Chapter 16: The Night Banquet of Deng Valve
At night, the Deng Mansion in the north of the city is brightly lit. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Deng Mansion is located in Buguangli in the north of the city, and like Yongheli, it is the place where the nobles and wealthy families of the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty lived.
This square is located in all directions, with high smoke cages and fragrant Zhu Lou, with green trees on the streets, stone slabs in the streets, and magnificent halls, revealing a kind of rich luxury and classical elegance with a long history. The most special thing is that no matter day or night, there is an endless stream of high carts and horses, and there are few days when the carriages and horses are deserted every day and night.
Buguangli is bordered by Yong'an Palace in the north, North Palace in the east, South Palace in the south, and Upper East Gate and Middle East Gate in the east. Since the Han Dynasty ancestor Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiuzhong revived the Han Dynasty, it was given to the relatives and nobles and the founding heroes of the three major areas near the palace, and after two hundred years of reproduction in the Eastern Han Dynasty, it became a place where the descendants of the heroes and nobles lived.
Right now, a luxurious carriage was crowding into the traffic and slowly approaching Guangbri. This car is decorated with Zhuli Tongwan, Zhu silk net, and even the canopy of the wheel is decorated with white copper, which is extremely luxurious and elegant.
Lu Yi accompanied Dong Bai to sit in the luxuriously furnished carriage, a little uneasy. Night has fallen, but the wind lanterns on the street in the square are waving in the wind, illuminating the river and the horses and horses brightly.
This kind of ancient drunken gold fan, the lights are not inferior to the metropolis of later generations. In fact, if you follow the life of ordinary people who work at sunrise and rest at sunset, they are already in a deep dream now.
And the place where Lu Yi is coming now is undoubtedly completely in two worlds with the lives of ordinary people. Since this place is a place where the relatives of heroes gather, it is undoubtedly an area that represents the most noble class of the Han Empire.
This place is a place where even a demon king like Dong Zhuo has to be afraid of three points. When Dong Zhuo entered and exited Luoyang, he saw that the city was rich and noble, the family was rich, and the wealth was innumerable, so he connived at his subordinate soldiers and carried out the so-called "prison search" campaign. However, a place like Buguangli is undoubtedly an area that he needs to be out of the way.
In the 200-year-old Chengping era of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the nobles and wealthy families who lived here could influence the ruling direction of the entire empire with their words and deeds. Now, although the power they represent is the same as the end of the Han Empire, they still have a huge energy in Luoyang City.
"I said Master Dong Ji, didn't you say you wanted to come with that Captain Niu?" Lu Yiwei sneered: "Why did you let him go and come to Deng Mansion alone?" ”
"How?" Dong Bai lowered the curtain of the car window, turned around and said complacently: "Is there any problem?" ”
"Nope. I just think your cousin is really pitiful. Lu Yi shook his head and asked with a smile: "Lord Dong Ji asked me to pretend to be your guard tonight, but I want to know, is there any guard in the world who can sit in the same carriage as the master?" ”
"Oh? Are you not satisfied? Dong Bai frowned, then looked back and smiled: "If you think it's not good for you to be treated like this, you can jump down and walk by yourself." ”
Lu Yi judged his appearance, and said with a smile: "I'm joking, don't see Dong Ji." But after all, it's Deng Valve's banquet, don't you Dong Valve only let you go? Oh – and, of course, your cousin. ”
"Our Dong Valve, below my grandfather Dong Taishi, the highest status is General Zuo, Marquis Dong Min, he is my uncle and grandfather, but now that he is in Yingchuan, he naturally has no time to go." Dong Bai frowned and said: "Next is my cousin uncle Dong Huang, he is my father's brother, and now he is the commander of the forbidden army, so naturally he can't easily get into danger." ”
"In this way, apart from you, your Dong family really can't send someone with the right identity to attend the banquet?" Lu Yixian smiled and said, "Actually, you can only let a female person like Dong Ji come out?" ”
Dong Bai was displeased when he heard this, glared at Lu Yi and said angrily: "Why don't we have many relatives in the Dong family, you seem to be very happy?" Or do you look down on the slave family? ”
"No, no!" Lu Yi hurriedly waved his hand and said: "I am the defeated general of Lord Dong Ji, how dare I look down on Lord Dong Ji." I'm just looking at Dong Ji's young age, but she's just a fifteen-year-old girl, and this responsibility is too great. ”
"Do you really think so?" A complicated look flashed in Dong Bai's eyes, he smiled, and suddenly approached Lu Yi's ear, Yan Yuying said: "If Lu Lang becomes our Dong Valve's grandson-in-law, won't the slave family have to work so hard?" ”
Dong Bai smiled and spoke softly. Lu Yi only felt that his body was soft at the beginning, and then his body shook violently, and he said in his heart that this witch was worthy of being a witch, and she could weave lies as if they were true, and she was immediately vigilant.
This kind of woman is really terrifying. In this world, a lie has been told a hundred times before it becomes the truth, even if Lu Yi has been on guard again and again, but if Dong Bai tempts you with this method three times and twice, I am afraid that it will inevitably fall under her pomegranate skirt because of it.
It's just that Lu Yi knows that this is just a means for Dong Bai. It's just that what he doesn't understand is that he is just a prisoner of the ranks, if his strength and identity are not worth mentioning at all, with the identity of Dong Bai Weiyangjun, why do he act like this three times and twice? He is neither a high-ranking official nor a high-ranking person, no matter how you look at it, it is not worth Dong Bai's painstaking efforts.
Just when the two of them were thinking about each other, as the carriages flowed into the mansion on Guangli Left Street one by one, the vehicles that Lu Yi and Dong Bai were riding also slowed down and slowly moved forward to the mansions of the wealthy families in the left street.
This is the residence of Deng Fu, the owner of Deng Valve, which is officially the "Nanxiang Hou Mansion", and it is also the base camp of Deng Valve's children today.
However, although Deng Fu is the Marquis of Nanxiang and is the head of the Deng Valve family, he is not a descendant of Deng Yu.
As we all know, Deng Yu was named Taifu and Gaomi Marquis as the founder of the country. His lineage is hereditary Marquis Gaomi's title of fiefdom, but now the Marquis Gaomi family is extinct, so the position of head of the family was taken over by Deng Fu.
Previously, the owner of the Deng valve has always been the possession of the Gaomi Hou family, but the last Gaomi Hou Deng Xing died early, so the position of the valve owner fell to someone else's family. Originally, Deng Xing's younger brother Deng Chang was also a descendant of the Gaomi Marquis, but because he inherited his mother's title as the Marquis of Wuyin, his descendants could not inherit the position of Deng Lord.
It can be seen from this that the power struggle within Deng Valve is also extremely serious. Deng Xingnai is the fifth grandson of Deng Yu. His father Deng Bao succeeded his father Deng Cheng as the Marquis of Gaomi, and married the sister of Emperor An of the Han Dynasty, Princess Wuyin, who was the Shaofu of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty.
And now Deng Fu, the lord of Nanxiang, is the son of the former Nanxiang Marquis and Henan Yin Deng Wanshi. He is the fifth grandson of Deng Yu, like the last person, Gaomi Marquis Deng Xing and Wuyin Marquis Deng Chang brothers, but the Deng Chang brothers are the descendants of the big sect, and his family belongs to the small sect.
usurping the position of the head of the big sect with a small sect, it can be seen that this Deng Fu is also a difficult figure to deal with.
Dong Bai and Lu Yi secretly made up their minds at the same time, they must be 100 points in spirit, and in the face of an old and cunning big man like Deng Fu, they must not take it lightly.
As soon as the ornate carriage stopped in front of the gate, an old man in Tsing Yi who looked forty years old walked over to greet him. A discerning person can see at a glance that this old man should be the old man of the Deng Mansion.
"Little old man Deng Fang." The old man stood in front of the mansion with a smile and arched his hand: "I don't know where the distinguished guests are, are you here to participate in the banquet of our family master?" ”
Dong Bai coughed lightly, turned his gaze to Lu Yi, and did not reply. Lu Yi immediately understood that since he appeared as a guard of the Weiyang Monarch's Mansion, he naturally had to saddle up for Dong Bai. On this occasion, it is not suitable to deign to reply as Dong Bai, so he naturally has to serve the "master" himself.
"We are from the Weiyang Junfu." Lu Yi coughed lightly, with the momentum of a fox and a fake tiger, and said proudly: "This is the lord of Weiyang County, Dong Baiji, the granddaughter of the imperial lieutenant, the marquis of Yi, and Dong Xiangguo. ”
Dong Bai saw Lu dancing with one hand, calm and calm, quite funny, and couldn't help but cover his mouth and smile.
However, if you look closely, Lu Yi is clear and beautiful, his face is like a crown of jade, he is seven feet tall, graceful and elegant, he is born with a good skin of a beautiful son, and his personality is free and uninhibited, and he can't see the same shadow as others, which is really different, and he was a little stupid for a while.
didn't want to come out under the names of Dong Valve and Dong Zhuo, not only did they not suppress each other. Instead, it provoked Deng Fang's anger, and he saw that he was full of anger, and said abruptly: "Dong Valve's people, come to our Deng family to do something." You go, we don't welcome it. ”
Dong Bai wiped a trace of murderous intent on his brows when he heard this, Lu Yi was shocked, and said in his heart that with Dong Bai's ruthless character, if he wanted to make an example of Deng Bai, maybe blood would be splattered on the spot and cause a big disaster.
He hurriedly waved his hand and smiled, carefully took out a famous thorn from his arms, and said with bated breath: "This is the invitation that our Lord Dong Ji received. However, you Deng valve lord personally sent an invitation, I hope you don't refuse people to leave the door. ”
Deng Fang snorted coldly, and after confirming that it was correct, he held his breath and said, "You guys go in." ”
Lu Yi smiled and said to Dong Bai: "Master Dong Ji, let's go in." ”
Dong Bai snorted coldly, and said with contempt: "You are so servile, you really lose the face of our Dong Valve and Weiyang Junfu. ”
Lu Yi was secretly speechless: "I'm just a prisoner captured by you, do you really think I'm your Dong Valve and your Dong Bai's subordinate?" But he didn't dare to refute, after all, his life was still in Dong Bai's hands. This girl is moody, and she angers him, and she may attack herself at any time.
However, if this is not the case, this old man of Deng Fang may not be able to escape Dong Bai's poisonous hands on the spot, save people's lives, and win the seventh-level floating slaughter. What do you get if you suffer some grievances?
The two walked into the Deng Mansion and heard the sound of light singing and dancing and drums from a distance.
At this time, the lights are on, the aroma of wine is overflowing, and it is very lively. The luxurious life of the aristocratic and wealthy families is also unobstructed.
The two of them and the servants of the Weiyang Monarch's Mansion had not taken a few steps before a young man greeted them proudly.
Lu Yi saw that the young man in front of him was heroic and powerful, and his bearing was extraordinary, and he couldn't help but be secretly surprised and impressed by the victory.
The young man walked by, politely arched his hand and smiled: "It turned out to be the lord of Weiyang Jun Dong Ji, under Deng Zhi, the word Bo Miao." On the order of the head of the family, he came to welcome Lord Dong Ji. ”
Before Dong Bai could speak, Lu Yi's body was already shocked, and he blurted out in disbelief: "You are Deng Zhi, Deng Bomiao?" ”