"Zhongda, I feel very scared. Can you always protect me?"

"Would you like to stand by me for the rest of your life to protect me and stand on the same front as me?"

"Don't worry, no matter what happens, I will do my best to protect you, even if I lose my life."

"Of course I believe that you will make every promise to protect me. I will feel relieved to have you by my side."

When they first met, he was seven years old and Liu Xie was five years old. The then Minister Lu Zhi chose him as Liu Xie's companion student from ten officials' children. From that moment on, everything seemed to be destined...

Many memories kept flashing in front of his eyes:

The scene of the two hiding in the garden and playing together, the scene of reading together, the scene of being coerced by the ten general servants, the scene of never leaving when facing Dong Zhuo's tyranny, the scene of Zhi retreating when he returned to the east, the scene of Xudu's heart-to-heart talks, and...

The scene of Liu Xie's heart being pierced by a sword on the warship burning by fire...

He suddenly opened his eyes and saw the roof of the boat made of bamboo mats. Everything shaking around him was shaking with the waving river surface, and waves on the river surface sounded in his ears.

Recalling the scene that kept flashing in his mind just now, he reached out to cover his forehead, thinking that the scene that kept flashing in his sleep just now, including Liu Xie stabbed himself in the back in the end, which was a terrible, long dream he had made.

However, the severe pain in his chest soon forced him to wake up. He looked down at the two long wounds on his chest that had been sewn with needles and thread, and quickly recalled that the man in the hat and Liu Xie stabbed him in front and behind.

Not only that, Liu Xie's cold eyes still make him shudder...

Fu Ruoxin and Cai Jue sat on the stone on the shore to help Sima Yi wash clothes covered with blood. They have always been focused on whether Sima Yi can survive. It is not until today that they have begun to feel curious about each other's identities.

"You and him..."

Almost at the same time, the two of them spoke exactly the same words, and the things they wanted to ask came to an abrupt end because of the same voice. They seemed to have had a premonition that each other had extraordinary feelings for Sima Yi.

After hesitating for a long time, Fu Ruoxin bit his lip and still spoke first:

"Have you known Sima Yi for a long time?"

Cai Jue's hand holding the wooden stick and hitting his clothes stopped in the air. She thought that Fu Ruoxin would definitely ask her this question. Because she saw that she had feelings for Sima Yi, she was always worried that she would ask about her relationship with Sima Yi. However, for some reason, when she asked, her hanging heart fell quietly and steadily.

Just as she wanted to answer Fu Ruoxin's question, Sima Yi's heart-wrenching roar came from the cabin.

It was difficult for Sima Yi to accept such cruel facts. He could not believe that the monarch would betray him the most trusted friend he had always believed. The severe pain in his chest made him start to get crazy. He rolled off the bed to the deck, howling power and crying. Howling, howling he wished that the terrible thing he had experienced was just a long nightmare...

Fu Ruoxin and Cai Jue, who rushed into the cabin after hearing the sound, saw Sima Yi crawling on the deck, and the wound on his chest was oozing blood due to his uncontrollable movements. Cai Jue saw this and wanted to step forward to control Sima Yi to prevent the wound from shattering.

However, just after her death, Fu Ruoxin rushed forward and hugged Sima Yi in her arms:

"Don't be afraid, you're fine, you're fine..."

Seeing this scene, Cai Jue's heart was mixed, but she did not care too much about Fu Ruoxin's actions. Instead, she stepped forward and poured the Mafei powder prepared in advance into Sima Yi's mouth. Soon, because of the effect of the medicine, Sima Yi gradually returned to calm, slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep again.

"What should we do if he still wakes up?"

Looking at Sima Yi with tears on her cheeks and a pale face, Fu Ruoxin's guilt and heartache were revealed without reservation. She reached out to wipe away the tears from Sima Yi's cheek, but tears appeared in her eyes:

"I'm sorry for you, I'm the one who made you become like this. I'm willing to pay it back for my whole life..."

Just as Cai Jue was so sad that he wanted to cry because of this scene, the footsteps on the deck outside the curtain disrupted her thoughts. She quickly reached out to pretend to rub her eyes and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, turned around and lifted the curtain.

At this time, the people who were almost walking to the curtain were Hu Zhao and Sima Fang, and Zhong Yu who was standing behind them.

Looking at Sima Yi lying on the bed without moving, Hu Zhao suddenly felt like a knife. He reached out and opened Sima Yi's clothes. When he saw the two shocking trauma, he turned around in anger and said coldly to Sima Fang, who looked dull and said:

"Come out with me!"

After following Hu Zhao to the shore, Sima Fang was hit hard by Hu Zhao in the face before he stood firm. Because he was not prepared, he took a few steps back and almost fell down.

"Why don't you go and see what he looks like now? Hum?"

Hu Zhao pointed at Sima Fang's nose and cursed angrily:

"You tell me how you plan to explain to her mother then! If I were Youran, I would never forgive you!"

Sima Fang had no refutation to this. He knew that he had no position to respond to Hu Zhao's accusations, so he had to stand there and remain silent. Unexpectedly, this made Hu Zhao even more angry. Zhu Ran in his sleeve, I really want to kill you now!"

At this time, Zhong Yu walked out of the cabin and reached out to press Hu Zhao's right hand holding the sword gently: "Although Sima Yi is not in danger of life for the time being, what you should think about is how to deal with the next situation, rather than act voluntarily here."

After hearing Zhong Yu's words, Sima Fang seemed to have noticed that there seemed to be a deep meaning in his words, so he raised his head:

"No life is at risk for the time being? What does this mean?"

Zhong Yu picked up a stone on the shore, bent down and threw it horizontally towards the river surface. The stone jumped on the river surface for four or five and then sank into the bottom of the river. He turned around and patted the dust on his hands and answered Sima Fang's question: "Although the physical damage he suffered now has stopped, the damage suffered by the inner injury is devastating. I just heard what Cai Jue said that he woke up for the first time and fell into a crazy state. I think he should have the idea of ​​suicide after he woke up again."

Sima Fang then understood why Zhong Yu wanted to tell Sima Yi all his true thoughts:

"If Zhongda is not told why Liu Xie killed him, then his knot will never be able to be untied, and he will always fall into endless confusion and pain. Even if he does not have the idea of ​​suicide, he will probably be like a walking corpse."

Speaking of this, Sima Fang began to care more about another issue. He used a skeptical tone to test Zhong Yu:

"But why do you want to help Zhongda? Who is the person standing behind you?"

Zhong Yu answered this question very simply, and he refused to tell Sima Fang:

"So...you know I won't tell you, so don't ask."

The man in the hat who escaped from Zhuge Liang successfully avoided Liao Hua's tracking and pursuit and arrived in Zigui City.

After settled down, Guo Huai said to the man in a daze in the hat sitting by the river, looking at the riverside:

"Although I didn't expect Zhuge Liang to get involved, no matter how he got rid of Sima Yi, the plan was considered successful."

"Has it been removed?" The man in the hat stretched out his right hand and pressed his knuckles against the edge of the hat and smiled:

"I think you'd better not underestimate his vitality. To be honest, I didn't plan to do it myself this time, but when I saw him being stabbed by Liu Xie, I suddenly felt unwilling to accept that I didn't do it myself..."

As he said that, he raised his right hand and felt as if Sima Yi's blood was still left on his palm:

"If he hadn't died, I'm afraid this time would be a devastating blow to him. I just want him to experience what it feels like to be betrayed by his brother, betrayed by his friends, betrayed by his wife, betrayed by his son, betrayed by everyone..."

At this time, Guo Huai thought of Ling Tong and Gan Ning suddenly surrounded their place. The man in the hat smiled and said, "There is nothing strange about this. Don't forget that there is a tough character around Zhou Yu that cannot be ignored..."

Guo Huai quickly thought of this person: "Pang Tong!"

The man in the hat looked at a boat sailing towards them on the river, so he stood up and reached out and pressed the hat down again:

"The battle between the 'Five Rui' is about to begin, it's so interesting..."

Out of Sima Yi's fierce reaction after a brief awakening, Fu Ruoxin stayed by his side day and night to take care of him. Whenever Cai Jue brought food and watched her lying beside Sima Yi and fell asleep, his mentality became very complicated.

Cai Jue told Fu Ruoxin several times that he would ask her to have a good rest and that he would stay by Sima Yi's side. He would notify her immediately if there was any abnormality, but Fu Ruoxin insisted on staying by Sima Yi's side.

Faced with such a situation, Cai Jue knew that he had no position to ask Fu Ruoxin to leave, so every time she saw Fu Ruoxin sleeping still shed tears because of Sima Yi, she could only silently cover the sheet and gently cover her body, turning around and quietly leaving the cabin.

Standing on the shore, she breathed a few breaths of fresh air hard. She felt that the distance between her and Sima Yi was not close at all. Instead, it was very difficult to intervene between him and Fu Ruoxin...

"How is it? Have you changed any of your ideas?"

Just when she was sad about this, Zhong Yu had quietly come behind him.

She turned around and looked at Zhong Yu: "What do you mean?"

In Cai Jue's opinion, Zhong Yu in front of him seemed like a copy of Guo Jia, with a handsome appearance, a seemingly cynical tone, and wisdom that ordinary people could not match.

Zhong Yu looked at Cai Jue's eyes without looking away, and his tone seemed to be chatting and laughing, but there was a bit of serious charm: "If I guessed right, are you planning to take Sima Yi away from this place of right and wrong after he recovered, and completely disappear in front of everyone, so that he can abandon all his worries and sadness and live like a normal person?"

Although Cai Jue never told anyone about his true thoughts, Zhong Yu actually saw through his heart just by looking at his eyes, which caught Cai Jue off guard.

Looking at her expression of her thoughts being guessed, Zhong Yu couldn't help but smile:

"It seems that I guessed it right, but I think Sima Yi will disappoint you."

Cai Jue didn't understand what he meant, but she remained silent. Seeing that she was waiting for her own explanation, Zhong Yu replied:

"Now Sima Yi has no way to disappear from everyone's sight. I think someone will come here soon. What's more, after this incident, Sima Yi will probably not be willing to retire, because he has too many things he has not figured out, and many people will become his target one after another."

As Zhong Yu said more and more deeply, Cai Jue was less and less able to understand what he wanted to express:

"What do you want to show when you say this to me?"

"I don't understand the so-called relationship between men and women, so I can't make any comments on the relationship between you and Sima Yi, but I think you love Sima Yi much more than he loves you."

Zhong Yu turned around and asked Cai Jue: "He now has his wife Zhang Chunhua and his son Sima Shi, and now Fu Ruoxin is by his side. No matter which path Sima Yi will choose, there will be countless unknown dangers in the future. If you choose to stay by his side, not only can you do nothing for him, but you can only watch him hurt. Is this what you want to see?"

This question is something Cai Jue never thought about. Indeed, there is Zhang Chunhua around Sima Yi, and Fu Ruoxin loves him deeply. They can almost do what he can do. What can they do for him if they stay by his side?

Seeing that Cai Jue had already begun to think deeply about this issue, Zhong Yu then came to his conclusion:

"As an official in the Sima family era, he was a prominent family in Hebei, not to mention that Sima Lang's hard work over the years has given him a solid foundation for the Sima family's status in Hebei. The Yang family has a very high reputation in Yanzhou. If the Yang family supports Sima Yi, Sima Yi's confidence will be stronger in the future. I think you understand what I mean..."

Although he knew very well what Zhong Yao wanted to do, Cai Jue was difficult to accept:

"Did you let me deceive Yang Hui and take advantage of the reputation of the Yang family in order to support Sima Yi behind my back?"

After seeing Zhong Yu's affirmative look, Cai Jue shook his head repeatedly:

"No, I can't do it, I can't deceive Sheep, it's too unfair to him."

However, Cai Jue also realized that there was even greater significance in Zhong Yu's words:

"You...you want Sima Yi..."
Chapter completed!