Three Kingdoms: From Yinlin to Great Wei Xiongzhu

Chapter 525 My Second Brother Zhuge Kongming, Is He In That Cottage?
It rained and it was fine.

On Feilong Mountain, dewdrops dripped from the leaves.A few birds stood on the treetops and started looking for food.

At this time, Yan Liang on the ridge of Feilong Mountain had a complex expression.

In front of him, a charming woman in her forties was cooking in the kitchen. She was Yan Yun, the eldest lady of the famous Yan family in Hebei. She looked up at the sky.

"Finally, is it sunny after the rain?"

"Sister? Brother-in-law already..." Yan Liang was speechless halfway through his sentence.

Yan Yun seemed to realize something

call…

Just left behind a soft gasp.

"Brother, try this five-flavor preserved fruit, is it tasty?"

This…

Yan Liang didn't expect his sister to be in such a mood, so he picked up the chopsticks and tasted it, then nodded as a response.

"This is the meat strips that I marinated with your brother-in-law last winter. At that time, that girl Lu Lingqi was still there!"

Yan Yun said with emotion...

"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law can't come back..." Yan Liang finally managed to speak. "As long as my sister says a word, I, Yan Liang, and our Yan family..."

tread…

Before Yan Liang could finish speaking.

Yan Yun's expression paused, and she immediately waved her hands. Her head lowered, and her eyes looked at the preserved five flavors on the table, "The five flavors of life, after all, your brother-in-law tasted the last flavor, which is another kind of relief for him." Bar?"

Her cheeks were raised, her whole expression was indescribably indifferent...

It seemed that she had predicted Tong Yuan's final belonging early on.

perhaps…

Perhaps it can be expected from the time when their teachers and apprentices turned against each other, and their senior brothers turned against each other...even...their Yan sisters turned against each other.

This is the defect of Tong Yuan's character...

This shortcoming can only allow him to live in seclusion, but... In the end, the calm that Yan Yun tried so hard to maintain was broken!

"The family is troubled by your brother-in-law, that's all, don't... don't mention it, eat... eat meat!"

Even if he forcibly restrained the emotions in his heart, the tears still couldn't stop falling.

"sister…"

Yan Liang grabbed her sister's hand.

Yan Yun turned her back, shook her head, and pondered for a moment before she spoke.

"Then Lu Ziyu really told you that?"

"That's what I said, I remember it clearly." When the topic changed to this point, Yan Liang nodded and recalled: "Qi had Yan Zhuoju, Zhao Youyan was the most, and at the end of Han Dynasty there was Yan Liang, who was also appointed as a general, and unexpectedly overthrew it!"

This sentence is what Lu Yu and Yan Liang talked about in prison back then...

This is the words of the later "Yan's Family Instructions", which means that because of learning martial arts, these ancestors became reckless, so they failed and were killed, so the descendants of the Yan family must study more.

Back then... Lu Yu said that because he considered that the Yan family had many loyal successors, such as Yan Zhenqing!Like Yan Siqi!

For the sake of these "loyalty", Lu Yu never thought of embarrassing the Yan family, on the contrary... he was still persuasive.

This painstaking effort... The reckless Yan Liang naturally cannot understand.

But Yan Yun, the eldest lady of the Yan family, she knows best... and she has always attached great importance to her family.

"Your brother-in-law's death is a personal grievance, and has nothing to do with the Yan family!" Yan Yun blurted out every word. "Cao Jun's Northern Expedition, the Yuan family's power is gone. As the head of the Yan family and a descendant of the general, what is your position? Who will you be loyal to? Who can protect the glory of the general of the Yan family? You don't need my sister to teach you. You should know ...what are we going to do?"

This…

How could Yan Liang not understand.

One side is the husband, the other is the family, no doubt... his sister chose the family.

It is not difficult to understand that in this era, every individual attaches great importance to the family.

"Brother... I know what to do!"

Yan Liang pondered for a moment before speaking.

Yan Yun was silent, just lowered his head, staring at the plate of preserved five flavors on the table, under his indifferent cheeks, there were mixed feelings in his heart...

——Life is impermanent, full of flavors!

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On the outskirts of Xudu, on the banks of the Ying River.

"The prime minister has an order - whoever can call the elephant will be rewarded with a thousand gold!"

Xu Chu shouted loudly.

Countless civil servants, military generals, and people who eat melons look at each other... such a big elephant?How do you call it?

Seeing everyone's embarrassment, the corners of Zhuge Jin's mouth raised slightly.

He doesn't care how heavy the elephant is?
But he is extremely concerned about the chain reaction caused by this "weighing the elephant"... You know, Lu Ziyu proposed that if someone can weigh the elephant, the imperial court will confer the title of Sun Yi, the third son of the Sun family, or the second son of the Sun family, Sun Quan. !

With the current situation, it seems... the dispute between Jiangdong's sons has been settled.

Zhuge Jin subconsciously turned her eyes to Lu Yu's side, as if she wanted to see something from his eyes, but... nothing.

Lu Yu's eyes were like a pool of clear lake water, extraordinarily quiet, as if everything was under control!
Cao Cao's mood throbbed slightly...

After all, according to Yu'er's original arrangement, the imperial court wanted to support Sun Yi, the third son of the Sun family, but now... this is Xiang?How do you call it?

at this time.

"Father, father, look at Chong'er!"

A childish childish voice came out...

Everyone is looking for fame, but isn't Cao Cao's favorite son Cao Chong?Who else?

"Can you call an elephant?" Cao Cao squatted down and asked Cao Chong curiously.

Cao Chong nodded, and he glanced at Lu Yu, as if he wanted to show his hand in front of his future imperial master.

"It's such a small matter, it's not difficult for me!"

Having said that, Cao Chong said with a smile. "Elephants are transported from the boat through Yingshui, so it is very simple to know the weight of the elephant, then put the elephant back on the boat, mark the place where the water reaches, and then move the elephant down. Let the ship load boulders, weigh the boulders, and then you will know the weight of the elephant!"

Cao Chong shook his little head slightly. "Whether it is light or heavy, you can know it once you weigh it. As the so-called weighing things to carry them, you can know them by school!"

call…

As soon as this remark came out, Cao Cao's eyes widened.

The corner of Lu Yu's mouth opened, and he also laughed lightly.

Xun Yu said calmly, "That's right, Mr. Chong is really smart!"

Cao Ang suddenly realized, he slapped his forehead. "Brother Chong's method is exactly the same as what Master Lu mentioned in Taixue. Master Lu said it is called 'equal replacement'!"

Xi Zhicai also glanced at the elephant, nodded repeatedly, wanted to say something, but closed his mouth!

Cao Pi rolled his eyes, and quickly added: "Brother Chong is very smart, but... if you follow Brother Chong's method, in fact, there is no need for a huge stone, and the soldiers can stand on the boat instead of the huge stone, and it can save the effort of carrying the huge stone." .”

Hey…

The successive words of Cao Chong, Cao Ang, and Cao Pi made Cao Cao smile.

"Haha, hahaha..."

He stroked his beard and said to Zhuge Jin with a smile. "Ziyu, it seems that my son born by Cao Cao is stronger than Brother Wentai's son! Ah...hahaha!"

Hearty laughter resounded...

Zhuge Jin's mood fell to the bottom. According to the method mentioned by the Cao family's sons, it is indeed... It is not difficult to weigh the elephant.

And that's not even the most ironic...

The most ironic thing is that Zhuge Jin, an adult, did not think of this method!

What's even more ironic is that the Huaisi Group lost because of the "Xiangxiang"... The imperial court canonized Sun Yi, which undoubtedly shows that the Huaisi Group has fallen into a disadvantage in the competition with the eight major families in Jiangdong!

"Ziyu..."

Cao Cao didn't know Zhuge Jin's mental journey. He raised his hand and said in a deep voice: "Since there is a method, there is no need to weigh it specially. However, it is not appropriate to keep this elephant in the city. I have the right to send it to your mother." After learning it, Taixue is in the middle of the Ying River, the land of Yongqiu, where spiritual energy gathers, adding this elephant will complement each other!"

"it is good!"

Lu Yu agreed.

Cao Cao's eyes turned to Zhuge Jin again. "Ziyu, I, Cao Cao, have no jokes. Since I agreed to Ziyu's proposal just now, then I will do as he said."

"You will go to court with me tomorrow, and I will ask for an imperial edict for Sun Yi!"

This…

Zhuge Jin was not in a good mood, but still bowed his hands respectfully.

"Thank you, Prime Minister!"

"Go back!" Cao Cao waved his long sleeves and planned to walk into the city, but he dared to take a step, and he suddenly thought of something. "By the way, I almost forgot!"

He turned around to face Zhuge Jin again. "Sun Wentai and I are old friends. In the past when we were fighting against the Yellow Turbans, I joined General Huangpu Song, and brother Wentai is the number one general under General Zhu Jun! How lucky I am to drink and sing songs with General Wentai!"

"Brother Wentai died at the hands of Huang Zu in Jiangxia. I heard that the second son of the Sun family, Sun Zhongmou, was even a filial man. Why don't I ask the imperial court for this son to crusade against Huang Zu tomorrow, so that he can be filial? Brother Wentai You can't die with peace!"

Uh…

This…

Zhuge Jin's mood fell to the bottom all of a sudden.

Calculated, he felt that he was completely calculated by Cao Cao...

In other words, it was calculated by Lu Yu.

This is a plan, this is a series of plans!

An elephant handed Jiangdong's heir apparent to Sun Yi. If we say that, this is more or less acceptable... But, the imperial court issued an edict to send Sun Quan to attack Jiangxia's Huang Zu!
This is...

However, this imperial edict still puts filial piety first...

This is conspiracy!

Knowing that it was a trap and a weakening, but Sun Quan and Huai Si Wenwu bit the bullet and still got in. This is a big dumb loss!
call…

Take a long breath.

Even with endless complaints in his heart, Zhuge Jin could only surrender.

"Thank you, Prime Minister!"

"Haha...thank you for what?" Cao Cao laughed and replied. "Brother Wentai and I have such a relationship, it's only natural to do some small things! Don't say thank you!"

Speaking of here…

Cao Cao turned around and boarded Wuyu's carriage, striding towards Xudu City.

As he walked, he groaned silently in his mouth.

"Sun Wentai's son is like a dolphin dog's ears, and his son should be like Cao Ziyu! Haha, hahaha!"

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Jingzhou, Xinye City, above the city tower.

Liu Bei leaned against the tower, his face was particularly ugly.

"Brother is still fighting each other for the Yuan brothers, is Cao Cao worried about going north?"

Guan Yu walked to his side and said. "Brothers killed each other and caused troubles against Xiaoqiang. This gave Cao Cao the opportunity to break through Liyang City and go north to attack Yuan. Now... I heard that Cao Cao followed Lu Yu's suggestion to dig the Suiyang Canal to divert water to encircle Yecheng! Yuan can still persist How long?"

Guan Yu's tone was very low, as if, not only Liu Bei...even Guan Yu, who has always been unhappy, felt the rapid changes in the current situation.

call…

Liu Bei exhaled.

"As expected, as expected..."

Liu Bei shook his head. "Then Lu Ziyu is good at spying on people's hearts. Presumably, the Yuan brothers' misfortune against Xiao Qiang is also part of his plan. Now it seems that the Yuan brothers cannot delay Cao Cao for too long."

"Yes!" Guan Yu nodded. "If Cao Cao took the four prefectures of Qing, Ji, You, and Bing into his pocket, then add Si, Xu, Yan, and Yu, and the thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty, and eight prefectures would fall into his hands! The momentum is overwhelming!"

"That's not all." Liu Bei raised his head and looked towards the southeast. "The most frightening thing is that Cao Cao and Lu Yu are able to use the imperial court to control the candidates for Jiangdong's heir! Sun Quan, who was originally supported by civil and military officials in Huaisi, lost to Sun Yi, who was supported by Jiangdong's eight major families, because of a piece of imperial edict. Now...Jiangdong is really divided. Two factions."

Speaking of this, Liu Bei paused. "In addition, Sun Quan was not allowed to fight Huang Zu in Jiangxia according to the order, and he had no time to look north. Cao Cao will completely wipe out the remnants of the Yuan family. There will be no threat, alas... alas!"

Liu Bei let out a long sigh.

He never mentioned Jingzhou Liu Biao at all...

Because, when Liu Jingsheng was mentioned, Liu Bei felt tired, not only tired, but also painful... It hurt so much.

In the past two days, he mentioned going north more than ten or twenty times. Taking advantage of Cao Cao's attention in the north, he raided Xudu, but... but Liu Jingsheng is old, and he no longer has the pride he had when he rode into Jingzhou alone. What I think about every day is to sit and drink wine in a glass, how to drink a thousand glasses without getting drunk!
What's more, in order to buy the wine brewed by Xu Du Taixue, he did not hesitate to spend a lot!

uh... uh...

Sigh again and again.

at this time…

Tatata!
Continuous footsteps sounded, and a soldier hurried over. "My lord, Liu Biao has sent a message. I want my lord to go to Xiangyang to spend the Double Ninth Festival together."

"Understood!" Liu Bei's expression remained unchanged, and he agreed softly.

During the Han Dynasty, people were very particular about the Double Ninth Festival, and there were many festive customs, such as planting dogwood, eating Pengbai (flower cake), drinking chrysanthemum wine (wine soaked with petals), appreciating chrysanthemums, and climbing high.

These activities are all for the purpose of eliminating disasters and evil spirits, and seeking longevity.

Liu Biao, the shepherd of Jingzhou, is no exception... Invite friends all over the place to celebrate together and drink fine wine together!
It's just that, on this festive festival, Liu Bei is full of sadness, how can he be in the mood!
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In the suburbs, the festival is approaching, and countless villagers are busy preparing for the festival.

Liu Bei took a group of knights along the official road to a farmhouse, where he was attracted by countless chrysanthemums.

Among the flowers, there are many dogwoods, which makes the portrait diffused in the air have the intensity of dogwoods again.

The gates of the farmhouses are all made of chrysanthemum branches and flowers, and people can pick off the flowers at any time, or put them on the brim of the hat, on the head, or wear them on the chest!

There is actually a pair of couplets pasted on the gate of the farmhouse.

The first couplet is—drinking the falling dew of magnolia in the morning, and the second couplet is—the falling flowers of autumn chrysanthemums in the evening meal, a scene of ninety-nine Chongyang.

It was rare for Liu Bei to see such a "leisurely" scenery, so he subconsciously stopped and walked to the door of this farmhouse to enjoy a moment of tranquility.

But after the tranquility, Liu Bei once again fell into deep doubts, as if... He lost confidence in the vision of the prosperity of the Han Dynasty, and at the same time, he was full of disappointment with Liu Biao and other Han family members!

at this time…

"Mister's heart is full of worries! It seems that I have some thoughts, why don't I make a divination for Mr., how about it?"

Suddenly, an old voice came from Liu Bei's ear.

Looking closely, I saw an old man slowly walking out of the farmhouse, and the big banner he was holding had the four characters "Mr. Shui Jing" written on it.

The name of a man, the shadow of a tree!
In Jingzhou, who doesn't know, there are two hermits!
One is Sima Hui, Mr. Shui Jing;
The second is Pang Degong. It can be said...in Jingzhou, their comment on young people is as powerful as Yuedan's comment on the ancient city of Pingyu in Runan in the past!

Liu Bei stared at Sima Hui with wide eyes in vain. "It turned out to be Mr. Shui Jing... My servant, Liu Xuande!"

"Does Liu Shijun want to divination?" Sima Hui, Mr. Shui Jing, seemed not surprised at all.

In other words, the person he was waiting for was Liu Bei!
"Hehe..." Hearing the divination, Liu Bei laughed at himself: "Manpower is exhausted sometimes, and the power of heaven is unpredictable!"

Sima Hui stroked his beard, and said with a faint smile: "Three days ago, this old man saw a red light descending from the sky, which lasted for three days around the city, and now Liu Shijun has a golden body, so he must be the one who led the red light."

Huo…

Liu Bei was taken aback, his eyes widened. "This is? Why?"

Sima Hui smiled lightly and said: "There is reincarnation in the law of heaven. It is said in the world that the Han royal family established the country after the Red Emperor. Now that Liu Shijun has attracted the red light, it must be the royal blood!"

"Royal blood?" Upon hearing these four words, Liu Bei lost his mind. "Is the Zong family still useful today? In the north, there is Yinlin helping Cao but not Han, and in the south, there are Liu Jingsheng and Liu Jiyu in a corner. The Han Dynasty... Is there any hope for the Han Dynasty?"

Sima Hui was full of self-confidence: "How can people with little knowledge understand the general trend of the world? There are many heroes in this world. It's a pity that there are more people with great ambitions, but few people who achieve great things. Why? Because you want to fly Soaring to the sky, then there must be two wings to help, right? That is, the literary and military wings. Forgive me to say bluntly, Liu Shijun is strong in martial arts and weak in literature, and his subordinates Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are enemies of ten thousand people, but Sun Qian, Jian Yong, Mi Fang and the others, how can they have the talent to help the country and help the world?"

Speaking of which...

Sima Hui paused. "So, Liu Shijun only has one wing! What Liu Shijun lacks is a military adviser who looks up at the world and has a strategy in mind!"

"Once Liu Shijun has this military advisor, he will be like a fish in water. The Jingzhou nursery rhyme has been passed down for three years, and finally the fate has returned, and the coiled dragon in the stream flies to the sky! Isn't it just like Liu Shijun's scene!"

This…

Liu Bei paused. "Today's world can be called a talented person. Yinlin Lu Ziyu, Yingchuan Xunwenruo belongs to Cao Cao, Lujiang Zhou Gongjin belongs to Jiangdong Sun Zhongmou, but which handsome talent belongs to me Liu Bei?"

Looking at the dogwoods all over the yard, Liu Bei's mood was as gloomy as water.

He had fantasized more than once, what if... what if Yinlin Lu Ziyu helped him Liu Bei?So... then what will the world look like today?

Ha ha…

Never thought, right now.

Sima Hui's words were inoculated. "Didn't Mr. Liu hear that the so-called hero 'Lu Ziyu' mentioned in your mouth when Jiangdong was sending off the elephant and Cao Chong was calling the elephant?"

"What are you talking about?" Liu Bei raised his spirits all of a sudden.

Sima Hui turned around slowly and stood with his hands behind his back.

"Yinlin has something to say, Jingxiang has heroes, Wolong and Fengchu! According to the old man's opinion, if you get one of these two, you can gain a foothold in this troubled world! If you get two, the world will be safe, and the Han Dynasty will be prosperous!"

Wolong?

Phoenix chick?

A little confusion flashed in Liu Bei's eyes.

There are many well-known scholars in Jingzhou, Huang Chengyan, Pang Degong, Sima Hui!

There are Kuaiyue and Kuailiang brothers, as well as the Wuchang Ma family, Ma Liang and the Ma family brothers who are the best with white eyebrows.

Can…

Only this crouching dragon and phoenix chick?This was the first time Liu Bei heard of it.

at the same time…

In Wollongong, Nanyang, a guest from afar knocked on the door of thatched cottage.

A clear voice came out one after another.

——"My second brother, Zhuge Kongming, is he in the thatched cottage?"

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(End of this chapter)