Journey to Seek Past Reincarnations Chapter 7: Grandma Baifen

My body froze and my scalp went numb, did that ghost come back again? Just when I put my hands in my arms and was about to take out the talisman, a sound like dewdrops falling on the blades of grass rang above my head.

"Sha Luo, why are you here?"

I looked up and was overjoyed, it turned out to be Seimei!

"Why are you here?" I couldn't help asking.

"The lord sent someone to send Master into the palace today for this matter, but the master and brother are currently in Meinong and can't come back, so I'm here." He walked to the woman's side and squatted Get down and look carefully.

"Qingming, I seemed to see a white figure just now, and it looked like the back of a woman." I said quickly. He nodded, and suddenly seemed to have discovered something, and picked up something on the woman's hair. I moved the lantern closer, and it turned out that what he was holding was some white powder.

"Qingming, this is..." I asked hesitantly.

"Grandma Baifen." He uttered a few words softly.

Grandma Baifen? It is said that she usually appears as an old woman, and likes to deceive beautiful girls, tricking them into painting their faces with a kind of white powder she made herself, saying that this powder can make girls more fair and beautiful. But the whole face of a girl who has applied this white powder will fall off, and the white powder woman will take the girl's face for her own use.

I feel a chill in my heart, how come there are so many terrifying ghosts in ancient Japan.

There was a burst of noisy voices outside, and a man in a straight coat dyed with sumac came down to the door of the room surrounded by the crowd. Qingming glanced at the visitor, and gave a slight salute, "My lord."

Is this the Emperor Murakami? I raised my eyes and saw that he was only about twenty-four or five years old, with a handsome appearance, although he was not as graceful as Yuan Gaoming, but he still had some momentum.

"Qingming, what is going on?"

"Report to the Lord, it's Grandma Baifen who is at fault."

"Grandma Baifen? I thought it was a rumor, but it turned out to be true. If this continues, people in the palace will be in chaos. Qingming, you have to find a way to get rid of that monster in these two days."

"The minister should do his best."

"Tell my order, immediately send more people to guard around the Twelve Halls. Qingming, you deal with Grandma Baifen as soon as possible, I don't want to see anyone in trouble again." He waved his hand and motioned his subordinates to take the corpse out .

Qingming paused and said, "However, I can't guarantee that Grandma Baifen will show up in these two days."

"Since Grandma Baifen likes the face of young girls, then let's find a woman to be the bait and make preparations early, won't it be easy to catch Grandma Baifen?" I couldn't help but interjected.

The emperor noticed me, "Who are you? Why are you here?"

"My lord, my name is Sha Luo, I am Lord He Mao's niece, and now I am the concubine next to Empress Yuji." As I answered, I glanced at Qingming beside me, his face was still calm.

"You have a good idea, but who should you send as the bait?" The emperor didn't blame me for my rudeness.

"My lord, even if no one is used as a bait, I..." Qingming said suddenly, and he gave me a silent look.

"I'll go." Before he could finish speaking, I had already said it.

There was silence all around, the emperor was slightly surprised, and smiled again: "Sure enough, you are worthy of being the Ji Jun of He Mao's family. You are quite courageous, I will agree."

"Thank you, Lord." I saluted.

"Qingming, I'll leave it to you this time." After the emperor finished speaking, he left with his attendants.

The room suddenly became quiet, and Qingming looked at me without saying a word, which made me feel a little nervous.

"I'm going back to my room first, Qingming should go back early too." I smiled dryly.

"He Maoshaluo, do you know what you just said?" There was a rare hint of displeasure on his quiet face.

"Of course I know. If I don't catch that monster as soon as possible, I'm afraid more people will die. Is there anything wrong with me?"

"You still have a reason..."

"Of course it makes sense, and I did nothing wrong."

"But in case you have something, how can I explain to master and brother."

I laughed, "Qingming, I'll be fine, I'm not afraid, and with Qingming dealing with that monster, it will definitely be fine, I'm optimistic about you."

"Shaluo...you trust me that much?" A trace of surprise flashed across his face.

"Well, because Qingming, you," I looked at him, said with great certainty, "you will become the greatest onmyoji."

Qingming suddenly raised his eyes, looked at me deeply, and after a while, suddenly said: "I won't let anything happen to Shaluo."

"Well, it's settled." I smiled and nodded.

Actually, when I said this, I couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, but I said it out of impulse just now, and it was too late to regret it.

But after thinking about it, I'm also in this line of business. I haven't seen any ghosts. What's a mere white-fan grandma? Besides, there's Abe Seimei. I think maybe there is no chance for me to make a move.

It was late at night the next day, and the ladies and concubines in the Xuanyao Palace had been transferred to other palaces, and there were only a few guards standing outside the palace. I stayed in the room early, and after a few tents was Qingming, who had already set up a yin and yang technique so that ghosts could not feel his existence, and waited for Grandma Baifen to appear.

"Qingming, what are you thinking?" I was a little bored waiting.

"Nothing."

"Let's chat for a while, I don't know when that white powder grandma will come."

"Okay."

Hey, I'm a little surprised, this is the first time I heard Seimei agree so straightforwardly.

"Sha Luo, are you going to stay in the palace forever?" He suddenly asked.

"How is it possible," I paused, and said in a low voice, "I am like a floating cloud in the sky, I can't stay anywhere." After finishing speaking, my heart became inexplicably sad.

He was silent for a while, and said lightly: "But no matter how the flowing cloud flows, it never leaves the sky, it's just that it didn't notice it by itself." Qingming's voice seemed to have a hint of a smile.

I stayed there, and the clouds never left the sky, so I kept traveling in every time and space. Is there a sky that I never left? So, where is my sky?

"Qingming, you really don't look like a cute boy, you speak so old-fashioned." I recovered and teased him.

He smiled softly behind the tent.

"Sha Luo, your silly expression just now really looks like your brother's cat shikigami."

"Ah, did you see it?"

"Hehe."

"Qingming, you..."

"Sha Luo, don't talk." His voice suddenly became serious, "She seems to be here."

I was startled, my right hand was already in my bosom, pinching the talisman, in case something happened, I should at least protect myself.

A gust of wind blew by, and a layer of goose bumps immediately appeared on my body, and the coolness went straight to the bottom of my heart. The sliding door was slowly moved away, and then a white figure slowly floated in. With the help of the burning candle beside me, I could clearly see the rumored white powder grandma in front of me. Contrary to my expectation, she looks kind, kind and peaceful, holding a black lacquered mother-of-pearl box in her hand.

"Beautiful lady, here I have a makeup powder that can make you more beautiful, do you want to try it, just a little bit, and you will become the most beautiful woman in this palace..." Her voice seemed to be With a touch of magic, people can't help but want to agree.

"I want to, but I don't have the money to buy it." I whispered.

"No money, because all I need is—" She opened the box, a ferocious smile flashed across her face, she dabbed a little white powder on her finger and wiped it towards me, "Your face." Hearing Qingming shout, "Shaluo, get out of the way!"

I immediately raised my foot and kicked her hand away. When she was taken aback, Seimei was already in front of me. I saw Qingming quickly took out the spell, and the seals of his hands were changing like lightning. From the big diamond wheel seal to the inner and outer lion seal, the whole set of movements was done in one go, and he silently recited the nine-character mantra. His spell carried a dazzling golden light He flew straight to Baifen's grandma and entangled her tightly.

Grandma Baifen's face became more ferocious, and the skin on her face began to peel off one by one. She struggled bitterly and said, "My face, my face..."

Qingming's expression did not change at all, and he continued to recite the Six Paths Vajra Mantra of Guru Rinpoche. Grandma Baifen covered her face with one hand, but held on tightly to the box of powder with the other. Just as she was about to disappear into the golden light, she suddenly gave me a hard look and threw the box towards me. , the lid of the box opened in mid-air...

White powder like sand and dust fell one after another, but strangely, it didn't fall on me. I obviously haven't set up the enchantment, the powder is flying above my head, but it seems to be stuck by something, I was surprised to find that I was actually in a crystal-like transparent bubble. As soon as he looked up, he saw Qingming's faint smile standing not far away, as light as a cloud, as chic as the wind, a reassuring smile.

It's Seimei, is it his Yin Yang technique?

I poked the bubble with my hand, but it was soft but not broken, like a sponge. Is there such a barrier? I put my whole hand on the bubble again, and it really seemed to be stuck in a sponge again.

Qingming walked over slowly, he looked at me with a smile on his lips, and suddenly put his hand up, facing my palm, through the bubbles, I could still feel the warmth from his hand . I raised my eyes to look at him, I wonder if it's because of the bubble, I feel that Qingming's eyes seem to be extraordinarily gentle, so gentle that one can't believe it, so gentle that one's heartbeat...

I was startled, and withdrew my hand suddenly, "Qingming, hurry up and remove this obtrusive thing, you want to suffocate me to death." I absolutely, absolutely cannot have any inseparable relationship with the people here anymore, They are all passers-by in my mission, and there will never be any intersection afterward.

A flash of surprise flashed in his eyes, and with a wave of his hand, the bubbles and white powder disappeared in an instant.

"Are you all right? Shaluo." His face also returned to his usual expression.

"It's all right, since you've got rid of Grandma Baifen, hurry up and report to the Lord." I smiled.

"Alright." He replied lightly.

The emperor is naturally very happy, and praised Qingming heavily. Of course, I also have my share. Qingming suddenly became a celebrity in front of the emperor, plus he was already very handsome, in a short time, many girls wrote him many love letters.

In the Honghui Hall, You Ji also praised my bravery, and the news quickly spread. It seems that I also borrowed Qingming's light, and my popularity has greatly increased. But there are troubles when people become popular, besides Yuan Gaoming’s letter, I also received some love letters from other sons, is this because people are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong? I think Seimei must be very troubled now. Thinking of this, I can't help being a little funny.

"Sha Luo, are you not ready yet? At today's banquet, it is said that the right minister will perform the Qinghai wave dance."

"Minister on the Right?" I was stunned for a moment. Qinghai Wave was the most gorgeous and elegant dance in the Japanese court during the Heian period.

"Hurry up, don't make the empress wait. Also, I have to wear formal clothes today." Her words hit me even more. It's just a bound rice dumpling.

When we arrived in front of Qingliang Hall, there were already many ministers and nobles sitting there. Sitting behind the curtain of the imperial tent was Emperor Murakami, and I followed Yuuki to the corridor where the female relatives were.

To be honest, I have been here for so long, and I have never seen the other concubines of the emperor. But even though no curtains were set up, the female relatives still half-covered their faces with bat fans in their hands, so I couldn't see clearly. But after scanning around, she didn't see Concubine Wen Che.

Just as he was wondering, he suddenly heard a loud and clear flute sound resounding through the sky. Amidst the melody of Qinghai waves, Yuan Gaoming, the right minister whom everyone had been waiting for, appeared gracefully. I saw the envy of the women around me, looking up, today's Yuan Gaoming is really eye-catching. He is wearing a gorgeous armpitless dance robe covered with bird armor. On the cute yellow robe is decorated with Chidori in the waves of Qinghai. , wearing a crown of curly tassels on her head, with a delicate wisteria flower on the crown. Looking from a distance, her features are picturesque, her posture is beautiful, and her dancing posture is graceful. She is really romantic.

The wisteria flowers fall one after another, dancing with the wind, his dew-like dew-like demeanor, and his dancing sleeves fluttering in the wind, make the world more radiant, making everyone seem to be in a dream, forgetting all the troubles of the world , the only thing in my eyes is the extremely charming dance of your son.

At that moment, I was also confused...as if I...was born in the Heian era.

When the dance and music ended, it took a while for everyone to come back to their senses. Yuan Gaoming's lips evoked a smile like a flower blowing snow, which made everyone present even more amazing.

He suddenly raised his eyes and looked in the direction where I was. When I met his enthusiastic eyes, I quickly lowered my head, and I couldn't understand why such a handsome young man fell in love with me for no reason? Could it be that the more you can't get him, the more interested you are?

However, after watching such a wonderful dance, I did change my opinion of him a bit. The power of art cannot be underestimated.

After sitting for a while, I suddenly felt very distended in my lower abdomen. Oh, I must have drank too much water before I came out. In desperation, I tilted my head and said a few words in Yuji's ear, she smiled slightly and said, "Go and come back." I was just about to get up in a hurry, when I suddenly realized that there are so many pairs of eyes around me, so I quickly used what I thought The most elegant posture got up very slowly, and walked out of the corridor slowly.

As soon as I left the sight of everyone, I didn't care about my ladylike demeanor, I hurriedly picked up my clothes and left.

As soon as he walked quickly to the corridor, he suddenly bumped into a warm embrace, and a cool breeze wafted into his nostrils. I rubbed my nose and raised my head for this scent, sure enough, it was Yuan Gaoming.

"Why are you here, weren't you still in Qingliang Palace just now?" I took a step back in surprise.

"Do you like my Qinghai wave dance?" He smiled and took off the vine flower on his hat.

"You dance very well." I mean it.

"Then, why didn't you reply to my letter?" He approached me and gently placed the wisteria flower on my fan, "I'm also a flower lover, and I have never touched a branch with my hand. I have always been patient. "

"I..." I just want to quickly solve the urgent problem in my life. "I've already said that an ordinary person like me is really not worth the trouble of the right minister. I'm leaving." As soon as I took a step, he grabbed my sleeve.

"I really don't understand, there are more beautiful women than me, why the right minister is interested in me?" I simply turned around, stared at him and asked.

He was taken aback for a moment, then laughed again, "Shaluo, this is fate."

"I think it's evil fate." I muttered in a low voice.

He heard my whisper, and couldn't help laughing out loud, "I want to break the cherry blossoms, but cherish the flowers for fear of breaking the branches. Shaluo, you have to understand my heart to cherish the flowers." His tone was gentle, his eyes There was no smile in his eyes.

"Yeah, I understand, I understand." I was eager to get away, so I answered a few words casually.

He just let go, and I quickly left there in a very unmanned manner, and went straight to the place I most wanted to go.