[Distant time and space] Fox management fox map

Chapter 046

After this conversation, Seimei never mentioned it again.

Not long after such peaceful days lasted, one day, Qingming suddenly told Taiming to take Pei Hongjing to Sagano.The reason is that the big tengu in Beishan caused trouble, and someone came to ask the onmyoji to do it, and took away the troublesome thing.

At dawn the next day, Tai Ming got up early and set off with Pei Hongjing.

On the way to Sagano, you will pass through fields on the outskirts of Kyoto.

Originally, Pei Hongjing was full of expectation to see the luxuriant crops all over the fields, but when she passed by, she found the fields barren and overgrown with weeds.Some are even dry and cracked, let alone fruits and vegetables.

As we go to the suburbs, these dilapidated and desolate scenes become even worse.From the faces of those ragged peasants who passed by Tai Ming sometimes, what Pei Hongjing could see was shocking sadness.

Along the way, Pei Hongjing looked more and more chilled.

It's only spring, and the fields are drying up?It was supposed to be the spring when everything grows, but now it has turned into such a horrible appearance. So, what about the harvest of these farmers this year?What do they eat and drink?What kind of tribute should be given to honor those nobles?Do the nobles of Heian-kyo know what's going on here?

The more he looked at it, the heavier Pei Hongjing's heart became.

At this time, Tai Ming suddenly said, "Hongjing, what's wrong with you?"

"Ah?" Pei Hongjing, who was still thinking about problems and worrying about what to do with the lives of these poor civilians, was interrupted by Tai Ming.After a brief absence, he asked instead, "Huh? What's wrong with me? Nothing wrong with me!"

"Just now, I felt that your aura seemed to have changed a lot. It was dead, did you see something?"

"Huh?!" Pei Hongjing suddenly remembered that there was half of the fairy fox on his body at the moment, no wonder he could feel what she was thinking and the change of mood at the moment.After pondering for a while, she said, "Tai Ming, look at the fields on both sides of the road. They have dried up like this. How will these farmers live this year? Don't the nobles in Beijing know about these things?"

Tai Ming suddenly slowed down, raised his eyes and looked away.After a while, he finally said, "Since the ghost clan broke the barrier of the capital and stole the four gods, all climate changes have affected it. What you see now is all caused by the ghost clan."

After Pei Hongjing hummed, she stopped talking to him.

She couldn't talk to him about the deeper thoughts of the human heart. At this time, Tai Ming couldn't understand the state of mind of surviving the famine.He has never experienced these things since he was born.

But Pei Hongjing was just the opposite. She stayed by the side of the old patriarch who had been in the world for a long time since she was a child, and she was exposed to many stories.Whether it is personal experience or hearsay.Under the circumstances, she, a fox, can understand people's hearts most deeply.

For example, he does not have such delicate experiences as worry, sadness, resentment, prayer, suspicion, etc. at this moment.Pei Hongjing couldn't tell him now, even if he did, he wouldn't be able to understand it.

Simply, she drooped her head and lay on his shoulder in a sleepy manner.

"Hongjing, your aura has changed even more than before!" Tai Ming said again after walking for a while.

Pei Hongjing was extremely depressed, she thought for a moment, and decided to try to tell Tai Ming about her mood change at the moment. "Taimin, do you know what it feels like to be sad?"

The sudden topic made him stop at the same spot immediately.

It was just after noon at this time, and the sun did not rise today, and it was another gloomy and cloudy day.The thick clouds in the sky cover the entire sunlight, but none of these clouds is a cloud that can bring nectar.

"Mood? Sad feeling?" It was the first time Xu heard such a word, which made him quite confused. When he repeated the word, his handsome face showed a rather sad expression.

Seeing his troubled look, Pei Hongjing couldn't help laughing, and said, "Tai Ming, your current appearance, no, it should be said that your current mood, that is, your feeling, is confusion."

"Confused? I don't understand the feeling you just said, so I want to think about it seriously." Tai Ming murmured. Suddenly, he seemed to be enlightened, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his lips, as if The first bud to open in early spring, so soft and pure that Pei Hongjing couldn't take his eyes off it.But I heard him say in a rather excited tone, "I understand, the mood refers to the feeling you asked me just now, right?"

Pei Hongjing looked at the smile on his lips from a close distance, and was already stunned.The beauty's smile, I have never seen this beauty's smile before, but today I saw it at this time, it is really rarer than watching a solar eclipse.

"Hongjing? Are you listening to me?" Seemingly aware of Pei Hongjing's distraction, he immediately changed back to his previous cold face, which instantly woke up the nympho Pei Hongjing.

"Well, I've been listening to you." Pei Hongjing made nonsense, but she didn't hear a word of what Tai Ming said just now.She just focused on looking at the beauties and went to admire them.

Taiming's mind is very clever, and he would draw inferences immediately, and quickly asked: "Then, Hongjing, how did you feel just now?"

"Me? Just now?" Pei Hongjing suddenly fell silent.Just now?When you're crazy?Of course I think it's amazing, the beauty smiles, it's like spring is coming, it's so beautiful that it's hard to look away.Of course, this cannot be said.

"Hongjing, why don't you talk anymore, and that jade lock makes me feel that your heart is beating so fast at the moment." Tai Ming said solemnly, that innocent expression and worried tone immediately made Pei Hongjing feel helpless. embarrassment.She didn't know how to explain it, or rather, it was difficult to speak at all.

After a long while, she tried to calm her heartbeat, and then said: "My mood, when I saw the barren farmland here, I was very sad. But then I thought about how these people who depend on crops for a living should live. At that time, my mood was very sad. Then they had no food, and they might starve to death or die of illness. At that time, my mood was pity. Even if they were lucky enough to survive, the nobles in the capital would still let them go After paying a certain amount of public rations, I was thinking about how they can survive. At that time, I felt sad." After Pei Hongjing said such an informative sentence to Tai Ming from the bottom of her heart, Tai Ming was completely shocked. Falling into silence, he stood still and couldn't move.

Pei Hongjing thought about going on like this, fearing that she would waste time again.Without waiting for Taiming to think carefully, he urged: "Don't think about it, go to Sagano to finish the business and think about it, otherwise the client will wait for a long time. Look at the weather, if we don't leave, I’m afraid I won’t be able to go there even if it’s dark.”

Under her urging, Tai Ming took another step and continued walking towards the destination.

It's just that he didn't say anything for the rest of the way.However, she was completely lost in thought, and the frowning look made Pei Hongjing wonder if she had done something bad.

It was not until the sun was setting that I saw the small village that came this time.

When they saw the client waiting at the entrance of the village, Tai Ming and Pei Hongjing didn't recognize it. On the contrary, when the client saw Pei Hongjing, especially the tail and the rest of her dangling around Tai Ming's neck The tail is instantly eye-catching.After brief eye contact with that person, Pei Hongjing immediately understood why Qingming asked Tai Ming to bring her along, and this was to use her as a billboard.

Sure enough, when Tai Ming walked in, the client hurried over.

"Is it Lord Taiming? I've been waiting here for a long time, please come quickly." The client was rather strong and strong, wearing a blue-gray hunting clothes, the clothes faded from washing, bronze skin, small His eyes were fixed on the scarred face, and he had a small mustache on his chin, and his gaze was a bit erratic.From the inside to the outside, there was a faint aura of wretchedness.

Tai Ming looked at the person standing in front of him, and after taking a fixed glance at him, he didn't know that the client was so unbearable, and under Tai Ming's sharp eyes, he trembled.Pei Hongjing suddenly thought of the author's evaluation of Tai Ming in the original book. Because of his imperfect emotions and mind, his vision of seeing people is much purer and sharper.Anyone who has done bad things in his heart will feel that his mind has been seen through under the gaze of such eyes.

Pei Hongjing shook her tail, and couldn't help laughing, it seemed like another guy with a ulterior motive.

At this time, Tai Ming said: "It's getting late now, the matter you entrusted will be resolved tomorrow."

The man bowed his head and said, "Hey! Lord Taiming, please come here and follow me." This time, he seemed to have learned to be clever, and he never dared to look directly into Taiming's eyes. His eyes moved away.

After following the man to his house, Tai Ming simply told him not to disturb him, and then sent the man away on the pretext that he wanted to rest first.

Looking at the room arranged for them, Pei Hongjing suddenly felt itchy and wanted to take a bath.

Although it is said that there are too many rules and regulations in the life of the nobles in Heianjing, but in Seimei's house, these are all fake.Especially Tai Ming put those rules to the back of his mind.What Pei Hongjing likes the most is that Tai Ming, like her, takes a bath in the morning and evening. As for the topic of what kind of bath depends on the day, it is a legend.

However, after arriving here, she realized a very serious problem. This was the first time she had traveled a long distance on foot, and she really hadn't considered the problem of washing up.But fortunately, there is a room for cheating. Although it is a bit cheating, it can be used anyway.

The family they are talking about is also a wealthy family.Although the courtyard is not as grand and luxurious as those in Beijing, it is thoughtful and complete in every way, but there must be rules for those who are well-mannered.Therefore, Pei Hongjing's problem can only be solved by himself.

Tai Ming looked at Pei Hongjing who was fidgeting, and looked at the anxiety and unhappiness emerging from her crimson eyes, and suddenly understood, and said, "This place is no better than the master's yard. I can't wash it for you tonight. I'll tell you when I go back. .”

Pei Hongjing turned around and ignored him, thinking to herself, "I have the conditions to take a bath, even if I turn back into a fox body, I still have to take a bath every day."

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