[Three Kingdoms] Burning incense and sacrificial wine

Criticism is prevalent nowadays, from aristocratic families to peddlers and pawns, even people they have never met, can tell something.

These poor people who are at the bottom and work hard all day long, naturally cannot have any intersection with Jian Shuo who is in the heart of the emperor, and they don't know anything about Cui Song, a "celebrity".However, the broad masses of the people have never lacked imagination, and those slightly famous figures have already set a template in their hearts.

Jian Shuo and other eunuchs have one face, Cui Song and other celebrities have another face.

The former is arrogant, ferocious and ugly, while the latter is elegant, upright and beautiful.

Therefore, they belittled Jian Shuo as much as possible, wishing to step him into the mud; they also praised Cui Song, who was on the opposite side of the eunuch, and praised him as the only one in the world——

But in fact, since they had never met the two of them, it was naturally impossible for them to know much about them.They don't know whether people are beautiful or ugly, whether their virtues are good or bad. They just put the halo of evil and justice on the two of them according to their own wishes, and imagined a big drama of life and death.

Its ups and downs, interlocking, and so wonderful, almost made Cui Song, the person involved, believe it himself.

The most eloquent one was a grocery seller who had read a few books and knew that there was such a famous poem as "Fu of Shuoshu".But I don't know if it's because he doesn't have enough ink in his stomach, and he still shows off his talents even though he hasn't read "Shuoshu Fu", or if he has misunderstood this Fu, he insists that this is the product of Cui Song and Jian Shuo's struggle, and his literary talent is high. Badou, scolding Jian Shuo to the point where he's all over the place.

"Jian Shuo, the thief, has rat-jawed dog ears and sharp-mouthed monkey cheeks. He prefers to wear the long clothes of Confucian scholars, and wears hairpins. There is a sentence in "Ode to Shuo Shuo" that describes Jian Shuo's ugly appearance, which is vivid and vivid. I heard that Jian Shuo was so angry that he couldn't get out of bed. No, within a few days, the thief died violently in the palace, and he can no longer do evil."

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Cui Song was stunned.

Not to mention that "Ode to Shuoshu" was written three years ago, and the content of the entire poem has nothing to do with Jian Shuo.That Jian Shuo was not killed by anger, but was killed by General He Jin.

Furthermore, he had met Jian Shuo.Although he couldn't say how handsome he was, he was well-proportioned, strong and tall, fair and beardless, and completely devoid of wretchedness.If he was really ugly, would Han Lingdi, the president of the Appearance Association, favor him like that?We must know that in this era, ugly people don't even have to be officials.

Listening to those absurd and plausible remarks, Cui Song somewhat understood why later generations had so many slanderous remarks about Cao Cao and his son.

At this time, Cui Song remembered that He Wei, who found fault with him at the Luoyang Literary Conference, once said that he "wrote Fu to ridicule General Jian", and recalled Jian Shuo's attitude towards him at first. One pump.

At that time, he thought it was strange... Thinking about it now, maybe those two people believed the words of the market, and without reading the original text, they really thought that Fu was aimed at Jian Shuo, right?

Cui Song was a little speechless, he didn't want to listen to these messy dramas anymore, so he found a wine shop and chose a quiet seat to sit down.

Of course, he still sits on his knees, and there are a few straw mats in front of the earthen platform for the passing drinkers to rest their feet. This is the first time for Cui Song to experience an ancient bar, which is quite fresh.

He ordered wine, and the owner of the wine sold him a wine jar and an earthenware bowl to fill it up for him.

The wine in the bowl was different from the one he drank at home, it was off-white and cloudy, a bit like modern liqueur mixed with rice.

Cui Song reckoned that this was the so-called "turbid wine", took a sip carefully, it was a little sour, not strong at all, but the taste was okay.

He took small sips and glanced at the street from time to time to observe the customs of this era.Suddenly there was a shadow covering him, blocking the light on his right side.

Cui Song turned his head and saw a middle-aged man with two inches long beard and beautiful eyes and broad forehead sitting down on the seat beside him.

He also ordered a jar of wine and drank it from a bowl, the bottom of the bowl was touched in one sip.

Cui Song silently turned his head back.

He didn't take the initiative to respond, but the other party couldn't bear to remain silent, and asked for something to say: "Jian Shuo's death is really a joyful thing. Look at Luoyang City, everyone can't help but applaud. The general's actions are meant to eliminate harm for the people, right?"

Cui Song glanced at the other party strangely, and silently ate and did not speak.

When there was no response, the man seemed a little dissatisfied, and frowned unobtrusively.

"Guanzu is very energetic and graceful, obviously he is not an ordinary person. Could it be that he has no idea about it?"

Cui Song put down the pottery bowl: "I am indeed an ordinary person, my mind is empty and I have no thoughts."

The middle-aged man stopped.

Before the silence lasted long, another glass of wine poured into his stomach, and the middle-aged man spoke again.

"The eunuch steals the handle, filthy and chaotic, and the righteous indignation of the people with lofty ideals is hard to appease. Now that the new emperor is on the throne, the eunuchs and treacherous eunuchs are not allowed to make waves for the time being. This is the best time. If they can be uprooted, the world will be clean and the people can be safe." carry on."

Cui Song felt that this uncle was really suspicious.

There are so many places for this Jiulong, it's fine for him to sit next to him alone, and he even took the initiative to talk to him, so why did he choose such a sensitive political topic?

Cui Song really didn't want to answer.

So a certain young man with a very deceptive appearance, very famous and romantic, sat in a corner of the wine cellar and was as quiet as a chicken, and the middle-aged man sat down while serving the wine, with a bold face, and his heart was pierced several times by this embarrassing one-man show. .

At this moment, He Jin's heart is full of galloping horses.

Although he has never met Cui Song, the first criterion for evaluating a scholar in this era is "view".Watch his appearance, watch his temperament, watch his clothes, watch his demeanor.

The so-called appearance is born from the heart, clothes are both polite, and a person's appearance can reveal a lot of information.

She has a very beautiful appearance, a distinguished temperament, a chic demeanor, and a noble and decent dress.

No matter how you look at it, he is a leader among contemporary celebrities, not an ordinary person.

Therefore, General He became interested, sat next to the young scholar, and took the initiative to talk to him.

He thought, just because of the scourge of the party and the evil deeds of the eunuchs, there is no scholar in the world who does not hate them.Taking them as a topic can always successfully arouse the other party's indignation, and then he will echo a few words, and use the friendship on the same front to make friends with the other party, right?

After the other party accepted him, he revealed his identity and summoned him with courtesy. It was not a matter of minutes to bring this young celebrity into his account.

However, he had guessed the beginning, but not the end.

He thought of a hundred ways to deal with it, but he didn't think of it—the other party would not answer his words.

This is a bit embarrassing.

What was even more embarrassing was that when he was walking this way just now, he saw an acquaintance sitting on the other side of the wine table.

Because he was prejudiced against that acquaintance, he only nodded his head slightly, and walked straight over without seeing him, and he didn't know if he was in an embarrassing situation, did that person see...

He Jin looked up at the place he came and went, and saw the acquaintance holding a wine bowl and paying respects to him from afar.

If Cui Song looked over there at this moment, he would definitely recognize this acquaintance of General He Da, who was also his "acquaintance" - the Captain Cao who had helped him out of the siege.

Cao Cao naturally noticed He Jin's embarrassment, but he didn't know it. He just bowed his head and drank the wine after toasting, regardless of the right and wrong over there.

He Jin really wanted to leave here, but Cao Cao, who made him dislike him, was sitting there, so he couldn't leave in a hurry.

He Jin began to talk about the disadvantages of eunuchs participating in politics, explaining that people with physical disabilities must also be mentally incomplete. Letting eunuchs take power is a mistake in itself...

He not only criticized the eunuchs, but also denied the system itself from beginning to end.

Although there is something to be said, the slightly extreme point of view made Cao Cao frown.

As early as when He Jin asked the strategists for advice, Cao Cao expressed his views on the suppression of eunuchs.

Get rid of the chief evil.That is to remove the ten permanent servants who have committed the most heinous crimes, instead of overthrowing all the eunuchs at once.

And He Jin's refutation at that time was very similar to that at this time.

Cao Cao thought to himself, "The way is different, you can't seek it out", and was about to walk away when he heard a chuckle suddenly coming from that direction.