All the court officials and princes were already seated, and a group of palace people carried out several small and small cases and placed them in front of them, while behind them stood the retinue with swords.

Lu Bu, whom Zhao Yue had saved before, was also standing majestically behind the princes Ding Yuan at this time, and what he was wearing under his feet was the Feiyun shoe that Zhao Yue gave him.

After a moment's effort, seeing that Dong Zhuo had not come out yet, there were grumpy Han Dynasty righteous men in the hall who suddenly got up and prepared to leave.

"Liu Shilang, what are you doing?" His friends hurriedly beckoned him to stay, but he couldn't save his heart, and the man called Liu Shilang took advantage of the fact that the door of the main hall was still closed, and stubbornly stepped out.

Cao Cao glanced back, stroked his beard, and smiled.

The rest of the princes were also mostly expressionless, and they didn't take this person in their eyes at all.

I saw that the waiter surnamed Liu walked outside the hall, looked up to the sky and howled loudly: "With such a shelf, where does the respect of the Ninth Five-Year Plan be?" Depending on where the Han Dynasty is! After speaking, he waved his sleeves and prepared to leave, but he saw Zhao Yue and Cao Ping, two Han soldiers, standing on both sides, wearing shabby clothes and holding tattered weapons, and his heart was even more angry.

The waiter surnamed Liu rolled up his sleeves and walked quickly to Cao Ping's side, so frightened that Cao Ping didn't dare to say a word, but just glanced at Liu Zheng.

Liu Zheng closed his eyes and shook his head silently at Cao Ping.

Cao Ping knew what Liu Zheng meant, so he didn't move, and still stood straight.

But the man snatched the spear from Cao Ping's hand, threw it to the ground with all his might, stomped his heels, and cried out in frustration: "Ah! ”

After that, he flicked his sleeves and walked away.

In the same place, Cao Ping was left stunned, and the spear on the ground was not picked up, nor was he picked it up. But in the end, Cao Ping still picked up the weapon.

Looking into the distance, Cao Ping knew that the man had already walked to the gate of the palace, and he couldn't hear what he said, but he still complained in a low voice: "Really, what are you doing, is there a bad disease in your head?" What are you angry with the weapon in my hand, it's already so worn, don't use it if you fall a few more times, how can I subdue him if someone makes trouble in a while. ”

"Poof......" Although Zhao Yue had tried her best to restrain herself, she still couldn't help laughing, Cao Ping, this kid is really interesting.

Liu Zheng didn't smile, nor did he speak, he glanced at Zhao Yue without the slightest expression on his face, Zhao Yue hurriedly suppressed his smile and continued to guard the hall seriously.

I just witnessed a farce, and everyone in the hall was bored and waiting for Dong Zhuo to appear.

At this moment, a little eunuch suddenly walked in from the door on the left side of the high platform of the main hall, stood in front of the golden incense burner under the stage, and shouted in a thin voice: "The discussion begins, and the guards outside the hall close the door of the palace!" ”

Zhao Yue and Cao Ping, who were outside the hall, heard the sound, hurriedly set off, pushed their own door hard, and firmly closed the hall door.

With a "bang", as the door of the hall closed, the entire hall also fell into darkness in an instant.

The palace people standing on both sides took out their fire sickles one after another, and a few crisp sounds of metal collision sounded, and the twelve copper lamps in the main hall were lit in turn.

Immediately afterwards, the music of bells and drums that had been prepared sounded, and there were even women in the palace with slender bodies and good faces who came out to dance.

Although it was still noon at this time, it created such an artistic conception that made people feel the atmosphere of a night banquet.

The princes of the Quartet and the ministers of the court and the central government were muttering in their hearts, whether this was a discussion or a banquet.

This group of people couldn't guess Dong Zhuo's thoughts.

What made everyone even more puzzled was that the cooks in the imperial dining room also entered from the side door of the main hall with singing and dancing, went around, put the delicious meal on the table in front of the guests, and then left the palace.

What is Dong Zhuo going to do?

Just when everyone was getting more and more breathless, Dong Zhuo finally dragged his fat body out, and as soon as he came out, he smiled, until he sat down in the seat with the support of the maid, and his smile was not raised, and he was like a kind old man, but everyone knew that this was a vicious wolf from the northwest.

Along with Dong Zhuo, there were also strategists Li Ru, as well as his generals, such as Hu Zhen and Duan Xuan, the generals of the Western Liang system; Xu Rong, the general of the Luoyang department, is the person in charge of the training of recruits.

After this cadre came out, he did not sit with the court officials, but sat on a high platform with Dong Zhuo, each of whom had a separate case in front of him.

At this moment, the drumming stopped, and the dancing palace ladies quietly withdrew.

The maid behind Dong Zhuo poured a glass of wine for Dong Zhuo with a copper kettle, and then, Dong Zhuo slowly stood up, raised his glass, faced everyone, and said happily: "Everyone here is a meritorious member of the imperial court, a feudal official, gathered in Luoyang today, it is really to give me face, I will do it first as respect, haha!" So saying, he put a full bottle of wine in his mouth, and a drop or two fell from his long beard.

However, for Dong Zhuo's words just now, many people below disagreed, and they were all thinking: Who gave you face?

At this time, an old man took the lead in opening the conversation. He got up and bowed to everyone, then faced Dong Zhuo, and said slowly: "Lord Dong Zhuo, since you entered Luoyang, you have made outstanding achievements and were awarded the title of Taishi, and today Taishi Dong told us that there is something important to discuss, and we only saw this table full of dishes and wine, and I didn't see anything to discuss." ”

Everyone looked and found that the person who spoke was Situ of the current dynasty, Wang Yun.

Wang Yun can also be regarded as an old figure loyal to the Han Dynasty in today's court, and many people give him some face, and Dong Zhuo is no exception.

"Aha, I'm a rough person from Xiliang, I don't know what etiquette is, but there is one thing I know, that is, before talking about big things, you must not let everyone go hungry, so as not to be dizzy and delirious from hunger, and then veto the matter of discussion, isn't it, everyone?"

These words sounded very cordial at first, but when it came to the back, everyone clearly felt that Dong Zhuo was threatening them. At that time, there was a person who wanted to shoot the case, and that person was Yuan Shao, just because Taifu Yuan Kui, that is, his uncle was also in the banquet, he was afraid of affecting the clansmen, and Cao Cao was desperately pulling his sleeve on the side, so he pressed down the anger in his heart.

Seeing that the situation was a little tense, Li Ru lowered his head and thought about it carefully, and hurriedly got up and said: "Ah, don't misunderstand, Lord Dong Zhuo just watched the court officials work hard day after day, and the princes came from afar, so they set up a banquet to entertain them. ”

Dong Zhuo listened to it on the side, smiled again and again, and said: "That's right, yes, that's what I mean, don't think about it, enjoy it, come on, dance and play!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of bells and drums resumed, and the dancing woman reappeared and began to dance in the temple. Looking at Dong Zhuo again, he stared at the dancing woman with fascinated eyes, clapped his hands incessantly, and shouted hello twice from time to time.

Seeing this, the princes in the banquet could only start to move.

But what they eat in their mouths is a delicacy, but it is not a taste like chewing wax.

Yuan Shao was full of anger, eager to cut Dong Zhuo with a thousand knives, but it was a pity that he knew that his strength was insufficient and it was difficult to shake Dong Zhuo's power, so he could only use the chopsticks in his hand to vent his anger, constantly turning a plate of chicken, but he refused to put it in his mouth.

Seeing this, Cao Cao, who was sitting with him in a few cases, silently probed his chopsticks, grabbed a chicken nugget and stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it tastefully, and the oil stains on his lips were shiny, faintly visible.

When Yuan Shao saw it, he was even more angry, his body turned slightly to the side, and he almost gritted his teeth and whispered to Cao Cao: "Meng De, are you still eating!?" ”

As soon as she finished speaking, the dancers on the table began to change their dancing postures, and a girl looked for a position, came to the two of them, scratched her head and gestured, and threw up her wink.

Cao Cao clapped his hands casually and smiled at the beauty. When the woman returned to the dance queue, Cao Cao replied to Yuan Shao softly: "These things can't be eaten by ordinary people, so we can't waste them, just eat them." ”

After Yuan Shao heard this, he slapped his thigh. Yes, eat! If you don't eat for nothing, you don't eat it, you are angry like this, why don't you eat! And then there was a gobble-up.

Cao Cao looked at Dong Zhuo and Li Ru in the stands, and said softly: "Hmph, the good guys and the bad guys are all done by the two of them, one soft and one hard are so skillfully coordinated, do you want to hide from me Cao Mengde?" ”

Outside the house, Cao Ping stood for so long, his legs were a little weak, so he secretly looked into the door, but it was black, and he couldn't see anything, he looked at Zhao Yue again, and found that Zhao Yue was standing straight, and he hadn't moved until now, like a piece of wood.

He said tiredly: "Lord Junhou, the little one can't stand still, let the little one take a break......

Liu Zheng was standing on the white stone steps, looking at the entire Han Dynasty palace, and when he heard Cao Ping calling him, he turned around, and before he could speak, Zhao Yue on the side rushed to say: "Cao Ping, stand up quickly, don't embarrass our Han army." Besides, who told you to keep doing handstands to exercise your arms, but you didn't practice standing. ”

Cao Ping pretended to sigh: "Alas, I knew that today was the scene, I simply didn't sleep, I stood for four or five days, why bother doing a handstand......"

The sun in the sky gradually turned positive, and the shadows of Zhao Yue and Cao Ping gradually disappeared, and then slowly became longer, and the sun also moved slightly west from the direction of the center.

Zhao Yue counted the time, it was already about afternoon.

In the middle of summer, after the afternoon, it was the time when the heat was unbearable, Zhao Yue stood motionless, the uniform was already half wet, and his head was in the helmet, which was also extremely stuffy. He said in his heart: I don't know what is being discussed inside, why has it taken so long?

In the main hall, since the princes from all walks of life took this opportunity to gather together, of course, they could not only drink and talk about funny things, but also discuss the governance policies within the territory, and the relationship with other tribes or barbarians.

The Chinese Wu of the DPRK also temporarily left Dong Zhuo behind and talked about the current situation.

The situation under the high platform, Dong Zhuo was clear at a glance on the high platform, and he saw that the meal between the banquets was almost finished, so he waved his hand. So, the musician put down the copper rod, the dancing palace maid left the stage gloomily, and a column of palace people slipped in at the side door, and even cleaned up the plates and plates in front of everyone.

After the entire hall returned to silence, Dong Zhuo spoke: "Everyone, listen to me, do you think who prepared this meal for everyone?" ”

Ding Yuan, the assassin of Bingzhou, smiled and replied: "Master Dong, we are all Hanchen, and we eat Hanlu, and this meal is naturally given by the Son of Heaven and the emperor's grace." ”

Dong Zhuo had never met Ding Yuan, but he heard that there was such a person, he looked at it at this time, and saw that this was an old man with a relatively deep city government, his hair was white, and there were a few marks on his face, and he was not young. It's just that Ding Yuan sat on the seat when he answered, and didn't get up, which made Dong Zhuo feel dissatisfied.

And Dong Zhuo originally wanted the people present to understand that this meal was his courtesy first, who knew that Ding Yuan actually said that, what else did he say? There is nowhere to pick up a full stomach.

In fact, long before the discussion began, Dong Zhuo discussed with his son-in-law Li Ru what kind of rhetoric should be prepared for this discussion. Li Ru persuaded Dong Zhuo to salute before the soldiers, and then talk about business, which means: prepare a banquet first and entertain everyone; and then exert power, and blame one person heavily; Finally, if we talk about the establishment of a new emperor, it will be logical.

Dong Zhuo adopted the idea.

Right now, the person Dong Zhuo is ready to take responsibility for is Ding Yuan.

Lu Bu stood behind his father-in-law, listening to Ding Yuan's answer to Dong Zhuo's question, he was very proud in his heart, and looked at the people around him, but suddenly saw a cold light flashing in Dong Zhuo's eyes, and he had a murderous intention.

He was first shocked in his heart, then clenched the sword at his waist and glared angrily at Dong Zhuo.