It has been about ten days since the confrontation between the two armies of Mucheng and Zhuge Liang. Deng Ai and others went to rescue Sima Zhao but there was no news for a long time. This made Sima Shi feel uneasy. He was afraid that something would happen to his actions.

But Sima Yi was still very calm, and he said to Sima Shi:

"No matter how anxious you are, it's useless. Learning to calm your mind will make your horizons broaden your horizons."

Although Sima Shi understood this truth, some things were easy to say but difficult to do, especially after he calmed down and analyzed the situation, he got the current situation that made him even more worried:

"But father, we are now in such a close confrontation with Zhuge Liang, and the air is filled with the strong smell of a war coming out. If Deng Ai and his friends fail and the actions of the Shu army change, we will undoubtedly alert the enemy. It will be even more difficult to save Zhaodi at that time."

Based on his understanding of Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi certainly understood how unfathomable he was. It is conceivable how difficult it is to rescue Sima Zhao from his nose.

In addition, Jiang Wei reported to Guo Huai that Zhuge Liang kept Sima Zhao by his side for a long time, and seemed to have allowed him to participate in some military and political decisions, and even gave him the pseudonym "Jia Ming". He really couldn't guess what he wanted to do.

"No matter what, now we are all under Cao Shuang's noses, and there is nothing else but to believe and wait..."

Because Zhuge Liang had previously harvested the wheat from the upper house before Sima Yi arrived, and Sima Yi was unable to effectively replenish the local marching, resulting in insufficient supply in the rear. In addition, Cao Shuang consciously ordered the grain transporters in Guanzhong to slow down the journey, which made the morale of the army face a very serious situation.

At this moment, Guo Huai gave Sima Yi a big gift:

He knew that Zhuge Liang's purpose of harvesting wheat from Shangji was to make it difficult for Sima Yi to make supplies. So after the siege of Shangji was lifted, he immediately came to the Qiang tribe near the local area and begged for the borrowing of grain and adopted the method of giving kindness and power to let the Qiang people voluntarily offer food and grass, which eventually solved Sima Yi's problem to a large extent.

On the other hand, Sima Zhao and Wang Yuanji's situation is still very worrying.

During the three days of detention, although Zhuge Liang guaranteed their normal diet, he forbidden them from leaving the camp for half a step, and he could not have contact with people from the outside world. This made Deng Ai and others who wanted to sneak into the military formation unable to know their whereabouts.

There are many snakes, insects, rats and ants in the camp. It is difficult for girls like Wang Yuanji to adapt to it, especially when she saw a cockroach crawling on her upper, she was immediately frightened and stepped back and threw the cockroach to the ground with great force.

After seeing her fussy performance, Sima Zhao became more disgusted with her:

"A man is actually scared and crying because of a small cockroach. Can you still have some excitement?"

Wang Yuanji, who was frightened by cockroaches, shook her head and said:

"You have to worry! I wouldn't have come if I had known you were such a person!"

Just as Wang Yuanji was frightened by the cockroaches, Sima Zhao suddenly heard someone outside the tent approaching, so he booed Wang Yuanji, "Don't make a noise... It seems that someone is coming..."

At this moment, a woman's voice suddenly came from outside the tent:

"Thank you for your hard work, several generals."

The guard replied: "We are ordered by the Prime Minister to take care of the important criminals, so it is better to stay away from here."

After hearing the sound, Wang Yuanji quickly calmed down. She could hear from the conversation between the guards and the woman that her identity did not seem to be simple, because the guards spoke very respectfully when they talked to her.

The more Sima Zhao listened, the more he felt that the voice was very familiar. Based on the actual situation, he knew very well:

She is probably the only one who can enter and exit here freely...

Seeing that the guard still had no intention of letting him in, the woman smiled and pulled out a scarf from her sleeve bag, waving it gently in front of her, as if driving away the flying insects in front of her.

After a while, the guard's eyes blurred by the fragrance emitted by the silk scarf, and they fell to the ground one after another. When the woman saw that they all fainted, she walked into the tent openly.

After the woman raised her hand and lifted the curtain, Sima Zhao and Wang Yuanji looked at her together.

In Wang Yuanji's opinion, the woman in front of her is about the same age as hers. Although she has not yet grown up in total, she has a beautiful face and is a natural beauty. Even Wang Yuanji, who is also a daughter, can't help but be moved.

But before Wang Yuanji could guess who this woman was, Sima Zhao had already called out her name:

"Miss Ling'er? Why are you here?"

Judging from the warm eyes of Sima Zhao and Miss Ling'er, Wang Yuanji vaguely felt that they should be more than just a simple understanding of each other. The facts seemed to be quietly in line with her guess. When Ling'er saw Sima Zhao tied up by a rope and couldn't move, she couldn't help but show great care in her eyes. She hurried forward to untie his rope and answered his question:

"After my mother learned about Li Yan's recent abnormality, she thought he would definitely be unfavorable to her father, so she sent me to inform her father to be careful. After I came here, I knew that you were being detained here."

After untiing the rope, Ling'er helped Sima Zhao up, looked up and down and said:

"Are you okay? Are you injured?"

Sima Zhao's tone of answering her was very gentle, which was completely different from when she quarreled with Wang Yuanji before:

"I'm fine..."

Just as they ignored the affection between others, Wang Yuanji, who was sitting on the side, felt very embarrassed. She looked at Zhuge Ling, who was holding Sima Zhao's arm tightly regardless of whether the men and women were not concerned, and could only cough dryly to break the atmosphere in the tent:

"I'm sorry to bother you, but please pay attention to the current situation? We are still imprisoned..."

Only then did Zhuge Ling notice that there was another "man" next to her, so she asked Sima Zhao:

"Who is this?"

Although he was very unhappy that Wang Yuanji was disturbed by the atmosphere, Sima Zhao also noticed the problem he was about to face and immediately became serious. He reluctantly introduced to Zhuge Ling:

"This is..."

Speaking of this, Sima Zhao realized that he didn't know Wang Yuanji's name at all, so he asked Wang Yuanji:

"What's your name?"

Just as Wang Yuanji was about to answer, Sima Zhao interrupted her again, which made Wang Yuanji very embarrassed:

"Forget it, it doesn't matter."

Then Sima Zhao held Zhuge Ling's hand and said:

"My father has sent someone to pick me up, and there are people outside who are trying to save me, so I have to leave."

When he heard Sima Zhao say he wanted to leave here, Zhuge Ling's face suddenly dimmed. She lowered her head and said in a low tone: "It seems that my father is right, you are always leaving..."

Although Sima Zhao was reluctant to leave Zhuge Ling, he didn't want to implicate other people because of himself. He also thought that it was time for him to go back to visit his mother after he had been away from home for so long.

After great ideological struggle, Zhuge Ling raised her head and said to Sima Zhao:

"You should go back, but now the military camp is under high alert, so you can't leave like this..."

At Zhuge Ling's suggestion, Sima Zhao dragged two guards outside the door into the tent, and then untied Wang Yuanji's rope and said to her: "You have heard Ling'er's words just now. If we want to go out, we can only do what she said."

Even though he agreed with Zhuge Liang's suggestion, Wang Yuanji began to hesitate when he thought of changing into the clothes and armor of the Shu army in front of Sima Zhao. After all, she was a daughter.

Seeing her squeamish look, Sima Zhao, who was taking off her clothes and preparing to change it, began to feel a little impatient:

"What are you waiting for?"

After hesitating for a long time, Wang Yuanji said to Sima Zhao:

"Then you... you turn around..."

"What?"

Sima Zhao felt that he had heard it wrong at the first time. After he made a lot of Wang Yuanji again, he determined his judgment:

"You don't admit that you are a sissy. Everyone is a man. Why are you afraid of changing clothes in a tent?"

But Wang Yuanji cannot break through this bottom line, but he cannot directly say that he is a daughter. He was angry and anxious and had to throw the clothes of the Shu army on the ground:

"I don't care. If you don't turn around, I won't change it. At worst, let them pull me out and behead me!"

Sima Zhao felt that Wang Yuanji's various behaviors were simply unreasonable. He walked to Wang Yuanji step by step, bent down and picked up the clothes, threw them into Wang Yuanji's arms, glared at her fiercely, then turned around:

"I think you are not only strange, but also very evil. I really don't know what you are doing here or what your problems..."

After changing his clothes, Zhuge Ling, who was guarding outside the tent, led them to the gate of the village along a route that was not easy to be discovered.

Because Zhuge Ling's identity is extraordinary, even if she encounters armored soldiers in the inspection, she dares not stop her. She respectfully stood aside and saluted her. In addition, Sima Zhao and Wang Yuanji pressed the frontier of her helmet very low, and ordinary people would not notice it at all if they were not careful, so they could be said to be unblocked along the way.

But when everything went smoothly, Zhuge Ling was also noticed by Deng Ai and others who had been hiding in the dark, so they planned to use the hijacking of Zhuge Ling in order to force him to take them to rescue Sima Zhao and Wang Yuanji.

When Zhuge Ling led them to the tent with fewer crowds, Deng Ai suddenly jumped out of the corner to subdue Zhuge Ling, and Zhuge Dan and Wang Ji also captured Sima Zhao and Wang Yuanji.

"Girl, don't panic. I'm waiting to rescue two people. As long as you cooperate well, we won't hurt you."

Wang Yuanji felt that this voice was very similar to Deng Ai, and what he said made her even more happy:

"Brother Shizai, are you?"

Deng Ai also heard Wang Yuanji's voice, so he stepped forward and took off the helmet on her head and confirmed her identity:

"Yuanqi? Why are you..."

In order to help Zhuge Ling to help Zhuge Ling clear the situation, Wang Yuanji immediately briefly explained the whole story to Deng Ai, and pointed to Sima Zhao, who was stopped by Zhuge Dan, and said: "This is Sima Zhao, the second son we want to save, and this girl is not a bad person. It is precisely because of her help that we can escape."

Seeing that he was actually rude to the second son, Zhuge Dan immediately let go of his hand. After letting go of Zhuge Ling, Deng Ai knelt on the ground and saluted him with the rest:

"I'm paying homage to the second young master!"

Sima Zhao also took off his tassel helmet: "Let's talk less, it's not advisable to stay here for a long time, so we'd better leave as soon as possible."

After saying that, Sima Zhao walked to Zhuge Ling to say goodbye to her:

"I'm leaving, you have to take good care of yourself..."

But Zhuge Ling thought that they would definitely attract doubts when they went out like this, so she reminded Sima Zhao:

"I'll continue to take you away, as this will make it safer."

After Zhuge Ling's repeated insistence, Sima Zhao had to agree to her suggestion. So after he and Wang Yuanji took the tent again, he followed Zhuge Ling away from the tent with Deng Ai and the other three.

They were about to reach the gate of the village, but at this time they met Liao Hua who had returned from the outside patrol. Deng Ai and others were nervous about this, and they put their hands on the sharp blades around their waists, ready to deal with emergencies at any time.

But Zhuge Ling whispered to Sima Zhao and others behind her:

"Don't act rashly, try to be more natural."

After saying that, she walked up to say hello to Liao Hua: "General Yuan Jian, we have been missing for a long time."
To be continued...