After leading the army to escape Gao Rou, Wang Ling's encirclement successfully returned to Youzhou, Yuan Xi became more dependent on Sima Yi.

For this reason, Yuan Xi specially arranged Sima Yi in his residence. One could wait for an opportunity to ask him for advice, the other was that he knew that Yuan Shang had a grudge against Sima Yi and placed him by his side to protect his safety.

For Sima Yi, this arrangement was exactly what he wanted, because Zhang Zhang Chunhua also lived in Yuan Xi's residence at this time.

Helping Yuan Xi is just one of the ways to get close to Zhang Chunhua. His real purpose is to bring her back.

However, everything seemed to be too simple. After several days of getting along and testing, Sima Yi gradually discovered that Zhang Zhang Chunhua's memory of himself was completely erased by the long period of time and he could not remember him at all.

Thanks to Zhang Chunhua's knowledge that Sima Yi was trying his best to help Yuan Xi overcome the difficulties, Zhang Chunhua's attitude towards Sima Yi was not as cold as before, and quietly changed his attitude towards him.

One day, Sima Yi was sitting on the stone steps in the courtyard, looking down at the two mantis in the courtyard, fighting and biting each other.

"What are you looking so stunning?"

Sima Yi raised his head and found that Zhang Zhang Chunhua had already walked to his side with the refreshment on the tray in his hand. He put down his right hand holding his chin and smiled faintly: "It's nothing, I'm bored and just watch the two insects fight each other, and pass the time."

Looking along his gaze, Zhang Zhang Chunhua quickly knew what the two insects fighting each other in Sima Yi's mouth were like.

After putting the tray in her hand next to Sima Yi, she also sat down and took out the pastry on the plate and handed it to Sima Yi. Sima Yi turned his head and looked at it without feeling surprised, and it took him a long time to reach out to pick it up.

Seeing Sima Yi's face full of surprise, Zhang Chunhua couldn't help but smile:

"You are different at this time than before..."

"I was before?" Sima Yi realized that his expression seemed to be a move to make Zhang Chunhua laugh. He looked down at the finely made mung bean cake in his hand, and turned to look at Zhang Chunhua: "What does this mean for a girl?"

Zhang Chunhua held his cheeks with both hands and recalled: "At that time, you were so calm and free when confronting Brother Yuan Shang in Brother Yuan Xi's tent. When you proposed a plan to Brother Yuan Xi, you looked confident and confident."

To be honest, Sima Yi himself had never noticed whether he was the same as what Zhang Chunhua said at the beginning. However, Zhang Chunhua's careful observation was beyond his expectations. After thinking about it, he couldn't help but smiled relievedly.

At this time, Sima Yi accidentally found a few red date glutinous rice cakes on the plate, so he gently took these to the side close to Zhang Chunhua. This action aroused Zhang Chunhua's curiosity: "What? Do you don't like this?"

Sima Yi shook his head gently, Zhang Chunhua picked up one of the red date glutinous rice cakes and placed them on his lips and took a bite:

"I like it very much."

Sima Yi, who wanted to say something, swallowed back the words he was about to blurt out, and said:

“Did you do all this yourself?”

Zhang Chunhua nodded: "It was all taught by Sister Zhen Mi and Sister Ning'er..."

When talking about Zhen Mi and Zhang Ning, Zhang Chunhua suddenly looked worried and hung down and stopped talking.

"What's wrong?" Sima Yi noticed Zhang Chunhua's strangeness and asked quickly.

Zhang Chunhua sighed slightly, put the pastry in his hand back on the tray, stood up and looked at the direction of Yecheng:

"I don't know how they are now? Is it good or not..."

As he spoke, Zhang Chunhua couldn't help but turn his gaze to the jade pendant on Sima Yi's waist. Sima Yi knew that Zhang Chunhua had always cared about the jade pendant, but he just couldn't find an excuse to ask himself.

Thinking of this, Sima Yi also stood up and took off the jade pendant, held it on his right palm and handed it to Zhang Chunhua:

"The sister Ning'er you said is living a good life now. She married Guo Jia before and now has two sons."

After taking the jade pendant, Zhang Chunhua's face couldn't help but feel joy:

"Really? That's great! Sister Ning'er finally got what she wants."

Excited, Zhang Chunhua finally asked Sima Yi about the relationship between Zhang Ning and this jade pendant:

"Do you know Sister Ning'er? How could this jade pendant be with you?"

Sima Yi didn't want to show his direct relationship with this jade pendant so abruptly, so he thought of an excuse:

"I met Guo Jia and I and then met Zhang Ning. She was very worried about your safety. From the letter Zhen Mi gave her, she learned that you were in Youzhou, so she entrusted me to come to Youzhou to pick you up and reunite with her."

In his words, he not only tried his best to clear his true purpose, but also expressed his thoughts on the most convincing reasons.

Although Zhang Chunhua's desire to meet Zhang Ning is not inferior to Zhang Ning himself, Zhang Chunhua's words still disappointed Sima Yi: "Now the situation here of Brother Yuan Xi is not stable, I cannot leave him alone, everything has to wait for the situation to be clear, let alone..."

Before she could finish her words, she saw the soldier who was sending the order outside the door holding a bamboo slip in his hand and hurriedly ran in from outside and heading straight for Yuan Xi's study. Sima Yi and Zhang Chunhua both knew that something must have happened again.

When they arrived at the door of Yuan Xi's study, they saw Yuan Xi sitting in front of the table, holding his hands on the table, lowering his head for a long time without saying anything.

"Brother Yuan Xi..."

Zhang Chunhua leaned over and tried to ask Yuan Xi what was going on. However, Yuan Xi sat in the same place like a petrified person and did not move. Zhang Chunhua couldn't help but walk to the front of the desk quickly, took the bamboo slips on the table with both hands and opened it to see. The content on it made her unable to believe whether there was something wrong with her eyes:

Cao Pi had married Zhen Mi a few days ago. The two held a wedding ceremony in Yecheng and announced to the world...

Zhang Chunhua didn't have time to pay attention to other contents. After repeated confirmation, the huge blow made the bamboo slip in her hand slide to the ground. He turned his head and looked at Yuan Xi, who could not see any expression in front of him with a sympathy and sad look.

Seeing this, Sima Yi bent down and picked up the bamboo slips. When he found the above content, he was shocked at the first time, but he randomly became suspicious of Cao Pi's intention to do so.

"Sir, can I have a way to kill me to Yecheng as soon as possible?"

Before Sima Yi could fully understand it, Yuan Xi's words made him realize that the person in front of him had been trapped in the quagmire of hatred for robbing his wife and could not extricate himself. Sima Yi, who was on the sidelines and had a calm mind, quickly dissuaded Yuan Xi:

"The general needs to calm down, right now..."

Before Sima Yi finished speaking, Yuan Xi suddenly slapped the table:

"I can't calm down! Cao's father and son are too bullying others, and I wish I could tear him into pieces!"

Sima Yi, who was about to persuade him, had not spoken yet, and Yuan Shang walked in from outside the door:

"Well, my second sister-in-law was humiliated by Cao Pi. My Yuan family was completely disgraced. At this time, we should immediately rectify our troops and go south to fight against the Cao bandits!"

"It's not that easy." Sima Yi poured cold water on Yuan Shang's head:

"Now General Yuan Xi should take the defensive stance. Cao Pi's move was to anger the general and rashly exit the army. I believe that Cao's army had set up a pocket array in Zhongshan Country at this time, waiting for you to get in."

Although he was in a state of anger, Sima Yi's words still had more or less effect. His tightly clenched fists gradually loosened a little. Yuan Shang saw that Yuan Xi seemed to be convinced by Sima Yi's words again, and before Yuan Xi completely gave up the idea of ​​sending troops, he said, "Sima Yi is not a member of the Yuan clan, how can he understand the inner pain of our brothers? Now that the second sister-in-law is captured by Cao Pi, she is looking forward to the second brother, you hurry up to save her, and her mother is still in the tiger's mouth. Can you still bear it?"

"This is my family affairs in Yuan's family, sir, don't say much!"

Yuan Xi, who was hesitant between love and reason, couldn't make any decision for a moment. After Yuan Shang's irrefutable words of fanning the flames, he finally abandoned Sima Yi's advice:

"Come here! The three armies are on standby and are ready to go south with me to fight against Cao's thieves at any time!"

Seeing that the persuasion was fruitless, Sima Yi had to sigh helplessly and close his eyes.

After nightfall, Sima Yi sat in front of the couch and thought carefully about how to solve the situation in front of him. Just as he was upset that Yuan Xi was irresistible and ignored the overall situation, a gentle knock on the door suddenly came from outside the door.

Looking up, Sima Yi saw a figure standing outside the door with the beating candlelight music, and asked:

"Who is standing outside the door? Please come into the house and talk."

With Sima Yi's permission, the figure stretched out his hand and gently pushed the door open. When the door was only half open, he took a step and moved sideways through the crack in the door into the house. After entering the house, he took the door with him.

Seeing that the person who came was not someone else but was full of worries, Sima Yi stood up and looked at her:

"The girl comes here late at night, is there anything wrong with me?"

Zhang Chunhua stood at the door and lowered his head for a while and stopped talking. Sima Yi felt strange. When he was about to ask for details, he unexpectedly thought that Zhang Chunhua bowed respectfully to Sima Yi:

"My brother is so disrespectful to his husband during the day. I hope you don't mind and continue to give him advice."

Now Sima Yi felt confident that Zhang Chunhua apologized for Yuan Xilai.

Faced with Zhang Chunhua's sincere apology, Sima Yi just laughed it off, and he took a few steps forward to help Zhang Chunhua up: "Miss, you don't have to do this. Although I, Sima Yi, are not a magnanimous gentleman, I, don't be worried about such trivial matters."

Seeing that Sima Yi was not angry with Yuan Xi, the sorrow on Zhang Chunhua's face suddenly disappeared, and gradually showed a look of joy:

"Is that gentleman willing to continue to stay with his brother and plan for him?"

Looking at Zhang Chunhua's clear eyes, Sima Yi didn't want to deceive her, so he turned around and turned his back to express his true concerns:

"It's not that I'm unwilling to offer advice to General Yuan Xi, but now he has completely lost his overall view of the situation because of Mrs. Zhen's affairs. I have already explained it clearly in the daytime, but feelings often suppress rationality, so even if I say it out loud, he will still insist on going south to fight against Cao Cao."

After hearing Sima Yi's words, Zhang Chunhua's glimmer of hope that had just risen was shattered again. She silently lowered her head and muttered to herself:

"Is there no way to think about it..."

Sima Yi, who couldn't bear to see Zhang Chunhua involved in the dispute, took this opportunity to try to express his thoughts of taking her out of Youzhou:

"I'm afraid that Youzhou will soon launch a war. The girl is a girl. She can't do anything for General Yuan Xi when she stays here. Instead, it will make him distracted and care about you. It's better to go to Zhang Ning, Xudu, to avoid it for a while."

As soon as he finished speaking, the door was pushed open again. Sima Yi and Zhang Chunhua turned their heads and looked at each other, and were surprised to find that Yuan Xi was standing at the door...

He just stood there and watched Sima Yi and Zhang Chunhua, and soon focused his eyes on Zhang Chunhua:

"Mr. Zhongda is right. It will soon fall into war. Go to Xudu to find Zhang He and his brothers. They treat you like their own sister and will definitely take good care of you."

Although Sima Yi and Yuan Xi's opinions were completely consistent, Zhang Chunhua did not intend to leave as they wanted. Instead, he grabbed Yuan Xi's arm and cried: "After I left Yecheng, I lost my adoptive father, my sister Zhen Mi, and almost lost Maier. If I leave at this moment, I am afraid I will lose you, Brother Yuan Xi, you!"

Although Zhang Chunhua's words were not long, every word was shocking Yuan Xi's heart...

What Zhang Chunhua is talking about at this moment is exactly the pain that Yuan Xi has already carried.

Yuan Xi gritted his teeth and turned his face to the side no longer look at Zhang Chunhua's face. He was afraid that he would be soft-hearted, so he had to force his heart:

"Stop talking! This is the decision. I will arrange someone to send you to Xudu tomorrow."

After saying that, Yuan Xi stopped talking to Zhang Chunhua anymore, turned around and quickly left Sima Yi's room door.

Zhang Chunhua, who was extremely sad, squatting on the ground and sobbing. Sima Yi, who was standing aside, looked at her back. A strong sense of desolation made him unable to stay out of the matter. In fact, it was not that he did not have the method of delaying Yuan Xi from sending troops, but he cared more about taking Zhang Chunhua back. Now, looking at Zhang Chunhua's appearance made his heart hurt.

Zhang Chunhua lowered her head and kept crying. Everything in front of her was so blurry, but she could feel Sima Yi squatting in front of her, stretching out her right hand and handing it to her.

After rubbing his eyes full of tears, Zhang Chunhua saw the handkerchief on Sima Yi's right hand.
To be continued...