Sky Curtain: The opening scene explains the four major cases of the Ming Dynasty plus the early Ming
Chapter 97 Unofficial History of the Zhuge Family
"Hahaha! That's hilarious! Boss Cao's last line, 'I was so anxious I was confused,' was a stroke of genius!"
"Lu Bu: I just wanted to find a good father, what did I do wrong?"
"Upstairs, you're not wrong, the world is wrong! Hahahaha!"
The audience of the Myriad Worlds Time and Space was thoroughly amused by the first anecdote.
The gloom that had been building up in my heart for the past ten days seemed to have been largely dispelled by these bursts of laughter.
They discovered that watching these historical figures make fools of themselves was indeed an excellent way to relieve stress.
In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang laughed until tears streamed down his face. Pointing to the sky, he said to Zhu Di, "Fourth Prince, look! If Lü Bu were alive in our time, he'd be a general who served three dynasties! Compared to him, even Wu Sangui would be considered a loyal subject!"
Zhu Di's lips twitched, and he was speechless.
In the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin sighed to Changsun Wuji beside him, "Fuji, you know, Lü Bu is brave, but he's brainless. If he had half your wisdom, the world would probably have belonged to Lü long ago."
Changsun Wuji wiped the sweat from his brow and said humbly, "Your Majesty flatters me. I would never dare to compare myself to Marquis Wen."
He had no desire to be associated with a traitor who served three masters.
Above the sky, Judy Jun looked at the joyful atmosphere of all realms and nodded in satisfaction.
"Alright, alright, let's give our Marquis Wen some face."
"After all, he was the pinnacle of combat power in the Three Kingdoms!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the scene on the screen changed.
A solitary figure appeared, it was Lü Bu, who had just been tied up at the White Gate Tower.
A voiceover softly begins: "On that day, Lü Bu finally understood that some fathers cannot be claimed indiscriminately."
This unexpected finishing blow drew another round of laughter from all realms.
"Alright, let's move on to the next one."
Judy cleared her throat, a more mysterious smile spreading across her face.
"In the last story, we offended Lü Bu and Boss Cao."
"The next story is short, but it will really test your wit."
"The protagonist of this story has some connection with our Prime Minister Zhuge Liang and Boss Sun of Jiangdong."
This statement came out.
In the Prime Minister's residence of Shu Han, the teacup that Zhuge Liang had just picked up was now suspended in mid-air.
Come again?
In the Jianye Palace of Eastern Wu, Sun Quan's emerald eyes narrowed slightly, alarm bells ringing in his mind.
Is it... time to bring up the Corgi thing again?
A new title has appeared on the sky.
[The eighth installment of unofficial histories of the Three Kingdoms: A tongue twister to test your Mandarin!]
Tongue twisters?
What is this?
All the ancients were stunned.
In the AI animation, a chibi-style scholar with a long face and beard appeared, looking quite honest and kind.
Above his head were two characters: 【Zhuge Jin】.
"Zhuge Jin? Mr. Ziyu?" The civil officials of Eastern Wu all recognized this kind old man.
"This man is Kongming's elder brother, an official in Jiangdong, and is known for his loyalty and integrity. What kind of unofficial history could he possibly have?" Lu Su asked, puzzled.
Sun Quan breathed a sigh of relief; thankfully, it wasn't about him.
Zhuge Jin is a humble and unassuming person, so he probably doesn't have any major scandals.
However, what Tianmu did next surprised everyone.
In the scene, a donkey suddenly appears behind the chibi version of Zhuge Jin?
The donkey was braying loudly.
Then, the scene shifts again, and the donkey is holding a... fish in its mouth?
Donkey? Fish?
What does this mean?
Just as everyone was puzzled, a line of large, golden characters appeared on the sky.
[Zhuge Ziyu's donkey, Zhuge Ziyu's donkey's fish.]
(Zhuge Ziyu zhi lǘ, Zhuge zi lǘ zhi yú.)
silence.
Absolute silence.
Readers from all times and spaces subconsciously read it aloud.
Then, their expressions became incredibly interesting.
"Zhuge Ziyu...the donkey...Zhuge Ziyu's donkey...the fish?"
"Hiss... Why is the language of later generations so difficult to understand?"
In the Tang Dynasty, a group of learned scholars and ministers gathered together, reciting the text haltingly.
"Zhuge Ziyu's...donkey..."
"No, no, it's Zhuge... Zilu... Zhiyu..."
"This is too difficult! It's even harder than writing a 'Rhapsody on the Epang Palace'!"
The Imperial Palace of Bianliang, the capital of the Song Dynasty.
Emperor Taizu of Song, Zhao Kuangyin, read it twice with great interest, but his tongue almost got tied in knots.
He pointed at Zhao Pu beside him and laughed loudly, "Zeping, you try! If you can recite it in one breath, I'll reward you with a jar of imperial wine!"
Zhao Pu, with a pained expression, tried several times, and finally gave up, covered in sweat.
"Your Majesty, please spare this old minister! This...this is simply divine scripture!"
And the eye of the storm.
The Prime Minister's Residence in Shu Han.
As Zhuge Liang looked at the chibi version of his elder brother on the sky, accompanied by a donkey and a fish, a crack finally appeared on his eternally calm face.
Jiang Wan, Fei Yi, and the others around him exchanged glances, wanting to laugh but not daring to.
"Prime Minister, what... what does this mean?" Liu Shan, the last emperor of the Southern Tang dynasty, asked, bewildered.
Zhuge Liang rubbed his forehead and sighed deeply.
He knew a story.
Because his elder brother Zhuge Jin had a long face, Sun Quan once had a donkey brought in in public with a sign hanging on its face that read "Zhuge Ziyu".
What was meant to be a humiliation was cleverly resolved by Zhuge Jin's son, Zhuge Ke.
But later generations actually turned this story into such a... such a mesmerizing tongue twister!
"Zhuge Ziyu's donkey..."
"Zhuge Zi's donkey fish..."
Zhuge Liang read it twice in a low voice. Even with his unparalleled wisdom, he was still a little dizzy from the strange rhythm.
He seemed to foresee that from this day forward, all the children of Shu Han would be singing this… “divine song”.
Meanwhile, on the Eastern Wu side, after a brief moment of astonishment, Sun Quan suddenly burst into a thunderous laugh!
"Hahaha! Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!"
He pointed at the sky and laughed until tears streamed down his face.
"Zhuge Jin's donkey! A fish in Zhuge Jin's donkey's mouth! Hahahaha!"
He seemed to have rediscovered the thrill of toying with Zhuge Jin back then.
He immediately ordered, "Guards! Write this tongue twister down for me! Spread it throughout Jiangdong! Anyone who can't pronounce it correctly will be punished by being made to feed donkeys!"
Below the main hall, Zhang Zhao, Gu Yong, and the others all wore strange expressions, while inwardly they were furiously complaining: "My lord, have you forgotten your own nickname, 'Corgi'? How dare you laugh at others?"
Zhu Dijun looked at the myriad worlds and timelines, where emperors, generals, scholars, and poets were all suffering terribly from tongue twisters, and laughed until the wound on his shoulder ached.
"Family members, how does it feel? Isn't it easy?"
"This is just the beginner level. Later, when there's an opportunity, I'll teach you something more difficult, like 'Red Carp, Green Carp, and Donkey'!"
Upon hearing this, everyone shuddered.
Please, stop talking!
Knowing when to stop, Zhu Dijun smiled mysteriously.
"Alright, that concludes the tongue twister segment."
"Did everyone notice that a very important animal appeared in the tongue twister just now?"
"What is it?"
"It's a donkey!"
"And our next story is related to killing a donkey..."
Upon hearing this, Cao Cao's heart skipped a beat for no apparent reason.
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