On the day of the beginning of autumn, Sima Yi and Li Fangwei hid in the grain ship out of Yangzhou City, and slowly walked out of the water gate in the south of the city.

This is the second night after Sima Yi realized that Yangzhou was about to be tired by the war, in the cabin, Sima Yi hugged Huan'er, who had fallen asleep, and listened to the sound of water, in fact, in his heart he also had a slight reluctance to Yangzhou.

He stayed in Yangzhou for nearly seven months, and with his wits and strategy, he could build Yangzhou's defense better, but the final result was that he was placed under house arrest by Yangzhou Taishou Suihua, and in the end he had to escape from Yangzhou by stealing the day, which made him helpless. This is not the first time he has gone away, the last time he came out of Jinling City to go north, but in the end he was intercepted by Li Shanye in Yangzhou City, this time he was a little at a loss, and he didn't even have an accurate plan to go south to north.

"Sir, there won't be any danger along the way, will it?" Li Fangwei hid in a dark corner, there was no light in the cabin, and only each other's voices could be heard.

Sima said: "As long as we get out of the city, we will be safe, but how to cross the river and go south after leaving the city is still a problem. The surroundings of Yangzhou are no longer safe, and if my expectations are correct, the men and horses of the King of Linjiang will be killed at any time in three or five days. ”

Li Fangwei sighed softly: "How did it become like this, after returning to Jinling, how can I present Your Majesty and see King Hui again?" ”

Li Shanye used to be Xu Ding's Taishou, and Emperor Shangao could be his soil emperor far away, at least for the rest of his life, and after his death, he could even pass Xu Ding as a family business to his heirs. But he had ambitions in his heart, he was unwilling to always nest in a small place like Xu Ding, he chose to take refuge in Sima Yuan, and in a short period of time he did achieve success, Sima Yi recommended him to Xiao Zhan, but looking back. He couldn't help but regret it.

"In two days, a group of people will go north, if you feel that you can't go back, you might as well go north with me." Sima Yu said suddenly.

Li Fangwei pondered in the dark, he was unwilling to fail like this, and his family was still in Xu Ding. If he really went north with Sima to the Wei Dynasty, then he would be a traitor, and I am afraid that the family behind him would suffer. But if he returns to Jinling City like this, he will not be able to stand between the empress and the palace of King Hui, and he will also face the catastrophe of annihilation.

"Sir, let me think about it again." Li Fangwei did not agree to Sima Yi, he said that he had to think about it, but in fact, he did not want to give up everything he had obtained in the Southern Dynasty. He hoped that he could return to Xuding and make King Hui jealous of his local power. Let him continue to be Xu Ding Taishou, even though he knows that this way back will be very far.

When the ship finally got out of the water gate, there were some voices from the deck, and Sima Yi didn't know what was going on. The ship was a ship that carried grain from the Southern Dynasty court, and when Sima Yi was in the palace of King Hui, he met some strategists who admired him very much, although these people have been suppressed now, but they still have a little power. What the Hui Wangfu arranged for them to do was nothing more than escorting grain and grass for the imperial court. This time, Sima Yu hid in a grain ship and left Yangzhou through these personal connections in the Southern Dynasty.

Sima Yi left a few "stand-ins" in the Jiangbei Military Yamen in Yangzhou, and these former colleagues helped him find people, and his closed door on weekdays brought convenience to his escape, and after he got out of the cage, as long as Sui Hua would not visit in person in these two days. Sima believed that he had escaped, so that no one would notice it for the time being.

"Knock knock!" Three uneven tapping of wooden boards.

Sima Yi let go of Huan'er's body, stood up and opened the cabin above his head, and at this time, several soldiers carrying food outside came to answer, and the light came in from outside, and it was only a faint candlelight. It was still night. There wasn't much light in the cabin.

"Sir, the Watergate guard is over, you can rest assured." Responsible for escorting the grain ship is Sima Yi's old friend Ma Yejing who met in the Southern Dynasty, Ma Yejing at this time is just an inconspicuous grain transport officer under King Hui, but this person is a very knowledgeable and vengeful person, but unfortunately only Sima Yi appreciates him, but after Sima Yu lost power, Ma Yejing's status also plummeted.

Sima came out of the dark cabin and saw some light, and his state of mind was calmer, at least he didn't have to shrink back inside and worry.

"It's hard for you." Sima Yi was a little apologetic, once the people of King Hui's Mansion knew that Ma Yejing had helped Sima Yi leave Yangzhou, he would be killed.

"What did Mr. say, at the beginning, if we didn't have Mr.'s appreciation, we wouldn't be able to serve King Hui. It is a blessing for us to be able to repay him now. Ma Yejing also said this with a little emotion, "I don't know where Mr. is going now?" ”

Sima Yi shook his head slightly, there were many things that even he hadn't decided, he sighed: "If you go north, I'm afraid it will be a long time, but it's a pity that this Yangzhou City is about to suffer from the disaster of war, and even Jinling City may not be spared." ”

Ma Yejing was surprised: "Why did Mr. say this? Could it be that the thieves captured Yangzhou and still wanted to get involved in Jinling? ”

Sima Yi smiled bitterly, there were many things he hadn't figured out before, but now he seemed to have understood.

Zhu Tongjing is different from Xie Rumo, after Xie Rumo's defeat and death, Zhu Tongjing left enough power around Jinling City to fight back and rebuild the foundation, which is why King Hui was able to easily win in the struggle for power, because Zhu Tongjing released water in this political struggle.

Zhu Tongjing may have seen the strength of King Hui's power and knew that he could not win in the forces of Xie Rumo and Xiao Ling with his strength, so he simply withdrew from the political struggle in advance and sat back and watched King Hui's power to be the greatest. Or Zhu Tongjing wanted to see King Hui ascend the throne, and he could justifiably send King Qin's soldiers and horses to attack Jinling City, but he didn't expect that in the end, King Hui would follow Li Shanye and Sima Yi's proposal and choose to push Xiao Zhan to the throne.

If Zhu Tongjing is confident enough to reverse the overall situation, there is only one explanation, that is, the mother and son of the little emperor of the Empress Dowager He, who disappeared after the change in the palace, are still under Zhu Tongjing's control. In other words, there will be two emperors at the same time in this Southern Dynasty, what a terrible thing.

Sima Yi didn't want to hide this colleague who desperately escorted him out of Yangzhou City, but he couldn't say it too clearly, so he just sighed and said: "What I can say is that the struggle for imperial power is a family affair of the emperor, and it has nothing to do with the ministers or not. ”

The ship finally left Yangzhou City, and Sima Yi could not see the shadow of the city wall in the dark night. He just wanted to look into the distance as best he could. I want to see Jinling City, I want to see the ancient capital of the Southern Dynasty, but under the hazy night, it is completely dark in front of me.

On the river, the fleet of grain was still heading south, and it was time for Sima Yi to make a choice, to go ashore and go north by land. Or continue to follow the fleet across the river to the south. Sima Yi decided not to return to Jinling City, because he felt that as long as Zhu Tongjing controlled the mother and son of the Empress Dowager He, it would not be difficult for him to get his hands on Jinling City, with the current struggle within King Hui's party, as well as Xiao Ling's own ignorance of military and political affairs, Jinling City was equivalent to an undefended capital in front of the treacherous and cunning Zhu Tongjing, Zhu Tongjing had enough connections to control the city defense, and even captured King Hui Xiao Ling alive on the woman's belly and made him unknown.

"Brother Li. It seems that I want to go south with you through Jinling. As soon as Sima Yi arrived on the deck, the river breeze blew, and he turned sideways and said to Li Fangwei, who was at a loss.

Li Fangwei glanced at Sima Yi in surprise and said, "What Mr. said, I don't understand it very well. ”

Sima Yi smiled and said, "If I can, I'd rather go back to Xuding City with Li Taishou and be Li Taishou's staff." ”

Li Fangwei smiled awkwardly and said: "Mr. is elevated, Mr. is a talented person, and His Majesty and King Hui are indispensable people." What can I do? ”

Sima Yi shook his head slightly at the hazy night river. A lot seemed predestined, and he could guess it by now. Zhu Tongjing's counterattack was secretly supported by the Northern Dynasty, Zhu Tongjing and Han Jian teamed up to deceive the world, but there was one thing he couldn't figure out, that is, why Han Jian wanted to help Zhu Tongjing, a man with wolf ambitions.

In Sima Yi's mind, Zhu Tongjing's danger is obviously higher than Xiao Ling's, as long as the military and political power of the Southern Dynasty is in Xiao Ling's hands. When the Northern Dynasties were slaughtered by their troops and horses, it would be difficult for the military forces of the Southern Dynasties to form a barrier, but if it was Zhu Tongjing who controlled the military power of the Southern Dynasties, the situation would be very different, and Zhu Tongjing not only had a keen political mind. In the military, it also has the ability to turn its hands into clouds and turn its hands into rain. Let him choose, he will never support Zhu Tongjing, he can't understand Han Jian's move more and more.

"Or he just wants to take advantage of the chaos to send troops and catch the soldiers and civilians of the Southern Dynasties off guard before the overall situation of the Southern Dynasties is stable." Sima Yi can only think so, and it seems that only this explanation is reasonable, otherwise why would Han Jian help his former enemy and fall out with Xiao Ling, the king of Hui, who has cooperated a lot in the future?

The boat traveled on the river for more than two hours, and finally reached the river, crossed the river and crossed the river to the south, and then went south to the north of Jinling City.

Ma Yejing came over and asked, "Mr. is going to get off the boat?" ”

"No, just cross the river together, and when we get ashore, we won't bother us more. If Brother Ma feels that he is not willing to do so, he can also go south with us. Sima Yi wanted to take Ma Yejing away because he knew that Ma Yejing would definitely be liquidated when he went back this time.

Ma Yejing grinned and said: "Sir, forgive me, I was appreciated by King Hui in my next life, and now I am doing things at the behest of King Hui and the court, if I can't return, I really don't have any face." I sent my husband ashore and said goodbye. ”

Sima sighed in his heart, what a person who values love and righteousness, King Hui just listened to him at the beginning, and left Ma Yejing and his party by his side as a strategist in name only, and Xiao Ling himself couldn't listen to the words of others, but at least Xiao Ling at that time would listen to him, but now, Xiao Ling is surrounded by a group of people who seek fame and profit, and Xiao Ling is playing around.

Sima Yi was tired of standing, so he sat on the deck facing the night, Huan'er couldn't hold on, he was already sleeping on his lap, for a woman like Huan'er, who was very adrift in her own life, having him was equivalent to having the whole world, and in Huan'er's mind, she would not think about things other than him.

Li Fangwei seemed indecisive, although Sima explained that he wanted to go south directly with him without entering Jinling, but Li Fangwei was still calculating whether it was better to go north or south.

The general in the north means that he can take refuge in the Northern Dynasty, with Sima's relationship with the emperor of the Northern Dynasty Han Jian, as well as his status as an envoy to the Northern Dynasty, he may be reused by Han Jian, but he will push the family in Xu Ding to the fire pit, whether it is the empress or Xiao Ling who learns of his betrayal, they will attack his family. But if he goes south with Sima like this, or after returning to Xuding, he can still order the soldiers and horses around Xuding to continue to be his soil emperor, but the good days will definitely not last long, because there are Zhu Tongjing's men and horses first, and then there are the mighty troops of the Northern Dynasty, which may level Xu Ding.

Li Fangwei could only look at Sima Yi sitting on the deck in the end, he thought about it, he was only safe with Sima Yi, no matter where he went, no matter who was in power in the end.

Finally, at dawn, the sky had begun to gradually brighten, and Sima stood in the river breeze, facing the northern city of Jinling City, which was faintly visible in the clouds and mist on the south bank of the river. But Sima Yi has already made it clear that he will not return to Jinling City, at this time, he will at most take one last look at Jinling City, and sit back and watch the thousand-year-old capital fall into the chaos of war, Sima Yu wants to save, but he is powerless.

The southward passage from Yangzhou City was very smooth, and before noon, the boat had stopped at the ferry more than ten miles west of Jinling City, and there were officers and soldiers patrolling on the riverbank, but this would not involve the grain ships of the imperial court. Sima Yi was dressed in an ordinary green shirt, like a scribe, and when he stepped on the riverbank with Li Fangwei and Huan'er, Huan'er was still a little unstable, and he shook on the boat all night, without even eating, and Huan'er's body looked a little unsupportable.

"What's wrong?" Sima asked with concern.

"It's fine." Huan'er's face was very red, and she suddenly turned red for no reason, and even Sima Yi, who has always been smart, was a little confused.

Li Fangwei next to him saw some clues, but Li Fangwei didn't say anything. In the end, Sima Yi just said that he went ashore to find the doctor to take a look, but he didn't expect that after nearly four years of drifting in the Southern Dynasty, he would take root in the Southern Dynasty, and all this turned out to be a little girl who got along with him day and night.

"Sir, there is no time to see you again." Ma Yejing finally said goodbye to Sima Yi, and at this time, Ma Yejing seemed to have sensed that the deadline was approaching, and there was a very tragic feeling of parting from life and death.

Sima Yi sighed slightly, bowed his hand, but there seemed to be something blocking his throat, and he was speechless. Looking at a righteous man who helped him, he couldn't bear to send him to death without hesitation, but he couldn't do anything.

After separating from Ma Yejing, Sima Yi tried to find a place where he could hire a carriage, after all, he had to continue south, and he couldn't do it on his two legs alone. (To be continued.) )