Chapter 5 Section five

Gojo Horikawa——The mansion is located at the corner of the intersection where Gojo Odori and Horikawa Koji cross. Seimei and Boya entered the mansion through the desolate and deserted courtyard. Seimei seems to be familiar with the inside of the house, walking alone in the dusty mansion. Seimei held a rolled-up straw mat, while Boya held a burning torch. Without the torch in Boya's hand, the mansion would be too dark to see. Soon, the two came to what looked like a bedroom.That's the floor room, with six pillars.Seimei spread a straw mat under one of the pillars, and the two sat on it.The fire from the torch was moved to the candle tray brought and placed on the floor.

After everything was settled, Qingming took out the small wine bottle and two cups from his arms, and put them on the floor. "You even brought this?" Boya said. "Let's continue talking about the topic just now. Without this, I'm afraid Boya will be lonely." "Qingming, don't put the responsibility on me." "Why, don't you drink?" "I didn't say no to drinking." "Then, come on!" Qingming handed the bottle to Boya. "Well, um." Bo Ya raised his glass hesitantly. "Drink it." "Drink it."

The two began to drink leisurely by candlelight. One cup after another, after two cups, and then a third cup... The night is getting deeper and deeper.Then-- "Ok?" Boya pricked up his ears.It seemed to hear some kind of voice. Is it human voice?Someone is fighting.No, no one is fighting.It's a group of people fighting against each other. It was like the sound of a battlefield. "Kill!" "Come on!" "Chop!" The sound of blades clashing, the sound of armor touching. "Look, they're here." Qingming happily drank the wine in his glass and glanced at the dark corner.

Boya followed Seimei's line of sight and found a group of warriors about one foot tall in full armor appearing in the darkness one after another, and began to slash and kill each other. "watch out!" With a flash of the knife, the opponent's head fell to the floor, splashing blood everywhere. However, the head that fell on the floor still yelled "Kill!" Soon, everyone stopped fighting and surrounded Qingming and Boya. "what?" "Alas!" "There are people here." "Where is someone?" "There are indeed people."

"How to deal with them?" "How to deal with it?" "Chop off their heads." "Cut their throats." Whether it is a warrior with a head or without a head, they all approach with swords and swords. "Qingming!" Boya held the handle of the knife on her waist, propped up one knee, and was about to stand up. "Don't worry, Boya." Seimei took out a piece of paper from his pocket, then took out a small knife, and began to cut the paper. "do what?" "What is he doing?" When all the samurai were surprised, Seimei blew on the dog-shaped piece of paper.The piece of paper fell to the floor, and at the same time it turned into a dog, barking at the samurai.

"Wow!" "It's a dog!" "Dog!" Chased by dogs, the samurai disappeared in pieces in the darkness. The surrounding area was once again silent. When Qingming picked up the dog that was back in front of his lap, the dog had turned back into a piece of paper. "here we go again." Before Qingming finished speaking, the creaking sound of wood was heard in his ears. On the wall opposite the two, there was a door to a storage room.The door creaked and opened three feet, and a woman in a red-brown coat emerged from it, kneeling and walking out.With long hair hanging down her shoulders, she was as beautiful as a fairy in the light of the lights.

An indescribably fragrant, musky scent wafted over. The woman used a fan to cover her face below her nose, and only her eyes could be seen, but those eyes were so bewitching that it made one's heart wander.A pair of phoenix eyes sent glances to Qingming and Boya from time to time, and they gradually walked over on their knees. Seimei looked at the woman happily. When the woman was quite close, he asked her, "Do you want to drink too?" Then, he grabbed the head of the empty wine bottle and threw it at the woman. The woman couldn't help letting go of the fan in her hand, and took the flying wine bottle with both hands.

The fan fell to the floor, revealing the facial features that were originally hidden behind the fan and below the woman's eyes. "Oh!" Boya called out. It turned out that the woman's nose was as big and pointed as a dog's, protruding forward, and her fangs were exposed in her mouth. The woman opened her mouth wide, trying to bite Seimei. Seimei promptly placed the dog-shaped piece of paper in the palm of his right hand and handed it to the woman.The piece of paper turned into a dog on the palm, barking at the woman. "oops!" The woman screamed, then lay on all fours, and retreated back to the original storage room.

"Come out! If you don't come out again, a real dog will bite you this time." Qingming called out to the darkness that had returned to silence. After a while, two little foxes the size of palms walked out of the darkness tremblingly. "Qingming, what is this?" "Yes." "Tube?" "Take care of the fox." The so-called Guanhu is a little fox with demonic power, manipulated by ascetics or alchemists.Because it can be stored in a bamboo tube and carried around, it is called Guanhu.Not only can it attach to people to make people sick, but it can also occasionally cause people to die.

"Qingming, I'm sorry to bother you..." With the sound of the voice, the old melon man appeared in the darkness. He was casually dressed in linen single clothes, with only a belt tied around his waist, and he held a bamboo tube in each of his drooping hands. "You are no match for this lord. Come on, if you want to go home safely, go back to the bamboo tube!" While talking, the old man pointed the bamboo tube at the two tube foxes.Guanhu jumped to the old man's ankle, ran up to his knee, and then disappeared into the bamboo tube along his wrist. "Qingming, thanks to your help, I was able to solve it so quickly. If I came, these two little things would run away immediately, and it would be difficult to deal with." The old man put the bamboo tube into his arms and sat in front of Qingming and Boya.

"Master, it's been a long time." "The last time we met, were you by He Mao Zhongxing's side?" "yes." "I haven't seen you for twenty years." "You mentioned the bamboo tube in the message brought by Toboya, so I guessed that the opponents were probably two tube foxes. Thanks to your instructions, this time went smoothly." "Hi, Qingming, this is..." Boya asked from the side. "It's the master who lived here before." Qingming replied. "A long, long time ago, these two pipes and I lived here without permission. Whenever someone wanted to come and live, in order to save trouble, we asked these two pipes to drive them away. One day, Master San Shanqing Xing came, no matter how threatened, He didn't leave, but gave me a good lesson. To be honest, that lord is amazing." The old man said reminiscing about the past. "This is a friend of Master He Maozhongxing, Master Dan Chong Alchemist. So far, I have visited Master several times..." Qingming explained to Boya, "Since the mansion moved out, Master has been living here. In Yamato." Qingming turned to face the old man—Dan Chong—and asked: "Speaking of which, why would Guanhu..." "The thing is like this... These two little guys heard the chatter of Mr. Boya's entourage at the Yaoshi Temple, saying that this mansion will be demolished. So they attached themselves to Mr. Boya's ox cart and followed all the way to the capital. Entering this mansion where I lived in the past, repeating my bad habits and doing bad things. I also learned from the chats with Mr. Boya's followers that my Guan was making trouble in the capital. So, I also attached to Mr. Boya's bullock cart , followed all the way to the capital..." "I see..." Qingming nodded, "Then, let's drink all night in this memorable mansion that will be demolished." After finishing speaking, Qingming took out another bottle of wine from his bosom. "Oh! Good idea!" Dan Chong said with a smile on his face. Seimei raised his hands, and clapped them twice. "yes--" Out of nowhere was a young woman in twelve single clothes who appeared out of nowhere. "Let the honey bug pour the bar for the master." After Qingming finished speaking, the woman named Mi Chong knelt down beside the three of them, raised the wine bottle, and persuaded Dan Chong to drink. "Please." "Well." Dan Chong nodded and accepted the pour of wine, and the banquet began like this. "Come on! Come out, come out..." Dan Chong clapped his hands and called out the warriors in armor.The samurai danced with hands and feet. The three drank until almost morning.When Dongfang started to turn pale, Dan Chong stood up and said goodbye. "I should go back." At this time, the room was gradually filled with the dawn sun, and the honey bugs and the fully armored warriors were gone. "See you another day." Seimei said. "Okay, let's have a drink some other day." Dan Chong turned his back and stepped out.On the way, he turned back and said, "I have already thanked you." "Is it the melon?" "Well." Dan Chong turned his back again, raised his hand and waved it, and disappeared outside the mansion. After Qingming and Boya returned to Qingming's mansion, they cut open the melon and fruit, and found two exquisite jade wine cups inside.