On that night, it rained again in Luoyang.
A flash of lightning lit up in Sima Yi's room.
Sima Yi was immediately awakened.
He suddenly couldn't sleep.
He came under the eaves and looked at the heavy rain, and his heart was filled with thoughts.
Suddenly, a woman appeared in his mind, the woman he had an affair with.
The woman's name is Lan'er, and she is the singer of a teahouse in the city. She has a beautiful appearance and a natural voice.
When Sima Yi first met Lan's childhood, she was attracted by her beauty and talent.
The two began to date frequently, and under the cover of night, no one knew the secret of their affair.
However, over time, Sima Yi gradually realized the risks this relationship might pose to his career and reputation.
He is an ambitious person who longs to rise in the officialdom, and his affair with the singer may become a handle for him.
So he decided to end the relationship.
One night, Sima Yi asked Lan'er to meet in the teahouse.
Lan'er was looking forward to meeting him happily, but she didn't know that this would be their last meeting.
Sima Yi told Lan'er that they could not continue because his career and future were more important.
Lan'er burst into tears, but she understood Sima Yi's difficulties.
From then on, they parted ways and never met again.
Now, Sima Yi, who was standing under the eaves, remembered this past event.
A complex emotion surged in his heart, including his longing for Lan'er and his regret for his original decision.
He understood that he had given up his true love for power and status, but he could not save it.
The rain was still falling, and Sima Yi walked into the house silently.
That affair became an eternal secret in his heart, and he will continue to pursue his ambitions and goals, no matter what the price he paid.
He remembered that she was pregnant and should have a daughter.
Sima Yi returned to the house and was still in a heavy mood. He sat in front of the desk, pondering his past and future.
As time goes by, Sima Yi climbed higher and higher in the officialdom, and his power and status are becoming increasingly stable.
However, he could never forget the relationship with Lan'er in his heart, and often thought of her beauty and tenderness in the late night.
Of course, so many years have passed.
Forget it, don’t think so much, and continue to go back to the car to rest.
But no matter what, he couldn't sleep anymore.
He felt particularly painful in his heart.
He fell asleep for a while, had a dream, and dreamed of Lan'er and his illegitimate daughter.
He actually knew where the illegitimate daughter was, but he could not disturb her casually.
In the morning of the next day, Sima Yi got up.
The air was filled with a fresh smell, which was the breath emitted by the earth washed by rain.
At this moment, a servant came over and handed over a letter.
"Master, someone gave me a letter last night."
The servant reported that the sender sent the letter to the bottom of the gate, and Sima Yi said it personally opened it.
Sima Yi opened the letter and wrote about such a thing. His illegitimate daughter Du Yujie has now arrived at Cao Pi and was violated by Cao Pi.
Sima Yi was very angry and shocked when he saw this information.
"What, how could it be like this?" He couldn't believe his eyes. He was basically no one outsider knew about his illegitimate daughter. Who was the person who wrote the letter?
His hands were clenched into fists, and the anger in his heart was hard to contain.
He widened his eyes and stared at every word in the letter as if he wanted to engrave them into his mind.
She was actually violated by Cao Pi, which made Sima Yi unacceptable.
Immediately afterwards, Sima Yi started to think again.
Is the person who wrote this letter provoking his relationship with Cao Pi, or is his illegitimate daughter deliberately making arrangements when she arrived at Cao Pi?
But even so, how could he remain indifferent?
He understood that he was very important to Cao Pi now, so someone had to do so.
Sima Zhao came to Sima Yi's study. Sima Yi panickedly folded the letter, not wanting his son to see this.
Sima Zhao noticed his father's strangeness, but did not ask directly, but walked to Sima Yi calmly.
"Dad, I'm asking you a question."
Sima Yi suppressed his inner uneasiness and focused on answering Sima Zhao's questions, trying to distract him.
After Sima Zhao left, Sima Yi could no longer suppress his inner anxiety.
He decided to go to the small village where Du Yujie is located in person to find out the truth.
Sima Yi hurriedly packed his luggage and embarked on the way to the small mountain village.
Along the way, his mood became heavier and his heart was filled with worries and guilt about his daughter.
After a long journey, Sima Yi finally arrived at the village.
He came to Du Yujie's home.
He saw a lot of people in the yard. It turned out that Du Yujie was really lost, and many people were discussing how to find it.
Sima Yi understood that his daughter was really lost.
Tianhu met a man in the inn. He was wearing black clothes and a hat on his head, and could not see his face clearly. Tianhu knew that this person was from the Dragon and Tiger Sect.
Tianhu looked around alertly, and after confirming that there was no one else, he whispered: "Let's talk to my room."
The man slowly took off his hat, showed a cold face, and said softly: "I'm here to tell you that the matter has been done. We have successfully provoked the relationship between Sima Yi and Cao Pi, and I believe there will be a fight between them soon."
A hint of pride was revealed in the voice of the Longhu Sect.
Tianhu was delighted.
"You guys did a good job in this."
After the man left, Tianhu wrote a letter to Xi Yu, preparing to tell him about this.
Xi Yu received the letter from Tianhu, and he was very happy and his lips couldn't help but rise.
"It seems that there will be a good show again soon." He murmured to himself, his eyes flashing with excitement.
At this moment, a sound of light footsteps came into the room.
Xi Yu looked up and saw Xi Shi's beautiful figure appearing at the door.
Her eyes were curious, as if she was attracted by Xi Yu's good mood.
"Husband, why are you so happy?" Xi Shi asked softly, walking to Xi Yu's side and sitting down.
Xi Yu smiled and handed Tianhu's letter to Xi Shi, saying, "Look at this, you will know why I am happy."
Xi Shi took the letter and started reading. Her face gradually became solemn, and her eyes showed concern.
It turned out that Xi Shi remembered the era he lived in again.
Goujian dedicated himself to Fuchai to use the beauty plan.
Xi Shi's thoughts gradually drifted away, and she remembered the past days when she was a civilian woman from Yue Kingdom.
In order to restore the country, Goujian resolutely decided to use the beauty trick to confuse Fuchai.
"Madam, what's wrong with you? Why do you look a little frowning?" Xi Yu asked quickly.
"I just remembered my childhood and really don't want war to happen again."
Although she is not from this era, she is full of emotions for this era and he does not want people to be in dire straits.
Only then did Xi Yu understand why she was doing, so he held her hand.
"Don't worry, what I'm creating now is a world without war, but war must have occurred before this."
Xi Shi nodded and soon lay in Xi Yu's arms.
Sima Yi left the small village and felt very complicated. He knew that someone was calculating him, but he could not ignore it. He repeatedly thought about how to face Cao Pi.
Cao Pi's home.
Du Wujie was still locked up, and she kept shouting desperately: "Let me out quickly."
But no one felt sorry for her.
After a while, Cao Pi came over and asked all the servants to retreat.
He quickly entered the room and looked lustful.
Du Yujie looked at him viciously.
"You can let me go quickly, otherwise I'm willing to go on a hunger strike."
But Cao Pi didn't listen to her at all, but quickly came to her, grabbed her body, and then trampled her hard.
After a while, Cao Pi asked everyone to look forward to Du Yujie again and prevented her from running out.
After Cao Pi left, several servants surrounded Du Wujie and whispered: "Since the situation is already like this, why not agree to Cao Pi. In this way, you can be favored by Cao Pi, enjoy wealth, and eat delicious food and drink spicy food."
Du Wujie's face suddenly became gloomy. She glared at the servants and said firmly: "I will never betray my dignity and principles in exchange for so-called favor!"
When a few servants saw that she didn't listen to the advice, they stopped talking.
At this moment, Sima Yi came to the doorstep.
The concierge knew that Sima Yi must have something important, and that he was an important official around Cao Pi, so naturally he would not stop him.
Cao Pi was lying on the lounge chair under the grape trellis, looking leisurely.
Sima Yi was very angry when he saw him.
Suddenly, Cao Pi closed his eyes and wanted to take a nap. Sima Yi had approached him, but found that he had not discovered himself.
So Sima Yi decided to inquire about the people first and see where his illegitimate daughter was.
Sima Yi began to ask the servants if a woman had arrived in Cao Pi's mansion recently.
The servant quickly reported to him that a father sold his daughter because he could not afford to raise her.
It is said that the girl is very beautiful and has been taken to a room now.
Sima Yi further asked about the girl's situation. The subordinate described the girl's appearance and temperament in detail, indicating that she was a very outstanding beauty.
"Okay, I understand." Sima Yi waved his hand and asked the servants to leave his sight.
When the servant turned around and left, Sima Yi called him over again.
"Mr. Sima, what else do you have?"
"Tell me where the girl was imprisoned?"
The servant didn't doubt anything and just told the relevant situation.
Sima Yi came to the door of the room where Du Yujie was imprisoned and saw many servants guarding there, while Du Yujie was shouting inside.
He stopped and listened quietly to Du Yujie's voice, a complicated feeling surged in his heart. Sima Yi felt a special pain in his heart, but he still forced himself to remain calm, pretending to know nothing, and asked the servant who was guarding there: "What happened here?"
One of the servants replied respectfully: "Return to Mr. Sima, this woman is the newly bought maid from the lord. It is said that her father sold her because he could not afford to support her. She has been making noise here."
Another servant interrupted, "Yes, Mr. Cao asked us to take good care of her."
Sima Yi frowned slightly and continued to ask, "Why is she making noise? Did she say anything?"
"This woman seemed unwilling to be sold here, and kept saying that her father had not sold her." A servant replied.
"I'm going to go in and meet her. You guys are waiting outside and don't let anyone in."
The people were a little hesitant.
"I am an important minister around Cao Gong. Don't you listen to me?"
Sima Yi looked at several people coldly.
The few people finally nodded and made way.
Sima Yi pushed open the door and walked into the room.
Du Yujie saw him and asked: “
"Who are you?"
She doesn't think the other party is a good thing either.
Sima Yi made a move to silence.
"Little girl, don't talk, I'm here to help you." Sima Yi's voice was very small.
Du Yujie looked at him suspiciously, "Why do you want to help me? You don't know me."
Sima Yi pointed to the outside, meaning that she should not ask questions so that she would not be heard by people outside.
Then, Sima Yi looked at this face that looked very similar to Lan'er.
His mood was once again filled with emotion and thought of Lan'er again.
Seeing him looking very out of control, the other party was very surprised.
She really felt very strange, why did he look like this?
Sima Yi soon realized that he had lost his composure, so he asked the other party to tell him in detail what happened.
Although Du Yujie hated him a little, she still told her the matter.
Things were indeed as Sima Yi guessed.
"I've told you what happened. How can you take me away?"
"You can stay here with peace of mind first, and don't make a big fuss, because noisy is useless."
Sima Yi felt particularly heartache, and his tears also flowed down. He didn't expect that his illegitimate daughter would be ravaged by Cao Pi.
Who did it? Does anyone know the relationship between them and their illegitimate daughter?
"Why do you cry?" Du Yujie asked again.
She suddenly felt very strange because she saw that the other party seemed to have seen it somewhere.
"Don't ask so much, anyway, just listen to me." Sima Yi quickly wiped his tears.
After that, Sima Yi quickly walked out.
Cao Pi slept for a while and finally woke up. Suddenly he heard footsteps. It turned out that Sima Yi was here.
Cao Pi was very happy to see Sima Yi coming and said with a smile: "Zhongda, what important thing is there to come to find this marquis today?"
After Sima Yi saluted, he asked straightforwardly: "Mr. Cao, my subordinates are here today to ask about the matter named Du Yujie."
Cao Pi's face changed slightly, but he quickly returned to normal.
"You actually know this"?
"My subordinates think that this girl should be released, otherwise it will be bad for Cao Gong's reputation."
Cao Pi was very unhappy after hearing this. He did not expect that the other party would ask this question.
"What's the bad reputation? Her father couldn't afford to support her and sold her. I'm taking care of her."
"Mr. Cao, you should know that the real situation is not like this." Sima Yi said angrily. When Cao Pi looked at him, he saw that the other party's eyes were particularly sharp.
He seemed to not know Sima Yi anymore, and he didn't know why Sima Yi was so angry today.
"Zhongda, what's wrong with you today?"
"I am maintaining justice and hope that Mr. Cao can make the right choice."
After that, he respectfully saluted Cao Pi, but he was already so angry that he was already in a state of great anger.
"Zhongda, were you crazy today?"
Cao Pi immediately started arguing, his voice was particularly high.
A flame seemed to spurt out in Sima Yi's eyes, which made Cao Pi feel even more incredible and couldn't help but take several steps back.
What's going on? Does Sima Yi know this woman?
"Zhongda, do you recognize this woman?"
"Duke Cao, it doesn't matter whether the subordinates know each other. What's important is that the enemy is about to be on the rise, and you should put things in the main business."
Cao Pi's anger gradually faded.
Cao Pi said that although the enemy was in front of him, it was normal to relax occasionally. He told Sima Yi that it was a big deal.
Sima Yi said: "Duke Cao, his subordinates are not making big fuss, but are far-sighted. There are many trivial matters in history, but they eventually lead to great disasters."
Cao Pi smiled and said, "Then you should give a few examples to listen."
Sima Yi pondered for a moment and said, "For example, during the Warring States Period, in order to fight against the Huns, the famous general of Zhao State, Li Mu ordered the entire army to hold the camp and not to fight. A soldier violated military orders and left the camp privately. Although it was just a trivial matter, he was discovered by the Hun spies. After learning that the Zhao army was ineffective, he immediately launched an attack, resulting in a great defeat in Zhao State and heavy losses."
Cao Pi's face changed slightly, and he signaled Sima Yi to continue talking.
Sima Yi continued: "These examples all illustrate one truth, that is, details determine success or failure. At the critical moment of the enemy, any trivial matter may affect the entire battle situation. Therefore, we must remain highly vigilant and prevent problems from happening in order to ensure safety."
Cao Pi was very dissatisfied.
"Zhongda, what you said is a little bit too much. You are just a woman, but you have told such a big truth."
When Sima Yi wanted to say something, Cao Pi waved his hand.
"You go now. I'm in a bad mood today and don't want to see you."
Afterwards, Cao Pi entered the room and Sima Yi clenched his fists.
This matter cannot be forgotten, he must rescue his daughter.
He watched his daughter but could not tell her identity, and he felt particularly painful in his heart.
Chapter completed!