Yoshida Kenkazu knelt in the inner hall, looking at the faces of everyone asking for guilt, his chest was full of anger, but he had to endure it, pretending to be innocent, and explained bitterly to everyone.

Woke up this morning, the other four gods of the five major shrines in Kyoto came to visit Yoshida Kenkazu early, obviously to ask for peace, but in fact, they came to ask for an explanation about the disappearance of Akiyama Hiroki.

According to the traditional Taoist orientation of the five elements, since the beginning of Shintoism, the "Kyoto Five Gods" were created, with Heian Jingu as the middle palace, and the other four gods are Higashiryu - Yasaka Shrine, Nishihakuro - Matsuo Taisha Shrine, North Xuanwu - Kamigamo Shrine, and Minami Suzaku - Jonan Shrine.

Later, after sealing the demons, in order to suppress the demonic energy around the imperial city, each shrine belonged to the five elements, and enshrined the ancestors of the ancestors and the demon artifact respectively, in order to purify the filth and teach people to be good, but Japan has been in constant war all year round, and the imperial power is not prosperous, so that the purification of filth has little effect.

Headed by Yoshimasao Shigeru, the god of Yasaka Shrine, the four gods came prepared, and let Yoshida Kenkazu say that he was like a river, everyone still refused to leave, and swore that he had to see the master, and even when it came to the fierce place, Yoshimasao accused Yoshida Kenwa in public of murdering the master and wanted to "seek power and usurp the throne".

The other three gods were also helping on the side, and the last angry Yoshida Kenwa had to put on the identity of the god lord of the middle palace, and swore and said: "Do you know that according to the canons of Shintoism, the head of the sect is not here, and everything must be arranged by my god lord of the middle palace. ”

"Humph!" Ji Changmao did not show weakness, and said coldly: "There is a saying in the Ming Kingdom, which is called if you want people not to know, unless you don't do it." Since we are here, it is not unreasonable, whether the disappearance of the master has anything to do with you, you know best in your own heart, if the god really has a clear conscience, can you take us to your secret room. ”

"You, you...... You guys are so bold......"

Yoshida Kenkazu pointed at Yoshima Shigeru with his hand, and he was so angry that he couldn't say a word. One is that he has a ghost in his heart, and he doesn't dare to take everyone to check it, and the other is that he is a person who is greedy but lacks courage.

At this time, a waiter came to Yoshida Kenkazu and whispered a few words, and the haggard face of the god lord of the middle palace finally showed a ray of joy, and said with relief: "His Royal Highness Nobunaga's wife and family members have come to my shrine to pray for blessings, please sit here for a while, and the god lord will go out to socialize and come back immediately." ”

After speaking, without waiting for everyone to express their opinions, he raised his buttocks, turned around and walked out of the inner hall......

At the entrance of Heian Jingu Shrine, the vermilion torii gate stands proudly, and a group of men and women dressed in brocade clothes are scooping up a scoop of spring water and washing their hands and mouths at the purifying spring water, in order to purify the dirt and cleanse the soul before entering the shrine to pray for blessings.

Long Shaocong also learned from everyone's appearance, scooping water and washing his hands, but when he rinsed his mouth, because he was absent-minded, he actually poured a deep mouthful of clear spring water, and when everyone spit mouthwash outside the pool, Long Shaocong wiped his mouth and made an unfinished expression, which provoked Princess Xiuzi next to him to smile like a flower.

Going to Heian Jingu today to pray for blessings is part of their plan, and it is the key.

But said that after Meizi was adopted as an adopted daughter by Niwa Nagahide, she was deeply loved by Changxiu and his wife Shenguang Yuandian, and originally wanted to keep Meizi by his side for a long time to relieve the pain of losing his daughter, but it was estimated that Mrs. Hijikata and Princess Hideko were thin, and they did not ask for each other.

These days, the temple also came to Kyoto with her husband, and Meizi naturally often went to visit and ask for peace, and when they learned that this goddaughter could finally stay with her, and was willing to go to Wakasa Province and serve with her, the two were very happy.

The men were busy conquering the world, but the temple was very boring in Kyoto, so Meiko persuaded her stepmother to set off for Wakasa Province first.

And Princess Hideko pushed the boat down the river, offered to send this good sister, and begged her mother to go to the Heian Shrine along the way to pray for her father's blessing.

As for protecting the travel safety of his wife's family, Long Shaocong of course reported himself and stopped this "drudgery". So, when the group came to the foot of Gangshan, they went up to the Peace Shrine together.

After rinsing their hands and mouths, everyone walked along the Jingu Road to the court courtyard in the middle of the shrine hall, and began the worship ceremony.

Lady Hijikata and Lady Enden are in front, followed by Princess Hideko, Meiko, and Oda Katsunaga, standing in turn. Long Shaocong did not participate in it, but held the sword at his waist, stood sideways next to him, and took on the duty of a guard.

In the eyes of outsiders, he is worried about the safety of everyone and always remains vigilant, but the real reason is only known to Long Shaocong.

Due to later generations, Long Shaocong was very disgusted with Japanese shrines, and of course he hated the Yasukuni Shrine dedicated to Class A war criminals the most, not the Heian Shrine in front of him.

In all fairness, this shrine building can be described as magnificent, with red pillars and green tiles, Canglong Pavilion, and the magnificent momentum of Tang Dynasty architecture, which makes Long Shaocong look not very unfamiliar.

However, now he is not in the mood to enjoy the scenery, and his mind is full of plans for the next step......

After Mrs. Tufang led everyone to bow and beat twice, she walked into the Taiji Hall in the middle to carry out the next ceremony and donate merit money.

Long Shaocong saw it in his eyes, but he felt that the world was as black as a crow, and the trick of donating money to accumulate virtue and do good deeds was a trick that the temple tried and tested repeatedly, whether in the Celestial Empire or in Japan.

Seeing that the worship ceremony was about to end, Long Shaocong was very anxious, because the two ladies were present, it was of course impossible to drop Princess Xiuzi and Meizi, so he had to find an excuse to separate the two.

Just when Long Shaocong was thinking hard about countermeasures, he paid homage to the last ceremony, and the god blessed him.

At this time, Yoshida Kenkazu had already regained the dignity of the god, wearing a Taoist robe, waiting for a mask, standing solemnly, while on his left and right, two witches stood on each side, looking majestic.

Yoshida Kenkazu recognized Long Shaocong at first sight, but at this time, he was in an eventful season, so he naturally didn't want to cause trouble again, so he just wanted to send everyone away quickly, so that he could quickly deal with those difficult gods.

Just when he quickly finished singing a "Divine Comedy" and wanted to send everyone away, Princess Hideko suddenly said: "I heard that the sacred garden of the Heian Shrine is clear and the flowers bloom in all seasons, I will take Meizi to the back of the Divine Garden to have a look, and ask my mother and the lady of the courtyard to wait here for a while, I wonder if my mother agrees?" ”

Mrs. Hijikata said with a smile: "Go and come back quickly." After speaking, he glanced at the lady of the courtyard hall and made a tacit look.

It turned out that there was a place in the garden to pray for marriage, and seeing that the two girls wanted to go to the garden to enjoy the scenery, the two ladies guessed the reason, so they both laughed and said nothing.

Over there, Kenwa Yoshida heard that the princess was going to go to the shrine, but he couldn't stop him in person, so he ordered a shrine maiden to lead the way, and instructed the waiter to serve tea to the two ladies.

Long Shaocong secretly admired Princess Hideko's wit, glanced at Oda Katsunaga, and immediately followed, and this young master, who was usually mischievous, became a good boy at this time, always by his mother's side, never leaving.

Mrs. Hijikata seems to have happiness in her eyes......

Princess Hideko and Meizi entered the shrine and found that the corridor was tortuous, the spring water was murmuring, and in the rugged rockery, the graceful, yellow and white narcissus was blooming in the wind, which made people look at it, and they couldn't help but feel relaxed and happy, and instantly faded away the troubles in their hearts.

It's just that the two of them have more important things to do than to enjoy the scenery, and the witch who leads the way in front of the head is inseparable at the moment, making the golden cicada's plan to get out of its shell and impossible to perform.

More anxious than the two of them, it was naturally Long Shaocong who was following behind, he saw that the witch who didn't know what to do led everyone around the corridor left and right, without stopping for a moment, turned around, and immediately turned back, it seemed that he was going to return to the Taiji Palace......

Seeing that the good time has slipped away, how can Long Shaocong be willing? In a hurry, he had an idea, so he had to run up cheekily and said to the witch who led the way: "In the lower inner urgency, may I ask the goddess, is there a toilet in this garden?" ”

As soon as they heard this, the two little beauties behind them snorted and laughed. But the witch stood there quietly, without saying a word, looked at Long Shaocong, who looked embarrassed, pointed to the left side with her hand, turned around and left.

Long Shaocong hurriedly stepped forward to stop him and said: "Shaocong first came here, there are many corridors inside, and I really can't find a place, so I still ask the goddess to take Shaocong on a trip." After speaking, he bowed deeply.

The witch still didn't speak, glanced at Long Shaocong, and then turned and walked to the left.

Because of the mask, Long Shaocong couldn't see the witch's face clearly, but he suddenly felt that these watery eyes seemed to be seen somewhere, but there was something important on him, and he didn't have time to think about it, and after making a grimace at Princess Hideko and Meizi, he hurriedly followed.

The two little beauties didn't feel it, looked at each other and smiled, and quickly retreated into the rockery......

Pretending to be urgent, Long Shaocong followed the witch to the toilet in the shrine garden, and just wanted to make a gesture to enter, but was dragged by the witch and stuffed him with a ball of yellow paper.

Long Shaocong subconsciously took it, and before he could react, the witch had already turned around and left......

It's really thoughtful, and this kind of service is not even inferior to the five-star hotels of later generations. Long Shaocong had a cranky thought, and just wanted to throw away the yellow paper, when suddenly he changed his mind and said secretly: I just told her that I was in a hurry, how could she conclude that I could use the paper, could it be that the witch has the ability to predict the future?

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly smoothed out the yellow paper slowly, and eight big characters appeared in front of Long Shaocong's eyes: This place is dangerous, leave quickly.