In the view of Zhong Yu and Xun Yun, no matter what, Yuan Mai cannot be left in Sima's family at this time, it is best to leave Yecheng.

But Sima Yi knew very well that with Zhang Chunhua's personality, she would never allow this. What she was thinking about now was how to repair the relationship with her. This move would undoubtedly intensify the previous cracks and frictions.

Sima Fu, who knew what he was thinking, stood on Sima Yi's side at this time:<

"I think since Cao Cao already knew that Yuan Mai was in Ye City, he would definitely work as a secret spy in the city. If he rashly gave Yuan Mai out, he would probably be exposed."

This reason made Zhong Yu and Xun Yun have to admit it, but they still have no idea how much storm it would cause if such a dangerous person would cause.

Seeing that Sima Yi was in a dilemma, Sima Fu thought about it and decided to help him solve this problem completely...

Since taking Yuan Mai in, in order to prevent more people from realizing his existence, Zhang Chunhua would choose to change his clothes in the late night, and the same is true for this day.

As usual, she walked out of the room with a wooden basin filled with Yuan Buying clothes. Then she carefully closed the door. Looking around and found that no one was paying attention, she walked towards the backyard with confidence, as if she had not noticed her eyes hiding behind the rockery not far away, and was closely watching her every move.

After Zhang Chunhua left, Sima Fu, who was hiding behind the rockery, walked out. He quickly walked to the door of Zhang Chunhua's room, pushed the door open without making any sound and flashed into the room sideways.

Looking at Yuan Mai lying on the bed, Sima Fu chuckled softly, then sat on the edge of the bed and said to Yuan Mai who was unconscious:

"You don't feel tired after pretending for so many days... No matter what, although the purpose before, the path I took was the same. Barely speaking, it was a former companion. You don't need to act in front of me, right?"

However, Yuan Mai, who was lying on the bed, still did not respond at all. Seeing this, Sima Fu took out a dagger from his sleeve and looked at it carefully:

"This is not interesting enough, if you continue to pretend to be asleep..."<

In an instant, a trace of cold murderous aura flashed in Sima Fu's eyes. At the same time, he held the dagger in his right hand and quickly stabbed Yuan Mai's heart from top to bottom...<

Just when the blade of the dagger was only a short distance from Yuan Mai's heart, Yuan Mai, who was originally in a coma, suddenly stretched out his hand and tightly held Sima Fu's wrist, and then opened his eyes.

If Zhang Chunhua had been the case, he would have been very surprised, but it seemed normal in Sima Fu's opinion. He put away his right hand holding a dagger, Yuan Mai also sat up and leaned against the wall, facing Sima Fu's eyes with an extremely strange look.

"Sure enough...you and them collude with each other..."<

After hearing Sima Fu's words, Yuan Mai couldn't help but sneer:<

"'Collective'? Oh, I'm fine if someone comments like this, no, I don't want to be said by you. After all, if you say 'Collective', you can be considered my senior, am I right?"

Facing Yuan Mai's sarcasm and mocking Sima Fu, Yuan Mai was not moved, but Yuan Mai was very curious about Sima Fu's knowledge that he and "Liu Ji" were involved:<

"I remember 'Liu Ji' told me that you would betray him sooner or later, so the existence of me and other 'two keys' is completely confidential to you. How could you know me and..."

Before he finished speaking, Yuan Mai felt that he had been deceived by Sima Fu, and Sima Fu also smiled extremely calmly:

"I was just guessing, but because you told me everything, I have now completely confirmed the relationship between you. As for the trick I played, it was just a bluff to test you. You are still too young..."

Yuan Mai sneered:<

"So what? No matter how powerful you are, you will end up like this today. You are still the abandoned son of 'Liu Ji'."

Sima Fu did not deny this. This incident was almost a devastating blow to him at the beginning. Even now, this blow always exists as a hidden pain in his heart:<

"Niu Jin and he grew up since childhood, and I... are brothers with his close ties. We are all loyal people to him, but they are also ruthlessly abandoned when he finds it is risky or useless. How sincere do you think he can be to you? Maybe you didn't realize that you will soon become an abandoned son of him?"

This passage made Yuan Mai lower his head and remain silent for a while, but soon he made a strange move:

He stretched out his hand and patted his palm gently, then gave Sima Fu a thumbs up:

"This behavior of trying to distract me from "Liu Ji" without even revealing my own scars is really touching me. But unfortunately, I am completely different from you. You think you have an old relationship with him or a family affection, so you depend on and trust him. But from the beginning, I knew that I and "Liu Ji" were mutually exploiting each other. He used me to deal with Sima Yi, and I used him to help myself approach the Cao family and avenge my father and brother. There was no betrayal or abandonment."

Although Yuan Mai showed Sima Fu's intention to alienate, he seemed to underestimate Sima Fu too much, because the reason why Sima Fu spoke such obvious provocative disagreement was to find favorable information from his own clever and complacent words.

In this way, Yuan Mai fell into Sima Fu's trap without knowing it, allowing him to obtain valuable information:<

"You just said that he used you to deal with Sima Yi? It seems that there are so-called 'two keys' besides you, right?"

Yuan Mai's face changed drastically when he noticed that he was being slandered:<

"You guy..."

But he quickly returned to peace, leaning his hands behind his head back against the wall, looking leisurely:<

"Do you think I will tell you? Even if I say it, you can't do anything, you can only watch it."

Sima Fu thought of one of the other "two keys", which is very likely Zhang Kai, who was kidnapped by Guo Huai, before, which made him notice a very dangerous signal. Sima Fu immediately showed a nervous expression:<

"Do you plan to..."<

At this moment, footsteps came from a distance from the corridor outside the door. Sima Fu thought that it was very likely that Zhang Chunhua had returned, and Yuan Maize lay down quietly and returned to the posture of Zhang Chunhua leaving:

"If you don't want to kill me now, leave quickly. I think there should be very few people in Sima's family who know that you are still alive. If she sees you, it will be a big deal..."

As soon as Zhang Chunhua stood in front of the door, she found that the atmosphere seemed unusual, as if there were signs of someone else going in. So she pushed the door open nervously, but found that there was no one in the room except Yuan Mai, who was still lying on the bed.

"Am I too nervous..."<

Two days later, something that made Zhang Chunhua very happy appeared:

Yuan Mai, who had been in a coma for nearly half a year, finally opened his eyes and regained consciousness.

Zhang Chunhua, who was unaware of it, was very excited. She quickly asked a series of questions such as how Yuan Mai escaped from danger, how he lived afterwards, and why he was trapped in Yecheng, which made Yuan Mai overwhelmed for a while.

However, he still answered Zhang Chunhua one by one:

"When I was in Liaodong, the third brother wanted to assassinate Gongsun Kang to seize the entire Liaodong, and then use the Liaodong land as the foundation to reorganize and regain the lost land in Hebei. Unfortunately, the plan was leaked before it was implemented. Gongsun Kang set up an ambush in advance to capture the second brother and third brother. Later, Gongsun Kang sent someone to surround our residence. Fortunately, I left there at that time, so I survived."

"Fortunately, God has eyes, and he did not cut off his adopted father's blood."

The deaths of Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang once again aroused Zhang Chunhua's sadness, but after all, Yuan Mai was still alive, which gave her great comfort. She began to care about Yuan Mai's life afterwards:<

"What after that?"<

"After that, I wandered around and lived in various places. Due to hunger and cold, I had no choice but to beg for life. Fortunately, I met a kind beggar who took me in. With his care, I could barely survive."

When she heard that Yuan Mai had lived a life of living under someone else's roof for many years and could not eat enough, Zhang Chunhua's heart was snatched hard. She reached out and patted Yuan Mai on the shoulder and said:

"Don't worry, I will take care of you in the future."

Speaking of this, Zhang Chunhua suddenly became interested in the beggar mentioned by Yuan Mai to take him in:

"Didn't you say you depend on the beggar who took you in for life? Why are you the only one coming to Yecheng?"

Yuan Mai explained: "A few years ago, Tian Yin and Su Bo were in trouble in the Hejian. He and I were separated from war. After that, I went to find him alone while wandering around. When I arrived in Yecheng, I had not eaten for six days. In addition, the cold I received along the way made my body weaker and weaker, and then I had no impression of it..."<

Zhang Chunhua nodded, worried that the difference between men and women would have an adverse impact on Sima Yi after the incident broke out, she placed Yuan Mai in the wing not far from her bedroom without discussing with Sima Yi.

However, just when Zhang Chunhua thought life would continue in peace, one day she suddenly realized that Yuan Mai had disappeared, which made Zhang Chunhua feel worried.

After thinking about it, the only thing she could think of was her husband Sima Yi.

For this reason, she walked angrily to Sima Yi's study. Sima Yi was completing the work assigned to him by Cao Cao, and Fu Ruoxin helped him grind ink. The calm atmosphere was broken by Zhang Chunhua's sudden pushing the door in.

Before Sima Yi and Fu Ruoxin could react, Zhang Chunhua stepped forward and asked Sima Yi loudly:

"You said! Where did you get Maier!"<

Sima Yi seemed completely confused about Zhang Chunhua's sudden attack on the crime, so he could only stare at her:

"Isn't he still in a coma? I haven't seen him..."

At this time, Zhang Chunhua was not willing to listen to Sima Yi's explanation. In a rage, she pushed the pen holder and book in front of Sima Yi to the ground: "I have told you that Maier is my brother, and I beg you not to think about him, but you still got him out of the house for Mingzhe's self-protection. I am stupid and believe you. Now I don't ask for anything else, I just hope you will tell me his whereabouts. Since you can't tolerate him, I will go out to find him by myself!"

Fu Ruoxin, who was standing aside, did not expect Zhang Chunhua to be so furious, and Sima Yi seemed both innocent and pitiful in the face of her ruthless questioning, so she couldn't stand it and went up to persuade her a few words:

"Sister, calm down first, husband..."<

"You don't have to worry about it!"<

Before Fu Ruoxin could finish his words, Zhang Chunhua shook her arm away, so that Fu Ruoxin fell to the ground without any precautions. This made Sima Yi really unable to bear it. He reached out to pat the table and then stood up:

"Enough!"<

This low growl made Zhang Chunhua's almost roaring mood be suppressed by him for a short time, as if the positions of both sides had changed.

Sima Yi walked to Fu Ruoxin and helped her up, then said to Zhang Chunhua:

"It's okay to believe it or not. I didn't do anything to Yuan Mai, and I don't need to explain it to you!"

Just when the atmosphere became tense, Sima Zhao and Sima Shi suddenly ran in from outside the door, hugged Sima Yi and Zhang Chunhua's legs and cried: "Father! Mother! Don't quarrel!"

Sima Kui, who came from hearing the sound, couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when he saw this suffocating scene. He turned to Sima Yi and said:<

"Brother, Lord Chen Qun sent someone to tell you that you will go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to discuss matters as soon as possible, saying that someone had introduced the second son Cao Pi hiding Yuan Shao's son Yuan Mai. Now Yuan Mai has been arrested by Cao Hong, Mrs. Zhen was confined to the palace, and Prince Pi was also escorted to the Prime Minister's Mansion."

For Sima Yi and Zhang Chunhua, this incident was undoubtedly a heavy hammer on the top of their heads.

Realizing that Sima Yi was very concerned, he immediately went out to follow the envoy who came to the summons to go to the prime minister's mansion. Zhang Chunhua, who was as unsure of his mind, could only stand there blankly.

Sima Yi was very nervous all the way. He had been thinking hard about one thing, that is, as Sima Fu said, Yuan Mai sneaked into Yecheng and used Zhang Chunhua to hide in his home. His intention should be to target him. Why did he run to Cao Pi's mansion in a confused manner?

Just as he was frowning about this, Sima Yi suddenly thought of a detail:

When Sima Fu tried Yuan Mai, he heard from him that Yuan Mai used "Liu Ji" to avenge Cao Cao and his son, while "Liu Ji" used him to deal with Sima Yi...

"That's right!"<

Sima Yi, who was like a sudden enlightenment, clenched his right fist and slammed his left hand hard into the heart of his left hand:

"I only care about setting up defenses on my own side, but I ignore them and are also targeting Cao Pi!"

At this time, the situation was approaching, because the most dangerous person at this time was not Sima Yi, but Cao Pi, the second son of Cao Cao and one of the contenders of the heirs.

Sima Yi finally understood that the many rumors about Cao Pi had been heard in Yecheng before, and it turned out that it was just a preparation for today. Once Yuan Mai was captured in Cao Pi's mansion, even if Cao Pi had a hundred mouths on his body, there would be no room for refutation.
Chapter completed!