Three Kingdoms: Heir of Wolong, my father-in-law is Guan Gong

Chapter 13: Fooling Pan Jun’s silly son
  Liao Hua suddenly felt that he did not understand Zhuge Qiao.

I thought Zhuge Qiao was a not very smart boy, but I never thought that Zhuge Qiao's performance yesterday was all disguise.

I thought that Zhuge Qiao was a young man who favored internal affairs, but I never thought that Zhuge Qiao was unfathomable in terms of power and strategy.

Just by looking at the accounts of the past half year, I came to the conclusion that Mi Fang might be selling armored soldiers privately, and even connected Man Shang and Lu Meng together.

Liao Hua almost wanted to say, this is a conspiracy theory!
  however.

The analysis given by Zhuge Qiao forced Liao Hua to carefully consider whether it was really Lu Meng who was behind everything.

after all.

Lu Meng gave Liao Hua the impression of being insidious and cunning. He had always been eyeing Jingzhou and wanted to take the entire territory of Jingzhou into his hands.

"Do you want to inform the king about this?" Liao Huaping calmed down the surprise in his heart.

Zhuge Qiao shook his head: "What's the use of telling the prince about something without evidence?"

Liao Hua was speechless.

Just now, I was still analyzing with determination, but now I am saying that there is no evidence.

Seeing Liao Hua's hesitant look, Zhuge Qiao added: "General Anhan is still in Jiangling City, so he must show some mercy."

"Prefect Mi has been with General Zuo for more than 20 years. He has worked hard even if he has no merit. The Grand Administrator of Nanjun was also appointed by General Zuo. He cannot just be reasonable and ignore emotion."

"What's more, the person I have to deal with is Lu Meng, not Prefect Mi, so why cause more trouble?"

"How Master Liao behaves on weekdays will be how he behaves in the future. There is no need to deliberately change it."

"Leave the rest to me."

Zhuge Qiao was as gentle as the wind, and there was a sure smile in his words, which surprised Liao Hua and made him feel a little more at ease.

"Not only is he extremely intelligent, but he is also very measured in his behavior. He is such an amazing young man." Liao Hua secretly marveled.

At noon, Zhuge Qiao left the government office alone and came to Jiangling City.

Liao Hua was worried that Zhuge Qiao would be in danger in Jiangling City, so he arranged for two school swordsmen to accompany him as guards.

The school swordsmen are Guan Yu's most elite personal guards. They are all tall and strong athletes with sharp eyes. In addition to protecting Guan Yu, they are also responsible for protecting senior generals in the army.

After asking for the route, Zhuge Qiao went straight to the singing and dancing studio in the city.

Beauties sang and danced, and wine was drunk.

It was the sad look on her face that made the beauty in Yajian feel a little scared.

Listening room.

The school swordsman of the guard at the door came inside to report that there was a man who called himself Pan Zhu and asked to see him outside the private room.

"Pan Zhu?"

"Haha, it took me so long to come. It's really slow."

The purpose of Zhuge Qiao's coming to the song and dance studio was to fish. As for who the fish belongs to, it can only depend on luck.

Pan Zhu was also dressed in Confucian attire today. When he saw Zhuge Qiao, he approached Zhuge Qiao and greeted him enthusiastically: "Brother A Qiao, why didn't you come to find me when you came to Jiangling City?"

"If I hadn't gone home to visit my relatives yesterday and learned from my father that you had come to Jiangling City, I would have almost lost my etiquette."

Zhuge Qiao stood up quickly and returned the greeting: "Brother Wenlong is busy with military affairs, so I don't dare to disturb you, brother Wenlong. Please forgive me for being disrespectful."

Pan Zhu laughed and said, "Brother A Qiao, why should you treat me as an outsider? Brother Yu's uncle was appreciated and promoted by Zhuge's military advisor. You and I are brothers of the same generation, so why should we treat me as an outsider?"

"If you have time, you can go to Pan's Mansion so that Brother Yu can show his friendship as a landlord."

After the pleasantries. Pan Zhu saw that Zhuge Qiao had a sad look on his face, so he asked, "Brother Aqiao, is there something troublesome? If you can trust Brother Yu, why don't you tell Brother Yu about it?"

Zhuge Qiao pretended to sigh: "The Lord asked me to be responsible for checking the accounts in Jiangling City."

Sure enough, it was a matter of auditing the accounts.

Pan Zhu had long known that Zhuge Qiao was going to audit the accounts, and also knew what kind of difficulties and obstacles Zhuge Qiao would encounter in the audit. Coupled with Zhuge Qiao's drunkenness in the song and dance studio, and the lack of answers just now, Pan Zhu was even more convinced that Zhuge Qiao would judgment.

"My father is still too worried. Zhuge Qiao is just a dull young man. He doesn't know how to pretend."

"Mi Zifang did whatever he wanted in Nanjun. Many Jingzhou scholars criticized Mi Zifang. If I can get rid of Mi Zifang with the help of Zhuge Qiao, I, Pan Zhu, will definitely be famous in Jingzhou."

"With my father's talents, he is more than enough to be the governor of Nanjun. How can he succumb to a loser like Mi Zifang?"

"General Zuo's nepotism chills the hearts of Jingzhou scholars."

Suddenly, Pan Zhu had many thoughts in his heart.

After carefully observing Zhuge Qiao's expression, Pan Zhu carefully considered his words and said, "There is actually nothing to check on the accounts of Prefect Mi. Even if there are really problems, it is not up to Brother A Qiao to check the accounts. To you, the Lord, It’s still too harsh.”

Zhuge Qiao's expression was a little angry: "If my father hadn't insisted on marrying the king, how could I have come to Jiangling City to suffer?"

"I originally fell in love with a girl from a noble family in Xichuan, but my father said that I should take family matters into consideration and marry the daughter of a prince to make General Zuo trust my father more."

"This is using me as a pawn. If I had known better, I shouldn't have come to Xichuan. With the reputation of my Zhuge lineage in Jiangdong, I am qualified to be Sun Quan's son-in-law."

Pan Zhu was slightly stunned.

I thought Zhuge Qiao was just dissatisfied with Guan Yu, but I never thought that Zhuge Qiao was also dissatisfied with Zhuge Liang.

Thinking of Zhuge Qiao's age, Pan Zhu felt relieved again.

It is normal for a fifteen-year-old boy to have some rebellious thoughts.

When Pan Zhu was young, he often disobeyed Pan Jun.

"Brother Aqiao, this important matter of marriage has always been the order of the parents. It is the matchmaker's advice. It is useless to think too much."

"I have also met the daughter of a prince. Although she is a bit brave, she is also very affectionate and can be called a good match."

Pan Zhu seemed to be thinking of the past, and couldn't help but feel a little more sympathetic to Zhuge Qiao.

Zhuge Qiao pretended to sigh and waved his hand: "Don't mention this! I have no interest in being an official. I will return to Xichuan at worst."

While talking, Zhuge Qiao took out the "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" written last night and its notes.

"Since ancient times, those who want to be remembered in history and respected by future generations have generally not been officials, but famous Confucian scholars who wrote books, established theories, governed and annotated classics."

"I have only one wish in my life, and that is to annotate all of "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic"."

"I heard that Brother Wenlong is also quite proficient in arithmetic. Why don't you give me some appreciation and give me some advice?"

As soon as he took out "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", Zhuge Qiao's tone became excited, as if he had forgotten the trouble of checking accounts.

Regardless of whether Pan Zhu was listening or not, Zhuge Qiao just explained his understanding of "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic".

This obsessed look made Pan Zhu frown a little.

"No wonder he excelled in the math test. It turned out that he was preparing to annotate "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", but his learning was quite off-the-wall."

"Nine Chapters of Arithmetic? Haha, can that be called a classic?"

　Happy New Year, have you watched the flag-raising live broadcast?

　　
  　
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