[Three Kingdoms] Burning incense and sacrificial wine

In terms of military strength, materials, and strength, Yuan Shao is far superior to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao had just established a firm foothold in the south of the Yellow River, and before he had time to catch his breath, Yuan Shao's army came.

If you were to ask Cao Cao whether he was flustered or not, he would definitely say——

... somewhat flustered.

Evident by the rising hairline.

However, as the "lord", he does not necessarily show his timidity.

He put on a bra that covered his hairline, talked eloquently in the court, and encouraged him to play.

In private, he hides a few strands of lost hair in a Gebu bag under the bed.

Before sending the army to the expedition, he summoned the generals to do ideological work for them: "I have known Yuan Shao for many years, and I know that he is "great in ambition and talent, tolerant on the outside and taboo on the inside, fierce on the inside and soft on the inside, and avoids less prestige". Cloth painting, relying on merits, will not succeed. From this we can see that Yuan Shao may not be able to win this battle, and the generals will try their best to fight."

The "mobilization meeting" ended, and Cao Cao started the "study meeting" of the staff.

He followed the previous policy of "debate competition" plus "small papers", sitting at the top and listening to the group's ideas.

The advisers under the account conducted in-depth analysis of the battle situation, made suggestions from different angles, and discussed intensely.When Cao Cao was free, his eyes swept over the faces of the counselors one by one.

I don’t know if I don’t look at it, but I immediately feel heartbroken when I look at it.

It was still those few people who debated fiercely.Those who don't talk much still don't talk much, those who are silent are still silent, those who fish are still fishing...how come the number of people fishing has increased? ?

Except for Chen Qun, who was not present at the scene after his filial piety resignation, among the newly joined advisers: Mao Jie was concentrating on studying the pattern on the wine glass; Liu Ye stared at the jujube on the pottery plate, saw a crooked one, and stretched out his hand to straighten it; Jia Xu stroked his beard, as if he was listening carefully to everyone's opinions, and nodded his head from time to time to express his agreement. However, if you look carefully, his nodding frequency is at a fixed interval, which is not the same as the theoretical party's "passionate speech". Inconsistent.

Cao Cao glanced past the three of them, turned to Cui Song and Guo Jia who were eating jujube and drinking, condemned for a while with his eyes, lowered his head to drink, and continued to listen to the debate.

After half a stick of incense, his eyes passed by the three of them again, and he was not very happy to find:

Mao Jie was still observing the structure of the wine glass; Liu Ye was still staring at the fruit plate—because a certain counselor sitting near him was arguing too much, and a jujube that was neatly stacked on his ceramic plate was shaken to one side, He stretched out his hand to straighten the crooked jujube; Jia Xu was still stroking his beard and nodding... One wondered if he would pluck a few of the neatly trimmed beard.

Thinking of his thinning hair, Cao Cao decided to "save" Jia Xu's beard.

He kindly asked: "Wen He seems to have realized something, why don't you share it with everyone?"

Cui Song stopped gnawing dates and looked at his old partner Jia Xu.

Jia Xu is like any tough student in modern times who wanders out of the sky and is caught by the teacher, but can still stand up and talk eloquently. Seeing that he bowed to Cao Cao calmly, he began to analyze Cao Cao in an orderly manner. Today's advantages and disadvantages... Judging from his relaxed demeanor and smooth and clear logic, he is not at all like a fisherman who was caught for a while and was temporarily arrested to make a speech.

While Cao Cao was gratified by Jia Xu's insights, he was also frustrated that he could not catch any solid evidence that he was fishing.

He couldn't help but glared at Cui Song and Guo Jia again, the meaning in his eyes was obvious:

It's the two of you who have ruined the atmosphere of the whole regiment.

Cui Song felt that he was very innocent: Jia Wenhe wanted to fish in a daze, so what did he have to do with Cui Zicong?

Guo Jia, who was also "named and criticized" by his eyes, seemed to have found out his conscience, and said casually:

"My lord has ten victories, and Yuan Shao has ten defeats."

A long list of four-letter words followed.

It is the "ten wins and ten losses" theory recorded in later generations.

This remark not only calmed Cao Cao's depression in recent days, but also made some counselors with negative mentality silent.

Cao Cao, who was in a good mood, decided not to delve into whether Guo Jia's remarks just now were nonsense on the spot, and turned a blind eye to Guo Jia's behavior of randomly injecting four victories and four defeats into ten victories and ten defeats for the effect of boosting morale, happy He praised a few words, called the attendant outside the door, took down the fruit bowl on the table, and offered pen and ink.

Cui Song picked up a pen and wrote quickly on the bamboo slips.For some reason, seeing the counselors sitting on separate cases, writing their own pens and expressing their opinions, he seemed to have returned to the college entrance examination scene, and suddenly felt that the pen in his hand became a little heavier.

After answering the "examination questions", all the counselors left the venue one after another.

Cui Song was about to leave with Guo Jia, but was left alone by Cao Cao.

There were only Cui Song and Cao Cao left in the waiting room, he stepped forward to salute, and according to Cao Cao's intention, he sat down with his knees bent.

Cao Cao spoke first: "You know, Zi Cong, why did Gu let you stay?"

Cui Song thought to himself, it would not be to discuss his own fishing.

Then he replied: "I don't know."

Cao Cao asked, "Let's ask Zi Cong how old is he?"

Cui Songdao: "It's the year of thirties."

Calculated according to his false age, he is exactly thirty this year.

Cao Cao asked again, "I heard that Zi Cong has not married yet?"

Cui Song, who enjoys the happiness of being single, completely forgot about marrying a wife: "...not yet."

Cao Cao nodded, and said: "I have a single girl, only twenty-eight years old, graceful, quiet and chaste, who loves poetry and Fu, even female celebrities..."

Cui Song was dumbfounded.

If he was still eating dates at this moment, I'm afraid the dates would fall straight from his mouth.

Cao Cao continued to chatter, "Be filial to your parents, be friendly to your brothers, and love you alone..."

The majestic and dignified figure of Cao Cao gradually overlaps with the three aunts and six wives who in Cui Song's memory love to urge marriages and pull strings.

However, not to mention that Cui Song has never been ready to get married in ancient times, and he is very repulsed by blind marriages...just say that the daughter introduced by Cao Cao is "28 years old", which is not 16 years old in ancient times It means that the so-called [-] refers to [-] years old.

How much psychological endurance does he have to be able to eat tender grass in old age and marry a girl who is 14 years younger than himself and who is not yet an adult in modern times?

Cui Song felt that age alone could pass the option, but he couldn't get Cao Cao's approval.

In the eyes of most people in this era, Cui Song probably belongs to the kind of golden bachelor who is hard to find even with a lantern.Good-looking, tall, well-known, and both civil and military, talented, rich in family, deep heritage (famous family), and a decent job with a high salary... What is the age of 30?Not to mention the first marriage, even the second and third marriages, there are many people who are willing to get married.

Cao Cao had long searched for a suitable son-in-law among his subordinates. After checking for a long time, he sent people to secretly inquire about each family's situation and private style, and finally focused on Cui Song.

Cui Song, who was honored to be included in the scope of Cao Cao's selection of son-in-law...has complicated emotions that are hard to describe.

He wanted to say "The world is not yet settled (the Huns are not destroyed), and no family is the home [1]", but he is not Huo Qubing, and he cannot use this sentence as an excuse to prevaricate Cao Cao from his standpoint, so he sighed and said to Cao Cao:

"Song Wei has no intention of marrying a wife, to live up to the lord's love."

Cao Cao wondered, "Why?"

Cui Song racked his brains, and came up with the theory he used to fool Yuanniang: "Song already has a favorite person..." He and Yuanniang's "favorite woman" character set slipped around again, "Those who look at the sea can't be compared to water[2], apart from her, I'm afraid Song can't hold anyone else in his heart."

Cao Cao listened and fell silent.

No... Why does this persona sound familiar?

Cao Cao thought about it, and felt that the temperament of this "woman" was really familiar.But no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't remember it.

In the end, he could only say: "Zhen is... a strange woman."

Extraordinarily intelligent, aloof and cute; addicted to alcohol, unconstrained by etiquette, and able to find a place to lie around... He really has never heard of or seen such a woman.

Boaixi has a wife, many concubines, and Cao Cao who often comes to have a romantic relationship, after hearing this unique description, he can barely understand Cui Song's attachment to that woman... No, I still can't understand it at all.

Cao Cao, who was conflicted in his heart, could only pretend to understand and patted Cui Song on the shoulder, saying: "It's okay. It's just that you can't wait for her forever. It's better to make plans for your lifelong events as soon as possible."

Cui Song left the meeting hall with a long sigh of relief.

Obviously just chatting about trivial matters of marriage, but he felt more tiring than writing three hundred poems.

Seeing him coming out, Guo Jia, who was waiting under the corridor, strode forward and held his shoulder.

"What's the matter, your complexion is so bad?"

The tense and concerned voice extinguished the troubles in Cui Song's heart like a clear spring, and he fell on his shoulder along with Guo Jia's supporting hand.

Before Guo Jia was so worried, Cui Song exhaled slowly and whispered in Guo Jia's ear.

"Today the lord asked me if I was married..."

Guo Jia's hand that pulled the hair out of his hair froze suddenly.

"He also told me that the lord has a daughter, 'he is twenty-eight years old, she is gentle and chaste, she likes poetry, and female celebrities are fine'," Cui Song continued, unaware of Guo Jia's strangeness, "... I declined."

Guo Jia slowly lowered her stiff hand.

Before he could relax completely, Cui Song, who was nestled on the side of his neck, suddenly trembled all over, as if he was holding back a laugh.

Guo Jia, whose neck was itchy from being rubbed, stiffened again.

"I told the lord the same reasoning as when I rejected Yuanniang...that I belonged to myself and would not marry a wife. My lord heard the temperament and hobbies of my 'sweetheart', and looked 'confused', poof... "

Guo Jia didn't know what the "looked dumbfounded" meant.If he knew, he would know that his appearance at this moment is "a dazed face".

Of course he knew what Cui Song said to Yuan Niang back then, but what Cui Song said...

Guo Jia stared down at the man leaning on his shoulders, time had not left any traces on his face, just like when we first met, shining like light and lustrous like jade.

Inexplicably, he was dominated by unprecedented throbbing, and almost had an impulsive desire: "Does Zi Cong know "Chu Ci"?"

Cui Song has a lot of classics over the years, but due to his limited energy, he has relatively few poems and fus. It just so happens that he didn't read "Chu Ci" very carefully.

Hearing Guo Jia mention "Songs of Chu", he tried his best to recall it. Relying on the memory of Chinese class in his previous life, he firmly connected it with Qu Yuan.

""Chu Songs"...isn't it the "Chu Songs" written by Qu Yuan who threw himself into the river?"

Guo Jia, who was about to express his feelings with "The Song of the Yue People": ...

The two were silent in the deserted corridor, when suddenly a servant rushed over and told them that Cao Cao had just received a letter from Yuan Shao and was very angry, and asked the two of them to go over and persuade them.

The author has something to say: [1] "The world is uncertain, and there is no family to act on." He pinched his famous line from Huo Qubing, "The Huns are not destroyed, and there is no family to act on."

[2] "Those who look at the sea can hardly be water", from "Mencius", which was later used by the poet Yuan Zhen as "Once the sea was difficult to be water, except Wushan is not a cloud".

Pinch his small theater:

Cao Cao: It's okay to be a little bald for the great cause. (Cao Cao: ???)

(Pinch his lines from the legendary Cao in the game "Three Kingdoms Killing OL": "For the sake of great cause, it doesn't matter if you suffer a small loss.")