If Liu Xie didn't have a little intelligence, he really couldn't survive in this troubled world.

Cao Cao was very good to Liu Xie, but Cao Cao's subordinates were not so loyal. Liu Xie's battle of wits and courage with these people will lead to today's ability. This is also a growth of Liu Xie.

If in a peaceful and prosperous era, Liu Xie could become a promising monarch. It's a pity that he was born at the wrong time.

When Dong Cheng left the palace, Liu Yu noticed that Dong Cheng's expression was very excited and excited. From the mouth of the guard, I learned that Dong Cheng is a cheerful and generous person on the surface, but in fact it varies from person to person, and an inferior person like the guard can't enter Dong Cheng's eyes at all, and if he offends Dong Cheng, Dong Cheng will definitely retaliate. I didn't know how many guards had been scolded by Dong Cheng before.

But Dong Cheng passed by Liu Yu's side excitedly, and he didn't even mean to ignore Liu Yu. The guards were amazed, and after Dong Cheng walked away, they were all talking about it, saying that Dong Cheng had changed his temper today.

Only Liu Yu and Li Gui felt that Dong Cheng had probably gotten some kind of satisfactory answer.

Liu Yu was a little worried, because he didn't know what Dong Cheng was planning and whether it would have an impact on Liu Yu's plan.

"Zhong Yun, you inform the spies outside that you must monitor Dong Cheng's recent whereabouts, and don't miss a single detail." Liu Yu quietly gave an order to Li Gui.

Li Gui hurriedly responded.

Time passes mercilessly, and everyone in Shouchun City is enjoying the last peaceful time.

When the sun had just risen, Xun Yu had already made all preparations for the strategy Xun Yu said.

As soon as the day dawned, almost all the officials with heads and faces in Shouchun City or the patriarch of the big family received Xun You's invitation.

Lord Xun invited everyone to his birthday banquet.

Everyone is confused, at such a time, what kind of birthday banquet is Xun Yu going to have? It's kind of intriguing.

Not surprisingly, Dong Cheng also received an invitation from Xun You.

Moreover, Xun You still sent a team of soldiers to send invitations, and it seemed that he didn't want to see Dong Cheng shirk.

In such a tense period, Liu Jun's army didn't know when to kill Shouchun, Xun You, as the chief general of Shouchun Town, was actually in the mood to hold a birthday banquet? This is absolutely abnormal.

"This must be the Hongmen Banquet!" Dong Cheng had already guessed Xun You's thoughts in his heart.

If you go to participate, it will definitely be dangerous. Not everyone is Liu Bang, who has the luck against the sky and a strong ability to adapt, and can leave the Hongmen banquet safely. If you don't participate, the knives in the hands of the team of soldiers in front of Dong Cheng will definitely not be polite.

The hero didn't suffer the loss in front of him, Dong Cheng immediately smiled and said: "I didn't expect that today is actually Lord Xun's birthday." This official has long wanted to be close to Lord Xun, and today is a good opportunity. Please also return to Lord Xun, the official will prepare a little courtesy, and immediately go to the house to disturb him. ”

Seeing that Dong Cheng was so refreshing, one of the leading soldiers arched his hand and said, "Uncle Guo is polite." Uncle Guo can arrive, my family must be very happy. I'll take my leave. ”

The soldiers who completed the mission rushed out.

Dong Cheng was smiling throughout the process, and after the soldiers had left, Dong Cheng's face became gloomy.

"If you want to salute first and then soldier, do you really think that I Dong Cheng has no ability at all?" Dong Cheng muttered to himself.

has promised to go to Xun You's birthday congratulations, and Dong Cheng can't leave empty-handed. So Dong Cheng took out a horse of Shu brocade as a gift in his treasury.

Don't underestimate this Shu brocade, in the Central Plains, Shu brocade can be rare and precious. The Shu brocade in Dong Cheng's treasury was rewarded by Liu Xie, and in addition to taking out one horse and giving it to Cao Cao, he only took it out this time as a gift to Xun You.

Cao Cao's salary to Dong Cheng was extremely low, and basically could only maintain the basic expenses of Dong Cheng's family. Dong Cheng didn't have too many doormen and servants to support, and with the money given by Cao Cao, Dong Cheng was enough to deal with it. Helplessly, Dong Cheng has to do a lot of things for Liu Xie, it costs money inside and out, if it weren't for Liu Xie's help, Dong Cheng really had no way to do what Liu Xie ordered.

took out this horse of Shu brocade, Dong Cheng was very painful.

Why did Dong Cheng come up with such a precious gift for him? In addition to stuffing Xun You's mouth with a generous gift, Dong Cheng also wanted to provoke the relationship between Xun You and Cao Cao, maybe because of Shu Jin, there would be a misunderstanding between Cao Cao and Xun You. Although the probability is very low, Dong Cheng still has a glimmer of hope.

After the preparations, Dong Cheng put out the best frame and slowly headed towards Xun You's mansion.

At this time, a large number of carriages and ox carts had been parked outside the door of Xunyou Mansion. Almost all the people with heads and faces in Shouchun have arrived. The only exception was Wang Yue's master and apprentice, who did not receive Xun Yu's invitation.

Xun You won't look for them if he's fine. I won't look for them if there's something.

The subordinates of Xunfu kept shouting loudly about the lives of the comers, their official positions, and the gifts they had brought. In this era, there is such a rule, called roll call.

It's just that the current heads of the family and officials are not what they used to be, and the level of gifts they can get is a bit low. There are a lot of gold and silver utensils, but this amount is not much. Dong Cheng heard that the most precious gift was a pair of jade pendants sent by an official.

The weight of the gift is considered to represent your sincerity. What a thousand miles to send goose feathers and other gifts are light and affectionate. It's all. If it weren't for the big backstage, if you sent a goose feather, wouldn't you be afraid that the host's family would be angry on the spot?

Therefore, the official who gave away the jade pendant was proud and became the focus of everyone.

When Dong Cheng took out a horse of Shu brocade, the subordinates in charge of the roll call of the Xun Mansion were dazzled. Due to the war, a lot of goods from Yizhou have not been transported to Yuzhou on a large scale. Among them, luxury goods like Shu brocade are almost all smuggled from Liu Yu. A horse of Shu brocade is priceless and precious in Shouchun City.

Dong Cheng took out such a generous gift, even the servants knew Uncle Dong's sincerity.

"Uncle Dong, He Shu brocade." The Xun Mansion who was on roll call loudly called Dong Cheng's name.

Everyone around was shocked by Dong Cheng's generosity. They also have Shu brocade at home, but they keep it for their own use, and it is so expensive now, how can they take it out and give it away?

Uncle Guo is different, with His Majesty as the backing, his family background is really rich.

Dong Cheng's face did not change, and he couldn't see how distressed he was in his heart now.

Xun Yu was born in a big family, and the Yingchuan Xun family is one of the best families in the Han Dynasty. Although the Yingchuan Xun family has already expressed their allegiance to the Shenwu Imperial Court. But Liu Yu didn't have too much harshness on the Xun family.

Liu Yu also fantasized that one day he could receive talents like Xun Yu and Xun Yu under his command.

There are many servants and maids in Xunyou's mansion, which are incomparable to all the family heads and officials who were invited to celebrate his birthday.

The servants arranged all the visitors into the hall and arranged seats for them according to their official position and the influence of their families. For such an arrangement, everyone has no opinion, and only in this way can Xun You show the importance that Xun You attaches to them. Everywhere you go, you are ranked by seniority, the family has the rules of the family, and the officialdom is the same.

As the highest-ranking Dong Cheng, he sat in the first place in the guest seat after the main seat.

No one will have an opinion. In terms of official position, Dong Cheng's official position is the highest among all people present. In terms of identity and family, Liu Xie's father-in-law is the main factor why anyone dare not sit in front of Dong Cheng.

Dong Cheng didn't want to sit in this position, but everyone else humbly gave it to Dong Cheng, and Dong Cheng didn't want to sit down.

After a while, Xun You, who was dressed in full costume, walked out laughing and laughing, "I've kept you waiting." What a sin. ”

"Hello Lord Xun." The guests all stood up and greeted Xun You.

Xun Yu sat on the main seat generously, the smile on his face did not stop, and he looked around at everyone.

A servant sent a list of recorded gifts to Xun You.

Xun You just glanced at it lightly, and he knew a rough idea.

"Today is the day of the mother's tribulation, and I didn't want to celebrate. But I had no choice but to persuade everyone in the family, so I gathered everyone together, which was considered to be a walk. I never thought that you were so sincere, and you still broke the bank, and I was uneasy in my heart. Xun You said.

"Lord Xun's filial piety touched the sky, and we waited for a small courtesy, so why worry about it." At that moment, many people began to flatter Xun You.

Xun You simply said a few beautiful words, which can be regarded as dealing with these people.

Dong Cheng was silent, he made up his mind that he would not speak if he could not speak today.

Soon, the maids of Xunfu brought the wine and food. In fact, Shouchun really can't find any delicacies now, so Xun You's birthday banquet this time is at most more mutton.

Mutton is a common meat in this era, and it can be eaten by ordinary officials. I didn't see the higher-grade pork at all. Not as common as pork in later generations. Pork in this era was eaten by the powerful.

Why is this so? Because pigs in this era were not castrated. Throughout China, pigs were not castrated until the Ming and Qing dynasties. Pigs that have not been castrated have a heavy smell of meat. This smell is heavier than mutton. In addition, the cooking technology of this era is really poor, and if you want to be able to eat pork properly, you have to add a lot of spices.

You must know that spices are still enjoyed by the best people in the Manchu Qing Dynasty. There were so few spices in this era that they were more expensive than gold, and only the wealthy could eat them. Only rich people can afford to raise pigs.

This is also why in the Han Dynasty, the pigs were killed by the rich of one side. The former general He Jin and the current Zhang Fei are pig killers at home, and they are rich in armor.

Xun You said ashamedly: "There is no delicious food, please forgive me." ”

What else can everyone say, it's good to have meat to eat, how can they dislike it.

Xun Yu drank three glasses of wine with everyone.

After three rounds of drinking, Xun Yu was about to get ready to get down to business.

Dong Cheng and some other people with ghosts, they were all secretly observing Xun You's face just now. As soon as they saw Xun You's face become serious, they knew that Xun You had something to do.

"You have worked hard for Your Majesty. Thank you very much below. Xun Yu arched his hand and said.

"Your Excellency, why do you say that? We are all His Majesty's courtiers, and we should serve Your Majesty. Some honest officials responded on the spot.

Dong Cheng and some people watched coldly.

"The loyalty of several adults, presumably Your Majesty and the Prime Minister are clear. But I have heard something recently, and it seems that some people are secretly very dissatisfied with His Majesty! It is even rumored that these people want to take refuge in Luoyang. Xun You said lightly.

Everyone's hearts tightened, and Xun You said something like this at this time, that is, he was going to arrest and dispose of these officials and families who wanted to take refuge in Liu Yu today.

"Sure enough, it's a Hongmen banquet!" Dong Cheng confirmed the guess in his heart.

From outside the door, a group of Cao soldiers with swords poured in, and their faces were very unkind.

The guests present were all panicked, and they were all scared of Xun You's behavior of moving the knife quietly. Especially those who have ghosts in their hearts.

Xun You said with a smile: "They all say that they are benevolent and righteous on the surface, but behind the scenes, men steal and prostitute women. I don't believe in such a thing all along. But some news came last night, which made me feel the darkness of people's hearts. Lord Chen, Lord Wang, Lord He, do you say? ”

Yushi Chen Hui, Si Nong Lang Wang Bu, Shaofu Deacon Lang He Tan, the cold sweat of the three of them flowed down instantly.

The three of them secretly had secret contact with the Shenwu Imperial Court, and they had never broken off. Usually they are very low-key, and their official positions are relatively low, so no one in the Shouchun court suspects them. Who would have thought that Xun You had known these things early on, and he would use them today.

Chen Hui, Wang Bu, and He Tan were immediately held to their necks by soldiers with knives.

"Xun Gongda, what do you mean by this? We are loyal to Your Majesty, you are wronging us! Chen Hui was calmer and refuted Xun Yu on the spot.

"That's it, Xun Gongda, what evidence do you have?" Wang Bu and He Tan also grasped this one.

They make sense because they have disposed of all the evidence. Xun You couldn't find any evidence at all.

"I want proof, don't you? Let you die and understand. Come, bring those people in. Xun You said lightly.

Soon, several people were brought in. Chen Hui, Wang Bu, and He Tan were like ashes. Because the people brought in by Xun You are their henchmen and know everything about them.

He Tan had the worst psychological endurance and was directly paralyzed to the ground.

Chen Hui and Wang Buqiang held on to the fear in their hearts, even though they knew what would happen to them next.

Xun You said expressionlessly: "You can take a look, these people are the henchmen of Chen Hui, Wang Bu, and He Tan, and they know all the things about these three scum. ”

The remaining officials and heads of the family are silent, and they will not say a word more on this issue.

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