Chapter 923: Xiang Yu and Kong Ming
"Get out of the way, get out of the way, Liang Wei is handling the case, everyone else should get out of the way, otherwise we will be punished for treason."
A pair of Liangwei who were working at work were running hurriedly on the street. Many people were bumped into by them along the way. It can be seen that the Liangwei's clothes could only dare to be angry and dare not say anything, otherwise they would definitely get a meal. Beaten.
Seeing this, a passerby asked the pair, "Liangwei has been out more often these days. What happened?"
"What else could happen? Of course it would be to capture the coalition spies."
A passerby who had just been knocked down dusted himself off and spat harshly in the direction Liang Wei left.
"These Xiliang barbarians cannot defeat the coalition forces on the battlefield. They are very good at bullying us civilians. Just watch, they will be driven back to Xiliang by the coalition forces sooner or later."
In a restaurant in Luoyang, in a private room by the window, two men and two women were watching all this.
The sturdy man wearing a bamboo hat frowned when he saw this and said: "These Xiliang soldiers are getting more and more excessive. If this continues, the Liang army's little public support will be completely defeated by these people. What is Li Shimin thinking? What, don’t stand up and restrain them.”
The young man in white Confucian uniform smiled calmly after hearing this, shook his feather fan and said: "Li Shimin has too much to take care of himself now. 330,000 coalition troops have arrived in Luoyang, but there are only 120,000 Liang troops in Luoyang city. This is not good. It's much better than what you encountered, Brother Xiang, during the Central Plains War. How can he still have the time to take care of the soldiers at the bottom?"
The man in the bamboo hat frowned more tightly and said in a deep voice: "Although the situation faced by the Ming Dynasty was worse than this, at least the people were united under its rule. Dong Zhuo offended the world's noble families for his reform, and now he even loses the people's support. If I can’t keep it, I’m sure it won’t end well…”
As soon as the man finished speaking, the beautiful woman holding the child said with a dissatisfied look on her face: "We agreed to travel around the world and ignore military affairs, but as for you two, what you talked about the most on your way north was the military. Husband, Are you still thinking about returning to the battlefield?"
The two men looked at each other, and a trace of helplessness flashed in the eyes of the man in the hat. He smiled bitterly and said: "Madam, please don't make trouble unreasonably. Brother Kong Ming and I were just chatting. Why did it involve returning to the battlefield?"
"Unreasonable?"
The woman looked like a lion whose tail had been stepped on, her eyes widened and she said angrily: "Xiang, why am I making trouble unreasonably? If you don't tell me why, I will never let you go."
"Sister Shi Lan, don't be angry, Brother Xiang didn't mean that." The girl next to him advised.
"Rong'er, what you said is so grand, how could you really be angry with your wife?"
"Brother Kong Ming is right, Sister Shi Lan is the most angry."
These four people were Zhuge Liang, who was traveling, and Xiang Yu, Shilan and his wife. If it weren't for being with the Xiang family and his wife, Zhuge Liang would not have dared to travel.
As for the girl, she was Huang Rong who ran away from home.
When Zhuge Liang was passing through Wancheng, he met a little beggar who was stealing food. He felt soft and paid for her, but he didn't know that the little beggar would even bother him.
It was because Zhuge Liang was broad-minded that he didn't care about the little beggar's rudeness. But later he realized that the little beggar was testing him, and this little beggar was not only a girl, but also a very beautiful and lovely girl.
Zhuge Liang was a little confused by this sudden affair, but just when he was thinking about how to get rid of it, the girl named Huang Rong had already saved the country and gained the recognition of the Xiang family and his wife.
Huang Rong shamelessly blended into the team of three people. Zhuge Liang was almost crying when he learned that he could not get rid of this girl, but he could only accept Huang Rong's existence. After all, he would not dare to travel around the world without the Xiang family and his wife.
The four of them went north and saw a lot and experienced a lot. The relationship between Zhuge Liang and Huang Rong became closer and closer. Although they were not husband and wife, they had a better understanding than ordinary couples.
Looking back at the topic, perhaps Shi Lan's voice was too loud and woke up the child in her arms, who suddenly burst into tears.
"Wow wow wow..."
When Xiang Yu saw his beloved son crying, he immediately relented and said, "Madam, can't you do something wrong for your husband? Don't be angry. Look, Long'er has made you cry. Why don't you comfort him quickly?"
The woman glared at the man in the bamboo hat fiercely, then hugged the child and said softly: "Long'er, be good, Long'er don't cry, mother is here..."
Under the soft words of the woman, the child quickly stopped crying, and the man in the hat also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Husband, Long'er is hungry. I'll go and feed him."
With that said, Shi Lan left the private room with the child in her arms and went to another private room to feed the child.
Zhuge Liang whispered in Xiang Yu's ear: "Brother Xiang, after my wife gave birth to a son, she is really a completely different person."
Xiang Yu smiled bitterly and nodded in agreement. He also couldn't understand why Shi Lan, such a gentle person, changed so much after giving birth to a child.
Women are indeed changeable, and I can’t understand them. Xiang Yu smiled bitterly in his heart.
"Brother Kong Ming, I think the Luoyang family seems to be restless recently. Do you think this is because of Qin Hao? He wants to win Luoyang by cooperating inside and outside?"
Zhuge Liang smiled lightly and said calmly: "Brother Xiang, in terms of resourcefulness, how do you think you are better than Li Shimin?"
Hearing Kong Ming's question, Xiang Yu couldn't help but think that Li Shimin had plotted against him several times during the Central Plains War, and couldn't help but sigh: "Although I don't want to admit it, in terms of intelligence, Li Shimin is indeed above his brother."
Zhuge Liang smiled slightly and asked: "Brother Xiang, an outsider like you can guess that my junior brother may use the power of the family to cooperate inside and outside. How could a smart man like Li Shimin not guess it?"
Xiang Yu frowned slightly and said in a deep voice: "So, Li Shimin has been on guard for a long time? It seems that the Luoyang family is destined to fail. But in this case, why does Qin Hao want to provoke the Luoyang family?"
A flash of light flashed in Zhuge Liang's eyes, and he said meaningfully: "This is also the most brilliant thing about my junior brother. What he did was actually the same thing as Brother Xiang, but he just changed the way, and the result was different. Very different.”
Xiang Yu frowned, looking thoughtful.
"Now hundreds of schools of thought and disciples from various Jianghu sects have gathered in Luoyang. The Liang army has concentrated the forces of Liangwei, Badren, Tianxiahui, Shushan, Li family, Yang family, etc. Luoyang has become a powder keg. Soon Something good will definitely happen in the end.”
At this point, a strange look flashed in Zhuge Liang's eyes, and he smiled and said, "Brother Xiang, would you like to accompany me to watch this great show?"
"Since my dear brother is interested, I will naturally accompany him as a brother. It's just..."
Xiang Yu smiled boldly and said: "I hope this show is exciting enough!"
