Cao Cao stretched out his hand, and with a gentle cut of the scissors he was holding, he cut off a piece of the long wick and picked out that piece. The core flame, which had already become light and dark, was a little faint again, beating and beating, with the warmth of the flame.

Placing the scissors on the table, Cao Cao raised his head and looked at the candle shadow opposite. There were only two of them in the room, and on this spring night, the breath exhaled by the two of them was haunted in the air and turned into white gas.

With a soft sigh, Cao Cao's heart was as cold as the temperature outside now, and the chill that penetrated into the bone marrow occupied his whole body. If everything is really as Candle Shadow said, Cao Cao really can't imagine what the next sky, and the heaven and earth under the sky, will become in the end.

That's what Cao Cao doesn't want to believe or see, and even when he thinks about it, he has an involuntary palpitation. Until this moment, Cao Cao still had a feeling of disbelief, and he was still fantasizing that the words he heard were all candle shadows joking.

"Candle Shadow, what you said is true?" He asked.

"Yes." Candle Shadow nodded, and without hesitation, he shattered Cao Cao's illusion.

Since becoming Cao Cao's staff, Candle Shadow has been observing Cao Cao during this period of time, just like those historical strategists, in troubled times, the civil and military generals will choose a reliable allegiance object. He is also choosing, fortunately he still has a choice, even if he succeeds in establishing a friendship with Cao Cao, he is still wandering, and the final choice has not yet been decided.

Cao Cao is a traitorous male, and in the imagination of many people, he will be classified as ungrateful. Because of the famous saying: I would rather bear the people of the world than teach the people of the world to bear me. This sentence was accompanied by a book in the Tianyuan period, so it became a portrayal of Cao Cao's traitorous male.

As for the history that Candle Shadow understands, what Cao Cao said at the beginning was that he would rather bear others than others. Under the premise of escaping for your life at that time, when you feel the threat of your life, I am afraid that the choice you choose will be the same as Cao Cao's.

Compared with other people's lives, one's own life is the most important, this is human nature. So just to talk about a Cao Cao, then it's a lot ridiculous, the Han family is not good, it's not because of Cao Cao's decline, he once stretched out his hand, but when the Han family completely collapsed, Cao Cao understood that the prosperous era he hoped to create with his own hands was gone.

Because this is a troubled time, how many Cao Cao are there in the troubled times? So it's ridiculous to blame Cao Cao for everything.

After many days of getting along, Candle Shadow can really know what kind of person Cao Cao is. Maybe he will never be able to understand a person, but by his side, he can see him clearly, at least no matter who it is, he can't pretend to be a lifetime. The ones that were inadvertently revealed were all habits from their bones, and it was precisely because they saw too much that the candle shadow was as it is now, and finally chose Cao Cao.

He can brave the arrows and lead the army to charge, and he can also eat and live with the soldiers, and when they bleed, Cao Cao also bleeds. can also talk to you, don't shy away from it, don't even care about your etiquette to him, and sometimes talk about some lace anecdotes, which becomes obscene by the way. This is Cao Cao, a very real person, at least if you choose him, he will not live up to your choice and trust.

"If you're still lucky, then you'll soon see all the things you don't want to happen, and you will experience the things you don't want to experience. At that time, you have no choice but to let the crowd flow. So, don't be naïve. The candle shadow made up for it again, and did not shy away from pointing out Cao Cao's innocence. In his eyes, the current Cao Cao is not as old as he was later, he has all the things that young people have, courage, vitality, and also has a beautiful imagination for the future.

However, what Candle Shadow wants to tell Cao Cao is that the future is not all good. It doesn't get better just because you want it to be good, whether you want it or not, many times, what you least want to happen, will happen.

Candle Shadow's hand slammed on the table, and said again: "If you don't believe it, then tomorrow's general's palace proceedings should be able to be seen in a real way, someone must push Dong Zhuo to enter Beijing, and then I will tell you everything that will happen after that." ”

"That's right." Cao Cao smiled bitterly, with a slight loneliness in his eyes.

He believed in the candle shadow, so what he said, that could be circulated at will, could cause an uproar, and Cao Cao also believed it. It's just that there will still be fantasies, because he understands that if that happens, it will be hell on earth.

After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, if you experience another turmoil, I'm afraid that the world will be completely chaotic, right? Because it has been shaken, when the supreme authority is shaken, it is natural that someone will try to grasp it. There is a first, there is a second, and there will be an infinite number of others until the final winner is decided.

What I saw was a flickering candle flame, and the wick of the flame was constantly jumping and swinging. It was a candle flame, a world in flames, but he clearly saw that there was a chaotic field in the fire, there was life and death, there were corpses and bones like mountains, and it was no longer picturesque.

It is precisely because he saw it that Cao Cao returned to Luoyang City after the end of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and under his military exploits and operations, he sat on the position of one of the eight captains of the West Garden. It's just that after returning to Luoyang City, he and Yuan Shao can never return to their past relationship.

All this is because of Candle Shadow, because in the "real" he said, his good friend Yuan Shao is the most crucial person.

Cao Cao was actually a little afraid, he didn't know when a person he was so familiar with, he didn't know when he had changed. What's even more ridiculous is that when they met, Yuan Shao that Cao Cao saw was still the same one in the past.

As if seeing through what Cao Cao was thinking, Candle Shadow said lightly: "People will change, no matter what it is, with the passage of time, people have always been constantly changing." Good people will become bad, bad people will become bad, familiar will become strange, and strange can become familiar. ”

Yes, as long as it's human, it will change.

There was loss in Candle Shadow's eyes, and he thought of his former self far away, and he also thought of something that he was very distressed about at that time. Just like Cao Cao now, he also had a friend who got along very well and became like someone he hated. Knowing that at that time, I saw the change of a person with my own eyes, and when I saw him after the change, Candle Shadow understood this truth.

With a long time, this is helplessness. You can never decide the direction of others, nor can you influence the choices of others, you can only choose yourself and decide your own choices. So Candle Shadow finally broke with his friend, not wanting to be a hypocrisy snake at all, compared to the friend he no longer knew, Candle Shadow actually hated to face himself with a hypocritical mask.

"I will change, Mengde, you will also change, but our changes must change towards the way we want to become. That's the choice. ”

"yes. So you want me to choose? Cao Cao already knew what the candle shadow was trying to express, and he also knew that he should choose, and he had already made the choice.

No matter who it is, they can't stand in the way he wants to take, and they can't drag the entire Han family into a place of no return. No matter who it is, Cao Cao will stop him, and even if he can't stop it, the other party will step over his corpse.

He can still remember the palpitations when he first arrived in Luoyang City, and he still remembers the wind and rain on the bricks of Luoyang City, those traces. Every line, every stroke, every concave corner, exists in his memory. If one day he dies, everyone will die, then Cao Cao hopes to add a brick belonging to Cao Mengde on top of those city bricks.

He hopes that the world will remember him, and he also hopes that Luoyang City will remember him, and this kind of memory is enough to make him feel happy. Because of this, Cao Cao never regretted the decision he made, because what he wanted was actually as simple as that.

"Don't worry, I know what to choose." Cao Cao said. It's just a plain statement, but there is an indescribable coldness in it, Cao Cao, who has already experienced several battles, and doesn't know how many people he has killed under the sword, when he is angry in his heart, he will naturally overflow with murderous aura.

"Haha." Candle Shadow suddenly laughed, he looked at Cao Cao seriously, and said: "No matter how Meng De chooses, we, the people on the ship, will naturally follow your choice." Because we are in this same boat. ”

"That's right." Cao Cao's killing intent subsided in an instant, and there was no longer such a low air pressure on his body.

Even if he loses one of Yuan Shao's friends, won't he have many new friends? Like-minded, comrade, this word should be very appropriate here, right?

Of course, Cao Cao wouldn't say what he was thinking in his heart now, so he couldn't be so ignorant in front of the candle shadow, right? He also knew that the other party wouldn't laugh at him, but well, he still had to ask for some face. Although Cao Cao was very interested in knowing where the word comrade came from.

Of course, it doesn't matter, the important thing is that these people standing behind him are the driving force that can make him move forward. Whether it was Xiahou Yuan, whether it was Xiahou Yuan, or the candle shadow in front of him, Cao Cao knew that no matter what decision he made, they would follow him unconditionally.

He laughed softly, unconsciously revealing a gentle smile. This kind of warmth in his heart, because of its existence, even in such a cold weather, Cao Cao will not feel cold.

What exactly is the pursuit of this life? Cao Cao didn't know what others were after, it could be money, power, or beauty. He also likes all three, but none of them are what he ultimately pursues, what he pursues is inner understanding.

It's such a simple thing, if you want to do it, you can do it, and you don't need any extra reasons. It is precisely because I want to do it, and if I do it, I don't care about all the possibilities derived from it, let alone the final result.

"Tomorrow, it's up to tomorrow." Cao Cao stood up, and the flame of the candle on the table shook as if it might be extinguished at any moment, as if it might be extinguished at any time.

He walked towards the closed window, pushed it open, and with a soft sound, the cold wind outside the house poured in through the small window in front of Cao Cao. Rushing to his face, he blew Cao Cao's sideburns, making it constantly swing, and the hem of his shirt was also pulled backwards in an instant.

Cold, very cold. In an instant, Cao Cao's cold hairs stood upright, and goosebumps suddenly appeared. This kind of night wind is the most cold, but being stirred by this cold, Cao Cao feels very cool.

"Candle Shadow, maybe you think I'm stupid too, right?" With his back to the candle shadow, Cao Cao said, and the cold wind continued to pour into his mouth.

"yes, you're stupid. But because of this, it looks cute, if it weren't for this, why would the two brothers Xiahou and I follow you? ”

The candle reached out and hovered over the flame on the candle, his index finger parted from his thumb, and pinched it down at great speed. The candle flame was pinched between his fingers, and it was so fast that when the two fingers were separated, there was only a slight burn.

Just like that, maybe your fingers will burn, but Candle Shadow will do it anyway. Because of the stimulation, because he wants to do it, often doing something impossible like this, it will make people want to complete it even more.

It's just a flame, just a tiny one. Compared to the fire that was about to ignite in Luoyang City, this was just a little bit of spark.

Sometimes stupidity is disgusting, but that's real stupidity. Knowing that things can't be done, and continuing to choose to do it, this is still a kind of stupidity, but it is so stupid that it is respectable.

Of course, he knew how Cao Cao would choose, because if he didn't choose like this, then he wouldn't be Cao Cao. In just half a year, it is not enough to understand a person, but it is enough to understand the real Cao Cao.

"Stupid?" Cao Cao touched his nose. Well, he's a little stupid, as evidenced by what he's going to do tomorrow.

Thinking that he was called stupid, Cao Cao suddenly laughed knowingly, if he was stupid, he should have been beaten by his father in the first place. It's just that there are some things in the world that don't stop doing it because you feel stupid, someone should always take it, even if it is thought stupid.

"I don't think I'm stupid, it's worth it." He looked at his palm, paused, and raised his head, and in the night sky in the darkness, raindrops were quietly falling.

"It's been a storm." Cao Cao closed his eyes, and the drizzle outside the window was carried by the wind and hit him. It was cold and cold, and the raindrops hit his face, with the cold and cold characteristic of spring rain. But his heart was calm, there was no irritability, let the rain blow and the wind blew.

At this moment, there is a mirror in my heart, and it is quiet and clear.