juvenile onmyoji

In the courtyard at night, the cherry blossoms are bathed in the moonlight, revealing a slight blue light.There was a light rain like fog in the air, and the petals of the cherry blossoms fell one after another unbearably heavy.

Riko watched Seimei seal the catfish's whiskers in a ball the size of an apple from the porch.

If it is not sealed, as long as there is water, the beard will default to the sea.Like it was raining outside at the moment, the smell of damp would make Beard think that he had returned to the sea.

"Can this thing only be used once?"

"En." Qingming recited the spell silently, and a line of small golden characters appeared on the transparent ball.The beard trembled slightly, restrained his strength and began to fall asleep.

"When are we going to find that island?" Pear asked.

"There are still a few things missing." Seimei said, "Even if we find the island, finding our memory fragments is like finding a needle in a haystack. It would be better to have something like catfish whiskers that can accurately find items."

"What is that?"

"You'd better ask God Ebisu again. Is there such a thing in the world?"

While talking, Lizi looked absently at the rain in the courtyard.So much happened in just one day.Earthquakes, prayers, pantheons, catfish beards.And most importantly, after returning from the bottom of the sea, within half a day, more than a dozen nobles came to ask for it.

Fusang's folk customs are open, and the suitor brought his son to the door carelessly, saying that he had seen her demeanor outside the city and came here admiringly.Some even brought several random picks.The teenagers lined up are like a row of green onions, sunny, aloof, gentle, and cruel, each with its own characteristics.

"Why did you suddenly stop talking, what were you thinking?" Qingming looked over lightly.

"I didn't think about anything, I just found it annoying." She propped her chin and said.

"Of course I'm bored," Qingming's voice became even more indifferent, "I'm sure the people who will start asking for marriage tomorrow will come to you one after another. Isn't it annoying to be picky?"

"I'm not picky." Lizi put down her hand supporting her chin.

"Oh, so it's already been chosen, so what's the trouble?" Qingming had a smile that didn't reach his eyes, looking gentle but hard to get close to.

Lizi smiled brightly, "It's indeed chosen, why don't we just sit under the lemon tree."

"Lemon tree?" Qingming frowned slightly.

Riko stood up, stretched her waist with a smile, "Oh, I'm so tired. I'm going to rest. I'll find a way to ask Ebisu God tomorrow."

Seimei pursed her thin lips, watching her back as she walked towards the room, a stream of light flashed under her long eyelashes that she didn't catch.

It was very late the next day.Riko finished her meal and was about to go to the shrine when she saw him come out of the room.

The boy was wearing a dark blue safari suit, which made his skin very fair, and also set off the heavy blue under his eye circles.

"Master Qingming didn't sleep well last night?" She asked with concern.

"Slept well." Qingming rubbed her eyes with one hand and walked towards the low table.

Suzaku was putting food on the table for him, and asked, "What did you look for last night? The bedroom is full of books, didn't you look for them all night?"

Qingming froze slightly, and immediately went to look at Lizi unnaturally.Seeing her sitting under the promenade bending over to put on her shoes, she exhaled softly.He searched for natural history all night last night, but he couldn't find a lemon tree.What exactly does that mean?

When Riko came to Yebisu Shrine, it was surprising that Yebisu was sitting and drinking tea in the backyard.After asking her about the catfish god, Yebisu nodded with a smile, "Remember to seal the beard with a seal. That thing will start pointing when it encounters water. If it is wasted, it is not good to ask him for a second one." time."

"It's sealed." Lizi said.

"Yeah." Ebisu nodded, and just about to speak, she heard Rika's name called by the priest again in the front hall, "You go first. I know why you're here, and I'll talk about it after you're done."

Lizi responded, bowed to him, turned around and walked towards the front hall.

"Little pear," said the priest, "now you go to Xiguang Temple in the west of the capital, and the abbot there borrowed us a glass screen, the one with a few big carp painted on it."

"That screen came from the Tang Dynasty. It didn't have any pictures at first. It was painted by Master Yebisu himself and it is very precious. I agreed to lend it to them for a few days, but today a thousand paper cranes came from the other side and said that the screen Something's wrong. You go and see what's going on before they break it."

Riko nodded and left the shrine with Shuten.

The rain last night seemed to be in vain, and the strong sunlight was shining down. Just walking on the road, sweat would ooze from the back.

"It's almost May." Lizi said.

Jiu Tun raised his head and looked at the blue sky, as if he was looking for something.

"What are you looking at, Shuten?" Riko asked.

"I'm looking for Yun." Jiu Tun said.

"cloud?"

"If I find a cloud, I will have a way to rain a shower with a demon method. Then you will be cool, my lord." Shuten didn't see any sweat on his forehead, and looked very at ease.

Lizi fanned the wind vigorously with a fan, but even so, the sweat continued to flow down.

"I know why your lord is so hot." Shuten suddenly laughed.His lips are thin, and his smile is very eye-catching and beautiful.

"Why?" Lizi felt a little dazzled for a moment, and muttered to herself that she really deserves to be the ghost king who has occupied the cover of the monster album for so long.

"Because I'm a fire monster," Shuten said, "Although adults can't see it, my body is constantly emitting heat."

"So that's how it is," Li Zi smiled, "I'm walking by the stove now, right?"

"Yes."

"No wonder it's so hot."

Jiu Tun slowed down his pace and kept a distance from Li Zi, "It will be cool after sitting in the bullock cart and running."

Go outside the shrine and get on the bullock cart.The wind blown by the ox when it ran really cooled the pears.She sat by the window, watching the scenery outside while letting the wind pass through her hair.

Xiguan Temple is in a very remote place.There is a large pine tree here.Deep in the pine trees, there is a simple but elegant temple.

It rained all night last night, and the rainwater pooled on the ground and formed small puddles.Lizi had no choice but to ask the driver to stop and walk in.

The puddle is as calm and bright as a mirror.She paused to straighten her braids against the reflection.Shuten was reflected in the water, looking sideways at her intently.

"What are you looking at?"

"My lord seems to have grown a lot taller. Last year it only reached a little above my chest," Jiu Tun gestured with his hand, "Now my lord's head reaches my neck."

"Has it grown so much?" Lizi smiled. She tied the ribbon on her braid, turned around and walked towards the temple where half of the wall was exposed.

Behind her, where she couldn't see, Jiu Tun patted his heart lightly, this thought was almost discovered.

"The earthquake has just passed, so the shrine must be very busy right now?" The monk in charge of the reception kept bowing to Riko, "I'm sorry to disturb you when you are busy."

"It doesn't matter," Li Zi hurriedly returned the gift, "Please take me to see the screen."

"This way, please," said the monk.

He took Li Zi into a meditation room.A translucent glass screen is placed in the center of the room.I don't know what kind of paint is used to paint a few big carps on it. The light blue waves support the carps, which is very beautiful.

"In two days it will be the anniversary of the monastery. I wanted to use the screen of your company to decorate it. But I don't know what happened. After the earthquake, the fish on the screen suddenly started talking." The monk looked distressed. Said, "Just before you came, the carps were still calling."

"Say what?" Pear asked.

"The carps keep shouting, they want to go back to Ebisu Shrine, they want to go back to Ebisu Shrine." The monk said, "Everyone is very worried that on the day of the anniversary, if the carps suddenly yell in the public, will they scare people? Broken believers?"

Riko laughed, "Since it is the fish painted by Ebisu, it must have its own consciousness. It is also possible to go back to the shrine because of the fear of the earthquake. I will go and appease them."

Saying so, she walked to the screen, stroking the carp and whispering to them.

After each carp finished speaking, she straightened up and said to the monk, "Don't worry, they won't shout anymore for a while."

The monk asked half-believingly, "Is it true that you won't call anymore? What if you call again?"

"If you bark again, I'll come again. Don't worry, I won't bark anymore." Lizi said.

Just as she was about to leave with Jiu Tun, it began to rain.Although the rain is not heavy, but if you go out empty-handed like this, your clothes will definitely get wet.

The monk hurriedly took down an oil-paper umbrella from the closet and handed it to Lizi, "I'll find another umbrella."

While the monk was looking for an umbrella, Rika and Shuten stood under the eaves and waited.The rain silk is soft and slender.Without the wind, the rain will not blow under the eaves.The courtyard was quiet and peaceful, and the rainwater fell into the stagnant water last night, converging into bigger puddles.The weeds and trees in the courtyard were covered with water, giving off a soft light.

"It's so cool, Shuten." Lizi stretched out her hand to catch the rainwater dripping like beads from the eaves.

Jiu Tun raised the corners of his mouth slightly, leaned against the pillar comfortably, and watched her catch the rain with his arms crossed.

Footsteps sounded around the corner, and Lizi turned her head to see a monk running towards him with an umbrella in his arms, "My brothers and sisters are going out on business, and I can't find an umbrella in the temple. I found this umbrella in the storeroom." .I don’t know how long it has been placed, the surface of the umbrella has turned yellow. I just looked at it, and at least there is no tatters.”

"Give it to me." Shuten said.He took the umbrella and opened it. As the monk said, it was a very old umbrella.The paint on the handle of the umbrella has peeled off, and the original painted pattern cannot be seen clearly on the umbrella surface.

"I'll return the umbrella to you tomorrow." Lizi said.

The monks didn't have umbrellas, so they couldn't send them out of the monastery.He stood under the eaves and turned back until he could no longer see anyone.

"What did you say to the carp in the room just now?" Shuten asked curiously.

"I didn't say anything," Li Zi smiled, "I just made a nonsense that the shrine kept cats. Those carps shook and stopped moving."

Shuten also smiled slightly, looked up at the foggy sky and said, "I really like rain."

You can walk slowly when it rains.

After returning home, Lizi put two umbrellas in the corner of the house, and planned to pass by Xiguan Temple the next day to return the umbrellas.

At night, the rain had stopped, and the clear light of the moon filled the courtyard.The moonlight shone into the room through the half-open window, reflecting on Lizi's face.She had fallen into a deep sleep.Even the chirping of cicadas outside the window could not wake her up.

There was a loud "snap" in the corner.

Lizi's eyelids moved slightly, she wanted to open them but couldn't bear the drowsiness.

There was another crisp sound from the corner.

Lizi opened her eyes, and in her mind still shrouded in drowsiness, she wondered what the sound was?

"Clap clap."

The silence in the middle of the night filled the surroundings, because it was too quiet, and the occasional noise was very obvious.Lizi's drowsiness finally subsided, she slowly propped herself up, and reached for the paper light bulb next to the pillow with her left hand.

A malicious cold gaze slowly invaded.It was an undisguised disgust, with a strong killing intent.It seemed as if it would turn into a sharp sword and stab into her body in the next second.Not only that, a sticky thing wrapped around her ankle and quickly dragged her to the corner.

Pear puts his hands together and seals quickly. With a "whoosh", a ribbon used to tie hair braids twisted like a snake and rushed towards the corner.

There was a squeal from something in the corner, and another crisp snap.

Li Zi grabbed the paper light bulb next to the pillow and turned it on, and the bright light cast a layer of soft orange.In the corner of the room, a dilapidated umbrella was tightly bound by a hair tie.That was the umbrella that the monks of Xiguang Temple lent her during the day.

But it's different from the daytime one.An eye with too much white grew out of this fan.Below the eyes is a mouth from which a long tongue protrudes.The top of the stone was still wrapped around Pear's ankle.

Not only that, but the handle of the umbrella became a man's leg, covered with hair, wearing a clog.

There was a "boom" sound outside the window, it was Jiu Tun who jumped down from the roof, he knocked on the window urgently, "My lord, what happened?"

"It's the umbrella..."

"Umbrella?"

The noise in the house not only attracted the shikigami in the yard, but even Seimei was woken up.

Wearing white pajamas, he walked in barefoot, glanced at the swaying umbrella under Ibaraki's feet, and said, "It's Fu Sangshen."

"This umbrella is Fu Sangshen?" Lizi asked in surprise.

"That's right." Seimei sat down cross-legged and looked at the umbrella with great interest. "Utensils that have been abandoned for a hundred years have accumulated resentment and turned into monsters. Because most of them are discarded by humans, they have a deep respect for humans." Malicious. After turning into a youkai, he will seek revenge from humans."

"It was thrown in Xiguan Temple, where there are many people, why didn't it seek revenge from the great monk?" Lizi asked.

"Probably the smell of Buddha there is too strong, and Fu Sangshen didn't dare to do anything wrong. But after being brought back by you, he bullied you as a girl and turned into a monster in the middle of the night to attack you." Qingming said.

"It's disgusting." Hearing this, Ibaraki stomped on the umbrella, causing it to scream.

"What should I do?" Lizi said, "I plan to return the umbrella tomorrow, since it is Fusangshen, should I return it?"

Qingming's eyes gradually narrowed.

"What's wrong?" Pear asked.

"There are words on the umbrella." Qingming lifted the ankle of the umbrella, and the umbrella twisted violently like a bug.It seemed that Seimei didn't want Seimei to see the words on the umbrella.

"Monthly reading?"

"Is it the god Mingyue?" Lizi asked in surprise, "If it was His umbrella, how could it be held in Xiguan Temple?"

"Do you remember that I taught you Yin Yang Art?" Qingming looked at Li Zi with a slight smile on her lips, "There is one that can capture the deepest memory in the other party's heart. You can share the images and emotions of the memory with it."

"Remember." Lizi put her hand on the lap of the umbrella like Seimei did, because the umbrella would bite her if she put it on the surface of the umbrella. "It's really uncomfortable, there's too much hair."

Qingming smiled, closed his eyes and recited the incantation silently.

Lizi also quickly closed her eyes and said the spell aloud.Seimei's light laughter came from beside her ear.

Lizi's eyes suddenly opened up, and a vast wilderness appeared.It was raining, and a handsome man walked towards her in his arms in the distance.

It can be seen that this person cherishes the umbrella in his arms very much.Even if the clothes are heavily drenched, I am not willing to open the umbrella.

"Open it, open me." A small voice reached her ears, it was the umbrella speaking.

"You are getting wet, open me, I can protect you from the rain. Isn't it the meaning of my existence to protect you from the rain?"

But the man never opened the umbrella.

As soon as the picture changed, the umbrella was lying alone on the muddy field in the suburbs.He picked it up with one hand, "It's so pitiful, lying here." The owner of the hand took the umbrella back to the servant and ordered it to be wiped clean.The cleaned umbrellas are put in the umbrella basket.In addition to it, there are five or six umbrellas here.

Whenever it rains, someone will come to fetch an umbrella.Umbrella always looks at each other expectantly, and whispers, "Let me come, I can keep out the rain well."

Human beings can't hear its voice, and always take other umbrellas.

As time goes by year after year, the color of the umbrella is getting older and older.It also spoke less and less.Finally one day, it was picked up.Even if she couldn't hear it speak, Lizi could feel its joy.

It is raining lightly outside, and it can finally shelter people from wind and rain.

But it was not used to keep out the rain, but was thrown directly into the ox cart selling second-hand goods.The rain poured on the umbrella, and it was full of hesitation and bewilderment, shaking with the bumps of the bullock cart.

In the end, the umbrella was bought by a monk, and it was shelved after only one use.Because monks never leave the house, they just stay in the room and chant sutras.

The monk passed away many years later.The umbrella was taken out and thrown into the warehouse.It is too old and the color is yellow.New umbrellas were bought one after another.No one ever remembered that it had been a good umbrella either.

"I don't want it anymore," said Umbrella with tears, "I don't want to dream of being a human shield from the rain any more. Human beings are really disgusting creatures."

As time passed, the heart of Umbrella was gradually filled with haze.

"Become a monster and eat humans. Since it's useless, be an umbrella monster that everyone hates."

The picture disappeared, and the familiar room was re-reflected in the pupils.The shikigami still sat around and watched them.Riko knew that Umbrella's memory was over.

"It seems to be Tsukuyomi's umbrella." Qingming said, "I don't know why he discarded it."

Hearing Yueyomi's name, Riko blinked slightly.She had read the biographies of the gods at Ise Shrine.Tsukiyomi is the god in charge of the night, and Amaterasu of Ise Shrine is his twin sister.Therefore, it was only when I was listening to Shenyin outside Heianjing that I heard the whispers of Amaterasu and Tsukiyomi Yagami.

Speaking of which, the sun and the moon were originally inseparable.Once Amaterasu saw the God of Five Grains coming to Weiyuan China, and immediately ordered Yuedu to greet him.

In order to entertain Tsukiyomi, the God of Grains spits out grains to the land and fish and shrimp to the sea. When Tsukiyomi came to her, she was spitting out vegetables.After throwing up, call Tsukiyomi to eat.Tsukiyomi felt insulted and killed the God of Grain.

After the God of Five Grains died, his body turned into cattle, sheep, grains and vegetables.She is such a food god, her body, hair and skin are all food.It's not meant to insult Yuedu.It is wrong to die.Amaterasu was furious when he found out, and scolded Yuedu as an evil god, and the sun and the moon were separated from then on.

From this point of view, Tsukiyomi is really a very sensitive god.

"Let's not deal with this Fusangshen anymore," Lizi said, "Let's return it to Tsukiyomi." What if the other party feels that his umbrella can only be disposed of by himself?

"I think so too." Qingming nodded.

After they decided, they asked Jiu Tun to watch the umbrella demon.Pear then rested.

At dawn the next day, Riko went to the shrine to find Ebisu and asked him to return the umbrella for her.

When Ebisu saw the Umbrella Demon writhing fiercely and with ferocious eyes, he said with interest, "It looks like you have deep resentment." He took out a box from his pocket, which contained a few pebbles.Yebisu took out one of the cobblestones and crushed them with a snap, the stone powder immediately formed a circle in the air.

Ebisu pointed at the circle and said, "Well, Tsukiyomi, I'm Ebisu. You have an umbrella here that has already become a spirit, do you want to take it back?"

The voice fell, and the circle disappeared.

"You'll hear it when Tsukiyomi wakes up." Ebisu said.

Lizi nodded, thinking that this way of talking was very interesting.Just as he was about to say goodbye, he saw ripples in the air.

A pair of good-looking hands stretched out, and pulled to both sides as if tearing the air, revealing the boundless darkness inside.From it came a leg, followed by another leg, then the body, and finally the neck and face.

The handsome man in Umbrella's memory just walked out.When he glanced at Lizi, he was slightly taken aback.

"Hey, it's Tsukiyomi-kun, isn't it daytime? Why did you wake up?" Ebisu asked in surprise.

"I sometimes stay up late." Tsukiyomi said with a smile, shifting his gaze from Riko's face to Ebisu's, "I heard your message. I did lose a beloved umbrella a long time ago. I drew on it because I thought it was so good that I was reluctant to use it for a long time."

"Here, this is your beloved umbrella." Ebisu pointed at the umbrella demon rolling on the ground.

Yuedu was taken aback, "Is this leg hair my umbrella?" He bent down, touched the rolling umbrella demon with his hand, and carefully looked at the pattern on the umbrella surface, "It really is my umbrella. It turned into Fu Sangshen."

Ebisu nodded, "Since it's your umbrella, take it back and use it properly. Waiting for the rain is the fate of an umbrella's life. No matter how beautiful the umbrella is, it is the meaning of its existence to protect the owner from the wind and rain. Presumably the umbrella thinks the same way. .”

"I have seen this umbrella. Accidentally losing it is not enough to become a fusangshen, because it has not been abandoned for a hundred years. The real reason for it to become a monster is the depression day after day. It has not been born since it was born. Really keep out the rain."

"So that's how it is." Yuedu gently stroked the umbrella and said, "When you go back, you will help you repaint the umbrella surface, and you will use it well in the future. Please don't be sad anymore."

The umbrella demon looked at Yuedu and blinked slightly.Under Yueyue's touch, its eyes gradually softened, and its tongue retracted.Even that big thick leg is slowly turning into a bamboo umbrella handle.

Lizi raised the corner of her mouth, knowing that the umbrella demon is back, she will stop being a monster and make a good umbrella.

Only then did Yuedu turn his gaze back to Lizi's face, his gaze was slightly complicated.It was a long time before he smiled again and said, "You helped me find my beloved umbrella. If so, what do you want in return?"

Ebisu next to him immediately gave Riko a hint.But it was difficult for Lizi to figure out what it meant from his winking.Ebisu simply opened his mouth, "This child needs one thing to increase luck now."

"Things that increase luck?" Yuedu was a little surprised, "Isn't she lucky?"

"Huh?" Ebisu and Riko looked at Tsukiyomi suspiciously at the same time.

Seemingly feeling that his words were very vague, Yue Duqing coughed, "Be lucky, I'll give you this fruit." He took out a small red fruit from his pocket, "After eating it, it can last for one The luck of the hour. I don’t know if you think it’s enough or not?”

"Enough is enough." Ebisu snatched the fruit instead of Riko, and shouted happily, "Okay, I will accept the thank you. You go to rest. It is really hard to stay up until now."

"Who says it's not?" Yuedu said this, his eyes still turning on Lizi's face, as if to say something harshly.But helplessly, Ebisu kept banging behind him, "Go to sleep, aren't you tired? I don't want the moon to appear too late tonight."

"Okay then, I'll take my leave." Yuedu seemed exhausted, and walked into the dark hole behind him with an umbrella.The big hole closed again after he entered, and the courtyard returned to its original appearance.