Chapter 621 Make a Bet

"Oh, my brother went to Jiangdong to serve as an official at the invitation of Lu Zijing." Zhuge Liang replied.

"Jiangdong?" Shi Tao nodded: "Sun Ce is known as the little overlord. He swept through the six counties of Jiangdong with the force of a whirlwind. His power is very strong, and he can be regarded as a hero who separatist forces."

"Second brother, when will you become an official?" Zhuge Jun suddenly asked curiously.

Meng Wei also smiled and said: "Yes, Kong Ming, although you are younger than us, the teacher has given you everything he has learned. When do you plan to become an official?"

Zhuge Liang shook his head and said with a smile: "The time has not come yet, otherwise the teacher will naturally kick Liang out. Besides, Liang also feels that what he has learned is not enough, so he should continue to study more with the teacher."

"Speaking of which." Zhuge Liang suddenly said seriously: "I wonder where the brothers plan to go?"

Shi Tao said: "I want to go back to Yingchuan first, and then visit Luoyang, Xiapi, Wujun, and Yecheng to see the world situation and then make a decision."

Zhuge Liang looked at Meng Jian: "Brother Gongwei, what about you?"

"Well," Meng Jian said in a deep voice, "I have the same plan as Brother Guangyuan, but now Cao Mengde is dormant between Qing and Xu, waiting for the time to move. I think Cao Mengde will probably be the general's biggest opponent in the future, so I want to go to Xiapi and Linzi first."

Cui Jun didn't wait for Zhuge Liang to ask, and said directly: "Kong Ming doesn't need to ask. I will naturally go to Luoyang to seek an official position and serve the court."

"Haha." Zhuge Liang smiled slightly, looked at the three of them and said, "Three brothers, how about making a bet with Liang?"

"What's the bet? Tell me about it." Shi Tao looked at Zhuge Liang with interest.

"Just bet on the battle of Yecheng!"

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "If Yuan Shao can win, then the three brothers will travel around the world according to their own ideas. If the general wins, how about asking the three brothers to agree to the younger brother's unkind request?"

Meng Jian laughed and said, "Haha, you should tell me."

"What if my younger brother is lucky enough to say that although the three brothers have traveled all over the world, they will join the general and serve the imperial court?" Zhuge Liang said with a smile.

Shi Tao laughed loudly: "Kong Ming, I finally understand. It seems that you want to serve in the imperial court after you have accomplished your studies, right?"

Zhuge Liang smiled but did not answer: "Three brothers, just say yes or no."

"Yes, why not?" Meng Jian said loudly: "The battle of Yecheng is related to the situation of the world. If the general can defeat Yuan Shao, he can pacify Hebei in one go, and he can control most of the world and wipe out the world in a matter of seconds. If the general is unfortunately defeated, the princes of the world will definitely attack him and take advantage of this opportunity to expand their power. Regardless of victory or defeat, the world will be shaken up. It is really a big gamble."

"Haha, okay, then I'll ask the three brothers to wait and see. Maybe I will become a minister in the future." Zhuge Liang said with a slight smile.

Cui Jun was overjoyed when he heard this: "It is very good to be called a minister in the same palace, it is very good to be so."

"Speaking of which, where did that brat Xu Yuanzhi go?" Shi Tao suddenly remembered something and asked.

"Yes, Yuan Zhi's talent is not lower than that of the three of us. Last month he was promised by the teacher to become a teacher." Meng Jian said doubtfully: "This kid Yuan Zhi has always seen the beginning but not the end. Last time When he came back covered in blood, I was shocked."

Xu Shu is a rare "outlier" in Lumen Academy. Contemporary Confucian scholars must be proficient in the six arts, including "shooting" and "royal", that is, bowing, archery and horseback riding. They are not just sick people who will only be known by later generations. Confucius was proficient in archery back then and even won rankings in competitions, so the Lumen students were not incompetent.

But Xu Shu is not just proficient in the six arts. Before Xu Shu entered Lumen Academy, he was a knight-errant. He often sang songs with swords and acted chivalrously. It was not until after entering Lumen Academy that he did this under the reprimand of Pang Degong. converged.

However, although Xu Shu studied hard, he still could not change the nature of the ranger. Once, he stumbled back from outside covered in blood, which shocked Shi Tao, Meng Jian and others. Sima Hui hurriedly called in a famous doctor. Only then did Xu Shu come back.

Sima Hui asked Xu Shu what he was doing, but Xu Shu smiled.

"Teacher, there is a group of thieves in Nanyang County. There are only seven or eight people, but they specialize in robbing passing merchants. The students saw injustice on the road, so they came to help. Five of the thieves died, and the rest ran away, hehehehe."

Sima Hui sighed after hearing this and called Mr. Pang De over, but Mr. Pang De had a dark face.

"A rich man can't sit down in the hall, and a gentleman can't stand under a dangerous wall! Don't you understand this?"

"Xu Yuanzhi! You are so smart, how dare you get involved in dangerous situations casually. Isn't it a big joke that a great talent is lost in the hands of thieves?"

"If you dare to behave like this again, I will expel you from Lumen Academy immediately!"

Shi Tao laughed loudly: "Teacher is over sixty years old, but his roar that day was so full of energy that it scared Yuan Zhi, a boy who agreed repeatedly, and kowtowed like garlic."

"Ha ha ha ha!"

When Meng Jian, Zhuge Liang, Cui Jun and many Lumen students heard this, they couldn't help but recall the scene of that day and couldn't help laughing. Even the Lumen students who were not there that day seemed to have the scene in their minds, making them laugh out loud.

Zhuge Liang laughed a few times and said, "Brother Yuan Zhi went out again a few days ago. I heard he said that this time he was going to the Central Plains, Yanzhou, Xuzhou and other places to travel."

"Yan and Xu two states?" Shi Tao said slowly: "Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are allies. On Yuan Shao's order, tens of thousands of troops were deployed on the border of the two states. They only waited until the battle of Yecheng. The war was about to break out. The soldiers were fierce and dangerous, and Yuan Zhi was in danger. This kid always likes to go to dangerous places. If the teacher knew about it, he wouldn’t know what to say to him."

"Don't worry, Yuan Zhi is proficient in the art of fencing, and even five or six people can't get close to him. As long as he doesn't seek his own death, there's still no problem with his safety." Meng Jian said reassuringly.

"Okay, Liang won't say any more. Let the three brothers pack their bags." Zhuge Liang said.

Shi Tao nodded, suddenly stretched out his palm, and said with firm eyes: "No matter what happens in the future, I will always be a classmate of Lumen."

Meng Jian held Shi Tao's hand without hesitation and said the same: "No matter what happens in the future, I will always be a classmate of Lumen."

Cui Jun also shook it: "No matter what happens in the future, I will always be a classmate of Lumen."

Brothers Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Jun, and more than ten Lumen students formed a circle, held each other's palms, and spoke one after another.

"No matter what happens in the future, I will always be a classmate of Lumen!"

Looking at each other with a firm light in each other's eyes, everyone couldn't help but laugh heartily.

Mr. Pang De was looking at them in the thatched cottage with soft eyes.