Chapter 294: Cao Cao Sets Up a Banquet

Liu Bei's three brothers came from Runan, and they were dusty all the way, and when Gao Fei saw this, he was suspicious, "I heard that Liu Bei's brothers are in Runan, but they are also prosperous, why are they so down?" ”.

Liu Bei replied, "Lu Bu is really a small person, occupying Xuzhou City, Xuande can't, he can only flee to Runan, where will he live?" ”。

Gao Fei said with a smile, "Xuande's words are wrong, I have long heard that in the land of Runan, there is a Yellow Turban remnant Gong Du, who led more than 10,000 men and horses to defect to his brothers, and now in the land of Runan, there must be more soldiers and enough food!" ”。

Liu Bei was dumbfounded, and then explained, "Brother Gao Fei only knows one and doesn't know the other, that Gong Du is indeed defecting to me, but this person is used to being lazy, and it is difficult to obey the discipline in the army, so a few days ago, he pulled a group of brothers to go to the grass, and there are few people in the realm of Runan, only dozens of brothers who are trusted, and now I heard that the Son of Heaven summoned him, and he has long been dismissed by Liu Bei!" ”。

Gao Fei dismounted and walked with Liu Bei, and Guan Yunchang and Zhang Yide also followed, but between the walks, they had already crossed the boundary of Xudu and went to Gunzhou!

At that time, Liu Bei asked, "When you go to Gunzhou, don't you go to see Cao Cao and Cao Mengde?" ”。

Gao Fei nodded, and Liu Bei really couldn't figure out what this Gao Fei was selling, the emperor would not summon him Liu Bei for no reason, and the current state of affairs can only have two explanations, either Gao Fei is playing ghosts, or Cao Cao is playing ghosts, and judging from Liu Bei's guess, it is obvious that the former is more likely!

There is a way that the weasel gives the chicken a New Year's greeting - uneasy and kind, although this metaphor is not very appropriate, but Liu Bei's heart is full of suspicions, and he Liu Bei and Gao Fei and Cao Cao, there are too many new and old hatreds, even in the current situation, if you don't care about it for the time being, it is inevitable that there will be no conspiracy, and once you enter Xu Du, he Liu Bei Ke has really become a man-made knife and he is a fish, and he can only be slaughtered!

Obviously, Gao Fei gave Liu Bei a problem, summoning him to enter Xu Du with a holy decree, Liu Bei has to obey from it, and he has to obey if he doesn't follow it, he has no choice at all, between receiving the decree and resisting the decree, he Liu Bei can only follow the path reserved by Gao Fei and others, but Liu Bei is not a person who is easy to be calculated, if he is not completely sure, at this time, he will not enter the gate of Xu Capital so calmly!

Thirty miles away from the main city of Gunzhou, there is a group of people and horses standing, the first one, about thirty years old, with big eyes, heroic spirit, a handful of beards extending from the jaw, fingers are long, wearing a purple and gold crown, wearing a black python robe, a tough horse on the crotch, and a delicate sword at the waist, but when he saw a group of people coming not far away, he fixed his eyes, and when he saw Gao Feiqi, he laughed loudly, "It is Meng De's luck to see two heroes today!" ”。

When Liu Bei was looking at it, the person who was the leader on the other side was not Cao Cao Cao Mengde or who, when he came to Cao Cao, he greeted him, "Liu Bei, the former county commander of Pingyuan County, has seen Prime Minister Cao Cheng!" ”。

Cao Cao Ha Ha Da smiled, "It should be Liu Bei, the original Xuzhou assassin!" ”。

Gao Fei on the side also smiled and said, "Brother Xuande doesn't have to be formal, I have a gap in the old days, and today is also fate, why not set up a banquet to have fun?" ”。

Cao Cao Lang claimed, "But when he heard that Liu Bei was coming, Meng De led the army and horses out of the city for thirty miles to greet him, but he did not yield to Xuande!" ”。

Liu Bei was terrified, and even said, "How can Liu Bei dare to have two prime ministers to pick up the wind and wash the dust for himself!" ”。

At this time, Zhang Yide behind Liu Bei said with a big smile, "I don't know if my brother's fame is so loud, and I don't know what kind of hospitality this Lord Cao has?" ”。

Before Liu Bei could express his position, Guan Yu secretly blamed Zhang Feilai, and Zhang Fei knew that he had nothing to hide, so he simply closed his mouth, and then said quietly, "It's a big deal to be dumb!" ”。

Gao Fei was beside Liu Bei, and said with a smile, "This Zhang Fei's temper is quite to my liking, but I also want to ask Brother Mengde, what is there to entertain Liu Xuande tonight, I want Brother Xuande to come to Gunzhou from afar, if you Cao Mengde don't come up with something good, I'm afraid it will be difficult to block Youyou's mouth!" ”。

But Cao Cao also got up and dismounted, but said with a smile, "Tomorrow, Your Majesty will summon Xuande in the Weiyang Palace, since we and the Xuande brothers are both people with a reason, of course we can't slack off, today's Gunzhou banquet will definitely be entertained!" ”。

Everyone laughed, but Liu Bei's face did not have too much joy, the scene was so big, there would definitely be no good thing, at that time Liu Bei secretly made a gesture behind him, when Guan Yu saw it, he looked around solemnly, even Zhang Fei, who had been open-mouthed, also maintained a serious state and did not say a word!

Liu Bei's little action was really imperceptible, but Cao Cao ordered the soldiers behind him, holding swords and drawing swords, to greet Liu Bei and Liu Xuande!

Entering the state of Gon, the sun has gradually set, and Cao Cao has a feast in his own mansion, and there are many guests, all of whom are ministers of the court!

Seeing this, Gao Fei seemed to knowingly ask, "Lord Cao, I see that all the ministers at this banquet are ministers of the court, don't all the ministers today need to be busy with political affairs?" ”。

Cao Cao fell on the main seat, and the first three positions, the left is Gao Fei, the right is Liu Bei, and the rest of the guests are all seated in the lower position, then Cao Cao said with a smile, "There is a tall man in the court, political affairs are worry-free, all the courtiers, it is rare to gather together, today is borrowed by Liu Bei Liu Huang Uncle light!" ”。

At that time, Liu Bei said humbly, "Uncle Huang is really a vain name, and he doesn't dare to claim himself!" ”。

While he was talking, two people came to the banquet, it was Sima Yang Feng and Guozhang Dong Cheng, Yang Feng and Dong Cheng were the two leaders, so they bowed to Gao Fei and Cao Cao, "I've seen two prime ministers!" ”。

Cao Cao had a happy temperament, and when he saw Yang Feng and Dong Cheng coming, he said, "It turned out to be Lord Yang and Lord Dong, and it happened that Cao Cao Mengde was introduced, and this is Liu Bei, the emperor's uncle, Liu Bei and Liu Xuande!" Cao Cao pointed his finger and said, "These two are Yang Feng and Dong Cheng!" ”。

Yang Feng and Dong Cheng said yes, and also said, "I've seen Uncle Liu Huang!" ”。

Liu Bei also saluted, "I've seen two adults!" ”。

Gao Fei smiled and said, "I was a minister of one dynasty, why is he so formal, and I am so childish!" ”。

Cao Cao said with a smile, "Lord Gao Fei is right, today in my Cao Mansion, there will be no rudeness, no official position, and everything will be fun!" ”。

At that time, there were singers and maikos fluttering, the orchestra and pipa played in unison, and several big men came up carrying the wine tank, and immediately Cao Cao laughed and said, "Today, Lord Gao asked me if I have anything good to entertain Brother Xuande, and now I will take out my housekeeper treasure, but let Lord Gao Fei see and understand!" ”。

Gao Fei was dumbfounded, "Could it be these jars of wine?" ”。

Cao Cao nodded yes, but Gao Fei smiled and said, "It's not a joke of Lord Cao, wine is different from wine, and it is also like a human being, just like Lord Cao Cao, one person is above ten thousand people, and he is the ultimate of a minister; There are still beggars in the market, day and night, sleeping in the open air, the same is true for the amount of wine, there is a drop of good wine comparable to a thousand gold, but forgive me for flying high and lonely, the wine that can be weighed in a wine jar does not seem to be a famous product! ”。

Cao Cao saw Gao Fei's suspicious appearance, but immediately ordered someone to lift the lids of the three wine jars, and when he lifted the lids, the aroma of wine hit him instantly, and Gao Fei heard it, but he had a sense of familiarity!

At that moment, someone stood beside the wine vat, his eyes swept over, but he couldn't help but be shocked, because the wine in the wine vat turned out to be red, like human blood!

"What kind of wine is this, and it's as red as blood?" , when someone asked, and Cao Cao seemed to be ready to sell a pass, he asked Yu Liu Bei, "Can you know this wine?" ”。

Liu Bei shook his head, and Cao Cao asked Gao Fei again, "Can adults recognize this wine?" ”。

Gao Fei smiled secretly, "Bullying me for not knowing?" However, Gao Fei hesitated slightly, and then said, "The people of the Central Plains make wine, use more grains, take the right time and place, and combine the time difference of the season, ferment with grains, and cooperate with sake lees, and become wine over time, but the land of the Western Regions is very different, the Western Regions eat less grains and produce more fruits, and the people of the Western Regions are especially good at making a kind of wine, which is made of grapes, and I believe that this wine is produced in the Western Regions, and it is a grape wine!" ”。

Cao Cao clapped his hands and smiled, "I don't want to be tall and humanistic, and I don't want to have a broad knowledge, this wine is indeed a grape wine, but it is sent by the Western Regions, and I specially brought it today to drink with the courtiers!" ”。

Among the ministers, few people know this wine, and they all want to drink and taste it, but Gao Fei said with a smile, "Lord Cao only knows one thing, but I don't know the other, the taste of the wine is still being matched, and the wine outside the customs is fragrant, and the temperament is fragrant, so you should drink it with a rhino horn cup; Sorghum wine, the ancient one, should be used copper wine; As for this grape wine, it is as red as blood, when you drink it in a luminous cup, the luminous cup is transparent, and drinking is like drinking blood, you can see heroic! ”。

Cao Cao realized, and then said, "It turns out that drinking still says this, but Meng De is lonely and unheard, and he has been drinking for thirty years in vain, but he was awakened by Master Gao's words, come on, go to the luminous cup!" ”。

The maidservant took out a complete set of luminous cups, there were hundreds of them, and they were all presented, but Cao Cao held the luminous cup in his hand and drank with Gao Fei and Liu Bei!

The ministers also drank this grape wine, but many old ministers, after sipping a glass of wine, almost spit it out, "What kind of taste is this?" But because he was in Cao Cao's mansion, he reluctantly swallowed it!

At that time, Cao Cao drank very happily, raised his glass to the moon, but sang and shouted, "When you sing about wine, life is geometric, such as morning dew, and the days are bitter...... The mountains are not tired of being high, the sea is not tired of being deep, Zhou Gong is spitting and feeding, and the world is in the heart."

After singing a word, Cao Cao hid his face, but said to Gao Fei and Liu Bei, "Meng De suddenly sighed, but it made the two brothers laugh!" ”。

Liu Bei sighed, "Meng De is talented and thoughtful, but Xuande is not as good as Xuande!" ”。

At that time, Cao Cao sighed, "The Han family is in decline, I, Meng De, as the Han minister, can't even solve my worries under His Majesty, I really hate it, I think of Xuande talents, and I should contribute to the world of the Han family!" ”。

(The words in the article about what cup to use for drinking are from Jin Yong's "Smiling Proud Jianghu")