[Onmyoji] Don't rely on your face to eat

Times have changed, and in the past few years, Shuten-doji still often goes to the maple forest to see if the red leaves have returned.

How many years is it?Shuten-douji didn't count the time, monsters don't count the time like human beings, for fear of wasting a minute and a second.Because their time is very long, so long that even they themselves don't know how long they can live, maybe decades, maybe hundreds of years, if there are no accidents, there are thousands of years.

So, they can afford to wait.

But... Shuten-douji couldn't afford to wait, because he couldn't get rid of his yearning for the red leaves that increased every day.The incident of Kuro Seimei is over, speaking of it, Shuten-douji is half of the credit.At this time, Qingming was still a genius onmyoji in Kyoto, and Shuten-douji was still the king of ghosts in Dajiangshan.

Nothing has changed...but what has changed?

The heart that waited day and night changed and became more tormented.

Throughout the year, the maple forest is still the scene at that time, the maple leaves fluttering and falling, so soft as hell.A few years, to the monster, is just a fleeting moment, but during the few years of losing the red leaves, he lived like a year.

where is she?Where can I find her?Shutendouji couldn't think of another place other than the Maple Leaf Forest.He asked the judge, but he only revealed one thing, saying that Hongye would be born in an ordinary fisherman's family, and he couldn't know when she was born.He didn't even know where the fisherman's family was.

Shuten Doji, every time he comes to Maple Leaf Forest, smells the familiar smell, drinks Hongye's favorite wine, and slowly gets drunk...I really want to hear Hongye scolding him in his ear Alcoholic, while persuading him not to drink too much; I really want to fall asleep with Hongye in my arms like before, feeling her warmth; I really want to let Hongye comb his messy hair again, and then take the opportunity to touch her fingertips.

Thinking about it... Drunk, mixed with all kinds of longing, he would always fall asleep in the maple leaf forest, and when he woke up, he would go back to Dajiangshan to deal with business.

But Shuten-douji didn't know that Hongye was born in a fisherman's family, five years ago today.It coincides with Hongye's birthday, that is, the day when she will be taken by the villagers to worship the river god.

It's strange to say that when Hongye was born, she didn't look like a human at all. She had a pair of ears that ghosts only had. When her mother saw that she had given birth to a monster, she frightened to death. Raise the small red leaves.Within a few days, as if under a curse, my father passed away.The reason is that when his father was carrying Xiaohongye to the mountain to cut firewood, he met a tiger on the road, fell after being chased, and died.

But Xiao Hongye did not die. There were rumors that when the tiger was about to eat people, it happened to be rescued by some sickle weasel. After kindly taking her back to the village, she disappeared.

Of course, this is just a rumor.It is a legend that the villagers could not explain why Xiao Hongye could return to the village safe and sound.

In this way, Xiao Hongye has no father or mother, and has become an orphan, which is very pitiful.Fortunately, some kind-hearted villagers are willing to contribute their strength to raise her, and she gradually grows up eating a hundred meals.A few years later, Xiao Hongye has grown into a cute little girl, gradually revealing her innate beauty. If you ignore her ghost-like pointed ears, there must be many people who like her.

Of course, Xiaohongye didn't have her own name, and her father never helped her name it.Some villagers just called her a freak, some called her a goblin, and some directly called her a broomstar, and some people with malicious intentions even thought that calling her a broomstar was an insult to the gods!Because the God of Sao is their God of Fortune, the God who brings peace to pregnant women.

In summer, the sky was gloomy and it began to rain lightly.

Villagers are holding sacrifices by the river, and they are preparing a small boat.The boat tied to the shore swayed with the current, and the rushing water seemed to urge the villagers to send the sacrifices to the river god.

"Okay, take it away quickly." The village head snatched Xiao Hongye from a woman's arms, and tied a red rope on her little feet and hands.

"It's so pitiful, this child." The woman covered her face and wept. Xiao Hongye was not her child, but she had been raised by her, so there was always some reluctance.

The woman's husband patted her on the shoulder and said, "Don't talk about it. When she grows up, she will cause a lot of trouble. Why don't you dedicate her to the river god to keep the village peaceful."

An old man in the crowd echoed, "I'm afraid the river god will blame us for sending the ominous person there."

The teenager in the village was full of pity: "Why don't you stay, he looks so delicate and cute, and he will be a beautiful woman in the future. This...it's a pity."

As soon as the old man knocked on his crutches, his body trembled, and he said: "Beauty is a disaster for the country and the people. You soft-hearted people, how many people have you killed?"

The people in the village invited a few mages to walk around the little red leaf, muttering in various languages. After five or six circles, the ceremony was considered complete.The village chief wanted to put the sacrifice on the small boat with his own hands. After sighing, he said to the group of young trackers: "It's time, let's send it away."

There's no way... who wants to hurt a child?Although Xiao Hongye is considered a monster by the villagers, she has never done anything harmful to nature and should not be treated like this... There is no way... They have been doing this for many years, using virgin boys and girls to sacrifice Only the river god can bring good weather to the villagers here.

Everyone is afraid of the power of heaven and earth, and entrusts unsolvable matters to the gods.

It's not that this village has never tried to resist, even for one year, just for one year, the village chief stopped sending sacrifices to the river god, and that year was a drought.Neither the fishermen who live by fishing nor the farmers who live by planting do not have enough food and clothing.In the hundred years since then, the villagers dare not disobey.It's not that they haven't tried to move to other places, but no matter where they go, they can't do without water!Besides, this is the place where the local villagers were born and raised. How could they be willing to abandon the rich land left by their ancestors?

But this year, there are only virgins and no virgins. The young tracker felt that it was wrong, so he did not cut off the boat rope for a long time. He asked, "Is there only one?"

The village head lamented: "Yes, many old people and children could not bear the epidemic a while ago and died, but this child is alive and well. If you say it is not a monster, what is it?"

That plague caused the old and young people in this village to die and be disabled. Where are there any children? Newborn babies must not be sent. The God of the River will not accept them. child.After such a count, only Xiao Hongye, the lucky child, was left.

Even the plague didn't make her sick and die, it seems not so simple.

"Don't talk too much nonsense, cut the rope of the boat quickly." Some people were impatient, because after they put Xiao Hongye on the boat, she kept crying, and the more she cried, the louder her heart was. The lungs seemed to be hoarse from crying, and they were afraid of being soft-hearted.

"Wait a minute, that child is crying so much!" Some people were reluctant to part with such a cute child, and wanted to go and hug Xiao Hongye back.Some people were afraid of wasting time and came out to stop it.Slowly, someone began to move their hands and feet, and it was about to start a fight.

The scene was chaotic for a while, and Xiao Hongye cried harder and harder.She was young, immature, ignorant, and when adults quarreled, she felt that she was threatened, so she could only cry.

In order to control the situation, the village chief yelled loudly: "There is no time, and the delivery is late, who is responsible?"

Everyone stopped arguing.Although each has his own reasons, each has his own interests, and each has his own feelings, the majesty of the village chief and the peace of the village are better than everything else.

Then, everyone stood up and saw the young tracker cut the rope connected to the bridge bank.The boat drifted away along the rapids.It was a rough road ahead, so that the poor boy could survive the roaring surf.

Little Hongye sat in the boat, holding onto the edge of the boat tightly with her little hands, afraid of falling into the river.But she stopped crying and sat quietly, just thinking that these rivers rose and fell, which was very interesting.The distance from the highlands to the flatlands is not long, and the rapid current is caused by the huge drop. When the boat was rolled up by the tide, Xiao Hongye fell into the hull.Fortunately, she didn't let go of her little hand. After safely reaching the calm river, the boat moved smoothly.

She has great fortune and destiny, and if she survived so many accidents, she must be blessed in the future.

And this village worships the so-called river god, the Lord of Arakawa.Sometimes human beings cannot avoid natural disasters, and it is common to pray to gods and worship Buddha, and even worship monsters as gods.The Lord of Arakawa thinks that human beings are so ridiculous that the real gods are not enshrined, and he forgets the merits of Yimulian, and regards his monster as a god.

After so many years, humans still haven't learned to be smart.

Every year on this day, the Lord of Arakawa would bring some of his men over to collect living virgins.Why do we say we should pay attention to living?Because the children who pass through this river area will hardly survive.Those who survived lived in the courtyard of Arakawa, and because they were not used to the evil spirit here, they would soon die suddenly.

The reason why the Lord of Arakawa wanted them to enshrine boys and girls was just because he felt that monsters were boring and wanted to attract the hatred of humans. I never thought that humans have not hated him for a hundred years, and even regarded him as a god. ? !So much so that sometimes, Arakawa fantasizes himself as a god, and he is also very happy when others call him a river god.

"Human beings are really stupid. They don't try to change their destiny by themselves, and use the most precious babies to ask some gods. Hehehe, it's really ironic." The Lord of Arakawa said to the owner of Umibo.

Kaibozu was always paying attention to the situation by the river, and after a while, he saw a small boat and raised his crutches to report: "Master Arakawa, please look over there, the hull of the boat is tied with a red ribbon, and there is a child."

Indeed, Little Red Leaf drifted into Arakawa's territory intact.Same day as many years ago.

The Lord of Arakawa was very interested: "Oh? He's still alive? Put it away, I'll leave it to you."

Master Kaifang listened to the order, raised the crutch in his hand and shook it, a water column rose in the river, lifted the boat up, and then manipulated the river water to land the boat.Kaibozu went to the shore, took a look, and found that the child was intact, except that his clothes were soaked and he sneezed.

"It's still alive, it doesn't look like a human..." Kaifangzhu exclaimed, then picked up Xiaohongye, and walked towards the direction of Lord Arakawa.

It was the first time for Xiao Hongye to see a talking fish head. She was panicked and wailed for a while, her little hands beat on the chest of Kaibozhu desperately: "Wow...Wow!Wow...Wow!——!"

Why are you crying all of a sudden?It was fine just now... Master Kaifang coaxed her into a more comfortable hugging position, but Xiao Hongye was still crying, crying like hell.So Kaifangzhu couldn't figure it out, and of course he didn't realize that it was his appearance that frightened the children.

"Still crying so loud... loudly..." The Lord of Arakawa annoyed the child crying the most. He came over, trying to scare the child and tell her not to cry!

"Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" Seeing the Lord of Arakawa, Xiao Hongye was still crying non-stop.

When he saw Xiaohongye, Arakawa was stunned, and held back his cursing words in his chest... because this child... looks so much like her whom he misses day and night...