Asking Ibaraki Douji to go back for tutoring was just a casual comment. Kiryu Ichizu was more concerned about the solar eclipse and whether it had anything to do with his mission.
There is also a woman in need of help in Rashomon, but there is still no news.
Three days passed in a row, except for staying in a hotel with special services, Kiryu Yiyi's daily action plan remained unchanged.
Take a stroll along Suzaku Avenue in Heiankyo, and then go around twice in front of Rashomon Gate.
At night.
"Bang bang bang!"
There was a violent knock on the door.
"Who is it?" Ibaraki Doji opened the door, and a group of soft-armored guards carrying bows and arrows and holding long knives rushed in.
The person who rushed in stared at Kiryu Yiyi and Ibaraki Doji with a pair of big copper bell-like eyes, and said: "Take both of them away!"
"You!" Ibaraki Doji raised his hand, but a hand grabbed its wrist faster.
"My lord, I wonder what happened?" Kiryu asked, "Why did you suddenly want to arrest us?"
"You are the outsiders who have just come to Heian Jing, right?" The man saw that Kiryu was tall and handsome, and there were two knives on the table. The maid serving beside her had a broken arm and no makeup, but she was extremely beautiful. His attitude was not as aggressive as before: "It's the minister's order. Recently, there were monsters attacking people in Anjing, and three people have died."
"Three people?"
These nobles do not regard people as human beings, and at least four or five people die in their hands every day. Can the death of three people in the hands of demons still be considered a big deal?
The big man with copper bell eyes didn't want to answer, but he felt that Kiryu Yiyi had a trustworthy temperament. He completely forgot that he was here to arrest someone, and nodded and replied: "Yes, starting from the strange phenomenon in the sky, on the first night Tamazou-sama is dead, he was eaten by ghosts and his shoulders were gnawed off, the nose of the second victim, Fujiwara Tanetsugu, is missing, and the mouth of the third victim is missing.”
"Because the priest Saibe Sadayuki-sama is worried about demons causing trouble, he asked us to investigate the strangers who entered Heian Kyo."
After finishing speaking, the big man with copper bell eyes scratched his hair.
He just realized why he said this inexplicably to a person under suspicion.
"It turns out that all the big shots died." Kiryu Yiichi finally understood why he mobilized a large number of people. Ordinary people are like nothing. Only when big shots are hurt will they become serious.
"Do you know this thing?" Kiryu Yiyi took out the Buddhist beads that the old monk gave to him and asked.
"This is...the Buddhist beads from Koyasan!"
The big man looked at Kiryu Yishi in surprise, and he quickly lowered his head: "I didn't expect you to be the master of Mount Koya."
"I'm not a master. I just happened to meet the monk who was going to come to Heianjing on the way. He asked me to convey a message to someone. However, when I first came to Heianjing, I didn't know who the person he was looking for was."
"This... I don't know either." The big man scratched his head and smiled naively: "Since you are a friend of Monk Koyasan, you must have nothing to do with ghosts. I apologize for disturbing your rest tonight."
"It's out of the way."
The big man nodded gratefully to Kiryu Yiichi and left with the others.
The door was closed, and the group of people had left. Kiryu Yiichi asked Ibaraki beside him: "Three people died, was it you Oeyama youkai who did it?"
"No." Ibaraki Doji shook his head: "There are not many youkai in Oeyama, there are only a few youkai. I am in Heian Kyo, and they will go hunting in other places."
"It seems that someone broke into your Dajiangshan monster hunting ground."
"This is not a hunting ground in Oeyama," Ibaraki Doji lowered his head and said, "The strongest onmyoji, Abe Seimei, is in Heian-kyo. Although the ghosts and gods are rampant, they dare not really attack the nobles at will."
"Who?" Kiryu was stunned.
"Abe Seimei..." Ibaraki Doji didn't understand. Abe Seimei was the most famous figure in Heian Kyo. However, he remembered that Kiryu Ichimei was an outsider, so he took the initiative to introduce: "Abe Seimei is an onmyoji with very powerful magic. Rumor has it that he is the son of a white fox, and most monsters don’t want to mess with him.”
"Abe...Seimei!"
Kiryu first made a fist with his right hand and tapped the palm of his left hand: "Find an opportunity to meet Abe Seimei!"
With such a good opportunity, it would be a waste not to learn some skills from Abe Seimei.
After dawn, Kiryu Yiyi simply tidied up and left the hotel.
Abe Seimei's mansion was not difficult to find. After asking around a bit on the road, he and Ibaraki Doji found a mansion with a "Platycodon Seal" painted on the door.
Platycodon seal, also known as the five-pointed star array, represents the yin and yang and the five elements. It is said that it was also invented by Abe Seimei.
Before he even got close, the door opened automatically to both sides with a creaking sound.
"It seems that the master is inviting us in," Kiryu Yiichi said to Ibaraki Doji: "You used to be a harmful monster, but now you surrender to me. I was still wondering whether Abe Seimei would take action against you, but now it seems that he probably won't. Make a move on you."
Ibaraki Doji said: "Wherever you go, sir, I will go."
A Momotaro rice ball brainwashed Ibaraki Doji into this, and Kiryu Shichi could only admire the power of Fatty Lan's Law of Cause and Effect prop.
Entering the yard, the first thing you see is a garden with butterflies flying in it.
Walking further inside, I heard laughter.
As I got closer, I saw a charming and charming man with a white face and fox eyes holding a folding fan, who was beating the beat and listening to music at the pavilion, feeling very comfortable.
Behind him, there are more than a dozen maids playing the piano, flute, drums, pouring tea, fanning, dancing and humming.
"The guests are here."
The enchanting and handsome man sat up straight, flicked his fingers in the air, and then drew them again.
A dozen maids suddenly dissipated and turned into paper figures, falling on the ground, and following her wave, Wu Feng flew up and fell into the palm of her hand.
"Kiryu Ichimei" Kiryu Ichimei introduced himself: "I came to Heian Kyo for the first time. I heard about the name of His Excellency Abe Seimei, so I came here to pay my respects."
"Kiryu-dono has a method that would shock even ghosts and gods."
Abe Seimei's fox-like eyes turned to look first at the Lion King on Kiryu Ichiru's waist, and then at Ibaraki Doji who was quietly following behind him.
"Such a ferocious ghost is actually willing to abandon evil and do good. The charm of the young master is such that even a ghost would fall in love with him, hahahaha~" he joked.
"Mr. Abe is joking."
With Abe Seimei's joke, Kiryu Yiyi relaxed a little. After all, he is a deified figure, so he will inevitably feel a little cautious.
Abe Seimei suddenly looked at Kiryu's wrist: "Does the monk have anything you want to tell me?"
Kiryu raised his arm and realized that Abe Seimei was looking at the beads on his wrist.
"Why, you think my title is too direct?" Qingming asked.
Kiryu Yishi simply sat down cross-legged and said: "Since you and I have known each other, we are friends. Since we are friends, of course there is no need to use honorifics."
"Hahaha, you are indeed an interesting person!" Abe Seimei smiled happily.
Kiryu Yiyi took off the beads and said, "That monk, he asked me to tell someone that his master had received it."
Qingming nodded: "That's good."
No matter how slow Kiryu thought, he still knew that the person the monk was looking for was Abe Seimei, but there was no way of knowing why the other party confirmed that he would definitely meet Seimei.
"That monk is...?"
"His master is the eminent monk, Salmon Kukai," Seimei said: "Back then, Samana Kukai accompanied the Tang envoy to the Tang Dynasty. He was a very admirable person."
Chatting with Abe Seimei was very simple. His fox eyes seemed to be able to see through people's hearts and the conversation could always continue. However, because of this, Kiryu Ichimei was never able to ask Abe Seimei to learn some magic.
"I came to Heianjing this time because there is an existence..." Kiryu Yiyi said: "It told me that there is a woman waiting for me in Rashomon and needs my help, but it has been three or four days and I haven't seen her yet. That woman."
Abe Seimei became a little more serious: "Is it God's instruction? Recently, the celestial phenomena have been chaotic. Maybe your matter is involved in the events behind this incident."
"It's best not to get involved," Kiryu said. "I don't want to get into too much trouble."
"Hahaha, you and I are indeed born friends." Abe Seimei exhaled, raised his index finger, and a butterfly landed on his fingertips: "Everything has its own laws of development. The only way to face things is to be content with the situation. Attitude... Today's flower will wither tomorrow. As time goes forward, you and I will eventually become withered flowers and grind into the soil."
Kiryu Yiyi looked at Abe Seimei, wondering whether he was a human, a god, or a demon.
However, based on Abe Seimei's research on the Yin and Yang, it is not difficult to see the rise and fall of history through horoscopes. Kiryu even suspected that Abe Seimei knew that he was not from this era, but from a thousand years later.
"Qingming, it turns out you have a guest."
An honest voice came from behind, breaking the time-space conversation between the two people that had spanned thousands of years.
"This is Kiryu Ichimei," Seimei introduced proactively, "a mage who is new to Heian Capital."
Kiryu raised his eyebrows slightly. Unexpectedly, Seimei knew his favorite nonsense excuse. Or could he really see through people's hearts?
The man came closer and said to Kiryu Yiyi: "This is Gen Boya."
Kiryu Yiyi nodded, indicating that they knew each other.
Yuan Boya also has a great reputation and is known as the "God of Elegant Music".
"I'm looking for you today..." Yuan Boya said to Qingming.
"Is it because I look at a girl and think about her playing the flute every day?"
"You!" Yuan Boya was shocked: "How do you know?!"
"Hahaha" Qingming just smiled heartily, but didn't say why.
"You must have used magic to trick me again!"
On the side, Kiryu Yiichi sighed. Seimei's magical power was so powerful that even a person like himself, a thousand years later, couldn't handle it. What's more, Yuan Boya had "I'm in love" written all over his face.
You don't need magic to know.
"I came to see you today because something big happened," Yuan Boya said. "Priest Saibu Sōkyō is dead, and his legs were eaten by evil spirits."
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Thank you for the reward of 100 starting coins for "youshi humiliating boat" and 2 starting coins for "retz". After thinking about it, 4000 words was too few, and I was afraid it would be too embarrassing, so I wrote an additional 3000 words.
