Chapter 45: The Wolf Eats First
This night, Dong Zhuo's father and son discussed how the Dong family could grow, and Du Zhen's uncle and nephew were also talking about the birthday banquet in the room. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Yang Zhang heard Du Zhen tell him about this, and he was shocked at the moment, and immediately persuaded: "Zhen'er, you and Dong Zhuo's plan can be said to be borrowing from the city and seeking a situation in danger, which is extremely inappropriate. ”
Du Zhen didn't panic at all, and replied to him: "Uncle Yang, I have been considering this plan for many days, and the details are also repeatedly deduced, and I will not miscalculate." ”
Yang Zhang was still not at ease, and said hurriedly: "In the past few years, you have been excellent at hook distance, and it turned out that you wanted to conspire with Dong Zhuo to do great things. I thought that Liang Ji was dead, and our uncle and nephew could live in peace. Do you really want to do something with him now? ”
Du Zhen replied: "I don't have the ambition of the world, I just want to help my brother-in-law." He was grateful to Dong Zhuo for taking in his uncle and nephew. Thinking that although he had no intention of doing it back then, he intended to hurt the teacher and destroy the Tao, and the righteous brother did not dislike such behavior, so he naturally wanted to repay him.
Yang Zhang said: "If you can, you will advance, otherwise you will retreat, and you can do what you can." You are only seventeen years old, but you have something in your head, and I can't control you any more. But now I ask you for something. "Yang Zhang is begging Du Zhen today.
Du Zhen couldn't bear it, and hurriedly replied: "Uncle Yang, you are really ashamed of Zhen'er, if you have something, just give orders, and ask for words in the future." ”
Yang Zhang stroked his beard and replied: "It's not a big deal, I just want you to get married and have children as soon as possible." He was afraid that Du Zhen would have something happen in the future, and he wanted to renew the incense for the Du family as soon as possible.
Du Zhen was embarrassed and replied embarrassedly: "Uncle Yang, this matter is too early, right?" ”
Yang Zhang said: "I knew what you were doing today, and when you just turned fifteen, I wanted you to start a family." "For a man could marry when he reached the age of fifteen.
Du Zhen smiled bitterly and said, "Even my righteous brother didn't marry until he was twenty years old, and at the moment, whose girl do you want me to marry?" ”
Yang Zhang immediately replied: "How can you compare with your brother-in-law in everything? I think Ah Zhe is good, she is also quite kind to you, and she is sixteen years old this year, I think I will wait for Dong Zhuo's father to celebrate his birthday, so I will propose this matter to them. ”
Du Zhen was happy in his heart, but said: "A person is from a delicate background, and people may not be able to take a fancy to me." But he was worried, thinking that Du Zhen had already intended for Ah Zhe. It's no wonder that since he was a child, there has never been a second girl who has been so close to him.
Yang Zhang didn't care, he said: "Your Uncle Yang is useless, the lintel of our house is much lower than her house." But today you can help Dong Zhuo, and then just let him personally handle this matter for you, but you are a little more sure. ”
Du Zhen smiled bitterly and said in his heart: With such a shameful thing, how can I open my mouth to ask my brother-in-law? At present, it is still necessary to do a good job of the birthday banquet in order to solve Uncle Yang's worries. How smart he is, as soon as he mentioned the matter of marriage, he knew that Uncle Yang was not optimistic that he was going to help his righteous brother conspire with great things, and if he wanted to be at ease, he would have to make some achievements to show him.
Yang Zhang left, Du Zhen closed the door, heard that the three watches of the drum were beaten in the house, and then sat cross-legged on the bed, and it was actually Zhou Tianlai.
On the first day of the first month of August, Dongjiazhuang Caiya hung high, and 260 tables were opened to entertain relatives and friends. Friends from all over the world came to congratulate the birthday, including the officials of the official family, many local gentry and celebrities, and the big and small Qiang chieftains in Longxi. The table setting is also extremely thoughtful, with 200 tables outside the courtyard to entertain ordinary people; There are 60 tables in the courtyard to entertain the gentry, these Han people with heads and faces; Only in the inner hall is only one table, and the people sitting are the heroes of the Qiang Department.
Dong Junya was surrounded by everyone in front of and behind her, wandering around the tables inside and outside the courtyard, but in the inner hall, Dong Zhuo was sitting on the main seat. Dong Junya is no longer in charge, and everything on the scene is handled by Dong Zhuo, of course, this is also convenient for him.
There are eleven guests sitting at this table, and there are nine leaders, the Qiang Department are: Le Sister Qiang, Dang Qiang Qiang, Feng Yang Qiang, Hu Nu Qiang, Wuwu Qiang, Zhong Cunqiang, Dang Khotan Qiang, Jincheng's righteous Congqiang, and naturally there is another leader who is Dong Zhuo's father-in-law sister Qiang. The nine chiefs were all between forty and sixty years old.
The other two were young men: the thirty-year-old Dian Zhen, the eldest son of the leader of the Xianling Qiang, Dian Na; Twenty-year-old Dian Tuo, the youngest son of Dian Na.
These eleven Qiang people are all dressed in foreign costumes, and they are all rude and fierce.
When it comes to the forces of each department, it is the largest in the first zero Qiang department, with 60,000 Qiang soldiers, and among the many Qiang tribes, it is also the largest number of times to participate in the Qiang rebellion.
The leader, Dian Na Future, sent his two sons here. It was a small matter to celebrate Dong Junya's birthday, but it was to communicate with various departments. This Dian Zhen has experienced many Qiang and Han wars since he was a child, and he is a very good city, and he never likes to be in shape; Dian Tuo, on the other hand, is pampered, has nothing in his eyes, and has a somewhat simple mind.
At the wine table, everyone greeted each other. The rest of the Qiang tribe had worked with Xian Lingqiang, and he was powerful, so he respected him. It is Dong Zhuo's father-in-law, Wugu Sanda, who is in his fifties, and he is also humble in front of the Dian Zhen brothers.
Dong Zhuo is the master, so he will first speak the opening speech: "My father's birthday, if you can come, it is to give Dong Jiazhuang face, I Dong Zhuo is also very happy, you all know my temperament, and I like straightforward people." You are older than me, but you can allow me to be presumptuous at this moment, that is, to have a drink with you, and today you will not get drunk and have no home. After speaking, he frequently raised his glass to toast with the leaders.
After a round of wine, Dong Zhuo said in his heart: Even on this wine table, they privately discussed the incident but refused to disclose the slightest rumor to me, it seems that I can only rely on Zhang Huan. Besides, not to mention others, even his own father-in-law has never mentioned this matter, but Dong Zhuo's status in their hearts is just a whim.
After drinking heartily, Dong Zhuo saw that everyone was drunk, and his heart was at this moment. He smiled and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, I went to the Sanke grassland a few days ago and saw something strange, I said to hear it with your leaders?" ”
Wugu Sanda didn't like his son-in-law, so he got up and said, "Zhuo, you talk to the leaders, I'll go see Nalan." ”
Dong Zhuo said in his heart: His father-in-law is originally attached to Xian Ling Dianna, and he has no right to speak at this banquet, so it doesn't hurt to lack him. And he did not hinder him.
Dian Tuo smiled: "Dong Zhuo is worth it, what is the strange thing on the Sanke grassland?" This is the meaning of Brother Qiang, and Xian Lingqiang is standing on the Sangke grassland, because he is very curious about what Dong Zhuo saw.
The other leaders chimed in: "Tell me about it." ”
Dong Zhuo was shocked. "I saw a wolf pack hunting for food, and the scene was quite shocking! ”
Dian Tuo laughed and said, "I thought why, Dong Zhuo is worth your real lack of knowledge, which shocked you?" There are many wolves on our grassland, and there is nothing unusual about frequent predation. ”
When the leaders heard this, they also smiled and said, "Master, what's so nice about this wolf pack of predators?" "They didn't care.
Dian Zhen never interjected, only took care of himself.
Dong Zhuo continued: "This wolf hunting is all about gathering and cooperating, and I know about it. What shocked me was that when they were eating, they all said that there were also high and low status among the wolves, but this time I saw it was believing. ”
Dian Tuo became interested and asked, "I really haven't cared about this, but you can talk about it." ”
Dong Zhuo said: "In the wolf pack, no matter how many members there are, there must be a head wolf, and the other wolves are from the wolf, and they follow the head wolf. They hunt together, work together, and each of them spares no effort, but when it comes to eating, the first wolf eats the most delicious offal, and only after they are full is allowed to eat from the wolves. ”
Dian Tuo smiled: "What's so strange about this? The head wolf is the leader of the whole wolf pack, and he must have a full stomach first. ”
Dong Zhuo also smiled and said: "This is natural, but what I saw that time, the ten wolves hunted a small hare, presumably that group of wolves have not eaten for a long time, and they are really hungry." When the wolf finished eating its internal organs, it was not full, but even tore its flesh and gnawed its bones. The other nine wolves saw that the prey was not enough to eat, and they went berserk, and these nine wolves first worked together to bite the first wolf, and then they bit each other, and finally there was only one wolf left who was not dead but was also seriously injured, but it was also unable to eat anymore. ”
Dian Tuo laughed and said, "There is such a thing? He really had no heart and no lungs, and he didn't understand the meaning of Dong Zhuo's words at all.
When the other nine leaders and Dian Zhen heard this, they naturally understood, and there was no smile on their faces immediately. Xindao: What does Dong Zhuo mean by today's words? He used this story to divide everyone.
Everyone looked at Dian Zhen to see how he reacted. Dian Zhen smiled and asked Dong Zhuo: "Dong Zhuo is worth it, you said that I am the wolf first, and everyone here is a wolf?" ”
Dong Zhuo was not nervous, but laughed and said: "Haha, it's really worth it, I'm really afraid that you won't hear the meaning of my words, but this time it saves a lot of trouble." "He's so bold.
Seeing that he was disrespectful to his brother, Dian Tuo immediately said angrily: "Dong Zhuo, how dare you speak like this? Aren't you afraid that we will level your Dongjiazhuang? ”
Dong Zhuo smiled again, and he said: "Dian Tuo is worth it, and I don't dare to hold it up, but my courage is for the sake of all of you." ”
Dian Tuo wanted to exert his power again, but Dian Zhen yelled at him: "Dian Tuo don't be presumptuous, I want to hear how he is scheming for us." ”
Dong Zhuo saw that this was on the right track, and said, "Do you think I, Dong Zhuo, don't know about your secret meeting?" I treat you as friends, but you don't take me Dong Zhuo's confidant. ”
Dian Zhen replied coldly: "In the matter of the scene, we will give you the face of the Dong family, but in the Qiang and Han wars, your Dong family has always been neutral, not to mention the internal affairs of the Qiang people, there is no need to inform you, right?" ”
Dong Zhuo was not angry, but said: "Two years ago, you Xian Ling, Lingwu and my father-in-law's sister-in-law Sanqiang joined forces to defeat the captain Hu Hong, but for a moment of pride, you appeased the emperor and attached himself to him. And last year, he was accused of 'bribing Zhuqiang', and was impeached in the court. I just want you to know that if you meet him again this time, it won't come true again. ”
But he exhausted the fundamental reasons for these Qiang incidents, that is, he wanted to get some more benefits. Dong Zhuo told them that the road of Huangfu Gui would not work.