Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 21
Above the lobby of Dong Zhuo's mansion, the lights were bright, and the servants and maids came in and out, serving all kinds of dishes like water.

Dong Zhuo didn't look like a former general of the imperial court. With a greasy beard, he also wiped his hand on the butt of the maid who brought the dishes, leaving a few obvious handprints.

Dong Zhuo put a large piece of ruby-red mutton into his mouth, and enjoyed the deliciousness of the lamb's juice collapsing between his lips and teeth. He was very satisfied. He just poured it into his mouth with a thud, without the slightest swaying of the literati, looking full of arrogance.

Dong Zhuo's behavior made Wu Kuang, Wu Zizhu, Zhang Zhang and Zhang Yuande, who were sitting on the right side of the next head, relax a lot.Both of them were military commanders, and they really felt cumbersome and had to do the etiquette of the literati. Originally, it was expected that Dong Zhuo would pay attention to etiquette as the former general of Xiliang, but at this moment, Dong Zhuo was as sloppy as a warrior in the army. Unconsciously, there is some kind of feeling.

Li Ru sat on the left side. Of course, as a scribe, he didn't directly cut and grab the mutton, but let the maid cut it and serve it up. The way of eating is also very gentle, and he held chopsticks and chopsticks for a while. What he eats is not important to him, but people.

Wu Kuang, Wu Zizhu, Zhang Zhang and Zhang Yuande are the two generals of the general He Jin. It can be said that the general He Jin died unexpectedly. Also a little overwhelmed, feeling a little confused about the future.

Dong Zhuo's foundation is still very solid. There are [-] people under his command. However, he was not able to bring many troops and horses when he entered Beijing this time, and it was not convenient to bring many. After all, he had just received General He Jin at that time. The secret edict, if there are too many soldiers, it can still be called "the minister dares to ring the bell and drum into Luoyang, clearing and waiting", then it is not "enter Luoyang" but "kill Luoyang"; [-] Xiliang army cavalry.

Now that we have entered Luoyang, the capital city, 3000 people are like a drop in the bucket. It is already stretched to control the two palaces in the north and south of the capital, plus the city gate. Being taken advantage of by others, Li Ru set his sights on the part of the army that originally belonged to He Jin.

When the wine was half full, Li Ru gave a slight gesture to Dong Min, who was sitting with him.Dong Min understood, raised the wine lord to toast Dong Zhuo with a glass of wine, and said: "General Mingjian, there are many vacancies in the eighth captain of the West Garden, and there are many people who are corpses. It's imminent!"

Dong Zhuo stroked his long, shiny beard, nodded and said, "When the late emperor was on the throne, he told me that the Eighth Commander of the West Garden was a recruit for the new law, and the late emperor had high hopes, but now it seems, alas—"

Li Ru put down his chopsticks and chopsticks and said, "How can a general and a general command a military commander by someone who doesn't know the military? The general needs to re-select some people who know the military to rule it. Fang, the general may wish to consider one or two." Well, for the sake of this, those who should understand will naturally understand.

Sure enough, Wu Kuang and Zhang Zhang looked at each other and immediately understood what they meant.

Zhang Zhang quickly stood up, bowed down from the seat, and said to Dong Zhuo, "Dare to die for the general!"

Following that, Wu Kuang also left the table and bowed, saying the same thing.

Dong Zhuo laughed and stood up. He strode to Wu Kuang and Zhang Zhang. Both of them helped them up. He asked the maid to bring the wine, and handed it to Wu Kuang and Zhang Zhang. Min said, "Shuying, tomorrow you will bring ten cows, fifty sheep, and a hundred load of wine to comfort Zizhu and Sergeant Yuande!"

Before Wu Kuang and Zhang Zhang could react, Dong Zhuo again instructed Li Ru: "Zizhu and Yuande are out for training all year round, and it is difficult for the young and old to take care of them, so Wenyou will go and get ten pieces of silk each, and give them to Zizhuyuan with a hundred taels of gold. To the mansion!"

Wu Kuang and Zhang Zhang quickly thanked them again, and this time they were obviously more sincere and grateful.

"Since I'm a member of the family, why thank you!" Dong Zhuo waved his hand and said very boldly, "Come here, let's sing and dance! Zizhu and Yuande, the dancers have good looks this time. If you are interested, you may as well choose one. Two people, to comfort the loneliness, hahahaha..."

Li Ru smiled, picked up a piece of lamb, looked at Wu Kuang and Zhang Zhang's grateful expressions, and nodded.

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At this moment, Bao Xin and Yuan Shao were also drinking, but the two of them were not drinking in the same manner as Dong Zhuo. They just placed some dishes and bowls in Bao Xin's backyard pavilion, and the two sat and drank.

Bao Xin was originally ordered by General He Jin to recruit soldiers. It turned out that General He Jin meant to train some recruits who were completely loyal to him. Unfortunately, when more than 1000 soldiers were recruited, He Jin had already died in a coup.

Therefore, in addition to the armor of the original post-military captain, Bao Xin's men at this time also had some unknown troops.

Although the two were drinking, they obviously had some concerns, so they both ate and drank together.

Bao Xin has something on his mind. He can be said to be the person recruited by the general He Jin. From the captain of the cavalry to the current captain of the military academy, it can be said that the brand of He Jin on him is too heavy, but he is basically nobody now. Ignore it, so that he can't go up and down now, which direction will he go in the future?

Yuan Shao also has something on his mind. The Yuan family's current resources are favoring Yuan Shu, which makes him very helpless. The last time Yuan Wei deliberately let him participate in the welcome ride in order to stop him, but unfortunately he was robbed by Dong Zhuo. It was because he had a bad relationship with Cao Cao, which was really frustrating.

After three rounds of drinking, Bao Xin still opened the scene first, saying: "Dong Zhuo must be thinking about the palace wall now. If we wait, there will be difficulties in the future. I don't know what you think at the beginning?"

Yuan Shao also nodded and said, "Brother Yuncheng said very well, but now that Dong Zhuo has a lot of troops in his hands, what can we do?"

Bao Xin lowered his voice and said: "To tell the truth, the general originally sent me to recruit troops, and we have recruited more than a thousand people. Now we are stationed in Chenggao, and we will arrive soon."

Oh, there is still such a strange army, Yuan Shao is interested, but Bao Xin's next words extinguished his small hope, "Now that Dong Zhuo's foothold is not stable, and the sergeant is tired, if it is unexpected, he will definitely succeed in one fell swoop! Just ——This teacher is unknown and difficult to convince the public..."

Yuan Shao drank a glass of wine with his sleeve covered to hide his uncontrollable disappointment.It turned out that Bao Xin was not looking for him to join in the grand event, but the Yuan family behind him.

"The teacher is unknown, and it is difficult to convince the public"?That's right, as long as there is a famous person who climbs to the top, will both of them be available soon?But is he Yuan Shao such a famous person now?Obviously not.In this way, Bao Xin's purpose for talking to him about this matter was very clear. He wanted to establish a relationship with the Yuan family through Yuan Shao, and these more than a thousand soldiers were Bao Xin's vote.

But Yuan Shao can tell Bao Xin that he has been marginalized by the Yuan family, and that the Yuan family has already put resources on Yuan Shu. Is he actually an empty shell under his splendid eldest son status?
Yuan Shao put down his wine glass and said, "This matter is very important, so we shouldn't act rashly. We might as well discuss it later."

Bao Xin thought that Yuan Shao needed to go home to report, of course it was impossible to give an answer now, so he didn't say anything.

After the two of them have said what they should have said, there is no need to drink the wine, so they havetily ended.

Yuan Shao said goodbye and left Bao Xin's house. The moon was high, and the surroundings were quiet. A headlight with the word "Yuan" hung high in front of the carriage, and the wheels squeaked over the bluestone road all the way.

In the car, Yuan Shao sneered: "Yuan family, Yuan family! Prestige, prestige!" Yuan Shao had already made up his mind, since the Yuan family no longer supports him Yuan Shao, naturally there is no need to tell the Yuan family about this kind of thing. Now, the most important thing for Yuan Shao is to seize the opportunity to accumulate prestige. Until one day, I, Yuan Shao, can be like the current Yuan family. Just relying on prestige, there are people with lofty ideals from all over the world. That is my Yuan Shao's goal. That will make my wish come true!

(End of this chapter)