The memory is pulled back to a moonless night in the summer, even if there is no moon, the stars are in the sky, and the night is still as bright as day.

On the slope, ten thousand grasses grow here, and a hundred flowers bloom here, competing with each other, a vigorous image. And three different young voices chased Yan Xiao on the grass.

"Now, Xiao Yi, what kind of person do you want to be when you grow up?", a slightly mature male voice sounded.

Zhao Yi thought for a moment and said confusedly: "I don't know, what kind of person does Brother Zhao Qian want to be?"

"Me!", he said, pointing to the brightest star in the night sky, "I want to be like that star." ”

Zhao Yi looked at the emperor star that Zhao Qian was referring to with his big sparkling eyes, and asked, "Why do you want to be that star?"

"If there is a day in this world where there is no moon shining like this night, I will lead the other stars to shine on this dark earth, and use our star light to guide those who are lost to find their way home. ”

His eyes were imprinted with the brilliant starlight, and he murmured: "The queen mother once told me that if you want to be happy, you must first help the people around you, and only when everyone is happy, will you feel truly happy, and this is the path that I must take to become the emperor in the future." ”

"Just like the brightest star, it is not to cover the other stars, but to help them illuminate all the dark corners. ”

Han Yuchen listened to the conversation between the two and interjected: "How can the light of the stars be as beautiful as the fireflies around us, look at it, they are dancing for us, how beautiful!"

"yes, they're beautiful."

"The light of fireflies is not necessarily worse than the light of stars. ”

"But one is illusory, and the other is within reach..."

Since then, Zhao Yi's heart has been imprinted with Zhao Qian's words, and he is like his shadow, walking the same purpose as the ontology but not the same path.

Zhao Yi looked at the star-shaped mark on the wooden stake that was exactly the same as the star-shaped mark carved by Zhao Qian on the land with stones, but it was still deformed, not like a star at all.

He reminisced about the fond memories of his childhood, and a small smile appeared on his face.

"It's good if you're back, I'll go see you!"

Re-packed up, looking for the mark left by Zhao Qian all the way, and walked towards the outside of the city step by step.

And when he passed a restaurant, Unit Ce was on the pavilion, pinched a few pieces of cooked beef on the plate and put them in his mouth, chewed a few times, and lifted a bowl of wine to his stomach.

"Hey, have you heard? Our general of Zhao has collaborated with the enemy and treasoned!", a small man in the building whispered.

"Which general are you talking about?", someone asked.

"Who else could there be, it would be the young general of the General's Mansion!", the little guy raised his voice deliberately.

"Yes, yes, yes, I've heard about that. Someone immediately chimed in.

"No, General Zhao is sincere and kind, and he will not do such a thing. There are also people who don't believe it.

"What do you know? Now that we are in a period of war, General Zhao will be valued by the emperor, and once the war subsides, will he still be useful? Don't forget that the national teacher is now the celebrity in front of today's saints!"

One after another pretended to think, and then said: "So it is not unreasonable for General Zhao to betray the enemy, and a general with heavy troops in his hands is also a thorn in peacetime and wartime!"

As the conversation deepened, more and more people gathered, and the words that smeared Zhao Yi abounded.

Unit Ce watched this scene from the sidelines, the corners of his mouth went up, and he laughed proudly.

After returning from the maple forest next to Jiafeng City, he has been arranging this matter, releasing the news of Zhao Yi's betrayal and planning to kill other generals, so as to achieve the purpose known to the whole city.

Not long ago, he also arranged for other people to go to other cities to release the news.

Looking at his masterpiece, he tore the beef with satisfaction, drank a bowl of wine again, and threw his pleasant gaze to the street, just in time to see Zhao Yi's figure at a glance.

Suddenly frowned, and wondered: "Is it because I drank too much, how can this figure be so similar?"

"Little Er, check out!"

Unit Ce put the silver two on the table, went downstairs to pursue Zhao Yi, and when he went out of the gate, Zhao Yi was almost at the city gate. By the time he chased him to the city gate, Zhao Yi's figure was gone.

"Did you see the gray cloaked man?"

The guard looked at the token in Unit Ce's hand and immediately complimented, "Go in the direction of the forest." ”

......

The forest in front of him was the place where Li Chuan wanted to ambush himself and kill him, and Zhao Yi himself never thought that the imprint left by the person he wanted to see had always guided him here.

He took a deep breath and walked inside. After walking in the forest for a while, he looked left and right, and wondered, "Why is the mark gone here?"

At this moment, I suddenly smelled the long sound of the piano. Then he peeled off the cover of the dense blades of grass and other things in front of him, and saw two people on the empty grass in front of him, walking over one after another.

One of them, dressed in a navy blue black robe and with a high bun, looked a little similar to Zhao Yi.

He was sitting cross-legged on a piece of bluestone. Reaching out with both hands, he played with the xylophone on his legs, and the bleak sound of the piano seemed to bring Zhao Yi to another world.

There, he seemed to see a peaceful and happy village.

Every family is putting up their lights and sending their blessings to the newlyweds in the village to tie the knot.

The couple thanked each other, bowed to each other, and poured out their promises to each other.

As the days passed, the village was quiet and happy.

As soon as the piano sounded, the sound was like crying. In Zhao Yi's pupils, rows of soldiers stepped into the village, forcibly recruiting strong men, including the men in the new pair.

He seemed to hear the man's words before parting, "Su Niang, wait for me, I will definitely come back." ”

The woman nodded with tears in her eyes until the army left the village.

They took away all the men in the village, leaving only some of the old, weak, sick and disabled, taking away all the happiness and joy, leaving behind the indefinite anticipation and sorrow.

At this time, the sound of the piano was passionate and low, ups and downs, chaotic, but it was so harmonious in Zhao Yi's ears.

On one side, the man was fighting frantically on the battlefield, just for the thought in his heart. Licking alone in the silence of the people, he took out a white cloth in his bosom, but the cloth was already yellowed, and opened it one after another, revealing a wisp of green silk from his wife. Who can understand the lovesick tears in his eyes?

On the other side, his wife leaned against the wooden door and looked at the jade plate hanging in the night sky, through which she seemed to see the figure that she thought about day and night, and felt the light of her bulging lower abdomen.

Eventually, one day, he collapsed in a pool of blood, his hand still clutching a yellowed white cloth that contained everything he had.

And the small village was reduced to rubble in a war.

All the pain was burned by a merciless flame, and the whole world rose and fell to the sound of the bleak piano.

The man on the bluestone had already finished playing, but Zhao Yi seemed to be still lost in the sky, standing there stupidly, his eyes blank.

The person next to Qingshi is obviously much older than Zhao Yi, a pair of white sword eyebrows are particularly conspicuous, and the two red cherry blossoms on the coat hang down on both sides, as a man, he has a feminine feeling.

But when he saw him about to take a step, he was interrupted by a voice from the person on the bluestone: "Don't disturb him." ”

"Born from the heart, the sound of my piano is the 'phase' in his heart, and what he sees is the underlying demon in his heart. If he can break it, the road of the road will go even further in the future. ”

But after a while, he sighed again: "It seems that I overestimated Xiao Yi, and this layer of his inner demons is difficult to overcome." ”

As soon as the words fell, a piano sound sounded, and Zhao Yi's eyes returned to his attention and he looked around again.

Seeing that the person on the bluestone was smiling at him, he said with relief: "Brother Zhao Qian, you are finally back!"

"yes! It's been a few years. Zhao Qian replied.

"It's four years and nine months!"

"You still remember it so clearly!", Zhao Qian sighed as he stood up from the bluestone.

Zhao Yi watched Zhao Qian walk in front of him step by step, and said in surprise: "Brother Zhao Qian, your legs?"

He clearly remembered that time when he had caused a mess because of his misdeeds. If Zhao Qian hadn't sacrificed his life to save him, he would have died under those fangs. And Zhao Qian fought fiercely with the toothed wolf and lost the ability to walk on his legs.

Zhao Yi has always been guilty and remorseful about this, even if Zhao Qian persuaded Zhao Yi many times that he no longer cared about these legs, this knot in his heart has disappeared with the wind.

Zhao Yi also said that he understood what the other party meant, but the pain that made him lose his legs, Zhao Yi has always been unable to let go.

This emotion became even stronger after Zhao Qian disappeared from Zhao Guo.

Later, Zhao Yi kept inquiring about Zhao Qian's whereabouts, but there was no news at all, as if the world had evaporated.

And at this moment, seeing Zhao Qian return safely, his legs were as good as ordinary people, which not only surprised him, but also opened a shackle in his heart.

"At that time, I heard Imperial Physician Wang say that it was impossible for my eldest brother's legs..."

Zhao Yi seemed to notice that his words were a little inappropriate, and stammered: "Of course, I didn't mean that, I really hope..."

"Xiao Yi!", Zhao Qian interrupted Zhao Yi's words, "I have already said that this matter is over, you don't need to blame yourself." Besides, you see, isn't my leg already healed? ”

The two were silent for a while, and Zhao Qian suddenly said, "Has Xiao Yi ever thought about leaving this place and going to another place?"

"What do you mean?", Zhao Yi asked rhetorically.

"The world is far from what you see, and there are many new things that you have not encountered. ”

Zhao Qian explained: "This whole Xixiang land is only a remote place, and the outside world is very big and exciting. ”

Seeing that Zhao Yi still had a puzzled look, he sighed: "In this way, you are the head general of Zhao State, you must have a deep understanding of fist and foot kung fu, how about we have a few moves?"

"I'm afraid I'll hurt you by mistake. Zhao Yi resisted.

"It's all right," and then he shouted, "Dumb servant!"

The man with white sword eyebrows nodded, took out a fiery red sword from nowhere, threw it away, and the sword did not fall to the ground, but made a clanging sword sound, and then flew in front of Zhao Yi, hanging in the air less than a foot away.

It reminded him of some of the fights in his dreams, and now they were actually happening right in front of his eyes.

Zhao Qian saw that he didn't have that panicked look, and nodded with satisfaction for his concentration.

But how would Zhao Qian know that Zhao Yi had already seen this kind of sword method, and in that space, he had even seen more magical powers and some terrifying scenes, but Zhao Yi had always thought that these only existed in the illusory.

As soon as he grasped the crimson hilt, a burning sensation came from the hilt to his whole body.

This sword seemed to have its own consciousness to resist Zhao Yi, he seemed to see a burning world from the fiery red sword body, a fire Jiao rose in the flames, two fierce lights stared at Zhao Yi, and the flames in his mouth seemed to fall on Zhao Yi in the next second.

It wasn't until the dumb servant coughed that the sights disappeared, and the burning sensation on his hands faded.

Zhao Yi looked at the sword in his hand in disbelief, he was very sure that what he saw and felt just now was so real, but now, what the hell is going on!

"Brother Zhao Qian, be careful. While paying attention to the sword in his hand, he rushed towards Zhao Qian.

"Take a step forward with all your strength, and then start slashing from the top of your head!", Zhao Qian unhurriedly used the xylophone as an arm guard in front of him.

And at this moment, Zhao Yi actually stepped forward as Zhao Qian said, his body was volleyed in the air, and he slashed from top to bottom with a sword.

Zhao Yi was shocked in his heart, his actions so fast were actually seen through, this is one.

The second surprise was that the xylophone could block the strength of the sword, and the strings were never bent, let alone emitted a single string sound. Why is that?

After a brief moment of contact, he drew his sword and continued to attack.

"After the backhand is returned to the sword, it is picked up again. Zhao Qian continued, and prepared his defense in advance.

Zhao Yi's offensive was blocked by the other party again, and then secretly said: "It's impossible for you to guess again", and then attacked Zhao Qian repeatedly.

"The downward attack is just to cover people's eyes and ears, but in fact, it is aimed at the throat!", Zhao Qian finished speaking, stretched out two fingers and grabbed the sword stabbed by Zhao Yi.

"How could it be...", Zhao Yi let go of the hilt of the sword in confusion, and the sword flew back into the dumb servant's hand and disappeared.

"Xiao Yi, I don't mean to hit your self-confidence, but I want to tell you that the real master duel, the victory or defeat is only in one move, your thoughts are all expressed in your actions, and the enemy will easily see through it. ”

"Are these all things from the outside world?", Zhao Yi asked softly.

"When you go out, you will also realize that there are not only magical powers that penetrate the heavens and the earth, but also panaceas that you can't think of, and my legs are enough to explain it. ”

Looking at the yearning on Zhao Yi's face, Zhao Qian smiled slightly and continued to guide, "Whether it's a sword or the wind, rain, thunder and lightning you usually see. Anyone can resist it!"

"Just like the national teacher Qi Yu?", Zhao Yi asked.

"The next few raindrops are just small ear canals, and they don't count as supernatural powers. Zhao Qian replied.

Zhao Yi had always longed for the method of national teacher Qi Yu before, but when he got to Zhao Qian, he became a small ear, which made Zhao Yi yearn for the place Zhao Qian said even more.

Not only that, Zhao Qian's return made Zhao Yi full of confidence, so he said excitedly: "No matter what, it's good for you to come back, now Zhao Guo is saved." ”

"Brother Zhao Qian, you may not know that after you left, the Wei State attacked it, and the Han family of the Western General's Mansion launched a coup d'état to establish itself as a country. With my own efforts, I was able to quell the war, but in the end I was betrayed by my sworn brother, and I was ready to carry out some of my own plans to set things right, but now that you're back, everything is easy, we..."

"Xiao Yi!", Zhao Qian interrupted Zhao Yi's words again, "I just came back this time to take you and Yuchen out." ”

"What did you say?", Zhao Yi suspected that he had heard it wrong, so he asked directly.

"I will not meddle in the wars between mortal nations, and those personal grudges have nothing to do with me anymore. ”

"Where... Fan Guo?", Zhao Yi's face became cold, and he asked: "They are all your people, you abandoned the throne at the beginning, and now when you come back, you will say 'it has nothing to do with me'?"

"Xiao Yi, you have to understand, this is just an insignificant place, when you go out with me and see the 'scenery' of that place, you will understand my words. ”

"I don't understand, I won't understand, I just know that it can turn a person I know well into a stranger that I can't see through, it's okay not to go to this kind of place!", Zhao Yi looked at Zhao Qian's unchanged expression, waited for a long time, looked forward to it for a long time, hoping that the other party would change his mind, but the result disappointed him, and he flicked his sleeves at the end.

Then the dumb servant came and said, "Master, what shall we do now?"

Until Zhao Yi's figure disappeared in front of him, there was still no expression on his face, and he said indifferently: "You should know his life history, it doesn't matter if Han Yuchen's girl cares, the main thing is that Xiao Yi shouldn't just spend his life here." ”

Then the voice changed, "Xiao Yi is really careless, you go and deal with the tail behind him." ”

"Yes, master. ”