Section 181: Dong Zhuo comes to congratulate
Guan Yan brought the wine and came to another banquet accompanied by Huangfu Song and Cai Yong. Guan Yan himself was the governor of Jizhou, the Hou of Dongxiang, the teacher was Huangfu Song, the general of chariots and cavalry, and his father-in-law was Cai Yong, the teacher of the late emperor. Therefore, there were many civil and military officials who came to congratulate him today.
Except for the Grand Tutor Dong Zhuo, the Grand Tutor Yuan Wei, the Situ Wang Yun, and other officials who were familiar with Guan Yan, Huangfu Song and Cai Yong were basically all here. Although Yuan Wei and Wang Yun had not arrived, they had ordered people to give him a generous gift, but Dong Zhuo had no news.
In fact, this is not surprising. Dong Zhuo and Guan Yan are not in harmony, and the government and the government know that. Therefore, after Dong Zhuo controlled the government, he was granted the title of "Tai Shi" by Emperor Liu Bian of Han for his merit of protecting the emperor and was named "Tai Shi" by Emperor Liu Bian of the Han Dynasty. However, Guan Yan, who also had the title of "Guang Yan", had no movement.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the two big bosses, Dong Zhuo and Guan Yan, were not harmonious. Originally, Guan Yan used the plan of "stealing the sky for the sun" and had a 10,000 troops, but he could barely compete with Dong Zhuo. However, Dong Zhuo adopted Li Ru's plan, threatened and tempted him, and recruited tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in his headquarters. He was very powerful for a moment, and was at its peak in Luoyang City!
Dong Zhuo didn't come, and he said it was no wonder, and no one was bored to find this problem.
Guan Yan raised his glass and said, "Today is Yan's happy day. All the dukes take time to congratulate you, so that your house will be shining brightly! Come on, Yan respects all the dukes!"
Guan Yan raised his glass, Huangfu Song and Cai Yong also raised their glasses to signal to everyone. The officials raised their glasses and returned the gift: "Thank you, Marquis Dongxiang!"
Guan Yan was about to drink, but suddenly he heard a shout outside the hall: "Han Tai Shi, Marquis of Fu Dong Zhuo, come to congratulate him!"
The long tail sound was dragged up, and everyone in the hall was stunned. Isn’t this Guan Yan in a quarrel with Dong Zhuo? Today, on Guan Yan’s wedding day, Dong Zhuo came to congratulate him in person. Could it be that something was wrong? The officials couldn’t help but secretly alert him. The two men were fighting each other, so don’t harm the fish!
Guan Yan and Huangfu Song and Cai Yong looked at each other, then waved and shouted, "Please!"
After a while, a cheerful laughter sounded from outside the hall. Dong Zhuo was wearing a long robe of cloud green satin, a pair of tiger and lions inlaid with jade belts, and a foot of cloud boots, which was a mighty and heroic spirit.
As soon as Dong Zhuo stepped into the main hall, all the officials stood up and bowed and said, "See the Grand Master!"
Dong Zhuo did not seem to see the officials who were swarming and bowing, but took a few steps forward and looked at Guan Yan and said, "Why don't you invite Dong Mou to marry Dong? But you look down on Dong Mou?" As he said that, Dong Zhuo took a few steps forward, narrowed his eyes and looked at Guan Yan coldly.
His mother really looks down on you! Guan Yan scolded this in his heart, but he couldn't say that.
"The Taishi is busy with government affairs, how can we come here for trivial matters?" Guan Yan clasped his fists without being humble or arrogant.
Dong Zhuo stared coldly for a while, suddenly burst out laughing, grabbed Guan Yan's hand and said, "Wen De and I are friends who have forgotten ages! On your wedding day, I will congratulate you now!"
As he said that, Dong Zhuo gave a wink at Li Ru behind him. Li Ru nodded, walked up, took out a gold-burned red sticker from his sleeve, and said loudly: "For He Dongxiang Hou's wedding, I specially presented a pair of three-foot East China Sea coral trees, three hundred pearls, ten agate bracelets, a jade screen, a golden silk brocade robe, three thousand taels of silver foil, five hundred taels of gold, and one hundred pieces of satin!"
This series of gift lists shocked everyone in the hall. Not to mention gold and silver, just talking about those coral trees and jade screens, which one is not priceless? When Guan Yan got married, Dong Zhuo actually gave such a generous gift. Who said there was a rift between them?
The officials couldn't help but lower their heads and pondered and repositioned the relationship between the two. The officials were puzzled, and Guan Yan was puzzled. Dong Zhuo's head was kicked by a donkey? What does such an expensive gift mean to give so many?
Guan Yanjing calmed down and bowed and said, "The Grand Master's etiquette is so generous. Yan has no merit and will not receive any rewards, so he really dare not accept it!"
Dong Zhuo waved his hand: "With the relationship between you and me, what is this gift?"
Before Guan Yan could speak, Dong Zhuo turned around and shouted, "Please carry these gifts to the back hall!"
Just as Guan Yan was about to stop him, Dong Zhuo took Guan Yan's hand and walked to the position and sat down and said, "Come on, Wende, today is your happy day. We should never return without getting drunk!" As he said that, Dong Zhuo looked at the officials, as if asking everyone.
Seeing this, the officials were afraid of Dong Zhuo's power and nodded quickly and agreed: "Yes, yes, no return without getting drunk, no return without getting drunk!"
"Hahaha~~~~" Dong Zhuo was very satisfied with this: "Okay, well, Wende, this is the meaning of all officials, drink and drink!"
Guan Yan was a little confused now, so he quickly turned to look at Huangfu Song and Cai Yong behind him. The two frowned and looked at each other. They were also at a loss at the abnormal behavior of Dong Zhuo today. But now it seemed that he had not seen any hostility on Dong Zhuo. Huangfu Song nodded slightly and signaled Guan Yan to continue.
Guan Yan raised the wine bowl and said to Dong Zhuo: "Please, Grand Master!"
Dong Zhuo laughed and clinked the wine glass with Guan Yan, and drank it all in one go.
The two of them drank, and the officials saw that the atmosphere had risen and came forward to toast.
Guan Yan had something in his heart, and everyone just took a sip toast, meaning.
Although the meal was filled with glasses, the atmosphere seemed to be extremely lively, but it was actually extremely awkward.
Dong Zhuo had drunk several times more wine, and a hint of drunkenness appeared on his dark face.
After drinking for three rounds, Dong Zhuo suddenly put down his glass and said in a urn: "Don't stop talking to each other, I have a word, please listen!"
When Guan Yan heard this, a feeling of uneasiness suddenly appeared in his heart.
Dong Zhuo glanced at Guan Yan and continued, "Ten months ago, I mentioned the deposed tyrant monarchs and established a new monarch."
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but wake up from alcohol, and they all pricked up their ears and listened quietly.
Guan Yan also stared at Dong Zhuo, holding the wine glass tightly with both hands, trembling slightly.
The atmosphere in the hall was very tense for a moment, and everyone stared at Dong Zhuo and waited for the following text.
Dong Zhuo seemed to enjoy this feeling of attention. After laughing, Dong Zhuo continued: "I thought about it for a few days. There is something wrong with this matter, and it still needs to be discussed!"
The officials also changed their minds when they saw the wind and hurriedly bowed to Dong Zhuo and said, "The Grand Master is wise!"
Guan Yan didn't think clearly about why Dong Zhuo suddenly changed his attitude, but since Dong Zhuo said so, Guan Yan had to hold his fists and say, "The Grand Master is wise!"
Dong Zhuo was even happier: "By the way, today is the day of Wende's great joy. Don't talk about state affairs, don't talk about state affairs! Come on, keep drinking!"
Everyone raised their glasses again to respect Dong Zhuo. Just as Dong Zhuo raised their glasses to drink, they glanced at Li Ru beside them. The two looked at each other and smiled secretly.
Although this action was hidden, it did not escape Guan Yan's gaze. Guan Yan suddenly felt suspicious, picked up the wine glass and took a sip of the wine, and began to ponder.
Chapter completed!