Chapter 49 Section five

The two drank wine leisurely. It was night now, and the cherry blossoms in Seimei's mansion courtyard had begun to bloom due to the high temperature during the day. Looking from the narrow corridor, I saw white flowers sparsely dotted in the darkness. Seimei and Boya were sitting opposite each other, drinking. There is a large wine bottle and three plain pottery wine glasses on the narrow corridor.Among them, two were full of wine. The two occasionally brought the wine glasses to their mouths, casually watching the night in the courtyard. At noon that day, Seimei and Daoman had a spell contest.

"Speaking of which, Qingming, it's really surprising..." Boya said, "Did you and Daoman curse each other when you insisted on rats and oranges?" "Well, it is indeed a curse." "You stick to your own opinions, and the thing in the box is cursed by the person who finally gave the answer?" "Ok." "However, when Daoman first said the answer, he even said the quantity and what was in it. I was worried that I didn't know what the result would be. But, is it because Daoman said it first, which put him in a disadvantageous position ?”

"..." "But, Qingming, after you and Daoman left, another even more surprising thing happened." "What's up?" "After you left, the first person to rush to the box was the minister on the right, Fujiwara Shisuke. Mr. Shifu seemed very unconvinced. He picked up a big orange to look at it, and then checked the box again and again..." In the end, Shifu seemed to think of something, and with a low growl, he peeled the big mandarin in his hand. "Please help me peel this tangerine." A few people came to help peel the tangerines. After peeling the skins of the four tangerines, they did not expect that a rat appeared inside the tangerines.

It turns out that among the four big tangerines, there are three small squirrels inside each. As soon as everyone peeled off the citrus, they saw the little squirrels crawling out one after another. "It proves that you and Mr. Daoman have guessed the contents of the box correctly." Boya said, "As a result, the little hyacinth rats that crawled out of the oranges each held a small golden bauble in their mouths. You know that little bauble What is the thing?" "It's the twelve god generals made of gold." Qingming said. "How do you know? Qingming, that's exactly the case. What Xuanshu has in its mouth is the size of a pinky finger and carved in gold." Boya said.

The twelve gods will be the entourage of the pharmacist Tathagata, and the twelve patron saints. "Everyone is in a hurry to catch the Xuanshu with the magic general in its mouth... Actually there is a reason for that." "The things in the box are the twelve generals, right?" "Qingming, how do you know?" "That's Master Fujiwara Shisuke's treasure, right?" "Well, Master Fujiwara invited the Buddha statue sculptor of Todaiji Temple to make a gold statue a few years ago. It is said to be a very delicate work. This time, Master Shifu himself suggested that the Twelve Gods be hidden in the box. At that time, the scene Other than Shifu-sama, the only people who know what's inside the box are said to be Mirai and Chupei-sama."

"Well." "However, it's a pity that there is a Xuanshu that has never been found. It is one of the twelve golden statues that the Xuanshu held in its mouth. No matter how hard I look for it, I can't find it." "Which general?" "Ah, General Chen Shen." "yes?" After Qingming finished speaking, someone seemed to appear in the courtyard. Boya looked towards the courtyard and found someone standing dimly in the dark. An old man in rags.The white fluffy hair and white beard are familiar to Boya. "Lord Daoman..." Boya said in a low voice.

It was Ashiya Michimitsu standing in the garden. "Qingming..." Daoman called out in a low voice. "It turned out to be Master Daoman, who has been waiting for a long time." Qingming said. "I'm here to ask for something agreed..." "Understood, come and have a drink before you go." "Oh." Daoman strolled over, stepped directly up the narrow corridor from the wooden steps, and sat between the two of them. "To be honest, that costume is really exhausting." Daoman scratched his head and said. Seimei raised the wine bottle and filled the third empty glass with wine.Daoman took the wine glass and drank it with relish.

"Good wine!" Daoman stretched out his tongue to lick the wine on his lips. Qingming flicked her fingers three times, there was a rustling sound from the courtyard, and a rat climbed up the narrow corridor along the wooden steps. Xuan Shu held a shiny golden thing in its mouth. "Be good, be good." Qingming stretched out his right hand and took out the golden object from Xuanshu's mouth. "This is..." Boya asked. "One of the Golden Twelve God Generals, Erni Luo of Chen God General." Qingming replied. Chen, that is, the dragon. "It really is an excellent work." Qingming watched the golden statue in his hand for a while, and then handed the golden statue to Daoman. "take it."

"Then I will accept it." Daoman took the golden statue and put it in his arms as a matter of course. "That's Master Shifu's..." Boya asked. "That's right." Seimei replied. "Why is that thing here? Qingming, what is going on? Did you intend to give this to Lord Daoman from the beginning..." "Yes, we agreed in advance." "What agreement?" Boya asked. "It was that kid who made a bad idea first." Daoman said. "That kid?" "Shisuke Fujiwara." "what?" "That brat Shifu, he came to sell favors to us beforehand, and revealed that he was going to use shooting to overwhelm the fight that day, and he also told me what's in the box..."

"Master Master Assistant?" "He said, because he was the one who proposed my name in the palace, for the sake of face, we must let me beat Qingming." "..." "So, two nights ago, Lord Daoman came here to look for me." Qingming said. Qingming, in the match two days later, I can intentionally lose to you... At that time, Daoman said this to Qingming, and added: "But, I want one thing." "what?" "I want one of the twelve generals in the box." "why?" "In order to punish the other party for cheating. This is a competition between us and you, and that kid actually came to us and asked us some boring conditions. Seimei, we will let you win this competition, you get the name, and we gain, how about it? " Daoman asked.

"In the end, I agreed." Qingming said. "This..." Boya Dun was speechless. "Everyone watched our spells, the reward is too cheap, too cheap..." Daoman said as he brought the wine glass to his mouth. "It's no wonder that Master Shifu screamed in surprise when there were big oranges in the box. So that's what happened..." Boya muttered to himself suddenly. "Never mind, Boya, have a drink." Qingming poured wine into Boya's glass. "Well, um." Boya picked up the wine glass and drank it. The moon fell to the edge of the western mountain, Daoman stood up, and said in a low voice: "Qingming, this game is really fun..." "yes." Daoman walked slowly on the narrow corridor to the wooden steps, stepped down the wooden steps, and came to the courtyard. "See you next time..." Daoman said without turning his head, and just disappeared into the courtyard. "Bo Ya, you think it's fun too?" Qingming asked. After being silent for a while, Boya nodded and responded in a low voice: "Yes."