A petite figure flashed out from behind the door.

The faint body fragrance came, and Liu Chuang knew the identity of the person who came.

"Big stupid bear, boring."

Lu Lan walked around, and the bell tied to her ankle made a pleasant sound, "I wanted to scare you, but you found out!" ”

Liu Chuang couldn't help laughing, and reached out to hold Lu Lan in his arms, "Bell, didn't you say that you want to play Liubo with Dan'er, why did you come here?" ”

"Dan'er is a stupid person, always loses to me, and has already slept."

Lu Lan raised her face with a slightly proud smile.

She has a very good relationship with Xun Dan, but no matter what, Xun Dan is from a wang family, and she is a flat wife. But she is a concubine, and in terms of background and status, she is weaker than Xun Dan. Don't look at Lu Lan who doesn't usually say much, but he always wants to suppress Xun Dan in his heart.

Xun Dan is a little confused, so naturally he can't think of this.

But Liu Chuang could more or less sense some of Lu Lan's thoughts, but he didn't persuade him.

In my heart, I always felt that I owed Lu Lan a lot. The dignified daughter of Lu Bu, but she can only be a concubine, which is not good after all.

Therefore, Lu Lan sometimes plays a little surname, and Liu Chuang will not take it to heart.

He rubbed Lu Lan's head and pulled her to sit down.

"Big stupid bear, my little mother is pregnant."

"Huh?"

When Liu Chuang heard it at first glance, he thought that Diao Chan was pregnant. But later, after listening to Lu Lanyi, I learned that it was Cao who was pregnant. Lu Bu is nearly fifty years old, but there is only one daughter under his knees. Now that Cao is pregnant, it is a good thing. It's just that looking at Lu Lan's appearance, he seems to be a little unhappy.

"Why is the bell so upset?

Wouldn't it be good that if your wife is pregnant, you will have a brother or sister in the future? ”

Lu Lan pouted and refused to answer.

Liu Chuang could vaguely guess Lu Lan's thoughts.

From childhood to adulthood, Lu Lan has been deeply favored by Lu Bu's family, whether it is when Lu Bu is proud, or when he is down, his love for Lu Lan has never decreased. But once Lu Bu has a child again, will he still love Lu Lan as before? Not to mention, Lu Lan is a girl who has already been married, so she will be a little neglected. This is probably the reason why Lu Lan is most worried and even disappointed.

Still a child's temper!

Liu Chuang sighed in his heart and hugged Lu Lan in his arms.

He comforted Lu Lan softly, and even tried his best to finally ease Lu Lan's feelings a lot.

The two chattered and whispered all night, and at dawn the next day, Liu Chuang made a decision not to deal with any official business, and to accompany Lu Lan Xundan to go to sea to play.

Since entering Liao, Liu Chuang's nerves have always been very tense.

Gongsun, Goguryeo, Fuyuguo......

Enemies from all sides made him feel inexplicably pressured.

And the biggest pressure is the urgency of time. Fortunately, in the scheduled time, the war in Liaodong finally ended.

He entered Liaoning in September and returned to western Liaoning in April.

For seven months, Liu Chuang spent every day in tension.

Fortunately, with the assistance of Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi, and Yan Rou, he didn't work too hard. Otherwise, his body will not be able to hold on to his bones in the first place. Accompanied Lu Lan Xundan and Du Zhen to board the sea boat, cruising in Liaodong Bay for a whole day, and returned to Linyu at night.

The relaxation also made Liu Chuang's jīng spirit much better.

When he got home, he went to bed early, and as soon as he slept, he slept until dawn.

At dawn, Liu Chuang woke up.

Looking at Lu Lan, who was sleeping beside him, as delicate as a begonia, Liu Chuang couldn't help but feel pity. He sat up lightly from the couch, covered Lu Lan with a quilt, and then went out in his clothes. On the horizon, a round of sunrise is rising. Liu Chuang faced the rising sun and practiced the nine changes of the dragon and snake, only to feel that his whole body was extremely comfortable. Since he became a dragon and snake transformation, Liu Chuang has found that his progress is getting slower and slower, and he is almost stagnant.

Originally, he thought he was on a business trip, but there was no one to ask for advice.

After all, the person who is most familiar with the nine changes of the dragon and snake is none other than Liu Yong. And Liu Yong is not around, not to mention, he has only practiced until the dragon and snake change, and for the changes behind the dragon and snake change, he is also moving forward in exploration. It wasn't until Liu Chuang met Wang Yue that he understood the reason. After practicing to the dragon and snake transformation, the qi and blood are complete, and if you want to progress, you need an extremely slow accumulation, let alone be in a hurry.

So recently, Liu Chuang, under Wang Yue's Jianyì, began to read some Huang Lao classics.

For example, the Yellow Emperor's internal classics, such as the Tao Te Ching......

He may not be able to understand a lot of the content in it, but after reading it repeatedly, he can have new feelings every time he reads it.

Gradually, Liu Chuang's temperament is also changing.

If Liu Chuang's previous feeling was a kind of rage; So now, he has put away this fury and has become restrained.

After practicing the nine changes of the dragon and snake, Du Zhen has prepared the washing utensils.

After packing up and dressing, Liu Chuang was about to go to the mansion, and he didn't want Pei Wei to come in a hurry to report: "The third prince and a few people came to ask to see the emperor's uncle." ”

The third son?

Liu Chuang didn't react for a moment.

"It's Ziheng Gongzi."

"Oh, you mean the third."

Liu Chuang suddenly realized that these three sons were Zhuge Jun.

Since last year, Zhuge Jun has gone to Nanshan Academy to study, and it has been a year.

Because Liu Chuang was busy with the war, he didn't have the strength to take care of Zhuge Jun's studies. But when he came back this time, Zhuge Ling mentioned it to him once.

Zhuge Jun's talent may not be as outstanding as Zhuge Liang, but he is also an extremely smart person.

Otherwise, after Zhuge Liang's death in history, the Zhuge branch was continued by Zhuge Jun...... Whether it is Zhuge Jin's children or Zhuge Liang's children, they have all passed under Zhuge Jun's knees. This made Zhuge one branch finally continued.

Zhuge Ling said: Zheng Xuan intends to let Zhuge Jun come out for some training.

The implication is that Zhuge is in the academy and can no longer make progress.

It is better to read 10,000 books than to travel 10,000 miles...... Traveling thousands of miles, it is better to actually experience it. Zheng Xuan is a person who attaches great importance to experience, and although Zhuge Jun entered school late, he has actually been studying with Zheng Xuan Guan Ning and others, and he is now sixteen years old.

If the age calculation method of the Eastern Han Dynasty is followed, Zhuge is already eighteen.

Liu Chuang originally planned to go to Guzhu City to visit Zheng Xuan in two days, and recruit Zhuge Jun, but he didn't want him to come by himself.

"Let Ziheng come to the study to see me."

Liu Chuang thought about it, and then ordered Pei Wei to go down.

Then, he came to the study and sat down, and as soon as he took a sip of water, he heard the sound of footsteps outside the house, followed by a childish voice outside the door, "Ziheng asks to see Uncle Huang." ”

"Third child, come in."

Zhuge Jun wore a green shirt and walked in from the outside.

But behind him, there were three more people.

When Liu Chuang saw the three people, he couldn't help but be stunned. Because he recognized those three people, it was Xu Shu, Meng Jian and Shi Tao.

"Why is Yuan Nao here too?"

Zhuge Jun's size is not as tall as Zhuge Liang.

About 175 cm tall, the body is slightly thin, but it sets off a trace of elegant bookishness.

Zhuge Jun smiled and stepped forward to greet Liu Chuang, "Brother, they are all traveling on the orders of the teacher, but after thinking about it, it is better to ask for an errand under the brother's account, and see more experience." I discussed it with the three brothers, Yuan Zhi Guangyuan and Gongwei, and I came to recommend myself to my brother Mao Sui. ”

Xu Shu bowed, "When I was in Xudu, my mother was taken care of by the emperor's uncle, and then she was sent to Guzhu City to be treated favorably.

The mother often talks to the concubine, and you need to remember the kindness of the emperor's uncle. Xu Shu has been in the academy for a year, and now he heard that there is a shortage of people around the emperor's uncle, so he cheekily asked Ziheng to serve the emperor's uncle, and asked the emperor's uncle to accept it. ”

It can be seen that the relationship between Xu Shu and Zhuge Jun is very good.

This made Liu Chuang more or less surprised.

Originally, he recruited Xu Shu and others in the hope of adding a few friends to Zhuge Liang. But who would have thought that Zhuge Liang's growth was too amazing, and now there is Sima Yi competing with each other on the side, which is far from being comparable to Xu Shu and others. Now Zhuge Liang, most of the people who can talk to him are at the level of Chen Qun, Chen Jiao, and Sima Yi. In contrast, Xu Shu has been unable to keep up with Zhuge Liang's footsteps.

But who would have thought that Xu Shu and Zhuge would become friends.

The age difference between the two is ten years, but it can be said that Zhuge Jun's vision is far higher than Xu Shu.

He was originally a child of the Langya Wang clan, and later followed Zheng Xuan to study, although he was just a small scholar in Nanshan Academy, but every contact was full of erudite Confucianism. In addition, he accompanied Liu Chuang all the way, and witnessed Liu Chuang's rise. In terms of vision and insight, it is true that ordinary people cannot compare. Even if Xu Shu is ten years older than him, he can't talk at all.

This is a prodigy-level character, maybe not as good as Zhuge Liang, but he is also a personal masterpiece.

Liu Chuang was overjoyed, and hurriedly got up to support Xu Shu and the others.

"Yuan Zhi Gongwei Guangyuan is willing to come to help, which is really a great luck."

He was short of manpower, and the four of Zhuge Jun were sent to the door, how could Liu Chuang be unhappy in his heart.

After Zhuge Jun and the four of them sat down, they chatted with Liu Chuang.

Xu Shu said: "Uncle Huang's recapture of Liaoxi is a great joy.

But if we don't move forward, we may see a catastrophe coming. ”

"Oh?"

When Liu Chuang heard this, he looked at Xu Shu with interest and said, "I don't know Yuanzhi, what do you think?" ”

Xu Shu was a little excited in his heart, and took a deep breath to calm himself down.

Initially, he was not particularly reluctant when he came to Liaodong. The main reason is that Liaodong is deserted, and Liu Chuang's power is weak, so I am afraid it will be difficult to make a difference.

But with the opening of the prelude to the Battle of Guandu, Xu Shu gradually saw Liu Chuang's layout clearly.

He pondered it carefully, and couldn't help but feel shocked. Because he saw from Liu Chuang's layout that as early as the second year of Jian'an, when Liu Chuangfang was based in Beihai Kingdom, he had already judged the inevitability of Yuan Cao's battle. It can be said that since the second year of Jian'an, Liu Chuang has begun to plan. Abandoning Donglai in the Beihai Sea and coming to this remote place in Liaodong seems to be a stinky move, but in fact, he got out of the cracks and was no longer restrained by Yuan Shao and Cao Ying. Liaodong may be deserted, but he is lonely and not valued by Yuan Shao, and it is not hindered by Cao Ying.

This also gave Liu Chuang a chance to breathe and was able to develop rapidly.

It can be said that since the second year of Jian'an, Liu Chuang's every move has been extremely carefully planned.

Xu Shu saw from Liu Chuang's actions that this Uncle Liu Huang was very ambitious and would never be willing to stand in the land of Liaodong.

He wanted to use the land of Liaodong as a buffer, and then take advantage of the beginning of the battle of Yuan Cao to seek the world.

It was also from this time that Xu Shu's gaze towards Liu Chuang was a little different. After studying at Nanshan Academy for a year, he deliberately befriended Zhuge Jun and found that Liu Chuang's subordinates had unknowingly gathered a large number of capable people, and their strength was not weak.

And Liu Chuang used half a year to seize Liaodong, eliminate Goguryeo, and deter Fuyu Guo......

When Zhuge returned to Chongqing this time, he invited Xu Shu and the three of them to accompany him.

Originally, Xu Shu was still a little hesitant, but Xu's mother's words made him make up his mind.

"The great husband is born into the world, and he should build up his deeds.

Today's Han family is declining, fortunately with the rise of the emperor's uncle, it is said that the Han family will be prosperous in the future, and he must belong. Since my son has the heart to serve the emperor's uncle, why should he look ahead? At this time, he went to serve the emperor's uncle, although he was not as good as Kong Ming's old men, but he was also a meritorious minister. If it's too late, when the emperor's uncle is already in the big picture, my son will go, it's just the icing on the cake, how can it be more important than the current investment? ”

At that moment, as soon as Xu Shu and Shi Tao and Meng Jian discussed, they agreed to come with Zhuge Jun.

Along the way, he was thinking about Liu Chuang's next move, and he vaguely guessed Liu Chuang's intentions.

So when he saw Liu Chuang today, Xu Shu spoke bluntly, in order to get Liu Chuang's attention.

Hearing Liu Chuang's question, Xu Shu tried to calm down the excitement in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Uncle Huang has seized the four counties of Liaodong, and it seems that he has a firm foothold. However, Liaodong is barren, and although the territory is vast, the population is scarce. Although Uncle Huang continues to naturalize foreign races, it is not possible to work in the short term. Hu people see many people who forget their righteousness, and now they say that they are willing to naturalize because of the power of the emperor's uncle, but once there is a change, these people will be a disaster.

Uncle Huang's naturalization of the Hu people is a good thing, but it takes a long process.

Now Yuan Shao and Cao Ying are fighting in the Central Plains, and they have no time to take care of the emperor's uncle for the time being. But once the war is over, regardless of whether Yuan Shao wins or loses, he will inevitably be embarrassed by Uncle Huang. At that time, Uncle Huang only relied on the four counties of Liaodong, which was not enough to compete with Yuan Shao. Although now the emperor's uncle has pacified Liaodong, the foundation is fixed, and then the time will not wait for me, even if the emperor's uncle is now exhausted, he must take advantage of the victory to pursue and go west to Youzhou. ”

Liu Chuang's eyes narrowed, and he couldn't help but secretly sigh in his heart, this Xu Shu is worthy of being a figure valued by Zhuge Liang in history.

His thinking almost coincides with Liu Chuang, Zhuge Liang, and Sima Yi.

"So, with the meaning of Yuan Zhi, how should it be?"

Xu Shu pondered for a moment, raised his head and said: "Uncle Huang thinks that at the moment, when the west enters the secluded merger, and the south joins Cao Ying, it will be enough to confront Yuan Shao." ”

Go west and merge, and Cao Ying in the south?

This is exactly what Liu Chuang has been planning.

Xu Shu can come up with this eight-character policy, which is enough to prove that his ability is not bad.

It is worthy of Mr. 'Shan Fu'! Liu Chuang's face immediately showed a satisfied smile.

"Yuan Zhi, there is no one to take on the position of the chief bookkeeper next to me, I don't know if I am willing to give in?" (To be continued.) )