[Three Kingdoms] Burning incense and sacrificial wine

Someone was invited into the house, and it was indeed Xu Zhuo.

Compared with nine years ago, Xu Zhuo looked more stable, with an inch-long mustache on his face, more like a majestic scholar than a swordsman.

Cui Song invites him to a seat.Xu Zhuo repeatedly declined, but couldn't stand Cui Song's insistence, so he sat down next to him.

Cui Song asked a servant to pour wine for Xu Zhuo: "How was your trip?"

Xu Zhuo also knew Guo Jia, and knew that he and Cui Song had a deep friendship, so he didn't have any intention of hiding it, and said bluntly:

"Nine times out of ten."

The subtext is that their previous guesses are very likely to be right.The dead man who intercepted and killed Cui Song on the mountain road back then can basically be confirmed to be Liu Yu's retainer.

Liu Yu is dead, and the crisis seems to have been resolved, but Cui Song has no intention of relaxing:

"Does anyone else know about this?"

"No. As for whether Liu Yu has a secret biography in private, it is still unknown."

Even if the modern detective concept is borrowed, many secrets are difficult to detect.

"Ji Ming has worked hard. The guest room has been prepared, so let's go to rest earlier."

"Here."

Xu Zhuo saluted and left.

Guo Jia was just peeling a plum, and handed it to Cui Song's mouth.

"It's almost the same as what Feng Xiao detected."

That year Cui Song went north to Chang'an and separated from Guo Jia.According to his uncle's last wish, Guo Jia buried his remains in Runan County, which is less than ten kilometers away from Yingchuan County.After Guo Yi was settled, Guo Jia immediately went west to Chang'an to look for Cui Song.Since then, he has secretly investigated the assassins.

Due to the lack of clues, he didn't get any signs until the emperor gave his permission.But when all traces point to Liu Yu, Liu Yu is dead, and there is no way to verify the truth of the matter.

Now, Xu Zhuo's investigation results are also aimed at Liu Yu, a long-dead family member of the Han family. Although he is [-]% sure, it cannot be completely confirmed, let alone whether the other party has left behind.

Unable to figure it out, Cui Song simply stopped thinking about it and took a bite of the plum that was handed to his mouth.

Fresh, tender and juicy...the juice will fall off as soon as you bite into it. The bright red juice is winding down the white wrist. Cui Song quickly took the towel beside him and wiped off the juice.

He patronized to wipe the plum juice on Guo Jia's wrist, but the juice splashed from the corner of his own lips ran across his chin and was about to fall to the skirt of his clothes.

When Cui Song found out, Guo Jia had already stretched out his hand to grab the crumbling juice before he could react.

The slightly cold fingers brushed against his lips, Cui Song paused, and something seemed to pass quickly in the depths of his heart.

Before he could figure out this sudden strange feeling, the soft fingertips had already left quickly.

Guo Jia put the plums on the plate, soaked the water with a towel, and wiped off the red marks on the corners of Cui Song's mouth: "...Why are you looking at Jia like this?"

Cui Song came back to his senses, he didn't know why he stared at Guo Jia just now, he interrupted casually: "This plum is very sweet, why don't you try it if you are filial piety?"

"..."

Cui Song didn't pay attention to Guo Jia's silence, picked and picked among the remaining plums in the dish, picked the most red-looking one, peeled it and handed it to Guo Jia.

Guo Jia looked at the pitted plums in front of him, and took them without changing his expression.

The smile on Cui Song's face remained unchanged, and he slandered: What's the matter with this plum, the skin is so difficult to peel... But why did Feng Xiao peel it so neatly? Could it be that peeling is also a technical job?

Just thinking about it, Guo Jia took a bite of the plum and stopped.

Although his expression didn't change much, Cui Song clearly saw his occlusal muscles twitch slightly.

Cui Song: "...is it sour?"

Guo Jia moved the plum away and said after a long while, "It's okay."

It's okay, but it's very sour.

Cui Song, who knew Guo Jia well, immediately got the correct answer, and reached out for the plum: "Let me taste it."

But was avoided by Guo Jia.

"Inappropriate." Received Cui Song's suspicious gaze, Guo Jia explained, "'Divide Li (and eat)', 'separate' also, this move is unknown."

Cui Song: ...

He remembered that his best friend never believed in the theory of prophecy and latitude, so why did he suddenly care about homophonic auspiciousness?

Seeming to see through Cui Song's doubts, Guo Jia said solemnly:

"It's about Zicong, even if it's a nonsensical talk, we should be more cautious."

Probably because Guo Jia's expression was too serious, Cui Song also put away his indifference.

"As Feng Xiao said, this 'Li (Li)' cannot be divided."

He took a large, pink peach from another plate,

"Why don't you share a peach?"

Guo Jia: "..."

Seeing Guo Jia's delicate expression, Cui Song realized: It seems that this peach is also inseparable.

He rummaged in his mind for a while, and finally came up with an allusion about the distribution of peaches that he had read a long time ago in the corner.

"Han Feizi" records that there was a man named Xia in Weiguo who was very much loved by the monarch.One day he picked a peach in the garden, took a few bites, found it very sweet, and threw the rest of the peach to the king to eat.

The monarch was very moved: "He must love me very much, and he is full of desire to give me the delicious food, forgetting that he has already bitten it himself (disrespectful)."

Later, Xia got old and became ugly, and the king didn't like him anymore.Recalling the past, the monarch was very angry:

"This man actually gave me the leftovers."

……

This is the story of Mizi Xia and Peach.

When he first read this story, Cui Song only felt that the king Wei Linggong was very double-standard and ugly: the courtiers were young and beautiful, and he was very indulgent to him, no matter how hard he tossed, he would not be angry; Thousands of reasons, all kinds of excuses.Later, the courtier got old and looked bad, he was not good-looking, and all the aura was gone; not only did he not like him, but he felt that everything he did was wrong, and he even turned over old scores.

After thinking about it carefully, isn't this the peach in the "broken sleeve and divided peach" in later generations?

Even if Fentao, like Duanxiu, has not yet become a proper pronoun for "a certain sexual orientation", the meaning of this allusion itself is not very good.

"Don't worry, Feng Xiao, when you get old, I won't think you're fading" and love you." Cui Song thought that Guo Jia's previous silence was also because this allusion had a BE ending, so he spoke out. comfort.And silently added a sentence in his heart: He still wished to be filial and live longer, so how could he dislike him for being old and ugly?

Guo Jia suddenly chuckled, and took the peach from Cui Song's hand:

"Then let's 'divide the peaches'."

Divide the peach into two with a dagger, divide and eat.

Cui Song ate half of the sweet peaches, always feeling weird.

...It must be an illusion.

The next day, Cui Song checked the waterways in the city.He walked around a pond next to the residential area, and found a man in old clothes standing on the bank, with his hands behind his back, standing motionless like a pine and cypress.

Probably not planning to throw into the lake...

With such a thought in his mind, Cui Song turned around and walked towards the lake.

The man was very vigilant, and he realized that someone was approaching from his back, so he turned around slowly.

As soon as he saw the man's face, Cui Song stopped, and even wanted to turn his head and leave, returning to the origin as if nothing had happened.

"Cui Bucheng."

However, it was too late, the man not only saw him, but also greeted him kindly.

Cui Song could only nod his head in greeting, and said politely with a smile: "I never expected to meet Liu Yuzhou here by chance."

It turned out that the human-shaped pine and cypress standing motionless by the pool for a long time was Liu Bei.

Cui Song didn't have any special thoughts about Liu Bei.Although Liu Bei in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is written as a kind and weak lord who often tears his eyes and "does nothing" at all times, Liu Bei in history is very "hard".

As for the "just" method... "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" wrote the plot of "Zhang Fei was drunk and whipped Duyou" at the beginning. In fact, it was not Zhang Fei who whipped Duyou in official history, but Liu Bei.

And it was still "two hundred sticks", and two hundred sticks were hit, which shows Liu Bei's "rigor".

Such a person who dares to be "rigid" is of course impossible to be the slightly weak and weak lord in "Romance", except for crying and running away, only benevolence and justice are left.The real Liu Bei is a hero among men who is courageous, resourceful, and powerful, and he can bear the praise of Cao Cao's phrase "the only heroes in the world are the king and the ear".

The world always has some respect for heroes.

Although Cui Song didn't have much affection for Liu Bei, he didn't have much dislike either.

Ordinary ones don't want to get close, that's all.

He was about to find a reason to retreat, but Liu Bei had already taken up the conversation before him.

"Cui Bucheng came here to appreciate the lotus?"

Cui Song took the time to glance at the surface of the pool, and saw that the surface of the pool was covered with several meters of green, and the huge green lotus leaves were distributed alternately, carefully holding the slim lotus that was the size of the mouth of a well.

The position where Liu Bei was standing before contacting him... He was really enjoying the lotus.

Cui Song kept a calm smile on his face, and nodded slowly.

He couldn't say: I thought someone committed suicide here, so come over and stop it...

Afraid that Liu Bei would let him come down to appreciate the lotus, Cui Song immediately added: "It's not that I came here specially to appreciate the lotus. Song has other things, just because he saw the lotus in full bloom and couldn't hold back, so he came to have a look."

It means, I still have something to do, so I will leave later.Don't talk nonsense with me, I don't have time.

Liu Bei is not a fool, he thoughtfully said: "Since this is the case, Bei will not bother Cui Bucheng."

Cui Song said a few more polite words, and was about to leave when Liu Bei said suddenly:

"In my lifetime, I don't know if I can see the world unified and the wars calmed down."

Cui Song was a little annoyed when he was thrown a grenade before leaving.

But it was impossible for him not to answer, and said politely and distantly: "This is what Cao Gong and I wish for."

My friend, I am loyal to Cao Cao, stop trying to pry the corner of the wall.

When Liu Bei heard the words, he said, "Good job, Bucheng", and said no more.

Cui Song left here, thinking about Liu Bei all the way.

Cao Cao has been wary of Liu Bei, but Liu Bei is not a mediocre person, as long as he finds a gap for him, he can escape. In the end, as recorded in the history books, he will separate himself and rule the hegemony.

It can neither be killed, nor indulged, let alone belittled.

However...if Liu Bei is really cut off, which direction will history go?

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