"Ruodie, how are you contacting the Tengu clan? How did they react to the end of the millennial no-war pact? Flipping through the scroll in his hand, Qianye was still recording something with a pen on the side, but he didn't raise his head because he was busy.

Ruodie, who was standing on the side, immediately bowed to Qianye and replied, "According to your master's orders, I have already contacted the eight Great Tengu. The Eight Great Tengu Lords had no particular thoughts about the end of the thousand-year-old covenant of no war, and His Excellency Atago Yamashan Taro Bo made it clear that "peace and tranquility have lasted for a thousand years, so let it continue." Several other Tengu lords also have the same opinion, they just hope that the Tengu clan can walk in the world normally in the future, and they hope that you will not interfere with it, master. ”

"If the Tengu clan just walks the world normally and doesn't cause trouble, I naturally won't interfere." Hearing Ruodie's reply, Qianye put down the pen in his hand and raised his head to look at Ruodie: "But Ruodie, you will send a message to a few great tengu lords for me, the tengu clan has nothing to do in the world, but please also restrain the clansmen and not cause trouble in the world, which everyone does not want to see." ”

"Yes, master. I will relay your words to the Eight Great Tengus. While writing down Qianye's command, a trace of hesitation flashed on Ruodie's face, and she seemed to be a little speechless, as if she had something to say.

"If you have anything to say, just say it, it's His Excellency Hakuho Sagamifang, right? After all these years, he still refuses to let go? Qianye glanced at Ruodie's expression, and she had already guessed what she wanted to say, and even Qianye felt a little helpless about that Baifeng Sagami Fang.

The expression on Ruodie's face also became a little helpless, obviously she also felt helpless about the White Peak Sagami Workshop: "Your Excellency the White Peak Sagami Workshop still insists on taking revenge on the imperial family, even if his resentment and curse have plunged Japan into seven hundred years of war, but to this day, it is still resentful. ”

"If its resentment is so easy to settle, it won't be the Great Demon Yuan, the First Demon King, and the God of Calamity." When Qianye mentioned this Hakumine Sagami Workshop, a trace of memory flashed in his eyes, and he seemed to be annoyed that he had not eliminated the disaster caused by the Hakumine Sagami Workshop back then: "If I could have predicted that Emperor Chongtoku's resentment would have such a big impact, I would not have let Emperor Shirakawa and Emperor Shirakawa do such a thing anyway!" ”

"Master, why should you blame yourself, back then, you and Lord Harumi paid such a heavy price in the Battle of Nasuno for the Tamamo previous incident, and it was inevitable that you would neglect the supervision of the imperial family. What's more, who would have expected that Emperor Go-Shirakawa would be so hard-hearted, and even Emperor Chongde's blood book of five Mahayana Buddhist scriptures, hoping to atone for his sins was unwilling to be satisfied, so that Emperor Chongde finally vowed to become Japan's great demon and become Japan's first resentful spirit, resulting in Japan's 700 years of war? Speaking of the events of the past, Ruodie hated the Emperor Go-Shirakawa even more, so as to comfort Qianye.

Qianye shook his head, still with a helpless look on his face: "In the final analysis, it was my negligence that caused such a huge impact, and if I could stop him in time, it would not have plunged the whole of Japan into seven hundred years of war." Although in the Meiji era, I asked Emperor Meiji to send an envoy to the Shiramine Imperial Mausoleum to bring the shrine to the Shiromine Shrine in Kyoto before he ascended the throne, and Japan was able to usher in a brief period of peace, but it was my fault after all. ”

Although Qianye had chagrin and helplessness on his face, after all, it was an old thing from a thousand years ago, he quickly put away his chagrin and looked at Ruodie, paying attention to the things in front of him: "But this is all in the past, Emperor Chongde has now become Shiramine Sagamibo, whether it is Emperor Shirakawa, or Emperor Shirakawa, even if it is Taira Kiyomori and Gen Yoshijing, these people have long been ancient and turned into dust." Now it is useless to dwell on the past, what does His Excellency Hakumine Sagami Fang want to do? ”

"His Excellency Hakumine Sagami understands the desire of his master and the other seven Great Tengu Lords to have another war between them, so it has agreed to target only the Imperial Family and not all of Japan. His Excellency Hakumine Sagami has requested that the royal family must send members of the royal family to personally worship its spiritual seat, so that His Excellency Hakumine Sagamibo can satisfy it and dispel its resentment. If the royal family can't do it, he'll have to pay the price of blood to appease its wrath. Ruodie told Qianye about the conditions of Baifeng Sagami Fang, which made him frown.

"Is that what Your Excellency Hakumine Sagamibo meant?" Qianye frowned and rubbed her chin, lost in thought, while Ruodie stood quietly behind him, waiting for Qianya to make a decision. After thinking about it for a while, Qianye instructed Ruodie, "Tell the royal family about this matter and let them worry about it themselves." The thousand-year-old covenant of no war is coming to an end, and the emergence of the Huangquan Sect obviously means that the Huangquan Kingdom can no longer sit still, and this matter must be resolved as soon as possible. ”

"Yes, master." If the butterfly bows down, it should be.

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Emperor Shotoku was the 75th emperor of Japan, and history records that he was the eldest son of Emperor Toba and the half-brother of Emperor Go-Shirakawa. But in fact, Emperor Shotoku was born of incest between the 72nd Emperor, Emperor Shirakawa, and Emperor Toba's Nakanomiya, and Emperor Shirakawa's adopted daughter, Tokenmon-in. Since Emperor Shirakawa was already Emperor Taishang at the time, and Tokenmonin Temple was the middle palace of his grandson, Emperor Toba, Emperor Shotoku had to call his nephew his father from birth.

Emperor Shotoku ascended the throne at the age of 5, and when Emperor Shirakawa died at the age of 23, Emperor Shirakawa died, and Emperor Toba began his own era of imperial administration. Toba copied the old routine of Nozu, "the emperor who governs the world is the only one", and firmly held Emperor Chongtoku, who had lost the protection of Emperor Shirakawa, in his hands. On the other hand, Emperor Tokenmonin, who had lost the umbrella of Emperor Shirakawa, fell out of favor, and Emperor Toba favored Mifukumonin and forced Emperor Shotoku to give up the throne to his son, Emperor Konoe, who had originally given it to Emperor Shotoku as his adopted son. In addition, Emperor Shotoku's abdication statement stated that "the Emperor gave way to the Emperor's younger brother", and in this way, Emperor Shotoku was disqualified from being the guardian of the younger emperor as the emperor's father.

Since he was succeeded by his half-brother, Emperor Shotoku thought that it would be impossible to open a court in the future, so he was worried about this matter. Soon after, the frail Emperor Konoe died, and the Imperial Court held a meeting to discuss who would succeed him. Originally, it was decided that Prince Shigehito, the eldest son of Emperor Shotoku and the adopted son of Mifukumonin, would be the new monarch, but due to the strong opposition of Sekihaku Fujiwara Tadamitsu, it was decided to appoint Prince Morihito, another adopted son of Mifukumonin, to succeed him. However, Prince Moritin was young, and Prince Morinto's biological father, Prince Masahito, ascended the throne, and his desire to establish a court for Emperor Go-Shirakawa and Emperor Shotoku was completely shattered.

Later, Emperor Toba died, and Emperor Shotoku and Emperor Go-Shirakawa clashed over power, and the two formed an alliance with the Fujiwara, Genji, and Taira clans, and a war broke out, which is known as the "Hogen War". Eventually, Emperor Shirakawa raided the palace where Emperor Shotoku lived, and Emperor Shotoku was defeated and captured. Sekihaku Fujiwara Yorinaga, who supported Emperor Shotoku, died of an arrow wound on the way to Naryo and was exhumed and thrown into his coffin. All of his followers were beheaded, the first time in 350 years that the death penalty had been reinstated in Japan.

Escorted by dozens of samurai, he was exiled to Sanuki Province by boat, which was called Sanuki-in by the time. The emperor and the emperor were exiled for the first time since the Fujiwara Nakamaro Rebellion in 764, when Emperor Junhito was exiled to Awaji. After Emperor Shotoku arrived in Sanuki Province, he lived under house arrest. During this time, he devoted himself to the Buddhist faith, wishing to be reborn in the Elysian world, and spent three years copying five Mahayana sutras with his own blood and offering them to Kyoto, hoping to atone for his sins, and begging the imperial court to send the Buddhist sutras to Kyoto to be accepted in the temple, but this request was also refused, and Emperor Shirakawa said that he "has no point in living."

After eight years of exile, he finally had a complete mental breakdown, and since then he has not cut his hair or nails, and has "become a tengu". Chongde wrote in his blood scripture: I copied the Buddhist scriptures in order to accumulate good karma to atone for my sins, and since I was not forgiven, I let those karma be put into the three evil realms to help me become the great demon of Japan, "killing the people for the king, killing the king for the people." After writing the scriptures, he sank to the bottom of the sea and committed suicide by biting his tongue at the age of forty-six.

After the death of Chongde, Japan continued to suffer, the government and the opposition had no peace, the imperial court was afraid of its willingness to build temples to worship, and even the spiritual seat of the Emperor Chongde and the main god of the great thing were enshrined, but this did not seem to calm Chongde's resentment, so a catastrophe of the imperial court - "Taira dictatorship" came, the emperor lost the right to rule the country, became a symbol, the opening of the shogunate era made Japan fall into a war for 700 years. People are afraid of Chongde's curse, calling it "Japan's Great Demon Fate" and "Disaster Worship", and it is also known as the four great resentful spirits of ancient Japan along with Sugawara Michizane, Heishomon and Prince Sara.

Legend has it that the image of Emperor Chongde is a golden kite, similar to the protector god in Buddhism, holding a steel pestle in his hand and inserting two wings, leading the Tengu to guard the White Peak, so his name has also become the White Peak Sagami Workshop.

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Browsing through the life of Emperor Shotoku recorded in the imperial family files, Yoshiko couldn't help but feel a pang of sympathy for the sad fate of the emperor, and at the same time worried about whether she could overcome his resentment.

After receiving a message from Senya that Emperor Shotoku needed to be relieved of his resentment, the Imperial Family decided that the current Emperor himself or the crown prince would go to the Hakumine Shrine in Kyoto to perform the sacrifices. However, in view of the emperor's advanced age, it would be too much work for the emperor to go to Kyoto, so the imperial family preferred that one of the two brothers, Prince Naruhito or Prince Fumihito, go to worship Emperor Shotoku.

However, when Yoshiko learned about this, after learning about the situation from Chiya, she proposed that she should go to worship Emperor Shotoku instead of Prince Fumihito to appease his resentment, and instead of going to the Hakumine Shrine in Tokyo, she went to the Shiromine Imperial Mausoleum in Shikoku, the place where Emperor Shotoku was buried.

Originally, such a proposal would not have been approved by the royal family, and the royal family had not been reduced to the point where a princess needed to replace the crown prince and prince to sacrifice to the spirits. However, when Prince Fumihito consulted Senya about this, he chose to persuade Emperor Imakami and agreed to Yoshiko's proposal to go to the Shikoku Imperial Mausoleum to pay homage to Emperor Shotoku's shrine on behalf of the Imperial Family, thereby appeasing Emperor Shotoku's resentment.

So now Yoshiko is trying to deepen her understanding of Emperor Shotoku through the archives in the imperial collection, so that she can better appease Emperor Shotoku's resentful soul during worship. So much so that even in the idol activities of Nogizaka 46, Yoshiko carries these materials with her, constantly reciting and memorizing them.

"Kako, what are you up to? I feel that in the past few days, why have you been holding the information and looking at it, what is the information so important that you can use it to read the information whenever you have time? Yoshiko's behavior naturally attracted the attention of her friend Yuka Sugai, and seeing that Yoshiko was holding a thick folder of information again, Yuka Sugai couldn't help but ask her.

Yoshiko raised her head from the information, looked at Yuka Sugai, who was looking at her with concern, and after showing her a slightly tired smile, she raised the folder in her hand and explained to her: "This is the information of the imperial family about the 75th emperor Emperor Shotoku, because the imperial family planned to sacrifice this 'National University of Japan' and 'Japan's first resentful spirit', so I need to write down these materials related to him." ”

"It's not easy for the royal family! But since it's a sacrifice to Emperor Shotoku, why do you have to write down these documents? After Sugai Yuka sighed, her expression was still a little puzzled: "But if you just participate in the sacrifice, you don't need to remember so many things, right?" Could it be that you are the chief priest of Yoshiko, and the royal family sent you to worship the 'god of woe'? But shouldn't this kind of thing be presided over by your father, Prince Fumihito, or His Royal Highness Prince Naruhito? ”

Faced with her friend's doubts, Yoshiko shook her head and explained to her, "Originally, it was indeed planned for Uncle Naruhito or Father Naruhito to preside over this sacrifice, but I asked Mr. Chiba, and he said that because I had participated in the Celestial Radiant Sun Ceremony and had received the grace of Amaterasu, if I had sacrificed the resentful spirit of Emperor Chongtoku, the effect would be better than that of my father or Uncle Naruhito." So this time, my grandfather also agreed that I would go to the Hakumine Imperial Mausoleum in Shikoku to preside over the worship of Emperor Shotoku on behalf of the Imperial Family. ”

"Huh! Actually going to Shikoku's White Peak Imperial Mausoleum? I thought you were just going to Hakumine Jingu in Tokyo! "Because of her Chinese background, and her father is also a high-ranking official in the Imperial Household Agency, Sugai Tomoka still knows something about these things that ordinary people don't know very well, and it is because of this understanding that Sugai Tomoka is surprised that Yoshiko is going to the Shikoku Hakumine Imperial Mausoleum.

"This is Mr. Chiba's suggestion, and it seems that if you go to the Shikoku Hakumine Imperial Mausoleum, you can show more piety and better appease the soul of Emperor Chongtoku." A helpless wry smile appeared on Yoshiko's face.