The food box was put aside, and Cai Yan sat next to the couch, quietly looking at Lu Ren on the couch.

Looking at Lu Ren's haggard appearance on the couch, Cai Yan only felt a tingling pain in his heart. But at this time, Cai Yan didn't know what he could do, so in the end, he couldn't help but stretch out his hand, and his fingertips slowly swiped across Lu Ren's cheeks, and sighed secretly in his heart: "Yihao, why are you so ......"

With the stroke of Cai Yan's fingertips, Lu Ren's slightly closed eyelids moved, and then he slowly opened a slit in his eyes, and his head turned slightly to Cai Yan's side. But just like that, Lu Rendu opened his eyes after a while, and smiled reluctantly at Cai Yan next to the couch: "Wen Ji ......"

"Yoshiho, are you awake? Come, get up and get something to eat. ”

Lu Ren's body is actually fine, so it hasn't reached the point where he has to be helped even when he sits up. Sitting up on the couch and eating some of the food brought by Cai Yan indiscriminately, Lu Ren shook his head and said, "Okay, I can't eat anything...... Rest assured, I'm fine. ”

Cai Yan silently put his things aside and sat back beside Lu Ren, and asked softly, "Can you tell me what happened?" Others may not know, but I know that if you were just escaped by Yuan Shang, you wouldn't be like this. ”

Lu Ren looked at Cai Yan, sighed and said, "Now you may be the only one who can accompany me to say a few words from my heart." You're right, if it's just Yuan Shang running away, I'm not angry at most, and I won't be as uncomfortable as I am now. ”

This sentence is not Lu Ren deceiving himself. In fact, Lu Ren hoped to meet Yuan Shang on the battlefield of Guandu earlier. But Lu Ren also knew very well that this was a matter of luck, and Yuan Shang would not necessarily go to Guandu. Even if Yuan is still in Guandu, whether he can catch it smoothly is also a question to be considered.

The wars of that era. Where is it so easy to catch a character at the level of commander? If it weren't for that, how could Lu Ren carefully inquire about the location of Yuan Shang's tent at that time, and then repeatedly begged Zhang Xiu and these people to help? To put it simply, be prepared for the worst, but also prepare for the worst. As for Zhang Xiu and Zhao Yu being able to catch Yuan Shang later, in a sense, it was all unexpected by Lu Ren. If he hadn't been able to catch Yuan Shang, Lu Ren would have been able to accept it psychologically.

Generally. Lu Ren's original plan was to kill Yuan Shang when he was attacking Yecheng in Jizhou after Cao Cao won the Guandu. Judging from historical records, Yuan Shang at that time would directly participate in the war. Relatively speaking, Lu Ren will have the opportunity to really calculate Yuan Shang.

But the development of things now is too unexpected for Lu Ren. Again, if Yuan Shang was not caught in the battle of Guandu, Lu Ren would only sigh bitterly that he was unlucky. But Yuan Shang was obviously caught. was secretly released by Cao Cao and Guo Jia. That's a bit ...... Just as Tong Lu Ren yelled at Guo Jia, he can understand but can't accept it.

And what Lu Ren couldn't accept psychologically was that Guo Jia said such things so coldly. It was Guo Jia's words that hit Lu Ren the hardest. Guo Jia can be said to be Lu Ren's most iron-clad buddy in this era, and Lu Ren also has a trust in Guo Jia that is incomprehensible to him in such an environment of the times. Now being treated like this by Guo Jia, Lu Ren really can't bear it.

After experiencing such a thing, Lu Ren's heart was uncomfortable. I also hope that there will be someone around me to talk and pour bitter water. It's a pity that among these people around him, like Zhao Yu and Lu Cheng. These words in my heart can't be spoken, and if they really know about it, they may not know what kind of thing will happen. Only Cai Yan is a little older, and he is relatively calm, and this bit of bitterness in his heart can pour on Cai Yan.

So at this time, Lu Ren told Cai Yan these inner words. And after Cai Yan listened to Lu Ren's words, his heart churned for a while, but every time the words came to his mouth, Cai Yan still swallowed back. In the end, Cai Yan just said to Lu Ren seemingly calmly: "Yihao, don't be like this." I know you're depressed, but you've always been like this, and everyone up and down this house is worried about you. ”

Lu Ren shook his head and said: "Don't worry, I'm fine, after ten days and eight days, I want to open some of them, I feel better, and there will be nothing wrong with the trick." ”

Cai Yan bit his lip secretly, and suddenly took Lu Ren's hand and put it on his chest, but he wanted to speak again and again, and finally could only lower his head and look at Lu Ren's hand on his chest.

Lu Ren didn't pay much attention to this, and besides, Lu Ren didn't think too much about it at this time, he just thought that Cai Yan was like this because he cared about himself. He smiled faintly and then withdrew his hand, and moved his body to prepare to take his shoes to stay.

Cai Yan was stunned when he saw this, and asked, "Yihao, are you not resting?" Where are you going? ”

Lu Ren lowered his shoes and responded: "It's not a problem to lie down like this all the time. Actually, I don't have any problems physically, but my heart is filled with discomfort. I want to go to the study and see if I can find something to do. ”

Saying that, Lu Ren turned around and smiled self-deprecatingly at Cai Yan: "How did you say that sentence?" Oh, I'm kind of trying to get in love with my work right now, so let's talk about it. ”

“……”

Cai Yan was silent for a moment, and when he saw that Lu Ren was about to go out after putting on his shoes, he hurriedly called: "Yihao, what are you going to do now?" ”

Lu Ren stopped, lowered his head and pondered for a while before saying, "Seriously, I've been thinking about this all the way back from Guandu. Thinking about it, although Lao Cao and Lao Guo let go of Yuan Shang this time, I felt unhappy, but now I can't fall out with Lao Cao because of this matter. I want to kill Yuan Shang, to put it bluntly, I still have to count on Lao Cao to be more aggressive.

"This time, he wants to secretly let Yuan Shang go, to put it bluntly, it is nothing more than Yuan Shao's family background, and he has to take advantage of the battle between Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang to take advantage of the opportunity. When Lao Cao breaks through Yecheng and destroys Yuan Shao's foundation in Hebei, Yuan Shang will have no use value in this regard, and if I want to kill Yuan Shang at that time, Lao Cao will obediently hand over Yuan Shang to me. ”

Speaking of this, Lu Ren smiled again and said to Cai Yan: "Take a step back, I can't turn my face with Lao Cao at this time. At this time, if I turn my face with Lao Cao, I won't have any problems, but you people will have a hard time. ”

When Cai Yan heard this, he felt a secret pain in his heart. Seeing that Lu Ren was about to move again, Cai Yan didn't know what to say, so he could only ask randomly: "Then, how long will it take?" ”

Lu Ren was stunned for a moment, and thought carefully for a while before saying, "It may take another four or five years." ”

According to historical records, after the battle of Guandu, Cao and Yuan still fought several battles in the next few years, and it was not until the ninth year of Jian'an that Cao Cao conquered Yecheng, which was regarded as a ruthless attack on the foundation of Yuan Shao, so Lu Ren said that it might take four or five years. But after thinking about it again, Lu Ren added to Cai Yan: "But if I do a better job here, let Lao Cao's family foundation be thicker, maybe Lao Cao can conquer Yecheng earlier." The most important thing is that I can think of and do it now, and this seems to be the only thing I can do. ”

Cai Yan hurriedly said: "But, it's your Yangshou ......"

Lu Ren's matter of the magic stick was only explained to Wan'er secretly, and the rest of the people didn't know about it, even Cai Yan was no exception. And at this moment, Lu Ren saw that Cai Yan was in a hurry, so he shook his head at Cai Yan and said, "Don't worry, I didn't die so quickly, and I didn't die so easily." ”

Having said that, Cai Yan saw Lu Ren's haggard demeanor enough to make Cai Yan deeply worried, but what else could Cai Yan say at this moment? Although Lu Ren stopped when he called out again, Cai Yan's words in her heart were forced back by her again. Seeing that Lu Ren's eyes showed a little impatience, Cai Yan finally had to say softly: "It's cold, you have to go to the study, so you can put on your clothes." ”

"Huh?"

Lu Ren realized that he wanted to go out just now with his head down, but he didn't notice that he got up from the couch before, and he only had a middle coat on his body, but the funny thing was that he didn't feel cold? Shaking his head and smiling, he took his coat from the hanger and put it on and was about to go to the study, but Cai Yan stopped in front of Lu Ren again.

Lu Ren's mood was not very good, seeing that Cai Yan always had no words, it was inevitable that he would be a little irritable, but it was not easy to attack Cai Yan. wanted to drive Cai Yan away, but Cai Yan stretched out his hand and flicked the coat on Lu Ren's body, and said softly: "Look at what kind of mess you have on your body?" Tell me how long it has been since you rushed to Guandu until now, how long have you not taken a good bath? ”

Lu Ren was stunned. He's going to march to fight, this person is in the army, isn't it a joke that he wants to take a shower or something? After all the calculations, I haven't taken a shower in a few months. As soon as he thought of this, Lu Ren subconsciously raised his arm and sniffed the smell of his armpit...... It really smells bad.

Cai Yan saw that Lu Ren reacted a little, and his face pulled down slightly: "What do you want to do, I can't ask; You want to go to the study to do your business, and I don't want to stop you. It's just that you know my temper, please don't sit in the study so stinkyly, okay? ”

How could Lu Ren not know Cai Yan's scholarly disciples and everyone's beautiful temper? Besides, it may be good not to be mentioned by others, but when it is mentioned, Lu Ren also feels a little uncomfortable, after all, Lu Ren, as a traverser, has always had good hygiene habits. Think about it again, my current virtue, it's good to take a hot bath and let yourself relax properly, so he nodded to Cai Yan.

But what Lu Ren didn't expect was that Cai Yan lowered his head at this time and said in a low voice: "I'll ...... with you" (to be continued.) )