Chapter 1290: Bluff! [2] (Thanks to: Suiyue Huaguo Zhijian)

Evening, Linfen County.

A banquet was being held in the government office of Linfen County.

During the banquet, the County Magistrate, Assistant County Magistrate, and County Commandant of Linfen County sat on the left.

And on the right were five or six generals wrapped in yellow turbans and wearing armor.

Yuan Ji, wearing a white robe, a high mountain crown, and a jade belt, sat in the main seat.

The elegant Yuan Ji formed a sharp contrast with the many Yellow Turban generals sitting below.

Yuan Ji held a wine vessel in his hand, with a humble smile on his face, and toasted the generals of the White Wave Army sitting on his right.

"This time, I have come under the order of the imperial court to confer titles upon you all. From now on, you generals are officials of the imperial court and generals of the Great Han."

Yuan Ji said with a smile: "The Empress Dowager, mindful of General Guo's loyal and brave heart, has specially conferred upon General Guo the title of General of Loyalty to the Country, and conferred upon General Yang the title of General of Loyalty and Righteousness, and you generals also have your own titles. From now on, you generals and I are colleagues. I toast this cup to your bright future and steady promotion!"

Guo Tai, Yang Feng, as well as Han Xian, Li Le, and Hu Cai, who were sitting on Yuan Ji's right, all thanked Yuan Ji and toasted.

"Haha, I must thank Little Master Yuan. If it weren't for Little Master Yuan coming, we would still be wild savages in the mountains." Guo Tai laughed loudly: "The imperial court does not blame us, and even confers titles upon us. This is all thanks to Little Master Yuan. This cup should be us toasting Little Master Yuan."

Yang Feng and the others under Guo Tai nodded and toasted repeatedly.

Yuan Ji smiled and accepted.

For this kind of occasion, for handling these grassroots people, Yuan Ji was naturally adept.

But Yuan Ji also put in enough effort on the surface, giving Guo Tai and the others enough face, and did not hesitate at all when he needed to lower his own status.

During the banquet, everyone drank freely, and Yuan Ji kept praising Guo Tai and the others as heroes.

Guo Tai rose from the White Wave Valley.

It was the White Wave Valley just dozens of miles away from Linfen County.

Last year, after Duan Yu relocated the million Yellow Turbans of Jizhou to Liangzhou, the large Yellow Turban armies in the Central Plains had been almost wiped out.

Except for large Yellow Turban armies in Qingzhou and Yangzhou, the rest were just small Yellow Turban armies occupying mountains and calling themselves kings, but they couldn't become any climate.

Guo Tai initially only gathered a few thousand people in White Wave Valley, but with more than a year of development, he had gathered more than one hundred thousand.

Some in the imperial court suggested sending troops to suppress them, but they were troubled by the lack of troops in the imperial court.

So Yuan Kui suggested focusing on recruitment.

It just so happened that Guo Tai also had the heart to submit, so it hit it off.

This trip, Yuan Ji came to Linfen and wrote to Guo Tai and others to discuss the matter of recruitment.

And successfully recruited Guo Tai and others.

After a few cups of wine, the atmosphere in the county government hall became more and more lively.

Especially when more than a dozen dancing girls in light, thin, light gauze dresses danced with graceful postures to the music, Guo Tai and the others were all staring straight.

Yuan Ji, sitting in the main seat, drank wine with a faint smile.

Yuan Ji couldn't raise any interest in the dancing girls of this remote place; perhaps only someone like Guo Tai, who hadn't seen the world, could show such embarrassment.

However, Yuan Ji didn't show any disdain, and occasionally clapped to join the lively atmosphere.

When drinking to the excitement, Guo Tai couldn't help but stand up and dance along with the dancing girls.

Two dancing girls danced around Guo Tai with long sleeves.

When the light gauze brushed across Guo Tai's rough face, it left behind bursts of fragrance, causing Guo Tai to inhale deeply and be intoxicated.

Just when the atmosphere at the banquet was thick, a Yuan family general wearing black clothes and a sword hanging diagonally at his waist walked up quickly.

Then he began to whisper in Yuan Ji's ear.

When he finished speaking, the expression on Yuan Ji's face suddenly changed greatly.

"Is the news reliable?" Yuan Ji frowned and asked in a low voice.

The general nodded and said: "The news is reliable. Currently, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun are leading troops to pursue Duan Yu. I estimate they have already arrived in the direction of Wenxi County. Young Master Gonglu's life or death is unknown."

Yuan Ji nodded slightly, then cast his gaze on Guo Tai and the others.

At this time, Guo Tai and the others were still intoxicated in the gentle village of the dancing girls, not noticing Yuan Ji's abnormality at all.

Looking at Guo Tai and the others, Yuan Ji stood up suddenly.

"What, what did you say!"

Yuan Ji's sudden shout startled the Yuan family general to the side, who looked at Yuan Ji in confusion.

And the musicians in the hall immediately stopped playing. ===== CHAPTER 1292 =====

This sudden shout from Yuan Ji startled the Yuan family generals nearby, and they looked at Yuan Ji, confused.

The musicians in the hall also immediately stopped playing.