In the Blade

Since the rebellion flag was raised, the people of Yizhou were actually a little worried.

Although they nominally voted for the hero who killed the villain, the hero's attitude made them hesitant - although the hero did not leave Yizhou City, the other party showed no intention to rule them. .

This made the people of Yizhou City a little confused, especially the powerful people, who were even more undecided.

They tried to send something, but they were all pushed back. They tried to let the other party enter the Governor's Mansion, but the other party retreated into the old barracks and could not come out - if once or twice was just ordinary humility, then After these ten days have passed, even the most obtuse person has already seen this obvious rejection.

"So why did you say no? Wouldn't it be great to be a hero?"

Old man Yang Xuanyang was the first to find Du Chengfeng. Likewise, this old man was also the most anxious one.

"Although in terms of geographical location, Yizhou is indeed not a suitable place to raise troops, but the geographical location does not have an advantage, and we still have the hearts of the people? What's more, the weather is right now, and now the south is full of beacon smoke..."

"No, no, no, I really don't mean that."

Seeing that Old Man Yang was even more anxious than his client, Du Chengfeng couldn't help but shake his head.

"That's really not the case. I just think...hey, it's hard to talk about this kind of thing."

Old Man Yang walked away in his wheelchair. He just felt that there must be something wrong with Du Chengfeng's brain.

Maybe it would be better to give him some advice next time. Whether his Yang family can prosper again depends on this.

The second person to find Du Chengfeng was Cui Yuan, but it was more like meeting him than looking for him - so, after a routine passionate fight, Du Chengfeng and Cui Yuan finished their work. Get some rest.

"I think it wouldn't be a bad thing if you become this hero."

Cui Yuan, who was paralyzed on the ground, thought for a while and gave his own opinion.

"After all, being a hero means being famous. Being famous means having more fights to fight. With more fights to fight, you can get more combat experience, which is also conducive to improving your strength."

Having said this, Cui Yuan couldn't help but raise his head in confusion.

"Sir, haven't you always done this? Why do you have doubts now?"

"That's not what happened..."

Du Chengfeng scratched his head, feeling quite distressed.

He really didn't know how to explain it to Cui Yuan. After all, even his own feelings were actually a bit vague.

After sending Cui Yuan away, Du Chengfeng, who couldn't grasp the feeling for a long time, simply grabbed some food and wine and went to Carpenter Li's house.

“If you don’t want to do it, don’t do it.”

After three rounds of drinking, Carpenter Li, who smelled of alcohol, patted him hard on the shoulder.

"Anyway, no matter what you do, brother, I will support you. Even if you want to be a hero, you want to rebel, or like now, you don't want to be a hero... In the worst case, just leave, there's no need There is no need to live such a tiring life.”

"It's not like I just want to leave..."

Although he said this, Du Chengfeng still felt a little relaxed.

Even though Carpenter Li couldn't actually do anything, the other party was the first person to completely trust him.

The only problem is that Li Carpenter's drinking capacity is really bad. After three drinks, he has already slipped directly under the table.

So Du Chengfeng could only bring the remaining cheap wine to Liu Bolun's side.

"So why don't you want to be this hero?"

The half-drunk Liu Bolun was stunned for a moment, then asked Du Chengfeng to sit down.

"Can you tell me your reason?"

"Feeling... not used to it?"

Du Chengfeng scratched his head.

Indeed, being a hero may be a good thing, or it should be an excellent thing. Everyone in the city was boasting about him, praising him, saying that he was the hero who saved Yizhou City, and even lifted him up high. Whatever he wanted, someone would send it to him. He wanted to find someone. People even vacated the governor's mansion for him. Everyone was looking forward to him becoming the hero of Yizhou City and taking charge of everything in Yizhou City.

However, after so many days, he still couldn't get used to this feeling of being in the spotlight.

"Maybe you would call me mother-in-law, but this feeling is really uncomfortable."

While drinking cheap wine, Du Chengfeng looked up at the sky.

Just like when he was lifted in the air by everyone that day, people surrounded him and lifted him high. He had no place to rely on in the air, and one hand after another pushed on his back—— He had tried very hard to turn his head, but at that time he had been pushed up high. The dazzling sunlight made him squint his eyes, but he could not see clearly any of the faces of the people below.

"That's probably what it feels like."

Du Chengfeng sighed.

"It's not that I can't face it, it's just... very uncomfortable."

"Is that so...that's true."

Liu Bolun scratched his head.

"Remember the story about the big tree I told you?"

"……Remember."

Du Chengfeng nodded. He was not sure why Liu Bolun suddenly mentioned this.

After all, he had already given the answer at that time. He only needed to have the power to pull up the roots of trees. Even if those who cut down trees wanted to use him, they had to ask for his sword first.

"Then let me tell you another story about a big tree, not the one before."

After taking a sip of wine to moisten his throat, Liu Bolun continued.

"It is said that a long time ago, there was another big tree. It was lush and its branches were straight. Farmers nearby found the big tree and occasionally went to pick up firewood under the tree. The big tree did not care about the fallen branches. These were useless to the tree. It was a good thing to help people."

"Well..."

As Liu Bolun told the story, Du Chengfeng continued to listen.

At the beginning, only some farmers came to pick up firewood and went back to make a fire. Later, children gradually came to pick fruits under the tree, but there were not many, only one or two. The big tree itself did not care. After all, these were trivial matters to it. Being loved and useful to people made the big tree happy.

After a few years, the children gradually grew up. They began to learn to use branches as wooden swords and fight with their companions. The fallen dead branches were obviously not enough, so they climbed up the tree and broke some branches.

At this time, the tree still didn't feel anything, these were just trivial matters to it.

In order to make it easier for these children, the tree even made its branches straighter.

Time went on, and the children of that year grew up, and with their age, they needed more and more things, such as the poles of hoes and shovels, or sticks that could be inserted with spears. Sometimes they also needed some rafters to build houses, and the straight branches on the tree were perfect.

"Finally, people cut down the tree and used it as the beams of the ancestral hall... After all, the tree has been with them for so long, it deserves this honor."

At this point, Liu Bolun sighed.

"I still remember that you told me last time that as long as the tree is willing to pull up its roots, it can survive... So what about now?"

Liu Bolun raised his head and looked at Du Chengfeng.

"When do you think this tree can be rooted out?"

The first update is here, I will continue to write the second update.

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