At the same time that Pang Tong was frightened, Sima Hui suddenly slapped the desk in the post house and shouted that it was not good.

"Water mirror, what's wrong with you?"

Pang Degong, who was sitting opposite him and was reading, looked surprised.

"Oops! Big brother, I waited in front of the Son of Heaven and called Shiyuan a phoenix! ”

"So what? We all call Shiyuan like this, it's been like this a long time ago, Kong Ming is still Wolong, isn't it still reused? What's so ...... about this?"

Pang Degong's eyes suddenly widened, his mouth opened slightly, and he couldn't speak.

"Son of Heaven...... The table character of the Son of Heaven is ......"

Sima Hui nodded nervously.

"Zifeng!"

"It's broken!"

As soon as Pound's hand trembled, he smashed the tea bowl in his hand to the ground and shattered it.

"I also seemed to have talked about Feng Chick before, at that time...... At that time, the Son of Heaven didn't say it, maybe he didn't care? ”

Sima Hui said busily.

"It's hard to say."

Pang Degong wiped the cold sweat that came out of his forehead, his face was full of anxiety, and he said: "I hope the Son of Heaven won't care, otherwise, it won't be good." ”

When the two were very anxious in the post house, Pang Tong knelt on the ground of the Qinzheng Palace, and he was also covered in cold sweat.

"Minister...... I don't know...... The minister is guilty! ”

Pang Tong knelt on the ground, his body trembling slightly, and his heart was flustered.

Unexpectedly, the aliases given by the elders in order to boast of their fame actually offended the words of the Son of Heaven and committed the taboo of the Son of Heaven!

Pang Tong was annoyed, angry at why he didn't find out in advance.

Right now......

What to do?

The Son of Heaven didn't speak, and this silence made Pang Tong feel as uncomfortable as if he had been pricked by a needle, and it was very painful.

He was very eager for Guo Peng to say something to make him not so painful.

So Guo Peng complied with his wish.

Feeling almost, Guo Peng let out a burst of laughter, and then bent down to help Pang Tong up.

"Okay, okay, you just came to Luoyang, and you don't know that at the beginning of Gu's ascension to the throne, he issued a decree to the world, so that people in the world don't have to shy away from Gu's name and words.

Whether it is Peng, or Feng, are ancient words, not alone and unique, for a lonely person, so that the world can not use these two words, lonely feel that this is not a good thing. ”

Pang Tong listened to Guo Peng's words and didn't react for a while.

When it was easy to react, I felt a burst of relief all over my body, and my pounding little heart gradually calmed down.

"Your Majesty is forgiving, forgive your ministers for their offenses, your ...... Thanksgiving! ”

"Okay, okay, don't say these words, the lonely is the first, you don't know the last, the one who doesn't know is not guilty, and the lonely will not cure your sins."

Guo Peng waved his hand, returned to his seat and sat down, looked at Pang Tong, and said: "You are called Feng Xiao, I remember that Zhuge Liang, the cabinet minister in the lonely cabinet, is also from Jingzhou, and his name is Wolong."

His person was lonely into the cabinet to do things, and now he is assisting Yangzhou Thorn History in Jiangdong to handle government affairs, according to Yangzhou Thorn History, shrewd, never wrong pool, you and Zhuge Liang are equally famous, do you also have the talent of the world? ”

Pang Tong wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and shook his head again and again.

"The minister and Kong Ming knew each other, they were friends with each other, they studied together, they had the friendship of classmates, the elders praised falsely, Kong Ming was the sleeping dragon, and the minister was the phoenix, this is all the words of the family, I dare not be arrogant, and I can't afford the name of the heavens and the earth."

"You're being sincere."

Guo Peng laughed: "The former Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was filial piety and honesty, originally for the country to select talents, but today, some people with vain fame can also rely on vain fame to ascend to high positions, so that the world is declining, people's hearts are not ancient, everyone pursues vain fame, not pragmatic work, isn't it a move to sacrifice the original and chase the end?" ”

Pang Tong said yes again and again.

"However, even if there are people who deceive the world and steal their reputation, but there are also people who have both talent and virtue and are worthy of the name, there are no famous and capable people under the command of Lone, and they are deeply relied on by Lone, Lone hopes that you are also one of them, Lone hopes that you can bear the name of Phoenix Chick, don't let Lone disappoint."

Guo Peng's words suddenly stimulated Pang Tong's fighting spirit in his heart.

There is also a sense of glory, a sense of glory that shares the word with the emperor, at least, this is not what Zhuge Liang has.

And then there is the sense of responsibility, a deep sense of responsibility, sharing a word with the emperor, and being approved by the emperor, what an honor is this?

Pang Tong was suddenly ambitious, and vowed to do his best to make a career to prove that he was not sharing a word with the emperor for nothing!

"Your Majesty treats the minister like this, how dare the minister not serve His Majesty?"

"Okay."

Guo Peng said with a smile: "Then, there are two places that I suggest you go, one is the cabinet, which is in charge of government affairs, Zhuge Kongming handles government affairs in the cabinet, you are good friends with him, maybe the cabinet is where you want to go."

Second, it is the staff station, for the army to make suggestions, every time there is a war, he will discuss the military aircraft with Lone, in charge of military affairs, both of which are close to the official office, are in the palace office, which one are you willing to go to? ”

Pang Tong pondered for a moment.

"The minister is willing to go to the staff station."

"You prefer military service?"

Guo Peng asked: "I thought that you would go to the cabinet and be an official with Zhuge Kongming, and he would enter the cabinet first, so that he could take care of you." ”

"In the past, the minister read more military books, liked to read military books, and preferred to engage in military affairs rather than government affairs, and the minister and Kong Ming were of the same age, but they were just classmates, and they did not need Kong Ming's care.

Guo Peng noticed that Pang Tong frowned, and then immediately said that he didn't have such a good relationship with Zhuge Liang, and he just wanted to rely on himself, not others.

There is also a faint sense of competition in this.

Interesting, more interesting.

Guo Peng nodded in agreement, and then ordered Pang Tong to be directly recruited into the staff station and asked him to be an intern staff officer.

It just so happens that the war is going on, and if you join here, you can get familiar with the war there, and if you are lucky, you may be able to catch up with the next wave of intern staff officers to go to the army for field investigations.

Except for Pang Tong, Guo Peng did not summon other Jingzhou people, and three days passed like this.

Early in the morning of the fourth day, officials and eunuchs from the Ministry of Rites came to the palace to explain the surrender etiquette and various points for Liu Cong and others, and asked Liu Cong and others to change into prisoners' clothes, tie themselves up and surrender to Guo Peng.

This is not an insult, but a ceremonial process.

After the ceremony was over, Guo Peng sent someone to untie them, rewarded them with clothes, and let them wear them, which was regarded as forgiving their sins and accepting them.

Liu Cong did so honestly, and the Jingzhou courtiers who followed also changed into the clothes worn by sinners, followed Liu Cong to surrender together, and then waited for Guo Peng's pretended forgiveness.

The ceremony began before noon, Liu Cong and others were taken to the palace, knelt down outside the Fengtian Palace, presented the surrender table, and sincerely surrendered to Guo Peng in the Fengtian Palace.

Guo Peng took the surrender of Liu Cong and others, sent someone to untie Liu Cong, and allowed Liu Cong and others to go to the temple to meet him, and kneel down to thank him.

It was only at this time that Guo Peng and Liu Cong met for the first time, and this first meeting was so dramatic.

The surrender ceremony was very grand, there were many Wei Chen Wei generals present, from the Fengtian Hall to the outside of the Fengtian Palace, Liu Cong and others were wearing prisoners' clothes, and were watched by these Wei Chen Wei generals with juggling eyes, and the feelings in their hearts were very complicated.

This time, not only Liu Cong was asked to do this, but also those ministers who surrendered together, Kuailiang Fu Xun and others, Wang Wei and Su Fei and others, were also asked to do this, absolutely without discrimination, without any discrimination.

Some people never thought that Guo Peng would ask them like this, so they were quite right, and their heads were deeply bowed, for fear of being seen clearly.

Mrs. Cai did not receive such treatment because of Liu Cong's request, but she also knelt down and surrendered, Liu Qi was the most innocent one, and he didn't do anything, so he was taken to kneel and surrender together.

Outside the Fengtian Palace, they knelt down and expressed their regret and pain to the Great Wei Emperor, hoping to be forgiven by the Great Wei Emperor and forgive their sins.

Guo Peng sat high on the top, and everywhere he could reach, he could only vaguely see those who wanted to surrender, his heart was full of pleasure, full of the pleasure of being on top, and the pleasure of holding the power of life and death, this feeling was exactly what he had gained from years of struggle.

Cui Yan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, presided over the whole process of this surrender, read out Liu Cong's surrender table, and announced Guo Peng's edict to them in the face of Liu Cong and others.

Guo Peng forgave their sins, allowed them to surrender for the sake of their voluntary surrender, and granted them positions and official positions.

Then Shangshu ordered Cheng Yu, the imperial historian Guo Hong, the staff officer Ling Xizhong, and the cabinet chief assistant Cao Cao to step forward together to represent Guo Peng and untie the ministers of Jingzhou.

Then the eunuchs of the inner court stepped forward, took off the prison clothes they were wearing, threw them away, and set them on fire to show their farewell to the past and their vision of the future, and on behalf of the emperor, they gave them clothes to wear and welcome a new future.

This process is also a very standard process, full of rituals, and full of winners taking and taking from losers.

Liu Cong was frightened to hear that Guo Peng had named him the Marquis of Guiyi, with 2,000 households, and when he gave him a mansion in Luoyang to live in and support his mother Cai, he was a little relieved.