[Three Kingdoms] Burning incense and sacrificial wine

When Xi Zhicai entered, Dong Zhuo was furious.

Ever since Dong Zhuo eliminated dissidents, executed dozens of members of the Yuan family, and killed Zhang Wen and other people who threatened him, people's hearts fluttered.The aristocratic family, who had been on the sidelines towards him, began to have a subtle attitude towards him.Some scholars who claimed to be loyal to the emperor and patriotism confronted him face to face.Dong Zhuo killed these scholars as an example, and even cooked several ministers in a rage. He thought it would deter them, but he didn't expect it to have the opposite effect.

Dong Zhuo couldn't let these people go, and killed as many as he caught. Before he knew it, his men were bleeding more and more.By the time he realized that he couldn't go on like this, he had already killed countless people.The subordinates dare not speak out against him, and the scholars' resentment towards him has reached an irreversible point.

What made Dong Zhuo even more anxious was that Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, who had their tribe slaughtered, organized a Kwantung rebel army. While he was fighting with the Xiongnu and Baibo bandits, they raised the banner of loyalty and patriotism to attack him.

If you don't agree with me, you will be surrounded and beaten. If you don't escape, you will be a fool.Dong Zhuo then moved his capital to Chang'an, moved his headquarters to the west, and stayed in Luoyang to fight against the enemy.

Dong Zhuo suffered a lot because of his rough handling of political enemies and foreign relations.In desperation, he accepted Li Ru's recommendation and regarded a certain unknown scholar with a surname as a guest of honor.

At the beginning, he didn't think much of this unknown young poor scholar. It wasn't until the other party made several prophetic conclusions and realized them one by one, that he put away his contempt and truly treated him with courtesy.

He followed Xi Zhicai's advice, set up a scheme to win the favor of Cai Yong, a famous scholar, and used Xu Rong, who was not from Xiliang, to stop the rebel army of Yuan Shao and others outside the pass.

In this way, whether it is in the court or in the military, he has got a place to breathe.

Seeing Xi Zhicai, Dong Zhuo forced himself to hold back his anger: "Mr. is here, take your seat quickly."

Dong Zhuo pushed the saber to the side of his waist and sat down cross-legged.

"That child Hu Zhen fell into the trick of Sun Jian's son and defeated Lu Yang. How can this be good?"

Hu Zhen was one of Dong Zhuo's main generals. He was ordered to conquer the "rebel" Sun Jian, but he didn't expect to be defeated by Sun Jian's empty city plan and missed the best time to attack.

After Dong Zhuo was angry, he began to think about countermeasures: "Come here, pass Yuxi to Lu Bu, let him go and take the head of Sun Jian's child!"

"No." Xi Zhicai stopped it.

"What's your opinion, Mister?" Dong Zhuo straightened his back, only to notice that Xi Zhicai hadn't sat down, "Sir, sit down next to Zhuo, and talk to Zhuo carefully."

""Book of Rites" says:'There are special seats for mourners to sit[1].' Huan is wearing a filial piety, how can he be in the honorable position and be next to the grand master?"

"You literati have so many rules!" Unhappy, Dong Zhuo no longer had the tone of Wen Zou Zou, and blurted out in Northwestern dialect, "Forget it, you can sit or stand as you like, tell me about Sun Jian's son explain."

Dong Zhuo has the heart to be courteous and virtuous, but his nature is hard to change. His patience is limited, and it won't take long for him to reveal his true colors.Even if he didn't act rudely and offend scholars at first, many literati murmured at him for this rude gesture.

Xi Zhicai sighed, but did not try to persuade Dong Zhuo.

This lord can only proceed step by step.Don't talk too much, it will annoy him.

"Although Lu Fengxian (Lu Bu) is brave, he is at odds with Hu Wencai (Hu Zhen). The two should not be mixed together."

Dong Zhuo was somewhat disapproving, but did not refute: "Then what?"

"Xu Wenmao[2] (Xu Rong) can retire."

Xu Rong?Xu Rong again?No matter how powerful Xu Rong is, he can't break one into two, can he?He just sent Xu Rong to Bianshui to stop Cao Cao, and defeated Cao Cao's army. What if Xu Rong was transferred away and Xingyang was besieged again?Moreover, Sun Jian is not a stationary target, he is fighting guerrilla warfare, and retreats as soon as he strikes, who knows which city he will fight next time?

Xi Zhicai seemed to have heard Dong Zhuo's voice, and said in a manly voice: "Although Yuan Shao and the others gather together to seek rebellion, they are like a piece of loose sand. There is nothing to be afraid of. A group of dragons has no leader. On the surface, they regard Yuan Benchu ​​as the leader, but in fact they have their own ghosts and dare not To face the battle in an all-round way; the second is to raise troops hastily, with different strengths and horses, compared with the Xiliang army, they are like cattail grass against swords, vulnerable to a single blow."

"It's better to let Xu Wenmao set up troops in Liangdong and wait on the sidelines. Sun Jian will definitely be taken down."

Although his voice was not high, it was somewhat certain, as if Sun Jian would definitely pass Liang Dong.

Dong Zhuo felt that this was simply nonsense, but thinking of the previous experiences, he felt that Xi Zhicai did have a certain ability to predict things like a god, so he agreed tentatively with suspicion.

Xi Zhicai stayed in Dong Zhuo's mansion for about a quarter of an hour, then resigned in a low-key manner, and left quietly from a remote courtyard in the backyard of the mansion.

At this time, Lu Bu, who was at odds with Hu Zhen and was thinking about how to kill him every day, laughed three times after hearing Hu Zhen's defeat, and ran to the Taishi's mansion excitedly, ready to throw stones at him.

From the corner of his eyes, he saw Xi Zhicai who was leaving in a hurry, and pointed to his servant: "Who is this?"

The servant bowed: "It should be the Taishi's staff - Mr. Xi?"

Mr. Drama?Never heard of it.

Lu Bu, who thought it was just a small role, left uninterested.

Xi Zhicai returned to the post house and saw a young gentleman sitting in the lobby on the first floor drinking tea.

It was one of the three people who arrived in the rain yesterday.

Xi Zhicai didn't know Jiang Zun's name, and was not in the mood for a conversation, so he just nodded lightly with him and prepared to go upstairs.

However, Xi Zhicai didn't want to talk to him, but Jiang Zun did.

He stopped Xi Zhicai aloud and said almost the same words as when he stopped Cui Song.

Allegiance to Wang Yun?

Xi Zhicai glanced at Jiang Zun carefully, and said modestly:

"Wang Wenhou, the three princes of the Ping Dynasty are talented[3], Huan has no talent and no virtue, and dare not climb high."

Jiang Zun:? ? ?

This conversation is a bit familiar, as if it seems deja vu.

Jiang Zun, who had just run into a wall from Cui Song an hour ago, experienced the feeling of "reading the file from beginning to end" that only happened 1000 years later.

Xi Zhicai stopped talking and went upstairs without looking sideways.

After he left, Jiang Zun slowly came to his senses.

"Three Great Talents in Pingshi"?In a peaceful age, have the ability to enshrine the lord and worship the prime minister?

Jiang Zun secretly added a sentence in his heart.

——What about the troubled times?

Today is a troubled time, but Xi Huan praised "a talent for governing the world in a peaceful age".Could it be that what Xi Huan meant was that he was not optimistic about Wang Yun, thinking that he would not be able to cause much trouble in this troubled world?

I also remembered that Cui Song also refused with the same reason, claiming to be a "warrior on paper", belittling himself and exalting Wang Yun... It seems that Cui Song, like Xi Huan, looked down on Wang Yun and did not want to serve Wang Yun. This is why I deliberately said some self-deprecating words.

Although Jiang Zun did not agree with their evaluation of Wang Yun, he also began to think about whether planning for Wang Yun was the right choice.

"Brother Jiang, why do you care about this person?" He Wei frowned disapprovingly, "Cui Song is fine, he has some talent and reputation, so he is unavoidably arrogant. Like this unknown man with the surname of Xi, if he wants to recommend it to the Grand Master, how can he?" Not shabby."

Jiang Zun shook his head, what a fool, he didn't even understand the mystery of what he said just now.

Thinking this way, he said in his mouth:

"If you are really an ordinary and unknown person, how can you become a brother and brother with Cui Song, who is famous in northern Hebei?"

He Wei was dumbfounded.

Cui Song, who is "famous in northern Hebei", is busy familiarizing himself with the terrain at this time.

He wandered around Chang'an City for three days in a row, familiarizing himself with the layout with the map of the city.

Ever since he left the alien tribe, he had hardly seen another self in his dreams.Without the off-court rescue, he seems to have returned to the situation of restraint and lack of confidence.However, he knows that the "communication" with "Cui Song" is not a long-term solution after all. He can learn the basic cultivation of ancient celebrities from "Cui Song", but he cannot rely on his help.If you want to live well in this world, you can only rely on yourself.

Fortunately, he has made up a lot in his dreams in the past few months. Although he is still far behind the spirits of this era, he is not as blind as he was at the beginning.

Regarding Dong Zhuo's matter, he somewhat had some inspiration.Throughout history, those overlords who had a good deck of cards ended up playing poorly and completely defeated. Apart from luck factors, human factors and personality defects, a large part of it was because they "did not listen to the counselors".Fan Zeng is to Xiang Yu, Tian Feng is to Yuan Shao... come to think of it, the most effective way to make Dong Zhuo "not listen to the counselors" is to alienate.As long as Dong Zhuo has suspicions about his subordinates, no matter how much or how little, he will subconsciously reject that person's opinions when making decisions.

I just don't know... Who is Dong Zhuo's most important adviser?There are not many records about Dong Zhuo in the history books, and there is even less information about the counselor.Li Ru counts as one, Jia Xu barely counts as half, and besides that, there seems to be no third person.

His brain was running at high speed, and when he was walking around a corner, he accidentally collided with someone.Relying on his good physical fitness and reflexes, he subconsciously turned sideways, relieved the momentum, and at the same time supported the person who collided with him and was about to fall.

A gust of fragrant wind entered the tip of his nose, Cui Song hurriedly let go of his hand and apologized in a low voice.

"It's my concubine who collided." The young woman in the begonia-colored skirt took a step back, showing the most submissive gesture without looking sideways.

Cui Song felt that the voice was familiar.He wanted the woman in front of him to raise her head so that she could see her face clearly, but he also remembered that this was ancient times, so doing so would easily be misunderstood as a disciple.Cui Song recalled it carefully, and recognized the girl in front of him through her clothes and attire as the girl Ren whom he met at the door of a fake doctor's house two days ago.

The legendary Diao Chan is right in front of him, and Cui Song can't help feeling how small the world is.

Although he is not good at talking to young women, he still tries to have an awkward chat in order to gather strategic information.

"Forgive me for taking the liberty... Is the girl the daughter of Ren Miracle Doctor?"

The woman raised her head in surprise, revealing her fair and soft face.

"My lord, are you...?"

"Two days ago, my friend and I happened to meet the girl outside your residence..."

The woman restrained her face and bowed: "Young lady, Mrs. Ren, you haven't thanked the young master for saving people."

Cui Song: "?"

Ren Hongchang said: "My son is benevolent and righteous. Healers are parents. Although my father is not a master of apricots, he is not hard-hearted. My father is thin-skinned. He never thanked the two young masters, so the little girl will thank you here."

Cui Song also saluted as a peer, seeing that Ren Hongchang had a hesitant look on his face, as if he had something else to say.

"Miss Ren has something to say, but it doesn't matter."

"Although my father is not skilled in medicine and knows nothing about pharmacology, he once learned from Mr. Wujiao and is good at diagnosing diseases through facial expressions..." Ren Hongchang bit her thin lips lightly, "Your friend...is suffering from an incurable disease, I'm afraid... "

Cui Song was startled.

"(I'm afraid)...it's bad for your lifespan."

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[1] From "Book of Rites", people who observe filial piety need to sit alone, and cannot sit on a respectful seat.

[2] Xu Rong.There are real people.However, there are only names in history, and no "characters" are recorded. The word Wenmao was made up by the author.

[3] Pingshi Sangongcai: It was originally used to describe Liu Biao.It is Jia Xu's evaluation of Liu Biao.It means the talent for governing the world in the peaceful and prosperous age (only in the peaceful and prosperous age)