After a long time, Sima Fu, who was full of joy on his face, also noticed the unknown object rolled with black cloth on the horse behind Sima Fang. For this reason, he asked Sima Yi very carefully:

"Brother, this is..."

After Sima Fu said this, it seemed that everyone's attention was focused on the long object wrapped in black cloth on the horse's back. Sima Yi looked back and saw that when he was about to answer him, he suddenly heard Sima Fang's cough behind him. At this time, he also understood that telling his family about what he had just happened would only make them worry about him, so he swallowed the words he vomited to his mouth.

"Nothing, this is just my father's outfit, and I don't know much about it."

This answer threw the question to Sima Fang, and the people in the Sima family dared not question the head of the actual sense. Even though Sima Lang felt very strange when he saw the shoes vaguely seen in the tightly wrapped black cloth, he had to put all the questions in his heart.

Besides Sima Lang brothers, Zhang Chunhua was the happiest, but when she found that Sima Yi had obvious pain in his right foot, all the joy on her face disappeared, but immediately stepped forward and held his arm and asked for it:

"Brother Zhongda, what's wrong with your legs?"

Sima Yi naturally would not tell her that he was being chased by the man in black. He gently patted Zhang Chunhua with the back of his arm holding his hand and comforted him: "I'm fine, I just fell down accidentally while riding a horse. Just take a few days off."

As soon as these words were said, Sima Lang immediately understood in his heart that the facts were not that simple. He knew that Sima Yi's horsemanship was not bad. If he had not encountered some emergency situation, he would not have fallen into a horse.

Sima Fang's deep eyes at this moment had already gathered on the young woman he had met for the first time in front of him.

With the support of Zhang Chunhua and Sima Kui, Sima Yi was forced to return to his room to rest because of the journey.

Sima Fang, who was left at the gate, secretly ordered the servants to carry the black cloth on the horse's back and move it into the woodshed. Then, he ordered people to nail all the doors and windows of the woodshed to death, and no one was allowed to enter and exit.

Sima Lang, who stood aside as a bystander from beginning to end, had already seen the seriousness of the situation:

Since Sima Lang and the time of the crown prince, Sima Fang has handed over all the affairs of all the family to Sima Lang for handling. He never personally inquire about it. In addition to the daily affairs of the court and the long journey of Sima Fang on the seventh day of the April 1st, Sima Fang kept himself closed at home and rarely showed his face.

However, this time Sima Fang personally arranged to deal with this matter, and showed no sign of explaining it to his family. Instead, he did it very secretly, which made Sima Lang feel uneasy.

After dealing with the black-clad assassin, Sima Fang and Hu Zhao left Sima Lang and went straight to the study.

As soon as he entered the study, Hu Zhao turned around and quickly closed the door. He asked Sima Fang, who was sitting upright on the collapse and spread out the book slip:

"I really don't understand you. Even though I know how dangerous their people are, I actually brought this person to Sima's house."

Sima Fangxin picked up the brush on the pen holder and dipped it in the black ink in the inkstone. He ignored Hu Zhao's words, but lowered his head and focused on writing something quickly on the blank slate. This attitude made Hu Zhao unbearable. He stepped forward and wanted to snatch the pen from Sima Fang's hand, but when he saw the content written on the slate, his stiff hand stopped in mid-air.

"you..."

Hu Zhao had already fully understood Sima Fang's intention at this time, but out of instinctive disgust, he still shook his sleeves angrily and said:

"You are really relieved. Have you ever thought about what happened to Zhongda if you lose the bet and how can you explain to his mother?"

When Sima Fang heard this, his hand holding the pen shook involuntarily, so that the originally written characters were distorted.

He quickly adjusted his emotions and put down his writing after he finished writing:

"I have no choice now. If I don't do this, he will not show his strength at all. Besides, there will be no big mistakes for both of us to stay here. Zhongda's safety does not need to worry too much."

Hu Zhao, who didn't say much, was still reluctant to give in at this time. He couldn't control his tone:

"Ha! Why do you instruct me? Why do I listen to you!"

At this time, Sima Fang raised his head and faced Hu Zhao's eyes with extremely firm eyes:

"You have not reduced your friendship with You Ran in just so many years!"

The excited Hu Zhao was speechless because of Sima Fang's sudden words. He even began to avoid Sima Fang's gaze.

Sima Fang continued to look into Hu Zhao's eyes:

"If it wasn't for this, why did you write a letter in person to ask Zhang Zhongjing to treat Zhongda's injuries and poison? If it wasn't for this, why did you, the famous "leisure hermit", come out of Yingchuan to wade into this muddy water? It's not all because..."

"Shut up!"

Hu Zhao, who clenched his fists, could no longer suppress his inner anger and his resentment towards Sima Fang. He interrupted Sima Fang's words with a rough voice, turned to point at Sima Fang with tears in his eyes:

"I said that you are not qualified to mention Youran's name again. You are not worthy of her feelings and trust in you at all!"

Perhaps Hu Zhao's words also touched Sima Fang's inner pain, and he was speechless for a moment.

After a long period of silence, Hu Zhao's tone gradually calmed down:

"You are right. I will not let You Ran's child suffer any damage, but you have to remember it clearly. All this will not offset my resentment and curse towards you."

After saying that, Hu Zhao pushed the door and left angrily, leaving Sima Fang alone in the study. He held the edge of the table tightly and had been deformed by him without realizing it.

It happened that Hu Zhao met Sima Lang, who was holding a small calligraphy slip in his hand. Sima Fang stood aside and bowed respectfully to Hu Zhao, but he did not get any response from him.

Judging from the expression, Sima Lang knew that Hu Zhao must have had an extremely unpleasant conversation with his father just now.

When he walked to the door of the study, Sima Lang looked at his father who was sitting on the collapse and seemed to be bowing his head and pondering, and began to hesitate whether to knock on the door. Just as he was swaying about this, Sima Fang still noticed his existence:

"Is there anything wrong?"

Sima Lang bowed slightly and replied, "Father, your special yellow-beaked pigeon has just landed in the courtyard. I have taken out the book in the bamboo tube and come to give it to you for a look."

It seemed that Sima Fang happened to have something to ask Sima Lang, so he reached out to call Sima Lang into the house and sat opposite him.

After taking the bamboo slips, Sima Fang put it aside and asked about Zhang Chunhua:

"Who is that woman who has a good relationship with Zhongda?"

From Sima Fang's words, Sima Lang heard his father's concerns, and for this he smiled and replied:

"Do you talk about Chunhua? That's a long story..."

After that, Sima Langzai started with Zhang Wang carefully, including Li Yang's retreat, Zhang Chunhua's situation in Hebei, and Sima Yi's journey to retrieve him, and a complete narrative was given to Sima Fang.

After saying that, Sima Lang also expressed his thoughts:

"Father, actually, I have an idea buried in my heart for a long time and I have been wanting to discuss it with you."

Sima Fang took the teacup and put it on his lips and blew it slightly: "Tell me."

"Zhongda and Chunhua have a good impression of each other, and I heard from Zhongda that Chunhua was in Bailang Mountain and had no hesitation to have skin ties with him in order to save him. I think since they are in love, Zhong has reached the time to get married, so why not..."

As the saying goes, the orders of parents and the words of the matchmaker, Sima Lang would never rashly mention this matter publicly without Sima Fang's permission. Sima Fang twisted the black and white beard on his chin and nodded slightly:

"According to your words, this Hua woman is considered to be destined to be with our Sima family, but..."

Although Sima Fang did not doubt the relationship between Chunhua and Sima Yi, he was quite concerned about Zhang Wang's still living in the world. Sima Lang also saw this and explained:

"When Zhang Wang left, he didn't know that the Zhang family still had a living person, and he might not be alive in the world for years."

Sima Fang finally acknowledged Sima Lang’s idea:

"If Zhongda had this meaning, I wouldn't care about this matter anymore. You can do it."

After obtaining Sima Fang's approval, Sima Lang seemed very excited at all. He immediately stood up and bowed:

"Thank you for your father's sake..."

Liu Bei, who was looking for Zhuge Liang to leave the mountain twice, was unable to meet with Zhuge Liang as he wished. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had long been dissatisfied, but they had just been dissatisfied due to Liu Bei's calmness.

At the same time, Zhuge Liang, who deliberately avoided Liu Bei, was playing chess with a woman with an extremely handsome appearance.

He stared at the pattern on the chessboard with a black piece twisting in his hand swaying back and forth at his fingertips, as if he had been forced to the corner of the wall at this time and had no power to fight back.

The woman chuckled softly and said, "Husband, it seems that I won this game of chess."

Zhuge Liang remained silent and had no choice for a long time. Until the sound of knocking on the fence came outside the door, he suddenly smiled and calmly placed the black piece in his hand on the chessboard:

"It's too early to say this."

When the woman looked at Zhuge Liang's place of making moves, she couldn't help but look a little surprised. She smiled relievedly, stretched out her jade-like hand and picked up the wooden cover next to the chessboard, and then gently covered it on the chess cup:

"I still lost..."

At this time, the fence door automatically opened, and a drunk man with disheveled face and casual clothes came in outside the door. He walked into Sima Yi and Huang Yueying with a slightly staggering pace. He looked down at the chessboard and looked at Zhuge Liang again, and said with a smile:

"My wife is so elegant and happy. Let me, a drunk man, go out to help you, but you are leisurely playing chess and entertainment here."

Zhuge Liang smiled slightly: "That's because only you can do this, and from your tone, it seems that it has been done."

The drunk man yawned and sat on the ground, holding the wine pot in his hand, pouring some wine into his mouth, and answered quite satisfiedly:

"I have handed over that thing to Sima Yi. If it is expected, he should understand what you mean soon."

After pondering for a while, Zhuge Liang stood up and walked slowly to the edge of the fish pond made of stones, looking at the koi swimming back and forth in the extremely clear water, he said to himself:

"In that case, we may meet again soon."

Although the drunk man looked very sloppy, his eyes showed a sharp and deep look. He asked clearly in his tone at Zhuge Liang's back: "I heard that Liu Bei came to ask you to come out of the mountain twice, but he was rejected by you. What is your intention?"

He looked up at the floating sky with no smile on his face, but was very serious:

"It's almost..."

After saying that, he suddenly turned around and looked at the drunkard leaning against the stone platform, and asked back:

"So what are your plans? Wu Zhi..."

Wu Zhi seemed to see Zhuge Liang's intentions. He pretended to stretch, yawned deeply, stood up and waved his hand: "That Uncle Liu is not a simple person. I don't have the energy to work hard for him. I am very interested in that Sima Yi. I want to see what kind of path he will take next."

Seeing his response, Zhuge Liang smiled:

"I guess you'll say that..."

Shortly after Wu Zhi left, the fence door knocked again. Huang Yueying looked at Zhuge Liang standing there and said lightly:

"Here comes finally..."

Zhuge Liang turned around and looked towards the fence gate, saying with a smile:

"The time is ripe, it's time to meet this Uncle Liu."

At this time, Liu Bei, who was standing alone outside the fence door, finally welcomed the opening of the fence door, which surprised him and seemed to have noticed Zhuge Liang's intention. He smiled, raised his right foot and stepped into the fence door...

Afterwards, Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei started a long talk in Longzhong’s arsenal. During the conversation, Zhuge Liang keenly noticed Liu Bei’s ambitions buried deep in his heart, which was exactly the same as he had expected.

However, Zhuge Liang won Liu Bei's approval and appreciation with his overall strategic concept of "taking Jingxiang first and returning to Bashu, the situation will change, and he will compete for the Central Plains", and finally received the courtesy of Liu Bei begging for help from the mountain.

With eyes facing each other, Zhuge Liang accepted Liu Bei's request and agreed to take care of the matter at home and then come out to help.

When bidding farewell to Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and Huang Yueying both went to the door to see him off. It is worth noting that when Zhuge Liang bowed and bowed, his feather fan covered the part below the bridge of his nose.
Chapter completed!