Chapter 20: The Demons of the Heart
In order to send the silver-haired king and the bloody bamboo on a ride, the water and the stars in the sky all died there, and the identity of my Sword Emperor's disciple was completely exposed. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
However, we don't regret it, and it would be nice to be able to give them a ride like this!
When I returned to Liang Wang Pavilion, Liang Qianxun had been waiting for me in the lobby downstairs for a short time.
When he saw me come in, he hurriedly asked me, "Brother Li, how is Master?"
Speaking of the silver-haired king and the bloody bamboo that I personally killed, I felt very bad in my heart, and I stabbed those two swords with a hard heart at that time, but now that I think about it, I have a dangerous emotion.
I regret it......
After leaving the old man for so many years, I have never had the idea of regretting, even if I leave the mountains and get involved in this bloody rivers and lakes, I can't talk about regrets!
There is pain, there is also happiness, there is thrill, there is also excitement, from the beginning of my step into the rivers and lakes, I have accepted it all, let alone regret!
The old man told me that a swordsman must not regret it, no matter what it is, and he must not regret his sword.
And now, after slaying the Silver Hair King and the Bloody Bamboo with this hand, I thought more than once that if I hadn't stabbed these two swords, would I have been able to save them?
The answer is naturally no, under the siege of many Great Qin guards and staff, with two seriously injured people, it is impossible for us to get away.
Although I came back alive, if I didn't have the old man's golden sword dart and the identity of a disciple of the Sword Emperor, I would definitely die!
Unfortunately, these are not reasons for me not to regret it, even if I killed them for their own good, even if it was to send you to death, but their lives were lost at my hands, which is undeniable.
After being silent for a while, I asked Liang Qianxun, "Brother Liang, what do you think if the Bloody Bamboo and the Silver-Haired King were killed by me personally?"
Hearing my inquiry, Liang Qianxun was also silent, and then responded: "You mean, you personally sent Master and the silver-haired king a ride!"
"Not bad. ”
Nodding with some difficulty, I affirmed what he had said, and then told him the battle in its entirety.
Telling this story again, the remorse in my heart will be stronger, and the pain will be more!
In the end, I couldn't help but let out a long sigh and said, "The way of a swordsman is the most taboo to regret, and the most taboo to question the sword he wields. ”
"I know this, I understand this, but after killing them, I really regret it, I can't help but regret it!"
"Do you understand what I mean?"
When I looked at Liang Qianxun, I didn't read much fluctuation in his eyes, but I saw him shake his head and say, "Brother Li, why do you regret it?"
"Because I killed two people I respected with my own hands, even if they would definitely die, even if killing them would be a relief for them, but they still died in my hands after all, this sword-wielding hand was stained with their blood, will it still be qualified to hold a sword in the future!"
Explaining to him, I only felt the pain in my heart deeper, and indeed, they were dead by my sword, slain by me!
"Do you want to regret killing them?"
"Because you killed them, won't your sword-wielding hand have the courage to hold a sword again?"
"Because you killed two people you respect with your own hands, are you going to start being a coward?"
When my heart was complicated, when I heard these three sentences that Liang Qianxun said in a row, I also asked myself in my heart.
Then, he continued: "You made the choice to kill them, and did you regret it when you chose?
"What is it for?"
This sentence lingered in my mind like a demonic barrier, why did I choose to kill them, and why did I pick up the sword......
"Master and the silver-haired king are dead, this is an indisputable fact, they are in your hands, this is also a fact, but with this hand, do you bear the heavy responsibility of killing them?"
"If from this moment on, you really become a coward who can't hold a sword, then what's the point of killing them!"
Liang Qianxun's words echoed repeatedly in my mind like morning bells and dusk drums,
"Kill them with this hand. ”
"What's the point of killing them? ”
At this time, the words that sent me a message before I died also appeared in my heart,
"Do this, don't have any psychological burden, this is a process that a swordsman must go through to grow, and after crossing this hurdle, you are a real swordsman!"
Thinking of this, I immediately understood the intention of him to say this, and he had already seen that I would become like this now!
Let me grow into a real swordsman, this is probably one of the reasons why they would rather die in battle than give me the task of sending the silver-haired king on their last journey!
Indeed, after so many years of sword practice, I have never thought about why I hold a sword!
When I was a child, I held a sword for the old man, and after holding it for a long time, holding a sword became a habit.
After I came out of the mountain, I held a sword for Qingling, a sword for Yun'er, a sword for Jian'er, a sword for Wuchen, and a sword for the little guy......
Holding a sword for others, with a goal, naturally there will be no regret in my heart, but when I slashed the silver-haired king and the bloody bamboo, my sword seemed to be held for myself.
Because I held the sword this time, I regretted it......
I later learned that this is a swordsman who cultivates sword qi, and he must step through a hurdle, and this emotion of regret makes me want to abandon the sword all the time, called the heart demon.
At this time, I didn't know what to do in the face of the demons in my heart, and the only thing left in my mind was the question of what I was holding the sword for myself.
After pondering for a long time, but without an answer, I raised my head, only to find that Liang Qianxun had left without knowing when, leaving me here alone.
He's right, what is the weight and significance of my sword to kill the Silver Hair King and the Bloody Bamboo?
I didn't even know this question when I killed them, and now that I have killed them, how can I know what this responsibility and meaning is!
Feeling bored, I went out from the Liang Wang Pavilion to find something that could relieve the boredom.
Walking aimlessly on the street, looking at the people coming and going, I thought about this question again, did they regret it?
As I walked and walked to a street corner where there were no people, I smelled a strong smell of alcohol, and as far as the eye could see, I saw an open-air restaurant with a flag planted on the side, and the words "Forget Worries Water" were written on it.
"Forget the worries! Can you really forget the worries?"
Thinking like this, I went to this restaurant and sat down, and shouted, "Shopkeeper, can your wine really forget your worries?"
The boss didn't come, but a handsome boy with a sword tied to his waist came in and said with a smile: "This brother, forgetting worries and water is the body, not the heart! ”
After that, he nodded to me very politely and asked with a smile, "Can I sit here?"
He came uninvited, but answered me a question, and I naturally had no reason to refuse him to sit here and drink.
"Shopkeeper, come to the two altars to forget about the water!"
"Okay, this master, you wait a moment!"
As soon as the young man shouted like this, the shopkeeper immediately agreed, and ran to the back to get the wine.
This made me speechless, I didn't answer when I called him, why did this handsome boy call, he came out immediately, and the strength of doing things made me speechless for a while, they are all guests, how can the treatment be so different......
After paying for the wine, he pushed one of the two jars of wine that the shopkeeper had brought to me. Seeing him like this, I was a little strange and asked, "What do you mean?"
He shook his head with a smile and said, "It's not interesting, I just think that I fell in love with my brother and wanted to drink a jar with my brother, how about it?"
As he spoke, he opened the wine jar, and suddenly a strong aroma of wine wafted out, this fragrance made me feel slightly shocked, how do I feel that the wine I drank in Tianxianglou is not as good as this open-air restaurant.
"Well, this wine tastes good!"
Sniffing the wine, the young man smiled at me with an intoxicated expression, I still didn't quite understand what he meant.
"Brother, although you are not drunk with wine, but people can be intoxicated, do you say that I am not intoxicated?"
When he said this to me, I remembered Qingling, Wuchen, Yun'er, and Jian'er, they are all my red faces, that is, they can make me intoxicated!
Nodding in agreement with his words, I asked, "What does this have to do with you inviting me to drink?"
"Haha......"
The young man smiled very boldly, and said with a smile: "I know a little bit of face-to-face fur, but I see that Brother Tai is in trouble, and I am unhappy, so I invite Brother Tai to drink, how about it?"
"Face-to-face?"
At the mention of this word, I couldn't help but think of my cheap big brother, who had no trace, and when he was leaving, he also calculated a hexagram for me, and said something that felt weird.
Since he said that he knows a little bit about the fur of faces, I might as well ask him,
"Brother Tai can see that I am displeased for something?"
When I asked, he smiled as expected, and then wrote two words on the table with his wet fingers.
I looked down and saw that it was the word demon!
"What's the inner demon?"
"Haha...... Brother, drink, drink, I'll talk at the same time, how about it?"
It seemed that I had to drink, so I didn't care about anything, opened the wine jar, took a wine bowl and began to drink with him.
After three bowls of wine, the young man said slowly: "Brother Tai, have you ever regretted it in your life?"
Regretting these two makes me stunned, is what he said true?
"I regret it!"
"Haha...... That's it! Come, drink. ”
I saw him fill the wine bowl, and when he held it up and motioned to me, I could only fill the bowl with me.
After drinking, he continued: "Sword cultivators, there is a hurdle, every swordsman who cultivates sword qi has to go through this hurdle, this hurdle is about holding a sword, about regret, about inner demons!"
"Let's drink!"
"Uh...... Alright!"
After another big bowl of wine, he wiped his mouth with his sleeve nonchalantly, and then said: "Swordsman, don't regret your sword! The sword of regret does not hurt others but hurts yourself." ”
"Whether it's killing or slaughtering, it's all killing, and it's about swords. When the karma of killing is piled up, the murderer will always regret the killing one day, and then there will be demons in his heart!"
At this time, he paused, looked at me and smiled, I instantly understood what he meant, picked up the wine bowl and took a big sip.
He smiled and nodded, before continuing: "In my opinion, Brother Tai should have started to regret the killing only recently, and once this regret starts, the demons in his heart will arise!"
Picking up the wine bowl and drinking a big bowl, I asked Pianpian Gongzi, "Brother Tai has been introducing the demons in the heart, can you get rid of the method in your heart?"
"Yes, why not! Come, let's drink three bowls in a row!"
"Uh......"
I was a little speechless, we didn't know each other, and he always advised me to drink. Helpless, who let me ask someone, drink!
Three bowls of wine again......
"When the demon is born, did Brother Tai ever think that if you didn't make a move or take out a sword when you killed someone with a sword, what would it bring after that?"
Seeing him pause again, I couldn't help but be a little anxious, and urged: "Please also ask Brother Tai to make it clear!"
"Drink, drink!"
It's another binge drink, and I don't know how many glasses I had.
"Brother Tai, every time you kill someone, have you ever thought about the point of killing them, and who should bear the heavy responsibility!"
As soon as he stopped, I was very inexplicably drunk automatically, as if this was the law!
"When you swing a murderous sword, you kill a life, but the heart you hold when you swing the sword, the reason why you swing the sword, and everything you want to protect with the sword, this is your heavy responsibility!"
"When you hold that bloody sword, brother, the people and things you shelter behind you are the meaning of killing! What is a swordsman, a swordsman does not pick up a sword for the sake of killing, and he does not appoint himself a swordsman for the sake of killing!"
"The way of a swordsman is to guard, to protect justice, to protect warmth, and to protect conscience...... But in order to protect, to kill to stop killing, with the sword in hand, to kill a piece of rivers and lakes and the world that is worth protecting......"
Hearing this, I seemed to understand something, and the depression in my heart disappeared unconsciously, but I couldn't control my drinking anymore.
"Li Longchen, you're drunk, go to sleep! Remember, my name is Ji Qianjue! Looking forward to the next time we meet......
When I was drowsy, confused, and weak, he said to me.
I felt something he was talking about, as if something had not been finished, but I was out of control, I was really drunk!
......
To be continued...... (To be continued.) )