By the time we approached Kyoto, it was completely dark.

Of course, the main thing is to wait for Cheng Ming.

The long journey is enough to distinguish the difference in physical strength.

The Onmyoji cultivates the outer way, borrowing the power of ghosts and gods, and his own physical fitness may not improve much.

Of course, when you reach the level of the Great Onmyoji, you can directly absorb the power of ghosts and gods for your own use, and then you have the ability to ascend to the sky in one step, although it is not a step-by-step practice, but it can be regarded as the same end.

There is still a big gap between Akashi Daoren and the Great Onmyoji, even so, he is over forty years old, and he is still much more vigorous than Cheng Ming, who should be young and strong.

As for horseback riding.

The only two horses of the Akashi Michi, one pulled the cart, and on the cart sat Akashi Ji and Ling Xiaoyu.

The other horse was carrying a lot of luggage.

In these years, the island country is extremely short of horses, cattle and other livestock, and the people of Akashi Michido are just a small nobleman in a small place, and it is good to have two horses.

Cheng Ming also had horses before, but after he was exiled, he sold the horses for some money to make ends meet.

Cheng Ming slept with his brother, the woman of the current Suzaku Emperor, if it weren't for the Suzaku Emperor's own rights were also restricted, and with his mother behind his back, his head would have been cut off.

I fled Kyoto in a hurry.

Naturally, he didn't bring much money.

Once you enter Kyoto Castle, the sky is completely dark.

The street is relatively wide, and there are not half pedestrians.

No lanterns were lit on the left and right.

It wasn't until they had walked for half a cup of tea that they saw a row of lanterns, with fiery red eyes and mouths, floating in the air, and then flying leisurely over their heads.

In the distance, you can see several ghosts, running and chasing them on the street.

If you are the kind of person who is a little more spiritual, if you look around carefully, you can gradually see that the streets that originally seemed deserted were actually full of liveliness.

It is a city of people during the day, but at night, it is a city of ghosts.

Mixed with each other, it is like cutting a good Kyoto into two parts and turning it into two different places.

Michito Akashi walked in front with a charm in hand, and then commanded in a low voice, "Don't look at them, as long as you don't look at them, they won't notice us." Otherwise, you will be taken into the kingdom of youkai, and it will be difficult to come out again. ”

Cheng Ming was not surprised, although he didn't have the slightest ability, he said confidently: "Don't worry too much, the monks of the Sect King Huguo Temple will come out every night to patrol the night." As long as you follow them, there will be no danger. ”

This kind of habituality is the most surprising.

In ancient China, when the aura was abundant.

As the capital of a country, it has its own majestic dragon qi suppression, and it is even more shrouded in turbulent luck.

Don't say that it is those demons and monsters, even if they are cultivators in the righteous path, they will be affected to a certain extent when they arrive in the national capital, and they dare not be too presumptuous.

Only when the country is dying and luck is declining, will there be some traces of monsters, but they are all the great demons of Megatron.

And Kyoto, the island country, is known as Heiankyo, but at night, all kinds of monsters and ghosts run out and wander around, and even grab the living and drag them to their country, no matter how you think about it, it will not end well.

As he was walking, he heard real footsteps in the distance.

At the same time, there is a vague sound of chanting.

The scriptures were translated into the island Chinese language.

Judging by the level of Chu He after learning some island Chinese in recent days, it should be the Panruo Sutra.

The monks, dressed in blue-black robes, wearing hats and holding Zen staffs, lined up in two groups and walked past them in the Chu River.

Although they had the voices and movements of living people, they were as stiff as stones, and the expressions on their faces that did not know whether they were solemn or numb made people feel strange in their hearts.

Perhaps what remains in the hearts of ordinary people may not be all reliable and safe, and there will be an inexplicable sense of terror.

I have seen the tip of the iceberg of Heiankyo at night.

Everyone finally arrived at Chengming's mansion in Kyoto.

This mansion is not deserted, although Chengming is not in Kyoto, but his wives and concubines have stayed here and continue to take care of it.

Cheng Ming's return made these wives and concubines very happy.

came forward one after another, greeted Cheng Ming, and some even began to cry silently, as if they were sad for what happened to Cheng Ming, and then seemed to think of their own fate, and felt even more miserable.

In short, some strange brain circuits are indeed different from those of Chinese people.

According to the concept put forward by the later generations of island people in the Edo period of Chinese studies, Nobunaga Motoi, who studied "The Tale of Genji", is that from the Heian period, the bones of the island people have been filled with a feeling called "mono mourning".

It seems to be explained as the 'true temperament' of the Chinese people, but it is a little different.

Just like some people, when they see a leaf falling into the water, they will sigh at first... Oh, it's beautiful, and I hope to have such a beautiful day. Then he took a sharp turn for the worse, and suddenly felt that life would pass away like this, felt his own fate, and then burst into tears.

This concept is simply put, it is "true feelings", when the human heart comes into contact with the external world, it touches the scene, touches the object, touches it, and touches it, and at this time the emotions that naturally spring out, or joy, or anger, or fear, or sadness, or low tactfulness, or longing. A person with such emotions is a person who understands "material mourning".

For the group of people who live at the bottom of the island country and struggle to survive with food and clothing, everything is lamentation, it is bullshit.

But among these nobles, this atmosphere and mood spread extremely thoroughly, and it seemed that everyone had such a morbid side.

After a long period of chaos, Cheng Ming comforted his wife and concubine, and finally remembered that he had brought back a few distinguished guests, and it was also the capital that he was able to regain a foothold in Heianjing.

It is true that he offended Emperor Suzaku, but it is the Fujiwara family who is really in power today, and it is the Fujiwara family who is in charge of regent, and it is Fujiwara Tadahei who is the fourth man of Fujiwara Kikyo.

And Fujiwara Tadahei is considered to be Chengming's cousin.

Although the emperor is the nominal supreme ruler of the island nation, power is not always in the hands of the emperor.

Fortunately in the Heian period, the emperor occasionally lost power, but in fact, this power still circulated among the corresponding interest classes.

Just like the Fujiwara family, in the final analysis, it is actually a family of relatives who are attached to the Imperial Family.

They seem to have a huge amount of power, but that power belongs to the emperor, and they just set up the emperor and then steal the emperor's power.

In the Shogunate period, the emperor was the one who really lost his power and was reduced to a complete mascot.

Therefore, as long as the three envoys of the Tang Dynasty, including Chu He, whom he brought back, can provide sufficient benefits, then under the protection of the Fujiwara family, even if Emperor Suzaku wants to do something to Cheng Ming, he is helpless.