I just want to build a city

The lightning strikes did not last long, but within a dozen seconds, there was no sound. The small piece of dark cloud also slowly dissipated after the lightning strikes disappeared, returning to the clear sky before.

"Then... what happened at the beach?"

"No, I don't know."

The civilians in the audience whispered, some boldly looked at Haruki-kun on the stage, guessing whether it was a ghost, but they dared not say it. The Inari Shrine was built not long ago, and there was a ghost. It shouldn’t be possible.The Zhuangmin who thought this way looked at the lord, and what he saw was not the same doubts or fears as they did.The expression on the Lord Lord's face turned out to be joyful.Could it be that the dark clouds and thunder and lightning were caused by the gods?

The dark clouds completely dissipated, and there was no stop from Mr. Qingshu, and the discussion among the common people in the audience still continued. However, judging by the lord's expression, the fear in their hearts was reduced a lot.Not only the civilians, but also the warriors stationed around the stands looked at each other calmly. They followed General Minamoto Yoshinobu in various anti-insurgency campaigns and had seen many bloody incidents, but for this inexplicable The situation, but almost never seen.The only one who thought about it belonged to Todo-kun.He was closer to Minamoto Yoshinobu, and was also seconded to his elder brother, General Minamoto Yorimitsu, to work for a period of time. He had seen this kind of method before, and that was the Thunder Talisman drawn by Onmyoji.

However, the momentum seen now is a little bigger than the Thunder Talisman. It can be seen that the person who casts the Lightning Strike Technique has stronger spiritual power than the Onmyoji he has ever seen.As for whether he can be compared with Lord Abe, he doesn't know, because Lord Abe, when facing the monster Xie Chong, subdued Xie Chong without much effort, and his side was even more powerful. There are countless shikigami serving him, and it is impossible to guess his own strength.

The discussion and inner speculation didn't last long, and a familiar figure appeared in the direction the villagers were looking at.It was the kid who was on the stage before, dressed in dirty and ragged clothes, who was completely out of tune with the people in this territory.Just like when he was on the stage, the child walking towards the stands was holding something in his hands. Under the sunlight, it shone brightly, which made people feel dazzling.

Thinking of the direction the girl was coming from just now, and the sudden appearance of dark clouds and lightning, no one dared to step forward to stop the messy child, and all turned sideways to make way for him to go on stage.

Compared with the nimble and vigorous steps before, the child's footsteps when he came back were a bit vain, not to mention the samurai, even Qingshu-kun could see it.

This is the weakness of overdrawn spiritual power.

Thinking of this possibility, Qingshu-kun frowned slightly, and directly crossed out the idea of ​​making glass by attracting lightning from witches or onmyojis.Not to mention whether this method can shape the glass, and whether lightning will damage the container that helps the glass shape.Let’s just say that there are people who cause thunder and lightning now. I’m afraid there is no one who has so much spiritual power to continuously attract thunder and lightning, create high temperature, melt sand and minerals, and form glass.

The child walked up to Mr. Qingshu and spread out his hands. In the palm of his hand was a piece of crystal, which made people dazzled. "This, a lot, you like. Can I eat and keep warm?"

The glass made by this child's spiritual power is exhausted, but there is only such a small handful of children's two hands together, which makes Mr. Qingshu give up this idea of ​​making glass. This method of making glass is too Not efficient anymore.

However, lightning strikes sand and ore to form glass, and there must be a specific ratio. Since this child can control lightning to make glass, it proves that he has seen this kind of situation before. He is curious. He has studied it himself, and then he researched what is needed. , in what proportion.With the method of making glass, the high temperature problem of melting sand and minerals, in the end, all it takes is time to ponder.

Now, the witch's child has been found, and the glass production ratio has also been obtained. These two news can be said to be the biggest gains of Mr. Qingshu today.This good news made the expression on Haruki-kun's face very happy.

"Well, I like it very much. Your gift is my favorite among the things I presented today. I will give you whatever you want. Food, clothes, a residence that belongs to you. From now on, you can live here."

Hearing what Qingshu-kun said, the child's eyes became brighter and brighter, and when he heard that he could still have a home of his own, the corners of his tightly pursed lips evoked a simple smile.However, he didn't know what he thought of, he suppressed the smile on his face, hesitated for a long time, and said. "I, I don't want to live in the village, I want to live alone in the mountains."

"In the mountains?" Qingshu-kun murmured.This is really a problem. Because the witch's child is not a villager of the real territory, I'm afraid he doesn't know. Although the villagers often go up to the back mountain behind the manor, he often goes around the back door to digest food, but that's not His territory is an unowned mountain. "I'm afraid it won't work."

Looking at the child's drooping head, Qingshu-kun guessed that it was probably because of his experience in Mie that the child instinctively resisted living with others. After all, the family that has been taking care of him has always told him not to to the village.When Zhuang Min heard the news about the child, all the places he asked people to search were outside the territory, and he had never searched for the area inside the territory and the back mountain.I'm afraid that child has lived in the back mountain since winter, so they didn't find it outside, and he didn't see the child on the map of Cairo, because the back mountain is not the territory of Mr. Qingshu.This child is afraid that he really has nothing to eat and is extremely cold, otherwise, he would not have come to his festival.

Seeing his appearance, Qingshu-kun felt that he still had to explain it carefully.

"Although the villagers in the territory of Houshan also went up the mountain to hunt and look for medicinal materials, but that is an unowned place, not my territory. I can't decide whether you can continue to live there. Why don't you first live in my territory?" Live in the manor, I will ensure that no one will disturb you, and you will move there after I buy the land in the back mountain."

The child hesitated for a long time, and finally nodded.

After all, Mr. Qingshu asked Xing to go forward, put away the glass in the child's hand, took his hand, walked to the middle of the stand, and said to the villagers in the audience. "Today's festival, the thing I love the most has already been selected, and it is the stone offered by this child. There are also some selected gifts. I will ask Kai Teng-kun to contact you and give rewards afterwards. As for those who have not been selected I will also ask Nakata-kun to buy back the selected gifts. Tonight, right here, we will hold a banquet in the territory, and let everyone enjoy the best harvest of the year. I hope this year will still be such a bumper year. Finally, I would like to thank Inari God Oyatsu-sama for giving us a good harvest for one year."

"Thank you Inari-kun, thank you Lord Lord." After Qingshu-kun finished speaking, everyone was overjoyed when they heard that they could still enjoy a sumptuous dinner in the evening. Together with Qingshu-kun, they thanked Inari-kun for giving them a bumper year, and thanked them again. Sir, give them a relaxed living environment.

In such a joyous atmosphere, the serious-looking warriors beside them couldn't help but have a hint of joy on their faces.Most of the New Year's festivals in Heian capital are full of heavy atmosphere. This is the first time that they feel the joyous atmosphere that they should have in such a festive festival.

Not only the Zhuangmin and the samurai, but the children beside Qingshu-kun were probably also affected by this kind of emotion, or maybe there will be enough food and a warm place to live in the future, so he couldn't help but smile.

……

The dedication session from morning to noon ended just like that. Before Haruki-kun took the child back, he first informed Kaiteng-kun.Among them, the piglets presented cannot be killed and used at the dinner party. He wants to domesticate those piglets to see if they can be domesticated and eventually become domestic pigs.

Hai Teng-kun took orders to stay, and by the way, arranged with Nakata and his son for the next dinner party. With so many villagers in the dinner area, it is impossible for the cook in the manor to do it.Besides, the cooks in the manor are specially preparing food for Mr. Qingshu and the distinguished guests who come. Even for them in Piggy Manor, the maids take turns to prepare meals every day.At the end of the dinner, Mr. Nakata organized the women in the territory to do it. Under the instruction of the lord, they brought some not too precious seasonings from the manor, so that the villagers could enjoy this event better. dinner party.

Of course Mr. Qingshu didn't celebrate with them. After getting into the ox cart, he led everyone back to the manor. The dirty child followed behind the ox cart. Those who get on the bullock cart, even if they are pushed to the position of the priestess by Mr. Qingshu in the future, they still cannot sit on the bullock cart of Mr. Qingshu's specification.However, now that the witch has been found, Qingshu-kun is sitting in the bullock cart and thinking, it is time for someone to prepare a new bullock cart for the future witches in the territory to use.

After Mr. Qingshu returned to the manor, of course, under the preparation of the maids, he cleaned himself and changed his clothes.Not long after, someone will bring lunch to him.As for the child who was likely to be a witch, he was taken down by Xing, scrubbed well with the other maids, and then brought him in front of Qingshu-kun.

Mr. Qingshu had just eaten half of his lunch when he saw two figures, one big and one small, kneeling outside the door, begging him to see him.

It was Apricot who brought the cleaned child.

"Let them come in. By the way, let the kitchen bring the meals prepared for this child."

"Yes." The maid who was waiting on the side took the order, stepped back on her knees, let Xing bring the child in, and went to the kitchen to report.

After receiving the maid's words, Xing walked into the room with the child after grooming, knelt down in front of Qingshu-kun, and bowed to him with the child.Probably, Xing had informed her in advance. Although she didn't know the correct etiquette, seeing Xing's actions, the girl still learned how to kneel and bow in a decent way.

"I have met the lord." The girl said so.

Qingshu-kun put down the bowl and chopsticks in his hand, took a sip of tea, temporarily cleaned up the food left in his mouth, and carefully looked at the cleaned up girl.Knowing that this year is likely to usher in a **-year-old witch, Mr. Qingshu specially prepared some simple kimonos for **-year-old girls. It is already a rare treasure item.When kneeling to Haruki-kun, he carefully adjusted the skirt under his legs. When the clothes fell to the ground, he rolled up the sleeves so as not to let his hands press them, but he didn't care about being naked at all. Lu's skin was irritated by the cold wind, and particles appeared one by one.

In fact, for this child, it was already very warm here, but in the mountains, wearing short clothes full of holes was unbearably cold.

The clothes that Mr. Qingshu had prepared for a XX-year-old girl were a bit too big, and they didn't fit him very well, but they weren't too ugly either.This child lived in a difficult life and was thin and small, but his appearance inherited his mother's advantages, and he could vaguely see a cute appearance.

Haruki-kun, who was sizing up the girl carefully, didn't see the faint hesitant expression on Xing's face.

"Do you have your own name?"

"..." The girl sat on her knees, looked at Mr. Qingshu, and shook her head obediently. Now that she has put on warm clothes and came to the warm room, the girl who is still hungry can't help but slowly shift her gaze The desk in front of Mr. Xiang Qingshu, the lunch on it.

Qingshu-kun naturally saw his undisguised gaze, and chuckled lightly, but he didn't give his lunch to this starving child.Not surprisingly, this child will be the Great Priestess of his Inari Shrine in the future, and he will face all kinds of people with him in the future. If this is the case, let's tell this child from now on in action, what to do in the future.

Seeing that Mr. Qingshu didn't give him the food, the girl didn't ask for it.He observed around Mr. Qingshu's territory for a long time. This little lord is not a bad person. Since he promised to give him something to eat, he would not refuse to give it to him. You see, he has already put on beautiful clothes, hasn't he?

The people in the kitchen moved very quickly, because it wasn't the meal Qingshu-kun wanted to eat, so they didn't prepare it carefully, so it didn't take much time.

The smell of food came in from outside the door, and the girl couldn't help but want to turn her head to look at it, her nose fluttered, and her stomach gurgled.

The maid on the side was at the lower position and placed the table, and the servant put the girl's meals from the kitchen on the table.Haruki-kun held up the cypress fan and nodded at that position. "Well, let's have dinner together first, and talk about other things after dinner."

The girl didn't think there was anything wrong with eating at noon. When living alone, it was time for him to eat when he found something to eat. Now that Qingshu-kun said that he could go to eat, he impatiently moved to the desk A few days ago, I ate whole without any manners.The girl who kept firmly in mind what Xing said, moved to the desk, and walked over on her knees.Although the eating looks ugly, there is no food falling out. It can be seen that it is a child who is hungry a lot and cherishes food very much.

Considering that he may have been hungry for a long time, Qingshu asked the kitchen to prepare watery rice that was not too irritating to the stomach, and even the dishes were light.While the girl was eating her own food, Xing, who led him in, walked slowly behind Qingshu-kun, and kept silent until Qingshu-jun gave her a strange look. Only then did he notice , Xing seemed to have something wrong, as if she had something to say to him.

There were a lot of people waiting in the room, Qingshu-kun rolled his eyes, and there was nothing wrong with it, since Xing refrained from speaking, it must be something that cannot be said in front of so many people.Not all of them belong to him in the manor, and it's not easy for him to behave strangely, making people suspicious.

Qingshu-kun had already eaten half of his lunch before, and now he finished his lunch without spending much time, and that girl even finished her lunch earlier than him, and even after eating, she went straight to the table. Staring at Qingshu-kun, it was obvious that he still didn't think it was enough.

Qingshu-kun unhurriedly took the tea and cotton cloth from Xing, cleaned his mouth, the corners of his mouth and his hands, and said to him. "You've been hungry for a long time. If you eat so much at once, your body won't be able to bear it. In the afternoon, I will ask people to prepare sweet potatoes. You don't have to worry about continuing to be hungry, and you don't have to make your stomach bloated every time."

Holding the rice bowl, the child withdrew his straight gaze, lowered his eyes, thought for a while, and finally obediently put down the chopsticks and bowl in his hand.

The attendants and maids came in one after another and removed all the things. Two of them stepped forward and wiped the girl's hands and face.Because, they all know that after lunch, the lord will go back to the study in his own yard, and this child may also be taken there, but the residue of the meal must not fall into the study of the lord, or stick to the books.

Sure enough, after the meal, Haruki-kun took Xing, Kaito-kun who had just returned to his mission, and the child back to the study.Everyone knows that Qingshu-kun doesn't like too many people in the study, so except for Xing and Kaiteng-kun, the other attendants and maids stopped outside the study and didn't follow in.

"Tell me, what happened?"

Qingshu-kun sat down in front of his desk, picked up a collection of poems on it to make a show, and asked Xing, who was kneeling by his side, to make him tea.

Xing heard the words, put down the teapot in her hand, leaned forward, raised her hand to cover, and whispered something in Qingshu-kun's ear.

When Xing whispered, Qingshu-kun's hand holding the book suddenly tightened, and then let go.After Xing finished speaking and knelt back to her original position, she turned her gaze to the "girl" who was kneeling and sitting obediently below in a daze.

Kai Teng-kun, who was waiting on the side, was also puzzled seeing his lord's expression.Qingshu-kun was silent for a long time, raised his hand and waved, and said to Xing. "Go and talk to Kaito-kun about this."

When Qingshu-kun said so, Xing told her husband about it. After hearing this, Kaito-kun's eyes widened, and he suddenly looked at the "girl" who was kneeling below.

"This... Lord Lord, maybe he is not..." Kai Teng-kun said.

Qingshu-kun doesn't think so. Ever since he came to this era and chose the life of building a city, his lucky value seems to have been fluctuating up and down all the time.Hearing what Xing said now, the fright he received was not too great, and his son has recovered from his senses now.He pursed his lips and asked softly. "I want to ask you a few questions, and I hope you can answer me."

The kid nodded.

"Are you wandering from the triple?"

The child stared into Qingshu-kun's eyes, thought for a long time, and then nodded hesitantly.

"Your parents...were they sacrificed to the former great witch and her husband by the local villagers and gods in Sane?"

Hearing Qingshu-kun's second question, the child obviously wanted to run away, but he still endured it, clenched his fists tightly, and had a fierce look in his eyes. "You also want to sacrifice me to the gods?"

"No..." Hearing the child's rhetorical question, Qingshu-kun was able to confirm certain things. This child was indeed born of Mie's former great witch, the child with outstanding spiritual power, but this child was not Not a girl who is suitable to be a witch, but a real boy! ! !

"Three-day Uncle clearly said..." Mr. Hai Teng couldn't believe it when he heard that.

Haruki-kun raised his cypress fan to keep his voice from getting too excited.

"Nothing is impossible. Didn't the ex-princess of the shrine not live with the people in the village after she got married? I'm afraid it's unclear whether the baby was a boy or a girl. It was put on the mountain, except for that family, probably no one knows whether it is a girl or a boy. Besides, he looks very much like his mother."

In modern times, communication is so developed that one thing can be passed on in another way, not to mention in ancient times, this child lived far away from the village, and the boy's identity was passed on by word of mouth, and he became a girl. Don't think it's too weird.

"Are you the only one who knows about this?" Qing Shu-kun raised his eyes to Xing.

Xing nodded seriously and solemnly. "In the bathroom, I was the one who helped him undress together. When I realized something was wrong, I made excuses and asked the other two people to do other things. I am the only one who knows that this child is a boy."

While Qingshu-kun breathed a sigh of relief, he hugged his head in pain.

Is God going to play with him like this?In his previous life, he lived a Buddhist life and didn't believe in gods, but he didn't do anything wrong. Although he didn't keep wild cats and dogs, he sent them to the hospital with good intentions.How to live a new life, let him face so many problems.

"You were looking for me before? Did you want me to do something?" The boy looked at the three of them who suddenly had sad faces on their faces, guessed something cleverly, and opened his mouth to ask. "Is it because I'm not a girl? It doesn't matter to me as long as I have enough food and clothing to be a girl in the future. I promise, I won't let anyone see it."

Shut up, kid.If you keep talking, I'm going to be bald.