"In the courtyard behind the shrine, there is a row of trees that are dedicated to tying these sticks. Reimu looked at Feng Longde with a speechless expression sympathetically, and she would be depressed for a long time if she drew this kind of lottery with a simple draw, "I remember that you only came to the Boli Shrine once to attend the banquet, right? I don't think you know how to walk over, do you need me to take you there?"

"Then I'm bothering you. Feng Longde looked at the unlucky lottery he had drawn depressedly, and after putting the armed belt around his waist, he pulled the chain mail bandana around his neck to his head, and then put the demon ring-winged barrel helmet back on, "But what if you take the two of us over, what about the other lottery?"

"It's just a moment's work, and it's out of the way. Reimu put the lottery holder directly on the cash box, and then looked at Caroline, who had been standing on the side and had not made a sound from beginning to end, "Aren't you going to draw a lot?"

Caroline didn't answer, just shook her head slightly.

"Forget it, I don't think there are many human residents with black hair and black eyes who will come here to worship, that is, non-humans like you will come to see it for the sake of joining in the fun, and I guess you are not particularly interested in drawing lots or something. Reimu didn't think anything of it, she was used to this situation, "Your brother would be interested in the lottery, don't you believe this?"

Still silent, Caroline nodded slightly.

"I still don't like to talk as always, just like Qin Xin's mask in the Divine Spirit Temple, but that guy can rely on a variety of masks representing different emotions to highlight his state. Reimu looked at Caroline's face, which was always unwavering, and then turned to Feng Longde: "You seem to be like this too, right? It's just that you are used to wearing it and directly blocking your entire head, and if your eyes are not good, you may not even be able to see your eyes." ”

"She usually takes my lich mages to stir up magic experiments and some technology research and development, and she doesn't have much contact with outsiders, and she has already formed this contact pattern. Feng Longde shrugged. Caroline doesn't talk much more than he usually does, even when she's met with other people she's dealt with a few times, and it's estimated that only magicians like Marisa, Pache and Alice can communicate with her more verbally, "I'm used to wearing this fully enclosed helmet, just because I'm expressionless - I've noticed a few times before when you saw my face that you seemed to want to laugh but forcibly held back." That's the main reason why I always wear this helmet. ”

"Whoever told you that your facial expression is too stiff, and you usually look like someone is going to beat you when you follow it, and the slightest change in your expression makes people want to laugh. Reimu chuckled lightly, and watched with interest as he put on the Demon Ringed Wing Barrel Helmet and took out the big murder slip from the belt around his waist again, "Let's go, I'll take you to the back of the shrine, where there is a row of trees that are specially tied to the lot, so you don't have to worry about it at all." ”

"I hope so. Feng Longde shrugged his shoulders and walked behind Reimu with Caroline towards the back of the shrine. "Although I don't believe in the accuracy of this kind of thing, I'd rather believe it than not, after all, this is not the outside world, but Gensokyo, who knows if it will really work. ”

Walking over the road next to the shrine, Feng Longde and Caroline followed Reimu to the back of the shrine.

The area behind the shrine is several times larger than the area in front of the shrine and the small plaza in front of the shrine combined, because it is planted with a variety of trees that allow you to see seasonal flowers blooming all year round, especially cherry blossom trees, which are the most abundant in the past. In March and April, Hakurei Shrine is flooded with cherry blossoms, and almost all kinds of monsters, fairies, and other supernatural girls come here to hold cherry blossom viewing parties and banquets. Lively and noisy drinking and cherry blossom viewing together, or tossing around: for many supernatural girls who have lived for the most basic and hundreds of years old, this kind of activity that prefers to just gather with friends and enjoy the scenery of nature is much better than the messy things of ordinary humans, who have seen through some things for a long time, are more accustomed to this kind of ordinary and prosaic activities, rather than too noisy.

It's the first day of the new year, and Gensokyo is still in the middle of winter. Therefore, Feng Longde could only see various trees carrying a lot of snow, as well as a pitiful few plum blossoms, which made the overall environmental atmosphere here feel a lot more solemn.

"That row is the tree that is specially used to tie these bad sticks, just tie them to the branches. Reimu pointed to the row of tall trees, where a few worshippers were sweeping the snow off their branches. Then he carefully tied the sticks in their hands to the branches, "Oh, it seems that there are a few visitors who have either drawn the 'fierce' or the 'big murderer', and it is estimated that they have been here a few times and are already familiar with the way." ”

"Thank you. Feng Longde nodded, walked over and found a branch of the right thickness, and the fingers covered with the nail pieces carefully adjusted the angle of the bad stick, so that it could be tied to the branch.

"Okay, it's finally tied. After two minutes, Feng Longde took a breath and stretched out his somewhat sore hands, "I'm also brain-pumping myself: I have learned the lesson of using toy guns and toy bows to shoot targets, and I actually wear a demon ring-winged barrel helmet when I do this kind of delicate work, isn't this embarrassing for myself, I have tied eight branches?"

In any case, Feng Longde can be regarded as tying this big evil sign to the branch of the tree as the place where the sign is tied, and according to the custom of the Japanese style, it should be free from the negative impact of this bad sign: in Japanese, the pronunciation of the tie is the same as the pronunciation of 'knot', and because there is the word auspicious in the Chinese character of knot, tying the bad sign also has the meaning of turning evil into auspiciousness.

In fact, it doesn't matter if Feng Longde ties this bad lot or not, because the lottery drawn is a sign or suggestion given by the gods to the lottery person, and the tying of the lottery to avoid disasters is more of a psychological effect

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"Are you going to leave like this?" "Seeing Feng Longde tie up and sign back, he beckoned to Caroline. When the two of them were about to walk in the direction they were going, Reimu asked, with a hint of disappointment in his tone, "Why don't you continue to look around or visit here?"

"I've been shopping for most of the morning, and I've basically seen and played all the small games of the small merchants and vendors, and I've done nothing anymore. Feng Longde stopped. Turning to Reimu and answering, "As for the question of worship, Caroline, she doesn't believe in gods, and my situation is almost remembered, Reimu, can you explain to me why the Hakurei shrine enshrines the two gods of Shouya Shrine? When I first walked into the main hall and saw the statues of those two gods standing on the altar in a big way, I was so frightened that I almost didn't sit on the ground, what about the gods that Hakurei Shrine worships itself? I can't really be abandoned by you because I can't attract visitors!"

Hearing Feng Longde's inquiry, Ling Meng's face immediately turned long: "Who said that the Boli Shrine does not have its own gods!Who said that the Hakuri Shrine's own deities were abandoned by me!!!Aren't you spewing people in blood!! the gods of the Boli Shrine are okay, to be honest, I have no impression."

Feng Longde: "You yourself have forgotten the names of the gods of your own shrine, and you are still qualified to yell at me?"

"Anyway, Hakurei Shrine is now dedicated to the gods!" Reimu looked up in pride. "You saw that too, there are a lot of pilgrims, and there are a lot of vendors who come here to do business, not to mention the money!"

"Why do you suddenly ignore your Hakurei Shrine and earn incense money by worshiping the two gods of Shouya Shrine, this is not normal in any way, right?!" Feng Longde felt that his IQ was losing at a rapid rate of three times, "What the hell is the situation to explain, and besides, you, as the witch of Hakurei, don't even have an impression of the original gods of your own family?"

"Because of some things in the past, I made a deal with Sanae, who used to be a human from the outside world. It's the Moriya Shrine that opened a branch here, so that's what you see now. Reimu spread her hands and pointed to her own shrine.

"No matter how you look at it now. It's like the Hakurei Shrine has been merged into the Shouya Shrine," Feng Longde raised his forehead, "Forget it, it's good that you're happy, anyway, I didn't think you were the kind of person who particularly believed in gods from the first time I saw you, but did the Hakurei Shrine originally have gods? How did it degenerate to the point that even your own witch couldn't remember the name?"

"Regardless of my business, I don't have an impression of my own shrine deities. Reimu also looked distressed, "It seems that Grandma still remembers"

"Who?" Feng Longde asked curiously.

"Nothing. Reimu seemed to feel that she had lost a lot of words. Ren Feng Longde was silent no matter how he asked.

"I don't know who you just said, but if you don't want to, forget it. Feng Longde shrugged, "It's really enough for the gods of Shouya Shrine in the Hakurei Shrine, but anyway, your essential job is to solve the mutations and help deal with the troubles of the human inhabitants, and you are not god-worshipping, so it is not surprising that this situation is in this situation."

It's okay not to mention this, Feng Longde's words directly made Lingmeng a little angry: "You still mention this-if it weren't for what you did." I'm going to rely on those two guys at Shouya Shrine to attract visitors to make a living!"

"You're leaving me confused. Feng Longde was completely confused when he looked at Reimu who suddenly started the fire, if he wasn't wearing a demonic ring-winged barrel helmet at this moment, otherwise he would definitely be sprayed by Reimeng, "What am I doing to make you have to rely on the gods of Shouya Shrine to cheat and earn incense money, you can't understand that I robbed you of the source of your worshippers, right?"

"And that's your reason!" Reimu snorted and clasped his hands to his chest, "It's because of you and your large group of guys in black armor and crosses on their clothes, now every time I go to the world, I may not be able to find a commission that needs my help to do it! On several occasions, I have almost walked around the entire world three times, and only the old uncle asked me to help find his house cat who has been lost for almost a week! If it weren't for that, I'd talk to Sanae about supporting the family by enshrined the two guys who started enshrined her family at Hakurei Shrine this year?!"

"This has something to do with me, can you explain it clearly?" Feng Longde's Demon Ring-Wing Barrel Helmet was directly sprayed with a layer of saliva on the front by Reimeng, making him wipe it or not, and he was now completely in a state of confusion, "You mean that I and my subordinate guard knights have interfered with your financial situation?"

"What are you and yours, Teutonic Knights, aren't the Teutonic Knights wandering around the world when they're idle******?" I've heard from the villagers that you usually take a look at someone who sees someone posting a commission notice on the notice wall in the village center square, and then almost every time you will complete the commission as quickly as possible and take the reward, from helping to get rid of the monsters that attack or interfere with the farmers' work in the farmland, to helping find the children who jump up and down and run around, you really don't let go of any commission!

"I'm not in the habit of helping people find children or pets, and it's not surprising that they did it. Feng Longde held the forehead of the demon's ring-winged barrel helmet, he really didn't know what he should feel, "But this also has nothing to do with the fact that you have to provide for other people's gods to mix and eat! Could it be that there are no visitors to the Hakuri Shrine? Basically, most of your income is obtained by helping the human inhabitants of the human world, big and small?"

"What do you think?" Reimu snorted, "In the past, even if there were no visitors, I could have made a living by solving commissions and troubles, but now it's good, you guys are better at this than anyone else, how do you mean that?" Oh, according to that guy Purple, you are stealing other people's labor markets and jobs!"

Feng Longde: "You say so reasonably, I'm speechless." (To be continued.) )