Urban Night Returner

Shen Gu noticed this person just now.He was of medium build, with average features, and he probably wouldn't be able to find it in a crowd, but from a serious perspective, this person's muscles wrapped in clothes were well-proportioned and strong, and he walked briskly and silently, which was a good skill.Just now he was standing on the side of the door looking at the eight antique swords, but when Zhong Lecen said that Ou Yezi's copper for the sword was taken from Huangquan, the man moved slowly and approached, Zhong Lecen pulled Shen Gu to the corner Here, he also followed.As soon as he opened his mouth, Shen Gu could hear something was wrong.This person's Chinese is [-] points standard, but because it is too standard, it makes people feel awkward. Who would use the news broadcast method to strike up a conversation with someone?And this bow shows the truth even more—this is a Japanese.

Zhong Lecen was unaware that a person would suddenly jump out from the side, and instinctively took a step back, looked him up and down, and said hesitantly: "You are——"

The man took out a business card from his suit pocket, bowed his body slightly and handed it over with both hands respectfully: "Please give me your advice."

Zhong Lecen took it over and read softly: "Tsuchimikado Ichiro, director of the Hokkaido Personal Collection Association..."

Tsuchimikado bowed again: "Yes. May I ask the names of the two gentlemen?"

Shen Gu frowned, Zhong Lecen suddenly took his hand from behind, and replied naturally: "My name is Shen Cheng, and he is Zhong Yue."

Shen Gu looked at him calmly.It turns out that this person will open his eyes and talk nonsense.

Tu Yumen bowed again: "Mr. Shen Cheng, Mr. Zhong Yue, please take care of me."

Shen Gu didn't answer.Although he didn't know why Zhong Lecen gave Tu Yumen two false names, but at this time, it's better to let Zhong Lecen answer the question.But Zhong Lecen just smiled and didn't reply: "Did Mr. Tu Yumen come to China for tourism?"

Tsuchimikado smiled respectfully: "Yes. China has ancient culture and beautiful scenery. I like China very much."

Shen Gu snorted lightly, wanting to ask him: Do you like Chinese culture or Chinese cultural relics?The Shen family absolutely did not like the Japanese.When Shen Zhiyun was studying at Changsha Girls' Middle School, she once watched a close classmate who was killed by a Japanese plane on the street because he didn't have time to run into the air-raid shelter.Until now, she still feels tightness in her chest and palpitations in thunderstorm days.

Tu Yumen glanced at Shen Gu keenly, and then turned his gaze back to Zhong Lecen: "I have met many friends in China, and I have seen many antiques, including some ancient swords. It is the first time I have encountered such a brilliant explanation of history. To tell you the truth, I am also a lover of ancient swords. My ancestors also made swords as a profession, and I have always been interested in Chinese swordsmithing. Especially the "magic weapons" in Chinese history, but it is a pity that few people in China now study these. People pay more attention to guns, and seem to have lost interest in cold weapons."

Shen Gu's research on cold weapons mainly focuses on practicality, especially short weapons, and has little say in long weapons such as swords.Zhong Lecen smiled: "It turns out that Mr. Tu Yumen has a family connection, but I know little about Japanese swordsmiths, and I have never heard of the name of your family."

The muscles on both sides of Tu Yumen's mouth twitched slightly, but he still kept a smile on his face: "It's not important, the important thing is that I just heard Mr. Doubt, I don’t know if sir can clear it up for me?”

Zhong Lecen said politely: "Mr. Tu Yumen is too polite. I'm just a family's opinion, and I don't have any evidence to prove it. I never dare to explain my doubts, and I'm afraid it will lead people astray."

Tsuchyumen didn't seem to intend to stop there, and bowed slightly: "Mr. Shen is too polite. Mr. Shen's remarks just now are very insightful. I dare to ask, is Mr. Shen an Onmyoji?"

Zhong Lecen replied calmly: "The onmyoji mentioned by Mr. Tu Yumen seems to be a title in your country. There is no such title in our country. At least I have never heard of it, let alone understand it."

Tu Yumen glanced at him, and smiled: "It's my low-sightedness, which made Mr. Shen laugh. Just now, when we talked about the Tai'a sword made by Ou Yezi, Mr. Shen thought it was a yin weapon that could command Yin soldiers. I would like to ask, why Ou Yezi's fish intestines, Chunjun, and Zhanlu swords cast from the copper of the underworld do not have this ability, but Tai'a does? Is there something unusual about the material of Tai'a? According to my humble opinion in " The content read in Yue Jue Shu only said that Ou Yezi and the generals "chiseled Cishan, let out its stream, and took Tieying", but did not talk about any special places, and the Longyuan and Gongbu cast at the same time are in the history There is no such miraculous performance in the world, why is this?"

Zhong Lecen frowned slightly: "It's normal for the swords cast at the same time to be different. Among the five bronze swords that Ou Yezi forged for the King of Yue, two were not considered to be precious swords, while Yuchang was a murderous sword. Jun is the sword of Zhongzheng Yanghe, made from the same furnace, isn't there a big difference?"

Tu Yumen laughed a little: "Mr. Shen is avoiding the important and just taking the light. The difference between Yuchang and Chunjun, I'm afraid it can't be compared with Tai'a's miraculousness, right? Mr. just mentioned that Ou Yezi is not only a master of sword casting, but also a master of gathering spirits." , this point, sir, can you explain in more detail? For example, the method of gathering spirits?"

Zhong Lecen was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Mr. Tu Yumen's question is really interesting. Regarding Ou Yezi, I only figured it out from the myths. How could I know his method of gathering spirits?"

A disappointed expression flashed across Tsuchimikado's face.He wanted to say something more, but Shen Gu frowned impatiently: "Since Japan has its own onmyoji, why should it come to China to look for some spirit-gathering techniques?"

Tsuchimikado's expression was slightly awkward: "Yes. I admit that a lot of Japanese culture comes from China. Although it has been carried forward in Japan, something has been inevitably lost in the development. I came to China, Just trying to find these lost secrets."

Shen Gu didn't want to listen to this kind of argument anymore, and sneered: "Since it's 'carrying forward', why should we care about losing 'a little' thing, I'm sorry, we still have to continue to visit, so we won't accompany you."

With a regretful expression on his face, Tsuchimikado walked a few steps behind the two: "Mr. Shen, Mr. Shen, I hope to have the opportunity to talk with you in the future. If Mr. Shen is interested, please call me."

Shen Gu pulled Zhong Lecen to take two quick steps, followed the crowd to the second floor, leaving the annoying voice behind.When he reached the second floor, he glanced down and found that there was a woman beside Tsuchimikado, wearing a purple casual suit, with her head slightly bowed, unable to see her face, she seemed to be saying something to Tsuchimikado.Tsuchimikado listened for a moment, then turned around and walked out with her.Looking from behind, Shen Gu felt that the woman's footsteps were very light, as if she didn't land on the ground, but floated in the air.He didn't remember seeing this woman in the hall on the first floor just now, but there were too many people at the exhibition, and he didn't allow him to look at it carefully, and quickly covered the two of them.Shen Gu withdrew his gaze and glanced at Zhong Lecen.Zhong Lecen was also looking at Tu Yumen's back in a daze, Shen Gu gently pulled him to avoid the oncoming flow of people, and asked, "Why make up two fake names for him?"

Zhong Lecen frowned, looked down at the business card in his hand: "Do you know the surname Tu Yumen?"

"Have not heard."

"Then, what about Abe?"

"Shinzo Abe?"

"Onmyoji?"

"What did the Japanese say just now?"

Zhong Lecen felt powerless.Shen Gu laughed softly: "What circles are you going around? I know I'm not familiar with these things."

Zhong Lecen shook the business card in his hand: "The most famous onmyoji in Japan is probably Abe Seimei in the Heian period. There are many famous novels about him. Although there are many deified elements in them, he is indeed a An extremely capable onmyoji, there is no doubt about it."

"Tsuchimikado has something to do with him?"

"Tsuchimikado is probably his descendant."

"Abe Seimei should be named Abe, right?"

"Yes. But you know that not everyone in Japan had a surname in ancient times. Later, their surname development went through a very chaotic period, and the surname Abe was also abused. The descendants of Abe Seimei are divided into Kurahashi and To There are two branches of Yumen, and the one with the surname Abe is not his descendant."

"You mean that Tsuchimikado is an Onmyoji?"

"It's possible. Ordinary antique lovers, I'm afraid no one would care so much about the supernatural aspects of an antique. They might talk about the legend of the antique, but no one would take it seriously, let alone get to the bottom of it. To ask about some things that are nonsense to ordinary people. So even if Tsuchiyamen is not an onmyoji, he is not an ordinary collector."

"You still didn't say it, why did you tell him two false names?"

"A name is a curse."

"What do you mean?"

Zhong Lecen smiled: "If you have read Dream Pillow Tapir's novel "Onmyoji", you will have a clear understanding of this sentence. This sentence means that a person's name can also be used as a spell Although the novel is a novel, there are certain facts in it. It is generally believed that a person's real name has spiritual power, and if an onmyoji knows a person's real name, he can use this to cast a curse on that person."

"So, onmyoji must not be allowed to be a household registration police?"

Zhong Lecen almost fell over: "You——" This is arguing!

"Don't believe me, names can't be called casually. Not only in Japan, but also in our country. There is a kind of spirit called Shanxi, who can harm people if they know their names. There is also a kind of ghost, which belongs to the sprite. One type, when people encounter it, they will lose their minds, have chills and fever, and if they know the name of this kind of ghost and call it out, they can decipher the sneakiness. There is also the kind that is often played on TV, which uses people's names and birthdays Writing on paper dolls or puppets is a way to harm people. The birth date and the name are actually the same, so the name is definitely not something that can be told to others casually."

Shen Gu pondered for a while: "Then is the name of Tsuchiyamen real?"

"Not necessarily. If he is really an onmyoji, he will not easily tell others his real name. However, even if it is not his real name, he promised when I called him by this name, so this name has a certain curse. power." Zhong Lecen looked up at Shen Gu and smiled slightly, "When he called us, I was really afraid that you agreed, but luckily you didn't answer."

Shen Gu shrugged: "I think since you want to deceive this devil, it's better for me not to talk, so as not to accidentally reveal my secrets."

Zhong Lecen rolled his eyes and did not speak.The two walked slowly in the exhibition hall side by side for a while, Zhong Lecen said thoughtfully: "Why do you think this Tu Yumen cares so much about the ancient sword? Especially the ancient sword that can be used as a genital weapon?"

"Didn't you say that he is an Onmyoji? And he also said that he is a collector of ancient swords. He must be interested in special ancient swords, right?"

Zhong Lecen frowned slightly: "But he said that his ancestors made swords as a profession. According to history, Abe Seimei's background was originally very high. Although his father's generation has declined, he has never heard of it. He used to make swords as a profession. And his descendants... It seems that none of them have engaged in this profession... Either, his surname is not Tu Mimon at all? Or, he is not a descendant of Seimei?"

"There should be quite a few descendants of Abe Seimei, right? How do you know that he has never made a sword? Even if Abe Seimei is very famous, history will not record every one of his descendants, right?"

Zhong Lecen pouted reluctantly and admitted: "That's right."

"However, I feel that rather than saying that he is interested in collecting ancient swords, it is better to say that he is interested in making swords. You see, when he mentioned that his ancestors made swords as a profession, he was very excited."

Zhong Lecen opened his eyes wide: "Is there?" Tu Yumen's expression has always been extremely polite and calm, as if wearing a mask, no obvious changes can be seen.

Shen Gu sneered slightly: "Yes. When it comes to casting swords, his pupils are dilated, which can't be fooled."

Zhong Lecen touched his chin: "Could it be that he is interested in Ou Yezi because he wants to forge a supernatural sword?"

"Is this thing still useful?"

"For some people, it works."

Shen Gu shrugged: "Anyway, the Japanese, they always change a bit—" He swallowed the last word, but Zhong Lecen had already understood, and nodded in agreement: "Although Japanese culture has been greatly influenced by China, deep down are different."

"But the question he asked just now is very interesting. Why is Tai'a the only one who has the ability to command Yin soldiers? From the material point of view, it seems that it is not as strange as Yugu Chunjun."

Zhong Lecen hesitated for a moment, then whispered, "Maybe it's because the casting process is different."

"What's the difference?" Forging a sword is nothing more than melting and forging. At most, the method and degree of decarburization are slightly different, and the shapes produced are different. What else?

"Well, have you heard of the sacrificial furnace?"

"Sacrificial furnace?"

"Well. In ancient times, when the furnace was opened for casting, if the gold and iron were not sold, people would be used to sacrifice the furnace, that is, the living people were thrown into the furnace. There is a record in "Wu Di Ji"-the general said that the predecessor Ou Ye was the master of sword casting. Love is not sold, dear Shuoer. If according to this statement, Ou Yezi died in the furnace by himself. Because he has no famous works after the three swords of Tai and Ah were cast, so can it be said that he sacrificed himself? The furnace is for casting the three swords of Tai'a."

Shen Gu felt a little cold on the back of his neck: "You mean, Ou Yezi jumped into the furnace, and there is his soul in this sword?"

Zhong Lecen pursed his lips: "I'm just guessing. Because Ou Yezi is a master of gathering spirits, the sword with his soul can attract Yin soldiers."

Shen Gu shook his head: "Isn't it too mysterious? The reason why the iron does not melt is because the temperature of the furnace cannot be raised. Throwing a person into the furnace will only lower the temperature of the furnace, which is absolutely not good for melting, and it is still in the material Impurities have been added. Even if the human body contains fat that can support combustion, but the bones—seems to have no decarburization function..."

Zhong Lecen shuddered at what he said: "Why, no matter what, as long as you say it, it makes people feel chills in the back?"

"Didn't you say it so mysteriously first?"

"I'm not just talking nonsense."

"Am I just talking nonsense?"

Zhong Lecen glared at him.Shen Gu spread his hands innocently: "You were the first to talk about the use of human sacrifice stoves."

Zhong Lecen was discouraged: "I knew it, in your eyes I am a magic stick."

Shen Gu couldn't help laughing: "It's rare to be so poor, isn't it?" He led Zhong Lecen again, avoiding a child who ran over, and continued, "Actually, I think it's a pity. Tell that Japanese man, let’s see if he will sacrifice himself to the furnace for casting a supernatural sword.”

Zhong Lecen said seriously: "Don't think that the Japanese can't do it. In fact, there are similar legends in the ancient Japanese swords. Not to mention the legendary swords, but the Onimaru Kunizan, which is still in the collection of the Japanese Emperor's family, is It is named after killing ghosts. It is said that the swordsmith Kunizun fasted for three years in order to forge this sword. In this regard, the Japanese are no less persistent than the Chinese, and sometimes even more so. sharp."

The two walked around the entire exhibition hall while chatting.This exhibition was really well done. By the time they finished viewing all the exhibits, it was almost one o'clock in the afternoon.Shen Gu looked at his watch: "Shall we go eat?"

Shen Gu drove the car this time, the two walked to the parking lot, Shen Gu suddenly approached Zhong Lecen, and whispered: "Something is following us."