fictional spring

After a long time, I finally saw Brother Boya again.

Master Qingming took me back to his mansion, and Brother Boya happened to come to him again.When he stepped into the gate of the courtyard, Master Qingming's maid also came out with a wine cup.

It is not entirely true to say that she is a maid.

The expressionless woman in Tang clothes should be Seimei-sama's shikigami.

Brother Boya kept his eyes on the woman for a long time, and he didn't look away until she completely disappeared in front of our eyes.

"Do you like it?"

Seimei-sama suddenly asked a question.

Hearing this, Boya's elder brother showed a bit of embarrassment, his face became tense, and he said, "Stop teasing me, Qingming."

When he said this, he looked at me again, and seemed to take my existence into consideration.

I blinked at him.

After I made such a move, Brother Boya's reaction became more and more flustered. He moved his body unnaturally, as if he had been thinking for a long time before choking out a sentence.

"I just don't understand." Brother Boya said, "Is what I saw in your yard really a human?"

Hearing this, Lord Seimei just laughed without saying a word.

Brother Boya looked at me, as if he was looking for an answer from me.

"Brother Boya, do you think so?"

I asked him that.

Hearing this, he was silent for a moment, then sighed.

"That's what I should have thought," he said, looking at us. "Y'all like that."

Obviously we didn't do anything, but at this time it made people feel for no reason, as if Master Qingming and I had teamed up to play tricks on Brother Boya.

His eyes were full of helplessness, as if admitting defeat, "Can't you tell me the answer directly?"

I looked at Seimei-sama.

"Bo Ya didn't tell Mutsuki Hime the answer, did he?"

Master Qingming was only wearing a white safari suit today, without a black hat, and was sitting on the porch leaning slightly, looking relaxed and lazy.

But Brother Boya is the kind of person who is upright at all times, so even in front of us, he will still uphold his consistent style.

Looking at his straight back, I couldn't help straightening my body, but a figure in black single clothes suddenly appeared in my mind, and the other person also straightened his back in front of me.

But it's a little strange that I don't seem to know that person right.

This strange feeling didn't last long, and the figure just flashed in my mind. I looked at Brother Boya who was explaining, and my attention returned to the present.

Brother Boya said very honestly: "I don't think so."

Hearing that Lord Qingming told him: "Then your idea is right."

This kind of answer, in the eyes of most people, is probably just a perfunctory answer, and it is the same for Brother Boya, not to mention that it is not the first time Master Qingming has been so malicious.

So Brother Boya subconsciously cast his questioning eyes on me.

I nodded.

It was given the name "Honey Bug", a wisteria outside the side door.

This is what Seimei-sama explained to us personally.

When he said this, he not only talked about the origin of Shikigami, but also mentioned the so-called "curse" again.

Because he accepted the name, he was also bound voluntarily. It is precisely in this way that Shikigami will willingly follow the Onmyoji.

I haven't had a shikigami so far, and I never thought before that that the person I named for the first time was actually a human being.

No misery.

I thought about that boy again.

If, according to Master Qingming, choosing a name is a curse, then...

Wu Mi asked me if I could see you that day, was it also because of the curse?

"what are you thinking about?"

When I was immersed in my thoughts, I was suddenly interrupted. Brother Boya was looking at me, and Master Qingming was also smiling.

"Thinking of something... I think it's amazing."

After my answer, Brother Boya obviously didn't intend to ask further questions, so he said to himself, "Someone gave me a horse before, and it gave birth to a foal a few days ago. Muyue is going to see it." Is it?"

At first, I just listened absent-mindedly, but when I heard the little pony, I was already interested.

After taking a look, is there anything else you can do?

With this in mind, Brother Boya and I came to the hunting forest.

To be honest, I am actually more interested in archery than riding, because brother Boya is very good at it, so every time I see him practicing archery, I will always want to ask him to teach me.

But in the past, Brother Boya would always use my young age as an excuse to reject me mercilessly.

"It's not very young. If you are still in the palace, you can get married in two years..."

When I said this, Brother Boya hesitated a little, "But..."

"Brother Boya must have been looking for excuses to lie to me before?"

I looked at him suspiciously, squinting my eyes.

Probably this kind of threat played a role. Although Brother Boya still seemed a little hesitant, he finally agreed to the teacher's request.

"It's just that there won't be any progress for a while," Brother Boya said to me: "Just take it as an experience."

He wasn't expecting anything from my first draw, but—

I didn't miss the mark.

Although it didn't hit the red heart, it was still on the target.

Seeing this scene, Brother Boya thought it was just a coincidence, but after asking me to try it a few more times, he suddenly fell silent.

Lord Qingming was just standing aside and smiling, but when Brother Boya fell silent, he also approached us.

"Is Boya unhappy? Mu Yueji is extremely talented, and it's not incomprehensible that such a result will happen."

It's not a coincidence or luck, but the moment I hold the bow and arrow in my hand, I seem to know something.

So after getting the guidance of Brother Boya, something suddenly became clear in his mind, and the subconscious movements of the body, the results obtained were not satisfactory.

Hearing that Brother Boya's expression is a bit complicated, I don't know what he thought of, anyway, my mood at this time is enough to be called happy.

Not only did he come out to play with Master Qingming after a long time, but he also met Brother Boya who hadn't seen him for a long time, saw the little pony and got guidance on archery from Brother Boya.

No matter what it is, it is a happy experience.

So when the evening came and I had to go back to the shrine, I still couldn't get enough of it.

"When will the next opportunity to come out to play..."

As I sighed, I thought about the Kamo Festival that was coming up soon.

This is the grandest festival of the year at Kamo Shrine, and it is also the busiest time in Heian-kyo. The team participating in the festival will start from the Imperial Palace, pass by Shimogamo Shrine, and finally perform a blessing ceremony in Kamo Shrine.

The He Mao Festival is also called the Sunflower Festival. The sunflower leaves and osmanthus twigs needed to be prepared for the team must be prepared in advance, as are the wisteria flowers adorning the sedan chairs of the He Mao Zhaiyuan.

Precisely because it is the most important festival of the year, it requires ample preparation time. I have to preside over the preparations for a long time before the Kamo Festival in Satsuki.

Lord Qingming also saw my sadness, he patted my head, "After the Kamo Festival, I will take you to Fengsaka Pass."

I blinked my eyes with some doubts. Fengsaka Pass is not prosperous, and I have never heard of any interesting things. Where is Master Qingming taking me? What is his intention?

"Is there anything there?"

Hearing this, Master Qingming smiled, "I heard that there is a blind mage named 'Cicada Pill' there. Although he cannot see with his eyes, he is very skilled at playing the pipa. I think you will be interested."

My eyes lit up immediately.

To be honest, if I really want to say that I have something that I can give or that can not be defeated in front of Master Qingming and Brother Boya, it is probably the rhythm.

Brother Boya is actually very good at rhythm, not only that, he is also obsessed with those wonderful music, and often loses his mind for some music scores or the music he hears by chance.

It might be a little surprising to say that, although Boya brother who is obviously not good at waka, he has a very high talent in such elegant things as music.

Lord Seimei once said to me, "Because Boya is a good person."

His evaluation of Brother Boya was so simple.

I naturally know that Brother Boya is a good man, a... a good man who is straightforward and innocent.

So I never said it in front of Brother Boya. In fact, every time I just look at his expression, I can understand what he is thinking at this time.

After making an appointment with Seimei-sama, I was sent back to Kamo Shrine, and I started preparing for the Kamo Matsuri.

I thought that Wu Mi, who had my consent, would come to me several times, but I often asked the priestesses guarding the gate, and their answers were that no one had ever come to me.

At first I also wondered if they were deliberately deceiving me in order not to distract me, but after carefully examining their expressions, I found that the expressions on them did not seem to be fake.

In other words, Wu Mi really hasn't come to me once in several months.

I attribute the reason to his poor health, but even so, I still feel a little disappointed. Just when I was thinking about whether to go to him after the Kamo Festival, I unexpectedly saw him on the way to the festival.

At that time, I went to the imperial palace in advance, put on the piles of twelve single clothes, and sat on the sedan chair decorated with sunflower leaves and luxuriant wisteria flowers, and my eyes fell more and more around me. More and more bullock carts joined the team, and suddenly saw a very familiar family crest on a bullock cart in the distance.

It is the family crest of the Ubuyashiki family that I saw at the ceremony of the Yuanfu that day.

Seeing that pattern again after a few months, I couldn't help but stay for a while, thinking about who would be sitting there, but suddenly seemed to notice something.

Even though I was separated from the bustling team, I felt... an unusual sight.

This can probably be explained by the so-called "curse".

When the Kamo Festival team arrived at Kamo Shrine, it was several times stronger than when they came out of the imperial palace, but not all the people in the oxcart were eligible to enter Kamo Shrine on this day, and some of the people who were stopped were also After the others entered the shrine, they slowly dispersed.

When I was about to lose sight of the outside scenery, I turned my head and looked at the bullock cart I had been paying attention to.

There... there must be Wu Mi there.

Obviously there is no definite evidence, but this feeling suddenly arises in my heart, lingering in my heart strangely, as if it is telling me something.

So after the ritual of praying for blessings was over, when the sunflower leaves and wisteria flowers on the sedan chair I came in were about to be distributed to the nobles in the capital, I stopped the priestesses.

This is the practice of the sunflower festival every year. The sunflower leaves and wisteria flowers that come along the way from the imperial palace are all blessed, so putting these things at home is equivalent to receiving blessings and protection.

Occasionally, I asked the witch to deliver a bouquet of wisteria flowers to the ox cart parked at the door alone.

Hearing this, the witch showed some doubts.

"Is that someone you know?"

I paused, "I just think it's not easy to wait so long in front of the torii gate of the shrine, so I want to give them something."

Out of nowhere, I said this.

The mood at this time is probably a bit complicated. After all, we haven't seen each other for a long time, and we are still a little annoyed, but if Wu Mi can wait at the door for so long, then...

Forgiving him is not impossible.

I was still wondering if the witch would bring back the bunch of wisteria flowers to me, and then said to me: "There is no one at the door."

Or when I asked her after I came back, she told me that the ox cart parked at the door belonged to someone else I was not familiar with.

However, the miko who came back told me that the bouquet of wisteria flowers was given to the Ubayashiki family.

"What kind of person?"

I still couldn't help asking.

Hearing this, the priestess thought for a while, and said to me, "It's probably the young master of the Ubayashiki family, because I saw him... seems to be coughing."

The only one in the Ubuyashiki family who is so ill is the young master.

I nodded to show that I knew it, and the miko went to pack other things. At this time, I had some free time, and I didn't have anything to do or direct.

I'm bored again.

Originally, I wanted to find out whether Lord Seimei had left in the shrine, but unexpectedly, I met an unexpected person on the verandah.

"Brother Laiguang?"

Probably because of the Kamo Festival, the young man in front of him was dressed in court clothes, which was very different from the usual appearance.

Probably because my surprised expression was too obvious, Brother Laiguang laughed, stretched out his arms to hug me, and asked, "Has Mu Yue sneaked out recently?"

I shook my head, and said very sincerely: "Recently, I have been seriously preparing for the Kamo Festival, so I didn't run around here and there."

Like Brother Boya, Brother Laiguang is not the real brother who is related to me by blood, it's just that I like to call him that.

Brother Laiguang did not reject such a title.

Speaking of the Kamo Festival, I remembered that I didn't see Brother Raimitsu in the team when I came here, so I couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.

"Aren't you in the line ahead?"

Brother Lai Guang smiled, "I have had enough opportunities in previous years, so I don't want to go this time."

Although there was a smile on his face and his tone of voice was very relaxed when he said this, but for some reason, I always felt that things were not as simple as Laiguang brother said.

"Is... what happened?"

When I asked questions so carefully, Brother Laiguang squinted his eyes, and there was a little dark color flowing in the ocher pupils.

I suddenly understood something.

About... It's related to the father.

So even though Brother Laiguang didn't reply, I didn't ask any more questions.

"How are you these days?"

It seems a little blunt to change the subject with this kind of words, but I can't think of any better words at the moment, not to mention that when Brother Raikou walked me in the shrine, he met many people along the way.

But no one said anything.

In fact, according to common sense, even if I usually call Lai Guangyou the elder brother, but if you really count the rules, his behavior at this time must be out of order.

Whether it's hugging me, or saying to me: "I'm going out for a while, so I want you to do the divination for me."

Generally speaking, there are not many people who can make a request to me so straightforwardly.

Although Brother Boya would agree as long as he spoke, but with his personality, it must be impossible for him to speak, and Master Seimei would not let me do divination for him—even if we all know that no matter how good your skills are, Superb, no matter how accurate the result of divination is, it is impossible to calculate something related to oneself.

Naturally, I would not shirk Brother Laiguang's request, so I asked Brother Laiguang what he wanted to do with the divination.

"I'm about to get rid of monsters."

Now is actually a very strange era, I have understood this a long time ago, even though I have not had much contact with those things, but——

I am He Mozhai.

To be honest, I didn't believe in the existence of so-called gods at first, so whether it was fasting in the fasting courtyard outside the palace or when I moved to Kamo Shrine, I felt that such things were just made up by people. fantasy.

Until Master Qingming really made me feel the existence of spiritual power.

An onmyoji knows many things, such as star observation, divination, fortune telling, shikigami...

I saw Seimei-sama's appearance when he drew a talisman.

He only used one stroke.

It was clearly just a stroke of success, but it had astonishing and strange fluctuations, as if it had life, which made me start to doubt my own thoughts.

"Ghosts" exist.

Seimei-sama said this to me a long time ago.

Even if I didn't understand what he meant at that time, I didn't understand what the "ghost" he was referring to was.

But Seimei-sama still told me.

He said to me: "There is something called 'ghost' hidden in everyone's heart. Once confused by the ghost in the heart, he will lose his mind and become a terrifying monster."

And not long after that, I did see what he called a "ghost".

My mother's younger sister is an extremely beautiful woman. When I was still fasting in Neijing, she often came to visit me.

But for some reason, I always feel that I can't get close to her.

The reason for this is probably also because——she approached me, not out of love for me.

Because my mother's health has not been very good, my father is always worried about her. Fortunately, I am not as weak as my mother, so this also saves my father a lot of worry.

But the mother's younger sister seems to want to take her mother's place.

When her thoughts were exposed, but her father rejected her, she turned into an extremely hideous and ugly appearance.

She cursed her father and mother with a sharp and resentful voice, but was dismissed by Mr. He Mao Zhongxing, who was on duty at night in the palace.

Although I was still young, such a scene left a deep mark in my heart. Even when I think about it now, I still feel that it is an extremely uncomfortable memory.

Anyway, I don't want to be that ugly.

As early as a long time ago, this idea was deeply engraved in my heart.

In any case, I don't want to be an ugly ghost.

But whether "God" exists, we don't know.

I have seen the appearance of "ghosts" with my own eyes, but I have never heard of anyone who actually saw the so-called gods. Even those believers who keep chanting the gods have never seen the figure of the gods.

But since "ghosts" exist, then probably gods also exist.

After all, the divination I am doing for Brother Raikou is actually asking the meaning of the gods.

And the "God" tells us——

"Good luck."

To be honest, I was a little surprised to get such a result, because before that, the best result I could calculate was only "auspicious".

It seems that there is no "good luck" in my hands, no matter who I am planning or doing, the results I get are not really satisfactory to the other party.

But this time, "Daji" appeared in my hand for the first time.

Just when I myself began to doubt whether I had made another mistake, Brother Laiguang smiled. He took the bamboo stick from my hand, and then said to me: "Mutsuki-hime really lives up to her reputation."

Every time Brother Raikou called me Mutsuki Hime, it always gave me the illusion of being terrified, because the demeanor he showed at this time seemed to be more ambitious than those evil spirits.

It's not that I hate Brother Raikou like this, it's just that I like Seimei-sama better.

Seeing Brother Laiguang's smile widened, I couldn't attack him any more, so I swallowed back what I wanted to tell him that it might be a mistake, and just asked again: "Where are you going to fight the monster?" What about retreat?"

Hearing that, Brother Laiguang restrained his smile slightly, he raised his eyes and looked at me: "A few days ago, Mr. Fujiwara's daughter was kidnapped by a monster, so Mr. Fujiwara asked Mr. Seimei to ask him for divination. "

It was to figure out what monster took Fujiwara-san away.

It's also because I haven't seen Master Seimei for so long that I don't know the specifics of what happened.

"Then where is the monster?"

When I asked curiously, Brother Raikou squinted his eyes and said to me: "It's a monster from Oeyama, Ghost King Shuten Doji."

I was slightly startled.

I have also heard the name of this monster.

Ghost King Shuten Doji, it is said that a monk in a temple turned into a ghost, and then he would always use the appearance of a handsome young man to lure those women, and when they were immersed in it...

Eat it.

All in all, an extremely cruel monster.