[Three Kingdoms] Burning incense and sacrificial wine

Chapter 77

Why is Guo Jia here? !

Cui Song reluctantly swallowed the wine in his throat, and when he raised his eyes again, he happened to meet a pair of bright black eyes.

The gazes of Guo Jia and Cui Song were separated as soon as they touched each other.

He followed behind Zhong Yao, and when Zhong Yao found a seat near the middle front, and was about to take his seat, he took a step forward and whispered a few words in Zhong Yao's ear.

Zhong Yao suddenly looked at where Cui Song was, with surprise in his eyes.Cui Song nodded slightly at him, Zhong Yao had calmed down at this moment, and also nodded in greeting.

Other than that, they had no other communication, as if they were just ordinary nodding acquaintances.

Guo Jia stood behind Zhong Yao, standing with a sword in his hand, and stood next to another servant with a knife, who seemed to be Zhong Yao's bodyguard.

However, his appearance and temperament did not look like an ordinary swordsman.

Most of the people here turned their attention to him.An official who had a good relationship with Zhong Yao and sat beside him asked bluntly, "Yuanchang, who is this?"

Zhong Yao replied vaguely, "It's a junior in my family."

When the people next to them heard it, they wanted to ask about their age and whether they were married, so they heard the waiter outside singing "The Grand Master is here", and hurriedly returned to everyone.

Dong Zhuo entered the door and saw Cui Song sitting in the last seat, he stopped and said, "Xiao Lang is your guest, why don't you take your seat in front?"

The already quiet hall became so quiet because of Dong Zhuo's words.

Cui Song felt that the atmosphere around him was stagnant. As if he didn't know it, he replied neither humble nor overbearing: "Song, he is just a white body. He is neither a senior nor a meritorious person. How dare he sit in front of you with humerus and capable people? Honorable seat?"

"You literati." Dong Zhuo seemed a little annoyed, a little helpless, after all he didn't force Cui Song, and he sat on the throne with the support of the guards.

Dong Zhuo's move was just a small episode, but it attracted everyone's attention for Cui Song.Except for acquaintances, everyone else is more or less curious.

Cui Song is a new face to them, and very young.Compared with Dong Zhuo's previous style, his behavior just now is enough to respect the corporal.And Liu Yao, who had always looked above the top, even condescended to sit in the bottom seat with Cui Song.This surprised everyone, and they all guessed Cui Song's identity in their hearts.

Lu Bu in the front seat had a slightly different idea from everyone else.He thought of the day when Cui Song came to his mansion and praised Dong Zhuo so much, he couldn't help but wonder to himself: Does flattery have such a big effect?In order to avoid Dong Zhuo's resentment, shouldn't he follow suit and flatter Dong Zhuo?

At this time, the seats in the hall are almost full.Dong Zhuo sat at the head and looked around.He roughly scanned the entire hall and summoned the second housekeeper to come forward.

"Where is the talent?"

As Dong Zhuo's confidant, the second housekeeper certainly knew who Dong Zhuo was referring to by Zhicai.

He asked Dong Zhuo to wait for a while, and walked out quietly along the corner of the hall.

After a while, the butler quietly entered the door and walked behind Dong Zhuo to report.

"Going back to Grand Master, Mr. Xi said he was not feeling well, so he went back first."

Dong Zhuo was a little disappointed.

However, he knew that Xi Zhicai was not in good health, and he didn't care too much.

"Then find a few more famous doctors and take a look for him. He is a man who wants to achieve great things, and he is sick all day long. How can he fight against those treacherous people?" Then he signaled the housekeeper to announce the opening of the table, and he ate the food in front of him with big mouthfuls. delicious food.

Cui Song resisted the scrutiny from all around and received all kinds of meaningful gazes, and couldn't help feeling a little tingly.He simply hypnotized himself, pretending that he was rehearsing a drama, and those eyes that made people sit on pins and needles were just appreciation and admiration from the audience.

Thinking of this, the pressure he felt suddenly eased a lot.

During this period, Liu Yao tried to talk to Cui Song many times, and even used Jiang Zun's matter as a talking point.

Cui Song could more or less guess that Jiang Zun wanted to trade his affairs with Liu Yao for chips, but Gan Ji and Liu Yao used them instead.But he didn't expect that in order to sell himself well, Liu Yao would betray the people who surrendered to him so neatly, so he couldn't help feeling a little more disgusted with him.

Nothing special happened throughout the banquet until the end.

Not all of the people here are Dong Zhuo's cronies, at least half of them are from court officials.Therefore, it is impossible for Dong Zhuo to discuss politics here. Everyone maintained a respectful face and passed the cup to each other, but no one dared to get drunk.

In this plain banquet, while tasting the exaggeratedly exquisite food, Cui Song kept in mind the appearance, demeanor and behavior of all the people present.

He found that Li Ru had very little communication with other people during the banquet, and only Dong Zhuo responded with a smile when he asked, which did not match the character in the information.Seeing the micro-knowledge, Cui Song can basically be sure that after the "poisoning incident", Li Ru's position has become bad.

After the banquet, Cui Song said that he had something important to do, and declined all those who wanted to chat with him.

He talked to the maid on call, and was led to the back hall.

Dong Zhuo didn't fool him with Xun You's matter.After the banquet was over, Dong Zhuo's soldiers took him to Chang'an Prison, showed him his token, and reached the bottom of the most heavily guarded prison unimpeded.

The jailer at the bottom confirmed the authenticity of the token and turned on the switch of the stone chamber.

The thick stone wall rose gradually, and under the gaze of Cui Song, "there is such a thing", the prison door opened wide, and the inside could be seen at a glance.

A stone couch, a few clumps of cattail grass, four walls, nothing else.

Xun You stood in the middle of the cell, calm and calm.Apart from being thinner, little else has changed.

Seeing that the cell door was wide open, he slowly turned his gaze.The moment he touched Cui Song, there was something strange in those quiet eyes.

Because Dong Zhuo's people are behind him, Cui Song must always control his words and deeds.However, he couldn't fake his excitement, so he quickly stepped forward and approached Xun You.

"Gongda—"

He just called out a name, but Xun You cut off the text calmly.

"Who are these...?"

Xun You had already guessed the identities of the few people outside, but pretended not to know.

Cui Song understood: "These are capable men under the grand master's tent. The grand master forgives my painstaking efforts and allows me to come here to visit."

After all, he showed sincere gratitude, as if Dong Zhuo was really a great Bodhisattva who saved suffering.

Because he was so close, Cui Song clearly noticed that Xun You pursed his lips very slightly, as if he was holding back a smile.

Cui Song continued, "Don't worry, Gongda. The so-called Qing is self-clearing. The Grand Master has clearly observed the details and has agreed to re-investigate. In a few days, everything will be cleared."

Xun You bowed in the direction of the prison door: "Thank you."

In the eyes of outsiders, Xun You was thanking the grand master for his "clear observation", but only the two people involved knew that Xun You was expressing his gratitude to Cui Song.

The two chatted for a few more words, exchanged information cryptically, and then bid farewell to each other under the urging of Dong Zhuo's cronies.

After Cui Song left, Xun You restrained his expression, and a few traces of emotion and worry flashed in his eyes.

Dong Zhuo's cronies sent Cui Song out of Chang'an Prison, and he was going back to report.

Cui Song expressed his thanks to the few people, and casually said a few words to Dong Zhuo, and set off to return to the post house after they left.

As soon as he stepped into the destination, he heard a few rapid horse crows from the backyard.

Cui Song recognized that it was the sound of "搦熊", and hurried to the backyard.

From a distance, I saw "搦炎" protesting against a familiar figure.

"...Bong Xiao?"