More than two months have passed since Guo Jia received a letter from Xi Zhicai and took Sima Yi away from Wen County. At this time, Wen County was famine. Sima Lang took Sima Fu in and comforted the large number of Sima clan members who came to join. At the critical moment, the Sima clan was saved from withering and ruining, and accumulated a large number of people's hearts for the Sima Lang family.

Zhao Rui waited for Sima Yi's return since she left. She sat at the door and looked at the intersection that Sima Yi must pass when she came back. However, day by day, Sima Yi never came back. For this reason, she asked Sima Lang and Sima Fu whether they had received letters from Sima Yi, or whether there were any pigeons flying back in the sky.

Although Sima Lang was very worried about his younger brother, he was still calm on the surface in order to appease other relatives.

As Sima Lang took in more tribesmen, it became difficult to maintain with the existing staff alone. In desperation, he decided to find a strong young man from his fellow countrymen to come to Sima's house for help. Soon he recruited more than a dozen young men. Soon the chaotic situation stabilized, and Sima Lang was in poor health and was able to rest appropriately.

In the entire Sima House, Zhao Rui, who was sixteen years old, is the most beautiful among the few young girls. She sat outside the door and held her cheek with her hands on her cheek, and the long sleeves naturally slid down. The silver bracelet hung down along Ru Xue's arm. The fair skin was so appropriate. Whether it was adding a point or reducing a point, it was inappropriate. The eyes of Ru Yi's apricot were embedded in the perfect sized eye sockets, which were intimate. The eyebrows were not painted but ink, and the lips were not dyed but bright. Every movement was very enchanting, making it difficult to control yourself.

For this reason, whenever she sat there waiting for Sima Yi, the male workers carrying sacks couldn't help but look at her a few more times.

However, the recruited people did not relieve Sima Lang's condition well, but it became worse. He had to entrust all the matters in his family to his third brother Sima Fu, who was only fifteen years old. Sima Fu did not disappoint him, and handled all the miscellaneous tasks in an orderly manner at all times, which also comforted Sima Lang a lot.

One day, Zhao Rui stood at the door as usual at the intersection, stroking her long hair with her hands. At this moment, a voice suddenly rushed into her ears. She immediately turned around and took a few steps back. She looked closely and found that it was Zhou Ying, a long-term worker recruited by Sima Lang. He was also a well-known figure in Wen County. When thieves were rampant, he once bravely fought over more than ten robbers and bandits with hoes and repelled them. Therefore, his reputation spread in Wen County. Everyone called him Zhou Sheng. Gradually, someone followed him one after another, forming a small group of more than twenty people. This time, he was the leader of the response to the Sima family's call.

"You want to scare people to death?" Zhao Rui glanced at him angrily and ignored him.

Zhou Ying followed Zhao Rui's gaze and raised his hand and looked forward on his eyebrows:

"I see you standing here every day, and there are no pictures."

"You have to care..." Zhao Rui turned her face and stopped looking at him, nor did she plan to continue to pay attention to him. In her eyes, almost all men except Sima Yi did not exist and could not attract her.

Seeing that Zhao Rui ignored her, Zhou Ying put down the scoundrel on her shoulders, sat on it, shook her legs and said to herself:

"You are so stupid and don't know when he will come back..."

Zhao Rui turned her face and glared at him fiercely. Zhou Ying shrugged and smiled apologized: "I heard from them too. It was said that the second young master of the Sima family has left the house for more than two months. Now there is war in the west, and it is very chaotic. I guess it has been a long time ago..."

"Stop your mouth!" Zhao Rui stood up in anger, and her tone began to sharpen: "If you talk about it, I will tear your mouth apart!"

Zhou Ying pretended to be a silly smile and said, "Tear it, if you are happy, I can eat it alive."

"Shameless..." Zhao Rui felt annoyed in her heart, and raised her legs and walked around Zhou Ying into the door of the house. But when she just stepped into the threshold, she suddenly realized that Zhou Ying had often been attentive to her for nothing, which clearly showed that she was interested in her. After careful consideration, he was a good person except that he could not control his mouth.

Thinking of this, an inexplicable smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

In his spare time, Zhao Rui found Sima Fu, the temporary leader, and asked him about the details of Sima Yi's specific whereabouts and other issues. Sima Fu told the truth that he had no time to care about what Zhao Rui was thinking. Besides, he didn't have much affection for Zhao Rui, so he told her that he would not ask her what she was going to do.

After learning where Sima Yi was going, she flipped through the box where her father's relics were placed and finally found a scroll, which was the map of the territory of the Han Dynasty held by Zhao Weisun. Zhao Rui spread the dust on the ground and began to search for all the county routes along Wen County to Luoyang and Chang'an. After walking back and forth with her fingers, she finally circled a route on it.

At noon, the long-term workers sat on the steps after finishing their work, and Zhou used his sleeves to wipe the sweat from his face. At this moment, a fragrance suddenly floated behind him, refreshing. He turned around and was surprised to find that Zhao Rui handed him his scented towel, smiling and full of friendship, completely different from usual: "Pull sweat for you."

Before Zhou Ying could react, Zhao Rui reached out to cover her smile and left quietly. Everyone looked at each other.

This was just the beginning. In the next few days, Zhao Rui seemed to have become particularly kind to Zhou Ying, almost reaching the point of asking about her well-being. Everyone thought she had a good impression of Zhou Ying and couldn't help but envy her. Gradually, Zhou Ying was intoxicated by it, thinking that her love luck had finally come. Whenever she had free time, she took out the incense towel that Zhao Rui gave him and wiped her face with sweat or sweat.

One night, Zhou Ying was about to go home after finishing work. He accidentally found a familiar figure standing in the corner. Because she held a long lantern in her hand and had a faint sob, it was easy to attract Zhou Ying's attention. He slowly approached the figure and tried to ask in a low voice: "Is it Miss Zhao Rui?"

The girl quickly reached out to wipe away the tears from her face, turned around and looked at Zhou Ying, then quickly turned her face. With the faint moonlight, Zhou Ying confirmed that the girl was Zhao Rui, and became nervous in an instant and asked in a hurry:

"Why are the girl crying here without resting at night?"

Zhao Rui didn't say anything at first, and Zhou Ying was even more anxious when he saw this. He asked continuously. Zhao Rui couldn't resist his questioning and finally explained the reason for crying: "I was originally the daughter of Zhao Weisun, the Li Yang army guard, and Sima Yi, who had run away a few months ago, saved my life in Li Yang and had a recreation for me. Now I have not yet repay him, but he has no news..."

After saying that, he couldn't help but start crying, and the more he cried, the more sad he became, Zhou Ying saw that Zhao Rui was so good in her heart, and hurriedly said:

"Miss, don't cry, I'll take you to find Sima Yi..."

When Zhao Rui heard Zhou Ying say this, she instantly stopped crying, looked at him with emotion, then shook her head and said:

"No, I will never go to Luoyang and Chang'an, and the war is rampant. I don't want you to be in any danger."

Zhou Ying's words were originally words to comfort her, and he didn't really want to find Sima Yi, but Zhao Rui's words were like a heavy hammer, which deeply penetrated his words into his heart. From then on, he had the idea of ​​willing to sacrifice his life for her. He reached out and grabbed Zhao Rui's hand and said excitedly: "No girl valued me so much. Today, for the sake of the girl's words, I am willing to go up to the oil pan down the mountain of Knife and remain unswerving. I will go home and prepare to go west to find Sima Yi tomorrow."

Before Zhao Rui could make a statement, he turned around and walked quickly towards the gate.

"Brother Zhou...you..."

Zhao Rui reached out to stop him, but she never thought that Zhou Ying had already walked out of the door and could not even hear the footsteps. After confirming that he had left, she put down her hand and wiped away the tears from her face. Her expression of emotion suddenly returned to calm.

After returning to the room, she also packed her clothes and prepared to leave with Zhou Ying the next day.

She had no idea that Sima Fu, who had been standing behind the stone pillars and eavesdropping on them.
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