Chapter 36 third quarter

Zhao Zhi sent Sima Yi a lacquer box, opened it, and found a set of women's clothes inside.Sima Yi looked at the dress with a half-smile, and looked up at Zhao Zhi.The dreamer stayed with Zhuge Liang for more than 50 days in Wuzhangyuan, and his proud demeanor was revived. He smiled and said, "The dress of a woman is also suitable for the governor. You have been confronted with the prime minister for many days. You are cowardly and dare not fight. You have lost your husband's dignity." Why don't you wear a skirt and go back to the boudoir and be a little girl!" At these words, all Wei generals in the camp were furious, and almost drew their swords at each other, but Sima Yi was still smiling. He waved his hand, stopped the generals, and laughed. He said, "Why did Kong Ming even use such a clumsy aggressive method?"

"How clumsy is the governor's false claim that Eastern Wu surrendered Cao?" Zhao Zhi asked lightly. Sima Yi was taken aback for a moment, then burst out laughing. He lifted the woman's dress from the box, shook it with his hands, put it on his body, and said with a big smile, "How? After returning, he said that Zhong Da thanked Kong Ming for his kindness! He wanted me to fight, but I refused." "The governor refuses, what about all the generals?" Zhao Zhi glanced around at the general Wei who wished he could eat him alive, and asked. "Restraining the armed forces is a matter for the governor." Sima Yi stretched out his hand and invited Zhao Zhi to the table.

He entertained Zhao Zhi as a distinguished guest and left him a sumptuous dinner.At the banquet, Sima Yi asked: "How is Kong Ming's health recently?" Zhao Zhi said without changing his face, "It's not good." "Is it not good?" Sima Yi asked with concern. "It's not very good." Zhao Zhi said, "The prime minister is too busy and eats very little. Anyone who is punished with more than 20 sticks must personally intervene. Besides, it is not a day or two to vomit blood." "Be careful." Sima Yi peeped at Zhao Zhi, "In this way, even the hardest man can't hold on. How can Zhuge Kongming last?" He really wanted to see the subtle changes on Zhao Zhi's face, but what he saw, There is only a calm, consistent expression: detached, it doesn't matter.

"It's also the prime minister's duty to cherish blessings and nourish one's life." Zhao Zhi replied like this. When he came out of Weiying and crossed the Wei River, Zhao Zhi thought: He has done the last thing that Fan Chen should do.He has already made up his mind to commit the rest of his life to a great and sad cause. "No, not for Zhuge Liang," he secretly said, "for himself, for the stubbornness and dignity of the dream-taker. Zhuge Liang can persevere until death, and death is the end. I—the number one dream-taker in the world, Zhao Zhi, You should maintain that honor until you die!" He sat on the side of the boat, and the cool night wind swept the water, causing cold ripples.Dip your hands into the river water, starlight swims between Zhao Zhi's fingers, like fireflies rippling in blue crystal. "Stars, when will they fall, I want to know." Zhao Zhi whispered, wanting to cry for no reason.

After that, people did not see Zhao Zhi for five full days, and even food was blocked outside his camp.If you pass by occasionally, you will smell the pungent smell of horse manure coming from the camp.The military academy reported the matter to Zhuge Liang, but Zhuge Liang didn't care, until someone said: "If Zhao Zhi really hasn't come out, he should starve to death." Zhuge Liang had a bad premonition, and he hurried to see Zhao Zhi. When entering the camp, I was almost overwhelmed by the smell of burning horse manure.No one can describe what kind of stench it is, and no one can imagine how the clean freak Zhao Zhi can stay here for five days!People poured a few buckets of water on it to put out the fire, Zhuge Liang covered his nose and stepped forward, his eyes were so irritated that he could barely see a person beside the dung pile, and sure enough there was a person: it was the dying Zhao Zhi!The head is drooping, like a fallen tung leaf this season.Zhuge Liang grabbed the dreamer and dragged him out of the camp with difficulty.

"Asshole." It was the first time a soldier heard the prime minister swearing. "What are you doing? Looking for death?" Zhuge Liang scolded and coughed. Zhao Zhi also coughed for a long time before he gradually regained his composure. "Kong Ming?" He called Zhuge Liang that way, which surprised the latter. "Wash away!" Zhuge Liang coughed and said. "Is it Kong Ming?" Zhao Zhi asked. "Don't you..." Zhuge Liang was stunned, and raised Zhao Zhi's face to look at it, and saw two thin lines of blood emerge from his eyes and flow down the young face.

"you!" "Ah, I'm blind." Zhao Zhi said happily, "Are you really blind?" "Ahem, are you crazy! Cough!" Zhuge Liang's cough, which had just subsided, intensified again. "Li Yiqi, who asserted that the late emperor defeated Wu, is the brother of the late master. Although he did not live to be hundreds of years old, he is still capable. In the early years, he had a dream, saying that I would meet a star, It will make my eyes blind. If I am not willing to see the destiny again, I have to... Huh? Is anyone here? Who is it?" Zhao Zhi turned his face sideways, vigilantly catching the sound of footsteps from far to near.

"It's Boyue." Zhuge Liang said, moving his hand down to hold Zhao Zhi's. Jiang Wei stepped forward to salute and said, "Prime Minister, there is a commotion in Weiying." "how?" "General Wei blamed Sima Yi for being cowardly and unwilling to fight, willing to be humiliated by women's clothes. Sima Yi couldn't be stimulated, so he went to the table to ask for a fight!" Jiang Wei said excitedly. "Hehe," Zhuge Liang shook his hand, and said in a low voice, "He really wants to fight, so he's going out to fight now. Why go all the way to Luoyang to ask for orders? The so-called invitation to fight on the table is just a show for the generals to see. Look, to keep those people from shouting. This battle... can't be fought. Forget it, don't worry about it. Zhao Lang, go ahead." Zhuge Liang squeezed Zhao Zhi's hand even more tightly.

Zhao Zhi pricked up his ears, and when he heard Jiang Wei go far away, he said again: "If I want to predict God's will, I have to abandon my eyes. Only when I can't see the present, can I see the future clearly. Kong Ming, you use Nanzheng to pull me away." I am not reconciled to being in the world of mortals, haha, not reconciled! I... swear to divination for one thing, and I swear that I will get it right! I want to fly back to the sky and see everything that will happen in the world clearly. I really want to know .” "Want to know what?" Zhao Zhi leaned over to Zhuge Liang: "You."

"I?" "I want to know if you will die, if you will die here." Zhao Zhi whispered with a smile. "You bastard!" Zhuge Liang scolded again, "Just because of this, you've blinded yourself?" "Just for that." "Ridiculous! For this, you don't need to divination!" Zhuge Liang took out a silk handkerchief from his sleeve, covered his mouth and coughed violently until his shoulders trembled, as if his internal organs were shattered.Then he stuffed the handkerchief into Zhao Zhi's hand, Zhao Zhi was stunned when he felt something warm and sticky on his fingertips, he quickly brushed his hand away as if touching a charcoal fire!The handkerchief fell, Zhuge Liang bent down to pick it up, folded it and put it back in his sleeve.

"It's blood." Zhuge Liang said with a smile, "It's come to this point, what else is there to hope for? Sima Yi said that I can't last long, that's a damning theory. Zhao Lang, do you know why I have lived like a day for decades? Do you always show people with a feather fan and scarf? It's for that day." "Which day?" Zhao Zhi asked tremblingly. "After I die, Sima Yi will come to chase our army; I will leave a last order, asking Jiang Wei to return to the flag and drums, and make a counterattack. The feather fan and scarf are Zhuge Liang that everyone can see and remember. In times of emergency, no matter who uses this set of outfits, he can make the enemy generals think that Zhuge Liang is still alive. Alas, on Wuzhang Plain, Sima Yi is not dead, so I, Zhuge Kongming, have no right to die." He sighed Lifting his eyes to the sky, "Even if Beichenxing has already fallen, Liang wants it...to rise again, just for a moment." Just a moment. You can die here, but you have to transport the coffin back and send the 100,000 soldiers back to the border safely. Zhuge Liang thought so. He has thought through everything thoroughly and in detail, and all that is left is to wait for it to happen one by one.Zhuge Liang supported Zhao Zhi's arm and placed him to rest. "Although the prime minister made the worst plan, Zhi can't believe that things will turn out that way." Zhao Zhi said in a low voice, "Unless the result of divination agrees with it, then I will have nothing else to say."——How can I bear to see Falling stars?How can I bear to see the earth sad?This autumn is already too cold, and any more cold emotions will be unbearable. "There is birth and death, as a matter of course. Liang is fifty-four years old, so it is not considered premature death. I wanted to live longer, but I wanted to do something to do. If I can't do it, then... when it's time to let go, I have to Let go." Zhuge Liang said. Let go, let the sun and the moon rotate slowly, let the spring and autumn cycle back and forth, let the plain stretch for thousands of years.The flowers are still blooming and falling; the water is still tinkling; the wind is whirling and walking, shaking the branches and beating the drums;Sitting alone in the camp, Zhao Zhi held a few stalks of divination grass in his hands. He saw white wormwood growing on the tombs of Yangdu; On the ice surface, the stone slid to the other side; seeing a cargo ship hurrying along the Jingzhou waterway, a young man in white was standing on the bow with his hands behind his back, with a smug smile on his lips, Zhao Zhi suddenly felt that the young man looked very After seeing Zhuge Liang, he took a closer look, and the shadow of the young man was blurred in the water waves; he saw the winding plank road to Shu, with businessmen, officials, soldiers, and craftsmen coming and going. He walked into Xichuan with these people, Over the mountains, into the land of abundance: Frost blossoms on the treetops, the children in the kindergarten "babble" and recite "Poetry" and "Spring and Autumn"; women stand by the loom, and the shuttle "rolls" Walking through like a butterfly on the ground, the autumn clothes that are about to be sent out are hung in the bamboo basket.In the blink of an eye, Zhao Zhi walked into the deep palace wall, and Liu Chan curled up on the couch by himself, wrapping himself tightly in the brocade quilt, all of a sudden!The ground began to shake, and the round red pillar roared!Sawdust and lacquer powder fell from the ceiling, and the strong wind howled, "cracking" and sweeping away the imperial case!Zhao Zhi panicked, and saw the emperor jumping up from the bed quickly, shouting: "Collapse, collapse! Jinping Mountain is collapsing! Go and have a look, it has collapsed! Where is Fu? Quickly call Li Fulai!" Seeing Liu Chan's crazy appearance, Zhao Zhi rushed forward to catch him, but all in vain. Nothing. There was darkness as far as the blind could see, except for some scattered sounds in the distance. "It's still dark?" Zhao Zhi asked gropingly. The attendant brought the washing water and replied, "No, it's bright." "Where's Zhuge Liang?" Zhao Zhi asked again. The attendant was stunned for a moment, and reminded: "Captain Zhao, don't call the prime minister by his first name." "Where's Zhuge Kongming?" Zhao Zhi asked irritably. "The prime minister went to inspect the army early in the morning. Today is a good day to harvest crops!" said the attendant. "Oh, is the wheat the soldiers planted already ripe?" Zhao Zhi had a slight smile on his face, touched the towel and wiped his face, and when he was washing his hands, he suddenly turned his face and asked, "Is there anyone outside the camp? " "No ah." "No, someone!" Zhao Zhi insisted. "Everyone went to patrol the camp with the prime minister, where..." Before the attendants finished speaking, they saw the curtain of the camp lifted, and it was Yang Yi who walked in and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhao's eyes are blind, but his ears are real." have to." Yang Yi came to ask Zhao Zhi for divination. He was always well-informed, and he learned that the dream-teller had regained his former supernatural powers. "Prime Minister's body is worrying." He said directly, "What if something happens...cough, Yi wants to calculate the future." He has followed Zhuge Liang for many years in battle, and he is very important, so he inevitably has the idea of ​​​​inheriting the phase.Zhao Zhi used "Book of Changes" to calculate a hexagram for Yang Yi, and he got the "family" from the hexagram. "The inscription is 'Wu You Sui, give it to Zhong Fei.'" he said. "What do you mean?" Yang Yi asked anxiously. Zhao Zhi smiled slightly: "It's said in the hexagram that you don't have any achievements in your career, you just cook at home. Hehe, cooking is also good. If you are a woman, you will be lucky." "It's a bunch of nonsense!" Yang Yi jumped up against the case, and when he realized that his reaction was too violent, he rolled his eyes and said with a smile, "It seems that although Mr. Zhao self-harmed his eyes, he is still not as good as before." "Maybe it's not accurate." Zhao Zhi said politely. Yang Yi left in dismay, bumping into Wei Yan as soon as he left the camp.Wei Yan gave him a sip, and went straight to ask: "Zhao Zhi, come and listen to a dream interpretation!"——As Zhuge Liang's health deteriorated, some people did have the desire to move and plan for themselves; At this time, it is very important to get Zhao Zhi's words. "What did you dream about?" Zhao Zhi asked. Wei Yan slapped Pu Dao on the table carelessly, and said, "I dreamed that I had horns on my head." "Long horns? Oh." Zhao Zhi bumped into Pu Dao unexpectedly, and hurriedly withdrew his hand, "Kirin, do you know the general? Qilin has horns, but you don't need to use them for anything. This is how the general can defeat the enemy without fighting." signs." "So," Wei Yan laughed, "is it auspicious?" "It's auspicious." Zhao Zhi said slowly. "Thank you, Mr. Zhao!" Wei Yan stood up, and casually said, "Sir, follow Yan to see the prime minister's military parade?" As soon as the words came out, he suddenly remembered that Zhao Zhi was already blind, and he laughed embarrassingly. "General, please take him straight." Zhao Zhi said with a smile. "Can you see?" "You can see with your heart." Wei Yan handed the knife to Zhao Zhi's hand, the dreamer held the scabbard, and walked out with Wei Yan who was holding the knife handle.He boarded the car, bumped for a while, and was pulled down again. After walking not far, Zhao Zhi said, "I can smell the aroma of wheat. Kong Ming is sitting in the wheat, isn't he?" "Yes, yes." Wei Yan perfunctory with a funny face, put his hands on the awning to look, and actually saw Zhuge Liang! The Wei River is peaceful and quiet, rendered golden yellow by the morning glow, and the fragrant rice piled up beside the river is also golden. The "Han" character flag "popped" in the wind, and a smiling Zhuge Liang sat under the flag.Surrounded by rice and clouds, it is like sitting in the middle of gold.Mi Wei and Jiang Wei pushed the undecorated four-wheeled cart from left to right, and from time to time lowered their heads to smile and say something to Zhuge Liang in the car, and Zhuge Liang often laughed dumbfounded.He looked very handsome today, with neat sideburns, beard and hair. He was wearing the black robe that was used to sacrifice to the military flag last time. As the cart rolled, the Luo Ruhua on the corners of the robe fluttered and rolled into bloom.The Lun towel is also swaying in the wind, and the white feather fan is not stained with dust.When he got up, Zhuge Liang held the handle and stood up.As soon as he stood up, tens of thousands of soldiers knelt down on their left knees, beat their weapons, and shouted: "Prime Minister! Prime Minister!" "This is the army that Liang brought out in ten years." Zhuge Liang said in a low voice. "You have to take good care of it." He turned to tell Jiang Wei. Jiang Wei said "yes", and turned his face to wipe away the moisture from the corners of his eyes with his fingers. "Let me command you again. You must make good use of the eight formations." Zhuge Liang said again. "Yes!" Jiang Wei thanked him. Wuzhangyuan was full of wind and clouds.The white feather fan splits the surging river into two like a sharp blade!That is the blue river water, and it is tens of thousands of mighty armors!The gallop through the sky alarmed the Cao Wei army on the north bank of the Weishui River. The military academy urgently reported to the commander. Sima Yi, wearing armor, hurried onto the stage to look out, worried that Zhuge Liang would forcefully cross the Weishui River.He saw a little bit of white, it was the stars flying on the plain, and it was a romantic charm full of divine power.When it points to the left, the waves gallop to the left; when it points to the right, they gallop to the right!It is almost suspicious, if it points to the ground, these tens of thousands of people will sink into the ground in an instant; but if it points to the sky, these people will fly into the depths of the sky!Sure enough, Zhuge Liang pointed his feather fan towards the sky, and in an instant, thousands of flying arrows shot straight up from the mouth of the crossbow!This is the Liannu, a Liannu made by Zhuge Liang. It fires ten arrows at a time. The strength of each arrow can penetrate three layers of leather armor a hundred steps away!Thousands of crossbow bolts whizzed up to the sky, making Sima Yi dazzled.After a long time, he returned his eyes to the vast plain, stared at the white lupine in the distance and said: "Zhuge Kongming is truly a celebrity of his generation." Comparing the man's feather fan scarf, Sima Yi shook his armor and smiled self-consciously. And this was Zhuge Liang's last camp tour. After returning the bill he really fell ill. In the late autumn of August, the cool wind hits the bones. After that day, Zhuge Liang had to drink the medicine three times a day. Sometimes he thought the medicine was too bitter, so he would quietly pour it into the ditch, and only dip some juice on his lips to comfort those who were nagging and caring about him. people.Gradually getting used to the life of the blind, Zhao Zhi could smell the scent of the potion wafting in the ditch, so he would slip over and wash the potion with clean water.Zhuge Liang leaned against the couch and looked at him with a smile, and said, "It's good like this. I don't know how long it will last, this kind of life." As he spoke, he moved a new memorial to his lap to read. "I've written the legacy list." Zhuge Liang said again, "I haven't seen Beichen for a few days." Zhao Zhi drew the sand table casually, and said: "Yang Yi asked me to tell the truth, he wants to be the prime minister, haha!" "Of course I won't bring my successor with me. He wants to take over the country, so he doesn't have to follow Liang up and down." Zhuge Liang laughed and wrote the word "good" on the copy. "Wei Yan also let me have a dream of horns on his head. I said Daji, but that was to deceive him." Zhao Zhi smiled, "The word horn has 'dao' on the top and 'use' on the bottom. Head, it's extremely fierce." "Why cheat?" Zhuge Liang asked. "Last time I refused to lie to Zhu Bao, so that my life would be ruined; this time, I will change my character." Zhao Zhi raised his head and looked at Zhuge Liang with his dark pupils, "I want to understand you, and I hope I can appease Wei Yan, right? ?” "Ah, thank you very much." Zhuge Liang said simply. "Also, Your Majesty will send Li Fu to Wuzhangyuan to greet you. I know that Your Majesty had a dream about the collapse of Jinping Mountain in Chengdu." Zhao Zhi said, "It's really unexpected, but now I can actually see other people's dreams." "Congratulations." Zhuge Liang smiled. He didn't seem to care about the "greetings" at all, and he didn't care that Li Fu was obviously here to inquire about the funeral. "There is nothing to regret about state affairs. I have known for a long time that it is impossible to finish everything, and the funeral must always be left to future generations. If you say regret, Zhan'er is too young. Although he is smart, I am worried that he is too mature. Good morning, it will be difficult to become a great weapon in the future; besides, I said every year that I would go back to visit my father-in-law and sweep the grave of my second sister, but I broke my promise every year; if there is a soul after death..." Zhuge Liang raised his hand and swore, "I have to first Go back to Longzhong, maybe you can meet the second sister. Haha, the second sister will definitely say: "Guan, Le is here?" I replied: "No, people like Zhou Gong and Yi Yin are here!" Haha!" He laughed so much that he vomited blood, but he was still laughing, Zhao Zhi didn't stop him, but laughed together with him. Wuzhangyuan became a place of sorrow for thousands of years. It began to sink in the twelfth year of Jianxing, and people said it was because it couldn't bear the sadness. On the evening of August 28th in the twelfth year of Jianxing, the Minister of the Shu Han Dynasty ordered Li Fu to rush to the army. Zhuge Liang gave him the legacy form. Please pass it on to Liu Chan. The legacy form reads as follows: "I used to serve the late emperor, and I relied on the officials for everything I used. Now I have 800 mulberry plants in Chengdu and 15 hectares of Susukida. I have enough for my children to live on. As for my ministers working abroad, there is no other arrangement. All food and clothing are provided by the state. , never do not manage production, to enrich the family. On the day of the minister's death, he will never let the family have more brocades and surplus money outside, and live up to His Majesty's deep kindness." "Prime Minister, Prime Minister..." Many people surrounded Zhuge Liang and wiped their tears. This made him feel helpless. He couldn't ask them to smile, so he smiled at Zhao Zhi. "Prime Minister," Li Fu asked with a choked voice, "Your Majesty asks, who will succeed the Prime Minister after a hundred years?" "Jiang Wan." "What about after Jiang Wan?" Li Fu asked. Zhuge Liang's eyes slowly swept across the crowd and stopped on Fei Yi. "Can you?" He asked with his eyes. Fei Yi fell to his knees with a "plop" and said, "Do your best in a humble position." "Then Fei Yi." Zhuge Liang said. "What about after Fei Yi?" This time, Zhuge Liang didn't answer Li Fu again.