[Comprehensive] Natsume Reiko's trip

In the evening, Seimei asked the boys and girls to call an ox cart and drove slowly towards the gate of Ono Zuobei.

"Why do we have to take a car, can't we just go there on foot? I haven't seen the city well yet." Reiko carefully opened the curtain of the car a little, observing this city that will stand for a thousand years.

Suzaku Avenue is very spacious, and five or six ox carts are more than enough to drive side by side. The crowd is scattered on both sides, avoiding the ox carts, and lowering their heads to show a more respectful expression.

Some shops are gradually closing, while other wine shops that belong to the night are starting to make noise.

"As an onmyoji, appearing casually on the street may cause riots. After all, ordinary people are still too afraid of this profession. Besides..." Qingming glanced at Reiko, "In this era, women rarely show their faces on the street openly. If you If you are interested in Heianjing, you can come out in men's clothes next time."

"Eh? The women thousands of years ago are really pitiful. They were deprived of the right to go out. However, since you want to go shopping, you should go out in an open and aboveboard manner. What's the point of sneaking? Or, if someone finds out, I will live with you." Home, will it embarrass you?" Reiko looked at Seimei calmly with her light brown eyes, and met her gaze.

Perhaps because she came to a completely unfamiliar environment, Reiko was more open-minded.Here, no one knows her past, and she doesn't have to face the so-called "family" carefully every day, or fear that the monsters she provokes will hurt some people around her.

This is the Heian era when gods, ghosts and humans dance together, and it is an era when everyone believes in the existence of monsters.

Qingming opened the folding fan to cover her mouth, not letting Reiko see her fleeting smile: "Of course not, but girls should pay attention to their reputation."

"I've never had such a thing as reputation, so don't worry about it. If someone says something too harsh, I will fight back." As she spoke, Reiko waved her fist in the air.

Xiaobai lay on the ground, covering his eyes with his front paws: "Master Reiko, you are too violent."

Reiko bent down and grabbed the back of Xiaobai's neck, and lifted it to her lap: "What were you talking about just now?"

"No! Xiaobai didn't say anything!" Xiaobai quickly corrected his attitude.

"That's it." Reiko stroked Xiaobai's soft fur for a while, and couldn't help but think of the comfort of sleeping on Madara's body, "It would be great if Xiaobai could grow up faster, so that I can sleep on my bed. Sleeping with Xiaobai."

The scene of the huge Reiko sitting on it and pressing it into thin paper appeared in Xiaobai's mind, and he shuddered abruptly: "I don't think I want to grow up at all..."

Although bickering with Reiko, Xiaobai still narrowed his eyes comfortably under Reiko's touch.Reiko's powerful spiritual power is naturally attractive to monsters, which is why some little monsters in Yayuan are attracted to Reiko, and it is also the reason why Xiaobai, boys and girls get close to Reiko so quickly.

The wheels of the bullock carts "rolled" on the street, the sky was getting dark, and at the beginning of the month, the servants of the Ono family were waiting in front of the door for the arrival of Qingming.

When Seimei's ox cart stopped, one of the servants quickly settled the ox cart, and the other bent down, and respectfully invited Qingming into the room, his eyes swept over Reiko and the other shikigami, curious But dare not look more.

After receiving the news, Ono Zuobei had arranged a well-prepared banquet, and warmly invited Qingming to take a seat: "Snakes usually appear at midnight. Before that, Master Qingming can have a drink for a while and enjoy the performance of the singer and dancer in the house. Of course Well, if Master Seimei has something he likes, he can take it back directly!"

Qingming politely declined: "I have business to do later, so I shouldn't drink alcohol. Thank you Lord Ono for your kindness."

Green smoke billowed from the incense burner in the room, and the smell of incense, powder, and wine was mixed together. Sitting beside Qingming, Reiko rolled her eyes silently: No wonder just now, whether Xiaobai, boys or girls, were patrolling I escaped because of the reason, I have experience in all these, only I chose to stay because I was curious about the appearance of the ancient banquet.

The "elegance" of the Heian era is really not something that everyone can enjoy.

However, compared to Reiko's almost "disgraceful" behavior, Seimei covered her face with a fan and dealt with Ono Sabei patiently.

Whether it's waka, musical instruments, or even women or monsters, no matter what topic Ono Sabei raises, Seimei can pick it up perfectly, completely like a nobleman.

Walking between humans and monsters, no matter which side can handle it properly, this can be called an onmyoji.

In the end, Reiko still couldn't survive the long banquet. Fortunately, in the eyes of Ono Sabei, she was still Abe Seimei's shikigami, and it was not too rude to leave halfway.

Reiko walked along the corridor, breathing in the slightly humid air at night, feeling alive again.

She found the three shikigami who were sitting by the pool admiring the moon, and sat directly next to them: "Qingming is really amazing, she can stay there for so long without changing her face."

"Actually, Lord Seimei doesn't like that kind of occasion." Tong Nan covered his hands in his sleeves and said while looking at Chi Mian.

"Since you don't like it, you still force yourself to wear a mask to deliberately cater to it. Isn't that tiring?"

Reiko thought of the way she forced herself to smile at the Tahara couple. This great onmyoji who has achieved such a great reputation in history must have an unknown sadness behind her.

"For us, we only need to complete Master Seimei's orders. As for what Master Seimei is thinking, monsters cannot understand human thoughts."

"Yeah, that's it..."

Reiko probably finally understands why she has so many "friends" among monsters, but still feels lonely, because monsters can never replace humans.

The only thing that can understand human beings is human beings themselves!

The moonlight is bright tonight, and the moon seemed so close before the millennium without atmospheric pollution.A crescent moon is reflected on the surface of the pool. When the wind blows, there will be layers of ripples. The petals of cherry blossoms by the pool are scattered, like small boats paddling on the pool.

No matter how enchanting the dance in the house is, it is still not as good as this moonlight.

Reiko lay down slowly, looking at a starry sky, and heard Seimei say that an onmyoji can see the past and future in this starry sky, but in Reiko's view, in addition to more stars and clearer night sky, the starry sky thousands of years ago and Thousands of years later there is not much difference.She felt that she was gradually getting drunk and passed out under this sea of ​​stars.

"Master Reiko, Master Reiko, midnight is approaching, Master Seimei's demon-eliminating ceremony is about to begin!" Xiaobai brushed Reiko's nose with his fluffy tail, waking up Reiko who fell asleep unintentionally.

"Ah-choo!" Reiko rubbed her nose with her hand and stood up, "Really, can't you wake me up in another way?"

"This is the most effective way!" Xiao Bai said without apology.

It was the first time she had the opportunity to see a real onmyoji working. Reiko didn't argue with Xiaobai, but followed Xiaobai's footsteps to the master bedroom.

At this time, a scarecrow in white was already placed on the couch in the master bedroom. Seimei asked Ono Sabei for a lock of hair, put it in a kit, and stuffed the kit into the scarecrow.

Seimei took a brush, dipped it in ink, and wrote the name "Ono Sabei" on the white clothes, and drew incantations around the name that ordinary people could not understand.

He handed Ono a spell that had been drawn in advance: "Master Ono, please hide behind the screen with us later, no matter what happens, don't make a sound, we will take care of the rest."

General Ono Zuohei took the spell suspiciously, and obeyed Seimei's instructions.

Midnight came soon, and the moon seemed embarrassed to watch the excitement openly. After hiding in the clouds, only the flickering candlelight scattered a faint light.

"Rustle, rustle".

One after another, little snakes crawled into the mansion from all directions, heading towards the house where Ono was.

This time, the number of snakes increased again, like black carpets, densely packed like locusts.

Listening to those scalp-numbing voices, Ono couldn't help clenching the saber around his waist.Seimei pressed Ono's hand and shook his head at him.

From the gap in the screen, Reiko saw the little snakes crawling under the scarecrow one after another, and lifted the scarecrow up with her slender body. In the waves of black waves, the scarecrow seemed to be a nobleman sitting in a sedan chair. Thus carried out of the house by the snake.

"found it!"

"Bring back……"

"Bring back……"

"In this way, she can..."

Accompanied by the sounds of "hissing" and "rusting", some fragmented words entered Reiko's ears, and the memory of something gradually flowed in.

One layer of dust, two layers of dust, gradually fell on the bright and beautiful machine.

One wire, two wires, scattered and hanging on the ground where no one cares about.

Today, she didn't use me either.

Since when has she been leaning against the door and not using me anymore?

An old spider slowly crawled across the long-neglected loom: "She was thinking about the man, as long as the man doesn't come back, she will wait day after day."

It turned out to be like this, then, as long as it catches that man back, she will use her pair of beautiful hands to weave gorgeous brocades again, right?

That is, the most beautiful cloth in the world!

The author has something to say:

The name of this monster is [Ji Xun], which is a monster turned into a loom. It comes from a Chinese poem: Since the king came out, there will be no more residual machines. Because the Tang culture was prevalent in the Heian period in Japan, many monsters are from the Tang Dynasty. It's passed down.

Let me make a digression. For example, before Yuzao, it is said that Daji was beaten by the Chinese people, so she smuggled into Japan to continue her mission of ruining the country and the people.