[Comprehensive] Natsume Reiko's trip

Things like thunder and lightning have a certain restraint effect on ghosts. Although the thunder and lightning were summoned by Sugawara Michizane himself, Sugawara Michizane suffered far more damage than Seimei when he was restrained by Seimei and was completely unable to move. many.

Therefore, when Mei Yu came to Daozhen, what she saw was Daozhen lying unconscious on the ground.

"Mr. Daozhen, are you alright?"

Mei Yu carefully combed Dao Zhen's bristling hair under the lightning, and wiped Dao Zhen's dirty cheeks with a square handkerchief that she carried close to her body.Even though she knew that Michizane was just a vengeful spirit, whether it was clean or dirty, as long as he thought of it, he would return to his appearance before death, but in Mei Yu's eyes, Michizane Sugawara would always be the one who sang poems under her tree man.

Daozhen opened his eyes in a daze, and regained consciousness—as a resentful spirit, as long as the resentment in his heart is not resolved, it will never die.No matter how weak Daozhen looks at this time, as long as he is given a certain amount of time, he will naturally regain his strength.

This is exactly what Seimei finds most difficult.

A flash of blankness appeared on Daozhen's face, and then his eyes gradually fixed on Mei Yu: "It's Mei Yu, have I lost my mind again?"

"Yes, sir." Mei Yu looked at Daozhen sadly, and slowly grasped the square handkerchief in her hand.

Sugawara Michizane rolled his eyes, as if recalling what happened before he lost his mind.As the memory came back to the furnace, a hint of blackness emerged around Sugawara Michizane again: "Ah! Damn human beings! They put the blame on me again! I obviously didn't do anything! Why, why can't you let me go? Damn humans, I really hate..."

"Gong!" Mei Yu suddenly raised her voice, and her harsh voice pulled Dao Zhen back to her mind again.

The black air disappeared.

Daozhen rubbed his temples tiredly, still feeling that his mind was in chaos: "You go, Mei Yu, leave me alone..."

Mei Yu showed tenderness on her face, she held Daozhen's cheeks, and her red lips touched his forehead: "Don't say such things again, Mr. Daozhen. Meiyu is still waiting...the day when you will sing poems for me again."

The scent of plum blossoms on the tip of his nose reminded Daozhen of some good memories intermittently, but these memories made him more painful: "I can't go back... I can't go back..."

"If you can go back, are you willing to try again?" Mei Yu looked at Daozhen tenderly, "It doesn't matter if you fail, because no matter what you become, Mei Yu will always be with you."

Daozhen looked at such a plum rain, opened his lips, and finally turned thousands of words into one word: "Okay."

……

Seimei and Michizane stood facing each other in the ruins of the house, with Reiko and Meiyu standing behind them respectively, and the confrontation was quite tense.

"...As long as Daozhen-sama is willing to become a god, the power of human will will continue to wash away grievances, and you will not lose your mind again." Qingming briefly explained the solution, and then waited for Daozhen's answer.

Daozhen unceremoniously refused: "You despicable and shameless human beings, you still want me to be a god to protect you? This is absolutely impossible!"

"Then do you want to continue living as a resentful spirit forever? Losing yourself, being dominated by resentment, just wandering in pain forever... Would Mr. Daozhen want Miss Meiyu to always be by your side like this?"

Seimei's eloquence is definitely not bad. He can see through the essence of people at a glance, and naturally he can grasp the softest place that Michizane cares most about.

Daozhen glanced at Mei Yu beside him, and was shaken.

He doesn't owe anyone in this world, except for Meiyu, who he feels guilty about, and there is only one Meiyu who is always by his side.

Mei Yu didn't tell Daozhen that he had attacked her, but how could Daozhen be unaware?So Dao really wanted Mei Yu to leave, he was afraid that one day he would really kill Mei Yu.

But to become a god, to realize the wishes of human beings, he absolutely cannot swallow this breath!

Those humans who betrayed him, those humans who refused to let him go until their death, why should he forgive them?

"I loathe human beings, I want to kill them all, how can I do things for human beings!" Daozhen's tone softened a bit, but he still couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart.

That's right, if he could let go, then he wouldn't be the wraith that frightens everyone now.

"Mr. Daozhen..." Mei Yu looked at Daozhen who was like a child throwing a tantrum, and cried out helplessly.

Daozhen directly turned his head away, not even looking at Meiyu.

Qingming felt very headache, and explained the reasons and feelings, but Daozhen was stubborn and refused to agree.I'm afraid Daozhen himself is very clear in his heart that becoming a god is the best choice for him, but he just can't take that step.

Qingming wanted to pick up the fan and slap his palms to think about his argument, but unexpectedly, he missed it, and then remembered that even the fan was destroyed by lightning.

"Oh." Qingming sighed.

Reiko tugged Seimei's sleeve and gave him a "leave it to me" look.

Seimei has never experienced the fear of being dominated by exams in later generations, but Reiko has seen the crowds at the Shrine of Sugawara Michizane, the god of learning, during the exam season.

"If you want to take revenge on human beings, it will be much more convenient to become a god! Even if your thunderclouds are all over Heianjing, how many people can you kill? But once you become a god, everyone in this country will live under you forever Wouldn't it be nice to be under the fear?"

Michizane Sugawara twitched his face twice: "How do you say that?"

Reiko's tone was full of deception: "Think about it, if you are named the God of Learning, you can be in charge of the learning of the entire country. In the future, anyone who wants to get good grades in the exam must come to worship you and get You agree. The future world belongs to the world of knowledge. If a person wants to climb up, he must pass the exam again and again. If there is someone you hate, let him fail every exam. It feels... tsk tsk."

After hearing Reiko's words, Michizane Sugawara thought of the old face of his old enemy, Fujiwara Tokihei.The system of the Heian period was learned from that of the Tang Dynasty, and when one became an official, one had to pass certain examinations, but it was not as popular and formal as the imperial examination system.

As long as Michizane thinks of Fujiwara Tokihei's ashen face every time he fails the exam, he feels inexplicably very comfortable, just like drinking a glass of ice water in the scorching heat, refreshing from the inside out.

Even if Shihei Fujiwara was struck by lightning a hundred times, it couldn't compare to that feeling.

In particular, in the future, if the members of the Fujiwara family want to get good grades in the exam and become officials, they must kneel in front of him, beg him, and lick his toes...

Ah, of course, now that the nobles control the government, the exam is just a formality.But after he became a god, he must carry forward the tradition of examinations!

In the future, everyone must take the exam from birth!Examinations are required for entering higher education, examinations are required for graduation, examinations are required for becoming an official, and examinations are required for all walks of life!

Sugawara Michizane gradually assumed the role of "God", and began to think about how to take revenge on those annoying humans, and then the more he thought about it, the more excited he became, and even his beard became upturned.

"If you think about it this way, it's not bad to be a god, right? Michizane-sama, what do you mean?" Reiko asked tentatively.

"Seal! It must be sealed! I will be the God of Learning!" Sugawara Michizane immediately agreed, for fear that others would take his position as the God of Learning.

Is that okay?

Qingming and Meiyu looked at each other, unable to believe that the matter was resolved like a child's play.

But both of them are very smart people, and they figured out the key point in a blink of an eye.

It's not that Sugawara Michizane doesn't understand that accepting the Conferred God is beneficial to both parties, but he still can't bear to agree to this matter.Reiko gave him a step, and Michizane walked down the step, as simple as that.

"Since Daozhen-sama agrees, Seimei will bid farewell first and go to prepare for the ritual of enshrining the gods." Qingming nodded to Daozhen and Meiyu, and took Reiko away.

"Master Qingming, Master Reiko, thank you!" Mei Yu faced their backs, knelt on the ground, put her forehead on the ground, and saluted sincerely, "If there is a need in the future, Mei Yu will definitely go all out!"

A few days later, a witch named Taji Hibunko claimed that Sugawara Michizane entrusted her with a dream and asked to build a shrine in the Kitano area of ​​Heiankyo. After hearing about it, the descendants of the Fujiwara family fully supported it and built the magnificent Tenman Shrine in Kitano. Ask the emperor to honor Michizane as the god of learning, and take the lead in offering sacrifices.

Since then, although there have been small-scale lightning strikes when Michizane was unable to control his temper, generally speaking, the Sugawara Michizane incident has gradually subsided.

Michizane has also changed from a terrible wraith that everyone fears to a great god who is respected.

As for what kind of story is hidden behind Fengshen, this is not known to the public.

On the night Sugawara Michizane conferred the gods, Reiko had a beautiful dream.

She went back a thousand years later and met the Tahara couple who adopted her and their daughter Minako again.

The Tahara couple took Minako into the Tenman Shrine. Minako respectfully bowed and saluted twice in front of the shrine, then clapped her hands three times, clasped her hands together to make a wish, and finally bowed again.

Then, Minako bought a delicately carved wooden painted horse from vendors on both sides of the stone road, and wrote her wish on it: [I hope I will go well in the high school entrance examination. —— Minako Tahara]

The ema is threaded by a red rope and hung on a special wooden frame.The emas on the wooden frame are crowded together layer by layer, and they collide with each other when the wind blows, making a crisp sound.

There was a noise in the distance, it turned out to be a group of foreign tourist groups with blond hair and blue eyes.

The tour guide pointed to the red plum tree in front of the shrine, and told the story of the red plum tree in English with a loudspeaker: "The name of this red plum tree is 'Feimei'. Letting go of the plum tree, he recited a waka, and the plum tree felt something, so he flew to the direction where Lord Daozhen was. That waka is..."

[If the east wind blows, make sure that the fragrance of the garden comes by the wind.Even if my plum blossoms lose their owner, don’t forget the spring day. ]

Michizane's hoarse but full of charm sounded into Reiko's ears along with the wind.

Ah, Reiko saw it, just under the red plum tree, Sugawara Michizane in a black belt looked up at the plum blossoms while reciting waka with affection.

Amidst the fragrance of plum blossoms, a charming woman in white clothes, scarlet hakama priestess costume slowly walked towards Daozhen, and stood beside him.

There are tens of thousands of Tenman shrines all over the country, and there is this plum tree at the entrance of each shrine.

This time, they will stay together forever and will never be separated again.

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ps: The legend of plum blossoms at Tenman Shrine is well-documented in Japanese mythology.