Time seems to stand still in this small courtyard, brick by brick, grass and tree, as if in the past. The breath of memories greets you, and the scenery in the courtyard is the same, which is different from the outside time and space......

Li Hongyi, as well as the emperor and the hidden guards who came in behind, were all stunned by the scene in front of them. It's not the beautiful scenery and the novelty of the decorations, but the fact that everything inside is intact, as if nothing has changed. The only change is that the trees in the courtyard have grown a lot taller.

The emperor looked at this spotless courtyard, and then went in to look at the well-preserved books and swords in the room, and said in his heart Shao An has been guarding his memories alone and struggling to support him all these years, which is really tiring. No one can empathize, and if they can't see it, they don't know the suffering in the hearts of the parties. Only at this moment did the emperor deeply realize that his selfishness had caused Shao An half of his life to be miserable and irreparable.

Zhang San asked Li Hongyi again: "Do you think of anything now?" ”

"Nope." Li Hongyi hugged his head and said bitterly, "I can't think of anything." ”

"It's okay, I can't remember, we'll tell you." Zhang San comforted. After all, in Li Hongyi's past, everyone present was more or less involved.

Everyone sat down around the stone table, and in order to help Li Hongyi recover his memory, everyone began to talk about old things......

"I heard Boss Ding say that you were picked up by him. Your parents left nothing but a slip with your name and date of birth. Zhang San started slowly from his life experience.

Subsequently, other people also began to interject in a few words, and the ugly things of Li Hongyi's childhood were revealed one by one. After that, the topic gradually moved farther and farther away from the main topic, and the center of discussion no longer only revolved around Li Hongyi, and finally became a tea party for the hidden guard.

Li Hongyi's sad state of mind was gradually soothed, he smiled and listened to everyone's nonsense, he always thought that after he lost his memory, he was completely cut off from the past, had no friends, no relatives and no reason. But he didn't expect that after many years, he found out that in fact, he had always been accompanied by brothers and friends.

The hidden guards enthusiastically mentioned the first meeting they were about to forget, and talked about their first impressions of each other's vague memories when it came to who was beaten the most by King An back then, everyone said in unison, Li Si.

Li Hongyi also threw away his sorrows at this time, and said with a smile: "You are talking nonsense. Don't think I'm amnesia, just come and play tricks on me, I don't believe it. ”

The crowd swore that they had not lied to him, and the emperor came out of the house, like any kind old man, and said kindly, "Of course it is you." When you were asked to endorse the book, you couldn't memorize it for many days, and I was so angry that I didn't know how many times I beat you. ”

Everyone laughed, and Li Honghui got up and asked the emperor to take a seat. Everyone pulled the family routine again and pulled it to King Jin. Only then did Li Hongyi know that he was really friends with King Jin.

"I remember that year, you fought with Lao Ba...... Shao An was beside him, pulling the shelf. The emperor recalled that at that time, Shao An was naughty, Li Hongyi was honest, and the two of them joined forces, and they both dared to bully the prince. However, time flies, and his eighth brother doesn't know where he is now.

"Alas, it's terrible to get old, you forget a lot of things, and you remember a lot of things." The emperor was suddenly a little lonely, he was old, and he shouldn't recall the past, which added to his sadness.

And the hidden guards found out at this time that years of fatigue had also made the emperor's health much worse than before. I think that back then, King An rode a horse with a horizontal sword, and he was majestic, but now, his temples are gray and he has been born early.

Li Hongyi: "Your Majesty ......"

The emperor waved his hand, collecting his momentary weakness, "I'm tired, you can continue." ”

After the saint drove back to the palace, everyone began to make a fuss again. Li Hongyi asked: "What do you think of my brother?" ”

As soon as this topic opened, everyone sighed, and Zhang Sanxian said: "Shao An, he is the best mix we have here." ”

"Not long after Shao An came, the emperor valued him the most." Li Honghui said, "Although I was outside at that time and had never seen him, I don't know how many times I have heard his name from you and the emperor. ”

"To be honest, your art of war is good, but it's still a little worse than Shao An." After Zhang San teased Li Honghui, he said to Li Si again, "Since your younger brother came, the title of the second first army division is not guaranteed, and in the end he can only be reduced to a 'small army division'." ”

"My brother he...... The art of war is good? ”

"Of course." Zhang San sighed, "Obviously, I didn't see him work hard to read the military book and play with us, but he was better than us, you are not angry." At that time, we were jealous of him and wanted to fix him. But you're always protecting your brother, and you don't know where to start. ”

"How did he go on a scientific expedition later? Why doesn't he recognize me? Why do you have to hide it from me? ”

This question is too sharp, and it happens to hit the nail on the head. Zhang San touched his chin and pondered, Li Hongyi is this a question, or a question? When he asked "why" for the second time, Zhang San said tentatively: "Because...... He's afraid you'll hit him. ”

"Why should I hit him?" Li Hongyi wondered.

"He was ...... made a very serious mistake, you didn't kill him, it's his own brother. Zhang San only said half of the reason, and half-deceived Li Hongyi.

Afterwards, Li Honghui asked Zhang San in private: "If you hide it from him, how long can you hide it, and for a lifetime?" ”

Zhang San smiled indifferently, "Hide it, who knows?" ”

However, Li Honghui was not as optimistic as Zhang San, he knew that sooner or later this thorn would pierce the hearts of the emperor and Li Hongyi with blood.

Zhang San talked for a long time, but in the end he still didn't say what kind of big mistake Shao An made. Li Hongyi's mind was also dizzy, and he didn't ask any more questions. He looked at the shadowy branches in the court and asked him, "You just said that I planted a tree with my brother, and is it still there?" ”

"Yes, it's the date tree. Now it's old and tall, and it's all dates. Shao An sends someone to bring us some every year, but it's delicious......"

Speaking of this, Zhang San suddenly saw Li Hongyi's sad expression, so he cautiously salvaged the atmosphere, and half-jokingly said, "You shouldn't be sad because you didn't eat dates, right?" ”

Li Hongyi did not reply, walked under the tree alone, stroked the trunk, and was silent for a long time.

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For a day, Li Hongyi naturally didn't think of anything. In the evening, everyone dispersed, but Li Hongyi insisted on staying here. He said he was going to live here and think about it.

He stroked the bright scimitar, flipped through the "Art of War" that he couldn't read back then, and he even found that he kept accounts when he was a child, and was forced to write articles by the emperor.

Seeing this, Li Hongyi laughed dumbly, and he finally understood how ignorant he was back then, how incomprehensible his articles were, and how ugly his handwriting was.

Although he couldn't think of anything, it felt so familiar. He lives in a familiar former residence, tidying up familiar old things, and there is no sense of disobedience at all. I'm afraid the only violation is that I wake up in the middle of the night, always want to look at the bed next to me, and feel that there is one less person.

Li Hongyi took refuge here and stayed for a few days, but the outside was turned upside down. The cardinal party and the prime minister first woke up from the dazed and shocked. After thinking about it carefully, they found that the Guards Division, Li Hongyi, and Shao An were all old people in the Qiandi. And they grew up together and were intimate. Sure enough, as long as you bet on the right master, your career in the future will be straight ahead.

At this moment, the emperor's reputation fell to the lowest point among the scholars. Nepotism, breaking up brothers, cultivating cronies or something have all become stains on the emperor's rule. However, in the end, it was still a feudal dynasty, and after the government arrested the leading scholars, others no longer dared to talk about state affairs.

As for the fact that Shao An and Li Hongyi are brothers, it is really a few families who are happy and a few who are sad, and the military is still very happy that Li Hongyi can get help.

Especially when those soldiers who valued righteousness heard that Shao An stepped forward to block the arrows and saved Li Hongyi, they immediately admired Shao Xiang, and even wrote off those past grievances.

At this time, the civilian clique was divided into two factions, one wanted to reconcile with the cardinal party, and the other wanted to continue the fight. The peace faction felt that the grievances had been cleared and there was no need to continue. The other faction said that now Sun Yi is the prime minister, and the prime minister and Shao An have nothing to do with each other.

Where should the party go, at this time, it should have been decided by Sun E, but what is strange is that Sun Ei said that he was sick again.

Memories are like a tidal wave, flickering far and near. Today, Li Hongyi has lived in his old residence for several days, immersed in memories every day, unable to extricate himself. Sometimes, Zhang San, Li Honghui and others came back to accompany Li Hongyi and talk about the past. Sometimes, the emperor would send imperial doctors to treat Li Hongyi.

No matter how much others do, in fact, they are all auxiliaries, and as for whether Li Hongyi can recover his memory, he still has to rely on himself.

The days of recovering his memory are long, and Li Hongyi has already remembered most of them in everyone's intermittent narration. That day, he was still sitting on the stone bench in the small courtyard, listening to Zhang San chatting with him, and suddenly asked: "Actually, I remembered who you were, and I also remembered An'er's affairs." It's just that there is always a fragment, that is, after we set out on the expedition, what happened at that time? Why do I have amnesia? ”

"Do you really want to know?" Zhang San asked, "Then you have to make sure that you don't get angry and listen calmly." ”

Li Hongyi immediately assured: "Okay." ”

Zhang San nodded, and finally began to tell, telling about the past that Shao An was unwilling to mention, the emperor was not allowed to mention, Gao Wei disdained to mention, and the secret guard couldn't bear to mention.

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It was the twentieth year of Yongkang, summer.

After An'er and Li Hongyi teamed up to break the Jiuqu Ecstasy Array, they suppressed the enemy's arrogance. Later, Gao Wei took Li Hongyi to continue the attack, and our army finally turned defeat into victory. Seeing that victory was in sight, there were a few quarrels in the handsome tent.

"How can there be an ambush? The number of Xiou gas is exhausted, why doesn't our army take advantage of the victory to pursue? Gao Wei asked. In fact, he has never been accustomed to An'er's conceited appearance, and always feels that he seems to control the world at a young age, which is too ignorant.

An Er swept the map, looked up and said to King An on the main seat: "Xi'ou has suffered heavy losses, but all of them are soldiers, and they should not be taken lightly. On the eastern front, there are many mountains and trees, and they are most afraid of an ambush. Although the Western Front is a desert, it is endless and there can be no danger. ”

"The desert is a danger." Gao Wei said angrily, "What should I do if I get lost?" ”

"We have guides, how can we get lost." An'er was also angry, and said proudly, "Besides, attacking the royal court from the western front is the closest way." ”

"They will surely find that our target is the royal court, and they will be in ambush in the way they must go. The Western Front, too obvious and undesirable. ”

"It is too difficult to set up an ambush on the western front, and Xiou may feel that our army is not familiar with the desert and will not venture into the desert area."

"But ...... on the Eastern Front"

"Enough!" King An was furious, looked at An'er and Gao Wei, quarreled over the offensive route, and said angrily, "Discuss it well, why bother to fight with a red face." The so-called surprise, attack its unpreparedness, let's gamble once. On the Western Front, we will take the Western Front. ”

Gao Wei looked dissatisfied, he really didn't know what ecstasy soup An'er poured into King An, but he always agreed with An'er's point of view. When King An saw him like this, he also knew that he was unwilling to send troops, so he could only bother Li Hongyi and take 800 light cavalry deep behind enemy lines to raid the royal court.

Li Hongyi's expedition, An'er wanted to follow and be a guide. But they were marching in a hurry, and Li Hongyi was worried that An'er would not be able to bear it, so he did not plan to take him with him.

An'er thinks about it, she is a weak scholar, and she still doesn't hold them back. He was particularly worried and told Li Hongyi: "The desert march is most afraid of getting lost, so bring a few more guides." ”

"Got it." Li Hongyi nodded.

"Also, bring some water."

"Okay." Li Hongyi smiled, "Why are you talking so much today." ”

An'er didn't know what was wrong with her, and suddenly she started to be a mother-in-law. You know, he never was like this before.

"So you're annoying me." An'er pretended to be impatient and waved her hand, "I'm too lazy to say it, forget it, you can leave quickly." ”

However, no one expected that that parting would almost be separated from life and death, and they would never see each other again.

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"And then?" Li Hongyi asked.

Zhang San said sadly: "I didn't expect that Xiou was ambushed on the western front, and when we got the news and rushed over, it was already a sea of fire, with eight hundred soldiers...... All sacrificed. I...... We...... Only found your jade pendant. The jade pendant of the hidden guard never leaves the body, we thought you were ...... Killed in battle. ”

"No, no!" Li Hongyi pulled his hair and almost hit his head on the table, "That's not the case, they didn't ambush the Western Front, they didn't ambush the Western Front!" ”

"Huh?" Zhang San was surprised, "You...... What happened to you? Do you remember? ”

Zhang San hurriedly grabbed Li Hongyi, who was about to go crazy, but Li Hongyi trembled all over his body and was in extreme pain, as if he had fallen into some terrible memory. Zhang San hurriedly called him and slapped him, for fear that Li Hongyi would do something to harm himself.

After a long time, Li Hongyi raised his sweaty face, grabbed Zhang San's arm tightly, and said an exciting news: "I ...... I remembered, I remembered it all. ”

Zhang San was pleasantly surprised, and was speechless with excitement. But Li Hongyi was not happy, he said eagerly: "It's Sun E, it's Sun E." Quick, go catch him! ”