The sky is clear and the spring is bright...

When Wancheng entered a strange and peaceful time after the melee, the southwest forest, two hundred miles away, was a joyful scene.

Spring flowers bloom, green leaves are thick, streams are clear, and trickle flows long.

Under the warm spring sun, the deep bamboo forest on Wolonggang is filled with joy, and the thatched cottage in the thunder is completed.

After half a month, more than 100 strong laborers were invested and worked hard for twelve days. Finally, a thatched cottage, main house and wing room were built on the stream pond, totaling twelve rooms, secretly combining the number of twelve earthly branches.

It is said to be thatched cottage, except for the roof of which is mixed with thatched cottage and yellow mud, the rest are all built in attic style. The entire thatched cottage architecture is no less than a quiet and unique mountain courtyard, pavilions, waterside pavilions, and viewing platform. The mountains and rivers are beautiful and the springs flowing. It is a rare hermit residence.

Today is the day when Zhuge Lu is completed. The main building is completed. You only need to have a little decoration and add some furniture to move in.

Starting from yesterday evening, the Zhuge Ling and his sisters took more than a dozen maids to prepare meals yesterday evening to celebrate the completion of Zhuge Lu and reward all their entourages. It is worth mentioning that all expenses were donated by Yang Dashan. Therefore, when the hut was completed, he wrote the five big words "Longzhong Zhuge Lu" on the main door of the hut, and ordered people to invite craftsmen to frame the door plaque.

The only drawback is that this door plaque only has inscriptions but no signature. There are three very sloppy and strange strokes in the lower left corner of the door plaque, which are completely different from Han Li, like words and like the pattern of flying dragons and phoenixes that no one knows (actually, it is simplified cursive script: Li Wenchang).

This special signature may be unfamiliar to Kong Ming. However, in the Xiliang Army, the commander and above civil and military officials had seen this signature and knew that the winding dragon and phoenix dance pattern represented the font of the lord Li Li Li. Therefore, most people could not get Li Li's handwriting instructions at all. They had no chance to see it. Those who could actually see this signature were Li Li's confidants, which itself represented a special courtesy.

At the beginning of the year, the ceremony to celebrate the completion of Zhuge Lu officially began. In fact, it was a big banquet, with enough wine and meat, so that the entourages who participated in the construction of the thatched cottage opened their stomachs and slapped them and feasted. They could only stop drunk.

Half an hour later, Kong Ming and Li Li left halfway and joined forces to climb the viewing platform above the Water Pond Waterfall. It is also called "Wangjing Tower".

The platform is three meters high, equivalent to a two-story attic. The space on the platform is not large, and it can be placed with a round table and four wooden benches. It is somewhat similar to the tower posts in the bandits' villages in later generations. However, the workmanship is exquisite and the construction is exquisite. These exquisite craftsmanship is not something that Li Li and others can do, but are made of craftsmen with high-quality wood, which adds a lot of color to this thatched cottage.

Standing on the Wangjing Tower and looking into the distance, you can see the mountains, rivers and streams within a radius of more than ten miles. If someone walks toward this place, you can see clearly five miles away. Therefore, Wangjing Tower still takes into account the role of a guard post. This is also to ensure the safety of the thatched cottage and not be attacked by robbers or robbers, and prepare some necessary early warning and defense methods in advance.

"Dududu!" A pot of hot tea had already been prepared on the round table of the high platform. Obviously, Kong Ming sent someone to deliver it in advance.

He poured two cups of hot tea with his own hands, Kong Ming handed Li Li a cup, then sat down, picked up the teacup and signaled Li Li to drink while it was hot.

"Brother has a respectable status, is busy with military and political affairs, and has a lot of trouble every day. Why do you have time to come here for many days?" Holding the fragrant teacup in his hand, Kong Ming stared at Li Li with a smile on his eyes, as if he asked casually, but it seemed like a temptation after careful consideration.

Li Li smiled and said with a calm heart, knowing that this was the last test before Kong Ming's showdown, which seemed casual, but in fact it was meaningful. The guess was ultimately speculation. Before it was confirmed, even if Kong Ming guessed Li Li's true identity, he was just speculation and imagination. It still needed further verification, or Li Li personally admitted it. Only in this way can the subsequent dialogue continue, otherwise many things would be impossible to talk about.

With a calm smile, Li Li took a sip of tea to moisten his throat. After looking at Kong Ming, he gently put down the teacup, got up and walked to the railing, supported the railing and looked towards the direction of Wancheng in the southeast, and said softly: "The emperor and all officials escaped from Chang'an, which is indeed not a trivial matter for me. The ability of the Western Liang army to be as strong as today is directly related to them. Only by using the emperor to command the princes can we gain an absolute initiative advantage and be a kingly army. And their return to the east means that the Western Liang army faces a major test, and can we further advance and rank in the Central Plains and achieve hegemony; if we take a step back or take a wrong step, it is a bottomless abyss, becoming a rebellion of the rioters, and everyone can punish it.

It is related to life and death. How can you take it lightly for your brother? You must take it yourself to ensure that there will be no deviations in the next road."

Listening to Li Li's words in his ears, Kong Ming walked gently to Li Li, and also leaned on the railing to look into the distance, with his eyes facing Wancheng, which was hidden behind the mountains and rivers.

After hearing this, Kong Ming's expression changed slightly, his eyes were as faint as an abyss, unfathomable. He whispered thoughtfully: "The beginning and end of the escape of the emperor and all officials, the elder brother should have a hill and valley in his chest, and had plans for it, and everything was in his hands. Today, Xiliang is under the jurisdiction of four prefectures, with hundreds of thousands of troops, guarding the dangerous passes in the northwest, and firmly controlling all the important transportation routes to Chang'an. If the elder brother insists on intercepting the emperor and his party, or hunting or intercepting them, they will definitely find it difficult for them to leave the territory of Xiliang, and they will definitely not have the chaos today."

With a brief tone, Kong Ming glanced at Li Li's side face from the corner of his eyes and continued: "The night before yesterday, Wancheng was in chaos, and the six princes attacked each other, and more than 200,000 soldiers fought. The melee lasted for a whole day, resulting in more than 50,000 princes throwing their bodies out of the wilderness, extremely tragic. According to my brother's guess, this melee should be expected by my brother, or when the emperor and the officials returned to the east, this unprecedented melee was quietly brewing."

"Kong Ming wanted to say that this big melee started because of me, which is too cruel, right?" Li Li remained motionless and looked straight, and suddenly interrupted in a cold tone.

Kong Ming was silent when he heard the sound, and did not speak for a long time. His serious expression became more and more serious. After thinking for a while, he said leisurely: "We will do everything we can to fight for the chaotic times. This is understandable and reasonable. However, such a random killing would hurt the harmony of heaven and the means were too cruel." He turned his head and stopped observing Li Li's expression. Kong Ming's eyes looking into the distance showed a strong sense of compassion, and his compassion was overwhelming.

Li Li did not do anything for himself and answered the question illegitimately: "Did your good brother have killed someone in the past ten years? Or were he chased by someone, have he witnessed his relatives and tribesmen die in front of him?"

"I have never had this experience." Kong Ming was surprised when he heard the sound and responded in surprise.

Li Li nodded slightly. His eyes were deep and he recalled: "I have a similar life experience to my brother. My parents died early. I depended on my younger brother since I was a child and grew up in the military camp with my uncle. I joined the army at the age of fourteen, and became a military marquis at the age of fifteen, leading troops to fight in the battlefield. Since then, I have fought south and north, east and west. So far, I have traveled eight cold and heat, and have traveled thousands of miles across the territory, killing countless enemies, and the corpses are formed by mountains under the sword. A general has achieved success and ten thousand bones. It is better to say that my status today is given by the emperor, rather than saying that it is accumulated from the corpses. A whole body of fame and fortune is killed and the emperor is in a bad reputation, so many people today say that I am in a state of war, and I am a hundred times more traitor than Dong Zhuo."

"Yes. I never think that I am violent and bloodthirsty, everything is caused by survival. When I was born in troubled times, there were many people who were involuntarily. I am no exception, and my brothers were also among them. No one in the world was born to be bloodthirsty and became bloodthirsty. However, if you want to quell the chaotic times, killing is essential, and only killing can end the chaotic times and sanction the world."

Speaking of this, Li Li looked sad and sighed softly: "Since my virtuous mentions the melee in Wancheng, I might as well tell you frankly. In fact, the result of this melee in Wancheng made me very dissatisfied, completely disrupting my prior arrangements, and far from the expected result. To be honest, this is not the result I wanted. In my plan, after this battle, the seven princes fell at least half, and the casualties of soldiers should be more than 100,000. Only in this way can I pave the way for me to send troops to the Central Plains, unify the Central Plains within five years, clear the universe within ten years, and pacify the world. If I want to end the melee of the princes as soon as possible and reduce unnecessary casualties as much as possible, I must end the troubled times as soon as possible, reorganize the mountains and rivers, and build a new order.

Only in this way can it be a blessing for the people of the world. Killing is not born to massacre creatures, but to seek peace. If we can quell the war in troubled times without killing, we are willing to give up our fame and fortune for our brother, take off our armor and return to the fields, live in seclusion like a virtuous brother, and reunite with joy in the family.

Unfortunately, this is just my wishful thinking. Once I abandon my fame and reputation and give up the troops in my hands, I will immediately die of a life-threatening death and the disaster will end the whole family. But the chaotic world is still in chaos, and it will even last for a long time, decades or even hundreds of years, and eventually exhaust the vitality of our Han people and become a place where barbarians and Hu people wantonly trampled and ravaged. This is a scene that I would rather die than see. For this reason, while I still have this strength, I will do my best to end the chaotic world as soon as possible. God blocks the gods and kills the gods, and demons blocks the demons; even if the corpses become mountains and blood forms a sea, I will do my best to end the chaotic world as soon as possible.

After hearing these true and false statements, Kong Ming was silent for a long time, looking out at the endless mountains, rivers and fields, and wanted to use his wisdom to see through the endless sea of ​​clouds to see the true meaning of the heavenly way above the sky.

After a while, Kong Ming suddenly spoke, "Brother, how about the thatched cottage in front of him?"

Li Li looked at him sideways and said softly: "This is a Feng Shui treasure land, hidden dragons and lying on tigers, and it is rare."

Kong Ming knew that the so-called Feng Shui treasure land is both a place to live in seclusion and a place to bury. The two are in a thought, and life and death are like a close distance from the world, and misfortunes and blessings can be decided in one word.

"Now my brother can tell his identity." After careful consideration, Kong Ming said solemnly.

Li Li's expression changed slightly when he heard the sound. A hint of joy flashed in his eyes, and he said with a kind look: "My brother must consider it clearly. He is not a good reputation for his brother. He is regarded as a traitor of the Han Dynasty by the emperor, officials and princes. He has a lot of bad records and is difficult to write about. They all want to get rid of his brother and be quick. My brother doesn't know my name, but he will be alone. If he knows, he will have no way out."

Kong Ming nodded gently: "Thank you, brother, for your reminder. Liang knows the pros and cons of it. I don't know what my brother said before, can he still count it?"

Li Li nodded and said, "Of course, count. At this moment, you and I are brothers. After indicating your identity, you and I are still brothers, and they are real brothers of different surnames."

"The brother's name is Li Li and Li Wenchang, the general of the world's military and horses, the prime minister of the current dynasty?" Kong Ming said in suspicion.

"That's right." Li Li nodded in response and said with a smile: "I think no one pretends to be this name, so I am the one who belongs to it."

"I met the general and greet my elder brother." Kong Ming bowed and said with a look of dismay: "I still have something to invite you to me. My elder brother has many wives and concubines in my elder brother's mansion. Can you be proud of your elder sister?"

"Ah! This"

Before Li Li answered, Kong Ming said meaningfully: "My parents died early, my brother was not familiar with the common people, and the whole family relied on my elder sister to do housework, which was very hard. Therefore, my sister has been married to the age of marriage but has been delayed until now. It is all because of my young brother and I have been exhausted and delayed my youth, which has really made my foolish brother uneasy."

Li Li's face looked like a date and said perfunctorily: "It's easy to say, hehehe! Everything is easy to say."
Chapter completed!