[Comprehensive] Goddess of Bryan

When approaching the festival square, Bai Lan could already feel the warm atmosphere.

Dozens of bullock carts are lined up at the entrance, and the cloth patterns on the bullock carts are all different from each other. They are colorful and close together, crowded and lively.

The servants of various families shuttled back and forth, and young noblemen and ladies in light summer dresses greeted each other.

"Bai Lan!" The crisp female voice was full of joy, as sweet as the plump fruit on a pomegranate tree in midsummer.The completely new Chun Ji came running over in her pot attire, took Bai Lan's hand and asked her where she lived these few days, how she was doing, and why she didn't go to see her.

When she heard that Bailan lived in Abe Seimei's residence, she exclaimed even more, covered her mouth with her hand, and her face behind the veil was full of disbelief: "So it's Master Qingming! That's great, I heard that Master Qingming is gentle and gentle." , The demeanor is excellent, not only under the tutelage of Master He Mao Zhongxing, but also playing chess, playing the flute, writing, and painting are excellent! By the way, did Master Qingming not accompany you?"

Bai Lan stopped Chun Ji from looking around for Abe Seimei: "Qingming said that he participated in Xiayue's Enlightenment as an assistant today, and he went to Yinyang Liao to report early in the morning."

"Ah, by the way, he and Lord Ye are both Lord He Maozhongxing's disciples, and they must have been busy preparing for the Great Exorcism Ceremony recently." Chun Ji took Bai Lan's hand and walked in affectionately.

Come to the open courtyard, where a platform for offering sacrifices and a thatched wheel as tall as a person have been set up. The thatched wheel is made of green thatch and fixed on the ground by straw ropes.According to Chun Ji, those who will participate in Xiayue's ritual will pass through the Maolun in a figure-eight shape under the leadership of Yin Yang, who presides over the ceremony.

"Look! That's Master He Mao Zhongxing! Hey, He Mao Baoxian, Qingming and Master Ye Wang are also here!" Chun Ji pulled Bai Lan and told her to take a quick look.

Following the girl's slender fingers, Bai Lan saw a middle-aged handsome man with a goatee. His eyes were calm and his appearance was clear. Although there were wrinkles at the corners of his eyes and brows, he still made people feel like a spring breeze when he smiled.

Abe Seimei was standing beside the middle-aged man, tilting his head to listen carefully to the other's instructions, he noticed the gazes of Bai Lan and Chun Ji, and he raised his eyes to look this way.

Across the bustling crowd, the young man in white smiled slightly, his slender eyes were slightly curved, and there was a smile on his crimson thin lips.

Black hair hangs down from his cheeks like flowing water, and falls on his shoulders according to gravity, in stark contrast to the white and smooth safari.Immediately, everything around him, whether it was the gorgeously dressed nobleman, the mature and prudent man in the hall, or even the altar where the sacrifices were enshrined, all paled under the smile of this young man in white.

In the world, he is the only one who shines.

Bai Lan heard Chunji sigh heavily beside her, and murmured with emotion: "You really deserve to be Master Qingming."

Yes, as expected of Abe Seimei.

Bai Lan nodded, repeating this sentence in her heart for the second time.

He glanced to the side, and saw Ye Wang who was also wearing hunting clothes next to Qingming, but probably because he was young, he didn't wear a hat, and still had a boy's hairstyle.Wang Ye was holding a box in his hand. Due to the distance in it, he couldn't see what it was, only a white flower.When He Maozhongxing explained to Qingming, he stood on the side boredly, his brows were slightly furrowed as usual, his face full of bitterness and hatred.

Just take a quick look at the people around you, and you will know why Ye Wang has that expression.

Bai Lan sneered, not only did she not have the slightest sympathy, but she gloated happily.Accidentally caught by Ye Wang who was trembling with laughter, the child's complexion became even worse.

When Bai Lan and the others arrived, the ceremony was about to begin, and the noble officials who participated in the Xiayue Festival had basically arrived, and everyone was standing together in twos and threes, chatting with familiar people.

The whole courtyard was full of people's voices and laughter, the gorgeous clothes rubbed against each other, and the long sleeves gently swept the hem of another person's clothes.

Chun Ji also pulled Bai Lan and whispered non-stop, pointing the latter to see all the famous handsome men in Ping'an capital.Bai Lan responded one after another, and followed Chun Ji's introduction to see which one was Zhong Nayan, which one was the chief lieutenant general, and which one was from the three queen palace officials.The last one was a nobleman with a handsome face and straight eyes, who was running to Abe Seimei to talk to the onmyoji.

Seeing Bai Lan's gaze lingering on the nobleman for a while, Chun Ji covered her mouth with a smirk and introduced: "That's Mr. Yuan Boya, and his father is Prince Keming."

Oh, according to legend, Abe Seimei's best friend is also the famous God of Gagaku in the history of Country R.

While chatting, suddenly there was a sound of beating drums, and the whole yard fell silent.

Whether it was Guan Bai or Minister Zuo, they turned their attention to the person who was beating the drums. It was He Mao Baoxian who was standing beside He Mao Zhongxing before.As for He Mao Zhongxing, he had already stood in front of the altar with his back to everyone.

Most of the people have experienced Xia Yuexie, and after seeing this battle, they consciously lined up according to their status and stood behind Yin Yangtou.

He Mao Zhongxing cleared his throat after the sound of the clothes rubbing against each other, and unfolded the paper in his hand.

"Gao Tianyuaner, Shenliu Zuoxu, Huang Heqin, Shenleuqi, Shenleimei, are destined to know..."

Yinyangtou's voice is solemn and serious, and there is a wonderful rhythm when reciting the prayers. Even without the rest of the accompaniment, people can't help but focus on him.

Passing through the crowd, Bai Lan could only catch a glimpse of Lord He Mao Zhongxing's white clothes between the two shoulders. He Mao Baoxian, who was beating the drum just now, had already put down his drumsticks and waited aside with his hands tied, closing his eyes like everyone else. Probably silently praying to the gods.

Bai Lan doesn't really believe this, and she doesn't believe that the gods of Country R will protect her across borders. Therefore, when others carefully closed their eyes and listened to Yin Yang's congratulatory speech, she stared long and hard, identifying people she knew one by one.

After this hesitation, he was caught by another person impartially.

Abe Seimei stood beside Ye Wang, looking at Bai Lan helplessly.

After their eyes met, Bai Lan stuck out her tongue at him.

The fox-eyed young man's smile was full of helplessness and tolerance, and he shook his head slightly at Bailan.

Bai Lan pouted, and took the lead to look away, falling on Ye Wang with a deep wrinkle between his brows.

In fact, this child is also quite unlucky. No one wants to listen to other people's heartfelt voices all the time. Bai Lan asked herself, what would happen if she were Ye Wang...

Probably impatient for a long time, and want to destroy all human beings.

I don't know if he "heard" Bai Lan's heartbeat, Ye Wang opened his eyes and glanced at her, but quickly looked away, and together with his senior brother, one held a branch with many royal coins tied on it, and the other held a A basin of clear water walked behind He Maozhongxing.

At this time, Yin Yang Tou's prayer has come to an end:

"...The gods of the Heavenly Capital God Kingdom, 800 million gods, etc., all of you have heard of Shishideng, white beard."

He Maozhong refolded the prayer and saluted the altar.Then he turned around and took the wooden branch in Abe Seimei's hand, dipped it in the clear water held by Ye Wang, and sprinkled it on the people who closed their eyes and prayed as they walked.

Due to the large number of people, after walking around, most of the clear water in the copper basin has disappeared.When he returned to his original position, Baoxian He Mo was already waiting there with a wooden box.

He Mao Zhongxing took the small wooden box, grabbed a handful of white things from inside, and sprinkled it on the heads of everyone.

Bai Lan took a closer look and found that those were pieces of white paper cut into extremely small pieces.Papers fluttered one after another, falling from the sky to the head, the body and the ground like snowflakes.

When He Mao Zhongxing was doing these things, his expression was solemn and his eyes were in awe. The pieces of paper in his eyes were no longer just shredded paper, but turned into blessings from the gods.

After the water has been sprinkled and the pieces of paper are sprinkled, after all this is done, it is the highlight of Xiayue's Zhenger Eight Classics - led by the onmyoji, passing the chakra back and forth three times in a certain sequence of horoscopes to achieve cleanliness The body, the purpose of removing the first half of the filth.

There were really a lot of people present, even if not all the nobles were qualified to participate in this great exorcism ceremony, but there were a large number of people from the hall, the great nobles, and the children of the great nobles.

He Mao Zhongxing took the lead, followed by several of his assistants, and after that was His Majesty the Emperor.

There were too many people before, and the Emperor wearing a sumac-dyed belt had disappeared from the crowd, but now he stood out alone, allowing Bai Lan to see his true face.

Because she is not very familiar with the history of country R, ​​Bai Lan still hasn't figured out which emperor is now, but even if she does, it's still useless, since it doesn't have much to do with her anyway.

However, the Emperor's Majesty, who was wearing a mustache and a pair of mustaches, was pale and thin. He looked very weak and had a very poor health.

Especially when he was staggering through the wheel, people couldn't help but worry that he would suddenly roll his eyes and faint.

What are you doing, is it really okay for a king with such poor health?Bai Lan stared at the emperor, who was still countless people away from her, and murmured in her heart, wouldn't the whole country be in chaos because of his sudden return to the west?

Just as she was muttering, there was a sudden commotion in front of her. Bai Lan raised her eyes, and sure enough, it was His Majesty the Emperor who fell down.

It wasn't as exaggerated as Bai Lan imagined. The strong Emperor didn't faint, but he seemed to suddenly lose his feet and tripped.The man who was helped by the palace servants to rest aside waved his hand, signaling He Mao Zhongxing and others to continue the ceremony: "This is a ceremony to pray for the blessing of the gods, and it must not be interrupted casually."

Everyone hesitated for a while, and finally proceeded with the ceremony under the order of His Majesty the Emperor.

It’s just that as soon as the Maolun was finished, the line that had been lined up broke up, and many people scrambled to gather around the emperor, expressing their concern here, and calling for the medical officer there. drowned.

Bai Lan stood far away from the crowd, looking at the black mass, and felt a little sympathetic to the poor Emperor.

Not to mention people in poor health, even normal people would feel breathless surrounded by such a crowd.

Just as she thought this way, the crowd exploded again. It turned out that His Majesty the Emperor couldn't stand the lack of oxygen this time. He closed his eyes and passed out completely.

The emperor was dizzy, so they naturally couldn't leave casually.In fact, except for Bai Lan and a few other people, the rest of the people were basically surrounded by the emperor, even if they couldn't squeeze into the nearest position, they still stood on the periphery and loudly emphasized that they were very concerned about the safety of the emperor.

When the medical officer ran over with the box, Bai Lan who happened to be standing next to him saw his eyes twitch.Then the thin medical officer rushed into the crowd like a shell, blowing everyone up.

On weekdays, the high-ranking people and nobles whose eyes were higher than the top were snarled by a medical officer. They touched their noses and backed away, finally leaving a blue sky for the emperor to breathe freely.

The medical officer took out a small wooden box from his sleeve pocket, dug out something from it and applied it under the nose of the unconscious emperor. After a while, the pale man woke up slowly.When he was unconscious, his head was turned sideways to the direction where Bai Lan was standing. When he opened his eyes, his eyes fell on Bai Lan's body impartially.

In fact, there were several other people standing in front of Bai Lan, but the Emperor somehow saw her at a glance.

I saw the emperor who had just woken up screamed and yelled "Wen Ji!", then rolled his eyes and passed out again.

Facing the crowd who turned their heads to look at her, Bai Lan twitched the corners of her mouth, raised her hands and swore sincerely: "I didn't do anything."

Before she finished speaking, following the emperor's loud cry, several women cried out one after another. Although the tones and volumes were different, the only thing that remained the same was the content:

"Wen Ji/Concubine!"

Bai Lan turned to Abe Seimei expressionlessly, and found that the man was also looking at him, without any surprise on his face.Reminiscent of his shock when he saw him for the first time, Bai Lan was sure that this person must know something inside.

Immediately afterwards, Bai Lan discovered that not only Abe Seimei, but also his master He Mao Zhongxing was also one of the insiders.Because it was the yin and yang head who stopped the samurai who was going to catch Bai Lan, and ordered the medical officer to wake up the emperor.

This time His Majesty the Emperor woke up a little slower than last time, and was tossed and tossed by the medical officer for a long time after applying ointment and pinching people before he woke up slowly.After waking up, his face was paler than before, almost like a blank sheet of paper.

As soon as the white paper-like emperor woke up, no one paid attention to him, and stared straight at Bai Lan.

In the eyes of others, it was His Majesty the Emperor who was staring intently at the silver-haired beauty, but only the person involved knew that rather than saying that the Emperor was looking at her, it was better to say that he was looking at another person through her.

The emperor stared at the empty figure with sad and affectionate eyes, coupled with his crumbling body, it added a sense of desolation.

He didn't speak, and the others didn't dare to talk too much. The courtyard that was noisy just now became quiet.

After a long time, the emperor sighed, closed his eyes and fell back, panting exhaustedly for a long time, and finally said exhaustedly: "Others go down first, Zhongxing, you stay, and those two girls who were rescued from the mermaid village. "

Judging from the backs of the ministers and nobles leaving, they were really reluctant to leave, but they had to obey the boss's wishes, so that when they left, it was like a competition who walked slower, and one or two were comparable to tortoises.

It's just that no matter how slow you walk, there will eventually be a moment when everything will disappear.

When there were only the left and right ministers left in the courtyard and the few people whom the emperor ordered to stay, the emperor opened his eyes and looked at Bai Lan again: "Come closer, what's your name?"

"Bryn."

The pale emperor didn't care about Bai Lan's useless honorific title, he just stared blankly at her face and couldn't help feeling: "It looks like it, it really looks like it."

Bai Lan remained calm, and glanced at Abe Seimei and the others. Those onmyojis were watching their eyes, their noses, their noses, and their hearts, and they chose to pretend to be stupid and deaf.

The emperor stared at Bai Lan's face, regained consciousness, and then asked her: "Are you one of the girls rescued from the mermaid village? Is there another one?"

Minister Zuo hurriedly said: "Here, this is the little girl Chunji."

Chun Ji, who had already removed the city maiden hat, hurriedly saluted.

Bai Lan remembered that Chun Ji was not the daughter of Minister Zuo, so that means she was adopted as an adopted daughter?These nobles moved so fast, I'm afraid they might have gotten some news a long time ago.And this news must have something to do with the Emperor.

Thinking of this, she was finally willing to look up at the current supreme ruler of the country once.

Unsurprisingly, the emperor was fascinated by her face again, and made Chunji Baibai lie on the ground for a while before letting her get up slowly.Afterwards, he turned to ask He Mao Zhongxing who was staring at the floor, "Which girl ate mermaid meat?"

"Reporting to the Holy Majesty, she is the daughter of Minister Zuo's family."

"Oh." The Emperor responded indifferently.

Bai Lan was keenly aware that at this moment, Minister Zuo and Chun Ji held their breath.

The next second, the emperor said again: "Then let her enter the palace."

The father and daughter of the Fujiwara family breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, and hurriedly saluted again.

After making this decision, the Emperor's expression became even more sleepy, and after asking He Mao Zhongxing to take care of Concubine Wen, he waved them away.

It wasn't until returning to Qingming's home that Abe Seimei closed his eyes and meditated all the way. Then he opened his eyes, looked at Bai Lan who had been staring at him, and smiled helplessly: "You can ask whatever you want."

Bai Lan sorted out her thoughts, and said slowly, "What did the emperor mean by entering the palace?"

"literal meaning."

"Why does it have to be someone who has successfully transformed after eating mermaid meat?"

This time Qingming paused for a moment before opening his mouth. Instead of answering Bai Lan directly, he asked her a question instead: "Have you heard of Eight Hundred Bhikkuni?"

Bai Lan shook his head.

"She is known to us, the last woman who was successfully transformed after eating mermaid meat. The bhikkhuni-sama carried the curse of Prince Zaara on her own body, protected Heianjing, and has always been respected by everyone."

Bai Lan immediately guessed the truth, and suddenly realized: "So the emperor has been cursed, and Chunji should bear it? Is that curse related to Concubine Wen?"

Abe Seimei neither denied nor affirmed, and continued to state unhurriedly: "Wen Ji was the most beloved concubine, and she hanged herself a few months ago. Since then, the health of the woman has not been very good, and it has become more and more serious recently. It just so happened that Wen Ji’s vengeful spirit also began to haunt Beijing. More than one noble courtier saw Wen Ji’s vengeful spirit, and a few people were injured because of it. That person hesitated for so many days, and finally made up his mind to deal with this matter. thing."

Reminiscent of He Maozhong calling Qingming aside to talk before leaving the inner city, Bai Lan looked at Qingming's foxy eyes and guessed: "The emperor gave it to your master, and your master gave it to you?"

Abe Seimei smiled and nodded.

Bai Lan was quite curious about how he planned to solve this matter. If he said it in a rough way: "Just find it and rush up and fight."

Qingming was amused by her description: "All exterminations are roughly the same, but the general problem is how to find the monsters to be exterminated."

"So what is Seimei-sama thinking?"

"Ok?"

The silver-haired girl tilted her head slightly and stared at herself. Her purple eyes were rippling and turbulent. Her age seemed to be between a girl and a woman, and her expression was sometimes delicate and sometimes coquettish.Abe Seimei suddenly found that in front of such a pair of eyes, the idea of ​​trying to make a fool of himself disappeared.

Being looked at by her like this, I just want to tell her everything and present the best things in the world to her.

Probably even the most beautiful concubine Wen in the legend is nothing more than this, the so-called magical beauty is like this.

Abe Seimei sighed, and honestly confessed: "I plan to let someone pretend to be the emperor and have a tryst with a woman late at night. Presumably the lady who hanged herself out of jealousy will show up."

Needless to say, Seimei himself would never pretend to be the emperor, so this kind of errand would probably fall on his best friend again.

"Do you want Yuan Boya to pretend to be the emperor?" Bai Lan asked with a straight face.

Qingming was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Yes, Boya is a good man."

So if you have anything to do, you should go to him.Bai Lan nodded understandingly, thinking that this was the same as harassing Xiaozheng if she had nothing to do.

"What about the woman? The woman who pretended to have a tryst with Boya."

Speaking of this, Abe Seimei rarely hesitated: "I intend to let my shikigami pretend, but..." After all, the aura of shikigami and human beings is different, even if it is disguised, it is still easy to be exposed.And once exposed, with the vigilance of Concubine Wen's resentful spirit, it will be difficult to seduce her again.

Bai Lan saw through his thoughts at a glance, and immediately recommended herself: "Then let me do it."

Qingming was stunned again, then frowned rarely, shook his head and said in disapproval: "This matter is very dangerous."

"I believe in Qingming! Besides, the good boy Boya is here too, you won't let him get hurt, right?" Bai Lan said with a smile, "Besides, I'm so curious, if you insist on letting me go, I'll tell you Maybe it's true that I followed quietly. Wouldn't it be more troublesome then?"

Abe Qingming was finally relieved by her constant talk, and had to compromise, but he still insisted on the final bottom line and told Bai Lan: "You must do what I say when the time comes. When Concubine Wen died, she had a lot of resentment, not an ordinary resentment." Ling, something really happened, and I'm not completely sure."

"Okay, okay, I see, no problem."

Without further ado, the Emperor and He Mao Zhongxing were pressing again, Qingming immediately invited Yuan Boya to explain the matter, and the three of them decided to lure Concubine Wen's resentful spirit to appear tonight.