[Onmyoji] Chronicles of Heianjing

Chapter 17

"Like he likes you."

Ootengu's voice was steady and his words were clear.Shuten looked in the direction he pointed, and met Ibaraki Doji's eyes.Some childish, which reveals obvious expectations.Ibaraki, Shuten silently recited his name complicatedly in his heart, turned his head away.Jiu Tunyou didn't take it seriously, raised his eyebrows jokingly, and said, "I don't like it."

"That's a pity." Big Tengu spoke quickly, he turned the wine gourd and glanced at the monster behind him, and everything was as usual at this time.The wind on Oe Mountain never stopped, and the sun was just as warm. Ibaraki stood quietly behind Jiu Tun, his smile never changing.Big Tengu rubbed his hair which was wet and smelled of alcohol, stood up and patted Jiu Tun on the shoulder, "Let's go."

The wine was full, and he didn't see off the guests as the host did. He just watched the big tengu leave, drank heavily, and finally threw the wine jar behind him, saying bitterly, "This idiot just made trouble for me."

"Maybe?" Ibaraki hugged the wine jar, as if he didn't care what Shuten said just now.He approached Jiuten, put the wine jar on the stone table, and sat in the original position of the big tengu. Now he saw that Shuten needed to raise his head, but he didn't do so, he just raised his hand quietly, "The hell hand."

"Fuck," Jiu Tun was caught off guard by this move, he squeaked, got up from the ground, and kicked Ibaraki hard, but Ibaraki still sat there, Jiu Tun walked around in front of him, grabbed The horns on his head forced him to raise his head, "What are you doing? You are so courageous."

Ibaraki didn't say a word, just followed his movements and stared straight at him. Seeing this, Jiu Tun felt a strange emotion in his heart, and he felt more and more irritable. Finally, he patted Ibaraki on the face, dropped him and went to Going forward, I was going to chase the big tengu and come back to fight to vent my anger, but I didn't expect that Ibaraki said faintly behind me, "Hand of hell."

Looking at Shuten who fell on the ground and couldn't get up, Ibaraki clutched his aching chest, feeling that it was more comfortable to carry it, and it had no effect on his gentleness.

"I thought I'd wait longer, obviously not."

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The setting sun is slanting, and the shadows of the trees are mottled.Boys and girls dozed off against the vermilion gate, and the big tengu gently pushed the door open.He hesitated in his actions, fearing to disturb the two little monsters, but as this idea came to his mind, he couldn't help but doubt himself, when did he start thinking about this?He wasn't like this originally, those monsters had always been arrogant and indifferent to him, and he was doing well in this position.

Tsk, after following Qingming, the whole monster really thinks a lot.The big tengu drove the thought out of his head, and walked straight to Seimei who was painting.

"I'm back." Qingming smelled the alcohol on his body, and his expression was a little strange. He put down the pen in his hand, met the eyes of Otengu, "Go to Mt. Dajiang?"

"Yeah." Daitengu nodded, revealing the ugly and loose bow tie tied by Shuten. It is very novel for monsters to walk all the way with this thing. Think about those who suppressed laughter and pretended to be serious and He said hello, and the little monsters who shouted "Master Otengu, good afternoon" were very troublesome, and their skills were so poor, it was no wonder that they had been chasing beautiful female monsters for so long.Big Tengu thought a lot in his mind, but in the end he only said, "He poured me a gourd of wine when we went."

Seeing Ootengu with a smile in his eyes when he mentioned Shuten, Seimei was a little curious, "How are he and Ibaraki?"

"I mentioned it a little bit." Ootengu said more tactfully. He felt that Ibaraki could not do anything too outrageous. As for what Shuten could do, it was not within the scope of his consideration. After being bullied for so many years, I continue to bully, but one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer. If the situation suddenly reverses, let them go, "It should be good now."

Qingming didn't quite know what his so-called point was, but from what he said later, he felt that the two of them should be able to speak clearly.Jiu Tun's temperament is straightforward, and Ibaraki has always been kind to him, whether he is a human or a demon, he can understand it.

"You don't reject it?" Qingming omitted the key words, and asked questions in a evasive way. "Although they are monsters, they all turned into men." There are also many nobles in Kyoto who raise men, and even become a trend at some times, but most people still can't accept this, and finally remind those nobles to act restrained up.

"I don't reject these." Ootengu understands what he is alluding to, "We are different from humans." Ootengu is still troubled by Seimei's occasional questions like this. In fact, he has never considered love Even when Uji Hashihime and Hachiman God were passionately in love, he had no fluctuations and no interest at all, but now that Seimei proposed, there was a slight ups and downs in his heart.

"By the way, do you know Tamamo-mae?" Otengu changed the subject, Seimei didn't intend to continue the stalemate, so he followed him.

"When I was young, I used to practice under Master Zhongxing, and I saw a night walk of a hundred ghosts by chance one night. Among the many terrifying and deformed monsters, there was a monster with gorgeous clothes and a stunning face. Although it was only a short moment, it was unforgettable Forget.” Qingming drooped her eyes, and her movements of tidying up the paintings became slow, “A few years ago, when I was promoted to Yin Yang, I went to the palace to meet His Majesty the Emperor, and when I saw a man pretending to be a woman, I asked him why, but he didn’t answer. , just tell me his name is Tamamo-mae."

Qingming continued to recall, the beautiful monster with long hair coiled up and silver hairpin and jade was very vivid in his memory, and he was occasionally seen from the letter left by his mother, but he didn't know much about this story, "he Living in the palace is not a disaster for the world, but it is a hidden danger after all. But Yuzao was one of the three ghost kings, and I couldn't take him down at that time, so I had to be patient and wanted to use the ancient formation Subdue him little by little, but you can guess the ending, he cracked my formation and said two words to me - Ge Ye."

"Ge Ye is my mother's name. After that time, I never took the initiative to look for him, and he never appeared again."

"There will be no intersection after that?"

"There will be no more intersections after that." Seimei answered Daitengu's question with a standard smile, and stretched out his hand to Daitengu, gesturing him to come forward.Daitengu didn't dwell too long on the issue of 'the majestic ghost king has degenerated into wearing women's clothes and living in the palace', but came to Qingming very naturally, and he knew what Qingming was going to do just by looking at him.

"Do you think the person behind it is Tamamo-mae?" Qingming wiped Daitengu's hair with warm water, and ordered Sakura Demon to prepare a change of clothes for Daitengu. "Although I don't know him well, he has a close relationship with my mother. Do you want to hear the story?"

"No need." He was never curious about other people's private affairs, "Sakura Demon went to Edo yesterday, so what's unusual about the mother and daughter?"

"Nothing unusual." The cherry blossom demon knelt by the side holding a white safari coat, "But the little girl's body is too weak, and it didn't improve even if I healed her. Not long. It's a pity."

"Life is inevitable," Qingming reassured.The big tengu's hair was almost dry after being gently wiped, Seimei rubbed it again, then combed it neatly with a wooden comb, and finally tied two little jiujiu at the back, "Do you need to tie the bow again? "

"It's up to you." Big Tengu didn't care too much, and he didn't plan to go out again today.

"it is good."

Qingming took off the bandages, then tidied him carefully, and told him to go back and change his clothes.The cherry blossom demon smiled and said nothing after handing the hunting clothes.Now the sun can't be seen, the fine red beams of light are sprinkled from the branches and leaves of the cherry trees, and the little monsters are chasing each other in the courtyard, which is a peaceful scene.

"Does Seimei-sama like Otengu-sama very much?"

"Correct."

Seimei smiled and looked at the back of the big tengu leaving, and unfolded the painting just now.In the mountains and forests where the night is like water, the crescent moon hangs high, and the big tengu standing on the branch and playing the flute stretches its wings, with a gentle expression, better than the bright moon.

This is Hei Qingming's unfulfilled wish.