[Original God_Zhong Li's personal orientation] Changhe

I know this story is not over yet, but Ke Qing didn't continue to tell it.He said that the emperor planted the Fulong tree in the past and trapped the Ruo Tuo Dragon King at the Nantian Gate for thousands of years, but what happened later?

"Your journey has come to an end, the rest is my own path." Zhong Li put down the cup, the tea in the cup was rippling and gradually calmed down.

"Why did you come here?" I asked.

"Come to see an old friend." Zhongli replied.

"Then why did the emperor come here?" I felt water droplets in the corner of my eyes, it was not rain or snowflakes, but some kind of hot and uncontrollable emotion.

I walked together for several days along the way, and I have seen his fairy tricks. His own story also told that "Cam Wu went to Huaguang Forest, almost half of Liyue Land, and came and went for several months", but we have been from Guiliyuan to this point. It was only a short ten days.Just like mountains and rivers are also giving way, this road is difficult, but no one dares to make it difficult for the king of rocks.

On Qing Yunding, he told the legend of Ruo Tuo Dragon King, his eyes could see through the clouds and mist to look at distant places, I understand now, what he was looking at was that tree, the old man under that tree.He talked about his palm prints, but I glimpsed the "wear and tear" of the gods.

Dijun didn't answer me, he sat very straight, with one hand on the side of the cup, still holding the cup in a vague manner.There are many ginkgo biloba on Hulao Mountain. When a gust of wind came, the apricot leaves ran off the branches, and one of them fell on his shoulder and then slid down. Ke Qing had a smile on his face. He seemed a little helpless. His eyes were covered by this golden leaf. lights up -

"I owe you a sunrise."

——His hand holding the cup changed its posture, and tapped lightly on the table twice.

For a moment, the scorching sun recedes at noon, the sky and the earth are dim, and all of a sudden you can only see the golden eyes of Ke Qing;

Ke Qing once said: If there is a chance, I will show you the sunrise above Qingyunding.

It's a pity that I don't have this opportunity. My journey has come to an end.

Lishui Dieshan Zhenjun sighed: "The sun and the moon are long in the universe, the emperor took out a moon."

The god who walked with people made a promise and pulled a moon out.Thinking about it again, the moonlight in the world is eight points, and the emperor actually pretends to be two points on himself.The moonlight is so bright that it looks like a layer of salt has been sprinkled on the Fulong tree.Ke Qing blinked, and when I saw those eyes, they were as red as the flickering of a candle, and I felt scorched immediately: two parts of the moonlight in the world, eight parts are on him.

I asked my husband: Have you ever felt lonely, sir?

The era of immortals has gone, and the immortal beast Huayan who accompanied him in the four wilds will also stay in the wilderness forever.And those who are called "best friends" have weak blood and have already gone along the clear water.The old friend was suppressed under the Nantian Gate, probably for a hundred years or a thousand years, so that it is impossible to see that the future husband has left.

His hairpin has a spirit, and he threw it into the mountains and seas, and the dier fish itself sang among the rocks.His rock spear has been thrown and turned into an unfallible mountain pillar of Guyun Pavilion, crushing the absurd fantasies of countless defeated generals under it.

So I asked him if he felt lonely.

Everything has its home, everything has its cause, except Mr. himself.

It is said that it is a leisurely wandering in the world, traveling for thousands of years, except for walking around the fairy ceremony every year like clocking in...

Before I finished speaking, Zhong Li shook his head.

Why lonely?he asked back.

He bent down and touched the ground of Liyue, he pinched the rock elements flowing between the sky and the earth a few inches, and condensed into a long ladder in the void, from the top of Hulao Mountain to the foot of the Fulong tree in Nantianmen.

Dijun promised me to go with him, and he stepped up the long ladder among the rocks, and I followed behind him.I thought of the mood of those Qianyan soldiers thousands of years ago. Even if there is only a single path under their feet, I will not be afraid when I see his back.Even if the war is as ferocious as a wild beast and addicted to people, I don't know what the future will be like. With the emperor in front, the Qianyan army will not retreat.

Under the Fulong tree, the god stared at a stone tablet.

The ancient stone tablet wrote: Xuanhuang is good at life, but the immortal is kind.Suppress the evil dragon here, and idlers should not make mistakes.

Looking at this line of words, inexplicably panicked in my heart, True Lord Lishui Dieshan returned to the appearance of a brown crane, he tapped my back with his bird's beak, and he said first: "This monument was erected by me, Casting immortal spells to warn the world not to come here." He pecked, and the panic in his heart dissipated immediately.

"Come out to play, and when you've had enough, go back and do business." Ke Qing said suddenly.

I just realized that he was answering my previous question.But I have heard this answer before, when I asked him "why do you want to leave when you are so attached to Liyue".

If you miss Liyue so much, why do you want to leave.

Why did the emperor come here? Why did the emperor leave after looking at Liyue so much?

It turns out that these two problems are actually the same.

The gods are unrestrained, come out to play as soon as they say it, and there is no nonsense about "having fun with the people".

Ke Qing raised his hand, stroked the word "evil dragon" on the stele, and said, "Ruotuo is not an evil dragon."

Most of the ancient rock elemental creatures living under Liyue cannot see the sun for thousands of years.This is the case with the Dragon King Ruotuo, and the Emperor Rock King fulfilled his wish and brought him to the ground.The emperor gave him the eyes to see things clearly, and made an agreement with him for three chapters.The gods promised him to live with the people on the ground, but if one day he destroys the order, he will be sealed into darkness again.

"He broke the contract, so he is suppressed now." Ke Qing told a short story, still looking down at the stele.His earrings became brighter, and the glimmer of light could be seen even more in the night.

I looked up to see this tall tree, which was exactly the same as that Taoist painted on the umbrella. At that time, there was something painted under the umbrella. Could it be this stone tablet...?

A little girl was sitting among the branches of the Fulong tree, watching the moon swinging her legs. Neither Ke Qing nor Zhenjun seemed to notice her. I was about to call Zhongli to look at her, but she looked down at me first.

"If I cross the mountains on your back, can I reach the Moon Palace?" The man who asked the question could not see his face clearly, only his eyebrows could be seen.

When the man reached out his hand, the rocks echoed for him, the mountains and seas were subverted, and the majestic mountains stood on the originally empty land in an instant.

The scenes in front of me passed by one after another, I saw him standing on a rock pillar to block the darkness, I saw him standing on the edge of a cliff with the sound of hunting wind, I saw him pat the ground with his palms and devoured the demon god, I saw him walking on the land of Liyue pretending to be a craftsman Instruct blacksmiths in their work.

I also saw him... those eyes... cold and firm, just like the eternally shining golden light, cold and gloomy.

"We protect the people of Liyue, will there be a day when I will be forgotten?"

"I have stood side by side with you for thousands of years, am I going to meet this kind of ending?"

"Morax...!"

This mirage scene finally stopped at the scorching arrow piercing the body, the suffocation when the neck was firmly stuck, the empathy that made me feel like a knife, the indifferent and sharp gaze from the golden eyes .

I opened my eyes, covered my throat, and gasped for breath.

"Dijun... why did you come here?" I asked this question for the second time.

I think of those images, the catastrophic war thousands of years ago, the huge rock that covered the sky was cast into the sky, and finally turned into the Guyun Pavilion on the sea.

There is someone beside Dijun.

Among those images of staring at the gods for a long time, the only one who does not watch is himself.

I calmed down for a moment, got up and looked again, the girl was no longer on the tree.In the trunk of the Fulong tree, there is a faint light like a night mooring stone, and the whole tree is like a jade with a layer of bark.

A long time ago, there was a dragon in Liyue.

It is not a dragon that rides the wind and soars into the sky, but an ancient stone dragon that sits in the mountains and is as huge as the mountains.

It is the dragon that followed the emperor to conquer the four fields.

The craftsman's son went to Huaguang Forest and placed the Black Rock Chopper in the shrine for dragon suppression.

The earth's veins trembled like roaring, and every stone amber on Hulao Mountain was emitting a faint light.At the moment when he put down the chopping knife, Cambrian had a glimpse of the past. The Dragon King was sealed under the Nantian Gate. The Dragon King was angry and told the pain of being suppressed and alienated in this world.

What is the most difficult thing in the world... is to be alive, but also like to die.

The craftsman's son mournfully said: "Dragon King...Dragon King...!"

The people of Liyue couldn't understand why the Dragon King, who used to protect this place with the King of Rock, changed into this appearance.He kept silent about this matter, and according to the order of Lishui Dieshan Zhenjun, he searched for the Zhenlong stone to make a monument, erected the monument under the Fulong tree, and the Zhenjun engraved characters and cast spells.

"Thousands of years ago, Ruo Tuo attacked the layered rock giant abyss. I personally stopped him and fought with him all the way from the giant abyss to this place. In the end, I shot him down and sealed him underground." Zhong Li said indifferently.

He stroked his earrings and took off the hard-to-find stone amber.Shi Po rolled on his palm, and he clenched into a fist.

Legend has it that the winner stabbed a big sword next to the giant tree pressing down on the ancient dragon.

As one of the seals, neither monsters nor evil spirits can touch it.

The stone amber was suppressed for a long time, but at this moment it finally trembled and restored its original appearance.

It was an epee without a front.

Zhongli picked it up with one hand and stabbed it under the Fulong tree.His eyes are like golden amber, shining brightly.No waves have surfaced on the icy face like Jieyan.

"I came here for the final contract with him." He said, let go of his hand, and let the great sword's sword intent and the ground's pulse kill.

The emperor had worn the earrings for thousands of years, and when he took them off at this time, there was a faint shadow of the demon god of the rock of the past.

He has carried this great sword for thousands of years. The reason why the great sword has no front is because it is not intended to kill people, but... dragons.

This is the umbrella surface painted by the Taoist, and the thing under the tree is this dragon-slaying sword.

"Because of wear and tear, and human beings' damage to the leylines, Dragon King Ruo Tuo forgot the people he once guarded. He destroyed the mountains and rivers wantonly, turned the rocks into sharp blades, and pierced the peace of Liyue."

The word "forget" is light, and the process is slow and struggling.Forget about the treasured things, the people who travel with you, and what you want.

The giant dragon neighed, and a landslide could be formed with one breath. The Dragon King Ruo Tuo said: Morax, seal me, before I completely forget it.

It was Yanlong who took the initiative to be sealed and suppressed.

The word "evil dragon" written on the stele is just like what is said in the scriptures: Evil is defeated by justice.

But "Justice" said: No, he is not a dragon.

"In terms of human beings, there are no absolute bad people in the world, and this is the source of human suffering," the god squatted down, his hand resting on the side of those golden flowers, "so I made a contract, with this fairness, with this An absolute pros and cons for humans to judge the direction."

"Absolutely two sides..." Zhongli repeated, "But Ruo Tuo is not a dragon, I know, he is just worn out."

"When people go to the right path, they will be forced to throw away and abandon many things that they cherished in the past. The same is true for me. This is also the wear and tear that God has added to my body."

"I will not forget the past like Ruo Tuo, on the contrary, I will remember those things."

Ke Qing was talking, his voice overlapped with those broken memories.

"—Morax, I don't want to forget."

Iwagami split his strength, trying to make "wear" slower.But that is where the law of heaven lies, and it is beyond our power.

"It's time for me to leave," said the Dragon King, "but it's okay, cause and effect are up to God. If your mission and mine are over, you should bravely embark on the road to leave. One day in the future, you may also in this way."

"I hope that before that day arrives, you can be happy and do what you want to do, whether it's drinking tea, listening to books, or taking a walk in Liyue, this is as a friend." Huge Yan The dragon said some insignificant things, and the rocks wrapped it and dragged it underground.

"Morakes...you may be immortal and destined to be alone, but that is only a temporary thing. When you come to the end of time, you will reunite with all the people who are destined to be in the past and the future."

"This is the final contract, Morax." After the mountain rock, the rock dragon made the final contract with him.If the seal is loose, they will come with the great sword of Wugong to make the suppression force stronger and trap the rock dragon under the veins.

The last one is to witness the contract between King Ruo Tuo and Emperor Yan Wang.

The craftsman held the black rock long sword and struck gold and stone. At that moment, the white light representing the dragon king's kindness left from the group of rocks, and wanted to rush to Liyue Harbor, which the Dragon King had guarded.The scene of the rock god sealing the Dragon King is invisible to ordinary people, and cannot be heard by ordinary people, and the ears and eyes of the craftsman are bleeding.The benevolent forward footsteps paused, using the original tiny strength to protect the craftsman's eyes and ears.

"You are not lonely, we are always here." Shan Nian passed by Dijun, and a voice said so.

You still love the blacksmith so much.The god answered in his heart.

The giant dragon screamed and was suppressed under the Nantian Gate.The emperor planted the Fulong tree with his hands, and waved his hands to build the Hulao Mountain, and commanded the real king of Shuidie Mountain to guard this place.

I asked Dijun: Do you feel lonely?

Zhongli asked me back: Why do I feel lonely.

Both "I" and "we" are Mr.'s listeners.Those pasts and futures awaited him.

He said, when you've had enough fun, go back to business.

He said that this is the last story that belongs to the rock king Dijun.

I understand very well.If one day, Yan's god is also facing the end of "wear and tear", but he himself is not a "dragon", he does not need to be killed by "justice".Before that day comes, he will leave by himself. Before leaving, he will drink tea, listen to books, and take a walk on the land of Liyue.

He will turn into the highest mountain in Liyue, holding up the sky of Liyue.

In those memories, there are such pictures...

The rock king gave it eyes to see the world clearly.

What is the first thing the blind dragon sees in the world?

It is the golden eyes of the gods like golden amber.

The sky is moving and the mountains and seas are transformed into shapes.He can turn the world upside down by raising his hand, and bring the sun and the moon around.

Stars are born in the wasteland, as bright as the sun.Those eyes were shining brightly, which was the most unforgettable image of Dragon King Ruotuo.

Sunrise.

The great sword of Wugong shattered under the sun.

"Ruotuo has forgotten many things." Zhong Li lowered his head slightly, watching the debris gradually go away with the wind, "Whether it's that I can't kill him, or that the sword has no edge, he has forgotten."

"Wear and tear can make Rock Dragon forget the past, but Liyue and I will always remember him."

Those who carry memories on their shoulders will have heavier steps than others.But he is a rock, and the bandits can't be turned around, so he is willing.When this sword stabs down, it also stabs down the time of thousands of years, and also stabs down the years that belonged to the rock king.

Let the past of the gods always accompany the mountains and rivers, and let the history of the past always accompany the old friends.

This is the last story belonging to the Rock King Dijun.I remembered this sentence again.

"Sir, I will be your listener, so when will you say a few more paragraphs?" I said.

He made up for the sunrise that was owed to me, and my journey was over.And this round of sun reflects the branches and leaves of Fulong tree facing the sky, reflects the gods and true emperors, and reflects the ancient land of Liyue.

It seemed that I said something funny, and he laughed out loud.He curled his fingers under his lips, closed his eyes slightly, and smiled wantonly.

At the end, I saw him slowly open his eyes and said: If there is a destiny... the world and everything will only be commented by future generations...

The emperor is the nameless, the down and out, the barren, the lost, the thousands trapped in war: all living beings.Clean up a corner of the floating world.

Those who hold salaries for everyone must not freeze them to death in the wind and snow.

Those who look forward to Liyue must not make them forget in the mountains and rivers.

On a certain day in a certain month of a certain year, after many years of my journey, it may be another morning with light rain.

In Liyue Harbor, the storyteller unfolded his folding fan with a "swish", and the fan was painted with "Chuanglong's finishing touch". The storyteller raised his hand and stroked the air, saying:

That was the story of the past, the rock king and emperor still in this land...!

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"The Long River" is over.Writing is not easy, please leave a review or rate!Compare heart.Next is the content of the collection of short stories "Collecting the Mountain".

2021.9.7 update

Congratulations, "Long River" won the third prize of qzwk and Yuanshen's official essay competition.