Sima Yi set foot on the road back to the north in advance without any warning, and even he knew that the road would be extremely difficult, but he still left Jinling City, where he had lived for nearly four years, and went to the north with Huan'er, a master and a servant.

This is also a decision made after Sima Yi and Qian Su Oak after a thorough conversation, originally Sima Yi wanted Qian Su Oak to go with him, but Qian Su Oak still chose to stay in Jinling City, even if Qian Su Oak is no longer a talented woman who is famous in Jiangnan, she still wants to leave her roots in Jiangnan, because she knows that even if she goes to the north, she will not get what she wants, so she would rather stay and be at peace with what she encounters.

On the first day of the first month, after the Jinling City Gate was opened, Sima took the road to the side, and Qian Suli also left Jinling City, just a north, a south, and friends who were not very familiar with each other had just met again, and each embarked on a different road.

"Childe, if you want to go to the north, you are going by boat...... Or by horse-drawn carriage? Five or six miles after leaving Jinling City, Sima Yi was still walking, and Huan'er behind him couldn't help but ask the question in his heart.

Sima Yi couldn't answer this question, because the Southern and Northern Dynasties were originally hostile, and there were two or three hundred miles of border areas between the two dynasties, and both sides had deployed troops on the border.

"Let's take a carriage first, and when we get to the river, we'll take a ferry."

Sima Yi said, also looking at the sky in the north, it seems that there is another wind and snow, fortunately, the river is not frozen, and there will not be much trouble to cross the river in winter.

It wasn't until six or seven miles after leaving Jinling City that Sima Yu asked Huan'er to take out the silver from the baggage, go to the settlement area attached to the post post on the roadside, and find a carriage dealership. A carriage was hired, and a master and a servant boarded the carriage.

"This young lady, what are you doing to go to the river in this winter? But to the north? "The coachman didn't want to do business, after all, it was the New Year, and he still walked a long way. This trip to the river will have to walk thirty or forty miles, and it may not be possible to come back when it gets dark, but after all, these two guests gave silver, and there is also a reward, and he should respond, but he still feels strange. It's not uncommon for people to go out on the first day of the new year.

"I went back to save my relatives, I delayed for a while, and my home is in Yangzhou." Sima excused himself.

The coachman smiled: "Listening to the accent of the childe, it seems to be from the north, don't worry." In this first month, it is not advisable to go far away......"

The coachman drove the carriage on the road, and talked with Sima Qi along the way, although most of them were small talk, but Sima Qi could also learn some folk information from the mouths of ordinary people. There are opinions about the new emperor, and there are opinions about King Hui, and for the people of the middle and lower classes, they don't care what the people in power are doing. What they are concerned about is whether there will be a lot of taxes in the coming year, and whether their superiors can be sympathetic to the people.

From the west gate of Jinling Castle to the north to the river. There are nearly thirty miles of road in total, although the road is relatively smooth, but the carriage is not fast after all, but along the way, you can see many soldiers riding in groups of horses, as if they are patrolling something.

"I heard that there is going to be a war in the north, and I don't know if it's true or not. The emperor in the north is very tight, and he actually drove away all the Xianbei barbarians, which is really a big deal, but unfortunately we are not the people of the north, otherwise there is no need to worry about it now. The coachman seemed to be very emotional.

Sima Yu didn't say anything. He didn't expect that the war, which even the top officials of the imperial court were not allowed to talk about, had been widely rumored among the people.

Sima said: "This battle may not be fought. ”

The coachman sighed: "Childe, this is wrong, the emperor of the north, used to be the young master of Jiangdu, that is an ambitious emperor, it has only been a few years, not only the north has been given, even the Xianbei people are not his opponents, if it is an aspiring monarch, who doesn't want to monopolize the world?" Alas! However, this battle has been fought back and forth, and it is still us ordinary people who are suffering, so I hope that the emperor of our Southern Dynasty can defend Jinling City with King Hui and his old man, just like twenty years ago, otherwise...... To put it mildly, it is better to let the north be flattened earlier, so that there will be less suffering. ”

Sima Yi didn't expect to meet a chatty coachman on the road, his words seemed vulgar, but the reason was very clear. If you can't hold it, then it's better not to keep it, at least the people won't suffer, I'm afraid that the last two dynasties will fight in Jinling City, at that time not only the soldiers will have great losses, but even the people will suffer, whether it is besieging the city, or holding each other, it is enough to ruin the people's now stable life.

The more you get to the river, the more soldiers pass by, but these soldiers do not disturb the people along the way. When he was about to reach the riverside, Sima Yi specially looked at the outfits of the soldiers in the past, all of them were soldiers and horses under the rule of King Hui's mansion, and the soldiers and horses that were originally stationed outside Jinling City belonged to the soldiers and horses of the left branch, which were basically the core soldiers of King Hui's military and political system.

Sima Yi felt that the movement of troops and horses outside the city seemed to be a little unusual, and he couldn't say what was wrong, but he always felt that even if the north was preparing for war, the patrol soldiers and horses should not all go to Jinling City, but as if something had happened in Jinling City.

"Brother Tai, do you know what happened in the city last night?" Sima instinctively felt that something should have happened in the city.

"I haven't heard of it, but in the morning, the inspection of entering and leaving the city is very strict, and the son didn't come out of the city? Didn't notice? ”

Sima Yi really didn't notice it, maybe it was because he left the city very early, and he didn't feel that the defense of the city gate showed signs of strengthening.

It wasn't until the carriage stopped in the riverside town that after getting off the carriage, Sima Yi and Huan'er learned about the situation in Jinling City last night from some people whispering when they were dining at the roadside stall, it turned out that there was an assassin incident in King Hui's mansion last night, and it was rumored that King Hui might have suffered a catastrophe, and on the first day of the first month, the people of King Hui's mansion ordered soldiers and horses to enter the city, probably to seize power.

Sima Yi just sighed, no matter what King Hui did, it seemed to have little to do with him, if he was in charge of the security of King Hui's mansion in the past, he would never let this kind of assassin happen, but now it is different from the past, King Hui has lost trust in him, and he can't do his duty as a strategist.

"Judging from this situation, the soldiers and horses of the King of Linjiang may also be coming to Jinling City, it is best not to do business these days, it is already in the first month, and this business is not easy to do."

The people around were still talking. But soon the soldiers came and the people, who had gathered together to talk about things, dispersed.

A table of soldiers seemed to have rushed over from the west, glanced at Sima Yi and Huan'er, and said, "Where did you come from?" Where to go? ”

Sima got up and saluted slightly: "In the downstream merchants, from Fujian and Zhejiang, they are ready to leave to return to Yangzhou." ”

The soldier didn't ask much. But he said lightly disdainfully: "Be careful about this, after crossing this river, don't know how to die." ”

Sima Yu didn't say much, sat down to eat and drink tea with Huan'er again, compared to Sima Yu's indifference, Huan'er seemed a little restrained and scared, she was originally a person from Fujian, and she was not used to the humanities around Jinling, and now she was going to cross the river to the north. She is equivalent to being displaced again, but fortunately, she has Sima Yi as her backer.

"After eating, get ready to go on the road, cross the river and head north before dark, and strive to find a store by the river to stay." Sima excused himself.

Huan'er nodded, picked up the burden and followed behind Sima Yi, and the master and servant crossed the river by boat. Because it is a big year, there are not many people who support the ferry. The price was also very expensive, but Sima Yi went out with some silver after all. Moreover, Qian Su Oak was very generous, and secretly stuffed Huan'er with some silver, which was only known after Sima Yi left Jinling City, and he would not have been favored by Qian Su Oak.

It was not until sunset and dusk that he finally crossed the wide river, and Sima paid the money. There was something strange in the eyes of the ferryman, it was a greedy gaze. Sima Yi knew that people should not expose their wealth outside, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble, but fortunately, this is still around Jinling City, at the feet of the Son of Heaven. But once the river is crossed, it has already entered the boundary of Yangzhou, and the further north it goes, the more it is not peaceful.

The ferryman didn't seem to be in a hurry to return to the south bank, but stayed on the north bank, but Sima Yi felt that the situation was not good, so he quickly asked Huan'er to follow him to find a store to stay at. Originally, Sima borrowed no road guide, Qian Su Oak yesterday after learning of the situation, sent a maid out to find someone to contact, to find a way to Sima by the morning, although it is fake, but it is also convenient for Sima to cross the river by car along the way or even stay, otherwise he may not be able to move an inch this way.

After seeing Sima Yi's road guide, the store did not have any doubts, and directly arranged for someone to take Sima Yi and Huan'er upstairs to the guest room, Sima Yi and Huan'er lived in the same room, also for the convenience of taking care. Sima opened the window first to look at the surrounding environment, and after making sure that there was danger and a way to escape, he said to Huan'er: "We don't need the food here, eat the dry food we brought, you sleep first, and I will keep vigil." ”

Huan'er was a little nervous and said, "No...... No, it's up to the slave to ......."

"You are not a slave, and we are not traveling in the mountains and rivers this time, it will be very hard along the way. However, Jiangdu is not too far from Yangzhou, but it will take a few days to walk, we will go directly to Jiangdu, and when we arrive in Jiangdu, you and I will be very safe. ”

Sima Yi already knew before that it was his father who was now in charge of the military and political power in Jiangdu, because of his relationship, Han Jian trusted his father very much, as long as he returned to Jiangdu, he and Huan'er could be regarded as completely out of Jinling City, he was not ready to take Huan'er to Luoyang, only prepared to stay in Jiangdu, keep to himself, and even show his dream of being a chivalrous warrior in the world.

After nightfall, it seemed calm outside, and the thieves that Sima Yi feared did not patronize. In the middle of the night, Sima Yi was a little relieved, thinking that after all, it was the best district in the capital, and even if the security in the south was not good, the thieves would not dare to blatantly attack them in the inn of the small town outside Yangzhou.

Sima Yi was in a hazy and drowsy state, when he suddenly heard a sound from the window, Sima Yi was alert, after all, he had no sword on him, so he could only touch the candlestick on the table, and use the sharp end as a weapon to slowly approach the window with a shadow shaking.

"Brother Sima, don't be nervous." A man's voice came from outside, and Sima Yi's already tightly locked brows were locked a little deeper.

Sima opened the window, and it was none other than Li Shanye, who had helped him a lot in Jinling City before.

"Yes, sir?" Sima looked at Li Shanye with great vigilance in his expression.

Li Shanye said with a smile: "Otherwise, who are those Green Forest bandits who have ill intentions towards Brother Sima?" Brother Sima don't worry, there are a few thieves who want to come over at night to rob the money, and I have solved it easily, and it should be safe along the way. ”

Sima glanced at Huan'er, who was sleeping peacefully on the bed, before he looked at Li Shanye again and asked, "Didn't Mr. let me go back at the behest of His Majesty?" ”

"Brother Sima, you misunderstood me, I didn't see Your Majesty before I came, but today, after making sure that Brother Sima is safe, I am ready to leave to go back to meet Your Majesty, Brother Sima, let's try to see who is faster?"

Sima Yu didn't say anything, and there were many things he couldn't understand about Li Shanye.

Ordinary people are involved in politics, either for fame or profit, this is human nature. Only Li Shanye doesn't seem to ask for anything, if you want to talk about talent, Li Shanye is far ahead of him, but Li Shanye is basically not involved in officialdom, but recommended him to King Hui and let him get out of the cage, and Li Shanye is also an indifferent person, and he is not short of money, but often gives money and some irrelevant people, as if he looks close like dung.

Only if you know what he is trying to do, you can be prepared and deal with it, but if you don't even know what he is trying to do, it will be very dangerous.

"Than what?" Sima asked.

"Bibi Foot Force." Li Shanye said, "I know, Brother Sima, you want to go back to the north after careful consideration, and I can't persuade you." I have to make a bet with Brother Sima, if Brother Sima goes north this time and can go out of the territory of the Southern Dynasty before I invite King Hui and His Majesty, then I will never come to disturb again in this life, but if I can invite the two of them before Brother Sima returns to the north, Brother Sima will stay in Jinling for the time being in the face of me, His Majesty, and King Hui. I wonder if Brother Sima can agree? ”

Sima Yu sighed for a long time: "I know that I can't do it, why should Mr. force it again?" ”

Li Shanye also sighed with some emotion: "Otherwise." The Sima brothers have never worked hard, so how can they know that they can't? I want Your Majesty to ascend the throne at the beginning, although you proposed it to King Hui, but if King Hui had selfish intentions, how could he listen. How can I say it, there is also the same spirit between His Majesty and King Hui, as long as you do it, and the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Dynasty are harmonious, then what else is there to say? ”

Sima Yi smiled bitterly and said, "Well, I will accept Mr.'s gambling contract in the future." However, there will be no pause in the middle of the north, and I believe that it will not take a few days to leave the territory of the Southern Dynasties. (To be continued......)