"Why are you so alarmed?"
Zhuge Liang said with a faint smile.
"A group of Jingzhou soldiers came outside the door, and the leader claimed to be the envoy of the general."
The book boy said.
The general's messenger?
Zhuge Liang frowned slightly and looked out of the window of the thatched cottage.
He pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said,
"Go back and tell them that I'm not here."
Although he didn't know why Cao Cao sent people here, Zhuge Liang didn't like Cao Cao's thieves who controlled the power of the government.
So without hesitation, he let the book boy reject Yang Ling.
"Yes, sir."
The scholar bowed, walked out of the thatched cottage, and said to Yang Ling at the door,
"My husband is out on business and is not at home."
Yang Ling pouted.
Who are you fooling?
If Zhuge Liang was not at home, you would have rejected me directly. Do you need to go in and inform me?
"Little doll, don't try to deceive us!"
Gan Ning's face darkened.
He was originally a man with a bad temper. When he was in Shu, if someone was not polite to him, he would indulge his subordinates to rob the other party's property, and even harm officials!
Zhuge Liang turned away their group today, so he was naturally unhappy!
When Gan Ning got angry like this, his murderous aura spread out in all directions.
Several bookboys were so frightened that their faces turned pale and they were immediately speechless.
"Xingba, there is no need to argue with them."
Yang Ling rolled his eyes and strode towards the thatched cottage.
"You...you can't force your way in..."
Several bookboys wanted to step forward to stop him, but Gan Ning gave him a fierce look and did not dare to say anything.
Yang Ling, Cao Ang, and Gan Ning walked into the thatched cottage, but saw no one.
There were only bamboo slips spread out on the table and an incense burner that was smoking.
"I'm not lying to you. Sir is really not at home."
The scholar said bravely.
"Why would you burn incense if you weren't at home?"
Yang Ling pointed to the incense burner and said disdainfully.
The book boy was speechless now.
"Teacher, this Zhuge Liang is so disrespectful!"
Cao Ang came forward, his expression a little unswerving.
His father, Cao Cao, welcomed the emperor and was honored as a general of the imperial court. He had a cloud of fierce generals, a rain of counselors, and even more powerful troops and horses.
Today Yang Ling came with him to visit Zhuge Liang, but Zhuge Liang actually refused to meet and avoided them.
If Cao Ang hadn't always been well-educated, he would have started to curse!
Yang Ling was also unhappy.
I came to visit you, Zhuge Liang, are you so disrespectful?
In this case, don't blame me for being rude!
Don’t you like to use fire to burn things? Today I will burn your thatched cottage too!
His heart skipped a beat and he said to Gan Ning beside him,
"Xingba, set this place on fire!"
Gan Ning was stunned for a moment, then smiled excitedly and said,
"good!"
Gan Ning was deeply unhappy with Zhuge Liang, and burning the thatched cottage would be a good way to vent his anger!
In a short time, the soldiers he brought prepared flammable materials such as kerosene.
Just put down the fire, and the thatched cottage will burst into flames!
The few book boys stood outside the thatched cottage and shouted in a crying voice,
"gentlemen!"
"gentlemen!"
Yang Ling thought, could it be that Zhuge Liang was hiding in the thatched cottage?
It would not be bad if he could be burned to death directly!
He glanced at the burning thatched cottage and said to Gan Ning,
"Let's go!"
Then the group of people walked away!
The fire in the thatched cottage burned for an unknown period of time. When the fire weakened, several bookboys hurriedly stepped forward and searched among the ruins.
"Cough...cough..."
A figure emerged from the ruins and coughed violently.
"gentlemen!"
The book boys were surprised and happy, and quickly gathered around.
Zhuge Liang's hair and clothes were burnt, his face was dark, and he still had his previous delicate appearance.
Looking at the thatched cottage that was burned to ashes, he gritted his teeth in anger.
"This guy Chen Jinnan is so hateful, just wait for me!"
Zhuge Liang made up his mind that he would never defect to Cao Cao.
If there is a chance, I must take revenge!
…
The next day.
Villa outside the city.
After these few days of fun, Cai Yu became more and more beautiful.
She leaned into Yang Ling's arms with a satisfied look on her face and asked about yesterday's events.
"Yang Lang, did you see Zhuge Liang yesterday?"
"Never."
Yang Ling shook his head and said angrily,
"The guy refused to see me, so I burned his thatched cottage with fire!"
"Burned?"
Cai Yu was slightly startled, but immediately didn't take it to heart.
Just burn it. She cares more about her lover's feelings than Zhuge Liang.
"This Zhuge Liang only has one uncle, Zhuge Xuan, but he puts on such airs! Don't be angry, Yang Lang."
Cai Yu snorted coldly, stroked Yang Ling's face, and comforted,
"If it doesn't work out, I'll go tell my eldest sister and cancel the marriage with the Zhuge family."
Yang Ling's heart moved and she quickly said,
"Do you know anything about your niece Huang Yueying?"
"Yang Lang, why are you interested in Yueying?"
Cai Yu looked at Yang Ling in surprise, then pursed her red lips and said with a taste,
"She is my niece, how could you..."
"You misunderstood what I meant!"
Yang Ling suddenly couldn't laugh or cry. In your eyes, am I just that kind of lustful ghost?
He said patiently,
"I heard that she is very good at the art of traps?"
"I didn't expect you, Yang Lang, to know this?"
Cai Yu was even more surprised, and then nodded,
"Yes, I heard my sister say that she likes to study some mechanical skills on weekdays."
"A girl who doesn't want to learn about female celebrities and doesn't think about how to support her husband and raise children will actually study those things."
Her words were filled with hatred that iron cannot be transformed into steel!
It's no wonder that in ancient times when a woman's lack of talent was considered a virtue, people like Huang Yueying were undoubtedly outliers.
It is easy for the Cai family and Huang family to be criticized.
But Yang Ling became excited!
He just asked tentatively, but he didn't expect that Huang Yueying was really as good at mechanism skills as she had been in history.
It is said that Zhuge Liang is an all-rounder. He is not only good at internal affairs and strategy, but also proficient in the art of war. He also invented mechanisms such as the Zhuge Liangnu and the wooden cow and flowing horse.
But in fact, many machine inventions were made by Huang Yueying.
If he could win over Huang Yueying, all those inventions would be his own, and it would ruin Zhuge Liang's good deeds!
Thinking of this, Yang Ling couldn't help but said,
"Yu'er, can you introduce your niece to me?"
"This... is no problem, but Yueying is really not a beauty."
Cai Yu explained.
"It doesn't matter if she's beautiful or not. I saw her for other reasons."
Yang Ling said.
"Okay, then I'll ask her to come over tomorrow."
Cai Yu nodded.
The two remained affectionate for a moment, then got up and left the villa, and went back their separate ways.
…
The next day, Yang Ling came to the villa again as agreed.
I saw a slender figure besides Cai Yu in the lobby.
