Chapter 2 Chapter 1 Inugami
Imagining the backs of Kazuhiko and Baihei running away after being freed, I feel very warm for some reason.
April is a season suitable for travel. Compared with the emerging urban agglomerations around Tokyo Bay, a relatively leisurely place like Shikoku is more in line with my preferences.There are clusters of pink cherry blossoms on both sides of the Shimanto River, red clouds pressing down on the branches; vendors selling windmills and hairpins push carts through the streets and alleys, and the wheels of the carts gradually fade away with the faint sound of wind chimes in the distance... In such an atmosphere, even if you will Jumping out of a group of Edo-period jugglers or a tengu youkai wearing haori would not be too surprising.The temperament of the city is really a kind of mysterious thing: some seem to remain unchanged from ancient times, while others change faster than the footsteps of Kamaitachi, which makes people feel at a loss.
I took a name card and came to the door of a mansion named Kiyota in Kochi Prefecture.The identity Kan prepared for me this time is a psychic from Kai.To live in dunya one has to work like a dunya.This is also one of the agreements with Master.Fortunately, despite Kangoro's stubborn appearance, his actions are not too outrageous.Every time he arranges the identity and work, it is not too difficult for me.
This time, I came to Kochi with the name card and power of attorney.The big house in front of me, covering an area of no less than 300 square meters, looks quite abrupt among the small houses around.I knocked on the door and conveyed the name card and intention to the maid.The rosy-cheeked young girl sized me up suspiciously, then ran back with a name card in her pocket.
Soon she came back and opened the door to lead me into the main house, saying that the master was already waiting for me in the living room.Opening the paper door painted with orchids, there was already a woman with an oval face sitting inside, about thirty years old, wearing an elegant yuzen-dyed kimono, with a string of beautiful tortoiseshell beads hanging from the hairpin, exquisite makeup, but I don’t know Why, the complexion looks a little different from the paleness of ordinary people.She should have heard the description of me from the maid's mouth, but when she met her, there was still a hint of surprise in her eyes, but then she put on a smile that the master should have, nodded and saluted: "Thank you, master Are you the psychic recommended by Master Bai He?"
"Yes, my name is Gao Yefeng. At the entrustment of my master's former friend Master Bai He, I came to the residence to solve my master's worries and problems." I returned the gift to the woman and explained my purpose and identity again.Master Baihe is the abbot of Mengshan Pagoda Temple in Kai, also known as Baizangzhu, and is one of the famous monks in the local area.But in terms of its real body, it is a pure white vixen who has lived for no less than a thousand years.Master had some contacts with her before he was alive, so at present, her care for me is not groundless.
"Miss Takano? The head of the family, Mr. Kiyoda Fukuyama, is not at home. I am his younger sister Taeko, and I am now taking care of the family business." Kiyota Taeko is well-dressed and well-dressed, and she can see the cultural accomplishment that matches a lady. "Excuse me, Ms. Takano, commission Are you aware of the incident?"
"Yes, it's about 'Inugami', right?" The paper door connecting the courtyard was not closed, I glanced at the small ancestral hall at the end of the courtyard, and there was already a pentagram spell on it - that belonged to the Onmyoji Seimei Platycodon talisman, in the gaps in the spiritual power of the spell, there is faint spiritual energy seeping out that cannot be seen by humans, and it gradually transforms into the shape of a white dog's head.This is why Kangoro refused to go with me this time.No matter how old they live, civet cats are always afraid of dogs.
The so-called "dog god" is a long-established mantra, which originated in Tokushima, Kochi and other places, and is often worshiped by the noble families in these areas as the "house god" to protect the family, to ensure the prosperity of the family and the prosperity of the family. Curse to kill the enemy.The task of making dog gods is mostly performed by the hostess of the family—buy the dogs raised at home in the ground, leaving only the heads exposed, and put food in front of the dogs, so that after three days, the dogs’ hunger and resentment will disappear will peak.At this time, the dog's head is cut off and sacrificed, and a spirit body called "dog god" will be produced.The family that makes the Inugami will make offerings to the Inugami as if it were an ancestral tablet, in order to obtain its protection.
Before I came to Kochi, Venerable Baihe had already told me about it, Taeko Kiyota repeated the content, and added some secrets of the Inugami family: "This kind of secret technique is generally passed on to women and not to men. The purpose of this is to prevent the Inugami from hurting the male heir... When the daughter is fifteen years old, the parents of the mother's generation will teach her this way. Daughters who inherit the Inugami can only marry into marriage. Every fifty years , before the power of the Inugami goes out of control and backlashes back, the shrine must be moved to the temple to make an offering, and then another domestic dog will be selected to make a new god... The current Inugami is actually the seventh generation of the family."
"I heard that the current Inugami was made forty-nine years ago, right?"
"Yes, my mother was only fourteen years old at the time, so my grandmother performed the ceremony." Taeko's body seemed to be a little deficient, and her face suddenly became flushed, and fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead. I don't often stop talking to adjust my breathing, "But in fact, the current generation of Inugami in the family is not a perfect 'Inugami'."
"Perfect Inugami? How should I say it?" I waited patiently for her breathing to calm down, and deliberately dragged out my speech.
"It stands to reason that the domestic dog that makes the dog god must starve. Only when the resentment accumulates to the peak, cut off the head, can the resentment be transformed into mana and become a perfect and powerful dog god. Although this is pitiful, it is necessary as a house god ...But this one, the taboo that should have been strictly observed during the production process was broken."
"Taboo? By whom?" According to the general rules of family god production, if an outsider finds out during the production process, the family who performed the spell may be killed.
"It's my mother's younger brother, Uncle Kazuhiko who has been missing for many years." Taeko took out a handkerchief, half covered it with her sleeves and wiped off the sweat, and continued: "I heard from my mother that Kazuhiko was only seven years old at the time, and he loved the family raised by his grandfather very much." Inubaibei. When my grandmother decided to use Baibei to make Inugami, Uncle Kazuhiko not only cried and made a fuss, but also destroyed the making ceremony of Inugami. After Baibei was buried in the soil, Uncle Kazuhiko brought food to secretly fed it."
"In other words, the process of accumulating resentment has been interrupted." I took a sip of tea and inserted the topic when Taeko was breathing to avoid silence.For reasons of humanity, I cannot approve of this practice of burying creatures in the soil, starving them alive and then killing them.But from the perspective of making house gods, the stronger the resentment of the house god, the greater the mana, and this redeemed white dog is actually a substandard defective product.
"Yes, that's right." Taeko managed to regain her normal complexion, and bowed to me, "I'm very sorry, I'm weak, and I often fall ill like this. Please forgive me if I'm not well received."
"Nothing, if it doesn't cause too much burden on your body, please tell me some more clues."
"That's right, what I just said... By the way, because it was done secretly, my grandmother didn't know about it. It wasn't until after the ceremony was completed that the dog's body was dissected, and there was actually food in the stomach... So Uncle Heyan was beaten. Scolding, probably out of anger, Uncle Heyan ran away from home the next day and never came back..."
"After Uncle Heyan disappeared, although my grandmother and mother searched for it in many ways, but because there was no news, they gradually forgot about it. Because the dog god with defects had already been moved into the ancestral hall and started offering, the ceremony was not restarted for a while. Fortunately, the family The Tao is still prosperous, and it is no different from the time when the old gods were alive, so there has been no other production for more than forty years... Now my mother has passed away, and my brother is a scholar, so he no longer needs to rely on the family business to live, so not long ago Sold the family-run fishing ground and silk shop... My brother and I didn't agree with the cruel technique of 'Inugami', so we agreed to stop worshiping Inugami after the age of this generation's Inugami, and never again Create new gods. But in the past few months, strange things happened one after another at home..."
"Strange thing?"
"Yes, first the servants complained about hearing children's laughter and running at night; the utensils placed in the ancestral hall at home changed their positions without anyone moving them; and the elder brother's youngest son, Yohei, who is only six years old this year, always Inexplicably injured.” Speaking of this, Taeko’s eyes showed a hint of worry, “Sometimes she was cut by a hidden sharp tool in the toy; sometimes the tableware, which was clearly laid out neatly, fell down in an instant when Yohei passed by... Because of his health, he was unable to conceive, so Yohei is the only male heir in the family. In addition, his sister-in-law passed away due to illness shortly after giving birth to him, so the family loves this child very much. But the events that have happened today are really disturbing. "
"Wait a minute, Miss Taeko, you said just now, did any servants at home hear the child's laughter at night?" I interrupted Taeko's narration, "Then, could it be Young Master Yohei?"
"No, Yohei had already fallen asleep at that time, and the first person who claimed to hear the laughter was Yohei's nanny Kako, she and Yohei slept in the same room, there can be no mistake." Taeko pointed her finger Hiding in the sleeve of the kimono, he twisted unconsciously, "The reason why I am so sure is because I also heard the voice of a child at night, it seems to be smiling and saying 'Let's go together' 'Let's go together' That kind of voice, but definitely not Yohei's voice!"
"If it's not Master Yohei...the only thing you can doubt is 'that'?" I stared into Taeko's eyes and wrote the word "white" on the tatami.
"Ah... yes, did you think of this too? But it is true that the child undead that will appear near the Inugami is not only 'Bai'er'..." Taeko's face turned pale again, as if to prove it Like something, muttering and repeating the question, "Anyone would think so, as long as someone who knows a little bit about Inugami...but, in that case..."
"Bai'er is a ghost serving the dog god, transformed by the soul of a child killed by the dog god. It's just that his appearance has another meaning for the family that worships the dog god-that is, the dog god is no longer controlled by spells, and begins to be addicted to it. The expression of blood." I turned my head to look at the conspicuous paper talisman on the ancestral hall, "This is the reason for temporarily sealing it."
"Yes... But what bothers us is that the appearance of Na Bai'er has not decreased, but has increased." Kiyota Taeko followed my gaze to look at the ancestral hall, and a trace of fear flashed in her worried eyes, "Originally It only occasionally wakes everyone up in the middle of the night, and it happens almost three or four times a week now. It's the same creepy kid laughing, running and yelling 'Let's go, let's go', across the corridors and Disappearing slowly... The servants are panicked, and they seem to have the intention of resigning. But if this continues, let alone the servants, even us as the head of the house..."
"What do you need me to do?" Seeing that Taeko's eyes were already steaming, I had no choice but to change the topic.
"After all, he is a family god. If the method of sealing is too strong, it may lead to retaliation. The moving out ceremony of the dog god requires the presence of the whole family. I have also contacted my brother on the phone. It will be carried out as soon as he returns from business. It will only take two weeks at most. About time." Taeko said, suddenly lowered her head and saluted solemnly: "I want you to stay in the mansion during this period of time, to appease Inugami and Baier, and protect Yohei from any further accidents!"
Just as I was about to answer, the paper door leading to the corridor was suddenly pulled open with a "wow".He rashly broke into a fifteen or sixteen year old girl, wearing a clean blue and white sailor uniform, with short, three-knife flat hair and a cute face.However, the expression attached to this lovely face is rigid and indifferent, which makes people feel extremely inconsistent.She hardly looked me in the eye, she just said to Taeko:
"Auntie, where did my brother go?"
"Jiazi took him to the epidemic prevention station. Today is the day when children in the community are vaccinated." Taeko showed a displeased expression, and replied seriously, "Chiyo, we have guests, so please be polite!"
The paper door slammed shut again with a bang.Taeko sighed and turned to apologize to me:
"It's really rude. She is Chiyo, the elder brother's eldest daughter, and Yohei's older sister. Since the death of her sister-in-law, this child has become eccentric and reticent. Please forgive her."
"It's okay, I'm not a person who can be respected at first sight." I smiled and got up and walked to the courtyard, "Can I walk around?"
"Of course, please do." Taeko got up and opened the paper door for me to lead the way, "Do you need a servant to show you around?"
"Don't bother, I'm just walking around." Putting on the clogs placed outside the corridor, I went down to the moss-covered bluestone ground and walked straight to the ancestral hall.
The spirit body of the dog god is commotion.
Even though I was blocked by the five-color rope and the spell, I could still feel the spiritual power rushing towards my face.The spirit body in front of me could only condense the shape of the head under the restraint of the seal. I stared at those red pupils, but for some reason, I didn't have the strong sense of oppression when I saw the house god in the past.
"Help..." The spirit body suddenly spoke, but it could only utter intermittent syllables, "Please... help..."
I was about to answer when I suddenly felt a strange gaze behind my head.As soon as I turned around, a glass marble scraped my hair and flew onto the slate, splashing countless fragments—Chiyo was standing in the window of the room on the second floor looking at me, with a creepy chill in his eyes.
"Chiyo! What are you doing!" Hearing the noise, Taeko ran out of the room and shouted upstairs.
"Don't get close to my god, you will be bitten to death!" The cold words spit out from the girl's mouth, echoing eeriely in this huge house.
"Chiyo!" Taeko reprimanded loudly again, and her excitement made her breath short again.
The windows were closed in response, and even the curtains were drawn with a "wow".
Although it seems unpopular, since I accepted the request, I will stay at Kiyota's house.After talking on the phone, Kangoro finally agreed to deliver my luggage in person, but only at the door.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the luggage arrived, and Kangoro, who had transformed into a courier boy, stood at the corner of the street a stone's throw away from Kiyota's house, refusing to come any closer.
"It's really uncomfortable, this smell of dogs that has been accumulated for hundreds of years!" Kangoro wrinkled his nose, showing an exaggerated disgust expression, "Even if we stay in such a far away place, this smell still makes me feel sick." People feel uncomfortable!"
"Finish the work for me first, and I'll listen to your complaints later." I pretended to sign for inspection, and wrote a few lines in his notebook, "Check these things out for me."
"Miss Taeko's social circle, Chiyo's school performance, and...the reason for Mrs. Kiyota's death?" A Kan glanced at the content and asked suspiciously, "What's going on? This job is not to appease the out-of-control Inugami?"
"It's not that simple." I looked back at the sluggish big room, turned around and picked up the huge cardboard box, "...Since the master is still working hard, at least help me move this box to the door. "
Ah Kan curled his lips in dissatisfaction, but after all he picked up the box on his shoulder and followed me to the big house.
Night fell quickly, and although the night cherry blossoms planted in the courtyard were beautiful, the paper doors and windows near the courtyard were all closed.The guest room that Taeko arranged for me is at the end of the corridor on the ground floor. As long as you open the curtains, you can have a clear view of everything in the ancestral hall.
"Help... Please help..." The voice was still intermittent, blowing with gusts of evening wind.
save?save who?Are you asking me to lift his seal?I leaned against the window sill, watching the Inugami who could only stick out his head struggling inside the seal, his expression looked not so much horror, but rather...very pitiful.
In my memory, I have never seen such a miserable house god.Generally speaking, elves and monsters that can be called "house gods" are stronger than ordinary ghosts, and they are also different from land gods or land spirits. Arrogance.If the human beings who make offerings are disrespectful, they will be retaliated against, not to mention strangers who are disrespectful to them.Even among the house gods, the Inugami is one of the most powerful breeds, and its destructive power and cruel character should have been even better.But for some reason, ever since I entered Kiyota's house, I feel that this is not like a family dedicated to dog gods.
There is nothing wrong with the dog spirit that has accumulated over a hundred years, but the most important thing is that the "dog god" that is now enshrined in the ancestral hall does not have the temperament of a family god.
Is it because the crafting ceremony was interrupted?But if it fails, the family fortune has not fallen because of the loss of protection, so what is going on?Besides, there is still a little ghost suspected of "Bai'er" appearing, and it cannot be ruled out that this is a cunning monster, tempting us to remove the seal and start a large-scale revenge.
In addition, the vague and strange chill that has always lingered among this family also makes me a little bit concerned.
Before dinner, I made a preliminary understanding of the demographic composition of the Kiyota family: the head of the family, Kiyota Fukuyama, is forty years old and a folklore scholar. Two years old, unmarried, unable to go out to work due to health reasons. After graduating from university, he stayed at home to take care of the family business. After selling the fishing ground and silk factory left by the family, he seemed to design clothing patterns for some dyeing houses to supplement the family income.In addition to these two people, there are nanny Jiazi, maids Ajin and Sanae in the family. They are all honest locals and have no discord with the main family.
At dinner, I met Mr. Fukuyama’s youngest son, Yohei. Unlike his sister’s surly and withdrawn, he was a very cute child—innocent and lively, with a good appearance, and he even learned table manners well.No wonder Taeko had a proud expression when she mentioned the child.Although she is not the biological mother, any family with such a beautiful and sensible child should be unable to resist wanting to show off to others.
But when I saw the hemostatic bandage wrapped around Yohei's finger, I couldn't help but tighten my heart—this is such a child that people can't help but love, but there is still a force, planning to take him to another world go?
Chiyo still didn't show up at dinner, so Taeko asked the maid Sanae to bring the food upstairs.Watching the back of Sanae stepping up the stairs, Taeko couldn't help sighing.
After a relatively pleasant dinner time, I went back to my room on the pretext of being a little tired.After closing the door, I opened the suitcase, took out the compass, candle, EMF electromagnetic radiation detector, laptop computer and two infrared pinhole cameras, and connected the cameras to the computer, one of which was facing the window, and the other was fixed Between the gaps in the paper door, the angle was aligned with Yohei's door.I am just a puppet that has been made into shape, and I have no other special functions except to live longer.And these new or old equipment can help me to judge the culprit of the incident.
The night in the countryside is getting thicker and thicker. During the day, the bright cherry blossoms look a little seductive under the dim moonlight.The sound of snoring gradually came from the room next door. I turned on all the instruments, put the compass in place, lit candles in the four corners of the room, and quietly waited for midnight to fall.
The hour hand moved slowly by one minute and one second, the moon quickly climbed across the sky, and it was three quarters of the ugly hour.Just when I thought that tonight would pass peacefully, something strange happened.
The window was closed, but the candle near the window sill suddenly shook violently. There was no movement on the EMF detector or the real-time video screen, but through the gap in the curtains, I clearly saw a ball of white light spinning and flying out from behind the ancestral hall.
"Let's go together, let's go together..." It was no different from Taeko's description, it was indeed the voice of a child laughing and singing.
The ball of light flew to the connection between the courtyard and the big house and disappeared.The direction of the compass changed subtly, and then the candle placed by the paper door began to shake violently.I silently leaned over to blow them out, and lay down close to the crack of the door—at this moment, a pair of short and white feet ran past me.
"Let's go together, let's go together..." A cheerful voice appeared in the corridor, but it stopped abruptly.
I got up and read the video just now, the infrared camera will not let go of any warm-blooded creatures.But I searched all the images inside and outside the house in the past few minutes, but there was no thermal image.
Just as I was thinking about what to do next, the video image of the camera connected to the corridor suddenly lit up—a little orange came out of the room and turned towards the door.I was startled, quietly pushed open the paper door and stuck my head out, it was Yang Ping!
In the dark corridor, the child seemed to have no intention of turning on the light at all, and just staggered towards the door.Although I can't see his face, I can tell from his back that he should still be in a state of light sleep.But what worries me is not the symptoms of sleepwalking, but a faint white light emanating from the child.
Be possessed.
I carefully pushed the paper door open a little, and squeezed out the door without a sound.At this time, Yohei had already walked down the entrance and opened the main door of the big house.I decided not to disturb him for the time being, but to follow up and see what the purpose of "Bai'er" is.
Yang Ping staggered and pushed open the door. Taking advantage of him disappearing outside the door, I ran quickly through the corridor and came to the door of Yang Ping's bedroom—Jia Zi was still fast asleep. It seemed that Bai'er's goal was only Yang Ping.
I didn't have time to put on my shoes and chased out the door. At this time, Yohei had already crossed the courtyard and stood in front of the ancestral hall with his head down.I saw him grabbing the five-color rope with one hand, and reaching for the charm on the altar with the other, making a gesture to destroy the seal.
"Yangping!" I ran over and grabbed his hand, took out a handful of wormwood ash from my arms and sprinkled it on him.The white light disappeared like smoke, and Yohei collapsed, fell into my arms, and continued to sleep soundly.
I looked up at the quiet ancestral hall. The shrine in the darkness was like a giant mouth of a ghost, waiting for an opportunity to devour passers-by at any time. Although the dog god did not show up, Bai'er's intentions were already obvious.Monsters cannot destroy this kind of spell, so he wants to use Yohei to remove the seal and release Inugami.
The next day, people in the big house began to wake up one after another.Kako made omurice for breakfast, and she seemed to be sleeping well, even complimenting me that she was able to sleep peacefully thanks to my presence.Yang Ping ate by himself as obediently as yesterday, he seemed a little sleepy, but his complexion was not bad.
In order to avoid unnecessary panic, I decided to keep the events of last night under wraps for now.So when Taeko asked me about last night's situation, I just said a few perfunctory words.
At noon, I was called out by Kangoro on the phone.In a very old-looking dessert shop in a small town, I saw Ah Kan with two dark circles under his eyes, poking glutinous rice balls and looking at something absent-mindedly.
"Yo." I stepped forward to say hello, "It's rare that a master in the civet cat world can have such a quiet time."
He glared at me as if complaining, unexpectedly did not refute, but threw me a thick file bag: "I searched for these all night last night, and I demand payment for overtime and expedited work!"
"Thank you for your hard work." I weighed the file bag and decided to take it home and study it carefully. "Let me explain it to you in general. Did you find anything special yesterday?"
"...First of all, Ms. Taeko, her personal relationship is much simpler than imagined." Seeing that I was indifferent, Kangoro had to force himself to sit up straight, and ordered a cup of red bean ice for me, "except for the flower arrangement teacher and the proprietress of the dyeing workshop , the only people she has frequent contact with are a lady surnamed Tachibana and a gentleman surnamed Moriyama. The former is her close friend in her boudoir since she was a child, and the latter is her college classmate. She seems to have had a relationship, but now the man lives in In Yokohama, the two often exchanged letters."
"Well, for women of this age, the social circle is indeed limited." I mixed the red bean ice in my hand, watching the dark red sauce seep into the smoothie, "Next."
"Chiyo's performance in school is fine. Her grades are not very good, and she can only barely pass except for chemistry. But she has not joined any bad clubs or organizations, and she is safe in school... I can only say, He is an introverted child who lacks a sense of existence." Kangoro chewed the balls with his head propped up, and said intermittently, "If there is anything unusual about what you asked for, then only Mrs. Kiyota is dead."
"How to say?"
"She seemed to be suffering from postpartum depression, and she committed suicide, but the method of death was very strange—the cause of death was asphyxiation caused by hanging, but there were dozens of cuts on her wrists, and five were found in her stomach during the autopsy. More than ten sleeping pills."
"...The desire to die is really strong." I couldn't help shivering, I don't know if it was because of Ah Kan's words or the smoothie that just fell down my throat.
"It is said that Chiyo, who was only eight years old at the time, witnessed the death of his mother, and that's why he became such a weird and silent character. Thinking about it this way, it's very pitiful." From the looks of it, he didn't feel any pity at all.
"Is that all?"
"It's only been a day, do you think I'm a computer database?" Ah Kan frowned dissatisfied, "I obtained these clues yesterday by using the Clone Technique to investigate at the same time. , sir, I am exhausted!"
"I know, I'm just asking, how dare you question your efficiency?" I picked up the file bag and got up, ready to leave, "When things are over, I'll treat you to the special grilled sweetfish here how?"
"It's a deal." Ah Kan said, patted his flat stomach at the moment, "If I don't eat half of your salary this time, I won't be the famous big stomach king Kangoro Tanuki in Takano!"
I laughed out loud and went straight to Qingtian's house.But what I didn't expect was that within an hour of my leaving, another accident happened to the Qingtian family.
When I returned to Kiyota's house, an ambulance was parked at the door.Several medical staff helped the wounded man whose face was covered with blood into the carriage. Taeko stood in front of the big house door, wringing her hands constantly, looking like she was about to cry.
The injured was the nanny Jiazi, who was injured by the falling lacquered screen.Originally, it shouldn’t be a serious problem to be hit by the screen, but for some reason, two nails protruded from the hinge of the screen, and when it fell, it hit Jiazi’s head and thigh, causing a lot of bleeding.
After seeing Kako off, Taeko and I went back to the living room.Sanae and Ah Jin huddled together in the corridor and chatted quietly, but they hurriedly left as soon as they saw Taeko.
Taeko shook her head helplessly, the tortoiseshell hairpin dangling wildly.She sat down with a bitter face, her lips were bloodless: "Miss Gao Ye, did you find anything unusual in the humble house?"
"I can't say there isn't, but it's hard to say because the reason is still unclear." I recalled what happened last night, and blurted out, "Where's Master Yangping?"
"Ah...he's fine, the child is still taking a nap in the room. It's just..." Miaozi was taken aback when she heard the words, but hesitated to speak.
"what?"
"The room where Jiazi was injured was Yanghei's playroom. When I passed by there today, I found toys scattered on the floor and hadn't been cleaned up. Originally, Yanghei's toys were always cleaned up by himself, but today the child seemed very tired for some reason, so I Let him take a nap early and ask Jiazi to tidy up the toys for him, unexpectedly..."
"That is to say, if it wasn't for the early nap, the one who was injured might be Master Yangping?" My heart sank, "Can you take me to see the game room?"
Taeko nodded in agreement, got up and led me up to the second floor.The game room is a separate room with a size of six square meters, surrounded by closets, the only window is wide open, the lacquered screen is on the ground, and the plastic car and porcelain dolls are broken on the ground.There were bloodstains and messy footprints on the tatami - it seemed that the servants hadn't had time to clean it.
I carefully walked around the mess on the ground, and folded one of the fallen screens.Those two troublesome rivets protrude straight out of the screen surface, more than two inches long.Judging from the injured part of Jiazi, she should have been kneeling on the tatami to pick up toys. If the screen fell at this time, there was no way to hide.
The lacquered screen was very heavy. I put down the folded one and looked around the ground—a small piece of black powder caught my attention.Judging by the texture, it should be a piece of sawdust, but for some reason, the wooden part has completely turned black.
Following the area where the sawdust was scattered, I noticed that there were signs of corrosion on the inner sides of the two pillars in the middle of the lacquered screen.Viewed from the side, the bottom of the screen is almost trapezoidal. Even if such load-bearing does not need to be pushed by people, it only needs a gust of wind to lose its balance and fall to the inside.
"Ms. Taeko, besides Young Master Yanghei and Kako, who else has been in this room?" I reached out and picked up some sawdust, and silently hid it in my sleeve.
"Ah... This room was originally Chiyo's playroom, but since Chiyo was eight years old, he hardly entered here, so it was changed to a place where Yohei played. As for the people who might enter the room... sorry, because this is usually the playroom It's unlocked, so anyone can get in if they want."
"Really?" I stood up and went to the window.From here, you can clearly see the roof of the ancestral hall, and there is a dead silence inside.The windows of the room on the right-hand side were closed, and the curtains were drawn tightly.There was no one in the courtyard, but I could feel a strange gaze, staring at everything that happened here.
"Miss Taeko, what are the rooms on both sides of the game room used for?" I carefully walked around the debris on the ground again and asked at the door of the room.
"My room is on the left, and Chiyo's is on the right." Taeko looked at me inexplicably, and my overly serious expression seemed to have troubled her, "Miss Takano, is there any problem in this room?"
"Is Miss Chiyo at home now?" I answered irrelevantly and walked towards the door on the right.
"Yes, this morning she said she was feeling unwell, she asked for sick leave from the school, and has been locked in her room since morning."
"Really? It's next door to where the incident happened. Let's go ask her if she heard any noise." I reached out and knocked on Chiyo's door.
After knocking for a long time, the door opened with a "squeak".Chiyo held the door and stared at me with gloomy eyes.Before I could speak, she said coldly:
"It's the dog god, that woman did something blasphemous to the dog god."
"Chiyo, don't talk nonsense!" Taeko interrupted her niece, "Inugami is the patron saint of the family. Didn't I teach you not to talk like that!"
"It's true, that woman throws the dust out of the window every time after cleaning the room. Inugami said that she made the altar dusty, so she must be punished!" Chiyo stared at Taeko with a strange light in his eyes and said, "Everyone who has ever offended the dog god will die!"
"Chiyo!" Taeko blushed and snapped, "What nonsense!"
"I'm not talking nonsense, these are what Inugami told me. Don't forget that now I am the heir to the Inugami Tomb, and you are just an abandoned waste woman." Chiyo said, closing the door behind her back, "Don't think that No one knows what you did at the Inugamizuka!"
Taeko's face turned pale, her body began to tremble violently, and she almost fell down.But my eyes didn't leave Chiyo's room door - the moment she closed the door just now, I saw Youdao's looming white light rising from the darkness behind her.
In the evening of that day, I urgently met with Kangoro in a small restaurant in the town, and talked about my guesses and ideas.
"Impossible!" As I expected, after listening to my suggestion, Kangoro immediately refused, "It is absolutely impossible for me to go to that dog-smelling house to accompany you to do that kind of thing." arrive!"
"Don't talk so badly, after all, human life is at stake, and the reward this time is not thin." I hurriedly threw out chips, "I'll treat you to a dozen grilled sweetfish after it's done!"
"Hmph." Ah Kan turned his head unmoved.
"Then snapper? Grouper? Hokkaido spider crab?" I continued to increase the size.
Ah Kan was biting the meat skewers by himself, with a stubborn expression of "I also have principles".I had no choice but to grit my teeth and spend my life:
"Abalone and tuna with sea urchin boat sushi dishes! Plus a bottle of Hakuzuru Daiginjo! You can pick it up if you want, if you don't pick it up, I will go to Bai Zangzhu overnight for help!"
"Deal!" Kangoro jumped up from his seat and held my outstretched hand, "You said that."
"It's a promise, but the premise is that things must be done for me first." I withdrew my hand and took out a diving nose clip from my pocket. "Considering your feelings, I specially prepared this for you."
"No need, actually, I care about another thing more than the smell of dogs." Kangoro waved his hand carelessly, and drank the sake in the glass, "But for the sake of Daiginjo, I'll be wronged and accompany you for a walk."
"Cut." I turned my head, snatched a skewer of meat from under his claws, opened my mouth and bit down hard.
"……Let's go together……"
"No, it's scary!"
"...Let's go together, what is there to miss in this world?"
"No! Who will save me? Who will save us!"
“别害怕，我会一直陪着你的……地狱也好幽冥也罢，我都会和你在一起……”
“不要！我不想死！”
“所以……和我一起死吧！”
"don't want!"
惊叫着从噩梦里醒来，浑身是汗，手脚冰凉。窗帘没有拉严，一缕月光照进昏暗的空间。一个纤细的人影缓缓爬起身来，镇定呼吸，走到窗户边。从这里可以清楚看到祠堂的屋顶和净坛，五色绳在夜风中来回摇摆，犬神在骚动。
如果它真的是家神的话，应该是在为这样的行为而震怒吧。
背弃了自己的姓氏，处心积虑想害死这个家里唯一的男嗣，毁掉这个家——这一切与其说是为了复仇，不如说，是为了把自己从那个噩梦中拯救出去。
人影打开抽屉，从中取出一个密闭的盒子，在月光下打开。
朦胧的月光下，盒子里的十几颗珠子闪烁着美丽的青白色荧光。人影无声地勾起嘴唇，绽放出一个比月色更冷清的微笑。
对不起，洋平，请你代替我，跟她一起去另一个世界吧！
“救救……他！”
午夜时分，正在整理线索的我被一个稚嫩的童声打断了思路。
“……请救救这个家！这个家……快要崩溃了，请您救救他！”一团白光，沿着窗缝漏进屋内，白光中心渐渐浮凸出一个小小的人形，随后长出口鼻，是一个全身雪白的童子形象。
当作结界点燃的四根蜡烛已经全部熄灭了。我转过身直面那缥缈的灵体，伸手向怀中去摸辟邪的艾灰——这时我忽然有些后悔没有带着勘五郎一起回来提前行动。毕竟一只寿数三百余岁的狸猫，要对付“白儿”这样的寄生型妖怪，还是绰绰有余的。
可是出乎我意料，那由白光形成的童子却在我面前跪了下来，行礼道：“请救救我的主家，现在能够阻止灾难的，就只有您了。”
“……很抱歉，虽然承蒙您如此拜托，但我无法相信侍奉犬神的白儿会有替主家担忧的想法。”白儿是被犬神咬死后被迫侍奉凶手的冤魂，只要有可能，他便会寻找替身以求解脱，因此是和“川赤子”、一样阴险难防的妖怪。
“我不是……白儿！”再次出乎我意料的，童子深深俯首，否定了我对他的身份认定，“我不是白儿，我并非被犬神大人所困而无法离开，是自愿留在这里守护家主的！”
“咦？”我愕然，不是白儿？那会是什么妖怪？Undead?God formula?
“即使要将我们驱逐也没关系，请救救这个家……不，即使不被驱逐或移除，我也已经和白兵卫约好了，等到这次的事件了结后便会离开……因此请帮助我们，守护好这个家的继承人！”
童子长拜不起，令我如坠五里雾中。这一番夜访带来了太多新的疑问：除了犬神外，难道清田家还有一位守护神？如果他的话属实，那么他的动机与立场何在？如果是白儿的诓骗，那么他又是在谋划着什么？
“……知道了，我会尽力而为的。”权衡再三，我决定先点头答应下来，毕竟在他要求我守护洋平这一点上，与我和阿勘所要做的并不矛盾。
童子再三拜谢，重又化作光雾，作势渐渐散去。我猛然想起一些事情，连忙叫住他道：
“等等！既然要伤害继承人性命的不是你们，那么元凶是什么？”
“夜半之明月珠，恰是亡母勾魂之青鹭火。”光雾中传来如是话语，随即消失于夜幕中。
当窗外响起第一声鸟鸣时，我几乎是如释重负地走出屋子，张开手脚大大地伸了个懒腰。
昨晚当童子消失后，我便再也无法入睡，索性在房间内专心打坐，用离魂法监视着洋平房内的一举一动。佳子还在住院，洋平只得一个人睡，这无疑增加了他被袭击的可能。好在约定的时间内，勘五郎总算化作一道旋风挂进了屋子。当我在洋平房内看见他那张黝黑圆润的狸猫脸时，才总算松了一口气。
接下来直到午夜以前的所有事务，交给他办理便可以。只要按照昨天商量好的方案行事，那么至少可以保证洋平不会受到伤害。
而我现在所需要思考的，便是昨夜童子所留下的那句隐语。
“夜半之明月珠，恰是亡母勾魂之青鹭火。”
明月珠？青鹭火？亡母？难道这事还跟死去的清田夫人有关？那童子的话能否相信？如果真如他所言，他的目的是要保护洋平，那么之前发生的事确实也说得通——洋平被附身后，并没有受到任何伤害，相反因为精神萎靡提前午睡，才逃过了屏风一劫。
我走进浴室，从洗脸台中掬起一捧清水洗了洗脸——也罢，无论犬神与童子的目的何在，都与我今晚的布置无关。这种种事故到底是天灾还是人祸，只待今晚便可验证。
天空渐渐亮起来，窗外的鸟鸣此起彼伏。我走出浴室，恰与从房间走出的洋平打了个照面。在走廊擦身而过的瞬间，他冲我调皮地做了个鬼脸。
That night.
万籁俱寂，小镇宁静的深夜，只有酒馆外的灯笼与银河在闪烁光芒。大屋里的人已经都睡下了，忽然从底楼的一扇窗户里传出几声爆响，紧接着便腾起了火光。说时迟那时快，一道白练忽然划过庭院，撞破窗户冲进了火光之中。
“什么声音？”妙子被嘈杂声从梦中惊醒，披衣起身，站在二楼的楼梯拐角处向下观望——只见洋平房间的纸门被照得一片通明，除了烧灼家具发出的“噼啪”声外，还夹杂着孩子的哭叫声。
“是洋平！”妙子大惊，顾不得身体孱弱，从楼上连滚带爬地跑下来，冲到门前抓住滚烫的纸门用力推开——一道白光暴起，佣人们连忙簇拥着女主人后退躲避火舌。然而出现在眼前的一幕，却让所有人都不由得屏住了呼吸。
熊熊火光围绕着的房间正中，站着一头比牛犊还大的白犬。只见它鬃毛如焰双目似血，浑身闪烁着青白色的灵光，在白犬脚下，洋平正蜷成一团，双目紧闭，不知是昏迷还是熟睡。白犬低下头绷紧四肢，聚起灵力形成一个半圆形的结界，以保护洋平不受火焰的侵袭。
“怎么会……是犬神？”在场的人群中，不知是谁发出了惊恐的感叹。
“快！先灭火！”身穿橘红色和服出现的灵媒师一语惊醒众人，佣人们纷纷撒开脚步向浴室奔去。
火熄灭了，留下一地水渍与焦黑。
白犬仍然定定地站在房间中央，小心地弓着身体守护着脚下的孩子。我系起和服下摆，走过去抱起洋平，向“犬神”致谢：
“多谢您了。”
白犬应声化作光雾，掠起一阵清风消失了。我退回门外，将洋平转交给目瞪口呆的妙子：“他没事，只是睡着了而已，多亏有犬神庇护。”
“不可能！”千代不知何时来到门外，闻言忽然歇斯底里地大叫起来，“为什么？明明烧起了这么大的火……而且就算没有被烧伤……为什么？我才是犬神塚的继承人！为什么要庇护他！”
“没错，庇护他就等于是在伤害你，对不对？”我打开走廊的顶灯，放下和服下摆，抬手指着躲在楼梯下阴暗处的千代，“还真是辛苦你了，费尽心机想要致洋平于死地的凶手——千代小姐！”
“什么？”妙子和女佣们不约而同发出惊呼，妙子转身面向千代，瞪大眼睛呼喊道：“千代，这一切是你做的？为什么？洋平是你亲弟弟啊！”
千代紧咬嘴唇，既不承认也不否认。她赤足站在冰冷的木地板上，身上只穿一件薄薄的连身裙式白睡衣。即使是明确有杀人的动机，可眼前的女孩子仍然干净可爱得仿佛净琉璃人偶一样。
“一切，应该是从七年前清田夫人的死开始的吧。”我走上前去，站在妙子与千代之间，用身体阻挡住千代投向洋平的视线，“当时，清田夫人在生下洋平后罹患产后抑郁症，对这个世界感到了无生趣。而她惨死的那一刻，恰好被千代小姐你目击了，是吗？”
千代的肩膀颤抖了一下，但仍然不愿开口。
“或许说目击还不太恰当，当时，你应该一直在你母亲身边。因为精神不稳的缘故，洋平出生不久就被告知必须和母亲分离。清田先生忙于工作时常不在家，而妙子小姐当时正为一段感情痴缠，无暇顾及他人……无人可以告解的清田夫人，想必心中非常寂寞吧？”
……这样的世界，究竟有什么可留恋的呢？
千代忍不住用手捂住耳朵，似乎想要隔绝从记忆中涌上来的残酷片段。
“因为无人宽慰，清田夫人的病情很快加重，直至到了想要自杀的程度。但是出于对孩子的爱，即使已经丧失理智的清田夫人，也想为自己的孩子做一些事——她所想到的就是死，带着孩子们一起死！或许在当时的她心里，不沾染尘世的烦恼与痛苦，以纯粹天真的儿童姿态回归天国，才是孩子们最好的结局吧。”
别害怕，我会一直陪着你的……地狱也好幽冥也罢，我都会和你在一起……
千代的表情扭曲起来，似乎被某种未知的力量所胁迫，肩膀渐渐收紧。
“洋平已经被人抱走了，所以清田夫人能够带走的，只有已经年满八岁，能够独自来探视的千代小姐。于是，那一天，当千代小姐出现在清田夫人的病房里，母亲的手没有像以往一样爱抚她的脸孔和头发，而是掐住了她的脖子。”
所以……和我一起死吧！
千代捂着耳朵蹲下身去，喉咙中发出沉重的喘息声。
“出于恐惧和求生本能，当时的千代小姐挣脱了母亲的手，从房间内逃了出去。可能是因为害怕，这孩子没有将此事告诉任何人，而是一味逃离……直到半小时后她冷静下来，再度回到母亲的病房，却发现母亲已经自杀身亡了。”
我抬起双手结印，直指那蜷缩在黑暗中苍白的身影：“如此，母亲的不幸便从此住进了女儿的人生里。千代小姐一直被当时的情景所困扰着，如同被母亲的亡魂纠缠着一样。”
“如果当时有人关心母亲，是不是就不会发生这种事了？如果当时自己留在母亲身边，是不是就不会发生这种事了？如果当时洋平没有出生，是不是就不会发生这种事了……被越来越多这样的念头困扰，千代小姐不断生活在噩梦与痛苦之中，最终产生了怨恨——她怨恨这个家里的每一个人，怨恨父亲，怨恨失职的姑母妙子，怨恨当时什么都不懂的自己……然而最后，这些怨恨都归结到一个人身上——那就是洋平。”
“为了生下洋平母亲才会得病；如果当时洋平在母亲身边，自己可能就不会有险些被生母所杀的记忆……这样的想法越来越根深蒂固，甚至让千代小姐产生了幻觉——她认为现在自己痛苦的根源就是母亲的亡灵作祟，而要安抚母亲，必须让她带走她的一个孩子，不是自己就是洋平……这样自然而然的，千代小姐便对洋平少爷萌生了杀意。但是，如何要杀死一个人而不影响到自己的人生，千代小姐一直没有找到可以逃脱罪责的理由，直到她年满十五岁，从姑母妙子那里继承了犬神塚。”
说到这里，妙子的身体忽然颤抖了一下，低下头小声叹息：“怎么会……”
“犬神塚是家族历代犬神埋葬遗骨的地方。头会被当做神体来供奉，而身子就埋在犬神塚里。清田家的犬神塚地处偏僻，是一片幽密的小树林，非常适合不想被他人发现的情侣约会……妙子小姐，所谓的冒渎之事，大约就是您和森山先生在那里的不当言行吧。”
妙子脸颊一下红了起来，嗫嚅着小声辩解：“那些……只是年轻时候……”
“供奉犬神家族继承犬神塚的女子，只能入赘，而且因为妙子小姐的身体缘故，最终森山先生选择了放弃。但是，或许正是因为受到这样的打击，使得妙子小姐决定提前卸下主母的责任，将犬神塚交给刚满十五岁的千代……四国地区自古以来便有犬神杀人的传说，近代也有牵涉到犬神而无法破获的案例。于是，在得知了有关犬神的知识以后，千代小姐便有了无罪杀人的可能——将一切罪行推给犬神，只要没有自己谋杀的证据，最后将一切归罪于犬神的怨念，就可以了。”
“接下来故意混在玩具里的刀片也好，会忽然倒下餐具和屏风也罢，都是为了伪造出意外死亡的假象。即使意外的频率超出常理，也可以一股脑推给犬神。为了尽快摆脱噩梦，千代小姐在几次尝试失败后做出了一种超乎想象的暗器……也难怪你所有的学科里，只有化学的成绩一枝独秀。”
我从袖中掏出一小块玻璃球碎片，它被蕴藏其中的巨大力量炸得四分五裂，现在洋平的房间内还散落着许多同样的残骸。夜半之明月珠，恰是亡母勾魂之青鹭火——童子所指的凶器，原来就是这个。
“这种玻璃球一共分三层，最里层为硝石和硫磺的混合物——也就是简易的黑火药；中间像花瓣一样围绕着核心的是白磷的涂层，白磷遇空气会燃烧，所以在与玻璃球表面链接的气孔上塞了油脂进行阻隔。但油脂遇热会融化，通常情况下只需人类的体温，就会令油脂慢慢流失。而一旦白磷与空气接触，就会点燃核心的黑火药……这样的一颗玻璃球，不亚于一枚超微型炸弹。接下来，千代小姐只需随便编个谎言，哄骗洋平少爷在晚上睡觉时也带着这些美丽的新玩具，只要玻璃球一爆炸，如此近的距离内洋平少爷即使不被烧死，也会被玻璃碎片炸成重伤。”
“虽然这样的手法的确出人意料，而且大火也会毁掉第一现场。但是，想必现在剩下的物证还在你的房间内吧？昨天我在你房内看到的白色火光，应该就是残留的白磷所发出的磷光吧？”
我停下讲述，定定注视着不远处那个看起来无助又可悲的小小人影：“只是，唯一出乎你意料的是——犬神竟然真的存在，而且……救了洋平！”
“罗唆！”
一声尖叫，划破了屋内的寂静。千代抬起头，露出涕泪交流的脸庞，抱着头激动地哭叫道：
“为什么！为什么要庇护他！为什么要庇护杀了它的家族！为什么！明明我才是继承犬神塚的人！为什么不听听我的痛苦！为什么不帮助我……为什么！”
“那是因为……犬神是守护神，不管主人曾经对它做过什么，该守护的，还是一定要守护。”我向着那名哭泣的少女伸出手去，“来吧，正视自己的过去，困住你的不是什么亡魂，而是你自己。”
“走开！”千代猛然推开我，拼命向楼上跑去。她没有回到二楼自己的房间，而是直奔顶楼——清田家的大屋一共三层，楼顶上有个巨大的露台。
“拦住她！”我倒在地上大叫，“她想要自寻短见！”
女佣们如梦初醒，连忙追着跑上楼梯，我一骨碌从地上跳起来，直接从大门跑出屋外——从庭院里可以清楚看到露台上的情形。千代已经站在了栏杆边缘，仰望着星空，纤细的身体在夜风中显得分为单薄。
“千代，别胡来！”妙子也跟着我跑了出来，抱着洋平泪流满面地呼唤着。
“妈妈……对不起，最终，还是只得我来陪你。”千代如是说着，闭上眼从露台上一跃而下。
就在这时，一道白色的光芒从庭院内一跃而出，迎头截住了千代下坠的弧线——巨大的白犬叼住了千代的衣襟，将她稳稳放在了地面上。
“好小子！回头再奖你一瓶仙鹤大吟酿！”望着白犬矫健的身影，我不禁在心中暗自赞叹。
“还真是累啊，一天里不停地变来变去，要变成狸猫最讨厌的狗；之后还要帮你额外救人……”四月温暖的春风里，勘五郎四仰八叉地躺在车站的候车长椅上，不合时宜地发出抱怨。
“呐呐，不是说过会支付加班费的么？”我伸手拍了拍手袋里厚厚的信封——因为圆满地解决了所有事件，妙子小姐付了双倍工钱。即使大胃如勘五郎这样的祸害，也至少可以养活他一两个月了。
屏风事件以后，我紧急约见他时所提出的计划，其实是这样的——于当晚将洋平少爷调包，勘五郎化作洋平进行日常起居，而真正的洋平少爷则一直在我房间的壁橱内沉睡，我在他四周设下重重结界，以保证任何妖怪或人类都无法发现他的气息。直到午夜以后，勘五郎才点燃那些玻璃珠，化作白犬从我房中带走真正的洋平，这才上演了昨晚“犬神护主”的那一幕。
“其实，你在看到她给我那些珠子时，就确定她是凶手了吧？”阿勘伸直了两条长腿，慵懒地瘫在长椅上道，“把我当成她弟弟，那么亲切地给我这些玻璃珠，还保证说抱着它们一起睡会梦见母亲……该说她是演技差呢，还是急于想摆脱噩梦……”
“其实之前便有所怀疑了，这会儿只是确定而已。不过现在这样也好，她虽然有杀人动机，但所幸还没有成功，应该不会受到太过严厉的处罚吧。”我望着车站两旁盛开的重瓣樱，自言自语般期许道，“希望她能够学会让自己从噩梦里走出来。”
一阵熏风刮过，纷乱的落英飘过后，我在樱树背后看见了两道白光。
“是来送我们的吧，真是的，也不带些个谢礼什么的。”勘五郎望着白光中依稀浮现的童子和白犬形象，大大咧咧地挥了挥手，“不是白儿吗？哪会是什么妖怪？”
“是座敷童子哟！”我微微一笑，回头望着阿勘惊讶的表情，“管他什么妖怪，这样不是挺好的么？”
离家出走的和彦，恐怕早就遭遇不幸不在人世了，但是出于对家族的牵挂之情，使得他的一缕魂魄回到家中，化成守护神与生前心爱的白兵卫一起看护子孙后代。当年限越来越接近五十年的期限时，和彦便一直想说服白兵卫放弃守护，和他一起解脱成佛，但是白兵卫拒绝了，因为不忍看着与当年的和彦极为相似的洋平遭遇不幸。于是，便有了和彦现身提醒族人，而白兵卫反遭到封印一事……
不合格的犬神与被遗忘的祖先，却是那个家里最让族人安心的存在。
“座敷童子吗？”阿勘望着渐渐消失的白光，疑惑地转头问我，“这样好么？据说座敷童子离开后的家族，会失去幸福哦。”
“什么是幸福呢？为了延续幸福，需要不断虐杀生灵的家族；让渴望出嫁的女儿独守空闺的家族；让孩子离家出走一去不返的家族……这样的家族，原本拥有的是幸福么？”我仰起头，眺望着蓝天白云外自由翱翔的鸟群，“那些我是不知道，但是黄泉路上有人陪伴同行，我想，那也算一种幸福。”
事件结束后，妙子小姐已经解除了祠堂内的封印。犬神的移除仪式也会按计划在下周举行。幻想着获得解脱后和彦与白兵卫奔跑离去的背影，不知为何，我感到异常温暖。
孩子和白犬会去到的天堂……会是什么样子呢？如是想着，我不由微笑起来。
“傻笑什么呢？车来了！”阿勘拍了一把我的胳膊，拉着我三步并作两步跨上长途汽车，“说好了，到下一个城镇就兑现承诺哟！鲍鱼鲔鱼和海胆船寿司料理，外加两瓶大吟酿，一个都不准少啊！”
“知道了知道了，看着金元在我口袋里多待一会，你就浑身不舒服是不是？”我狠狠瞪他一眼，扭过头看窗外绚烂的风景。
窗外樱花纷飞，仿佛成片粉色的流云。
这样的世界，很美。
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