1

Stop and go on the road of the world, and go around and around is the rivers and lakes.

What is the end of the earth that Xiaoyue and I have been looking for? After four years of hard searching, this end of the world is like the moon in a mirror, psychedelic and unpredictable.

In the four years since Lin'an Mansion bid farewell to Lu You, Xiaoyue and I have traveled from north to south, almost all the places we have never been, seen thousands of mountains and rivers, and seen the vicissitudes of the world.

In the past four years, time is like water, the years are quiet, although I have been running, but every day I keep the peace in my heart, peaceful and happy.

In the past four years, Shu Yao has also grown from a pink baby in swaddling clothes to a smart and eccentric little girl.

Xiao Yue said, fortunately, Shu Yao is not as stupid as me.

I was not convinced, saying that when I was a child, I was the smartest of the four brothers.

Satsuki smiled and asked, "Do you want to tell me what kind of disaster you suffered when you were a child, so you became stupid?"

I suddenly got up, pretended to be angry, beat my chest, and then chased and fought with Satsuki. Shu Yao would surround us, running and jumping, clapping her white and tender little hands, shouting, "Mother, run, Dad is going to catch up with you." ”

In the winter of the eighteenth year of Shaoxing, Xiaoyue and I went to the warm Yazhou to escape the winter.

I still remember that day, I stood on the reef by the sea, looking at the boundless sea, the inky blue water pushing the white waves against the rock wall, making a loud "whoosh" sound.

The winter sea breeze in Yazhou blows on my face, which is cool and cool, and it is by no means as cold as in the north. It's remote and chaotic, but it should be a place of tranquility.

I waited at the beach for about an hour. A man in a gray cloak arrived belatedly. Wearing a hat on his head, he walked slowly towards me in the sea breeze. I looked at him in amazement, and my mood was surging like a wave in the sea.

"Are you doing?" I asked him softly.

He didn't take off his hat, his eyes were hidden under the brim of his hat, so that I didn't have the slightest chance to see his thoughts. He said, "Once you get used to it, there's nothing bad about it." ”

I asked, "Are you going back?"

He said, "Where?"

I said, "Where you came from." Your home in 900 years. ”

He sighed abruptly and said, "From the day I was given the name Li Sin, I knew that I would never go back in my life. ”

I said, "You said that your ancestors were rich. ”

Lee Sin. No, it's still Li Xiaoqian!

His eyes were hidden in the shadows, but I could see the smile on his lips. "Maybe that's later, but at least for now, I don't have any money," he said. ”

We were silent for a long time, and after a long time, he asked me, "What are you asking me out for?

I said, "Yes." ”

Li Xiaoqian was stunned and asked, "What is it?"

I said, "I'm here to ask how you're doing." ”

Li Xiaoqian snorted coldly and said, "Damn! It's boring!" and he turned to leave. I looked at his back and tried to keep him. I wanted to take out the wine bag I had prepared in my arms, and I wanted to have a good time with him on the cliff mountain and seaside.

However, he did not want to give me such a chance.

After taking a dozen steps, he suddenly stopped, turned around slowly, turned halfway, and stopped again. He turned his face sideways, raised his head, and met my gaze. Before I could see his eyes clearly, he turned his head abruptly.

"Don't blame me. I'm just not reconciled."

I said, "I know. ”

Li Xiaoqian shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said, "No! You don't know! You will never understand what it is like for a traverser to be mixed with me!"

Li Xiaoqian is gone. From this day in the winter of the eighteenth year of Shaoxing, he left my life forever. Those things I experienced with him have become a particularly profound memory in my life.

2

Shaoxing 20 years, the spring season.

Xiaoyue and I took Shu Yao with us, and after several tosses, we finally returned to the long-lost Hidden Dragon Stream.

When the carriage traveled through the mountain stream, it was evening. The sunset permeates the mountain streams, and the mountains in the distance are intertwined, which are reflected like fiery maples. The green trees and yellow flowers in the hidden dragon stream, all kinds of brilliance are staggered, gorgeous and pleasant.

The stream is murmuring, sparkling and flashing with all kinds of brilliance, a gust of wind passes through the stream, and the pale yellow flowers and rain fall all over the sky, as if falling into a fairyland.

"Dad, mother, butterfly!"

Shu Yao had never seen so many petals dancing, she excitedly pointed to the pale yellow petals flying in the sky, and shouted loudly.

The wind gradually stopped. The rain of flowers falling slowly on the ground and on the water. Shu Yao's face was suddenly full of loss, she looked unhappy, and shouted again, "Dad, mother, the butterfly is no longer flying." ”

Xiao Yue gently stroked Shu Yao's face and said, "Mother, let them fly." ”

"Zheng!"

A flash of blue light flashed, and the blue light sword that was as clear as blue water was rolling up a soft wind. The petals that had already settled rolled a few times on the ground with the wind, and as the tip of Xiaoyue's sword rose, it suddenly flew in the air like a butterfly with life.

Xiao Yue smiled, sometimes looking at Shu Yao, sometimes looking at me, she was like a fairy dancing like a ribbon back then, performing an intoxicating sword dance.

"Mother, mother. ”

Shu Yao jumped and clapped her hands, shouting happily around the rain of flowers rolled up by the blue light sword.

That's an enviable age. Looking at Shu Yao's innocent appearance, I can't help but think of me back then. At that time, the four of us brothers wandered the rivers and lakes with the Eight Spear Master. Flee all the way south to escape the flames of war on both sides of the Yangtze River.

At that time, Daikin's iron cavalry was eager to try in Jiangbei, and it was possible to cross the wide Yangtze River at any time and burn the cruel flames of war to the rich Jiangnan

。

When Master Eight Spears took us through a small town in the south of the Yangtze River, the four of us brothers had been hungry for two whole days. At that time, the town was deserted, and all the people fled farther south to escape the ravages of the war.

A stream that flows around the deserted town. It is also at this time, the dazzling sunset obliquely illuminated, the sparkling water surface, in a trance, makes us feel that there are countless small fish jumping and swimming in it.

I shouted, "Master, Master, there are fish in the water." ”

At this shout, the eyes of the other three brothers lit up, and saliva gushed out like a stream, flowing down fiercely. We jumped, jumped, ran, and ran to the sparkling stream.

However, when I ran to the edge of the stream, through the crystal clear water, I saw a disappointing layer of green hair underneath the stream.

The eldest brother pushed me to the ground and scolded, "Blind dog's eyes, where are the fish, we are happy in vain." ”

I sat on the ground, scratching my head blankly, looking at the stream still flowing, the empty water, with the occasional patch of dry weeds drifting by.

Master Eight Spears dragged his tired body to me, and seemed to pick me up with all his strength, saying, "You guys ran too fast, and the fish were scared away by you." ”

My nose was sore, and I burst into tears, shouting, "Master, I want fish, I want fish." ”

Master put me back on the ground, lined up the four of us, pointed to a rock in the distance, and said, "You run with me to that place, and the fish will swim back." ”

"Really?" asked the four of us in unison.

Master Eight Spears' withered hands clapped powerfully in the air, and he shouted "Run!" with heavy steps, and he struggled towards the stone in the distance.

The four of us were close behind, and although there was a difference in age, no one wanted to be left behind in the run.

As we ran to the stone out of breath, Master straightened up with difficulty, pointed to the stream, and said, "Quick, look!"

All four of us turned away at the same time. When my eyes came into contact with the surface of the stream, the blood-like light of the remnant sun illuminated the entire stream, sparkling, as if there were thousands of small red fish jumping in it.

At that moment, we all seemed to forget about hunger. I only remember the picture of the small red fish swimming in the stream.

At that time, we were very much like Shu Yao at this time. When she saw the rain flying like butterflies, her face was full of energy, and she was very much like us back then.

I suddenly thought, Shu Yao, I really wish you never grew up. Always be a child free of worries and worries, as you are at this time.

Xiao Yue jumped up with both feet, and the blue light sword pointed straight at the sky, rolling up the sky and raining all over the sky, like a yellow waterfall flowing down from the sky, flying like flowers, absolutely beautiful.

The blue light sword flipped abruptly in the air, the tip of the sword pointed downward, and the blue light sword shook like a cicada's wing

, the petals in the sky turned into a soaring dragon and flew to the ground.

"Mother is great, mother is good!"

Suddenly, the excited Shu Yao couldn't suppress the intense joy in her young heart and ran under the dragon.

The flower rain drowned Shu Yao, and Xiao Yue's face suddenly became as white as paper when she fell into the air. Seeing that Shu Yao was about to be devoured by the dragon, Xiao Yue's sword momentum was fast and fierce, and there was no possibility of stopping. My heart shrank suddenly, and I didn't dare to hesitate at all, and grabbed the hilt of the sword at my waist.

"Zheng!"

The scarlet light flickered, and the blade stabbed into the dragon, letting out a low roar of excitement.

It hadn't left Snow Silver's scabbard for four years. The holy snow silver, like a powerful confinement, sealed the blood for four whole years.

Cyan-light and scarlet collided violently in a sea of petals. It's like two partners who love and kill each other, bursting out with dazzling sparks.

The rain was slowly falling, and Shu Yao in my arms was looking at me in confusion, and there seemed to be a trace of panic in her eyes, but when she looked up at me, she suddenly laughed happily.

"Daddy is so good!" Shu Yao clapped her hands and laughed.

Xiaoyue landed, and before she could stand still, she hurriedly rushed over, she hugged Shu Yao in her arms, and her face was full of horror, "Yao'er, are you okay!

I comforted Satsuki and said, "Don't worry, she's fine." ”

Xiao Yue put the smiling Shu Yao on the ground, and carefully examined every part of her body. Suddenly, she frowned, pulled Shu Yao's cuffs with both hands, and asked, "What, how can there be blood?" Yao'er, where are you injured?"

Shu Yao looked at the red blood stains on his clothes in surprise, raised his head, and shouted, "It's Daddy, his arm is bleeding." ”

Satsuki stood up suddenly, her face anxiously grabbing my arm. At that time, I felt a burning pain in my forearm, and a wound more than three inches long gushed with bright red blood.

Blood clung to the skin of his arm, slowly flowing downward, from his fingers to the brown hilt, bypassing the scarlet beads on the hilt, and finally onto the scarlet blade.

The blood-stained sword suddenly came to life, its scarlet light brighter than the sunset setting on the horizon, and it was greedily sucking my blood, like a giant python awakened from hibernation, frantically devouring a goat that had been actively sent into its mouth.

Xiao Yue hurriedly snatched the bloody sword from my hand, and with a strong swing, threw the sword several feet away.

"Blood, blood!" Satsuki said with a crying voice, "Let's not want it, okay, this is an unlucky sword." ”

This is indeed an unlucky sword.

In the past four years, I have often woken up from nightmares. In my dreams, I stood in front of a mountain of corpses with a bloody sword of scarlet glitter in my hand, roaring wildly.

I often dream of myself, waving my hands with blood that makes me sick and frightened

With a scarlet glow as blood, it slaughtered all living beings in the world frantically.

Lu Shi once warned me not to use the Blood Sword again in this life.

Therefore, in the past four years, I have never pulled out the Blood Sword, and I have always hidden it in the holy snow-silver scabbard. However, I am not willing to give up the Blood Sword. Because, I vaguely feel that the secret hidden behind the blue light and blood that no one wants to tell me may be closely related to my life experience.

Qingguang blood, a sword maniac.

What kind of past should that be?

Satsuki nudged me, waking me up from my infinite thoughts. With a worried face, she asked me softly, "Are you alright?" ”

I smiled at her, soothing, and said, "I'm fine." After saying that, I walked over to the bloody sword that was thrown away by Satsuki, hesitated for a moment, and picked it up.

The moment it was inserted into the snow silver scabbard, the Blood Mangsword let out an unwilling roar.

Satsuki said, "This is all an evil sword after all. ”

Evil Sword?!

I still remember what Lou Qin said when he handed me the blue light and blood, there is no distinction between good and evil in the sword, and it is always the human heart that distinguishes between good and evil.

I repeated this to Satsuki, but it still didn't dispel her worries. I continued to sigh with relief, "I promise you that I will never pull it out again." The situation is critical today, that's why I did."

Xiao Yue sighed and said, "It's all my fault today, I just cared about making Shu Yao happy, but I didn't expect her to suddenly break under the sword." ”

I picked up Shu Yao, and lightly tapped a red mark on her eyebrows with the blood that had not yet coagulated from my fingers, and said, "Shu Yao is so beautiful!"

The little girl's innocent smile resurfaced on her face. At that time, I really hoped that time would be frozen forever, with flowers and hidden dragons, streams flowing, innocent smiles in my arms, and gentle and jade-like Xiaoyue beside me

3

Night.

I stood at the mouth of the cave and looked up at the moonlight, recalling the experiences of my family in the past four years to find the ends of the earth, and it seemed that every day was so beautiful.

Except for the old people and the past that I don't want to think about that intrudes into my dreams from time to time.

Zhao Gou, Chen Boyang, Guan Tianxia, He Baiqi, Yi Careful

I silently counted their names in my mind, feeling that I had forgotten what they looked like, but I still couldn't erase the gray shadow they left in my heart.

"What are you looking at?"

A pair of soft hands, always with just the right amount of tenderness to bring me a touch of warmth. Xiao Yue gently pressed it to my ear and whispered, "Shu Yao has already slept." ”

I smiled and said, "We can do our own thing." ”

Satsuki's cheeks flushed and asked, "What do you want to do?"

I looked up at the bright moonlight in the sky and said, "Admire the moon." ”

Satsuki's cheeks turned even redder, as if she was drunk, and said, "What's wrong with you today."

Suddenly say something so shameless. ”

I was stunned, looking at Xiaoyue's shy appearance in confusion, and my heart was confused. I pointed to the moon in the sky and asked, "Why is there no shame in admiring the moon?"

Xiao Yue was stunned, looked at me, and then looked at the moon in the sky, and then looked at the moon in the sky, and said with a shy expression, and said in a confused manner, "You, you I thought you were saying that you really are"

I felt as if I had said something wrong again, and I asked "What's wrong with me?"

Xiao Yue's face was flushed, and she squeezed out a sentence from between her teeth for a while, "You fool!"

4

I am indeed an idiot.

Decades later, I still think so. The more twilight I got, the more I feel that I was unreasonably stupid. That's why I vetoed so many paradises found in the past four years, and finally insisted on returning to the Hidden Dragon Stream despite Xiaoyue's opposition.

Xiao Yue said, "The Hidden Dragon Stream has been discovered by Yi carefully, and it is not safe there. ”

I said, "The most dangerous place is the safest place." Besides, Yi Cheng has become disheartened and will not come to me again. ”

This night, Xiaoyue and I sat at the mouth of the cave where Shu Yao was born, quietly watching the moon in the sky illuminate the entire mountain stream.

I said, "It feels really good." ”

Satsuki asked, "How do you feel?"

I said, "I hold it in my arms for a month, and I look in the sky for a month." ”

It was a really good feeling, it was really intoxicating. Since the failure of the 16th year of Shaoxing's rebellion, all major factions of martial arts gathered in Tianmu Mountain to force the emperor to order the restoration of martial arts. The imperial court did not make any trouble in the rivers and lakes, nor did it meddle in the affairs of the rivers and lakes under any pretext.

The rivers and lakes seem to have passed four years peacefully. The Song and Jin countries were at peace with each other, the people were peaceful, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.

Xiaoyue and I both thought that maybe this life could be spent comfortably like this.

However, at that time, none of us would have thought that the rivers and lakes were about to experience a catastrophe of life and death, the imperial court was about to set off a storm, and the Hidden Dragon Stream would also appear again as in that distant legend, a demon who stirred up the bloody storm would appear again

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