[Comprehensive] Natsume Reiko's trip

It is already May at this time, although it is not the summer with the most frequent thunderstorms, there are always white lights flashing in the sky from time to time, as if the god is venting his anger.

Another flash of lightning strikes, and the night sky looks like daytime at that moment, a certain building is ablaze, and thick smoke billows in the air.

"The water is gone! The water is gone!" The disheveled servants hurriedly got up from the bed, escaped from the building in a panic, came to the well, poured buckets of water towards the building, The scene was chaotic.

"Boom!" !

The belated thunder made an explosion on the side, as if it was shocking these ignorant mortals.

A dilapidated umbrella floated slowly in the air, shedding blood and tears line after line, making a melodious and sad voice: "Send me back... help me, send me back..."

The rain finally poured down, the fire was extinguished, and the sky was dark again.

Since Abe Seimei took over the task of teaching Kagura, he has been quite leisurely recently, and the nobles who used to come to ask for help from time to time no longer disturb him casually.

Usually stay in the courtyard to teach Reiko Yin Yang, or take her around to get acquainted with this era, or accompany Reiko to do some "idle things". The name of Abe Seimei slowly spread among monsters.

No, Seimei was planning to wander around the Yinyang Liao casually and show his face before going back to the courtyard to accompany Reiko.

At this time, the Yinyang Liao was extremely busy, and it felt a bit like a war.

The lightning strike last night was the house of a branch of the Fujiwara family. If it was in the past, this accident would have passed. The people of the clan launched a crazy revenge, and even rumored that the death of the previous emperor, Emperor Daigo, was inextricably linked to Sugawara Michizane.

Therefore, the current Emperor Suzaku inevitably linked the cause of the fire in the Fujiwara family house with the number one vengeful spirit in Heian-kyo, Sugawara Michizane, and issued a death order in the court, and Yinyangliao must be allowed to solve this matter.

The onmyojis of Yinyangliao are trying their best to suppress the seal of Yamato no Orochi at this time, and they are in short supply when encountering such a thing.However, it happened that the house was leaking all night and it rained all night. Someone just reported to them that there were umbrella demons hovering over Ping'an Jing every night recently, and they asked Yin Yang to send someone to solve it.

In addition, there are still some miscellaneous things to deal with, such as missing girls, purple-robed monsters with maces, and Yin Yang's head has turned a lot of gray hair.

Baoxian Kamo walked past Seimei in a hurry with his hat tilted against the rain, and then quickly stepped back: "Well, Abe Seimei, you still have time here to enjoy the rain leisurely!"

Qingming shook his fan, looked at He Mao Baoxian, who was so embarrassed, and said, "Are you all busy?"

"Can't you see it?" Baoxian gritted his teeth angrily. Although the Yinyang Office decided to let Abe Seimei teach Kagura, and put the burden of sealing Yamato no Orochi on him, but at this moment, seeing Seimei's expression The leisurely look is really infuriating.

Qingming reached out and patted Baoxian on the shoulder: "Do it well." Then he raised his foot and prepared to leave.

He Mao Baoxian grabbed Qingming's sleeve, and put his face close to Qingming's: "It's been raining every day recently, do you plan to give Reiko an umbrella?"

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"Uh, so Master Qingming just took over the task of getting rid of the Umbrella Demon?" Xiaobai showed an incredulous expression, and the wise and wise Master Qingming was tricked by Lord Baoxian like this?

Qingming tapped Xiaobai's head with a fan: "Yinyangliao is so busy, it will inevitably ask me for help. Instead of dealing with troublesome vengeful spirits like Sugawara Michizane, it's better to find some simple things to pretend."

Presumably Brother Baoxian also knew that he didn't want to interfere with Sugawara Michizane, so he deliberately threw this matter to him.

Sugawara Michizane's matter involved the Fujiwara clan of important ministers, and even the Emperor himself. If he wanted to resolve his resentment, he could only wipe out the Emperor and Fujiwara's lineage, but this is simply impossible.

Even with another solution, trying to directly eliminate Sugawara Michizane's vengeful spirit is by no means a simple matter - after all, it is the existence that can summon thunder and lightning out of thin air in a clear day and kill courtiers directly.

"Why don't you leave the matter of the umbrella demon to me?" Reiko walked up to Seimei excitedly.

Although Reiko still has a long way to go to become a qualified Onmyoji, it is no longer a problem to use simple spells to defeat the enemy.

"Alright." Qingming agreed after a short moment of pondering. Actual combat is the best way for Onmyoji to improve his strength.

The rain at night has stopped, but the sky is still overcast, and the dense clouds cover the moonlight tightly, and there is no light at all.

Holding a lantern, Reiko stood on the street where someone saw the Umbrella Demon yesterday, feeling at a loss.She encountered the first problem of Onmyoji work-how to find the target in a dark sky?

"This is indeed a little troublesome. It seems that if there is a chance in the future, a shikigami specially used for investigation will be needed." Qingming tapped the palm of his hand with a fan, feeling a little helpless for a while.

Seimei used to solve troubles for nobles in the past, and the monsters provoked by nobles were generally traceable, and most of the cases were between men and women.Even if not, as long as you wait in the noble family's house, you can always catch the trace of the monster.

Originally, harmless monsters like the Umbrella Demon would not deliberately deal with them, but the timing of the Umbrella Demon's appearance was so coincidental that it caused panic among the ministers, so Yinyangliao specially sent someone to solve this matter.

Seimei never imagined that the monster, which he thought could be solved easily, would become quite difficult, but it also made him realize his own shortcomings.

"We can only look for it when the moonlight is bright." Qingming said helplessly.

But the second and third days were still cloudy and rainy days, not to mention thousands of miles in the sky, even the road a few meters away could not be seen clearly.

Reiko is extraordinarily enthusiastic about her first job.Every day during the day, she would go to the house where the umbrella demon haunts and inquire about umbrellas.

"Speaking of which, when I was very young, there was indeed a family that specialized in making umbrellas nearby. However, it is said that when I went out to sell umbrellas, I encountered robbers unfortunately, and all five members of the family died. Only the youngest child was taken out because of inconvenience. That’s why I survived.” An elderly woman tried to recall with her cloudy eyes open.

"Grandma, do you know where the family is now?" Although I don't know if this is related to the umbrella, but this is the only clue.

"Where is that family? The surviving child later married a wife and had children, but he inherited the craft of making umbrellas. But his descendants were unwilling to make umbrellas. Instead, they ate and waited to die, and the family business was gone. Well, the only descendant is married now, little girl, you are late."

"However, the umbrella made by that family is really beautiful! I bought one once. The red and white umbrella is dotted with plum blossoms. It seems that even the fragrance of flowers will come out."

The mother-in-law seemed to remember when she was a little girl, she couldn't help laughing when she saw the surprise of the umbrella.

"Is that umbrella still there?" Reiko asked.

"Where can it still be? After decades, even the umbrella stand is rotten. What a pity for a good umbrella!" The mother-in-law shook her head and sighed while talking.

What would an umbrella that flies in the sky every night look like?

Will it be beautiful with flowers painted on it, or will it be tattered and discarded?

Will the umbrella want to find the person who made the umbrella, then repair it, and show its most beautiful appearance for whom?

Reiko wanted to know.

Some monsters are like old people with countless stories hidden in them, and Reiko likes those stories.

In the end, Reiko still didn't find out about the Umbrella Demon. She got the address of the only descendant of the Umbrella Man from her mother-in-law, and then returned to the courtyard.

Seimei was looking at the sky and calculating something, when she saw Reiko came back, she told her the good news: "It will be sunny tonight."

"Eh? How do you know?" Reiko looked at the still gloomy sky in doubt, and couldn't see any signs of clearing up.

"I said at the beginning that astronomy is also something that onmyoji need to master. I have sorted out the knowledge about weather, do you want to read it?"

Reiko quickly waved her hand to express her refusal. When she thought of those gossip charts, her brain began to ache. She couldn't imagine how terrible it would be if Seimei asked her to memorize the star charts.

Seimei shook her head, and stopped teasing Reiko.He called Reiko to his side and began to explain the knowledge about the weather.

There is nothing terribly magical about predicting the weather, it just takes some experience and an observant eye.

Seimei pointed at the clouds in the distance with a fan, and spoke slowly in a voice as clear as the rain, while Reiko leaned next to Qingming, expressing some opinions from time to time.

From a distance, the two seem to be embracing each other.

Xiao Bai lay under the eaves and flicked his tail twice, it's so good, since Master Reiko came, Master Seimei seems to be very happy every day.

Isn't Master Dao Lingzi going to be its mistress?

The night finally came, and the moon, like Qingming's forecast, finally revealed its bright and clear brilliance.

The success or failure of the plan to eliminate the umbrella demon depends on tonight!

The author has something to say:

In fact, Seimei is indeed white and black, but there is still a long time before slicing!Once sliced, at least two-thirds of the story in the world of Onmyoji has passed, and I will devote myself to writing this book into a long novel, grip claws!

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