Lian Po didn't intercede with me, and as soon as he raised his hand, he sucked the oar through the flow of yin qi. Then came the strangeness, and as soon as the pulp touched his hand, it turned into a long gilded knife. He grabbed it in his hand and waved it a few times, and said with a smile: "Lord, don't you want to send it here to fight for you? If you go out, but you are a famous general, as small as a stone in Dadong, and nothing more than gravel in the world. But the Lord is smart, if he can inspire the soul core to turn into a martial soul, plus a volume given by Yan Wu, he will be born as a god general, and he will have a high platform position. What does the Lord want to do?"

He dragged his knife away, went straight to the willow tree, pointed at the trunk with the blade of the knife, and said, "The word "Root Lord" has learned, that is, the willow is dark and the flowers are bright. When the Lord came back again and again, he wanted to get some comfort from Po, pretended to find hope, and continued to escape. I don't know what the willows are, but I don't allow the Lord to come back here, just for the sake of the willows and flowers! The Lord is watching!" He pointed to Liu's annual rings and said, "I have served the Lord for more than three years, and this annual ring has more than ten layers!

"Lian Po, I ······"

"Haha Lord, you have had such a habit of self-deception since you were a child, and you can quite understand why the Lord couldn't win the favor of the emperor early. Passing the buck, being full of benevolence and morality, telling the pain, showing it, and passing it on to the loved ones - this willow has been planted for a long time, and it is not born after the Lord has gained considerable strength. After Po arrived, the Lord gave hope to Po, thinking that all problems could be solved by fighting, so this willow increased every year!"

I trembled over to the willow stump and walked along the smooth facet as Lian Po pointed out. Indeed, the annual ring trend of this willow is as Lian Po said, and it has widened over the years, and the most recent circle is even wider. This kind of wood is not good, it is not a material that can be made. Could it be that what I have been looking for is the strength of Lian Po, the safe haven built by his generous arms?

Lian Po let go of the knife, and I raised my hand to catch it, and the long knife immediately lost its golden brilliance and turned into a broken oar again. I used my paddle board to split the remaining willow stump, leaving only a shallow dent and the stump unmoving.

In the hands of aspiring people, it is a knife, but in the hands of my Guo Qian, it is an oar.

"Lord, the roots of the willow tree are still there, and you must uproot them, or it will not be long before a new shade will form in front of the garden. Lian Po pushed me hard, pushing me so hard that I stumbled backwards and fell down, "People who fight for the world, don't learn from Lin Tian's despicable methods and be cunning, at least they have more heart than him, and they don't leave a way to sacrifice their lives to fight." Lord, it is already your back road, this willow is the signpost, you can see it, you can find it from the source of the Yin River. Cut off this willow tree, and don't come back. ”

"If General Zhao is alive, he will not tolerate the Lord sitting dumbly. In the past, when he came to be a guest, every time he talked about the Shu Han Dynasty with Lian Po, he didn't cry bitterly. Today's people often say that the Lord is mediocre, and he can't support Adou. Only the general remembered that although Liu Chan was not as wise as the ancestor Zhaolie and virtuous, he also had the way of being a king, so he still buried the dynasty, not to mention that the lord is now sitting on the ground? If the lord has a broken leg, Lian is quite willing to cut off his own lord and connect it, but he can't stand the lord's body and sound, so he actually sits on the ground!"

I was in a trance, indifferently holding the oar, and suddenly my vision was blurry. The courtyard of General Lianpo's mansion began to crumble, and the lintel was dismembered and scattered. Looking back, the green hills in the distance are crumpled into pieces, birds fall into the valley ravines, apes mourn, and stop at the waterfalls. The sun on the side of the mountain also faded, and it was no longer in a round shape. The boat broke its rope and detached from the dock, heading further downstream with the raging Yin River. Heaven and earth are chaotic, and there are things with clear outlines, only Lian Po and me, and this willow in the middle.

If you can't accept this blow, the light soul will be extinguished, and the cave will collapse. Lian Po stood majestically, his color was like steel, and he didn't care about the horror of the sky and the rivers flooding, "This is all your own mind, the mountain flood has broken out, to avoid this flood, the Lord will hold this oar to the Yin River wharf, and naturally there will be a boat waiting." If the Lord is in a hurry, it is not impossible to change a treasure ship. ”

"As long as I smash this willow stump, will everything go back to normal?" I gripped the wooden handle of the oar, "just destroy it and I'll be able to cheer myself up, and this place will be back to normal." ”

Click-

Poured all his strength into the split, and at that time it fell, and there was a rumbling wind. But I miscalculated, and instead of turning into a long knife as I wished, the oar retained its original form, and smashed into the surface of the stump in a daze, leaving only a dent deeper than before.

"Lord, let's go!" Lian Po bowed his head and let out a long sigh.

"Aren't you leaving?" I looked at him, and saw that his armor had dimmed in the storm, and that it could not shine in its original splendor because there was no daylight, "won't you go?"

Lian Po shook his head and didn't speak, his expression was desolate. I don't admit it, I don't believe that Lian Po won't go with me! Isn't it just to break this stump, I can do it without a knife!

Click, click, click······

After about five or six slashes, the oar in my hand could not support the collision, and cracked through the paddleboard, and then disintegrated into six or seven pieces, and sprinkled onto the stump! There was no iron or steel in it, but it was the most ordinary, loose and unevenly distributed piece of broken wood. Lian Po can't do anything, if it's broken, it's broken, whether it's a paddle or a knife, it's all gone.

"I left by boat, just so that you can see the scenery downstream, and by the way, take a look at General Zhao's mansion. Lian Po smiled gloomily and swept away the scattered pieces of wood on the stump with his arm, "If the Lord wants to go, just go through the gate of this general's mansion." Didn't you go out here the first few times?"

He pointed to the gate that had been half-blocked by broken bricks and tiles: "If it collapses in a while, the Lord will have to jump into the Yin River and drift with the waves." Without the oars, you could lose yourself in the river and cycle back and forth, but never come back. ”

"What's at the bottom of the Yin River?" I asked, "it's not an exit, and you're encouraging me to go down, intentionally or unintentionally, to show me?"

The lion general laughed, stroked his beard with one finger, and brushed the rest of his fingers leisurely. He walked out with his back and came to the gate of the General's Mansion, kicked open the bricks and stones, and smiled at me sideways: "There are only General Zhao's mansion and Lin Xiangru's mansion downstream, and the other five general's mansions that have never lived." The Lord walked at whichever gate he wanted. He advised the Lord not to come back, so he asked him to go down in a boat to see it. ”

There's a difference. No matter which gate I go through, Lian Po will never see me again, he may have to leave with this impending torrent, be submerged, or drift to a new place, but he will not be here. He hoped that I would not return to this place to seek refuge, and that before I left, I would be able to see Zilong and the similar general's mansion and leave some thoughts.

"Lian Po, will your light soul still protect me?"

"It was in order to protect the Lord that he turned into that light soul. The veteran walked out of the door, strode up to me, landed on one knee, and clasped his hands into fists. "In fact, the Lord has already had answers to many questions, but he didn't dare to face them, locked them in the general's mansion downstream, and waited for a certain general to open it for you." The Lord is no longer looking for an answer here. ”

Boom –

There was thunder. The mountains are decadent, torn apart, the waterfalls are flying like waves, the sun and stars are hidden, the birds and beasts are killed, and the green forest is boring. The torrent approached, and the sky in the distance was dyed gray-purple and dirty. Lian Po knelt for a long time, and if I didn't agree, he wouldn't get up.

"The answer is in my heart. ”

"Exactly. ”

Lian Po looked up at me, his eyes resolute and resolute, majestic and undeceiving. He did his duty as a courtier until the last moment, saying that he would no longer help me, but still guide me to the light.

"But Lian Po, what should you do? This collapse of the world may have been just my imagination, my self-suggestion out of fear, but it can really hurt you. I pulled Lian Po and pulled him upward, "If you have an answer, I want you to follow me to see it." ”

"Lian Po is not going!"

His eyes widened, his arms tugged at me, and he knocked my hand off.

"With you, you can't see anything. ”

The waters are rising. The Yin River had already crossed the banks of the river, and was rushing towards me and Lian Po. It won't be long before the surging torrent will fall in unison, not to mention that even the earth will be chopped to pieces in this courtyard.

"Then I'll listen to you, Lian Po, I'll go. I turned around and made a splash of water inches high, "You wait for me, you must wait for me." ”

As he said, this world was originally a cave opened up in my body, and everything was transformed by my qi and blood, and was formed by my thoughts. I can't take the initiative to resolve this disaster because there is no light in my heart, and I am confused and don't know how to go forward. But if I want to escape, I can still call a ship and wait at the dock forever.

This section of the distance is only a few dozen steps, and I turn back one step at a time, one step at a time, and one step at a time······ Lian Po knelt with his knees touching the ground, his head calm, in the direction of the dock, towards my back, but he didn't look. He is like a lion, whether it is the king of the steppe or the stone lion, he is always a lion, and he is so arrogant when he kneels.

The water was a foot deep, but he was still on his knees, and he did not move, the largest and heaviest rock on the shore. I walked on, stood on the bow of the boat, and untied the rope. As soon as the rope was untied, the boat would go down the river and carry me through the rest of the portal, and it would be difficult for me and Lian Po to see each other again—the rope was like a bond, and I really didn't want to untie it.

"Lian Po, you must wait for me! I Guo Qian is fortunate to have such a general as you in my third life-if you abandon me early, it will be a disaster in my third life, and it will all be counted in this life-Lian Po!"

The rope was untied, and the loop of thread quickly loosened, and came out foot by foot, letting go of my boat. The water was fast, and between breaths, I flowed a foot away.

water, will and the stump.

"Wait for me!"

The general slowly raised his head, shining brightly from the haze. Suddenly the heavens and the earth were illuminated, and everything was gray, and there was only one bright and beautiful corner! He stood knee-deep in the water, looked at me, and laughed loudly:

"No. ”