Free Web NovelChapter 61: Terrifying Lu Bu
Wenming Garden.
Peace and prosperity, a harmonious atmosphere.
Divided into two columns, the seats were filled with officials.
Purple and red high-ranking official robes created an immensely solemn atmosphere.
They were all high-ranking officials of the court, none lower than the fourth rank among the present officials.
Nevertheless, even so, they had to smile in a subservient manner before Dong Zhuo.
At the head sat Dong Zhuo, with a corpulent body, his sharp eyes scanning the high-ranking officials below.
Standing on both sides were two robust men from the Xiliang, guarding Dong Zhuo closely, holding cold and chilling sword tips.
As Wang Yun was the Prime Minister of the first rank, he sat not far from Dong Zhuo. As his son-in-law, Long Chen naturally sat beside him.
In this short distance, Long Chen felt a surge of the vigorous spirit of the Xiliang, though it dissipated in an instant.
Behind him, Zhou Tai secretly operated the Black Tortoise Arts, creating an illusory shield to neutralize this intimidating force.
Dong Zhuo seemed to have noticed, squinting his leopard-like eyes, then quickly shifted his gaze away.
Internally, he thought, "So, this is Wang Yun’s son-in-law! Hmph, he’s rather impressive. If only I could bring him to my side..."
After all the officials gathered, Dong Zhuo clapped his corpulent hands.
Soon, hundreds of exceptional, well-proportioned and alluring songstresses danced in the center.
The sight thrilled the onlookers.
These songstresses were extremely professional, their talents exuding charm, increasing everyone’s fondness for them, desiring to spend the night together...
However, in Long Chen’s eyes, these women were merely ordinary, compared to his own peerless beauty, Diao Chan, like moonlight compared to a faint candle.
Therefore, Long Chen didn’t pay much attention to these songstresses, instead drinking alone, secretly planning his next moves...
This detail was noticed by Dong Zhuo. From the beginning, he had been observing all the officials in the hall.
Seeing that Long Chen was unmoved by beauty, Dong Zhuo thought to himself that perhaps this lad couldn’t be swayed by material possessions either...
Seeing that the atmosphere was good, Dong Zhuo clapped his hands again, and all the songstresses withdrew.
Dong Zhuo then laughed heartily, "I wonder if you all enjoyed these beautiful women just now?"
The ministers remained silent, each with slightly flushed faces, internally despising Dong Zhuo for his crude words.
How could a learned man speak so crudely?!
Indeed, he was an uncultured old man from the Xiliang...
"To tell you the truth, all of these are the palace concubines. Today, you all enjoyed watching them so much!"
Dong Zhuo teased.
This statement was like a bomb exploding in everyone’s ears.
Each of them frowned, their bodies trembling.
You see, in ancient times, without the Emperor’s explicit consent, watching palace concubines perform such sultry and stimulating dances was tantamount to having seen another king’s wife’s entire body!
Therefore, these ministers wanted to pluck their own eyeballs out.
On one hand, they regretted their lack of self-control.
On the other hand, they resented Dong Zhuo for his rudeness and audacity, pulling the palace concubines out to dance here. If they were to think deeply...
Wasn’t Dong Zhuo groping the harem, and weren’t those concubines now considered Dong Zhuo’s underlings!!!
How dare you, Dong Zhuo, dare to molest the late Emperor’s concubines!!!
They felt a surge of anger!
Especially Wang Yun, standing next to Long Chen. Such actions were seen as treason against the current Emperor and disloyalty to the Han Dynasty!!!
His body trembled with anger.
Standing up indignantly, he pointed at Dong Zhuo’s nose and cursed, blood boiling, ’You scoundrel, how dare you!!! Treating the late Emperor’s concubines in such a manner, I, Wang Yun, can’t coexist with you!!!’
Dong Zhuo’s corpulent body trembled slightly. Concealing his intentions behind a smile, he smirked at Wang Yun and said, ’Lord Wang, don’t say it like that. You watched just now too, didn’t you?’
Then he smiled at the other ministers and said, ’All of you also watched just now. Is there much difference between us!?’
At this moment, everyone couldn’t speak, only raging at Dong Zhuo’s cunning plot!
By doing this, he had pulled everyone onto the same boat. For a while, they couldn’t say much against him...
Without giving the ministers much time to think, Dong Zhuo stood up. His corpulent body resembled a wild boar, fat and black, his facial hair resembling steel needles, looking a bit fierce.
He looked fiercely at the crowd and said, ’Gentlemen, we’ve drunk our wine, eaten our food, admired the beauties, it’s time to discuss official business!’
’Our family wants to depose the young Emperor and install a new ruler. What do you think?’
After saying this, he gestured to his sidekicks.
Clang! Clang!
Two icy, deadly swords were unsheathed, revealing their sharpness. It felt like they could take lives at any moment, striking at the hearts of each official.
The ministers dared to be angry but not to speak.
Was this asking for advice?!
This was clearly coercion!!
At this moment, a loyalist disregarded everything and stood up.
He faced Dong Zhuo’s leopard-like eyes, his backbone resolute.
Pointing at Dong Zhuo, he shouted, ’You traitor! The current Emperor was the late Emperor’s will and is the eldest son. How dare you depose him!’
’Since ancient times, the inheritance of the eldest son has been passed down by ancestors. And now, you want to reverse this!!!’
He continued a long speech, all refuting and angrily denouncing Dong Zhuo’s words.
Initially, Dong Zhuo smiled at him, but eventually, he stopped speaking and waved his hand.
A sidekick directly drew his sword and stabbed the old loyalist...
Puff!
Blood splattered on the ground. The old man, Tong Kong, shriveled, eyes wide in anger at Dong Zhuo.
’You scoundrel! You... won’t... have a... good... death...’
After saying this, he fell straight to the ground, allowing blood to stain the entire carpet...
These ministers were all pampered aristocrats. They had never seen such a scene and dared not resist Dong Zhuo any longer.
They said in unison, ’We will follow Lord Dong’s orders!’
’We will follow Lord Dong’s orders!’
’Hahaha, hahaha! Good!’
However, at this moment, a voice of opposition echoed through the banquet.
’I disagree!’
Dong Zhuo’s smile gradually disappeared as he looked at the person opposing him. It was someone who thought his life was too long.
Although not tall and robust, he stood at seven feet tall.
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Ding Yuan?!
Damn it, it’s this old guy again, ruining our good thing!
Do they really think our Guanzhong cavalry can’t handle them?!
Dong Zhuo glared fiercely at Ding Yuan, intending to have his sidekicks deal with this troublemaker.
Long Chen naturally witnessed this scene, but his attention was not on Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan, but on the man standing behind Ding Yuan.
The man was truly outstanding, standing in the crowd, easily visible at a glance.
He stood nearly nine feet tall, with a robust figure, broad shoulders.
With a handsome appearance, fair skin, his eyebrows sharp, and a crown embedded in his hair, his clear black eyes were captivating. He wore a pink floral battle robe, a sapphire blue silk belt around his waist, and pink silk battle boots.
Adorning his side was a sword, exuding an imposing presence, dignified and imposing, staring straight at Dong Zhuo.
Upon seeing Dong Zhuo send someone, Ding Yuan took a step back, while the man beside him stepped forward.
Ding Yuan whispered, ’My son Fengxian...’
’Fear not, foster father! With Bu here, no one can harm you!’ Lu Bu spoke with a majestic aura.
Just standing there was as imposing as an army.
His overwhelming aura actually condensed into a strange whirlwind of black and red, attacking the Xiliang guards who approached.
Initially, Dong Zhuo didn’t take it seriously, thinking he was just a tall, burly junior officer, only more handsome than the Xiliang guards.
However, when that intense aura was released, Dong Zhuo felt as if he was standing at the entrance of a demonic cave, even his teeth started to chatter.
He desperately released his own aura to resist this fear, fortunately, Li Ru beside him waved his sleeve, a black mist floated over, neutralizing most of the aura.
The two generals behind Long Chen also frowned, guarding in front of Long Chen and Wang Yun.
’Is this Lu Bu!!? He’s indeed terrifying!’ Long Chen was shaken.
The first-ranked fierce general from the Three Kingdoms, whom he had been eagerly anticipating, appeared before him at such a close distance.
Instead of feeling afraid, he was excited like a fan meeting an idol.
If I could have such a general, wouldn’t the world be mine to dominate...
Long Chen fantasized happily.
However, such a scenario was unlikely.
After all, Lu Bu faced significant debasement in later history.
Loyal and filial, Lu Fengxian, he stabs foster father...
Uh, in short, he’s not easy to control. Being his lord requires constant vigilance over one’s life.
When everything settles down, I’ll just say, sorry, they offered too much...
After emerging from his thoughts, Dong Zhuo was already intimidated by Lu Bu. The banquet ended hastily following Ding Yuan’s opposition.
And news of Dong Zhuo’s intention to depose the young Han Emperor spread like wildfire.
Countless ministers were nervous.
In the Yuan residence.
Minister Yuan Shao secretly instructed a spy, ’Tell those unusual allies that they can take action now.’
After the spy left, he sighed alone in the courtyard, ’Ah, if we don’t act soon, I’m afraid the Emperor...’
Not only was the Yuan family associated with unusual allies, many prominent families in Luoyang City had numerous connections with significant unusual alliances.
Secretly aiding the development of these unusual alliances to enhance their own family’s power.
In reality, it was a mutually beneficial relationship...
