Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 564 Pang Tong
Xu Shu took Zhuge Liang and the young man into the hall.

Inside, two people were sitting at a square table.

An old man with white hair and a sturdy figure was sitting in the first seat.

It was Sima Hui, the Water Mirror Master whom Zhang Sui had met before at Cai Mao's house.

Sitting on the bench to the left of Sima Hui was a man with a compact face and short stature.

The man's fingers are very short.

At this moment, he was holding a wine cup in both hands, and steam was coming out of the cup.

While taking a sip of the wine in the cup, the man turned his head to look at Xu Shu, Zhuge Liang and the young man coming in, and said with a smile: "Liangzi, you are lucky to come today."

Zhuge Liang was stunned for a moment and looked at Xu Shu.

Xu Shu smiled and said, "Shi Yuan was here yesterday."

"Didn't he say before? After three dynasties, he would leave Jingzhou and seek an official position elsewhere."

"He came to Mr. Shuijing's house this time to have his fortune told."

"He wanted to calculate his fortune."

Shi Yuan was a descendant of the Pang family, one of the five major local wealthy families in Jingzhou. His full name was Pang Tong.

Pang Tong chuckled when he heard Xu Shu say this.

Mr. Shuijing said with emotion: "You three are the young people I have the most confidence in. After gathering today, we will all go our separate ways. I don't know when we will meet again."

Pang Tong looked at Zhuge Liang suspiciously and said, "Kong Ming, you are leaving too? When? As soon as your uncle's mourning period is over? Who are you going to go to?"

Zhuge Liang was also a little confused, and shook his head and said, "I'm not ready to leave yet."

Pang Tong and Xu Shu both looked at Mr. Shuijing in confusion.

Mr. Shuijing motioned for everyone to sit down.

However, the young man did not sit down. Instead, he went to the stove, picked up a wine jug, and poured the hot wine into the wine cups in front of everyone.

Mr. Shuijing took a sip of hot wine and then said, "Do you remember the young general we met yesterday?"

Zhuge Liang nodded.

Mr. Shuijing said, "I think this man has the appearance of being very rich and powerful. I have never seen him before, but he is with Ah Chou."

"I just want to tell Ah Chou's fortune to see if he is the right man for her or if her luck has turned."

"This calculation is true!"

Mr. Shuijing looked at Zhuge Liang and said, "I have calculated that you and this person are inextricably linked."

"And this young general is from Hebei."

"Then you will meet him sooner or later."

Pang Tong asked curiously: "Which young general?"

Mr. Shuijing did not answer.

Zhuge Liang didn't say anything either. He just lowered his head and thought for a while before saying, "I just met him. He said he also knows fortune-telling, and he predicted that my brother has drifted to Jiangdong, and is likely in Wujun."

"I just wanted to come here and ask you, Mr. Shuijing, whether I should go to Hebei."

Mr. Shuijing said: "Although I have analyzed it for you before, that person is quite suitable for you."

"But he is still too young now, and the time has not come yet."

"In that case, you might as well go for a walk."

"If you get to Hebei and feel something is not right, you can still come back in time."

"and--"

Mr. Shuijing looked at Xu Shu and said, "Yuanzhi will go first."

"Let Yuanzhi take a look at it for you, and then you decide."

Xu Shu nodded.

When Zhuge Liang heard what Mr. Shuijing said, he could only nod and say, "Okay."

"After my uncle's mourning period is over, I will go to Hebei to take a look." Zhuge Liang looked down at the young man who climbed onto the bench and sat next to him, and said with a gentle expression: "I can also go to Langya County and take him to pay homage to his parents."

"It has been several years since we last met. My third brother was still a baby at that time."

“Now, it has grown.”

"If my parents could see him, they would surely rest in peace in their graves."

"But my brother is still missing."

Mr. Shuijing said: "Everything is predetermined by fate."

"I had calculated that your brother was still alive."

"This young general was able to figure it out, and he even figured out that he is in Jiangdong, so he is more powerful than me."

“This is really unexpected.”

"Human energy is limited. I have been called a genius since I was young, but throughout my life, I have only made some achievements in divination, fortune-telling, astronomy and geography."

"That young general looks like he's only in his twenties, but he's good at fighting and he also knows how to tell fortunes."

Mr. Shuijing said with emotion: "Sure enough, there are so many geniuses in this world!"

Pang Tong grinned and said, "Why haven't I heard of anyone else who can match me?"

"I know that at my age, the only two people with some talent are Zhou Yu and Liang Zai."

"Where did this person come from? How dare he compete with me?"

Looking at Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong said: "I was originally planning to go to Hebei to try."

"Recently, there was a rumor that a mutiny broke out in Hebei and that the entire family of Yuan Shao, who had been a noble for four generations, was wiped out. I was thinking of verifying it."

"Liangzi, if you want to go to Hebei, then I won't go. I'll go to Jiangdong instead."

"When the time comes, I will help you find out the whereabouts of your brother."

"Liangzi and I are both talented generals, but generals and generals cannot be in the same cage."

"Liangzi, let's see who can achieve greater success in the future."

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "I'm just going to take a look. I may not stay in Hebei."

After a brief pause, Zhuge Liang asked again: "Shiyuan, where did you hear the news of the Hebei mutiny? I was chatting with that young general today and didn't hear about it."

"If there was a mutiny in Hebei and Yuan Shao's entire family was wiped out, how could this young general, as a general of the Central Army, be so leisurely in our Xiangyang?"

Pang Tong waved his stubby fingers and said, "I've already told you, it's just gossip."

“Whether it is true or not is yet to be known.”

"If you go to Hebei, you will know, right?"

Zhuge Liang hummed.

Xu Shu asked curiously, "Who has the ability to uproot Yuan Shao's entire family? These are the only two descendants of the Yuan family, which has three officials for four generations."

"Besides, Yuan Shao is very famous in Hebei."

"He has countless civil and military officials under his command."

Pang Tong picked up a piece of cake from the table in front of him, put it in his mouth, tapped the table with his stubby fingers and said, "This person is a possibility."

Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang looked at each other.

Zhuge Liang asked suspiciously, "Shi Yuan, are you talking about Zhang Sui, the governor of Xuzhou? The third son-in-law of Yuan Shao? The son-in-law of the great scholar Mr. Cai? The maker of the Four-Cornered Eight-Immortal Table?"

Xu Shu stroked his sparse black beard and said, "I think it's difficult."

"It is indeed remarkable that Zhang Sui was able to capture Xuzhou."

"But who is Yuan Shao? He is a descendant of the Yuan family, a family of three officials for four generations. There is no way those under his command would allow him to do this."

Pang Tong looked at Xu Shu with disdain and said jokingly, "Before him, could you have imagined that someone could defeat Lu Bu so easily? And seize Xuzhou?"

Xu Shu shook his head.

Seeing this, Mr. Shuijing smiled and said, "Let's not talk about him anymore. Let's talk about Yuanzhi. Yuanzhi, tell us, how did you suddenly think of going to that man for help?"

(End of this chapter)