Chapter 170
Chapter 170
The mountain road that few people walk is a bit desolate, the silver starlight shrouds the stones and withered grass, showing a kind of desolate atmosphere.
"Are you planning to wait and see?" The god judge looked at the surrounding trees. If the ghost deliberately avoided them, it would take a little effort to find her in this aura-filled mountain.
"It's rare to be a female ghost again, so it's a pity to go back like this," Owaki Cha said while scanning the shadow-filled place happily, "But there will be no ghosts in the place where I am, there is no way, try Let's see if the other party will take the bait."
Judging by the severity of the resentment, the female ghost who escaped from the camp probably won't hide very far away. I'm sure they will return to the target after they leave, but if they stay here for too long, someone will probably find them. The difference is not that I really want to be the target of public criticism.
"Is that why you're going to wait at the hot spring?" The god judge looked at the sky and smiled, and followed him all the way to the top of the Baigu hot spring.
After they left, the Kyogoku patriarch who has recovered a little will definitely eat and take a bath. It is difficult to judge the situation through the tent, and the open-air hot spring is different. Although there must be soldiers guarding all around, it is for them to avoid ordinary people. The eyes and ears are very simple.
I found a clean rock that protruded in mid-air, Owaki Kai bent one leg, and hung the other leg on the edge of the rock, observing the movement below from top to bottom. There were a few fires shaking in the white water vapor, indicating that Jing The head of the pole family left the tent as they thought, and went to a place suitable for bathing.
"The feeling of carrying out missions at night is really nostalgic." Feeling the spiritual power around him to dispel the chill of the night wind, Owaki Zaisa smiled and turned his head. There is no such treatment."
"So warmth will be more important." Jing Mo responded gently. He didn't build a barrier for heat preservation, but just let the spiritual power flow slowly around the two of them without disturbing the senses. sound.
"Sounds like you understand."
Because I am also very used to waiting for the enemy to show his flaws at night to get a blow, so I know that moderate warmth will make the body and mind more peaceful in the process.
"I have always liked the feeling of fighting, beheading—or being beheaded, the best decoration of the blade is blood, and the friction with the warm skin of human beings always makes my desire high, that is completely different from the feeling of slaying ghosts, Owaki Shasa raised the hair on his chest and circled it twice, complaining as if he had nothing to say, "However, now I always feel that this kind of enjoyment is not so attractive. Is it your fault?"
"It's because you are no longer the smiling Qingjiang you used to be." The judge looked at him with a smile on his face. "With the changes in thoughts and forms, it is only natural to have more favorite pastimes."
"...Well, what you said makes sense, but..." Owaki Aki paused for a moment, and replied in a tone of deliberately finding fault, "To be exact, it was after getting along with you that more interesting things became Get up, so the responsibility for making me feel that way still belongs to you."
"Okay, it's my fault." The judge sighed against the starry sky, "I've been blamed by you all the time recently, it seems that I have to reflect on myself, do I want to make changes in some aspects?"
"That's not necessary, as long as you don't always look so cold." Owaki almost casually revealed his purpose, "Occasionally respond to my temptation a little bit."
"..."
The judge didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and he didn't know what kind of attitude he should use to respond to the other party, and to be honest, in his memory, he had no impression that the other party had ever seduced him.
"Fortunately, this lady is not like you." Luckily, Owaki quickly turned his gaze to the hot spring below, and the noisy voices could be heard clearly from here, "Then I'm going to say hello to her, In a relatively unfavorable way."
"I'll take you down." Jing Mo stood up and put his hand on the shoulder of the smiling Qing Jiang, intending to go directly to the scene of the incident from here, so as not to let his Owaki chae sigh and say that the prey had escaped.
"Ah, by the way, the 'skinship' that Mikazuki often talks about is really interesting. The satisfaction of getting skin-to-skin contact from you is no worse than killing an enemy." As always, he said in an imaginatively bad tone, "Then, whether it's beheading or protecting, continue to satisfy my desires like this from now on... Well, use your body."
Finally being able to soak in the hot spring water, Patriarch Kyogoku let out a comfortable sigh, and his exhausted body expressed the desire for sleep, and he was finally able to rest for a while.
Some time ago, he had been living in a daze, and it took a lot of energy just to stay awake. At this moment, when he thought about it, he felt that he was very sick.
At first, there was unexplained pain, and then he was often sleepy but unable to fall asleep. At that time, he did not believe that ghosts were responsible, but as the situation worsened, he often fell into a coma. It was cold, and he was still saying something, but he would forget it once he woke up.
He thinks he is cautious in life, and has never had any grudges with others, especially in Edo Castle. The past generations of feudal lords were almost changed. He also respects his wife very much. As for pleasure like Yoshihara If you can avoid it, you can avoid it, so you don't understand where this unreasonable disaster comes from.
Just as he was thinking, he suddenly felt a chill in his side, and the familiar pain returned to his body. He was clearly immersed in scalding water, but his back was icy cold, and his limbs did not obey, and he slowly slid down the water.
When the water covered his lips, he finally gathered his strength and swung the cup on the bank.
Xiao surname, who was guarding outside the curtain, heard the movement immediately, and walked in quickly while speaking impolitely. When he saw the Patriarch who was almost drowned, his face changed suddenly, and he immediately jumped into the water to help him up.
However, he not only failed to lift the Patriarch up, but also sank himself. Fortunately, the sound of huge splashes attracted more people. Shen posture.
But no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't pull the Patriarch to the shore. It was as if a pair of invisible hands were resisting them under the water. The retainers who arrived later hurriedly asked them to stop after seeing the pained face of the Patriarch. .
Xiao Xing has already returned to the shore. As long as he does not save people, the ghosts under the spring seem to have no interest in other people's lives, and only want this person to die wholeheartedly.
The flames illuminated the side of the hot spring as bright as day, and the feudal lord took a few breaths with difficulty, his lips moving.
A retainer hurriedly lay down on the ground, leaning closer to listen to his words.
"Go and invite... the guest just now..."
As soon as these words came out, the underwater strength suddenly increased, causing him to sink another inch. The ashigaru and others didn't care whether it would cause pain, so they pulled up hard so that the feudal lord's mouth and nose could barely stay on the water surface, but The pain of being pulled from both ends distorted the already weak face of Jing Gaofeng, and he was speechless for a while.
Seeing such a scene, the retainer vaguely understood that the ghost was still quite afraid of the previous visitor, and at the same time felt a little bit of resentment at the other party's behavior of leaving without explaining clearly.
... I don't know if it's too late to ask for it now.
Just as he was thinking this way, he heard someone shouting for him to get out of the way.
He raised his head bluntly, and saw a figure falling at high speed in the night sky. The white single-clothes was blown up with the wind. Slowly rising and falling, half of the piece is immersed in the hot spring water.
The appearance of the Raiders from the Sky made everyone unable to make a sound for a while, and they couldn't even think of where he came down from. During the day, they could indeed see a raised rock above the spring, but how could human beings come down from a height of tens of meters? unscathed
"Hmm...that's too much," Qing Jiang complained and got up, "What if it breaks?"
"Sorry..." After him, the judge who landed gently on the ground without attracting anyone's attention replied with a complex expression, "I still haven't grown up enough."
Owaki Shasa was pushed down by the God-inspector with a shake of his hand just now, but before he landed, he was caught by the majestic spiritual power as a buffer, and he played bungee jumping without any risk.
"But it still gives me a sense of accomplishment," Owaki Aki brushed his somewhat messy hair from the side, completely adapting to this matter without any accidents, "It seems that I can still gain something from you." More fun."
Of course, the god judge refused to respond to such a topic that exposed his shortcomings. He had ten thousand ways to ensure that his Owaki Tsubasa landed safely, but none of them could counter the words on the rock.
Ishikirimaru usually works really hard...
"It would be better to support your Patriarch." After talking with his master, Qing Jiang reminded with a smiling face looking at the stunned crowd around him.
It was only then that Ashgaru realized that the force that resisted them disappeared, and the Patriarch sat up again without using their strength, and was panting weakly. The pool that was dangerous just now was simply too calm.
"...Thank you very much!" The retainer immediately bowed on the ground and made a big salute. Although he had slightly criticized them just now, it seems that there is nothing to understand. The other party is using words to confuse ghosts and intends to catch them in one go. "Is it possible? Please lend a helping hand to subdue this evil spirit, I, the Marugame Domain, are all grateful!"
"There's no need to be too polite," the interrogator signaled him to get up, "Let's hear the reason first."
Owaki Chassa smiled at the calm spring, and slowly drew out the knife in his waist: "Since you have reached this point, don't be shy, let me see, or you will be chopped off."
A black shadow slowly floated in the center of the spring water. The female ghost I saw before showed half of her face on the water surface, looking at Owaki Cha in fear, with a shivering look, coupled with Owaki Cha's words, there is This sense of déjà vu that a romantic boy threatens a commoner girl.
"You're lucky," Qing Jiang said with a smile on his face, "Before I leave, let me tell you your reasons."
The people on the side looked at this one-sided conversation in a daze. After noticing it, the judge raised his sleeves lightly, allowing the real scene to appear in front of them without hindrance, and at the same time signaled them not to make any noise.
"It was he who killed me, and finally he was able to come out. I want revenge..."
Although half of the woman's face was under the water, she spoke without hindrance, but her voice trembled slightly: "He killed me and buried me under the house, thinking that no one would notice, but a few days ago, the ground turned and I was able to come out. ...My lord, I will not implicate other people, as long as this person's life, please allow—”
"But I don't know you," Patriarch Kyogoku, who looked at the female ghost carefully and failed, responded somewhat at a loss. "Are you denying the wrong person?"
"How dare you say you don't know me!" The female ghost was stimulated, her hair flew back, her face was completely exposed, and there were two blood holes where her eyes were, "You sleep on my bones every night, even though I I don't know the situation outside, but you and that person must be living happily with my money, if you have a little gratitude, you won't let me endure snakes, rats, insects and ants in this dark place for so long!"
Patriarch Kyogoku was even more at a loss. He looked at the female ghost in front of him again, but he still had no impression. In desperation, he had no choice but to look at his retainers who had been with him for many years.
"How can my master be the sinister person you call!" One of the retainers replied violently, "the master and his wife are deeply in love with each other, and they never have two hearts, and everyone in the feudal land knows it all!"
"Who are you?" The woman turned to stare at him with bloody eyes, causing the retainer to take half a step back, "He even married that wandering girl as his wife? Domain?"
"Hmm...how did you recognize him?" Qing Jiang asked with a smile.
"He gouged out my eyes after I died, and said it was a way to prevent the evil spirits from haunting me." The woman turned her head, her voice lowered a lot, "The only thing I can feel is the human breath...but the only ones sleeping on my bones are He is his descendant."
She entangled her enemy, absorbed his energy to weaken him, and became stronger day by day, and could even directly touch weak human beings. She originally wanted to make him suffer for a while, but today these two breaths made her She just wanted to run away tremblingly—more terrifying than the monks and priests who came before, she quickly made a decision to kill her enemy first before they meddle in their own business, and then... whatever.
"Then do you still remember his name?" Owaki asked almost calmly.
"Konya Shonosuke!" The woman announced her name without hesitation.
……Who is that?Sounds like just a businessman.
Several retainers looked at each other in blank dismay, and their faces became ugly after realizing that the female ghost had admitted the wrong person.
"Have you repaired the mansion?" Smiling Qing Jiang looked at the retainers and asked in a firm tone.
"...That's right, due to the fire last year, the owner's house was renovated and rebuilt," a vassal said through gritted teeth, thinking of something, "It must be that the craftsmen who were recruited did not dare to report the bones after discovering them, and dealt with them secretly, they should all be damned! "
"Who was the city owner when you died?" After receiving a definite answer, Owaki asked the female ghost regretfully, sheathing his sword.
"It's Hojo-sama..." The female ghost felt a bad breath from this series of questions, "I...have been dead for a long time?"
More than 100 years.
A vassal held back her anger and told her that the current Edo Castle is no longer what it used to be. As for her bones, it was only when the mansion was refurbished due to a fire last year that it was rediscovered.
The woman's hair fell down, covering her cheeks again.
"We will arrange for people to find a way to collect the bones and pray for you," the head of the Kyogoku family who suffered an innocent disaster said weakly to the woman who was still in a daze, "but I really can't do anything about the enemy you are looking for. Edo Castle has been rebuilt many times. In the past The residents of the city don't know where they have gone..."
"The dye shops that have been passed down in Edo Castle don't have the name of the person you mentioned," said the god judge. "Even if he survived, the business is gone."
"...Is that so? That's right..."
The female ghost accepted their words calmly. In fact, she also found many things wrong during this period of time. No matter how big the business was, she didn't have the ability to find so many warrior guards. Don't know?
It's just that if she accepts such a reason, she will have no meaning in existence...
Dots of light escaped from the water, and the figure of the woman gradually faded and disappeared.
"White Bone Hot Spring... well-deserved of its name," Owaki Chasa sighed while holding his own knife, looking at the white pool, "Go back, they should be in a hurry."
"Please wait a moment!" The Patriarch hurriedly wanted to come out of the hot spring to catch up. Just now, with a glimpse, he saw the familiar family crest on the scabbard. "Please let me express my thanks..."
However, getting up was not as smooth as expected. After being pulled ashore, he realized that there was still a snow-white skeleton hanging on his leg.
The author has something to say: ... I didn't expect to check the information and write it for so long OTZ
I'm starving...go get something to eat first...
As soon as I wrote Owaki Cha, I suspected that this chapter would be locked, but in fact what he said was very serious... really serious!
感谢在2021-03-1623:13:10~2021-03-1822:22:30期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~
Thanks to the little angel who threw the grenade: 1 Swastika Zhan Xiye;
Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!
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