Chapter 56 5. Since Sheng Yi, He Shengliang?

When Sima Yi saw Zhuge Liang for the first time, he couldn't help but froze for a moment on the spot. This was one of the few "moments" in his life. It was only when Xu Du met Cao Cao and Xun Yu before that he gave him this moment. The feeling of "moment". He has seen so many young talents, but he has never seen such a good-looking person as Zhuge Liang.He couldn't describe him with words like handsome, tall and straight, because those words couldn't sum it up, so he could only use the simplest word "good-looking".His appearance and demeanor seem to be more dazzling than every top young talent he has seen - his elegance is similar to that of Cao Zhi, but beyond that elegance he is There is also a profound wisdom; his ease is similar to that of Yang Xiu, but on top of that ease, he has a solid perseverance; his brightness is similar to that of Huan Fan, but he On top of this kind of brightness, there is an extra introverted meticulousness.He is like a brilliant galaxy, he seems to have gathered all the advantages that a young hero should have, and every place is shining brightly, which makes people unforgettable after a while.Originally, with Sima Yi's arrogance and conceit, he never bothered to put other people's appearance in his heart; however, only Zhuge Liang's appearance and demeanor gave him an inexplicable sense of attraction, attracting him I can't wait to communicate with Zhuge Liang, learn from each other, and forge... He seems to be a confidant I have known and known for many generations, crossing the river of time and walking in front of me.

At this time, Zhuge Liang was standing there - dressed in a snow-white cloth robe and a light green rayon towel on his head, clean and tidy, as if he was not stained with a speck of dust.Two long eyebrows flew obliquely into the temples, like a bright moon drawn into the night.The pair of pupils looking deeply were clearer than the water of Shenbi Lake.The corners of his lips rose slightly, revealing a slightly proud smile.He was holding a two-foot-long goose feather fan in his hand, and he was shaking it slowly, adding endless romance and suaveness to himself. In fact, when Sima Yi was heartbroken to see Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang was also observing him secretly.Sima Yi's appearance looks very simple and honest, but in the depths of his eyes there is a sharp light like a sword's edge flickering, which suddenly makes your heart jump; Sima Yi's actions seem very slow, but he inadvertently What faintly reveals is an aura that shakes mountains and mountains, like a tiger walking slowly in the forest - Sima Zhi and Niu Heng walking in front of him are unconsciously overwhelmed by his awe-inspiring aura. Move sideways to avoid it; Sima Yi's voice sounds very sonorous, but he can control the speed and rhythm of his speech just right, never making you feel abrupt when it should be fast, and not let you down when it should be slow. You feel sluggish.

All this gave Zhuge Liang a very deep overall impression.Sima Yi is really amazing. He is a strange person who controls his whole body and mind from the inside to the outside with will and reason in a very moderate, very clever and very effective way.Although all his brilliance flashed occasionally like scales and half claws, but you never seemed to be able to find anything missing in him.He was always like a rare piece of top-quality black jade, with a dull and silent light shining all over his body, but there was absolutely no flaw.This is Sima Yi, a man of his generation whom Master Shui Jing admired so much, and he really deserves his reputation.

Seeing that Sima Yi had just stepped onto the wooden boat, he bowed his hands to Zhuge Liang with a generous smile and said, "I have long admired you! I have admired you for a long time! Zhuge Jun, Yi has admired you for a long time! Today I can see your face, it is really three lives Fortunate!" As he spoke, he cast his eyes on Lu Su and Liu Nuo standing behind Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang put the lightly shaking goose feather fan in front of his chest, bowed back and saluted, and said with a smile: "Sima Jun, Liang has been famous for a long time, and he has heard it like thunder! Today's meeting is exactly as you said—— Fortunately, Sansheng!"

After Sima Yi met with him, he turned to face Lu Su and smiled: "Lord Lu, I'm being polite to Sima Yi. I haven't said goodbye since May. Is everything okay, Master Lu?" Lu Su came to Jingzhou to wait and see the situation in the name of mourning Liu Biao.Along the way, his mood can be described as mixed with sorrow and joy, and extremely complicated.What he was happy about was that Cao Cao's first wave of attacks on the Southern Expedition finally aimed at Liu Biao in Jingzhou, which allowed their Jiangdong side to escape.What worries him is that he did not expect that Cao Cao, with the help of Kuai Yue, Cai Hao and other insiders, would take Nanyang, Xiangyang and other important places in the north of the Jingzhou River in just over ten days without bloodshed, and beat Changbanpo in one fell swoop. After disbanding Liu Bei's troops, their sharpness is almost unstoppable. I'm afraid his next round of attack will be directed at Jiangdong!This point greatly exceeded his and Sun Quan's expectations.Originally, they thought that with Liu Biao and Liu Bei in Jingzhou, even Cao Cao's personal conquest should at least be able to drag the battle for several months. They never thought that Cao Cao's road was so powerful that he won so smoothly and so quickly!They also regretted that they should have joined forces with Liu Biao and Liu Bei to fight against Cao Cao as soon as possible.

This incident also taught Sun Quan and Lu Su a profound lesson. In the face of a powerful enemy like Cao Cao, if they do not want to sit and wait for death, they can only form an alliance with the Liu family in Jingzhou and work together to fight against the enemy.The tactics of beggar-thy-neighbor and blaming neighbors can no longer be abused, and the best countermeasure is to help each other in the same boat.Therefore, as soon as he saw Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang at Hanjinkou, Lu Su urged them to form an alliance with the Jiangdong Sun family and fight against Cao Cao.According to the agreement between the two parties, after he and Zhuge Liang entered the dangerous situation and took advantage of the danger to inquire about the reality behind Cao Jun, they would rush to Chaisang City as quickly as possible to sign an anti-Cao alliance with Sun Quan, the lord of Jiangdong.

At this time, Lu Su was secretly surprised to hear someone calling his name in this unfamiliar Jingxiang area.But he had met Sima Yi during Xudu's tribute mission before, so he recognized him immediately.In fact, at that time Sima Yi was just a well-known young official in Cao Cao's office, and Lu Su didn't take him very seriously.Before coming to Qingyun Villa this time, Zhuge Liang mentioned to him that he was going to meet a mysterious insider from Xudu here, which made him guess all the way.In the end, they didn't expect that the mysterious person they met with was actually Sima Yi.

His thoughts were quite vivid, and he thought of Sima Yi's father as Cao Cao's old friend Sima Fang, his eldest brother Sima Lang as the head of Cao Cao's prime minister's mansion, and his master as Minister Xun Yu, etc., and secretly realized that There are still some "doorways" here that can be drilled.So, his face was also full of smiles, and he replied politely: "Ah! It's Mr. Sima! I haven't seen you for a long time, and Mr. Sima looks even more handsome and handsome! Disrespect, disrespect! I am here to be polite." gone." "It turns out that Lu Jun and Sima Jun are old friends who once knew each other! This way, Liang will save the time of introduction." Zhuge Liang glanced at them, the smile on his face gradually became thicker, and he suggested, " That being the case, we might as well let go of our arms tonight, get along with old friends, follow the example of the sages and sages in the past, put the boat on the rivers and lakes, wander between the water and the sky, and talk freely in the wind and moon , what do you two brothers think?"

Sima Yi thought about it, talking in secret in the cabin of the wooden boat, it is really a wonderful way to keep secret without touching the sky, without touching the ground, and it is really very safe.He and Lu Su looked at each other and smiled, and both nodded in agreement.Immediately, Sima Zhi and Niu Heng stayed on the shore knowingly and said: "We are here to watch the wind." Liu Nuo and Niu Jin each put on boatman's attire, stood at the bow and stern of the boat, and rattled the water oar, and saw that the light boat was floating quietly like a cloud. Under the gentle support of the current, it slowly broke through the silver glow all over the lake, and swayed towards the thickest part of the moonlight.

When Sima Yi sat down in the cabin, Zhuge Liang straightened his waist on the couch opposite him, with a solemn face, and said straight to the point: "Mr. Sima, Liang has heard of your righteous deeds of the loyal Han Dynasty. Back then, Cao Cao sent three times The special envoy brought you a lot of money and generous gifts to Hanoi County to conscript you into the mansion, and you have always been able to keep your integrity and stand on your own feet. This kind of solemn style and pine and cypress style really make Liang admire it!" When he said this, the subject changed, and a look of sadness appeared on his face: "Nowadays, the Han Dynasty is at a time when rebels are rampant and righteous men are in turmoil. Here, Liang earnestly hopes that Mr. Sima can help us to keep our great Han luck." The last chance!"

When Sima Yi heard this, his face changed in a hurry, and he quickly got up and left his seat. Jishou replied in surprise, "How can Yi live up to Zhuge Jun's words? Yi is humble and weak, and I can't do it—please Zhuge Jun take back this statement." .” Zhuge Liang took a deep look at him, slowly bent down, touched his head to the ground on the seat, and spoke every word sonorously and forcefully: "The deeds of the great man's restoration are as important as Mount Tai, how can we allow loyal ministers and righteous men to give in to them with grace and courtesy?" Is it because of Xu Yi? It seems that this is because Liang's sincerity cannot be touched by Sima Jun, and Liang is willing to cut off his fingers and shed blood to show his ambition!" After finishing speaking, he stretched out his right hand to touch the scabbard at his waist. "No! No!" How could Sima Yi expect Zhuge Liang, a well-mannered scholar with a jade face, to have such a heroic and heroic spirit? When he saw it, he couldn't help shouting, and rushed to the side with Lu Su who was sitting beside him. On the next day, Zhuge Liang quickly persuaded Zhuge Liang to act fiercely. Seeing Zhuge Liang's face full of righteous indignation and generosity, Sima Yi's eyes turned hot, and he sat up straight and said slowly: "Now is the time when the Han Dynasty is in danger, loyal ministers obey their orders, and people with lofty ideals sacrifice their lives. How dare Yi show grace and courteousness?" Does the emptiness respond to Mr. Zhuge? Mr. Zhuge’s loyalty, loneliness and indignation, Yi has already felt the same! Yi has something here, which has been hidden in him for a long time since the first year of Jian’an, and he is always clear. Sit quietly and watch and think about it, so as to remind yourself not to forget the great righteousness of being loyal to the Han family, keeping integrity and living a life! Zhuge Jun and Lu Jun, please see—” As he spoke, he slowly took out a bulging brocade pouch from between the skirts of his clothes, held it on his right palm very respectfully, and then gently opened it with his left hand.It turns out that in this kit, there is actually a round pottery palace tile, on which a Yinglong with flying beard and tail and wings spread high is carved in the middle, dancing around a red sun, with four corners engraved respectively. There are four small characters "Chang", "Le", "Wei" and "Yang". What is particularly peculiar is that the paint color of this tile is actually one piece of red and one piece of yellow. This made Zhuge Liang and Lu Su feel a little strange.The paint color of this tile is so special, why is it mixed with red and yellow?According to common sense, the lacquer color of the Han palace tiles should be red all over, and it will never be as nondescript as this tile.Both of them, who are familiar with historical records, know that the Qin Dynasty advocated the virtue of water, so its clothing and flags were all black, and the inscriptions on the steles were also four-character inscriptions, all of which were consistent with the number of virtues of water; Because of the "water-hating" revolution, his clothes and banners are all red, and Yuefu's poems are all broken by five characters, which is also consistent with the number of fire virtues.However, this tile has a layer of yellow paint on top of the red paint inside, and the yellow paint has peeled off almost half of it due to the passage of time, so it looks red and yellow, which is very strange.Could it be a piece of fake palace tile? Sima Yi seemed to have seen the doubts in Zhuge Liang and Lu Su's eyes, still holding the tile with both hands, with a solemn expression on his face, he introduced to them: "Brothers, this is the filial piety of the big man back then. A piece of palace tile in the Weiyang Palace of Chang’an during the reign of the Second Emperor Xiaoping... Its primer was originally red. Later, the treacherous Confucian Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, claiming that he hated the fire virtue of the Han Dynasty with the soil virtue, but when he proclaimed himself emperor, he became emperor. There was no time to replace the palace tiles in a hurry, so "all the palace tiles were painted with yellow paint". Unexpectedly, his act against the heavens drew the attention of God, and overnight, the storm, thunder and lightning fell, and the palace tiles were almost completely destroyed. At that time, an ancestor of our Sima family named Sima Liang was serving as the servant of the Huangmen. He saw a warning from heaven, so he collected this tile, thinking that it would be a token of heaven's blessing, and he abandoned his official position and went back to seclusion. Over the years, this piece of tile has been regarded as a family heirloom by the Sima family in Hanoi, and has been passed down to Yi's hands from generation to generation..." Hearing this, both Zhuge Liang and Lu Su understood what he meant by taking out this tile, and their faces were deeply touched.Zhuge Liang was even more moved and said: "Sima Jun's family has been loyal and good from generation to generation, and has passed on rites for a long time. It is worthy of being a famous family, and Zhong Da is even more lonely and loyal..." Sima Yi nodded in agreement, held up the Weiyang Palace tile with both hands, and solemnly presented it in front of Zhuge Liang: "Uncle Liu Huang and Lord Zhuge are both the mainstay of the Han Dynasty, the loyal and pure ministers of the world, hereby Yi is willing to use this tile to respect each other." As a gift, I also wish Uncle Liu Huang and Zhuge Jun an early recovery of Xudu, recovery of the Han industry, and restoration of peace!" Zhuge Liang took Nawadang respectfully with both hands.He stared at it, and slowly stroked the dragon-shaped decorations on the tile surface with his hands. For a moment, his heart surged, and he slowly chanted: "The yellow paint is hard to stain the red tiles, and evil intentions will not end." .The wiper cloud collects the sunrise, and return my Yan Han's true colors!" Every word and every sentence of his reciting voice was so powerful that Sima Yi couldn't help saying: "This poem is well written! It's well recited! It will definitely become the eternal swan song of my great Han revival! ——Zhuge Jun, that day in Changbanpo On the road, Yi has already seen all kinds of clever tactics of you and Liu Huangshu in strategizing, commanding well, and winning by surprise, the invincible bravery of Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, the tenacious struggle of thousands of volunteers, and the ingenuity of setting up the smoke screen...all of this Everything you have given Yi has absolute confidence in your future restoration of the Han Dynasty. Yi will definitely stand at the Suzaku Gate in Xudu and sincerely welcome your benevolent and righteous teachers to drive in."