On a summer night, the sky is dotted with sparkling stars, like the Milky Way paved with fine quicksand, reclining on the blue sky. There have always been a lot of mosquitoes in Shuijing Villa, Mr. Shuijing sat under the locust tree with a pu fan, Ma Hong and Zhuge Liang sat in front of Mr. Shuijing, both bowing their heads and saying nothing.

"Why, you two are surprised! I would like you to make peace in the shonai? Sima Hui shook his fan and said.

Zhuge Liang and Ma Hong both nodded.

Sima Hui sighed and said, "You two are my most outstanding disciples, one of me bestows a book, and the other gives a sword, but now your book sword has become an enemy." ”

Zhuge Liang and Ma Hong both bowed their heads and were silent, like two children, being reprimanded by Mr. Shuijing.

"After so many years, the teacher has also figured it out, whether you want to assist the Han or create a new dynasty, this is not something that my old bones should take care of." Sima Hui first looked at Zhuge Liang and then at Ma Hong as he spoke, and then continued: "Liu Bei is a descendant of the Han family, famous all over the world, and has a benevolent name, Kong Ming, you can display your ambitions under it. ”

Zhuge Liang nodded and said.

"Uncle Chang, now that you are the head of the people, you are doing well in all aspects, the teacher has to say a word to you, but sometimes don't be rash, listen to Ziyang and Shiyuan's advice." Sima Hui said.

Ma Hong was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart: The teacher used to strongly ask me to assist Han, how did I change now, could it be that I really did a good job and was recognized by the teacher?

"Follow the teacher's teachings." Ma Hong said.

The night grew thicker and thicker, and the villages, the woods, the potholes, and the ditches, all seemed to have fallen into a mysterious silence at once.

"It's late at night, and the teacher doesn't have a few years to live, and you still have a long way to go, so you have to walk slowly, don't be in a hurry." Sima Hui uttered the last sentence, then straightened up and walked to the room.

Ma Hong and Zhuge Liang straightened up, supported Sima Hui left and right, and walked towards the house.

Sima Hui entered the room, stretched out his hand to close the door, Ma Hong and Zhuge Liang stood at the door, Sima Wei turned to Ma Hong slightly and said: "Uncle Chang, now that you are the master, you will hand over the sword to Liu Ye!" ”

Ma Hong nodded.

The full moon hung in mid-air, the moon stars were sparse, the frogs in the pond were cooing, Ma Hong and Zhuge Liang were walking on the path one after the other, and the crackling sound came from the dry branches under their feet. The aquatic plants by the river rustled in the evening breeze, Ma Hong walked to the pond, picked up a cobblestone and threw it into the pond, the full moon was reflected in the pond, the sound of the stone falling into the water made the frogs in the pond settle down for a few seconds, and continued to croak.

On the shore, it is still a familiar shore, Ma Hong once had a problem for Zhuge Liang here, and then Zhuge Liang called Ma Hong his senior brother.

Zhuge Liang looked at Ma Hong, Ma Hong looked at the full moon in the pond, and the two stood quietly and did not speak for a long time.

"Senior brother, your Mingyue has been found." Ma Hong suddenly opened his mouth to break the silence, his voice was very soft, the voice seemed to be very distant, as if he was saying to the wind, as if he was saying to the moon, as if he was saying to the frog in the pond.

Zhuge Liang said softly: "Yes." ”

Ma Hong turned his head to look at Zhuge Liang, and Zhuge Liang stepped forward a few steps to fight side by side with Ma Hong.

"Senior brother, have you ever thought about going to me, if you go to me, we senior brothers will work together, and the world will not be uncertain." Ma Hong asked.

Zhuge Liang nodded and said, "I did think about it, but Liang's wish is to revive the Han Dynasty, which is different from Senior Brother Dao." ”

Ma Hong smiled lightly and said: "The road is not passable, in fact, the end is the same." ”

Zhuge Liang was silent for a while and said: "Twelve years ago, when I first entered Jingzhou, in front of the gate of Xiangyang City, a meteorite fell from the sky and blocked my feet, and I knew that a boulder would be obstructed in front of my feet in the future. ”

"The boulder is me?"

"Now, it seems, yes."

"Are the cherry blossoms blooming? The one in Wancheng. ”

"It's late cherry blossoms, and it's not yet the season to bloom."

"Yicheng's peach blossoms have been defeated."

Zhuge Liang nodded.

"The cherry blossoms have not arrived, the peach blossom period has passed, and our flowers never bloom at the same time, so let's see whose flowers bloom more gorgeously!" Ma Hong turned and walked into the darkness.

Zhuge Liang stood by the pond and turned to look at Ma Hong's back, and said in a voice like a mosquito: "With the opponent of Senior Brother, Liang will not be lonely in this life." ”

Ma Hong returned to the room where he used to live, where Liu Ye and Yang Yi lit candles, and the two played against each other under the candlelight, playing chess made by Ma Hong. Ma Hong sat down in front of the chess game, untied the sword from his waist and put it in front of Yang Yi, Yang Yi grabbed the sword with both hands and put it on his lap, then picked up the horse and took a step, Yang Yi frowned and put down the chess pieces.

"Lost again, senior brother is a good move."

"Take, take."

"Ma Laosan, I haven't called you by this name for a long time!" Yang Yi said with a smile.

Ma Hong said: "Yang Xiaopang, you are fatter now." ”

Yang Yi smiled, reached out and touched the fat on his chin and said, "Yes, in the blink of an eye, so many years have passed, and the former senior brother has now become an enemy." ”

Ma Hong nodded and said, "It's still a long time, and when dawn comes, Liu Bei and his party should arrive." ”

Yang Yi slowly put away the chess pieces and said, "When Liu Bei arrives, do you want to kill him." ”

Liu Ye opened his mouth and said: "Liu Bei has Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun under him, how easy is it to take their lives?" ”

"His ancestor Liu Bang once entered the Hongmen banquet, he, a descendant, will definitely think of this, he must have made enough preparations to come, and although this is a place for us to study, but in the final analysis, it is not our home field." Ma Hong said.

Yang Yi sneered: "Senior brother, if we want to succeed, we only need to persuade the teacher to be an old man, and then use his manpower to work together to take him down." ”

"Don't forget that Senior Brother Zhuge is also the teacher's beloved apprentice, if we do it here, we will destroy our reputation, this is a place for us to learn, Senior Brother Zhuge promised to negotiate here, I also thought of this!" Liu Ye said.

"Xiang Yu didn't kill Liu Bang, but he left a big disaster, senior brother, even if the teacher is unwilling, Uncle Li Ru may help us."

Yang Yi insisted.

Ma Hong shook his head and said: "I am not Xiang Yu, Liu Bei is not Liu Bang, if I am completely sure, I will kill him here, but I am not sure, if we lose, the two of us will definitely go to war, and now is not the time." ”

Yang Yi nodded and said: "It's really not the time, that senior brother, now that Nanjun has become an important town, there can be no more of the situation last time, and then Senior Brother Nanjun feels that it will be handed over to someone to garrison." ”

"Senior brother, who do you think is more suitable?" Ma Hong asked.

Yang Yi smiled slightly: "Far away in the sky, close in front of you." ”

Ma Hong thought that Yang Yi was talking about himself, but Yang Yi's finger was indeed Liu Ye.

Ma Hong looked at Liu Ye and said, "Senior brother, you can agree with what Yang Yi said." ”

Liu Ye nodded and said, "Then I still need to ask you for two people." ”

"Who?"

"Senior Brother Yang and Zhang He."

"I can understand the choice of Yang Yi, the Yang family is deeply rooted in Nanjun and has considerable ability, but why did you choose Zhang He?"

"General Zhang He has a flexible brain, and he is stationed in Nanjun to deal with Senior Brother Zhuge and Xu Shu, so he is naturally a person with a good brain."

Ma Hong nodded and said, "I know, I'll assign you three more generals, Ma Play, Cheng Yi, and Zhang Heng." I will give you Jiang Wan again. ”

Liu Ye nodded and said, "That's very good." ”

"Urgently recruit 30,000 soldiers from Hanzhong, plus 8,000 infantry, 3,000 cavalry, and the land of Nanjun must not be lost." Ma Hong Road.

Liu Ye nodded and said, "Don't worry." ”

(To be continued.) )