Since Guo Jia came to visit me, Sima Yi was worried all day long. He was very worried about Zhang Chunhua's safety in Hebei.

From the moment when Guo Jia learned from the moment he was in Youzhou with Sima Lang, he had already made up his mind to rush to Jicheng to find Zhang Chunhua. At that time, Guo Jia saw his thoughts from Sima Yi's eyes and expressed his concerns:

"Cao Cao has already doubted you. If the news of you leaving Chenggao without authorization leaked, it may be extremely unfavorable to you."

Guo Jia's words reminded Sima Lang, who was also very concerned about Zhang Chunhua, and he said to Sima Yi after he returned to his calmness:

"Zhongda, what Mr. Fengxiao said makes sense. You are being monitored by Cao Cao now, so let's go there for me..."

Before he finished speaking, Sima Yi interrupted him: "Brother, don't say much. Chunhua was thrown away in my hands that day. Now that I have learned the information that she is still in the world, I should go and find him, let alone..."

He looked at Sima Lang with a sick face. Sima Lang clearly understood that his brother's eyes were reminding him of his physical condition and did not have the conditions for a long journey, but his inner concern for Sima Yi's slightest affinity for Zhang Chunhua made him give up his consideration for his weak body:

"I killed Zhang Chunhua's family in one thought. You shouldn't be responsible for this..."

Sima Yi didn't think so in his heart. He did not allow his brother to drag his sick body to the Hebei area where war was full of uncertainty. After a brief contemplation, he persuaded Sima Lang from another perspective:

"Although Cao Cao is suspicious of me, I can't stay in the house and not go out. It is too difficult to not reveal any flaws under the surveillance of Cao Cao's eyeliner that may be covered with all around. It is better for me to secretly leave before Xiahou Yuan returns to report his life, so that you don't have to hide for me anymore..."

"No need to say it!" Sima Yi did not expect that his elder brother, who has always been gentle and never speaks roughly, would interrupt his words so simply and stubbornly: "I will not let you go to danger again. You have been in danger several times before, and your life is hanging on the line. Do you know how worried and my father are for you? Chunhua I will find her back, you don't have to worry about it!"

After saying that, Sima Lang left without any room for Sima Yi.

In the empty hall, Sima Yi and Guo Jia stood there, and no sound could be heard except for the snoring of Xiahou Yuan who was drunk and unconscious by the red painted pillar.

Looking at Sima Yi with an iron-faced face standing there and looking at the door, Guo Jiayan crossed his hands into his sleeves and walked slowly to Sima Yi's side, looking at him with a smile:

"It seems that you were shocked by your elder brother's words. In fact, you didn't feel any shaken in your heart, right?"

Sima Yi also looked at Guo Jia who was smiling at him, and snorted coldly:

"I told my brother that Zhang Wang threatened the Sima family. In order to protect us, I had no choice but to make this decision. It can also be said that I indirectly harmed Zhang Chunhua's family. Later, my brother wanted to take good care of Zhang Chunhua to compensate for his sins. Unexpectedly, he was on the way to escape because of my incompetence, which became an eternal regret in my heart..."

While Guo Jia looked at Sima Yi's self-blame and painful expression, he also noticed that the fists faintly appeared on Sima Yi's cuffs were tightly pinching. After clearly understanding Sima Yi's inner thoughts, Guo Jia did not intend to persuade him again, but took two steps behind his back with his hands gently:

"But your actions are indeed too risky. Cao Cao will soon indiscriminately send troops to Hebei. At that time, no matter whether Cao Cao finds that you are cheating on your illness and refusing to serve will cause death, the wars everywhere will be full of dangers. You must be careful..."

Sima Yi looked up at the stars hanging in the night sky outside the door, and then turned his gaze to Guo Jia's back:

"I have not experienced the situation of a life-threatening death, not to mention that I have to do this."

Guo Jia raised the corner of his mouth and smiled faintly, and said nothing, turned around and left the main hall and left along the corridor.

Chen Qun, who was supposed to be an insider for Liu Bei, has been worried since Guo Jia saw through his true identity. What he was worried about was not that Guo Jia would tell Cao Cao about his own affairs.

On the contrary, people who are clearly completely opposite to their political stance and should have put themselves to death protect themselves, while those who are respectful and loyal to themselves are suspicious of themselves. This contradictory thought continues to impact Chen Qun's heart, especially when he learned that Yu Jin had been rebelled by Guo Jia, Chen Qun could no longer suppress his chaotic mood.

At this moment, he heard the news that Yu Jin returned to Xu Du and reported to Cao Cao...

When Yu Jin returned home, he had just walked to the door of his house and heard the servant say that there were guests waiting in the house. He noticed that the atmosphere was wrong and he took off the sword on his waist and handed it to the servant. Then he went straight to the main hall.

When he saw Yu Jin standing in the main hall with his hands facing away from his back, even if he didn't see his face, he could still accurately determine that this person was Chen Qun. In surprise, Yu Jin quickly turned around and closed the door, walked to Chen Qun and asked cautiously: "Why are you here? Did Uncle Liu ask you to come..."

"Uncle Liu?" Chen Qun couldn't help but sneer when he heard Yu Jin calling Liu Bei in front of him for the first time:

"It seems that Zilong said nothing badly. General Yu has really become a good bird that chooses trees and roams..."

Yu Jin heard that Chen Qun was really ridiculing himself and even compared himself to a beast. However, Yu Jin was not angry, but instead said to Chen Qun respectfully: "I was as grateful to Uncle Liu for his kindness as you did, and I thought I would be at ease to do anything to do for him. I didn't expect that as time goes by, I gradually began to become confused, and I didn't know whether what I did was right or wrong. If Mr. Fengxiao hadn't talked with me in a heart-to-heart manner, I would still be wandering around..."

Although Chen Qun was difficult to accept on the surface, he vaguely felt what Yu Jin said in his heart, which seemed to match his anxious thoughts. He hesitated for a while and asked Er to say what he had always wanted to ask:

"You were the most loyal person besides Guan, Zhang and Zhao. I never thought that a person like you would actually..."

Listening to Chen Qun's words, Yu Jin felt unhappy. Since he was ambushed and injured by following Bao Xin to fight against the Yellow Turban, Liu Bei extended a helping hand to him. From that moment on, he had made up his mind to follow Liu Bei for life. However, since the day after Bao Xin died in battle, he lurked under Cao Cao under Liu Bei's order, Yu Jin has been doing things that he was not willing to do in his heart. The more he accumulates his inner pain, the more uncomfortable it becomes.

"I thought Uncle Liu was really trying to pacify this troubled times and seek welfare for the people. Later, I found that what I thought was too simple. The more I understood him, the more I felt that he was very scary..."

After saying that, Yu Jin looked at Chen Qun: "Have you heard of the name Sima Yi?"

When Chen Qun heard Yu Jin mention Sima Yi, he immediately became nervous and his expression became more and more serious.

From Chen Qun's expression, Yu Jin could see that he seemed to know Sima Yi's existence, but he knew nothing about the relationship between Sima Yi and Liu Bei: "As far as I know, Uncle Liu has been secretly investigating this Sima Yi, and the purpose of having a deal with that 'Your Highness' is also to be Sima Yi, but unfortunately, I and you are not aware of it except Guan, Zhang and Zhao..."

This sentence hit Chen Qun's lung tube, and his biggest concern was this, but he did not express this thought to his expression, and he was still calm as usual: "So what?"

"That means you and I are not qualified to contact his core secrets. In other words, he does not trust us..."

Yu Jin's words seemed to hit the nail on the head. Seeing Chen Qun standing there without saying a word, his tightly clenched fists trembled slightly. Yu Jin continued, "After assisting those people to conspire to kill Xi Zhicai, I deeply understand this..."

Chen Qun, who breathed a long sigh, wanted to calm down, looked up at Yu Jin:

"As far as you know, what kind of person is the 'Your Highness' you mentioned? What is his true identity?"

"Actually, I have never had direct contact with him. The person who sent the message on his behalf was a man holding a long sword. I once tried to find out their identity indirectly, but unfortunately I found nothing. Uncle Liu just asked me to help them, and did not explain their affairs."

Recalling the conversation between Liu Bei and his mysterious man in the camp when he was in Xuzhou, and Yu Jin expressed more and more thoughts, Chen Qun felt that he was getting farther and farther away from Liu Bei, and he almost didn't know him anymore...

During the conversation, Yu Jin also noticed that Chen Qun's heart had begun to shake, so he spoke to remind him:

"We have been serving him in the enemy camp far away from Uncle Liu. It has been a long time since we were in trouble. I advise you not to go deeper while you can stay alone. The Uncle Liu we know is not as simple as we think..."

After a moment of silence, Chen Qun whispered: "Has he instructed you to poison Guo Jia all the time?"

Yu Jin did not expect that Chen Qun had found out about this and stood silent for a moment.

Seeing Yu Jin's reaction, Chen Qun seemed to have known the answer even though he didn't get his answer...

On the way home, Chen Qun, who was walking through the crowd, was like a walking corpse, slowly moving his steps, looking at the ground with his eyes blankly, and shaking forward...

Suddenly, a pedestrian who was rushing toward Chen Qun did not run towards him. The lost Chen Qun did not react at all, but was knocked to the ground. The man only cared about traveling and had no time to care about Chen Qun who was hit by him.

Just at this moment, Xun Li, who passed by here, saw Chen Qun sitting on the ground in a daze, and quickly stepped forward and squatted down to ask:

"Why are you sitting here?"

Chen Qun turned his face slightly to look at Xun Li, who was full of worry, and wanted to confide in her inner depression. However, this depression cannot be explained to others, so he could only swallow the words he was about to blurt out.

Seeing that he did not answer him, Xun Li thought Chen Qun was feeling uncomfortable, so she helped him up and gently patted the dust stained on his clothes. She asked with concern: "What's wrong with you? Are you sick?"

"No, thank you for your concern..."

After gently pushing Xun Li's hand away, Chen Qun turned around and continued to walk forward slowly. Xun Li, who was behind him, was worried and followed him quietly along the way to pay attention to his situation until he entered the doorstep safely...

At this point, Chen Qun had been living a quiet place in addition to handling official duties, and later asked Cao Cao for sick leave. He has been waiting for guests in close contact for several days. When Xun Li talked to Zhang Ning, he always showed grief and was depressed whenever he mentioned such Chen Qun.

Zhang Ning told Guo Jia about this. Guo Jia did not react much after hearing this, but just said lightly:

"This may not be a bad thing..."

Although Sima Yi's idea of ​​going to Jicheng was unswerving, it was a solid piece of iron for Sima Lang and there was no room for negotiation. Not only that, in order to prevent Sima Yi from slipping away quietly, Sima Lang specially ordered his servants to take turns to guard at the door, not to let Sima Yi go out, and asked Sima Kui to monitor Sima Yi in the room and urged him to "rest with peace of mind."

Sima Yi, who was locked in the house, was extremely anxious. He was afraid that if Sima Lang went to Jicheng first, there would be danger when passing Jizhou where war was about to open, so he thought hard about how to leave.

Looking at Sima Kui sitting next to the bed quietly looking at the bamboo slips in his hand, Sima Yi's eyes turned and had an idea in his mind...

He walked up to Sima Kui and said, "Jida, aren't you tired after sitting for so long?"

Sima Kui replied without raising his head: "It was the elder brother who asked me to look at you, second brother, don't waste your time..."

Sima Yi smiled and said, "I don't plan to escape, but I have a book called "The Book of Music" and it's down in the study. Now I suddenly want to read it. My brother doesn't let me go out. I want you to get it for me..."

Sima Kui liked to read books when he was a child. After thinking about it carefully, he had never read the "Music Sutra" yet. Sima Yi had already read the Six Classics well, so he could take this opportunity to ask him about the difficult parts of it, so he went there without thinking too much.

When Sima Kui came back with the book Jian, he found that the room was already empty. In a panic, he quickly turned around and shouted: "No! Second brother has escaped!"

The shouts alarmed Sima Lang. He immediately ordered his servants to search the various houses and find nothing. Although he was surprised that someone was guarding Sima Yi, it should be impossible for Sima Yi to leave the house, Sima Kui hurriedly took all the servants in the house to search.

The empty Sima house was surprisingly quiet. When everyone left the door, they had already changed into servants' clothes. Sima Yi, who had been hiding under the bed in the house, lowered his head and walked quickly towards the door. Seeing the empty door approaching, Sima Yi, who was secretly happy in his heart, was finally about to achieve his goal.

However, just as he was only one step away from the gate, a body standing at the gate blocked his way.

When he raised his head, he couldn't help but be stunned: "Brother..."

Looking at Sima Lang's angry expression, Sima Yi knew that he was going to be scolded again, so he simply stood there without saying a word.

After staring at Sima Yi for a while, Sima Lang sighed slightly and walked towards Sima Yi step by step.

Sima Yi closed his eyes nervously. Although he knew that Sima Lang, who felt sorry for his younger brothers, was reluctant to beat him, it was hard to say under this situation.

Sima Yi, who closed his eyes, couldn't help but wait for Sima Lang's punishment, and didn't even say a word. When he opened his eyes again, he found that the courtyard was empty, and Sima Lang disappeared without a trace...

Sima Kui, who had nothing to do outside, brought his servants back home panting and said to Sima Lang:

"Brother, we searched all over Chenggao City but couldn't find the second brother..."

Sima Lang said lightly: "It seems that he has let him slip away again. Forget it, let him go if he wants to leave..."

Sitting on the bow of the boat crossing the Yellow River, Sima Yi seemed to understand Sima Lang's intention. Although he didn't say anything to him, his intentions were spread to his heart:
Chapter completed!