Chapter Ninety-Seven: Forced Invitation
"Dong Zhuo wants to invite me to the banquet in three days? Say that there is something important to discuss! After reading the invitation, Yuan Shao's face was a little heavy, he handed the invitation to Wang Yun, frowned, and said, "I'm afraid the banquet is not a good banquet!" ”
"That Dong Zhuo has been stabilizing the morale of the army in recent days, and now it seems that he feels that this Luoyang City can cover the sky with one hand, so he can't wait to recruit me to go." Wang Yun frowned and said, "You don't have to pay attention to him at the beginning!" ”
When Yuan Shao heard this, he pondered for a moment, then nodded disdainfully: "Covering the sky with one hand? I'll see how he's going to cover it. ”
Raising his head and glancing at Ye Zhao on the other side, Yuan Shao groaned for a while, and rarely did not go to make an appointment to see Luo Yan, but directly left the Drunken Immortal Building with someone.
"Brother Mengde, I should go back too." Ye Zhao got up with a smile and looked at Cao Caodao.
"Farewell!" Cao Cao was depressed at the moment, and he didn't laugh with Ye Zhao as before, so he politely said goodbye to Ye Zhao and turned to leave.
Eventually...... Aren't you friends anymore?
Looking at Cao Cao's back, Ye Zhao suddenly felt a little lonely in his heart, the friends who could be talked to in the past have deviated one after another, leaving only the politeness of etiquette, that feeling is not comfortable, it's just ...... This is probably the path that every person in a position of authority must go through.
Some of them walked out of the drunken fairy building in the old bustard's flattering smile, looking at the street where there were not many pedestrians, Ye Zhao had a feeling of nowhere to go, there was a horse mansion in Luoyang City, and when the family was there in the past, it was very lively, but now, Liu Wei and Xin'er have been sent back to Hanoi, this huge mansion is no longer difficult to make Ye Zhao feel a little home.
Three days later, Dong Zhuo invited a banquet to the hundred officials of Luoyang, and the huge Dong Mansion set up the tables and chairs in accordance with the highest standard of etiquette, and the water, wine and delicacies were served on the table by the servants of the Dong Mansion, but until noon, no one came.
"These scholars are really ......" Dong Zhuo's fat body sat on an elongated Hu bed, sipped wine, looked at the empty hall, shook his head and smiled: "What did Ye Zhao say?" Cheap bones! ”
Li Ru smiled slightly, shook his head and said, "Father-in-law doesn't need to be angry, if Confucianism is not bad, it will be there soon!" ”
At the same time, Luoyang, Yuan's house.
Looking at a group of Xiliang troops surrounding Yuan's Mansion, Yuan Shao's face turned a little dark, and he looked at Hua Xiong, who was half a head taller than himself, and said angrily: "What does this mean? ”
"I was ordered by Dong Gong to ask the general to fulfill it, Dong Gong heard that there were assassins in Luoyang City who assassinated General Yuan for no reason, in order to prevent General Yuan from being lost, the last general came to escort him!" Hua Xiong lazily hugged his fists, counted it as a salute, and said to Yuan Shao: "Please also ask General Yuan to hurry up, and the last general will go to other homes to invite people." ”
"How can there be such a request!?" Yuan Shao was furious and looked at Hua Xiongdao.
"So, General Yuan doesn't want to go to the banquet?" Hua Xiong's eyes were cold, and the long knife in his hand was tilted, looking at Yuan Shao.
"I ......" Yuan Shao was furious, Ye Zhao didn't care about it, a young general under the state pastoral tent, what qualifications did he have to force him like this, and he was about to scold, but he heard Yuan Kui's voice behind him.
"Originally, since Dong Liangzhou was warmly invited, why did he refuse?" Yuan Kui walked out on crutches, smiled and arched his hand at Hua Xiong and said, "Don't worry, this general, my child is young and vigorous, he will go." ”
Hua Xiong saw Yuan Shao's hideous expression and was already ready to make a move, Wen Yan glanced at Yuan Kui, and then looked at Yuan Shao.
"The child obeys!" Yuan Shao took a deep breath, glared at Hua Xiong fiercely and said, "Wait for me to change my clothes." ”
"General, please." Hua Xiong put the knife on his shoulder and let Yuan Shao leave.
Yuan Shao followed Yuan Kui back to the room, and his own subordinates stepped forward to help him change his clothes.
"Uncle, why should I be afraid of him, I don't believe that Dong Zhuo will really dare to treat me!" Yuan Shao asked with a sigh of relief.
"Dong Zhuo dared to invite someone with such fanfare," Yuan Kui sighed and said, "It seems that some kind ......of tacit understanding has been reached between him and Ye Zhao." ”
"What!?" Yuan Shao was shocked when he heard this, looked at Yuan Kui and said, "Then wouldn't we be a mermaid?" ”
"Naturally not." Yuan Kui shook his head, looked outside on crutches and said, "The old man has only suddenly come to his senses in the past two days, what is Ye Zhao's purpose." ”
Yuan Shao was puzzled, what was Ye Zhao doing at this time? But he also knew that his uncle was scheming, and there must be a reason for saying this, so he patiently said: "What is his purpose?" ”
"He's always trying to weaken our people!" Yuan Kui sighed and said: "The old man has underestimated this person, he has been hiding in the shadows, when the first emperor was alive, he was a loyal minister of the Han family, and it is understandable to help the first emperor weaken our scholars, and then the first emperor died, and the power of Luoyang, he could have competed with Dong Zhuo, but he gave up and retreated to the tiger prison, not only to get the benefits, but also to make us have to face He Jin head-on." ”
"He Jin died, with his military power and prestige in the Luoyang Army at that time, he could easily take the Luoyang military power, but in the end he gave up, only took the Xiyuan New Army, but gave up the five schools of the Northern Army and the Yulin Army to Dong Zhuo, so that Dong Zhuo is sitting in a big situation today, he wants to use Dong Zhuo to oppress and suppress me, etc., he just needs to stand by and watch as in the past!" Yuan Kui's old voice revealed a bit of insight into the vicissitudes of the world.
"In this way, isn't the Han family ......" Yuan Shao was halfway through speaking, and suddenly glared at Yuan Kui and said, "He has never had the slightest loyalty to the Han family from the beginning?" ”
"Loyalty?" Yuan Kui sighed: "The Han family is in danger, how can a capable person not see it, and this person ...... With the heart of a tiger and a wolf, how can he be a person who has lived under people for a long time? ”
Yuan Shao had already put on his clothes, frowned and looked at Yuan Kui and said, "It's just uncle, can we just be at the mercy of him like this, we can join forces with that Dong Zhuo......"
"What Dong Zhuo wants is something we can't afford to give, we and Dong Zhuo can't join forces, Ye Zhao is unwilling to live under people for a long time, is it not possible for us to be willing to live under Wufu?" Yuan Kui sighed and said: "Dong Zhuo is not Ye Zhao, but this person is also a tiger and wolf, and his means are not as gentle as Ye Zhao. ”
"Whoa!" Yuan Shao opened his mouth, and finally didn't ask Yuan Kui what method he was, and after bowing, he turned around and came to the door, and went all the way to Dong's mansion under Huaxiong's 'escort'.
At the same time, in the entire Luoyang City, all the courtiers received Dong Zhuo's 'warm' invitation, not only that, but all the celebrities in Luoyang City were also invited by Dong Zhuo.
In Cai's Mansion, dozens of guards guarded in front of Cai Yong's father and daughter, vigilantly looking at the Xiliang Army in front of them.
Led by a young general, named Dong Huang, is Dong Zhuo's nephew, quite Dong Zhuo's love, although the ability is not big, but now he also leads a school of soldiers, this time Dong Zhuo Dong Huang is not good, specially sent him to invite Cai Yong, who has no force.
Cai Yong is a great Confucian of the dynasty, although since Liu Hong's death, has not been out of office, but in this Luoyang, when it comes to reputation, not under the three dukes, Dong Zhuo intends to attract a group of scholars, Cai Yong, who is not a family, but has a great reputation Confucianism has naturally become his first choice.
It's just that Dong Huang didn't expect that a scribe's family general would be so fierce that he brought two hundred people to invite him, and he was almost forced out by these family generals.
"Old fellow, you dare to kill my soldiers!?" Looking at the more than ten corpses lying on the ground, Dong Huang roared angrily, but his eyes were attracted by Cai Yan and refused to leave at all.
"Tell Dong Zhuo that the old man has already sent a minister, and he wants to entertain hundreds of officials in the court, and it has nothing to do with the old man." Cai Yong frowned, stepped forward quietly, blocked Cai Yan behind him, and separated Dong Huang's sight.
"It's up to you!" Dong Huang snorted coldly, pointed at Cai Yong and said, "Take the two of them away for me, those who dare to obstruct will be killed!" ”
"Master, hurry back to the house!" A family general hurriedly pulled Cai Yong back, the surrounding Xiliang army surged, but was stopped by more than a dozen generals, Dong Huang killed two people one after another, but was almost chopped off by another person's arm, so shocked that cold sweat broke out on his forehead, hundreds of Xiliang troops, stunned that they couldn't break through the barrier, and watched the door of the mansion close again.
"Bertie?" Seeing that there was no hope of breaking the door, Dong Huang scratched his ears and scratched his cheeks, Hua Xiong brought someone over in the distance, frowned at this scene and said, "Trouble? ”
"General Wen Kai came just in time!" Seeing Hua Xiong, Dong Huang couldn't help but be overjoyed, and stepped forward and said: "That Cai Yong Lao'er found a group of elite caretakers out of nowhere, killing and injuring many of my soldiers, please General Wen Kai help me!" ”
Hua Xiong nodded, he looked down on Dong Huang in his heart, this kid didn't learn and didn't know how to do it, he relied on Dong Zhuo's power to provoke right and wrong everywhere on weekdays, persecuting women from good families, if it wasn't for Dong Zhuo's nephew, I don't know how many times he would have died.
"Attack!" Hua Xiong looked at the door of the mansion and ordered directly.
Although the generals of Cai's mansion are the elites carefully selected by Ye Zhao, after all, there are few people, and the soldiers of Xiliang are by no means pus-packed, they had no rules under the command of Dong Huang before, and they were easily broken by the generals, but at this moment, they were a little unsightly in front of Hua Xiong, and Hua Xiong easily broke through the door of the mansion and broke into the mansion.
"Quick, bring me this old man and her!" Dong Huang walked in with some smugness, pointed at Cai Yan, and did not hide the greed in his eyes.
"Young Master Huang, Cai Weng is a great Confucian in the world, but he is not an ordinary family, don't make trouble!" Hua Xiong frowned, he didn't need Dong Huang to say, he knew what this kid wanted to do, and couldn't help but shout.
"I have my own plans for this, I will ask my uncle to make the decision for me, and Ming Media is getting married!" Dong Huang said with a smile.
Behind the two, Yuan Shao looked at this scene, the corners of his mouth twitched, but he didn't say anything, this time, without his uncle's hands, I'm afraid Ye Zhao would have to come, right?
"Evil Barrier!" Cai Yong was furious when he heard this: "How can you dare to say this!" ”
Dong Huang sneered and didn't speak, but ordered someone to quickly bring the father and daughter back to the mansion.
"Let go, the old man will go by himself!" Cai Yong pushed away the Xiliang army who was close to Cai Yan, glanced at Dong Huang coldly and said, "I just hope that Dong Gongzi will not regret it!" ”
Dong Huang sneered when he heard this, now that the entire Luoyang belongs to the Dong family, why should he regret it? immediately beckoned people to leave with Cai Yong's father and daughter.
After Dong Huang and Hua Xiong left, Cai An looked at the corpses all over the ground, and said to the remaining generals: "Go and find Zhao Gongzi and ask him to save people!" ”
"Whoa!" Several generals didn't say much, turned around and left