A small hill located in Longzhong originally had no name, but later people called it Fulong Mountain or Leshan because of the man named Zhuge Liang.In the fifth year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhuge Liang was twenty years old. "Twenty" is the age at which a man becomes an adult. According to the usual practice, besides his "name", he must also have a corresponding "character" so that others can call him more intimately and easily.What should I name it?Zhuge Liang smacked "Twenty Years Old" again. He sat on the top of the mountain with his legs spread out and a piano on his knees.

In the distance, the setting sun rolled in the ignited clouds, turning the sky crimson, as if endless cherry blossoms were falling from the highest palace of gods and Buddhas.Zhuge Liang put his fingers flat on the piano, all ten fingers were calloused, and there was some pain.Farming—five years ago, Zhuge Liang would have regarded it as something irrelevant to him. He was the son of Taishan Juncheng. Although his father died early, his uncle Zhuge Xuan was also a famous scholar-bureaucrat. Zhuge Liang and his brothers were taken care of as their own children, and they were required not to lose the integrity of scholars at any time: this integrity at least included not rolling up their sleeves, wearing short clothes, and foraging in the fields one after another.But Zhuge Liang has been doing this for three years: three years ago, his uncle also died of illness in Jingzhou.

"After a rain, this year's harvest will be good again." Zhuge Liang thought happily.The thought, mingled with nostalgia for his uncle, struck him as funny.Changes in the world, where can ordinary people predict?In the hometown of Yangdu, in those days when wearing exquisitely tailored robes, holding a scroll in hand, being hugged by parents, and just reciting "Zi Yue" and "Shi Yun" could be widely praised, who would have thought that Life and death again and again, waiting for everyone?Zhuge Liang couldn't remember his mother's face, only the light gardenia fragrance in her bosom often entered his dreams inadvertently.Dreaming of his mother will make Zhuge Liang sad, because every time, this dream ends in blood.Peach blossom-like blood spots splashed on the snow-green bed sheet, the mother's groans subsided, and on the other side of the bed sheet, a naked, blood-stained baby was picked up.The father's eyes were full of tears. He stuffed the child into Zhuge Liang's hand and said, "This is your third brother."

The third younger brother is named Jun, Zhuge Jun. When Jun was born, his mother died.Her father buried her himself, leaving his place in the grave.When the coffin was buried, the father, the reserved and gentle official, shed tears for the first time in front of people. He called his quiet wife who had no more warmth, crying and said: " In a few years, in a short time, I will see Shan'er again, wait for me, wait for me..." Zhuge Liang, five years old, stood aside, half understanding, he looked at his second sister dancing and croaking in her arms. The crying third brother looked at Zhuge Jin, the eldest brother who had returned from Luoyang for the funeral, and the elder sister, who was just wiping her tears with a handkerchief, and thought, what happened at home?

On the tombstone, "the tomb of Zhuge Gui's wife Zhang's Shanshan" is engraved in Danzhu. His father sat in front of the tomb for a year, and he didn't marry another woman until tall wormwood grew on the tomb to take care of the family. half a year after his stepmother married, Zhuge Jin left home to study at Taixue again. Before leaving, he took Zhuge Liang's hand and said over and over again: "Love my younger brother, take care of my sister, respect my parents..." because of worry The second younger brother was estranged from his stepmother, and Zhuge Jin specially warned: "Treat your mother as if you were your own mother." Zhuge Liang listened to the elder brother's words without saying a word, and nodded without a moment.

The memory made Zhuge Liang on the hill smile.More than ten years have passed in a blink of an eye, and the original child who stared blankly at his mother's burial and his elder brother boarding the car suddenly turned into a handsome man.Among the three brothers, Zhuge Liang is the tallest in stature, and he looks the most like his father in every gesture.But the young man had another air of lightheartedness which he had inherited from his mother.In terms of facial features, Zhuge Liang is actually more like Zhang Shan, his star-like eyes are black and bright, full of jokes; his thin lips are eloquent according to his appearance, and even when he is arguing, there are mocking smile lines on his lips, Make it easy for people not to get angry with him.Because of this appearance, the elders who are good at face-to-face say that Zhuge Liang is not an ordinary person, and that he will never stay in Longzhong for a lifetime and plant a lifetime.

If you don't farm, how will you survive? If you are not in Longzhong, where will you go? In a few more hours, the young man will be twenty. These various questions, together with "what should be the word", entangle his mind and linger.With his back against the rocks, Zhuge Liang took out a letter from his arms, at the end, neatly written the seven words "Brother Zhuge Jinju".He read the letter again from beginning to end: "Second brother, I have received your letter. Eldest sister, go and walk around if you have time; second younger sister and Jun need to take care of you, so please take care. I have discussed with my mother about the matter of 'starting the word', and I hope you can consider it." It doesn’t have to match my name. Second brother, when your father died, you were only eight years old. Since then, your hometown was in turmoil. You followed your uncle and wandered around in Jingzhou. You can imagine the hardships and ups and downs during the period. When it comes to the responsibility of being a brother, how can you boast of being an elder brother? You don’t even dare to interfere with your behavior based on how old you are. There is only one thing, my mother has always been worried about you. There is no hope of delaying the marriage. Seeing the succession of Zhuge's family is a great comfort to the mother. In addition, two months ago, Jiang Dongsun (Ce) was assassinated and killed. His younger brother (Sun) Quan I was ordered to be the general who seeks captives and command several counties, and I was recommended to become an official, and with this salary, I no longer have to worry about my mother's food and clothing."

Zhuge Liang stopped his eyes on the word "Sun", and he caught something for a moment, but before he could think about it, he heard the shout of "Second Brother, Second Brother" coming from halfway up the mountain.When he got up, he saw that there were three people coming up the mountain.The one running in the front was a young man in a cloth robe, jumping and jumping, his features were quite similar to Zhuge Liang, only a little more childish and well-behaved; followed by a man and a woman, the man was in his early thirties, with wet hair. , with freshly washed hair, a wide belt tied around his waist, and a black iron sword hanging from his belt. As soon as he walked fast, the water beads from his hair would splash on the face of the woman next to him, and the woman was not annoyed. , laughing and chatting with the man, wiped his face with water, and it was over.

"Third brother, second sister...Brother Yuanzhi!" Zhuge Liang greeted with a smile. It turned out that these three people were the younger brother Zhuge Jun, the second sister Zhuge Ling and the good friend Xu Shu. "Second Brother, I couldn't find you everywhere, but Sister Ling said you must be here!" Zhuge Jun clapped his hands and laughed. "Miss Ling is always very smart." Xu Shu sighed with a smile. Ling rolled his eyes, turned around and hugged Zhuge Liang's qin in his arms, played a few random notes, and said, "Zhuge Liang, where else can I go? It was just a whim, and I wanted to play his bad tune, so I ran up the mountain by myself. Alright. Alright..." Ling threw the piano at Zhuge Liang, blinked, "Don't hide it anymore, Mr. Xu is just here to listen to you playing the piano."

What Ling said made Zhuge Liang smile wryly, so he had to turn to Xu Shu.Xu Shu also smiled and said, "Besides wanting to listen to "Liang Fu Yin", there is something else I want to tell you." "what?" "I'll say it after singing, brother Yuanzhi, I want my second brother to sing first, and I want him to sing!" They all booed from the sidelines. The sky was getting darker, and a crescent moon rested on the willow branches, casting a slight, moist luster on the hill.Zhuge Liang lowered his head to look at the piano, then raised his eyes to look at the three smiling people, and sat down on the bluestone. After putting the bamboo piano down, he asked, "Do you really want to listen to "Liang Fu Yin"?"

"Naturally!" Xu Shu said. "That's a mourning song..." Zhuge Liang said again. Xu Shu laughed loudly: "Just about to listen to this mourning song!" "Oh... also good." Zhuge Liang smiled lightly, and lightly waved his fingers. With one wave, the music was like water emerging from a deep well, with a sweet and lively sound.The water flow pervades the deep blue sky and the earth, wafting a fragrant sadness, sometimes low back, sometimes high, in the previous part he was silent and only used his ten fingers as the voice of his heart, Xu Shu, Ling, and Xu Shu sat across from each other, all with round eyes , Suddenly tears flooded.Ling gently squeezed the third younger brother's hand, "Liang Fu Yin" is a folk song of the land of Qilu, Zhuge siblings have been away from home for many years, this song of burying the dead has been hidden in Zhuge Liang's fingers, lips and tongue, wandering with the young man .It made their entire hometown packed into a small bag.When Zhuge Jun couldn't help crying, Zhuge Liang sang: "Step out of the gate of Qicheng, and look at Dangyinli. There are three graves in the middle, many of which are similar. Whose family tomb is it? Tianjiang Guyezi. He can row Nanshan with his strength, and he can be invincible with his writing. Once he was slandered, two peaches killed three scholars. Who can conspire for this? The country's prime minister, Yan Zi... the country's prime minister, Yan Zi!" In the first two sentences, Zhuge Liang sang very slowly, as if he was gazing at his hometown that he could not return to, and at the numerous tombs at the foot of the mountain; It was so burdensome that it had to be passed quickly; at the end of the question and answer, the tone changed from hasty to slow. Zhuge Liang made some changes to the original song. He sang "National Prime Minister Qi Yanzi" twice, as if to strengthen a certain resolution.Xu Shu looked at the groaning and mourning man in front of him, and couldn't help sighing secretly.When Zhuge Liang's qin sound faded away, he sighed deeply, pressed his fingers heavily on the Shang string, and ended the whole "Liang Fu Yin" violently, Xu Shu asked, "Where is Liang Fu Yin?" "That's a small hill next to Mount Tai, which is said to be the residence of the dead." Zhuge Liang said. "Are there really the tombs of the three warriors?" Xu Shu asked again. "No." Zhuge Liang said with a smile, "How many years ago, even if there were tombs, they would be razed to the ground because of years of wars. But "Liang Fu Yin" has been handed down. People like us will know in the future Where will he be buried? As long as one or two things in his life are recorded, that's enough." Zhuge Liang's last words were a little lonely. Xu Shu just wanted to comfort him, but Zhuge Liang laughed to himself first. He took out a white silk handkerchief from his sleeve, wiped the strings and said, "The reason why I love to sing this song is because The melody is frustrating and the sound quality is pure, and there are other reasons. 'Two peaches kill three men'... The three people mentioned in the song, Tian Kaijiang, Gu Yezi, and Gongsun Jie, are Qi Jinggong's warriors who have made great contributions to the country. Big people, if they are arrogant, are more dangerous to the monarch and the country; the Prime Minister Yanzi designed to kill them before they caused harm, is it right or wrong?" Zhuge Liang raised his head and asked, "Yuanzi How do you think?" "The benevolent loves others." Xu Shu answered briefly. "Second sister, what do you think?" Zhuge Liang asked again. Ling was stunned by Zhuge Liang's sudden question, and then said: "I just hope that there will not be a younger brother who is as fierce as the three warriors, and a brother who is as cruel as Yan Zi. A country is like a family, and the wife is flat." "Peace in the world is not something that the second sister can get just by thinking about it." Zhuge Liang said with a smile, "If I were Yan Zi, I'm afraid I would do that too... Although I am sad and guilty, I will definitely do that." I put myself in the position of Yanzi to consider the problem. If others heard him, they would laugh at his arrogance and frivolity. Fortunately, Xu Shu was his best friend and never underestimated Zhuge Liang's talent and ambition. If one person can spread the history, that person must be Zhuge Liang.However, isn't a person as cruel as Yan Zi who wrote his name in history a little scary?Xu Shu thought in shock. "By the way, Yuanzhi, what's the matter?" Zhuge Liang's question pulled Xu Shu out of his reverie. "Oh. That's right, Sun Ce is dead. The majestic little overlord actually died at the hands of some low-spirited thieves. It is said that those people wanted to avenge the old master Xu Gong. Once the little overlord dies, Jiang Dong may... ..." Speaking of this, Xu Shu stopped, because he saw that there was no change in Zhuge Liang's calm face. "Zhuge Liang?" Xu Shu asked suspiciously. "I already know about this." Zhuge Liang said. "how?" "My brother mentioned it in his letter." "Mr. Zhuge Jin?" "Exactly." Xu Shu didn't know much about Zhuge Jin, only that he was a very filial person who treated his stepmother as well as his biological mother. After his father died, Zhuge Liang's siblings were adopted by his uncle. At the age of fifteen, he didn't dare to bother his uncle anymore, so he went to Jiangdong alone with his stepmother, settled down in the water town, married the daughter of a small official, and gave birth to two sons in three years. "In your opinion, will Jiangdong be chaotic?" Xu Shu asked. Zhuge Liang shook his head: "No, it will even be better than when Sun Ce was here." "How did you see that?" "My brother recently became an official of Sun Quan." Zhuge Liang handed the letter from his elder brother to Xu Shu. "He is not a reckless person. There must be a reason for doing so; perhaps he feels that he can make more achievements under Sun Quan." Xu Shu was not in a hurry to open the letter, but asked Zhuge Liang: "Will you go to Jiangdong? Since my brother and mother are there." The so-called "parents are here, don't travel far", Xu Shu thought that Zhuge Liang would have to think for a while before answering, but he immediately waved his hand and said, "No, brother will take good care of mother. As for me..." He looked at the darker night around him and said, " I like Longzhong, and I like farming and irrigation more recently, and I won't leave here unless..." "Unless what?" Zhuge Liang smiled and said nothing. Unless there is a reason to go, there is an opportunity to soar like a dragon, which will move the sky and thunder, and make the eyes of the whole world focus on this—unless that is the case.Zhuge Liang thought ambitiously. On the one hand, he laughed at his arrogant determination, and on the other hand, he felt that he could fly straight from the top of the mountain into the deep sky, fly into the highest tower and Yuyu, and look down in all directions as long as he stomped his feet.This kind of self-confident to arrogant character has never changed throughout Zhuge Liang's life. Xu Shu opened Zhuge Jin's letter, and after reading it for a long time, he suddenly laughed out loud, and while laughing, he pushed Zhuge Ling beside him.The bell was patting the little Jun, who was about to fall asleep, when Xu Shu smiled, he suddenly woke up, and jumped up from the arms of the bell! "Look at you..." Ling scolded Xu Shu, this man in his thirties who is known for his boldness, was so coldly sweated by Ling's resentful glance, he was both benefited and ashamed.He handed the letter to Ling, pointed to the lines above and said: "Look, Zhuge Liang is being urged to get married! Mothers are the same!" Ling glanced at it, and snorted air-conditioning through his nose. On the contrary, Jun explained Ling's indifferent reaction, and the child grinned and sat beside Ling's legs, saying: "Sister Ling! You should marry soon! The second brother said that he will only raise money for his own family after the second sister gets married. Hee hee! Who are you marrying? Sister Ling likes, is..." Before he could say anything, Ling slapped him on the cheek, and said angrily: "Nonsense!" As soon as she got angry, her fair face turned crimson, and her tightly pursed lips looked like a small leaves.After reprimanding Jun, the bell glanced at Xu Shu, and after only one glance, it fell on Zhuge Liang again.However, that glance was enough to make Xu Shu stare obsessively. He looked at Zhuge Ling's slender shadow under the moonlight, neat and clean like washing, there was nothing inappropriate or uncomfortable. "bell……" When Xu Shu opened his mouth, his words were rushed away by Zhuge Liang's clear voice, Zhuge Liang said: "Look!" People looked in the direction of his fingers, and on the dark sky, except for the yellowish crescent, there was only one gleaming moon. The bright star, where Zhuge Liang is standing, is right under this star! "That's... Beichen star." Zhuge Liang said happily, "Beichen lives in the middle, and all the stars surround it! It turns out that only one of it can illuminate the entire sky. Second sister, Yuanzhi, I got it Already!" "What do you get?" Ling hurriedly asked. "I got my 'character', the character I should have at the age of twenty. My father named me Liang, because he predicted that the world would be like the darkness before dawn. He hoped that he would be born in the eclipse At that time, the son, like the North Star, can illuminate some people, some places, whether it is a county, a county, a state, or a country... I think my father never expected it. My father didn't think about it, but I You can think about it. It’s called Kongming!” Zhuge Liang stretched out his hand and wrote the word “Kongming” in the air stroke by stroke, “Kongming! ‘Kong’ means very, and ‘Ming’ means bright. The word "liang" matches. Yuanzhi!" Zhuge Liang turned to Xu Shu, and said confidently, "Come and be a witness! When Zhuge Liang can really illuminate Longzhong and Jingchu, you...just..." "I'll lose to your ten-year-old daughter Hong!" Xu Shu laughed. "Okay, okay!" Zhuge Liang grabbed Xu Shu's hand, clapped his hands and said with a smile, "You and I are drunk together, ten-year-old daughter Hong!" The refreshing laughter of the two men was carried far away by the night wind, all the way down the hill, and into the small thatched hut on the opposite side of the hill.Looking at the two of them, Ling suddenly felt a surge of emotion, one side was happy, the other side was excited, and the other side felt lost.The second younger brother in front of him is no longer that ignorant child, he will no longer pinch a horn comb to comb his own hair, and he will no longer repeatedly praise the second sister's hair is more moist than silk and darker than night, his gaze , will be thrown into a deeper, wider, and heavier world, and into a place farther than Longzhong and Xiangfan. Only there can he grow the feathers of the phoenix and the horns of the unicorn, and he can become what he wants to be. that person.And me, Zhuge Ling sighed softly, hugged Jun in his arms, Jun and I would be left far behind by him, thrown into the ordinary dust.At that time, we can only hear about his legends from other people's mouths, and perhaps even the shadow of "Zhuge Kongming" will be gone as far as we can see.