Finally dawned.

The mountains outside the city are undulating. The first ushered in the dawn.

Xie Junhe stood on the top of the mountain, staring at this land that had just been baptized by blood, reflected in the vast sunlight and morning mist, this land that he had tried to forget countless times, this land that had awakened him countless times in nightmares, this land full of killing and strife.

"Is there any wine?" he asked the old man behind him, even though he didn't understand where the thin figure came from and why he had been brought here from the chaos of the Auror Pavilion. They have seen him many times, he is not only the captain in the Beacon Ridge, but also the piano man of the Flying Leaf Ferry, and the swordsman of last night.

The old man with his back on his back, dressed in a short gray cloth coat, dark and translucent skin, and extremely strong muscles and bones. Wearing a broken hat and hiding in the crowd, others will not suspect his identity in the slightest whether he is plowing the fields or fishing and hunting rivers. But those eyes—the clear luster—had a sharpness that pointed directly at people's hearts, and it seemed that all the lies of the world could not escape his glance. Xie Junhe was afraid to look directly at such a gaze, just as he was afraid of Chu Tao's coldness hidden behind the gentleness.

The old man smiled: "Xie Shaoxia still dares to drink the old man's wine?"

Xie Junhe said in a deep voice: "It's better to get drunk than to see the blood mist in the mountains and the blood waves in the city." ”

"To be drunk or not to be drunk, it has been seen. Awake or not, you know. Why is the young man obsessed with getting drunk?"

Xie Junhe closed his eyes, and two lines of hot tears unconsciously overflowed his eyes.

"Qin Xiao told me that he can exchange his sword for a meal, so that his women will not starve. But overnight, everything was washed away by the river. Mo Yang told me that the sword can make friends, live and die together, at least not make life so sad. But even he himself had betrayed the creed. Chu Tao told me that the sword in his hand can kill lawless and evil people and fight for justice. But nothing can be changed...... After all, the rivers and lakes are a place of murder......"

"So what?" asked the old man.

"I don't understand what my sword is for, except to make this bloody river splatter a little more. I can't get rid of Jiang Shaoyun, I can't avenge Su Su's revenge, I can't help Chu Tao, and those who died with me - I can't save any of them. Xie Junhe slammed the remnant sword into the soil, looked up to the sky and shouted:

"What's the use of it?!What do you want me to do?!"

The valley rumbled and trembled as he roared

The old man still smiled lightly and looked at the wind: "Even if you are not dead, you can't be defeated." ”

Xie Junhe was stunned, just because of the power in his words. It's so calm that it's frightening.

"Who the hell are you?"

The old man handed over the wine gourd, and seemed to deliberately use it to prevaricate his mouth: "Xie Junhe has no day to leave the wine, this is not false." Everyone says that the drunk are confused, but they don't know that the drunken person only asks for a drunk because he can't be confused. ”

Xie Junhe does not say, the rivers and lakes are often like this, you can never guess who is standing opposite, whether you understand it or not, enemies or friends cannot remain the same for a lifetime. He is accustomed to no longer speculating on the good intentions or malice of others. Only care about the moment - there is wine. Xie Junhe only raised the wine gourd, took a few sips, and threw the wine gourd back into the old man's hand. The pungency of the wine choked him so much that he couldn't cough up straight. It's not that he doesn't know the strength of the wine, but he just hopes that the fierce burning in his chest will give him a strong stimulus and stop him from being numb.

"How?" asked the old man again.

"To be drunk is to be awake. He straightened his sword, dusted off his dusty black robe, and said with a long sigh, "What's wrong with that guy Chu Tao?"