juvenile onmyoji

"I'm not jealous." Li Zi said angrily.

"What is that?" Qingming looked at the girl with drooping eyes and asked a little funnyly, "It's just a memory..."

"The memory is correct, but it happened before." Lizi raised her eyes, the eyelashes glistening with water, "When I think about sitting on the city wall, I feel very uncomfortable."

"Master Qingming wasn't there that day, and Xue Ziji came to the house and asked me to get out. She asked me why I lived here? I couldn't answer it. I really have no reason to live here."

Speaking of this, Lizi suddenly felt wronged.Originally, living alone in a different time and space, far away from relatives, and living with trepidation is a sad thing.

If you don't like Seimei, it's not that much of a problem.But he tried his best to get her.And kept stopping her from going home.

Although that memory was traced back in time, she didn't remember it herself.But until something like that ever happened, it still made her very sad.

Thinking of this, tears fell drop by drop from her eyes, and fell on the cherry-colored skirt, fainting into tears.

Seimei panicked immediately, holding her face and carefully wiping her tears while explaining, "It's my fault. I said something wrong just now. It's not your shikigami who should be tied up, but myself."

"Although there is nothing wrong with saving Xue Ziji. Because I can't watch the monster tearing off people's faces without being indifferent. My fault is that I didn't handle the following things well."

"I didn't protect you well, and I didn't protect Bai Wugou well. Xiaoli, I know when this incident in my memory will happen. Yesterday, Liotou asked me to go to Ise to catch the monsters that made trouble there. Go to Liaotou and ask him to hand over the task to someone else. This will not happen again. Isn’t that what going back in time is all about?”

"And the matter you care about, you said you don't think you have any reason to live here." Qingming paused, "Last time I said to make an engagement. You said that you didn't find your brother, you need his consent. I I don’t think it can go on any longer. Let Yebisu God promise for you instead of your relatives. Anyway, you are the priestess of His shrine.”

"That's not necessary," Lizi said hesitantly, "It's too embarrassing to bother Ebisu with such a thing. I can promise you myself, but I don't feel angry now and don't want to agree."

Qingming smiled lightly, took her hand and pressed it to his heart.He looked at her seriously, his black pupils seemed gentle and seductive.

"Promise me, Xiaoli. I swear, I will never let you feel wronged this time. From the moment I saw you in Omi, the moment I sank with you in Harima's monster dormitory, I knew What do you want. Time can clear my memory, but it can't stop me from falling in love with you again every time."

Lizi looked at him, even though the anger and grievance in her heart dissipated a little bit, she couldn't let go of her face immediately.She withdrew her hand from the other party with a high profile, and said lightly, "Let's talk."

In the courtyard, Ibaraki said to Shuten who was loosening the soil for the Shiranui tree, "My lord seems to be angry with Seimei. Why did Seimei marry another woman?"

"Maybe I'm joking." Jiu Tun said without raising his head.

Ibaraki fell into his own imagination and said indignantly, "If such a thing really happened, I would go and chop off that person's head to vent my anger."

Jiu Tun sneered, "Sure enough, it's the immature Ibaraki-douji, that would cause trouble for the adults."

Ibaraki asked unconvinced, "If that kind of thing really happened, what would you do?"

"I will take the adults out of here, and I won't make her angry." Jiu Tun said lightly, covering the earth with Shiranui again.

Ibaraki looked at Shuten thoughtfully, "This Shiranui belongs to you besides the adults. Water it every day to catch insects."

Jiu Tun raised his head and looked at the thriving sapling, "Yes, my lord ordered me to do everything well."

"You're becoming more and more like a shikigami." Ibaraki joked.

"I'm only going to be a shikigami this time." Shuten said flatly.

In the room, Lizi frowned, "But Master Qingming told Liotou to change to someone else. If the time is staggered with Xue Ziji, will she die? Although I hate her in memory, I don't want a life to be like this disappear."

"It's fine if you don't know. If you know it, you pretend not to see it, and you will feel very uncomfortable when you think about it later. It seems that everything in your memory is caused by Yukiko Ji. Because Master Seimei saved her, she was loved by the other party. Give marriage."

"Because my shikigami cut off her head, Minamoto Raimitsu was ordered to attack Oeyama. It was also because we stole Izanami's gems in order to revive her, which finally caused Heiankyo to be flooded. Both want What should I do if I avoid this incident and don’t want her to die because of changing history?”

"It's simple." Seimei said, "Just ask your shikigami to save her. Let her accept your kindness. There will be no subsequent marriage incidents."

"That's not necessary." Li Zi said, "I don't want to have anything to do with her. Then let Jiu Tun save her without showing his body."

"Okay." Seimei said with a smile.

Three days later, a strange incident suddenly came out of Ping'an Jingli.Yukiko Ji fell in love with the transparent man who saved her from the monster.To put it more clearly, it is to fall in love with a breeze.The wind blew through the maple forest, killed the evil monster, and left.

Xueziji missed that cool breeze day and night, so she must have heard that person's voice, which was very deep and pleasant.Imagining that person had a peerless appearance, she forced the emperor to help her find someone.The emperor had no choice but to hide in Qingliang Hall every day.

Shikigami naturally heard the rumor.Ibaraki teased Jiu Tun that he was about to marry a princess, "What did you say, how can you seduce people away without showing your face? Have you shown your abs?"

"Go away." Jiu Tun said impatiently.

"You just said that?" Ibaraki asked in disbelief.

"I said let you go."

"okay."

Riko was also curious, and asked Shuten what did he say?

Jiu Tun replied honestly, "There are several groups of people coming and going in that forest. I waited from morning to night, worried that I would save the wrong person and delay my lord's affairs, so I asked her if she was Xue Ziji? If not, I would not Do it, wait for the next one."

"So that's how it is." Riko said with a smile, "Shuten is too powerful. Seimei-sama needs to show his face, but you just transformed into Qingfeng, and you can do the same thing."

"You did the same thing?" Jiu Tun's eyes moved slightly, "My lord, did this really happen?"

"Hmm..." Li Zi hesitated and nodded, "In a certain memory."

Shuten knew about going back in time seven times, and asked curiously, "Then what did I do in the memory of the adults?"

"You took me to Dajiangshan."

"So that's how it is," Jiu Tun smiled slightly, "It really sounds like something I can do."

After a few more days, probably the Emperor couldn't stand Xueziji and forced him to find someone who didn't exist at all, so he made a decree and married Xueziji.

Riko breathed a sigh of relief. Now that the source has been eliminated, then the matter of Izanami flooding Heian-kyo with the water of the Styx will not happen, right?

The days have returned to the original calm.Summer is the season to eat watermelon, the gods invite everyone to eat watermelon.After eating the watermelon, you can go home.

The pears come from a small sweet white porcelain dish, and a small cluster of salt foam is pinched with your fingers and sprinkled on the watermelon.The watermelon thus becomes sweeter.The watermelon just taken out of the well is cool to the bottom of my heart.

"It's been a long time since I ate watermelon." Da Yuemaru held a piece of melon in one hand, "On our Suzuka Mountain, there is a small watermelon. Although there are many seeds, it is full of melon flavor."

While stabbing the watermelon seeds with chopsticks, Lizi said disapprovingly, "A fruit like watermelon shouldn't have seeds. It should be eaten in a bold and unrestrained way. It just makes it difficult for people."

Dayue Maru chuckled, "What your lord said is true. That's why I never spit out seeds."

After eating the watermelon, the two took well water to wash their hands and bid farewell to the altar.

The Lord of God glanced at Dayake Maru with a smile, "I heard my mother tell the story of Suzuka Mountain when I was young. I never thought that the person who is my grandfather in my memory would meet here one day. It is really the same as the one in the monster album. It's the same as the painting."

She sighed again, "Time flies, I grew up listening to the stories of the Lord of Suzuka Mountain. Now I am old too."

Otake Maru put on a straight face, and waited until he reached the gate of the shrine before saying angrily, "I grew up listening to your stories? It sounds like I'm about to die."

Lizi said with a smile, "Human beings have a short lifespan compared to the monster race. The god master is already over 50 years old, didn't he just grow up listening to your stories? Seeing your face as before, I am a little sighing."

Just as they were about to board the bullock cart, they heard the voice of the Lord God behind them.

Lizi turned her head and saw the Almighty running over panting with a watermelon in his arms.

"Here you are." The God Master stuffed the big watermelon into Dayue Maru's arms, and then said with a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, I caught up. Just now I saw that you like to eat it very much. Please take this watermelon home and eat it. "

Watermelon is a very expensive food in island countries.From ancient times to the present.People don't buy whole watermelons even if they buy them.Will only buy one piece at a time.

The watermelon at the shrine today was sent by a businessman who fulfilled his vow.There are two in total, one is cut and shared with everyone.One was given to Dayake Maru.

Received such a precious gift suddenly, Dayake Maru seemed extremely overwhelmed.He stared blankly at the kindly smile of the divine master, and didn't know what to say for a moment.

When the divine master turned to leave and his back was out of sight, he whispered, "That's why I hate human beings the most. They always have the ability to make us monsters give up their hearts."

"Are you going to give your heart to God?" Lizi laughed, "I think God might not want to."

"It's that kind of heart, not the heart you think my lord has." Otakemaru said dissatisfied.

"What heart?" Lizi asked.

"a thankful heart."

"Hahaha." Lizi laughed even more happily, "I'm sorry, I'm going to sing." A grateful heart, thank you for having you.It's really a magic sound piercing the brain.

Da Yuemaru continued to frown, "Suzuka Gozen who lied to my love, Shimizu-sama who won my allegiance, and the kind-hearted God Lord who is old and strange. Why can women have so many faces?"

"Because people are different," Lizi said with a smile, "You can't say that you have suffered from women, and you hate all women. I used to be the same as you. Because the mountain spirit ate my grandma, and Hate all monsters."

"At that time, in my eyes, monsters did not distinguish between genders and types. To me, they were heterogeneous. Like ghosts, they have been labeled as horror. I don't think about whether there is kindness in the world. Ghosts, they are horrors in my eyes. So are monsters. I have seen the ferocity of mountain spirits with my own eyes. I began to hate monsters."

"What happened next?" Otakemaru asked.

"Later, I experienced a lot of things. I saw many monsters. I realized that they have their own personalities just like humans, and they are not the same. There are also monsters who are indifferent to the world, and some are vicious. Some are kind. There are also brutal ones."

"There are more monsters. It's hard to tell whether he is good or bad. People will become monsters for some reason, and monsters will also yearn for human love. In short, human nature is as complicated as monster nature. Sometimes, really It's hard to judge."

Riko was expressing her emotions to her shikigami solemnly, when she caught a glimpse of the smiling face in the bullock cart.Seimei rested his chin on one hand and looked at her with a smile.Looks like it's been that way for a while.

Lizi felt as if she was being heard singing in private, her face blushed slightly and she hurriedly got into the car.

"Why are you here?"

"Things ended early today, so I came here." Qingming said with a smile.

"Oh." Lizi responded lightly, leaning her back against the car to finish the job.The yelling of the coachman was heard in the ears, and the ox cart started to run.

Qingming looked at her for a while, "Why did you stop talking suddenly? I heard what you just said very well."

"Speaking to Seimei-sama? I'm not in the mood to do that kind of thing." Lizi said.

"Haven't you forgive me?" Qingming said with a smile in his eyes, "What should I do?"

"Just stay like that." Li Zi looked out of the window, "Maybe after a long time, I will be at peace."

"Then what should I do?" Qingming sat down next to her, with a smile on his lips, "Isn't it okay to solve it all at once? I won't move, so you can just beat me up. You can vent your anger however you want. Xiaoli... "

"Hush." ​​Lizi interrupted him with a finger on her lips.At this time, the ox cart drove past a dim sum shop.Although it was only a few seconds, she still saw Nanako Kamo sitting in the bullock cart parked outside the snack shop through the car window.Her servants were loading what appeared to be a large box of pastries into the cart.

Two bullock carts passed by, and the normal street scene was restored outside the window, and Li Zi looked away.

"Is her head still not healed?"

"No," Qingming said, "the teacher has used countless methods. In the end, I found that the most primitive method is more effective."

"What primitive method?"

"It is to stick wooden sticks into the clothes, and wrap cloth strips around the neck and upper body at the same time."

"Living like this is a kind of punishment." Lizi said, "Although I am alive, it is very hard."

"I am the same. Although I am alive, it is very hard." Seimei said, "I don't know when Lord Shimizu who lives next door will forgive me. This is also a kind of punishment."

"Ah." Lizi sighed while propping her face with one hand, and had already predicted that Qingming would keep pestering her like this until she let go.

Two more days passed.Today is a holiday in Heian-kyo.Everyone stays at home to escape the heat.The hot air makes people afraid to move.As long as you move, you will be covered in sweat.

He Mao Baoxian suddenly came to him.He said anxiously to Qingming, "My father is gone."

Qingming was slightly taken aback, "Did the teacher go fishing early in the morning? Brother Baoxian, don't worry, the teacher is not a child anymore, let alone he is a well-known big. Onmyoji. There will be no danger."

"No, you don't know." He Mao Baoxian took out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat. He was already anxious, but because he couldn't speak clearly in anxiety, his forehead sweated even more.

"Master Baoxian, this is iced mung bean water, let's talk about it after you drink some to relieve the heat." Li Zi moved the low table to the corridor, and poured mung bean water for He Mao Baoxian.

He Mao Baoxian quickly thanked her, took the cup and drank three cups before calming down.

"It's like this. Recently, my father has always been mysterious. It's not surprising. He has been worrying about Nanako. He always tries this method and that method. I persuade him that this is Ebisu Dashen Punishment for Nanako. We did pamper her too much and cultivated her selfish character."

"But my father didn't listen to my advice, so I was tossing around with him. But a few days ago, my father accidentally saw from an ancient book that there was a stone of life on the crown of the Lord of the Underworld. It can bring life back to life. Father The behavior was even weirder. I told him it was just a legend. He nodded in front of me, but started packing his bags behind my back."

"I thought he was just joking. I didn't expect to find that he and Nanako had disappeared this morning. It wasn't just the two of them. Several juniors also disappeared together. It must be that father took them away together."

"Seimei, this is no small matter. Regardless of whether the legend is true or not, my father's trip is to steal Izanami's things. If Izanami is offended..."

Lizi opened her eyes wide and subconsciously looked at Seimei.The same is true for the other party.

Is history unchangeable?Change one thing, and another will pop up.To bring the trend to the direction of destruction again.

"Qingming, I would like to ask you to go to the kingdom of the underworld with me," He Mao Baoxian begged willingly, "while my father has just left, maybe I can find him back. I know there are risks, and I won't let you do it in vain Yes. In the warehouse of our Kamo family..."

"Brother Baoxian, what are you talking about?" Qingming interrupted him, "The teacher is like a father to me. He has never kept secrets from me. He Mao's family's yin and yang art, I will definitely give it to you. Even the ancestral shikigami were given to you and to me. It’s just that I can’t always make the teacher happy.”

He Mao Baoxian laughed shortly, "How do you make him happy? To be my brother-in-law? That's an unreasonable request, and even I can't make you agree. Qingming, since it's agreed, I'll go back and prepare my luggage now. Huang Quan There is no food for humans in the country, so we need to prepare more of this. This is for you."

He Mao Baoxian handed Qingming an ordinary cloth bag.

"Is it Qiankun cloth?" Qingming said a little surprised, "That cloth from Tang Dynasty is said to be able to hold everything."

"Everything is just an exaggeration," He Mao Baoxian said, "but there is no problem with loading an ox cart. You can use this to pack your luggage. I will meet you in the maple forest outside the city in half an hour." After finishing speaking, he said Hastily left.

"Xiaoli..." Qingming turned around.

"I'll go with you." Riko said, "I didn't expect Yukiko-hime to offend Izanami, and Tadayaki-sama came again. It seems that some historical trends can be avoided, while others must be faced. It's a pity That fragment is missing a piece, or you'll know why it failed."

"Little pear..." Qingming called again softly, her heart full of complications and worries.

Lizi saw what he was thinking, and said with a brisk smile, "It's okay, Master Seimei. The worst outcome is that everyone retraces together. This time, we knew the result in advance. I will do the retracing myself."

"That way there will be no memory loss. Isn't this a good change? What's more, maybe things are not as bad as we think. Let's hurry up and stop He Maozhong before he goes."

"I'm worried, this is the last time I'll be with you again." Qingming was full of uneasiness.

"If Izanami is destined to flood Heian-kyo with the water of the Styx River, then no one can escape. But I don't think things will be so bad." Riko said with a smile.

"why?"

"Because Seimei-sama forgot where I came from? There, Heian-kyo is a city called Kyoto. It's simple and beautiful, and it hasn't been turned into the territory of the kingdom of hell by the water of the Styx River."

"Is that so?" Qingming said softly.He cheered up and asked, "Are you still angry with me now?"

"In the face of death, those things are already insignificant." Lizi said with a smile, "But I am a person who is easy to hold grudges. When the matter is over, I will still settle the score with Lord Seimei."

Qingming's eyes softened slightly, "Then I will continue to beg you."

During the time agreed with Kamo Baoxian, they stuffed thick coats, quilts, blankets, paper, rice, pickles and firewood into the cloth bags.Suzaku hastily stuffed them with pancakes made from millet flour.Pancakes spread out like thin paper can be stored for a long time and are not easy to spoil.

"My lord, I'll go with you." Jiu Tun said.

"I'll go too." "I'll go too." "And me." Ibaraki, Otengu, and Otakemaru said.

"Not now," Riko said, "Although the gate of summoning is broken, the shikigami cannot be put away. But you can use summoning outside. When I feel that I need your help, I will do so."

Seimei tied up the cloth bag.Although there are so many things stuffed in, it is still a light and thin cloth bag in the hand.He bent down and tied the cloth bag on Lizi's belt, "You take this. If we accidentally get separated, you won't be hungry."

"What about Master Qingming?" Lizi asked.

"I have the blood of a half-demon myself, so I can resist hunger better than ordinary humans. Besides, I will definitely find you, so don't worry." Qingming said.

The two packed up their things and rushed to Fenglin outside Ping'an capital.He Mao Baoxian was already waiting there.Seeing Li Zi was slightly surprised, "Qingming, it's very dangerous there. Let Xiaoli stay in Heianjing and wait for us."

"No need." Li Zi refused.Even if she stays in Heianjing, the things that should come will not bypass her.Since it cannot be avoided, it is better to look directly at it.

"In this case." He Mao Baoxian took out three small bamboo tubes the thickness of fingers from his pocket. "This is Guanhu. It is a very dexterous little monster that can speak human language. Let them bite your hands, and they will recognize the master when they taste blood. The feeding method is to feed a drop of blood every once in a while. .”

"What is this for?" Lizi asked.

"The kingdom of the underworld changes strangely. If we accidentally separate, we will use Guanhu to communicate with each other. They can communicate for us." He Mao Baoxian said.

"So it is."

It's time to bleed again.