Chapter 25 fourth quarter

Qingming and Boya got off the bullock cart. The location was in front of a desolate and dilapidated house in the Wujo area. "Qingming, is this... the home of Ms. Tokuko that Master Daoman said? And what about Ms. Tokuko?" Boya asked. "Although Lord Daoman said that he doesn't know where Miss is, Miss will return to the place where she grew up in the end." Looking around, the ox cart pulled by Toad was parked next to the collapsed tile roof and mud wall.Next to the toad pulling the bullock cart, that is, the springtail, stood the honey bug in colorful clothes, bowing his head to Qingming.

"Let's go, Boya." From where the mud wall collapsed, Seimei entered. Boya followed behind with his pipa in his arms. It was a courtyard that looked more dilapidated in the moonlight. The autumn grass is lush.Thick and lush, there is no space to step into it. Looking back, right at the collapsed place of the mud wall that we drilled into just now, the grassy flowers are blooming like snow. It is indeed similar to Seimei's courtyard, but the difference is that this courtyard is indeed too desolate and dilapidated. A shepherd boy from nowhere.In order to feed the cows and graze, it seems that cows are let out here during the day, and cow dung is scattered around.

The autumn grass is covered with night dew, and the leaves are drooping heavily. Every drop of night dew tries to capture the blue moonlight as much as possible, as if countless small moons descended on this yard, taking a nap in the leaf shadows. Looking up, the roof of the collapsed house is clearly visible. Qingming slowly parted the bushes and started walking. The hem of Seimei's white safari jacket absorbed the dew and became heavier. Perhaps due to the erosion of wind and rain, a pillar on the outer porch began to rot, and the eaves of the porch tilted very sharply. Facing the gallery, Artemisia climbs up from the ground against rotten wooden pillars.

It didn't look like a house inhabited at all. "Is this... the house where Miss Dezi lives?" Boya whispered. Upon closer inspection, under the corridor pavilion, there are still remnants of peonies that have just fallen. The shadow of the tree over there may be a mountain cherry. Right in front of Boya, there is a place where autumn grass is more luxuriant. Take a closer look.It was a decaying bullock cart. It's a hanging window car. "Could this be..." This is exactly the Bigaixiang car that Boya had seen back then. After many years of vicissitudes, the car has decayed, and under the blue moonlight, it is now completely covered by autumn grass.

"It's the car Miss Dezi rode in." Boya said in a low voice. In the grass covering the car, autumn insects are chirping. Even in pitch darkness, in a house crouching like a tired old beast.It is also noisy. One can imagine how beautiful this mansion was in those days!Today, that prosperous scene has disappeared.From the porch to the house, autumn grass is lush and everywhere. "In such a shabby room, how can Miss Dezi be in love!" To the sighing Boya, Qingming said, "Let's go." Seimei stepped into the outer corridor with one foot. Suddenly found a figure standing there in the corridor.

"Master Boya, Master Seimei!" the figure shouted. is an old man. It was Boya's familiar voice. "You are--" "long time no see." In both appearance and voice, the handyman adds the weight of twelve years. "Where's Miss Tokuko?" "You are late, Lord Boya—" The servant's voice was suffocatingly quiet. "Are you late?" "yes." "What do you know?" Despite being suppressed, Boya still roared loudly like a scream. "Bo Ya, let's go." Seimei had already walked into the outer corridor.

Boya, holding a pipa, followed closely behind. Qingming and Boya brushed past the handyman and walked towards the house. As soon as he stepped on the rotten floor of the house, he was bathed in moonlight again. The decayed roof had crumbled, and it was from there that the moonlight streamed into the house. On the overgrown floor, the moon casts a faint blue light. in the moonlight.A man was lying on the floor. It's a woman in red. A thick bloody smell filled the night air. turn out to be.From under her prostrate chest, the blood is still bright in the night.Swimming as if alive, expanding across the floor.

The lying woman held a blood-stained sword tightly in her right hand. "It's really late, and I ended my life by myself," Qingming said. "Miss Tokuko!" Boya knelt down beside the woman, put the pipa on the floor, and hugged her body. Dezi suddenly turned over and hugged Boya tightly. It was a hideous grimace. The teeth were long, and they were biting loudly, and they rushed straight to Boya's throat. However, it is not enough for Boya. The upper and lower teeth bite each other, making a shocking sound. Tokuko grinned and grinned, while suppressing some kind of force gushing out from his body.

She shook her head from side to side. "Lord Boya..." The woman called softly, her lips hung side to side, and then she opened her mouth wide again. "Gagge—" The woman struggled and said, "I wanted his life..." The voice sounded rather regretful. The woman's mouth was bleeding, and her throat was gasping for breath. Boya hugged Dezi tightly: "Bite it!" He whispered in Dezi's ear: "Eat me! Eat my meat!" The light of righteousness in Dezi's eyes dimmed, and after a while, the luster disappeared, and the teeth rattled again.

On Dezi, ghosts and people appear and disappear. Blood was gurgling from her throat. Tokuko pierced his own throat with a sword. Tokuko was still shaking his head from side to side. "Oh, I can't do it. How can I not do such a horrible thing!" Say it.Tokuko's teeth popped out again. "sorry Sorry!" Boya hugged Dezi tightly and said, "I, Boya, invited Qingming to disturb you. I, Boya, asked Qingming to come here. I hindered you! If this is the case, you will eat my flesh and use your teeth Bite my heart!" Tears welled up in Boya's eyes. In Tokuko's eyes, the brilliance of entering and exiting suddenly flashed.

"Lord Boya, are you crying?" Tokuko, who had turned into a ghost, said in a dying voice, "Why are you crying, Lord Boya?" "Oh, my lady, why are you crying? How can a fool like me know why? How can a fool like me understand why you are crying..." Boya burst into tears, streaming down his face. "I love you dearly!" Boya stared closely at Tokuko. "Thinking of you, my heart hurts like a knife." His face was distorted in pain. "I'm getting old." "I love you more who have gone through the vicissitudes of time!" "I've also added a lot of wrinkles!" "I love your wrinkles too." "On the arms, on the abdomen. There are fats..." "I love you just like this." "Even if it becomes like this now?" "yes." "Even if it becomes such an ugly look now?" "yes." "Even if it becomes such an evil ghost?" "yes." Boya nodded again and again. "I also love you who became a ghost." Boya declared without hesitation. "what--" Dezi shouted loudly: "In this case, twelve years ago, I wanted to hear it so much." "Miss Tokuko!" "Why, why on earth did you not tell me these things twelve years ago?" "At that time, I thought that time would never change..." "..." "I played the flute for you, and you were there to listen... I thought it would go on forever..." "No matter what the moment is, it doesn't last forever." Blood flowed from Tokuko's mouth again. "Even human life is the same." "life?" "My younger brother died of an epidemic just twelve years ago." "How pitiful!" "Although he went to college, after the death of his parents, his family was empty, and he fell ill during the embarrassing days when he was preparing to leave school." "Oh." "My younger brother told me at the time that he quit college and was going to be a sumo wrestler." "Being a sumo wrestler?" "Twelve years ago, there was a fight between the students of the university and the sumo wrestlers who came to hold the sumo tournament. At that time, someone told my brother, you should become a sumo wrestler!" "Who said it?" "It's really a village adult." "Oh." "My brother was very eager. But on the day he made an appointment with Master Chengcun, he contracted a strange disease and was bedridden for more than ten days, and he became a homeless person." It was a period of time when I had a very good strength comparable to others, but I didn't know how to use it and wasted my time. It was no longer possible to continue studying in university, and when he was flustered, Chengcun greeted his brother for the first time. "So, at that time, I hoped that Lord Narimura would win..." Tokuko's knowing eyes turned into ghost eyes again. "Yes. At that time, Master Jishi had been taking care of Master Chengcun, but suddenly he took care of Hai Hengshi." "Miss Tokuko!" "I hate it, Ji Shi!" "But you were also deeply in love with Lord Ji Shi." "Oh, I'm so sorry." Tokuko shed tears of regret. In her eyes, humanity was restored. "After my brother passed away, in the process of receiving his constant care and care, I actually fell in love with Master Ji Shi. What a nightmare." In Boya's embrace, Tokuko gritted his teeth and shook his head from side to side. Boya's sleeves holding Tokuko tightly were warmed by the hot blood and became wet.The temperature of the blood reaches Boya's skin. The temperature is escaping from Tokuko's body.As if to stop the passing of the temperature, Boya exerted all his strength. In Boya's arms, Tokuko struggled painfully. She twisted her body, as if trying to break free from Boya's grasp. Her hair was loose, she shook her head and raised her face. She became a ghost again. "Me, when Jishi empathized with other women..." She opened her mouth suddenly, and tightly bit Boya's left hand. Boya desperately held back the moans. "Bo Ya!" Seimei raised his right hand holding the talisman. "Okay, Seimei, don't mess around!" Boya shouted. Tokuko was crying and biting Boya's flesh. Blood and tears are flowing. The tears flowing on Boya's face dripped onto Tokuko's face, mixing with her blood and tears. "Okay, okay!" Tokuko muttered while biting. "For you to see me in such a horrible way." She was crying and biting one after another. "I'm so sorry, Lord Boya." "I hate it so much, Master Ji Shi." Tokuko whimpered in "Becoming". "Miss Tokuko!" Boya called her name, as if he had no choice but to hold Tokuko even tighter. There was really no other way. There is no way to prevent Tokuko's "birth". "Miss Tokuko!" Boya called her name with an extremely distressed, yet extremely gentle, affectionate voice. In Tokuko's eyes, the flame of humanity was ignited again. "oops!" Dezi yelled, "What did I do to Mr. Boya?" She suddenly noticed.I have been biting Boya's flesh hard just now. "It's okay, Miss Tokuko. It's okay to bite me, it's okay..." Boya's voice trembled. "Miss Dezi, people's hearts can't be changed. Even if you are crying, depressed, wronged, or anxious, no matter what, some people still can't turn back!" "I understand, I understand everything. But, no matter how much I understand, I still cannot avoid becoming a ghost. There is no way to cure hatred and grief in this world, and the only way for people to become a ghost. It's not that people want to become ghosts." Turned into a ghost. It is because there is nothing to do, that people become ghosts." "..." "Every day and night, day after day, several days, dozens of days, several months, I use the principle of impermanence to persuade myself, and I want to give up on Ji Shi, but I just can't do it..." "..." "When I was wandering in the streets of the city in a daze, what suddenly broke into my ears was the sound of the pipa originally given to Master Ji Shi." "Is it Feitian?" "Yes. It is a relic of my parents that I cherish very much. Even if I am penniless, I did not sell this pipa, and I still keep it by my side." "That lute was once in the hands of Miss Ayako." "That's what happened the day I turned into a living soul and met Lord Boya." "You said you wanted me to help you, but I'm so useless." "I understand, don't blame yourself. I know everything. Things outside of my body. Can be discarded. If sick, it can be cured. Sadly, this is not something outside of my body. This is my own inner demon." "Miss Dezi, this is the end of the matter, and now I can't do anything. I can't do anything at all. Oh, what a poor and useless fool I am Boya!" "No, no!" Tokuko shook his head left and right. "It's me who is useless. Even if I become like this, I still can't disappear. Hatred can't disappear either." Tokuko's mouth.The turquoise flame spat out along with the words. "Master Boya has seen this indecent appearance, but he still can't get rid of the regret in his heart." "Miss Tokuko!" "Besides, I also thought that after I died, I would become a real ghost and make troubles against Lord Jishi, so I punctured my throat myself. And I lost my composure to Lord Boya who came to look after me!" Tokuko's breath was as thin as a gossamer. Even if I put my ear close to it, it was difficult to hear her words clearly. The teeth were exposed, and the lips could not be closed properly at all.The sound of uttering words leaked from between the teeth, and only a few words could be barely discerned. Qingming stared at Boya and Tokuko, motionless. He just stood silently, listening carefully to the conversation between the two. Boya put his ear close to Tokuko's mouth. "Lord Boya!" Dezi stuck out his red tongue between his teeth, and said, "If you put your face so close, I can't help biting your throat." From her mouth, turquoise flames swished out, and she gritted her teeth. However, even the sound of gritting teeth became smaller and weaker. "Pipe, pipa..." Dezi said. "Oh, yes, yes." Boya stretched out a hand, took the pipa on the floor, and placed it on Dezi's chest. Dezi stretched out his hands and hugged him tightly. With the fingertips of her right hand, she lightly twisted the string and played it. Jing - the pipa makes a sad sound. Tokuko closed her eyes and listened to the sound of the pipa that only rang once. Take a breath. Take two breaths. then.Together with the lingering rhyme of the pipa, the breath swayed with the breath of night and slowly melted into the atmosphere. Although the rhyme keeps getting smaller, it still drifts towards the infinite distance.Tokuko seemed to be chasing the receding rhyme with her ears. Deko opened his eyes. "Lord Boya!" Dezi's voice was thin, as if following the weakening aftertaste of the pipa, it was about to disappear. "I'm here--" "That's a really nice flute!" Tokuko's voice was barely audible. "Miss Tokuko!" Boya's voice was low. "I have a request--" "what?" "Now, play the flute again..." "Flute?" "Can you play the flute again for Tokuko?" "of course can." Boya looked at Dezi's face, gently put her on the floor, reached into his arms, and took out Ye Er. He put Ye Er close to his lips.Started to blow up. The clear and clear tone slid out of Ye Er's flute lightly. The sound of the flute melted into the moonlight that fell through the decaying roof, and the sound of the flute was also dyed with a blue light. Tokuko quietly closed his eyes. Boya was still playing Ye Er. Blow and blow.Dezi came back to his senses and listened to the clear sound of the flute. As if attracted by it.Boya continued to play the flute. After a long time, he stopped playing the flute. "Miss Tokuko!" Boya called. no respond. "Miss Tokuko!" Boya called again. Still no response. Like a gust of cool air slipping through the back, Boya shouted loudly. "Miss Tokuko!" Still no response. "Miss Tokuko!" Boya burst into tears. Dezi was still holding the pipa in his arms, lying on his back, as if he was asleep. At this time.Boya suddenly realized something. "Oh……" Miss Dezi's face changed from a ferocious grimace to Boya's familiar charming face again. "How beautiful!" Miss Dezi no longer has horns on her forehead, and there are no protruding teeth on her lips. "Bo Ya—" Qingming said softly, "Perhaps, she was saved because of you." "She was saved? Because of me?" "yes." Seimei nodded, her voice full of comfort. Suddenly, oh, oh... From outside came the sound of howling like a monster. Qingming and Boya noticed that a white-haired old man appeared from the courtyard and was walking towards the dilapidated house. It turned out to be Ashiya Michiman. "Lord Daoman—" no respond. With his mouth tightly shut, he stood beside Qingming and Boya. looked in his face.It was found that he was not crying. Then, the crying just heard was either an auditory hallucination.Either the heartfelt voice of Ashiya Michimitsu reached his eardrums. Daoman looked down at Dezi, "How pitiful!" He murmured under his breath. Suddenly, another person was added.In the outer corridor, the old handyman was bathed in the moonlight, standing there. The orderly didn't say a word, just stood there dumbfounded. "Maybe you want to say something—" Seimei said, looking at the handyman. "Yes." The handyman nodded. "I have a wish..." "What wish?" The handyman doesn't seem to know where to start. "There is a certain atmosphere in this house." Seimei said. "Is it a kind of anger?" "It's the air that brings disaster. However, it has weakened now." "Yes, it is." "Go outside and dig out the bases of the pillars standing at the four corners of the house in the four corners of the house. If you dig out anything, please bring it here." Qingming said. The handyman's lips trembled tremblingly, and he still wanted to say something. "Thank you." Qingming reminded him. The handyman hesitated to speak. "Ok." He lowered his head, went down to the courtyard, and the figure disappeared. soon.The handyman is back. "What did you find?" Seimei asked. The handyman took out three large clams with tightly closed shells from his bosom. "I dug up this stuff." He gave them to Seimei. "Under the pillars on the east, west, and south sides, one is buried each." "What about the north?" "Nothing was dug up." "understood." Seimei put three meretrix clams in his left hand, and whispered a spell in his mouth. Then, he put the index finger of his right hand close to his lips, and lightly touched the three meretrix meretrix one by one with his fingertips. At this time, the shells opened in the order that Seimei's fingertips touched. "what!" Boya couldn't help being amazed. It turned out that the insides of the three Meretrix meretrix were painted bright red with Zhu Dan.There are one thing inside: one is the empty shell of the twig cicada, the other contains the sloughed off snake skin, and the other contains the dead body of a mayfly. "Qingming, this is..." Boya asked with an incredulous expression. "Has nothing been dug up from under the north pillar?" Qingming tilted her head thoughtfully: "The evil spirit has weakened, which means that someone dug a shell from under the northern pillar earlier." He nodded as if he had realized something: "Haha..." Qingming looked at Daoman: "Master Daoman, is it you?!" "yes." Daoman nodded in acknowledgment. Daoman, Bi Qingming visited the house earlier.So.It was impossible for Doman not to notice the situation when he visited the house. Seimei naturally understood this well. Daoman reached into his bosom and took out a shell. "Here." He whispered. Daoman touched lightly with his fingertips, and the shell opened. Inside was a charred and blackened persimmon seed. "The first time I came here, I felt a weird evil spirit. In order to dissolve it, I dug up the base of the pillar in the north and found this thing. As long as one is dug away, the power of the curse is almost dissolved, so Just let the other three stay as usual." "What about Miss Tokuko?" "It's useless now, so it's best not to mention it again. Perhaps, the onmyoji who was killed by Miss Ayako inherited this secret method." Doman said. "Qingming, what is that? Why are these things placed here?" Boya asked. "It's a poisonous curse that makes people and wealth scattered in this house." "what?" Empty cicada. The shed skin of a snake. The corpse of a mayfly. Burnt persimmon seeds. "Every one of them is a thing without an owner, an empty thing, a thing of vain life. It is an existence that cannot bear fruit." Seimei explained. "Who cast such a curse?" When Boya asked, Seimei immediately turned his attention to the handyman. The handyman's face lost all color, and his blue-purple lips were trembling. "Is it you?" Qingming asked. "it's me." The handyman nodded timidly.Said: "However, I was not entrusted by Miss Ayako. It was earlier. I listened to the instructions of the onmyoji before I buried it." "Onmyoji?" "Yes. It's the onmyoji who was trampled to death by Miss Ayako." "Why do you do such a thing?" Seimei asked. The handyman was silent for a while, and finally confessed: "I got some gold from Mr. Ji Shi, and it was entrusted by him." "It makes no sense!" Boya was almost furious. "At that time, Mr. Ji Shi couldn't get the answer that the young lady promised with his body, so he came up with such a way..." "..." "He thought that if the family was empty and the young lady was thinking about the family, she would have to rely on him." "It's despicable!" Seimei sighed in a low voice. "I didn't expect so many misfortunes to happen. Originally, the life of this family has never been happy. I originally thought that if Miss could get along with Master Ji Shi, she would be happy. At least she would have something to look forward to in life. At that time That's what I thought. Who knew, things could get so bad..." talking.The handyman picked up the sword that Tokuko had dropped on the floor. "I'll just take a step ahead." finished.He slashed his throat violently. With a plop, the handyman fell forward and fell to the ground. Boya ran over to help him up, but he was already unconscious. "Everything is over." Dao Manxu said. After speaking, he turned around, went down to the courtyard, and disappeared after a while. Among the thick and luxuriant grass, autumn insects are chirping and chirping happily. "Sunny..." Boya said in a low, small voice, "Is it really over?" "Ok." Seimei also answered in a low voice. "Ah, it's over..." Boya muttered to himself. For a long time, Boya stood silently. "Whether it's a ghost or a person, it's all very sad..." Boya whispered, as if he didn't tell anyone. Have you heard Boya's words?The faint blue moonlight shines down from the eaves.Seimei just looked up at the moon.