Lu Su and Zhuge Liang make a bet. Zhuge Liang tells Lu Su that the commander, Zhou Yu, will send someone to invite them in the middle of the night, but Lu Su does not believe this. In the middle of the night, as Zhuge Liang has expected, Zhou Yu sends someone to invite Lu Su and master Zhuge Liang. Lu Su asks Zhuge Liang how he could know that this would happen. Zhuge Liang tells him the reason, and Lu Su is filled with admiration for him. The two of them travel together to the commander’s residence to see Zhou Yu.
魯肅和諸葛亮打賭，諸葛亮說，今夜三更你家都督會命人來請你轉請我。魯肅不相信。到了三更，果然周瑜派人來請魯肅和諸葛亮先生，魯肅問諸葛亮何以知道，諸葛亮說出理由，魯肅佩服，二人一起到帥府見周瑜。