Four Seasons Murder

Eighteen Wishes said weakly: "There are two lions approaching us, the miasma... seems to be their breath."

Yuan 49 supported Yuan 48 to retreat carefully, and pulled Usami behind him.

After the three of them held their breath and retreated, the lion only walked back and forth a few steps in the middle area before suddenly disappearing.Only when no movement was heard, the 49th Hospital let out a sigh of relief: "What the hell was that just now?"

"Probably...Koma Inu." The source of the miasma was far away, and 48 Yuan felt a little more comfortable.

"Koma dog?" The 49th hospital was shocked, "Koma dog is a sacred guardian beast, how could it spit out miasma?"

Before 48 wished to answer, Usami spoke: "This place has not seen the sun for a long time, the yin energy is so strong that even the sacred things will rot. Besides, the gods depend on human beliefs to survive. If no one Believe in their existence, they have no power, or only negative power. This place has been abandoned for more than [-] years, and the guardian beast has long been turned into a monster."

48 Wish to find the key word in Usami's words: "Over four hundred years?"

"Yes, you all know the history of Onmyoji, right? What happened more than four hundred years ago?" Usami asked.

The 49th Court answered blankly, "What happened?"

48 Yuan replied in a deep voice: "...the Onmyoji family is fighting."

Usami snorted coldly: "That's right. The Onmyoji world is sorted by the number in the surname, and the one with the larger number is respected. This didn't exist from the beginning. Everything started with the Onmyoji family war."

"So... this is the Yaki Shrine where the great war took place?" 48 Yuan's tone revealed a little surprise.

"Ayan? What's going on here?" The two seemed to be playing a riddle in front of the 49th courtyard, and the 49th courtyard was a little panicked.

"Let you not read more books?" 48 Yuan was a little offended, but still explained, "Thousands of years ago, the world of onmyojis was headed by seven families. The fall of the sky will destroy the earth, so the seven major families sent representatives to save the world. The rescue operation went very smoothly. After the seven major families obtained the sacred stone, they were divided into seven parts and made into seven great artifacts. I have talked about this before, 49 The Yuan family's Tanlang sword is one of them."

I don't know when the 49th hospital has begun to adapt to the darkness, and then nodded to the 48th wish.

48 Yuan continued: "Among the seven great artifacts, the 49 Yuan family got the Greedy Wolf Sword, the 81 Lin family got the Jumen Dao, the Seventeen Family got the Lucun Knife, the Qiwu Sanmu family got the Wenqu Mirror, and the Wubai Qi family got the Lian Zhenzhu, 99 Zejia got the martial arts curved needle, 23 Wujia got the broken army stick."

"Jiujiu Ze's got a Wuqu needle? Why do I remember that the old man from Jiujiu's family is always holding a bead?" 99 Yuan suddenly interjected.

"Listen to me." 48 Yuan said, "According to records, more than 400 years ago, the 99 Ze family invited people from various families to come here to discuss countermeasures on the grounds of losing the Wuqu needle. Losing is a big deal. But who would have expected that the 99 Ze family would propose that the seven great artifacts should be kept by the most powerful family after the gathering of the Onmyojis, instead of being kept by the seven families separately. The five hundred Qi family objected first, and then... It was wiped out."

"Mie, door?" It is true that the 49th hospital has never heard of the surname Wubaiqi, but one of the former seven families was actually wiped out?

"99 Ze family's Wuqu needle is a thousand poisonous needles. The owner of Wubai Qi family has a straightforward personality. Of course, he never suspected fraud after his own Yachi Shrine. He drank it while eating. As a result, when he raised his objection, Immediately, a thousand needles pierced the heart. Things changed, and the other five families immediately drew their swords to resist, which kicked off the prelude to the Onmyoji War. However, the 99 Ze family likes to play with Yin. Although he was outnumbered in the end, the rest of the family were severely injured after the war , had to let the 99 Ze family take the top position. In the end, because of the pressure of the family, the 99 Ze family came forward to explain that the reason for the extermination of the Wubai Qi family was because of the gods enshrined by both parties."

"The 99 Ze family enshrines Susanoo!" the 49 courtyard remembered.

"That's right." Usami saw that 48 Yuan was a little tired, so she helped him continue, "And the five hundred homes enshrine Yamato no Orochi."

According to ancient legends, Yamato no Orochi was killed by Susanoo after getting drunk with a trick and won the Kusanagi sword. Yamato no Orochi and Susanoo are old enemies.

"No wonder... but it's really ironic that the Wubai family enshrined in Yamata no Orochi was destroyed by the 99 Sawa family enshrined in Susano at the Yaki Shrine." 49 Yuan sighed.

"However," Usami said, "at that time, there was also an opinion that the Wubaishu family should be expelled because it was the only family of onmyojis that enshrined monsters as gods. The family colluded with each other and planned to seize the seven great artifacts together, but the 99 Ze family repented temporarily, so they simply wiped out the family."

Courtyard 49 was silent.

"Well, anyway, what kind of fact is it, I can't prove it now." Usami said, "At that time, I only knew that the great war in the world of Onmyoji was due to the excessive desire of human beings, and it should be punished, so I didn't worry too much about it. .”

48 Yuan opened his mouth and said: "Because there are documents saying that during the Great War 400 years ago, all seven artifacts appeared in the world. I think... maybe the Yang head of Tanlang Sword will fall here."

"There is no smell of Koma Inu anymore. Light a lamp and let's go up." Usami said, pointing to the long stairs ahead.

The 49th Court took out a luminous talisman from his arms to illuminate, and he couldn't help rolling his eyes when he saw the long stone steps: Why does every shrine like to have so many stone steps in front of it?

The 49th Court handed the luminous talisman to Usami, and then squatted in front of the 48th Yuan: "Come on."

48 Yuan was stunned for a moment, stepped forward and pressed 49 Yuan's head hard: "What do you think of me?"

"Patient." Hospital 49 said without hesitation.

"Even if my legs are broken, I'd rather crawl beside you." 48 Yuan said.

Courtyard 49 couldn't hold back Wish 48, so he had to stand up and hold Wish 48's hand: "Okay, then let's walk slowly."

The two of them looked back after putting on the flashlight like no one else around, but they suddenly bumped into Usami who purposely placed the luminous talisman under her chin to shine upwards, she quietly asked: "I, we, can, can, come, send, have... "

Court 49 was taken aback, Yuan 48 nodded and said "yes".

Then the three of them stepped over the shimenawa tied to the torii in front of the stone steps and walked towards the shrine on the top.

The stone steps were very long, and the three of them slowly climbed up the steps, and then continued to tell the story of the past.

"Just now it was said that the current Patriarch of Jiujiuze is holding a bead...that bead is Lian Zhenzhu from the original Wubaiqi family." Usami said, her cold voice was a little scary in the empty space.

The 49th Academy nodded thoughtfully, and then suddenly felt that something was wrong: "The current Onmyoji world is respected by the 99 Ze family, but didn't there be a Qiwu Sanmu family among the seven families mentioned earlier? Could it be that they have also been wiped out?" ?”

"Basically, all surnames with three digits or more have been removed," Usami explained.

"Disappeared?" Court 49 repeated the word strangely.

"Yes, disappear." 48 Yuan said, "Lian Zhenzhu's ability is time-space transformation, so the families that have not been destroyed have basically disappeared from this world."

After hearing this, Court 49 couldn't help shivering.

Talking while walking, the three of them arrived at a platform before they knew it. In front of it was Yaki Shrine. On both sides of the gate of the shrine, there were stone statues of two male and female koma dogs.

Presumably the two koma dogs were the ones who frightened the three of them back down below. The 49th Court was about to retreat, but Usami said, "Go up, get rid of it."

The 49th House's eyes widened in disbelief, and turned to seek the opinion of 48th Wish. Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the shrine grounds, 48th Wisher was already unable to open his eyes due to the strong miasma, and he was paralyzed by the torii pillar next to him. superior.

Seeing such a 48th wish, the 49th courtyard felt an unknown fire rushing out of his chest, and took out the talisman paper from his arms without saying a word.Usami's sharp eyes saw that what the 49th Institute took out was not the shikigami talisman paper he was best at, but a powerful spell.

Perhaps sensing the evil spirit of the 49th courtyard, the eyes of the two komadogs released red light, instantly released the petrification state, and let out a terrifying roar.

"The important place of Yaki Shrine, why do you and other mortals come here?" The two koma dogs spoke together, and the overlapping voices combined to form a piercing frequency.

The 49th hospital was in a state of surging energy and blood, and didn't care whether it was harsh or not, just snorted coldly: "You think I'm happy to come?"

"Dare to step here, don't expect to go back easily!" Koma Inu said, approaching each other.

"Stop talking nonsense," the 49th Court held up the talisman paper, "I don't plan to go back easily after I come here!"

The two koma dogs saw that the 49th courtyard obviously had no intention of going back, so they roared a few times, and jumped towards each other violently. After the smoke cleared, they merged into a huge two-headed koma dog in the air.

The 49th Court was a little surprised, but not frightened at all. The expression on his face seemed to be waiting for the opponent to attack.Unexpectedly, at this time, 48 Yuan behind him suddenly groaned and fell to his knees. It turned out that the miasma released from the mouth of the two-headed Koma dog was even stronger than before.

Seeing 48 wishing like this, the 49 courtyard, who didn't plan to make a move first, immediately became impatient, threw out the talisman paper without saying a word, and said