Evening, Kyoto.
The old monk with a peaceful face held his one-year-old child in his arms. He walked along the bluestone road and stopped in front of a house in a high-walled courtyard. He stretched out his hand and knocked on the door.
After a while, two maids in plain kimonos opened the door, said a few words to the old monk, stepped aside, and waited for the old monk to enter. One of them led the old monk through the garden and into the front hall.
The building with green tiles and white walls is hidden in the garden, looking solemn and solemn under the setting sun.
In the courtyard built with a water, sand and stone landscape, an old man was sitting on his knees in the pavilion, wearing a fitted blue kimono and a dark gray haori with water ripples embroidered on the chest and back, looking at him seriously.
It was not until he saw the old monk that a smile appeared on his face.
"Master, Master Yuanhai is here." The maid stopped in front of the pavilion, leaned over and whispered softly, stepped aside to make way, and left quietly after the old monk walked up.
"Master Yuan Hai," the old man stood up to greet Yuan Hai, and moved his gaze downwards, resting on the little boy in Yuan Hai's arms, "This child is..."
The little boy has a young and smooth face, a pair of big purple eyes, and a well-behaved expression. He looks very cute and lovable.
He is old and cannot resist such cute and well-behaved children.
"He is related to the cause and effect I was talking about." Yuan Hai bent down and put the little boy on the ground, and sat down on his knees at a low table beside him.
"He?" When the old man sat down across the table, he found that the little boy was also sitting next to Yuan Hai in a decent manner. With the pickiness he had developed as the head of a Kyoto family for many years, he actually couldn't see anything wrong with this child's behavior.
Without the slightest question, the smile on his face deepened, "What on earth is this child..."
Yuan Hai did not answer, but with a smile on his peaceful face, he looked enigmatic, "Master Mizuno, do you still remember the cause and effect I told you before?"
Hearing this, Mizuno Xiong suppressed his smile, nodded seriously, and recalled, "That happened thirty-five years ago. I remember that day was as cold as today. I found a lone bird in the yard at noon.
The crow, that crow was thin and small, foraging alone in the yard in winter. It reminded me of my eldest son who was at home all the time due to his frailty and could not run and play with other children. For a moment, I felt pity for him, which made me feel sorry for him.
I prepared rice and brought it to the yard myself..."
"I never thought that the crow was not afraid of animals," Yuan Hai turned to look at the stone sculpture in front of the landscape, "it just stood on the stone sculpture. When you walked to the stone sculpture and called it, it took the initiative to land on the arm and pecked at it.
The rice in the small bowl in your hand. In the week after that day, the crow came to you every day, and you brought it water every time. The crow gladly accepted your food every time, but never
It is unwilling to go into the house to avoid the cold. Even if you try to let people catch it, it will just fly away, and the next day it seems to fly to the yard to wait for you without any fear, until one night a week later...
"
Mizuno's thoughts returned to that night, his eyes were distant and touching, "That night, the crow that never enters the house somehow opened my window, flew into my room, and kept pulling my hair with its beak.
, I woke up from the pain and thought it was injured or in danger..."
"That is, that night, a group of gangsters sneaked into your house. Your new male servant was the gangster's internal agent." Yuan Hai took over the words and said slowly, "When you woke up, you found that the man who was supposed to be on duty
The servant was not in the lounge, and the crow led you to find another servant who was knocked unconscious..."
"I immediately called the police and hid with my wife and children in a secret room, thereby escaping. I wanted to take the crow with me before entering the secret room, but in a hurry I could no longer find it. By the time the police arrived, I called the police.
After catching the gangster, I came out of the secret room. I originally thought I would see the crow again the next day, and then I would take my wife and children to thank it, but I didn’t expect it never came again since that day."
Mizuno retracted his thoughts and sighed, "All this is like a strange encounter, which I still cannot forget. Every time I sit in this yard and look at the stone sculpture, I always think of that crow."
Yuan Hai smiled and said, "Your kindness to that crow comes first, and then it will reward you with good things. This is cause and effect."
"Back then, there were still remnants of the gang at large. I didn't expect that the crow would never show up again, and I was worried that they would take revenge on the crow. Therefore, only my wife, children and the trustworthy housekeeper knew that our family had escaped.
, after so many years, after my wife and the housekeeper passed away, only my children and grandchildren occasionally heard me mention it, but those younger generations thought I was exaggerating and didn't take it to heart, and I believe that the children of the Mizuno family
They won't go out and talk nonsense, and they can't tell the details clearly." Mizuno Xiong looked at Yuan Hai, his eyes were serious but also revealed a trace of doubt, "President Yuan Hai, you said there is a story about the seven-day cause and effect between me and the crow.
We need to come and have a detailed discussion. I have been waiting for you to come over since this afternoon, but how do you know all those details?"
"Because..." Yuan Hai looked up at Mizuno Xiong and smiled, "The crow is back."
"Thirty-five years have passed, how could that crow..." Mizuno turned his head and looked behind him. When he saw the crow sitting quietly on the wooden railing of the pavilion, his eyes widened and he stopped talking.
The petite body of the crow gradually overlapped with the crow in his memory, and more importantly, the scarlet eyes.
He once encountered a crow with scarlet eyes, which he had never mentioned to outsiders. Moreover, the crow, like the crow in front of him, had calm and deep eyes like an old man full of wisdom. With just one glance, he seemed to be filled with excitement.
There is an answer——
This is the crow from back then!
However, the lifespan of a crow is only twenty years at most. He had long since given up hope that this crow would still be alive, but now it appeared in front of him alive. What on earth is this...
"It asked me to introduce it to you." Yuan Hai still had a smile on his face and took out a black robe from the bag behind him. "It has something to talk to you about."
Under Mizuno's surprised gaze, the crow jumped into the pavilion, landed on the ground, and instantly transformed into a boy of about ten years old. He reached out and took the black robe handed over by Yuan Hai and put it on himself.
Feimo did not take care of Mizuno's completely shattered worldview. After putting on his black robe, he said to Mizuno who stared at him blankly, "I'm not thin, I'm just born to be so big."
Mizuno's expression changed from surprise to horror, "You...you..."
Is this a monster?
This...this...the promised scientific era? How can there be monsters in the world?
Wait, this world is so big, there may be some things that ordinary people cannot touch, and if you can be with the monk, then you are not a monster but a god. He has friendship with this crow. How come this crow doesn't
Harm him...
Thinking of this, Mizuno Yu slowly calmed down.
Feimo saw that the panic on Mizuno's face slowly dissipated, and he sat next to Yuan Hai wrapped in a black robe, "If you need some time to calm down, I can wait for you."
"No need..." Mizuno closed his eyes and took a deep breath. When he opened his eyes, he saw that the boy with black hair and red eyes was still sitting in front of him. He accepted the reality and thought that if he wanted to have the calm demeanor of the head of the family, maybe he should be like the one in front of him.
The monster reminisced about the past, "Why...why did you leave without saying goodbye?"
"When you took your wife and children to the secret room, I told you thank you for your hospitality and I was leaving." Feimo looked at Mizuno Xiong calmly, "I called out several times at that time, but you heard it yourself
don't know."
Mizuno Xiong: "..."
Yes, he remembered that before entering the secret room in a panic, he seemed to hear a few crows, but who could understand it?
So, it’s not that the crow monster left without saying goodbye, but that he didn’t understand?
"I just happened to pass by Kyoto back then. I thought the scenery and folk customs in Kyoto were worth seeing, so I stayed in Kyoto for a while. You provided food here, so I didn't need to go around looking for food. That night's warning was my warning
"In return," Feimo explained, and added, "Actually, I'm not very interested in rice, but it was winter at that time and there weren't many delicious fruits. It's not bad to eat rice, at least it will prevent hunger..."
Mizuno looked thoughtfully at the table with only tea sets on it, "Do you need me to have someone prepare some fruit?"
"No need, let's get down to business," Feimo looked at Mizuno Xiong, his voice was childish, but he had a calm and unhurried demeanor, "Master Mizuno, thirteen years ago, your youngest son eloped with someone, and he suddenly fell in love with him that year.
He married a girl of unknown origin, but you wanted him to marry the daughter of the Ooka family, which made him very unhappy. After that, he ran away from home with a bunch of family treasures, right? "
"That's right," Mizuno said with a look that was both angry and sad. He gritted his teeth and said, "He is a shame that the Mizuno family still doesn't want to mention! Many of the things he took away back then were treasures passed down by the Mizuno family for generations.
Although there are some children who choose to fight because their families oppose marriage, and some even run away from home, there is no child like him who ransacks his own home!"
"What really makes you feel uncomfortable is that he was deceived, right?" Fei Mo told the truth without hesitation, "That woman was a murderer who was eyeing treasures, and she tricked him into stealing the Mizuno family's treasures thirteen years ago.
After he left, he probably told the woman that he and his father had fallen out. Seeing that she could not use him to sneak into the Kyoto family, the woman killed him. On the fourth day after he ran away from home, you have seen her.
We found his body, but we chose to conceal his death, didn’t we?”
It had already left Kyoto. This is what I heard from an old crow in the Feimo Army. When Mizuno Xiong collected his son's body that year, there were three crows not far away who watched the whole process. After thirteen years, they were too idle.
The bored old crow thought about it and passed it into the Ark Intelligence Network.
It's suitable, which is why it chose Mizunoya this time.
Mizuno's face changed slightly, he looked at Yuan Hai, who still had his eyes downcast, and nodded and admitted, "Yes, what I cannot accept the most is that he cost himself his life by insisting on his own way. I would rather he leave with those things."
I could live a good life after that, but I didn’t expect to see him... like that just a few days later..."
Chapter completed!