Chapter 960 Interview with Zhuge Liang
On the city tower of Shenyang City, Cheng Liang slowly walked up the steps, carrying his hands behind his back, his head was high and his spirit was full of energy.
He came to the city wall and walked around and suddenly saw Liu Zheng standing not far away, so he hurriedly stepped forward and greeted him.
"Zheng'er, what are you doing here?"
Liu Zheng turned around and saw Cheng Liang, and hurriedly bowed and said, "My nephew has met his third uncle."
"Hey, that's right. You are the prince and I am the minister. What's the matter with you ceremonies to me? Get up."
Cheng Liang said this, but he did not mean to salute Liu Zheng in the opposite direction. Instead, he looked in the direction he had just stopped and watched.
"What are you looking at?"
Liu Zheng frowned and looked sad: "Uncle San, my nephew is thinking, the more than 10,000 surrendered soldiers of Cao's army were also born to their parents. Since they have surrendered, they have been killed. Is this..."
When Cheng Liang heard this, his face suddenly fell down: "What? Are you going to teach Uncle San a lesson?"
"Ah... no, no, my nephew dared not." Seeing that he was a little angry, Liu Zheng quickly explained: "But, the father has always advocated the rule of the country with kindness and righteousness. He has his own laws to treat surrendered soldiers. Except for those who are extremely guilty, they often do not kill them. On the one hand, they are encouraged to surrender without fighting, and on the other hand, they can also replenish our army's strength..."
"Okay, okay, stop talking." Cheng Liang interrupted him directly.
"These Cao troops are all guilty and I don't know how many brothers we have killed. Moreover, most of them are local people in Yuzhou. If we are in Yuzhou, if they leave their lives, they will rebel secretly and cooperate with each other. How can our army deal with it? Humph... The elder brother said that kindness is good, but it is not the kindness of a woman like you."
"This... what Uncle San taught me a lesson." Although Liu Zheng said this, he still couldn't hide his sorrow and sorrow in his expression.
Cheng Liang looked at his expression, stepped forward and patted his shoulder, comforted him, "Don't worry, although my brother scolded me, he was just a little cruel. He neither punished me or dismissed my military power, nor scolded you together. Instead, he asked to take good care of you and let you experience more. From this, it can be seen that my brother should also acquiesce to this matter, but because of the long-lasting words of the ministers in the court and the subjects in the world, he had to scold me a few words."
After hearing what he said, Liu Zheng's expression eased a little. Cheng Liang grinned when he saw that his persuasion was effective.
"Hehe, your kid, your father and a few of us uncles, will you hand over the country you have worked hard to build in the end? As the heir to the future Han Dynasty, you can't be like a sissy, that's not possible."
Liu Zheng suddenly looked a little nervous: "Uncle San, what are you talking about? My father is at its peak and the spring and autumn are in full swing. I have never thought of anything that will succeed the throne or not."
"Hey, what you think about is one thing, that's the truth. You, just follow Uncle San steadily. Although our army was defeated by Cao's army this time, in terms of strength, we will still win. When the food and grass are refining, there will inevitably be a big battle. You kid, you have been practicing martial arts well over the years. Then, follow Uncle San to make achievements and create a reputation. If you want to inherit the throne, you can't do without prestige in the army."
He was so happy that Liu Zheng looked into the distance again.
"But... my nephew always feels something is wrong, but I can't say what's wrong. I often think that the court is obviously better than the thief of Cao, but it has been collected many times, but it always has little effect. In a few years, how much money and how many soldiers have been consumed, only half of Yuzhou was recovered. Where is the problem in this? My nephew couldn't figure it out."
Cheng Liang spread his hands: "Don't ask me about this kind of thing, I don't know. But that's not something I should worry about. This kind of thing needs to be thoughtful, and there are elder brothers and several military advisors to think about it. Let's just follow the orders, why bother with this? Let's go, the third uncle just found a few jars of fine wine from the backyard of the county government and went to drink with the third uncle."
He reached out and pulled Liu Zheng over and was about to walk down the city tower, but Liu Zheng shook his head and pulled his hand away.
"My nephew is not in the mood, so I'd better drink it another day. My nephew heard that Yu, Yan, Xu and other places are rich in the Central Plains, and there are many talents. My nephew wants to walk around, first to see the customs and customs of the great man, and secondly, we can also see if we can visit any masters to help me resolve the doubts in my heart."
"What? Are you going out?" Cheng Liang immediately shook his head like a rattle: "No, no, absolutely not. Brother, you must know that I let you go and I have to reward me with a hundred military sticks. You kid, don't think about going anywhere, just stay here."
After saying that, he pulled Liu Zheng down the city tower with him.
In the evening, Liu Zheng walked out of the lobby of the county government as if he was secretly looking out. He looked around and saw that there was no one. Then he stood up again and walked out with a swagger.
"I've seen the eldest prince." The guards standing guard outside the mansion quickly saluted. Liu Zheng responded to them with a smile, then stepped on his own dark clouds and stepped on the snow, and looked back at the county government.
"Hey, Uncle San, Uncle San, I can even sneak out of the palace, let alone you are a Shenyang City, who will make you greedy for a drink? You can't walk when you see the wine, and you don't need my nephew to persuade me to drink, and you will get drunk yourself."
Immediately afterwards, his expression became a little serious, and he looked up at the sky: "I will never be willing to do this doubt if I don't follow the root of the problem and find out if I understand it."
He murmured to himself, then slapped his horse and ran to the city gate. He was the eldest prince, and in the battle a few days ago, he was extremely brave, which made the soldiers in the army admire him very much, so he respected him very much. Liu Zheng only said that he had emergency military affairs and wanted to consult with the fourth uncle Zhang Yong. The soldiers guarding the city had no doubts at all, so he opened the city gate and let him go out.
Early the next morning, Cheng Liang's roar came from the county government.
"Waste...all are waste! Come out and find it. No matter what, you must find the eldest prince, otherwise you can wait for the military law to deal with it! Get out..."
At Luoyang Palace, Liu He smiled bitterly as he looked at the Feige who had just been sent to deliver the letter.
"This brat is really not a stable man."
Qian Li asked tentatively: "Is it the eldest prince..."
"Who else can I do this? It's a tough time for my third brother."
"The eldest prince was alone and traveling abroad. If the country has not yet been unified, the Cao thief is eyeing him. The Sun and Liu families also have the intention to rebel. Why don't your Majesty ask people to bring him back to avoid unexpected dangers?"
Although Qian Li's suggestion was pertinent, Liu He did not listen to it.
"What else can a great man with a great huddle in the palace? He has been like this since he was a child, let him go. It is his gain if he gains knowledge, and it may not be a bad thing to suffer a big loss."
Seeing that his biological father said this, Qian Rennu nodded and stopped talking.
At this time, Xun Yu walked in from outside the door: "Your Majesty, something happened again in Qingzhou..."
The dark clouds and snow that Liu Zheng rode was a good horse trained by Zhao Kui and Moda in Shuofang Ranch. The mother of this BMW was a tall horse from Liangzhou, and its father was Liu He's mount, Bai Yu Qianli Zhui.
This horse has excellent feet and its four hooves are strong. When running, it is slightly better than white jade chasing thousands of miles, red smoke and shadows, and red rabbits. Its endurance is slightly worse than that. However, the most special thing about this dark cloud and snow is that it has a small tuft of white hair on each of its four hooves, which looks like it is speeding on the clouds, hence the name.
Perhaps it was really helped by this small twig of white hair, and the dark clouds and snow were not only galloping on the flat ground, but also walking on the flat ground even under mountains, swamps and other terrain, without any impact.
With such a divine horse, Liu Zheng chose some remote mountain roads and walked through the water, avoiding the sight of the soldiers and horses of the imperial court and Cao Cao.
A few days later, he came to a rural area and looked up. He saw smoke rising from the distance, and the farmers were vaguely seen working among the fields.
"Woo... I'm a little hungry, so I just went to the village ahead to ask for some food."
Liu Zheng was born in Langdiao County. When he was a child, when Liu He defended Yanmen, he had lived a lot of hard life. Therefore, he did not feel any shame about his dignified prince, and going to the rural village man's house to beg for food.
He was walking among the fields, and a singing voice came to his ears.
"The sky is like a round cover, and the land is like a chess game; the world is divided into black and white, and people are fighting for honor and disgrace: those who are honored will be at peace, while those who are humiliated will be mediocre. There are many disputes in the world, and there is only one hero. Only when the sea is calm and clear can the people be returned to their feet..."
This song is far from being wonderful, but these few words attracted Liu Zheng's attention.
"This lyrics and music has a very artistic conception. The lyricist who writes the lyrics has the world in mind and thinks of ordinary people. It is really extraordinary. Could it be that there are noble men living in seclusion in this countryside? I have to find out carefully, which may solve my problems."
Liu Zheng felt a little excited. He followed the sound and soon found a farmer walking on the ridge of the field with two firewood.
"This uncle..." Liu Zheng chased after him, stopped the farmer, and bowed.
The farmer looked at him in surprise: "Why did this young man stop the villain?"
Seeing that he was a little nervous, Liu Zheng hurriedly explained: "Uncle, don't be afraid. He came from Luoyang and wanted to travel around the world and visit famous teachers to study. He just heard the song you recited, and the lyrics were elegant. He came to ask, but who did it?"
When the uncle heard this, he let go of his guard: "Oh, it turns out that it is for this matter. Speaking of this matter, it is a blessing for our Yangdu people."
The farmer's face showed a radiant look. However, his words still surprised Liu Zheng.
"Yangdu? Have you reached Xuzhou?" he said to himself.
The farmer did not hear his words, but started to speak on his own: "We have produced a genius of all ages. This person is young and intelligent, well-versed in history. My song is what he taught us. Speaking of this genius, be good, that's amazing. We know astronomy and geography, and our fellow villagers say that he is the reincarnation of Jiang Taigong..."
When Liu Zheng heard that he was a teenager, his interest in his heart instantly dropped by half: "A man with a weak crown, no matter how knowledge he has, how much knowledge can he have? It seems that I am in vain."
Although he thought so, he didn't say it out loud. The farmer was still spitting on the stars and praised the young genius.
"The most important thing is that this man was born in a prominent family, but he never looked down upon us ordinary people. He often came to the countryside in person, while teaching the children in our country, reading and literacy, while discussing farming, weather, hydrology with us, the rudes. In the past few years, we who have been growing up for the rest of our lives have not yet learned much about this yellow land."
"Oh? Is there such a genius?" Liu Zheng's interest was raised again.
"Then can I still mess with you?" The farmer thought that Liu Zheng questioned him and immediately felt a little unhappy.
"I'm not bragging to you. A few years ago, he took a solar term map he drew, and went to the countryside several times to ask the old farmers, asking the things in the sky, underground, water, and mountains, and asked them clearly and clearly. Now, God of our sky, when will it rain, when will it blow, when will it blow, when will it blow, when will it fog, where the fish dive, where the birds fly low, where the insects go out, which star is no longer bright, and which clouds are no longer floating, he will take a look and you will know the weather in the next few days. Hey, isn't this a god?"
The farmer was so excited that he danced and almost praised the man as a god and Linfan in his words. Liu Zheng couldn't help but be curious.
"I dare to ask who the man's surname is and where he lives? I want to visit him."
The farmer looked proud: "Hehe, look at you dressed like this, you are also a rich child in the capital. You are also going to visit and study in our small place. You are really here in the right place."
His face was as proud as the young genius, his own son.
The farmer pointed to the east: "Look, more than ten miles eastward will be our Yangdu County. There is a house in the east of the city called Zhuge Mansion. The young man was the son of the Zhuge family, named Zhuge Liang. His name is that everyone knows his name in Yangdu County. When you arrive in the city, you can ask for any questions."
"Zhuge? It seems that he heard from his father's mention..."
Liu Zheng vaguely remembered the family, and then he respectfully bowed to the farmer: "Thank you for your advice."
After saying that, he stepped on the horse and left.
It's just a dozen miles away, and it's a blink of an eye for dark clouds and snow.
Langya County was originally Langya Kingdom, and was the eleventh son of Emperor Guangwu. The fief of Liu Jing was spread until the fifth year of Guanghe. It was abolished and changed to Langya County 16 years ago.
Yangdu County is just an ordinary small county in the county. The city is not big and the prosperity on the streets is far from comparable to Pei County.
Liu Zheng came directly to the east gate of the city, arrived at the gate of the city, got off his horse and led his horse into the city.
After several questions, he quickly found the location of the "Zhuge Mansion".
"Wow, it's a big mansion. It seems that this Zhuge family is considered a big family in the local area, and it is definitely not a general."
He walked forward, and the guards outside the mansion quickly called him: "Who is coming?"
Liu Zheng clasped his fists and said, "Liu... Liu Zhi is a scholar from the country. He passed by the noble place and heard the name of Zhuge Liang, the prince of the noble family, and came to visit him."
Chapter completed!