Chapter 42, the fourth floor of the pavilion
Why! Lord Kamo, don't joke with me......! How could I get pregnant?" Inada Hime said in confusion when she heard Ka Mao's words, and couldn't help but be confused.
At this time, Daotian Ji naturally completely forgot the night with Xu Ke. Although she is only a seventeen-year-old girl, she also knows that she has not had any skin-to-skin relationship with a man, so how can she say that she is pregnant?
"If I say that she is pregnant, then she must be pregnant!" He Mao patiently explained to Inada Ji in a sincere tone: "Inada Hime, please believe me no matter what! I am entrusted by others to take care of your future life......
Inada Hime has been recuperating in the Ihe Valley since she fell into a coma with snake venom on Yagi Island. Yi Helong is also quite respectful to her, and has always ordered the women in the valley to treat her well. This time, she listened to what Yi Tsutaki said, and it was to take her to meet Lord Kamo in Kyoto City. On the way to Kyoto, she had never wondered why the famous First Onmyoji of Kuang Province wanted to see her alone? At this time, she had just arrived at Kamo Mansion and heard that Kamo was pregnant. How can this girl's simple and weak heart be understood?
"This ...... That...... Excuse me, then, Kamo-sama, who made me pregnant?" Inada asked. Logically, this is a very puzzling question. You're pregnant, so how can you not even know who got you pregnant?
He Mao was not surprised at all, and Wen Yan replied: "The person who made you pregnant is the one who entrusted me to take care of you." His name is ......'Susanoo'!"
"Susanoo!" Inada asked in surprise, "...... Isn't he the god of the sea who slew the Great Snake of Yaki? How could I have conceived his child? Kamo-sama, you're not joking with me, are you?"
"Inada-hime, you wait a while" Kamo walked into his inner room. Before long, he walked out with a glass of water and asked Inada Ji to drink the glass. Obviously, that glass of clear water has been practiced by He Mao, and it contains the spiritual power to restore memory.
After Inada Ji drank the water, she couldn't help but feel a little dizzy in her head. She rested in front of the desk with her hand on her forehead, and there seemed to be a flash of inspiration in her mind, and finally recalled all the memories of her and Xu Ke.
"Kamo-sama, you mean, my benefactor...... Xu Gongzi, he is 'Susanoo'?" After recovering his memory of Xu Ke, Inada Ji immediately asked.
"Yes!" He Mao nodded.
"It turns out that 'Xu Zuo no Nan' is Xu Gongzi! It is he who killed the Yaqi Orochi......" Inada Ji sighed sadly. At this moment, Daotian Ji couldn't help but flash a picture of Xu Ke in her mind: it was Xu Ke who carried her back from the ghost brake cave to the seaside fishing village; it was Xu Ke who had a warm relationship with her all night and saved her life; it was Xu Ke who pulled her up in the well water, lit a fire for her to keep warm, and comforted her softly; it was also Xu Ke who went to the island to kill the big snake, and finally avenged her three sisters...... Although she and Xu Ke have only met in a hurry, those short-lived pictures have been deeply imprinted in her mind since then. Although those ephemeral images are all fleeting, they are all so warm, so sweet, and so moving. As soon as she thought about it, her face couldn't help but be full of tears......
Inada Hime made her home at Kamo's mansion until she gave birth to a son ten months after she became pregnant. Because that boy was born with spiritual roots and was gifted, he was accepted as a closed disciple by He Mao Zhongxing, and he taught all his skills, and these later words will not be expressed for the time being.
After the big snake of the Sang Kingdom was removed, the Sang Emperor rewarded him for his meritorious deeds. Yagyu Yoshio was promoted to one level and was promoted to the general of Pingnan from the third rank, commanding the forbidden army of the entire Kyoto City, and also sealing him many territories, which can be described as the most popular among the generals. He Mao Zhongxing was already the "first onmyoji of the Sang Kingdom", and the Sang Emperor rewarded him with countless gold and silver treasures, beautiful and fertile fields, and crowned him the doctor of yin and yang liao astronomy, and awarded him the position of a doctor from the three products. But whether it was money or a high-ranking official title, they were all rejected by He Mao one by one. Emperor Sang knew He Mao's character, and he refused to accept his reward, but he also laughed it off and didn't think it was angry.
Yihe Taki, on the contrary to He Mao, after receiving a large amount of gold and silver treasures, Wu was not satisfied, and asked Emperor Sang for a plaque of "Ninjutsu First Valley", which was hung in front of the gate of his Yihe Valley. This time, he offended the martial arts colleagues of the entire Sang Kingdom. Especially the "Jiahe Valley", which is less than 100 miles away from the Yihe Valley. The Jiahe Valley faction, like Yihe Valley, originally came from the same school, and has been practicing ninjutsu for hundreds of years. Many ninjutsu masters in the Jiahe faction, these years to see Yihe Valley is in power, already resentful, at this time to see that the Sang Emperor actually gave a plaque of "ninjutsu first", everyone is grinding their fists and palms, vowing to serve Yihe Valley can't! Since then, the ninjutsu of the two factions of Jiahe and Yihe have formed hundreds of years of grievances and hatreds......
No one could have imagined that the most profitable of all people was none other than Yoshida Akino, who was the official worshipper of the Sang National University.
Yoshida Akino was already greatly praised by the Mulberry Emperor for his meritorious service in recommending "Susanoo". Later, Yoshida Akino saw that "Susanoo" had not shown up for a long time, so he asked Emperor Sang to marry Yoshida Ryoko, the daughter of the "No. 1 Sword Fighting Conference", into the palace as the prince's side concubine.
Emperor Sang consulted the ministers and the crown prince. The ministers all nodded in agreement, just because the whole people of Sang Kingdom advocate force, and those with the strongest martial arts are often more worshiped by the people. Originally, the first person in the Kyoto Sword Fighting Conference was "Susanoo", he killed the Yaki Orochi who was a disaster in the world, and married Yoshida Yoshiko, the "first beauty of Mulberry Country", which was a logical thing, and this matter should also be passed on as a beautiful talk in the streets and alleys. However, "Susanoo" has evaporated from this world, and the people say that he was originally a great god sent down from heaven, and after getting rid of the big snake, he returned to his godhood. Then, it should have been promised to the wife of the great god, and then to the prince, for the prince, it was also a full honor.
When the prince of Nasang heard this, he was even more surprised. He had long heard that Yoshida Ryoko was as beautiful as a flower and had a docile temperament, and he had admired her for a long time in his heart. However, he already has a concubine, if he accepts Liangzi as a side room, he is afraid that the Tang Tu beauty will be disrespectful to Liangzi, and he will not dare to speak to his father. At this time, I heard that Yoshida Akino took the initiative to offer his daughter,
How could he not be overjoyed in his heart?
Since the prince was overjoyed and the hundred officials seconded the proposal, what reason did Emperor Sang have for opposing it? So the emperor issued an order to select Yoshida Yoshiko as the prince's concubine and choose an auspicious day for the two to marry. And the auspicious day chosen by the Yin and Yang Liao of Sang Guo for the prince is exactly February 22.
The world is such a coincidence, at the afternoon of February 22 in the sixteenth year of Taicang, Sang Kingdom, Inada Ji came to the mansion of Kamo in Kyoto. After He Mao Tadayuki's spell, Inada Ji remembered all her memories of Xu Ke. Since then, she has been immersed in this pair of short and sweet memories, sometimes happy and content, sometimes lost and sad. Yoshida Ryoko also married into the deep palace at the same time, followed by a long guard of honor, and became a side concubine of the crown prince. All her memories of Xu Ke have long been forgotten......
Under the great joy of Emperor Sang, Yoshida Akino was promoted from the great Nayan of the third product to the minister of the second product. Since then, Yoshida has risen to become the head of the hundred officials worthy of the name, and is in charge of the court of the Sang Kingdom, above 10,000 people under one person, and has almost become the most powerful person in the entire Sang Kingdom.
Yoshida Akino has a prominent family background, occupies a high position in the temple of Sang Country, and after decades of ups and downs, he has his own wishful thinking in his heart. The crown princess is weak and frail, and has no heirs so far. If the concubine dies, it will definitely be the side concubine. His daughter Yoshida Yoshiko is only seventeen years old, if he gives birth to a boy and half a girl for the prince one day, not only will she be the concubine, but in the future, the one who will dominate the world of Sang may be the child born to Liangzi. At that time, even if he Yoshida Akino is a hundred years old, the entire Yoshida family will be able to enjoy an additional glory......
Of course, the entire Yoshida Prefecture has also forgotten. His baby son-in-law Yoshida Akino "Susanoo" has not never met his daughter. In fact, the "Susanoo", who has become a god, has already entered Yoshida Mansion and spent seven consecutive nights of love with Yoshida Yoshiko......
Similarly, Yoshida Ryoko doesn't know who "Susanoo" is. After she entered the palace, the prince paid great respect to her and was extremely favorable. After learning that Liangzi was no longer a virgin, the prince did not tell anyone. Although Liangzi entered the deep palace as deep as the sea, because the prince loved her in every way and cared for her with great tenderness, for a while, the husband and wife were together, but I don't know how many people in the palace were envious? !
However, in Yoshida Ryoko's heart, she always felt that there was a man's figure that had always been entrenched in the depths of her heart and always lingered. The figure of that man is dashing and dignified, but his face has always been very blurry and always difficult to see. No matter how hard Ryoko tried to remember, she would never be able to see the man's face clearly. She didn't know where she had seen him, she didn't know what had happened to him, she didn't even know why there was always this vague figure of a man in her mind? So much so that she always inadvertently showed a sad look on her face. Even she couldn't figure it out herself, ...... Why, exactly?
A month later, the prince saw that Yoshida Yoshiko's spleen and stomach were out of harmony, his appetite was lost, and he occasionally showed signs of nausea, so he urgently ordered the imperial doctor to diagnose and treat him. After the imperial doctor checked Liangzi's pulse, he immediately congratulated the prince and said that the concubine was happy in her womb and had been pregnant for two months.
The crown prince of Sang Guo is twenty-eight years old and has never had an heir. At this time, when I heard that there was joy in the side concubine's belly, the government and the opposition were excited for a while, and the whole country was happy. The Sang Emperor is even more of a sacred heart, rewarding the Yoshida family with countless treasures and beautiful utensils, and he is also more favored by Yoshida Akino. This Yoshida family has been passed down to Yoshida Akino's generation, and it is really a favorite and beautiful......
He Mao Zhongxing, the first onmyoji of the Sang Kingdom, heard the news that there was joy in the belly of the prince's side concubine, he pinched his fingers and counted, and suddenly smiled bitterly on his face. He picked up a glass of "balm wine" on the low table next to him, took a shallow sip, looked up at the sky to the west, as if in the direction of Daqian Chang'an, and sighed: "Brother Xu, Brother Xu, although you have only been in my Sang Kingdom for a month, you have left this ass of love debts, and now you are still involved in the heirs of my Sang Kingdom's royal family! Cough! Brother Xu, you are good, just pat your ass and leave, and now this big mess, but you still want me He Mao to help you clean it up......
However, when He Mao thought about it, he couldn't help but feel a sigh in his heart. Wasn't that Brother Xu tired all night treating Inada Ji's illness a strange poisonous aphrodisiac originating from Yi Helong? And let Brother Xu enter the Yoshida Daiyanya Mansion, and later begged him to return to Yoshida Mansion to accompany Yoshida Ryoko, wasn't this also the idea of himself and Yanagi? These were all caused by his own efforts, and not only did they never take the initiative, but they also tried every means to resist them. Now even if there are some "omissions", what reason do you have to blame others?
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Back in the afternoon of February 22, Xu Ke couldn't help but sneeze violently and almost fell down the "void staircase". He hurriedly took a few steps up, raised his feet and leaped, and stepped into the fourth layer of the Divine King Pavilion.
The furnishings in the attic on this floor are the same as those on the third floor, with red mud walls and a large red pillar in the center, and the whole floor is empty without doors or windows, just a round empty house.
Xu Ke strolled through the fourth-floor pavilion, slowly looking around, while thinking back to the question he had just asked.
"So...... Am I going to forget about their existence too?" asked the Void Boy as Xu Ke walked upstairs in the third floor pavilion.
"Who do you remember and who do you forget...... These are your own memories, you should ask yourself!, how would I know?" replied the Void Boy.
Xu Ke couldn't help scratching his forehead, and was a little puzzled for a while, but then his face turned happy again, and he asked urgently: "You mean, all the memories I have since passed through the Void Gate, as long as I want to remember, ...... I can remember it!"
"That's not necessarily!" the Void Boy grimaced and said with a smile, "Big brother, you naturally remember it now." But when you're old and you forget who you are, can you still remember them?"
Xu Ke smiled and said: "If I am so old that I forget myself."
It doesn't matter who you are. For now, I can remember them and I'll be satisfied!"
But the Void Boy sighed, "I said big brother, even if you can remember people, but they have long forgotten you, even if such memories remain in your mind, what is the use?"
Xu Ke faced the east, and couldn't help but feel a trace of sentimentality in his heart, so he couldn't help but sigh: "Ahem! I know it's useless to keep such a memory, but I'm ...... I still don't want to forget!"
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Xu Ke walked around in the fourth-floor pavilion and wandered for a long time, but he didn't see anything. In the attic on this floor, until this time, there were no visions, no huge ancient mirror was found, and no boy wearing "a lotus leaf" appeared.
"What kind of building is this? Why can't I find anything?" Xu Ke scratched his forehead again, and couldn't help but complain.
"This is the fourth floor of the Divine King Pavilion, called 'Cloud Shadow Tower'!" a middle-aged man's deep voice came from the air.
"Who's there!" Xu Ke asked. He looked left and right, but his surroundings were still empty, and there was not a single figure in the huge attic.
"Ahem......" the voice sighed, and added, "Won't you look up?"
Xu Ke raised his head and looked at the beam above his head, but saw a middle-aged man, wearing a brown robe, lying in the middle of the roof. I saw others in the air, their bodies straight, but facing themselves, as if they were "lying" on the roof upside down.
Xu Ke bowed his hand to the middle-aged Taoist and said, "This Taoist brother is so handsome in kung fu, he can actually 'sleep' upside down on the roof!"
"You see I'm 'doing a handstand', but I see you doing a handstand! I have a good dream, and you have been so disturbed, really!" the middle-aged Taoist muttered, looking quite dissatisfied. As he spoke, he turned sideways. Sure enough, he was 'lying' on the roof and sleeping soundly......
Xu Ke was both curious and interesting when he heard it, and he hurriedly bowed his hand and said, "Uh...... Brother Dao, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Then you continue to sleep, and you can wait below......"
"You're so noisy, how can you tell me to sleep?" The middle-aged Taoist turned sideways again, and saw that he was sleepy, so he had to float down to the ground. He glanced at Xu Ke twice, and sighed again: "Ahem! This is a beautiful dream that I finally had! Next time...... I don't know when I'll be able to dream about it!"
Xu Ke bowed and clenched his fists, and said apologetically: "This Daoist brother, he took the liberty to speak out in Xia Shicai, disturbing Daoist Qingxiu, and he was so ashamed in his heart......!
The middle-aged Taoist hurriedly stretched out his hand to support Xu Ke, and said with a smile: "I am a 'cloud shadow real person', I am just joking with you, you don't have to take it seriously, what 'sleeping' or 'dreaming' is all about playing with you, hehehe!"
Xu Ke hurriedly said: "In Xia Xu Ke, I have seen the 'Cloud Shadow Real Man'!"
Yunying Zhenren stepped forward and patted Xu Ke on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "I know your name." Your surname is Xu, your name is Ke, and your words are not sick, right? However, let me tell you, it won't be long before your name is changed!"
"Huh?" Xu Ke was puzzled: "Dare to ask Yunying Zhenren, how do you know that I will change my name in the future, and what name will I change?" He said in his heart, my own name is naturally decided by myself, is it up to you to change it or not?
Yunying Zhenren laughed again, but after laughing, he suddenly sighed and said, "Oops...... I've been in this cloud studio for hundreds of years, and finally someone came up to accompany me. Let's not say your name, let's talk about something else! For example, what interesting dreams have you had in the Jinghua Building, tell me about ......?"
Xu Ke looked at the Yunying real person in front of him, and saw that he was about forty years old, slightly fat, with a Chinese face, big eyes and thick eyebrows, a big mouth and a big nose, and his appearance was quite similar to his second brother, but his body was not as fat as the second brother, and he was older. When he saw that Yunying Zhenren had a hearty speech and a frank temperament, he couldn't help but be happy in his heart, and immediately responded with a smile:
"Don't hide it from Yunying Zhenren, the dream I had in the Mirror Flower Building is too long, I'm afraid, I can't finish it for three days and three nights!"
Yunying Zhenren pursed his lips and said disappreciatively: "I said Lao Xu! The last thing we need to care about here is time! Don't say that it is three days and three nights, even if you say it for three years in a row, it doesn't matter! No matter how many hours you stay in this attic, by the time you leave the pavilion, it will still be ...... today."
"No matter how long I've been in this attic, by the time I get out, I'm still ...... Or today?" Xu Ke repeated the words of Yunying Zhenren, which was regarded as asking again.
"Yes, why, no one has told you about this all this way?" asked Yunying Zhenren with some confusion.
Xu Ke shook his head: "No one has ever told me about this! Could it be that someone told me that I forgot it for a while?" He hurriedly searched for memories and confirmed in his mind once again whether anyone had ever said this to him......
Yunying Zhenren touched his belly and said helplessly: "Okay, then you know it now! Think about it yourself, when you enter the Divine King Pavilion, what day will it be? What hour, when you go out, it will still be that day and that hour!"
Xu Ke thought a little in his heart, and said: "I remember clearly, when I entered the Divine King Pavilion, it was the time of my application on February 22, the seventy-first year of the Great Qiankang Dynasty. So...... Dare to ask Yunying Zhenren, according to what you just said, no matter how long I stay in this attic, when I leave the pavilion, it will still be the 22nd day of February in the 71st year of Kang Yuan, right?"
Yunying Zhenren stared at Xu Ke for a while, and then said angrily: "I said Old Xu, why have you become so verbose! You haven't said anything about those strange dreams I asked you to talk about!"
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