Chapter 524: Serving in Bed, Poisoning! [4]

【Note: It is not recommended to listen to the audio for this chapter; it is recommended to read it, because the issue of the names of Dong Zhuo and his elder brother makes it easy to get confused.】

In the front hall of the Dong family manor.

There was singing and dancing.

More than a dozen dancing girls in cool clothing and graceful figures were dancing lightly in the hall to the music.

Although it was already mid-October and the night was cold, the dancing girls, wearing semi-transparent white thin gauze and dancing their delicate bodies with effort, were still drenched in sweat.

Duan Yu and Longxi Commandery Prefect Fan Jian sat in the main seats at the head.

Dong Huang's father, Dong Zhuo's elder brother Dong Zhuo, and his younger brother Dong Min, along with several other important figures of the Dong clan, sat to the lower left of Duan Yu and Fan Jian.

And the Lintao County Magistrate, as well as Zhang Ji and others, sat to the lower right.

During the banquet, Longxi Commandery Prefect Fan Jian frequently raised his glass to toast Duan Yu.

"The Lord is young and promising, truly a pillar of the Great Han. With the Lord in Liangzhou, we can be worry-free in the future."

Fan Jian, who was in his early forties, wore a black official robe, had a fair face and clean skin, and a kind smile.

At a glance, he was the same kind of official oil-slick as Taiyuan Commandery Prefect Liu Wei.

In his forties, having reached the position of Prefect, and still being the Prefect of a place like Longxi Commandery, he probably didn't have much room for promotion in this life.

After grinding for another year or two, entering the court and returning to Luoyang to take some idle position would be the end of it.

Although both were Prefects, Fan Jian was clearly a notch lower in front of Duan Yu.

Because Duan Yu held military power.

The Colonel who serves the Xiongnu was a two-thousand-stone official, and he also had a noble title of Marquis of Duting.

If it weren't for a strong Prefect like Duan Yu, Fan Jian and Duan Yu would at most address each other by name.

Fan Jian also wouldn't have needed to call Duan Yu "My Lord."

And now, Duan Yu's strength was not only reflected in his status.

Although there was no conclusion yet on what Liang Hu's fate would be,

how could a Prefect like Fan Jian not be clear about it?

Jincheng Commandery was almost destroyed, and Liang Hu could not escape the blame.

If Duan Yu were to be a little more ruthless, Liang Hu would surely die.

Coupled with the fact that Duan Yu had now strongly suppressed the Qiang rebellion, killing so many people that heads were rolling, and his fierce reputation was well-known, it would be a lie to say Fan Jian wasn't afraid.

As a Prefect, whose butt was clean?

If one said that Fan Jian didn't take Dong Zhuo too seriously before,

but now…

it wasn't like that anymore.

Listening to Fan Jian's flattery, Duan Yu just smiled slightly and held his wine cup: "Prefect Fan, you praise me too much. When it comes to being an official, Prefect Fan is my senior. I still have many things to learn from Prefect Fan."

"Haha." Fan Jian laughed loudly and said: "The Lord is too modest, too modest."

"As the saying goes, learning has no order of arrival; the capable come first. Ambition does not depend on age; without ambition, one lives a hundred years in vain."

"Gan Luo was an envoy at twelve; this is exactly what it means."

"Like a mediocre person like me, how would I dare, and what could I teach the Lord?"

"Come, come, come, this cup, I toast the Lord." Fan Jian held his wine cup.

Duan Yu also smiled and raised his wine cup to signal.

Subsequently, everyone in the hall echoed and raised their cups together.

After a cup of wine, Fan Jian turned his gaze to Dong Zhuo's elder brother, Dong Zhuo (Dong Zhuo/Dong Zhuo distinction). ===== CHAPTER 526 =====