I, Seimei, can't be an audiophile

It didn't take long to reach the ghost town of Dajiangshan, the city known as the Iron Palace.

Yes, golden wings can fly, so why walk?Moreover, shikigami can also use spells to make themselves invisible, which is a super cheating ability for humans. They entered the city directly from above, and no one noticed.

This is a city made entirely of iron and steel. It is extremely strong and dangerous, and it is difficult to break into it by ordinary methods.Looking at the people in the city, it was completely different from what they thought.

There are residents and merchants, coming and going, so lively.It's not much different from any city, it seems to be really just a city.

The only thing that is special is that most of the people here are bigger than the usual Yamato people, not a little bit bigger, but a whole circle or two bigger.

It was not new to Li Qingming. The height ratio of southerners and northerners in Huaguo is also very different. It is normal for men of the same age to have several times the difference in length, width and height.

And it is very interesting that the shoe sizes sold in the south are the same size as those sold in the north, but in fact they are much smaller.

He has classmates from the south who are about 1.6 meters tall, and he also knows girls from the north who are close to [-] meters tall, so the physical gap between the northern and southern races is actually quite large.

But that is in modern times, with developed transportation and a large population, it is not surprising.

In ancient times, most of them were about the same height. When seeing such a tall race, the locals would inevitably feel scared!

——Li Qingming has been keenly aware that the legend may be wrong with the reality.

Could it be that the so-called ghosts refer to people of different nationalities?In the eyes of the ancients with very narrow knowledge, people of other nationalities are different from themselves, and their living habits are different, so they will be regarded as ghosts?

He took a look and found that the people here are healthy and in a good mood, at least they think they are happy.

If the only problem is that the ratio of men to women here is seriously imbalanced, with more men and fewer women.But the women here are all smiling, and there is no sign of being forced or held hostage.

——This is a city built by a minority!Because they were too different from the locals, they were regarded as evil spirits!I'm afraid it will be difficult for them to trade with the locals, relying on the dangerous checkpoints and robbery to obtain resources!

Li Qingming quickly figured out the situation. This kind of setting is too familiar to the people of Huaguo, and the story of Water Margin is just like this.

But for the people in the Water Margin, they still have the way of "recruiting security", even if they are fragmented in the end and most of them die, they still have a hope of returning to the outside world.

But for the people here—the 'ghosts' here, they are repelled by the outside world, and there is no possibility of integrating into it at all.

Li Qingming frowned. He remembered the ending of Dajiangshan. If there were people in the ghost city, then there would be another explanation for Minamoto Laiguang's method of getting the ghost king drunk and obtaining the city.

——For imperial rule, it cannot be tolerated that there are forces that occupy the mountains as kings at the feet of the emperor, so they will definitely attack Dajiangshan.

But most of them are just ordinary people here. From Minamoto's point of view, on the one hand, facing the problem of natural barriers, it will waste troops and may not be able to win;

On the other hand, it will endanger ordinary people. Once a war breaks out, all these people will be regarded as 'evil ghosts' and killed.

If only the head of Shuten-douji was taken, the situation would be different. Once the leader died, the city would fall, and he would not be a threat to the emperor;

On the other hand, all the crimes can be placed on Shuten-douji alone, only he is an evil spirit and he was killed, then the others are just coerced 'human beings'.

……

Li Qingming was in a low mood, but he knew that he could not change history by himself.

Building a city at the location of Dajiang Mountain is a challenge to the imperial power. This is a war between different ethnic groups for territory, and others cannot intervene.

"Master Qingming, look over there."

Jin Chi whispered, Li Qingming looked in the direction she pointed, and found a spring in the city. Many people used it to wash their hands or drink when they passed by. The spring water was maroon.

Li Qingming walked over to check, and soon found that it was caused by minerals in the spring water.

"It should be an oxide of iron. It turns out that it is so rich in iron ore. No wonder such a big city of steel can be built."

This gave the emperor another reason to crusade here. Which emperor can tolerate the civilians under his feet mastering iron forging, so that they can make weapons at will?

Shuten-douji, who was able to create this city, must have a very rich knowledge of smelting and forging, and this kind of knowledge is the biggest threat, and it is also the reason why the emperor must not let him go.

Seeing this, Li Qingming's strong hostility at the beginning has eased a lot.He thought the other party was an evil spirit, but finally found out that the other party might be a human being with special abilities.

He thought he would see a city of ghosts, but it turned out to be a city of alien races.

The rumors that Shuten-douji and his demons will drink blood mostly come from the iron ore in the water source, and it may be true that women were taken captive. In such a place with an imbalanced population ratio, Shuten-douji as the ruler may have to take such measures. measures.

Although cold-blooded, it is extremely effective.I remember that ancient Greece used to plunder the population of other cities for the same reason.

Whether it is robbing or plundering people, his behavior is extreme and wrong, but its essence is still completely different from that of a man-eating ghost.

In the city of steel that never returns, some people died here, and some stayed here, leaving only the legend of evil spirits to spread.

"How about it, do you like this city?"

At some point, a man with black hair and black eyes, who was about the same height as a common Yamato man stood beside Li Qingming and asked.

"It looks beautiful on the surface." Li Qingming replied.

"On the surface?" the man asked, "Do you want to say that this is actually a city of evil spirits?"

Li Qingming looked at the people on the street. Although they seemed to be living comfortably, they felt a sense of stagnation.

It seems that everything remains the same, even after thousands of years, everyone is still like a regular alarm clock, doing exactly the same things.

"I think the crowd is like running water. Only in the flowing water can new things be brewed." He replied, "People here can only come in, can't leave, right? Things that don't move will only decay and die in the end. .”

The man's expression was indistinguishable: "It will change, and it will change soon!"

As long as he accumulates troops, invades Heian capital, and changes the current regime, the future of the Iron Clan will change!

"In the future, one day we no longer need to hide in the mountains and be treated as evil spirits! We can live freely as human beings!"

The man became emotional for a moment and spoke his truth.

"If, I'm just saying, if, one day in the future, your wish can come true at the cost of your own life, what would you choose?"

The man asked back: "How is that different from my current choice?"

His current choice is a life-and-death deal, and he has never been afraid of what kind of future his choice will bring!

Li Qingming turned to look at the man: "It's not your real body now, if you were of their clan, your figure would be even taller, Shuten-douji."

Tongzi does not mean a child, but refers to a person who does not shave and tie up his hair regardless of his age, and works as a sundry in the temple.

Shuten means people who like to drink, and people in the temple who like to drink. This is the meaning of the name Shuten Doji.

"Hehehe, hahaha, hahahahaha! As expected of you, do you already know? That's right, my real body is not here. Do you want to see my real body, Yizi? As long as you are my woman, you I can fulfill all your wishes.”

Jin Chi almost drew his sword: "What are you talking nonsense, villain? You are so rude to Qing—to my lady!"

However, her 'Miss' was already showing off her acting skills online at this time, looking very excited.

"Really? Then I want to see my elder brother, Lord Baoxian! I am very worried about his safety. He was taken away by evil people before. I followed the clues to find this place, and I was worried that he would be injured by evil spirits. Seeing this City, I know the owner of the city must not be such a cruel evil spirit as in the rumors, my brother must be fine, right?"

Jin Chi maintained the posture of drawing her sword and stared blankly. She felt as if she had traveled through time and space and fallen into a set that she didn't understand at all.

The man's expression was a little loose: "Since it's your brother, it's not impossible. You go back with me first, and when you marry me, he will be my brother-in-law, so naturally he won't stop you from meeting each other!"

Jin Chi felt that his feet were being stepped on by Master Qingming, he immediately reacted, and yelled at the man: "As expected, you arrested Lord Baoxian! Miss, don't trust him!"

"Don't say that, look at this city, look at the people living in the city, I believe the city owner will not hurt my brother."

The man said: "How courageous! She is indeed the woman I fancy! Come on, come back with me, and soon you will be able to see your brother."

Hei Tengu, who is good at infiltrating, was naturally assigned to infiltrate, and did not act with Jin Chi and Li Qingming.But he knew that Mr. Baoxian was very important to Mr. Seimei, and his task was great.

After sneaking into the city, he quickly found the City Lord's Mansion, where Shuten-douji's headquarters was located.

He used the wind to sense the monster aura around him, and found that most of the people around him were ordinary people, only a strange, monster-like aura permeated the air.

——It's not magic power or demon power, it's really strange, yes, it's the same feeling as the man they met before, is this the 'fog attribute' that Lord Seimei said?

Hei Tengu decided to treat it as a special kind of evil spirit, secretly remembering this feeling.

In addition, the location of the Onmyoji is very obvious.Wraith-like monsters like him are already sensitive to clean air, but the sealed Onmyoji still leaked positive power, and he was quickly found.

Black Tengu turned into a gust of wind and came to the place where Onmyoji was imprisoned.

Although there are jailers, they seem to be human beings, so there is nothing to be afraid of.

But just to be on the safe side, Hei Tengu didn't alarm them, for fear of setting off any alarms.

"Excuse me, is it Mr. Baoxian? I am the shikigami of Mr. Seimei, and I have been ordered to rescue you."

Homo Kamo, bound by the sealing chain, opened his eyes and couldn't help chuckling when he saw the invisible Shikigami.

"Oh, it turned out that both Ye Wang and Daoman were busy for nothing? I really want to see their expressions at that time."

Hei Tengu came over and tried to break the seal, but he didn't expect his hand to be burnt with scorched black marks as soon as he touched it, which shocked him.

"It's useless, you are a spirit body with negative attributes, and sealing items with positive attributes can restrain you." Baoxian said flatly, "Only the person who made the seal at the beginning, or Qingming, can untie it for me. Seal. Where is Seimei?"

Just as Hei Tengu was about to speak, footsteps came suddenly, and Hei Tengu immediately hid under Baoxian's signal.

I saw a tall man who was very handsome and unforgettable after just one glance, walking towards this side.

"What advice do you have, Jiu Tun-douji?" Lord Baoxian didn't change his face, "No matter what you do, you can't invade my spirit. If you want to control me, kill me first, and control my corpse. ? If you're really a ghost, this means little to you."

Shuten Doji was not angered, but replied with a slightly gentle expression: "You misunderstood me, Mr. Baoxian, the previous things were all misunderstandings. In fact, I fell in love with your sister, Ms. Yizi at first sight. As long as we get married , you are my elder brother, how could I hurt you?"

Constitutional protection: ...

Even in the face of all kinds of bullets and bullets, He Mao Baoxian, who had never changed his face and experienced all kinds of unimaginable incidents, could not help but blank his expression for a second or two.

--who?Who are you talking about?Where did my sister come from?