"After these two days of contact, I can see that Kong Ming is a genius of the world. Although he is not old, he has a clear understanding of the world situation and the forces of various princes. He has a unique understanding and a sharp point... Read the latest and most complete novel, I really can't figure it out. If the lord wants to take him for himself, he can recruit him directly. Why should he spend so much effort to accompany him up the mountain to find a place to live in seclusion? He wants to recruit him and let him live in seclusion and study. Isn't this a contradiction? Isn't this arbitrary move?" Guo Jia's words have been hidden in his heart for two days. At this moment, he finally couldn't help but speak out loud and said it bluntly.

Yang Lin smiled calmly and was not in a hurry to answer Guo Jia's questions. So he looked down at the newly grown thatched buds by the rock, breaking out of the ground like needles, green and very gratifying.

After a while, he flirted with the young buds and said softly: "When Fengxiao thought Kong Ming was so smart, was he a person who easily surrendered?"

"Uh, this,,," Guo Jia was stunned when he heard the sound, thinking for a moment, nodding as if he had some insight, "I understand. Although we have been with him for only two days, from his behavior and speech and the strong confidence that he inadvertently showed, it is not difficult to see that he is a tough person, gentle and elegant on the outside, but in fact he is soft on the outside and hard on the inside, and would rather fail than surrender. If he forcibly coerces him, it will only backfire; not only can he not take it for himself, but it will prompt him to feel hostile, disloyal from his heart, gradually drift away, and finally stand completely opposite us and become enemies with our Xiliang Army."

Yang Lin,,,,,,,,,, to be precise, it should be Li Li.

Yang Lin is just the pseudonym he sneaked into Wancheng this time, just like the pseudonym Li Zhengfeng when he traveled across the country two years ago. It was purely concealed. However, the name Li Zhengfeng had been used once, but this time it could not be used again, so he had to rename it. And it could not remind people of Li Li in Xiliang, and there was no connection. Because he had a Xiliang accent, he could only lie that he was a Hongnong native, close to Chang'an, so that he could cover it up and not make people suspicious.

Facts proved that Li Li was very successful in disguise this time. So much so that Kong Ming, who was almost wise and almost demon, was deceived by him. He did not associate him with Li Li in Xiliang at all when he first met. However, he could only deceive Kong Ming for a moment. Just as the group met outside the city, more than a hundred strong and tough entourages appeared in front of Kong Ming, and each of them was holding a top-notch Xiliang war horse, Li Li's true identity was exposed. However, what was surprising was that Kong Ming was stunned for only a moment, then he looked calm and ignored, and as always, chatting and laughing with Li Li and Guo Jia, as if he had no idea about Li Li's identity, without any restraint or far-fetchedness.

The only difference is that along the way, whenever he encounters running errands and asking for directions, Kong Ming will take the initiative to do it in front of Li Li, and will not let Li Li do it himself. Just like at this moment, he personally took his entourage to find drinking water. Originally, he could not go there at all, and followed more than a hundred entourages by his side, so he didn't need him to go there in person, but he insisted on doing it himself, so Li Li had to do it as he wished and no longer talked.

It is not difficult to see from this that Kong Ming already knows the true identities of Li Li, Guo Jia and others, but he does not point it out and remains the same. There is no distinction between them, and they treat each other equally, and the atmosphere is very harmonious.

However, who is Guo Jia? His intelligence and talent are even better than Kong Ming, who is only sixteen years old. Therefore, when Kong Ming discovered Li Li's true identity, Guo Jia immediately noticed his abnormal expression, and knew that his identity had been exposed and there was no need to continue to hide it. However, Li Li himself did not say it, how could he, as a subordinate, make a proposition and talk too much?

After two days, the identity of the group was still not clear. They pretended to be confused and maintained the status quo. Judging from the current situation, Kong obviously did not intend to ask, and in the end, Li Li could only take the initiative to reveal his identity.

At this moment, seeing that Guo Jia had already understood his thoughts, Li Li nodded and smiled, "Fengxiao was quick-witted and saw it thoroughly. However, until now, Fengxiao probably didn't know Kong Ming's real name and origin, right?"

"That's right." Guo Jia nodded in response and said frankly: "I have always been confused about this, but I am not convenient to ask for advice from you. I also ask the lord for advice."

Li Li turned his head and looked at the valley to the west. Seeing Kong Ming taking water by the stream, he said with a smile: "When we first met, Kong Ming called himself Yangdu people. However, there were many Zhendians called "Yangdu" among the states in the world. Even if there were not ten, there were eight. Therefore, Fengxiao could not judge where the Yangdu he mentioned was. In fact, the Yangdu mentioned by Kongming was in Langya County, and Kongming was only his name, not his real name, because he did not have the surname Kong at all, but his surname was Zhuge Liang, and his full name was Zhuge Liang, and his name was Kongming.

Kong Ming's parents died early, similar to me, and they have been growing up with their uncle. Zhuge Xuan, the prefect of Nanyang, was his uncle. The three brothers and two sisters who were waiting to be named after him. His elder brother Zhuge Jin was a family member and was quite talented and famous. He has not yet become an official. He is currently studying and handling government affairs with Zhuge Xuan.

Now Fengxiao should know Kongming's origin. The Zhuge family in Langya can be called a family of officials. His grandfather served as the Sili School Captain and his father was the county magistrate of Taishan. A few years ago, in order to avoid the war, Zhuge Xuan moved his family to Jingzhou for refuge and lived in Liu Biao's tent. It was a loss of family power. Fortunately, Zhuge Xuan is also a famous scholar in the contemporary era. He has some contact with the gentry of Jingzhou, but he is still living under someone else's roof and has never been able to integrate into the great family of Jingzhou."

Speaking of this, Li Li paused, the smile on his face gradually faded, and he whispered: "It is said that Kuai Yue, a different leader in Jingzhou, had wanted to betroth Kong Ming's sister to Kuai Qi as a concubine, which made Zhuge Xuan seriously ill. The matter was immediately put on hold. For this reason, Zhuge Xuan lived in Jingzhou for many years but had not been in office. It was the Kuai brothers who interfered with it.

Two years ago, Liu Biao recommended Zhuge Xuan as the prefect of Yuzhang, and all the edicts were passed to Zhuge Xuan, but the trip was delayed due to the war in Yangzhou and he was delayed from taking office. It was a coincidence that I happened to agree to Sun Ce's appointment as the leader of Jiangdong, so I recovered Zhuge Xuan's edict and changed Sun Ce to the prefect of Yuzhang.

It was not until April last year that all the princes came to the capital to pay tribute that I noticed that Zhuge Xuan of Langya was still in Jingzhou and was recommended by Liu Biao as the prefect of Nanyang. Later, Zhuge Xuan was the first among all the princes to receive the imperial edict, but the rift between me and the Zhuge family had been planted. Zhuge Xuan was idle for more than a year. If it were other gentry, it might not have a big impact, but it would have been a heavy blow to the Zhuge family, which had been under the roof for several years, and directly affected their family's livelihood. Because of this, it is hard to say whether he is an enemy or a friend of me. The choice depends on how he views this matter.

But in this matter, Li Li has a clear conscience. Perhaps, it was precisely because I took back the appointment of Zhuge Xuanyu Zhang's prefect, and indirectly helped the Zhuge family. Otherwise, the Jiangdong gentry had always been xenophobic, and Zhuge Xuan had no foundation in Jiangdong and could not gain a foothold at all, so he would die in a foreign land sooner or later; and the Kongming family would also go into exile. Perhaps only by letting his sister marry Kuai Yue's younger brother as a concubine can the fate of the family be saved."

This was caused by Li Li's remarks, because the fate of the Zhuge family in history was like this. Less than half a year after Zhuge Xuan became the prefect of Yuzhang, the court changed the position of Zhu Hao, a son of the Jiangdong family, to serve as the prefect of Yuzhang, and forced Zhuge Xuan to take his family back to Jingzhou again. On the way back to Jingzhou, Zhuge Xuan died of illness, causing the Zhuge family to lose its pillar and completely become a declining family under the roof. As a last resort, Zhuge Liang's sister had to marry Kuai Yue's younger brother Kuai Qi as a concubine.

(The official history records that Zhuge Liang's sister married Kuai Qi as his wife, but could not stand the scrutiny. After all, the Kuai family is a prominent family in Jingzhou, and it is inconsistent with the Zhuge family, which has a poor family. It is unlikely to be a regular family. However, historical books were revised by later dynasties. Zhuge Liang was regarded as "a wise saint, a good minister for the ages". He was a loyal representative of all feudal dynasties in later generations. He "dedicated his efforts to the end and died until he died" and passed down through the ages. In this way, Zhuge Liang was undoubtedly extremely perfect, and his immediate relatives would naturally not be too bad. Otherwise, how could he show his perfect image and how to inspire later generations to "dedicate his efforts to the end until he died.")

"It turns out that we have this relationship with Kong Ming." After hearing Kong Ming's life experience, Guo Jia was quite surprised because he knew nothing about it. He only knew the Zhuge family in Langya, but he did not know that the Zhuge family behind Kong Ming had such a difficult and tortuous journey.

However, judging from Kong Ming's proficiency in agriculture and simple clothes, although he was a gentry, he was just like a commoner. It is not difficult to see from this that the Zhuge family's previous situation was indeed not optimistic and must have experienced many hardships. But all this has passed. Now that Zhuge Xuan is the prefect of Nanyang, even though the Wancheng incident made Liu Biao very dislike, as long as Li Li is supported by him, Liu Biao would not dare to do anything to Zhuge Xuan. In other words, the Xiliang army could completely capture Nanyang County, so the Zhuge family was completely safe and the revitalization of the family was just around the corner.

However, all this depends on how Zhuge Liang chooses, and he will follow the trend, and everything will be natural. If Li Li is wasted his good intentions, the result will be unimaginable. Once Li Li gets angry and destroys the entire Zhuge family, it is easy to get rid of it. Li Li doesn't even need to take action on his own. If you put a little pressure on it, Liu Biao can do it for him.

As he turned sharply, Guo Jia asked softly: "The lord knows very well about Kong Ming's family background, which shows how much he values ​​him. In this case, why did the lord personally build a secluded place for him?"

Li Li said: "As the saying goes, I give him a favor with him. I treat him with sincerity, treat him as brothers, and like brothers; since he wants to study hard and strive for excellence, I will fulfill him and build a villa in this deep mountains and forests. When he finishes his studies, he will naturally know what to do; on the contrary, this villa will become a tomb burial of talents that can permeate the world." However, when he said this in a cold tone, Li Li's face felt a strong sense of reluctance. Obviously, the last sentence was not his original intention, but forced to do it.

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