juvenile onmyoji

In the corner of the night sky, there is a faint light shining through the clouds.It was late at night, and everything was still.Not far away from the mountain gate of Xiguan Temple, the melodious and melodious sound of the flute was heard continuously.

Seimei leaned his elbows on the car window, listening intently.

"You play the flute really well." He couldn't help admiring softly, "I can't complain that Boya will come here to listen to the flute all night. You know, he is also good at playing the flute. Xiao Li, why don't you speak, is it too nice to hear? "

He turned his head and was slightly startled, his pupils reflected the image of the girl curled up in the carriage and sleeping soundly.He couldn't help laughing dumbly, "Is it just so tired? That's right, cutting so much paper with spiritual power is a waste of energy."

He picked her up a little, put her head on his lap, and softly told the coachman to go home.

The sound of the flute was melodious, and he chased after the bullock cart for a long time.

Lizi had a full sleep, as if she had never been so comfortable in her impression.

She opened her sleepy eyes, stretched herself, and found that the sky was bright.The thin quilt was kicked 800 meters away by myself, and the dressing gown was torn off because of the heat, revealing a large area of ​​snow-white skin.

"My sleeping appearance is so ugly, it's really embarrassing for people to come in at this time." She took off her clothes in a daze, and went to change into a trainee maiden costume.Because it was too hot, she felt sweaty just wearing a top.

"Why is it so hot?" She reached for the fan, considering the possibility of cutting a paper fan.

After finally putting on layers of maiden clothes, I finished washing.Looking at the degree of transparency outside, I cried in my heart that I would suffer, I am afraid that all the big carriages outside the city gate had left.How can she sleep so well?

In a hurry, he pushed open the door of the bedroom, and suddenly a cold breath came to his face.

Seimei was wearing a light blue safari embroidered with layers of white waves, sitting on the tatami and reading a book.

On the low table in front of him were two unopened food boxes.In the center of the room there is also a copper basin covered with fine copper mesh.There seemed to be some faint white steam floating out of it.

"Suzaku got ice from the cellar, but the ice is very scarce, the two of us use a basin during the day."

But Lizi doesn't care about this, she only cares about...

"Master Qingming, don't you want to learn onmyoji?"

"No." Qingming said with a smile.

"Hey, why?" Do you want to be self-taught?

"You don't have to go either." Qingming continued.

Huh?Why, I don't want to be self-taught.

Seeing the girl's bewildered look, Seimei stopped teasing her, picked up two pieces of paper on the table and said, "Because the weather is weirdly hot, we are off today. This is the thousand paper cranes released by Ise Shrine and my teacher. "

"Thousand paper cranes?" She walked over suspiciously and picked up the square paper.There are stacked traces on it, which warn the witches not to go out because it is hot today.Below is the homework left.

Really, we won't let us go even if we take a day off, she murmured to herself.

"It's a yin-yang technique used to send messages. It's folded into a thousand origami cranes, and it can fly to the designated person with a breath of air." Seimei explained.

"Hey, it sounds very similar to my paper-cutting technique."

"That's right." Qingming reached out and opened the food box.The two food boxes contain the same things, rice balls, small pickles and seaweed soup.

"You didn't eat?" Lizi walked over and knelt down at the low table.

"Wait for you to eat together." Qingming gave her the chopsticks, "After eating, practice writing spells together."

"Ah, do you still want to write?" Lizi trembled, and didn't even want to pick up the chopsticks.

Qingming smiled slightly, "I have to write. You still don't know many things. If one day in the future, when I'm not by your side, I hope you can be as brave as yesterday."

"Where are you going? Or...or won't I be allowed to live here?" The girl's round eyes were filled with water mist, her hands tightly clenched her chopsticks, and she was so sad that she was about to shed tears.

Qingming's expression flustered instantly, he walked around the table, and half-kneeled in front of her, "I'm not going anywhere, and why wouldn't I let you live here?"

After saying this sentence, he suddenly realized that to him, it was just a sentence that he said without any consideration, but the other party would misunderstand it like this, maybe it was because he had always had such thoughts in his heart?Why is she so insecure?

"Then why do you say that?" The girl's thin eye sockets still couldn't hold so many tears, and they fell all at once, like beads with a broken thread.The red skirt was immediately smudged into balls of vermilion.

"I didn't mean that," Qingming looked at her seriously, his black pupils filled with anxious tenderness, "I will say that, just worried that if one day, I need to leave Heianjing to go outside to perform a mission. So what if I am here alone? If you don't have the ability to protect yourself, it's okay to have a monster, but what about a group of monsters?"

"Why are there so many monsters visiting?"

"Think about your village." Seimei said softly.

This sentence completely opened up Lizi's sadness, and remembered what happened that night.I thought of myself hiding in the cage and listening helplessly to the goblins eating.She whimpered immediately. "If I had come out desperately..."

He patted her on the back lightly, "If you go out recklessly, then the result will be that when I enter the house, I can only see a goblin running around in circles."

The girl laughed through her tears and said angrily, "Master Seimei is really annoying."

Qingming smiled shallowly, "So, every decision we make seems unreasonable. In fact, we have already decided the way ahead. Just like that day, you survived, and I met you..."

The boy's voice suddenly dropped, and he didn't know when he started. Every laugh and cry of the other party deeply affected his emotions.

When did that difference start?Was it when she saw her facing the mountain spirit, even though she was afraid, she had to hold on to the wall and stand up?Or was he holding him in the monster's stomach and sinking slowly?Or the day when we stayed in the same room, holding her hand through the curtain?

In fact, she has been tempted since she opened her round eyes and called him Mr. Qingming, right?

Really, this guy broke into his life so irresponsibly.Mess up his mind and now worry unreasonably that he's throwing her out?Is he crazy and will throw her out.

Now that you live in his home, don't even think about going out with the surname Qing Shui.

His mind was racing like lightning, but in reality the boy comforted him with a soft voice, "Okay, I promise you. From the moment I decided to bring you home, I would never do anything to abandon you. You were picked up by me." Yes, naturally I will raise them well."

Lizi frowned slightly, why did this sentence feel so strange?

"Okay," the young man smiled brightly, reaching out to cover her head with his hand, "By God Amaterasu, what Abe Seimei said to Shimizu Rikako is valid forever and will never be invalidated."

Lizi stared at him blankly, the cold uneasiness was erased by the eraser.Master Qingming has such ability, like a warm little sun, always warm.

Seeing that her mood had calmed down, Qingming smiled slightly and said, "You have been doing very well. However, I think it is not enough. When I saw a fat bird that could not fly coming to me, I immediately Worry, has it been a long time? Have you been eaten by a monster? You see, you are not strong enough for me to trust you to be alone."

"Then I'll practice the spell well." Lizi whispered with wet tears on her face.

Qingming picked up the handkerchief beside her and wiped away her tears.

"That's it. You have to be able to protect yourself when you are alone. When you are with me, you don't have to do anything. Just hold the spell and wait for the last throw. I will work hard with you, I To win the final title of Onmyoji at the youngest age."

Riko nodded vigorously, "I also want to become an official shrine maiden as soon as possible."

Qingming smiled softly, "Two years is enough."

Eh?

Small episodes are like tornadoes, they come and go quickly.

The two of them sat down at the low table again and started eating.After dinner, Riko obediently followed Seimei to write the spell.

"You see, you always use the technique of controlling lightning, and I will teach you another technique of controlling wind." Qingming said, "This spell can be used on the enemy or on yourself. If you use it well, it is equivalent to having a pair of wings." .”

"Like Ootengu-sama? I think he uses wind power."

Qingming nodded, "It's almost like that. In short, it's a very useful spell. Let me draw it for you first."

Lizi nodded, watching him draw slowly on a piece of paper, and then use a vermilion pen to draw out the arrow representing the direction.

"No, here you are. Follow the drawing slowly. If you succeed in drawing today, I will reward you with a small gift."

Riko took the drawing paper and began to try to draw on the talisman paper.She was reluctant to use pink talisman paper, and was still drawing with white talisman paper.

Seimei glanced at the pink talisman paper stacked beside him, "Don't you like this?"

"Huh?" Lizi raised her eyes and followed his gaze, "I like it, but I am reluctant to use it. I want to write on that when I become proficient in writing."

Qingming smiled softly, "So that's how it is." He took out the white talisman paper and replaced it with a pink one, "Use it, the talisman paper is for writing, there's no reason for it to be a collection."

Lizi pursed her lips and smiled, gently pressed the pink talisman paper with her fingers, and began to write again.

After half an hour, she finally wrote a successful Wind Talisman.Let go, and a gust of wind blew across the room in an instant.Put the side screens on the ground.

"Yes, the strength is very good. If you practice more and make the lines smoother, the strength will be greater than this." Qingming said with a smile, "here, here you are." He opened his hand, revealing a small cloth bag in his palm .

Lizi took it and pulled off the ribbon, revealing a small pearl flower inside.The orange flower made of petals of pearls is small and unique.

"I saw that girls like to wear flowers on their hair, so I bought this for you." The boy rested his chin on one hand and said casually, his slightly fluttering eyelashes revealed the little nervousness in his heart.

"It's so beautiful." Lizi said in surprise, looking over and over again.

Qingming's eyes filled with a smile again.

At noon, He Mao Baoxian came to the door with a thank you gift.Seeing that they were all things for girls, Seimei accepted them.When sending He Mao Baoxian out, he smiled and asked, "Actually, this is your own idea, brother Baoxian?"

He Mao Baoxian looked embarrassed, "Well, you know. The old man has always been stubborn."

Seimei nodded, "Actually, it's not just the teacher. Most onmyojis don't think highly of the abilities of witches. They think that they can only stay in the shrine to pray. So, I'm not surprised that the teacher doesn't believe that Xiaoli got rid of Qiaohime." .”

"Hey, I just believe it." He Mao Baoxian said, "As long as I'm here, He Mao will always remember this affection."

Qingming nodded, "Brother Baoxian must remember the name Qingshui Lihuazi. If she gets into trouble in the future, it's time for you to repay her."

"Yes, yes, I will not forget." Three black lines appeared on He Mao Baoxian's forehead, this guy, you are so rude.

"By the way, brother is in Yinyangliao, have you heard the reason for the unusually hot weather this time?" Qingming asked again.

"The result of the divination is that there is a demonic interference, but I don't know what kind of monster it is." He Mao Baoxian replied.

"Is it really a monster?" Qingming said softly.

"By the way, it was at the place where Qiao Ji appeared yesterday. After you left, the people from Yin Yang Liao went there and accidentally found half a bunch of white animal hair. It seems to be something remarkable."

"And after inspection, there is a smell of rain on it. It seems that some time ago, the rain in the evening was the masterpiece of this monster."

"She relied on the cover of the rain to keep attacking passers-by. But for some reason later, her rain didn't work. The master of Yinyang Liao said that it seems that the rain on Qiaoji is related to today's heat. "

Qingming didn't expect to hear such a thing, and opened his eyes slightly.

"Where is that half tuft of hair?"

"Of course I was locked in the Yin Yang Liao." He Mao Baoxian curled his lips.

"I see." Qingming slightly lowered his eyes.

When Seimei went out to deliver Kamo Baoxian, Riko picked up the homework list.Finding that there was a link to listening to the oracle, she thought about it for a while, and then she began to perform the ceremony.

After clapping her hands three times, she closed her eyes.There was no sound at all.She couldn't help wondering, could it be that she couldn't hear it because she hadn't listened for a long time?

Just when she was about to give up, laughter came from her ears.

"Hee hee hee, it's hot, it's really hot."

This voice does not come from just one person, but countless individuals.Children's voices mixed together, happy and weird.

"How wonderful, hee hee."

"Satisfied, hee hee."

"Little pear?"

She slowly opened her eyes again and found herself lying on the tatami.The tip of her nose smelled mint, so she fainted again.

"Why did you suddenly start listening to the oracle?" Qingming asked, "It's been a long time since you did this."

"This." She sat up and picked up the homework list written on the thousand paper cranes on the ground.

Qingming took it over and looked at it, a little speechless, "Just pretend to have done this kind of thing in your heart."

"Eh? Is that how Master Qingming does his homework?" She was a little surprised.

"Well, sometimes it is like this," Qingming said with a smile, "I also have lazy moments. I will not let go of the opportunity to be lazy."

Being so self-willed and having such strong business ability is really a challenge.

She rubbed her eyes, "It's strange this time, I didn't hear the voice of the gods speaking. I only heard a group of children laughing. They kept saying, isn't it hot? How nice."

"It's hot, isn't it great?" Qingming frowned and thought for a while and said, "The last time you heard a monster talking, it was because Qianxi Nu was near the torii of Inari God. Because it has your name on it, I Guess that Torii has something to do with you, so you can hear her talking from a long distance. This time..."

"Are you still at the torii?"

"I don't know, but I think they should be very close to you. However, we can go to the torii to have a look."

"The torii of Inari God?" Riko asked strangely, "Is there one here too? Aren't they all destroyed?"

"It's a ruin." Qingming said lightly, "But you can go and have a look."

Because I was still wearing the maiden costume I returned in the morning, every time I wore it on the street, I would be watched furtively.Lizi changed into an orange coat with a small fan embroidered on it and a white skirt.There are so many small pearl flowers pinned on the head, which are as fresh as buds on the branches.

Qingming glanced at Xiao Zhuhua on her head, and slightly bent her lips.

In the car, Qingming told her what Baoxian He Mo said.

"Hashihime has half a bunch of white hair of Inari God on her body?" She asked in disbelief, "So, she was responsible for the weird rain in those days. It's strange to think so. What about the hair. It's all about the rain."

Seimei nodded, "It doesn't matter how Hashihime got it. I must get half of the bunch. When I get all the bunches together, I will know who is behind the framing of Inari God."

Riko was stunned for a moment, then asked softly, "Why is Seimei-sama so determined to find the secret of Inari God?"

Qingming chuckled, "Maybe I like foxes." A fox's head popped out of his pocket, which Lizi cut off when she was dealing with Qiao Ji yesterday.Later, those animals were all packed in wooden boxes and brought back.

He touched the fox whose eyes were narrowed into slits, and added, "I really like foxes."

"It's a pity that this kind of paper-cut that was born by blowing air will be broken into pieces after three days. On the contrary, it is flat like a little paper man and can last forever." Lizi said.

Qingming touched the paper fox's head, "It's already very long, and most of the effects of Yin-Yang techniques are only for a moment."

The bullock cart continued to move forward, and walked almost half of Heian-kyo before reaching a place called Salt Trail.It is very remote here, except for some private houses, there is only one hall for boiling salt.

"This used to be the Inari Shrine. At that time, there was a street selling snacks." Qingming jumped out of the car and stretched out his hand.Lizi grabbed his hand and jumped down too.

The two stood at the entrance of the saltworks and looked at the busy people in the distance.

"But now there's nothing left," Lizi said.

"It's not completely absent, just like the original torii, which has become the gate of the current saltworks." Seimei said.

"Ah, that's it." Lizi raised her head and looked at the tall gate, the torii's open character turned into a complete gate character.

Although there are not many people here in the remote area, Seimei still pulled out a barrier to prevent interference.Then use the Wind Talisman and fly to the top of the door with the pear.

On the corner of the door, Qingming wiped off the floating dust, and sure enough, she saw the five familiar words engraved on it, Qingshui Lihuazi.It's just that these five characters are engraved deeper than those I've seen before.

Seimei stroked the handwriting lightly, and for some reason, felt the deep despair of the engraver through the handwriting.Who, and why, would this person frequently engrave Xiaoli's name on the torii gate that belongs to Inari God?

"Is my name here too? Could it be the same name?" Lizi frowned slightly.

"Let's go." Qingming finally touched the name again.

"Aren't you looking for the owner of that voice? Don't look for it?"

"Not here," Qingming said, he looked up at the salt field, as if his eyes were piercing it, "There is no evil spirit here."

The bullock cart once again walked back through most of Heianjing from the salt trail.

Along the way, Lizi saw the people on the road through the window, covering their heads with straw hats and wiping their sweat with handkerchiefs.The vegetation is all wilted.The land was dry and cracked, and even the noisy cicadas in the past could no longer be heard.

Lizi was puzzled, "It feels like we passed by here just now, and it wasn't so bad." It was as hot as if there was an extra sun in the sky.

Qingming uncovered the ice mirror, letting the cold air out completely.

Pears put their hands on the ice.They were fine in the car, with the roof to shade the sun and the heat to defuse the ice.

"It wasn't this hot in previous years."

……

"It's so hot, it's so hot." The maid picked up the palm-leaf fan and fanned it vigorously.She drank two cups of well water in a row, but she didn't quench her thirst, so she went to drink a third cup. "It would be nice if it rained at this time."

Her eyes turned to the sunny doll hanging in front of the window.When it rains, I naturally feel that it is very good.Now that there is not even a single rain, the sunny baby suddenly becomes hideous in her eyes.She walked over and grabbed the sunny doll, ready to throw it away.

"Hee hee hee, you don't like me again, do you?"

The maid's eyes widened in horror, "Who is talking?"

"When it was raining, you told me that if the rain was still crying, I would cut off your head. I tried my best to keep mine, but I still couldn't avoid being thrown away."

The maid's eyes trembled and moved to the sunny baby in her hand.Sunshine Doll kept the drawn expression and looked at her with a smile, "Things you don't need are just useless, right? You don't like me so soon."

This thing is talking, the doll made of cloth can talk...

The maid screamed, dropped the doll in her hand and ran out.

The moment she ran out, the house suddenly burst into flames.

"Hee hee hee, we are not friends now."

When the bullock cart reached Tuyumen Avenue, it was already impossible to get in.There was a traffic jam ahead, and the air was filled with choking smoke.

"Where is it on fire?" Lizi poked her head out of the window.

"Our house is on fire." Abe Masaki's voice came from the side of the bullock cart.

"Ah, Masaki-sama?" Li Zi hurriedly retracted her head and jumped out of the car.

"Father," Qingming got out of the car with a serious face, "Why is the house on fire? How are the servants?"

"It's all right. It was only found that the house where a servant lived was on fire. The fire was extinguished long ago. The adults from Yinyang Liao came and said they needed to check it out."

"Yin Yang Liao?" Qingming was very surprised, "There is a big formation in our front yard, so it is impossible for any evil things to appear."

"Evil things can't get in, but they might grow in the house." A voice suddenly sounded.

Lizi turned her head and saw He Mao Zhongxing's face.

"Teacher?" Qingming was even more surprised, "Why are you here?"

"I happened to pass by here, and I knew your house was expropriated by Yin Yang, so I came to have a look. I'm afraid it won't be over today. Why don't you stay at my house together temporarily."

"Pear Jam—"

Another voice sounded from behind.Lizi turned her head and saw Yuan Chuyue sitting in the bullock cart.

Yuan Chuyue folded her hands on the window and supported her chin, and said with a smile, "How about it, come to my house. I want you to come a long time ago. There is no reason to refuse this time, right?"

The surname of Guanfu in Japan started from the Meiji Restoration, but here is to express an attitude.It's private~