crossed border

Chapter 264 Taketori Weng

Heavy snow is flying, the north wind is howling, and the sky and the earth are completely unified.

This wait is half an hour.

Although the torch in his hand can provide a little heat, even though the big tree at the entrance of the village can avoid the direct attack of wind and snow, even though the villagers themselves have suffered from the cold and heat for more than ten or even dozens of years—— —

But now, all of them couldn't help shivering a little, not only because of the cold outside, but also because of the chills brought about by the fear formed by the uneasiness in their hearts.

It was only in order to be able to see the Onmyoji come back with their own eyes, and to see that there is still hope for the future of the village, that they persisted outside, even though the woman at home came and called several times, they did not turn around and leave.

"Hey, Zaomaro, look, your eyes are the best, isn't that Master Onmyoji?"

A villager with sharp eyes finally saw a small black dot appearing at the end of the whiteness in the distance, and immediately let out a cry of surprise.Immediately, there was a commotion among the villagers, and they began to discuss with each other eagerly, as if the severe cold had been dispelled at once, and they seemed to be near the roaring fire.

But the old man called "Zaomalu" by the villager tried his best to open his eyes wide, trying to see clearly the true face of the little black spot at the end of the snowy field.

"It looks like a horse, it should be Master Onmyoji!"

After the old man with the best eyesight in the village uttered such a sentence, everyone couldn't help cheering in a low voice.

However, they soon realized that something was wrong, because after the little black dot slowly approached, they all saw that it was a young man in strange clothes leading a horse, walking slowly from the depths of the vast snowstorm Walked out, and approached the village step by step.

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Probably all recognized the only skinny horse in the village, and almost all the villagers were unable to make a sound as if their throats were stuck.It was only at this moment that they deeply felt what the severe cold of winter was, and their whole bodies were as if falling into a cellar of ice, so stiff that they could no longer move.

Master Onmyoji must have had something wrong, so he was not able to come back.

And the young man in front of him who is slowly approaching is dressed in strange clothes, not to mention weird, walking over in the depths of the snow, without even a single snowflake on his body, and he doesn't behave like ordinary people when it's cold... I'm afraid it's some kind of human form Big monster.

Naturally, it is impossible for a village to have only a dozen or so male villagers. In fact, those who can appear here at this time are the ones who have relatively more say in the village on weekdays.Compared with ordinary villagers, they are not well-informed, but at least they know some higher-level mysteries.

What's more, in the past, I have heard some fragments mentioned by the onmyoji in the past, and now they naturally associate them with each other, and they frighten themselves one by one.

"That—good afternoon? Good evening?"

When Mu Xiu approached the village at the foot of the mountain, he saw more than a dozen villagers holding torches and staring at him in a daze. He immediately greeted him heartily, but he looked up at the sky, and he was a little unsure. What time is this moment.

The villagers were dumbfounded and did not speak, but Mu Xiu didn't think too much, he just said quickly:

"Then what, the poor monk is from Dongtu University...cough cough, sorry, sorry, I just slipped my tongue. I am a traveler who passes by here. The wind and snow are very fast at the moment. I want to stay overnight in your place. I wonder if the host's house is convenient? "

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No one answered, there was silence, only the whistling wind, and the sound of tree branches being crushed by snow and collapsing from time to time in the distance.

Mu Xiu blinked his eyes, thought for a while, and changed his words decisively: "It's snowy and windy in the middle of the night, it's inconvenient to travel, and there are many wild beasts in the wild, grinding their teeth, sucking blood, and killing people like hemp. ..."

"Roar--"

Before he finished speaking, a terrifying roar came from the violent snowstorm behind him.

Immediately afterwards, everyone felt the ground under their feet trembling slightly, as if there was a terrifying giant beast weighing tens of tons roaring and charging towards this side, which made people feel heartbroken just by imagining it. despair.

"Alpaca! Once warned, next time you will be banned!!"

Mu Xiu, who was interrupted, immediately tore his face off in displeasure. He turned his head and roared angrily, and at the same moment, an inexplicable aura radiated from him.

Even if that feeling wasn't aimed at him, it still made the villagers' minds go blank, and almost all of them couldn't help but sieve chaff like gold paper all over their bodies, and they were actually sweating profusely during the cold winter.Even the skinny horse next to it groaned, kneeling on the snow with weak legs.

Trembling and fearful.

And the roar in the distance stopped abruptly, and then there was a whimpering sound similar to a mourning sound, and it went away quickly.It sounded like a stray dog ​​was kicked by someone, ran away whimpering and aggrieved, it seemed that the unknown thing turned around and ran away quickly.

Looking back again, as if nothing happened, Mu Xiu coughed lightly, his eyes were serious and his words were earnest——

"That's it. It's too dangerous to drive in the wild at this time. If you are not careful, you will encounter wild beasts and monsters. As you can see, those who have no power to restrain chickens will be buried by beasts once they encounter such a situation." I'm in my stomach, so I hope to stay overnight there..."

No no no, that's not what we see.

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The villagers who finally regained their thinking ability swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, not knowing what to do in the face of this kind of guy who is talking nonsense with his eyes open.

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After a quarter of an hour.

"Thank you so much, it's much warmer..."

Sitting cross-legged on the floor, Mu Xiu looked at the fire pit in front of him—a square pit dug in the middle of the floor, surrounded by stones on all sides—the raging flames burning in it, and clapped his hands , said with a smile.

Although body temperature is no longer necessary for him, the biting coldness of winter is not a problem for him, nor will it make him feel unbearable.But not feeling uncomfortable does not mean feeling better. The pursuit of a more comfortable environment is the commonality of all living things.

"As long as you are satisfied..."

Waiting on the firepit, the trembling middle-aged man who was adding firewood shook his hands, and then tried his best to squeeze out a smile, which was uglier than crying.

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Several people outside the house looked ugly, and someone lowered their voice and said, "Just let him stay like this? There won't be any problems, right?"

"Is there any other way besides this? This, this... people are simply not something we can fight against!" Another person replied.

"Yes, yes, you also heard the sound just now, it is clearly... that thing nearby! The former Master Onmyoji was bitten to death by it..."

The person who said this was speechless. I don't know if it was because the weather was too cold, or because his mind was still partially stuck in what happened just now. Anyway, he trembled when he spoke.

"The current Lord Onmyouji... I heard it, and I can only hide the village with the rising barrier, but I was scared away by him just now..."

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"There is no such thing as Master Onmyoji, there must be something wrong with Master Onmyoji..." The old man before sighed, "If this continues, it will be very difficult for us to get through this winter, at least this... this person It’s not very vicious, and it seems to be able to talk..."

"Wait, Zuomaro, are you planning to let him come... come..." A person said anxiously, but his tongue was tied up at the end of the sentence, not knowing what to say.

"What's the matter, many villages are actually like this, and not all villages happen to have witches or onmyojis, and not all monsters and ghosts can only eat people... If we can make a powerful The monster guards our village, everyone can accept it!"

"But what if he asks us to offer him living sacrifices?" Someone still disagreed.

"That can only be dragged on for a while, and we can't tear ourselves apart now!" The old man sighed again, "Although we are close to the capital, we are still a small place after all, even those nobles who can really send troops Come here, we have to wait until winter passes and the road opens..."

"By the way, Zuomaro... the one in your family, didn't she say that she is the reincarnation of a god and Buddha, she has grown up in only three months, can you..."

Someone seemed to have thought of something, and said hopefully at this time.

The old man smiled wryly: "Although it is said that the gods and Buddhas were reincarnated, isn't she still a mortal after reincarnation? Besides, she was not born by me, so I really can't ask her to do anything - I'd better talk to this one first, and see him." Want to do something?"

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Mu Xiu in the room narrowed his eyes slightly while stretching out his hands to warm himself by the fire.

I always feel that I have heard something that people are very concerned about. Is it possible that I am really so lucky?As soon as you came into this world, you happened to encounter the plot of this time and place?

But in this way, the timeline can probably be determined, it should be at least a thousand years before the establishment of Gensokyo, right?After all, it seems that the story line of "Bamboo Tori Monogatari" in this world happened at the end of the Asuka era and the beginning of the Nara era.

About 300 years ago from the present day where he lived.

However, after unfolding the wide-area fuzzy sensing ability, Mu Xiu failed to capture any special aura nearby as he wished. When he hesitated a little, the old man suspected to be Taketori had already walked in from the door. .

"The honored guest came from afar, I'm really sorry for the poor hospitality, but there is something I really want to ask..."

"Uh, old man, please tell me." Mu Xiu's mouth twitched, and the look in his eyes when he looked at the old man in front of him became strange.

Wait, is this kind of polite speech because of the cultural accomplishment of the old man in front of him, or is it because of the translation problem of the "Lord God" light ball?

Could it be that the other party just wanted to be polite, and the big light ball was translated into an ancient format directly because of the times?

Speaking of this translation problem, I really need to make complaints about it.

The translation mechanism of the big light sphere follows a very simple rule, which is to allow Mu Xiu to understand any language spoken by other people, and to ensure that the language that Mu Xiu speaks can be understood by anyone else.

So now Mu Xiu felt that he was speaking fluent ancient Japanese, while the other party was speaking Chinese with a perfect accent.And this situation is common when he communicates with people from any country.

Anyway, in Mu Xiu's ears, basically both of them are speaking the language of the other country.

"It's like this, about the horse you brought, my lord...excuse me, this..." The old man hesitated, as if he was considering how to ask a better question.

"Oh, this one, I picked it up on the road when I came here. At that time, it was running towards the village in a panic, so it brought me here." Mu Xiu replied half-truthfully, with a natural expression, "I saw no one on the way except the horse."

"...Is that so?" The old man was slightly taken aback, and then showed a look of mourning.

At this time, Mu Xiu quickly seized the opportunity and asked, "What is the old man's name?"

The old man froze for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said, "My name is Sanuki Zaomaro..."

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Without any look of surprise, Mu Xiu had an expression of "as expected".

(End of this chapter)