Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 735
Luoyang, Zhuge Mansion
On this day, before dawn, a young Confucian scholar and a young man stood in front of the mansion. It was Sima Yi and Yuan Yao who came. Pale and seriously ill, even after returning to Luoyang, there was still no change. However, there was no worry on his face. He calmly waited for the servants of Zhuge Mansion to open the door, not preoccupied with what happened next. worry.

Yuan Yao frowned, and stood next to Sima Yi, full of uneasiness. He didn't know Zhuge Kongming well, and he didn't know his temperament. Sima Yi insisted on sending him here to study. It was uneasy, not because he was afraid of the other party's rejection, but because he was worried that he would disappoint his mother's expectations, and he didn't know if he could learn something from Zhuge Liang.

Sima Yi lowered his head and glanced at Yuan Yao, and said in a low voice, "Don't worry, in terms of talent and learning, there are few people in the world who can match him, and in terms of origin, your father taught him for a while, and he will not refuse. He owes you favors for your study, you just show your original self-confidence, just follow him and study hard, and don’t think about the rest."

As he was talking, the gate of the mansion was slowly opened. Sima Yi never knocked on the door. Instead, he waited for the servant to open the door and clean it. For such a big family, the servant would clean the street outside the door every morning. Therefore, The place where rich families gather is always so clean and tidy, but the place where the poor people stay, they dare not let people approach at all in winter, the snow and ice are piled up, it is very messy.

The servant opened the door and saw a young man and a young man standing outside the door. The man was startled. The ground was slippery. If Sima Yi hadn't pulled him, he might have fallen immediately. He stood firm and looked at the man in front of him. The young man didn't dare to get angry. Of course, he couldn't offend anyone who dared to come here to visit the Patriarch. He bent down, saluted respectfully, and just now asked: "I don't know what orders you have?"

Sima Yi smiled and said, "I'm here to look for Kong Ming, is he in the mansion?"

The servant nodded, said to allow me to sue, and immediately returned to the mansion. Not long after, Zhuge Liang led the two servants out, greeted Sima Yi with a smile, and looked at that boy Yuan Yao, Zhuge Liang thought in his heart. He probably understood Sima Yi's origin, so he led the two of them into the mansion, and ordered the servants to prepare to entertain the guests. Naturally, Princess Raoyang would avoid any outsiders, and only Zhuge Zhan was still eating slowly. .

Seeing Yuan Yao coming, Zhuge Zhan, who was eating, widened his eyes, got up quickly, but said nothing, Zhuge Liang cleared his throat, and said displeasedly: "Why don't you see your uncle soon?!"

Only then did Zhuge Zhan salute Sima Yi, saying, "Meet uncle!"

Sima Yi smiled and nodded, and Zhuge Liang said: "Eat quickly, and go to the official school for me when you're done." He said, turning his eyes to the back room. Zhuge Zhan understood what he meant, and hurried to eat , Don’t provoke your mother again, Zhuge Zhan quickly started to eat, Zhuge Liang led Sima Yi to the study, and not long after, the servants also brought in the prepared fruits and tea.

"You have never been to my mansion. Why, although it is not as good as your mansion, it is not bad here?" Zhuge Liang said, Sima Yi looked behind him. There are countless books on the bookshelf behind him. , Sima Yi was not surprised, his study is also like this, Zhuge Liang just smiled and said after seeing Sima Yi's appearance: "It seems that Zhongda also has a lot of books."

"I came here to ask you something."

"Well, why don't you let him follow you? I'm not refusing, I'm just curious, why did you let him follow me instead of taking it with you?"

Sima Yi didn't even explain why he came, but Zhuge Liang already understood. Yuan Yao was a little surprised. This person is really smart, but Sima Yi was as calm as ever, "Of course I will bring him with me, but it's not the time yet. Sikong wants to Let a few of us serve as state shepherds in various places, you must know that in less than half a year, we should go to various places, so, during this period of time, I will entrust him to you."

"When I officially take office, I will come and pick him up."

Zhuge Liang suddenly realized, looked at Yuan Yao, and said seriously: "It seems that Zhongda really loves you, you will follow me for a while, because I am busy in Jingzhou, it is indeed a long time During the holidays, you stay by my side, and I will personally teach you, and Yuan Zi has been kind to me, so you don’t have to worry or be restrained when you are here, just treat me as the head of the family.”

Yuan Yao nodded, and Sima Yi pushed him suddenly, and he woke up, hurriedly got up, bowed to Zhuge Liang, and proclaimed his master.

Zhuge Liang smiled, and when he heard the voice of master, he suddenly had a different feeling in his heart. Before he knew it, he had also reached the point of being a teacher, but a trace of sadness flashed quickly in his eyes, but Hidden by him, he looked at Sima Yi and said, "With me, don't worry, I will train him well. He has Yuan Zi's arrogance and the same self-confidence. Such a person will definitely not be buried. of."

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then Sima Yi got up and left, leaving Yuan Yao behind without even exhorting him. It could be seen that he still trusted Yuan Yao.

After Sima Yi walked out of the mansion, Zhuge Liang lowered his head, looked at Yuan Yao in front of him, and looked at him seriously. Yuan Yao's face was solemn, and although he was flustered, he still tried to calm down. Suddenly, Zhuge Liang asked:
"Do you know the fish in Dongyi? The one with dragon whiskers?"

"Huh? What kind of dragon beard? Is it long? I've never seen it before."

"Hahahaha!"

Sima Yi walked out of Zhuge's mansion, still looking sickly. Speaking of it, in fact, his body has recovered a long time ago, but he still feels that it is good to be cured for a long time. Many times, he can become his own shield. Sima Yi walked towards his mansion with small steps. Even though no one knew him here, he still didn't change back to his original appearance. He walked through many streets, and suddenly, Sima Yi stopped.

Why does that little old man eating meat porridge in the distance look so much like Situ? ? ?

No, no, I was wrong, how could Cao Situ drink porridge in such a small place? ?

Sima Yi shook his head, and was about to walk over, but the little old man saw him, smiled, stretched out his hand, waved, and shouted: "Zhongda! Come! Come here!", Cao Situ opened his mouth, and Sima Yi said Reluctantly, he stopped, walked slowly to the little old man, and was about to salute, but the little old man spoke first, and said to the old man who was making porridge next to him: "Old man Wang, look, this is my nephew. , what a talent!"

Sima Yi was taken aback for a moment, before he said: "Greetings, Uncle Cao!"

Cao Cao nodded, and Sima Yi bowed to the old man again. Mr. Wang was taken aback and dared not accept it. He smiled and said, "You are a Confucian scholar, and I am not your elder, so I dare not accept this gift." Sima Yi did not When he replied, the old man looked at Cao Cao and said, "Don't talk about it, old man Cao, this young man is really a good-looking talent, so handsome, hahaha, not bad."

"That's right, my nephew is very talented and learned. He didn't even participate in the assessment back then, so he was directly recommended to be an official."

"Oh? Where is he an official?"

"The place, it's over there in Xuzhou."

The two chatted, leaving Sima Yi aside.

"By the way, old man Wang, let me have another bowl of meat porridge for my nephew to try too. By the way, he is weak, so get some more meat!"

"Then you have to add three more money!"

"One money!"

"Two dollars!"

"Just one money!"

"Hey, you picky old man!" Mr. Wang complained, but when he served the bowl, it was full of meat. Sima Yi was taken aback, then sat beside Cao Cao, and ate After getting up, the hot meat porridge was really delicious. Sima Yi ate a few mouthfuls, his appetite was whetted, and then he ate voraciously. He was very happy. Cao Cao looked at him with a smile and yawned.

Until Sima Yi finished eating, Cao Cao looked at his unsatisfactory appearance, and ordered him another bowl. Cao Cao ate it calmly, and asked, "How is it, did your second uncle set a time for you to eat?" Are you leaving?"

"Never, the day before yesterday, he sent someone here, but he didn't mention this matter, he just asked about my condition, and asked if I needed to recuperate for a while."

"Oh, it's not far from departure. These days, I don't care much about these things. I heard that your second uncle and your third uncle had a fight? There seems to be a fight?"

"I haven't heard of the fight, but it was indeed a quarrel, mainly about those things in the west, but the second uncle seems to have gone to see the Patriarch yesterday, and left the one in the north, and the one in the south is coming back to rest. Let the ones from the north come back, but the ones from the south haven’t come back for too long, so they changed their minds. The third uncle didn’t object either, they should be on their way.”

Listening to the words of the two of them, Mr. Wang was at a loss, and slowly said: "You two younger brothers quarrel, but you don't care at all. This is not okay. If the family is not in harmony, how can it be done? You As a brother, shouldn't you be so indifferent?"

Cao Cao nodded thoughtfully, and said: "I want to take care of it, but unfortunately, my two younger brothers have different ideas and always quarrel. In the past, I also quarreled, but now I look away. They are still obsessed with it, and I don’t know what to do.”

"The affairs of this family are indeed difficult, difficult!"

Mr. Wang shook his head and said: "I also have three children in my family. Dalang and Erlang always bully Sanlang together. Sanlang is the most filial and promising. I have said it countless times, but they don't listen. .”

Cao Cao stood up slowly, "I still have some things to do in my house, so I'll go back first!"

"Zhong Da!"

"Ok?"

"You should also pay for my meal!"

"Um???"

Seeing Cao Cao leaving gracefully, Sima Yi searched through every pocket on his body, and stared blankly at Mr. Wang.

"Old man, can you pay me on credit here?"

(End of this chapter)