[Comprehensive] living to death

"This year's cherry blossoms are also very beautiful." Junko said.

"Yes."

Although it was a gentle answer with a slight smile, it was only one sentence.Junko pursed her lips, looked sideways at Mingyue beside her, with a little worry in her eyes.She asked softly, "Miss Mingyue... are you okay?"

"Huh?" Mingyue was slightly taken aback, then smiled, "It's okay, of course it's okay."

"But..." Junko frowned slightly, "I always feel that Miss Mingyue has something on her mind."

"Oh, worrying about things, everyone has more or less, don't mind." Mingyue put on a smiling face.She pushed the dim sum in hand to Junko's and said, "Let's eat dim sum. This is a crystal cake made by Abi with cherry blossom petals. It's the only one in this family. It's served with green tea..." She took a deep breath , said affectionately, "You will feel that your life has been sublimated in an instant."

Even though she was still worried, Junko was amused.She nodded, picked up a piece of snacks and ate small bites, her movements and demeanor were gentle and elegant after deliberate training. The 15-year-old Junko is already a gentle and beautiful girl.

Time really flies like water, the sun and the moon fly by, and seven years have passed in a blink of an eye... Mingyue sighed over and over again in her heart, and drank tea with a teacup in a vicissitudes of life.At this time, Junko asked again: "Did Miss Mingyue quarrel with Your Excellency Ibaraki Doji?"

Onmyoji made a move.

"Although I can't see it, my mother said that she hasn't felt that Your Excellency's breath for a long time." Junko said tentatively, "Is it because of this incident that Miss Mingyue is in a bad mood?"

Mingyue lowered her eyes and saw her own blurred reflection in the small teacup. "That..." She put down her teacup and turned her face to show a bright smile, "It's not a quarrel. To be precise, it should be that he was so angry that I ran away from home."

"Hey?" Junko hesitated, "Then... what should I do then?"

"Don't worry, it's fine." Mingyue waved her hands nonchalantly, looking relaxed, "I've almost figured out how to deal with it."

After she said that, Junko didn't ask any more questions. "That's good." The lady from the Yuan family also smiled, and turned her gaze to the small cherry blossom tree in the courtyard.Her expression gradually became a little confused and a little melancholy. "Like someone... What kind of thing is it?" She murmured, "I don't quite understand."

Mingyue frowned. "It's about Prince Ping?" She quickly thought of what Junko was talking about, "Danayan...?"

Junko just shook her head and didn't say much.Mingyue is silent.Minato Takaaki and the Fujiwara Kita family are relatives by marriage, and because of this relationship, he was able to rise up the court controlled by Fujiwara, from the official position to the top three Dai Nayan—but that's all.It is difficult for Gao Ming to continue to rise, and it is impossible for him to shelter his descendants like the Fujiwara Kita family; it is difficult for any ambitious person to bear this kind of thing.Therefore, Yuan Gaoming always hoped to follow the method of the rise of the Fujiwara family and let his daughter marry the emperor, so as to promote the family as a foreign relative.Especially in the past few years when Miyori Fujiwara was in power, Gao Ming became more and more alienated from Yue's family, and even more thought of finding another way out.

Mingyue can probably guess that the fourth prince, Prince Ping, is Yuan Gaoming's bet candidate.

Junko laughed first.She looks like her mother, with gentle and clear eyebrows, and a gentle and pure nature in her eyes. "Miss Mingyue, sometimes I envy you." She looked up at the sky, as if talking to herself, "When I was young, I often looked at the sky in a daze. I saw birds flying from the eaves here to the eaves there , and soon disappeared, and I was stuck in the yard. So I thought, if only I could fly freely like a bird."

"I thought, it would be great if I could live alone like Miss Mingyue. Even Luzi would be fine... Does Miss Mingyue still remember Luzi? She still likes bugs very much and stays in the yard all the time It's a headache for Master Shizhi." Junko smiled, "I always seem to be envious of something else."

Mingyue touched her long hair, just like she did when she was a little girl. "Junko, if you don't want to follow the path arranged by Dainagon," she considered, "maybe I can help you. But that can only be a life outside Heianjing."

Junko's eyes widened in surprise; she seemed completely stunned.She stared blankly at the bright moon, and after a long time, she murmured in a voice as thin as a mosquito: "I... I dare not..." As soon as these words came out, she suddenly woke up.After realizing what she said, Junko gradually showed a bitter smile.

"So that's what I thought." She lowered her head, "Miss Mingyue, I have never been out of Ping'an capital, and I don't know what else I can do other than being an obedient noble daughter." She was smiling, but her eyes were very Melancholy, "Sounds really cowardly... With me like this, no wonder I can only envy Luzi and Miss Mingyue all the time."

Mingyue tilted her head, retracted her hand, and looked at the cherry blossoms outside with her face propped up. "Oh, that's how you look at it." She said lazily, "To be honest, it's not wrong to look at it this way, no, it should be quite right."

Junko's head drooped even lower.

"But think about it carefully, you are still a little girl who is not yet 15 years old." Mingyue laughed and slapped Junko on the back boldly, "Isn't it amazing that you can reflect on your own thoughts at the age of the second year of middle school?" ?”

"……amazing?"

"Yeah, people are growing up." The young onmyoji stretched his waist, "It's good to reflect on yourself, and then try to change and grow. Maybe there are natural saints, but I haven't seen them." Pass." She smiled and rubbed Junko's long hair violently, "Besides, there is no rule about what life is like and what people's attitudes towards life should be. You can do it according to your own ideas. Go on with your life. It doesn't matter if you make mistakes, Madam Yuki will take care of you, and I... will also let Shikigami take care of you."

Junko stared at her blankly for a while, and then suddenly tears came out.She threw herself into Mingyue's arms with a "woo-wah" and began to cry, crying out all her confusion about the future and self-doubt.Mingyue hugged her quickly, and seriously recalled how to coax the child to change—be obedient and not cry?

"I... I know woooooo..." Junko said sobbingly, "Miss Ming and Mingyue also... have to live well... woooooo..."

"Ah, I will." Mingyue patted her on the back amusedly, "Cry if you want."

Junko put her head in her arms and rubbed hard, as if nodding.While comforting her, Mingyue thought: Oh, she is really a little girl.

In the courtyard, the spring cherry blossoms are in full bloom, the vegetation is green and tender, and the warm sunshine illuminates a peaceful spring scene.Mingyue tilted her head, and slowly recalled many past events in such a peaceful scenery.She has experienced many partings, and she has told others many times that she must live a good life according to her true wishes.Now that I think about it, maybe she did it a little too much?Because in many cases, she was the one who left first, and became the one who failed to live well in the eyes of others.

However, in the end, she obeyed her true wish every time.There are many things she can't help herself, but at least she is free on this point.Well, why does it sound a little Ah Q?Sure enough, Brother Xun is really sharp.

"Forget it." Mingyue said suddenly.

Junko hiccupped in her arms, looked up with red eyes and asked her what was wrong.

"It's just a small matter." Mingyue smiled slightly, "It's just that I almost made a mistake. I almost made a very important decision for others. But in fact, such a decision can only be made by the person concerned."

For example, do you want to remember something, do you want to forget something.

"Oh……"

******

There are also cherry blossoms in Funaoka Mountain, and it is a century-old cherry blossom tree with stretched branches, and the layers of cherry blossoms are light and caged like clouds.Shuten-douji stood on the top of the mountain, watching the direction of Heian-kyo.He couldn't directly see the flow of breath between heaven and earth, but he could feel the change of yin and yang more and more clearly - the yang qi was getting stronger to the point that the monster race couldn't stand it.

The cherry blossom branches below shook, and a rain of petals fell.Shuten frowned and looked over, and as expected, he saw another big monster walking around near the cherry blossom tree, bowing its head as if looking for something.In the forest, the guy's white hair was too conspicuous to ignore.Jiu Tun stared at him for a while, and found that Ibaraki was looking too seriously, and didn't find him at all.

"Tsk..." Shuten had no choice but to say, "Hey Ibaraki Doji, what are you doing?"

Hearing his voice, Ibaraki immediately stood up straight, with an expression of "nothing happened".Jiu Tun jumped down and landed on a rock not far from him, still looking down at Ibaraki. "What are you looking for?" he asked.

Almost as soon as Shuten finished his last word, Ibaraki replied "nothing".Jiu Tun raised his eyebrows, snorted, and took out something and threw it to him.

"Take it."

Ibaraki caught it subconsciously.He looked down and saw that there were five neat copper coins strung together by red wires. The ancient brass had traces of wear and tear.As soon as his expression froze, he immediately moved his arm muscles and tightened his palms, as if he wanted to crush that thing; but his movements froze after all.

Seeing this, Jiu Tun snorted again, "Since you don't want to part with it, don't throw it away then."

Ibaraki held the copper coin and lowered his hand without looking up. "Shuten-douji, this...why is it at your place?"

"I don't want to meddle in my own business. Hongye picked it up." Jiu Tun deliberately said in an impatient tone, "Okay, don't be a mother-in-law, Ibaraki-douji, didn't you go back to Dajiangshan before, and now you are back to do it again." What?"

After the incident last year, Ibaraki seemed to have returned to the war years, and his whole body was full of rusty murderous intent.He persuaded Jiu Tun to go back to Dajiang Mountain with him, and rectify the monster race to start a war with the human race, but Jiu Tun was not in the mood at first, and secondly, he felt that this was not a good time.Ibaraki went back without being entangled in the past.But a few days ago, he returned to Funaoka Mountain in the northern suburbs of Kyoto.

When this matter was mentioned, Ibaraki's expression became condensed again, and his hands were quietly clenched. "It's not just me, monsters from other places are also gathering here." His eyes were quite serious, "Dajiangshan, and other places, the yin energy has declined too much. In comparison, only the vicinity of Ping'anjing is suitable for monsters." Clan practice."

Surprisingly, Shuten didn't look surprised. "My uncle has already heard about this matter." He tapped his arms with his fingers, his eyes showed a calm look that didn't match his rough appearance, "Hmph, it seems that at this point, my uncle can't do anything about it." Stay out of it."

"Really..." Ibaraki smiled, "As expected of Shuten-douji."

He has said this sentence many times, each time with excitement and fanaticism, but this time his laughter was cold and fierce, and there was hatred in his eyes.

"Shuten-douji, what are you going to do?"

"Go directly to Kamigamo Shrine." Shuten said, his calm and calm appearance finally had the demeanor of the past battlefields, "Unless there is no accident, the final sealing ceremony of human beings will be held at the Kamo Festival in April. You A good Onmyoji will complete the final seal at the sacrificial ceremony, and that is the only time the seal will be exposed."

"That's not 'my Onmyouji'!" Ibaraki roared fiercely.

"Tsk, say whatever you want." Jiu Tun replied impatiently, "In short, that is our only chance, as long as we break the seal." He sneered, "Ibaraki Doji, don't be soft-hearted when the time comes."

"Softhearted?"

Ibaraki narrowed his eyes slightly, letting the black air spread in his eyes; strong hatred and anger surged in those two dark golden eyes.A few cherry blossom petals fluttered down, passed by his patterned cheeks, and were suddenly split into pieces by the invisible killing intent.

"If she really wants to block the future path of the Yaozu..." Ibaraki showed a ferocious smile, "I will kill her with my own hands.