Xu Shi, on the outskirts of Tangchang County, there was a roasted pheasant on a bonfire. Xu Shouguang carefully tore off a chicken leg with his fingers, stuffed it into Chao Qiandai's hand, and then tore off the other chicken leg in two steps. He trotted up to Yuta Yuguri and handed the chicken leg to him respectfully: "Senior, this is Shomitsu's tribute to you..."
Yuta Uguri took the chicken leg without any courtesy, put it to his mouth and started chewing it. Xu Shouguang saw that Yuli Xiongtai was enjoying the food and smiled flatteringly: "Senior, does the taste of this chicken drumstick suit your taste?"
"It's okay, it would be better if I had more wine..."
"Be particular!" Xu Shouguang gave Yuli Yuta a thumbs up, then put his hand in his arms, secretly took out a pigskin wine bag from the wishful bag, then took it out like a magic trick, and waved it in his hand. He shook his head and said, "This is the best Shehong wine, only available in Shu. Let's try it, senior..." After saying that, he threw the wine bag to Yuguri Yuta.
Yuta Yuguri took the wine bag, unscrewed the cork, raised his head and took a sip, and then laughed loudly: "It's really good! It's just that I ate this wine, don't you feel bad?"
"Senior, you are looking down on me now. Compared to the grace of saving your life, this mere shot of Hongjiu is nothing..."
"Boy, I didn't use the knife for you, so you don't have to worry about it."
When Chao Qiandai heard this, he finally couldn't hold back the question he had been holding in his heart for a long time: "My hero, I don't know you. Why have you saved me over and over again?"
After hearing this, Uguri Yuta put down the wine bag in his hand and asked, "I wonder if Miss Chiyo still remembers Lord Chao Heng's general, Yoshimaro Uguri?"
"Uncle Yuli! How do you know him? Is he okay?" Chao Qiandai asked excitedly as he hadn't heard anyone mention this name for a long time.
"He passed away as early as the first year of Baoying. He lived in self-blame all his life. He always said that he failed to protect the young lady. Therefore, his last wish before his death was to let future generations help him find Miss Chiyo and make up for his mistakes..." Uguri Yuta sighed, picked up the wine bag and took a big gulp into his mouth.
After bidding farewell to Chao Heng that day, Yuguri Yoshimaro, dressed as an armored warrior, led Qingluan to fight all the way, and finally broke out of the siege of Pinglu Army. Uguri Yoshimaro snatched two horses and took Qingluan towards Dengzhou Pier. At this time, the Pinglu army had not arrived yet, and there were no obstacles along the way. The two of them quickly arrived on the big ship. Uguri Yoshimaro quickly ordered the stern worker, helmsman, Ikari Te and others to get ready, and set sail as soon as Chao Heng came back with Chiyo.
But while waiting and waiting, Chao Heng was never seen. Qingluan stood at the stern of the boat, looking anxiously into the distance, and Uguri Yoshimaru's palms were all sweaty at this time. I don’t know how long it took, but puffs of smoke and dust rose from the ground in the distance, shouts shook the sky, and a large group of cavalry galloped towards the dock. Many flags were erected in the cavalry team, with the word "History" written clearly on them.
Looking at the Pinglu Army getting closer and closer, Uguri Yoshimaro paced around, not knowing what to do for a moment. Finally, he gritted his teeth and squeezed out a voice from between his teeth: "Set the ship!"
After receiving the order, everyone immediately set sail and lifted anchor, and the ship slowly sailed toward the sea.
"No! We can't sail the boat!" Qingluan shouted anxiously. She ran to Yuri Yoshimaro in despair, knelt on the ground and begged: "Hauri-kun, wait a little longer, they haven't arrived yet..."
"Madam..." Uguri Yoshimaro hurriedly helped her up, "Now the rebels are coming, we must leave now!"
"Wait a minute, he said he would meet us on the ship..."
"Madam! My lord, they can't come back!"
"No! No! You're lying! I'm going back to find him..." After saying that, Qingluan took out the dagger, turned around and was about to jump off the boat.
Uguri Yoshimaro saw it and hurriedly grabbed Qingluan, "Madam! You can't go. The rebels are so powerful that you can't go..."
"Let me go! I'm going to save my husband..." Qingluan struggled desperately.
Seeing that Qingluan couldn't listen to anything at this time, Uguri Yoshimaro suddenly became heartbroken and said that he was offended. He turned his hand into a knife and slashed Qingluan on the back of his neck. Qingluan immediately lost his mind. Conscious, he fell softly on the deck.
Uguri Yoshimaro hurriedly ordered his men to carry Qingluan into the cabin, while he ran to the stern of the ship and looked at the shore.
The Pinglu Army quickly arrived at the pier. The shore of the pier was quickly crowded with soldiers and horses. Many soldiers even raised their bows and arrows to shoot at the ship. However, at this time, the ship had already sailed far away, and arrows were flying in the air. After a while, they fell into the sea water at the stern of the boat.
At this time, Uguri Yoshimaro was truly sure that Chao Heng would not come back. He turned around, collapsed on the ground, and cried bitterly.
The big ship sailed on the sea for more than half a month. After going through wind and waves, the group finally returned to Kyoto. Yuguri Yoshimaru sent Qingluan back to Abe's house. Chao Heng's mother could not withstand the blow and passed away soon after. The head of Abe's family ordered his servants to arrange a residence for Qingluan. Since then, Qingluan has been waiting for Chao Heng and Qiandai to return to Kyoto to reunite. But ten years have passed, twenty years have passed, and Qingluan still has no news about them. Until one day, two maids were talking quietly while working.
"Did you know? The young master can't come back..."
"Shh! Don't talk nonsense. If the master of the house finds out, he will smash your mouth..."
"I'm not talking nonsense. Yesterday, the head of the family received a letter and cried all night after reading it. Early this morning, he ordered the officials to order Yunaga for the young master..."
"...Really..."
"Absolutely true!"
"That young lady is so pitiful..."
The two maids chatted for a while, but they didn't want Qingluan, who was by the window, to overhear their conversation. Qingluan didn't cry when he found out. He just locked himself in the room and never came out. The maids also brought food and drinks to the door. At this time, the head of the Abe family was also in the pain of losing his son and had no time to care about him, so he let her go.
Since then, children have been missing in Kyoto at night. There are rumors that a monster with a human face and a bird's body will go to people's homes at night to steal infant children. Together with these rumors, the entire Kyoto has been plunged into panic. Even the emperor was alarmed.
The matter involved demons, so the Emperor ordered Master Kukai to investigate thoroughly. Master Kukai knew that if he wanted to fish, he had to put bait first, so he first asked his disciples to find out which family had given birth to a baby recently. After finding it, he ordered his disciples to find a lamb, shave the lamb's hair, and cut it. Wrapped in swaddling clothes, the baby was changed secretly. Just when everyone was wondering how the lamb could deceive the monster's eyes, they saw Master Kukai silently reciting a spell, and then waved his cassock, and the swaddled lamb instantly turned into a baby. Master Kukai then arranged many thin wires in the house, with bells tied to the ends of the wires. Once a monster entered the house and touched the thin wires, the bells would ring. After setting these up, Master Kukai took everyone to the next room to wait.
That night, a sound of bells broke the silence of the night. Everyone hurriedly chased out and saw a big bird spreading its wings and leaping onto the wall, and then disappeared into the night. This big bird went so fast that no one could catch up. Just when everyone didn't know what to do, Master Kukai came out. He waved his sleeves, and many illusory feathers with golden light immediately appeared in the sky. These illusory feathers formed a path in the night sky, leading to the distance.
Everyone followed this path composed of illusory feathers, through the streets and alleys, and arrived at the back door of Abe Mansion.
Seeing that it was Abe Mansion, everyone showed their intention to retreat. It turns out that the Abe family has been onmyoji for generations. Onmyojis have powerful magic and cunning methods, and they exist like gods in the eyes of the people.
Seeing everyone like this, Master Kukai smiled. He just gently touched the front with his hand, and the door opened by itself, and then he walked in without hesitation. When everyone saw Master Kukai entering, they cautiously followed him and entered the Abe Mansion.
After passing through the yard, Master Kukai came to a house. The door was open, and there was a woman inside, holding a swaddling baby in her arms. Her eyes were gentle. When she saw people barging in, she hurriedly shushed, signaling everyone to keep their voices down and stop making noise. Wake up the swaddled child.
At this time, the swaddled baby was heard opening its mouth and calling out "baa". The woman hurriedly looked down and saw that the baby had turned into a hairless lamb at some point. The woman was shocked and sat down on the ground. The swaddling clothes fell from her arms to the ground. The little lamb climbed out of it, shook itself, and ran away in a hurry.
"Chiyo! Where is my Chiyo..." The woman kept saying to herself. When everyone saw this, they didn't know what to do.
At this moment, the woman suddenly raised her head and stared at everyone in front of her with ferocious eyes, "It's you! It's you who stole my Chiyo... Give me Chiyo back quickly!" Then, the woman The man pulled out the feather hairpin stuck in his head, stood up, and slowly walked towards the crowd. Gradually, the woman's body underwent some changes. Feathers grew all over her body, her arms turned into wings, and her feet turned into bird claws. Although her face was still beautiful, in the eyes of everyone, she already looked like a human with the body of a bird. monster!
"Qingluan!" an old hoarse voice yelled with all his strength. Everyone followed the sound and saw that it was the head of the Abe family. The head of the Abe family was hunched over, with two swords slung around his waist, and Uguri Yoshimaro followed behind him.
After Qingluan heard the voice of the owner of the family, Qingluan seemed to have regained some of his consciousness. He stayed where he was and looked at the old man in front of him.
The old man arched his back and walked slowly to Qingluan, "My son will never come back. I know how painful it is to lose your son, and I can understand you... We... We don't want to let those people and people... We’re the same, okay?”
Qingluan's eyes gradually became moist and her eyes became clear. She gradually lost her feathers and returned to her previous appearance.
The old man turned around and said to Master Kukai: "I ordered people to secretly carry the children that Qingluan captured before to another courtyard. Then the servants will lead the master to the other courtyard and return the children. Go back to their parents.”
Afterwards, the old man adjusted his clothes and continued: "I know that these people who stole the children are Qingluan, but I chose to cover up, because I know that my son is always worried about her, and I will do it for my son." Please forgive the selfishness of a father for the price you have paid..." After that, the old man took out the gizaku from his waist, stabbed it into his abdomen, then pulled it sideways, and fell into a pool of blood.
"Master!" Uguri Yoshimaro hurriedly went up to pick up the old man who was in a pool of blood, but the old man had no breath at this time.
"You!" Uguri Yoshimaru stood up angrily, pulled out a knife from his waist, pointed at Qingluan's neck and said, "It's all you! It's all you! If you didn't do these bad things, how could the head of the family do it? die!"
Looking at the old man lying in a pool of blood, at the angry people outside the house, and at Uguri Yoshimaru who was pointing a knife at him, Qingluan slowly raised his head.
"You're right...it's my fault...I will also pay for my mistake, but...Huri-kun..." Qingluan looked at Huri Yoshimaru, "Please do it for me Find Chiyo, please!”
Then, without waiting for Uguri Yoshimaro to react, Qingluan stood up suddenly, letting the blade in Uguri Yoshimaro's hand cut his throat, blood dripping down the blade and onto the ground, Qingluan slowly closed it eyes.
Chao Qiandai listened silently, crystal tears rolling in his eyes, flowing down his cheeks, and dripping at his feet. She had fantasized about her mother's condition countless times, and had also thought that her mother might be gone, but when she heard the news, tears still came out unsatisfactorily.
"Later on, my great-grandfather became depressed all day long. He often said that if he could have protected Miss Chiyo, perhaps none of this would have happened. He asked his eldest son, my grandfather Yuri Xiang, to return many times. Datang hoped to find Miss Chiyo, but he could not do so until his death... Before his death, he only left one last wish, which was to find Miss Chiyo and make up for his mistakes back then..."
At this time, Xu Shouguang's eyes were moist. When he saw Yuli Xiongtai and Chao Qiandai sitting silently, he quickly wiped his face with his sleeves, stood up, cupped his hands, and pretended to be happy and said: "Congratulations to you two. , one has fulfilled his long-cherished wish, and one has found his own home!”
Seeing Xu Shouguang like this, Chao Qiandai quickly took out a silk handkerchief and wiped his eyes, forcing out a smile, while Haguri Yuta let out a long sigh of relief.
"Then when will you return to Kyoto?" Xu Shouguang asked, looking at the two of them.
"Wait until the real culprit is caught! I can't let others harm others in the name of me and my mother!" Under the light of the fire, Chao Qiandai's beautiful almond-shaped eyes shone with perseverance.
"...Okay... Then I'll give you a helping hand!" Yuta Yuguri drank the remaining Shehong wine in the wine bag in one gulp, and then continued: "I have also investigated before, and every time it is true After the murderer appeared, he would leave traces of scratched silk threads on nearby walls. I once searched along these traces and found that these traces eventually disappeared in front of a dyeing workshop in the west of the city. If I guessed correctly, This dyeing shop is probably where the real murderer is hiding!"
