Chapter Fifteen: Encounter with Sun Shangxiang

  Zhuge Jun did not expect someone to ride a horse in the city, and at such a fast pace. He turned his head to look, and saw over ten horses galloping towards him, about to arrive right before his eyes. He hastily dodged to the side, and the rider, seeing that he was about to collide with Zhuge Jun, hurriedly pulled on the reins. The horse stood up on its hind legs, effectively stopping.

  Zhuge Jun hadn't yet figured out what was happening when the man on horseback, seeing that he had startled his own horse, became somewhat annoyed and struck him with a whip. Zhuge Jun reached out to grab the whip and pulled it away with force. The man on horseback was caught off guard and was actually pulled down from his horse.

  Zhuge Yun instinctively dodged backwards, but was blocked by the horse behind him. With the rider about to collide with him, he had no choice but to hold her in his arms.

  Two people gazed at each other, and all that could be seen was a delicate and beautiful little face before their eyes. The eyebrows were curved like willow leaves, the eyes were large and almond-shaped, the nose was high-bridged and the mouth was cherry-red. Her skin was as white as snow, and amidst her beauty, there was an air of heroism. She was a girl of sixteen or seventeen years old.

  The girl fell off the horse and was held in someone's arms. The sudden accident left her momentarily stunned, but as she looked up, she saw a young man with sword-like eyebrows, starry eyes, a straight nose, and a square mouth, with a handsome face that exuded an air of elegance. He was about seventeen or eighteen years old, and she was so taken aback that she forgot to struggle.

  At this time, a burst of angry shouts rose from around: "You daredevil, still not letting go of the county master."

  Zhuge Yun quickly came to his senses and hastily let her go.

  At this time, a white light flashed, and seven or eight snow-bright long swords pointed at Zhuge Jun. Zhuge Jun took a look, it was a group of refreshing female soldiers.

  The family servants who followed Zhuge Jun wanted to come forward and help, but he stopped them.

  The girl had already come to her senses and shouted in a delicate voice: "You dare to be unreasonable, I..."

  As she spoke, she saw that handsome man looking at her with a calm and leisurely smile, and her face turned slightly red, unable to continue speaking.

  "This young lady, you gallop your horse on the street, aren't you afraid someone will bump into your horse?" said Zhuge Jun with a smile.

  The girl thought he was going to blame her for riding into people when she heard the first half of what he said, and was about to get angry, but she didn't expect him to turn his words around. She couldn't help but smile and say: "Today the county master is in a good mood and won't bother with you, next time be more careful." After finishing speaking, she led the female soldiers away, glancing back at him as they left.

  Having seen Zhuge of the Three Kingdoms, hearing people call her "Princess", I have already guessed this girl's identity. She must be Sun Shangxiang.

  This Sun Shangxiang is indeed a rare beauty. Think about it, if she wasn't a beauty, how could Zhou Yu and Sun Quan use the beautiful woman strategy? It can't be that Liu Bei, Sun Quan, and Zhou Yu all have problems with their aesthetic views.

  Zhuge Jian thought to himself as he walked, this year is 208 AD, next year when Liu Bei marries Sun Shangxiang, Liu Bei will be 48 years old and Sun Shangxiang will be 18 years old. They say that the couple's relationship was very deep, but in the end, Sun Shangxiang died for Liu Bei, which is not very realistic (personal opinion).

  One, the two people differ by 30 years, Liu Bei is taciturn and rarely speaks, Sun Shangxiang is a passionate and romantic young girl, it's hard to say if she would like an old man like that.

  Secondly, Liu Bei, who can say "wives are like clothes, brothers are like hands and feet", is unlikely to be able to take good care of her and make her happy.

  Sun Shangxiang was just a sacrifice for the Sun-Liu alliance. Zhuge's army truly pitied her, poor beautiful girl.

  He returned to Longzhong in mid-June. He stayed at home for a day and then came to Xinye to see Zhuge Liang.

  After reading Zhuge Zhan's family letter, Zhuge Liang also shed tears and felt deeply moved. In the past, due to war, brothers were separated, and now they belonged to different political interest groups, making it even harder for brotherly love to be maintained.

  Seeing Zhuge Liang's lonely expression, he suggested letting his sister-in-law take care of him in the army, but Zhuge Liang shook his head and still let Huang Yueying follow Zhuge Jun to Eastern Wu, which was safer.

  Zhuge Liang said: "Since you have made up your minds, don't hesitate any longer. Set off as soon as possible. I will see you off when you leave."

  Zhuge Jin said, "I heard from my elder brother that their spies have found out that Cao Cao may attack Jingzhou soon. You should make early preparations. Move your family as soon as possible, arrange the people well and when retreating from Xinye, never take the civilians with you."

  Zhuge Liang said he knew, and told him to set his mind at ease. After finishing speaking, he took out a package of gold from the cabinet by the wall and said: "Take this money, Second Brother knows you are not short of money, and it's useless to leave it with Second Brother. When you pass through Xiangyang, buy some gifts for your sister-in-law and Ling'er."

  He bid farewell to Second Brother and returned to Longzhong. By the time he arrived home, it was already deep into the night.

  The next day, he got up late and didn't even have breakfast. He slept until the sun was high in the sky before getting up.

  He came to Huang Yueying's house, handed over Zhuge Liang's letter and gifts to her, and turned around to leave, wanting to give her time to read the letter and feel sad afterwards.

  Huang Yueying stopped him and said: "Xiao Jun, don't go, I have something to ask you."

  "He said: 'Don't worry, you first read Second Brother's letter, I'll come back later.' And then he went out of the room."

  He walked quietly to the door of Ling'er's room, knocked gently and called out: "Ling'er, are you there?"

  The one who opened the door was Huang Xiaowen. I heard he came back from Jiangdong, and she had come over yesterday.

  "Hello, Brother Jian."

  "He smiled and said: 'It's Wan'er, when did you arrive?'"

  Huang Xiaowen looked at him and said: "I came yesterday." After finishing speaking, her face suddenly turned slightly red, and she lowered her head.

  Zhuge Jun was puzzled in his heart, what's wrong with this girl? Without thinking much, he said to Ling'er: "Ling'er, your second brother bought you a gift, let me bring it to you."

  "Put it there for now, I'll take a look later." He didn't even lift his head, with the pen holder still in his mouth, he continued to stare at the paper in front of him.

  Zhuge Jun smiled and said, "What's going on that requires such hard work?"

  She raised her head and said: "Third brother, take a look at me, I just can't get it right."

  She was doing arithmetic originally.

  Zhuge saw that the mathematical level of the Han Dynasty was not high, so he compiled a basic arithmetic textbook in his spare time and taught it to the household servants. The two maids also wanted to learn and were quite diligent. Huang Yueying originally liked numerology and was even more fascinated when she saw it.

  He taught the two maids for a while, and Huang Yueying sent Axiu to call him.

  In Huang Yueying's house, she said a few words and Zhuge Jun's expression changed from surprise to astonishment, his chin almost dropping off.