Urban Night Returner

Zhong Lecen was so shocked that when Shen Gu retreated, he was still staring at his eyes, until he saw Shen Gu licking his lips with satisfaction, he jumped up belatedly: "What are you doing— —”

Shen Gu hugged him in time to prevent him from falling off the rock and falling headlong: "I'm kissing you."

"But—" Zhong Lecen didn't know what to say.

"Your brother asked me today." Shen Gu put the glasses back on him naturally, "He asked me what I thought about you. I didn't answer at that time, but tonight, I can answer him." If you say no Hesitating for the slightest, it's fake.After all, it takes a process for a person to change from straight to curved.But for him, the process wasn't too long. When he couldn't get through to Zhong Lecen, he realized that the answer was already there, and what was lacking was just to say it.

Zhong Lecen was only fully awake at this time, and immediately wanted to break free from Shen Gu's arm.Shen Gu put a little more force on him: "You don't agree?"

Zhong Lecen's mind was confused, and finally he said with a sense of guilt: "But you are not in this circle at all..."

Shen Gu smiled slightly: "If I am, you agree?"

Zhong Lecen struggled with himself: "But you are not at all!"

Shen Gu raised his eyebrows: "So what? People who are not in this circle will not be happy?"

Zhong Lecen was shocked again: "You overheard me and Kong Hua—"

Shen Gu looked down at him: "With your volume, I don't need to eavesdrop."

Zhong Lecen sat down like a dazed man.Shen Gu looked at him, a little unbalanced: "You don't want to?"

Zhong Lecen abused her lips desperately: "But——"

"what?"

Zhong Lecen had nothing to say.reject?That's called violating one's heart.If it was as grand as what he said to Kong Hua, he would never have lived in Shen Gu's house.It could even be said that there was only a layer of paper between them for a long time, but he didn't have the courage to pierce this layer of paper.

"If your parents—me, I mean your family..." Would it hurt to know?Of course, Xiao Yifan is dead, but there are others, right?

"Oh," Shen Gu lay back naturally, resting his arms on his pillow, "Didn't I tell you? My mother died a long time ago, and I haven't even seen her. There is only one grandma, but I guess she won't Oppose." Even if he wants to marry a monkey, Shen Zhiyun probably won't have any objections, of course, Zhong Lecen is not a monkey, but the way he is scratching his head and fidgeting now is really like a little monkey.

Zhong Lecen struggled for a long time, but still couldn't figure it out, so he sighed in frustration and poked the small puddle under his feet with his fingers.Shen Gu looked at him with a smile.Surprise, one hit is sure to hit, this has always been his style.

"It's okay, you can think about it slowly, I'm very patient."

Zhong Lecen muttered something, but he didn't know what he was talking about.Shen Gu smiled softly and looked at the sky.The moon is round and bright, yellow and yellow like a scallion pancake just out of the pan-today is fifteen.

Zhong Lecen quietly looked at Shen Gu from the corner of his eye.This kind of silence made him a little flustered, so he had no choice but to find something to say: "Has Tsuchiyamen not been caught yet?"

Shen Gu shook his head: "No."

His answer was so simple and clear, Zhong Lecen was speechless, and he stammered for a long time before saying: "This, this water is like a mirror..."

Shen Gu sat up and hugged him, looking at the calm water together.Two blurred figures were reflected on the water surface. The outlines could not be seen clearly on the slightly fluctuating water surface, but they looked like a person.

Zhong Lecen was a little awkward and didn't dare to move, so he continued to talk without words: "Actually, such a calm water surface just happens to use circular light."

Shen Gu smiled: "You try?" Gu left and right said him?Alright, let's see who is determined.

Zhong Lecen felt that the breath in his ears was as hot as fire, which made half of his body hot, so he took out a piece of talisman paper and shook it lightly, a small ball of flame was ignited, and he read a few words softly, The talisman paper fell from his hand, and a gleam of light enveloped the water surface.Zhong Lecen chanted the mantra half-heartedly, suddenly felt a slight tightening of the heavy arms around his waist, and surprise in his voice: "Look!"

Under the reflection of the talisman paper fire, the pitch-black water surface turned bright, like a mirror, and there was a person in the mirror, who was lowering his head and wiping a long knife.Although he couldn't see the face, Shen Gu recognized it at a glance, it was Tu Yumen!

Zhong Lecen himself was startled at first glance, but when he was startled, the fire light of the talisman paper suddenly went out, and the water surface became black again, and he couldn't see anything anymore.Zhong Lecen looked at his hand in disbelief: "Circle Light Art... I actually..."

Shen Gu quickly combined the information he got from the glance just now.Yellowed white sheets, poor-quality tea-colored glass, and dim lighting—a small hotel.The window is half open, and there seems to be a mushroom-shaped shiny object in the distance. Analyzing the distance and volume, it should be a building.The first thing Shen Gu thought of was Signal Hill.

There are not too many small hotels on Jiangsu Road, so Shen Gu went in plainclothes and checked the registration form from house to house.Zhong Lecen was desperately dialing Zhong Leyang's phone number along the way, but that kid was probably too crazy to hear him at the music square, and no one answered.

The owner of the third hotel recognized the photo shown by Shen Gu: "Oh, this guest has been here for two days, and he only lives in 303. Since he moved in, he hasn't gone downstairs, and he doesn't even eat."

Shen Gu nodded and backed out, and called Xiao Heizi directly.Xiao Heizi jumped up as soon as he heard it, and Shen Gu could hear him yelling for someone through the phone.After disconnecting the phone, Shen Gu was looking for Zhong Lecen, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a black shadow flashing by not far away, he couldn't see clearly in the night, like a dog.But to say it is a dog, the speed is too fast.Suddenly thinking of the piece of dog skin outside the elevator, Shen Gu secretly yelled that he couldn't wait for the team to arrive, so he ran to the third floor.Kicking open the door of 303, he froze suddenly—on the wall of the room, no, there was a long and wide gap in the air near the wall, from which the grass and the trees.However, this crack is rapidly closing, until there is a slight movement in the air like water waves, and there is no trace of the crack.

"Space Rift." Zhong Lecen stood behind Shen Gu and whispered while holding the phone that couldn't get through, his voice was full of shock, "Tu Yumen can actually use Space Rift! It seems that I underestimated him."

"Space crack?"

"Yes. It is to use spiritual power to establish a connection barrier in different spaces. This is not something ordinary onmyojis can do."

"No wonder he can't be found!" Shen Gu walked back and forth in the room for a few steps.The room in the small hotel exudes a stuffy dampness, mixed with a distinct fishy smell.Shen Gu glanced around the room, and picked up something from under the table.This thing looks like a fish scale, but it is much larger and thicker than ordinary fish scales, and it feels like cowhide to the touch.Zhong Lecen changed his expression after taking a look: "It's Yazi!"

Shen Gu let out a long breath: "It was Tu Yumen who got Jai Zi away."

Zhong Lecen guessed: "I'm afraid he wants to turn Yazi into his shikigami."

Shen Gu clenched his hands tightly: "Can you?"

Zhong Lecen shook his head: "I don't know. I used to think that Tu Yumen's morality was not high enough to control a shikigami like Yazi, but he was able to use space cracks, which shows that I really underestimated him in the past. There are also people around him. Inugami..."

"dog God?"

"Yes. Yazi must have torn the dog skin outside the elevator that day from Inugami. Inugami is one of the high-level shikigami in Japan."

Shen Gu frowned tightly: "Since he is a high-level shikigami, then Tsuchimikado should be very capable."

"No. Many high-level shikigami are inherited from families. Tsuchimikado may not have the ability to contract with high-level shikigami personally, but the family-passed shikigami is different. However, now that he can use space cracks... His strength is hard to estimate. But what I think is the strangest thing is, why does Tsuchimikado have to bring Tai'a sword back to Japan?"

"Because it is a precious cultural relic?"

"No. You have already investigated. Tsuchimikado doesn't really understand cultural relics. His status as a director of a collection association is just a cover. You can see how many fakes he has bought. I don't think he cares about cultural relics. He I just care about Tai'a Sword itself. I always feel that his surname should not be Tu Yumen."

"Isn't your surname Tuyumen?"

"If his surname is not Tumimon, I think I can guess his purpose. Also, since he can use the space rift, he can easily return to Japan. Why is he still stuck in Binhai?"

Shen Gu also found it incomprehensible, and was about to discuss it with Zhong Lecen, when he suddenly saw a little light flickering outside the window.The window is facing the signal hill, and the light is flashing on the signal hill, on and off, as if someone is flashing a powerful flashlight at this side.Shen Gu stared intently for a while, then said slowly: "Tuyumen is just opposite."

Zhong Lecen was taken aback: "What?"

Shen Gu looked at the lights flickering: "That's Morse code, which means: I am here, come here, or I will disappear."

Zhong Lecen squeezed to his side and looked at the opposite light source: "He knows it's us!"

"It's a letter from Inugami to him."

"Are you going?" Zhong Lecen saw that Shen Gu had turned around and was about to go downstairs, so he quickly grabbed him, "Who knows what the hell he's doing there? You can't go there! Aren't Officer Wu and the others coming?"

"It's useless if they come." Shen Gu reached out and touched his waist.He carried the pistol issued to him last time at the pier, as well as the telescopic stick that he never leaves his body. In addition, he also carried a double-edged dagger. This is a habit that he has only recovered in the past few days. People are provoking. You just said that he has the ability to leave Binhai City, but he didn’t leave. If I don’t go there now, he might really leave with the ancient sword. Even without the ancient sword, I can’t let him be so arrogant !"

Zhong Lecen held him tight: "I'll go with you. If it's true as you said that he had the ability to leave but didn't leave, then I think, maybe I really know his purpose."

Shen Gu glanced at him, smiled slightly, and held his hand instead: "Okay."

Signal Hill Park had already closed the gate at this time, Shen Gu and Zhong Lecen climbed over the wall and went in, and soon found Tu Yumen Ichiro.The night wind howled, and Tu Yumen sat cross-legged in an open space, wearing a kimono, with a long knife across his knees, and the ancient Tai'a sword on the ground beside him.Seeing Shen Gu and Zhong Lecen, he showed a disdainful smile: "Mr. Shen Cheng? Mr. Zhong Yue? We met again. Are all Chinese people so afraid to reveal their real names to the public?"

Shen Gu sneered: "To whom do I tell my real name? We Chinese are only honest with our friends. Liars and robbers are not included."

Tu Yumen glanced at the ancient Tai'a sword on the ground from the corner of his eye: "Oh, I buy Chinese antiques, but the premise is that someone sells them to me. Besides, compared to me, those who sell me fake antiques are real liars Bar?"

Zhong Lecen said indifferently: "Mr. Tu Yumen, in the antique industry, people pay attention to eyesight. Actually, you don't have much research on antiques. The reason why you have been in this circle is because of this ancient sword, right?"

Tu Yumen raised his head, with a kind of fanaticism in his eyes: "Yes. I did come here for this ancient sword. Mr. Zhong Lecen, is this your name? You see, in fact, your Chinese names are very It is easy to find out. Hearing your high-level remarks in the exhibition center convinced me that my judgment was correct. Unfortunately, since I got it in my hands until now, I have not found any difference between it and ordinary antiques. different."

Zhong Lecen carefully looked at the kimono on him: "Has this sword been hidden in the exhibition center?"

Tsuchimikado showed a sarcastic smile: "Yes. Just ask a staff member of the exhibition center for this matter."

Zhong Lecen turned his eyes to look at the ancient sword on the ground: "Then, does Mr. Tu Yumen know the consequences of this sword?"

Tsuchimikado was a little dazed: "What?"

"Mr. Tuyumen has already arrested Yazi, don't you understand?"

Tsuchimikado still had a puzzled expression.Zhong Lecen smiled, and suddenly said: "Your surname is not Tu Yumen, right? You don't know much about Yin-Yang and Five Elements. You are wearing the dress of an ancient Japanese swordsmith, and you are so obsessed with ancient swords—and As far as I know, there is no famous swordsmith with the surname Tsuchimikado."

Tu Yumen touched the long knife on his knee with his hand, and finally said: "Yes. Tu Yumen is not my real surname. Since Mr. Zhong can say what you just said, then you must have heard of my surname. His surname is Kuritaguchi."

Zhong Lecen blurted out: "Gimaru Kunigami!"

Tsuchimikado Ichiro, or rather, Kuritaguchi Ichiro had a proud expression on his face: "Yes. Onimaru Kunizuna. Kuritaguchi Kunizuna is the pride of our family."

Shen Gu knows that Onimaru Kunizun is a famous sword in Japan.To study cold weapons, you must study Japanese knives, and to study Japanese knives, you must know Onimaru Kungang.This sword, named after killing ghosts in dreams, is said to have been forged by the famous swordsmith Kunizuna after fasting for three years, and it is still in the collection of the Japanese Imperial Household Agency.

Zhong Lecen stared at him closely: "So, what you want is not an antique, but a sword. It is said that Onimaru Kunizun once killed ghosts in dreams, and Tai'a is a yin weapon that can command yin soldiers... You, you I want to know how to cast such a penis!"

Kuritaguchi's eyes flashed with enthusiasm: "Yes! Kunizun fasted for three years before he forged a sword like Onimaru Kunizun, but since then, no one in our family has been able to forge such a sword And he died young because of mental and physical exhaustion. No one knows how he forged such a sword, and the reputation of the Kuritaguchi family has gradually declined! Since my grandfather, I have joined Tsuchimikado as a family member The purpose of the family is to learn the way of Onmyoji, and with the help of gods and ghosts, they can once again forge such a divine sword!"

Zhong Lecen felt a little funny: "Mr. Kuritaguchi, you want to forge a sword that can kill ghosts, but you want the help of ghosts. Isn't this a bit of a dream?"

Kuritaguchi stood up and stared at him closely: "Then, why does Mr. Zhong think that Tai'a Sword has the ability to command Yin soldiers? Isn't it what Mr. Zhong said—Ou Yezi, he should be a congregation spirit Master. I think Mr. Zhong’s spirit-gathering master is nothing more than our Japanese Onmyoji, right?”

Zhong Lecen finally couldn't help but satirize him: "Mr. Kuritaguchi, the way of Yin-Yang in China is probably far beyond what your Japanese Onmyoji can cover. Gathering spirits and summoning shikigami are fundamentally two different things. You want to marry an Onmyoji To achieve the goal of forging the ghost-slaying sword... I can only say that this is completely a dream."

Kuritaguchi's eyes sparkled: "I don't think so. I know that many of the ancient swords made in China were sacrificed by people. I remember that there is a legend in your China that the king of Yue spent a lot of money to get good hooks. A man wanted to get gold, so he killed his son, cast his blood into two hooks, and asked the king of Yue for a reward. The king of Yue wanted to test the magic of the two hooks, so the man called his son's name to the hooks, and the two hooks flew away. Get up and fall into his arms. Isn’t this casting a human soul into the hook, so that the weapon has its own soul? If the human soul can, why can’t the spiritual power of gods and ghosts?”

Zhong Lecen's eyebrows twitched slightly, as if he had thought of something.Kuritaguchi didn't hear his rebuttal, and became even more excited: "I still remember clearly what Mr. Zhong said in the exhibition center. Ou Yezi used the copper in the underworld to forge swords, and forged swords with evil spirits like fish intestines. Zhanlu can choose his master's sword by himself, isn't it because of the help of ghosts?"

Zhong Lecen has been thinking, and then slowly said: "Mr. Kuritaguchi really knows a lot about the legends of ancient Chinese swords, but have you ever wondered why neither the Yuewanggou nor the Yuchang Sword has Tai'a sword to command the Yin soldiers? ability? Also, why did Master Kunizun only cast one Onimaru Kunizun, and did he have similar works afterwards?"

Kuritaguchi froze for a moment, then shook his head.Zhong Lecen smiled: "I'm afraid my explanation is of no use to Mr. Kuritaguchi."

Kuritaguchi said impatiently, "Say it!"

"One explanation is that the legend is just a legend, not true. Including the Yuewang Hook, Yuchang Sword, Tai'a Sword, and the Japanese Muramasa Demon Sword, all are just coincidences."

"Nonsense!" Kuritaguchi was almost furious, "Onimaru Kunisuna is definitely not just a legend! Besides, neither is this sword, it has its own will! I wanted to use the space rift to return to Japan several times, but with this With a sword, I have never been able to pass through the crack. As long as the other side of the crack is within the scope of the city, I can pass through it at will. Once I want to go back to Japan, this sword will stop me! This does not mean that the sword has its own will , it does not want to leave its homeland!"

Zhong Lecen glanced at Shen Gu in surprise, and a look of astonishment slowly emerged in his eyes: "Then, Mr. Kuritaguchi, have you ever read such a sentence in "Wu Diji", "The general said: The teacher Ou Ye forged the sword." Love is not sold, kiss Shuoer'. Has Mr. Kuritaguchi thought about what this means?"

Kuritaguchi obviously didn't understand ancient Chinese very well, so he didn't understand for a while: "What?"

Zhong Lecen said slowly: "Gold and iron are not melted when casting swords. In ancient China, people were sacrificed to the furnace. This'qinshuo' refers to offering sacrifices to the furnace with one's own body. That is to say, Ou Yezi danced by himself. Into the furnace. And after the Tai'a sword, no works of Ou Yezi were found, so I think his "Qin Shuo" was when the Tai'a sword was cast. That is to say, the reason why the Tai'a sword can command Yin soldiers, because the sword has the soul of Ou Yezi. And the reason why Kuritaguchi Kunizun died shortly after casting Onimaru Kungang, is it because his soul has been cast in the sword, so he can no longer live? ?”

Kuritaguchi was really stunned.He lowered his head to look at the long knife in his hand, then at the ancient Tai'a sword on the ground next to him, and murmured, "Sacrifice the sword with your body?"

Zhong Lecen looked at him, and finally stimulated him: "If Mr. Kuritaguchi also wants to forge such a sword, he probably has to try it."

Kuritaguchi raised his head suddenly, staring fiercely at Zhong Lecen: "You are lying to me!"

Zhong Lecen was stunned for a moment: "It seems that Mr. Kuritaguchi himself wants to listen to my explanation?"

Kuritaguchi clenched the long knife in his hand: "I have tried! I have tried various methods, but I have never been able to wake up Tai'a sword! Ou Yezi's soul? Where is he?" He suddenly tiptoed Tai'a Sword, a long knife with a sheath, the sword flew straight at Zhong Lecen.Shen Gu snatched it up and took it.Kuritaguchi pulled out his long knife, "If Ou Yezi's soul is really inside, let him come out and show me! Otherwise, I will cut off the sword with a knife made by myself!"