【Wine Ci】Ksitigarbha Statue

Chapter 19

Wine engulfed can find the exit.

Since the light of dawn climbed onto his shoulders again, he traveled all over the land, and the sun rose and the moon set repeated three times like a copy.By the third sun down on the shoulders of the mountains, he had found nothing. "Ksitigarbha statues carrying a lot of human thought power may be able to reverse time" - sounds like a crazy talk.But the Ghost King believed it, like grabbing a life-saving spider thread.But this spider thread obviously didn't pull anything.

Shuten suddenly felt some pain in the palm of his hand, and when he looked down, he realized that it was a fragment of the Jizo statue he was holding.The stone statues were broken unevenly, and even the moss was still damp in some places.He clenched it tightly under his anger, a small part of the broken stone statue was so sharp that it hurt to swallow the wine.

It's almost a knee-jerk reaction.Even at the moment when Shuten-douji stepped forward, he didn't think that he wanted to see Ibaraki-douji so urgently.Every moment he gets along with children is like a puzzle. Those pieces that may never be known to people who sleep in the ephemeral time of ghosts are salvaged, and the unknown is filled, just like Shuten is with Ibaraki Doji. It was only after we had known each other for so long that I suddenly realized that this guy also had a baby stage.As a child in his childhood, Shuten had the illusion that the steel barbaraki was fragile; but even if he was not strong enough to kill the world with a single ghost claw, Jiuten still worried about him.

If this place is really not an illusion—the illusion cannot last that long, and it is impossible for people to show it in such detail.That must be the past timeline that can be introduced in disorder.Shuten even suspects that the existence of the child is a chain tied to his leg that makes him walk hard and look back frequently.What will happen if you stay in a timeline that doesn't belong to you for a long time?I don't know, it won't be pleasant anyway.

At this time, the twilight is all together, the sunset is softly spread, and a line of wild goose sparrows is passing by the warm orange sky.A small shrine was built at the intersection of the roads, and beside it grew an old camphor tree with luxuriant branches and leaves for many years.The inscriptions on the Ksitigarbha statue in the shrine have been mottled, and a benevolent smile can still be seen vaguely.Shuten clicked his tongue irritably, and wanted to throw the useless afterimage of Jizo aside, but after thinking about it, he finally held it in his hand.

I don't know how that guy Ibaraki Doji is doing now, if he stays in this world, he might have been so attracted to Shuten; or he might have been thrown into the timeline of the "Shuten unconverted ghost" period.Jiu Tun tried to think about when he hadn't turned into a ghost, but it seemed like there was a fog behind him.But in any case, there is probably no difference.Shuten himself thought several times to stay a little longer to look after Ibaraki when he was young, let alone Ibaraki-doji.If Ibaraki Doji is really in the timeline of the time of drinking and swallowing human beings, it will not take long for him to forget about finding a way to leave.

He sighed and turned to look for the child.When he left, he remembered to put the child in a hotel. Worried about humans, he lifted the lantern at the door and hung it on the door to let him look after the little monster.After all, it won't take long, that's what Jiu Tun thought at the time, if he finds the clues to go back, he can pick him up in time, put the little monster in place, or find a way to promote him to transform into a ghost—according to Ibaraki's fierceness, he can transform into a ghost I'm afraid there are not many monsters who can bully him. If they are lucky, they can say a serious farewell. The child may hold his collar and cry for a while; just think that Ibaraki will still cry when he was a little devil.So Shuten had to spare a little more time.

But none of the plans have come to fruition now.He couldn't find a clue to go back.The downside is that I won't be able to see Ibaraki Doji for the time being, and the upside is that he can spend a little longer with Ibaraki.

In this way, I don't know whether to be angry or happy.

But Shuten-douji couldn't see the child when he returned.The lantern ghost hanging by the window fell to the ground dying and gasping for flames. Seeing Jiu Tun, he wanted to hide in the corner slightly, but was hung upside down by Jiu Tun and picked it up. He was so frightened that he croaked and the flames flew everywhere. Almost burned himself completely.Jiu Tun listened for a while before he understood what the little monster was talking about.The child waited for him all day, but ran out before he could wait; the lantern ghost tried to stop him with his tongue out, but he couldn't.Jiu Tun clicked his tongue, threw the Lantern Ghost aside, and went out to find someone.

Jiu Tun thought that the child might have gone out looking for him, so he was not too anxious.It wasn't until he searched the whole village and couldn't find the child that he panicked.When he was rarely in a mess, all kinds of ideas rushed into his brain, and he vaguely flashed all the bad associations in his drowning thoughts, until he found the child at the intersection of the town near the village.

He changed into coarse cloth, and was rolling up his cuffs to fetch water from the well.The messy hair was also tied up, but the bangs were still too long, and a three-finger-wide white forehead was tied on the forehead, which tightly covered the small ghost horns.Jiu Tun grabbed the child by the collar and picked him up. The bucket fell on the ground, and the water spilled all over the place, but no one cared.The child didn't struggle, bit his lip and looked away.

Jiu Tun's voice was low: "I thought you were eaten by wolves. Where did you go?! Did I ask you to wait for me to come back?!"

The child said, "I thought you were gone and you didn't want me anymore."

Jiu Tun laughed, put the child down, squatted down and looked directly at him, and said, "This time it's my fault. I was really desperate to find you, okay, come back with me."

The child asked: "Where are you going?" His clear eyes looked straight at it, like freshly drawn water from a well that is still cold underground, "Do you want to take me to where you live? Is it your house? "

Alcoholic speechless.He really had nowhere to take the kids back.At this time, Dajiangshan is probably just a place where there are no one to manage the demons and monsters.At best, he could treat the little monster better before leaving, and even better, to protect him thoroughly; but the world is so big that there is no way to give him a real place of shelter.

The little monster understood his brief silence.

"No problem." The child reached out and lightly touched Jiu Tun's face with his wrist, "Are you afraid that I won't be able to beat others if you want me to turn into a ghost?"

Jiu Tun said: "Okay, I know you are fierce, you can beat even monsters. My uncle has many things to worry about you."

The child grinned stupidly, and Jiu Tun knocked him on the head.At this moment, the child's reaction became faster. Instead of covering his head in a daze after Jiu Tun finished beating him, he stretched his hand over his head and grabbed Jiu Tun's wrist that knocked him.This little monster held Jiutun tightly with both hands, one hand grabbed his thumb, and the other hand pinched his wrist bone, both hands were very strong; he raised his head to stare at Jiutun, and said in his mouth : "I know you have other things to do, and you can't stay for long. Then don't stay. I found a place to go."

Jiu Tun glanced at him, then looked at the pitifully upside-down bucket on the ground.The little monster noticed the look in his eyes, and quickly explained: "I was waiting for you, but I didn't arrive. I thought you must have left, so I came out to look for it. I didn't find it, but I met a shop recruiting apprentices. They thought I liked it very much. Just let me try it. I...I want to try it too." He added, "In this way you don't have to worry about me, even if I don't turn into a ghost, I will have a place to live." Then he said, "I'm enough Strong."

"What store?"

The child let go of his hand slowly, and said in a low voice, "The one who cuts the hair."

Suffocating with alcohol, he said, "This is the place you talked about?! Including the future?"

The little monster lowered his head and didn't speak.Looking at him like this, Jiu Tun wanted to get angry, but in the end he picked up the bucket for the child, fetched a bucket of water neatly, and asked, "Where is that shop?"

The child looked over eagerly.Jiu Tun said: "Don't worry, I don't have the time to kill people. If you really want to stay here, just stay here. It's better than that little hut on the edge of the village with nothing to eat."

He said this as if to comfort himself.Jiu Tun didn't know that he was a monster with a patriarchal mentality like Jigu Huo Niao. He didn't get along with him at all, but when he saw the little monster, he changed his temper. He was patient and easy to talk. He was worried and restrained from getting angry. How does it look like Shuten Doji.After he realized that Lizaki Boy should be the ghost general who followed him, aggressive, brutal and rebellious like a cheetah, going straight and rushing; he must be a ghost first, not a ghost. What to do?But the child just persisted like this, drinking too much, he couldn't talk to a half-grown brat with his fists, he could only take a step back, but this brat got worse and worse.What else can I do?I can only endure it.

Almost at the place, the child snatched the bucket that Jiu Tun was carrying for him, held it with both hands, and walked forward sideways.He doesn't know how big he has grown, he is thin and small, the bucket is almost half the size of him, no matter how strong he is, it seems to be extremely difficult to carry, the bucket is full of water, and occasionally it swings a little, splashing on him on the hem.The store he was going to was also small and dark, and the pillars seemed to be covered with dirt that hadn't been washed for many years.A woman came out from inside, was wiping her hands on the apron, took the bucket from the child's hand and turned her head to talk to the child.The child seemed a little embarrassed, he replied a few words, was dragged forward, and couldn't help but look back at Jiu Tun again.

Jiu Tun stood at the intersection, held back and took the little monster away without going forward and grabbing the little monster's arm.He stood there without moving, until the originally fierce little monster was shyly pulled into the store by the woman and out of sight, until the shadow of the tree shifted a few inches from his heels, he turned around and left.Jiu Tun-douzi suddenly wanted to drink, it didn't matter if the taste was bad, the key was strong, it would be best to make even the ghosts get drunk.

I heard the woman washing clothes by the well talking, saying that the couple from the barber shop at the intersection brought a child to the morning market yesterday, saying that he was an apprentice.I don't know which family it is from. Although the child looks strange, but when he came back, he was well-groomed and the material of the clothes was good. I don't know if it is a child of a noble family.

Jiu Tun thought, bah, I changed it for him. If it really looks like the little monster's original wild child, you dare to bring him back? !

I heard another person reply, saying that the couples in that store are always unable to have children, and they can pick up a boy without spending money, and it is not a loss when they are just old enough to work.

Jiu Tun listened annoyed, thinking that if my uncle led him, took him to eat meat and drink every day, how could he be allowed to fetch water if he was raised by mountains of gold and silver.But I also know that it is impossible, so I can only think about it.But in the bottom of my heart, I am not reconciled. I always feel like my things have been robbed by others. After a while, I want to ask again tomorrow. Maybe this little monster will regret it after a night, and will pull on the hem of his clothes and beg to go with him , Honestly turned into a ghost.

As Shuten thought about it, he thought about Ibaraki-douji's appearance indiscriminately.It was as if he was still chasing after him, with red wooden horns, silver-white hair, a pair of cat-like golden eyes, hard armor, but a soft body.Jiu Tun sighed, sat on the ground, and turned out the afterimage of Jizo that he had collected.The sunset had completely faded away, and the gray-purple night sky was lit up with large expanses of stars, as bright as the light that was cast on the remaining water droplets on the guy's hair when Ibaraki-dou came back from the rain one day.