Chapter 418

"Those who should pay the price will not be able to escape."

Hearing this, Dong Yi said with a worried look: "Husband, why not... let it be; that Liang Hu has already apologized."

"It seems he does not want to provoke you, Husband."

"Husband has just arrived in Liangzhou; it is better not to make too many enemies."

Duan Yu shook his head slightly: "Today you are unharmed; if you had been harmed, he would not be standing here talking."

"But to think it can end with just a few words of apology—how could it be that easy?"

"If I choose to be lenient today."

"Then tomorrow there will be others who treat me in the same way."

"They will take Liang Hu as an example; after all, offending me, Duan Yu, doesn't have any consequences."

"Rest assured, don't forget, when your husband was just a small County Captain, I dared to challenge a Commandery Prefect."

"Now, your husband is a Commandery Prefect myself."

Saying this, Duan Yu turned to Liang Hu.

A smile hung on his face: "Inspector Liang."

"Prefect Duan."

The two stepped toward each other.

Liang Hu folded his arms and bowed in greeting: "I thought Prefect Duan would arrive a few days earlier; I didn't expect it to take so long. Were you delayed on the road?"

Duan Yu nodded with a smile: "Yes, I was indeed delayed on the road due to some matters."

"This is my first time coming to Liangzhou to take office; since I will be a colleague of Inspector Liang in the future, I certainly cannot lose my manners."

"So, I prepared a gift for Inspector Liang, which is why I was delayed."

"Oh?"

Liang Hu couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

A gift?

Duan Yu prepared a gift for him?

What does this mean?

Could it be that this Duan Yu... is truly as he expected, having suffered heavy losses among the Xiongnu or on the way, and is now deliberately easing the relationship?

"Haha."

Thinking this, Liang Hu smiled slightly: "Prefect Duan is too polite; what gift or no gift? You and I will be colleagues in the future, it is only right to help each other..."

"Heh." Duan Yu sneered: "Has Inspector Liang never heard that 'to receive without giving is not polite'..."

"Since Inspector Liang prepared a grand gift to welcome me, how could I not return the favor?"

Liang Hu's expression changed instantly.

Even his smile froze on his face.

To receive without giving is not polite...

This Duan Yu...

He has come with ill intent!

Just as Liang Hu was thinking, a large amount of hoofbeats sounded in the distance again.

This time, it was like rolling thunder, deafening from all directions.

Duan Yu looked toward the distance of Jixian and said with a smile: "Inspector Liang, the gift I prepared for you... has arrived."