Chapter 12 Competition in front of the palace
The banquet was very lively, with as many as fifty or sixty guests.
The huge palace is filled with black and red short tables, with delicacies and fine wines all over it.
Civil and military officials sat on both sides, and the atmosphere seemed a bit solemn.
Although Li Hao is nominally Lu Bu's younger brother, he must act according to etiquette in such formal occasions. Lu Bu sat at the top of the left, but Li Hao was ranked last on the left.
Because he was worried about Li Hao's situation, Lu Bu specially arranged his confidant Gao Shun to stay by his side before he sat down.
Li Hao knelt at the last position on the left, swept through many civil and military officials in Dong Zhuo's camp, and his eyes drooped slightly to cover up the ridicule.
Since ancient times, the seats have been respected by the left, and the first one is the most respected.
Dong Zhuo ranked Lu Bu at the top of the left, which seemed to be trusting and rewarding him, but in fact it was simply to put him on fire. The most interesting thing is that everyone in the Bingzhou army except Lu Bu was ranked at the end of the left.
For example, Li Hao is surrounded by generals of the Bingzhou Army.
On his left is Wei Xu and on his right is Gao Shun.
Zhang Liao sat at the end of his seat, not close to other generals of the Bingzhou Army. It was as if he was independent of the Bingzhou Army.
"Mom's criticism, it's obvious that she looks down on us." Wei Xu looked ugly, glanced at the Xiliang general who was arrogant and glaring at Lu Bu, and cursed in a low voice.
"Be careful." Gao Shun glared at Wei Xu and said softly.
The seat at the banquet must have been signaled by Dong Zhuo. If someone hears Wei Xu's complaints, it is very likely that the Bingzhou Army will be considered dissatisfied with Dong Zhuo.
Now that people are under the eaves, Gao Shun cannot be careful.
Wei Xu also understood the truth and cursed inwardly and stopped talking.
Just as the two were talking, the eunuch's sharp voice sounded outside the hall: "Your Majesty is here."
Then, Dong Zhuo was seen slowly walking in from outside the hall with the nine-year-old emperor.
"Your Majesty, the Holy Majesty." The civil servants and military generals stood up together and bowed to worship.
"Plain, flat." The nine-year-old Emperor Xian of Han Liu Xie looked around and looked around with a little panic, his voice trembling.
After he finished speaking, the hall was calm and none of the civil servants and military generals stood up.
Dong Zhuo was satisfied with everyone's performance. Liu Xie, who looked at him more and more frightened, smiled and scolded everyone: "Your Majesty asked you to get up, everyone is deaf."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." When everyone heard this, they stood up to thank them.
After Li Hao stood up, he looked at Emperor Xian of Han who was trembling like a little quail. He shook his head slightly and sighed a little.
How sad is the king who has lost his country!
Only when you really come to this era can you experience the helplessness.
In the eyes of ordinary people, Liu Xie is a high-ranking emperor, but in the hands of princes, it is just a fig cloth to cover up. Pull it out and use it when needed, and discard it when not needed.
The strong prey on the weak, but that's it.
It was like Dong Zhuo staying overnight in the palace, playing with palace maids bullying the princess, and even insulting the concubines of the previous emperor.
But how many people dare to speak in the court today?
Li Hao's mind changed rapidly. Although he felt sorry for Emperor Xian of Han, he was just pitiful. Li Hao was not that stupid to offend Dong Zhuo for a little kid he had never known each other.
Li Hao looked at the thin scholar who was following Dong Zhuo and asked in a low voice: "Who is that person? He can actually follow the Taiwei."
Gao Shun reminded carefully: "That is Li Ru, the son-in-law of the Taiwei, and one of the nine ministers, the doctor of the current nine ministers."
Dong Zhuo’s son-in-law Li Ru?
Li Hao was stunned for a moment and suddenly reacted.
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Li Ru was Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, but in official history, there was no in-law relationship with Dong Zhuo. He was confused before and only remembered the details of the posting of the article. I didn't expect the difference between Li Ru.
Li Hao thought about it, but then he couldn't help laughing.
Whether it is official history or legend, there is actually no difference.
History has always been a little girl who is dressed by the winner. Even the so-called official history, how much can I believe?
For example, the famous Siku Quanshu, how many words can you really believe in?
The general trend remains unchanged, this is the true face of history.
I was entangled in the minor changes, but instead fell into the inferior.
What's more, this world is not an ordinary Three Kingdoms, but a fantasy Three Kingdoms world with monsters and monsters. Generals can fight against ten thousand and take the head of the general from a million troops. Staff can call the wind and rain, and change the right time and place.
What is the point of such a world, entangled in the changes in details?
Dong Zhuo took Liu Xie to the high platform, sat on the left side of the little emperor, raised his wine cup and smiled: "Today I am lucky to drink with all the court officials, which is a great joy in life. But even though the banquet is good, how can I not have any programs to cheer up?"
When Dong Zhuo said this, he looked at Lu Bu and smiled, "I heard that Feng Xianwuer has prepared an interesting program, but I don't know what it is?"
When the ministers heard this, except for the generals of Xiliang who had already known the inside story, they all looked at Lu Bu in surprise.
Lu Bu bowed and said, "I heard that the Xiliang Army and the Bingzhou Army have had many frictions and misunderstandings recently, so I hope to take this great opportunity today and talk to several generals."
When Lu Bu said this, his tiger's eyes looked directly at the generals of Xiliang with slightly changing expressions, and his majestic momentum was like a storm sweeping across the storm.
At this moment, Lu Bu was like a demon god, with a heavy aura that made people dare not look directly at him.
However, although the generals of Xiliang were shocked by Lu Bu's strength, they also knew that they could not retreat here, otherwise the court would definitely be suppressed by Lu Bu in the future.
"Sir, Guo will meet you." A strong man with a strong figure and dark face suddenly stood up and roared.
This person is Guo Si, one of the four strong generals under Dong Zhuo, and is also the core figure of Dong Zhuo's camp.
"You are all important officials of the court. How can you fight hard in front of Your Majesty?" Dong Zhuo pretended to be angry and scolded the two.
Just when the court officials thought that the matter had been put aside, Dong Zhuo changed the subject and pondered: "But this matter ultimately needs to be explained to both sides, otherwise the conflict between the two armies will not be resolved for a long time, which is really bad. Why not choose three of the brave men in the army and compete in front of the court officials. What do the two generals think?"
If Lu Bu had known this, he would have no objection.
Guo Si was relieved when he heard that he didn't have to fight with Lu Bu. He was just in the early stage of his cultivation, and if he really wanted to fight with Lu Bu, he wouldn't have any confidence.
However, letting Bingzhou Army go really upset him.
A group of dogs who are straying from family dare to be arrogant.
Guo Si's eyes turned and looked at the Bingzhou generals sitting at the end. He had a plan in his mind and bowed: "If you go to find a soldier in the army at this time, the last general is worried that it will mislead the Taiwei's interest. It is better to use the lieutenant officers of the two armies to fight, so that it will not hurt the harmony or the Taiwei's interest."
The lieutenant officers include the chief lieutenant, county lieutenant, and school lieutenant, and most of them are middle-level officers.
Dong Zhuo narrowed his eyes slightly, glanced at Lu Bu with anger on his face, looked at the generals of Xiliang who were eager to try, and nodded slowly and said, "Okay."
Guo Si smiled even more and looked at Lu Bu provocatively.
Although he was afraid of Lu Bu's strength, he never saw other generals of the Bingzhou Army.
With Dong Zhuo's consent, the generals of Xiliang looked at each other coldly, and soon reached a consensus to give the Bingzhou army a good-looking one, and three people walked out from behind the generals.
Chapter completed!