After pausing for a while, Kong Ming continued: "I wish you were in Poyang. When Jiang Gan came to find you, he was free and elegant. He wished you were talented, civil and martial, and used fire to break through Cao in the Battle of Chibi. I thought
You were heroic and cried bitterly that you passed away too early. Your loyalty and righteousness gathered the breath of heroic spirits and will last forever. My feelings are sincere. My sorrow is like a thousand knots in my intestines. Your death makes me feel like my death.
The three armies are sad, Lord Wu wept for you,
My friend shed tears for you. I actually don’t have much talent. I asked you some strategies to help Dongwu resist Cao thieves together. They are supporting each other and echo each other's heads and tails. If you are still alive, what are my worries?
What? Zhou Yu, goodbye forever! If you have a spirit in heaven, you can identify my true heart. From then on, I will lose a soulmate. It is really painful!" After reading the sacrificial article, Kong Ming lay on the ground and cried.
Tears were pouring like springs, and they looked very sad.
The generals communicated with each other and said, "Others say that Kong Ming and Zhou Yu are life-and-death enemies. Today, I am afraid that this is not the rumor."
When Lu Su saw Kong Ming so sad, he felt a little sad, and thought to himself: "Kong Ming is really a passionate person, but Zhou Yu is too narrow in spirit, and he is taking it upon himself."
After the sacrifice was completed, Lu Su set up a banquet to entertain Kong Ming. After the banquet, Kong Ming said goodbye and left.
Just as you were about to get off the boat, a man suddenly appeared by the river, with a Taoist robe, bamboo crown, soapy slim shoes, grabbed Kong Ming's arm with his hands, and laughed: "You are so angry that Zhou Yu is so angry that you are here to pay your respects again, you are bullying us Dongwu.
Talent?"
Kong Ming hurriedly turned around and found that it was Mr. Feng Chu who was as famous as him.
Kong Ming also laughed, and the two boarded the boat together and told some things about the past.
Kong Ming left a letter to Pang Tong and instructed: "I guess Sun Quan will definitely not reuse you. If you feel dissatisfied here, you can go to Jingzhou to support Liu Bei together with me. Liu Bei is a very kind person.
Being able to listen to other people's advice will definitely not let down your life's talent."
Pang Tong nodded and bid farewell to Kong Ming, so Kong Ming returned to Jingzhou by himself.
Lu Su sent Zhou Yu's coffin to Wuhu. After Sun Quan took it, he burst into tears and ordered him to be buried in the local area. Zhou Yu had two sons, one daughter, the eldest son Xun, the second son Yin, and Sun Quan treated them well.
Lu Su said: "My talent is very average, I am afraid of letting down the recommendation of General Zhou Yu. In fact, I am not competent. I can recommend someone to help the lord. This person is astronomy and geography; strategy and Guan Zhong, and joy.
Yi is very good at military strategy, and can go hand in hand with Sun Wu and Wu Qi. Zhou Yu has adopted his suggestions many times before, and Zhuge Liang admires him very much. He is in Jiangnan now, why not use it?"
After hearing this, Sun Quan was very happy and went to ask the person's name.
Lu Su said: "He is from Xiangyang, his surname is Pang, his name is Tong, his name is Shiyuan: his name is Mr. Fengchu."
After hearing this, Sun Quan said, "I also heard that this person has been around for a long time. Since he is here, please come and meet him."
So Lu Su invited Pang Tong to meet Sun Quan. After showing off his salute, Sun Quan saw that Pang Tong had thick eyebrows and nose, black face and short beard, and described it as strange. He was a little unhappy and asked, "What you usually learn is mainly
What?”
He replied: "There is no fixed thing, it is adaptable."
Sun Quan asked again: "How about your talent and Zhou Yu compare to your knowledge?"
After hearing this, Pang Tong laughed and said, "What I learned is not the same as Zhou Yu."
Sun Quan relied on Zhou Yu the most. Seeing that Pang Tong was very loud and seemed to be despising Zhou Yu, he felt even more unhappy, so he said to Pang Tong: "Then you go back first. When I have the help of you, I will invite you again!
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Pang Tong knew the problem, sighed and left.
When Lu Su found out, he was very surprised and asked, "Why don't the lord value Pang Tong?"
Reply: "I asked him some questions just now and found that this person is very crazy. What's the point of being useful?"
Lu Su advised: "During the Battle of Red Cliff, someone once offered a series of plans to Cao Cao, which became a merit. The lord must know."
Sun Quan said: "This is Cao Cao's intention to nail the ship himself. How can it be said to be a merit? I swear I won't use this person."
Lu Su had no choice but to come out and said to Pang Tong: "It's not that I don't recommend you, but it's because Wu Hou refused to use you. If you stay patient, you will have other opportunities."
Pang Tong was very disappointed after hearing this and just sighed.
Lu Su said: "Do you have no idea about Wu?"
Pang Tong did not answer.
Lu Su said again: "If you have the talent of helping others, you can perform your grand career wherever you go. Can you tell me the truth and where you are going?"
Pang Tong said: "I want to go to Cao Cao."
Lu Su said: "You are going to the dark place. You can go to Jingzhou to join Liu Bei. I can be sure he will reuse you."
Pang Tong said: "That's what I mean. What I said before was lies."
Lu Su nodded and said, "I will definitely write a letter to you. If you assist Liu Bei, you will definitely let the Sun and Liu families have no conflicts or attacks, and they will attack Cao Zhe together."
Pang Tong said: "This is also my lifelong ambition!" So he asked Lu Su to write a letter and go to Jingzhou to meet Liu Bei.
At this time, Kong Ming did not come back for inspection in the four counties of Jingzhou, and a guard came to report: "Pang Tong, a famous scholar in Jiangnan, came to join us."
Liu Bei also heard that Feng Chu had a reputation for a long time, so he asked him to come in to meet him. After seeing Liu Bei, he did not go to worship him. Liu Bei saw that Pang Tong's appearance was really ugly, so he was not very happy, so he asked: "You
It’s really not easy to come from afar?”
Pang Tong deliberately did not take out the letters from Lu Su and Kong Ming, but replied: "I heard that the emperor's uncle was recruiting talents and came to join him!"
Liu Bei said: "Jingzhou has just been pacified, and there are no vacancies. One hundred and thirty miles northeast of this place, there is a county named Leiyang County, and there is a county magistrate. If you are wronged, you will be appointed for the time being. If there is a more important one in the future,
You will definitely reuse your position!"
Pang Tong thought: Liu Bei was not very frivolous to me, and he was ready to use his talent to impress him. Seeing that Kong Ming was not here, he could only barely say goodbye to take office.
When Pang Tong arrived in Leiyang County, he had no control over the matter at all. He drank and had fun all day and ignored all lawsuits. The matter soon reached Liu Bei, saying that Pang Tong had made the matter in Leiyang County messy. Liu Bei was very angry and said: "
A scholar dared to mess up my laws and regulations!" So he ordered Zhang Fei to take his men to patrol the county town south of Jingzhou, saying: "If there is someone who is unfair and does not abide by the law, please take it and ask, I'm afraid the matter is unclear.