Chapter 25: The Gift
After Dong Shouye left Zheng Tai, he helped greet the guests, and soon most of the guests had already arrived, and it was estimated that they would not come if they did not come.
The host ** Han Situ Wang Yun announced the official start of the banquet. First of all, Wang Yun made an opening speech, said a lot of nonsense, and congratulated Taishi Dong Zhuo.
Then Dong Shouye's father, Dong Zhuo, spoke: "Thanks to the blessing of the Son of Heaven, the old man is now the master and has spent sixty years in vain. After the age of Jiazi, the loess is not half of the body. Today, thanks to all of you, come to celebrate the birthday of the old man, and the old man is grateful for omitting 10,000 words.
After Dong Zhuo finished sighing, Wang Yun came to sensationalize again.
Suddenly, someone outside shouted, "The Decree has arrived!" ”
It turned out that the little emperor Liu Xie heard that Dong Zhuo had a birthday, and he also sent someone over to send a birthday gift, and it was Ma Riyan who represented the Son of Heaven.
Dong Zhuo walked down from the desk, stood in front of Ma Riyan, bowed to the holy decree, but did not kneel, and then said: "Thanks to the love of the Son of Heaven, I can still remember the old man's birthday, and the old man will definitely live up to the high expectations of the Son of Heaven." ”
Na Ma Riyan didn't dare to stimulate Dong Zhuo, didn't say anything, bowed to Dong Zhuo, handed over the holy decree in his hand to Dong Zhuo, and then gave Dong Zhuo a salute, wishing him a birthday, and then asked the entourage to carry the gift from the Son of Heaven and hand it to Dong Zhuo.
After the Son of Heaven finished giving gifts, the ministers below began to give gifts.
Wang Yun gave a piece of jade pendant. This jade pendant is a dragon jade pendant, and Wang Yun also spent a lot of thought in order to get this treasure. After Dong Zhuo accepted it, he was also very happy, and praised Wang Yun a few words, now he can make this old boy beautiful.
Cai Yong didn't give any gifts, but wrote a poem on the spot, praising the achievements of the Xiliang Army in defeating Sun Jian, Zhu Jun, Wang Kuang and others some time ago. This Cai Yong is a well-known clear stream, he doesn't have any assets at home, and there are some authentic books, but Dong Zhuo is not interested in these things. It's not an old pedant, and it's useless to ask for those authentic books. However, Cai Yong's praise of virtue this time made Dong Zhuo very satisfied. Dong Zhuo couldn't help but think: "These scholars are still of some use, at least they can write splendid articles to ****." ”
The gift given by Dong Shouye's mentor Zheng Tai was very sincere, just a simple bowl of longevity noodles. However, Dong Zhuo didn't care about this, and he didn't show any impatience. Originally, according to Zheng Tai's character, this banquet should not have come, and the reason why he was able to come is estimated to be based on Dong Shouye's face.
As for the others who have their own gifts, there is no need to elaborate.
Finally, it was Dong Shouye's turn to give gifts. The crowd below also looked at Dong Shouye with blank eyes, to see what kind of gift this Dong Zhuo's son could give to his father.
I saw Dong Shouye walk from the banquet to the center of the hall, kowtow to Dong Zhuo nine times, then straightened up and said loudly: "The child wishes his father happiness like the East China Sea and longevity than Nanshan." ”
Dong Zhuo looked at his only son kowtowing to himself there to celebrate his birthday, he was very happy in his heart, touched the beard on his mouth, and said with a smile: "My son get up!" ”
Dong Shouye stood up as he said, and the host next to him, Wang Yun, said: "Shouye Gongzi, today is the 60th birthday of Master Taishi, as a son of man, have you prepared a gift for your father?" ”
Dong Shouye nodded, then turned his hand back, slapped his face, and said loudly, "Don't hurry up and bring the gift up." ”
Immediately, several people flashed out of the hall carrying a strange object, and basically no one in the hall had ever seen this thing, and they were all curious, looking at this novel gift intently.
It's actually just a chair.
The servants carried their chairs to the center of the hall and placed them on the ground.
Dong Shouye pointed to the chair under him and said: "Father, this thing is a treasure made by a child after the Hu bed and the desk, and it is very comfortable to sit on it, much better than kneeling next to the desk. This thing is for my father, so it's better to call it the Taishi chair, I don't know what my father thinks? ”
Dong Zhuo looked at the Taishi chair below and was covered with a tiger skin, which was majestic and incredible, and he was also overjoyed in his heart, so he said to Dong Shouye: "It's rare for my son to have filial piety, this thing is called the Taishi chair, and the old man is also very suitable for the Taishi chair as a thing used by the Taishi of the dynasty." ”
In fact, Dong Shouye had already arranged for someone to make this Taishi chair, and the best mahogany was used. The Taishi chair is also relatively simple to make, there is no difficulty, and ordinary carpenters can do it, but the style is relatively novel, and no one has ever seen it. Dong Shouye arranged for a carpenter to make the Taishi chair some time ago, and then painted it with wood paint, which made the chair look even more beautiful.
After the success of the chair system, Dong Shouye asked people to put on the tiger skin again.
This tiger skin was one of the two tigers that Dian Wei hunted when he chased the tiger across the stream, and Dong Shouye had an idea at that time. And he also specially left Zhao Hu, the captain of the personal guard, to supervise the craftsmen to concoct tiger skins.
The result also lived up to expectations, and the two tiger skins were perfect. Dong Shouye ordered someone to put one of the tiger skins on the Taishi chair, and the tiger skin fish chair was also very suitable.
After Dong Shouye got the approval of his father Dong Zhuo, he ordered the servant to carry the Taishi chair to Dong Zhuo's desk.
This Taishi chair, born for the first time, has a novel shape, and the carved decoration on it is very exquisite, which conquered everyone present at once. Everyone present was so curious about it that they wanted to go up and sit and watch.
Dong Zhuo twisted his body, sat on the Taishi chair with his buttocks, twisted left and right a few times, and suddenly felt extremely comfortable, tens of thousands of times more comfortable than kneeling on the ground. He has been sitting on the Taishi chair, facing the desk in front of him is also very suitable, holding the things in front of him, eating, are very handy, there for a while, the heart is more and more happy, then said: "It is rare that my son is filial, there is such a painstaking effort." The father is very satisfied. ”
Dong Shouye said: "As long as my father is happy, it's fine." ”
The group of people next to him also echoed: "Congratulations to the master for getting this treasure, the filial piety of the son of Shouye is commendable, and he is really a model for my generation!" ”
The people present are all old oilmen in the officialdom, and the kung fu of patting sycophants is all perfect, and all kinds of sycophants emerge in an endless stream for a while, Dong Shouye is a little disgusted to listen to, but those officials are still talking to themselves, as if they are talking about the most beautiful article in the world.
Dong Zhuo listened to it quite comfortably, and finally patted the sycophants almost over, Dong Zhuo opened his mouth and said: "Shouye, today is my father's birthday, I am very happy, let's say, what reward do you want, my father will definitely satisfy you." ”