Chapter 889

And besides that, there were Wei Ji, Wei Guan, and Wei Gu, who were recorded in historical books as members of the Wei clan.

The Wei clan had lived in Anyi for generations, which was the seat of Hedong Commandery.

His father-in-law, Dong Zhuo, as the Administrator of Hedong Commandery, naturally could not avoid dealing with those powerful clans in Hedong.

The Sili Colonel's department was full of powerful clans.

Among them, the Hedong Wei clan and the Hedong Fan clan were known as "Wei and Fan, the hope of Hedong."

Besides that, there were the Liu, Wang, and Yin clans, who were Confucian scholars who studied the "Book of Documents", "Analects", and "Gongyang Commentary" for generations, as well as the Heng clan of Pinglu County, the Xiangli clan of Pingyang, and the Jia clan of Pingyang, who were scholar-official families with two thousand shi for generations.

Powerful clans were everywhere, numbering in the thousands.

The Hedong Wei clan and the Fan clan were almost the heads of the Hedong scholar clans.

And the Wei clan lived in Anyi, the seat of his father-in-law Dong Zhuo's Hedong Commandery, so they must have had many dealings.

"Last year, when I first took office as Administrator of Hedong, I went to Anyi to establish my authority and ordered the flogging to death of a clansman of the Hedong Wei clan who was promiscuous with women, thus causing a conflict."

"And that Wei Ban is now serving as the Lieutenant Assistant under the Bearer of the Golden Mace."

When Dong Zhuo said this, Duan Yu had already completely understood.

The Bearer of the Golden Mace was in charge of the security of the capital, and the Lieutenant Assistant was a subordinate official under the Bearer of the Golden Mace.

It was no wonder that the guards outside were city-guarding soldiers.

This made sense.

His father-in-law had formed a grudge with the Hedong Wei clan when he was serving as Administrator of Hedong Commandery.

And with the foundation of the Hedong Wei clan, they didn't look down on Dong Zhuo at all.

After all, the Hedong Wei clan came from the lineage of Wei Qing, and what was Dong Zhuo's background?

He was just a powerful figure from Liangzhou.

The Hedong Wei clan also didn't expect that Dong Zhuo would establish his authority over their Hedong Wei clan.

These scholar clans, which had been passed down for hundreds of years, exercised more power locally than the Emperor, and being promiscuous with women was not a big deal at all.

Let alone being promiscuous with women, even killing people and setting fires were not big deals.

And this time, his father-in-law was brought into Luoyang in a prisoner cart and sentenced to a reduction of the death penalty by one degree, landing in the death row prison.

This was the time to kick someone when they were down.

He just said, Liu Hong was not a fool; although he imprisoned his father-in-law, he would definitely not order torture.

The emperor's method of governing was to combine kindness and power, but if he were to torture Dong Zhuo, he would truly be a fool.

After all, he was still leading troops in battle outside.

From Liu Hong's order to release his father-in-law from the death row prison, it was not hard to see.

As for his father-in-law being trapped in this mansion, it had nothing to do with Liu Hong.

Liu Hong lived inside the palace walls and couldn't see or hear these things at all.

It was nothing more than that person named Wei Ban acting on his own.

The Bearer of the Golden Mace was in charge of the capital's security, and as a subordinate official of the Bearer of the Golden Mace, the Lieutenant Assistant also had the right to mobilize the city's defense troops.

Trapping his father-in-law here to maintain security was, strictly speaking, reasonable.

Duan Yu didn't need to guess to know what that Wei Ban was thinking.

Even if he came to Luoyang and saw Dong Zhuo like this, even if he reported it to the Emperor, Wei Ban would say this was within the normal range.

Anyway, Dong Zhuo didn't die.

But...

A fierce light flashed in Duan Yu's eyes.

Then he slowly stood up.

Establishing authority, right?

He was naturally capable of that too.

"Shitou, Hunu, you stay here and take good care of my father, and also clean up the mansion."

"It seems I will have to stay in Luoyang for a few more days."

Listening to Duan Yu's cold tone, Dong Zhuo immediately stood up anxiously and said, "Ziyi, you must not be reckless."

Duan Yu looked at Dong Zhuo, shook his head, and said, "Father, don't worry, just some clowns, if I don't give them a lesson, they will really think we are someone anyone can manipulate!" ===== CHAPTER 891 =====