novelraw Chapter 172 Ping Jiangmen
Chapter 172 Ping Jiangmen
"The wound wounded by the golden pill cannot heal for 20 years, and now, 20 years have passed."
There was a sudden thunder explosion outside the house, and the dark world was instantly lit up, and then darkened extremely quickly.
Sawada Ya was stunned, got up and looked out the window, the sky outside was getting darker, the rain was pouring, and he had no intention of stopping.
"How long will it rain..." someone murmured.
She looked back and found that it was the charcoal seller's wife who was speaking.
It's almost time for dinner, and the rain outside is still so heavy, seeing that the group of people can't leave for the time being, the female ghost lady is afraid that Ji Jun will be hungry, so she went to the kitchen with the hostess to prepare to sell charcoal Lang's family packed up a table for dinner.At this time, it was probably during the interval of waiting for the water to heat up. The woman stood by the kitchen and looked out, with a worried expression on her face reflected by the drowsy sky outside.
The charcoal seller himself was not in the house. After bringing the guests back, he immediately turned around and went out in the rainstorm.
Sawada heard Tokuko whispering to the charcoal seller's wife.
"Are you still going out at this time? It will be very dangerous if you encounter a landslide."
"It's okay, Yanjie just went to pack the firewood in the kiln outside. It's raining so hard, and if the wood he finally picked up gets wet, it won't be easy to burn."
"It's raining really hard."
"Yeah, if it's been raining for a few days and the kiln can't be opened, I don't know what to do."
The charcoal seller and his wife are ordinary people who pick up materials and burn charcoal for a living. From the perspective of the whole class, they are all low-level people.The banquet of the evil spirits, the treason 20 years ago, and the vengeful spirits who came back for revenge are all too far away from them. Although they know that the guests who came to shelter from the rain are distinguished and the things they talk about must be very important, but even Listening to it from the side, they were ignorant and couldn't understand it. On the contrary, the continuous heavy rain outside that would affect their livelihood touched their heartstrings even more.
These people work hard like ants every day, and they must do their best to survive in this world, but a sudden rainstorm may destroy all previous efforts.Evil ghosts cannibalizing people is very scary, but if the heavy rain outside does not stop, and the charcoal kiln at home cannot be turned on and cannot maintain their livelihoods, they still cannot survive.
The wife of the charcoal seller is more worried. She is still pregnant with a child. This child entrusts all the love of her and her husband, and is more in need of nutrition than she is.
She was thinking about the food at home, not knowing how many days it would last, and her face became even more worried.
In an era like Heian-kyo, both gods and ghosts existed, and humans and monsters lived under the same roof.People in later generations can't imagine how humans survived in that era, but for the common people who really lived in this era, there are more things that are more terrifying than evil spirits, such as natural disasters, tyranny, taxes, robbers... which one will not Killing?In contrast, monsters that only appear occasionally, with a very high probability of randomness, are the least likely to be dangerous.
Sawada Ya withdrew his gaze and continued to stare at the rainstorm outside the window in a daze.
There is a crack in the window of the charcoal seller's house, which has not been repaired because it can still be used.At this time, the rain kept coming in through this gap, and Sawada Ya felt a little cold.
I don't know what Qingming is doing now?Looking at the wild trees battered by the heavy rain outside the house, she suddenly thought.
Abe Seimei has a guest here.
He was even considered an old acquaintance, so he had already recognized the shikigami of the other party before meeting him in person.
Staring at the spiders that had started to weave their webs in the corner, the Great Onmyoji said slowly, "Master Daoman, please come and sit down when you come."
"In that case, I'm not going to be polite, Seimei."
A figure in a black robe came striding from the door. It was raining outside, but his clothes and hair were dry, and he didn't have an umbrella in his hand. He didn't know how to avoid the rain.
"So that's how it is," Abe Seimei nodded as he looked at the figure of the person coming, "The reason why Mr. Pingzhensheng rejected me is because Mr. Doman has been invited to help."
"That's it."
Ashiya Michimitsu smiled "hehe" and sat down at the table.
Originally, Abe Seimei and Yuan Boya were sitting opposite each other by the window, and he happened to be facing the window when he came.
At this time, a flash of lightning happened to pass outside, and the bright white light passed through the window hinge to illuminate his messy hair and sallow face, making this Master Daomo, who is as famous as Abe Seimei, even more like a monster at first glance.
"So, do you see what's coming?" Abe Seimei asked.
"what?"
"Since Master Daoman came to see me on purpose, he must have seen something in Master Pingzhen Sheng?"
"I can't hide anything from you, Seimei." Ashiya Michi took Yuan Boya's quilt and took a sip of wine, "The situation of Ping Zhensheng is very interesting."
"Interesting mean?"
"There was another person inside him."
"Oh?"
"But it's not a question of whether something is possessed or not. There is no way to compare it."
Ashiya Michimitsu smiled happily while holding his wine glass, "Maybe that thing will overturn the entire capital."
Abe Seimei was silent for a moment, "Is what Master Doman said and what I think the same thing?"
"What do you think?"
"What about the ghosts who are going to hold a 'ghost feast' outside the city?"
"hey-hey……"
Ashiya Michiman asked without answering, "You know that, Seimei?"
"I do know, but there are still some things I can't figure out."
"But the current situation is actually very clear, right?"
"is it?"
"That's right. Look, those people back then - Fujiwara Tadahei, Tachibana Toho, Fujiwara Tadafumi, Ono Koko, Genkeki, Hira Sadamori, Fujiwara Shisuke... all had accidents."
Yuan Boya has been sitting on the sidelines and listening to them quietly. Ashiya Michimi mentioned that he didn't realize it at the beginning, until he heard him read the names one by one, he was horrified.
"Master Tachibana Yuanbao was attacked and brutally killed on his way back from the court in the seventh year of Tianqing; Lord Zhongwen was broken into by robbers while he was sleeping at home and beheaded; Lord Zhongping died in his own house without warning. It is said that the day before Looks pretty healthy..."
These are the few who have passed away, and the rest are still alive——
"Master Ono Haogu was said to have encountered a robber a few days ago, and the other party seemed to beg him for something, because the thing was indeed not with him, so he was just a little frightened but not injured..."
And Yuan Jingji was cursed, and they just helped to lift it today.
Not to mention Ping Zhensheng, they were still discussing his facial sores a quarter of an hour ago.
"Wait, did Master Fujiwara Shifu also have an accident? No one has heard of it..."
"Oh, this." Ashiya Michiru filled his glass of wine, "He was attacked by a strange snake last night."
"cockatrice?"
"Yes, when passing Suzaku Courtyard."
"Isn't that just inside the Heian capital?" Yuan Boya became vigilant when he heard the words, "Is there such a terrifying monster in the Heian capital that has not been blocked by the big formation of the Heian capital?"
"Yes," Ashiya Michiman said calmly, "Because I raised it."
"..."
After a long silence, Yuan Hiroya struggled to find his voice amidst Abe Seimei's chuckle, "...so why did you let Shikigami attack Master Fujiwara?"
"I didn't give the order, Shikigami went by himself." Ashiya Michiman said, "Before Fujiwara Shisuke was eaten, I also shot to stop it, otherwise Fujiwara Shisuke will only be left with bones. "
The words were very graphic, Yuan Boya imagined that scene, and silently put down the wine glass in his hand.
Abe Seimei seemed to have had enough of watching the show, and finally took up the conversation at this time, "So Doman-sama also thinks this is revenge?"
"revenge?"
"All the officials who participated in the counter-insurgency 20 years ago were involved in the accident, and now the only one left intact is Mrs. Omotoda."
Ashiya Michimitsu laughed loudly, "But that man is not easy to deal with."
"That's true."
Yuan Boya strung together all the previous conversations, and the hand that was rubbing the handle of the knife subconsciously froze, and came up with a guess that even shocked him.
"Qingming, what do you mean is that there was still a remnant party in the incident 20 years ago. The other party has not only been planning revenge on the adults all these years, but also committed to resurrecting Hei Jiangmen... Could it be that the one on Dajiang Mountain is really Hei Jiangmen? "
Abe Seimei said, "This is exactly what I doubt."
"what?"
"That's why I have to go and see. But before that, I have to visit an adult."
Yuan Boya sat in front of the table with a dazed expression.He actually felt that there was something more in the words of the two onmyojis, but he couldn't figure it out.
However, there is no way if you can't guess it. A creature like an onmyoji can go around eight circles with a single sentence.
Xiao Chu, he has tried his best.
"Seimei, who do you want to visit? Could it be His Excellency Ototota?"
"Your Majesty Ototo, Mr. Genji has already gone to ask, and we are looking for another person."
Ashiya Michimi looked at Minamoto Hiroya, then at Abe Seimei who had a calm expression, and suddenly laughed, "Seimei, this is really interesting."
The Great Onmyoji turned his eyes and asked calmly, "What's so interesting?"
"The thing involved in it may overthrow the capital. But few people who are investigating this matter now really care about the capital, right?"
"is it?"
"Yes," Ashiya Michimitsu drank a glass of wine. Under his thick eyelids, a pair of unpredictable pupils were darkened by the leaking skylight. He looked at the great onmyoji with a calm expression in front of him, There was a weird smile on his face.
"You're actually the same as me, Seimei. It doesn't matter what happens in the capital. It's not just you, the kid from the Genji family who seems to be the most positive right now may think the same as us."
Here at the hut in the mountains, Minamoto Raimitsu happened to have just asked Omotota about the story of Hei Shomon back then.
What he asked was how the body of Hirashomon was dealt with in the end. According to Omotota, because the scene at the beginning was too horrible, even if the head was cut off, Hirashomon's body seemed to be able to fight, so he chopped it into pieces. Seven or eight pieces were buried in Guanbazhou, and the heads were brought back to the capital.
But while it was hanging on the Kamogawa beach for public display, Taira Shomon's head disappeared, or he flew away by himself.
The topic came to an end here, because Omoto Tae didn't know where Ping Jiangmen's head flew to.
At this time, the male owner of the house finally came back from outside against the rain, and the wife who stayed at home rushed up to greet him, greeted him, brought him hot tea, and hurriedly pulled him into the house to change his wet clothes.
Minamoto Raimitsu looked away from the family, and when he turned his head, he accidentally saw that His Excellency Omotota was also looking in that direction.His face was illuminated by the skylight outside the window, but his eyes were calm and deep, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
The heavy rain outside continued until the evening, and the group had dinner at the charcoal seller's house, and sat for a while before the rain eased, and everyone was finally able to embark on the road back to the city.
Now that they met in the mountains, Minamoto Yorimitsu naturally wanted to give Sawada Ya a ride.
When they went up the mountain, the ox cart stopped at the foot of the mountain, and when they came, Shikigami rushed over.Later, Shikigami, who was driving the carriage, was sent by Tokuko to deliver a letter to Seimei, so Minamoto Yorimitsu simply took the driver's seat.
Anyway, it wasn't the first time he drove Ji Jun's car, and Genji was very at ease.Flicking the whip again and again, the black-haired boy lazily leaned against the car door while chatting with the little girl in the car.
"I really didn't expect that someone like His Excellency Ototo would feel lonely in this capital."
"lonely?"
"Yeah, I saw it by chance. The way he looked at the family made people feel that he was a little envious of that charcoal seller."
That is Ototota, a hero who has left his name in history. Who would have thought that he would envy a mere charcoal seller.
Sawada Ya thought for a while, "This is also human nature."
"That's right."
The boy's lazy voice came from outside the car.The bullock cart swayed and ran over a stone, and the door curtain was shaken slightly. Sawada Ya saw the silhouette of Minamoto Yorimitsu leaning against the door panel passing by through the gap.
His eyes fell on the front, as if he was looking at something intently, but when he looked closely at the dark eyes, there seemed to be nothing.
A few rays of skylight scattered among the clouds fell on him, and the profile of the boy's side face was extraordinarily beautiful, but also extraordinarily indifferent and expressionless.
"Laiguang," the little girl in the car suddenly asked, "What kind of place is the capital to you?"
"Huh?" Minamoto Raimiko stopped his scattered thoughts and turned around in surprise, "Why do you ask this suddenly?"
"Because Ototota-sama just mentioned that Heira Shomon would lead his troops back to the capital if he was revived, Raikou seemed very happy."
"..."
"..."
"yes……"
After a while, Minamoto Raimitsu heard a sudden voice outside the car, "...so I'm very happy."