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Chapter 254

After the First World War in the Yin Realm, the imperial court rewarded the meritorious deeds, concealed the merits of Dajiangshan, and focused on rewarding Baoxian, Qingming and others.Huang has returned to Gaotianyuan, and the Emperor, who knows his identity well, ordered Saiwang to lead the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, and made a grand sacrifice to Moon Night Misun at the Ise Shrine.The junior brother who returned to the god position received a large amount of food offerings before his butt was hot, which was transformed from the corpse of the god of food.

Not long after everyone returned, General Yuan became seriously ill for no reason and had to leave Beijing to return to his hometown to recuperate. It was three months after he recovered and returned to the court.During this period, the Emperor issued a new order to commemorate the feats of Fengshen-sama and his maiden Uohime in sealing the evil god, and named the shrine located in the Iga Ichimoku Mountains as Meijin Taisha, and ordered all places to establish branches to worship Iga Daimyojin.

After Izanami's curse was lifted, Yimulian once again possessed the Godhead of the forging god.The artisans of the world who have recovered their memories, and the samurai who rely on forged products have gone to Mount Iga to plead guilty.The maiden trained by Xianyu before going to Dajiangshan came in handy at this time, and with the assistance of the priests of Fusangshen and Tado Taisha, there were no mistakes in the process of receiving believers in the shrine.It's a pity that the maiden Tianmu Yi, who was supposed to represent the gods to preside over the overall situation, never showed up, and Yimulian also rejected the proposal to hold a sacrifice, disappointing the worshipers.

The mountain called [Yimulian] is still steep and difficult to climb, but every day believers come to worship without fear of risk. Although this area is still far away from the city, it is uninhabitable and difficult to cultivate, and the nobles are willing to spend a lot of money to settle in the mountain. .The god who regained his eyes sat on the torii in a daze. At this time, the shrine was full of incense, but what he thought about in his mind was the past when the shrine maiden struggled for a living.

"Meow~" The little black cat worked hard to climb up the torii gate, and rubbed its head against the divine god.Seeing this, Yimulian hurriedly picked it up, and said softly, "You can't come up here, it's too dangerous." The little guys have been raised to be round and round, and their flexibility is not as good as before. They have always been unable to climb up and down.

"It's time for dinner, Mr. Lian, don't disappear when it's time for dinner! Hey! Iga Daimyojin!" Izumi Mori Kanesada yelled loudly, knocking on the pot.After the curse of the forging god is lifted, Fu Sangshen can transform into form by his own strength without going through the god-inspector, and the retreating soldiers who have been solved have left a large number of usable god-defending bodies. Now everyone who transforms lives in the In the realm of the gods.

Yimulian was so shocked that he almost fell off the torii gate.The wind dragon coiled on the birch tree next to him agreed: "I think what he said is right."

"Okay." The god sighed, holding the little black cat and landed in the snapdragon in the God's Domain.Although the witch has not yet woken up, the fusang gods continued her plan of feeding her.

Spring goes to winter, time flies, and it has been 40 years since the green leaves of Mount Iga covered the approach again.The priestesses of the shrine have undergone several generations of handovers, and there are brand new faces in the courtyard. Kasen Kanesada and Taro Tachi have trained batches of professional priests to replace the vacant priests to manage the shrine.Over the years, the god officials have also asked several times whether to send a new priestess to take over, but all of them were rejected by Iga Daimyo. His priestess is still there, and there is no need for new people to come.

40 years is not a long time for the gods, but there have been several major events that changed history.After the leeches and Yamata no Orochi were sealed, Oeyama was filled with the power of purification due to the coming of the gods one after another, and it was no longer suitable for monsters to survive, so Shuten-douji gathered many big monsters to contribute to the establishment of a demon world space. The demon also went to the new world with him.Also in the same year, the Emperor, who had long taken a fancy to the mine veins, ordered Minamoto Raimitsu to go out to crusade against Oeyama, but when the army arrived, all the monsters had already gone to the Demon Realm, and Shuten-douji stayed alone. He said to Minamoto Raimitsu: : "Hey, the strongest warrior of mankind, right? Come and fight with me!"

"Okay." Lai Guang readily agreed.

The two fought fairly, and it was unknown how the outcome would be. Three days later, Jiu Tun returned to the demon world, and Minamoto Raimitsu returned to Kyoto.In order to frighten all the monsters, the Emperor announced to the world that the Great River Mountain crusade was successful, and that the ghost king had been beheaded, and Laiguang himself, who was regarded as a ghost-slaying hero, toasted with his new monster friend Onikiri in his own courtyard. .The two share the same interests and are close friends.

40 years later, the ambitious emperor did not escape the curse of short-lived descendants, and finally survived Fujiwara Michijo, full of ambitions, but he died of illness on the bed before he could realize his ambitions.

Today, the Tougui General Minamoto Yorimitsu and the Great Onmyoji Kamo Takayuki are in the past, and the era of Abe Seimei and Baoxian has also been replaced by newcomers. At this time, the one who attracts the most attention in the court is Kamo Koei, the son of Baoxian. With Seimei's heir Abe Taiming.The two did not inherit their father's friendship, but instead divided into two factions, hidden in a tendency of confrontation.

The damage to the soul is not so easy to repair, it is just 40 short years, and Xianyu cannot recover to health at all.But Qingming predicted that the junior sister would wake up early due to an accident. Although he could predict the time, he didn't know what the accident was.

Before the end of his life, Minamoto decided to remove the eldest daughter Uohime from the genealogy. Since then, she has no relationship with Genji. This move shocked the Manchus, but it could not change the order of the patriarch.In these years, relying on the name of Iga Myokami Miko, the gods have opened the door for Genji, the political career is smooth, the war is invincible, and even the land he owns has good weather and good harvests.

Genji reached its peak earlier than in history, which also made the clan's ambitions swell, and they wanted to replace the Fujiwara family.

After Raikou died, the gods withdrew all the preferential treatment given to Genji. Compared with his father, his son Lai Guo's qualifications were mediocre, and Genji's development finally slowed down.The Settsu Genji, who took the political path in the capital, began to restrain his brilliance and stabilize his power, but the Hanoi Genji, who belonged to Reixin, shined brilliantly. His Sun Yuanyi's family was even accepted as a disciple by Boya, and he was expected to receive the inheritance of the divine bow Lei Shangdong.

After the son grew up, Lai Xin retired to the countryside, but his prestige was outside, so when the court was in trouble, it was the Hanoi Genji branch that came to mind.After several years of silence, Abe Lariyoshi, who was in charge of guarding Mutsu, became disobedient, and the imperial court sent people to crusade but was violently beaten back home.The imperial court sent Minamoto Yoshinobu's son, Minamoto Yoshinobu, to the Mutsu Kingdom to take charge of the country's defense against the rebellion. Fearing his reputation, Abe Lailiang immediately surrendered, and collided himself with Minamoto Laiyoshi (みなもとよりよし) in the pronunciation of the name Lailiang (あべよりよし) was changed to Lai Shi.

Everyone believed that Minamoto's tenure as Mutsu Shou would end smoothly, but when it came time to change, Abe Yoritoki's son attacked Laiyi's camp at night (suspected to be directed and acted by himself), and the apparent balance between the two clans was broken. , Genji and Mutsu Abe's family completely tore apart their faces.On the way, when the villain Fujiwara Jingqing, who was originally Laiyi's subordinate, surrendered to Abe Yori, leaving Minamoto isolated and helpless, facing the enemy, but fortunately his son Minamoto's family was brave and invincible, so they took him to escape.

The retainers who followed him to Mutsu were killed and injured, and there were not many left. Yuan Laiyi regretted it hard. If he hadn't been arrogant and underestimated the enemy, he would not have ended up like this.Looking at his son who desperately took him out of the siege, Lai Yi said: "I'm an old man, and I've put life and death lightly, but Taro, you have a bright future. No matter what, my father will keep you safe."

"I will never abandon my father!" Minamoto said firmly.

"Good boy." Lai Yi's eyes were red. He looked at the Fengshen Shrine that was established at the foot of the mountain when he was serving as Mutsu Shou. He got up and knelt heavily and begged: "Sister... Sister Yuji, please help brother! I He deserves death, but Yoshika is innocent! Please help him leave Mutsu!"

Ben Pingling fluttered without wind, and transmitted the voice of the same blood to the sleeping witch's ears.

[elder sister……]

[Sister... I am Lai Yi, the son of Lai Xin...]

[Please sister help me...]

Voices kept coming to Xianyu's ears, and she frowned in her sleep, and opened her eyes amidst more urgent urging.

Kyoto——

Qingming's mansion located in the ghost gate is still deserted after decades. After Taiming entered the Yinyang house, the white fox completely retired behind the scenes, and few guests set foot here.

Tai Ming, who had left the court, walked into the overgrown grass courtyard with a blank expression on his face. A man with loose silver hair sat on the slat with his back facing him, and instructed him to pack his luggage.Seeing this, Tai Ming blinked his eyes, knelt down behind him and saluted, "Master."

"You should call me father, Tai Ming." The silver-haired man turned his head, revealing a young and handsome face. The demon lines at the corners of his eyes are brighter than decades ago, which is the proof that he chose the blood of monsters.Qingming, a half-demon who originally decided to become a human to experience life, aging, sickness and death, finally chose the demon side after experiencing what happened to King Ye. Instead of marrying a human and having children, he made Taiming himself as his heir.Seimei chose to live as a demon instead of dying as a human being and then being absorbed by Gao Tianyuan to become a "god".

"Is Master leaving?" Tai Ming didn't respond to Qingming's words, but just asked.

"You...really." Qingming shook his head and laughed, knowing that he was still stubborn, thinking that he was not a real human being without feelings, so he didn't force it, and said: "As a human being [Abe Seimei] still has decades to go." I'm going to visit my old friend in Iga, and I'll be back soon."

"Is it the Ji Jun who was expelled from the house by the late Lai Guanggong?" Tai Ming asked.

"You can't say that, Taiming, breaking up with Genji is Raikou-sama's last care for his daughter as a father."

"I don't understand. You once said that people must first have a family before they can gain a foothold in Heian-kyo, and the ability of the group they are attached to determines the upper limit of the future. There are very few people who can jump out of this framework, and they will not be accepted by other groups. .” Tai Ming didn’t understand, but why, being expelled from the family turned into protection.

"That's because for those who jump out of this framework, the ethnic group has become a drag." Master Laiguang knew very well that perhaps Genji would disappear one step ahead of his junior sister.Qingming didn't explain Taiming's doubts more carefully, he hoped that he could understand all this by himself.Seeing that Gu Huo Niao had packed her luggage neatly, Qingming stood up and said, "I hope I can hear you calling me father when I come back."

"..." Tai Ming didn't answer.

Unlike Qingming's mansion, which was rarely visited by ghosts because it was located in the gate of hell, Kamo's family was full of people, and nobles came and went constantly. It's just that Qingming wanted to protect the constitution, but he didn't intend to visit the house, but directly diverted to the lively Dongshi.After leaving the house, the handsome young man with white hair turned into a tall and thin old man. He walked leisurely along the side of the market with his hands behind his back.The owner of the shop selling Shangdou has changed to a grandson, but the taste has not changed much. Qingming sat down on the small wooden table, and there was an extra bowl of candied Shangdou in front of him.

"The taste is weak..." Qingming said after taking a sip.

"I asked him to put less sugar." Bao Xian brought him water shield again, and said, "You are getting older, so eat less sweets."

"Okay, listen to senior brother." Qingming stopped complaining, drank the sugar water with only a little sweetness, he pulled the beans with chopsticks, and heard the sound of drums coming from the side.Bao Xian was overjoyed when he saw this, he stood up and stopped the vendor who was selling small flower drums, took two brightly colored ones and shook them off, saying: "This is good, take it to my junior sister." He bought two small drums and gave one of them to Seimei.The latter was not too ashamed, and beat the drums against the old man's orange-skinned face.

After buying a small drum, Bao Xian saw that the hairpin flowers sold by the vendor on the other side were exquisite and lovely, so he walked over excitedly and said, "I have installed these for me." However, many people wear their hair with crowns in festival gathering places, so hairpins and hairpin rings are not worried about selling.

"Master, is this a gift for your granddaughter?" the peddler asked with a smile on his face.

"Send off junior sister." Bao Xian corrected.His son isn't married yet, he's so proud and arrogant that no one cares about him, he's an old bachelor.

"Then do you want to change to this one? The style should be more solemn." The face of an old lady appeared in the peddler's mind, and he suggested.

"No, this is suitable for my junior sister, she looks good." Baoxian stuffed the box handed over by the peddler into his arms, walked up to Qingming, and was about to insert one for his junior, when the other party shook his head and said, "I'll just say goodbye." , is an old man. You send this to Junior Brother Huang, he is beautiful." Yuedu will never grow old.

Seeing that the junior brother would not accept anything, Baoxian put the hairpin back into his arms and said, "Have you brought everything?"

"Bring them all." Qingming smiled.

"Then let's go." Baoxian looked back at Jingdu, then patted his junior on the shoulder and said.

Lord Hakuzang soared into the sky, turned into a giant fox, and quietly crossed the barrier of the capital to bring the two great Onmyojis to Iga. The strong wind rushed towards his face, and seemed to take away the past youth together. The two old men sitting on the back of the fox, when they arrived in Iga territory, they both looked like young people.Even though 40 years have passed, what Xianyu can see after waking up is still their youthful appearance.