Even though 500 years have passed, Inari Shrine is still as prosperous as ever.

Yugo stood under the vermilion torii gate and looked up at the familiar and unfamiliar huge shrine in front of him, and the light blue and clear sky was reflected in his eyes.

He didn't know what he was thinking, anyway, his vision was empty, and there seemed to be no place to put it into practice. After being stunned for a while, Yuanyi, who went to clean his hands, walked to Youguo's side and whispered Youguo's name.

Youguo came back to his senses, and Yuan Yizheng lowered his head and smiled at him: "Brother, it's time to worship." ”

Youguo nodded, walked to the shrine with Yuanyi, clapped his hands together, bowed his head and closed his eyes and prayed silently in his heart.

It's not been a day or two since he thought about coming to the shrine.,It's just that there's no time.,Now I'm going to leave in a few days.,Youguo thought that he was always in danger outside.,So he decided to come to the shrine to pray for him.,By the way, ask for a safe-minded guard.。

When he closed his eyes and prayed, the sunlight happened to pass through the clouds and fell on the vermilion pillar of Inari Shrine, and the sunlight illuminated the place, Yuguo closed his eyes, but felt a gust of wind blowing past his ears, as if someone was gently caressing the side of his face, and the sunlight that fell on Yuguo's face penetrated through the thin eyelids, and Yuguo's eyes were bright blood red.

He seemed to hear a crisp fox chirping.

When he opened his eyes again, the prayer was over, and Yugo quietly stared at the solemn and solemn shrine in front of him, and suddenly showed a faint smile.

Yuan Yi's first reaction when he opened his eyes was to look at Youguo beside him, Youguo's smile was also in his eyes, although he didn't know what Youguo was laughing at, but he seemed to be infected by that smile, and the corners of his mouth also hooked a shallow arc.

"What are you laughing at?" Youguo looked at Yuanyi, "What wish did you make?" ”

Yuan Yi shook his head and said quietly, "Because I saw Youguo laughing, I laughed too." ”

Yugo snorted and laughed a little, but the shrine had to be quiet, so he quickly suppressed the laughter.

"Do I laugh when I laugh? Not the slightest opinion. ”

Youguo walked towards the place where the lot was drawn and asked for the imperial guard, and Yuan Yi followed behind Youguo, like a puppy following the master's feet, and Yuan Yi was not angry when he was criticized by Youguo, he hung his head and looked at Youguo, and said very obediently: "It's not that I don't have an opinion, because I know that Youguo must have thought of something happy." ”

Ji Guoyuanyi always has a way to make others helpless against him, Youguo's action of drawing lots paused, the wooden stick fell out of the stick, he picked up the wooden stick that fell out, and handed the stick holder in his hand to Yuanyi.

"Smoke one and let me see." Youguo said.

Ji Guoyuan obediently shook the stick, reverently closed his eyes and waited for his fate, and soon Jiguo Yuanyi's wooden stick fell out of the holder, Youguo picked up the stick, and took the wooden stick of the two to exchange for the corresponding paper stick.

One of the paper sticks in your hand belongs to Youguo, and the other belongs to Yuanyi, Youguo's paper sticks are mediocre Xiaoji, but the one that follows the country is very dangerous, and the word "big murder" is written on the paper stick.

It is best to tie the paper sign with the murder in the shrine, Youguo looked at the sign in his hand, and then looked at the sign in Ji Guoyuan's hand, and frowned slightly.

Unlike his somewhat heavy complexion, Ji Guoyuan's face was very calm, and the word "big murderer" seemed to have nothing worth caring about for him, and he tied the paper stick to the wooden frame specially used to tie the paper stick as usual.

Youguo asked him, "How are you?"

Don't worry about it either? ”

Yuan Yizheng tied his paper sign with a serious face, and said softly when he heard the words: "It's been drawn, and I can't do anything about it, and I can't return it." ”

"That's a big murderer." Youguo stood beside Yuanyi with his hand, as if casually saying, "Yuanyi, otherwise wait a few days for the mission." ”

Yuan Yi shook his head, "Don't worry, Youguo, I'll be fine." ”

After speaking, he quietly looked at the wooden frame tied with white signature paper in front of him, and then slightly hooked the corners of his lips, revealing a bright smile.

"Actually, I'm a little glad I got this lot." Yuan Yi said, Youguo looked at him for no reason, and Yuan Yi also looked at him sideways at the same time.

The red eyes, which seemed to be covered with a layer of mist, looked at him peacefully, and when Yuan Yi did not speak, it was difficult for others to discern what he was trying to say through his calm and waveless face.

Youguo raised his eyebrows slightly: "Why?" ”

Yuan Yi smiled slightly, with pure joy in his smile: "I have drawn the big murderer, and Youguo will not draw it." ”

Youguo was stunned for a moment, and sighed helplessly, thinking that Ji Guoyuanyi was really a stupid boy with a simple mind.

He took Yuanichi's hand and said, "Let's go, go and ask for the peace of the Omamori." ”

Asking for a keeper also needs to burn incense to worship.,The omamori that you ask for for the fate of one is a kind of blessing peace.,After taking the omamori embroidered with patterns and patterns representing the Inari Shrine in your hand, yougo puts the small omamori in the palm of the edge of the one.。

"Remember to bring it." Youguo said with a rare serious face.

Enichi tightened his palms and clenched the small omamori in his hand, and a smile suddenly bloomed on his face.

"Okay, Youguo."

He put away the imperial guard that Youguo asked for him, and wanted to ask for another one for Youguo to hang on Youguo, but he was pulled by Youguo before he could start acting.

"No need, just prepare it for you."

Yuan Yi asked, "Why?" ”

Youguo said: "If you ask too much, the gods won't be able to see it, so as long as you have a fate, it's good." ”

Youguo gently touched the imperial guard on Yuan's hand, and his eyes were gentle: "When you come back, ask for another imperial guard for me." ”

Enichi agreed.

The little imperial guard was simply cherished in the palm of his hand as a treasure by Jiguo Yuanyi, although Youguo felt that it was just a small imperial guard, but because of the appearance of Yuanyi's careful custody, he felt extremely happy, and on the way back to the ghost killing team, Youguo talked about the marriage of the poem.

Poetry already has a favorite object, and if you continue to date, you will inevitably get married, and the wedding may be run by Mrs. Sanyashiki, who likes poetry very much and loves her as a daughter.

"When you come back, the poem may have a wedding." Youguo said, "Don't be late. ”

Of course, Ji Guoyuan Yi will not miss it, he seriously assured Youguo that after talking about the marriage of the poem, Youguo began to snap his fingers and say what he would do in the future.

"When the poem gets married, I'll be left alone in the family." Youguo paused, and sighed sadly: "The house is empty all of a sudden, it's really lonely." ”

Yuan Yi felt as if Youguo was talking about himself, but he didn't seem to say it, he wanted to speak and stopped, and quietly glanced at Youguo again and again.

"That'...... What does Youguo want to do? Yuan Yi whispered, "I can accompany you." ”

Youguo suddenly stopped (), and looked sideways at Yuanyi? ()? Yuanyi doesn't know why, as long as Youguo's beautiful black eyes look at him, his heart beats wildly, and he becomes extremely nervous.

"Hmm...... Well, this one. Youguo made a thoughtful look, then clapped his hands, and said with a natural expression: "It's probably that Heyuanyi's hair has turned white and his skin has become wrinkled." ”

Ji Guoyuan stood in place as if he had been enchanted, becoming a sculpture, Youguo looked at him dumbfounded, so he reached out and poked him with bad eyes, but the muscles on Yuan's body were hard and not comfortable at all.

Yugo watched as Yuanyi's handsome and white face quickly turned red, darkened, and even steamed, as if it had been burned by fire.

Ji Guoyuan seemed to faint with excitement, Youguo touched his hot face, and finally couldn't help laughing.

The only one who is so shy that he is at a loss is Ji Guoyuan, Youguo is cheeky to make fun of this matter, Ji Guoyuan has always been the most patient person, but this time he still couldn't bear it, and shouted in a low voice: "Youguo!" ”

Youguo really raised his eyes to look at him, and then he couldn't hold back, and laughed out loud.

After laughing for a long time, Ji Guoyuan Yi gradually came out of the state of shame just now, and he was looking forward to it in his heart when he read what Youguo said, "his hair turned gray and his skin became wrinkled", and he even uncontrollably imagined the appearance of two gray-haired old men walking slowly under the moonlight.

Even though his hair turned white, his teeth fell out, and his skin was wrinkled, he became an old man who looked old, but Yuan Yi still felt that Youguo must be the best-looking one.

*

After returning from Inari Shrine, Enichi left quickly, and it was his biological brother Jikuni Iwatsu who left earlier than him, and it seems that he received news that there was a powerful evil spirit somewhere, so Jikuni Iwakatsu left early, and there has been no news yet.

Yuan Yi was naturally worried about his brother, so he followed the route that Jiguo Iwatsu told him before leaving, and if he really encountered a tricky evil ghost, it would not be a problem if there were two of them.

It's just that since Yuanyi left, the headquarters of the ghost killing team seems to be quiet here, and Yugo goes back and forth between the medical team and home every day, and sometimes goes to the maternity house with Shi to help Mr. and Mrs. take care of the young master.

The little young master is very close to Youguo, perhaps because he can rarely have to learn to deal with the heavy affairs of the maternity house in Youguo, and he can grow up happily as a child in just a few hours in Youguo.

Today Youguo came again, the little young master threw himself into Youguo's arms and was caught by Youguo, he raised his head and smiled shyly, because he didn't see the poem and asked: "Brother Youguo, where is Sister Shi?" ”

Youguo touched the little master's sister's head, and said with a smile, "She went to the town to see her boyfriend." ”

The girl who fell in love wanted to stay with each other every day, Youguo didn't expect his sister to be like this, but he couldn't tie the poem to the house, so he had to go with her.

The little young master already knew what "boyfriend" meant from Youguo's mouth, so he nodded pretending to be mature, and said with some regret: "Okay then." ”

Youguo took the little master's hand and went in, and recently the little young master learned some new game methods, and took Youguo's hand to grind the hard bubble and ask Youguo to play with him. Youguo couldn't refuse the little young master's big eyes, so he gave up his life to accompany the gentleman.

Until the sun sets, Youguo looks at the sky

() Evening (), just about to say goodbye and prepare to go home (), but there was a loud noise in the distance.

The ground shook from side to side, and there were small gravel splashes, Youguo was unsteady and almost fell, so he hurriedly hugged the little young master who was also about to fall in his arms to protect him.

"Earthquake?" Youguo looked up.

A panicked scream was heard in the distance, instantly throughout the Maternity House.

"It's a ghost—a ghost has come in!"

"What's going on! How the ghost found here! ”

Youguo's pupils shrank, and he didn't have time to react to pick up the little master in his arms and ran, and soon hugged the little master who had tears in his arms but didn't cry out loud and hid in the basement of the maternity house specially prepared for the surprise attack of evil ghosts.

Even through the thick wooden walls, Youguo could still hear the loud humming of the swords colliding outside, and the rich smell of blood was surging like dark clouds on a rainy day, Youguo gently wiped away the silent tears on the little young master's face, and shook his head gently with his fingers against his lips.

An evil ghost smelled the smell of people and searched for it, he lay on the ground and sniffed carefully, like a hungry wild dog trying to find the bones buried in the ground, Youguo held his breath and hid the little young master behind him.

Through a thin slit, he met his eyes with the vertical pupils of the beast outside.

……

When Yuan Yi rushed back, the Ghost Slayer had just experienced a heart-wrenching pain.

"Yuanyi! Why did you come back! ”

"Yuanyi! Do you know what your brother did? ”

"Yuan one, you go to him, you go to doctor ......"

Someone grabbed him by the collar and roared, but Ji Guoyuan couldn't hear what the other party was saying, he just walked into the mourning hall in a daze, where dozens of corpses were neatly arranged, all covered with straw mats and white cloths.

He dragged his body step by step to the familiar body, sat down on his knees obediently, and lowered his hand to touch the familiar face.

Youguo's face is still smooth, but his face is not good, his skin is pale, and his lips are no longer as rosy as before.

Ji Guoyuan thought quietly for a moment, and suddenly shouted: "Brother." ”

No one answered.

"Fate one, Youguo...... Youguo has left. Someone is crying, "to protect the little lord, he ......"

All the voices in my ears were stretched and put away, and those sounds sounded like the gurgling sounds that a whole person would hear when they were immersed in water.

Isn't my brother sleeping here?

Ji Guoyuan leaned down and gently picked up Youguo in an extremely pious and gentle posture, he frowned, and said to his companions who exclaimed in surprise: "It's lighter, my brother must not have eaten well." ”

"Fate One ——!"

Someone was calling him, Yuan Yi frowned, for the first time he felt that those who called his name were so noisy, he didn't want to answer, and gently carried Youguo in his arms to the house, the furnishings of the house were exactly the same as before he left, Yuan Yi put Youguo on the flat mattress in the room, and brought a basin of water to gently wipe his cheeks and hands for him.

Someone barged in from the outside, what seemed to be poetry, and there were others.

Enichi didn't look up, he was looking for something, and took out a beautiful omamori from his arms.

"I went to the shrine and asked for it." Yuan Yi said, "Brother, are you happy?" ”

() Yugo didn't answer, and Yuan Yi was silent, holding Yugo's cold hand and trying to stuff the Gomori into Yugo's palm, but Yugo's hand was too small to seem to be able to hold the Gomori, and the Goshou fell out of his palm again.

There was a deathly silence in the room, with Yugo in one hand and the Gomori in the other.

He suddenly smiled helplessly.

"Don't you like that?" Yuan put his face on Youguo's palm, bent his eyes and smiled.

"It's okay, I'll go ask you for the rest of the guard."

"Okay?"

……

Youguo's funeral was carried out normally under the persuasion of the poem, and today, when Youguo was buried, it seemed that the sky was crying, and the raindrops were falling like beads with broken threads.

Shi hesitated for a long time before walking to Yuanyi's side with the support of her boyfriend, "Yuanyi, go back quickly." ”

Yuan Yi didn't speak, still quietly staring at the gray tombstone.

The poem wanted to cry again, her eyes were red and her throat was dry, and her tears had obviously run out, but she couldn't help but want to cry.

The silent Yuan Yi suddenly said: "Poetry, the swordsman who awakens the markings generally doesn't live to be twenty-five years old, right?" ”

Before the poem could speak, Yuan Yi turned his face to look at her, and Shi looked at Yuan Yi's eyes, as if he saw a rain mist hidden inside.

Yuan Yi curled the corners of her mouth, and Shi Yi felt that time had gone back in time, as if returning to the days when Yuan Yi was still by Youguo's side when he was young.

Ji Guoyuan Yi often showed such a pure smile in front of Youguo, and at this moment, it seemed that countless vitality poured into Ji Guoyuanyi's empty shell-like body just now, making him come back to life.

The poet said in a daze, "Yes, yes." ”

Ji Guoyuan looked at the tombstone again, and the corners of his mouth were still slightly curled with a shallow arc.

"Soon." Yuan Yi said.

"Five years to go, soon."!