I don't know when some bad rumors began to circulate in the Fujiwara Imperial Palace. These rumors are not all the same, and some are far from the same, but the source of these rumors is the same.

That is, there are monsters in the palace.

"I saw it at the height of the night! It's true! That day, I was walking around the west garden of the palace with a lantern in the middle of the night, when suddenly, a wolf-like cry sounded on the roof of the palace, and I was so frightened that I almost sat on the ground! I looked up with a shudder, and guess what I saw?! ”

A palace maid is describing to the other palace maids the terrifying scene she has seen.

"I saw a big fox standing on the roof! That fox was the size of a dozen people! The dark green eyes stared at me, and I almost lost my soul! The fox glared at me for a moment, then turned away, you say, scary or not?! ”

When the surrounding palace maids heard this, they immediately nodded frequently.

"Brother, I'll tell you! That day, my brother and I were on duty in the Great Pole Hall at night, and I was so sleepy that I dozed off against the doorpost, and suddenly, a cold wind blew, and I woke up from freezing. As soon as I opened my eyes, I was so scared that I almost peed my pants! ”

One soldier was foaming at the mouth of the other soldier about his experience.

"Such a big black cat! It was the size of a horse, and he stood less than ten paces from me, his eyes still blood-red! Staring at me, I was so frightened that I trembled, and I knelt on the ground at that time, and the demon cat seemed to be not interested in me, stared at me for a while, then turned around and jumped on the roof of the Great Pole Hall, and disappeared. ”

The soldiers around him suddenly gasped.

"Don't you know, our third brother guards Dongyuan every night, and the moon last night was very strange, like there was hair growing around (1)! Seeing that people's hearts were also furious, the three of us hurriedly quickened our pace, probably because we were too nervous, and he said that we were going to the corner to relieve ourselves. ”

In another place, three soldiers were surrounded by a group of soldiers, and the soldier in the story pointed to the soldier next to him.

"He went to the corner to relieve himself, and he and I (the third soldier) were waiting for him with lanterns, and suddenly we both heard him scream, and thought that he had seen the thief, and we both hurriedly drew our knives and rushed over. As a result, I saw that he hadn't even lifted his pants, so he ran in fear. And when we saw what was behind him, our calves and stomach were weak, and we couldn't see what it was in the dark, but its eyes, as big as brass bells, glowed red. The two of us yelled and ran away, not knowing why it didn't chase after us. ”

Similar rumors spread rapidly among the palace people and soldiers, and last night alone, a large number of palace soldiers saw not only terrible monsters, but also demon shadows and strange sounds, which made the entire palace panic and very frightened.

The old female emperor pressed her temples, her face a little embarrassed.

Not only because of his grandson, but also because his heir was scared and worried when he saw the monster yesterday.

There is a more important reason, the current 11 districts have fully accepted the cultural system of the Central Plains, and some political concepts are also very popular in the 11 districts, such as.

The kingdom is about to die, and there will be demons!

If you are not right, there will be demons and evil to the country!

The position of the female emperor is not very secure, and what she is most worried about now is what if someone uses this as an excuse to say that she has angered the heavens and asks her to abdicate.

I just punished that demon girl yesterday, and today something like this happened, hum.

The old female emperor thought indignantly.

Suddenly, the old female emperor seemed to think of something, and Yan Sù's face became a little more gloomy.

If you really can't do it......

Palace North Garden. The palace where love dwells

Early in the morning, Ai opened her eyes in a daze, and just wanted to reach out and rub her eyes, but struggled for a while before she remembered that she was still tied.

Love can't help but be a little strange, recently, Shang Yang will come to her in the middle of the night every day to sleep with her, why didn't he come yesterday?

And doesn't he always come to see me every morning and bring me those fragrant delicacies? Could it be that he is watching my jokes and deliberately not letting go of me, trying to make me beg him to feed me?

Combined with the bad taste of the merchant sheep, I thought of it with some shame.

If that's the case, I won't ask him to die! See if he can bear to starve me?!

has been tied up for a long time, and Ai is a little angry that Shang Yang still doesn't come to save her.

Yesterday Ai was fed up with sin, because it was noon and was tied up, and he lay down and slept for a while in the afternoon and woke up to find that it was still very early after dark. Love had to push the pillow aside with difficulty with his head, and then tried hard to open "Journey to the West" with his small mouth...... ②

I don't want to describe that tragic scene anymore......

Reading the book with great difficulty, seeing the dim evening of the sun, love closed the book with difficulty. Glancing at the food box on the table, which was larger than usual, Ai felt that she was not very hungry, and it was very troublesome to eat it tied up like this, so she simply shrank into the quilt again, closed her eyes, and slept until early this morning in the fresh medicine fragrance emitted from the pillow.

Like yesterday, Ai used her elbows tied behind her back as a fulcrum to prop herself up, and her long jet-black hair hung like a waterfall as Ai sat up.

After being tied up for a day and a night, Ai felt that her limbs and waist were a little numb, but it did not affect her activities.

Although I saw that the food box had not been touched just now, it meant that Shang Yang really didn't come, and it wasn't Shang Yang who didn't untie it for her because he saw her jokes, but Ai was still a little dissatisfied.

I usually say it so nicely, what will definitely protect me, and now I am tied up and don't come to save me, hum.

But this also shows that Ai is actually a little worried, although he thinks that Shang Yang, who is a monster, will not have any trouble in this human city, but Ai is still a little worried about him.

Ah, by the way, this food box was put here before I was tied back, which means that Shang Yang came to my room once when I went to the Great Pole Palace, well, let's see if he left me a letter.

Thinking like this, Love writhed hard, arched (allow me to use the word) to the pillow, lowered his head, bit the corner of the pillow, looked up, and turned the pillow over. I let the pocket which put the letter on the bottom turned it up.

Immediately after, Love leaned his chin close to his pocket and pressed it on it.

No.

There is no envelope feeling.

Ai couldn't help but be a little disappointed, and abandoned her dissatisfaction, and became a little worried, if Shang Yang was not there for a day or two, he would always leave a letter for her.

Although she was a little worried, Ai still tried to convince herself with the reason that "maybe Shang Yang has something urgent and doesn't have time to leave me a letter".

Believe in your husband.

This is the way that Love has learned in the past two days to be a wife.

Thinking like this, Love feels that she can't think too much about it first, and it's useless to think so much now that she is tied here, but she should take care of herself first.

Thinking of this, Ai also felt a little hungry. So, Ai began to move her body first, close to the bed, lower her legs, and slowly put on her cotton slippers.

And then, Ai looked at the table not far away, and was a little difficult.

If your legs and ankles are tied, you have a plan to jump over if you want to get there.

That...... Jump over?

Love thought with some distress, and in the end, she still made up her mind.

Jump over!

Standing up, looking at the table not far away, I gritted my teeth.

Three, two, one!

The first jump is successful~!

Good!

Love cheers itself up in the heart. Now love must be very careful, if you don't stand still and fall to the ground, not only will it hurt, but you will also not be able to stand up. In that case, Love can only roll back to the side of the bed, lean against the bed, sit himself back on the bed first, and then get up and jump again. ③

And if you roll on the ground or something, you will be laughed to death by Shang Yang!

Fourteen-year-old girl, fighting spirit is burning.

Of course, when it comes to writing this, the author can't bear to toss Ai-chan.

Ai jumped to the table very smoothly, with her back on her back, and grabbed the handle of the food box with one hand that was tied behind her back. With the food box, he jumped back to the bed.

It's really bitter for you, Ai-chan. (Wiping tears.)

Kicking off the cotton slippers, Love first lay on the bed and gasped for air, almost dying of exhaustion.

After resting for a while, Ai straightened up, bit the lid of the food box (similar to the one on the top of the pot lid) with her teeth, and opened the food box, and a hot breath came to her face. ④

And when I saw the food, love became a little more reassuring.

This time, the food box is layered, and it is full, enough to love to eat for three or four days, which shows that Shang Yang did not leave suddenly, although I don't know why he didn't leave a letter.

But although he was a little relieved, looking at the dishes and rice, and thinking about his hands tied behind his back, he took a deep breath, lowered his head, and "nibbled" on the rice.

When Shang Yang comes to untie the rope for me, I must bite him hard first!

This is the only thought that the usually kind and considerate love to "nibble" on food.

FUJIWARA KYYO. Shang's Restaurant

Shang Yang, who didn't know that love was working hard to "nibble on rice", was eating breakfast on the third floor with peace of mind. The plan to stimulate the female soldiers of the palace with demonic energy was successful, and they all hallucinated, and now the people in the palace have become panicked. And in order not to affect love, Shang Yang deliberately chose to plan far away from the palace where love lived (5).

"And the one I frightened with demonic aura in the end seems to be a prince, the main god Sang."

Shang Yang was chatting with Miss Lord God while pulling the rice.

[Well, the old emperor is going to react a little more violently than we expected.] ]

For the old emperor, Miss Lord God has always been pretending to be colorful.

"Then stimulate some more people tonight, just check the time and place when most of the palace soldiers are stimulated by the demonic energy and hallucinate, the female emperor and the ministers will see that I deliberately left the same route for two days, for some political factors, on the third day they will ambush me at multiple points, and at that time, as long as I do a scene, it can be over." And if I only scare people and do not hurt or kill people, it will give the female emperor and her ministers the confidence to surround me. ”

[…… So Shang Yang, are you going to kill someone? ]

Miss Lord God was silent and asked suddenly.

“…… Hawkers, don't worry, I'm not a secondary two, and I think I can't wash it off if I have blood on my hands. ”

Shang Yang narrowed his eyes and turned to look at the clear blue sky.

"The soul of man is no more noble than the soul of animals and plants." ⑥

"But even if I'm a monster now, I can't forget my experience as a human being, there's nothing to deny, and at the same time, this life as a human has left me with such a power."

As he spoke, Shang Yang's gaze turned into a rare indifference.

"I'm not going to kill indiscriminately."

……

[Well, that's fine if you think so.] ]

After a while, Miss Lord's rare gentle voice reached Shang Yang's ears.

[At the very least, think of it that way you'll be a youkai, not a kill-for-kill.] ]

“…… By the way, Lord Shensan, how long will it take me to go around the Death Realm and go back and forth? And is there a toll booth inside? If the money is not enough, then God has done it. ”

As soon as he got serious, Shang Yang began to habitually crook the building again.

[…… The realm of death is not the Santu River......]

Able to suppress her anger, Miss Lord God gritted her teeth a little.

Okay, speaking of which, Shang Yang's advance is over, let's first turn the time back to the time when Shang Yang left the letter and left Ai-chan's room.

Of course, this is God's perspective, and only me and the readers know it.

After Shang Yang left, Ai-chan's room was unoccupied, and it was at this time.

The "World Correction Power" follows the trajectory of "fate" and emerges from the surface of Ai-chan's room, of course, because the "World Correction Power" is formless, so the "World Correction Power" cannot be observed from a physical point of view.

But to let everyone know what exactly happened, we can reproduce it like this.

The "World Correction Power" wrapped the letter that Shang Yang had left for Ai-chan, and the envelope began to quickly become transparent, and eventually disappeared without a trace.

At the same time, behind the last page of "Journey to the West" that Ai-chan pressed under the pillow, a blank sheet of paper suddenly appeared.

It looks like a blank protective page on the book itself.

In this way, the only physical mutation caused by the "World Correction Power" appeared.

The wheels of "fate" began to roll.

PS: (1) Commonly known as "Mao Moon", legend has it that this kind of night is prone to accidents, I have seen it a few times, and the moon makes people's hearts hairy.

(2) Well, this action is very tiring and tiring, I have tried it before.

(3) This action has also been tested by someone.

(4) This food box is specially modified by Shangyang, which has the effect of preventing food from spoiling and keeping warm.

(5) Undoubtedly, this is one of the reasons why Shang Yang did not find love

(6) From this sentence, it can be seen that Shang Yang's character cognition, he is closer to the idea of "all things are equal" than everyone is equal, and Buddhism vigorously promotes this spirit, but we can think from the rational level in turn, killing a person is equal to trampling on a grass, in a sense.