Chapter 297: Defense Zone
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Seeing Eriko looking at him, the onmyoji's face quickly changed a few times, then he leaned over slightly and saluted Eriko, got up to give up his place to Eriko, turned around and walked to stand in front of the other onmyoji. The onmyoji on the other side was much more knowledgeable, and immediately leaned over and got up, walked towards the last place of everyone, and sat down again.
In this way, the room silently completed a handover of seats......
If Old Man Ito is here, he may be able to chat with a few gray-headed onmyoji and shrine maidens in the front row and ask for some news. But this time it was Eriko who came on behalf of the Ito family, so Eriko, who didn't know much about the heads of these families, naturally wouldn't rush to talk to them, which would not only make others feel that the Ito family was not reserved, but also detrimental to etiquette.
In this way, Eriko also followed the example of others, looking at the nose and nose and center, and placed her hands on her thighs in front of her lower abdomen, and her two thumbs were holding each other as if they were silent. Ito Nari, who was behind Eriko, also followed Eriko's example and fell silent after looking at the young onmyoji and shrine maiden around him for a few moments.
At this time, there was no other sound in the room, except for the slightly heavy breathing of those onmyoji and shrine maidens who were not cultivated enough.
Soon after Eriko and Ito Nari took their seats, the voice of the shrine maiden came from outside the door again, and then several men and women walked in to meet the temptation of everyone in the room.
In the face of everyone's temptation, the latter paused slightly, and then took a few people to choose a seat and sit down with an expressionless face. And more than half an hour after his arrival. Another 66 came in four or five waves, a total of more than 20 people, and the originally empty room was crowded.
At this time, I saw that the originally closed paper wooden sliding door was suddenly opened from the outside without warning, and then a man wearing a bright red onmyoji hunting suit, holding a small stacked fan that symbolized the ancient Japanese [shi], wearing a high black hat on his head, and a sturdy body. The man who looked to be in his fifties strode into the room with a majestic face, and without looking at the others, walked straight to the innermost part of the room through the only passage vacated in the room. With his hands on his sleeves, he sat down on his knees.
"I've seen Masaki's steward." When the new man sat down, everyone in the room fell to the ground. shouted in unison.
"Hmm." The bassoon is to knock the small stacked fan in his right hand on the palm of his left hand, and respond in a slightly thick voice. Then his gaze slowly swept over the people present one by one, and he said, "You guys are very good. ”
For such unclear words, everyone present did not say anything, and quietly waited for the next step of the chief steward.
"There are two main purposes for summoning you here this time." After a pause, Grand Steward Masaki said, "One of them is to help defend Kyoto as we said when we convened it, prevent the demons from outside the barrier from attacking, and protect the safety of the Imperial Family." The second is to select a few of you who are old and respectful to go to the main palace in Ise with the personnel sent from Kyoto to defend it. Ensure the normal operation of the circle and suppress the evil spirits. ”
"The Butler." At this time, a middle-aged onmyoji who was only in his thirties leaned over and bowed after the chief steward finished speaking, and said, "I don't know if the evil demon in your mouth is the unknown existence that attacked the soul during the day today. ”
"Yes." The small stacked fan in the hand of the chief steward unconsciously tapped his left palm and said lightly.
"I don't know what kind of demon it is." The man leaned forward and rested his hands on the ground. Still asked respectfully.
"I think many of you are curious about this question." The small stacked fan in the hand of the chief steward knocked his palm again, squinted his eyes, looked at the people present with a smile on his face and asked.
"Yes." Most of the people agreed.
"Hey, since the war, the Yin Yang Dao inheritance has been cut off a lot, no wonder you don't know very well." The chief steward sighed gloomily. "More than 1,000 years ago, for some reason, a [peephole] ran from the Song Dynasty at that time, ravaged Japan for three years, cannibalizing countless people, and during this period, there were no people to govern. When Mr. [] heard the news, he hurried to the ravaged land and fought with him for two days and nights before sealing it down. That's where the demon came from. ”
"[peeping]? I remember that it seemed to be a kind of man-eating monster that inhabited Shaoxian Mountain, shaped like a cow, with a red body, a human face, horse feet, and a voice like a baby. After Itonari heard the chief steward's story, he said secretly.
"Is that demon that strong? You can actually fight Mr. Ampere for two days and nights! One of them, a young onmyoji who looked to be only in his twenties, said in surprise. Obviously, in his consciousness, the name Ampei Qingming itself is a symbol of power, and the monsters that can fight with him for two days and nights must be against the sky, at least with the legendary nine-tailed fox.
"Let's, don't be rude." The old onmyoji in front of the speaking onmyoji hurriedly whispered to the young man, and then touched his forehead to the ground and said respectfully, "I'm very sorry, Grand Steward Masaki." ”
"It doesn't matter." The small stacked fan in the hand of the chief steward still knocked on the palm of his hand, and said lightly.
"Thank you, Steward." The man touched the ground again with his forehead, and then bowed over and continued to listen.
"Is there anything you don't understand?" The archsteward glanced at the many onmyoji and shrine maidens in front of him, and asked again.
"Nope." Everyone said in unison.
"Okay, I'll start the roll call now, the people I read the names are the people who will go to the Ise main palace with the team in Kyoto, and as for the other people who don't read their names, after the meeting is over, they will go to the front hall to find the head of Heian Palace to inquire about their own defense area." The archsteward said.
"Yes!" The people answered.
"Nozomi Mishima, Hiroto Ogata, Seiichiro Kitajima, Soto Yanagawa and Shintaro Terashima......" The chief steward took out a blank piece of paper from his arms and pointed it out one by one according to the names on it. Whenever he pronounced a name, there would be an onmyoji below who answered "yes", and he stopped after clicking more than a dozen names.
And Ito Seijin, these named people are all male onmyoji in the house, and they are all old-fashioned people. Sure enough, it was selected according to the old and serious people, and it was not fake at all.
"You come with me to meet the leader of the Kyoto team." As he spoke, the chief steward rose from his seat with a shock of the sleeves of his robe and walked outside.
"Yes." The more than ten onmyoji hurriedly answered, and those who did not bring their heirs or disciples immediately got up and waited for the footsteps of the chief steward, while those with heirs or disciples hurriedly whispered a few words of warning, or asked someone who was familiar in the house to take care of them, and then quickly got up and followed the chief steward out of the room.
"Let's go too." After the chief steward and the onmyoji left, Eriko said to Ito Nari behind her.
"Yes." Itonari agreed, stretched out his hand on the ground and stood up, and followed Eriko in front of him towards the front hall of Heian Palace. The two of them were not slow, and after a while, they came to the front hall of the Heian Palace and found the owner who was kneeling in the front hall.
"Your Excellency." After meeting the owner, Eriko hurriedly walked two steps, came to the owner and bowed, "I'm Eriko Ito of the Ito family in Tokyo, and I've come to ask the adults where the guard area is." ”
"Let me see." With a kind smile on his face, he said very calmly. Then he took a scroll from his lap and spread it out in front of him, and examined them one by one.
"Yes, your defense area is in Xijing District. You can take this to the Matsuo Taisha Shrine and give it to the owner of the Matsuo Taisha Shrine. The owner reached out and picked up a bamboo stick with peace and a charm written on it from the wooden tube on the left side of his body, and said as he looked up and handed it to Eriko.
"Thank you very much." Eriko leaned forward slightly, took the bamboo sticks with both hands and thanked her, and then said goodbye, "Then we say goodbye." ”
"Go ahead." The owner smiled and nodded, waving.
Eriko bowed to him again, led Ito Nari out of the front hall, and walked quickly out of Heian Shrine towards the Saikyo district, past the other members of the Shinto system who had come to inquire about the defense area.
"It seems that we are lucky, there is actually a shrine in the defense area, it is much easier, and the place to live is also solved." After walking out of Heian Jingu, Ito Nari said with a smile to Eriko beside him.
"Indeed." Eriko also nodded with a smile and said.
Then the two took the city bus to Saikyo Ward and found Matsuo Taisha. After Eriko handed over the bamboo stick in her hand to the owner, she was enthusiastically brought into the room by the owner and arranged a room to live in.
"Hey, it seems that I'm too optimistic, but I didn't expect that in this Matsuo Taisha Shrine, except for the owner of the shrine who is an old man with spiritual powers, the other witches are just ordinary people who are proficient in kendo and divine rituals, and it is too difficult to expect me and my mother to guard such a large area." In the room, Ito complained to Eriko.
"Wait, maybe someone else is in charge of guarding the Xijing District." Eriko comforted.
"Hopefully." Ito Nari pursed his lips and lay on his back on the tatami with his limbs wide open.
"You." Looking at Ito's appearance, Eriko smiled helplessly, and then sat cross-legged and cultivated spiritual power.
Perhaps it was the god of wine enshrined in the Matsuo Taisha Shrine who heard Ito's complaint, and after about ten minutes, another onmyoji and two shrine maidens came to live in Matsuo Taisha Shrine one after another, so that with the addition of Matsuo Shrine Master and Ito's mother and son, the number of combatants reached six, and the basic personnel composition for the defense of Saikyo District had been reached. What's more, although these witches are just ordinary people, with the artifacts blessed by the Onmyoji, they can also be used as one or two combat powers with the cooperation of multiple people, so there is no problem. (You are welcome, your support is my biggest motivation.) )
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