[Three Kingdoms] Carnival

"coming?"

Zhuge Liang's head start made the approaching Pang Tong pause, and then he quickened his pace in the next second. The thick fur in his hand wrapped Zhuge Liang tightly, and put the paper lantern that Zhuge Liang had left on the thatched cottage table on his back feet.

"Thank you." Zhuge Liang was not surprised at all that Pang Tong was able to bring the paper lantern he had forgotten so knowingly.He thanked Pang Tong with a smile, and looked behind Pang Tong. There was no one else, and he said strangely, "That kid, A Jun, wouldn't have thought that Liang was here. He is so stupid."

"Tong knew you would be here, so he didn't let him come, lest he get sick again."

"...That's right, Ah Jun's body should be well cultivated."

Pang Tong knew that Zhuge Liang must have thought of what happened many years ago: At that time, there was a famine in Xuzhou, and there were many mourners. Zhuge Liang and his younger brother lost their parents when they were young, and they fled south with their uncle.It was also at that time that Zhuge Jun fell to the root of the disease because of lack of food and fatigue.

But when he saw the flash of self-blame in Zhuge Liang's eyes, he still felt uncomfortable in his heart.Zhuge Kongming can be high-spirited, proud and unrestrained, or he can be unrestrained and self-sufficient, with a charming appearance and moon charm, he should not show this lonely expression.

But he doesn't know how to comfort people. After a pause, he only knows how to pick up the topic:

"Are you stargazing?"

In fact, although Zhuge Liang did blame himself, it was only for a moment.It has never been his character to be unhappy about past events.Hearing Pang Tong mention this, he quickly smiled as usual and said: "Yes. Today Liang promised Liu Xuande to serve him as an official, so he must eat the king's salary and take care of the king's worries."

"Shiyuan, look," Zhuge Liang said, pointing to the vast galaxy in the sky, "Jingzhou, where we are located, is divided between Yisu and Xingsu, and the year star is falling here at this time. According to the fate of the stars, Alright, Yizhou, which divides Jingsu and Guisu, will also be sheltered under Zi?m. The destiny belongs to the generation of Jingyi."

The art of stargazing has always been mastered only by the most intelligent people, and Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Cub are two of the few.However, Pang Tong was different from people at that time, and he did not believe that the stars far away in the sky had any power to influence the situation in the world.Whenever Zhuge Liang looked up at the stars, his eyes always fell on Zhuge Liang, and his eyes were full of the clear light falling on people.

He always felt that whenever Zhuge Liang looked up at the stars, the stars were also in Zhuge Liang's palm.The sky is vast and boundless, and people are unparalleled.

Pang Tong had to admit very reluctantly that if Zhuge Liang was allowed to live in seclusion in this mountain for a lifetime, it would only humiliate his talent.Since he was born as a Wolong, he should have the day to soar in the nine heavens.

But, "Why Liu Xuande?"

Pang Tong still remembered that Zhuge Liang lied about Si Jiazi and went to see Liu Bei, and even more remembered that Zhuge Liang locked himself in the room for five or six days with a gloomy expression after he came back, and made Liannu and six guns.In the end, all six guns hit the wooden stake with Liu Xuande's name written on it in the yard.

At this time Zhuge Liang had already squatted down and began to play with the paper lantern.Hearing Pang Tong's voice, he jokingly said: "When Shi Yuan said this, you are not afraid that your uncle will know? He has always valued this Duke Xuande."

"My uncle has always known my aspirations." Pang Tong followed Zhuge Liang and knelt down to help others tie the bamboo at the corner of the paper lantern with silk thread. "And your aspirations, uncle has never been able to see through. I thought I knew it. But after you chose Liu Xuande, you don't understand anymore."

The voice fell, but what was obtained was a long silence.Zhuge Liang tied the paper lantern wholeheartedly, he didn't seem to hear Pang Tong's words, and seemed to be hesitant because of his words, as Pang Tong hoped.

After finally tying up the paper lantern, Zhuge Liang carefully protected the kindling that he had finally struck, and ignited the primer in the paper lantern.At this moment, Pang Tong heard Zhuge Liang's sighing voice:

"In this world, there are too many people who dare to fight for the world, but very few people who dare to dream.

Therefore, it is not bad for Liang to have a big dream with Liu Xuande. "

On the edge of the cliff, orange paper lanterns float up with the night wind, gradually drifting away, and meet thousands of stars in the sky.Bai Qiu Qinghui stood majestically, shining fire all over the sky, falling into the eyes of one person.

"Mr. Pang, please stay."

The sudden voice brought back Pang Tong's thoughts. He reined in his horse and looked at the young man who appeared in front of him at some point in time, who was about the same age as Kong Ming, and nearly a hundred soldiers behind him.

The visitor is not good.

Pang Tong said coldly: "I have something urgent to do now, please make way."

"Whether it's urgent or not, sir, I know better than this." The words of the leading young man had no deep meaning,

"Whether you really want to save Guan Yunchang, my husband knows better than me."

Although the young man in front of him also had a shallow smile on his face, he felt very different from Zhuge Liang.Anyone with more experience can perceive the indifference buried under the smile.In the amber pupils is the buried unruliness, thick as a sword, just like a wolf crouching in the dark waiting for an opportunity.

What a troublesome person indeed.

Pang Tong was vigilant in his heart, but the expression on his face did not change. The only eye that was exposed was still as cold as a candle, and he confronted the young man tit for tat: "You know who I am, but you don't report your family name yourself, it's too rude."

"I don't report my name because it's irrelevant to who I am. Now, sir, I only need to stay here for a while, and when the news of Guan Yu's death comes over there, I will leave immediately. I will not make things difficult for you. In this way, sir Afterwards, I can pass the responsibility on to my subordinates, and I can also complete the tasks assigned by him. You and I are both winners of this deal." The young man paused, and then said, "Actually, I think it is the greatest benefit to kill Mr. But he said it was not the time yet, so I really have no intention of killing my husband. Of course, if my husband refuses to agree, then I have a reason to make trouble for him.

To be honest, I was looking forward to it. "

he?

Pang Tong was very sensitive to the person whom the person was referring to vaguely, but he knew that even if he asked, the person in front of him would not answer him.Now, the purpose of the person in front of him is already obvious, which is to drag him here so that he cannot go to see Zhou Yu, so as to ensure that Guan Yu will surely die.

In all fairness, he did not care about Guan Yu's life or death, even because of the unkind attitude of the two brothers Liu Xuande towards Zhuge Liang, he was happy to see Guan Yu's death.He was willing to wade into this muddy water, first because he agreed to Kong Ming, and second because he intuitively realized that the death of Guan Yu was not the end, but the beginning. He was very curious about the mind of the person who set up the situation.

And three, he wanted to see what Liu Xuande would do if Guan Yu really died.Whether to avenge his brother regardless of everything, or to bear it for the time being in consideration of the overall situation, if Liu Xuande chooses the latter,

Kong Ming's contribution is still meaningful.

But if a person who can endure the death of a brother who lives and dies with him, can he be called benevolent and righteous?

It's really interesting to choose between world affairs and human conditions.

"By the way, he has another sentence, please pass it on to Mr. Pang: 'Since you can't rest assured, why don't you stay in Xuande's army? Even if you don't like Liu Bei, you can share one or two for Kong Ming.'"

On that day, he really cooperated with that young man to stay there until a soldier in Jiangdong uniform brought the news of Guan Yu's death.It was the young man whose eyes were full of regret at the end, maybe it was true as the person said before, because he lost the opportunity to cause trouble for "him".And when he went to Zhuge Liang again, he didn't use this incident as an excuse, and Zhuge Liang didn't say much as expected.In front of Liu Bei, when Zhuge Liang knelt down to plead guilty, he didn't mention anything about him.

Standing aside, he saw that Liu Bei still had tears in his eyes, but he hastily knelt down to help Kong Ming up.When Zhang Fei rushed into the tent angrily and opened his mouth to scold Kong Ming, Liu Bei actually stood in front of Kong Ming one step ahead of him:

"Yide! This matter has nothing to do with the military division, you apologize to the military division immediately!"

"Brother! This guy..."

"Apologize!"

Zhang Fei was not the type to bow his head in a few words, but his elder brother turned towards others, so in the end he had no choice but to snort angrily, shake his sleeves and leave.

"My lord, Liang..."

"It's okay, I understand." Liu Bei stopped Zhuge Liang before asking for an apology, and shook his head lightly, "I will ask Kong Ming to teach you how to do it next."

At that moment, although Pang Tong was only standing a few feet away, he felt thousands of miles away from the two of them.In his eyes, Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei's thoughts and words, and even the expressions of their eyebrows and eyes, were incomparably compatible.He carefully examined Liu Bei's face inch by inch, but found nothing in the end.

He rejoiced for his friend, but also felt sad.

If Liu Xuande is such a person, with Kong Ming's temperament, even if this road is destined to be a dead end, I'm afraid he will take it.

Since Zhuge Liang could not be persuaded to leave, Pang Tong simply followed Zhuge Liang's wishes and stayed, and followed Zhuge Liang's strategy to go to Sichuan for Liu Bei to meet Liu Zhang.After the same Liu family, if Liu Bei can pass in the eyes of Pang Tong, then Liu Zhang, who only knows a corner and has a large area of ​​land occupied by Zhang Lu, is not even qualified to be judged.Therefore, when Liu Zhang promised gold, silver and jewelry high-ranking officials Houlu that he would switch to Yizhou, he politely declined on the face, but only sneered in his heart.

The phoenix does not live in the phoenix tree. To this day, there is no one in this world who can be regarded as the lord of the phoenix tree.

In the end, as envisioned in Zhuge Liang's strategy, Liu Zhang agreed to Liu Bei's entry into Sichuan to join forces with him out of the need to fight against the aggressive Zhang Lu.However, when he returned to Jingzhou with good news day and night, what greeted him was the news of Zhuge Liang's distress.

"This time it's Liang's own decision, Shi Yuan, don't talk about the lord anymore." After persuading the worried Liu Bei to go out, Zhuge Liang asked the military doctor to apply the medicine, while pulling Pang Tong's sleeve and whispered, "The lord looks majestic and looks like an ancestor, but in fact he has a thin skin. If you blame him again, he will definitely blame himself."

Pang Tong looked at the large bruises on Zhuge Liang's back and arms, and frowned in pain for Zhuge Liang, but the really injured person cared about nothing to do with the injury: "Even if it was your idea, if it wasn't because of Liu Xuande, you would It won't hurt. Do you know that if there is an accident, you are not just crying out for pain here!"

"I know, I know." Zhuge Liang said repeatedly, his tone should be as perfunctory as possible, which is exactly the same as his attitude when he was trained by Pang Tong when he ran to the mountain alone before he became an official, "However, if you can make people believe his words, you will be desperate The pros and cons help him achieve his ideal, which shows that the lord is indeed worth following."

Pang Tong stared, the injured fox blinked, and shut up obediently.

"Shi Yuan, how is Kong Ming's health?"

Finally climbed over a high mountain and came to relatively flat land.At this time, Zhuge Liang had been burned for more than two days because of the heavy rain before, his face was as pale as paper, his footsteps were weak, and he finally walked here with the army almost desperately.After Liu Bei ordered the camp to rest, he immediately asked the military doctor to treat Zhuge Liang. Although he was extremely worried, he had to put the overall situation first and deal with other affairs in the camp first.When he came back after finishing the processing, he happened to see Pang Tong coming out of Zhuge Liang's big tent, and hurriedly stepped forward to inquire.Before Pang Tong could answer, he felt uneasy, so he simply planned to enter the account to check for himself.

Pang Tong raised his hand to stop him: "Kong Ming has already fallen asleep, it's better for General Liu not to go in and disturb him."

Liu Bei's footsteps stopped immediately, hesitated for a while, then turned around, and only asked Pang Tong carefully about Zhuge Liang's condition.When he heard that the fever had subsided, his furrowed brows suddenly relaxed, obviously heaved a sigh of relief.

"General Liu," Pang Tong said to Liu Bei after talking about his illness, "Kong Ming's body cannot support the current marching speed. Next, it is better to divide the troops. Tong and General Liu will lead the army forward first, leaving some troops to protect Kong Ming. For the safety of the people, wait for Kongming to recover before entering Sichuan."

"Shi Yuan's words are naturally good. It's just..."

"Just what?"

Liu Bei laughed and said, "It's just that Bei originally thought that Shi Yuan would stay with Kong Ming instead of entering Sichuan with Bei."

"..."

Pang Tong had no choice but to hide his surprise in silence.He really didn't know why he made such an arrangement subconsciously just now.

Is it because he knows that he will definitely not agree if he stays with Kong Ming, or he is still worried that Liu Bei will lead his army into Yizhou, which seems to be calm but is actually in crisis.

"Bei actually knows that in the eyes of Shi Yuan, or many people, what Bei insists on is a woman's benevolence, buying people's hearts, or being ignorant of current affairs. Now, Bei has lost two brothers, and lost Kong Ming. The territory won by Bei is in a state of distress, like a lost dog." Liu Bei said softly, "But Bei is still obsessed with the feeling that there are some things in this world that still need someone to persist. In Bei's eyes, that is more important than the world.

But this is just the insistence of one person.Therefore, if Shi Yuan wanted to stay, Bei would not stop him.Moreover, Bei was indeed not at ease when Kong Ming stayed alone. "

After speaking, Liu Bei bowed and turned around to leave.

Finally, as suggested by Pang Tong, Zhuge Liang advanced slowly with part of the army, while Liu Bei and Pang Tong led the army into Sichuan first.Zhuge Liang naturally raised objections to such an arrangement, but it's a pity that even Liu Bei refused to stand on his side this time.Under Liu Bei and Pang Tong's co-persuasion and Pang Tong's threat to stay with him, Zhuge Liang had no choice but to settle for the next best thing, and reluctantly accepted the arrangement.

"Shi Yuan, Lord Liang will leave it to you." Before leaving, Zhuge Liang pulled Pang Tong's sleeve, and Pang Tong was taken aback by his rare seriousness. Then he realized that Zhuge Liang was so nervous because of the incident with Guan Yu earlier.

"...Don't worry." Pang Tong glanced back at Liu Bei, who was organizing the army, and squinted his eyes unconsciously, "Tong suddenly felt that it would not be a bad thing to have more monarchs like Liu Bei in the world."

Zhuge Liang looked at Liu Bei where Pang Tong was looking, and then glanced at Pang Tong, his pale lips secretly raised a faint arc.

Even Shiyuan can change his mind, he really deserves to be the lord.

This time, the entourage was all elite soldiers, the number had been reduced by more than half, and the marching speed had been greatly increased.Seven days later, the majestic and luxuriant mountains and plains of the Sichuan and Shu lands appeared in front of my eyes from far and near.

"Shiyuan, after passing the hill ahead, we will reach the place we agreed with Liu Zhang after walking for a few dozen miles."

Looking in the direction Liu Bei pointed, Pang Tong frowned slightly as he looked at the not-so-steep hillside.All military strategists have an innate sense of danger.

"My lord, can your Luma borrow Tongtong to ride?"

"It's okay, but I don't know Shiyuan..." Liu Bei was halfway through speaking, and then suddenly realized that Pang Tong had changed his address.He asked pleasantly, "Is Shi Yuan willing to stay as an assistant?"

"Yes." Pang Tong smiled at Liu Bei.The gloomy air that lingered on Pang Tong in the past was swept away immediately, as if the first snow melted and the spring breeze suddenly warmed up. "Please also sit down and use it for unification, my lord."

"Okay, okay!" Liu Bei hurriedly got off his horse and handed the horse to Pang Tong.

After getting a new owner, Luma didn't have any temper. The obedient Ren Pangtong stroked the only white fur in front of his head.After a while, Pang Tong seemed to have made up his mind, his brows were raised, he got on his horse, and held the reins tightly:

"Liu Xuande," before waving his whip, Pang Tong looked back at Liu Bei, opened his lips and said slowly, "If the world can really become the world you want, don't follow the footsteps of history and let down the person who has dedicated himself to you."

When Liu Bei realized that something was wrong, the hissing sound had already sounded.Lu Mai hoof, galloped towards the valley ahead.The strong wind blew across the cheeks, brushed the hair on the forehead, the grassy huts in the uplift, the starry night above the cliff, and the old colors of Taoyuan that Liu Bei said flashed in front of my eyes one by one.The emotions that have been accumulated in his chest for a long time finally gathered into this desperate game, but this time, Pang Tong felt extremely happy.

When Dilu's horse's hooves stepped into the valley, the sound of arrows piercing through the air sounded at the same time.

It is said in the world that crouching dragon and phoenix chicks can secure the world with one.

"However, things in the world are always too much to go too far, and even everyone is innocent and guilty. Liu Zhang promised the late emperor to enter Sichuan to resist Zhang Lu, but he didn't want to be turned by the late emperor. So when Liu Zhang saw Mr. Fengchu, he was also thinking about it. When the late emperor was running away, he was even more afraid of the late emperor who was assisted by two people, Crouching Dragon and Phoenix, so he became malicious and killed Mr. Fengchu in Luofengpo." After Jiang Wei finished speaking, his handsome brows could not help showing some dissatisfaction. Confident, "Prime Minister, I don't know... is Wei right?"

Seeing Jiang Wei's restraint which he tried to conceal but wanted to cover up, Zhuge Liang stopped his fluttering feather fan, and put his hand on the young general's shoulder in a comforting manner.However, the moment his hand touched Jiang Wei's body, Zhuge Liang obviously felt his body stiffen, and couldn't help but smile slightly, secretly sighing that the consolation had the opposite effect:

"Don't be nervous." At this time, Prime Minister Ji Han's voice was a little less majestic in the court, and a little more gentle with those close to him, although if there are still people from the past, no matter the generals or veterans, they will not treat him This gentle and unfamiliar: "Bo Yue is right. But in addition, Liu Zhang also deliberately blamed this incident on Zhang Lu's subordinates who broke into Yizhou's border, so as to kill people with a knife, so that the late emperor would work with him to attack Zhang Lu."

Seeing the faint bewilderment on Jiang Wei's eyebrows again, he understood, and said, "If Boyue has anything you want to ask Gu, you might as well speak up."

Zhuge Liang saw through his mind, Jiang Wei was a little embarrassed, but felt it should be taken for granted.In this world, there is no one who is smarter than the prime minister.He considered the language for a while, and put the question to his mouth: "Wei believes that Mr. Feng Chu has been friends with the prime minister for many years, and he is as famous as the prime minister. He must be a very smart person. If this is the case, why is he in Luofengpo?" , Mr. Feng Chu, why do you want to change horses with the late emperor?"

"Because Luofengpo's incident was a conspiracy." Zhuge Liang calmly explained Jiang Wei's doubts carefully, "Shi Yuan should have known at that time that the situation ahead was a dead end, but he also knew that Ruchuan had reached that point. If he If you don’t exchange your life for Liu Zhang’s trust in the late emperor, then the plan to seize Yizhou cannot proceed no matter what.”

But if Zhuge Liang and Jiang Wei talked about more old things, Jiang Wei would still be wondering why the Mr. Fengchu who was dissatisfied with Liu Bei in Zhuge Liang's mouth was finally willing to sacrifice his life for Liu Bei.

"If people can believe his words, regardless of the pros and cons to achieve his ideals, it shows that the lord is indeed worth following."

No one knows his old friend better than Zhuge Liang.

So it is clear that from beginning to end, Pang Tong believes that the world that Liu Bei is looking for is just a huge and illusory dream.

Only that time, he was willing and could not afford a dream.