Kyoto.

The nominal capital of Yingzhou.

The overall architectural style is very old, many of the buildings here are more than 100 years old, and many of the streets have long been fixed and cannot be demolished and rebuilt.

As soon as you step into Kyoto, you can feel a sense of history and antiquity.

It's like stepping into the hutongs of the capital, the mottled walls and the dust hidden on the green tiles of the vermilion wall tell its glorious past.

Bai Yu has seen the capital with his own eyes, witnessed its prosperity and the historical heritage behind the prosperity; Nowadays, if you compare Kyoto to Kyoto, most of the things you can see are old, and the streets are barely clean, and the roads are paved with a layer of cement, but that's all.

In contrast to the five or six-story buildings that line Edo and the centralised power supply from the high-rise poles, life in Kyoto is clearly more reliant on the more traditional ways, with many houses stacked with firewood and tarps in front of the doors.

It is hard to imagine that there can be such a big difference in the level of civilization of the same country.

Fortunately, the crowd of people passing by is not considered ragged, and can even be said to be well-dressed.

It can be seen from the appearance and dress that it is the Chinese who walk outside with their heads held high, and it is the common people who bend over and walk quickly.

The Chinese are different from the samurai, the latter may kill civilians because they are not happy, while the Chinese are mostly above the top, treating the common people as property or servants, but they do not have much harsh attitude, and even do the posture of a corporal of courtesy, but the essence of no one in their eyes has not changed, and the pyramid-like class structure built by the Yingzhou Pyramid over the years has doomed their way of survival.

Passing by by car all the way, I saw many people in the world.

Soon after entering Kyoto, we arrived at Inari Taisha Shrine, also known as Fushimi Shrine, because the Inari Taisha Shrine is located in the Fushimi district of Kyoto.

The god of Inari is nominally the god of agriculture who is responsible for the harvest, but in the ancient agricultural society, rice itself was also a hard currency, so merchants would also come to worship, so Inari Taisha even has the characteristics of the local god of wealth in Yingzhou.

There are 9,000 Inari Shrines in Yingzhou, and the Inari Shrine in Fushimi is the head shrine, so it is called a large shrine.

In front of Inari Taisha Shrine, many worshippers are lining up to pay their respects, and the crowd is divided by a large bright red torii, and it is rumored that crossing the torii gate is stepping into the realm of the gods.

According to Bai Yu's idea, in front of this scenic spot, there must be someone here to pose a scissor hand to take pictures, but in fact, the atmosphere here is quite serious and even urgent.

Because this world is different from the earth, the existence of extraordinary powers, in Yingzhou, where faith canonization is the mainstream route, all believers must be pious and respectful enough to worship...... The attitude must be humble enough, not loud, not noisy.

The monk of Daxia received the incense money and greeted him with a smile, "Please in the guest officer", and he didn't care whether you worship the Buddha statue or not, at most he would knock on the side and let you draw a lot, and then guide you all the way to unsign, and earn another unsigning fee by the way.

The Chinese-style operation of 'sincerity is spiritual, giving money is the most spiritual', and does not pay attention to the steps of worship, will not work here.

The shrine has to collect the money for worship; The will of the living beings, they also want it; It can be said that it is both necessary and necessary.

Ryo Sakata came with him and whispered, "Please come with me." ”

He walked past the crowd and walked straight to the torii.

When the priest in charge of managing the order saw Sakata Ryoshi, he checked the prayer note he had in his hand.

After seeing the words on it clearly, the priest's expression was solemn: "Lord Gongsi has been waiting for the two of you for a long time, please come with me." ”

Inari Taisha Shrine is built on a hill and has a famous landscape Chitorii gate...... It is a path made up of torii gates erected on the pilgrimage path up the mountain, and most of them are red, and some have faded to yellow.

Many of the followers of Inari Taisha are successful businessmen, and once they succeed in business, they will come here with a lot of money to make a vow and donate a torii gate to add to it, some large and some small, and gradually form the landscape of a thousand torii gates.

If you just want to visit the shrine, you can go to the main shrine at the foot of the mountain, but if you want to see the Miyaji, you need to go through the Sentorii gate to the top of the mountain.

There is still some popularity at the bottom of the mountain, and the higher you go, the more eerie the chill becomes, the stone statues or torii gates are covered with green moss, and the surrounding trees are tall, and the light is no longer so transparent, and the atmosphere is gradually gloomy.

"It's also a coincidence that the two of you are here today." The priest who led the way said, "Today happens to be the day when the Shinto families hold a puja, and the venue is in the Inari Taisha Shrine. ”

"Shinto puja?" Bai Yu touched his chin and asked, "What's that?" ”

"It's natural that you don't know, this Shinto puja, that is, the day when Shinto monks gather to verify each other's skills, is usually once a year, and temple abbots, daisha practitioners, and even Yinyangliao will send people here to observe the puja."

Bai Yu said strangely: "Obviously the beliefs are different, aren't you afraid that they will fight together?" ”

"It's inevitable to learn from each other." The leading priest smiled, and the implication was that this festival was meant to fight.

Sakata Ryoshi said, "It seems that the palace division will be very busy? ”

"After the puja is over, there may be time to meet with the two of you." The leading priest suggested, "You two might as well go to the festival site first. ”

Bai Yu really wants to see the god here directly, the god of Yujin Daming; It's a pity that canonization can't be seen, especially in places like Yingzhou, where most of the canonization is hidden, as if the eldest girl is unsightly when she marries, and she is more homely than a moon princess surnamed Penglai Mountain.

He nodded in agreement, and it was time to pass the time, since everyone had arrived here, he was not afraid that after the Imperial Cuisine knew the purpose of his visit, he would directly carry the Inari Taisha Shrine overnight.

Just before the group arrived at the puja, two men came to the corridor at the door, whispering something to each other.

Even when he caught a glimpse of someone coming here, he didn't stop talking, he didn't mean to say hello at all, and his pride was overflowing.

Although they had lowered their voices and used their spiritual power to protect their surroundings from leaking, Bai Yu could still hear them clearly.

"Is the Exiled Sword Hao really here?"

"Needless to say, she and her sister are here."

"It is rumored that Nan Shiori has also reached the realm of Jianhao, and I don't know how to ...... it is true or false."

"I think they must have offended the Great Myojin of the Imperial Cuisine Somewhere and were suppressed here, you know, under normal circumstances, canonization will extract their souls and seal them in stone statues, and the remaining bodies will be useless at that time, we might as well discuss with the palace secretary of Inari Taisha Shrine and buy these two soulless bodies at some cost and make them into corpse puppets...... This is such a young corpse puppet of the Four Realms Sword Hero! ”

"What if you're wrong? w can't speculate on canonization at will. ”

"Do you really think that I'm the only one who came with this idea, there are more people who pay attention to them than you think, no matter what the attitude of Inari Taisha is, these two people have been missing here for a long time, and there is no explanation at present, but I'm afraid that they will ...... long ago."

Two people dressed as onmyoji were talking, when they suddenly noticed that the road ahead was blocked.

The youngster, who was even more short-tempered, scolded impatiently: "Who are you, you dare to even stand in my way? Get out of the way of acquaintances, I'm the ...... of the He Mao family."

Bai Yu smiled at him.

At this moment, Sakata's conscience knew that something bad was going to happen, and he hurriedly grabbed the shrine priest who was trying to intercede.

Before the two onmyoji could react, the whole person had already passed through the wall, and the body smashed into the festival hall like a spinning and flying baseball, passing through everyone's heads, and then sinking into the thick wall, almost completely becoming one with the wall.

One body twisted into a swastika, and the other was only half of his ass hanging outside.

The sudden scene caused the scene of the Shinto puja that was already going on to stall.

The monks, shrine maidens, and onmyoji looked at the human figure on the wall, and then looked back.

Bai Yu moved his wrist, kicked away the fallen bricks, and strode into the puja venue.

Not far away, the priest stared at the broken bricks on the ground, pointed to the ground, and then looked at the young man who had stepped into the field.

"This ......"

"He ......"

"I ......"

He was already incoherent, and he only had time to spit out the beginning of a few words.

Sakata Ryoshi patted the priest on the shoulder, first expressing great understanding, then shaking his head at him, and finally said very simply.

"I'll pay for it!"

(End of chapter)