It's too difficult to fall in love with rewards

Chapter 51. 51. Want eight children
In the afternoon, the rain lightened and the mountain began to brighten.

Climbers began to set off one after another.

Tachibana Qingxian was the last one, and when he went out, he looked back at the teahouse.

The old shopkeeper was blowing the shakuhachi melancholy, and there was a mountain of old letters and paper bags around him, which could almost be said to be buried in these rags.

"Ah Qing, hurry up."

Tachibana Qingxue shouted from the front.

"Old man, take care." Ju Qingxian said towards the door.

The old shopkeeper raised his gaze with great difficulty, and nodded slightly: "I'm really sorry, I didn't treat you well, I want to remember your appearance, next time you come, you must come here..."

Tachibana has gone far away.

The air is cool.

The rain has dropped a lot, but the sky is still not bright.

The entire mountain was shrouded in white rain and fog, and the leaves and grass blades were all wet.

Tiny water droplets hang in the air.

Walking in such air, the clothes will absorb the small water droplets and become heavy.

At the corner of the climbing path, Tachibana Qingxue and Matsudaira Yui were waiting for him.

A little ahead of the two of them was the dance troupe where Ah Yin belonged.

She is holding a red paper umbrella with a white crane printed on it.

The cranes were turning around under the umbrella, and there seemed to be an ethereal chirping of cranes in the permeating white mist.

Tonight I have to get under the bed of this goblin... Ju Qingxian made plans in his heart and walked up the slope.

The rain from the mountains washed his shoes, and the treetops roared in the wind.It was difficult to walk on the muddy road, and the sky was still raining, and the rainwater flowed down the hair and into the neck.

Tachibana Qingxue was just about to go there.

"Ah Ching..."

Yui Matsudaira jumped over with an umbrella.

"...Why do I feel something is wrong." Ju Qingxue muttered to herself.

Song Pingwei trotted over, covered Ju Qingxian's head with the umbrella, and snorted: "For the sake of your younger brother, my sister will hold an umbrella for you."

"it is good."

Tangerine smiled lightly.

Xiao Wei, who has become better, still suits him quite well.

The two joined Tachibana Qingxue and continued to advance towards Yaowang Temple.

There was still light rain pattering outside the umbrella, and the light was dim, making the surrounding vision blurred.

Walking on the slope, the running rain will wet your shoes.

Occasionally there will be a slightly cold wind blowing head-on.

Ju Qingxue held an umbrella, carefully avoiding the stones on the road, looking at the center of the road in the distance: "Ah Qing, what did the shopkeeper say just now?"

"Every year before and after the Fire Festival, there are rumors of Tengu appearing, and the owner has witnessed it a few times." Tachibana Qingxian replied, but his tone was a little helpless, "But I checked it on the Internet, and some people pointed out that it was Yaowang Temple asked someone to pretend to be in order to attract more pilgrims."

Ju Qingxue rested her chin with one hand, thoughtfully: "This possibility is very real."

"But this also shows that there are really tengus in Mt. Takao." Tachibana Qingxian's eyes were firm, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Whether it's a real tengu or a fake one, we won't come here in vain."

"That's right."

Tachibana Qingxue was also somewhat happy.

If it is a tengu, then it means that there is really a tengu who kidnapped people, and Tachibana Jun met Shen Yin; if it is a fake tengu, then Tachibana Jun's disappearance must be inseparable from the fake tengu.

Matsudaira Yui looked at Tachibana Kiyoshi's handsome side face, and asked amusedly, "Is that a tengu with a high nose? Is it good or bad?"

Ju Qingxian noticed that her outer shoulders were a little wet from the rain, and leaned closer to her, "I have never seen a tengu, but I know the origin of the tengu. Generally speaking, tengu are those who are unreasonably oppressed and fall into People in unfortunate situations change, or they are losers in power struggles. Such people are full of resentment for what happened to them, and they will deviate from the law or ethics, and finally become a tengu.”

"There is such an argument. For example, Emperor Sutoku, who is known as the head of the tengu, is the loser of the power struggle." Tachibana Qingxue looked at her eloquent younger brother, smiled, and then looked at Matsudaira Yui, "Still There is a saying that a self-satisfied and arrogant person can also become a tengu. Xiao Wei, think about it, isn't the tall and long nose of the tengu the embodiment of boasting?"

Xiaoxue is pretty smart...

Ju Qingxian thought to himself, it's really good to use this method to warn Xiao Wei not to be arrogant.

however……

Yui Matsudaira didn't hear it at all.

After Ju Qingxian leaned over, the shoulders of the two of them touched together.

All the girl's thoughts were concentrated on her shoulders.

She tilted her head slightly, looking at the shoulders of the two who sometimes touched and sometimes separated, her little face was slightly flushed.

"Xiao Wei?" Ju Qingxue had a puzzled expression.

"Ah, what?"

Matsudaira suddenly came back to his senses.

Ju Qingxue looked her up and down: "Didn't you hear what I just said?"

"Uh, um, I, yes, huh..." The girl faltered and faltered, her eyes wandering from side to side as if avoiding something.

Thankfully it was dark.

Otherwise, with your shy look, no one can see that you are in love.

Ju Qingxian opened her mouth to help her with a funny face: "Just now my sister said that a child who is arrogant and disrespectful to others will have a nose as long as a tengu."

Song Pingwei touched his nose subconsciously, and said anxiously: "Xiao Wei didn't disrespect others..."

"Xiao Wei, you have it." Ju Qingxue bent down a little, and made a terrifying smile, "Who is it who saw my Ah Qing and yelled to trample him under his feet?"

"No, it's not me, I don't have..." Song Pingwei, who just finished posting with Tachibana Qingxian, blushed anxiously, "I like Ah Qing, so I won't..."

"like?"

Ju Qingxue's expression froze.

She looked at her younger brother, frowning slightly: "She said she likes you?"

"Woo~"

Song Pingwei groaned, and shrank behind Tachibana Qingxian.

It’s over.

There was only one thought in her mind.

Ah Qing's elder sister will definitely tell the Songping family about this, and Mrs. Yu, who has always been very strict with her, will definitely take her back to Tokyo and never let her see Ah Qing again... Woohoo, Xiaowei, don't go back to Tokyo, Xiao Wei wants to stay with Qing...

"She's an older sister, so there's nothing to be afraid of." Ju Qingxian held the girl's little hand.

Facing his sister's surprised eyes, he also stretched out his hand and said, "Just like I like my sister."

Song Pingwei realized later, poked his head out from behind Tachibana Qingxian, and nodded desperately: "Yes, yes, Ah Qing is right."

Ju Qingxue's face also turned red, she patted her chest with one hand, and said with a relieved expression: "I thought it was that kind of liking, it almost scared me."

The trembling arc made the girl's eyes straighten.

...How can it be so big?

The elder sister stretched out her hand, and Ju Qingxian led them from left to right, and continued to walk up.

I don't know when the wind and rain stopped.

The quiet light of dusk flows down from the gaps in the dark clouds.

In the mountains buried in deep greenery, lights gradually lit up, illuminating the outline of the building.

The road under his feet has also turned into stone steps.

Under the rendering of the twilight, the color of the stone steps seems to be covered with dust, which is the color that has fallen from the shade of the tree.

"Ahead is the gate of Yakuoji Temple." Tachibana Qingxue looked forward, "It's strange to say that it is a temple, but it has a shrine-like torii."

"That's because there are several shrines inside." Tachibana Qingxian said calmly.

Ju Qingxue turned her head to look at him: "Have you been here before?"

"Xiaoxue is so stupid, look at the guide map over there." Ju Qingxian pointed to the side of the road.

Ju Qingxue blushed, and yelled to defend: "What, the sky is so dark, I can't see clearly..."

Before her brother could make fun of herself, she glanced and her eyes fell on the guide map.

The central axis of the entire Yaowangji area is the former square, Renwang Gate, the main hall, and the back hall Fudodo.There are relatively few buildings on the left, only a few Buddhist halls and a Buddhist stupa.The buildings on the right are relatively dense, including the abbot hall, the guest hall, the academy... There is also a Fukuda Inari shrine and a Tengu shrine.

"What a strange place..." Tachibana Qingxue was very puzzled, "Let's not talk about why the tengu is enshrined in the temple, even if it is enshrined, is the tengu still worshiped by people?"

"Tengu is also very mighty..." Matsudaira Yui was held by Tachibana Qingxian, and his whole face was beaming. "With wings and a sword, he looks like Fudo Myoko. Ah Qing thinks so?"

"Compared with good or bad, the Japanese value strength and weakness more. For example, Ibaraki Doji, who is a ghost, is also enshrined as a god by Osaka people." Tachibana Kiyoaki explained to the two beauties, "worship In the Yakuoji Temple is one of the Eight Great Tengus, Izuna Saburo Daitengu. Tengu is a kind of universal little monster, and Daitengu, in layman's terms, is a great demon king. Ordinary tengus are weak, so naturally they are not People will believe, the more powerful big tengu, because it looks arrogant, even if the grassroots don't believe, they can't help but worship. Don't refute me, the people of this country are like this, for example, when they treat Amelie Ka's attitude..."

Tachibana Qingxue couldn't tell the difference, and could only utter one sentence: "...you said that you are not Japanese!"

Tachibana Qingxian replied impeccably: "I am a Japanese who likes to be on the lower end."

"..."

Ju Qingxue glared at him in embarrassment.

No wonder I like to hate my sister, it turns out that my younger brother wants to beat me.

"Qing, Qing, I heard that there is a bird-like tengu, isn't it?" Yui Matsudaira asked cheerfully.

Unknowingly, her other hand also grabbed Ju Qingxian's arm, and it looked as if she was embracing his arm with both hands.

"The one you mentioned is called Yatengu, and its nose is not that long. Correspondingly, its status is also lower."

Tachibana Qingxue asked curiously: "Isn't that equivalent to a tengu's retainer?"

"It's like this." Tachibana Qingxian analyzed with them, "If the Tokugawa family is used to describe the tengu's internal class, the big tengu is equivalent to the Tokugawa general's family, and the tengu is equal to the Yusanjia and Yusanqing, Yatengu They are retainers like the Kiryu family and the Yagyu family."

"Wow!" Matsudaira looked at him with sparkling eyes, his face full of admiration, "Ah Qing knows everything..."

"I read a lot, so I have a lot of things in my mind." Ju Qingxian nodded his head, and said with a smile: "When you need to use it, just read it from it."

Even though it was dark, the smile was still dazzling.

Ju Qingxue thought from the bottom of her heart: When my younger brother grows up, he must be a slender, fair-skinned, elegant and handsome man with clear eyes.

Whenever he walked on the street, the women he passed would whisper to each other, and there must be many women of noble blood who wrote him some affectionate love letters.

For example, this little one...

Looking at Matsudaira who was hanging on his younger brother like a koala, Tachibana Qingxue stretched her hand from behind her younger brother's waist with no expression on her face, pushed the girl's body away, and said lightly: "Ah Qing , are you tired?"

"Huh?" Ju Qing looked up suspiciously.

With a straight face, Ju Qingxue squatted down and opened her arms: "My sister will carry you up."

Why did Xiaoxue suddenly become so sensible... Ju Qingxian was already panting from exhaustion, when she saw her sister open her hand, she immediately let go of Song Pingwei, and plunged into her arms.

Arms around her neck.

She lowered her head deftly, pressed the tip of her nose against her white and greasy skin, and sniffed fiercely.

Ok.

The taste is slightly sweaty and sour.

"Xiaoxue is too fragrant." Ju Qingxian lied directly.

Then, he turned his head and looked at the wronged Song Pingwei, blinked his eyes, said innocently and harmlessly: "I let my sister hold me, don't make trouble."

"I……"

"A disobedient child will have a long nose like a tengu. It's ugly."

Song Pingwei curled his mouth: "Xiao Wei just needs to be obedient..."

Why did this child suddenly become stupid... Ju Qingxue gave her a pitiful look.

Little did she know that in the eyes of her younger brother, she was just as stupid.

The three continued upward.

Holding her younger brother in her arms and coming to the gate of the temple, Ju Qingxue was already sweating profusely.

The air she breathed out, with a slight fragrance, blew by Ju Qingxian's ears.He felt very comfortable, and hugged his sister's neck even harder, feeling her soft body, which Xiao Wei couldn't give him for the time being.

After passing through Nio Gate, the end of the stone steps leads to the main hall.

Going to the right is a flat stone slab.

The flowers and plants next to it are moistened by rain and are verdant.

Tachibana Qingxue and the little monk who came to receive him explained their intentions, paid the accommodation fee, and went to the guest hall under the leadership of the monk.Passing by the square of the Inari Shrine on the way, several people stopped and looked inside.

It was originally a vermilion torii, but the paint has peeled off in many places on the surface, exposing the dark yellow wood.

Below the torii, there are also a pair of stone foxes surrounded by barbed wire.

The fox had a seaweed roll rice ball in its mouth, and its sharp ears were erected, and the ears were also painted with vermilion.

Tachibana Qingxian got down from her sister's arms and walked towards the torii gate.

"In Shintoism, the torii gate represents the entrance to the realm of the gods, and it is used to distinguish the realm of the gods where the gods live and the secular world where humans live." He stepped over the torii gate with one foot, and looked back with the other foot: "The so-called It’s like this for one step in God’s Domain and one step in Human World.”

The wind blows and the clouds move.

The faint sunset light shone on the young man's demure eyebrows and slender eyelashes, and reflected the swaying clouds on his cheeks.

Ju Qingxue had a strange premonition.

It seems that if the younger brother steps two feet into the torii gate, he will enter the world of gods and disappear from this world.She didn't know what the basis of this premonition was, but she was a little scared, so she walked up quickly and pulled her brother out.

"Xiaoxue, you seem very nervous."

"……I do not have it."

"It's rare to pass by the torii gate, come and make a wish." Ju Qingxian turned to look at the two stone foxes.

"Okay, okay."

Matsudaira Yui ran over happily.

The three stood sideways in a row, threw coins into the incense cabinet, and joined hands to pray.

When the evening wind blows, the tops of the pine trees rustle.

The wind went straight to the dark interior of the shrine, and there was a solemn sound, as if God Inari had accepted the prayers of the three.

On the way to the guest room, Ju Qingxue couldn't hold back the curiosity in her heart, and asked her brother's ear, "What wish did you make?"

"Wishes are ineffective when they are spoken."

"Tell my sister," Ju Qingxue shook his arm, threatening like a girl, "If you don't tell my sister, she won't hug you in the future."

Ju Qingxian looked at her sister and said solemnly, "Eight children."

"Ok?"

Xiaoxue's head was full of question marks.

Ju Qingxian took her hand and squeezed the tender palm: "After I get married in the future, I want to have eight children."

Ju Qingxue subconsciously covered her lower abdomen with the other hand.

"...eight?"

The suddenly raised pitch scared away the crows that were sitting on the eaves.

"Will the gods blame you for this kind of free-wheeling prayer? And..." She blushed, her eyes were moist and glowing, and she whispered to her younger brother in a discussing tone: "Eight is too many." , the physical burden is heavy, can Ah Qing ask for a few less..."

Tangerine Qingxian felt very strange.

... Listening to your bargaining tone, it seems that you are the one I want to marry.

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