Chapter 6 first quarter

On a certain autumn evening, Boya came to Abe Seimei's mansion with a heavy heart. Every time this man came to look for Qingming, he always appeared alone. Minamoto Hiroya is the son of Prince Bingbuqing, the first prince of Emperor Daigo, and a relative of the third rank.Logically speaking, it should be impossible for an out-and-out prince and noble relative to stroll outside on foot alone at this moment, without an entourage or an ox cart.But that's the way the man is, sometimes even reckless. For example, once, when the emperor's Xuanxiang pipa was stolen, he actually took only a book boy and went on an expedition to Luocheng Gate in the middle of the night.

In short, in this story, Boya is a warrior of noble blood. anyway. Boya stepped into the gate of Seimei's mansion as usual. "Huh..." Boya exhaled like a sigh. In front of you is the autumn field. Patrinia, asters, quinces, peonies... and many other weeds that Boya doesn't know the name of, luxuriantly covered the courtyard.In some places, miscanthus spikes can be seen swaying with the wind, while in other places, wild chrysanthemums and quinces bloom alternately, blooming beautifully. Under Tang's broken-style fence, the branches of Huzhizi are full of red flowers, hanging heavily.

The garden appears to be untended.At a glance, the whole courtyard is left to the weeds to fend for themselves. It looks like— "It's almost like the wilderness." Boya seemed to say so with a hesitant expression. However, the strange thing is that Boya doesn't dislike Qingming's garden full of flowers and plants.Even a little appreciation. Perhaps Seimei did not let the flowers and plants fend for themselves, and some places may hide Seimei's unknown intentions. In short, this courtyard landscape is not an ordinary wilderness, and there still seems to be some indescribable order in it.

As for what kind of order is there, it is really indescribable and impossible to explain, but it is very likely that it is this ineffable order that makes people have a good impression of this courtyard. Take as far as the eye can see, there are no flowers or plants that grow particularly vigorously or in abundance.Having said that, it does not mean that there are the same number of flowers and plants.Some flowers and plants are more, some are less, but the overall look is extremely harmonious. Whether this reconciliation was accidental or based on Seimei's deliberate arrangement, Boya did not know.

Although he didn't know the truth, Boya privately believed that, to some extent, the scenery in this courtyard must have something to do with Seimei's intention. "Qingming, are you home?" Boya called to the back room of the mansion. No one inside responded. Even if someone comes out to greet guests, no matter whether the person looks like a human or an animal, it must be a shikigami manipulated by Seimei. I don't know which time it was, but it was a Xuanshu who could speak human language who came out to greet the guests. Therefore, Boya not only looked into the mansion, but also paid attention to his feet.However, nothing appeared.

Surrounding Boya is still the autumn fields. "Aren't you at home..." Boya whispered to himself, smelling the sweet fragrance in the wind. That indescribable fragrance melts in the atmosphere.And that fragrance seemed to be particularly strong in a certain layer of the air, as long as Boya turned his neck, it would become stronger and weaker with Boya's movements. Strange... Boya tilted his head, what kind of fragrance is it? Although it smells like flowers. Chrysanthemum? No, not chrysanthemums.The scent is sweeter than chrysanthemums, rich and mellow.The taste can literally melt the core of the brain.

Boya followed the scent and stepped into the grass. He walked around the side of the mansion by stepping on the overgrown grass. The sun had already set on the mountain. The night is gradually pouring out from the shadows of the mansion or the wall, trying to melt into the atmosphere. Suddenly—— Boya saw a tree about three people tall standing in the grass not far away. It is not the first time he has seen this tree. When I came to Seimei's mansion before, I had seen it several times.It's just that, different from the past, this time there are countless yellow things that look like fruits and flowers on the branches.

It seemed that the sweet aroma emanated from this tree. The closer you get, the more intense the scent becomes. Boya stopped in front of the tree because he found something wriggling on the top of the tree. It was a white figure. Someone climbed a tree and didn't know what they were doing. With a bang, something fell at Boya's feet. If you look carefully, it is a small branch full of fruits or flowers like the tree.Boya thought to himself, since the fragrance is so strong, it should not be a fruit but a flower. Boom... Another branch fell, and flowers scattered all over the ground.

There was another soft snapping of branches overhead. It turned out that from the very beginning, the people on the tree had been breaking off the branches full of yellow flowers with their slender fingers, and then throwing them down. If you take a closer look, the tree is densely covered with yellow flowers, like a carpet. The strange thing is that although the figure is among the luxuriant treetops, it is not hindered by the branches at all, and its movements are extremely flexible. From the looks of it, the figure's body seemed to be able to move freely between the branches and leaves like air.

Boya narrowed his eyes, trying to see who the figure on the tree was. However, the more I wanted to see that face clearly, the more I felt that the other person's eyes, nose, mouth and face contours were blurred.He could clearly see that face, but the more he saw it, the less sure he was. It's like a phantom that looks like a human. Is it Shikigami? When Boya thought about it, the hazy face suddenly became clear. The face is smiling at Boya. "Qingming..." Boya called out softly. "Hello, Boya..." A voice called Boya came from diagonally behind. Boya looked back and saw Seimei in a white safari sitting cross-legged in the narrow corridor of the backyard.He rested his right elbow on his right knee, supported his right hand, and supported his chin with his palm, watching Boya with a smile on his face.

"Qingming, you were not on that tree just now..." "No, I've been sitting here." "But, on that tree..." Boya looked back at the treetops.Unexpectedly, there was no one on the treetops. "Shikigami?" Boya turned to Seimei and asked. Qingming raised her previously tense face and replied, "You can also say that." "What did you ask Shikigami to do?" "Just like what you saw." "That's not what I mean. Of course I know what I saw. Someone broke a branch from that tree and threw it down..." "exactly." "But I don't know why I did this, so I'm asking you." "You'll find out later." "Wait a moment?" "Ok." "Wait a minute, how would I know?" Boya responded frankly. "Don't worry, Boya, wine is already prepared here. Come and drink with me, and take a leisurely look at the courtyard, and you will naturally know why." "Uh, uh..." "come on." Seimei placed a tray on his right, on which was a bottle of wine and two wine glasses.There was dried fish on another plate. "Forget it, anyway, I'll go to your place first." Boya stepped directly from the courtyard onto the narrow corridor and sat beside Qingming. "You have prepared very thoughtfully, as if you knew I would come beforehand." "Bo Ya, if you don't want people to know that you are coming, you'd better not talk to yourself when you pass a bridge." "Am I talking to myself on the bridge again?" "Didn't you say, 'I don't know if Seimei is at home?'" "Did Shikigami tell you again?" hehe. A nonchalant smile appeared on Seimei's red lips. Before this, Seimei had already filled two wine glasses with wine. That is not an ordinary wine glass, but a glass wine glass. "This..." Boya called out, "Isn't this Liuli?" Boya raised his wine glass and looked at it carefully. "Hey, this wine is not ordinary wine." At a glance, the wine glass contained a red liquid, although it was a kind of wine by smell, but it was a wine that Boya had never seen before. "Drink and watch, Boya..." Qingming persuaded. "There's no poison in it, is there?" "Do not worry." Qingming raised his glass and took a sip first. Seeing this, Boya also took a sip. Boya took a mouthful of the red liquid, and then swallowed it slowly. "It's so delicious." Phew... Boya let out a breath, "It almost permeated the whole spleen and stomach." "The wine and wine glasses are both passed down from the Tang Dynasty." "It turned out to be from Datang..." "Ok." "As expected of Datang, there are all kinds of rare and exotic objects." "It is not only these two things that have been passed down from the Tang Dynasty, the foundations of Buddhism and Yin-Yang Dao are also passed down from the Tang Dynasty and Tianzhu. In addition..." Qingming shifted his gaze to the tree in the courtyard, "That is also true." "That one too?" "That's an osmanthus tree." "Oh." "Every year at this time, you can smell the fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus." "Qingming, I think smelling this scent will make people think of the person they like." "Oh, Boya, do you have any?" Qingming asked. "have what?" "Your favorite. Didn't you just say that as long as you smell the scent of sweet-scented osmanthus, you will think of your favorite?" "No, no, that's not talking about myself. I'm just giving an example of a person's state of mind." Boya hurriedly defended. With a smile on Seimei's slightly red lips, she looked at Boya with joy. Suddenly, Seimei turned his gaze. "Oh, look..." Following Seimei's gaze, Boya also looked towards the same place. At the other end of the line of sight is the sweet-scented osmanthus tree. In the air in front of the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, there was something like smoke. By this time, night had crept into the atmosphere. In the cloud of smoke, a phosphorescent hazy thing is gradually consolidating. "What's that?" "Didn't I just say that I'll find out after a while?" "Is that thing related to the action of breaking a branch and throwing it down?" "That's exactly what happened." "what is the problem?" "Just watch quietly." Seimei replied. In just a few words, the suspended thing slowly increased in density and began to form a certain shape. "It's a human..." Boya whispered. Looking at it, the thing turned into a woman in twelve single clothes. "She's Kaoru..." Seimei said. "Kun?" "It's the shikigami who is in charge of all the trivial things around me during this period." "what?" "It's only about ten days until the flowers fall." Seimei raised his wine glass and took a sip of the wine in the glass. "But, Seimei, what does this have to do with breaking branches and throwing them on the ground?" "Bo Ya, it's not easy to summon Shikigami. The purpose of laying osmanthus on the ground is to make it easier for Kaoru to show up." "What exactly does that mean?" "Bo Ya, for example, if you are asked to jump into cold water suddenly, can you do it?" "If it is the emperor's order, it may be possible." "However, it also takes courage, right?" "Ok." "But wouldn't it be easier if you soaked in warm water first and then stepped into cold water?" "Exactly." "Those flowers thrown on the ground are exactly the same. If you want to call the tree spirit to come out as a shikigami, if you let her appear directly outside the tree, it is like telling her to jump directly into cold water. But if you let her touch some Wouldn't it be easier for the tree elves to show up in the air filled with their own fragrance?" "So that's what happened." "That's exactly what happened." Seimei looked at the garden again. "Xun." Qingming called to the woman in the courtyard, "Please come here and serve the bar for Mr. Boya." Yes... Kaoru's lips moved slightly, and she responded briefly, walking quietly towards the narrow corridor. Xun silently and lightly stepped up the narrow corridor, staying by Boya's side.Reaching out to hold the wine bottle, he poured wine into Boya's empty wine glass. "I'm really sorry." Boya took the wine and drank it respectfully.