In the original legend, it was because An Zhen deceived Qing Ji like this, and then he became a model of a scumbag through the ages.
Therefore, when he said something similar, Levi directly blocked his way.
Then, all Li Wei saw was An Zhen, whose face was ashen, and Qing Ji, who seemed to be starting to look yandere.
"I can only help you get here." Li Wei said, deciding to leave here directly and enter the divine capital tonight.
This may only be regarded as a small episode in this trip, and Li Wei really thought that he could educate the little monk. Dealing with a sickly girl is like petting a cat, and he can only stroke her along her fur.
Basically, if you follow her wishes and add some straight shots, there won't be such an outrageous ending as in the legend.
However, Monk Anzhen did exactly the opposite. The more the yandere wished for something, the less likely he would do it.
It took most of the night, but there was no time to rest. Li Wei basically spent the second half of the night sneaking into Kyoto without anyone noticing.
However, after a long period of torture, he found that it was easier and more crude to knock the guard unconscious.
In this way, almost until the sun was about to rise, Li Wei successfully entered the divine capital.
Hundreds of years ago, this place was just a completely run-down small fishing village, and the so-called capital city was just a fence-like thing made of wood. However, after several generations of construction by the Heike family, this place gradually started to look impressive.
Although there are still some gaps compared to the old Kyoto and Nara, there is no problem in calling the current divine capital "the capital".
In the morning, the city was completely shrouded in thick fog, and you couldn't see your fingers. You could even hear the waves of the coastline in the distance.
This area is completely located in the washout plain of the sea. In other words, Susanoo originally founded the country on the land of God's Capital just because he also had some functions of the "God of the Sea", so he finally established it on the land of God's Capital.
A large fishing village.
In the thick fog, Levi took out the map about the inverted spire given to him by the system, and he discovered the problem.
On the map, the entire city of God is only a few centimeters in size, and the system's punctuation points on the map may only be a few millimeters. But in reality, Levi looked at his surroundings and found that there might be a small dot on the map.
It was within a few kilometers of reality, and he needed to find a palm-sized inverted minaret within a few kilometers.
Even that thing may not be in a conspicuous place, but underground, or within a circle of buildings around here.
The thick fog still failed to dissipate, and it had even reached the point where it was difficult to see clearly even ten meters away. However, even so, the whole city began to hear shouts and the smell of fish began to stink.
I wandered around the corresponding location for a long time, but I still couldn't find any trace of the inverted minaret. If that thing didn't emit pollution, it would be no more than a small stone.
As he walked, Levi suddenly stopped and looked at a familiar place in the fog.
It is a three-story wooden building. The courtyard is filled with cherry blossom trees that are still in bud. A miko in a shrine maiden costume begins to clean the courtyard. The three words "Tenshukaku" are hung here.
Li Wei was silent. He didn't know why, but he walked in slowly.
This shrine is not big. In Izumo Country, which was a fishing village four hundred years ago, the three-story shrine plus the attic is already the second-largest building in the entire shrine after the imperial palace. But now, such a building is inconspicuous. .
"Your Excellency, are you here to ask for your fortune or to pay homage?" Seeing Li Wei wearing a mask, the witch who was cleaning hurriedly came over on wooden clogs.
The miko in front of her didn't even have any spiritual energy fluctuations.
"I just... came back to see my old friend... It's like paying homage." Levi said something that made the witch feel confused, and walked straight into the shrine.
"Hey, guest." The witch seemed to want to explain the rules of the shrine, but Li Wei came directly to the door of the shrine.
He saw a plaque hanging in the temple with the four words "Seimei Shrine" written in ancient script.
A pure white lantern hangs in the main hall, with a pattern of a five-pointed star drawn on it and the words "Royal Divine Lamp" written in ink.
The statue of Ampei Qingming is in the center. He is wearing a tall pointed hat and sitting cross-legged on the ground. He does not look like the Qingming that Li Wei is familiar with. Instead, he smiles like a Maitreya Buddha.
Li Wei recognized this place. Four hundred years ago, Abe Seimei's last Yin Yang House was built here, and Orochi's last desperate battle was only one kilometer away from the castle tower.
But in Li Wei's impression, the castle tower was completely razed to the ground by the big snake, leaving only the remaining toxins and the fire that ignited on the ground.
Everyone died in that war.
However, the restored castle tower is indeed not much different from what it was four hundred years ago. Levi was even able to find the room where he originally lived and the place where he finally said goodbye to the miko Yuriko.
"Guest, paying homage to Seimei-sama requires a complete set of rituals, otherwise it will have no effect." The miko came over in a hurry and said, as if she was the only miko in the entire shrine.
"Sorry, I'm a bit used to it." Li Wei apologized quickly and offered a silver bead.
After the witch took the silver bead, she no longer cared about Li Wei's unruly behavior. Instead, she began to introduce to Li Wei the story of Ampei Qingming and many allusions.
Li Wei just smiled. Even though the story told by the little witch was nonsense, he just smiled and nodded, without exposing it or making excuses. After all, hundreds of years later, the stories circulated were distorted and the myths were exaggerated. It's normal to see a big difference.
And hundreds of years later, there seems to be only one shrine maiden in such a huge shrine, and there is no trace of the priest. A hundred years ago, the shrine maiden Yuriko in this Yin and Yang Temple was also able to kill enemies with bows and arrows, and could heal injuries and illnesses with herbs. The strange woman.
Maybe the little witch was a little tired from talking, so she stopped and started to take out a fortune sign, and then she started to ask Li Wei to ask for a sign, otherwise the money would be a little unreliable.
Li Wei smiled and began to ask for signatures according to the little witch's wishes.
"Let me ask, does your shrine enshrine the white fox or the feathered fox?" Li Wei began to ask casually.
"Hagoromo Kitsune? Why would you enshrine something like that?" the little miko replied in confusion.
"Sorry, maybe I'm talking too much."
After walking around for a long time, Li Wei couldn't find any obvious traces other than nostalgia, because on the map, the castle tower was just in the middle of the marked area, and Li Wei just wanted to try his luck.
"Here." He handed a sacred fortune sign to the little witch, and the little witch took the sign and started to interpret it.
"Sign up! My guest, your fortune today will reach its peak. Please interpret the sign. You will meet old friends, smile with each other, and complete your own affairs smoothly." The little witch said, handing over the signed sign, and she also said
Also delivered was a sewn guard.
"Really? Then I'll lend you some good words."
"No, these are Master Seimei's instructions."
Li Wei had no intention of continuing to visit his old place. He thanked him, took the imperial guard and prepared to leave.
Even though there are constant wars outside the city, there is still not much atmosphere of war in the city of God. Not only that, even such a shrine is still operating as usual.
To be honest, looking at the current situation in Shendu, Li Wei actually had a little fondness for the Heike family. Although the war outside was raging for thousands of miles, the Heike family at least did not let such a war affect the ordinary people in the capital.
It's a pity that the destruction of the Taira family is a historical necessity, because the Taira government has no channels for ordinary people to rise. The streets are solidified like stagnant water. Farmers will always be farmers, temple families will always be temple families, and nobles will always be nobles.
.
A street level of stagnant water will only gradually decay to the extreme. No matter how backward the policies of the Genji shogunate are in Li Wei's view, after all, ordinary people can still rely on their own bravery to become samurai and achieve a jump in the street level. For lower-level samurai, the Genji shogunate is
It does not require spiritual power.
At least the ordinary people in the Genji shogunate still have some hope.
"Ring ring ring..."
The wind chime in front of the shrine door rang. It was a sound that only sounded after someone pushed the door open. The little miko quickly dropped Levi and began to walk over to greet other guests.
"It turns out to be Sister Yun." The little witch's voice came.
And suddenly, Levi was stunned, and the witch who seemed to have just walked in was also stunned at the same time.
"You..." Levi was completely dumbfounded.
But the other party seemed to just smile softly, his face quickly recovered, and he walked limpingly and said: "Long time no see, Uncle Levi."
Even though Li Wei was wearing a mask, she recognized Li Wei immediately. The person arriving now was none other than her niece Yun Ji.
"Wait... is this guest your uncle?" The little witch from before was immediately shocked, with an expression that shocked her forever.
"You go clean the shrine first." Yun Ji just rubbed her head and pushed her away.
She seemed to have skillfully changed out of her linen clothes, and then put on not a miko's clothes, but a hunting clothes worn by a priest. She tied her hair up and put on the tall black hat that fixed her bun.
And Li Wei never imagined that Yun Ji would serve as a priest at Seimei Shrine during this time.
No, this is actually normal. Perhaps this castle tower was rebuilt by two nieces. The layout and construction style are exactly the same as they have been for hundreds of years. Even Li Wei can recognize it at a glance.
After Seimei's death, the so-called first heir to the castle tower was naturally the Tsuchimikado family, and the second heir was Hagoromo Kitsune. It was normal for them to inherit this place and build Seimei Shrine.
But it seems that this place should be completely run by the younger niece. The eldest niece is probably still looking for a way to resurrect and conquer other big monsters to become her subordinates. She is not in the mood to live in peace here for ten years.
of life.
"You don't seem to be surprised at all by my arrival." After a long time, Levi recovered from his complicated thoughts and said.
"Actually, after I grew up, I searched for you for a long time, but I never found any trace. The so-called Shangquan family seems to have just borrowed a name." Yun Ji said calmly.
There is no sadness or joy.
Looking at his little niece like this, Li Wei seemed to have a lot to say, but it seemed that he couldn't even say those words. After a long time, he just sighed in vain.
Even the little niece looked like she was only in her twenties, but she inadvertently revealed a plain or even decadent temperament, and her pupils seemed to have lost their highlight-like turbidity, which made Li Wei understand that she had finally reached her age.
Over four hundred years old.
Even from human eyes, it is difficult to think that she is in her twenties, just like Miko Fujiwara guessed whether she was in her forties when she first saw her.
Originally, Li Wei wanted to ask her why she didn't stop Yi Ji at this time, but he didn't say this. After a long time, he slowly said: "If you are tired, twenty years later, then
Come find me at the Fujiwara family in Kyoto."
"Yeah, I will." Yun Ji tilted her head slightly, smiled at Li Wei, and continued to wipe the things in the shrine.
"By the way, do me a favor for now." Li Wei took out the map given to him by the system, especially the one in the city of God. He pointed out the punctuation marks of various places on it to Yun Ji and asked her about the location.
Looking at the punctuation points on the map, Yun Ji's brows furrowed deeper and deeper for some unknown reason.
"What's wrong?"
"This point is Seimei Shrine." Yunji pointed to one of the points and said, "This point is Sotoku Shrine, this point is Sensoji Temple, this point is Mitarashi Shrine..."
Every time she mentioned a place, Li Wei's frown would deepen, because these points were all either temples or shrines.
After pointing out a total of five points in Shendu, she continued: "I may not know the specific places, but I will help you pay attention to Seimei Shrine. Also, you can look for Kiritengu. These places are all related to him.
related."
"Fog Dog?"
"A black-winged birdman wearing a mask with a long nose, uncle, you can also beat it up, otherwise it may not tell the truth." Yun Ji continued and returned the map to Li Wei.
"Is Seimei Shrine also related to Kiritengu?"
"He originally built this shrine a few years ago, but he was beaten up by his sister in those years and gave up here in despair."
"Oh, that's right." Levi's previous guess was also wrong. He didn't expect that Seimei Shrine was actually built by Kiritengu.
"Then I'll leave first. If you see an inverted triangle, you must destroy it as soon as possible." Li Wei said solemnly.
"Hi, hi, hi..."
"Ring ring ring..." Li Wei walked out of Seimei Shrine. At this time, the thick fog in the divine capital still had not dissipated.
"Uncle, are you leaving?" asked the little witch who had just started to receive Li Wei.
"Well, I still have things to do. From now on, I'd better ask your priests about the real story of Anbei Qingming, and don't talk nonsense in the future." He smiled while wearing a mask and reminded her.
After Li Wei left, the little miko frowned in dissatisfaction: "Tsk, you said it as if you had seen the real Seimei-sama..."
After Li Wei walked a few steps, he discovered that there was a temple not far away. At this time, the entrance of the temple was full of gods who came to worship Buddha. It was very different from the Seimei Shrine, which was crowded with people.
Li Wei shook his head. Buddhism had far greater advantages than Shintoism. Basically, after the rise of Buddhism, Shintoism only served the nobility.
"Donor Levi, I finally found you!"
Suddenly a familiar voice interrupted Li Wei's sigh. He turned his head and saw the panting Monk An Zhen, and the fourteen-year-old Qing Ji who was clinging to him behind Monk An Zhen's back...