Yankang four years, September

Jingnan

Zhuge Liang sat in the study, Xun sat not far away, reading a book, looking very comfortable, these days, although he is the history of Jingnan Thorn, but Zhuge Liang is in charge, Xun never interferes, and occasionally reminds Zhuge Liang of a sentence or two, it is just a few words, but also let Zhuge Liang learn a lot, therefore, Zhuge Liang is also very respectful to him, there is no place out of line.

Zhuge Liang looked at the letter in his hand with some annoyance, and threw the letter on the case, seeing Zhuge Liang's appearance, Xun in the distance raised his head, glanced at him, ignored it, continued to lower his head, and looked at the book in his hand.

Sima Fu sat next to Zhuge Liang, when Sima Fu just arrived, Zhuge Liang was also a little shocked, everyone thought that he was a traitor filmed by Sima Yi, and he came to break into their Jingnan interior, Zhuge Liang ignored everyone's opposition, or left him behind, no matter Jingbei and Jingnan, it is the land of the Son of Heaven, no matter Zhuge Sima, he is the minister of the Son of Heaven, there is no such thing as a traitor.

Sima Fu served as the county commander at first, and did quite well, Zhuge Liang saw the talent of this young man, promoted all the way, and finally came to Zhuge Liang's side, serving as his subordinate history, Zhuge Liang personally taught, but also wanted to lead this into the right path, don't become a villain like his brother, and they gradually became close.

Sima Fu looked at Zhuge Liang who was a little irritable, and only felt a little strange, he had known Zhuge Liang for more than a year, but he had never seen Zhuge Liang so angry, in his opinion, Zhuge Liang has always been so calm, no matter what happens, he never loses his temper, and he can always find the best way to solve it.

Zhuge Liang frowned and said, "This guy, it's really inappropriate...", and was about to scold, but when he saw Sima Fu on the side, he forcibly held back the remaining words, Sima Fu asked with some doubts: "Zhuge Gong, where did the book come from?" ”

"Nature comes from Jingbei... Look! ”

Sima Fu picked up the letter and read it for a while, it turned out that this was his brother Sima Yi's letter, and the letter was only a greeting with Zhuge Liang, talking about today's farming, the farming has just ended, and he has ushered in a free time, however, he still has to help Situ Gong make a big strategy, and he is thinking about it, so he can't come to see him in person, Sima Fu looked at it for a long time, and his brother didn't seem to say anything excessive? Why is Zhuge Gong so angry?

Seeing that he still didn't understand, Zhuge Liang opened his mouth and said: "Hehe, Zhongda's heart, you can't see it, it's normal, his letter, it seems to be a greeting with me, a threat, but it is hidden and greeting... The farming is over, and the people are now resting, and he mentioned that Cao Situ needs manpower to dig the canal, which means that he wants to propose Situ to transfer the people of Jingbei to dig it? ? ”

Sima Fu woke up at this time, threw the letter on the case suddenly, and said angrily: "This guy is really not a person!" ”

scolded loudly, realizing that something was wrong, Sima Fu stopped and coughed embarrassedly.

Zhuge Liang didn't care about his disrespect for his brother, and said helplessly: "If I am not mistaken, soon, another letter will come, I, the people of Jingnan, have been busy with me for nearly a year, and now I have to go to Jingbei to dig a canal..."

"My brother is Jingbei Thorn History, he doesn't have this power!" Sima Fu said angrily.

"Zhongda doesn't have it, but Situ has it, Situ openly digs the canal, and officials everywhere have to cooperate with him... Including Jing Nan, also among them..", Zhuge Liang said, his face was embarrassed for the first time, this time, he really didn't know how to deal with it, if Cao Cao asked him to send people, he wouldn't dare not disobey, after all, that was the third duke, and the canal was also a big policy, but Zhuge Liang didn't want to send people like this.

He was very disgusted with Cao Cao's approach in Jingzhou, Sima Yi was by his side, it was like a tiger with wings, Cao Cao built a canal, which was a good thing, but the bad thing was that this Situ was in a hurry, and he didn't take the people seriously at all.

And what kind of consequences were caused by that large-scale conscription, this Situ should be clear!

The consequences of oppressing the people like this can't be borne by this Situ.

Zhuge Liang wrote a lot of letters, persuading Cao Cao, Cao Cao's reply, but only praised his calligraphy, for the content of the letter, but did not make any explanation, Cao Cao is also powerful, with Sima Yi to help, the two use various means, so that the people dare not speak, the progress of the canal is a thousand miles a day, Xiangyang is also surprisingly prosperous, the traffic is busy, the ships are almost crowded with ports, but their means are to make Zhuge Liang feel ashamed.

Seeing that Zhuge Liang was silent, Sima Fu said a little nervously: "How can I send the people of Jingbei to help Sima Yi do things?" ”

"It doesn't matter, the people serve as servants, this is their duty, if they can treat these people well and act according to the law, like Xing Gong in the northwest, I will personally send the people over, and I will help him, Jingbei is also a Han land, but what they are doing now, I will never let the people suffer in the past, the Son of Heaven has warned several times, Situ Gong is still self-righteous, I want to play the Son of Heaven..."

Zhuge Liang said that up to now, his best way is only to play the path of the Son of Heaven.

Sima Fu nodded from the side.

"Hahaha!" Xun suddenly laughed, Zhuge Liang and Sima Fu looked at him, Zhuge Liang didn't speak, but Sima Fu asked, "Xun Gong, is what Zhuge Gong said wrong?" ”

Xun shook his head and said: "The temple has invested hundreds of millions of dollars, and the amount of food consumed is even more incalculable, Kong Ming thinks that when Jingzhou is about to be completed, will the Son of Heaven really stop?" If Cao Cao is severely punished and the excavation is stopped, the previous cost... Isn't it empty? Son of Heaven, I stay by his side, and I am familiar with him, he is now resentful of Situ Gong's so-called, but unfortunately, Situ's canal strategy is about to be completed, if he disposes of Situ, the gains outweigh the losses..."

"Your letter to the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven will definitely approve of it, and he will definitely punish Situ, and maybe remove him again, but this will have to wait until he completes the great strategy, and at that time, the people of Jingnan have already embarked on the road home... Is it too late? ”

Hearing Xun's words, Zhuge Liang was taken aback, frowned, and thought for a long time, but sighed helplessly.

Sima Fu was walking around nervously, also thinking about how to solve this problem, and Zhuge Liang was even more so, frowning tightly, closing his eyes, and constantly thinking about the solution, Sima Fu suddenly stopped walking, turned his head, looked at Zhuge Liang, and asked, "Zhuge Gong?!" My brother might be able to help? If I write a letter, if he has no other ideas, I am afraid that he will not write a letter to Zhuge Gong. ”

"Hehe, he wrote the letter just to show off to me, and this time, it was he who won me..."

"Stupid..."Xun still looked at the book, but said this.

Zhuge Liang was startled, looked at Xun who was reading quietly in the distance, was silent for a moment, stood up, walked to Xun's side, bowed to Xun, and asked, "I don't know if the prince can teach me?" ”

Xun didn't say anything and continued to look at his book.

"I hope that Xun Gong can teach one or two..."

Xun threw the book out of his hand suddenly, and smashed it on Zhuge Liang's forehead, this change, Sima Fu on the side was frightened, and his hand was directly on the hilt of the sword, Zhuge Liang's face was flushed, but there was no speech, Xun looked at his face seriously, and then nodded, "What?" Not proud now?? That's a lot better..."

"This is your stupidity, and it is also Sima Yi's, as well as Fa Zheng, Pang Tong, and those people... You are all ordinary stupid..."Xun shook his head and continued: "You all think very highly of yourself, and you think that your intelligence is extraordinary... But I don't know, you are still too far apart... In the temple, do you think you can suppress the ministers?? Hehe, I, Fengxiao, even Fu Gong, Tian Gong, Wen He, these people, I can play with you in my hands with my eyes closed..."

"As for us people..."Xun raised his head and said with a smile: "There are also three dukes, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Jian, these three people, the best people in the world, why do you think they can sit in that position?" Because they're old?? ”

"When you encounter difficulties, you only think of the Son of Heaven, but you can't think of anyone, maybe you think that no one can match your intelligence, and you can't solve problems that you can't solve?"

"My humiliation today, you still have to keep it in your heart, you people from the East Palace, you are indeed very good, but unfortunately, it is still a little worse, when you are old, at my age, you should be able to surpass me, but now, in front of me, you are just a proud and ignorant teenager..."

Xun said, but Zhuge Liang still lowered his head and was silent.

"Okay, I'll tell you how to fix it... In the temple, there are not many people who can deal with Cao Cao, anyway, I can't do it, if you want to defeat a tiger, then you have to find another tiger..."

Xun stood up, walked to Zhuge Liang's side, and whispered in his ear:

"Liu Bei."

Zhuge Liang was startled and was about to ask, but Xun laughed, shook his head, picked up the book, and walked out of the door, Zhuge Liang saw him leave, Sima Fu on the side was completely stunned, he didn't know why Xun wanted to beat Zhuge Liang, and he didn't know what Xun Fang said to Zhuge Liang, until Xun left, Zhuge Liang Fang was a little awake, frowned, and stroked the scar on his forehead.

"Zhuge Gong, why did he do this to you?"

"Xun Gong is teaching me...."

"And what's his solution?"

"Sue Sikong..."

"Huh?? Sikong has a close relationship with Situ, how can he help us? ”

"Hmm..."Zhuge Liang was also thinking about this question, he thought for a long time, and suddenly woke up, his eyes widened, and he said seriously:

"You're not right, the relationship between the three princes can't be too close, especially for the in-laws, it's not okay to have no contradictions..."