Pawn Crossing the River

Ise, the core area of ​​Fenglinzhou.

But now it is a scene of chaos after the war.

Before Daomen ended his career in person, the Prime Minister's Mansion had already fought a battle with the Zunbo faction. The previous regent Guan Bai, Toyotomi Hidetsugi, died unexpectedly on the way to personally conquer the Zunhuo faction. Otherwise, the dignified regent Guan Bai would not be so easy to assassinate.

After Toyotomi Hidetsugi's unexpected death, the Prime Minister's Office had to hastily withdraw its troops, and then fell into internal fighting over the issue of the successor, so the Prime Minister's Office switched from offensive to defensive. Even due to civil strife, Xiu Jingdu, his home base, was riddled with holes by the Zunbo faction.

As a battlefield, Ise was littered with corpses.

The lack of order makes bandits rampant.

And because of the special nature of Fenglinzhou, living people can turn into ghosts, gods and monsters out of resentment, let alone dead people? Therefore, Ise is now full of ghosts and ghosts, as if it is a ghost country on the ground, which is very scary.

The ghosts and gods in turn affect the living people, causing all kinds of mutations to occur in the living people. Many people look like ordinary people on the outside, but in fact, dark ghosts have quietly arisen in their hearts. As long as the opportunity is ripe, they will appear... The roots sprout, grow vigorously, and eventually turn people into ghosts, gods, and monsters.

This means that the Zhiming Sect has not yet developed into Fenglin Continent. If there is a Zhiming Sect, within a few years, the undead army will sweep across the entire Fenglin Continent.

At this point, both sides have quite a tacit understanding. Both the priests of Tianmen and the Onmyoji of Onmyodo entered Ise and began to exorcise demons.

Because of this, Master Qingwei sent the Onmyoji from Tsuchimikado to serve as an envoy. With the identity of the Onmyoji as a cover, even the Ise Shrine was not aware of it at first. It's a pity that Tsuchimikado Onmyoji failed in the end because of his own problems, and his traces were exposed on the way back, which aroused the vigilance of Ise Shrine and left great hidden dangers to those who came after him.

Seeking benevolence will lead to benevolence, and in the end the Tsuchimikado family was rated as unworthy of use by Master Qingwei.

Within the Taoist sect, this is a very harsh evaluation. After being labeled with this label, it will be extremely difficult to go further in the future. It is conceivable that after the rebellion is suppressed, some people will skyrocket, and some will be liquidated. However, the Tsuchimikado family, which was evaluated by Qingwei Zhenren as "unusable", will not be liquidated, but will have to stand aside. .

However, because there are too many ghosts, Ise Shrine cannot ban Onmyoji from entering Ise because of this matter.

Qi Xuansu disguised himself as an onmyoji who did not belong to the onmyoliao and came to Dohui County in Ise in the name of exorcism.

The so-called Onmyojis who do not belong to the Onmyogliao are similar to the wandering Taoist priests in Taoism. They have Taoist status but no income. They can only make a living by themselves. They can live in the world, or they can read Feng Shui, read fortunes, tell fortunes, and catch ghosts. , Exorcism is Qi Xuansu's specialty, and he can be said to be familiar with it.

They are also onmyojis, and the Tsuchimikado family is the largest faction in the onmyory. Their ancestors are not Tsuchimikado, but Abe. Their ancestors are the great onmyoji Seimei, who studied under the Kamo family. The great Onmyoji Yasuchika, who once used the "Yata Mirror" to injure Tamamo Mae, was also from the Abe family.

When the Great Onmyoji Qingming became famous, he was the number one person in Fenglinzhou. He had an old enemy named Daoman. He does not belong to either of the Kamo or Abe families, but is a Harima-ryu onmyoji who wanders among the people. At that time, the Great Onmyoji Qingming supported Guan Bai, while the Great Onmyoji Doman stood on the opposite side of Qingming. The two were each their own masters and fought many times. In the end, Doman lost to Seimei and was exiled to Harima by the Fenglinzhou court. On the way, Doman recruited many disciples and spread it widely. This is the origin of Harima-ryu.

The so-called Harima-ryu is somewhat similar to the Maoshan line of the Shoichi. Dazhen Mansion once used the "Zhengyi Sanshan" lineage genealogy for a period of time. The three mountains here are Yunjin Mountain, Gezao Mountain and Maoshan. However, later the Gezao Tao split and was almost destroyed. Later, it was classified by Xuansheng into the Quanzhen Tao. Maoshan weakened and mainly engaged in private activities, with almost no sense of presence in the upper echelons of the Taoist sect. Nowadays, Zhengyiyi no longer talks about Zhengyisanshan, but only talks about the first one in Xijiang. There is only one mountain in Zhengyi Road, which is Yunjin Mountain.

Many wandering Taoist priests and Mr. Yin Yang come from the Maoshan lineage, and they are mainly rooted in the folk and are very down-to-earth. Strictly speaking, after Qi Xuansu's master Qi Haoran joined Zhengyiyi, his surname was not Zhang, so he was naturally not from the Yunjin Mountain lineage, nor was he a woman, nor was he considered a Cihang lineage. He seemed to be counted as a Maoshan lineage.

Qi Xuansu is half a descendant of Maoshan, and coupled with his experience as a wandering Taoist priest, he naturally entered Ise as a master of Harima Ryūin.

In fact, Qi Xuansu disliked Feng Linzhou's clothes.

Fortunately, after nearly a hundred years of influence from the Taoist sect, Fenglinzhou has been transformed into the Central Plains to a great extent. No matter how much the Zunbang sect shouts, it is the general trend to become the king of the Celestial Dynasty. The word "Muqiang" is almost engraved on Fenglinzhou. In every human being's heart. Whether they are dignitaries or ordinary people, they are all proud to imitate the Central Plains in terms of food and clothing. The more Centralized it is, the more it proves that the family is wealthy. Even Toyotomi Hidemo abandoned the traditional Tsukiyo head, and Toyotomi Chiyo simply dressed up as a female Taoist priest.

Clogs were invented by the Central Plains people, but most Central Plains people gave up clogs long ago, and they have only been widely spread in Fenglinzhou. When the new wind from the Central Plains blew into Fenglinzhou, many people in Fenglinzhou also abandoned this tradition and put on boots or shoes.

Nowadays, the most popular clothing in Fenglinzhou is Taoist robes and cloud shoes. Daimyos, feudal lords, and ministers cannot wear Taoist robes directly because of their status. Common people cannot afford to wear Taoist robes. They are most suitable for those who are not above or below, such as Onmyoji. , warriors, wealthy businessmen, etc. This also made it more difficult to identify people from the Central Plains and Fenglinzhou. When Gui Shanxing and others assassinated Zhenren Qingwei, they were all dressed as people from the Central Plains.

At this time, Qi Xuansu was wearing a Taoist robe that had been washed white, severely worn upturned boots, and a nondescript Onmyoji crown. The only thing that was well preserved was the folding fan in his hand.

This outfit looks like the kind of person who lives in a poor family. His ancestors had family property and status. Now his family is in decline, but he still clings to the glory of his ancestors. He tries to dress like a respectable person, trying to be aristocratic, but he can't hide that. He was poor, and coupled with his identity as a Harima-ryu onmyoji, he was very inconspicuous in the chaotic Ise, and almost no one would give him a second glance.

On the contrary, the Onmyoji of Tsuchimikado had lived a good life for too long, and the aura of wealth and nobility in their bodies could not be concealed, so it was reasonable for them to be discovered by Tianmen in the end.

Qi Xuansu was walking alone in a battlefield site. There were bloody corpses, broken flags, broken weapons, and wild dogs looking for food everywhere.

Qi Xuansu did not bring Lin Lingsu with him.

Although he had a quota of one million, he did not use it on Lin Lingsu.

First of all, the amount of one million belongs to Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu. It is not 500,000 per person, but one million. It was negotiated by two people. Qi Xuansu wants to use public funds for private purposes, and Zhang Yuelu will most likely not agree. Zhang Yuelu He is not Qi Xuansu's vassal, and he will not let Qi Xuansu do whatever he wants. Moreover, it is not easy to misappropriate public funds. If you are not careful, you will be discovered, which will be a catastrophic disaster that will ruin your future.

Secondly, if you want to produce a large amount of "soul-returning incense" in a short period of time, apart from Daomen, only Qibaofang can do it. Qi Xuansu is currently far away in Fenglinzhou, unable to contact Qiniang, and has no place to buy it if he has money. .

Finally, Qi Xuansu can't stand still. He is already a third-grade Youyi Taoist priest. He can no longer be as petty as before. He wants to open up the situation, especially in terms of consciousness. There is still considerable progress.

At this moment, a sudden change occurred, and a projectile shot towards Qi Xuansu.

Qi Xuansu was able to dodge early, but he didn't want to expose his cultivation, so he just tilted his head slightly and let the projectile rub his cheek, as if the opponent missed it instead of him avoiding it.

Qi Xuansu looked towards the direction where the projectiles were fired. A man dressed as an ashigaru stood up from his hiding place and pointed the gun with a gun in his hand. Got Qi Xuansu.

Because the armor on his body was severely damaged and the flag behind his back was missing, Qi Xuansu could not tell which daimyo he was.

Qi Xuansu raised the folding fan in his hand and pointed it at the other party, and asked with "his mind": "Who are you?"

The ashigaru holding the gun frowned and asked: "Who are you? Are you from the prime minister's house? Or are you from the imperial court?"

Qi Xuansu said: "I am neither from the Prime Minister's Mansion nor from the imperial court. I am just an Onmyoji."

Ashigaru sneered: "The Shrine has announced that Onmyodo is a sect of obscenity. Since you are an Onmyoji, you are a member of the prime minister's house."

Before he finished speaking, Ashigaru fired the cannon without hesitation.

Qi Xuansu managed to escape again. Seeing that there was no one around, he didn't want to waste time with this ashigaru anymore. He folded the fan in his hand, and a bloody hole appeared between the ashigaru's eyebrows, and he fell backwards.

Just when Qi Xuansu was about to leave, something unexpected happened to him. Black energy surged from the wound on Ashigaru's forehead, and his head flew away from his body. He rushed towards Qi Xuansu with his bloody mouth open.

Qi Xuansu only felt the fishy smell assail his nostrils and punched him in the air.

The fist surged, and the man's head was directly beaten into a puddle of blood and flesh, scattering in all directions.

Qi Xuansu came to the headless corpse, turned on the "Yin Yang Eyes" and "Qi Watching Technique", and roughly checked it. Combined with the common knowledge of the Onmyoji that he had gained in the past few days, he could roughly determine that the thing just now should be a "flying head" "Barbarian" is one of the many ghosts. It usually possesses the host and drives the human head out of the body while the host is sleeping. Seven days after being possessed by it, the host will turn into bones and die.

This ashigaru has been possessed by Feitouman without knowing it. Even if Qi Xuansu doesn't kill him, he won't live long.

Qi Xuansu said to himself: "Fenglinzhou is really an evil place. The big monsters are dead but not dead, and people can turn into monsters. This is obviously an ominous place."

After saying that, Qi Xuansu drew the simplest fire charm using the alchemist's method, burned the body to ashes, and moved on.

Pawn crossing the river