Chapter 8 Divination for Lusu.
For Lu Su, Zhuge Song still knows a little bit. Lu Su, the word respects, Linhuai Dongcheng is now a native of Dingyuan County, Anhui Province. He was born in the fifth year of Jianning in the Eastern Han Dynasty, that is, in 172 AD, because it is now 208 AD, which means that he should be about 37 years old at this time.
Lu Su is burly, has a bold personality, likes to read, and is good at riding and shooting. The most famous thing about him before the Battle of Chibi was that when Zhou Yu had just raised troops and asked him for help in lack of food, he casually pointed to one warehouse and gave it to Zhou Yu when he had two warehouses of grain, which shows his heroic temperament of fighting righteousness and squandering wealth and discerning people.
In the past, Zhuge Liang in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms on TV always said that Lu Su was an honest man, and Lu Su was always bullied by Kong Ming with a simple and cute look, so that he could only smile bitterly and look helpless.
Zhuge Song didn't know what Lu Su was like in reality, and when Lu Su came in to meet Liu Bei, Zhuge Song secretly sighed why the top strategists in ancient times looked tall and mighty.
However, Lu Su only brought a sword and was dressed in civilian clothes, and as soon as he came in, he saluted Liu Bei, calling him "Uncle Huang", and he did look friendly and easy to get along with.
The two sides answer each other, without a detailed table. It is said that after Kong Ming persuaded Liu Bei to let him cross the river with Lu Su, he instructed Zhuge Song to instruct the servants to pack up for him. After everything was cleaned up, Zhuge Song resigned Liu Bei with Kong Ming and boarded a boat to Chaisang County.
The two discussed in the boat, and Lu Su said to Kong Ming: "Sir, when you see General Sun, you must not tell the truth that Cao Cao has many generals. Kong Ming replied: "There is no need to be respectful, Liang has his own words of reply." ”
Zhuge Song saw Kong Ming's unfathomable look, and his vague reply made Lu Su fidget. thought to himself: "As the so-called concern is chaos, although this Lu Su is a masterpiece, some of them attach too much importance to the success of the Sun Liu Alliance." It was not until Liu Bei did not give an inch of land to Dongwu according to Jingzhou in the future, and the two sides were fiercely opposed, that his extraordinary means were revealed. ”
When the ship arrived, Lu Su asked Kong Ming to rest in the pavilion for a while, first to see Sun Quan, and under the command of Zhuge Song, the people settled the things that Kong Ming brought, and then began to think about when to make a fuss about Lu Su and what good things to get.
As soon as the next day dawned, Kong Ming was invited by Lu Su to see Sun Quan, Kong Ming didn't say to take Zhuge Song, Zhuge Song was not easy to follow, and he couldn't see the big scene of him about to fight the Confucianism, and when the two came back together, Zhuge Song saw Lu Su's face full of joy, thinking that Zhuge Liang had already said that Sun Quan had moved, and the Sun-Liu alliance had basically become.
Now it's time for Zhou Yu to come back to strengthen Sun Quan's confidence. Although Zhou Yu will lie to Kong Ming that he wants to surrender, as long as Zhuge Liang takes out Cao Cao's killer weapon to get Er Qiao, he is not afraid that Zhou Yu will not give in.
If you want to talk about Jiangdong Er Qiao, it is a beauty that even Cao Cao covets, Zhuge Song doesn't know when he will be able to meet, but unfortunately they have already become wives, or Zhuge Song has to think about how to kiss Fangze.
Sure enough, as soon as Zhou Yu arrived, Zhuge Liang, who went to see him with Lu Su, couldn't help but be happy when he came back. Zhuge Song knew that Kong Ming's plan had succeeded, and soon the news spread throughout the city that Eastern Wu had formed an alliance with Liu Bei and was going to war with Cao's army.
Zhuge Song was only a soy sauce player at best compared to the sharp-toothed Zhuge Liang during this period of time, and with Kong Ming and Gong Jin, two genius military advisors, fighting there, he was not allowed to have any room for reconciliation at all.
However, as soon as the battle began, the Eastern Wu side began to actively prepare, and under the background of Zhou Yu and Kong Ming secretly fighting, Zhuge Song actually really yin Lu Su, who is an "honest man".
In fact, Zhuge Song can't be blamed for this, after Zhou Yu deceived Jiang Gan, he sent Lu Su to probe Kong Ming knew that he didn't know, Kong Ming told him not to tell the truth in front of Zhou Yu, otherwise it would cause trouble, but he still told Zhou Yu the truth.
So it led to the disaster of Zhou Yu asking Kong Ming to make 100,000 arrows in ten days. Lu Su didn't hurt Kong Ming enough, and he dared to take the order to come to Kong Ming to find out the truth. Zhuge Song was particularly concerned about Kong Ming's actions a few days before Kong Ming made the military order, and sure enough, since he arrived in Soochow, he went to the riverside every day to observe the changes in terrain and climate, which means that he really didn't dare to agree to Zhou Yu's arrow-making.
When Lu Su came to pretend to be a good person, Kong Ming mentioned to Lu Su about borrowing a boat, Lu Su didn't understand his intentions, but in the end, he didn't leak any more secrets for the overall situation of the Sun-Liu Alliance, and privately allocated the boat and the sergeant to Kong Ming for dispatch.
Zhuge Song knew that Kong Ming would outwit Cao Jian on the last night of the deadline, but he had the intention of blackmailing Lu Su, so on the first day of the deadline for making arrows, he went to Lu Su's mansion to meet Lu Su when Kong Ming had nothing to do and needed him.
Although Zhuge Song didn't know where Lu Su lived now, he was also a famous person in Jiangdong, and Zhuge Song inquired about passers-by all the way, but he quickly found the door.
At first, the doorman who guarded the door saw that others stopped him and didn't let him in, even if Zhuge Song lied that he was Zhuge Liang's scholar and had a letter from Kong Ming to deliver to Lu Su, the doorman only asked him to take out the letter and convey it to him.
Zhuge Song had no choice but to insist that this letter was extremely important and had to be conveyed by him in person, so the doorman had no choice but to go in and report it before letting the housekeeper in the palace lead him into the house.
Although Lu Su's mansion is not very large, it can also be said that everything is in order and orderly, which shows the rigor of Lu Su's family.
After Lu Su saw Zhuge Song in the living room, he waved his hand to let the housekeeper go down and asked him why Kong Ming asked him to deliver the letter when he didn't have something to do.
Zhuge Song sat down seriously first, and said to Lu Su: "The letter is not busy, but my husband asked me to ask my lord, in case he can't get together 100,000 arrows after three days, and Zhou Dudu asks for his head, what about the alliance between the two families of Sun and Liu?" ”
When Lu Su heard Zhuge Song say this, he was stunned. I thought that Kong Ming was difficult to make arrows, but it was inconvenient to come forward to intercede with him, so he could only let Zhuge Song come to him with a child. But the gambling contract was purely because Kong Ming and Zhou Yu were fighting and squeezed there, as an intermediary, he caused trouble but couldn't solve it, so he could only say to Zhuge Song with a wry smile: "Although the cause of this matter is me, but your husband found an excuse to prevaricate in front of the governor that day, but he had to say that it could be done in three days out of the way of face, and he also signed a military order!" At this time, it is difficult for me, what can I do! ”
Lu Su was taken aback when he said this, and said to Zhuge Song as if he remembered something: "Your husband is asking me to borrow a boat, should it be that if you can't do it, you will escape back to Jiangxia!" ”
Lu Su's thought made Zhuge Song laugh dumbly, Lu Su was even more puzzled by Zhuge Song's laughter, but Zhuge Song deliberately said to him in a very disdainful tone: "My lord, where did you hear that a man escaped and wanted to borrow twenty boats. Besides, it's just 100,000 arrows! It's just a trivial matter, and I can't make a mistake for my husband to run away! ”
"That? What did Kong Ming mean by calling you? Lu Su was even more confused by Zhuge Song's words, and suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he asked Zhuge Song in a speculative tone: "Could it be that Uncle Liu Huang will send 100,000 arrows from Jiangxia to solve Kong Ming's problems!" ”
In Zhuge Song's opinion, Lu Su's idea was the most feasible of normal methods, but he was surprised when he heard Lu Su say this. He suddenly thought that Zhou Yu asked Kong Ming to make 100,000 arrows within ten days, which was probably not a killing game in itself!
Even Lu Su understood the importance of the Sun-Liu Alliance, so how could Zhou Yu not know?
Although Lu Su privately transferred 20 boats and 600 sergeants to Kong Ming, Zhou Yu was the governor of the entire army in Jiangdong. Besides, he was always paying attention to Zhuge Liang's words and deeds, how could he not know about Lu Su's borrowing of a boat to Kong Ming for such a long period of three days?
Maybe Zhou Yu didn't know about Lu Su's borrowing of a boat to Zhuge Liang, but he also thought that Kong Ming was using this boat to get arrows from Jiangxia like Lu Su. In this way, he not only achieved the goal of ridiculing Kong Ming's opportunism, but also increased the military strength of Eastern Wu while weakening Liu Bei's military strength. What a Zhou Gongjin! This trick of pretending to be deaf and dumb is well done!
Zhuge Song was a little angry when he thought of this, although this arrow was finally made by Cao Cao, the wronged man, but Yin Lusu suddenly thought about something at this time.
So Zhuge Song deliberately showed a panicked look, and Lu Su must have thought that he had guessed the joint of Kong Ming's arrow.
Zhuge Song didn't say anything, but just sighed with some grievances: "These 100,000 arrows are considered to have been collected by the governor of Zhou, Jiangdong is a vast land, and this little military capital will not be taken into account." But that's a lot of money for me! ”
Zhuge Song deliberately said that he was not the head of his family, thinking that he would leave a foreshadowing for the future. Lu Su didn't notice the difference, but thought that he had guessed the right and spread his hands to Zhuge Song in a helpless manner: "This is also your husband's own take, and I can't blame me." ”
Zhuge Song sighed and said to Lu Su with this emotion: "Song'er is young, so she can't share her worries for my husband. But since I have come, I am willing to send you a farewell and then go after you have taken care of my husband during this time. ”
"Give me a fortune?" Lu Su was stunned when he heard this, and he looked Zhuge Song up and down carefully, as if he knew this child for the first time. He asked, "Are you already proficient in divination at a young age?" ”
Zhuge Song tried his best to learn from his husband's bearing, and said calmly to Lu Su: "Lord Lu, do you know that my husband is not yet old, but he already knows astronomy, geography, marching formations, Qimen Dunjia, everything is perfect?" ”
Lu Su nodded: "I have heard of it for a long time, but I have not been fortunate enough to receive it." ”
Zhuge Song continued: "I want to learn this kind of knowledge, but it has only been more than ten years. Although Song'er is dull, she has only studied divination for several years, although she cannot say that she knows the creation of heaven and earth, but she has also reached the realm of seeing people and knowing the prophet! ”
Lu Su was shocked when he heard this, and even stood up from his seat and asked in surprise, "Could it be a fraud?" ”
Zhuge Song shook his head with a smile and said to him: "What is the matter with the public, let me try to divinate it, if you don't win, you won't take a penny!" Zhuge Song said that he was very upright, and he actually brought the routine of a fortune teller.
"Then you can tell me how the battle between our army and Cao's army will end?" Seeing that Zhuge Song was full of confidence and concerned about the current battle situation, Lu Su came to ask him this.
Zhuge Song didn't want to use this to get anything from Lu Su, he shook his head with a smile and said: "I have already decided this, and in less than half a year, Cao's army will be defeated." ”
He saw Lu Su's face overjoyed when he heard this, and knew that whether he believed himself or not, people like to hear things that are beneficial to him. Then he continued: "I won't take you any money for this, if you have any divination yourself, I will divinate for you now!" ”
To say that in the era of the Three Kingdoms, most people still believed in divination and face-to-face, Zhuge Song saw that Lu Su said to me that Cao Jun would be defeated, although he was happy but seemed to believe it, so he said to him: "If Cao's army is defeated in less than half a year, you may say that I am on my own side, and I will say that the enemy will be defeated, and I will definitely not be able to show my means." Speaking of this, Zhuge Song also stood up and stretched out his right hand to Lu Su: "No need to be complicated, you only need to give me seven copper coins, and I can send you a good word!" ”
Although Lu Su was still skeptical, he also took out a string of copper coins and counted seven for him. After Zhuge Song got the copper coin, he sat down again, put each of the seven copper coins on the table, and used his thumb and index finger to make them turn around on the table one by one. Although this copper coin is not as good as the modern one-dollar coin, it can hold on for a while.
Lu Su stood in front of Zhuge Song and watched him do these strange actions, only to see Zhuge Song gather all the copper coins that were frozen together, and memorized a short section of the text in the high school English textbook with his right hand. He was completely stunned when he heard it, as if he was listening to a book from heaven.
Zhuge Song smiled at Lu Su, took away his palm to reveal the seven copper coins below, and told him, "It's okay." ”