[Shaman King] He has a cat

Perhaps it is because modern society replaces the stars in the night sky with street lamps on the ground, and people in big cities rarely look up at the stars.

The era thousands of years ago was completely opposite. People believed that the celestial bodies thousands of light years away were closely related to everything on the earth, as if there was a hidden force in the dark that subtly tied the fate of all things together. People who can see through the secrets of the stars It can also know everything.

Before traveling to the Heian era, she did not have the habit of stargazing.

The process of learning stargazing is like learning a language. In the beginning, the countless stars are just strange patterns in the night sky. any sense.

There are as many stars in the night sky as the grains of sand on the seashore, but as long as you learn how to sort them out, the complicated and obscure maps will gradually emerge with clear veins.

The 28 constellations divide the night sky into four regions, and each region has seven constellations, the green dragon in the east, the white tiger in the west, the red bird in the south, and the basalt in the north.

When lying on the roof and looking up at the starry sky, Ma Cang Ye Wang would tell her where is the horn of the green dragon, where is the mouth of the white tiger, and where is the wing of the red bird. The process of stargazing is like drawing a picture, and she is looking through his eyes. Looking at the patterns of the stars, he connected the points drawn by his fingertips into lines in his mind, and then connected them into patterns from lines.

Just like a cloud in the sky, it has different shapes in different people's eyes, and the stars in the night sky sometimes don't look like their names.

Qinglong and Baihu are fine, but Xuanwu stared at them for a long time, but she still couldn't see the shape of a turtle.

She arranged and combined the northern stars in her mind and made a connection.

"Does it look like this?"

"...No," Ma Cang Yewang laughed and told her, "You have to flip the image in your head."

"……like this?"

"Right, that is it."

So she realized - it turned out to be the upside-down bastard.

There are no stars in the night sky of modern cities, but modern people have other ways to move stars into their bedrooms.When she was a child, there were many fluorescent star stickers on the ceiling of her bedroom.

A'Du still doesn't know what material those stickers are made of, he only remembers that those stars stayed on the ceiling of the bedroom for more than a year before the light green fluorescence gradually dimmed.

She dug out those distant memories, picked and picked her childhood memories like drying shells, put them in the palm of her hand and shared them with each other.

Sometimes, if the stars are shining brightly and the quiet Milky Way flows like pouring white sand, King Ma Cang Ye will occasionally talk about the past.

He didn't say much every time, as if those memories were water gathered between his fingers, as long as he held it a little looser, it would flow uncontrollably from the fingers.

The first person who taught Asaba Doji to see the stars was his mother, Asanoha.

The remote and isolated villages live in poverty and poverty, but whether they are poor or rich, when they look up at the night sky, they all see the same beautiful scenery.

The stars in the sky belong to all and therefore to no one.

No matter how the world on the ground changes, the stars in the night sky are always the same.

The time of the stars is not inexhaustible, but compared with the long lifespan of the stars, the history of human beings is as short as a spark that flickers in the dark.

Whether it is human beings or the earth, they are extremely small in the vast and boundless universe.

Oddly enough, when looking up at the stars, the realization of her own smallness gave her a deep sense of peace, like looking at a calm sea, gently reflecting the mirror-like sky.

"Is that so?" Ma Cang Ye Wang said quietly.

"what do you mean?"

"People feel at ease because they are small."

A'Du thought for a while: "Maybe some people will feel fear, feel that their life is meaningless, and all things are just a drop in the ocean in this universe in the end."

"Don't you care?"

"It can't be said that I don't care... But how to say, after realizing that I am very young, the negative things in my life, including my own troubles, seem to have become smaller."

"Like a sigh of relief?"

"It's like a breath of relief."

King Ma Cang Ye smiled but did not speak.

A'Du sat up: "You have a different opinion."

King Ma Cangye looked at her gently, and said in a conniving tone, "If you think that way, there's nothing wrong with it."

"People who can accept their own smallness are not actually small."

The river of stars that runs through the night sky is covered with silver and gauze. On a windless night, the gentle starlight seems to be still, as if you can pick it up from the dark water with your hand.

King Ma Cang Ye smiled and said, "In this world, there are always more people who are afraid of mediocrity than those who pursue greatness."

In the first year of Changde (995), Michishige Fujiwara died.

In August of the same year, Michishi Fujiwara, the fifth younger brother of Michishige Fujiwara, was appointed Minister of the Right.

Fujiwara Michishige's eldest son, Fujiwara Shui, who was the Minister of Internal Affairs at the time, and his uncle Fujiwara Michitoshi started a struggle for the position of Guan Bai, and the conflict gradually intensified.

In the second year of Changtoku (996), Fujiwara Zhouyi was exposed. He hated His Majesty's biological mother for supporting Fujiwara Michimitsu and secretly cursed her. Due to the presence of witnesses, Fujiwara Zhouyi was quickly demoted and exiled to Harima. People related to him were also demoted.

So far, this political struggle ended with Fujiwara Michimitsu's victory.

When the news reached Izumo, King Ma Cang Ye was not at the mansion.

Giant cedar trees shaded the sun, and the shrine standing deep in the forest was as old as the ground beneath it. The wooden pillars of the temple were polished smooth by the years, giving off a quaint color of history.

People in the Heian era believed in the guidance of the stars, and also believed in the predictions of dreams. The white-haired palace secretary said that he was guided by the gods in a dream, and dug out a sword from the ground of the shrine. The curse, no one in the shrine can detect and remove it, let alone touch it directly.

The shrine where Shimenawa is hung has a long history and is quite famous in the local area. A'Du followed to join in the fun and saw the legendary sword.

Unlike the knives of the Heian period, the one placed on the altar is a double-edged sword. The coral-colored stone sword is about as long as an adult's forearm. It looks more like a sacrificial weapon than a weapon used to kill enemies. A tribute to the gods.

That was the first time she saw a sword made of stone, and its ancient history could be seen from the material of the sword.

King Ma Cang Ye: "Would you like to try it?"

A'Du and the others looked at King Ma Cang Ye.The clerics following behind the palace secretary couldn't control the astonishment on their faces.

"Is this okay?" After all, the other party is asking Ma Cang Ye Wang for help.

"Why not?"

A'Du walked to the altar, thinking that this sword should be considered as an unearthed cultural relic, and it needs to be handled with care. When she stretched out her hand, the air behind her became visibly tense, and the eyes of those people fell on her movement, and the heavy eyes were blurred. If it had substance, it would be much heavier than the stone sword she held in her hand.

Leaving the altar, she handed the sword to King Ma Cang Ye.

"Can you see the way?"

In order to facilitate his inspection, she turned the sword in her hand over, and then turned it over again.

"It's indeed a bit of an ancient curse." After saying this, the Great Onmyoji raised his hand, and there seemed to be a click in the air, like the soft sound of a buckle falling off, and subtle ripples peeled off and dissipated from the sword.

After completing this simple movement, he turned around and looked at the priest who was waiting stiffly in place.

The old palace secretary did not step forward.He sighed, bowed deeply and saluted, and said in the posture of a loser: "Since you broke the curse on the sword, please take this sword away."

The clergymen behind him were slightly agitated, rustling, their white robes seemed to be foaming.

As if he didn't hear the movement behind him, the white-haired palace secretary lowered his head: "Thank you very much for your help."

Those restless voices disappeared.

The ancient forest was filled with mist, the soft sound of the gravel ground echoed far away in the silence, and the lonely song of a bird changed from short to long in the depths of the forest. When the sound suddenly stopped, she clearly felt the air change. .

The violent fluctuation was very short. Before the black mantra opened its fangs, it was suddenly torn in half by a colder force. The twisted and compressed air gave out a painful buzzing, as if it had hit an indestructible barrier, and the fragmented mantra instantly fell apart. Was shocked back.

The figure of the clergyman in white clothes flickered, as if he had been hit hard, blood gushed out from his eyes, mouth and nose.

King Ma Cang Ye turned around, his gentle and warm smile disappeared.

The cleric who was backlashed by the spell fell to the ground, and the pale palace priest hurriedly led the others to kneel down.

"Please forgive me." The other party rested his head on the gravel, "Please also forgive the dog. He just...he just..."

Not reconciled.

"Really?" King Ma Cang Ye looked at the prostrate man, his cold voice remained unchanged.

A'Du came back to his senses.

She looked at the stone sword in her hand, and then looked at the front ghost and rear ghost who were summoned instantly, almost blocking her vision. People are scared like that.

As long as the opponent does not have the intention to kill, the rebounding curse will not kill the person.

"That..." She bit the bullet and said, "Does this sword have a name?"

King Ma Cang Ye turned her head, and she looked at him, trying to make her eyes look more convincing.

I don't know how long the stalemate lasted, maybe it was a moment or just a moment, the Great Onmyoji looked away, the front ghost and the rear ghost turned into pieces of paper, and fell lightly from the air, blown by the invisible wind, hidden in the sleeve of the hunting clothes and disappeared up.

"Not yet...not yet." Gong Si's voice was hard and dry.

"What kind of god is enshrined in the shrine here?"

The other party was silent for a while, and told her in a low voice that the god enshrined in this shrine is called Budu Yuhun Great God.

The named Budu Soul Sword came in handy in the rainstorm a few days later.

The summer in Izumo is humid and rainy, and the weather is capricious. The sea that was sparkling a few days ago may cause huge waves the next moment.

During the heavy rain, the gentle sea seems to change its appearance, the fierce waves are like black snakes churning in the water, and the strong wind blows the rain all over the sky.

In the mansion, the study room became the hardest-hit area. Rainwater poured in with the howling wind, and white paper flew everywhere like snowflakes.

She was able to grab one by one, and the window panels creaked and shook dangerously in the wind. She grabbed Budu's Soul Sword and pressed it on the pile of papers, turned around and ran over to close the window, making sure to use the window panel Block it tightly.

The wooden buildings in the Heian period were too fragile, neither fireproof nor waterproof. After King Asakura opened the enchantment, the storm outside was a little better. At last, there was no possibility of uprooting the entire mansion and being swept into the sea. momentum.

Guzong squatted cautiously on the top of the bookshelf, staying on the safe island and looking down at the mess on the ground.

A'Du picked up the nearest piece of paper, which was completely wet by the rain, the black ink stains were blurred, and the soaked fibers would break at any time.

She looked at King Ma Cangye next to her: "...you may have to rewrite this part."

After studying Yin-Yang Art almost, at first maybe it was just out of interest, maybe just to pass the time, Ma Cang Yewang wrote down his experience on Yin-Yang Art over the years, and as he wrote, he found that there were a lot of things to write, so The notes written by hand turned into complete chapters, and the complete chapters were sorted out, gradually taking the shape of a book.

The almost finished book "Super · Occupational Strategy" was aired over the fire by Ma Nu, and the paper was crumpled after being wet by rain and then baked by the fire. It looked as weather-beaten as the surface of the moon. .

Ma Cang Yewang put his coat on her body, the rainstorm was still raging outside, the sky was as dark as night, the fire in the fireplace was flickering, casting streaks of orange light and shadow on the wooden floor.

"Cold?"

"will not."

She leaned against his arms, the changing and swaying firelight had a hypnotic effect, she didn't remember when she fell asleep, she only remembered that her eyelids gradually became heavy, and then her consciousness disappeared into the dark water.

It rained continuously for several days, and after the rain stopped, the news from the capital also arrived.

There were two letters, one called Ma Cang Ye Wang to return to Beijing immediately, and the other came from within the Ma Cang family, informing Ma Cang Ye Fu of his death and explaining the reason why the court called him back to Beijing.

In the second year of Changde (996), an extremely serious plague appeared in Pinganjing.

The author has something to say:

Fujiwara Michiman = Fujiwara Michizane in history.

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