In an inconspicuous mountain, three old men were sitting cross-legged facing each other, surrounded by a thick white mist that seemed to envelop the three of them.

"Abe, have you ever thought about what the other two had in mind? You should know what happens when you collude with youkai. One of the three old men spoke, and this person was none other than the guardian of the Ashiya family, Ashiya Shifumi.

"Ashiya, I know the seriousness of colluding with youkai, and I don't need you to remind you, our family's bloodline has become thinner and thinner over the years, and we must find a way to reactivate the bloodline." Kengo Abe said.

"So you're colluding with youkai? Hum! Ashiya snorted disdainfully.

"Ashiya, your family is the same as us, what will you do if you can no longer use Shikigami?" Kengo Abe did not get angry because of this, but said calmly.

"We're not the same as you, at least we don't have to unite with the monsters, and you unite with the monsters, at this time, the onmyoji is taboo." Ashiya Zhifumi's face is not very good-looking, since ancient times, the Ashiya family and the Abe family have been disgusted with each other, and they are not used to each other, the Ashiya family represents the onmyoji of the civilian class, and the Abe family represents the noble onmyoji class, the gap between the nobles and the commoners is simply insurmountable, and there is only struggle and no peace between the two.

At this time, Akashi Kamo, who had not spoken, pressed his hands: "Both of them are guardians, and worldly things are not something we should mix, and what the Abe family has done this time is indeed a bit excessive, so Kengo Abe should go to Abe's house." ”

Kengo Abe was a little unhappy when he heard it, is this to sanction the Abe family as a guardian?

"I agree, the Abe family has crossed the bottom line, and we should take action, but I don't agree that Kengo Abe should go in person." Ashiya Shifumi said: "Kengo Abe is a member of the Abe family, and even the guardian is from the Abe family, and if he is biased to deal with it, it will only make a big thing small." ”

Kengo Abe also became angry after hearing this: "I am a guardian, so I will naturally deal with it impartially, but it's you, if you let you go, will the Abe family still exist?" ”

"You mean I'm going to kill them all?" Ashiya Zhifumi's anger came out all of a sudden, and the flames on his body, which were originally hot-tempered, rose directly, like a lava giant coming out of the magma.

Seeing this, Kengo Abe's body began to flicker with golden light, and unlike Ashiya Shifumi, the golden light on his body was restrained and not emanated, only a faint layer.

"Enough!!"

Suddenly, a loud shout interrupted the anger of the two, and He Mao Mingshi saw that the two of them were about to make a move, so the two continued.

"We are going to discuss the affairs of the Abe family now, not fighting here, the two of you have been disagreeing with each other for a long time, this is a historical problem, but now as a guardian, we have to put aside the prejudices of the past, we want to protect the whole of Japan, not destroy it!" Kamo Akishi said solemnly: "There is no doubt that the affairs of the Abe family must be dealt with. ”

"But this will upset the balance of the three families, and I don't think the emperor is happy to see it." Kengo Abe said.

The balance of the three families has lasted for thousands of years, and if the balance is broken, the entire Onmyoji world will suffer, and then it will lead to the turmoil of ordinary society, which is not what those who play politics want to see, and the emperor will not allow this to happen.

"That's why I asked you to go in person, I believe you will grasp this scale, the Abe family must have an explanation for this matter, otherwise the other two families will not give up." He Mao Mingshi sighed, this is already a compromise, the guardian must take into account the overall situation, some things can only be made small.

Just like now, they just let the Abe family make an explanation, instead of slaughtering the Abe family, for the balance of the three families, no one wants this balance to be broken, only mutual containment between the three families is what the emperor and those politicians want to see, once one of the three families is lost, this balance will be broken, and the role of mutual containment will be self-defeating, these politicians do not want to see this happen, so the treatment of the Abe family can only be a big deal.

Kamo Akishi's words are very clear, as long as the Abe family makes an explanation, the rest of the things can be turned a blind eye, and this explanation is very ambiguous.

Kengo Abe knows what this confession means, but it's just to launch a few substitute ghosts, although this time the substitute ghost must be a high authority, and may even be the head of the family, but it will not hurt the foundation of the Abe family, and it will be earned no matter how you look at the death of a few people and the preservation of the entire family.

Kengo Abe could hear this, and Ashiya Shifumi could naturally hear it, so Ashiya Shifumi quit, and if something so big happened, just explain it in one sentence?

"I don't ......"

Ashiya Zhifumi had just said two words when he was interrupted by Kamo Akishi: "Ashiya, I know what you mean, but this result was negotiated by the emperor and palmistry, and they have the final say on worldly matters." ”

He Mao Mingshi also knew that this matter was too simple to handle, but as guardians, they could no longer manage worldly affairs.

"But this matter is no longer for secular forces to interfere in, and we have the absolute right to dispose of it." Ashiya Zhifumi said that this is indeed the case, and this matter has exceeded the scope of secular forces, and they have the right to stop it.

However, He Mao Mingshi still shook his head: "Although we have the absolute right to intervene, but the secular forces do not agree, they also hope that we can make a big deal small, after all, this matter is too involved, it has risen to the national fortune, and we have to bow our heads." ”

Ashiya Shifumi is not a fool, of course he knows what Kamo Akishi said, it is related to the fortune and stability of the country, even the guardians have to be careful.

"Hey~!"

Ashiya Shifumi sighed, the expression on his face was extremely disappointed, but he was not disappointed for the sake of the Abe family, but disappointed in this secular world.

Since when does the truth have to be concealed? Since when did fairness start to become unfair? And when did people lose their hearts, and all that's left is a bunch of walking dead? And when did people worship the gray between light and darkness? Ashiya Shifumi couldn't figure it out: "Probably since the human civilization began." Ashiya thought.

The truth is often not what people are pursuing, what people are pursuing is just a result, a result that makes them comfortable, and people don't care what the truth is, people will only whitewash the peace, make themselves feel comfortable and satisfied, and few people dig out the truth, people prefer to believe in the light and dark, the gray between black and white, but they forget that gray is a crack, which will only squeeze people more and more flattened, squeezed smaller and smaller, and finally disappear.

I often hear such a sentence, children are called to make choices, people are sometimes afraid of choice, afraid of choosing the truth, afraid that the truth is too cruel, would rather believe in false beauty than believe in the cruel truth, so most people simply do not make a choice, people tell him what is what it is, such examples are not uncommon, following the trend has formed a habit, and no one cares what the truth is.

Ashiya finally compromised, all he wanted was the truth, he just wanted the three families until the truth, but he was the only one of the three who thought so, even if he insisted, it would be useless.

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