Chapter 3 third quarter

Ling is married, into the Pang family. An ox cart with a green cloth as a curtain, and a bell wearing a red veil sitting in it, drove from the thatched cottage to Pang's house.As usual, besides Zhuge Liang, the person accompanying the car had to have a good friend, and Zhuge Liang chose Xu Shu.Xu Shu also agreed.This journey was probably the last time Xu Shu and Ling got close. One of them was in the car and the other was outside. After walking for half an hour, it was time to see the Pang family's courtyard. Pang Shanmin, who was dressed in a happy attire and had an apologetic smile on his face, was waiting there; he had been waiting for this day for three full years.

"Second sister, don't marry..." Zhuge Liang had difficulty saying such words. Bell was under the lamp, and while embroidering a magnolia flower on a hipa, she said: "Mountain people will not treat me poorly." "but……" "Second brother needs this marriage," Ling said lightly, "I don't want the son of the Zhuge family to be respectful every time he sees Lord Pang De, wishing he could stick his face to the ground." Ling poked a needle into her finger, blood When Xin Yi was dyed red, she threw the handkerchief that was almost embroidered into the bamboo basket, and picked up a piece of red cloth again.

The flowers and trees on the wedding dress were embroidered by Ling stitch by stitch, and every time she stabbed, the longing for the man with the sword in his hair deepened in his heart.No more, the singing, qin music, magnanimous laughter, and intense staring on Fulong Mountain have all become memories. These memories must be buried in a corner where no one can see them. The Pang family cares about face. Want a gentle, decent daughter-in-law. "Second brother, if one day, you can compare to Guan and Le, no matter where you are or where I am, at least you will bring a message to Second Sister to know." Ling said.

Tears suddenly welled up in Zhuge Liang's eyes. The ox cart was moving slowly on the mountain road, Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang were silent, they supported the shaft of the cart one after the other, when they were approaching the flat road, a voice came from inside the cart: "Stop, stop." hold on.This delicate and light voice was what he had been looking forward to. "Yuan Zhi," the person in the car whispered, "I did this for a reason." "I know." Xu Shu said bitterly. With Xu Shu's background of wandering around the world and killing people out of righteousness, how could he marry a young lady from Zhuge's family?

"Soon, I will be Pang Shanmin's wife," said the man in the car, "Where's Yuan Zhi? Are you still Zhuge Liang's friend?" Xu Shu looked at Zhuge Liang and said, "Yes." "Best friend?" "yes." "Okay, Yuan Zhi wants to help the second younger brother." The person in the car sighed leisurely and remained silent. With a flick of Xu Shu's wrist, he swung the whip heavily on the bull's back.Qingniu mooed, and continued to pull the wedding car to the place he didn't want to see, to Duke Pound's spacious and tidy mansion, and into Pang Shanmin's eyes.

The feeling of autumn is stronger, the cool wind blows, the dead grass is lying on the cold ground, and the firecrackers are exploding "crackling". Zhuge Liang's heart is in a mess, and he just follows the car. As for breathing, as soon as he opened his mouth, sour water came out of his throat.Not only Pang Shanmin, but also Pang Degong and Pang Tong came to welcome the wedding car.Mr. Pang De still looked highly respected, and there was a condescending smile on Pang Tong's lips, but Pang Shanmin's honesty made him amiable, even though it was... ridiculous. Zhuge Liang clenched his fists, and his nails pierced into the flesh.

"Father," Pang Shanmin said happily, "give Kong Ming a nickname, just like you call Shi Yuan brother." Like a phoenix chick?hehe.Pang Tong glanced at Pang Shanmin with disdain in his eyes. With Lord Pang De's prestige, if he valued a person, his worth would definitely double. Mr. Pang De just smiled and didn't say a word. Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu delivered the wedding car. They saw a white and slender hand stretched out from the car and put it on the back of Pang Shanmin's hand. They watched the slim and slender figure get out of the car and followed Pang Shanmin into the courtyard. . "Kong Ming, let's go, have a glass of wedding wine!" Pang Tong smiled, "Yuan Zhi also come together!" Xu Shu looked at Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang stood still, Zhuge Liang looked at Ling's back and disappeared behind the gates, and did not enter. In the dark, Cai cupped his hands and said to Pang Tong: "No, Liang still has some chores to do." After saying that, he turned around and left, Xu Shu was startled for a moment, and followed him.

The two turned back the same way, and after a moment of silence, Xu Shu said, "Kong Ming doesn't have to do that." Zhuge Liang shook his head. "It's better for Ling to be at Pang's house than to follow me." Xu Shu lowered his head and clasped his hands, "I'm a wanderer. I can care about today but not tomorrow. Ling is a good woman, so she doesn't have to follow me all over the world. I think Pang Shanmin, it's okay..." "Okay, the second sister has the final say." Zhuge Liang interrupted Xu Shu. Whether a person is happy or not, whether he is happy or not, only he himself decides.For a while, Zhuge Liang was a little irritable. For the first time, he suspected that he had done something wrong. For the first time, he suffered huge guilt, feeling that he owed someone.Second sister, if I really have a day to make a fortune, I will definitely pick you up from the Pang family!Zhuge Liang suddenly thought, this deviant thought made him tremble all over!If it weren't for the singing from far away, Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu would have been downcast all the way.

"What I'm thinking is in Mount Tai, and I want to follow Liang Fu's chanting. Turn sideways and look eastward!" The melodious singing is mixed with the sound of jade objects colliding, "The beauty gave me a golden wrong knife, why should I repay Ying Qiongyao? Far away from leaning on Xiaoyao, why worry and worry?...Why worry and worry?" If Zhuge Liang's "Liang Fu Yin" is the most rigid song, then this "Four Sorrows Poems" floating here is the most soft work.The singer is obviously a man, but in the man's thick voice, there is some strange charm, like a woman's white fingers, soft eyes, like a waist wrapped around a colorful train, dancing lightly like a snake.Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang were quite determined. When they heard this song, they couldn't help sighing and their minds were in a state of turmoil.

"...What I'm thinking about is in Yanmen, where I want to follow. I turn to the north and look at the tear-stained towel. The beauty gave me a beautiful piece, so how can I report it to the Qingyu case..." A sharp whistle suddenly rushed into the lingering tones!Xu Shu was shocked, and in a blink of an eye, it turned out to be Zhuge Liang!Zhuge Liang was crossing his arms, leaning against the rock, and blowing out an unprecedented high-pitched voice from his lips!why?Xu Shu thought in a daze: Why did you reject this sentimental song?There is no reason for Zhuge Liang not to understand the truth that rigidity must be broken; since he understands it, why must he be rigid to resist softness?

The higher Zhuge Liang's whistling sound was, the softer the singing voice was; when the sweat dripped from Zhuge Liang's forehead one by one, the singing voice gradually died down until it disappeared completely.A man in a cloth robe and kerchief walked towards Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu with a big laugh.He held a bamboo stick in one hand and a jade flute in the other, with deep eyes embedded in his thin face.A glance at Zhuge Liang made the tired young man straighten up immediately. "Mr. Huang!" Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu both saluted. It was Huang Chengyan who came.Although he is only in his early fifties, in terms of qualifications and prestige, he is even higher than Pang Degong, so Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang used "Old Mister" to call him.When Huang Chengyan was young, he was a very strong person, he traveled all over the world, and he was full of love; after he was forty years old, he was tired of the competition in the officialdom, so he came to Longzhong with his wife and children, and became the prime minister in the mountains.In the Jingzhou area, whenever Huang Chengyan was mentioned, no one would give a thumbs up and praised: "A high-ranking official with a generous salary, rich clothes and fine food, a lovely wife and a loving son, are at ease, and all the good things in the world, Mr. Huang has taken care of everything." "Zhuge Kongming , you whistle well." Huang Chengyan laughed. Zhuge Liang hurriedly bowed and said, "Liang showed off in front of the old man." "Kong Ming," Huang Chengyan frowned, "if I keep singing, will you keep singing?" "Exactly." Zhuge Liang replied. "Do you want to surpass my "Poem of Four Sorrows"?" "No, it's impossible." "Since that's the case, why do you know that it can't be done?" "Because Liang is a stubborn person, he will continue to do what he is determined to do; besides, Liang does not want to be influenced by others. The songs of the old man are too easy to shake!" Zhuge Liang said. Huang Chengyan laughed again, while laughing, he looked Zhuge Liang up and down: "Okay, okay, he looks handsome! Haha...Zhuge Liang, I have something to ask you." "Please enlighten me." Zhuge Liang said. Huang Chengyan asked with a smile: "I heard that your second sister married Pang Shanmin?" "yes." "It's a pity..." Huang Chengyan asked again, "What about you?" "I?" "What about your marriage?" "Liang hasn't prepared yet." Zhuge Liang's heart skipped a beat. Huang Chengyan said directly: "I have a nineteen-year-old daughter with yellow hair, dark skin, and an ugly appearance, but her talents match yours, but I don't know if you are interested?" Not only Zhuge Liang, but also Xu Shu was stunned on the spot! Before Zhuge Liang could answer, Huang Chengyan said again: "I'll wait for your reply in three days." After that, without looking at Zhuge Liang again, he tapped the jade flute on the bamboo stick, sang "Autumn wind blows, white clouds fly", and then he went away up. It wasn't until Huang Chengyan's singing faded away that Xu Shu came back to his senses. He looked at Zhuge Liang, and seeing his friend's face, he was dumbfounded. It seemed that Zhuge Liang didn't feel very happy, but rather dumbfounded. "Kong Ming? It's a good thing!" Xu Shu pushed Zhuge Liang, "Son-in-law of the Huang family, you are amazing! It's just..." Xu Shu frowned, "Huang Chengyan's daughter is rumored to be extremely ugly, and she has a high temper. She is a good wife. That's why some people say that Pang Tong's dignity and talent are a perfect match for her!" Zhuge Liang kept silent. "Kong Ming?" "I was thinking," Zhuge Liang said with a wry smile, "If Mr. Huang had proposed marriage to me earlier, the second sister would not have to marry into the Pang family. One day late, only one day." Talking about the bell, Xu Shu's face also sank. He patted Zhuge Liang on the back and sighed: "Will Kong Ming agree? Since Mr. Huang is the matchmaker himself." "If I agree, people will say that I am following others, selling out my second sister, and then selling myself. If I don't agree, how can Mr. Huang be offended?" Zhuge Liang waved his hand, as if he didn't want to say another word, but wanted to I buried myself in the world where he was alone, and thought about it quietly.Seeing this, Xu Shu stopped talking, and immediately found an excuse to walk into another mountain path. "Marrying a daughter of the Huang family naturally has many benefits. You don't have to get up at the fifth watch or the third watch to plant the land; you don't have to kneel in front of Mr. Pound's bed to borrow a book; you don't have to worry about lack of social status. And you can’t associate with celebrities; the third brother’s studies are also guaranteed..." When he entered the thatched cottage, Zhuge Liang almost thought it through, "The second sister gave up Yuanzhi for the sake of Zhuge's family, even though she has a heart, what about me? Maybe God asked me to marry the daughter of the Huang family, which is a kind of punishment. But it doesn’t matter if I’m ugly or not.” Zhuge Liang even thought, “If I’m not ugly, why would I still be in my boudoir at the age of nineteen?” Three days later, Zhuge Liang went to Huangfu alone without telling his third brother.Compared with Pang De's family, Huang's house is more imposing.The three-story gate is carved with mahogany, and there is no place that does not show the identity of the owner.The servant led Zhuge Liang into the small courtyard, and said, "Young Master Zhuge, the master invites you to have tea in the study." Zhuge Liangliang nodded, and looked at himself again, in order to leave a good impression on others, he specially changed into a gray and white Confucian today. robe, with a piece of black jade on the waist, it looks even more polite, elegant and gentle.Going around a small corridor is the study room, the breath of agarwood is coming faintly, there seems to be a faint sound of a piano, Zhuge Liang just took a step, suddenly a dog sprang out from somewhere, scaring him! "Dangling, don't make trouble!" Someone came out of the study and patted the beast's neck. When he patted, the dog lay on the ground and didn't move. "It's a wooden dog." The man explained, "Do you want to pet it?" "You?" Zhuge Liang was startled. The veiled young man in front of him was the one he had seen in Pang De's house! "Do you still remember me?" The young man smiled and pulled Zhuge Liang's hand, "Mr. Huang has something to do, let me entertain you first. Come, let's talk in the room." The young man led Zhuge Liang into the study room. The room was full of pre-Qin classics, which were rare books that Zhuge Liang had always wanted to read but could not. "You can read these books at will," said the young man.Zhuge Liang thanked him, took a volume of "Six Secret Teachings", and when he turned to the 32nd line, he heard the sound of the piano again, turned around and saw that the young man had already sat a few back, and with a finger slowly wiped the five silk strings. , trembling as if alive. "There is a female companion, Yan Rushunying. She will fly and fly, and Pei Yu will general. He is beautiful and Meng Jiang, and his virtue is not forgotten..." Every sound was like a lazy breath, hitting Zhuge Liang's face, making him sink into the cherry blossom bushes, into the ambergris, into the place where the spring breeze was blowing, into the blue lake.Zhuge Liang put down the scroll in his hand, and sat with his knees crossed opposite the young man, looking seriously at the light black tulle on his face, and couldn't help wanting to get up several times!It turned out that it was this person. "I see." Zhuge Liang whispered. "Know what?" the young man stopped his fingers. "I've always wondered why I wanted to see you. You left in a hurry that day, which made me feel sad for a long time..." Zhuge Liang smiled slightly, "So you are a woman." The young man burst out laughing! "I thought you'd already seen it," she said. "No, Liang has been confused lately." Zhuge Liang smiled. The woman didn't lift the veil at this point, she pushed the piano, and simply fell on the mat on her back, and said with a smile: "There is a female companion, Yan Rushunying...Kong Ming," she said in a flat tone, "Mr. Huang Chengyan only has one Female, small character Shunying. I am Huang Shunying." Zhuge Liangliang nodded. He wanted to say something, but he couldn't say it. Wonderful joy grew in his heart like spring grass.It's her, he thought: No wonder, in the past twenty years, the relationship between men and women has been as calm as water. It is because I haven't met her yet. Some things have been arranged by God. When the time is right, God will give you a glimpse. Subtlety, he was seduced by this one glance. On that day, there was a twinkling black face under the veil; a charming "stupid"; a light touch of fingers... Zhuge Liang was in awe, Huang Shunying called him again: "Kong Ming!" "I am a shameless woman," Shunying said with a light smile. "When I saw you in the Degong Hall, I thought, there will never be another man who can make me fall in love at first sight. So after returning home, I hurriedly asked My father went to propose a marriage, and my father said, you will only talk about marriage after your second sister is married. She asked, "Are you really willing to marry me? If you want to test your beauty and ugliness, I'll show you first." Shunying grabbed a corner of the veil with her fingers. "No, there's no need." Zhuge Liang replied, "It's just that Liang's family is poor." "I only hope that you will be successful one day, don't forget your bad wife." Shunying smiled again, she ran to the other side of the study, knocked on the door wall, and shouted: "Father, father..." The door wall slightly After a while, Huang Chengyan walked out from the room with a smile, and put his daughter in his arms with one hand. "Father, let me tell you, your daughter will never fail to marry!" Shunying said coquettishly. Huang Chengyan caressed Shunying's back, and smiled at Zhuge Liang: "My girl, I have spoiled my temper. If you don't really like her, you'd better not marry her." Huang Chengyan clearly wanted to listen to Zhuge Liang. The word "sincerity".Zhuge Liang blushed, lowered his hands, and said in a low voice: "Liang... I want to thank Mr. Huang for... making it happen." Zhuge Liang blushed, only once in his life. When Huang Chengyan asked when the wedding will be arranged, Zhuge Liang actually said: "In three days." As soon as he said the words, he felt rash. In his life, he gave the most rash answer this time.three days?With the grandeur of the Huang family, how can marrying Huang Chengyan's only daughter be married in three days?Unexpectedly, the old man patted his back with a bamboo stick, and said with a smile: "Okay, then three days later, I will send my daughter to the door." Huang Chengyan sent Shunying to Zhuge Liang's thatched cottage in an ox cart.Although this marriage was not extravagant, it shocked the whole Jingxiang.The men wondered why Huang Shunying fell in love with a poor boy, and the women complained why Zhuge Liang married an ugly girl.Overnight, topics about Shunying's ugliness and Zhuge Liang's lack of vision spread throughout Longzhong, and Kuai Qi even made up the folk proverb "Don't be a Kong Ming to choose a wife, you will get an ugly girl from Acheng", and taught children to sing it everywhere.Also on that night, Zhuge Liang experienced the sweetest moment in his life: He used a silver scale to lift the red hijab in front of Shunying's face. "It turns out that Kong Ming likes to stare at people." Under the shadow of the candle, Shun Ying smiled. Zhuge Liang didn't look away, he smiled and said, "Shunying is exactly what I imagined." "Is it equally ugly?" "No, it's not. There are many kinds of beauty, and Shunying is the one I'm looking forward to." Zhuge Liang said. In front of Zhuge Liang, there was a face that seemed to be smiling and angry, with very clear eyebrows, as if they had been rendered with the deepest night, making it unforgettable. Under the straight bridge of the nose, there was a touch of plump lips.Zhuge Liang sat next to Shunying, the sweet fragrance of her body made him feel that the whole night sky was lingering around him; he picked up her hand and held it in his palm, and held her waist with the other hand.Shunying raised her hand and twitched her hairpin, the long dark chestnut hair slipped down her back like water, shining brightly in the candlelight.The long hair spread out and covered the back of Zhuge Liang's hands. Zhuge Liang ran his fingers along Shunying's hair, and suddenly kissed her wet eyes. The sycamore leaves rang outside the house, and the autumn wind glanced at the new house and blew out the red candle. This is the sixth year of Jian'an, and Zhuge Liang is 21 years old. On the day of Zhuge Liang's marriage, Pang Degong gave him a better nickname than "Fengchu": Fulong! The dormant giant dragon rests and recuperates in the Longzhong. Once the storm suddenly rises, it can change the color of the world.Fengyun, where is it?When Zhuge Liang was twenty-one years old, a forty-one-year-old general stumbled into Liu Biao's mansion in Xiangyang. Behind him were three men, one as red as a jujube, one as black as charcoal, and the third with a handsome face. Even when you are embarrassed, you are as moving as the moon.General Xin was defeated by Cao Cao, and led the remnants of the defeated soldiers to defect to Liu Biao. Liu Biao thought of the friendship of the same clan, treated him warmly and accepted him. From Xiangyang to Longzhong, there is only a mere twenty miles. The general who fled here, his surname is Liu Mingbei, and his style name is Xuande.