After Zhou Gongjin left Liu Xuande's line, he hurried home, picked up a pen and ink brush and wrote a letter, summoned his subordinates and said: "Send this letter to Zhuge Liang, the military division of the Dragon Kingdom, if anyone asks you, you will tell him that this is tomorrow's itinerary and needs to be discussed with Zhuge Junshi." ”

The subordinate went out in response, all the way to Liu Xuande's line, and the soldier standing guard in front of the door stopped him and asked him why he came, and the subordinate replied: "My family governor asked me to send a letter to Zhuge Junshi, saying that it was to discuss tomorrow's arrangement." As soon as the soldiers were about to let him go, he saw Liu Xuande walk out and said to his subordinates: "Give me the letter, and I will hand it over to Prime Minister Zhuge ." ”

All the soldiers saw Liu Xuande come out, and hurriedly knelt down, the subordinates were already frightened when they saw Liu Xuande, that is the lord of a country, kneeling tremblingly holding the letter with both hands, Liu Xuande waved his hand after getting the letter, and the soldiers drove the subordinates away, and Liu Xuande walked back to his room with the letter.

Closing the door, Liu Xuande opened the letter, only to see that the letter said, "Welcome Brother Zhuge to come, the scenery of our Suchuan Prefecture is not bad, what you see is just the tip of the iceberg, in fact, the scenery of 'Fengtai Lake' under the moonlight is the most beautiful, if you have time, you can go to see, as for the bamboo forest in the state, you don't have to go, although I know that Brother Zhuge is good bamboo, but that bamboo forest is not a beautiful scenery, okay, gossip is here, and then I will talk to Brother Zhuge about tomorrow's arrangement." ”

What is written at the bottom of the letter is about tomorrow's arrangement, and Liu Xuande already feels that the two should meet when he reads this, but there are two places written in the letter, where are they? After pondering for a while, Liu Xuande shouted to the outside world: "Come on, bring General Ma to me." ”

After a while, Ma Chao came to the study where Liu Xuande was walking, and knelt down on one knee and said: "Ma Chao meets the lord of the country, what is the so-called matter of urgently recruiting me to come?"

Liu Xuande walked out of the desk, came to Ma Chao, bent down to help him, and said with a smile: "General Ma doesn't have to be polite, hurry up." ”

Ma Chao was helped up by Liu Xuande, and was very moved, and said: "Ma Chao will definitely go to the soup for the affairs of the lord of the country." ”

Liu Xuande waved his hand and said: "General Ma can have a heart, but there is no need to risk his life, after all, I need you very much, you can't have any accidents, as for things, it's like this, Zhou Gongjin of the Wind Country sent a letter to invite Prime Minister Zhuge to discuss tomorrow's itinerary, I am afraid that there will be unscrupulous people to attack them, so I want you to go alone to protect Prime Minister Zhuge ." ”

Ma Chao clasped his hands into fists and said, "Ma Chao received the order, but I don't know where they are discussing?"

Liu Xuande said: "They should be by Fengtai Lake, you go and wait for them directly, remember, not only to protect them but also to listen to what they say, it is regarded as learning etiquette, go." ”

Ma Chao led the order out of the study, Liu Xuande stood in the room by himself, and said gloomily: "Hmph, let Ma Chao go to Fengtai Lake, I will take people to the bamboo forest, I will see what tricks you can play." After speaking, he shouted to the outside world: "Come on, hand over the letter to Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng." ”

The soldier received the order, took the letter and came to the door of Zhuge Liang's bedroom, and reported: "Report to the prime minister, the governor of Fengguo Zhou sent a letter, saying that he wants to discuss tomorrow's arrangements with you. ”

Zhuge Liang opened the door, picked up the letter and said to the soldiers: "You have to have a little eye when you serve the lord of the country, you know?" After speaking, he kept looking at the soldiers.

After listening to Zhuge Liang's words, the soldiers shuddered and said, "The little one knows." ”

Zhuge Liang smiled: "Go ahead, you don't need to mind what I just said." ”

The soldier left, Zhuge Liang took the letter back to the room, opened it and just glanced at it, then put it down, walked outside the door, shook the feather fan lightly, looked at the sky, and said softly: "Is this going to tear your face, don't worry, I won't let you get your wish." When he had finished speaking, he went out, and when he reached the door, he said hello to the guards and went out.

Seeing that Zhuge Liang was gone, the soldiers hurriedly ran to the door of Liu Xuande's study and reported: "Report to the lord of the country, Prime Minister Zhuge went out and greeted us." ”

Liu Xuande touched his chin in the room and thought, what does it mean to go out now? They agreed that at night, I was ready for both places, Ma Chao had already gone, if they went to Fengtai Lake, then Ma Chao would definitely be able to find them, if they went to the bamboo forest...... At this point, he said to the soldiers outside: "You take a few people, secretly protect the prime minister, don't be discovered by him, by the way, listen to how they arranged, and come back and report to me." ”

The soldiers led the order, took five brothers and followed in the direction of Zhuge Liang, and it didn't take long to see Zhuge Liang's figure, and the six people quietly followed.

Zhuge Liang walked slowly, for the movement behind him was clear, but he was not in a hurry, I saw him walking around the street market in a leisurely manner, walking and walking to a prosperous place, he suddenly accelerated his pace, and the soldiers behind him had to hurry up, and when the six people finally walked out of the downtown area, Zhuge Liang was no longer visible.

Just when the six of them were annoyed, Zhuge Liang suddenly appeared behind them, patted the shoulder of the leading soldier and said, "Do you have anything to do with the mountain people?"

The soldier turned around and saw Zhuge Liang hurriedly knelt down and replied: "Report to the prime minister, we are ordered to come to protect your safety." ”

Zhuge Liang nodded and said, "Okay, then let's go with the mountain people, you don't have to follow secretly." After saying that, he took the six of them and walked forward together.

After walking for about a stick of incense, the group came to a pavilion, and saw Zhou Gongjin drinking tea and waiting in the pavilion.

Zhuge Liang instructed the soldiers around him: "You wait here, and the mountain people will discuss tomorrow's arrangements with Zhou Dugong." When he had finished speaking, he walked to the gazebo.

Zhou Gongjin in the pavilion saw Zhuge Liang coming, with a few tails behind him, and he didn't hurry to speak, and the two of them just sat in the pavilion drinking tea.

After half a ring, Zhuge Liang said: "Brother Zhou, ask your people to help me find a few larger stones near this pavilion." ”

Zhou Gongjin heard the order to go down, and after a while, he found more than a dozen big stones, Zhuge Liang dipped some tea, and drew a figure on the stone platform, Zhou Gongjin took a look, and then ordered people to start arranging the stone according to the map, and after all the placement, Zhuge Liang said to Zhou Gongjin: "It's okay." Then he stretched out his finger and pointed to the six people below and continued: "They can't hear anything, why did Brother Zhou call the mountain people this time?"

Zhou Gongjin smiled: "It is worthy of Brother Zhuge , the place I wrote in the letter Brother Zhuge came so soon." ”

Zhuge Liang also smiled and said: "What Brother Zhou's letter refers to, isn't it a corner pavilion in this Qingfeng Temple, this temple has a long history, and the mountain people have heard of it when they were in Longdu." ”

Zhou Gongjin turned into a smile and said, "I came out with Brother Zhuge this time, I wanted to ask what we should do with this banquet?"

Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan lightly and replied: "I want to ask Brother Zhou first, have you given the decree according to what I told you." ”

Zhou Gongjin sighed: "I did report to the Lord of the Wind according to Brother Zhuge said, and the Lord of the Wind didn't pursue anything after hearing it, but then I didn't know where he got the real news, and he reprimanded me, and then immediately invited the Lord of the Dragon Kingdom to come to the banquet, and I haven't found out who leaked the secret until now." ”

Zhuge Liang stretched out his hand and calculated it and said: "This person is also an unintentional mistake, don't mind, Brother Zhou now, you have to be careful, I have calculated the heavenly machine before I came, you have a catastrophe of killing this time." ”

Zhou Gongjin smiled and asked: "I'm not afraid of killing or something, I just want to ask Brother Zhuge one word, if I die, then the Jiangshan Sheji of this Wind Country may be maintained?"

Zhuge Liang hesitated a little, and said after a long silence: "If you die, this Jiangshan Sheji can last for a few years, if you don't die, I'm afraid the life of the Lord of the Wind Country will not be guaranteed." ”

Zhou Gongjin laughed and said: "Then what are you afraid of, if my death can be exchanged for the peace of the wind country, then it will be worth it, Brother Zhuge , I know you have your arrangements, but I want to tell you that I can die for the country, and I Zhou Gongjin is worth it, so you don't have to mind, just let it go." ”

Zhuge Liang smiled self-deprecatingly: "Brother Zhou is so benevolent and righteous, worthy of the admiration of the mountain people, to tell you the truth, the mountain people have been divining for a long time on the way here, but they have not found the method of double perfection." ”

Zhou Gongjin stretched out his hand and patted Zhuge Liang's shoulder and said: "Brother Zhuge can think about me, Gongjin is already content, the law of peace and perfection in this world, nothing to do, Brother Zhuge just tell me what to do." ”

Zhuge Liang shook his head and said: "Brother Zhou doesn't have to do anything, the mountain people will tell you what will happen next, you don't have to worry after listening, the mountain people will tell you the solution." ”

Zhou Gongjin nodded and sat down, Zhuge Liang poured him a cup of tea, and slowly said what the future would be......