Half a day later.
Jingzhou, Xiangyang.
Wei Yan, who was the city gate commander at that time, looked at Zhuge Mu, who was riding a horse not far away. A hint of astonishment appeared on his usually stern face.
As the guard in charge of guarding the south gate of Xiangyang City, Wei Yan was naturally familiar with the mounts of the dignitaries.
Therefore, when Zhuge Mu appeared in front of him, he immediately recognized that his best friend was riding a horse. It was none other than Lu, the white horse that Liu Bei rode when he entered Xiangyang City to pay a visit to Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou.
"Shuzhi, are you serving Imperial Uncle Liu?”
Wei Yan's trusted subordinates were all around him. When he said this, he didn't have any scruples.
Zhuge Mu didn't answer Wei Yan's question immediately. Instead, he teased him,""Wen Chang, if I say yes, will you be willing to give up your official position here and follow me to Xinye?”
Unexpectedly, Wei Yan burst into laughter when Zhuge Mu asked him a question.
"Haha, why not!"
"In any case, I've had enough of the arrogant attitude of those high-ranking officials and nobles in the city. It's fine if I don't become a small official of this watchdog.”
Zhuge Mu was not surprised by Wei Yan's performance.
In other words, Wei Yan's arrogant and flamboyant personality meant that he would not stick to one pattern and would dare to do things that ordinary people would not dare to do.
However, Zhuge Mu's next words after he got off his horse caused Wei Yan's laughter to stop abruptly. No matter how hard he tried, he could not laugh anymore.
"Wenzhang, if I say that I am not joining Imperial Uncle Liu, but instead, I am going north to join Cao Cao, you…"
"Are you still willing to go with me?"
At the city gate, Wei Yan stared at Zhuge Mu, who didn't look like he was joking. He no longer had the heroic and free attitude he had just now.
After carefully looking around, Wei Yan said with a serious expression,""Shu Zhi, there are too many people here.”
Following Wei Yan's signal to his soldiers, a soldier immediately led Zhuge Mu's horse to the side to feed and drink water.
At Wei Yan's house.
Wei Yan looked at Zhuge Mu, who was looking at the furnishings in his house with his hands behind his back as if nothing had happened. The corner of his eyes twitched.
"Shuzhi, tell me honestly, do your brothers, Kongming and Shiyuan, know about your decision to go north to join Cao Cao?”
In this life, because Zhuge Mu and Wei Yan had known each other since they were young, Wei Yan had a good relationship with the Zhuge brothers. Naturally, he addressed Zhuge Liang directly.
Hearing Wei Yan's words, Zhuge Mu shrugged casually.
"Pang Shiyuan definitely doesn't know. That guy might be traveling under some dukedom. As for my second brother, he knows.”
"Not only that, you should be able to hear the news of him joining Xinye Liu Bei soon.”
"Has Kong Ming defected to Uncle Liu?" Wei Yan was a little surprised. He then asked Zhuge Mu with a puzzled expression,""Shu Zhi, since your second brother, Kong Ming, has already chosen Imperial Uncle Liu, why do you have to go north to join Cao Cao?”
"With the talents of both of you, if you join Imperial Uncle Liu together, you might be able to create a legend of 'Hidden Kirin' and 'Hidden Dragon' working together to help the Great Han Dynasty!”
Unlike Liu Bei, who did not know Zhuge Mu's identity, Wei Yan, who often visited Wolonggang, knew Zhuge Mu's nickname, Hidden Kirin.
"The legendary story of helping the Great Han Dynasty?”
Zhuge Mu shook his head lightly when he heard Wei Yan's naive words.
"Wen Chang, let me ask you, do you know how old Imperial Uncle Liu is?”
Zhuge Mu's question stumped Wei Yan. After a while, Wei Yan said uncertainly,""Uh…although I don't know the exact year, I met him a few months ago, so I think he should be in his forties.”
At the age of 30, he stood firm, at the age of 40, he was not confused, and at the age of 50, he knew the destiny of heaven.
The forty-year-old that Wei Yan mentioned was forty years old.
"Forty years old? It's small!"
"Wen Chang, I'm not afraid to tell you that Liu Bei was born in Yanxi (161 AD). He is already 46 years old in the 12th year of Jian An.”
"At this age, it's not just no doubt. It's not an exaggeration to say that he knows the destiny!”
"Wen Chang, how many years of destiny can there be in one's life? Do you think that at Liu Bei's current age, even with my brother and I assisting him, his body will be able to endure until the world is unified?”
As someone who had transmigrated from the future, Zhuge Mu knew Liu Bei's life story like the back of his hand.
Just like what he told Wei Yan, in the real history, even with the help of Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Fa Zheng, and the others, it took Liu Bei thirteen years to occupy Jingzhou, Yizhou, and Hanzhong.
Less than three years after he was promoted to King of Hanzhong, he was defeated in Yiling and died at the age of 62.
Liu Bei's death was not a big deal. The key was that after his death, the new emperor was still young!
Without Liu Bei's prestige as Emperor Zhaolie of the Han Dynasty, it would lead to the Yuan Cong Faction, Jing Zhou Faction, and Yi Zhou Faction under Liu Bei's command to fight and crush each other, causing Shu Han to fall into internal strife.
In history, Zhuge Liang and Jiang Wei's Northern Expedition failed on the verge of success, but it was not without the Yizhou faction's secret struggles.
After all, for the Yizhou faction, the northern expedition led by the Yuancong faction and the Jingzhou faction would only hurt their vitality and not benefit the local people of Yizhou.
Zhuge Mu didn't want to face the bullsh * t of Liu Bei's death. In comparison, Cao Pi, the successor of Cao Cao, was much stronger than Ah Dou.
At the very least, Cao Pi was able to suppress the group of soldiers and generals left behind by Cao Cao without the help of outsiders and with his own imperial methods, thus making the entire Cao Wei unite against the enemy.
Opposite Zhuge Mu, Wei Yan opened his mouth and couldn't utter a complete sentence.
Because he knew that Zhuge Mu was right.
If Liu Bei wanted to grow from the tiny piece of land he currently occupied to become the ruler of the world, it would be impossible without twenty years, not to mention that during this period, there was still the ambitious Cao Mengde in the north who was blocking his way!
Could Liu Bei live for 20 years?
Unknowingly, Wei Yan already had an answer in his heart.
Wei Yan then looked at Zhuge Mu, who had a smug look on his face because he was rendered speechless. He immediately stood up and walked towards the side room.
"Wenzhang, you…"
Hearing Zhuge Mu's words, Wei Yan snapped,""What else can I do? Of course, I'm packing my things and preparing to escape with Zhuge Shuzhi.”
In the side room, the more Wei Yan thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt. He turned around and angrily said to Zhuge Mu in the main hall,"Third Brother Zhuge, if you don't let me become a general under Cao Cao in the future, I will not let you off.”
Not long after, Wei Yan walked out of the house with a simple backpack. At the same time, he threw a gorgeous sword inlaid with jade at Zhuge Mu with a look of disdain.
"Since we are going north to make a name for ourselves, how can we not have weapons? This is a longsword that a certain family obtained from a young master of a wealthy family. You can use it for now.”
As for how he got it, Wei Yan did not elaborate, but Zhuge Mu could roughly guess.
It was nothing more than that unlucky young master offending Wei Yan, and then Wei Yan took the opportunity to hit him in the dark.
"Oh right…"
Wei Yan suddenly remembered something and said to Zhuge Mu, who was looking at the gorgeous longsword.
"Does Zian know about this?"
Zi 'an is the name of Huang Xu, the son of Huang Zhong. It takes peace and means no disaster.
Just like how Wei Yan had made friends with Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, and the others for the first time in this life, because of Zhuge Mu's intervention, Huang Xu, who should have died early due to his weak body, was lucky enough to survive with his help.
As Huang Xu grew older, he became good friends with Zhuge Mu, Wei Yan, and the others.
As a result, Zhuge Mu and the others addressed Huang Zhong as their uncle.
Therefore, Zhuge Mu, who had no hesitation in tricking Wei Yan, showed some hesitation in his expression.
"Not yet!"
"Wenchang, do you think I should call Zian?”
"Shouldn't I?" Wei Yan asked.
"This is different! Zi 'an and Uncle Huang's families are all on their own. I can't bear to let them wander around, while you, Wei Wenzhang, don't even have a wife. You're all alone. When he died in the future, he could just dig a hole and bury him.”
Wei Yan was speechless.
It was so heart-wrenching!
At this moment, a tiger-like roar came from outside the door.
"Bullshit!"
"Shu Zhi, are you looking for a beating by saying this?”
Zhuge Mu and Wei Yan looked at the courtyard at the same time and saw an old general with black and white hair striding towards them.
Behind the old general was a valiant young man of about fifteen or sixteen years old.
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