(for @王晓明 Jiageng)

The man who appeared in the darkness was like a dead thing, completely devoid of any breath.

He appeared silently in front of the little carpenter like a dead thing like the bricks, red mud, and moss on the side of the alley.

When the little carpenter saw him for the first time, he subconsciously felt a sense of familiarity, and when the other party opened his mouth and called him "thirteen", the little carpenter was shocked, and his face showed an unbelievable expression.

After a long while, he shouted with some difficulty, "Master? ”

The reason why the other party is familiar is because the two have met each other.

This guy is the one who changed from a stone statue to a living person in the tomb of King Miao - whether it is appearance or anything else, it is an ordinary appearance.

Only the body size, from a huge stone statue, to the height of an ordinary person at this moment.

And as soon as he opened his mouth, the little carpenter's whole body suddenly felt numb.

Although there are some differences in the voice, the tone and tone are exactly his master Lu Da.

Coupled with the expression on the other party's face, it was really exactly the same.

The little carpenter hesitated for a moment, and finally called out "Master".

Although he felt unbelievable, the truth was in front of him - his master Lu Da, who should have died in the tomb of King Miao a long time ago, actually appeared in front of him alive.

His appearance confirmed all the little carpenter's previous speculations.

If Lu Da really planned everything as he imagined, how could he be killed by just one Zhang Qiming?

In the final analysis, Lu Da's death, from beginning to end, is just a play directed and acted by him.

Zhang Qiming had already seen this matter, and Wu Banxian also had some suspicions.

But the little carpenter refused to believe it.

In the final analysis, Lu Da in his eyes and Lu Da in the eyes of others are actually two different people.

Or a different personality.

The reunion of master and apprentice was supposed to be a very touching scene, but the little carpenter, who had experienced too many things, was not excited at all.

Although he still called the other party "Master", he looked at the other party like a stranger.

After all, he didn't know how he should treat Lu Da.

The man stepped forward and called out again, "Thirteen ......."

The little carpenter said, "What shall I call you?" Is it Master, or Lotus Ancestor, or Xu Sansui? ”

The man said, "All right." ”

In a simple sentence, he directly admitted that he was the three-year-old Xu who made a name for himself in Tanzhou.

The little carpenter opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say, but opened his mouth recklessly: "There are many people here, let's talk in another place." ”

With that, he stepped forward and grabbed the little carpenter's wrist.

His action made the little carpenter return to his childhood in an instant, and Lu Da at that time was also like this, holding his hand, walking in the mountains and forests, wandering around the entire southwest to beg for food and find work.

So he subconsciously suppressed the idea of wanting to resist and let the other party hold his hand.

Then he felt the landscape around him distort and quickly retreated behind him like lightning......

After a few ups and downs, the two appeared on the top of a mountain, with the night view of Shanghai Beach in the distance, and the Yangtze River beach flowing eastward in the distance......

What's going on?

Rao is little carpenter is well-informed, and he was also a little confused by Lu Da's hand, and then, Lu Da let go of his hand and walked to the edge of the cliff.

There was a night breeze blowing, and it was very cool, like flowing water.

Lu Da looked into the distance, while the little carpenter fell into silence, the two were deadlocked for a while, and Lu Da finally spoke: "I know, there must be many questions in your heart, now that I am here, what do you want to know, tell me." ”

The little carpenter looked at the other party for a moment, and then said, "Is there something wrong with me?" ”

Lu Da waited for a long time, but waited for such a question, and suddenly felt a little flashed.

Then he laughed.

This kid is completely different from when he followed him before.

Wandering the rivers and lakes alone can really make people grow quickly.

After laughing, Lu Da pondered the words for a while, and then said: "Mai Liu, Mai Liu, and a few old guys, have always felt that you are blessed with great luck and should be able to grow up quickly, but now when I really see you, I have some unbelievable - things in the world are really magical......"

He sighed for a moment, and then answered the little carpenter's question: "I came to you, nothing else, but to say goodbye to you." ”

The little carpenter asked suspiciously, "Farewell?" ”

Lu Da nodded and said: "Yes, farewell-I'm going to do something, this matter is basically a life of nine deaths, and there is no way to come back alive, so before leaving, I thought about my life, and I feel that the most indebted person is probably your apprentice." So I decided to come and meet you, and say goodbye......"

The little carpenter asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

Lu Da replied: "It's not convenient to tell you for the time being, someone will come to you afterwards and tell you all this......"

The little carpenter couldn't help but sneered and said, "Then you dare to tell me, if you have any questions, you can raise them." ”

Lu Da felt the tone of the little carpenter, hesitated, sighed, and said: "I know that my fake death has brought you great harm and made you have a lot of doubts about me, but please believe that I have to do this - if I am not like this, how can you get to this point?" “

The little carpenter recalled what happened in the past few years and couldn't help but say: "If it were possible, I would just like to be a little carpenter who goes to work every day and eats with strength......

His ideals are really not big, he just wants to live by his craft and live a peaceful and stable life.

There are some things, the more you know, the more painful it is.

Lu Da said: "We were born in this world, and we will never live our lives in peace. You are so, so am I, this is the ...... of fate"

The little carpenter just sighed, and when he heard Lu Da say this, he couldn't help but ask again: "Are you the same?" Not really, right? ”

Lu Da said: "More than 20 years ago, in the northeast of our country, there was a war. The two sides of the war, Russia on one side and Japan on the other, two different countries fought on the territory of our country in order to maintain their hegemony in the northeast, and the already decaying Qing court was powerless, but it was the innocent people on the battlefield who suffered......"

He talked to the little carpenter about a war that had taken place more than twenty years ago.

In the end, however, he changed his mind and said, "You may ask why I am talking about this—in fact, I would say that twenty years ago, I should have died in that war, and it is entirely a matter of God's mercy that I have not finished doing it." ”

The little carpenter asked, "What you are going to do this time has something to do with that war?" ”

Lu Da said: "Yes, there was a man at that time, for a trivial matter, slaughtered the town where my friends and I stopped, and thousands of civilians in the town were killed and wounded; And we were a group of more than twenty people, and in the end there were only four ...... left"

He took a deep breath and said slowly: "For the next twenty years, and even the rest of our lives, we will live to kill that man. And now, my limit is approaching, time is short, if I don't take advantage of the fact that my soul is still stable, I will fight him, and I will stop today when I come to the hatred of the country and the family, I am afraid that I will not have a chance in the future......"

The little carpenter asked, "I see, so I am also a tool for your revenge?" ”

Lu Da stared at him and was silent for a while, but said: "Yes before, but later I denied Mai Liu's plan and let you live your own life, our affairs don't need to be borne by the next generation." ”

The little carpenter asked again: "So, you abducted me from Ganjiabao in the first place?" ”

Lu Da was stunned for a moment and said, "What do you think?" ”

The little carpenter asked, "Isn't it?" ”

Lu Da shook his head and said: "I haven't been to the northwest, you were handed over to me by Mai Liu, as for how you came from the northwest, I don't know ...... this."

What the?

Although the little carpenter had let go of the past, he was still a little surprised when he heard the news.

His biggest dissatisfaction with Lu Da, in addition to hiding himself to death, was the things he brought from Ganjiabao, especially when he and his sister were hungry and cold, and when they were desperate, they let it go, and finally caused his sister to die tragically......

It was the most difficult thing for him to let go, at least until the epiphany, and he was still haunting it.

However, I didn't expect that there would be such twists and turns in the middle.

It turned out that there was still a person between him and Lu Da.

Mai Liu.

The little carpenter stared at Lu Da, seeing that he didn't look like he was lying, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

He was finally completely relieved.

And just when his emotions were completely relieved, Lu Da also made a farewell: "Okay, I also met people, and found that you are better than I imagined, and I have no regrets." Thirteen, I have some faults in the past, but after all, I still hope that you can live well, after all, I have no son in my life, and I treat you as half a child. From now on, your life is up to you, and you can live whatever life you want, and don't leave any regrets......"

He finished his chatter and prepared to leave, but the little carpenter finally asked one last question: "Wait...... Gu Baiguo, is it your person? ”

Lu Da, who was about to leave, stopped, was stunned for a moment, and then smiled.

He said: "She is a good girl, and the reason why she helped me against her will is also for her mother, a filial piety...... It's a pity that my deadline is approaching, and I can't help her and fulfill my promise. Alas, it's a pity ......"

After Lu Da finished speaking, he stepped on the cliff in front of him on tiptoe.

Stepping through the void, there is no shadow.