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

It is probably because the woman named Hongye is unparalleled in appearance and won the favor of the emperor. On the way from Qingliang Hall to Lihu Hall, Yuan Dongshi can see the maple forest on the edge of the corridor. The corridor has limited lighting and cannot be seen clearly. Occasionally, a few branches stretched into the corridor, and the maple leaves on the branches were all as red as if stained with blood.

At this time, Yuan Dongshi didn't care whether the sound of her footsteps would attract the minister on duty at night. She walked along the long corridor in a hurry. Although she was only wearing socks, she walked on the wooden floor. , still made an indistinct sound.

As soon as she left Qingliang Hall, a few court officials on duty holding torches passed by the front corridor. She hurriedly pulled Qingming, who was walking beside her, to hide behind the maple trees around Chaoshou, when she heard someone not far away. Suddenly there were a few women's laughter, which made people's hearts tremble in the night. When the night duty warriors holding the torches heard it, they tightened their waist swords and walked in that direction.

Yuan Dongshi felt that something was wrong, leaned out from under the pillar, and was about to follow up, when Qingming behind him said with a smile: "Miss Shizi, why don't you hurry up?"

She turned her head and saw Qingming looking at her with a smile in her eyes.

"You..." Yuan Dongshi pointed to the direction where the woman's laughter came from just now.

Qingming smiled and said, "It's just that the old acquaintance who lives in the palace helped me a little bit."

old acquaintance?

Yuan Dongshi's mind suddenly flooded with anecdotes about the palace, such as the match between the general and Yuan Guang to hook up with the old maid, the servant next to Imakami to seduce the underage little fresh meat, the onmyoji night meeting with the beautiful palace ladies, etc., the corners of his mouth twitched slightly for a moment, with The look in Qingming's eyes also became subtle, Qingming still looked at her with a smile, she curled her lips, and was about to go along this corridor to the Lihu Hall, but just as she turned around, she was face to face with a transparent white figure , she froze for a moment, the figure glowing with white light had an extremely kind face of a middle-aged woman, but it could be seen from her transparent and erratic body that she was not human.

Yuan Dongshi suddenly met her face to face, before she could react, she already had a smile on her face, and bowed her head to Yuan Dongshi: "Miss Dongshi, Master Qingming."

Yuan Dongshi: "..."

Qingming walked slowly to her side, tapping the bat fan lightly in his hand, he looked at Yuan Dongshi, and said with a smile: "She is the rattan attendant who used to be next to the emperor, her soul has lived in the palace for a long time, and she just spoke out to think about it." An old acquaintance who can help me."

Yuan Dongshi: "..."

She almost forgot that it is not certain that Qingming will meet a beautiful court lady, but it is quite possible to meet ghosts at night.

Fuji Shangshi looked at them both with a smile, and said, "You two are going to Lihu Hall?"

Yuan Dongshi nodded.

"Master Ju Shuntong ran to the Lihu Palace just now, I'm afraid it might be dangerous." Fuji Shangshi said with a look of worry in his eyes, "Let my concubine lead the way for you." She said, and her figure walked slowly Floating forward, although it is just a ghost, but the figure is still elegant and charming.

Yuan Dongshi didn't think about her, and walked forward with Teng Dianshi.

The two of them walked on the corridor in the palace with a ghost, and the lights and shadows in the corridor intersected. Occasionally, the night wind blew, and the sound of maple leaves whirling outside the corridor could be heard.

Yuan Dongshi thought about what Fuji Shangshi said before, although she was almost sure that the Lihu Nvyu from Settsu was the ghost girl Hongye, but she was still a little confused, so she asked: "Teng Shangshi, you just said that Mr. Shuntong Going to Lihu, it is very likely that there will be danger? The Lihu girl guards her..."

Fuji Shangshi turned his head, smiled at her and Qingming, and said, "Master Qingming hasn't been in the palace for a long time."

Qingming seemed to think about it, and said: "The last time, it should be before the Sakura Festival."

Yuan Dongshi looked at him strangely: "Why haven't you been on duty for so long?"

Qingming smiled and said, "Troubled by things."

Yuan Dongshi: "..."

I knew it was this excuse.

Attendant Fuji Dian sighed, and said: "That's it. The last time Master Qingming came to the palace to watch the night was before the Sakura Festival. After the Sakura Festival, the barnacle maid entered the palace, so Master Qingming didn't know the situation in the palace. "

Qingming raised his eyebrows and said, "What's going on in the palace?"

"Yes, to be precise, it is the Lihu Hall at night." Fuji Dianshi said in a low tone, "The Lihu Hall was originally the sleeping hall when it was still the East Palace, and it got its name because the pear blossoms in the courtyard in spring are like snowfall. After the emperor abdicated, the Lihu Palace had been vacant for many years after Jinshang ascended the throne. After the Cherry Festival this year, Jinshang welcomes a newcomer into the palace and arranges her to live in the Lihu Palace. They dug up all of them and planted them on maple trees that were moved from outside the city. They all said that the newcomer was so favored, he might be a beauty that overwhelms the country. I have seen it once from a distance, and it is indeed a rare beauty. But it's just... a little weird."

"Something weird?" Yuan Dongshi frowned, that's what Kamo Baoxian asked Shikigami to transport the maple trees outside the city to the palace, and he said the same to Seimei when he came back.

Waiter Fuji Dian thought for a while, and said: "During the day, the Lihu Nuyu has an elegant and gentle temperament, but at night, there is a very pungent bloody smell on her body." She paused, and then said, "The smell seems to be alive. People can't smell it, only ghosts like us wandering in the palace can smell it, but how can ghosts smell it."

Yuan Dongshi also felt a little strange when he heard her talk.

But at this time, Qingming said: "If the smell of blood also comes from ghosts, ghosts will naturally be able to smell it."

Yuan Dongshi frowned and said, "But ghost...why would it bleed?"

Ghosts are spiritual bodies, they don't have a physical body, they only have their souls scattered, how could they bleed.

"This... we can only ask that Lihu Nuyu whose body is covered with ghost blood." Qingming said.

As they spoke, they walked to the edge of the pond in the palace. There were only a few scattered withered lotus leaves in the pond in late autumn. On a moonless night, the shallow ripples on the pond surface could only be seen by the light from the corridor. , a red zigzag bridge crosses the pond, and the lights on the other side of the bridge are brightly lit, and a large maple forest in the front yard of the house can be seen. The trees in Qingliang Hall are more dense.

Yuan Dongshi looked at the courtyard full of maple trees opposite, and felt a vague smell of blood in his nose.

She turned her head to look at Qingming, and Qingming also looked at the opposite side, her eyes no longer had the usual narrow smile, but she looked a little dignified.

It seems that there is the Pear Pot Hall.

"That's the Lihu Palace over there." Fuji Shangshi said, "Because the Lihu Nu Yu is too weird, most of the wandering spirits in the palace dare not approach, at most they can only wander on this side of the bridge."

Qingming nodded, and said, "Thank you, Teng Shangshi." He paused, then smiled, "I just read Lingmei's masterpiece today, the writing is excellent, the plot is compact, and fascinating. It is worthy of being the daughter of the famous Fuji Shangshi."

When he said this, Yuan Dongshi was stunned, she thought about the book Qingming had read today, and five words popped up in her mind, but before the five words were clear, she heard Fuji Shangshi laughing: " Has Lord Seimei also read "The Tale of Tsuchimikado" recently written by Xiaodi? It is indeed a good work, and I wonder if Lord Seimei will be angry after reading it."

Qingming raised his mouth slightly, and said, "I won't be angry, but I'm still looking forward to the next article." He turned his head to look at Yuan Dongshi, who was bewildered, and said, "Teng Shangshi is Di Shangshi's mother. She is also a well-known talented woman in the palace."

Yuan Dongshi: "..."

"Teng Shangshi, please go back, this Lihu Temple is weird, let me and Miss Shizi go and explore it." Qingming said, and first stepped on the red zigzag bridge.

Gentou Kaki followed closely behind with a grimace, and then heard Fuji Shangshi behind him say: "Miss Saga Kaki, please do your best."

Yuanfuyu Persimmon: "..."

She had already stepped onto the bridge at this time, turned her head to look at Teng Shangshi again, but she saw only the corridor with lanterns still on behind her, but not the erratic white shadow of Teng Shangshi, it seemed that she had already left, she turned back Turning his head, he saw Qingming standing in front of her, leaning sideways, looking at her with a smile.

The light on the opposite side pierced through the darkness, shrouded around him, and cast a blurred shadow of him on the water under the bridge. He was leaning on the bridge railing, holding the bat fan that never left his body, his back straightened. Very straight, with a tall and straight figure, unrestrained and neat, he does not look like most of the aristocrats are now weak and powerless. The breeze on the water brings up the broken hair from his temples, and gently sticks it on his fair cheeks.

Yuan Dongshi looked at him for a moment, then looked away unnaturally, and walked towards him slowly.

The fresh and pleasant mustard scent on his body overwhelmed the vague blood, but it made her feel a little dazed, as if this moment was a dream.

She froze for a moment, thinking that she seemed to be dreaming.

Live "Onmyoji" for so long that I dreamed of this fantastic and magnificent Heian Dynasty, and the legendary Onmyoji who left many legends in the Heian Dynasty.

Just as she was thinking, she suddenly heard Qingming's voice next to her ear: "Miss Persimmon seems to have something on her mind."

Yuan Dongshi reacted suddenly, looked up at Qingming, Qingming had a smile in his eyes, the light from the other side seemed to get into his eyes, and with a bright color different from the light, it was reflected in her eyes little by little, She wanted to say something, but felt that she didn't know what to say, and the throbbing of her chest gradually calmed down again.

She coughed a few times, cleared her throat, and said, "Qingming, do you think...the bloody smell on Lihu Nuyu's body is because she ate those ghosts?"

Qingming nodded and said, "It's possible."

"But Lord Shuntong is a living person." Yuan Dongshi said.

Only ghosts and Yin Yang head He Mao Baoxian in the palace could smell the bloody smell from Lihu Nvyu's body, but the living people did not.

She thought for a while, and said: "Then, Mr. Shuntong should not be in danger."

"Not necessarily." Qingming said, "If she was only addicted to souls, then the ghosts in the palace would have disappeared long ago."

"Then..." Before Yuan Dongshi could tell her guess, she suddenly heard a scream from the other side.

"Help! There are ghosts! There are ghosts!"

Yuandongshi and Seimei looked at the opposite bank at the same time, the place was still brightly lit, and the house was covered by dense maple trees. Although there was no wind, the maple trees could be seen trembling slightly, as if trembling uneasily, And the smell of blood in the nose became more and more intense.

Yuan Dongshi immediately lifted her skirt and ran along the zigzag bridge to the other side, and there was a hurried stepping sound on the bridge surface. As soon as she ran under the bridge, she felt something under her feet, and she hadn't had time He stopped, and was tripped by something under his feet and rushed forward. At the same time, Qingming behind him also took her hand and pulled her back into his arms.

The smell of blood was once again covered by the fragrance of Qingming's body. She calmed down and looked down again. With the help of the light, she found that lying at her feet was a young man wearing a black belt.The man was lying on the ground on his back, his face was pale, and he stared at her with wide eyes.

Yuan Dongshi was startled, and took a step back, and at this moment, a hand patted her shoulder lightly, as if to comfort her, she turned her head, only to see Qingming's slightly raised mouth.

"Don't be afraid, he's not dead yet."

Yuan Dongshi wanted to say something more, when he heard the man's trembling voice from the maple forest: "Don't...don't eat me...ah!"

At the end of the words, there was a scream that seemed to be in great pain.

Qingming narrowed his eyes, took Yuandongshi over the man lying on the ground, and walked into the maple forest.

Yuandong persimmon walked into the maple forest with Qingming, the soft leaves covered by layers of fallen leaves under her feet, with the chill of not seeing the sun, the light on the corridor outside the forest shone in through the gaps in the branches, she looked up , you can see the extremely red maple leaves on the lower branches of the maple tree.

But at this time, she only felt a black shadow flashing before her eyes, a person fell from the tree and hit her feet, she stopped suddenly, and looked down, the person was wearing a black belt and was dressed as a public official, His face was pale, his eyes were closed tightly, and he seemed to be enduring some kind of pain. His clothes were messy, and only a bone with incomplete flesh and blood remained on his right forearm.

Even so, she recognized at a glance that this person was the man who tripped her while lying under the bridge.

She frowned, and then heard a soft voice above her head: "This man is really unpalatable."