Chapter 237: Chaos in Chang'an (3)
Xu Ji and the three of them talked and laughed, walking side by side, Xu Ji found that Bao Xin had a deep meaning in looking at his demeanor, and obviously knew his identity from Cao Cao.
This was originally very normal, Bao Xin was Cao Cao's best friend, the two of them talked about everything, and it was a matter of course to know their identity. Therefore, Xu Ji didn't care that his identity was known by Bao Xin, but Xu Ji really wanted to find out Cao Cao's purpose for coming to Chang'an from Bao Xin's mouth, but this idea was just a matter of thinking about it, after all, with Liu Bei on the side, there was no way to say many things.
And this Bao Xin is old and spicy, it is really difficult to put words out of his mouth, Xu Ji thought about it, and he could only dispel this idea. Of course, another reason is also to avoid revealing his purpose, and it is difficult to say what Cao Cao wants to do.
Of course, Liu Bei didn't know the inside story of Lu Dao, and he didn't know Lu Dao Xu Ji's calculations for him, so he just talked and laughed with the two.
Cao Cao didn't pretend to be a guard this time, after all, his image was too "special", and it was better to mix in the team, if he stood up alone, it would be easy to show his stuff. Moreover, there are not a few people in Luoyang City who know him, and most of the people in the list today know him.
However, that Cheng Yu came with him as a matter of course, obviously to judge the situation tonight, but because of this, Xu Ji was more and more sure that Cao Cao had something very important to come to Chang'an, otherwise it would be impossible to send this important adviser who relied on him as his right hand to also send here.
And Liu Bei, of course, came with his two brothers.
The three of them walked into the hall, and Xu Ji took the place of Li Su at this moment and began to introduce the people in front of him to Bao Xin and Liu Bei.
Bao Xin was originally an old man in the imperial court. There are many officials who know each other, no better than Liu Bei. The vast majority of people don't know each other, and that's why. Even Wang Yun, who had been looking at him coldly, came over and greeted Bao Xin.
Watching the two talk affectionately, Xu Ji didn't know if he was too sensitive, anyway, he felt that the relationship between Bao Xin and Wang Yun was very delicate, and it seemed to be above the old friends.
Liu Bei exerted his ability to talk and laugh with a spring breeze, and circled in front of everyone like a fish in water, but Liu Bei still talked more enthusiastically with Zhang Ren, the envoy of Liu Yan, the assassin of Yizhou, and the topic of course revolved around Liu Yan.
Looking at Liu Bei's cordial greeting to Liu Yan's body, Xu Ji secretly exclaimed: This Liu Bei really didn't give up the opportunity to expand his reputation at all. You must know that although Liu Bei claims to be a royal family, he has long been in the middle of the family, and he is no different from the ordinary children of the poor family, and even the identity of this royal family is difficult to distinguish between true and false, Xu Ji thinks that it is not very reliable, the royal family is everywhere in these years, what is Liu Bei's worth?
However, this is enough to prove why Liu Bei will be adrift for half his life in history but only close, until the emperor recognized that he is Liu Huang's uncle, this situation gradually changed. This shows the great role of the prestige of the royal family in this era. This also shows that Liu Bei's vision is indeed sharp, at least he thinks of using the identity of the royal family to open his eyes.
Of course, Liu Bei also knows this shortcoming, so whenever he has the opportunity, he will proclaim his identity as a royal family to others.
Now is of course a rare opportunity, Liu Bei and Liu Yan are uncles and nephews. Of course, he was also hinting to others that he was a royal family, and when he boarded, many people immediately became enthusiastic about Liu Bei's attitude.
Zhang Ren heard Liu Bei's name. Deng Shi was in awe, and hurriedly said that he often heard Liu Bei's name from Liu Yan. It is said that Liu Bei is a rare figure among the children of the imperial family, and he has a bit of the legacy of Emperor Guangwu.
If it's a different day. When Xu Ji heard this, he regarded it as polite language, but now since he knew the so-called "Guangwu Testament", Xu Ji paid attention to the reaction of these children surnamed Liu when he mentioned Emperor Guangwu, and sure enough, Liu Bei listened to Zhang Ren's words, and his eyes immediately lit up.
Liu Bei and Zhang Ren were polite here, but Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, who came with Liu Bei, stared at Lu Bu, Zhang Fei was blowing his beard and glaring, Guan Yu was pretending to be disdainful, but Lu Bu was a little personable and greeted the two. Xu Ji was amused in his heart, if it weren't for Liu Bei taking care of Zhang Fei, he was afraid that Zhang Fei would have opened his mouth and shouted "three family slaves".
At this time, the number of people in the hall was already more than eighty, which seemed even more lively.
"Dang!" The bell rings, reminding everyone to take their seats.
So the military generals, the ministers and nobles, and these envoys, including Xu Ji, entered the table one after another, and for a while, the crowds on both sides of the table surged, and they were naturally ready to start the grand dinner.
The voices of the crowd at the scene gradually fell, leaving only the sound of melodious silk and bamboo musical instruments.
Xu Jinai is the identity of the envoy of Yanzhou, and according to etiquette, his status is noble, so he sat at the table on the right with the other envoys. However, due to Xu Ji's special identity, he is actually the envoy of Yanzhou and Jizhou, so he sits in the front, and Chen Deng and Cao Bao are behind, of course, because the father is more expensive than the daughter.
Because of the two-seat system, and Liu Yu's great prestige, Liu Bei sat behind Xu Ji
Sitting close to Liu Bei and behind Chen Deng and Cao Bao was Liu Yan's envoy Zhang Ren.
Then there are Bao Xin and Ma Teng. And then there are the seats of the subordinates brought by these messengers.
The seat opposite Xu Ji was vacant, and with Lu Bu's status, his seat was also behind this table, and it seemed that this seat was reserved for Li Ru. Behind Lu Bu, of course, is Wang Yun, who is Situ, and there is an old acquaintance who Xu Ji didn't see just now, but now he has appeared, Yang Biao, a Taiwei who met in Luoyang, and then Zhang Ji, Zhang Xiu's uncle and nephew, Li Dao, Guo Yan, Li Su and others.
As soon as the crowd sat down, the bell rang again. The sound of silk and bamboo began, and a group of salute bands walked lightly and played and blow, leading in, and then dispersed to both sides to stand and continue to play.
Everyone was attracted to the attention and looked towards the main entrance, of course Xu Ji knew that Dong Zhuo was about to arrive.
Surrounded by a group of armor soldiers, Dong Zhuo walked into the hall proudly, and he came with Cao Ling, behind the two was a gloomy-looking scribe, no matter what you know, it was Li Ru, the three of them were followed by more than 100 guards, half of them went around the space behind the banquet to stand guard, and only half followed Dong Zhuo and Cao Ling to the chairman at the front of the hall.
Most of the people saw this legendary Cao Ling, who was quickly favored in front of Dong Zhuo for the first time. couldn't help but pay attention to Cao Ling, and immediately found that the beauty who was only eighteen years old was lovely. He has a delicate goose egg face, and his beautiful eyes are as attractive as talking. Clear as autumn water, even more charming. There is a sweet smile on the corner of his mouth, which is indescribably moving. At this moment, there is a thrilling flush on the face, and there is a charm in the corners of the eyes that is not all for girls, and people with rich experience in men and women immediately understand that it is the color after the clouds and rain.
This Dong Zhuo is really a demon in the color, but he didn't expect Cao Ling to enter his mansion for a day, and he actually lost his perfect body, look at the way Cao Ling can walk, calculating the time. I'm afraid that as soon as Cao Ling entered the house, she was picked by Dong Zhuo. Otherwise, within an hour or two, Cao Ling would not be able to recover at all.
Looking at Cao Ling's innocent appearance, the men present were all jealous, and scolded Dong Zhuoyan for being very happy, and perverts like Li Dao and Guo Yan were even more dumbfounded, staring closely at all parts of Cao Ling's body, if there was no one. I'm afraid that the two of them have already crushed Cao Ling to the ground, and they are so beastly and lustful. Only Xu Ji was awe-inspiring in his heart, looking at Cao Ling's innocent appearance, Xu Ji knew that Cao Ling had quickly corrected his position. began to fight for his own destiny. If these men knew what kind of person Cao Ling was, they would definitely fall through the glasses.
Xu Ji peeked at Cao Ling and saw that she was wearing a short undergarment embroidered with gold threads and patterns today. It's sparkling and eye-catching. Underneath is a floor-touching skirt with a high-style outfit. Walking like a willow swing in the wind, it brings out her slender waist and plump buttocks posture and charming style in her bones, especially the slender neck is straight, and she adds infinite nobility to the temptation, which is integrated with Cao Ling's youthful temperament, and has a unique charm
It seems that Cao Ling is carefully dressed, Xu Ji is completely relieved, and his words have played a role. Xu Ji was looking at Cao Ling, but when he saw Cao Ling turn his head and see him, he nodded slightly with a smile, his eyes were full of tenderness, and Xu Ji was so frightened that he hurriedly lowered his gaze and lowered his head to avoid touching her wonderful eyes.
What are you kidding, you must know that the arrival of Cao Ling has broken the equilibrium of Chang'an's power, and many people will rise or fall because of this, not to mention how many people are staring at Cao Ling, they can't be discovered by others, nothing else matters, but if they destroy their own plans and can't take Emperor Han Xian, it will be worth the loss.
However, Cao Ling also knew how to be measured, and her eyes only stayed on Xu Ji for a moment, then she quickly moved away, and scanned the people present with a pair of soul-settling eyes. Of course, Cao Ling is not an unfocused flattering eye, when she saw Lu Bu, Cao Ling's gaze obviously stayed for a long time, although because of the angle, Xu Ji could not see Cao Ling's wonderful performance, but Xu Ji can be sure that Cao Ling's acting skills are excellent and she has a very good sense of proportion, otherwise Lu Bu will definitely not be in a daze by Cao Ling.
It seems that Cao Ling's seed has germinated, faster than he expected.
Dong Zhuo sat down, the bells and drums rang three times, and the coquettish maids on Dong Zhuo's house appeared at one time, but this time the dress was even more excessive, one by one light yarn on the body, wearing handmade exquisite pockets, big breasts and fat buttocks, long legs and thin waists wearing flowers and butterflies interspersed in the banquet, adding wine and serving delicacies to everyone. The envoys of the states and the princes and ministers of the imperial court are better, but Dong Zhuo's subordinates are all high-flying and domineering people, and they have long been unscrupulous, so when they see these maids, they are not only pretty, but also coquettish, where can they bear it, taking advantage of the opportunity of the maids to serve the food, the horses are hairy, those maids have long been strange, one by one, half pushed, half done, and a simple dish is also so lustful, seeing that the envoys of the states and Yang Biao and others frowned one by one, obviously they were not used to it, but Wang Yun was indifferent, Take it in stride, as if this is a normal thing.
People who don't know Lu Dao still think how close the relationship between Wang Yun and Dong Zhuo is, in fact, only Xu Ji knows that Lu Dao Wang Yun is a multi-tolerant master, in order to get rid of Dong Zhuo, Wang Yun can actually compromise to such a point.
Dong Zhuo was not surprised, watching the people under his hands messing around, he couldn't help but smear Cao Ling's plump thighs under the table with his hand, the latter gave him a blaming look, and there was infinite joy in it, seeing that Dong Zhuo's bones were crispy, but Cao Ling moved his legs away from Dong Zhuo again, which made Dong Zhuo's heart agitated, and touched Cao Ling's legs twice.
The scene gradually fell silent. Dong Zhuo raised his glass and said loudly to everyone: "Today can be described as double happiness. First, it was to welcome the envoys of various states to Chang'an. It's really my emperor, let's have a drink! ”
When everyone heard this, they all raised their glasses and toasted each other, and in the process of pushing the glass and changing the lamp, the first glass of wine immediately entered the stomach, and then filled with a glass of wine, Dong Zhuo glanced at Cao Ling beside him, and said with lust on his face: "Then the old decay is favored by Miss Cao Ling, the daughter of General Cao Cao of Xuzhou." After choosing a good date, the old man will hold a wedding banquet, and everyone will come to cheer at that time. ”
Xu Ji was amused when he heard this, this Dong Zhuo is also trendy, he slept with his daughter before he got married, and he was so blatant, it seems that he is really not afraid of others laughing at all.
There are not a few people who think this way. An ambiguous smile flowed out of their faces, but this smile turned into ridicule in Cao Bao's eyes, and Cao Bao became uncomfortable and snorted lightly. His face became extremely ugly.
But Cao Ling didn't care, just looked at the people in front of her with a smile,
Of course, Dong Zhuo didn't notice the displeasure of this cheap old man who was much younger than himself. Li Ru knew that Dong Zhuo's words were inconsiderate, and hurriedly remedied: "Miss Cao Ling is only temporarily staying in the Prime Minister's Mansion for a few days now, and it is also to be able to get acquainted with my life in Chang'an more quickly in the future." ”
Although knowing is an excuse. But everyone couldn't laugh anymore, and Cao Bao's face showed gratitude.
Xu Ji watched this scene happen. I was funny in my heart, but I didn't dare to laugh out, this Li Ru is Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, and Dong Zhuo is Cao Bao's son-in-law, counting up, Li Ru has become the character of Cao Bao's grandchildren, and now for Cao Bao's inexplicable "grandfather", to put it bluntly, it is to win the favor of Cao Bao and Cao Ling, so that he can eat more in front of Dong Zhuo, which is really a veritable "pretending to be a grandson".
Li Ru also knew that saying this was just to cover his ears and steal the bell, but as Xu Ji thought, "People are under the eaves and have to bow their heads", seeing that Cao Ling is so favored by Dong Zhuo, how can he not take the opportunity to stutter?
Dong Zhuo was obviously very interested, although it was said that it was a double happiness, but in addition to mentioning Emperor Han Xian at the beginning, he completely put the topic on Cao Ling in the future, obviously to deliberately please this young beauty who made him fascinated.
How can the people not understand his heart? It's just that on the one hand, they are clumsy and clumsy, and they can't say anything to please Cao Ling, even if they are articulate, they are also framed by Li Ru in the future because they are afraid of stealing Li Ru's limelight, so they cherish words like gold, and only watch Li Ru compliment Cao Ling in front of him, which makes Cao Ling purse her lips and chuckle from time to time, becoming more and more charming and moving.
Later, Dong Zhuo ordered Cao Ling to go down to toast, Cao Ling smiled and agreed, so he picked up the wine and came to Cao Bao to pour a full glass of wine for his father.
Cao Bao is a person in the end, although he regards his daughter as a political tool, but there is always a little bit of father-daughter nature, and he really knows in his heart that his daughter marrying Dong Zhuo is really a piece of flowers inserted in cow dung, but look at Cao Ling now with a bright smile, not showing a little sadness, and also knowing that his daughter is forced to smile, and then think about himself and his daughter are afraid that they will never see each other again, they can't help but have red circles in their eyes, and almost cry.
Cao Ling was much stronger than Cao Bao, so she just comforted Cao Bao a few words, and then walked away, not even looking at Xu Ji from the corner of her eyes, and walked away.
At this time, Jia Xu, who had been silent, uncharacteristically coaxed, saying that since they would be a family in the future, Master Li Ru said so many beautiful words for Miss Cao Ling, and if Miss Cao Ling disrespected Lord Li Ru, it was really unreasonable, and said that as long as Miss Cao Ling toasted this glass of wine, Lord Li Ru should do his best to serve Miss Cao Ling in the future.
Human nature likes to be lively, and when he heard Jia Xu's words, he felt that it made sense, and he coaxed one after another, and Dong Zhuo also nodded his head and agreed.
Li Ru glanced at Jia Xu triumphantly, and found that the latter was smiling at him, so he thought that Jia Xu was giving in to himself, and couldn't help but feel comfortable, so he took the wine handed over by Cao Ling with both hands and drank it all.
Xu Ji knew that things were not so simple, Jia Xu was too high, and his temperament was even more proud, looking at his life, no one who was the enemy would end well, and Jia Xu would show weakness to Li Ru? Don't even think about it, it seems that Jia Xu still has a trick to come up with.
Sure enough, Cao Ling finished toasting, and I don't know who shouted underground, "Miss Cao, and Lu Wenhou." ”
Xu Jideng was stunned in his heart, this is Jia Xu's purpose.
It seems that Jia Xu did not want to get closer to Cao Ling, but to frame Li Ru, Li Ru said Cao Ling so fanciously today, it is clear that he wants to form a party with Cao Ling, if there is anything wrong with this Cao Ling in the future, then Li Ru will be the first to be implicated.
But what could be wrong with Cao Ling?
Xu Ji knew that the answer was on Lu Bu.
At this time, under the gaze of everyone, Cao Ling picked up a glass of wine, Yingying came to Lu Bu, raised her wrist to bully frost and snow, flashed her bright eyes and smiled at Lu Bu: "General Lu, I have long heard that you are brave and unparalleled, and you are the number one hero in the world, let the little girl toast you this cup." ”
Lu Bu looked at Cao Ling's jade face, his eyes flashed, he smiled, and went to pick up the wine.
Xu Ji's eyes widened and he looked at the two. (To be continued......)