Cao Cao's attention was quickly attracted by this red flower, because every petal of the red flower seemed to be dyed red with blood, and it was so delicate.

Cao Cao looked at it for a while, only to feel that this blood-like red, as if it should not be a thing in the world, because it was so pure, although it had left the branches and leaves, but as soon as it appeared in sight, it instantly dyed everything around it red.

"This is what I brought from my hometown, this flower is called Companion Drunk, and we people there have a habit of chewing on a petal of this flower when they drink."

As he spoke, Fa Zheng gently pinched a piece of drunken petals, put it in his mouth, and while chewing, he picked up the wine glass and took a big sip.

Seeing an extremely painful expression on Fa Zheng's face, Cao Cao couldn't help frowning, because it seemed that this kind of drunkenness not only did not make the wine sweet, but seemed to be difficult to swallow.

But Fa Zheng's painful expression slowly unfolded, and finally turned into a look of enjoyment.

He picked up another petal, put it in his mouth, and said calmly: "The taste of this flower is extremely bitter, and when it is touched by wine, this bitterness will be aggravated, but only the wine made by the people of my hometown will become extraordinarily sweet with this drunkenness." Cao Gong knows, what is the truth of this? ”

Cao Cao thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "Does Mr. want to tell Cao the truth of the southern orange and the northern orange?" ”

Fa Zheng did not answer directly, but said to himself: "Orange is born in Huainan, and orange is born in Jiangbei, and the leaves are similar, but the taste is different, and the water and soil are different." But wherever this drunkenness is planted, it is accompanied by drunkenness, and wherever the home-brewed wine goes, it still tastes like that, I'm afraid it's just a southern orange and a northern orange, and it can't be explained. ”

Cao Cao was silent for a long time, and suddenly clenched his fists, "Cao is stupid, and I hope Mr. will teach you." ”

Fa Zheng smiled and waved his hand, "I don't dare to teach you, I just want to say a few words to Cao Gong." This companion is drunk and encounters other wines are bitter, but the wine made in his hometown is sweet, and the truth in this is actually very simple. Some people can only be useful if they live in the place where they were born and raised, and they cannot go anywhere else, nor should they go anywhere else. ”

As he spoke, he pinched another petal and put it in his mouth, and at the same time picked up the wine glass and took a sip, still with a painful face.

He put down his glass, closed his eyes, and paused for a long time, as if the bitter taste had faded.

Only then did he reopen his eyes and said with a smile: "I was studying under the family teacher for eleven years. My tutor has never taught me anything, but he has never told me a word about being a man. On the day I left school, my tutor was holding a drunken flower in his hand, and he told me that he wanted me to be like this drunken man. ”

Cao Cao's face changed, and he couldn't say a word in shock.

The corners of Fa Zheng's mouth had begun to ooze blood, but there was a look of great enjoyment on his face.

He picked up the last petal, put it in his hand and looked at it for a long time, and said softly: "It's been exactly eleven years since I left the school. In the past 11 years, whenever I was faced with a choice, I would always think of the words of my tutor, and now that I will soon see him again, I can finally tell him with a smile that over the years, I have been as drunk as he wished. ”

Fa Zheng put the petals in his hand into his mouth and chewed them slowly.

This time, instead of pouring down with the drink, he swallowed the petals of the drunken flower directly.

Fa Zheng's face no longer had that painful look, he looked at Cao Cao with a calm smile, got up and saluted respectfully.

"Cao Gongwei shook the sea and was a rare hero in the world. It is an honor for me to be appreciated by Cao Gong. It's a pity that the drunkenness is only sweet for the wine of Shudi, and if it is placed in the cup of Cao Gong's wine, it will only make it bitter and unpalatable. I have left a letter in the post house, in which I denounced Cao Gong's three major crimes, and I hope that Cao Gong will forgive me. ”

Cao Cao didn't speak, but his eyes never left Fa Zheng, until Fa Zheng's seven orifices bled and fell to the ground, Cao Cao closed his eyes and sighed.

"The pain of being drunk is indeed bitter and unbearable, and I don't know whether this edict has harmed you or fulfilled you."

The next day, an astonishing news, like a thunderclap, instantly spread all over the streets and alleys of Xuchang.

The Fazheng Fa Xiaozhi, who had just been summoned by the Son of Heaven, wrote an article scolding Cao Cao in a free manner, went to Cao Cao's mansion to die generously, and committed suicide by taking poison at a banquet.

Hearing the news, Liu He was so shocked that he couldn't say a word for a while.

He never expected that Fa Zheng would make such a move, and what he didn't expect was that the article written by Fa Zheng was not only not destroyed immediately by Cao Cao, but was copied down and made public in front of the post house where Fa Zheng lived before he died.

After learning about this, Liu He was still a little skeptical, and when he came to the door of the post station, he found that the front of the door was already full of people, and the article denouncing Cao Cao was really posted on the wall outside the door.

Liu He pushed aside the crowd, squeezed to the front, and looked at Fa Zheng's masterpiece with a complicated expression.

In the article, Fa Zheng denounced Cao Cao's three major crimes.

One is to hold the Son of Heaven hostage and despise the court, which is disloyalty.

The second is to support the army and self-respect, and wanton conquest, which is unjust.

The third is to expropriate and expropriate, and the people are fished and fleshed, which is unkind.

Looking at these three charges, Liu He was even more surprised.

This is really not like the article written by the person with a flattering attitude last night, and it is not the courage of the person who secretly plotted to seize power in Yizhou.

But Fa Zheng did do this, in black and white, right in front of him, so that Liu He had to accept this fact.

Yesterday, he thought that he had seen through the officialdom and people's hearts, but after only one night, Liu He found that not only did he not see it clearly, but he didn't even understand Fazheng, an opponent who was close to him.

But if a person like Fa Zheng doesn't see the final outcome, who can understand it? Even if I have seen everything in my eyes, I still don't seem to understand.

Liu He never understood one thing, what the Fa Zheng wanted, what it was.

Today's Liu He no longer simply judges a person by right or wrong, but no matter who he is, no matter how amazing he does, he should always have a reason.

Liu He didn't believe that a sinister and cunning man who fought for power and power, as soon as he came to Beijing and met the Son of Heaven once, he turned into a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty.

This inconsistent behavior made Liu He even more unable to figure out what the purpose of Fazheng was.

Liu He suddenly remembered that when he was in Yizhou, Fa Zheng's actions were so unpredictable, and he seemed to be against him everywhere, but now that he thinks about it carefully, it doesn't seem to have to kill him.