Chapter 342

"What!"

Inside the study of the Minister of Works' mansion.

Yuan Shu was standing in front of Yuan Kui's desk, vividly describing the scene of Duan Yu beheading Wang Gai on the street.

Yuan Kui's face was shocked, his brows tightly furrowed.

"You say Duan Yu beheaded Wang Gai on the street?" Yuan Kui stared with disbelief.

Yuan Shu nodded repeatedly, gloating, "Yes, Uncle, that Duan Yu is simply arrogant."

"Uncle had clearly advised him with kind words, but he ignored them; this clearly shows he does not take Uncle's words to heart."

"Being so arrogant, how can this be allowed?"

"Without Uncle's recommendation, how could a frontier martial brute be enfeoffed as a Marquis and General? Uncle, such a person must not be kept," Yuan Shu continued to stir the pot. "Such a reckless person might cause some heaven-shattering disaster."

"And that father-in-law of his, Dong Zhuo."

Listening to Yuan Shu's words, Yuan Kui remained silent.

But his tightly furrowed brows did not relax.

It was not until Yuan Shu grew impatient and called out to Yuan Kui again that Yuan Kui looked up.

"Uncle, this person cannot be kept," Yuan Shu said with a heavy tone.

Yuan Kui narrowed his eyes and looked up at Yuan Shu.

"So your meaning is..."

Yuan Kui's inquiry immediately made Yuan Shu as excited as if he had been injected with chicken blood.

With a smile in his eyes, he said, "Uncle, this Duan Yu is so arrogant, he completely disregards Uncle's face."

"If we don't give him a lesson, Duan Yu will likely become even more rampant in the future."

"For such a madman, we should suppress him."

"Now that Duan Yu has killed someone on the street, as long as we confirm that Wang Gai did not secretly communicate with Wang Rou, it will confirm that Duan Yu killed an innocent person. Then we can have Wang Yun impeach him from the Censorate, strip him of his office and title, and have the Commandant interrogate him and throw him into the Zhao Prison..."

"Foolish!"

Before Yuan Shu could finish his words.

He was rudely interrupted by Yuan Kui.

"Ah?" Yuan Shu looked at Yuan Kui with a blank face: "Uncle... I..."

Yuan Kui looked at Yuan Shu with a frown: "What 'I'?"

"Do you think I don't know?" Yuan Kui said with a gloomy face. "Don't I know that yesterday you and Benchu were at the gambling den, and you were defeated by Duan Yu in the pitch-pot game?"

Yuan Shu's face immediately became awkward: "Uncle, I..."

"Still trying to quibble?" Yuan Kui did not give Yuan Shu a chance to speak: "Having lost once, have you not learned your lesson?"

"Do you think that Duan Yu is really a reckless brute?"

Yuan Kui rubbed his temples and said, "From the moment Duan Yu entered Luoyang, he first befriended the Lesser Yellow Gate Zuo Feng, and then gave gifts to Zhang Rang and the others."

"The Emperor gave such heavy rewards; do you think it was for no reason?"

"And yesterday at the gambling den, when did Duan Yu make a move that wasn't a sure win?"

"Even though he offended you, he befriended Benchu."

"Do you think Duan Yu is stupid?"

"If he really wanted to kill Wang Gai, why did he have to wait until now to do it?"

"In the Commandant's office, do you know what Duan Yu said to the Marquis of Anxiang?"

The Marquis of Anxiang is the Commandant, Guo Hong.

The Guo family holds the hereditary title of Marquis of Xiang.

"Without complete certainty, would Duan Yu dare to kill Wang Gai on the street?"

Yuan Kui looked at Yuan Shu, his eyes full of disappointment, saying, "Now that Duan Yu is in the Emperor's favor, there are countless people trying to curry favor with him, yet you want to fall out with Duan Yu over a small matter."

"If Wang Yun dares to stand up and oppose Duan Yu this time, the outcome will inevitably be bad."

"A Duan Yu who holds military power."

"A Palace Attendant who is about to lose power."

"Can you not distinguish which is lighter and which is heavier?"

Yuan Kui's words hit Yuan Shu like a blow to the head.

But thinking of Duan Yu's arrogant appearance last night, Yuan Shu's heart was filled with resentment.

Why.

Why should a frontier martial brute like Duan Yu dare to act so arrogantly over his head.

And that bastard Yuan Shao.

Extremely unwilling, Yuan Shu said unconvinced, "Uncle, even so, that Duan Yu is too arrogant and domineering; if he is not kept in check..."

"Hmph," Yuan Kui snorted coldly: "The tree that stands above the forest will be destroyed by the wind."

"Let him be arrogant; young people, who isn't arrogant?"

"But the more such a person is, the greater their flaws, and the easier they are to control."

"Winning over Duan Yu and taking him for one's own use is the correct approach, not pushing him into someone else's camp over a small grievance."

"A gentleman seeks to know the great and the distant; a petty person seeks to know the small and the near."

"You, you are still far off; learn more from Benchu."

"Go," Yuan Kui waved his sleeve: "Remember, do not participate in this matter; just act as if you know nothing."

Yuan Shu nodded extremely reluctantly, then said dejectedly, "Understood, Uncle."

After speaking, Yuan Shu exited the study.

Just after Yuan Shu left.

Yuan Kui summoned an attendant.

"Notify the people in the Censorate to submit a memorial impeaching Wang Yun for using public office for private gain and shielding his son Wang Gai."

"Also, take my name card and send it to Wang Yun, telling him to leave Luoyang immediately."

"Also, draft a congratulatory memorial and send it to Duan Yu, along with a gift."

Sitting behind his desk, Yuan Kui gave his orders in one breath.

The attendant nodded repeatedly upon hearing this.

Commandant's office.

The Marquis of Anxiang, Commandant Guo Hong, sat in the main hall, holding a brush and reviewing the files before him.

Guo Jia, dressed in a black robe, knelt to the side, lowering his head and seriously organizing the files before him.

Before long, an official walked in from outside, then cupped his hands and bowed, saying, "My Lord, Duan Yu has beheaded Wang Gai on the street outside Pingcheng Gate."

Guo Hong held his brush, looked up at the official, then nodded and said, "Hm, I know. You may go."

Guo Jia, to the side, looked up in surprise.

"Uncle... Duan Yu killed Wang Gai?"