Chapter 45 first quarter

Spring has come.Although the cherry blossoms have not yet bloomed, the chill that made people shiver all over has disappeared. Seimei was lying on the cold slatted corridor. The right side of the body is down, the right elbow is propped up, the head rests on the right hand, and the eyes are closed. On the floor next to his face, there was a glass wine glass half filled with wine. Near the glazed wine glass, there is another wine glass, and a little further away from the wine glass is Yuan Boya sitting on the narrow corridor. The plum blossoms are gone, and the peach blossoms are also gone.

Now is the time when the cherry blossoms are in bud. On some branches, a few early-blooming cherry blossoms may have appeared impatiently. In Seimei's mansion courtyard, Chiba daylilies and chickweed's tender green leaves can be seen everywhere.However, it will probably soon be buried among the weeds that come from behind and disappear without a trace. The afternoon sun gently illuminates the courtyard. The sun also shines on the glass wine glasses on the narrow slatted corridor, casting bright green shadows on the floor. Boya has been looking at Qingming worriedly for a while.That expression seemed to be angry.

"Qingming, you really don't care?" Boya said. "What do you care about?" Qingming still closed his eyes. "It's tomorrow." "tomorrow?" "Aren't you going to compete in spells with Mr. Ashiya Doman tomorrow?" "Oh, so it was that." "Is there anything else? I was so worried that I was restless, so I came to see you, but you acted like nothing to do with yourself, lying on the floor carefree." The sunlight reflected by the glass wine glass danced crystal clear around Seimei's eyes. "But, even if I get up, it won't help." Seimei, who felt the glare of the light, opened his eyes and moved his face to avoid the light.

"That being said, the other party is full of Taoism." "Hmm." Qingming nodded, and finally propped up his upper body. Qingming sat cross-legged on the narrow corridor, leaning against a pillar.The sunlight shone on part of his white hunting clothes, dazzling. "Why do you accept this challenge?" "Why? Boya, you forgot? This is what you asked me to accept." "I was only entrusted by the emperor, so I had no choice but to convey the emperor's will. I thought you would refuse." "The man asked me to do it, can I refuse?" Qingming smiled.

"That man" Seimei said was the emperor—Emperor Murakami. "Uh, uh..." Boya couldn't answer, but looked at Qingming helplessly. Here's the thing. Four days ago, the master in the palace mentioned Qingming and Daoman's spells.The location is Zichen Palace.Headed by Emperor Murakami, there were several others present, but the main ones who raised this topic were the left minister Fujiwara Miyori and the right minister Fujiwara Shisuke. "Throughout the ages, there are indeed several outstanding onmyojis, but if only one is selected, who is qualified..." It was Emperor Murakami who opened the topic first.

At first, everyone chatted about skills. Starting from "who is the famous lute", we talked about "who has the best painting", and then talked about "who is the strongest sumo wrestler".Chatting and chatting, finally Emperor Murakami spoke casually. Although it was just talking casually and couldn't help blurting it out, since the emperor said it, everyone couldn't listen and ignore it. "When it comes to Onmyoji, the one who is famous all over the world is of course the late Lord He Mao Zhongxing. If you want to say that the leading Onmyoji in the contemporary era, it should be Lord Zhongxing's son He Mao Baoxian..." Someone said.

"No, the number one onmyoji in the contemporary era, there is no one other than Seimei Abe, a doctor of astronomy." It was Miyori Fujiwara who said this.Someone nodded in agreement. "I heard that Abe Seimei raised several shikigami, and once crushed a toad to death with willow leaves in Kanchao Monastery's Banzhao Temple." "I've heard about that too." "I also heard that Master Qingming keeps ghosts under a bridge." "It makes sense, it turns out to be Master Seimei..." Just when everyone was chatting with gusto, the minister on the right, Fujiwara Shisuke, said, "Wait a minute."

Shifu is Shilai's younger brother, and he always confronts his brother at every turn. "I don't want to deny Master Qingming's strength, but it's not the onmyojis in the onmyoji dormitory that can be called onmyojis." "What do you mean?" Shirai asked. "There are also excellent onmyoji out there." "yes?" "I heard that among the mages or onmyoji in the Harima Kingdom, there is an onmyoji named Ashiya Michimitsu. It is said that his spells are quite brilliant." "Michiman Ashiya?" "For the purpose of collecting money, I specially perform spells such as nightmare charm and poisonous poison. I heard that they will curse..."

"That's too insidious." "No, if it is said that Ashiya Doman is too insidious, the same is true for Lord Baoxian or Lord Seimei. As long as they are willing, they will also perform the magic of nightmare and poison." "However, Lord Baoxian and Lord Seimei cannot implement the curse law..." "Of course it's impossible, but Lord Daoman didn't curse others at will. If someone hadn't paid him to do it, he wouldn't have done such vicious things." Taizheng Minister Fujiwara Tadahira was always listening to the conversation between the two. After the teacher finished speaking, he asked: "I have also heard the rumors about Ashiya Doman. How powerful is his mana?"

Zhongping is the father of Shilai and Shifu. In order not to let the argument between the two brothers develop into a meaningless quarrel, he deliberately interrupted. "It is said that as long as you stretch out your fingers, you can make the birds in the air fall, and you can also walk on the water." Shifu replied. "Isn't that fun?" Zhongping said. "interesting?" "You can summon Abe Seimei and Ashiya Michiman into the palace and let them compete." "I see." "That's a good idea..." Both Shi Lai and Shifu were very interested.

"What do you think, Your Majesty?" Zhongping asked the Emperor for his opinion. "Fighting skills?" The emperor nodded, "It's indeed interesting, but let's not talk about Qingming, do you know where Daoman lives?" "I heard that he lived in a ruined temple in Xijing without authorization, where he ate and lived. If he really lives in the ruined temple, send someone to..." Shifu replied. "Then, you immediately send someone to ask Ashiya Doman to see if he is willing to fight Qingming." Zhongping ordered. "Yes." Shifu nodded. "Master Qingming, who should I send to say hello?" Zhongping asked again. "How about sending Master Yuan Boya?" "It makes sense. Master Yuan Boya and Master Seimei have a long history of friendship. Let Master Yuan Boya go." "good idea." Several people in the palace nominated Boya at the same time, and as a result, the emperor appointed Boya to complete this task. For this matter, Boya came to Qingming's mansion three days ago. "I really wanted to stop this fight, but, Qingming, I happened to not be there that day..." Boya came to Qingming's mansion and conveyed the emperor's will to Qingming with guilt and anxiety. "Because the emperor directly asked me to convey it, I had no choice but to come. However, if you don't want to accept it, just refuse it." Boya finished his speech, and went home. This was three days ago. Then, Boya specially came to Qingming's mansion today. After Boya heard in the palace that Qingming had agreed to fight Daoman, he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and hurried to Qingming's mansion. When I came to have a look, I found Qingming lying on the narrow corridor drinking. "Bo Ya, have a drink with me." Hearing what Qingming said, Boya had no choice but to sit down and drink with Qingming. Tomorrow is the day of fighting. "Qingming, after watching your respective spells tomorrow, you will be asked to guess the riddle and guess what is hidden in the box. Do you know the news?" Boya asked. "Well, I know." Qingming nodded nonchalantly, not worried at all. "Anyway, Boya, let's relax today." Qingming said, looking at Chuchun's courtyard.