The self-cultivation of the passer-by hero

"Aaron, since you are Lord Xixing's bodyguard, you must also know the rumors from two hundred years ago. There once was a beautiful woman. Five adults in the court were in love with her, but none of them won the heart of that woman. , and one of those five is——"

"Right Minister, Fujiwara will not wait"

"Sure enough, Aaron, you have heard this story." Ali smiled and nodded. She was not surprised that Takeru knew these things. After all, the Saigon House was once the residence of the Fujiwara family.

So she then asked: "Then do you know which of these rumors are hearsay and which are true?"

"This is it"

When it comes to that past event, I'm afraid no one knows it better, because he is one of the parties involved.

"All... right?" Takeya replied hesitantly. Whether it was Kaguya's beauty or Fujiwara's admiration for her, all of this seemed to be true.

"Indeed," Ali put away his smile, a look of reminiscence appeared on his face: "The woman's name is Kaguya, and her beauty is spread by word of mouth. Even though I have never met her, I am deeply curious about her. That The five adults may have really become her subordinates."

"I'm afraid? What do you mean?" Wu Ye frowned slightly. Listening to A Li's meaning, it seems that there is some hidden part in it?

"It's all in the past, but since you asked about it Takeya, it doesn't hurt to tell you."

Ah Li sorted out her thoughts and talked about everything she knew: "Although Kaguya Ji is beautiful, she is the daughter of the bamboo cutter after all. No matter how outstanding her appearance is, Master Aaron, do you really think that there will be five Would a man in a high position put down his dignity and pursue her at all costs?"

Wu Ye was slightly startled, and he roughly guessed what A Li was going to say, and said in a calm tone: "It is indeed as you said, this is very unreasonable."

"Those five lords are all important figures in the current dynasty. The most fundamental reason why they put down their arrogance to pursue Kaguya Ji is that this is His Majesty's imperial order," Ah Li said slowly, taking a deep breath. The most secret part: "Kaguya has the secret recipe for the elixir of life."

Penglai Medicine

Wu also calmly sank his thoughts, but didn't show it on his face, he simply echoed: "So, those five adults went after Kaguya Ji for the sake of the elixir?"

"Yes, on the surface it's a pursuit, but in fact it's to supervise her making the elixir of life. It's a pity that people don't know what to do," Ali smiled bitterly: "I didn't expect that all of this was actually a lie of Kaguya Ji."

"lie?"

"Yes, there is no elixir at all. Kaguya Ji disappeared. The fire on the outskirts of Kyoto completely angered the Emperor, but the five adults who were bewitched by Kaguya Ji's beauty were still fighting for the escaped Excuse Kaguya."

Ah Li raised her head, and under the cold moonlight, her tone was very sad: "Except for Fujiwara-sama who finally chose to hide in the mountain, the remaining four adults were all reprimanded by the emperor, and ended up in death or exile. It also declined accordingly.”

"That's right." Wu Ye lowered his head and sighed sadly. Although it was only a few days since he got along with Fujiwara unequaledly, he was Meihong's father after all, and it was really embarrassing to have such an ending in the end.

Wu Ye raised his head and looked at Ah Li: "A Li, then could it be that the crime you committed before was -"

"That's right." Although it was an unbearable past event, Ah Li showed a relieved smile: "As a servant of the royal family, my mission is to serve as the middleman between the five adults and His Majesty the Son of Heaven. There are five of them, and I am the last insider."

"I see, that's why you were charged."

"Yes, His Majesty the Son of Heaven cannot allow his wisdom to be tarnished, so whether it is the medicine of immortality or being deceived by Princess Kaguya, someone has to bear these stains for him. The five adults are like this, and so am I. .”

A melancholy expression appeared on Ah Li's face at first, but then disappeared: "Fortunately, with Master Zi's help, I was able to survive, and the Hieda family was able to survive."

"Then you are really destined."

Takeru didn't know what kind of expression he should show. I'm afraid he had a share of the blame for Ali's experience. But thinking about it on the other hand, if he hadn't figured out the identity of "a wise man returning from the mainland", Yakumo Murasaki probably wouldn't either. Come to Kyoto.

So does this count as having tricked Ah Li, or has he saved Ah Li's life?

"It seems that starting from that time, the conflict between humans and monsters became irreconcilable."

Wu Ye was taken aback by Ah Li's sudden exclamation: "What do you mean?"

"Huh? Ah, I'm sorry, I didn't make it clear," Ali smiled apologetically, and then said: "Actually, on the night when Princess Kaguya left, although it was not in Kyoto, it was very close to the suburbs. Amazing fight."

Fighting - can you say?

Wu Ye frowned. A Li mentioned a fire just now. Although there is no direct evidence, it is inseparable that it should be the traces of the battle between Meihong and Kaguya.

Not noticing anything unusual about Takeya, Ah Li continued: "After that battle, the Onmyoji in Kyoto discovered extremely strong demonic energy near the battlefield. It must be the trace of a big demon."

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"Great monsters are haunting the capital, and the disappearance of Kaguya Ji, and the deception of the elixir, these things make the big men in Kyoto really start to face up to the threat of monsters, 'It's not a wild beast in the country, but A poisonous poison that can harm us'—someone suggested at the time."

Wu Ye suddenly felt a little pain in his head: "Wait, Ah Li, haven't any monsters appeared in Kyoto before?"

"That's not true, it's just that it's so blatant, unscrupulous, and unscrupulously releasing demon power, and even so arrogant that they fought in the outskirts of Kyoto, and even spread to Kyoto. For human beings, this kind of arrogant arrogance is simply provocation."

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"And it's not just human beings. Youkai also knew about these things at that time. Maybe they didn't know the story of Kaguya Hime, but they could smell the powerful demonic aura that hadn't dissipated from the sky over Kyoto for a long time."

While chatting and laughing, Ah Li brought out another amazing fact: "I heard from Master Zi that the ghost clan chose to attack Kyoto at that time. Attracted by fighting.”

"No, wouldn't it be?" Wu Ye's face was a little unhappy.

"'Even the unknown people are not afraid of the human beings in Kyoto, why should we stop?'——I heard from Mr. Zi that many ghost races had such thoughts at that time."

As Li said, he couldn't help but sigh: "Although the conflict between humans and monsters has never been irreconcilable, but it can deteriorate to such a degree in just a hundred years, the battle in Kyoto played a big role, and it is probably the cause of everything." Fire rope."