As night fell, several oil lamps were lit in the tent, making the tent as bright as day. Yu Jin was lying on the bed, and two military doctors were carefully cleaning up the blood on his legs. Even when he was beaten with a stick, his skin was torn apart and his body was in great pain.

But compared to the heartache of his demotion, the pain in his leg is nothing. Yu Jin lay on the bed with a gloomy expression and was speechless. Growing up as a vassal, the shame in Yu Jin's heart faded a lot.

However, being demoted as Yajiang gave Yujin a new humiliation. After nearly 20 years of fighting in the north and south, he was promoted to General Huwei step by step, but after a defeat, he was demoted to Yajiang. It's hard to accept, it's better to kill him directly.

At this moment, when the curtain was lifted, Cao Hong walked in from the outside. He walked briskly, with an unconcealable excitement in his eyes. As soon as he entered the tent, he laughed and shouted: "Wen Ze, I have good news for you!"

Yu Jin ignored him, didn't even lift his eyelids, Cao Hong was taken aback, then he understood, and winked at the two military doctors, who covered Yu Jin with a quilt and retreated.

Cao Hong sat down beside him, and asked with a smile, "Why, are you still annoyed by the demotion?"

Yu Jin sighed, "Who can stand being relegated from General Huwei to a general?"

"You don't have to worry about this. If the lord general's resignation of you is not approved by the prime minister, it is meaningless. How could your achievements for so many years be wiped out because of a single defeat? Wen Ze, rest assured, nothing will happen!"

In fact, Yu Jin also knew that without Cao Cao's consent, Cao Ren's punishment would not take effect, but people's hearts are like this. Most of the time, they are fans of the authorities and need an outsider to untie their knots.

Cao Hong's timely comfort made Yu Jin finally let go of his heart. He nodded and asked with a smile, "What good news did you just say?"

"Jia Wenhe is gone!" Cao Hong said proudly.

"Going away?" Yu Jin didn't understand what he meant, and asked in surprise, "Where did you go?"

"Going back to Yecheng, he felt that he was bored, so he went back under the pretext of visiting his mother, and the general approved his request. Anyway, that bastard will never appear before our eyes again."

Yu Jin really knew Cao Hong very well. He was a narrow-minded man who would never let off anyone who offended him easily. Even though Jia Xu was sent away, would Cao Hong just give up?

He looked up into Cao Hong's eyes, trying to confirm his inference from his eyes. Cao Hong did not hide at all, his eyes showed a cold murderous intent. His nephews Cao Ang and Cao Anmin died in Wancheng, so he would also pay homage in Wancheng. them.

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In Wancheng, the setting sun is setting, the Cangshan Mountain is like fire, and the forests are all dyed. Pedestrians and vehicles on the official road all drag out long figures, and head tiredly to the north.

This is the official road north of Wancheng, which has already entered the territory of Xi'e County. The east of the official road is close to the wide Weishui. The setting sun shines on the water, and the fiery red sparkles, as if the water is on fire.

An ox cart guarded by [-] soldiers was also driving slowly northward on the official road. Jia Xu leaned against the small window of the ox cart, watching the sunset from a distance, and the sunset glowed on his thin, withered and yellow body. His face and eyes were full of infinite melancholy.

Nearly eight years have passed since the battle of Wancheng. He thought that the hatred was gone, but he didn't expect that the hatred was still deeply hidden in the hearts of Cao's children.

What about the others?Cao Ren's hypocrisy and indifference.Even Cao Cao's hot outside and cold inside prevented him from entering the inner circle of counselors. In fact, these are all internal manifestations of hatred.

Jia Xu couldn't help thinking of Zhang Xiu. Even though Zhang Xiu's daughter married Cao Jun, the son of Cao Cao, and he was named General Yangwu, this could not conceal the fact that Zhang Xiu was left out in the cold.

On the eve of his departure for Nanyang last month, Zhang Xiu found him and told him that he met Cao Pi, the eldest son of Cao Cao, in the city gate at the beginning of the year, and was insulted by Cao Pi. Zhang Xiu was depressed and said that Cao Pi would kill him sooner or later. , There is a bit of complaint in the words.

At the beginning, it was Jia Xu who urged Zhang Xiu to surrender to Cao Cao. Judging from the situation at that time, Cao Cao's second expedition to Wancheng, Zhang Xiu would be defeated, and surrender was undoubtedly the correct decision.

But after eight years, the Cao family still harbored deep hatred towards them. Although Cao Cao could tolerate them, what about the other Cao clans?There are also Cao Pi, Cao Zhi and others. Will Cao Cao's descendants succeed to the throne, will they be let go?

This made Jia Xu feel a little confused. Could it be that he was really wrong when he persuaded Zhang Xiu to surrender?Thinking of Cao Hong's hostility and Cao Ren's backstabbing, Jia Xu couldn't help but sigh,

At this time, Xiao Baner, a book boy next to him, handed him a cup of herbal tea, "Grandpa, drink some water!"

Jia Xu withdrew her thoughts, took the teacup and asked with a smile, "Where are you?"

Xiao Baner has a big round black mole on the tip of his nose, just like the Mickey Mouse of later generations. He is very clever. He has followed Jia Xu for three or four years. He is 11 years old this year. Don’t you know each other? This is Baiyang Bridge, and we have just entered Xi’e County.”

"Oh! Have you arrived in Xi'e County?"

Xi'e County is a sub-county of Wancheng. Zhang Xiu's army was deployed in Xi'e County back then, and Jia Xu was still busy here for nearly half a year.

Jia Xu smiled wryly, "It seems that I am really old, and I even forgot about Xi'e County."

"Grandpa is not old, grandpa can still live to be a hundred years old."

"This child!"

Jia Xu smiled and touched his round head, thinking of her grandson, her heart was filled with the love of the elders for a moment.

At this moment, Zhao Shiyuan, the head of the guard who guarded them, rushed forward and reported anxiously: "Joining the army, there are unknown cavalry chasing from behind. I am afraid that the comers are not good. Can we abandon the cart and ride horses instead?"

Jia Xu opened the shed curtain and looked back, only to see the dust flying on the official road behind, as if a hundred men in black on horseback were chasing here at a high speed.

After thinking about it, Jia Xu understood that it was Cao Hong who wanted to kill someone on the way. As long as he died on the way, it had nothing to do with Cao Hong and could be blamed on the bandits along the way.

Jia Xu cursed secretly, picked up the board and jumped out of the bullock cart. At this moment, he didn't even care about his favorite boxes of books, life was the most important thing.

Of the [-] soldiers who escorted him to Yecheng, only Zhao Shiyuan, the head of the village, rode a horse. The two old horses saved their lives.

Jia Xu is from Liangzhou. He has followed Dong Zhuo for many years, and his equestrian skills are really good. He put the small board on the horse, turned on the horse by himself, put his arm around the crying board, and clamped the horse's belly with his legs. Go straight out. At this time, the soldiers can't care about it anymore. They are just pawns and can't help themselves at all.

Jia Xu rode his horse and galloped along the official road, peeking back, and couldn't help crying secretly. He also expected Zhao Shiyuan to lead the soldiers to resist for a while, but they ran away without a trace.

Dozens of men in black chased him closely, and the distance was less than two miles. After running for seven or eight miles, Jia Xu's old horse couldn't hold it anymore, and started foaming, and his speed became slower and slower.

At this time, the sun had already set, the sky was dark, and the dark twilight shrouded the earth like the palm of a demon king. On the right side of the official road was Weishui, which was about ten feet wide.

On the left is the vast forest, gloomy and dark, revealing a strange atmosphere. At this time, the pursuers were less than a hundred paces away, and they began to shoot crossbow arrows, one by one crossbow arrows whizzed past Jia Xu's head.

'puff! ’ An arrow was shot on the top of Jia Xu’s head, sticking to the scalp and inserted into the bun, turning into a unique arrow-shaped hairpin.

Jia Xu was so frightened that he kicked Xiao Baner off the horse. At this time, let alone the book boy, even his own grandson, he would throw it away without hesitation.

Jia Xu tuned his horse and ran out of the official road, and ran desperately to the forest a hundred paces away. Horses are not easy to run in the forest, so maybe he still has a glimmer of hope of escape.

But Jia Xu immediately despaired, and a group of cavalry rushed out of the forest, more than a hundred people, and intercepted him in a fan shape. However, Jia Xu suddenly discovered that these people were not men in black, but Cao Jun cavalry. He is a general with a pair of halberds in his hand, tall and burly, majestic and majestic.

Before Jia Xu could speak, General Shuangji shouted: "Take care of Mr. Jia, and the rest of the brothers follow me!"

He led dozens of cavalry to meet the men in black, like a tiger rushing into a flock of sheep, where the general with the double halberds passed, he killed the knights in black, and the screams rang out.

Jia Xu saw that this man was extremely ferocious, with one against a hundred, he suddenly remembered Dian Wei, the general of the double halberds, and was even more surprised, "Could this man be possessed by Dian Wei?" '

But one thing is certain, these cavalrymen were hostile to the men in black, and he was saved. At this time, Jia Xu saw the little bookboy Baner running towards him, crying, as if his head had been broken, and his face was covered with blood.

Jia Xu was heartbroken for a while, and quickly got off the horse, put her arms around the little bookboy and comforted her, "Grandpa didn't hold you tight just now, and accidentally let you fall off the horse, next time we won't ride such a bad horse."

The little book boy nodded repeatedly and stopped crying. At this time, the battle was over, half of the forty black knights were killed, and the rest turned around and fled.

General Shuangji urged his horse forward slowly, got off his horse and saluted, "Rescue came late, sir was surprised."

Jia Xu suddenly felt that they didn't look like Cao Jun again, and he was even more suspicious, and asked cautiously, "May I ask the general's name?"

General Shuangji smiled, "I am in Ganning, Jiangxia, and I am ordered by the prefect to invite you to Jiangxia as a guest."

Jia Xu seemed to have stepped on the ground, as if he had just escaped from the tiger's mouth, and then stepped into the fire pit, and it turned out to be Liu Jing's man.

A wry smile slowly appeared on his face, he seemed to understand a little bit, maybe there would be a foreshadowing for Yu Jin's escape, and there must be Jiang Xia's spies in Cao Ying, otherwise how would they know that he was going back to Ye County?

He actually sent Gan Ning to intercept him, this Liu Jing thought highly of himself, he immediately stabilized his mind, pulled out the arrow pin on his head, and dusted the dust on his robe with his fingers.

"Since Prefect Liu is so enthusiastic about inviting me, then I will go with you!"

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