In a quiet grass house in Longzhong, on the outskirts of Xiangyang, the two sat opposite each other. The older man had a worried look on his face, stroked his beard and asked: "Decao, Jingzhou seems to be calm now, but there is a dark tide surging inside, what do you think about this?" ”

The head is also an elegant-looking, pine-shaped crane bone, and an extraordinary person. However, as soon as he spoke, he said, "Okay, good......"

When the person on the other side heard this, he couldn't help but cut off one of his beards, and couldn't cry or laugh: "Virtue Cao, when has this been, you still just want to be that 'good gentleman'?" Even if you want to, those heroes in the world can let you get your wish? ”

Virtue is the word of Mr. Shuijing Sima Hui, and the person said Sima Hui like this, obviously very familiar with Sima Hui's temperament. Sima Hui never talks about other people's shortcomings, talks with people, no matter whether it is good or bad, he always says "good". His wife reproached him and said, "Others think you are a moral gentleman, so they tell you private matters, why do you say everything that people say?" He replied, "What you say, too." "This matter was not talked about for a while in the Jingxiang area, and the term 'Mr. Good' in later generations came from Sima Hui.

"Old man Huang, don't just watch Jing Xiang is about to be in chaos, who knows, only after the chaos can there be great governance. Jingzhou is the heart of the Han Dynasty, connecting Sili in the north, Sichuan and Shu in the west, and the Central Plains in the east, which is the land of the four wars. Originally, the world was in turmoil, all because of the wealth of the Central Plains and the power of the heart. But now the three families of Ma, Cao, and Sun are standing together, and the only place to try to forge ahead is Jingzhou, which Jingzhou does not experience this pain, I am afraid it will not be able to achieve the situation of the great rule of peace......" Speaking of this, Sima Hui smiled freely: "After the chaos, there is a male lord to calm the world, and we wait for Jingzhou to become a place where dragons and tigers fight, which is also a fortunate thing!" ”

"Nonsense!" Huang Chengyan is a pure Confucian, and the most important thing for a Confucian is what the Legalist Sima Hui could not imagine no matter what: "The war was chaotic, the beacon fire was in the sky, thousands of Li Shu died tragically on the battlefield, and tens of thousands of fertile fields and houses were destroyed in one fell swoop. You lie quietly in the middle of the long, not thinking about relieving the worries of the world, but here you are talking nonsense. Do you think that once the war starts, your grass house will still stand here in peace? ”

Sima Hui looked at Huang Chengyan and was a little angry, but he didn't answer, took a sip of tea, and waited for Huang Chengyan's anger to dissipate a little, before he spoke slowly: "This troubled world is about to rise, it is the trend of the times, how can we and other people outside the party change their lives?" …….”

After saying this, Sima Hui let out a long sigh, and Huang Chengyan on the other side couldn't help but fall silent when he heard Sima Hui so insightful. However, after a while, the eyes of the two converged on the window very tacitly, and in that place, a boy was bending down to sprinkle water, carefully watering the flowers and plants in front of the grass house.

The two looked at each other again, and for a while they both understood what the other party thought, and laughed knowingly, Sima Hui coughed slightly, and shouted Qinglang: "Xiaoliang, you come in." ”

When the boy heard this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help showing a wry smile, and he reluctantly put down the kettle in his hand, raised his legs and walked towards the cottage. At this time, Huang Chengyan and Sima Hui both saw that this boy was born handsome and gratifying, with a pair of big eyes like black gems, and those innocent eyes were full of wisdom. Standing in front of the two of them, not surprised, not busy, calm and calm, even adults can't catch up with him. Although the two of them had been looking at the boy for two years, they seemed to have seen nothing enough, as if as soon as the boy appeared, all the brilliance in heaven and earth would be attracted to him.

"you, how much is Xiao Liang doing this year?"

"Fourteen."

"Oh, my ugly is also this age, it's better to ......"

As soon as he said this, Sima Hui's brows furrowed: "Old man Huang, how many times have you said this?" Besides, I can't be the master of this matter, if you really want to marry your ugly family to Xiaoliang, you can run Yuzhang and say it. ”

The ancestral home of the Zhuge family is Langya, Xuzhou, and when Xuzhou was in turmoil two years ago, Zhuge Liang fled to Xiangyang with his uncle Zhuge Xuan. Because Zhuge Xuan and Liu Biao even made friends, he was recommended by Liu Biao as Yuzhang Taishou. At that time, the situation in Yuzhang was also unstable, so Zhuge Xuan left Zhuge Liang and his third brother Zhuge Liang to study here, and took Zhuge Jin into Yuzhang alone.

In ancient times, marriage was naturally the order of the parents, although the teacher had the right to surrogate the father. But Yuzhang's Zhuge Xuan did not pass away, if Huang Chengyan really wanted to marry the Zhuge family, he really couldn't escape Zhuge Xuan's section. But Yuzhang had already been captured by Sun Ce, and the correspondence was incomprehensible, so Huang Chengyan could only rely on Sima Hui.

Huang Chengyan wanted to say more, but this time Mr. Hao's face was a little bad. He stretched out his hand to stop Huang Chengyan, and asked Zhuge Liang, "Did you hear what we said before?" ”

"I hear you." Zhuge Liang replied honestly.

"Then you say, Jingzhou is already like this, what should I do?" Sima Hui's face did not have any sense of consideration, and it could even be said to be a tone of seeking advice.

"I'm only fourteen years old this year, and I don't understand these political and strategic events......" Zhuge Liang's face was bitter, obviously unwilling to talk to these two old men.

"Let go of ......." Sima Hui had a temper after all, but thinking that he was still Zhuge Liang's master, Shengsheng held the latter word into his stomach, and said angrily: "Parents call, don't delay, although I am not your parents, I have been raised for two years......"

Hearing Sima Hui say these old yellow calendars again, Zhuge Liang's face became even more bitter, and he hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Jingzhou can't be in chaos, and you don't have to run away in a hurry, teacher." ”

As soon as this sentence came out, Sima Hui's face turned purple, but Huang Chengyan was very happy to see it, and asked very happily: "Then Xiaoliang, why can't Jingzhou be in chaos?" ”

"The Ma family has been on the campaign for many years, and the country has long been exhausted, and it seems to be a tiger in the north, but it is flashy; Cao Cao of Yanzhou sent troops to Qingzhou, in order to shock those imperial factions in the court. After this time, his focus should be on the imperial court, and he will not attack Jingzhou in the short term; Sun Ce, the madman, is ambitious, but after all, the newborn calf does not know the courage and evil of the northern tiger, once there is a change, the Ma family and the Cao family will definitely sit idly by, and the two only need a tacit understanding to shake up, Sun Ce can only think in the long run. And the tacit understanding between the Ma family and the Cao family is already very related......"

Huang Chengyan listened to Zhuge Liang's gushing, and directly held his breath. And Sima Hui on the side seemed to be a little unable to get off the stage, and some complained that Zhuge Liang revealed the shame of his sanctimonious appearance just now, but he essentially wanted to escape from Jingzhou, and then snorted angrily: "You haven't reached the weak crown, so you talk about the overall situation of the world." Not to mention whether these three families are as you expected, just say that the state pastor is seriously ill and Cai Mao secretly arranges this matter, which can make Jingzhou chaotic, so what else do you say? ”

Huang Chengyan couldn't help but be moved when he saw Sima Hui tell everything about Liu Biao's serious illness, after all, the news had not yet spread in Jingzhou. And it was because he married Cai's eldest daughter that he got the news from Liu's concubine Cai. But Sima Hui, a guy who doesn't keep his mouth shut, told a sixteen-year-old boy about such an important matter at once, and secretly blamed Sima Hui Meng Lang in his heart - once this news comes out, it will inevitably make Jingzhou unstable.

However, when he turned around, he saw Zhuge Liang's clear look, and he was even more surprised, and hurriedly urged: "Xiaoliang, why do you look like this?" ”

"Because, Liu Jingzhou will inevitably suffer this catastrophe, so that Jingzhou will not be fired."

At this moment, Huang Chengyan and Sima Hui's eyes were wide, they looked at Zhuge Liang in disbelief, and asked in unison, "Why?" ”

"Because Liu Zhoumu is the hub that maintains the major forces in Jingzhou, and Jingzhou is eyed by the heroes, only by removing his plank, Jingzhou's water will flow freely. In this way, Jingzhou, which is scattered, will be much easier to deal with. When Zhuge Liang said this, his face was as calm as Gu Bo, as if the conspiracy in the world should be like this.

But Huang Chengyan and Sima Hui never expected that such a delicate and treacherous link would suddenly be broken by Zhuge Liang, and both of them had a kind of fear of hindsight. Especially Sima Hui, the cold sweat behind his back flowed out. But then carefully recalled Zhuge Liang's words, but he didn't understand: "You just said that Jingzhou can't be in chaos, but now you say that someone wants to eradicate Liu Zhoumu and make Jingzhou a plate of loose sand, so isn't it a contradiction?" ”

Zhuge Liang sighed, he was reluctant to enter this grass house before, and there was a reason for this - the two old men had lived for most of their lives, and they were both Jingchu celebrities, how could they even bother to explain such a simple truth?