On the thirteenth day of the departure of the Southern Army, Sima Tulan, who was galloping on horseback, finally caught up with Yi Huaiyu's main general troops, however, there was no Yi Huaiyu there.

"The general was separated from us four days ago, and so far we haven't found anyone, and I don't know if we went to the south first." Deputy General Xu Yi replied fluently and naturally, with a little tiredness in his eyes.

There were tens of thousands of people at the time of departure, and now there are only more than 2,000 soldiers left? Sima Tulan stared at Xu Yi in disbelief, trying to see something from his expression. Sure enough, after being stared at for a moment, Xu Yi's tone was much softer, and his eyes began to flicker.

"This time it is Zhaoguo who has to deal with it, the main general and deputy general are all protégés of General Bai Jingfu Bai, many soldiers have escaped in fear of battle, and it is not easy to have more than 2,000 people left. The general has repeatedly shown discouragement and timidity along the way, and with all due respect, it may be that the general chose to flee like those soldiers! ”

The world is so big, what can make Yi Huaiyu afraid? In Sima Tulan's heart, that kind of thing does not exist at all, Yi Huaiyu is the most daring and fearless person in the world, and he will never escape with fear.

Quietly waiting for Xu Yi to finish speaking, Sima Tulan said coldly: "Protecting the chief general is also one of the responsibilities of the deputy general, General Xu only cares about himself but loses the main general, is this considered a dereliction of duty?" Also, I see that General Xu uses his left hand to lift his sword and pull the reins, and it seems that his right arm is injured? ”

"This ...... The last general who was separated from the general could not escape the blame, and when he arrived in the south, he would ask for a surrender. As for the right arm......" Xu Yi paused for a moment, and then squeezed a hard smile, "I accidentally fell, and my right arm is a little not very bright." ”

looked flustered and reluctant, obviously Xu Yi was lying.

Sima Tulan did not expose it on the spot, but nodded thoughtfully, borrowed an iron sword and a set of bows and arrows from the army, and turned the horse's head and ran back along the road.

"Zhang Tian!" Seeing Sima Tulan leaving, Xu Yi hurriedly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, his face turned pale, "You take a team of people to follow, be smart, and act according to the situation, it is unknown if you can find the second prince who escaped." ”

Xu Yi gritted her teeth and whispered to Sima Tulan but didn't hear it, but this did not prevent her from preparing in advance, when Zhang Tian rushed back with more than 20 people and horses, Sima Tulan was hiding in the wilderness high grass. As Yi Huaiyu said to Sui Liang, Sima Dolan has a natural alertness, even if she is willful and arrogant, her own extraordinary courage is not lost, for example, in this case, ordinary women must have been at a loss for what to do, but Sima Dolan is calm and calm, and quickly makes a decision while seeing through the truth.

Exploring along the road and searching for clues, finally on the third day of returning, Sima Tulan found Yi Huaiyu's traces.

A remnant sword ran aground on the bank of the gravel river, and a large area of blood was diluted and spread by the river, but fortunately, there were still shallow traces, and Sima Tulan followed this trace little by little, and finally stopped in front of the dark big stone cave.

The entrance of the cave is dense with green vines, a few drops of dark red blood are shocking, and two lines of footprints wind deep into the pitch-black hole, as if they are looking for people. Sima Tulan frowned slightly, lingered at the entrance of the cave for a few steps without entering, and when she was looking up, suddenly a figure rushed out from behind her, and before Sima Tulan could react, a sharp branch with a broken mouth was already on her neck.

"Yi Huaiyu, it's me, Sima Tulan."

Without panic or struggle, Sima Tulan calmly raised her hand to show that she had no malicious intent, and after the branch hesitated for a moment and then withdrew, Sima Tulan slowly turned around.

Silently covering her mouth and nose, Sima Tulan's nose was sour, and tears were dripping uncontrollably.

She almost didn't recognize that the person in front of her was Yi Huaiyu.

In the impression, Yi Huaiyu is handsome and arrogant, but the man in front of him is covered in blood and tired, and he can't find the slightest Luotuo, and his eyes are red and bloodshot that makes Sima Tulan's heart ache inexplicably - she just wants to see him proud, indifferent, not so down-and-out.

"How are you? Sui Liang didn't come? Yi Huaiyu was quite surprised by Sima Tulan's appearance, and his puzzled tone still couldn't hide his deep tiredness. Leaning against the tree and closing his eyes, Yi Huaiyu dropped the branch and pressed his shoulder, and spoke again after a long time: "Did you meet the army on the road?" ”

Sima Tulan took a deep breath and held back the tears that poured out: "I met it, I came back to you when I saw that Xu Yi's expression was wrong." Rest assured, I'm not being tracked by them. ”

"That's good. Xu Yi rebelled, and the remaining part of the army was deliberately dispersed by the lieutenant generals and soldiers under his command, and now I can only flee back to the imperial capital or go straight to the south. ”

It takes twenty days from the imperial capital to the military camp of the southern border army, and even if the horse is whipped quickly and unhindered, it will take more time for Yi Huaiyu's physical injury alone. Sima Tulan looked around, except for the stone cave, there was really nowhere to hide, hesitated for a while, and stretched out her white palm to Yi Huaiyu: "Go in first, I'll help you see the injury." ”

Yi Huaiyu seemed to be a little surprised, looked at Sima Tulan's serious expression, and finally compromised and accepted.

"It's rare that General Sima and Master Yao are willing to let you out, shouldn't it be a runaway?" When Sima Tulan walked into the cave with the help of Sima Tulan, Yi Huaiyu made a rare joke, "If you anger those two, maybe you will point at my nose and scold me and curse me for not dying well." ”

"They agreed, and I said I was going to come to the south to look for your business."

Yi Huaiyu was speechless for a while, and after a while, he chuckled lowly: "What about Suiliang?" If he had guessed that something was going to happen to me, he should have come as soon as possible. ”

"I don't know about the two of you, anyway, he took good care of your little **, isn't that what you miss the most?" Probably because he also found that there was a sour taste in his tone, Sima Tulan's expression froze for a moment, and immediately regained her calm expression, "**** suit, I'll see where there is an injury." ”

There is a difference between men and women, whether they are intimate or not, Yi Huaiyu understands such a simple truth, but he doesn't mind, especially at this time.

"There were two stab wounds on the back, one deep and one shallow; The left shoulder was grazed by an arrow, and the wound was not deep; The most uncomfortable thing was hitting my ribs when jumping into the river, which hurt a lot. ”

Glancing at her blood-soaked clothes, Sima Tulan's heart tightened for a while - although Yi Huaiyu said it lightly, she knew that these injuries must make him miserable, and the bad thing was that she didn't bring any invasive medicine, how could she treat his wounds? It's humid and stuffy here, and after a long time, I'm afraid that the wound will suppurate and rot.

Taking a deep breath, Sima Tulan got up and walked to the entrance of the cave: "I remember that when I came, I saw a village near here on the road, you hide it, I'll go and see if I can find some medicine." ”

"Don't go, those people must be looking for us everywhere, it's too dangerous to appear at this time."

Yi Huaiyu's worries were naturally understood by Sima Tulan, but she couldn't let him die of his injuries. Untied her long hair and draped it behind her, Sima Tulan turned her head, and under the hazy sky, there was only that faint smile bright and soft.

"I'm willing to take risks for you."