A few people in the audience didn't have time to dodge at all, and one of the guards in charge of guarding outside hurriedly came in and hurriedly said, "Family master, they are too fast, they are coming straight to this side, and they have no time to dodge." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

This guard was the deputy deacon of the retinue, and the middle-aged scribe looked at him in a cold sweat, his face was pale, with a little frightened, his heart sank, and he hurriedly asked, "Who is here?" But bandits? How many people are there? ”

"About two hundred horsemen, not bandits." The deacon's tone was very affirmative: "It's an elite soldier, a very strong elite soldier." ”

"Elite soldiers? Is it Cao Cao or Tao Qian? As soon as the thought flashed in the middle-aged scribe's heart, he heard a clear voice from outside: "Mr. Zhuge , Qingzhou Mu Zhang Liao came to visit." ”

"Qingzhou Mu Zhang Liao?" The middle-aged scribe showed a stunned look, he didn't expect it to be Zhang Liao at all! This is Xuzhou, and Zhang Liao directly called his name, obviously coming for him.

The middle-aged scribe breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, Qingzhou Mu Zhang Liao has a good reputation in the Qingxu area, since he came, there is obviously no crisis, but why did Zhang Liao come?

Countless thoughts flashed in the mind of the middle-aged scribe in an instant, although he thought he had some talents, but his reputation was not obvious, the family was a scholarly heirloom, but it was not a prestigious family, the ancestor Zhuge Feng of the former Han Dynasty had served as a lieutenant of the school, but then for more than two hundred years, there were no officials in the clan, until his brother Zhuge Jue, but also served as a county official in Taishan County, and he served as a Peng official under Liu Biao, compared to the general of Zhengdong, and the state pastor, Qingzhou pastor, such a heavy position, it is really nothing.

That's right, this middle-aged scribe is Zhuge Xuan, who was a subordinate official of Liu Biao in Jingzhou, and was sent by Liu Biao to pay tribute in October of the third year of Chuping.

Zhuge Xuan learned that his brother Zhuge died of illness before leaving, so he asked Liu Biao to go to Mount Tai to take care of Zhuge Gui's funeral after completing the mission, and was allowed by Liu Biao to go to Xuzhou to take care of Zhuge Gui's widow and children after returning from the imperial court. This time, Cao Cao sent troops to Xuzhou to conquer Tao Qian, in order to avoid the disaster of war, he took two nephews and two nieces to the south to avoid trouble, and unexpectedly met Zhang Liao here.

Zhuge Xuan came from the imperial court, naturally knew Zhang Liao's prestige in Guanzhong, and had beaten Li Dao and Guo Yan extremely miserable, and the court officials worshiped the general Zhengdong, led and merged the state pastor, and the important ministers of Qingzhou herd, and passed through Hedong County, he knew more about Zhang Liao's reputation in Hedong, including the great Confucian Cai Yong and Sima Hui all served in Zhang Liao's Hedong Academy, where there were countless books, so he was a little shocked by Zhang Liao's personal arrival, such a civil and military official rushed to this barren mountain and wilderness to find him what to do?

The young man who followed Zhuge Xuan was Zhuge Jin, the eldest son of his brother Zhuge Xuan, the young man was Zhuge Liang, the second son of Zhuge Liang, the woman was Zhuge Liang's stepmother, and the two girls were Zhuge Liang's two sisters.

Zhuge Jin on the side saw that Zhuge Xuan was stunned at this time, and hurriedly whispered: "Uncle, since Qingzhou Mu is here, he should go out to greet him." ”

Zhuge Xuan came back to his senses at this time, hurriedly straightened his clothes, and said, "Exactly, exactly, Ziyu, Ah Liang, go out with me to greet you." ”

Zhuge Xuan took Zhuge Jin and Zhuge Liang brothers to the outside of the temple, and under the moonlight, he saw a young man in a crown robe with a heroic appearance and clear eyes standing there.

This is Qingzhou Mu Zhang Liao Zhang Wenyuan.

Zhuge Xuan immediately determined the identity of this young man in the crown robe, without him, the bearing and majesty were naturally there, so that he who was used to seeing the scene couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, he had seen those officials in the imperial court, and he had also worked under Liu Biao, and he had seen many celebrities, but in terms of bearing and demeanor, this person was the best.

At the same time, he also understood why the deputy deacon was so frightened just now, these guards behind Zhang Liao were too murderous, just standing there motionless, there was a strong majesty and murderous aura coming, making people breathless, far from being comparable to his doormen and guards, more than twenty guards did not dare to move on the side, and the atmosphere did not dare to take a breath.

"Qingzhou Mu Zhang Liao has seen Mr. Zhuge and the two Qianli horses of the Zhuge family."

Zhang Liao saw a middle-aged scribe leading a young man and a teenager out, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he hugged his fists as a salute.

He looked at the thirteen-year-old handsome young man on Zhuge Xuan's right, quite tall, looking at him with a good gaze, not caring about the surrounding guards, he couldn't help nodding secretly in his heart, this is the legendary Zhuge Liang.

Although he is still a teenager, but haha, he belongs to his own hands, education should start from the doll, even if he has a lot of young talents under his hands, he thinks of this, Zhang Liao is happy every time, even if he is difficult now, but in the next twenty years, he will definitely have the power to sweep the world.

For Zhuge Liang, later generations have mixed reviews, many people say that Zhuge Liang is not good at military affairs, or that he is power-grabbing, or that he is working hard and losing money, but in Zhang Liao's view, military strategists of all dynasties have a high evaluation of Zhuge Liang, including Sima Yi and Li Jing, and Zhuge Liang can resist Wei with the power of Shu for decades, which shows his ability.

You must know that although the Shu State was rich at that time, it had experienced the Battle of Hanzhong and the Battle of Yiling, and it was already a withering people's livelihood, which could not be compared with the Wei State at all. Geographically, the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, the Wei State occupies the nine prefectures of Sili, Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Yuzhou, Jizhou, Bingzhou, Youzhou, Yanzhou, and Liangzhou, plus half of Jingzhou and Yangzhou, all of which are prosperous places in the Central Plains, while Shu only has Yizhou, which is mostly mountainous and borderland, and in terms of population, Shu is only one-third of Wei, which is not a hidden population.

With such a huge disparity in strength, if Shu did not frequently attack Wei after Liu Bei's death and opened the battlefield outside the mainland, then the army of Wei would have already entered Shu, and the local forces in Yizhou would have surrendered long ago. Therefore, it can be said that it is Zhuge Liang who maintains the national fortunes of Shu, although the national strength has been exhausted, but compared to the battlefield on the mainland, it is already the lesser of two evils, which is also the helplessness of small countries and widows, congenital insufficiency, and it is beyond the power of manpower.

As for governing the country, not to mention, Jia Xu and Liu Ye have both praised Zhuge Liang's governance, regardless of governance, just to balance internal forces, Zhuge Liang did a better job than Wei Wu in Shu.

In the Wei State, Cao Cao sacrificed the butcher's knife many times, Ruying Xunyu, Hebei Cui Yan, Sanfujin, Geng, Ji, Wei and other celebrities or scholars became victims, to Cao Pi's time, the rise of the scholars, and even later the Gaopingling coup, the scholars were victorious, and the Peiguo power with the Cao clan as the core almost disappeared, and the blood flowed everywhere. In the state of Wu, Sun Ce was killed in the early stage, Sun Quan was slaughtered in the later period, and his successors were all perverts, and the bloodiness was even worse than that of the Wei State. Only Shu, although Jingzhou, Yizhou, Qiangdi and other forces were the best unified by Zhuge Liang, and there was no bloody coup, which was relatively peaceful.

Only governing the country, Zhuge Liang made Zhang Liao very satisfied, for a superior person, his favorite is Zhuge Liang's dedicated subordinates, as for the military or something, he also has Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Xun You and many strategists, more Dian Wei, Zhao Yun, Zhang He, Xu Huang, Tai Shici and other generals, as well as Guo Huai, Xu Shu and other successors, not to worry about military problems at all.

Zhang Liao had let the shadow stare at Langya Zhuge Clan very early, how could he not use the ability of a prophet? In the early stage, he considered that Zhuge Shi's seeking stability, which may not be easy to woo, and Zhuge Liang's father died, so he needed to keep filial piety, but now he is in Donglai, Qingzhou, adjacent to Langya, Zhuge Shi's filial piety period has expired, and he has to migrate again, and the future is uncertain, which is the best time to win over, so he appeared.

Zhuge Xuan heard Zhang Liao greet him again, and hurriedly saluted respectfully: "Zhuge Xuan led his nephews Zhuge Jin and Zhuge Liang to meet the general, but I don't know why the general is here?" ”

Zhang Liao said with a smile: "I came this time because I heard about Mr. Zhuge Daming, and I came here for the expedition, and I hope that Mr. will not abandon the ugly and go out of the mountain to help." ”

"The general's words made Xuan panic." When Zhuge Xuan heard Zhang Liao's intention, he was overjoyed, but he was a little surprised and uneasy, he thought that his reputation was still not so big.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Liao handed over a letter, and said with a smile: "I am an old acquaintance with Liu Jingzhou, Mr. Ben is in Jingzhou, I have asked Liu Jingzhou for a letter, and he agreed to let Mr. go to Qingzhou with me, Mr. does not have to worry about the old master's suspicions." ”

"The general actually recognizes Liu Yuanjun?" Zhuge Xuan was surprised and delighted, took the new construction, and saw through the moonlight that it was indeed Liu Biao's handwriting, and recommended him to Zhang Liao's men.

Zhang Liao smiled and said, "Mr. Zhuge is in Jingzhou, have you ever heard of Zhao Wu?" ”

"Zhao Zhonglang?" Zhuge Xuan was shocked again, Zhao Wu was a heavy general under Liu Biao, not only had 5,000 foot soldiers, but also 800 iron horsemen were brave and unparalleled, how many rebellions were leveled by one step, unique in Jingzhou, only pro-Liu Biao, not a party, not selfish, won Liu Biao's trust, but also convinced many generals, even the powerful Cai Mao is also a lot of jealousy.

Then he thought of something: "Yes, the general and Zhao Zhonglang are fellow villagers." ”

Zhang Liao shook his head: "How do you know that he is a fellow villager, when Liu Jingsheng went south to Jingzhou and passed through Xuanyuan Pass, I saw that he was single-handed, so he sent his subordinate Zhao Wu and 800 cavalry to help him." ”

"That's exactly what happened." Zhuge Xuan was shocked, thinking of Zhao Wu's influence in Jingzhou, only one thought poured out of his heart, this Zhang Liao is by no means idle, there are many ministers in the court in Guan, and there are forces in Bingzhou, Hedong, as well as this Qingzhou, and even Jingzhou, there are forces, and the power is so powerful, and the princes of Kwantung do not know it.

He subconsciously glanced at Zhang Liao, but saw Zhang Liao sigh: "I was going to come early to ask Mr. to go out of the mountain to help, but I was afraid that Mr. would refuse, so I hesitated, I didn't want Xuzhou to suddenly have a military rebellion, Cao Cao's killing was too heavy, Xuzhou was in danger everywhere, I heard that Mr. went south, lest Mr. go on a business trip, and I came to escort Mr. into Qingzhou Donglai, Mr. can rest assured, with me in Donglai, I can ensure that Donglai is safe, and Mr.'s nephews and nieces can also grow up safely." ”

Zhuge Xuan glanced at Zhuge Jin and the young Zhuge Liang beside him, thinking about the two nieces in the view, his heart was already full of will.

But before he could speak, Zhang Liao looked at Zhuge Liang on the side and spoke again: "I claim to know people, and Zhuge Xian's nephew is really the dragon and phoenix among people, and I want to accept him as a disciple and teach him the art of war and governance, I don't know what Mr. thinks?" ”

Zhuge Xuan's face couldn't help but show a look of surprise, he didn't expect such a good thing to come, if his nephew could worship Zhang Liao as a teacher, it would be great!

Zhang Liao said: "I can teach the art of war, but the classics are slightly lacking, but there is a academy in Hedong, which was built by my own hands, and the great Confucian Sima Decao and Cai Bojiao are among them. ”

Zhuge Xuan glanced at Zhuge Liang, who was quite moved, and then at Zhuge Jin, who nodded, and bowed respectfully to Zhang Liao: "Xuan is willing to let the lord drive." ”

"Good! Good! ”

Zhang Liao laughed: "This is very good, we will be a family in the future." ”

Zhuge Xuanyi was willing, and hurriedly said: "Ah Liang, come and worship the master, and then worship the master later." ”

"Master and apprentice get along, I get a good disciple, it is also a great joy, there is only a gift of apprenticeship, there is also a gift of disciples." Zhang Liao laughed: "It's cold outside, let's talk about it in the view." ”

As soon as he waved his hand, the guards immediately scattered to protect the surroundings, and more than ten people took the bedding and food from the carriage behind him and gave them to the guards of the Zhuge family, making Zhuge Xuan's uncle and nephew nod secretly.

Later, there were guards with bedding, food, and some boxes with Zhang Liao into the Guanzhong.

When they arrived at the view, Zhuge Liang's two sisters also came to see Zhang Liao, Zhang Liao was laid on the ground, let him sit on it, and sent delicious food, which made Zhuge Xuan's family feel warm and grateful.

Then Zhuge Liang respectfully performed the apprenticeship in the view, Zhang Liao gave him a box of books, Zhuge Liang opened it by the light to see, and saw a neat book, including four sets of military art of Sun Tzu, Wu Zi, Sun Bin, and Taigong, as well as a book of thirty-six strategies, three books of official rituals, agricultural affairs, and laws.

He opened the book and saw the neat handwriting inside, and immediately thought of a few printed books that his uncle had brought back from Hedong, and he couldn't help but like it, and then read some annotations in the Art of War, and he was even more fascinated.

Seeing that Zhuge Liang was fascinated by the book in a blink of an eye, a little rude, Zhuge Xuan wanted to remind his nephew, Zhang Liao stopped him, hehe laughed, these annotations on the art of war are not simple, they are all his master Jia Xu, and he, Guo Jia and Xun You have annotated together, absolutely profound insights, with such a foundation, he expects Zhuge Liang to grow up better.

He couldn't help but look at Zhuge Jin in the box a few times, smiled, took two boxes of books from the side, and gave them to Zhuge Xuan and Zhuge Jin, the two of them were very happy, they were not good at others, they liked books the most, Zhang Liao's gift was sent to their hearts at once.

Then, Zhang Liao gave Zhuge Liang's two sisters some beautiful clothes and jewelry, which made the two little girls who were a little restrained smile.

In the blink of an eye, the Zhuge family was completely dealt with by Zhang Liao, and he was fully prepared here, and he did not want to succeed in one fell swoop.

Seeing Zhang Liao's thoughtful arrangement, a young man next to Zhang Liao flashed with respect in his eyes, he was also recruited by Zhang Liao to Langya this time, surnamed Xu Mingsheng, a native of Langya Ju County.