Facing Huo Jun's questioning, Pang Tong was immediately embarrassed.
Now that he could no longer hide it from Huo Jun, he could only nod helplessly.
"Yes, Shan Fu is Xu Yuanzhi's pseudonym..."
"You...! You Pang Shiyuan, I've asked you so many times along the way, but you just pretended not to know!"
Huo Jun was already furious. He regarded Pang Tong as his best friend, but he didn't expect that the other party had been deceiving him.
"Zhong Miao! Zhong Miao, calm down!"
Pang Tong also knew that he had gone too far, and he quickly stepped forward to apologize to Huo Jun.
"Zhong Miao, Xu Shu has a special status. He is a disciple of my uncle Pang Degong. Once Liu Biao, Cai Mao and others know his identity, it will inevitably cause unnecessary misunderstandings!"
Xu Shu had been in Jingzhou for several years, and he had already transformed from a fugitive from Yingchuan to a disciple of Sima Hui and Pang Degong.
It can be said that Xu Shu's words and deeds not only represent an individual!
Now that he is going to Changsha alone to help Liu Qi, others will doubt whether he represents Lumen Academy or even the Jingzhou Pang family!
If Liu Biao, Cai Mao and others confirm the news that Pang intends to support Liu Qi, who knows how much turmoil it will cause.
"Hmph! Have I ever hidden anything from you? It's obvious that you don't trust me!"
Pang Tong's remarks were not forgiven by Huo Jun. On the contrary, they aroused Huo Jun's anger even more.
"Pang Shiyuan, I, Huo Jun, have always regarded you as my brother, but I didn't expect you to be like this!"
Pang Tong is one of the top two, no matter what he says or not, he just can't get Huo Jun's understanding. Seeing that a close friend is about to break off because of this!
At this time, Liu Zhang took the initiative to stand up.
"Zhong Miao, this matter involves too much. It is for your own good not to tell you. Once the news leaks out, maybe the Huo family will be implicated."
"Shiyuan didn't do this to hide it from you. On the contrary, he told a white lie because he regarded you as a close friend!"
Perhaps because Liu Zhang was Huo Jun's favorite monarch, Pang Tong was actually convinced by Liu Zhang's words in a few words.
"Pang Shiyuan, let me tell you, if General Wei hadn't interceded for you today, we would have completely cut off our robes!"
Pang Tong finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. He didn't have many friends in Jingzhou, especially his true close friends were very few.
Huo Jun had known him for many years, and they were already as close as brothers. Otherwise, how could Pang Tong beg him so humbly?
"General Wei, thank you!"
After thanking Liu Zhang, Pang Tong couldn't help but secretly complain. In just a few words, he owed Liu Zhang a huge favor!
"Haha, it's okay, Shiyuan, you don't have to be polite!"
Liu Zhang naturally wanted to accept this favor. He had no idea that Huo Jun was so smart!
If Huo Jun hadn't blinked at him frequently, Liu Zhang wouldn't have realized why Huo Jun was so angry.
It turns out that everything was to help Liu Zhang find ways to regain Pang Tong, so Liu Zhang got such a favor for nothing!
"General Wei, how did you know that Shan Fu is Xu Shu? Only I, Zhuge Liang, my uncle and my mentor Sima Hui know about this!"
Pang Tong was really drunk. He strongly suspected that Zhuge Liang was Liu Zhang's spy!
It's impossible for Sima Hui and Pang Degong to have a secret conspiracy with Liu Zhang, right?
"That...isn't important...it's not important!"
How did Liu Zhang explain? He couldn't explain it at all!
The only reason to blame is that Xu Shu was stubborn and chose the pseudonym Shan Fu!
If Xu Shu were to suffer a double disaster, Liu Zhang might not even be able to react!
"Shi Yuan, Xu Yuan went straight to Changsha. Is it really your Pang family's intention?"
Liu Zhang quickly changed the topic and asked what he was most concerned about.
If the Pang family wanted to interfere in Jingzhou affairs, then Liu Zhang would definitely have no hope of getting Pang Tong's help. The Pang family themselves would need Pang Tong's help.
"General Qi Wei, this matter really has nothing to do with the Pang family!"
Pang Tong shook his head and denied Liu Zhang's remarks, with the same puzzlement in his eyes.
"I don't dare to tell you why Xu Yuanzhi went to Changsha. Even my uncle doesn't know the reason. I only know that after learning about Cai Mao and others' plot, Xu Yuanzhi left a letter and left without saying goodbye."
Liu Zhang couldn't help but frown. Lumen Academy was very kind to Xu Shu. With Xu Shu's personality and the education he received since childhood, he would never do such a rude thing as leaving without saying goodbye.
Liu Zhang racked his brains and couldn't think of any intersection between Liu Qi and Xu Shu.
"Could it be that Xu Yuanzhi is interested in Liu Qi and thinks he can command the nine counties of Jingxiang?"
Hearing Liu Zhang's question, Pang Tong couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Liu Qi? General Wei, don't be ridiculous! Such a weak and incompetent person, as long as he has a little blood, he will not let Jingzhou end up in such a situation!"
"Xu Yuanzhi has a crush on him, but I absolutely disagree!"
Not to mention that Pang Tong didn't believe it, even Liu Zhang himself couldn't believe it.
What kind of person is Xu Shu? He definitely has his eyes higher than his head!
Where is Liu Qi? He is only worthy of being someone else's puppet!
Let him live, and he will live. If you let him die, he will never live another day!
"It's a pity that Xu Yuanzhi fell into the mud by mistake..."
Liu Zhang had previously imagined that Zhuge Liang could bring Xu Shu with him in a package, but now it seems that it is nothing more than a daydream. . .
Not to mention that Xu Shu had defected to others, Zhuge Liang was troubled by what Pang Tong meant.
"Shiyuan, we have been chatting for so long, it's time for you to give me an answer, right?"
At the moment, the only way to make up for the loss is to seize Pang Tong, keep the young phoenix in Yizhou, and train him into a real phoenix.
Liu Zhang looked at Pang Tong eagerly, hoping that he would nod and agree.
"General Wei, although Huo Jun's Huo family is also a big family, it is still not as good as our Pang family. General Wei is worried that Huo Jun will be tied down by the family, isn't he worried that the Pang family will become a tie down for me?"
Family is always bound to the children of the family.
In the late Han Dynasty and even hundreds of years later, this was an unavoidable and unchangeable fact.
It's like lice on a bald man's head, it's obvious. It's not a problem that wouldn't exist if Pang Tong didn't mention it.
And Pang Tong was very sure that even if he didn't mention it, Liu Zhang would ask him.
Instead of doing that, it's better to take the initiative.
Only after at least solving the current problem is there any need to continue the discussion.
"I don't hide it from General Wei. Pang Degong is my obedient father. My brother Pang Lin and I have been raised by my father Pang Degong since we were young. Pang Degong not only has the kindness to raise my two brothers, but also has the kindness to rebuild them."
"Without Pang Degong, it is still unknown whether Pang Tong and Pang Lin could survive in this world, let alone what they have achieved today!"
"Does General Wei think that I, Pang Tong, am an unkind and unfilial person? Can I abandon the Pang family and everything to come to Yizhou to follow General Wei?"
Liu Zhang's expression gradually became serious. Hearing what Pang Tong said, was it hopeless to recover?
