388, Death of the Priest (1/2)

388, Death of the Priest (1/2)

"How is this going?!"

Looking at the white paper that burned into a ball of ashes, Anlu Onmyoji screamed in shock.

He immediately opened his brocade bag and

Fall down,

Pours of ashes poured out!

——In his brocade bag, there were several paper shikigami hidden to protect his life. Now those paper shikigami have all turned into ashes.

This shows that if those paper figures had not resisted an attack for him just now,

He must be dead now!

Anlu raised his head again and looked at Su Wu with eyes full of scrutiny.

Su Wu was even more depressed than him.

I thought I could use the power of the two gods of Soseki Shrine to see my true destiny this time, but I didn't expect that this would not work. Even the white paper recording my future destiny was directly 'burned' to ashes by a drop of ink!

"Is there no other way?

Lord Anlu, am I unable to know my future destiny? "Su Wu asked Anlu 'sincerely'.

The old Onmyoji saw that his expression didn't seem to be fake, so he swept the ashes of the burned white paper on the table into the brocade bag, and said slowly: "Maybe there are other ways to divine your fate. It doesn't matter. You go first Wait, wait..."

He was still speaking to comfort Su Wu.

In a dark corner to the side, there was a sudden thump!

Everyone looked at the corner in shock at the sound.

Just when he saw it - the middle-aged priest who was originally quite tall and tall, now shrank to a small degree and fell to the ground.

The folded black hat fell off his head,

Revealing the gray hair!

"Master Priest!"

Haruko exclaimed, but did not move closer to check the priest's condition.

In this shrine, the priest has been secretly bringing his son and Haruko together.

She was very disgusted with this behavior.

The estrangement from the other party caused the priest to secretly exclude her.

Therefore, she now saw that the priest had turned into a grey-haired old man, languishing on the ground. He only expressed concern in a 'courteous' manner, and could not get close to the other party to really check the other party's situation.

Fortunately, Anlu stood up from behind the desk and hurriedly approached the priest who had fallen in the corner.

When he saw the priest's gray hair exposed to the air, his pupils suddenly shrank.

Turn the priest's body over and face him,

Anlu saw again the priest's face, which had become older than himself, and the loose flesh on his neck.

His fingers rested for a moment under the priest's nostrils,

And he attached his ear to the priest's heart,

After a long time,

Anlu put down the priest's body and said with a stiff face: "Dead... the priest of Soseki Shrine is dead..."

His brows were full of doubts, and he glanced sideways at Su Wu, who looked calm behind him.

Although I subconsciously felt that Su Wu might be deeply related to the current situation,

But think about it rationally,

And they would think that a servant of the Inoue family might not have the ability to cause the priest of a shrine to suddenly run out of life and die!

“Papers for fortune-telling burn spontaneously without fire,

The priest of the shrine who was in his prime suddenly turned into a waning old man and died on the spot..." Anlu whispered to himself, stood up, and turned to look at the gods behind the altar.

The gap between the girl in the stone's eyebrows is not obvious yet, and it is even covered by a head of black hair.

In the corner of the wooden box containing the 'Hashihime', the traces of charring after being burned cannot be hidden.

"The coffin of Hashihime's spirit should always be soaked in water and appear to be soaked.

But now a corner of the coffin has been charred by fire..." An Lu looked up at the black corner of the wooden box, "What on earth is going on? Is it a hint from God?

still……"

He turned to look at Su Wu.

Miss Haruko suddenly stopped in front of Su Wu: "Mr. Anlu, Abu is just here to divine their fate. You want to divine their future fate. Every day, hundreds of people go to the shrine to pray to the gods to help them see the future." In the future, let them know their future destiny.

I have never heard of any weird phenomena occurring in shrines because they divine fortunes for others! "

"I know, Miss Haruko, you don't have to be so anxious to protect them both."

Anlu shook his head,

He took out his brocade bag and waved it in front of Haruko: "Just now, when I was divining Abu's fate, the amulet shikigami I made in the brocade bag had been burned to ashes.

Does this mean that

Does Abu's destiny have some kind of countermeasure against the prying eyes of others?

Despite this measure,

Maybe he didn't make it himself,

But it is still necessary to check. "

"How do you want to check, Mr. Anlu?" Before Qingzi could speak, Su Wu spoke before her. Looking at Anlu's cloudy old eyes, he asked a question.

Hearing his question, Anlu was stunned.

yes,

How to check?

Divination again?

Another attempt to pry into his future destiny?

This attempt has already drained the life of the priest, all his amulets were burned, and even the coffin of 'Hashihime' showed signs of being burned by fire...

I made my second attempt to check Abu’s horoscope.

Without the amulet, there are no priests and gods standing in front to ward off disasters.

I'm afraid it will be me who dies next time, right?

An Lu felt a chill in his heart.

He took a deep look at Su Wu, shook his head, and said: "This matter still needs long-term consideration. I will temporarily stay at Soseki Shrine to conduct various investigations.

Please also take good care of your servant, Miss Haruko.

Recently,

Ask him to cooperate a little with my investigation.

I will invite the ‘Son of God’ over now.

His father is dead,

It was his turn to succeed and become the priest of Soseki Shrine. "

Shrines are generally run by shrine maidens and priests.

Some shrines are dominated by shrine maidens;

Some are mainly priests.

After some shrine maidens have husbands, they are no longer unmarried virgins, so naturally they can no longer be shrine maidens. In this case, they can pass on the authority to control the shrine to their descendants.

Men are priests and women are witches.

Before these descendants formally took over the position of abbot of the shrine,

He was called the ‘Son of God’.

"Since there are still things to do here, let's take a step forward." Haruko bowed to Anlu Onmyoji. After the other party nodded, she hurriedly left the shrine with Su Wu and Omu.

Along the way,

Qingzi was so worried that she didn't even say a few words to Su Wu and Damu.

When approaching the Inoue family's mansion, she suddenly stopped, looked at Su Wu, and whispered: "Abu, no matter who asks about what happened in the shrine from now on, you must insist that you and this matter are It doesn't matter,

Avoid getting involved in this matter,

do you understand? "

The noble lady looked nervous and serious. When Su Wu saw this, he nodded: "Understood."

"I will discuss what happened today with my father." Miss Qingzi turned her face and looked at the family house shaded by trees in front of her, a hint of gloom appeared on her pretty face, "Something big might happen in Boqi Country..."

Su Wu's expression moved slightly.

The only priest of Soseki Shrine in Haki Kingdom died.

Moreover, she died while Kunosuke's daughter was visiting with her servants. The circumstances of her death were extremely strange.

Among them is an Onmyoji who covets the daughter of Boqi Guosuke...

Various elements were arranged in Su Wu's mind.

He suddenly felt,

Divining his own destiny, causing the coffin of "Hashihime" to be damaged, and Anlu Onmyoji's life-protecting shikigami to be reduced to ashes - all these things may be a coincidence.

However, the death of the priest of Soseki Shrine may not be a coincidence.

It's just that 'coincidence' and 'inevitability' collided together,

New possibilities emerged.

Is anyone targeting the Inoue family now?

The Onmyoji of Kyoto's Onmyojao hangs around Boqi Country. What is his plan?

Is it the person behind him who is targeting the Inoue family?

The three people hurriedly returned to the Inoue family's mansion.

The atmosphere of the house seems to be the same as before.

The warriors patrolled everywhere,

The maids occasionally stopped in the cloister to admire the flowers blooming in spring.

The servants were busy preparing to lock up the house at night.

The sun in the western sky is tilting more and more,

Dusk.

The mellow glow will be swallowed up by darkness.

Su Wu returned to his residence.

close the door,

Xia Guang delivered it from outside the window paper to a note in the house.

There is a three-layer lacquer box placed on the desk.

Su Wu entered the back room but saw no trace of his 'father', so he returned to the note case and saw the note next to the lacquer box.

He picked up the note and saw two neat rows of traditional Chinese characters: "My son, I hunted a horse and bear today. Please ask the master of the Inoue family to sell it on your behalf. You can use the money to buy iron ore and train weapons."

I am not at home today, I am going out to do something.

After you have eaten, rest by yourself.

above. "

"Did you actually hunt a bear?"

Su Wu murmured to himself.

Open the three-layer paint box.

The lacquer box on the first floor is full of coins currently used in Dongliu Island - no different from Chinese copper coins, with the words "Qianyuan Dabao" written on them.

Among the pile of copper coins, you can also see a few golden beans.

"I have already forged my first knife." Su Wu thought to himself, but did not pocket the money.

From the interactions between the original owner’s father and him in the past two days,

He has already discovered,

The original owner’s father placed great value on his word,

When educating his son, he must also regard "integrity" as the first priority.

Now that he has relied on his own ability to forge the first portable weapon, taking the money given by the original owner's father at this time would appear to be greedy for money and concealing repayment, which the original owner's father did not like to say.

Maybe they all have doubts about his ‘change of character’.

In the long run, this kind of thing is too costly.

Putting the lacquer box full of copper coins aside, Su Wu opened the second layer of the lacquer box and found a steamed bear's paw.

The third layer is naturally a box of tightly packed rice.

Su Wu ate the meal slowly, packed up the lacquer box,

He placed the cloth strips beside him on the desk.

Tear off the cloth strip,

Revealing the two knives inside.

The high-quality ‘Tianmowan’.

The ultimate ‘Great Red Lotus Embryo Treasure’!

Ever since he got the 'Great Red Lotus Fetal Treasure', Su Wu had never had the chance to 'try it out' because he was worried about letting others know the information about the sword.

Right now in my own home,

Without specific props, he couldn't 'try beheading'.

"Let's use evil tricks to try to kill..."

Su Wu held the handle of the knife, sighed, and pulled out the scabbard.

Lotus red lines are superimposed on the blade surface.

As Su Wu tightened his grip on the handle of the knife,

He suddenly felt that his consciousness was connected to the sword.

Su Wu's mind moved,

and the lotus pattern on the blade released brilliant light,

and in an instant it evolved into a lot of real lotus,

and the lotus blossomed,

and the red lotus covered the sword!

An extremely strong desire was transmitted from the sword, and Su Wu felt it!

When he saw the sword evolve into such a strange appearance,

he was surprised,

and when he was about to find out,

there was a knock on the door.

"Knock knock knock!"