Chapter 507 Mengruo Erxue
Butterflies are pink, bees are yellow, and trees are blooming. The courtyard is cold and the snow is barely sold. --------Southern Song Dynasty. Wu Wenying's "Huanxi Sand and Wintersweet at Huiri Temple in Qinchuan"
It is said that Zhuge Liang and Lu Zijing traveled down the Han River in a small boat, enjoying the beautiful scenery along the coast and commenting on the characters of Soochow. They arrived in Xiangyang that day. They leaned on the railing and looked out into the distance. They saw the towering city walls and the prosperous docks. Zhuge Liang and Lu Su couldn't help but miss their hometown. Because of the heavy responsibilities given by their lord, they had no choice but to pass through the house without entering. The boat moved very fast and headed straight for Jiangxia downstream.
While looking at the mountains and rivers of my hometown in the distance, I suddenly saw a large number of warships, filing out from Hulukou, the nearby military port, and followed them. The first ship was a flagship, with an iron sheet covering the bow, high parapets on the left and right, and dense crenellations and archery holes on it. The protective panels were covered with rawhide, and a blue dragon flag was flying high on the high observation flagpole. . A general stands like a steel gun on the bow of the ship. He is dressed in shorts and shorts, revealing his well-developed limbs and muscles. He carries two swords crossed left and right on the back of his leather vest. If you look closely, he has thick eyebrows and big eyes. His face is covered with stubble. He is majestic and exudes The charming masculine person is none other than Gan Ning Gan Xingba, the commander of the Qinglong Navy.
Zhuge Liang was overjoyed. Although he was not in the same circle as the generals when he was growing up in Xiangyang, Gan Ning and Gan Xingba especially liked to tease him. Every time they met, they left happily. In addition to practicing the navy, Gan Xingba frequently visited Zhuge's house. It is said that he fell in love with Zhuge Liang's eldest sister Zhuge Mengxue.
Unfortunately, Zhuge Mengxue was engaged to the son of the Kuai family. Gan Ning was disappointed and fell in love with his second sister Zhuge Ruoxue. Mengxue and Ruoxue are both of good nature and naturally beautiful, so naturally many people pursue them. Gan Ning pursues Ruoxue, but he encounters a too powerful love rival, the eldest son of the Pang family, Pang Tong's eldest brother, Pang Shanmin, the current chief administrator of Xiangyang.
It turns out that after Zhuge Kongming's father Zhuge Gui died, those who followed his uncle Zhuge Xuan to move south included his younger brother Zhuge Jun and two older sisters, Zhuge Ruoxue and Zhuge Mengxue. These two sisters not only have nice names, but also have beautiful faces. Together with Miss Da Qiao and Miss Er Qiao of the Jiangdong Qiao family, they are known as Jingxiang Southern Kingdom. In fact, with such a smart brother like Zhuge Liang, Ruoxue and Mengxue are not only literate, but also extremely smart. Liu Qian treated them both as she treated Zhen Mi, and she spared no effort in educating them.
Regarding love, the boss Mengxue is ignorant. When Mengxue was still young, Zhuge Xuan was engaged to Kuai Yue and Kuai Yidu of Xiangyang, and proposed to marry Mengxue to Kuai Yue's nephew Kuai Qi. But later in the battle for the governor of Yuzhang, Zhuge Xuan was killed by the rebels because of his gullibility and aloofness. The Zhuge family suddenly fell into a state of desolation and helplessness. The elders of the Kuai family, headed by Kuai Liang, the elder brother of Kuai Yue, decided to regret their marriage. In order to force the Zhuge family to terminate the engagement, only Kuai Yue hesitated because of his friendship with the deceased Zhuge Xuan.
Liu Biao was still in power at that time, and the six major families in Xiangyang, Pang, Huang, Kuai, Cai, Ma, and Xi, were at their peak. Intermarriage between families became a tradition. At that time, Chen Long had not seized power in Xiangyang. Zhuge Liang saw that the conflict with the Kuai family was irreconcilable. In order to avoid disaster, he once took his whole family to farm in Nanyang. But time has changed, the sun and the moon have changed. The arrival of Chen Long quickly promoted the young Zhuge Liang to the chief military advisor of the Qinglong Army. The Zhuge family has since risen. The Pang family, the Huang family and the Ma family are all Chen Long. Following the horse's lead, even Xi Zhen, an outstanding descendant of the Xi family, has arrived at the main palace of Xiangyang City and has become a long history. Only the Cai family, along with the Liu Biao family, sent Qiongya to labor reform for the construction of the navy. Although the Kuai family kept a low profile and maintained its status in Xiangyang, due to Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue did not officially declare his support for Chen Long, nor did he serve as an official. The reputation of the entire Kuai family was not as good as before.
According to official history, the four families of Cai, Kuai, Pang, and Huang were all related by marriage to the Zhuge family. The reason why Liu visited the thatched cottage three times was probably because he knew that if he wanted to gain a foothold in Jingzhou, he had to have a good relationship with the big families in Jingzhou, and Zhuge Liang was the best entrance. Liu Biao was able to control Jingzhou mainly by relying on the two major families in Jingzhou - the Cai family and the Kuai family. Zhuge Liang's eldest brother-in-law Kuai Qi was a child of the Kuai family, and his second brother-in-law was Pang Shanmin, the eldest son of the Pang family. At the same time, Zhuge Liang's father-in-law Huang Chengyan was a famous figure in the Jingzhou area and one of the representatives of the six powerful families - the Huang family. Huang Chengyan's wife's surname was Cai, and his father was Cai Xi, and Cai Xi was Cai Mao, an important minister under Liu Biao. Cai Xi's wife married Liu Biao again and gave birth to a son, Liu Cong, who was deeply loved by Liu Biao. Therefore, Huang Chengyan was not only Cai Mao's brother-in-law, but also Liu Biao's brother-in-law. After Zhuge Liang married Huang Yueying, Liu Biao became Zhuge Liang's uncle. Liu Biao's sons Liu Qi and Liu Cong were cousins with Zhuge Liang...it turned out that all of them were related, so Zhuge Liang finally chose to turn his elbows outward to help Liu Bei in his plan. Won Jingzhou.
But after the rise of the Zhuge family, when it came to Mengxue's marriage, the Kuai family once again regretted it and sought to marry the Zhuge family quickly. However, Zhuge Mengxue did not agree for a long time, maybe because the shadow of Kuai Liang's repentance was still there. Zhuge Liang and his eldest sister Mengxue were influenced by Liu Qian's later thoughts and advocated free love. Mengxue had met Kuai Qi, who was also a boastful young man from an aristocratic family, but in Mengxue's heart, she could not forget that savage-like face full of masculine charm. That face belonged to the commander of the Qinglong Navy, General Gan Ning Gan Xingba. Who can say for sure about love?
Zhuge Liang was so smart that he had already seen what his eldest sister was thinking, so he also deliberately arranged a marriage between Gan Xingba and his eldest sister Mengxue. He still had fresh memories of Kuai Liang's repentance of his marriage, and he hated it deeply. Therefore, he moved his family north to Wollongong, Nanyang, which is a true reflection of this state of mind.
However, under the general environment of that era, it was okay for men to regret their marriage, but it would be frowned upon for women to regret their marriage, and women would most likely be stigmatized as unchaste. Therefore, Mengxue cannot make up her mind to escape from the secular prison. Zhuge Liang is planning for his eldest sister. Although the lord Chen Long is very open-minded, it is impossible to have a proper solution right away. Zhuge Liang still needs to find time to let Chen Long speak and find the basis for the legitimate termination of the engagement.
Zhuge Liang thought about the happiness of his eldest sister Mengxue from Gan Ning, but Gan Ning failed to pursue the eldest sister, and now he is pursuing the second sister Ruoxue. Ruoxue has a lively personality. If the eldest sister Mengxue is stuffed with ice and snow, the second sister Ruoxue is like a branch of red apricot. It's a pity that although Ruoxue is a free person, she is aloof from Gan Ning, but she has a fierce fight with Pang Shanmin, the eldest son of the Pang family. Gan Ning saw that one fell in love with the other, and he admired both the eldest and second sisters Zhuge, which gave Zhuge Liang a headache.
In fact, no matter which sister married Gan Ning, Zhuge Liang was willing to marry Gan Ning, so he treated Gan Ning as his brother-in-law. At this moment, seeing Gan Ning on the big boat, he was overjoyed. He waved frequently, and saw Gan Ning leaping deep into the air before the two boats came closer. He crossed several meters of void and landed steadily on Zhuge Liang's boat. head. Seeing the dusty look on Zhuge Liang's face, he smiled and said: "Brother Kong Ming! I haven't seen you for a long time, you have matured!" After that, he gave Lu Su a military salute, and the setting sun sprinkled his stubble, which was indeed full of masculine charm.
Zhuge Liang finished the greetings with a smile and asked: "How are my two sisters and brothers?" Gan Ning smiled slightly and said mysteriously: "I know you only care about them and not about me. That's fine! Come out!" "The last sentence was turned around and shouted to him on the boat. As soon as the cabin door of the ship opened, two beautiful girls and a young man in white clothes poured out from the cabin and walked to the side of the ship. While waving to Zhuge Liang, his face was as bright as a smile.
If you want to know what happens next, listen to the explanation next time.
