to meet you here." Seimei smiled and pointed to the alley next to Takase River.There is the famous Fengyue Street in Heianjing.

"I just went to enjoy the dance. Once the cherry blossoms are in bloom, there will be a limited dance. Sit in the elegantly decorated garden and enjoy the cherry blossoms while enjoying the dance. There is nothing better in the world Yes. Qingming, you really should take Xiaoli to see it. Putting aside the joys of Fengyue Street, just enjoying the singing and dancing, is also an elegant thing."

"I see." Qingming nodded.

"By the way," Yuan Boya said with a smile, "I encountered something new today, do you want to hear it?"

"Lord Boya, what's new?" Lizi asked.

"Don't be in a hurry," Yuan Boya said with a grin, "All my money just now was used to reward maiko, and now my mouth is dry. I wonder if this new thing can be exchanged for a glass of refreshing sweet water?"

"Are you a cunning ghost?" Qingming teased with a smile, "Since you want to exchange news for food, why don't you stay over there?"

"It's too expensive," Yuan Boya said, "I only had enough money to enjoy one or two ditties before I was kicked out."

"Go over there." Lizi pointed to the food stall near the river not far away.Under the cylindrical lanterns emitting orange halos, there are two straw mats with low tables on them.The stall owner next to him is tending the pot of sweet water.It was a small food stall selling candy apples, and sweet water as well.

"I want a cup of sweet water," Yuan Boya took the lead to sit over, "I want some apple candy too."

Qingming nodded, turned around and asked for two apple candies and three glasses of sweet water.

Apple candy is to insert an apple on a wooden stick and roll it in hot syrup.The red and bright sugar shell is wrapped on the apple, which is a dessert that everyone likes to eat in summer.

There are many small stalls like this beside the cherry blossom trees beside the Takase River.The girls wore kimonos and held beautiful apple candies to enjoy the cherry blossoms, which were delicious and beautiful.

"Why only two apple candies?" Yuan Boya asked.

"Because I don't like sweets." Qingming said slowly.His eyes were fixed on the pears who were waiting for candy apples in front of the stall.He didn't look away until she came over with two candy apples.

"Qingming, you also have times like this." Yuan Boya teased with a smile.

Qingming also smiled slightly, "Isn't this a very normal thing. At this moment, it's not safe for transsexuals to mix together."

Yuan Boya took a beautiful candy apple from Lizi, and said with a smile, "Okay, I'm going to talk about something new now."

Lizi sat down beside Qingming, put the apple candy on a plate, and then looked at Yuan Boya.

"Today, I saw a person in a special place, and something unimaginable happened to her."

The name of Yuziji popped up in the minds of Lizi and Qingming at the same time.

"Do you know Yuziji?" Yuan Boya said, "It's the third daughter of His Majesty. I met her in the palace today, and I was shocked. She is so beautiful, so beautiful. I think only monsters can grow Her face."

Is it beautiful again?Lizi frowned slightly, and Yuziji really went to ask the shrine again.Maybe more than once.

"Don't you think it's strange, Your Majesty? My daughter suddenly looks like a different person." Qingming asked.

"I don't think it's strange. I heard that Yuziji moved the gods to make her face look like this." Yuan Boya said, "Nowadays, many women in the palace have followed her example and started worshiping gods everywhere for beauty."

"That's it." Qingming said lightly.

"Is this new?" Yuan Boya asked with a smile.

"It's very fresh." Qingming replied.

Yuan Boya sat and talked for a while before leaving.He wants to walk along the Takase River and enjoy all the cherry blossoms.

Lizi looked at Yuan Boya's back and said, "I don't know what will happen to Yuziji constantly praying to the shrine to become beautiful?"

"You will become a slave to desire," Qingming said, "Think about Yuan Chuyu. Even if you want to stop one day, you can't help yourself."

……

Qingming would bring back the files from Yinyang Liao every day.Pear will help him to see.The strange thing is that there are several files about the disappearance of the girl every day.

"Yin Yang Liao is investigating this recently," Qingming said, "Some people can go missing even if they are sitting at home."

"Is it a monster?" Lizi asked.

"It should be like this, otherwise there is no other explanation." Qingming read the case file, and sighed softly after a while, "I still don't have a clue."

On this day, Riko is stamping believers at the shrine.Suddenly, the God Master ran over in a panic and said that Jian Feiwei had come to find her, and he was sitting in the backyard.

"Xiao Li, have you gotten into any trouble recently?" the Almighty asked with concern.

"No. I only go back and forth between home and the shrine every day. Except for the time when I entered the palace and when I saw the cherry blossoms at night, I didn't go anywhere, and I didn't have conflicts with anyone."

The Almighty nodded, "Maybe it's just a routine inquiry, probably something happened to some noble person. Don't worry, I'll accompany you there."

Lizi met Jian Feiweishi in the backyard of the temple, and the other party was a man in his forties with a very dignified appearance.

"The third woman is missing, do you know about it?"

Lizi was startled, "I don't know."

Jian Feiwei stared at Lizi a few times, "I heard from her female officer that she often comes to see you?"

"That's true," Lizi nodded, "Because I cured the Sangong's disease last time. In addition, Sangong Xigen worships the gods, so she will come to see me when she comes to the shrine."

Jian Feiwei nodded, "Don't be nervous, I'm just asking. Did the Sangong tell you about the shrine?"

Lizi understands that it is likely that after discovering Yu Ziji's disappearance, she interrogated the female officer who followed her and found out about the shrine.This matter finally exploded.

"I mentioned it, but she told me it was a dream."

Jian Feiwei nodded and stood up, "I see. You can go to work, if there are other questions, I will come to you again."

Lizi watched his leaving back, wondering if she had been ruled out of suspicion.

At night she told Seimei what happened during the day.Seimei nodded, "I know about this. Not only that, but the Procuratorate does not seem to believe that the shrine is in a dream. They sent many people to search the mountains and forests outside Heianjing, but they did not find any shrines at all." Mark of."

"I remembered one thing," Lizi said, "the last time Yuziji came to me, Ebisu God also came out. He told me that in dreams, people will unconsciously release their desires. These desires It is the root cause of the birth of evil spirits. Master Seimei, is it possible that the shrine is not in reality at all, but in a dream?"

Seimei frowned slightly, "Did Master Ebisu say that?"

"That's what He said." Li Zi nodded.

"It seems that Yuziji can't completely distinguish between reality and dreams," Qingming said, "otherwise the Inspection Office sent so many people to look for it, it would be impossible to find it. We have to enter a dream."

"Why?" Pear asked in surprise.

"I suspect that the disappearance of the people in Heianjing and the disappearance of Yuziji are the same thing these days, and they are all caused by the shrine." Qingming said, "Moreover, if this matter is clarified, His Majesty will not let His Majesty take anger on you in the future."

"Will Your Majesty blame me?" Lizi was a little depressed, "He is not surprised that his own daughter has changed her face. Now that she can't find anyone, she starts to suspect wildly."

Qingming smiled, "That's why we need to find Yuziji."

"Really," Lizi complained softly, "I thought it would be fine if I didn't participate, but I still couldn't avoid it."

"Yeah, it's like I wanted to avoid that guy, but I still couldn't. If you want to enter the dream, you must see him."

"That guy?" Lizi repeated in doubt.

Oh, it's bad Seimei.

Neo Danmozakura is an old cherry tree in Japan that has grown for 1500 years.Known as one of the three major cherry trees, it is also a very beautiful cherry tree~ I think that all the flowers, the whole tree is blooming, so beautiful.