[Onmyoji] Bo Qing

At dusk, Boya visited Abe Seimei's mansion with a heavy heart.

Minamoto Boya is the son of Prince Bingbuqing, the first prince of Emperor Daigo. He is the real grandson of the emperor from the three courtiers.In his capacity, he would not have gone out at this moment, and he would go out on foot alone without an attendant or even an ox cart.However, this guy is like this, and sometimes even makes reckless moves.

When the emperor's pipa Xuanxiang was stolen, he actually rushed to Luocheng Gate in the middle of the night with only a boy.

However, Yuan Boya was indeed a warrior of noble blood.

As usual, after passing through the gate of Qingming's mansion, Boya let out a long breath.

"Huh—" as if sighing.

The courtyard is already a scene of autumn fields.

Girl flowers, asters, red quince, grass peonies, and many other liberal and unknown flowers and plants are dense and luxuriant, and the courtyard is full of angry growth.Here a bunch of Miscanthus tassels swaying in the breeze, on the other side a wild chrysanthemum mixed with red quince is in full bloom.

Beside the wind-breaking gable of Jiutang, there are red flowers in full bloom and heavy flowering branches hanging down.The entire courtyard seems to have not been trimmed at all.Let a yard full of flowers and plants run their course—and that's what it looks like at first glance.

Such a scene is simply—"It's the wilderness!" Boya said with the expression on his face.But somehow, Boya doesn't dislike Jingming, a courtyard where flowers and plants bloom freely.Even feel like it.

Probably because Seimei didn't just let the flowers and plants fend for themselves, but also seemed to have Seimei's will at work.

The scenery of this courtyard is not a simple wilderness, but there is a strange order.Although it is impossible to express in words exactly where this order exists and what form it takes, it is probably the strange order that makes this garden so lovely.

If you want to talk about the impression visible to the naked eye, you can't see which kind of Huatan grows particularly many.But it is not enough that every kind of flowers grows in the same amount.Some have many types and some have few, but overall, the ratio is just right.And whether this reconciliation is by accident or by Seimei's will.In this regard, Boya didn't know what to do.

Although he didn't know what it was, he felt that Seimei's will must be related to this scenery in some form.

"Qingming, are you at home?" Boya shouted into the room.However, Boya thought that Qingming should be at home, and the reason why he shouted this was just because he wanted to tell Qingming that he was here—although every time he came, someone had already notified Qingming in advance.

The night before yesterday, Qingming accidentally abducted his foot in order to save a ghost, and it was Boya who carried him home.With such a minor injury, although it is not serious, even if it is to prevent it from aggravating, Qingming should not run around after all, let alone Qingming is not a person who likes to go out.

At least, every time Boya came to see Qingming, Qingming was never at home.Even if he had to travel far away, Seimei would notify Boya in advance when he came.

This time, after Boya yelled, a bit of embarrassment appeared on his face.

Because there were guests in Qingming's house, after he finished shouting, he saw someone approaching in front of him.It's two people.

One is a monk with shaved head and wearing robes.

The other is a woman.Wearing a lavender Tang suit.

The monk and the woman walked silently, passing Boya directly.As they passed by, the two bowed gently to Boya in greeting.

Boya hurriedly nodded in return.

That woman Boya knew, her name was Micho, she was a butterfly, and she was Seimei's shikigami.

As soon as Boya, who watched the two go away, looked away, there was another woman standing in front of her.Isn't it the honey bug who just left with the monk in the lavender Tang suit?Boya almost exclaimed.

Mi Chong bowed her head in a serene manner and saluted: "Ah, Mr. Boya, you are welcome..." His voice was as soft as a whisper: "Mr. Qingming is already waiting for you there."

Sure enough, it's Seimei's shikigami... Then, it's understandable why she floated there without a sound, and her aura is as hazy as flowers and plants wet by rain.

But, is this honey bug the same shikigami as the honey bug just now?Or, Seimei found another shikigami, but why did he use the same face again?

Before she had time to think about it, Mi Chong slightly bowed her head towards Boya, and moved forward to lead the way.Boya also followed behind the honey bug and walked forward.

The honey bug led Boya to the room with an unobstructed view of the courtyard.

The food and drink had already been prepared in the room—a bottle was filled with wine, and the dried fish that had been roasted slightly over the fire was also placed on the plate.

"Here you are, Boya?" "How's your foot injury, Qingming?" Boya was already sitting on the round straw mat in front of Qingming, and he immediately asked the question he was most concerned about.

Seeing that Qingming smiled slightly and said: "There is no serious problem." Boya was relieved.

"Qingming, I just met a monk outside."

"Oh, you mean him..." Qingming knew that Boya asked this out of curiosity.Because Boya has been here several times and has never seen a single visitor, even if Boya knows that Qingming is a hot onmyoji. "He was a Buddha carver."

"Oh, where is the Buddha statue sculptor?"

"It's from Jiaowang Huguo Temple." Qingming leisurely raised the knee of the uninjured foot, and casually put a hand on it.

Jiaowang Huguo Temple - that is, Dongji Temple.

In the 15th year of Yanli, in order to protect the royal city, this temple was built at the south end of Zhuque Road and the east side of Luocheng Gate.Later, he bestowed it on Kukai and made it the Shingon sect's dojo.

"That monk, as a Buddha statue sculptor, actually visited the Onmyoji alone. It's a bit strange, and he didn't even bring a follower with him."

"Every time you come here, aren't you always alone?"

"Well, it's true..." Boya scratched his face, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Are you in trouble again?" Qingming picked up the wine bottle, filled the glass in front of Boya, and poured a glass for himself.

"Can't I just come and see you?" Boya really came to Qingming with something on his mind, but after hearing Qingming's question, he felt a little guilty again.Mingming and Qingming are injured, so it's okay to see his injuries by himself, and it's really unkind to bother the other party.

Qingming smiled and said: "I know that if you want to, you definitely want to come to see me simply. But if you encounter trouble, your personality will make it impossible for you to stand by and watch, isn't it?"

"Well, it's quite troublesome to talk about trouble. But I'm not the one who got into trouble." After listening to Qingming's words, Boya felt that his whole person became cheerful.As he spoke, he picked up the full wine glass, and the two of them, regardless of the order of host and guest, drank to their heart's content.

"It's really nice to be able to chat while drinking." Seimei said.

"Didn't you drink with that Buddha statue sculptor just now?" "No, the other party is a monk. Then again, Boya, who is in trouble?"

"This, this person, that, the name..." Boya stammered: "So, that is to say, I have to ask you about this troublesome matter, Qingming."

"Please" "Isn't that right. This matter can only be done by asking you for help." "However. I will do it for you immediately." "Why?" Master, I have already promised him to go tomorrow." "Where are you going?" "To teach Wang Huguo Temple." "But, Qingming, my eyebrows are also burning, and I am in a hurry to ask you to do it quickly. And this is A noble man."

"What kind of person?" Upon asking, Boya crossed his arms and let out a long sigh.

"Can't you say it?" "No, no, there's nothing you can't say. It's okay to let you know. This person is Sugawara Buntoki-sama."

"Master Buntoki, is that the grandson of the famous Mr. Sugawara Michizane, and the one who, five years ago, was entrusted with the Emperor's decree and gave three opinions?"

"It's him, Qingming..." Boya nodded.

"Then, what happened to Mr. Sugawara?" Seimei thought about it leisurely.

"It's roughly like this: Master Sugawara, he once had a crush on a dancer and gave birth to a child."

"Oh, it's good to be old and strong. Master Sugawara is still young and not old!" Seimei said with a smile: "Speaking of which, after Boya reaches that age, don't you know that wild flowers are blooming everywhere?"

"Where is it, Seimei, I, I have nothing to do with women." Boya blushed, but then remembered his reason for coming, but hurriedly defended Mr. Sugawara: "And that happened more than 20 years ago. Lah. At that time, Mr. Sugawara had just passed the age of forty-two, and he looked about 42 or three years old. Later, the dancer moved to Mount Kamogamo with her children, and found a place not too far away to build a grass hermitage I stayed there. Then, strange things happened."

"Cross the side of Kamigamo Shrine, and walk a short path to the hermitage. Strange things happened on the alley leading to the hermitage. Anyway, this is your specialty, Seimei, it's time for you to go out."

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It is said that the strange thing happened for the first time, exactly a month ago.That night, Sugawara's two family members walked on that path.

That night, Mr. Sugawara originally planned to go to the woman's house, but due to a sudden illness, he couldn't go out.The two family members took the waka written by Mr. Sugawara and hurried to deliver the letter.

Passing through the gloomy millennium-old forest, we drilled into the sparse miscellaneous woods along the path.There was a low knoll in the way, and above the knoll—roughly near the top of the knoll—was a big stump of cypress.

Just when the two of them were about to get there, something strange happened.

A family member holds a torch in his right hand to light the way.

Although the two family members were not samurai, they both wore long swords around their waists.When they came to the place where the big tree stump on the right side of the path could be vaguely seen, the man walking in front suddenly stopped.As a result, the man behind almost bumped into his back.

"What's wrong?" "Someone! It's a child..." said the man holding the torch in front.

"Child?" The man behind stepped forward and looked intently, sure enough.In the darkness ahead, a white thing could be vaguely seen.

It happened that there were few trees nearby, and the faint blue moonlight fell from the sky.There was a person standing there who seemed to be drenched by the watery moonlight.

If you look carefully, it is indeed a child.

And—"Oh my god, he's naked..." the man who came forward whispered.

The two of them approached timidly and took a closer look, and found that it was indeed a naked boy.However, he was not completely naked, and a piece of cloth was wrapped around the boy's waist.But other than that, there is not a trace of it on the body.You can see his snow-white feet.About nine or ten years old.He has a boyish head, and even though it is night, you can still see that the corners of his mouth are red, and he is smiling slightly.

A gust of wind blew by, and overhead, the leaves of miscellaneous arts rubbed against each other in the wind.

"What? Do you want to pass here?" the boy asked.

"Yes. I want to pass here." "No. You are not allowed to pass." "What?!" The faces of the two family members were angry.At this time, they have realized that this boy is not an ordinary child.

Holding the handle of the knife, the two approached step by step. Just as they were about to pass by the boy, suddenly, the boy's body began to swell.Before the two of them had time to be surprised, the boy had already turned into a giant ten feet away.

The two were taken aback, and when they were about to run away, the boy raised his right foot and stepped on the two men together.

"Ah yo!" The boy was so powerful that it was difficult for the two of them to even breathe.

"It's so uncomfortable!" "Help!" The two struggled and moaned for a whole night, and it was morning before they knew it.When he woke up, he saw that the boy had disappeared without a trace, but there was a dead branch on each of their backs.

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"Since then, every night—it should be said that whenever someone passes by at night, that strange boy will definitely appear."

"It's really interesting." Qingming laughed.

"Don't gloat. Qingming, several people have already encountered that strange boy there." No matter which direction you go.As soon as you get close to the big tree stump on the top of the hill, the boy will stand there.

When passers-by approached, the boy asked them if they wanted to go.If he replied that he had thought about it, the boy said that he would not let it go: if he tried to pass by force, he would be trampled to the ground.

If you say that: "I don't want to go there," the boy will say: "Then let's go!" Pedestrians walked past the tree stump in fear, and finally relieved, but just after a sigh of relief, another tree stump appeared in front of them.Suspiciously crossing the top of the hill, the tree stump reappeared after a few steps.

It turned out that they were circling around the big tree stump on the top of the hill until morning.

"Later, just four days ago, Mr. Sugawara was finally trampled to the ground." It is said that while stepping on Mr. Sugawara, the boy said, "How about it? It hurts more and scarier to step on it!" The boy's voice seemed very mature.

This is really fun——Although Seimei didn't say it out loud, such a mood was clearly expressed on his face.

Seeing that Mr. Sugawara never came, the woman who was born as a dancer felt strange, so she went out to search early the next morning, only to find Mrs. Sugawara and his entourage moaning on the top of the hill with dead branches on their backs.

"Qingming, how's it going? Can you do me a favor? I hope this matter can be solved without anyone noticing it before it makes the whole city stormy."

"You mean Cypress?" Qingming asked thoughtfully.

"What?" "That big tree stump." "Yes." "It was cut down four years ago."

"It was four years ago. The tree is already a thousand or hundreds of years old. It seems to be a big tree. However, I heard that there was a thunder five years ago. The top of the tree was burned, and then the whole tree started from the burned part. It is rotten. If it breaks from the rot, it will be dangerous, so I cut down the tree four years ago." Boya put down the wine glass in his hand and looked at Qingming seriously: "Qingming, if you can, please help me I have learned calligraphy and Chinese poetry from Mr. Sugawara, and he treats each other with sincerity. From now on, Mr. Sugawara will not be able to have a tryst with a good friend at night."

"Can't you go to the monk of Hiei for help?"

"There are surprisingly many fast-talking monks there. If you find them, in a blink of an eye, everyone will know the story of Mr. Sugawara being crushed to the ground by dead branches and moaning all night until dawn." Boya sighed: "And you I know, Mr. Sugawara came to find me because I know you, and I think you are indeed the best candidate."

"I may not be a fast talker."

"Where is it, Qingming, I know you too well. If I asked you not to say it, you would not tell others." Qingming smiled wryly, but he was very satisfied in his heart.He filled his empty glass with wine and drank it down.

"Okay, let's go, Boya." Qingming put down his glass. "Go tonight."

"Tonight" "If you want to go, it's only tonight. Tomorrow, I have to go to Jiaowang Huguo Temple. But maybe tonight I can also get things done there."

"That's great." Boya said happily, but looking at Qingming's injured foot, he hesitated for a while, and then said: "In order not to make your foot injury worse again, when the ox cart is inconvenient, you can use it to Let me carry you away."

In fact, you can use the back, but after a hug experience, even if it is not very decent, Boya feels that it is better to use the hug.This way I can see Seimei's face clearly.

Seimei had no objection either.

The previous hexagram told him that he would develop with Boya, so Qingming didn't think too much about it, even though "hugging" was something only men and women with close relationships could do.

Besides, before meeting Boya, Qingming knew that her other half would come.Even if Boya is a man, Seimei, who trusts in the accuracy of his divination technique, will not resist too much, and will even let it develop naturally, and there is no emotion that I can't help it.

So, things settled down.

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