The Three Kingdoms of the Widow

After Zhuge Liang found out that the betrothed token was missing, his first reaction was to go out and look for it.

But after taking two steps, she stopped again: If you don't look for it, then Yueying will definitely find that the jade pendant is missing; if you look for it but can't find it, Yueying will definitely find it; It's not that she fell two steps away from her home - for example, she fell into Xinye, then Yueying must have wondered what she was doing after running out for so long just after she came back, so she would still be found.After much deliberation, there is only one possibility that Yueying will not find out: the jade pendant fell very close to home and was not picked up by someone.

Zhuge Liang feels that the possibility of the last ideal situation is even lower than being told one day that "the rigid body has appeared in reality"...

Since they are going to be discovered anyway, it is better to take the initiative to confess, at least a "surrender plot" can be leniently dealt with.

So Zhuge Liang was very embarrassed, very disturbed, and used a lot of modifiers and modal particles... Anyway, he finally made it clear that "I left the jade pendant for engagement halfway".

Huang Yueying didn't say a word after hearing this, but Zhuge Liang saw that her expression was becoming more and more ugly, Zhuge Liang estimated that her expression would not be too good-looking, and finally Huang Yueying was almost crying, she wiped her tears with a handkerchief: "Husband, why do you want to do this?" Excuse? If a neighbor's daughter peeps at the wall, the concubine should withdraw herself!"

Zhuge Liang felt confused for a moment: she almost didn't know whether she was a man or a woman after she came here, but she was sure of one thing: dealing with Huang Yueying as a woman was enough.Did Huang Yueying think it was so easy to deal with women?Do you still suspect that she is having an affair?Even if she had an affair, she was still with a man, okay?Where did the next door girl peep over the wall!

Huang Yueying secretly glanced at Zhuge Liang's face, the latter's expression changed with blank eyes... Huang Yueying suddenly couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Husband, are you serious?"

Zhuge Liang returned to normal, and looked at Huang Yueying helplessly: "Yueying, it's not for you to use me on me."

"It's also very interesting to see my husband at a loss." Yueying giggled, and came up to help Zhuge Liang take off his outer robe and put on homely clothes, "Do you remember where you lost the jade pendant?"

"I remember it was still there when I was eating in Xinye County." Zhuge Liang pondered for a while, thinking of the too salty Roujiamo.

"So you didn't see me on the return trip?" Huang Yueying took a cup of hot wine from the maid and handed it to Zhuge Liang, "Drink to warm up first."

Zhuge Liang took the glass of wine, but suddenly squeezed Huang Yueying's hand firmly: "Yueying, I said, you are not tired of deceitful tactics, so you can use it on me."

Huang Yueying's face became serious: "I lied to you more than once. Seeing that you weighed things repeatedly but couldn't make a decision and couldn't sleep peacefully at night, I decided to take action for you——I made an oath, even if this decision is proved in the future It’s wrong, that’s my fault too, all the responsibilities are on me, not on you. As long as you do what you really want to do without burden, I’m willing to bear all the consequences alone.”

"Why have nothing to do with me?" Zhuge Liang let go of Huang Yueying's hand, sighed and bent down to pick up a volume of "Soldiers in War" that fell at his feet, "I knew it from the time you fiddled with the feather fan, I know but don't expose you, this can only be considered as a conspiracy, how can I say I am innocent. In the final analysis, I can only blame myself for being too selfish, always looking forward to a result that suits my own wishes, even if it is God's will, I am not reconciled I thought I might get away with it."

"Kong Ming!" Huang Yueying excitedly rolled over and hugged Zhuge Liang, "The human heart is also God's will! Even if God's will is fixed, why can't it be changed by the change of human heart! Rather than watching you be trapped by God's will, why not fight with God's will? If the heavens blame you, only blame me!",

Hearing Huang Yueying say "Cang Tian", Zhuge Liang suddenly felt that it would be better not to say these words, as Cang Tian is dead and Huang Tian should stand up or something, but now that Cang Tian is not dead, the Yellow Turban Army led by Huang Tian has already merged into the melee in various places The army of warlords is gone.Isn't the Qingzhou soldiers under him a typical example of Boss Cao whom I hate obstinately?

"Okay, okay," Zhuge Liang patted Huang Yueying's back comfortingly, "Aren't we talking about the jade pendant, why did it go to heaven, now let's think about where the jade pendant might be and how to get it back."

"Little pig!" Someone suddenly shouted behind him without warning.

Zhuge Liang didn't even look behind him, still comforting Huang Yueying, the feather fan in his hand pointed directly at the door: "Come in and walk through the door later. Also, Zhao Yun, I don't have time today, so leave my house mellowly."

"Then you don't want this thing anymore?" Zhao Yun said coldly behind his back.

Zhuge Liang turned his head and saw a jade pendant with a persimmon pattern dangling in Zhao Yun's hand.

Huang Yueying retreated and ordered the maids to prepare food and drink, but Zhuge Liang, who was sitting on the couch, said with a grim expression that it would be enough to give her a bowl of cold water, and then stretched out his hand to Zhao Yun: "Give it back to me."

Zhao Yun was not in a hurry to return it, but asked Zhuge Liang: "You don't want to know how this thing got into my hands?"

Zhuge Liang looked at her: "I already know it. Give it back to me."

Zhao Yun picked up the jade pendant and hung it in his hand to look at it again, then slapped the jade pendant on the table, and pushed it to Zhuge Liang: "Mr. This wave of attacking the emperor's uncle will come, so you can figure out how to plan it yourself."

After Zhao Yun finished speaking, he got up and left without waiting for food and drink.

"You're not afraid to tell me about this in advance, and I'll go into hiding at that time? Anyway, this place is not like where we used to live. There are still many deep mountains and old forests. It is not a problem to hide a large living person." Zhuge Liang was behind Zhao Yun He said slowly, picked up the wine ladle brought by the maid and filled his own horn cup.

"Don't you know everything, so it doesn't matter if I say it or not? You will hide it if you want to. Zhuge, you always think highly of yourself. You think you can change history alone, but You let the development of history do nothing. You are deceiving yourself and others. In fact, history can do nothing, and the only one who decides whether to do it or not is you.” Zhao Yun said all the words accumulated in her heart these days. She thought about these words for a long time Yes, it was much happier to say it, so she strode away satisfied.

Zhuge Liang was left thinking while sitting by the oil lamp. She thought very slowly but clearly.

She was in a trance for a long time, and Huang Yueying didn't come to disturb her, Zhuge Liang suddenly felt that someone was pulling her sleeve, her thoughts were interrupted, when she turned her head to look, she was quite surprised: "Ah Jin ?”

Zhuge Jin rubbed his eyes: "Father hasn't slept yet?"

"No." Zhuge Liang hugged his daughter into his arms, and the four-year-old Zhuge Jin was obediently grabbing Zhuge Liang's skirt.

"Why don't you sleep?" Zhuge Liang asked Zhuge Jin.

"Slept, just woke up."

"Go to bed again, it's not yet dawn."

"I can't sleep anymore... Dad is playing with me!"

"what do you want to play?"

Zhuge Jin stretched out his hand to the gossip on the case: "I still need the gossip array from last time!"

Zhuge Liang sighed in his heart. This is something she studied in her free time. She just made a rotating planar gossip diagram, and then taught Zhuge Jin to go around it like a maze. I fell in love with it, and when I had nothing to do, I made Zhuge Liang and Huang Yueying play this game with her.

Zhuge Liang couldn't dampen his daughter's enthusiasm, so he could only let go of his thoughts temporarily, and gossip with his daughter, watching Zhuge Jin being easily "giggled" by this simple but ever-changing little game, thinking, every time drawing a picture is too much. It's troublesome, it's better to get an entity, and it's convenient to be a platform for follow-up research.

"Daddy, I'm going to catch up with you!" Zhuge Liang's words made Zhuge Liang concentrate a little bit, she threw away those miscellaneous thoughts and played the game wholeheartedly.

The child's world is really happy because of simplicity.

Time passed quickly without knowing it. When Zhuge Liang was laying pilings and boards on the edge of the thatched cottage in Wollongong to make a realistic version of the "Bagua Maze" for Zhuge Jin, news came from outside that Xiahou Dun had been hit head-on.

The news made Zhuge Liang heave a sigh of relief.

But then Zhuge Liang also realized: According to Zhao Yun, Liu Bei is coming.

In December of the 12th year of Jian'an, under Xu Shu's strong recommendation, Liu Bei finally decided to visit Zhuge Liang in person.

The reason for saying "visit" instead of "invite" is that Liu Bei has not completely dispelled his doubts at this time, and he is not sure whether Zhuge Liang is worthy of his condescension.Although Corporal Li Xian can at least gain a good reputation for himself, but the reputation is false, and the people invited must be able to be real.It took a long time to work hard, but the person who was regarded as the guest of honor was a mediocre person. There will be more troubles in the future, such as: so many people watched you invite someone, will you use this person in the future or not?

Since Xiahoudun's defeat, Xinye and Jingzhou have lived a stable life for a long time, not entirely because of Bowang's battle, but also because Xu Shu has been working hard to incite Ma Teng in the northwest to make trouble behind Cao Cao in the name of Liu Bei.Xu Shu said sincerely in the letter: General Ma, don't you remember the emperor's edict?

When Zhao Yun came to chat with Zhuge Liang before, he talked about the conflict between Cao Cao and Dong Cheng, and also talked about the Emperor Han's order Dong Cheng and others to beg for thieves. Naturally, he also talked about the innocent Dong Guiren who had to die.Zhuge Liang tapped on the table thoughtfully, saying that Ma's separatist regime is really a good chess piece, but he uses it from time to time, just like North Korea... But a good chess piece is always the most lethal when it is in the hands of a chess player.

Cao Cao's energy was more or less distracted by Ma Teng, so he looked at the defeated Xiahou Dun, then at the Jingzhou on the map, and comforted himself that it would be okay to wait a few days.

So Liu Bei got a respite.

Picking a day suitable for visiting relatives and friends, Liu Bei got up early to prepare, took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and came to Longzhong with gifts on horseback.Guan Yu and Zhang Fei actually didn't want to come. They were very upset when they heard Liu Bei say that Zhuge Liang was only 26 or [-] years old: Is such a person who only plays tricks worthy of a big brother to talk to?Seeing their reluctance, Liu Bei wanted to take Zhao Yun instead, but Zhao Yun, who was always talkative, was determined not to go, and hypocritically said: Ah, my lord, the second general and the third general, go, I will defend the city.

Liu Bei didn't know what's wrong with Zhao Yun, but seeing Zhao Yun's indignant expression when he heard Zhuge Liang's name, Liu Bei immediately felt that it would be better to take Guan Yu and Zhang Fei with him.

A group of people caught up with small snowflakes when they were going out, and they turned into "Yanshan snowflakes as big as a mat" halfway, so Zhang Fei was quite dissatisfied. He asked Brother Liu Bei, didn't you say you picked a suitable day?With such heavy snow, I don't think it is suitable to visit. Let's go back and wait for the snow to stop.

Guan Yu also felt that this might be a warning from heaven that he should not see Zhuge Liang.

Liu Bei glared at the two of them, and Zhang Fei suddenly figured it out: visiting a "sage" in such weather must be a plus for others.

But Liu Bei just said to two people: But sincerely visit Er.

The scenery along the way is peaceful, approaching the end of the year, catching up with the heavy snow, there are not many people on the road.Liu Bei looked at the smoke rising from the kitchen in the village, the cocks crowing and the dogs barking from time to time, he also saw the stubble of rice and wheat arranged densely and neatly in a field, and occasionally there were strange things on the side of the road, remembering Xu Shu and him He said that if the lord saw any strange wooden products along the way, it was probably Zhuge Liang's handwriting.

A dirt slope could be seen in the distance. Liu Bei reined in his horse and identified it carefully. Looking at the snow-covered dirt ridge that looked like a dragon, he knew that he had arrived in Wollongong.There is a thatched hut in Wollongong, where Zhuge Liang lived.

Liu Bei rode forward, got off his horse outside the door, took the gift, and came to knock on the door himself.Immediately someone answered the door, it was a little boy, but just as Liu Bei said, "Bei is here to visit Mr....", the boy said bluntly: "Mr. is not here, visitors please come back." Then the door was closed.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had expressions of resentment on their faces.Guan Yu said to Liu Bei, "Unexpectedly, he is so rude!"

Liu Bei waved his hands, his expression was as usual: "I was the one who was rude first, and I didn't send down the greeting card first, and Mr. Zhuge didn't know that I was coming."

"What elder brother said is true. However, you can't enter through his door today, and you can't reserve invitations..." Before Zhang Fei finished speaking, he heard a child's crisp laughter.Through the bamboo fence, one can see a sandy field in the courtyard. There are big rocks placed strangely on the sandy field. A little girl of a few years old is wearing a ring bun and wearing cotton clothes and linen clothes. She runs around in it without taking a few steps. It disappeared, but in the next second it appeared from behind another stone.

Liu Bei was a little surprised when he saw it. The stone formation was obviously famous.So he walked to the bamboo fence, lowered his voice and called the little girl over: "Master? This way."

The little girl stopped and looked at the tall stranger outside the fence with some doubts, and suddenly took on a vigilant look: "Who are you waiting for?"

Liu Bei smiled, and the serious attitude of this little girl looked very cute: "I am Liu Bei from Xinye, I come to see Mr. Kong Ming."

The little girl blinked her big eyes: "Why do you want to see my father?"

It turned out to be Zhuge Liang's daughter.Liu Bei bowed to the little girl and saluted: "Bei didn't know that she was Zhuge's son, so I'm sorry."

Zhuge Jin returned the ceremony solemnly.Liu Bei asked about Zhuge Liang's whereabouts: "I don't know where your father is now? How many days will he return?"

"Dare to ask: my father traveled far away, and the date of return is uncertain. Qu's bus came, and he was very disturbed. My uncle went to look at Tianlong, and now he will return. Most of the family members are relatives, so I dare not stay for a long time. Please come back early. .”

Liu Bei thought for a while: "It's a pity that I can't see my husband's dignity. If you want to leave a greeting card, the troublesome son-in-law will do it for you."

Immediately fought for many years, and carried all the pens and inks he used with him. Liu Bei wrote the wooden letter of worship on the back of the horse. , saluted Liu Bei again, and then ran back to the thatched cottage.

Looking at Zhuge Jin's back, Liu Bei sighed to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei: "If there is a woman like this, she can know it."