[Three Kingdoms] Burning incense and sacrificial wine

Therefore, all his abnormalities in recent days are all due to——

Cui Song stared blankly at Guo Jia, who was close at hand, but saw a smile on his lips, and his eyes were extremely bright, as if billions of stars were flowing, trying to absorb him.

Cui Song stood in a daze, almost drowning in this galaxy.The violent heartbeat gradually subsided, and he finally regained a little calmness, but he couldn't say a word.

Guo Jia just stood quietly in front of him, waiting patiently for his reply.Even if the response to Guo Jia was long-lasting silence and trance, he indulged again and again, without the slightest urging intention.

Cui Song had experienced for many years at least, and after only being silent for a moment, he calmly accepted his wish.

Although his abnormal behavior and messy guesses made him feel a little embarrassed now when he didn't understand his mind before, but with his firmness, he quickly put this emotion behind him and regained his usual calmness and calmness. calm.

"I am also happy with Fengxiao."

Follow your heart without hesitation.

From this day on, Cui Song felt that there seemed to be something different between himself and Guo Jia, and after careful consideration, it seemed that it was not much different from the original one.

In recent years, Cui Song often invites famous doctors to diagnose Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia's pulse under the pretext of "preparing for a rainy day".

I get the same result every time:

Xi Zhicai's health is not optimistic, but after Hua Tuo's treatment, as long as he pays attention to recuperation, he can live to 50 or [-] years old without any problem; Guo Jia is in excellent health, and often learns riding, archery and swordsmanship with Cui Song—— As the saying goes, exercise is good for your health. As long as you control your drinking, don't overwork, and don't catch diseases, there is basically nothing to worry about.

But Cui Song is still unresolved.

Guo Jiaruo felt it, and comforted him: "The destiny is permanent, and so is the life span of a person. Live with the times, survive in adversity, you can't force it."

Since human beings are born, they have been fighting against various disasters: disease, cold, hunger, war, various accidents... There are very few people who can live to the end of their lives.

Many amazing talents shined for a moment in the long river of history, and then fell suddenly; more people died before they bloomed.The fragility of human life has been like this since birth.

Survive tenaciously like weeds, always maintain the desire to survive, and will not give up life easily because of any difficulties and disasters; but when death really comes, there is no need to panic and force it.

Revere life, desire to live, not fear death.

This is the belief that Guo Jia wants to convey to Cui Song.

On the surface, Cui Song accepted Guo Jia's persuasion, but he still didn't change his original thought: he understands the truth, but people are greedy.He wanted Guo Jia to live a long life, Xun Yu and Xun You to die, and his nephew Cui Yan not to be judged...

In this life, besides the so-called ideals and aspirations, there are also various desires and emotions.

Humans have been adapting to the environment since birth and resisting all kinds of harsh conditions. Isn't it "acting against fate"?It is also rebellious, so can't the fate of Guo Jia and Xun Yu be changed?

It doesn't matter whether he is overestimated or self-righteous, he really wants to change their ending in history for his own selfishness.

Not only did he want to fish, but he also wanted to fish for everyone.The successful survival of Xi Zhicai and Mi Heng gave Cui Song confidence that the so-called history is not only inevitable, but also various accidents.

Cui Song, who has already made up his mind, is making fuller preparations while perfecting the plan that has been deduced countless times.

He never forgot about public affairs.Since the death of Emperor Ling, there have been several severe droughts in Kyushu, and the people of the people eat each other.In order to prevent droughts and floods and minimize the impact of droughts and floods, Cui Song spent sleepless nights studying the topography of various places, read books related to water conservancy and water governance, listed different water conservancy construction plans according to local conditions, and sent them to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao cherished his talent and wanted to be promoted to an official position, but Cui Song declined.

After all, he has no special interest in high-ranking officials and generous salary. The current position just allows him to show off his strengths, so why should he be transferred?

Cao Cao believed in Cui Song's ability, so he let him do whatever he wanted, while he turned his attention to military affairs.

He wanted to beat Liu Biao, but was dissuaded by Xun Yu.

Xun Yu believes that Yuan Jun's first major defeat, low morale and internal chaos, is the time to take advantage of the victory and pursue it... It is better to take advantage of his illness to kill him, why bother Liu Biao as a "talker"?

Cao Cao accepted the remonstrance and swung his army northward, beating the main force of Yuan's army to pieces.

Not long after, Yuan Shao vomited blood and died due to a heart attack.

Because Yuan Shao favored the youngest son during his lifetime, and let them occupy a state each in order to train other sons, when Yuan Shao died, his sons attacked each other, and Yuan Shao's remaining power immediately fell apart.

So far, the once powerful Yuan family no longer has the power to threaten.

It was the seventh year of Jian'an (202 A.D.).

Before Cao Cao returned to the court, Emperor Liu Xie summoned Xun Yu, who was staying in Xudu...to play chess with him.

Xun Yu was always humble and respectful, and never looked directly at Sheng Yan.

Liu Xie took a large piece of chess pieces that went to Xun Yu, and said lightly:

"Shang Shuling, you haven't done your best."

Xun Yu froze his hand, but did not let it go.

Incomplete.

Does it mean that the chess game is not dedicated, or... the servant is not dedicated?

Xun Yu was serious.

The stagnant chess piece finally fell.

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Liu Xie put the eaten white pieces one by one into the chess box in front of Xun Yu, and said casually:

"Shang Shuling, you are different from others."

Xun Yu only smiled humbly, but did not respond.

Liu Xie said slowly: "Caiwei in Shouyang, how have we ever seen it?"

Xun Yu's long eyelashes trembled, and he bowed deeply.

The allusion of Shouyang Caiwei comes from the "Historical Records" written by the Taishi Company (Sima Qian) of the current dynasty.

According to legend, when the King of Zhou destroyed the Shang Dynasty, two ex-officials of the Shang Dynasty were grateful for the kindness of the King of Shang and refused to be loyal to the Zhou Dynasty.

These two old ministers of the Shang Dynasty were named Boyi and Shuqi. Later generations often use this allusion to symbolize people who keep integrity and are not afraid of life and death.

Liu Xie's remarks were frank and blatant, and he almost asked him face to face whether he was a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty.

Xun Yu had no choice but to worship.

"As a courtier, you should 'uphold the ambition of loyalty and observe the festival of modesty and retreat[1]'."

Hearing what he wanted to hear, Liu Xie relaxed his brows and lifted Xun Yu himself.

"Shang Shuling please come up."

Xun Yu stood up as he said, still bowing his head, humble and respectful, no different from an hour ago.

Liu Xie sent someone to send Xun Yu out of the palace, and just before Xun Yu was about to leave, he whispered in a voice that only the two of them could hear:

"I hope that Shang Shuling will remember today's words in the future."

Xun Yu walked out of the palace gate, his expression unchanged.

As soon as he arrived at the house, he was told by the concierge that an old friend was visiting and was waiting for him in the main hall.

Xun Yu immediately guessed who the old friend mentioned by the porter was referring to.

The rest of the acquaintances had gone out with the army, and there was only one old friend left in Xudu.

Xun Yu didn't have time to change, so he just took off the formal robe he wore when meeting Sheng Yan, and hurried to the main hall.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Cui Song sitting on one side, raising his hand to greet him:

"Today I want to pull Wenruo to have a drink, what does Wenruo think?"

The aftermath of the slight shock caused by Liu Xie's remarks was slowly soothed by Cui Song's words.

Xun Yu sat down opposite Cui Song, picked up the jug that Cui Song had brought, and poured a glass for each of them.

"Right on my mind."

In the eighth year of Jian'an (203 A.D.), Cao Cao presented himself to the emperor and wanted to make Xun Yu the Marquis of Long Live Pavilion, but Xun Yu resigned but did not accept it.

Cao Cao wrote a letter to Xun Yu, with sincere words, and made a statement for him again, this time Xun Yu did not refuse again.

In the ninth year of Jian'an (204 A.D.), Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shang and became the shepherd of Jizhou.

At this time, Dong Zhao proposed to Cao Cao to reset Kyushu according to the ancient division. Cao Cao made a move, but Xun Yu opposed and stopped it.

At this time, Xun Yu had already realized some signs, knowing that Liu Xie's worries were not groundless, and his heart was getting heavy day by day.

And Cao Cao also noticed some of Xun Yu's ideas, but he still reused them without any contempt.

He decided to move his base to Yecheng in Jizhou. No matter how some officials objected, he insisted on his own opinion.

Cao Cao was setting up the administration in Yecheng, and one day he suddenly asked Guo Jia:

"If Xun Wen is a Han subject, am I not a Han subject?"

All the cronies beside him were sweating coldly, but Guo Jia remained motionless.

"My lord, what's the trouble? Now the world is still ruled by the great Han, and we are all Han subjects, why should we distinguish?"

Cao Cao laughed out loud and stopped mentioning the matter.

When Cao Cao was proud of his hegemony, but his personal emotions were a little unsatisfactory, his old friend Xu You came to "solve worries and problems" for him.

As soon as Xu You saw him, he patted his shoulder and said meaningfully: "Meng De, look at this city of Ye, without me, you can't get in."

Cao Cao and his cronies: ...

Cao Cao was worrying about Xun Yu's matter, he smiled on the surface and said, "Exactly, how could I forget Ziyuan's contribution?"

He didn't want to expose his past conspiracy, so he asked people to find a lot of jewels and beauties and throw them at Xu You's house, telling him to shut up.

Not long after, Xu You ran over again: "I heard someone say that Xun Gongda (Xun You) and Cui Zicong (Cui Song) contributed a lot to the Battle of Guandu. The final victory?"

Cao Cao was studying the changes in the court and had no time to pay attention to Xu You. Hearing this, he hated him very much in his heart, waved his hands and said perfunctorily, "I will never forget Ziyuan's contribution."

So he lost an official position to Xu You and tried to shut him up.

After a few days, Cao Cao hosted a banquet for the heroes.Xu You was among them, and when he saw Cao Cao toasting to everyone, but he was not the first to mention himself, he felt a little unsatisfactory.

Taking advantage of Cao Cao's words, before anyone answered, he raised the wine first and said to Cao Cao:

"This glass of wine, Meng De is the first to respect me. Without me, how can you defeat Yuan Shao and occupy Yecheng?"

The expressions of the people who knew it became very strange.

Xu You didn't notice it at all, he was a little flustered because of his "great contribution", and his mind was paralyzed. He only felt that Cao Cao didn't take his "contribution" to heart, so he had to remind him again and again.

——Cao Aman, how would you be today without me, Xu You?Haven't you already become a bereaved dog?

Seeing him acting like this, Cao Cao's expression darkened.

The author has something to say: [1] A total of 10 characters come from "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".