The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 32
"The young master is right, don't listen to his bragging." Shuai Zeng gloated and shouted: "If the building boat can be blown over, how big the wind and waves would be, wouldn't it be the same as the tide in Qiantang? Don't listen, young master. His, he looks simple and honest, but he is actually bad."

"Sister Qin, do you dare to say I'm bragging?" Dun Wu didn't dare to turn against Sun Shao, but he was not afraid to turn against Shuai Zeng.When Shuai Zeng heard this, he became angry, rushed up and grabbed Dun Wu by the collar: "Zhuzi, why don't you count your words? Didn't you say that you would stop barking? How can you break your promise and lose weight?"

Sun Shao rolled his eyes, these two servants really have no professional ethics at all, fortunately there are no outsiders here, otherwise my face would be completely humiliated by them.He didn't bother to pay attention to them, and turned to look at other places. In his previous life, this place was a famous scenic spot, but most of the scenic spots are not there yet. Things like Hanshan Temple are a future thing. Now this place is much more wild.However, there is a scenic spot not far away: Gusu Terrace.It is said that Gusu Terrace is the residence of Wu King Fucha. It is located in Gusu Terrace in spring and summer, and in Guanwa Palace in autumn and winter. Gusu Terrace is more famous for no other reason. It is said that Gusu Terrace is related to the beautiful woman Xi Shi. .

Thinking of Xi Shi, Sun Shao felt a little emotional. Literati always like to scold beautiful women as disasters for the country and the people. The reason why Nian Nujiao is so deeply rooted in the hearts of the people is not also related to that peerless beauty Xiaoqiao.Su Xiaoxiao, a famous prostitute in Hangzhou, which is also known as Suzhou, was famous all over the world during her lifetime, and many people went to pay her respects after her death.Concubine Yang Guifei was hanged in Maweipo. There are many literati who said she was a disaster, but there were also many people who went to Maweipo to dig a pile of soil.

hypocrite!Sun Shao curled his lips, slandered a few words secretly, and then quoted the words of a great sage in later generations, "Once you are a literati, it is not enough", to cheer yourself up.

The bamboo forest at the foot of the mountain gradually became lively. Sun Shao returned to the bamboo forest with two unconvinced black-eyed chickens. The bamboo forest was already full of people. At a glance, there were as many as thirty or forty people. Sun Shao carefully I looked around, but I didn't recognize anyone, so I wiped off my sweat secretly, and didn't dare to go to crowded places. I looked around and saw a young man sitting alone downstream, who seemed a bit out of place, so I went After walking over, he bowed and said, "Brother, is there anyone here?"

The young man was staring at the stream in a daze, when he was suddenly interrupted by Sun Shao, he was taken aback, and quickly got up and said, "No one, just sit down, brother."

Sun Shao nodded and sat down, and looked at the young man again. Unlike the scholars beside him who were chatting and laughing, this young man seemed a little shy and dressed in ordinary clothes, but he was dressed in clean clothes. His hands were big and exposed The knuckles on the outside of the sleeves are very thick, it looks like someone doing physical labor, which is quite different from the white and womanly hands of those scholars.Seeing Sun Shao sizing up his hands, he shrank his hands back into his sleeves in embarrassment, and smiled awkwardly.

Sun Shao was very curious. He always thought that he should be the most shriveled in this meeting, but he didn't expect to see someone who was a little more cautious than him. Dare to ask your name."

The man seemed to have pondered for a while, looked at Sun Shao calmly, and replied politely: "Ge Heng, the word Sizhen, from Wu."

"I have admired him for a long time." Sun Shao cupped his hands hypocritically, but in fact he had no idea who Ge Heng was.

Ge Heng's mentality was also very similar to his. He looked at Sun Shao, and after a while, he asked a little puzzled: "Brother Sun, is he new to Wudi? Ge Heng is actually very unfamiliar."

Sun Shao was a little embarrassed: "Speaking of which, I'm also from Wu, and my late father was a rebellious general."

"So you are the one..." Ge Heng said halfway, and immediately knew that he had made a slip of the tongue. He quickly covered his mouth with his hands, his face was flushed, he moved away from the table, and bowed to the ground: "The grassroots are ignorant and offended the young master!" , please forgive me, young master."

Sun Shao laughed, stretched out his hand to pull Ge Heng up, patted his hand and said: "Is it just to say that I am a martial artist? That's true, what's the crime!"

Ge Heng was a little uneasy. Although he didn't know Sun Shao, he had heard about Sun Shao. He was not as simple as a martial artist. It is said that Sun Shao, the only son of the rebellious general, was very difficult to get along with. Not only did he not get along with his uncle Sun Quan, but also he The relationship between her three brothers-in-law is not good either, and once she acts brutally, she doesn't care about it.He has some doubts, is the young man who talks and laughs in front of him really that Sun Shao?
"Sizhen, I've been looking for you for a long time, so you're sitting here talking to the young master." Zhang Wen walked over, pulled Ge Heng with a smile and said, "Didn't you just ask me what happened to the wine? But let me tell you, this wine was brought by the young master, if you have any questions, please ask him." Turning his head, he smiled at Sun Shao again: "Young master, this Ge Heng and Ge Sizhen is a well-known talent in my Wu county. He is savvy and ingenious, and the armillary sphere he made is exquisite."

"An armillary sphere?" Sun Shao's eyes widened immediately. The young man with a flushed face in front of him could actually make an armillary sphere. My mother, he is also a scientist after all.

"Of course." Zhang Wen said with a smile: "The young master is busy with affairs, and he doesn't come out often, so it's inevitable that he doesn't know something. Sizhen is a famous craftsman in my Wu county. Even Mr. Zhongxiang Praise him for his armillary sphere."

Sun Shao was even more confused, how could there be another Bajue here?It seems that the former deity Sun Shao was indeed a martial arts idiot, he kept his ears shut and only wanted to practice martial arts, and he didn't even know about such a famous Bajue.

"Then I still need to ask for advice." Sun Shaoke politely cupped his hands and said sincerely.

Zhang Wen was stunned for a moment, and then his expression became a little unnatural. After a while, he hid a laugh and said, "This is a must, let Sizhen explain it to the young master. Everyone is here, and I'm going to get ready to start." After finishing speaking, without waiting for Sun Shao to agree, he nodded at Ge Heng and ran away in a hurry, as if he was escaping from something.

"Brother Ge, this is..." Sun Shao was a little puzzled.

Ge Heng smiled: "Hey, young master, please don't be offended. Brother Huishu wants to entertain other people. Let me explain this to the young master. Please don't make fun of me, young master."

Seeing Ge Heng's forced smile, Sun Shao didn't say anything, and raised the wine glass in his hand to signal to Ge Heng.Ge Heng drank a glass of wine, and then slowly said: "The so-called eight unique things are actually a joke of the gentlemen of Wu County..."

Bajue refers to the eight people in Wu. In addition to Ge Heng who is famous for his ingenuity, there are also Huangxiang who is famous for his calligraphy, Yan Wu who is good at Go, Song Shou who is good at dreaming, and Cao who is good at painting. Unhappy, the lonely city Zheng Yu who is good at people, Wu Fan who is good at counting, Liu Dun who is good at Taiyi, and Zhao Da who is good at Jiugong, all of them are alchemists. Don't look at later generations who regard these people as outsiders, but now These people are incomparable to Confucian scholars who have studied scriptures and become officials, and they are not even as good as martial artists like Lai Sun Shao. Warriors can still fight in the battlefield, but alchemists are just as inferior as craftsmen, medical craftsmen, and traffickers.Although Confucian scholars also studied these kinds of knowledge, for example, the great Confucian scholar Cai Yong was good at calligraphy and good at dating, but he was not famous for this, but for his knowledge.Although Ge Heng and the others are known as the Eight Greats, orthodox Confucian scholars do not value them. Zhang Wen only invited him to play a supporting role. Like Sun Shao, he couldn't get in the way, so Zhang Wen and Gu Ran were joking, while Ge Heng also had a very low self-esteem. Even in front of a martial artist like Sun Shao, he still felt a little uncomfortable.

But Sun Shao didn't think so, it would be unreasonable for such a talent to run in front of him if he didn't catch him.He glanced at Ge Heng, raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and raised his glass courteously: "If brother has such a good hand, Sun Shao is really overjoyed. Please drink up this cup, brother, and Shao has something to ask."

Ge Heng took a careful look at Sun Shao, and saw that he didn't mean to be joking, so he felt a little relieved. Anyway, Sun Shao is not an elegant person, so he probably wouldn't make fun of himself. He smiled and said: "It just so happens that Heng also has something to ask the young master for advice."

(End of this chapter)