[Three Kingdoms] Burning incense and sacrificial wine

Cui Song dropped a muffled thunder, but Xi Zhicai looked calm.It seems that what Cui Song just said was not a shocking secret, but a very normal exclamation.

Cui Song, who had made all kinds of preparations and was waiting for the verdict, couldn't accept such calm for a while.

He even had an absurd thought: Has the room been put on pause?Or was his expression wrong just now, and Xi Zhi didn't understand what he meant?

Cui Song paused, and said solemnly: "This is not a joke."

Xi Zhicai remained calm: "I know."

Cui Song said again: "I didn't drink alcohol either."

Xi Zhicai added for him: "You want to say—this is not a drunken speech."

Cui Song was silent for a while, unable to understand the development of this matter: "...You, is this the reaction?"

"Then how should I react?"

Cui Song had a headache: "No matter what kind of reaction it is, it shouldn't be like this."

Xi Zhicai sighed: "I don't know what you are confused about, but one thing...Zicong, you need to know that no matter how much a person changes, his essence will not change."

Cui Song pondered Xi Zhicai's words carefully, and suddenly lost his voice: Xi Zhicai is... don't believe it?

Because I don't believe what he said, I firmly believe that he is Cui Song, so I am not surprised at all, and I am calmer than him who is open and honest.

Nature……

Essence is a mysterious word.Although he is somewhat similar to another "Cui Song", there are significant differences in personality, interests, and many other things.He didn't think Xi Zhi couldn't see it.

"Did Zhicai forget that I have a different temperament from my original self, not the same."

"Things change with the times, the nature is hard to change but the temper is easy to change. Therefore, those who are fledgling are more impulsive, and those who have experienced things are more forbearing and tactful."

Cui Song understood Xi Zhicai's meaning, he said: A person's character will change with the environment.Most young people are impulsive and passionate. After experiencing society, they will settle down, restrain their minds, and become calm and smooth.

This sentence, he agrees, does not agree.Perhaps a person will change with the environment, but according to modern psychology, a person's mentality and behavior may change, but TA's personality is difficult to change.

He and the other Cui Song have two completely different personalities.

Xi Zhicai said again: "Not to mention...you have forgotten a lot of things, and you should have forgotten - your former temper."

Cui Song was taken aback by this amazing stroke.

"Actually, I miss your current appearance even more. Since He Zixian passed away, your disposition has changed a lot... Now that you have hurt your head due to an accident, you have forgotten the past disputes and returned to the original state. Maybe it is a blessing or not."

Cui Song:? ? ?

He stared blankly at Xi Zhicai's nostalgic look, and it took him a while to understand.

It turns out that Xi Zhicai and "Cui Song" have known each other for more than ten years, and they can be regarded as the friendship between the directors.In "Cui Song"'s youth, his personality was very close to his own.After He Xiu passed away, he rarely experienced great changes, and found out that there was something hidden behind He Xiu's death. His mind was shaken, and his mind became unpredictable overnight.

Cui Song wanted to ask "What's the secret behind He Zi's death", but when the words came to his mouth, he finally turned around: "But I don't like playing the piano, and I have no sense of music."

Xi Zhicai shook his head: "You don't like playing the piano."

Cui Song is another three black question marks: How is it possible, doesn't "Cui Song" play the piano every day?

Thinking again, "Cui Song" really never said that he likes playing the piano.In this era, playing the piano, as the six arts of a gentleman, is a skill that must be mastered.Perhaps, "Cui Song"'s playing the piano is just like the modern students who do their homework every day. It is just a custom and does not mean that they like it?

Cui Song had no choice but to say: "I have no talent for poetry."

Xi Zhicai said with a smile: "You don't like to compose Fu at first, but you only like magic and arithmetic, but your mentor is a master of Confucian classics, and he inherited his mantle. Moreover, composing Fu is not something that can be done overnight. Many people sharpen their swords for ten years. , but you still can’t make a good work. And you lose your memory, you can’t remember many things clearly, and the world changes, you can’t calm down, so you feel sleepy. Waiting for this matter, you have devoted yourself to studying for a few months, and you will not be condensed. If If you have any doubts, tell me all you can, and you will know everything and say everything.”

Cui Song felt that this world was simply fantasy.In the past, he racked his brains to play the identity of "Cui Song" well to avoid revealing his secrets; now the situation is reversed, and he has to rack his brains to prove that he is not "Cui Song"? ?

Cui Song no longer entangled in the so-called "essence", carefully worded the matter of his time travel, and told the whole story.

"This may sound unbelievable - my real name is also Cui Song, and I am an official and scholar a thousand years later. One day I went out, closed my eyes and took a nap, and when I opened my eyes, I came to a thousand years ago and became 'Qinghe Cui Song' " After finishing speaking, he added, "And 'Qinghe Cui Song', instead of me, lives in a thousand years later. Because we sometimes meet in dreams, so we share experiences..."

The more Cui Song said, the more he felt that this sounded very nonsense... Although this "nonsense" is the "truth" that cannot be truer.

"Zhuang Zhou Mengdie, I don't know Zhou Ye. How do you know if it is 'Zhuang Zhou Dreaming Butterfly' or 'Butterfly Dreaming of Zhuang Zhou'?"

Cui Song almost choked on Xi Zhicai's words.

Of course he knew the allusion of "Zhuang Zhou's Dream of a Butterfly".This allusion is about: Zhuangzi had a dream, in the dream he was a butterfly, and he did not remember that he was Zhuangzi.After waking up, Zhuangzi realized that he was a man and not a butterfly.However, that butterfly dream was so realistic, as if it were real, Zhuangzi couldn't tell whether he was a butterfly or Zhuangzi was a dream.Or, he is neither butterfly nor Chuang Tzu, he is both butterfly and Chuang Tzu?

Xi Zhicai used the example of Duke Zhuang at this time to ask him indirectly: Can you be sure which Cui Song you are?Maybe another 'Cui Song' is just a phantom you made up in your dream; maybe your "memory" about 1000 years later is just a fantasy in your dream?

Cui Song didn't dare to think about it anymore.This soul questioning involves the philosophy of Taoism, which is easy to make people dizzy.

He couldn't figure out how he had made the announcement openly and honestly when he was with Xizhi, but how could it have turned into such a magical philosophical question in the end.

He silently said "I love Marx and I love materialism", completely suppressing the terrible self-doubt.

Cui Song didn't continue to entangle on this issue: "You are seriously ill and should not bother you, then Dong Zhuo..." Cui Song stopped talking, not knowing how to continue.

He wanted to persuade Xi Zhicai to take care of his health and stop burning himself out for people like Dong Zhuo.However, after thinking about it, although he is not Xi Zhicai, he can't understand his persistence, but after thinking about it from another perspective, Xi Zhicai will spare his life to plan for Dong Zhuo, which shows that this matter is more serious in his heart than his. Life is more important.

Perhaps it is the feeling of worrying about the country and the people, or it may be the ambition to show great ambitions.Is it too self-righteous to make Xi Zhicai give up something that is more important to him than life in the name of "being good for him"?

If he and Xi Zhicai were just ordinary political opponents, he could persuade him to turn against him without any burden, but Xi Zhicai was to him...

Even leaving aside the status of "another Cui Song's best friend", he can't take it lightly.

But if you don't persuade?That's not right either.

Firstly, Xi Zhicai's body is not suitable for exhaustion, and Dong Zhuo is jealous of him; secondly, Dong Zhuo is bound to perish, and then, as Dong Zhuo's most successful counselor, how can Xi Zhicai have good results?

Xi Zhicai said: "I understand what you mean. However, although Dong Zhuo has shown signs of decline, there is still a possibility of turning around. Winning or losing is a common thing, and the only way to do it is to fight hard. If failure is inevitable in the end, it is God's fault. Disagreement is not a crime of war. At least... with all your heart."

Cui Song was touched.

Xi Zhicai stared at him for a long time, then slowly said, "What's more, you..."

"?"

"Do you still remember... the cause of He Zi's death?"

Cui Song shook his head.He has no memory of another self, and the other self has never mentioned it to him.

Just now when Xi Zhicai said that there was something hidden about He Xiu's death, he wanted to ask why, but he didn't have time to ask.

"That's all."

Xi Zhicai didn't want to say more, but Cui Song's curiosity had already been aroused.

"What's the secret behind the death of my mentor?"

Xi Zhicai hesitated for a moment, then heard Cui Song say,

"If I don't know the inside story, I will have trouble sleeping and eating, and I ask Zhicai to tell me frankly."

"There is no conclusion on this matter yet, I don't want to make wild guesses." Xi Zhicai said, "In the past, you seem to believe that He Zi's death is related to the late emperor."

The first emperor...?Isn't that the Hanling Emperor Liu Hong?

Cui Song thought of Gan Ji and Liu Yao again.These two people believed that "Cui Song" was responsible for Lingdi's death. Could it be true?

As soon as this thought came to him, he pushed it down.

How is this possible, he has been with "Cui Song" for so long, doesn't he know what kind of person "Cui Song" is?Besides, Emperor Ling died after he came. At that time, "Cui Song" had already been transferred to modern times. How could Emperor Ling's death be related to him?

Cui Song didn't think about it anymore, seeing that Xi Zhicai looked tired, he hurriedly advised him to take a rest.

Leaving the house, I saw Shutong and Diaochan standing in the garden talking, while Guo Jia was standing on the path outside the courtyard, overlooking the surrounding fields, as if he was looking at the nearby landforms.

Cui Song walked over.

Dong Zhuo Mansion.

Cai Yong was ushered into the seat of honor, with a serious expression on his face: "Zhong Ying's strategy, although it is a good strategy, has many ramifications. Now that there are internal and external troubles, this strategy is not only inappropriate, it will also lead to disaster."

Dong Zhuo sighed: "It's just that I was too impatient and didn't ask Bo Jie for advice. What should I do now?"

"Fortunately, Zhongying stopped the loss in time and stopped early, which did not cause an irreversible situation... How about it, the gentry, I will speak for you. But when I came here just now, I saw that your soldiers wanted to kill a soldier named Jiang son?"

"This scholar named Jiang is the one who offered advice. He didn't tell me the advantages and disadvantages of it. He offended me against the gentry. Naturally, he wants to kill this 'culprit' to appease the anger of the gentry."

"Confused, confused." Cai Yong stared at him bitterly, "This kind of great talent, others can't find it with a lantern. How can you just open your mouth and kill him? What's more, he studied under famous scholars, and he is also a student of the Imperial Academy. You If you kill him, don't you want to annoy his fellow disciples?"

Although Dong Zhuo was a little unhappy, he patiently listened to Cai Yong's admonition:

"What Bo Jie said is true. Then...don't kill him?"

Cai Yong stroked his beard: "Not only can't kill, but it has to be reused."

"How can the gentry explain it?"

"It's done. Even if you kill him, it won't be of much use. It's better to..."