Sima Yi was able to meet Li Shanye in Jiangbei, which was unexpected, he also paid attention to whether there were pursuers along the way and found nothing, but Li Shanye was able to follow him to the inn in Jiangbei unconsciously and find him accurately, which shows that Li Shanye is not just an ordinary hermit in the mountains, maybe Li Shanye has his own intelligence network behind the scenes.

Regardless of the feasibility of making a bet with Li Shanye, there was no need for Sima Yi to pose in front of such a figure who had been kind to him and even a teacher and friend, and the gamble itself proposed by Li Shanye was not too excessive. The reason why Sima Yi wanted to leave Jinling and return to the north was mainly because he had no sense of belonging in the south, and if the empress and King Hui could release their suspicions, and as Li Shanye said, if he personally came to invite him back, he had no reason not to agree.

At the same time that Sima Yi agreed to Li Shanye's gambling agreement, the intelligence officers sent by Han Jian in the north to welcome Sima Yi's return to the DPRK were also secretly looking for Sima Yi's whereabouts, and Sima Yi himself could not hide after the assassination incident on the way back to Jinling in the north, and even cut off contact with Han Jian, and it was very difficult to find him. However, after Sima Yi went to Luoyang at the end of the year, Han Jianfang learned that this old friend was okay, and knew that Sima Yi had a sense of return, so he immediately sent a large number of personnel to meet him, but due to the haste of the incident, it was difficult for the northern Xiaozuo to find him on the way to the north secretly north.

"Childe, it looks like someone came just now." Huan'er woke up in a daze, still a little hazy, but Sima Yi had already asked her to pack her things and prepare to leave overnight.

"It's true that someone just came, and they asked us to go back to Jinling." Sima said truthfully.

Huan'er thought for a while and said, "Is that son going back?" ”

Sima Yi shook his head slightly, even he didn't know where to go, so he couldn't answer Huan'er. He asked Huan'er to pack up his things and leave overnight, because the people in the inn had already had bad intentions towards him, even if Li Shanye temporarily subdued those people, Li Shanye couldn't stay and take care of him if he wanted to rush back to Jinling City. And Sima's martial arts are sparse, and he usually has to protect Huan'er, so he can only leave the place of right and wrong quickly.

Because they couldn't get from the door, the two of them could only jump out of the window and go down the eaves from the second floor, but fortunately, the outside was not very high, and Huan'er looked frightened when she jumped from it. In her mind, she is more inclined to go back to Jinling City, even if Jinling City is not her hometown, but it is the capital of the Southern Dynasty, and she can go back to her hometown Xu Ding at any time to see.

Setting off overnight, the road seemed very dark, and Sima Yi was also beating drums in his heart.

At the boundary south of the river. Anyway, there is the power of the Cao Gang, and the road guide he has on hand is also obtained by Qian Su Quercus through the relationship of the Cao Gang, but when he arrives in Jiangbei, it is a completely unfamiliar territory, and when he goes south, he takes the official road and is escorted by officers and soldiers of the Southern Dynasty along the way.

When it was almost dawn, I finally saw a small village. It shows that there are people around, and Sima Yu still doesn't dare to go to the mountain village to contact the local people after thinking about it. I had to sleep in the mountains and wilderness with Huan'er temporarily, and I had to wait until dawn to walk to a larger town, and then find an inn to settle in.

Although Huan'er was born in poverty, she was born in the government, and she didn't need to spend too much physical strength to practice singing and dancing on weekdays, and she didn't go through such a long journey to the mountains. By dawn, he was already unable to walk. When going down the hill, Huan'er was completely unable to walk anymore because of her broken foot, so Sima Yi had to take her down the mountain to find the official road, and he could only hope to rent a carriage on the official road and cross the boundary of Yangzhou first.

"Childe. If you think the slave is cumbersome, you will go by yourself, and the slave and maid do not blame the son. Huan'er was carried by Sima Yi, and she felt a little guilty, she was a slave after all, and she didn't even dare to look at Sima Yi, let alone let the master serve her.

Sima Yi was still walking calmly, and sighed slightly: "Throw you down, I'm afraid I won't be able to see anyone." ”

Finally arrived at the official road, hired a carriage at the post station along the way, and finally did not have to walk on two legs, because Sima Qi's road guide can only go from Jinling to Yangzhou, so Sima Qi can only let the carriage go to Yangzhou City first, and take one step at a time.

Even in the first month, there are still a large number of refugees heading south, and these refugees are all moving south with their families, and their clothes are not ragged, but more like the collective migration of the times. Because the official road to the north is often blocked, it is not possible for horse-drawn carriages to stop and go.

"Little brother, what's going on in the north?" Sima asked the driver who was driving the car.

The young coachman sighed: "It's going to be a war, who doesn't want to be stable, no way, who makes our court powerless, those officials and masters in the local area are thinking about how to fill their own pockets, and they don't have time to care about us little people, as soon as the soldiers and horses in the north come, the state capital in the north will surrender, and the people will suffer at that time." ”

Sima said: "The emperor of the Northern Dynasty is finally wise, so he won't let the soldiers disturb the people, right?" ”

The young coachman sneered: "That's not necessarily, it was originally an enemy country, I heard that there is a general surnamed Su in the north, it is really tight, even his own people's things are robbed, burning, killing and looting are all evil, but he has become the general of the Northern Dynasty, and now come to our south, this Yangzhou city has not been razed by him?" ”

Sima Yi felt a little helpless in his heart, although what the young coachman said may not be credible, but he still knew very well about Su Tingxia. The Southern Dynasty is now judged by the strength of the soldiers and horses, and can not compete with the soldiers and horses of the Northern Dynasty head-on, so they will be slandered in various ways, but Su Tingxia of the Wei Dynasty is such a negative model, the people of the Southern Dynasty and Jiangbei were intimidated by the official government, after all, they could not stay as lambs to be slaughtered, so they had to move their families.

Sima Yu didn't explain anything, because there was nothing to explain, and Su Tingxia's affairs couldn't be concealed, let alone from the Southern Dynasties, even he, a native of the Northern Dynasties, couldn't understand why Han Jian had used Su Tingxia so much in the past two years, and let Su Tingxia and his subordinates do whatever they wanted.

Huan'er was a little nervous when she heard this, and she hugged her knees and seemed a little scared: "Childe, that Su ...... General, will you really kill? ”

Sima Yi smiled and said, "How can there be immortals on the battlefield?" You can rest assured, we have arrived in the Northern Dynasty, and no one will disadvantage us. ”

Having said so, Sima Yi didn't know the bottom in his heart, if he could go to Luoyang, it would naturally be the emperor Han Jian to support him. But where in the local area would anyone look at him differently? Who cares who you are, as long as you have money and food, you may be robbed, not to mention that he doesn't even have a guide to the Northern Dynasty, and it is almost impossible to cross the border.

It was already past noon when the carriage arrived in the south of Yangzhou, and Sima borrowed the fare. Pushing Huan'er, who was a little dazed from sleep, woke up the two and got out of the carriage.

Because of the tense relationship between the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the outside of Yangzhou has been very depressed, not to mention the inn, there is not even a stall vendor, and you can only go to the city to rest and rest. Sima Yi originally wanted to continue on the road, but seeing Huan'er's red eyes due to lack of rest, he felt a little distressed, so he had to go to the city to make calculations.

Who knows if there will be some trouble again when entering the city. The garrison officers and soldiers at the city gate only opened the small gate to let the people in and out of the city, in fact, very few people went out of the city, but there were a large number of people who entered the city, after all, they all wanted to enter the city to seek refuge, but if they were a little sloppy, or those who could not afford to pay the entrance tax, they were not allowed to enter the city. The Yangzhou City Gate, which is a good end, has also become a way for local military generals to make oil and water.

"This official. You are doing well, our husband and wife don't have much money at the moment. One day in the city, you will go out of the city. No matter how arrogant Sima Yi was, he could only plead with the officers and soldiers guarding the door in a low voice. Sima Yi and Huan'er have a lot of baggage, but because the silver is inconvenient to use, and the silver ticket has nowhere to exchange, there is not much broken silver on their bodies. But it could not satisfy the appetite of the soldiers at the city gate.

The little gatekeeper guarding the city gate sneered: "If you want to enter the city, don't think about it if you don't have enough silver, two taels of silver is yesterday's price, and if one person is less than five taels today, don't think about entering the city." ”

Sima Yi was simply speechless, and these unprovoked guards of the city gate also took advantage of the fire to rob. One person enters the city for five taels of silver, and it is no wonder that the people want to flee. Sima Yi was very clear about the system of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, in wartime or near war, the local state capital and county town were to unconditionally accept the people into the city, Yangzhou City had experienced the great war between the Wei Dynasty and the Qi Dynasty 20 years ago, and the magistrate even used the war to grab the people's money, which Sima Yu could not tolerate.

But Sima Yi was just a refugee after all, and he couldn't come up with ten taels of silver to enter the door at the moment, and he didn't want Huan'er to sleep in the wilderness that night, so he could only be generous once and take out the silver ticket that Qian Su Quercus stuffed into his baggage.

"Fifty taels? There won't be a fake, right? ”

When Sima Yi took out the silver ticket, everyone who guarded the city gate was extremely surprised, although some people were also allowed to enter the city that day, but the person who took out a large amount of silver ticket at one time was the only one. A bunch of people gathered around and after checking the silver ticket, the head of the soldier looked at Sima Yu and said, "For your sake, go in, but you still have to give us a little money for tea." ”

The city gate official was obviously worried about the broken silver that Sima Yi had just taken out, and Sima Yi had to send another bit of broken silver, and he and Huan'er were allowed to enter the city.

"The world is difficult, and that's it." Sima said with emotion.

Although Huan'er listened to it, she didn't say a word next to her, for her, having Sima Qi by her side is the most important thing, without Sima Qi, she is no different from those refugees who fled outside the city, and even inferior to those refugees.

Originally, Sima thought that everything was fine when he entered the city, and when he arrived at the inn, he knew what the upward and downward effects were.

The price of a day's stay in the inn has skyrocketed from a few dozen dollars on weekdays to two taels of silver for a room, and it is only the price of a day's stay. It was also Sima who kept a little eye on the broken silver before, leaving some convenient accommodation and food for him, so as not to go into the city and sleep on the streets.

When I paid the money and was brought into the guest room by the shopkeeper, I realized that it was not a heavenly room, but just an ordinary guest room, a small room that was not divided into inside and outside, and a bed for accommodation.

"We'll just deal with it for one night, and we'll be back on the road tomorrow." Sima said to Huan'er.

Xiao Er, who brought in the hot water next to him, said with a smile: "This guest officer is quite interesting, taking the road guide from Jinling to Yangzhou, but saying that he is still on the road, is it possible that he wants to go north?" ”

"No, I'm just here to visit my family." Sima excused himself.

The shopkeeper smiled bitterly: "I think it's still stable in this city, and there is chaos outside, and the further north you go, the more so." Although Yangzhou and Jinling City are only separated by a big river, one is a city waiting to be abandoned, and the other side is at the foot of the imperial city, and the treatment is different. After all, the dragon qi can't cross this river. ”

Sima listened to the emotion of the little second, and there was something strange in his heart. Now that the Qi Dynasty court knows that its troops are insufficient, it has long had the intention of abandoning Jiangbei and using the river as a moat to block the soldiers and horses of the Northern Dynasty from going south.

Even if the people in Yangzhou City are now worried, they are afraid that the first to kill the city is Su Tingxia's people, and then they may encounter a slaughter of the city, which is even more dangerous in the city.

Sima Yi originally wanted to eat in the city without eating dry food, but when he arrived in the city, he learned that the prices were soaring at the moment, and even the inn did not provide meals.

"Let's eat dry food." Sima Yi said to Huan'er, "Fortunately, there is hot water, but it seems that there is no way to bathe." People can't expect to be ready for everything on the journey, so they can only go back to Jiangdu. ”

Huan'er nodded, and ate two bites of dry food in her hand, but she was already very sleepy, but she looked at Sima and said, "Childe...... Is it from Jiangdu? ”

"You don't know? Oh, it looks like it hasn't been talked about before. Sima Yi thought about it, he and Huan'er have known each other for a long time, but they have never had a heart-to-heart relationship, and there is always a feeling of respect for each other, and there is no family affection, but Huan'er regards him as a dependent.

Sima Yi was also a little tired, but he let Huan'er sleep on the bed, while he continued to sleep on the chair. Just as Sima fell asleep, he was woken up by the noise of the street.

"What's the matter?" Sima Yi had no choice but to push open the door and ask the shopkeeper who hurriedly ran over.

"There was a war, and there were cavalry from the north that plundered the city of Yangzhou. Maybe the army is coming. The shopkeeper shouted loudly as if he was informing.

Sima Yu shook his head helplessly, now is the time when rumors are flying all over the sky, he is very clear about the situation of the two dynasties now, calculate the days, the soldiers and horses of the Northern Dynasty have not yet crossed the Yellow River in the south, and this can be killed in Yangzhou City? If the war is to start, it will take until March or April later, but now the slightest movement is enough to make the people in the war zone like frightened birds.

Sima Yi didn't ask any more questions, but went back to the guest room first to continue to rest.

Sima Yu didn't rest well for a few days, but he slept until night. When Sima Yi woke up, Huan'er was still asleep, and he walked out of the guest room to find the latrine, and there was the roar of horses' hooves on the street.

"I heard that a senior official has come from the south, and it seems that he is rectifying military affairs, but no one knows what it is." The shopkeeper is the busiest person in the entire inn, and he is also responsible for passing on the words to the guests in the inn. (To be continued......)