Volume 5, The Three Realms of the Stars and the Moon_Chapter 34, The Fish in the Lake
Generally speaking, if the two forces fight each other for hundreds of years, they will definitely lose both sides and die at the same time, but the Ashiya family and the Abe family are an exception, they have been fighting since the Heian period, from the beginning of the superficial war to the dark, seemingly more and more calm but in fact it is an undercurrent. At the same time, the two Onmyoji families are also growing in the struggle, and now, the power of the two families has reached the highest point in history. Even if there are no more super onmyoji like Michiman Ashiya or Harumi Abe, the influence of the two families has reached an unprecedented height.
The old head of the Ashiya family walked out from among the bodyguards, raised his hand and waved lightly to signal everyone to calm down, then looked at me and said in a deep but not clear voice, "Are you Ba Xiaoshan?" ”
I'm not surprised that he can speak Chinese, and there are very few people in the old group of Yinyangliao who can't speak Chinese today.
"Glad I did, old man." I clenched my fists and said.
"Have a cup of tea?" He walked over slowly, his footsteps did not stop, and a large group of people followed him into the hall like this, and then the bodyguards scattered around the Ashiya family, while the onmyoji followed the old master of the Ashiya family into the house to drink tea.
Yoshiko Ashiya didn't seem to want me to go in, so she hesitated for a moment and said, "You better not go in, my grandfather has a weird temper." ”
"Haha, it's okay, the old man please drink tea, I'm going to have a drink anyway." With that, I smiled and walked in.
The Ashiya house is very large, and there is a courtyard behind the hall, a small bridge and flowing water, a rockery, and pavilions. I heard that Japanese history and culture experts have come here to study and investigate, and this place has been designated as a nationally protected cultural relic. In a stone pavilion in the center of the artificial lake, several onmyoji sat around the courtyard, while the old man drank tea in the stone pavilion. The artificial lake is filled with a dim green light that shines out from under the water, and is refracted by the surface of the water.
"You better don't go over, grandpa has a very strange temper......" The girl Yoshiko Ashiya seems to be not afraid of heaven and earth, but she seems to be very jealous of her grandfather, and she insists that I go quickly.
I smiled, since I might have to ask the Ashiya family for help in the future, I would have to deal with this old master of the Ashiya family, so I gently pushed away Ashiya Yoshiko and walked straight into the stone pavilion. A few Onmyoji guarding the intersection also asked me to put down the broken sword, not allowing me to approach him with a weapon.
Walking into the stone pavilion and sitting down, the tea tray on the table is specially brewed by a woman in a Japanese kimono, and there are some people in Japan who specialize in learning the tea ceremony and serving some VIPs to make a living.
"I've heard about you, young man, that you've done a lot of things in China." He drank tea, his gaze calm but still deep, and when he spoke, he felt like he was talking to a stone Buddha.
"I hope you've heard good things about me." I said with a smile and reached for the teacup, but at that moment, I felt a violent sensation on my wrist, as if a hand was pressed on my wrist, stuck so hard that I wouldn't be able to lift the cup. But at that time, with an invisible hand, my expression changed slightly, and I raised my eyes to look at the old head of the Ashiya family opposite, who was drinking tea and eating simple snacks lightly. I closed my eyes and waited for three seconds, and then when my eyes opened, I could see a faint breath flowing in the air, maybe because my cultivation was affected after I changed to the Three Elephants Returning to the Yuan, so the breath that I could feel or see more clearly in the past has become very blurry, but I can still see the qi floating in the air, even if it is vague, it still comes from the old master of the Ashiya family opposite me. It seems to be light and light, but in fact, he has secretly shot at me, but I don't know what he means by this shot, whether it is to hurt me or to test me.
The breath on my wrist was strong, but if I wanted to stop me from taking a sip of tea, it wouldn't be enough.
I slowly released the qi in the sea of caves on my arm, and as I continued to cultivate in Japan, although the new sea of caves on my body grew slowly, the qi stored in the dantian and the sea of my heart began to move towards the sea of caves, which was also enhancing my cultivation. As the cave sea runs, my hand is raised little by little, and the hand holding the teacup is a little more stable. I took a sip of the teacup to my lips, and then said with a smile: "I don't know much about tea, but this cup of tea is not easy to drink." ”
The old master pushed his glasses, and suddenly raised his hand to face outward, and at this time, the onmyoji who were guarding the surroundings consciously took a few steps around, opening the circle around the stone pavilion, and at the same time, the girl who made tea for us also stood up and walked outside the stone pavilion. I know that his intentions in doing this must be very private.
"The supernatural circle is very large, including you in China, Japan, and many countries in Europe and the United States, and your departure from China does not mean that you can leave the supernatural circle. China's supernatural circle is very chaotic, and there are too many strong people, so any wind and grass in China's supernatural circle will cause repercussions in the world circle. And in the recent news from China, eight out of ten are related to you, and you are already a celebrity all over the world. I don't know if the old man said this to scare me or anything else, but I continued to listen patiently.
"I welcome you to cooperate with our Ashiya family, but we Ashiya family will not help you when you return to China. Maybe the military family is impressed with you as your huge backstage, but our Ashiya family doesn't want to get involved in the huge troubled waters of China yet. He wanted to clarify the relationship, and I smiled and said, "Old man, you think too much, I don't necessarily mean to ask you to help me." After all, I have to avenge my own revenge. ”
"Hmm......" he took a sip of tea, suddenly looked at the artificial lake next to him and whispered, "What is the difference between us people and these koi fish raised in the lake?" They can't get out of the lake, because they will die if they get out of the lake. And we are not fish after all, and we may be able to see the bigger world outside when we jump out. ”
I don't understand the old man's words more and more, he also made it clear in the previous sentence that he doesn't want to have anything to do with me, and to help is to help not to involve them in the revenge plan with me. But the latter sentence persuaded me to break out, and said that after jumping out, I could see the wider world.
This old man's speech was so mysterious that I couldn't see through it for a while.
"What the hell are you going to say, old man?" I asked clearly.
"I want you to marry my granddaughter." I didn't think about it, this old man said a big circle, and finally this sentence actually went around this matter, my obedient, that feeling is like buying a lottery ticket, and I won the jackpot, but I don't want this money, and the whole world is forcing me to claim the prize, and finally I feel that I am stupid if I don't redeem the prize.
"But I don't want to marry your granddaughter, we're not even friends." I immediately refused.
"I don't need to really marry, and I won't let my granddaughter really marry you. This marriage is just a cooperation, a superficial marriage, and I don't care who you are with in private. "When the old man said that, I understood. It turned out to be a fake marriage! But why did you choose me?
I don't think it's so great that the most powerful family in the entire Japanese Yinyangliao wants to beg to cooperate with me, and the things they are trying to do are definitely not on me.
"Fake marriage? Senior, what kind of medicine do you sell in the gourd? I asked.
"You can think about it, with your intelligence, I believe you will understand soon, I will wait for your answer, I heard that Jun Yan said that you still have to live in Japan for a while, I will wait for your answer." After saying that, he stood up, and at this time, the surrounding onmyoji immediately greeted him, and he slowly walked out of the stone pavilion surrounded by everyone.
"Hehe, so powerful qi still needs so many people to follow? Old man, you're scheming enough. I secretly said in my heart, after the old man led the people away, Ashiya Yoshiko hurriedly ran over.