"Your Highness the King of Shu is here!" A distinguished guest came today in the residence of Wuhou of Jiangdong. This distinguished guest was our King of Shu Liu Mang. In front of the King of Shu Liu Mang, teams of soldiers were guarding him. This is Jiangdong. Although Sun Ce of Jiangdong has surrendered, Liu Mang's safety is not good. Should relax his vigilance, so the soldiers of this team are protecting Liu Mang.

Liu Mang yawned. He drank too much last night and even played like that in the morning. He was exhausted long ago, but Liu Mang still came with a dark circle and couldn't resist it.

"Old Sun Wu has seen His Highness the King of Shu!" An old lady who already had a flowery hair walked out of the yard and knelt down to Liu Mang with the help of the maid next to her.

"Mother!" Sun Shangxiang's eyes turned red when she saw the old lady.

"Please get up quickly, old lady," Liu Mang hurried forward and helped Old Madam Wu up.

"I dare not!" Mrs. Wu lowered her attitude. Yes, one of her two sons surrendered and the other was struggling to death. The life and death of these two sons was in the hands of others. The other might not be able to survive. How could Mrs. Wu, a mother, not consider her children?

"Old lady, Yu Qing, you are my king's mother-in-law. You should have met my son-in-law, not my old lady. You come to see me! Yu Li, you are the widow of Chu. Chu is loyal to my great man and fought for the great man. No matter how you say it, Zhongwu's widow cannot pay my homage to me, Liu Mang. If this is the case, I will not be able to explain to the people of the world!" Liu Mang stepped forward and helped Old Mrs. Wu up.

"This!" Old Mrs. Wu was still hesitating. Isn't this Chu Hou and Zhongwu rewarded you, Your Highness, the King of Shu, and as for whether Sun Jian, his husband, was really loyal to the world of the Han Dynasty, only ghosts knew.

"Mother, husband said that, then get up!" Sun Shangxiang next to him said to his mother. Seeing his daughter and son-in-law persuaded him. Mrs. Wu nodded and stood up.

"Your Highness, please come in there!" Old Mrs. Wu said to Liu Mang very appropriately.

"Mrs. Please ask first!" Liu Mang was also very polite. He said so, his mother-in-law, how can he be rude?

Sun Shangxiang and Mrs. Wu were chatting about family matters, while Liu Mang was drinking tea and seemed to be in the house as if he was coming to his house. Just when Liu Mang was bored, he suddenly became ordinary and Mrs. Wu knelt down in front of Liu Mang.

"Mother?" Sun Shangxiang hurried forward to help his mother, but Mrs. Wu seemed to have made up her mind this time and could not pull her.

"Old lady, old lady, why are you?" Liu Mang stepped forward and asked anxiously. "Get up quickly."

"Your Highness, I have something to ask You Youther Highness," said Mrs. Wu, lowering her head to Liu Mang.

"If you have something, stand up and talk about it." Liu Mang didn't like older people to kneel down and bow to him, as this would make Liu Mang very uncomfortable.

"If His Highness the King of Shu doesn't agree to the old man, the old man will keep kneeling!" Mrs. Wu said firmly.

OK, everyone who forced the ward has come.

"Old Madam, even if you kneel down, some things cannot be changed! What's more, if everyone kneels down like the old Madam, then I, Yangzhou, don't make any difference?" A very cold word rang out.

The old lady raised her head and saw that it was a young scholar following Liu Mang. "This gentleman is!"

The old lady asked in confusion.

"Of course I don't know you. Zhuge Kongming!" Zhuge Liang said calmly.

"Zhuge Kongming?" The old lady's pupils tightened. It was the person in front of her. It was the person in front of her that made the entire Jiangdong become like this. If Zhuge Liang had not sent all the tens of thousands of elite soldiers in Jiangdong to the bottom of the Yangtze River, there would have been no such thing as the estrangement between the Sun brothers. It was precisely because of Sun Ce's general situation that Sun Quan had a different idea.

If this is not the case, I'm afraid the two brothers are still in harmony now. Logically speaking, the old lady should have hated Zhuge Liang, but for some reason, the old lady sighed, "It turns out that sir is Zhuge Kongming, my son is defeated by his husband, it's not unfair." The old lady can see clearly than anyone else, because he has experienced more things. Starting from his husband Sun Jian, Sun Jian was at the peak of his time, with tens of thousands of elite troops under his command, and even a jade seal passed down from generation to generation. The court stated that he was the governor of Yuzhou, which was even better than Jiangdong now. But in the end, he was not careless, and was knocked from heaven to hell in one battle. He passed by Jingzhou, and was defeated by Huang Zu, the general under the governor of Jingzhou, and turned into a hornet's nest.

At that time, Sun Jian's sons Sun Ce and Sun Quan were just children and did not have the ability to stand alone. As a result, Sun Jian's army completely lost its backbone and scattered with money.

Sun Jian's subordinates were scattered and left. At the beginning, Mrs. Wu left only one woman and a few children. There were only three or two guards around him, and there were nothing else. Could it be worse than that time?

One truth that Mrs. Wu understands is that success and success are kings and defeats, and losing is losing, losing.

"Kong Ming retreated!" Liu Mang said to Zhuge Liang like this. Zhuge Liang could guess what Mrs. Wu wanted to say, and King Liu Mang of Shu was not a fool, so he could naturally think of it.

Zhuge Liang made the best for Yangzhou, but this statement was a little too mean.

"Lord!?" Zhuge Liang shouted to Liu Mang, hoping that Liu Mang would not be soft-hearted. This is a national event, so you must not be kind to a woman.

"Kongming, please step back, I have my own opinions!" Liu Mang nodded and said to Zhuge Liang. Looking at his lord's appearance, Zhuge Kongming knew that it would not have any effect if he persuaded him, and it might even have a counterproductive effect.

"Old lady, you should get up and talk. If some things can be accomplished, I, Liu Mang, will naturally agree to the old lady. If some things cannot be accomplished, even if the old lady kneels down for a long time, it will be useless." Liu Mang said to Mrs. Wu.

"Old Sin also knows that this military and national affairs are not something that the family of a woman like Laos can participate in. But Laosin has to do so. Because they are Laosin's children. Laosin only has two sons. Please, Your Highness, King Shu, Laosin, please forgive them. If you want to kill them, please kill Laosin. Laosin is willing to exchange his life for life." Old Mrs. Wu knelt in front of Liu Mang.

"Mother!" Sun Shangxiang wanted to pull up his mother, but Mrs. Wu was extremely determined. Sun Shangxiang also cried and couldn't help but turn her head to Liu Mang over there, "Husband!"

"Want to kill them? Who said I want to kill them?" Liu Mang said for a moment, and said to Mrs. Wu, who was kneeling on the ground.

"It's not you, they!" Mrs. Wu raised her head and looked at Liu Mang and said.

"Me? Did I ever say I wanted to kill my two elder brother-in-law?" Liu Mang said as he looked at the mother and daughter in the group and shook his head.

Mrs. Wu thought about it and didn't really have it. Liu Mang really didn't give an order to kill Sun Ce and Sun Quan.

But Mrs. Wu was still worried. If you don’t want to kill Sun Quan and Sun Ce, why do you want them to kill each other now? You must know that although Sun Quan was huddled in Kuaiji, there was one thing that Liu Bei in Yuzhou also played like this, and in the end he was beaten by the Yangzhou army. As for letting Sun Ce go, isn’t this just to follow Sun Quan’s hand and let Sun Ce’s Jiangdong army be consumed and beaten up in the end.

"Haha, if I want to kill Sun Ce or Sun Quan, it will take so much trouble?" Liu Mang said to his mother-in-law, Mrs. Wu, that Sun Ce went to Yangzhou when he was seeking medical treatment for Zhou Yu. If Liu Mang wanted anything, Sun Ce would do it directly. Even Sun Ce was willing to commit suicide in order to save Zhou Yu. As long as Liu Mang moved his finger, this little overlord of Jiangdong would really not be able to pass Jiangdong. As for Sun Quan, the 100,000 troops in Yangzhou were ready to go. It would be a matter of time before he took down Kuaiji. Once Kuaiji was taken down, where could Sun Quan run? So Sun Quan and Sun Ce were both in Liu Mang's hands. It would be difficult for them to die.

"Our lord sent Sun Ce to attack Kuaiji, which is a chance to survive. If it were my Yangzhou general, such a rebel, it would be difficult to calm the anger of the people without killing it. It would be difficult to calm the morale of the army without killing it." Zhuge Liang said with some dissatisfaction. Zhuge Liang had known for a long time that Liu Mang did not want to kill Sun Ce. For Zhuge Liang, the lord Liu Mang is the kindness of a woman. As the commander of the princes, he should be cruel. Your kindness to the enemy is cruel to yourself. If you kill Sun Ce and Sun Quan, it is difficult to rebel in Jiangdong. Just like Sun Ce killing Yan Baihu, Yan Baihu surrendered in the end, but Zhou Yu's advice to Sun Ce is to kill. If such a person is kept, it is a disaster and a seed of rebellion. Even if he does not want to rebel, some people will come out in his name. So when he speaks this statement, Zhuge Liang was very dissatisfied.

"Okay, Kong Ming said a few less words!" Liu Mang said to Zhuge Liang next to him.

"Old lady, you should have no scruples now, so why don't you please get up quickly!" Liu Mang said to Mrs. Wu.

"Thank you for not killing your highness, thank you for not killing your Highness." Old Mrs. Wu kowtowed to Liu Mang with joy. Liu Mang hurriedly went up to stop him. After kneeling down, his wife Sun Shangxiang was already very dissatisfied. Kowtowing again would be a disaster. At least Liu Mang should not go to bed early.

Sun Ce and Sun Quan, Liu Mang could not kill Sun Quan, but Sun Quan and Liu Mang would not use it either, because this person was too ambitious and could even reverse his own brother, let alone his brother-in-law Liu Mang, so Sun Ce and Liu Mang would use it, and Sun Quan and Liu Mang were planning to throw Sun Quan out and send it to Xudu. Like the Emperor of Han recommended him as an official, he was not upset.

With Liu Mang's promise, the family routine became even more comfortable and easier to chat. Liu Mang angrily got angry several times. The old lady, the son-in-law, became more and more satisfied when she saw her son-in-law. She learned that Liu Mang returned drunk last night with Zhuge Jin and others, and she specially asked her subordinates to prepare a room for her to go and rest. Liu Mang couldn't get in the conversation between her mother, so of course she wanted to leave. She slept until the evening before getting up.

The next day, Liu Mang got up early one morning, because during the day, Liu Mang was still running around, searching for talents, Huang Gai's mansion, and Han Dang's home. Of course, Liu Mang was turned away. Then there were young generals such as Lu Meng and Ling Chao. Although Liu Mang had entered the mansions of these people, he was still very polite, but the two answers were extremely consistent. That is, thank you for your kindness from His Highness King Shu. Let us think and think. Even if you don't offend you directly, Liu Mang would not agree to you all at once, which made you feel a little reluctant to stop.

The only thing that made Liu Mang feel a little relieved was that he found another unexpected talent, that is the young man in front of him.

"Bu Zhi?" Zhuge Liang looked at Liu Mang's passionate feeling at the young scholar beside him, which made Zhuge Liang frown. He didn't know whether Bu Zhi was capable or not, but one thing made Zhuge Liang a little disgusted, that is, as soon as Liu Mang proposed to invite this person to work in Yangzhou, he immediately agreed, and even Liu Mang asked, "I was willing."

Such a person with no character naturally has no good impression of Zhuge Liang. Perhaps people in the world have the feeling that the expensive ones are good, and the unavailable ones are good. Zhuge Jin repeatedly invited him, which is good. He shouted and left, which is bad. It is simply helpless logic. Even a monster like Zhuge Liang cannot be avoided.

Who is Bu Zhi? Although he is not as evil as Zhuge Liang, he is also a person who should not be underestimated. He naturally knows that Zhuge Liang disdained him. Although it was covered up well, Bu Zhi still felt it.

If it were other scholars, they might have to question Zhuge Liang on the spot, but Bu Zhi was different. Instead, he smiled bitterly and said, waiting for the price, being arrogant and talented, and being a rare commodity. He didn't want to? Bu Zhi also thought about it, and he also thought about having a huge reputation, or someone would help him promote it, which made him live in a mountain village but a wise prince invited him.

But he didn't have any of these, because he didn't have a good father or a good family matter. Although he was a member of the Bu family in Huaiyin, he was a side branch, and he was basically no longer able to see it in the genealogy.

How is such a person different from the poor people? It is precisely because he was born in poverty that Bu Zhi then studied books hard and met Wei Jing, a native of Guangling, who was the same age. The two rely on planting melons during the day and study books hard at night. Bu Zhi extensively studied various knowledge and skills, and read all kinds of books through extensive reading. He was elegant and profound in character, and could reduce his ambitions and humiliate himself. Jiao Jiao (who served as the Zheng Qiang Order, known as Jiao Zheng Qiang) was a wealthy family in the county. His disciples were indulgent and unreasonable and domineering Hu Wei. Bu Zhi and Wei Jing made a living on his territory, worried about being invaded by them, so they took famous letters and fruits together to offer them to Jiao Jiao. After arriving at his mansion, Jiao Jiao was sleeping indoors, and the two had to wait outside.

After a while, Wei Jing was impatient and wanted to leave. Bu Zhi stopped him and said, "The original intention of our visit was to fear that he was powerful. Now that we have failed to visit, we left without permission. We wanted to use this to show our aloofness and only make enemies with him. After a long time, Jiao Jiao opened the window and saw them, so he ordered people to lay a seat outside and let them sit outdoors, while he sat upright in the room. Wei Jing felt more and more shameful, but Bu Zhi looked calm and said calmly.

Jiao Jiao arranged for them to have a meal, and his big table was filled with delicious food, but he served the rice with a small plate for Bu Zhi. Wei Jing was only a little vegetables. Wei Jing was depressed and could not swallow it, but Bu Zhi ate all the food. Then he said goodbye to Wei Jing. Wei Jing scolded Bu Zhi: "How can you endure this insult?" Bu Zhi replied: "We are humble and lowly people. The master treats us with humble gifts. It is appropriate. What's the shame?"

Bulu also wants to be arrogant, but he has to have capital first. Bulu has his life. He has a sister to raise and an old mother to worship him. So he knows his identity better than other individuals and recognizes reality better. If Liu Mang missed this time, then who else in the world would let him join the official position? Go to Yanzhou? Go to Jingzhou? Haha, don’t joke. Cao Cao’s subordinates in Yanzhou have never lacked talents. Jingzhou, the power of the gentry is several times stronger than Jiangdong. A poor child can only be excluded. Without this position and without his official position, his steps will be really finished.

Therefore, he let go of his so-called dignity in exchange for living and living better. As the saying goes, "A good place is solid and you know your etiquette and food is sufficient and you know your rise and fall." Eating and drinking are all problems. Where can I get the skill to get ridiculous dignity?

So Zhuge Liang has reasons for making jokes about his steps, and he also has reasons for letting go of his dignity. There is no right or wrong, but just a different identity.

"Come on Kong Ming, I'll introduce you. This is a step, a step!" Liu Mang introduced to Zhuge Liang with his hand holding Zhulu.

"Good luck. Lucky luck!" Zhuge Liang answered very officially.

"Zibu met Mr. Zhuge. It was a blessing for Bulu's life. I've seen Mr. Zhuge!" Bulu knew the interests very well and bowed to Zhuge Liang. This was the etiquette of his children.

Seeing Zhuge Liang's attitude, Liu Mang was a little dissatisfied, "Kong Ming, Zibu is a descendant of a famous family!"

"Oh?" Zhuge Liang was really a little curious. Such a person who is just aware of the current affairs is still a descendant of a famous family?

"Zibu's ancestor was Yang Shi, a doctor of Jin State in the Zhou Dynasty. Because his fief was in Bu, he regarded Bu as his clan. Among the Houbu clans, the famous Bu Shu was one of Confucius' seventy disciples. According to historical records, this person was Bu Shucheng, whose courtesy name was Ziche. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, a general of the Bu clan was named the Marquis of Huaiyin for his merits, and the Bu clan became a major clan in Huaiyin." Liu Mang asked Bu Shu with a smile.

"Huaiyin Bu family?" If this Bu family is from the Huaiyin Bu family, then Zhuge Liang should know him. Langya and Huaiyin are not far apart. They are both territory of Xuzhou. The Zhuge family is a large clan of Langya and a large clan of Bu family Huaiyin. But Zhuge Liang found that he had never seen this Bu family at all.

"Where did the lord know it?" Zhuge Liang asked in confusion.

"Haha, this talented person in the world naturally told me that the Huaiyin Bu family is a real talent! Is it wrong for me to say Zibu?" Liu Mang asked the steps next to him with pride. The rank of this staircase was the same as Lu Xun and Lu Su. Lu Su was replaced by Lu Meng. Lu Meng died and Lu Xun was Lu Xun after Lu Xun. After Lu Xun, he took steps, and his talent was even much higher than Zhuge Jin. Liu Mang was able to know this, thanks to the experience of later generations.

Liu Mang originally wanted to give in to his superiority, but he didn't expect that Bu Lu was very embarrassed. "Lord, you guessed it wrong. The Bu family in Huaiyin has nothing to do with Bu Lu. Bu Lu is Bu Lu, and the Bu family in Huaiyin is Bu Lu. "Bu Lu said coldly, this feeling made Liu Mang feel a little cold.

"Hey! Interesting!" Zhuge Liang suddenly became interested in this Bulu. Looking at Bulu's expression, it seemed that he had a big story with the Bu family.

"Did I remember it wrong?" Liu Mang touched his head and didn't understand it, but it didn't matter. The recoiling steps had already been achieved, and such a talent had already entered his Yangzhou hands.

Liu Mang was also unhappy and felt uncomfortable because Lu Mengling was Huang Gai and Han Dang, but none of these generals surrendered, which made Liu Mang very unhappy.

"My lord is thinking about those military generals?" Zhuge Liang could see at a glance what Liu Mang was thinking. He was about to speak, but was taken first by the steps beside him.

"That's true, what do you want to teach me!" Liu Mang nodded. Bulu could guess what Liu Mang was thinking, so naturally there should be the answer and solution that Liu Mang wanted. Liu Mang couldn't help but look at Bulu with anticipation.

"I don't dare to be a teacher, I just give you a suggestion to my lord!" He is very humble in his character and puts his position very straight. That is, Liu Mang is the main person and he is just a subordinate working and having a meal. Liu Mang is the boss, so he has to serve the boss first. This is completely different from Zhuge Liang's. If Zhuge Liang is the boss wrong, then he has to argue with reason. If the boss is wrong, then he has to listen to me.

"Zibu, it's okay!" Liu Mang was very satisfied with this attitude of walking. He finally realized the feeling that customers are God. With Zhuge Liang and the others, although he was the boss and his subordinates worked hard to help Liu Mang do things, but when Liu Mang was wrong, he didn't give him any face, and he could even argue with Liu Mang until his face turned red.

Although Zhuge Liang disdained to be so stanced, he still listened carefully. It seemed that this step was really capable.

"Lord, what Bulu's suggestion is why not find Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin!" Bulu said with a smile to Liu Mang.

"Zhou Yu?" Liu Mang frowned. It wasn't that he didn't want to find Zhou Yu, but based on Zhou Yu's temper, he could let Liu Mang enter the door. Liu Mang was afraid of being turned away after being rejected. Suddenly, he stopped talking halfway, but looked at Zhuge Liang next to him. Zhuge Liang then realized that he was here to fight the arena. You, Zhuge Liang, looked down on him, so let's take a look.

"My lord is your worry! Others can keep you out of your lord, but Zhou Yu doesn't!" Zhuge Liang is also a young man. Although he is calm, he has not yet accumulated his age. So after being so excited, he immediately took up the following words.

When Liu Mang said this, he felt that he was better off. Anyone else could turn me out. In love, Liu Mang was rejected by others. Liu Mang was His Highness, the King of Shu, the Lord of Yangzhou, and was not sold by the above.

"Mr. Zhuge is right. The reason why this great governor Zhou Yu cannot keep you out is because this great governor does not live in his mansion, but lives with you!" Bulu said to Liu Mang, making Liu Mang even more confused. He lives with Zhou Yu? Liu Mang couldn't help but show a confused expression to Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang nodded and said to Liu Mang, "Zhou Yu, Zhou Gongjin, you live in the same yard with your lord, and you are on the mansion of Wu Hou!" Zhuge Liang said that Liu Mang finally understood. It is said that you can find a place without any effort when you look for it without any effort. Zhou Yu is really not good at seeing Liu Mang in Wu Hou's mansion. You must know that Liu Mang said this and was Sun Ce's brother-in-law, and the old woman's son-in-law. As the saying goes, a son-in-law is half a son. When it comes to Wu Hou's mansion, Liu Mang is still half a master. How can he be a guest at the master's house and not see the master?

Zhou Yu was recovering from Sun Ce's mansion. Zhuge Liang could know that it was because of Hua Tuo. Our doctor Hua was a busy man. After he had stabilized his treatment, he was about to say goodbye. He didn't find Liu Mang because Liu Mang was still thinking about how to abuse Zhuge Jin at that time, so Hua Tuo said to Zhuge Liang and asked Zhuge Liang to help Hua Tuo lead the message. Hua Tuo went back to Yangzhou. From here, Zhuge Liang learned that Zhou Yu lived in the mansion of Wu Hou.

"Let's go and meet our Grand Governor!" Liu Mang said to the two of them, and immediately the three of them returned to the Wu Hou's mansion together.

Above the mansion of Mr. Wu.

"Grandmaster, it's cold, let's go home!" Zhou Yu sat in the pavilion and looked at the scenery in the courtyard. Zhou Yu could stay for half a day from morning to night. The maid in the costume next to him couldn't help it because there was still air leakage in the courtyard, so Zhou Yu came out of the gate of hell. If Hua Tuo hadn't asked Zhou Yu to breathe more, Zhou Yu might not have come out.

"Go home? Where is home?" Zhou Yu couldn't help but say lightly, with a bitterness on the corner of his mouth.
To be continued...