"Hey, Boya-sama, what did you encounter when you were holding Sato Ming just now?"

I followed Yuan Boya and did not give up.

"I ...... Don't ask, honey worms. ”

Yuan Boya swallowed and begged me for mercy.

"Hit a bone? Bai Sensen's kind? ”

"Nope."

"Then what happened to you!"

"I ......"

"Oh, you can't be ......"

I reacted and widened my eyes, and Yuan Boya covered me without waiting for me to finish, covering me so that I couldn't breathe.

"Be quiet! What should Qingming do if she hears it? He lowered his voice and said urgently, and then said angrily, "It's not you who hurt it!" ”

He let go of me, and I immediately smiled and apologized, and he twisted his head awkwardly to the side, his face flushing.

Qingming walked in the front, if there was no glance at us, the corners of his lips unconsciously raised, as if intentional, and as if unintentional.

Really...... Yuan Boya bumped into ......

When I was in the water, Sato will be the original body.

"What else do you want? In front of it is the Sato Mansion. ”

Qingming stopped, smiled, and stared at me, stopping my cranky thoughts.

"Lord Qingming asks to see you."

The guard glanced at the other, and the attendant hurried in to report. After a while, the door opened.

"Sunny and bright! It's sunny! The old man had just heard the attendant come to inform him that he was getting old and had auditory hallucinations in his ears. ”

Sato Moto smiled, but he didn't smile.

"How is Ling Ai lately?"

Ignoring Sato Moto's displeasure, Qingming smiled lightly.

"Qingming!" Sato Yuan's face fell, and he was very angry, "Back then, my beloved daughter was killed by the right minister Qianzheng Chonggu, and you don't know it, why bother to ridicule me!" ”

"Not long ago, I saw Ling Zun's daughter soaking in the hot springs, I thought ......"

Qingming didn't say anything, her narrow eyes narrowed slightly, waiting for the following.

"Could it be that my daughter cheated to death!"

Sato Moto's eyes were furious.

"Of course I didn't mean that."

Qingming smiled and returned to his usual expression.

"The old man is heartbroken for losing his daughter, if Qingming comes to discuss this topic with the old man, please go back."

Sato Yuan waved his hand, closed his eyes and recuperated, an obvious order to evict customers.

"I've come here on the behalf, honeyworm—"

Qingming turned sideways and called for me to come up.

"My lord, the little woman recently met a drowning daughter who claimed to be the daughter of Minister Sato Moto's daughter in the hot spring under the mountain, and the little woman didn't believe that she invited Lord Qingming to do it, but the appearance of the drowning daughter was similar to the adult's beloved daughter, and she swore to take out her hairpin to testify. The little woman was hesitant, and when she couldn't make up her mind, she begged Lord Qingming to come and check. I hope to bear with the faux pas. ”

I tried to act like I was honestly afraid, and this was the first time I had spoken so low during the Heian period. As I spoke, I deliberately exposed the hairpin that Sato had been keeping, and made sure that Sato Yuan saw it and then slowly put it away.

"Wait, you've got it—"

"It was given to me by the daughter of the drowning."

Successfully attracted Sato Moto's attention again, he was a little moved, the wrinkles left by the years seemed kind, and he finally returned to calm and stopped talking when he looked at his hairpin.

"The honey worm is too hearty, the minister's daughter should have held a sacrificial dance back then, why is it still in the world? Thinking of the drowning daughter, it may be that the ordinary people can't afford the sacrificial dance, and they have unfulfilled wishes, and their souls stay in the world and refuse to disperse. But don't worry, if you dare to lie about your adult's daughter, Qingming will definitely make her immortal and unborn for you! ”

These words were obviously said to me, but they were said to Sato Moto, and the last sentence was said very seriously, and he glanced at Sato Motoen from time to time.

"Honey worm, let's go!"

Qingming said and got up.

"Slow!" Sato Yuan hurriedly got up, realizing that he was out of shape and hurriedly covered it up, "The old man has always loved his daughter, and he can't bear to have his daughter's reputation tarnished in the slightest. This woman just mentioned that there are ghosts pretending to be her beloved daughter, and this matter cannot be hasty. ”

"Qingming has always believed that ghosts and monsters should be treated equally and cannot be blindly expelled. Always fulfill their desires with compassion in order to achieve their rest. It's just that the drowning daughter is too much! Not only is she pretending to be an adult's daughter, but she is also very harsh in her wishes. ”

"Wish, what wish did she make?"

Inadvertently, Sato Moto's concern was revealed.

All of this was seen by us, Qingming raised a confident smile, and said with a bow: "She wants to see you." ”

"See me?"

Sato Moto was a little unsinkable.

"Yes, isn't this trying to harm you?" Qingming turned around, stared at Sato Yuan and said leisurely, "Let me get rid of her." ”

With that, Qingming turned around and left again.

"Haruaki-Harumi-" Sato Moto's tone softened, "where is she?" ”

"In the hot springs down the hill. However, you can't meet her, sir. ”

"Why?"

"Because ......," Harumi smiled like a fox again, "her wish is to see you, and when she sees you, she will be distracted immediately." ”

Then, turn around and stride Meteor.

"Qingming, why don't you just tell him?"

Yuan Boya was puzzled.

"That's not going to work," shook the folding fan lightly, and Qingming looked at him with a smile, "Will he admit it?" ”

"Just let him meet his daughter."

Yuan Boya was dissatisfied.

"Master Boya, you don't understand this. It's called 'Wanting to Catch the Dead'. Obviously, he killed his daughter with his own hands, of course there are ghosts in his heart. No matter what we tell him, he won't go, and to go is to admit that he is a murderer, a murderer. Will he leave his glory and riches and go with us? Definitely not. Maybe we will be kicked out before we can say a word or two, and we will be accused of framing the minister. ”

"Qingming is ostensibly saying that the drowning daughter is pretending to be his daughter, but in fact, he is telling him about his daughter's situation, and secretly can observe him quietly. Visiting him in my name will keep him from being suspicious, and if Harumi goes to talk by himself, it is inevitable that Sato will suspect what he knows, and it is too abrupt. Inadvertently revealing Sato's token can enhance credibility and allow Sato to confirm his daughter. In the end, Qingming threatened him to let his daughter live forever, causing him to panic and show his feet, and on the other hand, he revealed that Sato Ming's wish aroused his father's love, which is really amazing! ”

I have to admire Qingming for being too smart! Thinking well and saying it well, it is not only reasonable, but also has an unexpected effect.

"But, Qingming, will he go?"

Gen Boya promised Sato Ming, and now that Sato Yuan is so stubborn, he will inevitably be worried.

"Boya, you see this stone is so hard, but if you recite the spell lightly, it will crack." Qingming casually recited the incantation as she walked, and the stone "boomed" away. "It's the same with the human heart, no matter how hard it is, there is a crack. The relationship between a father and a daughter is a kind of mantra, as long as it is right, no matter how hard the heart is, there will be a soft day. ”

Qingming's words are very philosophical, but they give people a sad feeling. In modern times, parents can give everything for their children unconditionally, but in the Heian period, even the relationship between father and daughter had to be conditional. It's sad!

"Harumi, maybe it's my delusion, I always think you don't believe in Sato Ming."

I asked casually as I followed them sentimentally.

"The words of ghosts are not necessarily credible."

Qingming sighed thoughtfully.

"I don't believe Sato will lie! She is so kind and innocent, how could she harm her father! ”

Yuan Boya was a little angry. It seems that a close encounter has already made Hiroya Gen side with Sato Ming, bent on protecting her from harm.

"Then have you ever wondered why she told you?"

“……”

"Tell you that her father killed her, tell you that her father framed someone, tell you how her father became the right minister, why did she do this?"

“……”

Qingming's words woke up the person in the dream, and we who have been immersed in the sadness of Sato really haven't seriously thought about this problem. When Qingming asked, we couldn't say anything.

"Why did she tell the 'truth' about her so-called 'truth' to outsiders?"

Qingming's expression became serious.

"She wants to hurt her father?"

Yuan Boya looked stunned.

"No, it's because she misses her dad."

Sunny and bright.

"Why...... That would kill her father, wouldn't it? ”

Yuan Boya was confused again.

I don't understand, Sato Meditation wants to see her father and just say it, why pull up old things? Wouldn't telling the truth easily bring her father a fatal disaster? Why is that?

"What's a goblin?" Qingming had a far-reaching look in his eyes and paused, "Ghosts are born from people's hearts. What is the human heart? It is the consciousness of a person who is different from a ghost. A ghost who is bound to an obsession cannot understand the human mind, and this is the difference between a human and a ghost. ”

"Sato Medato, who was bound by the obsession of wanting to see her father, gave birth to the drowning daughter Sato Matsu, and the drowning daughter Sato Meditate told us the truth about her father, which shows that she loves her father very much, right? Didn't Sato, who loved her father very much, think that what she said would hurt her father? Qingming, I don't understand it anymore. ”

Yuan Boya showed a difficult color.

"Let's take an analogy." Qingming looked at the setting sun in the distance, and said slowly, "A man misses a woman, and he becomes sick in order to get that woman." The persistent heart gave birth to the monster, but the monster doesn't understand the human heart, and the first thing the monster did when it came out was to eat the woman, and it thought that it was getting the woman, which was completely opposite to the man's original meaning. ”

"I seem to get some of it."

Yuan Boya is meditating.

I seemed to understand, and continued, "Is there a misunderstanding between youkai and humans? ”

Qingming raised a smile and bowed his head slightly to acquiesce to me to continue.

"The daughter Sato wants to see her father, and the drowning daughter Sato only wants to see her father, ignoring other things. Her purpose was just to see her father. ”

"Sometimes, ghosts don't have as much as we think, and they tend to cling to a certain obsession with the twisted obsession of their existence."

As the sun sets, the wide white hunting clothes sway in the wind, leaving a long slanted figure on the ground in the afterglow of the setting sun. Qingming left an evocative sentence that was worthy of deep thought by Yuan Boya and me.