Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 266 Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage (2)

"Sanmao! When I fell asleep just now, who came to disturb me again?" The young man said to the book boy.

"Sir! Can you stop calling me Sanmao!" the book boy said as if he was playing double eggplants.

"Ask for a fight! Look at you, you don't have a good shape. If you don't call you Sanmao, what do you call you? What else can I call you? I don't know whose house I went to for food. When did I have such a rascal! Don't talk about him Talk about business!" Zhuge Liang said.

"Mr. Hui, it's a man named Li Song, and he even said that he is a great prime minister!" Shutong Sanmao said.

"Oh!" Zhuge Liang uttered an oh, looked into the distance, smiled slightly, then turned and went back to the thatched hut, no one knew what the oh meant just now.

The guard who went to Wollongong the next day came back and reported: "Sir, I found Zhuge Liang in the hut last night."

"Oh! Did you just come back?" Li Song thought that Zhuge Liang had rushed back overnight. After all, the book boy said that he had gone out, but he didn't know that he had been in the thatched cottage the whole time, and had never left at all.

"Young Master Qi! No! Zhuge Liang has always been there, and he has never left the thatched cottage." Qin Wei said, and told Li Song the detailed process of his investigation yesterday.

Li Song frowned after hearing this. Could it be that Zhuge Liang knew he was coming, so he hid himself to test his sincerity?
Li Song didn't think about Zhuge Liang's unwillingness to become an official at all. After all, a guy who compares himself to Guan Zhong and Le Yi will be like what he said in the list of apprentices. .

To put it bluntly, you need to raise your own value. There is a saying that is good, those who cannot be obtained are precious, and talents that are hard to come by, are you ashamed not to treat them with high status?
"Let's go! Let's see if this Zhuge Liang is worthy of the title of Crouching Dragon, or is he a man of false fame!" Li Song stood up and said.

"Ah! Let's go again!" Naturally, Xu Chu and the others would not disobey Li Song's order, but Li Yuanba looked bitter and bitter, and he didn't want to go.

"If you don't want to go, stay here, but don't cause trouble! Do you understand?" Li Song sometimes has nothing to do with this brat like Li Yuanba!Shaking his head, he allowed him to stay.

"Don't worry, brother! I will definitely not cause trouble for brother." Li Yuanba said with a smile.

Everyone ignored Li Yuanba, went out on horseback and headed towards Wollongong. They came to visit the thatched hut and visit Mr. Zhuge Kongming of Wolong.

When I came to the thatched hut in Wollongong, the book boy from yesterday opened the door, and the answer I got was still that Zhuge Liang was not there, and I went to visit my friends.

"I went out early in the morning again, I don't know when I will come back, right!" Li Song sneered.

"That's right! This will be true. I'm not lying. He went out early in the morning to visit Cui Zhouping." Shutong Sanmao said.

snort!You lied to me yesterday, tell me now that you are not lying, who will believe your nonsense!Li Song thought to himself, but said calmly, "If Mr. Zhuge is not here, who is studying there? Don't lie to me."

"What I said this time is true, if you don't believe me, come with me, and you will know everything after seeing it." The book boy said anxiously.

"Okay! Lead the way ahead. I'll check it out myself. If Zhuge Liang isn't here, I'll believe you." Li Song asked the book boy to lead the way, and the book boy turned around and led Li Song and others into the thatched cottage.

Everyone came to the middle gate and looked up, only to see a couplet written on the door, "Indifference makes ambition clear, tranquility leads to long distance."

Walking through the middle gate, I saw a person in the thatched cottage reading a book. After careful observation, I felt that he didn't look like the Zhuge Liang described in the book. If it wasn't Zhuge Liang, who could it be?Apart from Zhuge Liang, the one who can be here is Zhuge Liang's younger brother, Zhuge Jun!Could it be that the young man in front of him is Zhuge Juncheng?

"Dare to ask, but Mr. Wolong Zhuge Liang is in person." Li Song stepped forward and cupped his hands, no matter whether it is or not, first confirm it before speaking.

The young man turned around and said in return: "Could it be that the young master is the prime minister of the court, is he here to visit my brother?"

"Aren't you Mr. Wolong Zhuge Liang?" Li Song asked, judging from his tone, it should be Zhuge Liang's brother Zhuge Jun without a doubt.

The boy's answer proved his identity, "I am Zhuge Jun, Zhuge Liang's younger brother. I have three brothers. The eldest brother Zhuge Jin is Sun Quan's staff in Jiangdong, and Kong Ming is my second brother."

"Is your second brother at home today?" Li Song asked, Zhuge Jun in front of him was introduced to Liu Bei by Zhuge Liang after Zhuge Liang became the official of Liu Bei.

"Second brother was invited by Cui Zhouping to go out early in the morning to play, but he is not at home now." Zhuge Jun said.

"Do you know where you went to visit?" Li Song asked, hoping that he would know Zhuge Liang's whereabouts so that he would not return empty-handed.

"I can't say that! It's possible to swim in the lake and immerse yourself in the mountains and rivers. It's also possible to go to a temple on the mountain to discuss with monks and priests about cultivating immortals. It's possible to go to other places to find friends, or it may be somewhere In the cave, playing the piano and playing chess!"

"It's impossible to know where they will go." Zhuge Jun said.

"It seems that I have no destiny with Zhuge Kongming! Let's go! Farewell! If brother Ling comes back, please tell him that I will come back in a few days!" Since there is no one to see, there is no point in staying here , might as well go back.

"Definitely convey it!" Zhuge Jun bowed and saluted. When he got up, Li Song had already left the hut, got on his horse and rode away, heading back to Deng County.

A few days later, at the same place, Li Song came here for the third time. He happened to meet Zhuge Jun who was about to go out. Li Song stepped forward and asked, "I wonder if your second brother is back?"

If I don't see Zhuge Liang again this time, I'll go back to Xuchang and don't care about Zhuge Liang anymore. Li Song has already made up his mind to go back to Xuchang if he doesn't see Zhuge Liang. He still has important things to do, so he doesn't have time to waste time with him.

"It turns out that Prime Minister Li is here!" Zhuge Jun bowed his hands and said, "My second brother came back to the thatched cottage yesterday when the sun was setting. Prime Minister can meet him."

After Zhuge Jun finished speaking, he bowed his hands and walked around Li Song and others to leave.

Li Song went up to knock on the door himself, and the book boy came out to see Li Song, and he naturally understood the purpose of this old acquaintance coming to the thatched cottage, before Li Song could speak, he took the first step and said: "My husband slept late last night, and he hasn't woken up yet. Woolen cloth!"

Li Song frowned, feeling upset!How could he endure being shut down over and over again, but after thinking about it, since he came here, it's not too late, so let's talk about it later.

Li Song said: "It's okay! I'll just wait here. Don't forget to say something when Mr. Wolong wakes up."

"Okay, don't worry, sir will tell you when he wakes up." The book boy said, Li Song was waiting for Zhuge Liang outside the thatched cottage.

(End of this chapter)