juvenile onmyoji

The summer sun is getting stronger and stronger.Standing in the sun for a while, the heat spreads.But standing in the shade under the porch with the wind blowing, it makes people feel less hot.

Riko has been waiting for Seimei to see the remaining pieces.But Yinyangliao suddenly became busy.Qingming would come back very late every day, and leave before dawn in the morning.She was ashamed to disturb him, but it was not a day or two anyway.It's not too late to wait until his holiday arrives.

After breakfast, she sat on the porch wearing clogs and prepared to go to the shrine.Ibaraki's frightened voice came from next to his ear, "Why did something go wrong all of a sudden? Really... Can't get out?"

"Yeah," Suzaku said disapprovingly, "Occasionally, similar things happened before. It is said that the gate of summoning is old. The blood words of the onmyojis cannot reach there. Master Qingming is busy recently. Is this the matter? Take a shovel and shovel off the rusty blood on it."

"But, the shikigami inside will be very scared, right?" Ibaraki's face was tangled, and the small knot on his head also collapsed.

"What's there to be afraid of?" Suzaku said, "Those who can't get out of the gate all the year round have already gotten used to it. But those in the new gate will panic because they don't know what's going on."

"Ah, it's a good thing Xiaoli didn't lock me in recently. If the door breaks down in the sea area of ​​Gaotianyuan in the past few days, wouldn't it be a disaster?"

Riko stood up after putting on her shoes, and as she walked outside, she asked Shuten who followed her to the shrine, "What happened?"

"The door of the small black room is broken." Shuten said.

"The place where the shikigami are brought together?" Lizi was slightly surprised, "There is a door to that place?"

"Well, do you remember how to summon shikigami?" Shuten asked.

"Remember, just bite your finger, and then silently recite the spell to write the name of the shikigami out of thin air."

"When I was wandering in the small black room," Shuten said, "you summoned me outside. After writing my name, I will see a light door appear above my head."

"Later, I found out by asking other shikigami. Yinyangliao also has a door. When you finish writing my name, the blood-collected name will open the door of summoning through that door. The summoned shikigami can start from out there."

"It seems that the door is very important," Lizi said, "no wonder it rusts. Shikigami are summoned every day, there must be a lot of blood on that door. I don't know when it will be repaired? I just got locked in The shikigami must not know what happened."

"It should be soon." Shuten said.

That door was not repaired.

Although Yinyangliao quickly removed the blood and rust spots on it.But the summoning ceremony still cannot be started.Yinyangliao oiled the door again, but the shiny door still didn't respond at all.

Qingming told Lizi after returning from Yinyangliao, "The onmyojis are very flustered now. They rely on shikigami to handle various things and trivial matters in life. Suddenly there is no shikigami to command them, and they can't do anything at once. There was no such thing as before. The situation, the door has been repaired. And there is nothing to repair, I don’t know what went wrong.”

"Everyone finally knows that shikigami is very important, right?" Li Zi sat on a low table and went to a bowl of carrot soup. "Suddenly losing shikigami will not lead a life. I hope they can treat shikigami well in the future. I have seen There are many onmyojis who treat shikigami harshly. They are both angry and helpless."

"Didn't you just take me to see it?" Just as Daitengu planted a Shiranui Ibaraki in the courtyard and walked in, "At that time you advised me not to be a shikigami, so you took me to see a poor shikigami god."

"It was so cold, he knelt by the sink to wash clothes. His fingers were swollen into carrots. After washing the clothes, he went to make porridge for the hostess. After cooking the porridge, he went to coax the children and was scolded. The last thing he ate It's the hostess's leftovers. Isn't that really a shikigami and not a slave?"

Qingming said lightly, "In fact, when you sign a contract with Xiaoli, you are equivalent to her slave. Shikigami is a usable item, and onmyojis always think so."

"Even if it's the shikigami you saw, I'm afraid he feels that life is very happy in his heart. Think about the monsters who are locked in a small dark room and cannot come out."

"That's true," Ibaraki nodded, "I'd rather live like that shikigami than be in an endless prison."

Ibaraki suddenly felt that he was so happy that he was so happy now.He hugged Li Zi's arm happily, "Master, what else can you ask me to do? Let me serve you soup, okay?"

"Just be quiet for a while," Lizi said.

"Ibaraki-kun..." Daitengu, who came back from delivering the tools, looked at Ibaraki who was holding Riko's arm in surprise.

"Okay, okay, I know I'm breaking the rules again." Ibaraki hurriedly said before Daitengu could speak.In order not to let Daitengu continue his duties, he stood up and rolled up his sleeves and said, "I'm going to water Shiranui."

Qingming looked at the small sapling in the courtyard, "Did you plant Shiranui?"

"Well," Lizi nodded and admitted, "I hope I can help Mei call back that god as soon as possible." The chopsticks in her hand paused slightly, "Do I count as a Shiranui believer?"

"It doesn't count," Qingming said, "Believers only trust this god wholeheartedly. You can only be regarded as a wishing believer. But the power of making a wish can also be gathered in Gao Tianyuan, and it is also useful."

Li Zi nodded, "As long as it works."

A few more days passed, and Yinyang Liao was almost overwhelmed.Onmyojis from all over the world gathered here to question the Liaoban why there was no response when he summoned Shikigami.

"Now it's popular to build yards to hoard shikigami," Seimei said. "I don't want to take back shikigami. Anyway, I can't call them out. Let them all live in the same yard."

"Where did the shikigami come from?" Riko asked, "Isn't their shikigami imprisoned in a small dark room?"

"New one." Seimei said, "Since the shikigami was lost, the Onmyoji had to find a new one."

"But Shikigami is not so easy to find, right?"

"Yes, like a big monster, no matter how lucky you are, you can't find a willing shikigami. But you can still catch a lot of little monsters like Fu Sangshen. Well, by the way, this is for you." Qingming He took something out of his pocket and put it in front of Li Zi.

Warm color, seafood shape...

"Is it a jade fish?" Lizi picked it up in surprise, and repeatedly confirmed that it was indeed the same jade fish as hers.Isn't this at Yuan Chuyu's place?

"General Laiguang came to Yinyangliao to look for me today," Qingming said, "and entrusted me to exchange the jade fish with you. He said that the marriage contract between the two families is now over. He also brought you a small box of gold." Push the flat box in front of the pear.

Open the pear, and there is a round gold pancake in the box, which is very heavy.

"I don't want it." She closed the box unhappily, "It's like agreeing not to divorce Genji for the time being, because I want gold from their family."

"I know you won't want it. But I still need to come back and ask you before I can deal with it." Qingming handed the flat box to Suzaku, "Send it to Genji."

Suzaku took it and turned to leave.

"Hey, isn't this jade fish on Yuan Chuyu's body?" Lizi asked again.

"General Laiguang didn't say much, just said that someone put the jade fish on his desk in the middle of the night, and there was a letter attached. I guess Yuan Chuyu asked him to return it to you. General Laiguang looked haggard. Few, there are many gray hairs growing on the temples."

"I don't know what Yuan Chuyu wrote in his letter." Riko said thoughtfully, "Minami Raiko hated monsters the most. But his wife fused with monsters and died, and his son ran away with the evil god."

"Who knows?" Qingming said while taking the jade fish over and putting it away.

Eh?Lizi opened her eyes wide in surprise, "Master Seimei, this is mine..."

Qingming paused, raised her eyes to look at Pear, with a gentle color and a hint of interest in her eyes, "Don't you already have one?"

"Yes, but these two belong to my family. I want to put them away." Lizi said.

"I'll keep it for you." Qingming said with a smile, "I've coveted this jade fish for a long time. What's more, I don't have to make atonement for Yuedu. Only with this fish can I redeem it openly."

Lizi looked at him with some amusement, "Even if you want this jade fish, you have to get the consent of Lord Yicai and my brother."

"There is no problem at all with my father," Qingming said, "It's just your brother's side..."

"Yeah, I can't find him." Lizi said sadly, resting her chin, "I still haven't told him about my grandma. He hates the Emperor deeply and always wants to take revenge. But I think the Emperor has always been safe. Brother, he can’t touch the palace for the time being.”

Qingming murmured with doubts in his eyes, "Yeah, why hasn't he touched it yet?"

……

There are suddenly many onmyojis from other places in Ping'an Jing.Wearing emblems embroidered with Tosa, Harima, and Hyuga, they roam the streets.

"Can't we all come here to catch monsters and become shikigami?" Riko sat in the bullock cart and looked out through the window.

Because of the increased flow of people, the bullock carts were moving very slowly.Two men walked by outside the window, one of them was wearing the hunting clothes of an onmyoji, the other was wearing a simple water dry, with a trace of contempt on his face.

"I can't do anything, I always eat first." Onmyoji complained, "I don't know why I have such a shikigami like you? Let you do some work and drag it around."

"My lord's family is so poor, and I'm the only Shikigami. Let me do everything, but don't give me enough food. I want to help you do more, but I don't have the strength." The man said in a greasy voice.

The Onmyoji seemed very angry, but there was nothing he could do.I can only think about it and walk past the pear cart.

Ibaraki smiled and said, "Now the shikigami in the small black room can't get out, and the shikigami outside can't get in. Even if the onmyoji is not satisfied with the shikigami, they can't put them away like in the past. As a result of these The shikigami became confident. Although he didn't dare to resist on the surface, he secretly put off his work and refused to do it."

"So it's like this?" Lizi said with a smile, "Why do I still think this is good."

When Qingming returned home at night, she looked at Suzaku who was busy preparing meals and said with a smile, "Even if Suzaku goes on strike suddenly, I can't do anything about it."

Suzaku set the bowls containing udon noodles for Li Zi and Seimei, and put a few small plates containing pickles in the middle, and then said, "I heard that the life of onmyojis is not easy now."

"I went shopping during the day and met a shikigami I knew. She used to work hard every day before dawn. But she was always scolded by the owner. Now she doesn't work and runs out early to play. Anyway Nor can her master take her away."

"Aren't they afraid that the door of Yinyangliao will be repaired?" Lizi asked, "The master's revenge will be even stronger then."

"It can't be repaired," Seimei said. "Tomorrow, the Onmyoji will try to open the door a crack. Send some onmyojis from the dorm inside to see if they can save some shikigami."

"Onmyojis in other places can also go in to find their own shikigami. But it is not recommended. Because no one has ever entered. Humans and shikigami are different after all. The space inside is too wide, and it is possible that you cannot get out. .”

"No wonder there are so many strange-faced onmyojis here in Heianjing," Lizi said thoughtfully, "They all want to go in and look for the big monster, right? If there is that kind of big monster whose master is dead but shikigami hasn't come out .Re-sign the contract and release them. I think there should be shikigami who are willing to do this."

"I was also entrusted to go in and look for shikigami." Seimei said, "Some onmyojis with very powerful shikigami, because the door of the small black room suddenly broke down, the shikigami were locked inside. They wanted to find the shikigami When I came back, I didn’t want to go in and take risks. I just spent a lot of money and hired people to go in and look for it.”

"Money is really omnipotent." Li Zi sighed.

"Not necessarily." Qingming picked up the noodles with chopsticks carelessly.

"what?"

"I'm also quite rich, but I haven't fulfilled my wish on you."

"What wish do you want to fulfill?" Lizi asked.

"What else could it be?" Suzaku on the side rolled his eyes, "He wants to get in touch with you."

"Well, it's not impossible at all," Lizi propped her cheek with one hand, and tapped her face with her fingers like playing a piano, "It depends on whether Master Qingming can give you the money."

"Really?" Qingming became serious in an instant.

"Yeah." Pear nodded with a smile.

Half an hour later, the meal was over.Qingming took out a box of gold and a box of pearls and pushed them to Lizi, "Is it enough?"

Pear twisted a bead and twirled it between her fingers.Sea pearls as big as lotus seeds, with bright luster, are the best heavenly maiden pearls.It should be left by Inari God.But he probably didn't expect that his prodigal son would one day use this to kill chickens.

"Ahhh—it hurts so much."

"Xiao Li, take it easy—"

"Ah, ah, um... Please, take it easy, I really can't do it. Without you, this is the first time for me."

Seimei's voice kept coming from the closed door.The shikigami outside looked at each other with different expressions.

"Xiaoli...is it so fierce?" Teng She said.

"That's right," Ootengu nodded, "In order to be a shikigami better, I learned how to take care of babies. I can do breastfeeding and change diapers."

"You can't breastfeed, can you?" Ibaraki looked at him suspiciously.

Jiu Tun sat in the corner, eyes closed and silent.

In the room, Qingming sat cross-legged with his back to Lizi, with a forbearing and painful expression on his face.On his shoulders, there were two tender white hands pinching hard.

"It hurts, it hurts." Qingming couldn't help it.

"You usually always write at your desk, and your shoulders will be sore after a long time. Let me relax your shoulders." Lizi said with a smile, "Master Qingming usually bumps and bumps during battles. Can't bear it?"

"But why does it hurt so much? Ah, it really hurts." Qingming couldn't help dodging, but was immediately pulled back by Lizi.

"Because the flesh of the shoulder blade hurts even if it is lightly pinched. You always overuse this part of the muscle. Bear with me, this is the first time I have been pinched."

"It's also the first time for me to be pinched." Qingming said dissatisfiedly, "Is this what you call intimacy?"

"That's right, that's how my intimacy is." While pressing hard, Lizi said naturally, "It's very practical."

"It seems that our ideas are really quite different." Seimei turned around and said.

"What's the difference? Hmm..."

Riko opened her eyes slightly, and Seimei was pressed on the tatami the next moment.

As soon as she struggled, her chin was firmly pinched by the other party, and the boy's fingertips pressed against her lips and caressed ambiguously, "My intimacy is like this."

Seimei always gives the impression of being dignified and calm.Only when he was alone with her, would the tails of his eyes be raised, and his eyes glowed with a seductive light.It completely exposed his fox lineage.

"Black sesame gnocchi, white on the outside and black on the inside." Li Zi couldn't help muttering in a low voice.

Qingming sat up with a smile, and at the same time reached out to pull her up, "Stop making trouble, I'm going to rest early."

"So early?" Lizi looked at him in surprise.Seimei always reads until very late before falling asleep.

"Well, Yin Yang will send people to the small black room tomorrow, and I am among them. I have to report early."

"Master Seimei is going in? Is it dangerous?" Lizi asked worriedly.

"There are precautionary measures, so don't worry. Besides, I've been curious about it for a long time. This time I just went in to have a look. It may take a few days, just wait for me at home." Qingming stood up, turned and walked out ,"rest early."

Riko stared blankly as she walked out, a surprised voice from Shikigami outside her ear, "My lord, are you so fast?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Xiaoli just squeezed my shoulder."

"Shoulder squeeze? That's too expensive. I know an old man on the street who gave someone loose bones, and he only wanted five copper coins. My lord, your money is wasted."

"Little pear is very good at pinching, you don't understand."

……

On the second day, Lizi got up very early, but Qingming had already gone to Yinyangliao.Ibaraki seemed to be laughing at Shuten about how she pressed Seimei's shoulder yesterday.

Although his voice was very low, he could still hear Jiu Tun scolding "Get out" angrily.

Riko brings Daitengu to the shrine.As soon as she entered the door, she was asked by the god to buy incense sticks.She didn't even enter the door, so she took the money bag given by the god and got into the bullock cart.The big tengu was left to work by the god.

Pear took the purse to buy incense sticks.The craftsmen told by the gods live in a deep alley.A row of old mulberry trees is planted outside the alley, covering all the light in the alley.Cool is cool, but it is inevitable to feel lonely and gloomy.

Lizi walked quickly with her head down, and her wooden clogs made a crisp "da da" sound on the bluestone board.

This road is too long. It is said that this place used to be a mass grave, but it was later converted into an urban area.Although I have seen many ghosts.But when I was alone in such a quiet environment, I still felt a little uneasy.

"Pa—" A twig hit her left shoulder, her pupils shrank, and she subconsciously looked up to the left.On the fence that is as high as a person, there is a person wearing a dark purple hunting suit, which is Yamata no Orochi.

Lizi immediately showed horror on her face, and touched the talisman bag with her left hand.

Bamata didn't stop him at all, he folded his arms and said with a smile, "There's a Ge Cage Demon hiding at the end of the alley."

"Ge Cage Monster?" Lizi took out the spell and paused slightly, "Is that the monster with three eyes hiding in the Ge Cage?" She remembered the description of the Ge Cage Monster in the monster album .

There was an old couple, the grandfather was very kind-hearted, and always took out a little food from the bowl to feed the sparrows who came to visit the yard.Over time, he aroused the resentment of his wife.One day, while he was not at home, his wife lured the sparrows with food and cut off their tongues.

The old man was very angry, and ran to the forest to find the sparrow, but was warmly received by the sparrow.Before leaving, Sparrow took out two Ge cages for the old man to choose.Grandpa only picked the smallest one.

When I got home and opened it, it was full of shiny gold coins.His wife became lustful, and she also went to the forest to look for sparrows.Regardless of past suspicions, the sparrow asked her to choose Ge Long.She picked the biggest one without hesitation.

When I got home, I was bitten to death by a monster that sprang out of the lid as soon as I opened the lid.From then on, Gelong Yao officially entered the Yaozu.The Ge Long Yao who killed the old woman tasted the deliciousness of human blood.It no longer allows people to choose the size of the Ge cage, but hides in a dark corner.

When people walked over and accidentally kicked it, it would come out viciously, looking like it was hurt and wanted to take revenge.If human beings are willing to spend money to comfort it, it will spare the other party.If the other party refuses to take the money, kill the other party.It is a monster who can touch porcelain very much.

"I'm not afraid of Gelong Yao." Lizi said, her eyes were still looking at him vigilantly, "Is there anything else you want?"

"No more." Yamata said with a smile.

"Then, I'm leaving." Lizi said.

"Yes." Yamata nodded.

Lizi glanced at him again, and continued to walk deep into the alley.Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of Yamata's leisurely look, and followed her along the fence at a leisurely pace.Seeing her looking over, Yamata said, "I'm going this way too."

Riko looked back, knowing that if Yamata no Orochi wanted to do something, she couldn't stop it by herself.It seemed that he was harmless and in a good mood.It should be fine.

Thinking this way, people have come to the corner.Even though she remembered that there was Ge Long Yao in her heart, she couldn't stop him from rolling under her feet.

"Oh, kick me, no, I'm going to die." A Gelong with its cover overturned on the ground, and a monster with a one-meter-long neck and three eyes protruded from it.

"It's unreasonable, I can be kicked even if I stand against the wall..." Ge Longyao was doing all he could, when he caught a glimpse of the man standing on the wall.Isn't the man who folded his arms and stared at it coldly the Yamata no Orochi?

Who in the Yaozu doesn't know this lord?The monsters sold by the slippery ghosts are on the picture to avoid.In addition to the powerful Onmyoji, there is also Yamata no Orochi.He was also marked with six stars, representing a high-risk level.

With a sound of "snap", Gelong Yao quickly slapped himself, "Aren't you awake yet? Go to bed and go to bed." He reached for the lid to hide himself again.But as soon as the bright light burst down, a violent flame erupted immediately.

Ge Long Yao was writhing in pain, and looked at the person who attacked it incredulously in the firelight.The young girl who looked at it blankly put her hands in a mudra, and the light struck again. It didn't even utter a cry, it turned into a glimmer of light and quietly floated into Benpingling under the strong light.

The melodious ringing of the bell ended, the light disappeared, and the alley became quiet again.

"Well, it's a bit like a certain person. He just hit him without saying hello." Yamata said.

Lizi looked up at him, with an indelible fear in her eyes.It seemed that if he didn't leave, she would not go any further.

Yamata smiled, "I'm here." After speaking, he turned and jumped to the other side of the wall and left.

Lizi just went to buy incense sticks.

After buying the incense sticks, she went back the same way to find the ox cart that brought her here.Many onmyojis suddenly poured into the street.It seems to be signing up to go to the little black house.

"If we can go in and catch the ownerless big monster, we will get rich."

"I heard that there are quite a few big monsters like this. Hundreds of years ago there were so many big monsters. At that time, a random onmyoji had more than a dozen big monsters as shikigami. Because there were too many big monsters to use, they were punished by the little black house. etc. When their lifespan is over, the big monsters will never come out again."

"The shikigami can't move inside, so we have to recite them. We make them sign a contract. If we don't sign it, we won't bring them out."

"good idea."

"Clear water—"

Lizi was suddenly grabbed by the cuff.She turned around and saw that it was the Tosaryu Onmyoji, Katori Yuzuki and Katori Miko who had fought at the Onmyoji Trial Conference last time.

"Shimizu, I'm going to find you." Yuzuki Katori said happily.

"What do you want from me?" Lizi said while looking at her.I haven't seen each other for half a year, and this onmyoji still maintains an uncomfortable familiarity on his face.

"I want to invite you to go to the small black house to make a fortune. We can find a powerful big demon to be a shikigami." Katori Yuzuki still spoke in this way regardless of what others thought.

"I'm not interested in that kind of thing," Lizi said lightly, "I already have three big demon shikigami."

"Three?" Katori Yuzuki's reaction was half a beat slow, "Aren't you just a ghost king of Dajiangshan, Shuten Doji?"

"And Ibaraki Doji and Ootengu."

"Ibaraki Doji and Daitengu?" Katori Yuzuki and Kaoru Kotori changed color at the same time. "Is that Ibaraki-douji who is as famous as Shutenji, and the big tengu who is famous all over the country?"

"I can understand Ibaraki-douji, because Shuten-douji may be willing to be your shikigami. What's the matter with Ootengu? He is very strict in choosing masters, and it is said that he must be the chosen master."

"You probably don't know that he has an ancestral wooden plaque, right? It says the profession that has been stipulated since his ancestors' time. In his generation, the profession is Shikigami. But it must be the chosen master on the wooden plaque."

"Speak big," Xiang Xiaoniao looked at Riko suspiciously, "Oitengu is very famous in our Harima, he is not a shikigami who can be signed casually."

"My lord, the God Lord asked me to come to you and ask if I can buy any incense sticks?" A crisp, youthful voice sounded in the air.Katori Yuyue and Xiang Xiaoniao cast their gazes over, and suddenly opened their eyes wide.

Isn't that boy with huge wings behind him a big tengu?

"I got it." Lizi showed him the bag in her hand.

"There is a human being who can see me," Datengu was slightly surprised, and glanced at the mark on the opponent's chest, "It turns out to be an onmyoji."

He turned to Lizi and took the incense sticks, "I'll get them for you. My lord, if you want to talk to your friends here, I'll send the incense sticks back first."

"Okay." Pear said.

Daitengu nodded, and as soon as he turned around to leave, he heard a questioning voice behind him, "Aren't you Shimizu's shikigami? She's bragging, right?"

Ootengu turned his head and saw that the question was uttered by a priestess in Chihaya's uniform. He frowned slightly, "Of course I am Shimizu-sama's shikigami. You are too rude to say that."

Xiang Xiaoniao blushed, pursed her lips tightly and stopped talking.

The big tengu bowed to Lizi again, and then flew away.

Riko is no longer interested in talking to Katori Yuzuki, she nodded lightly, "Then, I'm leaving too."

"Wait, Shimizu," Katori Yuzuki grabbed her hand, turned back and shouted at another companion who was signing up, "Master Shingo, help Shimizu also register, I decided to make her our companion She is so powerful, she has such a powerful shikigami."

Riko suddenly turned her head to look at the registration office. Tosa Onmyouji Shingo Inoue, who also appeared last time, smiled lazily at her, "Reported."

She immediately darkened.

Master Qingming said that the registration book of Yinyangliao is very evil, as long as the name is written on it, it can no longer be deleted.For those who do not fulfill their promises, their luck will be low for five or six days, which is considered a small punishment.Therefore, adults who sign up are very cautious.

"She shouldn't dare to ask her shikigami to accompany her?" Xiang Xiaoniao teased, "The small black room can be a nightmare for shikigami. Besides, shikigami can't move in it. You pick her to do it." What's the use of companions?"

"But Shimizu's paper-cutting skills are very powerful." Katori Yuzuki retorted, "But Shimizu, can you ask for another helper? My helper is Mrs. Kotori. Mrs. Shingo also brought an onmyoji as his helper. "

"Who can she invite?" Xiang Xiaoniao continued to laugh, "I heard that Abe Seimei went to the small black house with Yinyangliao. Does she have no companion?"

"I'll go in with her, I'm her helper." A smiling voice sounded, and a slender man with a white porcelain mask appeared in front of them.

Lizi was slightly startled, isn't that voice that makes people feel like a spring breeze, isn't it Yamata no Orochi?