Chapter 17: Kyoto Castle
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"Let's rest for a while before heading into the city. Shiro sat down in the gazebo, and Kagura stood outside the gazebo and looked around at the verdant scenery with a look of enjoyment.
Jiu Lan Xun leaned against the pillar of the pavilion without saying a word, not knowing what she was thinking, while Hong Xiu was sitting alone in the corner of the gazebo, peeking at Jiu Lan Xun from time to time.
Yan Nai looked around at the gazebo, which was the same place where he and the Great Tengu had traveled to Kyoto hundreds of years ago, and although this pavilion had gone through a lot of vicissitudes compared to hundreds of years ago, it still calmed people's minds.
He sat down against the pillar, his eyes locked on the woods not far away, the woods were still the same as they had been hundreds of years ago, and even the trees had not changed as if they had stopped growing.
"Let's get some rest and go. Bai got up and looked at the other four people and said lightly, and then the group left the pavilion along the path paved with bluestone slabs.
After walking to the gate of Kyoto City, the flow of people made everyone a little unconscious, "It is worthy of the imperial capital, there are so many people." Yan Nai couldn't help but sigh, he had seen Kyoto hundreds of years ago, although it was not deserted, but compared to the current flow of people, it was not an order of magnitude at all!
"Well, I've heard that Kyoto is bustling, but I've never been there, so I didn't expect it to be so lively. Kagura nodded, a little surprised by the scene in front of her.
"Could it be that everyone is coming to Kyoto for the first time?" Yan Nai asked with some curiosity when he saw that everyone's expressions were no different from him, and except for Kaoru Jiulan, everyone nodded, and their eyes never left the gate of Kyoto.
"I've been here. Jiulan Kaoru replied lightly.
"You've been here, and you still have a shocked look on your face?" Kagura looked at Kaoru Kuran with some disbelief.
"There aren't so many people in Kyoto, and besides, don't you notice that most of these people are onmyoji? And most of them are mid-level onmyoji, and there are even a lot more high-level onmyoji who are rarely seen in normal times. "Kaoru Kuran didn't argue with Kagura, but truthfully recounted a fact.
"When you say that, it seems to be true, but it shouldn't be strange that you can meet a high-level onmyoji on the street in Kyoto, right? After all, this is the imperial capital. Shiro nodded, looked around carefully, but then came up with his own thoughts.
"Most of the high-level Onmyoji in Kyoto are from the Onmyoji Headquarters, and the clothes of these Onmyoji are obviously not the Onmyoji in our liao. Jiulan Xun looked at those high-level onmyoji and said slowly.
"Isn't that the high-level onmyoji in Kyoto all monopolized by your yin and yang?!" Yan Nai looked at Jiulan Kaoru in shock, although he knew that yin and yang were one of the ten liao, but there should be other yin and yang liao in Kyoto, why are most of them in yin and yang?
"This must have something to do with the fact that Yin and Yang have a close relationship with the nobles. Bai was not surprised by this, he knew a long time ago that Yin and Yang had replaced Fengtian's position in Kyoto and became the number one Yin Yang Liao in Kyoto.
"There should be other ten seri's yin and yang squatters in Kyoto, right? Is yin and yang the strongest?" Yan Nai asked Kagura beside him in a low voice.
"Yin and Yang are ranked fifth at most, and the reason why they can replace the position of Feng Tian, who ranks in the top three, is not because of some ulterior means, so I hate Yin and Yang. Disgust was written on Kagura's face.
Jiulan Xun didn't speak again, but quietly lined up in line, waiting for the guards at the city gate to let him go one by one, but his eyes kept locked on a certain place inside the city gate.
"Kyoto is so heavily guarded?" Yan Nai said with some surprise as he watched the guards carefully inspect everyone entering the city.
"Maybe as Jiulan said, there should be something to do in Kyoto. Bai turned his head and whispered to Yan Nai.
Yan Nai nodded, and looked back at the long queue behind him, what kind of activity was it, there were so many onmyoji participating?
"Go back and clean you up!" A man walked towards the city gate with a young man in a huff, and the young man lowered his head and did not dare to say anything, and followed behind the man honestly, Yan Nai's eyes were immediately attracted by the two of them.
"Onmyoji?" he frowned slightly as he looked at the two people who were dressed similarly to Onmyoji, "That's the Demon Refiner." Kagura leaned into Yan Nai's ear and whispered.
"Demon Refiner?" Yan Nai looked at the two of them seriously, although their outfits were similar to those of the Onmyoji, but Yan Nai always felt that they were very different from the Onmyoji.
"Lord Gu, please please!" After the two of them reached the gate of the city, the guards respectfully let them in, and the crowd that had been lining up for a long time began to be restless.
"Why don't they stand in line!"
"That's it!
……
The questioning came and went, and the guard shouted impatiently in the midst of the questioning, "Do you know who he is?
"What, he is Kyoto's No. 1 Demon Refiner Gu Ming?"
"I heard that he is now in favor of the Holy Grace!"
"His current status is about the same as those onmyoji of Yin and Yang, right?"
"What is about the same, he has a higher status than those onmyoji"
……
The crowd that was still questioning just now was suddenly replaced by a sound of surprise, and no one questioned the behavior of the guards just now to let the two demon refiners go.
"Kaoru, is his status really higher than the status of our Liao's Onmyoji?" Hongxiu looked at Jiulan Kaoru with a serious face, as if he had forgotten all about the anger with him just now.
"I don't know. Jiulan Kaoru replied coldly, and Hongxiu pouted and twisted her head to the side.
"Don't you think it's a little weird after Jiulan left the Yin Capital?" Yan Nai whispered as he tugged at Kagura's cuffs.
"Is it? It's still so annoying. Kagura blurted out without even thinking about it.
“…… I didn't mean that, I meant ......" Yan Nai was stunned for a moment after seeing Kagura's reaction before explaining.
"I also think there's something strange about Jiulan. Bai looked at Jiulan Xun's back and said lightly.
"How strange is it? Why didn't I find out. Kagura also stared at Kaoru with a slight frown, as if she couldn't think of anything strange about him.
"Didn't you notice that he didn't quarrel with you much?" Shiro said as he looked at Kagura and was a little speechless.
"When you say that, it seems like that, but isn't he saying that he can't talk about me?" Kagura thought for a moment, nodded, and then looked at Shiro and Yanna strangely.
“…… Kagura, you're on a heinous level of nervousness. Yan Nai held his forehead and said a little depressed.
"Well, kidding, I've noticed he's not normal, but it's nice if he's always like this, at least, I don't hate him that much. Kagura truthfully stated her thoughts, and then all three of them stared intently at Kaoru Kuran, who was preoccupied.