"I just said that we overlooked something wrong before..." Wen Zheliu gritted his back teeth in frustration, "Long Ji... Long Ji, Ji here means princess. She is the daughter of a city lord, where is she going? Taking the title of princess? Seeing that Ruo Zi said it so lightly, I thought... "
"I can't blame her," He Qin's voice came clearly in the wind, "Hisamatsu's status is not low. According to her understanding, this may not be a title for his wife. But... Hai Mermaid, although she guessed that Goto Qianli Not a human being, but I didn’t expect this level of identity.”
Wen Zheliu: "Then everything makes sense... Why did the shogunate decide to expel her from the center of Edo and send orthodox Onmyoji to imprison her here for who knows how many years. I'm afraid those seals in the back house are not for Seal those three brides who died in vain, just to seal hers!"
A smile flashed in He Qin's eyes: "Then, now that the seal has been loosened, the reason why she still recruited several onmyojis to visit is very intriguing."
On the other side, Du Zijun was confronting Wu Dao Qianli.
"How dare you lie to me?!" Goto Chisato's voice suddenly rose in pitch, even the honorifics were abandoned, and a loud sound that seemed to be filled with the angry roar of the sea echoed in the room, "They really did just now...!"
"Are you going to kill me, Mrs. Ivy?" Du Zijun looked directly into her burning eyes, "With all due respect, you are not behaving like a pampered lady who has been locked up in the mountains for many years. "
In her rage, Ivy's winding black hair moved like a sea snake. She stared at Du Zijun coldly, her cold eyes like the biting smoke escaping from the abyss. However, in the next moment, there was something terrifying about her. The resentment disappeared as if it had never appeared. Her bright brows were quickly stained with a hint of sadness and resentment, and the naturalness of her emotions was simply breathtaking.
Du Zijun looked at her with a complicated expression.
"The guest I invited turned out to be a despicable thief. How can you not feel heartbroken?" She pressed her heart excitedly and spoke heartily, "And judging from your performance just now, maybe you are also an accomplice. A member of , it’s really…”
Suddenly, the door behind them was pushed open.
Du Zijun's hand holding the talisman suddenly loosened. The next moment, he heard Wen Zheliu's fresh and hearty voice speaking against the light: "Ah, Mrs. Qingteng, why are you here?"
Goto Chisato's pupils shrank slightly, she put down her palms, sat upright, slowly turned around and said, "You guys..."
Wen Zheliu and He Qin had their sleeves rolled up, the hems of their clothes were wet with water, and there were some wet spots on their faces. In this autumn season, they were feeling chilly. The handsome young man's hands were empty, while the tall priest behind him was holding a basket in one hand. Under the wide cuffs that were turned up, a long and powerful arm was exposed.
"I'm sorry." He Qin bent his narrow peach blossom eyes and his face was as handsome as a god. "I didn't know that you would come today, so I would miss you from afar."
Du Zijun sat motionless, looking at Godao Qianli's frozen body, and asked slowly: "Despicable thieves...are you talking about the fish they caught in the basket?"
"Fish?" Wen Zheliu looked a little at a loss. He scratched his cheek awkwardly, "Ah... Because it was foggy this morning, we went to the bamboo forest to look for wild mushrooms, but we didn't get much. But , we walked down for a while and happened to find fish moving in the stream. We couldn’t hold it back and caught two... "
He Qin took over the conversation and apologized gracefully: "A boy from the countryside is not as noble as the Onmyoji master opposite who enjoys a palace salary. He couldn't control himself for a moment, so he did all kinds of vulgar behaviors. I hope Mrs. Ivy can forgive me." One or two.”
Goto Chisato said nothing, her eyes fixed on the fish in the basket. At this time, the fish's gills were still moving slightly, but its body was almost soaked in the cold and could not move. Facing her gaze, Wen Zheliu's face remained unchanged with a faintly embarrassed sneer, but his heart rose in his throat -
Using fish in the water as props to deceive Goda Qianli is undoubtedly very risky. If you are not careful at all, it is equivalent to throwing yourself into a trap. But now, I have to bite the bullet and hold on.
Time seems to be stretched infinitely at this moment, it may be an instant, or it may be a quarter of an hour. The cold hairs on the back of Wen Zheliu's neck stand up, and you can almost feel your heart beating slowly and powerfully against your chest.
After an unknown amount of time, Chisato Goto's eyes finally slowly moved away from the fish. She lowered her thick eyelashes, her expression mixed with sadness and joy, making it impossible to know what she was thinking.
"I have nothing to blame for the innocent hearts of these adults." She stood up suddenly. When she heard that Zheliu and others were like death row prisoners who suddenly heard the verdict of innocence, they suddenly relaxed the tight muscles under their clothes.
The fur-sleeved coat woven by Goto Qianli silk flowed like water, making a rustling sound on the wooden floor: "...I have taken the liberty of disturbing you today, please forgive me."
The sense of luck in surviving the disaster made Wen Zheliu dull. He paused for two or three seconds and then hurriedly replied: "Ah, it's okay..."
But before they finished speaking, Goshima Chisato's body had already passed by them very quickly, bringing with it a burst of fishy fragrance. The maids also filed out, and their clogs clicked on the floor. It was really a scene. He came in a hurry and left in a hurry, disappearing at the corner of the vermilion corridor in the blink of an eye.
"..." Wen Zheliu stood stunned. None of the four people spoke. In the long silence, only the fish in the basket opened and closed its gills unwillingly, making a small and sticky sound of bursting bubbles in the cold air. .
After a long while, He Qin broke off a branch from the corridor, his expression remained unchanged, and his shot was like lightning. He stabbed the fish's brainstem twice in succession, ending their lives neatly and making two uncomfortable noises. crisp sound. Then, he was the first to speak: "Okay, the crisis is temporarily over, everyone, please relax."
As if some switch was turned off by these words, Du Zijun's straight spine suddenly collapsed. He fell to the hard floor with a plop, and weakly stretched out his hand to touch. His back was completely soaked.
"You..." He gritted his teeth, "You are so fucking awesome!"
"...Ah, you scared me to death!" Xie Yuanyuan, who was hiding behind the two of them and holding it in for a long time, wailed loudly, "It's so scary, so scary! This woman is so scary!!"
Wen Zheliu slowly slid down against the door. He stretched out his hand to pinch the bridge of his nose tiredly, and cursed a rare curse: "Damn... it's really dangerous, too dangerous."
As early as when Wen Zheliu sent the first warning text message to Du Yuan and Du Yuan, Du Zijun made up the cover of "everyone except himself is in the bamboo forest" in desperation, and sent the message that he would be back in three minutes. Xie Yuanyuan and the two people further away. At this time, Wen Zheliu just discovered the key information and was unable to escape for a while.
On the other side, when he saw the ventilation message from Du Zijun and followed He Qin's idea of taking one step and thinking three steps, he immediately realized that even if Du Zijun could delay for a moment, the many maids around Wu Dao Qianli could also come to the bamboo forest at any time. exploration. So, he sent a second message to Xie Yuanyuan, asking him to leave the bamboo forest and immediately set off to catch two fish at the creek bridge farther below for later use. In this way, when he and Wen Zheliu created the appearance of wet water and arrived in time, the long-dehydrated fish in their hands had created a perfect illusion of absence for them, enough to deceive Goda Qianli.
If it were other ordinary people who couldn't accurately judge the status of live fish, they might still have doubts about their words, but what they were facing was none other than Chisato Goto, a sea mermaid.
She could clearly tell the time when the fish came out of the water with just one glance. Even though she still had doubts in her heart, she couldn't find any more faults. She had no choice but to believe their excuses and let it go this time.
From the time they sneaked into the palace, Du Zijun tried his best to delay, Xie Yuanyuan went into the water to catch fish, and then the three of them hurried back to confront the angry boss... Several links overlapped and were carried out at the same time. Only about ten minutes had passed, but they really He walked through the gate of hell for a while, and got important information that was enough to turn the situation around and find out the truth.
Wen Zheliu climbed up from the ground to the edge of the table with difficulty. He Qin couldn't help but laugh and cry. He stuffed a cushion under his buttocks to help him stabilize his body.
"Don't take any rest," he reluctantly greeted, "Come on, it's a meeting, it's a meeting!"
Du Zijun gritted his teeth bitterly: "What major news did you discover? If it's that kind of gossip, I'll..."
He wanted to say a few harsh words, but because He Qin was sitting behind Wen Zheliu with a smile, like an indestructible backer, he had to hold his breath and said: "...I'm going to go on a fucking strike!"
Wen Zheliu quickly expressed relief: "Don't worry, I promise it's important news. It can even be said to be the most critical part!"
After hearing this sentence, Du Zijun and Xie Yuanyuan were dubious: "Oh?"
Wen Zheliu looked around, grabbed the tea cup, dipped his fingers in the cold tea, and drew a table-like figure on the dark desk.
"This is the table used by Goshima Senri to keep time," he said, writing a date on it. "The first date at the beginning is April 8th, the fourth year of Yanxian. At the same time, it is also Ruozi..."
"... It's the first day in Ruo Zi's diary." Xie Yuanyuan couldn't help but answer.
Wen Zheliu nodded: "Yes. There is also a poem on it, which says that it is exposed on Qingha. It will obviously not last long. Occasionally, the wind will blow up, and it will dissipate and prove impermanence..."
"...The Tale of Genji, written by Zi Ji before her death." He Qin replied calmly.
Wen Zheliu then nodded: "Yes, so I think it is this poem that shows Longji's determination to get rid of the first Jiusong's new bride, Mrs. Ruozi, and then get rid of her."
The companion's answer did not make Wen Zheliu feel interrupted and incoherent. Instead, it felt like everyone was participating in it. He happily wrote the second and third dates on the table, and added There is a horizontal bar on the back.
Du Zijun frowned: "Is this... a plan?"
"Yes, every seven days, she would cross out a date on her schedule. At first, I was wondering what her intention was, but then I turned over the ancient book where she had the schedule .”
He paused for a moment, sorted out the words in his mind, and recited: "The sea mermaid has a fish body and a human head. It looks like a woman. Its voice is beautiful, and the world is flooded when you see it. It is smelly and tasteless, and it is crazy to eat. , few people are spared, and they can live a thousand years after eating it... The flesh and blood are used as medicine, and one dose of Qi Yao can make people gradually become sane, like a puppet with a shed head."
His memory is very good, and his instantaneous memory can almost reach the level of photographic memory. Hearing these words, Du Zijun and Xie Yuanyuan only hesitated for a moment, and then they reacted and said in shock in unison: "She is a mermaid?!"
Although he was shocked when he found out about this, seeing his companion's expressions of shock and speechlessness at this moment, Wen Zheliu still couldn't help but feel an uncontrollable, childish pride in his heart.
"Hey, are you scared?"
"What a piece of shit you are..." Du Zijun was so panicked that he couldn't even close his mouth, "Wait a minute, if you put it this way, she used flesh and blood to make medicine, and the first one was Ruo Zi. She controlled Ruo Zi like a puppet, The wine given to Yuzhao Cha and the gold given to Li Mei were seemingly given by Ruo Zi, but in fact they were all her handiwork?"
He Qin said: "I'm afraid it's more than that. If you take the flesh and blood of a mermaid for seven days in a row, not only will your mind be controlled during your lifetime, but you will still be controlled by her even after your death. The three ghosts guarding the diary are the best illustration. ?”
"What a terrible woman!" Xie Yuanyuan screamed, "No wonder the people in Edo refused to let her go back. They are trying to seal the souls of injustice. I think the talismans in the back house were basically used to suppress her!"
The smile on Wen Zheliu's lips faded a bit, and he sighed: "Even if it is used to punish a heartless person, this method is too drastic."
Du Zijun's mood calmed down a little. He struck a match, lit a cigarette, shook his head and said: "No, if this is the case, I understand her a little... She is an inhuman species, and it is normal to be naturally paranoid and crazy. But Hisamatsu is too stupid, does he think this is a fairy tale? How dare he provoke such a woman?"
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"Sister, your victim is guilty." Xie Yuanyuan calmly pointed out from the side.
"… roll."
He Qin looked at the wet water mark on the table, then heard Zheliu's strokes and made another mark on it.
"We already know the cause and the result," he said. "The only thing left to solve is why she recruited Onmyoji here."
Wen Zheliu: "Well, yes, this is a big problem. After solving it, we will basically win."
He Qin smiled slightly: "I have a clue now, but it's not yet time to make a final decision. After watching the Noh drama she invited us to watch tonight, I guess it will be almost there."
The four of them gathered around the table, staring at the scratches on the smooth table that gradually shrank and condensed into independent water drops, and they all fell into silent contemplation.
It was night, and the group of people dressed up, took the invitations, and followed the maid who came to guide the way, and walked towards the palace.
White lights hung high along the way, illuminating every detail of the ground. However, the color of the lights was bleak after all, and it was shrouded in a large area, giving the illusion that the scenery the four of them saw was black and white.
"I don't know how Shenzao escaped the disaster this morning..." Xie Yuanyuan muttered softly.
He Qin's smile was his usual careless one: "Never mind it, a dead Taoist friend will never die a poor Taoist."
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Thank you for the inorganic salt x2, white tofu - passing by so leisurely x27, I am a ghost x2, Min Yoongi's lovely wife, Fujiyuna Ye, Koucheng Weirui, One round of eternal love Lu Xunye, Jincheng Ruyue x9, Lesta Special, Qingchen, Qingming x2, Xiao Tiantianxi x3. , Zhongnan, Luoluo, moon's mines are spent!
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