Liu Bei had heard of Pang Tong's name, but there was really no such person among the officials who were detained or surrendered that day, so he asked Xu Shu: "Mr. is saying that Pang Tong is in this Jiangling City?" ”

Xu Shu replied: "Yes, I heard that the county Taishou appointed him as Gong Cao, but it seems that he doesn't take care of things very much, and he will comment on others all day long, but he always evaluates a little exaggerated, and often others are generally not worthy of his evaluation." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"It turned out to be a good gentleman, and he didn't want to offend others." Liu Bei felt that there was no need to mention it again, he didn't like those who relied on their mouths to curry favor all day long, and felt that it was still Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Chen Deng, who had a heroic and personality that could do practical things.

God, forgive me for my selfishness, no way, who made him Pang Tong so smart, if Liu Bei also took the initiative to visit him now and let him make a grand debut, will there be nothing to do with me in the future? Ge Liang saw that Xu Shu still wanted to say a few good words to Pang Tong, so he hurriedly diverted the topic: "Lord, Cao Cao may not be able to attack Jiangling in a few days, let's first consolidate the city defense and prepare more supplies." ”

In the evening, Ge Liang pulled Xu Shu to ask Yun Pang to visit his family. Xu Shu was still a little angry: "During the day, I wanted to recommend Pang Shiyuan to the lord, why did you deliberately divert the topic, and now you want to go to him again." ”

Ge Liang made a kind look: "Brother Yuanzhi, isn't it all because you didn't introduce it well at the beginning, didn't you see that General Zuo was not interested?" If you still have to talk more, aren't you afraid of being bored? ”

Xu Shu didn't think so: "The lord is not a person who cares about small things, otherwise I wouldn't recommend him to you!" ”

"Okay, okay, Brother Yuan, I know that you are a gentleman and frank, and I didn't say that you shouldn't recommend it, right? But everything has to be timed, the lord is now busy with the city defense, in case Pang Tong loses his temper and makes the lord unhappy, then don't you want to add to the blockage? Ge Liang is really grateful to Xu Shu for the help he gave him.

Xu Shu said: "But now is the critical moment, and it is the time when you need to employ people." ”

"I know that talents need to be activated now, so I asked you to visit Pang Shiyuan first in the evening to understand his attitude, and then it is not too late to recommend it to the lord." The little abacus in Ge Liang's heart rang the trumpet.

After thinking about it, Ge Liang asked Xu Shu again: "Brother Yuanzhi, you used to be very familiar with Pang Tong, right?" ”

Xu Shu nodded and said, "It's more familiar, I used to meet often." ”

"And does he know me well?" That's what Ge Liang cared about.

"Wouldn't it? He is your brother-in-law's cousin, and you even ask me if you know him well? Xu Shu looked at Ge Liang with a frightened expression.

Wow! Why don't I remember that there is such a relationship? Oh my God, it seems that you still have to be able to endorse it, I only remember that Pang Tong's personality is a little arrogant in this "Three Kingdoms", I can't imagine that he and I are still relatives, I have a lot of relatives in Jingzhou! That's a big deal! In the panic, Ge Yi was busy making excuses: "I, I mean he doesn't seem to want to be close to us, why doesn't he want to come out and get together with us when we all come?" ”

Xu Shu shook his head and said: "He is a little arrogant, in fact, we don't have much contact with him, after all, we are far away, and you like to hide in Longzhong and farm alone." ”

Ge Liang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

The war was imminent, and the sergeants kept passing by in procession on the road, and most of the people in the city turned off their lights early to rest in peace, because they heard that they might not be able to buy lamp oil outside for several months, so it was better to save some money.

There were no lanterns outside the gate of Pang Tong, but there were still lights in the courtyard. Ge Liang stepped forward and knocked on the door: "Brother Shi Yuan, Brother Shi Yuan!" ”

There was no response in the gate for a long time. Ge Liang asked Xu Shu: "You didn't read the roster wrong, did you?" "He always thought that Pang Tong had already taken refuge in Jiangdong, otherwise why would I have to see Lu Su to think of him?

"Obviously, the two of us checked together, didn't you find it first?" Xu Shu was very dissatisfied with what Ge Liang said today.

Ge Liang quickly shut up. Xu Shu then knocked on the door: "Brother Shiyuan, I'm Xu Yuanzhi." ”

After a long while, someone finally opened the door and answered: "My master is not at home, please come back another day." ”

Xu Shu was going to go back first. Ge Liang didn't believe that Pang Tong would not be there, so he grabbed Xu Shu and said to the servant: "We are all friends of Brother Shiyuan, we haven't seen each other for a long time, and we came to visit today, but I didn't expect him to be there." It's just that now that the big war is imminent, and the city is very tightly controlled, Brother Shiyuan won't have any trouble outside, right? We can't rest assured, so we'll wait here for him. Well, you go and do your business, we'll sit at this door and wait. ”

The servant looked at the two, and then at the guards who were following them, and the door was not closed, and turned to go inside.

Xu Shu is leaving: "No one is here, there's no need to stay here at night, right?" ”

Ge Liang saw that the servant's door was not closed, and he was even more convinced of his judgment: "Yuan Zhi, don't worry, Pang Shiyuan will be back soon." ”

After a long time, a man of about thirty years old came out of it: "What are you two doing at my door?" ”

When Xu Shu heard this, he turned around and recognized the person, and shouted happily: "Brother Shiyuan, it turns out that you are at home." ”

After Ge Liang heard Xu Shu confirm that the person who came was Pang Tong, he hurriedly answered: "Ouch, Brother Shiyuan, didn't you say that you went out, when did you come back?" Why didn't we see it, it couldn't have flown in through the wall, could we? ”

Pang Tong said angrily: "Since you are here, let's go to the house and sit down." ”

Xu Shu asked Pang Tong as he walked: "Brother Shiyuan, I haven't seen you for a long time, why have you been hiding and refusing to show up, now General Liu Zuo has come to Jiangling and is busy leading everyone to resist Cao Cao's southern invasion, as a famous man in Jingzhou, why don't you want to come out to meet him and jointly contribute to the defense of Jingzhou?" ”

"Are you going to blame me?" Pang Tong spoke a little impulsively, thinking that it was fortunate that I didn't go that day, otherwise I would have been held as a prisoner on the spot.

Ge Liang couldn't help but laugh to himself secretly - Xu Shu, you are loyal to recommend this and that to Liu Bei, but your personality is straightforward and urgent, don't blame me for robbing you of your credit today.

Xu Shu hurriedly said to Pang Tong: "How dare you, just thinking that Brother Shiyuan is full of talent, he can't waste it in vain, right?" ”

Ge Liang continued: "Brother Shiyuan, you always claim to have a strategy to assist the emperor, and you can reverse the growth and decline of the strength of all parties in the world, General Liu Zuo is benevolent and loves the people, and is deeply supported by the people of Jingzhou, and now when Cao Cao's hundreds of thousands of troops are invading, isn't your plan just useful?" ”

Pang Tong looked at this relative who was as famous as himself in Jingzhou, and asked, "You are so optimistic about Liu Bei, so you came out to assist him?" "But I thought in my heart, I have to pay attention to my strategy, why didn't he Liu Bei come to me in person?

"Brother Shiyuan, you don't know the appeal of General Zuo, 100,000 people abandoned their homes and businesses and followed him all the way to Jiangling, such a popular lord, if you have the opportunity to get a base to gain a firm foothold, and then get the help of someone like you who has the policy of the emperor, why worry about the injustice of the world? And now he is in urgent need of talent, so don't miss the opportunity to be rash. Ge Liang sincerely invited Pang Tong to come out of the mountain, to be honest, he was not confident that he would give Liu Bei ideas and get everything done.

Pang Tong stared at Ge Liang for a long time, and shouted: "Serve tea to the guests!" ”

Xu Shu thought that Pang Tong had agreed to go out of the mountain, and he didn't want people to continue: "Don't talk about this today, let's go back and rest early after a cup of tea." ”

Xu Shu wanted to say something, but Ge Liang grabbed him and said goodbye to Pang Tong.