391. The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (2/2)
The dense, deliberately suppressed footsteps outside surrounded the entire courtyard where Anlu was located.
Su Wu stood under the cherry blossom tree,
His eyes moved slightly.
The body is invisible.
Even his own aura is restrained and clean, and will not be perceived by others at all.
The moment he disappeared, the main entrance to the courtyard was knocked open.
A tall figure wearing a leather armor stepped into the courtyard first.
Behind him, the samurai drew their swords one by one, filed into the courtyard, lined up along the courtyard wall, and surrounded the entire courtyard in a short period of time with great tacit understanding.
The tall figure raised a torch,
The firelight illuminated the evil mask on his face.
Su Wu couldn't see his face.
But the identity of the leader has been guessed.
It was ‘Father’.
Previously, 'father' left a note to Su Wu, claiming that he had something to do tonight. Later, Su Wu talked with Miss Qingzi and vaguely judged that what 'father' wanted to do might be related to what was involved behind Anlu's back.
Now it seems,
His judgment was correct.
Su Wu stood on the branch of the cherry blossom tree, holding a knife and leaning on the branch. The shape of the meaning without substance swayed back and forth as the wind blew the branches.
He stared silently at the courtyard under the trees.
Watch this great show.
"Anlu!
No need to hide anymore, hiding is useless,
Come out! "'Father' has three swords on his waist, two long and one short - a dachi, a tachi, and a wakizashi.
He flicked his wrist and drew out the knife,
Under the moonlight and firelight,
The light of the sword is like flowing water.
‘Father’ walked straight towards the courtyard,
Behind him were four warriors guarding his flanks, following him as he marched silently.
Wow!
The tall figure had just stepped into the central hall with his front legs. The next moment, a pair of pale arms appeared from above his head, holding a pointed awl, carrying the evil wind and piercing the Tianling Cap above his head!
‘Father’ didn’t even look at the pale arms above his head.
Swing the knife away,
The 'Hand Shiki God' was cut into ashes and dissipated!
"Using shikigami is just a small way after all.
Anlu——" The tall man spoke in a low voice, and after saying one sentence, his voice calling for Anlu suddenly rose in pitch, and at the same time, he turned into a black shadow and suddenly passed through the central hall!
Attack in a certain direction!
"Return to your fate!"
"Hurry as the law dictates!"
"All demons lurk together"
"Slay the demon and bind the evil!"
Anlu's panicked voice sounded again and again,
Every time he drank a command spell, a cloud of smoke exploded in the darkened hall.
From the smoke, various shikigami appeared!
Venomous snakes and centipedes climbed freely in the jar;
a two-headed python wrapped around a beam;
And, a woman with a swollen body, rancid black water dripping from under her clothes, and a huge belly!
Once these shikigami appeared, they immediately used various means to try to stop Abu's father and kill him!
However,
Abu's father faced many shikigami, but his eyes were as calm as water under the evil mask on his face.
He stood there, stretched out his hand and made a gesture,
He signaled the warriors who were protecting him to retreat.
Take three or five steps back behind your subordinates,
The moment many shikigami surrounded him, he took out the sword from his right waist with his free left hand, and crossed the swords in front of him with both hands - a strong and mysterious charm was released from him!
His hair began to grow wildly,
Spreading over his arms like waterweed, entangled with the intertwined swords,
The dark hair turned into a giant python, spinning and rushing forward - the intertwined swords entangled in the hair also started to rotate, like sword wheels, rolling up all the surrounding shikigami!
Swish, swish, swish!
Many shikigami were cut into pieces by the sword wheel!
Turn into blue smoke and dissipate!
tread!
Abu's father's hair, which had grown like a 'hair python', suddenly retracted. One of his feet broke away from the hair and stepped in the direction of Anlu's escape. The vein-covered sole stepped on the wooden floor, cold and cold. The strange rhyme eroded deep marks on the wooden floor.
The hair retracted to the crook of Abu's father's leg and stopped.
He took back his sword,
The knife was pressed against Anlu Onmyoji's Adam's apple, and there was still a strange charm in his eyes, which turned his eyes into a dark green color.
"Anlu,
Toshio Inoue asked me to come over and ask you a question - why did you, and the Haruno family behind you, take action against the priest of Soseki Shrine?
Don't play tricks on me,
We just went to Haruno's house.
There is no living person there now..."
"Guoshou's family has been wiped out?" Anlu muttered to himself and fell to the ground.
The samurai from the Inoue family surrounded them silently.
Only then did Anlu notice that most of the warriors' green and black clothes were stained with blood.
Smelly drops of blood are still dripping from the hem of the traveling warrior's clothes!
He understood immediately,
The tall man in front of me, who looks like a man from the Tang Dynasty,
Absolutely no lies.
"I-I want to talk to Mr. Inoue!
Who are you? A lowly samurai has no right to hear such secrets! "At this point, Anlu was still trying to play tricks in an attempt to delay some time.
However,
The tall man - Abu's father shook his head,
The knife in his hand made a sudden stroke,
The sword flashed——
Anlu supported the floor to prevent his body from falling softly, and his left hand was cut off in half.
Blood spurts!
He screamed repeatedly,
The screams were filled with tears!
"I'll count to three. If you don't answer after three, you won't want the palm of your right hand anymore." Abu's father said calmly.
"three!"
Anlu Onmyoji pressed the palm of his left hand and immediately stopped crying.
"two!"
Seeing the evil-looking tall man holding up his sword again, the old onmyoji was frightened, and he immediately spoke faster and replied: "I said - why did the priest of Soseki Shrine die?
I have no idea! I really don't know the reason! "
"Um?"
Abu's father frowned and stared at the old onmyoji.
The old Onmyoji spoke repeatedly, telling everything he knew truthfully: "Today, Miss Haruko took her two servants to the shrine. I met them there and helped them divine their future destiny...
did not expect,
When it is the turn of that servant, who is as tall as you,
I divine his future destiny,
But it caused the paper to burn,
Even Hashihime’s coffin showed signs of carbonization!
This man's fate must be extraordinary!
that time,
The priest also died suddenly.
He was originally a man in his prime, but when he died, he looked like an old man in his dying years!
At that time, I felt something strange, so I searched everywhere in the shrine.
It was discovered that someone had tampered with the 'offering to the altar'...
The Goddess in the Stone and the Goddess Hashihime, who originally offered the 'Masakaki branches and leaves' as their first sacrifice, this time used the lifespan of the 'Priest' as their first sacrifice... Someone is secretly targeting the Priest.
But that person can tamper with the "Official Table of Sacrifice" sent to "God\
,"This kind of ability cannot be compared to me, an onmyoji who is not in the sixth rank..."
Anlu's face became very pale as he spoke.
He wrapped the hem of his clothes around the broken palm,
Through the evil mask on the tall warrior's face, he could see his solemn eyes.
"I, that's all I know..." Anlu said cautiously.
Abu's father's eyes were serious.
Staring at Anlu: "Are you sure it's not you or the Haruno family?"
"no no!
Although the Haruno family has the ambition to return to Boqi and regain control of Boqi's national affairs, they will never dare to take action against the family of Soseki Shrine priests who have inherited it for hundreds of years!
They also hope to win the support of the priest family! "An Lu said quickly.
Axiong shook his head,
Sighing: “That would be troublesome.
The Inoue family is going to be in big trouble. "
He straightened up and shouted to the many warriors in the courtyard: "Return to defend our home immediately!"
All the warriors responded one after another,
As he walked out of the nave, everyone gathered around him, rushing out of the courtyard like a stream of water and disappearing into the street.
In the nave,
An Lu's body with separated heads fell down.
The branches of the cherry blossom trees trembled slightly,
Su Wu floats down from the tree,
Approaching the nave.
Picking through Anlu's body and the main hall for a while,
I found several Shikigami spells.
All the shikigami were crushed and nourished using the 'Great Red Lotus Embryo Treasure'.
He raised his head, looked at the miserable moonlight outside, and whispered, "Is the Inoue family going to be in big trouble?"
"The mantis stalks the cicada, but the oriole follows behind?"
Su Wu's meaning shape disappeared from the place.
His speed was much faster than that group of warriors.
…
In the very simply decorated room, there is only a bed on the wooden floor.
There was just a low desk in the corner and a wooden box used to store clothes.
On the walls of the house,
There are several paintings of calligraphy written in childish but pretending to be bold.
'a man of his words. ’
‘The sky is moving vigorously, and a gentleman strives to constantly strive for self-improvement; the terrain is turbulent, and a gentleman is carrying things with great virtue. ’
‘The journey of a gentleman is to cultivate one’s character through tranquility, and to cultivate one’s virtue through frugality. If it is not indifferent, it will not clear its aspirations, and if it is not tranquil, it will not lead to far-reaching goals. ’
‘A gentleman keeps his weapons within himself and waits for the time to come. ’
The calligraphy on the wall undoubtedly shows that the owner of this room requires himself to be a gentleman and hopes to become a "gentleman".
at this time,
The owner of the room huddled in the bed, and a fur quilt covering the bed kept rolling.
After a long time,
A small head poked out from the fur quilt.
She looks sweet and beautiful,
It looks very out of place with the room full of copybooks.
It makes people suspect that she is not the original owner of this house.
Actually,
She is the owner of this room.
The copybooks all over the wall were all written by her.
This girl is naturally ‘Miss Haruko’.
Haruko stared at the dark beams with dark eyes.
"Why can't you sleep?"
She muttered,
He tossed and turned on the bed again,
He closed his eyes and tried various methods to make himself fall asleep.
But without exception,
All attempts failed.
She still couldn't sleep.
There is always a sense of panic in my heart of ‘what will happen tonight’.
At the end,
Haruko simply stopped trying to fall asleep, got up from the bed, walked to the low table, and lit the oil lamp on the table.
She sat down at the short desk with her clothes on, picked up a writing brush, and began to practice calligraphy on the paper.
at the same time,
The darkness that was originally blocked outside the courtyard and was as thick as ink,
At this time, being pushed by invisible forces,
Start hitting the courtyard wall.
In that thick darkness,
Four straw men carried a wooden box, which was soaked by water, but one corner was burned to charcoal black.
In another direction.
At the side door of the courtyard,
some black hair "grew" from the ground.
Under the black hair, a stone female head gradually appeared.