Chapter 8 Zhuge Liang is the head of the house at the age of ten

The Zhuge family is famous for Zhuge Feng, the distant ancestor of the eighth generation before.Zhuge Feng was born in the reign of Emperor Yuan of the Western Han Dynasty.He was intelligent since he was a child, and he read classics and history. At first he was an official of Gong Yu, a doctor of censorship, and later he was recommended as a censor of literature.During the reign of Emperor Han Yuan, he was granted the title of Lieutenant of Sili (Commander of Weixu in the capital).Zhuge Liang's father, Zhuge Gui, once served as the prefect of Taishan County, and according to "Three Kingdoms", Zhuge Liang's uncle Zhuge Xuan was appointed by Yuan Shu as the "Prefect of Yuzhou" (now Nanchang, Jiangxi).It is equivalent to the current secretary of the municipal party committee and mayor of a prefecture-level city.Zhuge Liang followed Zhuge Xuan to Yuzhou to take up his post.

In this way, Zhuge Liang was born in an official family after a famous family, not to mention rich clothes and fine food, he should have no worries about food and clothing.But who made him grow up in troubled times?From the age of 9 to 17, he experienced the painful blow of losing his mother, father, and uncle. In order to save his father and uncle, he fled across thousands of miles twice. He did not reach the weak crown, traveled through mountains and rivers, had a bumpy journey, avoided hunting, suffered from hunger and cold, and endured the great grief of the successive deaths of relatives.How deep and heavy should the trauma of his heart be?Zhuge Liang endured such encounters and sufferings, and matured early.

When Zhuge Liang was 9 years old, his father Zhugegui resigned and returned to his home in Yangdu.Mother Zhugezhang's health has not been very good.One day, she suddenly felt dizzy, dizzy, passed out, her lower body was bleeding profusely, and within an hour, she closed her eyes forever and passed away. Usually, Zhuge Liang likes to tell his mother what is in his heart, because his mother always listens to him with a smile.On the contrary, he always feels distanced from his father and is unwilling to confide in his father.Now, the mother who can confide in her heart is gone, leaving this family forever, and Zhuge Liang has become deeper since then.Originally, he didn't speak easily and rarely revealed his inner thoughts to outsiders, but now he has become more and more taciturn.Few people can guess his mind, few people can figure out his inner thoughts.

Zhuge Gui mourned for his wife's funeral.To his wife, he didn't know what language to use to express his emotions.Zhugezhang is gentle, capable, virtuous, gentle, understanding, and considerate to her husband.No matter what troubles Zhuge Gui encounters, they can be resolved by her; no matter what kind of anger there is in his heart, under the gaze of her tender eyes, it will disappear in smoke. As a woman who is an idle wife and good mother, she raised five children for the Zhuge family, and devoted herself to the Zhuge family.Zhugegui took out his family tree and solemnly wrote down: Zhang Shi, Zhugegui's wife, died in Gengwu, the first year of Chuping (AD 190).After writing, tears flowed like springs.In the midst of his grief, he committed an old habit, and with a "wow", bright red blood spurted out of his mouth, and he passed out all of a sudden.At this time, Zhuge Gui's physical condition was getting weaker and weaker.

The eventful autumn did not allow Zhuge Gui to take a breather. Just after finishing his wife's funeral, Cao Cao's Qingzhou Army came.Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, and his family of more than 40 people were killed by Xuzhou Mu Taoqian's men who were greedy for money and goods on the way to Yanzhou.To avenge his father, Cao Cao led the Qingzhou army to attack Xuzhou, vowing to destroy Xuzhou and kill Tao Qian without leaving a single one. The people of Xuzhou suffered misfortune, and the counties around Xuzhou also suffered bad luck.The food and drink items for hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses are all provided by the counties.Cao Cao's orders to his subordinates were also different from the past. He said arbitrarily: "If any county does not pay enough food and grass, it will be killed first and then executed!" A Tao Qian offended Cao Cao, and the counties and counties under the jurisdiction of Xuzhou also followed. Du County is one of them.

Many of the troops sent by the Qingzhou army to the counties were originally bandits. With Cao Cao's order, it is like having a sword of Shangfang, and they are safe to rob.These old gangsters in official clothes did all kinds of evil wherever they went, extorting money, killing people and setting fires, robbing property, and digging graves.The common people complained a lot, took their children with them, hid in Tibet, and fled their homes. Cao Cao's officials came to Yangdu County to urge food and ask for money.The county magistrate hid and disappeared.Coincidentally, they bumped into Zhuge Gui coming to the county government to do business.When the messenger heard that it was the original Taishan County Prime Minister, he immediately thought of Taishan County Governor Ying Shao, who went to Langya to pick up Cao Cao's father and his family to Yanzhou.After Cao Cao's father was killed, Ying Shao knew that he would be killed, so he had already fled to the ends of the earth.

Cao Cao claimed: "If you catch Ying Shao, even if you are skinned and cramped, it will be hard to relieve my hatred!" The officials thought that Ying Shao could not be caught, but Ying Shao's county magistrate would be rewarded, so he ordered his followers to rush forward and tie up Zhuge Gui up.Zhuge Gui couldn't speak, and couldn't move. When they heard that Zhuge Gui had been arrested, the whole family was very anxious.The county magistrate who was hiding was friends with Zhuge Gui. After hearing the news, he quietly rushed to Zhuge's house, and said to Zhuge Jin and Zhuge Liang, "Run away, it's a bad day! Cao Cao's father killed more than 40 members of his family. Ying Shao, the prefect of Taishan County, who he wanted to kill, was not arrested. If you catch your father, you will definitely be blamed. Cao Cao is now in a daze, and he only wants to avenge his father. Not only will he kill your father, but the lives of your whole family will be very difficult to save. It is said that Cao Cao wanted to kill the person who killed his father, and he might as well kill your family.”

The silent Zhuge Liang suddenly said: "I have a plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain. It can not only save my father, but also retire the Qingzhou army." After that, he moved closer to the county magistrate and whispered to the county magistrate. Zhuge Gui was tied to the porch pillar in front of the yamen lobby with hemp rope. Two fierce Qingzhou policemen, each carrying a whip, were making fun of Zhuge Gui.Then I saw two yamen servants from Yangdu County running in from the outside yelling, "My lord, the errand is done! The errand is done! Our county magistrate is waiting for you to transport grain and grass outside the city!" "

Not long after, the leader of the Qingzhou Army came out of the hall with two messengers, and rushed out of the city with the Qingzhou Army and horses.In the yamen, there were only two pawns left by the Qingzhou Army to guard Zhuge Gui.The two pawns discussed while drinking tea: "This Yangdu County really has goods. Three hundred stone grains and one hundred carts of horse grass are paid within three days. It is enough in less than two days. It is really lucrative!" Our leader is an idiot, he should ask this Yangdu County to pay us 800 shi to take away and reward us." While the two were talking, the county magistrate of Yangdu was riding a tall horse, followed by a group of yamen servants, and a group of strong men from the militia armed with knives, guns and sticks.They swarmed over, tied up the two pawns, and untied Zhuge Gui.The county magistrate said to Zhuge Gui: "Take your family and leave immediately, and fly far away! The world is so turbulent, I will also abandon my official position and run away."

At this time, a yamen servant came to report that a fire broke out in the southeast of the city.The county magistrate replied: "Got it!" With a proud expression on his face, he turned around and said to Zhuge Gui: "You can escape today thanks to your son's little Zhuge Liang's strategy. It was he who asked me to send someone to inform the Qingzhou Army The official messenger said that the food and grass had been prepared properly and had been gathered in Balizhuang outside the city gate, but was hijacked by dozens of strongmen, please send the official to respond quickly. He also informed the people outside the city that as long as they saw Qingzhou soldiers and horses Going out of the city, Balizhuang immediately set fire to it. No, the Qingzhou Army moved across the city, and when they arrived at Balizhuang, they could only see a piece of ashes. This gave us a chance to leave Yangdu City."

Because his uncle Zhuge Xuan was serving as an aide to Huainan warlord Yuan Shu, Zhuge Gui decided to flee to Huainan to find Zhuge Xuan.Zhuge Liang followed his father and started the first great escape in his life.The carriage left the south gate of the city, Zhuge Jin who was driving the carriage raised his whip again and again, the carriage started to gallop, and ran thirty miles in one go. The sky suddenly darkened, and for a while, the wind and clouds surged, and large dark clouds quickly gathered.The dark clouds hung low, as if they were about to press down on the top of the family. A flash of lightning, like a sharp sword shining with cold light, split through the dark cloud sky, a thunderbolt exploded, and amidst the lightning and thunder, heavy rain poured down.Zhuge Liang, who barely closed his eyes and just fell asleep, hurriedly got up to check, and the rain had formed a small river under the carriage.In the middle of the night, the wind was cold and the rain was cold, making people shivering uncontrollably. For a while, the carport was already leaking.Big on the outside, small on the inside.The whole family had to squeeze under the car and sit in a circle until dawn. The next day, the rain didn't stop, Zhuge Gui insisted on continuing on his way.What I saw along the way was hordes of fleeing people with their children and children, suffering unspeakably; many villages along the road had been reduced to ashes, corpses were strewn across the field, bitten by wild dogs, it was horrible. Due to Zhugegui's own injuries, coupled with the rain and cold all the way, his body couldn't hold on anymore, he kept coughing and coughing up blood, and his forehead was hot.However, he still insisted on continuing southward. He wanted to get out of the dangerous situation as soon as possible, find his brother Zhuge Xuan, and hand over several children to him.He wants to find shelter for the family so that the family can survive. Zhuge Gui held this belief, persisted in walking, and never fell down, even though he was exhausted and terminally ill.His firm will kept him struggling, like a rotten tree swaying in the wind and rain, always struggling not to fall down; The broken boat, drifting, wandering, will never sink easily... The family was displaced, hungry and cold, from late autumn to mid-winter, and came to Huainan with difficulty. Zhuge Gui, who was ill at the post station, saw Zhuge Xuan, and tears welled up in his eyes.Zhuge Gui held his younger brother's hand, his lips trembled and he couldn't make a sound, he was already speechless.Zhuge Xuan looked at his elder brother, his face was pale, without a trace of blood, and he couldn't help feeling very sad.Seeing that his father opened his eyes, Zhuge Jin quickly presented a letter and said, "A letter from my hometown!" After reading the letter, Zhuge Gui's eyes suddenly became dull, and his head drooped as if hit by a heavy hammer. The letter said: The Qingzhou army returned to the city and found that they had been cheated, so they went to the Zhuge compound to arrest people.Hearing that Zhugegui's family had escaped, they set fire to Zhuge's century-old house.Zhuge Gui stretched out his hands angrily, and shouted: "God is not fair, God is not fair!" After shouting, he died of anger. In less than two years, both parents died, which is undoubtedly a severe test for the underage children.Whether you accept it or not, in short, you have to face this fact and face a life without parental care.Many things need to be considered, chosen, and decided by yourself.You have to face successive hardships and answer a series of questions that require independent thinking. After the death of both parents, Zhuge Liang lived in Huainan with his younger brother and sister with his uncle Zhuge Xuan for 4 years, followed his uncle Zhuge Xuan to Yuzhang as the prefect, and then moved to Jingzhou to join Liu Biao. Zhuge Xuan was as polite as his father Zhuge Gui.After that, Zhuge Liang lived on his own in Longzhong, and began to shoulder the burden of raising his younger brother Zhuge Jun... Immature buds may be suffocated in rain, snow, wind and frost, may die young, or may grow stronger.Young eaglets may not be able to resist the storm, may break their wings, may be devastated, or may develop strong wings in the wind and rain, fight the sky, and soar thousands of miles. Suffering gave Zhuge Liang a chance to grow up.