Tian Yan

"It was beaten to pieces."

After dealing with the matter at hand, it happened that the guard came to report, and the man had already been beaten.Cao Cao raised his hand, and the servant retreated knowingly, leaving him alone in the hall.

He couldn't help being curious, he had never seen Sima Yi in the most embarrassing state, but he didn't know what it would be like to be beaten with twenty army sticks.

The only one to blame is Sima Yi, who has a face suitable for being beaten, which makes people feel at ease just looking at it.

Cao Cao thought this way, and suddenly he was startled, when did he actually have such a habit.Guo Jia is completely different than his boss, Sima Yi. He who should love such a clean and transparent person, how could he have a kind of almost abnormal heart for Sima Yi's blood.

Sitting down, he casually opened the book in hand, read it for a while but didn't get a single word into his mind, Cao Cao couldn't help being a little irritable, and finally got up and went to the side hall where Sima Yi lived.

"Your Majesty..."

Cao Cao made a silent gesture, and the servant shut his mouth cleverly, and opened the door for Cao Cao.

As soon as he entered, he could smell the strong smell of medicine, mixed with a faint smell of blood. Cao Cao frowned slightly, and stretched out his hand to lift the curtain in front of Sima Yi's bed.

Sima Yi was lying on the bed with a thin quilt on his waist, his eyes were closed and he seemed to be in a light sleep, but he was not. His forehead covered with messy hair could clearly see pulsating veins, and his hair was soaked in cold sweat.

"Hey," Cao Cao sat sideways on the side of the bed, reaching out to brush the hair on his forehead, "Don't bite your lip, just scream out when it hurts."

Sima Yi frowned, his eyes were tightly closed, and his blue lips were bloody from being bitten.

"If you don't let go, I'm going to kiss you."

Sima Yi opened his eyes suddenly, seeing that Cao Cao's nose was almost touching his, and there was a hoarse sound in his throat, he hurriedly retreated but forgot that he was inconvenient to move. The pain was unbearable.

"what……"

Cao Cao leaned over, put his arms around his shoulders, and laid him face down.

Sima Yi turned his head and glanced at him, then buried his face in the pillow again, and said in a muffled voice, "Your Majesty, why bother to come and see in person, the stick is broken, they are not lazy."

"I know," Cao Cao pressed his spine step by step with moderate strength, Sima Yi's frown relaxed a little, "come and see if you can go on tour with me."

Sima Yi's eyebrows twitched: "Your Majesty is going on a tour?"

"Chibi was just defeated, why do you think it's inappropriate?" Cao Cao laughed loudly, "Let them bite the ones in the south, and I'm going to Xiliang to have a look."

It’s just that Cao Pi is still in Wu, so Cao Cao just let it go. If something goes wrong, I’m afraid...

"It's okay, but I don't know who will supervise the country when His Majesty is going?"

Cao Cao pinched his cheek: "You forgot what you said to Yang Xiu?"

Sima Yi lowered his eyes, with a bit of shame on his face: "How does Your Majesty know..."

Cao Cao raised his eyebrows: "You didn't know that I would come at that time, so you deliberately made such a big commotion. You want to test my mind, so that I have to beat you to remember."

Sima Yi was stunned for a moment, Cao Cao's intentions were obviously more than that, and more likely to show the gang of ministers, to see who was trying to figure out what he wanted.

Thinking of this, Sima Yi secretly laughed in his heart, Yang Xiu had hit the edge of the knife.

"It's okay, I'm willing to travel with His Majesty."

Cao Cao's car was very spacious, with a soft couch inside, and Sima Yi lay on it.

This tour to the west is just when the autumn wind is picking up, and the road is getting more and more desolate, obviously not for sightseeing and entertainment.Ma Teng in Xiliang has been entrenched for a long time, and his iron cavalry are extremely brave, they are a force not to be underestimated.Although Xiliang said that he surrendered to Wei State on the surface, he never really bowed his head and professed to be a vassal. The two forces are so in harmony with each other, maintaining a delicate balance.

The purpose of Cao Cao's trip to Xiliang this time, everyone has a good idea.

Prime Minister Xun Yu and Shang Shuling Cheng Yu were accompanying him. Unexpectedly, the fourth prince Cao Zhi was also in the team.Cao Cao made a special trip to recall Cao Zhang to supervise the country, and there were no civil servants left in the capital, and the rest were generals like Xu Chu and Xia Houdun.

Just after Chibi was defeated, it is not a problem for the monarch to go out and strengthen the defense of the capital, but it is not known whether there is any other deep meaning in it.

I'm afraid Cao Zhang is also afraid of generals. Supervising the country is a good thing, but he comes back naked, surrounded by Cao Cao's confidants and generals, so it is easy to lose sleep at night.

Sima Yi rubbed against the satin-covered pillow. The car was jolted so badly that even if he lay on his stomach, his waist felt like it was about to break.

He didn't know where he was going, and he had limited mobility, so he could only judge roughly what road he was on by the feeling of the bumps in the car.

Cao Cao leaned against the car window and closed his eyes to doze off. When the wind blows, the curtain of the car is lifted from time to time, blowing across Cao Cao's broad forehead.

"Prime Minister, be careful."

Cao Cao opened his eyelids: "You actually care about me."

Sima Yi lowered his eyes: "Your Majesty is the pillar of the country, so I naturally care more about Your Majesty than about myself."

Cao Cao smiled, didn't say much, just called someone to add a thick blanket to the curtain of the car, and sat beside him.

The car was silent for a while, only the wheels were rumbling, and the snorting of the horses.

"Your Majesty, the frontier is Wuhuan's territory."

Sima Yi let out a "huh", wondering in his heart that he was not going to Xiliang, why did he go north?

At this moment, Xun Yu had already lifted the curtain and came in, quickly glanced at the two people who were lying and sitting in the car, smiled and lowered his eyes: "Your Majesty, do you want to make some repairs?"

Cao Cao waved his hand: "No, keep going."

"Yes." Xun Yu glanced at Sima Yi again, leaned over and withdrew, the smile on his lips was still full of meaning.

Sima Yi sniffled, and received Cao Cao's inquiring gaze: "Huh?"

"It smells so good, the prime minister's clothes."

The route that was supposed to go to Xiliang went northward all the way. Cao Cao's face was calm, and the night became darker and darker.

Sima Yi didn't ask why, Cao Cao didn't like others to figure out his thoughts, even if they figured it out, he would keep it in his heart.Sima Yi rubbed his sore waist and chose a slightly relaxed position to lie on his side.

But the car stopped slowly, Sima Yi propped up his upper body, and saw Xun Yu coming in again: "Your Majesty, Liucheng is ahead."

Cao Cao said "Yes" and said, "Let's camp here."

Liucheng is the northern boundary of Wuhuan, and it is cold and windy as soon as autumn comes.The moonlight is as cool as water, and the cold shadow shines on the endless sandy land in front of you.

Liucheng... Six years ago, Guo Jia, who offered sacrifices to wine, died here. In the same year, the Great Wei Kingdom also learned from this place.

Cao Cao got out of the car silently, Sima Yi frowned slightly, moved to the window and opened the curtain.

Desolate and bleak, even the river water can't soak through the sand and gravel all over the sky here, and only the strong wind whimpers through the barren desert.

The dark red cloak behind Cao Cao was blown up by the wind, like a waving banner. The wind carried fine sand and circled around his body, and the moonlight shone brightly, casting a little floating light in the void.

Sima Yi watched him walk step by step until he reached the bank of the Liushui River and stepped on a large, sharp rock that had been eroded by the wind.

Cao Cao sat down cross-legged without hesitation, with the dark cloak puffing up behind him, Sima Yi had the illusion for a moment, as if there was a thin back, snuggling under the skirt of the cloak.

There was a sound of xun, which merged into the sound of the wind, intermittently, like weeping and complaining.

Sima Yi turned his eyes to the distance, and saw the water of the Liu River reflecting the night sky, against the moonlit sandy ground, extending like an ink ribbon into the night on the opposite bank, and the shadow on the other bank was so vague that it was hard to see clearly.

Sima Yi couldn't help being a little curious, wondering what kind of expression Cao Cao, who had always been unpredictable, had now.

Just waiting for a closer look, I saw Xun Yu walking towards Cao Cao, turned his head and glanced in his direction.

Sima Yi's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly put down the curtain.

He thought he didn't have much contact with Xun Yu, but he always felt that there was something hidden behind the flamboyant clothes, which made him, an insignificant character, feel inexplicable hostility.

"It's too desolate to play the music with the Xun."

Cao Cao acted as if he didn't hear it, he just finished playing the song, and then smiled slightly: "Wen Ruo, are you here to blame me for him?"

Xun Yu raised his head and looked at the stars in the sky: "No, how can I know his mind."

After finishing speaking, he raised his hand far away and pointed to the river on the other side.

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes, but that place was still wrapped in the thick night, and he couldn't see anything.

"Yeah, I can only be the one who knows his thoughts best." Cao Cao laughed, and stretched out his hand to give Xun Yu a hand. Xun Yu frowned slightly at the dirty stone, opened his robe carefully and sit down.

Cao Cao took a deep breath: "It smells so good that even a strong wind can't blow it away."

Xun Yu's complexion was pale, and the gentle side face was coated with a layer of clear light by the moonlight, just as the sentence said, a gentleman is like jade.

Cao Cao's hand was on Xun Yu's, the phalanges were slender and smooth, like the best bamboo joints to the touch.

Xun Yu smiled slightly, his eyelashes cast crescent-shaped shadows under his eyes.

Cao Cao's eyes darkened for a moment, and the next moment he pulled Xun Yu closer, and kissed him involuntarily.

There was no rejection or flattery, the moment the breath intertwined, there was still a lingering fragrance in the nose.

Xun Yu didn't like incense from the very beginning.Cao Cao still remembered that when he first met him in the Yingchuan Mountains, the young man with clear eyebrows was dancing his sword, and the fluttering sleeves of his robe brushed against his cheeks, exuding a clear and clean breath.

But I can't remember when it started, it's just that in a long time, even with such an intimate contact, I never felt the taste that belonged to him.

It's like a flower that looks elegant, but exudes a cold fragrance that resists people thousands of miles away.

Xun Yu opened his eyes, looking past Cao Cao to the opposite bank.The moonlight cannot be reflected in the pitch-black pupils, and the moisture in the eye sockets is only allowed to be dried by the wind.

Without the bumping and noise of the carriage at night, Sima Yi's injured back was finally relieved, and he slept comfortably all night.

But before dawn, he was awakened by the sound of orders. Cao Cao stood on the chariot with his hands behind his back, and the soldiers were pulling out the camp.

"Accelerate and go to Xiliang!"

Sima Yi rubbed his eyes and covered his thinking expression with his hands.

It is absolutely impossible for Cao Cao to drag his army to pay tribute to his old lover, but when he arrived in Wuhuan, he did not even enter the city. He only stationed in the outskirts of the city for one night, and hurriedly set off before dawn. There must be other deep meanings in this.

He couldn't figure out what the deep meaning was for a while, so Sima Yi tried to move left and right, and found that the injury from the [-]th army stick had almost healed.So he sat up and politely gave up most of the bed.

Cao Cao didn't sleep all night, but he was refreshed after blowing the cold wind all night. He just sat with his eyes closed and rested, his body swaying gently with the bumps of the vehicle.

Sima Yi was staring at Cao Cao suspiciously, when suddenly Cao Cao opened his eyes, startled him, and subconsciously leaned back.

Cao Cao ignored him at all, stepped out of the car and stopped the team.

"Don't take the post road, take a shortcut up the mountain road! Be sure to arrive in Xiliang on the scheduled date!"

Take the mountain road?

An idea slowly emerged in Sima Yi's mind, before he could think it through, he saw Cao Cao leaned back into the car and fell headfirst on the couch.

"His Majesty!"

Going forward to take a closer look, he found that Cao Cao's face was ashen, with blue veins popping out of his forehead, and his clothes were soaked in cold sweat after only a while.

"Your Majesty, did you have a headache? I'm going to call the medical officer..."

As soon as Sima Yi got up, Cao Cao grabbed his wrist.Cao Cao grasped very hard, as if he vented all the pain on his hands.

"Don't go!"

"Yes..." Sima Yi bit his lip, his wrist was still being held by Cao Cao, it must have been blackened.

"Lean me on..."

After saying this, Cao Cao finally let go of his hand, found a stable place on the bend of his leg, and closed his eyes.