juvenile onmyoji

"Swish"

"Swish"

Such a sound came from the garden.

There were rustling sounds on the roof, in the corridor, and on the branches.It seems that raindrops are falling, and it seems that someone is lifting sand by handfuls.

Lizi lay on the bed and opened her eyes.Still shrouded in drowsiness, a thought popped up in a daze, is it raining?February next month?

Feeling a little cold, she pulled the quilt over her shoulders.After lying down for a while, he slowly sat up.

The closed lattice windows let in a little light, making the room look a little dark.She got used to it for a while and reached out to take the stacked kimono and put it on.

The rustling sound continued, and when she opened the window, her pupils reflected a whole yard of birds, more than 30 of them.Not only that, but many more are falling.

Is there a bird disaster?

Li Zi woke up instantly, pushed open the side door and ran out.

Seimei, Shuten, and Ibaraki all sat outside.The doors and windows were tightly closed, as if they were talking about something.

"Are you awake?" Qingming raised his head and looked over when he heard the voice.

"Yeah." Lizi walked over barefoot and sat down at the low table, "What's the matter with the birds outside? There are too many."

"I don't know, maybe I came out to look for food after being hungry all winter," Qingming guessed casually, and pushed a paper crane in front of her, "The Ebisu Shrine flew here, almost because the birds outside couldn't get in." Come."

"It's bitten like this." Lizi frowned and picked up the paper crane.The bird's head was gone, and the rest had been pecked to pieces.She opened the thousand paper cranes and saw that it said "rest today."

"Aren't you going to the shrine today?" Seimei asked.

"Yes, that's what it says on the Thousand Paper Cranes." Lizi nodded, "Miss Qingming isn't going either?"

"I still have to go." Qingming said, "Yinyangliao will be very busy at this time. It is conceivable that a large number of people will come to Yinyangliao for divination about the birds."

"These are birds, not monsters." Lizi was a little puzzled.

"Having said that, the common people will treat it as something ominous and think it is a monster."

Pushing the door open from the outside, Suzaku came in with a food box, "I flew all the way here just now. Because I was on fire, these birds dare not approach."

Qingming's eyes moved slightly, and he said with a smile, "That's right. Suzaku, go fly again later, and drive away all the birds in the yard."

Suzaku brought out the soba noodles from the food box and said, "That's exactly what I mean. I've become a bird on fire. I think all the birds in the world are afraid to come here."

"I can help too." Shuten said, "I'll let my hair burst into flames and sit on the roof in a while."

Hair bursting into flames?The chopsticks of pear rest on the soba noodles.unimaginable.Huo Wa's face appeared in her mind, and she couldn't help but smile.

"But what are these birds, and why are there so many of them?"

Qingming turned his eyes to the window, and gently repeated through the white window paper of the wooden lattice window, "Yes, what are these?"

Because Suzaku changed into a prototype and slowly patrolled the sky over the mansion.The wings and tail feathers made of flames make all the birds who see her dare not approach her.But Abe's mansion has three courtyards, front, middle and back.Suzaku Zhu can see the front yard and the middle yard.The backyard is out of the question.

At this time Shuten jumped onto the roof of the backyard and sat down.Unlike the fire baby that Li Zi imagined in his mind, Jiu Tun is obviously not doing it for a joke.

He let loose the knotted hair on top of his head.The hair suddenly became fiery red, draped over the shoulders like a raging fire, warm and unrestrained.The long scorching red hair was flying in all directions against the wind, and cherry-colored fire powder was floating around, making it extremely rusty.

The young boy casually glanced at the birds, watching them stretch out a bird's leg eagerly, testing the edge back and forth.

He pointed lightly with his hand, and an arc-shaped ring of fire spread from his fingertips.In an instant, the most daring bird was burnt into cooked food, and fell to the next yard with a "click".

The birds all flew to the next door with a clatter, never daring to cross the border, and only stayed on the surrounding eaves to "chirp".

The people next door cried with envy.They couldn't see Suzaku and Shuten, and they thought it was Seimei who cast a magic spell.I can't envy this kind of thing, and I can only secretly be angry at why my family can't train an onmyoji.

For a whole afternoon, there was a sudden increase in the number of people who went to Yinyangliao. Everyone thought that an onmyoji could solve the problem of birds.They have been accused of not doing practical things.

Yinyangliao asked Qingming to figure it out, and was a little dumbfounded.It's useless to blame them for this kind of thing.Who made them have no onmyoji and witches at home.But then again, there are not many families with such powerful shikigami in Manpingan Kyoto, right?

Because of Suzaku and Shuten, Riko doesn't have to stay in the room all the time.You can sit at the door with the door open, while warming up by the brazier, while doing small handicrafts.

In the evening, there seemed to be more birds, covering the sky and the sun.

When Qingming came back, he was covered in bird feathers.

"It has been said that we are onmyojis and not bird-catching masters. The common people still strongly demand that we catch birds."

Ibaraki covered his stomach and rolled with laughter, "It's really strange to see you like this for the first time."

Qingming smiled slightly, took off his coat and went to the backyard to take a bath and change.

"It would be great if the Teng Snake was here, one bite at a time." Li Zinuo said thoughtfully, "Master Qingming's two shikigami are natural enemies of birds."

"If you say that, it would be even better if Yamata no Orochi is here," Ibaraki said carelessly, "He has eight heads. But there is no need for Yata no Orochi. The natural enemies of birds are not only snakes."

"Who else? A fox?" Lizi asked with a smile.I don't know why, but the image of Tamamo, raising nine tails and chasing birds suddenly appeared in his mind.

"Of course foxes are natural enemies, but the most powerful natural enemies are actually people. Today I went to help get charcoal from the gate, and I found that some people were holding sacks to catch birds."

"Catch it back and eat it?" Lizi asked in surprise.

"Although the birds are small, you can still have a full meal by catching more." Ibaraki said.

"But these birds are very strange. I suspect that they are not birds." Lizi frowned worriedly, "It's really unwise to eat them without knowing something."

"There's nothing you can do about this kind of thing," Ibaraki spread his hands, "Who made them grow meat? If there are poops growing on their bodies, no one will eat them."

Riko took a heavy breath, "Ibaraki, I'm going to have dinner soon."

"My lord, who isn't? I'm going to have dinner soon." Ibaraki said carelessly, "Look, I don't care."

After a while Seimei finished bathing and came out in a clean bathrobe.Suzaku also put food on the table, red bean rice and seaweed soup.

Qingming scooped the kelp soup into the red bean rice, "Many people in Heianjing are sick today. The witch doctor is too busy to touch the ground."

"why?"

"I don't know," Qingming said with a frown, "I always feel that it has something to do with these birds. They come so strangely. Standing at the gate of the city, there are no birds flying in at all. But the birds in the city are getting more and more More and more."

"Could it be that the bird has laid eggs?" Lizi guessed, "Maybe this kind of bird will hatch soon."

"I sent people to look around, but I didn't find a bird's egg."

"Huh? That's weird."

"In short, you should close the doors and windows when you sleep at night." Qingming instructed.

The next day, Riko received another thousand paper cranes from Yebisu Shrine.Not only that, on the third day, the fourth day, and several days in a row, the shrine sent thousands of paper cranes to let everyone stay at home.

Less than half a month after the Red Mirror Cake incident, Ping'an-kyo fell again.Although the government organized everyone to catch birds, the birds did not decrease at all.

Qingming hurried to eat two mouthfuls of food early in the morning, and then rushed to Yinyang Liao.Now more and more people are sick in Heian-kyo.Not only that, but there are also missing people.

"My lord, I saw my husband lying in the house with my own eyes." A woman went to Yinyang Liao and cried, "He suddenly fell ill yesterday and has been resting at home. I just brought him food this morning and turned away. I cleaned up my things outside. When I came back, he was gone. There were twenty or thirty birds on the mattress."

"Twenty or thirty birds?" Liaotou felt as if he had caught something.

"Yes, it's the same as those flying outside. I don't know how to get into the house." The woman said.

"Sir, why don't we do a divination?" The onmyoji next to him suggested.

Liaotou frowned deeply, feeling that he had been very disappointed since he took office.The Country of Mirrors, the Hungry Ghost Retreat, the Blood Formation of Ise Forest, the Red Mirror Cake, and now the birds.He felt that he needed someone to give him a divination.

"Come to find Qingming." Liaotou ordered, "Master He Mao said that he is the best at divination, let him divination about the origin of the bird."

"Yes." The subordinate bowed to answer, and just as he was about to turn around, he heard Liaotou say again, "Well, ask him to do a fortune-telling for me by the way. See if I've been particularly memorized recently, and how long will I be unlucky?"

Subordinate: "..."

All of a sudden, Seimei came over with the result of the divination, "It's an infested sparrow."

"What sparrow?" Liaotou asked.

"I don't know. The divination shows only three words, which is the house sparrow. It must be the name of this bird." Seimei replied.

"Shallows? I've never heard of it." Liaotou looked confused.

"Then I don't know." Qingming shrugged lightly, put away the hexagram paper and prepared to leave.The rest is out of his business.He can't always do things by leaps and bounds.

"Wait, did you forget something else?" Liaotou called him.

"That, my lord, it's better not to listen." Qingming knew that what Liaotou was talking about was divination about luck.

"I want to listen." Liaotou was very persistent, "You tell me, I'm prepared."

"It's very memorized. I've never seen such a memorized hexagram." Qingming said.

An onmyoji next to him answered, "I also saw the result of the divination, and it's really very memorized. I even suspect that Heianjing's memorization is due to adults."

"Hush." ​​Liao Tou quickly put his finger on the center of his lips, damn it, he thought so too.

In the evening, Qingming packed up his things and went home.As soon as he walked to the gate of Yinyangliao, he saw Xiaoli's smiling face on the bullock cart waiting for him.

"Why are you here?" With a smile on his face, he quickly walked over and jumped into the car.

"I'm going to visit God." Lizi said, "She also fell ill. When I came back, the coachman said that you would go home at this time, so he came to pick you up."

Qingming frowned slightly, "Did God Master also fall ill? It seems that more and more people are falling ill. No wonder there are more and more birds."

"Why do you say that?"

"Today a woman came to the dormitory and said that her husband was missing. Both of them were staying in the house, but when she turned around, she disappeared. Dozens of birds replaced her. The head of the dormitory asked me to divine the birds , and the result obtained is the three characters "introduction sparrow."

"A bird in the house?" Lizi felt a sudden chill in her heart, "Could it be that those birds that come out every day are changed by people?"

"I'm so skeptical." Seimei said, "A squirrel, a squirrel, is a bird that enters a human body. But how do they do it?"

While talking like this, a bird tried to get in through the car window.Qingming grabbed it, and formed a seal with the other hand, sealing it into a ball.

Lizi took the ball and looked at it carefully. Except for a black line on the back, it was no different from a sparrow in the rest.

"By the way, I ran into Yuan Chuyu when I came out of Shenzhu's house. He asked me what I was doing, and I said to visit the sick elders. He said he was going to Erjo Avenue, and invited me to go with him. I didn't promise myself I'm gone. I don't know why he is running around in such a mess now."

"Yuan Chuyu?" Qingming just repeated it softly, when he saw Yuan Chuyu and Ashiya Michiman walking out of a nearby house.

"Isn't this lord too arrogant?" Ashiya Doman said angrily.

Lizi was slightly taken aback, and slowly put down the ball in her hand to listen.From the corner of the eye, Qingming was also listening very carefully.

"We came with presents and he kept us waiting in the lobby for so long."

"He is the minister of the court, and we are just ordinary onmyojis. Isn't it normal to wait?" Yuan Chuyu said indifferently.

"Why didn't you mention that you are the son of Lord Raimitsu?" Ashiya Michimitsu asked again.

"I hope that one day, I can become a person that everyone can understand without mentioning my name. Instead of having to mention my father, the other party will suddenly understand and greet with a smile." Yuan Chuyu said lightly.

"Whether you will or not, I don't know, but I'm going to marry Yu Ziji soon." Ashiya Michi thought that his mood suddenly improved, and his voice was a little more excited.

"Oh, congratulations in advance." Yuan Chuyu still responded lightly.

"It's a pity that Yuzi Ji looks very ordinary. It would be nice if she had the face of that little witch."

"Speak carefully," Yuan Chuyu's voice suddenly became very cold, "I don't want to fight with you in the street. It would be very ugly."

"Haha, I'm just kidding. But to be honest, that one-year agreement is coming to an end soon. You, the guy with a false name fiance, is about to step down. Don't you have any ideas? Do you want me to help you?"

"No need." Yuan Chuyu said coldly, "I have my own way."

"Times have changed, my lord," Ashiya Michi said glibly, "gentlemen are no longer fashionable. Just look at Seimei Abe..."

The two walked away while talking.Through the cracks in the curtains, Li Zi glimpsed that they were not afraid of the birds flying in the sky.And what's even more strange is that even Qingming needs to put a barrier on himself when he comes out.But they didn't sit down at all, and they didn't care.

"Master Seimei, why did Ashiya Domitsu say he can marry Tamagohime? I remember she is the emperor's daughter." She turned her head to look at Seimei, who lowered his eyes, as if his face was full of anger.

"Go back first, don't wait for me." Qingming said, opened the car door and jumped out.

"Eh?" Riko was a little surprised and followed Seimei's back with her gaze.But it was gone in the blink of an eye.She had to tell the coachman to go home first.

In fact, Qingming arrived home only one step later than her.After the two of them entered the house, Suzaku came in with a small jar.

"Yuanchuyu sent someone to deliver this to Xiaoli." She put the jar on the low table.Lizi didn't rush to check what it was, but kept staring at Seimei.

"What are you looking at me for?" Qingming's original annoyance dissipated after the other party looked at him with round eyes.I even feel a little sorry for asking.It should not alarm her, let her continue to look at herself.

"It's nothing." Lizi smiled, seeing that his face was not injured, she lowered her head to check the jar with confidence. "Su Mi again." She opened the lid and looked at the milky yellow solid inside and said, "Does Yuan Chuyu belong to bees? He likes to give sweets so much. His family produces milk."

"Throw it away," Qingming said flatly, "The food he gave you cannot be eaten now."

Lizi caught a glimpse of a note pasted on Su Mi's lid again.She peeled it off and opened it, and there was a simple sentence written inside.Send it to your sick elders, it may be useful.

Thinking of what I saw today, Yuan Chuyu and Ashiya Michiman could go out without protection.Her heart moved slightly, and she picked a piece of Sumi with her fingers and rubbed it on the back of her hand.With the other hand, he brought Seimei's caught tit.

The entrant bird has been locked in a closed transparent ball, with its eyes tightly closed, it falls down and pretends to be dead.

Lizi touched Su Mi's hand, and approached the ball very slowly.

"Xiaoli." Qingming was startled, and her upper body crossed the low table and tightly grasped her wrist.But because the movement range is too large, the whole person can't grasp the balance when he rushes over.The two fell on the tatami at the same time.

The ball in Lizi's hand slipped out and bounced hard on the ground a few times.The house sparrow was thrown up and down, its tongue was thrown out, and it still firmly closed its eyes and pretended to be dead.

Lizi originally thought that this time she would fall badly, her back and head must hit the ground first.But the back of the head was pressed against a very soft object.Immediately afterwards, the lips were touched heavily, and a heavy object was pressed on the upper body.Pear gasped for breath with difficulty, feeling the air in her chest cavity being squeezed out.

Opening his eyes, Seimei's tense face was reflected in his pupils.

"Where does it hurt?" Qingming didn't get up in a hurry, but asked while maintaining the posture of pressing on her.

"It hurts from being pressed by you. I can't breathe."

"So that's how it is, I'm sorry." Qingming raised his body slightly with a little smile in his eyes, "I said it was so soft."

pear:"……"

"I remembered." She said gloomily. She originally wanted to do an experiment by herself, but she didn't expect to pay such a painful price.I feel my lips are burning.

"Well, wait a minute." Qingming carefully removed her hand from the back of her head, moved her with the other hand to make her lie on the ground, and then got up.

Only then did Lizi realize why her head didn't feel pain just now.It turned out that Qingming put his hand behind her head the moment she fell.

Ibaraki looked dumbfounded, "You fell down together before I figured out what happened."

Shuten stared at Riko, and after confirming that she was okay, he turned his gaze to the side again.The eyelids drooped, casting two curved shadows on his face.

"The lip must be broken." She picked up the bronze mirror and looked at it, and she saw the wound. "Master Seimei!"

"Sorry, my fault." Qingming took out a small jar of ointment with great apology.Open the lid, there is a light green transparent paste inside. "It won't hurt if you put it on." He pinched her chin with one hand, and picked out the ointment with a stick with the other.

"Hey, do you just apply it with your hands?" Lizi backed away.

"Then what should we do?" Qingming asked.

"It should be rinsed first."

Qingming brought the tub over and asked her to wash it with a handful of water.

"Where's the handkerchief?" Lizi stretched out her hand for the handkerchief again, trying to wipe off the water stains.

"It's so troublesome," Qingming said, pinching her chin and gently sucking it, "Okay, you can paint it on."

Lizi was startled for a moment, and didn't realize it until the green ointment was applied to her mouth.Immediately, I felt that my lips were hotter than before. "What are you doing?" She complained.Her two shikigami are still there.

"Wipe your mouth at your request," Seimei said casually, "Is there anything softer than lips? I'm afraid you will be hurt again, so I have to sacrifice my lips kindly."

"Master Qingming broke my mouth just now. I was hit by you."

"Are you ashamed to mention this?" Qingming said with a light smile, "Speaking of which, you kissed my mouth twice, and I never complained. You only broke it once. You know, the most painful time was mine. early……"

"Ah, okay, okay, I was wrong." Lizi quickly surrendered.She is not as thick-skinned as Qingming, who can say such things without changing her expression.

"What's the beginning?" Ibaraki stared at them and asked, "The first night? Otherwise, why would it hurt?" Ibaraki used the experience he had learned from the small picture books he had read before, and sent out a soul torture.

"Xiaoli won't let me tell." Qingming raised the corners of her lips.

Li Zi's face turned dark instantly, "This can be said."

"Let's spend our precious time on the squirrel." Seimei happily changed the subject, picked up the note written by Yuan Chuyu and looked at it, "Well, it turned out to be like this. No wonder Xiaoli you did such a sudden thing just now Dangerous move. I let Suzaku try this bird. When she is in danger, she can directly burn the bird."

"Let me come, it doesn't have to be so troublesome." Jiu Tun walked over, reached out and took out a piece of sumi from the jar and applied it on his hand.He took the penis with a calm expression, and reached in with his hand.It makes people feel a little sudden happily.

Without hesitation, his snappy movements were deeply permeated with a wave of self-deprecation.

Qingming frowned slightly.

The bird, which was playing dead, snapped its eyes open, staring at the hand with a fiery expression.But as the hand approached it, it backed away in horror as if it smelled something frightening.And because the inside of the ball was too slippery, he couldn't stand up.

Jiu Tun slightly narrowed his peach blossom eyes, and suddenly grabbed the inner bird.In the next second, Ruina rolled his eyes and fell down with his legs stiff.This time it was really dead.

Jiu Tun looked at the ball with an unchanged expression, slowly pulled out his hand, and said in a cool voice, "It works."

"Are you sure it works?" Ibaraki looked at him, "Didn't you crush him to death?"