[Three Kingdoms] Burning incense and sacrificial wine

Guo Tu, who was at the same table, was about to agree, and keenly caught Guo Jia's unusual reaction, and quickly changed his words: "Why did you mention the Cui family all of a sudden?"

"Isn't today the death day of my elder brother's teacher——He Shaogong (He Xiu)?" The scholar in the misty clothes said with emotion, "I went to worship my mentor from my elder brother, and I haven't returned home yet... This Cui Song, let's talk You can also be considered my brother’s junior brother.”

Guo Tu suddenly became gossipy.The cousin of the man in ethereal clothes in front of him, surnamed Yan, named Dao, styled Zhongming, came from the same school as the young famous scholar from northern Hebei.

"What's the matter, Yan Zhongming and Cui Xiaolang are at odds?"

"It's natural. Cui Song relied on his rare talent and reputation, and he always set his eyes high above the top, and didn't pay attention to his brothers. But how much is his talent? It's just that he is young, and the elders want to encourage him. He deliberately exaggerated. The so-called famous gifts, if compared with the works of real celebrities, wouldn’t it be ridiculous and generous.” The scholar in the ghost clothes commented, “Pianna Cui Song is not only good at pleasing the teacher, but also the teacher’s death. In order to become famous, he actually kept his filial piety for three years..."

The scholar in ghost clothes was talking excitedly, when he suddenly heard a dull crash.

Guo Jia put down the wine bottle.Because he didn't deliberately control the force, the bottom of the pottery cup collided with the table, and the sound just interrupted the words of the scholar.

"Whether the name is not worthy of the name, let's not talk about it—in your opinion, it is wrong to respect your teacher and treat him with fatherly courtesy?" Guo Jia said lightly. When he looked at the other party, there seemed to be something hidden in his black pupils. Holding an arrowhead that glowed in the dark, piercing people's hearts, "Jia, this is the first time I have heard such noble words of criticism."

Guo Tu almost spit out the wine in his mouth.

He looked at Guo Jia as if he had seen a ghost, as if he wanted to see a flower on his face.

This young master has never been a nosy person, no matter how displeased he is, he would just smile inwardly and say "this person has a brain disorder, don't worry about it", he would not waste his time entangled with the other party, why did he go to the northwest and change his mind? Tempered?

What's more, this is not the first time that the scholar in ghost clothes has criticized Cui Jiasonglang.Last time Guo Jia listened to similar words, but said "This person is not a gentleman, don't want to have a close relationship", and didn't fight with the other party face to face, what happened today...

Consciously being refuted by others, the scholar in Piaoyi couldn't help but sneered: "No one of his brothers knows that Cui Song has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and he is physically strong and has almost never been sick. When I was filial piety, I couldn’t afford to get sick? I even asked a famous doctor for diagnosis and treatment in a high-profile way, for fear that others would not know. From ancient times to the present, I have only heard of people who were filial piety for their parents and became thin. They made such a big fight for their teachers. It’s not just for fame. ?”

"Since keeping it according to the father's rites—"being filial to the father and getting sick" can be praised by the world, how can it be criticized for "being filial to the teacher and getting sick"? It is also the same as "the gift of filial piety to the father", which is worthy of fathers but not teachers? "

Seeing that the scholar in the dark clothes was a little speechless, Guo Jia continued, "If you say that being filial to your teacher and getting sick is just to gain fame, then you can't really treat your teacher as if you are like your father, but you can't treat your teacher equally. Wouldn't it be more fame-seeking for the teacher and father to treat him differently?"

The face of the ghostly clothed scholar changed.

The villagers in Yangdi all know that his cousin Yan Dao is famous for his pure filial piety, respecting elders and emphasizing teachers.Among them, the most praised is the story of him vomiting blood in the mourning hall of his father's first seven days.However, he, who is also known for emphasizing the teacher's morality, only served the "Qi Shuan" for his teacher for three months after his teacher passed away.It was very grand and commendable to keep the "Qi Shuai" ceremony for the teacher, but before he "cryed for his father and vomited blood", and then there was Cui Song's "cutting down" ceremony (the heaviest filial piety etiquette) for three years. However, cousin Yan Dao's well-known "respect the teacher like a father" seems a bit wrong.

Guo Fengxiao's words... are clearly alluding to his cousin.

Before the scholar in ghost clothes could find a rebuttal, Guo Jia threw a lamp and got up.

"It is not filial to use the ceremony of the five clothes as a basis for conversation; it is inhumane to have malicious intentions about what others mourn, and to ridicule oneself; it is unrighteous to spread it around and slander others; present."

"Sit with such unfilial, unkind, unrighteous, and disrespectful people, no matter how strong the aroma of wine in this wine shop is, it will make you sick."

After finishing speaking, fold up your sleeves and leave.

Guo Tu was so frightened that he couldn't even hold his wine glass, so he quickly got up and chased after Guo Jia.

Before catching up with Guo Jia, the thoughts in his mind turned a few times.

He is well aware of Guo Jia's temperament - "getting someone is as important as a mountain, and not getting someone as suddenly as grass [1]", he can actually arouse Guo Jia's anger today, and he doesn't know when this Cui Jia Songlang got Guo Jia Jia's blue eyes?

Going to a sparsely populated place, Guo Jia slowed down his pace.

"Why did Gongze follow Jia?"

Guo Tu wrapped his cold hands in his sleeves and hurried forward to whisper to him.

"A letter from Xin Zhongzhi (Xin Ping) said that there is great chaos today, and all the heroes are rising together. Good birds choose trees to live in. If we find a wise master and help them compete, we can not only show great plans, but also provide shade for future generations."

Guo Jia was indifferent and said with a smile:

"If it is Kuang country, you can go out of the mountains; if it is for security, the time has not yet come."

Guo Tu disagreed and said, "It's easy to add icing on the cake, but it's hard to give charcoal in the snow. Putting it into effect as soon as possible can make Minggong remember your achievements."

Guo Jia disagreed, but did not immediately refute: "In your opinion, who should you rely on?"

"The Yuan family of four generations and three princes, Yuan Benchu."

Cui Song, who was at the station, sneezed solidly.Not long after, a second one was called.

Gan Ji, who just came in to deliver soup, said with concern, "My lord, do you need another piece of clothing? I'll call Qiao Ji to come over to check your pulse later on."

Because of being wary of Qiao Ji, Cui Song had already given up his plan to let Qiao Ji treat Xi Zhicai's illness.However, knowing the real condition of Xi Zhicai's body today, after Gan Ji's mention, he changed his mind again.

Talk is better than nothing, even if Qiao Ji is not trustworthy, it is good to let her take a look for Xi Zhi, as a reference.

"Where is Qiao Ji?" Cui Song asked.

"The servant girl doesn't know." Gan Ji said, "I'll go find her."

Gan Ji went out, and after a while, she returned alone.

"My lord... I have searched all over the post house, but I can't find it. Maybe she has something to go out."

Georgie disappeared again?

Cui Song's suspicion of Qiao Ji then reached its peak, but he felt something was wrong.

"Is Zhicai back?"

Gan Ji replied: "Mr. Xi went back to his room at about three o'clock. He is still in the room now and has never come out."

That is, like him, he hasn't had lunch yet.

Cui Song asked Gan Ji to prepare some light and nutritious food, and asked her to divide it into two and send it to her room.

Gan Ji should be here.

Cui Song came to the second floor, and when he was about to reach the room, he saw a young woman dressed as a maid hurriedly approaching with her head bowed.Looking closely, it turned out to be Qiao Ji who had "disappeared".

Qiao Ji also saw him, and walked towards him without hesitation.

Cui Song asked bluntly: "Where did you go today?"

Qiao Ji said: "Gan Ji has a little diarrhea. It just so happens that one of the medicines for diarrhea has been used up blindly, so I plan to go outside to find it." Speaking of this matter... But Gan Ji's words and deeds in the past few days are quite suspicious. I just went out to look for medicinal herbs. Whispering, the concubine remembered that she missed the curfew a few days ago and was misled by Gan Ji. The concubine didn't dare to be careless, so she came to report to the young master."

Cui Song can be regarded as experiencing the ancient version of plastic sisterhood.The two usually see each other well, but they didn't expect to expose each other's shortcomings here.There is a big discrepancy between Gan Ji and Qiao Ji's statements, and at least one of them is lying.At this time, Cui Song finally figured out where the disobedience he felt when Gan Ji replied just now came from.

Although Gan Ji has never said anything bad about Qiao Ji, combined with the conversations in the past few days, Gan Ji seems to have excused Qiao Ji many times, but in fact it made him inadvertently deepen his suspicion of Qiao Ji.Gan Qiao, who is lying to frame each other, who should he trust?

Cui Song shook his head in his heart.The ancients paid attention to the art of controlling subordinates, not counting other servants, the ones he has been in contact with the most now are the three of Gan Ji.He already felt bald just to deal with these three, not to mention the overlords, who had so many advisors and generals under them, and how many brain cells would have to die to lead them.

In any case, the most important thing as a master is to remain unfathomable and not to be seen through by subordinates.

He only said one word, he understood, and asked Qiao Ji to back down, walked to the door by himself, pushed the door open and entered.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Xi Zhicai sitting by the window, wearing thin clothes.His right hand was clenched into a fist, slightly covering the low, inaudible cough from his lips.

The window a foot away from him was open, and the chilly wind rushed in, taking away the heat from the house bit by bit.

Cui Song took a coat from his clothes chest and walked to the window.He handed the robe to Xi Zhicai, turned around and wanted to close the window.As soon as Fang stretched out his hand, Xi Zhicai stopped him before he touched the window lattice.

Cui Song felt that the hand holding him was icy cold, and looking at Xi Zhicai's complexion, there was a trace of exhaustion in his paleness that he tried to hide.

Cui Song was helpless: "If you are not feeling well, you should take good care of yourself, don't catch a cold in the cold wind."

Xi Zhicai said that he didn't feel cold, but he felt a little bored after staying in this room for a long time.

Thinking of his illness, Cui Song was silent for a moment, then said: "Then let's add more clothes." After speaking, he put on his coat for Xi Zhicai without any explanation.

Xi Zhicai did not refuse, and Cui Song followed his gaze when he saw that he was looking out the window.

As far as the eyes can see, it is a dark and hidden dead end, which is the place where Dong Zhuo's soldiers killed innocent people indiscriminately a few days ago.

There was a mess left there, and the blood on the ground was shocking, but no one dared to take care of it.

The few surviving members of the same clan quietly came to collect the corpses, and more people whose whole families were slaughtered were exposed to the outside, and were eaten by wild dogs who were frantic with hunger.

Such a shocking scene, Cui Song turned his head away and didn't want to watch it again, but Xi Zhicai kept looking at that place, never moving his eyes away.

Cui Song stared straight at Xi Zhicai's eyes and carefully identified them.That imperceptible, dim light is indeed... unbearable.

After a few days of getting along, Cui Song can clearly feel the difference between Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia.Although both of them have been evaluated as "ridiculous" in the history books, their words and deeds are bold and not accepted by the mainstream of society. They seem to be the same kind of people, but in fact, their personalities are very different.

On the surface, Guo Jia is informal and not bound by traditional ideas and ethics, but in his heart, he has his own set of three-view benchmarks, can maintain himself in any environment, and is extremely principled.

Xi Zhicai is just the opposite. He observes etiquette and knows his integrity, but inside he can be called cynical.But he is also contradictory. On the one hand, he can rationally and indifferently affirm Dong Zhuo's rule, but on the other hand, he has pity for the weak, and has compassion for these people whom Dong Zhuo killed indiscriminately.

Reason and emotion are diametrically opposed, and will inevitably bring endless pain.As the saying goes, anger hurts the liver, sadness hurts the lungs, and the disease of acting on one's talents probably comes from this.

Heart disease is more difficult to heal than physical pain.

Cui Song wanted to sigh.

If ordinary people encounter such contradictions and embarrassments, they will definitely choose to escape and choose between reason and emotion, but Xi Zhicai does not. He neither gives up reason and succumbs to emotion, nor does he just follow reason and escape from himself.He acted rationally, while exposing his battered heart to the scorching fire, allowing it to bake, confronting it almost punitively, until he burned himself out.

Like him, even if there is a cure for the chronic disease on the body, how can he save the heart disease?

In Dong Zhuo's mansion, Dong Zhuo scolded Lv Bu for retreating, and was sullen, when he heard a servant report: Li Ru came to visit.

Dong Zhuo summoned Li Ru and said anxiously, "Xi Zhicai has proposed a way to postpone the march, but the hearts of the people in the city are fluctuating, so what can we do?"

Cooking and killing the ministers couldn't deter them, and it had the opposite effect, making the literati who were afraid of him furious, and the resistance team became larger and larger. Dong Zhuo was exhausted and felt that the hair on his head had lost a lot.

Li Rudao: "If there is no organizer, these scribes are nothing but scattered sand. Now, it is time to cast stones to ask for directions, to find out those who secretly plan and have wrong intentions."

"How about the method of 'asking the way with a stone'?"

Li Ru raised his head and said with a smile, "What did the Grand Master think of Xun Gongda (Xun You)?"

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[1] Those who get it are as heavy as a mountain, but those who are not allowed to be suddenly like grass. ——Wang Chang's evaluation of Guo Yi, the heir of Guo Jia, is to the effect that his friendship is as thick as a mountain to those who fall into his eyes, and he ignores those who are not used to him like grass.

Someone asked about Xi Zhicai's ending, I can only say, this is all members (the protagonist's camp) HE, everyone don't panic.