Approaching dusk, Cao Cao and Lu Rui under the protection of a group of guards, took a carriage to one of the best restaurants in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Luoyang Baixianglou, Luoyang Baixianglou is located on the main road of the outer city of Luoyang, located in the most prosperous commercial street in Luoyang, out of the imperial city, about a mile straight, is Baixianglou, Baixianglou was originally the Eastern Han Dynasty emperor in order to monitor the fireworks of the ministers, but unfortunately now the Han Dynasty imperial power is falling, and it has become a pastime for the powerful of the dynasty.

The groom parked the carriage, Cao Cao and Lu Rui got out of the carriage, and what caught their eyes was a gate sign, which was written in platinum: "Cao Jia Mengde of the Han Dynasty, Luoyang Banquet for Friends from all over the world" A few big characters, the most famous Doufu in the Chinese calendar is Shi Chong Doufu of the Western Jin Dynasty, but since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Chinese family has begun to fight for wealth. It can be seen from the banquet guests. The door number is meaningful in the banquet at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it first highlights the identity of the host and the reason for the banquet guests, secondly, the door number is funded by the banquet party, the restaurant is responsible for arranging, the end of the dinner, the door number is not owned by the banquet party, but by the restaurant, in order to highlight the taste and grade of the restaurant, a certain noble person has come to the restaurant, is a living signboard!

Cao Cao saw the door number, and shouted in his heart Cao Zhong, Cao Zhong, you loser, have a banquet, what are you doing with such a big house number? This is my Cao Mengde's money, I really don't feel sorry for not spending my own money, in fact, Cao Cao's banquets used to be basically at this level, but that was when he was a teenager, Cao Cao spent Lao Tzu Cao Song's money, and he didn't care. Now that he is an adult of Guanli, his family has divided the land and family wealth to himself, that is, he will give his own money, can Lao Cao not feel distressed? decided right now to go back and deal with Cao Zhong well!

But Cao Cao can't show it now, after getting out of the carriage, Cao Cao still greeted everyone with a smile, then picked up Lu Rui, and walked straight to the best box in Baixiang Building, Tianxiang Pavilion, at this time Cao Cao's friend Yuan Shao and others had arrived.

Cao Cao walked up to the attic with Lu Rui in his arms, and every time he went up to the floor, Cao Cao's face changed a round, at first they were going to put themselves to death, and they originally chartered Baixiang Building, Cao Cao thought that it was a group of people who ate by themselves. But when he saw the guests, Cao Cao was dumbfounded, grandma's, Yuan Benchu actually put himself in Luoyang as the northern governor, and the officials who made five-color sticks in the yamen were invited, this is not a simple family gathering, it is Cao Cao who worships the flowing water banquet and invites everyone, as long as it has something to do with Cao Cao, the people in Luoyang, Yuan Shao have invited them over, but those who are not enough to eat downstairs, and the children of the family are upstairs.

Cao Cao came to Tianxiang Pavilion, Yuan Shao and others were already waiting for Cao Cao, Cao Cao saw everyone, and said with a wry smile: "At the beginning, everyone, Cao Mengde is polite." After speaking, he arched his hand, indicating that he had seen you.

Yuan Shao was the leader of this group of gentlemen, of course he knew that he had slaughtered Cao Cao this time, and he also replied: "Meng De, I haven't seen you for many days, Meng De is becoming more and more energetic." ”

Lu Rui jumped down at this time, pulled Yuan Shao and said, "Uncle Benchu, Rui'er is also here." ”

Yuan Shao looked at the lovely Lu Rui, nodded and said, "Haha, Rui'er is also here, okay, Mengde, Rui'er, take a seat, we are ready to have a banquet." ”

As soon as Yuan Shao's words fell, Cao Cao took Lu Rui to sit on the main seat, Tianxiang Pavilion is the best box on the third floor of Baixiang Building, facing the large terrace of Baixiang Building's performance, and the whole picture of Baixiang Building can be seen at a glance. At this time, there is a lot of traffic downstairs in Baixianglou, there are people leading horses, some pulling big yellow cows, some dragging big yellow dogs, some carrying tiger skins, some wrapped in fox skins, or all kinds of servants carrying a lot of rare treasures, of course, the most beautiful scenery, that is, in a wing room on the right, there are many beautiful young maids, these are not business, or Baixianglou's service staff, but gambling money, is the Han family children used to gamble chips, Lu Rui is for these things.

The dinner soon began, Baixianglou's dishes are full of tricks, golden quail, saliva chicken, python soup, wolf bones, roasted whole sheep, birds and phoenixes, etc., each dish is cooked by today's most powerful chef, delicious, mouth-watering, Lu Rui looked at so many rich dishes, regardless of the image, he ate wildly, until he held on, then stopped, Cao Cao also drank with everyone, about an hour, the meal was finished, the main event began, gambling entertainment, The most important part of the gathering of the children of the Eastern Han Dynasty!

Before the entertainment began, Yuan Shao first thanked Cao Cao for his hospitality on behalf of the guests, and at the same time said some words of appreciation for Cao Cao, which won the applause of the guests. Yuan Shao is tall, burly, handsome and extraordinary, and at the same time the tone of speech is magnetic, there is a man's ** fan, compared with Cao Cao's appearance, Yuan Shao is tall and handsome, Cao Cao is short and fat, no wonder the two can become friends, and people at the two extremes can often sympathize with each other!

Soon the gambling game began, there were many ways to gamble in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, cockfighting, pot throwing, archery, money, six bo, etc., everyone began to attack Cao Cao in turn under the hint of Yuan Shao, although Cao Cao is also a big man, but after a long time to lose the battle array, lose more and win less, after all, they have not engaged in these activities for a long time, and Yuan Shao and his gang are prepared, everyone uses their own specialties to fight Cao Cao, of course, this is the result.

Soon, Cao Cao lost half of the property he brought, Cao Cao died of pain this time, and the banquet cost him a month's pocket money, plus the money he lost, hey, this time it was really ruined. Yuan Shao looked at Cao Cao from the side, and then said with a smile: "Meng De, you were one of our gentlemen at the beginning, and your performance today is not up to standard." ”

Cao Cao secretly scolded in his heart, I wasn't hurt by you in the first place, hmph, I will definitely find a chance to take revenge. Cao Cao smiled and said: "Ben Chu said that he was joking, and he used to do little things, so that Ben Chu and everyone laughed." ”

At this moment, Lu Rui made a fuss and said, "Father Zhong, I want to play too, I want to play too, I want to win!" ”

Lu Rui made a fuss, everyone looked at Lu Rui, Yuan Shao looked at Lu Rui and smiled and said, "Rui'er, you want to play too?" Do you have a bookbook? What do you bet on? ”

When Lu Rui heard this, he took out a bag of things from his arms, then poured it out and said, "Yes, Uncle Benchu, here are my jade pendants in the Cao family, there are night pearls, there are daggers of the Warring States, and there are high-grade jade necklaces. Subsequently, Lu Rui poured out all the things he brought from the small bag, and Yuan Shao and the others just looked at Lu Rui with a smile.

Yuan Shao touched his nose, and then said: "Okay, since Rui'er wants to play with Uncle Benchu, I'll play with you, Rui'er, what do you want to play, choose one, take out a bet, Uncle Benchu will play a game with you." ”

Lu Rui rolled his eyes, then took out a piece of jade pendant and said, "Uncle Benchu, this is the jade pendant given to me by my grandfather Cao Song, I will take it out as a bet, and I will bet with you!" ”

When Yuan Shao heard this, he laughed, not only Yuan Shao, but also the rest of the guests laughed, throwing pots, Lu Rui actually wanted to play pitching with Yuan Shao, could Lu Rui throw short arrows? Pitching pot is a popular game in the Eastern Han Dynasty, that is, a pot is placed in front of a certain distance, and then the individual is behind the red line, throwing with short arrows, entering the pitching pot shall prevail, three short arrows, the one who throws more wins, if it is tied, extend the distance, and then take the three short arrows as the standard, until the winner is divided. The short arrows of the pitcher are iron arrowheads, with a cylindrical body made of bamboo, and a peacock's feather on the tail. In order to increase the difficulty of the game, the arrows of short arrows are generally relatively large and heavy, and children who are more than three years old have insufficient strength and limited throwing distance, Yuan Shao is not bullying children!

Yuan Shao looked at Lu Rui, and then said with a smile: "Rui'er, you are still young, I am trying to throw a pot with you, and I am suspected of bullying you, in this way, Rui'er can shorten the distance by half, and compete with me, what do you think?" The crowd agreed.

When Lu Rui heard this, Yuan Shao really had a good face, in order not to let others say that he was bullying children, he let Lu Rui half the distance, hehe, Yuan Benchu, since you let me, don't blame me, Lu Rui arched his hand and said, "Thank you Uncle Benchu!" ”

Yuan Shao looked at everyone, then took out a piece of jade pendant, and then said, "Rui'er, I'll use this as a bet to throw a pot with you." Yuan Shu saw the jade pendant that Yuan Shao took out, his eyes lit up, this is the jade pendant of the young head of the Yuan family, it seems that Yuan Shao is a little drunk, or too confident, and he took out the jade pendant of the young master.

When Han Fu saw it, he immediately took out a contract and said, "I took out a pair of jade Ruyi bet on the original win!" Han Fu, a protégé of the Yuan family, immediately came out to support Yuan Shao. Subsequently, Yuan Shu took out a tiger skin, Xu You took out a dagger, and the rest of the family also took out a lot of treasures, betting on Yuan Shao to win, of course, no one supported Lu Rui.

Yuan Shao looked at the bet on himself, then glanced at Cao Cao and said, "Meng De? ”

Cao Cao said without changing his face: "In this case, I will take out a bloody BMW to bet Rui'er on victory!" As soon as Cao Cao's words fell, the subordinates of Cao Mansion brought a sweaty BMW, Cao Cao now has no hope in his heart, since he has lost so much, this time he will lose completely, anyway, Lu Rui is happy, happiness is the most important thing, today is completely slaughtered, hey, Cao Mengde, the original Da Xuan also has today.

Gambling betting is particular, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, to prove their momentum, not how much they bet, but the support of others to themselves, that is, the later generations said to bet, these treasures show the support of others on both sides of the game. If one side loses, the item that someone else bets on him is won by the winning side.

Yuan Shao saw that the bets were all on the stage, and then he drew lots with Lu Rui to see who threw first, and in the end, Yuan Shao won the right to throw, and Lu Rui chose the way to play, and Lu Rui chose to throw each person at one time, and the one with the largest number of short arrows entering the pitcher wins.

After deciding the order and method of throwing, Yuan Shao came to the center of the field, and then began to throw, Yuan Shao picked up a short arrow, and then threw it, it was actually thrown crookedly, everyone smiled, Yuan Shao's posture was clearly to let Lu Rui, deliberately missed.

Yuan Shao looked at all the guests, then showed a contemptuous expression, and threw it with his hand, and two short arrows in a row entered the pitching pot, attracting a burst of cheers from the guests, Yuan Shao then looked at Lu Rui upstairs, and said loudly: "Rui'er, Uncle has finished casting!" ”

Lu Rui heard Yuan Shao's words, and also shouted: "Well, it's my turn." Then he ordered Cao Zhong to carry himself downstairs, down to the bottom of the building, Lu Rui jumped down, and then fell crookedly and ran to the red line, halfway, Lu Rui accidentally fell, which caused the guests to laugh, Yuan Shao saw it and laughed and said: "Rui'er, slow down, slow down." Cao Cao covered his face and shook his head, lost, lost again, a sweaty BMW! Thinking of this, Cao Cao touched his chest.

Lu Rui stumbled to the red line, although Yuan Shao had reduced the distance by half, but there was still a distance of ten meters from the pitcher, it was still very difficult for a three or four-year-old child, all the guests looked at Lu Rui to see how this kid lost to Yuan Shao.

Lu Rui stabilized his figure, and then picked up three short arrows, Lu Rui threw it, ding, ding, ding, three sounds, and the three short arrows entered the pitcher at once, there was silence, there was silence in the restaurant, a needle falling on the ground could be heard, and even the guys who ran the hall stopped, this is? Thrown? Don't dazzle yourself? Lu Rui actually threw in, and all three short arrows entered, and in this competition, Lu Rui won!

After Lu Rui saw that he had put it in, he immediately ran to the betting table, and then began to collect the bets, all the bets on Yuan Shao to win, Lu Rui took them into his arms, Lu Rui collected them, and shouted: "Cao Zhong, you don't die soon, help this young master collect things!" ”

Cao Zhong only reacted when he heard Lu Rui's words, and then said flatteringly: "Here, young master!" Then he led a group of men to collect the bets. Lu Rui was smiling and holding some of the most expensive things, like Yuan Shao's jade pendant!

After Cao Cao saw it, he couldn't help laughing, Rui'er, it's so powerful, he actually won, the win or loss of a sweaty BMW, Cao Cao doesn't care, but this breath, you must fight, Lu Rui gave himself a long face, and let out a bad breath! It's so refreshing! Everyone on Yuan Shao's side showed an ugly expression on their faces, Yuan Shao was full of remorse, his young master Yu Pei actually lost, how to explain this back? The rest of the people sighed helplessly, thinking that Yuan Shao would convert it into silver and distribute it to everyone, but now that they have lost everything they bet on, it is really impossible to steal chickens and rice.

Lu Rui happily took his things upstairs and sat back beside Cao Cao, and Yuan Shao and the others also sat back in their places, preparing for the next game. Yuan Shu stared at the jade pendant of the young master of the Yuan family who was playing with Lu Rui in his hand, Yuan Shu smiled and said: "Rui'er, in this way, Uncle Highway will also play a game with you, the way of gambling is up to you, can you take the jade pendant in your hand as a bet?" ”

Lu Rui held the jade pendant in both hands, then looked at Cao Cao, and then at Yuan Shu. Cao Cao turned his head aside, this kind of thing is nothing to do with him Cao Mengde, the child's affairs are still handled by the child, and it is also a happy thing to make Ben lose face. Lu Rui touched the jade pendant and showed a reluctant look.

Yuan Shao glanced at Yuan Shu on the side, and then said solemnly: "Highway? With dissatisfaction with Yuan Shu in his eyes, he is the young master of the Yuan family, the future heir, Yuan Shu actually dares to challenge his authority?

Yuan Shu glanced at Yuan Shao, waved his hand and said, "No need, big brother, it's better for you to compare with Rui'er." After speaking, he sat back in his seat, which made Lu Rui take aback, this is still Yuan Shu, who was the emperor in history? That Yuan Shu, who can be called a fool in the era of heroes in the Three Kingdoms? The city is so deep, it seems that there are discrepancies in the historical records.

After Yuan Shao finished scolding Yuan, Yuan Shao turned around and said to Lu Rui with a smile: "Rui'er, look, the jade pendant that Uncle Ben lost to you is very important to Uncle Yuan, Uncle wants to redeem it, what do you want?" Or a jade pendant for you? ”

Looking at Yuan Shao's longing expression, Cao Cao secretly laughed in his heart, Ben Chu, Ben Chu, see how you end this time? If Rui'er doesn't return it to you, you can't compete with a child for something, this is at a banquet that all Luoyang people are concerned about.

Lu Rui frowned, looked at Yuan Shao, as if he was about to cry, and said to Yuan Shao: "Uncle Benchu, but Rui'er really likes this jade pendant." After speaking, he pouted.

Yuan Shao is really anxious at this time, if Lu Rui is going to cry, then Yuan Shao's face is not good-looking, he lost the jade pendant, and he fought with a child, made people cry, and then snatched it back? Then Yuan Shao will lose face and go home, and the jade pendant of his young family master must be redeemed, otherwise the old man in the family will know about it, and it will be miserable.

Thinking of this, Yuan Shao said with a smiling face: "Rui'er, look, this is just a piece of jade pendant, if you give it back to Uncle Benchu, Uncle can give you everything he brought today." After speaking, with a wave of his hand, Yuan Shao's housekeeper handed over a booklet, which was all the bets that Yuan Shao brought today.

Lu Rui looked at the booklet, and then said helplessly: "In this case, okay, the gentleman doesn't take the favor of others, Uncle Benchu, the jade pendant will be returned to you, and I will take these bets away." ”

Lu Rui took the booklet, then handed it to Cao Zhong and said, "Cao Zhong? Cao Zhong immediately took the booklet and said, "I know, young master." So he took the man downstairs to count the bets.

Yuan Shao saw Lu Rui like this, and immediately understood that he was cheated by Lu Rui, Yaya, all his bets were gone, but Yuan Shao couldn't get angry yet, so he could only say: "Thank you Rui'er." Then he took back the jade pendant.

Cao Cao watched from the sidelines, not daring to laugh, so he could only hold back, but he didn't know how comfortable he was in his heart, and it was worth losing more today. Yuan Shao ran out of bets, and the gambling game of the banquet was not interesting, and then Lu Rui and the other children of the family continued to gamble, until midnight, Lu Rui and the children of the family will win or lose, Lu Rui lost the treasure in the small bag, but also won a lot of things.

The next day, in Han Fu's mansion, the housekeeper looked at Han Fu, and then stammered: "Master, yesterday, the night pearl that I won back yesterday was fake." ”

When Han Fu heard this, he immediately jumped up and said, "What? Then I took a look at the overnight pearl, and it was indeed a fake.

At the same time, the children of other families also found out that the things they won back from Lu Rui were fakes, these things were not treasures, they were just fakes that Lu Rui bought when he was shopping in Tiger Prison, everyone didn't expect that Lu Rui would cheat under the bet, but now it has become a foregone conclusion, and there is no way to change it, you can't come to the door and say that Lu Rui your things are fake, and the real things are for us.

This dumb loss was only eaten by the children of the family, and everyone gritted their teeth at Lu Rui, and they all made a voice: Lu Rui, liar, big liar! At this time, Lu Rui was in Cao's Mansion, happily counting the rare treasures he had returned, this time, he made a lot of money!