Chapter 89 Liu Wu went out of the city thirty miles to welcome the Phoenix! Zhuge Liang was mad at Liu Bei! !
Chapter 089: Liu Wu went out of the city thirty miles to welcome the Phoenix! Zhuge Liang was mad at Liu Bei!
"Lei, Leiyang?" Zhuge Liang looked confused.

He seemed to not believe his ears and confirmed with Liu Bei again: "My lord, are you saying that you sent Fengchu Pang Tong to Leiyang to be the county magistrate?"

Looking at the loss of composure of military advisor Kong Ming, Liu Bei felt vaguely uneasy.

But at this moment, he could only bite the bullet and speak: "Yes, it is the magistrate of Leiyang County. Pang Shiyuan has just arrived and has not made any achievements. If I suddenly give him a high position, I am afraid it will be difficult to convince the people..."

While Liu Bei was still explaining, a feeling of powerlessness had already spread throughout Zhuge Liang's heart.

That’s Pang Tong!
That's a phoenix!!

A phoenix chick who is as famous as this Crouching Dragon! !

Such a great talent, such a pillar of the country, but the lord actually let him, let him be a mere county magistrate? !

Pang Shiyuan has always been arrogant and proud, and his first ambition is to assist his lord in achieving great things. Now that his lord is so disrespectful to him, how can he not resent his lord?
"My lord..." Zhuge Liang tried his best to calm himself and figure out what was going on. "Pang Shiyuan, the young phoenix, is truly a man of great talent."

"Before the Battle of Red Cliff, Cao Cao's 800,000 naval forces pressed towards Jiangdong. It was this man who entered Cao's camp alone and used a trick to connect the 800,000 naval warships with iron chains..."

"In the end, Zhou Lang set the river on fire, and Cao's warships were locked with iron chains, unable to escape, and finally turned into ashes!"

"After the Battle of Red Cliffs, he wanted to surrender to the Marquis of Wu, but fortunately the Marquis of Wu judged him by his appearance and did not want to employ him. Liang was afraid that he would surrender to a new master, so he wrote a letter of recommendation for him overnight, asking him to surrender to the lord..."

At this point, Zhuge Liang finally asked his doubts: "Didn't he take out the recommendation letter when he met the lord?"

"Even so, my lord, you must have heard of Fengchu's name! When this man entered Cao's camp, Cao Mengde led all the civil and military officers to personally welcome him out of the camp. How can my lord treat such a great man with disrespect?"

If you can get one of the Phoenix and the Crouching Dragon, you can pacify the world!

How could Liu Xuande not have heard of the name of Fengchu?

When Pang Tong came to see him that day, he did take out Zhuge Liang's letter of recommendation. It was just that Pang Tong was ugly, and he was also arrogant and rude.

Even Liu Huangshu, who was known for his courtesy and generosity, could not stand it.

How can I use such a madman, no matter how talented he is?

Thinking of this, the slight uneasiness in Liu Bei's heart immediately disappeared.

"Military advisor, don't be impatient..." Liu Xuande gently comforted Zhuge Kongming: "I know he is a phoenix, and I have also seen the military advisor and his recommendation book."

"I didn't give him a high position because, firstly, I was afraid that people would be dissatisfied, and secondly..."

"This man is too arrogant and extremely rude to others! Even if he has some talent, he is a man without moral integrity! Therefore, I sent him to Leiyang as a magistrate, hoping to train him and wait for him to repent, then he may be of great use."

"Besides, although this person is called 'Phoenix Cub' together with Mr. 'Wolong', your talent is unparalleled in the world. I really don't believe that there is anyone in the world who can be on par with you. I think the name 'Phoenix Cub' is just a boast..."

Liu Bei was still explaining, but Zhuge Liang was dumbfounded.

Uncle Liu actually wants to [polish] Fengchu!
Wait until Fengchu [repents] before making great use of him?
My lord, my lord, do you know what you are talking about?
By the time Pang Shiyuan [repents], I'm afraid the phoenix chick would have already flapped its wings and flown out of Jingzhou!

Liu Bei continued: "That day, I saw that the Phoenix was really useless, but I didn't know why Liu Wu, the rebellious son, regarded the Phoenix as a treasure and personally sent him to Leiyang to take up the post..."

and many more!

The eldest son treats Fengchu as a treasure?
The eldest son also met Fengchu? !

Zhuge Liang was startled and looked at Liu Bei fiercely: "My lord, are you saying that the eldest son not only attaches great importance to Fengchu, but also personally sent him to Leiyang County to take up the post?!"

Liu Bei nodded: "That's right..."

Liu Huangshu's thoughts seemed to return to that day...

That day,
At the residence of the Gong'an County Magistrate, the heavy snow had just cleared up.

A gatekeeper announced: "The famous scholar from Jiangnan, Pang Tong, has come to meet us."

When Liu Xuande heard that Fengchu, who was on par with his own military advisor Wulong, was coming to surrender, he was immediately excited.

When he first met Mr. Shuijing, Mr. Shuijing told him that the only great talents nowadays are Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Chick. If one of them can be found, he can conquer the world!

He has already got Zhuge Liang, the Sleeping Dragon, and now the Phoenix Chick has also come to join him. Isn't his great cause just around the corner?

Uncle Liu would never have imagined that an ordinary Gong'an City would actually gather two great talents, Zhuge Liang and Feng Chu!
But when Liu Bei saw the legendary [Mr. Fengchu]...

He was disappointed.

He didn't expect that compared with the elegant and handsome Wolong, Fengchu was so ugly!
"Pang Tong greets Uncle Liu." This ugly young phoenix just bowed to Liu Bei without kneeling, and even raised his chin to one side and glanced at himself with those weird and ugly eyes!
In an instant, all of Liu Bei's expectations for Fengchu were shattered.

I am the descendant of King Jing of Zhongshan and the great-great-grandson of Emperor Jing of Han. Even the current emperor has to call me "Imperial Uncle"!
How dare this country bumpkin, a commoner with no official title or rank, look down on me like this?
"This is a letter recommended by Zhuge Kongming. Kongming once said that he would let Pang Tong take this letter to see the emperor's uncle." Pang Tong took out a brocade bag containing Zhuge Liang's silk letter from his sleeve and handed it to Liu Bei.

But the silk letter held in the hands stayed in the air for a long, long time, and no other pair of hands came to take it.

Liu Bei did not refuse the letter, but looked at Feng Chu coldly: "I know it..."

"Jingchu has been settled for a while, but there are no idle positions. One hundred and thirty miles to the northeast, there is a county called Leiyang County, which is short of a county magistrate. Mr. Qu will be appointed. If there is a vacancy in the future, you should use it. Sir, please leave!"

Liu Xuande remembered it clearly. He saw the astonishment, anger, and frustration on Fengchu's face...

At that moment, Pang Tong turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by a young figure: "Wait a minute, sir!"

Liu Bei's face turned cold. That was his eldest son Liu Wu.

He actually did not care about his father's face at all, and questioned him rudely in front of outsiders: "Mr. Fengchu is a great sage, how can you be so disrespectful to me?"

"I ask my father to grant Mr. Fengchu his high position again!"

Looking at his eldest son who was openly opposing him, Liu Xuande said coldly: "Since you are a great talent, even if you are in a low position, you will have a chance to rise. The military and political affairs of Jingnan are not something that a young man like you can talk about. Get out!"

Liu Wu was silent, but he took a step back.

Under Feng Chu's strange gaze, Liu Wu slowly spoke: "In this case, I will personally escort Mr. Feng Chu to Leiyang to take up his post, to show my father's respect for the virtuous."

"Whatever you want!" Liu Huangshu's sleeves fluttered and he left coldly...

……

Liu Xuande recalled the scene of that day, with a cold smile on his face: "That boy has always loved to oppose me. At that time, for the sake of that Phoenix Child, he openly talked back to me. I think he had a rebellious heart at that time..."

Uncle Liu was still cursing Liu Wu.

Zhuge Liang's face was getting paler and paler. Not good!
Snapped! ~
A clear sound woke up Uncle Liu.

He looked in the direction of the sound and saw that the feather fan that Zhuge Liang always held in his hand during winter and summer had fallen to the ground without him noticing.

Liu Bei was stunned: "Kong Ming, you..."

"Yide!" Zhuge Liang didn't care about Liu Bei, and suddenly grabbed Zhang Fei's wrist. His voice was trembling: "Quick! Go to Leiyang County, go now!"

"Quickly take that Fengchu Pang Tong away... No, please go back to the Public Security Bureau!"

Zhang Fei was stunned, but he reacted immediately. Fengchu could make the wise military advisor Wulong react like this, so he must be a very important person.

"Don't worry, military advisor. I'll go to Leiyang and invite Mr. Fengchu back!" Before he finished speaking, Zhang Fei had already rushed out of the Gong'an County Magistrate's residence. Looking at Zhang Fei's figure disappearing outside the gate, Liu Bei's heart suddenly sank, and sweat began to seep out of his forehead...

That ugly and rude Fengchu could make Kong Ming lose his composure like this. Could it be that he is really an extraordinary and wise man?

If this is true, then I have missed out on a great talent!

The recommendation letter written by Kong Ming himself pushed this great talent to him, but he actually tried his best to drive Feng Chu away! This...

Liu Bei's lips began to dry instantly, and he tried his best to calm himself down.

"Military Advisor, yes, I was reckless..." Liu Bei bent down, picked up the feather fan on the ground, and handed it to Kong Ming with both hands: "Don't worry, Kong Ming."

"When Mr. Fengchu returns, I will definitely make use of him and let him occupy a high position on par with you!"

Looking at Uncle Liu who was holding a feather fan in front of him and solemnly promising himself...

"Alas..." Zhuge Liang sighed helplessly and took the feather fan: "I hope so. I hope Pang Shiyuan has not arrived in Jiangbei and surrendered to Liu Wu..."

Fengchu surrenders to Liu Wu?

Kong Ming finished speaking.

Liu Xuande was startled, and his expression suddenly changed! !
……

……

Thirty miles outside Xiling City.

A team is slowly coming...

Hundreds of soldiers, armed with spears and swords, in neatly arranged armor, gathered behind a chariot drawn by a canopy. Wherever they passed, dust flew up and filled the air.

Wei Yan, who was riding his horse to lead the way in front of the carriage, suddenly turned his horse around and returned to the side of the carriage: "Mr. Fengchu, this place is only more than 30 miles away from Xiling City. In less than half a day, we can enter the city."

The person sitting in the car was Fengchu Pang Tong. Hearing the words, he immediately became excited. After several months, he could finally see his good disciple.

Pang Tong had a lot of questions to ask Liu Wu at this moment. He really wanted to know how this disciple, whom he had only been separated from for a few months, had transformed from the eldest son of Liu Dal'er into a local lord with a territory of thousands of miles.

Sudden……

A large group of dark figures appeared in his sight, and he could vaguely see various ceremonial objects and even hear the sound of drums and music.

"General Wenchang..." Pang Tong was surprised and looked at Wei Yan standing beside him: "I heard the sound of drums and music ahead. Could that team in the distance be holding a wedding or funeral?"

Wei Yan grinned and said, "Sir, you misunderstood. This is the ceremonial procession that my master has personally come out of the city to welcome you!"

……

"Lord, be careful!"

Looking at the carriage surrounded by hundreds of soldiers, Lu Xun said with a vigilant look: "There seem to be soldiers ahead, my lord, please go slowly."

Liu Wu, who was sitting in the carriage, said in a calm voice: "It's okay, that's Wei Yan coming to pick up Mr. Fengchu."

Wei Yan actually used so many soldiers to pick up Mr. Fengchu?
Lu Xun had a look of astonishment. Although he had heard of Fengchu's great plan, the fact that his lord went out of the city thirty miles to personally welcome Fengchu was enough to surprise him.

I never thought that Wei Yan’s reception for Mr. Fengchu would be even more grand!
and many more……

The chariot on the opposite side seems to be the chariot of Cao Mengde that was seized by the lord?
Lu Xun was dumbfounded.
My lord, even sent this chariot to Jiangling for Fengchu to ride on? !
Rumble, rumble~
Liu Wu seemed to have guessed what Lu Xun was thinking, and his face was calm: "Mr. Fengchu, you deserve such courtesy from me..."

Amid the sound of drums and music, a large ceremonial procession stopped in its tracks.

Rumble, rumble~
On the opposite side, a luxurious carriage surrounded by hundreds of soldiers slowly drove towards the guard of honor.

Inside the carriage, Pang Tong saw a figure standing not far ahead, waiting for him.

Liu Wu went out of the city and personally welcomed me thirty miles away!

Pang Shiyuan was extremely moved. In the world today, apart from Liu Xuande's three visits to Zhuge Kongming's thatched cottage, no other prince had ever treated someone who had not done anything with such courtesy...

Xilulu! ~
The two horses neighed, and the carriage, which only Prime Minister Cao was qualified to ride in in the past, stopped.

"Sir, my master has been waiting for you for a long time." Outside the carriage, Wei Yan spoke in a low voice to Pang Tong in the carriage.

Pang Tong took a deep breath, got off the sedan chair, and walked quickly towards the figure being supported opposite him.

In Mr. Fengchu's sight, the figure became clearer and clearer.

The warm winter sunshine poured down on the master and disciple.

After parting in Leiyang, the master and disciple finally met again.

"Disciple, I pay my respects to you, Master." Liu Wu bowed to Pang Tong, just like when he was in Leiyang, Liu Wu bowed to Pang Tong as a disciple: "I haven't seen you for a few months, Master, are you well?"

"Good, good disciple!" Pang Tong held Liu Wu's arms, and couldn't suppress the smile on his face: "No problem, no problem! I heard that Lu Su from Jiangdong praised Lu Meng, 'I saw you with new eyes after not seeing you for three days'..."

"It's only been a few months since we last met, but I never expected that you would rise to the sky, span the entire Jiangbei region, and become a powerful lord!"

Looking at the familiar face in front of him, Pang Tong was in a trance...

He only learned about Liu Zilie from a minor official in Leiyang and guessed that Liu Zilie was his good disciple Liu Wu.

But now, when he saw that the young man in front of him who was paying homage to him as a disciple was really Liu Wu, the always arrogant Mr. Feng Chu still couldn't help feeling a sense of unreality.

After decades of ups and downs, Liu Xuande only occupied four counties in southern Jing.

In just a few months, Liu Wu conquered more than 30 counties in northern Jiangsu!

The disciple I accepted was so capable that it was a bit outrageous...

Liu Wu smiled faintly: "How dare I, a teacher, praise you when my business is just starting?"

"From Jiangling to Hefei, we have occupied all the important areas and covered more than 30 counties. How can we say it is just a start-up? You..." Pang Tong was stunned when he was halfway through his speech.

Only then did he realize that Liu Wu's face was quite pale, and he had been supported by a beautiful woman: "My dear disciple, what are you doing..."

Liu Wu: "That day, I dug into Cao Cao's central army, killed more than 30 of Cao's generals, and captured Cao Mengde alive. I suffered some injuries and have not recovered to this day."

Dig into Cao Cao’s center!

More than thirty generals from Cao’s camp were defeated!
The injury has not healed yet!!
Liu Wu spoke as calmly as if he was talking about eating and drinking.

But every word of these few sentences sounded like a thousand-pound hammer falling on Pang Tong's ears!

A bloody storm, mountains of corpses and a sea of ​​blood seemed to appear before his eyes.

Although Feng Chu knew that Liu Wu had captured Cao Cao alive, he never dared to imagine that Liu Wu actually captured Cao Cao alive in this way. What a brave man!
"My disciple is truly a hero!" Pang Tong was silent for a long time before he sighed softly, "Even if the Overlord were to be resurrected, he would be no more than this."

"But..." At this point, Pang Shiyuan suddenly changed the subject and asked the biggest question in his mind: "But you did such a big thing, why did your father Liu Xuande stand by and watch?"

　Thanks to bigchongzi1 for the reward!
　　
　
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