Chapter 90—The Gods Are Present (4)
Yamahiko sat down next to Ying Ying with a kind face and said, "We are really ordinary people.
It's just that our family is different from other ordinary people. ”
Ying Ying saw that he was sincere, a little relieved, and asked, "What's the difference?"
She picked up the glutinous rice dumplings and stroked them with her right hand, but her left hand was still trembling slightly.
Satoko smiled slightly and said:
"Remember, I told you before that we, the Ito family, have been at the foot of this mountain since the Heian period.
For generations, our mission has been to protect the gods on this mountain from being violated and blasphemed. Right?"
Ying Ying recalled that when Satoko was teaching her how to make cherry blossoms, she did say this, and nodded.
At that time, she thought that Satoko was just taking care of the shrine and doing some clerical work.
Seeing Yingying nodding, Lizi continued: "Perhaps, for ordinary people, gods are very vague and illusory things.
However, because of this profession, our family members have always been in contact with the gods, and even closely related.
Although, some people no longer believe that there really is a god on earth to bless them. But in fact, gods exist.
Not only does it exist, but the magic power of the gods is also unimaginable to us ordinary people. ”
With that, she turned her head to look at Yamahiko and said:
"For example, I once experienced a god who healed our son's wounds.
Not only did he heal him, but he also taught him to practice bows and arrows.
Although the deity did not reveal his true nature, we have always been very grateful to Dade. ”
Shan Yan listened and nodded his head with respect in his eyes.
Ying Ying looked at Yamahiko, then at Lizi, and thought that Lizi had always been amiable and a person she respected and loved.
Then, what she said should be true.
Satoko continued, "It's just that there is one thing that I didn't tell you in time. ”
Ying Ying looked up at Lizi, who paused quietly for a while before making up her mind and said:
"I once took you to a shrine. But in fact, it is not a shrine that our family has guarded for generations. I'm just managing the shrine on behalf of others. ”
When Ying Ying heard this, she couldn't help but say "Oh?".
Satoko continued, "The shrine that our Ito family has guarded for generations is actually on the mountain in front of you.
The name of this mountain is called Unying Mountain. The shrine we guard is called Unsakura Jingu. ”
"I see. Ying Ying nodded, thinking that the shrine she took me to didn't match the name that Uncle Bi said.
She just wanted to ask Satoko where the Cloud Sakura Shrine was on the mountain, but she heard Satoko sigh:
"It's a pity, according to my grandmother, Mt. Yunying suffered a catastrophe more than 70 years ago, and the Mt. Unsakura Shrine has been destroyed since then......"
Hearing this, Yingying was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day.
Lin just returned the jade pendant to himself yesterday, and Yingying also plans to make an appointment with Xiaohai to find the whereabouts of the shrine this weekend.
If you say that the Divine Palace has been destroyed, wouldn't you not be able to find the clue that the jade pendant was opened......
Ying Ying bit her lip, her face was pale, and her heart was panicked.
Satoko thought that she was a little shocked when she heard these things all at once, so she stopped talking.
After a while, Yingying's face turned a little, and Lizi continued:
"Today, the group of crows you saw and the man in the black kimono. That man was a deity, called the Black Feather God.
The ravens were his men, called the Red-Eyed Ravenguard. They usually do all kinds of evil, steal and watch, and they are very dirty.
I've heard my grandmother say that back then, it was the Black Feather God, who led the Red-Eyed Crow Guard, and a group of unknown beasts and monsters, who came to rob the things in the Shrine and spoil the Shrine inside and out.
It can be said that the Black Feather Shrine has always been our enemy. ”
After saying that, Riko couldn't help frowning, although she had not yet been born when the shrine was robbed, this history seemed to be vivid.
Yamahiko put his hand on his mother's shoulder, and Satoko calmed down his emotions a little, and said:
"So, when I saw the crow today, I thought something was wrong.
In the past half century, the Black Feather God suddenly reappeared, I'm afraid ......" She was about to say it, but suddenly stopped and didn't say any more.
Ying Ying saw the look in Lizi's eyes and had already guessed most of it.
It was precisely because of her arrival that the Black Feather God appeared again.
But she couldn't understand how the Black Feather God knew that she came to Fuso, and how he found her.
She suddenly felt very uneasy, and felt as if she had brought a great disaster to the Ito family.
Thinking that the Satoko couple are usually so good to her, she can't help but feel guilty and blame herself.
At this time, a warm palm fell on Yingying's shoulder.
She looked up and met Yamahiko's gaze.
His bright eyes flashed with determination, as if telling Yingying with his eyes, we are willing to protect you.
Ying Ying was hit by the gaze in his eyes for a moment, and she was grateful, bitter, uneasy, and mixed feelings, all intertwined in her heart.
She let out a "wow" and cried.