Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 21 Inside and outside the banquet

   Above the lobby of Dong Zhuo's mansion, the lights were brightly lit, and servants and maids came in and out, serving all kinds of dishes like flowing water.

Dong Zhuo didn't look like a former general, an important minister of the imperial court, holding a small silver knife, and slicing a half-baked leg of lamb with big thorns, making his hands greasy, and he didn't care about it, and it was greasy even to the touch With a greasy beard, he even rubbed his hands on the buttocks of the maid who served the dishes, leaving a few obvious handprints.

Dong Zhuo put a large piece of ruby-red mutton that was forked on a small knife to his mouth, enjoying the deliciousness of the mutton juice bursting between his lips and teeth, feeling very satisfied, he raised a glass of wine and gestured to the left and right, Just pour it into your mouth with a thud, without the slightest swaying of a literati, and it looks full of pride.

  Dong Zhuo acted like this, which made Wu Kuang, Wu Zizhu, Zhang Zhang and Zhang Yuande sitting on the right side of the lower head relax a lot. Both of them were military generals, and they really felt cumbersome and had to do the literati's etiquette. They had expected that Dong Zhuogui would pay attention to etiquette as the former general Xiliang governor, but he didn't expect Dong Zhuo at this moment to be as slovenly as a warrior in the army. Unknowingly, there are some kind feelings.

Li Ru sat on the left side. Of course, as a scribe, he didn't directly cut and grab the mutton. Instead, he asked the maid to cut it and serve it. What he eats is not important to him, but the person is more important.

Wu Kuang, Wu Zizhu, Zhang Zhang and Zhang Yuande are the two generals of General He Jin. It can be said that General He Jin died unexpectedly. I was also a little overwhelmed and felt a little confused about the future.

Dong Zhuo's background is still very solid, and there are 100,000 people who can directly command under him, but this time he did not bring many soldiers and horses to Beijing, and it was not convenient to bring too many. After all, he had just received the general He Jin at that time. The secret edict, if there are more soldiers, can it still be called "the minister dares to ring the bell and drum to enter Luoyang, clear and let you wait", then it is not "entering Luoyang" but "killing Luoyang"; so it is only worthy of being taken Three thousand Xiliang army cavalry.

Now in Luoyang, the capital city, 3,000 troops are completely like a drop in the bucket, and it is already stretched to control the north and south palaces and the gates of the capital. Although the order to re-deploy troops has been issued, it is easy during this period of blank and weak troops. Being taken advantage of by others, Li Ru set his sights on the part of the army that originally belonged to He Jin.

  The wine was half drunk, Li Ruchao gave a slight signal to Dong Min who was sitting with him. Dong Min understood, raised his wine cup and toasted Dong Zhuo a glass of wine, and said: "General Mingjian, there are many vacancies for the eighth captains of Xiyuan this time, and there are many people with corpses and ordinary positions. Please, general, make plans for the imperial court and rectify them." It's imminent!"

  Dong Zhuo stroked his big shiny beard, nodded and said: "When the late emperor was in power, he once told me that the eighth captain of Xiyuan was a recruit of the new law, and the late emperor gave him high hopes, but now it seems, alas—"

Li Ru put down his chopsticks and said: "Soldiers, generals, how can those who don't know the power of soldiers be in charge of the command? The general needs to re-select some people who know the soldiers to rule them. According to the views of the officials, Zizhu and Yuande have the right to lead the soldiers." Fang, the general might as well think about it." Alright, now that we've talked about this, you will understand what you should understand.

   Sure enough, Wu Kuang and Zhang Zhang looked at each other and immediately understood what it meant.

  Zhang Zhang quickly stood up, left the seat, bowed down, and said to Dong Zhuo, "Dare to die for the general!"

  Following that, Wu Kuang also left the table and bowed, saying the same thing.

Dong Zhuo laughed heartily, stood up too, strode to Wu Kuang and Zhang Zhang, helped them both up, asked the maid to bring wine, handed it to Wu Kuang and Zhang Zhang with his own hands, drank it all, and then turned to Dong Zhuo Min said: "Shuying, tomorrow you will take ten cows, fifty sheep, and a hundred loads of fine wine to comfort Zizhu and Sergeant Yuande!"

Before Wu Kuang and Zhang Zhang could react, Dong Zhuo told Li Ru again: "Zizhu and Yuande are out training soldiers all year round, and it is difficult for the young and old to take care of them. Wenyou will go and get ten bolts of silk each, and one hundred taels of gold will be sent to Zizhu Yuan. De Mansion!"

  Wu Kuang and Zhang Zhang hurriedly thanked each other again, this time they were obviously more sincere and grateful.

"Since you are a member of the family, why thank you!" Dong Zhuo waved his hands and said boldly, "Come on, let's sing and dance! Zizhu, Yuande, the dancers are pretty good this time, if you are interested, you may as well choose one Two people, to comfort the loneliness, hahahaha..."

  Li Ru smiled, picked up a piece of lamb, looked at Wu Kuang and Zhang Zhang's expressions of gratitude, and nodded.

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  At this moment, Bao Xin and Yuan Shao were also drinking, but the drinking of these two people was not as grand as Dong Zhuo's. They just placed some plates and bowls in Bao Xin's backyard pavilion, and the two of them sat facing each other to drink.

  Bao Xin was originally ordered by General He Jin to recruit soldiers. It turned out that General He Jin meant to train some recruits who were completely loyal to him. Unfortunately, He Jin died in a coup when he recruited more than a thousand soldiers.

  So at this time, in addition to the armor of the original post-military lieutenant, Bao Xin also had some unknown troops.

  Although the two of them were drinking, they obviously had something on their minds, so they both ate and drank at odd intervals.

Bao Xin has something on his mind. He can be said to be the person recruited by the great general He Jin. From the captain of the cavalry to the current lieutenant of the post-military school, it can be said that he has too much imprint of He Jin on him. On the contrary, he is basically no one. I don't care, it made him unable to get up and down now, which direction is his future going?

Yuan Shao also has something on his mind. The current resources of the Yuan family are leaning towards Yuan Shu, which makes him very helpless. Last time, Yuan Kui specially asked him to participate in the meeting in order to silence him, but it was a pity that he was robbed by Dong Zhuo. It's really frustrating to have a bad relationship with Cao Cao.

  After drinking for three rounds, Bao Xin opened the scene first, saying: "Dong Zhuo must have his own intentions now that he is serving the palace wall. If we just sit and wait, there must be difficulties in the future. I don't know what you think at the beginning?"

  Yuan Shao also nodded, and said: "Brother Yuncheng is very true, but now that Dong Zhuo has a lot of troops, what can we do?"

  Bao Xin lowered his voice and said: "To be honest, the general sent me to recruit soldiers, and I have recruited more than a thousand soldiers. Now they are stationed in Chenggao, and they will arrive sooner or later."

Oh, there is such a surprise soldier, Yuan Shao came a little interested, but Bao Xin extinguished his little hope with his next words, "Dong Zhuo's foothold is not stable now, and the sergeant is exhausted, if he surprises, he will succeed in one fell swoop! - This teacher is born without a name, it is difficult to convince the public..."

  Yuan Shao drank a glass of wine with his sleeve on his face to hide his uncontrollable disappointment. It turned out that Bao Xin was not looking for him to join in the grand event, but looking for the Yuan family behind him.

   "The teacher comes out of no name, and it is difficult to convince the public"? That's right, as long as a famous person ascends to the top, will both of them be available soon? But is he, Yuan Shao, such a famous person now? Obviously not. In this way, Bao Xin's purpose of asking him to talk about this matter is very clear. He wants to establish a relationship with the Yuan family through Yuan Shao, and these more than a thousand soldiers are Bao Xin's vote.

  But Yuan Shao could tell Bao Xin that he had been marginalized by the Yuan family, and that the Yuan family had already diverted their resources to Yuan Shu. Was he actually an empty shell under his glamorous eldest son status?

  Yuan Shao put down his wine glass and said: "This matter is of great importance, and we should not act rashly. It is better to discuss it later."

  Bao Xin thought that Yuan Shao needed to go home and report, and of course it was impossible to give an answer now, so he didn't say anything else.

  The two of them had finished what they had to say, so there was no need to drink any more wine, so it was over hastily.

  Yuan Shao bid farewell and left Bao Xin's house. It was already moon high, and the surroundings were quiet. A headlight with the word "Yuan" hung high in front of the carriage, and the wheels creaked and rolled over the bluestone road.

In the car, Yuan Shao sneered coldly: "Yuan family, Yuan family! Prestige, prestige!" Yuan Shao had already made up his mind, since the Yuan family no longer supported him Yuan Shao, naturally he didn't need to tell the Yuan family about such things. Now, the most important thing for him, Yuan Shao, is to seize the opportunity to accumulate prestige, until one day, I, Yuan Shao, can be like the current Yuan family, and only rely on prestige to have people with lofty ideals come to vote. That is my goal, Yuan Shao. That will make my wish come true!

  (end of this chapter)