Tian Yan

One night of spring rain, the mud and water on the mountain road soaked up to the ankles.Cao Zhang watched anxiously. It was okay for them to ride horses with military ranks. The trouser legs of the soldiers' straw sandals were filled with mud, and every step they took was extremely heavy.

But Cao Cao's military order is still forward, forward!The roads were muddy and it was impossible to light a fire for cooking. The soldiers could only eat dry food in the rain.The comrades-in-arms supported each other to move forward, but more and more people were helplessly exhausted, and if one person fell, they would also fall with them.

He rode his horse forward, dismounted and helped up a few soldiers who had fallen down and couldn't get up. Cao Zhang stretched his neck and met Cao Cao's eyes looking out.

"Father!" Cao Zhang got off his horse in a hurry, and trotted to follow Cao Cao's carriage.Cao Cao smiled and waved to him, and Cao Zhang jumped into the carriage knowingly.

"Chang'er, come, wipe your face." Cao Cao handed over a soaked cloth towel, but Cao Zhang didn't take it, he just looked at the clean cloth with shame on his face.

"Father, the soldiers are about to give up... stop and rest, there will be no more ambushes here."

Cao Cao stared at him for a moment, but his eyes were unexpectedly kind, which warmed Cao Zhang's heart.

"Soldiers should also have a benevolent heart. You can see the suffering of soldiers, and I am very pleased," Cao Cao smiled gratifiedly, "But we can't stop now."

Cao Zhang wondered: "Why can't it stop?"

Cao Cao pulled him to sit on the car, pointed to the surrounding rolling hills and said, "Look at this place, what kind of terrain is it?"

"Although this is a narrow road, it is not a valley. Don't be afraid of heavy rain causing mountain torrents."

Cao Cao shook his head, raised his finger and pointed to the steep rocky mountain above his head: "What I'm afraid of is that the stones will fall and block the road, trapping my army in this Qinshan mountain."

"Ah..." Cao Zhang nodded thoughtfully, then lowered his head and muttered, "The death of Yang Xiu...Father really thinks..."

Cao Cao raised his eyebrows: "Then what do you think?"

Cao Zhang choked for a moment, and looked away uncomfortably: "The boy is just a little confused, so why would Yang Xiu carry that..."

"Hmph..." Cao Cao sneered, and Cao Zhang felt a chill in his heart.

He still couldn't speak. He wanted to clear up Cao Cao's doubts, but he didn't expect it to be counterproductive.

Sima Yi... really is an unscrupulous villain!He urged him not to frame him, but Sima Yi wanted to do it, but he couldn't open his mouth!

Only then did Cao Zhang realize that he had fallen into a trap of lies, and he couldn't get out of it, so he had to watch helplessly as he got deeper and deeper into the trap.

I didn't kill Boren, but Boren died because of me.

die because of me...

Cao Zhang pulled his hair in pain. After arguing with Cao Zhi for so long, this was the first time he realized that he was actually unwilling...to hurt his brother.

"Zhang'er, Zhang'er!"

"Ah?" Cao Zhang raised his head, trying to suppress the discomfort on his face.

"Help me out of the car, don't let them stop."

"Yes..." Cao Zhang didn't dare to look up at Cao Cao again, and jumped out of the car.

"Hey, be careful!"

A trembling old soldier almost slipped, but fortunately he was supported by a pair of strong arms. When he looked up, he saw the rain on Cao Cao's face dripping down his half-white eyebrows, his facial features wrinkled, and forced a smile at him.

"His Majesty……"

When the old soldier called out, he immediately attracted the attention of the soldiers around him, and he fell to his knees, "Your Majesty, why..."

After Cao Cao settled down the veterans, he refused the attendant who hurried over to hold the umbrella: "Brothers, are you tired?"

Everyone stopped talking, but the tired posture and lifeless eyes were self-evident.

"Everyone, some are old Yanzhou brothers who have fought with me all their lives, and some are just new recruits who have been on the battlefield for the first time. Now you recognize me, but I don't recognize any of you!" Cao Cao looked around at the next sheet of paper. The face was so muddy and muddy, "So no matter who I am, I call you brothers. I know your suffering, but it's a pity that God is not beautiful. If we stop here, we may have to be trapped in the This is in the Qinling Mountains. Now I am announcing here that all disabled and wounded soldiers will get into carriages, and all soldiers except the cavalry battalion will give up their horses to veterans over 50 years old, and my emperor will do the same!"

As soon as this remark came out, not only the soldiers were in an uproar, but Cao Zhang was also startled: "Father, how are you going?"

Cao Cao gave him a cross look, and Cao Zhang immediately fell silent.After the soldiers shouted Long live to make arrangements, they called Cao Zhang over: "That prison car can hold quite a few people, and it would be a waste for Sima Yi to ride alone. Get him out and ride a horse with you."

Cao Zhang suddenly felt hesitant, but he couldn't refuse directly: "Father is old, but he must not destroy his body..."

Cao Cao thought for a moment: "Why do I need four horses to pull my carriage? Let me untie two horses, one for me to ride, and one for the soldiers."

"Yes..." Cao Zhang hesitated, "Then what about Sima Yi..."

Cao Cao's nose was a little itchy, and he sneezed loudly: "...What, you hate him?"

"No!" Cao Zhang cleared his throat in embarrassment, "He belongs to my father after all..."

"Oh?" Cao Cao smiled coldly, but the smile didn't seem to be directed at him, "It's your duty, let's go first."

After Cao Zhang left in a hurry, Cao Cao took his own horse and went up against the team, and soon saw the disheveled Sima Yi.Sima Yi had just been released from the prison car, and was walking in the mud with one foot deep and one foot shallow, his black hair was messy and scattered behind his head, and the long gown on his body had long been soaked in rain and mud.

Cao Cao suddenly remembered the heavy rain that day, someone called his name hoarsely, but stretched out his hand to him without any suspicion...

At that moment, it was undeniable that he was indeed pleasantly surprised.

Sima Yi also felt that there was someone in front of him, but he just raised his eyelids slightly, and walked away as if seeing a stranger.

Cao Cao looked at his back, to be precise, at the spine that was always straight.

Cao Cao suddenly couldn't remember whether the former Sima Yi, hidden under the smooth ridge line of the back, also had such an unbreakable spine.

That is the pride of being born, which will not decay no matter the wind and rain, even if it turns into bones.

He is getting twilight, but he is like the sun.

Cao Cao was inexplicably emotional, rubbed the center of his eyebrows, and stopped calling Sima Yi, and urged the horse to the front of the team.

"Military order! Hurry out of the mountain pass, camp and rest for a day!"

All the way back to the army, patrolling and changing defenses along the way, and returning to Xuchang, it has been more than a month.

There was no fighting, no bloodshed, no horseshoes splashing dust all over the sky.The capital of Xuchang, which is more than a thousand miles away from the Hanzhong battlefield, still maintains the appearance when they left, majestic and peaceful prosperity.

But for these men who returned from the Hanzhong battlefield, these scenes were endowed with different meanings.When I left, it was still cold and cold, but when I came back, it was already warm and the flowers were blooming. The red flowers, the red sun, and the red carved beams were brighter than the blood on the battlefield and lasted longer than the color of the blood.Their eyes are already looking eagerly, they can't wait to go home, to see whether the child in the womb of the lovely wife is a boy or a girl, and to see whether the old peach tree in the village is still blooming as before.

As for the horrific episode on the way, it has faded away in the brilliance and faded out of people's tense minds.

The farmers harvested the crops, and the soldiers harvested their heads. When they looked up, all they saw was the blue sky that was out of reach.

Such things should have been left to the higher-ranking people to think about, thus causing waves of thunder and rain.

And they are still buried in harvesting, that's all.

Cao Cao's illness recovered, and Sima Yi's illness came.

The fever was so high that his whole body was scorching hot, the soles of his feet were soaked and worn out, and they were so swollen that he couldn't even put on his boots, so he was barefoot, relying on his two legs, and followed the large army to the capital.

Everyone wondered what he was competing with, with the sky, the earth, and himself.Why does His Majesty refuse to go after recruiting, and insists on replacing a frail and delicate body with a dilapidated and dilapidated one.

If Xun Yu was alive at this time, he might be introduced as a confidant.In life, there will always be some things that make people have to make things difficult for themselves.

But Sima Yi is different. He has clear goals but no deep-seated beliefs. The reason why he wants to do this is very simple: he bowed his head to Cao Cao in the heavy rain because Cao Cao vented his desire for monopoly on him because of Cao Pi. Naturally, he didn't have to refuse what he wanted at the time; but it was different today, Cao Cao was angry at him because of the bombing of the plank road, and he had to fight to the death to clear himself, or in other words, to kill himself to clear himself.

"This is how to do ah……"

"Yeah, this man won't let men touch him, let him die of illness!"

"Hey..." The white-bearded imperial doctor was still mature and prudent, "You and I have the final say on his life or death. Go, report to His Majesty!"

The errand runner failed to see Cao Cao, but met Cao Pi at the gate of the palace. After a quick salute, Cao Pi stopped him: "Is something wrong in the medical hall?"

"Yes..." The errand runner didn't want to say much, but then he thought about his low status and probably wouldn't be able to see Cao Cao, so he might as well ask Cao Pi to speak for him, "It's Lord Sima, he's probably in a coma, and he insists on not letting men serve him, No, it's not easy for us to decide..."

"Why do you have to tell your father about this kind of thing?" Cao Piyun smiled lightly, "He doesn't want a man to touch him, so why not just find a woman?"

"Your Highness said it lightly, not to mention that there are no women in our medical center, and women outside the palace can't come in and out at will, just call the maids, isn't it..."

"Hey..." Cao Pi waved his hand, "I'll tell you a way out, so you can go to his house and find Zhang Chunhua."

Zhang Chunhua was really easy to use, and he was not hindered from entering the palace.All the way to Sima Yi's sickbed in the medical hall, he stretched out his hand to look at Sima Yi's eyelids, heaved a sigh of relief, turned around and sat outside and began to drink tea.

"We called you here, not for tea!" The medical officers were very angry.

Zhang Chunhua put down the teacup: "He won't die, why are you so anxious?"

"A doctor's parental heart, how can you understand it?"

"Really..." Zhang Chunhua snorted and sneered, "If you had tied him up, pinched his nose and given him medicine, I would have believed that you were parents. Now that you're like this, aren't you afraid of what it is? Hahaha..."

After mocking the hospital, Zhang Chunhua got up and lifted the curtain to sit in front of Sima Yi's couch, and stepped on the hem of the curtain to block the view from the outside.

"What do you want to do again?"

Sima Yi didn't respond, it seems that this illness is really not a feign.

Zhang Chunhua clicked her lips, took out a silver needle from her sleeve, warmed it near the candle, and stabbed it at Sima Yi's crowd.

The muscles in Sima Yi's face twitched, and a groan escaped from the corner of his lips. Before he opened his eyelids, he grabbed Zhang Chunhua's wrist first.

"What happened to that blood sandalwood fan? How could you have that kind of thing?"

"Didn't you want me to find some physical evidence to frame him?" Zhang Chunhua brought the medicine bowl, "Your foot is broken but your hand is not broken. Now that you are awake, you can take it yourself."

Sima Yi shook his head: "You are not His Majesty's... Tell me, who are you!"

Zhang Chunhua sighed: "Don't think about it, that fan is my treasure, and I feel sorry for using it like this..."

Sima Yi's mouth became dry, otherwise he would have to spit on the ground: "Tell me, who is above you."

Zhang Chunhua put down the medicine bowl helplessly: "I think it's better for you to sleep more."

After finishing speaking, he stretched out his hand to touch several large acupoints on Sima Yi's body, and watched Sima Yi's heavy eyelids close, covering his unwilling eyes.