1.

When he left the Lu Mansion, Lu You went out to see him off, and he still refused to go back until he was ten miles out of Shaoxing Mansion.

I said to him, "Stay." ”

Lu You said to me: "Brother Ji, I still feel sorry for not being able to help you this time, I just hope you can sympathize with the hardships below." "He was really sorry, and I could tell from his face that there was a struggle in his heart.

I don't want to make things difficult for others, especially my friends in the past. I can't say anything about kidnapping someone with friendship.

I smiled indifferently at the landing tour and said to him, "There's nothing to apologize for. When I find my daughter, I will ask someone to bring you a letter. ”

On that day, the wind was very light and blew comfortably on people's faces. I still remember the scene where Lu You once stood on the low slope outside Shaoxing Mansion to see me off. It was at that moment that I truly realized the helplessness of life.

2.

On the short, somewhat long road that Lu You saw me off. We had a brief conversation.

I asked Lu You, "Why don't you see Tang Wan?"

Lu You's eyes were particularly sad. He told me that four years ago, it was the year that Xiaoyue and I left the rivers and lakes. Under the persecution of his mother, he sent Tang Wan out of the Lu family with a letter of resignation.

I asked him, why?

Lu You shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said, because fate is over.

I didn't ask any more, and he didn't say anything more. I know he's in pain. Li Xiaoqian and I have witnessed the relationship between them, but life experiences are not always waiting for them. When Lu You and Tang Wan were separated, I wasn't by their side.

I remembered what Li Xiaoqian said when he visited Tang Wan at night. He once said to Tang Wan very firmly, you will not have a good result.

At that time, I thought it was a curse issued by Li Xiaoqian when he couldn't get it.

From this point of view, this is not a curse. Perhaps the poignant love between Lu You and Tang Wan really went down in history, and Li Xiaoqian, nine hundred years later, just knew this story.

I suddenly felt some sympathy for Li Xiaoqian. If Li Xiaoqian, who seems to be uninhibited, has really had a deep affection for Tang Wan, if Li Xiaoqian really knows everything. Then, the helplessness of watching your beloved step by step towards a fruitless end and being powerless is so haggard.

So, I can understand him. He knows the end of everyone, but he doesn't know his own end.

But now he knows.

Because, he became Li Sin and became his ancestor. Twenty years later, he will be the richest person in this Great Song Dynasty.

After bidding farewell to Lu You, my heart was full of mixed feelings, and my thoughts were extremely chaotic.

Yu 13 asked me, "Where are we going next?"

This is a question that has been asked to me countless times, and I feel extremely difficult to answer. But this time, I have a very clear answer.

This seemingly inconspicuous answer drove me to that end.

I said, "Tianmu Mountain." ”

3.

Outside Lin'an Mansion, Tianmu Mountain.

Four years ago, the five major sects of the rivers and lakes gathered here.

They took the opportunity of managing the affairs of the world to force the court to compromise. The emperor decreed that the way of martial arts is the story of the ancestors and cannot be abandoned, so the martial arts were rebuilt, just like the old system. As a result, the rivers and lakes were exchanged for four years of freedom without restraint.

This time, I don't know why I chose Tianmu Mountain.

At the time, these three words were just blurted out. But it was because of the three words blurted out that it led to overcrowding at the foot of Tianmu Mountain.

When Xu Shisan and I arrived at Tianmu Mountain, thousands of people had gathered at the foot of Tianmu Mountain. They were ragged and unkempt, and they were all beggars.

In the midst of a group of beggars, I don't know who shouted: "The helper is here." ”

Then I heard a chorus of voices like the wind: "See the helper." Then, on his knees, he fell to his knees.

Being bowed down to by a person may seem like nothing. But was bowed down by a group of people...... I don't think there are many people who can resist the excitement of this mountain-like momentum.

I was taken aback.

Even when I was the leader of the Martial Arts Alliance, not so many people had ever bowed down to me.

Yu Thirteen was also quite surprised.

He probably wouldn't have imagined that a person who had been with him for so long would suddenly accept the worship of so many people. Moreover, a bunch of beggars.

I whispered, "Get up." ”

The person at the front heard it and swayed to his feet. The people in the back saw the people in front of them stand up, and almost at the same time, they stood up with a loud bang, mixed with a long sigh of relief.

Just when I was a little overwhelmed, a slightly familiar figure came out of the beggars. He squeezed his way out of the crowd, looked up, and smiled at me in return.

This person is Ming Shaozhong, who was rescued by me and Yu Shisan in Shaoxing Mansion a few days ago.

I asked him, "Why are so many people here?"

Ming Shaozhong said: "The helper asked me to pass the order, and I passed it on to the brothers in Shaoxing, and the brothers continued to spread the news to the outside world, one spread ten, ten spread hundreds, and the brothers in Jiangsu and Zhejiang came." There are also a few brothers who came from the Fujian and Jiangxi areas for inquiry. When the brothers heard the news of the helper, they were all passionate. ”

I said, "What do you tell them?"

Ming Shaozhong said: "I just said that the gang leader is back, and he wants to lead the brothers of the beggar gang to live a good life." ”

"You!" I was so angry that this seemingly loyal and kind-hearted Ming Shaozhong dared to falsely spread the "Holy Decree", judge my intentions, and help me spread it.

Ming Shaozhong was a little nervous, and asked me softly: "Helper...... Is the little one wrong?"

He wasn't wrong. Taking them to a good life was originally what I promised Bai Jingxing back then, but I didn't do it. Now, it's time for me to deliver on my promise.

It's just that I didn't meet them at the right time.

I have to use them once, and use them to help me find out the news of Shu Yao and Yu Qing'er.

I pulled out two portraits from my bosom. This portrait was painted by a painter after Yu Shisan and I walked out of Shaoxing. He offered a hundred taels and claimed to be a brilliant pen.

At first I was skeptical. But when the painter put Shu Yao and Yu Qing'er's voices on paper according to my and Yu Shisan's descriptions, I was deeply impressed by his considerable painting skills.

His paintings are as vivid as real people. Yu Shisan, I touched the portraits of our respective relatives, and we couldn't help but tear up. As soon as I raised my hand, my hand was full of ink.

Helplessly, I could only spend another hundred taels to let the painter make another one.

......

I handed the portraits of Shu Yao and Yu Qing'er to Ming Shaozhong and said, "You ask them to help me find out the news of these two people." ”

Then, I saw Ming Shaozhongluo

There was some surprise and a look of loss. I added, "Whoever can provide me with clues will be rewarded with five hundred taels of silver." ”

Five hundred taels.

As soon as these three words came out, a large group of people rushed to snatch the portrait in Ming Shaozhong's hand in order to come up. Ming Shaozhong held up the portrait and shouted: "Don't rob, don't rob, beware of breaking it!"

However, there was still no way to stop the waves of beggars from pouring in.

In the end, Ming Shaozhong pushed the people around him away and hung the portraits of Shu Yao and Yu Qing'er on the tree for everyone to watch one by one.

When many people pass by the portrait, they can't help but ask, "Who is this, it is worth five hundred taels of silver." The imperial court was only one hundred taels. ”

Ming Shaozhong took the trouble to explain: "It's the person the gang is looking for." Go and look for it, and don't ask more. ”

Finally, the lively Tianmu Mountain returned to tranquility. I was in the midst of the chirping of insects, watching the setting sun.

Soon, I think, after a dark night has passed, it should be a glow of hope.

4.

On the afternoon of July in the twentieth year of Shaoxing, the sky was overcast, covering the sky and the sun, and it seemed that a heavy rain was coming.

The next morning after Tianmu Mountain, the morning sun did not arrive as scheduled.

Yu Shisan and I took refuge on Tianmu Mountain for one night. This night, I threw more than 60 stones at Yu 13 in a row, and he blocked them one by one.

His progress has been rapid.

From the first time I taught him to practice swords with the method of playing stones, it has only been half a month. In the past half a month, Yu Thirteen's reaction has become more and more keen, and the sword he swings is calm and powerful, steady and fast. Compared to me back then, he doesn't know how many times stronger.

Once, Yu 13 and I passed by a forest. He said he heard the sound of branches and leaves breaking in the distance.

I said, I didn't hear it. I thought he was hallucinating, but just as I was about to speak, an arm-long branch fell from a tall tree a hundred meters away. At that time, I hurried, and Yu Thirteen would definitely surpass me. Perhaps, in some ways, he has surpassed me, but we don't realize it.

It's about to rain. Yu Thirteen's sword was even more powerful.

"Boom". A bright white streaked through the inky black clouds. I felt that Yu Thirteen's sword was like that bright white. The blue light flashed, and a deep scar hung on the tree beside him.

Yu Shisan looked at it in a daze, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face. He said, "Can I learn the eleven sword moves?"

I said, "No." ”

Yu 13 said, "Why do you have to catch one hundred and thirteen stones?

I asked him, "Are you afraid of hard work?"

Yu 13 said indifferently: "No." I'm just afraid your hands hurt. ”

My fingers do hurt. I feel that if I continue to practice like this, the day when his martial arts are achieved may be the time when my fingers are crippled. I threw away the few remaining stones in my hand, stood up, and looked at the majestic Lin'an City under the dark clouds not far away, and my heart was full of emotion.

Lin'an.

I'm back to this place.

It's been four years, and I don't know how many times this city has come into my dreams. It brings back a lot of painful memories for me. It's just that in those memories, there is still such a person, such a woman, who will shine on me through the thick clouds like bright sunshine.

I thought, it's time to go see her.