Chapter 7 second quarter

"That's how it is, Seimei." Minamoto said to Abe Seimei. The two were sitting on the narrow porch of Seimei's mansion in Tsuchimikado Koji. Boya sat cross-legged on the floor of the narrow corridor, while Qingming sat with one knee up, leaning against the pillar, facing Boya. There is a wine bottle and two jade cups between them. afternoon—— There is still some time until evening. In the courtyard, the sun slantly shines on a luxuriant piece of summer grass.The small red flower dress of Spiraea pink swayed in the wind, and the spirulina beside it couldn't wait to bloom yellow flowers.

Countless small feather insects and horseflies dance in the sunlight on the summer grass. It was as if a piece of field had been moved from a deep mountain intact and placed in a courtyard.It seems that it has not been artificially trimmed at all, but the dense and lush weeds in the east and west clumps seem to have been carefully designed by Seimei. "You mean, this happened last night?" Seimei stretched out his left hand to pick up the wine glass on the narrow corridor. "Hmm." Boya nodded, looking at Qingming hesitantly. "In the end, did something bother you?"

"Exactly, Seimei." "Tell me about it." "The priest who works in Guichuan Palace is called Qingjie. After he said those words to the woman, his heart was a little hairy, and he got into bed immediately after returning." However, the more he wanted to fall asleep, the brighter his eyes became, and he couldn't fall asleep at all.I always miss that woman in my heart. What is the origin of that woman?What will happen to her after that?Speaking of which, why did that woman come to such a place in the middle of the night? Chou time—converted to modern time, it is two o'clock in the morning.

Thinking of the persistence of women visiting from the capital every night at this time, Qing Jie felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured on his back. "I understand..." Qingming smiled interestedly, "That man named Qingjie must have lied." "Qingming, how do you know? That's right." "and then?" "In short, Qing Jie already knew about the woman coming every night at Chou. Because the woman was too stubborn, Qing Jie discussed with his colleagues and fabricated a lie about the two gods appearing in the dream." The woman hated someone so much that she wanted to curse him to death.For this reason, she went to Guishen Shrine every night to pray for her to be transformed into a ghost.

Kiyosuke understood her purpose. However, women come here every night, which not only makes people feel creepy, but if she really turns into a ghost, the news of Guichuan God letting her get her wish will spread, and the number of people who visit the shrine will increase greatly when the night is ugly, then, Kibune Shrine is most likely known as a shrine with evil powers. Guichuan Shrine does not want the situation to evolve to this point. "So tell her to wear a hoop?" "That's right." The iron ring is an iron base that is worn on the head so that the pillars face up, so the three pillars can be regarded as three corners.

Lighting candles on the pillars, painting the face red, and then wearing red clothes is indeed very close to the image of a female ghost, but that is only when the person involved actually turns into a female ghost.If a living person of flesh and blood dresses up like this, it will only look ridiculous. "As a result, everyone came up with the idea of ​​making that woman a joke?" "Exactly, Seimei." "However, after telling the woman, everyone felt even more horrified..." "You're right." Boya nodded. After Qing Jie got into bed, the woman's joyous smile kept appearing in his mind.

What a horrible and terrible smile. Maybe that woman will really turn into a ghost. Thinking about it again, I feel that things are a bit strange. Why did I deliberately wait for that woman to come in the middle of the night in order to tell that lie?Perhaps, everyone thought that they came up with the iron ring trick together, but in fact, Guichuan worshiped the two main gods, Gaolong God and Dark Dragon God, and secretly showed their spirits to guide everyone to do so. Otherwise, why would you think of the idea of ​​"wearing a three-legged iron ring on your head"? Once he remembered it, Qingjie could no longer fall asleep.

When the sky started to turn white, Kiyosuke came to the cedar forest behind the shrine. In the depths of the woods there was an old cedar tree, and on the trunk at about chest height, there was a five-inch iron nail nailed to the puppet held by the woman last night.Iron nails run through the head of the puppet and are driven deep into the trunk of the ancient fir tree. Near the puppet's chest, people's names are written in ink. Kiyosuke knew the name.It should be a duke who lives east of Ertiao Road, near Shenquan Garden. What if, that woman really turns into a female ghost... Maybe it will happen.No, even if such a woman really turned into a female ghost, it probably wouldn't be surprising.

Although I don't know what happened between the two, but if the woman secretly resented Fujiwara and cursed the other party so that the other party really died, then the shrine has no responsibility.However, if a woman becomes a female ghost because of what she said... No, even if she doesn't become a real female ghost, but if that woman thinks she has become a female ghost and kills her... "So, Seimei, Qingsuke personally visited Fujiwara's mansion in Nijooji. After going there, I was surprised. It turns out that Fujiwara started to have a headache last night and was sick." Qingsuke thought of the five-inch iron nails that were driven deep The place where the puppet was located was the head of the puppet, and he was even more frightened.

"This public secretary named Fujiwara Noryo was terrified after hearing Kiyosuke's narration." It turned out that Fujiwara Noryo knew who the woman was. Fujiwara had a woman in the past.The woman's name was Tokuko, and Fujiwara had a tryst with her for three years. A year ago, because he had a new relationship, he stopped going to that woman's place. Weiliang thought to himself, probably Tokuko was cursing himself.He also tried to find Tokuko's whereabouts, but he didn't know where she was currently living. "As a result, Fujiwara Yuliang came to me for help." Boya said.

"It's not Boya, but me?" Qingming replied. "Exactly. He asked me: 'Can you rely on Seimei-sama's strength to help me solve this problem?'" "I don't really want to interfere." "why?" "Because this is a problem between men and women. If he wants to empathize with someone else, or be killed by a woman, there is no reason for a third party to intervene in such a matter, right?" "I forgot when, I once borrowed a flute from Tang Dynasty from Master Wei Liang, and actually played it..." "yes?" "At that time, after I played the flute in Mr. Wei Liang's mansion, because the sound of the flute was so beautiful, I borrowed it from him for seven days and seven nights. Every night, I ran to the vicinity of Horikawa alone, playing the flute while taking a leisurely walk. .” "Well." "One night, I met a beautiful woman who secretly came to listen to the flute." "Woman?" "Well. That night, there was a female ox cart parked beside Horikawa. After I finished playing the flute, the ox cart attendants invited me over." After Boya passed by, a woman's voice sounded from inside the bullock cart. ... Attracted by the sound of the flute every night, I came here to see which adult played it. I can't tell you my nickname, and I won't ask you for your first name.Just wanted to tell you that I will never forget the sound of the flute tonight... After saying the above, the female ox cart drove away. "Did you not see the other person's face?" "No, the other party is in the bullock cart, and we are talking through the curtain." "Really didn't see it?" "Ok." "Bo Ya, didn't you just say that the other party is a beautiful woman?" "Oh, that's... I personally think it must be a beautiful woman." "Speak sooner." "Anyway, thanks to Mr. Liang's flute, I have this kind of experience." "But……" "Didn't the emperor fall into a similar predicament before? At that time, you also helped the emperor out of the siege." "That man is a special case. In case he dies, some red tape will kill me." "Hey, Seimei! I've said it before, you can't call the emperor 'that man'." "Don't be angry, Boya, besides, the opponent of the emperor at that time was a woman who had passed away." "You mean, it's not a dead person this time..." "That's right. And this time, if Master Wei Liang's life is to be saved, the woman's life may not be saved." "why?" "Because the woman wants to become a female ghost. She probably thinks that since the wish cannot be fulfilled in this world, it is better to fulfill the wish in the underworld after death. In this way, things will become very difficult. For me, the life and virtue of Master Liang Miss' life is life equally." "Once you move on, it's hard to turn back. Although it's sad, can Miss Dezi understand this truth..." "Probably not..." "Can't you?" "The person involved should be well aware of this truth. For days, tens of days, months, every day and night, she must try her best to convince herself. However, she still couldn't be convinced, so she wanted to become a female ghost." "Well." "Besides, Boya, if it's just a misunderstanding between the parties involved, the problem can be solved as long as the misunderstanding is eliminated. But the fact is otherwise." "What will happen?" "It can't be saved. Because the ghost has already dwelled in the heart of the person involved. Even if the ghost is exorcised, the person concerned must be expelled in the end to solve the problem. So, I can't do it." "Can't it be done?" "If it's a matter of gains and losses, we can explain the stakes to her. If she is obsessed with it, she can get her wish, but her wish is to die for Master Liang..." "I see……" "Don't look sad, okay?" "Ok." "Anyway, let's go. At least, I can resist tonight." "Would you like to go?" "Ok." "However, tonight..." "First send people to Mr. Wei Liang's mansion and ask them to prepare a lot of thatch." "Thatch?" Thatch, that is, straw. "To deal with puppets, you need to use a puppet. Use straw to make a puppet for Mr. Liang, and let Miss Tokuko think that the scarecrow is a real person. But, if only this can solve everything..." "Well, um." "Let's go." "Ok." "Walk." "Walk." And so it was decided.