[Three Kingdoms] Burning incense and sacrificial wine

"It turned out to be He Zigaotu, a famous scholar in Qinghe. I have admired him for a long time, and I have admired him for a long time. I am going to order Cheng Luyun, and I will respect Cui Bucheng for a cup."

Some literati and officials who were confused nearby suddenly realized it.

"It's actually Qinghe Cui's family. Since he studied under Mr. He Shao, could it be that he is the son of Cui Fujue, the former chief minister?"

"The Cui family has beautiful talents, and is also a Confucianist literature[1]. I didn't expect that this small cloud banquet could invite the Hongnong Yang family and the Qinghe Cui family. The hosts here are really extraordinary."

"I just don't know what the officials of Guo Cheng are thinking, relying on their own age, they tried to force their heads, and let a famous family, a minister who is more than six hundred stones, give them a welcome gift?"

"This kind of rude request, of course, has to be rejected, otherwise, wouldn't it humiliate the family and make people laugh? Even Cao Sikong would be ashamed? But after Cui Bucheng refused, the two of them still refused to let go. Throw dirty water on Cui Bucheng from death..."

Immediately, all the officials looked at Guo Han and the two with incomparably subtle eyes:

Are these two in their heads?Or is it because he got used to bullying poor people and treated the newly released Cui Bucheng as an ordinary bully, but his luck was bad and he kicked a hard and thick iron plate?

There were also some dubious, cautious and neutral ordinary scholars who also stared suspiciously at Guo Han and the two of them.

According to Yang Guan, Cui Song was charged with "disrespect", "arrogance" and "slandering the officials".But the current situation is very clear: Cui Song is not white as Yang Guan thought, and even has much higher official positions than the two.So what is the "rudeness" in Yang Guan's mouth?From what standpoint is the accusation made?

Yang Guan kept saying "How about a white body", obviously treating Cui Song as an ordinary student, and his words were quite contemptuous, which made the students present somewhat unhappy.And when the dispute arose, everyone only saw Yang Guan jumping up and down, and his words were mostly flattering, while Cui Song was leisurely and elegant from the beginning to the end, and he never showed arrogance—is Cui Song really arrogant and rude, or is he really arrogant? Yang Guan and Guo Han took the opportunity to attack, and anyone with a discerning eye knew what was going on.

One sentence is a lie, and the remaining few sentences inevitably make people doubt the credibility of it.In addition, Cui Song has always been known as a celebrity, and there have never been rumors of arrogance. Unless he broke his head, why would he give Guo Cheng Sanli his eyes, leave a name of arrogance and slander, and damage his own reputation for two unknown people in vain reputation?

With the balance in everyone's minds, even a young and frivolous student laughed and said: "Yang Zuoshi, you have to think about it, who is 'slandering the imperial court officials', if you can explain it clearly, go to Sikong's place." Break it down clearly?"

Yang Guan squeezed out an ugly smile: "It's all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding. It's my fault that I have bad eyesight, and I don't recognize Cui Bucheng, this Mount Tai. I'm here to apologize to Cui Bucheng..."

Cui Song held the wine cup, avoiding this ceremony.

"Yang Zuoshi, it is said that those who do not know are not guilty..."

Just when Yang Guan heard the words and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, Cui Song changed the subject,

"You don't know my identity, so it's nothing to blame me for not paying you a big gift. But why did Yang Zuoshi turn black and white and discredit my reputation for nothing?"

Yang Guan was in a state of distress, he neither dared to push the blame, nor did he dare to accept the words, admitting that he was indeed deliberately slandering Cui Song.

He was still racking his brains to think of a solution, so he heard Cui Songlang continue,

"Song asked himself, he has never done anything beyond the etiquette to the two of you. But Yang Zuoshi suddenly attacked Song after he saw the ceremony, and accused him; and because of a disagreement, he listed many crimes and put them all on Song's head. The intention to publicize is known to all. Now, I am lucky enough to be appointed as the Minister of the Ministry, so I can be honest and free from criticism. If Song hadn't become an official, wouldn't he be framed by Yang Zuoshi today for no reason, and fall into an arrogant and conceited The name?"

One word awakened the four.Only then did everyone know the real cause of the matter.And the scribe in white, who had witnessed the whole process of the lawsuit between the three of them before, and dared not to speak up because of his sanity and wisdom, now told the whole story along the direction of the wind, proving the truth of what Cui Song said, and immediately, the audience was in an uproar.

Most people don't know the relationship between Cui Song and Guo Jia. In their view, Cui Song's this time is purely a disaster.

"Stand up and greet" is a great gift to express respect for the elders and venerables, and it is not a mandatory etiquette. It is generally only used on formal occasions or private meetings.For such a large-scale group banquet, except for a few people with particularly high official positions, deep reputations and distinguished status, the rest of the people only need to meet the basic etiquette.Otherwise, nearly a hundred people would stand up to greet a high-ranking official, not to mention that most middle- and low-level officials would be too busy to work, and the order of the venue would be messed up by this gopher-like scene.

Therefore, most people will not pay special attention to this aspect of etiquette at group banquets.Yang Guan made a big fuss about this matter, making it clear that he wanted to deliberately embarrass Cui Song.

This made the ordinary students who had recovered from their senses very angry.

As Cui Song said, if Cui Song is just an ordinary person with no official position and no background today, or if the person sitting next to Yang Guan and Guo Han today is any white student present - in the face of Yang Guan's stern accusation, Wouldn't it be difficult to argue, being splashed with dirty water for no reason, and ruining his reputation?

Open your mouth to spread rumors, but run away to refute them.Without the master's intervention, the people next to him are very likely to listen to Yang Guan's one-sided words.In this era when being an official depends on the inspection and the reputation is greater than the sky, the ordinary student who was hit by the sky is ruined.

Having figured out this joint, the ordinary students immediately gritted their teeth at Yang Guan, and were extremely resentful at Guo Han, who was still sitting next to Yang Guan with a high status.

No matter what kind of righteous deeds, it is far from being able to match the hatred of those who violate their interests.

Seeing that Huohou was almost done, Cui Song continued: "Yang Zuoshi's words and deeds really confuse and annoy me. I think about it, but I don't know when I offended Yang Zuoshi and provoked this fight. Could it be because of Yang Zuoshi? When Zuo Shi slandered Guo Jijiu and wanted my approval, I didn't agree with Yang Zuoshi's intention, making Yang Zuoshi feel unhappy?"

Guo Han raised his head suddenly, his eyes were like a wolf.

He vaguely sensed Cui Song's intention.

"Yang Zuoshi probably doesn't know—I have a close relationship with Guo Jingjiu, and I know him somewhat. How can I agree with Yang Zuoshi's unwarranted humiliating words?" Cui Song slowly Standing up, he drew out the saber hidden under the toga.

Guo Han suddenly changed his color, pressed the hilt of the sword at his waist, stood up and shouted: "What are you going to do! Even if the two of us annoyed Cui Bucheng, this is our private grievance. How could Cui Bucheng break out here? Disturbed everyone's elegance?"