I didn't expect you to be such an onmyoji.

After the autumn in Ping'an capital, it got darker and earlier every day. When we just entered You, we couldn't find the slightest sunlight. Before it was completely dark, orange lanterns were lit in the corridor of Qingliang Hall , brightly illuminated the long corridor, Yuan Dongshi was only wearing socks, and stepped on the wooden floor of the corridor carefully, lest he would make a sound.

Most of the young court officials who were on duty at night rested in the west chamber of Qingliang Hall. It was not time to fall asleep at this time. If there were friends in the palace, they would go to meet friends. If there were no friends, they would all gather in one place, or play games. , or talk about each other's affairs.

Yuan Dongshi walked under the door curtain of a room, separated by three thick curtains, could still hear several men in the room talking about the famous beauties of various families in Heian Jing, some about the newly entered palace, and others about what Yuan Dongshi listened to a few paragraphs and was not very interested, so she was about to leave. At this time, a man in the room said: "Speaking of which, you have seen the girl who lives in Ertiaoyuan. Is it the legendary Miss Ji Jun Dongshi?"

Yuan Dongshi took back the steps she had taken, put her ear to Yulian, and listened carefully to the movement inside.

The court officials inside were already drinking, and the man who had just mentioned Yuan Dong Shi’s voice was obviously drunk, he seemed to hiccup, and said: “At the Qingliang Palace feast a few days ago, that Dong Shi Didn't Miss Shi also come, when she got off the chariot, I saw her from afar, and I can't forget that one sight."

Yuan Dongshi looked confused: "..."

At this time, there was a chuckle behind her, she turned her head suddenly, frowned and made a silent gesture to Qingming who was standing behind her, Qingming smiled silently, covered her lips with a bat fan, and stretched out her hand to signal she continues.

The discussion in the room was still going on, and after the drunk man finished speaking, another person said: "I also went to that feast, but when I arrived, that Miss Dongshi had already paid a few bills, so I can only I saw a corner of her red plum-colored Tang dress from under the bamboo curtain. Mr. Shuntong, you will never forget her when you see her. In your head, Mr. Shuntong was stripped naked and thrown under the Rashomon because of her. Come to think of it, you should It's stunning."

"Jueise." The drunk man passed by, "Such a Juese is housed in Lieutenant General Genji's courtyard, it must be..." He dragged the elder, and then let out a meaningful laugh.

Yuan Dongshi frowned upon hearing this.

At this time, another person said: "But there are rumors about her and Abe Seimei everywhere in Beijing."

Gentoshi turned his head to look at Seimei, the warm light from the triple curtains in the room and the orange light from the lanterns in the corridor sprinkled on his face, reflecting the corners of his eyes, this person seemed to be smiling.

Yuan Dongshi frowned and frowned, and went to listen to the corner again. It is estimated that several court officials in this room have read Di Shangshi's masterpiece "Tuyumen Monogatari", so they all echoed what the previous person said, and that went smoothly. But he snorted, and said: "Lieutenant General Genji loves the name of beauties, and everyone in Beijing knows that the legendary Ji Jun was born with a good appearance. The lonely man and widow live together in Ertiaoyuan, and I am afraid that something will happen early..."

Before he could speak, Yuan Dongshi wanted to kick into the room to make this man look like a lantern ghost, but at this moment the man stopped talking, and after a moment of silence, everyone in the room said in surprise: "Sir Shuntong can't say it." Say it! Could it be that he has been cursed by some kind of curse!"

Yuan Dongshi withdrew his leg that was about to be kicked out, turned his head, and saw Qingming's right index finger and middle finger close to his lips, his lips slightly opened and closed, as if he was reciting a spell, he and Yuan Dongshi looked at her, and then smiled , withdrew his hand.

At the same time, the court official named Shuntong in the house let out a hoarse scream: "There are monsters! There are monsters!"

He screamed miserably, and seemed to be rushing out of the room when he heard the sound. Yuan Dongshi didn't even think about it, and immediately pulled over Qingming and turned to the dark side of the corridor. Sure enough, the next moment, a man in black tunic The young man with him opened the curtain and rushed out, running from the other side of the corridor.

When the sound of his footsteps gradually moved away, Yuan Dongshi breathed a sigh of relief, she poked her head to see the situation over there, and saw that the ministers who were in the house had all gone out, talking in the direction Shuntong left, One of them said: "Master Shuntong should go to the Lihu Hall, so don't bump into that female emperor."

"If you want me to say, Master Shuntong shouldn't have said those words, no one in Heianjing knows about Abe Seimei's mana, this is offensive." Another person said.

The person before said doubtfully: "But even if Abe Seimei's mana is profound, how would he know what Mr. Shuntong said today? Could it be true..." He paused, and did not say anything more, and the rest of the ministers seemed to follow suit His words thought of another possibility, and the few people couldn't help shaking their bodies, and they didn't want to get through, they lifted the curtain and went back to the house.

Gentoshi was about to retract, but he heard Seimei next to him with a smile saying: "Oh, oh, Miss Persimmon is holding my hand, which reminds me of "The Story of Tumimon", where Saga Persimmon is holding the onmyoji to avoid it." What happened when the big monster in the mountain chased him down..."

Yuan Dongshi realized this, she threw his hand aside like a hot potato, but probably too hard, only heard a muffled sound, Yuan Dongshi looked down, the hand she just threw , knocking heavily on the wall.

Qingming sighed, stretched out his other hand and rubbed the back of his hand that was knocked by the wall, and said, "In case I can no longer draw talismans and get kicked out of Yinyang Liao by my senior brother, how will Miss Persimmon plan to take responsibility. "

Yuan Dongshi also felt a little apologetic, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "I can also draw symbols."

"Oh? Miss Persimmon is talking about the kind of talisman that can summon lantern ghosts and Tang paper umbrella demons?"

Yuan Dongshi: "..."

Shut up!The dignity of Africans is inviolable!

Yuan Dongshi came out from the dark place when the discussions of several night-duty ministers came back from the room. She had seen the people who came out of the room before, and now she listened carefully to the voices of the people in the room. Feeling a little strange, she turned her head to look at Qingming, and said, "Isn't Lord Baoxian coming to take you on duty tonight?"

"Brother probably found a room to sleep at this time." Qingming said.

Yuan Dongshi twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "It's only Xu time, right?"

Qingming pressed his bat fan against his chin, and said with a smile, "Brother occasionally falls asleep at Youshi."

Yuan Dongshi was silent for a moment, then asked again: "Then what time does he usually get up?"

Qingming thought for a while and said, "It should be noon."

Yuan Dongshi: "..."

If He Mao Baoxian is slender, then Yuan Dongshi really wants to kneel down for him, this person can sleep sixteen hours a day!

Yuan Dongshi twisted his eyebrows, and said: "Since you are going to enter the palace tonight, why did you let Lord Baoxian stand on duty for you?" She asked the demon luthier to send a letter to Qingming the day before, saying that today Came to visit, and Qingming made a bet with He Mao Baoxian with "Who is the visitor for?" The loser will go to the palace tonight.

Yuan Dongshi rubbed his forehead: "Qingming, you big liar."

Qingming smiled, and said: "If you don't use some tricks to trick him into coming to watch the night, then no matter what, you won't be able to call him to the palace tonight."

Yuan Dongshi wanted to cry for He Mao Baoxian at this time, she said: "Do you often use such small tricks?"

"Occasionally." Qingming narrowed his eyes, "but it's been tried and tested."

Yuan Dongshi: "..."

She sighed for Baoxian He Mao, looked at Qingming, and said, "Then you tricked your brother into the palace tonight to investigate the evil wind in Qingliang Palace?"

Qingming laughed, and walked to the corridor before folding his hands, he tapped the bat fan in his hand on the palm of the other hand, and said: "I think that when Miss Shizi came to Qingliang Hall to participate in the grand event that day, she saw the red maple in the courtyard. Bar."

Yuan Dongshi nodded, and she looked out of the corridor behind Qingming. Although there was a corridor light at this time, the light was limited. Except for the lights, the corridor was still dark, but the figure of the maple trees outside the corridor could be seen , She thought for a while, and said: "I heard from the ladies in the palace that the maple leaves in the palace turned red very early this year, especially in Qingliang Palace."

With a smile in his eyes, Qingming listened to what she said, then slowly shook his head, he looked out of the corridor, and said, "Miss Persimmon doesn't know that the maple trees in Qingliang Palace were only transplanted here in late spring this year."

Yuan Dongshi blinked, and said: "It was transplanted in late spring?" She paused, and then said, "How can you transplant maple trees in spring, shouldn't you transplant cherry trees?"

Seimei smiled and said: "During the Sakura Festival this spring, that man also held such a grand banquet in the west wing of Qingliang Hall. All six high-ranking officials can participate. At this time, Settsu Mori Fujiwara Yoshimichi happened to be in Beijing, so he brought his wife Ladies, come to the feast."

Yuanfuyu was stunned for a moment before realizing that "that man" Seimei said was the current emperor.

"Settsu Mamoru is one of the five subordinates. He is worthy of the rank of the officials attending the meeting, but in Heianjing, where there are so many high-ranking officials, he is a very inconspicuous person. The officials attending the meeting rarely take the initiative to talk to him. He and his wife and daughter It can be said that he has been neglected." Qingming said, and tapped the corridor with his bat fan to copy his hand, "However, after this grand meeting, there are many three high-ranking officials who envy and hate him."

"Why?" Yuan Dongshi asked, "Did he inadvertently be favored by Jinshang because of that event?"

Qingming shook his head with a smile, and said, "No." He said, "It's not him, but his daughter who is favored by that man."

Yuan Dongshi's eyes widened, and said: "Is his daughter attracted by Jinshang?"

Qingming nodded, and said: "I don't know how the two met. After that grand meeting, Setjinshou's daughter entered the palace and lived in the Lihu Palace. First, she changed clothes, and then she was promoted to female royal. It is extremely rare for the daughter of the governor of the lower district to become a female imperial guard, but this girl from Setjin not only did it, but also pampered her for a period of time."

Yuan Dongshi listened to his narration, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect Qingming, you also know the interesting things about the palace."

Qingming smiled at her, and then said: "Miss Persimmon, I have been wronged. I didn't specifically inquire about it, but that Sheng favored her too much, and everyone in Beijing knew about it. When the man welcomed her into the palace, he ordered people to transplant the maple trees outside the city to the Qingliang Hall and the Lihu Hall, just to let the Lihu girl see the maple leaves dyed red for the first time in autumn."

Yuan Dongshi was speechless, and it took him a long time to say: "This is really too much favor..."

Presumably, the gossip going up and down in Ping'an Beijing during that time was all about this.

She thought for a while, and said: "Do you suspect that the Qingliang Palace demon wind incident has something to do with this Lihu Nuyu?"

Qingming nodded, and said again: "Actually, when Lihu Nvyu first entered the palace, my senior brother told me that she thought this girl from Settsu was a bit weird." He looked at Yuan Dongshi, with a twitch at the corner of his mouth With a slight smile, "Those maple trees outside the city were transported into the palace by senior brothers and onmyojis who sent Shikigami."

Yuan Dongshi: "..."

The corner of her mouth twitched, and she said, "Then Qingming, you..."

"Oh, during that time I happened to violate the material taboo." Qingming didn't change his face.

Yuan Dongshi: "..."

She thought for a while, and said: "Today, because of the boudoir name of Lihu Nuyu, the maple tree outside the city was transplanted into the palace. Then, the name of that Lihu Nuyu..." She paused, looked at Qingming said, "Is it called Hongye?"

Qingming nodded: "Exactly."

Yuan Dongshi's eyes widened, then suddenly remembered something, and said: "The gentleman named Shuntong ran to Lihu Palace..." She looked at Qingming with a solemn expression, "He may be in danger."