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[Barrage: Huh? !Does this mean that the key plot has been triggered? 】

[Barrage: What do you mean not to let people with evil plans find the River God? 】

[Barrage: Come and listen to the story. 】

On the river, the few people who heard the old man's words were also surprised.

Tian Qiu and Yu Yue looked at each other, and Yu Yue hurriedly asked the old man, "Old man, do you know what happened here? What do you mean by the boatmen who plotted against you?"

The old man nodded, swayed slightly, and approached the boat where Yu Yue was: "I know, you are all entrusted by our younger generation to find the river god. But now, no one can see the river god."

His words really surprised everyone, Tian Qiu lay on the side of the boat like a child, and asked in a childish voice: "Grandpa, why did you say that?"

The old man seemed to be still thinking, like an elder looking at his younger generation.He kept observing the adults and children present, until he confirmed something, then "coughed", swam to the middle of the eight boats, and opened his mouth slowly.

"Well, since you all want to hear stories so much, I'll tell you."

"Good!" Several children cheered when they heard that there was a story to listen to.They all pricked up their ears and sat obediently on the boat.

Da Mao is a good boy who knows how to share best. He passed the doll of the river god to the other children, and the other children became even happier immediately, holding on to the doll and refusing to let go.

"A long time ago," the old man began to speak, and the surroundings fell silent, "this was just a very deserted village. People here could neither eat enough nor wear warm. No one could wear the flowered clothes you are wearing now, And no one has the leisure to happily tell a story.

"Everyone wakes up in the morning and prepares to pick fruit, hunt, and farm...but their land is always flooded by the river, until one day, everyone finds that the river is full of treasures, and they can go fishing in the river, so they start Make a boat."

"What about the river god?" the curious child who had been waiting for the river god to appear couldn't help asking.

The uncle who was with the child hurriedly patted the child's head, and said "shh", telling him to listen patiently to the grandfather's speech.

The child said "Oh" and covered his mouth.

"River God?" The old man said slowly, "River God, you haven't been the River God from the beginning."

The river god was not the river god from the beginning.The river is not what it is now.

At that time, the river was neither so long nor so wide. Except for the dangerous weather of thunder and rain, the rest of the time was calm. Everyone soon relied on the river and lived a more prosperous life.

The villagers built a river god temple in gratitude for the river - but there was no portrait of the river god at that time.

"Why build a river temple?" The little girl beside Xiao Qingqing couldn't help asking.

[Barrage: Hahahaha, this atmosphere makes me dream back to my childhood. 】

[Barrage: Listening to a story is intermittent, so anxious! 】

[Bullet screen: Be patient, telling stories to children is like this, I think it's quite good, after all, this is equivalent to an NPC helping to ask questions, and the explanation will be more clear. 】

[Danmaku: That's true. If it weren't for children, who would ask questions like "Why build a river temple?" 】

[Banmaku: It looks like the little brother is also a child, and he seems very interested. 】

Sure enough, Yu Yue in the picture seemed to be curious too, staring at the old man and blinking, waiting for his answer.

Just listen to the old man patiently said: "Because we have received gifts from the great river, we should naturally be grateful. A seed is supposed to germinate and prepare fruit for us, understand?"

"Understood." The eight children nodded in unison.

Seeing that the children are well-behaved, the old people nodded in satisfaction, then looked at the others: "What about you?"

Yu Yue immediately said seriously: "Understood."

"..." The others also hurriedly said, "Understood."

[Barrage: Hahahaha little brother is so cute! 】

[Barrage: This old man has a strong desire to express himself! 】

I only heard the old man continue to say with satisfaction: "So, this river temple was also built for this purpose. It is to let the descendants of the villagers understand that where you ask for it, you have to give thanks. This river is not for nothing. The life of the village people exists. Nothing in this world exists for us, it is a gift from the gods to us."

Several children are thoughtful.

"Unfortunately, the people at that time did not realize how lucky they were. They were very close to the gods and had the opportunity to meet the gods. In short, under the blessing of the river god, the lives of the people in the village have improved a lot..." The old man continued to tell the story.

At that time, people relied heavily on the river.They go fishing on the river early in the morning every day and don't go home until dark.When you have a harvest, go to the River God Temple to share it with the "River God".

With such anticipation and anticipation, and with the favor of the gods, the village soon became prosperous.

Everyone is kind and hardworking.

Among these hard-working villagers, there is a child without father and mother who is very independent at a young age.Because he has no ability to build a house, he often sleeps in the river temple.One day, he begged the god of the river to take care of him, so he prepared to go out of the river to make a living.

[Barrage: Come here, come here, I can hear that it is standard equipment for the protagonist. 】

[Barrage: Maybe I saw the River God? 】

"Because he was young, about the same age as you, he couldn't steer a big boat, so he could only go out in a small boat. To this big river, that boat is like a leaf falling into the sea. Small waves can easily overturn it." The old man said in a very vivid language, "but the river god seemed to have heard his prayers and let him successfully catch the fish."

The children who were engrossed in hearing it all became happy, as if they had caught fish by themselves.

"Since then, this boy has been fishing for a living, but one day he was unlucky and encountered a day of lightning and thunder, and the boat was immediately overturned." The old man suddenly changed the topic.

"Ah." All the children showed nervous expressions, "others will help him, right?"

The old man nodded: "Yes, the others were ready to help him, but when everyone turned the boat over, they didn't see the boy.

"Everyone thought the boy was dead, and felt very sad. Unexpectedly, the next morning, the boy appeared on the shore in good condition, and told everyone that he saw a strange big fish, and it was the big fish that saved him. , and gave him a lot of gold, silver and jewelry. He even gave him a new dress, who has never worn a new one."

According to him, the big fish was more beautiful than ever. He only saw the tail of the fish, and he was haunted by it ever since. He began to go to the river day and night, hoping to see the big fish again.Encouraged by his experience, the villagers followed him in order to obtain gold, silver and jewels. Some even tried to catch the "big fish" with huge fishing nets.

"But that big fish never appeared again."

The old man was engrossed in speaking, but at this moment, he seemed to be thinking of something, suddenly lost his eyes and stopped talking.

Eight small boats rolled up and down beside him, and Tian Qiu lightly gestured to everyone on board.

So everyone found that the fog in the air became lighter.

As Tian Qiu said before, when everyone concentrates on thinking about a certain thing, the thoughts in their hearts will be restrained, which makes the fog thinner.

This is a very crucial piece of information, and Yu Yue also noticed it, but at this moment, he paid more attention to the events in the story.

"Abo, where did that big fish go? It saved the boy, why did everyone catch it?" Yu Yue couldn't help asking before the other children could speak.

The old man came back to his senses, and said with a sad face: "Yes, that's why some people say that people are greedy by nature. I was thinking just now, if the river god's life is endless, if it can always remember so many things, So at this moment, it must be very disappointed..."

"This is my sin. Let me continue with the rest of the story." At this moment, a particularly old voice slowly sounded, interrupting the old man's words.

Several people were taken aback, and turned their heads to look, only to see another old man with short limbs floating on the river.

The old man's clothes were completely soaked, but he seemed reluctant to throw them away, and he was still wearing them, with only a numbness coat over his body.

His eyes were also squinted, leaving only a slit left by puffy eyelids.

The most frightening thing was his throat. He wrapped a piece of tattered white cloth around his throat tightly, as if strangling his own neck.

But all the residents in the water seemed to respect him very much and made way for him.

The old man swam among the others and raised his arms.

After seeing his arm clearly, both adults and children present gasped.

I saw a very hideous scar on it, which looked like it had been chewed off in half.

[Barrage: ... Could this be? 】

[Barrage: Protagonist? ! 】

[Barrage: She has survived until now! 】

"I," the old man's voice in the picture is very hoarse and weak, apparently his throat is almost completely rotted, "cough, cough, while I can... talk... this story, I must tell it myself... "

He paused, and under the surprised eyes of everyone, he spoke very slowly: "You are right, I am the boy who took the lead in catching the river god... Cough, at that time, we did not Knowing that it is the river god, we only thought that if we caught it, we could have gold, silver and jewels. Greed blinded our eyes, we set out boats day and night, fished endlessly, and finally raised a terrible monster.”

"Scary monster?" exclaimed a child.

"Yes," said the old man, "that is a very big monster with many sharp teeth, entrenched in the middle of the river.

"We thought it was the big fish we were trying to catch and we rushed up and tried to catch him ... and we almost died.

"That monster can swallow an adult with just one mouth. The wound on my arm was left at that time. At that time, I just jumped out of the boat to save a partner, and I was bitten by the monster."

The old man's language was very simple, but because of his personal experience, the story sounded extraordinarily realistic, and the dangerous scene that night appeared vividly before everyone's eyes.

A boy armed with a harpoon bravely fights a huge monster in order to save his comrades.The monster's teeth dug into his flesh and took half of his arm.

At this critical moment when he thought he would die, a huge and beautiful tail appeared. When the "tail" completely drove the monster away, the young man realized that this was the big fish he had always wanted to catch.

"I remember clearly," the old man said, "that night there was lightning and thunder, but after the river god appeared, everything was calm, and the moon became extraordinarily beautiful. Just looking at it, I completely lost my fighting spirit. And when I realized it was there to save me, I was so ashamed—

"Can you imagine? We've done a lot of excess, we've fished out the river, we've dropped all kinds of carrion for bait, we've made a mess of the clear water, we've ruined it Its home, and it feeds the monster's survival...but it still saves us. I'm so ashamed I can hardly look at it, I beg forgiveness, but it won't even let me see it."

The old man seems to be still regretting it at this moment.

"It was only then that we realized that so many people in distress in the river had been helped by it. So we offered its portrait in the river temple, and began to put small wooden boats and gifts on the river. I hope they can convey everyone's gratitude to the river god.

"Although the river god never showed himself in front of us, we knew that he loved the little bells and needles and thread and all the strange little things we sent. Because whenever we send gifts, we always catch a lot of them in a few days. Fish. That's what happened."

So it turns out that this is the true origin of the River God.

It was not born a god.It is the expectation and gratitude of the villagers that put it in that position.

But this is obviously a very beautiful story, so how did it become like this?

Tian Qiu also frowned, and asked in a low voice, "Did something happen later?"

"We are sorry for the river god." The old man whispered.

His words made several people stunned for a moment.

Yu Yue asked with some disbelief on his face: "But, your relationship is obviously very good."

"Yes, we have a very harmonious relationship with the river god - it seems so. We send sacrifices, and the river god protects us. We take it all for granted, until the moment we lose our lives, we still want to with..."

When the old man said this, his voice was completely hoarse, and several people could hardly hear him: "We still want to pray to the river god to let him protect us. We are so greedy, let the children put our bodies in small Aboard the boat, take us to where the river god is—it's the worst thing we've ever done."

A painful expression appeared on the old man's face again, as if he was recalling something that made him miserable.

The pain on his face moved everyone, but it also made everyone feel even more inexplicable.

Isn't that what the story is about?Villagers send their dead relatives to the other side of the river so that they can live happily with the river god.

【Barrage: Why do you say this is wrong?Is there any secret? 】

[Barrage: That's right, don't scare me, isn't this a beautiful story of a god guarding a village? 】

[Bullet screen: Don't have too much hope, it seems that there will be a turning point, even from the perspective of the little brother, it is impossible for every story to be beautiful...]

This is really strange, Rao Tian Qiu is such a rational person, he couldn't help asking: "Why?"

"Because we have forgotten, the River God will also be sad." The old man said.

"At that time, we just regarded it as a god. We didn't realize that after many exchanges of gifts, it also developed a deep friendship with us. It may be the first time it has come into contact with a creature like us and regarded us as friends, but we Constantly relying on it, and sending the pain of death to it. I still can't imagine how sad the river god was at that time.

"It may have been excited to see what new presents were in the boat, and was even ready to return presents - but it saw our dead bodies."

When the old man said this, he really couldn't continue, as if he was escaping, his whole body sank into the water.

No one could see his tears, but everyone seemed to be able to hear the crying voice in his heart—at this moment, the old man looked like the little boy crying in the storm hundreds of years ago.

And everyone who was still wondering just now understood everything in a daze.

The scene the old man paints is truly hopeless.

In his story, the river god is not a high god, but more like a shy friend.It will quietly appear when the villagers encounter difficulties, and after receiving the gifts from the villagers, it will give rich land and abundant fish as gifts in return.

Its thoughts are very delicate, and it may regard the villagers as good partners, but before they can communicate further, these boats carrying dead villagers interrupted its good expectations for the future up.

The children on the boat didn't quite understand this feeling, they just felt uncomfortable ignorantly.

But Yu Yue understood that emotion all of a sudden, and was so sad that he couldn't speak.

He used to have a few partners, and before fleeing, they all promised to come back to play with him.Yu Yue patiently wrote down the hobbies of each of them, and left them on the planet to make many gifts for them.Several times, when he heard the sound of the aircraft passing by, he thought it was his companions returning.

But he waited until the end, but no one could wait.

This feeling alone is enough to make people uncomfortable, and the River God must be more uncomfortable than him.

"Could it be?" At this time, Yu Yue was still thinking of comforting the old man, "The River God didn't blame you, you see, he is still guarding you..." "Guarding? No, We kidnapped the river god with our friendship, we are so vicious, but the river god is so kind, he doesn’t want our children to cry, and we don’t want us to turn into cold corpses.” The old man came back from under the water Floating, letting the cold river flow in the gully of his face, "according to people who came later, it rained for a long time that day. When I opened my eyes, I found that the river god was injured.

"It's so beautiful, but it has light blue blood running all over its body. I watched it dig out its own heart, maybe its heart - it was more like a beautiful bead, and it took the bead Throwing into the river, and then a gust of wind and waves capsized the boat carrying us.

"When we fell into the river, the water was like the blood of the river god, giving us new life.

"It accepted our most greedy request from the beginning to the end, and shared its own life with us. But we also lost the river god. The distance between us and the river god has widened."

【Barrage:! ! !Damn...it's like this?This is similar to the legend of some sharks! 】

[Barrage: The River God is really protecting the villagers, right?This is too good! 】

[Barrage: Woohoo, I really want to be protected by such a river god. 】

[Barrage: Then there is nothing to do with this fog? 】

[Barrage: No way? ! 】

In the picture, hearing that the river god dug out his heart, the children cried in fear and were held in the arms of their "parents".

Others have different expressions.

They didn't expect the development of the plot of the story to be like this.

"According to this," Xiao Qingqing couldn't help but said, "You mean, the river god might regret helping you? That's why there is an impassable fog on the river? But this..."

This is unreasonable. According to their previous deduction, the mist should be produced by the evil thoughts of the villagers.

What is this fog?

The old man stopped answering, but felt very tired, just floating on the river.

Beside him, the one who first told the story said: "We don't know what the river god thinks. We haven't seen the river god for a long time, and the fog on the river is getting thicker and thicker. The power is getting weaker and weaker...

"We have been wondering whether this is the punishment of the river god on us, because our descendants still repeat the mistakes of their predecessors. They only know how to pray to the river god through sacrifices. Once their requirements cannot be met, they will To hurt others, to misunderstand and blame the river god is like a bunch of spoiled children.

"They also created so many monsters. The river god even gave his heart for us, but they..."

Hearing the word "heart" again, Yu Yue woke up suddenly, and let go of his hand holding Zai Zai tightly.

He blinked his eyes to get rid of the sour feeling, and then asked a little too slowly: "You mean, the river god dug out his own heart?"

The old man paused: "Yes."

Yu Yue's heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

"Benefactor?" At the side, Tian Qiu noticed something wrong with him and asked with concern.

Yu Yue shook his head, his lips turned pale: "I'm fine, I just... just to make sure."

At such a moment, countless fragments began to be quickly pieced together in his mind, the earl and the river god, and the man he saw when he first entered this world, who cut out the "heart cub" from his chest.

The Earl is Zai Zai's body, and the River God is also Zai Zai's body. At first, he didn't understand what they had in common, but now he seems to have grasped the clues—could they have the same blood flowing in their chests?

"Because the created creatures turned into terrible monsters, the God of Creation dug out his own heart with his own hands."

This sentence suddenly appeared in Yu Yue's mind, like a devil's whisper, but he suddenly opened his eyes wide.

No, this sentence must be false!

The heart, the heart might really be dug out by God of Creation himself, but it definitely won't be because of...

"All in all," the old man said regretfully before him, "It's normal for the River God not to want to see us. It's just that we have reaped the consequences. In fact, our bodies have gradually become weaker in recent years. , I am afraid that it will not be long before we will completely lose our vitality..."

As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed the dying old man who once captured the river god, and said to several people: "This is all the story, thank you for bringing your children to see us, please help us tell this story to others Children, we, we..."

He was too sad to speak, and the gray fog on the river suddenly became thicker!

Everyone became alert immediately, Tian Qiu was about to speak, but a clear voice interrupted the old man's words.

Everyone was shocked and looked at Yu Yue.

The few old people who were about to leave under the river stopped their movements when they heard this sentence.

Yu Yue lay down on the side of the boat, looked at the old people underwater, and said, "You guys always misunderstand each other, how can you do this? The river god didn't blame you at all, otherwise why has he been protecting you until now?

"The people in the village are not as bad as you say, they respect you very much, they would rather get your skin back when they are in danger, and they will generously share their blessings with others!

"And these children, they are so brave, just to bring you gifts, don't you even believe them?"

Yu Yue was really anxious, he never expected that these old villagers would simply blame this incident on the punishment of the River God, and then let the emotion of remorse summon Gray Mist again.

How can this be?Even if you feel that you have done something wrong, try your best to make up for it.

What's more, this is not some kind of punishment from the river god. The river god obviously likes everyone very much.

Because he heard every word the God of the River said.

He understands the river god, and like the river god, he can see the cuteness of people and like this world.

[Bullet screen: It's amazing... I thought these villagers were hopeless just now, but when I heard what my little brother said, I suddenly felt that he was right. 】

[Bullet screen: Well, if you observe carefully, those villagers can still correct their mistakes. No matter whether they are selfish or not, they will still help each other when they encounter difficulties, and the children are also very courageous. 】

[Barrage: People are inherently complicated, it depends on how you guide them. 】

In the picture, the old man's eyes seemed to light up, but he soon showed hesitation in his application: "But the God of the River has everything, and we will only cause trouble for him."

"No, the God of the River doesn't think so," Yu Yue said seriously, "Besides, now that everyone has realized the problems that existed in the past, you must give yourself a chance to let the God of the River see everyone's intentions, right?"

[Barrage: Little brother seems to know the river god very well! 】

[Barrage: I hope to convince these villagers that even if it is not for customs clearance, it is for the river god.It's not easy to know the story of the river god, can't we just forget about it? 】

【Barrage:! !Really, I was taken away, hahaha. 】

Perhaps it was Yu Yue's words that moved a few people. The old man who once captured the river god suddenly turned around and dived into the water. The shrunken figure disappeared into a small room in the village at the bottom of the river, and reappeared after a while.

Holding a wooden box in his hand, he swam to Yu Yue's boat and opened the tightly sealed cover of the wooden box.

"..." The old man pointed to the wooden box.

Yu Yue didn't understand what he meant, so he asked in a low voice, "What is this?"

"..." The old man opened his mouth.

On the side, Ruyan Liu said in a low voice: "His vocal cords have been completely damaged. He said that he was very happy to tell us this story at the last moment. The things in the box were brought from their earliest years." The ones that were given to the God of the River, those that haven’t been sent out in time, are the ones that the God of the River likes very much, let us take a look—I think he meant it for us as a reference.”

The old man's eyes showed a little water like a slit, and he nodded heavily.

【Barrage:! ! !Here comes the answer! 】

[Barrage: What does the River God like? 】

[Bullet screen: Seeing this, I really don’t think the villagers are very bad. Although this person caught the river god because of greed, he wrapped his throat like this in order to tell the story of the river god to the people who came later. When it was about to disappear, there were still things that were to be given to the river god. 】

[Danmaku: Yes...it's not easy.If he disappears early, it's really hard to say whether this can be cleared. 】

Seeing the old man's movements, Yu Yue hurriedly thanked him, took the box that was half his height, and placed it between the two boats so that others could come over to see it.

I saw that there were all kinds of things in the box, but the most common one was something that Yu Yue and the others had hardly seen in the village.

——It turned out to be an origami doll.

They were made of very cheap papyrus paper, such as rabbits, puppies, kittens, lambs and other animals, and even small fish.

Those papers looked like they had been put there for a long time, and they were about to weather. Yu Yue didn't dare to reach out to touch them, but just lowered his head and took a closer look.

Sensing Yu Yue's anxiety, the old man stretched out his hand and found a small boat from a pile of origami.

He opened the boat carefully with wet hands.

Only then did a few people see that there were a few simple words written in local characters on it.

"Lord River God, have you always lived alone in the river? Please allow us to come and accompany you."

"Lord River God, please protect our relatives. They always mention you. If possible, I really hope to see you someday."

"Lord River God, thank you for always helping us, we caught another big fish today."

"Master River God, this melon is for you!"

……

The children also picked up an origami doll, which they took apart to read the words.

The gray mist that had just become thick slowly dissipated with the wind.

Everyone remained silent for a long time until the last paper boat was taken apart.

"In the past few hundred years, maybe we have misunderstood the River God... We have never really figured out what he needs..." An old man murmured.

"Small boat! Small boat!" At this time, another old man hugged the old man who had captured the river god—his name was actually called small boat, and said anxiously.

The old man named Xiaochuan closed his eyes, like a boat that has finally completed its mission and reached the end of its life, sinking slowly to the bottom of the river.

The gray mist that came from nowhere, swept up like a grim smile, enveloping his body.

It was like "real" death coming suddenly.

Seeing him like this, everyone gasped.

Da Mao burst into tears: "Wow - Grandpa Xiaochuan! Does the River God not want us?"

This sudden change made everyone panic, the villagers who were protected by the river god were about to disappear - what does this mean?

No matter what this meant, Yu Yue knew that it was definitely not that the river god had given up on them.

"Let's go back first," Tian Qiu looked at the children who were suddenly crying and frightened, and the old villagers who came up to hold the boat and burst into tears, "The gray fog is obviously abnormal..."

"I'm going to find the God of the River." Yu Yue said, interrupting her.

Tian Qiu was stunned and looked at Yu Yue.

"Go back, I'll go find the River God," Yu Yue said, "The River God has worked hard to protect them for so many years, if something happens to them, the River God will be very sad. I can't let that happen."

He looked at Tian Qiu and said apologetically.

"I know it's dangerous, but I don't want to upset him."