Onmyoji Shikigami Don't Cry

Chapter 314 Descendants of the He Mao Clan

The night is dark and the wind is high, and in the midsummer season, the calls of frogs and insects can be heard from time to time.

Even in the room.

"Gu Huo Niao, tell me the information you have collected. Jiao Tu left secretly today, and he should be looking for Xia Mu. We have to hurry up and act."

Chen Beibei looked at Guhuo Niao and said to her.

At this time, everyone was already in the room, and the light from the two kerosene lamps on the wall seemed a bit dim, and the figures kept swaying with the shaking of the lights.

"Master, there must be an island where the descendants of the Kamo clan gather. Although there will be some connections between the island and the outside world, this is only limited to high-level personnel. Ordinary islanders spend almost their entire lives on the island... ..."

Gu Huoniao looked at Chen Beibei and said to him.

"Then what about the He Mao Ancestral Hall and the Onmyoji? Didn't you find it?"

At this time, Chen Beibei still wanted to act as soon as possible, so he asked the most direct question.

"The He Mao Ancestral Hall has been completely burned down, but judging from the wreckage, it should have been a very prosperous hall before it was burned down. When the He Mao Ancestral Hall was burned down, all the soldiers guarding the He Mao Ancestral Hall were burned to death. One was seriously injured. But he is still in a coma and seems to die at any moment."

Gu Huo Niao stood by the window, looked at the night outside, and said slowly.

"Where's the onmyoji who took Xia Mu away?"

Chen Beibei asked.

"I haven't found it yet, but I will find out in the future. After all, she must have a close relationship with the He Mao clan."

Gu Huo Niao replied.

This is the first day of coming to this island, and Gu Huo Niao has been able to collect this information, which is not easy.Moreover, Gu Huo Niao looked very tired.

After all, flying in the sky all the time would be very exhausting for her.

So at this time, Chen Beibei didn't intend to continue to ask questions, nor did he intend to let Gu Huo Niao continue to go out to inquire about news, but was going to let the Shikigami take a good rest.

Gu Huo Niao's body was leaning against the window, and his eyes looked listless. Just like that, it could be seen that Gu Huo Niao was indeed very tired.

"Gu Huo Niao, for today, you should rest well. But be careful not to be discovered by the soldiers outside."

Chen Beibei looked at Guhuo Niao and said to her.

Gu Huo Niao was not in the queue when he asked to go ashore.This also means that if those soldiers find the Guhuo Bird, even if the Guhuo Bird looks like a human, it will arouse suspicion.

"Well, master."

Guhuo Niao yawned, and then continued: "If possible, I think Yingcao can go and rescue the soldier who was burned by the fire. After all, the people on this island seem to be quite kind. .”

"Okay, I see. Gu Huo Niao, you go to sleep."

After Chen Beibei finished speaking, he took the male shikigami and Yingcao out together.

Zashiki Warji, Yukino, Guanhu, and Xiaoluo's new wife are all female shikigami, so they have to live in the same room with Kokutori at night.

……

"Yingcao, let's go now."

In the yard, Chen Beibei stood not far from Yingcao and said to her.

A lost cricket crawled wildly on the ground, making piercing calls from time to time.

"Ah."

Yingcao nodded and replied.

At this time, although it was still night, it was better for Chen Beibei to go early.After all, Gu Huo Niao said that that person had been seriously injured by the fire and could be lost at any time.

If a soldier can be cured, maybe it can leave a good impression on the people on this island.

Chen Beibei walked to the door alone, knocked on the door, and the voice attracted the attention of the soldiers guarding the door: "What's the matter, it's midnight, what's the matter?"

Although the soldier was a little impatient, he tried to maintain a peaceful attitude in his tone.

It was almost one o'clock in the night by this time.

"Ah, we want to go out for a walk. We have been wandering on the sea for a long time, and now we have landed suddenly, but we can't sleep..."

Chen Beibei replied.

Obviously, this was just an excuse made by Chen Beibei.Naturally, we can't say that we are going to treat the burnt soldier now, after all, this is the news brought by Gu Huo Niao.

In the eyes of the soldiers and the others, it belonged to news that Chen Beibei and the others had not grasped.

If spoken out.

It will definitely cause all kinds of questions and doubts.

"How do you know that there are soldiers on the island who were burned?"

"You won't sneak out while we're not paying attention, so you know?"

If the soldiers asked this, it would be difficult to answer.

"It's better to go to bed early in the middle of the night, what are you going out for at this time?"

The soldier's tone remained calm.

It sounded like they were negotiating, which made Chen Beibei happy.

Because it can be seen from this that the superiors of these soldiers did not issue orders to imprison Chen Beibei and the others, but only monitored them.

Moreover, judging from the temperament of these soldiers, as well as their attire and physical fitness, they are not a regular team. This is what Chen Beibei had already thought of when he first met these soldiers.

Many people living in areas isolated from the outside world will not build a real army.

After all, it will take a lot of manpower and material resources to maintain the needs of army soldiers and update equipment.And the people living in these small areas are not like those countries outside, with a huge number of people.

Therefore, for the people living on these long-lasting peaceful islands, the rotation of ordinary peasants into the army is the same as the rotation of work in the outside world.On the one hand, they defend the safety of their own homes, and on the other hand, they are also engaged in normal farming work.It will be a good way to balance development and resist foreign enemies.

Although such an army looks very irregular, it can accommodate all the residents of the entire island.

When a real foreign enemy invades, as long as the belief is the same, it is still very strong.

At least it will be better to form an army with higher literacy than the method of enlisting troops in proportion.

Of course, this is only an idealized method for those countries that have maintained a state of peace for a long time and have a small number of people.

"It's rare to be able to walk on the shore. This feeling is really hard to suppress. So please be accommodating, let's just stroll outside, then maybe we can fall asleep..."

Chen Beibei asked again.

The two soldiers outside chatted in low voices for a while, and finally agreed: "Okay, but you can only go out alone, and the others can only stay in the house obediently."

"OK then."

Chen Beibei replied.

The door was opened by the soldiers. They looked like two soldiers in their forties. They were a little older, but they were still in good spirits.

His face did not have the sternness typical of soldiers in the army.

On the contrary, they have the simplicity of ordinary farmers on their faces, and there is always a faint smile on their faces...

"You took us on the island, and then bothered you in the middle of the night... I'm so sorry!"

Chen Beibei said apologetically.

"It's okay, this island hasn't seen wandering boat passengers like you for many years. If you want to go for a walk, then go."

The speaking middle-aged soldier cast his eyes on his companion, and then continued: "But he will always follow you. This is the order of Mr. Zuo Jinwei, and we dare not disobey."

This point was completely within Chen Beibei's expectation. After all, even if they agreed to let Chen Beibei go out, they couldn't just ignore him.

Chen Beibei and the others are complete strangers to the residents of this island, and they are also foreigners with different surnames.

Being defensive is a perfectly legitimate response.

"Well, there's no problem with this. If someone happens to be with you, things like getting lost won't happen..."

Chen Beibei said with a smile.

At this time, Chen Beibei walked out of the house, but Yingcao, who was standing in the yard, hurried over and said to Chen Beibei, "Brother, I want to go together too!"

"This...they said no..."

Chen Beibei's gaze fell on the two soldiers, and he said in a somewhat embarrassed manner.

"Please let my brother and I go out for a walk, stay in the house, I'm going to die of depression..."

Wearing green clothes and wearing a long ponytail, Yingcao begged pitifully while shaking the hands of the two soldiers.

Maybe it was because Yingcao was holding their arms too hard, so the two soldiers grinned, but they still tried not to shout out.After all, being pinched by a little girl and screaming in pain is indeed a little embarrassing for a strong man.

"Hiss... Pain..."

A soldier shouted out first.

"Uncle, let me go out with my brother, please, we'll be back in a while, okay..."

Yingcao continued to plead with the appearance of a weak girl who is harmless to humans and animals.

"Okay, okay, let go..."

Probably the soldier felt that if he disagreed, his hand might be broken off by Yingcao, so he had no choice but to agree.

After all, what was released after all was just Chen Beibei who seemed to have no combat power and a weak seven or eight-year-old girl.

There should be...no problem.

"Um, why do I think of being weak..."

Looking at Chen Beibei and Yingcao who left, and the soldiers who stayed behind to continue guarding, they scratched their heads and thought to themselves in a bewildered expression.

In front of ordinary humans, Yingcao, Zashiki Doji, and Yamato are all called Brother Chen Beibei, after all, they look relatively small.

If you call it this way, it will generally not arouse suspicion.

"It's really comfortable. The boat is dangling all day in the sea. After a long time, if you lie on the bed, you will still have that dangling feeling. Now walking outside feels much better. .”

Chen Beibei said as he walked.

Although this was actually said to the soldiers beside them, it was also true, after all, Chen Beibei and the others had indeed been on the boat for a long time.

"Can the guest tell some strange stories about being on the ship?"

The soldier suddenly looked a little cautious and said.

"what?"

Chen Beibei was a little puzzled.

"Because I haven't come to passengers like you for many years, I'm always curious about the outside world and some stories, so... please..."

The soldier put his hands together, lowered his head and said seriously.

Although this surprised Chen Beibei, it was still understandable.Even when Chen Beibei lived in a village with normal contact with the outside world when he was a child, he still had some curiosity and longing for the big cities outside.The peddlers staying overnight and migrant workers returning from outside have become an important way for people to understand big cities.

Whether it's a salesman or a rare migrant worker, in that era, they would undoubtedly be respected.Even if their lives are not as good as they imagined, even if they eat and sleep outdoors, even if they are very tired, but every time they go to a village and return home, people sit around and hope to hear some strange stories from their mouths , there will always be a sense of happiness.

"A story? Let me think about it."

Chen Beibei thought for a while. He was a little confused about the strange stories from the outside world. After all, he rarely had the experience of spreading stories to others.

"Ah, by the way, why don't you tell a story about hair-eaters!"

Chen Beibei said.

"Hair eater?"

The soldier looked at Chen Beibei and asked him.

"Well, in our town, there once appeared a monster that eats human hair, and its name is Hair Eater.

In other words, when women's hair was eaten one after another in the town, everyone was very scared..."

Chen Beibei was immersed in recalling the story of the hair-eating ghost, while slowly telling it.But just talking here, was interrupted by the soldier: "Is it the kind of monster with beautiful long hair?"

The first time Chen Beibei encountered a hair-eating ghost in Qinghe Town was on the road opposite Chunxue Noodle Restaurant. At that time, the hair-eating ghost was facing Chen Beibei with its back, with black and beautiful hair, as if it had a life of its own. , that was the most beautiful hair Chen Beibei had ever seen.

"Ah."

Chen Beibei nodded.

"We have seen this kind of monster many times, but it seems to be very weak..."

The soldier said naturally.

It seems that talking about and seeing monsters is a natural thing, and there is no sense of surprise when outsiders talk about monsters.

"You said that hair eaters also appeared on your island?"

At this time, Chen Beibei made the soldier a little confused. Originally, such a thing as a hair-eating ghost could definitely be told as an anecdote.

But, now it seems... not so.

"Well, but this kind of monster is indeed very weak. They are even afraid of fire. As long as their hair is burned off, they will curl up tremblingly, and then they will completely lose their ability to resist."

Soldier explained.

　Good night~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)