The world is restarting

Minamoto Raimiko solemnly explained to Fujiwara Hidego that he did not abduct Ji Jun to elope. The reason why Ji Jun appeared here with him was the consent of her owner, Abe Seimei.

With Genji's "great reputation" in Heian-kyo, if he doesn't seriously emphasize it, rumors will fly all over the sky after he returns.

Although he sometimes thinks that life is too ordinary and wants to find excitement, the excitement of being approached by two top onmyojis at the time, Abe Seimei and Kamo Baoxian, is too much. Even he does not have this kind of experience. Do not want to have!

"So that's the case," Ototota nodded, and said calmly, "I misunderstood."

Omote Fujita is a straightforward person. Although he also has the surname Fujiwara, he is not as twisted and twisted as other members of the Fujiwara family.Whatever you think in your heart, you will also say in your mouth.

Minamoto Raimitsu breathed a sigh of relief silently, and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.Although the misunderstanding was clearly explained, he didn't want to linger on this issue for too long, and quickly started the next topic.

"Why is Fujiwara-sama here?"

"Oh, that's it. The ghosts on Dajiang Mountain are going to hold a ghost banquet, just today." Oyo Tengtai said, "I'm here for that."

"Master Fujiwara is going too?" Minamoto Raimiko asked in surprise, "As far as I know, the imperial court doesn't seem to have issued a decree, right?"

After the Taira Shomon Rebellion, Hei Kanemori joined forces to kill the first rebellious Omotota, who was conferred an official position by the court.Now that a ghost claiming to be "Ping Jiangmen" has returned, it is normal for the court to recall this former hero.

But now the Taizheng Minister in the palace is Fujiwara Kane, and all important instructions will be passed through his hands.Minamoto Raimitsu worked under him, and he was able to speak clearly about political decisions. Although the imperial court had taken precautions and actions against those gangsters, it had no intention of mobilizing a few heroes from the past for the time being.

In response to his question, Ototota slightly nodded his head to express his acknowledgment, "This is what I want to go, and it's a personal decision. Since that group of ghosts call themselves 'Ping Jiangmen', of course I'm going to have a look."

Minamoto was stunned for a moment, his eyes flickered slightly, and he said in a complicated way, "Such words should not be said, Mr. Fujiwara."

However, Ototo didn't care too much, "That's the truth, so what if I say it."

After saying a word, he raised his head and looked at him in surprise, "You are sharp, no wonder you can be used so much by that man."

Of course that man refers to the Minister of the Taizheng who is now in power, Minamoto Yorimitsu's boss Fujiwara Kane.Omotota had a good relationship with Fujiwara Kane's grandfather, Fujiwara Tadahei, the Taizheng Minister during Emperor Suzaku's time, but after Zhongping's death, he had little contact with the Fujiwara Kita family.

These things were vaguely mentioned by the Shikigami of the Seimei family when they talked about the gossip in Heian-kyo.Sawada Ya looked at the energetic old man in front of him, and at Raikou beside him.

The black-haired boy smiled lightly under the lamplight, "Master Fujiwara, you are flattering me. I and Mr. Ji are here to go to the ghost feast on the street. Since the purpose is the same, why don't Master Fujiwara come with us?"

Regarding Minamoto's proposal, Omotota agreed without much hesitation.

They wandered around the market for a while, and when they met Mrs. Biao Teng, they saw that it was not long before the ghost banquet, so they left the market directly along that road, preparing to go to Dajiangshan.

Talking with Omotoda-sama along the way, Sawada Ya and Minamoto Yorimitsu realized that the reason why he appeared in the ghost market was actually a mistake.

Not everyone is the same as Minamoto Raimitsu, who is keen on fighting, because he thought it was fun, so he asked the onmyoji how to enter the underworld. Although Omotota has dealt with ghosts, he is still an ordinary person in essence.He was originally guarding the crossroads outside Danbo City, and he was going to find a passing monster to grab the invitation letter for a ghost feast.

——Yes, the banquet held by that ghost actually had a very formal "invitation letter".

It is said that without the guidance of the "invitation letter", the venue of the banquet could not be found at all.

Of course, ghost banquets will not send invitations to humans. Biaoteng wanted to go to the banquet too much, so he went to the destination first, and squatted at the foot of the river to grab it directly.

...The action is also quite efficient and tough.

However, this style of work is very much to Minamoto Raimitsu's taste. If he hadn't got the invitation in advance, he would actually be planning to do the same.

They went to this banquet in the name of the Lord of Arakawa. The other party had a good relationship with Seimei, and the big and small monsters under him liked the children Seimei often brought to the banquet very much.So the lord of Arakawa waved his hand, and gave Lori of Seimei's family the title of Ji Jun.In this case, she would not be suspicious if she was accompanied by one or two human warriors.

Omoto is too open, and Minamoto Raimitsu is driving. Although the number of people is small, the ostentation of a certain loli at the banquet this time is too big.

At this time, the silver-haired little girl was sitting in the bullock cart, looking over and over at a plain white shell in her hand, while looking at the spirited old man walking beside the cart through the gap in the door curtain, with a curious expression on her face.

She had read about the other party's deeds in history books, but the records of later generations and herself were two different things.

She thought for a while, then poked Minamoto Raimiko with her little hand out of the curtain.

"how?"

The young man leaned into the car, turned his head slightly, and his low and soft voice blew in like a ray of night wind.

"Raikou, what did you mean by what you said to Omoto-sama just now?"

"Huh? Oh, the 'shouldn't say it' line?"

Playing with the whip in his hand, Minamoto Raimitsu turned his eyes slightly to the side, his black eyelashes drooping, "Master Fujiwara obviously cares so much about Oe-san because of his old background, but in any case, the one who claimed to be 'New Ordinary people try their best to avoid the emperor's rebellion, and never want to have anything to do with him, but Mr. Fujiwara showed it so unabashedly..."

Under the dim moonlight, she saw the corners of the boy's lips curled up slightly, and his voice was as soft as a whisper, answering her words, more like saying to herself, "Such a person... I actually admire him." .”

At that moment, he felt distant and fuzzy, and it was as if he was surrounded by mist, which was so unpredictable.

Little Lolita's clear pupils reflected Minamoto's profile, she blinked, and suddenly raised her hand to poke his cheek.

The foggy atmosphere was broken in an instant, the black-haired boy was stunned for a moment, he turned around in surprise, and there was a rare trace of bewilderment in his dark eyes.

Just as he was about to say something, at this moment, there was a sudden noise in front of the road, with chaotic footsteps mixed with hurried voices.

"... Hurry up and grab..."

"Don't let it get away..."

"……there!"

The night wind sent a burst of urgency, and the lights and voices got closer and closer, as if they were coming here.Minamoto raised his head suddenly, his eyes fixed on the direction of the fire, Mo Tong gradually turned cold, and his right hand quietly pressed the handle of the knife.

Ototota, who was also aware of the strangeness by the side of the car, also reached out and held the golden pill at his waist, showing a guarded posture.

The black ox that was dragging the ox cart pawed uneasily and stopped in the middle of the road.Under the vigilant eyes of everyone, the grass blades on both sides of the road shook violently, and a fluffy ball popped out of the grass like a marble, landed on all fours, and crawled under the bullock cart in a continuous manner.Immediately behind it, a group of people who seemed to be chasing it rushed out from the path, and the ox cart parked in the middle of the road was surrounded by them in the blink of an eye.

Minamoto Raimitsu tapped lightly on the handle of the knife with his slender fingers, looking at the group of blockers who suddenly appeared.

They seemed to be villagers from a nearby village. The scattered torches in the crowd illuminated their shabby clothes and sallow faces.At first glance, it seems to be the same as other ordinary civilians encountered on the road, but... real civilians will not dare to surround a bullock cart that is obviously only for nobles.

This is interesting.

The black-haired boy curled his lips lazily, raised his foot and kicked the black bull in front of him who was pacing restlessly, and calmly leaned against the car door, waiting for someone to come out and talk to him.

Hei Niu seemed to be soothed by this kick, and became quiet obediently.

The surrounding crowd confronted the bullock cart for a while, and finally, an old man who seemed to have a high status came out.

He first greeted respectfully, and asked where the nobles were going, and by bowing his head, his gaze swept across the scarlet clothes hanging down the side of the ox cart.

Noticing his small movements, Yuan Laiguang smiled lazily, "Dajiangshan, what, do you want to lead us the way?"

The old man who seemed to be the village head froze, and retreated embarrassingly.

"In this case, I won't delay the itinerary of the guests..."

He waved his hand, and the crowd blocking the way dispersed spontaneously.

Minamoto Larimitsu's eyes swept over these people lightly, raised his whip, and the black bull got the signal, and started to move forward again.

The bullock cart slowly drove out of the crowd, and the villagers who stayed in place seemed to be following the cart closely with their eyes from a long distance away.

Ze Tianya glanced back, didn't speak, just reached out to pick up the car curtain.Minamoto Laiguang snorted outside, "Come out."

A fluffy dumpling turned out from under the car and squatted on the shaft.

It was a dark brown civet cat.

The little silver-haired loli was watching curiously, when a hand with sharp bones suddenly stretched out from the side, pinching the back of the civet cat's neck and lifting it up.

She then looked up, and saw Minamoto Larimitsu looking up and down critically while holding the dark dumpling.The civet cat's round eyes are open, and its paws are hanging down obediently, not daring to move. At first glance, it looks like a fluffy doll.

"Fine……"

He nodded casually, and with a flick of his wrist, the fluffy ball rolled in mid-air and fell into Sawada Ya's arms.

Little Loli was a little dazed holding the civet cat doll that fell from the sky, "Laiguang?"

"Didn't you look like you really wanted to play when you saw the tanuki passing by the car in Tamba country?"

Minamoto Raimiko had already turned sideways, and sat back in front of the car again, "This one is fairly clean, let's make do with it."

Sawada Ya: "?"

Fox's help: "!"

Civet cat: "???"

Honosuke, who was still dozing off, rolled around and got up immediately, staring at the fluffy ball in the appraiser's arms, and cast his eyes on the class enemy who was about to compete with him for favor.

The civet cat didn't notice it for a while, its round eyes widened in surprise.

That's it?That's it? !

Don't you ask the group of villagers why they caught it?

The little loli, who had the same style as it, pinched the tips of Tanuki's ears in a daze, and held down Foxnosuke who was eager to rush up to get a claw.

"Raiko?"

"Ah, the reason or something, I'm not interested in knowing."

Yuan Laiguang's rambunctious voice came from outside the car curtain, "Aren't they the ones after all? Those villagers took refuge in the ghosts of Dajiangshan, right? This civet cat was hunted down because it interfered with their good deeds?"

"?"

Little Loli looked down at the dumpling on her lap, and the other party's eyes opened wider and wider, which proved that the thing was right.

"This place is not far from Dajiang Mountain. If you can survive in a place where ghosts are rampant, naturally you can only be assimilated into ghosts... to join forces, and in turn trick your own kind to provide food for the ghosts on the mountain. That's probably the case. Let’s have a play.”

There was a hint of indifference in the voice from outside the car, with a bit of commonplace boredom.Sawada Ya blinked, looking at his silhouette illuminated by the moonlight, suddenly remembered the conversation at Seimei's house not long ago.

【It’s the same everywhere, it’s not interesting to see too much...】

"Seeing a lot" means that he often encounters such things on his way to practice all over the country?

"The boy from the Yuan family is right," His Excellency Ototota's voice sounded from outside the car at the same time, "20 years ago when I came to Shimono country, I encountered villagers who tricked passers-by into the deep mountains to feed the giant centipedes. Not much has changed in this world.”

"Master Ototota has also encountered such a thing."

"Oh, I've seen a lot. There is no way to fight against a powerful monster, so I simply switch to the other party's subordinates, worship it as a god, and feed the monster regularly. If there are passers-by, lie to passers-by, and if there are no passers-by, force them girls from their own villages, and deceivingly called them 'sacrifices'."

When mentioning these things, Omotota's tone was still very dissatisfied.He is a person who would rather fight the enemy to pieces than submit to the enemy. Naturally, he cannot agree with this ridiculous practice of sacrificing others in exchange for his own stability.

"Just now, the village chief looked into the ox cart and guessed that there was a Ji Jun in the cart. He asked where we were going to trick us into staying, and if we couldn't stay, he was going to do it by force... If it wasn't for the boy from the Yuan family who told us about us To go to Dajiangshan, I had to struggle for a while before I could go."

"As a human being, I have become the pawn of ghosts. I'm not as good as a bandit blocking the road."

Sawada Ya thought for a while and came up with a conclusion, "To help a tiger?"

"Huh?" Yuan Laiguang looked back, "Is this a word from the Tang Dynasty? What does it mean?"

So Ze Tianya made some idiom explanations, and the two people outside nodded suddenly after hearing it, expressing that it was very appropriate.

Omotota: "It's just that the people who were eaten in the story of the Tang Dynasty really turned into ghosts, but these people are clearly still alive... No, it should be said that they have already become evil ghosts."

And living ghosts are even scarier than dead ghosts.

This topic came to an end, and the bullock cart moved forward, finally shaking off the eyes that seemed to be glued to the cart all the time.

The destination they are going to, Mt. Oe, is located at the root of the Tango Peninsula in the later generations of Kyoto Prefecture. It is not an independent mountain, but a series of mountains. The place where "Pingjiangmen" held a ghost banquet was on the hill closest to Danbo country, and the bullock cart could not go any further when it reached the foot of the hill.

Ze Tianya got out of the car, hung a charm on the black bull in front, and then stood at the bottom of the mountain and looked up.

Tonight is a full moon, but I don't know if the gods in the sky also know that there will be a night feast for the ghost king today, which will attract stratus clouds to completely cover the moon.

I don't know what the ghosts in the mountain did, but the mountains that were clearly visible in the past are soaked in mist tonight.From the mountainside to the top, there is an endless white mist, and no one can see what is behind the mist.

Minamoto Raimitsu patted Hei Niu's head casually, and looked up at the top of the mountain.

"Come on, go up the mountain."

There is no need to repeat the process of going up the mountain.A few people finally knew what the shell used as the invitation letter was for. The moment they entered the mist range, the shell lit up like a sensor light.Within the range of light, the dense fog dissipated, revealing the road ahead.

So if you don't have an invitation letter, you can't find the banquet venue. This is what it means.

Sawada Yaji cast their eyes thoughtfully on the mist whose visibility was less than half a meter, as if they were enveloped by some kind of enchantment.

If it comes, it will be safe, and everyone will continue to follow the shell.

After climbing up another distance from the mountainside to the top of the mountain, the boundless white mist in front of me finally faded away, and the lights and lively chatter and laughter came out from behind the mist, and there was a faint fragrance of wine floating in the wind .

The silver-haired little loli walked out of the thick fog with Fox Nosuke, who had successfully competed for favor, looked up, and was surprised by the scene in front of her.

On the side of the road and under the eaves of the building, the lights like stars illuminate the pavilions and pavilions brightly.Like an antique picture scroll unfolding in front of your eyes, with the endless mountains and rivers as the background, the buildings and high platforms that form a palace are suspended above the blue waves, like a dragon palace floating out of the sea, with countless fireflies floating on the sparkling water below. The water lamps are like a section of the Milky Way intercepted from the vast night sky and trapped here.

Although so far it is still uncertain whether the Oni Shino who claims to be Taira Shomon is real or not, the banquet he held today is as grand as the emperor's palace banquet.

Standing at the intersection to greet the guests was the lighting brigade that Ze Tianya met that night. The lantern ghosts who floated over obviously recognized the identities of several people and were stunned in mid-air.Immediately, it rolled its eyes, without making a sound, and obediently led the three humans to the banquet scene.

Those who received the invitation letter tonight are all big monsters with names and surnames. They may not really see the ghost new emperor who claims to be Ping Jiangmen, but they must really come to fight and drink to watch the fun. According to Yuan Lai According to Guang, he felt the atmosphere of many "acquaintances" all the way from the intersection to the banquet scene.

Everyone tacitly agreed with each other, just wait for the banquet to start, and the gathered big monsters will start fighting after eating and drinking well.

——The banquets of monsters basically have such a process. Only those who are not eaten after the fight are eligible to sit down and talk.

"So even if that 'ghost new emperor' really wants to do something, he has to fight the monsters here."

Minamoto Raimiko held a plain white wine glass, leaned on the railing, and looked downstairs lazily.

After entering the palace where the banquet was held, they were taken to the attic on the third floor by the lantern ghost. The high platform in the middle of the water was surrounded by many buildings. Through the wooden railing in front of the room, it can be seen that there is no one sitting on the high platform at this time. His Excellency the Ghost New Emperor is probably planning to come back for the last time.

The raccoon cat they saved along the way also followed, and was obediently standing on the wine table holding the jug and pouring wine for Minamoto Raimiko.

Seeing that it seemed sticky and didn't intend to compete with him, Foxnosuke finally found it pleasing to the eye, and divided the fried tofu bought at the market into a few pieces, implicitly expressing a truce.

However, the civet cat looked at the fried tofu and then at him, turned his head away as if he didn't intend to pay attention to it at all, and the little fox was so angry that the fur on his tail blew up again.

Sawada Ya hugged Foxnosuke, straightened its tail, and looked around slowly.

She had never seen so many monsters.

The Great Demon Sect, who was invited, flaunted his presence without hesitation, and the mixed demon energy gathered together and condensed into thick clouds covering the sky.

Not all monsters are well-meaning, at least she just sat here for a while, and she felt several gazes sweeping from afar, with strong malice and ready-to-move aggression.

At this time, Minamoto Raimiko smiled slightly, put down his wine glass, reached out and pressed his hand on the knee ball at his waist, and put his thumb against the sword.

A "clang" sound tore through the air, just like a thunderclap, and the knee ball lightly jumped out of the scabbard and shot out a cold light.

Killing intent dyed with thick blood rose into the sky, like an invisible storm disrupting all the sights here.

Those eyes that were ready to move were withdrawn instantly.

Biao Tengtai, who was swept away by the tail of the wind, frowned slightly, and was about to remind Yuan Laiguang to restrain himself not to scare Ji Jun. Just as he glanced over, he found that Ji Jun himself was looking down at Yuan Laiguang's hand curiously. With the knife in his face, let alone frightened, he didn't even feel the slightest bit of discomfort.

After the old man was stunned for a moment, there was a hint of surprise and appreciation between his eyebrows.

Sawada Ya didn't know that another person sighed in her heart, "As expected of the child of Abe Seimei's family". ?”

"Well, yes."

After frightening some monsters without eyes, the black-haired boy returned to laziness and picked up the wine glass again.

"Aren't you supposed to have two knives?"

"Oh, this one, you mean mustache? That knife is still in the old man's hand."

When the two talked about this topic, Foxosuke, who had been staring at the tanuki, suddenly lost his hair, and turned his head to drool at the knife in Minamoto Raimiko's hand.

This is the main body of Genji Zhongbao Knee Pill!

The little fox scratched her paws and counted how many famous knives her god-inspector had formed. Although she hadn't opened the furnace yet, she always felt that if this continued, it wouldn't be a dream that the knives would be full on the day the furnace was opened. .

Foxnosuke looked helplessly at Minamoto Raimitsu who was opposite and said, "Do you want to see it?" He casually handed out the Genji Jugetsu in his hand, and the silver-haired little loli also calmly reached out and hugged it.

Kewan's whole knife is two feet seven inches long and nearly one meter long. She put the knife across her knees, held the handle, and flicked her wrist slightly, as if a clear lake water was drawn out of the scabbard, reflecting her Light colored eyes.

It seems that Raikou also has a knife called Tongziche Anzuna.

But that was after it was said that Shuten-douji's head was cut off, so it should not be called that name now.

She just thought of this and was about to ask, when there was a commotion from below.

Several people in the attic felt something at the same time, looked down, and saw a group of ghosts coming from the water in a mighty way.

Surrounded by all the ghosts, a tall man with a sword hilt in his hand, looking heroic, was chatting and laughing loudly with the ghosts.

that person……

Little Lolita's light-colored pupils reflected that dignified figure, her eyes fell on him for a few seconds, and a ray of doubt appeared in her light-colored pupils.

"...Ping Jiangmen, it really is him."

After a moment of silence, Omotota sighed with complicated emotions behind her.

Minamoto Raikou turned his head, and there was a trace of solemnity between his brows, "Master Ototo, are you sure?"

Fujiwara Hidego was silent for a moment, "I can't confirm without close contact, but at least in appearance, he is exactly the same as the Shomon I know."

The author has something to say: This chapter has more than 6000 words, which can be regarded as making up for the update that was not dropped on time yesterday.

And since I mentioned here that there will indeed be swords coming out later, but I’m still hesitating whether to use Ni-chan from Sword Ranwu or Onmyoji’s Onmyoji. The design is quite touching, but the version I wrote Minato Laiguang seems to have no soil for Onikiri to be born...

"Raikou, you are disgusted by your sword" I really want to write... I think about how to round it up.