Chapter 20: The Living Ghost
Yuan Boya, who didn't know that he was defined as a 'fun person' by Abe Harumi, still felt guilty and sorry for Qingyin's death at the moment, he walked over from the ox cart and saw Abe Harumi and Wang Xiaoming talking and laughing.
"Qingming, Xiao Ming! When has it been, is it really appropriate to still play around like this? He said in a fierce tone.
Wang Xiaoming looked at Abe Qingming and rolled his eyes, as for Abe Qingming, he laughed directly, and then signaled Yuan Boya to go to the ox cart to take a look, because at this time, Qingyin's injuries should almost recover, and he is about to wake up.
"Frightened His Excellency Boya." After Yuan Boya came to the ox cart and saw Qingyin stand up again, Qingyin looked at the shocked Yuan Boya and said.
"Qingming, what the hell is going on?" Yuan Boya subconsciously shouted.
"His Royal Highness Qingyin, it is an immortal body!" Abe Qingming looked at Yuan Boya and said lightly, but there was a trace of sadness in his tone, after all, Qingyin was burdened with responsibilities that should not be carried.
"Immorality? What the hell is going on? Yuan Boya didn't have any understanding of this matter.
"Lord Qingming, let me tell Your Excellency Boya." Qingyin suddenly said aloud.
Abe Qingming nodded slightly when he saw it, and did not continue to speak, after all, this matter is Qingyin's secret, and it really shouldn't be explained by him, an outsider. The story of Kiyone is actually very simple, especially for this kind of mythical world, which roughly means that more than 100 years ago, a certain prince of the then emperor was wronged, saying that he wanted to usurp the throne, and then was suppressed.
It would be upset for being wronged, so he wrote a curse to the emperor in his own blood that night, and then committed suicide. If it was an ordinary world, the matter should end here, after all, the curse is impossible to achieve, but the problem is that this is a mythical world, with all kinds of demons, monsters and gods, so that night the prince's unjust soul turned into a demon and directly destroyed the capital at that time, and finally was sealed by the onmyoji at that time.
In order to calm the prince's grievances, the prince's lover Qingyin stepped forward, ate the flesh of the mermaid and became an immortal body, and spent the dead soul in that incident day and night, which can be regarded as Qingyin paying off his lover's debt.
As a sensual person, after hearing this story, Yuan Boya's face showed a trace of sadness, not only for the prince at that time, but also for this woman who has lived alone in this world for more than 150 years for her lover.
Yuan Boya opened his mouth, he really didn't know what to say, so he picked up the flute he carried with him and played a song for the prince and Qingyin, this time even Wang Xiaoming didn't speak, and quietly listened to this song that belonged to Qingyin.
Because the curse has ended, Qingyin also got up and said goodbye after Yuan Boya finished playing a tune, and the three of Yuan Boya did not stop Qingyin from leaving, after all, Qingyin does need some time at this time, and so do the three of Abe Harumi.
In this way, the three of them returned to Abe Harumi's house, drank some wine and slept here, and when they just finished breakfast the next day, the left minister Fujiwara Shisuke hurriedly came to Abe Harumi's house.
"Qingming, help!" After he saw Abe Harumi, the first thing he said was this, which surprised both Abe Harumaki and Gen Boya.
"Your Excellency Minister Zuo, what happened?" Yuan Boya immediately asked.
"Alas, I don't know who Prince Dunping offended, he just came into contact with the curse, and something happened to them again." Minister Zuo sighed and put a scarecrow with iron nails on it, with the names of Prince Tsutsuhei and the emperor written on it.
Abe Harumaki took the scarecrow in his hand and looked at it, showing a hint of a smile, and it seemed that he already knew it.
"Was Qingming done by a demon?" Yuan Boya looked at Abe Harumi and asked.
"Some of the people who saw it said it was a ghost, and some said it was a woman." Minister Zuo immediately said.
"It's supposed to be a living ghost." Abe Harumi spoke, saw everyone looking at him in confusion, and explained with a smile: "It's a woman who has become a ghost before she dies." ”
"Living ghosts, people's hearts are really more sinister than ghosts." Wang Xiaoming knew that this was the woman Yuan Boya's crush on was controlled by Fujimura, so he sighed softly.
"Yes, that's why humans are the masters of the world." Abe said lightly.
"Qingming, can you destroy this living ghost?" Minister Zuo didn't care about this, all he needed was the comfort of the emperor and Prince Tunpei, after all, Prince Tunping had not yet been officially established as the crown prince, although there were already many people shouting about the prince in private.
Therefore, the emperor cannot die at this time, and if the emperor dies, there is no way for his grandson to become the new emperor, so the two of them must be saved.
"It's actually very simple, just let that man go and see this living ghost." Abe said lightly.
"Huh? The man? Yuan Boya asked strangely, but Wang Xiaoming had already guessed who the other party was talking about, worthy of Abe Harumi, even if the other party was the emperor, there was no proper etiquette, after all, being able to turn a woman into a living ghost not only required the efforts of the onmyoji, but also the woman's heartfelt resentment towards the emperor.
"The man who said he wanted to be together forever and never leave." Abe said lightly.
Yuan Boya was taken aback when he heard this, and immediately pulled Abe Qingming aside and said, "Hey, Qingming, how dare you call the emperor that man?" ”
"Let's go, we still need a lot of things, Xiao Ming, Boya, let's go to the palace." Abe Qingming did not respond to Yuan Boya's words, and said directly to Wang Xiaoming and Yuan Boya.
The three of them followed Minister Zuo to the palace, and after Abe Harumi asked Minister Zuo to go back by himself, he went directly to the emperor's bedroom, told the truth of the matter, and then began to arrange in the emperor's bedroom.
In order to avoid unnecessary deaths, Abe Harumi asked the rest of the people to leave, leaving only the emperor and Prince Tsunapi and Wang Xiaoming in the emperor's bedroom, and now everything is ready, just waiting for the poor woman who has become a living ghost to appear.
In fact, Wang Xiaoming was a little entangled at this time, he didn't know whether he should go to this woman, this woman who made Yuan Boya fall in love, but Yuan Boya's love was too late, because this woman's heart belonged to the emperor, even at the last moment, her heart belonged to Yuan Boya, but if this woman was saved, it would not be a good thing for Yuan Boya or herself.
"Alas, forget it, maybe it's a good thing for her to stay in Boya's heart forever." Wang Xiaoming looked at Yuan Boya and thought.
"When that living ghost comes, you must remember that you must not make a sound, otherwise she will find out about us, and that will not be good." Abe Qingming said very seriously at this time.