Never thought I would become the emperor

Chapter 39 Cigarettes
After a while, Lu Bu really came.

The servants standing at the gate only heard heavy footsteps suddenly coming from their ears, and each of them cheered up and looked at the mighty team coming ahead.

Dozens of soldiers wearing black armor belt accessories surrounded a Lu Bu who was riding a blood-red red rabbit horse and wearing armor.

At this time, Lu Bu was wearing a purple gold crown with three-pronged hair, and he looked very heroic. Coupled with the red rabbit horse under his crotch, he looked even more domineering.

"Lu Bu is here!"

"It's really Lu Bu, he's here!"

When the servants standing at Wang Yun's gate saw Lu Bu's figure, they said in surprise, and one or two hurried back to the mansion.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Yun's mansion became lively, and the princes and nobles who had entered the house came out one by one, even Wang Yun and Yang Biao were no exception.

"Congratulations, General Lu."

Seeing the team stop, Wang Yun and others said in unison, but obviously, this was just a polite remark.

Lu Bu quickly got off his horse and passed the whip in his hands to the left and right. He was a little surprised to see a group of people quickly gathered in front of him. Seeing Wang Yun in the crowd with a kind smile on his face, he said, "Master Situ, Bu is late this time. , please forgive me."

Wang Yun said with a smile: "General Lu, what are you talking about? It won't be too late, the banquet will start later."

Lu Bu smiled, then clapped his hands, and the soldiers behind him immediately took a step forward and handed over a jade plate covered with red silk.

Lu Bu took the jade plate and brought it to Wang Yun, saying: "Master Situ, this is a congratulatory gift prepared by Bu for you, please accept it."

As he spoke, Lu Bu further handed the jade plate to Wang Yun.

Wang Yun looked at the ordinary plate handed to him, looking a little embarrassed.Which person who can attend the banquet here will not give away thousands of gold?Which one didn't send emerald agate or something, but Lu Bu only sent an ordinary jade plate?

Not only Wang Yun's expression was strange, but even the ministers and scholars standing around were very surprised. Lu Bu actually only gave a jade plate on Wang Yun's birthday, which immediately lowered Lu Bu in their hearts. position.

Wang Yun coughed twice, looked at Lu Bu and asked pretending to be curious: "General Lu, can you tell me what is on this plate?"

Lu Bu smiled slightly and explained with a smile: "This thing can make people feel refreshed and fascinated, and can eliminate all worries in the heart."

Wang Yun was immediately moved by Lu Bu's words, and said in surprise, "Is there really such a thing? Could it be a drug?"

The faces of the surrounding ministers changed instantly. They didn't expect Lu Bu to be so contemptuous of others, and to send such congratulatory gifts during the banquet.

Lu Bu was also stupefied, he didn't expect the old man to say such a thing, so he could only helplessly explain: "No, no, this thing is not a drug, please ask Master Situ to open the silk to find out. "

Wang Yun was also relieved to hear that it was not drugged. If it was really something to play with, Wang Yun didn't know whether to accept it or not.

Dispelling the fear in his heart, Wang Yun obviously didn't have any worries, and lifted the silk covering the jade plate with his right hand.

The surrounding ministers gathered around one by one and cast curious eyes on the plate, wanting to see what was in the jade plate.

What appeared in front of them was a red package similar to a sachet. It smelled nothing and looked very ordinary.

Wang Yun asked: "Is this the thing?"

Lu Bu said, "No, please open it first, Situ."

Wang Yun did as he did, and tore off a layer of transparent film he didn't recognize, and a strong smell of cigarettes came to his nostrils.

The smell coming from it was very strange, Wang Yun had never smelled it before, and this made him even more curious.He swiftly opened the package of the cigarettes, and what appeared in front of him were one after another similar to wooden sticks, and their upper ends looked unusually soft.

It looked a bit like the cotton from the Western Regions mentioned in the ancient books, but I don't know if it was Wang Yun, after all, they didn't have cotton in the Central Plains. (Note: Cotton was introduced to China around the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, but it was not popular at this time. Instead, it was planted on a small scale in some frontier areas, and it was introduced in large quantities to the Central Plains during the Song and Yuan Dynasties)
Smelling the pungent smell from the cigarettes, Yang Biao said angrily: "This thing smells so pungent, how could it be as mysterious as what General Lu said? Do you think we are fools?"

The smell of cigarettes was simply alien at this time. Except for Lu Bu, no one had ever touched this thing that was introduced to China in the middle of the 16th century. Naturally, they couldn't stand the smell of tobacco.

Wang Yun also obviously hesitated for a moment, raised his head and looked at Lu Bu and said: "General Lu, this"

Lu Bu smiled and said, "Don't get me wrong, I don't mean any malice. Although the smell of this product is pungent, it can become as I said before through a special method."

"what way?"

Yang Biao said with suspicion, but his son Yang Xiu looked at it with curiosity. The father and son had different expressions.

Lu Bu pretended to be mysterious and said, "I wonder if there is a fire here, Master Situ?"

Wang Yun was a little surprised, but still nodded and said: "There are candles in the mansion."

Lu Bu said: "My lords, please move into the mansion!"

After finishing speaking, Lu Bu took the lead in carrying a plate and walked in, while the accompanying soldiers lined up quickly and orderly at Wang Yun's gate, forming a vigilant look.

Wang Yun felt a little strange. He looked at the pack of cigarettes in his hand, put his nose up to smell it, and walked in with a puzzled look on his face.

The other adults looked at each other with puzzled expressions, but finally followed closely.

"Let's go, let's see what Lu Bu is up to." Yang Biao said to his son Yang Xiu.

Compared with his father's dissatisfied attitude, Yang Xiu was obviously much calmer. He looked at his father with clear eyes and analyzed: "Father, we should make good friends with Lu Bu at this time. After all, he still holds the military power. We We need to use his hand to deal with Dong Zhuo."

After listening to Yang Xiu's words, Yang Biao's anger also dropped a lot, but he still snorted arrogantly: "The thief Dong Zhuo is in trouble. I, Yang Biao, will definitely cut off his head one day, but it's a pity that he is so young now. , No one in the officials is willing to give honest advice, and our hope should be placed in the hands of a warrior, it is sad and deplorable!"

Yang Xiu was silent. Faced with Dong Zhuo's various evil deeds, none of the officials dared to speak out, only his father Yang Biao dared to refute Dong Zhuo, and even put his own life on the line several times.Now, the hope of the whole big man is pinned on Lu Bu alone, which makes Yang Biao very unconvinced.

(End of this chapter)