Chapter 12: The Banquet Begins

Since Lin Mu had been out of the palace every day since three months ago, he would go out of the palace to check on the situation in Luoyang.

At first, the various forces thought that Lin Mu was going out of the city to find the person behind it, but in the past three months, nothing has been found.

Lin Mu wants to entrap some people, but who will take a fancy to a son of heaven who will be killed at any time?

Moreover, Lin Mu has not yet distinguished the camp, Yuan Kui and Dong Zhuo naturally know Lin Mu, but there are thousands of officials in the court, and where can they recognize it.

Usually playing the Three Kingdoms Killing, you can't see who is loyal and who is traitorous, these courtiers are as good as monkeys, how can they be so easy to distinguish.

Indiscriminately entrapping people with unknown camps will be counterproductive.

Now that three months have passed, I finally have a certain understanding of the imperial court.

Dong Zhuo now hates Lin Mu to the core, but under Jia Xu's suggestion, Dong Zhuo still endured it, compared to killing Lin Mu, figuring out who else in the court dares to oppose him is the most important thing.

Lin Mu is just a puppet, so what is there to fear?

The three days passed quickly, and during these three days, Dong Zhuo sent people to keep an eye on the forest to death.

But he didn't find any clues, and Dong Zhuo finally couldn't help it.

It's New Year's Day, and no matter who has a smile on their face.

There are too many things that happened in this year, first Emperor Ling of Han died, then He Jin died, the rebellion of the Ten Standing Servants, Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, wanted to abolish Liu Wei, Yuan Shao Cao Cao left Beijing, and Niu Fu defeated Zhu Jun.

Before dawn, Lin Mu came to the Chongde Hall to summon the minister.

And these officials got up earlier, they had to get up in the early hours of the morning and go outside the palace.

When the ceremonial officials ring the bells in the palace, the hundred officials enter the palace in turn.

Officials at all levels began to give congratulatory gifts to Lin Mujin, although Lin Mu was just a puppet, but these officials still had to do superficial work.

But Dong Zhuo was already reluctant to do it, in his opinion, Lin Mu was already dead today, so why send anything?

Dong Zhuo took out something from Lu Bu's body and handed it to the ceremonial officer, who immediately sang.

"Mrs. Dong presents...... Offer... A cow bone. ”

Everyone looked at Dong Zhuo, but Dong Zhuo was disdainful and just snorted coldly.

Hearing Dong Zhuo snort coldly, the ceremonial officer hurriedly put away the cow bones, and then walked towards the next person.

It stands to reason that Dong Zhuo is the Taishi, this is the position of one of the three dukes, and he wants to sacrifice the jade wall like a prince.

And now where do the princes care about this emperor, Dong Zhuo, one of the three dukes, offered beef bones, which is obviously insulting the emperor, the key is to eat the leftovers.

Everyone didn't dare to look at Dong Zhuo, so they looked at the emperor, but saw that Lin Mu didn't react at all, and still had that faint smile.

When the offering was over, the officials began to sit down in the order of dignity and humility.

These seats were arranged long ago, and when the ceremony was over, everyone took their seats according to the order of their seats, and in front of these seats were placed a table with various meats, soups, and wines.

After the officials sat down, everyone did not say a word, and the whole hall was quiet.

According to the old practice, officials at all levels should toast the emperor at this time, but now Dong Zhuo does not speak, Yuan Kui does not speak, and naturally no one dares to speak among the remaining officials.

After Dong Zhuo glanced left and right, he stood up with the wine glass, raised it towards Lin Mu and drank it, without saying a word.

When the courtiers saw that Dong Zhuo had finished toasting, they stood up and toasted Lin Mu.

The wine on Lin Muyu's case was quickly drunk under the toasts of the ministers, and Lin Mu's face began to appear a little red.

A eunuch came to Lin Mu with a pot of wine and poured wine for Lin Mu.

It's just that when the eunuch poured the wine, his hands were shaking.

Almost half of the wine was sprinkled outside the cup, and it was full of jade cases.

Seeing this, Lin Mu smiled and grabbed the eunuch's hand, and the eunuch was startled by Lin Mu's grasp and almost threw the wine jug out.

Lin Mu grabbed the eunuch's hand and said.

"Why are you scared?"

The eunuch didn't dare to look directly at the forest and said.

"Your Majesty is mighty, and the slaves and maids are very powerful."

Lin Mu took down the wine jug in the eunuch's hand and put it on the table, saying nothing, just waving his hand to let the eunuch go down.

Dong Zhuo is now one of the three princes, and the seat is in front, this scene made Dong Zhuo see it really.

And it was not only Dong Zhuo who saw this scene, but Yuan Kui and Wang Yun behind him also saw this scene, but they did not speak.

Behind Dong Zhuo are Jia Xu and Lu Bu, it stands to reason that these two people are not qualified to sit next to Dong Zhuo at all, but now no one dares to object.

The two were also paying attention to the eunuch who poured wine for Lin Mu, and seeing that Lin Mu's wine had been filled, Jia Xu raised his wine glass to toast Lin Mu.

"Your Majesty is the New Year's Day today, and it coincides with the rebel Zhu Jun of Taishi Dong, why don't Your Majesty drink it?"

After that, Jia Xu will drink it and show people in an empty cup.

Lin Mu smiled dumbly, and then said.

"I have drunk too much, and I am afraid that I will lose my etiquette, so I should not drink again."

Jia Xu saw that Lin Mu didn't drink alcohol, and he didn't say anything, just sat down and watched everyone's reaction.

Killing Lin Mu today was just incidental, and he wanted to know who was behind Lin Mu.

But after glancing around, no one stood up to speak, and none of the people in the first few rows of the seats spoke.

"Today is the great victory of the Taishi over Zhu Jun, for the celebration of the Taishi's merits, His Majesty summoned the ministers to drink and feast, His Majesty was worried about the loss of honor and was not happy, how could all colleagues dare to drink?"

The meaning of this is already obvious, this is a banquet to celebrate Dong Zhuo's merits, don't you dare not be happy?

Lin Mu shook his head and said.

"I don't want to have fun, but I'm afraid of losing my honor after drinking."

Lin Mu's explanation obviously couldn't satisfy Dong Zhuo, and Dong Zhuo raised the wine glass with a cold face.

"Your Majesty, please drink!"

Although the word please was used in the words, there was no polite meaning, it was simply forcing Lin Mu to drink.

When many ministers saw this scene, they saw that Dong Zhuo was holding a glass to persuade wine, so they also raised the wine glass.

"Your Majesty, please drink."

The same is true in the words of many ministers, in their opinion, forcing Lin Mu to drink together with Dong Zhuo means that they are in the same faction as Dong Zhuo.

Just like Zhao Gao pointed to the deer as a horse back then, the ministers did not know that this was a horse or a deer, and the most important thing was to pick up the opportunity to show goodwill.

What they gained was Dong Zhuo's kindness, and what they lost was just a puppet emperor to drink more wine.

The minister who can stand here, who doesn't know the flies and dogs in it, a puppet emperor, what if he is bullied?

Seeing the scene in front of him, Lin Mu stood up and threw away the wine glass.

Dong Zhuo saw that Lin Mu dared to throw away the wine glass and was about to attack, but he listened to Lin Mu.

"In this case, it should be enjoyable, but if I lose my honor after drinking, please forgive me."

"Someone! Change the altar! ”

Seeing Lin Mu like this, a sneer appeared on Dong Zhuo's face, and soon a jar of wine was served to the table.

Lin Mu unsealed the mud seal, and then drank a small half in one gulp.

Dong Zhuo saw Lin Mu drinking like this, and a sneer appeared on his face.

Lin Mu thought it would be okay to change a jar of wine?

Whether it is the newly recruited guards of the Empress Dowager He or the eunuchs serving in the palace, there are Dong Zhuo's people.

Among the eunuchs in charge of procurement, there are people who are Dong Zhuo's people.

After Lin Mu took a big sip, he found that he was in a strange state, and his health was falling at a slow rate.