[Three Kingdoms] Carnival

Chapter 170

At sunset, Xudu also began to snow.Thousands of miles of clouds and clouds are as red as fire, and snow flakes are flying all over the sky. Thousands of families, princes, public and common people, drink a bottle of snow together.

At this time, Cao Cao was sitting in a lonely pavilion deep in the courtyard.In this cold winter season, he worked tirelessly to come to Xudu for the annual banquet in the palace, and also for Jin's conferment of duke.Astute people will feel that it is unwise for Cao Cao to go to Xudu at this complicated time, but he cannot persuade him, let alone dare to persuade him.After Cao Cao made up his mind, those who dared to speak out against him are not by his side now.Thinking about it, before the wind and snow subsided, we would never see each other again.

The small red clay stove made a sizzling sound, and the wine was boiling, floating into a touch of snow on the branches of plum blossoms.Cao Cao scooped up a spoonful and poured it into a bottle. The aroma of the wine was full-bodied, strong but not strong. If you drink it, warm clouds will accumulate on your chest and abdomen. It is most suitable for warming your body in winter.

"According to today's analogy, brew five altars, and when he comes back, tell him that the wine is buried in the old place."

The servant obeyed.There is no need to ask who "he" refers to, or where the old place is. For more than ten years, as an old servant who has been following Cao Cao, he is already familiar with the road.

But he was still a little uneasy: "The prime minister cooks new wine every year, and Mr. Guo will chase after the prime minister for it as soon as he comes back, so there is no need to talk too much about it."

Cao Cao raised the corners of his lips slightly, as if he also thought of the appearance of that drunkard racking his brains to beg for a drink.Then the next moment, the smile suddenly fell, and after a long time, there was only an imperceptible sigh.

"Go down."

The servant didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he had to bow and leave.

"Zhongkang," Cao Cao waved to Xu Chu who had been standing by the pavilion, "have a few drinks with Gu."

"Yes."

Xu Chu has been in the battlefield for a long time and has killed countless enemies. Even if he is not in military uniform, he is full of majestic aura, which makes the thieves frightened.But sitting in front of Cao "Cao", he was very nervous, especially when he saw Cao "Cao" pouring wine for him in person, he subconsciously declined, and it was Cao "Cao" who gave him a "no problem" look, and he did it. Sam Sam stopped.

"How many years has Zhongkang been by Gu's side?"

"Report to the lord, on the 17th day of the tenth month of the 25th year."

"It's been so many years." Cao Cao took a sip of his wine and sighed, "In these years, Zhongkang has been the guard of Gu, and he has saved Gu's life countless times. Zhongkang is so lonely. It is truly a lifelong blessing.”

Hearing Cao Cao's praise, Xu Chu became more and more embarrassed.He is not a quick-witted person, but he can also instinctively feel that today's Cao Cao is different from usual: "This is the duty of the last general, and it should not be praised by the lord."

Cao Cao didn't pay much attention either.He poured himself another glass of wine: "Recently, I just want to ask Zhongkang's opinion."

Is it about Jin Jue Duke Wei?

Xu Chu was slightly stunned: "The final general dare not talk about the important affairs of the court"

"It doesn't matter." Cao Cao said, "Zhongkang can say whatever he thinks. I just want to hear it."

Hearing this, Xu Chu was silent for a while, and Fang said: "The last general is a warrior, he doesn't think much, and he doesn't understand much. When I didn't meet the lord, I was fighting for food every day with the rogues, trying to make more Many villagers survived. Later, I was fortunate enough to be able to follow the lord, conquer the Quartet, be promoted to be a prince, marry a wife and have children, and the villagers also have a stable and prosperous life. In my eyes, as long as someone can feed the villagers and make the world If you don’t fight, let alone the duke, even the emperor should be allowed to be the emperor.” After speaking, he immediately knelt down on the ground, “The general knows that this remark is treasonous, but since the lord asked, the general dare not tell the truth .”

"Get up. Gudu said it, just to listen to your opinion. Between you and me, it doesn't have to be like this." After Xu Chu sat back to the distance, Cao Cao asked softly, "If, that person doesn't want to be Emperor, what should we do?"

Xu Chu stared wide-eyed: "My lord?" What this means is...

"If you are in trouble, you don't need to answer." Cao Cao stopped Xu Chu's words first, "The wine is cold and hurts the body, drink it quickly."

Xu Chu picked up the wine glass in a daze and drank it down.Military generals are fond of wine, but he didn't drink any flavor from this glass of wine.

The wind and snow remained the same, and Cao Cao scooped up wine for each other a few times, but remained relatively silent.It wasn't until the sky was getting dark that Cao Caoxin spoke slowly:

"Gu still wants to sit here for a while. It's snowing heavily today, you don't have to stay here, go back to your room and rest. Gu will order someone to bring the wine to you."

"My lord, if the general is not here, your safety..."

"Nowadays, does anyone in the world dare to fight against Gu?" Cao Cao laughed, as if he didn't care.

Xu Chu still felt it was wrong and insisted on staying.But Cao Cao's attitude was firm, and he also mentioned that there were weetweed guards,

Xu Chu finally stopped insisting, saluted Cao Cao, got up and left.

When Fang walked out of the pavilion, he seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly turned around:

"My lord, I will be able to answer your question before."

As he spoke, he knelt down on the snow with a "snap":

"As long as the lord wishes, no matter what, the general will follow to the death!"

The snow fell one after another, and fell on Xu Chu's resolute face, which made Cao Cao stunned.After a while, he got up and walked out of the pavilion, and personally lifted Xu Chu from the ground.

"Zihuan is still young, but he is ready to take on great responsibilities. Gu hopes that you will treat him as you would to Gu, and help him wholeheartedly."

"The last general must do his best to assist the second young master!" He didn't understand why Cao Cao mentioned Cao Pi, but he suddenly felt a strong uneasiness in his heart, "My lord, it's better to let the last general stay—"

"Go." Cao Cao shook his head and stopped his words, "Go back and have a drink and have a good dream."

After all, Xu Chu couldn't hold back Cao Cao, looked back at every step, and finally had no choice but to leave reluctantly.

Cao Cao stood outside the pavilion with his hands behind his back, watching Xu Chu's figure gradually recede into the wind and snow.

"Tonight, you all retreat too."

"Yes."

Only one short word.Weed is not Xu Chu, as long as it is an order, no matter whether it is reasonable or not, they will obey it unconditionally.

When Cao Cao returned to the pavilion, a thin layer of snow had already accumulated on his shoulders.At this time, the red and black clouds in the sky were about to fall to the west, the setting sun burned all the clouds, and the night was approaching, and the plum blossom wine in the single furnace was still boiling.Xu Shi was a little drunk. After scooping up a glass of wine for himself, he didn't drink it immediately.

There seems to be an old friend toasting and drinking a snow together.

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Feixue fell into the cup and disappeared without a trace.There is only a cup of remnant tea left, which is cold to touch and bitter to drink.

Xun Yu lowered his head, picked up the dagger, and put it on the case.He lifted the teapot, wanting Guo Jia to drink another cup of hot tea, but Guo Jia picked up his cold cup first, and drank the tea with snow water in one gulp.

He pretended to be calm and breezy, even though the slight tremor in his voice had already betrayed him.He had to go on:

"Assassins have been deployed in Xudu City, and they will attack as soon as the order arrives. It is the severe cold season, and the news spreads very slowly. When the news of Cao Cao's death is received by all parties, Wen Ruo and Jia had already returned to Xudu, and used the imperial army to firmly control Xudu and the imperial court. Afterwards, with Wen Ruo's ability, he will be able to use all parties to try to check and balance each other. Live."

"It turns out that this is the real reason why you connived at the back." After a long silence, Xun Yu lowered his eyes slightly, and said this sentence as if he was sighing.

Xun Yu seldom gets carried away by emotions. After leaving the palace that day, he gradually became aware of the strangeness.With Cao Cao's current power, it would not have taken such a big effort to embarrass Fuhou and Xiliang.He backed down again and again, allowed Fu Hou to replace the commander of the imperial army, and installed scholars loyal to the Han Dynasty in the court of Xudu.

Xun Yu is not the queen, nor is he Liu Xie.Compared with the declining Fu family or the Han family, behind him is the Xun family of Yingchuan who is still prominent in the world. If Xun Yu is desperate, in order to avoid the catastrophe of genocide, the Xun family has to support Xun Yu's choice.At the same time, Xun Yu himself is gentle and dignified, and he is a model of today's scholars. Whether they are loyal to the Han family or the Cao family, or even Cao Pi and Cao Zhi, several Cao family sons, they all admire and rely on Xun Yu very much.Therefore, Xun Yu is the best candidate to complete the rear layout.In today's world, only Xun Yu is still able to win the trust of both the Han family and the Cao family after Cao Cao's death, and bring the precarious balance back on track; Blood flowed into rivers as the price, and the glory of the great man was restored.

And this is what Cao Cao wanted to see.So he asked Guo Jia to travel all the way to Yingyin, and personally offered Xun Yu the weapon to kill the national traitor.Cao Cao is so clear that if there is anyone in the world today who can save the Han family, that person will only be Xun Yu; but if you want to save the Han family, you must eliminate the national traitors, if there is anyone in the world today who can kill the Cao thief, that person, It can only be Guo Jia.

Guo Jia doesn't respect ghosts and gods, and doesn't believe in God's will, even if his fate is mysterious and mysterious, he still wants to fight.He can always win every battle, and can play with the hearts of the world, but only this time, all his resistance becomes clumsy and ridiculous, even unreasonable.He can't extinguish the red blood of the Hanchen, and he can't stop the lonely courage of "the kings face the north, and I will go west".He has nothing to do, he is at the end of his rope.

It would be great if he died in the winter of the 12th year of Jian'an.

The candle flame flickered between the lights and shadows, and the snow and silence intertwined.When someone picked up the teapot and found that there was not much tea left, I finally had to admit that the end was coming.

"From Yingyin to Xudu, it will take about three hours at full speed. Wen Ruo, it's time for you to make a choice." Guo Jia no longer trembled.His voice seemed to have fallen snow, but under the white snow, there seemed to be a desperate determination, "Take that dagger and be a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, or go back with Jia and continue to assist the lord, Wen Ruo, whatever you choose Whichever one, Jia will help you achieve your wish. There is only one thing-"

He held Xun Yu's hand tightly:

"Don't be a death-seeking coward! Don't let Jia look down on you!"

……

Unexpectedly, after listening to Guo Jia's words, Xun Yu suddenly smiled.It's not a superficial smile like just now, but a real joy from the heart.Straight into the eyes, as if the new snow has just fallen, the sky is clear, and between the pitches, there is a clear and clear sky.

"Feng Xiao, sometimes, death is not necessarily to escape. On the contrary, maybe he just doesn't want to escape anymore."

He put his hand on Guo Jia's, warming it like ice, until the trembling weakened, he slowly let go, and poured a glass of long-forgotten sake for each other.The wine is clear and cinnamon is overflowing:

"Feng Xiao, Yu will also tell you a story."

"In the early years of Jian'an, there was an old man who lived in the south and became the official guard of the barbarians. The barbarians were far away in the border land, and their customs were tough. They regarded mountains and rivers as their gods, but at the new moon and the end of the year, they must sacrifice living people. All the gray and white people will be rushed to the mountains to starve to death. Other important matters are decided by the elders of the tribe. The officials were deeply disdainful, so they led troops to kill the elders of the tribe, ordered the prohibition of human sacrifices, and abolished "sexual" sacrifices.

Xudu is thousands of miles away from Jiaozhou, and it has been three years since Yu received his letter again.However, at that time, the Yi people neither joined King Mu's teachings and practiced good manners, nor did they live and work in peace and contentment, and the old and the young lived together.On the contrary, at the time of his writing, there was no one alive in the original tribe except an octogenarian and a group of children.Feng Xiao, do you know why this happened? "

"..."

Xun Yu had already expected Guo Jia's reaction.He opened his mouth in vain, and continued to tell the anecdote that was far away in Jiaozhou:

"In the beginning, even though the elder died, the barbarians feared the mountain god and did not dare to act rashly, but still lived according to the original customs. But when the officials abolished "sexual" sacrifices, prohibited living sacrifices, and told them that the so-called mountain god did not exist, there was a commotion. It started. They no longer use living sacrifices, nor drive the old people into the mountains, no matter how old or young, they all voluntarily or are forced to join the struggle. The powerful people in the tribe no longer fear the punishment of the mountain god, So they brought their cronies to kill each other and competed to be the leader of the tribe. At the same time, more Yi people began to go crazy. Many people in the tribe died, but no matter how difficult the situation was in the past, they could still sacrifice in exchange for the blessing of the mountain god. But now, the sacrifices are no longer there, and the mountain god is dead, so they go crazy."

Guo Jia's expression became darker, he drank himself a sip of wine, and sprinkled the fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus all over his chest.

He remembered that when he was young in the academy, he was wanton and dissolute, and he was not condescending to the world. When he saw the pedantic words in the book, he must refute them one by one.And I don't feel annoyed to use Xun Yu's elegance to discuss high knowledge, and I will be able to recognize the shallowness of it, so why bother to tie my hands and feet and be misled by etiquette.

Every time at this time, Xun Yu would just laugh and not answer.It wasn't until Guo Jia asked more questions that he lifted his eyes from the scroll and sighed softly: "Feng Xiao, I can't ask the world to be as free and easy as you."

"What does the world have to do with Jia? Jia cares about you!" Guo Jia snatched his book angrily, "Yao and Shun were sages in the Zen Dynasty, Wang Mang called the emperor a thief, and Meng Ke called the lone husband and the people a thief. You can kill them." , Today's sage is a hundred times stupid, and he still claims to be the destiny. You can't even justify yourself, why do you have to go to Luoyang and throw yourself into the fire pit. The world of the Han family, it is better to burn it together with this series of lies, and it will be considered clean !"

Xun Yu always had a good temper, especially towards Guo Jia, even if he said such rebellious words, he would not be annoyed, let alone reprimand Guo Jia.He just shook his head helplessly, smoky and hazy, memory and reality overlapped, he said to Guo Jia in a gentle voice:

"Feng Xiao, the mountain god of the Yi people, is the Han family of the world."

"It's not about one family, one family name, one dynasty."

"Yu is loyal to the people of the world."

Why save the world?

Since the end of the Han Dynasty, the wind and dust have been in the cave, the royal family has fallen, and the thieves of the country are rampant and violent, making the world stand on its feet, and I don’t know how to live.Cao Cao mourned the hardship of the people's life, raised his troops, and fought against the wind and rain for more than [-] years, finally wiped out the princes, ended the war, and returned the people to peace, so the world survived.However, this is not enough.

Eat well and live in peace, so do animals. This is to save them from life, not to give them life.A villain thinks about ghosts and gods, and a gentleman loves benevolence and righteousness. Whether it is sacrifices or rituals, people in the world must always take one or two things as their hearts, so as to avoid the fear and loneliness of a big man living alone in the world, and entrust the moment of floating life to the infinity of the ages. .Therefore, sages make rites based on affection, make ceremonies according to "nature", pretend to rely on the way of the previous kings, and guide the people to be good.Xun Yu's desire to save the Han Dynasty is to do his utmost to be a Han minister, and it is also to maintain the etiquette and morality behind him that has lasted for more than [-] years.He knows very well that once the Confucianism collapses, the strong will lead the beasts to eat people, and the weak will have no place to stand. Everyone will fight each other for profit, or go crazy, and then the real world will be in chaos.

Even if it's a big lie.

Guo Jia's lips moved slightly.He wanted to say that this has never been the responsibility of Xun Yu alone, whether it is the Han Dynasty or the people's hearts, it is the same as the light and the dust, self-conservation and profit, and the eloquent ones are the same in the world.But his voice was so hoarse that he couldn't make a single sound.The reason why Xun Yu is Xun Yu is precisely because he is willing to bear the burden of the world with his own body, to establish a life for the people, and to bring peace to all generations.

He couldn't speak because he knew that before he came here, Xun Yu already had the will to die.Xun Yu, Xun Lingjun, wants to tell the world with his death cry, don't use the teachings of the sage king as a pedantic talk; he wants to use the meager power of a gnat to shake the hearts of the world in the last days.

Seeking benevolence and gaining benevolence, what can he say, what can he persuade?

"Feng Xiao, Yu knows that you didn't come to persuade me."

The jug made of white jade is crystal clear, especially the pouring spout carved into the shape of a dragon head, which is lifelike.Xun Yu still remembered that this was something he found from the so-called "imperial palace" in Runan when he was attacking Yuan Shu in the early years of Jian'an.The physics beyond the system should be destroyed, but Cao Cao saw that Guo Jia liked it, so he felt that it would be better to give it to Guo Jia than to destroy it.In terms of workmanship and materials alone, this thing is already very valuable, and what is even more rare is that it is a yin and yang pot.As long as you press and hold the faucet, you can pour out different wines.

Xun Yu tapped the faucet and poured himself a glass of wine.He let go of his hand again and poured out another cup for Guo Jia.

"Wen Ruo..."

"It's a rare time that Yu took the initiative to invite you to drink."

He raised his glass to Guo Jia,

"Feng Xiao, give Yu a ride."

Words read a gentleman, warm him like jade.In Guo Jia's entire memory, Xun Yu is always gentle and elegant, like the bright moon outside the window, clear like a waterfall, illuminating the rolling river, and like white jade in the mountains, round and clear, reflecting the hearts of all people.But he was always calm.Having lived in the center for many years, Xun Yu has long been used to sacrificing his own joys and sorrows for the sake of state affairs.Only at this moment, Xun Wenruo, reflected in Guo Jia's eyes, stretched his eyebrows and smiled happily. He didn't see temples and halls, rivers and mountains, and people, but he could hear the breeze piercing through the bamboos and the streams lingering.

Unable to bear to look any further, Guo Jia lowered his head, and slowly, bit by bit, tightened his grip on the cold wine glass.

Perhaps, this might not be the best ending.

"Yu also hopes that Feng Xiaoneng will give the lord a sentence for Yu:

From the beginning to the end, Yu never doubted Cao Mengde's heart.Meng De died for the country in name, using hypocrisy to punish the great thieves, Yu then died for the country, using hypocrisy to help the hearts of Han Taoists.

Although life and death are different, they are not separate paths.Yu, fortunate to return with the lord. "

When jade and stone collide, the sound is sharp.After drinking a glass of wine, since then, the world has gone all the way home.