My Weird Life

   Chapter 392 The mantis catches the cicada, the oriole is behind (22)

   The dense and deliberately lowered footsteps outside surrounded the entire courtyard where Anlu was located.

  Su Wu stood under the cherry tree,

   His eyes moved slightly.

   The figure is invisible.

   Even his own breath is condensed and clean, and will not be perceived by others.

  The moment he disappeared, the main gate of the courtyard was directly knocked open,

  A tall figure with a leather armor on his body stepped into the courtyard first.

   Behind him, the samurai took out their knives and walked into the courtyard in a row, lining up along the courtyard wall, and in a very tacit understanding, they surrounded the entire courtyard in a short period of time.

   The tall figure raised the torch,

   The firelight reflected the evil mask on his face.

  Su Wu could not see his face.

   But he has already guessed the identity of the leader.

   is 'father'.

   Previously, the 'father' left a note to Su Wu, claiming that he had something to do tonight. Later, Su Wu talked with Miss Haruko and vaguely judged that what 'father' was going to do might have something to do with Anlu's involvement.

   Now it seems,

   His judgment was correct.

  Su Wu stood on the branch of the cherry tree, holding a knife and leaning against the branch, the intangible shape of the flower swayed back and forth with the wind blowing the branch.

   He stared silently at the courtyard under the tree.

   Watch this good show.

   "Anlu!

  There is no need to hide anymore, hiding is useless,

Come out! "Father's waist is adorned with three swords, two long and one short - one sword, one sword, and one sword.

   He pulled out the knife with a slap in his wrist,

   Under the moonlight and the firelight,

  The knife light is like flowing water.

  'Father' walked straight to the courtyard,

   Behind him were four samurai guarding his flanks and following him silently.

  Wow!

   The tall figure had just stepped into the middle of the hall. The next moment, a pair of pale arms emerged from the top of his head.

  'Father' didn't even look at the pale arms above his head,

   swung away with a knife,

   The 'hand shikigami' were all cut into fly ashes and dissipated!

   "Using shikigami is, after all, a trail.

  Anlu—" The tall man spoke in a low voice, and after saying a word, his voice calling for Anlu suddenly rose, and at the same time, he turned into a black shadow and suddenly passed through the middle hall!

   Attack in a certain direction!

   "Farewell!"

   "Hurry up like a law!"

   "All Demons Conquer"

   "Cut the demon and bind the evil!"

  Anlu's rather panicked voice sounded again and again,

   Every time he drank a Command Spell, a cloud of smoke exploded in the dimly lit central hall.

   From that smoke, various shikigami appeared!

  The poisonous snakes and centipedes in the jar climb freely;

   Double-headed boa constrictor wrapped around beams and columns;

   And, a woman with a swollen body, rotten black water dripping from under her clothes, and a huge belly!

   Once these kinds of shikigami appeared, they immediately used various means to try to stop Abu's father and kill him!

However,

  Abu's father faced many shikigami, his eyes under the evil mask on his face were as calm as water.

   He stood there, stretched out his hand and made a gesture,

   signaled the warriors who were protecting him to retreat.

   retreat three or five steps after the men,

The moment    many shikigami surrounded him, his spare left hand pulled out the tachi from his right waist, and the two daggers were crossed in front of him—a strong rhyme was released from him!

   His hair started to grow like crazy,

   spreads over his arms like water plants, wrapping around the staggered double knives,

   The pitch-black quirk turned into a giant python, swirling and rushing forward—the interlaced double knives wrapped around the hair also turned, like a knife wheel, rolling up all the surrounding shikigami!

  Shhhhh!

  Many shikigami were cut into pieces by the knife wheel!

   turns into blue smoke and dissipates!

  Tread!

Abu's father's hair, which had spread into a 'hair python', shrank back suddenly. One of his feet was detached from the hair package and stepped in the direction of Anlu's escape. The sole of his blue-veined foot stepped on the wooden floor. The strange rhyme eroded the wooden floor into deep imprints.

   The hair retracted to the position where Abu's father's legs were bent, and stopped.

   He took back the sword,

   The knife pressed against Anlu Onmyoji's Adam's apple, and there was still a strange rhyme in his eyes, which turned his eyes into a dark green color.

   "Anlu,

   Toshio Inoue asked me to come over and ask you something—you, and the Haruno family behind you, why did you attack the priest of Soseki Shrine?

   Don't play tricks with me,

   We just went to Haruno's house.

   There are no living people there now…”

   "Guoshou's family has been wiped out?" An Lu muttered to himself and fell softly to the ground.

  The samurai of the Inoue family surrounded them silently,

   Anlu only noticed at this time that most of these warriors' blue-black clothes were stained with blood.

   The hem of the samurai's clothes is still dripping with stench of blood!

   He suddenly understood,

   In front of this tall man who looks like a Tang Dynasty man,

   Definitely not lying.

   "I-I want to talk to Inoue-sama!

Who is   伱? A lowly samurai has no right to hear such a secret thing! "At this point, Anlu still wanted to play tricks, trying to delay some time.

However,

   That tall man - Abu's father shook his head,

   With a sudden stroke of the knife in his hand,

   Knife light flashed—

  Anlu propped up on the floor, and his left hand, which kept his figure from falling softly, was chopped off in half.

  Blood shot!

   He screamed again and again,

   There was a cry in the screams!

   "I count three, and after three counts, if you don't answer, don't want the palm of your right hand." Abu's father said lightly.

"three!"

  Anlu Onmyoji pressed the palm of his left hand and immediately stopped crying.

"two!"

   The tall man who looked vicious and treacherous raised his sword again, and the old Onmyoji was so frightened that he quickly replied, "I said—why did the priest of Soseki Shrine die?

I have no idea! I really don't know why! "

"Um?"

   Father Abu frowned and stared at the old Onmyoji.

  The old Onmyoji spoke again and again, telling the truth about everything he knew: "Today, Ms. Haruko took her two servants to the shrine. I met them there and helped them fortune for the future...

did not expect,

   When it was the turn of the servant who was as tall as you,

   I divination his future destiny,

   caused the paper to burn,

   Even Hashihime's coffin showed signs of charring!

   The fate of this person must be very extraordinary!

that time,

  The priest also died suddenly.

   He was originally a man in his prime, but when he died, he looked like a dying old man!

   At the time, I thought it was strange, so I checked everywhere in the shrine,

   I found that someone did something to the 'offering table'...

  The goddess Akira and Hashihime, who originally offered 'True Sakura Branches and Leaves' as their first offering, this time took the life of a 'priest' as their primary offering... Someone was secretly targeting the priest,

   But that person can tamper with the 'Sacrifice Table' which is addressed to 'God',

   This kind of ability is not comparable to me, an onmyoji who is ‘not in the sixth place’…”

   Anlu said, his face has become very pale,

   He wrapped the hem of his clothes around the severed palm,

   Through the evil mask on the tall warrior's face, he saw the solemn eyes of the other party.

   "I, that's all I know..." Anlu said cautiously.

   Abu's father's eyes were solemn.

   stared at Anlu: "Are you sure it's not you, or the ghost of the Haruno family?"

"no no!

   Although the Haruno family has the ambition to return to Boqi and regain control of Boqi's state affairs, they absolutely dare not take action against the priest family of Soseki Shrine, which has been passed down for hundreds of years!

   They also hope to win the support of the priest family! "Anlu said quickly.

  Axiong shook his head,

   sighed: "That would be troublesome.

  The Inoue family is in big trouble. "

   He straightened up and shouted to the many warriors in the courtyard: "Return to the home immediately!"

   All the warriors responded,

  As he walked out of the central hall, they all gathered around him, rushed out of the courtyard like a stream of water, and disappeared into the street.

  In the middle hall,

   Upside down, An Lu's head was separated from the body.

  The branches of the cherry blossoms trembled slightly,

  Su Wu floated down from the tree,

   Approached the central hall.

   Picking through Anlu's body and the nave for a while,

   I found several shikigami incantations.

   All smashed and nourished several shikigami with the 'big red lotus womb'.

  He raised his head, looked at the bleak moonlight outside, and said in a low voice, "Is there going to be big trouble for the Inoue family?"

   "The mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole is behind?"

  Su Wu's meaning disappeared from the spot.

   He was far faster than the group of warriors.

  …

  The interior of the house is very simple, with only one bed on the wooden floor.

   In the corner is a short case and a wooden box for clothes.

   On the four walls of the room,

   There are several calligraphy with immature handwriting, but pretending to be bold.

'a man of his words. ’

   'When the sky is strong, the gentleman strives for self-improvement; the terrain is kun, and the gentleman carries things with great virtue. ’

   'The journey of a gentleman is to cultivate one's self through tranquility, to cultivate virtue through frugality, not to be indifferent but not to have clear ambitions, and to be quiet and not to reach far. ’

  ‘The gentleman hides his utensils in his body, and waits for the occasion to move. ’

  The calligraphy on the wall undoubtedly shows that the owner of this room requires himself with the virtue of a gentleman, and he hopes to become a "gentleman".

at this time,

  The owner of the room huddled in the bed, and a fur 'quilt' covered by the bed kept rolling,

   After a long time,

   A small head poked out of the fur quilt.

   She looks sweet and beautiful,

   looks very out of place with the copybooks in the room,

   makes people suspect that she is not the original owner of this room.

   Actually,

   She is the owner of this room.

   The copybooks on the wall are also all from her.

  This girl is undoubtedly 'Miss Haruko'.

  Haruko stared at the dark beams with her dark eyes,

   "Why can't you fall asleep?"

   she grunted,

   tossing and turning on the bed for a while,

   Close your eyes and try various methods, trying to make yourself fall asleep.

   but without exception,

   All attempts have failed.

   She still couldn't sleep.

   There is always a sense of panic in the heart of 'what will happen tonight'.

   At the end,

  Haruko 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 at the edge of the short table with her clothes on, picked up a writing brush, and began to practice calligraphy on the paper.

at the same time,

   Originally blocked outside the courtyard, the rich darkness like ink,

   was pushed by invisible forces at this time,

   began to hit the courtyard walls.

   In that thick darkness,

   There were four grass figurines carrying a wooden box. The wooden box was soaked in water on a large area, but one corner was burnt to charcoal black.

   the other direction.

   At the side gate of the courtyard,

  Some dark hair 'grew' out from the ground.

  Under the black hair, a woman's head made of stone gradually appeared.

   (end of this chapter)