Chapter 13 first quarter

After rushing to Luocheng, Zhuge Liang did two things.One is to remove Zhang Ren's head from the flagpole, put it in a red sandalwood box, and return it to the city; the other is to throw 30 bags of grain on the suspension bridge for the people of Luocheng to eat, because he noticed that there has been no cooking smoke in the city for a long time.Then, he stood in front of Pang Tongling, looked at the white "Pang Gongshiyuan Spirit" on the ebony, and sighed.Liu Bei, Fazheng, and Peng Yi, Pang Tong's new friend in Shu, showed different expressions when they saw Zhuge Liang. "Two peaches kill three warriors!" Peng Yi whispered.

Zhuge Liang was slightly startled, turned around, and saw a cold sneer on Peng Yi's face. "Is this Peng Yongnian?" He asked with his hands down. Peng Yan snorted with his nose as an answer. What an arrogant person.Zhuge Liang smiled.Peng Yi was originally an official in the Shu region. He offended the authority and was sentenced to be tortured. His beard and hair were all shaved off, and he was also punished to do hard labor.I heard that after Liu Bei entered Sichuan, he came to seek refuge and made friends with Pang Tong, which Liu Bei valued very much.The arrogance on the outside is revealing the cowardice inside, Zhuge Liang thought, and couldn't help but look at him a few more times: the bald head and smooth chin all showed Peng Yi's identity as a "disciple".

Peng Yi noticed that Zhuge Liang was looking at him, he was ashamed and angry, and was about to speak, when he heard Fazheng say: "Kong Ming is indulging troublesome people!" Obviously, Fazheng was very dissatisfied with Zhuge Liang's move to send grain into the city. "Luocheng will be the lord's jurisdiction, and the people are the lord's subjects. Liang has never heard of a person who makes the people endure hunger and can win. Don't die anymore," Zhuge Liang raised his feather fan and looked at Luocheng The hungry air floating above sighed, "The murder here is too heavy."

"How long? How long do we have to stop in front of the city?" Liu Bei asked. "Half a month." Zhuge Liang did not launch an offensive again, he sat in front of Pang Tongling with his qin, and when he thought of something by chance, he played a sad or passionate tune, and his fingers fluttered on the strings like butterflies.He paid attention to the hustle and bustle and smoke in the city, and delivered food every three days.By the fourth time, the soldiers were throwing food on the suspension bridge, when they heard a "squeak", Luocheng opened!A thin, big-eyed boy, dressed in tattered silk clothes, came out slowly with a machete in hand.Behind him, a group of sallow and thin old people, women, and children were looking at Liu Beijun timidly.

"Is Zhuge Liang here?" The young man raised his voice and asked. Zhuge Liang walked up to the boy's knife alone, and looked at him with a smile; at this moment, the boy only needs to lift the knife and chop, and Zhuge Liang's blood will splash on his face. "Liu Xun?" Zhuge Liang asked. "Good!" the boy replied. "Son of Liu Jiyu?" "Exactly!" "I've always wondered how a mere Luo city can last for a year! Now I finally understand," Zhuge Liang bowed and sighed, "My son is highly respected by everyone, and you have a victorious father."

Liu Xun didn't return the salute, but said in a low voice, "I killed Pang Tong." "Oh, brother Shiyuan has thirteen arrows in his body." Zhuge Liang said. "I shot the arrow." Liu Xun twisted his wrist, held the scimitar in both hands, and said, "I know Liu Bei hates Luocheng. Although I deserve to die, what is the crime of the people? Kill me to save Luocheng. "Liu Xun fell to his knees with a plop!"Just kneel upright in front of Zhuge Liang. "My lord is not afraid of death?" Zhuge Liang took the scimitar. Liu Xun raised his head and smiled, the sunlight fell on his face and his white and neat teeth, making him more like a child: "In the past, I always refused to surrender because I was worried that Liu Bei would harm the people to vent personal grievances; now it is different , with Kong Ming here, Liu Bei will not be able to slaughter the city. Kill me and save Luocheng. Your knife fell..." Liu Xun felt the sharp and cold iron blade of the scimitar sticking to his neck, "I promise me The 100,000 people in Luocheng depend on Zhuge Liang's benevolence."

"I'm not merciful," Zhuge Liang said with a smile, "I often blame the lord for being too merciful." Liu Xun was shocked! Zhuge Liang picked up the knife, and the blade wiped Liu Xun's left cheek and plunged into the soil, cutting off a strand of his hair. "Let's go, go offer incense to brother Shiyuan." He bent down and put Liu Xun on his arm, "The people of Luocheng can only ask the Lord for mercy; the life and death of the young master cannot be judged by the light." Luocheng surrendered at the moment when Liu Xun lit incense for Pang Tong.

Liu Xun looked at Pang Tongling tablet and suddenly burst into tears. "Yizhou...is hopeless." Liu Xun cried and said, "Mr. Xuande, please let me go back. I will persuade my father to come and surrender!" The pure tears of the young man made Liu Bei feel sad. Wanting to agree, suddenly heard a faint voice: "Will the young master do it?" Turning around, it was Zhuge Liang! "Why?" Fazheng frowned, "Does the military master not believe Liu Xun?" Zhuge Liang shook his head. Liu Bei was surprised: "Didn't the military adviser trust him the most? That's why he was led into the army."

"Although a tiger or leopard in a cage does not need to be cut and rooted out, Liang would never dare to open the cage." Zhuge Liang said with a smile, "Liu Xun has nowhere to go, and is willing to die in exchange for the safety of Luocheng. It is a lesson from his sincerity; however, once he is let go, It's like going back to the mountain! If he changes his mind and turns obedience to resistance, I'm afraid the lord will regret it later." Zhuge Liang said: "Liang advises my lord not to take risks." Liu Bei followed his advice again. What kind of person is Kong Ming?

Liu Bei couldn't help muttering.From the first time he saw Zhuge Liang, he felt that this young man was like water, and he was like a fish, no fish could leave the water.But to be honest, it is difficult for "water" to get into the body of "fish".For Liu Bei, Pang Tong and Fazheng are both courtiers and friends, who can drink and have fun together, and gallop on the battlefield together.What about Kong Ming?Liu Bei couldn't imagine being drunk with Zhuge Liang, singing loudly, and commenting on whose daughter is more beautiful!He was too calm... so calm that it made people daunting.

While thinking about it, I heard Zhuge Liang say: "My lord, my lord?" "Ah? What?" "Break out camp tomorrow morning?" "it is good……" "Ten days later, we will arrive in Chengdu." "it is good." "I heard that Ma Chao has surrendered to the lord?" "Yes! Meng Qi is really handsome, he is simply..." "Is it okay to ask General Ma to cooperate with my lord to conquer Chengdu from the west?" "Oh, oh. Of course that's fine." "Liang to write an order..." "Zhuge Liang!" Zhuge Liang was startled.what happened?Liu Bei rarely called him by his first name.He turned around to look at Liu Bei, and after a glance, he remembered that the two monarchs and ministers really...haven't seen each other for a long time.In the past three years, Liu Bei has aged a bit, darkened and thinned. Although he is hale and hearty, he is more or less haggard.It's been half a month since I met Liu Bei, why didn't I pay more attention to him?Zhuge Liang lowered his eyelids, feeling guilty.He whispered: "My lord, Liang made a slip of the tongue. Don't be in such a hurry. Stay in Luocheng for a few more days to rest and reorganize your military equipment, so that brother Shi Yuan... can rest in peace." Zhuge Liang's voice became smaller and smaller until he saw Liu Bei looking at him cheerfully. "My lord?" "It's really rare." Liu Bei scratched his head, "I haven't seen Kong Ming like this for a long time." "in this way……?" Liu Bei caressed his back, and said with a joking smile: "Zhuge Liang was only thirty-four years old when he was ashamed! Haha! Kong Ming, you interrupted me just now! Well, I said Meng Qi was handsome, but you immediately said The matter of aiding the battle made me swallow the second half of the sentence..." Zhuge Liang burst out laughing. Liu Bei still finished the whole sentence, and he said: "Meng Qi is really handsome, even more handsome than Zilong." After all, he clapped hands with Zhuge Liang as an alliance, and told him not to tell Zhao Yun this.When Liu Bei clapped his palm heavily, Zhuge Liang felt the long-lost happiness, and felt another meaning besides hegemony.That day, the reason why Liu Bei was chosen to be the monarch was also because this person could bring him another kind of "life"!Excited, hot life.Liu Bei's casual and tolerant personality makes Kong Ming relaxed and warm.In childhood, Zhuge Liang escaped from the butcher's knife, and the nightmare was born.The lord is courageous, he thought, a person who has been struggling for more than 20 years and can still be happy without giving up, has what I long for but lack... the courage of life.So I followed him all the time, from Longzhong to Xinye, to Chibi, to Nanjun, and then to Chengdu. Chengdu is lingering in the twilight. After Liu Bei slowly laid siege for ten days, Ma Chao arrived. This news made Liu Zhang, who couldn't help but want to cry, "push, puff" tears fall down. "My father and son have been in Yizhou for more than 20 years. They didn't benefit the people much. Instead, they caused three years of war, making wives cry for their husbands, fathers crying for their sons...the corpses were abandoned in the grass and ravines. This, this is all...I I am committing crimes! Look at Mr. Xu, he is over seventy years old, what a famous person, he still wants to climb the wall to go to Liu Bei! It shows how much I have lost people's hearts!" Liu Zhang cried while waving his hands, "Let's open the city! Surrender, surrender!" "Wait a moment, please." A person stepped forward. "Jun Si?" With tears in his eyes, Liu Zhang vaguely saw the rosy cheeks of the servants. Zhang Yi, whose name is "Jun Si", is twenty-two years old this year, and he is the most beautiful man in Shu.Although his handsome appearance is enviable, it also brought Zhang Yi a lot of trouble.There are rumors that Zhang Yi was reused because he was good-looking; when wars broke out, some people ridiculed: If you ask Jun Si to use "beauty tricks" to meet the enemy, he will definitely be invincible.Zhang Yi held his breath, and actually led his troops to Moxia.When he met Zhang Fei, he was defeated after only one fight.It is common to lose a battle, but losing to Zhang Fei added something to those who love to laugh at him. "Zhang Fei, how can he be a person who loves fragrance and cherishes jade? Haha, Zhang Fei." Hearing these words, Zhang Yi's face was pale with anger, but it was as bright as jade. "What is the intention of the heir?" Liu Zhang asked. "Liu Bei's subordinates, Fazheng and Peng Yi are at odds with the lord; and with Pang Tong's death, I'm afraid that rashly opening the city will put you in danger." Zhang Yi suggested, "It's better to send someone to check Liu Bei's tone first. If you are willing to guarantee the safety of the lord, let it go; if you are not willing, you would rather die than die, and stick to the city gate!" What he said made Liu Zhang's eyes wet again. "Who is going?" Liu Zhang asked. "Me." Zhang Yi said. Zhang Yu looked around at the silent officials, and stepped out proudly.Stop being admired and ridiculed as a "beautiful woman", so what if you die?When the country is in crisis, death is also a good destination!He imagined blood staining his face, like red coral dotted on white jade.If you want to die, die in an upright and clean manner!Zhang Yi stepped into Liu Bei's camp, and he saw Zhuge Liang who was reading the letter. "I heard that the city of Luo has been broken. This is really a gift from heaven! The military divisions have been sent out after three visits, and they are about to brighten the cause of the king and hegemony. The battle of Luocheng is a good omen. It is the same to use troops to govern politics. You must know the way of relaxation and select talents. , to distinguish right from wrong, so as to harmonize the people and educate the people. What the military division does is to play a bright, high-pitched sound in the chaotic world. If compared with music, it has reached the pinnacle of the orchestra! Zhong Ziqi, you can't help applauding!" This letter was sent by Ma Liang from Jingzhou. "Where does it deserve Ji Chang's praise!" Zhuge Liang smiled and raised his head. "Is it the heir of the king?" he asked. "Ah...ah, yes." Zhuge Liang's casual and friendly attitude was beyond Zhang Yi's expectation.Why does he refer to himself directly by "words" like an old friend? "My lord, Xiaozhi, and Yongnian have gone to check the camp, and will be back soon. Please sit down, Jun Si." Zhuge Liang stood up and pointed to the table.Zhang Yi hesitated for a while, and sat down; Zhuge Liang poured a cup of hot tea, handed it to Zhang Yi, and said with a smile: "The king's heir is here, and great things will happen." "I'm here..." As soon as Zhang Yi opened his mouth, Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan, signaling him not to speak in a hurry. "We'll discuss it after the lord returns." Zhuge Liang meant this, and said, "I've heard about Zhang Junsi's name a long time ago. You fought against Yide a few days ago and you fled after losing. I sent someone to inquire about you, but there was no one. News that can make me feel at ease. Seeing Junsi sitting here well at this time, I can be at ease." Between this person's brows and eyes is very gentle.He is so gentle that he doesn't look like a military adviser or a first-rate adviser, but a scholar who is worried, anxious, happy, and happy for his friends.Zhang Yu looked at Zhuge Liang, his snow-white feather fan, his hand holding the feather fan, and his neatly manicured nails, and thought to himself: This is him, could it be that such a scholar-like person... makes the lord weep on the throne? At this time, Liu Bei walked into the camp, followed by Fazheng and Peng Yi. "Mr. Zhang." Liu Bei used an honorific title. "Yi wants a promise from Duke Xuande." Zhang Yi said directly, "A promise not to kill." Liu Bei looked at Zhang Yi, sat down for a while, sighed, and said slowly: "Mr. Zhang, this battle has been fought for too long." "Mr. Zhang, I can't bear to see the same surname again." "Mr. Zhang, Ji Yu belongs to the same family and is a lonely brother. He should have the etiquette. Even if he is lonely, he will not be missing." "I just want to give Xishu a good face, Mr. Zhang... Sigh." Zhang Yi listened to every word and kept it in his heart. He thought: This person can be trusted, just like Zhuge Liang is also trustworthy.He took the sake from Zhuge Liang, and saw that he was handing another bottle of wine to Liu Bei. "Mr. Zhang, please." Liu Bei raised his glass.Zhuge Liang stood aside, looking at him with a smile.Zhang Yi didn't move, thought for a while, put the cup beside him, and asked, "Mr. Xuande really won't hurt the people of Xichuan?" "Naturally." Liu Bei drank the wine. Zhuge Liang refilled a glass of wine, drank it up by himself, and showed Zhang Yi the empty glass with a smile. "Then... alright." Zhang Yi said, the wine was hot on his lips. The blush quickly spread to Zhang Yi's face, making his cheeks like rouge.On the crimson lips, bits and pieces of wine foam remained.Zhang Yi was not good at drinking, but when he encountered such a relaxing and pleasant time, he couldn't help showing drunkenness in his speech and demeanor.He raised his sleeves, got up and bowed to Liu Bei, and said with a smile, "There is a "Poem", which is just in time for the occasion." "What?" Liu Bei asked with a smile. Zhang Yi bent down, holding bamboo chopsticks in his right hand and jade cup in his left hand, and tapped on the rim of the bowl with a playful smile, singing: "Throw me a papaya, and repay it with Qiongyao. The bandit repays it, and it will always be good! Throw me a papaya, and repay it with Qiongyao." In order to..." While singing, Peng Yan suddenly spat: "Frivolous!" Zhang Yi's singing stopped, as if being torn apart by life! "Frivolous?" Fazheng laughed out loud, "You're flattering him to say that he is frivolous! Who knows who Zhang Junsi is? Haha, born hundreds of years earlier, Jun Si should compete with Dong Xian!" Dong Xian is the favorite male sex of Emperor Ai of Han Dynasty. Immediately, Zhuge Liang's face changed drastically.Fazheng blatantly despised Liu Zhang's envoy at this time, and he shouldn't do it anyway.Look at Liu Bei again, he still doesn't care.Fazheng glanced at Zhang Yi triumphantly, his heart full of joy of revenge.Three years ago, he borrowed a car from Ling Donghe in Chengdu. At that time, Zhang Yi was a guest at Dong’s house. When he heard that it was Fazheng who came to borrow it, he joked and said, “How can Fazheng know how to appreciate luxury cars? Lend him a good car. It's like feeding the dogs with delicacies from mountains and seas, it's a waste of everything." This word was spread to Fazheng's ears, and Fazheng held a grudge against it, and often wanted to put Zhang Yi to death. "When I hear flute music, every backyard flower blooms..." Fazheng added leisurely. Zhang Yi suddenly threw Yuzhan towards Fazheng! Fazheng couldn't avoid it, and Yuzhan smashed his forehead. "Zhang Yi!" Fazheng covered his forehead and scolded angrily, "Do you really think I can't kill you?" "Okay!" Zhang Yi threw the bamboo chopsticks and said loudly, "I, Zhang Junsi, am waiting for you to kill me!" After all, before Liu Bei could relax, Zhang Yi walked away! In the camp, Peng Yi smiled nonchalantly, drinking wine unhurriedly; Fazheng wiped off the blood on his forehead, grunted and sneered twice, and looked at Liu Bei. Liu Bei would not blame him, he knew very well This point; for Liu Bei, he was watching Zhuge Liang sitting at the table, but there was no one in the table. Zhuge Liang chased him out. Zhuge Liang thought it was funny as soon as he chased after him. He vaguely remembered that he also chased someone like this when he was young, and she became his wife later.But this time, it had nothing to do with personal feelings, he thought helplessly: Fazheng is arrogant and domineering, everyone knows it, but he didn't expect him to be so ignorant of etiquette.Zhuge Liang sighed: he deliberately made Zhang Yi see his position in Liu Bei's heart, and reminded that person that once Liu Bei took control of Chengdu, Zhang Yi should live in fear and wait for Fazheng's disposal. Like a child.Zhuge Liang thought. "Sir, heir!" After chasing for more than a hundred steps, Zhuge Liang grabbed Zhang Yi's sleeve. "How will Junsi reply to Ji Yu?" he asked. Zhang Yi said bitterly: "I can't work with Fazheng!" "Could it be that the heir of the emperor will ruin the entire Yizhou because of a single law?" He asked again. Zhang Yi didn't speak. "I advise Jun Si..." "The military division doesn't need to persuade you any more." "Sir..." Zhang Yi looked at Zhuge Liang and said, "No need. I don't want the military commander to think that Zhang Yi has a small stomach. Just like a flower, it longs for the spring breeze, so it must first endure the severe cold. I just ask the military teacher for one thing..." "Speaking." Zhang Yi blushed and said in a low voice, "I...I don't want to die." "Ah?" Zhuge Liang was taken aback. "Don't let Fazheng kill me." Zhang Yi said slowly. Zhuge Liang was dumbfounded by these words, and couldn't help laughing.Unexpectedly, Zhang Yi is a more childish person than Fazheng. He is just as he looks: beautiful and thin.Zhuge Liang is reluctant to use the word "delicate" that is more suitable for women to describe Zhang Yi, although it is actually appropriate.Is it really that serious?He smiled and thought.This thought made him look a little more serious.It doesn't have to be Zhang Yi. If Fazheng really abuses the name of punishment for his own grievances, what should he -- Zhuge Liang? "Fazheng and Peng Yi are not good people, military advisors should be careful." Before Zhang Yi returned to Chengdu, he left a piece of advice for Zhuge Liang.Looking at his back into the black suspension bridge, Zhuge Liang suddenly felt lonely.From the first meeting until Zhang Yi died in his small courtyard, Zhuge Liang never agreed with other people's rumors that the emperor's heir is as good as Longyang.He is just too fragile. As he himself said, he is a flower, a flower made of the thinnest glaze and the lightest water vapor.The flowers long for the spring breeze, but they don't know that one day the spring breeze will blow off its face.At this time, Zhuge Liang could not have imagined that many years later, Zhang Yi would die in his own hands, dying and withering into mud. "Ji Chang: When you see the letter, please bring Shunying to Shu, and Liang will wait in Chengdu." After returning to camp, Zhuge Liang replied a very simple letter to Ma Liang.Sitting in the dark, he saw clearly what would happen next.He saw Liu Zhang with Yizhou Mu's seal hanging around his neck, and he was riding out of the city dejectedly in a small horse-drawn cart; he saw Liu Bei took Liu Zhang's hand and sighed after receiving the seal, both of them were full of eyes. Moist; and Zhuge Liang, sitting on a horse in white clothes, holding the rein in one hand, and holding a feather fan in the other, the feather fan is white and spotless.Take control of Chengdu and overlook Yizhou like a real king!The so-called glory, there is nothing better than this.The land of abundance will hang before your eyes like golden wheat.Outside the window, Beichenxing hung on the sky, staring at Zhuge Liang, as if staring at himself on the ground.