Chapter 10: The Feast of the Princes
When Liu Bei just returned to the door of the hall, he met Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan walking out of the hall at the same time, and Mo Shuyan had already arrived, standing with his hands in his hands, waiting aside, ignoring Liu Bei later, as if nothing had happened.
Stopping the conversation, Cao Cao glanced at Mo Shuyan and Liu Bei meaningfully, then turned sideways and smiled at Gongsun Zhan: "Lord Taishou, everything will be done according to the results of our discussion, the princes feast, please take the first step, and Cao will arrive later." ”
"Then the Taishou will go first, General Cao will come quickly." After settling the hand, Gongsun Zhan turned around and left, and Liu Bei Zidang followed.
After the two left, Cao Cao took a few steps forward, looked quite happy and said to Mo Shuyan: "The princes' banquet, Cao wants Mr. to accompany me to the banquet, I don't know if it's possible?" ”
"No." Without thinking about it at all, Mo Shuyan replied directly.
Now that he is a celebrity, if he doesn't follow the trend, it won't be Mo Shuyan's style, and by the way, he can also meet the princes of all parties, why not?
Mo Shuyan, who was about to set off with Cao Cao, found that Cao Cao was looking at him with a smile on his face, without the slightest intention of leaving, and couldn't help but be full of suspicion, and asked at a loss: "I don't know what the lord commands?" ”
"Is it true that the gentleman intends to go to the assembly of princes like this? I'm afraid it's going to attract the attention of the princes. Laughing a few times, Cao Cao said with a smile in his eyebrows.
Hearing this, Mo Shuyan touched his hair, but dropped a few handfuls, blocking Mo Shuyan's sight, which suddenly reminded Mo Shuyan of his image at this time, unkempt, but so.
"Hahaha."
Quite embarrassed grinning a few times, Mo Shuyan wanted to go back to his residence to take care of his image, but he didn't get Cao Cao's permission, just as the so-called going is not, not leaving, if Cao Cao waits and delays the big event, it will not be good.
Fortunately, Cao Cao saw Mo Shuyan's predicament, waved his hand, and said: "Sir, please go back and dress up first, the banquet has not started yet, there is still enough time, Cao can wait for a while, not in a hurry." ”
"It's so good, I'm tired of waiting." After replying, Mo Shuyan hurriedly walked to the courtyard where he lived, not wanting Cao Cao to wait for a long time.
When Mo Shuyan walked away, Cao Cao sighed leisurely: "Mr. and Liu Bei Caiyuan and their party, I don't know what they talked about?" Doesn't Mr. recognize Cao and appreciate Liu Xuande more? ”
It turned out that as soon as Cao Cao and Gongsun Zhan came out, they found that Mo Shuyan and Liu Bei's shoes were stained with a layer of loess, and there was bare loess in Cao's house except for the vegetable garden, and the roads were paved with stones so as not to dirty the shoes.
Therefore, Cao Cao concluded that the two must have quietly gone to the vegetable garden, and there were already suspicions, but at this time, they were instantly exposed, and the doubts about Mo Shuyan in their hearts were even more than before.
Soon, Mo Shuyan, who had neatly tied his hair behind him, hurried back, Cao Cao had already returned to normal, and took Mo Shuyan to the princes' banquet with a smile.
Mo Shuyan, who did not doubt him, also talked and laughed with Cao Cao all the way, without finding that Cao Cao was already suspicious of himself.
The place where the princes' banquet was held was a residence of Wei Hong, which was not often used except for occasional banquets for distinguished guests, and it came in handy at this time.
It was only a little one or two miles away from Cao's house, and although he walked a little slowly with Cao Cao, Mo Shuyan estimated that it only took more than ten minutes to reach the banquet place.
At this time, the door of the house was wide open, but no one was in or out, leaving only two servants to guard both sides of the door of the house, one left and one right, which was also expected by Mo Shuyan.
After all, there are only seventeen people who can come to this banquet, even if you add the accompanying personnel, it will not exceed forty people, and now it is normal to be late with Cao Cao, and not meet others.
After Cao Cao and Mo Shuyan climbed the steps, the two servants hurriedly stepped forward, nodded their heads, and said to Cao Cao with a smile on their faces: "General Cao, the princes have been waiting for a long time, just wait for the general to come, and the general is invited to come in." ”
Cao Cao, who was expressionless, nodded, not caring about the servant's flattery, and continued to walk forward, and Mo Shuyan followed forward step by step when he saw this.
Stepping into the door of the house, there have been more than ten desks on both sides of the courtyard, wine and delicacies, displayed on them, and the people seated are all sitting upright, not daring to eat a wisp.
Seeing Cao Cao come in, the people seated in the courtyard stood up one after another and greeted Cao Cao.
Seeing this, Cao Cao was not too indifferent, his face softened a little, raised his hand and waved downward, signaling everyone to take a seat.
Mo Shuyan, who was behind him, glanced at the more than ten people who also looked at him in the mansion, and knew in his heart that the mansion should be the princes of all parties, and the people in the courtyard were the cronies of the princes.
Now that Cao Cao is coming, he can be regarded as Cao Cao's cronies, Mo Shuyan glanced left and right with his spare eyes, and found that there was a vacant seat behind the left, and he was overjoyed and planned to go and sit down by himself.
Who knew that Mo Shuyan had just taken a few steps to the left, and Cao Cao turned around and said lightly: "Mr. doesn't have to sit here, go in with Cao." ”
Inside? The mansion is full of princes, what is it if I go in? Mo Shuyan was shocked, and the people nearby also heard Cao Cao's words, and they all threw observational glances at Mo Shuyan, as if they wanted to see what was different about Mo Shuyan, which made Mo Shuyan even more depressed.
Without waiting for Mo Shuyan to refute, Cao Cao had already turned around and walked towards the mansion, and in desperation, Mo Shuyan could only follow with Cao Cao and walk towards the mansion.
Sure enough, as soon as Mo Shuyan stepped into the mansion, the eyes of the princes of all parties gathered on him, like a sword to cut Mo Shuyan apart, looking at its essence.
Mo Shuyan, whose sideburns were slightly wet, lowered his head, did not dare to look at the princes of all parties, and stiffened his body and followed Cao Cao to the chief on the left side to sit down, and only then did he relax a little, and turned his head slightly to look at Cao Cao who was kneeling beside him, and really couldn't figure out why he wanted to take himself into this.
The eyes of the princes turned to Cao Cao, as if they wanted to get an explanation why they wanted to make an exception and bring their cronies to participate in the land of the princes.
However, Cao Cao didn't intend to explain at all, he sat upright and knelt down, without any expression on his face, and looked at the yellow-robed man opposite without squinting.
In the mansion, because of Mo Shuyan's entry, it was strangely quiet and silent......