[Three Kingdoms] Carnival

In Shuobei, which is thousands of miles away from the Central Plains, the sky is full of yellow sand and wind and snow, blocking the way for people to return home.Guo Jia, who was no longer able to support himself and followed the army to Bailang Mountain to attack Liucheng, lay on the small slum in the shabby house, looking at the scenery outside through the window.

Even within the city, the heaven and the earth are still dead and withered in the desert, the sky is full of yellow sand, and the wind and snow are blowing, blocking the way for people to return home.

Guo Jia felt that his body wasn't that weak. From his heart to his limbs, there seemed to be a force that he had forgotten, which made him think for a moment that his illness was cured, and he could still ride the horse like he did in the old year. Follow the lord to drink horses in the Yellow River and conquer the world.

But he soon vomited blood again, and there was no pain in his chest, which made him think that the blood dripping from his hands and skirt was an illusion.But he knew that the current peace was an illusion.

After returning to the light, he was terminally ill and unable to return to heaven.

In fact, death is not terrible, it is not like the heart-piercing pain when coughing in the past, and it is not as bitter as those dark concoctions.

He lay down on the bed, thinking about it in a daze.

So what's the situation on the battlefield in the north now?

Then he has been looking forward to the southern Jingtu for many years, what kind of beautiful scenery should it be?

He knew that Cao Cao would win despite the danger, the right time and place, and Cao Cao's superiority.This victory was not only for sweeping away the remnants of the Yuan family, but more for raising the Han family's prestige in the four barbarians and restraining the foreigners who were about to move in the north.

General Han Zhengxi... The protagonist's ambition to become a general who promoted the Tianwei of the Han family finally became a reality in this battle.

And after that, can the lord be able to let go of the Han Dynasty?

"Ha ha……"

Guo Jia couldn't help chuckling a few times, and there was blood in the laugh.

Guo Fengxiao, Guo Fengxiao, death is imminent, why are you still thinking about Cao Cao.Whether he can let go of the Han Dynasty, whether he can conquer the land of Jing and pacify the world, and whether he will be the Duke of Zhou or Wang Mang in the future are all matters after your death. What do you care about.

After all, Cao Mengde who was in the field at the beginning, how did he impress himself who only came to see his old friend?

Perhaps it was because he had just lost a battle at that time, lost the general and the eldest son who had been carefully cultivated, and could only run to the wilderness to feel sad alone, it was so pitiful.

His thoughts became more confused, his consciousness gradually faded away, and his eyelids became heavier due to the exhaustion he couldn't resist.

In fact, he really doesn't have to worry about Cao Cao.Perhaps his death will make Cao Cao sad, but Cao Cao, who has the world in mind, will never be able to stop because of a counselor.Soon, there will be a new person in the position of military commander offering wine. There are so many outstanding talents in the world, Cao Cao can always find someone to replace him.

In fact, in this life, although he felt that he was trapped by Cao Mengde and lived a stable life, he lived a vigorous and happy life.Cao Cao is a good lord and a good confidant. He not only allowed his strategy to be useful, but also shielded him from enough miscellaneous affairs in the government and the public. He met such a person and stayed with him for 11 years. No matter what he thought, it was a blessing .

In fact, he really has nothing to regret.

He will stop in the north, and Cao Cao will set foot in the south.He stayed in Jian'an for 12 years, but Cao Cao will open up a new prosperous world on the land where he will be buried soon.Maybe one year Cao Cao remembered that there was Guo Fengxiao, and he would go to his grave to pour a pot of wine for him.The wine that permeates the Qingfen must be like the world that was cleared and cleared at that time, clear and long, refreshing, and endless aftertaste.

With this, it is even fortunate to leave people in troubled times.

Letting go of his last obsession, Guo Jia indulged himself into endless darkness.

When I woke up again, it was a wilderness, with weeds with silky leaves growing everywhere between fresh green and withered yellow.

The wind is howling, but you don't feel the cold; wormwood is everywhere, but there is no smell of its fragrance.Guessing that he should indeed be dead, the counselor in green shirt became interested instead, and began to stroll forward leisurely, looking at the land of the dead while walking.

The sky above the wilderness is always dark, and the layers of dark clouds make the daylight seem to be blinded and abandoned here.Gradually, a white fog surrounded him, thicker and thicker, until it almost completely blocked his sight.Such whiteness is cold and frightening, and being unable to see the road ahead means that even if the road ahead is bumpy and muddy, thorny and thorny, or even a deep abyss, one can only walk forward blindly.

But he is already dead, even if he falls off the cliff, can he die again?

Guo Jia couldn't help laughing at his own thoughts.

However, falling off a cliff is indeed not a good thing.He thinks that he is not as gentle and dignified as Wen Ruo, but he can also be called handsome and romantic. If he falls off the cliff and dies again, bloody and bloody, it will be too unrefined.

Suddenly, a gust of wind swept up, carrying the vast white mist away together.The wilderness just now has completely changed at some point.Guo Jia looked up, and above the glistening water, a white jade bridge connecting the two banks of the not-so-wide river stood quietly.

A man in white held a jade bowl in one hand, and supported the bridge railing with the other, and walked down the bridge slowly.The blue hair like a waterfall is dragging behind her, and on her beautiful face, which is as unreal as a jade bridge, there is a faint smile, illusory and ethereal:

"The body has passed through the wormwood, and the soul has passed through the mist. You are already a lonely soul. There are all kinds of mortals, and the ties of the world have nothing to do with you. Drink this bowl of soup quickly, and cross the bridge to reincarnate."

"Can Jia ask a question first?" Guo Jia didn't care about what the visitor said before. He folded his arms casually and asked, "Are you a man with eyebrows, or a woman?"

The man in white said: "Everything in the world is born of Tao. Tao is colorless, tasteless, formless, joyless, angry, heartless, sad, let alone yin and yang."

"Okay, Jia understands." Guo Jia pursed his lips and asked again, "Can Jia ask another question? Is the bowl of soup in your hand bitter?"

"It's not bitter." The man in white replied calmly, "It's a pleasure to forget the past. You must have never drank such a sweet soup in the mortal world."

"My lord and Wen Ruo used the same rhetoric when coaxing Jia to drink the medicine before, but the result..." Even if he died, the taste of the bitter soup seemed to have been engraved into his bone marrow. Bitter, "Can Jia Neng not drink?"

"..."

"Non-committal, Jia Bendang, you agreed."

Except for the misty smile, the man in white with no waves on his face finally frowned slightly: "If you don't drink this soup, you will not be able to cross this bridge, and there will be no afterlife." After a pause, he thought of the strange persistence of the man in front of him point, and added: "This bowl of soup is really not bitter."

Guo Jia heard this and said with a smile: "Actually, Jia is really not afraid of suffering. Just thinking about it just now, I still feel uneasy. There are some things that I still can't let go. Since all the dead will come here and go to the afterlife, then Jia will be there. Wait here for a while longer, when Cao Mengde arrives, ask him if he has changed the dynasty after he settled down the world, or if he has been such a fool as the Duke of Zhou all his life. If you get the answer, even if the soup is bitter, Jia will drink it."

The smile of the man in white has completely disappeared following Guo Jia's words.He has spent countless years here and seen countless dead people, but today is really the first time that the person in front of him keeps causing him trouble with a smile like this.Maybe I want to solve this problem earlier,

With a wave of his sleeve, a river under the bridge instantly changed its appearance.

"If you really want to know what's going on behind, you can read it here."

Guo Jiayiyan walked to the river and sat down casually, looking at the lake:

As he expected, Cao Cao really won the battle with Karasuma, and won the heads of Yuan Xi and Yuan Tan without bloodshed.When he saw Cao Cao, who had returned from a great victory, wailing and crying when he saw his dead body that had lost his vitality for a long time, his heart suddenly tugged, as if he saw the pitiful Cao Cao outside Wancheng back then.

He couldn't stand Cao Cao like this the most.In his heart, Cao Cao is a famous person who meets once in a hundred years, a hero who gallops across the board, and the overlord who swallows mountains and rivers.Such a person should always be high-spirited and look down on everything, how can he cry bitterly because of a counselor who has no image?

At the beginning, seeing Cao Cao lose a battle and cry so pitifully after losing his son and general, he softened his heart for a moment and made up his mind that he would never let Cao Cao lose another battle from now on.As a result, he only found out today that even if he won the battle, Cao Cao would still cry in such a way that it made people feel sore and unbearable, and those who heard it were sad.

"We have been dealing with each other for 11 years, and we have encountered difficulties and obstacles together. With his understanding, he sees that there is nothing stagnant in the world, and wants to deal with future affairs..."

It turns out that the lord has such a plan.Fortunately, Jia escaped quickly, otherwise I would pay half of my life for you, Cao Mengde, and I would be forced to pay for another half of my life. In this life, Jiake will really pay you Cao's family.

However, after a great victory and triumphant return, it turned out to be nothing. It is really unlucky to write these things with Wen Ruo. Fortunately, you have a nickname, my lord.

After the winter of the Northern Expedition to Karasuma, as they agreed, Cao Cao led the army to set foot on the southern land.Jingzhou is nothing to worry about, and Liu Bei has no branches to rely on. As for the Sun family in Jiangdong, if you attack it with urgent troops, even if you cannot win a battle, it will be enough to shake the loyalty of the scholars in Jiangdong to the Sun family. In time, the world will be unified.

Then, Guo Jia, who thought he would soon see Cao Cao pacify the world, saw that Cao Cao neither ignored Xun You and Jia Xu's persuasion, nor rushed to attack before the establishment of the Sun-Liu alliance. The army, who was not very familiar with water warfare, and was gradually suffering from disease, slowly drifted down the river and annexed the coast of Chibi.Watching Sun Quan make up his mind to resist Cao, watching Zhou Yu rushing back with his troops, watching the establishment of the Sun-Liu alliance, watching Pang Shiyuan offer a series of iron chains, watching Huang Gai feign surrender, the east wind suddenly rises

Even if the fire that was ignited by Qianli Yayao was reflected on the water, it was tragic and soul-stirring, and burned up the lofty ambition of unifying the world.

But who can blame this?

Guo Jia kept talking to himself to comfort himself.It was just a defeat. Cao Cao hadn't suffered a defeat recently.Besides, Zhou Yu doesn't look like a long-lived person, and Liu Bei is also a person who is eager for quick success and quick profit whenever he has some achievements.It's okay for the army to rest for a few more years and make a comeback.

Then he saw the lord who had escaped from Huarong Road, and he looked up to the sky and sighed:

"If Guo Fengxiao is here, I won't let him come here alone! Sad for Fengxiao! Pity for Fengxiao! Painful for Fengxiao..."

No, everything was his fault.

If he could have thought in advance that there was Zhou Yu in Jiangdong, Sun Quan would not be coerced by Zhang Zhao and others to surrender to the court; if he could have killed Liu Bei when he was still in Xudu; if he had taken medicine well and listened well The doctor said don't drink secretly, take good care of your body and live longer, even if it's just a year, let him go to Chibi with the lord...

Above the river, the story after Chibi continues.After defeating Chibi and then Jingzhou, he led his army south several times, and returned several times without success. The world finally became a third.

That's Cao Cao, it's Cao Mengde, how could he fail to turn the tide, how could he miss the world's hegemony.

How is it possible, how is it possible...

In the 25 years of Jian'an's sunset, the river has returned to its original appearance.The man in white looked at Guo Jia, and asked, "I'm done with my thoughts, can I have some soup?"

Guo Jia slowly stood up from the shore.The loose blue hair half-hid his expression, the only thing that could be seen was the cool smile on his lips.Suddenly, he raised his head, and looked at the man in white with a pair of clear eyes:

"Aside from crossing the bridge, is there another way?"

The man in white frowned even tighter: "If you refuse to drink the soup and walk across the bridge, you will not be reincarnated and will fall into the first life..."

"Really?!" Guo Jia exclaimed in surprise, "Then tell me the method quickly."

"...You are going against the sky. The price of going against the sky is immeasurable. Are you serious, have you thought about it?"

"Such a beautiful thing, do you still need to hesitate?" The breeze blew the green shirt Guo Jia was wearing, and he was as ethereal as the man in white in a trance.The only difference is that his eyes are always shining with a clear light, which is indelible, "If the sea is clear and the rivers are clear, but the Cao family is not in the world, then even if there are hundreds of reincarnations, what good will it do me?"

The beginning of every story is mostly an accident.

Perhaps it was because of the boredom of wasting time that Tiandao, who was transformed into a man in white, went to the white jade bridge to extradite the souls of the dead; perhaps it was because the counselor's clear eyes were so rare and touching. Because one person was obsessed with making any changes, the man in white finally complied with Guo Jia's wishes.

Then, it is reincarnation again and again, trying to change the established destiny again and again.Every reincarnation, Guo Jia will never remember what happened in Haoli. He may be Guo Jia, or he may think that he is an accidental visitor from a thousand years later, but in any case, no matter whether he knows the future because of the history books, he still does not know. Unpredictable, cannot be resisted by one person alone.

The way of heaven is by the bridge, waiting for a time, come to the bridge, think of all the counselors, can understand this truth, let go of obsession and struggle.He waited for one life, one life after another, but no matter how many times he passed, Guo Jia's eyes were still as bright as stars, and he still fell into reincarnation without hesitation.

He was very puzzled. In his eyes, this counselor was a rare, easygoing and intelligent person he had ever seen.A free and easy person should let go of their obsessions early; a smart person should know that doing things against the sky will only increase despair.But Guo Jia seemed to know nothing, never hesitated, never despaired, never wavered for a moment.

Finally, finally, I have seen enough of such useless and desperate persistence.Unexpectedly, his heart moved, and he said: "If you just want to live a few years longer and don't care about the world, I can help you."

Guo Jia turned his head and asked doubtfully, "If you can't let Ming Gong rule the world and get what you want, what's the use of Jia's immortality?"

Guo Jia's puzzled look was too natural.So much so that Tiandao was certain in an instant that Guo Jia was not pretending to be false, but that in his mind, there was nothing more important than Cao Cao's hegemony.

In the end, Tiandao could only watch Guo Jia step into reincarnation again, marching towards the doomed and desperate ending with incomprehensible courage.

The development of every story is mostly always ups and downs.

Tiandao never thought that Guo Jia finally survived Wuhuan's fate with his own strength, and won Chibi for Cao Cao.Guo Jia, who died in the fire, stumbled through Haoli in ragged clothes and disheveled hair, and came to the side of Baiyu Bridge.Obviously, he looks so embarrassed, with scars all over his body, but his smile is so bright, happy, and arrogant, and his eternally clear eyes are filled with joy.

He picked up the white jade bowl and drank it happily.

"It turns out that it is really sweet."

Guo Jia put the bowl down, laughed loudly, then stepped onto the bridge and disappeared into the vastness of the other side.

He was left alone by the bridge.

In fact, as Tian Dao, he could have left long ago, but he still wanted to stay here and wait for someone else.

After an unknown amount of time, the man finally walked through the thick fog and came to the bridge.

Cao Cao, who went to the armor, abandoned the sword, wrapped his head in a scarf, and wore a cloth robe, did not make people feel very coercive.Apart from the hard-to-get sharpness in his eyebrows, he is more like a literati who cares about the country and the people than a general who drinks horses in the Yellow River. His aging but still straight-backed body bears the heaviest responsibility.

Because of Guo Jia, as the Dao of Heaven, he once read Cao Cao's poems in order to pass the long years. In them, there are the afterglow of the last years of the dynasty, the wailing of the people's desolation, the ambition of the army and horses on the battlefield, and the sadness of floating life. What's more, the strength of character is fused with the stubbornness of knowing that it can't be done, as if it is the last cry of a scholar to die for his confidant, and the last brilliance of heaven and earth.

His temples were all white, his face was covered with wind and frost, and his steps were sluggish, but in the Dao of Heaven, he was still able to face the passionate young man Guo Jia said about scolding princes, beheading traitors with a sword, and the person in front of him in an instant.

This was not the first time he saw Cao Cao here, but it was the first time he called Cao Cao to stop and told Cao Cao everything that happened before.

The overlord with the world in his heart and a disdain for the common people may not react to a counselor, but he feels that he should let Cao Cao know everything, drink the soup, and cross the river to the afterlife.

What he didn't expect was that Cao Cao made the same request as Guo Jia.

"Why?" Tiandao frowned in confusion, "You have already obtained the world, the country, and Guo Jia. Guo Jia can get lucky once, but there will be no second chance. In your heart, the grand plan dominates the world, and the world is not just you and Guo Jia. Is it the most important thing in Jia’s opinion? You can’t have both, in your mind, think about which is more important.”

The phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, Cao Cao looked at the white jade bowl, and said: "Everything starts because of the act, and it should end because of the act. It is difficult for the world to be rewarded with a hundred years of samsara suffering from filial piety."

After speaking, Cao Cao suddenly raised his lips slightly.With just this smile, his brows and eyes instantly became sharp again, condensing the arrogance and arrogance of a well-deserved hero:

"Why can't you have both the fish and the bear's paw? In this life, you need thousands of miles of mountains and rivers alone, and even more so, you need your old friends to laugh at you and enjoy the prosperity of the world."

Heaven fulfilled Cao Cao's wish.Because he once made a bet with Guo Jia, or it might not be considered a bet.The content of the bet is whether helping the world is the most important thing in Cao Cao's heart.The reason why it can't be regarded as a bet is because he and Guo Jia bet on the "yes" side.

When he saw Cao Cao stepping into reincarnation, he frowned slightly, and then remembered that he forgot to tell Cao Cao that every reincarnation is a bone-cutting pain.

And this kind of pain, Guo Jia experienced dozens of times.The smile on his lips remained unchanged every time, so that Tiandao thought that Guo Jia would not feel pain at all.

In this life, Cao Cao is naturally the same as Guo Jia before him, except for some residual intuition, he has no other memories.And Guo Jia, who has been reincarnated, returned to the end of the Han Dynasty when the world was in chaos. He met Cao Cao by fate, made peace with Cao Cao, and then fell in love with Cao Cao, planning for Cao Cao's world, at the expense of his life.

But after all, it is different from before, the two of them can always write a better ending than before.

But he still didn't believe that Guo Jia's importance was greater than his ambitions for the world, and that Cao Cao would give up the victory in Chibi, which would soon dominate the world, to save Guo Jia's life.So in Jingzhou, he entrusted everything to fate, lied to the way of heaven, and put the contradiction in front of Cao Cao in the most direct way, forcing Cao Cao to avoid the inevitable and make a choice.

Judging from the final result, he obviously lost the bet.

It stands to reason that Guo Jia should also lose, but he won.

All the scholars in Jingzhou Academy have gone to the north, only he is still here, sitting alone in the room, looking at the bamboo slips sent from the north on the table, and smiling knowingly.

Since meeting Guo Jia, he has made exceptions again and again, in the final analysis, because Guo Jia's pure obsession really surprised, shocked and even frightened him who should have no intention of doing so.

Moreover, he was really tired from the long years, so he might as well be as reckless as he wanted.

In fact, there was one more thing he forgot to tell Cao Cao, and that was the price of violating the established destiny in this way.

However, it doesn't matter, anyway, all Cao Cao's karmic crimes have already been borne by someone for him.Whether he knows it or not doesn't matter.

The way of heaven is ruthless, and treats everything as a straw dog.

The sage is born with a sense of nature, but changes in response to things, and cannot escape the seven emotions and six desires in the end, and his obsession is deep-rooted.

Xun Chen threw the chess piece into the water.The chess piece fell into the water, causing ripples:

"But if one day, there is love in heaven, what should I do?

Ah. "

"Thinking about it now, I feel that Xun Chen's last words seem not to be true." After experiencing the tension of returning home and the excitement of reuniting after a long absence, Cao Cao recalled Xun Chen's words, and only then felt the weirdness in them. "Wen Ruo once told Gu that he is actually not familiar with this elder brother. The elders of Xun's family are also indifferent to Xun Chen. Even Xun Chen doesn't often participate in many important events in the family."

"Jia is now in good health, which means that Xun Chen guessed the words of the way of heaven, and he is right. As for the others, why should Minggong think so much?" Guo Jia smiled lightly, half leaning half on Cao Cao, "Actually, You Ruo once sent Jia a word:

Floating life is a dream, and there are several autumns in life. Instead of seeing everything, it is better to cherish the person in front of you. "

"Oh?" Guo Jia raised the end of the sentence slightly, making Cao Cao's eyes darker.He lightly lifted Guo Jia's chin so that Guo Jia's eyes could only meet him, "Since you want to cherish the person in front of you, why not"

Guo Jia didn't dodge or dodge, but instead moved forward to get closer to Cao Cao.

Deliberately suppressed whispers, like whispers between lovers:

"How about, Duke Ming greet General Zhang first?"

Zhang Xiu, who was standing on the side and was going to leave quietly, was suddenly pointed at, and he was stunned for a while before turning around, looking at Cao Cao and Guo Jia who was almost sticking to Cao Cao, and said awkwardly: "Well, Xiu came at the wrong time. Walk……"

"General Zhang, why is he in a hurry to leave?" Guo Jia shouted quickly, "You dug out the jar of wine that was buried in the yard for Jia. Didn't Jia meet you to drink that jar of wine today to thank you?" ?”

"That jar of wine, do you plan to drink it with Youwei?"

Guo Jia looked innocent: "When he was in Pinggang, General Zhang was scratched by stray arrows, but he still took great pains to bring Jia back to Yangdi. Even if it was Ming Gong's order, General Zhang saved Jia's life. Coupled with the grace of wine digging, Jia shared a jug of fine wine with the general, but it’s okay.”

"Guo Jijiu is actually not good for wine, so..."

"Youwei," Cao Cao interrupted Zhang Xiu directly, "Do you know where that jar of wine is? Bring it here."

Zhang Xiu hurriedly moved the altar of wine that was dug up in the yard yesterday and put it in front of Cao Cao and Guo Jia's case, and then quickly backed out before Cao Cao and Guo Jia could speak.

Cao Cao let go of Guo Jia and opened the wine seal.In an instant, the tangy aroma of wine filled the entire courtyard.

There was a sound from the gate of the courtyard. It turned out that Zhang Xiu had folded back and closed the wooden gate of the courtyard from the outside very thoughtfully.

Cao Cao picked up the wine jar, but only filled one wine glass.He picked up the chip full of wine and handed it to Guo Jia's lips.

The fine wine was close at hand, but Guo Jia didn't drink it directly, but asked, "Wouldn't Duke Ming drink it?"

Cao Cao narrowed his phoenix eyes slightly, but did not speak.

Holding Cao Cao's hand, Guo Jia drank the wine in the cup, and before he could swallow it, he suddenly felt a warmth on his lips. Immediately afterwards, Cao Cao snatched most of the clear and mellow wine. Little oxygen remains.

When he was almost suffocating, Cao Cao finally let go of Guo Jia.

Due to the lack of oxygen, Guo Jia's breathing was much deeper than usual, and his face, which had always bullied Shuang Saixue, was flushed.He raised his eyebrows, and his eyes were full of smiles, full of endless romance:

"Minggong thinks, how does this wine taste?"

Cao Cao lightly pecked away the remaining liquor on Guo Jia's lips, and smiled like a debauched rascal in the flourishing Luoyang city back then:

"I just thought that all kinds of scenery and styles in the world are hard to match."