A voice suddenly rang out behind him, causing Zhuge Mu's body to feel as if it had been struck by lightning. He was so shocked that he could not come back to his senses for a long time.
Zhuge Mu slowly turned around and looked at the strange-looking young man in front of him.
He opened his arms and gave Pang Tong a big bear hug.
"Shiyuan!"
"What are you talking about? Although you don't exist in my eyes…"
"But I have you in my heart!"
Pang Tong's appearance was completely out of Zhuge Mu's expectations. He was so excited that he could not even speak.
"Cough cough!"
"Shuzhi, let go of me quickly. I'm about to be strangled to death by you!”
Faced with Zhuge Mu's burst of enthusiasm, Pang Tong was disgusted.
As he coughed, he tried to break free from Zhuge Mu's bear hug.
"Shiyuan, let Shu Zhi hug you for a while longer!”
"In ancient times, there was the love of the dragon and the sun, but now there is the love of the phoenix!”
"Shiyuan, Shuzhi, if the two of you really become a couple, it will be a good story. Who knows, it might even be praised for thousands of years in the future.”
Looking at Zhang Chong's embarrassed state, Shi Tao gloated as he teased the two of them.
Upon hearing Shi Tao's words, Xu Shu, Meng Jian, Huang Zhong, Huang Xu, Wei Yan and the others who had returned earlier than Zhuge Mu laughed out loud.
Zhuge Mu laughed at everyone's teasing.
As he took a step back, he let go of Pang Tong, who was in his bear hug.
Looking at Pang Tong's vexed expression, Zhuge Mu was overjoyed.
As Pang Tong's best friend, Zhuge Mu naturally understood Pang Tong's personality.
Since he had appeared here to see him, it meant that Pang Tong was most likely here to serve him.
He did not choose to serve Liu Bei after going around the River East like in history.
In the end, he ended up dying at Fallen Phoenix Slope.
Opposite Zhuge Mu.
Pang Tong noticed his good friend who had been happily sizing him up. Knowing that Zhuge Mu had seen through his intentions, he turned his head with a dark face.
He completely ignored Zhuge Mu and went to sit beside Xu Shu, Huang Zhong, Shi Tao and the others.
"As expected! It's still that familiar smell!"
"It's still that arrogant Pang Shiyuan!”
Rubbing his nose, Zhuge Mu sighed in his heart.
Soon after, he came to the stone table in the courtyard where Xu Shu, Pang Tong, and the others were seated.
Zhuge Mu did not stand on ceremony with his friends. He picked up the kettle in front of him and poured himself a glass of water.
After drinking, Zhuge Mu said to Zhang Chong, Meng Jian, and Shi Tao,"Shiyuan, Gongwei, Guangyuan, when did the three of you come to Xudu?”
"Why didn't you inform me when you arrived in Xu City?”
"So I can send someone to pick you up?"
Hearing Zhuge Mu's words, Pang Tong, who had just been tormented by him, snapped,
"Accept? Your Zhuge Shuzhi has to have the time.”
"Shiyuan, Gongwei and the others arrived more than ten days ago. Were you supposed to bring an army to pick them up at that time?”
Pang Tong seized the opportunity to rebuke Zhuge Mu.
This made Xu Shu, Meng Jian, and Shi Tao feel helpless.
From the moment they got to know Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, and Zhuge Mu, the two of them had been picking on each other.
At that time, they were not even ten years old.
Unexpectedly.
Now that the two of them were almost twenty years old, they could not help but fight when they met.
In the arena, Zhuge Mu was choked by Pang Tong's words.
However…
However, he had obtained an important piece of information from Pang Tong's words.
Zhang Chong, Shi Tao, and Meng Jian did not come together.
This immediately piqued his interest.
At the thought of this, he asked with an inquiring expression,"From Shiyuan's words, could it be that you have split into two groups?”
Faced with Zhuge Mu's question, Shi Tao, who was sitting beside Meng Jian, smiled and said,"Indeed, they didn't come together!"
"Shu Zhi, just like you just now, when Gongwei and I saw Shiyuan at Yuanzhi's place, the shock on our faces was no less than yours.”
"It's not just not small, it's simply shocking!”Meng Jian echoed from the side.
Their words made Zhuge Mu smile." And then…"
"Didn't Gongwei and I hear from your elder brother that you've become an official in Cao…cough cough, Lord Sikong?"”
"So, I, who originally had the intention to return to the north, discussed it with Gongwei. It's not convenient for me to come to you!”
"However, neither of us expected…"
A faint helplessness appeared on Shi Tao's face.
"Before the two of us could reach the capital, we heard that you became famous after the battle outside Dingxiang City and defeated the Xianbei army of two hundred thousand!”
"Forget it!"
Shi Tao looked at Zhuge Mu faintly," Who knew that you would go even further?"”
"Governor Yong, Liangzhou Provincial Governor, Marquis Langya, I don't even dare to seek refuge with you now, afraid that you will think that Gongwei and I are people who fawn on power.”
Shi Tao's self-mockery made everyone shake their heads and laugh.
Everyone present was familiar with him, so how could they take his words seriously?
No one would.
Zhuge Mu naturally wouldn't.
However, through Shi Tao's words, he could hear the fundamental difference between them and Zhang Chong.
Pang Tong's defection to him was purely due to personal reasons.
As for Shi Tao and Meng Jian, they were greatly influenced by their clans.
Especially when Zhuge Mu heard the phrase 'return northward,' he understood that the two families, the Meng family of Runan and the Shi family of Yingchuan, who had been fleeing from the Jing state, had the intention of moving their entire families out of the Jing state and returning to the Central Plains.
In real history, they had indeed done so.
However, it was a pity.
After so many years of avoiding the Jing Province, when they returned to their hometown…
Runan's Meng family and Yingchuan's Shi family had long disappeared from the public, no longer having their original glory.
The help that the family could give them in their career was almost non-existent.
As a result, Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of Shu Han, led the army to attack Wei.
When he learned that the two of them were only ordinary county officials in Wei, he said,"Wei is so talented. Why aren't the two of them useful?"”
Were there many talents in Wei? Even a talent like Shi Tao could not be put in an important position.
He felt that it was unfair for the two of them.
After all, in Zhuge Liang's heart…
Shi Tao and Meng Jian had the talent to guard a prefecture.
As for his elder brother Zhuge Liang's foresight in government affairs.
Zhuge Mu still trusted him.
As for military foresight…
With Ma Su and Wei Yan in history as proof, Zhuge Mu felt that it was better to listen to one side of the story.
Thinking of this, Zhuge Mu whispered to Shi Tao and Meng Jian after Shi Tao finished speaking,
"Whether the two of you are people who fawn on the powerful or not, that will depend on how Yuanzhi and Shiyuan arrange you!”
"But…"
"I know that you two are capable people.”
"Guang Yuan, Gong Wei, I'll be overseeing Yong Xi soon. Are the two of you willing to help me?”
Zhuge Mu said.
At the same time, he extended an olive branch to the two of them.
He also sent them an invitation to serve under his command!
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