Onmyoji's Secret

Chapter 99
Li Xiaohui and I followed Teacher Jia down Mengding Mountain and sat down in a restaurant at the foot of the mountain. I don’t know what happened to Teacher Jia today, but he actually asked for a private room in this restaurant. It was weird, but he didn't make a sound, and followed the excited Li Xiaohui into the private room.

I sat down next to Li Xiaohui and asked her quietly: "Xiaohui, do you have something important to tell me?"

Li Xiaohui was looking at the menu excitedly at the moment, pointing at Yaoyao beside her, she gave me a blank look, and said coquettishly: "It's nothing serious, let's talk about it after we finish eating."

I'm speechless, this Li Xiaohui is a foodie, she gets excited when she sees food.

I saw Teacher Jia sitting across from me with a smile on his face. Before the food was served, I asked Teacher Jia: "Mr. Jia, what do you want from me?"

Teacher Jia glanced at Li Xiaohui and Li Xiaohui who were talking in a low voice, and he said with a smile: "Zixuan, I saw someone practicing boxing in the woods behind the guest house last night, tsk tsk, there are two trees between each punch and one kick. Big trees fell one after another, ordinary people are not capable of that!"

I was startled. What Teacher Jia said was nonsensical, but it was actually a reminder to me.He is telling me that he saw me last night when I was testing the power given by Jiaolong in the woods.It's just, why didn't he show up last night, but came to me today to explain, what purpose does he have?
"By the way, some classmates who lived with you came to me this morning and said that the window glass in the room you lived in was broken into slag, and a bedside table was also broken. I took a look and saw that There is a large circular hole in the middle of a board of the cabinet, which looks like it was hit on a person's head. There is also a bamboo forest behind the building, where I found many messy footprints and some broken pieces of clothes , if I remember correctly, those pieces of clothes seem to be similar to the one you wore yesterday." Teacher Jia raised the teacup in his hand, took a sip, and his movements appeared elegant and calm.

I looked at Teacher Jia pretending to be calm, but my heart was already overwhelmed. I never thought that this middle-aged man in his 40s would be so sensitive. The pieces of clothes can deduce that there is something wrong with me. No wonder Mr. Jia was so concerned about me when something happened to me near Mengquan Well today. It turned out that he had already set his sights on me.

"Chen Zixuan, Teacher Jia, what kind of charades are you two playing? Why can't I understand?" Li Xiaohui put the menu in her hand on the table, looked at Teacher Jia and me with her eyes open confused.

I shook my head to Li Xiaohui, indicating that it's okay, and then said calmly, "Mr. Jia, if you have something to say, just say it, we smart people don't speak in secret."

Teacher Jia chuckled and said to me: "Zixuan, don't be nervous, the teacher is not malicious. I just happened to meet Li Xiaohui coming out from your side when I came back last night. She seemed very excited. He was talking about female ghosts and dragon shadows, and he even mentioned your name, if the little girl next to her didn't hold her back, she might have shouted out excitedly, haha."

Damn!It was actually Li Xiaohui who talked about what happened last night on the road out of excitement, but Teacher Jia overheard her.It is estimated that when I came out of Zhuge Jun’s room last night, Mr. Jia also noticed it, and then followed me all the way to the woods to watch my performance. Thinking of this, my face turned red, and I was probably too excited last night , That's why I didn't notice Teacher Jia who was following behind me. If it was normal, I might have found him long ago.

At this time, Li Xiaohui also realized what Teacher Jia said, she gave me a slightly embarrassed look, and said in a low voice: "Chen Zixuan, I'm sorry, I was too excited last night, that's why I..."

"It's okay, I don't blame you." I said to Li Xiaohui with a wry smile. After all, this incident was her unintentional act, and combined with her usual carefree personality, I really can't blame her mean.

I said to Teacher Jia: "Mr. Jia, tell me, what are you looking for today?"

Teacher Jia put the teacup in his hand on the table, his eyes became sharp all of a sudden, he stared at me firmly, and said solemnly: "Chen Zixuan, I want to know whether what Li Xiaohui said is true or not. real?"

I hesitated, nodded to him, and acquiesced to the matter.After all, Teacher Jia has deduced so many things, depending on the situation, he can't hide it from him.

When Teacher Jia saw me admitting it, he immediately became excited, and a bright light shot out from his eyes. He said, "The female ghost, Long Ying, and your power to break those two big trees last night. Chen Zixuan, you Is it the practitioners in the legends? Taoist priests, warlocks, or descendants of those Jianghu sects!"

I looked at Teacher Jia's excited face, thought for a while and said: "Our lineage should be regarded as a branch of Taoism, which is about catching ghosts and subduing demons."

"Haha, I didn't expect people like you to exist in this world!" Teacher Jia rubbed her hands excitedly, and said, "You know, I like reading novels about ghosts and ghosts since I was a child, what are you talking about?" Books such as Zhiguai of the Six Dynasties and Notes of the Tang and Song Dynasties, I have always believed that there are monsters and ghosts in this world, and I have always been obsessed with them. It’s just a pity that I haven’t seen them with my own eyes. Chen Zixuan, can you and Shall I talk about those ghosts? The teacher is very interested in these things."

I secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that Teacher Jia did not have any other purpose, but a special interest in ghosts and gods. Because he discovered some clues from me by chance, he came to me specifically Just understand.

The atmosphere in the room suddenly relaxed a lot. I saw that Li Xiaohui and the little girl named Yaoyao were also looking at me expectantly. Xi and Master told them about summoning the ghosts from five directions, Li Xiaohui and Yaoyao exclaimed, but Teacher Na Jia's eyes sparkled.

After I finished speaking, Teacher Jia slapped his thigh excitedly, and said: "Haha, there are indeed ghosts and monsters in this world, and the records in ancient books are not false. It seems that there are indeed many things in this world. It cannot be explained by science, I really want to see these miraculous things with my own eyes!"

At this moment, the door of the private room was opened, and the waiter began to serve us food.Teacher Jia is quite generous. Although there are only four people, he ordered seven or eight dishes in a row. One of them is the Yayu Casserole that Li Xiaohui has been talking about. The sound of saliva was gone, and it made me smile bitterly again and again, feeling helpless for this foodie.

"Hehe, come and try it. This casserole fish is a specialty of Yazhou. This kind of fish is only found in Yazhou on the whole earth. It can be said to be an extremely rare thing." Teacher Jia smiled and pointed the casserole towards us. Pushed.

Li Xiaohui hurriedly picked up a few pieces of fish from the casserole and put them into a bowl, stuffing them into her mouth while exclaiming that it was delicious.

Teacher Jia looked at us with a smile, and introduced: "This Yayu, also known as Bingxue fish, is only produced in the Qingyi River section of Yazhou. It is famous for its large body and tender meat. In Yazhou, Yayu and Yayu Female and Yayu are also known as the Sanya of Yazhou. Du Fu, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, praised the origin of the Bing point when he was living in Sichuan. The ya fish was presented to the Empress Dowager Cixi, and after eating it, Cixi repeatedly praised the ya fish for its tenderness and delicious taste, better than gentian and phoenix liver, so ya fish is also called the meat of dragon and phoenix!"

While tasting the delicious fish, I listened to Mr. Jia's story about Yayu, which felt very interesting.

At this moment, Teacher Jia said with a mysterious face: "Do you know that the reason why this Yayu is famous is that it hides a sword on its head!"

"What sword?" Li Xiaohui was taken aback, and asked curiously while chewing on the fish meat, she was not afraid of being caught by fishbone with her rough appearance.

Teacher Jia stretched out his chopsticks to pick up the fish head, poked it in the head, and soon he took out a white fish bone from the fish head. This fish bone was wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. It can be clearly seen that it is in the shape of a vivid sword.Li Xiaohui and Yaoyao next to me were stunned and amazed, and I also looked at this sword bone curiously. You must know that although I grew up in Yazhou, I was not blessed to enjoy the deliciousness of Yayu. Now that it was the first time I saw the sword bone on Yayu's head, I was very curious.

"Hehe, this fish has sword bones on its head, and this Yayu is the only one in the world." Seeing our surprised look, Teacher Jia said with some pride.

Li Xiaohui reached out to pick up the sword bone from the table, looked at it carefully, and asked, "Is there anything special about this bone? It looks amazing."

Teacher Jia laughed and said: "The origin of this sword bone is very big. According to the folklore of Yazhou, when Nuwa Empress was mending the sky, the sword on her body fell into the Tsingyi River and was swallowed by a big fish. It turned into the sword bone on the forehead, and has since become an anti-counterfeiting mark for identifying Yayu: if there is a sword, it is true, and if there is no sword, it is false. According to legend, when Dayu was controlling the water, King Yu met in the Qingyi River. Seeing the demons and dragons that caused the flood, Dayu fought with them for a long time, and the task of water control was difficult to continue. At this time, the Yayu King in the Qingyi River presented Dayu with his sword bone, and the sword bone melted. As a precious sword, it exerted great power in Dayu's hands, and subdued all the evil spirits and dragons that hindered him from controlling the water. Since then, the flood in this area has been quelled. Since then, the sword bone of this Yayu has a kind of evil spirit Many people make this sword bone into a pendant and hang it on their chests to protect themselves from evil spirits."

I was shocked immediately, but the casual words from Teacher Jia's mouth made me feel overwhelmed.

Dayu, evil spirits, and evil dragons.

These sensitive words irritated me severely.Sure enough, when Dayu was controlling the waters of the Qingyi River, he had other secrets. He really did the four-element seal formation and the demons inside Mengquan Well.As for this Yayu's sword bone, I took the sword bone from Li Xiaohui's hand and observed it carefully.

The white sword bone fell into my hand, it looked warm and smooth, but there was nothing unusual about it, except for the shape of a sword, it was no different from other fish bones.

I saw that Li Xiaohui was caught in the battle of destroying food again, and I didn't care about the sword bone that I took away. Only Yaoyao looked at me thoughtfully, but when she saw me looking at her When I went, I hurriedly lowered my head shyly, not daring to look at me.I didn't care, and put the sword bone into my underwear pocket.Although I don't know what the Yayu sword bone is for, I thought in my heart that since the sword bone on the Yayu's head is related to Dayu's subjugation of demons in the legend, it is always right to store it.

I chatted with Teacher Jia for a few more words, and everyone began to settle the food in front of them.

About half an hour later, when we were standing at the entrance of the hotel full of wine and food, I looked at Teacher Jia, Li Xiaohui and others with some hesitation, because according to my original plan, I wanted to go to Qiang Village alone, but at this moment They followed me, but it was hard to say.

Teacher Jia's eyes were sharp, and he noticed the look on my face, and asked quickly, "Chen Zixuan, where are you going this afternoon?"

I was a little tangled in my heart, but I quickly realized that Teacher Jia seemed to be very knowledgeable and kind, and maybe letting him go to Qiangzhai with me might help me in my actions.

Thinking of this, I told Teacher Jia about going to the Qiang Village. Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Teacher Jia's eyes were full of surprises, and he immediately nodded in agreement, willing to go to the Qiang Village with me.And Li Xiaohui at the side even made a fuss about going with us after hearing it. I couldn't help but be troubled by her, and thinking that she had also been there, I could only nod in agreement.

After noon, the scorching sun enveloped the earth, and the few of us headed towards the ancient Qingyi Qiang village...

(End of this chapter)