"The Grand Preceptor's invitation this time is indeed a little harboring ulterior motives. Xiaoyao, why don't we not get involved in this muddy water? With your current reputation, I'm afraid the Grand Preceptor can't do anything to you.”Cai Yong suggested.
"No, I have to go to this banquet!”Ye Tian waved his hand and smiled." My reputation is worthless in the eyes of Grand Preceptor Dong. He wouldn't find a reason to kill me if he wanted to. He would kill me if he wanted to. This is his nature. Otherwise, he wouldn't have moved the capital to Chang 'an.”
"Alright, I'll go with you tonight.”Cai Yong felt that Ye Tian's words made sense. People like Dong Zhuo killed people like they were chickens, not distinguishing between good and bad, just based on personal preference.
"No!" Ye Tian shook his head." Father-in-law, do you still remember what I said yesterday? You should stay in the residence and enjoy your life. You don't have to worry about anything. If anyone comes looking for you, just say that you're ill and won't see anyone!"”
Cai Yong nodded. He knew that his son-in-law was full of ideas. He was afraid that everything had been prepared. He just had to do as he was told.
There was only one day, and although it was a bit rushed, it was enough for Ye Tian to handle everything. Tonight's banquet was definitely not going to be simple, and if anything went wrong, he would have to run, so it was best to prepare in advance.
A carriage slowly stopped in front of the Grand Preceptor's Residence.
After a while, the curtain was lifted, and a figure slowly walked down.
He was wearing a white brocade robe, his long hair fluttering like jade. He held a paper fan in his hand. On the front was written the words "Rare Confusion" and on the back was a small poem: "If life is just like the first time we met, why would the autumn wind be sad for the painting fan? It is easy to change the hearts of old people, but the hearts of old people are easy to change.”
This person was Ye Tian, who had been invited.
"Uncle Wang, please stay in the car for a while. I'm afraid something big is going to happen tonight.”Ye Tian said calmly.
"Don't worry, son-in-law. Unless I die, I will never leave the carriage.”
Uncle Wang was Cai Yong's trusted aide and had watched Cai Yan grow up, so Ye Tian naturally trusted him.
When Dong Zhuo heard that Carefree Scholar had arrived, he immediately came out to welcome him.
"It's an honor for you to be invited here. Come in!”Senior Grand Tutor Dong walked up to Ye Tian with a smile on his face, holding his hand affectionately like a brother who had been separated from him for many years.
Ye Tian smiled and returned the greeting." Xiaoyao, what have you done to trouble the Grand Preceptor to personally welcome me? I've sinned, I've sinned!"”
"Haha, you're too kind. Scholar's reputation has spread far and wide. It's not easy to invite a great god like you, Scholar Dao. All the officials have been waiting here for a long time.”
The two of them laughed and went to the banquet hall together.
Dong Zhuo had invited all the officials above Level Four in Chang 'an. The spacious hall was filled with civil and military officials in official uniforms and armors. These were the core leaders of Chang' an. If these people were under his control, the whole Chang 'an would be under his control.
As soon as the two entered the hall, the officials rose to their feet and saluted Ye Tian.
"Come, come, come. Scholar, sit here." Dong Zhuo pulled Ye Tian to an empty seat to the left of the main seat, waiting for him to sit down before saying,""Men, serve the dishes and wine!"
Following Dong Zhuo's order, groups of pretty girls wearing only transparent muslin and revealing undergarments carried plates of delicacies and pots of fine wine and placed them on the red wooden tables in front of the officials.
These women had obviously been carefully selected, and all of them were one-in-a-hundred beauties.
Looking at the scantily dressed women, many officials 'eyes lit up like fire, and their eyes kept wandering around the top three roads and bottom three roads.
Ye Tian's lips curled into a smile, his eyes narrowing into a lecherous expression.
Since you, Old Dong, want to see me make a fool of myself, then I'll do it for you. This expression is fine, I don't even need to pretend, because this is my nature. However, these women you brought are too weak, don't you know that Yan 'er's shocking beauty has already made me a little bit more attractive!
Ye Tian laughed inwardly. This bunch of mediocre women actually dared to show off? They were underestimating his willpower.
But then again, Lord Ye seemed to have no resistance to the temptation of beautiful women.
Dong Zhuo saw Ye Tian's expression and smiled in his heart. It seemed that the legendary Carefree Scholar was nothing more than this. Since Ye Tian needed it, he would do what Ye Tian wanted and make sure Ye Tian was docile.
They toasted and laughed merrily. For a moment, the banquet hall was very lively.
As he drank, Ye Tian's eyes swept over the officials, and from their expressions and actions, Ye Tian could tell that something was amiss.
After a while, an old man in his fifties picked up a glass of wine and slowly stood up. He looked at Ye Tian and said,""Scholar, in the battle of Peng City, the 60,000 old and weak soldiers of Xu Prefecture slaughtered the 120,000 strong Cao Family troops. This great feat is truly admirable.”
Since Ye Tian had come to attend the banquet, he was naturally familiar with all the officials in Chang 'an. The toast was the famous Wang Yun.
Speaking of Wang Yun, there was another person who had to be mentioned. It was Diao Chan, the leader of the four beauties in China.
According to the records of the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, Wang Yun was born into an aristocratic family of officials. He had been in public office since he was nineteen years old, and in his prime, he was the governor of Yuzhou. Because of his defeat in the battle against Zhang Rang, Wang Yun was forced to retire from office and live in seclusion. In the sixth year of Zhongping, after He Jin took power, he returned to office and served as Zhonglang and Henan Yin. When He Jin was killed by the eunuchs and Dong Zhuo was in power, he had already replaced Yang Biao as the Minister of State and Minister of State. He opposed Dong Zhuo's tyranny and became close friends with Dong Zhuo's adopted son, Lu Bu. Taking advantage of the conflict between Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo, he assassinated Dong Zhuo with Lu Bu's help in the third year of Chuping. After Dong Zhuo's death, Wang Yun and Lu Bu jointly took charge of the government. However, at that time, he was already a little proud of himself. His attitude began to change, and he seemed to be a little smug. He once said,"Even an insufferably arrogant traitor like Dong Zhuo died at my hands. What else do I have to fear?”He didn't care about anyone or anything, and he was even proud of himself. Whenever the ministers gathered, Wang Yun rarely had a heart-to-heart discussion with everyone like before. Instead, he sat upright and did not look happy. Slowly, the ministers no longer respected and supported him as they did in the past. Later, Dong Zhuo's remaining party members, Li Wei, Guo Si, Fan Chou, led the army to break through Chang 'an. Lu Bu fled and Wang Yun was executed at the age of 55. According to the Records of the Three Kingdoms and Zi Zhi Tong Jian, Wang Ling, the nephew of Wang Yun, was appreciated by Cao Cao and became a marshal in Wei. However, he was defeated and killed when he attacked Sima Yi. In the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he was Diao Chan's foster father. Diao Chan was the main reason why Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo fell out and Lu Bu eventually assassinated Dong Zhuo. This incident was often cited when discussing the beauty trap and chain trap of the Thirty-Six Stratagems.
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