Sima Yi, who escaped the disaster, helped the girl to the side. Seeing that she was still unconscious, he thought that the poisonous medicine was quite serious, and no one would chase him in a short time, let alone if he dragged her like this, Sima Yi would be difficult to deal with if he encountered an attack.

So he decided not to set up a bonfire and waited for her to wake up.

Not long after, the sound of branches on the ground being trampled to the east of the forest came. Zhao Rui curled up behind Sima Yi in fear. Sima Yi also filled the Wuyu meteor and calmly waited for the visitor:

“It came much faster than I thought…”

As the sound got closer and closer, Sima Yi, who was hiding in the grass and waiting for it, suddenly realized that when he reached a very close position, the sound suddenly stopped and could not be noticed at all, which made him feel nervous.

Then I thought about whether I was too concerned. Maybe it was just a beast passing by, not an accomplice of those men in black.

Suddenly, there was an endless chill behind him, which surprised him very much. When he noticed it, Sima Yi had quickly turned around and aimed the Wuyu meteor in his hand at the black shadow standing behind him at this moment...

But the black shadow was obviously more agile. He grabbed Sima Yi's wrist and twisted it upwards with force, which made Sima Yi not have the strength to aim at him. He gritted his teeth and closed his eyes tightly, with a very painful expression.

Seeing this, Zhao Rui quickly took out a branch on the ground and was about to move forward to drive away the shadows. Unexpectedly, a short knife flew over her side and cut off the branch in her hand.

She followed the trajectory of the knife flying, and was surprised to find that the person who threw the flying knife at her was not someone else, but the girl who was still in a coma just now. She knelt on one knee on the ground and looked at Zhao Rui weakly, as if she had used up all her strength, panting and looking very helpless.

The situation seemed to start to blur again in an instant. Sima Yi looked at the girl with a grim face due to pain, thinking that it was over now, and it turned out that the girl's purpose was not as simple as saving herself.

What surprised Sima Yi was that the black shadow slowly let go of the hand that tightly squeezed his wrist, and the pain quickly eased.

He could not see his appearance clearly in the darkness, and he could only roughly see the outline of his face.

"It seems that such an attitude towards your benefactor is inappropriate, right?"

The words of the black shadow made Sima Yi shocked and fell into deep thought. Seeing Sima Yi's reaction, the black shadow walked straight from Sima Yi toward the girl. After he arrived at the girl, he squatted down and helped her up and sat down. He took out a pill-shaped thing from his sleeve bag, gently pinched his fingertips and placed it on the girl's lips:

"I didn't expect you to be hit, so I will never dare to say the lies of 'the world' next time..."

Although his tone was not very kind and even seemed a little stiff when he spoke, it seemed as if it was a concern of the elders and the younger generation. The warmth was not so obvious, but it was not even noticeable at all.

The girl slightly opened her red lips and put the pills on her face. Seeing that her improvement had improved a little, he felt a little relieved and said to herself: "I didn't expect that old man Zhongjing's medicine was still so effective."

Sima Yi, who was already confused, heard the word "Zhongjing" in the mouth of the shadow, and was even more suspicious of the identity of the visitor:

"Who are you?"

The black shadow sneered, sat on the dungeon beside the girl and looked at Sima Yi with a cautious look:

"What? That boy Fengxiao didn't tell you who wrote the recommendation book and asked Zhang Zhongjing to treat you?"

Sima Yi really knew nothing about what the black shadow said, because when he woke up, Guo Jia had already left for Yanzhou. The boy and Zhang Zhongjing did not mention too many details before they woke up, so naturally they would not know who wrote the recommendation book.

"Tsk..." He patted the dust on his body:

"Forget it, it doesn't matter who I am anymore. What's important is where are you going now? Or do you want to go to Luoyang?"

The black shadow said to Zhao Rui, "Miss, pick up the dry firewood around you. It's too dark and I can't see anything clearly."

Although he was unwilling to be ordered by this unknown person, Zhao Rui still picked up some firewood and put it on the ground.

The black shadow took out a flint from his arms and ignited the firewood. The dark forest was suddenly dispelled by the fire.

It was then that Sima Yi saw the face of the black shadow clearly. He was a middle-aged man with a look of torch and under forty years old.

They sat around the bonfire, and the atmosphere became very tense in a short time. Sima Yi and Zhao Rui had gone through too many dangers in life and had instinctively developed a sense of caution and a sense of crisis for the strange things in front of them.

Seeing them very nervous, Zhao Rui's eyes were staring at her and the middle-aged man, and she kept holding her knees and sitting next to the fire without saying a word. The girl who had recovered most of her energy was the first to break the silence:

"He is not a suspicious man, he asked me to protect you all the way."

Sima Yi was obviously not satisfied with such an answer: "This is exactly where I have questions about you."

"It seems that you can't believe me if I don't report myself."

The middle-aged man held a long dry firewood in the fire, and the fire turned his face red, making his eyes look extremely vigorous: "Well, I will tell you, my name is Hu Zhao. When Guo Jia came to my house with you who was in danger, I wrote a book to let him bring you to my friend Zhang Zhongjing to treat you. Later, when Guo Jia left Pingding Mountain, Fei Ge sent a message to me, saying that someone harmed you during Pingding Mountain, and asked me to protect you secretly. When I arrived at Pingding Mountain, Zhang Zhongjing told me that you had gone to Luoyang, so I sent the woman beside me to follow you for secret protection. Are you satisfied with this answer?"

As for the identity of the man in black and their real purpose, Hu Zhao didn't know whether he didn't know or deliberately concealed it, and did not tell Sima Yi the details. Even the reason for Hu Zhao protecting Sima Yi along the way seemed so confusing.

Hu Zhao is very famous and is as famous as the seven top talented men in Yingchuan, including Xi Zhicai. Sima Yi has heard of it for a long time. In addition, he can tell the story of Zhang Zhongjing and Guo Jia, Sima Yi temporarily eliminated some of his doubts about him.

Next, Hu Zhao told Sima Yi about the current situation in Luoyang, such as Guo Jia's loyalty to Cao Cao instead of Xi Zhicai, the political competition between Han Xian and Cao Cao, and the major events of Liu Xie's migration to Xu County in the east.

When Sima Yi heard about Guo Jia replacing Xi Zhicai, Sima Yi was stunned:

"Although Guo Jia is also very smart, he is not yet able to replace Mr. Xi yet, right?"

Hu Zhao pinched Ganchai's hand and inadvertently exerted force, causing the Ganchai to break:

"The opera master... is no longer here..."

For a moment, Sima Yi thought it was his ear that something went wrong, so he asked again:

"What did you say?"

After getting the affirmative answer again, Sima Yi fell into a long-term deposition. He had only half a day's relationship with Xi Zhicai, but in his heart he had already regarded Xi Zhicai as his teacher.

Now he died in a hurry, which caused Sima Yi to suffer a great blow after Chunhua fell off the cliff.

After a long time he stood up, Hu Zhao raised his head and asked, "You have made up your mind?"

Sima Yi's eyes firmly looked ahead: "It's decided..."
Chapter completed!