In Nanyang, Wolonggang, Liu Bei returned in vain again.

"Kong Ming, since you are unwilling to become an official, you just refuse, why do you still make Liu Xuande think about it repeatedly?" A Confucian scholar appeared behind Zhuge Liang and looked at the direction where Liu Bei and others were heading away. If you remember correctly, this was Liu Bei's eighth time. Even as a bystander, he could feel the emotional fluctuations in Liu Bei.

Not only Zhang Fei wished he could kill someone, but Liu Bei, this time he obviously felt a little angry.

Thinking about it, everything is too much. Liu Bei was rejected eight times when he came to invite him, and he couldn't even meet Zhuge Liang. This is Liu Bei. If he changed to a prince, even Ye Zhao and Cao Cao, who were known as thirsty for talent, were probably looking for a knife at this moment. Liu Bei... actually made an appointment for the ninth meeting.

"After all, it's a relative of the Han Dynasty..." Zhuge Liang sighed, turned his head to look at the Confucian scholar beside him and said, "Yuan Zhi has gone to Chang'an to seek a way out. Why don't Zhouping consider it?"

"My father Cui Lie has died at the hands of Ye Zhao's minions. For private reasons, I have a grudge against Ye Zhao for killing my father; for public reasons, Ye Zhao is so cruel to our scholars. Although the world's situation has been settled, I would rather live in this mountain forest than compromise with it. We scholars should have the character of scholars." The Confucian scholar said proudly.

The Confucian scholar's surname was Cui, his name was Jun, and his courtesy name was Zhouping. He was a child of the Cui clan in Qinghe. When Ye Zhao occupied Jizhou, he took advantage of the chaos to clean up the remaining families in Jizhou. As the first family in Qinghe and even Jizhou, the Cui family was naturally the focus of care. The result was that there was only Cui Jun left in the Cui clan in Qinghe, so he naturally had a reasonable and evidence to hate Ye Zhao.

Zhuge Liang silently heard this. This was also the reason why he knew that the world's general situation had been decided, but he still did not directly reject Liu Bei. Although the world's general situation was determined, the Jingxiang land was a place of many gentry. Even many talented families in the north could not survive in the north and were unwilling to bow to Ye Zhao, so he moved south to Jingzhou. It can be said that although Jingzhou is now in a civil strife with his two sons, in fact, Jingzhou is the last base camp of the entire scholar class in the world. From this point of view, it should have been united.

But now the battle between the two sons has been established, and it doesn't matter who will inherit Jingzhou. Whether it is Liu Cong or Liu Qi, no matter who becomes the governor of Jingzhou, who will eventually take power, they are actually the people behind them.

Behind Liu Cong is Cai Mao, a large clan of Jingzhou, and behind Liu Qi is Liu Bei, who has gradually become powerful.

"Is this world trend really irreversible?" Seeing Zhuge Liang silent, Cui Jun finally spoke out his heart and looked at Zhuge Liang.

"Yes!" Zhuge Liang finally said after a moment of silence.

"Oh!" Cui Jun's eyes lit up and he looked at Zhuge Liang and said, "Why didn't Kong Ming offer advice to General Liu?"

"If you want to go against the trend, there is only a glimmer of life. Now Jingzhou... Zhouping should know that it is." Zhuge Liang smiled bitterly and said, "If you want to fight with Ye Zhao, you must join forces with the princes of the world to fight together. Jingzhou has 300,000 troops, but it is internally flirting with each other. If you cannot integrate the power of Jingzhou and join forces with Cao Sun, this glimmer of life will no longer exist!"

"Since that's the case, we will choose a wise lord and serve him!" Cui Jun said excitedly: "Kong Ming has talent in the world and is also a subordinate. Guangyuan and Gongwei help each other, why worry about not being able to assist the wise lord to uphold justice?"

"Who is the wise master?" Zhuge Liang said with a wry smile.

In fact, he was optimistic about Liu Bei. Zhuge Liang had done research on Liu Bei's life and his achievements... Liu Bei was not good, but what really made Zhuge Liang valued was Liu Bei's character of defeat but not discouraged. Liu Bei was actually not capable enough. He also had counselors and generals under his command, but he lacked a top adviser like Zhuge Liang to plan for him.

If it weren't for this situation, Zhuge Liang would have already voted for Liu Bei, but in the current situation, one mistake would be a terrible ending. Cai Mao was actually the general trend of Jingzhou. With Zhuge Liang's personality, he would never do anything that didn't do anything.

"this……"

Zhuge Liang's question stopped Cui Zhouping. Logically speaking, Liu Bei should be the wise ruler, but just like Zhuge Liang thought, Cai Mao was on their side from the standpoint of aristocratic families and occupied the general trend.

"Kong Ming, although Cai Mao has a family background, he is not the leader. If he assists Liu Bei, with your and my ability, he may help Liu Bei unify the Jingxiang land as soon as possible?" Cui Jun asked.

Liu Qi is a dark and weak person, and Liu Cong is a child. No matter which one he is, in the current situation, he is not suitable to be the lord of Jingzhou. This is definitely not something that the two brothers can bear, so Cui Jun did not consider these two at all.

"Haha, brother, there are indeed people here!" Just as Zhuge Liang frowned and thought, the door of the cottage was suddenly kicked open by Zhang Fei. Liu Bei and others who should have left were back at some point.

"How could you be so rude?" Although Cui Jun had a good impression of Liu Bei, he couldn't help feeling dissatisfied when he saw Zhang Fei so rude and shouted angrily.

"Sir, don't blame me!" Liu Bei walked forward with a calm face, took a deep breath, and bowed to the two of them: "If the situation is as dangerous as today, how can you meet Mr. Bei if you didn't use this method?"

As he said that, he stood up and looked at the two of them, and finally looked at Zhuge Liang and said, "This one must be Mr. Kong Ming!"

Zhuge Liang looked at Liu Bei with great interest, nodded silently and said, "Liang has seen the general."

Liu Bei sighed and did not mention the eight times of being rejected. He just smiled bitterly: "Originally, since the sir did not want to meet, Bei should not be shameless again. However, today, there are slanderous ministers holding Your Majesty, and treacherous slandering the hearts of the people. Bei Ben is a pawn. This matter should not be asked about the world. However, since Bei is a member of the Han family and has been entrusted by the emperor's uncle, he dare not neglect for a moment. Since he meets Mr. Today, he would like to give me a plan to defeat the thief!"

After a moment of silence, Zhuge Liang sighed, and then stretched out his hand and pointed out: "It's cold and cold. Since the general is here, please give up a drink."

When Liu Bei heard this, he was delighted and followed Zhuge Liang into the cottage and sat down. Zhuge Liang cooked a pot of sake for everyone and looked at Liu Bei and said, "How can Liang not know the sincere heart of the general? It's just that the general's situation is in the north today. We originally had a glimmer of hope, but now there is a disaster for the two sons to fight for power. Even if Liang is willing to help, this situation will be powerless!"

When Liu Bei heard this, he was slightly stunned and looked at Zhuge Liang and said, "I dare to ask, if there was no Jingzhou's disaster today, how could he break the deadlock?"

Zhuge Liang pondered: "Now Ye Zhao sent the general Guan Yu to lead the army to station troops in Xinye, which is actually a strategy to lure the enemy. It is called taking the opportunity to attack Jingxiang, but in fact it wants to lead Cao and Sun families to attack, so as to take advantage of the situation to unify the Central Plains. Cao Cao was defeated, and the soldiers of Jiangdong were not familiar with the severe cold in the north. If the plan was really done, Cao Cao would be destroyed, and the Sun family retreated to Jiangdong. The Central Plains would be all obtained by Ye Zhao. At that time, it would be difficult to compete with the millions of Ye thieves in Jiangdong and Jingxiang."

Seeing Liu Bei's nervous expression, Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "It's not difficult to break it. If there is no such disaster in Jingxiang, you can take the opportunity to attack and kill Guan Yu. Then Ye thief would have a skilled move to destroy Nanyang. If Ye Zhao did not want Nanyang to be in trouble, he would have to return to his army to save himself. Then Cao Sun could take advantage of the situation to counterattack, and Ye thief's plan to unify the Central Plains would be lost."

Although it is severe cold now, winter always passes. As long as you survive this period of time, Sun Ce's Jiangdong army will no longer have to worry about the severe cold. At that time, Ye Zhao will fall into a situation of fighting on three sides. No matter how powerful Ye Zhao is, he will inevitably lose sight of one thing. At that time, Cao Cao will be in the Central Plains, Jingxiang will be in the south, and Sun Ce will be in the east. With the three armies, even if they cannot win, they can maintain the current situation. As long as there is enough time to let everyone breathe, the world will be in a situation where the four heroes compete for hegemony.

Although Ye Zhao is the strongest now, after a long time, the military industry of the princes caught up, so it would be difficult for Ye Zhao to maintain his current advantage.

"Just!" Liu Bei's eyes shone with his eyes, but Zhang Fei was displeased and said rudely: "Two... Guan Yu has the courage to defeat Chang'an and destroy the Huns. How powerful is his military achievements? How could you, a corrupt scholar, defeat him easily?"

Upon hearing this, Zhuge Liang just smiled and said, "Although I have the courage to kill him, it is easy for me to kill him!"

"Ha~" Zhang Fei was so excited when he heard this. Although he had completely parted ways with Guan Yu, Zhang Fei still respected this second brother. He immediately stood up and picked up the snake spear and said to Zhuge Liang: "Come on, let's fight with me for 300 rounds, let the third master see what kind of ability you, a corrupt scholar, dare to speak like this crazy."

Zhuge Liang glanced at Zhang Fei and smiled at Liu Bei and said, "Liang is not brave enough to show off his courage!"

"Yide, retreat!" Before Zhang Fei could take off, Liu Bei shouted angrily at Zhang Fei and glared at Zhang Fei fiercely.

Zhang Fei could only turn around and go out the door to breathe.

"Sir, don't blame me, my third brother is used to being arrogant." Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Liang and smiled.

"This is just a false statement from Liang. With his current momentum, it will be difficult to stop Ye Zhao!" Zhuge Liang shook his head and smiled.

"If it is true as Mr. said..." Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Liang, gritted his teeth and said, "Bi is willing to persuade the eldest son to give up the governor of Jingzhou and be willing to assist the second son."

Cui Jun, who was standing beside him, looked at Liu Bei in surprise when he heard this. This was not only Liu Qi, but also the power that Liu Bei had accumulated over the years.

Zhuge Liang looked at Liu Bei with a little dazed look. In this case, the struggle for one side to withdraw from the position of power is undoubtedly the best choice. However, he did not expect that Liu Bei would be so straightforward. At the same time, he couldn't help but admire Liu Bei more. It was easy to take power, but it was rare to let go. Just this mind and courage that could put down personal gains and losses for the overall situation, Liu Bei was more than one level higher than Cai Mao.

"Since that's the case, Liang is willing to try it!" Zhuge Liang stood up and bowed to Liu Bei and said.
Chapter completed!