[Three Kingdoms] Burning incense and sacrificial wine

In fact, the allusion of Duanxiu can be traced back to Emperor Ai of the Western Han Dynasty, and it is about the friendship between Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty and his favorite minister Dong Xian.

However, at this time, broken sleeves had not yet become a secret language of a certain relationship, so except for Cui Song, everyone else had the same feeling and entered the meeting room together.

All the staff in the room stood up to greet Cao Cao, and the half sleeves of Cao Cao and others became a unique sight in the eyes of everyone.

Cui Song, who has not been cut off and is a new face, has naturally become the focus of attention.

Cui Song calmly received different gazes from all directions, and at a glance he saw Guo Jia, Xun's uncle and nephew, and Xi Zhicai standing near the front seat.

A staff member at the forefront stepped forward and boldly asked Cao Cao the reason for the "broken sleeve". Cao Cao explained the reason with a smile, then turned to Cui Song and said, "This is Cheng Yu, whose name is Zhongde."

After introducing everyone one by one, he introduced Cui Song's identity to those present: "This is Cui Zicong, famous Song, from Qinghe, who studied under He Shaogong."

All the people present were smart people, and it was obvious from Cao Cao's behavior of directly leading people over and the order of introduction just now that he attached great importance to Cui Song.They each exchanged a few polite greetings, and then looked at Cui Song with a little more secretive look in their eyes.

Cao Cao led everyone to sit down and discuss matters.

Cui Song has just arrived and is not in a hurry to express himself. He spends most of his time quietly listening to other people's speeches, observing everyone's demeanor and demeanor, and distinguishing the identity and status of the speaker.

At the end of the meeting, Cao Cao led Cui Song to another room for a secret talk.After a few quarters of an hour, the two came out with a smile, and the host and guest had a good time.

At this time, all the staff members have dispersed.Xun Yu, Xun You, and Zhicai had other things to do, and before they left, they left a message, saying that they would clean up the dust with him later.

Cui Song left the auditorium and was led out of the atrium by the waiter.At the end of a corridor, he saw a familiar figure.

Sandalwood clothes and jade belts, boots and a black crown, standing beside the red cotton tree, the reflection makes the face slightly drunk, and the clothes are about to burn.

Cui Song was stunned for a moment, and attributed the strangeness that persisted in his heart to the fatigue caused by the long journey, and stepped forward quickly.

"Feng Xiao!"

For the past five years, Cui Song has been studying behind closed doors in Lujiang. Although he seldom goes out, he still keeps a close eye on external affairs, and has correspondence with old and dear friends.

The letters between him and Guo Jia are like a flood of chatterboxes. They have to chat with each other about the family's short-sightedness, whether the side dishes are refreshing, and whether the flowers in the backyard are blooming.

During this period, Guo Jia visited Lujiang several times, ranging from two days to more than a month.So the two reunited here without any sense of strangeness.

Guo Jia turned around and walked a few steps towards Cui Song's direction.

When the two met face to face, Guo Jia took out the hand that was in the sleeve, and quickly stuffed a warm thing into Cui Song.

Cui Song looked down and found that it was a mustard cake wrapped in oil paper, exuding a fragrant, sesame-flavored heat.

Just this scent, hooked out all the gluttons in people.

Guo Jia said to the waiter: "I will go with Cui Zicong, you go back first."

The waiter seemed a little hesitant, but seeing that Cui Song had no objection, he only offered a few words of persuasion, pleaded guilty and left.

When the waiter walked away, Cui Song saw that there was no one around, so he divided the cake in his hand into two halves, took one part for Guo Jia, and ate the other part himself.

"This cake tastes very good, where did Feng Xiao get it?"

"The person in charge of the spoon at home got it in his spare time. If you like it, come back to my house and I'll entertain you with it, which saves you a lot of trouble preparing the banquet."

With the friendship between the two, there is always nothing to shy away from joking.

Cui Song has long been used to Guo Jia's teasing from time to time, and continued: "It's okay, even if I only eat Hubing, I can make your family poor."

After talking like this, I found that Guo Jia didn't answer immediately, and only stared at him with a pair of shiny black pupils without blinking.

Cui Songzheng felt puzzled, and saw Guo Jia's lip line spread, and opened his mouth to say a word.

"So, that's what I wish for."

The voice contained in the teeth was crushed by the cold wind in early spring and scattered among the grass leaves.

Cui Song only heard one or two words sporadically, and asked doubtfully, "What?"

Guo Jia said: "No one else. You eat slowly, take a few sips of wine, and choke carefully."

Then he took out a small wine bag from his bosom and handed it to Cui Song, and wiped the sesame seeds from the corner of his lips with his hand.

Cui Song only thought it was an insignificant sentence, so he put it behind him and stopped thinking about it.

The two left Sikong Mansion and headed back.

Guo Jia found a small and medium-sized mansion for Cui Song, not far from Sikong Mansion, just next to Guo Jia's residence.

When he was about to reach the foothold, a middle-aged man in a green shirt and a commoner came walking towards him.

The man's clothes were simple, his expression was respectful, but he had a unique air of grandeur, unlike ordinary people.

Cui Song couldn't help but take a second look.

Guo Jiaben lowered his eyes with a smile, seeing him like this, he greeted the visitor lightly, "Liu Yuzhou."

Cui Song paused in his heart.

Liu Yuzhou... Liu Bei! ?

That's right, at this time, Liu Bei had already fallen out with Lu Bu, and Xu Du defected to Cao Cao.In order to contain Lu Bu, Cao Cao named Liu Bei as Yuzhou Shepherd, known as Liu Yuzhou.

Cui Song looked at Liu Bei calmly.The middle-aged man in front of him is not like the one described in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" with "ears hanging down his shoulders and arms over his knees". Others are different.

Cui Song ignored the complicated calculations, and greeted Guo Jia in a neutral manner: "It turned out to be Liu Yuzhou, I have long admired him."

Cui Song is telling the truth.In the distant future, you may not know who Xun Yu, Guo Jia, and Cheng Yu are, but Liu Bei's name is rarely unknown.

But in the eyes of Guo Jia and Liu Bei who were present, what he said was just polite words.

Today's Liu Bei has not yet established his own foundation, but lives dependently, precariously, and does not see the momentum of a future hegemon at all.

Liu Bei obviously knew Guo Jia.He greeted Guo Jia politely, as if he had some appreciation for Guo Jia, but he was kind but somewhat alienated.With Cui Song's keenness, he couldn't detect his true attitude.

After greeting Guo Jia, Liu Bei greeted Cui Song again: "Little friend, you are polite and have an extraordinary manner, dare to ask your name?"

Cui Song answered truthfully, and Liu Bei said with emotion: "He is really a young hero."

He said again, "I have had a little bit of elegance with Mr. Shao (Cui Song's teacher He Xiu). Mr. Shao's talent can communicate with both latitude and longitude."

After speaking, he said goodbye to the two of them modestly and respectfully, and left.

Cui Song and Guo Jia returned to their foothold without changing their expressions.

When the servant served the hot wine, Guo Jia drank it all in one gulp, and said to the silent Cui Song:

"Liu Xuande is a person who is used to being related to others, so don't mind it."

Cui Song understood that Guo Jia was afraid that he would be bothered by He Xiu's matter, so he shook his head and said, "It's just a casual talk, but I didn't say anything."

He also asked about Guo Jia's health condition.

In the past few years, while Cui Song paid attention to Xi Zhicai's physical condition, he also worried about Guo Jia's health and lost a lot of hair.

According to historical records, Guo Jia died in 207 AD, only 9 years away from now.

He has consulted countless famous doctors, including Hua Tuo and Zhang Ji, and all the diagnoses he received were: Guo Jia's body is very healthy, in line with the health level that every normal youth should have.Even, because of the customs of scholars advocating martial arts, not to mention the sub-healthy physique of some game nerds in modern times, even a student in a sports school may not necessarily have stronger physical fitness than him.

On the one hand, Cui Song was relieved by this, but on the other hand, he felt even more heavy.

If it is true that some people in later generations have guessed that Guo Jia died of an emergency because he was not acclimatized to the environment, then we can make preparations in advance.I'm afraid, what he got was a nasty disease that "disappears at the beginning, but once it occurs, it is incurable".

"Why are you in a trance again?"

Hearing the voice of caring, Cui Song was about to reveal it, when he heard the immature voice of a boy outside the door.

"Father, are you back?"

It was Guo Yi.