may have seen that Zhuge Liang was not in a good mood, Princess Rao Yang didn't talk to him much, even what Liu Yi said after they came, she didn't tell Zhuge Liang, these clans came in the hope that she could persuade Zhuge Liang well, don't do such a stupid thing again, harm others and yourself, and do something completely useless, but after hearing Zhuge Liang's explanation, Rao Yang is not worried.

Her husband will never do anything stupid, and her husband is the smartest person in the world.

When she brought the food to Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang was still a little silent, he was thinking about something, Rao Yang was already very old, Zhuge Zhan was married, and the child was four years old, and he had already followed his mother to Guishuang to see his father, they were already grandfathers, even Emperor Xiaoxian had become a legend, and as the daughter of Emperor Xiaokang, Princess Raoyang's status was quite high.

In the temple, even if Liu Qu saw her, he also had to give a big salute and call him grandmother, as for Zhuge Liang, he was reluctant to use his identity to do things, and it would make many people forget his identity, the son-in-law of Emperor Xiaokang, however, when necessary, in today's temple, this identity can play the greatest role, and the temple ministers dare to accuse Zhuge Liang's policy is wrong, but few people dare to directly attack Zhuge Liang himself.

Rao Yang's hair is gray, and her face is full of wrinkles, but she sits obediently on the side, looking at her husband with a smile, but it is no different from those decades ago, Zhuge Liang is not in a hurry to eat, since the death of Liu Gong, he has spoken a lot less, often thinking, no one knows what he is thinking, but no one has ever dared to interrupt him.

"Eat!" , except for Raoyang.

The two had a meal, Rao Yang nagged about her son and grandson, she missed her son very much, "I've never seen you so ruthless, I heard that you recruited a group of young people from Guishuang, so why don't you let Zhan'er come back with you?" I've heard that the frost is very dangerous, the river boils in the summer, and the urine freezes in the winter... If you want me to say, you just let him sharpen, and you shouldn't let him go to Guishuang..."

Rao Yang's chatter did not disturb Zhuge Liang, "You don't understand, only in that kind of environment can his ability be exercised, he is very smart, but he is too lazy, such a lazy temperament, he can't do anything, I don't want him to waste his talent, in that environment, if he doesn't do well, he will be left behind by others, and he has to accept punishment, and if he does a good job, he can return to Luoyang..."

The two were chatting when a slave suddenly came over and told them that Yuan Yao wanted to see them.

Rao Yang was very happy, Yuan Yao and Zhuge Zhan played since childhood, looking at this little guy, Rao Yang always felt as if he saw his son, when Yuan Yao walked in, he was called to his side by Rao Yang, "Yao'er... Is your grandmother okay? Yuan Yao met the two of them, and then replied: "Back to my mother, my mother is very good..."

"Just in time... Eat with us."

"Mrs. I've just finished eating..."

"Hey, young man, you have to eat more, look at your thin child!"

Yuan Yao originally came to Zhuge Mansion with a stomach full of questions, but he didn't ask anything, the confusion in this stomach disappeared, and it was replaced by a belly full of meat, Rao Yang was too enthusiastic, looking at him, as if he saw his own child, and kept forcing him to eat, if it wasn't for Zhuge Liang who couldn't stand it and dissuade a few words, I was afraid that Yuan Yao would not be able to walk today.

Touching his round belly, Yuan Yao fell into deep thought.

"Tell me... What are you going to do? ”

"Shijun asked knowingly..."

Zhuge Liang didn't say anything, glanced at Yuan Yao, and said, "Why are you so concerned about this, you are still so young..."

Yuan Yao hurriedly said: "Shijun, I'm not thinking about myself, it's just that the old ministers in the temple are almost all the most outstanding talents in the temple, especially you, Shijun, you are also about to reach the required age, is Shijun also planning to put down the temple and return to his hometown?" There is no shortage of temples..."

"Yao'er... I'm going to die, but when I'm dead, will you put my body in the temple? Zhuge Liang asked rhetorically, when it came to this topic, Yuan Yao didn't say anything more, death, at any time, is not a very good topic, Yuan Yao asked: "I just want to know, why do you do this..."

"Yao'er, the longer I live, the higher my status will be... No one dared to persuade me anymore, not even anyone dared to curse me, I let so many old ministers leave today, but none of them dared to say me to my face... The ministers all wanted to slap me, flatter and cater to me, I didn't say anything, but I was surrounded by a group of people who wanted to help me and make my power in the temple stronger. ”

Zhuge Liang said some inexplicable words, "I found that after I grew old, I wanted to do everything by myself, and I felt that everything I could do best... Even if I don't want to, my power is growing..."

"I understand...", Yuan Yao said, his brows furrowed, "So, Shijun will also leave the temple?" ”

"Hmm."

.......

The results of the court discussion, soon, also spread all over the place, through the Di Bao, the speed of the spread of information in various places is particularly amazing, of course, the territory of the Han is still too large, therefore, the news will take at least a few months before it can reach Guishan, Ningzhou and other regions, or even longer, however, in the Central Plains, these news only after a little more than a month, caused a huge sensation.

Officials from all over the country, some are angry, some are happy, different, at the same time, the servants of the government shoot Sun Quan are also busy, because the officials who have reached the age in various places are going to be dismissed, and their positions need to be replaced by someone, this amount of work is not huge, from Zhang Fei of the monitoring station, to the full favor of the criminal government, to Guan Yu of the army, Zhang Liao and other generals, and even local officials, such as Zhou Yu...

These people are all going to be recalled, and no one can say for sure whether such a move will cause anything bad, everyone is a little anxious, especially when this kind of recall involves the military, if it is an old general from all over the country, if he does not obey such a no-reason recall.... Thinking of this, the ministers scolded Zhuge Linggong in their hearts again, why bother to find trouble for everyone? If something goes wrong, you Zhuge Kongming is a sinner of the Great Han!

Why do you do it in such a hurry? Wouldn't it be good to wait for a while, and wait for these old generals to give up their positions? Everyone really doesn't understand why Zhuge Liang, who has always been serious, is so reckless and in a hurry!

Fortunately, a few months later, in the fifth year of the Heavenly Age, there was no big thing happening in various places.

It's just that someone came to inform Zhuge Liang that Chen Lin was dead.

He died in the mansion, and the imperial physician did not find out the real cause of his death, only knowing that after leaving the temple, his mood has been very low, and gradually he never spoke again, and sat in the courtyard all day, just like that, sitting and sitting, he went to sleep.

Zhuge Liang felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, he felt a little guilty in his heart, he vaguely had a feeling that he had killed Chen Lin, but this kind of thought was quickly expelled from his mind, he did all this, never for himself, first of all, he continued to expand outside the Saiwai, and even left the elite military brigade of the Northern and Southern Army, and the annual conscription was also constantly building a city outside the Saiwai, which was to prevent the enemy outside the Saiwai.

Including many reforms to Guishan, to the state and county, to the temple, and even the final disposal of the old ministers, all in order to avoid the decline of the Han Dynasty, after putting an end to all conditions such as foreign places, internal troubles, powerful ministers, faint kings, etc., Zhuge Liang believes that the Han can definitely continue his glory, as for the future, he has no choice, he is already old, and there is only so much he can do.

Soon, those old ministers and old generals from all over the country all rushed to Sili, and the first to arrive was Zhou Yu from the overseas mansion, Zhou Yu looked particularly irritable, just arrived in Luoyang, he was anxious to see Zhuge Liang, and looking at his look, no one dared to take him to see Zhuge Linggong, and finally Yuan Yao came forward and took him back to his mansion, the two of them didn't know what to say, after chatting all day, the anger in Zhou Yu's heart seemed to have subsided.

There is no thought of going to Zhuge Liang again.

Gradually, such as Guan Yu, Zhang Liao, Ma Chao and other old generals also returned to Luoyang, these generals looked even more irritable, on the first day of arriving in Luoyang, they came to Zhuge Mansion, Zhuge Liang went out to greet them, brought these people to the courtyard, good hospitality, but, almost everyone came in full armor, especially Guan Yu, like an enraged tiger, from the door, his eyes never left Zhuge Liang in front of him.

Zhuge Liang was very calm, looked at these people, and asked with a smile: "The gentlemen came here like this, do you want to compete with me in martial arts?" ”

"I heard that Zhuge Linggong thinks that we are old and weak, so I want to come to Linggong to see if we are weak!" In fact, the relationship between Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang is still very good, especially in the past, they had conquered Guishan together, Zhuge Liang played a very huge role in that battle, and made friends with the generals of the Northern and Southern Army, and the relationship was very close, but when Zhuge Liang proposed the retirement system, he had already offended all these old friends.

"Hahaha, I didn't say that, General Guan is twenty years old, and I am definitely not your opponent." , Zhuge Liang said indifferently, ignoring the threat of these people, but enthusiastically pulled them and sat them down one by one, and then the servants brought all kinds of food and wine, Zhuge Liang did not drink, and Guan Yu was not in a hurry to question or do anything.

Leng watched Zhuge Liang prepare a meal for them, sat on the top, and took a sip of wine.

Suddenly, Zhuge Liang coughed violently, he doesn't know how to drink, Zhang Liao couldn't help but smile, the originally solemn face, at the moment is also a lot more relaxed, also took the wine in front of him, drank it all, with him taking the lead, the rest of the people are not welcome, eating food, drinking wine, not to mention anything else, these things are really much better than the side plug, and the long wait in the side plug makes these meals more delicious.

Zhuge Liang looked at everyone with a smile, and didn't say anything about retirement, but asked about the situation in various places, coughing from time to time, covering his mouth with a cloth, very curious about the situation in various places, for his inquiries, Guan Yu also answered one by one, everyone chatted for more than two hours, everyone ate very happily, but no one forced Zhuge Liang to ask, when Guan Yu took everyone away, someone finally realized that something was wrong.

"General Guan, that's not right!! Didn't we come to take revenge on Zhuge Liang this time?? ”

Guan Yu paused, didn't know what he remembered, and shook his head, "I don't have to worry about him anymore..."

In the mansion, Zhuge Liang sat alone in the banquet, took out the bloodstained cloth, looked at it for a long time, and hid it in his sleeve.