Chapter 41 2. Suddenly "paralyzed" and newly married

Pieces of white clouds floated slowly across the clear blue sky, leading Sima Yi's vision to drift away, as if drifting to the end of the sky... Sima Yi was half lying on the couch by the window in the bedroom, looking up at the sky outside the window, lost in deep thought. In the short period of four months, the current situation is like white clouds and gray dogs, unpredictable, and the stars have changed in an instant, and many things have changed beyond recognition: just as Sima Yi is taking the reputation of "suppressing corruption and eradicating adultery", he is full of ambition. When he entered Xudu and made a difference in his official career, the news that Cao Cao killed his uncle Dong Cheng and hanged Concubine Dong Gui suddenly came, which made him hesitate a bit!From the point of view of scheming, no matter what the real situation in Xu Capital City is, it is extremely unwise and hasty for Cao Cao to kill Dong Guojiu and Dong Guifei suddenly and openly in his own name at this time!This will give him the same notoriety as Dong Zhuo's "dictatorship and domineering, bullying the emperor"!So, since he bears such a notoriety, how can he continue to gain an advantage in the name of "serving the emperor to beg his ministers" in the confrontation with Yuan Shao, Liu Biao, Ma Teng, Liu Zhang, Liu Bei and others in the future?Your Cao Cao's "disobedience" is already obvious, so what can you rely on to attack other princes who also have "disobedience"?How different are you from Yuan Shao, Liu Biao, Yuan Shu and other "rebellious ministers"?As a result, Cao Cao's advantage in terms of political reputation has been greatly weakened!As the saying goes, "If you have the way, you compete for virtue, and if you don't have the way, you compete for power"-then, Cao Cao, who prides himself on being "loyal to the emperor and loving the lord, and helping the Han Dynasty", almost reduced his political reputation to that of Yuan Shao. , Yuan Shu and his like have improved!However, as far as the word "potential" is concerned, how can Cao Cao resist Yuan Shao in Jizhou, who has a strong army?well!Cao Cao is also considered wise and wise. It is really deplorable that he made such a wrong move when the enemy was in front of him, and put himself in an isolated situation on all sides!

After thinking about it like that, Sima Yi secretly suppressed the idea of ​​becoming an official, and after discussing with his father Sima Fang and his eldest brother Sima Lang, he decided: Given that the current situation in Xudu is still unclear, Cao Cao made such a hasty mistake again, and Xun Whether Yu, Yang Biao and other key officials of the Han Dynasty will support Cao Cao as before, it is hard to say now. The Sima family in Hanoi can only hide in the background and watch the changes, and then wait for the opportunity to respond and act cautiously. Therefore, a few days before Cao Cao's Sikong Mansion's book was delivered to Sima Mansion, Sima Yi suddenly fell heavily from his horse's back on the way to go out to the streets to inspect all kinds of businesses in the market, and the fall broke his hamstrings. From now on, I can't move, I can't walk, and I can't do any official duties anymore.The prefect Cao Ren saw that his injury was serious, so he had no choice but to allow him to return to his home in Xiaojingli, Wen County, for recuperation and treatment.

However, as the old saying goes: misfortunes never come singly.When the envoys sent by Cao Cao rushed to Xiaojingli to visit, they were told by Sima Yi’s father, Sima Fang, with snot and tears: According to the doctor’s diagnosis, Sima Yi’s heavy fall when he fell off the horse was not only broken. He suffered severe leg fractures, and also injured his back and tendons, which caused his wind-related arthralgia to attack, and he was afraid that he would not be able to be an official again in a few years. Witnessing this situation, the envoy of the Sikong Mansion had no choice but to return sadly with nothing but a paper book and a cart full of betrothal gifts.This Sima Yi encountered this misfortune when he was young and promising, like an eagle breaking its wings when it was about to fly, and it became a misfortune that everyone in Hanoi County lamented for a while.

At the same time that this dark cloud was hanging over Sima's house, probably to avenge Sima Yi's disaster, an unexpected happy event appeared in Sima's mansion in Xiaojing: Sima Yi, who was suffering from wind paralysis, He actually held a grand wedding ceremony with Zhang Chunhua, the daughter of Zhang Wang, the magistrate of Suyi County in the same county. He was supported by his personal attendants Niu Jin and Sima Yin, and he and Zhang Chunhua paid homage to the parents of heaven and earth, and sent him to the bridal chamber. According to the recollection of relatives and friends who attended the wedding: At this wedding, Sima Yi was tear-stained and sad, as if he was weeping for his desolate second half of his life.He used to be so talented and radiant, and he was once so expected by the world to be "the tool of the public servant and the talent of the community", but now he can only live in his hometown and stay in a humble hut, only relative to his wife and servants. , The rest of his life was spent in obscurity.However, relatives and friends still felt a little relieved for Sima Yi: It can be seen that the Zhang family in Suyi did not seem to dislike the disabled son-in-law at all. He also treats Sima Yi with love and consideration.They all said: With Sima Yi's current situation and conditions, it is really a blessing to be able to marry Zhang Chunhua, a wife who never dislikes him, is gentle and considerate--except for Zhang Wang, who is a fool Would he marry his own yellow girl to a half disabled person like Sima Yi?

"Husband, your white fungus soup is ready!" A voice as soft and melodious as Ying's cry floated over, drawing Sima Yi's eyes from the window back to the room: Zhang Chunhua was dressed in plain clothes, graceful and graceful, bringing a scent of fragrance The room moved, holding a red lacquer tray in his right hand, he had already come to his bed and stopped. "Thank you, sister Chunhua..." Sima Yi leaned on the back of the couch and said softly. Zhang Chunhua smiled, put the tray in his hand on the table, picked up the silver bowl on the plate, gently scooped up a spoonful of steaming white fungus soup with a jade spoon, put it on his lips and blew it gently Blow it a few times, and then send it to his mouth with a smile: "Come on! Husband... just try it..."

Sima Yi shook his head wordlessly. "Is my husband afraid that the white fungus soup will burn my mouth?" Zhang Chunhua was a little strange, and looked at the crystal-clear white fungus soup in the spoon. It will hurt your stomach." Sima Yi still shook his head. "Then, my husband must think that my concubine's skill in making this white fungus soup is not good..." Zhang Chunhua slowly put the jade spoon back into the silver bowl, with a trace of disappointment in his tone, and a smile suddenly broke out on his face, "It doesn't matter, I will go down later and learn from Mrs. Niu, and cook a bowl for you."

The expression on Sima Yi's face fluctuated slightly: "Sister Chunhua, why do you have to suffer so much for Yi? Yi is in such a situation today, I'm afraid I'm a little disappointed in your affection for my sister!" "Husband, don't say such things!" Zhang Chunhua opened his almond-shaped eyes, stared at Sima Yi with anger and joy, twisted the silk ribbon at the corner of his clothes with his hands and wrapped it between his fingers a few times, and said softly, "Husband, you I don’t know, being able to marry you and become your wife is already the greatest blessing in Chunhua’s life! Chunhua can serve and accompany her husband like this every day, and his heart is as sweet as drinking this white fungus soup It's sizzling..."

"Chunhua..." Sima Yi looked at the sincerity on Zhang Chunhua's face, and couldn't help tears from the corners of his eyes. I will lie on this hospital bed for half my life and never get up again... I have suffered so much for you! Seeing you busy with Yi's chores every day, and Yi Kong's name as a man who set up a family, I really feel ashamed... " Zhang Chunhua raised his eyes, looked at Sima Yi with tears in his eyes, and showed a sweet smile: "Husband, why do you feel bitter? I am really happy to be with you! How could I What complaints do you have about your current situation?" Speaking of this, she smiled again: "Speaking of which, I have to thank my husband for this wind paralysis! If it weren't for..." She said the following " With it" swallowed back the three words, and continued to smile sweetly: "How can I be with my husband today? Such a day was something I only had in my dreams before..."

Listening to Zhang Chunhua's words, Sima Yi couldn't help feeling mixed feelings: not long after he pretended to be suffering from wind-related arthralgia, Zhang Wang suddenly sent someone to propose marriage to his family, wanting to take him in as his son-in-law - Sima Yi was about to refuse, but unexpectedly His father, Sima Fang, agreed without hesitation.Sima Yi was shocked and hurriedly raised an objection to his father.But his father analyzed to him: First, the Zhang family in Suyi has a simple and honest style, and Zhang Chunhua is well-educated, gentle and virtuous, and has a family friendship with the Sima family, so it is absolutely appropriate for the two families to form a good relationship between Qin and Jin; Now that Sima Yi is pretending to be sick at home, he just uses this marriage to declare his obscurity to the outside world, showing that he has succumbed to the destiny, lived in seclusion in his hometown, married and retired, and stayed out of the mountains for a while, so as to quietly observe the changes in the current situation.Under his father's persuasion, Sima Yi had no choice but to make a fake show and marry Zhang Chunhua even though he was unwilling in every possible way.However, no matter what, this kind of marriage can't get rid of a faint shadow for Sima Yi: he knows that the one he really loves in his heart is not Zhang Chunhua from Suyi, but Fang Ying from Yecheng!Even though the war is raging and the flames are raging, Fang Ying is still missing, and she may have died in the war, but Sima Yi still has a special important place for her in the deepest part of his heart and harbors an inexplicable expectation ——So, since he got married, he has always felt that there is a piece missing in his heart, and he has never been able to resonate with the feelings that Zhang Chunhua devoted himself to him.And the more gentle, considerate and caring Zhang Chunhua was to him, the more apologetic Sima Yi felt towards her from the bottom of his heart.

Of course, Sima Yi is still unclear at this moment—on the day he and Zhang Chunhua got married, his father Sima Fang and his father-in-law Zhang Wang reached a top-secret agreement guaranteed by the relationship between the two families: Suyi County The government posted a notice announcing that the Golden Knife Valley would be permanently designated as a forbidden area of ​​the county due to the presence of ghosts and evil things. Zhang Wang also promised to use the power of the county magistrate of Suyi at any time to protect the great secret of the Golden Knife Valley for the Sima family forever.

At this moment, a pleasant singing sound suddenly came from outside the window.Sima Yi turned his head and glanced at the source of the singing: Qingfu and Qingping sisters in the back garden are practicing their voices again!I don't know why, in recent years, my father has been looking around to recruit beautiful girls, and brought them into the mansion for daily singing, dancing and music - this is quite different from his previous self-disciplined and frugal style of not looking around!Probably because my father saw the turmoil in the current situation in recent years, and it was difficult to distinguish between tigers and dogs, so he couldn't help being a little physically and mentally exhausted, and he secretly kept a thought of enjoying himself in time! Thinking of this, Sima Yin calmed down, and said to Zhang Chunhua who was sitting by the couch, "That's it...you don't have to go down to make any more white fungus soup, go to the study and get the roll. Take advantage of this leisure time It's a great time, and I will study the key points of Yi-learning taught by Mr. Guan earlier..." "Zhongda!" With an affectionate call, a familiar figure flashed in from the outside and caught Sima Yi's eyes. "Brother Hu?" Sima Yi was in a trance, and couldn't help asking hesitantly - he never expected that his classmate and friend Hu Zhao from Spirit Dragon Valley would appear here at this moment! "Zhongda, you..." In Sima Yi's tear-filled field of vision, Hu Zhao had strode to his couch, lowered his body and held his hands tightly, tears flickering in his eyes . "The Master said: 'Isn't it a pleasure to have friends coming from afar?'" Sima Yi bit his lips, struggling to suppress the trembling of his mood, and said slowly with tears in his eyes, "It's not easy for us two to be together today. Meet, why do you have to act like a son and daughter in love?" "Not bad, not bad. We should really have a good time!" Hu Zhao wiped away the tears on his cheeks with the corner of his sleeve, and smiled, "I haven't seen you for a year or two, but your complexion is actually pretty good." !" After hearing this, Sima Yi smiled, stretched out his right palm and patted his knees, and said lightly, "Yes! Although Yi looks good, his legs can't move..." "This... Hu has already heard from Xun Lingjun in Xudu——Zhongda, you can invite some doctors who are proficient in acupuncture and moxibustion to take a look at this wind arthralgia..." Hu Zhao looked at him The knees stopped, and the voice suddenly dropped: "I think Zhongda was the most agile among all the students in Linglong Valley Ziyuan Academy back then. I didn't expect that a horse stumbled on the flat ground and threw you like this... Oh! What a god! Misfortune, Zhongda has suffered for you." "Why did you go to Xudu to meet Lord Xun Ling?" Sima Yi couldn't help being slightly startled when he heard him mention Xun Yu suddenly, "You...you also heard him mention Yi?" "That's right! A month ago, the Sikong Mansion sent a document calling for Hu to enter the mansion to be the secretary." Hu Zhao asked, and said politely, "Zhongda, you know Hu. Hu has always admired Mr. Guan Ning's quiet and secluded style, how could he be greedy for official vanity? Therefore, Hu rushed to Xudu to meet Mr. Cao Sikong. Since Chen Yijie is a wild man, he is really useless in the military and country, and begged to go back Cao Sikong was also a little strange, and asked Hu to see Xun Lingjun, saying that Xun Lingjun would let Hu go and leave on his own. "With no other choice, Hu had to go to see Mr. Xun Ling. Mr. Xun Ling talked with Hu for half a day before answering: 'You are a clear and elegant talent, just like a crane in the clouds. High and self-defeating." Cao Sikong then approved a statement: "Everyone has his own ambitions, and his origins are different. He is respectful and elegant, and righteousness is not equal." Finally he let Hu go back to the mountain." "It seems that both Cao Sikong and Xun Lingjun are very wise to understand people. They know your aspirations and interests, and they know that if they force you to detain you, it will be 'keep your body, but not your heart. '." Sima Yi nodded and said, "It's better to let you enjoy yourself in the rivers and lakes, enjoy yourself in the academy, and spread the word in the villages, so as to cultivate people and build foundations for the prosperity of Confucianism among the people in the grasslands!" "Yes! Yes! Xun Lingjun and the others are indeed very good at learning from others. Hearing that Hu and Zhongda are classmates and friends, and both are students of Mr. Guan Ning, Xun Lingjun asked a lot about your study in Ziyuan Academy During the performance, I have always been full of praise for you, saying that you are a generation of geniuses who are "learned and learned, learn from the past, learn from the past, observe the classics and make changes"!" When Hu Zhao talked about Xun Yu, his expression couldn't be concealed. He became extremely excited, and his face was full of admiration, "When he said goodbye to Hu Mou and left Xudu, he also told him many times that if he saw you, he must convey his deep regards to you on his behalf!" "Hey... What virtue and ability does Yi have? How can he win the favor of Xun Lingjun, a peerless Confucian?" Sima Yi's heart warmed up, and he was a little moved, "'Learn to learn, learn from the past, learn from the past, and keep the scriptures well. "Change"—how can Yi deserve these praises? Xun Lingjun is really absurd to praise Yi!" "Zhongda, Mr. Hu can tell that Mr. Xun Ling really cares about you!" Hu Zhao said seriously, "That's right! Before parting, he asked Mr. Hu to bring you eight words as a gift." "Oh? What are the eight characters?" Sima Yi felt very curious when he heard it. "Consider carefully and follow the times!" Hu Zhao said slowly, word by word. "Consider carefully, follow the time and change?" Sima Yi listened, his heart trembled suddenly, and the five fingers of his right hand, which were gently caressing the top of his right knee, also tightened secretly, pinching deeply into the muscles of his thigh.At the same time, he was already thinking so intensely in his mind that he forgot about the pinch in his leg! ——Unexpectedly, he disguised so cleverly and covered up so painstakingly, after all, he could not escape the eyes of that Xun Lingjun who was far away in Xudu but could see thousands of miles away!Unexpectedly, he didn't know where Xun Lingjun was looking at, and he saw through all kinds of performances of his own "serious and foresight, and adapting to the times"?well!My own cultivation of keeping a low profile is still not perfect enough!Since Xun Lingjun can see so clearly, then Cao Sikong must also be aware of it - it's just that he is busy with Yuan Shao's southern invasion army at the moment and has no time to distract himself to investigate himself!It seems that I have to be more careful in concealing it in the future... "Zhongda! Zhongda!" Seeing Sima Yi's face suddenly changed, Hu Zhao couldn't help panicking, "You...you..." "It's okay! It's okay! Yi suffered from angina pectoris just now...it's better now, I'm recovering..." Sima Yi hastily covered his chest with his left hand, half-folded on the couch, pretending to rest for a while It was only after he recovered, "Xun Lingjun sent these eight characters well--Jian Yi's body can only be 'changed with the times'..." "How can Zhongda say such despondent words?" Hu Zhao shook his head disapprovingly, "The arthralgia syndrome is not a terminal illness—after returning home, Mr. Hu must find out the medical books taught by Mr. Guan Ning back then. Check, there will definitely be a good prescription for your wind arthralgia." Sima Yi glanced at Hu Zhao gratefully, changed his mind, diverted the topic away, and asked, "Mr. Hu—have you ever had contact with any classmates since you left your teacher and entered the world?" "After Hu left Linglong Valley, he has been returning to the county to study classics behind closed doors, and has not contacted any classmates. At the beginning of this year, when Zhou Xuan passed through Yingchuan County on a study tour, he took the initiative to find Hu's home for a reunion. After thinking about it for a while." Hu Zhaoyi thought for a moment, then replied in a deep voice, "Mr. Zhou's attainment in Yi Xue Mathematics is really extraordinary..." "Oh? Have you seen Zhou Xuan?" Sima Yi smiled slightly, "Recently, Yi has put a lot of effort in learning mathematics, and I deeply feel that this knowledge is 'higher when looked up at, and stronger when drilled' I wish I could meet Mr. Zhou to give me some pointers. According to Mr. Hu, what can Mr. Zhou do to show that he is proficient in Yi-learning and mathematics?" Hearing this, Hu Zhao thought for a while before saying: "That day when Mr. Zhou came to Yingchuan to meet Hu, Mr. Hu talked about the chaos of the current situation and felt at a loss for what to do, so he asked Mr. Zhou to make a divination. To show guidance. Zhou Jun scattered the copper baht, and the last thing that came out was a hexagram of "Little Animal", and the line of the ninth day of the hexagram moved." "Oh? Mr. Zhou made the hexagram 'Xiao Hu'? The line of change is the ninth day?" Sima Yi thought for a while, then interjected, "The hexagram of the 'Xiao Hu' hexagram is 'Heng. Miyun does not rain, Self in the western suburbs'. The line of the line on the ninth day of the ninth day is 'Recovering the way, what is the blame? Ji.'...How did Zhou Jun explain this line to you?" Hu Zhao saw that Sima Yi could recite the hexagrams and lines of the "little animal" hexagram casually, which is enough to show that he has memorized the thick book thoroughly, and he really put a lot of effort into it.He replied in amazement: "Mr. Zhou explained it this way: Judging from the hexagrams and lines, the current situation is indeed chaotic, just like the sky is cloudy and it will not rain for a long time. Adhering to Confucianism and Taoism, self-restraint and restoration of rituals, external evils will not hurt, and internal troubles will not arise. Moreover, he concluded that this chaos started from the west, but it will end in the north. He said these words somewhat It's vague, anyway, the way of heaven is mysterious and unpredictable, so Hu can only cultivate his own virtue and deal with good and bad luck..." Sima Yi listened, thought for a moment, and laughed: "Mr. Zhou's analysis of hexagram images, hexagram words, line positions, and line words is very precise, but according to Yi's opinion, it is still not detailed enough—"Miyun does not rain" According to its image, the falling of rain and rain is formed by the rising of the earth's air and intersecting with the weather, and then agitated and pushed; the shape of dense clouds is formed by the decline of yang qi at the top and the knot of yin qi at the bottom. Not intersecting, formed by stagnation. This is its hexagram. Then according to its reasoning: Yin Qi is the way of ministers, and Yang Qi is the way of monarchs. It is just like the current situation where chaotic ministers hide below and the Son of Heaven declines above. , The situation of the princes separatist from the Quartet is completely consistent. The "self-western suburbs" shows that the chaos that caused the "clouds and no rain" was suddenly caused by Dong Zhuo's army coming from Liangzhou in the west to the east... This is also This is exactly what Zhou Xuan meant when he said that the chaos "begins from the west"—probably, his "ends in the north" refers to the current battle between the Cao and Yuan families in Hebei... However, this It may be too early to say whether this chaos can really 'end in the north'." Hu Zhao listened and nodded again and again: "Unexpectedly, Mr. Sima can measure the way of heaven and judge people's affairs with Yixiang. When analyzing, he can be fictitious or real, close or far away. Hu really admires it. Then, Mr. Sima, please, Facing such a chaotic situation, you and I, as scholars, should stick to what virtues and tactics to cope with the changing situation?" "Well... there is a saying: 'Fashion on the water, small animals. A gentleman uses Yi Wende.' Yi Yi's rough guess, this "Xiao Animal" hexagram is to teach us that we should "store strength with softness". And the foundation of strength It lies in Wende: if people far away are not convinced, and the princes are not inferior, then you can cultivate your own Wende and settle down." Sima Yi said politely, "You and I are far away from the rivers and lakes. If you calm down and cultivate your body, use softness to store strength, you will be able to live in the 'clouds do not rain' To see the sun through the clouds, usher in peace and rule of the world." "What Mr. Sima said is very incisive, and it seems to be quite similar to Mr. Xun Lingjun's gift of "being cautious and foresight, and adapting to changes". You need to be more proactive." Hu Zhao nodded in admiration, "Mr. Sima is in such a predicament and can have such an ambition in his heart, Hu can finally relax!" Sima Yi listened quietly, his eyes flashed like sparks, and he stared at Hu Zhao's face: "Hehehe... Unexpectedly, after going around a few times, Hu Jun used these words to detect Yi's mind and ambition. Sigh, even if Yi is determined to make a difference now, he will only be able to do so when he is cured of the wind paralysis." Hu Zhao was full of smiles, stretched out his hand and lightly stroked Sima Yi's stiff knees, and said lightly, "Zhongda, this mere ailment of wind can bind your Kunpeng wings? Everything will turn to the sky, and the rain will pass!"