Qiu Pingguo's calendar has been a thousand and three years, the old king died, but the new king who succeeded him was not the second prince.

Qiu Di still remembers the disappointment and despair in his brother's eyes before he died, just like the queen mother before she died. He wanted to become cold-blooded to protect himself, but he paved the way with his brother's bones.

After ascending the throne, in order to preserve his power, he ordered the killing of all the royal clansmen, and became a complete loner. The ministers feared him, the people obeyed him, and Qiu Ping's country was actually peaceful for decades. He often led his army to the deep mountains and old forests, not for hunting, but for slaughtering demon beasts to calm the guilt in his heart.

It's just...... Guilt is like a swamp, even if it is filled with more bones, time will still sink it. At that time, the memories that he had always wanted to forget would be overwhelmed like a raging tide.

He has become the most bloodthirsty and brutal demon king in the eyes of demon beasts, but he is the most majestic king in the hearts of the people. It's really ridiculous! Obviously, he can't even protect his own loved ones, but he has become everyone's dependence.

In his twilight years, he was still childless, and his temper became more and more irritable. In order to curry favor with him, the ministers sent troops to travel thousands of miles to hunt demon beasts outside the border for him to slaughter and abuse, and Qiu Pingguo became a Shura hell that must not be set foot in the eyes of demon beasts.

But he became more and more confused, and he didn't know what he was doing it for. He often woke up in the middle of the night, the sweat on his pillow like the blood of a demon beast that had died under his butcher's knife. He created a lifetime of murder for the hatred that was ingrained in his heart. He disguised himself with the most crazy and tyrannical posture, and deep down in his heart he was still the cowardly child who did not dare to raise a knife to rush to protect the queen mother.

Later, when he heard that a saint had come from a neighboring country, he sent someone to ask him to solve his doubts. The saint simply raised his hand to the sky, shook his head, and left.

He smiled, but there were tears in his eyes.

In the end, he left the imperial city alone, and no one knew where he had gone.

In the depths of that hunting ground, in the familiar forest, Qiu Di knelt on the ground, crying like a child.

He finally understood, before dying.

What he did was nothing more than to prove to everyone and to the heavenly spirit of his father and mother that he was the king of a country, and that he was not cowardly!

He is already a dignified seven-foot man, and he should stand up to the sky!

"Father, mother, brother, I ...... I miss you......"

He finally muttered in a low voice, thinking that he was the heir of man and the identity of a brother......

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In his later years, Su Shili opened a tavern in a small town, which was not large, but it was frequented by many people.

One day when it was closed, an old man pushed the door in the wind and snow, and the old man asked for a pot of wine and sat alone in the corner and drank it.

Su Shili recognized the old man, who was a saint, and it was said that he walked the world all the year round like him, and he didn't know what he was looking for.

"Saints are also depressed?" he said, picking up a bowl of wine and sitting across from the old man.

"I'm a saint, but I've seen a lot. The old man replied with a smile.

Su Shili smiled self-deprecatingly, drank the wine down, and then coughed violently. In the end, I'm still old, and I can't stand such a fierce pour.

The old man raised his eyes and looked around, and finally fixed in the direction of the firelight, and said in a deep tone: "I, ah, have been busy all my life, and I am just working blindly, but in the end I am empty-handed, and I am alone. ”

"Don't you regret it?" asked Su Shili.

"What's the use of regretting? The old man replied.

"I don't seem to be very satisfied with your tone. Su Shili said.

"There's nothing I'm not satisfied with, I'm pursuing, but I'm trying to seek. I've been to too many places and met too many people in my life, and in the end, I still haven't been able to find what I'm looking for. People think that I am very knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and they worship me as a saint. How did they know that in my life, I didn't even understand my own initial doubts. What kind of saint am I?" the old man drank another bowl of wine and said, "But if you want to say that you regret it?" Although I did not find what I was looking for, I have truly seen the world and the people of this world. I'm content. At first, I started my journey according to my own will, and now I also follow my own heart to reflect on this life, I have never disobeyed my own will, how can I leave regrets?"

Su Shili stood up and shook his hand.

Yes, he is also looking for it all his life, wanting to meet his biological father and mother. This was the case decades ago when he left Orion's house, and for decades he gave up his resolve again and again, and he never gave up the idea of searching, even if he never found it.

Now that he is old, his biological parents may have turned into a handful of loess, and he is tired of it. So he opened this tavern, wanting to settle down and stop wandering.

He thought that he had done nothing in his life, and he had been displaced all his life for an ethereal hope. But when I think about it, if he hadn't pursued these decades, he would have regretted it when he died. And now, it was time to let it go, and that ethereal hope was finally dashed, in his contented laughter.

He, with a lifetime of pursuit to make up for the emptiness and regret in his heart, also used a lifetime of loneliness to deceive himself, torture himself, and never lived a good life.

For the next few years, Su Shili happily stayed in the tavern. He is still alone, but he is no longer alone, and his heart has been relieved, so he has no regrets.

"Me, don't you regret it in this life?"

On the bed, he closed his eyes and said with a smile. It is said that people will see the most precious memories of their lives before they die, and the last fragment in his mind is frozen in front of two young men and women who are snuggling up to each other.

He pursued it for so many years, and finally got his wish.

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After Ye Hongfeng left Pingze County, he began his journey to walk the world.

He met many people, experienced many things, and saw many places. People revered him, called him a saint, and begged him to solve their doubts.

He had been to Qiu Pingguo, where the tyrannical and ruthless ruler tried to prove himself to certain people with brutal measures, and finally trapped himself in a cage from which he could not be freed. I also went to a remote tavern, where the owner had spent his life chasing a slim wish, torturing himself with a lifetime, but finally felt relieved and enjoyed his old age.

He walked on the yellow sand, leaning on a wooden cane.

Not far away stood an old man, dressed in white and robes, his clothes fluttering in the wind.

Ye Hongfeng stopped, took off the robe covering his head, and said, "I have seen what this world looks like, and I understand the truth in your mouth a little bit. ”

The old man looked at him with a smile and did not speak.

"Tell me what you think. ”

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