Three Kingdoms: Ten Times Speed, Diao Chan Says I'm Too Fast

Looking at Duan Yu riding on the Ink Feather Qilin Beast, then at Liu Baitu with his unfriendly expression, and Chen Qing'an behind Duan Yu.

Jia Dong's tiny, beady eyes immediately started darting around.

He thought to himself, "Oh no!"

This is the person I've finally met!

Although Jia Dong had never actually met Duan Yu, he spread the word about Duan Yu's various achievements every day.

The body shape and the mount—everything matches up now.

Who else could this person in Jinyang City be but Duan Yu himself?

The next second, without even thinking, Jia Dong knelt down on the ground with a thud.

"Lord Duan... have mercy!"

"I...I just want to make a living."

With a sob in his voice, Jia Dong said, "I have an eighty-year-old mother and a three-month-old baby. My whole family is counting on me."

"My lord, spare my life..."

Duan Yu, mounted on his horse, smiled as he looked at Jia Dong, who was kneeling not far away.

This guy......

He's really talking nonsense.

"You look to be no more than twenty years old, and you're saying you have an eighty-year-old mother?"

"Could it be that your mother was sixty when she gave birth to you?"

"Hehe, do you think I'm stupid?" Duan Yu smiled at Jia Dong.

"Uh......"

Jia Dong, who was kowtowing, was immediately stunned, and his whole body went numb.

Liu Baitu, who was standing next to him, raised his foot to kick.

Duan Yu gently raised the riding whip in his hand: "Bai Tu, bring him here."

Liu Baitu reached out and lifted Jia Dong up as if he were a chick.

Jia Dong heard Liu Baitu's cold voice: "If you dare to lie again, I'll cut out your tongue."

He then threw Jia Dong in front of Duan Yu's horse.

"What's your name?" Duan Yu asked.

“Jia Dong, a petty man named Jia Dong, is a man from Taiyuan.”

The surname Jia was one that Duan Yu had heard of from Dong Zhuo.

During this period, Duan Yu spent his days either improving system entries or traveling between the Dong family mansion in Jinyang and the five villages.

Duan Yu learned a lot about Taiyuan County from Dong Zhuo and Li Ru.

Among them were prominent aristocratic families residing in Taiyuan Prefecture.

There are eleven major surnames in Taiyuan Prefecture.

They are Wang, Wu, Guo, Huo, Liao, Hao, Wen, Yan, Jiu, Linghu, and Yuchi.

Among these eleven surnames, the Wang and Guo families were the largest and most powerful in Taiyuan Prefecture.

Among them, the surname Wang is divided into the Wang clan of Jinyang and the Wang clan of Qixian.

Although the Wang clan of Jinyang and the Wang clan of Qixian share the same surname, they are not from the same family.

Wang Ze of the Wang family of Jinyang is now the governor of Dai Commandery, and his younger brother Wang Rou is the governor of Yanmen Commandery.

If Dong Zhuo hadn't told him these things, he would have thought that Wang Yun's Wang family and the Wang family in Jinyang City were the same family.

In reality, the term "Taiyuan Wang Clan" is a common name for both the Jinyang Wang Clan and the Qixian Wang Clan.

Besides the Wang family, the Guo family was the most prominent in Taiyuan Prefecture.

Like the Wang family, the Guo family also has several branches, including the Jiexiu Guo family and the Quyang Guo family.

Besides these powerful and aristocratic families, there were also some lesser-known families and those from humble backgrounds.

Jia Dong, from the Jia family of Jiexiu, was a poor, insignificant family in the same county as the Guo family of Jiexiu.

However, even a humble family like the Jia family of Jiexiu was not comparable to ordinary people.

Duan Yu, mounted on his horse, looked at Jia Dong and asked, "Since you are a member of the Jia family of Jiexiu, why have you fallen to such a state?"

Jia Dong lowered his head for a moment.

"If I tell him, will Lord Duan release me?"

Duan Yu thought for a moment and said, "You go first."

Jia Dong raised his head and then sighed, "Please trouble Lord Duan to come this way."

..........

Before long, Duan Yu led Liu Baitu and Chen Qing'an to a private residence located in the north of Jinyang City.

The walls of the houses are poor, and you can even see everything inside the walls from outside.

At this moment, Jia Dong had taken off his wolf-skin cloak, revealing a gray long robe.

Without the wolf-skin cloak, Jia Dong looked much more normal.

Standing outside the courtyard wall, Jia Dong's eyes, which had gleamed with shrewdness and cunning in the market, were now completely devoid of their former sharpness.

There was a woman in the courtyard.

At this moment, the woman was groping her hands to move forward.

His eyes were gray and lifeless.

It is clearly not visible.

Duan Yu frowned slightly.

Only then did Jia Dong begin to speak softly.

As a member of the Jia family, no matter how despicable one might be, one would never have fallen to this state.

Simply because...

It's all because of the woman in front of me.

Jia Dong and his wife had known each other for many years. His wife came from a humble family, and her family initially disapproved of their marriage.

But as time went on, the Jia family, realizing they couldn't stop it, simply let it go.

The hemp rope can be broken at its thinnest point.

Just before the two were about to get married.

The woman went blind after a serious illness.

Therefore, the Jia family absolutely refused to allow Jia Dong to marry a blind woman.

Therefore, Jia Dong ran away from the Jia family with a woman and started making a living on his own.

That's why he was forced to embark on the path of a traveling merchant.

Without capital, they could only engage in small-scale trading.

"Lord Duan... I meant no harm. If you feel I have insulted your reputation..."

"That scoundrel has nothing to say."

"But I beg you to spare my life, sir, as I still need to take care of my blind wife."

Jia Dong lowered his head.

Perhaps having heard Jia Xu's voice, the woman in the dress, who was groping her way forward in the courtyard, turned her gaze toward the outside of the courtyard wall.

"Who...who's outside?" the woman asked tentatively.

Jia Dong immediately raised his head, wanting to answer.

But the words stuck in his throat.

He looked at Duan Yu with pleading eyes.

Duan Yu looked at Jia Dong in front of him, then at the woman in the courtyard, and said, "Madam, we are Jia Dong's friends. My name is Duan Yu, and I have come to find Jia Dong."

"what?"

Upon hearing Duan Yu's voice, the woman in the courtyard immediately exclaimed in surprise, "You...you are Lord Duan?"

Duan Yu was taken aback, then asked, "How does Madam know my name?"

The woman immediately smiled and said, "Lord Duan, I often hear Jia Dong mention Lord Duan, saying that Lord Duan is a great hero who rid the people of evil."

Duan Yu turned his head and looked at Jia Dong.

Jia Dong lowered his head in shame.

Seeing Jia Dong's appearance and looking at the woman in the courtyard, Duan Yu had already made up his mind.

He had Liu Baitu intercept Jia Dong, but in reality, he didn't intend to do anything to Jia Dong.

Instead, they were drawn to Jia Dong's talent for business.

Although we have facilitated these two deals with Zhen Jiang, there will definitely be more business-related matters in the future.

As an official, he certainly couldn't get involved in these matters.

Therefore, it is natural to provide support, or rather, to find someone to act as an agent.

And Jia Dong, whom he suddenly encountered, just happened to come into his line of sight.

"Madam, since Jia Dong is not here, I will take my leave now. I will come to visit you again when I have time." After saying this, Duan Yu winked at Chen Qing'an and Liu Baitu who were standing to the side.

Liu Baitu gently nudged Jia Dong.

Jia Dong looked at his wife in the courtyard, reluctantly looked away, and followed Duan Yu's footsteps.

After walking a distance, Duan Yu stopped, turned around, and looked back at Jia Dong.

"Come to the Dong residence at noon tomorrow," Duan Yu said directly. "I have a job for you."

"However, if you want to keep cheating people like this, I won't force you."

"It all depends on your choice."

After saying that, Duan Yu had Chen Qing'an give Jia Dong a business card.

Then turned and left.

Holding Duan Yu's name card in his hand, Jia Dong walked back towards home, lost in thought.

"lady....."

Jia Dong pushed open the courtyard gate and called out softly.

The woman standing in the courtyard immediately turned around in surprise: "Husband, you're back! Lord Duan Yu just came by. He said he came looking for you."

"My husband, you weren't lying to me after all. You really do know Lord Duan."

Jia Dong gave a wry smile.

He didn't actually know Duan Yu; he only lied about knowing Duan Yu to avoid worrying his wife.

The woman stepped forward, took Jia Dong's hand, and said gently, "Husband, if you really are making a living with Lord Duan, then I can rest assured."

"I heard from the neighbors that Lord Duan will be promoted to county magistrate in a few days."

"Won't my husband become the emperor in the future?"

"I suppose... your family won't make things difficult for you anymore."

Jia Dong lowered his head, looked at the business card in his hand, and then took a deep breath.

When Jia Dong looked up, a smile was already on his face.

Then he held his wife's hand tightly and said with a smile, "Of course, our lives will only get better and better from now on."

...........

in the afternoon.

Duan Yu arrived at the Dong residence.

When Duan Yu appeared in front of the Dong residence, the guards at the gate opened the gate for him.

Since the last bandit suppression incident, rumors have been circulating that Duan Yu is about to marry Dong Yi.

Now everyone knows that Duan Yu is Dong Zhuo's son-in-law.

After entering the gate of the Dong residence, the servants and attendants along the way greeted Duan Yu respectfully.

They dared not be negligent in the slightest.

Duan Yu, on the other hand, felt as if he were back in his own home.

Before Duan Yu could even enter the main hall of the front courtyard, he encountered Li Ru, who was dressed in a black official robe.

Upon seeing Duan Yu, Li Ru immediately stepped forward with a smile and said, "Ziyi, you've come at the right time. My lord just asked me to send someone to look for you."

"Mr. Wen," Duan Yu greeted him, then asked, "Is there something you need?"

Li Ru smiled and nodded, saying, "Of course it's a good thing."

"The appointment from the court has been issued."

"Ziyi will be taking up his post as county magistrate soon. Just now, Prefect Liu Wei sent someone to deliver Ziyi's appointment document and seal."

"My lord has sent me to find Ziyi to discuss the wedding date and the date of his taking office."

Li Ru smiled and cupped his hands in congratulations, saying, "Congratulations to Ziyi in advance."

Duan Yu's face immediately lit up with joy.

The appointment document for the county lieutenant has been issued.

This proves that he is about to enter the ranks of imperial officials.

This can be considered as completing the first stage of the transition, from a commoner to an official.

“Ziyi, come with me. The Lord is waiting for you in the main hall,” Li Ru said.

Duan Yu followed Li Ru's footsteps and headed to the main hall in the front courtyard of the Dong residence to meet Dong Zhuo.