Deng County is a small place.

It is somewhat similar to Yongqiu County where the Hu army was stationed.

Yongqiu County is only a dozen miles away from Chenliu County, and Deng County is only twenty miles away from Xiangyang City.

Most of the resources of this county, which is geographically close to the big city, are actually in the hands of the noble families living in the big city. The meaning of its existence is to be constantly sucked by the government offices and noble families in the big city, so the scale is usually not too large.

But it is precisely because of this that the security conditions here are pretty good, at least it is not a place where unscrupulous gangsters dare to come and do whatever they want.

After Wu Liang led the soldiers of the Hu army into the county, they quickly found a place to stay.

It was a fairly large secondary farmhouse. It was the property of a commoner family whose ancestors lived in Deng County. Ten stones of corn could be rented for half a year.

The world is very chaotic these days, and many poor families come to Nanyang County to live in seclusion.

Therefore, after the old family owner learned that Wu Liang was also in trouble and moved to a poor family where he planned to live in seclusion, he was not surprised and did not ask any more questions. He even saw that most of the people Wu Liang brought were young men and wanted to leave the family without anyone to farm for the time being.

The farmland was rented to Wu Liang, and these "servants" under Wu Liang became tenants of his family.

In order to establish a good relationship with the old landlord, Wu Liang did not reject the proposal immediately, but said that he would consider it carefully.

After the old landlord leaves.

Wu Liang ordered the soldiers of the Hu army to start cleaning up their residence. He also specially called a few soldiers who were usually smarter and arranged for them to go out to find out the news.

Who are you asking for information about?

Of course it’s Zhuge Liang’s uncle “Zhuge Xuan”.

Zhuge Liang is still just a child now, and may not be so crazy that even a dog would hate him. Zhuge Xuan must be in charge of all family affairs.

In addition, Zhuge Xuan came here to seek refuge with Liu Biao. Liu Biao and he were old acquaintances. Considering their past friendship, Liu Biao might give him an official position. People who knew Zhuge Xuan in the area would also want to know more.

a bit more.

"Young Master, who is this Zhuge Xuan? Is he an old friend of the Young Master?"

Hearing Wu Liang's order from the side, Yu Ji couldn't help but came over curiously and asked.

He didn't know who Zhuge Xuan was, and the main purpose of their coming here this time was to find Qiu Mu Cemetery. During the departure and march, Wu Liang didn't hear Wu Liang mention such a person, so it was reasonable to be curious.

things in it.

"Not an old friend."

Wu Liang shook his head and began to talk nonsense seriously, "The old man knows that I am a descendant of a child who is not very bright. To tell you the truth, when I just entered Deng County, I was inexplicably confused again, and this suddenly appeared in my mind.

I had a name, and I also had a premonition that something would happen to this person in Deng County, so I ordered someone to go out and inquire about it. If I could find this person and meet him, it might be possible to unravel the mystery and get some important information.

Inspiration."

"To be able to enter the prince's prime ministership, this person named Zhuge Xuan must have something extraordinary, or he must have a destiny that is different from ordinary people..."

Yu Ji believed it to be true, stroking his beard and frowning in thought.

"maybe."

Wu Liang looked at his nose and heart, and nodded slightly.

Wu Liang didn't know whether Zhuge Xuan had any extraordinary qualities, but Zhuge Liang did have many extraordinary qualities.

Putting aside his achievements in politics, military, economy, calligraphy, painting, and even music, his inventions and creations that can be traced in official history books are enough to make Wu Liang admire him.

Kongming lantern, Kongming lock, Kongming chess, eight formations, wooden beasts, mines, wooden ox and flowing horse, Zhuge Liannu...

Some of these inventions and creations have been easily understood by later generations, but some of them have not been restored by anyone until Wu Liang traveled through time, and even the principles have not been understood yet.

It was also for this reason that Wu Liangcai had to come to see Zhuge Liang.

It's not because Zhuge Liang was Wu Liang's idol for a while when he was young, nor because of the classic film and television line "I've never seen such a shameless person" circulated on the Internet in later generations, but because I want to use the perspective of an archaeologist.

Let’s decipher Zhuge Liang’s growth process.

Wu Liang wanted to know whether Zhuge Liang's extraordinary talents and shocking inventions were self-taught?

Or have some adventures unknown to the world?

…

Half an hour later.

The soldiers of the Hu army who went out to investigate have all come back to report.

Just because Zhuge Xuan is now the county magistrate of Deng County. Although he does not love the people like a son, he has done some practical things. In addition, he has colleagues to support him in troubled times, so he has left a bad impression on the people of Deng County.

Not bad. If you pick anyone on the streets of Deng County, you will know who he is, and some people may even praise him profusely.

In addition, Zhuge Xuan was a humble man and had a very harmonious relationship with some nobles living in Deng County, and they often interacted with each other.

This is enough to prove that Zhuge Xuan has some abilities.

Wu Liang only served as the magistrate of Yongqiu County for a few days before he realized that it was very difficult for a low-level official like this to win the recognition of two opposing classes, the common people and the gentry at the same time.

However, Zhuge Xuan managed the relationship between the two very well, which is naturally a very rare skill.

"Can you find out where Zhuge Xuan lives now?"

After Wu Liang listened to the description of Zhuge Xuan by the soldiers of the Hu army, he asked again.

"It was in a mountain col not far from the county seat. After he came to Deng County, he and his family built a house among the mountain col, and cultivated a piece of farmland nearby. From then on, he settled there, except for daily life.

In addition to coming to the city to perform the duties of the county magistrate, the whole family lives a diligent and frugal farming life there."

The soldiers of the Hu army raised their hands and replied.

"Where are the family members? Can you tell who they are?"

Wu Liang continued to ask.

"Zhuge Xuan never married and had no biological children. His family members were all the widows and children of his cousin Zhuge Gui. Among them, there were three widows, two nephews and two nieces living together. There were no servants in the family.

Servant, all affairs are done by these family members themselves."

the soldier replied.

"Um……"

Wu Liang pondered and nodded.

There is no record in the history books that Zhuge Xuan never married. It is only said that after his cousin Zhuge Gui suddenly died of illness, he immediately ran to help deal with the funeral affairs, and then lived with Zhuge Gui's widow and children.

In fact, the children Zhuge Gui left behind were originally three boys and two girls.

The three boys, in descending order of age, are Zhuge Jin, Zhuge Liang and Zhuge Jun.

Zhuge Jin got separated during the migration and went to the Jiangdong area alone. Later he served Sun Quan of Dongwu and became the general and the guardian of the left. Later, when the Three Kingdoms were established and the Shu Han and Dongwu had intersections, Zhuge Jin and Zhuge Liang

The brothers finally met, but by that time both parties were already their own masters. To avoid suspicion, they never met in private, let alone discussed private matters.

Zhuge Liang, his younger brother Zhuge Jun, and their two sisters followed Zhuge Xuan to many places and finally came to join Liu Biao, and finally stayed in Nanyang County to live, and eventually became the world-famous "Mr. Wolong", and visited Liu Bei's thatched cottage three times.

After that, he came out of the mountain to help Liu Bei officially start his hegemony in the three-point world.

As for Zhuge Liang’s younger brother Zhuge Jun.

This man is much more mediocre than his two brothers. He has never done anything major in his life, and even there are only a few records in history...

"Have you found out the names of Zhuge Xuan's two nephews?"

In order to prevent any discrepancies in the information, Wu Liang asked another question specifically.

"I asked around. One of them is called Zhuge Liang, and the other is called Zhuge Jun. Zhuge Jun is just mediocre, but Zhuge Liang is very famous..."

Having said this, a soldier couldn't help laughing and said rather disdainfully, "It's a pity that he doesn't have a good reputation. I heard from the villagers that this man is young but extremely arrogant. He claims that he has Guan Zhong, Le

Yi Zhineng often went to Xiangyang City to debate current affairs with the noble families in the city, but he still had a bad temper. Whenever he was retorted to the point where he was unable to reply, he would curse like a man in the market."

"As time went by, the nobles in the city no longer interacted with him. Even when they saw him, they would avoid him like the god of plague, thinking that this person is a crazy person."

"Some people also say that if his uncle Zhuge Xuan hadn't interacted a lot with the nobles in Xiangyang City on weekdays, I'm afraid someone would have disliked him and given him some hardships... It's also a pity that Zhuge Xuan was so famous in his lifetime, how could he recruit someone like this?

A heartbroken and crazy nephew who doesn’t know the heights of heaven and earth.”

"..."

Hearing this, the corners of Wu Liang's mouth curled up unconsciously.

reality!

So true!

With such a dark history of youth and frivolity, the image of "Mr. Wolong" Zhuge Liang instantly became fuller, and...it seems that Zhuge Liang has inherited the talents of the Zuan people since he was a child. My Zhuge villager, force

Is it okay to just yell like a street person when you're in a hurry?

…

So we settled down in Deng County for one day.

There was still some time left before the agreed rendezvous with Yang Wanli, so Wu Liang naturally would not stay idle at home. After lunch break on the second day, he took Dian Wei out of the city to visit the legendary Zhuge Villager.

According to the information returned by the soldiers of the Hu army, the mountain col where the Zhuge family lives is still an unknown mountain col.

But what Wu Liang can be sure of is that this place is definitely not the "Nanyang Wollongong Scenic Area" of later generations...
To be continued...