Chapter 8: A Play Within a Play

When Zhuge Mou learned about Ziyang's whereabouts from the Ziyun Pavilion spies, he began to take out the good show that he had been preparing for a long time.

The next day, Ziyang and others came to the Yulong River Wharf, wanting to charter a luxury passenger ship to the capital, but unfortunately there was no ship for two days, which made Ziyang quite depressed, according to the words of the guest room waiter, the boat is usually very easy to rent, but now because of the martial arts into Beijing to catch the exam, the boat is particularly nervous. In fact, the boat was not too tight, but it was all let Zhuge Moubao go, and Ziyang just wouldn't wait for the ship. Zhuge Mou is waiting for Ziyang to take the bait.

On the third day, Ziyang and others came to try their luck again, and saw a gilded treasure boat parked on the shore, on the boat a white-clothed young man, about seventeen years old, holding a sandalwood fan of mountains and rivers, and pedaling auspicious Ruyi boots, which can be described as a lupine scarf and white clothes fluttering, giving people a feeling of being a master outside the world, and a kind of immature maturity and stability looming on his face. Who is this teenager? It is none other than Zhuge Mou, and it can be said that Zhuge Mou has been waiting here for a long time.

Yang Xing asked forward: "Dare to ask Brother Tai if he is going to the capital?"

Zhuge Mou replied: "Yes, we will leave in the afternoon." ”

Yang Xing asked again, "Can you give us four brothers?"

Zhuge Mou glanced at Ziyang and said with a smile: "This is our family's private boat, and it is not rented out." I'm sorry. ”

Yang Xing shook his head helplessly, ready to leave.

This is Zhuge Mou and said: "If my guess is good, you should go to the capital to catch the exam, I also happened to go to the capital, if you don't dislike it, you can go together, brother, I am more interested in all kinds of spells, the road is lonely, we can also communicate." ”

Yang Xing was immediately happy when he heard that there were martial arts to communicate, he was a real martial arts idiot, and he looked at Ziyang with expectant eyes.

Ziyang naturally understood what Yang Xing meant, nodded, and said, "We are grateful for the kindness of our brothers, but along the way, we may bring a lot of trouble to our brothers." ”

Zhuge Mou said: "Brother Tai said this, I Li admires the heroes very much, to be able to get together with the heroes, it is fate, why bother, I am grateful, it's too late, if Brother Tai doesn't give up, you can go to Beijing with Li." ”

Ziyang replied: "In this case, we might as well be respectful, let's go back and pack our luggage for the time being, and come back to disturb you in two hours." ”

The two sides are divided into their own hands.

On the way, Dapeng whispered to Ziyang, "The young man surnamed Li just now used the disguise technique. Ziyang was stunned when he heard this, and then replied: "It's okay." "Back to the room, settled everything, hurried to the dock.

Ziyang knows that it is normal for people who have been running around the rivers and lakes all year round to do some disguise techniques, besides, everyone has their own secrets, and Ziyang will not go to many things. Even if the other party has a special purpose, Ziyang is not only not afraid, but also very happy, indicating that someone has begun to pay attention to him, which is conducive to Ziyang to find the whereabouts of Piaoxue, which is also Ziyang's purpose.

Ziyang and the others came to the boat and exchanged pleasantries with Zhuge Mou. Zhuge Mou arranged it himself, and the boat started, and he was very excited, running around on the boat, happy like a child.

The length of the ship is more than 30 zhang, the width is more than 10 zhang, there are three floors of pavilions on the ship, about 20 houses, and there are more than 100 boatmen, handymen and waiters on the ship, which fully demonstrates the pomp and momentum of the big family.

Yang Xing grew up in the mountains and forests since he was a child, he had never seen this kind of battle, plus it was the first time to take a boat, it was normal for him to be excited, Ziyang and the others looked at Yang Xing, and they immersed themselves in their memories, thinking that he was not like this back then, Yang Xing looked like himself back then.

Zhuge Mou invited Ziyang and others to come to the top of the platform to drink and have fun together, Ziyang was no longer polite, and said with a smile: "Li Gongzi is so Yaxing, the scenery on this Jade Dragon River is infinite, and it is really our luck to be able to enjoy the beautiful scenery with Gongzi." Ziyang saw Zhuge Mou's elegant style, and naturally he was sour.

Zhuge Mou also said sourly: "Where is it, you and my brothers really see each other at first sight, it is a good thing for my brother and my life, if Brother Tai does not give up, it is easy for Brother Tai to recognize him as a brother, how does Brother Tai think." ”

Zhuge Mou was thinking step by step about how to get closer to Ziyang and the others and break into Ziyang's circle, so that he could further spy on the secret and be an undercover agent who was not worthy of the name.

If Ziyang didn't know that Zhuge Mou was changing, he would also readily agree, but Zhuge Mou and Ziyang were brothers under a false pretense, Ziyang's vigilance naturally rose, and brothers naturally treated each other with sincerity, otherwise how could they be called brothers, at this time, Ziyang did not like to expose Zhuge Mou's false face.

Therefore, he smiled and said: "I am waiting for the mountains and grasslands, a grass people, there is no power of the wealthy family, only some superficial spells, I really don't dare to call Li Gongzi a brother." ”

After speaking, he took out a picture scroll that he had taken from the bandits, handed it to Zhuge Mou, and said with a smile: "Thanks to Li Gongzi's love and bringing my brother to Beijing, a calligraphy and painting is not a tribute." “

Once he took this painting, Ziyang and the others no longer owed him any favors, how dare Zhuge Mou take it, it took him a lot of effort to make Ziyang owe him favors, how could he give it up easily.

Zhuge Mou opened the picture and looked at it, he was startled, and exclaimed: "Brother Tai, this is the true work of Sima Wen of the Holy Lord today, it is worth millions of taels of silver, and it is more than enough to buy two ships like mine, such a valuable gift, how dare I accept such a heavy gift, besides, I am just on the way." Zhuge Mou refused to accept this.

Ziyang said: "Our brothers are all rough people, we can't appreciate such elegant things, this kind of calligraphy and painting is valuable in the hands of Li Gongzi, but in the hands of our brothers, it is worthless." Please also ask the son to smile, otherwise, our brother will be at peace in his heart. ”

Zhuge Mou said: "Brother Tai's words are bad, in today's troubled times, the princes around the country are stockpiling grain and grass, recruiting troops and horses, accumulating strength, and becoming a prince with the strength of Brother Tai, it is not difficult, and a large amount of silver will be needed at that time, this painting is one of the three paintings that are circulated among the people in the saint today, in the Great Jin Kingdom, the calligraphy and painting attainments of today's saint can be said to be the peak, almost unsurpassed, and this painting is the best of the best, if the brother Tai lacks money and food to recruit troops and horses, this painting can solve the urgent need of the brother Tai. ”

When Zhuge Mou said this, he was constantly testing Ziyang's intentions, according to common sense, people are ambitious, even if Ziyang and the others had no intention of dominating one side before, after he reminded him, he would also consider it, so he led the problem just now to the other side, laying the foundation for how to interact with Ziyang and others in the next step. After all, Ziyang had already said that just now, if Zhuge Mou refused to accept it, it would hurt the face of Ziyang and the others, and it would be difficult to get along in the future; if he accepted it, Zhuge Mou would be greatly in a passive state, and his previous efforts would be in vain, which he didn't want to see at this time. Such a quote is reasonable, and it is foreshadowing, and he is indeed a master of talking. No wonder the Xuantian Silk Soft-Armored Young Man sent him to spy on the news.

Ziyang secretly exclaimed in his heart: "This person is indeed a talent, with a single word, he will turn things around, solve the crisis, and it also has a profound meaning, leaving a lot of back roads, such talents are extremely rare, if they can be collected as an account, they will be more secure for the future revenge plan." ”

Dapeng listened to Zhuge Mou's words, thoughtful, and his expression at this moment was caught by Zhuge Mou, and he was secretly happy in his heart. He had already judged that Ziyang and the others were by no means things in the pool, they had the ambition to be the king and hegemon, maybe they already had a more detailed plan, and looking at the appearance of these four people, they were all martial arts cultivators, so naturally there was a lack of strategists like him, it seemed that his guidance was in the right direction, and there was a great chance of joining them.