Chapter 59 8. What day is it today, you have to meet a gentleman and share the same boat

So far tonight's words are basically the same.At this time, Zhuge Liang carefully put the piece of "Changle Weiyang" tile kit of the former Han Dynasty into the skirt of his clothes and put it away. Suddenly, he seemed to think of something, and smiled at Sima Yi: "Oh! Liang almost forgot, Liang also has one here Give the gift back to Brother Zhongda, and I hope Brother Zhongda will accept it with a smile." Then, he took a large scroll of wooden slips from the side of the mat behind him, and slowly spread it out in front of Sima Yi. This is a large and exquisite military topographic map of Jingzhou made of boxwood. It is composed of pieces of wooden slips about three inches wide and three feet long connected in series with thin iron wires.The scene engraved in the picture is the topography and landforms reaching Dongting Lake in the south, Wancheng in the north, Yiling in the west and Echeng in the east, with a radius of thousands of miles.Among them, there are undulating peaks, vertical and horizontal rivers, and dense hills and valleys. The counties, counties, townships, and villages in the north and south of the river are all marked one by one and can be counted clearly.It goes without saying that such a wooden map is exquisitely carved, but the accurate and detailed depiction of topography and landforms is even more amazing.

"What an exquisite topographic map of mountains, rivers and rivers! With this one, you can have a panoramic view of all the important places in Jingzhou!" Sima Yi praised it, while carefully looking at the mountains, rivers and waters on the wooden map. "Liang has been fond of traveling since he was a child. He has traveled all over the eight counties and fifty-six counties in Jingzhou for more than ten years. He has never missed a single inch of land in his mind. Only now has he drawn such a useful map. Bright eyes are clumsy and clumsy. , Brother Zhongda really laughed at me." Zhuge Liang said with a faint smile.

"Brother Kong Ming's fantastic skills are beyond my reach." Sima Yi's eyes were still fixed on the wooden figure, and he never moved away. Lu Su glanced at Zhuge Liang from the side, and was also secretly astonished in his heart.There is a saying in an ancient book: "Read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles." At such a young age, Zhuge Kongming already has a mind of the universe and a sea of ​​eyes, and his ingenuity and craftsmanship are even more rare!It seems that in some aspects in the future, I still have to learn a lot from him! Sima Yi slowly finished reading the wooden map of Jingzhou's military topography, and he had already memorized it all with his extraordinary memory, but he pretended to be plain as usual, and said with a slight smile: "I would like to thank brother Kong Ming for his kindness." Yes. However, Yi now has silk maps of the entire territory of Jingzhou to look at in the Bing Cao Office of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Of course, the accuracy and detail of those silk maps are far from comparable to the wooden map of Brother Kong Ming. But As far as the present is concerned, this peerless wooden figure is useless. However, Sun Doulu wants to cooperate with Uncle Liu Huang to fight against Cao Cao, and urgently needs to understand the topography of Jingzhou. This fine wooden figure may be given to them. There are benefits……"

Zhuge Liang just smiled and said nothing.The wooden map of Jingzhou military topography I gave you is not completely correct - the best one is always in Uncle Liu's place! "How can you show all the secret weapons of the state to others?" You Zhongda persuaded me to give one to Jiangdong as well. I don't know if I'm pretending to be crazy or really stupid?With a sudden determination in his mind, he turned to look at Lu Su, and said calmly: "It seems that Zhongda's sincerity in helping us, Liu and Sun, join hands to fight against Cao, is indeed a lesson from the sun and the moon! There are two more wooden maps of the Jingzhou military topography, one is left with Uncle Liu Huang, and the other one will be handed over to Sun Qiulu by himself when he arrives in Chaisang City. As for the one in front of him, Zhongda can do whatever he wants Accept it, maybe you will have a chance to use it in the future."

When Lu Su heard this, his eyes flashed brightly: "Brother Kong Ming actually gave you such important military gifts. Su here expresses his heartfelt thanks on behalf of my grandson." A few years ago, spies were dispatched to draw the topography of Jingzhou into a silk map and brought it back. The wooden map you sent is just for reference.Who can guarantee that there is no hidden mechanism on your wooden map to mislead us? Zhuge Liang resigned a few words modestly, stood up, pushed open the porch window and looked out at the lake outside the cabin: "Now that this serious matter has been discussed, Zhongda, Zijing and Liang are all Confucianists, and they pretend to be romantic, how can they be empty?" Does it bear the beauty of the beautiful day on the lake under this moon?"

Sima Yi followed the sound and stared out of the Xuan window, only to see a bright moon shining in the sky, reflecting the lake's silver light.He chuckled, stood up, and followed Zhuge Liang and Lu Su out of the cabin to the edge of the ship.The white mist on the lake is like practice, and the wind is like caressing, it is really refreshing to see. Sima Yi bent down, stretched out his hand to scoop up a pool of crystal-clear water from the lake, held it in his palm, and stared at the dots of silver glittering on the water, a stream of pure magnificence flowed and dazzled before his eyes like the sounds of nature. It's on - it's really me in the water, and I blend into the water!Even if he is such a meticulous and introverted person, he can't help feeling ethereal and elegant in his heart!At that moment, he and Fang Ying, Hu Zhao, and Huan Fan were walking, talking and laughing together on the bank of the stream in Linglong Valley, and scenes and scenes appeared in front of his eyes like sparkling waves.

Over there, Zhuge Liang stood at the bow of the boat with his hands behind his back, looking up at the vast expanse of clean sky, and blurted out a deep chanting: "The center of the lake is white and melted, scattered into eyes full of stars. When you look up at the streamer, your heart is as high as the sky, and you are closer to the sky!" Slowly The night wind swept his temple hair and the skirt of his clothes with a faint dew, as if he was soaring away from the ground. Sima Yi felt something in his heart and raised his head to look up. Seeing him at this scene, he was a little bit crazy.

Zhuge Liang did not turn around, let the gusts of night wind make his clothes flutter, still standing gracefully like a jade tree, and continued to speak leisurely: "A man of the world must unite his body and mind, and follow the good fortune of the heavens." If you have the momentum of work and wander around the world, you will be able to catch the wind and catch the sound, and you will gain insight into the place where the opportunity is in the dark, and you will eventually be in an invincible position and bend and stretch freely. Zhongda and Zijing think so?" While Lu Su was amazed by his graceful demeanor, he also secretly smiled.Since ancient times, he had only heard of the saying "chasing the wind and chasing the shadows", but he didn't expect that Zhuge Liang's scholar was so angry that he invented the saying "chasing the wind and chasing the sound" here tonight!His temperament has always been to grasp the big and ignore the small, so he took the word Zhuge Liang himself coined as a joke, and didn't pay much attention to it.But that Sima Yi seemed to be very concerned about Zhuge Liang's every word, so he asked directly: "Kong Ming's words are sublime and refined, but Yi still has doubts. I ask Brother Kong Ming for advice. What does the wind look like? How can I catch it? What is the quality? How can you catch it?"

"Zhongda, the shape of the wind is right in front of you," Zhuge Liang turned his head, smiled at him, and at the same time flapped his goose feather fan on the lake, "Look——" But seeing a gust of breeze blowing by, layers of ripples immediately appeared on the surface of the lake, spreading round and round, and dots of silver lights danced... If Sima Yi realized something, he asked again: "Then, what is the quality of the sound?" At this time, Zhuge Liang looked up at the sky at the bow of the ship, put the goose feather fan behind him, hugged his knees, put his chin on the knees, shook his head, and suddenly opened his mouth! "Qu——" A long, thick, and deep whistling sound burst out from between his lips and teeth, as joyful as a clear spring flowing among stones, as swift as lightning piercing the night sky, as sweeping away as clouds swept away It is as passionate as the autumn wind—the pitch rises higher and higher, longer and longer, and finally condenses into a strand that runs straight into the sky, as if it will never break or break.It wasn't until Lu Su and Sima Yi's eyes flashed with amazement that he suddenly closed his breath, and the whistling sound came to an abrupt end as if rushing down from a precipitous rock!

Sima Yi applauded and applauded, and praised: "Brother Kong Ming fanned the wind and whistled, which made Yi suddenly enlightened. The wind has its own shape, otherwise why would it overturn the river and sea? The sound has its own quality, otherwise how could it piercing the clouds and cracking rocks? Brother Kong Ming catches the wind and does it for himself." Drive and catch the sound and respond to yourself, grasp all the opportunities in the world, take care of all the details, and do all the tasks, it is really the weapon of the virtuous!" But Zhuge Liang looked at him deeply, smiled long and slowly, and said: "Brother Zhongda's praise is too bright to be forgotten. However, when it comes to the weapon of a virtuous man, brother Zijing here is prudent and has the overall situation in mind. , Knowing softness and knowing strength, you can also be regarded as one. Brother Zhong Da, you have the talent of a virtuous figure and the ambition to dominate, in fact, you are better than Liang and Zijing!"

When Sima Yi heard this, his face turned pale with shock, and he hurriedly replied: "Brother Kong Ming, what you said really killed Yi! Yi is just a mere scholar loyal to the Han Dynasty. How can he be a virtuous minister? How can he have the ambition to dominate?" ?” "How many Confucian scholars in the world are worthy of Cao Cao's heyday and power and He Yi's prestige and who dare to reject him three times? Brother Zhongda can do it resolutely without fear! Those like Brother Zhongda can be described as "standing upright" Great festivals cannot be moved, great ambitions of meritorious deeds cannot be shaken, and great wisdom of doing things cannot be confused'! Without the ambition of a hero, one cannot be so self-reliant, and without the wisdom of a virtuous man, one cannot be so harmonious! What's wrong with the bright praise? Brother Da is naturally studious, thoughtful, intelligent and enlightened, he is indeed worthy of the reputation of 'Tomb Tiger', given time, how can he not be better than Liang et al?" "'Zhonghu'? What 'Zhonghu'?" Sima Yi looked surprised, "When did Yi get such a title?" "Oh... Zhong Da doesn't know, this title of 'Tomb Tiger' was given to you by your teacher, Mr. Shui Jing, when he was appraising the young talents in the world in Qingyun Villa. However, it was not publicized in public. Going out, Mr. Shui Jing only wants to let our disciples in Qingyun Villa understand." Zhuge Liang said eloquently, "Among the tens of thousands of young talents in the Kyushu Universe, only three of them were gifted by Mr. Shui Jing. It's a name that is not the same as an ordinary weapon. He evaluated Liang as "Crouching Dragon", evaluated Liang's junior brother Pang Tong as "Phoenix Young", and finally evaluated you, brother Zhong Da who was still studying in Ziyuan Academy, as "Tomb Tiger"..." "'Tomb Tiger'?" Lu Su, who had been listening quietly, couldn't help interjecting, "Brother Zhongda—it's a bit strange that Mr. Shui Jing gave you such a title. There is an old saying: 'Tomb, Gao Fen also.' Did he compare you to 'the tiger that hides in the grave'?" Sima Yi also had this doubt, just shook his head slightly and smiled without saying a word. Zhuge Liang laughed, and raised his voice and said: "The meaning of the word 'mound' is just the word 'high tomb'? It is said in "Er Ya": "The top of the mountain is also the mound". "The Book of Songs Xiaoya October" It is said in "Hundred Rivers Boiling, Mountains and Tombs Collapse". Master Zheng Xuan annotated the "tomb" as "the top of the mountain is called a tomb". Therefore, "Mr. Shui Jing" evaluated you as a "tomb tiger", which is actually a metaphor for you 'Tiger on the mountain top', 'tiger climbing the mountain', in the future will surely 'call out from the heights, all beasts will surrender'!" When Sima Yi heard this, he waved his hands in panic, and said anxiously: "The name 'Mr. Shui Jing' is too flattering! How can I deserve it? Brother Kong Ming, please stop mentioning it in front of others in the future! Otherwise, Yi I'm so ashamed." "What is Zhongda afraid of? Such an amazing title, Su wanted it wholeheartedly, but it's a pity that Mr. Shui Jing didn't give it to him..." Lu Su chuckled beside him. Zhuge Liang turned his head and looked up at the bright moon in the sky again, but said no more.He naturally understood Sima Yi's blind politeness.As a hero of the generation, Cao Cao values ​​realism rather than fame, and has always disliked his subordinates gaining fame and fame outside; I know what to think of him.