That night, Lin Jue hosted a banquet to entertain Zhang Hanqiu. Zhang Hanqiu's family traveled a long way and were very tired, and the banquet was over at the beginning of the shift. Lin Jue's mind was in turmoil, after learning everything from Zhang Hanqiu's mouth, Lin Jue needed to think about the whole thing calmly, in order to understand all the details and make the most beneficial decision for the Luoyan Army.

So Lin Jue said hello to his wife and concubine after the banquet was over, and walked slowly to the lake in the back house alone. Passing through the jagged back garden, the maid guarding the back garden opened a small corner door for Lin Jue. After leaving the corner gate, we came to the shore of the lake on the east side of Luoyan Lake.

The left side of Luoyan Lake was originally close to the hillside, and the terrain was intertwined with rocks and trees, making it difficult to walk. But now that it has been remodeled, the rugged terrain and the mess of trees between the hillside and the lake have long since been cleared and paved with quarried blue stones. Near the water, the ground was leveled, and a trestle bridge was built to reach into the lake, creating a small wharf.

Lin Jue walked slowly to the lakeside trestle, and at night on the lakeside in the mountains, the air was exceptionally refreshing and comfortable. Looking up, the sky is dotted with stars, and the reflection is in the quiet water of Luoyan Lake, forming a peculiar landscape. It seems that there are stars in the sky and on the ground, and for a moment, it makes people feel like they are in a dream. Lin Jue stood at the entrance of the trestle and watched intently, and he didn't know where he was for a while.

But suddenly, the starlight dimmed, and instead it was clouds flowing in the sky, and a last quarter moon appeared in the eastern sky. Counting the days, today is July 18, although the full moon has passed, but the moonlight is still bright, but at the beginning of the rise, the moon has a little golden color, and the moonlight sprinkled has a hazy feeling, which makes the surrounding scene become more and more like a dream.

Lin Jue sighed, walked slowly up to the trestle, came to the turning point of the trestle, and turned to a floating platform on the left, where a dense lotus leaf pavilion stood, and its turquoise color and pink buds could be recognized under the moonlight. A small boat is tied under the trestle, and there is no one rippling slightly on the water, which makes people feel lonely and depressed.

Lin Jue sat down cross-legged on the trestle, hoping that he could relax in the moonlight lake. However, the thoughts in his mind were churning, the situation was chaotic, and how could he calm down.

Lin Jue's heart was actually very tormented. Since he left the capital, Lin Jue has not been as calm as he seems to be. Because this was not the path that Lin Jue was going to take, but was forced to embark on this road.

Thinking back on what happened in just a few years, the scenes flashed through my mind as if they were speeding through the wind. At the beginning of Lin Jue's rebirth, he never thought that he had experienced so many experiences and encountered so many hardships and ups and downs, so that he was in this situation today.

When he was reborn, his initial thought was just to save the fate of himself and his family, and the fate of the people around him. He didn't want to get involved in too many things. But now, all kinds of things he has experienced are things that Lin Jue never expected. In the dark, it seems that there really is

The shape of the hand is in control of his own destiny, allowing himself to see so much cruelty and death, but also so much beauty and comfort. In just a few years, Lin Jue felt like he had been so tired and helpless after three lives and three lifetimes.

However, Lin Jue deeply felt the changes in his psychology. Fighting for the fate of himself and his family used to be Lin Jue's only motivation. But now, this is obviously not Lin Jue's only motivation. Now in Lin Jue's heart, the fate of the Great Zhou and the fate of the people in the world have been closely linked to the fate of individuals. The reason why Lin Jue made many important choices was also based on this. If he was only for himself and the people around him, he could have compromised. Then the current Lin Jue must be in a high position and live freely in the court.

Lin Jue knew when his transformation began, and it was after the deaths of Fang Dunru and Yan Zhengsu, and the great touch that Lin Jue suffered caused a change in his heart. That's not because the hatred of Lu Zhongtian, Wu Chunlai and the others who will die Yan Fang made Lin Jue go in the opposite direction of choice, the real reason is that Lin Jue figured out why Fang Dunru and Yan Zhengsu died, understood the essence of the realm in the thoughts of the two adults, and then had a sense of epiphany.

Lin Jue experienced a realm from them, that is, a realm that transcends personal fate and self-interest. I have experienced what it means to kill oneself and sacrifice one's life for righteousness, and I have experienced what it means to know that it is impossible to do it. Since then, Lin Jue really has the idea of family and country and the idea of saving the people from fire and water. Lin Jue also realized how small the fate of life and death of individuals is in the long river of history. 'A drop in the sea, mourning the moments of my life. At the beginning, he carried the words and sentences of Chibi Fu, and at this time, Lin Jue himself had a real understanding.

The last sentence of Fang Dunru's last letter when he was dying reads: 'A person stands between heaven and earth, if he is only for himself, this life is meaningless. We should take the world as our own responsibility, make a life for the people, and think about the society of the country. Lin Jue knew that that was the last lesson that Mr. left for him. When Lin Jue reflected on it afterwards, after understanding and understanding the true inner realm of Fang Dunru and Yan Zhengsu, Lin Jue realized that these words were not slogans, but Fang Dunru's ardent expectations for himself from the bottom of his heart. Mr. doesn't want to be an ordinary and selfish person, he wants to be like him.

From then on, Lin Jue knew he had to do it. He was a disciple of Fang Dunru, and when he apprenticed, he said that he would inherit his mantle. What I have to do is to follow in the footsteps of Fang Dunru and be a person like Mr. Fang. It is not forced, but a kind of realization, which arises when the mind has an epiphany. Therefore, in Lin Jue's study, the banner of Fang Dunru's deputy handwritten "Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open peace for all generations" has firmly occupied a conspicuous position opposite the desk and has become Lin Jue's motto. Lin Jue's change in heart was not even fully realized by the people around him. They think that Lin Jue is

A kind of nostalgia and respect for the teacher, they don't know that this is actually the inheritance of Lin Jue's conscious thoughts.

Of course, Lin Jue's original belief in his heart has not changed, and he will still go all out for himself and his family. Moreover, on top of this, there is more love and responsibility for the people of the world. This sense of responsibility has occupied a huge part of Lin Jue's heart. I saw too much darkness and death, I saw too much suffering. After comprehending the great meaning behind the seemingly incomprehensible practices of the teacher and Lord Yan, Lin Jue naturally developed this sense of responsibility. And at this moment, under this situation, Lin Jue's thoughts about the Great Zhou World in his heart have actually overridden his personal fate. He didn't even think much about where his path was going, but more about where the fate of the Great Zhou world and the people of the Great Zhou would go.

It is precisely because of Lin Jue's current state of mind that after hearing what Zhang Hanqiu said about what happened in the court, Lin Jue's heart will be so tormented. Even if he was against the imperial court, Lin Jue still had some restraint, which was why he refused to go out of the mountains to attack the surrounding state capitals, and only fought with officers and soldiers when he had to. This was also when the imperial court was at war with the Liao people, not only did he not let the Luoyan army take the opportunity to attack, but he ran to help Yang Jun's army and saved the lives of Han Gang, Ma Qingshan and others. This seemingly contradictory performance just shows the contradictory state of mind in Lin Jue's heart. He turned out of the court, but he still thought about Da Zhou, even if the other party would not hesitate to encircle and suppress him in the future, he would not take into account his behavior at all.

At this moment, the contradiction in Lin Jue's heart reached its peak. That was after learning of Yang Jun's death and the news that Lu Zhongtian had seized the position of privy envoy and monopolized power. Lin Jue is going through an important psychological juncture. He was thinking about whether he should stick to his previous reserved reluctance to really consume Da Zhou's strength and avoid being taken advantage of by foreign enemies. Because the situation had changed drastically, after Yang Jun's death, the imperial court was almost unable to resist the Liao attack. And Lu Zhongtian's actions are extremely suspicious. It is very likely that this old thief secretly reached some kind of tacit understanding with the Liao. If he adopts a conservative policy again, he is defending the old thief, allowing Lu Zhongtian to grasp the entire court in his hands more securely, so that he can cut off dissidents without fear and achieve a certain goal. Then one's tolerance for the sake of the overall situation is meaningless, and there is a suspicion of permissiveness.

Lin Jue's mind was constantly weighing and thinking about this issue, and it was difficult to make a decision for a while. The wine in my head was welling up, and I felt a little drowsy. Lin Jue simply lay on the wooden plank of the trestle. The planks that were scorched by the sun during the day still had residual warmth at the moment, and they were ironed on Lin Jue's back through his clothes, making Lin Jue sigh comfortably and close his eyes. I don't know how long it took, Lin Jue actually fell asleep on the trestle under the starlight and moonlight.

But not long after he slept soundly, Lin Jue suddenly woke up, because he felt that there seemed to be more people around him. When Lin Jue sat up, a slender figure sitting next to him was also turning his head.