Chapter 85 - A Worthy Drinking Adversary, Even One Thousand Cups is Not Enough (1/2)

Chapter 85 – A Worthy Drinking Adversary, Even One Thousand Cups is Not Enough

Translated by Bloodfalcon, Edited by Krayto

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The day is April 5th

The entire city of Wancheng fell into a festive mood. The city was outfitted with red lanterns and decorations, especially Wancheng city's Administration Office, the building became really beautiful and vibrant.

Apart from naval troops that was dispatched earlier to liberate Sanjiangkou, all of Jiangdong's civil and military officials are attending the wedding party.

How can they do not attend their lord's wedding? It will be very disrespectful of them to not attend.

There is an attendant who shouted endlessly in regard to the presents and from whom the present came from:

“Wujun Administrator Zhu Zhi delivers a pair of jade!”

“Colonel who Exerts Might Sun Jing, delivers a painting and a calligraphy!”

“General Who Spreads Martial Might Sun Fu, delivers 200 gold taels

And so on....

He shouted with a very nice tone, it almost sounded as if he was singing. This was a very merry day.

“So, Milord is finally settling down with a family, on good day like this, it is like the old lord is smiling from heaven!”

“Yes, it is as if old lord had just died yesterday, the years flow like a river, quick and ever flowing.

With a distinguished father like that, his son is sure to reach his father's rank!”

Those who said these words were Sun Jian's former subordinates, like Huang Gai, Han Dang and co.

“After Milord has a male heir, the Sun clan's dominance in Jiangdong will be much stronger!”

“We are set to a.s.sist Milord to set down a foundation for a hundred years to come!” Those who speak these lofty words are Sun Ce's new subordinates. Ambitious young people such as Lu Meng and Ling Tong.

There are also those who are silent all the time, because they are hiding away their joy and anger in their minds, if they speak, they would not be able to hold their overflowing emotion. Those who are silent are Jiangdong's top advisors, such as Zhang Hong and Zhang Zhao and co.

Liu Mang along with Lu Bu is also among those who are invited. Lu Bu and Liu Mang delivered a pair of fluorescent pearls, which was only produced from East Chinese Sea.

Yuan Shu bought it before and had spent a lot of money for it, but it was robbed by Chen Lan and was retrieved as spoils of war by Boss Lu.

There are a total of 180 tables laid there. So the entire Administration office was filled with tables and chairs. Their seats are arranged according to their ranks in government office.

Liu Mang sat with Lu Bu at the main table.

Liu Mang and Lu Bu’s arrival made everyone's brow wrinkled, especially Liu Mang who everyone's gaze was fixated upon.

A few days before, during the welcoming banquet, he enraged two of Jiangdong's most famous scholars so it can be said that Liu Mang is the victor in the war of words.

But those two advisors, Qin Song and Chen Duan, not only was their fame big but they also had lot of disciples.

If someone in their sect was humiliated, naturally the students must stand up for revenge right? But even their teachers lost, how could this group of scholars possibly defeat Liu Mang in a war of words?

So after discussing over and over about how to face off with Liu Mang, suddenly one of the students pitched a great idea, which is a war of words... again!

However this time not showdown in knowledge but showdown in schemes!

One can see, many of Chen Duan and Qin Song’s disciples whispering to each other, they have not yet touched the good wine on the table.

“Gentlemen, this time, we are representing Jiangdong's scholars, while we still need to respect that Rascal Liu Mang, it is imperative that we make him shame himself by making him drunk!” Said the leader of those scholars group.

“Today is Milord's greatest happiness. This Administration office is packed with Jiangdong’s n.o.ble families, and also with Lord Qiao here, one can say that today half of the Han Dynasty's n.o.ble families are attending Milord's wedding.

As long as we can make that Rascal Liu Mang a fool out of himself, he will definitely be the laughing stock of the nation!

Let him taste the shame of being humiliated!” That group of students seem to have agreed to make Liu Mang drunk. The best humiliation they thought of is to make Liu Mang as drunk as possible and then he will unconsciously take off his clothes one by one in front of all the guests.

The banquet started real slowly, the initial greetings was finally over, and so Liu Mang's stomach was filled with food already.

Just as Sun Ce finished his wine toast, Liu Mang wanted to use his chopsticks to eat desert, but directly on the other side, there was a group of scholars approaching, each of them are carrying a wine gla.s.s and behind them were several servants following while holding jugs of wine.

“Hanyang, it seems trouble is coming for you!” Said Lu Bu.

Lu Bu also lifted his eye and looked at this group of scholars. They absolutely did not have good intentions. It could be said that all of Jiangdong's scholars held an unfavorable impression of Lu Bu’s army.

“Yes trouble is coming, so what? They want to scold me surely to avenge their masters right?!” Liu Mang really do not care about these d.a.m.ned scholars.

If those scholars wanted to do a match of literary knowledge Liu Mang was not a match for them, but if you wanted to come and debate, Liu Mang will oppress them completely. Liu Mang can spurt out his poison and abuse them without the need for dirty words.