Blade of Wind

The moment he fell to the bottom of the well, a purple light flashed, and the snowflakes floating above his head disappeared.

I sighed, resigned myself to my fate and began to climb towards the mouth of the well, hoping to jump again and the time there would not change.

Originally, I wanted to jump back immediately, but after climbing up and looking at the surrounding scenery, I hesitated for a while.

This is... Heian-kyo.

Didn't expect to come here.Involuntarily, Qingming's face that looked like a fox was not smiling.That old fox... I don't know if it's still there?

I looked at the mouth of the well hesitantly, and finally decided to go to Seimei's mansion to take a look, and it shouldn't take much time.

That mansion is still there, much better than it was when I was last... Honestly, I really don't remember what it was like the last time I was here.

I gave a wry smile, and stepped forward to knock on the door.

The person who came to answer the door was a beautiful woman with a gentle smile, wearing a purple dress, with long golden hair knotted into a few rings, she seemed to be dazed for a moment when she saw me.

"Tianyi?"

"Miss Ouyang?"

We asked uncertainly almost at the same time, I paused, and couldn't help laughing, "Long time no see, is Qingming here?"

"Yes." Tianyi opened the door to invite me in, and said with a smile, "Miss Ouyang hasn't been here for a long time, Master Qingming is still thinking about her."

She is Seimei's shikigami, and she has a special way to send messages to Seimei. I just entered the hall, and Seimei came out to greet me.

He was still wearing a white hunting suit with wide sleeves and a crown. Although his beard and hair were white and wrinkled, his eyes were still as clever as a fox.

"Seimei!"

I ran over a few steps and gave him a big hug as soon as I stretched out my hand, "I miss you so much."

"Yeah." Qingming replied, gently stroking my hair, "You've grown your hair long." Then she held my shoulders a little further away, looked at my face carefully, and finally raised her eyebrows. Wipe a faint smile, "...grow up."

Hearing his words, my mood suddenly became complicated.

All kinds of things in the past came one after another.

Feeling a little out of control, she simply buried her head in Qingming's arms again, and said sullenly, "I miss you so much."

Qingming laughed, hugged me, and patted my back lightly, "Yeah."

I said sullenly again: "...I really don't want to grow up."

Qingming said, "Silly girl."

Then my stomach rumbled.

... I haven't eaten anything since last night, I'm hungry.

His face turned red, and he didn't even have the face to look up.

Qingming smiled even more heartily, and told Tianyi to go and prepare food.

The food is displayed in the corridor in the backyard.

Qingming was still sitting in his old position on the porch, leaning on the pillar of the Podocarpus pine, holding a glass of wine, watching me eat.

Satisfied, I fell back and let out a long sigh as I lay on the floor.

Qingming chuckled and said, "Where did you come from this time? Why doesn't it seem like you've never had enough?"

"It's not that I'm not full, it's just that every meal is stressful and I feel uneasy." I rolled to his side and told him about my situation after arriving in the Twelve Kingdoms.

Qingming listened quietly, and asked after a long time, "How does it feel to be king?"

I raised my eyes, sighed, and said, "Tired."

Seimei didn't speak, just reached out and stroked my hair gently.

I grabbed Qingming's hand and sighed again, "It would be great if Qingming could help me."

Qingming laughed, and reached out to caress my face, "You're talking stupid again, I'm just an onmyoji."

I put my face on Qingming's palm, closed my eyes, and sighed for the third time, "Even if it's just to drink with me."

Qingming handed over her cup and said, "If you want to drink, just come to me. It's just..."

His eyes fell on his hands, and he stopped talking.

... Seimei is already very old, I don't know if I can wait for the next chance to meet.

I took a sip from the wine glass with his hand, and said, "I'm afraid it won't be so easy for me to come here in the future. This time, let's forget about my obsession. Everyone has their own way, and I It’s time to get serious about doing what you’re doing.”

Qingming nodded and said, "You will be a good monarch."

"Then I will accept your good words." I smiled and sat up, "I'm going back."

"Oh, did you just come to find me for dinner?" Qingming blamed pretendingly.

"I just came to see you." I said solemnly, "By the way, I'll have dinner."

"Where are the others?" Qingming looked into the yard, as if pointing something, "Don't want to meet?"

I followed and looked into the yard, and Tai Ming was standing there far away, with an embarrassed look on his face, and I don't know how long he had been here.

In fact, here in Heian-kyo...there are as many people as I want to meet, Youya, Taiming...the eight leaves, the generals...but...my situation is different now, and my mood is also different.I have my own responsibility, after all, I want to go back to Fangguo.In the future, it is impossible to come and go as often as before. In the end, I am just a passerby. It is enough to have such wonderful encounters.

I shook my head and hugged Qingming again, "I'm leaving, take care."

Seimei didn't see me off, nor did she say goodbye.

I've been at the bottom of a well for a long time.

It's hard to tell what the meaning of my trip is, but it's just a look at Qingming, a few words to him, and a meal.But... there seemed to be something different in my heart.

It's like some chaotic thoughts have been sorted out, and some restlessness and anxiety have been soothed.

During the quarrel, Ao said, you just want to go back there.

I admit, I do miss the excitement of the various characters here.But when he came back... he really recognized his position.

I avoided Tatsuya, not because I was still in love, but because I clearly knew that I didn't belong here, I didn't belong to him, and it would be of no benefit to anyone if I appeared again.

It was the same in Heian-kyo just now.In fact, if you can go to see Seimei, you can also meet Youya.But... I feel that this is completely unnecessary.Even if being with him is very comfortable, I still know that I have to leave, and the words of farewell have already been said when I left last time, and it is nothing more than that when I come again, why bother?

Maybe there are some things that you really have to face before you can understand how you should deal with them.

I took a deep breath and pressed my right shoulder, the old wound that would ache from time to time.In that case... I still have a place to go again.

Chinatown is still the same.

I was worried all the way, what if Earl D moved?I didn't breathe a sigh of relief until I saw the familiar sign of the pet shop.But worried that he is gone, what should I do?What if he signed another contract?

There was a "Closed Business" sign on the door, I hesitated for a while, and reached out to press the doorbell.

No matter what, since they are all here, they have to go in.

Count D came to open the door.

She was dressed in a black Tang suit with tufted flowers, short ear-length hair that was soft and shiny, a handsome face, and one golden and one purple pupils of different colors.

It looks like nothing has changed.

But he glanced at me, then bowed his knees and saluted: "Your Majesty."

I was startled, and then realized that he already knew that Ao was a Qilin, right?

That's why we looked at him differently, and that's why we gave Ao a blood transfusion in time when we were struck by lightning.

Only I was foolishly kept in the dark.

I frowned and smiled wryly. "Oh, count, don't make fun of me."

Earl D said: "How could it be a joke, you are the king who was selected by Qilin seriously!"

"Pull it down." I stretched out my hand to pull the earl up, "You knew about it early in the morning, but you refused to tell me, do you know how embarrassed I was when Ao and I knelt down? I really feel like the sky is going to collapse Already!"

Earl D laughed: "The timing of Qilin's recognition of the master is naturally judged by Qilin, so how can I speak indiscriminately?"

I rolled my eyes, "You just want to see me make a fool of yourself."

Earl D smiled and said, "Then, why are you here today?"

"Of course I'm here to pick up the pet I sent you." I put on a straight face, "You don't want to blame me, do you?"

Earl D stretched out his hand to lure me in, and said with a smile: "What are you talking about? We thought it was His Majesty, and you wanted to blame me."

...It really is true.

At that time, Ah Tian was struck by lightning and half died. Thanks to Qinglong, Ah Ao and I saved our lives, so we handed Ah Tian to Earl D and took him back to recuperate from his wounds.In the end, before his injury recovered, we had an accident and went to outer space, and there was no news.

If I say I abandoned my pet... it seems reasonable.

I had no choice but to say haha, "Didn't I just come here?"

Earl D didn't speak any more, he just stretched his hand in and made a gesture of invitation.

There were many animals in the store, but they were all silent at this moment, and all looked at me with wide-open eyes.

On the sofa in the middle, there was a boy reclining.

He looked about fourteen or fifteen years old, with slender eyebrows and clear pupils. His silver hair was braided and draped over his body. He wore a black leather vest and lederhosen, but he also wore a transparent shirt.

Before I came in, he was eating a cake, and his movements froze right now, holding half a piece of cake in his left hand, with cream on the corner of his mouth.

The old injury on my right shoulder was hurting along the way.But at the moment he saw him, he calmed down miraculously.

I should have come to see him earlier.

Thinking so, I walked over slowly, reached out and wiped the cream on the corner of his mouth lightly, and smiled, "This cake looks so delicious, it makes you eat it all over your face like a child."

The boy didn't speak, just threw the cake, grabbed my hand, and bit down.

I gasped in pain, this guy really hasn't changed at all... He likes to bite at every turn.

This bite was really hard, and blood dripped down my hand and the corner of his mouth.

I sighed softly and said, "I'm sorry for leaving you behind for so long. Before... I really never thought that I would not come back."

Ah Tian let go, and raised his eyes to look at me.After a long silence, he finally reached out and hugged me tightly.

It's as tight as if I'm going to rub my whole body into my own body.

I took a breath and asked softly, "Aren't you angry?"

He frowned, and suddenly moved to my lips to sniff, his face sank again, "Have you been drinking?"

"Yeah." The fox's nose is really sharp. If you want to talk about wine, in fact, you just drank two sips at Qingming's place. There is nothing to hide.

Ah Tian let go of me a little bit, frowned and looked at my expression, "Why are you so brave?"

I sighed pretendingly, "It takes a bit of guts to bring back a fox that is cunning and rogue and only likes to play tricks on people."

Ah Tian's complexion still didn't look very good, but the corners of his mouth raised slightly.He glanced back, then left and right, "Who are you talking about?"

I laughed and stretched out my hand to him, "Hey, I went to a strange place now, and I took on a strange responsibility. I sneaked out this time, and I might never get through it when I go back. Would you like Willing to come with me?"

Ah Tian grabbed my hand again, this time he didn't bite again, he just lowered his head and kissed my palm lightly. "The ends of the earth, the blue sky and the yellow spring, I will follow you."

The author has something to say: This chapter has a small overlap with the 09 New Year's episode "Missing the Other Side, Where the Heart Is Connected", so I will add another small meat to make up for it later.

As usual, put it on the mailbox network disk, [email protected], password fenghun, please pick it up yourself.But don't delete and change the password indiscriminately, thank you.

A few digressions by the way.

I also know that it is immature and naive to argue seriously with readers, but sometimes, I really can't calm down.

Writing such a thing, in the words of Master Dream Pillow Tapir, is to think hard, and then think hard, until the brains flow down from the nostrils.It's a little gross, but I think it's more appropriate.

Writing an article is really a lonely and lonely thing. I think every author has a calvin card. When he can’t eat well and can’t sleep, he will think of interesting plots. When I bowed my head and walked against a tree and hit a wall, there was bitterness and sweetness in it, and I really couldn't express it to others.

Of course, there is no way to win or lose about whether you are serious or not, and it is impossible to really convince anyone.

I just mentioned the question of Ao’s wish. I think maybe not only one person has such an idea, so let’s just talk about it here.

In fact, I haven’t forgotten it, but I don’t think it’s necessary to say it clearly. Ao’s wish is indeed a hidden line in the puzzle, but since it is a hidden line, it is naturally impossible to be straightforward. When Ao asked, “Do you really want a country?” Then Xiaojie became King Fang. At this point, do you really need to say it clearly?In fact, many readers themselves have guessed it back then, right?

Speaking of it, this is really my fault. A novel will inevitably have some overt, some dark, and some wrong, but it is so subtle that readers can't see the hint. It's because my writing is not strong enough.Even if it was No.1, it should have added a side story at the time, but I was very arrogant back then, and I felt that it was too ridiculous to keep asking and explaining this kind of thing.Just like I would say "A Tian is dead".But you see, in fact, I have already arranged to pick it up here.

Including many people who said that I forgot about Yu Ruyi, but in fact I did not. It’s just that in the later part, it doesn’t have that much effect on the plot. It’s not a necessary prop, so naturally it won’t appear from time to time.And this is not necessary, in fact, it is gradually manifested step by step, Ouyang didn't throw it away suddenly, after all, he gradually felt that it was unreliable, so he didn't use it.

Of course, the text is long, and there will inevitably be some omissions in details, which is why I will go back and fix it from time to time.

However, the arrangement of the main line, the choice of characters, and the order of appearances are all the author's work behind the text. Maybe I am not capable enough to achieve perfection, but I think I have done my duty.

When I say this today, some people may think that I have a guilty conscience, or that I will make excuses after the fact, and that's okay.Anyway, I am so willful and determined to go my own way. If I say it, I will let go of one thing. You can think of me casually.

PS, everyone can buy V to watch, in fact, I am very grateful.But if someone thinks that buying V should have more rights, I have no choice but to say sorry here first.