This witch is a boy

Chapter 25 The Bride of the Monster

Ise Grand Shrine is composed of the inner palace Kodaijingu and the outer palace Fengshou Daijingu.The outer palace worships Fengshou the Great God, and the inner palace worships Amaterasu the Great God.

Although the Ise Shrine is very large and there are many shrines below, only the maidens of the main palace and the outer palace can claim to be the maidens of Ise. In fact, there are only ten witches recruited by the main palace and the outer palace every year. The combined numbers show how fierce the competition is.

The recruitment of shrine maidens has never been like a civil servant assessment, and there is no age limit for birth, but the recruitment of Ise Shrine is different.

To put it simply, if shrines can be divided into two types, then they are Ise Shrine and other shrines. Ise Shrine is the core of Shinto, and even a standard for all shrines.

First of all, the priestess must be a woman, which is a prerequisite, but considering that Matsudaira himself is not a woman, so when he looked at Saigu with suspicious eyes, he got an affirmative answer, he is a special case among special cases, It can be said that the special case of no one before and no one to come after is a "witch" who was forcibly recognized by the gods and oracles, and there will be no second one in the future, but even so, it is for the face of Ise Shrine and for the entire witch industry. For the sake of face, you must dress up as a woman, obediently change from "Guangjun" to "Guangji", and you must not reveal your gender.

Yu Zeguang threw the light novel "The Old Lady's Chastity Defense War" that he bought from a bookstore to pass the time on the bus, and threw it into the trash can. Thinking of the male protagonist who was transformed from a man into a woman by the gods and had to defend his chastity with difficulty, I thanked the gods for their unmotherly kindness from the bottom of my heart.

The second prerequisite for becoming a witch is that she must be a pure girl. Once married, she can no longer be a witch.

However, Yu Zeguang was very skeptical about this setting, thinking that even a boy could get into the team of pure witches, it must be a pure girl to be really useful, until he heard the third setting about witches.

The miko will resign after the age of 25, unless she is very influential and can receive a shrine office, or the existence of the royal family, such as Saigu, can serve for life as long as she does not get married or the emperor does not die.

If there is no accident, Yu Zeguang's career is only about ten or 11 years. This is because he came to be a witch before graduating from high school, and the career of other witches is even shorter.

According to the normal way, a certain girl enters school at the age of 6, has 6 years of elementary school, 3 years of junior high school, 3 years of high school, plus 4 years of university, and comes to become a witch after graduation. She is already 22 years old. , It really doesn't make much sense to be a miko for only 3 years.

Because shrines are very cautious about college students becoming shrine maidens, generally speaking, high school students are the shrine maidens.

Of course, generally speaking, it is not easy to enter a shrine. Many small shrines are family businesses, such as Higurashi Kagome’s Higurashi Shrine. A large shrine with ten witches has very high requirements for background, relationship, and personal qualities.

And the witch he knew, Kagome Higurashi, her grandfather was the priest of Higurashi Shrine, Rei Hino, and her grandfather was also the priest of Hikawa Shrine. Priest.

So it can be seen that the relationship is really important.It was also because it was brought by Zhai Gong, so the first level of the interview was so relaxed, and the assessment of quality still existed so that people had to be called to discuss the issue of Matsuhira Hikaru's establishment.

"Tell me, what did you encounter yesterday?"

Saigong asked Yu Zeguang who was sitting next to him, full of suspicion.

"It's like this, there is a little girl named Matsudaira Wakamatsu who asked me if I should go to Toshogu Shrine to be a maiden."

Yu Zeguang helplessly explained, thinking of that little girl is also helpless, why he said that he has the talent to be a witch.

"And then..." Zhai Gong asked.

"Then I didn't agree, the little girl said to curse me, curse me to be caught by a monster as a bride."

Yu Zeguang was helpless, and he was full of tears when he said it, but in the end he was really caught by those monsters.

The monsters who held the celebration caught him who could see monsters, and said they would present him as a bride to King Naraku.

If it wasn't for the demon extermination master who passed by, a man named Qu Yiyi passed by, I'm afraid he himself is really finished this time.

"You shouldn't be telling the truth."

Zhai Gong touched his forehead, how unlucky this guy must be to encounter such a thing.

Yu Zeguang nodded, looked at his wrist, and a mark of an inverted pentagram appeared on his wrist.

"It's okay, Xiaoguang, you have to trust me..." Zhai Gong looked at the curse on his wrist, patted his chest and said.

"Well, I believe that His Majesty Zhai Gong can solve the curse on me." Yu Zeguang looked happily at Zhai Gong.

"Who said that he will help you solve the curse!" Zhai Gong said angrily.

"Then what do you want me to believe you mean?" Yu Zeguang said in a puzzled tone.

"What I mean is, you have to believe me. Under the training of this palace, you will become a perfect bride. You are so beautiful. If you train more, then even if you are caught by a monster, you don't have to worry about you." His life is safe. Just break him."

Saigong said carelessly, "Anyway, after arriving at the Jingu, you basically won't leave Ise, it's very safe."

"..." Yu Zeguang fell down.

………………

A small room in the Jinguji Hall of Ise Jingu Shrine.

In the small room sat the establishment of Ise Jingu. Of course, there were no men, and none of the subordinate shrines came in. Simply put, this was just a meeting among the shrine maidens inside the main palace of Ise Jingu.

The clergy of the shrine are roughly divided into three parts, one is the management personnel such as the Grand Priest, the Priest, the Grand Priest, and the Lesser Priest; the second is the group headed by Niyi who undertakes daily sacrifices; the third is serving the Great God Amaterasu on behalf of the emperor Zhai Palace, also known as "Amaterasu Great God's Staff".

Originally, the head of a shrine, the highest clergyman's priesthood was called "Miyaji", but the shrine, as the head of all shrines, had a somewhat special status, and the highest position in the shrine was called "Jingu Omiyaji".

This is like the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Shangqing was basically regarded as the national leader in the vassal states, but in the Zhou Dynasty, he could only be regarded as a middle-level cadre, and there were three masters and three princes above him.

So I added a big character, and I felt that it was very compelling. The presidents of the same two countries met. One of the media reported that the president was the president, and the other only called the president. Uh, I feel that the president seems to be shorter than the president. Although Actually the same.

However, since members of the royal family became priests in the shrine, the status of the supreme god who served Amaterasu on behalf of the emperor was also very high.

This is only the case with shrines. In other shrines, it is basically impossible for a woman to become a shrine master if she wants to be in the top position.

"In principle, I have no objection to the people selected by the Zhai Palace, but I still want to have a little confirmation on the selection of candidates. It's not a bad thing to think about it. After all, only ten newcomers come in a year."

An elderly priestess wearing glasses continued after announcing the agenda at the palace.

Zhai Gong's eyebrows twitched. In principle, it doesn't make sense. In fact, there is an objection. It's just that he doesn't object under the general principle, doesn't violate his own authority, and tries to use small issues to object.

"The girl named Yu Zeguang, her real name should be Matsuhira Hikaru. Can I ask for the details of that girl?"

The elder priestess asked, Saigu yawned pretending to be bored, and looked at the elder priestess with dissatisfaction, asking himself such a question, you dare to question the person I personally sent over, really When I was a vegetarian.

"Born! Chinese, Yu Zeguang's great-grandfather is Chinese, the title is ordinary, just a small viscount."

The people present at the Viscount couldn't help but take a deep breath. Whether this title is high or low, it is definitely not enough in Ise Shrine. After all, Zhai Palace is from the royal family, and the title is a queen. A Viscount is really not enough.

However, Zhai Palace is an exception among the exceptions in the shrines. It represents the royal family to serve Amaterasu. Other shrines, except for some well-known shrines that were able to obtain titles during the Meiji Restoration, many of them are ordinary people, and even if there are, they will never exceed Viscount, so it is rare for a noble lady with such a high status in the shrine to come.

"Hua, under Zhai Palace, may I ask which family is the princess, the shrine family, or the Gongqing family..."

The older witch continued to ask without giving up, and Zhai Gong raised her eyebrows in dissatisfaction, "Damn, you dare to rebel, my old lady is so supportive, you dare to have an opinion."

"Bai, do you have a problem with me!"

Zhai Gong looked at her with a dark tone, and the elder maiden lowered her head directly under the gaze, and said, "I dare not, but as the maiden of Lord Tiantian Maiden, I feel that I have a lot of responsibilities..."

"Shut up, I said you just listen. I summoned you, not to discuss with you, but to let you discuss my decision. No matter what your results are, I will follow my ideas. Of course, I will announce it to the public. It's still the result of our democratic discussion. What's the matter, are you dissatisfied?"

Saigong patted the table with the professional fan in his hand and said dissatisfiedly, the elderly priestess named Bai lowered her head with a pale face, and then smiled wryly: "How dare I."

"That's good, Yu Zeguang, a direct member of Ueno Yu Zeguang's family, a vassal daimyo, ten thousand stones. The little girl is quite beautiful. Although the family is down and down now, she is of noble origin anyway, and belongs to the family that can be cultivated." He is a talented person, and he is also very smart, his mother is also a witch, and has a family background..."

While Saimiya was counting the advantages of Matsudaira with her fingers, a young maiden wearing a gorgeous kimono beside her said, "Is your surname Matsudaira?"

The witch's words caused a thunderstorm in the audience, and the surname of Matsudaira was instantly associated with the daimyo's family.

Matsudaira, this is a member of the Wu family, or a descendant of Dong Zhaoquanxian, are you kidding me, when will the Wu family people go to the public shrine to become a witch.

Zhai Gong touched his forehead with his hands, and looked at the girl beside him sadly, the last thing he didn't want to see happened.

Yu Zeguang's background was caught, especially by the girls around him.

The young miko ignored Saimiya's sad gaze, and just smiled at her softly, as if she didn't know what she had said.

Chapter 26 Uproar

Dongzhao Daquan is now Tokugawa Ieyasu. He is the founding general of the Edo Shogunate. He is famous for ending the chaos of the Warring States Period and establishing the Edo Shogunate. In China, he is the proper founding monarch.

However, Japan is different from China. It is not popular to change dynasties, only to change the shogunate, so the shogunate politics is a political national condition with Japanese characteristics, and the general is actually the emperor.

After Tokugawa Ieyasu's death, he became Tosho Daquan and now uses Toshogu Shrine as a sacrifice. He is a proper samurai god, and the descendants of the samurai family are no accidents, and they are also the shrines that serve the samurai family.

The public family is a family that serves the emperor and is an official in the court, while the samurai family is a samurai who is loyal to the general and works for the shogunate.

Generally speaking, the shrines of the public are established by the imperial court, and the shrines of the samurai are established by the shogunate and daimyo. Although it cannot be said that fire and water are incompatible, the two systems are indeed incompatible.

"How can people from the Samurai family serve the gods of Ise Jingu?"

"It's ridiculous, she's Tokugawa... Dong Zhaoquan's descendant."

"My lord, please think carefully about it."

There was an uproar, and then there was a voice of opposition from the shrine maidens. It was nothing more than a samurai family background, but he was a descendant of Tokugawa Ieyasu.

If the former is to commit suicide, then the latter is to commit suicide.

What are the gods enshrined in the Ise Shrine, not all of them are a series of gods from Tianjin, which deeply represent the power of the royal family and the court officials.

Of course, this started a long time ago. According to legend, a long time ago, Amaterasu of Gaotianyuan discovered that there was a really good place in the world. I liked it, so he said to the gods: "I like that place in Weiyuan China very much. Destined, it is the place where my son rules, you all help us take it down."

The gods looked at the place pointed by Amaterasu, and then looked at each other, thinking: "Isn't this Weiyuan China the territory ruled by the God of the Great Country?"

The gods expressed that they could not afford to offend the Lord God of the Great Country, shook their heads, and shrugged their shoulders at the same time.

"God Amaterasu, my leg hurts..."

"God Amaterasu, my back hurts..."

"God Amaterasu, my arm hurts..."

All in all, the gods all said that they are teasing, and we don't want to do this job.

Amaterasu Goddess gave the gods a blank look, you bunch of trash, what use does my mother want you to be, simply don't care so much, tell them to pick a god, and finally the gods picked a hapless ghost, no, the hapless god Go down to Gaotianyuan, to conquer Weiyuan China (human world) ruled by the God of the Great Country, and then, there will be no more.

Because the unlucky god never came back.

The unlucky god didn't come back, but it doesn't mean Amaterasu Omisami forgot about it. Three years later, Amaterasu Omisami remembered this incident again, and summoned all the gods again, saying that Weiyuan China is destined for my old lady, and it is what I should get. Say what to do now.

The gods fell to the ground in an instant, thinking, my God Amaterasu, so you haven't forgotten, and you are still thinking about it!

So, there is nothing difficult in the world, as long as you have a heart, no, it should be afraid of thieves not stealing, so the gods of Gao Tianyuan made persistent efforts, and recommended another god to go down this time.

This guy is the son of the unlucky god, and the gods didn't want to go down to compete with the Great Country Lord God, so they could only push the son of the unlucky god down.

This is all your father's fault, it's not that your father won't come back, as for me, should I recommend you to go down?

The son of the unlucky god went down reluctantly, and then there was no more, because he followed his father's example and never came back, staying comfortably in Weiyuan China, the god of the great country.

Then when the unlucky god went down to earth for the third time and no god came back, Amaterasu Omisami couldn't bear it any longer, and directly ordered troops to go down to grab the territory with the Great Country Lord God.

In the end, they won. The God of the Great Country chose to give in. The gods of Tianjin occupied the world. As the ruler of the world, Tiansun is the ruler of the world. Many gods in Gaotianyuan also followed Tiansun. Follow the gods of Gongqing's family.

The emperor's court established the Ise Shrine to worship her in the world, and almost all the gods in the sky lived in the Ise Shrine of Amaterasu, and the powerful families in the court, such as the Fujiwara family, were even more Many shrines were also built for their ancestors.

Therefore, the Gongjia Shrine also represents the interests of the Emperor and the Minister to a certain extent, and is inherently at odds with the Samurai Shrine, which represents the shogunate, especially Tosho Daikongen and Amaterasu Omikami.

What is Dongzhao Daquanxian, the god of shining in the east, what is Quanxian, is the incarnation of the Buddha's appearance in the world, Dongzhao Quanxian refers to the pharmacist Tathagata according to Buddhist terms, and the pharmacist Tathagata is the leader of the Oriental Pure Glass World, And because the country in the east is Japan, Dongzhao Quanxian is both the Buddha and the sun god, and the relationship with Amaterasu Omisami is very delicate.

There is Dongzhao God in the east and Amaterasu God in the west, one in Kanto and one in Kansai, just like there are two suns in the sky.

To put it simply, Nikko Toshogu Shrine can be said to be the most disliked counterpart of Ise Shrine, so Tokugawa Ieyasu’s descendants came here to become witches, just like the descendants of reactionary landlords during the Chinese Revolution who wanted to come here to become popular party members Cadres, it’s fine if you don’t call yourself a reactionary.

"Quiet, I don't think family background is a problem."

Saigong knocked on the table again with his fan, but the people present had objections because the miko was from the Wu family, and they were still noisy.

"My Majesty, there is no precedent for this. Please think twice. Even if the other party wants to serve Tiantian Numing, it can't break the precedent of the shrine for thousands of years. Maybe she can go to our subordinate shrine or another palace to practice. "

As soon as Nadeko of Lengquanyuan said that, the scene became quiet, and although the witches present were talking, their voices also dropped a lot.

Everyone thought this was really a good idea, but Zhai Gong didn't say anything, neither opposed nor supported.

If you can't agree, you definitely can't agree. If you agree, you will be fooled. Although there are many outstanding maidens who have stood out from the other palaces and entered the main palace, they will definitely not include Matsuhira Hikaru who has a problematic background.

The oracle of Tiantian Numing said that Matsudaira would be allowed to enter the Ise Shrine to serve Amaterasu. Only the maidens in the main palace can be counted as Ise maidens, not to mention that going to other palaces can only serve Tiantian Numing, not Tian. According to the gods.

Contrary to the oracle, it is obviously impossible for Zhai Gong to agree, but the oracle cannot tell them, and the oracle is needed to unify the opinions of Ise Jingu in everything, how can she establish her own authority.

"Nadeko, what do you people in the outer palace think?"

Saikiya looked at Reisenin Nadeko and asked, this girl who is two years older than Xiaoguang, compared to this airborne householder, Reisenin Nadeko is the native of Ise Jingu, and has a huge influence in Ise Jingu Power, although they are inferior to their own, but their influence is not inferior to it, and it is precisely because of their opposition that it is so difficult for me.

Even after the Meiji Restoration, Nigi, who was in charge of daily sacrifices in the inner palace, was hereditary from the Araki family, and Miyi in the outer palace was inherited in the Duhui family.

The so-called Ise Shinto is also created by Duhui. It infinitely raised the status of the outer palace in the shrine. It has been active since ancient times. It is hoped that the imperial court will bestow the word "emperor" on the outer palace, so that the outer palace will become abundant and the gods will also become The purpose of becoming the gods of the royal ancestors, even in the present age, these native-born local sects still have considerable energy in the shrine.

"Going to be a maiden in another palace is the opinion of our palace."

Nadeko of Reisenin calmly spoke the instructions of the outer palace. Although both the inner palace and the outer palace are the main palaces of the Ise Shrine, they are independent, as can be seen from the fact that the inner palace and the outer palace have their own gods.

In the Ise Shinto proposed by the outer palace, Fengshou Dagami and Amaterasu Omikami are regarded as gods with the same godhead. Therefore, people in the outer palace do not like to see the maiden who is destined by Tiantian.

"Sister Nadeko, do you mean that if Sister Hikari's background is okay, you can agree to her entering the Ise Shrine as a priestess?"

When Saigong was silent, the little girl in a gorgeous kimono beside her suddenly spoke, and her calm voice broke the audience.

Chapter 27 Decision

"Sister Nadeko, do you mean that if Sister Hikari's background is okay, you can agree to her entering the Ise Shrine as a priestess?"