total eclipse of heart

In Kyoto in April, the cherry blossoms are in full bloom.

The cherry blossom viewing event originated in the Nara period, and has been popular as a kind of entertainment for the royal nobles in Kyoto since the Heian period.In mid-April, the cherry blossoms in Kyoto are in full bloom. The officials and ladies in the city drove to the outside of the city in sedan chairs to enjoy the cherry blossoms. They sang folk songs to the beat, and a group of officials and ladies were not willing to be lonely, and performed long chant and modern songs.

Compared to the excitement over there, Asakura Mu, who was sitting under the cherry tree, just watched everything quietly.He was wearing a straight dress with a powder foundation, against the cherry blossoms falling under the cherry tree, he was really pretty, but his lonely expression and absent-minded look made him out of tune with everything around him.

In response to Hua's appointment with his brother and sister to enjoy cherry blossoms, he went out to enjoy cherry blossoms with them.Asakura Mu didn't want to come at first, but he already had an appointment with his friend. This time, the brothers and sisters Huajian asked him to come regardless of the agreement, and Tsurumi Godo suggested that he should go out to relax at this time. Pulled out of this rather masochistic state, and came here with friends to enjoy the cherry blossoms.

"I heard..." He heard the friend beside him say, but he just looked down at the sake in his hand, without any expression.

Hanami Mu glanced at Mu's side face beside him, and found that he had no expression, and almost wanted to give up.But his younger sister, Hua Jianyuan, quietly pulled down his sleeve behind his back.The Hanami brothers and sisters sat in a row with Mu, facing the two adult maids who bowed their heads respectfully and made no unnecessary movements after setting up snacks and sake.

Hanamiki, caught between her sister and her friend, sighed softly, understanding what her sister meant.He looked at his friends around him, summoned up his courage again and said, "I heard from others, Mu, you defeated the fierce general Teng Snake who ran away, and saved the injured Mr. Ye Wang?"

Mu didn't answer, but still looked down at the wine glass filled with sake, the clear and transparent water reflected his appearance.For a long while, he didn't show any expression, and asked in an extremely flat tone: "Who did you listen to?"

"Uh, everyone spreads it like this." Hua Jianmu looked aside guiltily, complaining in his heart, but after his sister secretly tugged at the corner of his clothes, he still made up his mind, turned his eyes back, and looked at his friend. He smiled and continued: "Everyone is praising you, praising you for defeating that great onmyoji, Abe Seimei, whose strength lost control and ran away, completely turning into an evil and ferocious snake! To be honest, I envy you very much Boy!"

As he said that, he stretched out his hand and felt that Ma Cangmu didn't have any resistance, then he hugged his neck and leaned towards him, and his mouth was not idle: "After all, you have made great achievements under the hands of Master Ye. Right? Speaking of which, Lord Ye is fine, right? Didn’t you suffer any serious injuries?”

When asked this question, Mu closed his hands into fists all of a sudden, his palms were covered with cold sweat.

Mu looked at the sake in the cup, it was cold, clear, transparent and colorless, taking a sip would take him away from the cold.After a long time, he said, "It's not a serious problem." After speaking, he drank the sake in the glass in one gulp.

Hua Jianmu heaved a sigh of relief, and said cheerfully: "Oh, that's good. Speaking of which, that Teng Snake is really hateful! —— Hey Mu, you don't seem to be old enough to drink!?"

Before he could stop it, Ma Cangmu had already drank the wine, wiped his lips stained with wine with his fingers and said in agreement: "Yes, it's really hateful."

Hua Jianmu stared blankly at his blushing face from the alcohol, and was speechless for a moment.He has always understood that Mu is very good-looking, but at this moment, the mark of sadness stained on the brows of his beautiful face made him unable to avoid it.

So much so that he doubted himself.

Until Hua Jianyuan stood up first and pulled him to leave, Hua Jianmu didn't speak again.After boarding the sedan chair and leaving, he and his sister were the only ones in the sedan chair on the way.After a while of staring at each other in silence, Hua Jianmu couldn't help but said: "Yuan, aren't we doing this unfairly to Mu?"

Yuan was wearing a fine attire, but his eyes were still immature, and he said timidly, "What does that brother mean, you don't want me to wear twelve single clothes when I grow up?"

Knowing that the gorgeous aristocratic women's clothing is what the younger sister has always yearned for, Hanamiki hesitated: "It's not... just that it's not very suitable to rely on betraying friends..."

"—But, isn't that why we got rid of poverty?" Yuan cut off his words, tilting his head as if puzzled.

"Or, brother thinks it's wrong for me to stand beside that 'son of ghost' and decide to abandon me?"

Hua Jianyuan asked with tears in his eyes, sobbing softly.Seeing the appearance of her favorite sister, Hua Jianmu finally gave up and murmured: "You are my only relative, how could I... abandon you."

Hua Jianyuan smiled through tears, and Hua Jianmu smiled reluctantly, and sighed helplessly.After all, his sister is his only relative.

Ma Cangmu returned to Yinyangliao, greeted Tsurumi Godao, who took over the affairs of Yinyangliao on behalf of Master Ye, and hurried back to King Ye again.

Across a screen, he knelt down, bowed deeply, and respectfully said to the person in the screen: "Master Ye Wang, I am back, please forgive my dereliction of duty. I will stay here with you until you Until you are healthy."

The maid standing in front of the screen did not speak because she knew it was useless.In the past few days, the young man has proved the determination in his words by his stubborn behavior of kneeling here all day long.

The people inside the screen did not speak, and still did not.

Is it still like that...

If, if I erupted my spiritual power earlier, even if I died, I wouldn’t want Mr. Ye Wang to be like this...

Thinking in this way, the boy knocked his head heavily on the cold ground, and murmured: "Master Ye Wang..." In the silence of the room, only the boy's whimpering voice was heard.

"You don't have to do this, Mu. You have more important things to do." A steady voice sounded from behind the screen. Hearing this voice, Mu suddenly raised his head, opened his mouth slightly in disbelief, and only after a while did he squeeze out a question: "Master Ye Wang?"

"Meow~" A kitten with yellowish-brown fur popped out of the screen, with a big black "King" character on its forehead, making it look as mighty as the king of the forest, but those round and kind eyes, It really belongs to cats.It took a few steps forward, jumped up, landed on top of the boy's head, and pulled his hair with its claws.The boy's neatly combed long hair was quickly pulled into a mess, and a few strands of bangs fell down in front of his eyes.

"Quanzong?" The boy slightly raised his head to look at the cat on his head, and murmured, "Have you been with Mr. Ye Wang these days?" The cat who answered him meowed again.

No wonder I haven't seen it since I came back that day. It turns out that I have been with Mr. Ye Wang all the time. It is indeed the kitten that Mr. Ye Wang brought back.I don't know if Master Ye Wang in the screen is really all right, the voice seems to be much better.Mu thought anxiously, I hope so.

There was a sudden noise outside the door, it seemed that the maid was arguing with the visitor.

The noise gradually became clearer, and the footsteps gradually became more urgent.

"Master Oda, Lord Ye Wang is resting, please don't disturb him."

"Oh, I have something important to tell my lord. It would be terrible if you delayed me. Go away." This oily tone was definitely Odakura's.Hearing this sound, Mu Xian frowned, stood up, lifted the whole cat lying on his head and hugged it in his arms, and walked a few steps forward quickly before Odakang approached the screen, blocking Between him and the screen.

Then he bent down, showed respect on the surface, and said, "Lord Xiaotian, Lord Ye Wang is resting, and I don't want others to disturb him. If you have something important to say, please tell me again." , Although I am not talented, but fortunately I still have a brain that can tell right from wrong and legs that can run. If it is really important, I will run errands for you and tell Mr. Tsurumi, who is now acting as an agent for the affairs of Yinyang Liao. No, please come back, sir."

Odakura looked down at the respectful boy in front of him, thinking that he had underestimated this little thing in the past, thinking that he had a good face but not a heart.But what he said was really comprehensive, and he couldn't help but suspect that someone taught him, so he might as well retreat and try again.

Turning his eyes, Odakura took a careless step forward, waving his bat fan and said, "Others are saying that Mr. Ye Wang was hit hard by the violent flying snake, and his life is not long. How can I not feel sad when I hear this? Don't be angry! Because I was too worried about Mr. Ye Wang, I found a non-excuse excuse to come to see him at the risk of being punished."

"But Mr. Ye Wang, I don't want to see you." Mu looked determined and said slowly.

Odakura shook his head and sighed, covering half of his face with a bat fan, "I see. But from this point of view, outsiders will think that Mr. Ye Wang is seriously injured and can't see others. What should I do? Why don't I see it with my own eyes?" Go and see-"

In Odakura, he bypassed Mu and walked to the screen. Because of his quick movements and bold behavior, Mu didn't react for a while.

When Odakura walked up to the screen and was about to go in, Mu An secretly shouted, Mr. Ye Wang——

"Master Oda." Hearing the boy behind him calling him, Odakura secretly heaved a sigh of relief whether he was glad or annoyed, he stopped in his tracks and asked without looking back, "What else is there?"

"It's nothing." Mu said in a deep voice, "I just want to remind my lord that although Lord Ye Wang is kind, he only treats people he trusts, and is definitely not someone who insults him. If the lord takes another step forward, he will From the former to the latter, in this way, even if Sir Ye Wang does not make a move, as his servant, I will definitely make a move for the sake of his dignity."

The young man said these words sonorously and forcefully, his tone was windy and thunderous, and if the military officer disagreed, he would draw his sword to face each other decisively.Odakura wanted to blame him but got carried away after Ye Wang crowned him his surname, so wise that he didn't say it out loud. At this moment, he believed that if he did something else, then the boy named Mu would definitely ignore the distinction of class and official position , attack him.

Afterwards, Mu's tone slowed down, and he continued to speak: "My lord risked his life to take this step because he was worried about Lord Ye Wang's injury and chose the wrong method in a panic. If he takes a step back at this moment, then Lord Ye will be I will understand. But if you are obsessed with obsession and do not regret it, then don’t blame my servant for offending Lord Ye with meager strength.” The last sentence turned into a hard tone, which cannot be questioned.

Odakura turned sideways and saw a young man standing not far away. His hair was disheveled, with a few strands of long hair hanging down his face. He looked as low and dirty as he was, but the long hair couldn't hide his sharp eyes.Odakura had seen such fearless gazes on Ronin's face before.

This boy, quick-witted in an emergency, seems to be speaking from the bottom of his heart to Ye Wang's loyalty.It’s fine if no one instigates it. As for Ye Wang’s injury, it won’t be too late to verify later——

Odakura naturally did not admit that he was actually still afraid of Ma Cang Yewang's strength, so that he couldn't think about it from the other side. Although it is what a servant should do to protect the dignity of Ye Wang, it is not reflected in some way. At this moment, King Ye's situation is different.

Odakura, who believes in taking retreat as advance and also believes in accepting as soon as he sees it, laughed and took advantage of the steps Mu built for him to step down, "We are all doing this because we are worried about the grown-ups, so it's good to take a step back from each other. Ah, this one Did you raise the cat, it's as cute as you~" The cat in Mu's arms couldn't bear to look at it with such a slippery tone, and pawed down without hesitation in the face of the hand that he stretched out in a false gesture of favor.

Looking at Odakura who retracted his hand and hissed air from between his teeth, several maids standing like logs without any sense of presence couldn't help but cover their sleeves and smile coquettishly, and the only one who didn't laugh out loud for him was Ma Cangmu also curled the corner of his mouth, but didn't say anything more.

Talking to a despicable person like Odakura is useless.

After finally sending away the despicable Odakura, Asakura Mu knelt down again. The cat broke free from his arms and jumped to the ground, looking at the boy kneeling on the ground with puzzled eyes, and then he was slightly at a loss after his smile suddenly faded s face.In a daze, Ma Cangmu knocked his head on the ground, and said softly, "Is this what you want to do, Master Ye Wang?"

The people inside the screen made no sound, as if they didn't exist.

After a pause, Asakangmu said again: "If this is what you wish, then I will definitely do it."